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Why are people all over the state — and some folks in this area — loving the fact that the IHSA crucified this man and his basketball team?

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By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

When Adam Wilczek approached Brittany Wawrzyniak’s body the night of Nov. 8, he feared that the 18-year-old Worth girl was dead.

“I put my hand on her chest.

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Wilczek said. “When I lifted her head, that’s when I saw a pool of blood.”

Wilczek’s girlfriend, Agnes Smyk, approached Wawrzyniak’s body moments later and also worried that Wawrzyniak was dead.

“I got nervous. I didn’t know Photos by Bob Rakow what to do. I panicked a little. Agnes Smyk and Adam Wilczek, left photo, share graphic details with Mike and Rebecca Tully, Ridge, Palosthe Hills and Worth daughter,Thursday, March during 1, 2007 When I Evergreen leaned over toPark, touch Hickory her, right Hills, photo, Oak aboutLawn, discovering body of Rebecca’s Brittany Wawrzyniak, an (Continued on page 12) emotional meeting Saturday.

‘He inspires the entire parish’ Residents St. Catherine rallies around 11-year old student by building elevator

By Claudia Parker Correspondent An entire parish pulls together to lift the life of one.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria School and Parish in Oak Lawn, just completed a yearlong construction project installing an elevator for 11-year-old student, Jack Dematteo, of Oak Lawn, who’s battling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy .

DMD causes muscle degeneration, initially weakening the legs and pelvis and eventually progressing to other areas of the body. Early signs include enlarged calf muscles, low endurance, difficulties standing unaided and inability to ascend staircases.

So the attitude around the school was that if the young man could not climb stairs, why not build him an elevator? And other kids could use it, too.

Tom Dematteo, Jack’s father, of Oak Lawn said St. Catherine has been exceptional assisting Jack at school.

“The students and faculty have really taken ownership of caring for Jack,” he said. “Our only issue was the stairs. Even with help, it’s hard for him to navigate up four levels.”

Thanks to more than a few good men, those stairs are no longer an issue. Tony Martin, of Mt. Greenwood acted as the project coordinator that spearheaded a community collaboration to make St. Catherine, located at 10621 S Kedvale in Oak Lawn, handicap assessable.

Jack’s courage is said to be unmatched. Parents within the parish began to take notice.

Martin said, “My son, Eddie, and Jack are classmates and play on the basketball team together.

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Jack Dematteo pushes the button on an elevator that was built others with physical needs.

Jack plays at least three minutes every game. He inspires the entire parish.”

The project was first under the watch of Rev. Patrick Henry, the parish’s pastor. Henry died last March 11 following a brief illness.

“Father Patrick [Rev. Patrick

Henry] spent almost four hours looking over the plans for the project and told us it looked good,” Martin said. “I let him know, we’d get it done. Sadly, he died the next day. Those were the last words I said to him. There was no way it wasn’t going to happen after that!”

Worth resident Mary Sue Prendl is not a fan of riding her bike on Ridgeland Avenue.

“Ridgeland is so inhospitable to people who ride bicycles,’’ she said. “It’s like trying to ride your bike on an expressway.”

She was one of approximately 40 people who showed up last Thursday night as officials held a Ridgeland Avenue Corridor study meeting at the Palos Heights Recreation Center.

Prendl said she planned to take full advantage of the opportunity to provide input on the plan.

“Like some people, I’m just seeing these maps for the first time tonight,” she said after the gathering. “But they said we have a couple of weeks to look over everything and get back to them through the website. I will, and so will my neighbors.”

The safety of bike riders was a prevailing theme at the meeting, which was attended by Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar, Worth Mayor Mary Werner and Palos Photo by Jeff Vorva at St. Catherine for him and for Township Trustee Brent Woods.

All the pedestrian— and bicyclefriendly amenities promised for The loss of Father Henry and the Ridgeland Avenue Corridor Jack’s fighting spirit became the will be useless if government impetus for St. Catherine’s Men’s officials don’t stop motorists Club. The members were said to — particularly drivers of semihave had a defiant determina- trailer trucks — from routinely tion to keep their word to Father speeding on the roadway, a Palos Heights resident said.

Henry, but it wasn’t easy.

The St. Catherine’s Men’s Club “I’ve lived at the corner of 124th (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 7)

We were just a minute away from the gold Editor’s note: Reporter/Regional correspondent Kevin M. Coyne headed to the Olympics to watch his sister, Kendall, play hockey for the United States. The Palos Heights resident offers his thoughts about sitting through the gold medal game — a 3-2 overtime loss to Canada in which the Americans had a 2-0 lead at one point and a one-goal lead late in the game.

SOCHI, Russia — In less than a minute, the atmosphere in the Bolshoy Ice Dome transformed from the Disneyland of ice hockey rinks to a Soviet torture chamber.

I still have people asking me what happened in the gold-medal game.

I’ll be honest, after playing hockey for over 20 years and coaching for three years, I’ve never been more nervous for a hockey game.

Whether it’s playing, coaching or spectating, I’ve watched more hockey games than I care to admit.

But having my sister playing in a game the world was watching was something else.

My family arrived at the rink about 20 minutes prior to me since Photo by Kevin M. Coyne For a while, the Bolshoy Ice Dome was like Disneyland, complete I was too anxious to stare at empty with Sochi Bear hanging around in the stands. But the fun turned to ice or watch the Zamboni cut the ice for the millionth time. torture for USA fans in the gold medal women’s hockey game.

From Russia With Lots of Love

by Kevin M. Coyne As soon as I arrived, my family had already found their seats, which were not in the best spot. I found a spot closer to the ice, surrounded by the Russian volunteers—who, if I may add, were the reason for the success of the games.

Nonetheless, I used my limited Russian and said “hello” to my new spectating friends who unbeknownst to them would later learn new English words, the kind of words you don’t use in front of ladies or children.

Prior to the starting lineup being announced my new Russian friends gave me a warm welcome by chanting “U-S-A” followed by what is now engrained in my mind, “Ru-ssi-ah.” One Englishspeaking Russian told me that Team USA was going to win, and to this day I still believe the young volunteer.

Looking at the game from a hockey perspective Canada’s

Photo by Kevin M. Coyne

Area standout Kendall Coyne competes in the gold medal game last Thursday. head coach Kevin Dineen, formerly of the Florida Panthers, was one of the greatest factors contributing to the Canadian victory.

Dineen use his home ice advantage to match lines, maintain sustained pressure in the (Continued on page 7)

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Feb. 21 at 103rd Street and Central Avenue, police said. *** Daniella Hedger, 27, of Hick- Kya Street, 19, of Chicago, ory Hills, was charged with was charged with battery, and drunken driving, possession of Akelba Dunn, 19, also of Chimarijuana and drug equipment cago, was charged with disorand improper lane use Feb. 20 derly conduct Feb. 22 following after a stop at 99th Street and a disturbance at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said.

Harlem Avenue, police said. *** *** Ariana Parker-Robinson, 19, Rodolfo Tapia, 39, of Chicago, of Chicago, was charged with was charged with driving on a retail theft Feb. 21 after al- suspended license, no insurance legedly stealing clothing from and failure to transfer registraKohl’s at Chicago Ridge Mall, tion plates following a Feb. 23 stop in the 400 block of Chicago police said.

Ridge Mall Drive, police said. *** Keyondra Brown, 19, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Feb. 21 after allegedly stealing merchandise Feb. 21 for Kohl’s at Chicago Ridge Mall, Kyle E. Genes, 18, of Evergreen police said.

Park, was charged with theft Feb. *** 11 after stealing a cell phone from Jose J. Alarcon, 36, of Chi- a juvenile, police said. cago, was charged with driving *** without a valid license and no Essie M. Coleman, 64, of Chiinsurance after he was stopped cago, was charged with retail theft

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block of 99th Place. *** Darrell A. Pittman, 32, of East Chicago, Ind., was charged with retail theft Feb. 14 after allegedly stealing items from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police said. *** Two televisions, two game Michael F. Knight, 36, of Homesystems and a $280 check were town, was charged with retail reported stolen Feb. 13 or 14 from theft Feb. 14 after allegedly stealan apartment at 104th Street and ing goods from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police said.

Menard Avenue. *** *** Household goods valued at Carol A. Taylor, 54, was charged $3,100 were reported stolen Feb. with retail theft Feb. 14 after al13 or 14 from a house in the 8700 legedly stealing merchandise from block of Austin Avenue. The bur- Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police glary occurred after the family said. *** was evicted from the house.

Jimmie C. Perkins, 26, of Chi*** A stove and washer-dryer val- cago, was charged with assault, ued at $900 were reported stolen disorderly conduct and trespassbetween Feb. 13 and 16 from a ing Feb. 15 following a disturbance house in the 9700 block of Austin at Christ Medical Center, 4440 W. 95th St., police said.

Avenue. *** ***

Hesham M. Ahmed, 53, of Oak Stephen E. Rodriguez, 20, of Oak Lawn, was charged with Lawn, was charged with drunken drunken driving Feb. 15 after he driving, speeding and disobeying was stopped at 90th Street and a traffic signal Feb. 17 after he was stopped at 95th Street and Ridgeland Avenue, police said.

Mayfield Avenue, police said. *** *** A pickup truck containing $2,000 was reported stolen be- Benjamin K. Kinsey, 22, of Chi Jaihoric Lang, 26, of Chicago, tween Feb. 12 and 15 from the cago, was charged with retail theft was charged with driving on a 10500 block of Kilbourn Av- Feb. 13 after allegedly stealing goods from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th suspended license after Feb. 22 enue.

St., police said. *** stop in the 8800 block of 87th *** Sheila L. Donnelly-Orozco, 45, Street, police said. of Chicago, was charged with Kevin K. Ford, 29, of Oak Park, *** Ryan M. Elwood, 27, of Orland drunken driving, no insurance was charged with drunken drivPark, was charged with obstruct- and improper lane use Feb. 15 ing, speeding, no insurance and after she was stopped at 106th improper lane use after a Feb. 19 Street and Cicero Avenue, police stop at 111th Street and Kostner Avenue, police said. said. *** Hand tools valued at $1,200 were reported stolen Feb. 12 or 13 from a car in the 104th Street and Kenneth Avenue.

Approximately $1,928 was re*** ported stolen Feb. 18 from Valley A television valued at $900 Inn, 8300 W. 107th St. *** An Oak Lawn resident caught was reported stolen Feb. 13 or a break and received some good 14 from a house in the 4100 Eric Garcia, 19, of Palos Hills, advice Feb. 19 from the individual who burglarized his pickup truck, police said.

The truck owner told police that $40 was stolen his wallet and $5 was taken from the center console By Tim Hadac of the truck, which was parked in Staff reporter the 4900 block of Wick Drive.

The murder trial of Allan Kus But the victim found his debit card on the truck’s dashboard next tok is winding through its second to a note that read: “Lock your week in a Bridgeview courtroom, doors. Lucky I’m not a [exple- taking on a bit of a circus air with allegations of marital infidelity and tive].”

The note included an arrow more.

Kustok, 63, is accused of murderpointing to the debit card, according to reports. A half-smoked ing his wife, Anita “Jeanie” Kustok, Allan Kustok cigarette also was found in the in their Orland Park home on the morning of Sept. 29, 2010. truck.

In opening statements, Kustok’s she feared for her safety while he — Bob Rakow defense team portrayed him as a was away on business trips. man who deeply loved his wife and After the shooting, Kustok did not had “an absolutely perfect mar- call any authorities and drove his LEGAL NOTICE riage.” Prosecutors painted Kustok wife’s body—reportedly wrapped in Notice is Hereby Given that as a man leading a double life of bloody bed linens--to Palos Commuon 4-6-14, a sale will be held at sexual trysts with other women—a nity Hospital nearly 90 minutes after Schiller Park Auto Sales, 10251 life that “fooled everyone,” they al- the gun was fired, police said.

Anita Kustok, 58, was pronounced Franklin Avenue, Franklin Park, leged.

Kustok allegedly shot his wife in dead upon arrival with a gunshot IL 60131, to sell the following wound to the left cheek. The Cook articles to enforce a lien existing the head as she slept in her bed.

Shortly after Anita Kustok’s County Medical Examiner’s Office under the laws of the State of Illinois unless such articles are death, Allan Kustok reportedly told declared the death a homicide from redeemed within thirty days of police his wife shot herself with a a gun fired inches from her face; the .357 caliber revolver he allegedly gunshot wound was not self-inflicted the publication of this notice.

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Worth John Bennett III, 24, of Palos Heights, was charged with driving on a suspended license Feb. 16 following a stop in the 6500 block of 111th Street, police said. *** Maria Santana-Calderon, 39, of Chicago, was charged with driving without a valid license, failure to signal and no insurance Feb. 18 after she was stopped at 111th Street and Harlem Avenue, police said. *** Edgar G. Samano, 27, of Cicero, was charged with driving without a valid license, making an improper lane change, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and no insurance after a Feb. 19 accident in the 6700 block of 111th Street, police said. *** Hamzas Abdallah, 27, of Worth, was charged with driving on a suspended license was charged with driving on a suspended license, expired registration and driving without a valid license Feb. 19 after a stop in the 7100 block of 107th Street, police said. *** Alfonso Hernandez-Diaz, 25, of Worth, was charged with driving on suspended license and speeding Feb. 20 after a stop at 106th Street and Harlem Avenue, police said.

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“After hearing the single shot, he awoke to find his wife lying on her back, next to him, with her arms crossed on her chest and a .357 revolver in her right hand,” Chief McCarthy said Kustok told police.

The victim was reportedly right handed, which would not be consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the left cheek, police said.

“I found it striking that according to him she was lying on her back with her arms crossed and a weapon of significant power and weight and cylinder still in her right hand,” Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Troy said then.

The Kustoks’ children are former standout area athletes Zak and Sarah Kustok, who starred in several sports at Sandburg High School.

Zak Kustok played quarterback at Northwestern University for three years while Sarah played basketball at DePaul University, was an anchor for Comcast SportsNet Chicago and currently work for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.

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A man who attempted to hide heroin in the garbage can of a Hickory Hills motel was charged Saturday with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, police said.

Ron Verback, 31, of Evergreen Park, also was charged with possession of marijuana following his arrest at the Hickory West Motel, 8600 W. 95th St., according to reports.

Police arrived at the motel at 9:18 a.m. and saw a car enter the rear

lot. A man, who was later identified as Verback, met another man who had exited the motel, police said.

The two men noticed police, causing Verback to drive to the front of the motel followed by police. He parked his car and entered the lobby of the motel. When he left the motel for the second time, he approached police and told them he was inquiring about room rates, reports said.

He said he possessed nothing illegal and told police they could search him and his car. Before the search began, Verback admitted that there was marijuana in the

center console of the car. Police found the marijuana but no other contraband, they said.

At that point, a motel clerk got the attention of police. She told officers that the Verback put something into the lobby garbage can. Police subsequently found a plastic baggy containing 24 tin foil packets of heroin at the bottom of the can, reports said.

Verback admitted during his initial conversation with police that he was a recovering heroin addict and was in possession of legally prescribed dose of a methadone, police said.

Wounded knee worse after tussle in Ridge

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter An Oak Lawn man was charged with battery Feb. 16 after allegedly throwing a man to the ground outside a Chicago Ridge bar, police said.

George J. Weinant, 56, was charged three days after the incident occurred at Rick’s Tap, 10553 S. Southwest Highway, according to reports.

The victim, a 57-year-old Oak Lawn man, told police that he arrived at the tavern with his girlfriend at 7 p.m. Weinant walked to the passenger side of the car and initiated a conversation with the woman.

The woman knows Weinant and dated him briefly several years ago, she told police.

The victim and his girlfriend then got out of the car to enter the bar. Weinant allegedly became impatient while walking behind the victim, who was walking slowly because he had a bad knee, he said.

At that point, Weinant grabbed him from behind, picked him up and threw him to the ground, causing him to land on his bad knee. Weinant stood over the victim until two male bystanders intervened and separated the two men, police said. Weinant left and the victim and his girlfriend drove home,

according to reports.

The victim told police he did not immediately call 911 because he did not believe he was seriously injured. But he experienced swelling and serious pain the following day and was later treated for a contusion, he said.

Weinant told police a different story. He said he was walking behind the victim, who told him, “I have a bad knee, walk around me.” He agreed but the victim turned around and swung at him. He said he backed away to avoid being hit. He then grabbed the victim from behind and gently placed him on the ground, he told police.

Chicago man said he was not aggressor but charged anyway A Chicago man was charged with assault and disorderly conduct last Wednesday following a disturbance at an Oak Lawn gas station, police said.

Joel Sepulveda, 32, allegedly threatened a 42-year-old Oak Lawn man at Thornton’s gas station, 9138 S. Cicero Ave., according to reports. A witness

told police the incident occurred at 6:30 p.m. when Sepulveda produced a knife and yelled racial slurs at the victim during a disturbance at the station, according to reports.

The victim was not at the station when police arrived. He later told police he left because he feared Sepulveda would fol-

low him home. He added that he did not see a knife, police said.

Sepulveda told police that he was not the aggressor. Rather, he said, the victim yelled racial slurs at him. He denied producing a knife during the argument.

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IHSA socks it to H-F girls hoops program and few will shed tears Stagg had its girls basketball season end last Wednesday night when the Chargers dropped a 58by Jeff 44 decision to Vorva Mother McAuley in the Oak Lawn Regional.

But it also picked up two victories that night without even playing a game.

Another District 230 squad, Sandburg, played the same night and walked away with a 53-49 victory over Crete-Monee in Orland Park.

The Eagles also picked up two more wins without having to play.

It was a unique and historic night in the world of high school sports. Fans, players and coaches from all over the state were buzzing that buzzsaw Homewood-Flossmoor not only was suspended from the postseason by Illinois High School Association officials hours before the Vikings were set to tip off against Thornton Fractional North but H-F had to forfeit all of its regular-season victories as well.

So Stagg, which lost 71-45 and 68-41 to the Vikings, and Sandburg, which lost 70-39 and 84-23 to them in Southwest Suburban Conference play, each picked up a couple of Ws that they weren’t expecting.

Coaches, players and parents from all over the state were laughing it up and enjoying the news of the H-F suspension.

The Vikings and coach Anthony Smith have been accused of many things since he took over this season. An internal investigation after an unnamed H-F parent filed a lawsuit against the school because six players transferred to the school revealed some wrongdoing. Four transfers were on his team at his former school, Bolingbrook. One was from Plainfield East and another, Bria Stallworth, was from Marist. Red flags

were raised last summer when rumors of these transfers surfaced.

Before I start piling on, I have to say that I dealt with Coach Smith quite a bit when he was with Bolingbrook and he was always great to me. And I’m not going to get on a high horse about the evils of transferring because our family had a high school transfer situation and I’ve seen its merits and demerits.

Smith had been accused of skullduggery and recruiting players at Bolingbrook by coaches with strong thoughts who never wanted to go on the record about it. Kids from other regions and even other states transferred to his school to play for him.

But he had his good points, too.

The dude won four state titles and had two second place finishes.

He helped get college exposure for the players. And he was always harping on the players about their schoolwork and was as demanding about their GPAs as he was about their PPGs. It’s not uncommon for winning programs to bring in kids from all over because of a team’s consistent success. Mt. Carmel’s football team draws them from all over, too. Because he helped build a program at the Brook that elite players wanted to go to, I never got too worked up over the situation.

When he was brought to H-F, it wasn’t out of the question to think that he would take a few more lumps than he would have liked the first couple of years , then he would develop the rich potential talent that is in his district and turn the Vikings into a state power.

But to have these star players from Bolingbrook and a stud player from Plainfield all pull up stakes and move to – or claim to

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Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball coach Anthony Smith (left photo) and his team was suspended from the postseason and had to forfeit all of its victories including this 71-45 win over Stagg in Palos Heights in December (right photo). move to -- the H-F district and turn the program into an instant monster had a bad smell to it.

This is like a lot of the garbage going on in the Chicago Public League.

For a while, the IHSA washed its hands of it because it had approved these transfers and the schools the girls transferred from weren’t squawking about it.

But now investigations have revealed illegal practices and workouts were conducted and that Smith coached an AAU team in the fall with 11 of this year’s Vikings teams.

The AAU violation was the most puzzling. Publicly coaching a team at various locations in the Midwest isn’t exactly sneaking around. He was either being brazen and flaunting the rules or very stupid. Since he is not a stupid man…

It’s hard for anyone from the outside to feel sorry for the girls who were involved in all of this.

While they and their parents are not innocent victims in all of this mess, it’s still a tough pill for them to swallow to work as hard as they did only to have the rug pulled out from under them hours before their first regional game.

But it was the right decision and the often-criticized IHSA deserves credit for making such a bold move.

Oh, and because of this, the state was looking at possible illegalities for the H-F boys program, too. But Tuesday afternoon, the IHSA announced no penalties would be levied.

Hot boys hoops coming

Some boys basketball history could be made next week in

Palos Heights.

Four-time defending Class 4A champion Simeon is in the Shepard Regional and could play Richards or Stagg next Thursday.

Simeon hasn’t lost a postseason game since March 13, 2009 when the Wolverines were dumped 6861 by Hyde Park at the Hinsdale Central Sectional.

Simeon is still strong but not an overwhelming powerhouse and it would be pretty cool to see one of our area teams break that stronghold.

If it can’t happen next week, it might happen at the Marist Sectional in two weeks. Curie, Whitney Young, Simeon and St. Rita are the four top seeds and if there are no upsets, Marist Athletic Director Bob Lim should be smiling from ear to ear as there should be

three packed houses at the Mt. Greenwood school on March 11, 12 and 14.

The upper crust

The IHSA named its AllState Academic team and no one from the area made the first team, but the honorable mention list includes Brother Rice’s Jack Gorman, Mother McAuley’s Elizabeth Nye and Richards’ Sara Tobin.

Every IHSA member school was invited to nominate one female student and one male student and nominees needed to possess a minimum 3.50 grade point average on 4.0 scale after their seventh semester, needed to participate in at least two IHSA sponsored sports or activities during each of the last two years and demonstrated outstanding citizenship.

New OL committee meetings could mean less drama on TV

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

take place in the committee meetings which will not be televised and the public is not going to The Oak Lawn village board see that.”

Tuesday agreed to add a comSometimes televised Oak Lawn mittee-of-the-whole meeting to its meetings can get pretty heated. monthly schedule, but one trustee Last November, neighboring believes the decision not to televise community Chicago Ridge was the meeting sends mixed signals mulling broadcasting its meetto residents. ings live and Mayor Chuck Tokar “People have come to expect made reference to the Oak Lawn to see the meetings on television board’s debates and said that “It’s and to hear all sides of the debate almost as if they are on campaign and the issue,” Trustee Bob Streit mode at every meeting.’’ said at Tuesday night’s meeting.

Streit cast the lone vote against “Most of the debate is going to creating a committee-of-the-

whole, which will meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month before the village board meeting.

Trustee Carol Quinlan did not attend Tuesday’s meeting.

“If you don’t televise the meetings you would be taking a giant step backwards in regard to open government and transparency.

The people deserve the various viewpoints and to hear the explanation for votes that we take in the regular meeting,” Streit said.

Mayor Sandra Bury said committee meetings are traditionally

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“It’s important to say that these are public meetings. Nothing is hidden. Everyone is welcome to attend them,” Bury said.

Trustee Terry Vorderer said trustees will still have the opportunity to discuss issues covered during the committee meeting at the village board.

“This is just a workshop that gives us all a chance to vent our issues in a more lengthy presentation and get feedback,” Vorderer said.

Trustee Mike Carberry, who proposed the committee meeting, said its primary purpose is for village staff to approach trustees with questions or for direction on various issues.

Trustee Alex Olejniczak said the annual budget meetings are similar to committee-the-whole meetings, which involve the whole board and department heads discussing matters related to the coming year’s spending plan. The meetings are held in a more casual format than board meetings and are not televised, he said.

“We do a lot of good work there.

There’s a lot of friendly debate,” Olejniczak said.

He added that “the business in front of the board will still be on front of the board.”

• In other business, the village board took a significant step toward the construction of turning lanes at the intersection of Southwest Highway and Cen-

tral Avenue. Trustees approved payment for the acquisition of nine easements on the east side of Central Avenue to make way for the turning lanes.

The board one year ago entered into an intergovernmental agreement with Cook County that calls for the county to pay 100 percent of construction costs and 50 percent of design, engineering and field construction services.

The village, meanwhile, will pay

for easement and land acquisition costs, which are estimated at $200,000, village manager Larry Deetjen said.

The project could be completed this summer if two remaining easements are acquired soon, Deetjen said. The village has fought for the turning lanes for nearly a decade and the issue has long been championed by Olejniczak, whose 2nd District includes the intersection, Deetjen said.

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Our Neighborhood Nearly turning cartwheels over new Christ pavilion

By Jeff Vorva Reporter Editor Advocate Christ Medical Center President Kenneth Lukhard said he was tempted to turn a cartwheel when speaking to hundreds of friends of the hospital and dignitaries last Wednesday.

Lukhard didn’t turn any cartwheels but instead expressed his joy about the center’s new outpatient pavilion, which is scheduled to open March 31.

The Oak Lawn hospital held a reception in the new lobby to celebrate the near completion of the nine-story building.

Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra

Bury was among those to give speeches and she said she is looking forward to watching “the healing go on for generations. This is a very good thing.”

The state-of-the-art center will feature a lobby on the ground floor and floors dedicated to outpatient surgery and

an endoscopy center, advanced imaging, heart and vascular, neurosciences and cancer.

There will be an open house for the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The new structure is located on the corner of West 95th Street and Kilbourn Avenue.

Christ Medical Center President Kenneth Lukhard said he wanted to turn cartwheels after seeing the near-finished product of the new pavilion.

Advocate Health Care Chief Operating Officer Bill Santulli speaks glowingly about the new center and of the people who helped make it a reality.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry Deetjen, Mayor Sandra Bury and Trustee Terry Vorderer applaud during last Wednesday’s reception at Christ Medical Center.

A chunk of the crowd listens to speakers during a Christ Medical Center speech.

The Bobby Schiff Trio entertained the crowd last Wednesday at the new Christ Medical Center pavilion.

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News and events from our archives.

Pete Ward makes local appearance 50 years ago

From the Feb. 27, 1964 issue The story: A small general hospital was proposed at 80th Avenue between 105th and 106th streets in Palos Hills.

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– William Scott, who was running for governor, when asked by someone at the Palos Country Club why he is running when he is already a state treasurer and why is he running when there already is a qualified man (Charles Percy) running.

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From the March 2, 1989 issue The story: Oak Lawn’s Harry Anderson, 71, collapsed and died of a heart attack at the Chicago Ridge Mall moments after speaking to a group of people about hospital emergency room procedures.

The quote: “These kids tell me ‘there’s nothing wrong with that music.’ And they’re sitting there with [self-inflicted] carvings in their hands. It’s bizarre.’’ – Palos Hills Alderman Sharon Rush at a meeting discussing the evils of rock music and its influence on teenagers.

Fun fact: TV personality Jack Taylor spoke and sang at the Peace Memorial Village.

Flake Fest debuts in Evergreen Park 10 years ago

From the Feb. 26 issue The story: Conrady Principal John Lutz announced his retirement after 19 years at that post. He was the third principal in District 117 to leave in two years. He cited the state’s early retirement package made it enticing to leave.

The quote: “The office of the city clerk definitely needed to be increased because they were packed like sardines,” – Hickory Hills Mayor Michael Howley on a $465,000 project to upgrade City Hall.

Fun fact: Evergreen Park hosted its first Family Flake Fest at Yukich Fields. Everything from hockey to snowball fights were offered.

Feb. 27: ON THIS DATE in 1922, the Supreme Court upheld the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed the right of women to vote. In 1997, divorce was legalized in Ireland.

Feb. 28: ON THIS DATE in 1646, a man named Roger Scott went on trial for sleeping in church.

In 1692, the Salem witch trials began.

March 1: ON THIS DATE in 1932, the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from their home near Hopewell, N.J. March 2: ON THIS DATE in 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

March 3: ON THIS DATE in 1931, “The Star-Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem of the United States. In 1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry and local violence, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police in a scene captured on amateur video.

March 4: ON THIS DATE in 1944, U.S. bombers struck Berlin for the first time during World War II. March 5: ON THIS DATE in 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.

Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1854, the Republican Party was formally organized at a meeting in Ripon, Wis. Its chief aim was to stop the spread of slavery as territories became new states.

This week’s question: Who became commander in chief of the Union Army during the Civil War in 1864?

(Mark Andrews can be reached via e-mail at mlandrews@ embarqmail.com.)

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accommodate everyone but it was cost prohibitive; the estimate came in at $250,000.”

Before the Men’s Club was involved, Dematteo said he’d been trying for two years to get St. Catherine’s handicap assessable.

His hope for the cause began to wane.

“We’ve been able to slow the progression of this disease by participating in a clinical trial out of Ohio,’’ Tom Dematteo said.

“For the last 130 weeks, Jack received injections of a drug called,

Eteplirsen via an IV. In addition to his weekly IV he has a 45 minute has been active for over 30 years stretching session nightly as well and is 250 men strong. It holds as weekly aquatic PT. He has had various events throughout the three muscle biopsies as a result year. It was at one of the group’s of the trial and just two weeks fundraisers that the elder Dematago had a port put in. Scar tissue teo, interjected his proposal for has built up on Jack’s hands and how the funds could be used. forearm making the traditional “Is it possible to install a stair needle IV very difficult with fivelift?” he asked the group. plus attempts.”

Most agreed with the need for Martin, a lieutenant for the Chihandicap accessibility but a stair cago Fire Department and recent lift wasn’t the way to go. graduate from John Marshall law Martin said, “An elevator would school, knows how to network. He reached out to anyone and everyone for assistance. He said, “I never got a ‘no.’ Everyone I asked genuinely wanted to help.”

The list of contributors are too numerous to name but Christ Hospital donated $10,000 with grant funds but was going to take a miracle to raise the rest and it came, but not in the form of cash, but people.

Local businesses started donating their labor and materials to make up the difference. The Union of Elevator Constructors Local 2, 5860 W 111th, Chicago Ridge, provided the plans necessary to start the job. 360 Architecture played a big part in the design.

Then came McBrearty Construction, 10900 S Hamlin, Chicago. That company completed the construction in the elevator shaft and reconstructed the surrounding ground level. Most of the Photo by Jeff Vorva material was donated by vendors St. Catherine student Jack Dematteo smiles in front of an elevator McBrearty works with. that parish members helped build and pay for.

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Rev. Dennis Ziomek, pastor, blessed the new St. Catherine elevator after it was built in early February. He was joined by Principal Catherine Hudson, and two of the many volunteers -- Eddie McBrearty and Tony Martin. Also pictured are altar servers Kylie Lunny, Emma Cunnea, and Nora Donegan. out power. So, Palos Electric Co., 14030 S Kildare Ave, Crestwood plugged in providing all the electrical work.

Elevator Services and Company managed the legal aspects to ensure everything was being done according to code. Attorney John Campbell’s expertise was made useful in securing the le-

gitimacy of the arrangement with all parties.

Additionally, the Archdioceses acted in cooperation with the team’s efforts along with a host of additional volunteers and financial contributors.

The elder Dematteo said, “St. Catherine’s have lifted a huge burden off of Jack making it one

less thing he has to deal with,’’ Dematteo said.

Martin is glad that the Dematteo family is grateful for what they’ve done.

“Everybody loves Jack but this isn’t just for him,” Martin said.

“It’s our mission to assist the parish and the community when called upon and when able.”

Palos Hills accepts bid for golf course storage shed

By Kelly White Correspondent

Getting the bosses’ approval

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At a recent meeting of mayors of the surrounding areas of the 15th Judicial Sub–Circuit, Michael B. Barrett was endorsed as their Democratic candidate for Judge.

Pictured, from left to right are Mayor Jim Sexton of Evergreen Park; Chuck Tokars of Chicago Ridge; Jerry Bennett of Palos Hills, Michael B. Barrett, judicial candidate, Mayor Chris Wasowicz of Justice; Patrick Kitching of Alsip and Dan McLaughlin of Orland Park.

Community Briefs Evergreen Park

Promoting healthy living and providing scholarships for students with special needs, are the reasons State Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Evergreen Park) is hosting an indoor triathlon Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Evergreen Park Community High School, 9901 S. Kedzie Ave. A donation of $25 dollars will be collected at registration that will go to S.E.R.V.E, a group formed by parents, teachers and members of the community with the goal to promote acceptance of students with special education needs through awareness, education, and community support.

This is Burke’s second time hosting this event. Last year’s indoor triathlon has more than 50 participants and raised over $1,300 for special education scholarships for graduating Evergreen Park High School seniors.

Participants will swim, walk or jog on a treadmill and ride a stationary bike for 15 minutes each.

The event is open to the public.

Registration is required. For more information, or to register, call the constituent service office at 425-0571, or email kburke@kellyburkerep36.org.

Oak Lawn

Palos Heights and Oak Lawn are on the suburban Park-n-Ride route when Pace operates its Soldier Field Express that takes fans directly to the Blackhawks’ special outdoor game at Soldier Field Saturday. Fans pay $4 each way.

Depending on the location, buses will depart between 4 and 5:30 p.m. for travel to the 7 p.m. game. The Soldier Field Express will leave from Palos Heights at 5:05 p.m. and from Oak Lawn at 5:30 p.m. All buses depart the stadium 30 minutes after the end of the game. More information is available at PaceBus.com.

The Soldier Field Express typically operates from free Park-nRides in Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Lombard, Bolingbrook, Burr Ridge, Palos Heights and Oak Lawn. Regular adult fares are $4 per passenger, each way. Up to two children, aged seven and younger, are free with each adult.

Seating is available on a first come, first served basis, though riders are expected to respect priority seating areas for people with disabilities, seniors and expectant mothers.

*** The Beverly Hills Embroiderers’ Guild will hold its regular monthly meetings Tuesday, March 18 at the Oak View Center, 4625 W. 110th Street, Oak Lawn.

The day meeting, featuring “Battenburg Lace” presented

by Peggy Ivers will be held at 9 a.m. The evening group meeting featuring “The Needle Book” will be held at 7 p.m.

Participants can attend a meeting at no charge or obligation if they are interested in sharing their hand-stitching skills. The meetings run from September through April. New members are always welcome. For more information, call 425-6793.

Palos Township

The Palos Township Board of Trustees approved a resolution to authorize the placement of a referendum regarding an opt-out electricity aggregation program on the March 18 primary election ballot. Voters in the unincorporated areas of Palos Township will be asked if the township should be given the authority to seek competitive pricing bids for electricity services and to enter into a contract if lower electric bills can be realized.

The township will be holding two informational meetings prior to the referendum for residents to ask questions and seek information. The public meetings will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, and Monday, March 10 in Township Hall, 10802 S. Roberts Rd., Palos Hills.

Many villages, townships and municipalities have already held referendums to institute this type of program in their communities, utilizing a law passed by the General Assembly in 2009.

Under this law, a township may seek bids from electric suppliers for providing aggregate electricity supply services to residential and small commercial customers within the unincorporated areas of the township.

If the referendum is approved in March, Palos Township will begin seeking bids for the aggregated electricity load. Because the referendum does not require the Township to implement the program, they will only do so if they can save consumers money. The bids will be compared to ComEd’s current rates, and the township will only approve a bid that will

result in lower electricity prices than the current ComEd rates.

If a program is implemented, all residential and small commercial retail customer accounts will automatically be moved to the new supplier; however, information will be provided in advance of the change to residents and commercial retail customers who may choose to opt-out of having their account transferred to another supplier, or prefer to remain with ComEd.

South Cook County

Polar plungers are needed to Support Special Olympics athletes by jumping into the waters of Manteno Lake in Manteno at 2 p.m. Saturday. The funds raised from the Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge will benefit Special Olympics Illinois South Cook-Will/Area 7, serving Special Olympics athletes with intellectual disabilities in the suburbs in south Cook and all of Will County.

Plungers can register for the event at www.plungeillinois.com, and also create their own fundraising page, or they can register by contacting Patty Welsh at 9917564. Last-minute participants are welcome to register on site the morning of the event.

All polar plungers are required to collect a minimum of $75 in donations. Check-in begins at noon.

An after-plunge party will follow at the Manteno Sportsmen’s Club, 851 Main St. Lunch is free for plungers and $8 for others. The directions to the plunge location on the Special Olympics Illinois website: www.soill.org.

People are encouraged to come in costume and to form teams.

Each team member must also raise the minimum of $75 in donations; all team members’ individual fundraising totals will be merged to form a combined team total. Statewide, teams are placed into divisions based on size, and are awarded prizes for the most money raised.

Each plunger receives an official Polar Plunge sweatshirt. There are also incentive items for raising more money with grand prizes, including a four-night trip for two adults to Cancun, Mexico with accommodations at Riu Peninsula, courtesy of Apple Vacations. For every $500 a plunger raises, he or she will get an entry into the drawing for this grand prize.

This bid was a little over par, but the city will accept it.

The Palos Hills City Council approved a bid for $36,390 from Morton Buildings for a 45-by-30-foot storage building last Thursday for the city’s Municipal Golf Course, 7301 W. 105th St. That was the lowest bid out of four but still higher than the council thought it was going to cost. City Engineer Dave Vandervelde said he was hoping the cost would be no more than $35,000.

Scranton Development, Tristate Enterprises, Inc. and Walter Davis Construction also submitted bids. There were also significant price differences between the three other construction companies, quoting much higher rates, according to city council members.

Alderman Frank Williams (5th Ward) made a motion to approved Vandervelde’s request for the construction of the golf course storage facility by Morton Buildings, which was then voted upon unanimously by the city council.

“Morton is pretty much the innovator for this type of building,” Williams added.

• Two Stagg H.S. students were National Merit Commended Scholars, making them the top one percent of all students in the United States, Rebecca Krasney and Courtney McInerney and were recognized by the council.

“These two students received full scholarships to the college of their choice, and Courtney informed us just last week that she will be attending the University of Chicago,” Stagg Principal Eric Olsen said.

Olsen also boasted that the high school based in Palos Hills holds a 90 percent graduation rate, which is higher than the Illinois’ 83.2 percent high school graduation rate. He said 94 percent of Stagg students go on to further their education, whereas 20 percent choose to go enter into the United States Military. He added that 22.1 is the average ACT score for a Stagg junior.

“We are very proud to be the

home of Stagg High School,” Mayor Jerry Bennett at the council meeting. “We believe very strongly Palos Hills is the center of the educational district, having both Stagg High School and Moraine Valley right within our community.”

Stagg H.S. student, Austin Kelly, received the All-State Academic Team Award this year.

Evan Gallermo, Anthony Hasen, Samuel Kearns, Skyler Mackovitch, Anna Swiech, Alexander Vallera and Cameryn Wysocki received an All State Choir Award.

“There have been quite a few events where we have had the opportunity to hear the Stagg H.S. Choir perform and it’s amazing how good they really are,” Bennett said.

Stagg H.S.’s current student enrollment of 2,441 is projected to stay level in the upcoming years or to slightly increase to 2,600, according to Olsen.

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Inside the First Amendment

Push for ‘school prayer’ is about power, not prayer

By Charles C. Haynes Never say die.

That must be the motto of politicians, religious leaders and school leaders who keep pushing for state-sponsored prayers in public schools more than 50 years after the Supreme Court struck down the practice as a violation of the Establishment clause of the First Amendment.

The latest prayer restoration scheme comes from an Alabama state representative who proposed a law last week that would require teachers to read a prayer from the Congressional Record every day to students in Alabama classrooms.

Nice try, but still unconstitutional: Whatever the source of the prayers, the high court has made it clear time and again that school officials may not impose devotional practices on a captive audience of impressionable young people in public schools.

A more common end run around the First Amendment is when school officials select students to deliver a prayer.

Last year, a South Carolina school district included two Christian prayers in the elementary school graduation program, both delivered by students. To make matters even more constitutionally complex, the ceremony was held in a church.

Meanwhile in Kansas, a school board voted recently to allow students to recite prayers over the loudspeaker before football games — a practice still found in many school districts despite a 1990 Supreme Court decision that explicitly bans school-organized prayers at ballgames (Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe).

School-sponsored prayers remain school-sponsored prayers — even if offered by students.

Under current law, only if students are selected by neutral criteria and given primary control over the content of their speech can their religious (or non-religious) expression be allowed at school-sponsored events.

Notice that school officials in South Carolina and Kansas aren’t giving students a “free speech” platform to say whatever they want to say. Instead, students are picked to pray prayers organized and reviewed by school officials.

If you view brief prayers in the morning, at the football game, or during graduation as harmless, then you probably agree with the federal district judge in South Carolina who described the complaint about graduation prayer as making a “mountain out of a molehill.”

But look beyond the 60second prayers and consider the serious threat to religious

freedom that can occur when school officials take sides in religion.

Consider, for example, the lawsuit filed in Louisiana last month alleging pervasive promotion of religion by teachers and administrators in Sabine Parish public schools. According to the complaint, teachers denigrate non-Christian beliefs, lead students in Christian prayers, promote Christian teachings in the classroom and, in other ways, turn the local school into the local church.

What’s happening in Sabine Parish is what would likely happen in many school districts in Alabama, Kansas, South Carolina and other places if people of the majority faith in those communities thought they could get away with it.

That’s because the push for “school prayer” isn’t really about restoring the power to pray; it’s about restoring the power of the majority to impose their prayers on the children of the minority in public schools.

If these fights and lawsuits were only about the right of kids to pray in school, advocates of “school prayer” would have declared victory and gone home years ago.

After all, students in public schools are already free to pray — alone or in groups — as long as their prayers don’t interfere with the rights of others or disrupt the school.

Contrary to culture-war propaganda, the Supreme Court has never banned prayer from public schools. What the Court has done is uphold religious freedom by banning the government from imposing prayer on schoolchildren and simultaneously guarding the right of students to express their faith, when appropriate, during the school day.

Visit almost any public school in America, and you will find plenty of students praying — around the flagpole, in the lunchroom, at student religious club meetings and elsewhere.

And, in many schools, every student is given a daily opportunity to pray (or not to pray) during a moment of silence.

As much as “school prayer” advocates don’t want to hear it, there is actually more authentic student prayer in public schools today than in the days of teacher-led prayer.

That’s yet another reminder that keeping school officials out of the religion business is good for religion — and good for the country.

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

Balking at some bad youth baseball behavior

By Bob Rakow It won’t be long now.

It might be hard to envision boys and girls on local baseball diamonds practicing with their teams, but trust me; the season is not far away.

It won’t be long now.

Well-meaning men and women with some experience coaching or working with children will teach the game and sportsmanship and set good examples.

It won’t be long now.

Men (typically not women) will yell at their players and umpires, set poor examples and act as though they’re coaching the Yankees instead of impressionable adolescents.

Sure there’s still snow on the ground, but many coaches are already deep in preparation for the coming season.

They’re either getting ready for the player draft, and if that event is over, they’ve reserved time at local batting cages.

After all, it’s never too early to assess a team’s strengths and weaknesses and dream about a successful season.

Most people involved in youth baseball do it for the right reasons. Unfortunately,

The B-Side

by Bob Rakow they’re likely to work with some folks who have no business coaching the game.

The game is designed for kids to have fun. Those that excel will move on to travel and all-star teams and have the chance to play at the next level.

For others, simply wearing a uniform, fielding a position and getting a hit now and then is joy enough. Their accomplishments should be celebrated and their mistakes should open the door for teaching moments.

Unfortunately, there are just enough parents involved to ruin the game and take away the fun. My oldest son played several years of baseball, and I saw examples of both personalities. To wit: • I stood by and listened while two dads described a boy on the team as a “quitter.”

They weren’t embarrassed when I heard them. Rather, they defended the remark. After all, this boy was 12-years-old competing in a tournament game. A

lot was on the line.

• I watched a coach and dad nearly come to blows over some disagreement or another.

It wasn’t long before the father pulled his son from the league.

The hot-tempered dad wasn’t missed.

• I witnessed a coach quit the league after not being selected to manage a travel team. The fact that the man chosen ahead of him was far more experienced didn’t seem to matter.

• I’ve seen men drink at games, pouring multiple cans of beer into thermal mugs—wink, wink—so no one would know.

• I listened to the father of a girl on my daughter’s softball teammate yell profanities at me because I asked him not to holler directions at my girl while she was at bat.

• I’ve seen a crazed father stand near the backstop and signal pitches to his son rather than let the boy follow his coach’s instructions.

• I watched a father get berated by other parents because he chose not to contribute to end-of-year gift for the coaches, deciding instead to make a team video as a gift.

• I’ve even see a player not sit one inning of a multi-day

tournament because his dad was one of the coaches. Other players took turns on the bench.

• Finally, I stood in shock as the mother of a player loudly criticized me because she wrongly thought I was blaming her son for a team’s loss.

Youth baseball can be fun.

It brings kids together, teaches teamwork, sportsmanship, hard work and discipline. Sadly, it can bring out the worst in some adults, many who live through their children’s accomplishments or set expectations so high that players are afraid to make mistakes. Worse yet, some kids quit in frustration. That’s too bad.

I don’t mean to bash on youth baseball. I had a lot of fun as a baseball dad—I even helped coach once or twice.

And, yes, I came close to getting tossed once for complaining about a perceived poor call.

And yes, I wanted more than anything for my son to succeed—but not at all costs. I look back now and remember the fun he had, the pride he took in making all-star teams and the excitement over the handful of home runs he hit.

A new season is upon us.

Here’s hoping fun trumps fanaticism.

Guest Column

Long war had soldiers licking their wounds

By Don C. White

During the battle Confederate Many people in the north were General Ben Hardfeeling better after the victories ing Helm, Mary at Gettysburg, Pa., and VicksLincoln’s bother-inburg, Miss. But when Lincoln law was killed in ordered a military draft, this action. He was the brought about riots in some cities husband of Mary’s in the east. New York City was half-sister, Emile the worst where many people Todd Helm. The were injured and killed. The Lincolns were heart governor of New York asked broken, but neither President Abraham Lincoln to could show their suspend the draft but he would sorrow. Emile and her daughter not. Troops had to be sent into soon came for a visit and stayed New York to quell the rioting, at the White House. Needless to where over $1 million in property say, having Rebels in the White damage was done.

House caused a stir in the CapiThroughout all that was gotal as Mrs. Lincoln was already ing on Lincoln maintained his considered a traitor by many. sense of humor as he wrote out The Union Army made it this verse about the Gettysburg safely into Chattanooga, Tenn. campaign. It was titled: “Lee’s which turned out not to be the Invasion of the North.” best place for them. General “In eighteen sixty three, with Bragg’s failure to pursue the pomp retreating Union Army after the And mighty swell, fighting at Chickamauga bewilMe and Jeff’s Confederacy, dered his staff. But within a few went days Confederate troops moved Forth to sack Phil-del to occupy Look-out Mountain and The Yankees they got arter us, Missionary Ridge to begin a siege. and President Lincoln and General Giv us particular hell, Halleck at And we skedaddled back again, Washington sent orders to And didn’t sack Phil-del.”

General Burnside at Knoxville, I believe the war should have Tenn. to move as fast as possible ended soon after July, 1863. to render aid to General RoseIt did not and both armies in crans at Chattanooga. In fact, the east spent some time licking numerous attempts were made to their wounds. Each were reinget Burnside to come to the aid forced and resupplied, the south of the Union Army under siege as best they could, the north by at Chattanooga, but he never did. the enactment of the National General Rosecrans was reinConscription Act signed by Presi- forced, first with 17,000 troops dent Lincoln in March 1863. from Memphis and Vicksburg At Charleston, S.C. on Aug. commands, then from the east 15, 1863, the submarine H. L.

by General Hooker with 20,000 Hunley arrived at the harbor on troops. Even with these additiontwo covered railroad flat cars. al troops, General Bragg seemed The Hunley got off to a bad start, to expect General Rosecrans to sinking twice; the second time evacuate Chattanooga. By the with the loss of the entire crew, first of October he realized that including Horace L. Hunley, the Rosecrans was not going to leave builder. On Feb. 17, 1864, the his strong position so he began to Hunley under the command of cut Rosecrans’ communications Confederate Army officer, Lt. and supply lines. This action George Dixon rammed and sank resulted in the Union troops and the U.S.S.Housatonic. (This was animals being put on starvation the very first successful submarations. rine attack, but the Hunley sank Finally, Washington had had with all hands lost.) enough of Rosecrans’s dithering.

In the west on Sept. 19 and 20 General U.S. Grant, having been the Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. given command of the newly was fought. created Military Division of the The first day of the fighting Mississippi in mid-October was was the high water mark of ordered to Chattanooga to take Confederate General Bragg’s Civil personal charge of operations.

War career.

With Washington’s backing he Late in the day, Confederrelieved Rosecrans of command ate General Longstreet and his and appointed General George remaining troops arrived on Thomas as Commanding General, the field. The addition of these Army of the Cumberland. troops allowed Bragg to presBy Oct. 30, Union troops at the sure the Union Army of General direction of chief engineer of the Rosecrans into a full retreat.

Army of the CumberThe rearguard action of General Land had devised a plan to Thomas was the only thing that shorten the route for receiving saved the Union Army from besupplies – called the Cracker ing routed. After this Thomas Line. With the arrival on the was forever known as the Rock 30th of the steamboat Chattanooof Chickamauga. ga the troops would soon be back

on full rations.

The Confederates had lost their opportunity to retake Chattanooga.

General Bragg now focused some of his attention on pushing General Burnside out of east Tennessee.

General Longstreet’s command, along with General Wheeler’s cavalry troopers, were ordered to reinforce General Samuel Jones’s troops in an effort to force Burnside to give up Eastern Tennessee.

This allowed General Grant to concentrate on Bragg first and then send troops to the relief of Burnside.

It was not what Washington would have liked, but Grant’s plan was the right way to proceed.

Soon Grant had brought together troops of Thomas, Hooker and Sherman to break the siege of Chattanooga. The fighting began on Nov. 23 and ended on Nov. 25 with Confederate troops withdrawing toward Dalton, Ga. The fighting on Lookout Mountain on Nov. 24, 1863, occurred during a heavy fog and after the war was given the name Battle above the Clouds.

General Burnside had occupied Knoxville, Tenn. on September 2, 1863, where his troops were involved in a number of engagements with Confederate forces under command of General Samuel Jones. Even with the addition of Longstreet’s troops, Confederates were not able to defeat Burnside and allowed him to withdraw into the strong fortifications of Knoxville. The siege of Knoxville lasted from Nov. 17 until Dec. 5. President Davis had a hand in ordering Longstreet away from Bragg as the two men could not get along.

With the authorities in Washington prodding him, Grant finally sent troops of Sherman and Granger’s commands to break the siege. When Longstreet learned this information he began to withdraw his troops and took up winter quarters in Greenville, Tennessee. He would be called back to Virginia in the spring to join General Lee for what became the Wilderness Campaign. As these operations were unfolding in the west, back east Generals Meade and Lee began to stir.

Their two armies maneuvered south and went into action in what was known as the Bristoe Campaign from October 9, 1863 until November 9, 1863. This was not a fighting campaign – but more of a maneuvering of the armies to gain an advantage.

The only significant fighting

occurred on Oct. 14 at Bristoe Station. In an effort to cut off Meade’s withdrawal, Confederate forces were unsuccessful as General A.P. Hill failed in his attack on what he thought was only the 3rd Corps., but he soon found out that the 2nd Corps. was there in force.

Fighting in the east ended with the close of the Mine Run Campaign which took place from Nov. 26 until Dec. 1. Meade moved to attack but again Lee was ready for him so no attack was ordered. Both armies then went into winter quarters. This ended major operations in the east until the spring of 1864.

While all of this fighting and maneuvering was taking place in the east and the west, an important event unfolded in the small hamlet of Gettysburg, Pa. President Lincoln had been invited to give a few appropriate remarks at the formal dedication of the cemetery on Nov. 19. His Gettysburg Address is still something that stirs the patriot in us today -- that is if it is quoted properly.

Fighting during the last month of 1863 dwindled as commanders did their best to get the troops safely into winter quarters.

Confederate troops of Longstreet fought their last battle on Dec. 14 at Bean’s Station, Tennessee on their way to Greenville.

At Dalton, Ga., General Bragg turned over command of the Army of Tennessee to General William Hardee. This was only a temporary assignment for Hardee as General Joseph Johnston took command on Dec. 27.

General Bragg was called to Richmond, Virginia to serve as an advisor to President Davis. This is my last column covering the Civil War for the year of 1863.

Even though the year ended on a high note for the Union, the Confederates were not ready to give up or give in. But the events of 1863 made certain that no foreign power would recognize the Confederacy as a nation.

That did not mean that foreign governments and businesses would stop helping them with supplies of all kinds.

Important changes happened early in 1864 that would finally give Lincoln the general that he had been looking for. His name was Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant. That cigar smoking, bearded fellow, born in Ohio, who traveled by way of Missouri and Illinois, who could not find a place back in the regular army when the Civil War began but would rise to the top of all generals on either side and lead the Union to victory.

Don C. White is a historian from Palos Hills who writes occasional pieces for the Reporter editorial page.

���������� Do you plan to watch the Oscars on Sunday?

(Asked at the Palos Heights Public Library) Photos by Bob Rakow

Derek Dunlap, John McNamara, Chicago Palos Park “No. I don’t watch, but I’m “No. I’m not really a movie familiar with the movies.” buff.”

Norman Swenson, Palos Heights “My wife will watch. She’s much more of a movie fan.”

Pat Healy, Palos Heights “No. I couldn’t care less about the Oscars. I got better things to do than watch a bunch of silly actors.”

Sebastian Falkowski, Chicago Ridge “My girlfriend might want to watch.”

Thursday, February 27, 2014 The Reporter

Ridgeland

The term “active transportation” typically refers to walking, biking and public mass transit— (Continued from page 1) often as a means to encourage Place and Ridgeland for 31 years, physical activity and reduce conand I’ve seen [Ridgeland] go from gestion and emissions from cars two lanes to four lanes,” said Don and other vehicles.

Schuble. “This [corridor study] is The $200,000 study is partially a great idea, an excellent idea. funded by the Regional TransporBut my concern is the increase tation Authority and is a planin truck traffic on Ridgeland, as ning initiative of the Cook County well as the speeding—drivers who Department of Transportation routinely go 50 miles an hour (10 and Highways. It encompasses miles per hour faster than the a seven-mile stretch of Ridgeland, posted speed limit). from 79th to 135th streets.

“How is the county going to The draft plan, available online get around that? How will they at ridgelandcorridor.wordpress. ensure the safety of pedestrians com, calls for construction of and people riding bicycles?” he off-street paths, underpasses and asked. bridges that would accommodate The Ridgeland Avenue Corri- pedestrians and bicyclists alike. dor Study “focuses on improving It also suggests landscaped meaccess to transit and developing dians, curb bump-outs and other recommendations that ensure the measures designed to slow down safe and efficient movement of traffic to ensure compliance with people while supporting the lo- speed limits. cal residents and economy,” ac- Schuble’s concern was adcording to materials written by dressed, in part, by Tara Fifer, officials at Teska Associates, Inc., a highway engineer for the Cook the lead agency hired to drive the County Department of Transporstudy forward. “The primary goal tation and Highways. is to improve active transporta- “We do not restrict truck traffic tion throughout the area, making [on county roads], regardless of Ridgeland Avenue a corridor of whether the surrounding area is choice due to the progressive char- commercial or residential,” she acter of the environment, which said. includes many quality shops, busi- Others at the meeting picked nesses and public places.” up on Schuble’s point and sug-

Gold (Continued from page 1) offensive zone and make tactical changes. Home ice advantage is real…notice the Americans received a too-many men penalty while trying to make a long change.

Home ice advantage allows for the home team to make last change. The home team’s bench closest to the defensive zone for two periods and allows for the home team’s center to enter the face-off second.

Besides utilizing home ice advantage, the former NHL coach adapted to the American style, putting in place a system that would neutralize the American’s speed, force turnovers and quickly transition from defense to offense.

One of the first changes made to the Canadian team was the power play, which paid huge dividends as the Canadians scored the overtime winner on the power play.

As the final moments in regulation ticked down, the Russians—awestruck by the game they were witnessing—noticed

how distraught I appeared as we started overtime. One Russian man rubbed my shoulders and tapped my back saying, “You will win, USA.” After the Canadians struck gold again the entire American crowd went from excited to crushed to upset—all in the matter of seconds. I put my head in my hands and wished for only a couple more minutes of overtime, just one more chance. But I remember the saying: you can’t un-ring a bell.

I had two Russian girls give me a hug and say “I’m sorry.”

At least I think that’s what they said.

In the lobby of the rink, the family members waited to hear if we would be able to see the players. If we had won there would be a huge party in the rink with TV cameras and whatever else was provided by the team.

Since we lost we all waited aimlessly as the Canadian fans cheered and exited the rink in a euphoric state. A few Canadians stopped to say “great game” and “we’re sorry you guys lost but

gested that county commissioners craft and enact legislation to restrict truck traffic on Ridgeland.

The study area includes parts of districts represented by three of the 17 county commissioners: Elizabeth “Liz” Doody Gorman (R-17th), Joan Patricia Murphy (D-6th), and John P. Daley (D11th).

Schuble said he has fought the battle over traffic volume and velocity for years with city and county officials, but the problem has only worsened.

“Now we’re getting semi traffic, heavy semi traffic, almost like you would see on the TriState Expressway. They’re using Ridgeland as a pass-through, as a fast road that allows them to avoid Cicero and Harlem avenues. I can’t tell you how many times things on our walls at home have shaken and actually fallen.”

Schuble said he has even used a radar gun to clock traffic on Ridgeland and found that trucks and others routinely speed at all hours.

“We have children walking home from Shepard High School—where my children went—down the easement side.

They’re taking their lives in their hands,” he said. “People that are trying to drive out of

the side streets and merge onto Ridgeland or just walk across the street—we have people using the walking trail over by Trinity College—it’s a nightmare.”

Schuble alleged that Palos Heights police write tickets for speeders on the west side of Ridgeland Avenue, near the Westgate Valley subdivision, but ignore speeders north of 127th Street.

“We’ve begged the city to put patrols on Ridgeland Avenue, and it’s fallen on deaf ears,” Schuble claimed. “It’s very frustrating, and I’ll say this—if there was this kind of a traffic concern near Ishnala or Navajo Hills, the city would put a stop to it immediately. Immediately.”

When asked by The Regional News for a response to Schuble’s allegations, Palos Heights Police Deputy Chief William Czajkowski said that the department deploys its resources uniformly throughout the city and does enforce the speed limit on Ridgeland. “We can and do conduct traffic studies in response to citizen concerns about speeding,” he added, saying that when studies show patterns that are problematic, the department takes action.

The city police cars often seen across from Shepard High School are there to ensure that before-

that was an awesome game.”

When we finally got a chance to meet with the team, Kendall was the first one out. She was composed, upset and bewildered. It was very tough on all of the family members. The common motif was a quiet-anger mixed with the grim reality that we were all a minute away from gold.

At the end of the day this game really helped women’s hockey. It proved to the world that women’s hockey is a game of skill, speed and grit.

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Photo by Tim Hadac

Jodi Mariano, principal urban designer at Teska Associates (at right, facing camera) answers questions about the Ridgeland Avenue Corridor Study at last Thursday’s public discussion. and after-school traffic flows smoothly and safely, he added.

Gorman said she found the study “interesting” but had not yet been briefed on the plan and was “still mulling it over.”

Her initial reaction, she added, was “…where’s the funding?

That’s an important part of this, of course.”

Echoing what Gorman said was Chicago Ridge resident Bill

Johnston, who said that “without political will and without adequate funding, this study will sit on a shelf somewhere and gather dust. In my 72 years, I’ve seen that happen more than I can remember, from big plans like the Crosstown Expressway to smaller municipal projects that never happened.”

The study in final form is expected to be ready by May.

Benefits & Fundraisers

The Oak Lawn Community bridesmaid dresses to donate to High School Athletic Boosters Moraine Valley Community Colare hosting a Texas Hold ’em lege’s Dream Come True Project.

Double Nickel Tournament from 6 p.m. until The dresses will be given away The Double Nickel Plus Chorus midnight Saturday, March 22 free of charge to local high school meets at the Community Center, at the Garden Chalet, 11000 S. girls on Saturday, March 22, from 3450 W. 97th St. in Evergreen Ridgeland, Worth.

9 to 11 a.m., in Building S, Room Park, every Wednesday at 9:30 The ticket price, $75, includes 117, on the main campus, 9000 a.m. in Room 111. Newcomers open bar, dinner buffet, and ta- W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills. are welcome. For more informa- ble entry. A one-time additional Dresses of all styles and sizes tion call 422-8776. chip purchase will be provided that are in good condition will at check-in. be accepted. Shoes, purses, jewMeals on Wheels The Evergreen Park Office of Participants can watch the elry, and other accessories also Citizens’ Services offers a Meals NCAA Men’s Basketball tourna- will be accepted. Donations can I can’t help but get one quote on Wheels program for village ment, play some cards and pos- be brought to the Multicultural out of my mind as I think back residents 60 years and older sibly win some money; it’s all to Student Affairs Department in to that game: “How long does who are unable to prepare their help the athletic programs at Oak Room 201, on the second floor it take to score a goal…less own meals. Meals are delivered Lawn. For more information, call of Building S, between 9 a.m. than a second,” the fictional Monday through Friday. For more 741-5623, or emailkmckeown@ and 5 p.m., Monday through hockey coach Ted Orion said, information call 422-8776. olchs.org.

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

schools Bulletin Board

Chicago Christian

The Chicago Christian High School Theater Department will offer a night of comedy at the end of the month. “Hilarity Ensues: A Night of Comedy,” will feature the first Chicago Christian High School Improvisation Team, two one act comedies, and a special performance by the Chicago Christian girl’s a cappella group The Knightingales.

Performances will be at 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1 in the high school’s auditorium, 12001 S Oak Park Ave, Palos Heights. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $7 for adults. Tickets are on sale in the main office, and are available at the door the night of the show.

The one acts that are featured are “Sure Thing” written by David Ives, and “Philosophy 101: A Play,” based on a one act play written by Woody Allen. *** Chicago Christian High School, 12001 S. Oak Park Ave., Palos Heights, will present Broadway Today, this year’s choir show at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 13. It includes music from “Wicked,” “Hairspray,” and “Jersey Boys,” and recent revivals such as “Grease,” and “Les Miserables.”

The show includes student created choreography as well as professional choreography, staging, costuming, visual narration, solos and a pit band. The show is free for all ages. For more information, call 708-388-7650.

Community residents are invited to Chicago Christian High School Theater Department’s spring production of “Hilarity Ensues: A Night of Comedy.”

Performances will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1 in the CCHS auditorium, 12001 S. Oak Park Ave., Palos Heights. The evening will feature the school’s first Chicago Christian High School Improv Team, and two one-act comedies, “Sure Thing” and “Philosophy 101: A Play,” as well as a special performance by the CCHS girls’ a cappella group, The Knightingales.

Tickets are $5 for students and seniors, and $7 for adults. Tickets will be on sale in the main office at CCHS beginning Monday, Feb. 17. For more information, call 388-7650, or visit swchristian.org.

Mother McAuley

Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School announced the expansion of its iPad® Curriculum Integration Initiative. Beginning in August 2014, all students in grades nine and 10 will be re-

quired to have an Apple iPad in school daily as part of the school’s move toward a 1:1 iPad program.

Students in grades 11 and 12 may voluntarily bring an iPad to school, but are not required.

Mother McAuleyHigh School believes that effective integration of technology into the curriculum leads to innovative learning and higher levels of student achievement. The school was the first single-gender, private high school in the southwest Chicago area to launch an iPad initiative with the introduction of a pilot program in September 2013. Prior to that, the school had been using iPads in select science classes since 2010.

Research from the pilot program has shown that parents, teachers and students agree that instruction and learning is enhanced through the use of the iPad. Families will be responsible for purchasing an iPad for their student(s). Mother McAuley High School is currently is researching an iPad purchase option/program through Apple. The one-time cost of an iPad is approximately $675, whereas the annual cost of traditional textbooks is between $500 and $700. As publishers expand their eBook offerings, so too will Mother McAuley High School’s eBook options, providing to families a significant savings versus the cost of textbooks. Cumulatively, families can expect to see upwards of $1,500 in savings through a student’s high school career.

Oak Lawn Community H.S.

Oak Lawn Community High School will host its Relay for Life for the 12th year in a row.

Relay for Life is an organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research.

This year’s Relay for Life will take place Saturday, May 17.

Per Relay tradition, the faculty, staff and students painted the gym purple on Feb. 7 by wearing purple T-shirts during the varsity basketball game. Relay for Life coordinator Thaddeus Zuzga said that OLCHS raised more than $1,500. These funds will be used to cover all of the extracurricular activities at this year’s Relay For Life Event on May 17, 2014. It is not too late to register teams or participants for the event. For more information, call 424-5200. *** A Candlelight Bowl will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 22 at Fox Bowl, 1101 Butterfield Road, Wheaton. Money raised will fund The Tim Nickos Memorial Scholarship, which will

grant one $2500 scholarship to an OLCHS student to help with college tuition. The winner will be announced at the spring sports award ceremony.

Tickets are $25 for students, or $30 for adults. The ticket price includes three games of bowling and dinner. There will also be a cash bar, raffle prizes and split the pot. For more information, visit olchs.org.

Tim Nickos was an individual who lived every day to the fullest by inspiring and motivating others through his contagious smile and great sense of humor. Nickos was to be the captain of the Oak Lawn Community High School varsity swim team his senior year.

He was a member of the OLCHS band. Nickos always provided for Submitted photo everyone around him. He died in his sleep at the age of 17. He Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Frank Avila, one of the four volunteer Final had a heart condition called car- Future City judges, congratulates Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School’s seventh and eight graders (from diomegaly (enlarged heart) that left to right) Cassidy McCormick, Nancy Kane, and Sarah Murczek. went undiagnosed. This led to cardiac arrhythmia, which ended his life on June 28, 2011.

Queen of Peace

Join us on Friday February 28, 2014 at Arena Lanes Bowling Center in Oak Lawn on the corner of 103rd & Cicero for this 21 and over event. Bowling begins at 10:00 p.m. and ends at midnight. The cost is $25 per person for 2 hours of unlimited bowling, shoe rental, pizza and pop. Full cash bar will be available. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Athletic Department to off-set the costs of equipment, travel, official’s fees and more.

Register online at: http://queenofpeacehs.org/events *** Join us on Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 11-2 p.m. at Queen of Peace High School for our annual softball clinic. The clinic is open to fourth through seventh grade girls as well as eighth grade girls who have already taken the entrance exam at Queen of Peace.

There is a $10 registration fee and the fee includes a t-shirt.

Learn from former collegiate coach and new varsity head coach, Erin Sullivan. Coach Sullivan comes to Peace after eight years as the head coach at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Register online at: http://queenofpeacehs.org/events

Richards

The student council from Richards High School, 10601 S. Central Ave., Oak Lawn, will host the second annual Family Fun Fair from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 5. The fair has been designed for families with (Continued on page 9)

Avila drops by OLHMS Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Frank Avila, one of the four volunteer Final Future City judges, stopped

by Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School’s seventh & eighth graders Cassidy McCormick, Nancy Kane, and Sarah Murczek for winning third Place for their Future City Fortuna and the Energy Award

from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at the Chicago Regional Competition at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

More than 40,000 students from 1,350 middle schools participated nationwide in 37 regional competitions. Teams are judged on five components: virtual city design, research essay, city narrative,

physical model, and presentation.

Over the past four months, the students worked as a team with teacher James Kane to design a virtual city using SimCity software and researched and wrote an essay.

--Submitted by Edward F. McElroy and Associates

McAuley H.S. teacher from Worth wins service award Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School faculty member and Learning Resource Coordinator, Julie Alvarado of Worth, is one of seven high school teachers to be honored as a recipient of the Office of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Chicago 2014 Distinguished Service Award.

The Distinguished Service Award is given to an outstanding teacher or staff member who has demonstrated exceptional dedication, leadership and service in Catholic education. She received her award at a special dinner Sunday.

In her role as Learning Resource Coordinator, Alvarado is responsible for assessing students who exhibit learning difficulties, as well as creating specialized instructional plans for students with diagnosed learning disabilities or ADD/ADHD.

Julie Alvarado The success of students in McAuley’s Learning Resource Center program can be attributed to her efforts in building

partnerships among students, families, elementary schools and within our educational community.

“We are called to educate young women and prepare them for the complex world by facilitating their discovery of their unique learning styles and helping them become responsible for their own learning,” Alvarado said.

During her time at McAuley, Alvarado has been nominated for the Heart of the School award, developed an enrichment program and taught summer school to help incoming freshmen transition into high school. She’s also developed and conducted seminars for local elementary teachers on best practices for students with learning disabilities.

— Submitted by Mother McAuley High School

The Kid’s Doctor

By Sue Hubbard, M.D. What is stomach flu?

I’ve seen a lot of patients in recent weeks with complaints of “stomach flu.” Just to be clear, “stomach flu” really is not flu at all, and has nothing to do with influenza. The stomach stuff is actually called gastroenteritis, and is typically caused by a virus.

If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve no doubt heard the cruise ship (another one!) recently forced to return to port after many passengers and crew were sickened by gastroenteritis. Most patients experience vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps. It’s pretty miserable. The most common cause of the “bug” is a virus called norovirus.

Rotavirus was previously the culprit in most cases of viral gastroenteritis, but since the rotavirus vaccine was introduced

for infants, rotavirus has now been surpassed by norovirus. Viruses are really smart, sneaky and strong (or “virulent” in medical terms).

Norovirus makes you feel awful (who likes to vomit?) and is very easy to pick up. Where it takes exposure to many viral particles to get sick from some viral illnesses, a recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that as few as 10-100 norovirus particles may cause disease.

It’s a very efficient virus and may even be acquired by breathing in the viral particles. (as a gross example, a child spews vomit while you’re in the room, and you breathe in the virus).

Norovirus illness peaks in children 6-18 months old. By the age of 5, 1 in 6 children will have seen a doctor for vomiting/diarrhea caused by norovirus.

The key to combating norovirus is

hydration. The virus typically sticks around several days, with vomiting usually lasting a shorter period than the diarrhea. Treat vomiting with frequent sips of clear liquids and increase the volume of liquid over time. Once your child is tolerating liquids you can let the child eat.

If your child is over the age of 1 year and diarrhea is a big problem, restrict dairy for a couple of days, as well. Probiotics may also help.

Knowing that norovirus can be transmitted by hand to mouth, as well, good hygiene is vital, especially after using the bathroom, so make sure those little hands are washed.

(Dr. Sue Hubbard is an awardwinning pediatrician, medical editor and media host. “The Kid’s Doctor” TV feature can be seen on more than 90 stations across the U.S. Submit questions at http:// www.kidsdr.com.

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Schools

Campus Leaders Mitchell Dybas of Oak Lawn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies and Sustain from Northern Michigan University in December. *** Nicole Frederick of Oak Lawn and Sydney Smiley of Chicago Ridge were named to the dean’s list at Arizona State University.

Undergraduate students who earn 12 or more graded

semester hours during a semester in residence at ASU with a grade point average of 3.50 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list. *** Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind., named Brianna O’Brien, daughter of Garrett and Kelly O’Brien of Oak Lawn, and Mary Zigulich, daughter of John and Joan Zigulich of Evergreen Park, to the dean’s list for the fall semester.

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Funny stuff — Richards junior wins state speech title

Michael McCarthy, a junior from Richards High School, this weekend won the Illinois High School Association state speech championship in the humorous interpretation.

McCarthy became the second Richards student to win a state title in the past three years in speech. John Zahlmann also won first place in Humorous Interpretation in 2012.

Overall, Richards tied for eighth place at the state finals.

It’s the third time in the past four and his office was in Bartlett years that Richards has placed Hall. The high school proudly in the top 10. displays one of those doors in its McCarthy and Griffin Forberg Stagg History Room, obtained placed third in Humorous Duet when renovations took place at Acting. the hall. A pioneering college Richards enjoyed a successful coach, especially in football, season on speech. The Bulldogs Stagg brought innovation to won first place at the Santaburgthe game, inventing the lateral Oaklaus holiday tournament pass, huddle, uniform numbers and the Fremd tournament and the tackling dummy. He and tied with Oak Lawn High Submitted Photo helped organize the Western School for the South Suburban Conference championship.

Richards High School junior Michael McCarthy, shown earlier in the season clowning around Conference, predecessor to the with Santa after winning a holiday competition, won the IHSA state championship in Humorous Big Ten Conference. He was in— Submitted by District 218 Interpretation this past weekend. ducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 both as a player and as a coach. The Division III championship game for the NCAA is known as the Stagg Bowl.

Stagg High School serves the communities of Palos Hills, Palos There were 330 students, or Kress, Seraphina Lazinek, Vic- cia, Kayla Garrison, Samantha Kali Pytel, Cameron Radowski, Park, Palos Heights, Hickory 41% of the studcent body at Ev- toria Lopez, Jamie Mayhew, Gilhooly, Alyssa Gonzalez, Isiah Grace Reynoso, Caitlin Riedel, Hills, Bridgeview, Worth, Willow ergreen Park Community High Timothy McGrath, Frank Meisl, Howard, Cody Hutchinson, Sa- Brianna Riley, Tyrell Roberson, School, who achieved honor roll Jessica Mendoza, Corey Miller, mantha Kelly, Brittany Kenney, Tautvydas Rudzinskas, Bridget Springs, and Orland Park. status for the first term of the Elizabeth Morales, David Mor- Matthew Kuchan, Jordan Lordo, Sheehan, Tyler Sorbellini, TroVarious Schools gan, William Murray, Franklin Dominique MacLean, Isaac Mat- voy Terry, Donna Yozze.

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) 2013-14 school year. is accepting submissions from Students achieving a 3.0 to Neal, Christopher O’Grady, An- thews, Scott McDonogh, Sean Freshman High Honors: all high school students in the 3.749 grade point average are drew Ottenfeld, Rachel Peterson, Miller, Brianna Mooney, Scott Nicole Baldwin, Priscilla BetanThird Congressional District of listed on the Honor Roll and Brendan Phelan, Darryl Rags- Mutnansky, Ikenna Nwagwu, court, Shaketta Bracey, Molly Illinois for the 2014 Congres- students achieving a 3.75 or dale, Amanda Ramirez, Xavier Ronald O’Toole, Chauncey Odom, Brett, Zoe Bruinius, Victoria above are listed on the High Reyes, Carolyn Roberts, Alexus Christina Raines, Sierra Riley, Collins, Madeline Deanne, Kyle sional Art Competition.

Ruiz, Tristen Runyan, Luke Sals, Zachery Rogers, Olivia Romano, Ditter, Bridget Donoghue, Darby The winning entry will be dis- Honor Roll. played in the U.S. Capitol for Senior High Honors: Colin Cody Schoenhofen, Jaymell Shep- Samuel Senerchia, Nicole Smith, Duffy, Amelia Foley, Lucy Guzone year, and the winner will Allpow, Rashida Carson, Koren pard, Myles Smith, Joseph Steen, Toriana Smith, Adia Taylor, Se- man, Ethan Harris, Colin Houle, receive two roundtrip tickets to Castillo, Christopher Cericola, Alexis Thomas, Hope Thomas, nia Towner, Elizabeth Townsend, Andres Jarquin, Daniel Kunes, Elizabeth Loconte, Joseph Martravel to our nation’s capitol in Skyler Cox, Timothy Daker, Mar- Sara Torres, Karlee Unger, Ab- Brendan Walsh.

June for the exhibition opening. garet Demer, Emily Diamond, bigail Valentino, Timothy Walsh, Sophomore High Honors: tin, Kylah Maxwell, Madeline Runners-up will have their art- Colleen Elzinga, Jada Franklin, Arianna Witherspoon, Monica Jonathan Alexander, Julia Allpow, Meisl, Karina Mora, Fredrick Sydney Cerrentano, Alillia Cle- Mutnansky, Elizabeth O’Dwyer, work prominently displayed in Imogene Gonzalez, KateLynn Yapan, David Ziebarth.

Hohman, Nabeel Kassam, Sar Junior High Honors: Roslyn ments, Abby Deninger, Colleen Mary O’Toole, Dianne Oladejo, Congressman Lipinski’s offices ah Klawitter, John Lahart, Ju- Ainley, Tricia Butera, Erica By- Diamond, Sarah Dickey, Matthew Valerie Plutz, Megan Quick, for one year.

All submissions must include lia McCauley, Zoe Monks, Jesse rne, Aren Castillo, Julia Cotter, Hayes, Tamia Hudson, Marissa Julian Rodriguez, Elizabeth the Student Information and Re- Nasadowski, Toby Oladejo, Leah Natalie Danilos, Alex Deninger, Keleher, Samuel Kennedy, Daniel Stalla, Maya Tillman, Jamaya lease Form, which can be found Rhead, Anna Rizzo, Jonathan Ro- Joel Donovan, Amanda Grabows- Knoll, Lindsey Kornick, Jenna Williams, Bryan Witte, Margaret online at Error! Hyperlink ref- cha, Michael Ruhl, Sierra Sebek, ki, Elizabeth Grazevich, Jenna Kowalczyk, Gabrielle Lazinek, Zofkie. erence not valid. Submission Kelly Shine, Natalie Smith, Tyra Haase, Kayla Hughes, Shonter- Edith Morales, Jeremy Onyango, Freshman Honors: Jaela Smith, Tayler Tillman, Stephanie rance James, Alison Kelly, Han- Emma Przeslicke, John Reuter, Adkins, Kyosha Bell, Jocelyn guidelines state: nah Kennedy, Jaclyn Kremposky, Lexiany Rodriguez, Emily Sekula, Bernstein, Joseph Blashaw • All artwork must be two- Townsend, Rebecca Wyma.

Senior Honors: Curtis Ad- Iris Lamb, Victoria Lambton, Nicole Yeboah.

Smith, Tyler Brouwer, Jire’h dimensional. ams II, Tenesha Anderson, TayAbigail Langevin, Nicole Larkin,

Sophomore Honors: BekiClarke-Mcleod, James Cosgrove, • Each piece can be no larger than 28” x 28” x 4” including lor Baer, Amber Black, Lauren Mark Martin, Anthony Miglieri, yrah Baht-Yahawadah, Dennis Nathan Danilos, Damian Dasthe frame. If the winning piece Bourke, D’Ashae Brantley, Kev- Virginia Miller, Antonio Morales, Burns, Kiari Cooper, Verna tych, Bradley DeRoss, Michael is not framed, the artist will be in Brennan, Tre’Shawn Burks, Joseph Moran, Maura O’Keefe, Culbreath, Patricia Del Rosa- Duffy, Logan Dunlap, Brendon required to frame the artwork Leeza Campbell, Erica Carra- Anjelica Odom, Kendra Owens, rio, Vincent DeMik, Andrew Ford, Shania Freelon, Conrad dine, Rianna Carson, Alexander Joseph Piet, Joshua Pilat, Mat- Diaz, Kaylee Dominik, Abigail Garbacz, Tana Griffin, Kennedy within the sizing guidelines.

• Artwork cannot weigh more Cheatham, Rachel Collins, Ty- thew Przeslicke, Gregory Putlak, Donoval, William Doran, Jes- Hannah, Sandra Hernandez, ler Conover, Katelyn Daugherty, Brennan Quick, Abby Quigley, sica Easterhouse, Matthew Ta’Juan Ingram, Terence Jones than 15 pounds.

• Each entry must be com- Shaun Delaney, Leslie Estrada, Jake Quigley, Neil Quigley, Dari- Egan-Ostrokol, Jakob Fennell, Jr., Jane Ladd, Emily Larmon, pletely original and may not vio- Kevin Farmer, Samantha Flores, elle Ragsdale, Karly Rickert, Mi- Olivia Fetcho, Abigail Geary, Aracely Madrigal, Julia McQuilTachina Foster, Akeil Gainer, Ni- chael Rizzo, Eileen Rohan, Jil- Moses Gibson, Madalyn Gro- lan, Kevin McQuillan, Jalyssa late any U.S. copyright laws.

• Winning artwork will be on cole Galasso, Megan Garcia, Skye lian Siemiawski, Viviana Valadez, hovena, Caitlin Gunty, Jesus Mitchell, Tanner Mlot, Jalissa display in Washington for one Graf, Benjamin Grazevich, Aaron Megan Wall, Angelica Walters, Holguin Jr., Kameron Hoover, Novotney, Colin O’Dwyer, MiEmily Huneck, Julia Klier, Na- chelle Pniewski, Megan Pyles, year and will not be available Green-VanZee, Joseph Guerrero, John Zofkie.

Emily Gunty, Chanell Hall, Ni Junior Honors: Alan Adamitally Klocek, Jeffrey Lee, Car- Shaun Quinn, Amanda Richter, to be returned to the winner cole Hayes, Justin Houle, Shawn tis, Daniel Alexander, Caroline los Leslie, Alyssa Margewich, Celia Sanchez, Olivia Sanchez, during that period • Accepted media for artwork Hughes, Isaac Sydney, Jasmine Andrade, Jordan Annang, Mi- Ryan Minard, McKenna Moran, Ma Sandoval, Edward Schultz, Ivy, Dorothy Kalafut, Kasi Kilo, ata Bracey, Hannah Bromfield, Mikayla Morris, Michelle Mur- Alejandra Serna, Jessica Strzelare as follows: • Paintings: oil, acrylics, wa- Nicholas Knieps, Elise Kornick, Joshua Carter, Jeremy Eames, ray, Brendan O’Grady, Andrew czyk, Nathaneal Taylor, Emily Brianna Kowalczyk, Meghan Caroline Egan, Antonio Gar- Oziemkiewicz, Gianna Pinotti, Van Sickle, Zachary Wyma. tercolor, etc.,

Bulletin Board (Continued from page 8) children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Admission is free.

Activities include science projects such as making oobleck, the viscous clay-like substance from the Dr. Seuss book “Bartholomew and the Oobleck.”

Games will include bingo, Simon Says, Twister, freeze dance, can knock down, Jenga, a leprechaun balloon race, and many others. Crafts include Origami, face painting, Popsicle stick picture frames, masking tape letters, tissue paper flowers, and pot-of-gold windsock.

Scholarship Opportunity

Applications for the 2014 Orland Township Scholarship Program are now available at the Township Office, 14807 S. Ravinia Avenue, Orland Park.

This year’s scholarship program will give numerous awards to the class of 2014 totaling $16, 500, with one $2,000 scholarship, eight $1,000 scholarships and 13 $500 scholarships.

Scholarship applications completed in their entirety must be delivered to Orland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Avenue, Orland Park, IL 60462, by Friday, Feb. 28. Orland Township is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 403-4222.

An additional scholarship opportunity is available at Orland Township. Applications for the Township Officials of Illinois Scholarship are available at orlandtwp.org, or at the Orland Township Office. Applications are due by Saturday, March 1, 2014 and should be mailed to Township Officials of Illinois, Attention Scholarship Committee, 3217 Northfield Drive, Springfield, IL 62702.

Stagg

Stagg High School will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a namesake event Saturday, April 12 at the University of Chicago’s Bartlett Hall, where Amos Alonzo Stagg served as associate professor and director of athletics.

Tickets, which cost $40 per adult, will be sold until April 1.

A shuttle bus from Stagg High School costs $5. For more information, email StaggSCO@ gmail.com. The community, alumni, parents, faculty, staff and retired employees are welcome.

The celebration begins with a tour of architectural landmarks at 5 p.m. starting at the Ratner Athletics Center, followed by a reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the hall. The celebration will feature hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and desserts.

The event, hosted by the newly formed Stagg Community Organization, incorporates the talents of students. The Stagg Madrigal Singers and Stagg Jazz Band will perform, and students in the culinary department will make desserts. In addition, art students are involved in creating the tickets and graphics for the program’s ad book, and graphic arts students will help produce material for the event.

Stagg served the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1932,

Evergreen Park H.S. honor roll

• Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, charcoal, ink, markers, • Collage, • Prints: lithographs, silk screen, block prints, • Mixed Media: use of more than two media such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc., • Computer-Generated Art, and • Photography.

All entries must be received at the Lipinski’s district offices in Chicago, 6245 S. Archer Ave.; Oak Lawn, 5309 W. 95th St.; Lockport, 222 E. Ninth St.; or Orland Park, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave., by Wednesday, April 23.

Second City comes to Sandburg this Sat.

Did you know that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler got their starts at The Second City?

Tickets are on sale now for the Saturday, March 1 show when Chicago’s legendary comedy theater The Second City will appear at Sandburg High School in the Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. All proceeds support Sandburg, Stagg and Andrew High Schools through the District 230 Foundation.

Drawing on classic material from The Second City archives For more information, call as well as scenes ripped from the the Lipinski’s Chicago office morning headlines, The Second at 312-886-0481, or go online City’s Happily Ever Laughter is to Error! Hyperlink reference your chance to see comedy stars not valid.. The winning artist in the making in an evening of will be notified in early May and smart, cutting edge comedy.

The Second City celebrates 53 the exhibition opening will be in years of cutting edge satiric reJune in Washington, D.C.

vues as well as being launching pad for generations of comedy superstars. The Second City continues to develop the leading voices in comedy while touring the globe. Founded in Chicago in 1959, The Second City has become the premier training ground for the comedy world’s best and brightest.

Their alumni list reads like a who’s who of American comedy, as it includes: Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, Peter Boyle, Harold Ramis, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, George Wendt, Martin Short, John Candy, Bonnie Hunt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Horatio Sanz, Ryan Stiles, Jack McBrayer, Tim Meadows, Chris Farley, Mike My-

McCarthy lays down the law at SXU Saint Xavier University welcomed Chicago Police Supt.

Garry McCarthy on Feb. 19 to the 2014 Breakfast with the Experts speaker and networking series.

McCarthy discussed strategies he has implemented in the Chicago police department, such as introducing the use of the CompStat organizational management tool.

He also discussed other innovative approaches to crime prevention, such as deploying officers to areas where retaliatory violence is likely to occur after a shooting, increasing foot patrols and providing more officers in high crime neighborhoods even if it means fewer officers in low crime areas. Additionally, he ad-

dressed the importance of gun control for the city.

McCarthy rose through the ranks of the New York City police department, joining the force in 1981 and eventually becoming deputy commissioner of operations. In 2006, he became director of Newark’s police department and was selected to be Chicago’s superintendent in 2011.

Breakfast with the Experts was jointly sponsored by SXU and the Beverly Area Planning Association. The series brings notable business, community and civic leaders together to share insights, experience, and industry knowledge with area Photo for SXU by Mary Compton business people.

—Submitted by Chicago’s top cop Garry McCarthy speaks to a crowd at St. Xavier St. Xavier University University last Wednesday.

ers, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and countless others.

Not only will an evening with The Second City provide audiences with the chance to see comedy stars in the making, but they will also have the opportunity to see absolutely hilarious satire and cutting-edge improvisation.

No topic or subject matter is off limits for The Second City. If your parents asked you not to speak about it at the dinner table, chances are it will be made fun

of in an evening with The Second City. This is a PG-13 show.

Tickets for The Second City are $25 for general admission, $15 for students with ID and seniors age 60 or older. A special rate of $20 per tickets is available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased at www.d230foundation.org or at the District 230 Administration Center (15100 S. 94th Avenue in Orland Park). For group rates or information, call Carla Erdey at 745-5222.

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Financial NEWS

Power of Attorney v. Guardianship: Why it’s better not to wait Submitted by DeLaney, DeLaney & Voorn, Ltd. One of the most frequent comments that an elder law attorney hears when working with a guardian for a disabled person is how unexpected the costs involved with a guardianship are.

Often times family members will start to notice slight changes in their elderly loved ones, whether it be increased forgetfulness or confusion or struggles to handle household and financial affairs.

It is usually around this time that family members will go to visit an attorney asking what can be done to help protect and aid this loved one.

When faced with a scenario such as this, an elder law attorney will likely ask whether the aging loved one has a power of attorney in place, and if not, advise as to what options are available to aid this individual going forward. This article will address some of the advantages of having certain estate planning documentation in place so as to avoid potentially costly legal measures down the road.

Under the Illinois Power of Attorney Act, each adult is given the right to appoint someone known as an agent to make property and/or personal and health care decisions on behalf of him or her. If this person, known as the principal, later

becomes disabled and unable to make his or her own competent decisions, the agent under power of attorney may step in to make financial and personal decisions for the principal, per the terms of the power of attorney form.

Additionally, under the Illinois Power of Attorney Act, a principal may detail specific authorities that he or she wants the agent to have and specific authorities that he or she does not want the agent to have. These forms may be expanded or limited however the principal wishes.

Perhaps one of the greatest advantages of the power of attorney form is that the execution of these forms does not require court involvement.

Individuals must have a certain competency level, however, to be able to execute a power of attorney form. If one is unable fully to understand what it is that he or she is signing and what powers that will give the agent to act on behalf of the principal, then it is unlikely that that person has the necessary competency level to execute a power of attorney.

If this is the case, a guardianship is often the next available option in order to appoint someone to act as a fiduciary for a disabled person who is no longer able to handle his or her own affairs. A guardian is a per-

son, institution, or agency who has been appointed by a court to manage the affairs of an individual that the court has found to be disabled. This person is called the ward.

Guardianships always necessitate court involvement. Seeking legal counsel is beneficial as guardianships can be intimidating and involve complicated personal or financial issues.

Furthermore, there are several types of guardianships. Often, a guardian will be appointed as the Plenary Guardian of the Person and Estate of the disabled person, but different types of guardianships have different requirements as well, including presenting an annual report on the ward to the court, presenting annual accountings to the court of the ward’s finances, and petitioning the court for approval for most actions taken on behalf of the ward.

Another aspect of a guardianship that people frequently do not take into consideration is that a guardianship could and often does last from the time of appointment of a guardian for the duration of the rest of the ward’s life. Because of this, guardianships, when faced with no other alternative, can tend to be costly.

Thus, powers of attorney not only are a smart and efficient way to plan for your care should

Executing power of attorney forms is a preemptive way to make sure measures are in place should anything happen to affect your mental capacity. you someday be unable to handle your own personal and/or financial affairs, but powers of attorney also help avoid the expense of a court-supervised guardianship. Because one must be able fully to comprehend the power of attorney forms before executing them, one should not

Things to consider before downsizing your home Once their kids have left the nest, many men and women over 50 begin to consider downsizing their homes. Downsizing to a smaller home can be beneficial for a variety of reasons, including less home to clean and maintain, more affordable utility bills and lower property taxes. But the decision to downsize is rarely black and white, and men and women often struggle with that decision.

Perhaps the most difficult part of the decision of whether or not to downsize to a smaller home concerns the sentimental attachment many homeowners, especially those with children, have to their homes. The home might be too big for your current needs, but it also was the same place where your son took his first steps and where your daughter lost her first tooth.

Saying goodbye to a place that was home to so many memories isn’t easy. But there’s more than just sentimental value to consider when deciding whether or not to downsize your home after the kids

have grown up and moved out.

Personal finances Your financial situation merits significant consideration when deciding if the time is right to downsize your home. If your retirement nest egg is not as substantial as you would like it to be, then it would seem as though downsizing to a smaller, more affordable home is a great opportunity for you to start catching up on your retirement savings.

But that’s only true if your new home won’t incur any additional expenses that are already taken care of in your current home. For example, your current home may be fully furnished, while a new, smaller home may require you to buy all new furniture because your existing items simply won’t fit. The cost of such furnishings can be considerable. If you plan to move into a condominium, you can expect to pay monthly homeowners association fees, and such fees are often substantial. So while the condo itself might be

Being financially prepared Steering clear of debt is a goal for many men and women, but wanting to avoid debt and avoiding debt are two different things. Some people accumulate debt when they lose their jobs, while others rack up large credit card bills because they simply can’t curtail their spending habits. Each of these scenarios can be avoided, as there are many precautions men and women can take to ensure they are not victimized by consumer debt.

• Create an emergency fund.

Layoffs or other unforeseen issues that threaten your income can wreak havoc on your finances, especially if you did not have an emergency fund to handle such situations. When beginning an emergency fund, contribute as much as you can and do so on a schedule, making deposits once a week or once every two weeks depending on when you get paid. A good rule of thumb is to have several months’ salary set aside in your emergency fund, but don’t feel intimidated when starting from scratch.

• Pay off your balances before making any additional purchases.

Using credit cards can positively impact your credit rating, but only if you’re paying off your balance in full each month and not maxing out your cards. To avoid debt sneaking up on you, be sure to pay each balance in full each month. If you have any remaining balance from last month, do not use your card to make any new purchases until that initial balance has been paid in full. If your balance is never paid in full but you keep using your cards, then your debts will only increase as you continue to pay interest charges.

• Cut back on expenses.

Though it requires sacrifice, cut back on any nonessential expenses, such as premium cable

channels or nights out on the town. The financial freedom and peace of mind that results from such sacrifices is far more valuable than the expenses you had to cut back on.

smaller, the additional expenses associated with the property may end up making the smaller home more expensive and prevent you from saving more money for retirement.

Real estate market There are seller’s markets and there are buyer’s markets, and ideally you would like to sell your home in a seller’s market. But keep in mind that this might be the same market in which you hope to buy a new home. The nature of the real estate market depends on a host of factors, including geography. If the city or town where you currently live is in the midst of a seller’s market and you are planning on moving to a location where buyers have the upper hand, then now might be a great time to move. But if you currently live in a buyer’s market and hope to move to a seller’s market, then you may end up paying a steep price, even when downsizing to a smaller home. Things may even themselves out if you want to downsize to a smaller home within your current community, but do your homework nonetheless, researching the time of year when you’re most likely to get the most for your home and find the best deal on your next place.

The advantage men and women considering downsizing have is that they are rarely in a rush to

move out of their current home and into their next one. This gives them ample time to make the real estate market work for them.

Space How much space do you really need? Once the kids have moved out, couples may feel like all of that extra space is going to waste.

But that can be a knee-jerk reaction, and upon a more thorough examination of the space and your needs you may just find that you can put all of that extra square footage to good use after all. If you have always wanted your own art studio, then now might be the perfect time to make that a reality. Always wanted a room devoted to home theater?

Get to work on converting your basement from an all-purpose game room to your own private movie theater. If, after considering the space in your home, you find that the extra square footage really is just upkeep you aren’t especially interested in doing, then you would no doubt like a cozier home that’s less of a responsibility to maintain.

Downsizing a home is something many men and women over 50 consider after their children have moved out. Such a decision is rarely easy, so homeowners should take as much time as they need before making a final decision to move or stay put.

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Executing power of attorney forms is a preemptive way to make sure measures are in place should anything happen to affect your mental capacity.

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Get ready for $25 smart phone An iPhone fanboy will sneer at it.

A long-term Android user will have unpleasant flashbacks to the early versions of Google’s operating system.

But Mozilla’s $25 Firefox OS smartphone is real.

I toyed with a prototype Sunday at its debut at Mobile World Congress here, and I have to say, I’m impressed -- given the price.

It’s missing things like WhatsApp, its screen is small and coarse, and it’s slower to scroll and launch apps than the stateof-the-art phones from the last decade. It’s not something a rich kid from New Jersey or a businessman from Tokyo would be caught dead with.

That’s not the target market.

As any number of bruised companies can attest, taking on Android and iOS head on is difficult, but Firefox OS today is geared for a much more cost-sensitive market. Mozilla, reasonably, tells those

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By Stephen Shankland CNET News who would judge this Firefox OS model that they should compare it to a bargain-bin feature phone with a few built-in apps and a low-end camera.

“Imagine that phone in your pocket is a feature phone. Imagine when you go buy one of these devices that every euro is precious to you,” Mozilla leader Mitchell Baker said at a press conference here. Looking at “the richness and power we’re able to offer to this market, you’ll be astonished,” he said.

And for that market, it really works. You can install apps, load

Web pages, search your contacts, and send e-mail typed with an on-screen keyboard. You can multitask and play music in the background. You can un-pinch to zoom into photos. The Spreadtrum chip that makes it all possible only works on 2.5G Edge networks, so it’s slow, but in third-world countries, that’s often the network that’s available.

Even if Firefox OS gains a strong foothold in lower-end phones, Mozilla will face longer-term challenges as cheaper hardware brings Android downmarket. Firefox OS today works in a quarter the memory that Android now requires, though, and that could mean the difference between profit and not for a super-low-end smartphone.

So no, I’m not going to recommend this phone to my Photo by Tim Hadac relatively affluent friends. But Sport Clips co-owners Jim and Susan Dust pause for a photo as manager/stylist Laura Rayo for the price of a nice bottle of admires her work for customer Michael Lorenzo. wine, it’s an impressive achievement.

Saving is good … but it’s not investing It’s a good thing to have some savings. When you put the money in a low-risk account, you can be pretty sure it will be readily available when you need it. Nonetheless, “saving” is not “investing” — and knowing the difference could pay off for you far into the future.

Think about it this way: Saving is for today, while investing is for tomorrow.

You need your savings to pay for your daily expenses, such as groceries, and your monthly bills — mortgage, utilities, and so on. In fact, you might even want your savings to include an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses to pay for unexpected costs, such as a new furnace or a major car repair.

These are all “here and now” expenses — and you could use your savings to pay for them.

But in thinking of your longterm goals, such as college for your children and a comfortable retirement for yourself, most individuals typically can’t simply rely on their savings — they’ll need to invest. Why? Because, quite simply, investments can grow — and you will need this growth potential to help achieve your objectives.

To illustrate the difference between saving and investing, let’s do a quick comparison. Suppose you put $200 per month into a savings account that paid hypothetical 3% interest (which is actually higher than the rates

bigger risk — the risk of not achieving your financial goals.

In fact, a low-rate savings account might not even keep up with inflation, which means that, over time, you will lose purchasing power.

Ultimately, the question isn’t whether you should save or invest — you need to do both. But you do need to decide how much of your financial resources to devote toward savings and how typically being paid today). After much toward investments. By 30 years, you would have accu- paying close attention to your mulated about $106,000, assum- cash flow, you should be able to ing you were in the 25% federal get a good idea of the best savtax bracket. Now, suppose you ings and investment mix for your put that same $200 per month particular situation. For example, in a tax-deferred investment if you find yourself constantly that hypothetically earned 7% dipping into your long-term ina year. At the end of 30 years, vestments to pay for short-term you would end up with about needs, you probably don’t have $243,000. (Keep in mind that enough money in savings. On the you would have to pay taxes other hand, if you consistently on withdrawals. Hypotheticals find yourself with large sums do not include any transaction in your savings account even costs or fees.) after you’ve paid all your bills, This enormous disparity be- you might be “sitting” on too tween the amounts accumulat- much cash — which means you ed in the two accounts clearly should consider moving some of shows the difference between this money into investments with “saving” and “investing.” Still, growth potential. you might be thinking that inSaving and investing — that’s vesting is risky, while savings a winning combination. accounts carry much less risk.

And it is certainly true that Scott Johnson, CFP, is a finaninvesting does involve risks cial advisor with Edward Jones, — investments can lose value, 8146 W. 111th St., Palos Hills, and there’s no guarantee that 974-1965. Edward Jones does losses will be recovered. not provide legal advice. This Nonetheless, if you put all article was written by Edward your money in savings, you’re Jones for use by your local Edactually incurring an even ward Jones financial advisor.

MVP haircuts await fans at Sports Clips

By Tim Hadac Staff Reporter “It’s good to be a guy,” the owners and staff say at Sport Clips Haircuts, 13133 S. La Grange Road, as the shop moves towards the start of its second year in business.

Successfully bucking the trend of unisex salons, the local shop caters to men and boys and is one of more than 1,000 Sport Clips locations across the U.S.—a part of one of the fastest growing franchise operations in the nation, according to the Texas-based company founded in 1993.

The local shop opened last May and has served some 7,000 customers, according to owners Jim and Susan Dust, who have lived in Orland Park for 15 years.

“I remember in the old days when I was a kid growing up on [Chicago’s] Southeast Side, going for haircuts with my father to an old-fashioned barbershop in the Roseland neighborhood,” Jim said. “We’d go for a burger afterward. It’s a great memory of mine, but those old-fashioned barbershops are becoming fewer and fewer, and that’s the kind of atmosphere I wanted to re-create with this shop.

“Plus, I’m a big sports fan,” he added with a chuckle as he

Butch Zemar, Evergreen Park, an insurance agent at Elite Benefits of America in Oak Lawn has been selected as a finalist for Broker of the Year award by Chamber 2013 Fire Safety Col- Paetow has been a commu- Benefitspro.com, a leading naoring Book. Entertainment will nity banker since 1976, and is tional publication focusing on the be provided the Oak Lawn Com- the former president of Palos benefits industry. munity High School Chorus. Bank and Trust. He is a past Zemar has more than 10 years Founded in 1946, the Oak Lawn president of the Orland Park of experience in the employee Chamber of Commerce consists Rotary club and is a Paul Harris benefits and health insurance of more than 300 members.

Fellow. Paetow has served on arena. He is involved in lo*** many local and community or- cal chambers and networking CNB Bank and Trust, N.A., ganizations including the board groups that assist businesses headquartered in Carlinville, of Palos Community Hospital, in growing their businesses.

Ill., announced the employment St. Coletta’s of Illinois, the He also contributes articles to of Greg Paetow as vice presi- Palos Advisory Board and the publications and produces edudent of business development Palos Heights Chamber of Com- cational videos and ebooks. to work from the new Palos merce.

Zemar was initially nominatHeights Banking Center, 12727 CNB Bank and Trust has ed for the award by his clients, S. Ridgeland Ave., due to open 13 locations. It is a member his referral network, and peers in the spring. CNB currently of FDIC and Illinois’ oldest in the insurance industry. He has a banking center at 5459 bank. CNB was established in was selected as a finalist by W. 159th St., Oak Forest.

1854. the Benefitspro.com nominating committee, in part, for his client follow through and providing great customer service and answers when businesses need it most. One committee member noted “Zemar stays current with industry knowledge to keep his

By Corwin Cole clients ahead of the trend and gives his clients all the tools, experience and time they need The flop came Ks 10h 5h, and I could tell that he assumed for their businesses.” and the big blind checked. With I was giving up on the hand, my top pair, and with a short freeing him to get all in against SUDOKU Solution stack involved in the hand, the the big blind. As expected, the standard play for me would big blind went all in. At this have been to just bet and hope point, I felt my best move was to get all in against him. to go all in myself, surprising However, the button had the button and representing at $50,000 chips that could least a decent draw, if not a big potentially end up in my stack pair or better. He deliberated - a lot more than the $8,000 for a moment and finally elected remaining in the big blind. I to fold, taking the conservative wanted to get some of those route as he usually did. chips as well.

When the big blind flipped Instead of betting, I elected over Js 10d, I was in good shape. to check. I thought that the big The turn and river brought the blind would feel pot-committed 3h and 9d, respectively, and I with many different hands, so scooped a nice pot. his stack was as good as all I won an extra $5,100 chips in already. The button, on the — better than one-third of a other hand, was unlikely to starting stack — because I have hit this board strongly was not satisfied with simply but could well have a draw stacking the big blind. It is or a medium-strength hand never enough to be content that he would take to the felt with simply winning a pot. To against the short stack. These shine in this game, you must hands were dangerous for my always try to win the maximum vulnerable top pair, so I did not amount. want to let the button see a turn card without having to be all-in (Corwin Cole is a poker coach for his tournament life. So, I whose instructional videos can went for a check-raise. be found at CardRunners.com.

My gamble paid off when the He can be reached at corwin. button fired $5,100 at the pot, cole@cardrunners.com.)

Talkin Poker We don’t want to settle for less in life. We want more of everything, and we spend a lot of effort pursuing it. At the poker table, paradoxically, most of us tend to think only about how to win the hand, not about how to win the most possible chips.

A friend of mine in Las Vegas recently asked me for some help with his no-limit hold ‘em tournament game.

In our conversation, I recalled a hand that I played back in 2008. It was a $5,000-buy-in tournament at Bellagio, each player starting with $15,000 in chips.

Late in the event, with blinds at $1,000-$2,000 plus a $200 ante, I was dealt Kc 9c in the cutoff and action folded to me. Having a stack of about $56,000, I elected to raise to $4,225, hoping to steal the blinds and antes, but willing to tangle for a bigger pot if necessary. A solid, conservative player with about $50,000 in his stack called on the button, and a loose-passive player with a little more than $12,000 called from the big blind.

Park. “I like that Sport Clips is very clean. I had to wait a few minutes today, but that was OK because the hockey game was on, and I watched it in the waiting room.”

The shop also does first haircuts for young boys, as well as customers they did not expect—children with autism. “It takes a special kind of person—a person with a warm personality and patience—to do that, and fortunately our stylists are exactly that,” Jim Dust said with a note of pride.

“We also do occasionally cut women’s hair, as long as they’re not looking for any fancy styling,” he added. “But we don’t have curling irons here, we don’t have chemicals or anything like that.”

Open seven days a week, Sport Clips offers discount to students and faculty at Sandburg High School—directly across the street—as well as Stagg High School. Sport Clips is also the official hair cutter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Stylists at the shop will shave heads at Sandburg’s St. Baldrick’s event in March, as part of their efforts to help fight cancer in children.

Flush with success, the Dusts said they plan to open another Sport Clips shop later this year in Palos Heights.

Area agent eyes Broker of the Year honor

Profits & Sense The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly luncheon Tuesday, March 11 at Oak Lawn Community High School, 9400 Southwest Highway. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch at noon. The cost to attend is $20 per person, payable at the door with cash, check, Visa/MC/ Discover. For more information, or to register, call 424-8300, or email office@oaklawnchamber. com. The event is open to members and business owners.

The chamber will recognize the Oak Lawn Community High School students who created the illustrations for the Oak Lawn

gestured at the stadium-themed shop.

Walk-ins are welcome at Sport Clips, and the waiting area includes stadium seats. The eight-chair shop is brightly lit with stadiumstyle lighting, sports on big-screen TVs, and a very male-by-design locker room feel, without the locker room smell or mess. The shop is kept meticulously clean with a central vacuum unit.

A dimly-lit, relaxing “shower room” in the back is where stylists offer shampoos, scalp massages, and neck and shoulder rubs—all part of the shop’s signature, 20minute “MVP Experience” that includes a relaxing hot towel treatment.

The shop employs six female stylists, all of whom have received specialized training in cutting hair for men and boys. Stylists typically “don’t get very much training [in cosmetology school] that’s specific to cutting men’s hair, and we’re not sure why that is,” Susan Dust observed, which is why all Sport Clips stylists receive additional, male-specific training at the Sport Clips regional headquarters in Lombard.

Customers appear to appreciate that. “The service here is second to none, and the stylists are great,” said Michael Lorenzo, who lives in La Grange and works in Orland

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The Broker of the Year will be featured in the April issue of Benefits Selling and receive an award at the Benefits Selling Expo in Colorado Springs, CO in April.

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Butch Zemar

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WHATIZIT?

Ding, ding, ding, ding — we have some winners.

A few of you guessed that last week’s photo was a service button for a video gambling machine and many of the machines in the area come from the Tower company.

The Oak Lawn tag-team of Donna and Jim Perisin came in first with the right answer.

Chicago Ridge’s Kathy Higgins and Worth’s Theresa and George Rebersky also made the bells ring.

Wrong guesses were of an elevator including elevators from Trump Tower, the Sears Tower and the Hilton in Oak Lawn.

This week’s clue: Feet first.

Send those guesses to thereporter@comcast.net with the word WHATIZIT? in the subject line by Monday. Don’t forget your name and hometown.

Best of The Wine Guy

Helping us stand the test of time With every glass of wine you drink, as long as you don’t overdo it, you are fortifying your body with a natural medicine from our Creator that can treat and cure illness and prevent those you don’t yet have.

In short, wine can and will enhance your life. This drink made from fermented grape juice provides carbohydrates for energy, vitamins and minerals for cell health, and iron for rich blood. It aids digestion by stimulating the production of gastric juices and is a mild tranquilizer that does not cause dependence when used properly. It differs in this way from pharmaceutical tranquilizers that can cause side effects including drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and tremors to more serious and possibly debilitating side effects such seizures, depression and mental disorders.

Researchers have learned wine helps protect the body from coronary disease and may prevent angina pectoris, the latter being spasms of blood vessels in the heart. It is also a

disease fighter: The antibiotic action of wine is similar to that of penicillin, and antioxidants and other compounds found in grape skins — more assimable to the body than raw grapes — have proved effective against viruses.

Wine has been the beverage of choice for civilizations for thousands of years. Four-thousand years ago in China, the story goes, after eight years of war, floods and plagues, the emperor worried much and could not eat or sleep. His doctors despaired. A maid in the palace gave the emperor a cup of wine she made, and after several cups the emperor returned to normal.

Writing tablets from the first century found in Carthage, Tunisia and Morocco reveal what those people knew were secret wine cures. The ancient Greek physician, botanist and pharmacologist Pedanius Dioscurides, who practiced in Rome during the reign of the emperor Nero, wrote that “wine is easy to digest and good for the stomach and digestive tract, is good for

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(Continued from page 1) she was so cold and so stiff,” said Smyk, who works as a medical assistant. “A body doesn’t get that cold or that stiff immediately after passing away. There was a massive pool of blood behind her head.”

Wilczek and Smyk, of Burbank, shared those horrific details Saturday morning with Wawrzyniak’s mother, Rebecca Tully, at an Family Skate will take place from emotional meeting also attended 2 to 3:15 p.m. at the Oak Lawn by several other family members.

Park District Ice Arena, 9320 S. The two-hour gathering was held Kenton Ave. The event features an at the Hickory Hills home of afternoon of skating, raffles and mu- Wawrzyniak’s grandparents. sic provided by CMT Productions.

This was the first time Tully Weber Irish Dancers will perform met the couple who stayed with at 2 p.m. The park district is also her daughter in the parking lot of offering SNAG Golf in the off-ice the Worth boat launch the night room. Admission is $6 and skate that she died. The get-together rental is $3. For more information, ran the gamut of emotions from call 857-5173 sorrow over Wawrzyniak’s death *** to anger at the Worth police for Ongoing: Duplicate bridge will failing to investigate in a more be held at 11:30 a.m. Mondays at aggressive fashion. the Oak View Center. Cost is $7 The Worth police last week per person and includes a light confirmed that there were no lunch. For more information, call drugs in Wawrzyniak’s system the 857-2200. night that she died, the family said. But Tully remains critical of Worth The Worth Park District is located the way the police have handled at the Terrace Centre, 11500 S. Be- the case.

“I had to question them. They loit Ave. For more information, or to register for the programs, call didn’t offer that information,” Tully said. “They didn’t even tell 448-7080.

The Winter/Spring Worth Park me the cause of death.”

The Worth police have declined District program guide has arrived. comment throughout the invesRegistration has begun. tigation. *** Smyk said she wants to do ev Immediately: The Worth Park District is taking registration for erything possible to help Tully get several programs for young children justice for her daughter.

“I just want to be helpful and ready to learn the fundamentals of sports. Parents and their children get justice for her as much as may choose from little kickers soc- possible because a police departcer, parent tot sports, little baller’s ment that’s supposed to serve and basketball or instructional t-ball. protect is not doing that and causClasses begin the beginning of Feb- ing her more pain and grief. I’m willing to help with anything,” ruary and March.

Smyk said. *** She added the images of that March 7: The Worth Park District is taking a trip to Water Tower fateful night have remained with Place, Chicago. Participants leave her.

“You don’t forget something like from the Terrace Centre at 9 a.m. and return at 2 p.m. The fee is this. I relive this and dream about $12. Registration is due at least it almost every night,” she said.

“I wish I would have done more. one week prior to the event.

I wish I would have recorded it. I *** March 12: The next monthly posted on Brittany’s site on Facesenior luncheon at the Terrace book because I wanted to let it Centre will take place from noon known that I was there and what to 2 p.m. Residents and non-resi- I saw. I was so stunned that there dents of Worth Park District are was no contact from the cops. No welcome to attend. Reservations one was asking us anything.”

But Tully and her husband, are needed one week prior to Mike, are grateful for the inforluncheon.

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Chicago Ridge Park District’s Freedom Activity is located at 6252 W. Birmingham St. For more information, or to register for programs, call 636-4900. Registration for some programs must be made in person. *** March 12: In “Yo Ho Ho: A Pirate’s Life,” children will learn about Captain Hook and other pirates from 3:30 until 5 p.m. at the Freedom Activity Center. They will hunt for treasure, wear eye patches, and make their own treasure maps.

The fee is $10. *** March 19: In “Roar Roar Dinosaur,” children will travel back millions of years as they learn about the dinosaurs who roamed the Earth from 3:30 until 5 p.m. at the Freedom Activity Center. They will learn about many types of dinosaurs as well as creating their very own. The fee of $10 is for one class.

Evergreen Park

The Evergreen Park Recreation Department is located in the Hamilton B. Maher Community Center, 3450 W. 97th St. For more information, or to register for programs, call 229-3373, or 229-3374. *** March 2 through May 4: The Boys and Girls Developmental Basketball League will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. for children age 6 through 9 at the Activity Center, 3220 W. 98th St. The Evergreen Park Recreation Department partners with Beyond The Arc Academy for this instructional league. Players receive a team shirt and play 40-minute games with equal playing time. The fee is $60 for eight weeks.

Oak Lawn

The Oak Lawn Park District administrative building is located at 9400 S. Kenton Ave. For more information, call 857-2225 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. *** March 9: The Green and White

Lawmaker offers tax help info State Rep. Fran Hurley is reminding residents of several local services available to help individuals and families file their state and federal income taxes.

The Illinois State Comptroller’s office launched a new online service for tax filers to check on the status of their refunds.

Residents can visit www. myrefund.illinoiscomptroller.com and search for the status of their return using their Social Security number and name. Residents who provide an email address or mobile phone number can additionally choose to receive an instant e-mail or text message alert when their payment is processed.

“Many families depend on their income tax refunds for spending money, savings, or to help pay off their bills and debt,” said Hurley. “This is an easy, free, and secure service that can provide some predictability to an often stressful tax filing season.”

For families and individuals needing assistance with tax filing, the Center for Economic Progress provides free tax assistance to families with incomes of less than $50,000 and individuals with incomes of less than $25,000. Tax assistance sites

are located throughout Illinois and the Chicagoland area, including Harold Washington College in downtown Chicago and the St. Sabina Employment Resource Center in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. For additional locations, hours, eligibility requirements, and a list of documents needed to receive assistance, visit www. economicprogress.org/clients/freetax-help or call (312) 630-0273.

For residents needing assistance preparing and filing their taxes, the AARP offers free tax preparation assistance for low and middle-income taxpayers with special attention to residents aged 60 and older.

Tax assistance sites are located throughout the region. To find a location near you, visit www. aarp.org/money/taxes/aarp_ taxaide, call toll-free (888) 6872277, or call toll-free TTY (877) 434-7598.

The Illinois CPA Society provides free tax preparation assistance to eligible active duty or recently returned military personnel and their families.

Eligible personnel are matched with CPA volunteers for state and federal tax filing assistance.

More information and a service request form are available at www. icpas.org/militarytaxrequest or by calling the Illinois CPA Society at (800) 572-9870.

“Unfortunately, a number of factors can make filing taxes complicated or confusing, and too many families are not taking full advantage of the exemptions and credits that are available to help them make ends meet,” Hurley said. “These community services help lower-income families and our servicemen and women file their taxes correctly and on time.”

For more information, contact Hurley’s constituent services office at (773) 445-8128, 233-9703 or RepFranHurley@gmail.com.

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Brittany Wawrzyniak mation Wilczek and Smyk have provided.

“This is more answers that I’ve (ever) gotten about that moment,” Rebecca Tully said.

Wilczek and Smyk arrived at the boat launch at about 8 p.m. to walk their dogs. The Burbank couple is familiar with the area because Wilczek owns a boat, he said.

The couple spotted a group of teenage girls in the parking lot that appeared to be looking for something on the ground, Wilczek said. A teenage boy approached their car and “starts feeding me a story,” Wilczek said.

Only one of the seven girls in the parking lot was kneeling next to Wawrzyniak. “She was more in a panic, like ‘Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God,’” Smyk said.

The other girls on the scene did not appear shaken by the tragedy.

“There was no sign or remorse,” Smyk said. “There was nobody crying.”

“I was holding her hand,” said Wilczek, who knelt at Wawrzyniak’s side for about three minutes until police and paramedics arrived, he said.

The information the couple offered Wawrzyniak’s family answers some questions but raises many others.

For example, how long was Wawrzyniak lying in the boat launch parking lot before Wilczek and Smyk arrived and exactly how did she sustain the injuries that led to her death? And, if the couple had not arrived, how long would she have remained in

The Wine Guy with Anthony Scarano the bladder and kidneys. It stops diarrhea and is a good diuretic.

It slows the pulse and rids the body of poisons, is warming, improves the appetite, helps you sleep and gives you life-giving properties.

While many medical practices thousands of years ago were based on superstition and ignorance — heck, mercury and other highly toxic substances were used to treat illnesses up until the last century — we know today through medical research that Dioscurides knew what he was talking about. the parking lot before someone called 911? Finally, why have the Worth police never interviewed Wilczek and Smyk?

Wawrzyniak’s family believes she faked a drug buy at the boat launch to arrange a fight between a friend and another girl.

“From what we understand, she walked up to the car and said, ‘come out’ and they said, ‘no, you get in,’ and I think she didn’t know what to do,” Tully said. She added that her daughter “was willing to do anything” so that people would like her.

Prosecutors have said Wawrzyniak died after she was ejected from the backseat of an alleged drug dealer’s car after buying pills from him. They said she met Eric Steven Johnson at the boat launch near 115th Street and Beloit Avenue, got into the backseat of his car and handed him $200 in exchange for 30 pills of Clonazepam.

The prescription drug is used to treat panic and seizure disorders, according to medical experts.

Humankind’s love and admiration for wine continued into the Middle Ages, when monks who were master physicians used the drink as a base for many herbal medicines. Thomas Jefferson, at 76 years old, wrote to President James Monroe about the state of his health: “Like my friend Dr. Benjamin Rush, eat little animal food [meat]; double, however, the daily half-glass of wine.”

So you see, wine has been man’s companion for thousands of years. Today, the production of wine is a multi-billion-dollara-year industry. It has stood the test of time, and with its help so will you.

Anthony Scarano is not a doctor.

He is an Evergreen Park resident, winemaker and certified naturopath. Suggestions in this space are solely the opinions of Mr. Scarano based on years of independent study and personal experience, and may not be beneficial to health. Wine should be consumed in moderation, as overindulgence may be harmful to health.

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.

But some of the facts don’t add up for Wilczek.

“You would think someone coming out of a warm car would be a warmer to the touch,” Wilczek added. “She didn’t have her jacket on at the time, which, now that I think about it, struck me as odd.”

And, Smyk said there was nothing in Wawrzyniak’s hands when she approached the girl.

Worth police, however, told Tully that her daughter had pills in her hands when they arrived, she said.

“I promise you 100 percent that there were no pills in her hands,” Smyk said.

Johnson, of Peotone, was ordered held on $300,000 bond. He is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.

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Win over Rams nets Bulldogs SSC Red title share

By Ken Karrson Gaining a piece of the title pie didn’t give Richards coach John Chappetto peace of mind last week.

The veteran leader certainly wasn’t about to refuse the Bulldogs’ share of their latest South Suburban Conference Red crown, their ninth straight. It was guaranteed with a 63-54 win over Reavis on Tuesday.

And when Richards constructed a 34-16 advantage early in the second quarter on Friday against Oak Lawn, it appeared as if an outright conference championship was in the offing. The host Spartans, however, had other ideas.

Oak Lawn narrowed the deficit to five points by halftime, was tied with its guests after three periods and then scored 18 fourth-quarter points to claim a 67-63 victory.

“I was really happy with how we responded after a slow start,” Spartans coach Jason Rhodes said. “[Our] guys just kept playing and did good things.

“We picked up the defense in the second quarter and they missed some shots they had been making earlier. And we were able to play defense without fouling.”

Chappetto had no trouble crediting Oak Lawn (9-14, 4-8) for its resiliency, but he was less enamored with his own club’s performance, particularly since it failed to adequately compensate for center Josh Meier’s absence due to a non-basketball issue. He was especially missed when the Spartans used a box-and-1 defense on Richards guard Dedrick Shannon in the second half.

“A lot of plays are to Josh against the zone,” Chappetto said. “We didn’t move the ball, we missed shots and we fell apart.

We were playing them the way we wanted [early on], but we couldn’t put them away.

“Physically and mentally, they’re really a tough team. My team needs to prove to me they can give me what they need to [on a consistent basis].”

Although his squad is guaran-

teed to finish its season with a winning record regardless of what transpires from here on out, Chappetto doesn’t believe the Bulldogs (15-11, 8-4) have fully tapped into their abilities, their 7-0 opening to the campaign notwithstanding.

According to the coach, that rapid break from the gate, in fact, may have actually been somewhat detrimental in the long run.

What made it so was that a chunk of it was accomplished without help from Shannon and Spencer Tears, two projected starters whose arrival was delayed by Richards’ run to the Class 8A football final Thanksgiving weekend.

“Even guys who were playing well in that stretch had trouble accepting their [revised] roles,” Chappetto said. “There’s some jealousies there and I haven’t done a good job of fixing it.

“We were 4-0 before [Shannon and Tears] came back, but against teams that weren’t really ready. That was November -- times change and teams have gotten better.”

Despite Chappetto’s concerns, everything was right in the Bulldogs’ world at the outset versus Oak Lawn. Shannon and Thaer Othman tallied 19 points between them in the first stanza, and Richards exited it in front by 13. An Othman 3-pointer and Shannon bucket to begin the second frame then extended the visitors’ lead to 34-16.

But a turnover and missed shot started the Bulldogs’ unraveling.

According to Chappetto, Richards was victimized by “silly plays and bad defense,” and when Ibrahim Samra sank a 3-ball just before the second-period buzzer, the Spartans had climbed to within 40-35.

“At halftime, I had to remind them they were winning,” Chappetto said of his athletes.

For Rhodes and his players, the situation had suddenly become quite promising.

“That [Samra shot] gave us a lot of momentum,” he said. “Guys were a little more confident about

what we could do offensively.”

And that confidence wasn’t hurt any when Josh Prince hit two putbacks and Oak Lawn scored layups on a couple of third-quarter run-outs. Shannon’s 3-pointer off the backboard forged a 49-all deadlock after 24 minutes, but that did little to stem the Spartans’ rising tide.

Oak Lawn was ahead by as many as six points during the fourth stanza, but it couldn’t slam the door on Richards until the very end. Deon Alexander’s 3-pointer kept the Bulldogs in the hunt, and the Spartans did themselves no favors by failing to take full advantage of a few trips to the foul line.

“It was a little dicey still because we missed the front end of three 1-and-1s,” Rhodes said.

Mitch Swatek’s pair of charity tosses after an intentional foul gave Oak Lawn a bit more breathing room, then the home team survived a late steal by Tears, which became meaningless when he couldn’t connect at the stripe.

Prince supplied the Spartans with a double-double of 26 points and 12 rebounds to lead the way for them. David Stacy chipped in 14 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and Samra wound up with 11 points, nine of which were delivered on 3-point baskets.

Oak Lawn shot a blistering 58 percent from the floor and had 18 of its 25 field goals result directly from assists. After the first period, the Spartans were guilty of only 11 turnovers.

“Our guys really like playing with each other and we did a great job of moving the ball,” Rhodes said. “If we can continue to take care of the ball, we’ll be fine.

“This same scenario happened [against Richards] in my first year at Oak Lawn. We were shaky with the ball early and then stormed back.”

Shannon racked up a game-high 27 points for the Bulldogs, while Jaylen Catledge and Othman tossed in 12 and 11, respectively.

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Photo by Jeff Vorva

Brother Rice coach Rick Harrigan wears an angry look during his team’s Chicago Catholic League Tournament game against Seton Academy last Wednesday, but the first-year leader was much happier by evening’s end as the Crusaders notched a 56-51 triumph.

Chicago Catholic League Tournament

Missed opportunity Rice comes up short in tourney finale

By Ken Karrson

about the way his guys had performed overall.

In the lower bracket, Brother “We didn’t hit [enough] shots, Rice couldn’t lower the boom but I think we’ve been playing on Gordon Tech Saturday after- better,” Harrigan said. “I wasn’t noon. concerned about how we played By beating St. Laurence and or competed. We did that at a Seton Academy prior to that, the high level.”

Crusaders had played their way Only one point separated the into one of the championship Crusaders (13-13) and Gordon games in the inaugural Chicago Tech through three periods, as Catholic League Tournament. each team struggled to find an Being relegated to the tourney’s offensive groove. Rice’s top outlower bracket didn’t diminish the put for any quarter over the first desire to capture a title, and Rice 24 minutes was 11 points, while had a good chance to do exactly the Rams tallied 12 points in the that. third frame, which handed them Certainly, the Crusaders’ de- a 26-25 edge. fense was championship-worthy Rubio (16 points) and Quinn as it held the Rams to a 39 percent Niego (14) were once again the success rate from the field. The Crusaders’ main men, but unlayup was part of a 5-0 getaway only trouble for Rice was that like against both St. Laurence in the third period that gave the its own shooting was even less and Seton, there was no viable Chargers (19-7, 7-5) a hefty 41- on-target. third scoring option for Rice. Con22 edge and appeared to put the The Crusaders very nearly over- nor Finn, who reached double Eagles on the precipice. came their 34 percent effort, but figures in each of the victories, “That lead helped us because when Ray Rubio’s half-in, half-out only attempted two shots versus their [later] run didn’t give them shot climbed all the way out of Gordon Tech and finished with the lead,” Daniels said. the basket, Rice was unable to two points.

Sandburg did indeed catch fire pull even with Gordon Tech in the “Give Gordon Tech credit - they and put some heat on Stagg. The closing moments. As a result, the had a game plan [that worked Eagles were within three of the Rams bagged a 42-40 triumph at well],” Harrigan said. “But we’ve Chargers a few times, and had Pe- the University of Chicago. got to go above and beyond [just ter Paxinos’ long-range try settled “It would have been a nice win,” Rubio and Niego].” into the cylinder instead of rolling Crusaders coach Rick Harrigan Although his team came up back out on one fourth-quarter said. “It’s definitely not a season- short of a title, Harrigan gave a possession, the hosts would have breaker, but it was a chance to thumbs-up to the Catholic League found themselves even. build momentum.”

Tournament as a whole.

“I’m real proud of the kids’ efThat being said, Rice’s first-year “It was good exposure for the fort in coming back,” said Sand- boss didn’t have any complaints kids and good preparation for the burg coach Todd Allen, whose club committed 11 of its 17 turnovers in the first half, including eight in the opening stanza.

“John always has his team well-prepared and we were staring down at a 19-point deficit be(Continued on page 7)

White leaves them blue Senior guard propels Stagg past Eagles, Spartans

By Ken Karrson The one-man gang has his partner back.

While Max Strus has been Stagg’s unquestioned on-court leader this winter, he was not expected to go it alone. And certainly on a number of occasions, the Chargers’ senior standout has been surrounded by productive teammates.

But Kevin White, a returning all-area player, has endured somewhat spotty performances in his final prep campaign and not consistently given Strus the kind of support necessary to keep opposing defenses honest. In truth, White has rarely operated at his physical peak, but Stagg coach John Daniels was keeping his fingers crossed that a breakthrough would occur.

And it finally did last week.

White dropped in 37 points over two games and proved quite the

able accomplice for Strus, who totaled 49. Their dual efforts weren’t wasted, either, as the Chargers routed Oak Lawn 6436 in a Wednesday nonconference clash and then eased past Sandburg 66-60 in a SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue contest Friday night in Orland Park.

“I think this week’s headline is, ‘Kevin is back,’” Daniels said. “He played really well. Kevin had a lot of energy and looked real healthy this [past] week, and he played for us like he did last year. If he’s moving and attacking, that’s when he’s at his best.

“I know he’s been frustrated with his play, but it’s hard [to function properly] when you’re banged up. He’s not a big, physical specimen; he relies on his speed.

We’ve got to have Kevin play right for us to have a chance [to succeed in the postseason].”

White totaled 16 points and six assists versus Sandburg, and his

Chomping on the Gators Knights overpower Guerin Prep to stop slide

By Ken Karrson

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Reason to celebrate

state tournament,” he said. “The alternative, in my eyes, would be that you play a couple nonconference games that don’t mean much except [in] adding to your resume.

“At this point of the season, teams are trying to find their best formula and what works well at crunch time. It’s better when guys are really fighting for a championship [of some sort].”

Brother Rice 66 Seton Academy 61 A back-and-forth contest tipped the Crusaders’ way on Friday, as they outlasted the Sting in a tournament semifinal matchup at home.

Rice’s attack consisted of a three-headed monster, as Rubio (26 points), Finn (16) and Niego (15) all enjoyed productive evenings on the offensive end. They also made their presences felt elsewhere, with Rubio and Niego evenly splitting 10 rebounds between them and Finn pacing the Crusaders with five assists and three steals.

Seton stayed close on the strength of 58 percent accuracy from 3-point territory, but the visitors’ overall field-goal percentage languished at 40, which was nine points under the mark Rice posted. The Crusaders also took good care of the ball, as evidenced by their meager total of (Continued on page 6)

Oak Lawn’s Dana Greene (33) hugs teammate Jannah Mahmoud after the latter connected on a three-quarter-court shot at the first-period buzzer last Thursday. The Lady Spartans wound up winning the title of their own Class 4A regional by defeating Mother McAuley 55-48. Story on Page 2.

Forget the idea that eight is enough - when it comes to losses, seven was sufficient for Chicago Christian.

That was the length of the skid the Knights brought with them into Saturday night’s Suburban Christian Conference contest versus Guerin Prep. The Gators had suffered an earlier setback to Chicago Christian, but Knights coach Kevin Pittman - who was unable to be in attendance then because of two technical fouls called on him one game before that - still felt his club had something to prove.

“We’re better now than we were, even though we haven’t had a lot to show for it,” he said.

Then Christian proceeded to demonstrate to Guerin exactly what Pittman meant. A 15-5 getaway for the Knights put them in command, and a relentless defense kept them there.

The Gators, who committed 13 miscues on their first 16 possessions, ended the evening with a whopping 35 turnovers and wound up on the short end of a 71-57 final. Guerin’s turnover total was the highest amount Christian (8-16, 2-7) had forced in three years, and the hosts net-

ted 18 points off the errors.

“Our kids responded [to the challenge] and we controlled that game throughout,” said Pittman, whose team got up by as many as 26 points at one juncture before the Gators narrowed the gap.

“The game never seemed in doubt. It was a nice thing for our seniors [on Senior Night].”

While Pittman was obviously pleased with the Knights’ show of dominance, he was glad just to see Christian halt its slide, no matter how it happened.

“I would have taken a halfpoint win to break that streak,” Pittman joked. “Those losses can beat you down.”

Trevor Wolterink tossed in 22 points to pace the Knights, while Blaine Wright contributed 16 points, six steals and five assists to the winning cause. Marcus Parker had 11 points and Bradford Fitzpatrick delivered six points and six boards.

Sixteen of Christian’s 24 buckets came directly off assists, and the Knights kept their turnovers to a manageable 15.

“We did a good job of getting ball movement,” Pittman said.

Illiana Christian 64 Chicago Christian 58 While the Knights had a good

turnout on Saturday night, it didn’t equal Friday night’s madhouse in Lansing, where Chicago Christian renewed acquaintances with a longtime rival.

But even with the Vikings’ fans in full voice, the Knights were able to apply an early silencer.

Each of Illiana’s first five possessions ended with a turnover, and Chicago Christian capitalized on three of those mistakes to stake itself to a 6-0 lead.

The Vikings eventually righted themselves, but they still trailed by two at the quarter break and by five points three minutes into the second period.

“Judging from records, I don’t think anybody thought we would go in there and win, except us,” Pittman said. “We talked about increasing our defense, and I think we did that. When your defense leads to offense like that, it can result in tremendous momentum being built.”

Of course, that theory applies to every team, and Illiana soon got its chance to strike. A pair of Knights errors, coupled with a few ill-advised shots, undermined the visitors enough to where they were victimized by a 13-0 Vikings surge during the second stanza.

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Section 2 Thursday, February 27, 2014

The Regional News - The Reporter

The third time’s no charm, either

Bartosh Just when you thought it was safe to re-enter the sports pages...

Getting a few things off my chest, assuming that didn’t include any of the remaining dark hairs on it, has proved cathartic over the past few weeks. Hopefully, the mention of them has helped relieve a little of your own athletics-induced frustration as well.

Of course, I realize that nothing is ever going to change.

Sports in this country — especially when we’re talking about enterprises such as the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball and even the NCAA—are monolithic. So much money is being made off them by team owners, major universities and professional athletes that doing anything to rock the boat that’s sailing on a clear—green revenue stream would constitute fiscal insanity.

Killing the golden goose didn’t even make any sense in Aesop’s day.

But just to feel a bit better for a moment or so, I present the last installment, encompassing letters S-through-Z, of items I wouldn’t at all mind doing without in my sports-watching future. See if you agree.

• Sideline reporters, unless you’re talking about Tony Siragusa, are usually eye candy, which is the primary reason they acquired the gig in the first place. But other than providing visual appeal, the young women serving as sideline reporters don’t bring anything substantive to the table — and when their assignment is in Buffalo, Philadelphia or Green Bay in December, the assets they do have get hidden beneath layers of winter garments.

To be fair, the few men that fill the role of sideline reporter don’t inundate us with valuable information, either. How much insight is any coach going to give when he’s corralled while going to or coming from the halftime locker room? We’re going to hear coachspeak, nothing more, unless San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is being cornered, in which case we’ll be treated to one-and two-word answers that perfectly illustrate his discomfort — and my own — with the entire process.

By the way, I do give props to the various networks for having the wisdom to most often use women instead of men as sideline reporters. No man wants to appear boorish when a female is in the immediate area, so male coaches will at least attempt to answer her questions, no matter how trite, as opposed to simply sprinting past the reporter, which would happen in a mano -a-mano situation.

• TV timeouts are a pain in the posterior, although I admit it’s probably more of a personal grudge being expressed here.

As someone who has attended live events as a print reporter and been forced to deal with tight deadlines, nothing boils the blood more than unnecessary pauses in the action to sell additional insurance, fast food or TV-phone-computer bundles to the viewing audience.

I understand that television brings in the money, but long before TV existed, newspapers and other print outlets were

around to inform the public.

Yet at these same events where electronic media get to essentially run the show, members of the print media are seen as virtual outcasts and deserving of little cooperation from onsite personnel. We’re all doing the same job, but not under anything close to the same conditions.

In short, we’re like pariahs.

Now, I know how members of the Kardashian clan must feel.

• Unshaven faces on athletes are as much a part of today’s postseason scene as champagne spray in winning locker rooms and the piping in of “We Are The Champions” over stadium or arena PA systems. They’ve also become just as cliched.

Baseball players having fuzzy faces is at least somewhat understandable —— it gets pretty chilly in a lot of eastern and Midwestern cities by late October, so a little natural coverage for warmth’s sake makes sense. But hockey players doing the same thing while skating in humid arenas in June is downright silly.

I’m sure part of it stems from the belief that unkempt somehow translates into unpredictable, but come on — we’re not living in the old West, where bathing facilities were sparse.

And even then, who did the unruly bad guys fear most?

Clean-shaven types like Matt Dillon and Hoss Cartwright.

Oh, and one more thing: Can we at least enact a rule that says if a guy is determined to become hirsute that he possesses enough hair follicles to actually grow a full beard?

• Voting, as related to that done by fans, is problematic, too. I’m not referring to the political arena, although given the circus acts found in D.C. and Springfield, Ill., these days, that is plenty worthy of ridicule as well. In this instance, though, I’m talking about voting for allstar teams.

On the surface, this would seem fine —— after all, fans are the ones paying the freight through high ticket prices and the like. However, I sure wish more fans would exercise sound judgment when given the chance to select their favorite athletes for all—star contests.

And therein lies the real issue — in their quest to choose the biggest names, too many fans ignore stats, or other basic facts, such as player health. Case in point: Kobe Bryant, who has played all of six games for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, was picked as one of the Western Conference All-Star starters. But that’s not the dumbest decision ever perpetrated.

No, NHL fans have that distinction. Many years ago, enough of them were enamored of former Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh to select him as the all-star starter in the nets.

This was the same Lindbergh who had died in a car accident well before the voting ended.

• Wild cards are now an accepted part of team sports’ playoffs, but enough is enough.

The most ridiculous is baseball’s recently expanded postseason, where one team in each league is eliminated after just a single contest. I’m sorry, but after

enduring a 162-game regular season, that’s a crazy setup, especially when other series are of the best-of variety.

And, in both baseball and football, how many times have we seen a wild-card entrant evolve into a playoff juggernaut and climb all the way to the top? Yeah, it’s cool watching a so-alled underdog ultimately prevail, but there’s no longer an element of surprise when it occurs.

Regular seasons become a little more meaningless with each wild-card success, and their importance is also lessened by the advancing of so many teams into the NBA and NHL playoffs.

Sixteen qualifiers per sport are way too many.

At this point, regular seasons should be written off completely.

Make all teams eligible for the postseason and let the playoff begin right away. Hey, it’s really no worse than what we have going right now.

• (E)Xpectoration goes along with unshaven faces in that I don’t really care to see it. Luckily, most of the spitting is confined to the baseball diamond, but it’s still disgusting.

Unless a player inadvertently swallows a bug, he doesn’t need to spit. And for goodness sake, TV cameramen should refrain from showing it when it does happen.

(By the way, I know I cheated here with the letter “X,” but “X-rays” are a good thing, and I have no animosity toward Xavier University or former NBA forward Xavier McDaniel.)

• Yapping after plays needs to cease. The trash talking is never appealing, but it’s particularly aggravating when it comes at the end of a rather routine effort. If the action was truly impressive, no words should be necessary.

Besides, isn’t that what professional athletes are paid to do — make the necessary plays?

Like the dreaded end-zone dances, yapping didn’t exist once upon a time. There was undoubtedly conversation that went on between players, but it never became a public spectacle. Too bad we can’t go back in time.

• Zero-to-zero games are an impossibility, of course, but what I’m talking about here are the kind of low-coring contests that are much too scarce in these times. With the exception of basketball, defensive struggles in the other three major sports can be highly entertaining.

I know detractors will point to soccer as proof that a lack of offense is not the way to attract fans, but don’t use Americans’ general disinterest in the sport as a barometer. Instead, consider soccer’s status as the international world’s favorite sport. Can billions of people be wrong?

Well, maybe, but not because they’re accepting of low-coring matchups. Sports leagues have geared their products to showcase flashy offenses, but how much drama is really found in a 9-8 baseball game or 7-5 hockey game? It’s much more thrilling to watch a whoever-blinks-firstfalls-to-defeat encounter, where ace pitchers and red-hot goaltenders control the action.

Now, aren’t you glad I’ve finally run out of letters?

Mustangs put it all together in win over Warriors Evergreen Park saved its best for West—Lincoln-Way West, that is.

Quite often, late-season nonconference games are the ones basketball teams have the most difficulty getting revved up to play.

Squads still in the hunt for league championships likely see Tuesday night matchups as an unwelcomed detour, while struggling programs might consider everything other than rivalry contests a chore.

But for the Mustangs, an encounter with the Warriors may have represented the perfect jumping-off point for a timely surge. Evergreen hit Lincoln-Way West with a more-potent-thanusual offense that was also highly protective of the ball, and the former coupled that with a sturdy defense that made 11 steals.

The combination was highly effective, as evidenced by the Mustangs’ 73-62 triumph. And then just to prove that outcome was no fluke, Evergreen romped past Argo 65-52 in a South Suburban Conference Red contest on Friday night.

The dual victories pushed the Mustangs over .500 and set them

Girls’ basketball roundup

End of the line for Screeching Eagles

By Anthony Nasella

good team. We shocked a bunch of people and we never gave up.”

This time, it really is the Westmont had topped the end.

Eagles twice during the reguThe 2013-14 postseason will lar season, but there would be be forever remembered as a bit- no three-peat, thanks to input tersweet one for the basketball from several Mt. Assisi players. players and coaches at Mt. As- Most noteworthy among them sisi. The sweet part of it is easy were Jess Moriarty (14 points), to figure — by upsetting West- MaryKate Wetzel (nine points, mont last Tuesday in a Class 2A nine rebounds), Kathleen Murphy Harper Sectional semifinal, the (nine points) and Terri Dearth Screeching Eagles advanced far- (10 rebounds). ther into the state playoffs than The Eagles (15-18) snapped a ever before.

23-all tie in the fourth quarter on And even though Seton Acad- Murphy’s three-point play, then emy ended Mt. Assisi’s dream of stretched their lead out on a layup reaching the supersectional round and Wetzel’s short jumper. The for the first time by doling out Lady Sentinels were back within a 45-37 defeat on Thursday, the a deuce when Moriarty finished Eagles would normally have used them off with a pair of 3-point this latest experience to prepare baskets that were responsible for themselves for another run next Mt. Assisi’s clinching 6-1 run. year. But that, of course, is where “The win against Westmont the bitter comes in. was exciting because they had Mt. Assisi will close its doors already beaten us twice this seafor good at the end of the current son,” James said. “They play a 2-3 school year, meaning there’ll be zone [defense], and if our shots no more basketball. Thus, those aren’t falling, we’re not really sure individuals connected with the what to do. So we really worked program must relish the past two hard at beating that. years, when the Eagles claimed “The biggest thing for us was the school’s only two regional Sabrina Miller playing such great championships. defense on their best player. She’s “Our accomplishments are the reason that we won. The girls what really kept my girls from were definitely on a high [after] feeling torn down when we did coming away with the first seclose the sectional championship tional win in school history.” game,” Mt. Assisi coach Kelsey *** James said. “Nobody on the team The Eagles couldn’t keep the ever thought we were going to magic going on Thursday, almake it that far, but the girls though they did put up a fight believed in each other. And that against Seton before succumbing. belief took them a long way.

Wetzel (14 points, five rebounds), “They were happy that they Dearth (10 points, nine rebounds) proved to people that they were a and Moriarty (10 points) were

the mainstays in Mt. Assisi’s attack.

The Eagles held sway by six (24-18) at halftime and led the Lady Sting by as many as eight points before that. However, Seton’s Ebony Bailey came alive over the final two periods, scoring 17 of her game-high 22 points during that span.

A 12-2 surge by the Lady Sting turned momentum their way, but Dearth’s 3-point bucket shaved Mt. Assisi’s deficit to three before Seton responded with a 5-0 run that pretty much decided the issue in its favor.

“The girls were excited about playing Seton,” James said. “We got up in the first half [and] that was like the peak. They were happy to be there.

“The energy dropped after that and Seton all of a sudden made a run on us. We were never too far behind them or ever out of the game, but we lost momentum.

“Against Seton, it was difficult because once they get on a run, the players and fans really get into it — and that’s very difficult to stop because everything is working against you. I think the girls were a little shocked, and it showed.”

Nevertheless, the season was still a memorable one for the Eagles. Dearth and Wetzel provided senior leadership, Miller was the defensive catalyst, Murphy emerged as a solid sophomore performer, and Moriarty was a primary offensive cog.

“Jess was pivotal and I don’t know if she even realizes it,” (Continued on page 3)

Out of the running Losses eliminate Astros from title chase

By Ken Karrson

It was nice while it lasted, and it lasted much longer than many people probably anticipated.

At the beginning of the 2013-14 basketball season, Shepard was not pegged as a contender for top honors in the South Suburban Conference Red. A significant, graduation-induced roster shakeup figured to have the Astros in up for a possible winning reguLincoln-Way West offered only a rebuilding mode, but they refused lar season for the first time since token challenge the remainder of to concede anything.

2008-09. Evergreen (13-12, 3-9) the way, and the Mustangs sealed And not only didn’t Shepard closes out the schedule Friday the deal on their victory with five sink to the bottom half of the against Oak Lawn. charity tosses in the last 56 sec- division, but when it defeated “We said, ‘Let’s get on a roll onds. McClendon, Weathersby and Richards on Feb. 14, it found itand string it together at the right Brown accounted for those. self just one game in arrears of time,’” Mustangs coach Pat FlanFor the evening, Evergreen the front-running Bulldogs with nigan said. “I thought we were clicked on 53 percent of its shots, two weeks to go in the regular pretty smart and we had a good a mark that included a 6-of-18 schedule. week.”

At least one more win was needperformance from behind the arc.

It began with the conquest of The Mustangs dished out 15 as- ed last week to keep hope alive Lincoln-Way West, which was sists, fired away at a season-best until season’s end, but by Saturplaced in full chase mode after 86 percent clip at the line and day morning the Astros were left Evergreen embarked on a 9-0 run were charged with a season-low to ponder only what might have during the second quarter and nine miscues. been. First Eisenhower and then got ahead 24-13. Issac Matthews “What I saw on Tuesday night Reavis pinned SSC Red losses on spearheaded the charge with a was what I thought we were going Shepard, which put it three in 3-point basket, another field goal to do most of the year,” Flan- back of Richards with just one and two free throws. nigan said. “We spend a lot of league encounter remaining.

The Mustangs went dry over time shooting the ball in practice, “In the little picture, we’re disthe final 4 ½ minutes, but were and I thought we had a couple appointed with what happened still ahead by a deuce at the break. kids who could shoot better than last week,” Astros coach Tony They maintained a lead through they were.

Chiuccariello said. “In the big the third frame, although it never “As coaches, we thought we picture, we’re doing a very good grew beyond seven points. were going to be able to put it job of maximizing our talents The Warriors then climbed all together [sometime soon], and and competing in our conference. within 54-53 at the 5:31 mark in every area I thought that was When we’re playing good together of the fourth stanza before Ev- our best-played game as a group - helping each other defensively, ergreen hit the gas once again. we’ve had. It was really fun to willing to take charges, sharing This time, it resulted in an un- watch.” the ball on offense - we’re a pretty interrupted eight-point surge that And, in the coach’s opinion, it good team.” featured input from Matthews, was also somewhat necessary in What prevented that scenario Tony Weathersby, Jacquet Mc- order to vanquish the Warriors. from continuing last week were Clendon and Jordan Brown. dips in a few areas. In its 94-73 (Continued on page 3)

At their best vs. West

By Ken Karrson

Photo by Jeff Vorva

In her final prep game last Thursday, Mother McAuley’s Elizabeth Nye dribbles the ball versus host Oak Lawn in the championship game of a Class 4A regional.

loss to the Cardinals on Tuesday, for example, Shepard (9-14, 6-6) offset solid 51 percent shooting with 28 turnovers, and it allowed Eisenhower to extend 17 of its possessions with offensive rebounds.

The Cards, whose preferred uptempo style created some of the Astros’ issues, raced to a 28-16 first-period advantage and never took their foot off the gas pedal.

Eisenhower, behind 18 3-point baskets, also amassed at least 23 points in each of the middle two frames to shove Shepard into an inescapable hole.

“We played more defenses than I think I’ve ever tried in one game - we went from man to zone to a box-and-1 to a triangle-and-2, but we couldn’t stop their penetration,” Chiuccariello said. “And they were hitting 3s. When they hit their 3s, with their athleticism on the boards, that can be a bad combination.

“They impressed me in the summer and they look very strong.

Eisenhower is playing very good basketball right now.”

Kyle Longfield scored 18 points for the Astros on 8-of-9 shooting, Yakov Witherspoon tossed in 12 points, and Jacob Littleton added a double-double of 11 points and 12 assists. But Shepard, unlike in many past matchups with its District 218 sister school, could never adequately respond to the Cardinals’ high-powered assault.

“Historically, we’ve done well with press breaking and hitting layups and taking care of the ball,” Chiuccariello said. “They’re going to deny the inbounds pass and dare you to throw to your bigs,

but when we break the press the right way, our big men should get layups.”

Longfield’s output and the Astros’ overall accuracy rate from the field indicated some success in that regard, but there was no coping with Eisenhower’s 26-shot edge or the fact it committed 15 fewer miscues.

“You would have thought we’d have had good momentum [after beating Richards], but we’re not playing well right now,” Chiuccariello said. “Defensively, we’re not doing the job.”

Reavis 55 Shepard 41 A date with the Rams in Burbank on Friday offered the Astros no relief, although the latter did enjoy a solid opening period as they racked up 17 points.

However, Shepard couldn’t equal that production over the next two quarters combined, and it sat six points behind Reavis entering the final eight minutes.

The Rams then took the air out of the ball and drew the Astros into a futile game of pursuit.

“They want to play at a deliberate pace,” Chiuccariello said. “It’s definitely a different style of pace and philosophy of basketball [than Eisenhower embraces].”

Making the situation even worse for Shepard was the absence of Darren Cohen. Often the Astros’ No. 2 scorer behind Littleton this season, Cohen sat out Friday’s contest after spraining his wrist in the third quarter against Eisenhower. On top of that, Littleton and Nick Heidinger were rendered somewhat ineffec(Continued on page 3)

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Basketball roundup (Continued from page 2) James said. “When I watched Jess play before she transferred to Mt. Assisi, I knew she was the missing link we needed on offense. Without Jess, there was a lot of pressure on Terri for offense and MaryKate to pick up the rest; [with her], they got to relax and play their game.

“I’m so proud of what these girls accomplished. I’m going to miss coaching this team very much.”

EVERGREEN PARK Seeking a second consecutive regional title, the Lady Mustangs literally had the lights turned out on them in the midst of holding a three-point lead in the closing minutes of last Thursday’s Class 3A Evergreen Park Regional championship game against Bogan.

A power outage that lasted an hour-and-a-half forced the last 2:08 to be played the following night before the Mustangs boys played their Senior Night game.

Fortunately for Evergreen’s females, the 19-hour break revitalized their drive and they not only held on, but added three points in what became a thrilling 52-46 victory.

The triumph, which followed an impressive 57-40 win over Lindblom in last Wednesday’s semifinal, placed the Lady Mustangs (1514) in this past Tuesday’s Solorio Academy Sectional against Philips. The winner will play either Harlan or De La Salle for the championship tonight.

“The kids now believe that they can play with a team like Bogan,” Evergreen coach Bruce Scaduto said. “They have the confidence, and they know that now anything can happen. I realize that they don’t want to lose. They want to keep playing.

“That blackout was definitely weird, but the girls ended up playing better on Friday at 5:30 [because] we added to the lead. We never imagined we would have a 19-hour timeout — imagine sleeping on that.

“But it was great to win the game in front of a packed house that was there for the boys’ game.

It was fun.”

Evergreen also had fun against Lindblom by jumping out to a 17-0 lead and being up by 15 at the first-quarter break. It was 27-7 at halftime and 48-23 after three periods, which enabled Scaduto to play his entire roster.

Megan Pfister led the Lady Mustangs’ attack with 19 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and two steals. Erica Caridine added 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting and three steals, while Nicole Larkin chipped in 10 points.

“I don’t know what it was, but we came out on fire against Lindblom,” Scaduto said. “That 17-0 run set the tone for the game.

“We just came out on fire and we didn’t let up. They couldn’t hit the baskets and we were hitting them. We kept that lead throughout the game, and it was a great game throughout.

“And when Megan gets hot, and you add to that her ball handling, we feed off it. Erica is the fastest player on the team and our best defender. Her quickness really helped suffocate their offense and she had steals at important times. Her hustling led to layups.” *** Evergreen had to rally against Bogan after falling behind 16-7 in the first period. The Lady Mustangs cut their deficit to 23-20 by halftime and went ahead for good at 31-28 by the end of the third quarter.

Larkin led the way with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Zoe Monks added 11 points for Evergreen and Caridine chipped in nine.

“We got down early and we were playing scared,” Scaduto said. “We just weren’t comfortable with what was going on and we weren’t hitting some of the shots. Slowly, we got back into the game. We hit a couple of 3-point baskets in the second quarter and held them to seven [points].

“We went into a matchup zone and stopped them from driving.

They didn’t shoot the best, nowhere close to when they weren’t missing against Queen of Peace, [so] we were able to slow the game down, sit back and tighten things up. [And] we got rebounds.

“It was a great victory and the girls played hard.”

OAK LAWN The Lady Spartans (27-1) had their best week as a basketball program since 2006-07 — the last time they won a regional title — by defeating Lincoln-Way Central 8952 in last Tuesday’s semifinal of the Class 4A Oak Lawn Regional and capping off the week with a 55-48 victory over Mother McAuley in Thursday’s championship game.

Jannah Mahmoud (28 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, two steals), Brianna Markusic (25 points, 13 rebounds, three steals), LaTondra Brooks (14 points, 14 assists, seven steals), Brooke Annerino (nine points) and Kelsey Luckett

The Lady Spartans maintained both their balanced attack and tough defense in the third quarter, which helped them extend their edge to 41-29. Controlling Williams was a big part of Oak Lawn’s second-half strategy, and she delivered just four additional points on the Macs’ behalf.

Nye picked up some of the slack with 14 points after intermission, but that wasn’t enough to crack into the Lady Spartans’ lead.

McAuley did shave its deficit to four points at one juncture of the third quarter, but after a timeout Oak Lawn increased the margin back out to double digits to remain in control.

“This is the first time we have won a regional championship since the 2006-2007 season, and I’m so happy for these girls,” Meyers said. “They deserved to win a regional championship [and] it was great to win it on our home floor.

“We have had great parental and student support all year long.

The gym was packed with parents, students and staff members, and that support means so much in big games like this.”

Williams finished with 14 points and eight rebounds for the Macs, who went 19-of-60 from the field.

McAuley made good on 5-of-21 3-point attempts.

MOTHER MCAULEY The Macs earned their berth in the regional final by taking down Stagg, 58-44, last Wednesday.

Nye tossed in 21 points and passed out six assists to pace McAuley (18-9), while Erin Drynan pitched in with 18 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. The Macs got up 16-7 in the opening quarter and held a healthy 30-16 lead at intermission, as they were able to do a great deal of inside scoring against what Lady Chargers coach Bill Turner felt was sub-par defense by his team.

“We talked about [having] better execution on offense, and we made some defensive adjustments and [increased] pressure with our game plan,” Turner said.

“As a result, things began to turn around midway through the third quarter.”

Stagg outscored the Macs 2113 over that eight-minute stretch and were within 43-37 during the fourth frame. Casey McMahon (15 points, five rebounds) caught fire from the outside, and her four 3point hoops were a large part of the Lady Chargers’ revival. Alex Abed (eight points) and Noor Elmosa combined to give Stagg three more long-range buckets in the second half.

Making life a little easier for the Lady Chargers’ perimeter shooters was Hannah Henderson’s willingness to drive to the basket. Henderson (11 points, five rebounds, five assists) contributed a 7-of-8 display at the line during Stagg’s rally.

With her team’s season suddenly on the brink, Nye stepped forward to calmly sink some critical free throws for McAuley and lock up a hard-fought victory.

“I think we ran out of gas making that comeback and found Brooks (15 points, three steals), ourselves having to foul down the Mahmoud (13 points, nine restretch,” Turner said. “McAuley bounds), Annerino (10 points, made all six free throws in the two steals) and Markusic (eight fourth quarter to put the game out points) all continued their solid of reach, [but] I was very pleased play on Thursday, which laid with our effort in mounting that the groundwork for Oak Lawn’s furious comeback. regional-clinching triumph over “We had great leadership McAuley. The Lady Spartans [from McMahon and Henderson] met Marist this past Tuesday in throughout the game and the seaa Bloom Sectional semifinal. son. The effort and attitude of the With little time separating the entire team was just outstanding. regional semifinal and title conI am really proud of them.” tests, Meyers admitted Oak Lawn The Lady Chargers finished didn’t do a great deal of preparathe season at 15-12 overall and tion for the Mighty Macs. It mostly 8-6 in the SouthWest Suburban consisted of watching McAuley Conference Blue. McMahon and play against Stagg and a bit of Henderson were both chosen for film study prior to Thursday’s the all-conference squad, and pregame walk-through.

Stagg won the “Sportsmanship What helped was all the work Award” that is voted on by all that had gone into getting ready of the league’s coaches. for Lincoln-Way Central.

McMahon also finished as “They were a fast team and they Stagg’s all-time leader, for both had some good 3-point shooters,” boys and girls, in every category Meyers said of the Macs. “We were related to 3-point shooting. She able to handle their man-to-man sank 222 3-point baskets in her defensive pressure, and we did a prep career and holds both the great job of forcing their guards single-season and single-game to shoot the 3-point shot under records with 87 and eight, repressure and with hands in their spectively. face.

“They didn’t have a good night STAGG shooting, and I think our defense Before running afoul of McAucontributed to it.” ley, the Lady Chargers downed To be sure, that defense helped Eisenhower 56-29 in last Monthe Lady Spartans build a 14- day’s play-in game.

7 first-quarter lead, which was Three McMahon long balls were created in part by Mahmoud’s at the heart of Stagg’s 21-10 getthree-quarter-court, buzzer-beat- away, which became a 28-19 lead ing shot. by halftime. She continued hav“That [shot] was a big boost for ing a hot hand in the second half us,” Meyers said. “The crowd went and finished with seven 3s, which nuts and so did our girls.” allowed her to total a game-high Meanwhile, Oak Lawn was able 23 points to go along with nine to neutralize the explosive play of rebounds and five steals.

McAuley’s Elizabeth Nye, holdMaking McMahon more efing her to just two points before fective was junior forward Mia halftime.

DiGiacomo, who forced the Lady “Nye is a good player and Cardinals’ defense to have to pay couldn’t be contained that way closer attention to her after halfall game, but I think it took them time. She ended the evening with out of their game in the first half,” 12 points, six rebounds and three Meyers said. steals.

Jasma Williams hurt the Lady With additional help from ElSpartans in the post in the sec- mosa (seven points, four assists) ond period, scoring eight points and Henderson (six points, six for the Macs, and Erin O’Malley rebounds, five steals, three assists) added six from the perimeter. also being a factor, the Lady CharBut with all five of its starters gers ballooned their advantage to scoring in the frame, Oak Lawn an insurmountable 43-25 by the withstood McAuley’s noisemak- third-period stop. ing and carried a 28-20 lead into “I thought we played really well the break. on the defensive end,” Turner (five points, six rebounds) all lent a hand for the Lady Spartans in their rout of the Lady Knights, who play the Grinnell College style of basketball. That mainly consists of full substitutions every 45 seconds or so, constant pressing and trapping everywhere on the court, and a partiality for launching 3-point shots while on offense.

Despite facing a unique challenge, Oak Lawn was equal to the task as it owned a 12-point lead after one quarter and 17-point edge at halftime.

“We had spent a lot of time preparing for Lincoln-Way Central, and it paid off,” Lady Spartans coach Janet Meyers said. “We had done a lot of 7-on-5 [work] during practice to simulate their press and to force us to move on defense to pressure their 3-point shooters.

We did a great job handling their press, and we scored easily and often against it.

“We had put in a new press breaker and reviewed all of our press breakers, but for the most part we broke the press using the press breaker we used all year long. The girls did a great job.”

Getting the ball to Brooks and Annerino was the key for Oak Lawn, as both players were able to consistently take it the length of the floor and distribute it. Brooks was especially effective on offense as she displayed some moves that had the Lady Knights’ defense out of sync, and her 14 assists represented a single-game school record.

Markusic was waiting under the basket for several of those passes and scored 12 of her points in the opening stanza. Brooks added eight as the Lady Spartans amassed 25 points in all over those eight minutes. Eight points from Mahmoud then enabled Oak Lawn to construct a comfortable 44-27 halftime advantage.

“Lincoln-Way Central continued to put the pressure on, even though we were scoring layups off the press and the fast break,” Meyers said. “We [also] did a great job defending the 3-point line.

Brooke Annerino, Kelsey Luckett and LaTondra Brooks worked hard on the perimeter.”

Overall, the Lady Spartans held the Lady Knights to 11 3s, which were the main ingredients in the latter’s 52-point output.

“That may seem like a lot of points, but they have been scoring 60-to-90 points a game and making 15-plus 3-point shots,” Meyers said. “I was really proud of my girls and their effort. They have been working hard all year and it showed against Lincoln-Way Central.

“We have never let them get overconfident — we have worked them hard in every practice, even though we were winning. They appreciated it after this game. They were in great physical shape, and it showed.

“We played eight girls for the majority of the game, and they went hard and fast for all four quarters.” ***

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Oak Lawn’s Brooke Annerino grimaces as she goes in for a layup against Mother McAuley during last Thursday’s regional title contest. said. “We forced 22 turnovers, grabbed 16 steals and blocked seven shots. That pressure allowed us to get into our transition game and really push the ball up the court.

“This team is at its best when we can get up and down the court, using our speed.”

RICHARDS The Lady Bulldogs opened state tournament play with a 64-34 victory over Shepard last Tuesday in a semifinal of the Class 4A Sandburg Regional. Richards’ postseason stay was short, though, as Marian Catholic eliminated the Lady Bulldogs the next night by a 51-15 count.

Richards jumped out to a 20-9 first-quarter lead versus the Lady Astros and was never headed. The edge grew to 21 points at halftime and 30 after three stanzas.

“The girls came out energized and played one of their most complete games of the year,” Lady Bulldogs coach Jeff Kortz said. “I was very proud of how hard they worked last week getting ready for this game, and it showed. Balanced scoring was a key.

“I’m very, very proud of my team.”

Sydni Tears led a trio of doublefigure scorers for Richards with 18 points. She also grabbed four rebounds. Others chipping in were Christina Kwartnik (11 points, four rebounds), Carly Stazak (10 points, three steals), Taylor Sonichsen (nine points, nine assists) and Brianna Kuchenny (nine points, seven rebounds). *** The Lady Bulldogs ran into a juggernaut on Wednesday and

fell behind 26-5 after Marian embarked on a 15-0 tear during the second quarter. And things only got worse for Richards, as it was down 45-7 heading into the final frame.

Tears paced the Lady Bulldogs with 10 points and nine rebounds, but it was nowhere near enough for Richards (14-12) to survive and move on. The loss snapped a seven-game win streak for the Lady Bulldogs.

“The Lady Spartans from Marian are very, very tough,” Kortz said.

“They play great team defense and trap and cause chaos on defense.

“I can see what all the hype is about. We got into bad spots and they made us pay, [but] I’m very, very proud of my five seniors: Taylor Sonichsen, Christina Kwartnik, Carly Stazak, Anita Robinson and Alfredia Crawford.”

MARIST After stumbling into the postseason, the Lady RedHawks shook off those late-regular-season setbacks well enough to capture the Class 4A TF North Regional championship last Wednesday.

Marist (13-15) beat the host Lady Meteors 67-41 for the crown. It opened the playoffs by tripping up TF South, 55-45, on Tuesday.

Brooke Wyderski and Katelyn Rosner scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, to boost the Lady RedHawks past the Lady Rebels. Wyderski was even better opposite TF North as she erupted for a game-high 31 points. Tehya Fortune backed her with 17 markers.

The Lady Meteors’ appearance in the title contest was

likely made possible by the IHSA, which banned heavily favored Homewood-Flossmoor from the tournament because of alleged infractions regarding offseason practices.

SANDBURG The Lady Eagles reached the championship game of their own Class 4A regional by defeating Crete-Monee 53-49 last Wednesday, but they then fell well short of Marian Catholic on Thursday as the Lady Spartans cruised to a 58-25 win.

Sam Youngwirth notched 23 points and Julia Ruzevich added 16 for Sandburg in the semifinal, and Youngwirth struck for 13 more against Marian. Six of those points were part of an early 8-0 run that briefly gave Sandburg hope for a better outcome.

However, the Lady Spartans were able to get up 14-12 and later closed out the first half with a 14-5 spurt.

QUEEN OF PEACE The Pride captured their second game of the season last Tuesday night by ushering in their playoff appearance with a 40-16 victory over Noble Street in the Class 3A Evergreen Park Regional.

Jelyn Chua (seven points) and Samantha Serrano (six) led Queen of Peace, which suffered a seasonending 72-27 loss to Bogan on Wednesday. Chau again led the Pride (2-27) with seven points.

CHICAGO CHRISTIAN The Lady Knights were eliminated from Class 3A tournament play last Monday as Julian handed down a 55-32 defeat. Abby Bulthuis paced Chicago Christian (9-17) with 20 points.

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place, Flannigan issued a warning to his guys.

“I said, ‘At times, you’re going to play with excitement, but don’t let it get out of hand,’” he said.

The Mustangs didn’t, but they were also unable to duplicate their exhibition from three nights earlier. Evergreen’s fieldgoal percentage dropped to 39, it sank just 65 percent of its free throws, and it eventually had to deal with the loss of Matthews to an ankle injury.

With Oladejo experiencing foul trouble as well, the Mustangs were forced to tinker with their operation. Among the adjustments was having forwards McClendon and Weathersby occasionally bring the ball upcourt.

“We do dribble drills every day [in practice],” Flannigan said, “and this is why we have everyone dribble the ball.”

Still, Evergreen couldn’t stop Argo from inching in front during the third period. But the Mustangs soon regained the advantage, and when Joe Moran knocked in a 3-pointer off an inbounds play to end the quarter, the hosts had reestablished a double-digit cushion for themselves.

“We didn’t score in the first three or four minutes [of the third frame] and we were thinking it could get bad,” Flannigan said.

“We could get down and our spirits would be low, but we’ve never re-

ally laid down at home in my three years [as head coach]. We always play pretty well at home, and we said we should be playing for each other [on Senior Night].”

Weathersby finished with a double-double for Evergreen, and he complemented his 16 points and 10 rebounds with three assists.

Oladejo (13 points, four steals, three assists), Matthews (11 points, four steals) and McClendon (nine points, eight rebounds, three assists) were the Mustangs’ other mainstays.

(Continued from page 2) “They have two kids who are [among the players] leading the area in scoring, so we needed to be good,” Flannigan said. “They’re a quality opponent, for sure, but we looked sharp. We didn’t have that lull like we did on most nights [this season].”

Matthews erupted for 28 points to pace Evergreen and also collected six rebounds. Weathersby (14 points, eight rebounds) and Brown (11 points) scored in double figures as well, while McClendon (seven points, four assists) and Tobi Oladejo (six points, three steals) were other key individuals.

Evergreen Park 65 Argo 52 In front of a home crowd Flannigan estimated as the biggest of the year, the Mustangs continued traveling the high road Friday night as they defeated the Argonauts.

In addition to celebrating Senior Night, Evergreen also conducted a “Whiteout” promotion that raised over $500 for Samaritan Feet, an organization that donates shoes to needy children throughout the world. A number of shoe donations were also made.

With all the activities taking

Astros (Continued from page 2) tive for stretches of the first half by three fouls apiece.

Littleton still finished with 17 points, but no one else registered more than six. Longfield had 12 rebounds. Reavis, however, was superior on the glass (32-26), passed out eight more assists (15-7) and shot 11 percent better (44-33) than Shepard from the floor.

“We tried to address the [concept of a] losing hangover [from Tuesday], but unfortunately I thought we had it,” Chiuccariello said. “We didn’t have the energy necessary [to deal effectively with the Rams].”

Shepard wraps up its regular

schedule this week versus Plainfield Central and Argo, the latter of which visits Palos Heights on Friday. The Astros will host their own Class 4A regional beginning Monday, when they tangle with Hubbard.

Statistics Lincoln-Way West 10 15 20 17 - 62 Evergreen Park 15 12 22 24 - 73 Evergreen Park Scoring: Matthews 28, Weathersby 14, Brown 11, McClendon 7, Oladejo 6, Cheatham 4, Hughes 3.

Rebounds: Weathersby 8, Matthews 6.

Assists: McClendon 4. Steals: Oladejo 3.

Argo 14 10 11 17 - 52 Evergreen Park 16 15 15 19 - 65 Evergreen Park Scoring: Weathersby 16, Oladejo 13, Matthews 11, McClendon 9, Moran 7, Hughes 6, Cheatham 3. Rebounds: Weathersby 10, McClendon 8, Brown 7. Assists: Brown 3, McClendon 3, Oladejo 3, Weathersby 3. Steals: Matthews 4, Oladejo 4.

On the edge... and right on target!

Statistics Shepard 16 18 20 19 - 73 Eisenhower 28 24 23 19 - 94 Shepard Scoring: Longfield 18, Witherspoon 12, Littleton 11, Haxel 8, Cohen 7, Gorski 7, Heidinger 6, Lawson 2, Ogungbemi 2. Rebounds: Heidinger 8.

Assists: Littleton 12.

Shepard 17 5 8 11 - 41 Reavis 11 14 11 19 - 55 Shepard Scoring: Littleton 17, Heidinger 6, Longfield 5, Witherspoon 4, Gorski 3, Haxel 3, Ogungbemi 3. Rebounds: Longfield 12. Assists: Littleton 2.

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Community sports news Marist breezes to pair of basketball victories Boy, that was easy.

Marist basketball coach Gene Nolan probably wouldn’t utter such a statement, but there was no denying the RedHawks’ dominance in a pair of games last week, one of which was an East Suburban Catholic Conference contest.

First up for Marist was Hubbard, which went down hard on Tuesday. Spurring the RedHawks’ resounding 76-30 triumph were Jeremiah Ferguson and Nic Weishar, who tallied 14 and 13 points, respectively. Ferguson struck again on Friday, as his 18 points represented Marist’s top individual scoring effort in a 47-28 romp past Notre Dame.

Kevin Lerma added 12 points in the latter game for the RedHawks (18-8, 4-3), who played St. Viator this past Wednesday and complete their regular-season schedule tonight versus Chicago Agricultural Science.

Trinity Christian to conduct youth soccer league

Trinity Christian College’s Allie Paluchniak looks for an open teammate to pass to during Saturday afternoon’s 61-43 loss to St. Xavier University. The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference game completed the Trolls’ 2013-14 season.

Trinity Christian College will once again conduct a soccer league for youngsters in grades K-5 on Saturday mornings, beginning March 8 and running through May 10.

The program, which will be directed by Trolls soccer coaches Jose Dominguez and Josh Lenarz, costs $85 per player. The price includes a T-shirt, socks and shorts.

For more information, contact Emily Bosscher at 239-4779 or emily.bosscher@trnty.edu.

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Trolls men miss out on CCAC tourney

By Tim Cronin Even after last week’s 77-73 loss to Judson University, there was hope for Trinity Christian College’s men’s basketball team.

The Trolls needed to beat St. Xavier University, the powerhouse from Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood, to gain the final berth in this week’s Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.

It was not to be, however.

The Trolls played a tremendous defensive game on Saturday, but failed to get the offense they needed, thanks to the defense played by the NAIA Division II No. 7ranked Cougars. The outcome, a 70-62 victory for SXU, ended Trinity’s season at 9-21 overall, 5-14 in league play.

The cat-and-mouse affair found the Trolls trailing just 57-53 with 6:26 left, thanks to a pair of Joe Hehir free throws, but that climaxed a comeback from a 14-point deficit. The Cougars ran away from there to put the contest on ice, never letting the lead shrink to less than six points.

Cody Rhorer’s 10 points paced Trinity, but that was trumped by four SXU players in double figures.

Jack Krieger and Brad Karp tossed in 16 points apiece, the latter adding 13 rebounds as well.

The matchup with the Cougars was a must-win game for the Trolls because they dropped a road contest last Wednesday to Judson after a fierce battle. In the final three minutes, Trinity pulled to within four points twice, and then to within two on Jared Jones’ basket with 16 seconds to go.

But that was the end of the rally,

even though the Trolls’ 47 percent shooting trumped Judson’s 42 percent aim.

Jones led Trinity with 21 points, while Jake Van Den Berg scored 15 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Ezekiel Odonkor added 10 points.

The Trolls lost six of their last nine games, including their final three, after a midseason rally in which they won four of six. The JV squad went 0-14. *** • Statistics: 9-21 overall, 5-14 CCAC, 5-7 home, 4-11 away, 0-3 neutral. Leaders: Jared Jones 17.3 ppg., 28 steals; Jake Van Den Berg, 7.6 rpg.; Evan Pratt 73 assists; Ezekiel Odonkor 23 blocks.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL There were glimmers of hope this season, such as an improvement in competitiveness, but in the end the Trolls simply didn’t have enough players who could make a difference when it counted.

Four straight losses to conclude the 2013-14 campaign and nine defeats in the last 10 games sent Trinity to the sidelines with a 7-22 overall record and 3-15 CCAC ledger. Last season, the Trolls won just three games in all, so the trend is up, but it’s a slow climb.

The finale was Saturday’s 6143 loss to St. Xavier University, a contest Trinity led early. The Trolls were powerless to stop the Cougars, however, when the latter embarked on a scoring splurge that reached 18-2 before Trinity could muster a comprehensive response.

Given that SXU ranks fifth in NAIA Division II, holding it to

61 points was a decent defensive performance. But, as has been the case for two seasons, the Trolls couldn’t shoot straight as they fired away at only a 30 percent clip.

Caitlin Cody’s 15-point showing led Trinity, with Allie Paluchniak’s 13 points next in line and Erynn Schuh’s 11 rebounds pacing the Trolls in that category.

Cody added eight boards.

The loss to the Cougars was preceded by a 63-49 defeat at Judson in which Trinity posted its worst shooting of the year - 19 percent — in a game that, with the Eagles shooting just 30 percent themselves, was there for the taking.

Bad shooting leads to plenty of rebounds, and the Trolls had 47, with Schuh pulling down 12 and Rebecca DeHaan 11. Brooke Bambrick’s 15 points paced Trinity’s scoring. *** • Statistics: 7-22 overall, 3-15 CCAC, 3-8 home, 3-12 away, 1-2 neutral. Leaders: Caitlin Cody 13.2 ppg., 8.0 rpg; Allie Paluchniak 58 assists, 36 steals; Brooke Bambrick 21 blocks.

Queen of Peace will host a candlelight bowl on Friday, Feb. 28, at Arena Lanes Bowling Center in Oak Lawn and conduct a softball clinic on Saturday, March 1, at the school.

The bowling event, which will run from 10 p.m.-midnight, is open to individuals aged 21 and over. The cost is $25 per person, and includes unlimited bowling during the two-hour span, shoe rental, pizza and pop. Proceeds will benefit the Peace athletic department and help offset equip-

ment and travel costs, officials fees and other sports-related expenses.

The softball clinic, which is open to girls in grades 4-7 and 8th-graders who have already taken the Queen of Peace entrance exam, will be led by incoming Pride coach Erin Sullivan and focus on the fundamentals of pitching, hitting, fielding and baserunning.

The cost to register is $10, and includes a T-shirt.

To register online for either activity, visit http:// queenofpeacehs,org/events.

Openings for Diamond in the Rough

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Illinois Hoopla sets March tryout dates

Illinois Hoopla Basketball will conduct tryouts for youngsters in grades 3-12 on March 2 and 8.

For more details, visit www.illinoishoopla.com or call Mike at (815) 212-3558.

Department to offer sports classes

The Palos Park Recreation Department will be offering two sports-related programs in the weeks ahead.

Little Pint Hoopsters will introduce children to the game of basketball or help players get to the next skill level. Along with the basic skills of dribbling, passing, shooting and defense, the program will instruct participants in the Midwest Elite looking importance of teamwork in game situations. for softball players Also scheduled is Super Sports, Midwest Elite Diamond 19-andover women’s fast-pitch softball which is designed to create interclub is looking for college-rostered est in a variety of sports, including players to compete in the sum- basketball, hockey, soccer, baseball and football, and develop the mer of 2014.

The team will play in four local concepts of teamwork and sportstournaments — including nation- manship. The program is open to als — and two round-robin events. youngsters aged 3-6.

The cost for each class is $50 All positions will be considered, but specific needs include pitcher, for Palos Park residents, $61.25 catcher and infield/slapper. No for residents of unincorporated Palos Park and $70 for non-resipractices are required.

For more information, con- dents. For more information, call tact Bill Lammel at 289-3438 or 671-3760. ditrfp73@aol.com.

Diamond in the Rough fastpitch softball has player openings in its girls’ windmill pitching, beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

For more information, call Bill Lammel at 289-3438 or email ditrfp73@aol.com.

NAYS hoops tourneys coming to south suburbs

North American Youth Sports will conduct basketball tournaments in South Holland and Joliet during the month of March.

The South Holland event will be held March 14-16 at South Suburban College. The cost is $160 per team with a three-game minimum and the deadline to register is Feb. 21.

The Joliet tourney will run March 28-30 at the University of St. Francis’ Pat Sullivan Center

South Side Shooters conducting tryouts

South Side Shooters Girls Basketball will hold tryouts for its spring season today, from 6:308 p.m. each day at Stagg High School.

The session is open to girls in grades 3-11. Those trying out must bring a ball with them. The South Side Shooters’ season will run from March-May. For more information, call Gary Ferguson at (630) 935-1150 or visit www.shootersbball.com.Palos Park Recreation

TRACK & FIELD The numbers continue to get better for Trolls runners.

Last Saturday’s National Christian College Athletic Association Indoor Championship at Olivet Nazarene included a new qualifier for this Saturday’s NAIA meet in Geneva, Ohio, and five more school records, all set by members of Trinity’s women’s team.

Submitted photo The latest national qualifier was mile runner Ashley Jourdan. Her time of 5 minutes, 13.51 seconds placed her fourth in that event and established a program standard in St. Patricia’s 6th-grade girls’ volleyball team won its third tournament title in recent weeks when addition to advancing her to Geneva. it finished first at Marist’s Valentine event. The championship followed ones St. Pat’s earned at Mt. School records were also registered Assisi and St. George’s MLK Day tourney.

by Anna Bos in the 5,000-meter run — her clocking of 17:32.61 knocked 30 seconds off the previous standard while she finished second -- the 1,600-relay squad, the distance-medley relay team and Courtney Kalous in the 800.

Kalous finished sixth in the latter race, completing it in 2:21.34, and was also part of both relay units. Justine Van Dyk, Jessica Disselkoen and Jourdan joined Kalous in the distance-medley event, where the quartet recorded a school-best time of 12:31.34, and then Kalous, Jourdan, Van Dyk and Brooke Hamilton teamed up to go 4:10.71 in the 1,600-relay and place 10th.

Andy Reidsma scored the best men’s finish, taking second in the 3,000 in 8:38.36. That clocking Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) put Reidsma under the NAIA Every day that you’re outside, you’re exposed to dangerous, but invisible, ultraviolet (UV) standard for the second time sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage sunlight. Left unprotected, prolonged exposure to UV radiation can seriously damage this winter. the eye, leading to cataracts, skin cancer around the eyelid and other eye disorders.

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Trinity Christian College’s Ezekiel Odonkor saves a ball from going out of bounds Saturday against St. Xavier University. The Trolls dropped a 70-62 decision to the Cougars.

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Cougars the top NAIA finisher at track meet St. Xavier University didn’t win the Chicagoland Championships, but no other NAIA men’s track program could surpass the Cougars’ performance.

At a meet featuring schools from all three divisions of the NCAA as well as the NAIA, SXU placed sixth overall in a 17-squad field at North Central College.

That represented the Cougars’ highest team finish ever.

Highlighting SXU’s exhibition on Feb. 15 were Brian Corcoran, Shane Kenney and Janis Pastars, who occupied the top three positions in the 1,000-meter run.

Both Corcoran (2 minutes, 33.22 seconds) and Kenney (2:33.58) ran national-qualifying times, while Pastars clocked a 2:36.48 in taking third. Pastars did post a qualifying time in the mile run, where his 4:17.34 effort was good for fifth place overall.

Also turning in solid showings on the Cougars’ behalf were John Stancato (fourth in the 200-dash in 22.73; fifth in the 60 in 7.11), Matt Krakowski (51.18 in the 400) and Rexford Wiafe (ninth in the 800 in 1:57.93). Wiafe’s clocking was just off the national-qualifying mark.

“Overall, this was the best meet that we have had as a team,” SXU coach Ed McAllister said. “The three qualifiers all performed splendidly. We have three more who are very close to reaching the national-qualifying standard, and I feel that each of them have the potential to make it to nationals as well.”

The NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships will be held March 6-8 at Newark, Ohio.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Senior outside hitter Justin Cousin was an unstoppable force along the net, as he posted a team-best 12 kills and .379 attack percentage to lead the Cougars past Robert Morris University in a Great Lakes Division encounter Friday night at the Shannon Center.

SXU (2-10, 2-3) swept the Eagles in straight sets, 28-26, 30-28, 25-17. As a team, the Cougars totaled 36 kills while committing just 13 hitting errors, which gave them a .247 attack percentage for the match, one of their best showings of the season.

Sophomore middle blocker Sam Kull backed Cousin with eight kills and three assisted blocks, while freshman outside hitter Sean Barry contributed seven kills. Also lending a hand were freshman setter Moises Lopez (30 assists, nine digs) and senior middle blocker J.T. O’Connell (seven blocks, including three solos, four kills).

O’Connell’s kills total pushed him past the 400 mark for his career. He is only the fourth SXU men’s volleyball player to reach that level.

The Cougars faced No. 6-ranked Clarke University this past Tuesday in Dubuque, Iowa.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Still perfect.

That may not have described the NAIA Division II No. 7-ranked Cougars’ performance Saturday in Palos Heights, but the words accurately summed up the latest storyline involving SXU and Trinity Christian College. The Trolls stayed close to their area rival on the scoreboard, but could never

overtake them, a scenario that’s become all too familiar to those individuals within the Trinity hoops program.

The Cougars’ 70-62 triumph over the Trolls in a regular-season-ending Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference contest kept them unbeaten against Trinity during Tom O’Malley’s 17-year tenure at SXU. The Cougars defeated the Trolls once before this winter, but O’Malley wasn’t surprised his guys had their hands full in the rematch.

“They were not operating and executing their offense as well as they do now,” he said of Trinity.

“They have six or seven players who do the same [kind of] things and they’ve gotten comfortable in their roles.

“I give [Trolls coach] Brandon [Nicol] a whole lot of credit because they played really well.

Hopefully, they don’t get crazy over there and think he’s not doing a good job.

“In fairness to Trinity Christian, they finished with five [conference] wins, but they had to play us, Robert Morris and [topranked] Cardinal Stritch twice.

Six wins on the other side got teams in [to the CCAC Tournament], so being in the North Division didn’t help them any.”

The Trolls, who pushed Stritch to overtime recently, are known for their shooting prowess. In particular, freshman Jared Jones has been an integral part of Trinity’s offense, but the trio of Jack Krieger, Michael Simpson and Kyle Huppe took turns hounding Jones defensively.

“Jones has been shooting lightsout — about 47 percent from 3[point territory],” O’Malley said.

“But he didn’t get a lot of good looks. We played pretty good defense on Wednesday and Saturday.”

Still, the Trolls held an early lead before SXU (26-4, 16-3) used a 14-3 run to go up 21-15.

The Cougars were ahead 34-26 at intermission, then outscored Trinity 14-7 at the outset of the second half.

Krieger’s 3-pointer capped the blitz at the 13:28 mark. He and Brad Karp both tallied 16 points for SXU, and the duo combined to haul in 22 rebounds. Krieger also made four steals.

Other contributors included Simpson and Josh Mawhorr, who notched 13 and 11 points, respectively.

The Trolls weren’t going away quietly, however, and drew as close as four points before the Cougars beat back the challenge. O’Malley admitted SXU “snuck by Trinity,” but he didn’t believe his own squad’s long stretch of success versus the Trolls factored into the closeness of the final score.

“What we try to do as much as we can is say the past is past,” O’Malley said. “The next game is the most important one.”

For the Cougars, that next game took place this past Wednesday, when they tangled with the University of St. Francis in the CCAC Tournament. While SXU doesn’t need to finish first in the tourney in order to receive a bid to the NAIA’s national event, O’Malley would prefer seeing his athletes treat the conference tournament as a must-win proposition.

“You want to get as high a seeding as you can for the NAIA

[tourney],” he said. “I don’t really pay much attention to that, though, because everybody who gets in the tournament is pretty good.”

That obviously includes the Cougars.

“We’ve won 20 of our last 22, so you’ve got to give [our players] credit to have maintained the equilibrium to do that,” O’Malley said. “We haven’t been shooting the ball well lately, but we’ve got to look at the positives as well as the negatives. If anybody had St. Xavier going 26-4 at the beginning of the year, I’d have said that’s a good season.” *** In their final regular-season home game, the Cougars brushed aside Roosevelt University 90-76 last Wednesday at the Shannon Center. Karp’s double-double of 29 points and 10 rebounds paced SXU. Karp, who is the Cougars’ career scoring leader, moved up to the No. 5 position among all Illinois collegians in history. In addition to his 2,777 points, Karp surpassed the 1,000 plateau in rebounding with his effort versus the Lakers.

Four other players also chipped in measurably to a robust SXU attack. Krieger (16 points, six assists), Simpson (15 points, five rebounds, five assists), Tony Core (14 points, four rebounds) and Mawhorr (10 points) helped the Cougars post a field-goal percentage of 52 and, even more impressively, commit only three turnovers in 40 minutes.

Karp’s three-point play culminated a 9-0 run that staked SXU to a 20-10 advantage with nine minutes left in the opening half, and the hosts were ahead by seven at the break. That 40-33 lead steadily grew after play resumed, and the Cougars put Roosevelt in arrears by as many as 20 points during the second half.

“Roosevelt might be a little more talented overall than Trinity Christian,” O’Malley said. “They have three kids who are all-conference types, but we played a little bit better than we did on Saturday.” —Ken Karrson WOMEN’S BASKETBALL In summarizing the regularseason performance of his team, Cougars coach Bob Hallberg described SXU’s 26-4 overall record and 16-2 mark in CCAC play as a great achievement. He was especially happy that his team’s only losses to date have been administered by opponents found among the top 25 in NAIA Division II. The No. 5-ranked Cougars finished out their schedule in strong fashion, particularly on defense, as they defeated Roosevelt University 64-56 at home last Wednesday and Trinity Christian 61-43 on the road on Saturday. SXU opened play in the CCAC Tournament this past Wednesday versus the winner of Monday’s Calumet College of St. Joseph-University of St. Francis play-in game.

“When you look at a 30-game schedule and you think that we could be good this year and have the talent to do something — 26-4 is a quite an accomplishment for these girls,” Hallberg said. “We’re ranked No. 5 and might have a chance to move up. It’s been a great year, especially because we played our whole basketball season without making a mistake.

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“We didn’t get beat by a team by upset. To play the whole season and not make a mistake [like that] is a great accomplishment. Now, we’re on to the second half of the season — the conference tournament and, next [week], the NAIA Division II national tournament in Sioux City, Iowa.”

In the Cougars’ win over Roosevelt at the Shannon Center, junior forward Morgan Stuut had the hot hand as she logged her 22nd double-double of the season with 21 points and 14 rebounds.

She also had four blocks.

Prior to the game, SXU honored its five senior team members: guards Jordan Brandt and Niara Harris, forwards Chrissy Heine and Dana Sibley, and student assistant Ashley Reeves. Harris also had a solid night for the Cougars by chipping in 12 points and three rebounds. Junior guard Suzie Broski added eight points and six boards.

SXU was tough defensively throughout the game, limiting the visiting Lakers to just 29 percent shooting from the field and forcing 21 Roosevelt turnovers, 11 of which resulted from steals. The Cougars tallied 15 points off Lakers miscues.

Nevertheless, Roosevelt held a 13-10 edge midway through the opening half before SXU ran off 11 unanswered points. Harris accounted for six of those.

The Cougars took a 29-22 lead into the break and continued to be the aggressor when play resumed. Their advantage grew as big as 14 points in the second half before the Lakers made some late noise.

Roosevelt drew within six in the final two minutes, but free throws

by Harris and Brandt helped put away the visitors for good.

“Roosevelt is a high-scoring team,” Hallberg said. “We held them to 22 points in the first half and 29 percent shooting for the game. We did a nice job despite struggling a little bit offensively.” *** Three SXU players scored in double figures in the victory over Trinity Christian: Stutt provided 16 points, seven rebounds five steals and three assists, Broski had 14 points and Brandt tossed in 11. Another key performer was redshirt freshman Sidney Prasse, who finished with eight points and three rebounds.

In what has become a recent trend, the Cougars used tough defense to aid in the triumph.

SXU limited the Trolls to a 30 percent success rate from the floor and caused 28 turnovers, a dozen of which were produced on steals.

The Cougars got off to an uncharacteristically slow start, falling behind 6-0 before junior forward Margaret Wildner hit a layup almost six minutes into the opening half. Brandt’s 3-pointer then sparked a 15-2 SXU tear that gave the visitors a doubledigit lead with five minutes remaining.

The Cougars were up 30-16 at halftime and extended that edge all the way up to 25 points with 6 1/2 minutes to play on Broski’s layup.

“We had a nice performance defensively against Trinity despite another slow start,” Hallberg said.

“We didn’t score points in the first

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Brian Corcoran, the top runner for St. Xavier University’s cross country team last fall, took first for the Cougars track squad in the 1,000-meter run at the Chicagoland Championships. The Brother Rice grad’s time was good enough to earn him a spot in next month’s NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships. five minutes, but holding them to 43 points was due to our defensive consistency.

“I might have to look at Sidney Prasse and Mikayla Leyden as offensive options because they can put the ball in the basket from long range. It’s hard to imagine making changes in a 26-4 season, but if we’re struggling offensively, I might have to find ways to put more players in the lineup.”

In a year that has seen SXU twice eclipse the century mark in games after not doing so for three seasons and deliver several other high-scoring performances, Hallberg knows the kind of impact the Cougars might have if they can piece together solid efforts on both sides of the ball.

“If we could ever consistently put together our best offensive performance [with the] zone defensive performances we’ve been getting in the same game, we should play real well,” he said.

“Both games this [past] week we struggled offensively in the beginning of the game, but played defense as good as we have all season long.

“It will be interesting to see how we fare in the conference tournament.” — Anthony Nasella BASEBALL

The Cougars’ bats were slow to awaken from their winter slumber, and that resultant lack of offense forced SXU to absorb setbacks in both ends of its season-opening doubleheader in Kentucky.

Host Georgetown College swept Saturday’s twinbill by scores of 3-1 and 7-0.

The Cougars managed just seven hits over the two contests.

A bases-loaded walk to freshman Tom Hayes in the top of the seventh inning of Game 1 accounted for SXU’s lone tally on the day.

Seniors Chris Klein and Tom Keating both hit safely in that same frame.

Junior Scott Vachon was the losing pitcher in the opener despite registering seven strikeouts and allowing just one earned run and three hits over six innings.

The Tigers plated all seven of their runs in the nightcap during their first three at-bats. *** The news wasn’t any better for the Cougars on Sunday, as they again dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Georgetown. This time, the No. 23-ranked Tigers prevailed 3-2 and 6-2.

Game 1 required extra innings to settle. SXU grabbed a 2-0 lead in the fifth when sophomore shortstop Alec Barnhart homered following sophomore Steve Carrabotta’s double, and that advantage stood until Georgetown’s Martin Lemus powered a two-run roundtripper of his own in the bottom of the sixth. After the Cougars stranded baserunners in both the seventh and eighth frames, the Tigers gained the win on Steve Mancilla’s two-base hit.

Dan Wetzel took the loss in relief of Chris Klein, who worked the first six innings on the hill for SXU and scattered seven hits while fanning five and walking no one.

Keating’s two-out single in the fifth inning of the nightcap supplied the Cougars with both of their runs. It was one of only three Game 2 hits for SXU, which trailed Georgetown 6-0 at the time of Keating’s hit, one of three on the afternoon for the St. Laurence alumnus.

Barnhart and freshman Bryan Polak scored the Cougars’ runs in the second contest. Freshman Justin Dryier was tagged with the pitching loss in a game halted in the bottom of the sixth by snow.

SXU travels to Canton, Mo., this weekend for a pair of doubleheaders against Culver Stockton College.

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Trinity Christian College’s Joe Hehir attempts to get past St. Xavier University’s Brad Karp Saturday St. Xavier University’s Caitlin McMahon tries to drive against Trinity Christian College on Saturday in Palos Heights. The Cougars defeated the Trolls for the second time this season, 70-62. in Palos Heights. The Cougars beat the Trolls 61-43.

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Brother Rice’s Jack Conlisk tries to keep Seton Academy’s RaShaad Williams away from the basketball during last Wednesday’s Chicago Catholic League Tournament contest.

Rice (Continued from page 1) eight turnovers.

“We had guys make plays and we had a good win against Seton,” Harrigan said.

Rice concluded its regular season against Tinley Park this past Wednesday and will square off with De La Salle in its Class 4A regional opener next week.

“It is what it is,” Harrigan said of the playoff scenario. “There are so many Catholic League teams in our sectional that it’d be hard to avoid that. I thought the draw was done fairly, so we just have to go out and play the game.”

St. Ignatius 56 St. Laurence 48 By anyone’s standards, the Vikings have raised their performance bar over the past several weeks. A number of close calls against some heavy hitters had given St. Laurence players and coaches an optimistic outlook about the immediate future.

The positive vibes still exist, but mixed in with them currently are a few feelings of disappointment, courtesy of two results last week in the Catholic League Tournament. Once again, the Vikings were a handful for their foes, but coach Mark Sevedge was expecting more from his squad versus both St. Ignatius and Bishop McNamara.

The Wolfpack rode the 23-point performance of 6-foot-5 sophomore Dan Ogele to a 56-48 victory last Wednesday in Chicago, then the Fightin’ Irish made off with a 70-65 triumph Friday night in Bourbonnais.

“It was a couple really strange games and not a good week,” Se-

vedge said. “I thought we had a real good chance to win. Things seemed to be falling in our favor [on Wednesday] - there were two guys out [of action] who make St. Ignatius go, including their point guard, Riley Doody.

“We should have gotten them Wednesday night. I thought we had enough to get the job done, but no matter what we did, they came back with the same thing - if we got a 3, that’s what they got. Every big stop we needed to get, we couldn’t get it.”

St. Laurence (5-20) was forced to chase from the get-go, as the Wolfpack went up 14-7 in the opening stanza. Matt Gurgone gave the Vikings’ offense a lift with eight points in the second quarter, and he went on to total 21, which included four 3-point hoops.

“We kind of rode on Matt’s back again,” Sevedge said.

With Gurgone as its perimeter ringleader, St. Laurence buried 8-of-18 3s, but St. Ignatius countered that outside sharpshooting with strong inside play. Thirtyeight of the Wolfpack’s 47 fieldgoal tries were taken inside 3point territory and 20 of those were converted.

No help was forthcoming for the Vikings, either, at the foul line, as they received just seven chances.

Only 12 free throws were attempted between the two clubs.

“The referees were [seemingly] very content with getting in and getting out,” Sevedge said. “It was a 5:30 start, and the whole atmosphere was strange.”

Bishop McNamara 70 St. Laurence 65 Friday’s contest was even more unusual.

Bishop McNamara was host-

ing a girls’ regional game that same night, which forced a switch of the Irish-Vikings tournament encounter to a recreation center in Bourbonnais. Perhaps because of the unique surroundings, St. Laurence was unable to establish any sort of rhythm to its play through the first three periods and found itself looking up at a 19-point deficit entering the final quarter.

“This was a team we should have beaten, but it was like a glorified summer-league game for us,” Sevedge said. “There was a third-grade game going on next to us - it was a train wreck. Some of that stuff that went on shouldn’t have.

“It was a great tournament, but if they couldn’t host [at school], they shouldn’t have had it in a rec center. You expect for there to be some glitches [in the first year], but those are the kind of kinks that need to be worked out for next year.”

Amazingly, Sevedge wasn’t all that unhappy with the manner in which the Vikings were executing prior to the fourth frame.

“We were running our offense well and getting open shots,” he said. “But we couldn’t throw it in the ocean.”

St. Laurence was still down by 19 with 2:35 left in the game when it suddenly exploded. With Gurgone (26 points, 18 in the fourth quarter) again stepping forward in a big way, the Vikings piled up a total of 34 points in the last eight minutes and made Bishop Mac unexpectedly sweat.

Gurgone included four 3s among his late surge and St. Laurence drilled six long balls in all, but it missed a couple close-in shots that would have turned up the heat on the Irish to an even greater degree. Bishop Mac also used 10of-12 shooting at the free-throw line to repel the dogged Vikes.

“In one sense, it was good to see us fight back like that,” Sevedge said. “But if we played with half that intensity the three quarters before that, we win going away.

Instead, I was burning timeouts because of our lack of effort, and we didn’t have them when we needed them [later].”

Bob Kelly (14 points, two assists), Rich Lamb (10 points, seven rebounds) and Quentin Forberg (10 points, two assists) were other key figures for St. Laurence, which hit two more buckets than the Irish, but required 19 more shots to make it happen. Bishop Mac outscored the Vikings by eight at the charity stripe.

St. Laurence met Burbank neighbor Reavis this past Tuesday in its regular-season finale. The Vikings host a Class 3A regional next week and open play against Gage Park on Monday.

17th position.

On Saturday, Colson’s scores of 214 and 231 sandwiched a 167 to create a 612 series for her in the morning block, but she failed to shoot above 200 in the afternoon block. Colson bowled games of 179, 195 and 190 for a 564 series.

WRESTLING Three Sandburg wrestlers placed at last weekend’s individual state meet in Champaign.

Brian Krasowski lost a 3-1 decision to Maine South’s Tom Brewster in the 160-pound wrestleback semifinal and then was pinned by Lockport’s Vince Dietz in the fifthplace encounter. John Pellegrino finished two spots higher at 145 after defeating Hinsdale South’s Justin Maslow (5-0) and Belleville West’s Nick Foster (10-4) in the wrestleback quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.

Hinsdale Central’s Juwan Edmond stopped Pellegrino’s progress in the third-place match by claiming a 12-9 victory.

Taking fifth for the Eagles at 126 was Christian Robertson, who wrapped wrestleback triumphs over Plainfield Central’s Nickolas Nasenbeny (2-0) and Glenbard East’s Dayton Olson (6-1) around a loss to Wheaton North’s Dylan Thurston (12-2).

Stagg’s Mantas Druktenis advanced to the wrestleback quarterfinals at 285, but came up one point short of Downers Grove South’s Michael Hobbs (4-3) in that match.

BOYS’ SWIMMING Stagg cruised to its first sectional championship since 2011 when it captured Saturday’s Sandburg Sectional meet with 296 points, which were 49 more than runnerup Brother Rice mustered Swimming through the pain of a broken foot suffered just two weeks ago, Evan Johnson won both the 50- and 100-yard freestyles for the Chargers in respective times of 21.68 seconds and 47.99. Teammate and fellow junior Zack Amendola was also a two-event winner as he touched out first in both the 100-butterfly (51.36) and 100-backstroke (51.97).

Other champions for Stagg included the 400-freestyle relay team (3:14.21) and Harlan Long in the 200-free (1:45.55). Bettering state-qualifying times to earn entry into the state meet were the Chargers’ 200-medley relay quartet (second in 1:36.85), Lucas Smiarowski in both the 200- individual medley (second, 1:56.12) and 500-free (second, 4:43.38), and Long in the 100-breaststroke (1:00.29).

Sectional host Sandburg was third on Saturday as it totaled 234 points. Diver Dean Boures scored a victory by amassing 444.15 points and Bret Reid was right behind him with 380.25 points.

Also performing well were Kevin Stratton in the 100-backstroke (52.68) and David Apps in the 200 IM (third in 1:57.15).

a short shot and then turned the ball over themselves. That briefly stalled Chicago Christian’s rally, but the Knights eventually (Continued from page 1) grabbed a 37-33 lead.

Offensively, a pair of Marcus OtA 6-1 push by the Vikings got tenhoff 3-balls triggered Illiana’s the advantage back for them and, run. except for a 41-all tie at the end “That just seemed to zap the en- of the period, Chicago Christian ergy from us,” Pittman said. “Our remained in arrears. Two layups young kids in this one seemed to and a free throw handed Illiana be rattled by the whole thing. a 46-41 lead at the onset of the “Under the bright lights, some- fourth stanza, and a bit later Wiltimes things are exposed. When liam Rose’s 3-pointer from the push comes to shove, [the play- top of the key sank a dagger into ers] revert back to old habits and the Knights. those things are hard to break.

“Anything that can go wrong But I think it’s good to play those will,” Pittman said. “That’s the [types of] games.” way it seems to be for us this The Vikings carried a 33-26 season.” edge with them into intermisChicago Christian did make one sion, but then began the third last lunge at the Vikings, reducing quarter in much the same manner an eight-point deficit to three in as they had gotten the opening just over a minute, but Illiana period underway. Another series held on by burying several free of turnovers, including a Luke throws in the final 50 seconds. For Boss steal that led to Fitzpatrick’s the night, the home team went putback, had Chicago Christian 19-of-25 at the stripe, with Caleb breathing down Illiana’s neck Jonkman’s 12-of-12 effort serving once more. as the focal point.

Wright’s swipe then gave the That solid foul shooting helped Knights an opportunity to perhaps the Vikings neutralize 23 turnpull even, but the visitors missed overs. The Knights committed

six fewer miscues, but were hamstrung by 36 percent shooting from the floor and eight missed free throws.

Wright was Chicago Christian’s brightest light in defeat as he totaled 17 points, five steals, three rebounds and two assists. Fitzpatrick (11 points, eight rebounds) and Jay Spencer (10 points) were other Knights notables.

Chicago Christian concludes its regular season this week against Timothy Christian and Montini.

The state gymnastics meet boasted an all-around finish that featured athletes from every class among the elite. A freshman won the championship and six sophomores wound up in the top 20.

One of those sophomores was Shepard’s Skylor Hilger, whose solid exhibition at Palatine placed her 14th with an all-around score of 36.45 points. Hilger’s best effort over the two-day meet, without question, came in floor exercise.

She finished 10th in Friday’s prelims while averaging a 9.25 over four performances, and then added two points to her score on Saturday to finish sixth with a 9.45 average.

Hilgor was 31st in the vault with a 9.30 prelims score, and she posted respective averages of 9.125 and 8.775 on the bars and beam. Hilgor was approximately 1.40 points behind state champion Claire Rose Ginsberg, a freshman from Geneva.

GIRLS’ BOWLING Sandburg’s Jessica Colson had a respectable showing for the Lady Eagles at last weekend’s state meet, where she was 37th with 2,468 pins.

She started the tournament on Friday in 44th place after rolling a respectable 628 series on games of 221, 182 and 225. However, Colson elevated her performance in the next block with a 664 series, built on games of 266, 217 and 181, to finish the day in the

Knights

Statistics Chicago Christian 16 10 15 17 - 58 Illiana Christian 14 19 8 23 - 64 Chicago Christian Scoring: Wright 17, Fitzpatrick 11, Spencer 10, Parker 6, Wolterink 5, Leo 4, Boss 3, Washington 2. Rebounds: Fitzpatrick 8. Assists: Leo 2, Wright 2. Steals: Wright 5.

Guerin Prep 5 16 17 19 - 57 Chicago Christian 15 16 17 23 - 71 Chicago Christian Scoring: Wolterink 22, Wright 16, Parker 11, Fitzpatrick 6, Leo 6, Washington 6, T. Decker 2, Frierson 2.

Rebounds: Fitzpatrick 6. Assists: Wright 5. Steals: Wright 6.

Statistics Gordon Tech 8 6 12 16 - 42 Brother Rice 11 8 6 15 - 40 Brother Rice Scoring: Rubio 16, Niego 14, Scanlon 5, Gallagher 3, Finn 2. Rebounds: Finn 7, Scanlon 5. Assists: Finn 1, Gallagher 1, Niego 1, Rubio 1. Steals: Rubio 1, Scanlon 1.

Seton Academy 18 13 13 17 - 61 Brother Rice 20 7 17 22 - 66 Brother Rice Scoring: Niego 26, Finn 16, Rubio 15, Scanlon 5, Mueller 4.

Rebounds: Niego 5, Rubio 5, Scanlon 5. Assists: Finn 5. Steals: Finn 3.

St. Laurence 7 18 15 8 - 48 St. Ignatius 14 16 14 12 - 56 St. Laurence Scoring: Gurgone 21, Forberg 8, Delaney 6, Kelly 6, Witkowski 5, Lamb 2. Rebounds: Kelly 4. Assists: Delaney 4.

St. Laurence 11 12 8 34 - 65 Bishop McNamara 19 15 16 20 - 70 St. Laurence Scoring: Gurgone 26, Kelly 14, Forberg 10, Lamb 10, Cummings Photo by Jeff Vorva 2, Witkowski 2, Delaney 1. Rebounds: Brother Rice’s Ray Rubio and Seton Academy’s Chris Seaton Lamb 7. Assists: Forberg 2, Kelly 2, battle for control of a loose ball last Wednesday.

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Bulldogs (Continued from page 1) Richards can still win an outright league championship by defeating Eisenhower on Friday.

“It’d be nice [to do that], but nothing’s come easy,” Chappetto said. “At the end of the day, if we finish in a tie, both of us get a trophy and three automatic bids for the all-conference team.”

Richards 63 Reavis 54 Following a loss to Shepard the previous Friday that tightened up the SSC Red race, the Bulldogs went without a practice session on Monday due to yet another weather-induced school cancellation.

In retrospect, Chappetto felt the time away might have done his players some good, and when four different ones scored against the Rams in the opening frame on Tuesday, that certainly seemed to be the case. His appeal to his guys

Stagg (Continued from page 1) fore the second half basically gets started. I had a few things to say to [our athletes] about competing [during a timeout].”

Daniels wasn’t surprised to see the Eagles, who had beaten Stagg earlier this season at the United Center, rally.

“Todd really does a good job of putting his players in a position of strength,” Daniels said.

“And they really battled. It was a typical Stagg-Sandburg emotional basketball game.”

Daniels had the Chargers hold the ball for a bit in an attempt to pull the Eagles (9-15, 5-7) out of their zone defense, but Allen thought that strategy actually gave his team “a jump start to pick up our intensity.” From an offensive standpoint, Niko Cahue (18 points), Eric Straka (15) and Niko Kogionis (13 points) were Sandburg’s ringleaders.

Stagg countered with its own trio of double-figure scorers. In addition to White and Strus (23 points), Nick Sims (13 points) made his presence felt for the Chargers. Sims and Strus combined to go 9-of-10 from the foul line in the fourth stanza, a display that allowed the visitors to effectively thwart the Eagles’ comeback bid.

“Max Strus is probably the second-best player on the south side outside of [Marian Catholic’s] Tyler Ulis,” Allen said.

While Sandburg — which was slated to complete its regular-season schedule this week with SWSC Blue matchups against Homewood-Flossmoor and Bolingbrook —doesn’t boast an impressive ledger, Allen called that deceiving. Included among the Eagles’ defeats thus far are two overtime verdicts and two others that came by just one point.

“We chart all our possessions,” Allen said. “We’ve had over 1,500 this year — take away five of those and we could easily be 13-11, or better. With the schedule we play, if we were 13-11 [right now], I think everybody would be ecstatic, including me.

“Our margin for error is so slim, but we’re not hanging our heads just yet. We had a losing record last year and wound up playing for a regional championship.”

Stagg closes out its slate with SWSC Blue games against Joliet Central and Joliet West. With one more triumph, the Chargers will reach the 20-win plateau for the fourth time during Daniels’ coaching tenure. Prior to his arrival in Palos Hills 11 seasons ago, Stagg logged 20 victories only once in 40 years.

Stagg 64 Oak Lawn 36 White got the Chargers off and running last Wednesday as he piled up 14 first-quarter points and guided Stagg to a 24-7 edge after eight minutes. White shot 10-of-11 from the floor for the

probably didn’t hurt, either.

“My pregame speech was pretty passionate, pretty emotional and pretty honest,” Cahppetto said.

“Coming out of the Shepard game, we obviously had a bad taste in our mouths that we wanted to get rid of.”

Meier’s absence wasn’t Richards’ only difficulty versus Reavis, however. First-half foul trouble plagued Shannon, Tears, Angelo Anagnostopolous and Meier’s replacement, Marcus Burton.

“You’re already playing without Meier,” Chappetto said. “Now, you’ve got to go even deeper [into the bench].”

Because of that, the Bulldogs were unable to hold onto a doubledigit lead in the second quarter and were in front by only four (32-28) at intermission. In the second half, though, Shannon began imposing his will and registered 18 of his team-best 20 points.

He complemented his offense with eight assists, four rebounds and three steals, and Richards overcame rather lackluster 40 percent shooting by limiting the

Rams to a 34 percent success rate from the field. Reavis was also forced into 17 turnovers, eight more than were charged to the ‘Dogs.

Shannon was Richards’ lone double-digit man, but five other players netted between six and nine points to give the attack some balance.

game to total 21 points, while Strus also connected more than 50 percent of the time en route to 26.

“We did a great job on everyone else,” Spartans coach Jason Rhodes said. “I wish that had been reversed because those two guys really hurt us. We had no answer for Strus - we have nobody who can match his length and he was outstanding.”

“He’s become so athletic and good around the rim,” Daniels said of Strus. “He’s the best player in our school’s history. He does things you just can’t coach.”

The Chargers notched the contest’s first 10 points and never veered off-course. Oak Lawn had a few chances early after it broke Stagg’s press, but the Spartans missed three layups and then, to compound matters, couldn’t prevent the hosts from tallying at the other end of the court.

“It was bad—I don’t know what else to say,” Rhodes said.

“We wanted to keep the score in the 40s [because] we saw Lockport go down to the wire with them playing that way, but we couldn’t do that. They were off to the races right away and we’re not the type of team that can come back from large deficits.”

Oak Lawn trailed by 19 points at halftime and by 33 at the end of three quarters. The Chargers’ 52 percent accuracy hindered the Spartans, as did their own 31 percent shooting display. Fifteen miscues added to Oak Lawn’s misery.

“He had a good game plan,” Daniels said of Rhodes. “When you lose a few games early, like Oak Lawn did, it’s real easy to lose a group as a coach, but they’ve really, really improved.

“It was nice to get that lead.

The key to the first and third quarters was we were able to get stops and get in transition. We never pulled away like that all year, but the concentration’s been back on defense.

“If we’re going to compete for a regional [title], we have to play better defense [like we did here].”

David Stacy had 12 points to be the Spartans’ only doubledigit scorer. He also grabbed five rebounds and distributed a couple of assists. Justin Schutt (eight points, two assists) and Josh Prince (seven points, five rebounds) were other Oak Lawn notables, although Daniels felt his tandem of Sims and Anthony Gardner made Stacy and Prince work hard for the points they garnered.

contest.

“That was probably the worst loss we’ve had all year,” he said.

“It’s not how we wanted to play against Andrew. I thought the second half was just very poor on our part.”

That half came on the heels of an opening one the Eagles largely dominated. The reversal of fortunes, in Allen’s view, began in the final eight seconds of the second period.

Up 30-16, Sandburg was poised to increase its edge after a steal.

Andrew fouled, but the Eagles misfired twice at the line and the T’bolts closed with a 3-point basket. They then outscored Sandburg 10-2 through the first four minutes of the third frame as the latter had three turnovers on its first four possessions of the second half.

“We just stopped passing the basketball and stopped defending,” said Allen, whose team hit only four field goals in the last 16 minutes.

With Cahue (18 points, four rebounds), Kogionis (11 points) and Alec Martinez (10 points six assists) leading the way, the Eagles shrugged off their shortcomings and remained on the verge of victory. However, they were unable to maintain their grip on a four-point lead in the final 20 seconds.

Despite having three fouls to give, Sandburg let an Andrew player get free on an isolation play. Not only did the T’bolts tally, but it became a three-point play.

After the Eagles missed the front end of an ensuing 1-and-1, Andrew scored again.

Sandburg still had another opportunity to prevail after stealing an inbounds pass near midcourt, but it was unable to capitalize on a 2-on-1 break as it missed a layup.

“You should be able to close out a game like that, but we had some major mental lapses defensively,” Allen said. “It was a very disappointing loss.”

Andrew 48 Sandburg 47 It has not been a prosperous 2013-14 campaign for the Thunderbolts, but they scored what might have been their biggest win of the season last Tuesday as they nipped their District 230 sister school.

For sure, Allen wasn’t hesitant about how to classify the

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Statistics Richards 29 11 9 14 - 63 Oak Lawn 16 19 14 18 - 67 Richards Scoring: Shannon 27, Catledge 12, T. Othman 11, Alexander 5, Tears 3, Submitted photo Anagnostopolous 2, Listenbee 2, Cot- Moraine Valley College cross country runners Aileen Gorman, Diana Dinh and Maritza Najera were trell 1. all chosen as members of the All-Academic NJCAA team, which recognized their classroom work Oak Lawn Scoring: Prince 26, Stacy 14, for the fall 2013 semester.

Samra 11, Swatek 6, Nelson 4, Cosenza 3, Jones 3. Rebounds: Prince 12, Stacy 6. Assists: Stacy 7.

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Reavis 13 15 12 14 - 54 Richards 16 16 13 18 - 63 Richards Scoring: Shannon 20, Anagnostopolous 9, Alexander 8, Catledge 7, T. Othman 7, Tears 6, Cottrell 4, Listenbee 2. Rebounds: Shannon 4. Assists: Shannon 8. Steals: Shannon 3.

Cross country runners for academics

By Maura Vizza Aileen Gorman does not live by athletics alone.

For sure, the Marist alumnus has made her presence felt on Moraine Valley College’s sports landscape, first as a national qualifier in cross country last fall and then as an integral member of the Cyclones women’s basketball team this winter. Despite her busy schedule, however, Gorman has still found enough time to embrace the “student” portion of studentathlete as well.

Gorman was one of three Moraine runners, along with teammates Diana Dinh and Maritza Najera, to be feted for classroom accomplishments by getting named to the 2013 Academic AllNational Junior College Athletic Association team. Dinh is making her second straight appearance on the squad, which was selected by the National Junior College Cross Country Coaches Association.

The Cyclones were also designated as an All-Academic NJCAA team, as they ranked eighth among Division I programs in cumulative grade-point average.

Besides the three aforementioned individuals, Moraine’s status was made possible through the efforts of Amanda Gerzon (Stagg), Amy Johnson (Sandburg) and Miranda Reyes (Queen of Peace).

“These scholar-athletes are simply outstanding,” Cyclones coach Mark Horstmeyer said. “They attend class full time, work part time, and excel as athletes and students. Their performance on and off the field speaks highly of them.

“I am very proud of their achievement. It is a tremendous honor for them and Moraine Valley.”

Moraine’s cross country program has produced a total of 39 NJCAA Academic All-Americans since 2000.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

With the postseason looming, the Cyclones seem to have hit their stride, as evidenced by three more wins last week. Two of those were garnered over Prairie State

College in a span of just three days.

The Feb. 15 matchup between Moraine and the Pioneers was a makeup of an earlier game that had been postponed by inclement weather. The Cyclones used a 7-of-10 showing from 3-point land as a key ingredient in what became a 74-64 victory. Shavonne Lewis led the charge for Moraine by sinking all four of her longdistance attempts.

The Cyclones held a 43-29 halftime edge and moved ahead by as many as 20 points during the second half. Prairie State never got any closer than seven over the last 20 minutes.

Lewis and Nariman Jaber both scored 14 points for Moraine, with the former also dishing out four assists and Jaber blocking six shots. Jaber’s rejections gave her 106 for the season, which eclipsed Lisa Koschinitzki’s school standard of 103 set during the 1988-89 campaign.

Nine Moraine players in all reached the scoring column.

The Pioneers no doubt housed thoughts of revenge when they met up again with the Cyclones last Tuesday, but that mattered little as Moraine downed Prairie State by an even wider margin than before.

Spurring the Cyclones’ 73-54 triumph were Maggie Yandel (24 points) and Jaber (nine blocks).

Moraine outscored the Pioneers by 21 points in the second half. *** The Cyclones completed their regular-season schedule with a five-game winning streak and 20 victories in all after defeating Morton College 75-57 last Thursday.

The triumph was the 250th of coach Delwyn Jones’ career.

Despite being without Yandel and Aileen Gorman for most of the opening half, Moraine jumped out to a 32-9 lead and was ahead by 22 at intermission. The Panthers drew within 12 in the second half, but the Cyclones’ advantage was never seriously threatened.

Katie McGann (21 points, 10 rebounds, four assists), Jaber (13 points, nine rebounds, three

blocks), Lewis (11 points, five assists) and Jamilla Jones (10 points, 10 rebounds) all played starring roles for Moraine (20-10).

MEN’S BASKETBALL Prairie State’s men enjoyed greater success against the Cyclones than its women’s squad did, as it notched a pair of wins over Moraine.

The Pioneers overcame a fourpoint deficit in the final two minutes and slipped past the Cyclones 75-70 in the Feb. 15 makeup contest. Moraine had led much of the way, including 35-28 at intermission, as four players provided offensive punch.

Kyle Ward was the Cyclones’ top gun with 19 points, but also pitching in were Paulius Ostruskevicius (14 points), Jason Allen (11) and Cameron Juillerat (10). Ward augmented his scoring with eight rebounds, five assists and three steals, while Ostruskevicius also made three steals.

Prairie State completed its two-game sweep of Moraine by capturing an 88-77 decision last Tuesday. The Pioneers’ 46-32 edge on the glass was a major detriment to the locals.

Johnte Shannon (25 points, three assists), Brett Kaiser (17 points, four rebounds), Ward (11 points, eight rebounds, two blocks) and Des’nique Harris (11 points, six rebounds) were the Cyclones’ headliners. *** Moraine was able to conclude the regular season on a high note by downing Morton College 78-72 last Thursday and avenging an earlier Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference defeat.

The Cyclones were up by as many as 20 points before halftime, then survived some periodic breakdowns to hang on for a much-needed win. Kaiser (19 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, three blocks) was Moraine’s main man, but Ward (14 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals), Juillerat (14 points, four assists), Shannon (13 points, four rebounds, four assists), Harris (nine points, five rebounds) and Brennan Ivory (four blocks) also made their presences felt.

Statistics Stagg 16 20 12 18 - 66 Sandburg 10 12 16 22 - 60 Stagg Scoring: Strus 23, White 16, Sims 13, Goral 7, Contant 6, Gardner 1. Rebounds: Strus 10. Assists: White 6.

Sandburg Scoring: Cahue 18, Straka 15, Kogionis 13, T. Demogerontas 9, Paxinos 3, Ruzevich 2.

Oak Lawn 7 12 7 10 - 36 Stagg 24 10 25 5 - 64 Oak Lawn Scoring: Stacy 12, Schutt 8, Prince 7, Jones 3, Alvarado 2, Cosenza 2, Samra 2. Rebounds: Prince 5, Stacy 5.

Assists: Samra 2, Schutt 2, Stacy 2.

Stagg Scoring: Strus 26, White 21, Sims 5, Kolpak 4, Contant 3, El Hanounny 3, Gardner 2. Rebounds: Strus 8. Assists: White 6.

Sandburg 13 17 7 10 - 47 Andrew 6 13 14 15 - 48 Sandburg Scoring: Cahue 18, Kogionis 11, Martinez 10, Straka 4, Ruzevich 2, Vorva 2. Rebounds: Cahue 4, Straka 4.

Assists: Martinez 6.

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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. P l a i n t i f f , � v . � ANDRIUS BALTAKYS, SCENIC TREE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s � 12 CH 004481 8425 W. 101ST TERRACE UNIT #107 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 July 17, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 14, 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 8425 W. 101ST TERRACE UNIT #107, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-302-003-1240, Property Index No. (23-11-302-002 underlying). The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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 14-12-02692. 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. 14-12-02692 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 004481 TJSC#: 34-2153 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , � v . � MONICA LINARES A/K/A MONICA OROSCO, MARYANN MORENO A/K/A MARY ANN MORENO A/K/A MARY ANN PEREZ, RAFAEL LINARES, 7951-7959 W. 112TH PLACE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., S/I/I TO CAPITAL ONE BANK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 10011 7955 WEST 112TH PLACE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 29, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 20, 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 7955 WEST 112TH PLACE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-24-100-161-0000. The real estate is improved with a 4 or more units townhouse with an attached 2 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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 PA1204744. 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. PA1204744 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 10011 TJSC#: 34-384 I589563

For Sale For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SOVEREIGN BANK P l a i n t i f f , � v . � SHERELE L. TENCLAY, MILL CREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 01234 9755 WEST CREEK ROAD UNTI E2 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 January 8, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 6, 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 9755 WEST CREEK ROAD UNTI E2, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-33-209-031-1006. The real estate is improved with a mid-rise condominium building; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 PA1038627. 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. PA1038627 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 11 CH 01234 TJSC#: 34-1784 I589034

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC P l a i n t i f f , � v . � ARTA GASHI A/K/A ARTA BUSTAMI, HICKORY POINTE CONDOMINIUMS, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A. Defendants 12 CH 024614 9440 S. 79TH COURT UNIT #3SE 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 November 21, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 21, 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 9440 S. 79TH COURT UNIT #3SE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-01-303-019-1009. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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 14-12-11094.

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. 14-12-11094 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 024614 TJSC#: 34-2610 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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2-27-14 For Notice Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 04-5 Plaintiff, -v.THOMAS E. REYNDERS, CHERYL ROSE REYNDERS A/K/A CHERYL REYNDERS, FIRST MIDWEST BANK, THSC LLC, OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, OAK HILLS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 13 CH 011256 7931 W. LAKEVIEW COURT, UNIT #2B PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 17, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 19, 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 7931 W. LAKEVIEW COURT, UNIT #2B, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 23-36-303-143-1048. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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 14-12-34170. 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. 14-12-34170 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 011256 TJSC#: 33-27821 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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for the outside of a Fiat, using a variety of art mediums. Your design will get turned into a deNational Grammar Day cal and put on the car during the luncheon at The Center last week of this program.

A humorous look at the Eng- • Yoga – offered the first lish language will be featured at Thursday of each month: March a luncheon program on Tuesday, 6, April 3 and May 1, 4:30 to 5:30 March 4, from noon to 2 p.m., p.m. March 6. This free event is at The Center, 12700 Southwest for teens in 7th through 12th Highway, Palos Park. grade. For more information call Center staff members Lois 532—0500 or visit www.thebriLauer and Mark Walker will take dgeteencenter.org. a lighthearted look at some common misuses of English gramThe Children’s mar and punctuation, including Farm reopens a short review of Lynne Truss’ “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” best- The Children’s Farm reopens for selling book. March 4 is the date the spring season this Saturday, of National Grammar Day, but March 1. The Children’s Farm when spoken can also be imag- is located at 12700 Southwest ined as the imperative sentence: Highway in Palos Park.

March forth! Walker and Lauer Beginning in March, the Chilwill look at sentences like “One dren’s Farm will be open every morning I shot an elephant in Saturday and Sunday from 1 unmy pajamas,” and “Let’s eat til 4 p.m. Visitors to the farm can Grandma!” and then will teas- tour the barns and see the farm ingly encourage their audience animals. New piglets, lambs, to wonder how the elephant got bunnies, chicks, and ducklings into their pajamas, and will sug- are due to arrive before Easter. gest they tell Grandma to insist Families are invited into each that her family learn to use com- animal pen by a farm volunteer who helps children to touch and mas.

The luncheon begins at noon, learn about the animal. Accordcosts $17, and requires advance ing the Farm Program Director reservations. For further in- Amy Didominicis, the farm is a formation, interested persons hands-on opportunity for chilshould call The Center at 361- dren to experience the life of the farm. Complimentary pony 3650. rides and hayrides are offered every weekend throughout the Films at BAC spring and summer, weather The following films will be and work permitting. shown at the Beverly Arts Cen- Admission to the farm is $5 ter, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. per person, or by a $75 annual For more information, call 773- family pass. No reservations 445-3838, or visit www.beverly- are required on the weekends artcenter.org. The ticket cost is from 1 until 4 pm. The farm is $7.50 per person, or $5.50 for also open for group tours by adBAC members. vance reservation. For further The 2013 film “Philomena” will information, interested persons be playing at 7:30 p.m. Wednes- should call The Center at 361day, March 5. “Philomena,” stars 3650.

Judi Dench as the Irish Catholic mother of a boy conceived out Easter Egg Roundup of wedlock, was forced to give tickets available up her son for adoption. Many years later Philomena Lee’s meet- Tickets for the annual Easter ing with a BBC reporter inspired Egg Roundup at the Children’s her to search for her long lost son. Farm go on sale March 3. The The movie is one hour, 38 minutes event is a special day for young children on Saturday, April 19. long and is rated PG-13.

“Love Under Fire,” plus short The Children’s Farm is located documentaries, will be shown at at 12700 Southwest Highway in 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12. Palos Park.

Participants are invited to cele- Children, age 9 and younger, brate local filmmakers and their accompanied by parents, are stories with “Love Under Fire: invited for a special day of colThe Story of Bertha and Potter lecting and decorating an egg Palmer,” a short documentary from the chicken coop, visiting by area residents Amelia Dellos the bunnies, riding a horse, seeand Lori McGunn. Accompanying ing the farm animals wearing their film will be short documen- their best Easter bonnets, meettaries by various student film- ing the Easter Bunny, and findmakers. A question and answer ing a colored egg in the Easter session with Dellos and McGunn Bunny’s Magic Forest. Nearly will follow the screening. The film 100 volunteers will be on hand is from 2013 and runs one hour, to help young children have a wonderful time.

30 minutes.

“Mandela: Long Walk to Free- Center program director Lois dom,” based on the autobiography Lauer says that advance tickets of South African President Nelson are absolutely required because Mandela, is the featured film at the farm has to have enough 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. eggs and treats for all the children who visit. Tickets cost $22 Idris Elba stars in the movie.

Oscar nominated live action per child and are available for short films will be on the big each half-hour between 10 a.m. screen at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, and 2:30 p.m. There is no admisMarch 26. Five short films nomi- sion fee for adults. Tickets are nated for 2014 Academy Awards available at The Center lodge, on the west side of 12700 Southwill be featured. west Highway. For further information, call The Center at The Bridge Teen 361-3650 or visit www.thecenCenter programs terpalos.org.

• Love and Acceptance with PASS 4 to 6 p.m. today (ThursLabyrinth day), The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Group labyrinth walks will Park, knows that everyone de- be held on Saturday morning, sires companionship through March 1, 8 a.m. and Thursday, loving, healthy relationships, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. at The but relationships are tough. Center, 12700 Southwest HighLearn how to have healthy rela- way, Palos Park.

The labyrinth, a new large tionships.

• Trey from Everyday Sunday circular stone path for spiriwith White Castle — 4:30 to 5:30 tual meditation is located at the p.m. this Friday, Feb. 28, Friday north end of The Center parkNight Live with Trey, a talented ing lot. In addition to the group artist, and free food courtesy of walks focused on peace and fellowship, the labyrinth is availWhite Castle.

• For It Is Written with Great able for individual walks at any Harvest — 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. time during the month.

March 1, listen to pop punk There is no cost to those wishband For It Is Written doing an ing to walk the labyrinth and acoustic set while eating samples no reservations are necessary. from Great Harvest. This event The walks will take place rain or is exclusively for students in shine. For information, call Pas9th—12th grade and is free with tor Chris Hopkins 361-3650. a student membership applicaNew laughter circle tion or $5 with a school ID. For more information call 532-0500 A Laughter Circle will meet or visit www.thebridgeteencen- on Sunday evening, March 2, at 6 p.m., at The Center, 12700 ter.org.

• Rubber Band Bracelets — 4 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. to 5:30 p.m. March 3, make your Laughter leader Kathy O’Brien own rubber band bracelet after brings laughter and all its bentwo of students show you pat- efits to the Laughter Circle proterns that don’t require a loom. gram. What’s a laughter circle?

• Behind the Scenes: Funeral It’s a group of people who want Home — 4:15 to 6 p.m. March 4, to laugh. Not from jokes or comTour of Colonial Chapel. See the edy routines, but rather from crematorium and where remains laughter for the sake of laughter.

Research shows that laughter are prepared for the funeral.

• Decorate a Fiat with Bet- strengthens the immune system, tenhausen — 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. reduces stress and anxiety, alleMarch 5, 12 and19, work with a viates pain, and helps people get team to create a catchy design along better. O’Brien is a reg-

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istered nurse and an Advanced Certified Laughter Leader. The cost of the laughter circle is $5, which O’Brien donates to The Center. Advance registration is appreciated. Interested persons should call The Center at 3613650.

Pottery class A six-week Stoneware Pottery Class will be offered at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park, beginning Thursday, March 6, 6:30 p.m.

Under the guidance of potter and naturalist Karen Stasky, students make strong professional-looking stoneware pottery, often embellished with nature designs. Students create beautiful stoneware bowls, mugs, and vases, in additional to interesting decorative pieces.

New students learn a variety of hand-building techniques and returning students can learn to throw pots on one of the studio wheels.

The pottery class cost $84 plus a $15 materials fee for 6 weeks.

Advance registration is required.

Call (708) 361-3650.

Weaving class A new six week weaving class begins at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park, Wednesday, March 5, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Weaver Nettie Botts of Palos Park teaches new students to create samplers on portable table looms during their first weeks in her class. For the remaining class weeks, Botts then helps them to design a project of their own choosing.

Experienced weavers design projects in the pattern weave of their choice, using either the table looms or the large floor looms. Weavers make projects such as scarves and table linens of their own color scheme and design.

The cost of the weaving class is $84, plus a $10 materials fee for new weavers’ samplers. Students will purchase their own threads and yarns for future projects.

Advance registration is required. Call (708) 361-3650.

Women’s retreat

A women’s personal growth retreat will be hosted on Saturday, March 8, at The Center at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the retreat offer women an opportunity to explore and embrace both the power and the shadows of their multifaceted personalities. Art therapist Donna Mills and program director Lois Lauer will guide the experience which will include time for meditation, learning, creativity, reflection, walking outside, fellowship, and sharing. Each participant will have an opportunity to decorate a mask to take home as tangible reminder of the experience.

The cost per participant is $45, which includes leadership, lunch, and supplies. Advance registration is required. Formore, call The Center at 3613650.

Upcoming Palos Fine Arts foreign film series Palos Fine Arts will show the film, “The Red Violin,” this Friday, Feb. 28, at both 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave., as part of its 13th annual adult foreign film series.

Later movies scheduled to be shown in the series are “The Debt” on Friday, March 28, and “Amour” on Friday, April 25.

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

STARTING THIS WEEK: “GRAVITY”: One of 2013’s true blockbusters — and rightfully so — director and co-writer Alfonso Cuaron’s nail-biter strands astronauts, played by Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, in space after debris from a satellite strikes their shuttle. As technically realistic and excellent as the film is, Bullock’s emotional, affecting performance is equally key to the picture’s success. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; “Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space” documentary; short film “Aningaaq.” **** (PG13: AS, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THOR: THE DARK WORLD”: The Norse god (again played by Chris Hemsworth) shuttles between Earth and his homeland, thanks to a portal that his true love, Jane (fellow returnee Natalie Portman), has a hand in enabling, in this entertaining sequel that furthers the Marvel hero’s adventures. Tom Hiddleston remains the potential show stealer as

ray and On Demand) “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR”: One of the most noted foreign films of the past year - though it didn’t receive an Oscar nomination for best feature from overseas, since its theatrical release in its native France came after the deadline - boasts acclaimed performances by Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos as two young women united in a very intimate relationship. The drama’s Criterion Collection treatment includes a booklet about the genesis and production of the movie. *** DVD extras: theatrical trailer; TV spot. *** (NC-17: AS, N) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) COMING SOON: “THE GRANDMASTER” (March 4): The story of Ip Man, the martial arts icon who trained Bruce Lee, is dramatized in director Wong Kar Wai’s film starring Tony Leung.

(PG-13: AS, P, V) “HOURS” (March 4): In one of the last films he completed, Paul Walker plays a man determined to keep his prematurely born child alive as Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans. (PG-13: AS, V) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

Omarr’s Weekly Astrological Forecast

by Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (March 21-April 19): Unsolicited advice is sometimes as unwelcome as unsolicited criticism. You have very good intentions and may be enthusiastic about helping others in the week to come. Remain sensitive, as some people must make their own decisions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Age before beauty. Learn something valuable in the week to come from those who are older and wiser. Educational opportunities should be embraced with open arms. Remain sensitive to subtle undercurrents within the family.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One for all and all for one.

Your happiness depends on the happiness of everyone this week.

When you participate in a group effort, whether at home or at work, consider which actions will be in the best interests of everyone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When opportunity knocks, be sure to answer with a smile. You could be rewarded in material ways or with recognition in the week ahead. Or you can create your own rewarding circumstances by starting something significant.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Eat the energy bar and you’ll go far.

Get prepared to make your mark in the week ahead. You may find valuable advice or the answer to your prayers. If you can’t move forward with a pet project, then it wasn’t meant to be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Strike a balance. You may be challenged to spend your money wisely this week. One part of your psyche wants to add to a nest egg for the future and the other side wants to fritter away pocket cash on transitory delights.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Right now, you might prefer your own company. Managing your time and home could be a priority. By the end of the week, however, you may be anxious to have someone by your side, even while tackling the most mundane jobs.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Pursue the future with fleet feet.

The second half of the week could be an ideal time to develop sound plans for the future. You might consider adopting some new habits that boost your health

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Thor’s brother Loki, who may prove more ally than enemy as the entire world is threatened by the potential results of that interplanetary tunnel’s existence. Kat Dennings (“2 Broke Girls”) still is a particularly bright spot in a cast that also brings back Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba and Ray Stevenson. DVD extras: two “making-of” documentaries; audio commentary by Hiddleston, director Alan Taylor, producer Kevin Feige and cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau; deleted and extended scenes; outtakes; “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” preview. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “NEBRASKA”: Currently nominated for six Oscars — including best picture, actor (Bruce Dern), supporting actress (June Squibb) and director (Alexander Payne) — this superb comedy-drama, filmed in black and white, follows the odyssey of a father and son (Dern, Will Forte) as they set out to claim a $1 million sweepstakes prize the elder man believes he’s won.

Stacy Keach and Bob Odenkirk also appear in the picture that marks Payne’s teaming with another Dern, having directed Laura Dern in his first featurelength project, “Citizen Ruth.” **** (R: AS, P) (Also on Blu-

and well-being.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Good Samaritans are celebrated. Practice putting others’ interests ahead of your own in the week to come. Since others respect your judgment and leadership abilities, you might receive a public pat on the back.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take pride in discretion, not secrecy. If you are going to let the cat out of the bag, it’s only fair to be kind to the cat. In the week ahead, your desire for personal privacy may be at odds with your

need to be straightforward.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Explore your options, not just opinions. You may meet several people this week who introduce you to new ideas and progressive techniques. This is a good time to test a relationship without making a firm commitment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your love life may be an exercise in excitement during the week ahead. You may attract new people who are fascinated by your openminded views and “anything goes” attitude. Your intuitions are 80 percent trustworthy.

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

Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen

by Wolfgang Puck “I love risotto, and I know it’s pretty simple to make,” people tell me all the time when they eat it in one of my restaurants. “But I just don’t like to stand there at the stove stirring for such a long time.”

They’re referring, of course, to one of the critical steps in preparing a classic risotto: the act of stirring the rice almost nonstop for half an hour or so as it simmers, while adding warm stock to the pot a little bit at a time as the rice absorbs it. This process helps to dissolve the generous amount of surface starch on the plump, short grains of rice used in risotto Arborio, the most common variety, widely available in well-stocked supermarkets, as well as Carnaroli and Vialone Nano. The result is the creamy sauce that gradually forms around the al dente, tender but still slightly chewy, grains, a signature of a perfectly made risotto.

That’s the way we cook risotto in my professional kitchens — the way it’s been done for centuries in Italy. But in recent years, while working with one of the convenient countertop appliances I’ve developed for home cooks, I’ve also discovered another way to make perfectly delicious, if not absolutely classic, risotto that requires almost none of the traditional activity that leaves nonprofessional cooks with tired arms, legs, and feet.

All you need is an automatic electric rice cooker. Now, it may seem counterintuitive that a pot of rice you leave alone, unattended, would develop a similar saucy consistency to what’s usually achieved from constant stirring.

But a rice cooker does a good job of safeguarding the moisture of risotto rice. So when you add a little more broth at the end of cooking, along with some juicy mushrooms that you’ve sauteed with chopped onion and minced garlic, and then stir the rice for a minute or so, you can still achieve risotto’s familiar creamy sauce. If you’re one of those people who order risotto whenever you see it on the menu, but never make it at home, it’s worth buying an electric rice cooker for risottomaking alone. (You might even find one of my own.)

Then, rice cooker at the ready, give my recipe here a try. Once you’ve made it, start coming up with your own variations, adding different vegetables, other kinds of cheese, and even pieces of sauteed meat, poultry, or seafood.

Your friends and family will thank you — and so will your arms, legs, and feet!

Photo by Tim Hadac

Artist from Palos Heights meets his public at Moraine Valley exhibition Palos Heights native Justin Santora pauses for a photo with his grandmother, Thelma Santora, at a reception last Thursday to launch his “Vestiges” art exhibit at the Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills (photos from top to bottom).

They were joined by Santora’s parents, Gery and Jackie, and his brother, Garret.

A trio of art students contemplates several of Santora’s two dozen prints on display through Saturday, March 8. About 30 people attended the reception.

Santora, a 2002 graduate of Stagg High School who later graduated from Northeastern Illinois University, also once attended Moraine Valley.

Art lovers stand in silhouette against Santora’s work, a mix of concert posters and works that explore the conflict between nature and manmade structures, a theme that is common to his work and which Santora says reflects his anarcho-syndicalist and classic libertarian socialist political beliefs and worldview.

According to a statement from the college, Santora’s work “represents a universal struggle: the want to stay young, avoiding the conventions of adulthood with the desire for control over one’s life. It seems in our world these two ideas are often at odds with one another. His work uses themes of construction and disassembly to relate to his pursuit for security and his desire for autonomy.”

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With a damp towel, wipe the mushrooms clean. With a small, sharp knife, trim off tough or dirty stems. Then, cut the mushrooms into thick, uniform slices.

Put the rinsed and drained rice in a bowl. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and stir well to coat the rice evenly.

Put the rice in the rice cooker.

Add 2 cups of the broth along with the wine, and 1-1/2 teaspoons of the salt. Stir well.

Close the lid of the rice cooker and press the “Cook” button. Cook for 20 minutes, and then switch the control to the “Keep Warm” setting.

While the rice is cooking, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and saute, stirring continuously, for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste.

Raise the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring continuously, until the mushrooms are juicy and tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat. Taste and, if necessary, adjust the seasonings with more salt and pepper. Set aside.

Carefully open the lid of the rice cooker. Stir in the sauteed mushrooms, 1/2 cup of the broth, the butter, parsley, and Parmesan.

The mixture should have a creamy consistency; but, if it does not, stir in up to another 1/2 cup of the broth.

Continue stirring for about 1 minute longer; then, taste and adjust the seasonings again, if necessary.

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