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THE REGIONAL NEWS Named best small weekly in Illinois five times by the Illinois Press Association

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Serving Palos, Orland and Worth townships and neighboring communities

76th Year, NO. 35 • 2 Sections

PALOS HEIGHTS

Lady luck wins biggest-ever Illinois jackpot Resident grosses $393 million; earmarks some for charity

By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor

The largest Illinois lottery jackpot in history belongs to a Palos Heights woman, whose winning ticket reaped $393 million.

Patricia Busking beat the odds of one-in-258 million, according to Illinois Lottery officials, to become a very, very wealthy person by matching six numbers on a Mega Millions ticket purchased in town, not far from where she lives.

Let’s pause to consider $393 million. That’s the kind of coin that rebuilds long stretches of highway, the kind of scratch that would have easily funded the construction of the most expensive new building

Photo from the Illinois Lottery’s Facebook page

project in Chicago in all of 2016 (a 67-story luxury high-rise in Streeterville, One Bennett Park, at an estimated $248 million).

Or how about purchasing an island called Cave Cay in the Bahamas, currently for sale at a measly asking price of $60 million? Heck, at that price why not get a few more?

Busking’s intentions, however, are a bit more humble.

“We plan to share the winnings with our family and friends, and we’re very excited to donate to charities that are near and dear to our hearts,” she said last Friday as she and her husband, Joe,

Patricia and Joe Busking, along with Illinois Lottery Directory Greg Smith, hold an oversized, ceremonial check in the amount $393 million, the largest single payout in Illinois Lottery history. Pat won a Mega Millions drawing earlier this month.

See LOTTERY, Page 2

PALOS HEIGHTS

Current, former mayors reflect at conference

By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor

Although their tenures were consecutive, the current and a past mayor of Palos Heights had plenty of notes to compare Friday night as they reflected on their respective terms in office.

Bob Straz and Dean Koldenhoven were among approximately 240 guests at the 35th Anniversary Celebration of the Southwest Conference of Mayors (SCM) held at Georgios Banquets in Orland Park. The event brought together many current elected officials as well as some former office holders, along with family, special guests

Photo by Dermot Connolly

St. Laurence High School seniors Mary Shirazi (from left), Dan Carroll and Ashley Murphy talked about their first few days as the first co-ed class at the Burbank school.

Boys, girls forge their future at St. Laurence Local high school begins co-ed transition

By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer

There was a big change at St. Laurence High School in Burbank when the fall semester began last week. Girls are now enrolled for the first time in the history of the 56-year-old school, which draws students from many southwest suburban communities including Palos Heights and Orland Park. By all accounts, the co-ed transition is going smoothly.

The change came after St. Laurence opened its doors to more than 140 sophomores, juniors and seniors from neighboring Queen of Peace High School, which closed its doors in June.

So now, instead looking across the parking lot at each other, the girls and boys are now walking the same halls.

Mike Madera, director of communications at St. Laurence, noted that this year the boys and girls are in separate classes for core courses, such as English, math and science. But some elective courses are co-ed.

Next fall, the school will start accepting both boys and girls as freshmen. St. Laurence’s plan for the next two years is to educate freshmen and sophomores as separately as possible under one roof before moving them into co-educational classes as juniors and seniors. It will be a few years before all classes are fully co-ed.

“My big concern was whether the environment in the school

and other invitees.

Straz is a vice president of the organization. He delivered the evening’s invocation and introduced past and president dignitaries during the ceremonies.

SCM is made up of 21 southwest suburban communities, with a mission of working together for the betterment of the entire southwest suburban area. Attendees from The Regional’s coverage area, in addition to Straz and Koldenhoven, included Mayor Keith Pekau and former Mayor John McLaughlin from Orland Park, as well as Mayor John Mahoney from Palos Park.

See MAYORS, Page 2

Photo by Anthony Caciopo

Dean Koldenhoven (left), mayor of Palos Heights from 1997 to 2001, talks with the city’s current Mayor Bob Straz at the Southwest Conference of Mayors 35th Anniversary Celebration last Friday.

See ST. LAURENCE, Page 2

Alleged attempted abduction of school girl prompts community alert

By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer

Police and school officials are cautioning local residents to be alert after a fifth-grade student at Palos East School in Palos Heights told her parents that two men tried to lure her toward their car when she got off the school bus near her home in Palos Hills last Friday afternoon.

Palos 118 Schools Superintendent Dr. Anthony M. Scarsella informed parents and posted a statement about the incident on the school district website Monday. In it, he said that two men in a red Ford Mustang attempted to lure a fifth-grade Palos East student toward their car by offering candy and an iPhone after she got off the school bus on her way home following dismissal on Friday. He

said the incident happened at the corner of Moraine Drive and Cour D’Alene in Palos Hills.

“The student was unharmed and reported the incident to school administrators (on Monday) morning,” said the superintendent. “School administrators immediately filed a police report and have asked for continued police presence in this area during all pick-up and drop-off times.”

“Now that school has started, I am asking parents to remember to be vigilant at bus stops and immediately report any suspicious activity to local police. Please remember to talk with your children to reinforce important safety tips regarding strangers. All Palos 118 bus drivers are aware of the incident that occurred on Friday and will be keeping a close eye on students at bus stops. Student safety remains our top priority

and I thank you in advance for working with us to ensure students remain safe traveling to and from school,” said Scarsella.

Palos East Elementary School, located at 7700 W. 127th St., in Palos Heights, draws students from Palos Heights, Palos Park and Palos Hills. And Palos Park Police Chief Joe Miller said on Tuesday that his officers are also paying particular attention to areas around bus stops where students

are being picked up and dropped off before and after school.

“We have no more information than what was provided in the notice from the superintendent.

But our officers will be paying attention. Watching cars and traffic around bus stops when schools are in session is always a priority for us anyway. We don’t have sidewalks in Palos Park, so children’s safety is always a concern, as they get on and off buses,” said Miller.

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POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS DUI Michael J. Trybula, 18, of Worth, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 3:25 p.m.

Aug. 21, in the 6600 block of West 127th Street. Police said he was also cited for aggravated speeding, 68 mph in a 35-mph zone, and driving without insurance. He is due in court on Sept. 13.

Outstanding warrants Jacob J. Kramer, 32, of Bridgeview, was arrested on two outstanding warrants following a traffic stop at 8:11 a.m. last Thursday, in the 12000 block of South Ridgeland Avenue. Police said the warrants were for failing to appear in court. He was also cited for a registration violation and was issued a summons to appear in court on Sept. 27.

Suspended license Delonte J. Brown, 35, of Robbins, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 1:56 p.m. Saturday, in the 6400 block of West Route 83. Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance, and having no rear plate light. He is due in court on Sept. 27.

Karyn A. Rahal, 41, of Orland Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 12:42 a.m.

Monday, in the 11900 block of Southwest Highway. Police said she was also cited for improper stopping/standing in the roadway and driving without insurance. She is due in court on Oct. 5. David C. Matthews, 20, of Blue Island, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 3:44 a.m. Aug. 23, in the 12400 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for failure to dim headlights.

He is due in court on Sept. 13.

Mohammad Yassin, 24, of Berwyn, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 4 a.m. last Thursday, in the 12300 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for speeding 57 mph in a 35-mph zone, and driving without insurance. He is due in court on Sept. 13.

Retail theft Police are investigating a reported retail theft that occurred at 8:09 p.m. Sunday, at Walgreens, 12659 S. Ridgeland Ave. According to staff, an unidentified male offender left the store with numerous items he had not paid for.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK Sex offender registration Frederick Lewis, 56, of Blue island, was charged with felony failure to register as a sex offender following a traffic stop at 8:22 p.m. Aug. 21 in the 12200 block of South Will-Cook Road. Police said he was also charged with driving with a suspended license, and fleeing or eluding police because he drove from 123rd Street and Wolf Road with police attempting to pull him over. Lewis was also cited for disobeying a traffic control device, possession of drug paraphernalia after a crack pipe was found in his possession. Court information was not available.

Possession of cannabis Serafin C. Galvan, 20, of Chicago, was charged with possession of cannabis following a traffic stop at 9:28 p.m. Aug. 16, in the 11900 block of Southwest Highway. Police said 21.6 grams of cannabis were found in the glove box of the car. He was also cited for driving without a front license plate, and having no rear registration plate light.

Suspended license Karen S. Vogel, 59, of Orland Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 10:01 p.m.

Aug. 17, at Wild Cherry South and LaGrange Road. Police said she was also cited for having only one working headlight. She is due

Photos by Dermot Connolly

Rummaging for treasures at The Center’s sale in Palos Park

Top: Bargain shoppers had a lot to choose from at The Center’s 16th Annual Rummage Sale, held last weekend at The Children’s Farm, 12300 Southwest Highway. A wide variety of donated items were on sale, with all funds raised going toward the many programs sponsored by The Center and The Farm. Left: Volunteers Blanche Sanders (left) of Palos Park, and Lois Duran of Palos Heights, enjoyed a chat during a break from their duties of keeping things organized during last few hours of the sale. “We had great weather for it this year,” said Sanders, whose son, David Sanders, is executive director of The Center. “And we got a lot of donations to sell too,” said Duran. Right: Chicago Ridge Trustee Jack Lind, with his wife, Renee (center), and sister-in-law, Beth Lind, looked over the ski equipment for sale.

Lottery

Continued from Page 1 received a ceremonial, oversized check from Illinois Lottery officials at the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.

Busking had purchased a five-dollar Mega Millions ticket at Nick’s Barbecue restaurant, 12658 S. Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights.

Not long before midnight on Friday, August 11, her ship came in when the winning numbers were announced on the lottery’s website.

The morning after the drawing, her husband caught news on the radio stating that the winning ticket had been sold at Nick’s. Unbeknownst to the Buskings, the media had already descended on the local eatery, abuzz with word that the winning ticket had been

in court on Oct. 3.

Mayte Ileana Ocampo, 24, of Blue Island, was charged with driving with suspended license following a traffic stop at 1:36 a.m. Aug. 22, in the 12900 block of South LaGrange Road. Police said she was also cited for driving without insurance and disobeying a traffic control device. She is due in court on Oct. 3.

Adam L. Elmosa, 18, of Palos Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 7:12 p.m. Aug. 22, in the 10300 block of West 125th Street. Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance and not having a front Continued from Page 1 registration plate. He is due in court on Oct. 3. was going to change. But the first couple of days went really well,” said Dan Carroll, a senior from Unlawful transportation Orland Park, who serves as parliaof weapon mentarian of the Student Council.

Wesam Khalid Jaber, 20, of Oak “I’m still in class with my friends, Lawn, was issued a local ordinance and we had a few events over violation for unlawful transpor- the summer so I have been able tation of a weapon following a to meet and make friends with traffic stop at 12:08 a.m. Aug. 17, some of the girls, too.”

Carroll said the process of bringat Route 83 and Autobahn Drive.

Police said a plastic spring-loaded ing the students together began last pistol without a case was found spring, so everyone had time to in the car. He is due at a hearing get used to it. He added that the boys also were warned to watch in village hall on Sept. 6. their language and not act inappropriately around the girls.

Seniors Mary Shirazi of Orland Park, and Ashley Murphy of Chicago’s Clearing neighborhood, both said they were grateful that St. Laurence decided to open its Street at 5:09 p.m. Aug. 7. The doors to Queen of Peace students, vehicle was turned over to his wife, and Slaughter was due in court yesterday in Bridgeview.

St. Laurence

POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Charge two with driving drunk Orland Park police charged Matthew J. Koruba, 23, of Orland Park, with DUI, illegal transportation of alcohol and speeding after they curbed his car near 167th Street and 108th Avenue at 11:34 p.m. July 28. His vehicle was spotted traveling at 78 mph, 33 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. A search of the car yielded two water bottles containing whiskey, police added.

The vehicle was towed and impounded. The police report did not include a court date.

Chicago Ridge resident Zackery A. Roberson, 23, was charged with DUI, illegal transportation of alcohol and improper lane usage after police stopped his SUV near 143rd Street and Claridge Court at 10:48 p.m. Aug. 4. A search of the vehicle yielded an open Monaco-brand cocktail, according to the police report. The SUV was towed and impounded, and Roberson is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Sept. 8.

Police say man drove while on cellphone Police charged Country Club Hills resident Jeremiah C. Slaughter, 30, with driving while using an electronic communications device, as well as driving on a suspended license, after they curbed his car in the 9100 block of West 159th

Mayors

Money counter charged with stealing money Dolton resident Taylor J. Atwater, 18, was charged with stealing cash from her employer, Sears in Orland Square Mall. She was detained by security staff at 5:57 p.m.

Aug. 7 and arrested by police.

Store security said Atwater started working for Sears in mid-June, and that part of her duties included counting cash from registers.

They said that on three different dates, she stole a total of $762 from five different registers. She was charged with one felony count of theft, and she was due at a bond hearing on Aug. 8.

Charge Oak Park woman with retail theft Oak Park resident Zivile Saloniniene, 43, was charged with retail theft after she allegedly stole five items of women’s clothing worth a total of $518 from Macy’s in Orland Square Mall at 3:57 p.m. Aug. 11. A charge of possession of a controlled substance was added after police searched Saloniniene and found 26 pills in her purse, according to the police report. Police declined to say what substance the pills were. She was due at a bond hearing on Aug. 12.

Continued from Page 1 With a live band warming up the crowd during the cocktail reception hour, Straz and Koldenhoven took time away from their tables and recalled a more tumultuous time in Palos Heights politics not too many years ago.

“I went to one of your (city council) meetings, Dean,” said Straz, who said he was probably present at that time in connection with the chamber of commerce.

“I saw two young boys in the crowd who I knew from St. Al’s (Elementary School) and Marist (High School) and I said, ‘What are you doing here?’ They replied, ‘Mr. Straz, we came here to see the fights’.”

“They (the council) attacked him for everything,” recalled Straz.

“There was no harmony because there was a faction against Dean no matter what he did.”

Koldenhoven remembered times when it was rough, but also not-so-rough during the majority of his time as mayor.

“My first few years, everything went well,” he said. “And then I pulled into the parking lot one night, about 10 minutes before the start of our eight o’clock council meeting, and I thought ‘Why are all these cars here’?”

Koldenhoven said he grabbed his meeting agenda and saw nothing he hadn’t booked. But he soon

sold there. Joe told Pat what he had heard on the radio and Pat checked her ticket.

“It was surreal, it was an outof-body experience when I saw all those numbers that matched,” she said at the news conference at lottery headquarters.

“It’s amazing to think how lucky we were to be in the right place at the right time,” Busking said.

The retired healthcare worker plays the lottery only occasionally, she said, “when the jackpots get big.” Her winning six numbers were generated randomly by the computer and she bought only one ticket.

Patricia and Joe Busking were introduced to the world via a live video stream last Friday on WGNTV. Soon after, neighbors stopped to talk with The Regional News,

expressing their surprise and their congratulations. They had not yet heard the announcement.

“You are kidding me,” said Bette Sacks as she walked to her mailbox. “Oh, my word!”

“It couldn’t happen to a nicer couple,” said Pat Winger as she walked with her husband, Charlie, who nodded in agreement. “Oh my god, I just can’t wrap my head around this. We were told that it was someone who lived in Westgate,” she said, echoing a now-unfounded rumor that had been circulating around town since shortly after the winning ticket was announced.

At Nick’s Barbecue, owner Nick Andricopulos expressed delight for the winners.

“We are very happy and excited for Pat and Joe and their fami-

ly,” said Andricopulos. “We are grateful they are regular customers of Nick’s. We wish the Busking family good health and happiness enjoying their good fortune, and we’re happy to be a small part in their fairytale story.”

Andricopulos will earn $500,000 for his store’s part in selling the winning ticket.

The Buskings took their time before stepping forward, consulting with family and with financial advisors. They have opted to accept a lump-sum payment of $246 million before taxes. Attempts by The Regional to reach the Buskings—who are subscribers to this paper—were unsuccessful.

“Jackpots like this remind us that anything is possible,” said Illinois Lottery Director Greg Smith at the news conference.

making it as easy as possible for friends to stay together for their senior year. But they acknowledged having some initial concerns about how they would be accepted.

“I was definitely apprehensive, about going into a new school.

But everyone was so welcoming.

I feel so comfortable here,” said Murphy.

“I was really skeptical at first,” agreed Shirazi. “My big concern was the number of boys being so much higher than the girls, and whether they would want us here.

But the welcome we got is beyond what I could have imagined.”

To ensure that the girls would have equal representation, there are currently two student councils, with boys and girls each holding the five traditional student council positions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and parliamentarian. Murphy is president of the girls’ council, and Carroll

and Shirazi are both parliamentarians.

“I think we really work together,” said Carroll. He said the girls have already helped a lot with the planning for homecoming.

“Compared to when I was in the Student Council last year, we are way more organized with the planning for homecoming. It is being held (Sept. 23), and we already have a theme and a lot of the activities planned,” said Carroll.

“Everyone is looking forward to it, because we will not be coming as guests this year. It will be our homecoming too,” said Shirazi.

“It is a good feeling. I feel so comfortable here. As the first co-ed class, we have to set the standard for everyone who comes after us,” said Murphy.

The boys and girls are bonding over sports as well. All three said that earlier in the week, the atmosphere in the St. Laurence

gym was great when the first girls’ volleyball team took to the floor.

Carroll said that being part of the first co-ed graduating class means a lot to him, especially since he is the second generation of his family to attend St. Laurence. His father, Tim Carroll, is a 1989 graduate, and four uncles also are alumni.

And now, his younger brother just started his freshman year.

“It is historic, and it is fun to be a part of all that,” he said.

“This hybrid process of becoming fully co-ed is sort of unusual,” said Madera, who graduated from St. Laurence himself in 2010. “But we got a lot of positive responses from alumni about our plans when we sent out surveys and questionnaires asking for their input last year. That was a relief because I came up with those surveys and I had some sleepless nights worrying about how it would be received,” he said with a grin.

learned why the meeting had such sudden and unexpected popularity.

“That was the night they (residents) heard rumors that Muslims were going to buy a church that was for sale on 127th Street. That was the start of it.”

The church in question was the former Reformed Church of Palos Heights, a Christian congregation.

The Al Salam Mosque Foundation attempted to buy the property in 2000 and the prospect of a mosque and Muslims in town caused a sharp difference of opinion among many local residents.

Particulars of those days were reported in the media, from local coverage in The Regional News to citywide coverage in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune, as well as even national attention via the Associated Press.

Residents who didn’t want the mosque to open pointed to traffic concerns, a desire for the church to become a recreation center instead of another house of worship, and even outright distrust of Muslims.

In return, some opponents inside and outside the community took to calling the city “Palos Hates.”

The City Council offered the mosque organization $200,000 to walk away from the deal, a plan vetoed by Koldenhoven who thought the action was wrong. By the summer of 2000, a federal civil rights lawsuit had been filed but ultimately the mosque foundation withdrew its plans, stating publically it did not want to locate in

a community where it was not wanted.

“That period lasted months,” said Koldenhoven of the turmoil.

“During that same time, my son, Don, died at 35 of cancer, the same week I had to decide to veto the action the aldermen took (the proposed buyout),” he said. “That was one week you don’t forget.”

In 2002, Koldenhoven received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, “honored for his political courage in speaking out against religious discrimination and calling for tolerance within his community,” according to the permanent record at the Kennedy Library and Museum.

He did not win reelection in 2001 but at 82 he still resides in Palos Heights, retiring only three years ago from the brick and masonry industry in which he spent his entire career.

“Looking back at where I learned about freedom of speech, freedom of religion, it was my 7th-grade teacher, Miss Nienhuis,” Koldenhoven said. “Now I know why you made me memorize the First Amendment,” he said, acknowledging her lesson from so long ago.

“When I left office, I was very happy that Bob Straz succeeded me,” Koldenhoven said. “We’ve never had a cross word with each other, ever.”

Straz came onto the political scene because of his many civic involvements, including the

chamber of commerce, Sertoma, Rotary International and his church council, among others.

“There was a lot of infighting on the city council and we needed some harmony,” he said, “a third person to come in and just start over again. That’s kind of what I did.”

Straz was elected in 2001.

Indeed, Palos Heights city government has changed from almost 20 years ago, as it likely always will under new leadership.

“We’ve taken a more professional outlook on running the town.

We’ve brought in a city administrator, some different department heads and we’re addressing the infrastructure,” said Straz.

“Palos Heights is over 50 years old,” he said. “Sewers are breaking down, the water system needs to be addressed. These are things that are just normal wear-and-tear. It happens. Streets have to be repaved and we’re doing that. A lot of the emphasis is on infrastructure.”

The current political climate in town is certainly different than the final year of Koldenhoven’s seat on city government, when conflict was in the air and many eyes outside Palos Heights were focused on the community.

Now, almost 20 years later, it was time for Straz and Koldenhoven to set a reporter’s questions aside and enjoy the gala celebration marking the SCM’s 35th anniversary.

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Get ready for fall at Farmers Market Fall produce and flowers, library, rec. dept. at Market

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The bakery will continue this season of celebration with its Three-Year Birthday Party the week of September 11.

Birthday celebration events include: Monday, Sept. 11: Free Bundtlet Day. Each guest who comes in will be given a free Bundtlet.

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Tuesday, Sept. 12: Police, Firefighters and City Employees Day – 15 percent off total purchase.

Wednesday, Sept. 13: Teacher Appreciation Day – 15 percent off total purchase Thursday, Sept. 14: Crisis Center for South Suburbia Benefit Day. Twenty percent of sales will be donated to the organization, which

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From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. free food will be available from Burger 21 in Orland Park.

Nothing Bundt Cakes offers guests a wide range of cake flavors and sizes, including bite-sized bundtinis available by the dozen, miniature Bundtlets, as well as larger 8-inch and 10-inch cakes and tiered cakes. All cakes are crowned with Nothing Bundt Cakes’ signature cream frosting, and guests can choose from a wide selection of handcrafted decorations to customize their cakes.

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The Orland Park location is open seven days a week providing solutions for holiday parties and gifting, corporate catering, showers, weddings, birthdays and more.

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Fall produce is coming into the market every week. Multiple varieties of apples and many winter squashes join the abundant lineup of delicious, farm-fresh produce at the Palos Heights Farmers Market.

Other fruits and vegetables at the market include raspberries, plums, peaches, nectarines, melons and watermelons, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, beans, beets, carrots, eggplant, onions, corn, summer squashes and more.

Large selections of other food items are also at the market on a weekly basis. They include breads, multiple types of bakery items, pies, noodles, string cheese, multiple varieties of artisan cheeses, eggs, butter, jams, jellies and local honey.

Also available are olive oils, vinegars, beef, pork, chicken, salsas, pasta and barbecue sauces, Italian peppers, three different varieties of ready-to-eat tamales, pizza and pizza products, ready-tobake pizza, pesto, organic and vegan frozen vegetable patties, soups, desserts, coffee, lattes, peanuts and roasted cashews.

Our vendors also have beautiful perennial and annual plants, herbs and fresh-cut flowers. Finally, get ready for tailgate and fall parties with the Pampered Chef, who has everything you will need.

The market’s Facebook, at Facebook.com/PalosHeightsFarmersMarket, will showcase all available produce at the start of the market day. Shop early for best selection.

The Palos Heights Library will be joining the Community Tent from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. with fall library programming, library card applications and more. The market would like to thank the library for the story hour presentations all summer long. Many a child was entertained and educated while attending the market. The story hours will be moving back to the library starting September 11.

More information will be available at the Community Tent this week, by visiting palosheightslibrary.org or calling 708-448-1473.

The Palos Heights Recreation Department will also join the Community Tent this week. The Recreation Department will have information about fall programs for children, teens and adults.

Music and art classes, athletics, fitness and dancing classes for all age groups, outings and more can be found right at the Rec Center, 6601 W. 127th St. At this week’s visit, the Rec Department will be holding a one-month fitness membership and a 5-punch group fitness pass raffle.

At the City Tent, make sure to pick up and have endorsed your Frequent Shopper Card. Receive double credit on your card every week for donations of either canned goods or fresh produce.

Canned donations are given to Palos Methodist Church Food Pantry, 12108 S. Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights. Fresh produce is delivered to Operation Blessing, 4901 W. 128th Place in Alsip.

LINK cards are also accepted at the Palos Market. The process starts at the City Tent. Also, information about the upcoming Winter Farmers Market, to be held at the Recreation Department starting in November will be available.

While at the City Tent, pick up this week’s recipe, “Zucchini Gazpacho” courtesy of Dr. John

Principe, M.D. of WellbeingMD Center for Life. This and some previous year’s recipes will be available. Previous year’s recipes can be found at wellbeingmd.com and palosheights.org. New to the market in 2017, farmers market gift certificates are available for purchase. They make great gifts.

They can be purchased for $5 each and can be used at the vendors.

The market would like to thank this year’s Palos Heights Farmers Market Sponsors. They include Dr. John Principe, M.D. 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 palosheights.org, by emailing farmersmarket@palosheights.org, visiting the market’s Facebook page or calling 708-361-1800.

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Toastmasters of Palos Heights launch CATERING FOR inaugural speaking contest, with a grin ALL OCCASIONS! Toastmasters of Palos Heights will hold their Inaugural Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest at 6:30 p.m. September 6th at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. The local club chartered with the celebrated international Toastmasters organization just a couple of months ago and has gotten significant attention from the community. The club’s events take place at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at the library.

The Palos Heights speaking club takes pleasure in developing leaders and speakers in a comfortable, supportive environment,

said its organizer. That said, club members also believe in having as much fun as humanly possible.

“Don’t take our word for it ― live a little and see for yourself,” the club stated in a news release.

Guests are welcome.

Contestants for this contest will present a humorous speech that must be thematic in nature (opening, body, and close), not a monologue (series of one-liners). Evaluator contestants observe a five to seven-minute test speech and then present a two to three-minute evaluation of that speech.

Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational

organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. The organization’s membership exceeds 350,000 in 142 countries.

The mission of the Toastmasters of Palos Heights is to provide a supportive, fun, and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

More information can be obtained at ToastMastersofPalosHeights.com or by emailing ToastMastersOfPalosHeights@ gmail.com.

Invite dahlia lovers to flower show this weekend The 80th Annual Dahlia Flower Show will be held this weekend at the Crestwood Civic Center, 14025 S. Kostner Ave. in Crestwood.

The show is being put on by the Southtown Dahlia Club, whose members contribute to the beautification in front of the Information Center at Lake Katherine Nature Center in Palos Heights. The event is free and will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3.

According to the show organizers, more than 600 show blooms will be on display from Micro to Giant. Growers from all over the Midwest will bring spectacular blooms to this competition. Entries for Largest Dahlia in the World will be on display. Attendees will be able to vote for the People’s Choice winner.

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The Crestwood Civic Center is handicapped-accessible. Plenty of free parking is available.

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CORRECTION A story in the Aug. 24, 2017 edition of The Regional News misspelled the first name of Margie Gallagher in the story about the annual Molly Browne Gallagher Lemonade Stand and Bake Sale, a fundraising event for charity named for Margie Gallagher’s daughter. The Regional News regrets the error.

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Things are no better on Rauner’s watch After years of harshly bad-mouthing the state’s economy, Gov. Bruce Rauner has pivoted in the past couple of weeks as the campaign season has heated up.

“I’m proud since I became governor,” he said recently, “we have recruited and added around 120,000 new jobs to the state of Illinois.”

“But,” Rauner said, “we should be growing at four or five times that rate. But we have red tape and restrictions, regulations on our businesses. I have advocated change that, so far, Speaker Madigan has resisted.”

The governor has repeated the 120,000 new jobs figure at least a couple of times since then and has tossed in the reference to House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, as well.

And, indeed, using non-farm jobs data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security, more than 120,000 net jobs have been added in Illinois since February 2015, the first full month of Rauner’s term in office.

But most of those jobs were gained in 2015, when 83,400 jobs were added. In the 19 months starting in January 2016 through July 2017, just 41,900 jobs were created in Illinois, according to IDES data. Of those, a mere 19,600 jobs were added in Illinois during the first seven months of this year.

The situation is much bleaker if you look at the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ numbers.

According to BLS, Illinois added just 40,002 jobs from February 2015 through July 2017.

But, according to BLS, Illinois has lost a whopping 29,877 net jobs from January 2016 through July of this year. Take out July’s horrible preliminary report (which are often revised), and Illinois only added a paltry 530 jobs between January 2016 and June 2017.

It almost goes without saying that Rauner’s political opponents will be sorely tempted to blame those lagging indicators on the two-year state budget impasse. The impasse’s negative impacts really kicked into gear starting in the second half of Fiscal Year 2016, which would be January, when the slide began.

Rauner inherited an economy that, according to the same Illinois Department of Employment Security data he uses, added 61,500 jobs in 2013 and 84,600 in 2014, before Rauner was inaugurated, only to slow to a crawl in the past 19 months, despite a tax cut that took effect at the beginning of 2015. So far this year, the “Trade, Transportation and Utilities” sector has lost 9,300 jobs.

Illinois’ gross domestic product was almost $792 billion in 2016, according to the federal government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Could a state government’s budget troubles really have an impact on an economy that size?

Well, S&P Global Ratings Managing Director Gabriel Petek said in a statement back in February that Illinois’ “distressed fiscal condition and dysfunctional budget politics now threaten to erode the state’s long-term economic growth prospects.”

In January of this year, another credit rating agency, Moody’s, published a report which claimed Illinois’ “political gridlock is imposing significant economic costs.”

The uncertainty created by the budgetary chaos almost certainly took a toll on the economy. And then there were all the layoffs at Illinois’ public universities due to lack of state funding, which were amply documented in the media -- 1,500 or so by the end of May. Gov. Rauner’s opponents will have a point if they pounce on him for damaging the economy. He didn’t create the crisis on his own, but he’s the governor, and governors wear the jacket.

And that’s a big reason why he needs to get his own house in order as soon as he possibly can.

As you probably already know, the governor fired his most loyal staff members over a month ago and replaced many of them with staff from the far-right Illinois Policy Institute. Those folks haven’t worked out very well. Rauner has lurched from one self-created public relations crisis to another ever since he purged his staff. A controversy over an Illinois Policy Institute cartoon, of all things, lasted more than a week.

The governor pushed out four of those PR folks last week, but he’ll need to replace them with some competent, experienced professionals if he wants to get back on track. I’m not sure if he can ever explain why he’s not at fault for these lousy job numbers, but he surely won’t be able to do that with his current team.

And maybe a new team could help him figure out what to do about these problems. So far, things are not getting better on his watch.

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Painful to watch news reports on flooding Flooding isn’t like a fire, although a fire can be horrific. Flooding is different because the burden on insurance companies is so much larger.

A fire may damage a home or a building, displacing, injuring and taking the lives of individuals or many victims.

Insurance companies can take care of that.

A flood is far more devastating and far more costly, impacting hundreds of thousands of victims, which is why flood insurance is so hard to get, and very costly. But the real pain is caused by the bureaucracy and slow response to help.

In a flood, you are basically on your own.

So in 1996 when floods slammed the southwest suburbs and forced me, and the puppy, out of my home in Orland Park, I found myself at the mercy of that bureaucracy.

The damage to the home was more than $70,000, and it wasn’t covered. The insurance company wouldn’t cover it because they had cancelled my flood insurance years before “to save me money.”

There was help, from FEMA and Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin.

But FEMA could only offer short-term loans, which I repaid with interest. Mayor McLaughlin helped with a large and costly garbage dumpster to clear the flood wreckage. The village eventually widened the underground rainwater drainage pipes.

The difference is amazing.

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I see the pain every time when survivors of floods say they are thankful to be alive, noting all they lost were possessions. But those possessions are important.

Losing family heirlooms, photographs and other personal items results in huge depression.

Who really suffers flood damage? It took FEMA nearly a year to provide the loans. Years later, Orland Park purchased several of the homes that claimed damages, although the damages were far less than the damage my home received.

It always seemed suspicious that some homeowners were bailed out while others were not.

Neighbors can be, well, to put it politely, not what you expect them to be. Some were very helpful. Others, well, not so helpful. When McLaughlin had boxes of bleach delivered to areas where flooding had damaged homes — the bleach was used to counter post-flooding mold buildup — some homeowners grabbed all of the boxes and stored them in their garages.

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with 80 gallons of bleach?

All of the possessions had to be tossed.

All of the furniture had to be tossed. All of the flooring had to be replaced. All of the walls had to be torn off, exposing the concrete, and were replaced. The remains had to be scrubbed with bleach. And then we had to go out and buy new furniture.

I tried to get a local Orland Park furniture store to create a fund to help the flood victims buy furniture but a sales person pointed out that would undermine their profits. “We are a business,” he said.

The only salvation was the digital electronics. If you let them dry out completely, you could salvage the big screen TV and even some of the computers.

Gone were the photos dating back to the late 19th Century. Gone was the dining room cabinet that belonged to my great-grandmother that my mother saved.

I’ve learned a lot about making my property flood-proof, changing landscaping and creating effective water run-off.

Building up the lawn. Using rocks instead of wood chips that float and dam up rainwater. Sealing ground-level windows.

I even replaced and raised the driveway.

Honestly, the place looks so much better than before.

But while I can fix the house and make it flood-proof, or buy a new flat screen TV, I can’t erase the painful memories.

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

Affordable Care Act isn’t ‘free’ health care Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the opinions expressed by Mary Cvack in the Aug. 24, 2017 edition of The Regional News regarding Obamacare.

To those who want to see the repeal

of the ACA, aka Obamacare, I must ask: With all due respect, do you know what the ACA is? It isn’t free healthcare. That’s Medicaid. The ACA is regulation of the insurance industry. You have to have a job to purchase on the exchanges. True, there are some supplements for lower-income people, but the idea is to cover people for preventative care so they aren’t using the emergency room as their first source for medical care.

You are required to have auto insurance, why would you not be responsible for your own bills at a hospital? The regulations start with for-profit companies being required to spend 80 percent of what they take in vs. 60 percent. They can no longer cap payments or discontinue coverage if you get sick. They can’t deny coverage with a pre-existing condition, and your kids can stay on your plan until their 26th birthday. You can guess that these companies aren’t happy about the new rules.

Have you seen what their CEOs make?

No wonder all the bad press about “Obamacare.” Profit over people. The plan isn’t perfect, but it sure is a good start.

Educate yourself. There is a lot more information about it online. We need people in Washington to work for the people, not corporate America.

Deb Albrecht Palos Heights

If the country fails, it won’t be because of President Trump Dear Editor, I can see that The Regional News has a dearth of reader opinion. Dean “Never Trump” Koldenhoven is on another rant about the President of the United States. Please, can you spare us his opinions or give him his own column? He consistently projects his own (or CNN’s) interpretation of what the president says, typically through his own “progressive liberal” tinted glasses.

Enough people of the United States voted for Mr. Trump. He was elected. Period.

Points of fact: He didn’t speak well of the Nazis and white supremacists. His

words don’t endanger anyone. Please inform me when he stated he wanted to start a war so he can brag about it.

Obamacare is imploding on its own.

It’s time to realize that and move on to a healthcare reform that actually works. This country will not fail because of President Trump. It can only fail if the progressive liberal socialist ideas espoused by some take hold on a misinformed or uninformed electorate.

Alex Berzins Palos Heights

Wouldn’t any good American want our president to succeed?

Dear Editor, Week after week I read a whining report in The Regional’s letters section from Palos Heights resident Dean Koldenhoven.

What a sore loser!

First off, Trump didn’t lie about Obama’s birthplace, he questioned it. President Trump has accomplished more in the last six months than any other president since Roosevelt. Here is a partial list: Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch; worked with many private sector companies to create tens of thousands of jobs; withdrew from TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership); removed obstacles to Keystone Pipeline; reduced government regulations to allow job creation; beefed up military; stood his ground against North Korea; reduced the influx of illegal immigration; signed numerous executive orders in favor of law enforcement; is working hard on health care and tax reform; greatly reduced the Federal Deficit; and the stock market is at all-time high.

President Trump is not resting and he is accomplishing a lot in spite of the magnitude of opposition. I can’t understand why Mr. Koldenhoven actually wants Trump to fail. Wouldn’t any good American want our president to succeed? If the president succeeds, America succeeds.

Maybe Dean Koldenhoven is scrounging for a job at CNN. Jimmy Orlando Orland Park

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Are you a ‘hardworking’ investor?

Next week, we observe Labor Day, a celebration of the American worker. You work hard your whole life with the hope that your efforts will ultimately allow you to achieve your financial goals, such as a comfortable retirement. But for that to happen, you may need to apply some of the lessons of the workplace to your efforts as an investor.

So, what are these lessons? Here are a few to consider: • Be consistent. The most successful workers are the ones who show up, day after day, and strive to overcome the inevitable obstacles that crop up. As an investor, you, too, need to be consistent in your habits – which means you should keep investing in all types of markets. If you take a “time out” every time the market drops, you might end up missing opportunities when the next rally begins.

• Be flexible. When good workers see that something is not going well, they change what they’re doing. And when you invest, you also may need to make adjustments. If an investment has consistently underperformed, or if you have too many others very similar to it, or if it just doesn’t meet your needs anymore, you may be better off by selling it and using the proceeds to invest elsewhere. This doesn’t mean you should constantly be buying and selling — in fact, you’ll likely be better off by purchasing quality investments and holding them for the long term. But you need to be flexible enough to make the appropriate moves at the appropriate times.

• Be informed. The best workers are those who regularly update their skills and acquire knowledge that helps them do their jobs better. As an investor, you should also keep learning — about the investment world in general and about new opportunities for you to explore. And you should always understand

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what you are investing in — and why. Even if you work with a financial professional, you need to inform yourself about every aspect of your investment portfolio — after all, it’s your money and your future.

• Be farsighted. Good workers not only know what they’re doing — they also can visualize the desired outcome of each task. And, of course, people who are in charge of a particular endeavor, or who are responsible for the fortunes of a business, have a clear view of what they want to accomplish, even if the achievement of that goal is many years in the future. When you invest, you also need to see where you want to go. If you can constantly keep in mind your long-term goals — such as the type of retirement lifestyle you desire — you will likely find it easier to stick with an investment strategy that’s appropriate for your needs and risk tolerance.

Conversely, if you lose sight of your destination, you might be more prone to taking short-term detours, which could work against you.

Labor Day reminds us to appreciate the skills and dedication of all workers — and as an investor, you can put these same attributes to good use.

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.

New program at MVCC readies retail leaders A new program at Moraine Valley Community College can help put businesses on point to building an exemplary management team.

The Retail Management Certificate program, an industry certificate offered in conjunction with the Western Association of Food Chains and a Brighter Futures grant through the League for Innovation in the Community College, provides an opportunity for business owners and managers to attract and retain skilled workers prepared to take on a leadership role.

This industry-recognized certificate, awarded through WAFC,

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can be completed in as little as one year. In addition, the courses required for this program can be applied to an Associate of Applied Science degree.

Steve Pappageorge, executive director of the Corporate, Community and Continuing Education subdivision at the colleges said, “A key element is that it has been designed by people in retail for people in retail.”

Pappageorge said the program prepares people who are interested in careers in retail for leadership positions. “This not only helps the employee, but it is a huge benefit for the business owners and

managers. Their employees will be better trained, there is a talent pipeline for future management employees, and in the end, better retention of employees, which means lower turnover costs,” he added.

Pappageorge noted the importance of broadening the thinking about retail. “It’s no longer just people walking into a brick and mortar grocery store. It’s online retail. It’s banking, pharmacies, automotive dealerships, restaurants—any business with a consumer presence,” he said.

For more information, call Pappageorge at (708) 974-5407.

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The Kmart at 95th Street and Pulaski Road in Oak Lawn is scheduled to close by mid-November.

Oak Lawn Kmart closing means end of an era And then there was one ...

Kmart store left in the south suburbs. Well, come November, anyway.

The iconic retailer that was famous for its flashing blue light to alert shoppers to in-store special deals once could be found in a dozen towns across the south suburbs from Lansing to Bridgeview and beyond.

Today, the only remaining Kmart stores in the Southland are in Oak Lawn and Bridgeview.

Once the Oak Lawn store at Pulaski Road and 95th Street closes, sometime in mid-November, the only one left will be on 79th Street in Bridgeview.

The latest closing was announced last week as Sears Holdings continues to close stores amid a never-ending losing streak. The retailer announced 28 Kmart stores would close on top of hundreds that have already been closed in the past few years.

Last year, Kmart suburban stores closed in Lansing, Tinley Park and New Lenox. A Chicago store at 7050 S. Pulaski Road in the West Lawn community also closed last year.

Oak Lawn once had two Kmart stores. The location on 111th Street was shuttered in 2012 and eventually replaced by Stony Creek Promenade, which has a Mariano’s

BOB BONG supermarket and Cooper’s Hawk Winery among its anchors.

With Kmart and a neighboring Chuck E. Cheese arcade closing about the same time later this year, a long sought mixed-use development similar to the Stony Creek Promenade may finally become possible.

Kmart stores in Elmhurst and Belleville will also close before the end of the year. Liquidation sales start Aug. 31 at all three stores.

Bargain Center to close Bargain Center by Lucy Crafts & Consignments has announced it will start a cash-only going out of business sale on Sept. 1 at 7735 S. Harlem Ave. in Bridgeview.

The sale will run until Oct. 31.

Owner Lucy Reinhart is retiring.

Store hours will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The store is closed on Monday.

DSW, Five Below open at Evergreen Plaza The new Evergreen Plaza welcomed two new businesses earlier this month with the opening of Five Below on Aug. 15 and DSW on Aug. 16.

Five Below is a retailer that caters to kids about 14 and younger. Everything in the store costs $5 or less. DSW is a shoe store.

Other stores expected to open soon include cosmetics store Ulta, Petco pet store and discount retailer TJ Maxx. Petco will be located next to Five Below.

Also coming soon will be a Raising Cane’s chicken restaurant, Dick’s Sporting Goods and a Dressbarn.

Amazon is supposed to decide by the end of the year if a proposed Whole Foods store will be built at the plaza. Amazon acquired the supermarket chain earlier this year.

Construction on the new Plaza started a year ago when the old Plaza was demolished. The only store to survive the rebirth was Carson’s, which has been open for about a year.

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

Lipinski bill to help veterans with career path AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) has introduced the Veterans Apprenticeship and Certification Act to help veterans find the right career after military service and help employers find these veterans.

Currently, veterans are not allowed to use their post-9/11 GI benefits for the tuition and fees associated with participating in an apprenticeship. Lipinski’s bill would allow them to use their benefits for an apprenticeship program, which would greatly expand their ability to find the right career path once they leave military service, he said. It would also provide them with opportunities to create professional connections and develop other professional skills.

“As a veteran transitions and separates from military service, an apprenticeship can help them

bridge the gap between service in the Armed Forces and civilian employment,” Lipinski said.

“Apprenticeships offer veterans the opportunity to receive onthe-job training under the direct supervision of a professional accompanied by classroom instruction. They also provide veterans the opportunity to demonstrate and transfer the skills they acquired during military service to a civilian career,” the congressman added.

According to the Department of Labor, there are more than 350,000 job openings in manufacturing.

Lipinski’s legislation would also direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to work with private industry to develop a pilot program for a National Institute for Metalworking Skills certification in computer numerically controlled

(CNC) machining. A CNC certification is critical for anyone pursuing a career in metalworking and modern manufacturing.

In May of this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 4.6 percent of post-9/11 veterans were unemployed, compared to 4 percent of non-veterans.

“As the number of apprenticeship programs increase and apprenticeships expand into new industries, our veterans should be put in a position to capitalize on that industry demand,” Lipinski said.

“We owe veterans so much that we can never repay, but with this bill we can help provide them with some assistance to get a good job and start a promising career after serving our nation in the Armed Forces,” Lipinski concluded.

MWRD offering eco-friendly products for sale Landscapers and gardeners seeking premium quality compost while making a commitment to their environment can look no further than the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for a new eco-friendly product.

The MWRD is now offering its composted biosolids for sale at two locations. This effective blend is popular, effective, economical and safe and already a hit with gardeners, park districts, golf courses and landscapers, according to an MWRD statement.

Not only is there constant abundance of the compost, but it is also available at two locations: HASMA is located at 7430 W Portage Trail, in Forest View (about one-half mile west of Harlem Avenue and one-half mile north of Interstate 55.)

CALSMA is located at 12600 S. Doty Ave. in Chicago (north of 130th Street along the frontage road west of the Bishop Ford Expressway.)

To contribute yard waste, email yardwaste@mwrd.org or call (708) 588-4300. To arrange for a pickup of the compost, call (708) 5884300 or email biosolids@mwrd. org. For more information, contact the MWRD at (708) 588-4201.

Composted biosolids are a product of wastewater treatment that improve soil quality by supplying organic matter, improving soil structure and porosity for a better plant root environment, and retaining nutrients longer which

allows plants to more effectively utilize them. Composted biosolids can be used as a soil amendment or conditioner for establishing turf grass, mixing into custom topsoil blends, or adding to planter beds and pots for establishing flowers and trees. The MWRD is selling the composted biosolids for $10 per cubic yard, plus tax.

The sale of compost is only one aspect of the full cycle of MWRD’s new resource recovery program. Because the compost ratio is 3:1 woodchips to biosolids, the MWRD blend requires a steady flow of woodchips, yard waste and other feedstock. The MWRD has partnered with the city of Chicago to produce the composted biosolids blend by co-composting woodchips from the city’s routine tree trimming program and woodchips collected from ash trees lost due to the emerald ash-borer devastation. In order to blend this product, the MWRD will inevitably need additional feedstock sources.

To make that happen, the MWRD is accepting yard waste and other organic materials to help grow its composted biosolids program. Municipalities, park districts, landscape maintenance companies, yard waste haulers, tree trimming companies and utilities looking to unload bulk piles of woodchips ground to one-inch or less are invited to participate in the program. Materials can be dropped off by appointment at two MWRD locations for only $20 per

ton; however, the MWRD offers a reduced fee through a provisional rate currently available to applicable customers. This delivery charge will allow the MWRD to recover program costs.

The woodchips are used as a bulking agent for composting with biosolids in open windrows at the MWRD’s Harlem Avenue Solids Management Area (HASMA) and at the Calumet Solids Management Area (CALSMA). The composting process raises the temperature of the biosolids and wood chip mixture, which kills off pathogens to meet the USEPA pathogen reduction regulations required to achieve the Exceptional Quality (EQ) biosolids standard Since its inception in 1889, the MWRD has worked to improve the environment and protect public health, but the way it views its work has evolved. Sewage is no longer a waste product, but instead a collection of resources to be recovered and reused. Through resource recovery efforts, the MWRD is also providing a similar return to taxpayers, promoting a clean and sustainable environment and reducing greenhouse gases.

State legislation signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2015 recognized MWRD (EQ) biosolids and biosolids compost as a safe, beneficial and renewable resource that can be made available to the public. EQ biosolids and biosolids compost are used to enhance landscaping at parks, athletic fields and in agriculture.

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 Sindewald Kathy D to Raviele Jennifer D, 17451 Brookwood Dr, $330,000; First Midwest Bk Tr to Dalsky Adam, 15126 Sunset Ridge Dr, $342,000; Klin LLC Fortunel to Ocampo Carlito T, 15724 Foxbend Ct, Unit #157241N, $150,000; Meiner Jennifer L to Oconnor Maureen, 9935 El Cameno Real Dr, Unit #1D, $68,000; First Midwest Bk Tr to JCP Grp LLC, 9925 Cordoba Ct, $950,000; Witt Diana K Tr to Shilling Kerry A, 17836 Massachusetts Ct, Unit #36, $190,000; Rodriguez Graciela to Coker Jonathan, 7946 Binford Dr, $365,000; Zwolinski Leonard R Tr to Fernatt James, 7921 W 157th St, Unit #79211S, $143,000; Wall John M to Daukszewicz Jacek, 8629 Flint Ln, $360,000; Forte Michael L to Shalabi Ameen, 14252 Selva Ln, $448,000; Ryan Nancy Ann Tr to Katsibubas Barbara, 15313 Wilshire Dr, $190,000; Kazecki Gina to Sileo Kathleen, 15809 Orlan Brook Dr, Unit #41, $134,000; First Midwest Bk Tr to Schilling Peter, 10921 Green Manor Ct, $1,125,000; Nic Mic LLC-Regent PLZ Series to Karamagianis Dimitrios Trust, 1221 151st St, $1,450,000; Jozsa Alison R to Ajayi Oluwaleke Kehinde, 11105 Karen Dr, $285,000; Pagurko Julie to Bell Jennifer, 7906 Keystone Rd, $378,000; Marth Ent Inc to Carroll John P, 16740 Wolf Rd, $449,000; Panfil Amy C to Steffens Tyler E, 9122 140th St, Unit #304, $81,000; Goodnight Steven A to Lemoine Travis K, 15649 Shire Dr, $485,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Graf Karen M, 16413 Francis Ct, $194,000; Groah James R Tr to Murphy Patricia, 8743 Crystal Creek Dr, $298,500; First Midwest Bk Tr to Finn Roger, 8255 Shipston St,

$280,000; Magro James R Tr to Shalabi Mejeda A, 17738 Washington Ct, Unit #248, $190,000; Francis James R II to Grzesiak Raymond A Tr, 17721 Bernard Dr, Unit #3A, $145,000; Gregory Jason to Faridi Daniel, 13751 84th Ave, $290,000; Carroll Jeanne M Tr to Sonneveld Justin Thomas, 8423 Country Club Ln, $350,000.

Palos Heights Fulfer Monica to Goetz Lisa M, 12442 Mcvicker Ave, $189,000; Hruby Kathleen M Tr to Garcia John A, 7904 Breakwater Way, $280,000; Hord Michael to Chimedtogtokha Munkbadra, 6040 W 129th Pl, $310,000; Mohammad Kholood to Guth Peter C Jr, 7812 Golf Dr, Unit #78122B, $170,000.

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Palos Hospital among the ‘most wired’ Technology is making it easier for patients and providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety and patient-provider relationships. New tools are helping patients become more actively involved in their care and maintaining their health, according to results of the 19th Annual Health Care’s Most Wired® survey, released by the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Health Forum.

The technologies listed below were recently implemented at Palos Hospital, 12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, and helped contribute to the Most Wired recognition from the AHA: • Paging systems • In-building RFID/RTLS locator systems • Security technology safeguards • Robust network infrastructure with built-in redundancy • Two-way radio/security systems • Video monitoring • Wireless VoIP and wireless phone integration with nurse call • Handheld computing • Patient monitoring equipment integrated to the EHR • EHR/Clinical information systems • Wireless bar-code medication

administration • Automated medication packaging and dispensing • Wireless infusion pumps • Digital clinical imaging/PACS systems • Wireless bar-code scanners for supplies • Disaster recovery capabilities “Thanks to the commitment of our board and hospital leadership, Palos has been able to implement these meaningful advancements in patient care, better serving our community,” said Palos Health CEO Terrence Moisan, M.D. HealthCare’s Most Wired® survey, conducted between Jan. 15 and March 15, is published annually by Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN). The 2017 Most Wired® survey and benchmarking study is a leading industry barometer measuring information technology (IT) use and adoption among hospitals nationwide. The survey of 698 participants, representing an estimated 2,158 hospitals — more than 39 percent of all hospitals in the U.S. — examines how organizations are leveraging IT to improve performance for value-based health care in the areas of infrastructure, business and administrative management; quality and safety; and clinical integration.

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Left: Escorted by Judy Belcik of Palos Heights, Layton III, a year-old black Labrador, won first prize in this year’s Smith Village Dog Days of Summer Pet Parade. Right: Judy Belcik of Palos Heights (left) and Layton III, a black Labrador, took first place in the recent Smith Village pet show. Also pictured are second place winners Peggy O’Donnell of Chicago’s Garfield Ridge neighborhood (center) and her border collie, Cashel. Maya, a black Labrador owned

by Meghan Luce of Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood (right) took third place.

Palos Heights pooch takes first place prize Smith Village, a retirement community in Chicago, recently held its annual pet parade. Just about all the pets came to the event with their own stories, organizers said.

Biscuit, a 6-year-old Shih Tzu-Pomeranian, likes chasing airplanes and chewing on magazines. He also helps put together 300-piece puzzles. Crispy, a Chesapeake Bay retriever, plays baseball. Cashel, a 6-year old border collie who took second place in the competition, can turn on a portable light and carries a flag

in his mouth to celebrate patriotic holidays. His owner, Peggy O’Donnell, who resides near Midway Airport, is good friends with Pat Daley and Kathleen Doherty, both Smith Village residents.

Buehrle, a 5-year-old Beagle, likes to play hide and seek and steals socks to get attention. Tori, a California King snake who can’t see so well, once swallowed his own tail. And Maya, a 6-year-old black Labrador who took third place in the competition, loves to fetch, run and eat. She also thinks she’s a boat dog, according to her

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The premise of the “You are not alone” program is for Palos Park Police Officers to check on The Palos Park Police Depart- senior residents periodically and ment is reminding senior residents make sure that they are not in of the “You are not alone” program need of immediate medical care, which assists Palos Park senior that their home is secure, that their citizens who may be home alone utilities are working and that they during the day or live alone. are not being victimized by scams The program is geared towards or ruses.

Palos Park senior citizens who Any Palos Park senior interested are self- sufficient, but would in participating in the program is welcome a Palos Park officer to encouraged to call Chief Joe Miller check on them on a regular basis. at (708) 671- 3770.

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Addison’s disease may be dog’s problem JOHN FLEMING

Dear Carol, A simple blood test called a bile acids test can be done to make sure his low protein is not due to a liver problem. When blood protein is low either it is not being manufactured or there is excessive loss in the urine or from the GI tract. If the liver test is normal, ask about having Charles tested for Addison’s disease before the scoping.

Addison’s disease is easy to diagnose IF it’s on the veterinarian’s radar screen. Without treatment the dog will never get better and in time may die. Without the classic signs of electrolyte imbalances on the chemistry profile it is easy to forget to check a dog for low adrenal gland function. The test is a two-hour blood test to determine if the adrenal glands are producing enough hormones.

Signs of Addison’s disease are often vague and are easy to overlook or attribute to other causes.

A dog may exhibit intermittent vomiting or diarrhea, decreased appetite, weight loss and sometimes-dark stool. Lethargy, depression and weakness are also common. In some animals, signs wax and wane over months at a time, and in others, acute crisis develops with collapse, dehydration and shock.

Ideally, we, as veterinarians would check more of the ADR

The event is open to the public and provided free of charge through the Christ Lutheran Endowment Fund. Pre-registration is necessary.

For more information and to register, call (708) 349-0431 or email Julie@Christlutheranorland. com.

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Christ Lutheran Church, 14700 S. 94th Ave., Orland Park is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10.

Dr. Carl Schalk, composer and Lutheran musician, will make a

presentation on his newly published “A Lutheran Catechism: Understanding Church Music in the Lutheran Tradition.” The event will be followed by a communion service and luncheon. Participants will receive complimentary copies of his booklet.

profit organization serving older adults since 1924. The life plan community provides spacious residences and programs for independent living, as well as assisted living, memory support and skilled nursing care. Smith Village also offers short-term rehabilitation services for residents and others requiring assistance after surgery or a medical incident.

For more information, call (773) 474-7300.

owner, Meghan Luce, a marketing coordinator for Smith Village.

Since 2007, the Smith Village pet parade has welcomed the participation of dogs, cats, snakes, birds, guinea pigs, a goat and pony. During the recent parade, all competitors received “doggy bags” for participating. Dog biscuits and water bowls were provided for canines. People refreshments included punch and pet-themed cookies.

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Meet Dr. Thomas Addison (April, 1793 – 29 June, 1860), renowned 19th century English physician and scientist. He is traditionally regarded as one the “great men” of Guy’s Hospital in London.

(Ain’t Doing Right) dogs for Addison’s but the cost of measuring the hormone levels at the lab, and the cost of the injectable vial of pituitary hormone needed to run the test, can be a little pricey. As an alternative, a basal (or resting) cortisol level can be added to any chemistry panel for a nominal fee.

A normal resting cortisol rules out Addison’s but a low cortisol still needs to be confirmed with the more expensive test. Vets are excruciatingly aware of the old adage “physicians are criticized for acts of omission (not running some particular test) while veterinarians are criticized for acts of commission (running a test which the client has to pay for and if the result is negative the client grumbles that he “wasted his money” on the test).

If the test were free and we ran more I believe we would diagnose more cases.

Once diagnosed the disease can be treated with medications. Some dogs can be treated with something as simple as a daily tablet of steroid (pred) while others need pred plus an injection of a mineralocorticoid (Percorten - if sodium and potassium are askew) every 25 days.

Some of our Addisonians come in every 25 days for a tech to give the injection; other owners prefer to give it at home, which is fine with us. President John Kennedy had Addison’s disease.

“Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.” – Robert Kennedy

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Chicago Christian welcomes freshman class

Chicago Christian High School welcomed the Class of 2021 on Aug. 23. Students visited each of their classes through an abbreviated schedule, attended a chapel service and listened to a presentation about the various clubs and activities they could become involved in during their time at Chicago Christian. This year will mark the 100th anniversary of Chicago Christian High School. Pictured are the members of the Chicago Christian High School Class of 2021.

Moraine Valley now accepts IB credits Moraine Valley Community College is accepting credits from students who have successfully completed International Baccalaureate (IB) programs and exams.

During high school, students can take IB courses, similar to Advanced Placement (AP) classes and exams. Last summer, Illinois approved a bill that states public institutions of higher education may accept IB exams with specific scores.

IB was founded in 1968 and offers four programs of international

education that develop intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills of students. Schools must be authorized by IB to offer any programs. About 76 schools in Illinois, many of them Chicago Public Schools, participate in the program.

“This helps students finish their degree quicker. It’s important for Moraine Valley to accept IB as it enables students to save time and money in completing their degrees,” said Emmanuel Esperanza Jr., Moraine Valley director of

Registration and Records. “Since IB is internationally renowned, international students will benefit from this policy. We have international students who may have taken IB courses or received an IB diploma.”

Students who have successfully passed IB exams may submit their scores to the Office of Registration and Records, Building S, Room S111, on campus, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.

For additional information, call (708) 974-2110.

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14 Bridges 15 Hamal’s constellation 16 Indianapolis’ __ Dome 17 2008 Jack Black title role 19 Shipping nickname 20 Considers with disdain 21 Spoke quietly?

23 Sch. with a Riverhead campus 24 Lure 25 Film for which Anthony Quinn won an Oscar 30 Author Morrison 32 Benz finish 33 Tender in Warsaw 34 Proceeds 35 Georgia of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” 37 Bapt., e.g.

38 Austrian composer Webern 39 Pet problem?

40 Some cake layers 42 Grill guard : U.S. :: __ bar : Australia 43 Span. title 44 Holder of an affectionate message 46 Destructive type 48 JFK, for one 49 Tidbit 50 Most like a dive 55 Richard __ 56 Genre of Madonna’s “Ray of Light” album 58 Longtime Elton John label 59 Show shown over 60 Discussion venue 61 Poetic twilight 62 Fluid accumulation 63 Ridges on the neck Down 1 Wants in payment 2 Like some flax

3 Levelheaded 4 German chancellor Merkel 5 “The Magic School Bus” teacher 6 Family nickname 7 Proof word 8 Element in some solder 9 Site of a major part of the Bible?

10 Start of a repeat 11 1980s scandal 12 Bug barrier 13 Like a pro 18 Everyday 22 “__ Morgen!”

24 Arranged 25 Nixon and Ford 26 Angel on one’s shoulder, so to speak 27 Flier’s request 28 Classical entrance

29 Used the dining room 31 Tot’s rebuttal 34 Cleaned 36 Novak’s TV partner 41 Its first truck was a Ford Model A 44 Canceled due to rain, say 45 Key of Sibelius’ First Symphony 47 Big name on the farm 49 One apparently trapped behind glass 50 Pond build-up 51 Peak west of the Ionian Sea 52 The Auld Sod 53 Rabbit’s tail 54 Highland tops 57 “And Venus sets __ Mercury can rise”: Pope (Answers on page 8)

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Freshmen welcomed at Shepard

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

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

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

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

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Shepard High School teacher Jennifer Fischer, a Palos Heights resident, talks with students about German Club at the recent activities and athletics fair on Freshman Day at the school.

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Saint Xavier University earns federal grant for nursing Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) School of Nursing (SON) has been awarded a grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

SXU’s Assistant Professor of Nursing Laura Tucco, Ph.D., secured the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) grant for a two-year period, which began July 1.

During the 2017-18 and 201819 academic semesters, the grant will cover the cost of 15 family nurse practitioner (FNP) students each year. The total of the grant is $887,467.

A project will go along with the grant, which will involve a partnership with a group of Franciscan

Specialty Physicians, who provide care to underserved communities, which is consistent with the SXU Mercy mission.

“Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC, is pleased to partner with Saint Xavier and provide a training site for family nurse practitioner students,” said Franciscan Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC Human Resources Manager Rai Barney. “Our advanced practice providers understand the vital role of preceptors and are eager to aid in the clinical and professional development of our community’s future nurse practitioners.”

Dr. Tucco, who is leading the project, must identify, select and maintain 15 dedicated FNP students for each year, work closely with the students who report to her,

and encourage the continuation of a relationship with Franciscan Specialty Physicians. The pupils who receive the award will be those with a strong commitment and passion for aiding medically underserved communities.

“Receipt of the ANEW grant provides funding to support the clinical education of family nurse practitioner (FNP) students in academic-practice partnerships with clinical facilities where students will care for the medically underserved,” said Tucco. “Caring for the medically underserved is consistent with the Mercy mission of Saint Xavier University. The grant provides much needed funding to FNP students allowing them to focus on their studies and prepare for future careers as primary health

care providers.”

Since 2014, SXU’s SON has obtained close to $2 million in awards for FNP education. The ANEW grant is now the third consecutive program to bring necessary funding for the students.

“We are very proud and excited to have received a two-year ANEW grant from HRSA,” said SXU President Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D. “Receipt of this highly-competitive award showcases not only the hardworking efforts of our Nursing faculty, but our dedication and commitment to academic excellence. The knowledge and experiences our FNP students will receive through these clinical partnerships will be vital to their future professional success.”

SCHOOL NOTES Stagg HS will host marching band show

Photo by Joe Boyle

urday, Sept. 16 on campus, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.

The event is open to cars of all ages, makes and models, domestic and imported. Registration is $15 until Tuesday, Sept. 5 or $20 from Sept. 5 until the show date. The car show will support automotive technology student scholarships.

The first 100 registrants will receive a swag bag The car show is part of the college’s 50th Anniversary Community Celebration, which also will include live music, food trucks, children’s activities, a college historical memorabilia exhibit, face painting, bounce house, appearances by Chicago area sports team mascots, and more.

For more details on the car show and to obtain a registration form, call Jessica Crotty at (708) 974-5281.

Amos Alonzo Stagg High School will hosting the 38th Annual Marching Band Jamboree at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, September 9 at the school, 8015 W. 111th St. in Palos Hills.

Eighteen bands from across the state will compete throughout the afternoon and evening and receive feedback from an expert panel of judges and teachers. The show will conclude with the Stagg Marching Chargers performing their 2017 show “State of Mind.”

The Jamboree is a one-night only event. Tickets for this event will be available at the gate. General admission for adults is $10.

Admission for students with a valid ID and for senior citizens is $5.

Children under fiver years of age will be admitted free. A family fun pack (two adults, two children) for $20 will be available.

Shulman named director More information can be ob- of student services tained by calling Director of Bands The District Bob Mecozzi at (708) 974-7476.

230 School Board approved Moraine Valley car show the hiring of Lisa to support students Shulman as diCar enthusiasts are invited to rector of Student participate in the Moraine Valley Services at its reCommunity College 50th Anni- cent meeting.

Shulman is versary Community Celebration Shulman Car Show from 1 to 5 p.m. Sat- joining Consol-

idated High School District 230 from Oswego High School. While at Oswego High School, Shulman held many leadership roles such as: Extended School Year coordinator, event coordinator for Athletics, Test Accommodations coordinator, supervisor for Online Learning for Student with Special Needs.

The newly hired Schulman also wrote board proposals for acquisition of new teachers, led Institute Day and incorporated Common Core into IEP goals, ran transition meetings at district Junior High Schools, created teacher schedules, was a member of the Building Leadership Team, the Pupil Support Team, and Rising Star, and is PERA trained.

Shulman holds a Bachelor of Arts in special education from Elmhurst College, a Master of Arts in administration from North Central College.

On top of her work at Oswego High School, Shulman has also worked at Kendall County Special Education Cooperative in Oswego, G.O.A.L. in Plainfield, Oswego East High School and Stratford Middle School in Bloomingdale.

During her time at Oswego East High School, Shulman mentored new teachers, supervised student teachers, aided in the hiring of teachers, created a Resource Curriculum, led Staff Development

in the area of differentiation and much more.

Alongside her teaching experience, Shulman also has experience coaching. Shulman was head coach for the JV Wheelchair Basketball team and the Head Coach for the Special Olympics Basketball team at WDSRA in Carol Stream, as well as head track coach and Freshman girls basketball coach at Oswego East High School.

WHATIZIT? The clue for this week’s Whatizit photo (above) is: Middle school.

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

Several readers knew this week’s photo quiz answer. The correct response was Southwest Elementary School, 9900 S. Central Park, Evergreen Park. Palos Heights resident Pat Klimczak was the first to answer the quiz correctly. She said that Southwest School has terrific teachers and is a wonderful school.

Oak Lawn resident Steve Rosenbaum knew it was the sign just outside Southwest Elementary School, which has the Bulldogs logo on it. Oak Lawn resident Jane Foley also knew it was Southwest School. Evergreen Park resident Vince Vizza also knew it was the elementary school located in his village.

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St. Mary Orthodox Church hosts three packed days of annual Mediterranean Festival

Photos by Anthony Caciopo

For the fourth consecutive year, the grounds at St. Mary Orthodox Church of the Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America were open wide for congregation members and other local residents to enjoy three busy days of culture, good food and family fun at the congregation’s annual Mediterranean Festival. From left: Yousef Musleh, 10 and his brother, Salah, 12 enjoy a ride atop Eli the Camel. Rita Sweis flips pita onto a scorching hot cooking surface as Yasmin Sweis looks on. Murad Salman works the crowd, pounding a drum in accompaniment of live music, at the fest, 6330 W. 127th St., Palos Heights.

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The Palos Park Woman’s Club held its annual white elephant sale at the Palos Heights Farmer’s Market, where members continued to raise funds for various charities. Shown selling gently used jewelry and re-purposed household items were Patricia Bailey, Lucy Crocilla, Marie Arrigoni, Loretta Herm, Lucy Krouse, Mary Ann Parkins and Evelyn Fitzgerald.

LIBRARY NOTES Palos Heights Library to show Oscar-winning film Several activities for the week ahead have 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.

• The Bittersweet Truth about Sugar will be explored at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6. Nutrition educator Chris Rosandich from the Cancer Support Center will show how to manage the amount of sugar consumed daily by discussing the different types of sugar, how many foods contain sugar, how much sugar is too much and simple ways to stop sugar cravings.

• Microsoft Word: Formatting Documents is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7. Participants can learn how to format and align text, apply bullets or numbers and adjust spacing within Word documents in this class.

• Patrons can learn How to Navigate Using Nature at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7. This class will use the stars, the direction

trees bend, even which direction satellite dishes point to help show how to navigate through nature.

Lake Katherine’s Manager Gareth Blakesley will lead a talk on navigation and will show natural and unnatural cues to figure out location.

• Palos Fine Arts will bring their foreign film series back to the library with the showing of the 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, “The Salesman.”

The showing will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13. This Iranian film tells the story of an event that shatters the well being of a middle-class couple. Film presenter Steve Frenzel will lead the discussion after the showing of the film. The movie’s runtime is 125 minutes and admission is free.

Light refreshments will be served.

• Several clubs meet each Tuesday at the library, including the Needle Club (for knitting and crocheting) from 10 a.m. to noon, Scrabble Club from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Conference Room and the Mahjong Club from 1 to 4 p.m.

Participants are asked to register because space is limited.

Orland Library appoints trustee

The Board of Trustees of the Orland Park Public Library appointed a new library trustee to replace former Trustee Catherine M. Lebert. Secretary Elan Kleis (left), swears in new Trustee Charles McShane at a recent meeting.

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Evergreen Park sophomore Jack Manso looks for running room in a 41-0 victory over the Chicago Agricultural School Saturday at Gately Stadium.

Marist players burst onto the field to kick off the 2017 season and piled up a 23-14 win over rival Brother Rice Friday.

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Some truly grand openings

Seven of 10 area high school football teams win in Week 1

Marist defense puts Brother Rice offense in park in the second half

By Phil Arvia Correspondent

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Seven of 10 area football teams won their openers by a combined score of 231-71 Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

It would have been impossible for the area to go 10-for-10, as two teams butted heads with each other. Marist broke a 14-14 tie after three quarters with a TD and safety to beat Brother Rice, 23-14.

Oak Lawn made the biggest comeback as the Spartans were down 33-20 to Marian Catholic in Chicago Heights and put three touchdowns on the board for a 40-33 win.

Shepard owned the biggest blowout with a 56-0 home triumph over CICS/Ellison. Evergreen Park was not far behind with a 41-0 win over the Chicago Agricultural School at Gately Stadium.

Stagg, which was winless last year, pounded Thornton Fractional North on the road, 48-19.

Chicago Christian opened its 50th year of football with a 28-14 home win over Chicago Noble/ Bulls.

Richards made a long trip to Mundelein to take on Carmel and came home with a 35-21 victory.

For more information and phoPhoto by Jeff Vorva tos from the Week 1 action, plus Marist’s Ethan Krammer (left) and Ryan Rappold (right) help up Kendric Nowling, who gobbled predictions for Week 2, turn to up a fumble off a snap that went awry in the end zone and scored to help give his team a pages 3 and 4.

14-0 lead over Brother Rice Friday night at Marist.

The cars, parked end to end on the north side of 115th Street, stretched from Keeler Avenue to Cicero Avenue.

But that was only the second-most daunting line on display at Friday’s season-opening tilt between neighborhood rivals Marist and Brother Rice.

The usually offense-first RedHawks, behind two scores from a defense that appears ready for its closeup, outlasted visiting Rice 23-14 in front of a standingroom crowd for another emotional Pulaski Road taffy pull.

“They’re a good defense, no doubt about it,” Brother Rice coach Brian Badke said. “They’ve got a couple of Division I players on the line who are going to cause problems for a lot of teams.”

Indiana-bound Gavin McCabe, a 6-foot3, 250-pounder, was as impressive as anyone with four tackles for loss,10 tackles overall and a batted pass. But he had help. Jimmy Porter and Charlie Laurencell had interceptions, Delonte Harrell and Minnesota-bound Elijah Teague had sacks, Kendric Nowling recovered a botched punt snap in the end zone for a touchdown and Colin Bohanek capped the scoring with a coffin-nail sack for a safety late in the fourth quarter.

Last year, a team that outscored league foes 278-56 didn’t need to think much about defense.

“It’s a new vibe, but I kind of like it,” wide receiver/defensive back Billy Skalitzky said. “We’ve got a lot of athletes on defense who are going to make a lot of plays.”

Skalitzky made the big offensive play of the game, a 66-yard end-around for a touchdown with 4:20 to play in the first

quarter. Teague’s sack for a 14-yard loss on the ensuing Rice possession set up a potential punt from the Crusaders’ end zone, but John Richardson couldn’t find the handle on the snap and Nowling fell on it for another quick score.

Rice rebounded to tie it before the half, Davion Ervin-Poindexter (13 carries, 43 yards) scoring from four yards out early in the second quarter and Evan Sullivan hitting Arthur Veal on a 30-yard fade route for another touchdown at the 4:53 mark.

The RedHawks pitched a shutout the rest of the way. Just 88 of the Crusaders’ 234 total yards came in the second half.

On the first play of the fourth quarter, Jahlen Williams, who hadn’t touched the ball in the first half, carried for the fifth straight snap to cap a six-play, 56-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown run. That 21-14 advantage lasted until Bohanek’s 12-yard sack for a safety with 4:50 to play.

“It was just a straight blitz off the edge,” the sophomore linebacker said. “I was pretty much unblocked. The quarterback tried to roll around, and he had no place to go.”

Marist’s options, however, are wide open — at least as far as first-year head coach Ron Dawczak sees it. His personal debut as the sideline boss bothered the former Marist quarterback not at all.

“I was fine,” he said. “With a group of guys like this, how can I be anything but confident?”

That confidence extends to an offense that struggled to find its rhythm against the Crusaders. Harrell had 53 yards on 15 carries while quarterback Michael Markett completed nine of 19 passes for 91 yards.

“From Week 1 to Week 2 is the week when teams make the biggest improvement,” Dawczak said. “I think we still have the ability to be that high-flying offensive team.”

EP’s Malone gets back in the swing of Chicago Triathlon

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Evergreen Park’s Martin Malone has run in several triathlons in his career — including the first Chicago Triathlon in 1983 — but stopped in 2009.

In the 35th year of the event, Malone returned.

See, his son, Lucas, a former Brother Rice football player who is now living in Chicago, wanted to try the tri for the first time and Martin, who turned 60 this year, decided to make his comeback after he took what he called his “sabbatical” from the big races.

“He said he was going to do it and I said, ‘You know, something? I turned 60 this year and I hit a new bracket,” he said. “I’ll be one

of the youngest guys in the bracket. So I trained for it so we could do it together.’’

Martin finished the .93-mile swim, 24.8-mile bike ride and 6.2-mile event along Chicago’s lake shore in 2 hours, 56 minutes and 34 seconds on Sunday. He was 1,156th out of 3,037 overall and 14th out of 53 in the 60-64 male age group. Lucas, 25, finished at 3:18:13 and was 2,078th.

Martin, a former St. Rita hockey player, started his triathlon career with a race in San Diego in 1980. In 1983, there was talk about a triathlon coming to Chicago and he and some friends were all for it.

He said that the race was organized for a first-time venture but before the race, no one knew for sure if it would go on because of

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After relaxing from big athletic events for eight years, Evergreen Park’s Martin Malone, 60, returned to the Chicago Triathlon on Sunday.

permit issues. Everything was resolved at the 11th hour and the race was on.

“The race was intriguing,” Malone said. “The running was 15K back then and the swimming was 2K. The run was 9.3 miles and the bike was 25 miles. I wanted to participate in it because I thought it would be fun.’’

He said the water was cold and people were fishing along the lake. He first thought the fishermen would be cleared when the race started but that didn’t happen.

“That was hilarious,” he said.

What wasn’t hilarious, however, was how he started the race.

“I got kicked in the face and my contact

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FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Marist knocks off national power Minooka

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

With the eyes of a tiger on a mural behind them, Marist’s girls volleyball team posed for photos with its new trophy after making a statement to the state and nation with a first-place finish in the Crosstown Showdown at Plainfield North Nigh School.

To win that trophy, the RedHawks needed a little “Eye of the Tiger”/“Rocky”-like inspiration as the underdogs knocked off Minooka 20-25, 25-15 2518 in a wild title match. Minooka was ranked No. 1 in the state by illprepvc.com and second in the nation in Max Preps’ Xcellent 25 ranking.

“We just really wanted it,” RedHawks setter Molly Murrihy told illprepvb.com after the match.

“We realized we were really close in the first game and told ourselves we can take the second and third sets.’’

Savannah Thompson led the RedHawks with 16 kills and 10 digs. Sophomore right side hitter Camryn Jones added 13 kills and Murrihy gave out 39 assists as the RedHawks improved to 6-0.

Last season, Minooka lost in the Illinois High School Association Class 4A championship match to Mother McAuley in three hard-fought sets and returned a lot of firepower from that squad.

Sandburg placed third in the tournament by beating defending Class 3A champion Marian Catholic, 21-25, 25-20, 25-20. The Eagles had their chance against Minooka in the semifinals but lost 25-16, 25-20.

Bulldogs making moves

Generally, volleyball royalty in this area extends

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Marist’s girls volleyball team knocked off national power Minooka to win the Crosstown Showdown in Plainfield.

Juan Guzman gets up after the momentum from his kick knocked him down. The fall was worth it, however, as he scored a first-half goal in what turned out to be a 2-1 loss to Plainfield South Saturday in the Windy City Ram Classic quarterfinals at Reavis High School.

to Mother McAuley, Marist and Sandburg but this year Richards wants in on the action.

The Bulldogs powered through the Bremen Invitational with five two-set victories in the Grey pool. In the final round, Richards beat the hosts, 25-8, 25-8.

dropped a 2-1 quarterfinal decision against Plainfield South at Reavis High School on Saturday morning.

Junior Juan Guzman was the lone Vikings player to score.

Shepard lost 3-1 to Bloom in the consolation semifinals and Oak Lawn lost 2-1 in the ninth-place bracket quarterfinals.

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Ram is tough

No area teams will make it to the finals of the Windy City Ram Classic. Last year, Oak Lawn won the event.

This season, only St. Laurence made it to the final eight of the 24-team tournament and the Vikings

MINNESOTA UNITED FC 2, FIRE 1

RED STARS 2, SPIRIT 1

Basti boils as Fire skid continues

Red Stars profit from Mewis trade

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

The face of the Fire was not smiling much on Saturday night.

Bastian Schweinsteiger, the man with the million-watt and million-dollar smile, had a lot of frowns and scowls as the Fire dropped a 2-1 decision to Minnesota United FC in front of an announced crowd of 18,048 at Toyota Park.

It was the Fire’s fourth straight loss and sixth setback in its last seven games and the second straight loss in Bridgeview.

And it came against an expansion team that entered the night 6-14-4 and was tied with Colorado for the worst record in Major League Soccer.

The Fire still entered this week in relatively decent shape for a playoff appearance as it was in fourth place in the East Division with a 12-9-5 mark, but the downward spiral is getting to the players.

Schweinsteiger kicked the ball in disgust at halftime when the Fire was trailing 2-0 (thanks to two Abu Danladi goals) and gave the referees and earful. He was whistled for a yellow card at the 84th minute and after the game he appeared to give officials a sarcastic handshake before barking at them some more.

Despite his frustrations, he was named by the fans as the Man of the Match.

The German star did not talk to the media after the game, and the gloomy locker room was broken up only by aggravation. Agitated Dax McCarty wants the team to get back to the same level it was at when it was tied with Toronto with the MLS’s best record in July.

“We’ve always had a sense of urgency but clearly now, with the way things have gone in the last couple of games, I think that needs to be ramped up to another

By Jeff Vorva

CHICAGO FIRE AT MONTREAL IMPACT

Sports Editor

WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Stade Saputo, Montreal FIRE’S RECORD: 12-9-5 MONTREAL’S RECORD: 10-9-6 NOTEWORTHY: The Fire’s last road game was in Montreal and the Impact pulled off a 3-0 on Aug. 16 victory to drop Chicago’s record on the road to 2-7-4.

level,” he said. “The playoffs are certainly not a certainty right now so we need to make sure we stay positive and try to get back on the right track.”

McCarty joined the U.S. Men’s National Team Monday and will miss Saturday’s action at Montreal.

The Fire outshot Minnesota 20-8 and had a 57 percent possession advantage, but those two usually important stats did not produce a victory.

“I am worried, I’m actually not happy with the performance on defense,’’ Fire coach Veljko Paunovic said. “We concede very easy goals. I think we can always go back and see the individual mistakes but also the collective mistakes and both are what kills us. However, we’re working on that. Today the back line worked very well, actually, as a unit. But those individual mistakes we couldn’t fix in those moments. We have to get back to where we have more clean sheets, especially at home. That’s our goal, that’s something that has to become the priority and we’re working on that.”

David Accam scored his 14th goal of the season (with an assist from Schweinsteiger) to stay hot. Nemanja Nikolic, however, is scoreless in eight straight games after opening up his Fire career with 16 goals in the first 18 games.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Bastian Schweinsteiger argues with the officials after the Fire was upset 2-1 by expansion team Minnesota on Saturday night in Bridgeview.

Bastian Schweinsteiger tangles with Minnesota’s Ethan Finlay late during the Fire’s 2-1 loss on Saturday at Toyota Park.

FOCUS ON AREA COLLEGE SPORTS

SXU’s 25th season kicks off

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Photo by Jeff Vorva

SXU coach Muike Feminis and his team will challenge the fifth-ranked NAIA team in the country tonight (Thursday) at Deaton Field.

St. Xavier University’s 25th football season gets rolling tonight (Thursday) with a whopper of an opponent.

The Cougars, ranked 24th in the nation

by NAIA coaches despite a 5-6 mark last year, host No. 5 Marian (Ind.) at 6 p.m. at Deaton Field. Last year, the Cougars suffered a 56-10 defeat at the hands of Marian to open the season.

Marian was ranked No. 1 at the time and SXU was 10th. Marian went on to finish 11-1 and lost to Eastern Oregon University, 17-0 in the NAIA quarterfinals.

Volleyball: The Cougars opened the season 6-1 with their only loss coming to Midland (Neb.), which was ranked fourth

in the nation by NAIA coaches, in three sets Friday at the SXU/Trinity Christian College Crossover Friday. The Cougars recovered and beat Marian (Ind.), Mount Mercy (Iowa) and Bethel (Ind.) in the rest of the event.

Helena Atton had 10 kills against Mt. Mercy and Oak Lawn native Bridget Krasowski had 12 against Bethel.

Trinity Christian College

Volleyball: Trinity picked up its first two wins of the season at the SXU/TCC crossover with victories over Bethel and Mt. Mercy on Friday. Kacie Stoll had 24 kills for both matches for the Trolls (2-5).

Women’s soccer: Jessica Bianchi posted her second hat trick in three games in a 7-1 victory over Bethel (Indiana) on Saturday.

Thunderbolts’ playoff bid going down to the wire

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Things are getting wild for the two Frontier League wild-card slots and the Windy City ThunderBolts are in the middle of the madness.

Heading into this week’s action, Evans-

ville (50-40) had a slight hold on the first slot with Windy City (48-42) two games back. But Washington (47-42) was a halfgame behind the Bolts while River City (47-44) and Normal (46-44) were still in the picture.

The Thunderbolts could have put some distance between them and the

other three teams fighting for the final slot, but dropped two out of three games to Washington in Crestwood over the weekend.

The season is winding down and the Thunderbolts were slated to visit Lake Erie Tuesday, Wednesday and tonight (Thursday).

The regular season is set to end this weekend and the ThunderBolts have a tall task as they face the East Division champion Schaumburg Boomers at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, 6:05 p.m. on Saturday and 5:05 p.m. on Sunday. The Bolts are 5-4 against the Boomers and 2-1 against them at Standard Bank Stadium.

Even though the Chicago Red Stars lost a Proffitt, they made a profit when they traded for Washington’s Kristie Mewis on Aug. 21.

In her first game in a new uniform, she played her old team at her old home and made herself right at home as she scored a goal in the 23rd minute to help the Red Stars snap a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory on Saturday night at the SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland.

The team improved to 9-6-5 and entered this week tied with Orlando for third place in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Four teams make the playoffs.

Mewis’ goal kept the Red Stars ahead for most of the match until Washington’s Cheyna Williams found the back of the net at the 81-minute mark to knot the game up.

But Christen Press came to the rescue with her 10th goal of the year six minutes later and Chicago got back on the winning track.

In exchange for Mewis, the Red Stars sent a conditional first-round pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft to Washington. To make room on the roster, the Red Stars have waived midfielder Morgan Proffitt.

Mewis began her NWSL career in Kansas City in 2013 before heading to the Boston Breakers for three years. In her time with Boston she scored 10 goals and added five assists for the Breakers. During the offseason, Mewis was traded to Washington Spirit and has notched two goals and one assist in 14 appearances.

Proffitt was drafted by Chicago with the 12th overall pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.

In her rookie season, Proffitt appeared in seven matches for the Red Stars.

The Red Stars host first-place North Carolina at 5 p.m. Sunday in the final regular-season game at Toyota Park this year.

Malone

Continued from Page 1 lens got dislodged,” he said. “I couldn’t stop. So I basically swam with one eye. I finished it and during the transition, I found it in my goggles and put it back in my eye for the rest of the event.’’

He said after the race, some of the top finishers ate and drank with members of the rest of the field.

“Obviously it’s not like that now,’’ Malone said. “It was a smaller group and it was pretty cool.’’

Another Evergreen Park athlete — Jeff Sabbath — continued his streak of participating in all 35 races. The 58-year-old is the only person to accomplish that.

He finished with a 2:44.06, good for 617th.

Glenview’s Vachee Loughran won the race with a 2:01.12.

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WEEKLY FOOTBALL FORECAST

Week 1 is usually brutal on our brutal pickers, but a few of them did rather well, especially Vorva and Rookie Randy. Findysz was on an island twice last week. He won quality time with both Ginger and Mary Ann with his Oak Lawn pick over Marian but he won quality time with Gilligan and the Skipper for his pick of Sandburg over Lyons. For those too young to get those references… we weep for your generation.

Onto Week 2…

Last week: Overall: Brother Rice at Crete-Monee Chicago Christian vs. Crossroads CICS/Longwood at Evergreen Park Marist at Mishawaka (Ind.) CICS/Chicago Quest at Oak Lawn Phillips at Richards Curie at Sandburg Fenton at Shepard Aurora East at Stagg St. Laurence at Immaculate Conception Marian (Ind.) at St. Xavier University

JEFF VORVA 8-1 8-1 Brother Rice Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Oak Lawn Phillips Sandburg Shepard Stagg IC Marian

JASON MAHOLY 5-4 5-4 Brother Rice Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Oak Lawn Phillips Sandburg Shepard Stagg IC Marian

WALLY FINDYSZ 7-2 7-2 Brother Rice Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Oak Lawn Richards Sandburg Shepard Stagg IC Marian

BOB RAKOW 6-3 6-3 Brother Rice Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Oak Lawn Richards Sandburg Shepard Stagg IC Marian

JOE BOYLE 7-2 7-2 Brother Rice Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Oak Lawn Richards Curie Shepard Stagg St. Laurence SXU

RANDY WHALEN 8-1 8-1 Brother Rice Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Oak Lawn Phillips Sandburg Shepard Stagg St. Laurence SXU

WEEK 1 FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Vikings beaten by Benet with powerhouse IC next

By Jason Maholy and Jeff Vorva Southwest Regional Publishing

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Five banners were unveiled on Aug. 22 celebrating Mother McAuley’s monster 2016 season.

It was a Banner Night in more ways than one

normally don’t like to carve up a huge chunk of space on an event that is nine days old, but in this case I will make an exception.

Maybe it’s because my ears are still ringing nine days later.

Was it from the guy singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”?

Or was it from a furious second-set comeback that had a lot of people screaming?

The world will never know.

What I do know was that the Mother McAuley Raising of the Banners Night — and the ensuing varsity girls volleyball varsity match between McAuley and Joliet Catholic Academy on Aug. 22 — were a lot more entertaining and fun than I expected.

I’m sure there have been plenty of exciting pregame buildups that I have attended JEFF VORVA before. But this was about as Making the energetic and fun of a night as seen. I don’t even think Extra Point I’ve minutes before the state tournament buildup can match this.

I wasn’t a big fan of two long warmup sessions — one before the ceremony and one after — but I hate volleyball warmups in general.

The ceremony was not too short and not too long. Master of Ceremonies Gregory Gardner kept things moving at a perfect pace as several players from last year’s squad, which won the Illinois High School Association Class 4A title and was named national champion by three ranking services, were introduced to a crowd estimated at close to 1,000 fans.

Charley Niego, who was the first McAuley player to ever win the Gatorade Illinois Volleyball Player of the Year last year, was honored for her numerous accolades during a glorious junior season. Those honors included being named the Regional/Reporter Girls Volleyball Player of the Year and overall Athlete of the Year. Coach Jen DeJarld also was honored for her role in guiding the team to the spectacular finish.

Finally, the players lined on the east side of the net, and along the west wall, five — yes, five — banners were displayed.

To the left was Niego’s Gatorade banner. Second was the program’s 15th state championship banner.

The ban in the middle was a wide one honoring the team for winning the national championship, as chosen by Max Preps, PrepVolleyball.com and USA Today/AVCA. No. 4 was the PrepVolleyball banner, and to the right was the USA Today/ AVCA banner.

It’s quite an impressive haul of cloth.

Then booming baritone Jim Cornelison, who sings the National Anthem all over the place but is famous for belting it out before Blackhawks games at the United Center, did his thing with “The Star-Spangled Banner.’’

McAuley’s gym is a lot smaller than the United Center, which made his performance even more stunning. Man, if you don’t get the chills and aren’t pumped up after listening to this guy… you just might be ready for the cemetery.

The match was also intense.

The Mighty Macs could be forgiven for scheduling a lesser opponent for this night. But JCA is a perennial state power and multi state champion.

DeJarld said the Macs start the season with JCA every year and didn’t want to change that tradition.

So, the Macs blew a lead in the first game, gave

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With several St. Laurence players in starting roles for the first time, coach Harold Blackmon expected there would be a few growing pains early in the season.

The Vikings were out of sorts on both sides of the ball at times on opening night, and they dropped a 49-28 decision to Benet — a team ranked fifth in the state in Class 7A by the Associated Press — in Burbank.

“I think the biggest issue we had in all three phases was communication,” Blackmon said. “We have a lot of new offensive starters, and it took us a while to figure out who we were. And defensively, we’re trying to adjust to a new system.’’

The Vikings, who advanced to the Illinois High School Association semifinals the past two seasons, could be in danger of going 0-2 as they visit Immaculate Conception Friday night. IC was ranked No 1 in Class 3A and beat the Vikings, 63-49, last year in Burbank and won the Class 3A title with ease.

Against Benet, Vikings quarterback Devon Rembis completed 21-of-32 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw an interception. Tori Clinton rushed 20 times for 130 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown jaunt. Miles Scott had 91 yards receiving.

Stagg 48, TF North 19

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Senior Charley Niego was honored for her outstanding play last season.

Running back Greg Hoard, a transfer who chomped up big yardage for Morton the past three seasons, made a spectacular debut for Stagg as he ran for 248 yards and three touchdowns -— all in the first half.

Teammate Mike Jennings found the end zone three times on three carries to lead the visiting Chargers to their first win since Week 9 of the 2015 season.

“It felt great to get that win,” said Fahey, who endured a winless campaign in 2016. “We came out blazing offensively. We were able to get some big plays with our skill guys and it was exciting.”

Stagg rolled over the Meteors for 454 rushing yards, with Argo-transfer wide receiver Prentise Powell (85), quarterback Kyle Neputy (63) and Reide Modiest (49) making contributions.

Sandburg receiver Nicky Shelton (left) and Lyons’ JJ Dutton fight for a pass in Friday’s game, won by Lyons 33-22. Shelton caught eight passes for 216 yards.

Chicago Christian 28 Bulls College Prep 14

guys were baptized by fire and reacted, for the most part, very well.”

Senior quarterback Henry Light ran for two touchdowns and also threw a pair to Jonathan Griffin, and host Chicago Christian won on opening weekend for the first time in four seasons.

Light was 4-for-9 for 93 yards and hooked up with Griffin on a 48-yard scoring play. The thirdyear starter also ran for 46 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown scramble. Light also kicked a field goal.

“He looked good,” Knights coach Nick Cook said of Light’s performance. “He had some very seniorleader, captain, three-year-starter plays.”

Griffin had four carries for 50 yards and caught three passes for 84 more.

Oak Lawn 40, Marian Catholic 33

Baritone Jim Cornelison belts out “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the McAuley-Joliet Catholic Academy match on Aug. 22.

up the last seven points and lost 25-21.

Then they had to scramble to win the second set, 25-21.

Then Niego started the 2017 season the way she played in 2016 — by taking over the match with five of her 16 kills in a 25-15 third-set victory. One kill bounced off an Angels player and hit the banner on the right.

Yep, it was a banner night.

“It was a really fun pregame, but after that we couldn’t focus on it — it was game time,’’ Niego said. “We had to focus on our play and not what happened last year. I like how the celebration went, but that’s the end of it. This is a new season.’’

Nora Burke had seven kills, Nancy Kane had 28 assists, Casey Macander had 14 digs and Orland Park’s Alena Pedroza, a sophomore making her varsity debut as an outside hitter when Niego is in the back row, had five kills (three in the third set) and five blocks.

“It was definitely an exciting night and I was a little nervous,” Pedroza said. “There was definitely a lot of energy and emotions going on.’’

It was quite a way to start the season.

Senior defensive back Dan Lillard returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown on Marian’s first drive of the second half to spark a comeback from a 13-point deficit, and visiting Oak Lawn held Marian off the scoreboard for the final 24 minutes.

Oak Lawn fullback Nick Puenta rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns, and quarterback Robbie Krzak ran for 107 more scored twice to lead an offense that gained more than 300 yards on the ground. Krzak completed 5-of-11 passes for 55 yards.

Oak Lawn turned the ball over four times in the first half and trailed 33-20 at the break.

“It was a great program win,” said third-year Spartans coach Nick Novak. “Two years ago, or even last year, I don’t know if we win that game.”

Richards 35, Carmel 21

Junior running back Derek Flowers carried the ball 28 times for 154 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Sebastian Castro threw for 150 yards and two scores and the Bulldogs, who pride themselves on playing strong non-conference opponents, are 1-0 for the first time in three seasons with the win in Mundelein.

The Bulldogs host Phillips, which is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A, on Friday. Last year Phillips beat Richards, 28-20 Castro also ran for 77 yards. Castros had scoring tosses going to A’Maree Beard, who caught seven passes for 96 yards.

More than three-quarters of the Bulldogs’ players were starting for the first time on varsity.

“We learned that we’re pretty tough, and we’re physical,” Richards coach Tony Sheehan said. “Our

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Shepard 56, Ellison 0

Receiver Neiko Carter caught two passes for 75 yards, with both going for touchdowns, and returned a kickoff 66 yards for another score for the win in Palos Heights.

Rishard Blake threw for a touchdown, and also caught a 48-yard scoring pass. QBs Marquel Porter and Tamer Ashkar also tossed touchdown passes.

Shepard held Ellison to 80 yards. Jaden Anderson, Kevin Graham, Jon Daniels and Chammar Thompson recorded sacks.

Evergreen Park 41 Chicago Agriculture 0

The first 18 minutes and 20 seconds saw the Mustangs running just one offensive play but they owned a 14-0 lead Saturday at Gately Stadium in Chicago. Their lone offensive possession in that span saw running back David Torres hit Obadiah White with a 61-yard pass with 6:17 left in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Darryn Caston returned a punt for 54 yards with 9:19 left in the half and EP didn’t get the ball back until the 5:40 mark.

Sean Doherty booted field goals in the second and third quarters to give the Mustangs a 20-0 lead and that helped put the game away.

Jaylen Lynch ran for 68 yards and two touchdowns for EP. On defense, Bomani Robinson and Kenny Rickert had interceptions.

Lyons 33 Sandburg 22

Lyons, the No. 5 team in the state in the Class 8A according to the Associated Press preseason poll, took a 27-7 halftime lead but the Eagles closed the gap to 30-22 early in the fourth quarter before dropping the non-conference opener in Orland Park.

The Eagles, who host Curie on Friday, developed a lethal passing combo that should have opponents concerned.

Junior quarterback Ben Starcevich threw for 294 yards and hit senior wide receiver Shelton eight times for 216 yards including a pair of 72-yard touchdown passes. Andrew Schaub had 21 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown.

“We had sloppy, first-game jitters in the first half,’’ Sandburg coach Scott Peters said. “In the second half, we cleaned up the mistakes and played consistent.’’

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Some images from the first week of football

Sandburg’s fans weren’t having much fun in the first half as the Eagles trailed 27-7 but the Eagles closed the gap in the second half before dropping a 33-22 game.

Sandburg’s Michael Stavropoulos (left) and Ricky Kwak pull down a Lyons player in Friday’s 33-22 loss in Orland Park.

The Marist band plays “The Star-Spangled Banner” in front of a full house on Friday.

Brother Rice quarterback John Bean looks for some running room against Marist on Friday night.

Evergreen Park kicker Sean Doherty (No. 12) nailed two fi ld goals and five extra points against Chicago Agricultural Science on Saturday.

Marist alum Connor McHale and Brother Rice Principal Jim Antos were recognized before the huge rivalry game for their military service.

Chicago Agricultural and Evergreen Park players were separated after a skirmish in the fi st quarter on Saturday.

Order was restored quickly and there were no incidents after that.

Tie goes to the lineman: Marist’s Frank Sheehan gets his shoe tied quickly as the RedHawk off nse raced out to the field during a change of possession in the fi st quarter against Brother Rice.

Evergreen Park didn’t bring a huge crowd to Gately Stadium Saturday, but the cheerleading squad was there to pump up the Mustang fans.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

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Houses For Sale

Houses For Sale

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.GARY GIBSON, COLLEEN GIBSON, CITIBANK, N.A., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. Defendants 14 CH 010141 11910 S. TIMBERLANE DRIVE PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 25, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11910 S. TIMBERLANE DRIVE, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-26-202-003-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-25131.

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.

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-AR7 Plaintiff, -v.JAMES SAPATO, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Defendants 15 CH 014447 443 SHADOW CREEK DRIVE PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 10, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 443 SHADOW CREEK DRIVE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-31-401-018-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-15662.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-15662 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 014447 TJSC#: 37-6291 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

JEFFREY DAMIEN, AKA JEFF DANIELS; DEIDRE M. DAMIEN; RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, AN ILLINOIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION Defendants, 17 CH 4505 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 23-23-112-022-0000.

Commonly known as 22 Cour Marquis, Palos Hills, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 2205611. 17-007514 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3059558

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.KENNETH KRUSE, GLORIA KRUSE, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Defendants 09 CH 52089 9013 South 51st Avenue Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 4, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 21, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9013 South 51st Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-04-218-004-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $234,599.29.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number W09110046.

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

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. W09110046 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 58852 Case Number: 09 CH 52089 TJSC#: 37-7555 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC Plaintiff, vs.

Rajae Morrar aka Rajae M. Morrar; Ferial Morrar; Discover Bank; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, Case # 16CH13379 Sheriff’s # 170137 F16090269 NSTR Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on September 25th, 2017, at 1pm in room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: Common Address: 9621 Merton Avenue, Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453 P.I.N: 24-08-110-046-0000; 24-08-110-010-0000 (old); 24-08-110-011-0000 (old) Improvements: This property consists of a single family home.

Sale shall be under the following terms: payment of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the successful and highest bid to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier’s check or certified funds at the sale; and the full remaining balance to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier’s check or certified funds within twenty-four (24) hours after the sale.

Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments.

Premise will NOT be open for inspection.

Firm Information: Plaintiff’s Attorney ANSELMO, LINDBERG OLIVER LLC Sales Department 1771 W. DIEHL., Suite 120 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 Phone: 630-453-6960 Fax: 630-428-4620 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1 (800) 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is: 1 (800) 927-9275.

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Turning over a new leaf

By Tim Dudik Leafy greens are considered some of the healthiest vegetables you can eat. Spinach, kale, romaine, arugula, chard — these are loaded with vitamins A, C and K, and essential minerals such as iron and folate. Try these recipes starring leafy, green vegetables to pack a healthy punch to your daily diet.

Mediterranean Spinach and Arugula Salad with Spiced Chickpeas and Quick Lemon Vinaigrette

Adding plants to your home can boost your health

By Jackson A. Thomas Adding a plant — or several — to your home doesn’t just add to the ambience. It’s also good for your health. Just ask Tiffany Wamsley Audette, who loves plants — and talking about them.

“My houseplants provide a lot of activity, taking them in and out seasonally, watering often, tweaking their placement as a display,” says Audette, who does clerical work in Opp, Alabama. “Plants give their owners varying degrees of a sense of purpose, accomplishment, pride, identity, being part of nature.”

But before you sit a spider plant atop the kitchen windowsill or fit a fern next to the couch, know there are several factors to consider. Learn what plants are best inside the home, what’s easiest to take care of and the best spots to place them.

Finding what works

Houseplants produce oxygen

while also detoxifying the air in the home. Research shows they deter illness, boost healing, keep air temperatures low, reduce airborne dust levels and can even boost productivity.

“There’s also the mental aspect of connecting with others in a positive way about a common hobby, as well as being on a constant search for additional information,” Audette says.

Some easy-to-maintain houseplants include the spider plant, the snake plant and the pothos, says Marc Hachadourian, director of the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections at the New York Botanical Garden. “They are among the more widely grown for good reason, as they are durable and grow in a wide variety of temperatures, light levels and are adaptable to changing conditions in the home environment,” he says.

Barbara Kreski, director of horticultural therapy services at the Chicago Botanic Garden, says succulent plants also are popular because of their low maintenance.

“They can go for relatively long intervals without water and are generally pretty sturdy,” she says.

But some houseplants require more upkeep. Hachadourian says the maiden-hair fern requires a bit more dedication. And Kreski says it’s typically more difficult to maintain plants you’re growing for their fruit or flowers rather than the leaves.

“A lot of people have tried to save their holiday poinsettia plant and to prompt the display of colorful bracts in a second year,” she says. “Many of us find (maintaining them) to be a chore and choose to purchase a new, fresh plant each season.”

Placement is important

When it comes to reaping all the benefits of houseplants, make sure you have “the right plant for the right place,” Hachadourian says.

“Look at your conditions, including light, humidity, your frequency of watering and care, and then select a plant that will match

and grow in those conditions,” he says.

It’s much easier to grow a plant in places in can thrive rather than force it to grow in less-than-ideal conditions. “Ideally, most houseplants would enjoy four to six hours of bright, filtered light per day from an east or south window protected from intense direct sunlight,” Hachadourian says.

Kreski says to put houseplants where you can see and appreciate them often. “Don’t overlook places like a bathroom counter,” she says. “Some plants thrive in the humidity. There are plants for even the relatively dark conditions of an interior part of the room away from windows.”

And if you’re ever unsure, consult a florist or a horticulturist at your local nursery. “Remember that plants are living things that require light, water and care to survive and are not inanimate décor,” Hachadourian says. “With some simple care, the right plant can grow and thrive for many years.”

Learn how to spot the symptoms of heart disease

By Jackson A. Thomas Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it killed 321,000 men — accounting for 25 percent of all American male deaths — in 2013. Between 70 percent and 89 percent of all sudden cardiac deaths occur in men, and half of men who die suddenly from coronary heart disease have no prior symptoms.

Darrion Alford admits he wasn’t as aware of these statistics as he would have liked to be.

“I have not been dealing with that myself, other than a few cases of heartburn,” says Alford, a 25-year-old dance teacher in Newark, New Jersey.

But cardiovascular issues have hit close to home.

“My father has a bad case of high blood pressure and has had a few strokes,” Alford says. “I was on the verge of problems with my health, and I had weight loss surgery to help me lose weight.

Now I am trying each day to keep myself healthy.”

FAST FACT Someone in the U.S. dies from heart disease about once every 90 seconds Ego check

The rates of heart disease for both men and women continue to rise. But men might be more prone to it for several reasons, including hormones and ego.

Cardiologist Dr. Matthew J. Budoff, of the UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, says he and his team recently published a study that found testosterone replacement therapy increased plaque in the cardiovascular system.

“I believe that excess testosterone makes men more prone to heart disease than women, who run much lower levels,” Budoff says.

Dr. Richard Bryce, of the Community Health and Social

Services Center in Detroit, says the hormonal differences between estrogen and testosterone mean estrogen might even protect the heart.

According to Bryce, the fact that men aren’t as likely to visit a doctor when they experience chest pain is another contributor.

“At times, from my patient population, I do see more resistance from men to seek preventive medical care and make positive health changes,” Bryce says.

Budoff says laborious work isn’t a cause of higher heart disease risk in men.

“It can’t be because of laborintensive jobs, as exercise is good for the heart,” he says. “We also just finished a study in JAMA on stress and anger and found that it’s not strongly related to heart disease.”

Pushing past the stigma

Guys who develop heart disease sometimes have atypical symptoms, including shoulder and jaw pain, says cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

“In men, key indicators of heart

disease are typically chest pain or discomfort, nausea or vomiting, numbness in extremities, and short- ness of breath,” Steinbaum says. “Don’t ignore these signs or wait for them to subside. If the activities that are usually easy for you suddenly are more difficult, then think about your heart and go see your doctor.”

Of course, exercise and a healthy diet are key, but don’t be fooled by thinking they’ll totally eliminate the risk of developing heart disease.

“You can’t avoid your genes,” says Dr. George Bakris, of the University of Chicago Medicine.

“If you have a very strong family history of hypertension, or heart attacks in your 40s and 50s, your blood pressure and cholesterol must be checked and treated with medication.”

Alford stresses how important it is for guys to take care of their hearts.

“We only get one body on this Earth,” he says. “I struggle with keeping healthy from my consumption of foods I know are bad. I am aware of the issue, and I work every day to try to be better.”

Smith Senior Living advocates regular health, fitness assessments

• 3 cups baby spinach • 2 cups arugula • 1 cucumber, diced small • 1 jar (about 12 ounces) roasted red peppers, cut into thin strips • 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, cut in half • 1 cup pitted Kalamata olives • 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese • 1 cup spiced chickpeas • 1 1/2 cups lemon vinaigrette Spiced Chickpeas • One 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1/4 teaspoon ground

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Left: Michael Clemens, fitness coordinator for Smith Crossing, performs fitness assessments for residents who participate in the community’s on-site exercise program. Right: Karinna Wesley, fitness coordinator for Smith Village, performs fitness assessments for residents who enroll in on-site exercise program.

well as vaccinations. And, we offer our residents another beneficial measure that’s often overlooked— fitness assessments.”

Before enrolling in either Smith community’s onsite fitness program, residents must obtain their

doctor’s okay. And before using exercise equipment or signing up for classes, residents meet with Smith fitness coordinators who evaluate their ability to balance and move freely. The coordinators use fitness assessment tests

recommended by the National Institute on Aging.

The “Timed Up and Go” assessment, for instance, measures how long it takes someone to rise See SMITH, Page 8

coriander • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger • 1/4 teaspoon paprika • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Preheat oven to 425*. In a small bowl, combine chickpeas with oil and spices. Spread on a baking pan and bake for about 30 minutes, occasionally shaking the pan to mix things up, or until chickpeas are golden and crunchy. Let cool. These can be stored in an airtight container for about 2 weeks — they also make a great snack.

Lemon Vinaigrette • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons) • 1/4 cup white-wine vinegar • 2 teaspoons sugar • 1 teaspoon coarse salt • 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper • 1 cup olive oil Whisk (or blend) together lemon juice, vinegar, sugar and salt. Slowly whisk in olive oil.

Finish with black pepper.

Tropical Green Smoothies Want a great way to start your morning? This drink will have you feeling like you’re on an island escape, even if you’re stuck in traffic. The great thing about smoothies is adjustable fruit content — increase to sweeten it up or decrease to tone it down. you can also substitute frozen for fresh fruits, especially when your favorites are out of season.

Makes two smoothies

• 2 cups frozen kale • 1 cup pineapple, frozen • 1 medium sized banana, fresh • 1 cup strawberries, fresh • 3 cups unsweetened plain almond milk • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Blend kale, almond milk and vanilla extract until smooth.

Add in fruit and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

Red and Green Beet Crostini This bright and beautiful appetizer is sure to catch eyes and excite taste buds. The beet greens are packed with vitamin A and iron, the beets are full of fiber, and best of all of there’s practically no waste making this dish. Add it to the menu of your next party.

Makes about 2 dozen Crostini • 1 loaf crusty French bread 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 clove garlic, minced 2 teaspoons salt • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper Preheat oven to 400*.

Cut the French bread on a diagonal into • 1/4-inch pieces and spread them on a baking pan. Mix olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper and brush top side of bread piece.

Bake for 4-5 minutes, or until toasted golden brown.

Beet Spread • 2 pounds beets (with tops attached) • 2 cloves garlic 1/2 cup olive oil • 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon ground coriander

Submitted by Smith Senior Living Parents make appointments for their children to have physical exams and vaccinations before the start of school. At Smith Crossing in Orland Park and Smith Village in Chicago’s Beverly Morgan Park neighborhood, healthcare and fitness experts believe residents also benefit from annual physical exams, vaccinations and something more—regular fitness assessments.

At both life plan communities, residents can leverage their engagement in a variety of programs to ensure fitness and good health.

“Most of our residents already have long-term relationships with general practitioners and specialists who encourage annual checkups and follow-up testing, and this provides a baseline for addressing any health issues,” said Kevin McGee, president and CEO of Smith Senior Living. “Each Smith community also has a medical director as well as strong relationships with nearby hospitals. Our policy is to welcome visiting physicians, so residents in all settings have access to health assessments to ensure good care. We even provide onsite vision and hearing screening, as

Mediterranean Salad This salad is loaded with good stuff — spinach with vitamins C and K, fiber and manganese, a mineral essential for your metabolism and bone health.

Meanwhile, chickpeas provide protein, peppery arugula spices it up and the lemon vinaigrette sweetens the deal as a lowcalorie dressing.

Serves about 4

Preheat oven to 425*. Trim beet tops off (do not discard) and wash beets thoroughly. In a large, cast iron or other heavy pot, place beets and cover with water. Cover and bake for about 2 hours, or until beets are soft.

Remove beets from water and let cool. Remove skins by sliding them off (you might want to use gloves), then cut beets in to large chunks. In a food processor, combine beets, garlic, lemon juice, salt and coriander.

Blend until smooth, then while the processor is still running, slowly pour in oil. Chill.

Topping • 3 cups beet greens, cut into thin strips • 1/4 cup shredded asiago cheese (you can substitute parmesan or other hard cheese) • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 tablespoon minced garlic 2 teaspoons salt • 1 teaspoon black pepper In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.

To assemble, spread about 2 tablespoons of the beet spread on crostini then top with a bit of the beet green topping. Serve immediately.

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Continued from Page 7 from a seated position. Standing up from a chair can take more time as people age. Some older adults, who have lost significant leg and core strength, sometimes must make several attempts or resort to pushing themselves up while gripping chair arms.

The “Functional Reach” test gauges how far a person can reach with outstretched arms while feet remain firmly planted. As people age, their reach—or margin of stability—declines. For example, women from age 20 to 40 can generally reach about 14.5 inches.

Women in their 80s may only be able to reach 10 inches.

Smith fitness coordinators also use the timed balance test, which determines how long a person can stand on one foot, another ability that can decline with age.

These assessments are simple, but they’re important because they confirm how easily a person moves, their core and leg strength, and their level of stability.

“Strong, capable muscles provide better stability, reducing risks of falls and fractures that can lead to other health problems,” said Karinna Wesley, fitness coordinator at Smith Village. “Older adults are less likely to fall if they’re performing physical activities on a regular basis. With our tests, we assess residents’ abilities so they’re not pushing themselves too far out of their comfort zone and becoming frustrated. Instead, they’re building on their abilities.”

After an initial evaluation, Wesley performs the assessments every three months to measure progress and challenges.

Smith Crossing fitness coordinator Michael Clemens also regularly performs the fitness assessments. Like Wesley, he believes annual checkups and assessments are a vital part of preventative care.

“I think it’s very important to have an annual examination by a physician and an assessment by a personal trainer,” Clemens said. “The big advantage for Smith Crossing residents is that they have access to these mea-

sures as guidelines for tracking and improving their health and fitness.”

About Smith Senior Living

Smith Senior Living, a not-forprofit organization serving older

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adults, sponsors Smith Village in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood and Smith Crossing in Orland Park, Ill. These are the only life plan communities located in the Southwest sector of metropolitan Chicago. An innovative leader

providing the finest services and care for seniors, Smith established its first community in 1924, on the same city block where Smith Village stands today.

Both LPCs provide spacious independent living residences,

and apartments for assisted living, as well as memory support and skilled nursing care. In addition, they offer short-term rehab programs for residents and others who have had surgery or a medical incident.

For more information about how Smith Senior Living can help seniors enjoy their retirement, contact Smith Crossing at 708-326-2308 or SmithCrossing. org, and Smith Village at 773-4747303 or SmithVillage.org.

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