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3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Lipinski wins a nail-biter over Newman Incumbent snares 51%-49% victory by early Wednesday morning

By Steve Metsch Flashing a bright smile late Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski cautiously spoke of his apparent victory by a slim margin over challenger Marie Newman after their bitter campaign in the 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary.

Lipinski spoke about 11:20 p.m. at a rally of his supporters at the Flagg Creek Golf Course clubhouse in Countryside.

The Associated Press declared him the winner early Wednesday,

but Newman had not yet conceded.

Supporters erupted in cheers when he walked in with wife Judy to the sounds of “The Lipinski Song” by Tomorrow’s Alliance.

At that time, he led by about 1,600 votes with 25 precincts left to be counted. With 97 percent of the vote tallied, Lipinski led 51 percent to 49 percent.

“I’m not coming up here to declare victory, but things look Photo by Jessie Martin Photo by Steve Metsch really good at this point,” said Lipinski who thanked supporters, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, with wife Judy, chats with reporters after his narrow Marie Newman is surrounded by family members and supporters late victory over challenger Marie Newman in the 3rd Congressional District

See LIPINSKI, Page 2 primary.

Tuesday night as she tells the crowd that she was not conceding to Dan Lipinski in the 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary.

COOK COUNTY

Miller wins race for 6th District board seat Crestwood Mayor Presta a distant third

By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer

Photo by Anthony Caciopo

Kendall Coyne gazes toward one of many photos projected overhead at Palos South Middle School on March 14, celebrating her return to the area after earning an Olympic gold medal last month with the USA women’s hockey team in South Korea. Coyne is a graduate of the school.

‘There’s no place like home’ Olympic gold medalist Kendall Coyne returns to Palos Heights

News where, for three weeks, Kendall’s brother Kevin wrote an exclusive column documenting Kendall’s run for Olympic glory with the USA women’s hockey team in South Korea. Kevin was in the stands cheering Kendall on with their parents, Ahlise and John, along with their siblings, Jake and Bailey.

“The City of Palos Heights has been so supportive throughout my entire career, but especially this journey to the Olympics games and winning a gold medal,” she said as she took a breather from one of her many appearances around town.

By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor

Kendall Coyne has seen the signs with her name. You may have, too.

Above the entrance to City Hall. Outside the Rec Center. On the lighted marquee outside City Hall, facing College Drive. On the movable, flashing roadway sign near the Municipal Parking Lot at 12237 S. Harlem Ave. And let’s not forget the banner headlines in The Regional

See COYNE, Page 2

The 6th District Cook County Board race lived up to predictions that it would be one of the most competitive in the area, at least for two of the three candidates vying for the open seat.

The three candidates running to succeed inMiller cumbent Chicago Ridge resident Ed Moody, who chose not to run for election to the seat he was appointed to in 2016, were healthcare consultant Donna Miller of Lynwood, Patricia Joan “Tricia” Murphy of Crestwood, and Crestwood Mayor Lou Presta.

Murphy was hoping to take the seat that her mother, Joan Murphy, held from 2002 until her death in 2016. But with all 219 precincts reporting, according to the Cook County Clerk’s office, Miller won the seat with 17,601 votes (43.39 percent), to 16,477 (40.62 percent) for Murphy. Presta came in

a distant third with 6,490 votes (16 percent).

While Murphy called Miller to concede the Cook County Board race late Tuesday night, she still had something to celebrate when she eked out a victory in the Worth Township Democratic committeeman race against John Michael O’Sullivan. According to the Cook County Clerk’s office, with all 100 precincts reporting, Murphy won with 9,188 votes (50.88 percent) to 8,905 votes (49.22 percent) for O’Sullivan.

Miller, 52, of Lynwood, said before the election that being “independent” set her apart from her opponents. Noting that the district takes in 35 communities in eight townships, stretching from Bedford Park and Bridgeview on the north to Lansing and Lynwood near the Indiana border. Along the way it covers all or parts of Oak Lawn, Chicago Ridge, Worth, Palos Heights and Orland Park.

Because the district borders both Indiana and Will County, she said the area is “especially hard-hit by high taxes.”

“I think the idea is to protect the Southland as a region, and not pit communities against each other.

See COOK COUNTY, Page 2

Orland Park voters are not betting on video gambling They say ‘no’ to referendum questions

By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer

Two advisory referendum questions on Orland Park ballots Tuesday asked voters, in slightly different ways, whether video gaming should be legalized in the

drawn up by a group of residents opposed to video gaming, asked simply whether video gaming should be prohibited in the village. Residents gathered the 2,100 petition signatures necessary to get the question placed on ballots.

Because video gaming has been prohibited by ordinance in Orland Park since 2009, the Village Board

village. And on both questions, the answer appeared to be “no.”

But because the numbers were close, this may not be the end of the issue, which the Orland Park Village Board has been grappling with for several months.

The first referendum question,

voted in January to put a second, more detailed question on ballots.

That question asked whether video gaming should be allowed in 25 existing bars and restaurants, as long as they comply with existing signage laws.

In the 50 precincts in the Cook County portion of Orland Park, 12,203 people voted on the first

referendum asking if video gaming should be prohibited. Of that number, 6,435 (52.73 percent) votes were in favor of prohibiting video gaming, and 5,768 (47.27 percent) were against a prohibition.

In the second referendum, a slightly larger total of 12,278 votes were cast. But the results were similar, with 6,014 (48.98

percent) people voting to allow video gaming in the selected locations, and 6,264 (51.02) against.

In the one precinct of Orland Park located in Will County, the tally was 32 votes in favor of prohibiting video gaming and 12 against on the first referendum. In See ORLAND PARK, Page 3

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Shepard students gather silently in memory of Fla. shooting victims ‘Walkout Day’ brings out students around the nation

By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor

The silence, amid 500 high school students on a sunny, cold morning was palpable.

At 10 a.m., approximately onethird of the student body quietly emerged through the front doors of Shepard High School in Palos Heights to stand outside for a solemn observation of the lives lost Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla. when a 19-year-old former student entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and began shooting an automatic weapon.

In six minutes, according to authorities, 17 people were killed and 17 were injured. The observation at Shepard, part of National Walkout Day, was in memory of the teenagers and adults who died.

The names of each of the victims was read, followed by a brief biography and then a moment of silence. The entire assembly was over in less than half an hour.

There was tight security that morning at Shepard, 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave. The Regional News was on hand but was ordered off the property by Cook County Sheriff’s police soon after the students assembled.

Shepard Principal Greg Walder spoke to The Regional about the event.

“I’m proud of the Shepard students for a lot of reasons,” he said, “because they believed in this

Photo by Anthony Caciopo

Standing atop a planter box at the base of the Shepard High School flagpole, students read aloud the names of each of the 17 people shot to death Feb. 14 at Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. After each name, a short biography was read and a moment of silence was observed.

cause and were willing to accept the consequences of their actions.”

Walder said that going into the event, the students didn’t know what position the school intended to take.

“I never told them ahead of time there would be no disciplinary action,” he said. “When I met with the students ahead of time I made it very clear that they do not have a right to protest during school hours, any political statements.”

But no overt stand on politics was made, he said.

“Any kind of tie to school safety, to gun control, there was no mention of it by the students while they were out there,” Walder said.

“I told them we are here to go to school and learn,” he explained.

“The (U.S.) Supreme Court has ruled…that you can’t bring political protest to school.

“That being said, they went out there, willing to accept any consequence that might occur.”

Walder said the decision was made not to discipline the students, a position he said District

218 supported.

“We talked with the District through all of this,” he said. “They never told us we can’t (discipline), they never told us we could.

“They were involved every step of the way with how this was handled at all three schools in the District (Shepard; Richards High School in Chicago Ridge; and Eisenhower High School in Blue Island). They felt very comfortable with the way it was handled.”

Approximately 500 students participated in the event, Walder estimated. The total enrollment at Shepard is approximately 1,700.

“All the teachers continued to teach class,” he said. “There were people who didn’t walk out. There was no judgement either way.”

Walder said of the approximately 500 students who left the building, only three students did not return.

“Those students will be disciplined, they will be held accountable,” he said, noting that there will no doubt be skeptics who will say

Photo by Bob McParland

An elevated perspective shows many of the 500 students outside Shepard High School who took part in National Walkout Day March 14. The event was held in memory of 17 people killed in a mass shooting Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

the students walked out only to skip a class, and that they knew they would not be disciplined.

In Downers Grove, more than 1,000 students were issued detentions for taking part in Walkout Day, according to news reports. In the Hinsdale school district, more than 900 students were marked truant for their participation in the national event.

But at Dist. 218, and in particular at Shepard High School, the prevailing attitude of the administration was different.

“It is neat to see this genera-

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Photo by Anthony Caciopo

Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz offers Kendall Coyne a gift and a ceremonial “key to the city” during a portion of Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting dedicated to honoring her and her achievement in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Coyne

Continued from Page 1 Kendall is back in Palos Heights, familiar ground where she grew up, played and went to school. Although still young, she’s put a lot of miles beneath her skates as a member of the USA women’s hockey team.

And on February 22, she and her teammates struck gold when they scored the winning goal on a thrilling post-overtime shootout against the team from Canada.

“It’s an indescribable feeling, just this feeling of accomplishments, satisfaction, joy…it’s overwhelming,” Coyne told The Regional News. “It was definitely one of the best moments of my athletic career. I’m just proud to be able to represent the United States.”

But if Coyne felt overwhelmed with the achievement, her mother’s emotions might have eclipsed even her famous daughter’s.

Ahlise Coyne was in the stands, right above the Canadian goalie during the heart-stopping win— but not for long.

“When the puck went in, I just flew,” she said. “I stepped over beer, purses and people. I just ran.

Out of the row, down the stairs, all the way around the hall, all by myself, just me and a bunch of Korean Olympics volunteers.”

Ahlise Coyne finally got to the side of the rink.

“Kendall came over to me and through the glass I kept saying to her ‘It’s gold! It’s gold!’ Every time she told me to stop crying, I cried harder.”

But there has been nothing but smiles during the past week as Kendall has made some very special visits, including to City Hall Tuesday evening for a meet-andgreet in which fans got a chance to say hello, pose for pictures and receive an autographed photo.

“I’m here to see Kendall, so she can sign my scarf,” said Eva

Stahulak, 11, of Palos Heights as she waited outside the City Council meeting room before the event began.

Eva, who was accompanied by her mother, Dawn, said she likes Kendall because “She’s very confident, she grew up with hockey and ice skating. I’m going to hug her.”

Following the meet-and-greet, which had a line of people out the door of the room, Coyne was honored by Mayor Bob Straz and the City Council with an official proclamation, a gift and a ceremonial “key to the city” marking her achievements.

Watching from the wings was her fiancé Michael Schofield of the Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos football team. Schofield, of Orland Park, who met Coyne at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, now plays for the Los Angeles Chargers.

“It was so cool to see her win the gold medal and to see her get recognized,” he said. “Everything that has been done for her, it’s so much fun.”

Last week, Kendall visited two

Kendall Coyne gets hero’s homecoming at Sandburg. In Sports schools she had attended; Palos South Middle School in Palos Park and Sandburg High School in Orland Park (see Sports for coverage of her Sandburg visit).

At Palos South, an all-school assembly of approximately 700 students filled the stands to hear Kendall answer questions and talk of her journey from the classroom to the Olympic medal podium.

Teacher Raymond Kuba sat with Coyne on chairs in the center of the gym floor. Kuba asked about training, among many other topics.

“It takes a lot of hard work, every day,” said Coyne. “Day-in, day-out, we’re on the ice about two hours, the weight room about two hours, then various film sessions, recovery sessions, meetings. It’s

quite a commitment but definitely worth it.”

There were more than a few familiar faces at Palos South, including Debbie Satler, who taught Coyne in sixth grade.

“I always knew her as a hockey player, Satler said. “It thought that was cool. As a student she was hard-working, wonderful to other kids, a role model back then and I think she’s grown up to be that.”

Satler said she never imagined Coyne would be a two-time Olympian (Coyne won a silver medal with the USA women’s hockey team in 2014) but “she’s one of those kids you remember, an allaround solid kid, hard-working, great student. I think that’s the biggest thing, that she’s a great person. It’s really neat to say, ‘I taught an Olympian.’”

Commenting on The Regional’s Facebook page, another former teacher of Coyne’s left a memory.

“I had Kendall when she was probably a first grader at (Palos) West,” wrote Martha Montooth Krausz. “I knew then that she was a heck of a floor hockey player.

I left for another district, but all these years later, I remember her tenacity and ability.”

With still more visits ahead around town, Coyne paused in the corridor behind the Palos Heights City Council meeting room before departing for the night with her mother and her fiancé.

She said at Palos South School that she already has her eyes set on the 2022 Winter Olympics, but for now “The next big thing for me is obviously our wedding in the summer and we’ll go from there.”

Kendall Coyne will visit Running For Kicks, 7158 W. 127th St. in Palos Heights at 5:30 p.m.

Monday, March 26. More information can be obtained by calling the store at (708) 448-9200. Additional photos of Kendall’s visit to Palos Heights will be included in next week’s Regional News.

his parents and wife Judy.

He and Judy had nervously watched election results at the home of his mother and father, former U.S. Rep. William Lipinski.

“I kept hitting the refresh button,” the congressman said.

The winner is expected to easily beat Republican candidate Arthur Jones, of Lyons. The Illinois Republican Party has distanced itself from Jones, a far right-wing campaigner who over the decades has been a member of neo-Nazi groups.

Newman, 53, of La Grange, whose rally was held in Chicago, declined to concede, saying “you all have worked way too hard, so I’m not ready to give in. And before we give in, and we’re likely not, you know me. We’re going to make sure every vote is counted.”

She added that she “would like Mr. Lipinski to have a very painful evening.”

Lipinski was offended: “Can you believe she said that on TV in front of millions of people?” he asked, declining further comment.

During his speech to supporters, Lipinski, 51, of Western Springs, accused Newman of trying to create “a Tea Party of the Left” in the Democratic Party.

“The Democratic Party has to be inclusive. It’s not enough to oppose President Trump. We shouldn’t be pushing people out.

We should be bringing people in,” he said to applause.

“I’ve always been about bringing people together. That’s what we should be doing. I’ve always thought being in elected office is about helping people,” Lipinski said.

Later, Lipinski said an influx

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We want to have the whole region work together, to collaborate and communicate. That is what I am good at,” said Miller.

Miller also said her experience in the healthcare industry will be helpful in her new role, because providing health services is a big part of the county government.

As she watched the election results surrounded by family and friends at Mama Vesuvio’s in Palos Heights, and the chances of victory slipped away, Murphy said she was happy with her campaign.

“No stone was left unturned.

We did everything we could. I ran a positive campaign and told the truth,” said Murphy, laughing as she recalled meeting commuters at train stations, handing them packets of snacks along with her campaign information.

“Although we did not get the results we wanted, we have much to be proud of,” she said.

Presta’s election night gathering in At the Office bar in Crestwood, was more subdued around 9 p.m. when it was clear he had not come close to winning.

He was the only one of the three with government experience and said before the election that he

tion of students understanding their voices can be heard if they do this the proper way,” said Principal Walder.

“That’s what I meant by how proud I was. It wasn’t an assembly set up by me or the administration.

This was truly run by the students.

They let me in on the information so we could do everything we can to keep them safe. I told them of my concerns about (not having) a political statement in there and they honored it,” he said.

Walder said security at Shepard High School includes locked en-

trances, a driver’s license scan for visitors and “a ton of video cameras. We have not only our (armed) School Resource Officer through Cook County, we also have two security guards that are armed.”

“Even prior to the Florida tragedy,” he said, “we felt the need to have additional officers that are carrying (firearms) and our students know they are carrying.

(The weapons) are on their person, they’re visible. The officers are out and about, they’re in the cafeteria, they’re in the hallways.”

of outside money turned political newcomer Newman into a formidable challenger: “Over $2 million poured in here to attack me,” he said.

He said “yes” when asked if this campaign was the toughest of his eight races for Congress.

An insider in the Lipinski campaign said he was surprised the race was so close, adding “they painted him with a broad brush.”

Estimates were that Newman spent around $2.5 million and Lipinski spent about $2 million on the campaign.

Newman told her supporters that “no matter what happens, we have moved him on immigration, we have moved him on healthcare. I scared the crap out of him on 12 vs. 15 (minimum wage).

“There are many things we can move him on more. So, let’s be clear, the fight is not over and it’s not done,” Newman said.

Lipinski’s chief of staff, Jerry Hurckes, recalled Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley saying people “are comfortable with an old shoe,” adding “with Dan Lipinski, you’re comfortable.”

He said Lipinski got about 4,400 more votes in the city than Newman, who won the Will County vote and was leading in suburban Cook County precincts.

He said his poll watchers did not see a large turnout of younger women voters who might have supported Newman with her oft-heard criticism of Lipinski being pro-life.

Asked if the close vote will change Lipinski, Hurckes said “that’s something you have to ask him.”

Lipinski said he planned no changes in his stance on various issues, including being pro-life, saying he is in step with the majority of residents.

A host of Democratic officials were at Flagg Creek, including former state Sen. Lou Viverito, McCook Mayor and Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, and Oak Lawn Trustee Terry Vorderer.

Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty, also the Township of Lyons supervisor, said he was happy Lipinski won.

“He does an excellent job serving my community and surrounding communities. This was too close for comfort, but we’ll take a win,” Getty said.

One supporter, Sam Kreneta, said he was disappointed more younger voters didn’t seem to turn out to vote. “They need to get involved in their future.”

The crowd was younger at Newman’s rally, which was filled with a nervous energy all night. The crowd roared when a TV glitch showed Newman surging to a 5149 lead.

Patti Ernst, of Oak Lawn, where her late father, Ernie Kolb, was the longtime mayor, said, “I’d work again tomorrow,” if Newman were to run again. “And that’s how everyone in this room is.”

Lipinski, who serves on the House Transportation Committee, often mentioned his support from labor unions like the AFL-CIO, in the campaign, along with that of elected officials.

The campaign got a lot of attention, he said, because Illinois was the second primary in the nation this year.

James Koc, of Lyons, works for the post office. A supporter of Lipinski because of his dedication to veterans, Koc said he can’t recall ever seeing more negative campaign literature.

saw himself as the frontrunner.

The Crestwood mayor on Tuesday night said he did not want to talk about the election results with newspaper reporters. “They wrote a lot of bad things about me,” he said. But he greeted friends and supporters warmly as they stopped by his table to say hello.

“This is one of the most loyal people I have ever met in my life,” said Paul Jimenez after shaking his hand.

“He would have made a great county commissioner. But that’s politics,” said Ed Fitzgerald, owner of Louisa’s Pizza and Pasta in Crestwood.

Jessie Martin contributed to this story.

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Palos Twp. mediation meeting is ‘temporarily’ called off

By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor

A third-party meeting to bring together opposing sides in the ongoing Palos Township discord over controversial remarks made

by Trustee Sharon Brannigan will not take place as scheduled.

The Regional News reported last week “The two sides are going to come together,” based on a conversation with Township Supervisor Colleen Schumann.

But the anticipated meeting has been called off, at least for the time being.

The meeting was to be brokered by a representative by the U.S. Department of Justice later this month.

“I believe he (the Dept. of Justice representative) is pushing for the 27th,” said Schumann last week, referring to a potential meeting with both sides.

But Bassem Kawar, national coordinator for the National Network of Arab American Communities, said Schumann jumped the gun by speaking of the meeting.

Details, he said, were to remain confidential.

“The community coalition decided to suspend the process tem-

porarily,” he said.

“The reasoning is we believe that the Township is acting in bad faith and they should have never (disclosed) any information or spoke freely about this entire process until all parties agreed on how to move forward.”

The Regional has reached out to Ms. Schumann and is awaiting comment.

Palos Township came under a magnifying glass last summer when word spread of social media postings by Trustee Sharon Brannigan that many people found offensive to Muslims and Middle Eastern people in general.

In the now-deleted postings, Brannigan questioned what she claims is a growing number of Muslim children enrolled in schools who lack documentation.

Another post compared First Lady Melania Trump with Middle Eastern women wearing traditional head coverings.

Protestors in and outside Palos Township gathered at Township headquarters in Palos Hills on July 10, 2017 to attend the regular meeting of the board of trustees. The protestors far exceeded the capacity of the Township meeting room and each subsequent month had

a similar turnout with demonstrations and disruptions to the meeting process. Some of the Township’s monthly meetings have been able to be held, some have not.

The protestors insist that Trustee Brannigan must resign. They have pressured the Board, in turn, to pressure her to step down. Supv.

Schumann said she nor anyone else on the Board can force that process. Only the voting public has the power to remove someone from an elected position, she said, a position confirmed by Palos Township Republican Committeeman Sean Morrison, who is also a Cook County commissioner representing the 17th District.

Brannigan apologized, but in a way that protestors have said is not genuine. They also claim her apology came too late.

The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. April 9 at Township headquarters, 10802 S. Roberts Rd., Palos Hills.

Palos Township covers all or parts of Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, Orland Park, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Willow Springs and Worth.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS Suspended registration Brandon Kaplan, 25, of Mount Pleasant, Wis., was charged with driving with suspended registration following a traffic stop at 8:30 a.m.

March 12, in the 12900 block of South Ridgeland Avenue. He was also cited for driving without insurance, and having only one taillight.

Kaplan is due in court on April 6.

Suspended license Brendan Murphy, 20, of Crestwood, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 9:57 a.m. March 12, in the 6300 block of College Drive. Police said he was also cited for having no front license plate.

He is due in court on April 20.

Allaiddean A. Muzyed, 25, of Chicago, was charged with driving

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the second referendum, 30 voters said no to approving video gaming, and 18 said yes.

Village officials began considering the possibility of allowing video gaming on a limited basis last year, after owners of about 15 bars and restaurants asked them to do so. The business owners maintain that the ban on video gaming prevents them from competing on a level playing field with businesses in neighboring communities such as Tinley Park, Mokena and Homer

with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 8:56 p.m. March 13, in the 12100 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he is due in court on April 20.

Kaylah D. Latiker, 23, of Park Forest, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 2:46 p.m. last Thursday, in the 6500 block of West 125th Street. Police said she was also cited for speeding, driving without insurance, and obstructing identification because she initially gave a false name. She is due in court on April 20.

Lisa M. Janacek, 38, of Summit, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 11:41 p.m. last Thursday, in the 12800 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said she is due in Glen. Advocates also pointed out that video gaming could bring in some much-needed tax revenue to the village.

The Village Board hosted three town hall meetings, in November, December and January to discuss the issue, where people were given the opportunity to voice their opinions on the issue of video gaming.

Advocates such as Tim McCarthy, the owner of Paddy B’s bar, located close to the Will County border, urged the village board members to make the decision themselves, rather than putting it to referendum.

Mayor Keith Pekau was among

Thursday, March 22, 2018

POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Suspended license Chantia L. Edwards. 22, of Dolton, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 6:23 p.m. Feb. 24, in the 15400 block of South LaGrange Road. Police said she was also cited for using an electronic communication device while driving, no insurance, suspended registration, and having only one headlight. She is due in court on March 28.

Disorderly conduct Emily A. Lindgren, 18, of Palos Park. was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct after allegedly throwing coffee through the drive-through window at Starbucks, 18092 S. Wolf Road, at 3:11 p.m. Feb. 25. Police said the coffee struck two employees inside the restaurant, one of whom Lindgren had been arguing with.

She was due in court yesterday, March 21.

DUI Matthew C. Soto, 22, of Plainfield, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 1:24 a.m. Feb. 28, in the 16000 block of South 80th Avenue. Police said he was belligerent and refused to

DUI Bartlomiej N. Kolcun, 37, of Palos Park, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 9:49 a.m.

March 13, in the 7600 block of West 127th Street. Police said he failed field sobriety tests. He was also cited for improper lane usage and is due court on April 30.

Kenneth K. Kamykowski, 41, of Palos Heights, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 10:46 p.m. Friday, in the 12800 block of South Ridgeland Avenue.

Police said he performed poorly on field sobriety tests. He was also cited for speeding and is due court on April 6.

take field sobriety tests or submit a breath sample. He was also cited for driving without insurance, failure to signal when required, speeding, and making an improper left turn. He is due in court on April 18.

Retail theft Donald A. Williams Jr., 60, of Chicago, was charged with three counts of retail theft at Goodwill, 7400 W. 159th St., at 8:37 p.m.

Feb. 20. Police were called to the scene earlier in the day when an employee reported two retail thefts involving the same man, later identified as Williams, who allegedly took several speakers and other items on Feb. 11, and again on Feb. 20. Police were called back and arrested him at 8:37 after he returned and attempted to take another cartload of merchandise.

The total value of the items taken was $98.86. Police said he had 20 previous larceny convictions, including seven felonies. He was due in court on March 13.

Nataly Hernandez, 18, of Worth, was charged with retail theft at Ross Dress For Less in Orland Square Mall at 8 p.m. March 1.

Police said Hernandez allegedly committed the crime on Feb. 16, when she was working as a cashier at the store. Staff said an

investigation determined that she allegedly changed the prices of two pairs of shoes and a blouse that family members were buying, reducing the price from $63.50 total to 48 cents each. She was issued a municipal violation that carries a $250 fine.

Obstructing justice Desmond Semaj Mayo, 24, of Riverdale, was charged with obstructing justice following a traffic stop at 3:42 p.m. Feb. 20, in the 7100 block of West 159th Street.

Police said he provided two false names before finally giving his real one. He was also cited for driving with a suspended license, expired registration, no insurance and improper use of registration.

He is due in court on March 28.

Identity theft John Crawford, 33, of Crestwood, was charged with felony identity theft after he allegedly used fraudulent account information to get an upgraded cellphone worth $1,149 from the Apple store in Orland Square Mall at 1:45 p.m.

Feb. 22. Police said employees told them another man using a false ID had come in the previous day trying to upgrade a phone to the same account. He was held for a bond hearing.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK Aggravated speeding

court on April 6.

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Mateusz Wesolowski, 19, of Glendale Heights, was charged with aggravated speeding following a traffic stop at 1:49 a.m.

March 10, in the 12100 block of South LaGrange Road. Police said he was driving 73 mph in a 45mph zone. He is due in court on April 26. His passenger, Lukasz K. Palenica, 20, of Burbank, was issued a local adjudication ticket for underage consumption and possession of alcohol after a bottle of ale was found in the glove compartment and police said he admitted consuming alcohol.

Possession of cannabis

Yusef D. Safi, 32, of Homer Glen, was charged with possession of cannabis following a traffic stop at 131st Street and Dunmoor Drive at 11:07 p.m. March 11. Police said a bag containing 14 grams of those on the board who originally cannabis was located beside the said the issue should not be put to a referendum, but he felt the board was forced to do so by the citizens referendum. Although some board members said months ago that the results of the referendums should be abided by, it is unclear if that will happen now.

“Both votes are very close, and they are advisory. So the board should probably have a discussion about the votes and reconcile them with the input we received during the town hall meetings. Then, we can see what the temperature of the board is,” said Trustee Mike Carroll late on Tuesday night.

driver’s seat. He was also cited for driving without insurance or a rear registration plate light. He is due in court on April 26.

Fraudulent ID Isabella A. Mourgelas, 20, of Palos Hills, was charged with possession of a fraudulent driver’s license following a traffic stop at 10:34 p.m. March 14, in the 11900 block of South LaGrange Road. Police said she turned over a false Connecticut driver’s license.

She was also issued local ordinance violations for possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia when a small amount of the drug and a pipe used to smoke it was discovered, police said. Court information was not available. She is due at a hearing in Palos Park Village Hall on the local violations on April 4.

Suspended registration Ahmed O. Kosoko, 33, of

Olympia Fields, was charged with driving with suspended registration following a traffic stop at 9:30 a.m. March 13, at Black Walnut and LaGrange Road. Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance and given a village ordinance violation for having excessively tinted windows. He is due in court on April 26.

Drug paraphernalia Gabriel W. Gallo, 22, of Palos Heights, was issued local ordinance violations for possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop at 2:26 a.m. March 14, in the 9600 block of West 131st Street. Police said he turned over a metal marijuana grinder and a glass pipe. He was also issued a written warning for not having a rear registration plate light. He is due at a hearing in Palos Park Village Court on April 4.

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Gun control advocates will probably be back Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a gun-dealer licensing bill last week took a lot of folks by surprise. It probably shouldn’t have.

We’ll get to the politics in a second; but, as with HB40, the governor was acting on his beliefs. Rauner is a strong abortion rights supporter, so he signed HB40 last year to provide public funding for abortions and protect women’s right to choose if Roe v. Wade is reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rauner also says he’s an NRA member. He’s been railing against government regulations of business his entire adult life. This licensing bill checked both of those ideological boxes.

OK, on to the politics.

After the disastrous two-plus-years state budget impasse, HB40 gave him an opening with suburban women last year — and you can’t win statewide without that demographic.

Last week’s licensing bill veto allowed him to throw some red meat at his GOP base a few days before the primary.

Getting on the front page of every newspaper in the state and leading the local TV news coverage and inserting himself into conservative talk radio shows would tend to help the governor with Republican primary voters.

The more the Democrats scream about that veto, the more Rauner’s base is shored up at an important moment. That may sound cynical, and it most definitely is, but it’s difficult to deny. He upset a lot of conservatives by signing HB40. He needed to make it up to them.

Then, the Friday before the election, the Democratic Governors Association dropped almost half a million dollars on two TV ads designed to both help Rauner’s GOP primary opponent, State Rep. Jeanne Ives, court conservative, pro-Trump, pro-gun Republican primary voters and hurt the governor with that same Republican base.

As Rauner knows from his own personal experience, primaries often tighten up at the end. His polling had him leading by double-digits four years ago at this time. Back then, he pulled down all his negative ads and switched to a fully positive campaign, only to barely squeak by on primary night. He wouldn’t want to make the same mistake twice.

Rauner probably suspected the DGA was about to do something, so his gun bill veto earlier in the week was perfectly (accidentally, but still perfectly) timed.

It sure seems as I write this that the governor believed the race was tightening by looking at his behavior last week.

He vetoed that bill to regulate gun sellers, then held a hastily arranged press conference at the now-infamous Quincy veterans’ home to announce some “options” for the future and pulled down his negative TV ad attacking JB Pritzker. He also added $350,000 to his already huge $1.5 million buy for the final week, launched a new and more powerful negative ad against Rep. Ives that ludicrously tried to connect her to Speaker Michael J. Madigan and quickly put together a new TV spot defending himself against the DGA’s onslaught.

With Republican turnout appearing to tank compared to four years ago (which might give the far right base an advantage), along with the possibility that at least some Cook County Republicans might be taking Democratic ballots to vote against Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios (a possibility that Rauner himself encouraged with his constant attacks on the Madigan-Berrios combine), and the fact that the governor cannot campaign effectively on a record of accomplishments (his positive advertising just says what he will do in the future, although he does take full credit for proposing a $1 billion tax cut that has no chance of passage), plus the intense national political weirdness, it all adds up to a situation where the governor could not afford to take any chances at all.

But, wait. What about the gun bill veto’s impact on the fall campaign? After all, those crucial suburban women are not known for being pro-gun. Just the opposite.

Well, you gotta win the primary before you can get to the general. Plus, the governor is likely betting that the Democrats will send him more gun-related bills and he can sign some or even all of them once the primary is behind him, so he can balance things out for the fall.

The bottom line is I don’t think this is the end for gun control legislation this spring. In fact, it could wind up as just the beginning once we get to April. But that will rely on the Democratic leadership wanting to pass laws, not just bills. I’m not sure yet which path they’ll take.

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com.

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RICH MILLER

Parents must be active with students to prevent violence Last week, students across America decided they wanted to make a statement against the many instances of gun violence taking place in our schools.

Last month’s gun massacre of 17 students and staff at Parkland High School in Florida was not the only school related violence we have seen. There are so many instances, it’s hard to keep them straight.

There has been a big national debate about how to prevent gun violence, not just in schools, but everywhere.

It was encouraging to see students across the country organize a national school “walkout” to protest the violence. They have been the victims and they want to speak out against the violence, too.

Hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of students walked out Wednesday to cry “Enough is enough.”

But what it reminded me was that violence doesn’t just happen in schools. It happens everywhere to students, seniors, white people, black people, Hispanics, Arabs, Christians, Muslims and Jews. Everyone is victimized by the violence.

We can agree that there has been too much of it. But apparently, we can’t agree on how to stop it.

The phrase “gun control” raises a lot of passionate and endless debate. Personally, I think we do need tougher and more comprehensive controls on who can buy guns and who can carry guns. I also think that no one should be allowed to own an automatic weapon or a semi-automatic weapon.

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Hunters can have guns, but you don’t need a cannon to kill Bambi.

The Village of Lyons, where I do some media, passed a great common-sense agreement with the gun shop in their village to help keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

That’s what’s been missing from the debate. Common sense.

Yet, no matter what we do, people will engage in violence.

While 600 students walked out peacefully to protest against gun violence in schools at Sandburg High school in Orland Park, and in many other city and suburban schools, students at Simeon Career Academy, one of those “special” schools, decided that protesting violence wasn’t enough.

Some 400 Simeon students walked out peacefully, but 60 of them decided that it would be more fun to break from the group and destroy a nearby Walmart retail store in Chatham on Chicago’s South Side.

Chatham is one of Chicago’s neighborhoods that has a high crime rate. The further east you go, the worse it gets, suggesting maybe it has to do with economics.

READERS WRITE Explore video gaming debate with open mind

It’s no accident that Orland Park residents voted on two advisory referenda on video gaming Tuesday as Sears, one of the founding anchor stores in Orland Square Mall, is holding its liquidation sale before closing its doors. Village sales tax revenues were down about $1.2 million in 2017, a third of which could be recouped annually by video gaming revenues.

The controversy over video gaming is nothing new to residents of Orland Park, Palos Heights or Palos Park. In fact, I wrote an editorial a few years ago citing common objections to video gaming — addiction, regressive form of taxation hurting the poor and moral distaste.

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Simeon reminds us the issue of violence isn’t just about guns. It is about other things, like parents who fail to be parents.

They can’t control their kids, and don’t seek out help.

Maybe the Simeon students who protested gun violence should protest the violence in their own community. Students across this country need to look within and speak out against the violence around them.

You can compare and rank every neighborhood and every school by the level of violence that exists. Maybe it is bad parenting, drug-related or ineffective gun controls.

I think most criminals are stupid, or incapable of succeeding in other ways, like lifting themselves up economically or educationally. Some are on drugs. Some are victims of bad luck, being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

You can’t blame violence on one cause.

But, violence comes down to a lack of common sense and education. When it involves our youth, there clearly is an absence of good parenting.

Violence may involve guns. But it starts in the home with the parent and the kid.

You improve that, and we might see less violence.

Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author and former Chicago City Hall reporter. Email him through his website at www.Hanania.com.

marketing and brand messaging, all screen-focused strategies to promote corporate sales.

As we debate the issue of video gaming, let’s ask ourselves honestly the following questions. Is video gaming the problem or a symptom of a deeper problem? Is video gaming truly more addictive or potentially harmful than smart phones, smart computers and smart TVs — all screens that are sold in abundance in the Orland Park shopping district?

Is gambling addiction truly more problematic than screenbased shopping?

It’s time for us to take a long look at the big screen here.

The so-called “Amazon Effect,” which left profound gouges in the bedrock of retails sales, isn’t likely to ebb soon. The texting-social-media obsession shows no sign of abating — the art of conversation has been replaced with swiping, Skyping and typing. And the McDonald’s-influenced expectation of instant gratification that is so well served by screening technology is more super-sized than ever.

There are no simple solutions to the serious problems surrounding video gaming and its triggering factors. However, I would like to suggest a good old-fashioned approach to problem solving - illuminate, evaluate and innovate. Said another way, view each issue with an open mind, weigh pros and cons objectively, and generate creative solutions to promote our community interests while keeping our core values intact.

Jack Murray Palos Heights

Rauner’s veto of firearms dealer licensing disappoints Cardinal The governor’s decision to veto a bill that would have required firearms dealers to be licensed by the state is deeply disappointing.

No one believes that this or any one bill can be a comprehensive solution to the plague of violence afflicting our nation, but licensing these dealers would have been one step in the journey toward making our state safer.

The incremental benefits of this and other legislation under consideration that limits the size of magazines, the availability of devices to make weapons automatic, and access to assault weapons, along with other proposals, will add up to lives saved.

Our families and those who protect us should not be forced to endure more fear, anxiety and heartbreak on the premise that we have to wait for our elected officials to provide a “comprehensive” solution, all the while relegating our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to second place.

The voices of children demanding action now cannot be ignored and it is up to the adult world to stand with them and the families devastated by loss by pressing our elected leaders to adopt laws, which might be less than comprehensive but are more than nothing.

Cardinal Blasé J. Cupich Archdiocese of Chicago

Congressman criticizes Trump’s opioid plan “It has been clear since the beginning of this presidency that Donald Trump’s plan to tackle the opioid epidemic in America is nothing more than a long con.

Trump has been all talk and no action.

The opioid commission he launched last year has barely implemented any of their 56 recommendations. He declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency but there were no tangible resources provided to effectively deal with the crisis. He continues to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, which aids in expanding access to addiction treatment. He has done nothing but undermine the efforts that were in place to tackle this issue.

Now today, he plans to continue his charade to address this issue — which is plaguing so many Americans — by introducing a proposal that calls for the death penalty for drug dealers. Any plan that calls for capital punishment is not serious.

This is a dog whistle to his base and it seeks to take us back to the 1990s failed ‘War on Drugs’, which saw some of the most appalling racial disparities in the arrests and prosecutions of African-Americans and Latinos. Already, minorities are put in jail at disproportionately higher rates when compared to their white counterparts for drug offenses. Imagine how a broken criminal justice system would treat minority men and women when the death penalty is now part of the equation.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-1st)

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COMINGS & GOINGS

Time for financial ‘spring cleaning’

Photo by Bob Bong

Bertucci’s closed again, but not for long

Toys R Us to close all stores New Jersey-based toy retailer Toys R Us announced last week that it would close or sell all of its stores in the United States and Canada after bankruptcy reorganization efforts collapsed.

Toys R Us has been operating under bankruptcy protection since September.

Locally, the retailer operates stores in Burbank, Orland Park, Joliet and Matteson, which had already been holding a going out of business sale for several weeks.

Toys R Us has set May 14 as its shutdown date in several states.

Stores may close earlier if they sell off all remaining inventory.

The company said gift cards would be honored only until April 15.

Workers will not receive any severance pay, the company said in a letter sent to employees.

Culver’s reopens in Bridgeview The Bridgeview Culver’s restaurant at 9229 S. Harlem Ave. in Bridgeview reopened recently after being temporarily closed for remodeling.

The eatery, which was opened in 2004 by owner Guy Hollis, received a complete update to the dining room with an estimated cost of almost $500,000.

“Guests can expect to find a warmer, more inviting atmosphere

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Bertucci’s closed recently at 10331 S. Roberts Road in Palos Hills and has been sold to new owners.

Bertucci’s, which reopened as Bertucci’s Mediterranean Taverna in December 2016 after being closed for several months, closed again a few weeks ago.

All traces of the restaurant at 10331 S. Roberts Road in Palos Hills were scrubbed from social media over the weekend. Its Facebook page was taken down, the Facebook page of former manager Paul Kousis disappeared, former owner Klaudia Szulkowska deleted all references to Bertucci’s from her Facebook page and the website has been taken down.

The restaurant added Greek dishes to its menu when it reopened under the new name.

The business had been listed as a turn-key restaurant for sale for $399,000 on March 5 on the Coldwell Banker Commercial property website.

On Monday, Coldwell’s agent for the property Nick DiBrizzi said the restaurant was under contract to sell. He didn’t know when the sale would close.

“The new owners are experienced in running a restaurant,” he said without naming any names.

The building was extensively remodeled before it reopened.

When it reopened, Kousis said it had new floors, some new décor and a gaming room.

Bertucci’s also was popular for its fenced-in outdoor patio.

The sale includes the real estate, the 2,000-square-foot restaurant and all fixtures, equipment and furniture.

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BOB BONG and an improved dining experience with the reimaging,” Co-General Manager Amanda Hajek said in a news release.

“Culver’s was founded on the idea of providing excellent service along with high-quality food made fresh for each guest with the best ingredients,” said Hollis. “Our top priority is customer service, which is extended into our dining room experience.”

The reimaging provides guests with a better dining experience, he said.

“Instead of standard, cafeteria-style eating, the restaurant created configurations that enhance privacy and the guest experience,” said Co-General Manager Casey Quinn.

Carson’s closes in Matteson The Carson’s store in Matteson, which was the only store remaining after the village bulldozed other buildings that once made up Lincoln Mall, closed suddenly and without warning on March 4.

The company notified workers that morning at a special meeting at the store. They were told they would have the opportunity to apply for positions at other Carson stores.

It was another blow for the village’s retail base. In the past year, the village has seen the departure of a Sam’s Club, Target and Walgreen’s, and most recently a Toys R Us store. All told, the village estimated a loss of about $750,000 annually in sales tax revenue.

There was one bit of good news lately. Village officials recently announced that Pete’s Fresh Market plans to open a 75,000-square-foot store in the village in a shopping center that was formerly home to Dominick’s Finer Foods.

Slim Chickens to open in Plainfield Slim Chickens, an Arkansas-based restaurant chain that specializes in chicken tenders, is set to open its second Chicago-area location next month in southwest suburban Plainfield.

The restaurant is scheduled to open Monday, April 2, at 13429 S. Route 59, in a former White Castle restaurant.

The Plainfield location is the first in the Chicago area for Fifth Day Restaurants, a franchise group based in Peoria that already operates Slim Chicken locations in downstate Peoria, Champaign and Bloomington.

A second location is under construction in Bolingbrook. It is expected to open later this year.

A different franchisee opened a Slim Chickens in December at Orland Square Mall in the food

court.

Both locations will be freestanding restaurants with drive-through ordering unlike the mall location in Orland Park.

“We have the rights to every county in Illinois except Cook,” said General Manager Sean Ufen.

“We will branch out from Plainfield and Bolingbrook. We aim to bring Southern hospitality to the Chicago area.”

Ufen said the locations will feature chicken tenders and wings and dipping sauces, as well as classic sides.

Ufen said the group chose Plainfield because “it’s a fast-growing area.”

Slim Chickens will be open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. There will be a dining room, carryout, and catering available.

Ufen said the restaurant would employ about 50 workers when it opens.

Slim Chickens Vice President of Franchise Operations Brian Simowitz said the company was founded in 2003, but has been franchising locations for only the last five years.

“We built a nice regional chain centered in northwest Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas City area,” he said. Since franchising, the company has grown to 65 restaurants in 13 states.

He said the company expects to open two to three corporate stores and between 20 and 30 franchise locations a year.

Simowitz relocated to Arkansas after living for several years in the New Lenox area, so he knows the Chicago market.

“Chicago is a big market,” he said. “We believe the market can handle a lot of our restaurants.

We’re always looking for new locations.”

Simowitz said a typical Slim Chickens offers three-, five- and seven-tender options. Each comes with fries, a drink and Texas toast.

“Our brand has done well everywhere we have gone,” he said.

For information, visit the company website at slimchickens.com.

The days are longer and the temperatures are warmer – so it must be spring. For many of us, that means it’s time for some spring cleaning. But why stop with sprucing up your living space?

This year, consider extending the “spring cleaning” concept to your financial environment, too.

How can you tidy your finances?

Here are some suggestions: • “De-clutter” your portfolio. As you go through your home during your spring cleaning rounds, you may notice that you’ve acquired a lot of duplicate objects – do you really need five mops? – or at least some things you can no longer use, like a computer that hasn’t worked since 2010. You can create some valuable space by getting rid of these items. And the same principle can apply to your investment portfolio, because over the years you may well have acquired duplicate investments that aren’t really helping you move toward your goals. You may also own some investments, which, while initially fitting in to your overall strategy, no longer do so.

You could be better off by selling your “redundant” investments and using the proceeds to purchase new ones that will provide more value.

Matthew Van Howe Edward Jones

• Get organized. During your spring cleaning, one of your key goals may be to get organized.

So you might want to rearrange the tools in your garage or establish a new filing system in your home office. Proper organization is also important to investors – and it goes beyond having your brokerage and 401(k) statements in nice neat piles. For example, you may have established IRAs with different financial services companies. By moving them to one provider, you may save some fees and reduce your paperwork, but, more important, you may find that such a move actually helps you better manage your investments.

You’ll know exactly where your money is going, and it could be easier to follow a single investment strategy. Also, with all your IRAs in one place, it will be much easier for you to manage the required minimum distributions you must start taking when you turn 70-

1/2. (These distributions are not required for Roth IRAs.) • Protect your family’s financial future. When cleaning up this spring, you may notice areas of concern around protecting your home – perhaps there’s a crack in your window, or your fence is damaged or part of your chimney is crumbling. Your financial independence – and that of your family – also needs protection. Is your life insurance sufficient to pay for your mortgage, college for your kids and perhaps some retirement funds for your spouse?

Do you have disability insurance that can provide you with some income if you become ill or injured and can’t work for a while? Have you considered the high costs of long-term care, such as an extended nursing home stay? A financial professional can help you determine if your insurance coverage is adequate for all these needs.

Consider putting these spring cleaning suggestions to work. They may help you keep your financial house in good shape for all the seasons yet to arrive.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS Following are the property transfers in the area, according to the latest report, as received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office. The Regional News does not attempt to correct errors made by that office.

Orland Park Lundgen Peggy R Tr to Martin Jacqueline M Tr, 17718 Valerie Ct, Unit #11, $252,000.00; Drake Donna J Tr to Pyznarski Paula Tr, 9417 Debbie Ln, $208,000.00; First Midwest Bk Tr to Esparza Maria, 8845 Briarwood Ln, $210,000.00; Kuk Paul J to Balid Walid, 17516 Brook Crossing Dr, $355,000.00; Keeney James R Tr to Ghebari Nasim A, 16936 Yearling Crossing, $390,000.00; Hraha George J to Mokrzycki Michael, 15366 Thistlewood Dr, $294,000.00; Kelly Thomas G Tr to Kelly Patricia M Tr, 11530 Brookshire Dr, $255,000.00; Patton Donald R to Wojcik Norbert, 13729 Timber Trails Rd, $329,000.00; Hendricks Lois to Loerop Steven, 7559 Sycamore Dr, $190,000.00; Walls John A to McCarthy Colin P, 18066 Voss Dr, $360,000.00; Heinemann David A Tr to If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened Lara Diego, 8905 Briarwood Ln, to an old favorite, drop me a line $285,000.00; at bobbong@hotmail.com.

Infinity Equity Holdings Llc

to Montes Marisol Murillo, 8914 147th St, $212,000.00; Kalra Dinesh Kumar Tr to Aleksa Petras, 7546 Willowood Ct, Unit #3, $146,000.00; Furlong Donna to Blake Ryan, 7220 154th St, Unit #32, $170,000.00.

Palos Heights Martin Dorothy L Tr to Martin Dorothy L Trust, 8 Lake Katherine Way, $380,000.00; Linder Ave Rlty Grp Llc to Collins Carole, 12023 S 70th Ct, $310,000.00;

Lorenzini Arnold to Ellis Francesca, 12600 S 73rd Ct, $265,000.00; Kachinsky Joanne M Tr to Sheehan James, 7760 Golf Dr, Unit #77601B, $206,000.00.

Palos Park Krausz Kenneth J Tr to Nykiel Henryk, 12941 Parkside Dr, $315,000.00; Nelson Norma Jean Tr to Pach Andrew, 13149 85th Ave, $128,000.00; Kay Betty J to Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr, 9753 E Mill Dr, Unit #B1L15, $148,000.00.

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of March 19)

30-year fixed 15-year fixed 30-year fixed Jumbo

RATES APR POINTS 4.500 4.545 0 3.875 3.930 0 4.365 4.420 0

30-year fixed 15-year fixed 10-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.500 4.521 0 4.125 4.162 0 4.125 4.179 0

30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.375 4.491 0 4.125 4.284 0 3.750 3.952 0

30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.50 4.585 0 4.25 4.365 0 4.00 4.135 0

United Trust Bank (as of March 19)

Prospect Savings Bank (as of March 20)

CNB Bank & Trust, N.A. (as of March 19)

All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.

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DEATH NOTICES Bradley B. Bacon We celebrate the life of Bradley B. Bacon, who passed away suddenly March 6, 2018. Brad grew up in Oak Lawn, IL and graduated from Chicago Christian High School in Palos Heights, 1972. He was humble about his education, and eventually earned his doctoral degree in Theology.

Bradley was a dear friend to many on the South Side, which was his sales area while working with Hard Rock Concrete Cutters.

He was an active member and had several dear friends in the Plumbers Contractors Association, Electrical Contractors Association, HACIA, and Will County Grundy County Contractors Association. Recently, Brad became the President of the South Side Plumbers Social Club, the first time in the club’s 72- year history that a non-plumber achieved this status.

Brad spent most of his time in Palos Heights, but also maintained a residence near his office in Wheeling. He was a talented golfer, and often played Cog Hill and Oak Hills with his favorite redhead. He was a big fan of Chicago Restaurant

Dorothea Lasch

Dorothea E. Lasch (nee Johnson), 90, a resident of Orland Park, died Friday.

Mrs. Lasch was once a personal assistant at Marshal Field’s.

Survivors include daughters, Barbara Czuprynski, Janice Hultin and, Pari Fergus; sons, Terry and Kevin; sisters, Leona Gurrister and Betty Gruba; 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and many great-nieces and great-nephews.

Services were Wednesday from Colonial Chapel to St. Michael Church. Interment followed at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Edward Litkowiak

Edward C. Litkowiak, 94, an Orland Park resident, died March 12 at Silver Cross Hos-

Arthur ‘Butch’ A. Cremieux

Week, and made a sport of researching and exploring the finest restaurants in Chicago year round. Locally, he could be seen trying new restaurants, and frequented Capri and Francesca’s. Brad was an avid reader, and enjoyed local garage-sales, dancing, theatre, and live music.

Most friends remember Brad for his positivity, warmth and kindness towards others. His beautiful smile and sincere interest in people were common themes at his wake. Many remarked that Brad often asked a lot of questions because he genuinely cared, and remembered information if he saw you six months later, carrying on the conversation and asking about topics you discussed as if it were yesterday.

Brad was a bright light and taken from us too soon. We miss you, our dear friend, and will honor your memory by being kind to others when we don’t particularly feel like it, and giving genuine compliments when they are warranted. Thank you for making our lives better while you were with us. You were a true gentleman.

pital in New Lenox.

Mr. Litkowiak, a U.S. Navy veteran, was a shipping and receiving supervisor in catalog sales.

Survivors include a son, Glenn; sister, Mariann Soch; and brother, Frank.

Services were Monday at Lack & Sons Funeral Home. Interment followed at Resurrection Cemetery.

Lois Jaderholm

Lois D. Jaderholm, 91, a Palos Park resident, died on Sunday.

Mrs. Jaderholm was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Robert C. “Bud” Jaderholm; daughters, Linda Broekstra, Debra Raimondi, Lori Cavalione and Joan Larsen; son, Paul Jaderholm; brother, Thomas Schreuder; 15 grandchildren; seven

Arthur “Butch” A. Cremieux, age 66, at rest March 17, 2018. Loving husband of Judy Cremieux (nee: Fitzpatrick) for 45 years. Devoted father of Arthur Michael “Mike” (Meagan) Cremieux and Adam Arnold (Annie) Cremieux.

Cherished grandfather of Grace, Casey, Mikey and Logan. Also survived by step-mother Jane, step-brother Robert (Karen) Madsen and step-sister Sharon (Brian) Madsen.

Owner of Cremieux Supply Co., Chicago, following his father, Arthur J.and started by his grandfather, Arthur H. in 1919, Proud coach for

Sandra Lawrence (nee Patsch) Loving grandchild of the late Peter and Mae Kowalski, and who with her late husband Bob Lawrence, opened and operated The Art House in Palos Heights for many years.

A Mother McAuley graduate and graduate of the Medical Lab Technician program at MVCC, Sandy found her niche as a masterful framer for both commercial and private patrons.

She died in February following a long illness.

great-grandchildren; many cousins; and many nieces and nephews.

Services were Tuesday from Colonial Chapel to Trinity Covenant Church. Interment took place at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Bernice A. Scholten

Orland Park resident Bernice A. Scholten (nee VanderPloeg), 92, died March 17.

Visitation for Mrs. Scholten will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Colonial Chapel, 15526 S. 73rd Ave., Orland Park. A funeral service will follow immediately after visitation. Burial will be private.

Mrs. Scholten was a homemaker. She is survived by her sons, Mark and Ron; daughter, Susan Bird; sister, Josephine Summers; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Palm Sunday Services Palos Community Church 123rd Street and 88th Avenue, Palos Park (708) 448-5220 www.pppcc.org Palm Sunday — March 25 Worship Service at 9:30 a.m.

Brunch 10:45 a.m.

Maundy Thursday — March 29

many years for Palos Youth Baseball, soccer & basketball teams, with many great memories of Klinger Lake MI with family & friends.

Memorial visitation Thursday March 22nd from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Adolf Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. 7000 S. Madison Street, Willowbrook. Memorials to University of Chicago Hospital (www.uchospitals.edu) tab: U of C Comprehensive Cancer Center, would be appreciated. Service information: 630-325-2300 or www.adolfservices.com

Palos Heights Christian Reformed Church

7059 W. 127th Street, Palos Heights 708-448-0186 • www.paloschurch.org Palm Sunday Services, March 25

at 9:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Jr. Choir will provide special music at the morning services

Easter Egg Hunt and Breakfast Saturday, March 24

Breakfast will be served

from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. with the egg hunt, for ages 1 yr. - 4th grade, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

(Rain Date - March 31)

Palos Heights Christian Reformed Church

7059 W. 127th St., Palos Heights • 708-448-0186

Palos United Methodist Church 12101 S. Harlem Avenue, Palos Heights 708-448-0798 Palm Sunday, March 25 10 a.m. Worship

Maundy Thursday, March 29 7 p.m. Worship

Good Friday, March 30 12 Noon Worship

Easter Sunday, April 1 10 a.m. Worship

Christ Lutheran Church

Sanctuary is open for prayer from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

with Lord’s Supper

at 7:00 p.m.

14700 S. 94th Avenue, Orland Park 708-349-0431 – Fax 708-349-0668 South on 94th Avenue at John Humphrey Drive

Easter Sunday — April 1

Easter Morning Services, April 1

HOLY WEEK

Communion Service at 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday — March 30 Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m.

Worship Service at 9:30 a.m.

Our Lady of the Woods Parish 10731 W. 131st St., Orland Park 361-4754 Palm Sunday, March 25

Palms will be distributed at all Masses 5:00 p.m. (Sat.) 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

A special procession with our children of the Lord will grace the 9:30 a.m. Mass.

Holy Thursday, March 29

There will be no morning Mass 8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 7:00 p.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8:00 p.m. to Midnight – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Midnight-Church Closes

Good Friday, March 30

There will be no morning Mass 8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 3:00 p.m. – Living Stations of the Cross presented by OLW-Jr. High 7:00 p.m. – Liturgy of the Passion with Passion Play Plays presented by OLW Youth Ministry

Holy Saturday, March 31

There will be no morning Mass 8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Confessions 12 Noon – Blessing of Easter Foods/Baskets There is no 5:00 p.m. Liturgy 7:30 p.m. – Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday, April 1

The Celebration of the Resurrection Masses will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

No 6:00 p.m. Mass

Good Friday Service, March 30

6:30 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.

(Childcare is available at all services)

St. Alexander Catholic Church 126th & 71st Avenue, Palos Heights (708) 448-4861 Palm Sunday Masses

11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Holy Communion Laying Bare of the Altar

Good Friday, March 30

Sunday, March 25

Please note: NO Regular Service

5:00 p.m. Vigil

7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. 12:00 Noon, 6:00 p.m.

Holy Week Masses Holy Thursday – March 29

7:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (after Mass until Midnight)

Saturday, March 31

Easter Sunday, April 1

6:30 a.m. Sunrise Communion with Outside Procession 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Easter Breakfast hosted by the Youth 9:00 a.m. Family Service with Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. Festival Communion

Good Friday – March 30

3:00 p.m. The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord & Veneration of the Cross 7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday, March 31

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Saturday Easter Vigil

7800 W. McCarthy Rd., Palos Heights • 708-448-4170 Pastors: Wayne A. Basch & Chris Buresh

12:00 Noon Blessing of Easter Baskets

Saturday, March 31

Palm Sunday, March 25

Easter Sunday Masses

Maundy Thursday, March 29

8:00 p.m. Celebration of the Easter Vigil

Sunday, April 1

7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:00 Noon (10:30 a.m. Mass in Church & Parish Center) There will not be a 6:00 p.m. Mass

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Worship 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.

7:30 p.m. - Holy Communion

Good Friday, March 30

12:30 p.m. - Noonday Service 7:30 p.m. - Tenebrae Service

Easter Sunday, April 1

All Saturdays after 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Mass.

No Reconciliation during Sacred Triduum.

Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m.

Festival Worship Service at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.

St. Damian Church

United Church of Christ

5300 W. 155th St., Oak Forest, IL 60452 708-687-1370 www.stdamianchurch.org Holy Thursday, March 28 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Supper

12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park 708-361-3650 Rev. Chris Hopkins

Good Friday, March 30 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 3:00 p.m. Passion Play 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Come prepare to enter Holy Week with us!

Maundy Thursday, March 29

Saturday, March 24

The Wayside Chapel at The Center

Palm Sunday Vespers Services, March 25, 12:30 and 4:30 p.m.

All Welcome

8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Holy Communion at all services

Tenebrae Services 11:00 a.m. – “Seven Words of Christ” 7:00 p.m. – “Song of the Shadows” Choral

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2018

A nondenominational service of music, meditation and prayer led by Rev. Chris Hopkins. The Wayside Chapel stands on the highest point of The Center’s grounds and symbolizes the underlying spirituality of all Center programs.

Palm Sunday, March 25

Holy Saturday, March 31 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 1:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Baskets 7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses, April 1 6:45 a.m. Church 8:00 a.m. Church 9:30 a.m. Church 9:45 a.m. Fr. Shaw/Msgr. O’Day Halls 11:00 a.m. Church 12:30 p.m. Church

Peace Memorial Church 10300 W. 131st Street, Palos Park 708-448-7833

Holy Week Services Maundy Thursday, March 29 6:00 p.m. - Community Dinner 7:30 p.m. – The Lord’s Supper

Good Friday, March 30 7:30 p.m. – Tenebrae

Easter Sunday, April 1

“Christ Has Risen Indeed” 8:00 a.m. – Easter Breakfast 9:30 a.m. – Easter Celebration Service with Brass Quintet www.pmcucc.org

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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Dist. 128 band competes, earns distinction

School District 128’s Symphonic Band competed in the 2018 South Suburban Junior High School Conference Band Festival at Arbor Park Middle School in Oak Forest on March 7, where they won a Division 1 competition. On March 10th, the band competed in the IGSMA District VI Organization Contest, a state level contest, where they missed a Division 1 prize by just one point. Brian Everson, band director, said he was pleased with the performance.

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Support-animal practice gone too far?

Dear Readers, United Airlines has joined with Delta in trying to put a stop to some ignorant people trying to bring animals onto airplanes. Remember last month when a lady tried to bring a peacock onto a United flight at Newark International? She claimed that this was her emotional-support pet.

Last June, a 50-pound dog traveling as an emotional-support animal on the lap of its owner bit another passenger in the face, necessitating 28 stitches. We’ve all seen people taking dogs everywhere with the little jackets that say, “Don’t Touch – Emotional Support Animal.” Nowadays anyone can buy this insignia online and it’s going to end up hurting owners of real support dogs if the craziness continues.

Molly is my support dog. When she was young and a few pounds lighter, I took her many places like Lowes and Office Depot and to the lady who launders my white work shirts at 142nd and John Humphrey Drive in Orland. Now that Molly has grown I still take her to Lowes. I never took her into food establishments, though. I had respect for other people. I talk to her, I comb her and clean her teeth and eyes and she sleeps with me.

She lowers my blood pressure.

She thinks I’m great. I think she should be able to go everywhere I can, but I know better.

A lot of people abuse our society’s tolerance. Airlines are currently limited in their ability to challenge the authenticity of support-animal papers. So now, effective March 15, 2018, some airlines are implementing a policy that asks veterinarians to vouch for an animal’s behavior before it is allowed on board. Fat chance. I bet most vets will decline to sign such the form.

Yesterday I wandered back into surgery to see what Dr. T. was up to and as I watched her in surgery I said, “Lauren, did you see the news about United Airlines and their new form they want us to sign?” She said, “Yes! Did you see all the comments on Veterinary Information Network? I don’t think any vets will sign that! I won’t!”

I like what Dr. Carpenter of Virginia had to say about this. She said, “I couldn’t vouch for my own dog on an airplane, much less a client’s dog. I couldn’t guarantee how my dog would do and he has his Good Citizenship training and is a certified therapy dog. He has never been exposed to or trained for any type of public transportation and I don’t have any idea how he would react.”

I wonder how an attorney representing someone whose face was mangled by a dog bite would react toward a veterinarian who signed off on a dog being good enough to fly in the cabin.

United spokesman Charlie Hobart said “What vets are supposed

JOHN FLEMING DVM • Prairie StateVet.com

to do is affirm that there is no reason to believe an animal will pose a direct threat. That is not the same as asking vets to assure that an animal won’t behave dangerously. We just ask vets if they think animals would be able to do it.”

What a bunch of double-speak (a.k.a. crap). A good attorney would make mincemeat of that comment. United, and any of my clients, who think I’m dumb enough to sign their new form have another think coming.

This reminds me a phone message I got in the clinic yesterday.

Client Paul called and wanted me to return his call. Our receptionist’s message said, “His dog goes crazy and is aggressive when someone comes to his front door and he thinks his dog will bite and wants medication to stop that.”

I called Paul and told him there is no such medication and suggested he consult a behaviorist.

He said he wasn’t going to spend hundreds of dollars doing that. I told him that it’s against the law (Fleming’s Law) to dispense medications that could lead to a false sense of security against an animal disfiguring a human. I don’t want to be in the liability feeding chain.

Dental health vital for cats, dogs Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common, irreversible and ultimately debilitating disease of older cats.

Identification of specific risk factors, including periodontal disease (PD), has to date, yielded mixed results. Recently Trevejo et. al. reported on a study linking PD to kidney problems in cats. In people, numerous studies have found that patients with CKD (as evidenced by a glomerular filtration rate lower than normal or an albumin/creatinine ratio above normal) are more likely to have CKD. Moral — see your dentist twice a year! I won’t go into all the technical biological mechanisms behind this positive association; suffice it say it complicated and real.

In the cat study referenced above, 169,242 cats were evaluated. Periodontal disease was associated with increased risk for CKD. Risk was highest for cats with stage III or IV periodontal disease. Purebred cats had a higher incidence of CKD than mixbreeds. The findings support the benefits of maintaining good oral health in pets. The author also says that this study should be of benefit for educating owners on the importance of preventing PD in cats (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2018; 252:710).

Meet Danny McGuiness, originally from Palos Park and well-known in the community for his athletic achievements back in his school days. Danny is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for Credence Clearwater Revisited. Check out the band at Creedance-Revisited.com

The clue for this week’s Whatizit (above) is: Courage home.

Send your responses with your name and hometown by noon Monday to thereporter@comcast.net.

We had several readers who knew that last week’s quiz was Carl A Sward Elementary School, 9830 S. Brandt Ave., Oak Lawn. Palos Heights resident Crystine Bush was the first to answer the quiz and pointed out that she attended Sward School from kindergarten through eighth grade.

Rich Rahn, of Evergreen Park, knew it was Sward School. Palos Park resident Ron Wagenhofer said the clue, “Gloodt Way,” was what he needed. Lori Gloodt was the longtime principal at Sward before retiring a couple of years ago. A portion of the street near Sward is named Lori Gloodt Way. The other readers who knew the answer were Oak Lawn residents Steve Rosenbaum and Bob Foley. Sward was the former superintendent of School District 123. Sward is one of six schools in the district.

5. Has emerged 6. Helped the Spanish conquer Mexico 8. Northern Vietnam ethnic group 9. Dried-up 11. Reactive structures (abbr.)

14. Licensed for Wall Street 15. Japanese conglomerate 18. Home to the Celtics 19. Title given to Italian monk 20. Drunkards 22. Cylindrical containers 23. South American plants 24. Frozen water 27. Town in Galilee 28. Not in

29. Journalist and suffragist Wells 31. Consumed 32. Edible Mediterranean plant 33. Poke fun of 34. “First in Flight” state 35. Fortifying ditch 36. Receding 37. Christian liturgical creed 38. Used to decorate Xmas trees 39. High-__: complex 40. Thoughts 44. __ and cheese 47. Constrictor snake (Answers on page 8)

SUDOKU

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

(Answers on page 8)

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF PALOS PARK PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Plan Commission of the Village of Palos Park, Cook County, IL has scheduled a public hearing on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Kaptur Administrative Center, 8999 W. 123rd St., Palos Park, IL to consider the following: PC 2018 - 01: Pursuant to Section 1020.02 (c)(2) of the Municipal Code, an application has been filed by Indalecio and Patricia Olvera requesting that the Village vacate both halves of the South 90th Avenue right of way that is adjacent to the west property line of 8920 W. 125th Street in Palos Park, IL. All are welcome to review the application and to send correspondence, attend the public hearing, submit evidence, and testify at the public hearing. For further information, please contact the Community Development Director, Lauren Pruss at 708-671-3731 or lpruss@palospark.org.

Respectfully submitted by: Marie Arrigoni, Village Clerk

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING TOWN OF PALOS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the electors, residents of the Town of Palos, Cook County, Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on April 10th. 2018, being the second Tuesday of the said month, at the hour of 7:00 P.M. at the Palos Township Hall, 10802 South Roberts Road, Palos Hills, Illinois, for the transaction of the business of the Town, and the moderator having been elected will proceed to hear for consideration, reports of the officers of said Town and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting.

GIVEN under my hand at Palos Township this 14tht day of March, 2018.

Jane A. Nolan Clerk

Cook County, Illinois

WHATIZIT?

DOWN 1. Very brave 2. Go too far 3. Individual feature 4. Drug trials term (abbr.)

This is a great study but I don’t think it will be of great benefit to general practitioners. We’ve been telling clients this for decades and in 80 percent of both dog and cat owners this information goes in their left ear straight through their head and falls out the right ear.

I could take this article over to Office Depot and have them photocopy it on gold-leaf, package it in a beautiful take-home folder and things wouldn’t change. This is not a Prairie State Veterinary Clinic phenomenon; this is an every-vet-clinic-in-the-USA thing.

If a man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve the man but deteriorate the cat. — Mark Twain

Town of Palos

Photo by Joe Boyle

ACROSS 1. Builder’s trough 4. Pouch 7. Adam’s partner 8. Zelda soldiers 10. Network of nerves 12. Heinrich __, poet 13. Algerian port 14. Reciprocal of one ohm 16. Title of respect 17. Form of expression 19. Hoover’s office 20. Samoan monetary unit 21. Cooperation 25. Fiddler crabs 26. Portion of a play 27. Tropical American shrub 29. Frosts 30. Short-winged diving seabird 31. Chemical compound used as a hardener (abbr.)

32. Diversion 39. __ Turner, rock singer 41. __-bo: exercise system 42. Large, edible game fish 43. Doctor of Education 44. Where the Knicks play 45. Basics 46. Tall tropical American trees 48. Men wear them 49. Widespread destruction 50. Midway between north and northeast 51. Vast body of water 52. Hair product

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a PUBLIC MEETING will be held on Tuesday April 17, 2018 AD at the hour of 7:00 P.M. at City Hall of the City of Palos Hills, 10335 S Roberts Rd, Palos Hills, Illinois, before the ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS to consider approval of two VARIANCES or a property, consisting of approximately 10,755 square feet, which dimensions are 82.0x’ x 131.16’ located at 8617 W. 98th Pl. in the City of Palos Hills, legally described as follows: Lot 33 in Frank DeLugach’s Ruth Acres, a subdivision of the south ½ of the southeast ¼ of the northeast ¼ of section 10 and the south ½ of southwest ¼ of the northwest ¼ of section 11, Township 37 north, range 12, east of the third principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

The petitioner is: Ahmad Saleh The property is currently zoned: R-3 The request is for: A 24% variance of the 30% required side yard setback and a 21% variance on the floor area ratio to allow construction of a new single family residence.

All persons interested should attend and will be given an opportunity to be heard. By order of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Palos Hills.

Zoning Board of Appeals David Miller, Chairman

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Photos by Kelly White

Left: Julie Pietrzak of Palos Heights and the president of the Palos Heights Garden Club looks over a gardening book at a recent meeting at Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens, 7402 Lake Katherine Dr. in Palos Heights. Center: The Palos Heights Garden Club began a new season with a presentation on the elusive Monarch in the Brigid O’Malley Auditorium at Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens. The club’s next meeting will take place on March 26 at the same location, beginning at 7 p.m. Right: Gareth Blakesley, Lake Katherine’s operations manager, presented on the Monarch butterfly to members of the Palos Heights Garden Club.

Garden club members hear about the vital role of butterflies The Monarch butterfly, easily recognizable with its black, orange, and white pattern, has captured not only the eyes but the hearts of the Palos Heights Garden Club. Monarch The club began a new season with a presentation on the elusive Monarch in the Brigid O’Malley Auditorium at Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens, 7402 Lake Katherine Dr. in Palos Heights. The club’s next meeting will be held this coming Monday.

“The Monarch’s colors are beautiful and striking,” Julie Pietrzak, of Palos Heights and president of the Palos Heights Garden Club, said. “It’s amazing and sad how something that once was so plentiful can be rarely seen today. As a garden club, we hope to help bring this butterfly back into the lives and hearts of future generations.”

The decline of the Monarch population Pietrzak is referring to has occurred over the past few decades. This decline in the butterflies’ population has been devastating, according to Gareth Blakesley, Lake Katherine’s operations manager, who led the presentation at the PHCG meeting.

“In the past two decades, the number of Monarchs has dropped from a billion to 30 million largely because of habitat destruction,” Blakesley said.

Blakesley’s strong advocacy of Monarch butterflies and other pollinating insects has resulted in a number of initiatives in and around Palos Heights, including the “Mayor’s Monarch Pledge,” which is helping promote the establishment of pollinating insect gardens at City Hall, the Palos Heights Public Library and at the homes of local residents. The garden at City Hall was established last summer. The garden at the library is expected to be installed by this summer.

During the presentation, Blakesley discussed the butterflies, their decline, and how habitat helps them as it provides ecosystems along their migration route. At the start of every fall season, all Monarch butterflies embark on an incredible cross-country migration that begins in the United States and Canada. Generations of these butterflies travel thousands of miles until they reach Mexico, where they stay over the winter season until it’s time to begin their migration back home in March.

According to nationalgeographic.com, only Monarchs born in late summer or early fall make the migration, and they make only one round trip. By the time next year’s winter migration begins, several summer generations will have lived and died and it will be last year’s migrators’ great grandchildren that make the trip.

“As many people are aware, there has been a rapid decline in the number of Monarchs migrating each year,” Blakesley said. “At Lake Katherine, we are always keen to highlight the importance of this essential insect and the ways that anyone can help by doing simple things like planting milkweed, a flowering plant that Monarchs mate exclusively on.”

Lake Katherine has a long history of highlighting the importance

of saving the Monarch butterfly and helping all pollinators. Monarch caterpillars feed and lay their eggs on milkweed, but the flower is rapidly disappearing from the countryside due to the overuse of herbicides and the decline of native prairie.

“The annual migration of Monarchs is one of nature’s most magical wonders,” said Laurie Martin of Palos Park. Martin is also the Program Chair of the Palos Heights Garden Club.

“Their decline is connected to human activity that damages or destroys their sources of food and shelter during their life cycle,” she said. “Yet through small actions like planting milkweed and providing breeding and feeding habitats, we can stop the decline and, hopefully, increase the population to what it once was. What a shame it would be to lose this amazing species.”

“We hope attendees will now recognize the importance of the Monarch and that the milkweed plant is the only plant on which the Monarch will lay its eggs,” Pietrzak said. “Without milkweed along its migratory path, the Monarch simply cannot reproduce.”

Pietrzak has been a member of the Palos Heights Garden Club since September of 2015, and she became president in 2016.

The club currently has 81 active members.

“Our members are friendly and outgoing and have a wealth of gardening knowledge,” Pietrzak said. “Some have been published in national magazines, some are speakers, and we have several master gardeners, like me. We pursue quality speakers based on interests expressed from our members. As president, I love the interaction with members regarding their thoughts and ideas in helping the club grow.”

The Palos Heights Garden Club celebrated its 20th anniversary last fall during the month of October. The club meets every fourth Monday from February through October in the O’Malley Auditorium. The club is accepting new members. Membership dues are $20 per individual; $35 per couple. A $5 donation is requested of non-members who attend a meeting.

The club’s next meeting is Monday, March 26 at Brigid O’Malley Auditorium at Lake Katherine where guest speaker Scott Mehaffey will host a presentation on “Lawn to Garden.”

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. with a hospitality gathering beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Mehaffey was Landscape Coordinator for the City of Chicago under former mayor Richard M. Daley and was Staff Landscape Architect at The Morton Arboretum from 1993-2005.

“Lawns are labor and resource intensive and oftentimes, just plain boring,” said the club in a news release. “There are many ways to reduce the amount of lawn around your home and create a more attractive, more sustainable landscape that meets your goals.”

The news release continued, ”Scott will discuss ways to reduce mowing and lawn maintenance, chemical use and irrigation while still having a beautiful lawn. He’ll also show some inspiring ideas for

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swapping lawn with hardscapes and ground covers, and making the most of landscape borders

with contrast and visual depth, four-season plant combinations and backyard wildlife habitats.”

For more information on the club, or to become a member, contact Pietrzak directly at jm-

pietrzak@sbcglobal.net or visit http://phgc.blogspot.com.

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BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BOWLER OF THE YEAR

“ ... always believe in who

you are and what you want to accomplish and your dreams can go a long way.”

McCormick’s place

­— Kendall Coyne

Evergreen junior took 17th at state

By Alison Moran

“Bowling is really the hardest sport because you cannot see the playing field,” said Pula. “The conEvergreen Park High School ju- ditions change from day to day nior Zach McCormick’s passion and at different levels of the game. for bowling comes, in part, from The bowlers have to adjust their the hours he spent enjoying the game, mentally and physically.” sport with his beloved grandfather.

Pula initiated Evergreen Park’s McCormick recalled how he and bowling program as McCormick his grandfather would entered high school, and spend hours watching Pula took notice of his the Men’s PBA Tour on talent and leadership television. abilities.

“My grandfather’s in “When Zach came to his mid-70s and still Evergreen Park, he was bowls a 170-180 game,” a 190 bowler, and today, said McCormick, who he averages 211,” Pula via his season-long exsaid. “His greatest qualicellence and 17th-place ties are his willingness to McCormick finish at the IHSA boys learn and set an example state bowling tournament earned for the team.” the title of The Regional/Report“Coach set the structure for my er’s 2018 Boys Bowler of the Year. game,” added McCormick. “He In those hours spent with his encouraged me and told me what grandpa, McCormick also found l needed to know to improve.” a role model for his unorthodox McCormick was also a team throwing style — Australian captain from the earliest days, bowler Jason Belmonte, who mentoring his teammates includpopularized two-handed bowling. ing Matthew Bila, Aidan Doogan, “Instead of putting your fingers Patrick Doyle, Marty Elwood, in the holes, you palm the ball and Terrell Gavin, MIguel Madrigal, cradle it,” McCormick explained. Colin McCarthy and Conner “With it, I can play from any posi- Suszynski. tion on the lane.”

“He sets a great example for the McCormick began rolling seri- team,” said Pula. “He’s patient, ously in eighth grade after join- he’s constructive in his criticism. ing a local league. At Evergreen He can definitely go a long way Park, he clicked with Mustangs in this sport.” coach Ron Pula, who mentored Evergreen Park had a stellar McCormick’s two-handed style See MCCORMICK, Page 2 while improving his mental edge.

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Kendall Coyne waves to the crowd as she enters the Sandburg gym during a visit to her alma mater on Friday, March 16.

Golden Coyne gets hero’s homecoming Sandburg grad, member of U.S. women’s hockey team returns to alma mater

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BOWLER OF THE YEAR

A life on the lanes

By Jason Maholy Sports Editor

When the gold medal was placed around Kendall Coyne’s neck following Team USA’s dramatic, 3-2 victory over Canada in the women’s hockey championship game of the 2018 Winter Olympics, it marked the culmination of a dream the southwest suburban native has had since she was the little girl who fell in love with hockey.

“It was the moment I had been dreaming about since I was 6 years old, when I first found out that women’s hockey was in the Olympics,” Coyne told Sandburg High School students and staff.

The Olympic hero visited Sandburg on Friday, March 16 as part of its winter sports athletes recognition ceremony. Coyne, a Palos Heights native and Sandburg alum, signed autographs, posed for photos with adoring fans Photos by Jason Maholy and shared a few thoughts about representing the country on the grandest stage when she Kendall Coyne addresses the crowd, explaining that she was as a youth teased for being a girl addressed the crowd of people gathered in who played hockey. She encouraged Sandburg students to follow their dreams and always stay true to themselves. the Eagle gym.

“Aside from winning the gold medal, one of the biggest and best moments was walking in the Opening Ceremony as a member of team USA,” Coyne said as she stood on a stage at midcourt. “There’s no bigger honor than representing the USA at the Olympic Games. To be able to walk into PyeongChang Stadium as a representative was amazing.”

Coyne was 15 years old when she started playing hockey with the U.S. national team, but not many people knew that at the time, she said. Not that her classmates would have necessarily reacted positively: Coyne said that during her middle school and high school years, other youths often called her names and picked on her because she played what was at the time considered a male’s sport.

The negativity her choice of sport elicited is one of the greatest challenges she has faced in her life, she added.

“But when I walked into a rink that was my sanctuary, it was what I loved the most,” she said. “I had the support of my family, I had a belief in myself and knowing hockey Kendall Coyne poses for photos with a throng of Sandburg students during her visit to the

See COYNE, Page 2 Orland Park school.

Sandburg’s Schrader earns third consecutive Bowler of Year honor

By Alison Moran

her own. She knows the sport in and out.

Schrader would also like to corBowling plays a huge role in rect a misconception about the the life of Emily Schrader. sport she loves.

That is stating the obvious, as “People do not understand the Sandburg senior has excelled how difficult bowling can be,” on the lanes to the point she said. “They don’t that she has for the third understand about the difconsecutive year been ficult oil patterns, lane named The Regional/ adjustments and ball Reporter Girls Bowler selection. The sport has of the Year. helped me understand Schrader fell in love what it truly means to with the sport at an early work hard; however, it age, after getting started has also taught me that Schrader in a bumper league at failure is something that Orland Bowl in Tinley Park when everyone goes through and failure she was 5 years old. Since those is necessary for success.” early days on the lanes she has Schrader’s leadership contribprogressed through prep, junior/ uted to a solid season for Sandmajor, and junior pro sport shot burg, which took third place in the leagues, she said.

Oak Forest Invitational in January “It seems as if I am either do- and posted a 12-2 regular-season ing my homework or bowling,” record. She provided guidance she said. “My weekends usually to teammates Karlie Colbert, consist of me going to league Jade Hamilton, Sophia Jablonski, on Saturday and having a bowl- Cameron Manning, Alyssa Novak, ing lesson on either Saturday or Vanesa Perez and Jillian Richmond, Sunday.” and was a key contributor during Sandburg bowling coach Joe the Eagles’ run to the state team Geiger concurs. tournament. Sandburg won a re“Emily is a hard worker and an gional title and placed third at sec‘alley rat,’” he said. “She spends tionals to punch their ticket to state. a lot of time not only working in For Schrader, a three-time lHSA the bowling alley to perfect her state qualifier, her top goal was to game, but outside of it as well.” return to Cherry Bowl in RockGeiger has seen Schrader during ford, along with her teammates, to her school lunch period sitting at compete for a state title. Sandburg the table watching professional failed to advance to the tourney’s bowlers on YouTube, studying See SCHRADER, Page 2 their techniques to better improve Correspondent

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St. Patrick’s Day on the pitch: The Fire traveled to Minneapolis last weekend looking to post their first victory of 2018, but the luck o’ the Irish was not with the Men in Red on St. Patrick’s Day as a Minnesota United FC goal in the 65th minute broke a tie and sent the Fire to their second straight loss to begin the season.

The Fire (0-2-0, 0 points) fell 2-1 to the host Loons (2-1-0, 6 points) on Saturday, March 17 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. A flurry of three goals in a 10-minute stretch in the second half comprised the contest’s scoring.

After a scoreless first half, the Loons opened scoring in the 55th minute when Miguel Ibarra played a ball into the box from the right flank.

Fire goalkeeper Richard Sanchez made the initial

save on Ibson’s header, but the Brazilian followed up on the rebound to get on the board.

Fire rookie Elliot Collier provided the equalizer four minutes later after Nikolic Nemanja collected a loose ball in the box. United’s Matt Lampson dove to punch away the reigning MLS Golden Boot winner’s shot, but Collier pounced on the rebound with a right-footed volley into net for his first professional goal.

“I saw Niko in front of goal and if Niko’s in front of goal he normally scores, but the keeper made a save so I just had to follow up,” Collier said.

The Loons regained the lead for good in the 65th minute when Ethan Finlay reeled in a cross on the right and found an open Sam Nicholson, who rose

up and struck a header past Sanchez for the final goal of the game.

“It was a tough second half for us,” said Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic. “We conceded two goals after a very good first half, I think. I think defensively we were very solid and did a good job creating opportunities and moments in a game where we can score. We conceded goals too easily and that’s something that we have to improve and keep working on that.

“We have to stick to together and keep working.

We need to keep our faith and that’s it. I’m obviously not very happy with the performances so far.”

The Fire were without midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, whose wife is expecting a baby.

WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

Rice has sights on state

By Jon DePaolis Correspondent

Rice’s Johnson ends high school career with state title Sports Editor

When Hassan Johnson stepped on the mat at the University of Illinois’ Assembly Hall for his second straight state championship match, there was only one outcome that could satisfy the four-time state qualifier and — at the time — two-time medalist.

It took an extra period, but the Brother Rice senior finally attained high school wrestling glory when he defeated Kyle Schickel of Lemont for the Class 2A 120-pound title.

Johnson had tied the score at two in the third period, then took down Schickel in the first overtime period to claim a 4-2 victory.

It was Johnson’s third win over Schickel this postseason.

“Winning state in high school, that’s the best feeling ever,” said Johnson, who will wrestle in college at Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, Ind. “I was really excited, it was my last hurrah. I hugged my coach, started crying; I just felt really excited for myself, for Brother Rice, my family, my coaches and my friends. That’s got to be the No. 1 (moment in his life), for sure.”

The title was a longtime coming for Johnson, who first stepped on a wrestling mat when he was 5 years old. He was a state qualifier as a freshman in 2015, placed third in 2016 and was runner-up in 2017. He put in extra work last offseason to prepare for his final run at a state crown, and was fully confident heading into his final high school season that if he wrestled his best, he would emerge a champion.

“I knew it was going to be tough, but I

Schrader

Continued from Page 1 second and final day, and Schrader toughed it out with an injury that limited her effectiveness. She and Perez both rolled team-high scores of 258 as four of the Eagles’ five girls topped 600 series over the tourney’s first three games.

“At state, we had the best morning in Sandburg girls bowling history, rolling a 2,998,” Geiger recalled. “However, it was a tale of two halves. The afternoon session brought our lack of depth and difficulty to overcome some injuries.”

knew I was going to make it downstate and hopefully win a state championship, and I did,” he said. “All I had to do was listen to my coaches, believe in them and believe in myself, believe in my parents and believe in my family.”

Johnson spent the summer of 2017 wrestling in national tournaments across the Midwest — in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa — facing the highest levels of competition. He spent hours reviewing tape from his 2017 state title match, trying to find out where he erred, and then working to clean up his technique so he wouldn’t again make the same mistakes.

“I just worked harder over the summer and trained,” he said. “Last year it just didn’t work out, but my coaches, they said everything will come at the end of the season, and sure enough everything came at the end of the season.”

Johnson (35-6) lost some matches early this season, the result of him not being aggressive enough on offense, he said. By the time regionals rolled around he was feeling the best he had all year, and a pep talk by Crusaders coach Ken Bringe provided a little extra encouragement.

“He said all you got to do is get to your offense, and believe in your moves and wrestle your match and you’ll win it,” he said. “That’s really all I had to do.”

Johnson said he entered the state tournament better conditioned and more confident than he had ever been in his four high school seasons. The humble grappler credited his coaches and practice partners with helping him raise his performance.

One of Schrader’s fingers was split in half, right at the point were the ball rests and is a release point.

In extreme pain, he said, she was unable to come out of the ball the way she normally does.

Though her time at Sandburg is coming to an end, there’s plenty of bowling in Schrader’s future.

She has signed to continue her bowling career at University of St. Francis in Joliet.

“And after college I might bowl some PWBA tour stops,” Schrader said. “I am so excited to bowl for USF because the women’s bowling team won the NAIA Championships last year. I hope to grow my game and make lots of lasting friendships there.”

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Brother Rice wrestler Hassan Johnson stands atop the podium after winning the Class 3A 120-pound state title.

Not that he was immune to the butterflies that come with being on Illinois high school wrestling’s biggest stage.

“I was feeling kind of nervous during the (Grand) March,” he said of the moment the state finalists parade around the mats before the title matches begin. “I saw all the fans, the lights and my stomach just dropped; but when I went out there and stepped my foot on the mat all that stuff went away, and I just wrestled my match, and that worked good for me.”

Johnson said he had no doubt that after tying the match, 2-2, he was going to win.

“It was just a matter of when I was going to get that takedown and get those points,” he said. “I knew I was going to take it in overtime; I just believed in what I was going to do.”

McCormick

Continued from Page 1 2017-18 season, winning matches against Tinley Park, Rich Central, Reavis, and amassing a regular season record of 12-2. McCormick’s season highlights include placing fourth at the Oak Lawn Invitational in November; a fifth-place finish in regional competition (1,358 series over six games) and runner-up performance at sectionals. His 1,352 pins at sectionals were just 12 behind the champion and qualified him for the IHSA state tournament at St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon.

The state tournament proved to be a mind game, as he struggled the second day.

“I had gone in with the idea that the surface was go-

ing to be a certain way, and it wasn’t,” McCormick said. “It took awhile to adjust.”

His two-day score of 2548 was, however, good enough for 17th place. He had been in 12th place after the tourney’s first day, two places away from a medal.

“It was aggravating at first, being in the position to medal (but failing to do so), until l realized that l had exceeded my goal of qualifying for state,” he said.

The future for McCormick will definitely include bowling. He’s looking into bowling scholarships as he plans for a career in medicine or business.

But he still has another year of high school, and his goal for his senior season is to medal at state.

“And to beat my grandfather one-on-one,” he said.

2016—Sean and Chris Torpy (Sandburg) Srs. 2017—Charley Niego (Mother McAuley) Jr.

WINTER

BOYS BOWLING 2016 — Cameron Crowe (Sandburg) Fr. 2017 — Cameron Crowe (Sandburg) So. 2018 — Zack McCormick (Evergreen Park) Jr. GIRLS BOWLING 2016 — Emily Schrader (Sandburg) So. 2017 — Emily Schrader (Sandburg) Jr. and Alexandra Wozniak (Richards) 2018 — Emily Schrader (Sandburg) Sr WRESTLING 2016 — Rudy Yates (Sandburg) Sr. 2017 — Pat Brucki (Sandburg) Sr. 2018 — Hassan Johnson (Brother Rice), Sr.

FALL

FOOTBALL 1986—Jay White (Stagg) Sr. 1987—Ken Courtright (Sandburg) Sr. 1988—Efrem Haymore (Richards) Sr. and Dave Myers (Stagg) Sr. 1989—Dave Jensen (Shepard) Sr. and David Demumbrum (Reavis) Sr. 1990—Tyrone Washington (Shepard) Sr. 1991—Joe Schissler (Brother Rice) Sr. 1992—Jim Wroblewski (Sandburg) Sr. 1993—Allen Ross (Shepard) Sr. 1994—Kenny Carrington (Richards) Sr. and Mike Tracy (Evergreen Park) Sr. 1995—Zak Kustok (Sandburg) Jr. 1996—William Andrews (Richards) Sr. 1997—Bruce Corcoran (Sandburg) Jr. 1998—Joe Martinez (St. Laurence) Sr. and Joe Toner (Shepard) Sr. 1999—Tom Marsan (Evergreen Park) Sr. 2000—Mark Hamstra (Chicago Christian) Sr. 2001—Jon Cleveland (Shepard) Sr. 2002—Sean Lewis (Richards) Jr. 2003—Dan Nicholson (Brother Rice) Sr. 2004—Dion Foster (Richards) Sr. 2005—Mark Williams (Richards) Sr. 2006—Alex Haan (Chicago Christian) Jr. 2007—Alex Haan (Chicago Christian) and Tommie Thomas (Richards) Sr. 2008—Josh Hodur (St. Laurence) Sr. 2009—Jon Ryan (Richards) Sr. 2010-2012 — None named 2013—Nic Weishar (Marist) Sr. 2014—Hasan Muhammad-Rogers (Richards) Sr. 2015—Brendan Skalitzky (Marist) Sr. 2016 — Ricky Smalling (Brother Rice) Sr. 2017 — Tori Clinton (St. Laurence) Sr.

“We basically had to switch what from we prepared, but that’s something that happens in this sport and in every sport,” Paunovic said. “We were ready for the switch, but unfortunately in the second half we couldn’t keep the good game we were playing and the score that we were looking for which was 0-0 until we found an opportunity to score which happened later in the game. Again, conceding goals wasn’t helpful.”

The Fire return to MLS action when they host the Portland Timbers on March 31 at 5 p.m. (MLS Live/Univision Chicago 1200AM). Tickets for the match are available by calling 888-MLS-FIRE or visiting www.Chicago-Fire.com/tickets.

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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Finishing strong

By Jason Maholy

Fire remains winless after loss to Loons

Photo by Jason Maholy

Kendall Coyne poses for photos with Sandburg student-teacher Sarah Kliora.

Coyne

Continued from Page 1 isn’t just for boys, it’s for everybody.”

Coyne obviously never allowed the naysayers to deter her from pursuing her dreams, and she has gone on to be one of the most decorated Olympians to hail from the Chicago area.

“If I could give you guys one piece of advice, it would just be to believe in yourself, stay true to yourself, always follow your dream,” she said.

“You’re at a big part of your

life where you’re making big decisions day-in-day-out, and the decisions you make today will have an impact on your life. So always believe in who you are and what you want to accomplish and your dreams can go a long way.”

Coyne said she has come to believe everything happens for a reason. Losing to Canada in the gold medal game in 2014 was heart wrenching, and she struggled understanding why that game ended as it did.

Coyne concluded: “But four years later, standing here with a gold medal around my neck, I now understand why.”

The Brother Rice baseball team typically has lofty goals heading into every season. But with the Crusaders bringing back a wealth of experience from last year’s team that nearly notched 30 victories, the top of the mountain is a realistic possibility as far as coach John McCarthy is concerned.

McCarthy — whose teams have compiled a 159-66 record during his seven years at Rice — said that in addition to a veteran lineup, his team will bring energy and a hard-nosed approach to the game.

“Our goals are to compete for a Chicago Catholic League Blue title and a state championship,” he said.

In order to reach their goal of a state title, the Crusaders will look to a slew of returning players can follow up last season’s impressive 29-10 record, conference and regional championships, and sectional final appearance. Perhaps most important among those returnees is senior third baseman Sam Jones, an Indiana recruit who hit .305 last season with a .415 slugging percentage and .436 onbase percentage.

“Sam is a three-year varsity player, and we will need him to be a middle-of-the-order hitter,” McCarthy said.

Jones, who hit six doubles in 2017, can hit for power and drive the ball toward both corners of the outfield.

Also back this year is senior shortstop Patrick Hayes, who has committed to Illinois State University. In 2017, Hayes hit .310 with a lofty .525 on-base percentage. He also drew 11 walks and scored 15 runs.

“Patrick will be a spark plug at the top of the order for (us),” McCarthy said. “Patrick does an incredible job getting on base and extending at bats.”

Leading the rotation will be returning seniors Joey Payton (52, 2.78 ERA in 2017) and Ryan Palmblad (3-1, 2.68 ERA, 33 K) who are both both Central Michigan recruits.

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Brother Rice baseball coach John McCarthy says the Crusaders have set a goal to compete for a state championship this season.

“Payton pounds the zone with plus velocity and 12-6 breaking ball,” McCarthy said. “(And Palmblad) is a three-year varsity player … who has great movement and keeps hitters off-balanced.”

McCarthy said this year’s Crusaders will blend that veteran leadership with talented newcomers including junior outfielders Kendall Pettis (Oklahoma) and Mike Bolton (Purdue), as well as sophomore Jack Payton, the latter who who saw some playing time last year in the postseason.

“Our returning seniors will have to lead the way as our younger players get weathered by our rigorous schedule,” McCarthy said.

“We bring back two talented and reliable starters along with a host of guys that can hit and play defense. This year’s team will be more athletic and fast. We need to find consistency and develop our team identity.”

The Crusaders opened their season with a five-inning, 11-1 victory over Whitney Young on March 15.

Joey and Jack Payton each had two RBI, and junior right-hander Eric Diaz got the win. Rice followed that with a 9-5 win over Plainfield North, before being handed its first loss of the season to O’Fallon by the score of 8-3 on March 17. The Crusaders will be at home tomorrow and Saturday to face Lyons and Bishop McNamara, respectively.

Veteran Eagles aim to soar higher

By Jon DePaolis Correspondent

A commonly used proverb promoting optimism is that hope springs eternal. In baseball parlance, this means the start of every season ushers in the possibility of doing something great.

But for the Sandburg baseball team, mere hope may not be necessary. Eagles coach Jim Morsovillo, who is in his seventh year at the helm of the team, will have the luxury of leading a squad that returns several players — including the entire starting infield — from last season’s sectional championship team that finished 23-8 overall and 10-3 in the SouthWest Suburban Conference.

The Eagles defeated LincolnWay Central in last year’s Class 4A Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional title game, before falling to Edwardsville, 11-3, in the supersectional.

“We are excited about the senior leadership on this team and hoping the juniors buy in and follow along with the legacy the seniors have created,” Morsovillo said.

The start to Sandburg’s season was delayed when last Saturday’s game at Shepard was canceled because of frigid temperatures and a dusting of snow. The Eagles will officially open 2018 at home this Saturday — weather permitting — with a doubleheader against Moline.

Chief among Sandburg’s returning players is senior shortstop Branden Comia, a four-year varsity starter who was selected to the IHSA All-State team in 2017.

Comia, a University of Illinois recruit, hit .420 with six home runs and 13 doubles last season.

Also back is senior third base-

man Andrew Tenison, a Lewis University recruit who hit .350 with 23 RBI and 27 runs scored.

Tenison also displayed good plate discipline, drawing 23 walks.

At first base is Seth Masters, a University of Illinois-Springfield recruit who batted .310 with 18 walks in 2017. Rounding out the returning infield is junior Tommy Windt.

Other key returning players are senior catcher Ryan Hampe, a University of Illinois-Chicago recruit; and infielder Matt Kocinski, who plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Manning the mound for the Eagles’ will be a starting rotation led by a trio of seniors including Notre Dame recruit Evan Tenuta, who started 11 games last year while going 4-3 with 44 strikeouts. Also back is Scott Stemmons, who went 3-2 in five starts with a 2.50 overall earned run average, and Erik Herold, who was 2-0 in two starts and had one save, and recorded a 1.21 ERA with 16 strikeouts to just eight walks.

Newcomers to keep an eye on include Ryan Leland, a junior pitcher and first baseman; Nick Skrabis, a junior pitcher and third baseman; Jimmy Rybarczyk, a sophomore outfielder; and Brian Adams, a junior outfielder who transferred from Marist.

Overall, Morsovillo likes the makeup of this year’s team. His senior-dominated team has an amazing work ethic and is very coachable, he said.

“We will have depth at many positions and constant competition for outfield spots,” he said.

“We had a great run last year, and the seniors learned a lot last year about what it takes to make the next step.”

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Gone to the Dogs Sandburg priming for playoffs W Eagles to lean on Travis, Wood as team works toward always lofty goals

By Jon DePaolis Correspondent

Every spring, Sandburg coach Jim Fabianski enters the new season with an optimistic outlook.

And with good reason, as his Eagles are perennially one of the top teams in the southwest suburbs and nearly always a threat to make a deep postseason run.

“I think with the right chemistry on the team and talent in the right position, I go into every season thinking that anything is possible,” Fabianski said. “And our season is the practice for the postseason.”

And by playing in the competitive SouthWest Suburban Conference, Sandburg can expect a tough schedule to tune it up for the inevitable late-spring and earlysummer push to the postseason.

“Our conference — especially our half of it — has been really tough, with Lockport and LincolnWay East,” Fabianski said. “On the other (side), there’s Lincoln-Way Central and Lincoln-Way West, who are also top contenders for doing well in the playoffs.”

Last year, the Eagles fell to Richards, 6-3, in the Class 4A Hinsdale South Regional title game. Heading into the 2018 season, Fabianski said the girls know what is at stake.

“They just want to progress and get better every day,” he said.

“We have definite goals in mind.”

The Eagles are bringing back a lot of depth this season, including senior shortstop Ashley Wood, a

four-year starter.

“Ashley can hit the ball for power, but she hits to all fields,” Fabianski said. “She’s not a dead pull hitter. She can spray the ball pretty well around the field. She also carries some speed on the bases and some quickness [in the field], which will help us out quite a bit.”

Also returning is junior third baseman Irene Travis, a threeyear starter who hits from the left side.

“Last year, she started to drive the ball for power,” Fabianski said of Travis. “She hit five home runs last year. But she can also slap (hit), as well. She’s pretty versatile.”

Brianna Johnson, a senior outfielder, worked her way into the starting lineup in 2017 and will be looked upon to continue her progression.

“When the playoffs came around, she was our starting left fielder,” Fabianski said. “Bri is one of our tougher outs, because she is a good judge of the strike zone and is able to go deep in counts.”

The Eagles also are returning three pitchers from last year: senior Sarah Fuller and sophomores Molly O’Sullivan and Elise Wantiez.

“Both of (the sophomores) complement each other, because they are very different in their deliveries,” Fabianski said. “They are very different in the pitches they throw, and I think the key for both of them will be control.”

Fabianski also said Fuller

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Ashley Wood, in her fourth season as a starter, can hit the ball for power and also can hit to all fields, according to Sandburg coach Jim Fabianski. Wood is among the returning players who hope to lead the Eagles to postseason success.

will get some playing time at first base.

The Eagles are in Hendersonville, Tenn., beginning Friday for a string of five games in two days. Their home opener is scheduled to be played Monday against

Lincoln-Way Central, and they’ll play on the road the following two days at Oak Forest and Bradley Bourbonnais, respectively, before returning to Orland Park for a contest against Thornwood on March 29.

Mixan returns to Mighty Macs McAuley alum back to lead softball program

By Jon DePaolis Correspondent

Change is in the air for the Mother McAuley softball team as alum Kathleen Mixan has returned to take over the program.

Mixan previously coached boys volleyball at St. Rita, and was an assistant softball coach at St. Ignatius when the Wolfpack placed fourth in Class 3A in 2014.

Last year, the Mighty Macs finished 18-13 overall and 10-5 in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference. And while the Macs may be considered underdogs in some games this year, Mixan believes she has a very competitive group ready to go in 2018.

McAuley dropped a 6-1 decision to Tinley Park in the season opener on March 15,

and is scheduled to play a doubleheader versus Danville at home this Saturday.

Mixan said she put together a challenging schedule for her squad this year.

“You have to beat the best to be the best in my eyes,” she said. “I’m looking forward to playing Mixan competitive teams and possibly knocking off some of the teams that should beat us on paper.”

She pointed to Lincoln-Way East, who the Macs were scheduled to play Wednesday in Frankfort, and Marist (home on April 18) as being key games on the schedule.

In terms of team identity, Mixan believes

strongly in the Macs’ defensive skills.

Some key returning players for McAuley in 2018 include senior Jacklyn Roney, an outfielder who hit .382 last year with a .527 slugging percentage. Also returning is senior pitcher and outfielder Maddie Motola, who hit .273 last year with a .345 slugging percentage. Motola also went 10-4 in the circle, with 105 strikeouts in 101 innings pitched. She has committed to continuing her softball career in the fall at St. Xavier University.

Seniors Sara Russell and Kacey Powers are back to provide some veteran leadership.

Russell, an infielder who is committed to Roosevelt University, hit .345 last year and had a .953 fielding percentage. Powers, also an infielder, hit .224 last year and had a .818 fielding percentage.

Key newcomers to the squad in 2018 are Maggie Dickhaut and Ashley Lurquin.

AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP

Oak Lawn’s Rhodes named Coach of Year After leading Oak Lawn’s boys basketball team to the program’s best season in nearly 40 years, coach Jason Rhodes has been named the South Suburban Conference’s Coach of the Year.

Rhodes, in his seventh year at Oak Lawn, led the Spartans to 19 wins and second place in the SSC. Oak Lawn was in play for a conference championRhodes ship until the final game of the regular season, and although they defeated Argo in that contest had to settle for second when Richards topped Reavis the same night.

“I would trade the award for a conference championship in a second,” Rhodes said.

Rhodes began his Oak Lawn coaching career in the 2011-12 season and saw his Spartans go 16-11; however, the team went a combined 49-87 over the next five years.

Oak Lawn stuck with Rhodes during those years, which proved to be vital in shaping the coach who led the Spartans to 19 wins for the first time in 38 years.

“The losing honestly helped me better sharpen my philosophy and improve our program at the edges,” he said. “I’ve spent a considerable amount of time thinking about and researching the most efficient ways for our kids to acquire the tools to compete.

And this season taught me just as many lessons, though different kinds, that I’ll be able to apply in future years.”

Rhodes credited his players for the team’s success this season.

“None of the success that we had this year happens without the hard work of our players,” he said. “From our seniors to our sophomores, many of the players on our team this year logged a significant amount of time in our gym over the years… The reason we were successful was the level of commitment of our best players and the emphasis they placed on doing only what was best for the team as well as what was most needed to win. It’s really a team award.”

A first for Orland Eagles

It took 50 years, but the Orland Junior High School girls sixth- and seventh-grade

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The Orland Eagles sixth- and seventh-grade volleyball team, coached by Brian Cragg, recently won its first Southwest Interscholastic Conference championship.

volleyball team has won its first Southwest Interscholastic Conference championship.

Under the direction of first-year coach Brian Cragg, the Eagles finished the regular season 18-1, then won the conference tournament by coming from behind after losing the first games in both the semifinal and final matches.

“They battled back to win a very close second and third game against Evergreen Park in the semifinals, and then followed suit in the finals against Palos South,” Cragg said. “Palos South has always had a very strong volleyball program.”

The Cardinals have won the sixth- and

seventh-grade girls volleyball tournament 18 times since the first tournament in 1975.

Several seventh-graders students who played for last year’s Eagles contributed to this year’s unprecedented success.

“Their experience and leadership really showed and they were all a great example for our sixth-graders on the team,” Cragg said. “We won a lot of close matches that went to three games, but we were able to use our experience to stay calm and persevere.

It was a surreal season and I am grateful that I got to coach this group of girls. They are a bunch of terrific volleyball players and better people.”

hat the heck is a Rambler, anyway?

Well, according to my research, the nickname of Loyola University’s athletic teams are so-named because back in the 1920s, the school’s football program — which was dropped in 1930 — traveled, or rambled, all over the country to play its games. That would match up with Webster’s JASON Dictionary, which defines a rambler as somewho travels and wanders aimlessly from MAHOLY one place to place.

The Easy Loyola in 1982 adopted “Bo RamWriter bler” — short for hobo — as its mascot. Today, the mascot anyone paying any attention to anything sports-related over the past week has become familiar with is LU Wolf, chosen because the coat-of-arms of St. Ignatius of Loyola depicts two wolves standing over a kettle.

So now that you have your history lesson for the day, how about those Ramblers? I wrote last week about underdogs and the NCAA tournament, and Loyola certainly qualifies as such. The Ramblers defeated favorites Miami and Tennessee to advance to the Sweet 16, where they will face Nevada tonight with a berth in the Elite 8 on the line.

If you follow college basketball, or more specifically the Missouri Valley Conference, you know Loyola is a talented team despite its underdog status and you are not all that surprised by their success. This is a team that defeated Florida in Gainesville earlier this season, then steamrolled its way to a 15-3 conference mark, and regular season and conference tournament titles.

Never sleep on a team, even a small school, that takes both those crowns. These guys can play, and they’ve become the darlings of this year’s tourney. Expect to see a lot of maroon and gold, and shots of team chaplain Sister Jean DeloresSchmidt, if this team beats the Wolfpack and earns the chance to play for a spot in the Final Four.

And if you didn’t think you had any reason to root for the Ramblers, consider that they have a local connection. Loyola assistant coach Javon Marmon coached at Richards during the 2014-15 season; and Nick Dinardi, a seldom-used senior forward, hails from Palos Park and is a graduate of Providence High School.

FOCUS ON AREA COLLEGES

Twice as nice SXU’s Krolicki is again national Player of the Year

Saint Xavier women’s basketball player Kara Krolicki oneupped her own accomplishment of back-to-back CCAC Player of the Year awards by earning NAIA Division II Wo m e n ’ s Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive Krolicki season.

Cougar teammate Brittany Collins, meanwhile, was named an NAIA First-Team All-American.

Krolicki becomes the second NAIA Division II player — and just the fourth in NAIA women’s basketball history, in any division — to earn national Player of the Year honors in back-toback seasons. The senior guard led the Cougars with an average of 20 points per game, and with 700 points finished second in the NAIA. Krolicki finished her celebrated career as Saint Xavier’s all-time leading scorer with 2,726 points, and is the only player in school history to surpass 2,700 career points.

Collins joins the short list of First Team All-Americans in Cougar history, becoming the fifth to receive the honor. The senior forward ended her time at Saint Xavier as the all-time leader in blocked shots with 338, and is second on the program’s rebounding list with 1,155.

During the four seasons with Krolicki and Collins on the floor, Saint Xavier qualified for the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship every season, reaching the Fab Four twice. The Cougars’ record during the two women’s time at SXU was 127-14.

Cougars’ Niego is All-American

Niego

For the second time, Saint Xavier senior Quinn Niego has been named an NAIA All-American, earning an Honor-

able Mention nod after helping the Cougars’ men’s basketball team to a 19-win season.

Niego, who was a first-team All-CCAC selection, led Saint Xavier with 21.1 points per game, the second-highest average in the conference. The senior finishes his four-year SXU career as the 40th member of the school’s 1,000-point club, ranking sixth all-time with 1,782 points. Niego is also the Cougars’ record holder in career free throw percentage, converting 87.7 percent of his attempts at the line.

Niego is the first Cougar to earn All-American honors in back-toback seasons since Brad Karp.

Baseball: Saint Xavier junior second baseman Garrett Bright went 4-for-4 to lead a 15-hit attack in a 9-6 win over Roosevelt on Sunday, March 18.

Bright drove in two RBI and scored twice as the Cougars opened a three-game series with the Lakers.

Gainer Jack Gainer and Agustin Guerrero each collected three hits and two RBI. Gainer, of Oak Lawn, tied the game at 4-4 with his second home run of Chimera the year, a solo shot, and helped extend a lead later in the game with an RBI double.

Anthony Chimera, a St. Laurence product, earned the win in relief by pitching three hitless innings.

Gainer also had an RBI single to help the Cougars to a doubleheader sweep of Robert Morris on Thursday, March 15. Sophomore Jared Jones collected the win in Game 1 of that matchup, throwing only 96 pitches to go all nine innings in a 5-1 victory over the Eagles. Jones, a sophomore, struck out five and scattered five hits.

The Cougars won the nightcap, 5-3.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.MARK J. HOLDA AKA MARK HOLDA AKA MARK J. HOLD A, LYDIA MICHELLE HOLDA FKA LYDIA ROJAS AKA LYDIA MICHELLE HOLDA, FIRST MIDWEST BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO PALOS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRU 2000 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1-500, LOMA VISTA NURSERY, CHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC DBA CHRYSLER FINANCIAL FKA DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICA LLC, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., CITY OF PALOS HEIGHTS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF PALOS BANK AND TRUST COMP S TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1-5000, REPUBLIC BANK OF CHICAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 8082 6833 WEST 127TH STREET Palos Heights, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 2, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6833 WEST 127TH STREET, Palos Heights, IL 60463

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.DONNA C. PRYOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 17 CH 8434 8941 WEST 147TH STREET Orland Park, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8941 WEST 147TH STREET, Orland Park, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-10-403-017-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $204,764.23.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please refer to file number 17-083412.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 17-083412 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 8434 TJSC#: 38-1233 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3077469

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR CARLSBAD FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST Plaintiff, -v.DEIVIDAS TVASKUS A/K/A DEVIDAS TVASKUS, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, GREEN OAKS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, RASA TVASKUS Defendants 10 CH 30634 8431 WEST 99TH TERRACE, BUILDING 35, UNIT 205 Palos Hills, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 3, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 3, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8431 WEST 99TH TERRACE, BUILDING 35, UNIT 205, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-301-006-1165.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $136,554.70.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please refer to file number 10-037980.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 10-037980 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 10 CH 30634 TJSC#: 38-1797 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3079135

Property Index No. 24-31-107-010-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $305,827.17.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact the sales department, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.

AnselmoLindberg.com. Please refer to file number F12020147.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@anselmolindberg.com Attorney File No. F12020147 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 58852 Case Number: 12 CH 8082 TJSC#: 38-1206 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs.

JULIE KOKOSKA; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Defendants, 17 CH 12210 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-22-401-010-0000.

Commonly known as 8930 Chadbourn Drive, Orland Park, IL 60462.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 2205611. 17-029923 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3079520

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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIAITON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AMC1, Plaintiff, vs.

GADEER HAMMAD; ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, Defendants, 14 CH 16309 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 23-13-113-029.

Commonly known as 10502 S. Vicky Lane, Palos Hills, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Ms. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307. (248) 853-4400 ext 1200.

C14-98920 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3079074

Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-J Plaintiff, vs.

STANLEY S. LATEK; BOBBIE LATEK; FIFTH THIRD BANK; U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; SILO RIDGE ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 2300 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-07-403-007-0000.

Commonly known as 71 SILO RIDGE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

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40 ft. x 60 ft. pole barn CALL 815-450-0004 Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.RONALD J. POHREBNY, CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 04373 10151 SOUTH 84TH AVENUE Palos Hills, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10151 SOUTH 84TH AVENUE, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-402-026-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $177,127.23.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact the sales department, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.

AnselmoLindberg.com. Please refer to file number F17020201.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@anselmolindberg.com Attorney File No. F17020201 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 58852 Case Number: 16 CH 04373 TJSC#: 38-833 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1 (800) 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is: 1 (800) 927-9275.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GUARANTEED RATE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.JOSEPH S. SULLIVAN, JUDITH SULLIVAN Defendants 17 CH 005094 12939 S. SENECA ROAD PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 31, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 2, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 12939 S. SENECA ROAD, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 23-36-215-009-0000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03702.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03702 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 005094 TJSC#: 38-1279 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.APRIL MCDONNELL, MICHAEL DEMARCO Defendants 15 CH 011598 16718 HILLTOP AVENUE ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 3, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 16718 HILLTOP AVENUE, ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 Property Index No. 27-27-206-050-0000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-11358.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-11358 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 011598 TJSC#: 38-2249 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, F.S.B. F/K/A WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.JOSE GONZALES A/K/A JOSE GONZALEZ, LORENA GONZALEZ, ALPINE HEIGHTS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION Defendants 17 CH 13416 16416 GRANT AVENUE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 5, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 3, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 16416 GRANT AVENUE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-20-305-056-0000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-05289.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-05289 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 13416 TJSC#: 38-1766 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.GUADALUPE REYES, CARLOS J ZILBERBERG, RIVIERA REGAL CONDOMINIUM PHASE 1 CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, RIVIERA REGAL CONDOMINIUMS UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION Defendants 14 CH 08841 11105 SOUTH 84TH AVENUE, UNIT 2B PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 31, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 3, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11105 SOUTH 84TH AVENUE, UNIT 2B, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-200-026-1016.

The real estate is improved with a residential condominium.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 257747.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 257747 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 14 CH 08841 TJSC#: 38-1708 I3079123

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Left: Seder meal at The Center. Right: The labyrinth at The Center.

The Center to commemorate Good Friday

The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, has announced a slate of activities for the days ahead.

For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650.

• Spring Needlework/Crafts Retreat will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday March 24. Center knitting and weaving instructor Georgann Ring will lead a group in the Forest View Room known for its excellent lighting, scenery and food. All who knit, crochet, weave, embroider, crossstitch, needlepoint, do beading, enjoy craftwork are invited. The retreat fee is $55 and includes leadership and lunch. A 24-hour advance registration is required.

• Essential Oils: Hello Beautiful! a two-hour program begins

at 2 p.m. Saturday March 24.

Instructor Liz Credio will show students how to make bath teas, a foaming face wash, an eye pillow and lip balms with essential oils.

Benefits and usages of oils will be discussed during class. The workshop fee is $17 plus a $20 materials fee.

• Celebrating the Seder Luncheon is planned from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 27. The Seder Meal is symbolic of the Exodus of the ancient Israelites from Egypt. Participants can join Rev. Chris Hopkins, Bill Hopkins and Mark Walker to learn about the meaning of the Jewish Seder meal, and its significance both to the Jewish religion and to the history of Christianity. Unleavened bread, grape juice, bitter herbs, and a paschal meal of gyros and pitas

followed by the Christian tradition of hot cross buns will form the menu. Luncheons cost $22 and reservations must be made in advance.

• Pottery for Kids will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for four Thursdays beginning March 29. Instructor Liz Credio will moderate this class in which students will learn the process of creating ceramic art.

In this class students will learn how to make such things as pottery and sculptures. Credio will have several projects planned as well as allowing time for experimentation. This program is open to children in kindergarten through eighth grade. The class fee is $51 plus a $14 materials fee.

• Holy Thursday Communion Service will be held at 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 29. This is a

special Communion service in the Wayside Chapel commemorating the Last Supper of Jesus. This service will include silence, music and prayer. All attending “will break bread and share the cup in remembrance of Him,” said The Center in a news release.

• Good Friday Labyrinth Stations of the Cross will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday March 30. The Stations of the Cross and the Labyrinth are joined together to offer a unique way to experience the passion of Jesus. These Scriptural Stations of the Cross have 15 stations modeled on the Scriptural Stations celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday, 1991. There will be prayer books to guide participants on the journey.

Instructor Liz Credio will moderate Pottery for Kids in which students will learn the process of creating ceramic art at The Center.

Bridge Teen Center offers ‘Eggstravaganza’ tomorrow The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Ct., Orland Park, offers several free events for teens in seventh through 12th grade.

For more information, call (708) 532-0500.

• Eggstravaganza/Egg the Staff and DJ Night is scheduled from

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 23. Students can enjoy a fun twist on Easter festivities as they have a chance to “egg” the staff and search for hidden golden eggs.

A DJ will play dance music and Dunkin’ Donuts will provide free treats.

• Around the World: Ukrainian Easter Eggs will provide students a chance to decorate eggs with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a wax-resistant method and colorful dyes. This program will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 27.

• Culinary: Shrimp & Chicken Gumbo with The Cheesecake Factory is set from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28. Students will cook with a chef from the Cheesecake Factory and learn how to make a flavorful gumbo stew with shrimp, chicken, toma-

toes, peppers and garlic.

• Knitting Basics will be taught from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 29. Students will practice important skills every knitter needs, like making a slipknot, casting on yarn and weaving in the ends.

Project Serve: Thrift Store will

be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 29. Students will spend an afternoon sorting, cleaning and shelving donated items at The Bridge Thrift Store.

Community service hours will be given.

Learn about perennial gardens, silk painting at McCord Gallery “Design Your Perennial Garden,” a workshop with MaryAnn Nowak, will be offered at McCord Gallery and Cultural Center with a choice of two sessions.

The first, on Wednesday, March 28, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.

The second, on Saturday, April 14, will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Cost for the workshops is $30/35 (member/non-member) per session.

“Plan your garden for years to come,” said the McCord staff in a description of the workshop.

“You will learn how to create a garden with the amount of maintenance you prefer. With proper placement, you can create a floral display throughout the growing season.”

Proper exposure and conditions

will help a garden flourish, the description continued. Workshop attendees should bring a photo and measurements of their outdoor space Advice from an expert will be provided. To registers, call

(708) 671-0648 or visit McCordGallery.org.

“Silk Painting-Shibori Technique,” led by Carolyn ThomasDavidoff, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 31.

Workshop participants use a Habotai silk scarf to create a pleated design using a traditional Japanese Arashi Shibori technique. Silk will be folded and wrapped on a PVC pipe to create the pleats and beads provided for accent trim on the scarf ends. Attendees should bring a hair dryer. Cost for the workshop is $40/50 (member/non-Member).

Reservations may be made by calling (708) 671-0648.

McCord Gallery and Cultural Center is located at 9602 W. Creek Rd., Palos Park.

Scones make an ideal companion to a morning cup of coffee or tea. Simple and delicious, this recipe for “Maple Pecan Scones” from Linda Collister’s “Quick To reserve a spot, call Becky Breads” (Ryland, Peters & Small) is ideal for scone lovers who want Erickson at (303) 803-7532.

The Orland Grassland Volun- something quick to make in the teers will hold their quarterly morning. meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 at the Orland Park Civic Cen- MAPLE PECAN SCONES Serves 6 ter, 14700 S. Ravinia.

There will be updates on habitat rescue activity, field trips and • 2 cups unbleached allpurpose flour event dates. Also, discussions • 4 teaspoons baking with task groups on birding, powder seeding strategy and shrub proj- • A good pinch of salt ect plans will take place.

• 4 tablespoons unsalted Call (708) 220-9596 for more butter, chilled and cut into cubes information.

Mark Earth Hour at Orland Grassland

The public is invited to “Earth Hour—Hike the Nite” at Orland Grassland, 167th Street just west of LaGrange Road, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 24.

Participants hike into the grassland wildness along the natural terrain trail to stargaze, hear frogs call, hear owls and see American woodcocks.

Participants are asked to dress for hiking in natural terrain and the weather. Flashlights recommended.

Organized by World Wildlife Federation (WWF), Earth Hour

is a worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the planet. From 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in every time zone, people are asked to turn off electronics and lights for one hour to help reduce their carbon footprint and help with climate change.

Earth Hour was started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

The hike takes about 90 minutes. There will be a hot beverage and dessert bar afterwards. Those with telescopes are invited to bring them.

Scones a great coffee complement • • • •

1 cup pecan pieces 1 extra-large egg 1/4 cup pure maple syrup About 3 tablespoons milk 1 greased baking sheet Preheat the oven to 425 F. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and rub it in with the tips of your fingers until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Mix in the pecans.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg with maple syrup and 1 tablespoon of the milk. Stir into the flour mixture with a round-bladed knife to make a soft, coarse-looking dough. If the dough is dry and crumbly and won’t stick together, stir in more milk 1 tablespoon at a time. If the dough is very

wet and sticky, work in another tablespoon of flour.

Tip out the dough onto a work surface lightly dusted with flour and gently work it with your hands for a few seconds so it looks smoother. Put the dough ball onto the prepared baking sheet. Dip your fingers in flour and pat out the dough to a round about 11/4 inches thick and 7 inches across.

Using a knife, cut the round into 6 wedges, but do not separate the dough before baking.

Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until light golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack and leave until the wedges are cool enough to separate. Serve warm the same day. The cooled scones can be wrapped tightly and frozen for up to 1 month.

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The Regional News • The Reporter

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Southwest • Section 2, Page 8

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Among the Chicago Christian High School Theater Department’s recent presentation of “Alice in Wonderland” were (from left) the Mad Hatter, Jake Van Dyke (Homer Glen); March Hare, Adeline Larsen (Palos Heights); Duchess, Emma Vander Plaats (Palos Heights); and Frog Footman, Collin Pujdak (Monee). The play was directed by Cristin Lenters and Anna DeBlecourt.

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS Invite kids to dye eggs at Lake Katherine

“Natural Egg Dying” by the Junior & Eco Explorers will be held at 4 p.m. March 28 at the Lake Katherine Nature Center, 7402 Lake Katherine Dr., Palos Heights.

The one-hour experience is for grades K-5. Roots and beans, stalks and skins will be used to make natural vegetable dyes and color eggs. Registration must be made no later than the Monday before the program, by calling (708) 361-1873 and quoting #683.

Orland Square sets Muppet Babies event

McCord offers Georgia O’Keefe portrayal

Leslie Goddard will portray artist Georgia O’Keefe at 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 8 at McCord Gallery and Cultural Center, 9602 W. Creek Road, Palos Park.

Admission is $35 per person.

The Second Sunday Silk Painters will also be at McCord Gal-

HOROSCOPES ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, take some time to assess a situation before you act on gut instinct. Your initial reaction may not be the best way to go. Ask a trusted friend for advice.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, when you get an idea in your head, it can take a monumental effort to persuade you to think otherwise. This week your ideas may need tweaking.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Stop planning for the immediate future and start thinking long-term, Gemini. This way you can relax as much as possible and enjoy the ride knowing all things are in order.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 It is very easy to become complacent, Cancer. Just when you thought your week would be routine, things get stirred up in ways you never would have imagined.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, if a career change has been on your mind, it may be better to dip a toe into the waters rather than jumping in all at once. Try an internship before making a commitment.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, it’s understandable that you want to prove yourself as capable as ever. But accepting a little help is not a sign of weakness. In fact, it is a sign of strength.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Family matters push to the forefront, Libra. This may require all of your attention for the time being.

Clear your schedule so you can give this the attention it deserves.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, overcoming challenges as they are presented to you is one of the things that makes you so successful. But even the best task master needs some rest and relaxation.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/ Dec 21 You may find yourself at the center of social occasions, Sagittarius. If you want to be the life of the party, then go ahead. If you want to remain on the sidelines, that’s fine as well.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 It’s not worth getting into an argument to win a point with someone who doesn’t have all of the facts, Capricorn. Rest your case and forge ahead with what you know is right.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 A change of direction may not be the right fit for you at this moment in time, Aquarius. If you have been pondering a move, you may want to devote more time to vetting the idea.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Splurge on something that you have been considering buying for a while, Pisces. As long as you can afford it, you can splurge without any guilt.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

MARCH 25 Elton John, Singer (71) MARCH 26 Kenny Chesney, Singer (50) MARCH 27 Mariah Carey, Singer (48) MARCH 28 Lady Gaga, Singer (32) MARCH 29 Scott Wilson, Actor (76) MARCH 30 Norah Jones, Singer (39) MARCH 31 Christopher Walken, Actor (75)

lery on April 8. They are a group of Chicago area silk artists. This show will offer affordable handpainted, hand-dyed or decorated silks including vintage silks and clothing, as well as handmade jewelry, dyed aprons and oneof-a-kind purses.

For more information, call (708) 671-0648.

SW Symphony to host talent show

Southwest Symphony Orchestra will host its SSO’s Got Talent Fest from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Aviana Banquets, 11142 S. Southwest Highway, Palos Hills.

Reservations may be made online at southwestsymphony.com.

As part of the evening, there will be musicians, singers and a dancer.

Tickets are $55 per person for dinner, and $500 per table of 10. All proceeds will benefit the Southwest Symphony Orchestra.

First-place winner will win $500 in cash. SSO is also raffling gift baskets and prizes.

To make a prize donation, call Jean Vanier at (773) 779-5518.

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Orland Square Mall, 149th Street and La Grange Road, invites the community to a Muppet Babies-themed Disney Junior Play Date event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27.

This event does not include live character appearances.

Disney Junior’s reimagined “Muppet Babies” chronicles the hilarious playroom antics of the young Kermit the Frog, Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal and

brand-new Muppet Baby, Summer Penguin. Under the watchful eye of Miss Nanny, the Muppet Babies use their imaginations to embark on countless adventures that take them to the farthest corners of the universe and demonstrate to young viewers the power and potential of imaginative play.

During the “Muppet Babies”themed Disney Junior Play Date event, families will participate in activities including color bingo and various arts and crafts— starting at 11 a.m. in the lower level JCPenney wing of Orland Square. While the event does not feature live character appearances, kids will have the chance to visit and pose with the nearby Easter Bunny with photo packages available for purchase.

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