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Gorill-inois “The gorilla in the room is “You either the state of Illinois,” Bennett lay off or said last week during remarks raise taxPalos Hills Mayor Jerry Ben- at the Hills Chamber of Com- es,” Bury nett doesn’t have much good merce meeting. told the to say about state government.

He started out his speech with R e p o r t a lot of information about the er last good things going on about week. his town during the past year B u t Serving Chicago Ridge, Evergreen Park,itHickory and apologized for ending on B e nHills, n e t t Oak Lawn, Palos what he called a “downer” for pointed out addressing the state mess and last Thurshow it will affect Palos Hills day that the and local goverments through- state has out the state in general. been a thorn Bennett and others area may- in municiors have been highly critical of a p a l i t i e s ’ proposal by Gov. Bruce Rauner sides long that calls for a 50 percent cut- b e f o r e back in towns’ share of state R a u n e r income tax revenue. took ofThe six communities in the fice earlier Photo by Jeff Vorva Reporter’s coverage area would this year.

Palos Hills Mayor Jerry Bennett lose approximately $6.6 million “It’s in the news now because tells a crowd during his state of under the proposal. the governor made it his first the city address last Thursday Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra volley,” Bennett said. that the “gorilla in the room” of Bury summarized the dilemma In reality, the state, under state budgets woes has been towns face if the plan came to the leadership of Governors going on for the last decade. fruition.

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also foisted upon towns numerous unfunded mandates that made balancing local budgets difficult, Bennett said.

For years, towns have faced a pension crisis that Bennett lays at the feet of state legislators,

who approved pension enhancements w h i l e limiting municipalities’ ability to fund them.

“We could not keep up,” Bennett said, adding that property (Continued on page 5)

‘It’s regrettable’ EP coach who blew whistle on Jackie Robinson West arrested after scuffle

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

Vorva writes about the OLOR boxing card coming up Saturday (Page 3) and a look at Minnie Minoso (Page 6) while Rakow scoffs at a high school’s apology regarding a crucifix controversy (page 6) and Hanania absolutely skewers Rahm Emanuel (page 6).

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The Evergreen Park Athletic Association official who blew the whistle on the Jackie Robinson West Little League for cheating by violating residency rules was charged early Tuesday morning with disorderly conduct and assault after chasing a woman down a residential street and threatening her husband, police said.

Chris Janes, 39, of the 9100 block of Albany Avenue, was standing near his car when the Evergreen Park’s Bernadette and George Schnitzenbaumer show some of their dancing chops at a woman arrived home at approximately 1:09 a.m., police said. The square dancing event at Central Junior High last Thursday night. woman spotted him and he began to chase her, police said.

Janes, who is the vice president of the Evergreen Park Athletic Association, admitted Tuesday afternoon that he was “inebriated” when the incident occurred.

By Kelly White ing as we raised our children, but “It is a great feeling, knowing “I was overserved and had a Correspondent as they grew up we have enjoyed that our club has chosen us to tough time getting home,” Janes being able to return to this activ- represent our club at this event,” said. “Nothing happened.”

At first they square danced their ity. When our oldest child went he said.

He added that he mistook the way into each other’s hearts. away to college, Bernadette asked The Schnitzenbaumers make house he was at for his own. “I Then they got away from the me if I would be interested in tak- up two of the 46 square dancers went to the wrong house,” he said. sashay. ing square dancing lessons again in the organization and this is “I was inebriated and if that’s Now they are swinging, twirl- and I said yes.” their first time nominated as the the case I need to go over there ing, do-si-do-ing and scooting and Just two years later, the two Sweetheart Couple. and apologize,” he added. “It’s all that other stuff that goes with were honored by the club earlier “We try to choose a different regrettable.” square dancing again. this year as they were given the couple every year,” Swing’n Sugar The woman entered her house, Bernadette and George Schnit- title of the Sweetheart Couple that Squares Club President Terrence and Janes began to shout vulzenbaumer of Evergreen Park, represented the Swing’n Sugar O’Brien said. “All of our members garities and demanded that her who have been married for more Squares at the Metropolitan Chi- vote on a couple and the couple husband come outside, according than 25 years, have been members cago Association of Square Danc- with the most votes becomes to police. of Swing’n Sugar Squares Dance ers 55th annual Sweetheart Dance the year’s Sweetheart Couple Neither the woman nor her Club of Evergreen Park since 2013 on Feb. 15 at Trinity Lutheran for Swing’n Sugar Squares. We husband knew Janes, who also and continue to actively partake Church in Roselle. were happy to select Bernadette was charged with resisting and in Wednesday weekly lessons at “It wasn’t a competition – I and George for the Sweetheart obstructing a peace officer, pubEvergreen Park Central Junior think they picked our name out Couple. They are a wonderful lic intoxication and using vulgar High School on 95th and Spauld- of a hat,” George joked. couple and have been married and threatening language toward ing and some of the group’s dances “This isn’t like ‘Dancing With for a long time.” police and paramedics. on Thursdays. the Stars’ – it’s more of a social The Roselle dance was divided Paramedics were on the scene “We originally met at a singles gathering,” Bernadette said. “We into two main halls, one for ad- because Janes got a minor cut in square dance and started dating, have met people from all over the vanced dancers that contained the the scuffle, police said. which eventually led to our mar- country through square dancing.’’ Schnitzenbaumers, and one for Janes told police that he was riage,” George Schnitzenbaumer Joking aside, George said he walking home but did not recall said, “We drifted away from danc- was honored with the designation.

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Janes is scheduled to appear in Bridgeview court on April 13.

The arrest is just the latJanes est chapter in Janes’ saga, which began last year he alleged to Little League authorities that JRW had recruited players outside their boundaries in order to a field a team well-prepared to compete in Little League World Series competition.

The allegations initially were ignored, but upon further review Little League International decided to strip JRW of its U.S. championship much to the dismay of the team’s supporters and civic leaders, including Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Michael Pfleger among others.

Janes was branded a racist and required police protection at his home after receiving death threats and other intimidating phone calls in the days after JRW was stripped of its title. Others accused him of sour grapes because JRW defeated the Evergreen Park team 43-2 in four innings.

Janes did not return to work for several days after the incident as his employer decided his presence might present a safety threat.

“It just got really convenient to point the finger this way,” Janes said a few weeks ago. “It’s deflection.”

He added that Little League International’s decision to strip JRW of its title was not the result of his initial compliant.

In fact, Little League officials initially ruled they were confident that JRW had met residency requirements and considered the issue closed. But in early February, officials met in Chicago with presidents from JRW’s sister leagues.

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she was an employee, police said.

Jackeline Barrios-Cruz, 24, of Chicago, was charged with driving on a suspended license, no insurance and failure to yield Feb. 27 after a crash at 95th Street and Ridgeland Avenue, police said.

Nicholas Iovino, 23, of Evergreen Park, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug equipment, no brake lights and driving with an obstructed windshield Feb. 24 after being stopped in the 2600 block of 97th Street, police said.

Darrick R. Lee, 36, of Chicago Ridge, was charged with driving on a suspended license, expired registration, no insurance and failure to wear a seatbelt Feb. 27 after he was stopped in the 6500 block of 95th Street, police said.

Tyran Bolling, 20, of Portland, Ill., was charged with retail theft Feb. 24 after allegedly stealing items from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St., police said.

Terrance A. Cunningham, 50, of Dolton, was charged with driving on a suspended license and failure to signal Feb. 28 following a stop at 103rd Street and Harlem Avenue, police said.

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Vinson Perkins, 51, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated driving on a revoked license and no insurance Feb. 25 after a stop in the 2500 block of 95th Street, police said.

Alisha Autry, 29, Chicago, was charged with retail theft Feb. 26 after allegedly stealing items from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St., police said.

Chabrina Waters, 19, Chicago, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, possession of drug equipment, no Terrance D. Ayekumi, 21, of Chiinsurance and driving on a suspended license Feb. 20 after a stop cago, was charged with possession in the 3600 block of 95th Street, of a controlled substance Feb. 13 after a stop at 107th Street and police said.

Pulaski Road, police said.

Hazel McDuffy, 61, of Chicago, Merchandise valued at approxiwas charged with retail theft Feb. 20 after allegedly stealing items mately $900, including a vacuum from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St., cleaner and several baby monitors, were reported stolen Feb. 15 from police said.

Target, 4120 W. 95th St. Tyra Taylor, 21, of Chicago, was Kiara S. Jenkins, 23, of Chicago, charged with disorderly conduct Feb. 20 following a disturbance was charged with aggravated asat Exams Express, 3317 W. 95th sault and theft, and Sydney S. Campbell, 22, of Iowa City, Iowa, Street, police said. was charged with theft Feb. 16 folEdwin Sutton, 61, of Chicago, lowing a disturbance at Hooters, was charged with drunken driving, 9100 S. Cicero Ave., police said. no insurance and improper lane use Zaid N. Joudeh, 22, of Oak Lawn, Feb. 22 after a stop in the 2700 was charged with possession of a block of 87th Street, police said. controlled substance and marijuana Brittany Bank, 26, of Chicago, Feb. 17 after a stop at 111th St. was charged with theft Feb. 23 after and Kilbourn Avenue, police said. allegedly making false returns at A 2007 BMW was reported stolen Meijer, 9200 S. Western Ave., where

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Javier R. Perez, 40, of Oak Lawn, was charged with drunken driving, failure to reduce speed to avoid and accident and no insurance after he was stopped Feb. 19 at 108th Street and Central Avenue, police said.

Henderson R. Jackson, 38, of By Tim Hadac Chicago, was charged with drunken Staff Reporter driving and speeding Feb. 22 followOrland Park police continue to ing a stop at 97th Street and Cicero investigate two reported incidents Avenue, police said. of hateful, bigoted graffiti found in Two televisions valued at $500 a boys’ bathroom stall last month were reported stolen Feb. 21 from at Sandburg High School, 13300 S. La Grange Road.

Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St. “F~ck the Arabs,” “Death to Christine Miller, 45, of Oak Lawn, the Islamic people” and “All Islam was charged with disorderly conduct will be killed in this school” were Feb. 21 after reportedly disturbing three of five messages scrawled customers at Andy’s Frozen Cus- in early February, according to tard, 9507 S. Cicero Ave., police said. images released to the press on Feb. 20 by the Chicago chapter of Phillip L. Harris, 28, of Wo- the Council on American-Islamic odridge, was charged with drunken Relations (CAIR-Chicago).

Village spokesman Joseph S. driving and speeding Feb. 21 after being stopped at 95th Street and La Margo told The Regional News Monday night that Orland Rutherford Avenue, police said.

Park police continue to look into Odion A. Clunis, 26, of Chicago, the situation and that Mayor was charged with battery Feb. 22 Dan McLaughlin is satisfied following a disturbance the Hilton, with the pace of the investigation and confident in the Police 9333 S. Cicero Ave., police said.

Department’s ability to get to Thirty-five silver coins from the the bottom of the matter.

Sandburg Principal Deborah 1800s valued at approximately $22.66 each and 16, 100-ounce Baker addressed the matter in an bars of silver valued at $1,800 each email sent to parents on Feb. 21.

“While I am unable to share were reported stolen Feb. 22 from a house in the 9600 block of Man- explicit details related to the investigation, I believe it is sfield Avenue. important to reiterate that we Andrew P.C. Greiman, 35, of Oak continue to take this matter very Lawn, was charged with aggravated seriously and to re-emphasize battery to a police officer and being that our goal to insure a safe intoxicated in the roadway after a and secure learning environFeb. 23 stop at 100th Street and ment for all students and staff is paramount,” she wrote.

52nd Avenue, police said.

“In addition, it is our ongoing Ramona Samoska, 43, of Oak practice to strengthen and imLawn, was charged with drunken prove all of our processes. With driving, making an improper turn, regard to this situation, once the failure to yield to avoid an accident, illegal transportation of alcohol and driving off the roadway Feb. 24 after she was stopped at 55th Avenue and 91st Street, police said.

A 2004 Mercedes Benz was reported stolen Feb. 24-25 from the 10300 block of Mansfield Avenue.

Worth Krystian Witkowski, 24, of Bridgeview, was charged with damage to property Feb. 27 after allegedly shattering a window at Mario’s Salon, 11329 S. Harlem Ave., police said.

Salameh M. Abuelhawa, 50, of Worth, was charged with driving on a suspended license Feb. 27 after a stop in the 11100 block of Columbus Drive, police said.

David Jimenez-Rodriguez, 27, of St. Paul, Minn., was charged with driving on a revoked license after being stopped Feb. 26 in the 11400 block of Harlem Avenue, police said.

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Image of the bathroom graffiti at Sandburg High School. investigation is complete, we will partner with the Orland Park Police Department to modify, if necessary, any steps in our security and communication protocol,” she added.

Baker said she has “several plans in motion to achieve this goal” that include “ongoing conversations with various community leaders, staff advisory and planning committee to evaluate all current and future professional development needs, meeting with local community social service organizations to learn about how we can pair their expertise to our needs” and more.

In a statement to the press, CAIR officials said they have demanded “a full investigation,

safety measures, parents/students and staff notification, and sensitivity training for staff.”

“Our paramount concern is for safety of all students, staff and faculty. We requested that the threat be taken seriously, particularly given its specificity, like any other death threat, and for parents to be updated on investigation progress, staff training, and increased security precautions taken,” said CAIRChicago attorney Rabya Khan.

The bigoted scrawlings are an irony at a school named for a poet who once said, “Anger is the most impotent of passions.

It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.”

Drug abuse awareness forum short on numbers

By Tim Hadac Staff reporter A well known program that warns teens and parents about the destructive impact of life choices—such as drug and alcohol abuse—received a boost last Thursday from a self-described “warrior mom” who urged a group of local Catholics to use their faith and each other to save teens from harm.

Orland Park resident Patti Brucki, a high school teacher and church catechist, delivered her impassioned plea to about 40 people as an addition to the “In the Blink of an Eye” presentation at Our Lady of the Woods Church, 10731 W. 131st St., Orland Park.

“I am a Catholic from conception, the oldest child conceived during the honeymoon--June wedding, April birth,” Brucki said, drawing nods and chuckles from the audience.

“Even though I’m a public school teacher, I’m still a cradle Catholic from the South Side of Chicago,” she added. “I wear my faith like some good gym shoes, because I’m walking my faith. We walk by faith and not by sight.

We live it, we breathe it, we feel it, it’s on a cellular level.”

Brucki, the wife of Orland Fire Protection District (OFPD) Chief Ken Brucki, delivered a homily-like presentation immediately after a trio of volunteers finished about 30 minutes’ worth of testimony about how foolish choices by otherwise good people can damage or even ruin lives.

“In the Blink of an Eye” founder Michael Schofield—a retired Homer Glen fire chief and current OFPD battalion chief—led the event by using video and audio materials to pound home

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Orland Park resident Patti Brucki, in a photo taken at Thornwood High School, where she teaches. the destructive impacts of drug overdoses, and drinking and texting while driving.

He reiterated what he has said at past events, including how heroin—once considered a drug found only in the inner city—has spread to teenagers and young adults across the nation’s suburbs, including the greater Orland area.

The problem was so bad among young people that Homer Glen was nicknamed Heroin Glen by some, Schofield said.

He sounded an alarm about the importance of parental awareness.

“In high school, the parents are always the last to know,” Schofield said. “If someone’s doing drugs, all their friends know. Other kids know, and unfortunately sometimes, it’s too late.

“We’ve got to tell kids, ‘If you see someone [on drugs], tell someone, because then we can get help,’” the battalion chief continued. “We have to tell kids that if they see another kid doing drugs and they don’t tell someone and then something bad happens to that kid, they’ll regret that for the rest of their lives--that they

never told anybody.”

Also speaking were Homer Glen resident Brian Kirk, who became an anti-drug advocate after his teenage son, Matt, died of a heroin overdose in 2009, and Lockport resident Tami O’Brien, whose son, Jason—an award winning Chicago police officer—drove drunk and caused an auto crash near 159th Street and Harlem Avenue in 2005, which killed two Sandburg high school students. As Schofield did, they spoke about how even a momentary bad choice by otherwise good people can wreak havoc.

Brucki urged the audience—almost entirely adults--to remember that “the teenage brain is under construction. It wants to take risks, wants to press limits.

That’s what it’s driven to do. That is the age when the warrior takes shape.”

It is the job of Catholic parents, she said, to build, strengthen and use personal connections—with priests, teachers, coaches and other parents—to encircle their children with love that is watch(Continued on page 3)

Grandparent scam caller tries to bilk Palos woman, age 104

By Jack Murray Regional News Editor A 104-year-old Palos Park woman last week was called by a man claiming to be her grandson in jail, needing $900 bond.

Palos Park police responded to the grandparent scam Wednesday last week.

It was “yet another scam in which a [so-called] grandchild has been in an auto accident, had been drinking and was being held by police until he posted $900 cash,” Police Chief Joe Miller said.

Instead of sending the money, the would-be elderly victim called her caregiver, who called the woman’s daughter who called police, Chief Miller said.

Police advise anyone receiving such calls to take that same course of action: call a relative or police, do not take the caller’s word for it.

In the common scam, a caller pleads for the grandmother not to call his or her parents, but simply send money to be released from jail.

Often during the telephone call, the con artist impersonated claims to be in a foreign county and in need of money in order to resolve the crisis.

“The entire matter is a fraud based on a fabricated situation (car accidents or arrest scenarios, where bail money or repair expenses immediately required),” Miller said.

Often the caller puts another

person on the line impersonating third parties whom they introduce as an attorney or official acting in the best interest of the phony relative.

Victims are instructed where and to whom the funds should be sent via a wire transfer service.

Across the country, law enforcement officials are warning seniors to beware of so-called “grandparent scams,” in which fraudsters are impersonating a grandchild in distress -- and begging for cash, CNN Money reports. “Such scams have become increasingly common. impersonating a family member or friend in need of money. Since 2010, the FTC has recorded more than 40,000 and it is estimated that many more go unreported.”

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Boxing interest has waned but OLOR show lives on Gather around my rocking chair, boys and girls, and Uncle Jeff will tell you a story about an era a long, long time ago when the sport of boxing was huge.

Casual fans knew the names of the top boxers at the time.

Ali. Frazier. Foreman. Leonard. Duran. Hearnes. Norton.

Hagler. Tyson. Spinks. Another Spinks.

Even the next level – the Quarrys and the Wepners of the world had some name recognition.

People thirsted to find out who was going to win matches.

And, boys and girls, before the invention of Pay Per View, people would go to movie theaters to watch closed-circuit broadcasts of big fights. I once saw a closed-circuit Tyson fight at what used to be known as the Rosemont Horizon and it drew a huge crowd.

Now? Well, I can name Floyd Mayweather and and Manny Pacquiao. They are fighting in a huge bout coming up May 2 in a match that can do more than $300 million in Pay Per View sales for a match that is about three or four years too late. So boxing is not completely dead.

I think Roy Jones Jr. is still fighting even though he is closer to becoming a senior.

The heavyweight division has some big Russian guys, I think.

But I would have to Google that and get back to you.

After that? I can’t help ya.

I just don’t know many of the elite current fighters any more.

IMPRESSIONS By Jeff Vorva

Ultimate fighting and even professional wrestling has helped the short attention span generation turn away from the sweet science.

But there is a pocket in our area where every year you can find boxing a boxing card taking place.

The Our Lady of the Ridge boxing show is in its 53rd year and gets rolling at 7 p.m. at 10820 S. Oxford in Chicago Ridge. The doors open at 6 p.m.

Kids from kindergarten through sixth grade from the area will put on the gloves and head gear and box.

For those who feel a little weird about seeing little kids fight, ring announcer Don Pratl said that it’s not a violent event.

“Yes, we’ve had some kids get sick in the ring and we may have had a few bloody noses, but that’s it,” he said.

“There is a difference between boxing and fighting and for the last couple of months, we’ve been teaching these kids how to box. We work on sticking and moving and we match the kids up as evenly as we can.

“There have been times when we’ve had to tell some kids they can’t participate because they are too big or too small.’’

Pratl said he was a Golden Gloves boxer growing up and has been a ring announcer for this event for decades.

He said that no matter how much other sports have gained in popularity and how much boxing has declined, boxing purists like himself will continue to embrace it.

“Boxing can never be replaced,” he said. “The MMA or Ultimate fighting – that’s what happens in the streets, not the ring. Those are entertainment events. Boxing is a sport.’’

Pratl remembers the days when the OLOR event would have beer and smoking in the gym. Those days are gone, but there is still an old-fashioned atmosphere surrounding the event.

“Fathers, sons, cousins and neighbors all come back to talk about the good old days,” Pratl said.

This also serves as a fundraiser for the school and its athletic department.

Remembering the ‘big guy’

The death of Minnie Minoso this weekend (see editorial page) overshadowed the death of another local legend, coach Gordie Gillespie. Gillespie had success just about everywhere he went, including Joliet Catholic, Lewis University and the University of St. Francis.

He coached football, basketball

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A couple of kid boxers pose during a past show at Our Lady of the Ridge. and baseball and is in a whole bunch of Halls of Fame.

Eerily, I saw a big painting in homage to Gillespie on late Saturday afternoon at Lewis and I wondered where the coach was and how he was doing. That night, he died.

Gillespie knew so many people and didn’t always remember names so I (and probably a million other dudes) became known as the “big guy’’

whenever he would see me. He once spoke at a coaching class I took and his booming voice needed no microphone. He was funny, entertaining and wise.

My friend, also known as “big guy’’ to Gillespie, attended St. Francis many moons ago and would remember seeing Gillespie standing on top of a desk and enthusiastically bellow to students in whatever class it was he was teaching.

People have millions of funny Gillespie stories and quotes but my favorite quote was one he said on a practice field when he was dressing down a player. He hollered: “If you don’t get this play right, I’m going to trade you for a dog and then shoot the dog!”

Maybe PETA members won’t appreciate that line, but it still makes me laugh.

Rest in peace, big guy.

EP reports a dip in crime in 2014 Hickory Hills’ new water

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

an eight percent drop in theft, the police chief said.

Conversely, the was a 150 Crime is on the decline in Everpercent jump in motor vehicle green Park, Police Chief Michael thefts, from 10 to 25, “which Saunders told the village board coincides with additional busion Monday night. ness activity and parking lot Saunders gave a brief presenvolume increases on Western tation to trustees comparing Avenue and 95th Street,” 2014 and 2013 crime figures.

Saunders said. “I would like The village realized a deto emphasize this is crime crease in several major crime of opportunity and is just categories, including violent that, a property crime.” crimes, criminal sexual assault, Drug-related arrests (possesrobberies and burglary, Saunders Trustee Jim McQuillan, chair- sion of a controlled substance, said. man of the board’s public safety possession of marijuana and Overall, there were 598 committee. possession drug paraphernalia) criminal offenses in 2014, down There were no criminal sexual jumped significantly from 330 in slightly from 646 the previous assaults in 2014, the same as the 2012 to 411 in 2014, according year. previous year. Meanwhile, there to the report.

There was an increase in drug was a 5 percent reduction in rob“As we share a common boundcrimes, but the spike is the result beries, Saunders said. Aggravated ary with the city of Chicago on three of more arrests made by the po- assaults and battery also were low sides, we have not experienced the lice department’s tactical officers. and unchanged, he said. severity and types of crime we see “The stats don’t go down The village realized a 31 per- repeatedly on local news channels by luck of the draw,” said cent reduction in burglaries and each evening,” Saunders said.

meters to detect leaks

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter A $3,000 water bill can leave you tapped out.

Just ask a Hickory Hills resident who unknowingly had a leak in his toilet that caused him to use 350,000 gallons of water over a three-month period.

That approximately half the amount of water needed to fill an Olympic-sized pool.

Average residential use is 25,000 to 30,000 every three months, said Larry Boettcher, Hickory Hills Public Works Director.

The new water meters the city is starting to install would prevent a resident’s money from going

down the drain.

Smart meters measure water usage digitally and transmit the data wirelessly to a passing a public works truck.

The new technology would allow public works to read entire neighborhoods in a few hours; meaning readings could be taken more frequently and leaks could be discovered sooner, Boettcher said.

“There’s new technology that’s out there,” Boettcher said.

The city has started replacing the old meters in a section of the city south of 95th Street.

The meters, which were installed in 1990, have outlived their usefulness, Boettcher said.

So far, 50 meters have been re-

placed—an average of five per day.

“I think we could do 500 a year,” Boettcher told aldermen at last Thursday’s city council meeting.

He said installing meters is what his crews do when they are not working on major projects.

“I think as a city we should be moving forward,” he said.

The new meters cost $100 and are paid for out of the city’s water department budget.

The installation process is slow because residents have to be home when public works crews arrive to change out the meters.

“Our biggest problem is getting people to cooperate,” said Boettcher, who added that it’s sometimes difficult to schedule appointments to change the meters.

CR hires two cops but braces for possible $700,000 slash from state

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

proposal is approved.

“Where can we make that up?”

Tokar said. “There just aren’t a lot Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck To- of ways to make that up.” kar Tuesday took another swipe On a night when two new police at Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plan to officers were sworn in and trustcut by 50 percent towns’ annual ees agreed to fill a vacant position share of state income tax revenue. in the public works department, Tokar joined a chorus of other Tokar said cuts in state funding mayors from the Reporter’s cover- would cause the village to consider age area in blasting the proposal personnel cutbacks. as unworkable.

“We run a very lean budget,” he Tokar’s comments came shortly said. We take what we get and budbefore trustees approved a resolu- get it properly. It would be a very tion opposing a reduction in the big hit. We’re bare bones as is.” distributive fund reserves to local “It should be an interesting year municipalities. with a Republican governor and Chicago Ridge would lose Democratic-controlled legislature,” approximately $700,000 if the Tokar continued.

Tokar has said the village is fortunate to have the sales taxes generated by Chicago Ridge Mall, but sales tax revenue alone would not compensate for the loss in state funds.

When Ruaner first announced the proposed cuts during his budget address, Tokar said he never expect the reduction to be so significant.

In other business at Tuesday’s meeting: • Trustees agreed to apply for $400,000 in community development block grant funds, which would be used to repaint the outside of the water tank on Ridge Drive.

The tank will be inspected in the

spring to determine if the inside needs a fresh coat of paint as well.

• Fire Chief George Sheets told trustees that April 21 remains the grand opening date for the Lombard Station, 10658 Lombard Ave. Ceremonies begin at noon and will include food, drinks and giveaways, Sheets said.

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ful, protective and even intrusive, when necessary.

She urged parents who detect unhealthy behavior in their sons and daughters—drug or alcohol abuse or “sex for the sake of selfsatisfaction without a meaningful relationship”—to be “interrupters” without regard for hurt feelings.

“Don’t be afraid when your son or daughter says, ‘I hate you, Mom,’” she said. “Say, ‘Great. I’m glad you hate me, because you know what? I love you enough for both of us.’ If you remember nothing else tonight, remember that. It’s something I was raised with by my Catholic mother.”

Brucki ended her presentation with an exhortation.

“Never stop hugging your teenagers,” she said. “Fathers, when your daughters grow breasts, keep hugging them.

Don’t be afraid. Hug them.

Hug them hard. Scratch their backs, feel their arms, look in their faces. Show them what tender touch looks like and feels

like when it’s safe, from the man they’re supposed to love the most.

“Mothers, keep loving your sons,” she concluded. “Hug them hard, scratch their backs and kiss them. And if they don’t want to be kissed, kiss them while they’re sleeping. Do it.

They need to know what that ‘safe love’ feels like, what ‘normal’ feels like. Tell them you love them, every day. That’s what Jesus wants for us.”

Brucki’s comments were praised by Mary Lee Noonan, Respect Life coordinator at Our Lady of the Woods.

“Patti took what we heard from our secular community and linked it with our faith community,” she said, adding that the “In the Blink of an Eye” presentation “is consistent with what our faith teaches us about the dignity of the human person and why we protect life at all stages of development. That’s a pillar of our faith.”

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Prominent promenades:

EP’s Swing’n Sugar Squares have fun cutting the rug (Continued from page 1) basic dancing or beginners “We are always encouraging new couples to get involved in square dancing and to take lessons,” O’Brien said, “This was a good opportunity for new dancers to come out and experience square dancing first hand.”

O’Brien has been Swing’n Sugar Squares Club President for four years and said he thoroughly enjoys the position and meeting both new and advanced dancers.

Refreshments, appetizers and desserts were served throughout the event and the Sweetheart Couple was spotlighted during what O’Brien described as a “halftime procession” during the dance where they were able to solo dance and intermingle with

the other dancers.

“Square dancing is fun, it is exercise and we enjoy meeting other people with similar interests,” Schnitzenbaumer said, “It exercises your body and your mind and is a lot of fun. It has offered us the opportunity to travel and dance in other parts of the country.”

The Schnitzenbaumers usually take three trips a year to dance.

They will take part in the Cloud Nine Weekend at the Turkey Run Inn in Marshall, Indiana in May. Curt Braffet from the Bloomington-Normal area will be one of the callers. Braffet was a guest caller last Thursday night in Evergreen Park.

The couple also plans on dancing at the Illinois Square Dance & Round Dance Convention in DeKalb in the summer.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

The Swing’n Sugar Squares Club features nights of square dancing, round dancing, socializing and food.

A group of dancers from the Swing’n Sugar Squares Club of Evergreen Park have some fun Thursday night at Central Junior High School.

The Swing’n Sugar Squares sign, right, adorns the Central Junior High gym on dance night.

June Goerg of Wheaton and Frank Westerlind of Markham have a laugh during a round dancing song Thursday night.

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Like an NBA player ready to take the court, Wheaton’s Ray Goerg puts on a knee brace to prepare for square dancing in Evergreen Park last Thursday night.

RETRO

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The object of the game is to fill all the blank squares with the correct numbers. Each row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Each column of 9 numbers must include all digits1 through 9 in any order. Each 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9.

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News and events from our archives.

Too much snow closes Swallow Cliff 50 years ago

From the March 4, 1965 issue The story: An area snowstorm helped close down the Swallow Cliff toboggan slide.

High winds blew snow off the tracks and into the runs and 20 men had to remove the snow from those runs.

The quote: “I could have sold nine cars. I had so many phone calls, I hesitated to answer the phone,” – a woman known as “Mrs. King” who sold her 1955 Chevy for $100 after placing a $1 ad in the Reporter.

Fun fact: A team of Chicago Ridge cops took first place in the Colt Manufacturing Company’s shooting match at the Chicago Ridge Gun Shop.

Woman named Joy is not a nasty person 25 years ago

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From the March 8, 1990 issue The story: More than 150 people attended a Hickory Hills meeting to protest a proposal to turn the Poor Clares monastery into a retirement community.

The quote: “You don’t have to go around being nasty to people,” – new Oak Lawn Library Director Joy Kennedy on her leadership philosophy.

Fun fact: William Barz, who coached in the early stages of the Mt. Carmel state championship football dynasty in 1980, was hired to coach the sport at Moraine Valley Community College. He was a starting fullback at Notre Dame in 1969 and 1970.

Let’s blame Bush for the Oak Lawn flooding 10 years ago

From the March 3, 2005 issue The story: A former Green Hills librarian was getting ready to stand trial in Joliet for allegedly killing an infant by shaking it.

The quote: “Pretty soon, village officials will be blasting George Bush for Crawford Gardens’ flooding problems,” – Oak Lawn Resident Tom Stefanos on local trustees “skirting responsibility’’ on flooding issues in the village.

Fun fact: The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn finalized plans to move to a new 10,000-foot facility in the downtown area.

March 5: ON THIS DATE in 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, warning of the Soviet threat to the West.

March 6: ON THIS DATE in 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege during the Texas Revolution; all of the American defenders were slain, including legendary frontiersman and former congressman Davy Crockett. March 7: ON THIS DATE in 1926, the first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation was made.

March 8: ON THIS DATE in 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools was unconstitutional.

In 1965, the United States landed 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam as the buildup of U.S. forces there escalated.

March 9: ON THIS DATE in 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad ships Monitor and Virginia (formerly called the Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia.

March 10: ON THIS DATE in 1910, China banned slavery.

March 11: ON THIS DATE in 537, the Goths laid siege to Rome.

In 1958, a U.S. B-47 bomber accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb near Florence, S.C. The bomb did not detonate because of its safety features.

Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1837, the United States officially recognized the Republic of Texas as a sovereign nation - a year after Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

This week’s question: In 1953, who became secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, succeeding the late Josef Stalin?

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

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The Cause of the Civil War The Civil War was the last possible means to resolve the slavery issue.

It came down to what President Abraham Lincoln told the people of Illinois in 1858, which was basically that the nation could not remain half free and half slave; it had to become one or the other.

All options had been exhausted: the Kansas – Nebraska bill of 1854, the Dred Scott case in 1857 and John Brown’s raid in 1859 were the final pieces of the puzzle.

By the time of the presidential election of 1860, each side was stronger in their beliefs and some on each side were willing to act upon them.

The question in my mind, as well as in many others who have studied the Civil War period, is why didn’t we follow England’s course and abolish slavery thirty or forty years before the war came? One reason was because the country did not have a William Wilberforce in its midst. He spent his lifetime working to rid England of slavery.

It seems clear today that the South was not going to do anything to end slavery.

As the presidential election of 1860 drew near, and if Abraham Lincoln were elected, some of the southern states were ready to secede. He was elected and South Carolina on December 20, 1860 voted to secede.

In the 1790’s slavery was losing ground in America. In his book, “Meet General Grant,” W. E. Woodward strongly suggests that without Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin slavery would not have survived as long as it did. In my reading of the Civil War and its causes I believe that Woodward is correct in how important the cotton gin was and how it saved slavery from an early demise.

Another quote from Woodward’s book, “Slavery was con-

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ery. He was one of the first, if not the first president to welcome Negroes in the front door of the White House. Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and others visited him in the People’s House.

Although on Douglass’s last visit on the occasion of a reception for the second inauguration, he was stopped twice before being allowed in.

When he finally got in and Lincoln saw him, he said for all to hear, “Here comes my friend Douglass.”

When Sojourner Truth came to visit Lincoln he signed her autograph book to “Aunty Sojourner Truth.” There is a picture of her with Lincoln on her visit but it is a composite.

Few Negroes ever saw Lincoln and fewer still would have talked to him. He was well thought of by them throughout the land and the following will illustrate just how much they thought of him.

“The [black] people of Baltimore, to show their appreciation … of President Lincoln in the cause of human freedom, contributed $580.75 to have a copy of the Bible bound in purple velvet, mounted in gold and engraved with a representation of Lincoln striking the shackles from a slave, . . .” The Bible was given to Lincoln at the White House in September of 1864.

Lincoln told people, “The action of the Baltimore [black] people… gave him more real satisfaction than any other public testimonial he ever received.”

Next April, we will close out the remembrance of the 150 anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination and the end of the Civil War. To me one of the “what if” questions still remains.

How would Lincoln have coped with the aftermath of the war and the freeing of almost four million slaves?

centrated in the warm, damp lands of the seacoast, where the chief crops were rice, indigo and tobacco.

In the cultivation of these products animal drudgery was worth more than intelligence.”

As we know, cotton became “King” and slavery was perpetuated in the South and was spreading westward. Any talk of gradual emancipation soon died off.

Woodward also states that “Whitney’s invention was the most momentous achievement of a single individual that has ever occurred on the American continent.”

Of course he wrote this in the 1920s and at that point in our history it may have been true. What the cotton gin did to perpetuate slavery into the 1850s and bring about the Civil War that cost the lives of 620,000 plus Americans is both monumental and horrendous in the effect it had on our country.

Slavery was the cause of the American Civil War. Any attempt to change history only takes away from what Lincoln and those that survived the war and those that died for the cause – both North and South – did. They answered the question; should slavery be continued and expanded or should slavery be abolished? Some historians are still debating this question yet today.

I believe Lincoln did what he Don C. White is an author and could to solve the question of slav- historian from Palos Hills.

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Community Briefs OAK LAWN Kostner Avenue Closure Near Hospital Imminent If Weather Cooperates Plans to close a section of Kostner Avenue to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic near the main entrance to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn will come to fruition this weekend, weather permitting. Work on erecting an abovestreet pedestrian bridge as a result of ongoing construction at the medical center will now take place this Friday through Sunday.

CineVerse to Watch and Discuss 2011 Film ‘The Help’ CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s free weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will show and then discuss “The Help” (2011) on Wednesday, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Oak View Community Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn. For more information, call 529-9028, or visit cineversegroup.blogspot.com.

‘Trouble in Paradise’ Takes Center Stage at CineVerse Meeting CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s free weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will show and then discuss the classic screwball comedy “Trouble in Paradise” from 1932. The group will meet Wednesday, March 18, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Oak View Community Center 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn. For more information, call 529-9028, or visit cineversegroup.blogspot.com.

ORLAND PARK Orland Township to Host Aging Parents and Elder Care Workshop Residents are invited to join Orland Township, 14807 South Ravinia Ave., Orland Park, to an elder care workshop. The workshop, designed to assist caregivers and families dealing with the hardship of assisting elderly parents and adults, will be held Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

This workshop will provide information to help families make informed decisions con-

cerning elder care, as well as strategies for coping with dayto-day challenges involved with caring for your elderly loved one. There will be free time for one-on-one discussion between guest speakers and participants.

Guest speakers include: Karla Ortiz Flores, caregiver specialist, Age Options; Christine Suddreth, community relations coordinator, PLOWS Council on Aging; June Bachan, caregiver specialist, PLOWS Council on Aging; Mona L. O’Connor J.D., C.P.A., estate planning, O’Connor Law Offices; Linda McCarrin, community ciaison, Synergy Home Care; Andrea Franklin, marketing representative, VITAS; Kathy Passafiume, LCPC, clinical director, Orland Township Youth and Family Counseling Services; and Kathy Kenyeri, senior advocate, Orland Township.

For more information, call 403-4222.

Township Residents Invited to Free CPR Classes at Orland Township Orland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park, is hosting free CPR classes for seniors and individuals ages 16-54 Tuesday at 1 p.m. for seniors; Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. for those 16 to 54; Tuesday, April 14 at 1 p.m. for seniors, and Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. for those 16 to 54.

Instructors from the Orland Fire Protection District will lead the classes and certificates will be distributed upon completion.

Additional classes, including health care provider CPR, which includes a certification card, are also held monthly at the fire department’s Station 3.

Dates and times may be found at www.orlandfire.org.

Registration is required. For more information, and to register, call 403-4222.

WORTH The Marrs-Meyer American Legion Post 991 will host a corn beef and cabbage dinner from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at 11001 s. Depot Ave. in Worth.

The cost is $14 for adults, $7 for children under 12 and free for children under 3.

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tax cap legislation made the job even tougher.

But the pension crisis isn’t the only thing that’s pitted Rauner against local leaders in tug of war that well may determine the state’s financial future.

“There’s just a minutia of things that added up. We’ve had to fight other administrations in the past. The state (is facing) a huge, huge dilemma,” said Bennett, president of the Southwest Conference of Mayors.

Still, local leaders have managed to keep their spending plans in the black—as required by law—and made whatever cuts necessary to do so, officials said.

Despite the struggle, Bennett said, the state would rather take money from towns than raise additional revenue or make budget cuts. The results could be staggering.

“There’s not going to be local government anymore,” Bennett added.

Local governments are no stranger to trimming the budget.

During the recent economic slowdown, Palos Hills was forced to make difficult cuts, including a 17 percent reduction in staff and cuts in capital projects.

Hickory Hills Mayor Mike Howley, who also addressed chamber members, said recent investments in his town’s public works budget represent “the cost of government, the cost of doing business.”

Palos Hills, meanwhile, recently replaced all of its police vehicles, upgrading the fleet to SUVs. But public safety budgets, which are a big portion of a town’s spending plan, will certainly be affected if Rauner’s proposed cuts go through, mayors agree.

Bennett offered one other idea to solve the dilemma. “Maybe we should go to Springfield and give (legislators) the keys to city hall,” he said.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Hickory Hills Mahor Mike Howley addresses the crowd at the Sabre Room last week about recent progess made in his town.

Hills’ mayors cite slow and steady progress in their towns

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter Slow but steady.

That’s essentially the way the mayors of Palos Hills and Hickory Hills described progress in their towns over the past year at last week’s Hills Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Hickory Hills Mayor Mike Howley and Palos Hills Mayor Jerry Bennett offered similar themes in their state of city of addresses, which were given before a crowd of more than 50 chamber members and community officials last Wednesday at the Sabre Room.

Howley described the past year as “more vibrant” as Hickory Hills completed important capital improvement projects, including the renovation of 88th Avenue “at long, long last,” Howley said.

He also pointed to the Safe Route to School Grant, which allowed the city to install sidewalks near Glen Oak School, 9045 S. 88th Ave.

He said the sidewalks are more utilized than he expected, as they not only serve students walking to school but benefit walkers and cyclists as well.

Other community improvements are ahead, Howley said, including the installation of streetlights in 93rd Street and addition of more than 120 parkway trees throughout the city.

Permits for residential construction and rehab work gradually increased in 2014, including three apartment buildings that were completely gutted and renovated, the mayor said.

“It was great to see that level of residential investment in our town,” Howley said.

He added that other residential projects are in their “infancy” making it too early to discuss details.

“They are developments that are truly going to enhance our community,” Howley said. “Residentially, we’ve seen a definite uptick.”

The city is struggling to fill

come commercial locations, including George’s Steak House and the New Cocos Family Restaurant, both which have been vacant for many months.

“We remain hopeful, especially with the improvements in the economy,” Howley said.

Bennett kicked off his remarks saying it was the 34th time he has given a state of the city address.

The city welcomed 20 new businesses in 2014, said Bennett, who added that he was proud of the cultural diversity new businesses bring to Palos Hills.

He said permit activity indicates that more residential rebuilding and rehab work has been taking place over the past few years.

Additionally, Bennett said, the city in 2014: •Saw the completion of 88th Avenue sidewalks •Invested $500,000 in public works equipment •Paid off the debt the municipal golf course and made improvement to the facility •Replaced all police squad cars.

Eagle Scout project morphs into walkway proposal

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

heroes,” Bresnahan said. like the memorial to be a gatherThe VFW will rely on the vol- ing point for people getting off unteer efforts of Boys Scouts and the Metra atrain.

Plans for the construction of a high school students who need “It blends into the 911 Memocommunity heroes walkway south service hours to help with the rial,” Vorderer added. of the Johnson-Phelps VFW Post project, he said.

“I salute your efforts. It’s an 5220 in Oak Lawn are underway A 4-by-8 inch brick will cost outstanding project,” Village and appear to have the blessing $50 and include three lines of Manager Larry Deetjen said. of village officials. text. An 8-by-8 inch brick will Plans call for memorial bricks “We’re in the infancy stage, but cost $100 and feature six lines to installed on section of sidewalk we plan on running with this of text. at a time, Bresnahan said. once we get approval,” VFW “We’d like to see something “I anticipate it’s going to take member Phil Bresnahan said at like this beautify the area,” Au- quite a few years,” he said. “It last week’s village board meeting. bin said. could be a project that goes on Bresnahan and fellow VFW Trustee Terry Vorderer, a Viet for better than a decade, two member Paul Aubin presented Nam veteran, favored the pro- decades.” plans for the walkway, which is posal.

Mayor Sandra Bury praised designed as an extension of a “You’re really going to add to Aubin’s project for being the flagpole memorial located outside the looks of Yourell Drive,” Vor- impetus behind the project. the VFW, 9514 52nd Ave. derer said. “This is a winner. I “How proud you must be that the The flagpole, which is sur- like it.”

Eagle Project and your son started rounded by approximately 70 Bresnahan said the VFW would something like this,” Bury said. memorial paver bricks, was erected last year as the Eagle Scout project for Aubin’s 16-yearold son, Justin. th 2014 The memorial was well received and led to suggestions for a bigger memorial.

“We’ve had an overwhelming number of people come into the post and ask ‘how can I buy a brick, are you going to expand this?’” said post Cmdr. Dan Johnson.

Bresnahan said the walkway is another opportunity to honor the nation’s armed forces as well as first responders.

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Ageless Minoso was a legend for the ages

By Jeff Vorva, Reporter Editor None of us were sure if he was 67 or 70 at the time. There were conflicting reports.

But I’ve never seen a bigger twinkle of the eye of someone that old.

He was like a kid again.

It was Sept. 29, 1993. The White Sox had just sewn up the division title two nights prior and were playing out the string of the final couple of games before getting ready for the playoffs against Toronto.

And there in the locker room was Minnie Minoso wearing a uniform with his trademark No. 9 on the back with a smile and that twinkle.

This story is back in my brain after Photo courtesy of Chicago White Sox Minoso passed away Sunday, allegedly at Minoso age 90. No one knows for sure how old he was so he truly was an ageless wonder.

What a lousy 2015 it has been. First Mr. Cub Ernie Banks dies in January. Now Mr. White Sox follows on the opening day of March. Two popular sports icons are no longer with us and both were known for always smiling and bringing joy to others as ambassadors for their respective teams.

I was working for the Northwest Herald in McHenry County and spent a lot of time around the Sox in 1993. Seeing Minoso in the clubhouse in a uniform instead of a suit was a surprise.

In the pregame session with manager Gene Lamont, I piped up “Hey, I just saw Minnie Minoso wearing a uniform. You’re not planning on activating him, are you?�

Lamont smiled and said he couldn’t say anything about it just yet when, in a moment of fantastic timing, a media relations worker stopped by Lamont’s office with a stack of press releases announcing that the legend was indeed going to be activated. Minoso had major league at-bats in the 40s, 50s and 60s as player. After his retirement, showman/owner Bill Veeck let him bat a couple of times in 1976. He even singled off of Sid Monge. Minoso picked up a pair of at-bats against California in 1980 so he could keep his decade streak alive in the 80s.

A sideshow?

Certainly.

An embarrassment to the game?

Some thought so.

Cool for Sox fans?

You bet.

And on Sept. 29, 1993, days after securing a rare playoff appearance, this was poised to be a fun story that I couldn’t wait to write. Minnie was going to appear in a major league game at age 67 or 70. I wasn’t jaded enough to think it was a stupid story. It was history involving a really popular guy.

Keep in mind that while others thought this was circus time, Minoso was dead serious about these at-bats and emphatically said he was not making a mockery of the game. “This is not a clown thing,â€? he said in his thick Cuban accent. “I love this game. I’m in shape. I’m doing this to prove to the youngsters and to older gentlemen like myself that you can do anything if you take care of your body.’’ He even bragged about his virility and how he fathered a son 4 ½ years before. Remember, this is a guy who was either 67 or 70. “I am so grateful he will get to see me swing the bat,â€? Minoso said.

He didn’t get to swing the bat.

I didn’t get to write that story.

Some of the Sox stars were complaining about it and protested to Major League Baseball and later that night, we found out that league officials scotched the idea. It was a heartbraking moment for Minoso, who left the park in the middle of the game. “This is baseball, not a sideshow,’’ said shortstop Ozzie Guillen, whom we all know was never controversial nor ever created his own distractions while a player or manager with the South Siders. “It’s just not right,’’ added player union rep Jack McDowell. “We shouldn’t even be talking about this. We should be talking about the playoffs.�

At least one guy in the room was on Minnie’s side – center fielder Lance Johnson.

I’ve known Johnson with the Sox and Cubs and he is not a guy who wastes a lot of words. But that night, he said “If I have to lose my job, I want to lose it to Minnie. He had it a long time before I had it.�

On the field, Minosa played 17 seasons and hit .298 with 186 homers and 1,023 RBI. Most amazing is the 814 walks and just 584 strikeouts in 7,712 plate appearances. He was a seven-time All-Star and won three Gold Glove Awards. He led the AL in hits in 1960, in doubles in 1957 and triples three times. He led the league in sacrifice flies twice and stolen bases three years in a row.

He’s not in the Hall of Fame‌yet. That’s up to the 16-member Golden Era Committee to decide.

Off the field, he was as great of an ambassador for the Sox as Banks was for the Cubs. Maybe he didn’t get to have that at-bat in the 1990s or 2000s or 2010s but he touched many fans lives by just being Minnie. He tried to make people around him feel like a million bucks.

He attended so many events including countless winter hot-stove and old-timers banquets. Once he was at a winter event and gave a short speech, which I hardly could understand because of his accent but I did pick up “I love coming to these things, but I eat like a peeeeeeg.�

The crowd gave him a big cheer.

One of the other speakers was umpire Bruce Froemming (hold your boos Cubs fans), who said “It’s always great to see Minnie at these banquets. We all love him. We don’t understand what the hell he is saying but we love him.’’ Yes, a lot of baseball fans loved him. I loved my small amount of time when I was with him.

I just wish that in 1993, I could have had the chance to write the story about his major league at-bat.

This apology is no way to (cruci)fix the situation Fourteen years ago, Terrell Owens, a star wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, caught a touchdown pass in a game against the Dallas Cowboys and celebrated by running from the end zone to the 50-yard line where he posed on the giant Cowboy star.

Seconds later, Cowboys player George Teague leveled Owens, knocking him off the team logo.

Owens later explained that he planned the touchdown celebration days before the game. He was running out of the unique celebrations but “I wasn’t doing it to taunt anyone by it, I was just coming here to pay my respect,� Owens said.

I don’t believe Terrell, but I’ll always remember the game.

Just like I remember the outcry on social media when Justin Beber inadvertently stood on the Blackhawks Indian head logo while posing with the Stanley Cup in the Hawks locker room.

The Blackhawks, like most NHL teams, have an unwritten rule that no one is permitted to step on the logo in the dressing room. Players have been known to scold people for accidentally or purposely stepping or standing on it.

Heck, I recently saw a Montreal Canadians player chastise his mother for standing on the team logo during an NHL Network special about the Canadi-

ans’ mom’s weekend.

These traditions may seem silly. After all, it’s only the Cowboys blue star painted at the center of the football field or the Blackhawks’ Indian head logo emblazoned on the locker room carpet.

Then again, there’s a lot of tradition behind those logos.

They recall team history, great players and special moments.

They embody an organization—players, fans, memories, traditions.

These symbols and the respect they deserve aren’t limited to sports. Apparently, no one taught that lesson to the members of the Woodstock girls’ basketball team.

Recently, the team won the regional title after defeating rival Woodstock North at Landers Pavilion at Marian Central Catholic High School.

Following the win, the girls affixed a Barbie doll—the team’s symbol for girl power— to a crucifix in the gym. The photo, which made the rounds on social media, shows the team smiling and pointing at the crucifix.

It was a poor decision, not well thought out by any means.

And the idea of a Barbie doll as symbol for girl power also seems odd, but that’s a topic for another column.

The point is, the team hung a doll on one of the most im-

apologies for an act that “could solicit a perception of disrespect to faith‌â€?

Those are weasel words.

They are disingenuous and unnecessary. Worse yet, the wording places the onus on the persons who were offended. It’s like saying, “I’m sorry if you were offended.�

Please understand, there was no perception of disrespect to the faith. The team disrespected the Catholic faith inside a Catholic school. Plain and simple.

The apology also said, “The team’s symbol of ‘girl power’ was used in an inappropriate manner.�

Forget the team’s symbol for a moment. It’s only a doll.

Lots of teams use some sort of object around which to rally.

Several years ago, Notre Dame football players used a big piece of chain to symbolize team unity. Whatever works.

The focus needs to be on the girls. This is a varsity team comprised of juniors and seniors, girls who are old enough to know better.

Marian Central and Woodstock high schools have decided to let the athletic departments handle the issue. How they do that, I do not know. But this is a teaching moment that extends well beyond religion.

Here’s hoping both schools take advantage of it.

The B-Side

by Bob Rakow portant symbols of the Catholic faith and proceeded to celebrate their win. You would think at least one of the 13 girls in the photo would have the good sense to think the move was disrespectful.

You would think a coach, parent, moderator; anyone connected to the team would stop the girls. You would be wrong.

Woodstock High School Activities and Athletic Director Glen Wilson issued an apology after the image surfaced on social media, saying the team is “sincerely regretful.� “Our intent was certainly not to insult, nor denigrate, Marian Central and its family.�

The apology should have stopped right there.

But no...

The school added another sentence that changed the whole dynamic. “We apologize the act could solicit a perception of disrespect to faith, one’s school or the community they represent.�

It’s always interesting to read carefully worded apologies issued by individuals or organizations after they make a serious misstep.

For example, Woodstock

After vote, Emanuel’s finger might not be on pulse of Chicago What happens in Chicago doesn’t stay in Chicago.

You don’t have to live in Chicago to be satisfied with the results of Chicago’s mayoral election. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel needed to be “brought down a notch.� He was so arrogant. So cocky. So mean.

In a way, Chicago voters handed Mayor Emanuel his middle finger back – the one he lost in an accident years ago.

Emanuel spent more than $10 million while his chief

throw in Congressman Luis Gutierrez, or Gutierrez “The Opportunist.�

I don’t trust Gutierrez. I’ve known him for years. I’m also unsure about Garcia. He’s too cozy with Gutierrez, who endorsed Emanuel. (That was odd? Or suspicious?)

Still, Mayor Emanuel dislikes me, perhaps, because I am Arab American. The first things he did when elected in 2011 was abolish the Arab Advisory Commission and pull support for the Arabesque FesIn a way, Chicago voters handed tival, which was only four years Mayor Emanuel his middle finger old. back – the one he lost in an I know. I know.

You hate it when accident years ago.

I talk about me being “Arabrival, Cook County CommisAmerican� or, as I prefer to call sion Jesus “Chuy� Garcia spent myself “American-Arab.� Readabout $1 million. ers complain to me on FaceEmanuel won only 45 perbook (RGHanania) and Twitter cent of the vote and Garcia (RayHanania) all the time, took 34 percent. Three others saying they oppose “hyphenated split the remaining 21 percent. Americans.�

The question is, who will Really?

Chicago voters support? EmanThen why do they LOVE uel “The Humbled� or Garcia St. Patrick’s Day, Columbus the “Empowered Radical?�

Day and Pulaski Day, three of I know politics in Chicago is a dozen hyphenated American confusing, especially when you holidays that we “Americans�

The Grapevine By Ray Hanania

celebrate? I can promise you that regardless of who wins, Chicago will continue to screw the suburbs!

regardless of the weather.

A big SUV pulls into a handicapped parking spot and a driver, man or woman, steps up spritely, looking around and then hightails it to the post office, the grocery store or Walmart.

It irks me because whenever I see one of these “Miracle drivers� walk out of their car without an issue to go shopping, drop off their mail, or enjoy at meal at a restaurant, I also notice that no one is catching them.

So you know that when a suburban government passes a law to require you to shovel the snow, just liked with handicapped parking permits, people will slip through the cracks.

There is just too much dishonesty in our society these days. No matter how hard government tries to accommodate the handicapped or seniors, people take advantage of the laws. Â Ray Hanania is an awardwinning former Chicago City Hall reporter.Catch his radio show every Friday at 4 p.m. on 1450 AM. Reach him at rghanania@gmail.com)

Slipping through the cracks

Oak Lawn has a great ordinance that requires every homeowner to clear their sidewalks after it snows.  In principle, that’s a great law and every suburban community should adopt the same law.

But like all great ideas, people find ways to sidestep the laws.

For example, just look at the mess regarding Handicapped Parking Permits.

Let’s face it, many of the people driving cars with handicapped parking plates or rearview mirror hangers are not handicapped at all.

The handicap permit was issued for someone in their household. But partners of the qualifying handicapped person end up using the handicapped permits all the time, even when the handicapped person is not in the car.

I see the “Handicapped Miracle� happen all the time,

Letters to the Editor Pensions are ludicrous er matches up to a certain Dear editor: Congratulations to Ray Hanania on his recent article in the Reporter.  Governor Rauner has inherited the daunting task of trying to get the State of Illinois in some kind of fiscal order after years of bumbling by former politicians. The fact that the governor has proposed some cuts in payments to local governmental bodies has those politicians in an uproar, but it needs to be done. As Mr. Hanania has stated, the ridiculous pensions in the state, for all sorts of public employees are a large part of the state’s problems that must be addressed. As anyone in business has known for decades now, defined benefit pension plans are not a viable option any longer. Most private corporations have eliminated these decades ago and replaced them with 401k plans where the employ-

percentage of employee contributions.  Why then do we still have most all public sector jobs at city, county, state and federal levels still with defined benefit plans that end up paying these employees at retirement far in excess of what would be paid in the private sector?

A good example of that is Mr. Hanania’s example of Dr. Gupta receiving $400,000-plus in annual pension benefits.

He is one of numerous like him in Illinois. That is ludicrous. Let’s all wake up and put things in perspective and unburden the people of Illinois with these excessive pensions so we can get the State’s fiscal balance sheet in order. You have nothing else to do but look at your real estate tax bill in Cook County to see that most public pension plans are barely funded to 50 percent of the amounts needed to support the elevated

pensions that defined benefit plans provide.  It is a hard task that must be addressed before we end up being just like Greece.

Phil Reger Palos Heights

Do not call me!

Dear editor: I am registered on the “Do Not Call� list since June, 2003.

I realize some of the calls still come through.

However, recently some of the callers are really rude and that really upsets me. It has prompted me to also act in an uncharitable manner. These callers are intruders in my home.

I have won numerous trips to an island, the electric company checks on what service I have and the credit card company has news for me. I am physically unable to travel to any island except Blue Island.

We signed with the Village of Oak Lawn for electric service and credit card payments are

always made ahead of time. I do at least seven Neighborhood Letter Campaigns each year for different charities. I donate to my church, missions and other worthy causes as much as I can. Please, please have mercy - REMOVE MY NUMBER AND DO NOT CALL ME!   Thank you, Marlene Jeziorski Oak Lawn   The Reporter Newspaper

encourages letters to the editor.   Letters must be 350 words or less.  Letters must be signed and the name of the writer will be published. Writers must also include their address and telephone number for verification, but that information will not be published and will remain otherwise confidential. Mail letters to the editor to The Reporter, 12247 S. Harlem Ave., Palos Heights, IL 60463 or e-mail us at thereporter@comcast.net

Do you believe the economy and small business will rebound in 2015?

(Asked at the Hills Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Sabre Room in Hickory Hills) Photos by Jeff Vorva

Kathy Siuta, Hickory Hills George Czarnik, Hickory Hills Kristina Kacznark, Palos Hills “It’s going to take a little longer “It’s starting to rebound. You’re “Yes. People seem to have more than one year.� seeing more money being spent.� money to spend now.�

Anita Kieca, Hickory Hills “I think very slightly at this point.�

Keith Massey, Palos Park “We have seen banking pick up.�

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Pilgrim Faith Church adopts Open and Affirming status

By a unanimous vote of its members, Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ elected to adopt its denomination’s Open and Affirming status.

The United Church of Christ created Open and Affirming so congregations, campus ministries and other bodies can make a public proclamation of welcome to persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions – not only as church members, but also as pastors and other church leaders.

Pilgrim Faith is the first UCC church in Chicago’s south Photo by Jeff Vorva Cook County suburbs to adopt Open and Affirming status, and one of only four churches on Chicago’s South Side and the Deb Grad speaks last Wednesday at the Sabre Room shortly after being named the Hills Chamber whole south suburban area, of Commerce Business Person of the Year. Grad, the vice president/branch manager at Standard Bank including Will County, to do so. & Trust’s Hickory Hills location, 7800 W. 95th St., was recognized for extensive work in the community, February’s vote came after including her dedication to several volunteer organizations.

Pomp and Circumstance for Grad

Christ Medical Center is back in the hot 100 For the fourth year in a row and the seventh time overall, Advocate Christ Medical Center has been named to the Truven Health Analytics’ list of top 100 hospitals.

The Michigan-based organization announced the rankings Monday.

The medical center is one of only 10 hospitals in Illinois – and one of four major teaching hospitals in the state and 15 nationally -- to make the list. Four other Illinois hospitals on the list also are in the Advocate Health Care system.

The Truven award recognizes hospitals for overall organizational performance across 11 key analytic measures, including patient care, operational efficiency and financial stability.

“We have more than 1,200 physicians and 6,000 associates working together every day to ensure our patients receive the very best in safe, quality and compassionate care. Their amazing passion for excellence, their commitment to our ministry of healing are why our medical center is listed among the nation’s elite hospitals in terms of health outcomes, patient satisfaction and overall quality and safety,” said Ken Lukhard, president of Christ Medical Center.

Truven Health is a leading source of information, analytic

tools, benchmarks and services for the health care industry and professionals. To conduct the 100 Top Hospitals study, Truven Health researchers evaluated approximately 3,000 short-term and acute-care, non-federal hospitals.

They used public information available in Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data, core measures and data posted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on its Hospital Compare web site.

In comparison with their peer institutions, hospitals on the list have a lower mortality index (considering patient severity) and fewer patient complications, avoid adverse patient safety events, follow accepted care protocols, have lower rates of mortality and 30day hospital readmissions, keep expenses down, send patients home sooner and score better on patient satisfaction surveys, Truven analysts said.

Truven researchers say that if all hospitals in the U.S. performed at the level of this year’s winners: 126,471 additional lives could be saved 108,926 additional patients could be complication-free $1.8 billion in inpatient costs could be saved The average patient stay would

decrease by half a day Episode-of-illness expense would be 2 percent lower than the peer average “The 2015 100 Top study results have identified 100 hospitals that have been objectively proven to provide high value to their communities. Employers and payers are increasingly seeking network hospitals that consistently provide high value – hospitals that deliver higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower cost,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president, 100 Top Hospitals Program at Truven Health Analytics.

“Our success is due to our desire to constantly enhance the care and expand the services we provide to our patients. We look at each of our awards as motivation to keep growing, to keep improving and to keep innovating,” said Richard Scott, MD, chief medical officer at Christ Medical Center.

“There has there been a consistent and constant urgency to improve in everything that we do for the sake and safety of our patients,” said William Adair, MD, vice president for clinical transformation at Christ Medical Center. “We are never satisfied with the status quo.”

--Advocate Christ Medical Center

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Church Corner Parents, Children Invited to Turkey Shoot at St. Mark’s

St. Mark Lutheran Church, 11007 S. 76th Ave., Worth, is holding a basketball turkey shoot on Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. Each team will consist of a parent and child, ages 4 through 13, shooting free throws. A turkey will be awarded to the six winning teams. This is a free event, open to all. For more information, call the church office at 448-6555.

Death Notices CHARLOTTE B. JUSKEVICH Charlotte B. Juskevich, 94, of Hickory Hills died Feb. 28.

Juskevich is survived by children Robert (Penny), Barbara (John) Boyer, Judith (Barry) Boyce, Nancy (Marvin) Strauch and Janet (Carl) Parran; 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Visitation was held at PalosGaidas Funeral Home in Palos Hills. A funeral Mass was said at St. Patricia Church in Hickory Hills followed by interment at St. Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery.

Born in Chicago, Mrs. Jusevich was an active member of many organizations at St. Joseph and St. Anne parish. She worked for many years at Wieboldt’s in Chicago.

JOAN PURPURA Joan Purpura of Evergreen Park died recently.

Visitation was held at Kosary Funeral Home in Evergreen Park.

A funeral Mass was held at St. Bernadette Church. Burial was at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Worth. Mrs. Purpura is survived by her children Patricia Albergo, Anita Richardson, Jeannie (Frank) Skepnek and Richard and Robert Purpura; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother George (Agnes) Gallant; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

two years of exploring and discerning what it would mean for the church to declare itself Open and Affirming – a process and timeline that is common for all churches that consider this status. The vote reflects that the congregation had already considered itself open and affirming in spirit, if not in name.

For example, the church was the first in Oak Lawn to conduct same-sex weddings after Illinois declared them legal in 2014.

“We know that many in the [lesbian and gay] community wish to find a place to worship but fear that a church will not accept them,” said the Rev. Peggy McClanahan, pastor of Pilgrim Faith.”Our Open and Affirming status makes explicit that our extravagant welcome extends to all, as we strive to

follow Jesus Christ’s example to love and serve everyone.” time and place. No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.”

Out of more than 5,000 UCC congregations nationwide, Pilgrim Faith is No. 1,256 in adopting Open and Affirming status, which the UCC created in 1985.

The UCC in 1972 became the first mainline denomination in the United States to ordain an openly gay minister, and in 2005 it became the first to formally support marriage equality.

Pilgrim Faith is a 350-member church located at 9411 S. 51st Ave. in Oak Lawn, near 95th Street and the Oak Lawn Metra train station. It has services every Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

—Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ

Hearing loss linked to dementia

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter Hearing loss is one of the most common health problems in the United States and new research shows that the ailment also is linked to dementia.

“Even a mild hearing loss can impact the advancement of dementia,” said Michelle K. Morrison, executive director of the Sertoma Speech and Hearing Center.

The results of a recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute Aging indicate that although the brain becomes smaller with age, the shrinkage seems to be fast-tracked in older adults with hearing loss.

The findings add to a growing list of health consequences associated with hearing loss, including increased risk of dementia, falls, hospitalizations, and diminished physical and mental health overall, according Johns Hopkins.

“Our brain is pretty much a useit or lose-it system,” Morrison said.

Quite simply, the inability to take in new information due to a decrease in hearing can hasten the onset of dementia in some individuals, she said.

Of course, a loss of hearing is not the only factor. Some people are genetically predisposed to contract the illness, and level of education plays a role too, Morrison said Regardless, Morrison strongly urges individuals suffering from even mild hearing loss to have their hearing tested—something they can do for free at Sertoma.

“It’s very important for us to remain social,” Morrison said, adding that many individuals who lose some of their hearing tend socially withdraw.

On the contrary, engaged individuals, those that are lifelong learners, can slow cognitive dysfunction by several years.

The Sertoma Speech and Hearing Center, with locations in Palos Hills, Homewood and Romeoville, is

a non-profit organization that offers a variety of services designed to prevent hearing loss.

The organization also is dedicated to speech therapy.

In addition to hearing tests, Sertoma offers diagnostic services, treatment counseling, rehabilitation and one-on-one personal care.

Why is a hearing check so important? On its website, Sertoma explains: “Hearing loss is a prevalent chronic condition among adults of all ages. It is recognized that hearing loss increases as a function of age, especially for frequencies at 2000 Hz and above. However, adults tend to ignore its effects, delay their decision to seek audiological services, and tend to put off recommended treatments.

“While more than 30 percent of people over 65 have some type or hearing loss, 14 percent of those between 45 and 64 have hearing loss. Close to 8 million people between the ages of 18 and 44 have hearing loss.”

The organization offers screenings performed by professional audiologists that take about 15 minutes to complete, Morrison said.

Patients also can purchase earring aides through Sertoma knowing that they won’t pay exorbitant prices as the organizations because they partner with the top digital, hearing-instrument designers to offer clients choice.

The center also offers occupational hearing services, which includes working with companies that have loud work atmospheres as well their employees. The organization offers onsite hearing screenings designed to: Establishing baseline hearing values for employees Identifying employees with below normal hearing Plann ongoing testing for employees exposed to high, industrial noise.

Meanwhile, the organizations helps employees get equipped with the appropriate hearing protection.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is Hereby Given that on 4-5-15, a sale will be held at Cermak Automotive Repair, 5323 W. Cermak Rd., Cicero, IL 60804, to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois unless such articles are redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice.

Jaime Trujillo 2001 Volkswagen VIN# 3VWTG69M61M101587 Lien Amount: $ 1,500.00

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43 Lite cigarette claim 44 UPS alternative 47 Numbered rd.

48 Hang around 49 Doused with a hose 52 PC backup key 53 Punch reaction

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Notice is Hereby Given that on 4-19-15, a sale will be held at Aamco Transmissions, 12307 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60628, to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois unless such articles are redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is Hereby Given that on 4-19-15, a sale will be held at Art’s Auto Rebuilders, Inc., 7400 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60636 to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois unless such articles are redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice.

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SCHOOLS Bulletin Board MORAINE VALLEY Moraine Valley Flute Choir to Perform in Upcoming Recital The Moraine Valley Flute Choir will host a performance of “Through the Eyes of a Child,” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 20 in the Oremus Theater, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.

Admission is free.

The audience can relive childhood experiences through the music of Three Crotchety Cats, Free As A Child, Clowns a Comin’ and more.

For more information, Tammi Carlson at 974-5636, or email her at carlsont@morainevalley. edu.

CLampus eaders WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Submitted photo

Celebrating 100 days in different ways

Feb.11 marked the 100th day of school for Hometown Elementary kindergarteners and they spent their day building with 100 various objects, counting to 100, and participating in a scavenger hunt.

Pictured are students Jestina Trigg, Ava Urbaniec, and Yaritza Linares as they celebrate 100 days of school by building structures out of 100 plastic cups.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

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

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

U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-SC1, Plaintiff, -v.KATHY BARTOSIAK Defendants

PROVIDENT FUNDING ASSOCIATES, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.RICHARD D. MCCARRON, JR A/K/A RICHARD D. MCCARRON, DEBRA R. MC CARRON A/K/A DEBRA R. MCCARRON Defendants

12 CH 11357 8748 S RICHMOND AVENUE Evergreen Park, IL 60805 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 4, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 23, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 24 IN BLOCK 1 IN MERRION AND COMPANY’S BEVERLY VIEW, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 8748 S RICHMOND AVENUE, Evergreen Park, IL 60805 Property Index No. 24-01-104-030.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $62,264.97.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C14-97204.

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.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C14-97204 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 12 CH 11357 TJSC#: 35-2477 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.

13 CH 23325 9200 SOUTH PARKSIDE AVENUE, UNIT 2 Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 7, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 8, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 154 IN ELMORE’S PARKSIDE TERRACE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTH EAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 9200 SOUTH PARKSIDE AVENUE, UNIT 2, Oak Lawn, IL 60453

More than 40 Western Illinois University graduate and undergraduate students will be inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society to recognize academic achievement Artworks of Stagg student talents grace the walls of McCord Gallery.

Sunday, April 12.

This semester’s new student inductees include Rebecca Dunterman of Chicago, a junior majoring in psychology and Brenna Smith of Evergreen Park, a junior majoring in communication.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY Timothy A. Geraghty, a resident of Oak Lawn, has been named to the dean’s list at Boston University for the fall semester. Each school and college at Boston University has their own criterion for the dean’s list, but students generally must attain a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, or be in the top 30 percent of their class, as well as holding down a full course load as a full time student.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE Adrienne Difoggio of Palos Hills, a freshman, a letters and science undergraduate, was named to the dean’s list at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee for the fall semester.

UWM is the second largest university in the State of Wisconsin, with more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Property Index No. 24-05-407-013-0000.

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The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Ann Bennett of Worth was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

The judgment amount was $322,186.18.

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).

Photos by Tim Hadac

Stagg-ering artists at McCord

Freezing cold temperatures kept turnout a bit lower than anticipated at a reception for the Stagg High School student art exhibit held recently at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park. More than 70 works exhibiting student talent in photography, painting and drawing hang on the walls of the historic farmhouse, in an exhibit that will run through Friday.

Worth resident Amanda Velasquez, a senior planning a career in psychology, stands near “Starburst,” a black-andwhite photo she shot and colorized by hand. The work shows an interesting and unusual flower she encountered during a trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY Christine Barkemeyer of Hickory Hills, earned deans’ list honors for the fall semester at Maryville University in St. Louis. Barkemeyer is currently studying occupational therapy. Maryville undergraduate students are eligible for the Deans’ List when they complete at least 12 Maryville University credit hours in a semester with a minimum of a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.

BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY Robert Robles from Evergreen Park graduated with a Bachelor Hickory Hills resident Vereshia Noble, a Stagg senior, poses with her untitled sketch inspired by of Science degree in computer a very close friend. She plans to pursue a career as a forensic chemist. The exhibit showcases science in December. the works of some 57 student artists.

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C1387966.

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.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C13-87966 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 13 CH 23325 TJSC#: 35-1083 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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Scholastic Bowl team keeps rolling In recent weeks, the Scholastic Bowl team has represented Oak Lawn Community High School with success. In a recent meet, the two teams combined for a 5-1 record, and were paced by Stephanie Fetzer, Brea Brennan, Danielle Allen, Ayman Salah, Ryan Alsot, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Allie Templin, Ryan Quinn, Jade Ryerson, Gina Snyder and Trevor Spreadbury.

The Spartans rode this wave of success into the South Suburban Conference meet. The JV team earned a third-place finish in conference, with all-conference accolades going to Ryerson and Snyder. The varsity team finished second. Spreadbury, who led the SSC conference with 67 tossups, earning him all-conference honors.

Thursday, March 5, 2015 The Reporter

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Richards honor roll Harold L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn announced that the students listed below earned honor roll status for the second quarter of the 2014-2015 school year. Students with a grade point average between 3 and 3.49 qualified for Honor Roll; between 3.5 and 3.99 for High Honors; and, 4.0 or above earned for Honors With Distinction.” It is possible to exceed a GPA of 4.0 with weighted grades offered in honors and Advanced Placement courses.

Honors with Distinction Freshmen – Basmala Ahmad, Ramona Bourjas, Eleanor McLaughlin, Daniel Birmingham, Ashley DelToro, Katelyn Deppe, Laura Eringis, Niles Gall, Amani Jaber, Jason McIntyre, Afnan Mizyed, Bayan Mizyed, Haneen Omar, Marta Piotrowski, Steven Serrano, Sinead Soltis, Viviana Urbano, Lesly Villarreal, Kinga Wrobel, Kay Mei, Isabella Clark, Rafal Czech, Jason Kargol, Michelle Quinn, Janiyah Williams, Lukas Williams, Ahmad Almanasra, Lydia Huijon, Sami Alqadi, Gerald Cabel, Jessica Gomez, Ashley Rosenbrock, Ameer Barakat, Hannah Bargouthi, Katelyn Flahive, Tonya Hicks, Robert Hughes, Jonathan Le, Emely Rincon, Justin Taylor, Jenae Corley, Samantha DeLoera, Samantha Diaz, Jade Ingram, Michael O’Sullivan, Caitlyn Solomon, Julia Wilson, Hamza Ayyoub, Zanah Affaneh, Dominic Benegas, Corinne Gandurski, Victoria Granz, Leonardo Hernandez, Patrycja Las, Marina Smentek, Nena Gimza, Matthew Lagioia, Grace Law, Agustin Murillo, Layla Toubeh, Nathaniel Beasley, Delilah Caldera, Jacob Fries, Angelina Nutley, Hussein Salem, Shahd Alshatnawi, Jonathan Hammons, Janessa Morales, Sajjid Odeh, Milton Santiago.

Sophomores – Jack Moran, Jake Moran, Sarah Coffman, Patrick Fox, Mohamed Ahmed, Sabreen Jaber, Diala Al-Shamasneh, Allison Isztok, Peter Forberg, Sara Mason, Nour Saleh, Weinert Lawson, Timothy Birmingham, Grace Cook, Karolyn Wong, Stanislaw Wrobel, Clifford Lamirez, Alison Lange, Aiste Leskauskas, Allison Lively, Natalie Startek, Matthew Rockey, Politimi Labrakis, Emma Weiland, Gisele Jankowski, Matthew Jareczek, Allyson Houston, Omar Ahmed, Megan Kozik, Karina Kachnowski, Botros Fanous, Margaret O’Shea, Megan Bradbury, Ryan Rudnick, Alexandra Wozniak, Ayah Abughoush, Zayna Barakat, Rebecca Wujcik, Michael Kaminski, Zachary Sisk, Beshoy Youssef, Amjed Shuibat, Ahmad Taher, Peyton Attig, Mary Rabadi, Mahdy Suhail, Brenden Butler, Katlyn Graham, Brianna Brown, Adam Holesha, Sofia Carrillo, Sara Obadi, Creen Ahmad, Mercedes Maali, Zoharel Quinn, Jacob Rivera, Kaitlin Cabel, Joshua Hildebrand, Caileena Clifton, Ethan Gallant, Subren Musa, Luis Campos, Piotr Bernat, Eyad Omar, Weronika Kmiecik, Katharine Azem, Jordan Conejo, Emily Miller, Essence Mack, Kristen DiPietro, Allison McGuire, Mya Reyes, Daniel Tobin.

Juniors – Andrew Gacek, Hani Salameh, Basheer Toubeh, Jason Mallo, Kaitlyn Nestor, Kimberly McEvilly, Courtney Leverenz, Aileen Kuypers, Nicole Hansen, Sara Kiziak, Gelena Alnas, Emily Christian, Lilliana Dunterman, David Allen, Bryan Del Toro, Zachary Rizzo, Emily Kunz, Ryan Renken, Suha Ahmad, Autumn Black, Thomas Artz, Lidia Turwon, Meghan Murphy, Aleksandra Piotrowski, Emer Moloney, Natalie Fadden, Jada Thorne, Laila Gaamoom, Kylie Kowaleski, Jennifer Soto, Sydney Torres, Caroline Szperlak, Justin Grochowski, Amer Khairallah, Abigail Warwick, Marissa Corsiatto, Margaret Kowalski, Nicholas Kargol, Kelsey Bergman, Sami Bourjas, Ronnie Mayfield, Celeste Montenegro, Erica Parks, Gina Guerra, Lauryn McManus, Egle Zelinkeviciute, Sierra Witt, China Burton, Faisel Shehadeh, Shahed Smadi, Mohammad Souqi.

Seniors – Caitlin O’Sullivan, Vanessa Kalinowska, Jessica Gall, Angelika Kwak, Jannah Alaiwi, Khaled Almusa, Agata Bernat, Siobhan Fox, Charbel Bourjas, Katelyn Sullivan, Kevin Kozik, Caroline Azem, Natalia Hornik, Sana Barakat, Elizabeth Chaparro, Jeanine Cyze, Hala Rafati, Roxanne Segina, Alyssa Van, Sarah Magana, Parth Patel, Kyle Kachnowski, Diana Daoud, Julia Coti, Thomas Doon, Michael Rores, Abby Gentile, Adhem Hinnawi, Kevin Williams, Hailey Czerwinski, Kaitlyn Fetchko, Claire Onak, Gabriella Bandera, Tara Rivera, Dana Wujcik, Jessica Huirache, Alexa Badon, Halee Barker, Kristen Kaminsky, Victoria Gomez, Joshua Kamba, Abigail Cwiklinski, Celina Clifton, Dylan Jankowski, Fatima Almusa, Fabian Martinez, Julia Kennedy, Erika Dampier, Emma Gullickson, Michael McCarthy, Kristin Kasper, Colton Stermer, Frank Werner, Alyssa Lee, Robert Cook, Erika Eringis, Angeles

Ochoa-Raya, Damian Stelmach, Mary Waters, Emily Wetzel, Maciej Machaj, Teris Taylor, Lauren Spearman, Reyna Ocampo, Lindsay Thompson, Raul Renteria, Thomas Campbell, Steven Jackson, Ryan Walt, Yazan Salameh, Katherine DiPietro, Taylor Turrise, Kathryn Crowley, Halimah Prunty, Bria Cunningham, Allison Houlihan, Blake Odette, Jillian Long, Tyler Demma, Hasan Uwainat.

High Honors Freshmen – Cassandra Miller, Arthur Raines, Angel Zych, Yazin Beitouni, Arton Bislimi, Victoria Jeziorczak, Joseph Mlinarcik, Fatima Murillo, Esohe Okungbowa, Santillan Perea, Alexis Traylor, Rebecca VonBruchhaeuser, Hadeel Damra, Dania Alkhateeb, Laquita Blackman, Marissa Flores, Caitlin Lamirez, Maya Little, Madisyn McDaniel, Hemali Patel, Luis Renteria, Kelsey Valentine, Angela Abrand, Julia Baker, Jasmine Cook, Kayla Meske, Mohammad Naser, Shannon O’Brien, Michel Ortega-Cervantes, Jailene Retana, Keely Rodriguez, Haneen Sadeq, Sammy Daradi, Hailey Kolarik, Jose Perez, Adham Sakhnini, Alex Crivellone, Ronald Kaminsky, Kristy LiVolsi, Hatem Mutania, Colin Regan, Christopher Ruane, Jennifer Schaal, Matthew Snyder, Seham Abdulhafid, Mohamed Alqashmi, Diamond Boddie, Morgan Cardenas, Leishani Gonzalez, Veronica Kieta, Julian Sanchez, Hajar Souari.

Sophomores – Jacob Hardie, Justin Hicks, Shannon Meegan, Deja Chaney, Nathaniel Gimza, Taylor Ivory, Jessica Reinhart, John Jozefowicz, Bahia Ramahi, Tyler Konkol, Lauren Hennessy, Abby Hanrahan, Lisa Costa, Samantha Golinski, Brett Nolan, Elisa Medina, Diana Orintaite, Noura Husein, Jovanni Natividad, Krzysztof Obrochta, Emanuel White, Devin Jackson, Angel Leonardo, Alejandro Jimenez-Baeza, Kyliah May, Victoria Gonzalez, Erika Riley, Sydney Izzo, Erica Serna-Gomez, Stephanie Eklund, Taylor Davey, Aaron Medel, Matthew Reinhart, Anastasios Koutsis, Rachel Reinhart, Kamil Rusnak, Najah Salti, Jose Sandoval, James Gravitt, Frank Hesik, Jonathan Prostka, Christine Leverenz, Karolina Kairys, Noah Petrusevski, Doaa Daineh, Dania Daoud, Hippatallah Salim, Nathan Slomski.

Juniors – Sean Good, Zenah Alaiwi, Thomas LaMantia, Layla Barakat, Eric Scott, Alan Balich, Chantal Galsim, Seema Atshan, Luay Beirat, Louis Segina, Thomas Groebe, Taher Rafati, Isaiah Perez, Brianna Senodenos, Jade Knapp, Marek Warywoda, Nicholas Fritz, Alex Lisowski, Corey McNamara, Karina Mikols, Rawan Naser, Kyle Sendra, Taylor Cox, Dana Garrett, Andrea Taylor, Summer Levy, Dominique Miller, Janae Brodnax, Najah Muhamad, Sultan Benson, Jaliyah Mitchell, Pawel Rusnak, Ashley Zavala, Precious Boddie, Jordan Merrill, Daniel Wescott, Vanessa Martinez, Elizabeth Wisniowicz, Brian Collier, Rachel Wilkosz, Michael Merva, Erin Moss, Angel Alba, Angelo Hall, Tiana Surles, Patrick Strahorn, Taibe Bislimi, Filippo LiVolsi, Jocelyn Mosley, Natalie Rybicki, Diego Serna, Aaron Zilinger, Jordan Wells, Christopher Zeschke.

Seniors – Raneen Razick, Michael Pierce, Abigail Del Castillo, Christian Rueda, Ahmad Samara, Gavin Martin, Thaddeus Spyrnal, Natalie Sanchez-Loera, Samantha Waller, Nicole Salazar, Pau l Barnes, Oswaldo Flores, Christina Ticzkus, Marissa Moreno, Abigail Cronkhite, Maryam Alqaisi, Aerial Odum, Amin Tomalieh, Andrea Sonichsen, Matthew Wysocki, Brian Widmer, Brittany Huttner, Taylor Yanke, Alexandro DeLaCruz, Tyler Craig, Jessica Xiques, Jack Doyle, Frank Kalemba, Maya Michel, Jacob Nelson, Gonzalez DelToro, Asha Jowers-Jordan.

Honor Roll Freshmen – Emad Altamimi, Seirra Boclair-Johnson, Zaria Hughes, Raul Rico, Lidia Techane, Armani Traylor, Alex Drexel, Eduardo Estrada, Nautica Maali, Kimberly Pocius, Orrin Prater, Ayeda Ahmed, Rosalinda Alaniz, Ewa Basiorka, Adler Hauser, Stanley Johnson, Balqis Nasser, Maxine Richardson, Noah Summers, Catherine Aguinaga, Yoseli Aguirre, Rashid Al-Bitar, Amr Alshatnawi, Samantha Caldera, Taylor Comiskey, T’Rae Cooper, Farah Douleh, Montell Dukes, Elijah Fuller, Tyler Fuquay, Sofia Gomez, Nicholas Grochowski, Brian Lovetere, Brian Muniz, Melanie Salgado, Joshua Shores, Nadia Taiym, David Tobin, Xavier Trayweeks, Omar Younes, Milena Jakubauskaite, Mia Silva, Jasmine Stennis, LaMesha Brown, Jada Dixon, Raymond Hight, Kristijan Kleckaroski, Armando Lopez, Mia Caples, Jazmin Davis, Breanna Green, Mark Grochal, Mona Hulais, Shahria Judeh, Dominic Lueras, Jailah Martin, Illeana Martinez, August Matthews, Angel Olmos, Hannah Pruente, Kyle Smith, Azael Torres, William Veal, Luis Velasquez, Mohamed Yafai,

Mouj Ziadat, Kevin Gardner, Ryan McHale, Elijah Woodard, Ali Abuadas, Brandon Avery, Sereen Badawi, Elizabeth Byland, Rebecca Figueroa, Amanda Gill, Shahd Issa, Kenya Johnson, Tristan Lee, Magen Levy, Margaret Murphy, Riley Murphy, Devanhi Perez, Kenny Pham, Ruba Salma, Sarah Sayeed, Evelyn Segura, Cavaseea Stewart, Elena Tapia, Zoie Winston, Adrian Zubek.

Sophomores – Ansam Barakat, Cassandra Juarez, Thomas Olson, Towfeek Dallash, Marcus Hullett, Anthony Masterson, Aicha Therra, Ar Cohens, Alicia Gonzalez, Deena Morrar, Michael Rider, Akram Samara, Hamza Almusa, Dimitra Vithoulkas, Alex Zwick, Cristian Rivera, Martin Krickl, Alex Cruz, Brook Escalona, Alexander Ewell, Janie Hillman, Erika Swanson, Gina Bartkus, David Gomez, Phoenix Lopez, Tasneem Rayyan, Abdul-Ramon Ajasa, Derrick Givens, Rania Hattar, Weronika Lassak, Lauryn Lockett, Michael O’Leary, Jordan Scott, Adam Zeiger, Jeremiah Melton, Erin Hemphill, Leo LaPapa, Thomas Pavesic, Satoria Davis, Emilia Falkowski, Brianna Osterloh, Eileen Prunty, Christina Raptis, Mohammad Zuhour, Noah Isaacs, Mitchel Mulhall, Dominick Simik, Taylor Slehofer, Ahmed Beiram, Jessica Hayes, Mohannad Musa, Tyronee Ware, Nikolas Aggelopoulos, Jasim Al-Beitoni, Nicole Candra, Tiffany Donohue, Maya Escalona, Rickey Griffin, Tatiana Hyde, Melissa Mach, Khaled Mohammad, Hayley Grayson, Frank Laxton, Fadel Shawar, Catherine Johnson, Sarah Abuadas, Leslie Morales, Caitlyn Borowiak, Lexi Dryier, Lanee Blackman, Klaudia Sulka, Ann Barker, Matthew Pierce, Jaylon Scott, Carlos Alba, Bradley Arrigoni, Austin Pierce.

Juniors – Laura Dix, Melissa Percic, Moataz Shaikh, Brianna Haynes, Asma Abdulhafid, Sthefani Ortega, Jennifer Ellement, Elzbieta Basiorka, Daniel ByrneSzafoni, John Wysocki, Maria Salas, Mohammad Barakat, Brianna Jackson, Samantha Presco, Savanah Julian, Iris Ayala, Timothy Houlihan, Carolina Martinez, Kyla Jimmar, Dejah Wimberley, Matthew Paske, Montrell Bryant, Gianni Herrera, Brian Durling, Jennifer Kelleher, Minerva Espindola, Jazmine Hogan, Agata Lichaj, Kevin Thompson, Shayna Johnson, Amy Gill, Alexa Sweis, Denise Vo, Janelle Davis, Khalid Al-Itter, Madeline Kleczkowski, DeJa Benson, Brandon Haynes, Alondra Gutierrez, Gabriel Frausto, Kimberly Passananti, Paris Durden, Leah Kendryna, Eduardo Hernandez, Joseph Doyle, Chaaka Bolton, Jake Fleming, Gabrielle Murphy, Sarim Sajjad, Robert Shorter, Carlito Garcia, Alexandra Pell, Dynasty Turner, Maricruz Posadas, Emillie Medina, Justin Ragland-Williams, Ahmad Abdel, Tyler Timmons, Joshua Mireles, Danesha O’Dell, Otis Patterson, Ean Sullivan, Arielle Daniels, Nicholas Kamba, Husam Naser, Melanie Tirado, Hoang-Chuong Vuong, Mary Dolan, Alexis Bell, Maher Affaneh, Erik Englund, Onofrio Loconsole, Damian Rodriguez.

Seniors – Julia Peterson, Doaa Shehadeh, Regina Potter, Joshua Hettiger, Valerie Jane, Abigail Mitchell, Maria Mazurek, Natalia Labuda, Lilly Cooper, Patrick Flynn, Rose Okungbowa, Keith Sonichsen, Henry Doan, Lydell Tyler, Mousa Abutaa, Kevin Leifker, Mohammad Mohammad, Diego Godinez, Brett Thomas, Lance Klingensmith, Steven Grant, Cole Armistead, Brenda Aguirre, Joshua Chacon, Christine Ebertsch, Samantha Moore, Stephanie Rodriguez, Adrian Chavarria, Sandy Ied, Sergio Barajas, Emily Bargouthi, Alexandria Williams, Noel Castro, Jonathan Jasper, Jasmine Warr, Dashawn Barnes, George Guevara, Kiriath Perez, Ameen Razzeq, Ahmad Saleh, Jeanelle Brewster, Kennedy Brister, Benjaminas Butkus.

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Stagg seniors Hustle Up the Hancock

Stagg High School seniors Claire Kredens, of Palos Park, and Samantha Delp, of Hickory Hills, and two of their friends were participants in the Hustle Up the Hancock held Feb. 22. The annual climb on stairways up the skyscraper raises funds and awareness for the Respiratory Health Association. Kredens and Delp (from left) are shown with friends Caillyn Costello and Troy Vander Wyst. The four participated as a team in the CBS Channel 2 half climb of 52 floors, which equals 816 steps. The full climb was 94 floors, or 1,632 steps. They finished with a team average of 10:26 seconds. A total of 3,247 people participated.

The Kid’s Doctor

By Sue Hubbard, M.D. www.kidsdr.com

Should children have their measles vaccinations ahead of schedule?

Most of the discussion about the current measles outbreak revolves around those who choose NOT to vaccinate. But on the other side of the story, many anxious parents have called me wanting to make sure their children’s MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine is up to date. In fact, some are so anxious they want to vaccinate their children “ahead of schedule.”

One mother has an almost 4-year-old son, who his first MMR vaccination on schedule when he was a year old. She called and asked if she could bring him in three months before his 4th birthday, “just to make sure he’s OK.” I assured her that there was not an indication to vaccinate him early and that I’d see him later this spring for his routine checkup.

She was relieved...as was her son!

Several other parents have called and asked if they should bring their 6-, 7- or 8-month- old babies in to have their MMR vaccinations even before their 1-year checkup. The current recommendations have not changed, however, and the MMR vaccine is still being given at 12 months of age, followed by a “booster” dose at 4-6 years old.

There are recommendations to immunize children between 6-12 months old who are traveling internationally. Many countries have far more measles cases than what we’re currently seeing in the United States. For information on travel and measles vaccine, go to www.cdc.gov.

I remember being a young physician in the late ‘80s, when there was an epidemic of measles. The first time I saw a case of measles was in 1990, and I myself had a young baby at the time. There

were over 55,000 cases of measles in the U.S. and over 120 deaths during the epidemic.

Due to the extent of that epidemic, a recommendation was made to give any infant over 6 months old a measles vaccine, knowing they were not getting fabulous protection, but better than none. This group, including my now 25-year-old son, then received MMR vaccine between the ages of 12-15 months, and again at 4-6 years.

With regard to the current situation, stay tuned. With new cases cropping up, this story is unfortunately not over.

(Dr. Sue Hubbard is an awardwinning pediatrician, medical editor and media host. Submit questions at http://www.kidsdr. com. The Kid’s Doctor e-book, “Tattoos to Texting: Parenting Today’s Teen,” is now available from Amazon.)

Shepard honor roll for second quarter Honor Roll Freshmen – Mark Fry, Marquila Young, Liam Holmes, Joshua Nolan, Julian Ortiz, Seth Taylor, Noelle Wedster, Noelle Brouse, Madelyn Clemens, Nikko Cortez, Carissa Baxter, Kaylen Dunigan, Joshua Gergel, John Nedza, Matthew Pikowski, Kayla Strezo, Jackson Busch, Christina Jennings, Izabela Budkowski, Nataly Hernandez, Erin Pierce, Bridget Burke, Bradley Fox, Jourdan McBride, Lizette Villalpando, Marcus Young, Raquel Boglio, Erin Buric, Deani Dunigan, Joseph Dyke, Kristi Hogan, Kaci Jasik, Jacob Peterka, Mila Sarov, Lauren Schuldt, Elizabeth Scott, Dwayne Torres, Sebastian Duran, Justyn Dickey, Brendan Kachnowski, Aaron Lathan, Iyad Allan, Jaden Anderson, Dominic Cantore, Marcin Chraca, Arbryanna Griffin, Issac Hernandez, Matthew Judd, Nikki Kahle, Ashley Kunz, Megan Marquez, Jenna Marrello, Gabriela Nowak, Hayley Raskey, Leslye Romero, Michael Ronga, Andrew Sippel, Tatyanna Taylor, Jamaya Tenner, Jenica Teves, and Timothy Tischer.

Sophomores – Jaelin Moon, Jesus Paramo, Sergio Alvarez, Stephanie Simmerman, Jessica Coughlin, Sara Abu AlSamen, Nakia Davis, Dwayne Dawkins, Nathaniel Marszalek, Mohamed Mouchmouchie, Vanessa Acevedo, Jennifer Elam, Alex Moran, Susana Rodriguez, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Heidi Szymborski, Leslie Tello, Valeria Vazquez, Erin Lucin, Amadeo Fernandez, Courtney Conner, Destiny Crowley, Nicholas Etchison, Clare Flynn, Emily Robinson, Samantha Gebbia, Abyr Safi, Hadeel Aqel, Thomas Cimoch, Ahmad Alassaf, Emily Seaman, John LoPresti, Hope Brewer, Nathaniel Fleck, Robert Ricker, Raelynn Birks, Derrick Donnick, Alma Herrera, Amanda Paulsen, Bryan Leyden, Jonathan Marshall, Paulina Szczech, David Didyk, Jesyl Garcia, Kyara Rogers, Jaretzi Salinas, Natalie Dallio, Trenaye Collins, Kayla Murphy, Marlena Berry, Gerardo Herrera, Matthew Bird, Blake Gilbert, Gabriella Graffeo, Inga Kampmann, Santos Rivera, Roshonda Wooden, Deshelle Croft, Adam Brzezniak, Adam Zahdan, Husein Abu,

Ivan Lozano, Daniel Montes, Mackenzie Pfeiffer, Amber Steadman, Shifa Kassem, Tavion Morris, Joshua Turner, Troy Fugger, Tiana Gordon, Deanna Loughran, Sara Pikowski, Taylor Cerle, Alberto Lozano, Justin McClendon, Ankit Patel, Jaylen Wilson.

Juniors – Kira Andrist, Ahmad Hamdan, Casey Radz, Corry Williams, Ross Wilson, Joseph Weidner, Amanda Carberry, Tamara McCondichie, Allyson Swaagman, Samuel Tuttle, Osbaldo Suarez, Nate Szypulinski, Kaitlyn Blanton, Heather O’Kelly, Diana Burke, Katherine Healy, Magdalena Janik, Michelle Sneddon, Kathleen Craven, Abigail Newsome, Connor Doolan, Alec Hufstedler, Rebecca McNicholas, Sierra Peterson, Dania Dmour, Nicole Rivera, David Prince, Mohamed Rashid, Edward Urban, Jenna Abed, Daijerne Slater, Suad Sandoka, Jose Velazquez, Isaac Hernandez, Joshua Vergara, Theresa Hartl, Pedro Avina, Kylee Schnelle, Brianna Reyes, Victoria Castanon, Nicholas Bray, London Magee, David Quiroz, Maciej Pawlikowski, Jada Jackson, Heather Serpe, Ashley Shellberg, Kara Kosman, Pedro Martinez, Haley Stevens, Matthew Bailey, Lydia Jones, Emmesi Kenny, Michaela Werner, Tishana Holmes, Daniel Boyer, Joseph Ramirez, Ivan Cabrera, Theodore Aguilar, Emily Urban, Omar Zorba, Katarzyna Latocha, Jesus Macedo, Chloe VanWitzenburg, Anthony Baudo, Andrew Choragwicki, Michael Jokubauskas, Ryan Paulauskis,

Christian Frinkel, John Lucin, Jacob Nevarez, Gerardo Munoz, Brooke Pioppo, Micaela Contreras.

Seniors – Tiana Hawkins, Steven Reddy, Jennifer Pacenti, Sara Shareef, Chase Smolen, Travis Pruim, William Newhall, Amy Gordon, Robert Peterka, Kyle Dye, RaVon Smith-Gibson, Kelli Ahern, Magaly Escobedo, Shane Wright, Angela Patla, Jeffrey Taylor, Brandon Faro, Igor Skubera, Ranasia Bean, Kevin Budz, Christopher Dykstra, Andrew Kuipers, Mohammed Abualhuda, Bailey Joy, Miranda Echevarria, Mark Albrecht, Megan Brady, Itzel Villegas, Kashay Alexander, Heather McMillan, Justine Flanagan, Abigail Dyszczakowski, Charbel Karaziwan, Jada Mayers, Giselle Arroyo, Paulina Xhemajli, Christopher Henington, Luis Flores, David Gmyrek, Richard Mundo, Bryan Spoon, Liam Patt, Carly Gruchot, Liam McCool, Sierra Docks, Kassandra Fuks, Destiny Thompson, Susana Gutierrez, Robert Stockdale, Zackery Haxel, Madalala Abderrazek, Sabina Gomez, Manar Yassin, Arasally Duran, BahaAldeen Alassaf, Christian Larson, Angelo Robles, Sarah Wedster, Tiarra Morgan, Jaime Herrera, Jasmine Hodges, Samantha Nape, Reiner Rolle, Sidney Bullock, Jose Medrano, Jarrell Jackson, Cole Kalebich, Bethany Rios, Hadeel Zeidan, Tara Dziwak, Tyler Walthers, Sara Kent, Felicia Marr, Peter Krysik, Jada Scott, and Mahmood Husein.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Park Clips WORTH Worth Park District is located at the Terrace Centre, 11500 S. Beloit Ave. For more information and details on registration for these programs, call 448-7080, or visit worthparkdistrict.org.

Various dates: Jazzercise classes are available at the Terrace Centre for $37 a month of unlimited classes, plus a one-time joining fee of $25. Class times are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. and Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Participants are asked to come to class 10 minutes early to register.

March 6: The registration fee of $7 for residents and $9 for non-residents is due for the annual Shamrock Search. Children ages 3 to 8 can join the Worth Park District at 10 a.m. March 14 for the event.

Children will search and collect as many shamrocks as they can and all participants will when a prize.

Additional prizes will be given to those finding “lucky” shamrocks.

March 11: The author of Good Old Neon visits the Worth Park District Historical Museum at 7 p.m. for a lively discussion and photographic illustration of his latest publication on classic and quirky neon signs of the Chicago metro area. This event, which takes at the Terrace Centre, is free to all who wish to attend, but there is a $2 suggested donation.

March 11 and April 8: Monthly senior luncheons at the Terrace Centre take place on the second Wednesday of each month from noon until 2 p.m. Both residents and non-residents of Worth Park District are welcome to attend. Reservations are

due one week prior to the luncheon. Menu will also be available one week prior. For more information and reservations, call the park district.

March 13: Registration is due for the trip to the Emerald City Theater in Chicago. Parents and children can join the Worth Park District for a trip to the Emerald City Theater to see favorite Mo Willems characters live on stage. “We are in a Play” is a musical story of Elephant and Piggie learning the importance of friendship with the help of nutty backup singers. The trip takes place March 21. The cost for residents is $24 per resident, and $34 for non-residents. The trip leaves approximately at noon.

March 18 and April 15: Seniors can join their Lunch Bunch friends on trips to local restaurants.

They can enjoy a variety options and spend as much or as little as they like. Worth Park District is traveling to Bucco di Beppo on March 18 and Bohemian Crystal on April 15. Participants can register one week prior to each trip for $8 per residents, or $12 for non-residents. Trips leave from the Terrace Centre at 10:30 a.m. and expect to return by 2 p.m. each afternoon.

April 3: Registration is due for the performance of the original Little Mermaid fairy tale. This event includes breakfast buffet before the show where we will be visited by some of the cast members.

This trip takes place on May 2. The cost for play, transportation and breakfast is $40 for adult and $30 for child residents, and $50 and $40 nonresidents. Please note that this play is not based on the Disney version of the story.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

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

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

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

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, BY CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., AS ITS ATTORNEY IN FACT, Plaintiff, -v.LAYALA ALWAN, VILLAGE OF CHICAGO RIDGE, AWWAD H. ALWAN Defendants

NORTH COMMUNITY BANK, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ARCHER BANK, BY MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION Plaintiff, -v.ASHRAF IHMUD, CENTRAL GROCERS, INC., VILLAGE OF EVERGREEN PARK, DALIA FOOD CORPORATION d/b/a LAGEN’S SUPERMARKET, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.MONIKA A. DZIUBA AKA MONIKA DZIUBA AKA MONIKA ALEKSANDRA DZIUBA, DARIUSZ DZIUBA, THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, PNC BANK, N.A SBM TO NATIONAL CITY BANK SBM TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants

14 CH 10171 10339 SOUTH MCVICKER AVENUE Chicago Ridge, IL 60415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 16, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 21 AND LOT 22 IN BLOCK 1, TOGETHER WITH THAT PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE VACATED PUBLIC ALLEY LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS 21 AND 22 IN THE 103RD STREET ADDITION TO CHICAGO RIDGE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 10339 SOUTH MCVICKER AVENUE, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415 Property Index No. 24-17-106-021-0000 AND 2417-106-022-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $342,550.88.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: KOZENY & McCUBBIN ILLINOIS, LLC, 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 605-3500 Please refer to file number IL-001080.

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.

KOZENY & McCUBBIN ILLINOIS, LLC 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 605-3500 Attorney File No. IL-001080 Attorney Code. 56284 Case Number: 14 CH 10171 TJSC#: 35-1109 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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2014 CH 11542 8841-8851 S. CALIFORNIA Evergreen Park, IL 60805 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 20, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 30, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PARCEL 1: LOTS 29 AND 30 IN BLOCK 4 IN DANIEL E.C. MOLE’S SUBDIVISION OF LOT 2 OF J.Y. SCAMMON’S SUBDIVISION (EXCEPT THE EAST 33 FEET FOR RIGHT OF WAY OF THE RAILROAD) IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: LOTS 31, 32 AND 33 IN BLOCK 4 IN DANIEL E.C. MOLE’S SUBDIVISION OF LOT 2 OF J.Y. SCAMMON’S SUBDIVISION (EXCEPT THE EAST 33 FEET FOR RIGHT OF WAY OF THE RAILROAD) IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 8841-8851 S. CALIFORNIA, Evergreen Park, IL 60805 Property Index No. 24-01-204-018-0000; 24-01204-073-0000; 24-01-204-074-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $236,025.82.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C., 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, CHICAGO, IL 60606, (312) 444-9300 Please refer to file number 23696-55063 MAE. 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.

CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 CHICAGO, IL 60606 (312) 444-9300 Attorney File No. 23696-55063 MAE Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2014 CH 11542 TJSC#: 35-3139 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.

Best PAWWS forward

Photos by Mary Hadac

More than 200 people dined and danced recently at a “PAWWS (Paws Assisting Wounded WarriorS) for Love” fundraiser at the Lexington House, 7717 W. 95th St., Hickory Hills.

Headquartered in Palos Heights but serving a broad area, the non-profit PAWWS acquires dogs and train them as service dogs that will be paired up with military veterans living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or traumatic brain injuries.

Pam Barnett, PAWWS founder and president, poses with service dog Harold Koal, as drummers and bagpipers from the Chicago Police Department’s Emerald Society relax in an adjacent room after entertaining the crowd. Barnett said she hoped the event would raise at least $8,000, and she encouraged everyone unable to attend to visit PAWWS.org online and make a donation.

14 CH 8228 24 COUR LEROUX 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 January 16, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE EASTERLY 24.00 FEET OF THE WESTERLY 68.67 FEET OF AREA 2 IN LOT 2 OF PALOS RIVIERA UNIT NUMBER 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS .

Commonly known as 24 COUR LEROUX, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-101-025-0000.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $133,577.01.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com.. Please refer to file number F14040121.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale may be entitled at most only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee s attorney, or the court appointed selling officer.

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

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F14040121 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 14 CH 8228 TJSC#: 35-1890 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.

Military veterans Chris Majewski (from left), of Bridgeview, Jacob Blome, of Bloomington, and Dave Stepanek, of Manhattan, stand near tables bearing some 37 auction prizes and pose with PAWWS-trained dogs Buster (from left), Joseph, and Harold Koal. Stepanek’s service dog, Harley Girl, was not at the event.

Library Notes OAK LAWN The Oak Lawn Public Library is located at 9427 S. Raymond Ave. For more information, or to register for a program, call 422-4990, or visit www.olpl.org.

March 9 to March 19: There is a 10-day registration period for middle school and early high school students seeking service hours.

Tweens and teens may earn 10 hours by assisting in the Youth Services Department at the Oak Lawn Public Library. Orientation will be held Thursday, March 19 from 4 to 4:30 p.m.

March 10: Cardiologist Dr. Thomas Levin from Advocate Christ Medical Center will share vein treatment options for venous reflux disease at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library.

March 14: Children of all abilities, their siblings and an adult, are invited to gather at the Oak Lawn Public Library from 10 to 10:45 a.m. for Sensory Storytime, an inclusive program. Registration begins 10 days before the program date.

March 14: Cinema Chat at the Oak Lawn Library features a screening of the 2014 film, Birdman, winner of the Best Picture Oscar, at 1 p.m. Patrons are to come for the movie, and stay for the conversation. Patrons who do not want to participate in the discussion, are invited to attend the screening. In Birdman, a washedup actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of his Broadway play. The film is rated R and is 119 minutes long.

March 16: Career consultant and certified professional resume writer Laina Krisik will provide one-on-one resume review sessions from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Oak Lawn

Public Library. Patrons can call the Reference Desk to sign up for a 15-minute slot beginning Monday, March 9. Registration ends when all time slots are filled.

March 16: In honor of Women’s History Month, author Melanie Holmes will discuss her new book, “The Female Assumption,” at 7 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library. Patrons can learn about Holmes’ research, the evolution of women’s lives and the importance of the words we use with females of all ages.

March 18: Young Adult author Susan Dennard of “The Something Strange and Deadly” series will talk about her journey from a awkward, lonely pre-teen, to a well-traveled marine biologist and published author at 7pm at the Oak Lawn Public Library.

Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of The Bookie’s Paperbacks and More, or you can bring your own to be signed. One lucky participant will win a set of Dennard’s books.

March 19: The Oak Lawn Public Library’s free movie screening features the 2014 film Gone Girl at 1 and 6 p.m. With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent. The movie stars Ben Affleck, RosamundHYPERLINK “http://www.imdb.com/ name/nm0683253/?ref_=tt_ov_st” Pike and Neil Patrick Harris. The film is 149 minutes long and is rated R.

Various Dates: The Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 S. Raymond Avenue has launched a new book discussion program. Books are available at the Reference Desk on the second floor. Come to one or come to all. We welcome everyone who wants to talk about books. Here’s the lineup of titles

for March: True Crime highlights“ My Dark Places” by James Ellroy on Thursday, March 12 at 7 p.m.

At once frightening, fascinating and compelling, these books go beyond the sensationalism of an event. They will be remembered and talked about for a long time.

Mysteries in the Morning will focus on “Knit One, Kill Two” by Maggie Sefton on Friday, March 13 at 9:30 a.m. These delightful books deal with murder in a most charming, humorous and gentle way. All selections are a first in a series.

March 24: Simmons Middle School drama and band students will perform selections from their upcoming musical, “The Little Mermaid” at 6:30pm at the Oak Lawn Public Library. The story, based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, is about a mermaid named Ariel who wants to mix with the human world.

Ongoing: Oak Lawn Library patrons are asked to donate their “gently used” books, magazines, CDs and videos to the Friends of the Oak Lawn Library Ongoing Book Sale at the Oak Lawn Public Library. Due to space limitations, the Friends will not accept Readers Digest Condensed Books, encyclopedias and older textbooks. The donation drop-off area is near the library’s Cook Avenue entrance.

Interested parties may fill out a short form at the Customer Services Desk to receive a tax letter by mail that acknowledges their donation.

The Friends Ongoing Book Sale provides an ever-changing variety of books, magazines and other forms of media at bargain prices. Hardcover books cost 50 cents each, paperbacks are 25 cents, and magazines cost 10 cents each. Audio-visual items are priced as indicated. Funds collected from the book sale support library programming and purchases that are beyond their regular budget.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

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Women may face extra challenges in seeking financial security On Sunday, we observe International Women’s Day. On this occasion, thousands of events across the world will honor the cultural, political and social achievements of women.

Of course, in many countries, women still face significant economic challenges. Even here in the United States, women encounter more obstacles than men in the pursuit of financial security, particularly in seeking a comfortable retirement lifestyle.

So if you are a woman — regardless of your marital status — you will need to be aware of these challenges and take steps to overcome them.

Let’s consider a few of these challenges and some possible solutions: Challenge: Women spend more time out of the workforce and accumulate less money in 401(k) plans.

Women spend an average of 12 years out of the workforce caring for children or elderly parents, compared with less than two years for men, according to the Social Security Administration. This time away from work can translate into less money in retirement plans — in fact, women’s average 401(k) balance is only about twothirds as large as men’s, according to a study by Fidelity Investments.

Potential solution: Take full advantage of your 401(k) and IRA. Your care-giving obligations are an issue to be decided by you, your spouse and perhaps other family members. But while you are working, contribute as much as

you possibly can to your 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored plan.

Also, try to fully fund your IRA each year.

Challenge: Women typically live more years in retirement and depend more heavily on Social Security.

Women reaching age 65 are expected to live, on average, an additional 21.6 years, compared with 19.3 years for men, according to the Social Security Administration, which also reports that the average annual Social Security income received by women 65 years and older was about $12,500. Furthermore, Social Security comprises about 50% of the total income for unmarried women age 65 and older, compared to just 36% for elderly men.

Potential solution: To become less dependent on Social Security, create a sustainable withdrawal strategy for your investment portfolio.

Social Security was designed to supplement one’s retirement income, not replace it. Consequently, it’s essential that you make full use of your other sources of income, such as your 401(k), IRA

and other investment accounts.

To make this money last, you’ll need to create a sustainable withdrawal strategy early in your retirement — and stick to it.

Challenge: Women are far more likely than men to need some type of long-term care.

More than two-thirds of nursing home residents are women, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. And the average cost for a private room in a nursing home is more than $87,000 per year, according to the 2014 Cost of Care Survey produced

by Genworth, a financial services company. Typically, Medicare covers only a small percentage of these costs.

Potential solution: Prepare in advance for long-term care expenses.

Long-term care costs can be enormous, but you do have some protection-related options for meeting these costs. Check with your financial advisor to learn which of these choices might be most appropriate for your situation.

These aren’t the only financial issues facing women, but they do give you a good idea of what you may be facing. So, be proactive in meeting these challenges — because there’s actually a lot you can do.

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

Area Property Tran$fer$

Area Property Tran$fer$ Following are the property transfers in the area, according to the latest report, as received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office. The Reporter Newspaper does not attempt to correct errors made by that office.

Chicago Ridge Champion Mtg Co to Litwin Angelica, 10701 Oxford Ave, $102,500; Deutsche Bk Natl Trust Co to Bonkowski Nancy, 2400 W 95th St, Unit #1, $45,000; Veterans Affairs to Ropelewski Kamil, 10288 Southwest Hwy, Unit #23D, $72,000.

Evergreen Park Judicial Sales Corp to Newcastle West LLC, 9100 S Sawyer Ave, $40,000; Dorner Joseph C Tr to Karingada Mathai M, 9224 S Kedzie Ave, $340,000; HSBC Bk USA to Pyrek Bogumil, 9640 S Utica Ave, $92,000; Maciaszek Frank to Maciaszek Kevin J, 9406 S Lawndale Ave, $190,000; Myslinski Anthony J III to Serc LLC, 3137 W 101st St, $184,000; Meyer Viola to Rabbitte Maureen, 9551 S Homan Ave, $161,000.

Hickory Hills Kukulak Henryn to Merdjemak Yacine, 8534 W Thomas Charles Ln, $159,000; Minhas Jasdip to Alonso Manuel, 9036 W 92nd Pl, $250,000; Pazdan Krzysztof to Warzocha Krzysztof D, 9140 W 95th St, Unit #91402B, $115,000; Fannie Mae to Calka Teresa, 9551 Arrowhead Dr, Unit #2F, $92,000.

$45,000; Kowalczyk Teresa E to Dziatkowiec Wojciech, 6135 W 94th St, Unit #C7, $70,000; Dinolfo Charles J to Dinolfo Joseph, 10012 Mulberry Ave, $174,500; PNC Bk to Machhadani Larisa M, 6630 W 95th St, Unit #66303A, $35,000; Jordan Nancy R to Abusaad Taher, 9232 Central Ave, $175,000; Johnsen Karen Marie to Hoppenrath Ammie, 9908 Elm Circle Dr, $160,000; Bank New York Mellon to Krembo Prop & Consult Inc, 9224 S Parkside Ave, $119,000; Fannie Mae to Bisharat Raed, 10445 Mansfield Ave, Unit #2B, $70,000; Zubinas Jurate Tr to Wills David, 9613 Kilbourn Ave, $229,000; Sweis Intisar to Muthana Mo-

hamed A, 5636 105th St, $317,000; Streetscape Renovation LLC to Vasquez Ricardo, 9136 Karlov Ave, $296,500; Jeff BV-SFH LLC to Brohi Jawed A, 9745 Karlov Ave, Unit #9745207, $26,000.

Palos Hills Standard B&T Co Tr to Stillo Vincent, 9918 S 81st Ave, $158,000; Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Moubacher Mustapha H, 31 Cinnamon Creek Dr, Unit #32S, $92,500; Kosobucki Jeanne to Bergman Richard L, 8245 Willow Dr, Unit #43A, $125,000; Fannie Mae to Bronowicka Zdzislawa, 10406 Broadmoor Rd, $185,000; Standard B&T Co Tr to Plewa Katarzyna, 10006 Emerald Ct, $143,000.

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Karma comes calling down, then spent a while shuffling to punish stall tactics his chips until the other players Last summer, my friend Dan become so irritated that they called Smith played a pair of major hands the clock on him. Finally, Kaiser slid against an opponent who held pock- most of his stack into the middle, Talkin Poker et aces both times.

The two hands leaving a little something behind with Tony Dunst made the World Series of Poker so that he could stall on the next telecast not only because of their street. Two players over, Smith was significance, but also because of the holding a pair of jacks and made agonizing pace. Smith’s opponent, the call. The other players folded. the young Aaron Kaiser, was stallThe flop came Ac Qc 6s. Kaiser ing his decisions in an attempt to went into the tank again before make the tournament’s pay jump. eventually checking. Smith bet the Ever since the Department of amount of Kaiser’s remaining chips, with Tony Dunst Justice shut down online poker in leading to another tank. Kaiser had the United States, the poker world the nuts but still wasted another has grown increasingly competitive. minute before calling. Everyone at One unfortunate consequence of the the table was disgusted when they competition has been the increase saw his hand, and Kaiser’s set of in stalling; many professionals aces held up and won the pot. now regularly stall in online tourOn the next hand of the broadnaments, and it’s becoming more cast, Kaiser found another pair of common in live tournaments. aces, and when the action folded to In the first hand between Kaiser him, he stopped to think a while. and Smith, Kaiser found a pair of aces in first position. He set his cards (Continued on page 12)

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The former All-Star Sports restaurant and bar in Justice will be demolished for green space by Indian Springs School District 109.

Hawks and Jersey Mike’s have goal of giving The Chicago Blackhawks Charities and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago are joining forces with 40 Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurants throughout the Chicago area for the fifth annual March Month of Giving fundraising campaign.

During March, customers can make a donation to the Chicago Blackhawks Charities and Lurie Children’s at any area Jersey Mike’s restaurant.

The campaign will culminate in Jersey Mike’s Day of Giving on March 25, when 100 percent of the day’s sales at Jersey Mike’s locations nationwide will go to more than 120 different charities including hospitals, youth organizations, food banks and more.

On the March 25 Day of Giving, all Chicago area Jersey Mike’s restaurants will donate 100 percent of the day’s sales to the Chicago Blackhawks Charities and Lurie Children’s.

For a list of participating restaurants in your area and for more information on our charity partners, visit www.jerseymikes. com/mog. Everyone is invited to come in to a local Jersey Mike’s restaurant and enjoy a delicious sub meal.

Last year’s Month of Giving campaign raised $2.1 million for 100 different charities nationwide.

Since 2010, Jersey Mike’s locations throughout the country have raised nearly $10 million for worthy local causes and distributed more than 1 million free sub sandwiches to help numerous causes.

“I would like to extend a personal invitation to come in and enjoy a Jersey Mike’s sub during our Month of Giving,” said Peter Cancro, Jersey Mike’s founder and CEO, who started the company when he was 17 years old. “This year we hope to raise more than $2.5 million to support these local causes so we can bring hope to all those involved with the charities and make a difference in people’s lives.”

that the new restaurant would feature “authentic Mexican cuisine with complex flavors that are complimented with creative drinks and an assortment of tequilas, beer, & wines.”

By “We are shooting for a May 5 Bob Bong opening,” Schneider said Monday in an email.

708-389-3038.

In the meantime, according Also approved was a business to its Facebook page, customers license for Machos Tacos, a new with Tommy Nevin’s Frankfort Mexican restaurant at 8350 S. gift cards and frequent diner Roberts Road. cards can still redeem them at the Tommy Nevin’s locations in Mexican foods company Naperville and Evanston. leases space Ole Mexican Foods, one of the Orland OKs Paddy B’s largest tortilla makers in the U.S., expansion, new Pizza Hut has leased a 37,000-square-foot Orland Park trustees voted in industrial space at 6748 S. Sayre February to approve special-use Ave. in Bedford Park. The com- permits that will allow an expanpany has a Midwest headquarters sion at Paddy B’s Pub at 11969 at 5140 W. 73rd St. in the village. W. 143rd St. and the opening of a carry-out Pizza Hut restaurant Northwestern College hon- at 7842 W. 159th St. ored by BBB Paddy B’s will be taking about Northwestern College, a career- 900 square feet of adjacent space focused two-year college with a in the Pinewood Plaza Shopping campus on Harlem Avenue in Center that had been the IntelBridgeview, has announced that lect Learning Center. This is the the Better Business Bureau has second expansion for Paddy B’s awarded the college its Complaint at this location after moving into Free Award for 2014. the plaza from its longtime home This honor is awarded exclu- in Old Orland in 2010. sively to BBB Accredited BusiThe expansion will allow for nesses. additional seating -- 32 seats at The college, which has been ed- eight tables -- and a storage area ucating students for more than a for kitchen supplies. century, has about 1,200 students Hours will remain the same and 250 employees. from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily.

“Your company’s commitment No timetable for the expansion to customer service excellence was announced. pays dividends in many ways Pizza Hut plans to operate a in meeting and exceeding their carry-out only restaurant in the needs,” Steve J. Bernas, BBB former space of Universal Therapy President & CEO noted in the at the Patio Retail Center. award letter. “We are honored Pizza Hut will remodel the to recognize your business for su- 1,151-square-foot space to accomperior performance in the area modate the restaurant. of ethical business practices and No timetable for the remodeling encourage you to continue your was announced. commitment to total customer The special-use permits were satisfaction.” approved at the Feb. 2 Orland Park Village Board meeting. They Tommy Nevin’s switching to were required because both resMexican restaurant taurants are within 300 feet of The Tommy Nevin’s Irish- nearby homes. themed pub at 9680 LincolnIndian Springs School District to demolish building way Lane in Frankfort closed If you see a new business in Big things are coming to Indian at the end of December and is town or wonder what happened being remodeled and will be to an old favorite, drop me a line Springs School District 109.

The school district is seeking rebranded as a Toro de Fuego at bobbong@hotmail.com. bids to tear down a building the Mexican restaurant, according district acquired last year at 8000 to Sophia Schneider, executive You can also catch up on Comadministrator of The Nevin’s ings & Goings in other parts of S. Roberts Road in Bridgeview.

“I’m hoping we can tear it down Group. the Southland at www.southThe Tommy Nevin’s Frankfort landbusinessnews.com and www.

by May, but nothing is certain,” said Supt. Jon Nebor. “It will make Facebook page posted a message southlandsavvy.blogspot.com. for some nice green space.”

Tearing down the building, SUDOKU Solution Crossword Answers which the district purchased last summer for $609,000, is just the beginning for some planned improvements at the district.

More on that to come later.

Justice OKs new businesses Justice trustees at this week’s village board meeting approved a business license for Blue Islandbased Monumental Art Works to open a headstone showroom at 7950 S. Archer Ave. It is open by appointment only by calling

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Aw nuts, we had to bring the Board of Directors back for a ruling. That’s never pleasant.

Last week’s spaghetti-like object was of a phone charger, yet the angle and cropping of the picture could make it look like a USB cord or a cord for computer games.

Before the lazy board members could go on their four-hour lunch break, they flipped a coin and were lenient because they were hungry.

Palos Heights’ Crystine Busch charged in first in with the right answer Other great guessers were Palos Heights’ Walter Mlynarski, Worth’s Carol and Jerry Janicki and Robert Solner, Chicago Ridge’s Dana Oswald, Palos Park’s Al Forte, Evergreen Park’s Henrietta Mysliwiec, and the Friday Night Ladies Poker and Hot Wires Club of Oak Lawn, Orland Park and Oak Forest.

Incorrect guesses were a set top video game console, a toilet seat, and DVR cables.

This week’s clue: This is one Hilton you can’t check into.

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

Some more wisdom from ‘Drug Muggers’ book One of my favorite reference books is “Drug Muggers,” by Suzy Cohen. Cohen is a pharmacist who has researched drugs and what nutrients various drugs deplete.

Every medication, according to Cohen, depletes vitamins and minerals. There is so much essential information in her book, I occasionally like to cover a topic here and there. While I have referenced her book many time, I haven’t written of the valuable information very frequently.

I felt this column should be dedicated to some of her research on a few medications. She feels so strongly about the fact that drugs mug your vitamins and explains her concern comes from her belief that what is considered the “recommended daily intake (RDI) is actually far too low on many nutrients. Then when a patient takes medications, particular nutrients become dangerously low.

Cohen explains that depression, osteoporosis and irregular heartbeat can be caused by a deficiency of the mineral magnesium. She explains hormone treatment, diuretics, raloxifen (Evista), anti-inflammatory medications and even aspirin can deplete magnesium.

She explains symptoms as simple as bald patches, lost of taste or smell, erectile dysfunc-

tion and chronic diarrhea can be caused by a zinc deficiency.

Her drug muggers that create zinc deficiency are antacids, ulcer and heartburn medications, diruretics and estrogen drugs use for birth control and menopause.

Another drug mugger that can cause leg cramps, muscle spasms, memory loss and fatigue, can be caused by a CoQ10 deficiency. Of ocurse most of us know by now, statin drugs (to reduce cholesterol), metformin for diabetes, antidepressants, beta blockers and diuretics.

Another example are eye disorders such as cataracts, macular degeneration, liver problems and high levels of homocysteine that may be tied to low glutathione.

Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that eliminates poisons in the body. Acetaminophen can also be a drug mugger of glutathione, according to Cohen. She explains simply taking acetaminophen on a daily basis can contribute to vision loss later in life.

One of the most important of vitamins, the B’s, can be mugged by birth control pills, female hormones, alcohol, antacids, ulcer medication, diuretics raloxifine (Evista), Cholestyramine and diabetes drugs. B vitamins are essential to the central nervous

are heavy legs, fatigue, leg cramping, high blood sugar, impotence in men, palpitations, shortness of breath and memory loss—even to the point of a physician considering a patient might have dementia

By Dee Woods or Alzheimer’s. Since the book was written, new studies implicate system. She states, the lower the statins in neuropathy and cancers B vitamins the higher the homo- in rodents. cysteine.

Sadly, Cohen states as a pharCohen explains all of this in the macist, she can say some physifirst 9 pages of her book. cians treat the above side-effects The first medications she dis- as additional diseases and disorcusses are statin drugs. While ders and prescribe even more statins can reduce cholesterol medications. Misunderstanding levels, she explains they do so at symptoms of deficiencies that another health cost. The drugs are caused by the first prescribed stop the liver from producing medication, can lead to a vicious CoQ10, an essential nutrient that cycle of adding one drug after anis involved in energy production other rather than attempting to of every cell in the body. Alterna- replace the vitamin or mineral tive physicians were prescribing deficiency caused by the first CoQ10 for patients given statin medication given. drugs, for 10 to 15 years, while Remember, it is estimated that many conventional physicians are over 100,000 patients die each just prescribing it now. Believe it year from prescribed medications. or not, there are still many doctors It’s up to the individual patient who do not even suggest taking to take charge of his/her health CoQ10 in the ubiquinol form when and seek answers that are not taking statin drugs. well known in the general medical Cohen recommends that when community. a patient must take a statin drug for cholesterol, CoQ10 in the ubiDee Woods column runs every quinol form is a must. first and third week. She can be Some symptoms of CoQ10 defi- reached at deewoods10@icloud. ciency (while taking statin drugs) com.

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Evergreen Park teen doesn’t hear back from AGT but will still perform on TV

By Claudia Parker Correspondent

An eighth grader’s wish to perform on television is being granted, but not in the way she expected.

She will probably not be singing to the world on “America’s Got Talent” but she has plans to talk and sing on a cable channel that reaches out to a wide audience in that he could take the pot away by Chicago and its suburbs. betting on the river — assuming his On Jan. 25, Evergreen Park’s (Continued from page 11) opponent checked again.

Central Middle School student, Instead, Smith hit the card he Kennedy Bordeaux, 14, auditioned After absorbing the glares of the needed when the Kc landed on the to be a contestant on the 10th seariver. He had made the nut hand son of “America’s Got Talent.” On table, he raised to 225,000.

The next player folded, and on against the second-nut hand — and the day of auditions, Bordeaux the button Smith held Qs 10s. He no amount of stalling would save said she was told by producers made the call, and after the blinds Kaiser, who made a bet of 450,000. they’d contact her by the end of Smith looked him over, then placed February if she was selected for folded, the flop fell 6c 8d As. Kaiser wasn’t quick in his next two stacks of chips in the middle, a their next round of auditions. action, but he didn’t posture for raise that put Kaiser all in.

February has come and gone Kaiser seemed to sense that some- and inquiring minds may want to too long before betting 250,000.

Although Smith didn’t have much thing was wrong, but his hand was know: Did AGT reach out? (besides a back-door flush draw and too strong to fold, and he made the “I haven’t heard from them,” back-door straight draw), he made call. Smith tabled his hand, and Kai- said Bordeaux on Sunday. “But, the call, believing that many of the ser slowly got up from the table, since my audition, the commuhands Kaiser potentially held would looking shocked. nity has made a big deal out of The players around the table my story.” bet the flop, then give up on future exchanged celebratory smiles, and streets.

A source at AGT said BorThe turn brought the Jh, giving everyone acted quickly for the rest deaux’s chances of making it Smith a straight draw to a nine or of the day. to the next round of auditions king. Kaiser thought briefly, then (Tony Dunst is a poker professional haven’t definitively ended. “They checked. Smith decided to “take who hosts the “Raw Deal” segment give deadlines as a benchmark his equity” (checking behind with on World Poker Tour telecasts. Catch but things change all the time.” a draw instead of bluffing), believing him every Sunday night on FSN.) the source said.

Bordeaux said she would be shocked and excited if AGT did Our Readers Are Interested... call but she’ll be fine either way.

“I don’t expect to become the • Obituaries next Beyoncé,’’ Bordeaux said. “I tried out for AGT to challenge my• Wedding Announcements self. If they don’t call, my backup plan is to become a veterinarian.”

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Evergreen Park’s Kennedy Bordeaux is optimistic even though she hadn’t heard that she made the next round of auditions of the “America’s Got Talent” TV show. requesting a television interview from Lee Denham, a producer for Comcast.

Denham said the interview would focus on Bordeaux’s experiences with “America’s Got Talent” and her work on being a diabetes ambassador.

“I think her story will be really informative for our audience.”

Denham said.

Bordeaux said when her dad, Clete, read her the e-mail from Denham she was ecstatic.

“I can’t believe I’m going to be on TV,” she said. “And, they’ve even asked me to sing. I can’t wait!”

Bordeaux’s Comcast interview is scheduled to tape April 2. To watch, visit http://www. cn100.tv/community_connection.aspx or press On Demand, scroll to “GET LOCAL” and then“CN100” choose “COMMUNITY CONNECTION” select the episode by the date of taping.

Getting teenagers to openly express themselves can be challenging. Yet, here’s Bordeaux, capitalizing off sharing her experience of auditioning for AGT to bring awareness to Type 1 diabetes, an illness she’s courageously fought since the age of seven.

“I like helping people. I always have.” Bordeaux said.

Bordeaux said a front page story of Reporter in February caused a flurry of support so the disappointment of not hearing from the show has been tempered as she became a local celebrity.

“My principal told me she saw [the story and] was so proud of me, found the link online and sent it to every teacher in our building.” said Bordeaux. “She also announced it during an assembly. All the students in the school were cheering for me. I couldn’t believe it.”

Best of The Wine Guy

Good fats found in host of nuts, plants We as a culture have become obsessed with fat. It seems the majority of people either love it and can’t get enough of it — how else can you explain our nation’s appetite for fast food and other poisons, and the resulting excessive collective obesity — or are so horrified by it that they starve themselves.

But two fats are essential to life, and it is those fats most people don’t get enough of. Linoleic acid and omega-3 fatty acids are not produced by the body, meaning we can only get them from the foods we eat.

Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid, is found in high concentrations in safflower oil, grape seed oil and hemp oil, as well as poppy and sunflower seeds.

Peanuts, pistachios, walnuts and soybeans are also excellent sources of this fat that strengthens cell membranes and may fight cancer and alleviate the severity of diabetes.

Olive oil and coconut oil have far less significant concentrations of linoleic acid.

Omega-3 fatty acids help keep blood from clotting, aid blood flow, decrease heart rate, reduce triglycerides and lower blood pressure. Consuming adequate amounts of omega-3s may help boost brain development and brain function, prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease, and help strengthen

The Wine Guy with Anthony Scarano the immune system. They also have powerful anti-inflammatory properties and can help treat arthritis, lupus and asthma.

Omega-3 fatty acids are found in their highest concentrations in chia seeds, kiwi and flaxseed, with far smaller amounts in hempseed and walnuts. Oily coldwater fish such as salmon, mackerel, herring, anchovies and sardines are also excellent sources, although even the best fish contain about six times less omega 3s than flax. Tuna contains smaller amounts, while grass-feed beef and lamb, and eggs produced by chickens fed greens and insects are also minor sources of omega 3s.

Another important fat is olive oil. Two tablespoons a day may reduce the risk of coronary disease and dilate blood vessels to allow blood to flow

more easily. When blood flows more freely the heart does not have to work as hard, and this can help prevent heart disease.

Ancient civilizations including the Egyptians used olive oil to soothe insect bites, cure headaches, aid digestion and treat stomach problems, and the Italians, Spaniards, Greeks and southern French have relied on it since 8,000 BC. Today, we are finally learning that cooking with olive oil is the much healthier alternative to using butter or lard, which can both cause a host of undesirable ailments. This liquid gold can be applied to the skin to soften, moisturize and treat acne; the nails can be soaked in it to be strengthened; and it can be massaged into aching muscles to reduce tension and pain.

Use olive oil every day, and don’t forget to drink a glass or two of wine as well. Your body and mind will thank 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.

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For Coyne, flipping the switch would mean the world Palos Heights hockey standout ready to turn her focus to Women’s World Championship

By Tim Cronin The defeat was a heartbreaker.

The American women’s hockey team led Canada 2-0 with four minutes remaining in the Olympic championship game last February in Sochi, Russia.

And the Americans lost. Canada scored twice late in the third period to tie the game, then scored in sudden-death overtime to collect a 3-2 victory and the gold medal.

For a lesser person, the circumstances

of such a setback in the Olympics — one that mirrored an earlier loss — would have left scars. Not so with Kendall Coyne of Palos Heights. Yes, the loss hurt in the locker room, but the junior communications major knows there’s a world outside those confines.

“We were there for 25 days and there was a lot to it, but what you remember most is the finish, what you go there for and the end result,” Coyne said from Northeastern University in Boston last week. “We didn’t come away with the

color medal that we wanted. But coming back home and sharing the experience with everyone, we found they didn’t care if we won gold, silver, bronze or no medal [at all].

“They were just so proud of our team and what we did. When we returned home, there was more a sense of reality of what we accomplished.”

For Coyne, the stunner in Sochi was déjà vu. She was also a key member of the U.S. squad that surrendered a two-goal lead and lost in overtime to

“There’s nothing like living out your dream.”

Canada in the 2010 Women’s World Junior at Seven Bridges in Woodridge.

That came after Coyne, who had tallied the gold-medal-winning goal the previous two years, knocked in a score that was never counted even though many people saw the puck enter and exit the net.

Coyne said she thought back to that “a little bit.”

“When you’re in that much pain from

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STATE WRESTLING

Eagles stopped one step short of team crown

By Anthony Nasella

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St. Viator’s Nick Ferrante (left) and Marist’s Taylor Weaver chase after a loose ball last Wednesday in Mount Greenwood. A strong second half wasn’t enough to prevent the RedHawks from suffering a 59-51 East Suburban Catholic Conference loss.

Only 16 is sweet for Marist Strong second half can’t prevent RedHawks’ loss

By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

Sweet 16 is fine when it refers to a birthday.

When it describes the amount of time a basketball team excels in a game, that’s not so good. That, however, was the way it went for Marist in its regular-season finale last Wednesday in Mount Greenwood.

Coming off a lopsided loss to Notre Dame in their previous outing, the RedHawks found themselves in a similar offensive torpor versus visiting St. Viator and trailed 34-20 at halftime. They had been down to the East Suburban Catholic Conference-champion Dons

by 20 at the midway point.

“In the first half we did not bring it to the level Marist teams need to bring it,” RedHawks coach Gene Nolan said. “It was very similar to the previous Friday. At this time of year it’s hard to shake that.”

Nolan worried about how his athletes would react to a second straight drubbing and the degree to which it could negatively affect Marist’s entry into the Class 4A tournament. But that feeling passed by evening’s end.

No, the RedHawks didn’t manage to make up all the early lost ground, but their ability to keep heat on the Lions almost until the final buzzer gave everyone a much-needed emotional boost.

Although Marist suffered a 59-51 ESCC setback, Nolan said he was “as proud as I’ve ever been of a Marist team” during the second half.

“Our kids fought, rebounded well and executed [the game plan],” he said. “It was a good ending. We had talked [at halftime] about why they came to school here and who we really want to be as a team. It’s about how we respond to adversity.

“The biggest thing is that you do get better, and we played very hard and together. [Coming back strong] — that was the win. We’re going to be confident

The word “dynasty” gets tossed around a lot in sports when it comes to programs that dominate over an extended period of time.

But when considering Sandburg's wrestling achievements of the past decade, calling the Eagles dynastic is apt. It’s difficult to argue with their year-in, year-out success, which was at the forefront again at Saturday’s team state final in Bloomington.

Sandburg reached the championship match at U.S. Cellular Coliseum against the nation’s No. 1 squad, Oak Park-River Forest.

And while the Eagles dropped a 39-16 verdict in the finale, their runner-up showing gave the program its eighth top-three finish in the past 11 years.

And with only two senior starters on this season’s 23-man roster, Sandburg's run of excellence should continue into 2015-16 and beyond.

“I’m really proud of our kids and

the way they performed.” Eagles coach Eric Siebert said. “They did exactly what we were hoping they would do -- go out there and lay it on the line. They really battled and it’s really gratifying. It was a great weekend overall.

“I’m so proud to be associated with the program, the coaches, the kids and the families. In 11 years there’s definitely a lot to be proud of with this program.

If you want to be successful, you have to have quality people -- we have four coaches on varsity and nine on staff [and] it’s really a team effort.

“Everybody is invested in this program. We have a common philosophy and the coaches, kids and parents all buy into it.

It makes for one big movement going forward.”

Sandburg defeated Mt. Carmel 39-27 last Tuesday night at Shepard to advance to the quarterfinals.

On Saturday it defeated LincolnSee SANDBURG, Page 4

See MARIST, Page 3

Animated coach Homewood-Flossmoor coach Anthony Smith gets animated while watching Rachel Distor set up a play for Sandburg last Tuesday in a Class 4A LincolnWay North Sectional semifinal game.

Smith felt fine by evening’s end as the Vikings rolled over the Eagles 73-40.

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Sandburg coach Eric Siebert (left), pictured during a match earlier this season, guided the Eagles to a second-place finish in the state team wrestling championships Saturday in Bloomington.

INSIDE Chargers gets revenge: Stagg avenges an earlier blowout loss to Joliet West by taming the Tigers by a 59-57 score in Palos Hills. Page 2

Tough finish for Knights: After beating Lisle in its regional basketball opener, Chicago Christian gets swamped

by St. Edward. Page 3

St. Laurence seniors prevail: A quintet of upperclassmen poured in 42 of the Vikings’ points in a 56-47 victory over neighborhood rival Reavis. Page 4

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GIRLS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Locals get sidetracked in sectionals

By Anthony Nasella Flush with the thrill of capturing regional titles, both Sandburg and Evergreen Park were looking forward to last Tuesday's entry into the sectional round of the state tournament and the fresh challenge that would represent.

But the initial task proved too great as the Eagles and Mustangs each ran afoul of a formidable opponent.

In Sandburg's case, the foe was a familiar one. Fellow SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue member Homewood-Flossmoor, which was held out of last year's tournament by the IHSA because of rules violations, had already squared off with the Eagles twice this season with positive results.

And the third time offered no reversal of fortunes for Sandburg as it suffered a season-ending 73-30 loss in a Class 4A Lincoln-Way North Sectional semifinal. Making an uphill climb even steeper for the Eagles (24-8) were two player injuries — guard Jess Merino sprained her ankle before the game and forward Victoria Stavropoulos was forced to exit with a knee injury just three minutes into the contest. Merino did wind up playing but was visibly hampered by her injury and Stavropoulos made only a token appearance at the start of the second half before going to the sidelines for good.

As for Evergreen, it was no match for Bogan in the Class 3A Brooks Sectional as it got tagged with a 71-38 setback.

SANDBURG

The Eagles certainly had momentum entering their encounter with H-F as the regional crown they claimed by beating Marist 61-57 the week before was Sandburg's first in a decade. It helped too that it happened on the RedHawks' home floor.

"The girls went out and took it,” Eagles coach Chris Hellrung said.

“They fought harder and played harder, and because of that we won the game. That’s the proudest I’ve ever been of a team. The school rallied around the girls and they deserved that win because they worked hard and won it on Marist’s home court — that was something special.

“I had an outstanding group of girls who always worked hard. We had a great season — we went 11-3 in a very tough conference and finished 24-8 overall with some really big wins over some really nice teams — [so] that hard work really paid off. It’s satisfying when you preach the stuff and girls buy into it and they succeed.”

H-F was a mountain that couldn't be scaled, however. The Eagles had been competitive with the Vikings during the regular season, but operating in a weakened state wasn't going to get it done for Sandburg.

Sports Editor

The wait became a weight for Shepard, but Friday night the load finally got lightened.

While the Astros had been competitive with a number of their South Suburban Conference foes this winter, they were never able to break into the win column. As both the losses and frustration mounted, Shepard coach Tony Chiuccariello found it increasingly difficult to foster an upbeat attitude among his athletes.

But one thing the Astros never did was allow the lack of success to become a reason to deliver lackluster performances. And that refusal to roll over paid off in a big way against host Argo.

On the strength of a superb third period Shepard carried a ninepoint lead deep into the fourth quarter. But behind Marcus Fry the Argonauts roared back, and when his assist set up a gametying, NBA-length 3-pointer by Levar Turner with 7.1 seconds remaining the home team seemingly had all the momentum.

However, Kyle Longfield had no intention of letting the Astros fall short again. The senior center, who had blocked a Fry shot from behind earlier in the stanza,

From April 26, 2007 Basketball for credit — it sounds like a collegiate hoopster’s dream.

Give it some thought for just a moment. If athletes were able to actually use their sport as a means through which to earn credit hours and get a few steps closer to that degree most of them won’t ever see even if enrolled under the 12-year plan, valuable space would be freed up in such challenging academic endeavors as Turf Toe 101 and Advanced Jigsaw Puzzling for everyday students who don’t make a dime for their respective universities.

Hey, why should the jocks always have first dibs on those brain-busting classes? They already benefit from paid-for schooling and receive undying adoration from fat-cat alumni that lasts a lifetime, or at least until the end of the current football or basketball season.

But in an unusual and unexpected twist, it was non-athletes who recently took part in a course where credits were given for attending the NCAA men’s Final Four.

Lynn University in South Florida offered a program called “The Final Four Experience,” which included as part of its teaching a trip to this spring’s Final Four in Atlanta. As reported in an Associated Press story, students taking the class received three credits.

Watching basketball, eating popcorn and waving giant, we’reNo.1 foam hands — with a staggering work load like that, the young people who signed up for “The Final Four Experience” are preparing themselves for a rewarding career in government. Or so it seems.

In actuality, the class was a primer of sorts for those students who wish to tie their futures into the management aspects of sports. The trip to Atlanta didn’t consist solely of fun at the games; rather, participants took an up-close look at how frontoffice operations work.

The students were required to keep a diary of their experiences, take a couple exams and, upon returning to campus, give a multimedia presentation on sports facilities and event operations. Some of the details on which they had to focus were vendor and sponsorship setups, security positioning and seating arrangements.

I don’t know about you, but suddenly that doesn’t sound so glamorous to me.

In fact, it strikes me as the corporate equivalent of being an offensive lineman. Think about it — if everything goes off without a hitch, fans simply take the smooth-running operation for granted. But if something is amiss, critics pop up without haste and immediately point the finger of blame at whomever’s in charge.

And trust me, that incriminating digit’s not made out of foam.

So why would anyone want to seek out an occupation that can be pretty thankless? Well, for one thing, the monetary compensation isn’t bad, although it pales next to the amount the organization’s middle reliever, backup center or second-string goalie pulls down in salary.

And unless ownership is completely hapless, the company that runs the team and facility in which it plays should be on pretty solid financial ground. Thus, the futures of most employees, particularly those with identifiable skills, are relatively secure.

Another fringe benefit is that you get to regularly interact with public figures others yearn to rub shoulders with and fawn over.

You may go so far as to consider yourself an honorary member of the athlete’s posse or, at the very least, a sycophantic hanger-on, but don’t expect to spend any quality time with the star jock.

For instance, you probably won’t get invited to go nightclubbing with him, which is just as well. That way, you won’t be tempted to morph into Tank Johnson and acquire a police record, which would severely damage your credibility with the company and likely get you fired since you have absolutely no leverage.

Remember, nobody buys a ticket to watch you work, purchases jerseys with your number on it or uses a product merely because you tout it. Don’t ever forget you’re a nobody generating zero revenue, so improper behavior won’t be brushed aside like it is for the athletes.

What you’ll spend most of your time doing is acting as manservant to a bunch of pampered players, who need you to handle all the menial chores attached to their celebrity. And you’ll require a college degree to make sure you’re qualified to take care of millionaire kids just out of high school.

After thinking about all that, I have just one question for the people at Lynn University who masterminded “The Final Four Experience” and probably will do so again in the future.

Are you sure three credit hours are enough?

BARTOSH

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Evergreen Park’s Nicole Larkin (left) battles a Bogan player for possession of the ball last Tuesday during a Class 3A Brooks Regional semifinal contest. The Mustangs’ season ended with a 71-38 loss.

“We knew H-F was one of the top teams in the state," Hellrung said. "We played them pretty tough in the two previous meetings, [but] being without a Jess Merino at full strength and Victoria Stavropoulos definitely left us a little shorthanded. To the girls’ credit they played on and played hard as they could. We just lost to a much better team on that night.”

Hellrung praised Merino and Stavropoulos for trying to play through their injuries in the team’s most important game of the season.

“Jess played hard for us, but you could tell that her ankle was really bothering her,” he said. “She gutted it out and had a great performance for being injured. When you lose your last game, you want it to be [while you're] playing hard and [at] full strength — we were definitely playing hard.

“I give the girls a lot of credit [for] never giving up a minute of that game. You just have to deal with injuries and unfortunately we had to deal with them at a very tough moment of the season.”

EVERGREEN PARK

The Mustangs (21-9) could never get things going against Bogan.

They were only down 19-10 after one quarter but trailed 32Photo by Jeff Vorva 16 at halftime. Evergreen drew Whatever hope Sandburg had of hanging with Homewood-Flossmoor last within 12 once during the third Tuesday took a hit when the tallest Eagle, 5-foot-11 Victoria Stavropoulos, period, but it could never reduce went down with a knee injury. Minus Stavropoulos Sandburg didn’t have enough inside presence to slow the Vikings, who collected a 73-40 victory

See GIRLS ROUNDUP, Page 4 in a Class 4A Lincoln-Way North Sectional semifinal.

Long time coming

By Ken Karrson

Final Four, final exams: What’s the difference?

In last game, Astros finally get league win raced down the court to rebound Kenjrick Watson’s missed layup and hit a putback as time expired to give Shepard a 58-56 victory in Summit.

“It was a great way to finish [the regular season],” said Chiuccariello, whose club began Class 4A tournament play this past Monday versus Lockport at the Yorkville Regional.

“It was not [accomplished] on talent, but on hustle. I was happy for the kids — they haven’t quit [all season]. We finally broke through but not without a lot of drama in the last 2:30.”

Chiuccariello admitted that he wondered about the Astros (7-19, 1-12) being “snake-bit, especially when we were missing free throws.” Shepard misfired seven times in 10 tries at the stripe during the fourth frame, a showing that mixed with a couple turnovers to create some anxious moments.

“We had multiple chances [to extend the lead], but it was getting tight quickly,” Chiuccariello said.

Fry (23 points) was at the forefront of Argo’s late surge as he nailed a 3-pointer and sank three other baskets, two of them on drives to the hoop.

“I could give him accolades all day long,” Chiuccariello said. “Fry was amazing, but Longfield was amazing too. The key to Longfield [is] the hustle part of his game.”

Longfield racked up a doubledouble of 28 points and 18 rebounds on the Astros’ behalf. He also blocked a shot during the third period that was part of a solid defensive display by Shepard.

Zack Haxel drew a pair of charges in the quarter as well as Argo managed just three points.

With Longfield (eight points), Joe Newhall (3-point bucket), Watson and Malik Smith all chipping in, the Astros complemented their defense with an offense that produced 17 points in eight minutes and put the visitors ahead by four (40-36) entering the final stanza.

“That was the best quarter we played all year — it was good

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basketball,” Chiuccariello said.

“We had nice [scoring] balance and played good half-court manto-man [defense].”

Thanks to nine offensive rebounds, Argo took 15 more shots than Shepard, but it made only four additional baskets. The Astros held an edge in field-goal percentage (46-41) and, despite the shortcomings at the line, buried seven more free throws than the Argonauts attempted. Shepard also held an overall advantage on the glass (31-24).

Watson gave the Astros a second double-digit scorer with 17 points. But it was Longfield whom Chiuccariello credited with being Shepard’s emotional leader.

“He really had a good game,” Chiuccariello said. “I like when a great kid — and I can use that term with him — has success. Kyle’s got great character.

He brings the right attitude and works so darn hard.”

Shepard 58 Argo 56

Shepard scoring: Longfield 28, Watson 17, Gorski 4, Haxel 3, Newhall 3, Smith 3. Rebounds: Longfield 18.

Assists: Newhall 3. Blocks: Longfield 2.

Deny of the Tigers Chargers avenge earlier loss to Joliet West

By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

These Tigers weren’t so ferocious after all.

Joliet West had certainly lived up to its predatory nickname the first time it played Stagg this season. The Tigers broke open a competitive SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue contest in the second half and eventually pinned a 24-point defeat on the Chargers.

Stagg got its chance for revenge on Joliet West last Thursday in Palos Hills and didn’t waste it.

While the Tigers didn’t suddenly turn into lap cats, they were unable to tap into their inner beast quite so effectively in the rematch.

Joliet West was ahead by three entering the fourth quarter, but the Chargers netted the first six points of the period — half of them on a Jeff Goral long-distance shot — and never relinquished their advantage. Twelve consecutive made free throws, eight of which were evenly split between Goral and John Contant, gave Stagg just enough cushion to withstand any rally attempt and pocket a 59-57 triumph.

The win assured the Chargers (12-16, 6-8) of finishing in a thirdplace tie with Joliet Central, which beat Stagg 60-48 on Tuesday, in the SWSC Blue. While both teams were well off the pace set by divisional front-runners HomewoodFlossmoor (13-1) and Bolingbrook (12-2), Chargers coach John Daniels was thrilled with his club’s final resting spot, particularly since Stagg had been ticketed for the basement in preseason forecasts.

“We’ll take it and the kids deserve it,” Daniels said. “We don’t

have the same talent [level] as some of these teams and we were playing the heart of the conference schedule with sophomores getting solid minutes, [but] 13 of our 16 losses were to teams over .500. [Our youth] bodes well for the future.

“We were 3-11 at one point, so the kids were pretty happy [about placing third]. The kids are coachable and they work hard — as a coach you just want that. We’re a totally different team than we were in November.”

Daniels said he’s “always looking for rally points” and admitted to dangling the prospect of a possible third-place finish in front of his players as an enticement for bouncing back quickly from Tuesday’s setback. They did so by riding Goral’s nine first-period points to an 18-12 lead, which became 22-12 a couple minutes into the second frame.

But for the next six minutes the Chargers’ offense went frigid and the home team was able to add only a pair of free throws to its first-half total. Joliet West, meanwhile, roared back into a tie by the break.

Any temptation Daniels might have had to change what Stagg was doing got shot down by his assistants, who pointed out the Chargers had “played a real good quarter.”

“We had really good looks at the rim,” Daniels said. “We were able to get some good shots but couldn’t hit them.”

After Stagg struck first in the third period, the Tigers coach called a couple timeouts, which See CHARGERS, Page 5

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Daylon and darkness Minus Washington, Knights’ season reaches an end

By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Marist’s Kevin Lerma can’t slam on the brakes quickly enough and is called for an offensive foul after running into St. Viator’s Kevin Monson last Wednesday.

Marist

Continued from page 1 going into the playoffs now.”

The RedHawks (20-9, 5-4) were still chasing 11 points heading into the fourth stanza, but Maurice Commander lit a fire beneath Marist. The freshman guard deposited four 3-pointers and Brian Barry hit a fifth to give the RedHawks some juice. The hosts were within six at the three-minute mark and had possession of the ball.

Along with the long shots, Marist benefited from improved defense. With Kevin Lerma and Justin Brown doing a good deal of the dirty work, the RedHawks limited St. Viator stars Patrick McNamara and Sal Cannella to a combined 11 points in the last 16 minutes after the duo had poured in 27 prior to intermission.

“Our issue in the first half was on the defensive end,” Nolan said.

“We always talk about how we want to make unknowns beat us, but we weren’t doing that. It was two totally different [stretches of] 16 minutes.”

Nolan said Marist’s complete switch to a man-to-man scheme helped it control the Lions better, but even more important in the coach’s opinion was the RedHawks’ “overall energy and effort.” He also liked his team’s “best offensive half of the season” as Marist wound up shooting 47 Photo by Jeff Vorva percent from the floor, an exhibition that included an 8-of-18 Marist’s Maurice Commander tried to fuel a late rally with several baskets, but the RedHawks couldn’t completely performance from beyond the arc. overcome a lackluster first half as they dropped a 59-51 decision to visiting St. Viator last Wednesday.

The locals also kept their turn“They’re a team that can re- team-best four assists. No one Marist beat the Spartans during overs to a respectable 10. ally guard,” Nolan said of the else tallied in double figures, the regular season but not without What impressed Nolan most Lions. “In a year of [greater] but Lerma and Jeremiah Fer- a bit of a struggle. was that the RedHawks recov- parity [in the ESCC] they prob- guson both had six points and 59 ered against a foe that had flexed ably would have been picked to the former tied Brown for the St. Viator 51 some defensive muscle during finish first — deservedly so. St. rebounding lead as each player Marist Viator’s good.” grabbed six. the season. St. Viator held Loyola Marist scoring: Hill 14, Commander Bradley Hill had 14 points and The RedHawks met fellow 13, Ferguson 6, Lerma 6, Brown 4, Academy to 21 points in a nonconference contest and surren- two steals to pace the RedHawks ESCC member Marian Catholic Barry 3, Hawkins 3, Weaver 2. Redered only 34 to St. Patrick in in both categories while Com- this past Tuesday in a Bloom bounds: Brown 6, Lerma 6. Assists: mander added 13 points and a Township Regional matchup. Commander 4. Steals: Hill 2. an ESCC clash.

Short is not a popular word in basketball circles, but it was the most appropriate one to apply to Chicago Christian’s situation last Tuesday.

The Knights were short one key player — guard Daylon Washington, who had been declared ineligible for the postseason — and they were also short on time to revise their game plan thanks to having opened Class 2A tournament action the night before.

While Christian was able to defeat host Lisle in its regional debut on Monday, the quick turnaround to Tuesday’s matchup with St. Edward proved too great to handle.

The Knights hung with the Green Wave for two-plus quarters, but the bottom fell out over the last 14 minutes as St. Edward piled up 38 points in that span.

The barrage carried the Wave to a 63-39 triumph and they captured a regional championship a few days later by defeating Immaculate Conception. Christian, meanwhile, was forced to close the books on a 14-14 campaign that featured it being in the hunt for a Metro Suburban Conference East title until the last day of the regular season.

“I know the kids felt horrible about the way it all went down, but we battled St. Ed’s pretty well,” Knights coach Kevin Pittman said.

And if Christian had had a full day to get ready for the Wave and were operating at full strength, Pittman would have liked its chances to advance into Friday’s finale.

“To play Lisle on Monday and not have a day to prepare for the No. 1 seed, I don’t get it,” he said.

“We tried to do a dual-practice approach [prior to Monday], but that’s hard because if you don’t get past Lisle then everything you’ve done to prepare for St. Ed’s is wasted.

And we couldn’t just say we were going to roll the ball out there and beat Lisle.”

That was especially so without Washington around to spearhead the offense.

“A lot of things we had drawn up [to use] we had to keep in our back pocket,” Pittman said. “He’s one of our quickest players and a lot of things we run are things that go through him. We had to change so many matchups.”

Washington’s absence didn’t negatively affect the Knights from a size perspective, but it did make guarding the Wave more of a chore. Six-foot-4 Jay Spencer, for example, was sent out more toward the perimeter than he otherwise might have been and couldn’t always keep up with St. Edward’s smaller but speedy athletes.

The Wave were ahead 25-16 early in the third period when Christian made a bit of noise. Bradford Fitz-

patrick’s putback and Trevor Wolterink’s three-point play sandwiched a defensive stop and brought the Knights within 25-21. Wolterink’s score came after he rebounded a Spencer miss, one of two offensive boards collected by Christian on that same possession.

But then St. Edward embarked on a 12-4 surge that was triggered

by Joe French. Two of the Wave's buckets were on layups — one of those followed a Knights turnover — and another resulted from a putback.

Ten points separated the two teams at the period stop and St. Edward never let Christian gain any footing over the final eight minutes.

Included among the Wave's fourthquarter field goals were four 3s and three layups.

“We just didn’t hit enough shots,” said Pittman, whose club connected only 29 percent of the time from the floor. “When we would miss a shot, they loved to rush the ball in transition. Those were backbreakers.”

The Knights extended their pressure in an attempt to force St. Edward into some mistakes, but it was to no avail. As Pittman put it, “You know it’s either make or break when you do that — for us it was break.”

Spencer paced Christian with 13 points and nine rebounds and Wolterink had 10 points, but no one else netted more than five.

“St. Ed’s is a scrappy team and they do a lot of things well, and we didn’t do enough things right to win,” Pittman said. “There are things you have to take care of in the game — [for instance] the number of shots we missed in the paint was staggering.”

While Pittman didn’t say Washington’s presence would have reversed the outcome, he insisted that “the difference wouldn’t have been 6339.” But with the majority of his 2014-15 roster scheduled to return next fall, Pittman believes the Knights can make deeper inroads a year from now — assuming they can settle into a rhythm sooner than they did this winter.

“The basketball we were playing in the last month I thought we’d be playing in late December,” he said.

“We didn’t have that many changes from last year, so the question is what in the world took so long for us to come around? A lot of it still boils down to confidence — it’s so fragile.”

Chicago Christian 52 Lisle 47 No lead on Monday exceeded eight points, but with Wolterink and Spencer combining for 37 points the Knights had just enough potency to slip past the host school.

Christian made good on 37 percent of its shots versus the Lions.

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Chicago Christian scoring: Spencer 13, Wolterink 10, Ellison 5, Mayberry 4, Johnson 3, Fitzpatrick 2, Hill 2. Rebounds: Spencer 9.

Matthews matters most

Senior guard propels Mustangs past Spartans

By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

Follow the bouncing ball

Photo by Jeff Vorva

A basketball finds its way into the bleachers during last Tuesday’s playoff game between Evergreen Park and Bogan. The Mustangs won’t pick up a ball for a while as their season came to a close with a 71-38 defeat.

Not much separates Evergreen Park from Oak Lawn in a geographical sense and the same might be said basketballwise as well.

The disparity between the two South Suburban Conference Red squads could, in fact, be measured in mere inches.

Specifically, it’s the 72 inches comprising Evergreen Park’s Isaac Matthews.

The 6-foot senior guard was the unquestioned differencemaker Friday night as he contributed solid stats in several categories. His 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting was the biggest asset the Mustangs had, but seven steals on the defensive end were harmful to the visiting Spartans too.

Oak Lawn overcame a 10-minute first-half dry spell to assume a few slim leads after intermission, but following a 27-point third-period eruption its output dropped to nine over the final eight minutes. Evergreen countered with 20 points and was able to make off with a 57-47 victory in both teams’ regular-season finale.

“If Isaac Matthews plays well, we have a shot [to win any game],” Mustangs coach Pat Flannigan said. “He was fantastic.”

Matthews, who also delivered eight rebounds and five assists, has occasionally struggled with his marksmanship this season.

But performing in front of a Senior Night crowd did wonders.

“I did not have a doubt — I knew we were going to get the best out of him,” Flannigan said. “With his friends there, I worried about him getting too amped up, but we said, ‘Let’s call his number.’”

Matthews hit three baskets and Tyler Sorbellini buried two of his five 3-pointers to fuel a 12-0 run that allowed Evergreen (8-20, 3-10) to capitalize on the Spartans’ drought, which began a minute-and-a-half into the game and didn’t end until Leo Nelson sank a free throw with 4:25 left in the second stanza. During that span Oak Lawn missed 13 shots and six free throws and committed a few turnovers.

The Mustangs exited the half ahead but only by eight as they netted just five points of their own in the second quarter.

“I thought our defense was good, [but] all I thought about was the missed free throws [of theirs] we didn’t rebound and a couple loose balls we didn’t get to,” Flannigan said. “There were more possessions out there for us.”

Evergreen’s leader likely worried, at least for a few moments, that the Mustangs’ failure to take full advantage of the

opening the Spartans (9-17, 3-10) gave them would come back to haunt his team. With Josh Prince serving as its catalyst, Oak Lawn roared to life in the third quarter.

Prince had three baskets and a free throw during a Spartans blitz that drew them within 27-24 at the 4:53 mark of the period. Joe Cosenza’s 3-ball created a 27-all tie and Jimmy Wiltzius’ free throw pushed Oak Lawn in front for the first time since the game’s earliest stages.

Darren Pritchett (basket) and Matthews (free throw) restored some order for the Mustangs, but 3-pointers from Cosenza and Wiltzius enabled the Spartans to conclude the stanza with a rush.

“We said [to our players], ‘They’re going to punch us in the mouth and we’ve got to take it,’” Flannigan said. “I’m proud we kept fighting and the bench kept staying in the game. That hasn’t always happened this year.”

Declan Smyth’s charity toss snapped a 40-all tie and put Evergreen in front to stay with just over 6½ minutes to play.

Sorbellini and Matthews both drilled long-distance shots right after that to increase the Mustangs’ lead as Oak Lawn endured another untimely dry spell that resulted in only one point over a four-minute stretch.

“We’ve been far more competitive [recently] without a doubt,” Flannigan said. “We struggled all year to find a second consistent scorer [behind Matthews], but Tyler has been that of late.”

With Sorbellini’s marksmanship setting a positive tone, Evergreen went 8-of-18 from 3-point territory, one of its strongest showings of the season. The Mustangs fired away at a 45 percent clip from the field overall and was guilty of a season-low six turnovers.

Flannigan was hoping that kind of play would continue this past Monday in the Class 3A King Regional versus Perspectives Calumet.

“We want more basketball,” he said. “We like hanging around with the kids and they like hanging around with each other, so we want to spend another day [or more] together.”

Oak Lawn, which also dropped a 51-40 verdict to Lindblom last Monday despite 13 points from Prince and 10 from Cosenza, took on cross-town neighbor Richards on Monday in a Class 4A Thornton Regional contest.

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Evergreen Park scoring: Matthews 25, Sorbellini 15, Pritchett 5, Smyth 4, Brown 2, Ford 2, Moran 2, Smith 2. Rebounds: Matthews 8. Assists: Matthews 5. Steals: Matthews 7. Blocks: Brown 2.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

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Double trouble

Eagles have no answer for H-F, Raiders

By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

— largely offset a credible 13-turnover display.

However, the Raiders were even more careful with the ball as they gave it up only five times in 68 possessions.

The sleeping giants were awakened.

Actually, neither Homewood-Flossmoor nor Bolingbrook ever really dozed off. That much was Homewood-Flossmoor 69 evidenced in both teams’ recent play — the Vikings Sandburg 45 had rattled off a double-digit win streak while the When the Eagles squared off with the Vikings Raiders' lone loss in a 14-game span was to their previously, H-F’s Destin Barnes was something SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue counterpart. of a non-factor as he collected 11 points. The But even as the two squads basically ran roughshod story changed last Tuesday as Barnes earned the over all conference competition, one club refused to distinction of being referred to as a “one-man be cowed by the duo. Sandburg didn’t beat either wrecking crew” by Allen, a description given H-F or Bolingbrook in earlier meetings, but the after the 6-foot-6 center piled up 31 points.

Eagles’ two defeats came by a total of five points Behind Barnes H-F sank better than 50 percent — and the Vikings required an overtime to prevail. of its shots (25-of-48) from the field while be“Maybe they had taken us a little lightly [the first ing guilty of only seven miscues. The Vikings time],” Sandburg coach Todd Allen said. “I think garnered 14 fast-break points and 10 more off we got their attention.”

10 offensive boards.

Indeed the Eagles did, so much so that they paid And still they found it difficult to run away a heavy price for it in a pair of rematches. First and hide.

Photo by Jeff Vorva H-F overpowered Sandburg 69-45 last Tuesday in “As mediocre as we played, we did a good Evergreen Park coach Bruce Scaduto gives his players instructions during a timeout in last Tuesday’s Class 3A Flossmoor, then Bolingbrook made itself feel right job of keeping [the margin] between five and 10 at home in Orland Park by handing the Eagles their [points],” Allen said. “It was a tough game on the Brooks Regional semifinal matchup with Bogan. most one-sided loss of the year, 73-35, on Friday. road for us to win, but we were hanging around “I knew we’d have to play well to beat them and for three quarters [so] maybe we had a chance.” they’d have to play an average game,” Allen said Sandburg might have if it had been able to of the Raiders. “[But] they shellacked us. It was get its deficit below double digits before the Continued from page 2 tough on our Senior Night, but give them credit. start of the fourth quarter. A 2-on-1 break had They kind of outgunned us in every facet. the deficit to single digits. the Eagles thinking in those terms late in the “We knew it was going to be tough going in [to third, but they turned the ball over and H-F hit “Turnovers really hurt us the week]. Needless to say it was a [crummy] week. a layup before time expired to carry a 55-42 against Bogan because many I would have liked to have had a better showing, lead into the final frame. of their points were scored off but we told our guys to forget about it and get turnovers,” said Evergreen coach Having failed to gain momentum, Sandburg saw ready for the playoffs.”

Bruce Scaduto, whose squad had the bottom drop out over the last eight minutes Those began for Sandburg (10-16, 5-9) at the as it went without a basket. The Eagles’ 16-of-38 19 first-half miscues. “Bogan’s Class 4A Romeoville Regional this past Tuesday shooting for the night wasn’t bad, but 19 turnpressing also took us out of our versus fellow SWSC Blue member Joliet Cen- overs and a 29-16 shortage on the glass proved game and we were really forcing tral, an opponent the Eagles beat twice during impossible to completely overcome. a lot shots. Then we also got into the regular campaign. A third conquest of the foul trouble and that led to more Niko Kogionis nailed six 3s and paced Sandburg Steelmen could very well pit Sandburg against with 22 points, but just as was true on Friday forced shots.

Bolingbrook once again, this time with a regional with Demogerontas there was too heavy a reli“It just wasn’t meant to be. Botitle at stake. gan is a good team and I’m sure ance on just one man. Demogerontas was held One thing the Eagles would definitely have to five points here, which ranked third among they were out for some revenge to do better than they did Friday was shoot the Eagles scorers. Mo Abed was closest to Kogionis on the win we scored over them ball. A superb 13-of-27 effort from 3-point terri- with eight markers. last season. They worked hard and tory had kept Sandburg in the hunt in its initial their shooting was good, and we The Vikings’ switch from the man-to-man demeeting with the Raiders, but that accuracy rate fense they employed the first time against Sandwere not capitalizing on the open dipped to 3-of-16 in the rematch. Compounding burg to a 1-2-2 zone was something Allen cited looks we were getting.” matters for the Eagles was Bolingbrook’s 26- as pivotal in H-F’s success. He also credited the And as the Mustangs fell further of-52 marksmanship that included an 8-of-20 Vikings for “making some tough shots.” behind, the Bengals increased the exhibition from downtown. pressure.

“I’m proud of the way we hung around and Three of those 3s came during a second-quarter were competitive with them for three quarters,” “We knew about the pressure stretch in which the Raiders tallied on seven Allen said. “But it didn’t go very well at the end.” and that was a good part of the straight possessions. Sandburg countered with just game,” Scaduto said. “We just one score over that same span, a differential that Homewood-Flossmoor 69 were never in sync. Meanwhile, helped shove the latter into a 36-16 halftime hole. Sandburg 45 Bogan kept pressing and hitting With only Tommy Demogerontas able to break 3s. Then their lead was in the 30s through with any regularity on offense, the Ea- Sandburg scoring: Kogionis 22, Abed 8, T. Demogeand they poured it on a little bit gles weren’t up to a game of chase. All 15 of rontas 5, Paxinos 5, Kotsogiannis 2, Razik 2, Gallagher more in the end.”

Bolingbrook’s players scored, something Allen 1. Rebounds: T. Demogerontas 4. Assists: Paxinos 5.

Despite the loss Scaduto was didn’t recall ever happening before to his team. able to look back on a third conDemogerontas finished with 17 points, all of Bolingbrook 73 secutive regional championship, which were netted in the middle two stanzas. Sandburg 35 tournament titles at ThanksgivSandburg totaled 19 in those periods. No one ing and Christmas and a 20else managed more than four points.

Sandburg scoring: T. Demogerontas 17, Kogionis 4, win campaign. He gave special The Eagles’ lack of shooting success — which Abed 3, McLin 3, Gallagher 2, Paxinos 2, Razik 2, L. praise to team leaders Nicole included a 9-of-17 performance at the foul line Demogerontas 1, Gold 1.

Larkin and Megan Pfister, the latter of whom will compete in the 3-point-shooting finals this weekend in Normal, something Scaduto called "a little silver lining in the cloud for the end Photo by Jeff Vorva of her senior year."

Sandburg guard Lauren O’Leary goes up for an uncontested shot against Pfister also took part in last Homewood-Flossmoor last Tuesday, but little else came easily for the Eagles year's finals. as they suffered a season-ending 33-point setback.

“Megan Pfister and Nicole Larkin have been a big part of ment,” Scaduto said. “They the positives after the loss, but this program for four years, and played hard all season and played their heads were ultimately up for what they and other girls did this hard against Bogan. It was a little what they accomplished — and season was a great accomplish- hard to make them understand they should have their heads up." week and opened postseason practicing hard and we played

By Ken Karrson Sports Editor play on Monday versus Comer all those [stronger] teams close.

Barbour (182) and Cole Bate- to give them their due. There’s a Prep.

It’s not like we were getting man (195). Bateman, Brucki, good reason why they’re ranked Playing an all-senior lineup at “We had a rough stretch for blown out.”

Continued from page 1 Frostman, Hayes, Krasowski, where they’re ranked.

Before closing out the camRobertson, Slattery, Stearns “They’re the most talented team season’s end doesn’t guarantee a while, but hopefully all that will pay off in the playoffs,” paign with a rush the Vikings Central 55-12 in the quarters and and Yates led the way against that I’ve ever seen from top to success.

Sometimes those upperclass- Maley said. “We’re starting to had endured a 16-losses-inbottom. They’re nationally ranked Glenbard North 34-24 in the semi- Glenbard.

17-games stretch. Maley admitGarnering the Eagles’ victories in seven weight classes -- that’s men are merely being treated to play pretty well on offense.” finals. what is deemed a proper sendoff Against the Rams that resulted ted that in the midst of such The Eagles used major deci- versus Oak Park-River Forest half their starters. for anyone who has invested four in an 18-point fourth quarter, struggles it “gets to the point “We tried to manipulate our sions from state placers Brian were Yates, Hayes, Brucki and Krasowski (36-9 at 170 pounds) Slattery. Hayes was runner-up lineup the best we could to be years into a program and spent which the Vikings used to pull where you start thinking [in and Patrick Brucki (39-4 at 182) in his weight class at the indi- competitive, but you feel like literally hundreds of hours prac- away. Tim Delaney and Rich terms of] do you want to keep to jump out to an 8-0 lead over vidual state meet, Brucki took you’re going up against the 1985 ticing. Regardless of the amount Lamb led the way for St. going to practice or do you just the Caravan. Mt. Carmel pulled third there and Slattery was also Chicago Bears. I thought we really of floor time given them earlier, Laurence by netting 19 and want it to be over?”

He never got a sense, though, battled -- five of the losses were seniors traditionally log several 15 points, respectively, on the within 14-12, but Sandburg rolled a medalist.

Although the Huskies’ win- in matches that we could have minutes in their team’s regular- night, a two-pronged assault that his players were considering off victories in six of the next season home finale. that offset a 25-point effort by anything but the first option. seven matches to seal the victory. ning margin was rather wide, potentially won.”

But what St. Laurence coach Reavis’ Isiah Apulche. Delaney “Who wants to keep playing Only Slattery and Frostman Winners for the Eagles dur- beating Sandburg wasn’t easy. ing that pivotal span included Oak Park-River Forest’s Maxwell have wrestled their last matches Jim Maley did last Tuesday night had a 3-pointer and two layups — that’s all you can ask for,” Louie Hayes (106), Robbie Pre- Metzger, Allen Stallings and Sa- for Sandburg, which was ranked against Reavis went beyond a in rapid succession to fuel a Maley said. “We were keeping cin (113), Kevin Stearns (120), vonne Bennette all triumphed by 19th entering the state finals. The show of gratitude. His seniors Vikings surge that bridged the everything competitive in pracstate singles champion Rudy Yates one point. Metzger did so by a Eagles will likely finish among played with an attitude — a third and fourth periods and kept tice and we tried to be positive. winning one as it turned out. them in charge.

That motivates the kids. We’ve (132), Christian Robertson (138) 3-2 count over Krasowski while the top 15 nationally.

A quintet of upperclassmen “He’s just a leader out there,” done a pretty good job of not “Finishing 15th is a great startand Ben Schneider (145). Matt Stallings and Bennette recorded Frostman (220) triumphed later 4-3 decisions over Bateman and ing point for us,” Siebert said. provided the Vikings with 42 Maley said of Delaney. “I’m making it miserable for them.”

And now everything begins Robertson, respectively.

“The fact that we are returning points, a total very nearly equal- pretty sure this was the best in the meet.

Other close matches were Pre- 12 starters next year [means] ing that amassed by Reavis’ en- game he’s played at St. Lau- anew. While St. Laurence won’t Logging wins for Sandburg be favored to advance out of versus the Knights were Hayes, cin’s against Jason Renteria (3- we’ll probably be in the top 10 tire squad. With a few others rence. It was good to see.”

Also chipping in for the Vi- its own regional, Maley bePrecin, Stearns, Ben Kirby 0) and Frostman’s versus Adam to start next season. With a great also contributing, St. Laurence group of kids that are talented was able to close out its regu- kings was junior Brett Risley, lieves anything is possible. As (126), Yates, Robertson, Schnei- Lemke-Bell (6-3).

“Oak Park is ranked No. 1 in the and experienced, we have a lot lar schedule on a high note by who went 7-of-8 at the foul evidence he cited Providence der, John Prieto (152), Tom Slatdowning its Burbank neighbor line to help seal the deal and Catholic, which was seeded tery (160), Krasowski, Ameer nation,” Siebert said. “You have of momentum going forward.”

56-47. gathered in a team-high four re- ninth in the Chicago Catholic The win, the Vikings’ second bounds. Senior Quentin Forberg League tournament but emerged in their last three games, gave dished out three assists but had as champion after knocking off them a boost heading into Class his minutes limited because of higher seeds St. Rita, Hales 3A regional action. St. Laurence concussion symptoms and fel- Franciscan and St. Joseph.

(10-18) hosted its own event this low senior Dan Cummings lent a “We have used Providence as hand by supplying good defense an example for our kids,” Maley throughout the contest. said. “We [often] shoot the ball The Rams scored the game’s really well — if we’re shooting first five points, but St. Laurence it well [in the playoffs], we can SIGN UP TO GET FREE responded with a 14-4 run that beat anybody. We just need to AMBER ALERTS gave it a lead to protect. As [continue to] figure out ways to ON YOUR CELL PHONE. expected Reavis hung around win at the end and make winthe whole way, but it was never ning plays.” wirelessamberalerts.org able overtake St. Laurence.

56 “We needed some break- St. Laurence Reavis 47 through wins and we haven’t beaten a team with a winning St. Laurence scoring: Delaney record since the beginning of 19, Lamb 15, Risley 7, Aderman A child is calling for help. the year,” Maley said. “[But] 6. Rebounds: Risley 4. Assists: guys have kept competing and Forberg 3.

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Chargers

Continued from page 2 Daniels welcomed because it gave his guys an opportunity to catch their breath. From there Goral (19 points, five rebounds), Josh Strama (16 points, four rebounds) and Contant (12 points, six assists) spearheaded the Chargers’ attack well enough to keep the hosts in front.

“We handled their pressure a lot better than we did the first time,” Daniels said. “One of the [other] things we did was a much better job defensively. It was a good win because of what they did to us before and a good mark of improvement.”

Joliet Central 60 Stagg 48 Daniels felt the Chargers had played three very good quarters versus Joliet West and he thought the same was true against the Steelmen. The only difference was in the two outcomes.

While Stagg’s 15-of-37 shooting was somewhat similar to its 19-of-45 effort on Thursday, a 3-of-14 display from 3-point range opposite Joliet Central was problematic. So too were 19 Chargers turnovers — seven of which led directly to Steelmen scores — and 12 offensive rebounds grabbed by the hosts, which led to them taking 14 more shots than Stagg.

“We competed and it easily could have gone the other way at the end,” Daniels said. “A lot of good things happened for us,

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but [the turnovers were] a killer.”

The Chargers were in front by a point at each of the first three period stops but gave up 29 points to Joliet Central in the last eight minutes. Not aiding Stagg’s cause was the loss of Goral to a fifth foul.

“We had four sophomores on the floor at times,” Daniels said.

“You saw our youth out there. We missed Goral’s leadership.”

The return of sophomore Tom Kazanecki, who had missed a large chunk of the season with a torn rotator cuff, was valuable in slowing the Steelmen for a while. However, Joliet Central also profited from a player return as Taquan Sims, who had been suspended for the first encounter with Stagg, returned to score 15 points, including 13 in the final period.

Contant totaled 15 points and five assists for the Chargers while Strama tallied 14 points. The foulplagued Goral managed only seven points but was strong on the glass with eight rebounds.

Stagg played Kennedy this past Monday in the Class 4A Thornton Regional. Success there would have moved it into a third meeting with H-F on Wednesday.

SPORTS WRAP

Stagg swimmers finish memorable season

While Stagg didn’t finish in the top 10 at last weekend’s state finals, the Chargers did have a successful meet that capped a memorable regular season and postseason run for a talented group of swimmers.

Stagg amassed 31 points, which gave it a 16th-place finish. Hinsdale Central won the team title (126) — the school’s seventh state championship in athletics since last May — by beating out runner-up Peoria Notre Dame by 12 points at New Trier.

The Chargers’ Lucas Smiarowski took sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (1 minute, 55.01 seconds) and swam with teammates Zack Amendola, Nick Amendola and Evan Johnson on three relays: the 200-medley (11th in 1:35.49), 200-freestyle (eighth, 1:26.94) and 400-free (ninth, 3:09.79). Most noteworthy was the fact Stagg came back in all three relays by displaying the resiliency of a squad that had won back-to-back sectionals.

On Friday the Chargers gave themselves hope for a strong Saturday performance by qualifying for the consolation-bracket final in the three relays. The 400-free relay berth Stagg filled was the last one as its 3:09.53 prelims time netted it the 12th position.

Smiarowski, meanwhile, earned the sixth and final spot for the 200 IM championship final.

Friday’s meet started with a fourth-place finish in the Chargers’ heat of the 200-medley relay (1:35.09). It turned out to be the 10thbest time overall and earned the Chargers a spot in the consolation final. The Amendolas, Smiarowski and Johnson timed out in 1:26.04 to take ninth in the 200-free relay prelims.

Zack Amendola came close to gaining a spot in the consolation final of the 100-butterfly. He clocked a 51.07 to place 14th but was just .08 seconds behind Riverside-Brookfield’s Kevin Garza, who grabbed the last berth by finishing 12th.

Stagg 59 Joliet West 57

BOYS’ TRACK

Stagg scoring: Goral 19, Strama 16, Contant 12, Zaremba 4, Kazanecki 2, Liput 2, Stratinsky 2, Worst 2. Rebounds: Goral 5. Assists: Contant 6.

Sandburg scored 87 points and edged Yorkville by three to win Saturday’s 11-team Joliet West Invitational.

Individual winners for the Eagles were Chris Torpy in the 800 (2:03.66), Sean Torpy in the 1,600 (4:29.65) and Ayoolumide Abiona in the long jump (20 feet, 4¼ inches). Sandburg’s 1,600- and 3,200relays were also triumphant in respective times of 3:44.18 and 8:22.04.

Joliet Central 60 Stagg 48 Stagg scoring: Contant 15, Strama 14, Goral 7, Stratinsky 4, Worst 4, Kazanecki 2, Zaremba 2. Rebounds: Goral 8, Kazanecki 5. Assists: Contant 5.

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Stagg swimmers, shown here after capturing their second consecutive sectional championship, earned several berths in Saturday’s state finals.

MORAINE ATHLETICS WRAP

No national appearance for Cyclones

By Maura Vizza The National Junior College Athletic Association Division II basketball tournaments will go on without Moraine Valley College.

Both the Cyclones men’s and women’s teams tumbled in Region IV Tournament play, the former doing so in the semifinal round.

Moraine’s women lost their initial tourney matchup.

The men moved past the opening round by romping past Black Hawk East College 78-59 last Thursday. But Olive-Harvey College halted the Cyclones’ progress in Sunday’s semifinal contest by pocketing an 82-70 victory.

The Panthers already owned one win over Moraine, that coming earlier in the 2015 portion of the Cyclones’ schedule. However, Moraine was a team on a mission at the outset as it constructed a 38-21 first-half lead and was ahead by 11 (43-32) at intermission.

But problems arose after the break. Not only did the Cyclones’ defense begin to fail them, but their offense produced more turnovers (11) than assists (seven) over the final

20 minutes.

Still, Moraine was tied with Olive-Harvey at 65-all with four minutes to go before victory slipped through the locals’ fingers.

“They deviated from the plan and [our] guys got caught up in the moment, but it was a hard-fought game,” Moraine coach David Howard said. “I tip my hat to Olive-Harvey. They played well.

“The guys and I believe we should still be playing, but with our accomplishments this season I told them to not hang their heads.

They have nothing to be ashamed of. We had a really good season.”

Ermias Nega led the Cyclones’ scoring with 17 points to go along with seven rebounds and three assists. Brian Townsend finished with 16 points and eight rebounds, Niko Cahue fashioned a double-double of 13 points and 10 boards, and DJ Deere (eight points, four rebounds, two assists) and Randall Rushing (seven points, six assists, four rebounds, four steals) also played well for Moraine in a losing effort. *** On the heels of their Illinois Skyway Colle-

giate Conference championship, the Cyclones entered postseason play on a roll. There was some early sluggishness versus Black Hawk East on Thursday, but Moraine quickly extended a five-point halftime lead and gradually pulled away from its foe.

Some familiar faces again stepped forward for the Cyclones, including Nega, who totaled 23 points and four steals. Cahue (14 points, seven rebounds) and Townsend (10 points, seven rebounds, three assists, two steals) were other ringleaders.

Also supplying solid performances were Calviontae Washington (seven points), Vicpatrick Harris (seven), Deere (six points, six assists, two steals) and Rushing (five rebounds, five assists, three steals).

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The Cyclones shared the regular-season ISCC title, but that accomplishment did nothing to intimidate Morton, which repaid Moraine for two earlier losses. The Panthers defeated the Cyclones 75-69 last Thursday.

Morton was up most of the game, including by eight points at halftime. Moraine narrowed its deficit to 64-61 with four minutes remaining, but the Panthers sidestepped another setback by embarking on a closing 14-5 run.

TRINITY SPORTS REPORT

Trolls women finish season strong

By Amy Strong

but connected on 88 percent of their free throws. The Peregrines couldn’t quite match that level of foulshooting success, but they did sink a healthy 47 percent of their field-goal tries and held a 34-26 rebounding edge.

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Cody Rhorer, who twice erupted for 37 points in games this season, was named All-CCAC honorable mention. His 16.7 points-per-game average topped the Trolls and ranked sixth in the conference while he was fifth among CCAC performers in steals per contest.

Rhorer, a first-time all-conference selection, shot 45 percent from the field and averaged 4.8 rebounds per game.

TRACK & FIELD

The Trolls women will be represented in four events at the NAIA Indoor Championships, which begin today in Geneva, Ohio, and run through Saturday.

Courtney Kalous and Ashley Jourdan qualified as both individuals and as members of Trinity’s distance-medley relay team along with Jessica Disselkoen and Emily Dykstra. Kalous’ solo event will be the 800-meter run while Jourdan will run the mile.

Also at Geneva will be Anna Bos, who will compete in the 3,000.

BASEBALL

The Trolls played fellow CCAC member Trinity International University three times last week, but they had to travel to Selmer, Tenn., to do so. The trip was worth it for Trinity Christian, though, as it collected victories in each game to climb over the .500 mark.

All three contests were played Sat-

urday and the Trolls’ bats were in full force the entire day. Trinity Christian piled up 41 runs as it claimed 13-4, 14-5 and 14-0 triumphs.

The Trolls outhit the Trojans 15-5 in Game 1 as Dylan Hatch led the way with three. Three other players knocked out two hits while Grant Lyons (two-RBI single) and AJ Hyatt (RBI single) capped Trinity Christian’s scoring in the top of the seventh.

Nick Nauracy threw six innings to earn the pitching win. *** TIU was ahead 4-3 through 4½ frames of the second contest but got buried beneath a Trolls onslaught that encompassed both the fifth and sixth innings. Marty Mennenga (two RBI) and JT Yocum each stroked run-scoring hits during a five-run fifth and Trinity Christian also benefited from a bases-loaded walk and wild pitch.

Yocum came through again in the sixth with a two-RBI single and Blake Kerzich slammed a basesemptying double to complete the Trolls’ scoring.

Yocum and Kerzich combined for five of Trinity Christian’s 13 hits and drove in a total of seven runs between them. Tanner Reklaitis logged the pitching victory with three innings of relief. *** Joe McCaw’s second-inning grand slam highlighted the Trolls’ offense in Game 3. Hyatt, Josh Pieper and Brad Kopale also hit safely in that stanza.

McGaw had two hits and five RBI in the contest and Hyatt and Kopale also registered a pair of hits apiece.

Trinity Christian amassed 12 in all.

Robert Wilmsen went five innings on the hill to pocket the victory.

The Trolls, who plated runs in five different innings, were slated for five doubleheaders this week during spring break.

Coyne

Continued from page 1 losing a hockey game ... there’s obviously much worse things in life, but you sit back and remember when you were in that situation before,” she said.

“Seven Bridges went through my mind, but I was just really excited to return home because I knew I’d see the support everybody was giving my family and my team. It was bittersweet, but I think the best part was coming back home.

“There’s nothing like living out your dream. Looking back on things, I keep saying I can’t believe it’s been a year.”

Within a few days the focus was on the future. Already planning on a master’s degree, Coyne interned in the Blackhawks’ media department last spring while continuing to work out, and this winter the present and future have collided in playing for Northeastern.

Twice this season Coyne’s been tabbed as the Hockey East Player of the Week, including the Feb. 16-22 stretch when she piled up six points in a pair of Huskies wins. She might gain a nod for last week as well.

On Sunday Coyne’s hat trick — the third goal being the gamewinner — led Northeastern to a 4-3 victory over New Hampshire in the deciding contest of their firstround Hockey East playoff series.

The Huskies play Boston University in Saturday’s second semifinal.

Coyne is the fourth-leading scorer in women’s college hockey with 31 goals and 54 points in 31 games.

Those numbers and her tenacious two-way play — she’s a plus-18 on a team that is 15-16-5 and has allowed three more goals than it has scored — are why she’s one of 10 nominees for this season’s Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award,

the sport’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. She was also nominated two years ago.

“It’s a tremendous honor that wouldn’t be possible without great teammates, coaches and, most importantly, the support from my family along the way,” Coyne said of her most recent Kazmaier nomination.

That’s the present. The future is another run with the U.S. team, this time in the Women’s World Championship, which begins March 28 in Malmo, Sweden. Unless there’s a surprise it’ll once again be the U.S. and Canada going for the title.

“Right now I’m focusing on the Hockey East playoffs, but that’s always in the back of your mind,” Coyne said of the world championship. “Every day in practice you either run when you get off the ice or stay on the ice and do a little bit extra — extra for your college team but also for the experience of what’s coming up in the next few weeks. [I] just focus on the little things day to day. That’s how I never lose sight of what’s at the other end of the tunnel.”

Training camp begins Match 19 on Long Island, but it’s not as if Coyne will see an all-new group in the locker room. There are plenty of holdovers from the 2014 squad, including goaltender Alex Rigsby and forwards Meghan Duggan and Alex Carpenter, who played key roles in Sochi.

Although it’s not the Olympics, Coyne said she is as enthused about this year in Malmo, even though there won’t be nearly as much attention paid to the quest.

“One-hundred percent [as enthused],” Coyne said. “But [if we had won in the Olympics] it would be a little bit sweeter. Now it’s just a little bit bitter.”

The taste may be sweeter than she could imagine come April 4 when the championship game is held.

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With powerhouse St. Xavier University among the teams standing in its path, Trinity Christian College was not pegged by even the most optimistic fan as a serious threat to win the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.

Next year? Who knows? One thing’s for sure, though: The Trolls are no longer anyone’s doormat.

By winning its first-round tourney encounter, Trinity assured itself of having the program’s greatest number of single-season triumphs in eight years. The Trolls, a wild-card entry into the CCAC event, beat Judson University 5752 last Monday by overcoming a 12-point halftime deficit.

The good times did not keep rolling, however, as Trinity (1418) was shown the exit door by Purdue University Calumet on Wednesday. Still, the Trolls didn’t embarrass themselves as they fell by just nine points, 57-48, to the Peregrines.

And along with its win Trinity was rewarded further by being presented with the CCAC Champions of Character team award for the third consecutive year.

The Trolls showed a fair amount of character in overcoming some early struggles versus Judson, which went ahead by as many points as 13 points in the first half after breaking the last of four early ties. The Eagles’ advantage stood at 31-19 by intermission.

Improved defense by Trinity began a turnaround and the Trolls climbed to within four (41-37) with seven minutes to go. Judson went stone-cold for most of the remaining time as it added only two free throws to its scoring total over the next six minutes.

Trinity, which had pulled even

with the Eagles at 41-all on Rebecca DeHaan’s layup, inched ahead on a pair of Caitlin Cody charity tosses.

After Judson forged another deadlock, the Trolls netted eight unanswered points during the Eagles’ aforementioned dry spell to seize control of the proceedings.

Judson hit a flurry of points near the end, but Trinity held its foe at bay by going 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. The Trolls canned 79 percent of their tosses, which helped offset a sub-par 33 percent display from the floor. Trinity outrebounded the Eagles 40-35 and held the latter to a 34 percent success rate on field-goal attempts.

DeHaan totaled 18 points and eight rebounds to pace the Trolls, but Cody was right behind her with 14 points and eight boards.

Lauren Stokes chipped in 11 points and five rebounds and Holly Boetsma matched Stokes’ work on the glass. *** Trinity struck early against PUC, scoring seven of the game’s first nine points and 13 of the first 19. But the Peregrines caught the Trolls at 19 and then went on an 11-3 run that served as a punch to Trinity’s gut.

PUC used its inside game to create a double-digit margin and the Trolls never got closer than seven during the second half. Cody (11 points, four rebounds), Boetsma (11 points), DeHaan (eight points, five rebounds) and Stokes (seven points) were again Trinity’s headliners.

The Trolls shot 36 percent overall, 28 percent from 3-point range,

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No. 4 Cougars stunned in CCAC tourney finale Even the mighty fall every once in a while.

Seeing as how St. Xavier University hadn’t lost a game since five days before Christmas, it was reasonable to expect the NAIA Division II No. 4-ranked Cougars to sail through last week’s Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. Sure, Cardinal Stritch University represented a possible roadblock, but the No. 6 Wolves had twice failed to derail SXU during the latter’s schoolrecord 18-game win streak. The Cougars brushed aside Stritch with little resistance on both occasions.

But the third time was the charm for the Wolves and the harm for SXU. Plagued by below-average 34 percent shooting — which included a 21 percent effort from beyond the arc — and 16 turnovers, the Cougars were held to a season-low point total on Saturday as they fell to a 72-58 defeat in the tourney title game at the Shannon Center.

Freshman Kara Krolicki had 15 points for SXU (29-3) and both sophomore Mikayla Leyden and junior Caitlin McMahon tallied 11.

Senior standout Morgan Stuut was held to just eight points, although she made her presence felt with game-best totals of 13 rebounds, eight assists and five blocks.

Junior Emily Neitzel paced Stritch with 14 points and freshman Miranda Huibregtse finished with 11 points and eight assists.

Defensively, the Wolves caused nine of the Cougars’ miscues by making steals.

“Give Cardinal Stritch credit — they came out fighting and played well against us,” Krolicki said. “We didn’t play our best game and sometimes that’s going to happen. But we obviously can’t let that happen again.

“We’ve had a few losses, but you just have to look past those losses and learn from them. We’ll learn what we could have done different. It will make us that much stronger and better prepared for the national tournament.”

The visitors raced out to a 7-0 advantage in the first two minutes and SXU never enjoyed a lead.

Leyden’s layup had the Cougars within 17-16 with 5:33 left in the opening half, but a closing 13-4 run by Stritch handed it a 33-22 edge at intermission.

SXU never got closer than five in the second half, that coming after a Krolicki basket at the 5:18 mark.

“It was just one of those days for us,” Stuut said. “But it is better that it happened today than in one or two weeks from now. I’d rather get it out of our system now.”

“I don’t think we were complacent," Cougars coach Bob Hallberg said. “The concern was how we looked when we got behind early — the look of panic [and] a little lack of composure.

"You can’t always be up 25 to 30 points. I always say that anybody can steer the ship, [but] I want to see who’s in the charge when the typhoon hits. We just need to continue to play when we struggle."

Interestingly, Stritch gambled that SXU would not hurt it with 3-point shooting, normally a strength for the Cougars. On this occasion, though, SXU was unable to do damage against the Wolves' zone defense.

“They zoned us and that should have fit right into our game plan with our good 3-point shooting," Hallberg said. "It wasn’t there today, but we’ve been a solid 3-point-shooting team.

Most teams are afraid to zone us and today it was different. We can have a bad game at any time and we had one today, but we have to look at the season as a whole.”

The Cougars learned the identity of their first-round opponent in the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship this past Wednesday.

“We’re remaining hopeful that the committee will look at our season as a whole and the fact that our losses were to a No. 1-, 3- and 6-ranked team,” Hallberg said. “I’m hopeful we’ll have a top-four seed.” *** Leyden scored a career-best 22 points and tied her career high with five steals in leading the Cougars to a 71-47 semifinal win over the University of St. Francis on Friday.

Krolicki added 12 points for SXU. Also providing support were Stuut (eight points, 20 rebounds, eight assists) and McMahon (seven points, five rebounds, four blocks). Behind Stuut the Cougars out-rebounded the Fighting Saints by a hefty 59-38 margin. USF’s cause was also hurt by 15 turnovers — nine of them resulting from SXU steals — and 21 percent shooting.

Senior Katie Gonnering was the Saints’top scorer and all of her points came at the free-throw line. She also snared eight rebounds.

USF fell behind 15-4 in the first nine minutes and never recovered.

The Cougars were up 23-6 with sev-

en minutes remaining in the opening half and carried a 35-14 lead into intermission. Leyden’s three-point play gave SXU its biggest edge at 58-23 during the second half.

“The St. Francis game on Friday was one of the best games of the year,” Hallberg said. “It’s also one of the great college rivalries in all sports. Both teams get up to play each other.

"We played as good as we played defensively all year long [by] holding a team to 14 [points] at halftime. The key was how aggressive we were and what great defense we played.” *** Stuut produced a stats line of 20 points, 17 rebounds and five steals last Wednesday and the Cougars used that as the catalyst for an 8068 victory over Indiana UniversitySouth Bend.

SXU blew open a close game with a 15-0 surge that gave it a 36-15 lead. Sophomore Brittany Collins jump-started the run with a fastbreak layup that had its origins in her blocked shot at the other end of the court. A McMahon layup before the buzzer staked the Cougars to a massive 50-22 halftime advantage.

McMahon also posted a doubledouble for SXU with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Krolicki tossed in 13 points, senior Suzie Broski had 11 and Collins 10. Leyden dished out 10 assists, which equaled her career high for a single game.

Senior center Maegen Callaway topped the Titans with 24 points and seven blocked shots. IU-South Bend fought its way back into contention during the second half by canning 71 percent of its field-goal tries, but the visitors could get no closer than nine (74-65) with 2:33 to go.

“The South Bend game was really a tale of two halves — we had a great first half and a terrible second half," Hallberg said. "We wanted the clock to do the work for us in the second half and we let our opponent back in the game.

“When we were up 28 points, I think the girls thought South Bend would never catch us. They didn’t come out to bury them and had a low intensity level in the second half.

They started to go down low and we started fouling them — thankfully we finally woke up.” — Anthony Nasella

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No. 1 seed Olivet Nazarene University brought the Cougars’2014-15 campaign to a halt on Friday as it administered a 90-79 setback in the CCAC tourney semifinals.

The Tigers needed to rally from a 41-33 halftime deficit at McHie Arena but did so behind astounding 86 percent shooting (18-of-21) over the final 20 minutes. Olivet, which received a game-high 29 points and nine rebounds from junior forward Aaron Larson, also made hay at the foul line as it sank 17-of-20 free throws in the second half.

The Tigers needed to be that efficient because SXU (20-11) was no slouch itself. With four players scoring in double figures, the Cougars used 52 percent accuracy to build their first-half edge. They ended the game with 13 3s.

In his final collegiate outing Jack Krieger tossed in 18 points to pace SXU. Freshman Larry Motuzis had 16 points behind four 3s, freshman Quinn Niego finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists and junior Stanley Moore totaled 12 points, four assists and four steals.

“It was a good effort,” said Cougars coach Tom O’Malley, who guided the Cougars to their 15th 20-win season in the last 18. “We played the game the way I thought we had to.

“Offensively, we did what we could do pretty much and we got the early lead, but we couldn’t handle their big man. That’s something we struggled with all year. We tried to get a little more quickness in there, but they got too many easy baskets.”

But it was SXU doing the initial damage as it maintained a lead for the majority of the first half. The Cougars were up 32-19 with just over five minutes left before halftime and took an eight-point lead into the break.

Olivet’s hot shooting gave it a boost right away when play resumed and the hosts went on a 12-3 tear in the first four minutes to grab a 4544 edge, their first since the game’s opening minutes. SXU stayed within single digits until a Larson jumper gave the Tigers a 10-point cushion with two minutes to go.

Olivet’s 11-of-12 exhibition at the stripe then sealed the deal for it.

Krieger exited the program as the Cougars’ No. 7 career scorer with 1,767 points. While he is the team’s lone senior, his loss will be keenly felt.

“Who do you lean on next year?”

O’Malley said. “Jack Krieger was a decent player as a sophomore, but he was nowhere near the player he is now. His versatility [is what makes him valuable] — he just does a lot for us.”

O’Malley is excited, though, about many of his returnees. He foresees good things for Niego, Motuzis, Moore and Kyle Huppe in particular.

“Guys are going to get better and better,” O’Malley said. “Game experience is something you can’t give them; they’ve got to get it themselves. [But] when you feel yourself getting better, you probably will.

“The outlook is good. There were a lot of positives, but we have to do our homework and find a couple big guys who can play [inside].”

One thing that energized O’Malley and sent him into the offseason in a good frame of mind was SXU’s late resurgence. The loss to Olivet snapped a season-best six-game win streak.

“When we were there at 14-10, you wonder why am I doing this?”

O’Malley said. “We came on strong at the end and that brightens things for the future. It’s a different experience every year and the thing that keeps your mind going is [thinking about] what can we do to get better?” *** Krieger supplied the Cougars with a fifth straight game of at least 26 points last Wednesday as he poured in 27. SXU used his latest eruption to defeat Purdue University Calumet 81-68 in a tournament quarterfinal at the Shannon Center.

Niego (15 points, three assists, two steals), Moore (13 points on 5-of6 shooting, five assists) and junior Tony Core (12 points, two blocks) were other principal figures for the Cougars, who shot a blistering 65 percent in the first half and 56 percent for the game. Senior Kaspars Brencans and junior forward Ryan Rader both had 18 points for the Peregrines and the latter complemented his scoring with a game-best 12 rebounds.

PUC was nearly SXU’s equal when it came to accuracy, but the Peregrines’ field-goal percentage of 53 was undercut by 16 turnovers, seven of which were caused by Cougars steals.

Krieger’s layup less than five minutes into the contest sparked an 18-6 SXU surge that gave it a 27-14 lead. The Cougars were ahead by 17 multiple times after that and held a 44-29 advantage after 20 minutes.

PUC roared back by netting the first 10 points of the second half before Moore’s layup eventually restored a double-digit margin for the home team. The Peregrines climbed back within seven at one juncture but were unable to mount a more serious threat. — Ken Karrson

WOMEN'S TRACK

Senior Ali Proffitt surpassed her previous personal-best time by 20 seconds when she went 18 minutes, 36.24 seconds in the 5,000-meter run at last Saturday’s NAIA Last Chance Qualifier hosted by Olivet Nazarene in Bourbonnais. Proffitt just missed the “B”-standard national-qualifying time of 18:35.00 in the event. The NAIA Last Chance Qualifier was the final indoor meet of the season for SXU’s women.

Sophomore Courtney Correa also recorded a season-best time of 11:21.59 in the 3,000 while junior Ann Kolker ran even faster in that event as she clocked an 11:15.10.

Sophomore Rachel Koronkiewicz (Evergreen Park) turned in a solid performance in the 400-dash as she crossed the finish line in 1:06.01.

Sophomore Nicole Watkins will represent the Cougars at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships, which runs today through Saturday at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Watkins qualified earlier this month in the 1,000.

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Freshman Kyonn Keith took fourth place overall in a schoolrecord time of 7.08 in the finals of the 60-dash to highlight the Cougars’ final meet of the indoor season, the NAIA Last Chance Qualifier. Keith also placed fourth in the 200 after completing the race in 22.60.

In addition, senior Brian Corcoran (Brother Rice) posted another “A”standard qualifying time of 4:19.88 while finishing second in the mile run. Corcoran and junior Rexford Wiafe will both represent SXU at the NAIA Indoor National Championships, Corcoran in the mile and Wiafe in the 800.

Also turning in solid performances for the Cougars last weekend were senior John Scancato (sixth in the 200, 22.84), junior Janis Pastars (fourth place in the mile, 4:22.27), sophomore Abel Hernandez (third in the 5,000, 15:32.15), senior Kyle Counter (fifth in the 5,000, 16:04.28) and junior Victor Solis (seventh in the 5,000, personal-best 16:29.77).

Pastars’ clocking missed the NAIA provisional qualifying mark in his event by .27 seconds.

VOLLEYBALL

A career-high total of 15 kills

by sophomore outside hitter Sean Barry and career-best 46 assists from sophomore setter Moises Lopez (Oak Lawn) were impressive, but they couldn’t carry the Cougars to victory last Tuesday night at the Shannon Center. No. 5 St. Ambrose University prevailed in a hard-fought battle, 29-31, 25-19, 25-23, 25-17.

Lopez also had a team-best nine digs. Senior middle blocker Sam Kull had a monster match for SXU too as he tied his career high with a match-best 19 kills. In addition Kull set the program record for most points by an individual in a four-game match with 26 and, for good measure, chipped in seven total blocks — three of which were solos — and two service aces, which made him the Cougars’ all-time leader with 114.

Sophomore outside hitter Dan O’Keefe (Evergreen Park) delivered 12 kills and eight digs for SXU. The Fighting Bees had three players register double-digit kills, a trio led by senior outside hitter Jamie Schnittker’s 17. *** Led by 51 kills and 17 total blocks (four solos) from Kull, the Cougars captured one of four matches at last weekend’s Missouri Valley College Viking Invitational at the Burns Athletic Complex in Marshall, Mo. SXU (6-11) dropped two tough matches Friday night as it fell to host Missouri Valley in four sets (25-17, 25-19, 23-25, 25-19) and to No. 4 Missouri Baptist University in three sets (26-24, 25-21, 25-17). On Saturday the Cougars lost a morning match to No. 1 Park (Mo.) University (25-13, 25-15, 25-15) before ending their appearance on an upswing by defeating Bluefield (Va.) College 2125, 25-19, 25-19, 25-17.

Kull was a force in Friday’s first match as he racked up 16 kills and nine assisted blocks for SXU, which also received a good performance from Lopez (37 assists). Kull (seven kills, four total blocks, three solos), O’Keefe (seven kills) and sophomore libero Dominic Villa (11 digs) were the mainstays versus Missouri Baptist.

Kull was it again Saturday morning as he recorded 11 kills and three aces to lead the Cougars against Park.

Freshman middle blocker Bradley Gadek provided five total blocks, including one solo, and Villa had nine kills. Starring for SXU in its lone victory were Kull (17 kills, six aces), O’Keefe (13 kills, nine digs), Barry (10 kills) and Villa (nine digs).

The Cougars hosted Culver Stockton (Mo.) College (Mo.) in a nonconference match this past Wednesday.

FOOTBALL

The recruits keep coming for the Cougars and there was a distinctively local flavor to the latest batch of new arrivals.

Joining SXU in the fall will be the Richards trio of defensive lineman Josh Hettiger, defensive back Roque Castro and offensive lineman Kevin Leifker and Oak Lawn linebackers Joe Dodaro and Joe Cosenza. Also coming aboard will be quarterback Matt Mindak of Marian Catholic, Cougars coach Mike Feminis’ high school alma mater.

“It’s always nice when the neighborhood prep players decide to stay close to home,” Feminis said.

“Hettiger was outstanding on both sides of the ball, but his heart is on defense so that’s where he will get his opportunity. Consenza never came off the field either and played quarterback out of necessity, but he’s better suited to play on the defensive side of the ball as a linebacker along with Dodaro.

“Castro is athletic and tough enough to play in the secondary or possibly even outside linebacker against today’s spread offenses.

Leifker is definitely a project who will need to get bigger and stronger, but he is a quality young man and happy to be a part of our program.

“Mindak has good size for a quarterback and will certainly benefit by working with [current SXU quarterback] John Rhode every day in practice. It will be interesting to see how Matt develops over the next few years.”

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Alyssa Gaede, a senior defender/ outside midfielder at Crystal Lake South, recently signed a letter of intent to continue her educational and athletic careers at SXU as a member of the Cougars women’s soccer program.

Gaede, who is coached by Jay Mueller at Crystal Lake South, is also a member of the Crystal Lake Force club team directed by Diego Cevallos.

“Alyssa is another defender who we will be looking to come in and help us out in the back,” SXU coach Evan Strehlau said.

“Not only will Alyssa be looking to earn playing time here on defense, but she will be looking to play the outside midfielder position as well. With Alyssa’s signing, this adds another player who can play multiple positions, making us deep at every position.”

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Stagg senior basketball players Joe Zaremba, Jeff Goral, Brett Stratinsky and George Kazanecki presented representative Autumn Aumann with the team’s donation to the Jason Foundation.

STAGG BASKETBALL TEAM RAISES FUNDS FOR CHARITY

Each season Stagg’s boys’ basketball team raises money for a foundation that provides service or care to members of the community.

Their efforts are called “Hoops for Hope” and feature players doing free-throw drives, where monetary pledges are made for each successful foul shot out of 100 attempts. This year the Chargers were able to raise and donate $1,875 to the Jason Foundation.

The Jason Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs that equip young people, educators, youth workers and parents with the tools and resources needed to help identify and assist at-risk youth. This year’s donation was presented by senior players Joe Zaremba, Jeff Goral, Brett Stratinsky and George Kazanecki to Jason Foundation representative Autumn Aumann at a recent Chargers game.

For more information on the Jason Foundation, visit the website at http://jasonfoundation.com/.

RICHARDS FALLS TO EISENHOWER IN BASKETBALL

This was not the kind of ending Jevon Mamon envisioned.

Even though a 10th consecutive conference title was not in the cards for Richards Friday night, the Bulldogs had another set of Cards in their sights. Eisenhower, which had ended Richards’ long stint atop the South Suburban Conference Red and also flattened the Bulldogs in a Thanksgiving-week matchup, presented an inviting challenge and offered a chance for Richards to rebuild some momentum to take with it into the postseason.

But that didn’t happen despite a 27-point outburst from talented Bulldogs sophomore Jaylen Catledge. Overshadowing his individual exploits was the Cardinals’ team-wide feat. By sinking a single-game state-record 25 3-pointers, Eisenhower buried Richards 109-64 in Blue Island.

The loss, which came in a Coaches For Cancer charity event, concluded the Bulldogs’ first regular season under Mamon at 13-13.

They went 6-7 in the SSC Red. Richards opened Class 4A tournament play this past Monday in the Thornton Regional versus cross-town rival Oak Lawn, which dropped a regular-season decision to the Bulldogs.

STAGG’S MUSSALLEM SIGNS WITH PURDUE

Stagg senior soccer player Hannah Mussallem signed a National Letter of Intent with Purdue University to continue her educational and athletic careers in West Lafayette. Mussallem received an athletic scholarship to play for the Boilermakers.

In addition to playing for the Chargers, Mussallem has been a member of the Oak Brook-based Eclipse Select Soccer Club since 2010. In 2011 she was selected to play in the Elite Clubs National League.

Among Mussallem’s list of soccer achievements are Midwest Conference championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014; ECNL national finalist spots in 2012 and 2014 and a regional Hannah Mussallem championship in 2014; a Disney Showcase championship in 2013; and Illinois State Cup U-19 championships in 2013 and 2014.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN HOSTING YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE

Trinity Christian College will host youth soccer league matches beginning Saturday and running each Saturday through May 9.

Trolls soccer coaches Jose Dominguez and Josh Lenarz will direct the league with help from Trinity athletes. The cost is $85 per player and includes T-shirt, shorts and socks.

For more information, contact Emily Bosscher at 239-4779 or Emily.bosscher@trnty.edu.

TRYOUTS COMING FOR SOUTHSIDE SHOOTERS

The Southside Shooters boys’ basketball club will hold spring tryouts Tuesday at Moraine Valley College’s “G” gymnasium.

Sessions are open to boys in grades 5-8. The first session, for grades 5 and 6, will run from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with the one for grades 7 and 8 to follow from 7:30-8:30. One team is being formed at each level and play will be conducted March 16-May 16.

For more information, contact Bill Finn at 508-0170 or Coachfinn34@yahoo.com.

PEACE HAS TWO NAMED TO ALL-GCAC HOOPS SQUAD

Senior Allie Herman and sophomore Kara Shimko represented Queen of Peace on the 2014-15 All-Girls Catholic Athletic Conference basketball team.

The duo accounted for 53 percent of the Pride’s scoring this season and Herman established a single-season school record with 235 rebounds. Shimko placed her name in the record book three times as she set program standards for points in a season (390), 3-point shooting (72-of-118, 61 percent) and free-throw shooting (80-of-88, 91 percent).

Shimko, the daughter of Peace coach George Shimko, averaged 13 points per game. She also qualified for the state’s 3-point-shooting contest and will compete today at Illinois State University, site of Supplied photo the Class 3A and 4A Queen of Peace basketball players Allie Herman championship tourna- (left) and Kara Shimko earned All-GCAC honors ments. for the 2014-15 season.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT M. CHAFFIN, SUSAN P. CHAFFIN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 16689 9913 ELM CIRCLE DRIVE Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 28, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9913 ELM CIRCLE DRIVE, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-09-403-004-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $186,161.37.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

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

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

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

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

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F14090062.

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

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F14090062 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 14 CH 16689 TJSC#: 35-2221 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.

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK SUCCESSOR B Y MERGER TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB; Plaintiff, v s .

WALTER LESNICKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND N O N R E C O R D CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 15256 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 10, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-13-204-012-0000.

Commonly known as 10441 South 75th Avenue, Palos Hills, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1207555.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.BROOKSHIRE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 MICHAEL A VALLONE A/K/A MICHAEL VALLONE, TRINA L VALLONE A/K/A TRINA VALLONE, CITIBANK, NA FKA CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), NA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MICHAEL A VALLONE, DIRECTOR OF THE VALLONE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, TRINA L VALLONE, DIRECTOR OF THE VALLONE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, BROOK HILLS WEST P.U.D. TOWNHOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 05315 11901 BROOKSHIRE DRIVE A/K/A 11901 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 9, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 10, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11901 BROOKSHIRE DRIVE A/K/A 11901 BROOKSHIRE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 2730-315-007-0000. The real estate is improved with a tan, brick, single family home; three car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1115603. 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) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1115603 Attorney Code.

91220 Case Number: 14 CH 05315 TJSC#: 35-459 I647503

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., P l a i n t i f f V .

ELIZABETH PACURA; STONY CREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 25926 Property Address: 6 WEST STONEBRIDGE COURT UNIT A PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE C O N D O M I N I U M Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC file # 10-036585 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure s a l e s . ) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on April 22, 2013, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on April 2, 2015, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6 West Stonebridge Court, Unit A, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Permanent Index No.: 23-14-400-071-1055 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

The judgment amount was $ 244,902.07. Sale terms for non-parties: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds.

The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information and to view auction rules at w w w . k a l l e n r s . c o m .

For information: Sale Clerk, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y .

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA, P l a i n t i f f V .

MANUEL CASTILLO; GLORIA CASTILLO; BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 18827 Property Address: 12650 SOUTH 76TH AVENUE PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Shapiro Kreisman & Assoc. file # 10-035969 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure s a l e s . ) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on September 4, 2014, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on March 26, 2015, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 12650 South 76th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Permanent Index No.: 23-25-302-012 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $648,740.37. Sale terms for non-parties: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds.

The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information and to view auction rules at w w w . k a l l e n r s . c o m .

For information: Sale Clerk, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y .

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DIVISION OF WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT AS TRUSTEE OF ARLP TRUST 2 Plaintiff, -v.KENNETH STOKLOSA A/K/A KENNETH DANIEL STOKLOSA, ALICE STOKLOSA A/K/A ALICE JOAN STOKLOSA, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, AS PURCHASER OF THE LOANS AND OTHER ASSETS OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, F/K/A WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY FROM THE FDIC, ACTING AS RECEIVER FOR THE SAVINGS BANK AND PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT Defendants 11 CH 004132 10940 E. EASTWOOD DRIVE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 18, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 20, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10940 E. EASTWOOD DRIVE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-13-304-016. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-02625. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-11-02625 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 004132 TJSC#: 35-542 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 D I V I S I O N BEAL BANK USA P l a i n t i f f , v .

TOMASZ SLABY D e f e n d a n t s 14 CH 13596 9001 WEST 89TH STREET HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 25, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9001 WEST 89TH STREET, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-03-216-001-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family home with a detached 1.5 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1405531. 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. PA1405531 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 13596 TJSC#: 34-20495 I645505

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

MICHAEL REMES; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHAEL REMES, IF ANY; U N K N O W N OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 13607 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 23-12-105-013-0000.

Commonly known as 7823 West 98th Place, Hickory Hills, IL 60457.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W 1 4 1 5 5 7 .

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CALL TODAY TO PLACE YOUR AD! 708.448.4000 For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-AR5 Plaintiff, -v.MONIKA CHMURA, MIROSLAW JACEK CHMURA, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., TREETOP CONDOMINIUM #39, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 010731 9910 TREETOP DRIVE UNIT #3E ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 22, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9910 TREETOP DRIVE UNIT #3E, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-16-209-050-1005. 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-04487. 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. 14-14-04487 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 010731 TJSC#: 35-640 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2 Plaintiff, -v.WASFI TOLAYMAT, CYNTHIA R. TOLAYMAT AKA CYNTHIA TOLAYMAT, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AEGIS FUNDING CORP, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KHALIL OUYUON, ENTERPRISE LEASING CO OF CHICAGO D/B/A ENTERPRISE RENT A CAR, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 5840 7911 WEST 101ST STREET 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 11, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 25, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7911 WEST 101ST STREET, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-12-306-004. The real estate is improved with a two level, red brick, single family house; detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1037061. 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) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1037061 Attorney Code.

91220 Case Number: 11 CH 5840 TJSC#: 35-2831 I646616

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MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP Plaintiff, -v.RAFAL KOWAL, NATIONAL CITY BANK, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB Defendants

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09 CH 28348 7846 West 99th Place Palos Hills, IL 60465

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 8, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 13, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 26, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 15, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 2004-R1 Plaintiff, -v.DAWN FRY AKA DAWN T. FRY, TONY FRY Defendants 10 CH 18183 9348 SOUTH 87TH AVENUE 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 September 3, 2010, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 23, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9348 SOUTH 87TH AVENUE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-02-302-037-0000. The real estate is improved with a brick house; 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1009527. 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) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1009527 Attorney Code.

91220 Case Number: 10 CH 18183 TJSC#: 35-71 I645342

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JUDY PETTAS, AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC., MUIRFIELD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 10 CH 20514 10630 CHURCHILL DRIVE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 19, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 20, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10630 CHURCHILL DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-29-206-014. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: 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 PA1119349. 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. PA1119349 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 10 CH 20514 TJSC#: 34-21875 I645106

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Property Index No. 24-04-204-047-0000.

ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY Tuesday 12p.m.

Property Index No. 23-14-400-137-1007.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $263,046.42.

The judgment amount was $182,440.09.

Sale terms: 100% of the bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale.

The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 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.

Sale terms: 100% of the bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale.

The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 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.

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.

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 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.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

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

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 09 CH 28348 TJSC#: 35-2861

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 01251 TJSC#: 35-3041

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.

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.

The real estate is improved with a residential condominium.

The judgment amount was $147,066.93.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY,

DIVISION UNITED SECURITY FINANCIAL Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT J. DARTT, CANDACE C. DARTT, WOODS EDGE I CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 14 CH 002255 9193 NORTH ROAD, UNIT D PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 13, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 15, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 9193 NORTH ROAD, UNIT D, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-22-200-034-1068. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-00005.

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. 14-14-00005 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 002255 TJSC#: 35-1604 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.

I647062

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Sale terms: 100% of the bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 00273 TJSC#: 35-3066 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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Orland Theatre troupe to A film masquerading the perfect con hold auditions for ‘Oklahoma!’

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The one-time fresh prince and box office champion Will Smith stars in “Focus,” and this movie about a con-man that might just be the perfect con.

It wants to be “Oceans Eleven” but falls far short of being in that class. It’s Will Smith trying to be someone he’s not. Mr. Suave is not who he is, but it’s who he tries to be here. If you will, we have the wannabe 007 of con-men.

Smith stars as Nicky Spurgeon, a big time conman who’s into small-time crime like pickpocketing. He preys on the weak and the overly drunk folk who go on vacation to have a great time. He runs a very sophisticated network of con-men.

They set up shop at big events like “The Big Game,” rob you blind, sell your stuff online and then they move on to the next city.

If only everything was that easy for Nicky Spurgeon - well, it might have been until he met Jess (Margot Robbie). She tries to con him, it doesn’t work. It actually goes horribly bad for her which helps set up the rest of the film. She wants to learn from the so-called master of thievery. He uses her and it’s a wonderful love story. Maybe not that wonderful for her, but you get the idea.

The film has multiple big climaxes. It could have and should’ve ended after the first one but instead they kept the film going. You might enjoy “first act,” might even tolerate the “second act,” but the “third act” is just an unenjoyable mess.

There’s a big scene in the middle of the film where they are at “The Big Game” and Nicky’s gambling habit gets them in some serious trouble with a high rolling business man (a phenomenal

TONY PINTO BD Wong). End the film here and you get this short little gem that would be worth watching, but they have to ruin it and move the film to Buenos Aires where they basically start a new story.

Written by co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”), this wants to be more than a lowly con-man drama. It’s not more than just an excuse to get Will Smith on stage with an attractive female. It does that and that’s really all the film does well. The film is man-focused. For all practical purposes, there is only one female in the film and she’s really just an object of sexual desire.

The directors have this plot that moves a strange pace. Some of it moves too slowly while some moves too fast - they found no happy medium. Slow down the first half and just eliminate the second half and they’d be all good.

“Focus” is a perfect con. It’s Will Smith stealing $12 from your pocket. The best con pulled off is not in the film but it’s the film itself. Don’t be swindled and wait for this caper to appear on your TV. —Tony Pinto’s grade: C

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

STARTING THIS WEEK: “THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY — PART 1”: In the beginning of the end of the screen versions of Suzanne Collins’ best-sellers, heroine Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) is sought to unite the survivors of District 13 in an uprising against their society’s leadership. Her concerns about the captured Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) weigh heavily on her decision, worrying the rebellion sponsors (Julianne Moore and, in his final movie role, Philip Seymour Hoffman) who want her participation.

Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland are among other returnees; “Mockingjay — Part 2” will be in theaters in November. DVD extras: audio commentary by director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson; deleted scenes. *** (PG13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “FOXCATCHER”: With five nominations in the most recent Academy Awards, director Bennett Miller’s fact-inspired drama obviously was well-received, in no small part because of its performances ... two of which, by Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo, earned their own Oscar bids.

Carell plays John du Pont, the wealthy patron of the 1988 U.S. wrestling team for the Olympics in Seoul ... one of whose members (Channing Tatum) is especially impressed by the sponsor. Ruffalo plays Tatum’s brother, a gold medalist with his own take on the situation. Sienna Miller (“American Sniper”), Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Michael Hall also appear; the script is by Dan Futterman, who also wrote “Capote” for filmmaker Miller, and E. Max Frye. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “OUTLANDER: SEASON 1, VOLUME 1”: Diana Gabaldon’s book series has yielded a hugely popular Starz romantic-adventure that resumes soon, and for those

who want to catch up — or to get initiated before subsequent episodes start in April — here’s an opportunity. Caitriona Balfe plays heroine Claire Randall, literally caught between two worlds when she finds herself taken from the era of World War II back to 18th-century Scotland, where she becomes the wife of warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Tobias Menzies has dual roles in the very scenic saga that also features Gary Lewis, Graham McTavish and Bill Paterson. DVD extras: two “making-of” documentaries. *** (Not rated: AS, V) “THE CAPTIVE”: Long regarded as one of the most challenging filmmakers working today, Atom Egoyan (“The Sweet Hereafter”) strikes again with this melodrama about a man (Ryan Reynolds) who spends years wondering what happened to his daughter, who vanished while in his care. His wife (Mireille Enos, “The Killing”) thinks he harmed the girl, but the work of two detectives (Rosario Dawson, Scott Speedman) finally may lead to the resolution of the case. Bruce Greenwood and Alexia Fast (“Jack Reacher”) also star. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “LONGMIRE: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON”: Both mystery series and modern Western, the series will live on, since Netflix has ordered new episodes after A&E Network’s cancellation of the show based on Craig Johnson’s novels. In the meantime, this set of the most recent stories may help tide fans over as Wyoming lawman Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) faces many challenges after winning re-election as sheriff.

One involves his friend Henry’s (Lou Diamond Phillips) arrest on a murder charge, while another concerns the apparent reappearance of a long-missing man from a wealthy family. Katee Sackhoff, Cassidy Freeman and Bailey Chase also star. DVD extra: “makingof” documentary. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) “LET’S KILL WARD’S WIFE”: Despite the title, this is a comedy, involving a wide crosssection of characters who have something in common ... none of them, including Ward (Donald

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Faison) himself, is a fan of his wife. An accident provides an immediate solution to that problem, but others are generated, including how to get rid of a corpse. Scott Foley (“Scandal”), Amy Acker (“Person of Interest”), Patrick Wilson, Nicollette Sheridan and Greg Grunberg (“Heroes”) also are in the ensemble cast. DVD extras: outtakes. *** (Not rated: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray) COMING SOON: “ANNIE” (March 10): The musical about the famous orphan gets a revision starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx and (as Miss Hannigan) Cameron Diaz. (PG: AS, P) “FIREBALL XL5: THE COMPLETE SERIES” (March 10): Col. Steve Zodiac and Venus are among the characters in a reissue of the classic, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson-produced “Supermarionation” adventure. (Not rated: V) “NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB” (March 10): In the series’ third and last installment, Larry (Ben Stiller) goes to London in search of the tablet that brings exhibits to life. (PG: AS, P) “THE SOUND OF MUSIC: 50TH ANNIVERSARY ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION” (March 10): The halfcentury movie milestone of the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is marked; Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star. (G) “PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR” (March 17): The animated title characters are on a crusade to save the world; the voice cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich. (PG: AS) “INTERSTELLAR” (March 31): A space explorer (Matthew McConaughey) seeks a future for mankind — and, even closer to home, his family — in the galaxy in Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi drama. (PG-13: P, V)

The Orland Park Theatre Troupe has chosen Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ as its summer musical.

“We are looking for a large cast of more than 50 people, including kids,” said Orland Park Resident Producer/Director Frann Carnivele.

‘Oklahoma!’ was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first musical with the original Broadway production opening on March 31, 1943. It was a box office hit, running for 2212 performances. The pair won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for the show and the 1955 film adaptation won an Academy Award.

“Adults will remember this show because it’s a favorite among high school and community theater groups,” Carnivele said. “The

kids who are in the show will learn about an American Broadway classic. This is one of the best parts of having kids in our musicals, helping them learn about the Broadway greats.”

Auditions will be held Sunday, March 15, from 1 to 7 p.m., at the village’s Cultural Center, 14760 Park Lane. Auditions for adults only will also be offered on Monday, March 16, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with callbacks on Tuesday, March 17, if necessary. Previous theater experience is not required.

Strong roles for both leading and supporting male and female characters are available. Auditions are open to those ages seven and older. Everyone auditioning must be able to read and they must be

prepared to sing 16 measures of a prepared piece of music from the show.

A dance audition piece will be taught and if necessary, those auditioning may be asked to remain and read from the script. Once cast, participants must pay the $35 registration fee.

Rehearsals will be held at the Cultural Center March 22 to June 7. The cast will rehearse on Sundays, from noon to 4 p.m., and on Mondays and Thursdays, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Performances will be at the Sandburg High School Performing Arts Center June 12, 13 and 14. For more information, call the Orland Park Recreation Department at 403-PARK.

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS This Week The Bridge Teen Center programs • Project Serve: Mats for the Homeless – 4 to 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday), The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park, will host a program with Sandburg High School’s Key Club to turn a pile of grocery bags into mats for the homeless.

• Culinary: Kolaczki – 4:30 to 6 p.m. today, a culinary program to teach students how to make a popular Polish pastry.

• Karaoke Night – 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. March 6, a Karaoke Night with free food from Legendary Baking.

• The Great Divide: Divorce – 4 to 5 p.m. March 10 and 17, a program series that will allow students to support each other while learning how to live joyful lives and work through the challenges that come with difficult family situations.

• 3D Printing – 4 to 6 p.m. March 10 and 17, a program with Moraine Valley Community College to teach students how to print a 3D object, such as a phone case.

• Behind the Scenes: 911 Call Center – 4 to 6 p.m. March 10, a program to take students behind the scenes of this fast paced profession to see how emergency situations are handled.

• So You Think You Can Dance – 4 to 5 p.m.

March 11 and 18, a program series with Elite Dance Academy to teach students how to dance to several different styles of music.

• Culinary: Pork with Cooper’s Hawk – 4 to 5:30 p.m. March 11, teaches students how to make a delicious pork dish.

• How to Train Your Dog – 4 to 5:30 p.m. March 12, a program with Mokena Animal Clinic to teach students how to train their dog.

• Parent Night at The Bridge – 7 to 8:30 p.m.

March 12, a night for parents to experience The Bridge just like their teen would.

Free events are for teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more information call 532-0500.

Book review luncheon by author Finding direction through meditation is the topic of a Tuesday luncheon on March 10, from noon to 2 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Lynn McLaughlin will review her new book, “The ABC’s of Planning Your Life,” which she describes as a little book with a big message. McLaughlin says the inspiration for the book came to her when she learned to be still and meditate and listen. Her book encourages readers to do just that: to be still and listen. McLaughlin is a spiritual retreat leader and drumming circle facilitator who loves to teach meditation.

The luncheon costs $18 and requires advance reservations. For more information, call The Center at 361-3650.

Yoga class

FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE A new five-week series of Gentle Yoga classes will KEY: AS, adult situations; N, be offered at The Center on Tuesday evenings beginning nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; March 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The class will meet at GV, particularly graphic violence. the Anderson Activity Center of The Children’s Farm,

12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Instructor Valerie Lindstrom will lead the yoga sessions, which will include discussion and practice on breathing, relaxation, and centering, as well as movement and poses.

Yoga newcomers are welcome. Students should dress in comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. The five-week class costs $50. Registration is required. Call The Center: 361-3650.

Laughter Circle A monthly Laughter Circle meets this Sunday, March 8, at 6 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Laughter leader Kathy O’Brien brings laughter and all its benefits to the Laughter Circle, which is a gathering of people who want to laugh--not from jokes or comedy routines, but rather from laughter for the sake of laughter!

Research shows that laughter strengthens the immune system, reduces stress and anxiety, alleviates pain, and helps people get along better. O’Brien is a registered nurse and an advanced certified Laughter Leader. O’Brien welcomes newcomers the laughter circle at any time. The cost of the laughter circle is $5, which O’Brien donates to The Center. Advance registration is appreciated. Call The Center at 361-3650.

Spiritual Companionship Spiritual Companionship is available each Tuesday at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

Spiritual Companion Kathy Fontaine guides a person in prayer, meditation, and dialogue. Fontaine has been trained at the Institute of Spiritual Companionship in Chicago and is known to the Palos community as a spiritual growth leader and former kindergarten teacher. According to Fontaine, spiritual companionship is “holy listening.” The cost of Fontaine’s one-on-one service is $20 per hour, which she donates to The Center’s camp scholarship fund.

For information about Spiritual Companionship appointments, call The Center at 361-3650.

Upcoming Gardening class A Gardening class will be held at The Center on Sunday, March 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

Lois Lauer will guide students through the basics of herb and vegetable gardening in order to grow food effectively, enjoyably and sustainably.

Topics to be included in the class are soil fertility and preparation, early March garden plantings such as peas, onions, and lettuce, coldframes and growlights, and starting seeds of some long season vegetables indoors. Lauer grows a large vegetable and herb garden at the farm, and even a new fruit garden, and wants to share some of the joys and lessons she’s learned. The class fee of $24 includes the cost of one tray of tomato, pepper, basil and parsley seedlings, which each student will plant in class. Reservations are required. Call The Center at 361-3650.

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WOLFGANG PUCK’S KITCHEN

Fragrant fennel stars on an easy, hearty homemade pizza

By Wolfgang Puck

Weaving class at Log Cabin

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A new six week weaving class begins at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park, on Wednesday, March 18, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Weaver Nettie Botts, of Palos Park (pictured) teaches new students to create samplers on portable table looms during their first weeks in her class. For the remaining class weeks, Botts 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 is $90, plus a $10 materials fee for new weavers’ samplers. Students will purchase their own threads and yarns for future projects. Registration is required. Call 361-3650.

OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST

By Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (March 21-April 19): New ideas and attractions could be much like eating truffles. Truffles are exotic and tasty, but you probably wouldn’t want a steady diet of this expensive treat. Don’t make drastic changes this week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You reap what you sow. Escaping from duties can be enjoyable but is unproductive. When partnered with the right person this week you can make progress on a project or can build something worthy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Face the future with frankness. Honesty is the best policy where your job and health are concerned. You may be overly optimistic about your ability to complete tasks on time in the week to come.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Remain poised and practical. You can earn brownie points by actively bringing everyone together through a compromise.

This is a good week to ingratiate yourself to those who can help you earn money.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): To win at Bingo you must pay attention to all the calls. You could miss out on a beneficial opportunity by taking people or things for granted in the week ahead. Affairs of the heart require more than just empty promises.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can be lucky as a leader. You possess a knack for making wise business decisions and following through on any project or idea that interests you. This week, focus

on dedication and commitment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t lose your momentum. Taking care of your home and family can be both a source of aggravation and a source of motivation. Circulate and network to gain new friends in the week to come.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You won’t win the lottery unless you buy a ticket. You’d like to have the best of everything, but will be disappointed by results if you don’t put forth the effort. Put your shoulder to the wheel this week.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Friends are like rainbows that show up after a storm. You might find out just who you can trust and count on this week. Take well-considered steps to protect the health of your piggy bank.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Reap the benefits of your hard work. This week, you may realize that your passion to succeed can pay off if you simply keep at it. Stay in touch with trusted partners and advisors.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Balance your act. You want people to like you so you may go overboard to impress them with your generosity and good humor. This week, you should consider when to be gregarious and when to be reserved.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Opportunity is like lightning and seldom strikes twice. With this in mind, don’t hesitate to take advantage of whatever is offered in the week ahead. You may permanently improve your income.

The growth of farmers’ markets over the past couple of decades has brought so many benefits. It has led to the increased availability of fresher ingredients that are often also organic, sustainable and locally produced-and not just fruits and vegetables but also eggs, cheeses, artisan breads, quality oils and vinegars, and a wide array of other products. I also love the way farmers’ markets enrich a sense of community, something I experience when my two young sons and I stroll through one on Sunday mornings not far from our home.

One of the greatest gifts we’ve all received from farmers’ markets is in the variety of vegetable and fruit choices. I remember not so long ago when supermarkets displayed a surprisingly limited array, their selections seemingly based more on inventory control and what stayed freshest and looked attractive longest rather than on any dedication to offering great tastes and inspiring options.

Today, however, competition from farmers’ markets has also led many food stores — and not just those dedicated to healthier foods — to rethink and expand their produce selections. Onceexotic mushroom varieties; heirloom tomatoes of all colors, shapes and sizes; baby lettuces and other salad greens; potatoes ranging far beyond small waxy boiling kinds and big russet bakers: All these and more, I believe, trace their widespread availability to the farmers’ market revolution.

One of my favorite examples of this newfound variety is fennel bulb, which entered its seasonal peak just before the holidays and remains abundantly available at good prices into spring. Fennel is best described in terms of other, more familiar ingredients: It has the crispness and cool freshness of celery, combined with a mildly sweet taste and scent faintly reminiscent of licorice. (Crescentshaped fennel seeds, sometimes used in baking, also carry that distinctive flavor and aroma.)

I love fennel raw in salads, for which I usually shave it thinly using a sharp knife or a mandoline.

But I also love it cooked: cut up more thickly, brushed with olive oil, and grilled; or slowly braised; or sliced and spread on top of a pizza, as I do here in my recipe for Pizza with Fresh Fennel, Italian Sausage, and Roasted Red Peppers. Heat helps to concentrate that wonderful fennel flavor, caramelizing the vegetable’s natural sugars to produce a rich, mellow effect.

I hope you’ll give my recipe a try soon, serving it to your family or friends for dinner or even doubling or tripling the recipe to keep baking these easy pizzas one after another for a casual party.

I’m sure you’ll find the flavor of fennel as delightful as I do. And maybe you’ll be encouraged to seek out other great ingredients at your own local farmers’ market.

PIZZA WITH FRESH FENNEL, ITALIAN SAUSAGE, AND ROASTED RED PEPPERS Makes 4 small pizzas, each 8 inches (20 cm) • 2 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing the

pizza crusts • 2 medium fennel bulbs, cut into eighths, cored and thinly sliced • 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves • 1 recipe Wolfgang’s Pizza Dough (recipe follows) • ½ cup (125 ml) prepared pesto • 2 cups (500 ml) freshly shredded mozzarella cheese • 2 cups (500 ml) freshly shredded Fontina cheese • ¼ cup (65 ml) freshly grated Parmesan cheese • 1 large roasted red bell pepper (fresh or bottled), cut or torn into thin strips • 6 ounces (185 g) fennelscented sausage or other mild, sweet Italian sausage, crumbled or sliced Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the 2 tablespoons olive oil. When the oil is hot enough to flow freely when the pan is tilted slightly, add the fennel and saute until just tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the garlic and thyme.

Place a pizza stone or perforated pizza rack on the middle rack of the oven and preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. (260 degrees C).

Roll or press out the pizza dough as directed in the recipe to form 4 crusts. Brush lightly with olive oil, then spread the pesto evenly on the crusts, leaving a ½-inch (12 mm) rim. Sprinkle the cheeses evenly over the pesto. Distribute the fennel, red pepper and sausage on top.

Using a lightly floured baker’s peel or rimless flat baking tray, pick up a pizza and slide it onto

the pizza stone or rack, transferring as many as will fit comfortably and taking great care while working around the very hot oven.

Bake until nicely browned, 10 to 12 minutes.

Carefully transfer the baked pizzas to a cutting board and cut into slices using a pizza cutter or very sharp knife. Serve immediately, while baking any remaining pizzas.

PIZZA DOUGH Makes enough for 4 pizzas, each 8 inches (20 cm) • 1 packet active dry yeast • 1 teaspoon honey • 1 cup warm water, 105-115 degrees F (40-46 degrees C) • 3 cups (750 ml) all-purpose flour • 1 teaspoon kosher salt • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast and honey in ¼ cup (60 ml) of the water.

In a mixer with a dough hook, or a food processor with the stainlesssteel blade, combine the flour and salt. Add the oil, yeast mixture, and remaining water and mix on low speed until the dough clusters around the dough hook; or process until it rides on the processor blade.

Turn out onto a clean work surface and knead by hand until smooth and firm, 2 to 3 minutes.

Cover with a clean, damp towel and leave in a warm spot to rise for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into 4 equal balls. Shape each by pulling down the sides and tucking under the bottom, repeating 4 or 5 times. Then, on a smooth, unfloured surface, roll under your palm until smooth and firm, about 1 minute. Cover with a damp towel and leave to rest about 20 minutes. At this point, the balls can be wrapped in plastic and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

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