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Thursday, May 4, 2017
Serving Palos, Orland and Worth townships and neighboring communities
76th Year, NO. 18 • 4 Sections
Orland Park mayor departs to standing ovation Gifts, praise showered on Dan McLaughlin By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer
Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin, known for giving “public pats on the back” to deserving residents at village board meetings for the past 24 years, received multiple standing ovations at the last one he presided over on Monday night. He lost the April 4 election to Keith Pekau, who will be sworn in at the next meeting on May 15. But the standing-room-only crowd on Monday gave McLaughlin quite a send-off. Although many speakers’ voices broke with emotion at times, there was plenty of laughter, too. “It has been like a month-long wake, with the guest of honor still kicking,” said McLaughlin, who has been on the village board for 32 years, including eight as trustee before becoming mayor in 1993. Longtime resident Arnold Gacki elicited the first of many standing ovations, when he addressed the mayor, calling him, “smart, talented, honest and brilliant. Thank you for your 24 years of service. It has truly been a gift to Orland Park.”
During his own remarks, McLaughlin touched on some accomplishments that came to fruition under his leadership, including the development of the downtown triangle, annexation of the Interstate 80 corridor property, expanding the police department, and improvements of LaGrange Road and other roads. “I want to assure residents that the village is in great shape financially, and we are a destination as never before, for residential and commercial development. I have a serious concern that some of the things said in this campaign unfairly rocked the confidence our citizens had in their government,” said McLaughlin. “This board and I have had one interest in all of our years working together: To make Orland Park a better place, and there has not been the slightest hint of scandal.” He said the village has the lowest tax rate in the area, fast-growing property values and low debt in comparison to its
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Outgoing mayor Dan McLaughlin (seated) receives a standing ovation from village board members, staff, family and friends at his final board meeting See MAYOR, Page 2 Monday. McLaughlin ends his 24-year run as Orland Park mayor May 15 with the swearing-in of mayor-elect Keith Pekau.
Officials pleased with I-294 expansion By Dermot Connolly The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors last Thursday agreed to move forward with plans for a $4 billion rebuilding project on the Central Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294) between Balmoral Avenue and 95th Street. It was all good news to people like Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar, who sat on the Central TriState Tollway Planning Council last year, as did Justice Mayor Kris Wasowicz. “The two things we thought were the most important were
improving traffic flow on I-294, and ingress and egress to the expressway, and those are on top of this project,” Tolar said. He said the 95th Street entrance and exit ramps west of Harlem Avenue “are convoluted, the way it was set up. It is like a zoo there, whether you are getting on or off the expressway.” He added that “even the milelong bridge is bad” over the UPS facility near Willow Springs. The stated goal is to increase capacity, reduce congestion and improve travel reliability on the 22-mile stretch of roadway. The Board also agreed to expand the
Tollway’s Move Illinois Program commitment to more than $14 billion in spending over 15 years, without requiring an increase in toll rates. Plans call for building additional lanes, including integrating a Flex Lane through the full length of the corridor, which is a wide inside shoulder with access controlled through the use of SmartRoad technology. Additional noisewalls, aesthetics and quality-of-life improvements such as local park enhancements, tree plantings and bike and pedestrian connections are also to be considered. Tokar said members of his
committee asked about possibly moving or adding interchanges at 103rd, 105th or 107th Street, which are all going to be under review by engineers in the next couple of years. “I think it is encouraging and gratifying for the Tollway Board to be in favor of increasing the scope of the project. Instead of just looking ahead 20 years, they are looking to have it be 40 or 50 years,” said Tokar. He noted that the Hinsdale and O’Hare oases will likely have to be removed, due to the planned See EXPANSION, Page 2
SOUTHWEST HALF MARATHON
Runner laces up for 10th consecutive race
Volunteers still needed for race day
By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer
The 10th Annual Southwest Half Marathon kicks off at 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning and Steven Rice will be running in it, as he has every year since the event’s inception. “I’m sure I am not the only one who has run it every year. I’ve been told there are at least three of us, and I have to think there are a lot more. But no one makes a big deal about it,” said Rice, 49, who grew up in Palos Hills and Hickory Hills, and owns Southwest Painting & Decorating, Inc. He lived in Oak Lawn until a recent move to Chicago. In addition to the half marathon is the 10K run/walk, which starts at 7:40 a.m., followed by the Southwest Special Recreation Association’s Run/Walk/Roll. For the first time this year, there will also be a free Kids’ Dash fun run for children up to 10 years old, which
By Dermot Connolly Staff writer
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Steven Rice, seen running in the Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon last July, is planning to run in his 10th Southwest Half Marathon this Sunday.
will be held at 10:30 a.m. after the other races are completed. More than 1,300 people have registered for the main races this year, which all begin at Palos Heights City See RACE, Page 2
It’s all hands on deck in the final days before the start of the 10th Annual Southwest Half Marathon & 10K, and more hands are needed. With preparations nearing completion, organizers say they are only lacking volunteers. “The number of volunteers is down this year,” said Bob Grossart, co-chair of the volunteer committee. There is still time to sign up, and he encouraged any area students in need of community service hours to do so. As of last Friday, he said 102 people had registered as volunteers, compared to 144 at the same time last year. “This event wouldn’t be possible without all the volunteers,” said race director Mel Diab, thanking those who help year-round as well as those who work on race day.
Many volunteers come from local high schools and colleges, as well as Palos Health, CNB Bank & Trust and other sponsoring businesses. But this year, organizers said, some of the schools and businesses are dealing with conflicting events. “We’re really would like to have 200 people signed up, expecting that 150 will actually show up,” Grossart said. Volunteers could be assigned to anything from stocking water stations along the route, to setting up tables around the Palos Heights City Hall grounds where participants and spectators can get refreshments and food. “It is not too hard and it’s a fun event,” said Grossart. Anyone 14 years of age and older is encouraged to register as a volunteer at www.southwesthalfmarathon.com. Students will receive nine service hours for the day that typically runs from 5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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James Daemicke, the new treasurer of the City of Palos Heights, takes the oath of office from the Hon. Judge Christopher E. Lawler at Tuesday’s city council meeting.
New treasurer takes office in Palos Heights By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor
James Daemicke, CPA, is the new treasurer of the City of Palos Heights. Daemicke replaces former longtime city treasurer Frank Oswald, who retired last month. Daemicke was elected to office this past April 4, garnering 1,178 votes. He had no opponent. Born and raised in Palos Heights, Daemicke earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Loyola University. Other than time away for college, Daemicke has lived in Palos Heights his entire life. “As soon as I graduated and sat for my CPA (exam), I came back,” he told The Regional News following his first city council meeting
Tuesday evening. The treasurer’s position is parttime. In his new role, Daemicke is responsible for his fiduciary duties to oversee finances. In addition, “I look for Jim to be a new set of eyes to the function, based on his education and experience,” said Mayor Bob Straz. Daemicke works in the family business, Daemicke Financial Group at 7250 College Dr. in Palos Heights, along with his father, Bob; mother, Rita and brother, Dan. The company was founded by Daemicke’s late grandfather, Bill, who moved to Palos Heights in 1978. The city’s new treasurer and his wife, Christine, have three children: Jack, 5; Jimmy, 3 and Claire, four months. Daemicke grew up See TREASURER, Page 2
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New liquor license granted
The City of Palos Heights has granted a Class H liquor license to RDK Ventures, LLC d/b/a Circle K, the new owner of the property at 12121 S. Ridgeland Avenue. The Class H license is for a retail location of less than 2,500-square feet that sells package liquor, which is not the principal business of the location, and is not for consumption on-site.
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Taking care of Mother
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Earth Day was celebrated around the country April 22 with efforts to beautify and protect the environment. Local residents from Orland Park and the Palos communities turned out to clean public areas of trash. Ainslee Beaty, 6, of Orland Park, and her mother, Andrea Beaty, (upper right) work together to clean Centennial Park, 15600 West Ave. as Sania Farooqui, 11, (upper left) fills up a bucket with trash on the streets bordering the park. In Palos Park, the cleanup was part of the village’s annual Rid Litter Day. Ali Motlagh, 17, and Jaime Dominguez, 17, work together to clean up along 123rd and McCarthy Road while Healy Hurst, 11, of Palos Hills picks up trash along the road bordering Palos Health hospital at 12251 S. 80th Ave.
POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS DUI Leachae C. Phillips, 27, of Chicago, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 11:18 p.m. April 26, in the 7500 block of West College Drive. Police said they later learned the car was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Palos Hills. She was also cited for improper lane usage and driving without insurance, say police. She is due in court on May 22. Daniel Liston, 34, of Palos Heights, was charged with DUI following a traffic stop at 2:10 a.m. Friday, in the 7200 block of West 127th Street. Police said he was also cited for improper lane usage.
He is due in court on May 22. David Vock, 41, of Orland Park, was charged with DUI following a traffic stop at 2:32 a.m. Monday, in the 12900 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for speeding. He is due in court on June 6.
License charges Cara Seminetta, 35, of Burbank, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 6:52 p.m. Friday, in the 12800 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said she was also cited for driving without insurance and loud exhaust. She is due in court on June 6. Mark S. Ramos, 30, of Palos
Hills, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 3:59 p.m. April 25, in the 12700 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for unlawful use of an electronic communication device while driving, driving without insurance, and without a seatbelt. He is due in court on May 8. Yousef Yamen, 37, of Orland Park, was charged with driving without a valid license following a traffic stop at 1:40 a.m. Saturday, in the 8200 block of West 131st Street. Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance and having improper registration. He is due in court on May 22.
POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Charge three with driving drunk Orland Park police charged Rhonda D. Lukas, 58, of Mount Prospect, with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give aid or information and failure to yield after they investigated a two-vehicle crash that occurred at 135th Street and 82nd Avenue at 1:15 p.m. April 1. The victims, a man and woman in their 40s, told police that Lukas’ minivan struck their SUV when she failed to yield as she made a left turn. The two complained of body pains and were transported by Orland Fire Protection District ambulances to Palos Hospital. Lukas reportedly drove away after the crash. She and her vehicle were later spotted in the parking lot of the Jewel-Osco at 9651 W. 131st St., Palos Park. She was detained by police. The victims were brought to the scene and positively identified her and the vehicle, according to the police report. Her minivan was towed and impounded, and Lukas is expected to appear in court in Bridgeview on Tuesday. George T. Schneeweiss, 46, of New Lenox, was charged with DUI, improper lane usage and
Treasurer
Continued from Page 1 in District 118 schools, attending Palos East and Palos South before his high school years at Brother Rice in Chicago. Daemicke’s path to the treasurer’s office has been marked by a desire to serve. “After I began developing my personal book of business, I had time to get involved in the community. I looked for ways to do that,” he said. Daemicke began his community involvement with the Rotary Club of Orland Park (Palos Heights does not have its own Rotary chapter).
making an improper lane change after police curbed his SUV in the 17900 block of South LaGrange Road at 11:50 p.m. March 28. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Schneeweiss is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Tuesday. Orland Park resident Jason S. Miller, 39, was charged with DUI, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and operating a motor vehicle with expired registration after police investigated a one-vehicle crash near 135th Street and Southwest Highway at 5:20 a.m. April 6. Police said that Miller’s car veered off the road and hit a utility pole, causing power lines to snap and fall to the ground. Miller reportedly told police the accident occurred after another motorist cut him off. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Miller was due in court in Bridgeview on April 26.
$969—from the Apple Store in Orland Square Mall at 4:22 p.m. April 11. Police said she admitted to the crime and said she was simply Cifuentes trying to get a high-end cell phone that she could re-sell for cash. Bond was set at $25,000, and Cifuentes was due in court in Bridgeview on Tuesday.
Man charged with heist at Kohl’s
Vencenza L. Cifuentes, 29, of Greensburg, Pa. was charged with one count of felony identity theft after she allegedly used the AT&T account information of a 58-yearold Auburn, Ind. man to attempt to acquire an iPhone7 Plus—worth
Police charged Roy L. Sowell, 58, of Hammond, Ind. with retail theft after he allegedly stole $991 worth of merchandise from the Kohl’s at Orland Park Place at 1:38 p.m. April 11. Store security staff told police that two women who helped steal the merchandise escaped in a maroon Ford Fusion. The merchandise, loaded into a shopping cart, was recovered, according to the police report. A police request to make the charge against Sowell a felony was declined by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Sowell is due in court in Bridgeview on Tuesday.
“I’ve been involved for four or five years and I work with a couple of groups within Rotary. There’s a grammar school kids’ program called Early Act that I’m running,” he said, but noted he’ll be stepping down from that role now that he is the city treasurer. In addition, Daemicke serves as co-treasurer of the Palos Area Chamber of Commerce. As former treasurer Frank Oswald’s retirement neared “Mayor Straz asked me if there was any interest (in the position),” said Daemicke. “I talked to my family and thought ‘Numbers are my strong suit—not in this particular arena, but I work with members of the community and this is a way I
could serve’. I decided I would run and I went door-to-door to get enough signatures to be on the ballot” for the April 4 election.” Daemicke was one of seven officials to take the oath of office at the meeting. Others on the Palos Heights City Council who were sworn in by the Hon. Judge Christopher E. Lawler included Robert R. Straz, mayor; Thomas Kantas, city clerk; Donald J. Bylut, alderman of Ward 1; John “Jack” Clifford, alderman of Ward 2; Delores Kramarski, alderman of Ward 3 and Gerald McGovern, alderman of Ward 4. All ran unopposed except Bylut, who defeated two challengers to retain his seat on the council.
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size and the number of projects underway. He said the downtown redevelopment is becoming very profitable for the village. “My father used to say, ‘Always leave a place better than you found it’ and I think I have done that with Orland Park.” Later, he said he was “given too much credit“ for these accomplishments and others. “I didn’t do it alone. I know I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I just surround myself with people who know what I don’t,” he said, thanking the village staff and trustees. McLaughlin also thanked his wife, Pat, and four children for putting up with his long hours away from home, and his unwillingness to vacation and miss village events. He said his daughters, Bridget and Mary Kate, were 5 and 3 years old when he started with the village as a trustee, and his sons, Dan and
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Continued from Page 1 widening of the expressway to six lanes in each direction. “The planners of those didn’t think far enough ahead,” he said, adding that Illinois is one of only a few states with overhead oases. “Anything that improves traffic flow on 294 is going to help the economic conditions in the south and southwest suburbs,” said Jim Sweeney, a director on the Tollway Board and president and business manager of Operating Engineers Local 150. According to the Tollway Board, I-294 connects four other interstates, I-80, I-55, I-290, I-88, and I-90, with the new I-490 Tollway being built as part of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project set to become the sixth interstate connection. It also provides connections to both O’Hare and Midway
Race
Continued from Page 1 Hall, Route 83 and 76th Avenue. Rice is a member of several running groups including the Yankee Runners, named after Yankee Woods in Oak Forest, where they train on Saturday mornings. The group has more than 500 members. He learned about the race through his friendship with Mel Diab, the owner of Running for Kicks in Palos Heights. Diab and Jeff Prestinario are the co-founders of the half marathon and 10K. The two men still organize the annual event, with help from many volunteers, and Diab serves as race director. “I thought the race was a great idea, and I started running in it to help support Mel’s efforts,” said Rice. “I keep doing it because the race is well put-together, and well-supported with first aid, snacks and water. “This race is good for the community, too. It raises money for charity and brings a lot of people in,” he added. During the first four years of the event, Rice even did double-duty, providing musical entertainment for the crowds after the race with “Defining Silence,” a local band that has since broken up. “I would get there early and set up my drum kit, then run in the race. As soon as I was done, I would change clothes and join my bandmates,” said Rice. Rice also noted that another good thing about the out-and-back race, which starts at 76th Avenue and turns around at Archer Road, is that it’s a flat course. “It is not that it is easy, but it is a good race to set your personal best time,” he explained. He set his own personal best time on the course in 2011, at 1:32:42. “I’m not expecting to beat it
Matt weren’t even born. “Now they have boys of their own.” He said his family put up with a lot, including death threats, during his time as mayor, adding that he is thankful for the time he will now have to spend with them. “This has been Pat’s life as much as mine, but I chose it,” he said. Department heads and trustees took turns at the microphone, and came bearing gifts. These including everything from a piece of LaGrange Road from Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich, to a sewer hook from the Public Works Department, and a commemorative baton from the police department, along with a plaque. He also received a McLaughlin Place street sign, and several framed photos of local developments of which he was part. Karie Friling, the head of Development Services and now interim assistant village manager, gave him a book encompassing his accomplishments as mayor. “Thank you for your leadership.
We appreciate everything you have done for this community, this village. To know you makes me a better person, and I think that could be said for everyone here,” said Interim Village Manager Joe LaMargo, “It’s been a hell of a ride,” said Trustee James Dodge, praising McLaughlin for his “vision, hard work and integrity,” Dodge is a Republican and McLaughlin is a Democrat, but Dodge said it never came between them since they first met in 1987. The celebration concluded with a video of photos looking back on McLaughlin’s time as mayor, set to the Irish song “The Parting Glass.” Before heading to a reception in the Civic Center, McLaughlin said the thoughts and sentiments expressed at the event “helped take the pain out of losing the election.” Asked if he planned to stay involved in village leadership in some way, he said simply, “No. I think it is over.”
airports, and plays an important role in Chicago’s freight economy, which supports more than 176,000 jobs and generates $12.3 billion in personal income. “All of the ramps are going to be improved. There are some real bottlenecks,” said Sweeney, citing the interchanges between Interstates 294 and 290 specifically, as well as those at 95th Street and Interstate 55. “This will increase capacity, reduce congestion and improve travel reliability,” said Sweeney, noting that the Tollway system opened in 1958, “when Eisenhower was president.” “There will be no increase in tolls. We will be able to do it with our present revenue capacity,” said Sweeney. He said the cost of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway construction project came in under budget, so some of that money will go for the 294 improvements.
Other revenue will be generated from “chasing derelict consumers,” delinquent in paying tolls. Sweeney said that for every billion dollars spent, 35,000 jobs will be generated, including many permanent jobs as well as construction jobs. The Tollway’s analysis estimates improvements will reduce stopand-go traffic and delays and result in significant reductions in peak travel times, including a 55 percent reduction in time it would take to drive the full length of the Tollway. “It is desperately needed,” said Sweeney. “This is one of those rare things that really is a win-win for everybody.” A published report has cited an unconfirmed construction time frame of 2021 to 2025 Project information along with the recent public presentations held in Justice and elsewhere are available online at illinoistollway.com/ outreach.
this year,” he said with a laugh. “That was a long time ago and I was younger then. “But it is run at a good time of year to kick off the season,” said Rice, who likes to run two or three half marathons each year, and at least one marathon. He has run the Chicago Marathon more than 14 times, and the Boston marathon twice. Rice trains with the Yankee Runners in all weather, running on paved paths in Yankee Woods for most of the year. When the paths become snow-covered and icy during the winter, they run on trails through forest preserves in Palos Park, near McCarthy Road.
He runs with other groups on weeknights. Although it is the 10th anniversary of the race, and his 10th time running it, Rice doesn’t expect anything other than the usual celebrations afterward. “The Yankee Runners always have a little cookout afterwards, and we’ll just have some hamburgers and enjoy the atmosphere,” he said. “It’s always a good time.” There’s still time for runners to register for any of the day’s races. Registration and more information about the Southwest Half Marathon and10K may be obtained at www.southwesthalfmarathon.com.
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Visitors mingle in the brand-new exhibition space of the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center at the official grand opening to the public last Sunday.
McCord Gallery opens doors to $1.2 million addition By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor
A chilly, gray, rainy afternoon couldn’t take the shine off the grand opening of a significant new civic attraction to the greater Palos area and beyond. The Betty Anderson Annex of the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park debuted with excitement and class Sunday to a crowd of supporters and simply the curious. “Beautiful, they did a beautiful job,” said Pat Herbert, an acrylics painter who lives in Chicago. Herbert stood in the center of the gleaming hardwood floor, enjoying a small plate of hors d’oeuvres with art on display to his left, his right and even ahead. “It’s wonderful what they’ve done, to allow people to express themselves and be exhibited,” he said as he gazed around the new space. At least seven years in formal planning, the brand-new Anderson Annex is a $1.2 million, 4,200-square foot addition to the McCord Center featuring an open gallery, large education rooms, performance stage, kitchen and office space. The annex is a handsome addition to the old, restored McCord House, a building constructed after early settler John D. McCord acquired the land in 1834. The home remained in the McCord family for more than 100 years and continued to function as a private residence for decades after that, under different ownership. In 1999, the Village of Palos Park annexed the property, and the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center was established there at 9602 W. Creek Road. The building now houses the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center, 9602 W. Creek
Road. The new addition is named in honor of the late Betty Anderson, a well-known local supporter of the arts who kicked off formal fundraising for the facility with seed money. Her daughter, Deborah Hodges, a McCord board member, recalled some of the circumstances that led to the launch of an expansion effort. “Space was tight,” said Hodges, describing the cramped quarters at McCord before the expansion. “It was just the house. It was always a juggling of which class was going to go into which room, and at what time so it wouldn’t interfere with other classes. Mom said ‘Let’s actively start doing something about this’ and, fortunately, she had the means to say ‘Let me be the catalyst’.” Hodges noted that her mother suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in her final years before passing away in November, 2016. Originally, the idea for expansion at McCord had been much more modest. “Before the addition, we had decided we were just going to take the garage, upgrade it to make two classrooms,” said Nancy Mitchell, a board member and current president of the Palos Heights Woman’s Club. “We thought it would cost maybe about $25,000 but when we began to ask about it, the cost was going to be $40,000, $45,000, maybe more. At that point, we said maybe we should just add on to the building.” “Now,” said Mitchell, “every time I walk in, I smile.” “I have to pinch myself,” said Patty Jones, retired Palos Park village administrator. “It’s unreal to me that it really exists. I can’t believe it. It’s so beautiful.”
Turning toward Mitchell, Jones continued “We’d be remiss if we didn’t say today that we are so grateful…grateful to all the people who contributed in so many ways, not just monetarily but with their time, their support, locally, politically and more.” With the grand opening in full swing, people began to fill the open gallery space and the noise of conversations grew louder. Palos Park village commissioner Nicole Milovich-Walters paused to talk about her impressions of the Betty Anderson Annex. “Years and years ago I used to bring my oldest daughter to McCord for piano lessons and violin lessons,” she said. “When they came up with the idea of building the annex, and all the work that went into it, the ladies were tireless and fearless about getting it to happen. It’s beautiful and I’m so excited to see it finally come to fruition.” Standing at the top of an interior staircase that leads from the gallery floor to the original house, Kathy and John Surwillo from Burbank looked around. “It’s phenomenal the amount of art and culture that’s here,” said John before Kathy offered The Regional News a unique and unexpected perspective. “I was Betty’s caregiver,” she said. “Betty was humble. She was not one who expected anything but she would be ecstatic with this. She’s in heaven, smiling.” McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is open daily except Sunday. More information about hours, instruction, programs, exhibits and more can be obtained by calling (708) 671-0648 or visiting www.mccordgallery.org
The 2017 Palos Heights Farmers Market opens May 10, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 12217 S. Harlem Avenue. Just in time for Mother’s Day, the market will be open offering beautiful flowering baskets and flowers, along with mom’s favorite springtime food items. “The market is happy to welcome many new vendors, and greet many returning favorite vendors,” said organizers. The new vendors to the 2017 Palos Heights market include: Sitka Salmon, Espresso Will Travel, Farmer in the Dell, Idle Hour Maple Syrup, Jason Scott Specialty Foods, and Noffke Family Farm. Returning vendors include Aracely’s Tamales, Camille’s Confections, The Eating Well, Hiemenz Nursery, Lyons Fruit Farm, Olivaceto, The Pampered Chef, Pamesan’s Wood Stove Pizza, Stamper Cheese, Theresa’s Selection, Windy Hill Farm, Yoder’s Bakery and Zeldenrust Farm. Sitka Salmon offers wild-caught Alaskan Salmon and other fish, flash frozen in Alaska, and delivered straight to Illinois farmers markets and CSAs. Salmon filets, salmon burger meat, salmon patties and possibly other varieties will be offered. Information about their CSA program will also be available. Farmer in the Dell, of Palos Heights, offers a variety of microgreens and sprouts, fresh cut on site. Microgreens are a very healthy and delicious addition to salads, sandwiches and other dishes. Idle Hour Maple Syrup is selling a variety of maple syrups, maple candy, maple cream, and maple sugar from Vermont. Espresso Will Travel will be serving hot and cold espresso and smoothie drinks, along with cinnamon toasted almonds. Jason Scott Specialty Foods will be offering peanut products from their Virginia Farm, along with other spices, seasonings and salt products, and sauces. Noffke Family Farm, of Coloma Mich., will be selling plants and beautiful fresh-cut flowers all season long. Returning favorite food vendors include Lyons Fruit Farm, selling flowering plants and herbs, a large variety of fruits and vegetables. Also, Zeldenrust Farms will be selling flowers, herbs, many vegetables and fruits. Windy Hill Farm will be selling frozen beef, chicken and pork and sausage meats. Yoder’s Bakery will have a large variety of bakery items, egg noodles, kettle corn, along with farm-fresh eggs and cheeses. Stamper Cheese will be selling a large variety of Wisconsin artisan cheeses and curds. Olivaceto will return selling olive oils and a variety of vinegars. Gift packages, perfect for Mother’s Day, will be available. Theresa’s Selections will return with a large variety of salsas, pasta sauces, BBQ sauces, fruit and pepper jams and fruit jams. The Eating Well will be selling a variety of frozen vegan vegetable patties and delicious desserts. Salads and wraps featuring their vege patties are made onsite. Hot chicken, pork and pepper tamales will be ready to eat at Aracely’s Tamales. Tamales can be preordered at Phil.laura@comcast.net Parmesan’s Wood Stove Pizza will be selling ready to eat pizza slices and pizza breads, delicious pesto, bakery items and breads, and premade pizzas to cook at home. Hiemenz Nursery will have a large selection of seasonal perennial plants and ornamental grasses, with planting information provided. Finally, the Pampered Chef will have everything needed to make your best gourmet dish ever, available either on site or by order. Great Mother’s Day items will be ready on opening day. The 2017 Community Tents will be showcasing a wide variety of local businesses and not for profit organizations. On May 10, Camille’s Confections and Simple Treasures, both of Palos Heights, will be our guests. Camille’s Confections are the perfect Mother’s Day gift! Delicious homemade English Toffee in half and full pound packages will be available, in Original, Sassy Sea Salt, White Chocolate Cranberry Almond, Dark Chocolate Blueberry Pecan, and Peanut Buttle. Simple Treasures will be selling beautiful hand crafted jewelry and gift items for all the women
in your life. A large variety of earrings, necklaces and more will be on site to choose from. Visitors to the Farmers Market are encouraged to stop by the City Tent. New for 2017, Palos Heights Farmers Market Gift Certificates are available for purchase. The certificates sell for $5.00 each, and are available for sale at the City Tent. This week, Dr. John Principe MD of WellbeingMD Center for Life provides “Why WellbeingMD Supports Local Farmers Markets.” Modified from Farmers Market Coalition documents, it offers a great summary of the advantages farmers markets make to the community. This and some previous year’s early springtime recipes will be available. Recipes from previous years can be found at www. wellbeingmd.com or www.palosheights.org. Market visitors can pick up a 2017 Frequent Shopper Card. Bring a canned food donation (fruit, vegetable or protein only), or donate fresh fruit or vegetables from the market, and double credit will be given to the Frequent Shopper Card. This year, the market is partnering with The Palos United Methodist Church Food Pantry at 12101 S. Harlem Ave. All canned donations will be brought to that location. All fresh produce donations will be donated to Operation Blessing in Alsip. LINK cards are now accepted at the Palos Heights Farmers Market. Again this year, the “Palos Bucks” Double Value Matching Program will take place. Stop by the City Tent to start the process and for more information. The market is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a LINK UP Illinois USDA Grant, for the support of the promotion of the Palos Heights Farmers Market LINK program. Representatives of the Palos Heights Beautification Committee will be available selling this year’s Classic Car Event Split the Pot Raffle tickets. They make great Mother’s Day card stuffers! The drawing will be on Thursday July 20 and the winner need not be present. Market organizers would like to thank this year’s Palos Heights Farmers Market sponsors. They include Dr. John Principe, MD of Wellbeing MD Center for Life; Palos Health; The Private Bank; CNB Bank and Trust; United Trust Bank; City of Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz; Running for Kicks; Golden Shoes and Camille’s Confections. Additional information about the market can be found at www.palosheights.org, by emailing farmersmarket@palosheights.org or calling 708-361-1800. The market also has a Facebook page.
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Rauner-Madigan meeting is a start In normal times, a 40-minute, late-April meeting to talk about the budget between a governor and the house speaker would be so routine that it would likely go unnoticed by pretty much everyone under the Statehouse dome. But these ain’t normal times. A funded, full-year state budget has not passed during a spring legislative session since 2013, almost exactly four years ago. We’ve had partial-year or “stopgap” budgets ever since. And House Speaker Michael J. Madigan hasn’t formally met with the governor since Dec. 6 of last year, about five months ago. Gov. Bruce Rauner announced at the time there would be no more such meetings until the Democrats were prepared to offer up a balanced budget with specific reforms--something that the governor hasn’t done since, either. So, it was definitely news when Speaker Madigan requested a private, one-on-one sit-down with Gov. Rauner last week and then the two actually met. Speaker Madigan issued a statement saying that he had urged the governor “to turn his focus to the budget.” Gov. Rauner’s office then claimed that Madigan “hinted that he may be willing to enact a truly balanced budget with changes that will help create jobs, properly fund our schools and lower property taxes.” Did they really make progress? Well, we all know that the governor is prone to exaggeration. He said repeatedly during the two-week spring break that the grand bargain negotiations were close to being wrapped up. He even claimed at one whistle stop that negotiations were going on between the two caucuses as he spoke, with another scheduled for the following day. None of that was true. The House Speaker has his own issues. He doesn’t say much except to repeat what he’s been saying over and over for two years: The governor should focus on passing a budget. Madigan himself, meanwhile, has been completely focused on denying the governor any wins on Rauner’s terms. All wins must instead be on Madigan’s terms. Madigan’s spokesman reacted to the governor’s statement by pointing to a bill the House passed last week to make workers’ compensation insurance “more affordable.” That bill (HB 2622), however, sets up a state-run workers’ comp insurance company to compete with existing private insurers. Trial lawyers and unions insist that the hundreds of workers’ comp insurers in Illinois are colluding to keep prices high. Hey, maybe such a thing could work. But creating a government insurance company is not exactly the sort of reform that our Milton Friedman-worshipping governor will ever accept as a “win.” Even so, I choose, for the millionth time, to look at the bright side. At least they met. At least there was apparently a mention (no matter how brief) of non-budgetary reforms. At least they didn’t full-on whack each other after their meeting ended. You gotta crawl before you can walk, so I’ll take it, no matter how pathetically tiny or how temporary that microscopic bit of progress may have been. It’s been Madigan’s habit over the years to send the Senate a budget and then announce that the House has completed its work. He did it again last year and was ultimately stymied when the Senate refused to pass it. But Madigan likely can’t even pass another budget bill out of his own chamber this year, mainly because a group of 10 or so independent Democratic women in his caucus are sick and tired of these impasse games. They have enough votes to block him if they stick together. And if the Senate ever does send Madigan its grand bargain, those 10 House members and several more will demand that he take some action. This impasse is killing them back in their districts, along with the blame that the governor has so successfully pinned on Madigan with tens of millions of dollars. A deal would take an enormous amount of heat off Madigan’s members; and, by extension, him. Rauner, for his part, is dangerously close to being permanently labeled as a failed governor. Everything he’s tried has failed. Sure, he can point to minor administrative successes, but he wasn’t elected to save a few bucks on data processing. And constantly awarding himself an “A” grade by pointing to these little administrative successes comes close to making him look dangerously separated from the reality that his state is rapidly going down the drain. Both men have good reasons to find a way out of this mess. But they’re also the most stubborn men on the planet. Let’s hope they keep talking.
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Wives should start with the lawn to understand husbands Wives just don’t get why lawns are so important to men. Honestly, I am not sure why lawns are so important to men, either. But I do know that the lawn is the front line in manhood. Machismo. Masculinity. Gallantry. I remember the first time my dad showed me how to mow the law. Of course, back in the early 1960s, we didn’t use a gas mower. That was too costly. We used a push mower, with blades attached to the wheels that turned as you made your way across the lawn. My dad would point to the neighbors. The homes with neatly cut lawns were respectful. The ones that looked like prairies were where trouble would always be. And you know what? It was true. The kids in the neatly managed lawns were nicer, more polite and respectful. The kids in homes with “distressed lawns” had troubled kids. I can see those kids sitting in jail wondering what caused their lives to go so wrong. I bought a push mower a few years ago and sure enough, “Afib” nailed me. I had a mitral valve repair, and the push mower got all the blame. It could have been that dozens of Diet Cokes I drank daily. Nawwww! It was the push mower. But my dad told me that your home is your castle and the lawn is the front sign that reflects that home to the world. Since then, I have always planned my spring, summer and fall schedules around mowing
Music family story strikes high note of appreciation Dear Editor: Just want to thank Jessie Molloy for sharing the remarkable, uplifting story of the Grutzius family with readers of The Regional News in the April 23, 2017 edition. This family is truly amazing on a number of levels: musical, parenting and the whole nine yards. This was a great read and I hope to meet them and hear their music some day. What a great break from a bleak daily news cycle. Thanks! — Jim Keough, Palos Heights
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the lawn, making time to get it done. And you just don’t “mow” the lawn, either. It’s a science. You divide the lawn into square or rectangular sections. You cut each grouped meticulously. If you have a good mower, you can edge the lawn without Step 2, using the edger. You have to fertilize at least three times a year, spring, summer and fall. And the height of the grass cut changes. You cut higher in the beginning of the mowing season and low at the very end. Get rid of the dandelions. Pull the weeds. It doesn’t matter if you cut straight or believe that the diagonal cut looks better. There is nothing like a freshly cut lawn with its rows of light and dark cuts (caused by the direction of the mower), and that fresh smell of grass cuttings. I use a mulcher, a lawn mower that not only cuts the lawn but dices up the cuttings as you push over the grass. I don’t do that because it’s easier than raking and bagging the clippings. I do that because the grass mulching left on the lawn serves to keep nutrients in the lawn.
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A good lawn mower lasts about six to seven years. The back wheels should be larger than those in the front. Last week, I went to Menards and purchased a mulcher with all-wheel drive. My wife chided me and asked why I haven’t spent any time looking for an AWD SUV to replace the main car? Little do you know, woman! (Don’t tell her I said that. She will get really mad.) Lawnmowers are dangerous, though. You have to watch the blades. Years ago my cousin came from Venezuela to visit and he was obsessed with the lawn mower, watching me mow the lawn each week. He wanted to do it and I said yes. He was at my mom’s home insisting on mowing the lawn and when the grass bunched up, he bent down to pull the grass out. Fortunately, the staff at Christ Hospital put both fingers back and they worked great. I walk the lawn before mowing just to make sure there are no baby rabbits or fallen birds in the grass. I managed to spot a frog and a garter snake, saving their lives. Mowing the lawn is good exercise, too. It is more than 6,500 steps, according to my Fitbit watch. Mowing the lawn. It’s a man thing. I enjoy it.
giving you a handshake that you will not forget. There are ways to make him stop that rude gesture. Let your imagination take over. He did set a record in his first 100 days in office. He has not signed any legislation from congress! He has only signed many executive orders with his excessively large signature, which fits his personality. Most of his “orders” have failed, such as his ban on Muslims from certain countries. He signed two orders for that and a federal judge declared those invalid. The president does not understand the Constitution. He performs like an apprentice president. The president, along with his daughter, Ivanka, ordered the 59 missiles (at one million dollars each) sent into Syria to do nothing but aim them at the land around the airport runways. They left the runways intact so the Russian and Syrian planes could continue to bomb the remaining survivors of the Syrian population. Not one
missile hit any runway. I wonder what the sailors on the naval vessel felt knowing that the missiles went into the sand as ordered. Mission accomplished? Trump definitely wants a war with North Korea. He has no clue on how to have a war, other than fill the room with generals and admirals of every rank. I hesitantly feel that he will have a war with North Korea, just so he can have bragging rights to shout out to his faithful followers, regardless of the fatalities. If he declares a war, it would make sense that he offers his two grown sons and daughters to join the military ranks to defend America. Then we will know what his intentions are going to be. I would expect they would stay stateside, probably as advisors. When he appeared on camera to express his actions thus far, he said with a raspy voice, that he has sent an “Armada” (a fleet of war vessels) to North Korea. In fact the fleet of war vessels was traveling
south to Australia for exercises, training with the Australian forces. Was he embarrassed when he was told about his miscalculation? No, he never gets embarrassed. It was somebody else’s fault. There is a definite collusion within the investigation of the Russian involvement about the election of candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Trump has put many obstacles in the way, hoping that the American people and the press will forget about the collusion. The American people or the press should never be underestimated. It will come out, even if Trump starts a war with North Korea. Americans are a persistent people. “Alternative facts” will not obliterate the truth. Truth will win out. Stay strong. America ! — Dean Koldenhoven, Palos Heights
INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT When it comes to our freedoms, is a ‘C+’ grade good enough? By Gene Policinski A new “First Amendment Report Card,” released by the First Amendment Center of the Newseum Institute, gives our First Amendment freedoms — religion, speech, press, assembly and petition — a barely passing grade. The grades were assigned by 15 panelists from across the political spectrum, some of them experts on First Amendment issues overall, and some who focus on specific areas such as religion or press. Assembly and petition — the rights to gather peaceably with like-minded people without government restriction or prosecution, and ask the government for changes in policies and practices — received the highest marks, at a “B-.” Religion and
speech were graded at a “C+,” while press was given a “C.” On press, for example, panelists pointed to President Trump’s campaign threat to “open up” libel laws in order to more easily sue media outlets; the administration blocking certain news organizations from attending White House briefings; the “fake news” phenomenon; and the president’s general enmity for the press. Assembly and petition received the highest grades, with panelists noting that recent protests and political marches were classic demonstrations of both freedoms, and that the government took no action to crack down on them or the resulting media coverage. Perhaps you — or I, since I didn’t participate in the grading — might have rated the freedoms differently. Good. That
would mean we were thinking critically about those basic freedoms, which define us as citizens and enable our democracy to function as such. But I’ll admit that a “C+” leaves me uneasy. For too long, too many of us have either taken those freedoms for granted, assuming that they will always be there, or considered them in narrow ways (believing, for example, that freedom of speech is not for those with whom we disagree, or that so-called fringe faiths are not really covered by freedom of religion). Many more of us live in ignorance of the freedoms that were so dearly won. Each year, when results of the First Amendment Center’s State of the First Amendment survey are released, the survey consistently finds that large numbers of
Americans — sometimes more than one-third — cannot name a single freedom provided by the 225-year old amendment. The report card, titled “The First Amendment in the Age of Trump,” nonetheless reflects issues that are not limited to the president’s first 100 days, or to the time he spends in office. Some of those issues have been simmering for years. The Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movements raised issues around speech, assembly and petition to new levels of awareness. The “culture wars” around matters of faith — from the silly, such as whether to call them “Christmas” or “Holiday” trees, to the very serious, such as federal policies that may discriminate against Muslims — have raged for decades, and Continued on page 5
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Indian restaurant opens in Tinley Park An Indian restaurant opened last month in a retail strip at 167th Street and 80th Avenue in Tinley Park. Chak De Fuzyon Indian Bistro opened at 7982 W. 167th St. in the former Fat Italian location. It had previously been a Kismet restaurant. Calls were not returned, but the restaurant says on social media that it is an Asian fusion restaurant that offers “traditional Indian cuisine with an Indo-Chinese twist.” The name of the restaurant comes from a famous Bollywood movie “Chak De India” and in Hindi means “Let’s go fusion.” Chef Sandeep Joshi hails from India and won an International Chef competition and worked at some of the finest hotels in India. The restaurant offers dine-in service as well as carry-out and delivery. There is free Wi-Fi, but no alcohol. It operates on a split shift and is open for lunch before closing and reopening for dinner. Lunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday to Sunday. Dinner hours are from 5-10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, from 5-midnight Thursday to Saturday and from 5-9 p.m. on Sunday. For information, call 708-6894591 or visit their website at chakdefuzyon.com.
Chipotle opens in Ford City The renovation continues at Ford City Mall at 7601 S. Cicero Ave. on Chicago’s Southwest Side and the newest tenant to move in as part of the face-lift is Chipotle Mexican Grill, which opened last month.
Dunkin Donuts opens in Bridgeview Walmart shoppers in Bridgeview can now enjoy Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and doughnuts while browsing the aisles at the store at 10261 S. Harlem Ave. The coffee and doughnut shop held its grand opening last week.
Hoyne, Prospect banks complete merger Hoyne Savings Banks an-
BOB BONG nounced last week that it had completed a merger with Prospect Federal Savings Bank. Prospect’s banking business will now be operated as a division of Hoyne Savings Bank. With the completion of the merger, the combined institution has consolidated assets of approximately $500 million, $86 million in equity, and operates a network of eight branches throughout the Chicagoland area. “We are pleased to welcome Prospect’s customers and employees to our Bank,” Ralph Carstensen, Hoyne Savings Bank’s chief executive officer, said in a release. “We are excited to expand our footprint in the greater Chicagoland market. We look forward to providing our new customers with continued exceptional service and banking products, supported by our growing team that now includes Prospect’s banking professionals.” Steven F. Rosenbaum, the president of Prospect Federal Savings Bank, will join Hoyne as the president and chief operating officer and will become a member of the boards of directors of Hoyne Savings Bank, Hoyne Savings, MHC and Hoyne Financial Corp. Founded in 1887, Hoyne Savings Bank has offices in Chicago, Worth, Oak Lawn, Wheeling and Woodstock.
Mega Flea Market open for the season Mega Flea Market is back for another season at Toyota Park in Bridgeview. The flea market is open Sundays through Oct. 8 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. except July 16. Admission is free and seller spaces are $10. For information, call 708-378-0102.
Northwestern College to host career fair Northwestern College’s Bridgeview and Chicago campuses will be hosting a joint Career Fair for students and the community on Thursday, May 18, from 9:30 a.m. until noon at its Bridgeview Campus, 7725 S. Harlem Ave. An estimated 28 businesses and employers have confirmed their attendance thus far, with several additional employers expressing significant interest. The college is urging interested employers to please contact Northwestern College’s Office of Career Development at 708-237-5050 or to register their organization to participate at https://www.nc.edu/ employers-2/careerfair and someone will contact them with further details. Employers will have the ability to recruit, screen, and interview candidates right on the spot, with participants being urged to arrive in professional attire and with prepared resumes to present. Exhibitor spaces are filling up quickly, with this year’s confirmed employers to date exceeding last year’s.
Northwestern College finds it imperative to do everything it can to assist its students in obtaining employment. As a good neighbor in the community, the College continues to open up this event to the public, Free of charge. Last year approximately 300 job seekers attended the 2016 event, including students, alumni, and numerous members of the public. Already confirmed for this year’s Career Fair include: Mercy Hospital & Medical Center; TCF Bank; Palos Health; All STAT Portable X-Ray; JIL Medical Consultancy LTD; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; BrightStar Care of Tinley Park/Oak Lawn; G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.; Edward-Elmhurst Health; United Parcel Service; Addison Group; Midwest Neurological & Rehab Center; Advocate Health Care; Homewatch Care Givers; Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office; West Suburban Nursing & Rehab; Uro Partners LLC; Lexington Health Network; Heartland Blood Center; SECURATEX LTD; Extended Care Clinical; US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); Premier Staffing Source Inc.; LifeWatch; Norwood Senior Network; Shay Health Care Services, Inc.; Clearbrook; and Keys Medical Staffing.
Grand opening for ankle center The Illinois Foot & Ankle Center held its grand opening last week at 9645 Lincolnway Lane in Frankfort. Dr. Kelly May, a podiatrist, can treat many foot and ankle ailments and injuries. She is on staff at both Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet and South Suburban Advocate Hospital in East Hazel Crest. For information, call her office at 779-333-7419.
Glory Bee gift shop to hold grand opening The Glory Bee specialty shop will celebrate its grand opening in its new, bigger location on Thursday, May 4, at 122 Kansas St. in downtown Frankfort. The shop will celebrate with a ribbon cutting and reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. It features vintage and antique items, repurposed items, gifts and gourmet foods. The shop is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Mia’s Cafe opens in Glenwood A gaming cafe called Mia’s Cafe held its grand opening last month at 323 Glenwood Lansing Road in Glenwood. It’s the eighth establishment in the village to offer video slot machines. Mia’s is open daily from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. It has five machines and serves beer and wine along with snacks and light bites. If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.
INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT Continued from page 4 show no signs of abating. Surveys dating well back into the 1990s chart a growing public apprehension about the credibility, motives and bias of the news media, and a worrisome erosion of support for the press’s role as a “watchdog on government.” Amidst worsening public opinion, journalists have also had to contend with shrink-
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The former Bon A Pit barbecue restaurant reopened last month in its latest incarnation as Kefi Greek Cuisine and Bar at 12200 S. Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights. It now features Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. The restaurant has had a few names over the years and had been known as Bon A Pit until March 5, when it closed and the owners announced it would be evolving into Kefi. There was no reason given for the closure or transition. Gift cards from Bon A Pit will be honored at the new restaurant, which opened April 19. Hours are 4-10 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 4-11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. For information and reservations, call 708-361-9610 or visit its website at kefi.restaurant.
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ing resources as they attempt to track government officials’ performance and measure government effectiveness. The quarterly report card is not intended, and could not be, the final word on our First Amendment freedoms — the issues are too complex and the disputes too numerous, and filled with far too many twists and turns. But the grading system will
serve to call our attention, particularly over time, to a need to defend one or more freedoms from momentary threats and longer-term assaults on our free expression and religious liberty rights. Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute. He can be reached at gpolicinski@newseum.org. Follow him on Twitter: @genefac.
It’s Kentucky Derby time again. Even if you’re not much of a horse racing fan, you might appreciate all the Derby’s pageantry — the mint juleps, the women’s beautiful hats, the singing of “My Old Kentucky Home,” and so on. But if you look beyond the hoopla, you’ll realize just how much work it takes to put on such an event. And the efforts of one group in particular — the jockeys — may be able to provide you with some lessons in life — and in investing. For starters, consider the stamina the jockeys show as they steer 1,000-pound thoroughbreds around the track at Churchill Downs. Riding a racehorse is difficult, demanding and dangerous, requiring enormous endurance on the part of the jockey. And in many areas of life, you too will need to show some staying power. That’s certainly true when you invest. You need the fortitude to keep on investing, in good markets and bad ones, and during all the phases of your life — even after you’ve retired. It might not always be easy — during turbulent markets, you may be tempted to take a “time out” — but the most successful investors are usually the most persistent ones. Here’s another trait shown by Kentucky Derby jockeys: vision. Jockeys must be able to spot the spaces they need to go through to gain the position they want. In other words, they see where they want to go. As an investor, you need this same ability. To illustrate: What do you want your retirement to look like? Will you stay close to home and volunteer? Will you travel the world? Will you even open a small business? You need to envision your goals if you’re going to achieve them. Strategy is also important to jockeys. They all want to win the race, but they employ different methods. For example, three-time Kentucky Derby winner Calvin Borel’s strategy usually involves riding his horse on the rail at the inside of the track — so much so that his nickname is “Bo’rail.” As an
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investor, you need a strategy that’s appropriate for your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. Such a strategy will involve choosing a suitable mix of investments, reviewing your portfolio’s progress at regular intervals, and making changes as necessary. Finally, jockeys need knowledge. Is the track in good shape? How has the horse been behaving lately? What’s the weather going to be at post time? To be a good investor, you also need plenty of knowledge. You’ll need to pose some questions about individual investments you’re considering: How will this investment perform under different market environments? Will this investment fit well into my portfolio, or do I already have others similar to it? Is this an investment I can hold for the long term? And you’ll also need to learn about yourself as an investor: What is my tolerance for risk? Am I fully considering all my goals, such as college for my kids, my own retirement and the type of legacy I’d like to leave? There’s no shortage of questions for active investors to ask — and the best investors never stop learning. You can learn a lot from Kentucky Derby jockeys. By applying some of their skills and habits to your investment activities, you can keep moving toward your goals — and you won’t even have to run in circles. 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.
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 Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co to Olyyan Yasser, 10439 Santa Cruz, $350,000; First Midwest Bk Tr to Hall Stacey Lee, 8607 Wheeler Dr, $245,000; MN Group LLC to Gborgbscu Ovidiu, 10547 Owen Dr, $316,500; Charleston Marlene E Tr to Filippo Raymond, 17802 Missouri Ct, Unit #114, $225,000; Federal Honme Loan Mtg Corp to Klein Mark, 14443 Woodland Dr, $69,000; Pender Mary Beth Tr to Vankerk Melody, 7846 Willowood Ct, $235,000; Rusek Henry J Jr to Salgado Victor, 13720 Woodridge Ln, $323,000; Harris Robert F Gdn to Staunton & Sons Inc, 14516 West Ave, $151,500; Fuss Glenn Tr to Gashi Nexhmi, 7345 Tiffany Dr, Unit #1E, $88,000; Mann Colleen E to Hodges Mark, 11140 W Saratoga Dr, $410,000; Cavico Mary Frances Tr to Farhan Mahmoud, 15712 S Lake Hill’s Ct, Unit #157122S, $132,000; Sabotka David E Sr Tr to Masoud Masoud, 15125 Narcissus Ln, $250,000; HSBC Bk USA to Bzdyk Yolanda, 14738 Lakeview Dr, $140,000; Marquette Bk Tr to Coleman Kevin P, 10458 Lynn Dr, Unit #151, $190,000; Citimortgage Inc to Hedenschoug Jason, 11830 Shady Cove Ct, $470,000; Georgacopoulos George to Hamideh Tahsien D, 8040 143rd Pl, $350,000; Marek Ewa to Panozzo Jonathan, 9826 Treetop Dr, Unit #2304, $119,000; Polinski Carol F to Oneil William J Jr, 8548 145th Pl, $310,000; Judicial Sales Corp to Edward Gals Rentals Inc, 9840 W 153rd St, Unit #98401SW, $46,000; Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Bregin Robert, 17181 Highwood Dr, $235,000; Hoekstra Thomas C to Danko Dennis L, 7311 153rd Pl, MANY, $142,000; Kestel Brian to Kkaar Jori, 9251 Montgomery Dr, Unit #149, $156,500; Kelly John J Jr to Marek Jacek, 8606 Wheeler Dr, $260,000. Palos Heights Gignac Edward K Tr to Purwin Ryszard, 13479 Westview Dr, Unit #13479, $160,000; Syska Thomas B to Rennoc Hldgs LLC, 12636 S 72nd Ct,
$212,000; Galassi Peter to White Kyle, 12532 S 73rd Ct, $165,000; P H Mart Inc to Palos Hts LLC
11 55 Harmon Blvd, 12100 S Ridgeland Ave, $310,000; Khaled Mohamad to Palos Hts, 12221 S Harlem Ave, $247,000.
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DEATH NOTICES Linda Blust
Orland Park resident Linda A. Blust (nee Levora), 70, died Sunday in Hazel Crest. Mrs. Blust was a long-time Realtor. She is survived by her sons, Jason (Jackie) and Dennis; daughter, Diane; sister, Mary A. (Bob) Ward; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Colonial Chapel, 15525 S. 73rd Ave., Orland Park. A service will be held at the chapel at 7 p.m.
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Ruth Waterlander, 86, of Palos
Heights, died Monday at Providence Healthcare & Rehabilitation in Palos Heights. Mrs. Waterlander was a homemaker. She is survived by her sons, Donald (Sandara); Randall (Mary McIntyre); Michael (Sharon); Gerald (Karen); David (Barbara); daughter, Janice (James) Boersma; sisters, Leona “Dolly” DeVries and Clara Devries, and 10 grandchildren. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today, May 4, at Colonial Chapel, 15525 S. 73rd Ave., Orland Park. A funeral service will be held at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow at Colonial Chapel. Interment will
take place at Chapel Hill Gardens South, Oak Lawn.
5 at Zion Lutheran Church, 17100 S. 69th Ave., Tinley Park. The club offers support for all faiths and ages. Besides the monthly general meetings, the club holds organized restaurant outings, dances, trips, theater outings, discussion
sessions and interactive meetings. Newcomer get-acquainted sessions are also held. More information can be obtained by calling Danell Chmura, (630) 728-9368, or Bill Dolehide, (708) 342-6820.
Admission is free. Some services will be offered for a fee. Those attending are asked to pay with a check or credit card, as well as bring Medicare Part B or other insurance cards. Little Company of Mary Hospi-
tal will offer Vitamin D screenings for $25, heart screenings for $65 and thyroid screenings for $15. Walgreens will offer pneumonia, menactra and Tdap vaccinations. For more information on the event, call (708) 598-2441.
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A memorial service will be held today, May 4, for Rich Bartos, 52, who died April 25, 2017. Mr. Bartos was raised in Palos Park. He graduated from Sandburg High School in Orland Park. He is survived by his daughter, Briana (Brandon) Rogsdale; mother, Dorothy; brother, Tom; and two grandchildren. The service will take place from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Zimmerman and Sandeman Funeral Home/Orland Park, 9900 W 143rd St.
CLUB ACTIVITIES Photo by Kelly White
Shepard math teachers took on a project of taking used plastic grocery bags and crocheting them to create sleeping mats during Shepard High School’s Whole Teacher Hour last Thursday.
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Programs help District 218 HEALTH BEAT teachers to become ‘whole’
Palos Twp. sets health fair
By Kelly White
Stress at work exists for everyone, no matter the occupation. For teachers, in particular, stress is on the rise. Forty-six percent of teachers report high daily stress, which compromises their health, sleep, quality of life and teaching performance, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The foundation, based out of New Jersey, is the United States’ largest philanthropy focused solely on health. During studies, foundation determined that teaching is one of the most stressful occupations in the country, but introducing organizational and individual interventions can help minimize the negative effects of teacher stress. Community High School District 218 agrees with the theory, and since 2012, they have been instituting Resource Hour once a week for teachers to unwind and focus on curriculum development, professional development, assessment and other student-centered work for teachers. Resource Hour takes place from 8 to 8:50 a.m. on Tuesdays at Richards, Wednesdays at Eisenhower, and Thursdays at Shepard, with class beginning at 9 a.m. Last Thursday morning at Shepard High School, 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave, Palos Heights, programs were offered to teachers for mentoring, workplace wellness, social emotional learning and mindfulness. These programs are all proven to improve teacher well-being and student outcomes, said district officials. The program originated in the hands of Jen Pollack, associate principal at Shepard, and Dan Cronin, curriculum director for health, physical education and driver education at Shepard. “Ms. Pollack mentioned that some of her teachers were experiencing undue stress and I merely suggested that instead of a traditional Resource Hour of cur-
riculum and assessments, perhaps they might benefit more from a yoga or meditative practice session,” Cronin said. “Interestingly, our data has supported the notion that for those who participate in any of these activities, student discipline referrals often go down on those days. The thinking is, and of course, it’s not that simple, but the better the teachers feel, the better they might relate with our kids, and the better the kids will learn.” Four times a year, Resource Hour is transformed into what the district refers to as Whole Teacher Resource Hour, where all 400 teachers within the district participate in programs and activities to benefit their own well-being, focusing on a holistic experience. Teachers have a chance to unwind by joining in on a yoga, cooking, fitness, financial planning or art classes. All of the hour-long sessions are taught mostly by district teachers as well. “I enjoy the Whole Teacher resource hours because they gives us a chance to get to know other colleagues around the building while engaging in activities we enjoy to help us relax and unwind a bit,” said Jennifer Fischer, a German teacher at Shepard. The name choice Whole Teacher derives from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s Whole Child concept – an approach to teaching that ensures that each student is healthy and safe. “Administration realized that if teachers are happy, they can better serve our students and community, and thus, Whole Teacher was born,” said Jeff Vazzana, an English teacher at Shepard. “I think that taking an hour once a quarter to reflect, re-center, or strategize is a really good opportunity for our staff. As an English teacher, I usually take that hour to become more familiar with some of the latest young adult texts — to become more aware of what my students are reading for fun.”
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Last Thursday morning, the teachers also had the opportunity to participate in service projects. Sara Gavin, from Almost Home, spoke with teachers on the importance of her project --- a nonfor-profit organization located in Hometown that is dedicated to helping the poor, needy, homeless and broken. Almost Home provides a place where families and those in need can come and pick up much needed provisions, from toothpaste, to diapers, to pet food and everything in between. Teachers were able to donate necessities to this organization. Shepard math teacher Angie Ochoa and colleagues took on a project of taking used plastic grocery bags and crocheting them to create sleeping mats. Almost Home plans to donate the mats to a local church that will provide them for a homeless shelter. “A woman that I go to church with is constantly offering ideas for serving our community,” Ochoa said. “She introduced this project of making plastic mats for the homeless. I was telling my co-workers about it, and we decided to take it on this semester because it was a recycling project as well as something that may help someone in need. Through this project I learned more about Almost Home and the services they do for the people in our community in need. I think that it is awesome to see Almost Home helping those in our community with great needs.” “It’s very tedious to make these sleeping mats but they are so useful to people in need,” Gavin said. “They are made with love and it is an incredible project.”
A range of head-to-toe services will be offered at a health and resource fair set for 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday June 28 at Palos Township headquarters, 10802 S. Roberts Road, Palos Hills.
Elim sets 5K Run/Walk/Roll The 7th Annual Elim Eagles’ Wings 5K Run, Walk, & Roll is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, May 20 on the grounds of Elim Christian Services, 13020 S. Central, Palos Heights. Participants may choose between the timed 5K course and the untimed short loop course (1 mile) on Elim’s campus. Registered runners will receive official times for the 5K. The event will benefit the work of the agency, supporting resources for children and adults with disabilities. Elim hopes to raise over $80,000 through the event to fund iMacs for both the school and adult programs, Mobile Standers for the school program, an Electric Stand Lift for Elim’s adult program, SMARTboards, and more. All registered participants will receive a free T-shirt. There also will be music, refreshments and raffles. Kids will even have the opportunity to partake in a free pre-race obstacle course. In addition, this year’s 5K event has the theme “The Happiest 5K on Earth!” Disney-themed costumes are encouraged and welcome. Elim’s provides educational, vocational and therapeutic services to more than 900 people with developmental disabilities.
To register or obtain more information, call (708) 293-6509 or email elimeagleswings5K@ elimcs.org. Event organizers added that while wheelchairs, strollers and
service dogs are welcome, roller blades, bikes, and non-service dogs are not permitted for the safety of Elim children and adults and other participants.
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING On May 18, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. a meeting conducted by Palos Community School District 118 will take place at the Central Administration Building, 8800 West 119th Street. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the district’s plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the district for the 2017-2018 school year. If you are a parent of a home-schooled student who has been or may be identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of Palos Community School District 118, you are urged to attend. If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, please contact Erin Deval at 708-761-5806.
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Members of the Moraine Valley Community College Forensics Team include (back row, from left) Zinnia Lampkins, Sidney Bullock, James Smith, Curtis Griffin, Kacey Nichols and John Nash, director of Forensics and Communications professor; (front row, from left) Krista Appelquist, assistant coach; Amanda Pettigrew, assistant coach; Damian Samsonowicz, Haley Carrero, Stephanie McFann, and Kirsten Baity.
MVCC forensics team wins silver The Moraine Valley Community College Forensics Team earned the silver medal at the Phi Rho Pi Speech and Debate National Tournament, held earlier this month in Tysons Corner, Va. In addition, John Nash, director of the MVCC Forensics program and communications professor, earned the Phi Rho Pi 2017 Distinguished Service Award. Gold medalists were Zinnia Lampkins, of Blue Island, for Prose Interpretation; and Damian
Samsonowicz, of Bridgeview, and Curtis Griffin, of Richton Park, for Duo Interpretation. A silver medal was awarded to Stephanie McFann, of Oak Lawn, for Impromptu. Bronze medalists included Griffin for Poetry Interpretation, Lampkins for Speech to Entertain, Sidney Bullock, of Calumet Park, for Speech to Entertain and Poetry Interpretation, Haley Carrero, of Orland Park, for Informative Speaking and Communication
Analysis, Samsonowicz for Prose Interpretation, and McFann for Extemporaneous Speaking. “This team never stopped believing in their messages,” Nash said. “I am extremely proud that they trusted their coaches, followed their hearts and supported each other.” In addition to Nash, the team is coached by Amanda Pettigrew, Krista Appelquist, associate professor of Communications, and Jeff Rieck.
Across 1 “You’re kidding, right?” 9 Will matter 15 “I give up” 16 Onomatopoeic dance 17 Criminology concerns 18 Weapons used on mounts 19 “Out of the Blue” band 20 Beyond harmful 22 Pabst brand originally brewed in Washington, familiarly 23 They’re slow to pick things up 26 Weaken 27 Runner’s distance 28 Fall deliveries? 30 Play or school follower 31 Alouette 1 satellite launcher 34 Catch 36 “Good __!” 37 Oakland’s county 39 Like some beaches 41 Gimlet flavor 42 2011 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee 44 By the fire, say 45 Sediment 46 Programming language named for a comedy group 48 “The world’s an __”: Dryden 49 Mexican painter Frida 51 Teamsters president James 55 Gp. with carriers 56 Like old timers? 58 Word in many Mexican place names 59 Egg, perhaps 61 More than one can handle 64 Stuck at a chalet, maybe 65 French for “stick” 66 Fit one within another 67 “There was a point here somewhere” Down 1 Babies”R”Us buys 2 Even a little 3 Half a playground exchange
4 Stuff that goes kablooey 5 Trouble 6 Give a good toss 7 Equally close 8 1996 treaty subject 9 Panache 10 Fissile rock 11 Light shade ... or avoid the shade? 12 Praise 13 Gossip’s stock-in-trade 14 “Piece of cake” 21 Goes after 24 Holds accountable 25 Perspective 29 Ordered 30 Pepperidge Farm treat 31 Joining the radio show 32 The Na’vi in “Avatar,” for one
ing Bee. Landmark Christian Academy is an independent, non-denominational K-8 Christian school located at 6330 W. 127th Street, Palos Heights. Landmark is currently accepting enrollment for the 2017/18 school year. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 708-623-0332 or visit the school’s web page at www. landmarkchristian.org Parents routinely express high praise for Landmark, say school administrators, including a mother
LIBRARY NOTES Several programs added at Palos Heights Library A slate of activities for the week ahead has been announced at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 448-1473. • “Scrapbooking Crop Day” is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, May 6. Celebrate National Scrapbook Day and spend the day cropping precious memories. Each scrapper will be given three feet of scrapbook space and will provide his own lunch. Electricity and WIFI will be available. Drawing will be held for two Creative Memories products. Space is limited. Pre-registration is encouraged. • “100 Years Ago on the Homefront: American Families in WWI” begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7. Historian and performer Ellie Carlson will recall the sights, sounds, tastes and patriotic pastimes and sacrifices of the World War I era as the library commemorates the
100th anniversary of the War to End all Wars. • An introduction to Pinterest is set for 2 p.m. Monday, May 8. Participants will learn how to set up an account, manage “pins” and share a Pinterest page with friends and family. Seating is limited and pre-registration is encouraged. • “Potted Gardening” starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9. Learn how to create and care for gardens in a variety of pots from Cook County Farm Bureau speaker Ellen Phillips. Also, there are several clubs that meet weekly at the library, such as the Needle Club (for knitting and crocheting), Scrabble Club and Mah Jongg Cub. Members and interested patrons are asked to call ahead for times and dates.
New programs ready at Palos Park Library Several new programs have been announced at the Palos Park Public Library, 12330 S. Forest Glen Boulevard. For details, phone
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Landmark Christian Academy students score high in competitions Five Landmark Christian Academy students received first-place ribbons in the ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International) Math Olympic Competition. The winners are: Ashley Napierkowski, 3rd Grade Math Reasoning; Samantha Napierkowski, 4th Grade Reasoning; Khaila Freitag and Jonathan Vales, 7th Grade Computation and Luisse Irringan, 8th Grade Computation. Luisse Irringan also earned a 12th-place finish in the 12-state ACSI Mid America Region Spell-
33 Rat 35 “Ice cream or cake?” response, perhaps 38 Highest-ranking 40 Bear with a “thotful spot” 43 Educational outlines 47 “Poor baby!” 49 Holmes of “Touched With Fire” 50 Words spoken after coming to? 52 High wind? 53 They can be hard to face 54 Grill leftovers 57 1951 title role for Audrey 60 Abbr. on a Miami itinerary 62 Pull 63 Marseille sight
who noted “My children transferred to Landmark from the public school in third grade and they love it. So do my husband and I. Landmark is a traditional Christian school with high expectations academically, spiritually and behaviorally. Landmark has a staff of dedicated teachers who care about the students with their whole heart,” she said, explaining that Landmark is “an extremely affordable, Biblically based edu- District 128 sets cation for children and families.” preschool screenings Palos Heights School District 128 will be conducting a screening for all children residing within district boundaries who are 3-5 years old, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 8 at Indian Hill (708) 448-1530. • The film “A Dog’s Purpose” School, 12800 S. Austin. Areas of development assessed will be shown at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 10. The film “shares the include speech and language, gross soulful and surprising story of one motor skills and visual/auditory devoted dog who finds the mean- strengths. A vision and hearing ing of his own existence through screening will also be conducted. Children will be screened by a the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love,” according to a diagnostic team of district personpublicity blurb. English subtitles nel under the direction of District will be shown and light refresh- 128 Administration. Contact the Student Services office at (708) ments will be served. • “Granny’s Intro to Crochet: 597-1285 to make an appointment Part 1” is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, or to request additional informaMay 11. Participants will learn the tion. basic techniques of crocheting and be prepared to work on a project Marist 2007 grads for the month. Tools will be proto reunite vided, and people with all levels Marist High School will hold a of expertise are welcome. • A hands-on, interactive”T-Rex- reunion for the class of 2007 from plorers Dinosaur Discover” pro- 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at gram for children of all ages Reilly’s Daughter, 4010 W. 111th starts at 11 a.m. Saturday, May St., Oak Lawn. The event costs 6. Children will learn about the $30 per person and includes an creatures that roamed the Earth open bar and appetizers. Gradumore than 200 million years ago. ates can register online at marist. T-Rexplorers will talk about their net. For more information, contact dinosaur digs, what they found, the Advancement Office at (773) 881-5334. and have specimens to see.
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Chicago Christian High School honors students who excel
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Chicago Christian High School recently held its annual “Student Recognition Assembly” to recognize students who excelled in one of the following categories in the classroom during the third quarter: academic excellence, classroom contribution and determination. Each department honored a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior for performing at a high level in the classroom, while also displaying a Christ-like attitude. Students recognized for excellence include (front, from left) Mia Bearden (South Holland), Kelly Duh (Crestwood), Faith Rooney (Richton Park), Kathleen Tkoletz (Manhattan), Angela Cui (Hometown), Lauryn Lellos (Lemont), Julia Conrad (Hickory Hills), Abby Haan (Palos Heights), Tori DeJager (Alsip), May Bergeson (Evergreen Park), Shelby Van Bruggen (Midlothian) and Courtney Wojcik (Orland Park); and (back row, from left) Marley Bulthuis (Orland Park), Bryce Bollman (Orland Park), Gina Mejia (Oak Lawn), Faith Tanis (Palos Park), Stephanie Reusz (Tinley Park), Claire O’Neill (Homer Glen), Jesse Geaschel (Burr Ridge), Brayden Roberts (Chicago), Jill Van Dyk (Tinley Park), Amy Lyons (Orland Hills), Ellie Tiemens (Worth), Deja Claybrooks (Chicago), Ben Fry (Blue Island), Joey Mavrogiannis (Orland Hills), Nate Rivera (Chicago) and Collin Pujdak (Monee).
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WHATIZIT? The clue for this week’s Whatizit photo (right) is: Parish center. Send your responses with your name and hometown by noon Monday to thereporter@comcast.net. We had several readers respond to last week’s quiz and three provided the right answer –the Homestead Barr, 9306 S. Central Ave., Oak Lawn. This local tavern’s history dates back to the early 20th century
when it was a farm. The building was purchased by the Adomaitis family in 1951. It has been a fixture at the corner of Southwest Highway and Central Avenue ever since Crystine Busch, a Palos Heights resident, and Mike Sutko, of Oak Lawn, knew it was the Homestead Barr. John Schikora, an Evergreen Park resident, also knew it was the popular bar. The bar was recognized as a historic landmark in 1998 by the Oak Lawn Preservation Committee.
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COMMUNITY NOTES Charity housewares sale in Tinley Park Together We Cope, a homeless prevention agency based in Tinley Park, will have a pop-up shop this weekend for a sale of hundreds of housewares items donated to the agency after the recent 2017 International Home and Housewares Show at McCormick Place. For this sale only, the agency will temporarily occupy a vacant storefront at 17030 S. Oak Park, Tinley Park, site of the former CTM Mid-America Wall & Floor Covering store. The site is a few doors south from Nu2u, which is Together We Cope’s permanent resale shop. There will be no coupons or discounts applied at the housewares sale, as the items are being deeply discounted. Hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Cash and credit cards only will be accepted. Shoppers will find an array of items, from high-end cookware by manufacturers such as Calphalon, Rachael Ray, Anolon and Cuisinart, to everyday dishware and glassware. There also will be small appliances and furniture, including patio furniture, for purchase. Together We Cope was chosen as one of only five Chicago-area charities to receive goods from the housewares show. All proceeds from the housewares sale will benefit TWC client programs and services. For more information, call Cori Scanlan, Nu2u manager, at (708) 633-9180.
Together We Cope assists families in temporary crisis from 27 south suburban communities by supplying food, shelter, clothing and referrals, helping them return to self-sufficiency.
Neat Repeats Resale shops recruiting volunteers Volunteer recruitment week will be held Sunday, May 7 through Saturday, May 13 for Neat Repeats Resale shops in Worth and Orland Park. 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. Neat Repeats Resale shops are located at 7026 W. 111th St., Worth, and 9028 W. 159th St., Orland Park. Both shops are open seven days a week. Volunteers would work five hours a week. More information can be obtained by calling the Worth store, (708) 361-6860, or Orland Park, (708) 364-7605.
Palos Park Police offer bike helmets to kids The Palos Park Police Department is giving away helmets to local children as part of the National Children-N-Safety program. Helmets can be picked up at
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Members of the Park Woman’s Club learned about the work of the Bridge Teen Center in Orland Park, at their recent monthly meeting. Guest speaker was Jason Marion, store manager at the Bridge, who spoke of the need for a safe place for after-school programs for students in grades 7-12. The BTC teaches students life skills along with tutoring and recreation in a safe environment. Members brought bagged clothing as a surprise for Jason to take back to the Center’s Clothing Boutique. Pausing for a photo with Marion are (from left) Mary Ann Parkins, PPWC second vice president, Judy Veen, PPWC member and BTC volunteer, and Lucy Crocilla, PPWC president.
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children visit emergency rooms during the summer, Miller said in a statement. Police hope that
by issuing the helmets they can prevent head injuries to children riding bicycles.
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It’s a TEN-acious event From bandits to snipers to feel-good stories, here are some notable half marathon memories
Southwest Half Marathon will roll for the 10th time on Sunday
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By Jeff Vorva
am about to go .500 when it comes to covering the Southwest Half Marathon event. The 10th running of the event gets rolling on Sunday morning, and this will be the fifth time I have covered it either as a reporter for the Regional, an editor for the Reporter or as the sports editor of the Southwest Regional Publishing group. I wrote this a few years ago, but the first six years of the race meant little to me except that it shut down streets that I needed to take to get my kid to out-of-town basketball tournaments, so I wasn’t a big fan. When I got the job at Making the the Regional, editor Jack Extra Point Murray told me this was one of the biggest events his paper would cover each year. He said some reporters hated covering the event but with my background in sports, I might like it. In January, 2013, I attended my first half marathon committee meeting. Four months later, I covered my first half marathon event. And Murray was right – I liked it. A lot. By that time, race founders and directors Jeff Prestinario and Mel Diab and the many volunteers had this thing nailed. Sure, every year there are problems and glitches, but for the most part it is run very well. Since I make my living writing stories and taking photos, I have come away each year pumped up about something that happened at the event or someone I met. I have some great memories of the Southwest Half Marathon as well as the 10K race, which was introduced in 2014. Some are touching while some are funny. In no particular order, here are some favorite memories from the past four years:
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Above: Bob Chesna receives a medal for completing the Walk, Run or Roll event in 2016, months after he was told he might never walk again. Left: Chicago Ridge’s Roberto Ortega is one of just two Regional-Reporter area runners to win a SW Half Marathon or 10K race.
Chesna’s walk OK, I said these would be in no particular order, but this is my No. 1 memory so far. It happened last year when Oak Lawn’s Bob Chesna crossed the finish line in the Walk, Run or Roll portion of the race. Chesna’s wife, Lori, organized the WRR since the start of the half marathon event. She is the executive director of the South West Special Recreation Association and has done great things for athletes with special needs. For the first eight years, special needs kids and adults either walk, run or are wheeled in their chairs for a half mile, the crowd goes crazy and the runners usually have huge smiles on their faces. But race nine produced a new wrinkle when Lori’s husband, Bob, was in the race. Bob, 56 when he walked the race, had suffered a massive stroke the previous August and was told he probably wouldn’t walk again. A few months later, he was walking again and he took out a cane and slowly strolled the half mile with a wheelchair nearby just in case he needed to roll the rest of the way. “I was determined not to use it,” he said. “I wanted to walk the whole way.’’ He crossed the finish line holding his cane in the air with Roy Orbison’s “You Got It” fittingly playing on the speakers. There were cheers, tears, hugs, a medal placed over his head and plenty of photos to be taken before he finally sat down in that wheelchair for a well-deserved rest.
Photos by Jeff Vorva
In recent winters, there were times when Jeff Prestinario and Mel Diab wondered if their brainchild of the Southwest Half Marathon would finally come to an end. A bad economy and some “yesor-no?” moments with sponsors have caused some angst when snow was on the ground, but by May the race would still take place. Look for And now it is our special celebrating its section 10th birthday. highThe 10th runlighting ning of the event, the half sponsored by marathon Palos Health and in this CNB Bank, takes edition. place Sunday and will start near City Hall and run along Route 83. “I can’t believe it’s been 10 years,” Prestinario said. “It’s been a lot of work by a lot of great people over the years. I’m thrilled we’ve been able to run it this long.’’ The festivities start at 6:30 a.m. Sunday with a 15-minute non-denominational service. At 6:45, runners can go through a pre-race stretch with members of Palos Health Fitness. At 7, master of ceremonies Prestinario, Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz, Grand Marshal Dan Lipinski, Palos Park Mayor John Mahoney, Palos Hills Mayor Gerald Bennett, Palos Hospital’s Tim Brosnan and Lori Mazeika-Myre, Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison, State Senator Bill Cunningham, State Representative Fran Hurley and race director Mel Diab are scheduled to give speeches. Christy Pace is slated to sing the National Anthem at 7:25, and the gunshot start for the half marathons is scheduled for 7:30. The 10K race is scheduled to start at 7:40 followed by the introduction of mascots and the Walk, Run or Roll race with the mascots at 7:45. The race is supposed to end at 10:30, and that is also the time the first kids’ dash takes place. There will be an awards ceremony at 11 a.m. Last year 642 runners finished the half marathon and 292 completed the 10K. Far left: Palos Hills’ Nitin Bhojraj carries his son, Nayan across the finish line in 2013 while wearing a shirt with a photo of him carrying his son in the 2012 race. Left: The Andrew High School mascot gets a stretch in before last year’s race.
Where was Green’s family? OK, I lied again. I know I said these were in random order, but this is my second favorite story. Chicago’s Kailey Green won the women’s division in the 2015 10K race, but her family was not there to cheer her on. Her family was moving into a new house that weekend and just didn’t have time to come and watch Kailey run. The last time the Greens were in a house they called their own was Nov. 17, 2013, when a tornado ripped through their Washington, Illinois, home. “They rented a house while they rebuilt it,” Green said after the race. “I was home for Easter and got to see the new house, and it looks awesome. They are really excited to move in.’’ Green raised $1,300 in pledges for the South West Special Recreation Association.
MEET THE CHAMPS Southwest Half Marathon champions MEN 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cranking out history Orland Park’s John Cancialosi became the first cyclist to participate in the half marathon in 2015. The quadriplegic has had a rough life, but his optimism and sense of humor is something I will always remember. The 6-foot-7 racer said he had only one bad day in his life. That was July 4, 1982, when he took a dive that changed his life forever. “Just a tall guy in a short pool,” was how he succinctly described the accident. See VORVA, Page 3
Matthew Chesang Japeth N O Joy Matthew Chesang Benson Cheruiyot Robert Wambua Dan Kremske Ryan Guiliano Kyle Brady Ryan Guiliano
Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Woodstock Oakwood Hills Warrenville Oakwood Hills
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WOMEN Bridget Montgomery Alona Banai Jennifer Digiacomo Erin Moffett Doreen Kitaka Jacqui Giuliano Amanda Mirochna Kristen Heckert Wendy Jaehn
Chicago Oak Park Orland Park Chicago Kenya Oakwood Hills Naperville Bolingbrook Chicago
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Pamela McLeod Kailey Green Veronica Laureano
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Southwest 10K Run champions A huge police presence — complete with machine guns — was a part of the 2013 SW Half Marathon, weeks after the bombing at the Boston Marathon.
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Adrian Campbell Mark Luttrell Roberto Ortega
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CHICAGO FIRE ANALYSIS
Fire can’t cash in against Red Bulls By Jeff Vorva
CHICAGO FIRE AT L.A. GALAXY
Sports Editor
The bill just came for all of these Chicago Fire stars. The Fire is fourth in Major League Soccer in spending with a player payroll of $12,272,624, according to the league’s player’s union. Chicago is slightly below third-place Orlando ($12.4 million) and way behind second-place New York City ($17.4 million) and Toronto ($20.2 million). That’s a far cry from 20th, where the Fire was last year. Now that the Fire is up there with the big boys, thanks in part to bringing stars such as Bastian Schweinsteiger ($5.4 million) and Nemanja Nikolic ($1.7 million) to town, expectations will be a little higher. Make that a lot higher. It’s one thing to have a payroll near the end of the pack and have a mediocre season, but Fire officials turned up the heat by opening up their pocketbooks and anything less than a playoff appearance will likely not cut it. Six teams from the MLS Eastern Division will make the playoffs in the fall. Through eight games of the 34-game schedule, the Fire is 3-3-2, including Saturday night’s 2-1 road loss to the New York Red Bulls. The Fire, Atlanta and D.C. United are in a three-way tie for that sixth spot. The good news is that the Fire was active and some might argue outplayed the Red Bulls with a 14-10 shot advantage and a 5-3 shots-ontarget edge. The bad news is the Fire lost the game and is 0-3-1 away from Toyota Park, getting outscored 10-3 in those four games.
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WHEN: 9:30 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Stubhub Center, Carson, Calif. FIRE’S RECORD: 3-3-2 GALAXY’S RECORD: 2-5-1 NOTEWORTHY: Slumping Galaxy players thought they outplayed Philadelphia on Saturday but had only a 0-0 tie to show for it. Prior to that, the Galaxy gave up five goals in two losses.
This current three-game road trip is starting to undo all of the good of a 2-0-1 homestand that was started with the acquisition of Schweinsteiger. The German superstar is trying to stay optimistic. “I think Toronto (a 3-1 loss April 21) was a good game but I think today we deserved more,” he said after the match. “We had many opportunities to score goals; the last pass was not good enough. We didn’t use our chances. I think we had more shots, more possession. We were not sharp. We need to improve to control the game more, and more passes to find the free man. Today he was on the other side, we need to be a little more quicker on those things.” Nikolic scored in the 59th minute (his fifth goal in eight games) on a pass from Dax McCarty, who was making his first appearance at Red Bull Arena since he was traded to the Fire after six seasons in New York. The guy who has been nicknamed “The Ginger Ninja” by his teammates in New York had mixed emotions about his return. He signed countless autographs after the match. “I think I was really looking forward to it but now that it’s over it’s
Photo by Jeff Vorva
The Fire and Sebastian Schweinsteiger continue to get knocked down on the road.
even more of a relief, just to get it over with,’’ McCarty said. “Obviously, there was a lot of hoopla surrounding the game, a lot of stuff written, a lot of chatter. But I think you just have to go out on the field and try to get through it. “It’s emotional, obviously, it’s frustrating to not win. That’s the thing that I’m most upset about. You have to stick around after the game and sign all these autographs and you’re really pissed off inside that
you didn’t win the game. So, that’s something that’ll bother me, but we lost to a pretty good team. I thought the performance actually merited more than a loss. That’s the most frustrating part for me, but overall being back here was a good experience.” Bradley Weight-Phillips opened the scoring for the Red Bulls in the 37th minute and, after the Fire tied it up, Kemer Lawrence scored in the 71st minute for the winners.
PORTLAND 1, RED STARS 0
It’s not exactly the game of a Lifetime for the Red Stars By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
The Chicago Red Stars had a chance to show the nation what it has to offer and it didn’t offer much on offense. The Red Stars couldn’t put the ball in the net in a 1-0 road loss to Portland on Saturday in a game televised nationally on the Lifetime Network. Chicago fell to 1-2-0 on
the campaign and has scored just one goal in those three games. The defense did well as the lone score of the game came on a Nadia Nadim penalty kick in the 27th minute. Chicago outshot Portland (2-1-0) 14-9 and had five shots on goal, but none of them could get by goalkeeper Adrianna Franch. The Red Stars are tied for seventh in the 10-team NWSL with Kansas
City — the only team Chicago has beaten this year. The Red Stars will be able to show the nation it can generate some goals as they host Houston and Boston on Saturday and May 14 respectively on the Lifetime Network. Later in the season, they have Lifetime games against Washington (June 17), Orlando (July 22), at Houston (Sept. 23) and back at Portland (Sept. 30).
HOUSTON DASH AT CHICAGO RED STARS WHEN: 3 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Toyota Park, Bridgeview RED STARS’ RECORD: 1-2-0 HOUSTON’S RECORD: 2-1-0 NOTEWORTHY: The Red Stars can quickly get some revenge on the Dash, which won a 2-0 season-opener over Chicago on April 15 in Houston.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS SPRING TRAINING
Lis is more: Former Richards star is T-Bolts coach By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
Former Richards standout Erik Lis has been named hitting coach of the Windy City Thunderbolts. The three-time South Suburban Red all-conference player and a twotime all-state player hit .342 with 25 homers and 147 RBI in 165 games for the University of Evansville and was a ninth-round selection of the Minnesota Twins in 2005. For seven minor league seasons, he Lis hit .276 with 89 homers and 406 RBI in 672 games and was a postseason All-Star in 2006 and 2007. Lis, 33, played three years of independent ball and hit .277 with 28 homers and 125 RBI in 198 games. He was also a player/coach Joliet in 2012. He has also served as lead hitting instructor at the Baseball Institute. The spring training portion of the season started for the T-Bolts on April 26 and the regular season opens at 7:05 p.m. May 12 against Washington at Standard Bank Park in Crestwood. The roster is far from being finalized, but the T-Bolts will likely welcome a former top pick with the
White Sox. Keenyn Walker spent six years in the Sox organization. He was the Sox’s first pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, the 47th selection overall. Walker was named a top 10 prospect in the White Sox organization in both 2012 and 2013 by Baseball America. He had the top-rated outfield arm in their system in 2014 and was named their fastest baserunner in 2012 and 2013. He stole 204 bases in 605 career games, including a career-high 56 in 2012. Last year, with Double A Birmingham, Walker hit .240 with a .330 on-base percentage and 21 steals 95 games. A former Big Ten Player of the year will also likely be with the Windy City squad in 2017. David Kerian joins the ThunderBolts after two years playing for the low-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. He was a ninth-round draft pick in 2015 out of the University of Illinois, where he hit .316 over four years. In his senior season, he was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and a First Team All-American when he hit .367 with 16 home runs and 52 RBI. There will also be a player trying out for the team who made his name in the Midwest in football. Tyler Hunt returns to baseball this year after primarily playing football
Manager Ron Biga and Windy City will open its Frontier League Season on May 12. Photo by Jeff Vorva
for four years at the University of Missouri. He ran for 195 yards in his career, an average of 5.0 per carry, and one touchdown. He appeared in one game for the Missouri baseball team in 2016. He pitched for the Toronto Rush in the California Winter League and posted a 3.60 ERA in seven games. Fans may notice some improvements to the park as well. Two wooden pavilions have been added. One replaced the white tent in the left field picnic pavilion. This will allow for bigger sized groups to have cover during their outing. The second roof is down the right field line where the hot tub used to be. This new cover is part of the new
#WinCity Party Patio, which is an all-inclusive area with unlimited food, wine, and any beer in the ballpark. The protective netting behind home plate has been extended. The old set-up provided protection only between sections F through L, which was between the dugouts. The new net will extend through the sections behind the dugouts. Now sections D through N have foul ball protection. That is a total of 436 additional seats in the ballpark that will be protected from foul balls in the ballpark. All of the railing and steel façade of the ballpark will be repainted in its current green and the parking lot is scheduled to be repaved this summer.
SXU 3K runners are A-OK at Lewis University event Sports Editor
St. Xavier University’s 3K runners were in fine form on April 25. Three Cougars finished in the top four at the Lewis University Twilight event in Romeoville. Senior Ellie Willging won with a time of 10:04.18, while senior Nicole Maier (a Reavis graduate) and junior Sierra Downey (a Morton West and Morton College grad) took third (11:03.07) and fourth (11:17.38), respectively. Sophomore Jess Wittmayer won the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:58.59), junior Rachal Brooks (Mother McAuley) claimed second in the 200-meter dash (26.08), sophomore Deandra Stokes took fourth in the 1500-meter run (5:03.77) and sophomore Alex Lambros was fifth and set a school
pring rains along with warming soils provide conditions ideal for producing the fungi we call mushrooms and toadstools. These conditions are found in many places but generally favor wooded, shady and moist places. One would think that the loOUTDOORS cal Forest Preserves WITH of Cook JIM KIRBY County would be the ideal location for mushroom picking, and that is very true. But forget it. For some reason, mushroom picking is illegal in our forest preserves, something a group of us has been trying to change. What better way for a family to enjoy a day in the great outdoors than to forage for delicious takehome-to-eat mushrooms. I have never set out to pick wild mushrooms and have done so as a side benefit when spring fishing, turkey hunting or grouse hunting in northern Wisconsin when puffballs are the choice mushroom in the fall. I’m a natural born coward, not being able to tell the good mushrooms from the bad, poisonous ones. But I have gone along with friends who do know the difference. On those occasions I have agreed never to return to those areas or tell anyone about them. Mushroom pickers are very secretive about their favorite mushroom picking locations. No license is required for mushroom collecting in Illinois, but mushroom collectors always need landowner permission. On public sites, mushroom collectors must adhere to approved regulations and hours. For those folks just starting out mushroom picking, Bob and Susan Maciulis have some advice. They are publishers of the monthly Outdoor Notebook magazine, which is available by subscription or free at local bait and tackle and other outdoor dealers. They also offer many handy outdoor books including four books on mushroom picking for beginners ranging in price from $9.95 to $11.95 that can be ordered by calling 630-257-6534 or go to rmaciulis@ameritech.net.
Ducks Unlimited dinner On Wednesday, May 24, the Palos Ducks Unlimited dinner will be held at the Palos Country Club, 13100 Southwest Highway, Orland Park. Over the past 80 years Ducks Unlimited has conserved, restored and managed over 13.8 million acres of wetland habitat across our continent that benefits all wildlife, not just migratory fowl. DU continues to be the leader in wetland conservation. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. The live and silent auctions start at 8:30 p.m. The event includes raffles; open bar, dinner and bids on guns, sporting goods and prizes. A ticket includes dinner, attendance, a one-year membership in DU, and DU Magazine. For more information or to buy tickets online, visit http://IL.ducks.org or call Jim Rini at 708-558-5281 or Jim Mayer at 708-5571300. Hope to see you there. Incidentally, I’m the last survivor of the original founders of the chapter.
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By Jeff Vorva
Time for Cook Co. Forest Preserves to change thinking on mushroom picking
record and personal best in the triple jump (5.33 meters). “This was a perfect team performance to help get us ready for the conference championships,” said SXU coach Lisa Ebel, referring the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference meet in Joliet starting Friday. “I feel like we have progressed nicely throughout the outdoor season and will be ready to showcase what our team is capable of at conference.” The meet is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Joliet Memorial Stadium. Women’s golf: Taylor Thompson, the SXU female Athlete of the Year, is finishing up her career in style as she carded 82-82 at the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship last week at the Flossmoor Country Club. She finished second in the conference and the team took third.
Trinity Christian College Track: Both the women’s and men’s track teams competed in the inaugural Grace College Lancer Invitational over the weekend, and the women took first while the men placer second. Katie Moran had three first-place finished as she won in the long jump, triple jump and 4x100-meter relay team. Ashley Jourdan won the 1500-meter event. Nicole Syverson won the 5000. For the men, Keegan Fitzsimmons won the 5000.
Moraine Valley Men’s baseball: The Cyclones split with Waubonsee Community College on April 22 and took the nightcap 6-4 as Jonathan Hodo drove in three runs.
Hunting, fishing and trapping licenses have expired, so it’s time to renew! May 6: Spring bird count, statewide. May 10-June 30: Wildlife biologists conduct upland bird counts to monitor breeding populations. May 13: International Migratory Bird Day…DU will be following closely. May 15-19: Bike to Work Week. May 19: Endangered Species Day. May 20-26: National Safe Boating Week... let’s be careful out there! May 24: Palos Ducks Unlimited Dinner, see details above!
Three…two…one
The three big box outdoor, retail, catalog and mail order stores are Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s and Gander Mountain. Gander Mountain has filed for bankruptcy and is seeking a buyer. This leaves Bass Pro and Cabela’s, and Bass Pro is rumored to have made an offer to buy Cabela’s but is having trouble due to something called a monopoly. The three have played havoc with the local Ma-and-Pa bait and tackle and gun shops. Our area has lost four such stores in the last 10 years that just couldn’t compete with the Big Three.
Education courses Register for Hunter Safety Education and Boating Safety Education courses from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Check the IDNR website for class dates and locations. The website link for all IDNR Safety Education course information is www. dnr.illinois.gov/safety.
Think about it “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.” — Will Rogers, Circa 1935. Jim Kirby’s column runs every first and third Thursdays. E-mail him at kirbyoutdoors@ sbcglobal.net and share some of your outdoor experiences with or without photos. Comments, upcoming events and suggestions are welcome.
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Thursday, May 4, 2017 Section 2
FOCUS ON AREA SPORTS
Line by line: Another Eagle has shot at NFL
Hansen switches positions and remains one of best in the nation
Sandburg’s Feeney picked by Chargers in 3rd round of draft
By Jeff Vorva
a unique time to join a school with such a storied history and exciting vision for the future.” Last year, Oak Lawn native A resident of the Beverly Marc Hansen was named to the neighborhood and member of American Volleyball Coaches Christ the King parish, Nye Association All-America first also brings a strong coaching team as a junior. background to the Vikings This year, he made the sec- football team. ond team. He served as the To outsiders, that offensive line coach may sound like a and run game coordownturn from 2016, dinator for Montini, but the former Oak which won the 2015 Lawn Community IHSA 6A championHigh School star ship and was a finalchanged positions ist in 2014. Nye was and spent a lot of Brother Rice’s head time in the front row football coach for 13 Hansen this year after three seasons until 2012. years of mostly back He led the team to a row work. He had just 31 kills state semifinal appearance, and seven blocks in 75 career three state quarterfinal apmatches before moving to out- pearances and 10 state playoff side hitter this season. appearances. Hansen had 257 kills and “Coach Nye’s history of a .320 hitting percentage and winning football games comadded 32 blocks for Carthage plements our Viking tradition this season. He still found his well,” said St. Laurence coach way to make big plays in the Harold Blackmon. “As someback row as he racked up 147 one who knows the Chicago digs. Catholic League, I am confiCarthage was one of the top dent that he will help us build teams in the country in NCAA on our recent success.” Division III play but was Nye replaces coach Bobbie shocked in the semifinals of the Howard, who will coach at the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball sophomore level as he pursues League tournament and did not his master’s degree. receive a bid to the nationals, St. Laurence made it to the despite finishing 20-3. state semifinals two years in a row. The Vikings made it that Nye joins far in Class 5A in 2015 and St. Laurence staff Class 6A in 2017. Another coach with heavy Brother Rice ties was added to Soccer seedings The last time an area girls St. Laurence’s staff. Former Brother Rice foot- soccer team made it to the Illinois High School Asball coach Steve Nye sociation state tournawill serve as the Viment finals was 2010, kings’ defensive coorwhen Sandburg findinator and was hired ished second in Class as a dean of students. 3A. The move was anThe coaches around nounced shortly after the region are not conformer Brother Rice fident anyone will get basketball star Jim that far this year, if the Sexton was named as Nye seedings are any indithe Vikings’ basketcation. ball coach. At the Sandburg sectional Nye brings more than a quarter century of high school in Class 3A, the hosts drew teaching and administrative the third seed behind Lincolnexperience to the Burbank Way East and Andrew. Stagg is school. He comes to St. Lau- sixth, Mother McAuley eighth, rence from Montini Catholic Shepard 10th and Oak Lawn High School, where he helped 17th in the 17-team tournament. In Class 2A, Marist is hostrevamp the school’s disciplinary systems and procedures ing a sectional. The host Redas the school’s dean. He has Hawks are seeded third behind previously served as assis- Lemont and Tinley Park. Evtant athletic director and as- ergreen Park is seventh and sistant admissions director at Richards is eighth. York High School and Brother In Class 1A, Chicago ChrisRice. tian is seeded third in the Man“I’m thrilled about the op- teno Sub-Sectional and Queen portunity to join the St. Lau- of Peace is fourth out of nine rence family,” Nye said. “It is teams. Sports Editor
By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
Former Sandburg football star Dan Feeney joined a list of former linemen at the Orland Park school who could play in the NFL. Feeney, a 6-foot-4, 308-pound offensive lineman, was taken in the third round (71st overall) by the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday, and some pre-draft speculation was that he could play in the NFL his rookie season. Even though some experts thought he could go in the late first round, Feeney was still thrilled to get the phone call. It darn near killed him. “Jeez — it’s like your heart stops for a second,” he told Chargers.com managing editor Ricky Henne. “It almost skips a beat and you’re awestruck because all this hard work you put in paid off.’’ He also joked that if he has to get star quarterback Philip Rivers water, he would do it. The Chargers moving to Los Angeles from San Diego and the controversy that has come with it doesn’t dampen Feeney’s enthusiasm. “I’m stoked,” Feeney told reporters. “I’m definitely excited to go out to L.A. to be a Charger. It’s definitely a dream come true. Probably naturally, I’ll be an interior guy in the NFL. I think I showed my versatility where I showed I could go out and play tackle (his senior year at Indiana). I think it showed I’m adaptable, can adjust to changes and step up to the adversity.’’ Over the years, the Eagles have had a handful of offensive and defensive linemen play in the NFL, and currently Michael Schofield is an offensive lineman with Denver who started on the Broncos’ 2015-16 team. Former Eagles coach Dave Wierzal coached Schofield and Feeney. At first, the coach didn’t see Feeney as NFL material, but he changed his mind quickly when Feeney started playing in Bloomington, Ind. “Dan was a great young man to work with because he was so coachable and hardworking. He’s a very likable person, friendly and easy-going, but very hard working and intense when training, in practice or on game day,’’ Wierzal said. “I don’t think I thought the NFL was serious possibility until I went to a game his freshman year and saw how he looked as a starter in a Big Ten game. As a freshmen at IU, he was very good — not someone just trying to hang in there.’’ Feeney was an All-American by his junior year and there was a buzz that he could be drafted in 2016. But he opted to stay at Indiana one more year. He allowed one sack in 310 designed pass attempts this senior season after allowing none in 475 attempts his junior year. Wierzal had a tough time comparing Schofield and Feeney.
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Dan Feeney, a former Sandburg High School star, was taken third in the NFL draft.
“Comparing him to Mike is a tricky thing — their body types are so different,” the coach said. “Mike as a senior was 6-foot-7 and struggled to maintain his weight above 270. Dan, as a senior, was a shade over 6-3 and 303 pounds, and very solid. Mike was more athletic in some ways, but Dan had better footwork in some ways. “The things they had in common were their relationships with their teammates, their work ethics and their congenial personalities.’’ While Feeney was the lone local player drafted, there were a few others who have played against area teams throughout the years. Lemont’s Ethan Pocic (a center from LSU) went to Seattle in the second round (58th overall). St. Rita’s Kennny Golladay (a wide receiver from Northern Illinois University) was selected by Detroit in the third round. St. Rita’s Pat O’Connor (a defensive end from Michigan State) was selected by Detroit in the seventh round.
THE LINE-UP Some former Sandburg linemen (and the year they graduated) who have played in the NFL: Tom Toth Jeff Alm Jeff Roehl Michael Schofield
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Former Sandburg standout Michael Schofield has a Super Bowl ring as a member of the Denver Broncos.
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Left: The start of the half marathon is always crowded and full of anticipation. Above: Over the past nine years, the Southwest Marathon event has brought out many smiles.
Vorva
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Snipers and dogs The 2013 half marathon came weeks after the bombing at the Boston Marathon — an event that Diab ran, but he was out of harm’s way during the explosions. Thoughts of cancelling the Palos Heights race were briefly considered,
but organizers went ahead and held it with heavy police presence. Several law enforcement organizations teamed up for a day that saw cops with machine guns milling around the thousands of kids, runners and spectators at the race. There were snipers on the roofs of buildings along the race course and bomb-sniffing dogs present. Shortly before the race started, a helicopter from the Chicago Police Department made an appearance and buzzed around for a little while,
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A bandit entered the 10K race in 2015 and won it. The man claimed to be from Cicero and his name was Juan Munoz but he didn’t officially enter the race or pay the fee to run the race. This was kind of a badge of honor and dishonor. Diab said bandits usually show up at bigger events, so the Palos Heights race achieved a certain amount of respect for someone to
The DJ who entertained the crowd in 2015 got a little too edgy with the rap music and played some songs with R-rated language. That didn’t go over too well with Prestinario, who was still mad about it 26 days later during a post-race meeting. “I heard the ‘F’ word and some other
swear words,” Prestinario said. “It was bebop type of stuff and we were looking for higher-energy type of stuff. We can improve that for next year. Having swear words at a family event isn’t right.’’ What he meant to say was hip-hop and not bebop. But whatever “op” he meant to say, the next year I didn’t hear any swearing rap songs. Come to think of it, I didn’t hear any bebop music, either.
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Images of SXU teams playing for their playoff lives By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
In recent years, St. Xavier University’s softball team easily was one of the eight teams to make the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. The only drama was how high of a seed the Cougars would get.
Last year, the team finished second in the nation among NAIA Division II schools, but this year the Cougars are battling just to get into the conference tournament. It went down to the final four games including a doubleheader split with Cardinal Stritch on April 25 and a split with Calumet College of St. Joseph two days later. The seventh-seeded Cougars (22-24 overall, 11-
13 in the CCAC) open CCAC Tournament play at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) at second-seeded Olivet Nazarene. On the same day the softball team hosted Stritch, the baseball team was busy fighting for its postseason life as well. The Cougars split a doubleheader with neighbor rival Trinity Christian College. The first game was an 11-4 Cougars vic-
Pitcher Caroline Kuzel, a former Sandburg High School standout, picked up the firstgame victory against Cardinal Stritch on April 25.
St. Xavier’s Ryan Pellack bunts his way on in the nightcap of a doubleheader with Trinity Christian College on April 25. St. Xavier hurler Matthew McKenzie delivers against the Trolls.
Cougars third baseman Michael O’Sullivan tags out Trinity’s Tyler Sroczynski after the Trolls leadoff hitter tried to stretch a double into a triple
tory and it gave them a 13th conference win and assured the team it would make it to the CCAC tournament. Last year, the Cougars drew the fourth seed in the CCAC and won the tournament to earn an NAIA Division II World Series bid. Here are some images from the Cougars’ doubleheaders: Cougars hitter Lexxie Lux hits a liner against Cardinal Stritch in the first game of a doubleheader on April 25.
Photos by Jeff Vorva
St. Xavier third baseman Savannah Kinsella fights of a small dust storm on the SXU field. Between games of the doubleheader at St. Xavier, Trinity Christian’s Bryan Vanderlee and his teammates broke out the football for some catch.
St. Xavier’s Amanda Ruskowsky and an umpire are in step as the Cougars player heads into second base with a double.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE WATERFALL OLYMPIC MASTER FUND GRANTBANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE OR TRUST, SERIES II S/I/I BYLINE BANK F/K/A CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., NORTH COMMUNITY BANK SUCCESSOR ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-8 BY MERGER WITH METROBANK SUCCES- Plaintiff, SOR BY MERGER WITH METROPOLITAN -v.BANK AND TRUST COMPANY JOHN KAIM A/K/A JOHN A. KAIM, FIRSTSECURE BANK AND TRUST CO., TRUST #1-138 DTD Plaintiff, 3/26/96, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RE CORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES -v.- OF FIRSTSECURE BANK AND TRUST CO., LAURMEG SERVICES, L.L.C., JOSEPH P. TRUST #1-138 DTD 3/26/96 DAVID, MARTIN VARASANEC, LOUIS MICELI, Defendants VILLAGE OF OAK LAWN, VILLAGE OF JUS14 CH 13588 TICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD 10749 SOUTH CHRISTA COURT PALOS HILLS, IL CLAIMANTS 60465 NOTICE OF SALE Defendants PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in 12 CH 38743 the above cause on January 10, 2017, an agent for 10114-16 S. PULASKI ROAD The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on Oak Lawn, IL 60453 May 30, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, NOTICE OF SALE – COUNT I IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that real estate: pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Commonly known as 10749 SOUTH CHRISTA entered in the above cause on April 11, 2017, an COURT, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at Property Index No. 23-14-400-076-0000. 10:30 AM on May 17, 2017, at The Judicial Sales The real estate is improved with a white, brick, Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, single family, two car attached garage. CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certihighest bidder, as set forth below, the following fied funds at the close of the sale payable to The described real estate: Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or Commonly known as 10114-16 S. PULASKI wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. ROAD, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the Property Index No. 24-10-413-050-0000. sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose The real estate is improved with a multi-family rights in and to the residential real estate arose residence. prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by cerspecial taxes levied against said real estate and is tified funds at the close of the sale payable to The offered for sale without any representation as to Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks quality or quantity of title and without recourse to will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or Plaintiff and in \�AS IS\� condition. The sale is further wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. subject to confirmation by the court. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purresidential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the chaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or othentitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate er lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose after confirmation of the sale. rights in and to the residential real estate arose The property will NOT be open for inspection and prior to the sale. The subject property is subject plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition to general real estate taxes, special assessments, of the property. Prospective bidders are admonor special taxes levied against said real estate and ished to check the court file to verify all information. is offered for sale without any representation as to If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser quality or quantity of title and without recourse to of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the subject to confirmation by the court. legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the is a condominium unit which is part of a common purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay after confirmation of the sale. the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1). The property will NOT be open for inspection and IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNplaintiff makes no representation as to the condition ER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN of the property. Prospective bidders are admonPOSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ished to check the court file to verify all information. AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortYou will need a photo identification issued by a govgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal ernment agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in fees required by The Condominium Property Act, order to gain entry into our building and the fore765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property closure sale room in Cook County and the same is a condominium unit which is part of a common identification for sales held at other county venues interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay foreclosure sales. the assessments required by The Condominium For information: Visit our website at service. Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOne North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, OWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF file number 8564. AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at You will need a photo identification issued by a www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending government agency (driver’s license, passport, sales. etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the I720010 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: LATIMER LEVAY FYOCK, LLC, 55 W MONROE SUITE 1100, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 422-8000 Please refer to file number 96000-74.
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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.INGA WIKAR A/K/A INGA GRIGAITE, TIMBERS IN PALOS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, RICHARD WIKAR A/K/A RICHARD WICKAR Defendants 15 CH 09191 8245 POPLAR LANE APT D 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 November 29, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 30, 2017, 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 8245 POPLAR LANE APT D, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-200-021-1244. The real estate is improved with a red brick, condo, attached one car 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 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. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 12186. 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. I720014
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The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, is offering several events in the days ahead. Many classes will be held outdoors, or in The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, part of The Center. For more information, or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650. • Saturday-morning bird watching begins on May 6, from 8 to 10 a.m. Avid birder Dan Morley will lead four Saturday mornings of bird watching at the height of the spring bird migration season. The Center woods serve as a stopover site for migrating warblers and songbirds on their way north to their summer breeding grounds. In past springs, scarlet tanagers, orioles, grosbeaks and a multitude of warblers have been spotted near The Center. Participants should wear sturdy hiking shoes for spring mud. Program fee is $20 ($5 each Saturday). • A nature photography session will be held on four Saturdays, beginning May 6, from 9 to 11 a.m. Photographer Rick Steffen will teach the basic tools and techniques of photography. Participants can bring in any type of camera, and he will demonstrate how to use it more easily and effectively. He will demonstrate and share his strategies for composing outdoor pictures, getting the right exposure on each shot and how to look for subject matter in nature. The class costs $68. Students registered in the class are also invited as guests to attend the bird walks starting at 8 a.m. each Saturday. Those interested are asked to mention the bird walks when registering. • A Mother’s Day card workshop is set for 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday May 6. Instructor Lauria Vargas will help students create “a special one-of-a-kind card for mom so beautiful it could be hung on the wall as a piece of art,” according to a publicity blurb. Workshop fee is $8.50 plus a $2 materials fee. The workshop is open to all ages, but children under age 12 must be accompanied by an adult. • The Center Singers will perform their annual spring concert at both Vespers services at the Wayside Chapel at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7. Music will include the languages of Italian, Spanish, Swahili, Hebrew, French and Latin. • The Center’s 12th Annual Ladies Spring Tea is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday May 7 in the Great Hall of The Center’s Lodge. Participants “will enjoy floral arrangements, a delicious assortment of teas and tea party foods, and actress Pat Hofmann presenting a tribute to the fancy hats and great works of ladies auxiliaries through the ages,” according to a publicity blurb. Tickets are $32 each and must be purchased in advance. • A “Shanta: Women of Spirit, Women of Power” luncheon runs from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 9. Shanta “encircles her audience in an unforgettable experience of creativity and culture. Her performances feature not only stories, but also poetry, chants and the spell-binding sound of African instruments,” according to a statement from The Center. Cost is $22. • A lapidary workshop for teens is set for three Wednesday nights--5 to 6:30 p.m.--beginning May 10. Instructor Larry Rothenberg invites teens to learn to use the lapidary wheels to make smooth polished stones from rough pieces of rock, revealing colors and patterns to make oneof-a-kind jewelry pieces. Class fee is $45. • “Laughter Circle” will start at 6 p.m. Wednesday May 10. Laughter leader Kathy O’Brien, R.N., brings laughter and all its benefits to the Laughter Circle, a group for people who want to laugh! Beneficial laughs will come not from jokes or comedy routines but rather from laughter for the sake of laughter, reducing stress, alleviating pain, strengthening the immune system and even fostering interpersonal cooperation. The cost each month of participating in the Laughter Circle is $5, which Kathy donates to The Center. • A “Bird’s Nest Charm Necklace Workshop” runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday May 12. Instructor Liz Credio will help students create handmade gifts in time for Mother’s Day. Students will make two organically shaped bird’s nest charm necklaces, using silver-plated copper wire and copper wire using a wire weaving technique. Each person will choose different
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Bill Nye, science educator and TV personality, signs autographs at Book People on March 12, 2017.
Bill Nye on New Netflix show’s subject matter: ‘Science Is Political’ By Joe Otterson Bill Nye has never been afraid to speak his mind. His new Netflix series, “Bill Nye Saves the World,” sees the popular scientist and performer tackle a wide range of hot-button issues, from climate change to alternative medicines. “Science is political,” Nye told Variety. “It has always been political. Just don’t go thinking that politics is the same as partisan. What we have are laws and regulations informed and shaped by laws and facts we discover in nature. But what’s happened the last few years is people have gotten it in their heads that if you just believe something hard enough it’s as good as scientific facts or theories. In science, of course, a theory is something that allows Shanta will present “Women of Spirit, Women of Power” at a Center luncheon. you to make predictions.” The series marks Nye’s longawaited return to his own TV series since first emerging as a Spring tea picture from the Lodge.
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household name in the 1990s as the creator and star of the Emmy Award-winning syndicated television show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” which ran for five seasons and introduced millennial audiences to science and engineering. “It’s always a good time to return to television,” he said. “I really like being on television, I like performing, and nowadays I have become an informal pundit. People ask me questions about climate change and science at large and I really enjoy that.” The series is a talk show of sorts, with Nye doing science demonstrations in front of a studio audience along with taped segments and a live panel discussion with a range of experts. “On my way to this point, I had done a lot of television and I had done stand up comedy,” he said. “And I think deep within us as stand-up comics, there is a desire to have a talk show. So when the opportunity presented
itself I was really excited. It’s the coolest thing ever. And you want to use your strengths. So we have science demonstrations as part of the monologue, then the panel, then comedy pieces or video pieces that are funny, or intended to be funny. Let’s go with that: intended to be funny. But everyone involved thought this was a cool idea so we hired half comedy writers and half science writers.” The series also includes a segment called “Bill Needs a Minute,” in which Nye goes on an impassioned, science-based rant about whatever topic is being covered in a particular episode. “That happened a few times in the writers’ meeting,” he said. “I would stop and say, ‘Look guys, this is important,’ and I would just go off on a rant. And I’m not entirely sure who but someone said, ‘Bill, you need a minute.’ And the showrunner, Michael Naidus, thought that was fabulous and so we did that.”
OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST By Jeraldine Saunders
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charms and little eggs (beads) to personalize creations. Workshop fee is $13 plus a $15 materials fee per person. The workshop is open to those age 10 and up.
Bridge Teen Center provides free events
The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Ct., Orland Park, is offering several free events for teens in seventh through 12th grade during the upcoming week. For more information, call (708) 532-0500. • A Cinco de Mayo celebration is set for 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 5. There will be music, games, and a live performance by The Magnifiers. Free food samples will be provided by Culver’s of Orland Park. • “Journalism: Writing Feature Stories” is scheduled for 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 9. Students will hear from a journalist and editor about what it’s like to write for a mass audience. • “Sock Craft” runs from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 9. Students will make a unique sock craft. • “Ultimate Frisbee” is set for 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10. Students are invited to play a fast-paced combination of football and Frisbee with other ultimate players. Participants will travel in The Bridge Bus to Veterans Park, 7721 W. Wheeler Drive,
Orland Park. • An antique car workshop will be held 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 10. Students will learn how to rebuild and reinstall engine parts from a 1928-1931 Ford. • “Culinary: DIY Coffee Syrups” is scheduled for 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, Students will learn how to make DIY coffee syrups with ingredients that they already have at home. • “Project Give: Moms in Need” is set for 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, May 11. Students will find out how a local organization helps moms who are struggling; and then create gifts just for Mother’s Day. • “Soul Cafe: Being a 3rd Wheel with Zaborac Counseling” runs from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11. Students will learn how to handle being a “third wheel” when they are with friends. • “Banana Bonanza” is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, Students are invited to a banana-themed night with games, karaoke and open mic. Free food samples will be provided by TruGurt. This is a “high school after hours night.” Students in seventh and eighth grades may stay until 10:30 p.m., but high school students are invited to stay until midnight.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep it clean to remain serene. In the week ahead you may excel at organizational duties. Exercise personal discipline to put things in order, straighten out closets, or finish up a hobby project so you can put it away. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Schemes and dreams may gnaw at the seams of your consciousness. You may build up the momentum to begin something of great value by the end of the week. Don’t change your goals or alter objectives. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Force yourself to forgive those who disappoint or betray your trust. You might yearn for excitement or a change of pace as this week unfolds, but your greatest pleasure may come from being with those you love. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You shouldn’t mix business with pleasure in the week ahead. Your fantasies might be fabulous but you shouldn’t share them with a co-worker, business contact, or
anyone you don’t know very well and trust completely. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Warm up your engines. By the end of the week your ambitions could be ready to take off like a race car. New contacts and acquaintances could offer feasible ideas about investment strategies or add to your list of hobbies. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Snap judgments from the past could snap at your heels in the week ahead. Your assessment of people and situations could be slightly impaired. Your judgment about finances and purchases, however, could be better than usual. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Presenting a façade of sweetness and light might endear you to some. Some people, however, may not be impressed. As the week unfolds show you have some solid experience and talents to go along with your social skills. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do it by the book. If you bend the rules you might risk serious criticism. In the week ahead you may be able to get away from the grindstone if you hold up your part of a bargain, meet deadlines, or
exceed quotas. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Something borrowed, something new, might make you blue. As this week begins you may have some great ideas but you should not impulsively try them on for size. Wait until the end of the week to make key changes. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you rub the lamp the genie may refuse to go back to the bottle. The ideas you make known to others could have unexpected or costly consequences early this week. Take your time about making irrevocable decisions. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t compare apples to oranges in the week ahead. By comparing yourself to others you may only be aware of what you lack. Unexpected demands on your piggy bank could cause you to act on an impulsive idea. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your week ahead might be enhanced by paying attention to lessons of the past. Avoiding complications might consist of something as minor as stopping at a red light and looking both ways after it turns green.
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:
“A DOG’S PURPOSE”: The subject of much discussion while it was in theaters because of a video that allegedly showed animal abuse on the set — but ultimately determined to have been edited — this seriocomic story, directed by Lasse Hallstrom (“The Cider House Rules”) and based on W. Bruce Cameron’s same-named novel, traces the multiple lives of a canine that is reincarnated several times in the path to finding its true place in the world. Josh Gad voices the dog, with KJ Apa (“Riverdale”) and Britt Robertson (“The Space
Between Us”) as the younger incarnations of two of the animal’s owners. Dennis Quaid and Peggy Lipton play those characters in later years, with Juliet Rylance, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Pooch Hall also in the human cast. *** (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THE COMEDIAN”: Though some may deem this Robert De Niro’s return to familiar turf, given his famous role in “The King of Comedy,” this Taylor Hackforddirected comedy-drama casts him not as a hopeful but as a veteran comic who’s struggling to stay relevant. After a run-in with an audience member, his sentence to perform community service introduces him to a woman (Leslie Mann) who might prove as much a salvation to him as he is to her. The impressive cast also includes Danny DeVito, Patti LuPone, Edie Falco, Harvey Keitel, Billy Crystal and Cloris Leachman. Among
actual comedians who turn up in the film are Hannibal Buress, Jimmie Walker, Brett Butler, Richard Belzer and Gilbert Gottfried. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; deleted scenes; AFI Fest panel session. *** (R: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “GOLD”: Matthew McConaughey certainly effects a much different physical look in this fact-inspired story from Stephen Gaghan (the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Traffic”) of a modern gold prospector who seeks his claim to riches in Indonesia. In tandem with a geologist (Edgar Ramirez, “The Girl on the Train”), he leaves his girlfriend (Bryce Dallas Howard) behind and sets off in search of wealth ... which the hunters actually find, but being able to hold onto it once they return to New York is another story. Corey Stoll (“House of Cards”), Bruce Greenwood and Continued on page 8
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VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN Continued from page 7 Stacy Leach also appear. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; audio commentary by Gaghan; deleted scene. ** (R: AS, N, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “RINGS”: Naomi Watts isn’t at the heart of this chapter, but the third thriller in the series that began with “The Ring” — and was adapted from a Japanese horror franchise — casts Matilda Lutz as one of the latest people affected by a lethal videotape (yes, a VCR still comes into play here). Johnny Galecki (“The Big Bang Theory”), Aimee Teegarden
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(“Friday Night Lights”), Alex Roe and Lizzie Brochere (“Falling Water”) play others who come to regret having seen what they view on the tape, with Bonnie Morgan as the human manifestation of the terrifying imagery. Vincent D’Onforio also is featured. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
COMING SOON:
“FIFTY SHADES DARKER” (May 9): Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) has conditions for meeting Christian Grey’s (Jamie Dornan) desire to get back into her life. (R and unrated versions: AS, N, P)
“ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: SEASON FOUR” (May 9): Piper (Taylor Schilling) finds herself in very direct peril from other Litchfield inmates in this round of the seriocomic Netflix series. (Not rated: AS, P, V) “RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER” (May 16): Milla Jovovich is back one more time as Alice, trying to prevent the undead from erasing the last vestiges of mankind. (R: P, GV) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.
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‘No spring chicken’: Make this seasonal poultry dish, pronto By Wolfgang Puck Thinly pounded slices of meat or poultry can become one of the most versatile ingredients in your cooking repertoire. Probably the dish for which my native Austria is most famous, for example, is Wiener schnitzel, literally “Viennese slice” — a thinly pounded piece of meat that, in the style popular in the Austrian capital, is coated with breadcrumbs and deep-fried. Other kinds of schnitzel might be sauteed, like the “Holsteiner” schnitzel, garnished with caper butter, anchovies and a fried egg. Dishes based on cutting, pounding and cooking thin slices don’t end there. The French have various kinds of escalopes, the English their cutlets. And in Italy, similar dishes are referred to as scaloppini, a preparation of which I’ve long been a fan, growing up as I did not far from the northeastern Italian border. This leads me at last to the following recipe. It’s a perfectly light main dish for a springtime supper: chicken scaloppini with lemon butter. You’ll be surprised by how quickly you can put this elegant, delicious chicken dish on your dinner table. Prepping the scaloppini is surprisingly simple. Start by purchasing boneless, skinless chicken breast halves. Then, cut each one in half crosswise, with the knife blade at a 45-degree angle to help achieve as uniform a thickness as possible for each half; and, one piece at a time, place in a heavy-duty plastic bag and pound the chicken with a meat mallet or the bottom of a small, heavy pan until you’ve flattened it to a uniform 1/4- to1/3-inch (6-to-8-mm) thickness. From that point on, the cooking of such thin pieces happens very quickly, and the rich, lemony pan sauce that finishes the dish couldn’t be easier to make. The preparation’s versatility doesn’t end there either. You can simply change the deglazing liquid to Marsala or Sherry or another fortified or regular wine, or to a different kind of citrus juice, or to broth enriched with a touch of cream, and you’ll wind up with a wide range of other delicious dishes. Or change up the recipe even more by substituting pork, lamb, veal, or turkey breast. The accompaniment offers yet another opportunity for variety too. Many people like to serve the scaloppini with rice or mashed potatoes to soak up every last drop of the sauce. Sauteed spinach, buttered noodles or a simple salad would be delicious too. With one simple technique, you can dramatically expand your options for what to serve to for dinner. And whatever creative choices you make, your delicious meal will be ready to serve in less than half an hour, leaving you so much more time to enjoy the pleasures of springtime.
CHICKEN SCALOPPINI WITH LEMON BUTTER Serves 4 • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, each 5 to 6 ounces (150 to 185 g), cut crosswise and diagonally into 2 equal pieces • 4 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil, plus extra to coat chicken breasts • Kosher salt • Freshly ground white pepper • 1/2 cup (125 mL) allpurpose flour • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus extra as needed, chilled and cut into pieces • 3/4 cup (185 mL) dry white wine • 1/4 cup (60 mL) fresh lemon juice • 2 teaspoons honey • 2 1/2 tablespoons drained capers • Good-quality canned chicken broth, or water, if needed • Chopped fresh Italian parsley (optional garnish) Coat the chicken breasts with a little oil. Place 2 halves, spaced apart, in a large heavy-duty plastic bag. With a meat mallet or the bottom of a heavy small saucepan, gently flatten the pieces to scaloppini 1/4 to 1/3 inch (6 to 8 mm) thick. Repeat with the remaining halves. Arrange the scaloppini on parchment paper. Season on both sides with salt and pepper. Dust very lightly on both sides with flour. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a heavy large skillet over high heat. Add the scaloppini, working in batches to avoid overcrowding. Cook until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side, turning once and adding a little butter as needed to prevent sticking. Transfer to a platter. Repeat with the remaining oil and chicken. Spoon excess fat from the skillet. Add the wine, stir and scrape with a wooden spoon to deglaze the pan deposits, and simmer until the liquid has reduced to a glaze. Add the lemon juice, honey and capers. Bring to a boil and gradually whisk in 6 tablespoons of butter. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Whisk in a little broth or water, if needed, to reach a thick but fluid sauce consistency. Return the scaloppini to the pan and turn them to coat with the sauce. Transfer to a platter or individual plates, with a salad or another accompaniment of your choice. Spoon the sauce over and around the chicken and garnish with parsley.
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