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Cardinal Francis George presided over Marist’s 50th anniversary celebration last September. Since then, his health has taken a downturn again and even though he was able to speak at St. Xavier University last week he will not travel to Rome for a canonization ceremony later this month and has urged church officials to begin looking for his successor. Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz (inset) is rumored to be the frontrunner to replace George.

Millions concerned for George as he urges talks about his successor By Jeff Vorva Reporter Editor

Photographer Steve Neuhaus takes you inside the Glendora House for a look at the Chicago Ridge 100th anniversary gala Page 4 Shake it up baby – Shepard’s band is about to take part in a Chicago Fire commercial on Friday at Toyota Park in a Ferris Bueller “Twist and Shout” takeoff Page 7

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able to keep his speaking engagement at St. Xavier University on April 8 and told that audience Some Catholics will pray with that he plans on participating Cardinal Francis George on Sun- in Holy Week services and plans day. on presiding at Easter Sunday Many more will be praying for Mass at Holy Name Cathedral him. in Chicago. Cardinal George is putting up On the down side, he is not a brave fight as he battles cancer able to take a trip to Rome for and goes through chemotherapy the important canonization cersessions again. emony of Pope John XXIII and The 77-year-old George was Pope John Paul II, which takes

months or longer it is going to happen and the more than two million Catholics that he represents are place April 27. likely wondering who takes over “They spelled out the dangers,” when he steps down. George said at SXU. “I can’t risk George told the SXU audience another infection. It would be very that the process of selecting his foolish to go over there.” successor has not started yet but And it might be time to start three days later in a meeting thinking of a replacement. with reporters he said the proIt’s hard for people to talk about cess should begin soon because this subject but Cardinal George’s “It’s not fair to the archdiocese run will end. Whether it’s in weeks, to have someone who may not

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be able to do the job the way it should be done.’’ The speculation is that a man from Louisville could be coming to town to take the job when it becomes available. Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz is rumored to be in line to take over. He was in Chicago earlier in the month for a meeting of religious leaders and didn’t (Continued on page 5)

Brittany supporters unhappy with mayor’s online quotes and alleged tweets by mayor’s granddaughter By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

Mary Werner for talking about the case to an online publication after saying at the April 1 meeting Tuesday’s Worth Village Board that she could not comment on meeting lacked some of the raw the ongoing investigation. emotion and passion that marked “You chose to make a statement the April 1 meeting, but family and there but you wouldn’t do if in friends of Britanny Wawrzyniak front of the board meeting two took the opportunity to sharply weeks ago,” said Rebecca Tully, criticize the way in which the death Wawrzyniak’s mother. investigation has been handled. More than 200 people attended They also scolded Worth Mayor the April 1 meeting, and several

unleashed their anger on Werner. Two days later, police arrested Lilyanna Arboleda, 18, of Chicago, and charged her with conspiracy to commit battery. Prosecutors have said the charge does not mean Arboleda was involved in Wawrzyniak’s Photo by Jeff Vova death, which occurred Nov. 8 after she was ejected from a moving Mike Tully passes out copies of tweets allegedly made by Mayor Mary Werner’s granddaughter to members of the Worth Village board Tuesday night. (Continued on page 3)

Worth mayor hitting a rough patch in first year By Jeff Vorva Regional Editor

iak’s family and friends verbally attacked her for the second village board meeting in a row. Last year at this time, Werner was getting ready to raise her right hand

died after either jumping or being pushed out of a car. Wawryzniak’s family and friends maintain they One year ago, life was pretty were lied to and not treated with good for Worth’s Mary Werner. respect. They also want answers. She experienced the elation Village and police officials said they of winning an election over an would not share details of the case incumbent for mayor on April 9 until the investigation is complete and made history for being voted and that could be for another eight in as the first female mayor in and take an oath to be sworn in as to 10 months, Werner said. the village. She was experiencing mayor. On Tuesday night, Rebecca More than 200 people showed up the excitement and anticipation Tully, Wawryzniak’s mother, was at an April 1 meeting that was held of officially taking over and being reading the oath back to Werner and at the gym at the village’s Terrace sworn in on May 6. calling the mayor out for what Tully Centre in anticipation of a big crowd Photo By Jeff Vorva Fun times. thinks is not living up to that oath. and some shouted vulgarities and inWorth Mayor Mary Werner Fast forward to today. And there has been some swearing sults at the mayor. There were about studies comments allegedly Not-so-fun times. from Brittany supporters toward the 75 people in attendance on Tuesday tweeted by her granddaughter Werner is in the middle of a red- mayor the past two meetings. with more out in the hallway at that insulted Brittany hot controversy regarding last NoAt question is the way the police crowded Village Hall. The public Wawrzniak’s family during vember’s death of teenager Brittany and village have handled the situ- comments were moved until after Tuesday’s board meeting. Wawrzyniak. On Tuesday Wawrzyn- ation since the day the teenager the business part of the meeting, a

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departure from the past where the comments were heard first. This meeting was more civil than the first but there was plenty of hostility and cursing present because family members presented tweets allegedly made by Werner’s granddaughter against the family and Werner was quoted on a website in a story that came out Tuesday morning with comments that infuriated Brittney’s supporters. Werner was quoted as calling Brittany a “co-conspirator” in an alleged fight that was supposed to take place on the night the teen died. Shortly after the April 1 board meeting, an arrest was made of a teen involved in the potential (Continued on page 3)

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*** Ariel Davidson, 18, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft April Kara M. Craven, 30, of Oak Lawn, 6 after allegedly stealing goods from was charged with retail theft April Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St. *** 8 after allegedly stealing $205 worth of jewelry and clothing from Kohl’s Kimberly L. Palaggi, 22, of at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. Chicago Ridge, was charged with possession of controlled substance, *** Veronica Gracia, 23, of Chicago, marijuana and drug paraphernalia was charged with driving on a sus- and driving without a valid license pended license and no insurance April 7 after a stop in the 3600 April 9 after she was stopped at block of 87th Street, police said. *** 95th Street and Ridgeland Avenue, Olivia Williams, 18, of Chicago, police said. was charged with retail theft April *** John A. Ribota, 40, of Chicago 9 after allegedly stealing cosmetics Ridge, was charged with driving from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St. *** on a suspended license and speeding April 10 after being stopped at Sycorra O. Hoskins, 20, of Chi106th Street and Ridgeland Avenue, cago, was charged with retail theft April 10 after allegedly stealing 11 police said. items of clothing from Wal-Mart, *** Cervando Saucedo, 27, of Blue 2500 W. 95th St., police said. Island, was charged with driving without a valid license and disobeying a stop sign April 11 after a stop at 96th Street and Ridgeland Avenue, police said. Michael T. Wojcik, 22, of Hickory *** Hills, was charged with damage to Fernando Garcia Hernandez, 49, property April 8 after carving his of Cicero, was charged with driving initials into a tree at Kasey Meadow on a suspended license April 12 fol- Park, 8047 W. 91st Place, police said. lowing a stop at 111th Street and Wojcik told police he carved the iniNatoma Avenue, police said. tials into the tree to commemorate *** the one-year anniversary of dating Asia Whitlow, 19, of South Bend, his girlfriend. Ind., was charged with retail theft *** April 13 after allegedly stealing $350 James Kelly, 19, of Justice, was worth of clothing from Old Navy in charged with driving on a suspended Chicago Ridge, police said. license April 11 after a stop in the 8700 block of Roberts Road, police said. *** Manuel A. Fandino, 23, of Hickory Rickey M. Wilkins, 31, of Chicago, Hills, was charged with driving on was charged with possession and a suspended license. possession of delivery of a controlled substance marijuana and drug equipment after April 4 after a stop at 95th Street an April 12 stop at 87th Street and and Western Avenue, police said. Steeple Hill Drive, police said. *** *** Cornell Jenous, 56, of Chicago, Adrian Zavala, 24, of Summit, was was charged with retail theft April 5 charged with possession of marijuaafter allegedly stealing merchandise na April 13 after a stop in the 8300 from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St. block of 88th Avenue, police said. *** Shiana D. Nelson, 21, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft April 6 after allegedly stealing cosmetics from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St. Bridgett E. Nelson, 38, of Ever-

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green Park, was charged with possession and delivery of a controlled substance March 31 after a stop in the 4200 block of 99th Street, police said. *** Kristen M. Devivo, 31, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft April 3 after she allegedly stole merchandise from Target, 4120 W. 95th St., police said. *** A bicycle was reported stolen April 6 from the rack in front of Dunkin Donuts, 5115 W. Museum Drive. *** Six rolls of rubber roofing material were reportedly stolen April 8 or 9 from the roof of a building in the 9200 block of Cicero Avenue. *** Two mountain bikes were reportedly stolen April 8 or 9 from an apartment in the 10200 block of Pulaski Road, police said. *** A wallet was reported stolen from a customer’s purse April 9 at the Photo by Kevin Coyne Salvation Army, 8732 S. Cicero Ave. A team of investigators scours the yard for clues about the two home invaders who fled on foot *** Christopher D. Smith, 33, of Oak and left prints in the newly fallen snow. Lawn, was charged with drunken driving, speeding and failure to signal April 9 after he was stopped at 95th Street and Cicero Avenue, police said.

Palos Hills A Volvo semi tractor was reported stolen between April 4 and April 8 from the 7800 block of 112th Place. *** Marathon Gas Station reportedly was robbed April 8 by a man who stole $695, police said. An employee at the station, 11056 S. Southwest Highway, said a man entered a wearing black hooded sweatshirt with white stripes, a black mask and blue jeans, announced a robbery and implied that he had a gun. He was last seen fleeing west on 111th Street. *** Gediminas Miltenis, 33, of Palos Hills, was charged with harassment by electronic device April 8 after he was arrested at his home, police said. *** Alexander Bravo, 46, of Palos Hills, was charged with driving on a revoked license, making an improper turn and no insurance April 9 after a stop in the 8600 block of 111th Street, police said. *** A purse containing approximately $172 was reported stolen April 11 from a car in the lot of Hair Professionals College, 10321 S. Roberts Road. *** Michael Konzen, 20, of Worth, was charged with illegal possession of alcohol and drug equipment April 11 after a stop at 111th Street and Southwest Highway, police said. *** Approximately $500 was reported stolen April 12 from a purse at the Belvedere Chateau, 8055 W. 103rd St. *** Jake Ibrahim, 20, of Palos Hills, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a firearm and ammunition, possession of a controlled substance and disorderly conduct April 12 following a disturbance in the 8100 block of 98th Street, police said.

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Office manager tagged by FBI for alleged wire fraud By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter An Oak Lawn man who allegedly used his position as a back office manager at a Chicago trading firm to steal or divert payments intended to go to the firm’s co-owners was charged with wire fraud last Friday. Joseph Tagler, 29, of the 5100 block of 105th Street, was charged with fraud after the FBI discovered a $9,550 wire transfer that took place in January. The charge was announced by Robert J. Holley, special agent in charge of the Chicago FBI field office, and Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Tagler was arrested last Thursday by FBI agents at his residence

and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila Finnegan, who released him on a $50,000 bond. No future court date has been set. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and maximum fine of $250,000. The complaint, filed last Wednesday, alleges that Tagler, a back office manager and member of the board of directors for Eagle Market Makers, stole a total of more than $700,000 during a 26-month period and that the money was used for his personal use, including the purchase of a property for himself and his brother-in-law in Walkerton, Ind. The complaint further alleges that the scheme was discovered last month when one of the company co-owners was preparing file tax returns and noticed

that the amount he received in dividend payments was less than what it appeared he was paid in paperwork he received from the company. According to the complaint, Tagler transferred funds in July 2011 and March 2013 for the purchase of two real estate parcels in Indiana. The complaint further alleges that the same account was used to deposit funds in the amounts of approximately $323,700 in 2012 and approximately $496,000 in 2013, which funds were primarily a co-owner’s dividend checks. Most deposited funds were withdrawn from the account through checks made out to “cash.” The checks appeared to be endorsed by Tagler, who allegedly signed a co-owner’s name, the complaint said.

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Some think they are never too old to rock and roll The guy who wrote the song “Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young to Die’’ has been too old to rock ‘n’ roll and too young to die for a couple of decades now. Ian Anderson, the creative force and lead singer for the band Jethro Tull penned that song of wisdom in the 1970s about rock and rollers who are washed up and still trying to hang on to their careers. Thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can watch a youthful Ian and his mates perform that song in 1976 when he had long hair and wore some loud blue outfit. Great stuff. Great song. Fun video. That was back when he hadsome energy, funny facial gestures and when he could dance and spin around on one leg whilst playing the flute. Also through the magic of YouTube, there is a performance from 2008 of the same song by some old geezer with a beret with a bunch of wrinkles on his clock. Wait a minute! That’s Ian! The 1976 performance featured a pretty cocky Ian singing the tune. The 2008 performance is ironic as he is living the life of that song. Rock and roll stardom is an odd thing. While some of it is based on musical talent, a lot of it is based on image and being cool. Sure, once in a while a not-so-attractive

the years, we got to watch him turn gray and lose a lot of his hair. Yeah, he put on a few pounds, too. Now he looks completely different, but we all saw it coming. Peter Gabriel is another guy like that. The new Rock and Roll by Jeff Hall of Famer seemed like he Vorva was stylized guy who did videos with a sense of humor and the performer, such as Christopher next thing you know, he became Cross, can make it big. But for grandpa. Others may have noticed the most part, you need to be the gradual change from “Solsdecent or unique looking and have bury Hill” to over-the-hill but I missed it. an air of cool about you. And then there are artists in It’s funny what happens to some of these rockers when they what I call the “Holy-$#%*-whatget older. It can run the gamut. the-heck-happened-to-that-guy?” Paul McCartney in his 70s looks category. I first noticed that phenomenon like an older version of Paul McCartney from his youth. Mick Jag- when Adam Ant started touring ger looks like an older version again a few years ago. Ant was one of those guys in the of Mick Jagger. Keith Richards seems like he always looked like 1980s who was considered sexy he was 65 back then and now and vamped it up with makeup and wild clothing and jumping doesn’t look a day over 66. around to tribal beats singing Those guys still have it. While not considered rock, songs ranging from “Goody Two people like Frank Sinatra and Shoes” to “Strip,” “Whip in My Dean Martin kept their air of cool Valise’’ and “Never Trust a Man through their old age. I think that (With Egg on His Face).’’ Now he looks old, stiff and if you dug up Martin’s coffin and looked at his decaying bones, they wears Buddy Holly-type of glasses would still emit a coolness factor. although he still wears attentionThen there are some rockers getting clothes. As a young man, who morph into old guys gradu- it worked. As an old guy, he looks daffy. ally. On a more obscure scale, I adBilly Joel used to be a hip New York kind of guy who was skinny mire the music of a dude named and marrying supermodels. Over Bill Nelson who started with a

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Adam Ant then, left photo, and now, right photo. Rock and rollers have aged in different ways. progressive-rock group Be-Bop Deluxe in the 70s, had a stylized spacy new-wave sound in the 80s and avant-garde experimentation for the rest of his career. He was always dressed in suits and seemed to be a little too cool, sophisticated, pompous and above it all. Once again, through the magic of YouTube, there is an interview of this man from a few years ago and he looks heavier, his hair is short, he has a gray beard and thick glasses while wearing a sport jacket over what looks like a flannel shirt and some brown shoes to complete the mix. The

man with such a cool, detached persona back then now looks like your goofball uncle. Finally, another obscure group from the Chicago area, Shoes, stunned me. Back in the late 1970s and early 80s, this group from Zion made some of the best breezy, melodic pop songs around, and I think it could have been a huge sensation. But the fellas weren’t all that big on touring and it might have hurt them in the long run. Their album covers featured young skinny guys with long hair. Now there is a video of these guys

playing in Milwaukee last July and it kind of looks like a Karaoke band playing Shoes songs. Don’t get me wrong. I think it’s great that some of these groups are still able to keep their wonderful music alive, but geez it’s a shock to the system seeing them age. So play on, boys, play on. Whether you are too old or not, as long as you have some fans and can fill a room, keep it up. And for Justin Bieber, Bastille, OneRepublic and Aloe Blacc – your time is coming up in a few decades. Will you be like McCartney? Or Adam Ant?

CR residents and officials believe stop signs near Metra station are a hazard By Kevin M. Coyne Correspondent Chicago Ridge trustees may try to put a stop to recently erected stop signs at the Ridgeland Metra station. Nearly five months ago, the village installed three new stop signs that were designed to offer Metra commuters with safe passage across Ridgeland Avenue. Instead, the signs, coupled with trains stopping at the intersection, have caused a major hazard for those who have only a temporary window of safe passage. One resident complained of trains blocking the intersection – especially during busy rush

hour traffic. “I’ve been riding the train for 30 years,” said Lynn Barker, a Chicago Ridge resident who spoke out during Tuesday’s board meeting. “Some of the trains block the busy intersection and allow for the commuters to cross the street. I don’t know how it’s feasible for one train and not another, especially during rush hour.” Photo by Kevin Coyne Trustee Sally Durkin said the Signs on the Ridgeland Avenue and Washington Street area are becoming more of a hazard, say Chicago Ridge residents and officials. number of trains that block the intersection have been reduced be blocking the intersection. Tokar, village engineer Andy trouble than it’s worth,” Trustee department to look into the legality over the years. She said fewer Durkin added that the signs are Purfundt and Durkin will meet John Lind said. “People are stop- of removing the signs in the middle trains block the intersection due more of a hazard and cited an with Metra and Cook County of- ping in the right lane while the and west side of the intersection. to a Metra regulation, which re- incident in which a woman was ficials on April 30 to solve the people in the left lane are still com“Once we put it up we may not quires the conductor to hit a sen- bumped by a car within the five issues surrounding hazardous ing. I think we need to take it out be able to pull it out,” Tokar said. sor that is further down the track. months the signs were installed. intersection. and leave it how it was, forever.” “There’s never been a sign up In theory, those trains should not Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck “I believe the stop signs are more Mayor Tokar asked the police [before] and now it’s a problem.”

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“Where is she getting this information,” Tully asked Werner. “Where is your 16-year-old grand(Continued from page 1) daughter getting this information?” Tully was also incensed because car near the Worth boat launch, 115th Street and Beloit Avenue. one of the posts allegedly tweeted by Werner was quoted on a website the granddaughter used the vulgar that Wawrzyniak’s family wanted to acronym STFU toward the family. Werner would not confirm if her take credit for the arrest, a remark granddaughter authored the posts. that upset Tully. The mayor said she was mis“How dare you. Our family is not looking for credit. Our family quoted in the online story. Several is looking for truth and justice,” of her quotes were used by family members and friends during the Tully said. Wawrzyniak’s family also distrib- 20-minute public forum. The mayor said her purpose in uted copies of messages allegedly sent on Twitter by Werner’s grand- talking to a reporter was to disdaughter in which she comments cuss how “misinformation” being disseminated about the case on on the Nov. 8 incident. Werner’s granddaughter, who social media is leading to “anxiety Werner was quotes as saying is good for Brittney’s family and friends.” “My remarks about the Facebook friends with Wawrzyniak’s younger sister, allegedly posted on Twitter, page have now been put in quotes “I’m sorry, Britanny’s family needs as if I was somehow revealing some to understand that police cannot facts in the case when I was trying say anything about the investigation to point out how things have been taken out of context, misquoted or until it is closed.” In another Twitter post, she re- twisted and misconstrued.” Werner said she wanted to make portedly wrote: “If someone wanted to push her out of the car, they clear that individuals who were at would have to reach over her and the boat launch the night Wawrzynunlock the door. The car was locked.” iak was killed have cooperated with

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Mike Tully comforts his wife, Rebecca, as she scolds Worth Mayor Mary Werner for quotes she made to a website.

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fight and family members said it was done to appease them after the fiery meeting. Werner was quoted by the website as saying “I know [Brittany’s supporters] want to take credit for the arrest and that’s fine. But they need to deal with their own grieving. This is not helpful.” Most of the audience members’ wrath during the 20-minute public comment session Tuesday centered around quotes that appeared in that story.

“That doesn’t mean I said it,” Werner said after the meeting. When asked if she was misquoted, she said “absolutely.” Curiously, there were no representatives from that website present at the meeting. But that story, and others that have appeared in regular and social media outlets, have soured Werner’s relationship with reporters. “Trust me, I am never going to make another comment to the press about anything” she said. “My words have been twisted around.’’ And her first year as mayor is spinning around in recent months after a relatively quiet beginning.

police. “Early on, people who were at the boat launch on Nov. 8 posted [on the RIP Brittany Facebook page] that they had come forward and given statements to police, but later on there are posts actually vilifying and threatening these same individuals as if they had not come forward.” Werner said after Tuesday’s meeting that she was no longer talking to media. The mayor’s published remarks also angered Agnes Smyk who, along with her boyfriend, Adam Witczek, came upon Wawrzyniak after she was expelled from the car. They said they called 911 and stayed with her until paramedics arrived. Werner said Worth police received several calls to 911 prior to Smyk’s and disputed her contention that Worth police did not take statements from the couple until after they spoke they Wawrzyniak’s family and the media. “Don’t accuse me of lying,” Smyk said Tuesday. “Get your facts straight before you start talking to newspapers.” Prosecutors say Wawrzyniak met Eric Steven Johnson at the boat launch, got into the back seat of his car and handed him $200 in exchange for 30 pills of Clonazepam. Wawrzyniak began counting the pills while still in the backseat as Johnson drove away. She opened the door of the moving car, was ejected and struck the pavement, prosecutors said. She was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn less than one hour later. Johnson has not been charged with anything related to Brittany’s death. Brittany’s family said she was not there to buy pills and question if she jumped out of the car or was pushed. She said she was told that Brittany’s supporters would attend every meeting until the investigation is complete, which is close to a year down the road. Time will tell if each meeting will be as combative as the first two or if some of the furor will die down. Werner publically has her police force’s backs and that will continue to anger people in Brittany’s camp. The next few months will be interesting. In mid-April 2013, all was good for Werner. In mid-April 2014, things have been rough. What will the temperature be like in mid-April 2015?

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Aw, you gotta be kidding On Saturday, people in the area were grilling their meals and enjoying outdoor activities as temperatures in some parts touched 80 degrees. Two days later, snow, which people thought was long gone until next winter, was back to decorate grills (top photo) and cars (bottom photo) with the white stuff and temperatures reached the freezing mark. After experiencing one of the coldest and snowiest winters in history, this small snowfall was not welcome by most residents, especially when it helped cause numerous accidents and traffic headaches in the Chicago area on Tuesday morning.

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No horse and buggies but Chicago Ridge hosts old-fashioned gala

NBC 5 meteorologist Andy Avalos was the master of ceremonies at Saturday night’s gala.

There were no horse and buggy rides but two women dress in 1914 costumes as a part of the Chicago Ridge 100th Anniversary Gala Saturday night at the Glendora House. More than 400 people attended the event including members of the Polchow family (whose ancestors helped found the town) and former longtime mayor Gene Siegel.

The Glendora House housed the Chicago Ridge Gala Saturday night in which more than 400 people attended.

Historian Ed Maurer, who wrote a book about the 100 years of Chicago Ridge, is decked out in a suit and tie for the gala.

Photos by Steve Neuhaus

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Colleen and Bill Ritter, owners of Metal Masters Auto Body in Chicago Ridge, view a historical photo at the gala.

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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.

By Mark Andrews

Compiled by Jeff Vorva

News and events from our archives.

Book it – Worth Library ask people for favorite reads 50 years ago

From the April 16, 1964 The story: A judge ordered a special election to be held on June 13 for the 4th Ward alderman spot in Palos Hills because in the just-completed election, 242 ballots were cast when there were only 241 registered voters in that ward. The quote: “These last two weeks have been hell. To tell the truth I never thought I would live to see and experience an earthquake,’’ – Worth’s Ray Balcauski, who was in Kodiak, Alaska when a massive earthquake hit. Fun fact: The Worth Village Library had a promotion in which it asked people that if they had one book they could take to the moon, what book would it be? Worth School Board President Walter Kerkstra chose “The Power of Positive Thinking,’’ by Normal Vincent Peale. Worth Attorney John C. Kiely said he would bring a “good modern dictionary.’’

TCC ready for new diamond 25 years ago

(Solution on page 11)

From the April 20, 1989 issue The story: Palos Heights approved a $40 million master plan for Trinity Christian College’s expansion and to allow a rezoning for a baseball diamond. The quote: “I have to pick beer bottles off of my lawn every day.” – Hickory Hills resident Rick Rolinskas, who complained to the city council about problems created by a nearby road house and bowling alley. Fun fact: Hickory Hills bassoonist Alan Palider joined the musical group Ensamble d’Acord.

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From the April 15, 2004 issue The story: The commission for The Water’s Edge Golf Club in Worth was scheduled to meet to discuss recent financial downfalls. The village owed $687,000 in principle and interest on three bonds. “If we don’t take some major steps then we are headed for disaster,” Trustee Kevin Werner said. The quote: “Although not directly related to the practice of medicine, [these incidents] were quite troubling,” – Department of Professional Regulation Spokesman Chris Ganshaw, about placing Palos Hills physician Robert Martinez’s license on probation after he pled guilty to shooting captive lions, a mountain lion, a tiger and a rare Asian swamp deer and was tied to an exotic animal ring trafficking that also involved the Funky Monkey Animal Park in Crete. Fun fact: Shepard’s Don Selby ended a 7-6 baseball win over Sandburg with a circus catch in the outfield. The defensive gem helped save a game in which the Astros committed five errors.

April 17: ON THIS DATE in 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. April 18: ON THIS DATE in 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride, warning colonists that the British were coming. In 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, causing numerous fires. About 700 people died. April 19: ON THIS DATE in 1995, a truck bomb devastated the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including one rescuer. April 20: ON THIS DATE in 1902, scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium. In 1971, the Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in public schools. April 21: ON THIS DATE in 753 B.C., according to tradition, the city of Rome was founded. April 22: ON THIS DATE in 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England. In 1970, the first Earth Day was held to focus on the need for conservation of natural resources. April 23: ON THIS DATE in 1994, civil war erupted in Rwanda, a horrific conflict in which the Hutu majority massacred a half-million or more people of the minority Tutsi tribe. Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1955, Congress decreed that all coins of U.S. mintage should bear the motto “In God We Trust.” This week’s question: What three-time loser in presidential politics did the Whig Party nominate for president in 1844? (Mark Andrews can be reached via e-mail at mlandrews@embarqmail.com.)

Thursday, April 17, 2014 The Reporter

The next Chicago cardinal could be from Louisville (Continued from page 1)

Photo courtesy of St. Xavier University

Cardinal Francis George was able to speak at St. Xavier UniverPhoto courtesy of St. Xavier University sity last week but he will not travel to Rome for a Canonization ceremony later this month.

seem comfortable talking about it when he was quizzed by CBS Chicago News. “You’re flattering to even ask me about that. Those kinds of things are best not anticipated,” Kurtz said. “Our Holy Father said ‘when you are assigned to a diocese, you throw yourself into that.’ “Certainly I’ve never refused an appointment, but my desire right now is very much to serve the people in Louisville.” When asked if it would be difficult to follow George and his legacy, the 67-year-old Kurtz said, “How could it not be?” Kurtz was installed as Louisville’s fourth archbishop on Aug. 15, 2007. Before coming to Louisville he served as bishop of

Knoxville from 1999 to 2007, according his biography supplied by the Archdiocese of Louisville. He is originally from Pennsylvania. He was elected President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Nov. 12 and serves on the executive and administrative committees of that body. George told reporters Friday that he doesn’t think he will be dying in the next few months. He has always informed the public about his health and in March he wrote about the latest setback in his Catholic New World column. “While I am not experiencing symptoms of cancer at this time, this is a difficult form of the disease, and it will most probably eventually be the cause of my death,” he said.

“Chemo is designed to shrink the tumor, prevent symptoms and prolong life.” He also asked for people’s prayers during this time. George brought up retirement but did not offer a clear answer. “I imagine this news will increase speculation about my retirement,” he said. “The only certainty is that no one knows when that will be, except perhaps the Holy Father, and he hasn’t told me. As required by the Code of Canon Law, I submitted my resignation two years ago [which is a required formality for Cardinals who turn 75] and was told to wait until I heard from the pope. The consultation the pope makes through the Apostolic Nuncio takes a good number of

months, and it hasn’t formally started yet.” Meanwhile it’s still possible that George, the only archbishop in Chicago history to serve at age 75, might get through this latest setback. After all, he fought through polio as a kid and survived bladder cancer in 2006 but it returned in his kidney and liver in 2012. In between the cancer battles, he uttered one of his most famous quotes about dying and martyrdom. “I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square,” he said. “His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.”

Hickory Hills resident unleashes complaints about loose dogs By Kelly White Correspondent

from a house without a fenced-in yard,” she said. “I then went to pick up my dog because it is so The law in Hickory Hills is that little, I didn’t want to see it get dog owners need to keep their hurt, and that is when the larger dogs leashed. dog bit me on my right hand.” But resident Beth Medeiros Medeiros added that one of is claiming that law isn’t being the dog’s owners, a young girl, enforced and brought her com- was calling for the larger dog to plaints to the Hickory Hills City return to the yard but the dog Council last Thursday, two weeks failed to respond to the child, and after she said he had a frightening continued charging forcefully at experience with a large dog that Medeiros and her dog. bit her right hand. Medeiros said she instructed the “There are too many loose dogs child to go inside and have her roaming the neighborhood,” said parents call the police to report Medeiros of 9100 block of South the attack. The police spoke with 88th Avenue. “I walk my dog Medeiros and an adult owner of frequently, and on more than one the dog and left after giving the occasion, we were confronted by owner a verbal warning, Medeiros what I would consider to be a said. either a stray or loose dog.” “The dog’s owner did take Medeiros said she was attacked responsibility for the attack, by a neighborhood dog two weeks knowing that he did not have a prior to the meeting and said af- fenced-in yard and was not outter police did not issue a citation side properly watching the dog,” was issued to the attacking dog’s Medeiros said and added that a owner. citation should have been issued “I have a 22-pound little dog at the time of the attack instead and I was walking my dog past of a verbal warning. a home nearby my house when Police Chief Alan Vodicka said a large dog charged out at me he will look into why no further

action was taken. This is not the first time Medeiros said she has come across problems with unleashed dogs in her neighborhood. She said other residents have similar complaints. Unleashed dogs have been reported on Maple Lane and Forest Lane, and 88th Avenue. Medeiros also told the council that some residents ride their bikes with their dogs walking alongside without a leash. The dog may appear to be well-behaved but if natural instinct strikes or an unfamiliar person or animal appears, the dog may attack, she said. “It is simply neglectful owners,” Medeiros said, “Dogs need to be behind fenced-in yards or on leashes while walking with their owners. I worry about when school gets out for the summer and more kids will be walking their dogs. What if a child is walking a dog and an unleashed dog approaches them with a similar situation as to what happened with me?”

their deputy director of public works this month. After 39 years of service, Regan Rice officially retired. Rice retired on March 15, leaving the city council and public works department with nothing but kind words to say about him. “We are losing a very valuable employee and he will be missed,” Larry Boettcher, director of public works said. Rice began his career with the public works department in 1974, while still attending Stagg High School. He would come in before and after school as a part-time employee. After graduating from high school, he joined the public works department fulltime and rose quickly through the ranks to become a heavy equipment operator and a certified water operator before advancing to become the assistant public works director. “It was with Rice’s inspiration that public works initiated the public works department to actually do the water-based repairs themselves, rather than taking the repairs out to a private contractor,” Boettcher said and added Rice honored Hickory Hills said goodbye to that throughout the years, Rice’s

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Hickory Hills Mayor Mike Howley, Regan Rice and City Clerk D’Lorah Catizone celebrate Rice’s retirement after 39 years with the Public Works Department. inspiration has saved the city a great deal of money by completing water repairs this way. Rice was also responsible for the 1,200 feet of the 98th St. line replacement. “It would have cost us a couple hundred thousand dollars if we would have brought

a contractor in here to do that instead,” Boettcher said. “He will be sorely missed because he really knows the background of both the department and our town. We are very glad to call him a co-worker and friend. We are going to really miss him.”

Sexton fired up to get Plaza conversion rolling A commercial developer’s plans to acquire the Plaza and build a build a new mall on the site will happen sooner rather than later, Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton said. “I’m not going to wait until summer,” Sexton said Tuesday. “Summer’s upon us.” Evergreen Park trustees last week discussed the possibility of using powers of eminent domain to acquire the mall and the remaining businesses: Carson Pierre Scott and Planet Fitness.

Sexton said DeBartolo Development, the company that plans to convert the Plaza into a “lifestyle center,” is in negotiations with Carson’s to acquire the store lease. Carson’s has indicated that it wants to stay at the redeveloped mall, Sexton said. “The bottom line is to get the developer and Carson’s close on a deal,” Sexton said. “Everybody is slow to make a deal. We’re closer.” Planet Fitness, which currently is located at the north end of the mall along 95th Street, also has indicated it wants to stay at redeveloped version of the mall. Representatives from the fit-

ness center attended the April 7 village board meeting to question the village’s potential plans for acquiring the mall. Sexton said it’s unlikely the village will have to rely on eminent domain to acquire the leases of the remaining businesses. “I’m hoping to we don’t even get there,” he said. He said he’s confident a deal will be brokered with Planet Fitness at the new mall but not at the current location, which should be reserved for retail. “You don’t have to have exposure at a fitness club,” he said. DeBartolo Development wants

to demolish the mall and replace it with a “lifestyle center.” The development firm is owned by former San Francisco 49ers’ owner Eddie DeBartolo. The 61-year-old shopping mall, formerly the Evergreen Plaza, has been in foreclosure since 2011. The property is currently in receivership. The mall was conceived by developer Arthur Rubloff in the 1936 and opened in August 1952 as an open-air shopping center. Carson’s anchored the mall along with the Fair Store, Lytton’s and Walgreens. The mall also features a Jewel supermarket. The entire mall was enclosed in 1966.

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Four charged with beating up OL man By Tim Hadac Staff Reporter

away and get to a hospital, where Sheriff’s police were called. A metal stick believed Four people have been charged to be used in the battery was in connection with the battery recovered in the garage. and robbery of a 19-year-old Oak Lawn man in unincorpoDuring the course of their inrated Palos Park, Cook County vestigation, Dart said that deSheriff Thomas J. Dart said late tectives identified four offenders last week. Nicoletta Tzinares, 18, of Palos Park, Julian Lopez, 23, of Worth, Dart said that Sheriff’s Po- Alex Ryan, 22, of Worth, and lice detectives received a report Manuel Juarez, 24, of Burbank, on April 6 that a 19-year-old man had been severely beaten All four were charged with by several males in the 12900 aggravated battery:great bodily block of South 83rd Court. Ac- harm, and with robbery. They all cording to the Sheriff’s Police appeared in bond court at the investigation, the victim met a Bridgeview Courthouse on April woman at the location, who led 9. Bond for Lopez was set at him inside a garage. $250,000; Ryan $300,000; Tzinares $100,000; Juarez, $250,000 Men inside the garage then and no bond on a previous, drug beat the victim with a metal related case. object and kicked him, Sheriff’s All four have court dates set in Police said. One of the offend- Bridgeview. Ryan and Tzinares ers allegedly took cash from the are due in court on April 28. victim. Lopez and Juarez are scheduled The victim was able to get to appear on May 5.

Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers is offering a six-week bereavement grief support program beginning Wednesday, May 7 and ending Wednesday, June 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Chicago Ridge Public Library, 10400 Oxford Ave. For more information, call Mary Ann Droel from Little Company of Mary at 229-4611. The program provides supportive and skilled companionship for men and women who are mourning the death of a loved one. The goal of this six-week series is to answer questions about loss, grief, coping strategies, and the potential for renewing hope and meaning. Through interpersonal engagement with other bereaved, with chaplains and social workers, and through the guidance of inspirational materials, the following topics will be explored: • May 7: Grieving Process: What is happening to me? • May 14: Understanding Feelings: Why do I feel the way I do? • May 21: Seeking Support: How does my family grieve? • May 28: Addressing Complicated Grief: What are my issues? • June 4: Living Again: What is my hope during this journey? • June 11: Coming through Grief: What is next for me?

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Oak Forest Good Shepherd hosts fourth fashion show The Good Shepherd Center, a Hazel Crest-based organization that serves the south suburbs, is on the lookout for adults and children, with and without disabilities for its Fourth Annual Fashion Show and Luncheon. The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 26 at Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147th St.in Oak Forest.

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Math teacher hopes votes add up for Oak Lawn student needing car Teaching is tough profession. many days remained until And those who babble on about graduation. She was extremely teachers not working a full day accomplished during her high and having summers off are school years, and now she has misinformed her eyes on the and ought to future. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be quiet. where Kruger Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked and the car as a substitute come in. teacher and Kruger by Bob Rakow while thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s became aware not comparable of Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need to working in a school on a for a car as they discussed her full-time basis, it helped me plans to attend Moraine Valappreciate the challenges and ley Community College after obstacles teachers face day in, graduation. Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family owns day out. only one van and the cost of No two days are the same, another vehicle equipped with there are always a handful of a lift and hand controls is cost problematic students and the prohibitive, Kruger said. work is endless. Of course, Kruger wrote a letter to Elteaching is amazingly rewardlen DeGeneresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; television show ing as well. Just ask Ellen in the hopes that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tell Kruger, a math teacher at Oak Spreadburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story and give her Lawn Community High School. a car. The show, however, did I got to know Ellen a few not respond. Kruger turned to years ago when I wrote a story the National Mobility Equipabout a holiday program she ment Dealers Association. She sponsors that helps the needy nominated Spreadbury for a in the Oak Lawn community. contest the association sponThe program is simple. Ellen sors. The winners receive a identifies the needs of underspecially equipped van. privileged families in the area Votes can be cast (one a day) and lists those needs on ornafor Spreadbury by visiting the ments that decorate a ChristOak Lawn Community High mas tree at the school. School web page at olchs.org Students and teachers select and clicking on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vote for an ornament and purchase the Riley Spreadburyâ&#x20AC;? icon on the requested items. The items right hand side of the page. are wrapped and sent to the Kruger got the ball rolling homes of the needy families. on the campaign by encourSimple isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it? Kruger takes aging members of the high a little extra time to identify school community to vote for a problem and helps solve it. Riley. Last Tuesday, Riley and Not in the job description by a her mother attended the Oak long shot, but going above and Lawn Village Board meeting to beyond is her passion. encourage more people to vote. Now the veteran educaIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d encourage you to do the tor has moved on to another same. Voting is easy and is challenge: getting a specially open for a few more weeks. equipped car for a student with Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity for the disabilities. community to come together Riley Spreadbury is in a and do something for one of wheelchair, but as Kruger told our own. Riley deserves this me last week, she often has to car and you can help make it be reminded of that fact. I real- happen. ized what she meant when I We spend a lot of time, met Riley last week at the Oak myself included, complaining Lawn Village Board meeting. about stuff. Meet Riley and Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vibrant and engagyouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll walk away encouraged ing young woman who told and inspired. She wants to me without hesitation how attend Illinois State Univer-

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to cool down this hot issue before summer The weather has warmed and the basketball hoops issue has resurfaced in Oak Lawn. Now, however, park district commissioners seem ready to remedy the problem. The park board was expected to vote April 7 on a proposal to take down one of the two hoops at Little Wolfe Park, 107th Street and Laramie Avenue, thereby eliminating full-court games. The vote was delayed until the May meeting because not all of the park commissioners could attend the April session, said Sue Murphy, park board president. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re encouraged that the park district has decided to take action at the park before the summer begins in earnest. This issue was debated for several months last year and it was clear that residents who live near the park wanted something done to eliminate full-court basketball games. The competitive games, they contended, led to a variety of problems, including vulgar language, littering and numerous cars parked in the area. They added that player conduct caused other people, especially those with little children, to avoid the park. Was race an issue? Perhaps. No one would say that out loud, but we suspect it played a role in some residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; strong opposition to full-court games. Some wanted to eliminate the court altogether and replace it with a sand volleyball court or some other form of recreation. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bad idea. Lots of people enjoy playing basketball, and the park district should not deprive them of that opportunity. Half-court games should be sufficient for most hoopsters. If problems continue to occur, resident should call police and report them and notify the park district as well. We salute the park district for responding to residents and proposing a compromise that should make everyone happy.

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Spread the word â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oak Lawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Riley Spreadbury is in need of votes for a specially-equipped car sity after finishing community college, pursue a degree in recreational therapy and work with children whose mobility was affected as a result of an accident or surgery. Riley was born with a condition called Goldenhar Syndrome. Despite this condition, she led a typical childhood, participating in dance, ballet, swimming, rollerblading and hiking. At age 10, it was discovered that she had developed scoliosis. She had numerous surgeries on her back and, because of complications, Riley sustained a spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed. She spent more than 100 days in the hospital and was able to regain control

of her arms but she remains paralyzed from the chest down. There are several days left in the campaign. If each person who reads this column casts one vote per day, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give Riley a real chance of winning the car. We owe that not only to Riley but to Krugerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a teacher who understands that education is about so much more than lesson plans, grades and homework. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about getting in touch with students and helping them grow. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written about countless fundraising events over the years and the charity and goodness people show never ceases to amaze me. I know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll come through for Riley Spreadbury.

Inside the First Amendment

How loud should â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;money talksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in politics? By Gene Policinski Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little question that â&#x20AC;&#x153;money talksâ&#x20AC;? as long as you can pay a bit more for a better service at a top restaurant or to get a first-class seat while traveling â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ongoing First Amendment battle over how loudly it should speak in politics. On April 2, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to eliminate caps on total contributions. The 5-4 decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission had no effect on a $5,200 maximum in a two-year federal election cycle on contributions to any one candidate. Then on April 7, the justices declined without comment to review a long-standing ban on direct corporate contributions to candidates. And all of this takes place against a decision in 2010, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the court said the First Amendmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protection of freedom of speech keeps the government from limiting independent political expenditures by corporations, labor unions or associations. To sum up: In elections for Congress and the presidency, you and I face a limit of $2,600 in contributions to any one candidate in that year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but can give to as many candidates as we choose. Corporations, unions and associations can

spend as much money as they want on issues or in indirect endorsements of candidates, as long as those actions are not coordinated with specific campaigns or candidates. From two â&#x20AC;&#x153;spokesmenâ&#x20AC;? for the differing views on McCutcheon and the issue at-large: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no right more basic in our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders,â&#x20AC;? Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the McCutcheon opinion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Money in politics may at times seem repugnant to some, but so too does much of what the First Amendment vigorously protects.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Supreme Court in the McCutcheon decision today overturned 40 years of national policy and 38 years of judicial precedent ... ,â&#x20AC;? said Fred Wertheimer, president of the campaign finance watchdog group Democracy 21. â&#x20AC;&#x153; ... the Supreme Court majority continued on its march to destroy the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign finance laws, which were enacted to prevent corruption and protect the integrity of our democracy.â&#x20AC;? Some suggest immediate and transparent reporting as part of a solution suggesting a contribution or independent support for a candidate can be less subversive if everyone knows about it. But effective transparency also wars against another long-established American tenet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; anonymous political speech.

One argument for limits on the money involved in politics does resonate with First Amendment rationale. The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founders provided such strong protection for political speech because they saw such involvement by citizens as fundamental to selfgovernance. But advocates for limits say the need for massive sums to run a campaign obscures the voices of regular citizens, or even most citizen groups, in favor of wealthy elites and big companies. The 2013 edition of the reference publication Vital Statistics on Congress reports that in the 2012 election, winning Senate candidates spent an average of $10.3 million, up 62 percent adjusted for inflation from 1986. The report also documents that an average of $1.6 million was spent to win a House seat in 2012, a 344 percent increase since 1986. One approach to settling the issue would be a constitutional amendment creating an â&#x20AC;&#x153;exceptionâ&#x20AC;? to the First Amendment to permit the kinds of limits that Roberts and four other justices now see as outside the law. But such a change would be the first ever such action to directly limit First Amendment freedoms. And, it could open the door to other such constitutional mischief on issues from flag desecration to violence in entertainment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and more. First Amendment authori-

ties Ronald K.L. Collins and David Skover published an e-book about McCutcheon and the history of regulating money in politics, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Money Speaks,â&#x20AC;? within 48 hours of the ruling. As they note, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absent some change in the conservative makeup of the Court ... the decisional die has been cast. As legend has it, Julius Caesar spoke the words alea jacta est as he crossed the Rubicon. It signaled a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;point of no return,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the very point the Roberts Court may have now reached in McCutcheon. It was a fact: money would remain in politics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; much more money.â&#x20AC;? The proverbial â&#x20AC;&#x153;alert and engaged citizenryâ&#x20AC;? may yet prove the ultimate, most-effective method of monitoring, evaluating and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if one is so inclined â&#x20AC;&#x201D; opposing the impact of â&#x20AC;&#x153;big moneyâ&#x20AC;? in politics. The Web offers audience reach and impact unknown in any earlier era, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;going viralâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take a big treasury to accomplish. We may well ultimately find that once again, the best antidote to speech one doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even in the form of piles of dollar bills â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is more speech, not less. Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Amendment Center. He can be reached at gpolicinski@newseum.org.

What is your favorite baseball memory? (Asked last Saturday at Palmer Park in Palos Heights at the Opening Day Parade for the Palos Baseball Organization.) Photos by Joan Hadac

Kara Mintle, Palos Heights Linda Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, Palos Heights â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the Sox won in 2005. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elvis Night at White Sox Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Sox fan. It also helps that Park. It was fun to see the people my son was born on that day. It dressed up.â&#x20AC;? also helps that my husband is from Bridgeport.â&#x20AC;?

Mike Tarantino, Palos Park â&#x20AC;&#x153;The very first Cubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game my dad took my brother and I to. The guy pitched a no hitter. My dad said that it was usually something that took a lifetime to see. It was pretty cool.â&#x20AC;?

Katie Thomason, Palos Park Judy Tran, Palos Park â&#x20AC;&#x153;My favorite memory was â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first time my son hit the watching my little one during his ball. The entire team stood up first time in the batterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box. It and cheered.â&#x20AC;? was an exciting moment.â&#x20AC;?

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SCHOOLS

CLampus eaders Augustana College announced 858 students were named to the dean’s list for the 2013 winter term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for courses taken during the term. Area students named to Augustana’s dean’s list include Michelle Dempster from Oak Lawn. Dempster is a junior at Augustana majoring in communication sciences and disorders. Students from Palos Hills named to the dean’s list include, Alexa Gutauskas, a senior majoring in chemistry and biology, and Ashley Yaros, a senior majoring in biology and pre-medicine. Palos Heights students named to the dean’s list include Margaret Richardson, a junior majoring in geography and anthropology, and Kristen Yerkes, a senior majoring in communication sciences and disorders.

Beginners are outstanding a Band-O-Rama

The North Palos District 117 Beginner Band received an Outstanding rating during the 2014 Band-O-Rama competition at Wilkins Junior High School in Justice. The Beginner Band consists of students from both Glen Oaks and Oak Ridge schools and performs under the direction of Bob Pastore. In addition to the Outstanding rating, the Beginner Band also received a trophy to take back to the school district.

Bulletin Board Evergreen Park

St. Bernadette Catholic Academy announced the students who received awards for the second trimester of the current school year. Earning high honors with grade point averages ranging from 3.6 to 4.33 were: • Grade 8: Elvira Alexander and Joelle Gillespie, • Grade 7: Layla Brown-Clark, • Grade 6: Kathleen Jacobson and Joseph Sullivan, and • Grade 5: Daniel McKeown and Noah Zukowski. Earning honors with 3.0 to 3.59 grade point averages were: • Grade 8: Caroline Dwyer, Candice Narcisse and Raven Smith, • Grade 7: Erin Gessert and Jalon Jones, • Grade 6: Anna Fitzpatrick, Hannah O’Neill and JaNiya Williams, and • Grade 5: Chioma Okolo. The students named most improved for outstanding academic effort to improve during the second trimester were: • Grade 8: Logan Andrews, • Grade 7: Amari Thomas, • Grade 6 Mia Tolbert, • Grade 5: Daniel McKeown and Jeremiah Powell, • Grade 4: Jaela Sanders, and • Grade 3: Britney Darling. The “What Would Jesus Do?” award was presented to students who best exhibit Christian values by being respectful and kind to all adults and peers, including: • Kindergarten: Gwyneth Gertonson, • Grades 1and 2: Hannah Bayorgeon, • Grades 3 and 4: Brianna Darling, • Grades 5 and 6: Joseph Sullivan, and • Grades 7 and 8: Raven Smith PERFECT ATTENDANCE was awarded to students in recognition of perfect attendance, with no tardiness, including: • Preschool: Eleanor Mueller, Anthony Harris, Esau Ruvalcaba and Jacob Ruvalcaba, • Kindergarten: Phoebe Mueller, • Grades 1 and 2: Hannah

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Bayorgeon and Caitlon Young, • Grades 3 and 4: Harrison Bayorgeon, Brianna Darling, Britney Darling and Gary Grizzard, • Grades 5 and 6: Reginald Sykes III, and • Grades 7 and 8: Erin Gessert, Jalon Jones and Imani Sykes.

Oak Lawn/Hometown Middle School

Sixth grade students at Oak Lawn/Hometown Middle School designed cards asking Harold L. Richards High School students to make rational decisions at prom. Their task was to remind Richards’ students to be responsible and safe, with the hope that hearing this message from their peers would make an impact. Students learned how the three “Mustang Musts”-Be Responsible, Be Respectful, Be Safe-are not just for school; they are life lessons. Teachers had the opportunity to share with students how the decisions you make as a young-adult follow you into adulthood, and affect other people. The cards will be placed at each table, as one last reminder to students as they begin their prom festivities.

Governors State University

The Governors State University Civil Service Senate is hosting the annual spring open market from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 1 in the Hall of Governors at GSU, 1 University Parkway, University Park. More than 30 crafters and vendors will have unique items and gifts just in time for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays or just because. The market is free and open to the public. Interested vendors and crafters are encouraged to participate. Space is limited. For more information or to register, call 235-7559.

Mount Assisi Academy

Mount Assisi Academy is hosting a Career, Volunteer, and Job Fair for their students on from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m. Monday, May 5. The school is looking for:

• Businesses that need to fill jobs, to host a table, have our students fill out applications, and conduct mini interviews on site. • Organizations who need volunteers to host a table and encourage our students to sign up for volunteer opportunities. • Professionals to come and share their experience in a particular field, answer questions, and schedule shadow days or internships with our students. For more information, call Marina Tadros at 630-257-7844, ext 239, or email Mtadros@mtassisi. org.

Oak Lawn Community H.S.

The registration deadline forOak Lawn Community High School boys’ track team fundraiser, the Spartan Olympics, is Wednesday. The cost is $15 for individuals or $75 per team. Winners receive trophies and medals. For more information, call Head Boy’s Track Coach Chris Kuchyt, head boys’ track coach at 741-5624 in room 372 of the school, or email him at ckuchyt@ olchs.org. Individuals and teams can compete in the events at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Individual applicants will compete in all ten events in order to earn the title of Greatest Male and Female Athlete of Oak Lawn Community High School. Teams of five, headed by a junior or senior captain, may enter to earn the title of Greatest Athletic Group at Oak Lawn Community High School. Events include the long jump; a 1600 meter run, bench press, 100 meter sprint, basketball free throws, tire flip, soccer agility course, football distance toss, 12 inch softball accuracy throw, and an obstacle course. *** Oak Lawn Community High School will host its Relay for Life for the 12th year in a row. Relay for Life is an organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research. This year’s Relay for Life will take place Saturday, May 17. Per Relay tradition, the faculty,

staff and students painted the gym purple on Feb. 7 by wearing purple T-shirts during the varsity basketball game. Relay for Life coordinator Thaddeus Zuzga said that OLCHS raised more than $1,500. These funds will be used to cover all of the extracurricular activities at this year’s Relay For Life Event on May 17, 2014. It is not too late to register teams or participants for the event. For more information, call 424-5200.

St. Laurence

The Comedy Club of St. Laurence High School, 5556 W. 77th St., Burbank, will be hosting its fifth annual comedy show in the school’s cafeteria at 6:31 p.m. Friday, April 25. The ticket cost at the door is $5. The Comedy Club has been an organized activity at St. Laurence for 14 years. The club strives to mutually entertain its members in various aspects of comedy. One aspect, improvisational humor, will be the primary focus of the night’s activities. To purchase a ticket before the night of the show, or for more information, call Ed Kozak, club moderator, at 4586900, ext. 244, or email him at ekozak@stlaurence.com. *** St. Laurence High School and the Office of Alumni Relations will host its annual solemn mass of remembrance, honoring deceased alumni of the school, at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26 in the school’s library, 5556 W. 77th St. (77th Street and Central Avenue), Burbank. Father Norm Trela, from St. Symphorosa Parish, and the school’s chaplain, will celebrate the Mass of the Resurrection. A wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the outdoor memorial, weather permitting. Following the liturgy, snacks and refreshments will be served. Family, friends, and relatives of deceased alumni of St. Laurence are welcome to attend this liturgy. For more information and reservations, call Ed Kozak in the Office of Alumni Relations at 458-6900, ext. 244.

Journalist Kurtis to present ‘Death By Food’ at Moraine Valley College Emmy- and Peabody Awardwinning investigative journalist Bill Kurtis will expose what is behind today’s rising health problems during “Death By Food: How the American Diet is Killing You” at Moraine Valley Community College at 7 p.m. April 28. He will give his presentation in the Dorothy Menker Theater, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, on campus, 9000 W. College Pkwy, in Palos Hills. Tickets are $25. A meet-and-greet reception in the Moraine Business and Conference Center will immediately follow his talk. The college bookstore will sell copies of Kurtis’ “The Prairie Table Cookbook” at the reception. Kurtis is donating all proceeds from this event to Moraine Valley. During the presentation, Kurtis will lay out his Cold Case File to show the means, motive and opportunity behind why food is over-processed, over-sugared, over-salted, contains too much fat, and is nutrient deplete. He will offer the Healthy Triad as a solution to getting a better food product and nutrients on the tables of American consumers. With more than 40 years in broadcasting in Chicago and Los Angeles, Kurtis has cov-

ered some of history’s biggest stories, including breaking the Agent Orange story in 1978. In 1982, he joined Diane Sawyer on “The CBS Morning News,” where he remained until 1985. Chicagoans know him as half of the WBBM-Channel 2 anchor team of Kurtis and Jacobson. In 1990, he founded Kurtis Productions and began producing programs for the A&E Network, including “Investigative Reports” and “Cold Case Files,” as well as “The New Explorers” for PBS, “Investigating History” for the History Channel and “American Greed” for CNBC. Kurtis also served as the host of A&E’s “American Justice”– the longest-running nonfiction justice series on cable. As an active conservationist, he founded the Tallgrass Beef Company out of Kansas City in 2005 to champion the environment and health benefits of grass-fed cattle ranching. Tickets can be purchased online at morainevalley.edu/fpac, by calling 708-974-5500, or at the Box Office located on the south end of the Fine and Performing Arts Center. —Submitted by Moraine Valley Community College

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Yes dear, but not your little brother.

Yes, the classifieds are a great place to buy or sell just about anything under the sun. And yes, you can make monet cleaning out those no longer used items from your attic, basement or garage and sell them for cash in the Classifieds. But please note: You cannot sell little brothers through the Classifieds. (For that you’d probably have to take out a full page ad) THE

Shepard band to Twist and Shout The Shepard High School band has been invited to take part in a commercial being shot at Toyota Park on Friday. There will be a “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” feel to the commercial. “From what I have been told, the commercial is a parody on the Ferris Bueller parade scene with Chicago Fire player Mike Magee on a parade float and we would be the band playing “Twist and Shout.’ ’’ Band Director Chris Pitlik said. “This will be a nationally run TV commercial for MLS and the Fire. It will also be played as part of the advertising within the park on the big screen TV.’’ The band is pictured here at a Stanley Cup event in July.

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Former Mercy Housing CEO to deliver SXU commencement addresses Saint Xavier University announced that former Mercy Housing Chief Executive Officer Sister Lillian Murphy, RSM, and Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Barbara Byrd-Bennett will speak and receive honorary degrees at the University’s 2014 Commencement on May 10. Murphy will deliver the commencement address at the Undergraduate Ceremony, which begins at 10 a.m. and Byrd-Bennett will deliver the address at the Graduate Ceremony, which begins at 3 p.m. Both ceremonies will take place in the Shannon Center at SXU’s Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St. Murphy has been CEO of Mercy Housing since 1987. Under her leadership, Mercy Housing has

grown to become an award-winning, national, not-for-profit housing organization with a staff of 1,300. It serves more than 136,800 people in more than 40,000 quality, affordable homes with a presence in more than 200 cities, 43 states and the District of Columbia. She is a national spokesperson for the cause of affordable housing and the needs of people who are economically poor. Before becoming CEO of Mercy Housing, Sr. Murphy worked in the health care field for 16 years. She received the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California’s Affordable Housing Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999, and the 25th Annual Housing Leadership Award from the National Low Income Housing

Coalition in 2006. She was inducted into the Affordable Housing Hall of Fame by Affordable Housing Finance magazine in 2009. Murphy holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in social science from the University of San Francisco. She also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of San Francisco in 1998. Byrd-Bennett was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to lead the Chicago Public Schools system in 2012. CPS is the nation’s thirdlargest school system, serving approximately 402,000 students in more than 681 schools. She previously served as CEO of the Cleveland Municipal School District from 1998 to 2006. In 2009,

she was recruited to be chief academic and accountability manager for Detroit Public Schools and served until 2011. She was hired as the Chicago Public Schools’ chief education advisor in April 2012. Byrd-Bennett is a member of numerous boards, commissions and advisory councils, including: Common Core; the United States Department of Education National Assessment Governing Board; the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; the Education Commission of the States; the National Center for Education Accountability; and the Albert Shanker Institute. Byrd-Bennett holds a Master of Science degree from Pace University, Master of Arts degree from New York University, and

Sister Lillian Murphy

Barbara Byrd-Bennett

a Bachelor of Arts degree from Long Island University. She also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Cleveland State University,

Baldwin-Wallace College, John Carroll University, and the University of Notre Dame. — St. Xavier University

EASTER

Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church 9701 S. Melvina Ave, Oak Lawn 424-1059

EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF EASTER! Maundy Thursday, April 17 - 7:00 p.m. Good Friday, April 18 - 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Easter Vigil, April 19 - 7:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 20 - 9:00 a.m.

Hickory Hills Presbyterian Church 8426 W. 95th St., Hickory Hills (708) 598-3100 www.hickoryhillspres.org

WORSHIP SERVICES Palos United Methodist Church 12101 S. Harlem Avenue, Palos Heights 448-0798 palosumchurch.org

Good Friday, April 18

5-8 p.m. - Open Communion and Time of Prayer in Sanctuary

Hope Christian Reformed Church 5825 W. 151st St., Oak Forest 687-2095 Good Friday, April 18

Please join us as we recall Jesus’ Passion at 7:00 p.m., on Good Friday, April 18, with a service of worship, communion, and music featuring Hope’s Choir singing “The Gospel Mass” by Robert Ray, conducted by David Baar.

Easter Sunday, April 20 Communion Service - 10:00 a.m.

Oak Lawn Community Church 9000 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Lawn, Il Call for information 708/599-4025

Maundy Thursday Service & Sedar Meal Thursday, April 17th, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate the Last Supper of our Lord Come touch and see the Crown of Thorns Easter Sunday is April 20th, Service at 10:00 a.m. Bring a fresh flower to decorate the Living Cross, if you wish.

Mt. Zion Lutheran Church

10400 S. Kostner Ave., Oak Lawn (708) 423-6554 www.mtzoaklawn.com Maundy Thursday, April 17 7:30 p.m. Service

Good Friday, April 18 7:30 p.m. Service

Easter Sunday, April 20

10:30 a.m. - Easter Service Easter Egg Hunt After Service

2014 Easter Schedule Holy Thursday, April 17

7:00 p.m., Mass of the Last Supper Adoration after Mass until Midnight

Good Friday, April 18

3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross - Youth Group 7:00 p.m., Liturgy of the Passion & Death of the Lord

Holy Saturday, April 19

11:00 a.m., Easter Baskets Blessed 7:00 p.m., Easter Vigil Service

Easter Sunday, April 20

Masses: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 a.m.

www.ourladyoftheridge.org

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2014

Reconciliation- Saturdays 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Holy Thursday, April 17

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Supper

Nursery Care

Good Friday, April 18

10 a.m. Worship and Communion

United Church of Christ

Peace Memorial Church 10300 W. 131st Street, Palos Park 708-448-7833

Holy Week Services Maundy Thursday, April 17 7:30 p.m. - Communion Good Friday, April 18 Tennebrae 7:30 p.m. - Peace Choir to present “A Service of Shadows”

Easter Sunday, April 20 “Christ Has Risen Indeed” 8:00 a.m. - Sunrise Service 8:30 a.m. - Easter Breakfast 9:30 a.m. - Easter Celebration Service www.pmcucc.org

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 3:00 p.m. Living Stations of the Cross 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Holy Saturday, April 19

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 1:00 p.m. Blessing of Easter Baskets 7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday Masses, April 20 6:45 a.m. Church 8:00 a.m. Church 9:30 a.m. Church 9:45 a.m. Fr. Shaw/Msgr. O’Day Halls 11:00 a.m. Church 11:15 a.m. Fr. Shaw/Msgr. O’Day Halls 12:30 p.m. Church

St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church “Loving God — Serving Others” 11007 S. 76th Ave., Worth 448-6555 Rev. Jay Trygstad, Pastor www.stmarkworth.org

WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK Holy Service, Maundy Thursday, April 17 10:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday, April 18

Children’s Event 10:00 a.m. Worship Service 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Saint Luke The Evangelist Orthodox Church

9300 W. 107th Street, Palos Hills, IL 60465 (630) 243-0893 “COME RECEIVE THE LIGHT” on April 19 Friday, April 18, Lamentation and Procession of the Holy Shroud (Epitaphios) 7 p.m. Saturday, April 19 - Pascha (Easter) Service begins at 10:30 p.m. Dinner following Sunday, April 20 Agape Service with Easter Egg Hunt at 12 Noon

Experience Easter celebrated in the ancient way

Our Lady of the Ridge Catholic Church 109th & Ridgeland Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL

5300 W. 155th St., Oak Forest, IL 60452 708-687-1370 - www.stdamianchurch.org

Easter, April 20

Easter Sunday, April 20th

8:30 a.m. - Worship 9:30 a.m. - Community Easter Breakfast 10:30 a.m. - Worship 5:00 p.m. - REV Worship

St. Damian Church

Salem United Church of Christ 9717 S. Kostner Ave., Oak Lawn 423-9717 Rev. Steve Hoerger, Pastor All are welcome to our celebrations of the Risen Lord Maundy Thursday, April 17

7:30 p.m. - “The Twelve Seats at the Table”

Good Friday, April 18

7:30 p.m. - Tenebrae Service

Holy Saturday, April 19 9:00 p.m. - Vigil Service

Easter Sunday, April 20

9:00 a.m. - Easter Breakfast 10:00 a.m. - Easter Service

Easter Sunday, April 20 - With Communion

8:00 a.m. - Traditional Service 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. - Contemporary Praise & Worship

Savior Divine Lutheran Church 10040 S. 88th Ave., Palos Hills 598-0700 Rev. Martin Pauschke www.saviordivine.org

Good Friday, April 18

Tenebrae Service at 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 20

Festival Service of Resurrection at 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion and Special Music

Trinity Evangelical Covenant Church 9230 S. Pulaski Road – Oak Lawn (708) 422-5111 Rev. Dr. James R. Sandberg Rev. Zachary Lovig Maundy Thursday, April 17 3 0 ± 6HUYLFH DQG &RPPXQLRQ Easter Sunday, April 20 $ 0 ± .LQJGRP .LGV 6XQGD\ 6FKRRO $ 0 ± :RUVKLS 6HUYLFH

United By Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church 3240 W. 98th Street, Evergreen Park 708-422-6301 www.unitedbyfaith-ep.org

Holy Week Worship Services

Maundy Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. Easter Vigil, April 19 at 8 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 20 at 9:30 a.m.

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SCHOOLS / CHURCH

Spelling Bee winners announced

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Science and engineering wizards Chicago Christian senior Jon Boonstra of Palos Park placed fifth in chemistry at the state Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering competition on April 8. The Chicago Christian WYSE team placed 14th overall and ninth among unboundried schools.

Church Corner Sacred Heart Church, 8245 W. 111th St., Palos Hills, is hosting its third annual summer music series for the 2014 season. Musicians, under the guidance of James Grzadzinski, music director, will present five installments throughout the summer months, and everyone is invited to attend. Those attending may make a free will offering to benefit the Sacred Heart Music Department. For more information, call Grzadzinski at 974-3336, Ext. 245. The series will be presented on these five dates: • Sunday, June 8 at 4 p.m. in the Ministry Center Gym. The theme will be Broadway Hits and Popular Favorites and will be featuring musicians Rita Burns, Tom Cameron, Dave Gaidas, and Christine VanLoon. • Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. in the church and the program will feature an organ recital featuring Grzadzinski. • Wednesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. in the church and the pro-

gram will be a voice recital featuring soprano and published author Michelle Gliottoni Rodriguez. • Sunday, July 20 at 4 p.m. in the church and the theme will be Musical Meditations on the Life of Blessed [soon to be Saint] Pope John Paul II in the Year of His Canonization. The musical program will be featuring the Sacred Heart Cantori and Organ under the direction of Grzadzinski. • Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Church. There will be music for church and chamber featuring an ensemble of strings, woodwinds, brass, and keyboard. Musicians include Helen Blazie (violin), Stephen Moran (violin/viola), D. Liane Cochran-Stafira (cello), Angelica Nolan (trumpet), Christine Otrembiak (flute), and Josh Rodriguez (saxophone/clarinet). *** Holy Week Services Planned at Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ.

Palm Sunday worship at Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ, 9411 S. 51st Ave., Oak Lawn, will begin with a children’s palm processional at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. All children should be present by 9:15 a.m. Pilgrim Faith will observe Maundy Thursday with a Seder supper at 6:30 p.m. April 17. The supper will celebrate God’s deliverance of God’s people from oppression and recall Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. The Community Good Friday service at noon on April 18 at Pilgrim Faith will include communion and reflections on Peter’s denial of Jesus. Pilgrim Faith’s Easter worship will be at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 20, beginning with children decorating the cross with flowers. Easter breakfast will be eaten at 10:30 a.m. and is open to all. The church is handicapped accessible. The community is welcome at all services.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Death Notice Frank J. Szymakowski Frank J. Szymakowski, 92, of Chicago Ridge died April 8 in Hinsdale. Visitation was Sunday at Schmaedeke Funeral Home in Worth. The funeral was Monday at Our Lady of the Ridge Church in Chicago Ridge Mr. Szymakowski is survived by his wife, Verlena Szymakowski, daughter Linda La Motre and sister Helen Clark. He was born in Chicago and was a former Chicago Ridge trustee and an electrical technician.

Benefits & Fundraisers Individuals are needed to join Park Lawn’s Tag Days April 18 and 19 as volunteers. The volunteers are needed at street intersections and store fronts in the southern suburbs of Chicago. The “Miles of Smiles” are to inform the local community about the work of Park Lawn, which provides programs and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To volunteer, call Cynthia San Miguel at 425-6867, or email csanmiguel@parklawn.com. Safety vests, collection buckets and handouts with Park Lawn’s logo will be provided to all volunteers. Locations can be scheduled close to home, or a place of employment. Those who are unable to volunteer and would like to make a donation to Park Lawn, visit www. parklawn.com.

The 37th annual Lenon Wisdom Memorial Spelling Bee last Frida at Worth Township in Alsip. Participants were divided into the Junior Division (fifth and sixth graders) and the Senior Division (seventh and eighth graders). The spellers were from schools throughout the Township. The Winners in the Senior Division: 1st Place — Lori Ritos from Alsip, age 12 / Grade 7 / Hamlin Upper Grade 2nd Place — Luke Ehrenstrom from Oak Lawn, age 14 / Grade 8 / St. Gerald 3rd Place — Shayna Clark from Chicago, age 13 / Grade 8 / Southwest Chicago Christian The winners in the Junior Division: 1st Place — Adeline Larsen from Palos Heights, age 11 / Grade 6 / Southwest Chicago Christian 2nd Place — Charles True Jr., from Oak Lawn, age 10 / Grade / 5 / Harnew 3rd Place — Melanie Scurek from Oak Lawn, age 11 / Grade 6 / St. Louis de Montfort — Submitted by Worth Township

Focus on Seniors Senior Center Offer Programs

Seniors at the Oak Lawn Senior Center, 5330 W. 95th St., will play host to a number of events in April and May. For more information, or to register for a program, call 499-0240. • April 17: The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce is presenting a health fair and outreach screening at the senior center. • April 24: The monthly box lunch will be served. Ticket reservations are needed. Tickets are $4. • May 7: A trip to see the “Wizard of Oz” play. Ticket reservations are needed.

Smith Village Residents To Strut Their Stuff For Fun, Fashion And Fundraising

Smith Village will present its annual fashion show and luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at 2320 W. 113th Pl., in the continuing care retirement community’s Community Hall. The cost is $10 per person and includes lunch. All proceeds benefit Emilie’s Fund, which provides for Smith Village residents who have outlived their means. For more information and reservations, call 773-474-7300. Smith Village residents will model brands Sympli, Tribal, Color Me Cotton, Erin London, BKG, Adrianna Papell and Habit, carried by Annie’s, a clothing and

gift shop in Oak Lawn.

Double Nickel

The Double Nickel Plus Chorus meets at the Community Center, 3450 W. 97th St. in Evergreen Park, every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in Room 111. Newcomers are welcome. For more information call 422-8776.

Meals on Wheels

The Evergreen Park Office of Citizens’ Services offers a Meals on Wheels program for village residents 60 years and older who are unable to prepare their own meals. Meals are delivered Monday through Friday. For more information call 422-8776.

55 and Up

Palos Hills residents 55 years and older meet from noon to 2 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Palos Hills Community Center, 8455 W. 103rd St. Tickets for events must be purchased one week in advance. Entertainment includes musicians, singers, luncheons, movies, plays and bingo.

Pinochle

The Worth Senior Pinochle club is seeking new members. Membership is free. Visit the group at the Worth Park District Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., every Monday and Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Games begin at noon. Call 448-1181 for information.

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Some more Lupron horror stories

Photo by Jeff Vorva

WHATIZIT?

Happy Easter to all the friends and family of WHATIZIT. Last week’s photo was of a carrot-shaped package of Reese’s Pieces, a gift that some lucky kids and adults will be receiving on Easter morning. We had some folks get it right – including the correct name of the candy. Those people get their names in all capital letters, which is the greatest Easter gift of all. Others who came close and missed the Reese’s part get regular credit, which is still pretty special. Worth’s CATHY CORDOVA was the first to ring in with the correct answer Evergreen Park’s VINCE VIZZA, HENRIETTA MYSLIWIEC, Willow Springs’ HARRISON DEBRE, Worth’s NATHAN MARSZALEK and ROBERT SOLNER and Chicago Ridge’s BELLA ZAHER and DANA OSWALD got all of it right. Worth’s Linda and Russ Martin and Oak Lawn’s Jane Foley, Evergreen Park’s Jan Merchantz and Jim Cap from parts unknown were also correct except for the Reese’s part. Incorrect guesses were of oranges, tomatoes and hot cross buns. Someone also guessed something called EGGA. Whatiz an EGGA? This week’s clue is that this item could be considered the end of Easter. Send guesses to thereporter@comcast.net with WHATIZIT? in the subject line. Provide your name and hometown and guess by Monday night and don’t eat too many Reese’s Pieces on Sunday.

Park Clips Chicago Ridge

The Chicago Ridge Park District has several locations. One is the Frontier Fieldhouse, 9807 S. Sayre Ave. For more information on programs at this location, or to register, call 4233959. Another location is the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham St. For more information on programs at this location, call 708-636-4900. *** Summer: The Chicago Ridge Park District is looking for seasonal supervisory help this spring and summer. The supervisor position would be available from April through September, and would entail supervising a splash pad, miniature golf course and batting cage facility. Applicants must be available days, nights and weekends. Applications are available at the Frontier Fieldhouse, or the Freedom Activity Center. *** Various Dates: Kelly McKimson-Rhodes, a certified yoga teacher trained at a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School in Chicago, will lead a Vinyasa yoga class during three sessions this spring and summer. Vinyasa yoga focuses on flowing from pose to pose and linking the movement with the breath. The class will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. The first session will be held from March 26 to April 30; the second session from May 7 to June 25; and the third session from July 9 to Aug. 13. The fee is $40 for residents and $50 for non-residents. All levels of yoga students are welcome. McKimson-Rhodes teaches English at Richards High School in Oak Lawn and her specialty is intelligently designed energizing Vinyasa classes that build heat and strength and end with restorative, restful poses. *** Ongoing: The Chicago Ridge Park District is taking team registration for 4th through 8th grade boys basketball and girls volleyball leagues. For registration information, please call 708-423-3959 or visit our website www.chicagoridgeparks. com. *** Note: The Chicago Ridge Park District is offering a discount special of any two yoga classes for $65 for residents and $85 for non-residents.

Evergreen Park

The Evergreen Park Recreation Department is located in the Hamilton B. Maher Community Center, 3450 W. 97th St. For more information, or to register for programs, call 229-3373, or 229-3374. *** Through May 4: The Boys and Girls Developmental Basketball League will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. for children age 6 through 9 at the Activity Center,

3220 W. 98th St. The Evergreen Park Recreation Department partners with Beyond The Arc Academy for this instructional league. Players receive a team shirt and play 40-minute games with equal playing time. The fee is $60 for eight weeks.

Oak Lawn

The Oak Lawn Park District administrative building is located at 9400 S. Kenton Ave. For more information, call 857-2225 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. *** The Oak Lawn Park District’s Stony Creek Clubhouse, 5850 W. 103rd St., is hosting special events during March. Reservations are suggested. For more information and reservations, call 857-2433. *** April 20: The Stony Creek Restaurant and Banquet Facility, 5850 W. 103rd St., will host Easter brunch Sunday, April 20. The first seating is at 9 a.m. and the second seating is at 1 p.m. The fee is $25 for adults and $12.50 for children 10 and younger. Reservations are required. Payment is due at the time of reservation. For more information, call 857-2433, or email banquets@olparks.com. Families can enjoy a breakfast buffet featuring the new omelet station, homemade pancakes, sausage links, fresh fruits, meat specialties, vegetables, salad, assorted pastries, juice, coffee and hot tea. A cash bar is available. *** April 25: The Oak Lawn Park District’s Stony Creek Restaurant and Banquets, 5850 W. 103rd St., will host a night of music provided by John Devlin from 8 to 10 p.m. The fee is $12, and includes food and beverage up to $6. A cash bar is available. Individuals must be ages 21 or older to enter. Reservations are suggested. For more information and reservations, call 857-2433. Devlin is an acoustical guitarist and vocalist who plays and sings music from the 1960s to 1990s, with songs from the Beatles, Neil Young, James Taylor and Billy Joel. *** May 12: Registration is due by noon for the Oak Lawn Park District’s Midnight Madness Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament, which will be played at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, at the Community Pavilion, 9401 S. Oak Park Ave. Registration is required and must be done in full teams. For more information and registration forms, visit the Community Pavilion, or online at olparks. com. More information is also available by calling 857-2420. Team managers will be notified of start times. This is an indoor, self-officiated tournament. The fee is $100 per team. Each (Continued on page 11)

Would you use a drug known as Lupron if you learned the pharmaceutical company manufacturing the drug had its endometriosis clinical trials sealed? Would you use Lupron if you learned a lead researcher for the drug was cited for scientific misconduct after falsifying and fabricating pro-Lupron studies? Would you use Lupron if you knew the makers of the drug paid $875 million in fines for bribing doctors to prescribe the drug? Would you use Lupron if you learned that, according to 2009 figures, more than 22,000 adverse events were reported; and according to 2012 figures, there were 1,526 deaths reported from the drug? We must always remember these figures are grossly underreported. There is presently a court fight to have the endometriosis clinical trials unsealed. Unaware of the risks Lupron poses, doctors continue to prescribe, and victims continue to pile up. It’s as if these victims were living in an isolated, underground prison camp, hidden from the outside world, frantically reaching out and screaming for help. Lupron victims comprise an entire layer of the population, mostly female, who have suffered tremendous physical and emotional horrors, during and continuing, after their injections. These adverse events continue without relief years and decades after the drug is stopped. This is

truly a horror story. In one case, a Georgian, ICU nurse and her mom actually lost their horse farm as a result of the daughter being incapacitated after her Lupron injections. The nurse

by Dr. Joseph Mercola, I contacted Lynne Millican R.N. one of the first public victims of Lupron. She too, has been both physically and financially devastated after her Lupron injections yet, she bravely continues the fight on behalf of thousands of other victims. She recently posted on her website an Open Letter to the FDA asking why the FDA has ignored the hidden data in Lupron’s endometriosis clinical trial data. She is awaiting a response from the FDA. In my interviews, a common was unable to work and lives in thread of adverse events was constant debilitating and excruci- mood swings, severe bone loss, ating pain. The 82-year-old mom excruciating bone pain, headexplained how heart wrenching it aches, extreme fatigue, vomiting, has been to watch her daughter memory loss, blackouts and sigdeteriorate with no one to help. nificant night sweats. Some have She told me of how happy she additional reactions, but almost and her daughter were until the all had the above. Additionally, injections. many have had to lose work and Post injections their lives have even lose jobs as a result of the taken a 180-degree turn. No one side effects. Some have said, “My cares. And incredibly this 82-year- life is over.” They all can pinpoint old mom is friends with an 84-year that these symptoms began while old who likewise has had her life taking Lupron or immediately folturned upside down caring for lowing Lupron injections. It is all her daughter, another disabled stunning. RN, post-Lupron. In the space Does anyone find it odd that of two weeks, I have personally there is wall-to-wall coverage on interviewed many who either used General Motors’ negligence over Lupron for endometriosis/prostate the years, which resulted in 12 to cancer or had their children use 16 deaths, yet a drug where there it for various reasons. As I ex- are over 1,500 deaths reported plained in my column two weeks and over 22,000 adverse event ago, a family member’s terrible reports—a drug that has damexperience with Lupron triggered aged so many women as a result my mission to learn more about of the adverse events, including what is happening here. financial losses--is being ignored? Through an article on Lupron Possibly, because when patients

Mixing it up for good health By Dee Woods

complain, most all doctors assure the patients without hesitation that their adverse events are not from the Lupron. They always do that. That is precisely why so many cases go unreported. Possibly because campaign contributions are powerful messages. Here’s the deal as far as I’m concerned. We may never be able to convince those in power of the dangers of this drug, but word of mouth is powerful. If your doctor suggests Lupron, go to the websites--and they are growing daily-- to see how reports of adverse events are growing. They also have used Lupron on autistic and short-stature children, as well as children with precocious puberty and gender identity disorder. It’s a chemotherapy drug that has been deemed by the Journal of the American Medical Association to be ineffective for prostate cancer patients, and deemed “dangerous, abusive, and exploitive” for autistic children. Just make certain it’s not someone you love or someone you know. To read Lynne Millican’s letter to the FDA, see: www.lupronvictimshub.com, or do a Google search for Lynne Millican and you will find her letter. I will continue to follow and update on this nightmare that has disabled so many beautiful women. Dee Woods column runs every first and third week. She can be reached at deewoods10@icloud. com.

Library Notes Evergreen Park

The Evergreen Park Public Library is located at 9400 S. Troy Ave. For more information, or to register for a program, call 422-8522. *** April 17: The Evergreen Park Public Library will hold a bookstacking contest from 3:30 until 5 p.m. in honor of National Library Week. The contest is open to children in kindergarten through fifth grad. Participants can stop in the Children’s department where they will have three minutes to build a book stack. Everyone who plays will receive a small prize, and there will be a special prize for the tallest stack. *** April 17: During National Library Week the library will host an adult spelling bee at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m. Contestants must be 21 years and older. There will be a $5 entry fee for patrons and participants. Registration is necessary and takes place online at evergreenparklibrary.org where participants will find the complete rules. The first place winner will take home a trophy. Light refreshments served; BYO favorite beverage to add to the fun. Please register. For more information, call (708) 422-8522. *** April 17: The Evergreen Park Public Library is offering a culinary program for youngsters in sixth through 12th grades at 4:15 p.m. Chef Kate Bradley will teach teens how to prepares delicious salads with spring greens. Copies of her recipes will be provided, as well as samples to taste. Registration is required. *** April 18: Students in second and third grades are invited to a meeting of the Second and Third Grade Book Club at 3:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Park Public Library. The book club meeting includes a discussion of the book with other children. Copies of the book selection will be available at the Circulation desk. Registration is required. *** April 19: Evergreen Park Public Library, will hold an egg coloring program for students in third through fifth grades at 3 p.m. Participants will learn a variety of egg coloring techniques and make traditional Mexican confetti eggs. Registration is required. *** April 19: The Weekend Quilters will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Evergreen Park Public Library. The Weekend Quilters will be working on a Debbie Mumm quilted garden. If members want to make the quilt, they will need to purchase the book with the pattern. This is a demonstration class led by Penny Nichols and there is no sewing machine required. *** April 22: Evergreen Park Public Library invites children in kindergarten through fifth grade to celebrate Earth Day at 6:30 p.m. by joining in a magazine scavenger hunt and recycling the magazines into an earth-friendly craft. Registration is required. *** April 23: Evergreen Park Library will participate in World Book Night. World Book Night is

an annual celebration that aims to place books into the hands of those who don’t regularly read. Every year on Shakespeare’s birthday, tens of thousands of people go out into their communities and give free, high quality paperback books to light and nonreaders. Residents should look for Evergreen Park Public Library volunteers stationed throughout the community, celebrating reading and giving out books. *** April 25: A meeting of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Book Club will take place at 3:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Park Public Library. The book club meeting includes a discussion of the book with other children. Copies of the book selection will be available at the Circulation. Registration is required. *** Through April 25: “Baby Bookworms,” along with their favorite adult, are invited to the library from 6 to 6:30 p.m. to enjoy songs, action rhymes, and stories. Registration is required. *** April 26: Evergreen Park Library will celebrate National Scrapbooking Day from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Beginners and experts can join Kim Ehrenhaft for a day-long scrapbooking event. Participants should bring their photos and hear organizational tips. Participants can bring their own supplies, or purchase a beginner’s kit for $10. Other supplies will be available to purchase. Those attending the scrapbooking event should bring a bag lunch; light refreshments and beverages will be provided. Registration is required.

Green Hills

Green Hills Public Library is located at 8611 W. 103rd St., Palos Hills. For more information, call 708-598-8446. To register for library programs, visit geenhillslibrary.org *** April 17: Mrs. Brenda is returning to library to share some spring-themed stories from 6 to 7 p.m. All ages are welcome. Register online. *** April 18: Patrons are invited to celebrate National Library Week by dropping in the library between 2 and 5 p.m. to design their own bookmarks. Copies of these bookmarks will be given out to other readers that visit the library. *** April 20: The Library will be closed this Sunday. *** April 23: Patrons of all ages are invited to come to the library and play Earth Bingo at 6:30 p.m. Miss Emily is using bingo to learn all about the plane Earth. Register online. *** April 25: Families are invited to come to the library at 4 p.m. to watch the movie “Frozen.” Each person gets popcorn and lemonade. All ages are welcome. Register online. *** April 29: Mystery authors Helen Osterman (Emma Winberry series), Lydia Ponczak (Who’s After Samantha), Jeanne Meeks (Rim to Rim), and Sherry Scarpaci (Lullaby) are coming to the library between 7 and 8 p.m.

They will discuss the difference between writing cozy mysteries and the gritty ones. The authors will also talk about how to write a series, the pros and cons of serial writing, and how to market your eBook. Refreshments will be served. Register online. *** April 30: Children in kindergarten through fifth grade will learn a collection of tricks from the “Magic Team of Gary Kantor” from 6 to 7 p.m. Card tricks, vanishing effects, and much more will be taught. All materials are provided, and each child will receive a magic kit to take home. Registration is required and limited to 60. Register online. *** Daily: The library offers daily sessions of story time for children 18 months–5 years of age. Parents can register online, or call the Youth Services Department at ext. 117 for more information. *** Ongoing: The Friends of the Library accept book donation at the Circulation Desk on the second floor of the library. Those interested in becoming a Friend of the Library can find membership applications in the Friends Bookstore or at the Circulation Desk. *** Ongoing: Patrons can subscribe to Green Hills Public Library mailing list at greenhillslibrary.org for all of the latest announcements about the library. *** Ongoing: Patrons interested in their family history can visit the library and gain free access to Ancestry.com Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online. For more information, visit greenhillslibrary.org, or call the Information Desk at ext. 120. *** Ongoing: New voters and those needing to change their name or address can stop by the library. There are several staff members on-site that are able to register patrons to vote. Patrons can visit, or call the library to check for staff availability. *** Ongoing: The latest update to Freegal Music allows Green Hills Public Library District patrons increased access to over 6 million songs from 85 different countries. Registered cardholders can download up to three songs each week, as well as stream three hours each day at no direct cost. Patrons can get started at greenhillslibrary. org, or download the free app for their smartphones.

Oak Lawn

The Oak Lawn Public library is located at 9427 S. Raymond Ave. The library’s regular hours are: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, or to register for a program, call 422-4990. *** April 23: Dr. Kevin Luke, orthopedic surgeon and medical director of the Bone and Joint Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center, reveals the facts about today’s joint replacements at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library. ***

April 27: The Oak Lawn Community Library Foundation will hold a Cinco de Mayothemed movie and dinner fundraiser Friday, May 2 at the Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 S. Raymond Ave. The after-hours event includes a screening of the romantic, indulging drama “Tortilla Soup” and a Mexican style dinner provided by Las Fuentes Restaurant. Dinner tickets are $30 per person. Register and pay, by cash or check, by Sunday, April 27 at the library’s first-floor reception booth. Tickets will not be sold the day of the event. For more information, visit www.oaklawnlibrary.org, or call 422-4990. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The film starts at 6 p.m. The movie will be held in the lower level meeting room; dinner (salad, cheese and ground beef enchiladas, chicken fajitas, Spanish rice, refried beans) will follow in the second-floor area. In “Tortilla Soup,” a Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters lost his taste for food but not for life. Things take a turn for the romantic when Dad meets a divorcee and each of his daughters, in turn, finds someone. But they’ll all discover that the recipe for happiness may call for someone unexpected. The 2001 film is rated PG-13 and is 1 hour and 42 minutes long. Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit the Oak Lawn Community Library Foundation — a non-profit organization governed by volunteer community members. The Foundation was started in 1993 to seek private sector support for maintaining the excellence of materials and services offered by the Oak Lawn Public Library. *** Immediately: Students, ages 11 to 15, seeking two hours of service may register for a group volunteering session. Students work together on large projects at the library as group volunteers. The sessions will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 15 with registration already underway; Tuesday, March 25 with registration beginning March 15; and Thursday, March 27 with registration beginning March 17.

Worth

April 28: The Worth Public Library District, 6917 W. 111th St., will host the program, To Your Credit. The program will be held at 7 p.m. in the Worth Library Meeting Room. Items to be discussed include understanding a credit report. The program also hopes to help patrons build a positive credit history.

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CONSUMER

Improve your own investment environment On April 22, we celebrate Earth Day — a day devoted to education and action on environmental issues. As a citizen of the world, you may have a keen interest in protecting your physical surroundings. And as someone trying to reach long-term financial goals, such as a comfortable retirement, you’re probably also interested in improving your investment environment. So here are a few suggestions: • Respond to environmental factors. Over the past few years, we’ve had a favorable investment climate, marked by low inflation, low interest rates and generally strong corporate profits. And investors who have taken advantage of this positive environment have, for the most part, been rewarded. But things can change, so it’s always a good idea to understand the current investment environment, as it may affect your investment choices. For example, if it seems likely that long-term interest rates are going to rise significantly, you might need to review your longterm bond holdings, as their price would be negatively affected by a rise in rates.

• Nurture your investments. One area of environmentalism involves planting seeds or saplings and nurturing them to maturity. You can do the same thing with investments — and a good way to nurture them is to give them time to grow in all investment climates. But how long should you hold these investments? You might heed the advice of Warren Buffett, one of the world’s most famous investors, who says this about his investment company: “Our favorite holding period is forever.” It takes patience to follow the buy-and-hold strategy favored by Mr. Buffett — and it also requires the discipline necessary to keep investing through the inevitable downturns you will en-

counter. But over the long term, your perseverance may well be rewarded. • Avoid “toxic” investment strategies. Unfortunately, many human activities are bad for the environment. Similarly, some investment strategies are “toxic” for your prospects of success. Consider the pursuit of “hot” stocks. They sound inviting, but, by the time you hear about them, they may have lost their sizzle — and in any case, they might not be right for your needs. Here’s another “poisonous” investment strategy: trying to “time” the market. If you’re always jumping in and out of the market, looking for “low” points to buy and “high” points to sell, you’ll probably be wrong most of the time — because nobody can accurately predict highs and lows. Even more importantly, you may find yourself out of the market during the beginning of a rally, which is when the biggest gains tend to occur. • Diversify your “species” of investments. Drawing inspiration from Earth Day, the United Nations has designated 2011–2020 as the United Nations Decade

on Biodiversity. And, just as preserving the diversification of species is important for life on Earth, the diversification of your investment portfolio is essential for its health. By owning a variety of investments — stocks, bonds, government securities, certificates of deposit and so on — you can help protect yourself from downturns that primarily affect just one asset class. (Keep in mind, though, that while diversification can reduce the effects of volatility on your holdings, it can’t guarantee profits or protect against loss.) Earth Day happens just once a year — but the lessons of environmentalism can help you, as an investor, for all the days and years ahead. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Submitted photo Scott Johnson, CFP, is a finanThe new mini-heart monitor is as big as a AAA battery. cial 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.

Workshop from Postal Service to help small businesses

Mini-heart monitor a new medical wonder

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The new Every Door Direct marketing advantages of Direct over the heart in a procedure that The system’s use of wireless, service is the first in a series Mail. takes less than 10 minutes and cellular networks also ensures RATES APR POINTS of U.S. Postal Service initiatives An Every Door Direct work- requires little or no sedation other that the heart-monitoring data 30-year fixed 4.375 4.414 .25 to make growing your business shop will be held at 11 a.m. April than a local anesthetic at the site being recorded and sent is of 20-year fixed 3.375 3.440 .25 with the mail more efficient and 25 at the Worth Post Office, 11114 of the puncture, said Jeffrey Nei- higher quality than what the older 15-year fixed 3.000 3.095 .25 affordable. S. Harlem Ave. ger, MD, a cardiologist who spe- monitors can provide, Neiger said. In this one-hour presentation Seating is limited so those in- cializes in electrophysiology and Christ Medical Center was only All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders. Postal experts will show how terested in attending are encour- who performed Christ Medical the second institution in the state easy it is to select a campaign aged to register at eddmrsvpcid@ Center’s first implantation of the to implant the new heart monitor message, target an audience and usps.gov. device. “Patients do not even feel after its approval by the federal it’s there.” he said. Food and Drug Administration The mini-monitor is proving earlier this year, Neiger said, addmost effective for patients who ing that the device took him only experience episodes of syncope about 10 minutes to insert and (fainting spells) or who have suf- position in his first patient. “I (Continued from page 10) Community Resource and partment. There is a $5 for those trict’s annual egg hunt will be fered a cryptogenic stroke (stroke anticipate eventually being able Recreation Department will wanting to be vendors. For more held at 11 a.m. with the hunt with no identifiable cause), be- to perform the procedure in about team will consist of six to 10 be hosting a Touch a Truck information, call 430-4500. beginning promptly at 11:05 cause a heart rhythm abnormal- five minutes,” he said. players and compete in either Day from 10 a.m. to noon at Worth a.m. Participants are asked to ity that could be causing these Because of the ease in iman intermediate division or rec- the Town Square Park, 8455 W The Worth Park District is be on time. Participation in the problems might only be detectable planting the new device, its reational division. The winning 103rd St. Children will have the located at the Terrace Centre, egg hunt is free. during an extended monitoring convenience to patients and its team will be awarded a cash opportunity to get up close to 11500 S. Beloit Ave. For more *** period, Dr. Neiger explained. ability to collect heart data durprize and t-shirts. all their favorite big rigs. Each information, or to register for April 25: This is the dead- “Until now, monitors were lim- ing a several-year period, Neiger *** child will receive a plastic hard the programs, call 448-7080. line to register for the park dis- ited. The external holter moni- anticipates that, one day, physi Ongoing: Duplicate bridge hat and make a craft project. The Winter/Spring Worth trict’s trip to The Promenade tor, which has to be worn and cians in a hospital emergency will be held at 11:30 a.m. Mon*** Park District program guide in Bolingbrook Friday, May 2. records heart rhythm through department may be able to imdays at the Oak View Center. April 26: from 11:00 a.m. to has arrived. Registration has Participants leave from the Ter- electrodes placed on the skin, is plant these mini-monitors when Cost is $7 per person and in- noon, The Palos Hills Commu- begun. race Centre at 9 a.m. and return bulky, sometimes irritating to the a patient arrives for treatment cludes a light lunch. For more nity Resource and Recreation at 2 p.m. The fee is $12. skin and provides data for only following a syncope episode. *** information, call 857-2200. Department will be offering April 18 and 21: Kids Day *** 24 to, perhaps, 72 hours at best. “For patients who have experia family kite-flying day from Out trips are geared toward Ongoing: Pickle Ball will be Another external monitor, called enced a stroke with no immediPalos Hills The Palos Hills Community 11 a.m. to noon at the Town children ages 5 to 12. A child at the Terrace Centre, 11500 Be- an event monitor, is worn for up to ate, attributable cause, these new Resource and Recreation De- Square Park, 8455 W 103rd St. will be entertained from 7 a.m. loit Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m. every a month. And, the older, implant- monitors should prove especially partment is located at the Com- Participants can bring their own to 6 p.m. for $35. The next trips Tuesday. 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All systems go for streaking Crusaders By Ken Karrson

rent week with four consecutive triumphs and an 11-3 ledger. They Many chefs willingly cook with were due to face Chicago Catholic rice, but most area baseball chiefs League foes in their next four are probably steamed at the re- contests. Ironically, it’s one of the setality of Rice cooking. Brother Rice was at full boil backs that McCarthy credits for last week as, at various times, putting his guys on the fast track. its defense, pitching and offense “The Joliet Catholic game when all shone. Crusaders coach John we lost [4-0 the week before] — McCarthy is most pleased about they outplayed us and their energy his team’s ongoing success in the level was above ours,” he said. first two areas, but he certainly “That showed us how far we had wasn’t about to complain when to go and what we had to work Rice’s bats put Andrew in plenty on to become an elite team. We gained a lot from it and it really of hot water on Saturday. Seven players produced mul- helped us turn the corner. tiple-hit games, the Crusaders “Our kids have responded and knocked out 20 hits in all, and they give us a good effort every that relentless barrage forced the time out. We’re not there [where Thunderbolts to absorb a 23-10 we want to be] yet, but the leadbeating. The lopsided victory ership has been good and they’ve completed a spotless week for set an expectation.” Rice, which also got the better One thing nobody likely expectof neighborhood rival Marist (3- ed was for Rice to overpower AnPhoto by Jeff Vorva 1) and Hinsdale Central (8-3) in drew in the manner it did. The T’bolts actually held sway after Mike Enriquez pitched five strong innings for Brother Rice last Wednesday, helping the Crusaders earn earlier encounters. The Crusaders entered the cur- three innings, but it was all Crua 3-1 victory over neighborhood rival Marist.

saders from that point forward. A nine-run blitz enabled Rice to expunge a 6-2 deficit and move in front for good. It then posted seven- and five-run rallies in its next two at-bats to turn the game into a rout. Heroes were plentiful, but three of the biggest were Kevin Sullivan, Andrew Dyke and Michael Schlasky, who combined to go 10for-13 with four extra-base hits, 11 RBI and eight runs scored. Both Sullivan and Schlasky slugged homers on the Crusaders’ behalf. Also getting into the act were Kyle Hilliard (double, three RBI), Mike Massey (double, four runs, one RBI), Jake Barry (two doubles, three RBI) and Erich Lieser (double, four runs, one RBI), all of whom supplied a pair of hits. “It was nice to have a nine-run rally after getting down 6-2, but it boils down that we try to play our best every day,” McCarthy said. “For us, we’re not necessarily (Continued on page 6)

Revenge is sweet Christian crushers Astros pay back Rams for 2013 disappointment

Knights’ bats lead to three-win week

By Ken Karrson

What a difference a year makes. When Shepard last visited Burbank for a baseball game against Reavis, it left with tail tucked firmly between legs. That’s what happens when a huge lead is squandered and, instead of a victory, the would-be winner gets tagged with a gut-wrenching defeat. While forgetting that recent bit of the past would probably be in the Astros’ best interests, current players made no attempt to run from it while making a return trip to 77th and Austin. “They all knew about it,” Shepard coach Frank DiFoggio said of last season’s 15-14 setback. “They talked about it on the bus, but they were more joking about it than anything else.” In some ways, DiFoggio wasn’t shocked at the Astros’ collapse in their 2013 road encounter with the Rams. “It’s the little shop of horrors over there,” he said with a chuckle. “It’s always tough for us to play there. It always seems like it’s cold, it’s damp and it’s dark there when we play. “But when we got there on Tuesday, the sun was shining. It was the total opposite of what it usually is, and so was the game.” For a while, that didn’t appear

to be the case. Although it drew five walks through the first five innings, Shepard could not combine those with any hits. Amazingly, that didn’t prevent the Astros from scoring once. They did so in the first on a wild pitch, which came on the heels of a Reavis error and hit batsman. And because junior pitcher Brett Smith was in fine form, Shepard didn’t need any more than that to prosper. Smith ended the day with a five-hitter and five strikeouts while walking just two. For good measure, the Astros did give him some breathing room in the late going as Kevin Carmody stroked a two-run single in the sixth and Mark Albrecht singled in one more teammate in the seventh. That added up to a 4-0 triumph for Shepard and handed it a sweep over the Rams. The Astros beat Reavis 3-2 in eight innings last Monday. Interestingly, Shepard won the two South Suburban Conference Red games despite being held to a total of eight hits in 15 innings. “We got pretty lucky,” DiFoggio said. “They’re not off to a very good start, but they’re not a 2-9 team. Reavis is going to beat teams [later on].” As for Shepard, it concluded the week at 3-2 overall, but DiFoggio termed his squad as consistent as the weather. Consider

the following — after beating the Rams twice, the Astros fell short of TF North and Joliet Central, two teams that have been struggling, on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. In between, they downed a good Riverside-Brookfield club. “It’s been odd,” DiFoggio said. “But after nine games, I think I’ve got a pulse on what we need to be successful [on an ongoing basis].” That doesn’t mean he hasn’t been caught off-guard. The defense DiFoggio tabbed as a probable strength, for example, “is really hurting us right now. We’re kicking it around at inopportune times.” Coupled with Shepard’s general lack of offensive punch, any shortcomings in the field would seem devastating. However, one thing has saved the Astros thus far: a pitching staff that, despite its youth, has allowed fewer than 20 runs and is holding opposing hitters to a meager .170 average. Before Smith did his number on Reavis, Adam Gregory and Eric Horbach kept the Rams’ sticks in check. But thanks to a few free baserunners, Reavis made maximum use of second- and fifth-inning singles to grab a 2-1 lead over Shepard on Monday in Palos Heights. The Astros, who’d capitalized on a Rams miscue to tally once (Continued on page 5)

Looking ‘Dog(s)gone good Richards tops Spartans twice in spotless week By Ken Karrson Everyone connected with Richards baseball would love it if the South Suburban Conference Red championship remains in Oak Lawn this spring. They’d like to see only one change: have ownership of it move a few miles to the south. Oak Lawn High School is the defending SSC Red kingpin, a point Bulldogs coach Brian Wujcik made sure to emphasize to his athletes prior to last Monday’s confrontation with the Spartans. Part of what pushed Oak Lawn to the top of the divisional standings a year ago was its ability to register a sweep of its two-game neighborhood series. “All week, we told [our guys], ‘If we want to win, we’ve got to go through them,’” Wujcik said. So that’s what Richards proceeded to do, albeit in nail-biting fashion. The Bulldogs defeated the Spartans on both Monday and Tuesday, but the latter did not go down easily. Eight innings, in fact, were needed to settle the issue on Monday. Richards squeezed out a 2-1 victory and then blanked Oak Lawn 5-0 in Tuesday’s rematch. Two days after that, another win was pocketed, as the Bulldogs downed Oak Forest 12-5 in an SSC crossover contest. “You don’t want to be chasing anybody [in the conference race],” Wujcik said. “It’s a good start against quality competition and it certainly felt good. There’s not a whole lot to complain about.” That included on Saturday,

when Richards (8-2, 3-0) completed a perfect week by triumphing twice in the Lincoln-Way Central Tournament. After fighting back from a 6-0 deficit to trip up Plainfield South 8-7 in the first meeting, the Bulldogs constructed their own comfortable edge versus Normal Community and eventually bagged a 15-9 victory. “Everything is working together,” Wujcik said. “If you play well in two out of three areas, you’re going to win a lot of games. We’ve been getting three out of three.” Pitchers AJ Sanchez, Ryan Thompson and Angelo Smith all went the distance for Richards in its three conference encounters. Sanchez struck out 10 Spartans, Thompson required just 75 pitches to log his win over Oak Lawn, and freshman Smith survived a rocky beginning to tame the Bengals on Thursday. Only Smith had the benefit of a hearty offense behind him as the Bulldogs answered Oak Forest’s three-run first inning with a five-spot in their initial at-bat. Mike Marchione’s two-RBI double served as the critical hit. Richards tallied at least two runs in three other stanzas as well. Nick Mejia was the Bulldogs’ hero in their first game, his single in the eighth inning breaking a 1-all tie with Oak Lawn. Shawn Chiaramonte and Noel Castro singled ahead of him. “Two of their hits were bleeders, but give their guys credit — they figured [Spartans pitcher Matt Dunne] out by the eighth inning,” Oak Lawn coach Bill

Gerny said. Mejia and Castro both hit safely for Richards in the second frame, too, their singles coming with two outs and just before Shane Mills rapped a double. “We’ve done a lot of that this year,” Wujcik said, referring to his club’s two-out surge. “When you’re in the field, you’re frus(Continued on page 6)

There was nothing passive about this Christian group. On the baseball diamond, Chicago Christian baseball players were very much the aggressors last week, at least in three of the team’s four outings. All three of those contests featured the Knights amassing a double-digit number of runs and securing easy victories, starting with a Monday demolition of Walther Christian Academy. That 10-0 triumph over the Broncos in five innings enabled Chicago Christian to begin its Suburban Christian Conference schedule on a definite high note. And things only got worse for Walther the next day, as it was on the receiving end of a 15-0 beating on its home field in another matchup that ended after just five frames. “We’ve played 11 games against them in our six years here, and this was the first time we ever 10-runned them,” Knights coach Eric Brauer said. “Three times [previously] we went into extra innings with them. Last year, we were lucky to beat them at their place. “Walther’s usually really, really competitive. They just don’t have real strong pitching, like they’ve had in the past, and we took advantage. We scored a bunch of runs, which makes winning ballgames a lot easier.” A similar fate befell Argo in a nonconference encounter on Saturday. A six-run second inning gave Christian a big boost, and it went on to register a 14-2 slaughter-rule victory over the Argonauts. The only blemish on the Knights’ ledger was a 4-2 SCC setback against Wheaton-St. Francis, but even with that Thursday defeat factored in, Christian (8-6, 2-1) rebounded nicely from a winless trip to Florida the week before. “That 0-4 [record in Florida] didn’t derail our season or our confidence,” Brauer said. “But it

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showed us we had a lot of work to do and improvements to make.” The Knights did so pretty much in all areas. Their defense, which had been guilty of 12 errors in the first two Florida games before righting itself, continued to display steadiness and Christian unquestionably wielded some big sticks last week. The Knights put Monday’s contest away by erupting for six runs in the fourth inning, a rally that took place after two outs had been registered by Walther. Key individuals for Christian on the day were Mike Santarelli (two hits, three RBI, one run), Sean O’Meara (two hits, including a double, one RBI), Max Kerfin (two-run single), Josh Novak (RBI single) and Zach Frieling (RBI). “We had some really good timely hitting on Monday,” said Brauer, whose club augmented its eight safeties with four walks and four hit batsmen. “We did a good job of working counts.” And, in Brauer’s opinion, the manner in which his team constructed its double-digit edge in the fourth was also significant. “[With two outs], at any point [on defense], you’re one pitch away from getting out of the inning,” he said. “But that one pitch becomes 30 in some cases and a team gets frustrated.” The Knights really didn’t require such a robust offensive showing, seeing as how their own pitcher, Christian Bolhuis, was unyielding. The Broncos were held hitless and struck out nine times versus the junior, who had suffered two tough losses in Florida, one of them in relief. “He has 31 strikeouts in 18 innings and a 1.58 earned-run average,” Brauer said of Bolhuis. “He’s throwing the ball pretty well this year.” *** Tuesday was a virtual carbon copy of Monday’s matchup, right down to the Knights’ producing of a six-run rally. In this instance, it was their initial plate appearance

where gold was struck, and again most of the damage was inflicted after two batters had been retired. “That was real big for us,” Brauer of the early explosion. “It could have just been a 1-0 game. You get out of the first inning with one run [allowed] and a lot of baserunners [stranded], it’s a victory of sorts [for the defense]; when that one run turns into six, it turns into a long inning.” And, ultimately, it became another long afternoon for Walther. The Broncos were basically unsuccessful against a quartet of Christian hurlers, including Novak, who gave up one hit over two-plus stanzas and fanned four. Spearheading the Knights’ 12-hit attack were Frieling, Bolhuis, Jack De Vries and Trevor Wolterink, all of whom hit safely twice. De Vries included a double among his hits, and he, Bolhuis and Wolterink combined to drive in seven runs. Also lending a hand were Adam Schoenle (two-run double), Kerfin (two RBI), Novak (two-run single) and O’Meara (RBI single). Chicago Christian 14 Argo 2 Frieling enjoyed a career day on Saturday as he socked a grand slam, belted two doubles and finished the game with six RBI. He scored three times. His slam was part of a six-run outburst in the second inning that put the Knights on another path to success. Christian tallied in each of its other three at-bats as well, including five times in the fourth. Santarelli (three RBI), De Vries (two runs, one RBI) and Wolterink (two runs) also supplied multiple hits for the winners. Other RBI men were Novak (single), Tyler Edgar (single) and O’Meara (sacrifice fly). “That was probably the best we’ve swung the bats so far,” said Brauer, whose club totaled 13 hits and had 18 baserunners. Novak pocketed his second (Continued on page 6)

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Stagg shortstop Briana Minet can't place a tag on Mother McAuley's Jennifer Crowley quickly enough to record a putout at second base last Wednesday. Crowley and the Mighty Macs went on to defeat the Lady Chargers 8-0. Softball roundup begins on Page 3.

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Shirtless is, then brainless does Bartosh Reprinted from May 19, 2011 Remember Jethro Bodine’s idea for a topless restaurant? When Bodine, the hulking, dimwitted nephew of millionaire Jed Clampett on the 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” failed in his attempts to become a credible “double-naught spy,” he sought out another career avenue. Born was Bodine the restaurateur, who thought he’d discovered the perfect marketing gimmick for his venture. Using his uncle’s dough to finance the deal, Jethro decided to open a topless diner. This being the swinging ’60s, the plan made perfect sense except for two things: One of his waitresses was 70-something Granny Moses, and the missing item from each female employee’s ensemble was to be a hat, not a shirt. That was Jethro’s idea of topless. It was funny then, but when more Bodines are lurking out there and making silly decisions that actually affect people’s lives, the humor content gets drastically reduced. And it sure sounds as if at least a few Jethros are involved in running the show at Westwood (Mass.) High School. A story that recently appeared in the Westwood Press reported that high school track coach Tom Davis was fired for not making his runners follow a you-must-always-wear-a-shirt edict. Just to note, Davis is in charge of a boys’ team, not a girls’ one. So why was this even an issue? Does a double standard exist when it comes to how much clothing a male can remove in public, compared to a female, without spilling over into the lewd category? Of course, but it’s certainly understandable. A shirtless female would be assured of attracting plenty of attention, much of it likely to be crude and probably all of it unwanted. The typical shirtless guy, on the other hand, can only dream of be-

ing similarly harassed by the opposite sex. And let’s consider the parties involved in this particular incident: They’re runners, for Pete’s sake, so they’re trim and toned. If the group in question consisted of middle-aged sportswriters, whose peak physical years were spent in the womb, then I could understand a heightened amount of public queasiness. Interestingly, according to the newspaper account, Westwood High doesn’t have in place an actual rule prohibiting male runners from going shirtless during practices. Apparently, removing Davis was the solution decided upon by athletic director Karl Fogel and assistant principal Sean Bevan after they began receiving complaints from local residents about Davis’ bare-chested runners. I’m curious as to the degree of outcry. Was it just one or two chronic malcontents voicing their gripe du jour? And if there were more than a couple of critics, why do I get the feeling that at least a few of them spend time watching far more prurient offerings on those premium channels they pay extra for each month? As a general rule, high-ranking school officials are not known for handling controversial matters with deftness or a shortage of verbal vagueness. Take the statement issued by West Public Schools superintendent John Antonucci, which ran in the Westwood Press: “While I cannot discuss the specifics of a confidential personnel matter, I can assure you that [the] decision to relieve Mr. Davis of his duties was not the result of a single incident, but rather the regrettable outcome of an ongoing discussion. It is my responsibility to ensure that our employees implement programs in a way that is consistent with the overall mission of the Westwood Public Schools.” So making sure male teenagers wear shirts at track practice is a component of Westwood’s “overall mission?” It must be part of that famous “No shirt, No

shoes, No school” policy we’ve all heard so much about. Not knowing Davis personally, I can’t determine whether or not he’s a guy who likes to stir the pot and doesn’t mind having personality clashes with his ranking superiors. But even giving Supt. Antonucci the benefit of the doubt when he says media criticism is based on “no factual information,” we’re still left with one item to ponder: How can Westwood High’s administration do what it did with a straight face? No matter what kind of picture school officials try to paint, they’ve created a mess. Davis was undeniably a good coach in his sport — Westwood’s 3,200meter relay unit had competed in the New Balance Indoor Nationals less than two months before his firing, and his 2011 squad had won its first five meets — so he couldn’t be axed for any reasons involving incompetence. Insubordinate — well, Davis might have been that, but we’ll never know for sure since Supt. Antonucci chose to lean on that old chestnut of not being able to “discuss the specifics of a confidential personnel matter.” Since we’re provided with no additional information — even of the most basic variety — that leaves us with nothing but the obvious: Westwood administrators acted ridiculously. As one of Davis’ runners told the Westwood Press, it’s “very noticeable about how much cooler you are and how much easier it is to run [without a shirt]. After a point, when your shirt is covered with sweat and just sticking to you, it’s just a bad situation. I don’t think people understand how hard we’re running out there.” Hey, kid, it really doesn’t matter. You and your teammates just need to toughen up and deal with the discomfort because the only man boobs anyone should be seeing at school have titles in front of their names. And if you can’t exactly remember who’s who in that group, don’t worry. They’ll all probably answer to “Jethro.”

Time off, then switch on Brief rest period works out well for Vikings By Ken Karrson That theory about idle hands did cross Pete Lotus’ mind. The St. Laurence coach wasn’t expecting those to lead to trouble for his players in a behavioral sense. However, Lotus did wonder what kind of effect some down time would have on the Vikings performance-wise. After beginning the year with 10 games in two weeks — and winning nine of them — St. Laurence was scheduled for only three outings last week. And when Lake View called to cancel a would-be matchup on Thursday because of a severely shortened roster, that meant the Vikings had six days off between contests. “It seemed like forever,” Lotus said. “We tried to have a couple real good practices, but we go from playing about every day for two weeks to not playing at all. That’s what I was concerned about.” Lotus attempted to replicate a game situation as best he could on Thursday, right down to having his players scrimmage against one another. “I know it’s not the same, but we tried to prepare the same as we would for an actual game,” Lotus said. “You hope you don’t lose that [competitive] edge. If we don’t have that edge, there’s going to be a lot of teams that are going to come here with something to prove [against us].” Oak Lawn was the first of those teams to face St. Laurence. The squads met on Friday, the Spartans doing so on the heels of a much-needed 4-1 win over TF South. Oak Lawn entered its clash with a 2-8 ledger, but Lotus claimed to not know that beforehand. And if his players were more aware of the Spartans’ situation than he, Lotus basically wanted them to ignore it. “We try to preach to our guys to not read too much into records or what other people say about teams,” he said. “That can hurt you.” But the harm inflicted on Thursday was done to Oak Lawn, which fell behind 3-0 in the first stanza and never recovered. St. Laurence wound up securing a 10-0 triumph in five innings behind another strong pitching effort from Brad Wood, plus a number of clutch hits. “They’re as good as advertised,” Spartans coach Bill Gerny said of the Vikings. “It was nice for

our guys [to experience that], but their hitters were on a different level. We haven’t seen anything like that.” St. Laurence’s early rumbling was fueled by Mike Kornacker and Roger Wilson, both of whom poked a run-producing extra-base hit. After doubling in Kornacker, Wilson stole third and then crossed the plate himself on TJ Marik’s groundout. That was more than enough support for Wood, who stopped Oak Lawn on three hits and struck out seven while raising his record to 3-0. Two of the Spartans’ baserunners were wiped out on double plays. “We played well and Brad was very efficient in terms of only throwing about 60 pitches,” Lotus said. “With Brad on the mound, and with the way he throws most of the time, we felt comfortable [being up 3-0].” And the Vikings’ comfort level only increased after that. Hits by Kevin White (two-run double), Mike Miller (RBI single) and Kornacker were at the heart of a fourrun eruption in the third, a rally that was also aided by Wilson’s sacrifice fly, a hit batsman and walk. St. Laurence closed out Oak Lawn by garnering three more runs over the next two innings. John Riordan’s triple, Wood’s sacrifice fly and Wilson’s two-run homer were the main ingredients in that scoring. “It wasn’t that they booted the ball around or were walking a ton of guys,” Lotus said of the Spartans. “I thought we had pretty good at-bats the whole game. “I was hoping our guys would be fired up and I was happy to see them take that approach.” Lotus called the game “probably the quickest” he’s ever been associated with at the high school level. It lasted under an hour. St. Laurence 12 Peoria Richwoods 2 The Knights suffered a fate similar to that of Oak Lawn when it traveled to Burbank on Saturday. Once again, the Vikings (11-1) were up for the challenge as they rolled over Peoria Richwoods to gain another slaughter-rule triumph. The Knights actually drew first blood, but their first-inning tally got buried beneath a game-long St. Laurence assault. The Vikes scored in every stanza after the first, including six times in the fourth to assume an 11-1 advantage.

Their biggest outburst was made possible by RBI from White (tworun double), Kornacker (triple), Anthony Chimera (double) and Marik (single). St. Laurence also tallied on a Peoria Richwoods miscue. “A lot of times, errors lead to big innings, but most of the time good teams don’t make many,” Lotus said. “They were a pretty good team and made most of the plays. Being able to hit our way into a lot of those big innings [this season] is important.” With Kornacker and Wilson joining forces on the mound to strike out nine batters and limit the Knights to two hits, St. Laurence was on solid ground even before the fourth inning. The Vikings were ahead 5-1 entering that frame, courtesy of homers by Miller (two-run) and Kornacker (three-run) in the second and third stanzas, respectively. Marik (double) and Nate Tholl also hit safely during that stretch. Wilson’s RBI single concluded St. Laurence’s production in the fifth. Lotus professed to not liking the gap leading up to Friday’s game, but admitted having last Monday and Tuesday off was probably good for the Vikings after being out of state for two straight weekends. Thursday was another story, which is one reason he chose not to accept Lake View’s no-show as a forfeit win. “In the end, it doesn’t do us any good,” Lotus said. “I would have rather played a game, but it was pretty short notice [about the cancellation] and we couldn’t find anybody else. It was frustrating to say the least.” There were no such worries connected to this week, which featured St. Laurence squaring off with four consecutive Chicago Catholic League opponents.

Statistics Oak Lawn 000 00 — 0 St. Laurence 304 12 — 10 Oak Lawn LP: Walker (0-2). St. Laurence 2B: White, Wilson. 3B: Kornacker, Riordan. HR: Wilson. RBI: Wilson 4, White 2, Kornacker, Marik, Miller, Wood. WP: Wood (3-0). Peoria Richwoods 100 01 — 2 St. Laurence 023 61 — 12 St. Laurence 2B: Chimera, Marik, White. 3B: Kornacker. HR: Kornacker, Miller. RBI: Kornacker 4, Miller 2, White 2, Chimera, Marik, Wilson. WP: Kornacker (2-1).

White flag in the Red

Mustangs slam Argonauts in SSC openers By Ken Karrson In its first two South Suburban Conference Red games, Argo was made to wave the white flag. Forcing the Argonauts’ surrender was Evergreen Park, which made surprisingly short work of its divisional foe on both Monday and Tuesday of last week. Eight runs over the first two innings basically decided things in the Mustangs’ favor on Monday, as they went on to post a resounding 12-1 triumph. And the situation never improved for Argo, which went down to an 11-1 defeat the next day. Argo collected just three hits off Evergreen’s mound duo of Frank Meisl and Joe Moran, while the Summit-based group was on the receiving end of a 25-hit assault over that same two-day stretch. The slaughter-rule successes gave the Mustangs three of those in a row. The streak began the previous Saturday, when Evergreen thumped Peotone 16-6 in the back end of a doubleheader to complete a nonconference sweep. “We worked on some things after our first two games,” Mustangs coach Mark Smyth said, referring to low-scoring losses to Brother Rice and Morgan Park that got Evergreen’s 2014 campaign underway. “We took what we did in practice and put it to good use. We’ve been preaching about hitting the ball where it’s pitched, and in the two Argo games I thought we did a real good job offensively. We had a really good approach and good at-bats, and we were using the whole field.” That being said, Smyth still didn’t foresee the kind of dominance his club displayed. He admitted being taken aback by the ease with which the Mustangs dispatched the Argonauts, even with Evergreen’s solid execution factored in. “I don’t think we’ve ever done that,” Smyth said of the double-digit victories. “They’re always well-coached and it’s really a competitive conference. There are very few pushovers, and to get two wins against Argo is an accomplishment — to do it the way we did it was pretty shocking.” The Argonauts unintentionally gave the Mustangs a big boost when they committed a first-inning error on Monday. That led directly to three Evergreen runs, which culminated a five-run opening onslaught. Sean Miller, one of three Mustangs to hit safely in the stanza, drove in a run with his single and KeyShawn Carpenter also collected an RBI by drawing a bases-filled walk. An inning later, Miller’s single was one of five Evergreen hits that fueled a threerun uprising. Corey Miller (two-RBI double) and Mark Martin (triple) were other contributors, while Dan Kohler pushed across another run with his groundout. Kohler (homer), Sean Miller (double) and Carpenter (fielder’s choice) finished off the Mustangs’ scoring with later RBI.

On the mound, Meisl fanned five and gave up just two hits. “Meisl is a good guy to pitch with a lead because he’s aggressive,” Smyth said. “He gets ahead of hitters and he’s always attacking.” Smyth felt his team’s overall performance was a blueprint of sorts for what Evergreen should try to do each time out. “If we play as a team, throw strikes and let the defense do its job, we’re in a position to win a lot of games,” he said. *** Moran picked up where Meisl left off as far as overpowering Argo batters. The Argonauts garnered one less hit off Moran and went down on third strikes a total of eight times. “Moran pitched a whale of a game,” Smyth said. “His ball moves a lot and he keeps it down.” Argo scratched out its lone run off Moran in the second inning, which briefly staked it to a 1-0 advantage. That lead disappeared in the bottom of the same stanza as the Mustangs tallied twice, using doubles by Sean and Corey Miller and Mike Rizzo’s single as key elements. Corey Miller’s two-bagger drove in the tying run and he later stole home after advancing to third on Rizzo’s hit. Two RBI from Kevin Farmer (double, groundout) and one from Rizzo (groundout) inched Evergreen further ahead, then the Mustangs created more fullblown fireworks as they struck for six runs in the bottom of the sixth and put the contest beyond the Argonauts’ reach. Two errors and a walk set the table for Evergreen, then Martin (two RBI), Tim Walsh (two RBI) and Kohler (RBI) all blasted doubles. Kohler’s steal of home ended the rally with a flourish. Bremen 6 Evergreen Park 2 With a chance to stay in step with Richards atop the SSC Red standings, the Mustangs promptly fell flat on Thursday. Their robust attack was nowhere to be found and, as a result, they got tagged with a defeat by the Braves in a conference crossover matchup. Making the loss really sting is that, except for one fateful inning, Evergreen had Bremen’s number. The Braves went scoreless over the first four frames and again in the sixth, but they didn’t need anything more than the fifth to do extensive damage. Down 1-0 at that juncture after the Mustangs (4-4, 2-1) had plated a run in the top of the fifth on Rizzo’s suicide squeeze, Bremen answered with a sixspot that began with a couple of Evergreen miscues. A three-run homer provided a later highlight for the Braves. “In the fifth, we kind of imploded,” Smyth said. “We kicked the ball around, which is pretty uncharacteristic for us, and I was a little surprised. We kind of wasted a nice outing by Brian Pall.” Pall absorbed the pitching loss despite scattering five hits, striking out nine and not allowing any

earned runs. But the defensive mishaps were only part of the Mustangs’ downfall — so, too, was their sudden offensive silence. “I really felt coming off the two Argo games we’d keep swinging the bats [well],” said Smyth, whose club notched only four hits versus Bremen. “You should be confident, but we didn’t have that same approach on Thursday. “Their lefty was working the outside half of the plate, but we weren’t going with the pitch.” A Braves error following Martin’s double gave Evergreen one more run in the sixth, but that was to be the end of its scoring. Rich Central 10 Evergreen Park 1 The Mustangs’ dry spell extended into Saturday, as the Olympians rolled to a convincing victory by outhitting Evergreen 11-3. When the Mustangs tallied their lone marker on Corey Miller’s single in the fourth, they were already staring at a five-run deficit. “I like our pitching and I like our defense, but we need to be a little more consistent offensively,” Smyth said. “When you’re playing a good team and you have a chance to get ahead, you need to do that. We couldn’t. “We’re still toying with the middle of the lineup a little bit, so I think it’s going to be up and down [for a while] and we’ll have to manufacture some runs.” And in order to do so, Evergreen will have to keep its strikeout totals low. While looking back at almost a season’s worth of stats, Smyth discovered something interesting — in 17 of the Mustangs’ last 18 wins, they’ve fanned fewer than seven times each game. “That’s a pretty telling stat,” he said. “We’re very close [in many games], but we’ve got to get that big pitch and do something with it.” Evergreen continued SSC Red play this past Tuesday against Richards and will meet the Bulldogs again on Friday in the makeup of a Monday postponement. Also on the docket are matchups with TF North and Homewood Flossmoor today and Saturday, respectively.

Statistics Evergreen Park 530 31 — 12 Argo 100 00 — 1 Evergreen Park 2B: Kohler, C. Miller, S. Miller. 3B: Martin. HR: Kohler. RBI: Carpenter 2, Kohler 2, C. Miller 2, S. Miller 2. WP: Meisl (1-1). Argo 010 000 — 1 Evergreen Park 021 116 — 11 Evergreen Park 2B: Kohler 2, Martin 2, Farmer, C. Miller, S. Miller, T. Walsh. RBI: Farmer 2, Martin 2. T. Walsh 2, Kohler, C. Miller, Rizzo. WP: Moran (1-0). Evergreen Park 000 011 0 — 2 Bremen 000 060 x — 6 Evergreen Park 2B: Martin. RBI: Rizzo. LP: Pall (1-1). Rich Central 000 640 0 — 10 Evergreen Park 000 100 0 — 1 Evergreen Park RBI: C. Miller. LP: Wazio (1-1).

Searching for an identity Despite wins, Chargers still a work in progress By Ken Karrson The finished product isn’t really needed for several more weeks. That’s good news for Stagg, which remains a baseball work in progress. At times, such as when they roughed up Romeoville last Monday and silenced Thornridge on Wednesday, the Chargers appear formidable. But there’s also the uncertain Stagg, which was on display later in the week and couldn’t close the deal against either Lincoln-Way West or Marist. Losses in those two contests left the Chargers under .500 for the week and still in search of a definitive identity. “I think our team has a mentality when they take the field that they can play with anybody,” Stagg coach Matt O’Neill said. “[And] we haven’t faced anybody [on the mound] that’s over-the-top good in any games.” So why haven’t the Chargers (3-8) fared a bit better to date? There’ve been various hiccups along the way, but one area O’Neill feels is in need of some sprucing up is Stagg’s offense, the team’s 12-run blitz against Romeoville not withstanding. “It was good to have a game where every single play didn’t factor into it,” O’Neill said. “We swung the bats pretty well [there] and I thought we did what we had to do, but we mentally beat ourselves [other times]. “We’re talking more about the mental approach [to hitting] these days than the physical and we’re trying to get guys to swing at hittable pitches.” O’Neill cited the Chargers’ 7-4

loss to the RedHawks as an example of what he meant. While Stagg managed to stroke eight hits on Saturday, their impact was greatly reduced by the nine strikeouts Marist pitcher Rich Kairis racked up. “It was a difficult day to play defense [because of the wind], but we struck out with guys on base and they put the ball in play,” O’Neill said. “You take away two or three of those strikeouts and I think it’s a different game. That was tough [to handle]. “It was [potentially] a 4-1 week, but we mentally beat ourselves.” Without question, Monday’s victory over Romeoville served as the Chargers’ high point. Stagg jumped out to a 4-0 lead right away, extended it to 6-0 in its third at-bat, and then answered some minor disturbances by the Spartans with another four-spot in the bottom of the fifth. Brett Stratinsky (two-run single, sacrifice fly) paced the Stagg attack with three RBI, but Nick Nowak (double, single, sacrifice fly) had two and Peter Angelos added one, plus a steal of home that gave the Chargers their final tally. Also knocking in at least one run apiece were Jimmy Farnan, CJ Casey, Jack Duffner and Drew Bolero (three hits). Tim Gambill, who got saddled with Saturday’s defeat, was the winner here as he whiffed six Romeoville batters. Stagg 5 Thornridge 2 Also satisfying for the Chargers was last Thursday’s triumph over the Falcons, a former divisional mate of Stagg’s within the South-

West Suburban Conference Red. Brendan Kivlehan and Austin Greer joined forces to stymie Thornridge on only two hits while fanning seven batters between them. Two of the strikeouts allowed the Chargers to escape a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fifth stanza. The Falcons tallied one inning later on a double, which followed a pair of free passes. However, Stagg was already comfortably ahead by that juncture, in part because of Max Downs, who homered and doubled. Nowak (double), Jake Wimmer (single) and Farnan (sacrifice fly) each had one RBI, and Angelos (double) also pilfered home plate to supply the Chargers with another run. Lincoln-Way West 8 Stagg 5 Falling to Marist wasn’t fun for the Chargers, but even more painful in O’Neill’s view was last Friday’s setback versus the Warriors. What made it so was Stagg’s failure to protect a threerun advantage. When the Chargers scored twice in the fourth inning, it continued an uninterrupted string of successes against Lincoln-Way West pitching. It also put Stagg ahead 5-2, and with Max Strus toeing the rubber, things looked pretty rosy for the locals. “He wasn’t on his ‘A’ game, but he was good enough to get a win,” O’Neill said of Strus, who has been recovering from a recent illness. “With him on the mound, with that kind of lead, I had a good feeling.” But after back-to-back-to-back (Continued on page 3)

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SXU sports summary

Kerr earns 12th-place finish for Cougars golfers There was nothing dirty about this dozen. Coming in 12th among a group of 81 golfers was an impressive showing for St. Xavier University's James Kerr, particularly when the field featured a number of top NAIA competitors. That's where the senior wound up in at the Midwest Classic, hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University at Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis. Kerr posted a two-day score of 151 at the event, which broke down into individual rounds of a one-over-par 73 on Day 1 and 78 on the second day. That placed him nine shots and 32 places ahead of senior teammate Brendan Ryan, who fired rounds of 78 and 82. Rounding out the Cougars' scoring were freshman Kyle Yaeger (163, 51st place) and freshman Robert Lively (171, 78th). SXU (643) was 13th in the 16-school tournament. Half of the teams were ranked or had received votes in the most recent NAIA Men's Golf Coaches Top 25 poll. "With two of our top three golfers out with injuries, we plugged in two of our freshmen, who played well in their first big competition," Cougars coach Mike Mandakas said. "We look to get healthy for our tournament and start preparing for our conference tournament." *** Senior Kirby Brown led the Cougars in their first Midwest tournament of the spring, as his two-round score of 147 topped SXU golfers at the Blue Ridge Top Invitational in Riverside, Iowa. SXU compiled a cumulative team score of 605 (302-303), which was good for fifth place overall. Host school Mount Mercy University’s Blue squad posted the low score of 581 (293-288). The Cougars’ other participants were Ryan (152), junior Kyle Bahnick (153), Kerr (163) and freshman Mark Kluk (164). Lively competed as an individual and carded rounds of 75 and 85 for a 160 total. “Our team was hoping for a better finish [that] weekend, but it was just a warm-up for the NAIA Midwest Classic at the Brickyard in Indianapolis,” Mandakas said. *** Brown became the second Cougar recognized by the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference as its Men's Golfer of the Week after being honored following SXU's appearance at the Blue Ridge Top Invitational. Brown's 147 score for the tourney was only three strokes over par and was good enough to land him in the No. 8 spot among finishers. Fifty-nine golfers and 11 teams participated in the invitational. Bahnick garnered the other CCAC Player of the Week designation this season. *** Everything came together for the Cougars last weekend, as all four of their scorers finished among the top 10 individuals. That across-the-board excellence translated into a team victory for SXU, which totaled 588 strokes over the two-day Pilot Spring Invitational in South Bend, Ind., and bested runner -up Bethel College by eight shots. Kerr led the way for the Cougars at Blackthorn Golf Club as he recorded rounds of 67 and 78, the former of which represented the tourney's lowest 18-hole score. His combined 145 landed Kerr just one shot in arrears of tourney winner Ryan Hilton of Ashford University. Brown was fourth overall among 82 golfers with a 146 total, built on a pair of 73s. Bahnick (147; 73-74) was fifth for SXU, while Ryan (150; 75-75) tied for ninth to complete his squad's scoring. Kluk entered as an individual and shot a 165 (83-82). The Cougars take part in the CCAC Men's Championship on Monday and Tuesday at the George Dunne Golf Course in Oak Forest. WOMEN'S GOLF Freshman Taylor Thompson tied for the No. 8 spot and the Cougars wound up sixth as a team at the Pilot Spring Invitational, hosted by Bethel College. Thompson's two-day total of 164 (84-80) was part of SXU's cumulative 767 score. Also contributing to the latter were freshmen Kate Reno (176; 86-90), Courtney Dudgeon (181; 97-84) and Ashley Anderson (246; 131-115), who occupied the 20th, 22nd and 37th positions, respectively. The Cougars will participate in the CCAC Women's Championship Wednesday at Gleneagles Golf Course in Lemont. MEN’S TRACK The Cougars opened their 2014 outdoor season at the University of Chicago’s Ted Haydon Invitational, an unscored meet. Highlights for SXU included first-place finishes by juniors Janis Pastars and John Stancato. Pastars paced the field in the 1,500-meter run with his time of 4 minutes, 1.24 seconds, while Stancato clocked an 11.33 to cap-

ture the 100-dash. Stancato took third in the 200 in 22.53. Freshman Abel Hernandez supplied the Cougars with a runner-up showing at 5,000 meters, which he covered in 15:26. “This was a good opportunity to get the rust off,” SXU coach Ed McAllister said. “Many of our guys haven’t competed in five weeks, so it was good to see where we were after a long, cold winter. “Stancato looked strong, as did Pastars, [and] Hernandez proved that he is able to handle longer distances. Overall, we are where we should be right now.” *** Record-setting performances by Pastars at 5,000 meters and Hernandez at 10,000 highlighted the Cougars' exhibition in last weekend's Chicagoland Championships at Lewis University. Hernandez claimed SXU's first win in an outdoor event at the annual meet by clocking a 31:47 on Friday and setting a school standard in the process. Pastars, meanwhile, placed third in his race with an NAIA National Championship-qualifying time of 14:56, which also established a Cougars record. "Janis ran very well in an event that is not his strongest," McAllister said. "He is a 1,500 runner, so this run was very solid. However, Abel surprised everyone, not only with his race performance, but the poise shown by a freshman in his first-ever 10,000." Saturday began well for SXU, too, as junior Brandon Gentry took 11th in the triple jump with his leap of 41 feet, 8 inches and Stancato qualified for the 100dash finals after crossing the finish line in 10.97. However, the latter was unable to compete later on after suffering an injury. Other top-10 finishers for the Cougars included sophomore Rexford Wiafe (fifth in the 800-run in 2 minutes flat), senior Brian Corcoran (sixth in the 800, 2:01) and junior Daniel Spencer (10th in the 400-intermediate hurdles). "The conditions were very different Friday to Saturday and the wind gusts slowed down the times on Saturday significantly," McAllister said. "Brian and Rex ran good races despite the weather-impeded times. "We hope that the injury to Stancato is not a season-ending one. He was running extremely well and it will be a ‘wait and see’ as to extent of the injury.” SXU is back in action next Thursday at Benedictine University's Eagle Twilight Invitational. BASEBALL Sophomore Alec Barnhart's double in the top of the ninth drove in what proved to be the winning run as the Cougars edged Trinity Christian College 5-4 in the back end of a CCAC doubleheader last Monday. That allowed SXU to earn a split, as the Trolls captured Game 1 by a 5-2 count. The Cougars trailed 2-0 after one inning of the nightcap, but senior Brad Myjak got them on the board in the top of the second when he scored following a Trinity error. RBI from sophomore Jim Augle (groundout) and senior Chris Klein (sacrifice fly) pulled SXU even at 3-all in the fifth, then senior Tom Keating went deep one inning later to hand the Cougars their first lead. The Trolls forged another deadlock in the bottom of that same stanza, but did not tally again. After two quiet at-bats, the Cougars finally struck the decisive blow with Barnhart's two-base hit. Freshman Adrian Luna pitched the final two frames for SXU to collect the victory. Freshmen Bryan Polak and Ryan Pellack had the Cougars' RBI in the opener, with both of them delivering in the second inning. That handed SXU a 2-0 advantage, but Mark Munizzi's RBI double and Danny Britt's three-run homer put the Trolls ahead to stay in the third. Freshman Jesse Lopez took the loss after throwing all six innings for the Cougars. *** Polak's two-run homer in the sixth represented the full extent of SXU's production last Tuesday, as it dropped a 7-2 verdict to NCAA Division II Lewis University in Romeoville. Polak, whose blast brought the Cougars within 3-2 at that juncture, stroked two hits on the day, as did junior Damon Softcheck. Klein doubled ahead of Polak's round-tripper. Senior Dan Maton was the losing pitcher. *** SXU fell again in the first game of a CCAC twinbill last Wednesday in Whiting, Ind., but it bounced back from that 2-1 setback to Calumet College of St. Joseph to pin a 7-3 defeat on the hosts in Game 2. The Cougars used four unanswered runs over the final three innings to pull away from the Crimson Wave in the second contest. Barnhart's sacrifice fly in the seventh inched SXU in front, then Keating (two-run) and Polak both socked eighth-inning homers to provide the visitors with some

cushion. Pellack also homered for the Cougars, doing so in the third frame to get them on the board. Barnhart's two-run single accounted for SXU's other RBI in the fifth. The Cougars wound up with 10 hits in all. Benefiting from all that offense was junior hurler Dan Wetzel, who struck out eight and effectively scattered nine hits en route to moving his record to 3-2. Senior Scott Vachon was also sharp on the hill in Game 1, but the Cougars' own attack was noticeably quiet as it generated just six hits. Barnhart, who ended the day with a 4-for-8, three-RBI effort, was the lone SXU player to notch multiple hits in the opener. Pellack's double and junior Bryan Villanova's single supplied the Cougars with their only run in the third. Calumet College pitcher Enrique Zamora whiffed 10 SXU batters and surrendered only two singles over the last three stanzas. *** Cougars coach Mike Dooley, who is retiring at the conclusion of the 2014 campaign, reached a milestone on Saturday when SXU handed him his 800th career victory. It came while the Cougars were sweeping a CCAC twinbill from Roosevelt, 11-9 and 13-6, at Richard R. Ferrell Field. Dooley, who has guided SXU's baseball program since 1993, had a career ledger of 800-491-3 at the end of the day. Thirty hits over the two games made the Cougars' sweep possible. They and the Lakers combined for 27 hits in Game 1, and Roosevelt used a grand slam in the sixth inning to grab a 9-7 edge. However, SXU responded with a four-spot that was highlighted by Keating's two-RBI double. Klein (three hits, pitching win) and Barnhart (four RBI, two runs scored) were other key figures for the Cougars. SXU used a seven-run explosion in the second stanza to get the jump on the Lakers in Game 2. Myjak fueled the uprising with his two-RBI double. He drove in another run with his third-inning triple and then crossed the plate on Pellack's sacrifice fly. Roosevelt made some noise after that, but not enough to prevent the Cougars from logging another win. Myjak and Keating (two doubles) both delivered three hits on SXU's behalf, while Klein had two, including a homer. Klein knocked in a total of three runs and tallied twice. Lopez earned the pitching victory after striking out five and scattering eight hits over seven innings. Only two of the runs scored off him were earned. *** The Cougars wasted Keating's three doubles and seven RBI last Friday, as some defensive miscues enabled Purdue University Calumet to make off with a 13-11 road triumph in CCAC play. The Peregrines amassed four runs in their half of the ninth, a rally spurred in part by a dropped third strike and throwing error. PUC's late surge allowed it to survive a furious SXU onslaught that brought the hosts back from a 7-1 deficit. Klein scored three times for the Cougars. Jeremy Dryier, the last of four SXU pitchers, suffered the loss. *** Myjak doubled twice, knocked in a pair of runs and scored two others, but that wasn't enough to spare the Cougars from a 7-6 loss to Roosevelt Sunday at Standard Bank Stadium in Crestwood. A second game, which was to be played as a nonconference affair, was halted by rain in the second inning. SXU (15-20, 10-5) scored four times in its initial plate appearance, but the Lakers used a total of three tallies between the second and third frames to remain close to the Cougars. Four more markers in the late going, including two in the bottom of the ninth, then pushed Roosevelt past SXU. Myjak's two-run double, plus RBI singles from Polak and Pellack staked the Cougars to their early edge. SXU errors gave the Lakers a boost a short while later, but sophomore Steve Carrabotta's single and freshman Tom Hayes' sacrifice fly in the fourth and eighth stanzas, respectively, put the Cougars on the brink of a victory before Roosevelt made its final charge. Pellack ended the day 3-for-3. Vachon struck out seven while pitching the first 7 1/3 innings. Wetzel took the loss in relief. SXU resumed play this past Tuesday with a CCAC doubleheader against Holy Cross College. SOFTBALL The No. 11-ranked Cougars registered two more shutouts last Tuesday, as they blanked Roosevelt University 15-0 and 5-0 in a CCAC doubleheader in Rosemont. The opener lasted just five innings. The Nonnemacher sisters were again in control in the pitching circle. Both senior Megan Nonnemacher and sophomore Nicole Nonnemacher tossed three-hit (Continued on page 5)

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Stagg's Abby Regan swings at a Mother McAuley pitch last Wednesday, but the Lady Chargers' bats stayed quiet the entire day as the Mighty Macs registered an 8-0 triumph.

Softball roundup

Lady Astros coming of age By Anthony Nasella Whether Shepard is sporting a roster full of seasoned veterans or growing underclassmen, coach Kelsey Clifford prefers to have her team stay active. The Lady Astros had plenty of opportunities to play during a week marked by relatively pleasant weather and came away with a 4-2 record. The losses came by just one and three runs. Shepard started the week by coming up just short of Lemont, 6-5, in a South Suburban Conference crossover game. However, the Lady Astros bounced back with a 5-2 SSC Red win over Oak Lawn on Tuesday and a conference crossover victory over Bremen on Thursday. After battling Oak Forest hard in a 10-7 crossover loss on Friday, Shepard (5-3) swept a doubleheader from Wheaton Academy, 10-2 and 19-7, one day later. “Our schedule has been so flipped around, trying to get games in,” Clifford said. “Saturday’s contests were games that we picked up because [other] games were bumped. We asked our athletic director to try to get us some games. “My coaching philosophy is I’d rather we play games to see our flexibility early on in the season and to see what we can do. We’ve only played eight games so far, so this is still a young season.” And not only is it a young season, but Clifford also said the Lady Astros are a young team after six seniors from 2013 graduated. Five of those departed athletes are playing college softball this season. “We’re still experimenting with talent that we have because we’re such a young team,” Clifford said. “This is definitely a rebuilding year for us. We have a very large amount of talent, just an unmined group of talent that is getting plenty of opportunities to play.” Anna Smagacz’s RBI single in the top of the seventh for visiting Lemont (4-2, 1-2) boosted it past Shepard. Melissa Kelly had two runs and an RBI to pace the Lady Astros. “Lemont was a tough loss because we had the lead the whole game and, unfortunately, Lemont came through in the bottom of the seventh,” Clifford said. “They did their job and executed — hitting a base hit right up the middle — and [they] were able to score.” The Lady Astros bounced back against Oak Lawn the next day, as Heather O’Kelley went 5-for-5 with two runs to key the visitors. Reily McTeague had two hits for the Lady Spartans and drove in both of their runs. *** Jalyn Stepney hit two homers

Chargers (Continued from page 2) doubles by Strus, Duffner and Calogelo Martinez gave the Chargers their fourth and fifth runs, the well suddenly went dry. Stagg had no hits and only one baserunner over the final three innings. That wouldn’t have been a big deal had the Warriors’ offense not awakened. A three-run homer knotted the score in the fifth, but even more debilitating to the Chargers was a bases-clearing double that came soon after. An error, walk and hit batsman had filled the sacks. Lincoln-Way West’s late outburst rendered moot some good individual play on Stagg’s behalf. Martinez also lofted a sacrifice fly to garner another RBI, Stratinsky did the same, and Angelos rapped a triple. Martinez’s emergence as a contributor comes after he missed almost all of last season with a torn ACL. “He’s starting to swing it a lit-

and totaled five RBI to propel Shepard against Bremen. The Lady Astros scored seven times over the first three innings to take command and make life easier for pitcher Kelly, who tossed a five-hitter. Alyssa DeChene also went deep with a two-run shot for Shepard, which piled up five more runs in the third to set up its slaughter-rule triumph. Breanna Graffeo (RBI double) and Skylor Hilger (RBI single) delivered other clutch hits on the Lady Astros’ behalf. “The wins over Oak Lawn and Bremen were good conference wins,” Clifford said. “Our offense was really in sync against Bremen.” Stepney’s bases-clearing double for was a highlight for Shepard versus Oak Forest, but the defining moment was the Lady Bengals’ ability to get out of a jam when the Lady Astros were threatening in the bottom of the seventh. Shepard had runners on first and second with no outs, but a rare triple play doomed the comeback bid. “We had the home-field advantage with runners on first and second base and a senior at the plate — you couldn’t ask for more,” Clifford said. “Oak Forest made a freak play from their shortstop going to the right side. She caught a line drive that we all thought was on the ground and was able to turn that into the triple play. “It was disgusting. However, the Oak Forest coaches and I are all good friends, so it’s nice to play against your buddies and have it be a game of such equivalent competition. Who’s going to come out on top? “It was a tough loss, but it was against a good team. There was just nothing else we could have done.” Clifford said the contest, from a quality standpoint, was memorable. “The Oak Forest game was one of the top softball games I’ve seen in a very long time,” she said. “Both teams were evenly matched. “You have to give credit to Oak Forest — they have sticks. We recognized that and we were smart on our pitch selection and where to throw. It just wasn’t enough, but it was a very well-played and well coached game on both sides.” *** In the sweep over Wheaton, Stepney had another monster day, going 5-for-8, with three of those hits clearing the fence to raise her homer total to six. She also finished the day with eight RBI and seven runs scored. All three of Stepney’s long balls were launched in Game 2, part of a 4-for-4 effort in that contest. She knocked in six of runs in all.

Sarah Wedster added seven RBI on the day for the Lady Astros. “It was a long ride to Wheaton,” Clifford said. “We didn’t know where we were going, but it turned out to be a great day. “Jayla’s making a big impact and has a lot of people talking in the area. She’s also drawn five intentional walks already. It always cracks me up because she doesn’t quite understand that part of the game yet, [but] you have to take it as a compliment.” Shepard will continue to stay busy this week, as it was scheduled for games against Hillcrest, Argo, Richards and Kankakee. “Our weeks are packed,” Clifford said. “Practice and learning times are at our games, and we’re making the best of that.” MARIST The Lady RedHawks went unbeaten in four games last week, although one with Trinity ended in a 4-4 stalemate. That Monday contest was followed by Marist wins over Nazareth Academy (112) on Tuesday, Lyons Township (7-1) on Thursday and Minooka (10-6) on Saturday. Hayley Franks was the Lady RedHawks’ top gun in their 12-inning tie with Trinity as she went 4-for-6. Brooke Wilson was right behind her with a three-hit effort, and Franks, Amanda McIlhany and Brooke Wyderski each drove in a run. Wyderski (triple, two RBI, two runs) joined Wilson (one RBI, one run), Madison Naujokas (triple, one run) and Bella Wilkinson (double, one run) at the two-hit plateau in Marist’s Tuesday conquest of the Lady Roadrunners. The win, Marist’s second in as many East Suburban Catholic Conference games this season, was credited to pitcher Zariya Gonzalez, who struck out five while delivering a route-going performance. *** Another big day from Wyderski (3-for-4, three RBI) propelled the Lady RedHawks to their victory over Lyons Township. Wilkinson also had an RBI, while two other Marist runs resulted from Lady Lions errors. Gonzalez tossed a four-hitter for the Lady RedHawks. A busy week concluded with Marist (8-3-1) topping Minooka behind the offensive leadership of Alexis Rogers (3-for-4, three RBI) and Wilson (two hits, including a homer, two RBI). EVERGREEN PARK Even more active than Marist were the Lady Mustangs, who took the field six times and emerged with a break-even ledger for the week. Evergreen Park picked up wins over TF North (13-3), Eisenhow(Continued on page 4)

tle bit and he’s been a pleasant surprise,” O’Neill said. Lincoln-Way North 11 Stagg 1 The only instance where the Chargers were genuinely outclassed was last Tuesday, when the Phoenix steamrolled them in six innings. Lincoln-Way North tallied in five of its six at-bats, three times for more than one run. “I can handle that,” O’Neill said. “In Tuesday’s game, they were way better than us and they kind of mashed us.” The Phoenix did their handiwork against Nick Gerzon, who had no-hit Eisenhower in his previous pitching assignment. Here, he was on the hook for 13 hits and eight earned runs over 5 1/3 innings. Erik Eggert (homer, RBI double) was one of Lincoln-Way North’s main men. Gerzon’s pitching counterpart, Matt Strzelczyk, imitated the earlier version of Gerzon as he silenced Stagg on just one hit while striking out five. Wimmer had the hit, which figured into the Chargers’ lone scoring. A

Phoenix error let in that run in the fourth inning. Among this week’s scheduled games for Stagg are its first two in the SWSC Blue. Joliet Central was to provide the opposition in both contests.

Statistics Romeoville 000 120 3 — 6 Stagg 402 042 x — 12 Stagg 2B: Duffner, Nowak. RBI: Stratinsky 3, Bolero 2, Duffner 2, Nowak 2, Angelos, Casey. WP: Gambill (1-0). Lincoln-Way North 201 314 — 11 Stagg 000 100 — 1 Stagg LP: Gerzon (1-1). Stagg 100 103 0 — 5 Thornridge 000 002 0 — 2 Stagg 2B: Angelos, Downs, Nowak, Strus. HR: Downs. RBI: Downs, Farnan, Nowak, Wimmer. WP: Kivlehan (1-1). Stagg 111 200 0 — 5 Lincoln-Way West 020 060 x — 8 Stagg 2B: Duffner, C. Martinez, Strus. 3B: Angelos. RBI: C. Martinez 2, Duffner, Stratinsky. LP: Strus (0-1).

4 Section 2 Thursday, April 17, 2014 The Regional News - The Reporter Trinity sports report

Bos, Reidsma continue to excel on the track By Tim Cronin It’s becoming a broken record, the way Anna Bos breaks school records. The fleet junior from Rockford, Mich., won the 10,000-meter run for Trinity Christian College at Lewis University’s Chicagoland Championships on Friday, doing so in 36 minutes, 8.50 seconds, which placed Bos more than 30 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. That also qualified her for the NAIA Championship and makes her the prohibitive favorite at whatever distance she’ll run in today’s Concordia University Invitational in River Grove. Likewise, senior Andy Reidsma is a threat whenever he toes the line. The senior breezed to victory at 5,000 meters at Lewis in 14:51.20, hitting the NAIA’s “B” standard for qualifying. And the women’s 3,200-meter relay quartet of Ashley Jourdan, Hannah Schwab, Justine Van Dyk and Courtney Kalous also tripped the NAIA qualifying meter by finishing second in their event in a school-record time of 9:25.71. The rest of the Trinity crew ran Saturday at Benedictine University, where the women took fifth and the men wound up 10th. Jessica Disselkoen won the 3,000-steeplechase in a Trolls-record 11:31.71, while Kalous’ 2:18.36 clocking in the 800 also represented a school standard and was good for second place overall. On the men’s side, Cody Velthuizen’s victory in the 3,000-steeplechase came in 10:14.47. SOFTBALL A 5-7 week punctuated by five shutout losses left the Trolls 1515 going into this week’s equally heavy slate of action. Inconsistent offense is holding Trinity back. Softball is often a pitcher’s game, but the Trolls are pushing the envelope in that regard. When they hit, they seem to win, as the weekend’s tournament results at Ashford University in downstate Morrison showed; when they don’t, it’s curtains. Trinity’s two wins, 6-4 over Robert Morris and 8-1 over Ashford, featured 14 and 12 hits, respectively. The losses, a 9-0 five-inning thumping admin-

Softball roundup (Continued from page 3) er (15-0) and Riverside-Brookfield (9-0 in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader. The Lady Bulldogs earned a split by capturing the second game 13-9. Also pinning losses on the Lady Mustangs last week were TF South (4-2) and Richards (15-5). The week got underway with Evergreen’s rout of the Lady Meteors in a South Suburban Conference crossover contest on Monday. Bethany Salazar and Jenna Haase both had three hits for the Lady Mustangs, with one of the former’s being a home run. Together, the two players accounted for five RBI. Carolyn Roberts’ homer and three RBI were Evergreen’s catalysts in its Tuesday romp past the Lady Cardinals in an SSC Red encounter. Maddie Bojacek stopped Eisenhower on two hits and whiffed nine to gain the pitching victory. Salazar stepped to the forefront again on Saturday, as her 4-for-4 showing was instrumental in the Lady Mustangs’ securing of their triumph over R-B. Salazar, who also provided three runs and two RBI, was backed by Karly Rickert, who finished Game 1 with three hits and three RBI. MOTHER MCAULEY After getting bounced 10-0 by Providence Catholic last Monday, the Mighty Macs put Stagg and Regina through similar misery on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively. Both teams were shutout victims, the Lady Chargers by an 8-0 count and Regina by an 11-0 score. Mother McAuley was torched for 16 hits in its loss. The Lady Celtics’ Morgan Greenwood accounted for four of those in as many at-bats, with two doubles, two RBI and two runs also being part of her production. The Macs’ pitching improved considerably after that. Dara Sanders limited Stagg to three hits and struck out 11, while Amy Balich and Alex Brown supported her with round-trippers. Balich’s three-run blast was part of a 2-for4 exhibition for her at the plate, while Brown’s deep ball brought in a pair of runs. Kayla Frain, Lexi Minet and Brianna Serritella collected the Lady Chargers’ hits off Sanders. Sanders put her batting on display versus Regina as she went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs. Jessica Alberts fired a one-hitter and fanned 11 while pitching a complete game for McAuley (6-3, 3-0 GCAC). STAGG Sandwiching the Lady Chargers’ meeting with Mother

istered by William Penn and a 4-3 defeat against Viterbo, were mixed, with the Trolls registering only two hits versus Penn and eight — along with four errors — opposite Viterbo. The victory over Ashford was more dominating, but beating Robert Morris was more impressive. Keyed by Samantha Radunz’s three-hit performance, Trinity used a three-run fourth inning to get going and led 6-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh. The Eagles scored four times after two outs were registered, but were stopped before they could overtake the Trolls. The same yin and yang on offense applied during the week, though Trinity actually outhit St. Xavier University while dropping 2-1 and 2-0 verdicts. The Trolls were also blanked, 3-0 and 4-0, by Purdue University Calumet, and shut out 6-0 in splitting a twinbill with Judson. Trinity scored a 2-1 victory in the nightcap of that latter doubleheader, and used that momentum to sweep Purdue-North Central 2-0 and 2-1 in its next engagement. RBI singles by Jayme Love and Brianna Brugioni accounted for the runs in the opener, while Danielle Stark’s double knocked in Love with the go-ahead marker in Game 2. *** • The Numbers (through April 13): 15-15 overall, 5-3 CCAC, 6-4 home, 1-4 road, 8-7 neutral. Leaders: Samantha Radunz, .438, .625 slugging percentage; Natalie Cannizzo, Anna Phillips, Jayme Love, 34 hits each; Love, 11 RBI; A. Phillips, 7 steals; Tori Grzincic, 2 HR; Brianna Brugioni, 7 wins, 59 strikeouts, 1.33 ERA; Mattie McGuire, 1 save. • Schedule: Thursday, at Olivet Nazarene University, 3 p.m.; Tuesday, at Robert Morris University, 4 p.m.; Wednesday, at Calumet College of St. Joseph, 3 p.m.; April 24, vs. University of St. Francis, 3 p.m.; April 25, vs. Lindenwood-Belleville, 3 p.m.; April 26, at Wheaton College. BASEBALL Steve Brewer is best described as compact. At 5-foot-8, the Trinity senior might be overlooked at times.

That’s a mistake. He batted .294 last year, his first season with the Trolls, and is carrying a. 337 average so far this season with 33 hits and 22 RBI. He was a big factor in the Trolls’ two wins over Purdue-North Central on Friday and Saturday. Brewer, who played at Morton and Moraine Valley College before arriving at Trinity, was 4-for-5 with five RBI in Friday’s 7-3 victory and collected three more RBI on two hits and a sacrifice in Saturday’s 7-2 triumph. The Panthers took the final game of the series 14-3, backed by a 16-hit attack, which left the Trolls with a 14-16 ledger entering this week’s action. They are 7-8 in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference play. Earlier in the week, the Trolls split a series with St. Xavier University, winning 5-2 and losing 5-4; dropped a pair to Robert Morris (7-6 and 12-0, the latter in seven innings); and swept Ashford University 9-2 and 3-2. The latter contest finished dramatically. Trinity was held hitless through five innings, yet led 1-0, thanks to Mark Munizzi’s based-loaded fielder’s choice in the third inning. But Ashford scored twice in the fifth to take a 2-1 edge. It was Munizzi, a transfer from Parkland College who starred at De La Salle, who came through again with the bases loaded in the seventh. His single to left drove home Lance Lammers and Max Zemaitis, who eluded a potential tag, to give the Trolls the deciding run. *** • The Numbers (through April 13): 14-16 overall, 7-8 CCAC, 5-6 home, 4-6 road, 5-4 neutral. Leaders: Lance Lammers, .400, 9 steals; Joe McCaw, 43 hits, .560 slugging percentage; Danny Britt, 26 RBI; four players with 1 HR; Benny Collesano, Britt 3 wins each; Jimmy Hinkleman, 1.91 ERA; Brad Kopale, 3 saves; Drew Chibe, Britt, 29 strikeouts each. • Schedule: Friday, vs. Calumet-St. Joseph, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, vs. Calumet College of St. Joseph (2), 1 p.m.; Monday, vs. Purdue University Calumet (2), (Continued on page 6)

McAuley were two SouthWest Suburban Conference crossover games, which Stagg (1-5) split. It dropped a 3-1 verdict to Lincoln-Way North on Tuesday, but roared back to bury Thornridge 12-0 on Thursday. Lexi Minet struck out 11 Lady Falcons in her team’s first win of the season and she was also the Lady Chargers’ offensive headliner with two hits and two RBI. Stephanie Lorenz knocked in Stagg’s only run against the Lady Phoenix. RICHARDS In addition to their blasting of Evergreen Park, the Lady Bulldogs also notched wins over Bremen (8-1) and Lyons Township (4-2) to improve their season ledger to 8-3. Emily Wetzel socked a three-run homer for Richards against the Lady Mustangs, part of a two-hit, four-RBI day for her. Also heard from was Molly Pohrebney, who went 3-for-3 with two RBI on the Lady Bulldogs’ behalf. Wetzel went deep again in Richards’ triumph over Lyons. Along with her two-run clout. The Lady Bulldogs benefited from winning pitcher Sara Kiziak’s two-RBI double. Kiziak struck out eight while throwing a complete game against Bremen and Hailey Czerwinski played a starring role at the plate with two hits and three RBI. SANDBURG Thornton was easy pickings for the Lady Eagles, but that 13-1 win represented Sandburg’s only success last week.. Both Lincoln-Way West (6-0) and Andrew (6-1) bested the Lady Eagles in SWSC crossover affairs. Lauren Schultz was Sandburg’s ringleader versus the Lady Wildcats as she went 4-for-4 with three

RBI and three runs. In the circle, Maddie Poole pitched a one-hitter and fanned five. Sarah Herold produced the Lady Eagles’ only two hits against the Lady Warriors, but also notable was the relief pitching of Caroline Kuzel, who whiffed four and did not allow any runs. Katie Krzus homered for Sandburg (7-4) versus the Lady Thunderbolts. OAK LAWN Besides their loss to Shepard, the Lady Spartans (1-4, 1-2) also dropped an 8-6 SSC Red decision last Thursday to Reavis. QUEEN OF PEACE The Pride dropped decisions to Regina (3-2) and Lyons Township (9-3) last Thursday and Friday, respectively. Jasmine Escobedo and Daniella Jimenez posted RBI for host Queen of Peace (1-4, 0-3) in the GCAC Red contest against Regina. Lindsay Cudecki connected on a two-run single for the Pride (1-5) versus the Lady Lions. MT. ASSISI The Screeching Eagles dropped a 12-10 decision to Wheaton Academy on Thursday despite a tworun homer by Terri Dearth and a solo shot from Sabrina Miller. Mt. Assisi (2-5) was ahead 7-4 after the second inning, but was done in by Wheaton’s six-run explosion in the next frame. CHICAGO CHRISTIAN The Lady Knights prevailed 10-0 over Walther Christian Academy on Saturday behind Davina Gutierrez’s no-hitter and Abbie Bulthuis’ offensive performance. Gutierrez struck out six, while Bulthuis scored four times and stole three bases to help Chicago Christian earn its first victory after suffering five losses to open the season.

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Moraine Valley College tennis players Kevin Karczynski (above) and Mike Broderick (below) have gone undefeated thus far in both singles and doubles play. Behind the duo, the Cyclones have reeled off five team wins in a row, all gained by lopsided margins.

Moraine athletics wrap

Tennis team doubles its pleasure By Maura Vizza

Moraine Valley College’s tennis team keeps on streaking. The Cyclones chalked up three more Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference wins last week, which gave them a five-match unbeaten streak. And in none of the most recent matches was Moraine seriously threatened. The College of Lake County suffered an 8-1 defeat last Tuesday, McHenry College tumbled by that same margin two days later, and the College of DuPage was a 7-2 loser on Friday. Among the victors against CLC were singles players Kevin Karczynski, Mike Broderick, Tim Stewart, Ryan Adamski and Christian Lagunas. Adamski triumphed after rallying from an opening-set loss. The doubles pair of Brad Smith-Stewart were also pushed to three sets before logging their win. *** Karczynski and Broderick remained unbeaten at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively, as they led the way past McHenry. They also stayed perfect at first-doubles, where they were one of three Cyclones duos to prosper on Thursday. Stewart, Adamski and Smith were the other singles winners, while the teams of Stewart-Smith and Brian Jimenez-Lagunas gave Moraine two more doubles champs. Jimenez-Lagunas had to fight hard for their victory as they outlasted their McHenry foes 7-5, 5-7, 10-7. Karczynski and Broderick picked up two more singles titles, plus another at No. 1 doubles versus COD. Smith (No. 2), Stewart (No. 4) and Lagunas (No. 6) collected Moraine’s other singles triumphs, while the Lagunas-Jimenez combo reached the winner’s circle for the second straight day. BASEBALL It was a while in coming, but the Cyclones finally broke out the brooms. What they swept up wasn’t spring dirt, but Morton College in an ISCC doubleheader. Moraine took two from the Panthers last Photo by Jeff Vorva Monday in Palos Hills, doing so Mother McAuley pitcher Dara Sanders threw a shutout at Stagg by scores of 6-1 and 5-4. last Wednesday. Kevin Siergiej was the Game

1 star. Not only did the Shepard alumnus handcuff Morton batters to the tune of a five-hit performance on the hill, but he used his own stick to provide the Cyclones’ offense with a couple safeties. While Siergiej removed most of the doubt regarding the outcome of the opener, Moraine had to scramble to complete its sweep. It trailed by one before Bobby Neylon smacked a game-tying double with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. One inning later, Jason Hine sewed up a 5-4 triumph for the hosts by stroking a walk-off single that chased home Brother Rice grad Ryan Gyrion. *** Six hits on the day for Neylon weren’t enough to save the Cyclones from a double dip last Saturday. ISCC-leading College of Lake County downed Moraine 10-1 and 8-5. SOFTBALL Among the Cyclones’ biggest highlights of last week was a 2-1 extra-inning victory over Madison College last Saturday in the EastWest Tournament in Freeport. Amie Raynor’s homer handed Moraine a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning, but the Wolfpack responded with a game-tying run in their portion of the fifth. That’s the way it stayed until the eighth,

when Carly Trinley walked and eventually crossed the plate on a passed ball. That late run made a winner of Raynor in the circle. The Sandburg product threw a complete game for the Cyclones. Moraine went 3-3 in its other games last week, all of which were parts of doubleheaders. The Cyclones beat Morton twice (11-6, 11-4) on Tuesday, then fell short of South Suburban College twice at home on Wednesday by scores of 10-5 and 9-0. The latter contest lasted just five innings. On Thursday, Moraine split a pair of ISCC matchups with College of Lake County. After losing a 2-1 heartbreaker in the opener, the Cyclones rebounded to bag an 8-4 win. WOMEN’S TENNIS Cyclones coach Nicole Selvaggio was recently featured on the Tennis Recruiting Network website, where, as the lone junior college coach on a panel of experts, she gave input to the following question: What important factors in the college recruiting process do student-athletes often overlook when making their decisions? Her response, and those of other panelists, can be seen in an article at www.tennisrecruiting. net/article.asp?id=1886.

Community sports news Crusaders lose Catholic League tennis match A pair of doubles victories weren't enough to prevent Brother Rice from absorbing a Chicago Catholic League tennis defeat. By sweeping the singles matches, De La Salle registered a 3-2 team win over the Crusaders. Rice's No. 1 singles player, Jeremy Tryban, did extend the Meteors' Dexter Jackson to three sets, but the latter triumphed 6-3 in the final one. Tryban's set victory came in a tie-breaker. Prevailing for the Crusaders in doubles play were the teams of James Gallagher-Jack Gorman and Liam Millerick-Dan Mahoney. Gallagher-Gorman had little difficulty dispatching De La Salle's duo of Srefin Fernandez-Chris Galka, doing so by a 6-1, 6-0 score at No. 1 doubles. Millerick-Mahoney got pushed much harder at No. 2, but they rebounded from a 6-2 opening-set loss to defeat the Meteors' Thompson Craigwell-Tyler Brogman 7-6 (7-5) and 6-4 in the next two sets.

Crusaders edge St. Viator in water polo

Five players scored for Brother Rice to help it defeat St. Viator 7-6 in a water polo match. The win improved the Crusaders' season ledger to 3-7. Dan Birmingham and James Ryan paced Rice with two goals apiece. Scoring once each were Dan Whalen, Luke Healy and Matt Bachler.

Golf outing slated for May 19

Mt. Assisi Academy and Al-

vernia Manor Senior Living will sponsor a "Beat the Nun" golf outing on Monday, May 19, at Cog Hill in Lemont. The event begins with an 11:30 a.m. registration and follows with lunch at noon. A shotgun start is scheduled for 1 p.m. The cost is $150, and includes a round of golf with cart, lunch, dinner and refreshments. An auction, raffle and various contests will also be held. For more information, visit www.mtassisi.org.

Moraine to conduct summer sports camps

Moraine Valley College will conduct three youth sports camps this summer. Athletic director and former men's basketball coach Bill Finn will lead a hoops camp from July 14-17 for youngsters entering grades 3-8. Each session will run from 9-10:30 a.m. The camp is designed to develop and improve fundamental basketball skills through instruction, group and individual drills, and team play. Former Cyclones volleyball coach Gloria Coughlin will host a camp in that sport July 14-17 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. daily. The program, which is open to players entering grades 5-9, will improve fundamental skills through individual attention and group work. Moraine women's tennis coach Nicole Selvaggio will instruct youngsters entering grades 5-12 in

the fundamentals of her sport July 7-10. Sessions for those in grades 5-8 will go from 9-10:30 a.m. each day, with ones for grades 9-12 to follow from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The cost of each camp is $70, and all three will be held in the school's new Health, Fitness & Recreation Center gymnasium. For more information, call 9745727 or visit www.morainevalley. edu/Athletics.

Palos Park to offer sports programs

The Palos Park Recreation Department will offer tennis lessons for youngsters and begin a T-ball league during the month of April. The tennis program, for ages 5-10, begins Friday. Participants will be taught the sport's basics, trained in proper technique, basic scoring and rules of tennis, and undertake drills designed to improve hand-eye coordination. All players must supply their own rackets. The T-ball league, which is open to children aged 4-8, will run Saturday-May 24. Games will be played on Saturday afternoons, and volunteer coaches are needed to run once-a-week practices. Each team will play six games and all youngsters will get an opportunity to compete. Registration for both programs is being taken at the recreation department offices, 8901 W. 123rd St. For more information on any sports activity conducted by the recreation department, call 671-3760.

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Astros

Sports wrap

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Sandburg’s Dan Tynski (left) and Kyle Van Stedum leave their feet in an attempt to block a Northmont (Ohio) spike in Sunday’s quarterfinals of the 24-team Buckeye Classic in Columbus. The Eagles won the match 28-26, 25-22 and took third in the tournament. By Anthony Nasella Sandburg, like every boys’ track program in the state, was pumped and primed to move from the indoor season to the outdoor one. And the Eagles made their first outside appearance at the Hillcrest Hawk Invitational a memorable one. Last year’s SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue champion finished first in a 14-school field that included fellow 2013 league kingpins Bloom Township (Southland Athletic Conference) and Shepard (South Suburban Conference Red). Sandburg racked up 129 points to finish 30 ahead of runner-up Crete Monee. Brother Rice (95), Bloom (87) and Shepard (63½) rounded out the top five. “We were pretty tired of those indoor meets,” Eagles coach Joe Nemeth said. “It was a really nice night for our first meet. This was the best weather we’ve had at Hillcrest in the decade we’ve competed at that invite. “In the first week, we just kind of see how things go, and I thought we did pretty well. I think we’re fine as a team. “It was a pretty tough winter for everybody, [but] all of our guys persevered through some of those cold months. We started practices in January, [so] we were more than ready to get outdoors.” The 3,200-meter relay quartet of Max Lehnhardt, Denis O’Callaghan, Mike Brower and Tom Brennan logged a time of 8 minutes, 18.61 seconds to give Sandburg a win in that event. While not an elite clocking, Nemeth said he was pleased just the same, especially with two individual efforts in the relay. “We’re not looking for the times right now, but two of the runners ran two minutes flat, which was really important and a boost for them as the outdoor season starts,” Nemeth said. “It’s a nice thing to have happen.” Individually, senior Justin Adams shone in the 3,200-run, where he gained his first victory since being forced to the sidelines by a hip flexor last season. “Justin has worked very hard,” Nemeth said. “He ran 14 seconds faster than he ever ran. It was a close race and he had to battle through that last lap, so it was nice to see him win. He’s a quiet leader on the team for four years who has worked hard to earn that varsity spot. “It was a great race for him. For him to excel and win a race of that magnitude, it was great as a coach to see.” Nemeth said that Adams’ teammate, Will Becker, has been a big help to Adams. Becker, who has also come back from a previous physical setback, contrasts Adams perfectly from a leadership standpoint. “Will is more of a vocal leader,” Nemeth said. “He finished third at sectionals last year, just a few seconds shy from going to state in the two mile as a junior. “They push each other, and you can see it paying off right now. They’re great for this team. Both are getting there as they push toward conference and sectionals.” As Sandburg moves further into the outdoor season, the team will likely benefit from a roster that is deep and talented, even among the underclassmen. “Depth is a big thing, but we have to stay healthy,” Nemeth said. “We have to be careful in April and the early parts of May. We have very good freshmen and sophomore athletes — I think we brought seven of them to Hillcrest. We have a lot of depth in positions. “We feel some of our young

(Continued from page 1) in the first frame, pulled even in the sixth on Brendan Hermann’s sacrifice fly. A walk to Albrecht and Kevin Knoerzer’s single preceded Hermann’s at-bat. Then in the eighth, Hermann lofted another sacrifice fly, this one a game-winner, as it chased in Sam Hermanas, who had walked to open the inning. “We just took care of them and, really, I was surprised,” DiFoggio said. “We executed in this one. We took advantage of balls in the dirt and Brendan Hermann did a great job of just getting the runners in.” TF North 7 Shepard 5 Understandably, the Astros were riding high when they tangled with the Meteors in an SSC crossover contest on Thursday. After seven innings were played, Shepard had reached its lowest point. “I still can’t believe we lost that game,” DiFoggio said. The Astros (5-4, 3-1) did so after seemingly stealing TF North’s thunder. The Meteors snapped a scoreless tie by scoring five runs in the top of the sixth, all after two outs had been recorded. A fielding error, two errant throws and a wild pitch contributed to the visitors’ uprising. But Shepard retaliated with six runs, an explosion capped by Hermanas’ two-RBI single. Albrecht (single), Bobby Peterka (single) and Jake Hart (sacrifice fly) each drove in one run. The barrage was in stark contrast to the Astros’ earlier efforts. While they were “hitting balls harder than in the two games against Reavis, we only had one hit to show for it [through five innings].” That was the same amount as the Meteors mustered off Hermann, who fanned seven, over that span. However, another Shepard miscue enabled TF North to climb back in front in the seventh, and the Astros failed to counter after loading the bags in their final plate appearance. “It was a trap game and we got trapped,” DiFoggio said. “It was extremely disappointing because we didn’t fight through adversity. “There are only certain things

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Sandburg middle hitter Neil Naughton slams home a kill during the Eagles’ 25-18, 27-25 semifinal-round loss to Bishop Watterson on Sunday at the Buckeye Classic in Columbus, Ohio. guys are capable of stepping up if needed, especially in relays. As we go forward, we’re going to play around with some relays. We’re curious to see what they really have.” As for the Hillcrest meet, the sixth-year head coach was especially happy for his seniors. “Anytime you can win a meet, especially for the seniors who have been there for four year and busted their butts, it’s great for them to hold that plaque and get the medals,” Nemeth said. “It’s just another confidence builder as we go forward. Sometimes you need those little mini-steps.” *** Shepard produced a 1-2 finish in the 1,600-run at the Hillcrest Invitational as Southern Illinois University recruit Josh Maier and Mike Evancich registered respective times of 4:28.79 and 4:31.81. They outran two Sandburg athletes over the final two laps to secure their top spots BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL Stagg started last week with a 25-11, 25-11 win over Shepard on Tuesday. Trevor Crain put down six kills, Sean Runyon had nine digs and Nick Stanek dished out 20 assists for the Chargers (8-5). Also contributing were Christian Mireles (five blocks) and Tom Matonis (four). Huessein Al-Rashdan had eight assists for the Astros (2-10) in the 25-12 loss. Steve Szajek contributed three blocks and Ivan Magana had two kills for Shepard, which struggled with Stagg’s height at the net. The Chargers added a 24-26, 25-19, 25-14 victory over Hinsdale South on Thursday. Stanek distributed 30 assists to lift visiting Stagg (8-5), which was also helped by Runyon (16 digs), Trevon Velasco (13 kills) and Matonis (six kills, six blocks). *** Shepard bounced back from its loss against Stagg to defeat St. Laurence 21-25, 25-21, 25-18 on Thursday. Al-Rashdan produced 14 assists, two kills and two blocks for the Astros (5-10), while Magana drilled six kills to go along with two services aces and a block. *** Sandburg dropped a hardfought 25-16, 23-25, 25-23 match to Downers Grove South last Wednesday. Paul Chmura had

12 kills and 12 digs to pace the Eagles (8-4), while Ian Zalewski doled out 27 assists. Over the weekend, Sandburg finished third in the 24-team Buckeye Classic in Columbus, Ohio. GIRLS’ SOCCER Shepard captured a 7-0 SSC Red win over Richards last Tuesday, but got shut out 4-0 by Lemont in a conference crossover match on Thursday. Kelly Evancich totaled three goals and two assists for the host Lady Astros (4-3-1, 2-1) versus the Lady Bulldogs. Other Shepard tallies were delivered by Tiffani Kotas, Christina Kotas, Tala Tadros and Adie Pastrana. Netminder Heather Banis was credited with the whitewash. *** Emily Osoba set up Sarah DeWolf for the goal that propelled visiting Sandburg (4-2-1) to a 2-1 SWSC crossover victory over Andrew last Thursday. *** Lincoln-Way Central slipped past Stagg 1-0 in an SWSC crossover match last Thursday. BOYS’ WATER POLO An 18-8 romp past Lincoln-Way East was the only bright spot in Stagg’s week. The Chargers came up short in two other SWSC Blue matches as Homewood-Flossmoor (9-5) and Lockport (8-4) prevailed on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. In the rout of the Griffins last Thursday, Zack Amendola netted five goals and Connor Kaufmann added three to spark visiting Stagg. Lane Holin made 14 saves for the Chargers. *** Sandburg rode big offensive showings from Zach Roper to SWSC Blue triumphs over Lincoln-Way East (12-6) and Homewood-Flossmoor (12-8) last week. Roper accounted for nearly twothirds of the Eagles’ goals as he tallied eight times versus the Griffins and seven times against the Vikings. *** Shepard split a pair of matches last week as it defeated Argo 13-4 on Tuesday and lost to St. Charles East 9-7 on Wednesday. Jerry Zachary and Patrick Muhne scored four goals apiece to pace the Astros in their SSC Red victory. Lucas Souza pitched in with three goals, while Chris(Continued on page 6)

shutouts, with the former recording four strikeouts in five frames and Nicole setting down eight batters on third strikes over seven innings. Between them, the sisters have thrown 14 shutouts this spring while going a combined 19-3. Megan Nonnemacher got all the help she needed right away, as SXU put up a total of seven runs during its first two plate appearances. Key hits came from junior Shannon Lauret (RBI double) and Nicole Nonnemacher (two-run single) at the outset, then two RBI apiece from junior Amanda Hainlen and sophomore Kasey Kanaga fueled a six-run outburst for the Cougars in the fourth. Lauret finished 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs to lead the assault. Junior Katie Sears scored four times and stole three bases to further aid the SXU cause. Sears and freshman Franchesca Graffeo each stroked an RBI single in the fifth to break a scoreless tie in Game 2. Senior Ariel Hinton added an RBI double in the sixth, part of a three-run Cougars rally. *** The Nonnemacher sisters rode high once more last Thursday, as they pitched SXU to yet another sweep, this time over neighboring Trinity Christian College. Unlike against Roosevelt, though, there were plenty of nervous moments before the Cougars emerged victorious by scores of 2-1 and 2-0. In the opener, Trolls pitcher Mattie McGuire was pretty much Megan Nonnemacher's equal. SXU's only run through five innings came on a Trinity error, and the Cougars hit safely just once over the first three frames. Hainlen's sacrifice bunt in the sixth finally pushed home a second run for SXU, which proved crucial after the Trolls erased Nonnemacher's shutout in the seventh. Trinity had the tying and go-ahead runs on base with only one out, but Nonnemacher closed it out by inducing a double play off a pop foul and relay to first. In upping her record to 11-1, Nonnemacher scattered six hits, fanned six and walked no one. Nicole Nonnemacher whiffed 12

you can control — your decision-making, your effort, your emotions — but we let our emotions and our frustrations get to us. We let things get away from us.” Hart took the loss in relief of Hermann. Shepard 3 Riverside-Brookfield 2 The Astros picked up the pieces in a hurry, as they bounced back from Thursday’s loss to topple the Bulldogs, who couldn’t get a good handle on either of Shepard’s two pitchers, Kyle Longfield and Horbach. Longfield, who had impressed DiFoggio during an earlier relief appearance versus De La Salle, threw the first five innings on a yield of five hits while fanning that same number of Riverside-Brookfield batters. “Did he pitch fantastic,” DiFoggio said. “He just did a masterful job and really minimized their hitters. “Last year, they swung the bats better than anybody I saw, and they had just about everybody back. But Will Concannon, who’s going to Middle Tennessee State, was the only hitter to have much success against him.” Concannon belted two doubles for the Bulldogs, who tallied once in both the third and fifth innings. Through six stanzas, that was enough to ward off the Astros, whose only run resulted from Albrecht’s first-inning single. Then in the seventh, Peterka made Horbach a somewhat unexpected victor in relief by smacking a two-RBI double. For his part, Horbach struck out one and surrendered one hit during a two-inning stint on the hill. “It was a complete reversal from the day before,” DiFoggio said. “We didn’t wear things on our sleeve and we learned from our mistakes. “I would have been pleased whether we won or lost just by the simple fact that our intensity was up. They really responded from the day before in terms of getting after it and we didn’t make any errors.” Joliet Central 7 Shepard 5 Again, though, any sense of satisfaction on the Astros’ part was short-lived, thanks to a failure to close out the Steelmen, in the nightcap and allowed just five hits in collecting her ninth whitewash of the season. Freshman Savannah Kinsella's RBI single and a wild pitch thrown by the Trolls gave Nonnemacher all the run support she needed in the bottom of the first. Trinity hurler Brianna Brugioni took the loss for Trinity despite giving up only four hits. The Cougars' sweep made it 13 wins in the last 14 games for them and a 23-3 start to the campaign. A year ago, SXU captured victories in 38 of its first 41 contests, the best run in program history. *** The Cougars picked up four more runs through Saturday, as they swept Trinity International University (8-0, 9-1) on Friday and Cardinal Stritch University (4-0, 7-4) on Saturday. Nicole Nonnemacher did a little of everything for SXU versus the Wolves. She was the winning pitcher in Game 1 after whiffing 13 and surrendering five hits, and she also chipped in to the Cougars' attack with three hits — including a double — and three RBI on the day. Nonnemacher also scored a run. Kinsella (homer), Kanaga (single) and Hainlen (sacrifice bunt) all drove in runs for SXU in the opener. Hainlen's three-run homer was the crushing blow in Game 2, but Nonnemacher (two hits, including a double, two RBI), Graffeo and Houlihan also delivered RBI on the Cougars' behalf. Megan Nonnemacher pocketed the pitching win, even though she endured a period of struggle in the fourth inning, when Stritch smacked five hits and collected all of its runs. Nonnemacher allowed only two other hits in the game and struck out seven to move her record to 13-1. *** Hainlen became the first Cougars player in more than three years to homer twice in the same contest, and that power display lifted SXU to its 8-0 triumph over Trinity International in the opener of a Friday twinbill. The last Cougar to go deep twice in the same game was Ashley Hunter, who did so on March 31, 2011, versus Trinity Christian. Hainlen had four RBI in all.

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who entered Saturday’s clash in search of their first win. They got it, thanks largely to a four-run fifth inning that put them ahead to stay. Three free passes and a Shepard error figured in Joliet Central’s momentum-generating stanza. “The effort was there, but it just didn’t work out for us,” DiFoggio said. “Anything that could go wrong did. It was just a bad day at the office. We tried to pitch over the mistakes, but we just couldn’t do anything to change it.” The Astros were operating at far less than full strength. Three players were absent to take their ACTs, another was battling illness, and a couple other athletes were dealing with minor injuries. “We only had 11 guys, so it was kind of an all-hands-on-deck situation for us just to be able to play,” DiFoggio said. Shepard had 17 baserunners, eight of them reaching via hits and nine others getting aboard with either walks or by being hit with a pitch. The Astros also stole five bases. “We did things to win the game,” DiFoggio said. “But we were giving them too many runs.” Hermann (single), Knoerzer (single) and Hart (groundout) had RBI for Shepard, which was scheduled for only three games this week. Losing pitcher Gregory struck out nine and allowed just three hits over five innings.

Statistics Reavis 010 010 00 — 2 Shepard 100 001 01 — 3 Shepard 2B: Knoerzer. RBI: Hermann 2. WP: Horbach (1-0). Shepard 100 002 1 — 4 Reavis 000 000 0 — 0 Shepard RBI: Carmody 2, Albrecht. WP: Smith (2-1). TF North 000 005 2 — 7 Shepard 000 006 0 — 6 Shepard RBI: Hermanas 2, Albrecht, Hart, Peterka. LP: Hart (0-1). Riverside-Brookfield 001 010 0 — 2 Shepard 100 000 2 — 3 Shepard 2B: Peterka. RBI: Peterka 2, Albrecht. WP: Horbach (2-0). Shepard 001 201 1 — 5 Joliet Central 021 201 1 — 7 Shepard 3B: Peterka. RBI: Hart, Hermann, Knoerzer. LP: Gregory (1-1).

Additional offensive help for SXU came from Kanaga (one hit, two RBI) and Houlihan (one hit, two runs). Megan Nonnemacher tossed a one-hitter and whiffed four to gain the pitching victory. Game 2 was minus any heroics similar to Hainlen's, but the Cougars still rolled past the Trojans for a second time. Four-run outbursts in the second and fourth innings enabled SXU to pull away. Key figures for the Cougars included Kinsella (two hits, two RBI, one run), Houlihan (two hits, two runs), Lauret (two hits, two runs) and Graffeo (double, three RBI, one run). All that support allowed freshman pitcher Callie Brown to log her third win after fanning three and scattering four hits over five innings. *** SXU held the University of St. Francis to a total of six hits over two games on Sunday, which paved the way for yet another doubleheader sweep. This time, the Cougars (29-3, 13-1) scored 1-0 and 10-0 triumphs at SXU Softball Field, stretching their winning streak to 13 in the process. The shutouts were the 19th and 20th thrown by Cougars pitchers this season. Nicole Nonnemacher earned the Game 1 victory by tossing a four-hitter and striking out 11. Her performance was necessary because SXU's own attack was quiet most of the way. Finally in the eighth, a walk to junior Megan James and Houlihan's single set up a scoring opportunity. The Fighting Saints registered one out, but an ensuing error brought pinch runner Denise Anderson home with the contest's lone run. The Cougars' bats were in fine working order in the second contest as they produced 14 hits. Nine of those safeties came in the third inning, which created an eight-run rally for SXU. Graffeo, James and Kanaga each contributed a twoRBI single to the uprising. James and Sears both drove in runs in the second. All that offense made it an easy day for Megan Nonnemacher, who pitched a two-hitter. The Cougars squared off with NCAA Division II Wisconsin-Parkside this past Tuesday in Kenosha.

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Brother Rice’s Michael Schlasky makes contact with a Marist offering last Wednesday.

Rice (Continued from page 1) playing opponents as much as the game itself. We want to have good innings and stay into the game pitch by pitch.” Andrew used six pitchers versus Rice, which countered with three. Brian Musielak, who also chipped in offensively with a hit and three RBI, earned the victory after scattering six hits and striking out four. The T’bolts’ attack featured several key individuals as well, including the trio of Jeff Szubert, John McLaughlin and Ramon Gonazles. All three players sent one ball over the fence in a losing cause. Brother Rice 3 Marist 1 The RedHawks held the upper hand against the Crusaders on the football field and basketball court this school year, but Rice gave itself some bragging rights by squeezing out a victory over Marist last Wednesday. Mike Enriquez and Kevin Biondic teamed up on the hill to stifle the RedHawks, with the former notching the win and Biondic registering his fourth save of the spring. Between them, they allowed just three hits and fanned seven. Two of those hits were combined to put Marist ahead in the opening frame. Eric Hanson’s double brought home Pat Meehan, who had singled. RedHawks hurler Kyle Barrett protected that slim lead until the fourth, when the Crusaders grouped a couple of their own hits together. Lieser’s double was big, but Musielak’s round-tripper was even bigger as it inched the visitors in front. “Marist is always well-coached, plays great defense and has pretty good pitching,” McCarthy said. “We were lucky to get out of there [successfully].” Dyke’s double in the fifth completed Rice’s scoring and saddled Barrett with a tough-luck defeat. Marist coach Tom Fabrizio felt his pitcher, who’s “probably been our second-best guy on the mound,” deserved a better fate, but had no difficulty pointing to the RedHawks’ main trouble area, one that has, in fact, plagued them almost from the get-go this season. “We just don’t swing it,” Fabrizio said, referring to his offense. “It’s as simple as that.”

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Marist’s Blake Bieniek registers a putout on Brother Rice’s Andrew Dyke during last Wednesday’s contest in Mount Greenwood.

we’re at,” McCarthy said. “Our pitching and defense has been fantastic, and we knew the bats would eventually come around. We have a senior-led pitching staff and they set the tone. “We want to play good baseball steadily, but we’re trying to keep it [focused on] day by day. We tell our guys, ‘Don’t look too far ahead,’ and it’s up to us to come prepared every day.” Marist 2 Sandburg 1 The RedHawks weren’t any more offensive-minded last Monday than they wound up being on Wednesday against Brother Rice; in fact, the same three players — Hanson, Meehan and John Carmody — also accounted for Marist’s only hits versus the Eagles. But what undermined Sandburg was a sixth-inning error. By throwing a ball away, the Eagles let the RedHawks (6-7) pull even, and Hanson and Carmody then followed with RBI hits. Fabrizio considered Marist fortunate to have emerged victorious after Sandburg carried a 1-0 lead it had gained in the third stanza deep into the game. Brother Rice 8 “Once they scored the run, they Hinsdale Central 3 were in control,” Fabrizio said of Whenever a matchup with the Eagles. “We pretty much got Marist looms on the horizon, dominated for most of the game.” Crusaders coaches in every sport Sandburg totaled nine hits, but are wary of the game that imme- RedHawks hurler Ryan Kairis diately precedes it, wondering if made sure they stayed scattered it will attract their athletes’ full and, thus, relatively harmless. He finished with five strikeouts. attention. McCarthy didn’t have to worry “He just did a good job of getting about last Monday’s clash with out of situations,” Fabrizio said the Red Devils, though, especially of his junior pitcher. “We’ll take after the fourth inning. That’s it, but it wasn’t a pretty win.” when Rice erupted for five runs Marist 7 to turn a white knuckler into a Stagg 4 Slightly more appealing to the knockout punch. A Hinsdale error that followed RedHawks was their conquest of three walks increased the Cru- the Chargers on Saturday. saders’ edge at that moment to It didn’t start out that way, as 4-1. Biondic (sacrifice fly), Lieser Stagg amassed three first-inning (two-run double) and Musielak runs. Marist quickly countered, (RBI double) provided addition- however, then picked up four more al runs and made sure freshman markers over the next two frames Ryan Kutt would win his third to take command. Grant Kenny decision in a row. Kutt gave up (two RBI), Barrett Callaghan three hits to the Devils during (one RBI), Carmody (one RBI) his mound stint and fanned four. and Meehan all stroked a pair “We’re very pleased with where of hits for the RedHawks.

“I’m still not seeing enough to believe we can contend right now in our conference,” Fabrizio said. “But it was nice to put up some runs.” Blake Bieniek (double) and Dylan Woodworth (groundout) also had RBI for Marist. Kairis notched the pitching win by piling up nine strikeouts. Jake Wimmer’s two-run double keyed Stagg’s opening outbreak and Max Strus drove in a run with his groundout, but the Chargers did little of note after that. Double plays ended two of their later plate appearances. “We could have easily scored more,” Stagg coach Matt O’Neill said. “The way the wind was blowing, if you put the ball in the air, it was interesting. That affected us, but I thought that was a game we could have won.”

trated because you can’t shut it down. When you’re hitting, it’s a big momentum boost.” The Bulldogs squandered some other opportunities to add to their total prior to the eighth, but Dunne’s mound effort on the Spartans’ behalf — which included seven strikeouts and just one walk — was matched by Sanchez. Oak Lawn got its only run off him in the first when Kevin Zurek doubled in Brandon Quillin, who had singled. Zurek finished with three hits for the Spartans, but beyond that Sanchez was pretty much in control. He retired Oak Lawn in order three times and allowed it to place just one runner aboard in four other plate appearances. “It seemed like both teams were ready to go from the start, but [Richards was] better this year and our hitting just isn’t there,” Gerny said. “The one thing that was nice was that it wasn’t one of those games where you could look back and say something happened that shouldn’t have happened, or you lost on a fluke play.” *** Just as it did against Sanchez, Oak Lawn notched seven hits versus Thompson on Tuesday, and its batters struck out only half as many times. And, as Wujcik noted, nothing was going to be a given for the ‘Dogs simply because they had prevailed the day before. “We said, ‘Today’s a new day — there’s two new pitchers, a different umpire and the wind’s blowing differently,’” Wujcik said. Luckily for Richards, it was the same outcome as before, thanks to Thompson and some more clutch hitting. Sanchez (double) and Eric Mallo (sacrifice fly) staked the Bulldogs to a 2-0 lead in the second inning, then Mills (double), Chiaramonte (single) and Charlie Zeschke (groundout) added later RBI to seal the deal. “Heading into Saturday, our team batting average was .352,” Wujcik said. “Give us extra baserunners, and we’ve done a nice job of getting them home.” On this occasion, Richards was the recipient of several unintended gifts, including five hit batsmen. Four of those players scored. “They’re going to make you pay for your mistakes,” Gerny said. “You read about some of the run totals they’ve put up — if you give them all those extra baserunners, they’re going to get that clutch hit [at some point].” Wujcik was impressed with the defense displayed by each team in both games. Only two errors were charged. “You’re getting some funny hops in the infield because the grass hasn’t grown yet, but the series itself was played cleanly,” Wujcik said. “Every time we got a runner on base, they’d make a good defensive play,” Gerny said of the Bulldogs. “It seemed like both games, everybody was hitting [for us], just not at the same time where we could get some momentum going.” Richards 12 Oak Forest 5 Although the wins over Oak Lawn were quite satisfying, Wu-

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jcik also took a moment to savor the Bulldogs’ success against the Bengals on Thursday. “We hadn’t beaten them in at least five years,” he said. “Their pitchers have had our number.” Not this time. After four hits, two hit batsmen and a walk were parlayed into a five-run rally, Richards struck again in the second inning as Sanchez doubled and Zeschke socked a two-run homer. Oak Forest climbed back within two by scoring solo markers in the fourth and fifth frames, but it would get no closer. RBI doubles from Mills and Mallo restored a four-run cushion for the Bulldogs, then Chiaramonte (two-run homer) and Mills (RBI double) capped off the victory in the sixth. Richards 8 Plainfield South 7 Even though the Cougars teed off on the Bulldogs early in Saturday’s tourney opener, Wujcik was only moderately concerned. “What’s nice as coaches is we don’t have to hit the panic button if our pitchers struggle,” he said. “We can leave our pitchers out there because we trust that we’ll swing the bats.” Wujcik admitted, however, that his players might have been “too anxious and trying too hard” at the outset. Richards put runners aboard in each of its first four plate appearances, but had nothing to show for that scoring-wise. Things changed in the fifth, which began with Mallo’s single. He eventually came home on Zeschke’s groundout, then Chiaramonte sent a ball over the fence. More noisemaking happened in the sixth and seventh, as the Bulldogs tallied three times in each stanza. Mallo (two-run double) and Sanchez (sacrifice fly) provided the first batch of RBI, then Mills (two-run single) and Castro (double) came through for Richards in the seventh. “Within a game, it was [like] two different teams hitting,” said Wujcik, whose squad racked up 11 hits in all. That helped offset eight strikeouts and made a winner of Brett Thomas on the mound. Richards 15 Normal Community 9 Andrew Schramm, who earned a save for the Bulldogs against Plainfield South, was the winning pitcher in Saturday’s second contest as Richards held a 9-1 lead after three innings. Mallo, Nate Natividad and Kyle Garrett all homered for the ‘Dogs and five other players contributed doubles to an 18-hit assault. Richards plated at least four runs in three different frames. Sanchez, Zeschke and Castro evenly split half of their team’s hits between them. Two dates with Evergreen Park and a confrontation with Bremen were the SSC tilts on the Bulldogs’ four-game slate this week. They visit Andrew on Saturday. Oak Lawn 4 TF South 1 Knowing the Rebels had also dropped their first two games in SSC play, Gerny warned his players about what to expect. “We said, ‘You guys better play desperate [because] whoever loses this game is going to be in a huge hole,’” he said. “It was like looking in a mirror with the team

we were playing. We knew exactly what they were going through because we were going through the same thing.” Gerny had advised his hitters to “swing the bats, be aggressive and get your money’s worth” at the plate, but that didn’t matter through the first five innings. TF South, playing as the visiting team on its own field, scratched out a run in the top of the first and made it hold up. “I think it’s taking its toll on us,” Gerny said of his squad’s steady diet of away contests, made necessary by a delay in the renovation of its own field. “Mentally, we were asking a lot of the kids to bounce back that quick [from the losses to Richards].” But that’s what the Spartans (2-9, 1-2) finally did in the sixth after a Rebels error gave Oak Lawn an opening. Quillin, who had singled and then stolen both second and third, scored the tying run on the play. Justin Swatek’s sacrifice fly broke the deadlock a short time later and sophomore Liam Blake stroked a two-run single to culminate the rally. Blake went 3-for-3 on the day. “It was nice to be on the other side of one like this,” said Gerny, whose team has suffered several close losses this spring. “Our hitters couldn’t find a hole or catch a break [earlier], but if we’re able to give our pitching staff four or five runs, we should be OK in conference.” Freshman Chad Cwik collected his initial varsity triumph by throwing the first six innings on a yield of two hits. He walked four and struck out eight. “He might have been a little nervous at the start, but after that he was lights out,” Gerny said.

Statistics Richards 010 000 01 — 2 Oak Lawn 100 000 00 — 1 Richards 2B: Mills. RBI: Mejia, Mills. WP: Sanchez (2-0). Oak Lawn 2B: Zurek. RBI: Zurek. LP: Dunne (1-2). Oak Lawn 000 000 0 — 0 Richards 021 200 x — 5 Oak Lawn LP: Quillin (0-1). Richards 2B: Mills, Sanchez. RBI: Chiaramonte, Mallo, Mills, Sanchez, Zeschke. WP: Thompson (1-0). Oak Forest 300 110 0 — 5 Richards 520 023 x — 12 Richards 2B: Mills 2, Mallo, Marchione, Sanchez. HR: Chiaramonte, Zeschke. RBI: Chiaramonte 3, Mills 3, Marchione 2, Zeschke 2, Mallo, Mejia. WP: Smith (1-1). Richards 000 023 3 — 8 Plainfield South 500 101 0 — 7 Richards 2B: Castro, Mallo. HR: Chiaramonte. RBI: Mallo 2, Mills 2, Castro, Chiaramonte, Sanchez, Zeschke. WP: Thomas (1-0). Richards 504 100 5 — 15 Normal Community 001 400 4 — 9 Richards 2B: Chiaramonte, Estrella, Mills, Sanchez, Zaeschke. HR: Garrett, Mallo, Natividad. RBI: Castro 2, Estrella 2, Garrett 2, Mallo 2, Natividad 2, Chiaramonte, Mills Zeschke. WP: Schramm (1-1). TF South 100 000 0 — 1 Oak Lawn 000 004 x — 4 Oak Lawn RBI: Blake 2, J. Swatek. WP: Cwik (1-1).

enough good at-bats,” he said. “We had several flyouts, and I might hate those more than strikeouts. A fly ball is pretty much a big waste of time for us, and we had six or seven lazy fly balls.” Also not doing the Knights any favors was their defense. While not specifically error-prone, Christian fielders got burned by a few mental lapses that sparked the Spartans’ scoring inning — a couple of those let a Wheaton-St. Francis player race home right after he had stolen second base. “It was not a very clean game for us anywhere in the field,” Brauer said. “We’ve conditionally been a very strong pitching and defensive team — that’s the way I believe you can compete in every game. But we had five new infielders [including our catcher] out there with a freshman pitcher. “We are very, very young and learning on the fly. We’ve definitely cost ourselves a few games on defense, but I think we’re showing improvement.” Dan Vos absorbed the defeat on the mound for the Knights, who had four more games on tap this

week, three of them SCC affairs. On Saturday, Christian will make its annual journey to Valparaiso (Ind.) University, where it will meet Beecher.

man Jonathan Zandstra, was 26th in the field of 82 by carding a two-round score of 157 (81-76). (Continued from page 4) Zandstra’s total was three strokes lower than that of team1 p.m.; Wednesday, vs. Cardinal mates Logan Vos (160; 79-81) and Stritch (2), 1 p.m.; April 25, vs. 14-10 SWSC Blue victory over last Thursday. Spencer Ten Haken (160; 77-83), *** Olivet Nazarene University, 3:30 Lincoln-Way East last Monday. who tied for the 41st position. Lemont blanked Chicago Chris- p.m.; April 26, at Olivet Naza*** Alex Svabek (161; 80-81) was Stagg wound up on the business tian 5-0 last Monday. Also coming rene (2), 12:30 p.m.; April 29, at one shot behind that duo and end of a 17-3 beat-down admin- up empty was Shepard, which fell Trinity International University 45th overall. istered by Homewood-Flossmoor to a 4-1 defeat against Tinley Park (2), 1 p.m. (Continued from page ) GOLF last Monday. The Lady Chargers in an SSC crossover match last Trinity takes to the links again tian Reyes and Sanders Yu each then suffered another lopsided Thursday. The poor spring weather has Monday and Tuesday in the CCAC registered one. been reflected in the Trolls’ scor- Championship at Dunne NationSWSC Blue setback on Friday Reyes provided four goals op- as Lincoln-Way East ruled by a GIRLS’ TRACK ing. Practice makes perfect, but al in Oak Forest. Last Tuesday’s posite St. Charles East. Notching 21-4 score. Chicago Christian scored 34 there’s been little time to practice tournament at Eagle Ridge in one goal apiece for Shepard were points at last Tuesday’s Larry anywhere but inside a golf dome. Galena was wiped out by bad BOYS’ TENNIS Zachary, Souza and Yu. The Trolls took 10th place in weather, leaving Olivet Naza Jonluke Passett posted a win at Roland Invitational. GIRLS’ WATER POLO Bethel College’s 16-team Pilot rene’s tournament at Balmoral No. 1 singles for visiting Sandburg Danielle Lencioni and Sarah in the Lady Eagles’ 5-2 team triBADMINTON Invitational at Blackthorn Golf Woods the final tune-up for the Dolitsky each scored four times umph over Bradley-Bourbonnais Stagg shut out Shepard 15-0 Club in South Bend, Ind., last conference showdown. to spark visiting Sandburg in a in an SWSC crossover meeting in a match last Tuesday. weekend. Trinity’s leader, fresh***

• Scoring leaders: Logan Vos, 75, Aug. 30, Sept. 20; Jonathan Zandstra, 76, Sept. 21, Apr. 12; Spencer TenHaken, 77, April 11; Scott Ebbeling, 78, Aug. 31; Tim Hoeksema, 79, Aug. 31.

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Statistics Hinsdale Central 000 100 2 — 3 Brother Rice 102 500 x — 8 Brother Rice 2B: Lieser, Musielak. RBI: Lieser 4, Biondic 2, Musielak. WP: Kutt (3-0). Brother Rice 000 210 0 — 3 Marist 001 000 0 — 1 Brother Rice 2B: Dyke, Lieser. HR: Musielak. RBI: Musielak 2, Dyke. WP: Enriquez (3-1). Marist 2B: Hanson. RBI: Hanson. LP: Barrett (0-2). Brother Rice 200 975 — 23 Andrew 132 040 — 10 Brother Rice 2B: Barry 2, Dyke, Hilliard, Lieser, Massey, Sullivan. HR: Schlasky, Sullivan. RBI: Schlasky 6, Sullivan 4, Barry 3, Hilliard 3, Musielak 3, Dyke, Lieser, Massey. WP: Musielak. Sandburg 001 000 0 — 1 Marist 000 002 x — 2 Marist RBI: Carmody, Hanson. WP: Kairis (1-2). Stagg 300 100 0 — 4 Marist 313 000 x — 7 Stagg 2B: Bolero, Duffner, C. Martinez, Wimmer. RBI: Wimmer 2, Strus. LP: Gambill (1-1). Marist 2B: Bieniek, Carmody, Kairis. RBI: Kenny 2, Bieniek, Callaghan, Hanson, Woodworth. WP: Kairis (2-2).

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pitching victory of the week by stopping the Argonuats on three hits through 3 2/3 innings while whiffing seven. Chris Lyle and De Vries also saw some work on the hill. Wheaton-St. Francis 4 Chicago Christian 2 The Knights’ lone stumble occurred on Thursday, when they managed only four hits and fell short against the Spartans, who plated all of their runs in the fourth inning. Christian trailed 4-0 at that juncture, but Wolterink’s RBI double and Bolhuis run-scoring single brought the locals closer. The Knights then filled the sacks in the final frame before Wheaton-St. Francis notched a game-ending strikeout. While it’d be easy to cite that late failure to capitalize as the pivotal point of the contest, Brauer instead looked at Christian’s performance as a whole and found it somewhat lacking. “We didn’t piece together

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Statistics Walther Christian 000 00 — 0 Chicago Christian 130 6x — 10 Chicago Christian 2B: O’Meara. RBI: Santarelli 3, Kerfin 2, O’Meara 2, Frieling, Novak. WP: Bolhuis (3-2). Final Chicago Christian 15 Walther Christian 0 Chicago Christian 2B: De Vries, Frieling, Schoenle. RBI: De Vries 3, Bolhuis 2, Kerfin 2, Novak 2, Schoenle 2, Wolterink 2, O’Meara. WP: Novak (1-1). Chicago Christian 000 011 0 — 2 Wheaton-St. Francis 000 400 x — 4 Chicago Christian 2B: Wolterink. RBI: Bolhuis, Wolterink. LP: D. Vos (2-1). Argo 010 10 — 2 Chicago Christian 162 5x — 14 Chicago Christian 2B: Frieling 2. HR: Frieling. RBI: Frieling 6, Santarelli 3, De Vries, Edgar, Novak, O’Meara. WP: Novak (2-1).

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The best way to live a healthy life is to eat many servings of fresh fruits and vegetables each day. Physicians recommend as many as 9 servings a day for optimal health. The Palos Heights Farmers Market is a very convenient way to obtain the freshest produce available. The Palos Heights Farmers Market is set to open a new season on Wednesday May 7th, and will continue every Wednesday until October 15th. The market is located at 12217 S Harlem Ave, and will be open from 7 am-1 pm. The market is open the Wednesday before Mother’s Day, and will feature many beautiful plantings, baskets, yard art, along with delicious foods for a great day! In addition to the plants and yard art, the market will feature fruits, vegetables, jelly and jam, honey and pollen, eggs, cheese, butter, bakery goods and breads, olive oils and vinegars, pizza products and

pesto, beef and poultry, coffee, and tamales. In addition, Shaklee healthy living products, Super Sharp sharpening services, and Pampered Chef will be available. More vendors are still being added. All of our farmers are from within 150 miles of the market, and pick produce the day before the market. Utilizing farmers close to home reduces the carbon footprint of food consumption. Many of the vendors are returning from last year. The market is proud to announce the addition of 2 new vendors this year; Chesterfield Designs from Palos Heights and Sozo Coffeeberry products. Chesterfield Designs will feature beautiful yard art and planters constructed from recycled metals, along with many other products to make your patio, garden and home beautiful. Sozo Coffeeberry will be selling delicious coffees, lattes, and natural energy drinks. The market is proud to again partner with Dr. John Principe, MD of the WellbeingMD

Center for Life. Look for delicious recipes every week courtesy of Dr. Principe. In addition, canning and preserving classes will again be offered at the WellbeingMD Kitchen. Additional information about the classes will be provided later in the summer. Two of our local restaurants will feature produce from our market! New market partner Julianni’s Restaurant, and returning partner Harvest Room Restaurant, will feature delicious dishes made with produce from the market. In addition, Harvest Room is planning a biodegradable planter making day, complete with organic vegetable seeds, on May 3rd. Contact Harvest Room Restaurant

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Despite Costner, ‘Draft Day’ Broaden Your Horizons Pinto’s This week is Mr. Irrelevant Popcorn “Draft Day” is not your stereotypical sports movie by any stretch of the imagination. This is a movie more concerned with what goes on behind the scenes than what goes on down on the football field. It’s more akin to “Money Ball” than any other sports movie out there, but it’s not even close to being as good. The movie stars Kevin Costner as Sonny Weaver, Jr. the general manager of the long-suffering Cleveland Browns, who has to deal with a wide variety of issues on draft day. Basically everything in life that can get thrown at him he has to deal with, ranging from the death of his dad, his secret girlfriend (who he also works with) getting pregnant, his nagging mother, a know-it-all coach and an owner trying to push him into making a big splash. Oh, and he also has to deal with the fact this is his last

chance and if he fails, his job will be gone. The movie juggles many characters, from draftees, family members, current NFL players, team owners, and front office staff. With all these storylines it makes for a cluttered movie with too many stories in one plot. All the storylines of these characters intertwine and affect Sonny, who just wants to be left alone to do his job. Most of the storylines seem to fall flat, such as Ali the football encyclopedia, played by Jennifer Garner. We get it that she is a women working in the front office of an NFL team, but we don’t need to see her spouting random football knowledge to show that she belongs. Her love story with Sonny also just seems tossed in the movie, to get female viewers. Denis Leary plays Super Bowl winning coach Vince Penn, who

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by Tony Pinto seems to only like Cleveland because they showed him the money. You have somewhat troubled linebacker Vontae Mack played by Chadwick Bosman. You have running back Ray Jennings played by Houston Texans star Arian Foster. Also you have consensus No. 1 draft pick Bo Callahan played by Josh Pence. Not to mention you also Sonny’s mom and ex-wife who have their own storyline in the movie. There are even more storylines going on in the movie, that it’s too hard to keep everything straight. Costner is the big draw of the movie and for good reason. He is arguably the greatest sports movie actor of all time appearing in such films as “Tin Cup,” “Bull Durham,” “For Love and the Game,” and “Field of Dreams.” All you need to know is if there’s a sports movie with him in it you should probably check it out. This movie may be the exception to that logic, because even he doesn’t seem to save this movie. An added bonus to the movie is that it has real NFL team names and logos in it. Some of the movie was shot at the real NFL draft and NFL announcers like Chris Berman and Rich Eisen. The constant activity and good acting can’t make up for a script that lacks that wow factor. It’s a movie that if you don’t see, you’re not missing much except for Kevin Costner, and even he can’t make this a must-watch movie. Tony Pinto’s grade: C

Orland Theatre Troupe presents ‘Peter Pan’ musical at Sandburg The Orland Park Theatre Troupe will present “Peter Pan” as its spring musical with performances at the Carl Sandburg High School Performing Arts Center April 25 through April 27. “It’s pretty amazing that here we are, in 2014, presenting a play that has been a timeless classic for more than 100 years,” said Patty Vlazny, the show’s executive producer. “This show has been a mainstay of generations and we are very excited to bring it to the Orland Park stage.” “We have assembled a phenomenal cast for Orland Park’s ‘Peter Pan’,” said Frann Carnivele, the show’s producer/director. “Our artistic staff has gone above and beyond to take our audience to Neverland and we have some of the best community actors from throughout the region in our cast.” Andrea Langford, of Orland Park, is the show’s choreographer. Lockport’s Mike Dicksen is the set designer with Carol

Dicksen overseeing costumes. Michael Carioto, of Worth, is making his Orland Park debut appearing as Peter Pan. Denise Wargowski, of Tinley Park, is Wendy with her siblings, John and Michael, played by Jake Monnett of Orland Park and Graham Carlson of Homer Glen, respectively. Drew Dicksen, of Lockport, is a commanding Captain Hook with Orland Park’s Bryan Reiss portraying his bumbling sidekick, Smee. Orland Park’s Sarah Callis returns to the village’s stage as Tiger Lily and is the show’s dance captain. Jennifer Bohren (Orland Park) and Tim Casey (Alsip) are Mr. and Mrs. Darling, respectively. Orland Park residents appearing in the show include Emma Bohren, Olivia Bohren, Caroline Bueche, Phil Bueche, Ann Burns, Eden Callewaert, Max Callewaert, Carson Callis, Ellie Callis, Madeline Carrillo, Sophia Carroll, Trisha Domico, Alex Earhart, Gary Felicetti, Rose Foley, Grace Galman,

Amanda Hall, Cara Hall, Abigail Hooks, Grace Kane, Maria Krause, Joanna Leafblad, Josephine Leafblad, Veronica Leafblad, Mollie McCormick, Adam Murphy, Dan Nevinger, Michael Peccatiello, Kayla Pelini, Marissa Pelini, Hanah Remes, Charlotte Reynolds, Veronica Reynolds, Molly Ricker, Jack Roessler, Laura Smolik, Dan Stokes, Nicole Stubenfoll, Kari Torgerson, Veronica Vaughn, Zoe Whitlow and Taylor Villa. Performances are Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 27. Advanced reserved seat tickets are currently on sale at the Village of Orland Park Recreation Department, 14600 S. Ravinia Ave. Adult tickets are $18. Those for seniors and students are $16 and children age 12 and younger are $12. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door as all three performances are expected to sell out. For more information, call 403-PARK.

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The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park, offers the following upcoming programs for area youth. Parent Program: Teens, Sex & Their Culture - 7 to 8 p.m. today (Thursday). Parents can talk with a family counselor about healthy ways to talk to your teen about sex, the things teens are exposed to at school and in the media, and how these things affect teens today and in the future. Deadbolts - 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. April 18, music from the Deadbolts and food from Wooden Paddle Pizza. DJ Night/Modern Line Dancing - 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. April 19, line dance and enjoy food from Meijer. This event is exclusively for students in 9th-12th grade and is free with a student membership application or $5 with a school ID. For more information call 532-0500 or visit www.thebridgeteencenter.org. Earth Day Craft: Homemade Candles 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 22, The Bridge Teen Center invites you to celebrate Earth Day by recycling old jars, candles, and crayons and creating colorful new candles to take home. Obstacle Course Challenge - 5 to 6 p.m. April 23 and 30, make fitness fun by competing against other students in this obstacle course style workout. Open to all fitness levels. Handyman Series: Build a Plant Shelf - 4:30 to 6 p.m. April 24, learn to use power tools. This program will teach you the basics of construction as you build a shelf for The Bridge. This free event is for teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more information, call 532-0500 or visit www. thebridgeteencenter.org.

Advance registration is required for all classes at the Log Cabin Center for the Arts. For further information, call The Center at 361-3650 or check the website: www.thecenterpalos.org.

ter, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. Artist Pamela Paulsraud began an interaction art project known as “Tree Whispers” in 2000 to celebrate the importance of trees in our lives. The Center has joined this project and will be inviting guests at the luncheon and at other special events to write their memories, feelings and thoughts about trees on discs of handmade paper, which will be strung together to form columns resembling tree trunks. Guests will also be invited to take a short walk outside to literally hear some of the nearby trees “talk” to them. Those who wish my also register for an April 22 afternoon or evening Papermaking class, in which instructor Marilyn VandenBout will help participants to make their own paper discs for the Tree Whispers installation, in addition to a variety of other earthy handmade papers to take home. The papermaking class costs $14 plus a $5 materials fee. Registration is necessary. The luncheon begins at noon, costs $17 per person, and requires advance reservations. For more information, interested persons should call The Center at 361-3650.

Upcoming Spring wildflower walks

A series of spring wildflower walks will be held for three Tuesday evenings beginning April 29, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Naturalist Carol Alesia and Center Program Director Lois Lauer lead these leisurely nature rambles, which focus on the progression of spring wildflowers. Each spring the Palos woods hosts an display of ephemeral wildflowers, which are short lived beauties that manage their entire life cycle in the short early days of spring before the oak trees shade the forest floor. By June, many of these flowers has died back into the soil, to await their next sunny opportunity to bloom the following spring. Alesia and Lauer have been leading walks at The Center to view these spring wildflowers for over 25 years. The program fee is $5 per walk. Call The Center 361-3650 to register.

Papercraft workshop

The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park, will offer a papercraft workshop on Tuesday, April 22, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Ann Fowler will teach students to make greeting cards with a “Think Spring: Showers and flowers” theme. The workshop cost of $18 plus a $6 materials fee. Advance registration is required. For further information, call The Center at 361-3650.

Nature photography workshops

A series of Digital and Film Nature Photography workshops for adults will be hosted on four Saturday mornings beginning April 26 at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Instructor Rick Steffen has timed this class to take advantage of outdoor walks to shoot the spring wildflowers. Steffen also plans indoor sessions for discussions and to critique student photos. Students should bring either a film or a digital camera and dress to be outdoors. The class fee is $52 for 4 sessions, or $14 for individual sessions. Advance registration is required. To register, call The Center at 3613650 or visit www.thecenterpalos. org for more information.

Art classes at Log Cabin

The Center is offering new six-week sessions of pottery, calligraphy, basketry, lapidary, and weaving classes at the Log Cabin To commemorate Good Friday Center for the Arts, 12700 Southand Earth Day, Labyrinth Walks west Highway in Palos Park. will be available at The CenBeginning Wednesday, April ter, 12700 Southwest Highway, 23, Nettie Botts offers instruction Palos Park, on April 18 and 22. in weaving at 9:30 a.m. Pottery Comedy at Trinity The labyrinth is located at the with Karen Stasky and Basketry Trinity Christian College’s north end of the parking lot on with Jane Dwyer begin at 6:30 the west side of the highway. p.m. on Thursday, April 24. Lar- spring play promises to offer On Good Friday, anytime be- ry Rothenberg teaches Lapidary a night filled with energy and tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the Rev. at 9 a.m. and Marge Boyd teaches laughter. The college theater group will Chris Hopkins invites people to Calligraphy class at 1 p.m. begingather at the large outdoor laby- ning Monday, April 28. (Continued on page 12) rinth for a Stations of the Cross pilgrimage and an opportunity to experience the passion of Jesus on a personal level in an ancient and yet new way. These scriptural Stations of the Cross are modeled on those celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday, 1991. There will be prayer books to guide participants on their journeys. On Earth Day, April 22, two guided labyrinth walks are ofDo you ever feel like time is fered, at 10 a.m. and at 5 p.m., to getting away from you? prayerfully reflect upon the ecological state of our world. These Come to a free talk entitled times will include prayer, ritual, “Time is Not a Factor” and walking the labyrinth. For more information, call with Dave Hohle. The Center 361-3650.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., S/B/M TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP Plaintiff, -v.EYAD HASAN, MAJDOLEAN HASAN, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, HERITAGE II CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 09 CH 049943 8834 W. 140TH STREET UNIT #3A 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 February 2, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 1, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8834 W. 140TH STREET UNIT #3A, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-03-400-047-1009. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION D I V I S I O N � FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECP l a i n t i f f , � TION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE v . � FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine JOHN NEMEH, ORIANA NEHEM A/K/A ORIANA the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CONEMEH, PARADISE CONDOMINIUMS, AMER DILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH SAMAWI Defendants FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, 13 CH 08286 IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file num7921 W 103RD ST APT 1B PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 ber 14-13-29172. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORNOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY PORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can Sale entered in the above cause on February 10, 2014, also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www. an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. 10:30 AM on May 13, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14highest bidder, as set forth below, the following 13-29172 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attordescribed real estate: Commonly known as 7921 W ney Code. 21762 Case Number: 09 CH 049943 103RD ST APT 1B, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property TJSC#: 34-5251 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Index No. 23-13-102-083-1004. The real estate is Collection Practices Act, you are advised that improved with a 6 unit condominium with no garage. Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified obtained will be used for that purpose. funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial I599870 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 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, L L I N O I S � acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its I credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC, creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real l a i n t i f f � estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate P V . � arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HARRY to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or SMIDT, JR. A/K/A HARRY SMIDT, DECEASED; special taxes levied against said real estate and is BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR IN offered for sale without any representation as to quality INTEREST TO COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A.; or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in HARRY SMIDT A/K/A SANDY SMIDT; EMMETT "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to SMIDT A/K/A SKIP SMIDT; CANDACE confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the NOWOBIELSKI A/K/A CANDY NOWOBIELSKI; amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of BRIAN SMIDT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will O C C U P A N T S , � e f e n d a n t s � NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no D 12 CH 34174 representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court Property Address: 10406 BROADMOORE DRIVE HILLS, IL 60465 file to verify all information. If this property is a PALOS OF FORECLOSURE SALE condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the NOTICE Fisher and Shapiro file # 12-062362 foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the (It is advised that interested parties consult with their assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure s a l e s . ) � (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a part of a common interest community, the purchaser of Judgment of Foreclosure entered on March 26, 2014, the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at shall pay the assessments required by The 12:30 p.m. on May 20, 2014, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN following described real property: POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN Commonly known as 10406 Broadmoore Drive, Palos ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE Hills, IL 60465 WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS Permanent Index No.: 23-14-115-015-0000 MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the The property will NOT be open for inspection. hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, The judgment amount was $207,395.70. Sale terms for Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite non-parties: 10% of successful bid immediately at 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next Please refer to file number PA1303866. THE JUDICIAL business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at "as is," with no express or implied warranties and www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. without any representation as to the quality of title or PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 admonished to review the court file to verify all Attorney File No. PA1303866 Attorney Code. 91220 information and to view auction rules at Case Number: 13 CH 08286 TJSC#: 34-2394 w w w . k a l l e n r s . c o m . � I599934 For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only. I601358

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.TOMEK M. CYBULSKI A/K/A TOMASZ CYBULSKI A/K/A TOMASZ M. CYBULSKI, AGNIESZKA CZAJA, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MILFORD COURT TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC Defendants 13 CH 018668 7904 W. 94TH 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 February 6, 2014, Auction.com, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on May 14, 2014, at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, 350 West Mart Center Drive (in the Auction.com room), CHICAGO, IL, 60654, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7904 W. 94TH STREET, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-01-302-055. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-13-14670. 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. AUCTION.COM LLC For Additional Information regarding Auction.com, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800-280-2832) CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-14670 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 018668 TJSC#: 34-2549 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. I600260

For Sale 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 � Fisher and Shapiro 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 May 30, 2014, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 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, Fisher and Shapiro, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only. I598703

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.GARRY J. BARTECKI, ISABELLE E. BARTECKI A/K/A I. LIZ BARTECKI, JACALYN J. NOVACK, TREETOP CONDOMINIUM #9, INC. Defendants 13 CH 020459 15315 TREETOP DRIVE UNIT #1N 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 January 7, 2014, Auction.com, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on May 7, 2014, at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, 350 West Mart Center Drive (in the Auction.com room), CHICAGO, IL, 60654, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 15315 TREETOP DRIVE UNIT #1N, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-16-210024-1002/1008. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-12-31784. 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. AUCTION.COM LLC For Additional Information regarding Auction.com, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800-280-2832) CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-12-31784 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 020459 TJSC#: 34-797 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. I598160

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.MONIKA BEDNARZ A/K/A MONIKA M. BEDNARZ-STOPKA, MACIEJ STOPKA, TIFFANY GARDENS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION #2 Defendants 13 CH 014238 7345 TIFFANY 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 January 28, 2014, Auction.com, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on May 7, 2014, at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, 350 West Mart Center Drive (in the Auction.com room), CHICAGO, IL, 60654, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7345 TIFFANY DRIVE UNIT #3E, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-13-409-022-1003. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-13-12882. 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. AUCTION.COM LLC For Additional Information regarding Auction.com, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800-280-2832) CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-12882 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 014238 TJSC#: 34-1884 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. I598171

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC P l a i n t i f f , � v . � BRANDON NELSON AKA BRANDON M NELSON, DEENA NELSON AKA DEENA J NELSON D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 04779 6441 WEST 123RD STREET PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 6 0 4 6 3 � NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 13, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 15, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 6441 WEST 123RD STREET, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-30-407-001-0000. The real estate is improved with a one level red brick single family house with an attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1100810. 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. PA1100810 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 11 CH 04779 TJSC#: 34-3015 I601396

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -v.JOLANTA SUSKA, STANISLAW BOBAK, GEORGE N. REVELIOTIS D/B/A REVELIOTIS, P.C., F/K/A LAW OFFICE OF GEORGE N. REVELIOTIS, P.C., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., GREEN OAKS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 13 CH 18600 8431 W. 99TH TERRACE, APT. 305 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 February 5, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 8, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8431 W. 99TH TERRACE, APT. 305, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-301-006-1181 Vol. 0151. The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The judgment amount was $118,232.61. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 13 7983. 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. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 13 7983 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 13 CH 18600 TJSC#: 34-2422 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. I598854

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � JOHN D. CONNEELY; MAURA CONNEELY; STATE B A N K � OF COUNTRYSIDE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND N O N R E C O R D � CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 35707 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on February 11, 2014 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, May 16, 2014 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 e s t a t e : � P.I.N. 23-03-219-007-0000. Commonly known as 9010 Woodland Drive, 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 Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo, Lindberg LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (866) 402-8661. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. W10080052 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I600508

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N � PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , � v . � WALTER LESNICKI, HELENA LESNICKI, PNC BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, JACEK LESNICKI A/K/A JACK LESNICKI D e f e n d a n t s � 13 CH 21626 7448 WEST 105TH STREET A/K/A 10447 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE 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 February 20, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 22, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 7448 WEST 105TH STREET A/K/A 10447 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-13-204-021. The real estate is improved with a one story single family home with a two car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1313142. 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. PA1313142 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 13 CH 21626 TJSC#: 34-3118 I601457

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Victorian Teas grace McCord gallery

Broaden Your Horizons (Continued from page 9)

Submitted photos McCord volunteers Nancy Mitchell, Jeanette Wood, and Pau- Leslie Goddard performed as Bertha Palmer at two lette Santori paused for a photo while they were arranging the sold-out Victorian Teas at the McCord Gallery & Cul- Guests Adrienne Jackiw and Mary Ann Murnin enjoy the Victorian Tea. tables. tural Center on Sunday.

Videoview (Continued from page 9) mighty challenge — and succeeds in a very entertaining way — by updating James Thurber’s story, also the source of a Danny Kaye screen classic, about a milquetoast who’s an adventurous hero in his own mind. The modern Mitty’s fantasy life meshes with his real one when a quest to prove himself to his magazine bosses takes him to such locales as Iceland and Afghanistan. Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt and Kathryn Hahn co-star, as does screen legend Shirley MacLaine as Mitty’s mother. *** DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; photo gallery. (PG: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THE NUT JOB”: After he inadvertently jeopardizes the food supply of the animals he shares territory with, a squirrel (voice of Will Arnett) sets out to make things right again in this animated comedy. In trying to replenish the stash, he crosses paths with bank robbers and finds himself on a bigger mission than he intended. Liam Neeson, Brendan Fraser, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph and Jeff Dunham also are heard. DVD extras: animated short subjects. *** (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray) “BLACK NATIVITY”: Even if it’s out of season, this holidaythemed drama — a revision of a Langston Hughes play — offers a positive message that’s always timely. Jacob Latimore plays a Baltimore teen sent by his much-challenged mother (Jennifer Hudson) to spend time with his grandparents (Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett), whose

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