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Worth man reports he was threatened with a knife to his throat and a promise that a man from a motorcycle gang will come back and kill him. Page 2

Two fires in Worth but no injuries reported Page 2

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Bang, zoom II An Oak Lawn bar is subject to $3,000 worth of fines Rakow reports, page 3

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Thinking of packing heat? New Chicago Ridge site offers classes on new concealed carry law By Kevin M. Coyne Correspondent Before Ron Pohrebny was able to legally drive a car, the now 53-year-old has enjoyed shooting and teaching others the awesome responsibility associated with owning a firearm. For the past 25-years, Pohrebny has worked as a firearms instructor. He is certified by the National Rifle Association and the Illinois State Police to teach concealed carry. Pohrebny is the new owner of the former Chicago Ridge Gun Shop and Range, which is now the site for his concealed carry company, Carry Chicago, 10349 Southwest Highway. Starting Jan. 10, Pohrebny will start preparing Illinois residents for the new concealed carry laws. “The course is a lot of basic information on firing, handling, unloading and using a firearm safely,” Pohrebny said. “It’s geared towards people’s ability and knowledge and most people getting concealed carry have been gun enthusiasts for a while.” Starting Sunday, the state of Illinois will begin taking applications for concealed carry. Despite immense pushback from anti-gun groups, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois Photo by Kevin M. Coyne is now the last state to lift the Carry Chicago, 10349 Southwest Highway in Chicago Ridge, will begin teaching the state-mandated 16-hour concealed carry course on Jan. 10. (Continued on page 4)

Dist. 230 VP concerned about ‘test overload’ By Tim Hadac Staff Reporter In a time of growing criticism about the amount of standardized tests that children take in school, District 230 officials last Thursday discussed the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests set for implementation in the 2014-15 academic year. “Boy, it just seems like we do a lot of testing,” said board Vice President Patrick O’Sullivan, in reaction to a presentation made by Dr. Kim Dryier, the district’s assistant superintendent for instruction. “I think a lot of that is not our doing, it’s kind of forced on us. But boy, you take these PARCC tests, these preand post-assessment tests, your ACT, your ACT prep, and it’s almost like you’re being tested as much as you’re learning. It’s like there’s a kind of test overload.” The discussion took place at

Sandburg High School, before an audience of fewer than 10 people. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), as described on its website, “is a consortium of 18 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers. These new K-12 assessments will build a pathway to college and career readiness by the end of high school, mark students’ progress toward this goal from 3rd grade up, and provide teachers with timely information to inform instruction and provide student support.” PARCC plans to “create highquality assessments that measure the full range of the Common Core State Standards, support educators in the classroom, make better use of technology in assessments, and advance account-

ability at all levels.” Exactly what that will mean at the classroom level is something that school administrators and faculty, both locally and elsewhere, have grappled with for the last year, as the effort takes shape slowly. “This seems to be extremely confusing. I’d hate to be a kid right now,” said board member Tony Serratore, who wondered aloud if the coming PARCC method of student assessment will differ significantly from the well known ACT test, and if that difference will affect students’ ability to get into the college of their choice. Echoing what many have said in districts across the U.S., Dryier acknowledged that there are still “uncertainties and variables” associated with PARCC implementation and described aspects of the process as “frustrating” and “trying” for administrators and faculty alike. She encouraged board members to take a longer view, saying

that the district’s goal remains to “prepare kids the best way that we can. We truly believe that good instruction, good critical thinking skills will help kids solve problems, regardless of what [those problems] look like,” she said. “The good news is, we do good instruction here,” she added. “We have good school improvement plans. We are focused on student achievement, regardless of what the [type of] test is. We fully believe that our students will be well prepared for any assessment that may show up on our doorstep next year.” Dryier added that basic information about PARCC and what it will mean for students in the district will be posted soon at d230. org, but she, and that information may change over time. A big-picture view of PARCC is available at parcconline.org. In other matters, board members congratulated and thanked district staff for their handling the Dec. 4 evacuation of Stagg

High School, 8015 W. 111th St., Palos Hills. “We tested before school, during school, after school, outside, inside, in spaces near the boiler,” stated district Superintendent James M. Gay. “We had an outside contractor — White Environmental — come in to help.” Gay said there is no evidence to suggest any kind of environmental health concern at the school, but that steps have been taken to prevent a re-occurrence of the strange odor that led to the evacuation and to about a dozen students and teachers transported to local hospitals as a precaution. School officials have said they believe that unusual weather conditions to a high amount of vehicle exhaust to be pulled into the building’s fresh-air intake vents. The new, preventive steps will be announced at the next board meeting, set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 at Sandburg, 13300 S. La Grange Road. The public is encouraged to attend.

The final countdown: Three vie for Dist. 127.5 top job By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter It’s down to three. Chicago Ridge School District 127.5 has entered the next phase of its search for a new superintendent. The three finalists for the position will meet Tuesday afternoon with members of the community as well as teachers and district staff members for “open discourse,” said Supt. Joyce Kleinaitis. The forum is not open to the public. The feedback from the conversations will help the school board choose a new superintendent, who likely will be selected in February, Kleinaitis said. The school board plans to conduct final interviews Jan. 18. The 26 community members who will meet with the candidates represent a cross-section of the community, including parents, school board members and library officials. members, teachers and district The finalists will meet sepa- staff, Kleinaitis said. rately with the community Group members are encour-

cational philosophy, approach to the community, among other queries, she said. Kleinaitis is retiring at the end of the school year after eight years in the position to teach graduate education classes. Specifically, she will teach school law, which prepares teachers to become administrators, she said. Her base salary for 201314 is $161,902. She would not offer any background on the finalists, who were chosen from a group of seven who interviewed with the school board. Twenty five individuals applied for the position. School board president Greg Hillman has said all of the candidates are from Illinois.

What are the top 10 stories of 2013?

Stories of tragedy and stories of triumph were a part of the area’s landscape in 2013. The Reporter’s 2013 top 10 news stories of the year stories will Kleinaitis is 43-year veteran be unveiled on Page 5. Have any of education, having worked as guesses as to what they are? a teacher, assistant principal, Meanwhile the Reporter/Regionprincipal and assistant super- al sports landscape also had an intendent before coming to exciting year with a couple of District 127.5. state championships a near third She said she has not had time state title and a near national aged to ask a wide range of to think about her departure championship. The top 10 sports questions dealing with the from the district. stories are unveiled on page one candidates’ backgrounds, eduin the sport section. (Continued on page 2)

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Chicago Ridge Morgan Jackson, 19, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Dec. 23 after allegedly stealing goods from Claire’s at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. *** Anika Mitchell, 18, and Kynesha N. Bonner, 18, both of Chicago, were charged with retail theft Dec. 26 after allegedly stealing goods from Kohls at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. *** Lauren McKee, 19, of Burbank, was charged with retail theft Dec. 26 after allegedly stealing items from Kohl’s at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. *** Elsa Battena, 27, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Dec. 29 after allegedly stealing items from Kohl’s at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. *** Kijuan A. Jensen, 18, of Waunakee, Wis., was charged with retail theft Dec. 29 after allegedly stealing merchandise from Carson’s at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said.

Hickory Hills Octavia M. Rembert, 23, of Justice, was charged with driving on a suspended license Dec. 22 after a stop in the 8300 block of 85th Court, police said. *** Keith Boyd, 24, of Justice, was charged with driving on a suspended license Dec. 24 after a stop in the 8300 block of 87th Street, police said.

Oak Lawn A refrigerator was reported stolen between Dec. 6 and 12 from a vacant house in the 4000 block of Fitzjames Walk. ***

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Jewelry valued at approximately $2,000 was stolen between Dec. 11 and 24 from an apartment in the 4900 block of 109th Street. *** Maureen J. Crandall, 41, of Oak Lawn, was charged with possession of controlled substance Dec. 17 after a stop at 90th Street and Parkside, police said. *** A catalytic convertor was reported stolen between Dec. 19 and 23 from a car in a parking lot at Christ Medical Center, 4440 W. 95th St. *** Ricky Demitro, 20, of Burbank, was charged with retail theft Dec. 20 after allegedly stealing goods from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police said. *** Dominic J. Gulli, 28, of Oak Lawn, was charged with battery Dec. 20 after a disturbance in the 5000 block of Harnew Road South, police said. *** Genaro Vasquez, 41, of Chicago, was charged with drunken driving Dec. 22 after a stop at 108th Street and Keeler Avenue, police said. *** Ryan D. Smith, 23, of Oak Lawn, was charged with drunken driving Dec. 22 after a stop at 87th Street and Natoma Avenue, police said. *** Syndana Martin, 34, of Chicago, was charged with assault Dec. 22 following a disturbance at Christ Medical Center, 4440 W. 95th St., police said. *** Two men and a woman stole several coats and children’s clothing Dec. 23 from Marshalls, 9601 S. Cicero Ave., according to a report. *** Catherine M. Phares, 29, of Oak Lawn, was charged with retail theft Dec. 24 after allegedly stealing merchandise from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police said. *** Anthony P. Paulausky, 32, of

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Palos Hills Carol Egan, 41, of Palos Hills was charged with battery Dec. 27 after a disturbance at a home on Cour Montreal, police said. *** Arthur Wojas, 30, of Palos Hills, was charged with drunken driving, possession of marijuana and drug equipment, fleeing and eluding, speeding and failure to stop at a stop sign Dec. 28 after a stop at 105th Street and 82nd Avenue, police said. *** Wayne Deutsch, 33, of Orland Park, was charged with retail theft Dec. 28 after allegedly stealing two bottles of antifreeze from the Shell gas station at 103rd Street and Harlem Avenue, police said. Deutsch was stopped at 127th Street and Harlem Avenue after allegedly fleeing the gas station, police said. *** Tristin Molloy, 21, of Chicago Ridge, was charged with drunken driving, improper lane use and illegal transportation of alcohol Dec. 29 after a stop at 111th Street and Roberts Road, police said.

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the ground, picked him up and threw him onto a kitchen chair, according to reports. The offender sat in an adjacent chair and placed a stiletto-style knife to the victim’s throat, police said. He repeatedly said, “I want my stuff back, according to reports.” The victim told the man he hadn’t stolen anything from him. The offender said he would not kill the man but would get a member of a motorcycle gang to do it. “You won’t know when it’s coming,” he said, before walking to the front door and handing

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Woman’s purse snatched in OL By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter A woman was robbed in the parking lot of an Oak Lawn grocery store Dec. 21 when a man grabbed her purse, police said. The incident occurred at 1:35 p.m. at Jewel-Osco, 8801 S. Ridgeland Ave., when the 52-year-old woman was walking toward her

car, according to reports. She said a man in a tan SUV motioned for her to approach his vehicle. When she arrived, the man reached his arm out of the driver’s side window and grabbed the purse, which contained $400 cash, police said. The man fled westbound through the parking lot. A witness ran toward the SUV and punched the rear driver’s win-

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Hank, Ralph and the gang make for great TV In the past few months, I’ve done columns on good TV (“Breaking Bad”), bad TV (“16 and Pregnant”) and a year-end list of people I enjoyed meeting in 2013. So mixing all of that into a stew, this column is about a list of my dozen favorite TV shows of all time. And I invite you to throw in your all-times favorites as well at thereporter@comcast.net. Mine first: My all-time favorite show is the “Larry Sanders Show” which is surprising because I really don’t like any other of Gary Shandling’s work. But his portrayal of a spoiled egomaniac talk show host is outstanding. Throw in unforgettable characters as the buffoonish Hank Kingsley and Artie, Larry’s wisecracking manager, plus some pretty famous guest stars showing up and it was quite a funny show, that you can watch over and over and still laugh out loud. The episode of “Hank’s Sex Tape” is the funniest show I’ve ever seen on TV but as you can deduce by the title, I can’t describe it too much. I can say Henry Winkler and Norm MacDonald have guest roles in this classic without having the newspaper shut down. Ginger and MaryAnn from “Gilligan’s Island” are paid a homage, but that’s all I can say…. The next 11 are in alphabetical order because they are all great and it’s hard to choose and rank them.

All in the Family

Comedy writing doesn’t get more creative than the “Ev-

Editor’s Notebook by Jeff Vorva erybody Tells the Truth” episode in which Archie Bunker and his meathead son-in-law, Mike Stivic, tell different stories about a broken refrigerator incident. The first four of five years was great television and broke a lot of barriers for language and controversy that may seem tame today. But the storylines are still hysterical.

The Andy Griffith Show

Yeah, it’s old but it’s still very funny. I’ve seen so many of these episodes dozens of times involving Sheriff Taylor and the Mayberry gang but the humor still holds up in 2014 as it did 50 years ago. The episode in which Floyd and Barney are kidnapped by female prisoners still makes me laugh out loud.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

“Seinfeld” does not make my dandy dozen, but “Seinfeld” creator Larry David’s “Curb” makes it easily. You never knew how Larry would mess up a situation but he never failed to deliver. Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman and Wanda Sykes are as good as it gets when it comes to a bang-up supporting cast.

Friday Night Lights

I hate, HATE!, inconsistencies in storylines (Whatever happened to Chuck in “Happy Days”? Did he die? Did he go into the Army?) and FNL was full of them. Why was East Dillon High school never mentioned until the end of season three? Despite all of that — and the fact that some of the actors were in their late 20s playing high school kids — this show was dramatic and funny. Sometime just one look on coach Eric Taylor’s From left “The Larry Sanders Show,” “The Honeymooners,” and face said a million words. Price- the best shows ever, according to columnist Jeff Vorva. less stuff. Walcott, is a shallow piece of work cameras. Well, the British verwho has no shame. George Find- sion follows the gang and their The Honeymooners lay is a self-absorbed unlikeable, fame and misfortunes after the Bang, zoom. The classic 39 episodes first likeable character who makes so-called documentary aired. aired before I was born and the Sanders seem humble. It’s a little Great stuff. adventures of Ralph, Ed, Alice slow at times but it’s wicked. It’s not easy to find this show Rescue Me and Trixie are still great. Jackie Gleason was so talented on DVD, but it’s a good one to Denis Leary is really funny. So when you put him in a show about in many different ways and people seek out. New York firemen and some of may forget he was a fine dramatic the characters are funnier than actor. But he will always be Ralph The Office Not to be confused with the he is, you really have something Kramden in my heart. Art Carney? He was one of NBC show with Steve Carell here. the great improvisers of all time (very good in its own right, but The drama is solid but some and it’s been said that he and not top 12 material), this is the of the ghost scenes and dream Gleason rarely followed a script British show that inspired the sequences dragged it down. But when they performed on “The NBC version. Once you get used overall, it was a must-watch series to the thick accents and subtle while it was on. Honeymooners.” humor, this show is gold. The Newsroom It was smart enough to last just The Shield Not to be confused with the a couple of seasons — 12 episodes This blows all of the cop shows show currently running on HBO, in all — and pull out. But the that I’ve seen — including the this is a show from Canada that brilliant part is that there were excellent “NYPD Blue” out of lasted just three seasons. The first a couple of episodes that came the water. was 1996-97 and the second and out after the series was over. Re- The star of the show is Michael third came in 2004 and 2005. member how in the NBC show Chiklis who plays Vic Mackey, a The show has a “Larry Sanders that this was supposed to be a rotten cop who you actually root Show” vibe to it as it features the mock-documentary? That’s why for. All of the other characters are innerworkings of a TV newsroom they have those cutaways and stained or have baggage, too, so in Canada. The anchorman, Jim people looking funny into the it’s not always easy to figure out

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Don’t get me wrong, I loved “Breaking Bad” but the first season of SOA makes that show looks like “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Like with “The Shield” there are some bad people in this motorcycle gang here that make you root for some of them. The violence is intense. Look, I know it’s not real, but when a guy is getting a large back tattoo removed by a blowtorch…Ouch!

The Sopranos

Funny. Dramatic. And, again, like with “The Shield” and “Sons of Anarchy,” you end up rooting for the bad guys. But I still want to know whatever happened to those Russians whom Paulie and Christopher were shooting at in the woods. Again, if you have any favorites you want to share with the class, e-mail us at thereporter@ comcast.net.

Oak Lawn tavern socked Reckless parents targeted with new signs in Chicago Ridge with a $3,000 penalty By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter An Oak Lawn bar has been fined $3,000 for underage drinking and failing to have a liquor license, Mayor Sandra Bury said Monday. George’s Lounge, 5407 W. 95th St., was fined $500 for serving four underage patrons on Nov. 9 and an addition $1,000 for not posting a valid liquor license, the second such violation, Bury said. An expired liquor license was posted in the tavern, said police, who could not find a valid license in the state’s database. The $500 fine per violation is the minimum fine that can be assessed by mayor, who also serves as the village’s liquor commissioner. The fines were handed down one week after a village liquor commission hearing. John Cerniuk, owner of George’s Lounge, did not appear at the hearing. “He claims he was out of town visiting family,” Bury said. The underage drinking was discovered when police arrived to conduct a spot check, they

said. The ID check revealed four underage patrons, one who had a fake ID, police said. The four were charged with underage drinking. Cerniuk denied that the four individuals were drinking at his bar, according to police reports. He can appeal the decision within 20 days to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Bury said she plans to meet with Cerniuk, who is making some “positive changes” to prevent additional problems his tavern, including an ID check system. Bury said she hopes the penalties assessed against George’s Lounge will encourage other bars to be responsible when it comes to underage drinking and adhering to the liquor code. “My hope is to go back to when we had excellent compliance,” she said. “My goal is compliance.” The liquor commission is scheduled to meet Jan. 6 at 11 a.m. for the continuation of a hearing regarding TC Pub, 9700 S. Cicero Ave. Police entered the bar Dec. 13 after spotting a fight and hearing loud conversation, according to reports.

The bar has a 2 a.m. liquor license, but at least one person in the bar was drinking when police arrived. A bar patron was intoxicated and uncooperative with police, they said. Police also found a bag of cocaine in the office, according to reports. Robert Olson, owner of the establishment, said he does not know who’s responsible for the incident, which occurred at 3:38 a.m. Olson said after the Dec. 23 hearing that he had hired Dan Brueck of Oak Lawn to promote the bar and attract clientele. Olson took over control of the bar from his father, who owned it for many years. He is working to open another bar on Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn. Olson said he has “put together a plan” to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. He said he would share that plan with village officials before the January hearing. He said the bar’s alarm system, which includes motion sensors, will notify him and police if it is triggered after 3 a.m., one hour after the tavern closes. Employees should have cleaned up and closed the facility by that time, he said.

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Reckless parents, beware. Residential Permit Parking Only signs popped up last month along the stretch from 108th and Lyman Ave. to 108th and McVicker Ave. in Chicago Ridge due to complaints received from residents and the Chicago Ridge Police Department. Last winter, Police Chief Rob Pyznarski said he had more officers are patrolling the area during pickup and drop-off hours than in the previous school season. It was at that time when Terri Bollinger, principal at Ridge Elementary School, 10800 Lyman Ave., said she was also concerned about the reckless driving of parents during pickup and drop-off hours of Ridge Central and Finley Junior High School students. Since then, the department has reported people have continued block crosswalks and driveways with their vehicles while waiting for their children, and that some parents even pull into residential driveways, resulting in the decision by the Chicago Ridge Village Board to place three Residential Permit Parking Only signs along the 108th street stretch. The signs display the following message: Residential Per-

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Community Briefs Evergreen Park Citizens Office offers AARP Driver Safety Program

The first AARP Smart Driver Class for 2014 will be offered at from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 6 and 7, at the Evergreen Park Office of Citizen Services, 3450 W. 97th St. Attendance is mandatory on both days. The class size is limited, so early registration is suggested. Sign up for the class can be made in person, or by mail at the Office of Citizen Services. Checks should be made payable to AARP and participants should also provide their name, address and phone number. The fee is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Members should bring their AARP to the first class for verification. The eight-hour refresher course reviews rules of the road for the mature adult. For further information, call 422-8776. In addition to updating their driving knowledge and skills, participants may be eligible for a discount on

auto insurance after completing the course.

Palos Hills Cholesterol Screenings to be given by Palos Township

Palos Township Health Service will be offering cholesterol screenings Monday at 10802 S. Roberts Road, Palos Hills. Appointments are necessary and can be made by calling 598-2441. The total cholesterol screening costs $10 for township residents and $15 for those outside of Palos Township. HA1C reflects the average blood sugar levels over the previous 2 to 3 months which is very useful for diabetics. HA1C testing is offered for $10 for residents and $15 for those out of township. Cholesterol testing gives a breakdown of total cholesterol values, high density cholesterol, low density cholesterol, triglycerides, ratios, and glucose values. This test is $35 for residents and $45 for non-residents. The Health Service will accept only cash for all three procedures.

Worth Spyropoulos to address St. Mark Rockers

Commissioner Mariyana Spyropoulos, chairman of Finance at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, will speak before St. Mark Rockers, at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 11007 S. 76th Ave. The commissioner’s talk will focus on green infrastructure. Spyropoulos received her law degree from John Marshall Law School and her master’s degree in business administration from Loyola University, Chicago. Gov. Patrick Quinn appointed Spyropoulos to the opening on the Board of Commissioners of the MWRD. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association, The Sierra Club, Illinois League of Conservation Voters and the National Affairs Chair for the Independent Voters of Illinois. Spyropoulos was a researcher for Nomura Research Institute in London, England.

Wait a minute, guys! Who are you rooting for?

Photo by Jeff Vorva

It appears that these students in Brother Rice shirts were going to cheer for the host Crusaders in a game in mid-December. But that was not the case. These guys were actually Richards fans in disguise. While they were having fun spoofing Rice students they were not enjoying the outcome of the game as Richards suffered its first loss of the season that night.

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St. Patricia students win fire awards St. Patricia students in pre-K to 4th grade were awarded trophies for their 2013 Fire Prevention artwork and essays. Roberts Park Fire Department Battalion Chief Don Huenecke presented the students with their awards and reminded students how to be safe. Students thanked the Roberts Park Fire Department for the awards and all they do to serve our community.

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ban on concealed carry. For Chicago-area resident who plan on packing heat, a 16-hour training course is required. Training is broken into separate eight-hour courses. The first part of the training program focuses solely on teaching students to safely shoot, transport and stores a firearm. The second part of training deals with gun laws, specifically Illinois gun laws. “The advantage of having my own storefront facility is the ability to work with the student’s schedule,” he said. “It’s a 16-hour course and people work so it’s hard to do 8-hours a day or the entire 16-hours in one weekend.”

The course will cost $275. In other states concealed carry courses can run as high as $300. During the Dec. 17 Chicago Ridge board meeting, Pohrebny’s license to open the storefront facility was approved. At this point, the shooting portion of the course is done at the Harvey Police shooting range. In the future, Pohrebny is hoping to repair and reopen the range in his facility. “I want to reopen the shooting range at the facility and open it up for my current and former students to practice drawing from a holster,” he said. “People should practice 100 times a day because if you ever do need to draw your gun you don’t want to be tugging at your holster.” Illinois residents who have been convicted of a felony, including domestic violence,

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News and events from our archives.

His ‘dead body’ stays alive for a little while more 50 years ago

From the Jan. 2 1964 edition The story: The Reporter dedicated its front page to pictures from 1963 and the dominant shot is of Oak Lawn Babe Ruth Baseball team that made it to the World Championships in Farmington, New Mexico. The quote: “You said you would never sell water to an unincorporated area except over your dead body,” Oak Lawn Trustee Edward Roche to Village President Fred Dumke during a discussion about annexing Ridgeland Ave. Dumke’s reply? “I’ve learned to change my mind when the situation calls for it. Some people never learn.” Fun fact: The median salary for a Cook County elementary school teacher was $6,098, according to Cook Country Superintendent of School Noble J. Puffer.

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From the Jan. 5, 1989 edition The story: It was announced that longtime Chicago Ridge mayor Eugene Siegel was going to be challenged by Mary Maracol. She fired the first salvo when she said government should be run as a responsible business and not a “political sandbox.” The quote: “I don’t know why the committee thinks Bob Streit is a better candidate than me,” — Worth Township Supervisor Joe McCarthy, who was puzzled that Steit was slated by the Worth Township Regular Republican Organization to run for supervisor in the April 4 election. Fun fact: Reporter reporter Jeff Wisniewski put together a year-end review of 1988 bizarre stories from the area. One gem was that a man crashed his van into a ditch in Alsip and when the cops asked him what happened, the guy relied that his dog was driving the van. When the cops asked him for his license, the guy said “It’s suspended. That’s why I let the dog drive.”

Evergreen Park tries to target Target for Plaza 10 years ago

From the Jan. 1, 2004 edition The story: The paper looked at “What’s in Store for 2004” with Chicago Ridge officials looking forward to a 350-space Metra parking lot near the station, Evergreen Park trying to lure Target to the Plaza, the Pillars Community Service moving to Hickory Hills, Oak Lawn getting ready to erect a statue of the late mayor Ernest Kolb, Worth Days moving to the boat launch site and Palos Hills welcoming a Walgreens. The quote: “If I had any doubts, I would have voted ‘no.’ But they’re batting 1.000,” — Hickory Hills Alderman Tom McAvoy on voting for the controversial Pillars Community Service group to town despite protests from some citizens. Fun fact: Palos Hills remembered late Alderman Joel Tomas, a former high school teacher, by naming a scholarship in his honor.

or have a criminal record are subject to denial of a FOID card and concealed carry permit. State and local law enforcement must also approve the concealed carry permit, regardless of the individual’s reason for applying. Law enforcement officials may deny a request for concealed carry is the individual has certain psychological issues or a history tied gang-related crimes. “Are we that stupid in Chicago to not know that it’s the bad people with guns who are committing these violent crimes?” Pohrebny said. “Good people feel the need to arm themselves as long as there continues to be bad people illegally obtaining firearms.” For more information on Carry Chicago, visit www.carrychicago.org or call 708-3576241.

History of the World By Mark Andrews Jan. 2: ON THIS DATE in 1872, Brigham Young, 71year-old leader of the Mormon Church, was arrested on a charge of bigamy. He had 25 wives. In 1929, the United States and Canada agreed on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls. Jan. 3: ON THIS DATE in 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church for airing his reformist views. In 1870, construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge; it took almost 13 years. Jan. 4: ON THIS DATE in 1642, King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacked the English Parliament. In 1965, President Johnson outlined the goals of his “Great Society” plan in his State of the Union address. Jan. 5: ON THIS DATE in 1896, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays. In 1972, President Nixon authorized development of the space shuttle. Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1918, lawman John E. Hoover announced that he wanted to be known as J. Edgar Hoover. This week’s question: In 1904, the Marconi Co. designated the first international radio distress signal, which preceded “SOS.” What was it? (Mark Andrews can be reached via e-mail at mlandrews@ embarqmail.com.)

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Friends gather for a vigil in Worth for 18-year-old Brittany Wawrzyniak in November.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Stories of 2013

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

supporters celebrated at Stony Creek Golf Course, elated over the fact that a political newcomer toppled a two-term incumbent. In Worth, Werner, who had yet to complete her first four-year term as a village trustee, defeated incumbent Randy Keller, who was running for his second term as the village’s highest elected officer. Meanwhile, in Chicago Ridge, long time village clerk Chuck Tokar was elected mayor, replacing Gene Siegel, who stepped down as mayor after 38 years.

It was a year of sadness, controversy and some feel-good stories as well. The Reporter was there for much of the laughter, anger and tears. Here is a list of the top 10 from 2013:

1, Worth girl’s death stuns community Worth residents were stunned in August when 18-year-old Brittany Wawrzyniak died after she was ejected from the backseat of an alleged drug dealer’s car. Cook County prosecutors allege that Wawrzyniak met Eric Steven Johnson at the boat launch near 115th Street and Beloit Avenue. She got into the backseat of his car and handed him $200 in exchange for 30 pills of Clonazepam. Wawrzyniak began counting the pills while still in the backseat as Johnson drove away. She opened the door of the moving car, was ejected and struck the pavement, prosecutors said. She was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn less than one hour later. Wawrzyniak’s family wholeheartedly rejects the scenario, and believes there’s more to the story of Brittany’s death. Police have not commented further on the ongoing investigation. Johnson is due in Bridgeview court today, Thursday. “The stuff that they’re saying is false,” Brittany’s mother, Rebecca Tully said a few days after the murder. “The fact is, she didn’t buy any pills. She didn’t have any money. I know who my daughter is.” 2, Oak Lawn grandmother charged with murder An Oak Lawn grandmother shocked the community in October when she allegedly beat her

Alfreda Giedrojc infant granddaughter to death in her home, authorities said. Alfreda Giedrojc, 62, a longtime Oak Lawn resident, allegedly killed her six-month-old granddaughter, Vivian Summers, by hitting her repeatedly with a handheld sledgehammer and cutting her throat with a carving knife, police said. Giedrojc admitted to the murder in a videotaped statement. She was charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail at Cook County Jail. Police also gathered physical evidence that implicates her, said Oak Lawn Police Division Chief Mike Kaufmann. 3, Historical mayoral elections in OL, Worth Oak Lawn and Worth elected their first female mayors in April, as Sandra Bury upset two-term incumbent Dave Heilmann following a tough campaign and Mary Werner rose to the top spot in Worth before finishing her first term as village trustee. The race in Oak Lawn was over shortly after the polls closed. Heilmann supporters, who gathered on election night at the Oak Lawn Hilton, sensed from early results that the mayor was unlikely to be re-elected. Meanwhile, Bury’s

4, Oak Lawn political fighting continues The change in administrations didn’t diminish the political fighting in Oak Lawn, a village long known for partisan battles. In fact, the battle lines were drawn not long after Mayor Sandra Bury was sworn in as mayor. Bury has a 4-2 majority on the board, but veteran trustees Bob Streit and Carol Quinlan—both Heilmann allies—have opposed Bury on a variety of issues, including a proposal to turn over operation of the senior center to Photo by Jeff Vorva the Oak Lawn Park District and the privatization of the village’s Marist President Br. Patrick McNamara, right, carts around Francis Cardinal George during Marist’s 911 dispatchers to help balance 50th anniversary celebration in September. the 2014 budget. hospital’s 25th annual Rehabilita5, Sexton rehab recognized tion Awards Ceremony. Veteran Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton contracted West 6, Hoops hoopla Nile virus in 2012 and endured Basketball hoops jumped into months of grueling rehabilitation the news in August, and the final sessions to regain his strength. shot likely has not been taken in But the mayor refused to call this controversial issue. himself a victim. Rather, he be- Oak Lawn Park District comlieved the illness and subsequent missioners in November delayed rehab were blessings that gave a decision on the future of the him a new outlook on life. basketball hoops at Little Wolfe “I’m most fortunate to have Park, 107th Street and Laramie this happen,” Sexton said at a Avenue. September awards luncheon at The controversy began in AuChrist Medical Center in Oak gust after a fight at the park led Lawn. Sexton and four others to two arrests. The fight took place were honored for never giving near a foot bridge that connects up during their battles to over- Little Wolfe Park with walking come various illnesses during the trails that stretch to the rear of Richards High School. 7, Business boom in EP Evergreen Park may look back on 2013 as a critical year in the future of its business community. Ground was broken for an upscale grocery store, and a longtime bowling alley was converted into a liquor store in time for the holiday season. Mariano’s Fresh Market is not expected to open its doors until late 2014, but Binny’s Beverage Depot opened before Thanksgiving at the site of Bleeker’s Bowl and Tavern, 3447 W. 95th St., a veritable landmark in the village since 1950s. Additionally, the intersection of 95th Street and Pulaski Road will take on new look in the coming year as Walgreens adds a location on the south east corner and a new bank opens across the street. 8, Worth, Ridge plan Centennial celebrations Neighboring communities Worth and Chicago Ridge began planning their 100th anniversary celebrations during 2013. Chicago Ridge formed a committee to plan year-long festivities that will include an April 12 dinner dance at the Glendora House and a community festival in September that will that reflects games and recreation popular a century ago Photo by Jeff Vorva

The Richards mascot tries to get fans cheering at the State Championship football game.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton’s recovery from West Nile virus was a feel-good story of 2013. in August, which will focus on the centennial. Plans for a joint parade to celebrate both communities’ milestone birthday are under consideration. 9, Richards football finishes second in the state Thousands of area fans made the trek to DeKalb to watch the Richards football team do battle in the state championship game against Batavia. Although the Bulldogs dropped the 6A title game to Batavia, 3414, two days after Thanksgiving, the team had a wild season that included an early season win over Batavia, a come-from-behind playoff victory in the rain against Lincoln-Way North and a squeaker over East St. Louis in the semifinals.

Meanwhile, Worth expects to 10, Marist, Stagg hold monthly activities leading celebrate anniversaries to the annual Worth Days fest Stagg and Marist high schools

celebrated their 50th anniversaries in September. Stagg made the anniversary the highlight of its homecoming celebration and parade. Marist, meanwhile, hosted a Mass with special guest Francis Cardinal George presiding. Students from more than 30 teams and organizations gathered in the parking lot of Conrady Junior High in Hickory Hills and decorated golf carts with posters and blue and orange streamers. Descendants of Amos Alonzo Stagg served as grand marshals of the parade, which drew hundreds of spectators along the two-mile route. Marist marked the event with a Mass on its football field with Francis Cardinal George presiding to honor the half century of service. Br. Gerard Brereton, the first hired faculty member in the school’s history, came in from New York to take part in the celebration.

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Letters to the Editor A long goodbye from Grabowski

Dear Editor: To the many friends, acquaintances and accomplices I have made here in Illinois over the past 47 years: I want to take this opportunity to say goodbye. For those who don’t already know, I have accepted a position with a company in Conroe, TX, about 20 miles north of Houston, and will begin my 2014 year there. I will be working with Hydraulic Systems, Inc., a hydraulics company that manufactures, fabricates and services oil rig moving and raising equipment in the oil extraction industry. http://www.hsi-power.com/. I’m sort of saddened to leave Illinois, but the future is much brighter just up ahead. I was born and raised, and have lived most of my 47 years of life, on the south side of the city of Chicago and in the nearby southwest suburbs. In all my years here, I never would have imagined the extent of the damage and the demise of this once great Midwestern state that I grew to like. To see what’s happening socially and economically, right under our noses and occurring in mine and my children’s lifetime, to our state now seemingly like a dead carcass run over several times being picked apart and devoured by the political vultures and the policies they’ve created that caused our state’s current brutal demise. The state of the economy here in Illinois is heartbreaking. And it is perpetuated by the droves of politically influenced and government benefit driven low information voters who believe like sheep what their ‘leaders’ tell them, like the children following the tune of the Pied Piper, wearing their blinders 24/7/365 throughout the state. I can’t see this disasterous situation getting better here any time soon. Businesses have been leaving Illinois at an alarming rate for the past five years now. It is not any longer, and leaders refuse to maintain this as a business friendly state. Each business that closes its doors and moves to another state takes with it on average between 50 — 100 jobs that will never return. With a realistic unemployment rate of 16% in northeastern Illinois currently, and an outflow of jobs to other states, the deck is stacked against my kids finding gainful employment and moving out on their own by the age of 30. I have four teenagers who will soon be competing with 30, 40 and

50 year olds for even a simple McDonalds jobs right out of high school. I feel I have an obligation to my kids, in the very least, to put them in a thriving economic area where their talents, abilities and education will quickly and easily take them to where they will want and need to go to become successful. Remaining in Illinois did not provide that as a viable option to me. The Texas economy is and has been thriving, while many other states are still looking for this so called ‘recovery’, with an average unemployment rate of only 3.7%, not because of the failed federal government level policies that have crushed many other states, but because of the policies of smart state leaders who refuse to let their citizens down with power grabs, intrusive and prohibitive tax schemes, not trampling on their rights, freedom and liberties. The top two cities growing by leaps and bounds economically in the United States are from the same growing and thriving state, Houston, TX is number one, and the Dallas / Fort Worth area is number two. During the economic crash at the end of 2008 through 2009, Texas businesses produced 33% of all NEW JOBS throughout the entire country as a whole. Texas is a very business friendly state, welcoming businesses that are weary from existence in economically crumbling states like Illinois, which also translates to more jobs available by far than here in Illinois. Did I also mention that there is no state sales tax in the great state of Texas, as they don’t see a need to have a large, cumbersome and intrusive state government? Yahoo!! I have made many friends here and will remember you all for years to come. I will keep in touch. Thank you for a great 47 years. Richard L. Grabowski Hometown The Reporter Newspaper

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New Year, fresh start

Resolved to build a better 2014 Editor’s note: the opinion piece below was written by correspondent Joan Hadac and is adapted from something she published online a year ago. It serves as a timeless reminder that New Year’s resolutions can and should be about more than losing weight or quitting smoking. By Joan Hadac Correspondent Well, now that most of us have broken our New Year’s resolutions… OK, kidding. Sort of. It seems to me that most New Year’s resolutions involve personal behavior: lose weight, stop smoking, exercise regularly, etc. But fewer resolutions involve social behavior — that is, changing the way we act in our neighborhoods, city, state, nation and world. With that in mind, here are 10 social resolutions I suggest all of us think about. In 2014, resolve to: • Introduce yourself to six

neighbors you currently do not know. By “six” I mean six households — not the mom, dad, two kids, dog and cat living next door. By “introduce” I mean face to face — not Facebook friending or anything similarly lacking in the human touch. And by “face to face” I mean something more than a smile, wave or head nod. Invite them over to dinner — or meet them at one of your local restaurants, who could certainly use the business. • Support your local newspaper. Buy a gift subscription for your neighbors. Patronize the paper’s advertisers and let them know you saw their ad. Community newspapers are an important part of the local social fabric, and they offer something important that the downtown papers can’t possibly give. A community that loses its local paper is a community in decline. • Live your faith. If you are a believer, support your local house of worship with more than lip service. Participate in services regularly and con-

tribute your time, talents and treasure to give glory to God. • Send someone flowers or a fruit basket. Just once in 2014, send a gift to someone you have never sent a gift to before — preferably someone taken for granted by others. A crossing guard, a school or church secretary, someone like that. • If you are eligible to vote, register to vote and vote in every election. Ever wonder why some parts of the greater Chicago area seem to get more attention from elected officials than others? It’s because they produce votes, and in big numbers. Also, cast an informed ballot. Know the issues and the candidates. • Support your local police. They can’t be everywhere, and they need extra sets of eyes and ears to keep them informed. If you see something, say something. And get involved in your local neighborhood watch or whatever works best for you. • Consider adopting a dog or cat from a local shelter. In addition to saving the life of

an animal that might otherwise be killed, a good house pet can actually improve your physical and spiritual well being. • Attend and support local public events. Check out your local civic association, historical society and chamber of commerce. And attend events that support our local boys and girls. Granted, it’s not always easy shoveling down Cub Scout pancakes, Boy Scout spaghetti, or potluck whatever — but these are the types of events, small as they are, that help build and strengthen the fabric of our communities. • Shop locally. The small businesses within a mile or two or your home pay local taxes, employ local men and women, and donate to local organizations like schools, churches, Little League, Scouting groups and more. • Finally, resolve to smile, laugh and spread cheer among people you meet — whether you’ve known them all your life or whether you met them five minutes ago.

Inside the First Amendment

From a 5th-grader, uncomfortable truth about religious conflict By Charles C. Haynes When children speak the truth, adults often squirm and shut them up. That’s apparently what happened to Zachary Golob-Drake last week after he delivered a speech entitled “In the Name of Religion” to his 5th-grade class at Patel Partnership School in Tampa, Fla. The teacher initially applauded Zachary’s speech, awarding him first prize and an opportunity to compete to represent his school at the regional 4-H Tropicana Public Speech Contest. But later that same day, school officials had second thoughts. An assistant principal took Zachary aside and explained that the speech wasn’t appropriate for 4th- and 5th-graders. As Zachary told WFLA-TV, “She thought that probably I would have to rewrite my speech, take the religion out or not compete.” Stripped of his blue ribbon, Zachary was found crying when his older brother came to pick him up at school. After family members

protested, the school returned the ribbon. But still-worried administrators postponed the school-wide contest until parents signed permission slips allowing their children to hear the speeches. What’s the scary, controversial, age-inappropriate content in Zachary’s speech that young children shouldn’t hear without parental consent? “The world’s major religions all have messages about coexisting,” he writes. But sometimes people “use religion as an excuse to take each other’s lives.” He cites the Crusades, Genghis Khan, and the terrorist attacks on 9/11 as examples. Despite news reports to the contrary, school officials now claim that the “topic of mass murders” and not religion is the issue. That’s strange, because Zachary’s short speech isn’t graphic or inflammatory. He merely states the obvious: “Religious differences have always sparked conflict, even leading to warfare and mass murder.” If Zachary’s school doesn’t teach young kids (or allow them to discuss) the truth

about religious conflict in history, what exactly does it teach? I suspect that Zachary’s school, like many public schools, is afraid to touch “religion” with the proverbial ten-foot pole. Even when religion is mentioned in the upper elementary grades — holidays, places of worship, and other basic facts — there is rarely discussion of the role of religion in society, for better and for worse. It may be uncomfortable and politically incorrect, but Zachary is saying what 4th and 5th graders need to hear about one of the greatest challenges we face in the 21st century. “In the name of religion,” Christians and Muslims are fighting in northern Africa; Sunni and Shiite Muslims are at war in the Middle East; Buddhists are attacking Muslims in Burma; extremists are perverting Islam to justify violence across the globe — and the tragic list goes on. As only a child can do, Zachary calls attention to the contradiction between the message of compassion found at the heart of the major world

religions and the failure of many adherents to live that message in their relationships with people of other faiths. Fortunately, however, little Zachary is smart enough to recognize that there is more to the story — that religion can also be a force for great good in the world. Zachary ends his speech by telling us “religion provides moral guidance for most of the seven billion people on the earth.” He quotes the admonition of Confucius: “Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you,” an early version of the Golden Rule found in many of the world’s great faiths. “This world would be a better place,” writes Zachary, “if everybody followed that rule.” From the mouths of babes comes truth and wisdom. Charles C. Haynes is director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20001. Web: religiousfreedomeducation.org Email: chaynes@ newseum.org

�� What is Your New Year’s Resolution? (Asked the Palos Heights Public Library) Evelyn Flynn, Palos Hills “To help who I can.” Photos by Bob Rakow

Inge Calderone, Oak Forest “I don’t have one. I’m unreliable.”

Lorraine Skorz, Palos Hills “To try to keep myself well and as happy as I can.”

Mark Kuruc, Bradley “To follow God more closely.”

Michelle Egan, Worth “To relax about things.”

Thursday, January 2, 2014 The Reporter

Centenary Tribute to Virginia Richards Born on Jan. 2, 100 years ago Former Co-Editor and Columnist The Palos Regional News By Emma Lee Chilton Virginia Upton Richards was born Jan. 2, 1914 in Branson, Mo., the location of the nearest hospital to her parents home in Virginia’s grandmother, Nannie Eldorado Springs. Her father, a Upton, with cousin, Joe Weaver. weekly newspaper publisher, died when she was only 7. She had an older sister, Geneva. When Virginia was of high school age, Mrs. Upton moved to St. Louis so the girls could have better educational opportunities. Virginia and Geneva were both brilliant students. Virginia ranked near the top of her class of 400 in high school and was Valedictorian of her class in college. Geneva worked at Shell Oil Co. in St. Louis and attended law school at night. She passed the bar and joined the law firm of Lachly, Miller and Clifford. She worked for Clark Clifford who later served in President Johnson’s cabinet and advised three other Presidents. Virginia entered Harris Teachers’ College in St. Louis in 1931. Because there were no teaching jobs open at the time of her graduation in 1935, she went to work in Joe Upton was Virginia’s father. the advertising department of the St. Louis daily Globe-Democrat newspaper. In Sept. 1936, at a beautiful ceremony at Shaw Ave. Methodist church, Virginia married Carl Edward Richards. Carl and Steve Chilton were friends from Fredericktown, Mo. Later Virginia’s close friend, Emma Lee, married Steve. The couples became lifelong friends. Virginia and Carl’s son, Charles, was born in 1942. In 1945 Carl accepted a position as advertising manager of Diversy Chemical Co. in Chicago’s Loop. They moved to Palos Heights. There was a small neighborhood newsletter that was distributed there. In 1947, they purchased this publication and turned it Virgie Upton was Virginia’s into a successful local weekly mother. newspaper, “The Palos Region-

al.” In 1951 they also started a full-service commercial printing business. From the beginning, Virginia helped edit the paper and wrote a weekly column which she continued until her death. Mrs. Richards assisted the Infant Welfare League in providing needed medical services to Palos Heights’ early residents. She also served as one of the first volunteer librarians at the Palos Heights Public Library along with neighbor Dorothy Anderson. In 1949 Carl and Virginia were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Emily Jean. In 1958 Virginia started teaching fourth grade in nearby Tinley Park. In 1951 Carl’s love of fishing motivated him to buy a 22 acre property with a lake in northern Wisconsin. This became their weekend retreat and later, after retirement in 1970, they spent winters in Texas and summers at their Wisconsin home, north of Hayward. Carl’s last few years were difficult ones. Virginia took care of him, as his mind deteriorated because of Alzheimer’s disease. After Carl’s death in 1988, Virginia and her sister, Geneva, and a cousin, Rosemary Upton, made their home together in Houston. After Geneva died in 1991 Virginia moved to Presbyterian Village Retirement Community near her daughter in Dallas. There she continued her writing. She wrote a biographical sketch for each new resident for the newsletter there. She also assisted an Alzheimer patient, a blind man and other residents. She also managed the library. Her greatest pride and joy came from her grandchildren, Emily Jean’s triplets, Kyle, Julie and Mindy and Charles’ daughter, Amy. Virginia passed away in 1995 of heart disease at age 81. Had she lived, she would have turned 100 this year.

This portrait is used above Virginia Richards’ weekly column.

Virginia at the Texas retirement village.

Virginia’s college graduation picture from 1935.

Virginia and three year old son Charles, age 3. Portrait taken in 1945.

Geneva Upton Kerlin, Mrs. Richards’ sister.

Picture taken at Virginia’s wedding in 1936 with her sister, Geneva, and the bride’s mother, Virgie.

The primary author of this story, Emma Lee Chilton, is shown second from the left in the front row. In the same row are Virginia in the center and Carl on the far right. Photo taken in 1937. This portrait of Virginia was taken about 1970.

Virginia and Carl at a picnic on one of their trips from Wisconsin to Texas in the 1970s.

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When opportunity knocks, open the door Measuring heart rate on an iPhone might be a heartbeat away If you’ve been around longtime investors, you’ll probably hear them say, ruefully, “If only I had gotten in on the ground floor of such-and-such computer or social media company, I’d be rich today.” That may be true — but is it really relevant to anyone? Do you have to be an early investor of a spectacular company to achieve investment success? Not really. Those early investors of the “next big thing” couldn’t have fully anticipated the tremendous results enjoyed by those companies. But these investors all had one thing in common: They were ready, willing and able to look for good opportunities. And that’s what you need to do, too. Of course, you may never snag the next big thing, but that’s not the point. If you’re going to be a successful investor, you need to be diligent in your search for new opportunities. And these opportunities don’t need to be brand-new to the financial markets — they can just be new to you.

For example, when you look at your investment portfolio, do you see the same types of investments? If you own mostly aggressive growth stocks, you have the possibility of gains — but, at the same time, you do risk taking losses, from which it may take years to recover. On the other hand, if you’re “overloaded” with certificates of deposit (CDs) and Treasury bills, you may enjoy protection of principal but at the cost of growth potential, because these investments rarely offer much in the way of returns. In fact, they may not even keep up with in-

flation, which means that if you own too many of them, you will face purchasing-power risk. To avoid these problems, look for opportunities to broaden your holdings beyond just one or two asset classes. Here’s another way to take advantage of opportunities: Don’t take a “time out” from investing. When markets are down, people’s fears drive them to sell investments whose prices have declined — thereby immediately turning “paper” losses into real ones — rather than holding on to quality investment vehicles and waiting for the market to recover. But successful investors are often rewarded when they not only hold on to investments during declines but also increase their holdings by purchasing investments whose prices have fallen — or adding new shares to existing investments — thereby following the first rule of investing: Buy low. When the market rises again, these investors should see the value of their new investments,

or the shares of their existing ones, increase in value. (Keep in mind, though, that, when investing in stocks, there are no guarantees; some stocks do lose value and may never recover.) Instead of looking for that one great “hit” in the form of an early investment in a skyrocketing stock, you’re better off by seeking good opportunities in the form of new investments that can broaden your existing portfolio or by adding additional shares, at good prices, to your existing investments. These moves are less glitzy and glamorous than getting in on the ground floor of the next big thing — but, in the long run, they may make you look pretty smart indeed.

Scott Johnson, CFP, is a financial advisor with Edward Jones, 8146 W. 111th St., Palos Hills, 974-1965. Edward Jones does not provide legal advice. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones financial advisor.

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Ongoing: The Chicago Ridge Park District is taking team registration for 4th through 8th grade boys basketball and girls volleyball leagues. For registration information, please call 708-423-3959 or visit our website www.chicagoridgeparks.com.

Evergreen Park

The Evergreen Park Recreation Department is headquartered at the Village Community Center, 3450 W. 97th St., but holds programs in various locations throughout the village. For more information, or to register for a class, call 229-3373. *** Jan. 7: The Recreation Department starts its tumbling class for children ages 4 years and older. The class will introduce some basic skills and adding more advanced skills such as running round offs, front and back walkovers, and front and back handsprings for returning students. Classes are held Tuesdays at the Village Activity Center, 3228 W. 98th St. The fee is $73 for a 45minute class or $7 for a one-hour class for eight weeks. *** Jan. 11: This is the last day to register for the winter soccer league for boys and girls ages 4 through 13. The goal of the indoor soccer league will be to promote enjoyment, learning, and individual development for all participants. The intent of the

program is to let the children have fun, to instruct them in the fundamentals and rules of the game. Games will be played on Saturday mornings for 4,5 and 6 year olds, and Saturday afternoons for children 7 through 13 year olds. The fee is $65 for eight weeks. Games will be played at the Village Activity Center, 3228 W. 98th St., or Evergreen Park High School, 99th Street and Kedzie Ave. *** Jan. 11: Cooking class for children ages 6 to 8 and 9 to 11 years old begins. Participants in the culinary class will be learning the basics of cooking as well as baking. Students will be able to eat everything made in class. Classes will be held at the Community Center. Other dates for the classes are Saturday, Feb. 1 and March 8. The 6 to 8 year olds time will cook from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and the 9 to 11 year olds from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The fee for each class is $15 for 6 to 8 year olds, and $20 for 9 to 11 year olds.

Oak Lawn

Ongoing: Duplicate bridge will be held at 11:30 a.m. Mondays at the Oak View Center. Cost is $7 per person and includes a light lunch. For more information, call 857-2200.

Worth

Headquarters for the Worth Park District is located at the

Terrace Centre, 11500 S. Beloit Ave. For more information, or to register, call 448-7080. The Winter/Spring Worth Park District program guide has arrived and registration has begun. *** Jan. 8: Registration is due for the Worth Park District Senior Lunch Bunch’s next trip to Ditka’s in Oakbrook Jan. 15. Participants are asked to register one week prior to each trip at $8 per resident and $12 for on-residents. The trip leaves from the Terrace Centre at 10:30 a.m. and is expected to return by 2 p.m. *** Ongoing: Pickle Ball will be at the Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. Pickle Ball is a cross between tennis and ping-pong and involves strategies such as lobbing, drive shots and overhead slams. Cost is $1. *** Ongoing: Open gym basketball is offered at the Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $1. *** Ongoing: The Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., has an indoor playground featuring slides, a climbing wall, tree house and more for children who can walk through 4 years old. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fee is $1 for residents, $2 for non-residents. For more information call 448-7080 or visit worthparkdistrict.org.

Talkin Poker

By Tony Dunst

Tran’s controversial fold at WSOP invites second-guessing The World Series of Poker Main Event is the most watched televised poker tournament in the world. There’s been much debate about whether delaying the final table until November has improved or diminished the broadcast. I’m indifferent on the matter, but what I know for sure is that the delay — and the almost-live broadcast it enables — adds another layer of strategy and pressure to the final table. It was hard enough to live with botching a hand at the final table, but now players can still be alive and read tweets calling their play “an abomination and insult to the intelligence of poker players everywhere” just minutes after it happened. I only watched some of the final table this year, but I followed Twitter throughout broadcast, and there was an explosion of criticism over a big hand between J.C. Tran and Jay Farber. Tran entered the final table with the chip lead and the most impressive résumé, making him the popular favorite to win the tournament. But after losing half his stack leading up to six-handed

play, Tran committed a major error in his big hand with Farber. With blinds of 300,000-600,000, Tran raised to 1.4 million from the small blind with Ac Qd and a stack of 21 million. Farber was in the big blind with a stack of 60 million, and with his 6s 6d he reraised to 3.1 million. Tran thought for a moment, then reached for a tall stack of chips and raised to 6.4 million. The raise sent Farber deep into the tank, and he alternated between looking over his chip stack and trying to evaluate how much Tran had in front of him. Then, Farber announced a raise to 10 million, a wager that represented nearly half of Tran’s stack. I watched the hand play out on ESPN, where the hole cards are concealed until after the action is over. When I watched Farber make the tiny reraise, I was pretty convinced that he had a huge hand, but I also thought it was possible he was making a small raise to represent a stronger hand than he actually had — a popular play among younger players. I had no clue that Tran had a hand as strong as A-Q, which is generally an automatic hand to get all in with when it’s blind vs. blind and you’re down to 35 big blinds.

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Tran thought about Farber’s raise for a moment, then tossed his hand into the muck. When the hole cards were revealed, my eyes nearly popped out of my skull. Tran, holding a premium hand, had invested a third of his stack in a blind-vs.-blind pot and not only failed to get the money in, but failed to have a plan for what would happen if his opponent reraised his four-bet. Although I believed that Farber had a strong hand after he made his small fivebet, if I were in Tran’s shoes, I’d have just cursed under my breath and gotten my chips in the middle, which is what the math dictates at that stage. But I don’t want to pile on Tran. He likely realized his choice was a mistake minutes after making it, and he certainly knew it was once he learned what Farber actually had. Tran is one of the most professional and courteous players I’ve met during my time on the circuit, and I was happy to see him make a big score. I just hope he has thick skin. (Tony Dunst is a poker pro and host of “Raw Deal” on World Poker Tour telecasts. Catch him every Sunday night on FSN.)

Green Hills

Green Hills Public Library District is located at 8611 W. 103rd St., Palos Hills. For more information, call 598-8446. Registration is made online at greenhillslibrary.org. *** Jan 3: The winter reading carnival will kick off The Winter Reading Program. Registration is required. Patrons are asked to register for one time slot, either from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., or 4 to 5 p.m. There is a limit of 60 per session. The kick-off will feature carnival games, prizes, and snacks. All ages welcome. *** Jan. 3 through 31: Library patrons are invited to join the 2014 Winter Reading Program. Children in grades Pre-K through 12 can earn weekly prizes. Adults will also win prizes including gift certificates to local restaurants, bookstores, and more. Everyone is encouraged to read to win. Registration is necessary. *** Jan. 6: Clarence Goodman will take patrons on a virtual tour of Chicago and its pivotal role in Black history at 7 p.m. when he presents “Emancipation to Inauguration: The Black Experience in Chicago.” The journey will explore Chicago’s first settler to the nation’s current president. Registration is required. *** Jan. 7: In a class for residents only, patrons can learn computer basics from 5 to 8 p.m. The class focuses on how to find programs and documents, where to start, and customizing a desktop. Registration is limited to four per class. Laptops will be provided. *** Jan. 8: Students in Kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to a Team Day Lego Club meeting at 2:30 p.m. The library will supply the Legos, and students are asked to supply the imagination and building-skills. Registration is required and limited to 25. *** Jan. 8: Green Team Time with Miss Emily begins at 6:30 p.m. Children 6 to 8 will hear nature themed stories and participate in activities. Registration is required.

Oak Lawn

The Oak Lawn Public library is located at 9427 S. Raymond Ave. For more information, or to register for a program, call 422-4990. *** Jan. 3: Registration begins for middle school and young high school students, ages 11 to 15, seeking service hours. They may earn 10 hours at the library. Their duties will include assisting the Youth Services Department with programs, cleaning and preparing materials for children. The winter session will run Monday, Jan. 13 through March 22. Orientation: will be held from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13. *** Week of Jan. 6: Local History Coordinator Kevin Korst’s new book, “Images of America: Oak (Continued on page 10)

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE INTENT OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS OF THE HICKORY HILLS PARK DISTRICT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TO SELL NOT TO EXCEED $1,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION LIMITED TAX PARK BONDS PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hickory Hills Park District, Cook County, Illinois (the “District”), will hold a public hearing on the 13th day of January, 2014, at 7:00 o’clock P.M. The hearing will be held at the Cynthia Neal Administration & Recreation Center, 8047 West 91st Place, Hickory Hills, Illinois. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comments on the proposal to sell bonds of the District in the amount of not to exceed $1,000,000 for the building, maintaining, improving and protecting the existing land and facilities of the District and for the payment of the expenses incident thereto. By order of the President of the Board of Park Commissioners of the Hickory Hills Park District, Cook County, Illinois. DATED the 23rd day of December, 2013. Jennifer Fullerton Secretary, Board of Park Commissioners, Hickory Hills Park District, Cook County, Illinois

Apple on Dec. ated by touching 24 was granted or hovering over two iOS devicethe array. Envitargeted patents, ronmental facone for a “touch tors like ambient and hover” distemperature, huplay panel that midity and presBy Mikey Campbell is made more sure play a large accurate by comrole in how well AppleInsider.com pensating for the system opersignal drift, and ates. Operating another for heart rate monitor changes, such as component shifts, that can be seamlessly integrated expansion or contraction, could also into a handset. impact baseline. When these changes to the baseTouch and hover The newer of Tuesday’s patents, line capacitance substantially affect Apple’s extensive U.S. Patent No. measurements indicative of a touch 8,614,693 for “Touch and hover sig- or hover event, it is known as signal drift compensation” describes nal drift. a system in which a touchscreen To combat signal drift, Apple prodisplay can accurately determine poses a compensation method that resets the baseline capacitance of a both hover and touch events. A number of modern comput- touch sensor at periodic intervals, ing devices, like Apple’s iPhone thereby accounting for environmenand iPad, incorporate touch-sensi- tal, operating, mechanical and other tive panels that enhance and define changes. When a new baseline is the user experience by affording defined, the system can apply the unprecedented GUI manipulation change to capacitance measureand control. Some systems also in- ment thresholds to correct for corporate what is known as “hover” signal drift. controls, which allow users to inter- In one embodiment, a grounded face with a device without actually plate can cover the touch panel when not in use, such as a protouching it. Using specialized internal compo- tective device cover. With the plate nents, these touch sensitive devices temporarily covering the panel, and can recognize an object hovering no touch or hover events being above a display panel, like a user’s logged, a baseline reading can be finger or stylus. Once a hover event taken and a subsequent signal drift has been detected, the device may compensation applied. process it as a touch event, handling Ads not by this site subsequent actions according to the When the plate is not covering the general rules of traditional touch screen, recalibration is suspended input. For example, if a hover event because it is more likely that the occurs over a specific app, that app user will be touching or interacting may be opened. with the device during this time. A general overview of hover sens- Alternatively, the sensor panel can ing technology is provided, including recalibrate when the device is ata driver control system in which can tached to a grounded dock. generate electrical fields that extend In another embodiment, the out from the touch panel. When a device can take readings dynamifinger or other object passes through cally in between touch and hover these fields it changes the capaci- events. By using on-board sensors, tance of trace lines in the sensor the recalibration system can intelarray. By processing the capacitance ligently select the most opportune fluctuations, the system is able to time in which to reset the baseline. detect a hover event. For example, recalibration might be As noted in Apple’s patent, in- suspended if the device is thought corporating touch and hover capa- to be in motion, or if touch and bilities into one device is a difficult hover events are being logged. When proposition when considering reli- the unit is stationary and no touch ability and accuracy. A user may, or hover event is recognized, the for example, be holding a phone system may set for baseline signal with their left hand while input- drift. ting hover events with the right. If The patent continues with an said user’s left thumb accidentally in-depth look at other touch/hover touches the screen, the device may panel implementations, including register it as a touch event. touch and however switching, signal In one embodiment, touch event resistance calibration and sensitivity compensation can be applied to ig- variation compensation, among othnore errant touches. Much like iOS ers. Also covered are various input palm rejection technology, touch sig- techniques, including cameras and nal compensation can intelligently on-board motion sensors, and their determine a user’s intentions by integration into a display. inferring activity based on signal It is unknown if Apple will one strength. day choose to incorporate hover

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For example, as seen above, touch panel may be segmented into quadrants, each of which measures capacitance signals of both touch and hover events. Depending on the location and saturation of a signal, as well as duration and other metrics, the system can classify an action as a legitimate touch or hover event. Managing the system is a set of rules based on predefined thresholds. In other embodiments, object shape and profiling may be implemented to parse out hover events. For example, a user may point at a UI asset such as an app icon, which results in a certain shape profile as “seen” by the touch screen’s sensors. Size and distance from a sensor panel may also be used to determine whether a user intended to invoke a hover event. Also provided for are solutions for concurrent touch/hover events and multi-hover events as measured and processed by capacitance and threshold rules. Apple’s patent particularly focuses on compensation for signal drift in a touch sensor panel. Touch sensing devices measure changes from a baseline capacitance — that is when no object is touching or hovering over the device — gener-

controls into its products, but some companies are already working on their own solutions. Rival Samsung, for example, recently rolled out hover-based Air View and Air Gestures features with its Galaxy S4 handset. Apple’s touch and hover sensor panel patent was first filed for in 2010 and credits Brian Michael King, Omar Leung, Paul G. Puskarich, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Andrea Mucignat, Avi E. Cieplinski, Muhammad U. Choudry, Praveen R. Subramani, Marc J. Piche, David T. Amm and Duncan Robert Kerr as its inventors.

Heart rate monitor

As for the heart rate monitor, Apple’s U.S. Patent No. 8,615,290 for a “Seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor” remains largely unchanged from AppleInsider’s initial report on the property’s application in 2010. The patent employs sensors to read a user’s EKG data, which can then be used to authenticate said user or indicate their mood. Basically, Apple’s invention measures cardiac signals read by sensors embedded into metallic conductive portions of a device housing. The sensor leads can be (Continued on page 10)

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school & church news Death Notices Edward J. Breyer Edward J. Breyer, 84, of Worth died Dec. 23. Visitation was held Friday at Schmaedeke Funeral Home in Worth and Mass was held Saturday at Our Lady of the Ridge in Chicago Ridge. Burial was at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Evergreen Park. Mr. Breyer is survived by his wife, Lillian Breyer and children Ken (Lauren) Breyer and Laura Kapala. He was born in Chicago and was a food service manager. Nick S. Khoury Nick S. Khoury, 92, of Worth died Sunday at Manor Care East. Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at Schmaedeke Funeral Home in Worth and a service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepard in Palos Heights. Mr. Khoury is survived by his wife, Shirley Khoury. He was born in Palestine and was an engineer.

Benefits & Fundraisers Community residents are asked to bring their gently used men’s, women’s and children’s coats to Neat Repeats Resale. They are also looking for new and gently used children’s winter clothing and toys. Donations are accepted daily at either store, 7026 W. 111th St., Worth, or 9028 W. 159th St., Orland Park. For more information, call the Worth store at 361-6860, or the Orland Park location at 364-7605. Neat Repeats is now open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. All sales at Neat Repeats Resale benefit the clients served by the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence. *** Neat Repeats Resale stores are looking for volunteers to work in their stores in Worth

and Orland Park. Volunteers are asked to give five hours a week to make a difference in the lives of victims of domestic violence. Volunteers can develop new skills and help in their community. Volunteer Recruitment Day is Saturday, Dec. 7th and those interested can visit the stores in Orland Park at 9028 W. 159th St. or in Worth at 7026 W. 111th St. Attendees will be given a tour, a chance meet other volunteers, and learn why Neat Repeats is a great place to volunteer. Submitted Photo For more information, call the store manager either in Orland Park at 364-7605, or Worth at 361-6860. St. Patricia 5th grade students completed their D.A.R.E. program graduation provided by the Hickory All sales at Neat Repeats Re- Hills Police Department, reinforcing the message of drug avoidance and resistance. sale benefit the clients served by the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence.

D.A.R.E. Awards to St. Patricia

Shepard brightens holidays for 40 needy families

Focus on Seniors Smith Village holds free support group for caregivers

Beverly area residents with family members or friends living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia are invited to a free monthly meeting that will focus on “Taking Care of the Caregiver” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, at Smith Village, a continuing care retirement community, 2320 W. 113th Pl., Chicago. Smith Village’s memory support coordinator Diane Morgan will be joined by Carly Carney, owner of the Beverly Yoga Center, 1917 W. 103rd St., to explore ways caregivers can take care of themselves by meditating. Carney will explore the process of developing a meditation practice through visualization and breathing exercises that can lead to a feeling of inner well being. Before the hour-long meeting ends, Morgan and Carney will be open to questions and comments from the assembled group and light refreshments will be served. For more information, or to reserve a seat, call 773-474-7300 or email familyandfriends@smithvillage.org.

Grandparents raising grandchildren support group

PLOWS Council on Aging will host a grandparents raising grandchildren support group beginning Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 11 a.m., at the Palos Township office, 10802 S. Roberts Road, Palos Hills. Each of the 10 sessions will focus on a specific topic, including financial and legal assistance, technology skills, and self-care. Knowledgeable and experienced guest speakers will be invited to provide additional information and guidance. For information and registration, contact Maria or Amanda C. at PLOWS, 361-0219. Do not contact Palos Township regarding this program.

Legal clinic at PLOWS

PLOWS will host the next monthly legal clinic presented by the Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL). Low-income senior citizens may receive free assistance with a variety of legal matters including powers of attorney, wills, landlord/tenant issues, collections and consumer fraud. Appointments are necessary

By Bob McParland District 218 and may be made by contacting After final exams, students and CDEL at 312-376-1880, Ext. teachers at Shepard High School did not race to the parking lot to 22. leave for winter break. Instead, Meals on Wheels they went to work. The Evergreen Park Office With the school’s Multipurpose of Citizens’ Services offers a Room brimming with food, clothMeals on Wheels program for ing, and gifts, volunteers made village residents 60 years and final preparations for Adopt-Aolder who are unable to pre- Family. pare their own meals. Meals The next day, when more than are delivered Monday through 40 families would pick up the Friday. For more information donations, they would have little call 422-8776. time to organize: Last-minute contributions would arrive, and 55 and Up Palos Hills residents 55 years sometimes a desperate parent and older meet from noon to would call to plea for help. 2 p.m. the second and fourth Today they needed to lay out Wednesdays of each month at the the room with the gifts and Palos Hills Community Center, food for each family at every 8455 W. 103rd St. Tickets for table. When families arrived to events must be purchased one pick up, volunteers would just week in advance. Entertain- need to direct them to the right ment includes musicians, sing- table. ers, luncheons, movies, plays and Teacher Erin McLean walked the room checking her list and bingo. answering every question from Pinochle The Worth Senior Pinochle club student and staff volunteers. is seeking new members. Mem- Teachers Brad Fisher, Gina bership is free. Visit the group Hanna, and Courtney Siska

at the Worth Park District Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., every Monday and Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Games begin at noon. Call 448-1181 for Brother Rice information. Brother Rice will host its eighth grade entrance exam on at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Test-takers should bring their $25 test fee and two No. 2 pencils with them the morning of the test Checks made payable to Brother Rice High School. Preregistration is not necessary. Calculators are not allowed for the entrance exam. Any student requiring accommodations should contact Admissions Director Tim O’Connell at 773-429-4312 or toconnell@brrice.org. All parents are welcome to join their sons for a welcome to Brother Rice on the morning of the exam. A quick presentation in the gym will follow, detailing the admissions process and next steps towards joining the Crusader family. Donuts and juice will be provided.

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Shepard High School teacher Erin McLean checks her list as student and staff volunteers organize donated gifts and food for the Adopt-a-Family project. helped direct traffic as donations arrived and staff members and students asked what goes where. McLean kept the master list, matching the donations to each family’s needs.

This year, Jewel Food Store in Palos Heights donated 20 turkeys to help complete the boxes of food. In addition to wrapped gifts for children, families received holiday meals with either a ham or turkey.

Bulletin Board The college will offer 60 classes, beginning Jan. 21, at its Southwest Education Center (SWEC), 17900 S. 94th Ave. in Tinley Park. Some credit classes include Keyboarding I, Art Appreciation, Introduction to Business, Composition I and II, Introduction to Criminal Justice, American History I, Medical Terminology, College Algebra, Music Appreciation, Introduction to Psychology, General Sociology, and Spanish. There are also several noncredit classes offered at SWEC including Plus 50 Internet Basics, Medicare Workshop, Hiring Employees, Food for Life, “Reel” Classic Films, and Be-

ginning Conversational Spanish. A complete listing of all the classes at SWEC and credit and noncredit classes offered at all Moraine Valley campuses can be found in the spring 2014 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu. Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $109 per credit hour plus fees and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, on the main campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Pkwy. in Palos Hills; by phone at 974-2110 (TTY for the hearing impaired 974-9556); or online at morainevalley.edu.

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Moraine Valley Community College can help students realize their educational goals, pursue an associate’s degree and prepare for a successful future. Registration is underway for the spring 2014 semester, which starts Jan. 13 with on-campus credit classes. Off-campus credit classes and on-campus continuing education classes begin Jan. 21, and off-campus continuing education classes begin Jan. 27. Some of the college’s courses are offered in different formats to accommodate the needs of students, making it easy for people to fit college classes into their life. These Flexible Learning Options include: • Online and Internet Hybrid classes • Short-Term Classes • Weekend Classes • Off-Campus Classes • Evening Classes • One-Day-a-Week Classes A complete list of credit and noncredit classes can be found in the spring 2014 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu. Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $109 per credit hour plus fees and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, located on campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Pkwy. in Palos Hills; by phone at 974-2110 (TTY for the hearing impaired 974-9556); or online at morainevalley.edu.

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Your resolution for 2014 is to move and breathe, move and breathe, move... Mixing it up for good health

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, we’re all going on a diet and we’re all going to eat exactly the way we should next year. Well, at least for the first week or two of the new year. I know the routine, I’ve done it repeatedly. Well, relax, because I’m going to share several surprising tidbits I learned last year that may help you live a healthier life without a great deal of effort. I’ve adopted several of the simple habits and the best part is that none of the suggestions require you to run to the health club every morning…although that would help. One of the first surprising finds last year was the fact that even people who work out daily, can lose some benefits of their workouts by sitting for prolonged periods of time without intervals of movement. Those who have a nine-to-five job and workout before or after work, but must sit for six or seven hours without regular movement can negate some of the benefits of their workout. So, what should you do? About every half hour or so, it’s important to get up, stand as tall as you can, stretch out, walk, just move. Dr. Joseph Mercola writes about prolonged sitting: “Another recent analysis of 18 studies found that those who sat for the longest periods of time were twice as likely to have diabetes or heart disease, compared to those who sat the least.” He relates the findings of lead study researcher, Thomas Yates, M.D. who explains: “Even for people who are otherwise active, sitting for long stretches seems to be an independent risk factor for conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease.” So, if your job requires much sitting, make certain to move frequently. The second simple healthful advice also comes from Dr. Mercola.

It’s about how we can improve our health simply by breathing properly. It’s important to breathe through the nose and not the mouth. He writes about a breathing system known as Buteyko. Mercola writes of Buteyko as: “…a simple concept called the control pause. The control pause provides feedback about your relative breathing volume.” For an accurate measurement he suggests you rest for 10 minutes before measuring. He explains, “Take a small, silent breath in through your nose and allow a small silent breath out through your nose. Then hold your nose to prevent air from entering your lungs. Count the number of seconds until you feel the first definite desire to breathe. At the first definite desire to breathe in, you may also feel the first involuntary movements of your breathing muscles. Your tummy may jerk and the area around your neck may contract. Your inhalation at the end of the breath should be calm. Release your nose and breathe in through it.” He says you must wait only until you feel the first involuntary movements of your breathing muscles or the stress of your body telling you to breathe. If you took a deep breath at the end, you held your breath too long. It’s a breathing technique you must work on regularly until you get to at least 30 seconds but don’t feel bad if you don’t, as long as you learn to breath properly through your nose, you are improving your health. Proper breathing is something we must learn. Stress, disease and other factors may cause us to mouth breath. Mercola warns us never to breathe through the mouth while in exercise mode as it can actually be dangerous. For those who would like a more detailed explanation, go to Mercola.com and bring up the videos of Buteyko

and the problems associated with excessive sitting. These two simple habits may help you improve your health in 2014 without overwhelming you. Move and breathe…not too difficult. I wish

you all a Happy New Year. Dee Woods runs every first and third Thursday of the month. She can be reached at deewoods@ comcast.net.

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WHATIZIT? Oh, you guys couldn’t wait to step into this hornet’s nest. At 5:44 a.m. the day after Christmas Oak Lawn’s James Wucka opened the floodgates guessing correctly that last week’s photo was a hornet’s nest. Because our cranky board of directors are out of town, we will allow wasp nest guesses as well as a New Year’s present. Good buzzes go to Evergreen Park’s Jan Merchantz, Vince Vizza, Hickory Hills’ Jack and Griffin Burke Faddis and Robert Beegle, Worth’s Donna Hirsch, Celeste Cameron, Carol and Jerry Janicki, Theresa and George Rebersky and Robert Solner, Willow Springs’ Harrison Debre, Chicago Ridge’s Dana Oswald and Jim Cap from parts unknown. This week’s clue: This is no angel. Send those guesses to thereporter@comcast.net by Monday night with WHATIZIT? on the subject line. Make sure you have your name and home town.

Library Notes (Continued from page 8) Lawn Tornado of 1967,” is scheduled for release the week of Jan. 6. The book will feature 180 tornado-related images with caption and chapter introductions and will be available at the reception booth for $21.99 (cash or check). Korst’s first book, “Images of America: Oak Lawn,” is still available. *** Week of Jan. 6: Local History Coordinator Kevin Korst’s new book, “Images of America: Oak Lawn Tornado of 1967” is scheduled for release this week. The book will feature 180 tornado-related images with caption and chapter introductions and will be available at the reception booth for $21.99 (cash or check). Korst’s first book, “Images of America: Oak Lawn” is still available. *** Jan. 8: The Oak Lawn Community Partnership will hold free health screenings at the library from 10 to 11 a.m. in the lower level meeting room. Personnel from the Oak Lawn Fire Department will give blood pressure screenings. In addition, glaucoma testing will be available. The Oak Lawn Community Partnership is a cooperative alliance between the Village of Oak Lawn, Advocate Christ Medical Center, service organizations,

Techno Talk (Continued from page 8) successfully hidden or embedded, into the chassis housing, possibly in the screen bezel. These leads pick up minute electrical signals unique to a specific user’s heart, which can be measured to a degree of accuracy high enough as to provide an adequate means of identification. The latest Apple patent is evidence that the company is actively investigating deployable biometric security solutions that rely on users’ bodies rather than stored or memorized codes, one such system being the Touch ID fingerprint reader. Apple credits Gloria Lin, Taido Nakajima, Pareet Rahul, and Andrew Hodge as the patent’s inventors. The property was originally filed for in 2009.

educators, interested community members and business leaders. *** Jan. 11: In-person registration begins for Chef Kate Bradley’s next visit to the library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4. Bradley will review her favorite Tex-Mex family recipes, including beef brisket in a slow cooker, chicken posole, cheese and corn casserole, and Texas-style tabbouleh. The fee is $5 and the fee will be returned. There is a limit of 60.

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SPORTS STORIES of 2013

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Triumphs. Disappointments. The area had no shortage of drama and excitement in 2013 with teams and individuals going deep into state and national tournaments and making waves on the professional level. Here is a look at the top 10 sports stories from the Reporter and Regional area.

2. Sandburg pins down another wrestling crown Sandburg’s wrestling team won back-to-back state title in Class 3A after beating Marmion 38-17 on Feb. 23. Earlier in the day, the Eagles beat Oak Park, 3323, to make it to the finals in Bloomington. C.J. Brucki, Colin Holler and Ricky Robertson also won Illinois High School Association Class 3A individual titles in their respective weight divisions.

4. Moraine Valley hoops second in the nation The Cyclones called their style of play “94-feet-of-heat” and the team scorched most opponents and reached the national championship game of the NJCAA National Tournament before falling short with an 87-69 setback to Rend Lake College March 23 in Danville. It was the first time two teams from the same state played in the DII title game. “It was a great run, and I enjoyed every step. This was great for Moraine Valley. It was the chance of a lifetime for these guys,” said outgoing coach Dedrick Shannon.“After the game there was no holding our heads down. These schools we played have big scholarships for players. They have recruits from all over the country. We have local kids, and our biggest guy is 6’7”. Rend Lake had five guys over 6’7”. But we played impressively.” Lockport’s Karrington Ward had 11 points and 11 rebounds and was named to the All-Tournament team.

Ryan Pollack of the Camden Chat Blog also pointed out this unusual accomplishment. “In the 112-year history of the American League, only six 24-year-old rookie left-handed relievers threw at least 74 innings in a season,” he wrote. “Five of them pitched in the 1980s; the sixth [McFarland] pitched in 2013.”

6. Bob Hallberg is courted Oak Lawn’s Bob Hallberg, a longtime basketball coach, was honored by St. Xavier Univer 1. Macs Mighty again Mother McAuley’s girls volley- 3. Richards football second sity on Nov. 13 when the school dedicated the court at the Shanball team won its 14th Illinois High in state School Association state champion- Richards made it all the way non Center in his name before his Cougars women’s team went ship Nov. 16 but just its first since to the Class 6A state championout and beat Trinity International 2004. That’s the longest stretch the ship game and the usually reliUniversity 87-46. school has gone without a title. able defense had a tough time “This is a very memorable The Mighty Macs knocked off two- in a 34-14 loss to Batavia in occasion for me,” Hallberg told time defending Class 4A state cham- November in DeKalb. Richards the crowd after the game. “It’s pion Benet 25-22, 25-19 at Illinois had beaten Batavia earlier in a fantastic night for me and my State University in Normal. The the season. family. And what makes it so team finished 40-2 with both losses Despite the lopsided final memorable for me is that I alscore, Richards amassed 389 coming to out-of-state teams. Coach Jen DeJarld called it “an yards. Quarterback Hasan Muways thought when they name a amazing season.” court after you, you would have hammad-Rogers threw for 226 “There is such an incredible yards on an 18-of-41 perforto be dead. But I am still around satisfaction in what this team mance, which included a touchhere to enjoy it.” accomplished by keeping focused down toss to Dedrick Shannon. He opened this season with 905 throughout the season from Aug. Shannon had eight catches in 5. T.J. McFarland’s season wins on the high school and college 14 through Nov. 16.” Former Stagg High School level and all came while coaching all for 112 yards. Kayla Caffey and Mallory Max- Romeo Johnson paced the standout T.J. McFarland spent a schools in Chicago. well each led the Macs with eight ground attack with 97 yards full season in the major leagues kills while the coach’s daughter, on seven carries, while Muham- and was 4-1 with a 4.22 ERA 7. TCC’s Reidsma’s running Ryann DeJarld, added seven and mad-Rogers added 65 yards on for the Baltimore Orioles. The exploits Kelsey Clark six in the state cham- 16 carries and accounted for the left-hander made 38 appearances Trinity Christian College’s Andy including one start. Bulldogs’ other score. Reidsma finished fourth in the pionship match.

nation in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Championship on Nov. 24 in Lawrence, Kansas. That came a week after winning the NCCAA National Championships. The senior from Michigan completed the NAIA 8K race in a time of 24 minutes, 35.69 seconds, which bested his school record time by 26 seconds. He outdistanced all but three other competitors in the field of 313 runners from 96 schools. Included in that field were six runners who finished ahead of him in the conference championship of which he finished in eighth place. 8. Kentner’s monster volleyball season Moraine Valley Community College Kara Kentner, a Sandburg High School alum, had a monster sophomore season as she helped her team finish in the top 10 in the nation in volleyball at the junior college Division II level. She led the nation with a .436 hitting percentage and seventh in the nation with 514 kills. She earned several individual honors including two All-America awards. “She is one of those players that makes me sad that his is a twoyear college and not a foury-year,” Cyclones coach Gloria Coughlin said.

9. Sky’s the limit Shepard freshman gymnast Skylor Hilger tied for fourth in the all-around event at the Hinsdale Central Sectional in March to qualify for the state tournament. But the night before the state meet, she fell ill and was not able to compete. Hilger’s state qualifying run was even more amazing considering she returned to the sport after three years of concentrating on other sports. 10. Coach Dooley hangs up the spikes Palos Heights resident and longtime head St. Xavier baseball coach Mike Dooley will have one more ride before calling it a career. Dooley announced he will retire after the 2014 campaign — his 22nd year at the helm. The SXU Athletics Department announced that current assistant coach Rocco Mossuto will take over for Dooley after July 1. The Cougars program has been around 42 years and had just three head coaches — John Boles (197379), John Morrey (1980-92) and Dooley. “After 42 years as an educator and 33 years with the Saint Xavier University baseball program, including the last 21 years as the head coach, I felt that at the end of the school year and baseball season was the right time to step aside,” Dooley said.

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Mother McAuley’s volleyball team, top photo, Sandburg wrestler John Pellegreno, left photo, St. Xavier basketball coach Bob Hallberg, center photo and the Richards football team, right photo, all helped shape the top 10 sports stories of the year in the Reporter/Regional area.

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Nothing phone-y about this competition Bartosh (Reprinted from Sept. 13, 2012) Alexander Graham Bell is probably turning over in his grave right about now. Then again, maybe he’s known about this for a while and already completed his postburial, human tilt-a-whirl reaction. After all, the activity that would cause such a dramatic response has been going on for over a decade. News of it has only recently come my way, which I’d normally be embarrassed to admit. However, there’ve been more important stories to pursue, and even the most intrepid news gatherer can’t be everywhere at once, can he? Anyway, this latest tale involves a bizarre endeavor, one that takes its rightful place among the ever-growing list of so-called “sporting competitions” that are wrongly categorized. Through the years, readers familiar with this column have been told of many others — lawn-mower racing, iron-man ironing, pole dancing and beer pong, just to name a few — and, in case you haven’t heard about it before, mobile phone throwing now can be included. If you’re like me, you actually appreciate the general concept. To truly capture the public’s full attention, though, there should be a stipulation that, in order to be declared victorious, participants must toss both a mobile phone and the gadget’s high-decibel user as far as possible. Mobile phone tossing would seem a rather new phenomenon, but, in fact, it dates back to 2000, when some Finnish folks beset by boredom decided this was something they simply couldn’t live without any longer. Had it not extended beyond the city of Savonlinna, phone tossing probably would have remained a mystery to normal folks to this day.

But for some inexplicable reason, a regional endeavor went national a few years later. And in 2005, the first winter championships were held in Switzerland, with the competitive field comprised of first-place finishers in various national events, which by that time included a number of European nations besides Finland. Interestingly, the grand prize for winning the world championships is — you guessed it — a new mobile phone. And so the cycle begins in earnest. What’s even stranger is that the competition encompasses more than just your basic heaveand-retrieve exercise. According to its entry in Wikipedia — now that’s scary — mobile phone tossing can be broken down into several divisions. Personally, I like what is called “freestyle.” Entries in this category get points for “aesthetics and creative choreography.” Choreography? I don’t believe that was even a part of the judging for pole dancing, which, if you recall my previous column on it, has had some people lobbying for its inclusion in the Olympics. That was right before those same individuals excused themselves to take cold showers. So how exactly does one combine choreography with mobile phone throwing? Does executing a pre-toss pirouette, for example, accumulate style points for the participant or simply make him the object of manly ridicule? How about if someone slow-dances with the mobile phone before deciding to hurl it through space or goes under the limbo bar while shouting, “How low can I go in embarrassing myself?” As for the creative part, I suppose just about anything should be allowed. After all, nothing can be sillier than the main activity. But why stop at tossing mobile phones? Let’s make the contest

more challenging by having competitors yank out pay phones from no-longer-in-use booths and then see how far those can be thrown. The winner gets to keep whatever coins are still inside his phone. And let’s look beyond phones. Build the competition around all items that society has deemed past their prime and ready for the scrap heap. Think of the possibilities: • The cassette-tape roundup, where contestants try to rope a small animal using only the material found inside what was once considered a cutting-edge recording device. (Eight-track music tapes and Beta videocassettes may be substituted when attempting to tie up larger critters). • Incandescent-bulb juggling, where participants seek to keep as many government-disapproved lighting sources balanced in the air without having any of them break. • Typewriter Scrabble, where competitors must break off machine keys and form as many different words as possible in a predetermined time limit. • The analog-TV obstacle course, where contestants are made, at various junctures, to sidestep, hurdle and disassemble television sets that are no longer operational. • The 45-record distance fling. You get the idea. The above suggestions may seem outlandish, but no more so than many of the activities already masquerading as “sports.” I guess I can’t blame anyone for developing something they think might intrigue more gullible factions of the public, nor can I fault the latter for trying their hand at an endeavor that offers prizes. There is only one thing I ask: If you ever take part in an incandescent bulb-juggling contest, please remember it was my idea.

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SXU’s Brad Karp was named the MVP of the Midwest Tournament.

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SXU men claim tourney title By Anthony Nasella After posting two big-scoring efforts in the first two games of the SXU Midwest Tournament, the St. Xavier men’s basketball team kept its offensive groove on track, enroute to an 85-76 victory over Bellevue University on December 23 at the Shannon Center in Chicago. Capping the championship game of the tournament with 23 points and 10 rebounds, senior guard Brad Karp earned the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award in leading No. 10 ranked Cougars to the championship on Bob Hallberg Court. “Bellevue is a very good team,” St. Xavier Coach Tom O’Malley said. “They were a 10-2 team coming in that beat a 10-4 team and a 10-2 team. We played them well. We had multiple substitutes, and we played a very good second half. We we’re down by seven at

halftime and had a nine-point advantage in the second half. “Brad Karp was instrumental again for us. He had a great game overall. He had 12 points at the half and 11 points and seven rebounds in the second half. We had a lot of contributions and five guys in double figures.” The Cougars (13-2 overall) came alive scoring 51 points and shooting 56 percent (18-for-32) in the second half after trailing 41-34 at the break. Junior guard Jack Krieger was instrumental in the second-half surge scoring 21 points, including three three-pointers.” Senior point guard Michael Simpson finished with 14 points, four rebounds and four assists. Sophomore forward Josh Mawhorr was a force as well recording 12 points, six rebounds and teambest five assists. “Jack Krieger scored 12 of his points in the second half,”

O’Malley said. “He was 4-for4 from the free throw line and had three 3-point baskets. We’ve won nine in a row, and a lot of that is due to the fact that Jack Krieger has come back and has been effective. He can shoot the ball and is a great player all the way around.” “Mike Simpson had just two points in the first half and ended with 14 points and 7 out of 8 free throws. The guys inside were also big for us.” Bellevue controlled the tempo of the game in the first half and Saint Xavier never led in the opening frame despite tying the score seven different times. The Bruins built their largest lead of the night, 47-36, in the first minute of the second half. The three-pointer lit a fire under the Cougars, who went on a 16-0 run over the game’s next five minutes to take a 52-47 lead. (Continued on page 5)

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Cougars women go 8-0 in December By Anthony Nasella For the St. Xavier women’s basketball team, December has been an undefeated month — which was capped off this weekend with a pair of victories at the two-day SXU Holiday Classic at the Shannon Center in Chicago. The Cougars began the tournament with 76-66 victory over Ashford University on Saturday and followed that up with a 70-48 win over Lourdes University of Ohio on Sunday to extend their current winning streak to eight games and an 8-0 mark in December. In the win over Ashford, junior forward Morgan Stuut scored 32 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the No. 8-ranked SXU. Stuut posted team-bests of 16 points, 19 rebounds, four steals and two blocks in the victory over

Lourdes University. But what has been a hallmark in the Cougars 13-3 season, as well as in the two weekend wins, is the continued contributions from multiple players. A total of 11 players scored against Lourdes, and nine players scored against Ashford. “We’re very pleased with the way we’re playing,” St. Xavier coach Bob Hallberg said. “A lot of people are contributing to our success — whether it’s two points or six points. We have a lot of playing coming off the bench and playing well. “Morgan’s 32 point-10 rebound performance was big. We’re 13-3 right now, and we’re happy to be there going into the new year. We shot the ball pretty well at times this week. It looks like we have the makings of a good season if we keep playing well.”

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The Courgars’ Maloree Johnson fires a pass on Saturday.

On Saturday, the Cougars frustrated the visiting Saints with tough defense, which helped lead to 17 Ashford turnovers. Stuut has now topped the 30-point threshold three times this season and posted 10 double-doubles. Junior guard Suzie Broski was the other St. Xavier player to reach double figures in scoring with 14 points to go along with her five rebounds. Senior point guard Jordan Brandt had a solid all-around game with five assists, four rebounds and three steals; while senior forward Chrissy Heine provided a lift off the bench with six points, three rebounds, two assists and two blocks. The Cougars struggled early falling behind by nine points, 16-7, in the opening seven minutes of action. However, the team used a 14-5 run to tie the game, 2121, at the 8:27 mark of the first half. The Cougars finished the final five minutes of the frame strong as well scoring 15 points over the stretch to build a 43-34 halftime lead. St. Xavier, despite falling behind to open the game, led by double figures for a majority of the second half with the Saints unable to get closer than seven points the rest of the way. “We were down 16-7 and bounced back,” Hallberg said. “It’s one of those slow starts that I really have no answer for. But whenever we do fall behind, we do much better job of turning around and upping our intensity level. “We’re doing it with defense. It’s not just winning by the margin we won — but it’s also what you have to battle back from. It was a good turnaround by the team.” On Sunday, the Cougars held the Gray Wolves to just 29 percent shooting (17-for-59) from the field and used 12 steals to help force 18 turnovers. After the game, Stuut was named to the Classic’s alltournament team. Senior point guard Niara Harris converted six of her seven shot attempts on the day for 13 points for the Cougars, while Broski chipped in 10 points and four rebounds. Senior point guard Jordan Brandt hit a pair of threepointers en route to eight points and two steals. St. Xavier also received production from its bench Sunday, with 29 of its 70 points coming from the reserves. The Cougars also took full advantage of the turnovers

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SXU’s Morgan Stuut drives in Saturday’s win over Ashland. by Lourdes scoring 29 points off the miscues. Three-pointers by freshmen Meaghan McMahon and Mikayla Leyden highlighted a 10-1 run by the Cougars to open the game. The Gray Wolves crept back and closed to within a basket, 16-14, with just over eight minutes to play in the half. However, St. Xavier closed out the frame strong outscoring Lourdes, 26-8 over the final eight minutes to build a 42-22 halftime advantage. The Cougars shot 50 percent from the field (17-for-34) in the first half, which included seven three-pointers. The second half was more of the same as the team extended its lead as high as 28 points and held at least a 20-point edge for most of the frame. “I was able to play 12 people, and 11 out of 12 scored,” Hallberg said. “Naira Harris was off the bench. Somebody different seems to sparking us every game. We always have consistency out of Susie and Morgan, too. “It was total team effort today. We were 9-for 25-three point land (36 percent), which is pretty good. All in all, it was a good December.” St. Xavier returns to action and Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, with a 5 p.m. home game against Trinity Christian College. “We’re playing good basket-

ball, but I have to get the girls to understand that we’re not going to blow out every team that we play. We have a lot of conference ball games — Cardinal Stritch,

Purdue Calumet, Robert Morris, Roosevelt — and we need to keep focused and playing well. It’s a tight schedule… We have eight home games and seven away.”

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St. Xavier’s Caitlin McMahon tries for a basket against Ashland.

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Stagg winning but coach wants to see better shooting By Anthony Nasella By winning two of its first three games at this past week’s 32-team Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament at York High School in Elmhurst, Stagg improved its record to 113. Yet, to hear Chargers Coach John Daniels tell it, his team is struggling in its ability to effectively make baskets. Imagine if and when Stagg begins to find a hot hand as the second half of the season nears? But the Chargers shooting woes were very evident in Saturday 5642 defeat to Lake Forest. From 5 minutes, 37 second to :11 left in the game, Stagg failed to convert a free throw and managing just five points in the final eight minutes. Jeff Goral scored 19 points to lead the Chargers, which fell behind three points at halftime and nine points after the third quarter. “We just have to start making shots,” Daniels said. “We’re 11-3, and we’re not shooting the ball well at all. Once the shots start falling for us, I think we have a good chance of being a 20-win team — which is a big accomplishment for a team in this region. “We need to figure out how to

execute better. We were getting good looks against Lake Forest, but we were missing layups, pullup’s and three-point baskets — especially in that stretch of the fourth quarter where we didn’t convert one field goal.” Stagg was only down 45-40 early in the fourth quarter when the offensive well went dry. The team committed just one turnover in the period. “We played a good, competitive first half,” he said. “They were physical, and we didn’t have an answer for one of their kids. We just have to start making our shots consistently.” Stagg 57 Lane Tech 56 The Chargers started the tournament on a winning note, defeating Lane Tech 57-56 in last Thursday’s action. However, Daniels was not pleased with the overall performance. Max Strus had 24 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three steals to lift Stagg, which fell behind 8-0 to start the game before closing out the first quarter with a 17-6 run. Kevin White added 21 points in the winning effort. “It wasn’t a very good game for us,” Daniels said. “We had a hard time scoring early. We started out sloppy and behind early. We

also had issues with turnovers. We committed 21 for the game and seven in the fourth quarter and only scored three points in the last four minutes. “We had a nine point lead with four minutes to go the game, and we had a hard time holding the lead. They went on a 10-0 run the last three minutes of the game and briefly took a one-point lead. We had five turnovers in that stretch. It was a game of poor execution. Stagg 45 Schaumburg 33 Behind a 13-5 second quarter, the Chargers took control of Friday’s contest against Schaumburg, coming away with a 45-33 victory. White poured in a team-high 19 points, and Strus added 11 points for Stagg, which held a commanding 22-11 lead at halftime. Photos by Jeff Vorva “We played a tremendous defenKevin White of Stagg looks like he is involved in a wrestling match in a scramble for the ball sive game Friday,” Daniels said. “We held Schaumburg to 11 points against Lake Forest on Saturday. in the first half and 18 through Stagg 17 9 17 14 - 57 sists: Strus 2. Statistics three quarters. Lane Tech 14 8 14 20 - 56 9 13 9 14 - 45 Stagg 13 13 11 5 - 42 “This game was one of the best Stagg 6 5 7 15 - 33 Lake Forest 13 16 17 10 - 56 of the year from a defensive stand- Schaumburg Stagg Scoring: Kevin White 21, Sebastian point. And we had the lead. So Stagg Scoring: Kevin White 19, Sebastian Stagg Scoring: Kevin White 6, Sebastian Kolpak 0, Brett Stratinsky 2, Max Strus we didn’t have rely on making Kolpak 2, Brett Stratinsky 0, Max Strus Kolpak 2, Brett stratinsky 0, Max Strus 24, Nick Sims 6, Jeff Goral 0, Anthony mistakes. We controlled the lead 11, Nick Sims 5, Jeff Goral 5, Anthony 9, Nick Sims 4, Jeff Goral 19, Anthony Gardner 4. Rebounds: Strus 9. Assists: and game. Strus 5. Gardner 3. Rebounds: Gardner 9. As- Gardner 2.

Eagles top Bremen but drop next three at York By Anthony Nasella Sandburg’s boys basketball team was a minute away from a 2-2 record at the 32-team Jack Tosh Tournament at York High School in Elmhurst. The Eagles had the ball and a one-point lead thanks to an Eric Straka basket with 1:35 left in the game against Providence Catholic Monday morning in a consolationround game. But the Eagles turned the ball over and Providence’s two-sport star Miles Boykin put in a layup with 19 seconds left for a 50-49 victory. Straka finished with 15 points in the setback and Sandburg finished 1-3 in the tournament. Sandburg 49 Bremen 33 Behind a solid second quarter, the Eagles opened up the York Tournament with a 49-33 victory over Bremen last Thursday. Nico Cahue scored 20 points, Alec Martinez added 12 and Straka pitched in with ten to lead Sandburg, which grabbed a 25-13 halftime lead compliments of a 12-3 second quarter. The Braves were able to stay close in the second half with a 15-5 third quarter before the Ea-

gles responded with a 19-5 fourth quarter to close out the game. “We played fairly well,” Sandburg coach Todd Allen said. “We had a poor third quarter; we missed five free throws and let them back into the game. They made shots, but we held them to five points in the fourth quarter. “We played well for three quarters. We had a decided size advantage. We had three guys in double figures. It was our first game in ten games, so it was a good first win to start the tournament.” York 65 Sandburg 45 A 17-2 second quarter doomed the Eagles in a 65-45 defeat to host York in championship bracket action on Friday. York, the No. 1 seed in the tourney, possessed a great deal of height, began to dominate as the second quarter open and never looked back. Cahue scored 15 points to lead Sandburg. “York is a very good team and executed very well,” Allen said. The first problem was the 172 second quarter. We missed a lot of shots. They made trio of three’s in that quarter, and we were never able to really recover

from that.” Riverside-Brookfield 69 Sandburg 59 In what Allen described as the worst first-quarter performance of the year, the Eagles were outscored 12-2 in the first eight minutes and shot just 3-for-19 from the floor in the first half with 14 turnovers in a 69-59 defeat to Riverside-Brookfield Saturday in the consolation round. Sandburg came alive in the second half, scoring 46 points in the final 16 minutes – but it wasn’t enough to make up for the deficit. Niko Kogionis scored all 18 of his his points in the second half, and Niko Cahue scored 16 of his 18 points also in the second half. “I was not happy at all with our performance in the first quarter or the first half,” Allen said. “We had the chance to cut the lead to four points a number of times, but we just could never get it down to a one or two possession game. Shot ourselves in the foot in the first half. “And they weren’t really pressuring us; it was just a lot of unforced turnovers. We just got really careless with the basketball and missed a lot of open shots. Riverside-Brookfield is a good team, and you can’t spot a quality team

like that such a lead and expect to win. We expended a lot of energy trying to get back into the game in the second half.”

Statistics Sandburg R-B

2 11 24 22 - 59 12 23 21 13 - 69

Sandburg Scoring: Niko Cahue 18, Niko Kogionis 18, Omar Manusour 2, Matt Piazza, Peter Paxinos, Eric Straka 7, Alec Martinez 3, Joe Ruzevich 4, T.J Vorva 1, John Manthey 6. Rebounds: Straka 9. Assists: Martinez 4. Bremen Sandburg

10 3 15 5 - 33 13 12 5 19 - 49

Sandburg Scoring: Niko Cahue 20, Niko Kogionis 0, Omar Manusour 0, Matt Piazza 0, Peter Paxinos 0, Eric Straka 11, Alec Martinez 12, Tommy Demogerontas 0, T.J. Vorva 1. Rebounds: Cahue 13, Martinez 2, Cahue 2. Sandburg York

12 2 16 15 - 45 11 17 24 13 - 65

Sandburg Scoring: Niko Cahue 15, Niko Kogionis 6, Omar Manusour 6, Matt Piazza 0, Peter Paxinos 2, Eric Straka 4, Alec Martinez 9, Tommy Demogerontas 2, T.J. Vorva 1. Rebounds: Cahue 6. Assists: Straka 1.

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Alec Martinez fires a pass for Sandburg in the Eagles’ win over Bremen last Thursday at the Jack Tosh Tournament in York.

Rice drops two of three at York By Anthony Nasella

Dan Scanlon tacked on 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Crusad Brother Rice lost two of its ers, who were 20-of-20 from the first three games at the Jack free-throw line. Tosh Tournament at York High Brother Rice used a 20-10 School in Elmhurst. second quarter to take a 38-27 halftime lead. Schaumburg 57 Brother Rice 48 Waubonsie Valley 48 The Crusaders were unable to Brother Rice 45 overcome a ten-point halftime The Crusaders were unable to deficit during last Thursday’s overcome a hot-shooting opponent opening round game against in Saturday afternoon’s contest, Schaumberg, resulting in a 57- dropping a close 48-45 decision 48 setback. to Waubonsie Valley. Leading the way for Brother Waubonsie shot 60 percent from Rice offensively was Quinn Neigo, the floor compared to 47.6 percent who scored a team-high 22 points from Brother Rice, which found and a team-tying three assists. itself behind 27-22 at halftime Dan Scanlon added 13 points, and before cutting the deficit to two Ray Rubio pitched in with ten. at the end of three. Schaumburg took control of Quinn Niego’s baseline jumper the game with a 14-6 second quarter to take a 29-19 halftime advantage. Brother Rice 71 Lane Tech 57 In contrast to their first round contest, The Crusaders used a strong second quarter effort in Friday’s contest against Lake Tech – coming away with a 7157 victory. Rubio scored 22 points and Niego netted 17 to power Brother Rice (5-6) in consolation action.

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Brother Rice coach Rick Harrigan.

with 3:15 remaining in the third quarter gave Brother Rice its first lead of the game at 32-31. Brother Rice (5-7) had a chance to tie the game after Waubonsie Vallehy missed the front end of a one-and-one. After a timeout, the Crusaders inbounded from near half court with 3.6 seconds left but Ray Rubio’s three-point attempt failed. Quinn Niego paced the Crusaders with 12 points and six rebounds, and Rubio added 10 points.

Statistics Brother Rice Waub. Valley

11 11 14 9 - 45 16 11 11 10 - 48

Brother Rice Scoring: Jimmy Gallagher 0, Jack Conlisk 6, Ray Rubio 10, Quinn

Niego 12, Connor Finn 9, Jack Gorman 0, Dan Scanlon 8, Jack Mahay 0. Rebounds: Niego 6. Assists: Rubio 3, Conlisk 3. Schaumburg Brother Rice

15 14 10 18 - 57 13 6 12 17 - 48

Brother Rice Scoring: Jimmy Gallagher 0, Jack Conlisk 0, Ray Rubio 10, Quinn Niego 22, Connor Finn 3, Jack Gorman 0, Dan Scanlon 13. Rebounds: Rubio 6; Assists: Scanlon 3, Niego 3. Lane Tech Brother Rice

17 10 15 15 - 57 18 20 16 17 - 71

Brother Rice Scoring: Jimmy Gallagher 0, Jack Conlisk 2, Ray Rubio 22, Quinn Niego 17, Connor Finn 5, Jack Gorman 0, Dan Scanlon 12, Jack Mahay 9, Sal Perez 2, Joe Swiatek 2. Rebounds: Scanlon 11. Assists: Rubio 4.

Injury takes toll on Astros

By Anthony Nasella After suffering back-to-back losses against Oak Forest and Hillcrest the previous week, Shepard opened the Romeoville Tournament with a pair of victories and was positioning itself for a run at the tournament championship. But one of the Astros’ biggest inside forces, Kyle Longfield, severely sprained his ankle in the tournament’s second game against Lincoln-Way East. On Saturday against Oswego East, Longfield was still out of the lineup — and Shepard’s rebounding ability took a beating. Worse, Oswego East grabbed 18 offensive rebounds — which led many second-chance points. Meanwhile, the Astros didn’t help their cause, either, by committing 26 turnovers. All of it added up to a 64-51 defeat to Oswego East. Jacob Littleton scored 26 points to lead Shepard (5-6), which was outscored 39-29 in the second half. “Oswego East is a good team,” Shepard head Coach Tony Chiuccariello said. “We watched them against Reavis, and they have some very athletic kids. They knocked down baskets and three’s and forced us into a lot of turn-

overs. “The story was two-fold: We got outrebounded by Oswego East, and they scored second-hand points. We try to limit offensive rebounds against us to one a quarter. We didn’t take care of the ball; we try to limit turnovers to ten per game.” Chiuccariello said that Oswego East’s aggressive play was successful in taking Shepard out of its traps. Meanwhile, he said that other players are going to have to step on the boards until Longfield gets back into the lineup. “We have to do better job of boxing out,” he said. “We have to a better job of taking care of the ball — whether it’s driving in and someone coming to help and we ended up with the charge. I credit to them for pressuring us and taking us out of our offense and traps. “We definitely miss Kyle Longfield. He’s our big man help on the boards, but someone has to step, box out and rebound. We definitely need to fill that void. Despite the loss, we’re happy where we are and how we played in the previous two games.” Shepard 63 Lincoln-Way East 56 Down three points to Lincoln-

Way East with one second left in the third quarter, the Astros set up quarter-ending play for a three-point attempt. The ball wound up in hands of Darren Cohen, who swished a three-quarter court shot at the buzzer and tied the game at 46-all. From there, Shepard outscored Lincoln-Way by seven points in the fourth quarter and prevailed 63-56. Cohen finished with a gamehigh 22 points for the Astros, who started the game with a 15-7 first quarter before Lincoln-Way East rallied to take a one-point halftime lead. The momentum shifted back after Cohen’s heave. “That basket was definitely a momentum changer for us,” Chiuccariello said. “In the fourth quarter, the kids were able to close out game. Cohen is a fantastic player; this was the best game he played all year.” “In the second quarter, LincolnWay East adjusted to what they were doing defensively, and they rebounded. We were down in third period by as much as six points, but we just kept scrapping and got some big shots late in game and Jacob Littleton hit some big (Continued on page 5)

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Marist will host a party for grade school kids to watch Nic Weischar play on television on Saturday.

Marist to host Weischar party on Saturday Call it a Weischar wingding. Marist High School invites all sixth, seventh and eighth graders to watch the Army AllAmerican Bowl at the school on Saturday. Marist senior Nic Weishar (Midlothian) will play in the elite game that features 90 high school seniors from across the country. The Marist receiver was named the Regional Publishing Player of the Year for 2013 for his success both on offense as a receiver and defense as a linebacker. The event at Marist begins at 11:30 a.m. with the kickoff at noon. The game will be broadcast live on NBC. Pizza, games, giveaways and more will be provided. Students interested in attending should

email hogan.patrick@marist. net or call (773) 881-5302 to reserve a spot. Students should enter Marist through the main gym doors. The event will end at 2:30 p.m. Weishar’s career at Marist includes 256 receptions — an Illinois state record, 3,284 receiving yards, and 28 touchdown catches. He also had a great run on the other side of the ball, becoming a dominant force for the RedHawks as an outside lineman. Weishar was selected by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee, which consists of All American Games and 247Sports. U.S. Army All-Americans are eligible for a variety of personal awards as well. — Submitted by Marist High School

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Mustangs are finding ways to win By Kevin M. Coyne For five games, Evergreen Park’s boys basketball team found just about every way to lose. They lost in a blowout. They lost a one-point game. They lost in double overtime. They lost with 1.2 seconds left. They lost a game they led in for most of the contest but missed six free throws during crunch time. Why bring all of this up? That losing streak is now a memory. Coach Pat Flannigan, who recently said his team might be the best 0-5 team ever, doesn’t have to worry about calling his team the best 0-8 team ever. His team not only won a game — it got on a roll. The Mustangs made three trips to Elmhurst and came away with three victories in the eight-team

Immaculate Conception Tournament. The Mustangs faced St. Edward in the championship game Monday night but the game was played after the Regional/Reporter’s holiday deadline. Details of that game will appear Jan. 9. The Mustangs’ 64-47 victory over the host team in pool play Saturday went down to the wire. In the fourth quarter the game was nearly even, until the Mustangs tallied 19 points to the Knights’ six points, to capture the team’s third victory. “We shot the ball well and handled the different defenses they threw at us,” said Flannigan. Prior to the tournament, the Mustangs fell short in every other contest, most recently dropping the Dec. 20 game to Lemont 47-42. The ICCP tournament revitalized the team’s spirit and provided much needed motivation

to capture three victories on the road. “We were a pretty good 0-5 team going into the tournament and we lost most of our games by one possession to some pretty good teams,” Flannigan said. “We are a hard working team and outworking teams is what’s paying off.” The Mustangs had an optional workout, which everyone attended on Sunday to prepare for the title game. Evergreen Park 67 Latin School 56 The bigger Latin Romans squad was outlasted by the Mustangs late in the game last Thursday. Evergreen’s Isaac Matthews tallied 17 points and three rebounds against the Romans. “Latin School had a pretty good sized team they had a big post and big swinger,” Flannigan said.

“We came out to our traditional slow start but battled back after an 18-17 first.” Evergreen Park 64 Elmwood Park 50 The Mustangs were put to the test during Friday’s battle with the Elmwood Park Tigers, who came into the game after a 73-50 victory over Immaculate Conception. Feeding off of their 11-point victory over the Romans, Evergreen Park played a tight defensive game, forcing the Tigers to change up their offense. The Mustangs were put to the test during Friday’s battle with the Elmwood Park Tigers, who came into the game after a 73-50 victory over Immaculate Conception. Feeding off of their Photo by Jeff Vorva 11-point victory over the Romans, Evergreen Park played a tight de- Tony Weathersby, shown earlier in the season, and Evergreen Park fensive game, keeping the Tigers have picked things up since playing in the Immaculate Conception Tournament. to 50 points.

Spartans start 1-2 at E. Aurora Long trip to pick up hardware By Kevin M. Coyne

Redhawks travel 257 miles to bring home consolation trophy

Oak Lawn’s first trip to the East Aurora Holiday Tournament was met with mixed results. The Spartans were one of four new teams in the eight-team tournament and were able to go 1-2 in their pool play games. They hoped for a 2-2 finish with a win in the fifth place Monday night in a game that was too late for the Reporter-Regional holiday deadline. Geneva 63 Oak Lawn 36 The Mustangs suffered a beating the first game of the tournament losing by 27 points to the Geneva Vikings (11-3) last Thursday. The Vikings went on to defeat every other opponent in the pool and played in the championship Monday night. As a side note, a Geneva player was bloodied but it didn’t come from the Spartans. Vikings teammates Nate Navigato and Chris Parrilli collided and Parrilli suffered a bloody nose. Mitch Swatek had 13 points for Oak Lawn and David Stacy chipped in with 12.

By Tim Cronin

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Oak Lawn’s Ibrahim Samra, shown in a contest earlier this season, and Oak Lawn lost two of their first three games in the East Aurora Tournament. Neuqua Valley 65 Oak Lawn 51 Oak Lawn had a one-point lead in Friday’s game but the Wildcats (9-4) ended up taking control of the game late in the fourth, as the Spartans couldn’t hold on for a victory. Later in the

tournament the Wildcats put up a fight against the Geneva Vikings but lost 60-55. Oak Lawn 63 Hubbard 35 During the third game of the tournament Saturday, the Spartans came up with the victory.

Shannon hurt in Kankakee tourney as Richards finishes in fourth place By Anthony Nasella Even though Richards was playing without Dedrick Shannon Jr. in Saturday’s Kankakee Holiday Tournament contest against Carver Military Academy, the Bulldogs’ performance against the Challengers was indicative of team in need of significant improvements. A rough second quarter put Richards behind ten points at halftime. The team bounced back in the second half and forced overtime; however, ten missed free throws by the Bulldogs doomed them in a 64-62 defeat in the large school third-place contest. It was the second loss in a row for Richards (9-3), which dropped a 66-60 defeat to host Kankakee on Friday. Wasted in the loss to Carver was a monster performance by Josh Meier, who finished with 28 points and 21 rebounds. “Right now, we’re just a not a good team,” Richards head Coach John Chappetto. “Obviously, we were without Dedrick (out with a foot injury suffered earlier in the tournament), but when you couple missed free throws with defensive mental mistakes and some bounces that just didn’t go our way — you have two-game losing streak.” The mental mistakes were definitely evident in the second quarter, when Carver outscored Richards 14-4 to take a commanding 27-17 halftime lead and extended the lead further to 14 in the third. The Bulldogs bounced back and took the lead with seven seconds left in regulation on a three-point basket, but they fouled Carver — and free throws forced the extra period.

Two free throws by Carver in the closing seconds of overtime sealed the Bulldogs’ doom. “We had the chance to win the game on our last possession, but we were unable to score,” Chappetto said. Kankakee 66 Richards 60 Behind what Chappetto called one of the worst first quarter he’s ever seen in his time at Richards, the Bulldogs were outscored 23-9 in the first eight minutes in a 6660 loss to Kankakee on Friday. Josh Meier racked up 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead Richards, which lost Shannon to the injury. Shannon had been nursing a foot issue all season long, and Friday’s injury turned out to a serious one. The Bulldogs were down as much as 20 points yet bounced back with a 21-10 second quarter and took the lead behind a 17-14 third quarter. Worse, Richards missed 12 free throws in the contest. “Kankakee played great, and we probably played one of our worst first quarters since I’ve been around,” he said. “We trailed big and came all the way back from down 20. They took the game over, and we just weren’t able to come back for a second time. “And those missed free throws made the situation even worse.” Richards 85 Lincoln-Way North 59 After a relatively even first quarter, Richards exploded for most of the remainder of last Thursday’s opening contest against Lincoln-Way North, rolling to a 85-59 victory. Spencer Tears recorded 18

points and six assists to pave the way for Richards, which recorded 19 steals. Meier added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Shannon Jr. finished with 10 points, seven steals and six assists. In all, Lincoln-Way North committed 29 turnovers. “We were able to turn up the pressure in the first quarter,” Chappetto said. “In the first quarter into the second, we were really able to separate ourselves from them.” Lincoln-Way North kept the game in reach, down just 15, heading into the fourth quarter, as Richards posted a 23-20 third period; however, the Bulldogs outscored their opponents 13 points in the fourth quarter. “The third quarter was a sloppy, as was the game,” the coach said, “Maybe it was because it was the day after Christmas. Our guys figured we were the higher seed. Once were able to get the lead and hold onto it, we built on it.” Waiting for Richards in the coming week is no easy assignment — Marian Catholic — and Chappetto is looking forward to getting his back on the floor to make some necessary adjustments. “The best thing about a tournament ending is we can get into the practice floor and get back to work,” he said. “We have a tough second half of the year. Our next game is against Marian Catholic, which is probably one of the better teams in the state.”

Statistics Carver Richards

13 14 13 18 13 4 18 23

6 - 64 4 - 62

Richards Scoring: Josh Meier 28, Thaer Othman 9, Spencer Tears 11, Jaylan Catledge 6 Jordan Cottrell 0, Evangelo Anagnostopolous 0, Deon Alexander 3, Ameen Hussein 3, Rob Jones 2. Rebounds: Meier 21. Assists: Tears 5. Richards Kankakee

A long bus ride with a trophy in hand, no matter how it’s earned, makes a trip to a Christmas tournament a success. Marist’s RedHawks experienced that on Sunday, the day after capturing the consolation bracket of the 71st Centralia Holiday Tournament. And that made the 257mile trip back from southern Illinois through sloppy weather a brisk five-hour jaunt. The RedHawks (11-2) won three straight after dropping their first round game to the Egypt High Pharaohs of Raleigh, Tenn. That 48-47 setback was followed by a 60-38 defeat of Addison Trail, a 91-79 victory over Eisenhower, and a 57-52 win over Jacksonville to capture the consolation crown of the 16-team tournament, with the final two games played on Saturday. “This was a great trip for our guys,” Marist coach Gene Nolan said. “The biggest thing we didn’t have coming into this year was experience. We’d graduated five starters. Now we have experience.” And, perhaps, an identity. The RedHawks, playing to their gritty form, held their four opponents to 35.6 percent shooting (82 of 230). If that defense can hold up across the East Suburban Catholic wars, Marist has a chance to be part of the argument with Marian Catholic, Benet Academy and St. Viator. “We’ve defended well throughout the year,” Nolan said. This was a step up. And through it all in Centralia, Nic Weishar was a standout. When he wasn’t leading the RedHawks in scoring — as was the case against Addison Trail (20 points) and Eisenhower (28) — he was the leading rebounder. The consistent efforts earned Weishar a second-team all-tournament selection. Since Marist’s next basketball game isn’t until next Thursday, when it hosts Lindblom, the Notre Dame commit won’t miss a game

while he plays in the All-American Bowl, a football showcase for high school seniors, Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tex. Weishar pulled down nine rebounds, a trio of them on the offensive glass, in the trophy-earning victory over Jacksonville, and added 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting, the only miss on a three-point attempt, to go with the 13 points of Bradley Hill and a dozen each from Brian Holland and Kevin Lerma. The game was tied at 40 entering the final quarter, and Marist outscored the Crimsons 17-12 to emerge triumphant after Jacksonville had erased Marist’s 25-22 halftime advantage. “If there’s ever a day you don’t want to play two games, it’s when you play Eisenhower,” Nolan said. “Playing Eisenhower is like playing two games, with 80 to 90 possessions.” But the RedHawks gutted it out down the stretch against a much bigger, more deliberate club. Marist squandered a double-digit lead, trailed by a point, crept back into the lead, went up 56-52 on a timely jumper by Hill, and went up to stay when Weishar took a charge, quashing the last good chance of the Crimsons to rally. Marist’s attack was all-encompassing from the start, a credit to Nolan’s system. The RedHawks had assists on 68 percent of their field goals, including 17 assists on 32 baskets in the helter-skelter victory over Eisenhower, which employs Grinnell’s run-and-shoot concoction. Weishar was 12-of-14 from the floor in that game, and four of his seven rebounds came on the offensive glass. Jeremiah Ferguson added 21 points for Marist, with Holland scoring 18 and Lerma 12. Calviontae Washington’s 15 paced Eisenhower. The RedHawks started their Centralia adventure on Thursday, and were edged by the Egypt Pharaohs by a point, 48-47, after leading 128 through a quarter and 27-17 at

By Tim Cronin St. Laurence doubled its win output of the season when it came out of Centralia with a second win this season, a 1-2 mark in the 16-team tournament, and a 2-9 mark for the season to date. But coach Mark Sevedge sees a parallel between last year, when the Vikings went 2-2 at Centralia, and this year. “Last year this was the trip that turned our season around,” Sevedge said. “We ended on a good run (finishing 12-17). I hope this is going to be the same. The kids had a great time, did a lot of things together off the court.” The victory was a 51-40 success over Kirby High of Memphis, Tenn. The Vikings, with balanced scoring led by 12 points each from Quentin Forberg and Tim Delaney, led throughout, and expanded a four-point lead after three quarters to the final margin with a 18-11 command of the

fourth period. “The staff and I felt we played better in the two losses than in the game we won, but we played pretty good,” Sevedge said. “I sent the message to the team before the game that we were the better team in the game, and if we did what we were supposed to, we should win.” They did what they were supposed to. St. Laurence dominated almost every category, and while Tyredius Woods and Desmond Johnson (18 and 12 points respectively) led the Cougars from the floor, the rest of the Kirby squad managed only six points, with a basket each from three other players. It was St. Laurence’s first win since a 52-44 victory over Willowbrook on Nov. 30. The consolation bracket appearance was triggered by a 55-35 loss to the Bears of Madison Prep. The Bears used a 31-17 margin across the second and third quarters to put the game away. The Vikings were un-

9 21 17 13 - 60 23 10 14 19 - 66

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Richards’ Dedrick Shannon Jr., playing in a game earlier in the season, suffered a foot injury in the Kankakee Tournament.

Egypt Marist

8 9 14 17 - 48 12 15 6 14 - 47

Marist Scoring: Holland 14, Weishar 10, Ferguson 8, Hill 8, Lerma 4, Hawkins 2, Burrell 1, Tucker 0, Barry 0. Rebounds: Weishar 12, Holland 4, Hill 4. Assists: Ferguson 6, Lerma 3. Marist Addison Trail

14 7 14 25 - 60 6 13 8 11 - 38

Marist Scoring: Weishar 20, Ferguson 12, Hawkins 10, Holland 9, Hill 7, Lerma 2, Rivard 0, Barry 0, Burrell 0, Tucker 0, Turner 0. Rebounds: Weishar 6, Lerma 6. Assists: Ferguson 4, Weishar 3, Hawkins 3. Consolation championship Marist 57, Jacksonville 52 Marist Scoring: Hill 13, Holland 12, Lerma 12, Weishar 10, Ferguson 4, Barry 3, Rivard 2, Burrell 1, Hawkins 0, Tucker 0. Rebounds: Weishar 9, Lerma 5. Assists: Ferguson 7, Holland 3.

able to stop Arlando Cook (18 points on 9-of-10 shooting), nor get to the boards. They were out-rebounded 33-14, with Madison enjoying a 1410 edge on its offensive glass. Beating Kirby sent the Vikings into the consolation semifinals against Jacksonville, and the Crimsons were waiting for them. Jacksonville scored a 63-54 victory, pulling away in the second half after a 24-all deadlock at the break, having surmounted a sixpoint Viking lead. Forberg’s 14 points led St. Laurence. The Vikings return to the court with a Catholic League contest against Loyola Academy on Tuesday.

Statistics St. Laurence Madison Prep

9 8 9 9 - 35 11 16 15 13 - 55

St. Laurence Scoring: Forberg 11, Lamb 7, Delaney 5, Condito 5, Aderman 4, Radford 3, Cummings 0, Gurgone 0, Curley, Dan 0, Witkowski 0, Gould 0, Curley, Don 0, Kelly 0. Rebounds: Delaney 3. Assists: Delaney 3. Kirby St. Laurence

8 12 9 11 - 40 13 10 10 18 - 51

St. Laurence Scoring: Forberg 12, Delaney 12, Kelly 8, Gurgone 3, Curley, Dan 2, Cummings 1, Gould 0, Curley, Don 0, Condito 0, Aderman 0, Witkowski 0. Rebounds: Lamb 8, Radford 6. Assists: Forberg 4, Gurgone 3.

15 14 20 10 - 59 17 27 18 23 - 85

Richards Scoring: Josh Meier 17, Dedrick Shannon Jr. 10, Thaer Othman 3, Spencer Tears 18, Jaylan Catledge 7 Jordan Cottrell 10, Evangelo Anagnostopolous 8, Deon Alexander 4, Spencer Tracey 3, Ameen Hussein 3, Marcus Burton 2. Rebounds: Meier 7, Cottrell 7. Assists: Tears 6, Shannon 6.

Statistics

Vikings vacuum up Kirby but drop two in Centralia

Richards Scoring: Josh Meier 19, Dedrick Shannon Jr. 13, Thaer Othman 11, Spencer Tears 7, Jaylan Catledge 5 Jordan Cottrell 0, Evangelo Anagnostopolous 2, Deon Alexander 3. Rebounds: Meier 12. Assists: Shannon 4. L-W North Richards

the half. Even with Weisher holding Egypt star Fatodd Lewis to 4 points, 23 under his average, Egypt cut the gap to 33-31 after three quarters and outscored Marist 17-14 in the final eight minutes with Arcaus McGhee (16 points, eight rebounds) leading the way. McGhee’s 3-pointer with five seconds to play trumped the 3pointer of Holland with nine seconds left, and set the final score. The Pharaohs joined Richards as the only teams to beat Marist this season. That dropped Marist to the consolation bracket, but it didn’t get much easier, thanks to Centralia’s penchant for drawing high-caliber teams from throughout the state and beyond. The RedHawks took out their frustrations against Addison Trail on Friday, expanding a 21-19 halftime lead to 22 points by game’s end. Weishar’s 20 was complemented by 12 points from Ferguson and 10 from Chamar Hawkins.

Jacksonville St. Laurence

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St. Laurence coach Mark Sevedge, shown during an earlier game this season, said his team played better in two losses than it did in a lone win in Centralia.

11 13 15 24 - 63 11 13 14 16 - 54

St. Laurence Scoring: Forberg 14, Lamb 9, Gurgone 9, Delaney 8, Kelly 7, Cummings 3, Curley, Dan 2, Radford 2, Witkowski 0, Aderman 0, Gould 0, Condito 0. Rebounds: Lamb 8, Forberg 4. Assists: Forberg 2, Gurgone 2, Delaney 2.

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Thursday, January 2, 2014 Section 2

Girls Roundup

A shot away from perfection Eagles win two but suffer heartbreaking loss at Hillcrest By Anthony Nasella Sandburg’s girls basketball team went 2-1 at this past weekend’s Hillcrest Holiday Classic, falling just a basket short of going undefeated. Sandburg opened the tournament with a 47-46 victory over T.F North last Thursday, as Kate Ruzevich’s free throw with no time remaining lifted Sandburg in the first-round victory. The Eagles were led in scoring by Sam Youngwirth (15 points) and Julia Ruzevich (10). Later that day, Sandburg played the host Hawks down to wire before being defeated 66-65 by a layup with two seconds left by Shayla Joyner in the second-round contest. The Eagles were led by Youngwirth (20 points), Jessica Merino (14 points) and Victoria Stavropoulos (10 points, 10 rebounds). Sandburg trailed 64-57 with 1:10 remaining when Merino turned a rebound into two fouls shots that began a seven-point game-tying burst. With 11.1 seconds left, Stavropoulos canned two free throws for Sandburg, which rallied from as much as a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to take the lead before Hillcrest’s last second heroics. The team led 15-9 after the first eight minutes, converting inside with Ruzevich and from threepoint range by Lauren O’Leary and Youngwirth. Hillcrest fought back, aided by a 15-6 to take a lead 37-27 lead at halftime. The Eagles bounced back from the Hillcrest nailbiter to nip Lockport 42-39 in Friday’s fifth place contest. Stavropoulos (13 points), Youngwirth (12) and Kate Ruzevich (12) provided balance for Sandburg (10-5). Stagg The Chargers went 1-2 at this past week’s Hillcrest Holiday Classic, defeating Bloom 64-48 and losing to Joliet Catholic 57-33 and Rich South 53-37. Stagg started its day with a first round victory against Bloom. Hannah Henderson (a game-high 21 points, 4 assists, 4 steals) jump started the offense, scoring the opening three baskets of the game and nine points in the first quarter

to help the Chargers to an 18-8 lead after eight minutes. Mia DiGiacomo (16 points, eight rebounds) joined in the attack with six points of her own, and then added another seven points in the second quarter to stretch the lead 33-15 at the half. Casey McMahon (10 points, six rebounds) took action in directing the offense and made two 3point field goals, when the Trojans started packing their defense into the lane in an attempt to stop our dribble penetration. “We were able to get to the basket, running our spread offense, using a variety of back door cuts to get some layups,” Stagg head Coach Bill Turner said. “The girls did a good job of being patient and getting high percentage quality shots.” When some of those shots did not fall, Stagg’s rebounding advantage (37-25) allowed for easy put-backs and an eventual 50-24 advantage heading into the final period. “The girls’ did everything they needed to do: defend, rebound, and take care of the basketball to increase the lead at the end of three quarters,” Turner said. “Megan Hearne and Megan Sullivan did a nice job on the boards with six rebounds each.” Against Joliet Catholic Academy, Stagg was behind just 14-10 after the first quarter, on with DiGiacomo (11 points, 11 rebounds) leading the way with six points in the first quarter. “Facing the No. 1 seed in the tourney was going to be a challenge in our second contest of the day,” Turner said. “Joliet Catholic is one of the top ranked teams (No. 2 in the Chicagoland area). Things were going pretty good for us early as Mia was a huge presence inside against a much taller opponent.” DiGiacomo continued her strong offensive scoring and rebounding effort with a couple of more baskets in the second quarter, sandwiched around a Noor Elmosa’s three-point field goal to keep Stagg within striking distance at the half, trailing just 29-21. The opening four minutes of the third quarter was the turning

point in the game. Joliet Catholic turned up the pressure a little bit, forcing Stagg into a few turnovers that led to some easy baskets in transition. Meanwhile, the Lady Chargers could only muster up a three-point basket by Casey McMahon and a free throw for the entire quarter. The deficit became 22 points, 47-25, entering the fouth quarter. Hannah Henderson and Kate Adams each had seven points, but the Chargers could never get any closer after the Angels run to open the second half. “I thought the girls really competed against a quality team, holding a 33-30 rebounding edge, but their defensive pressure forced us into 24 turnovers, which resulted in uncontested lay-ups,” Turner said. “Our 9-for-36 shooting (25 percent) did not help matters either. “That may be the best team that we will play this season. They are very long, athletic, and well coached.” Against Rich South, Stagg was were unable to overcome a strong performance by the Stars, who shot the ball very well. DiGiacomo (12 points, six rebounds) and Hannah Henderson (10 points, five rebounds, four assists) again were the leading contributors to the Charger attack. “Both players had a really good tournament all-around,” Turner said. “Our offense is struggling at times this season. This was our fifth game scoring in the 30’s. We have to do a better job of taking care of the basketball and value each possession. “I think we are playing some pretty good defense, but we have to find scoring from some other players and our field goal percentage/free throw shooting percentage has to improve. I know this group will continue to work hard and find a way to be more consistent on offense in the second half of the season.” Stagg is now 5-7 overall on the year and will next play a nonconference game at home against Lincoln-Way West on Friday. Marist The RedHawks went 2-2 at this past week’s Hillcrest Holiday Classic— defeating Oak Forest and

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Marist’s Brooke Wyderski, shown earlier in the season, had 23 points in an overtime victory over Rich South at the Hillcrest Tournament. Rich South and losing to Hillcrest and Joliet Catholic. Marist opened the tournament Thursday with a 54-30 victory over Oak Forest. Tehya Fortune (16 points) and Lorna McCall (10) led the way. In Thursday’s second-round the Redhawks edged Rich South 64-61 in overtime. Brooke Wyderski had 23 points, while Tehya Fortune (12 points) and Skylar Patterson combined to hit 7-of-8 free throws in overtime for Marist (8-4). In the semifinal on Friday, the RedHawks ran into a buzz saw, dropping a 71-48 decision to undefeated Joliet Catholic. Tehya Fortune finished with 20 points for Marist (9-5). Already working with an 18-8 advantage through one quarter, Joliet Catholic exploded in the second period. In forcing eight turnovers and limiting Marist to just 3-of-13 shooting, the Angels went on an extended 18-0 run going into halftime with a 4616 lead. On Saturday, the RedHawks losing streak reached two, as they dropped a 71-59 defeat to the host Hawks in the third-place game. Mother McAuley The Mighty Macs captured a 56-54 quarterfinal victory over Barrington at Friday’s DundeeCrown Tournament. Molly

O’Malley poured in 17 points to boost Mother McAuley. Raven Willis (four rebounds) added 15 points for the Mighty Macs and Elizabeth Nye (four rebounds) scored 11. In Saturday’s semifinal contest, the Mighty Macs were edged by New Trier 47-43. Molly O’Malley scored 11 points to lead Mother McAuley (11-3). Later Saturday, The Mighty Macs were edged by New Trier 47-43 in the second semi-final contest. New Trier used a 21-point second quarter to grab a seven-point halftime advantage, as McAuley committed 19 turnovers. With 4:20 left in the game, the Mighty Macs used a 10-0 run to cut the deficit to one. The Trevians responded with a 6-0 run to reclaim the lead as McAuley would get no closer than two points the rest of the way. Junior forward Erin Drynan finished with a team-high 11 points for Mighty Macs (11-4). She added two blocks. Shepard The Lady Astros came up empty in four contest at this past week’s Medieval Classic, dropping to 2-13 in the process. Shepard opened up the tournament on December 23 with a 60-18 loss to Lincoln-Way East. The team was led by Dae Jae Wil-

liams (six points). Williams scored 14 points, Heather Banis had 13 points and Courtney Dalton’s added 10 in a 59-48 setback against Andrew last Thursday. On Friday, the Lady Astros dropped a 53-19 decision to Minooka and on Saturday were edged by Plainfield South 47-43. Abby Newsome led Shepard with eight points on Friday, and Dalton tallied 12 points on Saturday. Chicago Christian The Lady Knights split a pair of games at this past week’s Lisle Tournament — Losing to Coal City 54-43 last Thursday and defeating Mt. Assisi 50-44 on Friday. Kaycee Pittman scored 19 points and Anna Persenaire (eight rebounds) added 10 to carry Chicago Christian (2-9) on Thursday. Pittman had 17 points to lead a balanced attack for Chicago Christian (3-9) on Friday. Abbie Bulthuis added 13 points for the Knights and AnicaPausma scored 10 against Mt. Assisi. Queen of Peace The Pride dropped three games at the Hillcrest Holiday Tournament: Losing to Bolingbrook 53-3 on Thursday, Rich Central 42-23 on Thursday and Seton 49-18 on Friday. Jelyn Chua led Queen of Peace with nine points against Rich Central.

CC starts strong then Mustangs boosted by Ag School title, Larkin named tourney MVP drops two in Romeoville EP girls

By Anthony Nasella Before Evergreen Park went 3-1 this past week on its way to capturing to the Agriculture Science School Tournament this past week, the team experienced a muchneeded confidence boost Dec. 20 in a big win over Lemont. And to hear head Coach Bruce Scadutotell it, he said that win served as a catalyst for the Lady Mustangs success this past week. Evergreen Park began the tournament with a 55-29 victory over Bremen on Monday and followed it up with a 55-15 win over Perspectives Math and Science on Thursday. After a 39-36 setback against the hosts on Friday, the Mustangs prevailed over Longwood 67-34 in the championship on Saturday. Nicole Parker was named the tournament MVP. “The win against Lemont really built our confidence heading into the tournament,” Scaduto said. “We kind of came together that let us come in with a good feeling that we’ve been playing well.” Against Bremen, Megan Pfister led the way with 11 points.

SXU (Continued from page 2) Six St. Xavier players scored on the key run, including five points by Simpson. The Cougars sustained the momentum and extended their lead to 13 points, 67-54, with eight minutes remaining in regulation on a pair of Krieger free throws. The Bruins got no closer than six points the rest of the way as the Cougars hit crucial free throws down the stretch to ice the victory. St. Xavier (13-2 overall) returns to action with a home game against Silver Lake College (Wis.) on at 3 p.m. Sunday. “If you had told me would be 13-2 heading into the new year, I have would certainly settled for that,” O’Malley said. “Our two losses were to teams high in the national rankings (one NAIA Division 1 and the other NAIA Division 2). We were in the fight in those games. “Sure I would have liked us to be undefeated, but we’ve been playing good basketball.”

“I think we got Bremen on an off game,” Scaduto said. “We we’re hitting everything that we were throwing up. They couldn’t hit anything. We just kind of fed off of that. The girls played real well as a team. “I was thinking that Bremen would be one of, if not the, best team in the tournament. We ended up beating them soundly, and I think the confidence just began to increase as we were playing.” In the win over Perspectives Math and Science, Erica Carridine (14 points) and Tenesha Anderson (10 points) led the way. “Perspectives is not a great team, but we were able to get everybody in during the first couple of games, which is always nice,” he said. Obviously, our main players — Megan Pfister and Nicoel Larkin did well “Erica has been playing really nice defense for us. She’s like our stopper. She does real well and is the quickest player we have We managed to stop our opponents better players, and we built off of that.” Despite the loss to Chicago Ag, where the Mustangs didn’t score

a point in the first quarter, they reached the title game due to the fact that every team in the field suffered on defeated and that they boasted the largest point margin in their victories. “The loss to Chicago Ag was our worst game of the season,” he said. “We found ourselves behind 15-0 after the first quarter. We started to play OK in the second quarter; it took a while to get going, and we couldn’t do anything well until mostly in the second. “The slow start basically killed us and it took us forever to catch up. We got back in the game, but it just wasn’t enough.” In the championship game against Longwood, Larkin scored 14 points for Evergreen Park (11-7). Kortni Lewis and Jonie Nard added 11 points each for the Mustangs. “Everyone had a loss, and we wound up in the championship,” he said. “We beat Longwood pretty good. It was another game we got everyone playing. It was actually a nice tournament as far as getting people to play. “Whenever you can win a tournament, it’s a good thing.”

By Anthony Nasella

out of gas down the stretch in a stinging 62-36 defeat. Behind a strong fourth quar- “We played an awful first quarter, Chicago Christian captured ter,” Pittman said. “They came its opening game of Romeoville out and played physical, and we Tournament 51-48 victory over just backed down. We didn’t deLaSalle-Peru last Thursday. cide to play the game until the Marcus Parker led a balanced second and third quarter, and yet offensive attack with 13 points we almost came back. for the Knights, who used a 24-17 “But you can’t play 16 minutes victory to seal the victory. of a 32-minute game and expect “We played solid when it was to win. We also turned the ball needed,” Chicago Christian head over 20 times. We dug ourselves Coach Kevin Pittman said. “I felt too big of a deficit.” we really out played them in the first quarter, and in the second Lincoln-Way West 56 quarter I felt we gave a little bit of Chicago Christian 52 momentum back. We didn’t func- Even though it was in a lostion real well offensively. ing effort, the Knights rebounded “We talked about that at half- from disappointing performance time and getting better ball move- against Glenbard South to play ment and penetration — but not Lincoln-Way west very close — into trouble. I thought we did a dropping a close 56-52 decision better job of that in the third on Saturday. quarter and again in the fourth Blaine Wright scored 16 points quarter. We had better ball move- and Marcus Parker added 13 ment and more people involved points for the Knights, which had tied the game up at 52-all in the offense.” with just eight seconds left before Glenbard South 62 Lincoln-Way West closed out the Chicago Christian 36 game with four free throws. Falling behind 16 points af- “I challenged my kids after the ter the first quarter of Friday’s Glenbard South game that our efgame against Glenbard South, fort was just not there,” Pittman the Knights found themselves said. “I told them I take losing to playing catchup throughout the teams when they’re better than entire contest. us and we’re playing hard. You’re And while Chicago Christian not going to win every game, but cut the deficit to just five points to lose a game and playing with in the third quarter, the team ran no heart made me unhappy.

Astros (Continued from page 3) free throws.” Shepard 76 Little Village 50 Despite a 9 a.m. contest on the day after Christmas, Shepard was ready to compete in the opening game of the Romeoville Tournament against Little Village. The Astros jumped to an early 18-10 first-quarter lead and built on the lead with a 15-9 second quarter. An even stronger second half led to an easy 76-50 victory on Thursday. “We had the 9 a.m. game right after Christmas — and for having the early start, needing to be at Shepard 7:30 a.m., the drive to Photo by Jeff Vorva Romeoville, they did a really nice St. Xaiver’s Jack Krieger hits the ground after colliding with a job coming out and being ready to play,” Chiuccariello said. “I Bellvue player in the title game of the Midwest Tournament.

thought I had they good energy and focus. I was really proud of their effort.” Shepard’s success on offense was also successful due an unselfish effort of various Astros’ players. “The ball was moving real well,” he said. “The guys were being unselfish against the Zone. Zach Haxel helped with three baskets down low, and he gave us a lift off the bench. It was a great effort and a solid team effort for us. They played hard and together, and that’s what I ask of them every game.”

Statistics Shepard Little Village

18 15 28 15 - 76 10 9 11 20 - 50

Shepard Scoring: Darren Cohen 2, Malcolm Lawson 16, Jacob Littleton 28, Yakov Witherspoon 3, Malik Smith

“I was happy with our performance against Lincoln-Way West. We played hard in this game. We challenged them, and I’m much happier with the way we played. We only had five turnovers.”

Statistics Chgo. Christian Glenbard South

18 12 13 9 - 52 15 16 9 17 - 56

Chicago Christian Scoring: Marcus Parker 13, Bradford Fitzpatrick 6, Blaine Wright 16, Trevor Wolterink 0, Jay Spencer 7, Tyrone Crider 0, Daylon Washington 6, Luke Boss 2 Ethan Frierson 0, Grant Van Buren 0, Nathan Leo 2. Rebounds: Fitzpatrick 11. Assists: Wright 4. Chgo. Christian LaSalle-Peru

14 6 13 24 - 51 9 11 12 17 - 48

Chicago Christian Scoring: Marcus Parker 13, Bradford Fitzpatrick 10, Blaine Wright 10, Trevor Walterink 9, Jay Spencer 8, Tyrone Crider 3, Daylon Washington 2, Luke Boss 2. Rebounds: Fitzpatrick 8. Assists: Wright 3, Fitzpatrick 3, Boss 3. Chgo. Christian Glenbard South

4 7 15 7 - 36 20 10 18 16 - 62

Chicago Christian Scoring: Marcus Parker 8, Bradford Fitzpatrick 0, Blaine Wright 4, Trevor Wolterink 5, Jay Spencer 4, Tyrone Crider 0, Daylon Washington 9, Luke Boss 0, Ethan Frierson 2, Grant Van Buren 2, Nathan Leo 2. Rebounds: Fitzpatrick 9. Assists: Wright 3. 0, Kyle Longfield 8, Nick Heidinger 4, Adebayo Ogungbemi 1, Kenny Gorski 8, Zack Haxel 6. Rebounds: Longfield 10. Assists: Longfield 6. Shepard Oswego

6 16 12 17 - 51 8 17 16 23 - 64

Shepard Scoring: Darren Cohen 5, Malcolm Lawson 6, Jacob Littleton 26, Yakov Witherspoon 8, Malik Smith 0, Kyle Longfield 0, Nick Heidinger 0, Adebayo Ogungbemi 0, Kenny Gorski 6, Zack Haxel 0. Rebounds: Heidinger 8. Assists: Heidinger 5. Shepard L-W East

15 10 21 17 - 63 7 19 20 10 - 56

Shepard Scoring: Darren Cohen 22, Malcolm Lawson 0, Jacob Littleton 7, Yakov Witherspoon 7, Malik Smith 0, Kyle Longfield 7, Nick Heidinger 2, Adebayo Ogungbemi 0, Kenny Gorski 4, Zack Haxel 6. Rebounds: Heidinger 8. Assists: Heidinger 5.

Section 2 Thursday, January 2, 2014 The Regional News - The Reporter

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�� For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N � PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE CO. P l a i n t i f f , � v . � LORRAINE MCNEVIN A/K/A LORRAINE BRODERICK, FINTAN BRODERICK D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 037891 7848 W. 99TH STREET HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 23, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 27, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7848 W. 99TH STREET, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-12-105-025. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 14-11-34450. 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 Attorney File No. 14-11-34450 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 037891 TJSC#: 33-24092 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. I581182

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N � P l a i n t i f f , � v . � JOSEPH GUZOLEK, ANDREA FORTUNA A/K/A ANDREA GUZOLEK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 021044 12537 S. MASSASOIT AVENUE PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 6 0 4 6 3 � NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 10, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 13, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 12537 S. MASSASOIT AVENUE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-29-404-011. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 14-10-37989. 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 Attorney File No. 14-10-37989 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 021044 TJSC#: 33-23122 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. I577998

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�� For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , � v . � JOHN MCKEE A/K/A JOHN F. MCKEE, RUTH MCKEE A/K/A RUTH MARIE MCKEE, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO WELLS FARGO BANK SOUTHWEST, N.A. FKA WACHOVIA MORTGAGE FSB FKA WORLD SAVINGS BANK, F S B � D e f e n d a n t s � 12 CH 14680 11904 SOUTH 93RD AVENUE PALOS PARK, IL 6 0 4 6 4 � NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 7, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 3, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11904 SOUTH 93RD AVENUE, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-27-102-002-0000. The real estate is improved with a one story single family home with a two car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1206369. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1206369 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 14680 TJSC#: 33-24688 I580383

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N � BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L P � P l a i n t i f f , � v . � EDWARD F. ANDJULIS A/K/A EDWARD FRANCIS ANDJULIS, GAIL E. ANDJULIS A/K/A GAIL ELIZABETH ANDJULIS A/K/A GAIL WALSHON D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 013891 10213 HIBISCUS DRIVE ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 19, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 17, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10213 HIBISCUS DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-09-310-013. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 14-11-11834. 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 Attorney File No. 14-11-11834 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 013891 TJSC#: 33-27083 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. I580417

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY PURCHASE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS RECEIVER OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FKA WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Plaintiff, -v.MARQUETTE BANK FKA MARQUETTE NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR TO TCF BANK, SUCCESSOR TO BANK OF CHICAGO GARFIELD RIDGE AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT, DATED THE 14TH DAY OF MAY 1977, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 77-5-5, ORLAND GOLF VIEW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 13 CH 09361 15703 Old Orchard Ct. #2N Orland Park, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 28, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 29, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 15703 Old Orchard Ct. #2N, Orland Park, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-14401-034-1021. The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $145,325.95. Sale terms: The bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. 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. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. 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. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 13 CH 09361 TJSC#: 33-24591 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. I572521

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION RBS CITIZENS, N.A., P l a i n t i f f � V . � CAROLE A. MALIN A/K/A CAROLE MALIN A/K/A CAROLE ANN MALIN; RBS CITIZENS, N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CCO MORTGAGE CORP.; OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; OAK HILLS CONDOMINIUM FIVE TOWNHOUSE VILLAS, D e f e n d a n t s � 12 CH 14230 Property Address: 13495 TURTLE POND LANE PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE C O N D O M I N I U M � Fisher and Shapiro file # 11-057425 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure s a l e s . ) � PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on November 5, 2013, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on February 6, 2014, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 13495 Turtle Pond Lane, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Permanent Index No.: 23-36-303-162-1081 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). The judgment amount was $ 210,183.91. Sale terms for non-parties: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information and to view auction rules at w w w . k a l l e n r s . c o m . � For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only. I575057

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, v . � RUSSELL W. NOWAK A/K/A RUSSELL NOWAK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 038382 8009 VALLEY DRIVE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 2, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 16, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8009 VALLEY DRIVE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-14-401-002-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 14-12-26825. 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 Attorney File No. 14-12-26825 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 038382 TJSC#: 33-22578 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. I578652

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, SERVICING LP P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � ADIB KITTANA; THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ADIB KITTANA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , � 08 CH 37727 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 24, 2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, January 20, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-23-111-091-0000. Commonly known as 19 COUR VERSAILLE, 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: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0821720. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I578317

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N � BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L P � P l a i n t i f f , � v . � ANNA MAREK, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, LAS FUENTES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION D e f e n d a n t s � 10 CH 039155 9101 DEL PRADO DRIVE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 25, 2011, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 22, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9101 DEL PRADO DRIVE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-10-200-058. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 14-10-21639. 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 Attorney File No. 14-10-21639 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 10 CH 039155 TJSC#: 33-25752 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. I580444

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, v . � ELIZABETH A. MERKLE A/K/A ELIZABETH ANNE MERKLE, WEST SUBURBAN BANK, THE VILLAGE SQUARE OF ORLAND CONDOMINIUM 1 ASSOCIATION Defendants 10 CH 21458 9304 WHERRY LANE UNIT 3 ORLAND PARK, IL 6 0 4 6 2 � NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 29, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 31, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9304 WHERRY LANE UNIT 3, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-15-303-010-1003. The real estate is improved with a townhouse; one car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in � AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1004448. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1004448 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 10 CH 21458 TJSC#: 33-23936 I579727

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division. Marquette Bank, P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � Heartland Bank and Trust Company, Successor Trustee to Western Springs National Bank and Trust Company, not personally but as Trustee under Trust Agreement dated February 3, 2003 and known as Trust No. 3987, Lawrence J. Gesiakowski, Gail T. Gesiakowski, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown O w n e r s , � D e f e n d a n t s . � 12 CH 12873; Sheriff's No. 130982-001F. 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 February 10, 2014, at 1:00 P.M. in Room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington Street, Chicago, IL, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment:PIN: 23-27-409-021-0000.Address: 8912 W. 125th St., Palos Park, IL 60464.Improvements: Single family residence.Sale shall be under the following terms: Not less than 10% of successful and highest bid to be paid at the time of sale, and the balance to be paid in full within 24 hours after the sale, all paid to the Sheriff of Cook County by cashier's check or certified funds.Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments, and any prior first mortgages.Premises will NOT be open for inspection. For information: Paul J. Richter/James L. Stephenson, Kelly, Olson, Michod, DeHaan & Richter, LLC, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 333 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. No. (312) 236-6700.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.I579674

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MOREQUITY, INC. P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � ANDRZEJ KULIKOWSKI; RENETA KULIKOWSKI; P N C � BANK, N.A. S/I/I TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB; D e f e n d a n t s , � 13 CH 5764 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 29, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, January 31, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-02-209-027-0000 Commonly known as 8115 WEST 90TH STREET, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 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: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1300840. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I579998

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, I N C . � P l a i n t i f f , � v . � JOSEPH F. VANDERWAL, PALOS COMMONS HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION D e f e n d a n t s � 13 CH 002455 37 BROOK LANE 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 October 24, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 27, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 37 BROOK LANE, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-26-201-032. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 14-13-01781. 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 Attorney File No. 14-13-01781 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 002455 TJSC#: 33-24171 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. I581257

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• Bottle Cap Magnets — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 8, make bottle cap magnets to take home. • Yoga — 5 to 6 p.m. Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30. This free event is for teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more information, call 5320500 or visit thebridgeteencenter. org.

Band perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. The Chicago Skyliners feature contemporary arrangements of traditional big band hits. The 14-piece band is led by founding drummer Bill O’Connell and showcases the swing sounds of Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson and many more. The band also performs original material. Tickets are $20 per person, or $18 for Spirituality book club BAC members. Tickets can be The Center’s spirituality book purchased by calling the box ofclub is meeting on Monday, Jan. fice at 773-445-3838, or online at 13, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at 12700 www.beverlyartcenter.org. Southwest Highway, Palos Park. BAC to Host Led by Pastoral Director Chris Hopkins, the group will discuss Bluegrass Bands Don Miquel Ruiz’s “The Four Agreements,” a book of ancient Chicago’s Henhouse Prowlers perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Toltec wisdom. Pre-registration is requested. 18, at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. The Call The Center at 361-3650. Leadfoot Band opens for the Henhouse Prowlers.

New six-week sessions of adult art classes begin this month at the Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. The Log Cabins are located in the woods and feature the natural beauty of the Palos area. Classes which begin on Wednesday, Jan. 8, include Collage with April Schabes at 9:30 a.m., Quilting with Denise Dulzo at 1 p.m., and Watercolor Level 1 with Lenox Wallace at 6:30 p.m. Beginning Thursday, Jan.9, Harry Meneghini teaches Stained Glass at 6:30 p.m. Lenox Wallace teaches a 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening Watercolor class for experienced painters, while Lois Hrejsa offers classes in Drawing at 9 a.m. and Watercolor Painting for both beginning and experienced painters at 1 p.m.. Living history Registration is required for all at Isle a la Cache classes at the Log Cabin Center for the Arts. Call The Center at The Isle a la Cache Brigade will 361-3650 or check the website: bring insight into what life was thecenterpalos.org. like in the Illinois Territory during the mid-18th century during a living history demonstration on The Bridge Teen Sunday, Jan. 12, from noon to 3 Center events p.m., at Isle a la Cache Museum • The Great Romance — 7:30- in Romeoville. The event is free of 10:30 p.m. Jan. 3, The Bridge Teen charge and open to all ages. Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Or- The Isle a la Cache Brigade is land Park, offers pizza and music. a volunteer group that demonWooden Paddle Pizza sponsors the strates skills used in the 18thnight with music from The Great century fur trade. The Brigade Romance. consists of re-enactors who rep • Max Dvorak — 7:30-10:30 resent voyageurs, courier du bois, p.m. Jan. 4, The Bridge Teen French women, Metis and Native Center hopes you’re ready for a Americans, potters, musket shootsweet night. Singer/Song-writer ers, cooks, seamstresses or craftsMax Dvorak will be entertaining men sharing their talents. us as we enjoy awesome samples Demonstrations will be ongofrom Cinnabon. It’s a night you ing from noon to 3 p.m., so the won’t wanna miss! This event is public can arrive at anytime to exclusively for students in 9th- observe the demonstrations and 12th grade and is free with a talk with the Brigade about life student membership application in the wilderness. or $5 with a school ID. For more The program is offered inside the information call (708) 532-0500 or accessible museum building or outvisit thebridgeteencenter.org. doors (weather permitting). Outdoor • Intermediate Acoustic Guitar programs will be held on unpaved — 5-6 p.m. Jan. 7, 14 and 21, The areas with uneven ground. Bridge Teen Center wants to know While at Isle a la Cache, visit if you already know the basics the museum devoted to the furof playing the Guitar? If you do, trade era, open from noon to 4 build on those skills by learning p.m. on Sundays. new techniques and styles. Isle a la Cache Museum is at • Street Fighter Tournament 501 E. 135th St. (Romeo Road), — 4:30-5:30 p.m. Jan. 7, The ½-mile east of Route 53 in RoBridge Teen Center wants you meoville. (815-886-1467) to play this fun game by choosing your character from anywhere Skyliners perform in the world, and pick your own The Chicago Skyliners Big unique fighting style!

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The Henhouse Prowlers play music that’s inspired by the roots of bluegrass while creating a sound that is their own. From lightning fast picking, to sentimental ballads, the Prowlers play original material, traditional songs and contemporary covers. Founding members of the group include Ben Wright, banjo player, Jon Goldfine, bass player, Dan Andree on the violin, and Starr Moss, acoustic guitar. Their most recent album, “Breaking Ground,” was produced by Greg Cahill, the Grammy-nominated band-leader of Special Consensus. The band will be headed to Europe in 2014 for their largest tour abroad to date. Chicago-based bluegrass/newgrass quartet, The Leadfoot Band, was founded on almost a decade ago. Their influences range from The Band to Hank Williams, Sam Bush to Metallica, Split Lip Rayfield to Lou Reed, and everything in between. Re-After a five-year hiatus, the group came back together in 2011. The Leadfoot Band lineup includes Steve Haberichter on mandolin, Mike Vanier on acoustic guitar, Garrett ‘Geebs’ Degnan on bass, and Mike Holtz on drums. Tickets to see the Henhouse Prowlers and The Leadfoot Band are $15 per person, or $13 for BAC members. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 773-445-3838, or online at www.beverlyartcenter.org.

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Noël Coward comedy at McAuley theatre The Mother McAuley High School senior theatre students will present “Waiting in the Wings” on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door. Palos Heights resident, senior Mary Kate Gorman, plays two roles in the performances, as both Zelda Renwick and Doreen. Shown here, Gorman performs with her Theatre Seminar class in a short skit for Mercy Day earlier this year. “Waiting in the Wings,” written by Noël Coward, premiered in Dublin in 1960. The story focuses on actress May Davenport, who believes she is the leading lady at the retirement home where she lives. Everything is going well until a woman who held comparable star status in her day, and with whom May has been estranged for years, takes up residence at the home. For the production, McAuley and Brother Rice students not only perform in the show, they create the costumes, build the set, and produce the play. The play is directed by Patricia Haynes with technical direction by Kyle Dunleavy. For more information, call (773) 881-6512 or visit mothermcauley.org.

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New sessions of art classes for youths start at Log Cabin New six-week sessions of Children’s Art Classes will begin at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts on Saturday morning, Jan. 11, at 9 and 10:30 a.m., at the Log Cabin Art Center, a part of The Center, at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Teen pottery classes begin Monday evening, Jan. 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for six weeks. Art instructors Heather Young and Jessie Schaar teach the children to use a variety of artistic media and techniques, including drawing, painting, papermaking, papier-mâché, printmaking, pottery, and more. Children are divided into two grade-level groups: K-2nd, and 3rd- through 8th-graders. The natural areas of The Center’s farm and woods provide subject matter, inspiration and sometimes the raw materials for the classes. Heather Young also teaches the teen potters, who learn to hand build clay pieces and throw pots on the wheels. The classes combine the worlds of art and nature, and are kept small to encourage individual selfexpression. Class fees of $72 for Children’s Art and $78 for Teen Pottery cover all supplies for each Submitted photo six-week session. Registration is required. For more information, Gabiya Mazunaite studies art at The Center’s Log Cabin Center for the Arts. call The Center at 361-3650.

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school. Lori Loughlin — who will return in the series — also stars along with Stephen Amell (“Arrow”) and Jean Smart. As director and executive producer here, Michael Landon Jr. continues his father’s goal of all-family entertainment. *** (Not rated) “PERRY MASON MOVIE COLLECTION - VOLUME 1”: In one of the most successful comebacks any television show has had yet, Raymond Burr reprised the role of the Erle Stanley Gardner-created lawyer in a series of NBC movies ... which became an ongoing franchise after the first one, the aptly titled “Perry Mason Returns,” went through the ratings roof. That drama, in which Mason steps down from a judgeship to defend his longtime ally Della Street (Barbara Hale), is included in this set along with five other mysteries. Also a regular in the stories is Hale’s son William Katt, playing the detective offspring of another longtime Mason associate, Paul Drake. *** (Not rated: AS, V) “MEANT TO BE”: Religion is a strong theme in this drama, casting Bradley Dorsey — also the film’s producer, director and co-writer — as a young man who decides to use his suddenly commitment-free status to search for his biological mother. With gentle guidance from a hotel worker (Della Reese), he locates his mom (Erika Eleniak), who continues to feel guilt over having given him up for adoption. Dean Cain and Michael Gross (“Family Ties”) also appear. *** (Not rated: AS) “RITUAL”: The apparent collapse of a woman’s (Lisa Marie Summerscales) marriage isn’t her biggest problem in this thriller, made under the After Dark umbrella. She barely escapes an intended kidnapping by killing her attacker, then asks her estranged husband (Dean Cates) for support ... leading them to a videotape showing a woman’s murder and setting them on the trail of the cult responsible. The film’s writerdirector, Mickey Keating, also is in the cast. ** (R: AS, P, V) COMING SOON: “CLOSED

CIRCUIT” (Jan. 7): Attorneys and former flames (Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall) are assigned to the same terrorism case. (R: AS, P, V) “THE FOLLOWING: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” (Jan. 7): A former FBI agent (Kevin Bacon) tracks a familiar foe (James Purefoy) again in the Fox suspense series. (Not rated: AS, P, V) “RUNNER RUNNER” (Jan. 7): A student (Justin Timberlake) who falls prey to an online gambling site tracks down its operator (Ben Affleck) in Costa Rica. (R: AS, P) “THANKS FOR SHARING” (Jan. 7): A man (Mark Ruffalo) with an addiction he’s trying to overcome falls for a woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) who tries to understand it. (R: AS, P) “ENOUGH SAID” (Jan. 14): In one of his final roles, James Gandolfini stars with Julia LouisDreyfus in this comedy about a new romance potentially thwarted by the past. (PG-13: AS, P) “RIDDICK” (Jan. 14): The brawny antihero (Vin Diesel) is stranded on a dangerous planet where bounty hunters arrive to claim his head ... literally. (R and unrated versions: (AS, N, P, V) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Regional News - The Reporter

Out & About

Your Guide to Arts and Events in the Southwest Suburbs and Beyond

Liz Smith by Liz Smith

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Arctic explorer at The Center Arctic explorer John Huston will speak on Sunday, Jan.19, following a 5:30 p.m. dinner at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. Huston was part of the first American team to reach the North Pole unsupported. He also completed major expeditions to the South Pole and Greenland. He uses his expedition stories to talk about bringing expedition mentality (leadership, teamwork, perseverance, and optimism) to personal and professional endeavors. Dinner costs $18 per person and requires reservations. Call The Center at 361-3650.

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by Brian Lowry Petty theft: crime-oriented reality TV recycles more scripted series, movies It’s hardly a surprise to see a reality-TV show pretty slavishly seek to replicate scripted drama, and particularly its most durable genre, the crime procedural. What’s notable, at least this month, is how brazen and sometimes lazy producers and networks have become about it. In 2010, Jerry Bruckheimer produced a short-lived NBC drama titled “Chase,” about a fugitive-apprehension team of U.S. Marshals, spearheaded by a couple of Texans and patrolling the Southwest. TNT is now essentially remaking it on the cheap, with the reality show “Marshal Law: Texas,” centering on “the elite Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force” and produced by ... Jerry Bruckheimer. “Marshal Law’s” competition will include “A Crime to Re member,” an Investigation Dis

covery series that premieres two weeks earlier and which makes no bones about its inspiration in revisiting crimes from the 1950s and ‘60s: Originally titled “The Bad Old Days” — and featuring main titles that conspicuously resemble the movie “Anatomy of a Murder” — the six-episode program “is Investigation Discovery’s homage to the critically acclaimed ‘Mad Men,’” ID chief Henry Schleiff explains in the press release, adding that the “high-end recreations” play out “like a period thriller.” Well, OK, at least ID believes in borrowing from the best — and brings a refreshingly gleeful quality to the process — having also built series around concepts that from a distance look a whole lot like “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Seven.” For viewers, this represents a form of shorthand, enabling those who consume a fair amount of movies and TV to feel as if they’ve

joined such programs in progress. That’s helpful, especially if you simply happen to stumble upon one of them. In terms of execution, the two shows are quite different. “Marshal Law” goes for a more verite-style feel, while the glossy recreations in “Crime to Remember” are about as close to scripted as reality gets, albeit with veteran reporters who covered the actual events testifying over most of what would otherwise be dialogue. The general idea behind each, though, continues a longstanding trend to take stories viewers were accustomed to digesting as episodic crime and made-forTV movies and transform them into smaller, less expensive bites. (Tellingly, some of ID’s series contain two crime stories within each hour, distilling the essence of a TV movie into one quarter of the time.) “Marshal Law” will be paired

with the return of “Boston’s Finest,” another show that seeks to provide a kicking-down-doors adrenaline rush with a cinematic producing pedigree (actor Donnie Wahlberg). Cynically, one might ask why Bruckheimer, in particular, needs to mine this genre, having claimed such a sizable patch of real estate with his scripted stable of chalk-outline dramas, led by “CSI.” Then again, he’s hardly alone in that regard, with “Law and Order” producer Dick Wolf having expanded his portfolio to currently include a crime-solving TNT reality show, “Cold Justice” - a cross between “Cold Case” and “CSI,” and certainly not to be confused with the network’s upcoming missing-persons show “APB with Troy Dunn.” Still, unlike most of the criminal acts we see in these reality shows, as cultural transgressions go, these cases of petty theft amount to misdemeanors.

Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen by Wolfgang Puck

Classic hash recipe makes something new and delicious from holiday leftovers 1 medium organic leek, white and some light-green parts only, trimmed, halved lengthwise, thoroughly washed, and diced, to make 2/3 cup 4 to 5 pounds cooked roast beef, ham, turkey, or corned beef, well trimmed and diced, to make 5 to 6 cups 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon chopped fresh herbs such as thyme leaves, chives, or basil Freshly ground black pepper Salt Chopped fresh chives, for garnish Tomato ketchup, optional Hot pepper sauce, optional First, poach the eggs up to several hours ahead of time. Fill a large skillet with water 3/4 of the way up its side. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Stir in the vinegar. Bring a separate skillet of water to a boil alongside. One at a time, break an egg into a small ramekin or cup and gently slide it into the simmering vinegar-water. Repeat with as

many eggs as will fit in the pan without overcrowding, reserving for another use any eggs whose yolks you break. Poach the eggs for 3 to 4 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks are done softer or harder, as you like. As the eggs are done, use a slotted spoon to immerse them in the second pan of simmering water for 1 to 2 seconds to rinse away the vinegar flavor; then, lift them out with the slotted spoon and carefully transfer to a bowl of chilled water. Cover until cooking time. Before cooking the hash, bring a clean saucepan of water to a boil on a burner near the 1 or 2 burners you’ll be using to cook the hash. Reduce

the heat to maintain a simmer. In 1 or 2 skillets large enough to hold all the hash ingredients comfortably, or a large wok, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the potatoes, bell pepper, onion, and leek and sauté, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes. Add the beef, ham, turkey, or corned beef along with the thyme or other fresh herbs, and season lightly with pepper and salt to taste. Continue sautéing, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender and lightly browned. Divide the hot hash among 6 heated serving plates, mounding it in the center of each. Immediately, use a slotted spoon to remove the poached eggs from the

chilled water and immerse them in the simmering water for 3 or 4 seconds to warm them up; then, drain briefly on a clean kitchen towel and carefully transfer 1 or 2 eggs to each serving, nestling them on top of the hash. Garnish with chives. Serve immediately, passing ketchup and hot sauce at the table.

Ruben Studdard — sexier, slimmer, ready to give us his ‘unconditional love’ “DAVID FOSTER says, ‘From now on, everything you do has to be sexy!’” That’s the advice Ruben Studdard’s new producer, Mr. Foster, gave the singer. And Ruben is taking Foster’s advice. Ruben’s latest album, “Unconditional Love,” is the most romantic and swoony of his career. Ruben, made famous via his “American Idol” win some years back, says he always wanted to be sexier, more romantic, but “I wasn’t sure in the beginning. I felt I was being made to be something I wasn’t, or something I didn’t feel. At the time, anyway. There’s a certain manipulation involved. That’s fine, but you have to be ready for it and on the same track.” I MET Ruben in the office of his rep, Liz Rosenberg of Madonna, Cher, Michael Buble, Stevie Nicks, etc., fame. He’s a great big guy, but he settled comfortably onto Liz’s fabled red velvet couch. (It is here that La Liz comforts, advises and generally saves the lives and careers of so many. She is the maternal spider inviting ambitious — if sometimes misguided — stars and eager hopefuls, into her super-smart web.) Ruben is now on Verve Records, and he was appreciative when I mentioned that Verve was the home of Billie Holliday in her “autumnal” years — the best years, in my opinion. He said, “When I go to the building, I’m overwhelmed when I realize how many great singers — Ella, Stan Getz, Ben Webster — were here. It’s a kind of humbling religious experience.” Ruben — nominated for a Grammy for 2003’s “Superstar” — says that David Foster asked him, “You know, whenever I see you in concert, when you do a romantic ballad, there’s a standing ovation. Why don’t you have an album like that?” Studdard says, “I kind of laughed and said, ‘I guess because I haven’t done that album — yet.’” Well, he’s done it now, and he heaps praise on producer Foster as “a man who knows how to produce but not overproduce. You’re never lost, only enhanced.” Ruben is currently recording a Christmas album — to be released next Christmas. I asked him if he’s going to be sexy on it, as per David Foster’s advice? He laughed, “Well, I don’t know. How sexy can you be? — ‘have yourself a very merry Christmas, emphasis on the ‘very!’” Ruben thinks he’s ready to fill the smokin’-hot Luther Vandross slot, just as “Beyonce stepped into the Tina Turner space and Justin Timberlake stepped into the Michael Jackson space.” The singer is a big guy, but comfortably big. He’s tall. He has struggled with his weight, but now he says, “I work out every day, and my goal is to be fit and healthy. I don’t know if I was meant to be actually thin!” Ruben is adorably

mellow, laid-back, no-drama. “I’m basically a relaxed guy. I’m not nervous and I don’t need to be catered to. No special M-and-Ms, no rare flowers, no a---kissing. I just want to sing!” HE’LL be at NYC’s Beacon Theatre in February and on tour with Lalah Hathaway further into the new year. Of Lalah, daughter of the iconic Donny Hathaway, Ruben says, “It’s hard to believe I’m touring with her. I worshipped the work of her dad. She has this incredible thing she does with her voice. She can do three notes at once! I know it seems crazy, but she kind of makes her voice into a vocal triad. All I know is that I told her, ‘please, don’t do the triad when I’m onstage with you. I’m just one note at a time!’” Ruben says, “No matter where my career is, or where people perceive it to be, I just love to sing. I think music can mean so much, on so many levels. And not simply for the average listener. I believe music inspires writers and artists - painters. They hear a song, it clicks and they write or create something based on that sound. Of course, I’m sure writers and painters feel the same way about their own art — it inspires music! But, as I’m a singer, I feel my art is the most expansive and influential. Not me, Ruben Studdard, but the art of song, of music, in general. It is so life-affirming.” SO, Madonna and her 25-yearold boyfriend of the last three years, Brahim Zaibat, have split. Well, he’s a quarter-century now. Makes a girl think. I WAS happy to see Showtime’s “Masters of Sex” nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Drama. But I was stunned that none of the actors nabbed a nod, especially the great Allison Janney. (There isn’t a clunker amongst the cast, but Janney stood out even from this great ensemble. And I believe we were the first to write about the effectiveness of her heartbreaking performance.) I was hoping she would be nominated, since USA Today just did a big profile on the actress. Even more surprising, “Masters of Sex” didn’t pick up any nominations at all from The Screen Actors Guild. But once again, SAG nominated Alec Baldwin for “30 Rock.” I adore Alec, but ... let’s give somebody else a try in that slot. I was happy to see Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto pulling in SAG nods for “The Dallas Buyers Club.” ENDQUOTE: “He better be careful, he might get elected!” That’s what Ron Paul quipped about his son, Rand Paul, possibly running for president in 2016. (E-mail Liz Smith at MES 3838@aol.com.)

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