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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Serving Palos, Orland and Worth townships and neighboring communities

75th Year, NO. 16 • 3 Sections

Heights senior units plan just got bigger Spectrum Retirement Communities wants to develop the whole parcel near Cal-Sag

By Jack Murray

Regional News Editor A plan to build a senior living complex at Palos Heights’ vacant northern gateway at Route 83 and Harlem Avenue returned to the City Council Tuesday.

But the latest plans are bigger and bolder than when first heard last December.

Spectrum Retirement Communities wants to add 90 independent living units to its initial plans for an assisted living and memory care residential building on the nearly 7-acre vacant parcel on which Crown Buick’s landmark rotunda showroom once stood.

Spectrum vice president Mike Longfellow revised his firm’s plans upward from a 100-unit complex to 175 units – 90 independent living, and 85 assisted living and memory care units. Memory care houses people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. All would be rental units.

“We added an independent living component because of the large unmet demand for it,” Longfellow told the council.

Spectrum now wants to buy the entire triangle-shaped parcel that points from Harlem eastward along Route 83. The Cal-Sag Trail runs along the parcel’s north side, between it and the channel.

“That way we can control the land and influence the commercial development on the corner [of Route 83 and Harlem],” Longfellow said. “I have a little control freak in me,” he later said.

An architect, Longfellow said Spectrum wants to make sure that the complex, nearby businesses and neighborhoods “fit in with each other.”

The plans must be heard by the city’s Plan Commission as the first step in the city’s approval process. No date for that hearing was given Tuesday.

Spectrum is the owner/operator of 3,500 senior living units across 11 states, concentrated in the Midwest, with six

properties in the Chicago area, including Burr Ridge, Lombard and Libertyville, Longfellow added. Spectrum has 2,000 employees nationwide, 20 of them in project development, such as himself.

The Palos Heights complex would bring 80 jobs, he answered Mayor Bob Straz’s question.

“We prefer all three levels of assisted living, memory care and independent living” at each of the sites Spectrum operates, he explained. “It has been very successful to have independent living included as the best-case scenario to benefit surrounding businesses.”

The revised, larger complex would have

a 4-story section connected to a 2-story one. Independent living units range from studio, one- and two-beroom units in size.

Larger units have kitchenettes.

For the commercial outlots on the western portion of the parcel closest to Harlem, Longfellow said Spectrum would work with the city to attract businesses that are the right fit. “It’s a holistic concept that all blends with each other,” he said.

Alderman Donald Bylut asked about the commercial prospects for the site.

Spectrum favors complementary businesses that are “the right sort of restaurant See SENIOR LIVING, Page 2

PALOS HEIGHTS

Redevelopment hopes spring back to Harlem Avenue

By Dermot Connolly The developer of Palos Place wants to do for the east side of Harlem Avenue something like he did for the west side in the heart of Palos Heights’ central business district.

So far Michael Coogan’s is the only plan on the horizon for the redevelopment of the downtown Harlem Avenue corridor envisioned by Palos Heights officials when they established the Harlem Avenue Overlay District last year.

Further up the road, however, city officials will consider a senior Photo by Jeff Vorva living complex at Route 83 and Harlem Avenue brought back to the City Council Tuesday after its Maksim Kierna, 6, hawks the Angels Mustang League team on his father Anthony’s shoulders during Saturday’s Palos Baseball Organization opening initial presentation last December.

The Harlem Avenue Overlay day parade in Palos Heights. Although Maksim doesn’t play, his brother, Jackson, is one of the hundreds of baseball and softball players in the PBO and District’s mixed-use zoning rules Palos Power group who participated in the parade and opening ceremony at Community Park.

For more photos, see Sports. are designed to create a balance

Angel on his shoulder

of commercial and residential uses within the Harlem Avenue corridor stretching between Route 83 and south of 127th Street.

See Editorial, Page 4 The goal of the guidelines set out in the Harlem Overlay District is to attract more service businesses, such as restaurants and professional offices that would generate more foot traffic in the Harlem Avenue district. Encouraging property owners to remodel and modernize existing buildings is also a goal of the district.

To help realize that vision, the city recently tapped Frank Diliberto of Diliberto Real Estate on a pro-bono basis to market the Harlem Overlay District to businesses and investors.

See HARLEM AVE., Page 2

Fitness Center saviors cheer and give thanks

By Jack Murray and Dermot Connolly Palos Health & Fitness Center members active in the movement to save it will have to work out that much harder after a potluck feast Wednesday last week at the fitness center.

So laughed at least one of the celebrants as he served people thick, gooey slices of pizza he carried about the conference room, where the party hummed for nearly three hours.

The Save PHFC members continued their victory party into this week, first at the Orland Park Village Board meeting on Monday, then onto the Orland Township

Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday. They were to give a plaque to township Supervisor Paul O’Grady and a sizeable donation of contributions to the township scholarship foundation to show their appreciation for his efforts on their behalf to save PHFC, 15430 West Ave. Supervisor O’Grady, Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin and village Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich were among elected officials who stopped by last week’s fete at the fitness center. They were greeted with thank yous from grateful men and women who no Photos courtesy Lauretta Blake longer must find a new facility to Karin Evers, Orland Township Supervisor Paul O’Grady and Delores Thiel exercise, or exorcise their aches celebrate the saving of the Palos Health and Fitness Center in an agreement Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin greets Save PHFC activist James PrenSee FITNESS CENTER, Page 2 between the village of Orland Park and Palos Community Hospital.

dergast, of Palos Heights, at the potluck luncheon party held Wednesday last week at the fitness center.

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Donations to national group Fitness center do NOT benefit local police Continued from Page 1

Read the fine print of appeals for funds

By Dermot Connolly Palos Heights residents are among those who have raised concerns that mailings from a Washington-based organization soliciting donations are deceptively designed to make recipients think donations will benefit their local police.

Former Palos Heights mayor Dean Koldenhoven recently made The Regional aware of the fundraising appeal he received from the National Law Enforcement Officers Fund, pointing out the return address states: “Illinois Law Enforcement” and “Palos Heights Fund Drive for National Law Enforcement Officers.”

There is an asterisk beside Palos Heights on the envelope, leading to an explanation in small print on the brochure stating that “do-

nations do not go to local law enforcement agencies, but honor ALL sworn officers across America by supporting the Memorial to their fallen colleagues.”

But the wording could be confusing. The brochure also refers to “Annual Palos Heights Campaign,” and Oak Lawn and other communities have received similar pieces of mail tailored to their location.

“They are trying to trick us,” Koldenhoven said, noting that local law enforcement organizations have nothing to do with it.

In small print again, the brochures explain that donations provide for the maintenance of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, located in the 400 block of E Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The names date back to 1791, and more are added every year.

Reached for comment, Palos Heights Deputy Police Chief Bill Czajkowski stressed that the local department does not solicit for funds and receives nothing from

the organization that sent out the mailings.

“We occasionally hear from people who get these types of solicitations, but we want everyone to know that we never solicit our residents for donations by mail or by phone,” said Czajkowski.

“We also have a Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 154 and they never solicit for donations either,” he added. “The National Law Enforcement Officers Fund is certainly a real organization and it is up to people whether they want to donate. But the department is not involved with it.”

According to information available on its website, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund was founded in 1984 and “is dedicated to honoring and remembering the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in the United States.”

In addition to maintaining the monument, the organization now wants to raise funds for a law enforcement museum.

Lake Katherine holds signup for its annual scenic trail race Runners and walkers of all ages will be pounding the pathways around Lake Katherine for the park’s annual trail race on Sunday, May 15.

Lake Katherine’s fourth annual Break for the Lake race will kick off at 8 a.m. with participants following a scenic 5K route around the Palos Heights park.

‘May is a great time for a run around Lake Katherine,’ says operations manager Gareth Blakesley. ‘Look out for Virginia bluebells, a variety of blossoms and Mayapple. We’re also in the midst of the spring bird migration, with a variety of warblers passing through.’

The race entrance fee prior to the day is $25 for adults (15 years and older) and $15 for children under 14. Details of how to sign up can be found at lakekatherine.org.

Proceeds from the race will go toward children’s programs, ecological restoration and animal care at Lake Katherine. The trail race course is not suitable for dogs or strollers.

Race sponsors include Chiro One, Kallemeyn Auto Rebuilders, Nick’s BBQ and PerCom Answering Services.

Lake Katherine is at 7402 W. lake Katherine Drive, Palos Heights. The 85-acre non-profit

Supplied photo

Jan Myrda, who has won the race for the last three years in a row, poses with his children Bart, Madzia and Kasia, who all came first or second in their age category in 2015.

park that includes woodlands, prairie, wetlands, gardens and a 10-acre lake. An estimated 100,000 people come to the park

Photo by Dermot Connolly

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Diliberto’s real estate firm is located within the target area, at 12413 S. Harlem Ave. “He came to us with the idea.

We want him to market the new Overlay District and he has contact with a lot of buyers and sellers,” said Mayor Robert Straz.

While Diliberto is being called the economic development adviser, he doesn’t really have a formal title, the mayor added. The Regional failed to reach Diliberto for comment for this story.

Diliberto will work closely with Michael Parella, community development coordinator for Palos Heights, Straz explained.

Brigid Capital’s Michael Coogan’s successful redevelopment

of the old Ben Franklin property at 12306 S. Harlem now called Palos Place is seen as an example of what can be done elsewhere along Harlem Avenue.

The two-story building, which has apartments on the second floor, features retail businesses known as the Shoppes of Palos on the first floor near Diane’s Place, an ice cream store and restaurant, facing Harlem at the center of it all.

A grand opening “Sip and Shop” is planned from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight (Thursday) to welcome the newest addition to the Shoppes called Bleu House Home Designs, featuring handmade home décor, soaps, art and furniture.

Coogan’s next project is to redevelop a section of the strip mall across the street, between 12349 and 12357 S. Harlem. He declined to say much about his

Photos courtesy Lauretta Blake

Save PHFC members feasted on pizza, sandwiches, casseroles and baked desserts galore at the party celebrating Palos Heath and Fitness Center’s remaining open. Anne Matty and Larry Ehertsman are seen among the revelers.

Save PHFC leader Larry Ehertsman, Orland Park village Trustee Carole Griffin-Ruzich and Mayor Dan McLaughlin share in the celebration.

Karin Evers, Save PHFC leader Mary Ellen Smolinski and Andy Evers bask in the joyful gathering.

each year to hike, jog, walk their dogs or to simply enjoy the beauty of the gardens and the abundant opportunities to see wildlife.

To the village

Real estate developer Michael Coogan is planning to redevelop this section of the 12300 block of South Harlem Avenue in Palos Heights, across the street from his transformation of the old Ben Franklin variety store into Palos Place.

Harlem Ave.

and pains.

Palos Community Hospital had informed members in a letter dated Jan. 15 that it planned to close the facility May 1. But they mobilized a movement called Save PHFC to save it, and O’Grady, an attorney, intervened mightily on their behalf. He composed legal arguments in letters sent to state regulators and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, and even filed a lawsuit, all in the effort champion their cause.

Few knew that behind the scenes, Mayor McLaughlin was quietly negotiating with hospital officials the terms of a land swap deal announced last month under which the village will own the fitness center and eventually operate it under its Recreation and Parks Department.

It was that good news that Save PHFC members celebrated together during last week’s standing-room only potluck luncheon party, where tables groaned under piles of pizzas, sandwiches, salads, casseroles and homebaked desserts.

At that fete, O’Grady was greeted with cheers. Members clasping their hands with his raised above their heads are shown in photos posted on the Save PHFC Facebook page. He was given a framed yellow (the group’s color) note: “Paul Saved PHFC from the wrecking ball” and a toy wrecking machine with wrecking ball. Like a groom at his wedding, he made his way around the room to greet each attendee seated at tables for the luncheon.

It was a bit later when Mayor McLaughlin came to the party.

Wearing a White Sox jacket, the mayor, too, received profuse thanks from the members. Many use motorized scooters because they have medical conditions, such as multiple sclerosis or severe forms of arthritis, that they say rule out using any other nearby health club than the medically-integrated PHFC. It was likely good politics for both Supervisor O’Grady and Mayor McLaughlin to play their respective parts in the saving of the fitness center. Nearly 5,000 members belonged to PHFC before the Jan. 15 notice of its closing.

Depending on how many live in Orland Park, that’s a lot of voters.

The politics of the issue, however, matter very little to the members happy about the result.

After all the cheers and high fives are over, it will be the mayor whose village will assume the costs and responsibilities of managing and operating the facility.

Those costs remain for now private information the hospital is sharing with the village under due diligence clauses of the memorandum of understanding reached between them.

plans this week because he has not finalized them to present to the City Council. He hopes to do so in May, and was not ready to talk about the details until that is done.

“I saw an artist’s rendering of it.

It looks very nice,” Mayor Straz said of Coogan’s plans.

Similar to Coogan’s Palos Place development, the new plans reportedly also would include retail space on the first floor with residential units above.

“That is the sort of thing we need,” said Straz. “What we really need are investors willing to improve some of the properties along there.”

He said that some of the existing buildings have not been updated since the 1950s or before, and “they’re old and they’re tired.”

On Monday, Lauretta Blake, one of the leaders of Save PHFC, addressed the Orland Park Village Board, thanking the mayor and trustees for their role to save the fitness center.

She also thanked Mayor Daniel McLaughlin and Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich for attending last Wednesday’s celebration.

“I know it is hard for you to find time in the middle of the day to come to something like that,” she said.

McLaughlin said he gained a lot of information, and learned more about what the fitness center means to so many people during the celebration.

“I had a long conversation with James Prendergast, and he educated me,” the mayor said. “The more that we prepare for the handover, we salute you for your efforts.”

“The center is a gemstone in this community, and we had a wonderful time,” said Ruzich, who is a member of PHFC. “We all appreciate what you have accomplished,” said Blake, who was among about a dozen members of the group who have been attending Orland Park Village Board meetings. They joked that they might be deserving of a Community Pride Award for their attendance.

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or the right sorts of general retail,” Longfellow replied. “Controlling the site, we would work with the city” to approve them. “We have had a fair amount of interest already shown to us.”

Spectrum provides three meals a day in dining rooms, house-cleaning and laundry services for its independent living as well as its assisted living and memory care residents, Longfellow explained.

Debbie and Richard Pazlyk are all smiles at the Save PHFC party last week.

want to violate the Open Meetings Act, which generally prevents the whole board from gathering outside official meetings.

Blake said it was sad to see some staff at the center leave for other jobs in recent weeks, because they had been warned the center would be closing. But Dodge assured the group afterward that there are no plans for any immediate changes to the center when the village does take it over.

“You have to attend six meetings in a row to get anything,” said the mayor with a laugh.

“We know running the center is a lot of work and we have a lot of workers,” said Blake.

She said there are people of all ages in the group, and they intend to remain active and assist the village in any way possible to ensure a smooth transition in ownership. The center will be run through the village’s Recreation Department, but the final details of the changeover have not been announced yet.

Blake said some members are now looking into ways to raise money—even considering airplane jumps—for organizations that help their friends with multiple sclerosis and other conditions whom they have met at the health center.

“We’re all probably going to need the services provided by the health center at some point in our lives,” she said.

Several other trustees, including Daniel Calandriello and James Dodge, said they would have liked to attend the celebration on Wednesday, but they did not

A larger turnout was expected at Orland Township on Tuesday because of email blasts sent by members. “You will have an opportunity to thank Mr. O’Grady personally and meet other members who are grateful that PHFC was saved!” one said. “Light refreshments will be served after the meeting. If anyone is still hungry, a small group of us will be heading over to Fox’s Pizza to enjoy their half price pizza special on Tuesday nights.”

And so, the celebrations — and workouts — continue.

To that extent it is very different than age-restricted multi-family housing.

“We always have a beauty salon inside our buildings,” Longfellow answered a question posed by Alderman Jerry McGovern (4th Ward).

Alderman Jack Clifford noted that residents south of Route 83 have killed previous projects because of concerns about drainage, many already have clogged culvert systems. He also wanted to know if the new plans went before the fie chief to make sure its fire engines can get access to all parts of the

building in case of fire.

Not shown specific drainage plans, he was told that the south side of Route 83 drains to the north, away from the homes and that the complex would comply with the MWRD’s latest ordinance for stormwater control.

Answering questions by aldermen after Longfellow left following his presentation, Mayor Straz noted that the city’s demographics of an aging population (see Editorial, Page 4) is a consideration to take into account when weighing senior living proposals such as the one returned to the table Tuesday.

To the township

The Regional News

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Orland man, 19, charged in burglaries of two cars

A 19-year-old Orland Park man living in a family member’s garage was charged with burglaries from autos after he was found hiding in it by responding officers, police said.

Martin P. Prendergast, 19, of the 7800 block of 157th Prendergast Street, was charged with two felony counts of burglary one count possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor, police said.

Orland Park police responded to a report of a man who entered an unlocked car on April 11 behind a business in the 7700 block of 159th Street. The victim told police she saw a man inside her car and belongings were now missing.

Police broadcast a description

of the suspect soon before a patrol officer observed a man fitting his description behind a condominium building in the 7800 block of 157th Street.

The man fled from the patrolman into an attached garage before police surrounded the building, entered and found the suspect hiding under some PCV piping, police said.

Prendergast was then positively identified by the victim, police said. The personal items that were stolen from the victim’s car were recovered inside the garage, along with numerous other objects that police believe were also stolen from other victims, police said.

Some of these items led police to a second victim whose car was burglarized in the 7700 block of 158th Court, in Orland Park. The second victim positively identified the recovered property and con-

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firmed that they went missing from his unlocked care, police said.

More items were recovered that led police to a third victim of a theft in Tinley Park, police said.

Investigators continue to seek the owners of other suspected stolen property recovered from the suspect’s garage, Lt. Tony Farrell said.

During the course of this investigation, police learned that Prendergast had been living in the garage of a family member in the 7800 block of 157th Street, Supplied photos police said. He had previously Jenny Riddle portrayed photographer Vivian Maier. been served with a court-issued order of protection that prohibited the suspect from being on that property, police added.

Prendergast had a bond hearing Guests enjoyed delicious delicacies and informain Bridgeview on April 12, where tive entertainment at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Judge Felice set bond at $50,000.

He has a return court date April Center’s 12th annual tea on Sunday.

Jenny Riddle’s performance as North Shore nanny 27 in Bridgeview. and street photographer Vivien Maier was described as “riveting.” The surroundings of the historic McCord House provided a charming setting for the afternoon event.

All three District 218 high schools are getting new principals on July 1, but the three new leaders are not new to the district, where each now serves as an associate principal.

Upon Superintendent Ty Harting’s recWalder ommendation, the District 218 school board approved the new roles for Greg Walder, Mike Jacobson and Erik Briseno at its March 21 meeting.

Briseno, 38, who is completing his first year as associate principal at Shepard High School in Palos Heights, will be assigned to Eisenhower in Blue Island to replace the retiring Gary Rauch as principal.

Prior to becoming associate principal, Briseno was curriculum director for art, English-language learners and foreign language for District 218, and assistant principal for at-risk students at the Blue Island school.

Walder, 45, who is now the associate principal at Eisenhower, will be the next principal of Shepard. He is succeeding Josh

Barron, who will switch to the district’s central office for his new role as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.

Shepard’s next principal has already worked at all three high schools since joining the district more than 20 years ago as a math teacher and coach at Eisenhower.

Over the years, Walder has been the dean of students at both Shepard and Richards High School in Oak Lawn, and assistant principal of athletics at Eisenhower. At one time, he also was assistant principal of attendance and discipline at Richards.

Responding to a questionnaire, Walder said he wanted the job “because I love the direction the district is heading and I feel like I am the person to lead a building,” adding that Shepard’s “diverse population is challenging but it is what makes Shepard so unique.”

As principal, Walder wants to “continue to move Shepard in a positive direction that Dr. Barron has started, he said. “He has left the building a great place and I am looking forward to continuing improving student achievement.”

“It’s such an exciting time to be at District 218 with all this change.

I am so excited about being a part of this change and am grateful for this opportunity,” said Walder, who is in the doctoral program

Guest Ann Oliver greeted friends when she arrived.

McCord blends tea and culture

New principals will head Shepard, Richards, EHS

By Dermot Connolly

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McCord thanked the sponsors of this program: CNB Bank & Trust, Standard Bank & Trust, Golden Shoes and Dr. William Bennett III of Aesthetic Dentistry.

McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is located at 9602 W. Creek Road (129th and LaGrange), Palos Park. For more information, call 671-0648, or visit mccordgallery.org.

at the University of St. Francis.

Jacobson, a Shepard alumnus, will move up from associate principal to become Richards’ new principal. The current principal, John Hallberg, has been named District 218’s assistant business manager and director of federal and state grants.

After starting his career at Bloom Trail High School, Jacobson returned to Shepard to teach English for seven years before Sisters Kathy Nilson, Rita Durkin and Mary Rose Hennessy appreciated being able to share this fun event with becoming dean of students there. each other.

Prior to moving to Richards, he was curriculum director for the district’s English department.

Jacobson also is youth pastor at Incarnation Catholic Church in Palos Heights, and is nearing completion of his doctorate in educational leadership at Concordia University.

“I am honored to even be considered for the position of principal. I wanted this job because I think that Richards is a great school and only getting better.

I think that my experience and enthusiasm can help raise Bulldog Nation to the next level.”

“I really love it at Richards because the kids and the teachers are great. Everyone here is super committed to student achievement.

Leading this school is actually an honor considering how successful Arlene Sypniewski, Liz Skrodzki and Cynthia Weglarz enjoyed the festivities. it already is,” he continued.

Orland bond refinancing will save $800K in interest costs The village of Orland Park continues to pursue opportunities to refund its outstanding general obligation debt. Taking advantage of these refunding opportunities ensures that the village is paying the lowest interest rates available in the municipal bond market, given the village’s excellent bond rating and financial position.

The village on Monday refund-

ed its outstanding GO Bonds, Series 2008A in order to capture future interest cost savings. The sale of GO Refunding Bonds, Series 2016A was held via a competitive sale. The Series 2008A bonds were originally issued to fund a portion of the costs related to the expansion of the village’s water reservoir.

The estimated net present val-

ue interest savings to be realized by issuing the Series 2016A refunding bonds is approximately $803,000, or 12.48% of refunded principal. This savings amount is net of all issuance costs.

“We are very pleased with today’s news,” said Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin. “The village’s strong credit rating continues to enable the village to save

a great deal of money. Since 2009, we have saved approximately $6.3 million in future interest costs by issuing refunding bonds. This reaffirms Orland Park’s credibility in being fiscally responsible,” the mayor said, adding, “This is great news for the village.”

“The Village of Orland Park’s bond rating remains high as the country and the state continue

to recover,” said Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich, chair of the village’s Finance Committee. “We are pleased to be able to ensure that taxpayers are getting the best interest rates possible.”

Both rating agencies, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, have reaffirmed the Village of Orland Park’s bond rating for this issuance, as well as for the village’s

overall outstanding debt. The village’s rating with Moody’s is Aa1 and with S&P is AA+.

The decreased future interest costs on the refunding bonds will equate to a lower debt service levy in future years. The village’s outstanding principal debt after issuance of these refunding bonds will be $87.6 million.

— Village of Orland Park

Common door-to-door scams: Don’t get ripped off 101 Nowadays, you can encounter a scam artist just about anywhere - online, over the phone and even at your door. When the weather warms, con men begin their annual trek through neighborhoods pushing their door-to-door scams.

The Better Business Bureau warns now is the time for consumers to be on their guard.

“Knowing what to look out for is the first step in protecting yourself from getting ripped-off,” says Steve J. Bernas, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois.”While many of the scams are not new consumers can lose hundreds even thousands of dollars.”

Common door-to-door scams include: Magazine Sales - Often it’s a young person who appears at your door with an offer to sell subscriptions to magazines. They will lead you to believe it’s a great deal but often the prices are as much as three times the regular price. You pay with cash, check, or credit card and then you receive nothing in return.

Utility Slam - Companies hire salespeople to knock on your door and tell you that they can save you money on your electricity or gas bill. They’ll ask to see your bill so they can point out all the ways they can help you save. Their goal is not to help you save but to switch your service provider.

Many times, they’ll offer you a low introductory rate before the company jacks the price up months later. The real danger here is you don’t even have to agree to anything - if they see your account number, they can take it and switch you to a different company without your permission.

Home repair scams - Someone offers to do yardwork or make repairs in or around your home.

You want to save money and really need the work done so you give it a shot. He or she takes a cash payment from you upfront... and never returns.

Alarm System Scams - Scam artist, who are often alarm company sales people, comb neighborhoods looking for signs posted in yards warning that the home has a security system. They knock on

the door and tell you the system needs to be upgraded. Once inside they give you the bad news that they system cannot protect you against today’s modern theft techniques and offer to “upgrade” your system. In reality they are disconnecting your service provider and installing a system from their company. If you agree to the “upgrade” and sign their agreement you could be locked into a multi-year contract that can end with a costly penalty if you try to break it.

Storm Chasers - Spring can bring severe weather leaving behind hail-damaged roofs. And following the storms are fraudsters known as “storm chasers”.

These scam artists sell themselves as roofing contractors. They go town-to-town, door-to door, taking money for work, underperforming or not performing at all, and then moving on to the next town before the homeowners can get their money back.

To protect your money, property and personal safety by follow these tips: • Don’t let anyone come into

your home unless you have a prescheduled appointment. You have the right to refuse to open your own door.

• Don’t show your bill to anyone who comes to your home claiming to be with a utility company or other service provider.

• Confirm any necessary work, upgrades or special offers with your service provider - using the number on your bill or their website.

• Never sign any agreement where you feel pressured to do so.

• Do not sign anything that you

have not read thoroughly.

• If the cost of the subscriptions is $25 or more you must be informed of your 3-day right to cancel. If they do not assume it is a scam.

• Pay by credit card, if possible; you may have additional protection if there’s a problem.

Otherwise, pay by check. Never pay in cash.

• Hiring a contractor, check out the company first with the BBB and deal only with reputable local contractors. Also, use our FREE request-a-quote service to find

Accredited Businesses.

• Get a written contract that specifies the price and the work to be done and a time frame. In Illinois state law requires a written contract with all costs enumerated for home repair or remodeling work over $1,000.

Additionally, notes Bernas “Ask questions don’t take their claims at face value. If they are reluctant to provide answers close your door.”

For more consumer information, visit bbb.org/chicago.

— The Better Business Bureau

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EDITORIAL

OPINION

The Regional News

Palos Heights: Fewer and older, but well to do

The city of Palos Heights faces its own set of demographic challenges and opportunities as officials attempt to make good on the promising future created by the establishment last fall of the Harlem Avenue Overlay District.

The new set of zoning rules were enacted with the goal of redeveloping the commercial corridor by attracting larger mixed-use developments of two, three or four stories, containing stores and offices at ground level and residences above. A model is the Palos Place building into which Michael Coogan transformed the old, vacant Ben Franklin variety store, just south of 123rd Street.

The city recently named real estate professional Frank Diliberto as economic development advisor to help market the Harlem Corridor to potential developers.

He joins Mayor Bob Straz, the city administrator and business development coordinator in the team effort not only to fill vacant storefronts on Harlem, but improve the streetscape in new and profound ways.

Palos Heights may be open for business, but its projected economic climate gives us reason to take pause as projections forecast not merely an end to the city’s population growth, but a slow decline for years into the future.

The city’s population has recently slightly decreased .81 percent from 12,515 in 2010 to 12,415 in 2015, according to the demographic overview provided by the strategic plan conducted for the Parks and Recreation Department, released earlier this year.

“The current estimated population is projected to continue its slow decline, dropping to 12,408 in 2020 and down to 12,286 by 2030,” the analysis states.

A contradictory upward trend is the total number of households increased about .27 percent, from 4,830 in 2010 to 4,843 in 2015, according to U.S. Census reports cited by the analysis. “The city’s total households are expected to increase at this moderate rate up to 4,904 households by 2030.” This could only mean that each household will have fewer numbers of people living in it on average. More single parents, empty nesters or couples with fewer children would account for that.

On the good news side, Palos Heights’ median household income of $83,320 and per capita income ($45,668) are both “well above the state and national averages,” the analysis states. It deems city residents’ disposable income to be relatively high.

But the city is aging. Based on the 2010 Census, the median age of the city’s population is 51.4 years, much higher than that of the U.S. at 37.2 years. “Projections show that by 2030 [Palos Heights] will experience an aging trend, as the 55-plus age group increases to more than 50 percent of the total population.” Think of it, more than half of Palos Heights residents will be senior citizens by 2030.

The demographic data used by Pros Consulting, which conducted the recreation strategic plan, was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau and from Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., which specializes in population projections and market trends, the report states. All the data was obtained in June 2015.

These stark facts of an aging, relatively flat population need not spell disaster for Palos Heights’ long-term commercial destiny. Some localities are better off, some far worse, especially in rural regions of Illinois where some are practically ghost towns. And they need not limit the imaginations of policy-makers here as they seek new developments to bring that future about. But they do impose a sense of realism about what is truly achievable.

More creativity than ever will be demanded on the part of Palos Heights’ city officials in their practice of the art of the possible.

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State should ban candidates from suing each other Part of the job of running for office is to tell the voters why you should be elected.

And another part of the job of being a candidate is to tell the voters why your opponent shouldn’t be elected.

That means that you give voters your spin on why you would be the better official, and why your opponent would be worse. That involves criticism. And if you can’t take criticism, you don’t belong in an election, wasting the public’s time.

But some people who throw their hats into the election ring, and lose, think the best way to get even is to file lawsuits.

They criticize their opponents, too, but when the election doesn’t turn out, they file defamation lawsuits claiming the criticism they received was libelous.

The lawsuits are really about the losing candidate wanting more attention. Defamation lawsuits seem to make great headlines before and after elections.

But in the end, the taxpayers are the ones left footing the bill for the legal battles that not only pollute the public debate with whining from sore losers, but clogs up an already jammed court system.

There’s one rule about politics: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

It’s satisfying that the candidates filing the lawsuits are usually the ones who lost.

They don’t belong in office wasting more of the taxpayers’ time.

Laws should be passed prohibiting candidates from filing defamation lawsuits involving their opponents, with the excep-

RAY HANANIA tion only involving false accusations of sexual misconduct, drug abuse and criminal behavior.

If someone accuses you of being a pedophile, sure, I think the public understands a lawsuit over that one.

But questioning someone’s public record is fair game when you run for public office. And if you don’t want someone criticizing your public performance, then don’t run. The taxpayers need champions who are tough representing them, not weak and whiny.

Public and government office isn’t about you, Mr. Candidate. It is about us, The Voters.

An example of all this is the defamation lawsuit recently filed by McStephen O.A. “Max” Solomon against Illinois Sen. Michael Hastings. Solomon failed miserably in his bid to unseat Hastings in the March 15 Democratic primary in the 19th Senate district.

The Solomon lawsuit asserts Hastings sent a mailer to district voters falsely claiming Solomon missed 95 percent of the district’s board meetings during the past year as a trustee in the Grande Prairie

Library District, a publicly held office. The mailing also asserted, according to media reports, “Max Solomon will only make things worse, not better.”

A lawsuit because you were criticized for not doing your job, or doing the best job you could do?

Politics is about criticism. I get criticism all the time, from readers and even from my editors. So what? Criticism is the basis of the public debate, and a comprehensive and complete no-holds-barred public debate is the true basis for understanding.

Hastings received 81 percent of the vote, and Solomon received only 19 percent.

Rejection is tough, but Hastings defeated Solomon fair and square. Hastings has held the seat since 2012 and he is very popular, praised for his own good attendance record and for his attention to the needs of the district’s voters.

But now we have to watch as Solomon’s bitterness slogs through the court system, wasting a lot of taxpayer money and time.

The lawsuit is offensive. I hope the court throws it out and sends a strong message to all candidates that they can’t use the court system as a form of post-election revenge.

The voters spoke loud and clear. Live with it!

Ray Hanania is an award-winning former Chicago City Hall reporter and political columnist. Email him at rghanania@ gmail.com.

Air traffic controllers strike reference adds to tension The verbal assaults continue between Gov. Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-22nd) while the budget stalemate goes on and on. But something was said last week that caught my eye.

In one published report, Rauner commented after Madigan complained about his tactics. The governor told Republicans at a dinner that he apologizes about the rough times everyone has gone through.

“If we have to do what Ronald Reagan did with the air traffic controllers… And we sort of have to do a do-over and shut things down for a little while, it’s what we’re going to do.”

Really? Now, this is what this is coming down to? We are going to revisit the air traffic controllers strike during the Reagan administration? How serious is Rauner about governing for all the people in the state of Illinois?

Let’s turn back the clock a few decades. Back in 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. The air traffic controllers were fired two days after their union, PATCO, declared a strike. The union demanded a pay raise, a shorter work week, and better working conditions. Some historians

JOE BOYLE have said that this laid the groundwork for today’s assault on labor.

Joseph McCartin, author of “Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America,” said that the labor force was still seen as a central force in American government back then. Both the Democratic and Republican parties felt that way. Reagan was in the first months of his presidency and was in the process of introducing his revolution. Reagan, according to McCartin, wanted to go before the pre-New Deal era. He wanted to reorganize the relationship between the government and labor movement.

The PATCO strike happened at a time when Reagan felt it was necessary to flex his muscles. When the air controllers went on strike on Aug. 3, he told the strikers to return to work within 48 hours. When they did not comply, he fired them. He later permanently replaced them.

Ironically, the union actually supported Reagan for president.

PATCO began because of a disaster when a midair collision occurred over New York City in 1960. Improvements had to occur during that period and they began to take place.

Working conditions were actually improving in the 1970s.

But there still were some major issues. The main problems, according to union officials, were the working hours of employees and pay.

Move the clock back to today and the tensions are high between the Federal Aviation Administration and the union that replaced PATCO – the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. The union and the FAA cannot agree on a new contract. So, the FAA will impose its own contract, which includes major concessions.

Union leaders have said that the concessions will make it harder for air traffic controllers to do their job. New hires will be paid far less than they are today, according to the union.

So, I guess we are going back in time. Rauner seems to be comfortable in dragging this deadlock out so that he can ram his “turnaround agenda” through. In the meantime, grade schools, high schools, colleges and universities are struggling.

Some institutions, like Chicago

State University, are struggling more than others.

Rauner wants to see wages readjusted and unions with less influence. What the governor is actually saying is that he would like to see most employees working for less. He has also called for an end to collective bargaining. And what that can accomplish is that employees will be making less and struggling to get by. That hardly seems like progress.

Look, there is plenty of blame to pass around here.

Somewhere along the line there has to be some compromises.

Madigan and Rauner continuing to trade insults are not getting us anywhere.

But for the governor to bring up the air traffic controller strike in 1981 takes on a combative tone. He essentially is saying that he is going to wait it out with the idea that the Democrats will eventually be on their knees.

I don’t think that is going to happen. In the meantime, the budget impasse is in its 10th month with no end in sight.

Joe Boyle is the editor of The Reporter. He can be reached at thereporter@comcast.net.

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POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Two charged with DUI

Wallet stolen from SUV

Orland Park police charged Michael A. Pomeroy, 28, of Orland Park, with DUI, improper lane usage, improper passing on the shoulder, making an improper turn and no proof of insurance after they curbed his pickup truck in the 11100 block of West 143rd Street at 1:42 a.m. March 27, police said. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Pomeroy is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on May 12.

Oak Lawn resident Shannon M. Bracken, 33, was charged with DUI, improper lane usage, making an improper turn and disobeying a traffic light after police stopped her SUV near 143rd Street and Clearview Drive at 2:08 a.m.

April 4. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Bracken is expected to appear in court in Bridgeview today.

A 54-year-old man reported that someone stole his wallet and cell phone from his SUV while it was parked on the driveway next to his home in the 17900 block of South Arthur Court, between 7 p.m. March 31 and 7 a.m. April 1. The victim told police he had locked the vehicle, although there was no sign of forced entry, according to the police report. The brown leather wallet contained $30 cash, a debit card, a credit card and a driver’s license.

Charged with driving while using cell phone

Coffee with a Cop stirs dialogue

Photo by Patt Bailey

Alice Gavaghan, of Palos Park, stopped in the Plush Horse last week to take advantage of the Palos Park Police Department’s Coffee with a Cop program. It gives residents and police officers a chance to meet and trade information relevant to protecting the public safety. Gavaghan and community service officer Derek Kaczmarczyk and police Officers Deb Legatzke and Matt Novak were surprised to be introduced to Josh Nooner of Support the Blue Now. The newly formed nonprofit organization is dedicated to promoting the important role of police officers across the nation. For more about the group, visit supportthebluenow.org

Palos Park PD offers safe place to settle up Internet transactions At a time when Internet transactions are becoming more common, the Palos Park Police Department will offer its parking lot as a safe option for individuals to complete their business.

The online transaction location is marked by a sign on the south side of the parking lot of the police station, 8999 W. 123rd St. This area is under 24-hour video surveillance and provides community members with a safer alternative to other meeting locations.

Police Commissioner Dan Polk said: “Transaction Safe Place offers the police department’s parking lot to the public as a place to meet and handle their transaction.” Online for-sale sites, such as Craigslist and Facebook, require some transactions be completed in person, Polk noted. At times people invite strangers into their homes or meet them in an unsecure location, which can put individuals in danger.

The use of the Police Department parking lot for online transactions is to deter criminal activity. Any transactions conducted in the parking lot are between the parties involved and the police department does not need to be notified that you are conducting the transaction. No property can be stored at or left in the police department or parking lot.

Here are some additional tips for completing safe online transactions: 1. Trust your instincts.

2. Don’t go alone.

3. Insist to meet at a public place such as a police department

Palos Park police took many calls on tax day last Friday from residents reporting criminals looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims in their most vulnerable state.

Phony IRS unsolicited phone calls were made to would-be victims by con artists claiming to be with the IRS threatening lawsuits,

4. Do not meet in a secluded area.

5. Do not invite strangers into your home, and do not go to theirs.

6. Be cautious when buying/ selling high value items.

7. Perform the transaction during daylight hours.

8. If it sounds too good to be

Man charged with DUI after crash, police say

Pair cited with disorderly conduct

Martin H. McCallion, 44, of Palos Park, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic crash at 11:08 a.m. last Thursday at Southwest Highway and Route 83, police said. Police said he left the scene of the crash and was taken into custody at his home. He was also charged with driving without insurance, leaving the scene of an accident, and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. He is due in court on May 2.

Two Palos Heights men, one 39, the other 47, were charged with disorderly conduct following a confrontation at 7 p.m. Monday, in Community Park, 7600 W. College Drive. They are both due in court on May 16.

Jillian J. Marion, 26, of Worth, was charged with DUI following a traffic stop at 2:41 a.m. April 12, in the 11800 block of South Ridgeland Avenue. She was also charged with unlawful use of a data communication device. She is due in court on May 24.

Mohamed A. Abdulrab, 22, of Palos Hills, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs following a traffic stop at 1:39 a.m. April 13, in the 11800 block of South Harlem Avenue.

Police said he was also cited for driving on a suspended license and improper lane usage. He is due in court on May 24.

License charges Jasmin L. Koen-Hillman, 20, of Riverdale, was charged with driving on a suspended license at 9:20 a.m. April 13, in the 7100 block of West Route 83. Police said she was also cited for driving without insurance. She is due in court on May 2.

Frank D. Munson, 31, of Justice, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 1:30 a.m. last Thursday in the 11800 block of South Harlem Avenue.

Police said he was also cited for driving on a suspended license, no insurance, speeding, improper lane usage and disobeying a traffic signal. He is due in court on May 2.

Petrice M. Witherspoon-Whitfield, 30, of Country Club Hills, was charged with driving on a suspended license following a traffic

A 33-year-old Chicago woman told police that someone stole the wallet out of her purse while her 2-year-old son was on a train ride on the lower level of Orland Square Mall, shortly after 3 p.m.

April 3. The victim noticed the theft when she tried to pay for merchandise a short time later in a store. The orange wallet contained various credit and debit cards, a driver’s license and gift cards, among other items.

Pair charged with retail theft Police charged Stephen J. Romero, 50, and Salvador Casares, 36, both of Chicago, with retail theft after they allegedly stole $625 worth of merchandise from a department store 15800 block of South 94th Avenue at 8:09 p.m. April 2. Casares was charged with a felony, due to the amount of merchandise allegedly stolen. Romero was not because

No free lunch for Chicago man Police charged Lonnie J. Mason, 50, of Chicago, with three misdemeanor counts of theft of services after he allegedly ate a buffet lunch without paying at a supermarket in the 9500 block of West 142nd Street on three occasions: March 30 and 31 and April 1.

Store security told police they had video footage of Mason filling a plate with food, paying for only a drink and then sitting down at a table and eating lunch. Mason confessed to the crimes and offered to pay for the meals, worth about $15 each, according to the police report. A security representative said that the grocery store has “an ongoing issue” with local construction workers trying to eat without paying, according to the police report. Mason was given a court date of May 6.

Palos Heights woman charged with retail theft Rachel E. Schmiedl, 22, of Palos Heights, was charged with misdemeanor theft after she allegedly removed a dress and some vitamin supplements from a store in the 15200 block of South La Grange Road at 3:45 p.m. April 3.

She is set to appear at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on May 10.

Tax day sees uptick here in fake IRS con-artist calls From Palos Park Police Chief Joe Miller

arrest warrants, fines and other punishments if their requests are not met immediately. These calls are a FRAUD, Hang up!

Remember, the Internal Revenue Service will never call and threaten you over the phone. Hang up and contact the IRS yourself if you have valid concerns.

Don’t fall prey to this scam.

The IRS reported that victims residing in other states have also suffered severe financial losses,

with California, New York and Texas topping the list. Since October 2013, more than 1,000 California residents have lost $6.4 million; in New York, 534 people have lost $2.4 million, and 444 Texans reported losing nearly $2 million to fraudsters.

The IRS reminds the public that its employees do not use unsolicited emails, text messages or any social media to discuss personal tax issues.

true, it normally is.

9. Tell a friend or family member about your intentions.

10. Take your cell phone with you.

11. Only accept cash or certified checks for sale — Palos Park PD

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS

Charged with DUI

Hickory Hills resident Seth C. Taylor, 28, was charged with using an electronic communications device while driving after police stopped his car near 147th Street and La Grange Road at 9:54 p.m.

March 30. A search of the vehicle yielded a small quantity of cannabis, a glass smoking pipe and several Xanax pills, according to the police report, leading to charges of possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance. The vehicle was towed and seized, and Taylor was due at a bond hearing on March 31.

Wallet stolen from mom at Orland Square kiddie train

when he was apprehended he was not past the final point of purchase, according to the police report. Their SUV was towed and impounded, and both men were due at a bond hearing on April 3.

stop at 9:16 a.m. last Thursday, in the 12600 block of South Ridgeland Avenue. Police said she was also cited for speeding. She is due in court on May 16.

Worth Fire Dept. reunion ahead

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Former members of the Worth Fire Department, family and friends are invited to a reunion on Sunday, May 22, from 2 to 6 p.m., at Chieftain Irish pub, 6906 W. 111th St. A tour of the firehouse will begin at 1 p.m. For more information, call Maggie at 955-4428 or Ken at 212-2581. Shown are former members Jack Lawton, Ed Palinek, Maggie Palinek and Ken Palenik. All are welcome to attend.

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SCHOOL NOTES Open house at Incarnation Catholic School Incarnation Catholic School, 5705 W. 127th St., Palos Heights, will host a spring open house on Wednesday, April 27, from 6 to 7 p.m. It will include a school tour, poetry readings by students, art exhibits and other fun events.

Incarnation School offers 3-yearolds preschool through 8th grade.

For more, call 385-6250 or visit incarnationcatholic.org.

Queen of Peace Theater Co. presents Charlie Brown musical The Queen of Peace Theater Company will present You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown a family-friendly musical that captures the essence of Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang.

Supplied photo Performances will take place this Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, at 7 p.m. Sunday, and April Academic excellence was celebrated last Friday at Palos South Middle School at the annual Straight A Breakfast. More than 90 students who earned 24, at 2 p.m. Tickets will be on all A’s on their report cards for the first three quarters of the school year and their parents were treated to a pancake breakfast for their outstanding sale at the door $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and students and $5 for achievement. Pictured are straight-A students Kelsey Dwyer, Julia Reedy, Kate Murray, Karolina Rozanski and Luke Christy with their parents.

Palos South fetes straight-A students

kids under 12. Queen of Peace is at 7659 S. Linder Ave., Burbank.

Palos Heights Dist. 128 preschool screenings Palos Heights School District 128 will be conducting a screening for all children residing within district boundaries who are 3 to 5 years of age.

The screening will be held on May 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Indian Hill School, 12800 S. Austin Ave. The Student Services office will begin taking appointments on Monday, April 4, from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Areas of development assessed include speech and language, gross motor skills, and visual/auditory strengths. A vision and hearing screening will also be conducted.

Children will be screened by a diagnostic team of district personnel under the direction of District 128 Administration.

Contact the Student Services office at 597-1285 to make an appointment or to request additional information.

Sweet Treats on Harlem Ave. will benefit Landmark academy At Diane’s Place and Doughs Guys Bakery both next Thursday

Diane’s Place and Doughs Guys Bakery will both team up to support Landmark Christian Academy in Palos Heights in an all-day Sweet Treats fundraiser next Thursday, April 28.

On that day, both Diane’s Place and Doughs Guys Bakery hope to draw in a crowd for the benefit of education. Twenty percent of all combined proceeds will assist Landmark Christian Academy in continuing its educational journey.

“Your support is greatly needed.

Attend to help education and to nurture the community,” a Landmark spokesperson said.

Doughs Guys Bakery, 12248 S. Harlem Ave. Palos Heights, will host fundraising from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Thursday. Mention Landmark Christian Academy to voice your support. Then, head over to Diane’s Place, 12306 S. Harlem Ave., Palos Heights.

Fundraising will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Landmark Christian Academy, a ten-year independent non-denominational Christian school, is

committed to providing a quality, Christ-centered education for families in the South suburbs. Its mission is to provide excellence in Christian education that works in cooperation with the home and the local church and transforms students into world changers through the power of the Gospel and the reality of knowing Jesus Christ. Our Goal is to provide a traditional style of education in a culturally relevant environment without compromising educational integrity or Christian principles or values.

To learn more, visit landmarkchristian.org.

— Landmark Christian Academy

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Greta Acas, 7th grade student at Orland Junior High School, uses the combination she uncovered to open a safe, more than a century old.

An OJHS Sherlock Holmes cracks case to open old safe

By Jen Beshansky

Orland School District 135

Will Samansky, Orland Township operations coordinator, helps at the Recycling Event.

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Orland Twp. 3-in-1 dropoff shreds docs, recycles e-junk

By Joe Snaidauf Orland Township

The numbers spoke for themselves. Orland Township’s 3 in 1 Recycling Event held April 9 at the Orland Township Highway Department was a sure smash hit.

More than 1,000 cars participated in the Electronics Recycling, the Document Shredding and also the 2016 Orland Township Scholarship Fund.

“I think it was a really great event,” said Orland Park resident Tim O’Sullivan. “It’s really fantastic that we were able to recycle this stuff, it’s good for everybody involved.”

The Keeling Family Foundation benefiting the Veterans Programs Administration collected electronic items.

“We’re celebrating 30 years this year and what we do is we’ll pull some of the old computers you folks bring in and we will try to rebuild as many of them and give them to people in need,” said Keeling Family Foundation’s Marvin Keeling.

The event, in its fifth year now, was fluid, like the traffic, the flow of event, the volunteers who helped unload, everything. The cars moved in slowly that morning at around 7:30 a.m. right at the entrance of the Orland Township Highway Department, at 16125 S. Wolf Road in Orland Park.

“It really was a nice event for everyone, we are very happy and very proud to host these Go Green Initiatives for the community and the environment,” said Supervisor Paul O’Grady. “Our goal with green initiatives is to promote our duty of sustaining a healthy, green environment,” said Supervisor Paul O’Grady. “It’s a fun and convenient way to stay green and help local students too.”

“It was a great turnout.”

The three events that took place were the Electronics Recycling and Shred-A-Thon events, along with the 2016 Go Green Scholarship Fund Drive.

Electronics Recycling invited residents to dispose of electronic devices, such as old cell phones, computers, keyboards and televisions. Volunteers from Orland Township were on hand to help patrons unload items.

“Oh my gosh, this is some kind of event, it’s great that we can go to a place with some of these things and we can get rid of it, ” said Orland Park resident Stacie Pendelton. “ People helped us unload and while it was a good wait to get it done, it was certainly well worth it.”

The Shred-A-Thon shredding event allowed residents to shred up to 50 pounds of unwanted personal documents. Three large trucks were on hand recycling paper in the form of shredding. Individuals

helped the environment as well as reducing risks of identity theft and patrons could watch as their personal documents were shredded safely and securely onsite.

“I really didn’t think it was going to be this big,” said Orland Park resident Tony Smeraldo.

“Most of us have a lot of paper we need to get rid of and what better way than to bring it here and you feel safe about it and that’s important.”

The Go Green Scholarship Fund Drive was also held to help raise scholarship funds for graduating high school students that reside within the Township. Close to $1,600 dollars was raised.

“The 3 in 1 event was an overwhelming success, a record turnout of over 1000 vehicles came through the event and more than four semi trucks of electronics were gathered for recycling,” said Orland Township Highway Commissioner Brian Younker. “We owe a special thanks to all the staff and also all the high school student volunteers for making the event run smoothly.”

Supervisor O’Grady, Highway Commissioner Brain Younker and the Board of Trustees sponsored the 3-in-1 Recycling Event and Scholarship Fund. For more information on the next recycling event, please visit the Orland Township website at orlandtownship.org or call 403-4222.

Orland Junior High science teacher John DiNovo bought his home in Plainfield 14 years ago.

When he purchased the house, the previous homeowners mentioned that there was a 400 Victor Safe in the basement that they could not afford to move, and provided DiNovo with the combination.

DiNovo lost the combination years later, and was unable to open the safe after tracking down the previous homeowners, who pro-

vided him with a combination that did not open the safe.

DiNovo offered the task of opening the safe up to his 8th grade students first, but when none of them took interest, he finally settled on his Honors 7th-graders to take on the challenge.

One week after the teacher assigned the project, 7th-grader Greta Acas opened the safe. She conducted online research, which pointed her in the direction of a safe technician. The technician, Terry Andreasen, provided Greta just enough information to guide her calculations and uncover the correct combination to open the

safe.

“I’m fascinated by things I don’t understand,” said Acas, “which is why I just had to open the safe.”

Acas revealed that the safe, which she originally thought was built in 1917, was much older. While the safe was empty when she opened it, the light on her face as she put in the combination was enough of a reward for her. “Do you hear that click? That means it’s the right number,” she said.

DiNovo described the opening of the safe as an ‘incredible feat’, mentioning that it would have cost over $400 to have a technician come out and open it.

Saint Xavier University to host annual March for Babies 5K Walk This spring millions of people will gather around the United States and join together in the fight to end premature birth.

On Sunday, May 1 join members of Saint Xavier University (SXU) and local community supporters for the Annual March for Babies Walk starting at 8 a.m. on SXU’s Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St. This family oriented walk is the nation’s first fundraising walk and the second year it will be held at SXU. “The March for Babies event held at Saint Xavier is a wonderful opportunity for our students and employees to become more familiar with the critical work of the March of Dimes,” said John Pelrine, vice president for Student Affairs. “Furthering the well-being of children and their families is very compatible with our mission of educating students who will contribute to the common good of society after they graduate.”

With more than 1,000 walkers expected and an anticipated fundraising goal of $300,000, this year’s efforts are sure to be a success. Last year’s event brought out over 900 walkers and raised more than $271,000.

Mike Johnstone, CEO of Beverly Bank & Trust is at the helm for organizing SXU’s March for Babies Walk and has been working with the south suburban walk for three years. Advocate Children’s Hospital, Beverly Bank & Trust, Napleton Automotive Group and Ingalls Health System have all signed on as local sponsors for this year’s walk on SXU’s campus.

Nationally, more than 3 million people in over 500 communities participate in the March for Babies. Across Illinois, there are nearly 20 walks with approximate-

ly 20,000 people who participate each year. Proceeds from the walk fund community programs, advocacy efforts and research to help prevent premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. Parents and children have benefited from March of Dimes research, education, vaccines and breakthroughs since 1938.

Anyone interested in volunteering or participating in SXU’s March for Babies should visit marchforbabies.org.

— St. Xavier University

BUSINESS

The Regional News

COMINGS & GOINGS

Reduce, reuse, recycle: A theme for investors?

Photo by Bob Bong

Marcus buys former AMC theater BOB BONG like burgers, chicken tenders, crinkle cut fries with “sizzle” seasoning and signature shakes. As part of this total theatre makeover, Country Club Hills Cinema will receive a newly renovated lobby; changes to the box office and concessions area; updates throughout the corridors, including new carpet and auditorium entryways; and exterior updates.

“Given the extent of the renovations, we decided the best approach was to keep the theatre closed during construction,” said Rodriguez. “Marcus Chicago Heights Cinema is only seven miles away, providing a nearby option for our guests to continue seeing movies during this time.

We look forward to opening a new Marcus Country Club Hills Cinema later this year.”

Country Club Hills Cinema becomes the sixth Marcus Theatre in Illinois, giving the company a strong south side presence. It joins other Marcus locations including Addison, Chicago Heights, Elgin and Gurnee Cinemas, which all have undergone significant renovation within the last two years, and Orland Park Cinema, which will receive DreamLounger recliners in the upcoming months.

Chicago Fire opens fitness center The Bridgeview-based Chicago Fire soccer team opened a new sports performance and fitness center earlier this month on Chicago’s North Side.

Fire House Fitness opened April 1 at the team’s 125,000-squarefoot Fire Pitch facility at 3626 N. Talman Ave. Fire House Fitness is the latest

addition to the club’s athletic hub on the north side, the club said in a release. The state-of-the-art functional fitness facility will provide individual and group fitness programming to people of all athletic backgrounds. Fire House Fitness will also offer sport-specific conditioning programs for teams and individuals.

The facility cost $20 million to build and features an indoor practice site for the team and hosts youth and adult rec league games and a soccer-themed bar and grill called Pub 97.

Citibank closes in Oak Lawn Citibank closed its branch at 5102 Museum Drive in Oak Lawn in January and advised customers to use the branch in Chicago’s Beverly community at 9449 S. Western Ave. No reason for the closing was given.

Restoration company plans grand opening CAT5 Restorations, a disaster recovery company with offices in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Florida, will hold a grand opening from 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 4 at its new location at 11560 S. 184th Place in Orland Park.

The company helps people and businesses that have suffered damage from water, fire, storms, smoke or mold.

The owner is Mike Carroll, who has 23 years of restoration experience.

For more information, call (708) 955-4322 or (855) 479-0911.

If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.

You can also catch up on Comings & Goings in other parts of the Southland at www.southlandbusinessnews.com and www. southlandsavvy.blogspot.com

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 Remic Pass Through Certification Series 2007 A5 to Tarkowski Tomasz, 13383 S Strawberry Lane, $289,000; Soulvie Daniel to Harrison Mark J, 15821 S 115th Ave, $379,000; Bennett Charles R to Prodoehl Thomas, 7947 Apache Pl, $317,000; Mannings Charles Jr to Balsamo Michelle A, 7602 158th Ct, Unit #7602, $167,000; Karvelis Grazina Extr to Stempinski Susan A, 16045 Broadwalk Ln, $258,000; Davidson Thomas W Tr to Arnold Robert, 9873 145th St, $171,000; Sluis Arthur J Tr to Jaber Rula, 15240 73rd Ct, Unit #21, $120,000; Yakulis Thomas A to Al Saeed Imad Adel, 15319 Hollywood Dr, $260,000; HSBC Bank to Nedokoos Oksana, 9135 Fairmont Ct, Unit #59, $71,000; Kwon Hyuk Sun to Kwon Hyukse, 9959 143rd St, $220,000; Damhoff Jeffrey to Labno Alan, 17556 Jennifer Dr, $332,500; Lloyd Robert T Tr to Iocco Sabatino, 7558 Cashew Dr, $275,000;

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FINANCIAL FOCUS

Marcy Theatres has acquired the former AMC 16 theater in Country Club Hills.

Milwaukee-based Marcus Theatres, a division of the Marcus Corp., announced last week its purchase of the former AMC theater at 4201 W. 167th St. in Country Club Hills, which closed without warning in January.

The 85,000-square-foot building on a 16.9-acre lot with 16 screens will undergo extensive renovations before reopening to the public later this year.

“With the purchase complete, plans are underway to add several of Marcus Theatres’ most popular amenities to Country Club Hills Cinema before unveiling it to the public as an enhanced entertainment destination,” Rolando Rodriguez, president and chief executive officer of Marcus Theatres, said in a release. “We continue to grow as a company, creating the ultimate movie-going experience through the addition of amenities and our strong operating expertise.

Plus, when this theatre reopens, we’ll bring the community more than 150 new jobs.”

Construction is anticipated to begin in May and will include outfitting all 16 auditoriums with new DreamLounger recliners, which allow the moviegoer to go from a seated upright position to a full recline at the touch of a button. These recliners double the legroom between rows. In addition, one auditorium will feature the UltraScreen DLX experience and two will become SuperScreen DLX auditoriums.

The SuperScreen DLX auditoriums will have oversized screens, and the UltraScreen DLX auditorium will offer a massive screen.

Two food and beverage concepts also will be added to the lobby, including a Take Five Lounge and Reel Sizzle. The Take Five Lounge offers a complete selection of cocktails, locally brewed beers and wines, appetizers and other meal options in a casual, relaxed environment. Inspired by the iconic diners of the ‘50s, Reel Sizzle serves classic menu items

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Budget Rent Car Sys Inc to Net3 LLC, 7170 159th St, $1,100,000; Orland Pk Hd LLC to Vereit Mt Orland Pk IL LLC, 7300 159th St, $20,500,000; Urban Michael to Krebs Witold R, 8942 Fairway Dr, $180,000; Furlong Charles to Macionis Kastytis, 9324 Waterford Ln, Unit D, $140,000.

Palos Heights Bogusevic Sandra Yore Tr to Finnegan Patricia, 12623 S 69th Ct, $250,000; Weidl Kimberly to Ohtani Angela Sayoko, 123 London Ln, Unit #73, $170,000; Standard B&T Co Tr to 7600 College Landco LLC, 7600 W College Dr, $6,500,000.

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of April 18)

30-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 3.625 3.660 0

15-year fixed

3.000

3.055

0

30-year fixed Jumbo

3.500

3.545

0

United Trust Bank (as of April 18)

30-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 3.625 3.645 0

15-year fixed

2.990

3.026

0

10-year fixed

2.875

2.927

0

Prospect Federal (as of April 18)

30-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 3.625 3.673 .25

20-year fixed

3.375

3.442

.25

15-year fixed

3.000

3.067

.25

All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.

On April 22, we observe Earth Day. Like many people, you might participate in some activities to help the health of our planet. But you can also do some things to improve your personal investment environment.

In fact, you might want to follow a key environmental theme: reduce, reuse, recycle. How can these elements be applied to investing? Here are some ideas: • Reduce — You don’t want to waste time, effort and money on investment decisions that will ultimately not benefit you much, if at all. For example, if you are constantly buying and selling investments, you may be hurting yourself in a few different ways.

First, by not holding investments for at least a year before selling them, you may have to pay taxes on short-term capital gains at a rate that’s probably going to be higher than the long-term rate, which would apply if you held the investments at least a year before selling. Second, by always buying and selling, you could pay more in trading costs. Third, some investments simply need to be held for the long term before they will show positive results.

And finally, excessive buying and selling can make it hard for you to follow a consistent, long-term investment strategy. So if you do trade frequently, consider reducing your activity.

• Reuse — You don’t have to look hard to find all sorts of investment techniques being promoted by someone. Many of these strategies have exotic-sounding names, such as “Dogs of the Dow” or “Range Trading.” These techniques may have some validity, but, unfortunately, some investors zigzag from one to another, hoping to eventually find that “sure ticket” to investment success. You need to develop, and reuse year after year, an investment strategy created just for you, based on your individual needs, goals, comfort with risk and investing time horizon. Of course, you may well need to adjust this strategy over time to reflect changes in your life

JIM VAN HOWE

Edward Jones Investments — but “adjusting” isn’t the same as “abandoning.”

Sticking with a long-term, personalized strategy is an effective — and less stressful — way of pursuing your financial objectives.

• Recycle — When you put money in some investments, you don’t just make a one-time payment and then hope to eventually make a profit when you sell — you can actually “recycle” your investment earnings and put them to good use. To illustrate: If you invest in dividend-paying stocks, you can typically sign up for a dividend-reinvestment plan and, as the name suggests, reinvest the dividends back into the stock. This is an easy and efficient way to increase your share ownership — and increasing ownership in any investment can be an important ingredient for successful investing. You can recycle investment dollars in other ways, too. If you own bonds or other fixed-income vehicles that provide you with regular interest payments, you can place this money in a different investment — perhaps one that can help you fill any gaps that may exist in your portfolio.

Reduce, reuse, recycle — it’s a theme that has resonated in the environmental movement, and it can serve as a useful guideline for evaluating your investments.

Jim Van Howe is a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Palos Heights. His office is at 7001 W. 127th St. He can be reached at 361-3400. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

FASHION CHAT

Sportswear brands and designers collaborate to create novel looks CAROLINE FOREMAN Just as we have devoured in the past few seasons, spring 2016 is nonetheless chockful of modern sportswear.

In addition to clothing, we are increasingly pairing sport shoes with any and all manner of ensemble for an utterly chic effect.

In accordance with this sporty hype, fashion designers have fully embraced the aesthetic in collaborations with sportswear mega brands.

Nike has created a capsule collection with Berlin-based Acronym’s designer Johanna F. Schneider dubbed NikeLab x JFS. Also, first accomplished in 2014 and with a subsequent collaboration announced this past February, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy fame teamed up with Nike for a reimagining of the infamous Dunk style.

NikeLab x Sacai features another fusion of perspectives in the new definitive sport classic style for a collection of mind-blowing yet completely fathomable juxtaposition.

Adidas has seen great and Photo by Catherine Foreman continued success from its NMD Stella McCartney created the orange Adidas Adizero racing shoe for one of designs. Perhaps due to the rise many recent fashion and sportswear collaboration collections. of a new breed of minimalism becoming prevalent in our modern Ozwergo 2 and Response Trail 2, Appropriately, the spring and sensibilities, we are also seeing a which have grown immensely in summer Adidas campaign rallies resurgence of the crisp and icon- the zeitgeist of street style. out the rebellious cry “Your fuic three-striped Adidas Originals In addressing the rapidly grow- ture is not mine.” The evolving Superstar. This spring, Adidas har- ing demand, Adidas is continuing sportswear landscape proves that nessed the style’s comeback by its ever more impressive and rap- change and creative expressions of presenting the 80S DLX pack of- id output of offerings with more novelty will grant further growth, fering both white and black color- fervor than ever before. Both rebellion, and individuality in ways of premium leather sneakers the everyday consumer and the modern dressing. with gold foil tongue branding and passionate fashionista are be— Caroline Foreman is a fashoff-white outer soles and shell-toes ing drawn to new iterations and ion model, writer and critic. She true to the vintage style. re-imagined sportswear designs. lives in Palos Park.

Adidas is continuing the fruitful partnership collections Adidas by Stella McCartney and Y-3 with Yohji Yamamoto. Additionally, the brand has more recently launched collaborations with Rick Owens, Raf Simons, Mary Katrantzou and Jeremy Scott.

The spring/summer 2016 Adidas by Raf Simons collection has been particularly well-acclaimed for its powerful redefinition of classic and budding silhouette concepts. In following his reverence of the Stan Smith design, Simons offers new iterations of the shoe in metallic silver and gold along with monotone colorways.

He retooled with three stripes on the sides in leather strapping for an altogether novel stance. Simons also designed variations of the

HEALTH & FITNESS

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The Regional News

HEALTH BEAT

Temporary disability parking placard Residents in need of a temporary Illinois disability parking placard may pick up required paperwork at Orland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave. between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

The paperwork must be completed and signed by a physician and returned to Orland Township. The temporary placards are valid for a length of time indicated by the authorizing doctor (not exceeding 90 days). Placards may only be used in a vehicle in which the authorized holder of the parking placard is either the driver or a passenger.

Free hearing screenings for Worth Twp. veterans For U.S. veterans and their families, Worth Township offers a free hearing screening this Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the township, 11601 S. Pulaski Road in Alsip.

A doctor of audiology from HearUSA will be at the township to perform the free screening. Call Worth Township to schedule your appointment at 371-2900, ext. 15.

Blood drive at Chicago Christian High

11351 W. 159th St..

The youngest in the family can enjoy some exercise time in the Dino Jump while the adults can participate in free aerobic classes, injury screenings and flexibility testing. Guests will also receive

STOCK UP ON GOOD HEALTH

Doxycycline’s reliability may be safer medication than cipro

free blood pressure screenings, cholesterol testing, as well as nutrition counseling.

The village of Orland Park Children can also enjoy face It always makes me feel more comfortable about Sportsplex Family Health Fair painting, healthy snacks and an writing when I can attest to having used a product will be held this Saturday, from appearance by The Sportsplex or a medicine myself. It’s not that I believe my 9 a.m. to noon, at the Sportsplex, T-Rex. For more, call 645-7529. anecdotal experience is proof of anything to anyone else but myself, but in this particular case, my hunch has proven to comport with a recent medical observation that even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally confirmed.

I’m speaking of an antibiotic that is used far too often and is far too heavy duty for minor infections. That antibiotic is known as a fluoroquinolone, cipro, ciprofoxacin, gemifoxacin, levofloxicin and norfloxacin and avelox. Cipro was created in answer to the anthrax outbreak and threat just after the 9-11attacks on September of 2001. The country was devastated and concerned about the possibility of an anthrax attack, hence; the government pushed billions to pharma to create what they felt was an antidote to anthrax. It truly is a wonderful drug for anthrax. The problem is, the side effects can be devastating. Everything from death to retinal detachment, hallucinations, kidney failure, psychosis, memory loss, and Achilles’ tendon ruptures or rupture of other tendons, is associated with that particular class of drugs.

Supplied photo However, because it was considered a broad-spectrum antibiotic, it has been over-used for many disorders and infections. One of the common uses The Animal Welfare League, based in Chicago Ridge, joins in the world’s largest national cooperative life-saving for cipro-class drugs is for bladder infections. A mobile pet adoption event. Adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens. Locally it will be held this Saturday, from number of years ago, I read a study suggesting 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at PetSmart, 4975 Cal Sag Road in Crestwood. Animal Welfare League will offer AVID Microchips using cipro for bladder infections was tantamount for only $10, $99 dog adoption specials, $42.50 feline adoption specials and Purina giveaways. to using a hammer to kill an ant. I never forgot that and considering the possible serious side effects, stayed away from it. However, I might be willing to use it if there is an anthrax outbreak.

A few years ago, after having gone about 29 years without using an antibiotic, I had a bladder infection and the doctor informed me that the culfrom that period is encouraged. ture and sensitivity (a test to see what drug works Luau for Worth Costumes add to the festivities but on particular bacteria) cipro was shown to kill the Township seniors Mystery Mansion outing are not necessary. Solving “Who particular bacteria in my infection.

Seniors living in Worth TownOrland Township offers a trip to did it?” is necessary in this theatI then asked the doctor if there were any sensitivity ship are invited to a luau on a luncheon-mystery at the Jacob rical matinee of fun and mayhem. shown to doxycycline, a very inexpensive and very Wednesday, May 11, at Worth Henry Mansion in Joliet on June 2.

Transportation is provided to old, reliable, rarely-used, antibiotic. He said they Township, 11601 S. Pulaski Road Attendees will arrive for a town the event by deluxe motor coach never checked the bacteria against doxycycline. in Alsip.

Doors open at 11 a.m., lunch at meeting in the mansion where departing at 10 a.m. on June 2 from I then suggested he write me a prescription for 11:30, show at 12:15 p.m. En- guests unknowingly become en- the parking lot at 151st and 94th doxycycline instead of cipro. I promised him that tertainment provided by Royale tangled in an intriguing web of Avenue between Bank Financial if the doxycycline didn’t work, I would try the Polynesian Revue. Cost is $30, drama and anticipation, as they and Robert Morris College by the cipro. The doxyclycline worked! My infection includes show plus a catered lunch become victims, the suspects or Mall in Orland Park with return was totally cleared up.

I was thrilled it worked, but that didn’t seem from Jack & Pat’s (ham, chick- even the “person of interest.” at 4 p.m. to the same location.

Tickets ($95 residents, $100 to make any difference to any doctor. They still en, double-baked potato, broccoli This real-time, lighthearted perau gratin, macaroni salad, garden sonalized package of excitement non-residents) are on sale and can continue to prescribe cipro for bladder infections.

Dr. Joseph Mercola explains, “Fluoroquinolones salad, and more). Hawaiian at- propels everyone into an actual be purchased through the Orland Township office. For more in- have fluoride as a central part of the drug. Fluoride tire encouraged and leis provided. life game of “Clue.”

The show theme revolves formation, contact Marie Collins is a known neurotoxin, and drugs with an attached Reservations required. Call 371around the 1920s era and dress Ryan at 403-4222.

2900, ext. 15. fluoride can penetrate into very sensitive tissues.

Orland Park Sportsplex free Family Health Fair

Adoption specials Saturday

SENIOR NOTES

Learn the effect of marijuana on the brain and behavior of teens and young adults at a seminar hosted by Moraine Valley Community College on Tuesday, May 3, on the main campus Moraine Business and Conference Center (Building M) in Palos Hills. There will be two sessions: 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Janice Gabe, LCSW, therapist for New Perspectives in Indianapolis, Ind, will cover the biological, emotional and behavioral changes stemming from marijuana use; the drug’s impact on memory, attention and academic abilities; and touch on treatment approaches. Following the presentation, there will be a question and answer session.

This seminar will provide one hour of approved continuing education credit for social workers, professional counselors, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, alcohol and drug abuse counselors, nurses, and nationally certified counselors.

This event is free and open to the public. For more, contact Nickolas Shizas at 608-4121 or shizasn2@morainevalley.edu.

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Chicago Christian High School recently sponsored a blood drive for the Heartland Blood Centers. Several staff members and students donated blood during the event. Here, senior, Mike Melody, of Palos Heights, gives blood.

RECREATION ROUNDUP

Marijuana effects on the brain and behavior

DEE WOODS The fluoroquinolones have the unique ability to penetrate your blood-brain barrier, entering your brain and damaging your central nervous system.

Many of these drugs have already been removed from the market due to their toxicity, and those that remain are riddled with ‘black box ‘warnings required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.”

There have been ‘black box’ warnings on seven fluoroquinolone antibiotics because of a heightened chance of tendinitis and other tendon ruptures. One such fluoroquinoline was completely removed from the market.

No one can argue they are effective and should be used as suggested, for very serious infections, but they are being used for numerous minor infections. Just as with penicillin, people can become allergic to any antibiotic or germs can mutate after years of use, rendering the drug totally useless, and creating super bugs that are resistant to all antibiotics. In the United States, we have super bugs and infections that are very difficult to fight because of that antibiotic resistance.

Just recently, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials remarked they are moving away from favoring Cipro, for anything other than anthrax or very serious infections.

Guess what one of the officials of the CDC said in a Reuters interview?

“We consider doxycycline as a better choice in the current situation where we have tens of thousands of people on that drug.” Well, well, I could have told them that.

The CDC’S Dr. Bradley Perkins, anthrax expert, explained to Reuters News that the FDA has approved three antibiotics for the treatment of anthrax: penicillin, doxycycline and cipro. Well, how do you like that? Doxycycline is even effective for anthrax as well as other infections! It’s a cheap alternative. Don’t get me wrong, there are possible side-effects to doxycycline, but not as dangerous as those associated with cipro or other fluoroquinolone antibiotics, unless, of course, you are allergic or otherwise sensitive to doxycycline.

It’s all actually very good news for patients and all pocketbooks!

Dee Woods can be reached at deewoods10Aicloud.com

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Thursday, April 21, 2016

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COMMUNITY NOTES

Rid Litter Day Scout groups, students, other residents and volunteers can join Palos Park’s annual village-wide Rid Litter Day at 9 a.m. this Saturday. Meet in front of the Village Recreation Center, 8901 W. 123rd St. Gloves and bags will be distributed. Service hour forms can be signed at that time.

The first Palos Park Rid Litter Day was organized by the Beautification Committee in 1997. An estimated two tons of litter has been picked up over that time period in the village thanks to Rid Litter Day volunteers.

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Woodland flowers found in the Palos area forest preserves. The Palos Restoration Project offers tours and more at Palos Park Woods this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Meet Palos Woods: Learn what lies beyond the trail

By Jan Pietrzak

Palos Restoration Project The Palos region has the largest concentration of forest preserves, with some of the finest natural areas, in Cook County. Join us and learn what makes this area special, and why your help is needed.

Come meet Palos Park Woods this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon. Take a walking tour and discover the plants and wildlife populating the woodlands and prairies of Palos. Learn also of leadership opportunities and ways to get involved.

Meet at Palos Park Woods South picnic grove on 119th Street at 89th Avenue West in Palos Park.

There will be refreshments and introductions at 10 a.m., and the walking tours begin at 10:30 a.m.

Palos Restoration Project is hosting this event with Friends of the Forest Preserves.

Earth Day event on Orland Grassland The Orland Grassland Volunteers offer guided bird walks and more to celebrate Earth Day this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Meet in the parking lot at 167th just west of La Grange Road. Volunteers are needed to help clear brush, or pick up trash around the bike path. Take a casual bird walk through Orland Grassland led by one of the bird monitors on the hour at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. and enjoy tasty snacks. Tools and gloves

provided. Bring binoculars if you have them; dress for the weather and hiking in natural terrain. This is a family-friendly event.

For more, visit orlandgrassland. org or call Pat Hayes at 220-9596

Orland Park Smart Living Fair and more Orland Park’s Earth Day Celebration will be held this Saturday at the Orland Park Village Center, 14700 S. Ravinia Avenue.

Events are planned outdoors, but will moved to the Civic Center Annex if it rains.

The day begins with the Smart Living Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., which includes document shredding and electronics recycling (no televisions). The fair also includes crayon recycling, various eco-friendly demos, kid’s crafts, a bee keeping presentation and more. All events are free.

From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Orland Park Police Department will offer a drug take back program, allowing residents to turn in medications they no longer need. Residents planning to discard old or broken bicycles are encouraged to donate them, as an

Orland Park Boy Scout will be collecting bikes for the nonprofit, Working Bikes. Working Bikes repurposes discarded bicycles and donates them locally and internationally.

From 1 to 3 p.m., residents can participate in Clean the Park, a cleanup of the entire park and ball fields in addition to the wooded areas around the John Humphrey Complex. Residents are encouraged to dress appropriately. Buckets, tickers and gloves will be provided.

For more, call the Recreation Department at 403-PARK.

Palos 118 PFA kids garage sale tables available for $10 Palos 118’s Parent Faculty Association (PFA) is sponsoring a Kids Garage Sale on Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Palos East School.

Have items to sell? Purchase a table for $10. Set up begins at 8 a.m. Make check payable to Palos District 118 PFA and send to Palos School District 118 c/o PFA Garage Sale, 8800 W. 119th St. Palos Park, IL 60464.

Palos Restoration Project is a volunteer group partnering with the Forest Preserves of Cook County, doing habitat restoration year-round in the Palos preserves.

Depending on the season, we cut and burn invasive brush, pull invasive weeds, or collect native seed for later distribution.

The goal of habitat restoration is to identify disturbed habitats and restore the native flora and fauna that occur there, to ensure

the continued use of the land by both wildlife and humans.

The joy of habitat restoration is getting outdoors in beautiful places, interacting with a diverse group of people, and celebrating victories like an increase in native wildflowers and grasses in a restored area.

To learn more about the event, go to restorepalos.com/meetpalos-woods.html, or call Jan Pietrzak at 439-1767.

at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7. Guest fee $5 to attend.

Learn ways to attract the greatest variety of birds to your backyard. This is the best time of the year to try to attract orioles and hummingbirds. Explore ways to keep feeding areas clean and free of unwanted visitors such as ants and wasps at nectar feeders and squirrels and raccoons at seed feeders. Learn about free birding events offered.

to join this social organization and you do not need to live in Palos.

Supplied photo Most members are longtime residents of Palos and surrounding Sheep to Shawl shears sheep of their wool this Sunday. A member of the Bagpipes & Drums of the Emerald Society areas. For a reservation or more leads Palos Park’s Paul Lally, The Center’s Brittany Sanders and visitors at a previous edition of the woolly event. information about the club, call Terry at 448-6598.

CLUB ACTIVITIES Swallow Cliff NSDAR The Swallow Cliff Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 1 p.m. this Saturday at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. The presenter Robert Busch, president of the Palos Historical Society, speak about the history of the area. Membership in the DAR is a unique opportunity to honor one’s lineage and heritage as a descendant of a patriot of the American Revolution. Prospective members and guests welcome to attend. For more, email the chapter at swallowcliffdar@gmail.com.

Palos Heights Garden Club The club will meet Monday, April 25, at Lake Katherine Nature Center to hear guest speaker and naturalist Mel Tracy of Wild Birds Unlimited in Palos Park. His topic is “Creating a Backyard Bird Oasis and Feeling the Joy!” Fellowhip

The Palos Newcomers Club The Palos Newcomers Club will hold their next luncheon meeting on Thursday, April 28, at the Silver Lakes Country Club, 14700 S. 82nd Avenue. Cocktails are at 11 a.m., lunch served at noon. After a short business meeting, the members and their guests will be entertained by Nick Willett, a vocalist.

One need not to be a newcomer

Palos Heights Woman’s Club Nancy Mitchell will be installed as the next president of the Palos Heights Woman’s Club at its installation dinner on Tuesday, May 3, at Zachary’s Grill, 134th and Ridgeland Avenue in Palos Heights.

Guests are welcome to attend the installation dinner, where Mitchell and the rest of the 2016-18 board will assume office. For more information or a reservation, call Marilyn at361-4682.

The club’s annual Flower Sale will be held on Saturday, May 21.

A Palos Garden Walk will be held on Saturday, June 25.

SIMPLE GIFTS Volunteers sought at Neat Repeats Donation transporters are needed at Neat Repeats Resale.

Volunteering at Neat Repeats is a good way to get involved, meet new people, and make a difference

in the lives of others. For more details call the store manager: Orland Park at 9028 W. 159th St. 364-7605. Worth 7026 W 111th St. 361-6860.

All sales at Neat Repeats Resale benefit the clients served by the

Crisis Center for South Suburbia.

The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence.

Photo by Patt Bailey

Pinwheels send message of love and concern

The Palos Park Woman’s Club last Thursday presented a donation to the Palos fire chief before planting a Pinwheel Garden in front of the Palos Fire station, 8815 W. 123rd St. Pinwheels are a national symbol for child abuse awareness and prevention, and their display aims to raise awareness throughout the community. “The pinwheel represents our hope that every child will be raised in a healthy, safe and nurturing environment. It is also a call to action encouraging people everywhere to recognize that children are our future and that we all have a role to play in keeping them safe. All children deserve a great childhood.”

Pipes are calling the sheep for the shearing at Children’s Farm The Children’s Farm in Palos Park will hold its annual Sheep to Shawl festivities this Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m.

Through the wool they grow, the meat they produce, and the endless products they provide, sheep have become an asset to our society. “Sheep shearing is an an-

tique practice that has evolved greatly over the years and at this year’s annual event we’ll focus on demonstrating its many different forms,” organizers said.

In addition to the shearing, guests can visit all of the Children’s Farm animals, children will be able to make a “sheep

to shawl” craft, and the Emerald Society Bagpipes & Drums will perform.

The Children’s Farm is at 12700 Southwest Highway. Admission is $7 per person and gates open at noon. Shearing begins at 1:30 p.m.

For more, call The Center at 361-3650.

Palos Heights library upcoming programs

is at 12501 S. 71st Ave.

Savvy Social Security Planning - Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.

Smart Money Week Program - Suellen Savant Hawking from Hawking Financial Group will discuss how to best to prepare for Social Security and answer questions relating to retirement income, how to maximize benefits, spouse and survivor benefits, and more.

Identity Theft - Thursday, April 28, 6:30 p.m.

Smart Money Week Program Director of Security at Standard Bank Mike Tardi will show how to protect from fraud schemes, identity theft, and how to secure personal information.

Zinio Digital Magazines Wednesday, April 27, 6:30 p.m.

Learn how to download digital magazines for free with your library card from the library’s digital magazine service Zinio.

Streaming Movies and Music Thursday, April 28, 2 p.m.

Find out how to log on and access free streaming movies, television shows, and music using your library card with Media On Demand and Freegal Music.

The following clubs meet weekly at the Palos Heights Public Library: Needle Club – Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Scrabble Club – Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m.

Mah Jongg – Tuesdays from 1-4 p.m.

Contact the Library to register for these programs at 448-1473 or visit the library’s website at palosheightslibrary.org. The library

Heights library youth programs • Microsoft Publisher Demo today (Thursday), at 4 p.m., Microsoft Publisher can help make your B+ rough draft an A+ final grade. Learn how easy this handy resource is to use on Thursday, April 21 at 4:00 p.m. Registration is needed.

• Tween Time-grades 4 and 5 - Enjoy dirt cake, flower planting and leaf prints today, at 7 p.m.

Reservations are needed.

• Friday Morning Fun - Spend Friday mornings at the library with stories, music, crafts, and fun on Friday, April 22 at 10 a.m. Registration is needed.

• Teen Gaming, Board Games, Media Lab–grades 6 and up Bring friends to the library to relax with Wii or Xbox gaming every Friday from 2:30-4:30 p.m.

No registration is necessary.

• Pokemon Night - Pokemon fans can get together once a month to trade cards, show off your favorites and possibly win a new pack to add to your collection on Monday, April 25 from 6-7:00 p.m. No registration is necessary.

• Crafty Kids-grades K-4 - Children are invited to participate in creative art experiences that help kids learn new vocabulary, practice various motor skills and gain experience in making decisions on Tuesday, April 26, at 4 p.m.

Registration is needed.

• Caudill Club– for grades 4-8 - Explore a 2016 Rebecca Caudill nominated book each month, possibly Skype with an author on Wednesday, April 27 at 4 p.m. No registration is necessary.

All programs are free and open to everyone at the Palos Heights Public Library, at 12501 S. 71st Ave. For more, or to register for a program, visit palosheightslibrary. org, call 448-1473, or stop by the Youth Services desk.

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DEATH NOTICES Ralph M. Fisher

Ralph M. Fisher, 83 years of Palos Heights passed away at his home on April 13.

Korean War veteran.

Beloved husband of Carole A. Loving father of Debra (Tom) Hartigan, Allison, Kim and Ralph Jr. (Elizabeth). Cherished grandfather of 5 and great-grandfather of 1. Dear brother of Chuck.

Visitation was held Sunday; funeral Monday, from the Becvar & Son Funeral Home, in Crestwood, to Incarnation Church, Mass. Interment private.

Walter H. Witt

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The village of Orland Park’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony remembers those who have died serving our country and recognizes the veterans whose names have been added to the granite wall since Veterans Day. The last day to add a veteran’s name to Orland Park’s memorial is April 29.

Honors in time for Memorial Day People can add veterans’ names by April 29 to Orland Park memorial The Orland Park Veterans Commission reminds area residents that the last day to add a veteran’s name to Orland Park’s granite memorial in time for this year’s Memorial Day ceremony is Friday, April 29.

The $250 cost to add a veteran’s name covers engraving and maintenance. Veterans may be living or deceased and do not have to live in Orland Park.

Orland Park’s Memorial Day ceremonies are poignant tributes to those who have died serving our country. Flags from each of the 50 states billow as they

provide a colorful frame for the village’s towering memorial, Ara Pace – Place of Peace. Bagpipes wail as lines of veterans file in for the presentation of colors as audience members silently rise to their feet.

“The village’s ceremonies for Memorial Day and Veterans Day are long standing traditions that everyone enjoys,” said Mayor Dan McLaughlin. “It’s nice to come together as a community to remember those who served our country and to never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice.”

Orland Park’s observance of

Memorial Day 2016 will be held Monday, May 30 at 1 p.m. at the village’s Veterans Memorial, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. The public is invited.

“Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of summer in Orland Park. The village’s Centennial Park Aquatic Center opens for the season that weekend and we come together as a community to observe Memorial Day,” the mayor said.

“It’s especially touching when a veteran stands as his name is announced as his friends and family smile and applaud,” the

mayor said.

Forms to add veterans’ names are on the village’s website at orland-park.il.us/DocumentCenter/ View/26777. They are also available at the information desk at the Frederick T. Owens Village Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. Questions about adding a veteran’s name to Orland Park’s memorial may be directed to the village’s Veterans Commission. Further information about the Village of Orland Park Centennial Park Aquatic Center is available with the Recreation Department at708/403-PARK.

Walter H. Witt “Bud” age 77, of Palos Park, died on April 17 at home. U.S. Army Veteran 1962-1964.

Beloved husband of Lynn nee Robertson. Loving father of Walter Todd (Colleen) Witt and Laura Witt.

Cherished grandfather of Emily, Rachel, Walter John “Jack”, Jenna & Ryan. Dear brother of

Darlyn (Stephen) Shemanski, Robert (Barbara) Witt, and the late Ronald (Judith) Witt. Brother in law of James (Phyllis) & Ronald (Esther) Robertson. Fond uncle and Dear friend of many.

Mr. Witt worked 27 years at Carlson Asphalt, 12 years with Palos Park Public Works, lifetime member of Palos Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was honored to be the Grand Marshal in the 2014 Palos Park Parade. He loved Alaska. Walter spent many years in the family business, Walter’s Barn.

Visitation today (Thursday), 3-8 p.m., Schmaedeke Funeral Home, Worth. Funeral Friday, April 22.

Lying in State from 9 a.m. until the time of service at 10 a.m. at Palos Evangelical Lutheran Church, 125th & Harlem Ave, Palos Heights. Interment Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church.

In lieu of flowers donations to Palos Evangelical Lutheran Church Building Fund, 12424 71st Court, Palos Heights, IL. 60463 appreciated.

HOUSES OF WORSHIP The Presbyterian Church in Orland Park rummage sale The families of The Presbyterian Church in Orland Park will hold their 24th annual rummage sale on Saturday, April 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the church, 13401 S. Wolf Road.

Donations including furniture, toys, clothes, household items, etc. are appreciated. Tax receipts for donations will be issued upon request. Dropoff times now through Thursday, April 21, are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Please deliver large items (such as couches, dressers, etc.) on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 19. and 20.

No items can be accepted after Thursday, April 21.

For large items that need to be picked up, contact the church office by Monday, April 18. Large items will be picked up on Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20. For more, call the church office at 448-8142.

Scout to be honored at Christ Lutheran Church Christ Lutheran Church congratulates Joseph Fraider for completing the Boy Scouts Religious Award God and Family.

He will be presented this award during the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, May 1, by Pastor Raymond Rohlfs at the church, 14700 S. 94th Ave., Orland Park.

(349-0431)

Honor Flight Chicago gives first ranks of Korean War veterans all due honors

Phil and Doris Tortorici are longtime Palos Heights residents. Phil is active in many veterans’ activities in and around the Palos area. He is one of 62 Korean War veterans that went on the Honor Flight to visit the memorial dedicated to their service.

Photos and text by John Hanley

Honor Flight Chicago was privileged to honor its first group of Korean War veterans Wednesday last week when the vets traveled to Washington, D.C., to see their memorial, and were also recognized for their service and thanked by thousands along the way. The family of Phil and Doris Tortorici, of Palos Heights, joined in the Welcome Home celebration for Phil.

Kathie and Tom Dutkiewicz, who attend every Honor Flight Welcome Home to veterans, are shown with Jae-woong Lee, deputy consul general of the Republic of Korea, and his wife. They welcomed and shook every veterans’ hand when they passed him. Midway Airport was hopping in the early morning with The Legacy Girls singing the tunes of the 1940’s and ‘50s, and a special guest appearance by Wayne Messmer who sang the National Anthem. Not to be outdone by the morning entertainment, the Frankfort Brass Band and bagpipers played for thousands of volunteer patriots at night.

The Korean War memorial in the nation’s capital visited by last week’s Honor Flight. In addition to these Korean War heroes whose average age was 85, Honor Flight also honored 39 World war II heroes whose average age was 91. Honor Flight also thanked the biker community for welcoming home our veterans, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts who joined in to celebrate, and to the dedicated volunteers who made this day possible.

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PHOTO MEMORIES FROM THE REGIONAL ARCHIVE

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1 Shower alternative 11 Hollow 15 “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934) actor 16 NASA unit 17 Correct 18 Pigmented layer 19 Takeout menu eponym 20 Smartens (up) 21 1954 Detroit Auto Show unveiling 22 Battery, e.g.

23 Ride and Brown 24 Maker of Neo soft drinks 27 Capital NNE of Rome 29 Prayer opening 30 Feelers

50 Years Ago This Week

File photo from April 21, 1966

33 Noggin 34 Chain with a red cowboy hat logo

Exhibits professional work: William A. Crooks, Palos Heights photographer, displays five of the six pictures that 35 __ Raven: Baltimore neighwere accepted at the state convention of the Associated Professional Photographers of Illinois, held recently borhood at the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria. [Mr. Crooks, who died early this year, was the longtime owner of Crooks Photography studio, a community institution in and around Palos Heights. A memorial story about his life and 36 Square shooter? work appeared in The Regional last month.]

38 Very small

39 Sequoia Park Zoo home 40 Teaching model 41 Actress who starred in two Hitchcock films 43 Jerk 44 Garibaldi’s wife 45 Tons 47 “Criminal Minds” network 50 Spanish address 51 Pointer’s cry 53 When the ghost of Hamlet’s father first appears 54 Nanny’s service 55 Fund-raising suffix 56 What “D” may mean, monetarily

20 Years Ago This Week

2 They may be filled from wells

27 Barking horse relative

3 Mort Walker dog

28 “The Cherry Orchard” daughter

4 Bk. about the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls

30 Go a long way

5 Aged

31 Neutral color

6 Where Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon

32 Look for a good deal

7 Amplify

37 Region

8 “A-Hunting We Will Go” songwriter

38 Ginormous

9 Marne modifier

34 “Yes!”

40 “___ X”

10 “Yo!”

41 Charged

11 Mouse action

42 Methuselah’s father

12 Metal-bending aid

43 Comedian Smirnoff

13 Distrustful

45 Acoustical unit

14 “Tarnation!”

46 Columbia Pictures co-founder Harry

21 Fictional house “built according to no architectural plan whatever” 22 Hitchcock thriller set in East Germany

47 Masala __: Indian beverage 48 Building with big doors 49 Proof mark

23 Friday et al.: Abbr.

51 Top

24 Name in Virginia politics

52 “__ Underground”: cult film showcase

Down

25 Singer Laine

1 Tough __

26 Gently convinced about

Answers on Page 7

The object of the game is to fill all the blank squares with the correct numbers.

Each row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order.

Each column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order.

Each 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9.

File photo from April 18, 1996

Six beavers moved in at Lake Katherine in Palos Heights about six or eight months ago and cut down 54 trees along the water’s edge, creating between $30,000 and $49,000 worth of damage, Palos Heights city naturalist Bill Banks said. [To rid the area of the destruction, the beavers were drowned in traps following procedures allowed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources].

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Photo by Joe Boyle

WHATIZIT?

10 Years Ago This Week

File photo from April 20, 2006

Meals benefit library: The Friends of the Palos Heights Library’s dine-and-share fundraiser with Country House restaurant has raised $3,400 over the past three years to update the library’s materials and help fund library programs. Paul Boundas, the owner of the Country House (center), presented a check to Friends of the Library member Bill Poore (from left), Administrative Librarian Elaine Savage and Friends Pat Eden and Jean Pacholski at the library last Thursday. Boundas touted the excellent partnership between Country House and the library.

The banner of an animated lion perhaps gave last week’s Whatizit photo away. But we believe that many of our readers are just familiar of seeing Advocate Children’s Hospital at 93rd and Kostner Avenue in Oak Lawn.

Formerly known as Hope Children’s Hospital, the staff at this facility takes care of injuries and illnesses suffered by kids of all ages. The hospital has received rave reviews for their care of children and providing comfort to worried parents.

Oak Lawn resident Janice Foley knew this was Advocate Children’s Hospital. Palos Heights resident Crystine Busch also knew this was Advocate Children’s Hospital. She also mentioned that it was once known as Hope Children’s Hospital.

Other readers who answered correctly were: Dan and Kathy Higgins, of Chicago Ridge; E.J. Oaheuke, Worth; Steve Rosenbaum, Oak Lawn; Carol and Jerry Janicki, Worth; Celeste Cameron, also of Worth; and Evergreen Park resident Jan Merchantz, who said it was the front entrance of Advocate Children’s Hospital. Correct on both counts.

This week’s Whatizit photo quiz should not be that difficult. The clue for this week is: To your health.

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

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SPORTS The Regional News • The Reporter

Red Stars come home The Chicago Red Stars will play their home opener Saturday after a loss in Houston. Page 2

Ken Karrson, Sports Editor • sports@regionalpublishing.com Jeff Vorva, Sports Editor • sports@regionalpublishing.com

A buzz at Moraine

Moraine Valley has hired Tony Amarino as its new head basketball coach.

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Thursday,March April 5, 21,2015 2016 Thursday,

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Richards pitcher Sara Kiziak is a two-time academic All-America student-athlete who is helping her team on the field and helped the Bulldogs to two top-10 finishes in the nation in grade point average.

Southwest • Section 2, Page 1 Southwest • Section 2, Page 1

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Orland Park’s Ryan Kutt shows off the WWE Intercontinental belt that he won after recently being named Brother Rice player of the game.

It’s GPA all the way Brother Rice wants for Richards softball to keep belting foes

By Anthony Nasella Correspondent

Last year, Richards’ softball team had a 15-season streak of 20 or more victories come to an end when the Bulldogs finished with a record of 16-16.

But veteran coach Julie Folliard was enjoying another streak — ultimately a more important streak — her players produced.

For the second year in a row and the third time in Folliard’s first 27 seasons, the Bulldogs were ranked by the National Fastpitch Softball Association in the top 10 in the nation in grade-point average. They took fourth in 2015 with a combined 4.225. The team was scheduled to be honored Monday night at the District 218 school board meeting.

Abby Gentile, Hailey Czerwinski, Kaitlyn Fetchko, Sara Kiziak, Emily Wetzel, Samantha Waller and Lauren McManus were named All-America scholar-athletes by the NFSA in both years while Sara Tobin, Molly Pohrebny and Savanah Julian earned the honor in 2014,

HITTING HOME RUNS IN THE CLASSROOM Richards’ softball team has been ranked in the top 10 in the nation in weighted grade-point average by the National Fastpitch Softball Association three times. The breakdown: 2004: 7th place with a 3.85 GPA 2014: 5th place with a 4.14 GPA 2015: 4th place with a 4.23 GPA

and Becky Wujcik, Meaghan Murphy, Katelyn Flahive and Riverton Parke earned the honor in 2015.

This year, the Bulldogs won seven of their first 11 games, so getting back to 20 victories could be in the cards.

And with Folliard hitting hard on her players following legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, a third straight season of making the top 10 in GPA would make her happy.

“The team grade-point average is something that I’m especially proud of,” Folliard said.

“The fact that they excel off

the field means they’re making good decisions consistently.”

In addition to academic success for her players, Folliard expresses joy that the relational dynamic among the teams she has coached is a quality that has remained consistent over the years.

“The girls get along so well every year, and they genuinely miss each other as teammates graduate,” she said. “I’ve always felt proud about that part of it. Why is that? It has to do with the approach that I believe is very important when teaching student-athletes. It’s not just X’s and O’s.”

Folliard, who teaches in the La Grange SD 105 South District, won more than 600 games as the Bulldogs coach.

She was a four-sport athlete at the Oak Lawn school who graduated in 1982 and said her own social and emotional makeup was impacted by her coaches at Richards — Larry Layne in softball, Barb Vitek in basketball and track and Faralyn Jaquith in volleyball.

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By Jeff Vorva

BIG GAMES COMING

Sports Editor

One of the new traditions for Brother Rice’s baseball team is to award a roving toy World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship belt to the player of the game.

On April 13, junior pitcher Ryan Kutt earned it after shutting out Montini, 3-0 in Chicago.

“This is our second year with the belt,” Kutt said. “Our coaches gave us the belt and said we would hand it out to the player of the game. I’ve won it a few times.’’

The team is having as much fun with the toy belt as the Honky Tonk Man and Chris Jericho had with the real belt.

The Crusaders are also having fun on the field as they not only won 13 of their first 15 games by a combined score of 127-33, they also picked up some national attention. For two straight weeks, they were ranked fifth in the Midwest by USA Today — a region that covers 13 states. St. Rita, a Catholic League Blue foe, was ranked first in the Mid-

A look at some big Catholic League baseball games coming up for Brother Rice which could test their Midwest ranking: April 30 @St. Rita 11 a.m.

May 2 St. Rita 4:30 p.m.

May 4 @Providence 4:30 p.m.

May 5 Providence 4:30 p.m.

May 11 @St. Laurence 4:30 p.m.

May 12 St. Laurence 4:30 p.m.

May 14 Mt. Carmel 11 a.m.

May 16 @Mt. Carmel 4:30 p.m.

west and seventh in the country last Thursday. But since that poll was voted on, St. Rita dropped a 6-3 decision to Montini.

A third team in the league, Mt. Carmel, was ranked eighth in the Midwest. All three teams – plus two-time defending Class 4A champion Providence Catholic and powerful St. Laurence — are going to be mixing it up in the coming weeks.

Brother Rice coach John McCarthy said he likes the ranking.

“It’s an exciting thing for the program,” he said. “It elevates our program and puts us on a different level and it’s some-

thing we embrace.

“It’s a compliment, but no ranking ever won us a game. We have to go out and earn it and go out and play well every day.’’

Kutt, who verbally committed to the University of Illinois, said there is no extra pressure with the recognition.

“It’s great to get our name out there,” Kutt said. “But whether we are ranked, we have to play the same way day in and day out.

We have to play with the same tempo and try to get wins every time we come out. I don’t think there is a lot of pressure. It shows that we’re having a great season and we want to build off of that.’’

In addition to Kutt’s pitching and hitting (he cracked a grand slam in Saturday’s 10-0 victory over Lincoln-Way Central, his fifth homer of the season), the Crusaders are getting offensive muscle from Brett Bagus, Preusser, Mike Massey, Andrew Dyke, Ryan King, Sam Jones and Jack Guzek.

The pitching staff is Jacked up with Guzek, Jack Nelligan, Jack Butler, Ryan Winkle, Preusser and Kutt getting the most mound work.

SOUTHWEST HALF MARATHON & 10K: MAY 1

This 70-year-old is on a 73-race journey Chicago’s Aron is making local race a stop on his running tour in memory of his brother-in-law

By Anthony Nasella Correspondent

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Chuck Aron, 70, will be running in the 10K portion of the Southwest Half Marathon and 10K event on May 1 and will raise money for Alzheimer’s awareness.

Chicago’s Chuck Aron is no stranger to running in a variety of long races since 2004 and he is no stranger to the Southwest Half Marathon and 10K event.

But when the 70-year-old runs the 10K portion of the race in Palos Heights on May 1, it will be part of a bigger mission in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s disease.

Aron started running the Chicago Marathon in 2004 in memory of his brother-in-law, Paul Bracken, who passed away in 2001 at 58 as a result of early-onset Alzheimer’s.

Bracken would have turned 73 on

April 8, and Aron’s 70th birthday was March 24th.

So in continual memory of Bracken, Aron set a goal to run 73 events this year to raise money for Alzheimer’s awareness.

The Southwest event, sponsored

by Palos Hospital and CNB Bank, will be his 14th race on the way to the realization of his goal. He hopes No. 73 comes Oct. 9 at the Chicago Marathon.

“One of my friends mentioned to me that somebody ran 30 races when they turned 30, and my friend joked that that I should run 70 races,” Aron said. “Since I run races in memory of my brother-inlaw, I will run 73 races in memory of him.

“I will be running those 73 races within about nine months.”

While running such a high volume of races poses physical strain, Aron said, he also had to think of a creative way to overcome the monetary challenge involved in running so many events.

“The toughest thing about doing 73 races isn’t so much keeping your legs going, but it’s dealing with 73 entry fees,” Aron said. “I don’t want to ask people to donate to the Alzheimer’s Association with some thinking that those donations, instead, would go toward my entry fee.

“So what I started doing at about the first of the year was sending emails out to the various race organizers. I told them what I wanted to do and why, and I simply asked for a free entry.”

The co-founder of the Southwest

event, Mel Diab, who also owns the Running for Kicks store in Palos Heights, was one of the many race organizers who gave Aron a pass on the fee.

“Mel was one of the first organizers who said ‘most certainly,’ ” Aron said. “I’ve been fortunate to know Mel for many years, and he’s just a great guy. With only one exception, every race organizer has been positive about giving me complimentary entries.’’

Even though he said he is a lifetime Chicago White Sox fan, Aron will run in Saturday’s Race to Wrigley 5K, with sponsorship coming from an unexpected source.

“I’m running the race and being sponsored by Chicago Cubs Charities,” Aron said. “And they know See JOURNEY, Page 2

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FIRE VS. MONTREAL IMPACT ANALYSIS

FOCUS ON AREA COLLEGES

Accam return should spark Fire offense After getting

By Jeff Vorva

PUNC-ed, SXU goes on a tear

Sports Editor

What the Chicago Fire could use is a Didier Drogba.

The 38-year-old, who has been keeping himself out of most Montreal Impact games this year because he didn’t like playing on artificial surfaces, came onto the natural grass of Toyota Park on Saturday in Bridgeview against the Fire in the 50th minute of the game with his team down, 1-0.

He made an impact for the Impact.

Six minutes after getting in the game, Drogba tied it up with a goal to shift the momentum around.

And in the stoppage time after the 90th minute, Ignacio Piatti scored for the Impact in the visitors’ 2-1 victory in front of an announced crowd of 14,509.

The tide of the game turned when the legendary Drogba finally stepped onto the field, and part of the blame goes to the Fire players.

“We weren’t mature in this game,” said Fire coach Veljko Paunovic, whose team fell to 1-23. “He came into the game and we were impressed by him. He’s one of the best players in the world. I love him. He’s a great guy. But we have to understand that we have to respect ourselves as well as our opponents.’’

The Fire seems to have a Drogba-like game-changer in David Accam, but he missed his fourth straight game due to an injured left knee. The Fire have a week off and Accam said he hoped to be back for the April 30 home game against D.C. United. He added that he hoped to start practice this week.

Paunovic said in March he hoped that Accam (who led the team with 10 goals last year and had two goals and an assist in the Fire’s first two games this year) would be back April 2. But Accam, who hurt the knee against Orlando City on March 11, said he was told he could

Photo by Jeff Vorva

The Chicago Fire’s Kennedy Igboananike flies during a header against Montreal on Saturday. He later scored the team’s only goal in a 2-1 loss to Montreal.

be out six weeks.

“It’s coming along like we thought it would,” Accam said.

Kennedy Igboananike scored his team-leading third goal at the 29-minute mark for the Fire and having him and the speedy Accam back on field at the same

time could cure some ills for a team that is struggling to not only score goals, but to even get shot attempts on target. The Fire has seven shots on goal in the past five games.

“That’s something we are working on,” Paunovic said. “It’s one of

the areas we have to improve.’’

There is talk that the Fire will be getting some more offensive firepower in May, but having an Accam/Igboananike combination as soon as possible should give the offense a lift to try to match a solid defense.

FIRE NOTEBOOK

Fire sets ‘bittersweet’ defense record in loss

By Jeff Vorva

streak — that’s 100 percent credit to the guys in front of me. Our guys are always throwing their bodies in the way. That record shows the caliber of defense that we have and the character of the guys we have. It’s a nice feather in the cap, but you want three points. And we didn’t get them.’’

Sports Editor

Chicago Fire goalie Matt Lampson was bummed out about his team’s 2-1 loss to Montreal on Saturday but he did have a few good words about the defense breaking a team record.

In the 37th minute of the first half, the team broke its record of 356 straight minutes without allowing a goal (set in 2009) and boosted it up to 411 before 38-year-old Didier Drogba put one past Lampson on a play that the goalie blamed himself for.

“That is the very definition of ‘bittersweet,’ ’’ Lampson said. “Ultimately we lost the game. But the

Shipp-shape

Former Fire midfielder Henry Shipp, who was traded to Montreal in February for cash and composed an emotional open four-page letter to Fire fans, got off two shots — one on target — in 45 touches against his former team. Shipp opened the season with two assists in two games

for the Impact, which improved to 4-2-0.

Security problem Some eyebrows were raised when a fan ran onto the Toyota Park field and interacted with some of the players and appeared to take a photo of himself with Impact star Didier Drogba. The fan ran off the field on his own and back into the stands when security finally started to chase him. The fact that the fan was not chased by security personnel while he was on the field had some observers surprised.

“It is concerning,” Fire coach Veljko Paunovic said but wouldn’t elaborate.

Trinity Christian

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Former Fire player Harry Shipp cools off before Saturday’s game against his ex-teammates. His team, Montreal, beat the Fire, 2-1.

FOCUS ON THE CHICAGO RED STARS

Red Stars try to put road loss behind them

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

The Chicago Red Stars will make their season home debut at Toyota Park in Bridgeview on Saturday hoping to erase the memory of the tough time they had last Saturday in Houston.

After opening the game with a Christen Press goal, the Red Stars gave up three straight goals to drop a 3-1 road game to the Houston Dash.

The Red Stars were 8-3-9 last year but the team is mixing in some new players and it may take a few games for everyone to get on the same page.

Veteran Chicago players Lori Chalupny, Karina LeBlanc and Michelle Lomnicki all ended their playing careers during the offseason, thereby adding to roster openings created by the departures of Abby Erceg, Melissa Tancredi, Rachel Quon, Taryn Hemmings and Adriana Leon.

While several key contributors from the 2015 campaign are back with the squad this year, two of them — defender Julie Johnston and forward Press — recently returned from national team duty and missed several practices. Newcomers Alyssa Naeher (a goalie who took the loss on Saturday) and

Western New York Flash at Chicago Red Stars WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Toyota Park, Bridgeview RED STARS RECORD: 0-1-0 NEW YORK RECORD: 1-0-0 LAST TIME: The two teams battled to a 0-0 draw in Lisle on Aug. 23. It was the Red Stars’ ninth and final tie of the 2015 season.

Amanda DaCosta (a midfielder) were on the same boat.

Johnston, Press and Naeher were featured prominently over the course of the U.S. Women’s pair of victories over Colombia and DaCosta started in Portugal’s defeat to Spain in a 2017 UEFA

Journey

Continued from Page 1 that I’m Sox fan. Their theme is that the Chicago Cubs have joined in the fight against Alzheimer’s by sponsoring a Sox fan who will run to Wrigley Field.”

Track: Ashley Jourdan took first place in the 1500-meter event at the Benedictine Relays with an NAIA national qualifying time of 4 minutes, 40.55 seconds .

Emily Dyskstra took fifth in the 400 hurdles and seventh in the 100 hurdles, The men’s team had two NCCAA qualifiers. Keegan Fitzsimmons hit the mark in the 10,000 meter with a time of 33:47.51. Alex Clark reached the standard in the 1500 meter as he crossed the line at 4:06.76.

Baseball: The Trolls recorded their 30th win of the season during a split decision against Olivet Nazarene University Sunday. Trinity lost the first game at 8-7, but came back with a 5-3 win in the second game to improve to 30-14-1 overall and 14-6-1 in the CCAC. Josh Pieper drove in four of the five runs in the nightcap win.

Softball: The Trolls ended an eight-game week Saturday with a 4-0, 4-1 sweep over Purdue UniversityNorth Central to improve to 7-21 overall and 4-12 in the CCAC. Jenna Steinkamp pitched the first-game shutout, allowing two hits. Dara Megyesi secured the win in the nightcap.

Golf: Cody Tiesman finished tied for sixth with a 150 (79-71) at the Bethel College Spring Invitational and the team tied for fifth place.

Moraine Valley

Red Stars roster GOALKEEPERS: Michele Dalton, Alyssa Naeher (Federation Player-USA) DEFENDERS: Arin Gilliland, Sarah Gorden, Samantha Johnson, Katie Naughton, Casey Short, Julie Johnston (FP-USA) MIDFIELDERS: Danielle Colaprico, Taylor Comeau, Amanda Da Costa, Vanessa DiBernardo, Mary Luba, Alyssa Mautz, Courtney Raetzman FORWARDS: Jen Hoy, Sofia Huerta, Christen Press (FP-USA), Cara Walls

When St. Xavier University’s baseball team dropped a 4-3 road decision to Purdue University-North Central in the first game of a doubleheader on April 12, it looked like a bad start to a long week.

PUNC entered that game with a 2-29 mark overall and a 1-12 record in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

That game seemed to have shocked the Cougars as they won the second game to start a six-game winning streak that included a victory over NCAA Division II Lewis University and thrilling walk-off wins over Olivet Nazarene and Roosevelt.

Freshman David Strom got things rolling getting the victory in an 11-1 victory over PUNC in the nightcap.

The Cougars trailed Lewis on the road heading into the ninth inning but they rallied for an 8-6 victory last Thursday. Tom Hayes (Crestwood/Mt. Carmel) and Alex Neufeld (Tinley Park/Roosevelt/Lincoln-Way North) drove in the seventh and eighth runs respectively.

Pinch hitter Mike Owens (Oak Forest/Moraine Valley/Oak Forest High School) drove in the game winner on Friday in the ninth inning of a 5-4 victory over Oliver Nazarene.

On Saturday, the Cougars swept Roosevelt at Standard Bank Stadium as Mark Martin (Evergreen Park/ Evergreen Park High School) drove in what turned out to be the winning run in the top of the ninth in a 5-4 victory in the opener and Matthew McKenzie (Oak Forest/Marist) threw a shutout in a 5-0 nightcap victory.

The Cougars improved to 18-18/10-8 Sunday rallying from a 6-1 deficit to beat Roosevelt University, 7-6, on Sunday as Steve Carrabotta (Tinley Park/Andrew) doubled home the winning run with two out in the bottom of the ninth. After that thriller, the school placed recent Hall of Fame inductee Joe Skalski’s (1984-86) No. 7 jersey on the outfield wall at Ferrell Field.

Football: The Cougars signed six players — wide receiver/defensive back Nick Czeszewski from Oak Forest High School, running back Jamarri Watson from Oak Park-River Forest High School, offensive lineman Vince Magana who transferred from Central Lakes Community College (Minn.) and played at Marian Catholic High School, defensive back Dwane Clark, wide receiver Enrico Williams from Perspectives Charter/Calumet and offensive lineman Nigel McClain (6-2, 250) from Longwood High School.

Golf: Junior Taylor Thompson (Galesburg/Knoxville) won the individual title by a single stroke with a two-day score of 153 to guide the Cougars to a fifthplace finish at the Pilot Spring Invitational hosted by Bethel College Saturday and Sunday at Blackthorn Golf Club in South Bend.

On the men’s side, sophomore Michael Perez (Sacramento, Calif./Christian Brothers) tied for ninth place overall with a two-round score of 151 and SXU took eighth at the same event. Junior Robert Lively (LaGrange/Nazareth Academy) tied for 24th.

Softball: Senior centerfielder Kasey Kanaga (Metamora/Metamora) and freshman designated hitter Jenna Haase (Evergreen Park, /Evergreen Park) guided the No. 5 ranked Saint Xavier University softball team to a 9-5 victory over CCAC rival Olivet Nazarene Thursday. Kanaga had three hits and three runs while Haase had four hits, a run and an RBI.

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Red Stars goalie Alyssa Naeher makes a stop in Saturday’s 3-1 loss to Houston.

Women’s Euro qualifier.

“Because of the international absences, we’ve really only had the entire team in training for a few days,’’ veteran coach Rory Dames said. “Certain players need to establish relationships and familiarity between each other based on their positions on the field, and I think some of that that will take a bit more time. But in terms of a

Another race near the area Aron will run in is “Run with the Nuns,’’ in June at Mt. Assisi in Lemont.

“It benefits a group of retired nuns,” he said. “I’m getting out Alzheimer’s awareness; at the same time these races are giving me the free entries, so I’m going out of my way to publicize their races.”

general understanding of our system and our philosophy, we have a lot of people back who were a part of that last year. That certainly helps.

“Although we’ll tinker with a few things and hopefully have another year of growth, all in all we have a pretty good idea of what we want to do and who we are as a team.”

Before 2004, Aron ran the Chicago Marathon in 1978 and 1979 and also ran the Montreal Marathon in 1979 — which eventually led to surgery for a torn knee and an exit from running for a while. Years later, his weight ballooned to 265 pounds, and he was unable to complete a Memory Walk in

Softball: The Cyclones broke an eight-game losing streak beating Elgin Community College 8-0 and 9-0 last Thursday and Oakton 9-0, 16-2 on Saturday.

Hannah Thielmann pitched both victories and had three hits in the nightcap against Elgin. Alyssa DeChene drove in four runs in the doubleheader.

Thielmann won both games against Oakton, striking out 15 in 10 innings. Nicole Roney went 3-for-3 in the opener and Molly Pohrebny and Thielmann each had four hits in the second game.

Men’s tennis: Moraine blanked Elgin 8-0 on April 12. Last year, Elgin beat the Cyclones 9-0 and won the NJCAA Region IV title.

Wins came from No. 1 singles Gregorio Illner, No. 2 Miguel Segovia, No. 3 Jesse Myles, No. 4 Eddie Young, and No. 5 Steven Leavy. The Cyclones also beat Sauk Valley 9-0 on Saturday.

Baseball: The Cyclones dropped a 4-2 decision to Elgin Saturday despite Jorge Hernandez’s 3-for-3 performance.

Compiled by Jeff Vorva from submitted reports

Omaha, Nebraska the year Bracken was diagnosed.

So Aron took action on his health. He said he redeemed himself the next year in Omaha and has never looked back.

“I ran the walk the next year,” he said. “I came back the following year and ran it again. By that time, it had

been 25 years since I last ran the Chicago Marathon, so I stared to run that in Paul’s memory. But this will probably be the last year I push myself to this level.”

Aron’s website, which provides race information and the opportunity to donate, is http://www.73for70.com.

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High school playoffs are unfair, unpredictable and thrilling F JEFF VORVA ood for thought for those who aren’t very hungry: I talked with a longtime reader about a variety of local sports and he said “You heard it here first — St. Laurence is going to win the state baseball championship.”

He thought the Vikings had the most talent.

But that’s not how it works with the Illinois High School Association baseball tournament.

Baseball is one of the hardest sports to figure out when it comes to a single-elimination tournament. A great team can face one red-hot pitcher on a Tuesday and get beat by an average team. Then on Thursday, the average team throws a not-so-red-hot pitcher and gets pounded.

Who would have predicted that in Class 4A Providence Catholic would be the first team to win back-to-back baseball titles since Maine Township did it in 1958-59?

Who would have predicted that they would win even one title in the past two years?

In 2014, the Celtics came feebly limping into the state tournament losing three in a row by a combined

Making the Extra Point 22-4 score. They won six games in the postseason and faced St. Rita, which whipped the Celtics 8-1, 14-1 and 10-4 during the regular season, in the state title game. The Celtics ended up winning 4-1.

Last year, the Celtics lost five games in a row in May by a combined score of 21-5 and found themselves back in the title game thanks to come classic come-frombehind postseason wins. They faced Mt. Carmel, which beat the Celtics 2-1 and 3-1 during the regular season and owned a 4-1 lead heading into the fifth inning of the title game. But the Celtics rallied again and won 6-5 in an eight-inning thriller.

There were a lot of teams better than the Celtics those two years and yet they brought two trophies back to New Lenox.

Upstart Providence Catholic, shown winning the state title in 2014, proved the past two years that getting hot at the right time is the key to the unpredictable IHSA Class 4A baseball title.

The kicker is that the Celtics had much more talented teams in previous years that didn’t win titles. That’s the nature of this unfair but unpredictable and thrilling tournament.

The solution is a double-elimination tournament but that is not going to happen because it’s a logistical nightmare even without the threat of rain to botch things up. So we are stuck with what we have.

Have fun with it.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

A good argument When the Golden State Warriors passed the Bulls for the NBA’s best regular season record with a 73-9 record, there were plenty of people who thought they should have rested their stars the final game to concentrate on being fresh for the playoffs. The logic is that winning 73 games without winning the NBA title means nothing.

Actually, it would mean something.

It’s rarer to win 73 games than it is to win an NBA title. It’s just not as important.

The ultimate prize is the championship — I get that. But that’s not guaranteed — especially with the San Antonio Spurs lurking in a few

weeks. But a chance at rare history was just a game away so they were right to try to go for it. Sitting the stars and losing that last game and NOT winning the NBA title would be a double whammy that would truly mean nothing.

A lousy argument The argument on who would win a seven-game series between the Bulls in their prime and the Warriors is one I hate hearing.

I covered the Bulls when they won

FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

College-bound athletes honored

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Some area schools held ceremonies April 13 to honor athletes who have committed to colleges.

At Marist, 16 students participated in the National Letter of Intent ceremony, including three from last year’s Class 4A state championship softball team.

Pitcher Emily Reilly (Oak Lawn) will play for Loras College in Iowa. Reilly had a 6-0 record in 2015. Amanda McIlhany (Alsip), a center fielder was the leadoff for the RedHawks in 2015 with a .385 batting average, 34 RBI and 45 runs scored, will head to the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Left fielder Paige Egan will attend the University of St. Francis in Joliet. He had a .444 batting average after nine games in 2016. In 2015 she had a .430 average and 31 runs.

Four Marist baseball players committed to colleges as pitchers Ben Chaffee (Oak Forest) and Jack Snyder (Orland Park) will continue to be teammates at Triton Junior College in River Grove. Zach Sefcik (Orland Park), a center fielder, and first baseman John Carmody (Orland Park) will play for North Central College in Naperville.

Marist’s girls basketball program had three sign. Alexis Jones (Beverly), a shooting guard and defensive specialist, will attend and play for Augustana University.

Point guard Gabby Moran (Morgan Park), will play for Clarke University. Madeline McHugh (Mt. Greenwood), a strong forward, will head to North Central College. Moran and McHugh will also play lacrosse at their respective schools.

The boys volleyball team had three boys and two girls sign at the ceremony. Middle blocker Patrick Bradford (Morgan Park), who had 191 kills in 2015, will continue his career at Dominican University. Middle blocker Michael Burcl (Bridgeview), who had 215 kills in 2015, and setter Aaron Kummer (Morgan Park), who holds the school record for assists with 1,101 in 2015, will continue to play together at St. Xavier University.

From the girls volleyball team, libero Haley Belcik (Palos Heights) will attend La Salle University in Philadelphia. Libero Maggie Murphy (West Beverly) will attend Maryville University in St. Louis.

Running standout Kyle O’Farrell (Beverly), who qualified as an individual for the 2015 IHSA state cross country final, will run track and cross country at Maryville University in St. Louis.

St. Laurence had five students honored.

Brett Risley (Oak Lawn) will be playing basketball at St. Francis, Manny Sanchez (West Lawn) will be bowling for Calumet College of St. Joseph, Cesar Vega (Burbank) will be running cross country and track at Loras College, Jake Diaz (West Lawn) and Dan Heiden (Burbank) will play baseball – Diaz at College of DuPage and Heiden at Aurora University.

their last three titles and loved watching their mastery. But that was 20 years ago and players now are bigger, stronger and faster now than they were 20 years ago just like the Bulls were bigger, stronger and faster than the teams that played in the 1970s.

The Bulls in their prime are never going to play the current Warriors so why waste energy fighting about it?

We have more important things to argue about — like who is going to win the Class 4A baseball title in June.

‘There’s a buzz around the school’ New men’s basketball coach has the Cyclones excited

By Anthony Nasella Correspondent

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Marist seniors signees honored are, seated from left, Maggie Murphy, Alexis Jones, Madeline McHugh, Emily Reilly, Paige Egan. The second row features Kyle O’Farrell, Hayley Belcik, Amanda McIlhany, Gabby Moran, Ben Chaffee, Aaron Kummer. In the third row are Zach Sefcik, Jack Snyder, Patrick Bradford, Michael Burcl, and John Carmody.

Athletes committed to colleges from St. Laurence were, back row, Cesar Vega and Brett Risley and, front row, Manny Sanchez, Jake Diaz, and Dan Heiden.

We met before Marist’s softball team beat Lincoln-Way East 3-0 in a non-conference matchup April 12 with Emily Reilly pitching the shutout and Madison Naujokas belting a pair of doubles.

It wasn’t just any non-conference game, however.

The last time the two teams faced each other was in June and Marist beat East, 1-0, to win the Illinois High School Association Class 4A state championship in East Peoria.

Stagg-ering comeback The season is still young, but this could end up being the comeback of the year. Stagg’s baseball team scored eight runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Friday for a 12-11 win

over Homewood-Flossmoor in Palos Heights.

Josh Nowak’s sacrifice fly produced the game winner. Max Downs, who had two homers in a victory over Andrew earlier in the week, added three RBI.

Talking Smack

Another loaded field will take part in the Brother Rice Smack Attack boys volleyball tournament Friday and Saturday.

Defending champion Sandburg will not be back this year but defending state champion Glenbard West will be. Three teams from Indiana will compete in the 23-team event.

Local teams Brother Rice and Marist will participate. Providence and Mount Carmel will also be on hand.

Despite the fact that men’s basketball head coaching job at Moraine Valley Community College is a part-time position, athletic director Bill Finn was amazed at the level of coaches who applied for the open job.

But the candidate who was chosen by Finn and the search committee as the program’s new head coach possessed one quality — full-time availability — that set himself apart from the others.

Moraine Valley named long-time community college head coach Tony Amarino as its new head coach this Photo by Jeff Vorva past week. Ama- Tony Amarino is the new men’s basrino spent 15 years ketball coach at Moraine Valley, two as the head coach years after retiring from coaching and at Morton College missing it. and more recently seven years at Harper College before retiring in 2014.

“Tony will help navigate the academic and athletic part as well as the recruiting to the four-year school,” Finn said. “We think we have the best of all worlds in our hiring of Tony. He’s a great gentleman and a competitive coach with proven success. There’s a buzz around the school. We’re moving ahead.

“I was shocked at the high level of coaches who applied,” Finn added. “Any of the four finalists could have done an amazing job in this position. It was an extremely hard decision for us as committee; we couldn’t have gone wrong with any of the candidates.’’

Amarino, who replaced David Howard, said he applied for the Moraine Valley position after a time of rediscovering that his interest in coaching had not waned after two years off.

“I started to get the itch again when I went to games this winter,” he said. “I knew that I wanted to get back into it. If I didn’t have 100 percent desire, I wouldn’t get back into coaching. Luckily, the job opened up and I was chosen.

“This is a nice area to coach at. There’s about 15 high schools to draw from in the area to get kids from. I met with the team last week. They’re all freshman, about 10 or 11 of them, so this is already a good start before we get going.”

Coaching in the Skyway Conference is nothing new to Amarino, having led his teams to a pair of conference titles over 15 years at Morton and where he also coached against Finn.

“I’m excited because I know the league,” Amarino said. “The interview was good because Bill knew everything about me. Baseball and basketball were my inspiration during my high school years at St. Ignatius, but I especially loved the fast pace of basketball.”

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Continued from Page 1 “They all reached me on a deeper level,” she said.

“They all cared for us and taught us to care for each other. I’ve tried to model that for my players.”

Folliard said she has enjoyed seeing her athletes move on to college and succeed — with some even returning to coach with her at Richards, such as 10year assistant Lindsey Gierman and Lisa (Hughes) Krueger.

“Having Lindsey and Lisa come back was a thrill,” Folliard said. “Other players like Carole (Gorecki) Fitzgerald (who played at Loyola and then became a doctor), Hannah Jenkins (2011 graduate and current senior outfielder at Loyola), Abby Gentile (2015) and many other embraced and understood the bigger picture of what I was clearly communicating.

“Our success has also been in all our coaches at all levels. We teach the girls that everyone has a role, and that they have to cultivate that in learning to make good decisions in life. That’s why sports Supplied photo are so important for girls. As long as they get the This year’s Richards softball team, posing with a makeshift Pyramid of message, that makes me happy. When I put my head Success model hopes to make it three years in a row of having one of down on pillow at night, I know I’m doing what I the top GPA scores in the country. think is best for the girls and their future.”

Safe at home

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Mother McAuley’s Katie Janiga slides and easily beats the throw for a run in a 12-2 victory over De La Salle on April 13 at McAuley.

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Images from Saturday’s PBO/Power parade and opening ceremonies

Left photo: Windy City Thunderbolts mascot Boomer poses with members of the Palos Baseball Organization’s Cubs team.

Above: A member of the Diamondbacks carries a sign during Saturday’s parade.

The PBO’s Orioles show their flag during the parade. Hundreds of players marched down side streets of Palos Heights on Saturday.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Above photo: Chris Bogner, president of the PBO addresses the crowd on Saturday. Right: Members of the Palos Powers listen to “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the opening ceremonies at Community Park in Palos Heights.

Palos Power President Heath Faubel has a laugh during his opening remarks at the ceremony at Community Park.

PBO Trustee Jim Saracini was the first of several dignitaries throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on Saturday.

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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, vs.

BRIAN P. GLOVACK; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR LASALLE BANK, N.A., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; FOUNTAIN HILLS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 14 CH 18792 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, May 5, 2016 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: Commonly known as 11110 Waters Edge Drive, Unit 11110-4C, Orland Park, IL 60467.

P.I.N. 27-32-312-006-1047.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 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.

15-013730 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I688995

BUYING OR SELLING?

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ANTOUN SOUSAN, HAYAT SOUSAN AKA HAYAT SAMMAN, VILLAGE OF OAK LAWN, UNKNOWN HEIRS LEGATEES OF ELIAS SOUSAN, ABDOULLA SOUSAN AKA ABDOULLA E. SOUSAN, MARYAM SOUSAN AKA MANJAM SOUSAN AKA MANJAM A. SOUSAN, ABRAHAM SOUSAN AKA IBRAHIM SOUSAN, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CAPITAL ONE BANK, CITY OF CHICAGO, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, KARL MEYER SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF ELIAS SOUSAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 6446 8708 South 50th Avenue Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 25, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 26, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8708 South 50th Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-04-219-014-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $259,486.04.

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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F14030292.

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 OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F14030292 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 14 CH 6446 TJSC#: 36-3053 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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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, Plaintiff, -v.ALVIN GOLDBERG, TAJUANA GOLDBERG, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GB MORTGAGE, LLC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 13 CH 14752 13334 MISTY MEADOW DR. 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 17, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 27, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 13334 MISTY MEADOW DR., Palos Heights, IL 60463 Property Index No. 23-35-416-018-0000 VOL. 0152. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $526,169.79.

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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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 Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 13-7277. 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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 13-7277 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 13 CH 14752 TJSC#: 36-2833 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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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.SUSAN D ORZECH, DANIEL T ORZECH A/K/A DANIEL ORZECH A/K/A DAN ORZECH, DEBT BUYERS INC. D/B/A FREEDOM CAPITAL, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. S/I/I TO CAPITAL ONE BANK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THOMAS LAMB, CITY OF PALOS HEIGHTS, JULIE FEIGL-LAMB Defendants 15 CH 7023 12412 SOUTH MELVINA AVENUE 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 18, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 19, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 12412 SOUTH MELVINA AVENUE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-29-314-013-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family home; attached garage.

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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1502685.

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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1502685 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 15 CH 7023 TJSC#: 36-2207 I689034

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NEW as of 7/7/11 For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.FATIMA SHUMAN, SAM SHUMAN, TONIA IBRAHIM, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 27474 32 SOUTH COUNTRY SQUIRE 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 March 2, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 3, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 32 SOUTH COUNTRY SQUIRE ROAD, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 23-25-114-008-0000.

The real estate is improved with a one story, single family home; two car attached garage.

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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 5 pm.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1212935. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1212935 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 27474 TJSC#: 36-2811 I690006

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5 ACRES RT. 45 IN PEOTONE 600 ft. frontage x 400 ft. deep 40 ft. x 60 ft. pole barn CALL 815-450-0004 For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.STEVEN P MILLER, ELIZABETH M MILLER A/K/A ELIZABETH M HEPBURN A/K/A BETH MILLER, CITY OF PALOS HEIGHTS, TARGET NATIONAL BANK F/K/A RETAILERS NATIONAL BANK, DISCOVER BANK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Defendants 15 CH 15703 12023 SOUTH 70TH COURT 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 April 12, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 20, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 12023 SOUTH 70TH COURT, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-30-112-003-0000.

The real estate is improved with a white, brick, single family home; two car detached garage. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1506404. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1506404 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 15 CH 15703 TJSC#: 36-4676 I691345

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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.

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP Plaintiff, -v.DANIEL J. BRODERICK III AKA DANIEL J. BRODERICK AKA DANIEL BRODERICK, JENNIFER L. BRODERICK AKA JENNIFER L. HOSTY, CITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A., LVNV FUNDING, LLC Defendants 14 CH 9567 10541 SOUTH KOLMAR AVENUE Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 15, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 4, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10541 SOUTH KOLMAR AVENUE, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-15-125-013-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $341,145.29.

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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F14040175.

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 OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F14040175 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 14 CH 9567 TJSC#: 36-4168 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 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI ASSET CORPORATION TRUST 2006-HE1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE1 Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EWA TURAKIEWICZ, ANSON STREET, LLC, HICKORY WOODS CONDOMINIUMS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EWA TURAKIEWICZ (DECEASED), ANGELIKA TURAKIEWICZ Defendants 15 CH 005250 7932 W. 93RD STREET UNIT #1B HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 18, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7932 W. 93RD STREET UNIT #1B, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-01-309-029-1002. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 14-15-04999.

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. 14-15-04999 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 005250 TJSC#: 36-4131 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 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.TADEUSZ PUSTUL, DANUTA PUSTUL Defendants 12 CH 23545 8921 MOODY AVENUE Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 19, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8921 MOODY AVENUE, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-05-105-108-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $375,903.87.

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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 fax number 312-372-4398 Please refer to file number 12-059735.

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 Fax #: (312) 372-4398 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 12-059735 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 12 CH 23545 TJSC#: 36-4754 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.MANAL KANAAN, MALIK KANAAN, LORENZ APPLIANCE, INC., STATE OF ILLINOIS, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., DISCOVER BANK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 002926 8841 W. 100TH PLACE 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 February 17, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 19, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8841 W. 100TH PLACE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-10-401-079.

The real estate is improved with a single family 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 14-15-02450.

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. 14-15-02450 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 002926 TJSC#: 36-2550 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.

I689419

For Sale

For Sale

For Sale

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-13 Plaintiff, -v.ELORDE P. GAGNI A/K/A ELORDE GAGNI, RENILDA GAGNI, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Defendants 12 CH 039689 16801 ROBIN HOOD DRIVE 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 February 25, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 27, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 16801 ROBIN HOOD DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-26-109-001-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 14-15-18065.

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. 14-15-18065 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 039689 TJSC#: 36-3044 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.

I689822

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR HOLDERS OF BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-7 Plaintiff, -v.JAMAL RASIM JABER A/K/A JAMAL R. JABER, RANA MOHMED JABER, SILO RIDGE ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, SILO RIDGE MASTER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, ALLEGIANCE COMMUNITY BANK Defendants 09 CH 007527 25 PRAIRIE LANE 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 February 25, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 27, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 25 PRAIRIE LANE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-07-304-036.

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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 14-09-03147.

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. 14-09-03147 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 09 CH 007527 TJSC#: 36-2860 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.

I689895

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.ILIRJAN RREDHI, HURMA RETHI, MIMOZA RREDHI, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Defendants 15 CH 7132 7 COUR MICHELE 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 August 4, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 1, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7 COUR MICHELE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-111008-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family home; detached garage. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1502185. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1502185 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 15 CH 7132 TJSC#: 36-3845 I689783

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A Plaintiff, -v.MARIA LUISA SANDOVAL A/K/A MARIA SANDOVAL A/K/A MARIA L SANDOVAL, MABEL ROCIO SANDOVAL A/K/A ROCIO MABEL SANDOVAL, MARCO ANTONIO VELASCO A/K/A MARCO A VELASCO, WOODLAND ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. S/I/I TO WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, FSB F/K/A WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 12117 8654 SOUTH 85TH COURT HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 16, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 17, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8654 SOUTH 85TH COURT, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 18-35-307-053-1003. The real estate is improved with a tan, brick, townhouse; two car attached garage. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1503850. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1503850 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 15 CH 12117 TJSC#: 36-2130 I688784

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CROWN MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.LESTER TRILLA III, KATHLEEN T. TRILLA, BROOK HILLS HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION Defendants 13 CH 019984 11745 INNISHMOR COURT 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 August 14, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 3, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11745 INNISHMOR COURT, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 2731-104-008. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 14-13-19943.

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. 14-13-19943 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 019984 TJSC#: 36-4052 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.

I689634

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (FANNIE MAE), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.STOYCHO IVANOV AKA STOYCHO DOBROMIROV-IVANOV, DESISLAVA IVANOV, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Defendants 14 CH 08828 3 COUR MASSON UNIT 3 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 December 7, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 20, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3 COUR MASSON UNIT 3, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-112-032-0000. The real estate is improved with a two story, single family home; no garage. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1404014. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1404014 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 08828 TJSC#: 36-4805 I691347

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VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN (NOTICE: Ratings for each film begin with a ‘star’ rating — one star meaning ‘poor,’ four meaning ‘excellent’ — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.)

STARTING THIS WEEK:

“THE REVENANT’’: With all the award-show success he’d had for this grueling, fact-based survival drama, Leonardo DiCaprio was a lock to receive the Oscar he received for his largely silent portrayal of Hugh Glass, a 19th-centurty frontiersman left by most of his trapping party to die after being savagely mauled by a bear (in a harrowing sequence that leaves nothing to the imagination).

The film also made Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu one of the few directors to receive consecutive Academy Awards (after winning for “Birdman’’ the previous year).

Tom Hardy, Domnhall Gleeson and Will Poulter also star ... but in the acting department, there’s no question the film belongs to DiCaprio. *** (R: AS, N. P, GV) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “VEEP: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON’’: Whatever the results of this year’s presidential election, Selina Meyer got to the Oval Office first ... since Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ character is the chief executive in this season of the much-honored HBO comedy series. She landed the job as the result of her predecessor leaving before the end of his term, and she has to campaign to be re-elected on her own. Now more than ever, all that can entail is very clear, but it gets more humor from the Selina spin. Fellow Emmy winner Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott and Gary Cole also continue their roles; guest stars include Hugh Laurie and comic Patton Oswalt. DVD extras: deleted scenes. *** (Not rated: AS,

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PINTO’S POPCORN PICKS

P) (Also on Blu-ray) “THE LADY IN THE VAN’’: Though some “Downton Abbey’’ fans may know her principally from that series, there’s much more to Maggie Smith’s career, including this comedy-drama based on playwright Alan Bennett’s experiences with a woman who did indeed park her van in his driveway ... and stayed there with it for 15 years. Smith earned a Golden Globe nomination as the title “lady,’’ with Alex Jennings as Bennett, plus Dominic Cooper, Jim Broadbent and CBS late-late night host James Corden. DVD extras: two “making-of’’ documentaries; deleted scenes; Smith profile. *** (PG-13: AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “MISCONDUCT’’: While Josh Duhamel (“Las Vegas’’) has the central role in this melodrama, he has some pretty hefty support in the form of Oscar winners Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins. Duhamel plays a lawyer tipped off to a certain matter by an ex-girlfriend (Malin Akerman, “Billions’’), and his handling of it ultimately pits him between the senior partner (Pacino, who’s been around the block a few times in playing attorneys) and a pharmaceutical mogul (Hopkins). Alice Eve (“Star Trek Into Darkness’’) and Julia Stiles also are featured. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “AND THEN THERE WERE NONE’’: One of the most classic of all mysteries gets a retelling in this BBC-co-produced version, televised recently by Lifetime.

Agatha Christie’s story draws a variety of people from different backgrounds to a remote island, all of them invited there by an unknown host ... and all of them soon finding themselves targets to be killed, one by one. The impressive cast includes Sam Neill, Toby Stephens (“Black Sails’’), Miranda Richardson, Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones’’), Aid-

an Turner (“Poldark’’) and Noah Taylor (“Peaky Blinders’’). DVD extras: “making-of’’ documentary; interview with screenwriter Sarah Phelps; Agatha Christie profile.*** (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) “HAVEN: THE FINAL SEASON’’: The Syfy series inspired

by Stephen King’s story “The Colorado Kid’’ reached its end with this round, packed with all sorts of mysticism about what’s real or not in the title Maine town and with an extra boost from guest star William Shatner in the final episodes. Let it merely be said that he has a very special connection to heroine Audrey Parker (Emily Kevin Costner plays main character Jericho Stewart in “Criminal.”

Rose), who finds herself caught between worlds at key points as the fate of Haven and its residents is determined. Lucas Bryant (also the director of an episode here) and Eric Balfour also wrap up their roles. Adam Copeland, alias the WWE’s Edge, appears as well.

(Not rated: AS, P, V)

COMING SOON:

“KRAMPUS’’ (April 26): A youngster (Emjay Anthony) disappointed at the holidays conjures up a Christmas demon; Toni Collette also stars. (PG-13: AS, P, V) “RIDE ALONG 2’’ (April 26): Kevin Hart and Ice Cube reunite as their characters team with a female cop (Olivia Munn) against a drug dealer. (PG-13: AS, P, V) “ANOMALISA’’ (May 3): The animated Oscar nominee focuses on an author (voice of David Thewlis) who gains a renewed appreciation of his life and family.

(R: AS, N, P) “THE 5TH WAVE’’ (May 3): Though aliens continue to unleash attacks on Earth, a young fugitive (Chloe Grace Moretz) is determined to save her brother. (PG-13: AS, P, V) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

Confusing, mundane plot is more than ‘Criminal’ Ironically, “Criminal” is like the violent, low-IQ psychopath main character Jericho Stewart played

by Kevin Costner. He’s a character that doesn’t know who he is or what he wants to be. He’s also a very crazy man with absolutely no feelings or breaking point. The movie is basically just like Jericho. They both don’t know what they want to be and it hurts both Stewart and the film.

With a lesser known cast this would basically be a made for TV movie. With the likes of Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds and Tommy Lee Jones, they take this crazy film from a non-theatrical release to a semi-proper theatrical release that it doesn’t deserve. Even with Jones, Costner, and Oldman treating this like a boys’ vacation, you can still see glimpses of quality acting ability. It can’t be said they are doing this for the money because this is guaranteed to flop.

For this film to work you must rely on your suspension of disbelief because Stewart gets implanted with the memories of a dead spy by the CIA. The dead spy is Bill Pope (Reynolds), so hopefully you didn’t plan on seeing his attractive visage on screen for more than 15 minutes. Enough about the goodlooking Reynolds, who is having a great week. He just officially got the news that “Deadpool” will be picked up for a sequel that will land him millions, and his “Criminal” character dies fairly quickly here so he doesn’t have to be around to shoot this so-so film for too long.

Back to this film, Jones plays a doctor who transfers the brainwaves of the dead Reynolds into the

TONY PINTO psychotic Jericho/Costner. Apparently the dead spy knows the whereabouts of a national security threat the CIA needs to find. In a very simple movie twist, Costner doesn’t remember the one thing they need him to remember. Did they do this entirely dumb brainwave transfer for nothing?

The rest of the film’s plot is even more ridiculous thanks to director Ariel Vromen and writers Douglas Cook and David Weisberg. There have been some out of this world plots before, but “Criminal” takes it to a whole different level.

With so many stars, many people will see this as a fluffy action picture that is meant for casual viewing. This is not even a decent fluffy action piece, so if your who want the next great action film you’ll need to look a lot harder because this film is just the next so-so action movie to come along. From its wacky premise to it’s up and down acting, this is a watchable film that you shouldn’t go out of your way to see. If you happen to see it while flipping channels late at night, it might be worth your time.

Tony Pinto’s grade: D

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS THIS WEEK The Center programs

Barn to be Wild pottery party

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The Children’s Farm in Palos Park will hold a Barn to Be Wild pottery party benefit on Monday, April 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Visitors will make clay pigs with Center Executive Dave Sanders, shown at last year’s event. Meet at the pavilion of the Children’s Farm, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. $15 per person and all funds go to the Barn To Be Wild fundraiser, which benefits the mission of The Center. Advance registration is required, call 361-3650.

Art instructor Heather Young will host an all-ages pottery party. Go on a farm tour, roast marshmallows over a bonfire, learn to sculpt tiny farm animals and tiny flowerpots out of clay. The sculptures will be on display and ready to pick up at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts Little Art Show on May 22, from 2 to 5 p.m.

OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST

By Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (March 21-April 19): You believe the sun will rise even in the dead of night. In the week ahead you will have faith in your partner, your lover, or your friends even when a relationship is unpredictable or temporarily seems to be out of steam.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make your way like a famous mild mannered reporter in the week ahead. People may be more impressed with your demonstration of perfect courtesy and attention to duty than your sparkling social skills.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Wishes may not be granted if you take people and things for granted. To appear tolerant and agreeable you might let someone get away with much too much in the week ahead.

Be miserly with the benefit of the doubt.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Join forces with others for the best results. In the upcoming week when you have a major task to perform call on a friend to get the show on the road. Someone else may have the willpower and aplomb make ideas a reality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve heard about the leopard and his spots. Those spots seldom change, so don’t try to change him. Someone you know might act impulsively this week and clash with your preconceived notions of what is proper.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may be blessed by having the biggest plate at the salad bar of life.

In the week ahead you can enjoy the fruits of your labors as well as the appreciation other kindhearted

individuals. Avoid making extravagant gestures.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Too many restrictions can lead to rebellion. In the week ahead you may be riled up by restless need for a more exciting social life. Major accomplishments are possible if you have the wisdom to ignore passing distractions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Try to work within the parameters and color inside the lines. A flamboyant style will not help you get ahead this week.

Roll up your shirt sleeves and finish up whatever you start. Casual comments could be criticized.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Set your personal bar as high as possible and exceed the expectations of others. By pleasing yourself first you may bring pleasure for others in the week ahead. Accept your mistakes and vow to do better next time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The achievement of your ambitions requires hard work and persistence. A quick fix can cause more damage than good. If it seems that a change is needed in the week ahead take your time to consider all angles.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Impulsive purchases appeal to packrats. In the week ahead you might be attracted to unique things that quickly lose your interest. Loved ones can remind you that you are immersed in too much of a good thing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are filled with sincerity and want to offer assurances. Be aware that even if you have the best of intentions that something could change the situation in the week to come. Don’t get stuck making a promise you can’t honor.

• Womantalk Coffee Hour Tuesday, April 26, 10 to 11:30 a.m. women’s discussion group, led

by Mary Ann Grzych, focusing on the month’s readings in Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance, or any other inspirational resources that ladies would like to bring to share. The focus of Womantalk is on learning to live authentically, joyfully, simply, and gratefully. Call 708-361-3650 to say you will be coming. The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

• Mommy and Me Art Class Wednesday, April 27, 10 – 11 a.m. Art Instructor Karen Signore invites mothers with children ages 3-6 to create a springinspired painting using acrylic paint and buttons to make an image of a budding tree. Choose from our large selection of buttons to embellish your colorful painting. $10 per person. The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Registration is required, call 708361-3650.

• Weaving Class Wednesday, April 27, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Weaving instructor Nettie Botts teaches a new six-week weaving class for beginners to learn the basics of weaving by creating a sampler and then designing and completing a project of their choice. Returning students create more elaborate weavings with Nettie’s guidance and instruction.

The class fee for this class is $95 plus a $10 materials fee for new weavers. The Log Cabin Center for the Arts. Registration is required, call 361-3650.

The Bridge Teen Center programs

• Speed Gaming & Night After Prom - 7:30 p.m. to midnight this Friday at the Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park. This night will be filled with games played at high speed. High School students are invited to The Bridge Teen Center after Prom is

over, because they will be extending their hours until midnight. Free food will be provided by Meijer.

• Handyman Series: Build a Picnic Table - 4 to 6 p.m. April 19 and 26. You don’t need previous experience. An experienced carpenter will guide you through the process of making a picnic table that will be used at The Bridge.

• Soul Cafe: What to Say Without Saying It - 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.

April 26 and May 3. Learn how we can be more intentional about our attitude, body language, and confidence level.

• Clay Art - 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 27 and 28. Create a piece of clay art that you can hang on the wall or turn into jewelry.

• Exams Study Plan - 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 27. Learn how to organize your thoughts and information with easy study plan techniques.

• Art Studio: Drawing Club - 4 to 6 p.m. April 21. Use the new Art Studio, at The Bridge Teen Center, to work on your latest art piece. Several different mediums and tools are provided including charcoal, colored pencils, oil pastels, paints, and more. Meet other artists who share your passions and get some new inspiration for your next piece.

• Culinary: Hawaiian Grilled Cheese - 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 28.

Learn how to make grilled cheese with a twist.

• Bean Bag Tournament - 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. April 29. Participate in a bean bag tournament and blindfolded competitions.

Rock band Lloyd Gross will play a live set and free food will be provided by Chick-fil-a.

These free events are for teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more, call 532-0500.

UPCOMING Encore Concert Band ‘MAY-hem’ free concert

The Encore Concert Band continues its 17th concert season with “MAY-hem” on Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m., at Mokena Junior High School, 19815 Kirkstone Way in

Mokena.

This free concert will feature selections such as Festive Overture, Fiddler on the Roof Symphonic Dances, Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong, North by Northwest Overture, and many other selections. For more, and the complete concert schedule, visit encoreband.org.

Now in its 17th season, the band developed a loyal following in the south suburbs. Band members range in age from high school students to adults. Musicians interested in joining can sit in with the band at a weekly rehearsal on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. at Mokena Junior High School.

For information to schedule a concert in your area or join the band, call Rachel Ozark at 4377051, e-mail info@encoreband. org, or visit the website at encoreband.org.

Tinley Park Community Band free spring concert

The Tinley Park Community Band, directed by Barbara Abarro, presents their annual free Spring Concert on Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m., in the Art Beckmann Performing Arts Center at Central Middle School, 18146 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park. (enter door No. 3) Music includes compositions by Gustav Holst and Percy Grainger.

Selections include Holst’s First Suite in E for Military Band and Moorside March. Grainger compositions include Themes from Green Bushes, Faeroe Island Dance and British Waterside.

Formed in 1987, the Concert Band takes in members from all over the region. Musicians age 14 and older are invited to join.

There are no auditions or residency requirements. Rehearsals are held on Mondays, from 7 to 9 p.m., at McCarthy Park, 16801 S. 80th Ave., Tinley Park.

For more information, visit the website at tinleyband.org. E-mail: tinleyband@gmail.com Phone: 620-7701; Facebook: facebook. com/tinleyband.

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Shepard stages ‘Shrek the Musical’ this weekend

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Shepard High School will present “Shrek the Musical” today (Thursday) and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday, at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets at the door are $12 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and students. Shepard is located at 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Palos Heights.

WOLFGANG PUCK’S KITCHEN

The secret to making creamy mashed potatoes

By Wolfgang Puck “What’s the secret...?”

Those words begin so many of the questions people ask me in my restaurants, or when they meet me in public. It sometimes feels to me as if everyone believes there’s some special storehouse of magical knowledge locked away somewhere, and only professional chefs have the key.

To tell you the truth, there really are “secrets” that chefs know.

But it’s not necessarily because they have been initiated into a magical society, like some sort of culinary version of Hogwarts from the Harry Potter stories.

Over the many years all of us who make our livings in the kitchen spend preparing thousands upon thousands of meals every year, we simply learn what works best to transform food into something amazing: commonly available ingredients that, alone or in combination, can brighten or deepen flavor; cooking techniques that amplify taste, texture or color; and even special tools that make cooking easier and the results better.

Real magic starts to happen when two or more secrets, often very simple ones, join together.

That’s certainly the case in the following recipe for my version of one of the most popular side dishes there is: mashed potatoes.

The secrets begin with the potatoes themselves. Though you can make mashed potatoes with ordinary russets, I love to use the now widely available Yukon Gold variety for their naturally rich, buttery flavor and creamy texture.

Next comes the way I cook them. While I cut them into relatively even pieces that will cook through in the same time, those pieces aren’t too small because they’d absorb more water. Who wants watery potatoes? For that same reason, after they’re just tender enough to pierce easily, I immediately drain them and return them to the pan to dry out over low heat for a few minutes.

Then comes the mashing itself, and my big secret here is that I don’t mash them — I rice them.

A ricer is a simple, inexpensive tool that looks a little like a giant nutcracker. I press the soft potatoes — and the whole garlic cloves I cook with them for more flavor — through tiny holes that turn the potatoes into tiny rice-like particles. However, if you don’t have a ricer you can use a handheld masher.

The final trick won’t surprise you at all: I enrich the puree with cream and butter. Sure, you could use milk, buttermilk or even nonfat milk, and they’ll still taste delicious. But every once in a while, your dietary needs allowing, maybe you can spend a few calories on a great yet simple feat of culinary sorcery.

Garnish the potatoes with chives just before serving.

CREAMY GARLIC MASHED POTATOES Serves 4 • 1 3/4 pounds (875 g) Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into halves or quarters • Kosher salt • 3 large cloves garlic, peeled • 1/2 cup (125 mL) heavy cream • Pinch nutmeg • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into chunks, at room temperature • Freshly ground black pepper • Chopped fresh chives or Italian parsley, for garnish Put the potatoes in a large saucepan. Add just enough cold water

to cover them and season with salt. Bring to a boil over high heat. Adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Add the garlic and partially cover the pan. Cook until the potatoes are just tender when pierced with a wooden pick or the tip of a small, sharp knife, about 25 minutes.

Drain the potatoes and garlic in a colander. Return them to the same pan. Place the pan over medium-low heat, partially cover, and leave until any excess water evaporates and the potatoes are dry, shaking the pan or stirring occasionally, 3 to 4 minutes.

Bring the cream to a simmer in a heavy small saucepan. Meanwhile, working in batches, rice the potatoes and garlic back into the same pan you cooked them in. (Or use a hand-held masher, mashing the potatoes and garlic in the pan.)

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Add the nutmeg to the potatoes.

Place the pan over low heat. A little at a time, stir in the hot cream and about half of the butter. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and keep warm.

Put the remaining butter in a small skillet over medium heat and cook, watching carefully to avoid burning, until it turns a nutbrown, 3 to 4 minutes. Meanwhile, transfer the potatoes to a heated serving bowl and make ridges in the surface with the moistened bowl of a serving spoon. Drizzle the surface of the potatoes with the brown butter, garnish with chives and serve immediately.

Book luncheon: How animals teach people joy Linda Harper will discuss her latest book, “What Animals Teach Us About Joy” at a luncheon on Tuesday, April 26, from noon to 2 p.m., at The Center in Palos Park.

Clinical psychologist and author Linda Harper will share her secret to enjoying life’s gifts and embracing life’s challenges: Listening to the wisdom of our furry friends. Whether they are your own family dogs or cats, or a groundhog or the squirrel

in your backyard, animals naturally show us how to find the treasures of everyday life—one moment at a time. Linda is the author of four books including her latest: The Power of Joy in Giving to Animals. Cost is $20.

Make reservations by the Sunday before the Tuesday luncheon. The Center is at 12700 Southwest Highway. Call 3613650 to make your reservation.

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