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Bella the ball: Party to help EP fourth grader buy new service dog

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter There’s a party in Evergreen Park on Sunday and if it’s a success, Liam McNamara will soon have his service dog.

McNamara, 9, a 4th grader at Southwest School and Evergreen Park resident, has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism, along with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bipolar personality and anxiety.

He had a service dog, Bub, but the golden retriever died two years ago, causing his family to raise the funds needed to purchase another one.

The new dog, Bella, a one-yearold German Shepard, will cost the family about $20,000, and insurance does not cover the expense.

Bella is being provided through Dog Wish, a California-based organization that trains service dogs to assist people with disabilities.

“The dog is being trained right now,” said Liam’s mother, Dawn.

The fundraising event, Liam’s Paws for a Cause, will be held from

1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Circle Park, 97th Street and Homan Avenue.

The event will cost $50 for families or $15 for an individual and will include games, a disc jockey, band, raffles, silent auction, bean bag tournament, three bouncy houses and food.

“It’s a fun day in the park,” McNamara said.

The McNamara’s raised a $500 down payment for the dog in June after holding a garage sale at the First United Methodist Church in Evergreen Park.

The dog’s $20,000 price day may seem high, but it covers the cost of extensive training as well transportation from California, McNamara said.

A service dog is critical to Liam’s well-being, his mother said.

Bella would not allow Liam to leave the house without permission or nudge the boy to remind him to look both ways before crossing the street.

The dog also is trained to relieve Liam’s anxiety by cuddling with him. Liam often gets anxious when he meets new people. He cannot

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Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton considers himself a blessed man.

The veteran mayor contracted West Nile virus more than a year ago and endured months of grueling rehabilitation sessions to Serving Chicago Ridge, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Oak Lawn, Palos Hills and Worth Thursday, March 1, 2007 regain his strength.

But Sexton refuses to call himself a victim. Rather, he believes the illness and subsequent rehab were blessings that gave him a new outlook on life.

“I’m most fortunate to have this happen,” Sexton said Friday during a luncheon before an awards ceremony at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

Sexton and four others were honored for never giving up during their battles to overcome various illnesses during the hospital’s 25th annual Rehabilitation Awards Ceremony.

In the past 14 months, Sexton has been reluctant to talk publicly about his ordeal. He tested positive for the virus July 30, 2012. In mid-August, 2012, the information became public and was a major story in the Chicago area because the news broke just days after the death of Lombard Village President William Mueller.

Photo by Jeff Vorva Mueller reportedly died of complications caused by the West Nile Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton was relaxed when he opened up and discussed his fight with the West Nile virus before being honored Friday at a ceremony at Christ Medical Center.

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Desmond to fight $4,100 fine from State Board of Elections

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An Evergreen Park family is hoping to raise money so their son can work with Bella, a service dog. articulate his feelings or express his emotions. As a result, he can become violent, scream or hit people, McNamara said.

The dog also is trained to track in case Liam ever disappears. Additionally, she’s trained to respond to cues. For example, she will stand in between Liam and a new person, prevent the boy from entering a car with a stranger or leave the house alone, McNamara said.

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Colin O’Donnell, 2, points toward his father, Chuck, an Oak Lawn firefighter, as he takes the ice Saturday night moments before the charity hockey game between members of the Orland Park and Oak Lawn police and fire departments. The game, which was played at the Oak Lawn Ice Arena, raised money for Special Olympics Illinois and the Oak Lawn Rotary Club’s 9/11 memorial. Colin was joined at the game by his mother, Shari. For more photos, see page 4.

An Oak Lawn trustee faces a $4,100 fine for failing to file the required paperwork with the Illinois State Board of Elections before running for office.

The board on Sept. 16 found that Trustee Tim Desmond violated campaign disclosure laws by failing to file a statement of organization on time.

Desmond was fined $50 for each day the statement was delinquent, a board of elections official said.

He also was fined $325 for failing to file quarterly campaign disclosure reports on time, board of election officials said.

Desmond said he plan to appeal the penalty by the Oct. 12 deadline and blamed an accountant error for the paperwork snafu.

He said Tuesday that he was not aware of the fine. “It was the first I heard of it,” he said.

A statement of organization must be filed within 10 days of the creation of a campaign committee or within two days if the committee is created within 30 days of an election.

The complaint was filed in July by former Trustee Cindy Trautsch, who Desmond defeated in the April election.

“Desmond mailed multiple literature pieces which stated that (they) were paid for by the Friends of Tim Desmond committee. However, there was no such committee created with the board of election,” Trautsch said in a statement.

“State laws require him to create a committee and then report his expenditures and contributions in the first quarter by April 15, 2013. Desmond not only did not disclose his expenditures for the first three months of the year, he didn’t even bother to create the committee which his literature claimed was in existence,” Trautsch said.

Desmond did not file a statement of organization until July 12, according to forms on file with the

board of elections. He filed campaign disclosure statements for March 13 through 31 and April 1 through June 30 on Aug. 1, records show.

Political committees are required to disclose their financial activity on a quarterly basis. The reports are due by the 15th of the month following the end of the quarter.

Desmond blamed his accountant for failing to submit the paperwork on time.

“The accountant I used didn’t do what he was Tim Desmond supposed to do,” Desmond said. “I expect an accountant to do his job.”

He said he filed the required forms shortly after receiving the complaint from the board of elections.

Desmond added that he does not understand Trautsch’s motivation for filing the complaint.

“I’m not sure what she’s trying to gain by all this,” he said.

He said the voters will decide if the error reflects poorly on his performance as a trustee.

A statement of organization requests information concerning the structure and purpose of a political committee, including the date the committee was created; the amount of funds available for campaign expenditures; information on the candidate supported by the committee, names of the committee’s chairman and treasurer and the financial institution where funds will be deposited, according to Illinois election code.

Desmond is the owner of Jack Desmond’s Irish Pub in Chicago Ridge. He was member of Mayor Sandra Bury’s slate that was swept into office.

Trautsch was appointed in October 2011 to replace Jerry Hurckes, who resigned in earlier that year. She opposed Desmond as a member of former Mayor Dave Heilmann’s slate.

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Carmina Arello, 39, of Blue Island, was charged with retail theft Sept. 19 after allegedly stealing clothing from Kohl’s at Chicago Justyna Sztachelska, 27, was Ridge Mall, police said. charged with driving on a suspended license, no insurance and expired registration Sept. 18 after a stop in the 8700 block of 96th Street, police said. *** Tony Cook, 50, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Sept. 17 An air conditioning unit was after allegedly stealing items from reported stolen between Sept. 19 Walgreens, 3545 W. 95th St., po- and 21 from a building in the 8800 block of Roberts Road. lice said.

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*** Tyrone Patton, 65, of Harvey, was charged with possession of drug equipment, failure to signal, no insurance and driving without a valid license Sept. 17 following a stop in the 3500 block of 95th Street, police said. *** Laphonso L. Harrison, 25, and Richard K. El, 19, both of Chicago, were charged with theft and criminal trespass to vehicle Sept. 18 in the 9100 block of Sacramento Ave., police said. *** Ellisett Tellez, 33, of Chicago, was charged with drunken driving, trespassing, illegal transportation of alcohol, driving without a valid license and no insurance Sept. 18 after a stop at Evergreen Park Cemetery, 3401 W. 87th St., police said. *** Theodore J. Machek, 42, of Evergreen Park, was charged with battery Sept. 16 following a disturbance in the 2600 block of 99th Street, police said. *** Taj S. Ado, 24, of Oak Lawn, was charged with disorderly conduct and public indecency Sept.

15 after allegedly exposing himself at 94th Street and Pulaski Road, police said. *** Desi S. Holland, 21, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Sept.

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*** Paul R. Baio Jr., 39, of Orland Hills, was charged with possession of a controlled substance Sept. 14 after he was stopped at 91st Street and Cicero Avenue, police said. *** Robert J. Drexel, 29, of Oak Lawn, and Aaron M. Pickering, 23, of Chicago Ridge, were charged with battery Sept. 14 following a fight in the 10100 block of Maple Avenue, police said. *** A car was reported stolen Sept. 15 from the driveway of a house in the 8900 block of Central Avenue. *** Usama M. Saleh, 19, of Oak Lawn, was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance Sept. 15 after a stop at 94th Street and Oak Park Avenue, police said. *** Margaret H. Bak, 31, of Oak Lawn, was charged with drunken driving Sept. 16 after she was stopped at 93rd Street and Natchez Avenue, police said. *** A purse containing $450, a cell phone, keys and a debit card was stolen Sept. 16 from the shopping cart of a customer at the Salvation Army store, 8732 S. Cicero Ave. *** Joshua J. Ayersman, 36, of Oak Lawn, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia and burglary tools Sept. 17 after a stop at Melvina Avenue and Southwest Highway, police said. *** Derrick N. Johnson, 26, of Oak Lawn, was charged with drunken driving, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, leaving the scene of an accident and leaving the roadway Sept. 17 after a stop at 91st Street and Oak Park Avenue, police said. *** Renarte L. Henry, 48, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Sept. 18 after stealing goods from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police said. *** Kristina M. Ehrhardt, 35, of Chicago, was charged with drunken driving and illegal transportation of alcohol Sept.

18 following a stop at 103rd Street and Buell Avenue, police said. *** Claudette M. Gianakos, 47, of Chicago, was charged with drunken driving and improper parking Sept. 19 after she was

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stopped at 95th Street and Menard Avenue, police said. *** Naeemah I. Allen, 26, of Chicago, was charged with assault Sept. 20 following a disturbance at Christ Medical Center, 4440 W. 95th St., police said. *** Ivan A. Macon, 30, of Oak Lawn, was charged with retail theft Sept. 21 after allegedly stealing merchandise from Walgreens, 6201 W. 95th St., police said. *** Terrance J. Stewart Jr., 23, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Sept. 21 after allegedly stealing goods from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police said. *** Monica D. Harris-Gillespie, 48, of Chicago, was charged with drunken driving, speeding, no insurance and illegal transportation of alcohol after a Sept. 21

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Bedrooms ransacked during ruse burglary in Palos Hills

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter Four bedrooms of a Palos Hills house were ransacked Sept. 17 and a small safe was stolen during a ruse burglary, police said.

The homeowner told police that he was outside his house

in the 8100 block of 99th Street when he was approached by a man who talked to him about sealcoating his driveway, according to reports.

A few moments later, a second man arrived carrying a box. The two men entered an older model truck that had an A & E Construction Seal Coating sign and

left the area, police said.

The homeowner found the bedrooms ransacked, and a small safe containing paperwork missing. Three days later, a box addressed to the homeowner that contained $300 and the stolen paperwork was dropped off at the police station, reports said.

Robber steals cash, lottery tickets

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter An armed man made off with cash and instant lottery tickets Sept. 20 after robbing an Oak Lawn convenience store, police said.

The man entered 7-Eleven, 10441 S. Cicero Ave., at 2 a.m.

and asked the cashier for a pack of cigarettes, according to reports.

When the clerk turned to get the cigarettes, he noticed that the man was holding a black, semiautomatic handgun, which he removed from his waistband, police said.

The offender, who wore a black shirt and white cap, never pointed

the gun at the clerk. He demanded the money in the cash registers and instant lottery tickets. He also ordered the clerk to empty his pockets and took his wallet.

The clerk was instructed to place the items in a plastic bag that he placed on the counter. He left on foot toward 105th Street, police said.

Woman hits two cars and garage

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter An elderly woman struck two vehicles before driving her car into a detached garage in Worth on Sept. 18, police said.

Pauline K. Seivers, 85, of Palos Hills, was charged with failure to yield, exiting a private drive, failure to report an accident, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and improper lane use, according to reports.

The accident occurred at

noon in the 11100 block of Normandy Ave., police said.

Seivers drove her Honda Civic through the garage door and into the garage, causing significant damage to the structure, reports said. She also struck an unoccupied SUV before hitting the garage.

She exited her car before police arrived and was not injured. She was unable to explain how the accident occurred, police said.

A witness who was driving north on Normandy Avenue told

police he saw Seivers drive out ofa parking lot in the 6600 block of 111th Street, which exits onto Normandy Avenue. He told police she collided with the front of his car as she attempted to make a left turn in front of him.

Seivers completed the left turn and drove south on Normandy Avenue. The witness turned around to see where she was headed and saw her make a left-hand turn at a high rate of speed into the driveway in the 11100 block of Normandy Avenue, police said.

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These men lost limbs but gained perspective     What is with these guys who get their limbs sliced off?     Why are they so tough? And why do they have such a positive outlook on life?     Me? I’m cursing the world and its creator if my computer freezes.

These guys who are literally losing an arm and a leg are counting their blessings.     For 10 years, I knew Cubs legend Ron Santo pretty well. I was covering the Cubs and on a humid afternoon in St. Louis one day many years ago, he talked about how he took a walk in his cowboy boots and developed a blister on the bottom of his foot that “hurt like hell.�

He said he was going to have the Cubs trainer look at it.     Little did

by Jeff any of us know Vorva that the blister in question was the beginning of a long medical ordeal that caused him to have both legs amputated.

The diabetic also had several internal woes and heart problems that he always seemed to get through.     We all know everyone is going to die, but for those of us who knew Santo, we were wondering if he was going to be the first tough son of a buck who was going to kick the Grim Reaper in the privates and stay alive forever.     He did die on 2010 of bladder cancer. Santo — not the Grim Reaper.     Did Santo complain about his heath? Yeah, once in awhile. But he was mostly positive about liv-

ing and inspired and helped many others. There is a little walk that’s probably going to have hundreds or thousands participate in coming up in October at Moraine Valley Community College that is named after him.     And that brings me to another fella I met last week‌     Kent Carson, a short-time Oak Lawn resident, was one of five people honored by Advocate Christ Medical Center and Children’s Hospital on Friday. He won a Rehabilitation Achievement Award.     On Aug. 4, 2012, he was eating at a restaurant in Chicago Ridge with his fiancĂŠe, Cheryl Johnstone. It was hot and humid but after dinner he had the chills. That started a series of events that brought him to various hospitals where he was diagnosed with the potentially fatal Legionnaires Disease     “The doctor gave me two choices,â€? Carson said. “He said, ‘Mr. Carson you can either keep your limbs and die or amputate and live.’ ’’     Mr. Carson chose the amputations.     The left arm was cut off on Sept. 11, and the two legs were removed three days later. In late September, he celebrated his 56th birthday. Well, “celebrateâ€? isn’t quite the word since he was in a coma and missed the whole thing. But he recovered and rehabbed.

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Kent Carson of Oak Lawn poses with — and kisses — therapist Michelle Lamantia of Oak Lawn during Friday’s lunch at Advocate Christ Medical Center prior to an awards ceremony. Carson lost both legs and his left arm last year to Legionnaire’s Disease and was one of five recipients of an award at the hospital’s Rehabilitation Achievement Awards Ceremony.     He moved from Round Lake Beach to Oak Lawn to be with Johnstone in November and the two plan on getting married in the spring and will soon move to Aurora in a ranch house with few steps.     To talk with this guy, the lost limbs are making him stronger.

He admits there are times he feels sorry for himself but he doesn’t let it eat at him.     “I have my days,� he said. “But you know what? I came to the conclusion that this is not going to change so I need to make the most of what I’ve got. I’m determined to make the best of a bad situation.     “I’ve worked hard to where I can walk again. Before all of this, if you would have asked me if someone with no legs can walk again, I would have thought ‘no.’ But when I learned I could, that was my

goal.�     He still doesn’t know how he contracted the disease but is thankful because around the same time he was going through his ordeal, some people contracted the disease at a hotel in Chicago and died.     Although Johnstone couldn’t make it to the award ceremony, Carson gave her plenty of kudos for being there for him throughout all of this.    By the way, the two are big Cubs fans. And Cheryl’s all-time favorite Cub?     Ron Santo.

Here, Chick, Chick

    A new Chick-fil-A will open in Chicago Ridge this morning, Thursday, but the real show was Wednesday night.     Every time a new place opens, hundreds of people camp out overnight in hopes of becoming

one of the first 100 customers to receive a free weekly meal for a year.     People come from all over the country to these things. This is fast food’s version of the Grateful Dead cult.     In late October, 2010, a lot of folks braved the cold and windy elements in Orland Park for a chance at those free meals.     The restaurant is located at 9600 Ridgeland Ave.

Retro Reporter feature coming soon

    Some of you readers may have been missing our look back at stories from 10, 25 and 50 years ago.     I miss it, too.     As the not-so-new editor, I wanted to make some improvements on that feature rather than just slapping it together,

but I have been busy with learning and tinkering with other phases of the paper that I haven’t been able to get to it yet.     That will change.     The game plan is to put together a “Retro Reporter� feature which would highlight a story from those years, find a funny, poignant or newsworthy quote from those years and some fun facts culled from those papers in those years.     I am hoping to get this going starting next week and I’m crossing my fingers we can put in in a consistent spot in the paper from week-to-week.

Hello Dolly winners

    Some new subscribers from Oak Lawn from a recent Reporter subscription drive were presented with tickets to the play “Hello Dolly.�

Burke says there is progress with state debt and pension reform

By Kevin M. Coyne Correspondent     Moraine Valley Community College President Sylvia Jenkins invited a newly appointed member of the House higher education apportions committee to review progress in pension reform and unpaid debt in Illinois.     Since politicians in Springfield are unable to agree upon a solution for Illinois’ whopping

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Here is one of several drawings of what Chicago Ridge officials hope a 100-acre vacant area could look like in the future.

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$100 billion pension problem, a bi-partisan conference committee of 10 individuals from the House and Senate was created and is expected to present a pension reform report.     “The report may come in the form of a bill and it would tweak the cost of living to reflect the consumer price index with a price floor and ceiling and instead of an automatic 3 percent compounded cost of living adjustment it would more reflect eco-

nomic climate,� said State Rep. Kelly Burke, D-Evergreen Park at Tuesday’s MVCC meeting. “It may also make changes to the idea your pensionable salary and it will be limited to the social security rate, which is at about $115,000.�     Burke discussed proposed changes in pension reform and how legislators are paying down debt to help support Monetary Award Program grants. In light (Continued on page 5)

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Chicago Ridge officials talking about outdoor music theater and hotels

By Kevin M. Coyne Correspondent     The Southwest Conference of Mayors spent an afternoon with business developers touring what Palos Hills Mayor Gerald Bennett called the “Gateway to the Southwest Suburbs.�     Two packed buses took developers and municipal representatives through 10 communities from Bedford Park to Tinley Park last Wednesday as a part of a development summit. The communities also showed off plans that day at Toyota Park in Bridgeview. Developers who specialize in commercial, industrial, retail, residential and mixed-use noted the potential development sites.     Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar said the tour was very informative and the village plans to move forward with the creation of a new Tax Increment Financing district that includes the former Yellow Fright site and hopes to find new developments along the proposed 100-acres of property in Chicago Ridge.     Chicago Ridge is kicking around ideas of an outdoor music theater, hotels and restaurants.     “People seemed very responsive and from what I’ve heard people feel that there is so much potential with the 100acres in Chicago Ridge,� Tokar said. “What I learned is that there isn’t one developer who can develop the whole 100-acres and there are developers who are focused on commercial or residential or mixed-use or entertainment type people.�

    Although the village is still under ongoing negotiations with Weston Solutions and officials from YRC Freight, Chicago Ridge officials hope that developers will add a new strip outlet along Harlem Avenue, develop additional office space and work on the townhomes along the creek area, Tokar said.     Oak Lawn has a large area near the clover leaf on Harlem Avenue and 95th Street.     “We have about 30-acres of land that could be developed and we want developers to being their most creative ideas to the clover,� Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra Bury said. “There are no limits to what could be developed, we welcome new ideas from commercial to residential to mixed-use we want to hear the developer’s ideas.�     Worth has a few big selling points for developers. During its Sept. 17 City Council meeting Worth was awarded a technical assistance grant from Chicago Metropolitan Agency Planning to help revitalize Worth’s Metra Station.     “The Southland has so much potential, we really are a hidden gem and we are often overlooked,� Worth Trustee Colleen McElroy said. “You just need that one company to take a chance on you and your whole community could change.�     Is this just a lot of talk with little action? Time — and the economy — will tell.     “We’ve seen a lot of recent development and certainly opportunities for new development along different areas along the

corridor,� said Principal Urban Planner at URS Corporation Jen Dhadwal. “We want to develop transit orientated developments with long-term and short-term developments that support the community and local economy.�     For months the SCM sent out nearly 1,800 invitations to business developers in hopes of improving nearly 350-acres of potential development along Harlem Avenue. The longawaited summit provided more than 50 developers with an up close view of properties ready for the taking.     “The developers are excited to be here and some quite frankly said that this is a new venture for them,� said SCM Executive Director Vicky Smith. “They are excited to take the tour, meet the municipal representatives and getting more information on Harlem Avenue as well as the Southwest corridor area.�

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Our Neighborhood

Oak Lawn and Orland cops and firemen mix it up for charity

Photos by Bob Rakow

Oak Lawn police officer Jim Regan sits in the penalty box during Saturday night’s charity hockey game while his son, Henry, 11, and daughter, Maureen, 8, ask him what infraction he committed.

Photo by Bob Rakow Regan and Oak Lawn fellow police and firefighters played their brethren from Orland Park at the Members of Oak Lawn’s police and fire department hockey team gather on the bench between Oak Lawn Ice Arena. The game benefited Special Olympics Illinois and the Oak Lawn Rotary’s periods Saturday night at the Oak Lawn Ice Arena. The team participated in a charity game with 9/11 monument. their peers from Orland Park.

Bavarian Days benefits Crisis Center Palos Hills mulls protecting kids

who raise funds on street corners

By Jessie Molloy Correspondent The Palos Hills City Council approved drawing up an ordinance to protect children while they are fundraising on street corners at its meeting Thursday night.

The idea for the new ordinance arose in a committee meeting sparking a discussion on the risk posed to solicitors, especially children, by passing traffic and the potential liability of the village in a lawsuit if such an incident were to occur.

Currently there are no regulations on the books concerning the presence of minors for groups who request the right to solicit on street corners.

The proposed ordinance originally suggested that the kids should not be allowed to partici-

pate at all. However, after some debate it was determined that it would be unfair to prohibit children under eighteen from the activity because community sports teams, scout troops, and student groups at Stagg high school often use this as a method of fundraising.

“We can’t ban it completely,” said Mayor Gerald Bennett. “It’s a civil right and people are entitled to do it.”

This point was backed by Village Attorney George Pappas, who said if someone where hurt doing it without city permission, the city would then be liable for not stopping them.

The proposal was eventually amended to require any children under eighteen soliciting on a street to be accompanied by an adult. A responsible party needs

to be present should an accident occur. This would not necessarily prevent a lawsuit against the city if a minor were to be injured but the council said it would reduce the risk of actual liability. Trustee Joan Knox said most of the groups who regularly apply for permits to fundraise on the street have insurance.

The council voted unanimously to prepare the ordinance, and Pappas said it will likely be approved at the next meeting in October.

In other news, Knox said that, as part of the plan to update the city website, the city budget will soon be accessible online instead of exclusively in print form. Knox said this decision was made due to resident requests and that she believes it is “a great idea in the interests of transparency.”

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Photo by Bob Rakow

Ted Mora (left), his wife, Colleen, and Christopher Beele, special events coordinator for the Crisis Center of South Suburbia, take a break from selling split-the-pot tickets Sunday at the 3rd Bavarian Days at Water’s Edge Golf Club in Worth. The event is one of the center’s largest annual fundraisers.

Photo by Bob Rakow

Members of the Die Musikmeisters German Band belt out a tune Sunday afternoon during the third annual Bavarian Days at Water’s Edge Golf Club in Worth. The fundraiser benefited the Crisis Center of South Suburbia.

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virus but had also been battling bone marrow cancer.

When Sexton missed his first board meeting in early August, an official told audience members that he had a virus but specifically ruled out West Nile. Jerome Bosch, a trustee at the time, said that it was the first meeting Sexton missed in 11 years.

On Friday, Sexton was relaxed, joked around with friends and family and said “life is better” as a result of his lengthy rehabilitation. “It’s all a positive. You realize how lucky you truly are.

People have it tougher than this,” he said.

Sexton underwent extensive rehabilitation sessions at both Christ Hospital and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, working with occupational, speech and physical therapists, who pushed him to overcome the aftereffects of West Nile virus.

He returned to work in October and attended his first board meeting since contracting the virus Oct. 15.

Sexton, 61, prefers to focus on the positives that came as a result of the intense rehab.

“It turned out to be a wonderful experience,” he said, adding that he bonded with therapists and other patients and grew closer to his family.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton, right, has a flower pinned to his lapel by Christ Medical Center’s Tony Ellis Friday. Sexton was one of five people honored at the Advocate Rehabilitation Achievement Awards Ceremony.

Sexton was joined at Friday’s luncheon by several family members, including his wife, Karen. The mood was festive, vastly different emotions than the ones experienced in the days after Sexton was hospitalized.

Sexton’s brother, John, said the mayor’s condition was initially touch-and-go and family members were extremely concerned. But the mayor’s physicians put the family at ease, explaining that he would rebound after the first few days.

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“I was really worried early on,” John Sexton said. “He was comatose.”

Jim Sexton recalled feeling sluggish and thought he had the flu or was dehydrated. But when he checked into the emergency room, he was sweating profusely and had a 105-degree temperature, he said.

But Sexton rallied and soon was handing some village business while in the hospital—taking phone calls and meeting with village staff.

John Sexton often drove his brother to rehab sessions and said the mayor never complained or expressed doubt about recuperating.

“He bought into it and was very, very committed,” John Sexton said.

“He really had a great attitude through the whole process.”

But Sexton said the early days of therapy were tough. He could not get out bed, shower or dress himself without assistance.

“I called myself a bag of water,” he said.

But the rehab team believed it was time to take Sexton on the road to recovery.

“They know how to push your buttons,” Sexton said of the therapists, many who attended Friday’s awards ceremony.

Fourteen months later, Sexton continues therapy sessions two days a week primarily to regain the strength is his neck—the only remaining aftereffect of the disease.

Sexton said he attended the luncheon to thank therapists, physicians and nurses who cared for him.

“I think all of the awards should go to the people at Christ Hospital,” he said. “I had a little roll of bad luck.”

Thursday, September 26, 2013 The Reporter

Grisly double murder in Palos area has no local connection

By Tim Hadac Staff Reporter

“I have two children. We love the forest preserves and nature centers out here. They’re beautiful. I know that the victims weren’t from around here, but I’m still going to have this in the back of my mind now, when I take my kids out there.

It’s kind of chilling.”

Dave Igielski, 45, of Orland Park, brushed off fear. “From what I saw on [a] TV [newscast], this appears to have no connection with our area,” he said. “Yeah, it’s tragic, it’s gruesome, it’s ugly. I hate that it happened, and I feel for the victims.

But it won’t stop me from living my life.”

Retired highway worker Bob Krockett, 78, of Orland Park, took the long view.

“Criminals from the city have been dropping bodies in the suburbs for years,” he said. “I remember when they found the Grimes girls out near the woods in Willow Springs in the ’50s. Then there was that little girl from the city [whose body] was found in a forest preserve right here in [the] Palos [area] in the early ’60s — and so on and

so forth.

“I don’t know why they do that,” he added. It’s like they think this is the middle of nowhere, when of course it’s not.”

The slayings came to light at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, when a passerby spotted a parked Chrysler PT Cruiser ablaze near Ford and Wolf roads in the Cap Sauers Holdings Nature Preserve in unincorporated Palos Township.

Shortly after firefighters from the Palos Fire Protection District extinguished the blaze, the women’s charred bodies were found in the trunk of the vehicle, authorities stated. Autopsies showed the cause of death in each case to be strangulation.

Police said that Danno and Martinez-Hernandez killed the victims at the Danno residence, in the 5600 block of South Neenah Avenue, in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side, an area west of Midway Airport with one of the lowest crime rates in the city, and then drove the bodies to the Palos area.

“We were able to pay off almost $2 billion in unpaid bills,” she said. “If you look at bills (Continued from page 3) that are over 30 days, I think it’s of paying down nearly $2 bil- down to about $3 billion, which lion in debt the state is now able sounds like a lot of money but to provide financial support to it’s a huge improvement from educational institutions with less where it was several years ago and that translates into a quickturnaround.

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Illinois is in a unique position grants, Burke said.

when it comes to MAP funding and since not every state provides this specific funding program the amount of funds awarded to an institution may be swayed.

“We were able to increase slightly the MAP appropriation,” Burke said. “One thing to keep in mind is that most other states don’t have a MAP program and when you are factoring in what the state does contribute to higher education you have to factor in MAP funding, which is given to the students who need it the most.”

The double murder of two Chicago women appears to have no connection with the Palos area, other than the forest preserves serving as a dumping ground for the bodies, officials said this week.

“We’ve been in contact with the [Cook County] Sheriff’s Police, and there is no need to alert the community of a criminal on the loose,” Palos Park Police Chief Joe Miller said at Monday’s Village Council meeting.

Authorities have charged Robert Danno, 50, and Jose Fernardo Martinez-Hernandez, 24, with two counts of first-degree murder each in the strangulation deaths of Mary Ann Urban-Danno, 51, and Theresa Urban, 79 (Danno’s wife and mother-in-law).

Local reaction, gauged early Tuesday morning outside the Jewel-Osco in Palos Park, was mixed.

“This sort of thing scares me, I’ll admit,” said Beth Wenzel, 31, who moved to Palos Park two years ago.

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Community Briefs Alsip Veterans needed for celebration

The third annual Salute to our Armed Forces will be held in the grand ballroom of the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton in Alsip, 5000 W. 127th St. All branches of serviceman and women will be honored for serving their country with pride and dedication at a ceremony at 1 p.m., Oct. 15. All Honorees must pre-register to attend.

This celebration is presented

by Cook County Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Dignity Memorial, and Double Tree Hotel

by Hilton.

All branches of military service men and women will receive an honorary salute certificate and custom designed brass commemorative pin. The Ceremony will also include a Color Guard presentation, POW-MIA remembrance service, noted guest speaker Retired Col. Jill Morgenthaler and patriot entertainment. Refreshments will be served to all honorees and guests.

RSVP by October 11th to Murphy’s Office at 708-389-2125. Fax information to 708-389-2240.

Chicago SXU offers job fair

Saint Xavier University’s Office of Career Services invites the community to meet with employers at the 2013 Fall Job Fair at from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Shannon Center, located at the University’s Chicago campus, 3700 W. 103rd St. The fair is free and open to the public.

Employers will recruit for fulltime, part-time, and internship positions in various industries.

Attendees are advised to dress professionally and bring many copies of their resumes.

Companies scheduled to attend at this time include: Charter Fitness, ChildCare Careers, Elim Christian School and Services, Little Company of Mary Hospital, MercyWorks Volunteer Program, Prudential, St. Coletta’s of Illinois, Standard Bank & Trust Co., TCF Bank, U.S. Secret Service, United States Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force Health Professions, and YMCA of Metro Chicago.

A full list of employers is available at www.sxu.edu, keyword: job fair. For more information, please contact the Office of Career Services at 773-298-3131.

SXU to host elected officials

Local business professionals are invited to meet and mingle with Chicagoland elected officials at the Eighth Annual Breakfast with Your Legislators on Oct. 11 at Saint Xavier University, 3700 W. 103rd St. Elected officials scheduled to attend include State Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18th), State Rep. Kelly Burke (D-36th), State Rep. Fran Hurley (D35th), Cook County Commis-

sioner John Daley (D-11th), Chicago Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th), Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra Bury, and Blue Island Mayor Domingo Vargas.

Registration and networking begins at 7:30 a.m. in the Butler Reception Room located in the Warde Academic Center, followed by breakfast and the program at 8 a.m.

12:45 p.m. — Simply Sweet Creations Cupcake Demo 1:20 p.m. — Joon Lee Tae Kwon Do 1:50 p.m. — Royal Announcement of Princes and Princesses

General admission for the event, which includes breakfast, is $30 per person and $20 for members of the following organizations: Beverly Area Planning Association, Evergreen Park Chamber of Commerce, Oak Law Chamber of Commerce, and Blue Island Chamber of Commerce.

This event is expected to sell out, so register online at www. bapa.org/ticketslb.asp.

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In correlation with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Apple Day of Service, the college is hosting this recycling extravaganza in its largest capacity. Items to recycle include e-waste (i.e. PC/TV and accessories, small electronics), textiles (clothes, blankets, towels, stuffed animals), gently worn shoes, pharmaceuticals, and typical recycling (paper, plastic, metal, glass). Please do not bring hazardous materials or paint.

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Chicago Ridge Lawyer to give talk

Michael B. Barrett, an area attorney for more than 20 years, will address the Chicago Ridge Friendship Club at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 14 at 11:30 a.m. at Chicago Ridge Village Hall, 10455 Ridgeland, Chicago Ridge. Barrett will discuss the importance of knowing when it is in your best interest to consult with a lawyer and the importance of having a will.

Oak Lawn Fall Football Fundraiser plans announced

The Oak Lawn Parks Foundation will be hosting its fourth annual Fall Football Fundraiser on at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Stony Creek Golf Course, 5850 W. 103rd Street in Oak Lawn.

The Bears will playing at Detroit and kickoff is at noon.

Admission is $25 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under.

The menu includes appetizers, salad, chicken, beef, sausage, potatoes, dessert, beer coffee and soda. There will be a cash bar. Raffle prizes will be announced at halftime. The chairmen for this year’s event are Ed Plonis and Tom Zobak.

The Foundation is in its 20th year of providing for the continued enhancement of leisure programs, recreational services and environmental preservation.

Fall Fun Fest lineup announced

The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn announced its stage line-up for the annual Fall Fun Fest on Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at 5100 Museum Drive. The first 500 children that show up will get a free pumpkin, sponsored Home Depot.

The schedule is: 10:15 a.m. — Oak Lawn Library Storytelling 10:45 a.m. — Priscilla’s School of Dance 11:30 a.m. — Little Miss Ann

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Stagg boosters looking for crafters for November show

The Stagg High School Music Boosters organization is accepting applications from crafters and artists for the Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 Art for the Season show.

Stagg High School is located at the intersection of 111th Street and Roberts Road in Palos Hills.

The cost is $95 per 80 square foot booth space for the two-day run of the show.

For more information or to receive an application, please call 708-974-7520 or 708-361-8298.

Worth Toscas hosts Assesment Appeals Seminar

Worth Township Assessor John Z. Toscas announced that he is hosting an Assessment Appeal Seminar conducted by Commissioner Dan Patlak, Cook County Board of Review. The seminar is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Monday in the gymnasium of the Worth Township Town Hall, 11601 S. Pulaski Road in Alsip.

Commissioner Patlak’s staff and Assessor Toscas’ staff will be on hand to assist residents with filing an appeal.

The Board of Review filing dates are Monday to Oct. 22.

Toscas’ staff will assist all Worth Township homeowners with filing a 2013 Real Estate Assessed Valuation Complaint and research comparable properties through October 16.

Homeowners need to provide their Property Identification Number.

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Big day for Worth Park District The Worth Park District held the dedication of Kennelly Park on Sunday in honor of the late influential resident Jim Kennelly and the re-opening of the Worth Park District Historical Museum.

Standing in front of the new Bishop Store display in the Worth Park District Historical Museum are Colleen McElroy, museum curator, Dale Bishop and Chuck Templin. Both men were instrumental in assisting Colleen and the Worth Park District with this new store front display.

OL could battle $30 million deficit in next three years

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter Oak Lawn officials will face some tough decisions in the months ahead in an effort to close a projected $8.7 million budget deficit.

And the problem likely won’t end soon.

Significant budget cuts and potential layoffs likely will be required to get the village’s budget into the black, village officials said at Tuesday night’s village board meeting.

“You’re not going to find $8 million by tweaking around the edges,” Village Treasurer Pat O’Donnell told trustees.

O’Donnell and finance director Brian Hannigan made a presentation at the meeting, which summarized the village’s financial picture.

But the presentation was merely an overview. Board members will begin discussing the difficult financial choices in detail at an Oct. 16 finance committee meeting.

Trustees must decide if they favor O’Donnell’s “reality show” option, which recommends tax hikes, cuts and layoffs in many departments and a review of remaining 2013 expenditures.

Otherwise, the village will continue to “kick the can,” O’Donnell

said, by not paying recommended pension contributions and incurring more debt.

The financial picture does not brighten down the road if the board fails to make some hard choices, according to projections.

The projected budget deficit jumps to $10.6 million in 2015 and $11 million in 2016.

Mayor Sandra Bury has said that she and several trustees are committed to solving the budgetary crisis without raising property taxes.

However, trustees could decide to increase the sales or gasoline taxes, Hannigan said.

“To get to the right run rate, we need have to make some serious cuts,” O’Donnell said. “I just think we’ve got gigantic challenges.”

“What we’ve got to do is not go into denial,” Bury added.

The village’s projected budget deficit nearly doubles in 2014 for three main reasons, Hannigan said.

First, the village in 2013 sold a parking lot near village hall for $1.8 million to make way for the construction of a bank. The onetime influx of money helped plug the budget deficit for a single year, Hannigan said.

Second, the village in 2014 will not have Build America bond mon-

ey to continue the street and alley resurfacing project, which is 40 percent complete. That work will be paid for with general revenue.

Trustees could decide to scale back or postpone the work, he said.

Finally, underfunded village pensions and retiree medical plans caused an otherwise balanced 2013 budget to fall into the red by $4.8 million. In 2014, the underfunded plans are responsible for $5.6 million of the projected $8.7 budget shortfall.

The village has three years to fund its pension obligations at 90 percent or the state will begin collecting local sales taxes to make up the shortfall, Hannigan said.

Meanwhile, there is little change in the 2013 revenue — $50.7 million — and the projected figure over the next few years. Village Manager Larry Deetjen said 2014 revenue projections are conservative “but you’ve got to be realistic.”

The village expects sales taxes to climb slowly from $13.7 million in 2014 to $15.4 million in 2018.

The opening of a Mariano’s Fresh Market at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue along with other stores and restaurants expected to move into the mall anchored by the grocery store should help boost sales tax receipts, officials said.

Worth residents grill state reps on economic issues

By Jessie Molloy Correspondent The age-old argument that the rich should be paying more tax money than everyone else came up in Worth in front of a couple of state representatives last Thursday.

State senator Bill Cunningham of the 18th district and state representative Frances Ann Hurley of the 35th district held a meetand-greet with area citizens before last Thursday’s village board meeting — a practice they have been doing in municipalities throughout their district on and off since the legislative session ended in spring.

On this night, they were quizzed on state income tax and other important state economic issues for a good portion of the hour-long session by Arlene Zielke, a local member of the League of Women Voters.

Throughout their give-andtake, Zielke questioned Cunningham about his stance on changing the state income tax from a flat rate to a graduated tax which would place higher taxes on higher earners, an issue the LWV strongly supports.

Cunningham is the co-sponsor of a current senate bill proposing an amendment to the state constitution, which would allow for just such a change. Currently the constitution mandates the state use a flat income tax, though Cunningham said that eliminating this system and switching to a format more like the federal government’s income tax when the current five percent tax rate

expires in 2015 would “lower taxes for most people in Illinois and bring in more revenue to the state, so there would not need to be cuts in funding for schools or social services.”

Cunningham said he believes this issue will play a big role in the 2014 gubernatorial race.

The state’s pension issue was also a hot topic and both Cunningham and Hurley said they believe the special, bi-partisan conference committee, comprised of three democrats and two republicans from each house, has been meeting regularly and will be ready to present its plan to solve the crisis in bill form soon, though it is not clear what it will entail.

“They’re close,” said Cunningham. “I think they should come out with their plan within the next few weeks, though it may be a little longer if the court rules that our pay suspension was constitutional. No matter what I’d be for going down there tomorrow and trying to solve this thing, but a lot of people don’t want to concede a victory for the governor on that.”

The lawsuit regarding Gov. Patrick Quinn’s controversial July veto of lawmakers’ salaries in the state budget was argued in court on Sept. 19 and a ruling is expected to be handed down on Sept. 25.

Cunningham says he suspects the ruling will say the veto was unconstitutional, though it is not a sure thing. Either way he said he believes the action has slowed down the process and “ratcheted up the petty politics.”

Cunningham said he looks for-

ward to dealing with both issues when the legislature goes back into session in October.

Liquor license for new café approved

The Worth board meeting itself was brief. The board approved business and a beer and wine liquor license for a new restaurant, Elsie’s Place Café, which will be located at 6901 W. 111th Street. The restaurant may not be opening for a few months however, because it is awaiting approval for its video gaming license from the state.

Village improvement plan in the works

Trustee Colleen McElroy announced that the village is looking for interested residents to be interviewed by Chicago Metro Area Planning to help develop a village improvement plan. The village received a grant from CMAP for the Local Technical Assistance program, which according to the official report, will “study Worth’s many planning needs and initiatives in order to determine the communities planning priorities and determine a follow-up project which will be undertaken through the LTA program.”

In order to determine the details of this plan and the best course of action, CMAP will interview the village trustees and staff and other interested “stakeholders” and residents.

McElroy said anyone interested in taking part in the interviews could contact the village hall.

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Inside the First Amendment

When God-talk by kids is protected speech

By Charles C. Haynes If you ask a class of 5th graders to write about someone they “look up to,” don’t be shocked when at least one of them decides to write about God. That’s exactly what happened in Millington, Tennessee earlier this month when 10-year-old Erin selected God as her idol because, as she explained, “He is the reason I am on this earth.”

A red flag went up for Erin’s teacher who told the student she couldn’t pick God and directed her to choose someone else.

Erin, who sounds like a very good little girl, complied and picked Michael Jackson, a choice acceptable to the teacher.

Not surprisingly, Erin’s mother was upset by the message the teacher was sending to Erin and the other kids about not expressing their faith in class.

After the mother went public with the story, the “God is my idol” controversy circled the globe with tweets in multiple languages.

Another black eye for public schools.

What’s significant about this incident — and why I’m giving it even more attention — is what happened next: The school district immediately recognized that the teacher had made the wrong decision. In a meeting with the family, school officials, including the teacher, apologized and acknowledged that Erin has the right to write about God. Under current law, as explained in the U.S. Department of Education guidelines, “students may express their beliefs about religion in the form of homework, artwork and other written and oral assignments free of discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions.”

Of course, students attending public schools can’t take over classrooms by delivering sermons or leading classmates in prayer. But if student speech meets the requirements of the assignment — and Erin’s clearly did — students are free to express their religious or non-religious views.

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district’s quick response in support of Erin is in sharp contrast to how a number of other schools have handled these conflicts in a string of high-profile cases over the past decade.

Who can forget, for example, the school district in New Jersey that went to court to defend their decision to keep a second-grade child from singing “Awesome God” at her school’s talent show?

In 2006, a court ruled that the school district was wrong to censor the child. But the damage had been done, illustrating how one bad story can create the false impression that all public schools are hostile to religion.

Fortunately, a growing number of schools are getting the message that the First Amendment doesn’t mandate a religion-free zone in public schools. School officials today are far more likely to support the religious liberty rights of students — and correct teachers when mistakes are made.

But what’s still missing in many districts is in-service training that informs teachers about current law under the First Amendment. As an attorney friend of mine likes to say, the time to buy the fire truck is before the fire.

Erin’s teacher later admitted that she was confused about what the law required — and nervous about allowing God-talk in a public school classroom.

Conflicts and controversies like this can be avoided if school districts make sure that all teachers understand the difference between school speech promoting religion, which the Establishment clause of the First Amendment prohibits, and student religious expression, which the Free Exercise and Free Speech clauses protect.

In other words, little Erin is not the government. If God is her idol, she has every right to say so.

Charles C. Haynes is director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Email him atchaynes@ newseum.org.

Guest Column

It started going south for the South in 1863

By Don C. White This is the first of a twopark piece on the Civil War. To say that the year of 1863 was the pivotal year of the Civil War would be an understatement.

It should have been the year the war ended. Some Civil War historians would tell you that not only was 1863 the turning point of the war, but what happened in July, 1863 at Vicksburg and Gettysburg sealed the South’s fate.

With Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in January, and these two great Union victories, the Southern leadership should have seen the handwriting on the wall.

And maybe they did, but they were not ready to give up the fight.

After the South’s grand victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville the Southern Rebellion was as strong as it would ever be. General Lee knew he had to keep the Army of Northern Virginia’s momentum going. In talks with President Davis, Lee laid out his plans to move north to put pressure on Washington and take the fight into Union territory. Davis approved the plan, but with the stipulation that enough troops be left behind to protect the Capital at Richmond. Lee’s second move north would become forever known as the Gettysburg Campaign.

Upon gaining President Davis’ approval, General Lee set about reorganizing the Army of Northern Virginia into three corps as they prepared to move north in hopes of resupplying the army from the storehouses of Maryland and Pennsylvania. It would also enable the farmers of the Shenandoah Valley, the bread basket of Virginia, to get their crops in.

General Longstreet remained as commander of the 1st Corps, General Ewell was to command

the 2nd Corps and General A.P. Hill was given command of the newly organized 3rd Corps. This major reorganization became necessary due to the untimely death of General “Stonewall” Jackson on May 10, 1863. Both Ewell and Hill were regarded as fighters and leaders of men, but neither of them would live up to Lee’s expectations as corps commanders. I don’t believe there was anyone in any of the Confederate Armies that could have filled Jackson’s boots.

As General Lee learned of General Hooker’s retrograde move, he ordered his troops to begin their march north. The three Corps were spread out over a great distance and could have been attacked piecemeal by General Hooker. His request was thwarted by General Halleck and Sec. of War Stanton. Lincoln said, “Our Folks (Halleck and Stanton), appear to know but little how things are and show no evidence that they ever will avail themselves of any advantage.” So a once in a war time opportunity was lost as Lee was able to move without any strong opposition.

On June 27th, some say Hooker asked to be relieved of command. However it occurred, Hooker was gone and General George Meade (commander of the 5th corps) became the new commander of the Army of the Potomac.

The Confederate cavalry of General Stuart had been strengthened for the campaign.

His troopers were the eyes and ears of Lee’s army. As the army began the move north, Lee gave Stuart almost carte blanche in his movements. His main job was to shadow the movements of the Union Army and report them to General Lee. In this, he failed Lee and the army totally.

As Stuart’s troopers moved through a gap in the mountains he encountered General Hancock’s 2nd Corps and fought a needless engagement. On June

28th Stuart’s troops moved northward toward Rockville, Md. where they captured about 125 supply wagons. For whatever reason, Stuart seemed to have neglected to keep General Lee informed of General Hooker’s movements. I don’t know if or when he became aware of the change in command of the Union Army, but if he found out he should have gotten this news to Lee as soon as possible.

Whatever the circumstances, Lee and Meade would meet on the farms and orchards surrounding the crossroad hamlet of Gettysburg, Pa., a place that neither of them would have chosen to bring on a battle. But sometimes fate intervenes and commanders have to make the best of what they have to work with. Gettysburg was one such situation; it developed quickly and could have ended in a Confederate victory. But it did not. Would a Confederate victory have changed the outcome of the war? I don’t believe it would have.

So the scene was set for the three-day Battle of Gettysburg.

On June 29th General Meade ordered his nearly 90,000 man Army of the Potomac to pursue General Lee’s 75,000 troops.

When Lee became aware that the Union Army was on the move in force, he ordered his troops who were strung out in an arc from Chambersburg, Pa. to near the Capital at Harrisburg to move as quickly as possible to the Cashtown — Gettysburg area.

On July 1, the brigade of General Pettigrew, of General A.P. Hill’s 3rd Corps, ventured toward Gettysburg. The story goes they were looking for shoes.

Whatever their reason, all commanders had been told by General Lee to avoid bringing on an engagement of any kind As the Confederates neared town they encountered a smattering of Union troops that Pettigrew and Heth first believed

were just mounted Pennsylvania militia. In fact the town had been occupied by two brigades of Union cavalry lead by General John Buford. The first shots of the skirmish that turned into a full blown battle were fired about 7:30 in the morning. General Heth was severely wounded in the head but survived to fight until the end of the war. It did not take long for either side to realize that they had brought on a full-scale battle.

General Buford sent word to General Reynolds requesting swift infantry support of his position. After about three hours of fighting, General Reynolds and the leading element of his 1st Corps arrived on the field. As Reynolds was leading his troops into a line of battle he was shot and killed at McPherson’s Woods.

Late in the day Union troops were forced to retreat and they regrouped on the high ground of Cemetery Hill, south of town.

General Lee was now in the thick of the developing battle and knew full well the strength of the Union defensive position.

He ordered General Ewell to attack and seize the hill “if practicable,” before the entire Union army could concentrate there.

General Ewell was no Stonewall Jackson, so he did not make the attack as most likely Jackson would have.

His decision not to attack was, and is yet today, considered to be one of the biggest lost opportunities at Gettysburg. As the day’s fighting ended both Meade and Lee knew they were in too deep to avoid more fighting. Meade met with his corps commanders and made plans for another day of fighting. Lee met with Longstreet and fretted that he still had not heard a word from General Stuart.

Part two will run in next week’s Reporter.

Don C. White is a local author and historian.

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What is the top item in your bucket list?

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Bob Morrow, Millard Lichter, Oak Lawn Evergreen Park “Everything I’ve wanted to do “I’d like to be doing magic I’ve done.” shows again.”

Robert Goldberg, Oak Lawn “See a couple of plays in New York City.”

Thomas Milazzo, Oak Lawn “I’d like to see peace and happiness in the whole world.”

Walter Zegar, Chicago “I’d like to go on a cruise with someone I love.”

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It’s all in the family for some Glen Oaks teachers

By Jim Hook District 117 For Brian Christopher and Kelly Maloney, teaching is a family affair.

The siblings teach fourth grade at Glen Oaks School in Hickory Hills, which is where they grew up and where their parents still live. In fact, their classrooms are right across the hall from one another: Brian in Room 35 and Kelly in Room 36.

Brian and Kelly’s spouses are also teachers, Brian’s wife is a third-grade teacher in Burr Ridge and Kelly’s husband teaches high school in Downers Grove. The couples live within a mile of each other in Homer Glen.

Their mom used to help with recess duty at Dorn School be-

fore helping prepare lunches at Conrady Junior High School.

Brian and Kelly say they love their jobs and appreciate the colleagues they have on their team.

Brian is quick to cite retired teachers Jo Carol Sullivan, Barb Chudy and Kathleen Bolognani as teachers who influenced him as a student and later as a colleague.

“As a student teacher I spent many, many hours observing Jo Carol Sullivan teaching in the classroom,” Brian said. “She taught me patience, she taught me the importance of caring and nurturing and she taught me to stress the importance of reading.

“That was a big one,” he said.

“Reading is critical in everything we do and teach.”

Christopher said he vividly remembers former teacher Barbara Sowa as a teacher who used reading cards to help all her students become better readers.

Kelly cited retired teacher Kathy Sullivan as always being “so bubbly and full of energy and patience with the children.”

Sullivan was Kelly’s firstgrade teacher.

“I have been truly honored to have worked with teachers who have been mentors to me,” Kelly said. “Marilyn Marino, Jackie Davies and Bonnie Berdelle were wonderful teachers and mentors.

“They were always so warm and inviting,” she said. “And Submitted Photo they were always there ready Kelly Maloney and Brian Christopher are a sister/brother combo who teach at Glen Oaks in to lend a helping hand.

Hickory Hills.

Former St. Laurence athlete now assistant principal at Conrady

Bulletin Board Chicago Ridge

The Veterans Of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary No. 177 of Chicago Ridge is sponsoring a poster contest for first through third grade students and an essay contest for fourth and fifth graders.

The fourth and fifth graders graders will write on the topic “How do our veterans serve America?” The essay should be no longer than 200 words and should be typed or neatly handwritten in black ink.

The cover sheet for the essay should contain: student’s name, school, age of student and grade.

The deadline is Nov. 6.

The theme for the poster for first, second and third graders is “I am a proud American.”

The poster should be no larger than 14 by 22 inches. Students may use any type coloring agents like crayons, paints, markers, etc.

On the back of the poster please include: the student’s name, the age of the students and the grade.

The deadline is Nov. 6. For more information on either contest, contact Renee at 630-452-9447

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School District 124 provides free vision, hearing, speech, language, basic concepts knowledge, and fine and gross motor skills screenings for children 3 to 5 years old who are not yet in kindergarten. Children eligible can qualify for special programs.

For more information call Jean Hector at 423-0951, Ext. 2140.

Moraine Valley

Volunteers for Moraine Valley Community College’s Literacy Program are currently being recruited to tutor adults who read, write or compute math

at or below a ninth-grade level or who need additional help in learning English.

Tutors commit to teaching basic reading, math, computer, or English skills to an assigned student for two hours each week for one year. Regular meeting days and times are decided by the tutor and the student. The literacy program offers tutoring at local libraries, the main campus in Palos Hills and college extension centers in Blue Island and Tinley Park. Tutors can choose a location close to their work or home.

Volunteers should be high school graduates over the age of 18. Teaching experience is not required. Volunteers must complete 12 hours of mandatory training, which can be completed online at cyberdriveillinois.com or at the college in September.

To volunteer or for more information, call 608-4151.

Mount Assisi

Mount Assisi Academy was invited to attend Lewis University’s Aviation Camp for girls. During this clinic, junior Haleigh Biernacki of Hickory Hills and other girls attended a flight simulator class, learned the parts of the plane and their functions, and toured the tower for air traffic controls. Biernacki won a free hour flight.

Haleigh was able to fly the plane over her aunt’s house in Plainfield.

Queen of Peace

Queen of Peace and St. Laurence high schools will be hosting a Mass for first responders at 10 a.m. Oct. 20. Family, friends and the community are invited to honor all active and retired police officers, firefighters/EMS and all branches of the military.

Queen of Peace High School

is located at 7659 S. Linder Ave. in Burbank. Refreshments will be served immediately following Mass. RSVP

by Oct. 18 to 708-458-7600 or By School District 117 gardast@queenofpeacehs.org.

Will Seidelmann doesn’t just Saint Xavier talk the talk. He walks the Saint Xavier University will walk. host the 13th Annual Cougar And at 6-foot-5, he cuts an 5K Run/Walk during its 2013 intimidating swath wherever he Homecoming Week at 9 a.m. on goes.

Oct. 5. The race begins and ends But beneath that imposing veat SXU’s Chicago campus, 3700 neer lies a gentle man steeped W. 103rd St, and travels through in dignity and unbending prinEvergreen Park. ciple.

Pre-registration is $30 for The new assistant principal runners/walkers and $25 for at Conrady Junior High School SXU students. Prices increase lives his life by an adage affixed to $35 for runners/walkers and to a wall in his office that simply $30 for SXU students from reads: “Be The Change You Wish Mon., Sept. 30 to Fri., Oct. 4. To See In The World.” It’s a On race day, registration is $40 saying by Mahatma Gandhi. for runners/walkers and $35 for The 26-year-old Tinley Park SXU students. The Cougar 5K resident has embodied that is bringing back the family rate verse since he was in high which costs $75 for two adults school and had his first “ahand one child age 17 or under ha” moment. from the same immediate fam- It’s been a journey that began ily. Each additional child is $20. on Chicago’s Southwest Side Family rate registration is not where the family grew up in available on race day. Visit www. the St. Bede Parish and Will sxu.edu, keyword: cougar 5k to attended St. Bede Grammar register.

School and St. Laurence High All participants will receive a School in Burbank. He played white cotton long-sleeve Cougar basketball and volleyball in high 5K shirt. Participants that reg- school and has coached in preister before Sun., Sept. 15 have vious years. the option to purchase a black Seidelmann, who has spent the dry-tech long-sleeve Cougar 5K last 10 summers as an instrucshirt for an additional $5 in- tor and now supervisor at the stead of the white cotton shirt. Orland Park Pool, was teaching Exclusive Cougar 5K charcoal students with special needs how grey quarter-zip jackets also are to swim. One of his students on sale for $30 through the on- wanted to participate in the Speline registration form or in the cial Olympics as a swimmer. But Shannon Center at the Chicago all he could do was float. campus.

“He and I worked really hard For more information or to on swimming, and he actually register, visit the Cougar 5K ended up winning a gold medal,” Run/Walk website at www.sxu. he said. edu, keyword: cougar 5k or “That is when I realized I call the race hotline at 773- wanted to not just work with 298-3592. kids, but have a positive influence on them.”

Seidelmann comes to Conrady after three years teaching students with emotional and behavior disorders at a high school in thoracic surgeons, nurse pracPlainfield. titioners, dieticians, and many “I just liked what District 117 others. had to offer,” he said. “I liked The menu of hands-on exits diversity. I had seen the disperiences proved invaluable in ciplinary and special education affirming Chmiel’s decision to sides of teaching. Now I wanted pursue a career in the medical to see the curriculum side. field. Students attended lec “I was ready for a new pertures on anatomy and physiolspective,” Seidelmann said. “I’m ogy and, yes, they dissected a excited about being here.” pig’s heart.

The oldest of three (he has Chmiel recommended the proa younger sister and brother), gram to any student considering Seidelmann attended Eastern careers in medicine.

Illinois University where he “I would definitely suggest double-majored in special eduthis program to anyone thinking cation and elementary education about a career in the medical field. with a concentration in math.

It’s a chance, before you commit He said he learned a lot about yourself to years of education, to people and cultures from his days see medicine behind-the-scenes,” in college where he served as a she said. resident assistant in his dorm. “I have friends all over the country and from various cultures and backgrounds,” Seidelmann said.

One of those friends is an English teacher who teaches in a new country every year. He joined her last year in Germany where he actually taught for a couple of days over Thanksgiving break.

Seidelmann will join her again this year to teach in Guatemala over Thanksgiving break.

During college, he spent the entire month of May for three consecutive years as a studentteaching in the Bahamas, Canada and Italy.

“In addition to teaching and helping the kids learn, what appealed to me was experiencing the diversity of each culture and what the world has to offer,” Seidelmann said.

Richards student attends NU’s Camp Cardiac

By Bob McParland District 218 When Agata Chmiel wrote her summer to-do list, she inexplicably jotted ‘dissect a pig’s heart’ near the top. Friends and family almost certainly cried ‘what?’ followed quickly by ‘why?’ upon hearing the news.

Nevertheless, the Richards High School senior knew what she wanted.

Chmiel, in fact, felt so motivated by the opportunity that she drove from Oak Lawn to Evanston and back every day for a week. She needed to know if medicine might suit her as a career.

Camp Cardiac, sponsored by

the Northwestern University Medical School, provided the answer.

By talking daily with medical students, job shadowing doctors and other professionals, lab activities, and earning certification in CPR, Chmiel underscored what she already suspected.

“It confirmed my career choice.

One of my favorite aspects of medicine is that it’s a field that will always consist of advancement and life-long learning. It takes a ton of commitment and life-altering dedication,” Chmiel said.

Each day at Camp Cardiac offered challenge and a glimpse of careers in health care. Students met with cardiologists, cardio-

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Richards High School senior Agata Chmiel spent a week at Cardiac Camp at Northwestern University.

As assistant principal, he says he sees his role as helping support and guide teachers and students ‘toward a common goal.’

“How can we better prepare students for high school?” he

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Will Seidelmann is settling in as the new assistant principal at Conrady. said. “At their age now (junior high school) we can still impact them.”

Seidelmann said there are differences between junior high students and high school students.

“Junior high school students are always quick to engage you in conversation,” he said. “And nine times out of 10 their first question is how tall am I and the second question is how old am I? “In high school, kids are too cool to talk to you,” he said.

Seidelmann said the best part of his job is being around people in the school, engaging them in conversation and seeing what it is they need and how he can assist.

“The best compliment came recently when a teacher came up to me in the hallway and said ‘Thank you for being so approachable,” he said. “It made me more aware of being available for teachers so they can be even more effective with their students. And isn’t that why we are all here?”

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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.

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Death Notices Michael Conrad Michael Conrad, 43, of Worth died Sept. 7 at home. Visitation was held at Schmaedeke Funeral Home and interment was private.

Mr. Conrad was surived by his wife, Susan Conrad, and stepchildren Sydney, Taylor, Logan and Layla Warren. He was also survived by his father, Richard Conrad, mother, Sandra Smiley, brothers Dennis, Mac, David and James Conrad and sister Emily Conrad.

Mr. Conrad was born in Oak Lawn and worked in construction as a foreman.

Debra Ann DiNaso Debrara Ann DiNaso, née Lanik, 54, of Oak Lawn died Sunday at the University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago. Visitation was Wednesday and a funeral Mass will take place at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Oak Lawn. She is survived her husband, Charles DiNaso, her son Shawn Janet and daughter Dawn Williams. He is also survived by her sisters, Lynette Lanik and Denise (Jeff) DeLosMonteros and twin brother, Bryan Lanik.

Mrs. DiNaso was born in Chicago and worked at Jewel Food Stores for more than 27 years.

66, of Palos Hills died Sept. 13 in Norwich, CT. Visitation was held Friday at Schmaedeke Funeral Home and the funeral was Friday at Sacred Heart Chruch in Palos Hills.

Ms. Fritz was born in Chicago and was an analyst for the federal government.

Jean M. Glockler Jean M. Glockler, 50, of Oak Lawn died Friday in Palos Heights.

Visitation is at 6:30 p.m. today, Thursday and service is at 7:30 p.m. at Colonial Chapel in Orland Park.

Cremation is private. Ms. Glockler is survived by her brothers, Bob (Rita) Glockler and Ronn (Chris) Glockler, and sisters Sue (Dan) Stevens and Jenny Glockler.

Ms. Glockler was born in Oak Lawn and worked as a history teacher at Morraine Valley ComRunners get a jump in the annual Running With the Bulldogs event. munity College.

June A. Stavropoulos June A. Stavopoulos née Majewski, 77, formerly of Palos Hills, died Sept. 14 in Georgia. Visitation was on Sept. 18 at Schmaedeke Funeral Home and a Mass was held at Our Lady of the Ridge in Chicago Ridge. Burial was at Holy Sepulchre. Ms. Stavropoulos was survived by her daughter, Melissa Stavropoulos.

Ms. Stavopoulos was born in Chicago and was an artist.

More than 600 run with Bulldogs

By District 218

For the second year in a row, more than 600 runners and walkers helped Richards High School raise thousands for the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Marilyn Fritz Chest Foundation at Running Marilyn Fritz, née Simkovich, with the Bulldogs.

The event attracted a crowd that included Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra Bury and POTCF founder Colleen Kisel.

Dutch traditions dating back to offer a variety of Dutch cuisines POTCF provides free toys, medieval times are being celebrated and treats. For those who prefer gifts, and gift cards to children again at the 17th annual Elim Chris- more conventional foods, hamburg- and teenagers in treatment tian Services Dutch Festival Sat- ers, pizza by the slice, bratwurst, for cancer at many hospitals urday, at Elim Christian Services’ hot dogs, and other foods will be throughout the Chicago area, campus in Palos Heights. available to eat. including Advocate Hope Chil The Dutch Festival is an fun event Admission to Dutch Festival is dren’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, for all ages, and all the proceeds free and free parking with shuttle and the nation. from the event benefit more than bus service is provided. Elim Chris- Last year, Running with the 900 children and adults with dis- tian Services is at 13020 S. Central Bulldogs raised nearly $11,000 abilities.

Ave. in Palos Heights. (293-6509; The day begins at 7:30 a.m. with a elimcs.org) home-cooked pannekoeke (pancake) *** breakfast. The rest of the day from Salem United Church of Christ, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Dutch Village 9717 S. Kostner Avenue, Oak Lawn, shops will sell Dutch pastries, crafts will hold its Annual Octoberfest at and gift items, or sit and enjoy the 6 p.m. September 28. Entertainall-day entertainment. ment is planned along with a roast There will be performances by pork dinner with all the trimmings. the members of Elim’s Choir, and Tickets are $13 for adults; $5 for Dutch dancers doing klompendan- children age 6 to 2; children 5 and Neat Repeats Resale in Worth skunst (Dutch clogging). under are free. is celebrating its new look with From blankets (pastries with If you have any questions or wish expanded hours at both stores. almond filling) to hutspot (beef to purchase tickets please call the Starting on Sunday November and potatoes), the Dutch Fest will church office at 708-423-9717.

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The top three finishers by age group included: Female, 1 to 14: Alyssa Stevenson, Ellie Featherstone, Logan Grevengoed; Male, 1 to 14 Mark Christian, Timmy Flavin, NoahPetrusevski; Female, 15 to 19: Taylor Adelman, Gelique Ayala, Reyna Jazmin Ocampo; Male, 15 to 19: Lydell Tyler, Collin Page, Ryan Riamesivian; Female, 20 to 24: Molly Pakosz, Shannen Reynolds, Jackie Esparza; Male, 20 to 24: Phil Culbertson, Chris Lindich, Brian Hankes; Female, 25 to 29: Ewa Sty-

rczula, Kerry Marshall, Stephanie Polito; Male, 25 to 29: Joseph Lerner, Dimitri Dimizas, Tomasz Poiaczek; Female, 30 to 34: Mary Strader, Amy Jonaitis, Marnie Milakovich; Male, 30 to 34: Philip Fetro, Dariusz Lisowski, Wtadek Czernik; Female, 35 to 39: Kimberly Florn, Agnieska Szyzdek, Hillary Grevengoed; Male, 35 to 39: Greg Dziubek, Adam Lorenc, Albert Bacchus; Female, 40 to 44: Krystyna Gorska, Donna Marie Ivers, Lisa Allen; Male, 40 to 44: Robert Cook, Jeff Jaworek, Tim Moore; Female, 45 to 49: Julie Longfield, Judy Groters, Tommette Houlden; Male, 45 to 49: Greg Wilder, Dennis Reynolds,

Jeff Allen; Female, 50 to 54: Donna McFall, Carol Fredericks, Diane O’Laughlin; Male, 50 to 54: Matt Medrano, Michael Blaylock, Gayne Underwood; Female, 55 to 59: Debbie Scheckel, Theresa Glusak, Debbie Nakayama; Male, 55 to 59: Rich Slehofer, Daniel Fredericks, Bill St. Leger; Female, 60 to 64: Mary Fliris, Louise Sullivan, Janice Blaschek; Male, 60 to 64: Tom Coti, Michael Del Priore, Keith Ahlborn; Female, 65 to 69: Margie Tucker, Jinx Fromme, Rita O’Neill; Male, 65 to 69: James Gallagher, Ron Motykowski, Michael Sullivan; and, Male, 70 to 99: Mike Dragas, Frank Nicholson, Joseph Aristich.

Benefits & Fundraisers The Hickory Hills Lions Club will host the fourth annual Roar and Run for Fun 5K Run/Walk race. The race will be held on Saturday, at 9 a.m. Oct. 26. All participants receive a long-sleeve shirt. There will be awards, door prizes, food and drink following the race.

The start/finish line will be at Hickory Hills City Hall, 8652 W. 95th Street. For more information about the race: www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/ HickoryHills, or to signup online: www.signmeup.com/93043.

If you would like to volunteer or become a sponsor please call Vince Uzzardo 708-430-2210 or

email hickoryhillslions@gmail. com.

Proceeds from the race will help the Hickory Hills Lions Club in their mission to provide programs and assistance to aid people who are blind or visually impaired.

The Hickory Hills Lions Club has served the needs of the community for more than 50 years. *** The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima-Chicago Area Chapter will hold its first gala fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 5 to 10 p.m., at the Noonan Academy, 19131 Henry Drive in Mokena.

Dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

The cost of dinner is $50 per per-

son, $250 for a table of six.

The group will honor Gloria Violante, past president. Father Apostoli, a fequent host on EWTN and author of “Fatima for Today,” will be talk about the Urgent Marian Message of Hope. There will be a silent auction to help raise funds to support the Blue Army and promoting Our Lady’s Messages of Fatima.

R.S.V.P. by Thursday, Oct. 3, by calling Tom Dunn at 420-6721 or emailing tdjdhotmail.com.

If unable to attend, send your monetary donations to Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima at 13811 S. Western Ave. Blue Island, IL. 60406.

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Crafts & Bazaars The Oak Lawn Community High School PTSA will host its annual Holiday Craft Show along with the Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce’s Business Showcase from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 19.

This year’s event will also include a Community Health Fair presented by Jewel-Osco. Admission and parking are free. Handmade items from many area crafters will be on display. Proceeds benefit the PTSA student scholarship fund. *** The Oak Lawn Community High School PTSA will host a holiday craft show and Oak Lawn business showcase featuring health screenings from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 19 at 9400 Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn. For more information call 708-424-5200 extension 5767 or visit olchs.org. *** Our Lady of Loretto is looking for crafters for its annual holiday craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 1 at 8925 S. Kostner Ave. Rentals are $35 per table.

For more information, call 708423-4206. *** Hickory Hills Presbyterian Church is looking for crafters for this year’s Holiday Craft Bazaar on Nov. 2 at 8426 W. 95th St. The rental fee for a 6-foot table is $30. For more information call 708-423-6378. *** VFW Post 177 McDonald-Linn in Chicago Ridge will hold a holiday craft fair Nov. 9. Table rentals are $30 per table. For more information call the post at 708-636-3220.

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How should your risk tolerance influence investment decisions?

As an investor, how much risk can you tolerate? It’s an important question — because the answer can help you make the right investment choices.

Before you know your risk tolerance, you’ll want to make sure you first understand the nature of investment risk — the risk of losing principal. This risk is especially prevalent when you invest in stocks, because stock prices will always fluctuate — and there are never any guarantees about performance. Of course, a decline in value does not mean you need to sell; you can always hold on to the stock with the hope that its value will bounce back. And this can certainly happen, but again — no guarantees.

How you respond to this type of investment risk will tell you a great deal about your own risk tolerance. Of course, no one, whether he or she has a high tolerance for risk or a low one, particularly likes to see declines. But people do react differently. If you’re the sort of person who can retain your confidence in your investment mix and can focus on the long term and the potential for a recovery, you may well have a higher tolerance for risk.

But if you find yourself losing sleep over your losses (even if, at this point, they’re just “paper” losses), becoming despondent about reaching your goals, and questioning whether you should be investing at all,

then you may have a low tolerance for risk.

This self-knowledge of your own risk tolerance should help inform your investment decisions — to a point.

Even if you determine you have a high tolerance for risk, you almost certainly should not load up your portfolio exclusively with stocks. If the stock market enters a prolonged slump, you could face heavy losses that may take many years to overcome, causing you to lose significant ground in the pursuit of your financial goals. Conversely, even if you discover you don’t have much tolerance for risk, you won’t want to invest only in supposedly “safe” vehicles, such as certificates of deposit (CDs). During those periods when rates on CDs and similar instruments are low, as has been the case in recent years, your interest payments from these investments may not even keep up with inflation — meaning that, over time, you could

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end up losing purchasing power, which, over the long term, can be just as big a risk as market declines.

Ultimately, then, you’ll probably want to let your risk tolerance guide your investment choices — but not dictate them with an “iron hand.” So, if you believe you are highly tolerant of risk, you might have a somewhat higher percentage of stocks in your portfolio than if you felt yourself to be highly risk-averse — but in any case, you’ll likely benefit from building a diversified portfolio containing stocks, bonds, government securities, CDs and other investments. While this type of diversification can’t guarantee profits or protect against loss, it can help reduce the effects of volatility on your portfolio.

By knowing your own risk tolerance, and the role it can play in your choices, you can help yourself create an effective, suitable investment strategy — one that you can live with for a long time and that can help you avoid the biggest risk of all: not reaching your long-term goals.

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

Marquette Bank events

Marquette Bank will host a free ladies’ night event Oct. 17 at the Marquette Bank located United Trust Bank (as of Sept. 17) at 8855 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Oak Lawn. Enjoy an evening of re RATES APR POINTS freshments and fun between 5 30-year fixed 4.625 4.628 0 p.m. and 7 p.m. Bring all of your 15-year fixed 3.625 3.627 0 girlfriends, treat yourself, mingle and have fun. Event is open to 10-year fixed 3.500 3.561 0 the public. For more information, call 708-599-5431.

Prospect Federal (as of Sept. 23) The bank will host a Switch to Neighborhood Banking Day on

RATES APR POINTS Saturday, Oct. 19 at all bank loca30-year fixed 4.500 4.539 .25 tions. Neighbors are encouraged 20-year fixed 4.250 4.303 .25 to join the movement and help 15-year fixed 3.500 3.565 .25 strengthen the local economy by switching to a local bank. Stop All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders. by any Marquette Bank location for new customer specials and free credit history reports. For more information, visit www. emarquettebank.com or call 1888-254-9500.

The bank will host a Halloween kids party Oct. 26 at the Marquette Bank located at 9858 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park. Wear your favorite Halloween costume and enjoy Army Cadet Tyler J. Billings sity of Wyoming, Laramie and is family fun, games, prizes and has graduated from the Army the son of Catherine Billings of refreshments between 2 p.m. and ROTC Leader’s Training Course Evergreen Park. Billings gradu- 4 p.m. Event is open to the pubat Fort Knox, Ky. ated in 2008 from Marist High lic. For more information, call (708) 423-4550.

Billings is a student at Univer- School.

Duty, Honor, Country

Talkin Poker

By Tony Dunst

Steinberg’s curious call One consequence of doing commentary for the World Poker Tour is that when opponents at my table fall into a strategy discussion, they often ask me my thoughts on the hand they were analyzing.

Personally, I’ve always felt that strategy discussion at the table should be kept to a minimum.

Whenever possible, I like to answer inquiries with agreeable or vague cliches like, “Not much you can do there,” or, “That’s poker.” I feel it’s especially important to avoid strategy discussion about hands that just occurred at the table, but now and then I’ll truly engage when the hand in question wasn’t played at our table.

The hand I’ve often heard discussed recently was a major pot played at the World Series of Poker 2013 National Championship final table. And the cause of all the discussion is the play of Max Steinberg on the river.

Steinberg has made a name for himself in tournament poker over the last three years, with remarkably consistent success in the large-field events at the WSOP. I also got to watch him play some very good poker when I did the online commentary for the Legends of Poker event in 2012, where he

finished second. There’s no question that Steinberg can play. But there are many questions about why he played a big pot so strangely at the National Championship final table.

Four-handed, Steinberg was neck and neck for the chip lead with Jonathan Hilton. Both players had around 1.4 million, while the two other players each had about 600,000. Brock Parker raised the 12,000-24,000 blinds to 50,000 with Kd Qs from the button, and Steinberg called from the small blind with Jh 10s. Hilton made the call with 5h 5d in the big blind and nailed the flop when it came 9c 6h 5s.

All three players checked, leading to the Kc on the turn. Steinberg fired with his gutshot straight draw for 90,000. Hilton just called with his set, and Parker also called with his top pair.

The river brought the 9h, missing the club flush draw that had developed on the turn. Steinberg checked, and everyone watching assumed he was giving up on the hand. Hilton finally came alive and fired out for 335,000, which got Parker to fold his two pair. When the action came back to Steinberg and he didn’t immediately fold, announcers Norman Chad and

Lon McEachern wondered what was taking so long. When Steinberg announced a call, Chad went berserk: “What could he beat!?” he cried.

I agree that Steinberg’s call was a major mistake, but it’s not quite as absurd as it looks at first viewing.

For Hilton to have led big on this river, he either had a bluff or a big hand like 8-7, trips or a full house. Hilton wouldn’t be betting this river with hands like K-10 or K-J. Steinberg also believed Hilton knew that if Parker had a 9, he’d bet the flop, and that if Steinberg himself had a 9, he’d bet the river.

So if Hilton did have something in the weak part of his range — mostly club flush draws that missed — it would actually have been a reasonable spot for a bluff.

Then again, even with that logic, there was still one big problem for Steinberg: He could lose to some of Hilton’s bluffs, like busted queenhigh flush draws. The hand was crazy enough with a jack-high call, but if there had been a queen-high value bet, too, I think Norman Chad would have had a seizure.

(Tony Dunst is a poker pro and host of “Raw Deal” on World Poker Tour telecasts. Catch him every Sunday night on FSN.)

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John Coleman, board of trustees of Moraine Valley Community College, Dave Spedale, executive vice president Standard Bank and Trust, Laura Shallow, group senior vice president Standard Bank and Trust, Sylvia Jenkins, President of MVCC, Michael Helsdingen, senior vice president of Standard Bank and Trust and Mohammed Abunada, assistant vice president of Standard Bank and Trust take part in a check ceremony.

Standard Bank donates $10,000 Standard Bank and Trust Co. presented Moraine Valley Community College with a $10,000 donation to support the Standard Bank & Trust Company Scholarship Fund that provides annual scholarships to graduating students from Brother Rice, Leo, Marist, and Mount Carmel High Schools. Scholarship recipients can apply the funds

toward tuition, fees and books at Moraine Valley during the fall and spring semesters.

“Standard Bank is happy to support Moraine Valley in a meaningful way,” said Mohammed Abunada, assistant vice president of private banking and wealth management at the bank. “I am proud to be part of an organization that

helps students fulfill their educational dreams.”

“We are grateful to Standard Bank for their continued support of our school,” said Dr. Sylvia Jenkins, president of Moraine Valley Community College. “The generosity of Standard Bank will positively benefit many of our students.”

SXU invites business pros to breakfast with legislators Local business professionals are invited to meet and mingle with Chicagoland elected officials at the eighth annual Breakfast with Your Legislators on Friday, Oct. 11, at Saint Xavier University, 3700 W. 103rd St. Elected officials scheduled to attend include state Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18th), state Rep. Kelly Burke (D-36th), state Rep. Fran Hurley (D-35th), Cook County Commissioner John Daley (D11th), Chicago Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th), Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra Bury, and Blue Island Mayor Domingo Vargas.

Registration and networking begins at 7:30 a.m. in the Butler Reception Room located in the Warde Academic Center, followed by breakfast and the program at 8 a.m.

General admission for the event, which includes breakfast, is $30 per person and $20 for members of the following organizations: Beverly Area Planning Association, Evergreen Park Chamber of

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Sen. Bill Cunningham and Rep. Kelly Burke at the 2012 Breakfast with your Legislators.

Commerce, Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce, and Blue Island Chamber of Commerce. This event is expected to sell out, so register online at bapa.org/ ticketslb.asp.

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By Jill Schlesinger

Financial crisis five-year anniversary

Mayo Clinic

Pineal gland cysts are common but don’t normally cause headaches DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is there a way to treat pineal gland cysts? If so, how? Could this be what is causing my headaches?

ANSWER: Pineal gland cysts are common. As many as 2 percent of healthy adults develop this kind of cyst. Rarely does a pineal gland cyst cause headaches or any other symptoms. In most cases, no treatment is necessary for a pineal gland cyst. But your case should be carefully reviewed to make sure you have a pineal gland cyst and not a more serious disorder like a pineal gland tumor.

The pineal gland is a tiny structure near the center of the brain in an area called the cerebrum, the largest section of the brain. The cerebrum is responsible for processing messages sent to the brain from other parts of the body and then telling the body how to respond.

The cerebrum controls functions such as thinking, learning, speech, emotions and movement.

The pineal gland’s job is to make a hormone called melatonin that helps regulate the body’s sleep cycle.

A cyst is a sac that can form in any part of the body. Often cysts are filled with air, fluid or other material. Cysts that occur in the pineal gland almost never cause symptoms. So, it is unlikely that your headaches are the result of a pineal gland cyst. In most cases, these cysts are discovered when a brain scan is done for an unrelated reason, such as a head trauma, migraine headaches or dizzy spells. Pineal gland cysts are most commonly found in women 20 to 30 years old, and are very rare before puberty or after menopause. This suggests hormones may play a role in causing the cysts.

Because they don’t usually cause symptoms or lead to complications, the vast majority of pineal gland cysts do not require surgery or other treatment. Pineal cysts are best seen on brain magnetic

resonance imaging (MRI). This type of brain imaging is typically reviewed by a specialist, such as a neuroradiologist, who is experienced in evaluating brain cysts and tumors. That physician can tell the difference between a simple pineal gland cyst and another condition that may require treatment, such as a pineal gland tumor.

In contrast to cysts, tumors are an abnormal mass of tissue.

They can be either noncancerous or cancerous. If a pineal gland tumor is found, treatment depends on the specific type, size and location of the tumor, as well as the individual’s overall health and preferences. In many cases, surgery is often the first step in treating pineal gland tumors.

If your health care team has confirmed the diagnosis of a pineal gland cyst, talk to your doctor about any next steps that are needed. Follow-up imaging of the cyst is often recommended.

Since your headaches might not be due to the pineal gland cyst, discuss with your doctor other possible causes for your headaches. A variety of primary headache and medical conditions can lead to chronic headaches. For example, migraine and tensiontype headaches are common causes of frequent headaches.

Lifestyle factors, among them stress, lack of adequate sleep, diet and overuse of caffeine, may also result in ongoing headaches.

Identifying an underlying primary headache disorder or addressing lifestyle issues that may be contributing to headaches can lead to treatment which helps to reduce the frequency, severity, and duration of your headaches. — Julie Hammack, M.D., Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

(Medical Edge from Mayo Clinic is an educational resource and doesn’t replace regular medical care. To submit a question, write to: medicaledge@mayo.edu. For health information, visit www. mayoclinic.com.)

History of the World

By Mark Andrews Sept. 26: ON THIS DATE in 1950, United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans. In 1960, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy met in Chicago in the first televised debate between presidential candidates.

Sept. 27: ON THIS DATE in 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. In 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy.

Sept. 28: ON THIS DATE in 1066, William the Conqueror of Normandy landed in England to claim the English throne. In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

Sept. 29: ON THIS DATE in 1789, the U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. In 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after he had been installed.

Sept. 30: ON THIS DATE in 1927, Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own Major League record. In 1955, actor James Dean was killed in an auto accident near Cholame, Calif.

Oct. 1: ON THIS DATE in 1800, Spain ceded Louisiana to France in a secret treaty. In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile.

Oct. 2: ON THIS DATE in 1950, the comic strip “Peanuts,” created

by Charles M. Schulz, was first published in nine newspapers. In 1959, Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone” made its debut on CBSTV.

The traditional anniversary gift for a fifth anniversary is wood, so to honor of the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis, you can hand out wooden nickels. Five years ago, the U.S. financial system was brought to its knees. As a reminder of just how bad that week was, consider this timeline: • Sept. 15, 2008: Lehman Brothers Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On the same day, Bank of America announced its intent to purchase Merrill Lynch for $50 billion.

• Sept. 16, 2008: The Federal Reserve Board authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to AIG under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. • Sept. 16, 2008: The net asset value of shares in the Reserve Primary Money Fund fell below $1, mostly due to losses on Lehman Brothers commercial paper and medium-term notes.

When the Reserve money market mutual fund “broke the buck,” it caused panic among investors who considered money market accounts nearly the equivalent of bank savings accounts.

• Sept. 19, 2008: To guard against a run on money market funds, the Treasury Department announced that it would insure up to $50 billion in money-market fund investments at companies that pay a fee to participate in the program. The initiative guaranteed that the funds’ value would not fall below $1 a share.

• Sept. 20, 2008: The Treasury Department asked Congress to pass legislation that would give it authority to purchase troubled assets.

• Sept. 21, 2008: The Federal

Reserve Board approved applications of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies.

Here’s a snapshot of where we stand five years after that momentous week: Jobs: In September 2008, the unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, on its way up to 10 percent in October 2009. The rate now stands at 7.3 percent (http://1.usa.gov/kDnw7z).

Despite progress during the recovery, the economy still has 1.9 million fewer jobs than it did before the recession. At the recent pace of job growth, it will take just under 11 months to reach the previous peak.

Income: For those lucky enough to have jobs, the financial crisis and recession put a dent in median household income.

According to Sentier Research, the July 2013 median household income ($52,113), adjusted for inflation, was 6.2 percent lower than December 2007 ($55,569), the first month of the recession.

Incomes are 5 percent lower than in September 2008. It may be cold comfort to consider that the recession exacerbated a trend that was already occurring: July 2013 median income was 7.3 percent lower than that of January 2000 ($56,233), the beginning of the statistical series.

Economic growth: In the fourth quarter of 2008, when the impact of the financial crisis was cascading through the system, GDP dropped by 8.3 percent. For all of 2008, GDP slid 0.3 percent, followed by a 2.8 percent drop in 2009.

The official end of the recession (as determined by the Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research) occurred in June 2009. While the total size of the U.S. economy today ($15,681

trillion) is larger than it was in Q3 2008 ($14.895 trillion), the pace of the recovery has lagged the annual average post-World War II growth rate of 3-3.5 percent.

Stocks: At the end of trading that first fateful week of the crisis, the damage wasn’t so bad, if you didn’t have to live through the day-to-day swings. By Friday September 19, 2008, the Dow had dropped just 33 points to 11,388; the S&P 500 edged up 4 points to 1,255; and the NASDAQ was up 12 points to 2,273. Stocks bottomed out in March 2009 and then skyrocketed by nearly 150 percent to today’s near-record levels.

Housing: While stock markets bottomed out about six months after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, it took the epicenter of the crisis, the housing market, far longer. House prices peaked in 2006, then reached bottom in early 2012. National house prices are up nearly 16 percent from the post-bubble low but still remain down over 23 percent from the peak. Currently, 1 in 6 homeowners is still underwater on their mortgages (amount owed on mortgage is more than the home’s value).

Next week, we’ll delve into the cost of government bailouts and provide an update on the progress of regulatory reform.

(Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is the Emmy-nominated, Senior Business Analyst for CBS News.

A former options trader and CIO of an investment advisory firm, Jill covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, radio (including her nationally syndicated radio show), the web and her blog, “Jill on Money.” She welcomes comments and questions at askjill@jillonmoney.com.)

Travel Troubleshooter

By Christopher Elliott

Charged for insurance I never wanted — or needed

Q: I recently rented a car from Avis in Houston, Texas, with a friend. A few weeks after we returned the car, I discovered a $260 charge for optional insurance that we never asked for. I need your help getting a refund.

Here are the details. We had prepaid for the car using Priceline’s “Name Your Own Price” service, which covers the entire cost of the rental. When we got to the counter, my friend offered them his debit card — it’s all he was carrying — and an agent said they needed a credit card.

So I gave them my card. Before I handed it over, I asked if it’d be charged. The agent said “no.”

After coming home from the trip, I found out I was charged $260 and wonder where this amount was coming from. We looked at the paperwork from Avis, and that’s when I saw his signature to accept the optional insurance.

I asked him if he knew he signed for it and he said “no.”

Why would we agree to pay $260 for insurance when we have our own? On top of that, the $260 Answer to last week’s charge went over my credit limit question: This week in 1962, and now I am paying $200 for Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd minimum payment instead of just Patterson in the first round to win my regular $20 minimum payment. the heavyweight boxing title.

Please help me. — Jenny Tran, This week’s question: In Los Gatos, Calif.

1452, the first book was published A: You and your friend appear to in Europe. Who was the printer, have experienced the “sign-here” and what was the book?

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

scam. That’s when someone slides a contract — and more recently, an electronic pad — in front of you and asks you to initial or sign it.

Two ingredients are essential to the scam. First, you have to be made to feel rushed, which is pretty easy when there’s a line of other customers behind you. And second, you have to receive verbal assurances that your signature is just a “formality.”

Was this a scam? I don’t know, because I wasn’t there when you rented your vehicle. But I’ve heard your story before, and I know car rental agents are rewarded for “upselling” customers like you on optional, and highly profitable, insurance. At the very least, this was a misunderstanding.

It’s not unusual for a rental agent to ask for a credit card.

Car rental companies need a valid card, just in case a customer damages a car. Think of it this way: They’re handing you the keys to a $30,000 automobile. They need some assurances that you’ll bring it back in one piece. The credit card imprint does that.

You should have read the contract. I know you probably realize that now, but it merits repeating. Read. The. Contract.

Had you done that, you would have noticed that your friend was signing up for optional insurance.

You could have fixed the problem

then and there.

Once you saw the charges, you should have written to Avis, not called. Why? Because you’re creating a necessary paper trail so that, in the unlikely event you need to forward this to the Texas insurance commissioner, you would be able to prove that you went through all the correct channels to get this resolved. I know it’s difficult. When you see a bogus charge on your credit card, you want a resolution yesterday. But patience can be a powerful and effective tool to get this kind of car trouble fixed.

I contacted Avis on your behalf, and it has offered you a full refund.

(Christopher Elliott is the author of “Scammed: How to Save Your Money and Find Better Service in a World of Schemes, Swindles, and Shady Deals” (Wiley).

He’s also the ombudsman for National Geographic Traveler magazine and the co-founder of the Consumer Travel Alliance, a nonprofit organization that advocates for travelers. Read more tips on his blog, elliott.org or e-mail him at chris@elliott. org. Christopher Elliott receives a great deal of reader mail, and though he answers them as quickly as possible, your story may not be published for several months because of a backlog of cases.)

The Kid’s Doctor

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

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Baby nursery or high-tech hideaway?

There was a real baby boom this past summer! I’ve been seeing lots of new babies lately and learning how keenly many parents now monitor the well-being of their infants. In some homes today, the nursery seems more elaborate than an intensive care unit!

I can hardly keep up with all the technology new parents are talking about. They’re asking me questions about setting up heart rate monitors, pulse oximeters and respiratory rate monitors — all for their precious new babies, none of whom have any underlying problems.

So what did parents do before the introduction of all this “uber” technology? Ask your own mother and father. They just listened for the baby to cry. Incredible, huh?

No monitor or video monitor, just a crib in the nursery (usually close the parents’ bedroom). When the infant cried, you went to check on him/her.

The market for newborn

monitoring devices has gone through the roof, and I’m sure there are more must-have tools to come.

Of course, every parent wants the very best for their baby, but is all of this really necessary? Are parents being overprotective?

In my opinion, having the nursery as wired as an ICU is really causing parents even more anxiety as they constantly look and listen to see what their baby is doing: Check the oxygen monitor, watch the video monitor, listen for the baby’s breathing. It’s a wonder newborn don’t feel some “invasion of privacy” as their every breath, movement and squeak is carefully recorded. I only wish some parents with misbehaving teens were this connected.

Every new parent is fearful of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), and this will always be a concern for parents. However, studies have shown that the best protection against SIDS is not a video monitor or a pad under your newborn to detect the child’s respiratory rate. If this were true,

wouldn’t doctors be recommending such devices? The best protection is simply back-sleeping on a flat surface without blankets, pillows, or toys in the crib.

SIDS is typically a silent event and can occur even when a baby is in the room with you, or has a video monitor focused on him/her.

Being an anxious parent doesn’t cause or prevent SIDS. Being able to enjoy your newborn is important.

Not being able to leave the nursery to go to the kitchen, or even leave the house without a video monitor streaming pictures of your infant just doesn’t seem psychologically healthy.

Save your money on the ICU nursery. Just buy a simple monitor so you can hear your baby cry if you’re in another part of the house or outdoor, and stash the money saved in a college fund!

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

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Focus on Seniors Legal clinic at PLOWS

PLOWS will host the next monthly legal clinic presented by the Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL).

Low-income senior citizens may receive free assistance with a variety of legal matters including powers of attorney, wills, landlord/tenant issues, collections and consumer fraud.

Appointments are necessary and may be made by contacting CDEL at 312-376-1880, Ext. 22.

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.

Rules of the Road

The Worth Township Seniors will hold a free Rules of the Road class from 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.

Oct. 2. Appointment must be made to attend; call the Worth Township Senior Room at 3712900, Ext. 28. Worth Township Center is at 11601 Pulaski Road in Alsip.

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.

Library Notes Chicago Ridge

35 months are invited to Toddler donations to the library. *** The Chicago Ridge Library is Time, an interactive story time. at 10400 Oxford Ave. The phone Registration is required. For more The library offers the eBook information, call 708-422-8522. platform 3M Cloud Library, and number is 423-7753. has a touch-screen Discovery Sta*** *** The library will offer Teacher The Monarch Club for children tion where patrons can browse Night at the Library from 3 to in kindergarten through third and checkout eBooks. Cloud 8:30 p.m. at 10400 S. Oxnard in grade will meet at the library, eBooks can be read on most Chicago Ridge. For more informa- 9400 on October 2, 9, 16 and eReaders, computers, tablets and tion, call 423-7753.

23. Participants will listen to Il- smart phones. Check out a 3M linois children’s choice book award eReader at the circulation desk.

Evergreen Park Visit greenhillslibrary.org to get The Evergreen Park Public Li- nominations and have fun with started. brary is at 9400 S. Troy Ave. The crafts and games. Registration is *** required. For more information, phone number is 422-8522.

The library has an eBook sercall 708-422-8522. *** vice, Axis 360, through which *** Children are invited to a meetusers can download bestselling ing of the 4th and 5th Grade On Thursdays from through eBooks for as many as 21 days Book Club at 3:30 p.m. Friday. October 24 kids ages birth to 17 directly onto a device using the Participants will read “The Books months are invited to enjoy songs, Blio software application. Titles of Elsewhere: The Shadows” by action rhymes, and stories, during automatically expire at the end of Jacqueline West. The book club Baby Bookworms. The program the lending period and there are meeting includes a discussion of is offered at either 9:30 a.m. or no late fees. Place holds on items the book with other children. Cop- 6:00 p.m. Registration is required. that are checked out. Service is ies of the book selection will be For more information, call 708only available to Green Hills cardavailable at the circulation desk 422-8522. holders. To start browsing visit *** one month prior to the discushttp://ghpl.axis360.baker-taylor. sion. For information call 708- Yoga for children in grades 3-5 will be offered Thursdays, Octo- com. For more information call 422-8522. ber 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 4 p.m. 598-8446. *** *** At 11 a.m. Saturday, kids ages Certified instructor Joan Zigulich

The library is collecting first8 and under are invited to lis- will teach participants to exerperson accounts of stories of militen to popular Chicago children’s cise, relax, focus, and strengthen tary service to be donated to the musician Laura Doherty sing her their mind and body through posVeteran History Project of the Libreezy folk-pop tunes. To register tures, breathing exercises and relaxation. Children should wear brary of Congress. The library call 708-422-8522. comfortable clothes and bring a is seeking photos, memoirs, and *** wartime diaries from World War Evergreen Park Public Library yoga mat or towel. Registration is II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Foundation, will host an Oktober- required. For more information, Gulf, and the conflicts in Afghanifest — Beer and German Wine call 708-422-8522. stan and Iraq. Call 598-8446 for Tasting at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Green Hills more information.

Entry fee includes a commemora- The Green Hills Public Library tive Oktoberfest pilsner tasting is at 8611 W. 103rd St. in Palos Oak Lawn glass; 10 tasting tickets for beer, Hills. The phone number is 598- The Oak Lawn Library is at 9427 S. Raymond Ave. The phone wine, food, or non-alcoholic bever- 8446. number is 422-4990. ages; and live entertainment by *** *** the Bratwurst Brothers. Ages 21 The Green Hills Public Library and over may register online @ Districtis the first library in Illi- The Friends of the Oak Lawn www.evergreenparklibrary.org or nois to offer Freegal Movies and Library will host an “Incredible call 422-8522. Entry fees are: $25 Television. Freegal Movies and Edibles” bus trip on Thursday, advance registration or $30 at the Television offers access to stream- Oct. 17. In-person registration door. Credit cards are accepted. ing movies and television content. begins Saturday at the Library Reservations will be held at the Library patrons are able to ac- from 9:30-10:30 a.m. door with a photo ID cess thousands of video selections The tour begins with a one-hour *** from major content suppliers from visit to the Long Grove Confec At 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30 kids the convenience of their personal tionary Candy Factory in Buffalo grade 5 and under are invited computer or portable device. To Grove, complete with samples and to watch Epic [PG] on our big get started, visit greenhillslibrary. time to shop in the outlet store. screen. Kids may bring their own org. If you need assistance, please Enjoy a deep dish pizza and Chicksnack. visit the information desk or call en Louie lunch at Lou Malnati’s in Schaumburg. *** 708-598-8446 ext. 120.

The visit concludes with a trip All ages are invited to join the *** Booo!k Club. Participants that At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, ring in to Lynfred Winery in Roselle. read for four hours through Oct. leaves from your own yard and Tour the cellars of this century 30 will earn a trick-or-treat bag we will learn the skills to identify old house and taste seven differand some goodies. Booo!k Logs can which trees the leaves came from. ent fruits of the vine. The cost be picked up at the Youth Services This program is open to all ages. is $79 for members and $84 for non-members. Members must desk beginning Sunday.

Registration is required. present a current membership The library will host a yoga *** program from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Learn all about Adobe Photo- card or receipt to receive the $5 Tuesday. Students grades 6-12 shop and what it can offer at 7 p.m. discount. There is a two-ticket will learn about yoga as instructor Wednesday. This lecture-based limit. This trip is not wheelchair Joan Zigulich leads teens through class is taught at a beginner’s accessible. *** different asanas. Registration and level. Learn the graphics editing release form required for partici- software’s most commonly used The library’s Preschool and Afpation. For more information, call capabilities such as cropping, col- terschool Storytimes are lacking 708 422-8522. oring, and tilting. Registration is creativity in their names. Youth Services is asking for ideas to *** required. name our Storytimes. Can you Today at 10:30 a.m., adults are *** invited to the library to watch Learn basic computer skills in- think of anything creative? To “Great Gatsby” [PG-13] on our cluding where to start, how to find participate: fill out a Storytime big screen. Bring your own snack. programs and documents, and Contest Form, which are currently Coffee is provided. For more in- customizing your desktop from available at the library. Rules are formation: call 708-422-8522.

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Registration is on the Storytime Contest Form. *** limited to four per class. Laptops All ages are welcome to partici Professional appraiser Rex will be provided. This program is pate. Forms must be turned in Newell of Rex’s Antiques will for residents only and registration by end of day Monday. If Youth Services picks your name for our appraise and discuss your hand- is required.

Storytime, you’ll win a prize. If held antiques and collectibles from *** 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight. The first The Library offers morning and multiple patrons come up with the 40 Evergreen Park residents to evening sessions of story time and winning name, a prize drawing register can bring one item each toddler time for your child. Classes will be held. *** to be appraised. Please register at are available for children from 18

Due to changes with the Village 708-422-8522. months to 5 years of age. Call of Oak Lawn’s battery recycling the Youth Services Department Professional costume designer program, the library will now Anna Glowacki will show adults to find out when the next ses- only accept rechargeable batsion starts! and teens how to create eye catchteries. Alkaline batteries do not ing costumes and/or accessories *** need to be recycled anymore, since with cardboard and other read- The library offers IndieFlix. Get they no longer contain mercury. ily available items and basic tools unlimited access to Award-win- Rechargeable batteries should at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept, ning independent movies, shorts, be dropped off at the first floor 26. Create rockets for astronauts, documentaries, and web series reception booth. crowns for princesses, or anything that can be viewed on a home *** your imagination can dream up. computer or portable device. Go Donate gently-used books, Registration is required and lim- to greenhillslibrary.org to start magazines, CDs and videos to ited to 24. For more information, streaming free movies. the Friends of the Oak Lawn Licall 708-422-8522. *** brary Ongoing Book Sale at the *** The library offers books for Oak Lawn Public Library. The The library invites children of ages parents and teachers to borrow Friends will not accept Readers 3 to 5 years to Preschool Story Time for a three-week period. Resources Digest condensed books, encycloon Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays may be helpful for lesson plan- pedias and older text books. The through October 25. Children will ning and obtaining creative ideas. donation drop-off area is near the try to have fun with engaging books, Books are in the Youth Services library’s Cook Avenue entrance. songs and activities as they build Department.

Interested parties may fill out a their early literacy skills. *** short form at the Reception Booth *** The library is collecting Legos to receive a tax letter by mail On Tuesdays or Wednesdays to be used in a Lego club that through October 23 kids ages 18- will begin this summer. Bring (Continued on page 12)

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Plans underway for Gala Little Company of Mary’s Crystal Heart Ball chair-couple, Matt and Mary Ellen Filosa, hosted a reception at their Beverly residence to kickoff the planning preparations for next year’s Crystal Heart Ball Gala. The Crystal Heart Ball is Little Company of Mary’s premier fundraising event benefiting the Values. Vision. Innovation: The Campaign for Little Company of Mary Hospital.

The 2014 Crystal Heart Ball will be held on Feb. 1 at the Field Museum. The event will honor Kendall Ciesemier (founder of Kids Caring for Kids) and Dr. Kuhn Hong, a Little Company of Mary physician who is on a medical mission in Ethiopia for the next three years.

For more information on the 2014 Crystal Heart Ball or the honorees, please call Little Company of Mary’s Foundation Department at 708-229-5447 or visit www.lcmhfoundation.org/events.

Crystal Heart Ball 2014 Chairpersons, Matt and Mary Ellen Filosa and co-chairpersons, Diane and Thomas Quinn, M.D helped plan next year’s ball.

Park Clips Evergreen Park

Evergreen Park will offer classes in tumbling, preschool open gym, kids boot camp, kids fitness, Irish dance, Taekwondo, color guard, drama, performing arts, cheer tumbling, cooking and Yoga starting Tuesday. For more information call, 708-229-3373. *** The Evergreen Park Office of Citizens’ Services will take a seven-day trip to “Christmas at the Biltmore House and Dollywood” in Tennessee from Nov. 10 to 16.

Cost includes transportation, hotel, some meals, and admission to Dollywood and Biltmore Estate. For more information call 422-8776. *** The Evergreen Youth Department has teens and young adults available to help with yard work, cleaning garages and basements, and hauling items to the dumpster. For more information call 229-3377.

Hickory Hills

The annual Hickory Hills Park District Pumpkin Fest will be Oct. 5 at Kasey Meadow Park, 8047 W. 91st Place. Pre-register your child for 240 minutes of Halloween fun includes pony rides, inflatable monster truck bounce, giant 80’ slide, wind jammer swing ride, gold fish toss, pumpkin patch, face painting, and more.

The fest begins at noon and lasts until 4 p.m. Advance registration is $3 for children 1–2 years; $7 for children 3-12. Pre-registration ends at 5 p.m. Oct. 4. Tickets can be purchased at the Cynthia Neal Center, 8047 W. 91st Place.

Registration at the fest is $10. *** Open basketball for 5th through 12th grade boys and girls is available on Fridays through Dec. 20.

The 5th through 8th graders attend from 4 to 6:15 p.m. The 9th through 12th graders attend from 6:30- 9:30 p.m. at Krueger Park Rec. Center, 9100 S. 88th Ave. The fee is $3 to $5 each session. *** The district is offering a trip to Brookfield Zoo from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 5. The fee, which does not included admission to the zoo, is $7 for residents and $12 for non-residents. *** The district is offering an apple picking trip to County Line Orchard in Hobart, Ind. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The price is $10 for residents and $15 for non-residents. *** Come test your Madden skills at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Freedom Activity Center and see who is the best Madden player around. There will be football games and activities during breaks in the video game action.

We will be using Playstation 3. *** This instructional program for boys and girls will stress overhand serving, passing, setting, footwork and fun. Players will gain an overall knowledge of team strategy. Games will be held each week. Classes will be held Thursday, Sept. 26 to Nov. 14 at Krueger Park Rec. Center from 4:30 for 5:45 p.m. Ages: 10 to 16 years.

The fee is $25 for residents and $30 for non-residents. *** This instructional outdoor soccer league is for players 3½ to 5 years of age. The league will

teach young soccer stars the basics of the game. Kids will learn basic techniques and get familiar with the game and how it is played. Games will be played at Krueger Park Soccer Field on Mondays, Sept. 30 to Nov. 11.

Game times will be 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.

The fee is $25 for residents and $30 non-residents. *** Kids will become familiar with passing, dribbling, shooting and the basic of basketball.

This class is held on Thursdays, from today to — Nov. 7 from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. at Krueger Park Rec. Center. The program is for ages: 8 to 10 years and the fee is $29 for residents and $34 for non-residents. *** Children will learn about ocean life each week by creating their own ocean project with a variety of sea creatures, plants and hidden treasures. They will read a book each week and create a underwater creation to add to their ocean poster. On the last day of class, each child will decorate a home for their very own fish. Classes are held Fridays, Sept. 27 to Nov. 15 from 9:15 — 10 a.m. at Krueger Park Rec. Center. The program is for ages 3-5 years and he fees are $29 for residents and $34 for non-residents. *** Young athletes will be introduced to sports and games such as basketball, soccer, kickball and hockey. Children will experience interaction with others and learn the importance of good sportsmanship. Classes are held Fridays, Sept. 27 to Nov. 15 from 10:15 to 11 a.m. at Krueger Park Rec. Center. The program is for ages 3 to 5 ½ years. The fees are $29 for residents and $34 for non-resident. *** The annual Hickory Hills Park District Pumpkin Fest will be Oct. 5 at Kasey Meadow Park, 8047 W. 91st Place. Pre-register your child for 240 minutes of Halloween fun includes pony rides, inflatable monster truck bounce, giant 80’ slide, wind jammer swing ride, gold fish toss, pumpkin patch, face painting, and more. The fest begins at noon and lasts until 4 p.m.

Advance registration is $3 for children 1–2 years; $7 for children 3-12. Pre-registration ends at 5 p.m. Oct. 4. Tickets can be purchased at the Cynthia Neal Center, 8047 W. 91st Place. Registration at the fest is $10. *** Open basketball for 5th through 12th grade boys and girls is available on Fridays through Dec. 20.

The 5th through 8th grader attend from 4 to 6:15 p.m. The 9th through 12th graders attend from 6:30- 9:30 p.m. at Krueger Park Rec. Center, 9100 S. 88th Ave. The fee is $3 to $5 each

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*** The Hickory Hills Park District has openings in its preschool classes. Five-day class is $1,540, three-day class (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) is $860, and two-day class (Tuesday and Thursday) is $695. Classes run through May 2014. Class times are 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. The office is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for registration. Parents must provide child’s birth certificate and immunization records. For more information call 598-1233 or visit hhparkdistrct.org.

Oak Lawn

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

Palos Hills

The Palos Hills Community Resource & Recreation Dept., will host its annual Haunted Hayride, on 108th& Roberts Road in Palos Hills from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 18 and Oct. 19. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 ages 10 and under. Scary Volunteers are needed for this event please call or stop into the Community Activity Center, 8455 W. 103rd St. The phone number is 708-4304500. There will be mandatory meeting for all volunteers at the Community Activity Center Oct. 14th. Forms will be available to sign by parents or adults attending as volunteers. *** Registration is underway for these programs at the Palos Hills Community Center located at 8455 W. 103rd St.: AKC Dog and Puppy Classes will be starting October 2 and running through Nov. 6, on Wednesday evenings. The price of the classes is $75 for residents and $80 for non-residents. *** The department will be offering Zumba classes starting Sept.

23 and running through Oct. 28.

Classes take place at the Community Center located at 8455 W 103rd Street, Palos Hills. Class starts at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays.

The price of this class is $36 for residents and $41 for non-residents. *** The department will be offering Cardio Kick classes starting Sept. 24 and running through Nov. 12. Classes take place at the Community Center located at 8455 W 103rd Street, Palos Hills. Class starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. The price of this class is $48 for residents and $53 for non-residents. *** The department will be offering Salsa classes starting Tuesday and running through Oct. 22 on Tuesday nights. Classes take (Continued on page 12)

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Unconventional doctors could help detect Lyme disease Part 2 of a 2-part column on Lyme disease     The first nexus between Lyme disease and neurological diseases was discovered when 34-year-old, Thomas Coffey was eventually diagnosed with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease).     He didn’t have ALS — he had Lyme disease that imitated ALS. Tom’s story first appeared in People magazine in 2003. Many more have had similar experiences.     Lyme disease appears to be a major, yet hidden, player in numerous diseases. As the Center for Disease Control & Prevention disclosed several weeks ago, Lyme disease is 10 times more prevalent than once believed. Many alternative physicians say it’s 100 times more than that. Dr. Robert Jay Rowen said “This story will rock the very pillars of the medical establishment.�     The present CDC suggested tests detect the antibodies of Lyme... sometimes. You may have Lyme even if the conventional tests indicate negative. The CDC admits that and is now funding

a laboratory to develop more accurate testing.     In the meantime, many patients are suffering unknown disorders that may well have an

Mixing it up for good health

By Dee Woods

etiology of being Lyme-related. In 2011, a letter appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine reporting an even newer Lyme bug, Borreliamiyamotoi. Other infections and opportunistic parasites and bacteria, can enter the body once Lyme has been introduced and does its damage. Bugs such as Ehrlichia, Bartonella and Babesia can also infect a host damaged by Lyme. That gives doctors even more headaches in attempting to resolve the growing Lyme enigma.     There are labs that conduct more sensitive tests such as

Igenex Labs in California and Fry Labs in Arizona, and there are doctors that are very informed in Lyme and treat it on a regular basis.     Keith Berndtson M.D., a Park Ridge physician, is considered a Lyme disease expert in the area.

His number is 847-232-9800. I must warn that some labs and doctors require patients to file their own insurance, which means the doctors and labs require immediate payment, while some accept insurance.     In a 2010 issue of Health Sciences Institute, a product known as TOA-Free cat’s claw, produced as Samento, was touted as being able to destroy the Bb spirochete.     You can learn more at Vitamin Research Products, 800-877-2447 and www.vrp.com. Personally, I would check with a doctor who treats Lyme before taking anything, but I would also, not give up a quest to seek answers to this constantly-growing health issue.     It will be a difficult task because the news has been slow in the conventional medical community.

Regardless of what many have been diagnosed with, it’s always good to research to make certain the real cause of a diagnosis is not missed. Every patient has a responsibility to seek answers.

If you suspect you may have Lyme or were diagnosed with a neurological disease or immune disorder, ask questions.

Make suggestions and conduct the necessary research to make certain the insidious Lyme spirochete isn’t contributing to a misdiagnosis.     In my own life, and that of my children, I’ve had to question procedures and treatments as well as diagnoses, but thankfully, I had a wonderful doctor who always listened and worked with me. Find a doctor who isn’t hard-wired to convention, and who is willing to listen to alternative/integrative points of view. When you do, you have a real doctor. It’s your life, we’re talking about.

Dee Woods is available to give presentations about alternative health treatments and healthy living. She can be reached at deewoods@comcast.net.

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WHATIZIT?     Theresa and George Rebersky’s close up of their 200-pound great pumpkin fooled some of the people, but a lot of our sharp readers were not punk’d by the pumpkin.     By the way, the Worth’s couple’s now world-famous 200-pounder is a lightweight compared to the monster 325-pound pumpkin they also have in their garden.     Great guesses came from Worth’s Doug Pociak, Gene Sikora, and Celeste Cameron, Chicago Ridge’s Dan and Kathy Higgins and Patty Vandenberg, Hickory Hills’ Bella Freundt, Evergreen Park’s Henrietta Mysliwec and Palos Hills Marlena Compton.     Wrong guesses were a tree, a painting of a cauliflower, the statue of David (someone had a dirty mind) and a marble countertop. There were two guesses of a jellyfish and one educated guesser even mused it was possibly a cyanea capillata. Nope. Just a pumpkin.     As for you Regional readers out there, due to a technical difficulty (I screwed up) it didn’t run last week, but you are welcome to play along again this week. Palos Park’s Andrew Staron, Palos Heights’ Chris Cozza and way out in Frankfort, Colin Taylor guessed the port-a-potty door from Sept. 12.     The clue for this week is that this #$%$# thing won’t make many people smile.     Send those guesses to thereporter@comcast.net by the end of Monday and include WHATIZIT? on the subject line.     And if anyone out there wants to become a Guest Whatizit? photographer, send the photos to the same address.

Good food, quiet time help you soldier on     Doom and gloom. It is bad enough during normal times in life, when just going about your daily business running here and there and everywhere stresses you out and brings you down. With no time for spiritual and emotional growth because of all the trivial things you dedicate your time and energy to doing, you begin to feel numb or as if life is never going to slow down and just be simple.     But what about when something truly serious happens, when someone you love gets sick or dies?

This produces unparalleled stress, grief and sadness, even anger, that can make us think things we never thought we’d think. We may think life is unfair or isn’t worth living anymore. We may experience depression on a scale completely unfamiliar to us. If we are not careful and prepared for these sorts of tragedies we can literally lose our sanity.

    And you’re worried about the economy or who is president?

Come on, now, life is so much greater than either of those two things.     We can’t allow the grief which we will all inevitably experience some day to bring us down to that level. Sadness, anger and other emotions are normal and healthy reactions to life’s stressors, but it is how we respond to those emotions that separates the healthy from the disturbed. We must be strong and fight, like a boxer who meets his opponent every round and absorbs terrible punishment. Think of the soldiers who have fought courageously and valiantly against tyranny and evil.

You, friends, are soldiers who must in times if crisis fight back against the forces of darkness.     So how do you prepare for the unthinkable? Every morning after you awaken you should meditate.

Focus on how you want to feel

that acknowledges their donation.

Hardcover books cost 50 cents each, paperbacks are 25 cents and magazines cost five cents each.

Audio visual items are priced as indicated. Funds collected from the book sale support library programming and purchases that are beyond their regular budget. ***     The library sponsors three adult writers groups that meet yearround. A general interest group meets from 10 a.m. to noon on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. Writers interested in screen-writing meet from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of each month.

Budding children’s authors meet from 10 a.m. to noon on the third Thursday each month. Meetings include readings, critiques and writing exercises. New members are welcome anytime. No registration required. ***     The library would like to add photos of patrons reading or listening to library books to the library’s Pinterest page, pinter est.com/OakLawnPL. Send photos to jchurchill@olpl.org. ***     The library now offers movie check-out for free. Check-out periods are seven days with no renewals. Oak Lawn residents may check out up to 10 films at a time. ***     The library offers “Temporary Online Patron Registration.� Fill out a registration form at oak lawnlibrary.org/librarycards2. shtml, and visit the Circulation Desk within 14 days to receive a permanent card. Proof of residency in Oak Lawn is required. ***     The library has the newest and most popular titles and resources in its collection of eBooks, Blu-Ray and DVDs (movies and TV series), CDs for a range of music interests, and hard copy books. The library also has a language learning program and databases. During September, new library card-holders will add a leaf to the tree in the Cook Avenue foyer and be eligible to enter a drawing for a book of their choice (one child prize and one adult/young adult prize up to $35 value each). Cards are available to Oak Lawn residents at the Circulation Desk. Bring an ID and proof of address. ***     Books, tapes and CDs not found at the library can be requested online from another library. For more information

call the Interlibrary Loan department or stop by the Help Desk on the first floor. ***     “Images of America: Oak Lawn� by Oak Lawn Library local history coordinator Kevin Korst contains more than 200 photographs with captions and chapter introductions, and highlights the many aspects of Oak Lawn’s history including Round-Up Days and the 1967 Tornado. The book is available for purchase at the library’s Reception Booth for $21.99 (cash or check). Book sales benefit the Oak Lawn Community Library Foundation. A corresponding photo exhibit is on display and features more than 100 historic Oak Lawn images and dozens of artifacts. The display is in the Local History Room on the library’s second floor.

For more information contact Korst at 422-4990. ***     The library offers “Accessible Archives,� an electronic resource available at oaklawnlibrary.org. Click on the “Research� tab and select the icon for “Accessible Archives.� The collection features historic periodicals and books and provides eyewitness accounts and editorial observations of events, genealogical records, county histories and Godey’s “Lady’s Book� — a magazine published to entertain, inform and educate women of America. The Civil War collection is noteworthy and presents coverage based on various historical perspectives. ***     The Freegal music service is available on the library’s website, oaklawnlibrary.org.

Patrons may download up to three songs a week from the Sony catalog with their library card. Freegal includes millions of songs and requires no software to install. Files that can be played on any device including iPods. For more information visit oaklawnlibrary.org.

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are harmful and which can help you be healthier and happier, and let the kitchen be your pharmacy.

Know which nutrients do what for you, and about the adverse health effects of salt, sugar and animal fats. Know the difference between dead foods and those that are cell-building.     This will not only bring you good physical health, but will ward off today, and on having the strength the gloom. Invite friends and famand courage to overcome whatever ily over for dinner and share with obstacles you may face. Put things them your bounty and goodness of into perspective, and tell yourself your life. It will help theirs. what you will not allow to be bothered by. Stay away from the TV Anthony Scarano is not a doctor. news — it is largely irrelevant and He is an 86-year-old Evergreen will likely only bring you down Park resident, winemaker and or cause unnecessary stress. Do certified naturopath. Suggestions attend religious functions, think in this space are solely the opinions of pleasant times of the past and of Mr. Scarano based on years of get involved in a hobby. independent study and personal ex    One of the greatest hobbies that perience, and may not be beneficial is good for the body, mind and to health. Wine should be consumed soul is cooking. Educate yourself in moderation, as overindulgence about good and bad foods, which may be harmful to health.

(Continued from page 11) place at the Community Center.

Class starts at 6 p.m. for beginners and 7 p.m. for intermediate dancers. The price of these classes is $50 per person. ***     The department will be offering many different Parent-Tot Classes in September, October and November. “Making New Friends� will start Tuesday and run through Oct. 29th meeting on Tuesdays from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “Parent and Tots Sports� will start Oct. 7 and run through Nov. 11 meeting on Thursdays from 1 to 1:45 p.m. “Time Out For Run� will start Nov. 7 and run through Dec. 19 meeting on Tuesdays from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The price of these classes is $25 for residents and $30 for non-residents. Classes take place at the Palos Hills Community Center located at 8455 W. 103rd St. ***     The Palos Hills Community Resource & Recreation Department, 8455 W. 103rd St. in Palos Hills, will take a trip to Shipshewana, an Indiana Amish community, flea market and historical downtown shopping area on Tuesday, Sept.

24. Coach transportation is $30 per person, must register and pay before trip.

Worth

    The Worth Park District is traveling to Chinatown, Chicago on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Register one week prior to each trip for the cost of only $8 per resident and $12 for non-residents. Trips leave from the Terrace Centre at 10:30 a.m. and expect to return by 2 p.m. Also on the schedule this fall will be Wildfire in Oakbrook, Pappadeux in Westmont, and Aodake in Romeoville. ***     The annual Family Fall FestWeekend takes place on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 with two additions to this activity filled festival. The fest opens Oct. 4 Friday evening with Cowboy Randy and stories by the campfire. On Oct. 5 is the first Kiddie Run. *** Worth     The library subscribes to    Nightmare at the Terrace is Zinio, an online magazine stand seeking volunteers to be a part that enables patrons to read of the haunted house experimagazines on computers, tab- ence. Doors open on Oct. 11. lets or phones using web brows- If you would like to work beers and apps. Must have Worth hind the scenes please contact Library card. Zinio is accessible us 708-448-7080. at worthlibrary.com. *** ***     This year saw the passing     The library offers Try-It Il- of Jim Kennelly, an influential linois, which allows access to resident of Worth in the vil300 free databases from more lage, park district and business than 40 vendors. Access Try-It at communities. Jim served on the worthlibrary.com (login and pass- Worth Park District Board for word is available at the library). 30 years. He owned the Worth

Currency Exchange and Credit Union that was originally started by his father, Jack, in 1956.     Jim was a baseball umpire for many years and was also involved with the “Worth Day Committee�. At 11 a.m. on Sunday, the park district will dedicate the park located behind the Terrace Centre at 11500 S. Beloit in honor of Mr. Kennelly so that his hard work and effort will always hold a place within the village of Worth.     Immediately following the dedication ceremony the park district will also be holding a reopening for the Worth Park District Historical Museum. ***     The annual Family Fall Fest Weekend takes place on Oct. 4-5 with two additions to this activity filled festival. The fest opens Oct. 4 Friday evening with Cowboy Randy and stories by the campfire. On Oct. 5 is the first Kiddie Run. ***     There is safety in numbers when walking through our Nightmare at the Terrace.     Volunteer to be a part of the haunted house or just enjoy the bent minds of Worth.     Park District staff as a visitor to this nightmare. Doors open on October 11. If you would like to work behind the

scenes please contact us 708448-7080. ***     This year saw the passing of Jim Kennelly, an influential resident of Worth in the village, park district and business communities. Jim served on the Worth Park District Board for 30 years. He owned the Worth Currency Exchange and Credit Union that was originally started by his father, Jack, in 1956.     Jim was a baseball umpire for many years and was also involved with the “Worth Day Committee�. At 11 a.m. on September 21st, the park district will dedicate the park located behind the Terrace Centre at 11500 S. Beloit in honor of Mr. Kennelly so that his hard work and effort will always hold a place within the village of Worth.     Immediately following the dedication ceremony the park district will also be holding a reopening for the Worth Park District Historical Museum. ***     Pickle Ball will be at the Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. Pickle Ball is a cross between tennis and ping-pong and involves strategies such as lobbing, drive shots and overhead slams. Cost is $1.

***     Open gym basketball is offered at the Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $1. ***     The park district is holding a smile search contest with two ways to participate. All summer long the park district will hide its “Worth Your Smile� logo throughout its website, worthparkdistrict.org. To participate follow “Worth Park District� on Facebook for contest details.

Through Facebook participants will get instructions and clues on how to find the logo and report back to the park district.

Several online Smile Searches will be held through the summer. ***     Little Club offers benefits such as free indoor playground usage. Fee is $10 resident, $15 non-resident. For more information call the park district. ***     The Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., has an indoor playground featuring slides, a climbing wall, tree house and more for children who can walk through 4 years old. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fee is $1 for residents, $2 for non-residents. For more information call 448-7080 or visit worthparkdistrict.org.

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Lost, but then found Last-second score lifts Mustangs over Titans

By Ken Karrson File this one in the lost-andfound category.

What was nearly lost Friday night in Tinley Park was a game visiting Evergreen Park appeared to have firmly in hand midway through the fourth quarter. But a 21-7 lead disappeared in the span of five minutes, courtesy of two Titans touchdowns and a safety.

Found by the Mustangs in the final 1:08, however, was their footing. With their perfect record on the verge of being sullied, Evergreen athletes dug deep one last time and made another march downfield that took them all the way to Tinley’s 5-yard line.

Just enough seconds remained for Mustangs kicker Matt Schulte to then boot a 22-yard field goal and lift his team to an unexpectedly stressful 24-22 triumph in a South Suburban Conference crossover game.

“They’re a pretty resilient group,” Evergreen coach Dan Hartman said of his players.

“They never quit.”

While Hartman appreciated that refusal to surrender, he wasn’t thrilled about the Mus-

tangs placing themselves in such a predicament after seemingly having things well under control.

“We kind of treated it as a loss [afterward],” Hartman said matter-of-factly. “We really convinced the kids that sometimes you get lucky. One of these times it’s not going to work out for us.”

In each of its three on-field wins to date, Evergreen has had to come from behind. The week before, the Mustangs (4-0) spotted Oak Lawn a 10-0 halftime lead before their offense awakened in the second half and paved the way for an 11-point victory.

This time, the script was flipflopped. Evergreen pretty much owned the opening half versus the Titans, as it scored all of its touchdowns and piled up more than 300 of its 468 total yards.

Tailback Keyshawn Carpenter, who cracked the 200-yard barrier in rushing, delivered the Mustangs’ initial TD on a 2-yard run.

Quarterback Jonathan O’Brien tallied on an 8-yard keeper later in the first quarter and then hooked up with Sean Ryan on a 7-yard scoring toss in the second period.

All Tinley could offer in response was the first of Preston

Thompson’s three touchdowns, as Evergreen’s defense proved a formidable accomplice to its offense.

Mike Rizzo was the Mustangs’ headline performer on the prevention side with 15 total tackles, but Brent Bogusz (11 tackles), Dan Kohler (nine stops, fumble recovery), Tremane Holt (eight tackles, forced fumble) and James Jackson (eight stops) also contributed measurably.

“I felt the defense played well all night,” Hartman said. “The points they gave up [later] came on a short field.

“It was [all] clicking, but then we had some issues come up. If we can ever put two good halves together, we’ll be a difficult team to beat.”

After the Titans picked up two points when O’Brien was flagged for intentional grounding while standing in his own end zone, the hosts returned the ensuing free kick into Mustangs territory.

Thompson quickly hit paydirt and inched Tinley within six.

Following another uneventful Evergreen possession, the Titans then roared in front and put the Mustangs on the brink of a crushing defeat.

(Continued on page 4)

Taking a fresh(man) approach Cougars’ kids play pivotal roles in win over Eagles

By Ken Karrson This winning is kid stuff.

No one within the St. Xavier University football program actually takes success for granted, but most of the Cougars’ achievements over the past decade have been realized through the efforts of seasoned performers. Rarely during that span has SXU had to rely heavily on contributions from younger athletes.

That’s not the case in 2013, however, especially on the offensive side, where nine redshirt or true freshmen have already logged significant playing time. Understandably, that’s resulted in a few hiccups — against NCAA Division II power University of Indianapolis, for example, the Cougars were guilty of five turnovers.

And even in Saturday night’s Mid-States Football Association crossover game with Robert Morris University, SXU’s offense was less than dynamic through the opening half. The Cougars carried a 17-10 lead with them into intermission, but they needed a trick play to grab that advantage just before the break.

In addition, a fumble deep in SXU territory had given the Eagles their touchdown.

“They’re getting an opportunity [to play] earlier than they would have in other years,” Cougars coach Mike Feminis said of his younger guys, “and we know there’s going to be mistakes made.

But we’re not using their age as an excuse.

“We recruited them because they’re good football players,

and I’m thrilled with the progress they’re making.”

That development was more evident in the third quarter, when SXU scored three times in less than eight minutes to seize control of the contest. One of those TD drives covered 98 yards.

With a veteran defense stifling Robert Morris most of the evening, the Cougars had more than enough to cushion to take down the previously unbeaten Eagles, 41-10, at Bruce R. Deaton Field.

“I couldn’t be happier with how we came out in the second half,” Feminis said. “It was good to see from an offensive standpoint [our players] weren’t satisfied.

“At halftime, we said, ‘If we just hold onto the football, we should (Continued on page 4)

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Richards defender Nurudeen Kamorudeen forces Shepard quarterback Shane Javorski to backpedal in an effort to avoid a sack and successfully complete a play Friday night in Palos Heights. The Bulldogs blanked their South Suburban Conference Red rival 29-0 to remain undefeated.

An A-plus for the ‘D’

Bulldogs stay perfect by shutting down Astros

By Ken Karrson Score an A-plus for Richards’ “D” Friday night in Palos Heights.

While the Bulldogs’ offense wasn’t bad, either, Richards coach Tony Sheehan saw enough flaws to resist giving it a similarly high grade. The same thing couldn’t be said of the visitors’ prevention corps, which completely hamstrung host Shepard.

Already struggling to develop a consistent attack before meeting up with their District 218 and South Suburban Conference Red rival, the Astros found no answers opposite the Bulldogs, who not only pitched a shutout but also held Shepard to less than 70 total yards.

“Offensively, it’s a tough deal,” said Astros coach Dominic Passolano, whose squad got tagged with a 29-0 setback. “We started to get some drives going, but their linebackers are fast. We’d get to

the outside and they’d run us down.”

Actually, Richards had stalwarts everywhere as it completely dominated in that phase of the game.

Romel and Ramontay Hill both recorded 10 tackles, but lineman Savon Robinson was every bit as imposing as he had eight tackles — including three for loss — three quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

That retrieval supplied the Bulldogs (4-0, 1-0) with their third touchdown of the opening half, as Robinson returned the loose ball 17 yards into the Shepard end zone.

“That defense is a very good crutch to be leaning on,” Sheehan said. “They’re fun to watch.

They just fly, and it’s coming from everywhere. “[Shepard’s] kids played hard all night. They didn’t give up and kept coming at us, but our defense has played lights-out the

last two weeks.”

And when that unit wasn’t scoring points of its own, it was allowing Richards’ offense to set up shop in favorable spots. The Bulldogs spent time in the Astros’ end of the field on five first-half series, but only came away with touchdowns twice.

Tacari Carpenter accounted for both on 9-yard plays. He rushed that distance shortly after Dwayne Jiles (six tackles) intercepted a first-period Shepard pass and then Carpenter caught a 9-yard TD toss from Hasan MuhammadRogers.

Richards’ offensive missteps weren’t limited only to the opening half — one second-half series ended abruptly because of a bad snap from center, while another that brought the Bulldogs inside the Astros’ 5 got sidetracked by a fumble. Sheehan thought the latter occurred after receiver Dedrick Shannon was already down, but (Continued on page 5)

Taming of the Tigers Eagles manage to squeeze past high-powered Joliet Central

By Ken Karrson

Instead of the usual whip, chair and gun, Sandburg used a forced fumble, interception and unexpectedly robust offense to do some Tiger-taming Saturday afternoon.

The big cats in question hailed from Joliet West, and the danger they presented to the Eagles was a ferocious passing attack. Tigers quarterback Anthony DiNardo completed 32 of his 55 throws for a whopping 452 yards, numbers that would normally spell disaster for defense-oriented Sandburg.

“I’m an old-school guy who likes games [with] 14-10 or 1714 [scores],” Eagles coach Dave Wierzal said. “When you’re doing that last guy-with-the-ball-wins [thing], that’s not what I want.

“We knew we were facing a team that could generate a lot of offense. Our concern was that Photo by Jeff Vorva it would turn into a shootout and St. Xavier University quarterback John Rhode winds up on the ground after getting sacked Saturday we’d have to outscore them.” night, but he got the last laugh on visiting Robert Morris University by throwing for 243 yards and That’s exactly how the Southleading the Cougars to a 41-10 victory at Deaton Field.

West Suburban Conference Blue

contest shook out, but much to Wierzal’s surprise, his guys were equal to the task. In fact, they were a little better than their high-powered hosts.

When Sean Leland connected with Lavelle Johnson on an 18yard touchdown pass with less than eight minutes remaining in the game, the Eagles owned a 36-20 lead. The scoring toss was Leland’s second one to Johnson and third of the day, and part of a 450-yard offensive performance by the visitors.

“I know other schools do this, but this is really new territory for us,” Wierzal said of his squad’s impressive output. “I thought it would not be possible — how could it be?”

The final Leland-to-Johnson hookup was critical, as it gave Sandburg enough cushion to survive another jolt from Joliet West.

The Tigers then threatened to pull even in the closing moments when they reached the Eagles’ 8yard line, but Sandburg repelled the challenge.

It did so by forcing a fumble and pushing Joliet West backward more than 20 yards. Matt Taylor’s big play didn’t get the ball away from the Tigers, but it did knock DiNardo out of commission. His backup then had his first — and only — pass swiped by Adam Nash, which sealed the deal on the Eagles’ wild 36-28 win.

“It’s amazing how stressful it is and [also] how exhilarating it is,” Wierzal said of his team’s narrow escape. “In one respect, it’s probably good for the players because they have to learn to fight through challenges. It’s teaching the importance of playing four quarters and knowing anything’s possible.

“On the other hand, it’s aging myself and my staff. This was way more exciting than I wanted.”

The excitement began right away, as the Tigers hit paydirt three plays into their initial series.

Niko Messino (12 catches, 263 yards) did the honors by hauling in DiNardo’s 54-yard pass.

(Continued on page 5)

FOOTBALL FORECAST Wow. Or it should read — WOW!!!!

Our football experts performed last week like they

knew what they were talking about as the Fab Five combined to go 46-4 in week 4. And in the blind-squirrel -finding-the-acorn department, Jeff Vorva finished a perfect 10-0 while the others went 9-1. Reader Wally Findysz is still the overall leader with Ken Karrson nipping at his heels.

Thanks to a math error in last week’s paper, and his 10-for-10 fluke, Vorva is now tied with Anthony Nasella for last.

Smack in the middle of this silly sandwich is Jason Maholy who is two games out of first and two games ahead of last.

What symmetry!

Last week: Overall: Evergreen Park at Richards Shepard at Reavis Loyola at Brother Rice Marist at Joliet Catholic Academy Eisenhower at Oak Lawn Guerin at Chicago Christian Stagg at Lockport St. Laurence at Bishop McNamara St. Xavier at St. Francis (Illinois)

Ken Karrson 9-1 32-6 Richards Reavis Loyola Joliet Catholic Eisenhower Guerin Stagg St. Laurence St. Xavier

Jeff Vorva 10-0 29-9 Richards Reavis Loyola Joliet Catholic Eisenhower Guerin Stagg Bishop McNamara St. Xavier

Anthony Nasella 9-1 29-9 Richards Shepard Loyola Joliet Catholic Eisenhower Guerin Stagg St. Laurence St. Xavier

Jason Maholy 9-1 31-7 Richards Reavis Loyola Joliet Catholic Eisenhower Chicago Christian Stagg St. Laurence St. Xavier

Wally Findysz 9-1 33-5 Richards Reavis Loyola Marist Eisenhower Chicago Christian Stagg St. Laurence St. Xavier

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At least a few moments worth remembering Bartosh Where were you when?

That question gets raised every time the anniversary date of a significant world event comes back around. For Baby Boomers, nothing may be more frequently asked than their whereabouts on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

The first moon landing in 1969 receives similar recall treatment, as does the Challenger explosion in 1986, the latter largely because so many people witnessed the craft’s takeoff on television and then, sadly, its fiery demise.

Of course, a more recent example of a where-were-you-when moment was the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

Not surprisingly, tragedy seems to resonate with human beings in a far deeper way than any other occurrence, but that doesn’t automatically mean triumph never makes the memoryinducing cut. This is especially true in sports.

While venturing through the Internet world in search of something totally unrelated, I stumbled across an old St. Petersburg Times piece that talked about the 100 most unforgettable athletic-related events.

Mind you, it was addressing happenings of the 20th century, so things like baseball’s steroids scandal weren’t yet on the radar. Still, the Times presented a rather interesting mix of events, both on and off the field of competition.

Their No. 1 item, in fact, involved the latter, which eventually influenced the former. I am, or rather they were, referring to Jackie Robinson’s breaking of baseball’s color barrier in 1947. From a socially progressive standpoint, it’s true nothing had greater impact.

But, realistically, if it didn’t happen then, it likely would have occurred not too long afterward. Soon-to-come changes in the nation’s laws and public policies wouldn’t have permitted anything less.

However, there can only be one 1969 New York Mets. While there’ve been other long-shot winners in sports history, none captured the nation’s imagination quite like those Age of

Aquarius Mets, who defied 100-to-1 betting odds and their own stunningly inept seven-year existence prior to that to reach baseball’s mountaintop.

(Interestingly, the Times didn’t see fit to include the Amazin’ Mets among their top 100 events. Joe Namath’s Super Bowl-winning New York Jets, though, occupied the No. 23 spot.

Go figure.)

Anyway, I’ve come to the conclusion that the Times’ list should have been broken down into at least three subsets: awesome accomplishments, famous feats, and the best of both. Let me give you a few examples: Not all awesome accomplishments are famous feats. For instance, no sane person can disagree with the fact that a 46-year-old Jack Nicklaus winning the Masters or a 44-year-old Nolan Ryan pitching his seventh no-hitter is pretty darned impressive.

At those same ages, I’d have been hard-pressed to throw a strike past a Little Leaguer or shoot under par on a miniature golf course. But let’s be honest — no one outside the Ryan or Nicklaus families probably recalls anything specific about either of those events.

Confession time: Without incorporating a Google search, I don’t even remember what year Ryan threw his last no-no.

Truly famous feats, on the other hand, are remembered for decades and can be mentally referenced by real sports fans in a nanosecond. Interestingly, as time marches on and proof to the contrary becomes difficult to unearth, more and more of those fans will claim to have witnessed the various feats in person.

The irony is that those deeds don’t always rate as spectacular. Using the Times’ list as a point of illustration, the Battle of the Sexes tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King back in 1973 — the 20th most memorable sports moment, according to the paper — was, in retrospect, pretty insignificant.

All it proved was that an inher-prime female athlete could defeat a hustler in his mid-50s, who was handicapped further

by a couple of rules changes.

You may recall that Riggs was allowed only one serve instead of the usual two, and he was also required to cover the entire doubles area when King returned a shot.

Be that as it may, it did not dramatically change the athletic landscape. It was, as the Times admitted, “equal parts tennis and carnival,” yet anyone who was around to watch it the first time has no difficulty remembering it.

(As proof, please refer back two paragraphs, where I was able to point out specific match parameters without looking up the information).

And No. 48 on the Times’ list was the 1982 CaliforniaStanford football game. That one ended with the Golden Bears using five laterals on a kickoff return and having their last ball carrier, Kevin Moen, complete the improbable, gamewinning touchdown run by plowing through the middle of the Stanford band.

But other than the fact it was future NFL Hall of Famer John Elway’s final collegiate game and, of course, the bizarre nature of its conclusion, the contest itself was rather insignificant.

Neither team was in the hunt for a national championship that year, or was particularly notable in any other way.

Famous feat? For sure, because all of us can recall it.

Awesome accomplishment? Not really.

Every once in a while, however, all things converge into a single, seamless package to create a true defining moment.

Think of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, although even that one must include an asterisk: Remember, beating the Soviet Union didn’t award the U.S. gold, it only put America’s team into the final round.

I’m sure all of you have your favorite sports memories, several of which probably aren’t found on the Times’ list, or on any other one for that matter.

That’s OK, because there’s no right or wrong answer to any top-100 list, only varying degrees of subjectivity.

It’s just fun to simply remember.

Crusaders rue narrow miss vs. Caravan Seeing as how this wasn’t horseshoes or hand grenades, coming close really didn’t count for Brother Rice Friday night.

Certainly, that’s how Crusaders coach Brian Badke viewed his club’s display against Chicago Catholic League Blue rival Mt. Carmel. The Caravan, a defending state champion and rated No. 1 in Class 8A again this season, were heavy favorites at Gately Stadium, partly due to their own lofty perch and also because of Rice’s recent struggles.

The Crusaders entered the contest on a two-game losing streak, with the first of those defeats being a 41-point whipping at Marist’s hands. However, if Mt. Carmel players expected an easy time of it, they quickly learned how misguided that opinion was.

Not until tailback Matt Domer rushed for a first down on a thirdand-long play late in regulation could the Caravan exhale. Mt. Carmel was able to hold onto the ball after that and run out the clock on a hard-fought 28-20 win.

“I think we had a good plan and we really played hard,” Badke said. “When you play the No. 1 team, you’ve got to give your best. That’s the only way you can do it. “[But] we don’t believe in moral victories. We want [actual] wins, and I think they’re coming.”

That’s particularly true if Rice (1-3, 0-1) can duplicate its most recent performance. Although the Crusaders came up short on the scoreboard, they outgained the Caravan by 5 yards and also won the turnover battle by forcing two while committing just one.

Impact players were plentiful on the defensive side. Headlining for Rice was Mike McGinley, who racked up seven solo stops, one assist and one sack. Also making their presences felt were Greg Bernier (five solos, three assists, interception), Robert Woods (five solos, two assists, one-half sack), Matt Cusack (four solos, five as-

sists, one pass breakup), Dan Scanlon (five solos) and Erich Lieser (four solos, two assists, pass breakup).

In addition, Andrew Dyke and Julian Davis both had three solo tackles, with the latter augmenting his work with a forced fumble, fumble recovery and half-sack.

So what was the key to keeping a potent Mt. Carmel attack fairly well in check?

“It’s huge assignment football,” Badke said. “Do your assignments and don’t worry about what someone else is doing, fly to the ball and try to create turnovers. All you can ask is for players to give you their best effort, and they did that.”

Badke also thought there “were some areas where we felt our offense could expose [the Caravan],” and Crusaders quarterback Alex Alarcon did that by throwing for 222 yards. Included among his 15 completions were two that were turned into touchdowns by Sal Perez (17 yards) and Jack Desmond (30 yards) in the second and fourth periods, respectively.

Also stepping forward to compensate for the continued absence of all-area wideout Chris Rozell was Luke Mueller, who hauled in eight of Alarcon’s passes for 118 yards’ worth of gains.

“Luke really played well,” Badke said. “And [running back] Marcus Jones has also been huge for us the past two weeks.

“I think [all] the kids really believe in the system and know our expectations, and I believe they feel they can compete with anybody. It’s our job as coaches to prepare them as best we can.”

Rice held leads of 3-0 and 107 over Mt. Carmel, the first of those resulting from Brian Kane’s 47-yard field goal. Sandwiched between that three-pointer and Perez’s TD grab was a 4-yard scoring run by Caravan quarterback Marko Boricich.

Domer’s 19-yard dash then handed the hosts their first edge, but even more detrimental to the Crusaders’ well-being was Domer’s 13-yard reception

Volleyball roundup

Mighty Macs are talk of the neighborhood

By Anthony Nasella

Having played a steady schedule over the first few weeks of the 2013 season — a slate that included a labor-intensive tournament in Kentucky — Mother McAuley slowed its pace last week by engaging in just one match.

However, that lone encounter was a huge one locally, as the Mighty Macs squared off with neighborhood rival Marist on Tuesday before 2,000 vocal fans at the Lady RedHawks’ court.

And the nation’s No. 2 preseason team again proved the legitimacy of that ranking. Despite being away from home, McAuley took care of business smartly by defeating Marist in straight sets, 25-11, 25-15.

Ryann DeJarld had 10 kills and two service aces for the Macs (101), while Kennedy Arundel registered five kills and two aces.

Also stepping up with solid efforts were Kelsey Clark (five kills, two blocks), Courtney Joyce (22 assists, seven digs, two aces) and Maggie Scanlon (13 digs).

“The girls really played well,” McAuley coach Jen DeJarld said.

“I was very proud of them and how they held themselves. It’s a very tough environment to play in, which created some trouble between my outside hitter and setter and their ability to hear each other while they were calling plays.

“We had some discrepancies in the beginning, but they worked it out and learned how to deal with the noise. It was a very electric atmosphere and great for the neighborhood. It was a of a Boricich throw that staked great match between some great Mt. Carmel to a 21-10 halftime female athletes [and] it was a great lead. What made the latter play experience.” critical is that Rice allowed the The match itself didn’t quite completion on third down after equal the intensity of the capacity there was “a malfunction in our crowd watching it. The Macs, deep coverage.” in returnees from a team that “We could have folded after that, but we didn’t,” Badke said.

Domer struck again in the third stanza with a 12-yard touchdown run, but the Crusaders managed to keep the pressure on as Desmond supplied his TD and Kane booted a 30-yard field goal in the fourth period. However, Rice was unable to corral an onsides kick By Ken Karrson following Kane’s points and Domer then slammed the door on What a difference a year the Crusaders with his third-down makes. gallop that bought the Caravan In 2012, Lake Forest Academy arrived in Burbank, took care of a fresh set of downs.

“I’m looking forward to him business with relatively little difleaving,” Badke joked of the Uni- ficulty and kept St. Laurence’s versity of Illinois-bound Domer. fortunes spiraling downward. And “There’s a reason he’s going to through the first 15 minutes of Illinois. He’s a top-notch player. Saturday afternoon’s rematch, “[Mt. Carmel coach] Frank a similar scenario seemed to be [Lenti] always says he doesn’t unfolding. have Division I guys, but he al- There were the Caxys in front ways seems to have five or six. again, 21-7, and the Vikings unable to find an offensive rhythm And they performed well.”

As for his own athletes, Badke on the road. But anyone on LFA’s hopes they can end their three- sideline who was expecting a regame skid at Loyola Academy’s peat of the season before hasn’t expense on Friday. But regard- been following this year’s edition less of the outcome, he foresees a of St. Laurence football.

Instead of wilting in the face bright future for his program.

“Going into the year, we had of adversity, the Vikings got up only five senior starters,” he said. off the canvas by scoring three “We’ve got a younger team, but I times in the second quarter, and see we’re improving every week. those rapid-fire rounds of offense We’ve got some guys coming up gave them a lead they would not the ranks I feel good about, and lose. The Caxys didn’t go away all [three levels] are on the same quietly, but they were ultimately vanquished as St. Laurence repage.

“They’re great kids at Brother turned home with a 42-28 victory Rice and I’m fortunate to be able in tow.

“It’s good to have the guys have to coach them.” a comeback win,” Vikings coach Statistics Harold Blackmon said. “I don’t know if we would have gotten it Brother Rice 3 7 0 10 - 20 last year. [Falling behind] can be Mt. Carmel 0 21 7 0 - 28 a psychological letdown when you haven’t had much success, and

BR MC when we threw that interception, First downs 17 18 it was definitely not a good moYds. rushing 84 179 ment in time.”

Yds. passing 222 122 The pickoff to which Blackmon (Continued on page 5) referred was one LFA made right

Close doesn’t cut it

By Ken Karrson

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Mother McAuley’s Kelsey Clark slams a kill past two Marist defenders last Tuesday in Chicago. The Mighty Macs scored a two-set sweep over their neighborhood rivals.

finished third in Class 4A a year ago, were relentless at the net.

McAuley took command early against the Lady RedHawks, using runs of 6-0 and 7-0 to put its hosts away in Game 1. Ahead just 13-12 in the second game, the Macs embarked on a 12-3 surge that put it firmly in command.

“I think we’re getting quicker,” Coach DeJarld said. “We’re still striving and trying to make a push before the ASICS Challenge [in October]. We’re going to have to be faster at the block because we’re going to be playing the type of competition we played in Kentucky.

“We’re definitely making strides to be faster, but we have to continue to play competition at that level. My second-string plays at that level to our first-string every day in practice — that’s where I’m seeing the improvements, but I’ll really see it when we compete against the faster-paced teams in the next few weeks. I think we will.”

To be sure, McAuley will be tested this week. Road matches against Regina and Providence Catholic kicked things off, then the Macs will make an appearance in the prestigious Rich East Tournament this weekend. Also part of the tourney field will be Marist.

“It was high-level volleyball against Mother McAuley,” Lady RedHawks coach Julie PoppHopkins said. “We’re still figuring things out early in the year, [such as] where we are in our offense and defense. We’re putting the pieces together and we talked about what we learned from the experience.

“It’s definitely a great environment whenever we play McAuley.

It’s always fun and always exciting when we play each other, and we could very well face each other again at the Rich East Tournament.”

MARIST Following the setback against McAuley, the Lady RedHawks immediately got back on the winning track last Wednesday at the Wheaton Classic, where they defeated both Prairie Ridge (25-17, 25-16) and host Wheaton-Warrenville South (25-18, 25-22).

Meg Ryan had six kills and Shannon McKevitt contributed four aces and nine digs for Marist against Prairie Ridge, while Molly Mayo (26 assists) and Lizzie Zaleski (15 kills) paced the Lady RedHawks versus Wheaton. Carolyn Yerkes totaled 29 digs over the two matches.

“We talked about the McAuley [match] as a team before we hit the road,” Popp-Hopkins said. “We talked about playing our game, high-level Marist volleyball, and the girls really did well. Getting back on the court and playing well was exciting.

“We beat two good programs.

We had to focus on what we were doing to win as a team, and [the girls] went out there and took care of business.”

On Saturday, back at Wheaton, Marist suffered setbacks against Sandburg (25-17, 17-25, 23-25) and Waubonsie Valley (20-25, 25-21, 14-25), but managed to conclude the tournament on a high note by subduing Libertyville (23-25, 25-16, 25-11). For the day, Zaleski (31 kills, seven aces), Ryan (26 kills) and Mayo (109 assists) were stalwarts.

Popp-Hopkins said she was very pleased to close with a victory.

“We ended how we wanted to end: with a win,” she said. “That always a good thing for a coach to see.

“The nice thing about these tournaments is you get to play a lot of volleyball in one day. Putting ourselves in a lot of three-game matches isn’t always something (Continued on page 3)

Flagging down the Caxys Vikings gain revenge for 2012 loss after tallying for the third time.

The Caxys moved all the way to St. Laurence’s 20, but the Vikings’ defense grew stiff at that juncture and refused to yield any additional yardage.

Forced to settle for a 37-yard field-goal try, LFA came away empty when the kick was off the mark. Then to compound the Caxys’ second-period misery, the visitors immediately embarked on a nine-play, 80-yard march that was capped by Mike Sterna’s 27yard touchdown grab.

Providing further assistance on the drive were two personal fouls called on the home team.

“We have confidence [in the players] on both sides of the ball,” Blackmon said. “If we get enough chances with the ball, we feel pretty good about what we can do.”

Sterna wasn’t done doling out misery to LFA, either. He reached the Caxys’ end zone twice more before intermission, doing so by catching passes of 20 and 19 yards from quarterback Bob Kelly. Chris Doherty’s fumble recovery set up the first of those TDs. “He’s really a selfless kid,” Blackmon said of Sterna, who has developed into a reliable passcatching threat for St. Laurence (3-1). “The first couple weeks, he wasn’t really in our [offensive] packages, and he was OK with that. Whether he has three touchdowns or no catches, he’s going to have the same attitude.

“There’s no one real key guy for us. That’s the beauty of the

way we run our offense.”

Besides collaborating three times with Sterna for aerial strikes, Kelly also bootlegged his way across the Caxys’ goal line on two occasions. His 17yard touchdown dash concluded a 77-yard trek late in the first quarter, while his 9-yard run increased the Vikings’ advantage to 35-21 seven minutes into the third period.

“We got off to a very sluggish start, but they picked it up,” said Blackmon, whose club had only about 40 minutes’ worth of pregame warm-up time due to its bus being late.

“Again, it’s a credit to our kids.

Our kids are very much aware that these teams [on the schedule] are ones we faced last year and that beat us.”

LFA quarterback Christopher John Karamanos brought his team closer by tossing his fourth scoring pass of the day in the final stanza, an 8-yarder to Malcolm Chaka. The Caxys got the ball back after that, but failed on a fourth-down play at their own 26.

From there, Frank Miller applied the finishing touches to the Vikings’ win by tallying on a 12yard run. The senior accrued 181 yards in all on 33 carries.

As for St. Laurence’s defense, Eric Sadowski (five solo stops), Tom Lyons (three solos, two assists), Matt Gurgone (three solos, two assists), Josh Smith (one solo, five assists) and Pat (Continued on page 7)

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Despite setback, Knights show improvement

By Ken Karrson Watching a work in progress is admittedly not what Chicago Christian coach Jim Bolhuis envisioned four weeks into the 2013 campaign.

But after the Knights absorbed a Week 3 shellacking from Wheaton-St. Francis, the third-year boss wasn’t about to complain when his squad demonstrated vast improvement Friday night against Aurora Central Catholic. Christian’s third road contest didn’t end favorably on the scoreboard, which showed the host Chargers in possession of a 28-6 Suburban Christian Conference Gold triumph, but Aurora definitely had to withstand a spirited performance by the Knights in order to emerge victorious.

That fact was borne out by the halftime margin, which leaned the Chargers’ way by only a single point. And Christian had taken a 6-0 lead with it into the second quarter.

“We’re just turning the corner now — I was hoping we’d do that after the first week — but we’ve got a lot to build on,” Bolhuis said. “This was the first time we played four full quarters of solid football. The kids are positive and I’m looking for better things now.”

Save for a few second-half slipups, the Knights (1-3, 0-1) delivered a fair amount of those “better things” versus Aurora. Bolhuis pegged the offensive and defensive lines, his linebacking unit and Christian’s running backs as the areas that were “visibly improved.”

“I wish it was reflected in the score, but the kids are responding [to our instruction],” Bolhuis said. “They really practiced hard, and they got the benefits from that.”

The sudden arrival of four seniors helped the Knights in that regard. Although none of the four was yet eligible for playing time, their presence during the week allowed Christian to conduct practice sessions without having to use any lower-level kids to fill out the athletic ranks.

Bolhuis wholeheartedly welcomed the newcomers, but admitted being somewhat surprised by their appearance.

“I don’t know what changed their minds,” he said. “I think

maybe they saw some of their classmates having a positive experience. They’re doing it from the perspective they’re going to help us out, and it enhances our ability to practice better.”

Christian Bolhuis gave the Knights a leg up on the Chargers by racing 67 yards on a first-quarter possession. That touchdown run was part of a 208-yard rushing night for Chicago Christian.

The Knights entered Aurora’s red zone again during the opening half, but could not capitalize a second time. Still, Coach Bolhuis was pleased with his team’s exhibition.

“We were able to do some playaction passes and we moved the chains,” he said. “We had some [scoring] opportunities that fell short, but we were driving them crazy. [The Chargers were] scrambling the whole first half.

“I think they felt pretty good about the way they played the week before against Immaculate Conception and were probably thinking we were going to be a piece of cake. We wound up playing them like IC did.”

What really made Chicago Christian a threat to Aurora, though, was its defense. A year ago, the Chargers pretty much did what they wanted against the Knights; this time, they were frequently frustrated.

Jack De Vries was Christian’s prevention-side standout as he registered six solo stops, four assisted ones and two tackles for loss. Colby Roundtree (three solos, one assist), Luke Rattler (two solos, one assist) and Brandon Schmidt (one solo, three assists, one-half sack) were three other notables.

Josh Hill joined Schmidt on the sack, while Justin Downs notched one of his own.

“Last year, Aurora Central destroyed us [by 40 points],” Coach Bolhuis said. “We never stopped them. This year, our defense was swarming and we stopped them for all but a handful of plays.

“The tale of the second half was about four mistakes on our part. We played a lot better on Friday, but the other team ran a couple reverses that we overpursued because we didn’t read our keys and stay home.”

One of those plays was turned into a 57-yard TD dash by Hunter Fiorito, which extended Aurora’s

lead to 14-6. The Chargers had tallied their initial six-pointer on Julian Rios’ 2-yard run in the second stanza.

Aurora’s other big-gainer of the second half led to another touchdown and pretty much doomed Christian, while the Knights inadvertently set the Chargers up for their final score by mishandling a punt snap and giving the hosts the ball deep in Christian territory.

Matt Schaeffer (2-yard run) and Brian Bohr (11-yard run) supplied Aurora’s last two TDs. “We got bit by mistakes, but we were so much improved over the last two weeks,” Bolhuis said. “We actually matched up pretty well with them, except we had a lot of guys going both ways. The guys who were making the defensive errors were guys grinding it out and carrying a big part of the [offensive] load.

“Being [competitive] in the game so much later was good, but I think the [roster] numbers made a difference. Our guys were getting a little tired.”

The Knights are back in Palos Heights on Friday and will celebrate homecoming by hosting Guerin Prep.

Statistics Chgo. Christian 6 0 0 Aurora Cent. Cath. 0 7 14

0 - 6 7 - 28

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

ACC 9 278 57 335 11-4 0-0 0 4-50 3-34.0

CC 13 208 29 237 14-5 0-0 0 1-5 6-23.0

Scoring CC — Christian Bolhuis, 67-yd. run (kick failed) ACC — Julian Rios, 18-yd. run (Enrique Anaya kick) ACC — Hunter Fiorito, 57-yd. run (Anaya kick) ACC — Matt Schaeffer, 2-yd. run (Anaya kick) ACC — Brian Bohr, 11-yd. run (Anaya kick) Chicago Christian Rushing: Bolhuis 10109, Roundtree 22-67, Rattler 13-32.

Passing: Bolhuis 14-5-29. Receiving: Roundtree 4-19, De Vries 1-10.

Can’t keep up with Jones Running back helps Argonauts KO Spartans

By Ken Karrson Oak Lawn only needed to keep up with one Jones Friday night, and except for a couple instances, it pretty much did.

However, the slip-ups, though brief, had long-lasting negative effects on the Spartans.

Argo running back D’Ken Jones scored on two straight third-quarter series, one of the payoffs coming on a 47-yard burst. Jones’ other touchdown dash only covered 2 yards, but it was set up by his 55-yard gallop.

The two swift blows — which were bridged by a fumble recovery — expunged the Argonauts’ 13-12 halftime deficit and, along with a pair of two-point conversions, put them ahead by 15. Oak Lawn shaved that differential down to two with plenty of time remaining in the fourth period, but the hosts were unable to complete a comeback.

Instead, Jones-fueled Argo stayed unbeaten by bagging a 2826 South Suburban Conference Red triumph in Oak Lawn. While the contest appears to have leaned the Argonauts’ way solely because of Jones’ heroics, Spartans coach Sean Lucas cited additional reasons for his team’s coming up short.

“We didn’t capitalize when we could have and we left points on the field,” he said. “You could say we deserved what we got.”

For illustration, Lucas mentioned a missed Oak Lawn field goal, errant extra-point attempt and failed two-point conversion. He also noted two occasions when the Spartans (1-3, 0-2) came up dry after advancing inside Argo’s red zone.

“I thought our kids competed hard the whole game and we felt good for a while,” Lucas said. “Everybody on our sidelines thought we could get one more score [in the last eight minutes].”

There, too, Oak Lawn squan-

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dered promising situations. The Spartans had three offensive possessions following Khalid Norvell’s 6-yard run that inched them within 28-26, all of which got underway on the Argonauts’ side of the field.

“I thought we had them worn down,” Lucas said, “but we just couldn’t get anything.”

Despite Jones’ presence, Argo had something of an uphill battle itself, at least for part of the evening. The reason for that was an aggressive Oak Lawn defense that forced four turnovers. A muffed punt return also dogged the Argonauts.

Joe Dodaro was involved in the causing of three fumbles and also registered 11 assisted tackles for the Spartans. Kurt Kuzur (four solo stops, 13 assists), Ray Howard (seven solos), Kyle Kuzur (five solos, one assist), Joe Cosenza (four solos, nine assists), Joe Robinson (four solos, interception) and Ahmad Zain-Al-Dean (recovery of the fumbled return) were other pivotal members of the defensive unit.

Due to the need to use him more extensively on the prevention side, Howard was unable to be as effective as a tailback as he had been over the season’s first three weeks. He did net one of Oak Lawn’s touchdowns on a 13yard run, but Lucas limited his carries to 16, and both Howard (66 yards) and Norvell (71 yards on 16 carries) were hampered by the Argonauts’ defensive scheme.

“Argo had a good game plan,” Lucas said. “They were stuffing the box and they made us throw the ball.”

With first-string quarterback Konrad Lach still missing from the Spartans’ lineup because of a knee injury, the Argonauts’ strategy was, for the most part, sensible. Backup signal-caller Trevor Wagner did make them pay twice, though, as he collaborated with Kevin Zurek on TD throws of 47 and 38 yards, which were responsible for staking the hosts to their early lead.

“We just have letdowns at bad times,” Lucas said. “And that’s when we get hammered and the roof caves in. We just need to clean up the penalties and turnovers.”

An example of the former plaguing Oak Lawn happened after it pounced on one of Argo’s drops at the visitors’ 3-yard line. An

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Mother McAuley’s Courtney Joyce (left) and Gabrielle Ennis team up to block a shot by Marist’s Meg Ryan last Tuesday.

unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty and flag thrown for a block in the back on successive plays undermined the Spartans’ scoring bid.

When asked if he thought his club was in the throes of an every-error-is-costly circumstance, Lucas said no.

“I don’t feel we’re in that kind of rut,” he said. “It’s kind of like playing poker — eventually the cards will turn over for us [to prosper]. We’re just going to keep at it.

“We’re not lacking in confidence, and the things we’re doing schematically are sound. When we execute [correctly], we play good football. They’re showing growth, and that’s important [because] that’s how you limit frustration.”

Oak Lawn squares off with Eisenhower on Friday. The Cardinals suffered a defeat against Reavis last Friday, and Lucas would love to see the Spartans keep them reeling.

“We know we’re a better team than the record shows,” he said.

Statistics Argo Oak Lawn

Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles lost Had intercepted

6 6 16 0 - 28 7 6 0 13 - 26 OL 137 142 279 31-9 2 0

Scoring Argo — Drake Walker, 14-yd. pass from Jason Noel (conversion failed) OL — Kevin Zurek, 38-yd pass from Trevor Wagner (Byron Duran kick) Argo — Noel, 5-yd. run (conversion failed) OL — Zurek, 47-yd. pass from Wagner (conversion failed) Argo — D’Ken Jones, 2-yd. run (2point conversion good) Argo — Jones, 47-yd. run (2-point conversion good) OL — Ray Howard, 13-yd. run (run failed) OL — Khalid Norvell, 6-yd. run (Duran kick) Oak Lawn Rushing: Norvell 16-71, Howard 16-66. Passing: Wagner 31-9-142.

Receiving: Zurek 6-123, McCarthy 2-16, Rhoads 1-3.

Marist’s Molly Mayo returns a Mother McAuley shot last Tuesday.

Volleyball roundup (Continued from page 2) you want, but we also had a lot of chances to talk as a team, and even when we were hours behind schedule, we wanted to work hard for every point. We were able to run our offense the way we wanted to against Libertyville.”

SHEPARD The Lady Astros went 5-1 last week to improve to 13-6 overall and 6-0 in the South Suburban Conference Red. Their busy week was capped off by a Silver Division championship in the Oak Lawn Invitational.

Shepard opened up on Tuesday with a 25-7, 25-7 rout of Hillcrest in an SSC crossover match. Brianna Graffeo (13 points, including four aces, six assists) and Kaylee Neylon (eight kills) led the way for the Lady Astros. Two days later, solid outings from Abbey Graham (seven kills) and Kendall Yerkes (12 digs) fueled Shepard’s 25-8, 28-26 triumph over TF North in another conference crossover affair.

The Lady Astros opened play at Oak Lawn on Friday by bouncing Rich Central 25-14, 25-11 and then downed Evergreen Park 2516, 25-19 in a second match that same day. Chrystal McAlpin (14 kills, five blocks) and Brianna Volpentesta (26 digs) were Shepard’s standouts.

Providence Catholic briefly slowed the Lady Astros’ momentum by doling out a 25-17, 25-20 loss in Saturday’s first match, but Shepard roared back to defeat Lincoln-Way West (25-16, 25-11) and Portage, Ind. (25-18, 25-22) to wrap up the title.

McAlpin earned all-tournament status for the Lady Astros, but Caroline Graham (108 assists) and Volpentesta (59 digs) were also notable performers throughout the tourney.

SANDBURG Sami Knight distributed a total of 34 assists and Leah Lane put down 15 kills to lead the Lady Eagles past Neuqua Valley (2522, 25-21) and Wheaton Academy (25-13, 25-11) last Wednesday at the Wheaton Classic.

Returning to SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue action on Thursday, Sandburg topped Thornwood 25-7, 25-10 behind

strong exhibitions from Emily Makina (12 assists, four digs) and Katie Makina (nine assists).

The Lady Eagles were back at the Wheaton Classic on Friday, and by winning two of three matches they claimed third place in the tournament. Vanquished by Sandburg were St. Charles East (25-17, 15-25, 25-22) and Marist (17-25, 25-17, 25-23).

Knight (38 assists), Julia Borschel (32 kills) and Kelly McGovern (48 digs) led the Lady Eagles.

MT. ASSISI The Screeching Eagles dropped a 25-23, 25-18 decision to De La Salle last Tuesday in a Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Red match, but rebounded to defeat Regina 22-25, 25-20, 2517 in another conference clash on Thursday.

MaryKate Wetzel contributed 20 assists and Anna Broadhurst chalked up 10 kills for host Mt. Assisi (11-11, 2-2) in its win. Kelly Magliano had seven kills and 13 digs.

After 22 matches, the Screeching Eagles’ statistical leaders were Magliano (167 kills, 37 blocks), Broadhurst (107 kills, 128 digs, 25 blocks), Wetzel (356 assists) Jessica Jakubowski (147 digs) and Shyann Koenig (115 digs).

STAGG After stumbling in a SouthWest Suburban Conference crossover match against Lincoln-Way North last Monday, Stagg rebounded to outlast Andrew in three sets (2514, 17-25, 25-20) and then went on to win four times in five tries over the weekend at the Maine East Invitational.

Lexi Mantas and Hannah Yandel were key figures for Stagg in both of its conference matches.

Mantas totaled 11 kills and 15 digs versus the Lady Phoenix, then reversed those numbers in the win over the Lady Thunderbolts, while Yandel doled out a total of 33 assists in the two matches, 18 of them coming opposite LincolnWay North.

Also making her presence felt in the 25-14, 30-28 loss to the Lady Phoenix was Hannah Henderson, who had three kills and seven digs.

Mantas continued her strong play at Maine East, and one of her best efforts came in Stagg’s lone defeat as she racked up 19 kills versus Riverside-Brookfield, which bagged a 27-25, 22-25, 25-23 triumph over the Lady Chargers

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(8-7). Gianna Petrelli distributed 10 assists in that same match.

CHICAGO CHRISTIAN The Lady Knights improved their record to 10-1 overall and 3-0 in Suburban Christian Conference Blue play by defeating Marian Central Catholic 25-19, 25-19 last Monday and Aurora Central Catholic 25-23, 17-25, 25-13 on Wednesday.

Emily Workman had 17 assists and Anna Kamp chipped in eight kills in the first of those matches, and that same duo also shone against the Lady Chargers. In that later encounter, Kamp registered nine kills and 17 digs, while Workman totaled 10 assists and four digs.

EVERGREEN PARK The Lady Mustangs split a pair of South Suburban Conference crossover matches last week. After falling short of Lemont by a 25-14, 25-19 score on Tuesday, Evergreen Park downed Bremen 25-11, 25-17 on Thursday.

In the win over the Lady Braves, Zoe Monks totaled 14 assists and Sam Flores had five kills to propel the Lady Mustangs (3-9, 14). Kelly Shine added 10 digs for Evergreen.

OAK LAWN The Lady Spartans notched a 25-20, 25-20 victory over Oak Forest last Tuesday, but came up short against TF South in another SSC crossover match on Thursday.

The Lady Rebels pocketed a 2521, 25-17 win.

Christian Egan dished out 17 assists to lead host Oak Lawn (52, 4-1) to its one success. Simona Tomczak (16 digs, six aces, five kills) and Becky Bradshaw (11 digs, six kills) also starred for the Lady Spartans in that match against the Lady Bengals.

QUEEN OF PEACE The Pride dropped a 25-15, 2517 verdict to Providence Catholic last Monday, but evened their week’s ledger the next day by knocking off Resurrection 25-23, 25-23 in a GCAC Red match.

Sam Corbin provided five kills and Sydney Schergen tacked on 10 digs to lead host Queen of Peace (2-12, 1-2) on Tuesday.

RICHARDS The Lady Bulldogs improved to 10-2 for the season and 5-1 in the SSC Red after defeating Oak Forest 25-17, 25-16 in a conference crossover match on Thursday.

Megan Albon’s seven kills and Camille Losoya’s 12 digs keyed visiting Richards (10-2, 5-1).

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Repeat performance Chargers routed again by SWSC Blue power

By Ken Karrson

If there’s any good news to be gleaned from Stagg’s second consecutive 41-0 loss, it’s this: The situation should improve very soon.

In their inaugural year within the SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue, the Chargers had the misfortune of squaring off with two of the division’s heaviest hitters, Lincoln-Way East and Bolingbrook, in consecutive weeks at the front end of the league schedule. It was certainly a rude introduction to life among the SWSC’s bigger schools, and the Raiders did their part to make Stagg miserable Friday night in Palos Hills.

But not every member of the SWSC Blue is similarly blessed with the kind of talent found at Bolingbrook and Lincoln-Way East. And, truth be told, the Raiders didn’t roll over the Chargers with as much ease as the final score might have indicated.

Bolingbrook was ahead just 6-0 after 24 minutes, and the Raiders weren’t really able to pull away until much later, when they took advantage of Stagg coach Mike Fahey’s decision to insert subs.

Mike Valentine and Jaden Huff combined for five of the visitors’ touchdowns, with one of the latter’s six-pointers coming on a 62-yard sprint. Fahey Photo by Jeff Vorva wasn’t keen on Bolingbrook’s Robert Morris University’s Doug Sachttleben was ejected from Saturday night’s game at St. Xavier hesitation in removing some of its own regulars, but he very University after applying this hit to Cougars receiver Austin Feeney. much liked the tenacity with

Cougars

(Continued from page 1) So what exactly caused the steep momentum shift? In Hartman’s mind, it was a matter of his players settling into a comfort zone.

“I think guys thought we had the game won after we got up 217,” he said. “To be honest, when it happened [that we fell behind], I thought they’d let it happen one time too many.”

Schulte obviously saved the day and put Evergreen one victory away from becoming playoff eligible for the third consecutive season under Hartman. That’s the least of the coach’s concerns at the moment, though.

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St. Xavier University receiver Ryan Carroll picks up additional yardage after making a catch against Robert Morris University Saturday night. solos, three assists, 1 ½ sacks, 1 ½ tackles for loss, forced fumble) and Alex Walters (two solos, four assists).

The foursome of Josh Hickey, Marcus Maas, JD Barchard and Nick Cemeno recorded an additional 3½ sacks between them.

“It was a close first half, and not to our defense’s fault,” Feminis said. “They played phenomenal for the whole game, actually.”

Interestingly, SXU’s solid showing followed a week of practice that had been somewhat sketchy overall.

“It’s like they were sulking a little bit,” Feminis said, referring to athletes on both sides of the ball. “We got our feelings hurt [versus Indianapolis], which hasn’t happened very often, and I don’t know if guys were feeling a little sorry for themselves.

“We talked about having to get our swagger back a little bit. I was very anxious to see how we were going to play.”

Ultimately, Feminis liked what he saw, and he hopes to see more of the same on Saturday, when the Cougars venture to Joliet to tangle with longtime MSFA rival University of St. Francis. Feminis anticipates a stern test from the Fighting Saints, but he likes where his own club is positioned at the moment.

“If somebody would have told me before the season we’d be 2-1 after three games with playing so many young guys, I’d take it,” he said. “We haven’t played any cupcakes on our schedule.”

Before thinking in postseason terms, Hartman wants the Mustangs to take care of the assignment immediately in front of them. And that’s a tall order, seeing as how next up on Evergreen’s docket is a Friday clash with unbeaten Richards in Oak Lawn.

The Mustangs whipped the Bulldogs handily in a road contest two years ago, but Richards exacted its revenge in 2012. Hartman isn’t worried about what happened before, only what’s in store for Evergreen in 2013.

“This is probably the best team we’ve played in three years, including in the playoffs,” Hartman said. “They have talent and speed all over the field, so it’s going to be a big challenge for us. We have

Statistics Robert Morris St. Xavier

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

0 10 0 3 14 21

0 - 10 3 - 41

RMU 12 58 107 165 26-14 3-0 1 8-75 9-37.1

SXU 27 253 267 520 39-24 2-2 0 7-74 3-35.3

Scoring SXU — Spencer Nolen, 20-yd. field goal SXU — Nick DeBenedetti, 51-yd. run (Nolen kick) RMU — Josh Techeira, 23-yd. field goal RMU — Dru Richardson, 17-yd. fumble return (Techeira kick) SXU — Dave Marciano, 13-yd. run (Nolen kick) SXU — Nick Pesek, 22-yd. run (Nolen kick) SXU — Stephen Simms, 5-yd. pass from John Rhode (Nolen kick) SXU — Pesek, 29-yd. run (Nolen kick) SXU — Nolen, 49-yd. field goal St. Xavier Rushing: Pesek 13-95, DeBenedetti 1-51, Hunter 6-39, Rhode 8-28, Jones 1-24, Marciano 1-13, Ferguson 2-9, Simms 1-2, Gill 2-(-2), Dye 1-(-3), Team 1-(-3). Passing: Rhode 34-21-243, Gill 5-3-24. Receiving: DeBenedetti 664, Carroll 4-82, Pesek 4-21, Dye 3-35, Simms 2-12, Vilimek 1-23, Scalzetti 1-11, Frederickson 1-7, Jones 1-6, Ladd 1-6.

to play up to our capabilities and not have any letdowns.”

Statistics Evergreen Park Tinley Park

14 7 0 7

0 3 - 24 0 15 - 22

Scoring EP — Keyshawn Carpenter, 2-yd. run (Matt Schulte kick) EP — Jonathan O’Brien, 8-yd. run (Schulte kick) EP — Sean Ryan, 7-yd. pass from O’Brien (Schulte kick) EP — Schulte, 22-yd. field goal Evergreen Park Rushing: Carpenter 30-208, O’Brien 7-47. Passing: O’Brien 31-15-203. Receiving: McClendon 8-87, Gurrister 3-64.

At Saturday’s Shepard Doubles Quadrangular, Stagg’s girls played almost perfect tennis while facing off against Chicago Christian, Morton and the host Lady Astros.

In 18 matches, which encompassed six doubles contests against each school, the Lady Chargers went 17-1 to come away with a dominating team victory. The Lady Knights were second with nine wins, Morton totaled eight and the Lady Astros logged two.

Stagg’s winners versus Christian included the tandems of Nicole Pamphilis-Jillian Atkenson, who defeated Grace Furlong-Haley Reiher 6-1, 6-3; Leeza Bodnar-Silvia Kulbokas, who topped Rachel Hamstra-Jill Kuipers 7-5, 6-2; and Natalia Rodzyk-Serena George, who prevailed 6-2, 6-0.

Also victorious were the teams of Jenny Stamos-Aneta Dziadowiec (7-6 (7-5), 6-3 over Bre Vollan-Kyla Mitchell), Jovia Manolis-Noor Elmosa (7-5, 6-3 over Jill DowdyKayla Bulthuis) and Dovile Guzaskaite-Ashley Dettlaff (6-4, 6-3 over Cali Fiandaca-Ann Tang).

Pamphilis-Atkenson got the winning started against Shepard by beating the Lady Astros’ duo of Rhonda Habbal-Martha Turwon 6-1, 6-0. Bodnar-Kulbokas then defeated Kelsey Domina-Taylor Domina (6-2, 6-0), Rodzyk-George bested Katelyn Paulsen-Sarah Kent (6-1, 6-1), Stamos-Dziadowiec outscored Nancy Lesnicki-Gabby Jusczak (64, 6-4), Manolis-Elmosa got past Natalie Bruce-Kaylan MacDonald (6-4, 6-4), and Guzaskaite-Dettlaff romped over Kaisa Cisak-Stephanie Silverman (6-0, 6-2).

Morton was responsible for the Lady Chargers’ only setback as its pairing of Alexis Cmnat-Alexis Rodriguez sneaked by GuzaskaiteDettlaff by winning a tiebreaker at No. 6 doubles. Stagg’s team dropped a 6-1, 1-6, 8-6 verdict.

Before taking part in the event at Shepard, Stagg captured a 6-1 SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue victory over Joliet Township co-op last Tuesday. Bodnar-Kulbokas were standouts for the Lady Chargers at second-doubles. *** Although Shepard did not fare particularly well at its own doubles tournament, the future does appear bright for the Lady Astros. Habbal, a No. 1 singles player who won conference last year as a sophomore, teamed up with Martha Turwon to defeat Morton’s No. 1 doubles duo 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday.

Two more promising prospects are sophomore twins Kelsey and Taylor Domina, who collected Shepard’s other triumph versus Morton’s second-doubles tandem.

So far this season, the Domina sisters have recorded South Suburban Conference victories over TF South, TF North, Bremen, Eisenhower Hillcrest, Oak Forest, Reavis and Richards.

“We’re really going to be a solid team next year,” Shepard coach Kelly Myron said. “I just keep telling the girls that they are getting better. Kelsey and Taylor would be undefeated if they played on the sophomore team, but they’re getting invaluable experience competing on varsity.” *** Sandburg scored 23 points on

Saturday and took first in its own eight-team invitational for the second year in a row.

Natalie Schultz won the No. 2 singles title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Lady Eagles teammate Jasmine Abunaim, who played for Sandburg’s Gold squad. The Lady Eagles’ No. 3 doubles tandem of Nisha Riley-Jackie Makdah also claimed a crown.

Sandburg placed entries in two other championship matches, but had to settle for being runner-up in each. Molly Traverso dropped a 6-1, 6-2 singles verdict to Providence Catholic freshman Hannah Davis, while the Lady Celtics’ first-doubles duo of Maggie Ruane-Kelly Ruane bested the Lady Eagles’ team of Priya Sharma-Allia Abunaim 6-0, 6-1.

Schultz’s win at No. 1 singles highlighted Sandburg’s 5-0 triumph over Shepard in a dual match last Monday.

BOYS’ SOCCER South Suburban Conference Red victories over Reavis (2-1) and Oak Lawn (2-0) last Monday and Tuesday, respectively, enabled Shepard to finish the week with a plus-.500 ledger. The Astros’ lone setback came against Argo (2-0) on Thursday in another Red Division clash.

Shootout goals by Bartek Juszczak, Edson Trejo and Mike Iturbe gave host Shepard a 3-2 edge in that phase, which paved the way for its defeat of the Rams. Corry Williams notched the Astros’ regulation tally.

Iturbe and Williams struck again versus the Spartans, as Mike Kaczmarczyk assisted on both of Shepard’s markers. *** In Thursday’s semifinals of the Lincoln-Way Invitational, Sandburg dropped a tough 1-0 decision to Lincoln-Way West. The Eagles bounced back on Saturday, however, to beat Bloom Township 5-3 in the third-place match.

Mike Klimkowski’s two goals powered Sandburg (7-3) in its conquest of the Blazing Trojans. *** Chicago Christian battled Oak Lawn to a scoreless draw last Monday night in Palos Heights.

Netminder Caleb De Ruiter made three saves for the Knights (4-23) en route to posting his third shutout of the campaign. *** Stagg defeated Downers Grove South 2-1 on Saturday, as Roberto Torres and Matt Kois accounted for the Chargers’ goals.

BOYS’ GOLF Chicago Christian collected a 164-211 victory over Eisenhower last Monday and then followed up by rolling past Oak Lawn 151-188 on Thursday.

The Knights’ Blaine Wright earned medalist honors against the Cardinals by carding a 38 at The Meadows. Jay Timmer’s 35 was the overall low score as Christian topped the Spartans at Stony Creek. *** At Saturday’s Green Wedge Cup, the SouthWest Suburban Conference defeated the Southwest Prairie Conference 21-6 at Green Garden. Sandburg’s Nick Adduce was the medalist by carding an 18-hole score of 67. *** Stagg dropped a 155-169 verdict to Joliet Township co-op in Thursday’s

SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue match at Palos Golf Club. *** Evergreen Park edged Shepard 173-175 in a South Suburban Conference Red match at Gleneagles last Thursday. The Mustangs’ JR Wazio was the medalist with a nine-hole score of 40.

GIRLS’ GOLF Stagg dropped SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue matches to Lockport and Sandburg last Monday and Tuesday, respectively, before finishing second at the Mt. Assisi Invitational on Saturday.

Natalie Collina’s round of 48 not only paced the Lady Chargers against the Lady Porters, but it rated as the medalist score as well at Silver Lake’s Rolling Hills course. However, Lockport copped first place as a team by out-shooting Stagg 197-220.

Collina’s third place represented the Lady Chargers’ top individual performance at Mt. Assisi. Collina carded a 92 over 18 holes and Stagg finished with 423 strokes.

This past Monday, Collina’s 49 was good enough to garner another medalist designation, and the Lady Chargers parlayed her latest effort into a 209-251 SWSC Blue win over Bolingbrook at Silver Lake. *** In addition to riding Frankie Saban’s medalist-earning score of 35 to its 160-204 victory over the Lady Chargers at Silver Lake’s North course, Sandburg defeated Homewood-Flossmoor 171-198 in another SWSC Blue encounter at Coyote Run. Once again, Saban was the Lady Eagles’ pacesetter as she fired a 38 and got named medalist versus the Lady Vikings.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY Sandburg (225 points) finished fifth among 63 teams at Saturday’s Richard Spring Invitational, hosted by Peoria Notre Dame.

The Eagles’ top runner was Greg Burzinski, who placed 20th at Detweiller Park after completing the three-mile race in 15 minutes, 7 seconds.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY Chicago Christian scored 121 points and took third at Saturday’s 12-team Illiana Christian Invitational. *** Sandburg (453 points) was 13th at Saturday’s Richard Spring Invitational as Grace Kelly gave the Lady Eagles their best finish with her 39th-place showing. Kelly clocked an 18:20 for three miles.

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brook,” Fahey said. “They’re a top-10 program in the state, and offensively it’s a bad matchup for us because of their defensive speed. We just got stuck.

“It’s tough to lose back-to-back games by over 40 points, but we’re doing a lot of things well [and] we’re happy with the effort. Our kids are playing hard, but against those teams [like the Raiders and Lincoln-Way East] you’ve got to play a perfect game.”

A road matchup with Lockport Friday night could put Stagg back on course. The Porters are a cut below the SWSC Blue front-runners, which places them on a par with the Chargers.

And although Stagg doesn’t seem to have much in the way of momentum boosting it right now, Fahey is not unhappy with what has transpired thus far.

“We’re in a spot we hoped to be in at this point,” he said. “We said if we were 2-2 after four games, we couldn’t be upset about that.

If we [eventually] get to five wins and become playoff eligible, that’d be a big thing for the program and the school.”

The Chargers last qualified for the state tournament in 2005.

Three years before that, they went all the way to the semifinal round in Class 7A.

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(Continued from page 1) win the game.’ If we don’t put our defense in a bad position, we can be a very good football team.”

SXU’s third-period surge began with Nick Pesek’s 22-yard dash, which capped the aforementioned 98-yard march. Redshirt freshman quarterback John Rhode sparked the series with his 33yard bootleg and a 23-yard pass completion to another freshman, Dennis Vilimek.

“They’re physically ready to play,” Feminis said of the youngsters, “and I think they love the challenge. When they come here, they know they’re going to have a legitimate chance to win a national championship [in NAIA].

“That [drive] broke [the Eagles’] backs, I think. John Rhode is getting more comfortable with every snap, and he hurt them bigtime with his legs.”

Rhode did the lion’s share of the quarterbacking for the Cougars (2-1), going 21-of-34 for 243 yards. When asked if Rhode has entrenched himself as SXU’s firststring signal-caller ahead of senior Joe Gill, Feminis declined to commit to anything definite.

“We’ll see how it goes,” Feminis said. “I’ve still got to do everything I can to help this team win, but John certainly helped his cause.

He’s doing very well.”

Pesek reached the Robert Morris end zone a second time on a 29-yard run, while Rhode’s 5yard toss to freshman Stephen Simms accounted for the Cougars’ other third-quarter tally. Spencer Nolen’s career-long 49-yard field goal concluded SXU’s scoring in the fourth stanza.

The latter had also connected on a 20-yard kick to get the Cougars on the board in the first period, but that was something of a bittersweet ending since SXU had ventured into the Eagles’ red zone and appeared poised to come away with seven points instead of just three.

Nick DeBenedetti’s 51-yard gallop on a reverse upped the hosts’ edge to 10-0, but Robert Morris pulled even by the 5:13 mark of the second quarter. Dave Marciano’s 13-yard run off a fake punt then restored a lead for the Cougars that would not be relinquished.

SXU outgained the Eagles by a hefty 520-165 margin. Starring on defense for the Cougars were Marciano (two solo stops, five assists, one tackle for loss), Zach Dolph (seven assists, one quarterback hurry), Jacob Ghinazzi (five solos, one assist, one tackle for loss, two pass breakups, interception), Greg Hayward (three

which his guys battled their highly regarded foe.

“In the fourth quarter, it kind of got away from us, but we played really well the whole game,” Fahey said. “During the course of the week, we were focusing on the fundamentals and stressing the things we could do to improve [from the week before], and we had a good game plan.

“Bolingbrook runs the option and we run the option, so we felt comfortable going against an option team because we see it every day in practice.”

The biggest issue facing the Chargers (2-2, 0-2) in a defensive sense was the Raiders’ ongoing ability to begin drives in Stagg territory. Huff’s long run ranked as an anomaly, as four of Bolingbrook’s other scoring series required it to travel less than 30 yards.

The Chargers had a few individual standouts in spite of the difficult circumstances. Dennis Egan stole a Raiders pass, and Roger Boylan, Frank Knaperek and Ryan Slager all earned praise from their coach for their showings on that side of the ball.

Stagg’s offense would have benefited from a few of those shortened fields. The Chargers did venture inside Bolingbrook’s 30-yard line one time in the first half, but that was to be the closest thing to a legitimate scoring threat the hosts posed.

“We figured it’d be hard to move the ball against a team like Boling-

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Community sports news Marist dodges bullet vs. St. Patrick

The RedHawks are back on the road Friday, when they tangle with Joliet Catholic Academy at Marist’s defense had no answer Memorial Stadium. for Jeremy Molina Saturday afternoon.

Luckily for the RedHawks, he Two holes-in-one also wasn’t the right answer for recorded at Silver Lake St. Patrick.

Two Orland Park men recorded Certainly, the tailback did more holes-in-one while playing recent than his fair share on the Sham- rounds of golf at Silver Lake Counrocks’ behalf as he accumulated try Club.

266 rushing yards on 34 carries Kevin Winston’s ace occurred and scored twice. But even with on Sept. 12, when he used a 6-iron key offensive contributions from to play the 143-yard 18th hole of a couple other sources to aug- the North course. Sam Everett ment his efforts, Molina’s sterling and Matt Byrdak, both of Orland, exhibition couldn’t dislodge a win witnessed Winston’s feat. from the RedHawks’ grasp.

“It felt like winning the Stanley Marist pocketed the East Sub- Cup,” Winston said. urban Catholic Conference victory A couple weeks before that, Tim at Hanson Stadium by unleashing McFarland experienced the same a furious offense of its own. While thrill while playing on the South RedHawks running back Peter course. With partners Rich BeaAndreotti was unable to duplicate zley and Jack Spieser watching, Molina’s ground-gaining feats, he McFarland handled the 148-yard did match the latter’s touchdown third hole in one shot by employtotal by tallying on a 1-yard run ing a 6-iron. and 28-yard reception. “[It was] awesome — a perfect And with a greater array of shot,” McFarland said. “Amazweapons at its disposal, Marist ing.” managed to survive St. Pat’s massive 512-yard output and return home with a 42-34 triumph in Evergreen football hand. The RedHawks, who the gets corporate support week before had to ward off a seri- At every Evergreen Park High ous challenge issued by Nazareth School home football game this Academy to win another high- fall, Mustangs fans will have an scoring matchup by eight points, opportunity to cheer the team improved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 on from the end zone as “couch in league encounters. potatoes.”

Also finding the Shamrocks’ end The promotion is being corzone was Jawill Aldridge, whose porately sponsored by Famous 87-yard kickoff return shoved the Dave’s restaurant, which will have hosts into a hole that proved in- its mascot, Wilbur, supply dinner escapable. Flynn Nagel caught a to each of the designated couch 16-yard pass from Jack Donegan potatoes and give one of them a for another Marist TD. chance to win a $150 catering

Eagles (Continued from page 1) Sandburg (3-1, 2-0) nearly offered an immediate response, but its journey ended on a fumble inside Joliet West’s 1, an occurrence Wierzal described as “a little bit scary.” But a punt return to the Tigers’ 28 a bit later led to Leland’s first scoring toss to Johnson.

From there, the two teams engaged in plenty of give-and-take.

Each squad squandered a trek into the other’s red zone during the second stanza, but the Eagles entered halftime in front by three after Dan Trentacoste tallied on a 16-yard dash and Jonathan Milazzo kicked a 35yard field goal.

A 66-yard Leland-to-Rasheed Carney bomb increased Sandburg’s edge to 23-13 at the start of the third quarter, but as Wierzal feared, the scoring was far from over. Worse, he still wondered how long the Eagles could keep matching Joliet West blow for blow on offense.

“In a game like this, we couldn’t afford to go three-and-out [very often],” he said.

Of course, that’s what proceeded to happen to Sandburg on back-to-back third-period series, between which DiNardo fired a 34-yard touchdown pass to Dyllon Goyette to draw the Tigers within 23-20. The Eagles did catch Joliet West napping with a fake punt that resulted in a 21-yard gain for Graham Hevel, but a fumble short-circuited that possession just after the visitors crossed midfield.

Finally, Sandburg regained its footing and Leland capped an 80yard drive with his 1-yard keeper.

Then after a shanked Tigers punt gave them good field position, the

Eagles struck again on Leland’s 18-yard collaboration with Johnson with 7:46 remaining.

“That was the first I felt, for a moment, that we were in good shape,” Wierzal said. “This is where I tend to be conservative [in play-calling], but the thought was that wasn’t going to be the final score.

“It turned out to be way too much time [left], and the last part of this game was so outrageously eventful.”

Sure enough, DiNardo’s 13-yard TD pass to Goyette closed the gap to 36-28 and set the stage for the crazy finish. Joliet West used 17 plays to position itself inside Sandburg’s 10 before disaster hit in the form of the forced fumble and Nash’s second pickoff of the game.

Nash also made nine tackles for an Eagles prevention group that was on the field for 87 plays.

Marty Micek (six solo stops, five assists, one sack), Trentacoste (six solos, three assists, one sack), Tamonte Brown (five solos, one assist), Mike Howard (four solos, five assists), Hevel (four solos, four assists) and Taylor (three solos, one assist, forced fumble) were other principal figures for Sandburg on that side of the ball.

Although he didn’t score any points, Brian Langowski was an offensive standout as he rushed for a career-high 187 yards on 27 carries and caught a couple passes for 23 more yards. The Eagles averaged 6.8 yards while running 66 total plays.

“They’ve all been barn burnertype games,” Wierzal said, referring to Sandburg’s first four outings of the season. “The stats are ridiculous. We’re 3-1, but saying we’re 3-1 doesn’t do justice to any of these games.

“How many games can we

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Illinois Hoopla to conduct basketball events

Illinois Hoopla will conduct two basketball programs during the month of October.

PeeWee Basketball mini-camps for youngsters in grades 1-3 will run two nights a week during the following periods: Oct. 7-18, and Oct. 21-30. In addition, a 3-on-3 tournament for players in grades 3-8 will be held Oct. 7-16.

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OL High School to co-host bass-fishing tourney

Oak Lawn High School and Rayjus Outdoors will co-host a bass-fishing tournament on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Kankakee/Des Plaines River.

The event begins with a 6 a.m. check-in. Competition will start at 7:15 and run through 2 p.m. Schools may register an unlimited number of boats, but the overall field will not exceed 50. Each boat, which must be captained by an adult, can include up to four anglers.

The cost of entry is $40 per boat. For information, contact Chris Kuchyt at ckuchyt@olchs. org. handle like this? The reality is we’ll handle however many we have to.”

The Eagles host Joliet Central for homecoming Friday night at Seliga Field.

Statistics Sandburg Joliet West

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

7 9 13 0

7 13 - 36 7 8 - 28

CS JW 25 29 267 63 183 452 450 515 14-7 55-32 3-2 1-0 0 2 8-46 11-106 1-32.0 3-31.0

Scoring JW -- Niko Messino, 54-yd. pass from Anthony DiNardo (DiNardo kick) CS -- Lavelle Johnson, 28-yd. pass from Sean Leland (kick failed) JW -- Messino, 9-yd. pass from DiNardo (kick failed) CS -- Jonathan Milazzo, 35-yd. field goal CS -- Dan Trentacoste, 16-yd. run (Milazzo kick) CS -- Rasheed Carney, 66-yd. pass from Leland (Milazzo kick) JW -- Dyllon Goyette, 34-yd. pass from DiNardo (DiNardo kick) CS -- Leland, 1-yd. run (kick blocked) CS -- Johnson, 18-yd. pass from Leland (Milazzo kick) JW -- Goyette, 13-yd. pass from DiNardo (Messino, pass from DiNardo)

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Shepard’s Kamaree Marshall stops Richards’ Tacari Carpenter after a short gain Friday night.

Bulldogs (Continued from page 1) the coach didn’t dismiss the ’Dogs’ other mistakes because of it.

“It’d be a blown block here, a missed assignment there — we just weren’t executing,” Sheehan said. “Our defense was giving us the ball in great field position, so it should have been a lot bigger [point] margin. We’ve got to take advantage of that.

“When you get a team down, you’ve got to bury them. If you let a team hang around too long, it just gives them confidence.”

Shepard, though, wasn’t about to rally from a three-touchdown deficit. Just to make sure, Ramontay Hill tacked on one more with his 12-yard run in the third quarter.

While the Bulldogs finished with nearly 300 total yards, only 111 of those came on the ground.

That, according to Sheehan, must change, and soon.

“We’ve got to establish a running game and get a sustained drive going more often,” he said. “We have home-run hitters, but we need to be able to nickel-and-dime people, too, if we want to do something in the playoffs. We need to give our defense a blow so they’re playing up to their capabilities.

“This is kind of a wake-up call to our offense. We can’t have [negative] things [happen] — you get into a tight ballgame, that can cost you, and we want to control our own destiny.”

Richards will need to have all systems in good working order on

Friday, when undefeated Evergreen Park travels to Oak Lawn for a key SSC Red contest. On their last visit to Korhonen Field in 2011, the Mustangs stunned the Bulldogs by administering a 33-0 loss.

“Dan [Hartman]’s one of the best coaches around,” Sheehan said of Evergreen’s third-year leader. “Look at what he’s done with that program.”

Shepard (0-4, 0-2), meanwhile, will attempt to break into the win column for the first time at Reavis’ expense. The Rams are coming off a victory over Eisenhower, but Passolano thinks the Astros can challenge them, especially if Shepard is able duplicate its defensive effort versus Richards.

Khali Mitchell was the Astros’ ringleader with six solo stops, four assists, three tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble. Other influential individuals included Raphael Williams (five solos, one assist), Shane Javorski (four solos, two assists, two tackles for loss, forced fumble), Kyle Dye (four solos, one assist) and Keyon Lansdown (two solos, four assists, one tackle for loss, one sack).

In all, Shepard forced the Bulldogs into seven negative-yardage plays.

“There was only one series where they moved on us [very far] and scored,” Passolano said of Richards.

“It was real evident that the physicalness of our kids and the tackling was much better [than before]. Defensively, we’re happy with the way kids stepped up — we’ve seen big improvement from Week 1.

“We’re playing a lot of young

kids and we’re seeing [overall] improvement. The big thing has been to keep pounding away and pounding away — eventually, we’ll see the results we want.”

Statistics Richards Shepard

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

8 14 0 0

7 0

0 - 29 0 - 0

HLR 17 111 181 292 26-15 4-1 1 8-93 3-42.0

ABS — 42 26 68 16-6 2-1 1 — 7-31.3

Scoring HLR — Tacari Carpenter, 9-yd. run (Spencer Tears, pass from Hasan Muhammad-Rogers) HLR — Carpenter, 9-yd. pass from Muhammad-Rogers (Ramontay Hill run) HLR — Savon Robinson, 17-yd. fumble return (pass failed) HLR — Hill, 12-yd. run (Shawn Chiaramonte kick) Richards Rushing: Hill 6-48, Carpenter 6-33, Muhammad-Rogers 8-16, Willett 1-12, Williams 1-2. Passing: MuhammadRogers 26-15-181. Receiving: Shannon 5-84, Tears 4-54, Willett 3-13, Carpenter 2-19, Marchione 1-11.

Shepard Rushing: Dye 23-32, E. Williams 7-10. Passing: Javorski 14-6-26, Dye 2-0-0. Receiving: R. Williams 3-20, E. Williams 3-8, Jones 1-(-2).

Sandburg Rushing: Langowski 27-181, Johnson 4-31, Trentacoste 2-21, Hevel 1-21, Muno-Kohn 9-15, Leland 7-(-2).

Passing: Leland 14-7-183. Receiving: Johnson 2-46, Langowski 2-23, Carney 1-66, Marudas 1-37, Muno-Kohn 1-11.

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Richards’ Tacari Carpenter loses his grip on the ball after being hit by a Shepard defender Friday night. Carpenter was able to make the recovery.

Crusaders

8-70 Punts/avg.

Total yds.

301 Att./comp.

14-9 Fumbles lost 1 Had intercepted 1 Penalties/yds.

Scoring BR — Brian Kane, 47-yd. field goal MC — Marko Boricich, 4-yd. run (Zach Mirabelli kick) BR — Sal Perez, 17-yd. pass from Alex Alarcon (Kane kick) MC — Matt Domer, 19-yd. run (Mirabelli kick) MC — Domer, 13-yd. pass from Bo-

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ricich (Mirabelli kick) MC — Domer, 12-yd. run (Mirabelli kick) BR — Jack Desmond, 30-yd. pass from Alarcon (Kane kick) BR — Kane, 30-yd. field goal Brother Rice Rushing: Alarcon 9-40, Jones 14-38, Mueller 1-4, Perez 1-2.

Passing: Alarcon 31-15-222. Receiving: Mueller 8-118, Jones 3-45, Desmond 230, Perez 1-17, Butler 1-12.

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Trinity sports report

Trolls take a step up

By Tim Cronin

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Moraine Valley College goalkeeper Diana Lozano made 19 saves to help the Cyclones battle Morton College to a 1-1 tie in an Illinois Skyway Collegiate Athletic Conference last week.

Moraine athletics wrap Breakthrough soccer moment for Cyclones women

By Maura Vizza     Suddenly, things are looking a whole lot better for Moraine Valley College’s women’s soccer team.     Defensive lapses and an ongoing lack of offensive pop had combined to sabotage the Cyclones several times thus far in the 2013 season.

And while Moraine’s attack still didn’t generate big numbers last Tuesday, the locals were able to prevent Morton College from doing the same.     What made the Cyclones’ performance all the more eye opening was that their opponent entered the match as the No. 1 team in Region IV of the National Junior College Athletic Association. Despite their elite status, the Panthers managed to punch just one shot past Moraine netminder Diana Lozano.     The Richards alumnus didn’t lack for tests — she was called on to make a total of 19 saves. This time, though, the yeoman work got at least partially rewarded as a Cyclones goal in the latter portion of regulation forged a 1-1 tie.     And that deadlock remained in place through two overtimes, giving Moraine a well-deserved draw with Morton.     “Obviously, this was the best game of the season [for us],�

Cyclones coach Jim Knawa said. “The girls really stepped up and played 110 percent against the first-place team.�     The match was a scoreless deadlock until the 70th minute, when the Panthers finally broke through with their lone tally. Maria Gabino erased Moraine’s deficit, however, with three minutes left by scoring off a pass from Patricia Tuxford.     Yesenia Galvan, Stephanie Aimone, Letricia Diaz and Antonia Zaper also kept pressure on Morton’s defense throughout the day. Aiding Lozano in her quest to hold the Panthers in check most of the way were Tuxford, Jill Kossifos (Mt. Assisi), Samantha Reyes (Marist) and Kathleen Gribbon (Marist), who played well as a defensive unit. ***     The Cyclones remained tough on both sides of the ball, but South Suburban College still managed to make off with a 2-1 win on Saturday.     Gabino was again Moraine’s goal scorer, as she found the back of the Bulldogs’ net off an assist from Shepard alumnus Janelle Walters. Keeper Lozano had one save.

MEN’S GOLF     At long last, the Cyclones are No. 1.     First-place tournament finishes had eluded Moraine several times this fall, typically by only by one or two strokes, but last Monday its luck finally changed. The Cyclones occupied the top spot in an event held at the College of Lake County’s home course and, in the process, took over first place in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference with just one more conference match to go.     Moraine golfers dealt effectively with windy and cool conditions on a course that features water on 16 of the holes. With Pat Neylon’s 81 ranking as their low score, the Cyclones wound up two shots ahead of the runner-up host school.     Also contributing for Moraine were John Randolph (82), Joe Knight (83) and Jack Misheck (88).     “I’m happy for the guys and happy with the improvement,�

Cyclones coach Bob Freudenthal said. “Now, we have to win the last conference match to take first overall.     “I’m hoping for a strong finish.

We’ve gotten better, so I’m still cautiously optimistic.�

CROSS COUNTRY     In ideal running conditions last Friday, the young Cyclones responded with a good outing.     Moraine’s men finished 12th out of 14 teams, while the women were 11th in a 12-school field at Wheaton College’s Gil Dodds In-

vitational. The races were held at St. James Farm in Warrenville.     Dawid Palac again led the male Cyclones as he took the 114th position among 190 runners by clocking a time of 28 minutes, 32 seconds for 8K. Evergreen Park alumnus Brandon Ceh was next down the chute for Moraine in 28:52, which was good for 129th place.     Rounding out the Cyclones’ list of scorers were Brother Rice grad Thomas Cira (141st in 29:20), Sandburg product Zach Butera (147th, 29:33) and Jesus Rojas (149th, 29:37). Also competing on Moraine’s behalf were Anton Thauer (159th, 30:17), Alejandro Montes (166th, 30:55), and Evergreen Park products Justin Briante (172nd, 31:29) and Larry Byrd (189th, 35:50).     “The guys had a good morning — most of them lowered their times and [they] gained the experience of racing against some really competitive teams,�

Cyclones coach Mark Horstmeyer said. “They still have a lot of work to do, but they definitely are heading in the right direction. We’re pleased with how they responded.     “Now, they have to get ready to face even tougher competition on Friday. I think they’ll have some fun.� ***     Moraine’s women took on their first 6K race of the season and showed some increased speed.

Aileen Gorman (Marist) led the way by taking 58th in a 161-runner field with a time of 25:13, while Queen of Peace alumnus Miranda Reyes (101st in 27:24) was the second Cyclone to complete the race.     Jessica Flores (111th, 27:49), Lex Mindock (114th, 27:59) and Sandburg grad Amy Johnson (124th, 28:40) also provided points for Moraine. Tiffany Huntley (133rd, 29:13), Maritza Najera (146th, 30:24) and Sury Rosete (160th, 39:20) were other Cyclones who participated.     “The girls had a really good outing, especially for their first 6K of the season,� Horstmeyer said. “We wanted them to focus on finishing strong, especially that last half-mile or so, and they did.     “What was a pleasant surprise is that they had lowered their 5K times, and that should give them a boost of confidence. We also had two of our women back from injuries, and that helped us, too.�     Moraine returns to St. James Farm on Friday to compete in the College of DuPage Invitational, which will feature more than 25 teams from across the midwestern collegiate landscape.     “This race will definitely be a challenge,� Horstmeyer said. “The teams range from NCAA Divisions I, II and III to NAIA, and a host of community colleges.

This will make for tight racing conditions because some of the course is through the woods and the path is narrow.     “It should be fun, and our runners will have another opportunity to gauge their fitness against top competitors.�

WOMEN’S TENNIS     The Cyclones continued rolling last Thursday, as they blew past McHenry College 8-1 to remain unbeaten.     All three doubles matches were strongly contested, but Moraine breezed through most of the singles encounters with little difficulty. Recording impressive victories were Liz Dominguez (No. 1 singles), Alexa Armon (No. 3), Oak Lawn alumnus Claudia Maka (No. 4), Lindsey Walker (No. 5) and Tricia Poremba (No. 6).     “We are definitely a force to be reckoned with,� Cyclones coach Nicole Selvaggio said. “I am very pleased with the girls’ continuous fight. We are looking forward to another good match [the next time out].� ***     After a string of cruise-control victories, Moraine had to fight

hard against Sauk Valley College on Saturday in order to secure a 5-4 win at home.     Dominguez, Armon, Maka and Premba all captured their singles matches, with the latter turning in her finest performance of the season along the way. Maka also teamed with Kelley Grzych to bring home the clinching triumph at No. 2 doubles.     “We are still undefeated, so I am very pleased with that,� Selvaggio said. “However, we are getting down to the wire. Regionals are a couple short weeks away, and my girls are going to continue to step it up big-time at practice.�

VOLLEYBALL     The College of Lake County was no match for the Cyclones last Tuesday, as the latter registered a 25-11, 25-14, 25-11 triumph behind big efforts from several individuals.     Kara Kentner paced Moraine with 10 kills, but Autumn Seiler was right behind her with nine kills in 15 attempts and Alex Bojan added eight more. Kenter also distributed 16 assists, second only to Joanna Curtis’ team-best total of 28.     Taylor Serrano and Stephanie Dagenais both put down six kills, with Serrano notching a solo block as well. Kayla Manthei and Gina Ryan combined for 16 perfect passes, and Samantha Newhall came off the bench to deliver four digs and three good passes. ***     It was a slugfest between two good teams last Thursday and a little more than the Cyclones could handle, as they dropped a 28-26, 17-25, 20-25, 33-31, 15-12 verdict to South Suburban College.     “South Suburban is a solid team with good ball handling and a big hitter that swings from all along the net,� Moraine coach Gloria Coughlin said. “We had several opportunities to put the match away in the fourth set, but eased off the gas pedal a little and let them back in the game. Their momentum from Set 4 really helped them in the fifth set.�     Kentner was again the Cyclones’ ringleader as she finished with 20 kills, 30 assists, 26 digs, three blocks and a service ace.

Ryan was also a force with 15 kills, 20 digs, three blocks and one ace.     Serrano chipped in 14 kills, six blocks and two aces, Seiler had 12 kills and 22 digs, Curtis passed out 39 assists, and Manthei totaled 42 digs. ***     It only took six collective sets for Moraine to defeat both Kankakee Community College and Kellogg College at a tri-match on Saturday. The pair of successes put the Cyclones at a double-digit number of wins for the season.     First up was Kankakee, which Moraine vanquished 25-18, 25-12, 25-17 as Seiler (10 kills), Ryan (nine kills) and Kentner (nine kills with no hitting errors, 17 assists, 15 digs, two aces, one solo block) all handled leadership roles. Serrano added six kills, a block and two ace serves, while Curtis doled out 24 assists.     Kenter (10 kills with no errors, 15 assists, two blocks) and Serrano (nine kills, six blocks, two aces) were the key figures for the Cyclones in their 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 conquest of Kellogg. Ryan chipped in eight kills and seven digs, while Curtis distributed 22 kills and had two service points.

MEN’S SOCCER     With a little help from their foe, the Cyclones collected a 2-1 win over McHenry College last Tuesday.     Patryk Paprocki accounted for Moraine’s initial marker, but the deciding score came on an own goal by McHenry. ***     Greg Healy’s first hat trick of the season propelled the Cyclones to a 6-1 victory over Kishwaukee College on Saturday. Also booting home markers for Moraine were Lutth Tchitembo, Gilberto Andrade and Jordy Padilla.

    Here’s a sign of a solid team: When Trinity Christian College’s women’s volleyball competition stepped up in class last weekend, so did the Trolls.     A couple of losses were needed to jump-start it, but Trinity bounced back with two victories on Saturday to leave the Olivet Nazarene campus in Bourbonnais with a 2-2 mark in the Tigers’ invitational.     That gave the Trolls a 3-2 record for the week and a 14-4 reading for the season, which now gets heavily into Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference action.     Friday night’s grind began with a five-set loss to Campbellsville.

The Kentucky school scored a 13-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-18, 1510 victory, with Trinity having numerous chances to swing the momentum in the critical third set — and beyond — but being unable to do so.     And there was no rest for the weary as Grand View, from Iowa, was waiting in the wings. The Trolls won the first set, but Grand View stormed back to take the next three, winning 24-26, 25-19, 25-21, 25-18.     Nine sets and 385 points over four hours meant Trinity athletes slept well, and quickly. They were rested for Saturday’s doubleheader against Cornerstone, from Michigan, and Indiana Tech.     Cornerstone had won its two matches on Friday and also claimed the first two sets against Trinity, but then the Trolls rallied and prevailed, 16-26, 2225, 25-13, 25-13, 15-12. Jessica Wiltjer led the comeback as she put down 12 of Trinity’s 41 kills, but Kirsten Harms’ nine kills and the combined defensive work of Ellie Raebel and Erynn Schuh (15 and 14 digs, respectively) were also key ingredients.     Finally, the Trolls disposed of Indiana Tech in straight sets, though not without resistance, 2515, 26-24, 25-23. Wiltjer blocked five Warriors shots and notched eight kills, while Kaitlin Feddema recorded a team-high nine kills.

Schuh, Raebel and Lauren Macadlo had 32 digs between them.     Last week opened with a threeset romp over Calumet College of St. Joseph. Trinity won 2519, 25-7, 25-15 to move to 3-0 in CCAC play. ***     • Record: 14-4 overall, 3-0 CCAC, 6-0 home, 3-1 away, 5-3 neutral. Leaders: Kaitlin Feddema 169 kills; Erynn Schuh 24 aces; Ellie Raebel 215 digs; Jessica Wiltjer 66 blocks.     • Schedule: Today, at Indiana University-South Bend, 7 p.m.

ET; Saturday, at Robert Morris Quadrangular, 11 a.m.; Oct. 4-5, at CCAC Crossover; Oct. 8, at University of St. Francis; Oct. 10, at Purdue-North Central; Oct. 11-12, at St. Francis Invitational.

MEN’S SOCCER     Call them the Cardiac Trolls.

    It doesn’t rhyme or embrace alliteration, but it’s fitting, given Trinity’s recent penchant to wait almost until the finish to get the job done. Twice last week, the Trolls scored in the last eight minutes to snap a tie and gain a victory, thus moving over .500 (3-2-1) this season.     Saturday’s 2-1 triumph over Oakland City at the Route 83 sports complex was the latest exhibit of their pluck. Trailing at halftime, Trinity bounced back with Joey Bahena’s goal 49 seconds into the second half and another by Mauricio Salgado with 7:21 remaining. Salgado had set up Bahena’s score.     Goalkeeper Rick Fawkes, who had been beaten by Greg Fernie in the first half, was flawless the rest of the way, making five saves in all.     Fawkes was perfect all the way in a 1-0 victory at Huntington, stopping five shots. He had to be solid, for the Foresters’ defense was almost as good against an attacking Trolls squad.     Trinity forced five corner kicks to Huntington’s one, but it wasn’t until 82:24, when Richie Carillo got loose and scored, that the Trolls got on the board. A few minutes of stout defense against Huntington’s last gasp, and Trinity evened its road record at 11-1.     That’s important because, with this past Tuesday’s home match against Purdue University Calumet in the books, the Trolls have three of their next four on the road. All of the matches are conference affairs. ***     • Record: 3-2-1 overall, 0-0 CCAC, 2-1 home, 1-1-1 away, 0-0 neutral. Leaders: Caleb Steele, Mauricio Salgado, Joey Bahena 2 goals each; Emmanuel Yanquaye, Salgado 2 assists each; Salgado 6 points; GAA: Rick Fawkes 1.20 goals-against average. .842 save percentage (16 saves, 3 goals against).     • Schedule: Saturday, at Illinois Institute of Technology, 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, at Trinity International University, 4 p.m.; Oct. 5, vs. Roosevelt University, 3 p.m.; Oct. 8, at Olivet Nazarene University, 7 p.m.

day with a home match against conference foe Purdue University Calumet — Trinity is off to a solid start. Counting that match, five of its next nine encounters are at home, including three straight Saturday afternoon matches beginning with Roosevelt University on Oct. 5. ***     • Record: 4-1-1 overall, 0-0 CCAC, 3-0-1 home, 1-1 away, 0-0 neutral. Leaders: Rachael Webb 3 goals; Bekah Gonzales, Cassidy Bosslaar, Webb, Amy Tadla, AnaIsa VanHeukelum, Kayla Diemer 1 assist each; Webb 7 points; Becky Gold, 0.67 goals-against average, .895 save percentage (34 saves, 4 goals against, 3 shutouts).     • Schedule: Saturday, at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1 p.m.; Tuesday, at Trinity International University, 4 p.m.; Oct. 5, vs. Roosevelt University, 12:30 p.m.; Oct. 9, at Olivet Nazarene University, 5 p.m.

GOLF     The Trolls’ finest showing of the season came at the Illinois Valley Classic, with Trinity, led

by Logan Vos, finishing seventh in a 20-school field.     His 75, scored Friday at Deer Creek Golf Course in Oglesby, is the best round for a Troll this year, and by adding a 78 on Saturday at Senica’s Oak Ridge a few miles away, Vos tied for 15th place individually with a two-day total of 153. Six strokes in arrears and tied for 28th was freshman Jonathan Zandstra, whose 83-76 combination added up to 159.     Vos and Zandstra were the only players to break 80. Spencer TenHaken’s 80-81–161 put him in a tie for 37th.     Trinity is closer to home this week. After today’s visit to Balmoral Woods in Crete for the Olivet Nazarene Invitational, the locals will host their own Troll Classic at Calumet Country Club in Homewood next Thursday. ***     • Scoring leaders: Logan Vos, 75, Aug. 30, Sept. 20; Jonathan Zandstra, 76, Sept. 21; Scott Ebbeling, 78, Aug. 31; Tim Hoeksema, 79, Aug. 31, Spencer TenHaken, 79, Aug. 27.     • Schedule: Today, Olivet Nazarene Invitational, at Balmoral Woods; Oct. 3, Troll Classic, at WOMEN’S SOCCER Calumet Country Club; Oct. 7-8,     One and done.

Taylor Fall Invitational, at Egypt     And that was a good thing for Valley Golf Course, Ada., Mich. the Trolls last week at HuntingAROUND CAMPUS ton. One goal was all they needed to knock off the Foresters and     The cross country teams are off gain their first road victory of until Oct. 5, when they run at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invitational the season.     Abby McDonald’s goal, set up in Milwaukee. The men’s basketby Kayla Diemer at 70:46, made ball schedule opens on Friday, Nov. the difference offensively.

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Play stays competitive in Palos AYSO Although some matches featured more lopsided final scores, a number of recent Palos AYSO soccer encounters were decided by much closer margins.

Following is a recap of last week’s reported matches.

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Lightning 3, Orange Flames 1 Solo tallies by Jack Forden, Darek Michniak and Jaime Ryan were enough to boost the Lightning to a victory over the Flames.

Ramiz Fakhoury and Tyler Winklemann each passed out one assist for the winners.

Lightning players starring on defense included Joshua Gregoriou, Samantha Michniak and Josh Pappas. Others playing well were Alyssa Barraco, Abby Becker, Connor Casey, Kelsey Kelly, Jake Yerkes and Ali Elmosa.

Lemonheads 5, Team #2 1 Kyle Donahue had a goal for Team #2, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a loss to the Lemonheads. Ramsey Bacerott assisted on Donahue’s tally.

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Maroon 12 3, Smurfs 1 Matt Huston delivered the Smurfs’ lone goal in a setback against Maroon 12. George Evangelopolous set up Huston’s marker, and Ethan Zickert and Aidan O’Leary also performed well in a losing cause for the Smurfs.

of assists.

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Purple Piranhas 4, Red Demons 2 Matty Meehan scored twice and both Alvaro Hucker and Emmet O’Brian added one goal as the Piranhas got past the Demons.

Lily Ceretto and Isabela Bacerott were other Piranhas notables.

Thomas Quintas accounted for both Demons tallies, each of which was set up by Tim Clancy. Viktoria Vencloves also supplied the losing team with a solid performance.

Green Rubber Duckies 4, Red Bulls 0 Faith Duggins, Laith Talla and Kirsten Krammer took care of the offense, and their work was complemented by strong defensive showings from a number of teammates as the Duckies shut out the Bulls.

Duggins scored twice for the winners, while Talla and Krammer delivered the Duckies’ other goals. Eamonn Boyle had an assist and also shared in the whitewash with fellow keeper Lenny Kobilca.

Providing good defense in front of the netminding duo were Anthony Galan and Austin McGuire.

Starring in defeat for the Bulls were Colin Budd, Grace Compagner, Gail Korbitz and Kaidence Roque.

Killing Bees 6, Team #7 1 Aidan Wilson’s hat trick, plus three more markers from Kazeed Haleem (two) and Lucas Kopec allowed the Bees to sting Team #1. Earning assists on the goals were Michael Jeffers (two), Jakub Mierzwa (two), Kopec and Oscar Miller.

Hedaya Hassanelm and Madelyn Holmstrom also lent a hand for the Bees, who were minus several players.

Nightmares 2, Bombers 0 Goals by Maria Musso and Kamil Taiwo held up as the deciding factors as the Nightmares blanked the Bombers. Musso, Daniel Mroz and Logan Droesch were credited with one assist apiece.

Helping to preserve the shutout for the Nightmares were Dylan Neon Lights 2, Team #9 1 Gritsch, Jeffrey Korbitz, Faith Goals by Luke Lisiecki and Nate Submitted photo Tran enabled the Lights to slip Marinier and Ruba Rojszyk. past Team #9 in another defenLeslie Rosario, shown here running at the Midwest Classic in Bourbonnais, was St. Xavier University’s sive struggle. second-best finisher at Friday’s National Catholic Cross Country Invitational in South Bend, Ind. Silver Soldiers 7, The Ghosts 2 The Soldiers marched past the Anchoring the winners’ defense The Cougars placed ninth among 26 non-NCAA Division I schools.

Ghosts behind a hat trick from were keepers Bridget Stroner John Kennedy, plus on goal each and Grace Anderson, plus Erik

by Matt Bogner, Omar Gad, Domi- Knutson, Maggie McHugh, Wilnic DeAngelis and Noora Taila. liam Hardison, Daniel Sweeney Bogner also doled out a pair and Jena Elmosa.

SXU sports summary

Golfers wind up first Vikings at Lalaeff Invitational

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A sub-300 team score on the second day of competition propelled St. Xavier University’s men’s golf squad to a first-place finish at the Mike Lalaeff Memorial Invitational in Hammond, Ind. The Cougars, whose most recent event victory came on Sept.

25, 2012, shot a cumulative 297 last Tuesday at Lost Marsh Golf Course, giving them a tournament total of 601 and putting them ahead of 15 other schools.

Second-place Carthage College carded a 621.

Seniors Kirby Brown and James Kerr supplied SXU with an individual championship and runner-up showing, respectively, after being separated by just one stroke.

Brown fired a second-round 71 to finish at 147 overall, while Kerr’s 148 was built on 18-hole scores of 75 and 73.

Also contributing to the Cougars’ total were junior Kyle Bahnick (151; 77-74), who took fifth, and senior Brendan Ryan (155; 7679), who wound up ninth. SXU’s fifth golfer was sophomore Zach Trent, who shot a 166 for the tourney and occupied the No. 44 position.

“Our team played very well on a tough golf course that had many hazards and troubled areas,” SXU coach Mike Mandakas said. “We are getting better every tournament and look forward to our next event.”

The Cougars opened play in the Chicago State University Invitational this past Monday at Harborside Golf Course. The tournament ran through Tuesday.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Senior Jordan Wallace’s 17thplace finish in a field of 207 runners highlighted the Cougars’ appearance at last Friday’s National Catholic Cross Country Invitational in South Bend, Ind. Hosted by Notre Dame at the university’s golf course, the NCCCI brought together schools of all sizes. For scoring purposes, they were then broken up into NCAA Division I and non-Division I categories.

SXU wound up ninth in the latter division, ahead of 17 other teams. It produced the second-best performance of any NAIA entrant, with only No. 17-ranked Aquinas (Mich.) College doing better. Aquinas was third among non-Division I programs.

Wallace timed out in 19 minutes, 9.9 seconds for 5K, which was only 13.8 seconds faster than junior teammate Leslie Rosario, who provided the Cougars with another top-30 finish by being the 27th individual overall to reach the chute. Also scoring for SXU were freshman Nicole Watkins (61st in 20:10.6), sophomore Ann Kolker (81st, 20:32.6) and freshman Dana Martin (83rd, 20:36.2).

After taking this coming weekend off, the Cougars will compete in the 12th annual Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic on Oct. 5. The event, which will include three women’s races, will be held at Tom Sawyer State Park.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY The Cougars were idle this past weekend, but coach Ed McAllister believes his team is ready to take several steps forward, starting with Friday’s Brissman-Lundeen Invitational at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island.

McAllister’s optimism stems from SXU’s strong exhibition at the Illinois Intercollegiate Championships, where it placed sixth in an 18-team field at Aspen Ridge Golf Course in Bourbonnais. Senior Brian Corcoran posted a top10 individual finish by completing the 8K race in 25:22, but four other Cougars — Chris Shellenberger, Brian Meyer, Chris Sarna and Eric Hancock — were also among the first 50 runners to reach the chute.

SXU’s remaining three competitors placed 51st, 56th and 58th.

The Cougars lowered by an average of 69 seconds per man the times they had recorded one week earlier at Aspen Ridge, when they participated in Olivet Nazarene University’s Midwest Classic.

“I am quite satisfied with the overall performance,” McAllister said after the Illinois Intercollegiates. “We improved considerably over the previous week’s race on the same course. I see this team moving forward on a weekly basis.

“Corcoran ran his usual solid race, and Shellenberger, Meyer and Sarna created a solid pack that should lead this team over the next few weeks. I expect seasonbest times [at Rock Island].”

VOLLEYBALL A strong all-around effort by junior setter Kelli Shaffer couldn’t help the Cougars overcome Cardinal Stritch University in their Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference opener last Tuesday at the Shannon Center.

The Wolves staved off SXU in five sets, 16-25, 25-18, 25-13, 2225, 15-11. The loss dropped the Cougars’ ledger to 3-6 overall.

Shaffer ended the evening with 26 assists, a career-high 20 digs, four kills, two service aces and two assisted blocks. Sophomore middle blocker Heidi Gregerson put down 12 kills to further aid SXU’s cause, while juniors Marie Hackert (six kills, six block assists), Jessica Galotta (six kills, 12 digs, two block assists) and Dominqiue Aramburu (17 digs) were other individuals of note.

Senior Monique Morris’ matchhigh 20 kills and 15 digs paced Stritch. *** A road trip proved just what

the doctor ordered for the Cougars, who got back on track by winning a pair of matches last weekend.

SXU (5-6) opened with a 25-20, 14-25, 25-17, 26-24 victory over Siena Heights in Adrian, Mich., on Friday night, then followed up with a 25-18, 25-20, 25-20 triumph over Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio, the next day.

Hackert and Gregerson gave the Cougars a strong 1-2 punch on Friday, as they were dominant along the net. Hackert registered 12 kills while making just one hitting error, and Gregerson backed her with eight kills and seven total blocks, two of which were solo efforts.

Sophomore right-side hitter Megan Falsey delivered 11 kills on SXU’s behalf. Shaffer registered 38 assists, five kills and nine digs, and Aramburu had a match-best 20 digs.

The Cougars carried that momentum into Saturday, as Gregerson (match-high 13 kills, four total blocks), Hackert (11 kills), Shaffer (32 assists, eight digs, two kills), Falsey (eight kills, three assisted blocks) and Aramburu (21 digs) all played prominent roles.

SXU visited Trinity International University for a CCAC match this past Tuesday in Deerfield.

WOMEN’S GOLF Scores were higher than expected for the Cougars in their second outing of the season.

After two of SXU’s three golfers posted top-six finishes at the Benedictine University Invitational the Sunday before, none of the Cougars could settle into a groove at the Chicago State University Invitational. Katie Reno, who took second in her collegiate debut, was unable to shoot below 90 on either day at Harborside Golf Course.

Struggling as well were teammates Taylor Thompson and Courtney Dudgeon. Thompson recorded the only sub-90 round by firing an 83 during last Monday’s opening session and was the highest placer for SXU as she occupied the 67th position.

The Cougars travel to Fulton, Mo., for their next encounter, as they’ll be part of the field at the William Woods Fall Invitational.

The event will be played Monday and Tuesday at Tanglewood Golf Course.

MEN’S SOCCER The Cougars’ scheduled return to action after an eight-day layoff didn’t happen, as last Wednesday’s home match against Cornerstone University was canceled due to lightning.

SXU (0-5) was back in pursuit of its initial win this past Tuesday, when it hosted the University of St. Francis in a CCAC contest.

McQuinn (one solo, four assists) were mainstays.

The Vikings stay on the road this week, as they open Chicago Catholic League White play against Bishop McNamara in Kankakee. Blackmon thinks St. Laurence’s ability to battle back at Lake Forest can prove beneficial when playing in another hostile environment on Friday.

“When we were down 14-0 and 21-7, there was never a feeling we were not in the football game,” he said. “The kids need to have better focus [to avoid being] in those situations, but don’t hit the panic button.

“The more you win, the more important the next game becomes, and the next couple weeks

will tell us who we are as a team.

We still have a lot of work to do, but we just work to get better each week. If they leave it all on the field, we’ll live with the outcome.”

Statistics St. Laurence LFA

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

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Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

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7 21 14 7

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SL 27 243 199 442 34-15 2-0 2 3-15 1-34.0

7 - 42 7 - 28

Black Strikers 4, Blue Flames 0 The Strikers doused the Flames behind goals from Danny Ellsworth, Quinn Sytsma, Kevin Walsh and Liam Zickert. Distributing assists were Andrew Kaunas, Kelly Stevens, Ally Langford and Declan Lally.

Other key individuals for the Strikers included netminder Maddie Drebing, Emma Lonosky and Michael Meneghini.

Malachy Mohan, Troy Ogarek, Kol Shields, Amelia Kuna and Connor Olsen were the Flames’ standouts.

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Midnight Thunder 4, Sharks 1 Two goals each from Yasmine Gorchene and T.J. Thornburg were enough to carry the Thunder past the Sharks. George Vandiver and Patrick Yock also aided the victorious cause.

Julian Ruiz notched the Sharks’ lone tally. Tyler Blocker, Jackson Nantek and Frank Ryan were other pivotal figures for the losing squad.

Green Dragons 3, Team #1 1 Lizzy Ellsworth knocked in two goals and Patrick Grossman added one to secure a victory for the Dragons. Ellie White assisted on two of the markers.

Blue Skyscrapers 3, The Storm 1 The Skyscrapers quieted the storm on the strength of two goals from Sean Richards, one

by Rebecca Lacina and staunch defensive work.

Lacina and Lucas Parr spearheaded the Skyscrapers’ defense in the nets, but additional help in that area came from Nicholas Gilhooly and Harry Doyle. Parr also doled out one assist, as did Gavin Triezenberg and Alexandra Jancekova.

Blue Thunder 3, Orange Knights 2 Sebastian Budz and Jude Welsch both found the back of the Thunder’s net, but the Knights still came up one goal short of their foe.

Donny Chapman, Ryan Doyle, Martin Foertsch, Nevan Murphy and Emily Purtill also played commendably in a losing effort. chian, 39-yd. pass from Christopher John Karamanos (Jarrett Galigher kick) LFA — DeJon Brissett, 43-yd. pass from Karamanos (Galigher kick) SL — Bob Kelly, 17-yd. run (Eric Sadowski kick) LFA — Brissett, 6-yd. pass from Karamanos (Galigher kick) SL — Mike Sterna, 27-yd. pass from Kelly (Sadowski kick) SL — Sterna, 20-yd. pass from Kelly (Sadowski kick) SL — Sterna, 19-yd. pass from Kelly (Sadowski kick) SL — Kelly, 9-yd. run (Sadowski kick) LFA — Malcolm Chaka, 8-yd. pass from Karamanos (Galigher kick) SL — Frank Miller, 12-yd. run (Sadowski kick)

LFA 16 157 159 316 25-12 2-1 0 9-107 St. Laurence Rushing: Miller 33-181, Ster2-38.5 na 3-32, Kelly 4-25, Fowler 1-3, Gonzales 3-2. Passing: Kelly 34-15-199. Receiving: Scoring Fowler 6-76, Sterna 5-74, Miller 2-28, LFA — Christian Laurentz Tchamit- Kopacz 2-21.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N � P l a i n t i f f , � v . � ELZY CHERIAN, PALOS RIVIERA UNIT NO. 5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD C L A I M A N T S � D e f e n d a n t s � 10 CH 025872 33 COUR VERSAILLES PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 23, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 25, 2013, 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 33 COUR VERSAILLES, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-111-105. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-10-17589. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-10-17589 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 10 CH 025872 TJSC#: 33-17219 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.

I554798

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2006KS6, P l a i n t i f f � V . � NICKI A. CANNATELLO A/K/A NICKI ANN CANNATELLO; LOUIS PAPALIA A/K/A LOUIS S. PAPALIA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 3876 Property Address: 8201 WEST 118TH STREET PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 11-049868 (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 July 9, 2013, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on October 10, 2013, 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 8201 West 118th Street, Palos Park, IL 60464 Permanent Index No.: 23-23-407-006 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $ 488,824.77. 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) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

I552460

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST

BY PURCHASE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS RECEIVER FOR WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK Plaintiff, -v.MARIAN LUKACISIN AKA MARIAN L. LUKACISIN AKA MARIA L. LUKACISIN, TATIANA LUKACISINOVA AKA TATIANA LUKACISIN, FIFTH THIRD BANK, FOUNTAIN HILLS OF ORLAND PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION Defendants 11 CH 21026 11003 FOUNTAIN HILLS DR. (MAY ALSO BE KNOWN AS: 11003 FOUNTAIN HILL DR.) Orland Park, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 19, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 22, 2013, 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 11003 FOUNTAIN HILLS DR. (MAY ALSO BE KNOWN AS: 11003 FOUNTAIN HILL DR.), Orland Park, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-32-309-017-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $335,336.85. Sale terms: The bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certied funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to conrmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certicate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after conrmation 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 le to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 11 CH 21026 TJSC#: 33-17277 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.

I553498

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR RMAC REMIC TRUST, SERIES 2009-9 Plaintiff, -v.MAJDE MUHDI, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ INC., CWHEQ REVOLVING HOMEEQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-A Defendants 13 CH 001502 15105 82ND AVENUE 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 July 23, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 25, 2013, 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 15105 82ND AVENUE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-14-211-001. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certied 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 certied 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 conrmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certicate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after conrmation 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 le 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 le 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 le number 14-13-01229. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-01229 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 001502 TJSC#: 33-17365 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.

I556897

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-HY07 TRUST, P l a i n t i f f � V . � RAID SALAH; BATOUL SALAH; ORLAND GOLF VIEW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, D e f e n d a n t s � 09 CH 25010 Property Address: 15723 OLD ORCHARD COURT UNIT 2N ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE C O N D O M I N I U M � Fisher and Shapiro file # 09-023329 (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 May 7, 2013, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on October 17, 2013, 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 15723 Old Orchard Court, Unit 2N, Orland Park, IL 60462 Permanent Index No.: 2 7 - 1 4 - 4 0 1 - 0 3 4 - 1 0 6 5 � 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 $329,044.54. 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) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF SAMI II TRUST 2006-AR7, P l a i n t i f f � V . � SHADI M. ELAYYAN A/K/A SHADI ELAYYAN; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; THERESA ELAYYAN; WACHOVIA DEALER SERVICES, INC.; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., D e f e n d a n t s � 09 CH 50376 Property Address: 16728 JULIE ANN LANE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 09-027205 (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 May 25, 2012, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on October 11, 2013, 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 16728 Julie Ann Lane, Orland Park, IL 60467 Permanent Index No.: 27-29-201-017 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $970,592.70. 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) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � RAFAL ROGOWSKI; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RAFAL ROGOWSKI, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS A N D � NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , � 10 CH 30584 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 6, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, October 21, 2013, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-01-317-006-0000.

Commonly known as 9406 SOUTH 76TH AVENUE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1017255.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I560477

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION METLIFE HOME LOAN, A DIVISION OF METLIFE BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � AGNIESZKA ZAJDA; MARCIN PSZCZOLA; THE R I V I E R A � IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION; U N K N O W N � OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , � 12 CH 5588 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 12, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, November 1, 2013, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-23-112-036-0000.

Commonly known as 7 COUR MASSON, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a townhouse residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1128909.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I562357

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS I N D E N T U R E � TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE I N V E S T M E N T � TRUST 2004-4, Plaintiff, v s . � GERARD HANNON AND MARGARET BROWNE N / K / A � MARGARET HANNON, PRAIRIE BANK AND T R U S T � COMPANY, Defendants, 12 CH 5450 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 22, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, November 1, 2013, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real e s t a t e : � Commonly known as 9120 South 87th Court, Hickory Hills, IL 60457.

P.I.N. 23-02-310-011.

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 within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The judgment amount was $232,783.39. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff's Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. Ref. No. 12-00246 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I562356

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N � BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING L P � P l a i n t i f f , � v . � KESTUTIS MACIUNAS, DANGUOLE JONAITIENE A/K/A DANGUOLE MACIUNAS A/K/A DANGUOLE J O N A T I E N E � D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 037844 8748 WILLOW ROAD 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 December 10, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 17, 2013, 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 8748 WILLOW ROAD, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-03-208-002. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-11-33081. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-11-33081 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 037844 TJSC#: 33-20271 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , � v . � ROBERT LATTA A/K/A ROBERT E. LATTA, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ROBERT LATTA, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, LAUREL GLEN CONDOMINIUMS OF WESTGATE VALLEY ASSOCIATION, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MARQUETTE BANK D e f e n d a n t s � 10 CH 24675 13149 SOUTH FOREST RIDGE DRIVE UNIT 3C PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 31, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 4, 2013, 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 13149 SOUTH FOREST RIDGE DRIVE UNIT 3C, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-32-303-019-1019. The real estate is improved with a brick 4 or more unit condominium. 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 PA1014868. 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. PA1014868 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 10 CH 24675 TJSC#: 33-17270 I561516

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Painting is a job that requires preparation and the right equipment. Oftentimes homeowners are unsure about whether they need to use primer before painting or if just paint will do the trick.

Although there are no firm rules, there are certain cases where one or the other will be adequate.

Consider a room where the walls have been heavily stained, either by moisture infiltration, rust or another factor. Deep-set stains may bleed through regular paint, therefore a primer should be applied to help block and lock-in the stain. When a room had previously been painted in a very dark color, like red or purple, a primer can help cover the color quickly without the need for multiple applications of regular paint.

There also are specialized primers that can be used in rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms that often contain a lot of moisture.

These primers inhibit the growth of mold and mildew on painted surfaces. Primers also may be used on materials, such as metal or plastic, to help the colored paint stick to the surface of the item.

If a room is only to be painted white or tinted slightly with color, then a primer alone can be used.

Certain primers seal porous wall surfaces so they do not absorb paint, requiring more coats for coverage.

Rooms that are being painted that are already white and free of stains or other surface abnormalities may be painted sufficiently with just a coat of regular paint. If skipping primer, look for a high-quality, thick paint that boasts good coverage in one or two coats.

There are new products today that offer primer and paint all in one combination. The jury is still out on the efficacy of these

new items, but homeowners can experiment with these paints to see if they work for them. Keep in mind that the cost of a combination product may be more than traditional paint and primer.

Things to consider when budgeting your home improvement project Home improvement projects have become de rigueur for today’s homeowners. Be it a kitchen remodel or the ever popular man cave project, home improvement projects remain a goal for many homeowners.

As enticing as a home improvement project might be, no project can be successful until a budget has been established. The right budget will keep homeowners from going deep into debt when improving their homes, ensuring that, upon the project’s completion, they can fully enjoy their revamped castles without the specter of significant debt hanging ominously over their heads.

Before beginning a home improvement project, homeowners can take the following things into consideration.

• Personal finances: It sounds simple, but homeowners must examine their finances before starting a home improvement project.

Just because a bank will loan out money for a project doesn’t mean Before beginning a home improvement projects, homeowners should the project is affordable. Hom- construct a budget to ensure the project is a success. eowners should compare their monthly expenses with their in- First and foremost, eliminating on the priority list but high on comes, and then determine what’s outstanding debt will free up the want list, re-examine those left that might be able to go to- more money to allocate toward projects higher up on the priority ward a project. Monthly expenses the project. Eliminating debt will list to determine if they are more include everything from groceries also make loan applicants more deserving of immediate attention to mortgage payments. When the attractive to prospective creditors, and funds than vanity projects. comparison between monthly ex- increasing their chances of secur- • Overrun costs: Not every penses and monthly income has ing a loan and a lower interest home improvement project will been made, homeowners can get rate. come in at or under budget. Many, a grasp of just what they can and • The project’s priority: Budget- in fact, go over budget due to cannot afford. ing a home improvement project a host of factors. Homeowners • Credit score: Many homeown- also involves being honest as to should not be caught off guard ers finance home improvement just how necessary the project is. when a project goes over budget. projects with loans from the bank. For example, a man cave might Instead, plan for the project to Particularly in the current econo- be a dream project, but should go over budget and expect such my when banks are being forced it be a priority over other things frustration. Allocate extra money to tighten lending requirements, around the house? If wear and in the original budget for oversecuring such loans isn’t easy. Ho- tear is taking its toll on the roof, run costs. This will reduce stress meowners with significant credit for instance, the money going to- and frustration, and if the projcard debt should eliminate such ward the man cave should prob- ect comes in under budget, then debt before beginning a project. ably be allocated to replacing the there’s extra money when the Doing so serves multiple purposes. roof instead. If a project is low project is completed.

Things to consider when shed shopping Storage sheds can be invaluable for people who do not have a garage or basement in which to store their outdoor tools and equipment.

Sheds also can be a boon to anyone looking to increase the storage space they have at home.

Prefabricated and made-to-order sheds are available for all different budgets and storage needs. Buyers also can choose among build-to-suit kits that can be ordered online or from various retailers.

One of the first decisions homeowners need to make when shopping for a storage shed is how much space they need. Think about what you need to house in the shed. Will it hold shovels and the patio umbrella, or will it need to be larger to accommodate a lawn mower? Knowing what you intend to use the shed for will enable you to pick the appropriate size.

Another thing to consider is how long you plan to use the shed. If this is merely a transitional storage building to bide your time until your garage renovation is complete, you may not need an expensive structure made of top-of-the-line materials. If you have a long lifetime planned for this shed, you will want a durable structure and might want to increase your budget.

Before buying a shed, find out if your town, city or province has any zoning rules about sheds. You may need to plan a trip to the

municipal building and learn the building codes about erecting a shed. In order to protect the safety and integrity of the area, many towns and cities have specific zoning and building laws that need to be followed. A shed of a certain size may require a permit to be built, and knowing this information in advance can save you from taking down the shed and redoing the work at a later date.

Once you know the building codes, you can begin to shop around for a shed. Sheds can vary widely in price. A small, vertical lean-to shed may start out around $350, while a larger, more intricate structure can cost between $2,000 and $3,000. Cost may play a role in the shed you ultimately choose, especially if you are on a fixed budget.

Available materials also should be studied when buying a shed.

While an aluminum shed may not be the most aesthetically appealing option, aluminum sheds tend to be affordable and durable. Wood sheds are available in all different styles and can be very attractive.

However, they will have to be maintained to prevent rot and insect infestation. Wood sheds also can be expensive. Vinyl sheds may be the best of both worlds, as they are often durable and require little maintenance. Some sheds even enable you to build or add on different

components at a later date, so you don’t need to start out with the elite model at the outset.

When shopping, consider if you have the skillset to assemble the shed yourself. You can save a considerable amount of money when buying a kit and assembling the shed yourself. Having a shed built off-site and then delivered, or hiring a carpenter to come and build a shed, may cost you just as much in labor as in materials.

Keep in mind that sheds displayed in a warehouse store or outside at a home improvement retailer may seem smaller than they will when erected in your yard. Measure your space carefully to ensure that the shed will blend in and not be an eyesore in the yard. Shrubbery can be planted around the shed to help camouflage it, and the shed also can be color-coordinated with the house to make it appear more cohesive.

The foundation of the shed also needs to be considered. Sheds can rest on cinder blocks, poured concrete or crushed stone. Check with the shed manufacturer as to the best foundation material, and factor that expense into your purchase.

An attractive, functional and affordable shed can be an asset to a home. It provides extra storage space for outdoor equipment, which can free up room in a garage or basement.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB P l a i n t i f f , � v . � VALERIE SLACK A/K/A VALERIE BENNECKE SLACK A/K/A VALERIE L BENNECKE A/K/A VALERIE L BENNECKE SLACK, EDWARD SLACK A/K/A EDWARD F SLACK, FIFTH THIRD BANK (CHICAGO), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA D e f e n d a n t s � 12 CH 42063 9220 SOUTH 85TH COURT HICKORY HILLS, IL 6 0 4 5 7 � NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 24, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 29, 2013, 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 9220 SOUTH 85TH COURT, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-02-314-013-0000. 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 PA1222725. 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. PA1222725 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 42063 TJSC#: 33-18414 I559673

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 . � JACEK GLOD, MARTA GLOD, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MID AMERICA BANK, FSB D e f e n d a n t s � 12 CH 38674 8728 W 103RD STREET PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 31, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 4, 2013, 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 8728 W 103RD STREET, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-307-062-0000. The real estate is improved with a two 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 PA1220910. 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. PA1220910 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 38674 TJSC#: 33-17269 I561514

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PENNYMAC MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST HOLDINGS I, LLC P l a i n t i f f , � v . � ROBERT L. HANSEN A/K/A ROBERT LOUIS HANSEN SR., DONNA M. HANSEN A/K/A DONNA M. GRAY Defendants 12 CH 029558 7924 W. 98TH PLACE 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 7, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 17, 2013, 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 7924 W. 98TH PLACE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-12-104-021. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-12-23093. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-12-23093 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 029558 TJSC#: 33-20262 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA C O U N T R Y W I D E � HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff, v s . � DONALD LENZA; THE RIVERA IN PALOS I M P R O V E M E N T � ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DONALD LENZA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 10 CH 22275 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on July 12, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-23-101-037-0000.

Commonly known as 21 COUR LEROUX, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a townhouse residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1013757.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I559651

For Sale For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PROVIDENT FUNDING ASSOCIATES, L.P., P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � ARTUR KRASOWSKI, BARBARA KRASOWSKA, L A W N V I E W � CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION ORLAND PARK F / K / A � LAWNVIEW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, U N K N O W N � OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, AND U N K N O W N � TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS, Defendants, 12 CH 19937 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 11, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, October 14, 2013, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real e s t a t e : � Commonly known as 7935 West 92nd Street, #3C, Hickory Hills, IL 60457.

P.I.N. 23-01-309-030-1013.

The mortgaged real estate is a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frank R. Dufkis at Plaintiff's Attorney, Blommer Peterman, S.C., 165 Bishops Way, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005.

(847) 464-8089.

2 0 1 1 - 0 6 1 9 5 - 1 � INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I559589

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, SERVICING LP P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � ADIB KITTANA; THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ADIB KITTANA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , � 08 CH 37727 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 24, 2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, October 14, 2013, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-23-111-091-0000.

Commonly known as 19 COUR VERSAILLE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0821720.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I559533

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � RAEDA SHEBAN; THOMAS CHARLES ESTATES TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION; DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC D e f e n d a n t s , � 13 CH 6651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 6, 2013 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 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 : � Commonly known as 8530 West Thomas Charles Lane, Hickory Hills, IL 60457.

P.I.N. 18-35-307-035-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, PO Box 165028, Columbus, Ohio 43216-5028.

(614) 220-5611.

1 2 0 3 1 5 6 5 � INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I559806

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Broaden Your Horizons This week Volunteers needed at The Gaylord Building Over the past several years not-for-profit organizations have become more dependent upon the generosity of volunteers.

Volunteers help museums and historic sites to meet the needs of visitors.

The Gaylord Building historic site played a vital role in one of the great enterprises of the 19th century: the Illinois & Michigan Canal. A landmark since 1838, this handsome limestone warehouse originally stored canal construction materials and later housed a variety of commercial ventures.

Today it is a national example of adaptive re-use and serves as a gateway to the I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor.

The Gaylord Building needs assistance with a variety of activities, including visitor services, guided tours, educational programs, building maintenance and gardening.

Volunteer hours are flexible, depending upon each individual’s availability. Experience is not necessary, but training will be provided to ensure an enjoyable and beneficial experience.

For details about volunteering, call (815) 838-9400 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.

Siegel to play at Beverly Arts Center Corky Siegel puts his unique blues stamp on classical music in a spirited performance by Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, at 8 p.m.

Saturday at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago.

Siegel, perhaps best known as part of the Siegel Schwall blues band, honed his skills on harmonica by playing with blues masters like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon and many others at Chicago blues clubs like Peppers Show Lounge.

Retirement movie luncheon Retirement security will be the focus at a luncheon program on Tuesday, Oct. 1, from noon to 2 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Mark Walker will show and

discuss the recently released “Retirement Gamble” movie, which examines the past half-century phenomenon of companies offering their employees 401K plans instead of defined pensions. The film questions whether it has been in the American public’s best interest to shift the risk and the burden of responsibility from corporations to individuals.

The luncheon begins at noon, costs $17 per person, and requires reservations. For more information, call The Center at 361-3650.

Family pottery A pottery class for families will be hosted at the Log Cabin Center for the Arts on Wednesdays, Oct. 2 and 9, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Log Cabin Art Center is at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

Instructor Heather Young invites families with children of any age to make autumn leaf platters on Oct. 2 and to come back to glaze their creations on Oct. 9. The class fee is $16 per person and includes all supplies and two kiln firings. Reservations are required. Call The Center at 361-3650.

Intro to Reiki An introductory Reiki experience will be offered this Sunday, Sept. 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Reiki is a gentle form of energy healing, reported to be especially beneficial for those suffering from physical or emotional pain. Reiki practitioners led by Sharon Butler will offer their healing services to participants, asking a donation of $10 per participant.

through 12th grade.

•Friday Night Live — 7:3010:30 p.m., Sept. 27, live music from Please Promise. This free event is for teens in 7th through 12th grade.

• Project Serve: Fall Fishing Festival — 8-12:15 p.m., Sept. 28, students may volunteer their time at the Alden Estates Fall Fishing Festival. Students will help with registration, measure fish, and more. Community service hours will be given. This free program is for teens in 7th through 12th grade.

• Saturday Night — 7:30-10:30 p.m., Sept.28, live music from Christal Luster. This event is exclusively for students in 10th12th grade and is free with a student membership application or $5 with a school ID. For more information call 532-0500 or visit thebridgeteencenter.org.

• Project Serve: Goodie bags for the Walk — 4-6 p.m., Oct. 1, help prepare for the first community walk and put together goodie bags for the walkers. This free event is for teens in 7th through 12th grade.

• Ultimate Frisbee — 4-6 p.m., Oct. 2, Never thrown a Frisbee?

Beginners are welcome. This free event is for teens in 7th through 12th grade.

• ACT Test Prep with Sylvan — 4:30-5:30 p.m., Oct. 3, ACT prep for high school students to help you feel less anxious and more prepared for taking the ACT. This free event is for high school students only.

For more information call 5320500 or visit thebridgeteencenter. org.

Upcoming Knitting classes

Registration is necessary, as the monthly Reiki program is limited The Log Cabin Center for the to 10 participants each month. Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, will offer six-week Call The Center at 361-3650. knitting classes on Monday evenings beginning Oct. 7, from 6:30 The Bridge to 8:30 p.m. and on Friday mornTeen Center events ings, beginning Nov. 1, from 9:30 • Paint the Great Outdoors to 11:30 a.m.

— 4-6 p.m., today (Thursday), Master knitter Georgann Ring The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 welcomes both beginners and exS. 71st Court, Orland Park will perienced knitters to her classes. host a landscape painting pro- Beginners will learn to use the gram. Students will travel to a knit and purl stitches, to cast on local forest preserve to capture and bind off, to manage simple ina scene through painting. This creases and decreases, and to read free program is for teens in 7th a simple pattern while competing

their first two knitting projects, a dishcloth and then a scarf. Ring will help those with experience to choose individual projects and to learn more advanced knitting skills.

The class fee is $84. Beginning students should bring a fall of Sugar n’ Cream yarn in a light solid color and a pair of size US 9/5.5mm, preferably aluminum, knitting needles to the first class.

After the first project, students will purchase yarns and patterns after consultation with the instructor.

Registration is required. Call 361-3650.

Discovery Dinner at Gaylord Building Dr. Theodore Karamanski, celebrated author and professor of history at Loyola University, will join The Gaylord Building on Nov. 14 for the next installment of the Discovery Dinner series.

Enjoy a night of exceptional food and fascinating discussion with friends. Doors will open at 5:45 p.m. with a cash bar reception. Guests are then invited for a full service dinner at 6 p.m., catered by the iconic Public Landing Restaurant.

Following dinner, Dr. Karamanski’s will discuss his newest publication, “Blackbird’s Song: Andrew J. Blackbird and the Odawa People.” The night will conclude with a book signing and meet and greet with the author.

Registration is required; the fee is $23 per person. Call (815) 838-9400 or email info@gaylord building.org.

‘World War Z’ at MVCC

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Brighton aids The Center Brighton store manager Gia Guzzo presents a check to The Center Executive Director Dave Sanders.

For the second year in a row, the children’s art program at The Center has been the beneficiary of Brighton Collectible’s summer Americana Jewelry Campaign.

Brighton’s Orland Mall store manager Gia Guzzo recently presented Center Executive Director Dave Sanders with a check for $4,315. The donation enables The Center to offer scholarships to financially needy young artists and provides art supplies for the children’s programs.

Brighton raised the fund through summer Americana bracelet sales. The company also donated $638 this summer from two open house benefits it held for The Center fellowship.

Information about the children’s art program at The Center, including details about scholarships is available at 361-3650 or thecenterpalos.org. Information about Brighton Collectibles is available at brighton.com, or by calling the Orland Brighton Collectibles store at 873-1658.

Top Pop Singles

Top Country Albums

Moraine Valley Community College will show “World War Z” starring Brad Pitt at its next Movie in the Moonlight on at 6:30 Oct. 12, at 6:30 p.m. The movie will be shown on a 16-foot inflatable screen on the Gateway, between Buildings F and M, on campus, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills. The event is free.

2. Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke, featuring T.I. + Pharrell, Colossal Tunes Music 3. Royals, Lorde, Lava Music / Republic Records

Jenny’s Steak House hosts murder mystery

4. Holy Grail, Jay-Z, featuring Justin Timberlake, Roc Nation / Universal

1. Roar, Katy Perry, Capitol

The Murder Mystery Players’ 5. Wake Me Up!, Avicii, new comedy, Murder Most Ro- Island mantic, will play Oct. 25 to Oct. 27 at Jenny’s Steak House, 11041 6. Summertime Sadness, Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais, (Continued on page 12) Interscope Records

1. Crash My Party, Luke Bryan, Capitol Nashville (Universal) 2. Based on a True Story..., Blake Shelton, Warner Bros.

3. Here’s to the Good Times, Florida Georgia Line, Republic Nashville 4. Alabama & Friends, Alabama & Friends, 10 Spot 5. Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan, Capitol 6. True Believers, Darius Rucker, 10 SPOT 7. Night Train, Jason Aldean, Broken Bow

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Foresters display photos at Vogt The Foresters Camera Club will once again display members’ photographic artworks at the Vogt Visual Art Center, during October.

The gallery is located at 17420 S. 67th Court in Tinley Park. The October photographic show is one of the gallery’s most visited shows of the year. The reception for the artists will be held Friday, Oct. 4, from 7 to 9 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

This year’s show has images from members across the South Suburbs. Among local members who will participate in the show are Bill Grabinski, of Orland Park, who shot the photo of the great blue heron (left) and Phil Chimino, Orland Park, photographer of the deer.

Other participants include Foresters Club President Bob Dietz and Steve Svalina.

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Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen

Omarr’s Weekly Astrological Forecast

by Wolfgang Puck

by Jeraldine Saunders

Chili, an Autumn favorite For the first two-plus decades of my life, the word “football” to me meant what Americans call soccer. While I still love soccer, I’ve also become a fan of American football. And I’m excited that the pro season has finally begun, a sure sign that we’re about to enter autumn.

That, of course, means it’s tailgating season. I use that term broadly, whether you’re a dedicated tailgater who cooks elaborate meals in the stadium parking lot, someone who brings along a meal kept hot in vacuum containers, or a fan who simply follows the tailgating spirit by serving a hearty meal while watching the game at home.

And, as far as I’m concerned, that also means it’s chili season.

Autumn is the perfect time of year to make and serve big pots of chili. Basically a robust meat stew seasoned with spicy chili peppers, it’s satisfying, fortifying and warms you up from the inside.

I only became well acquainted with the dish after I moved to Los Angeles back in 1975. But I took to it immediately, especially because good chili reminds me so much of one of my favorite childhood dishes in Austria: goulash, a traditional meat stew liberally seasoned with dried paprika, itself a hot pepper.

Just as I long ago learned that there seem to be as many versions of goulash as there are Austrian (and Hungarian) cooks, so are there endless versions of chili.

For proof, just look at all the chili cook-offs across the nation. To all those different versions, I’d like to add one of my own - a recipe my team and I developed years ago when I had a Los Angeles brewpub named Eureka. Icecold beer is, after all, a perfect accompaniment to chili, as well as a rich source of flavor in recipes, including this one.

As you’ll see, there are many stages to the preparation, though each is fairly simple. The reason behind the number of steps is the fact that a good chili has real complexity and depth, giving this recipe many different layers of flavors and textures, all of which work together to produce a stew that satisfies mightily with every spoonful.

Here, the recipe calls for beef.

But you could also make it with pork, lamb, duck, or even chicken.

(If using chicken, I only add the browned meat to the pot for the last 30 minutes of simmering.)

Once you’ve tasted it, you can also feel free to vary the seasonings, and the heat level, as you like.

Which means it’s a recipe you can go on enjoying at least for the next five months, right up to Super Bowl Sunday and beyond!

BEEF AND BLACK BEAN CHILI Serves 10 to 12 1/2 pound dried black beans 3/4 cup vegetable oil 2-1/2 pounds boneless beef chuck or round, cut into 1/2-inch dice 6 dried pasilla chiles, stemmed and seeded 2 pounds yellow onions, cut into 1/4-inch dice, plus 1 medium-

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Basically a robust meat stew seasoned with spicy peppers, chili is satisfying, fortifying and warms you up from the inside. sized yellow onion, peeled and quartered 3-1/2 cups organic beef broth 3 bay leaves 1 small head garlic, peeled and minced 2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper 2 tablespoons ground cumin 2 tablespoons paprika 2 pounds tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped 4-1/2 cups dark beer 1/2 carrot, cut into chunks 1/2 celery stalk, cut into chunks 1-1/2 cups water 2 jalapeno chiles, halved, stemmed, seeded, deveined, and minced 2 serrano chiles, halves, stemmed, seeded, deveined, and minced 1 bunch fresh oregano, leaves finely chopped 1 bunch fresh thyme, leaves finely chopped 2 lemons, zested and juiced 1 bunch fresh cilantro, leaves finely chopped 1/4 cup molasses Salt Crumbled queso fresco or shredded Monterey jack cheese, for serving Chopped yellow onion, for serving Sour cream, for serving Fresh, warm flour or corn tortillas, for serving

hot liquids, puree.

Stir the bay leaves, garlic, pepper, cumin and paprika into the pot with the onions and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour in the broth-chile puree. Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, beef, and beer. Partially cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 2 hours, until the beef is very tender and the sauce is thick.

Meanwhile, prepare the beans. Drain them, reserving the soaking liquid. Put the beans in a saucepan with the quartered yellow onion, carrot, and celery. Pour in the remaining broth and the 1-1/2 cups water.

Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer briskly until tender, about 2 hours, adding reserved soaking liquid if needed to keep the beans covered. Remove the onion, carrot and celery. Drain the beans, reserving the liquid.

Stir the jalapenos, serranos, oregano, thyme, and lemon zest and juice into the beef mixture.

Stir in the drained bean and cilantro, then the molasses. If the chili seems too thick, stir in some reserved bean cooking liquid. Season to taste with salt.

Remove the bay leaves.

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