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Ranting about rats

Worth mobile home residents say they aren’t getting help to fight problem

By Dermot Connolly Several residents of a mobile home park in Worth say they are facing a rat problem with little or no help from management of the property or the village.

Jim Lowell, a 28-year resident of Waters Edge Estates, a mobile home park at 7240 W. 107th St., said the rat problem surfaced over the past year.

“I caught one in my house. I pay rent, and now we have to worry about rats? No one is doing anything about it,” said Lowell.

He said he brought his concerns to management but received no help from Zeman Homes, which owns Waters Edge and several other mobile home parks in the area, including nearby Southwest Estates, at 10401 Southwest Highway in Worth, and Rosebud, at 8800 S. Harlem Ave. in Bridgeview.

“They could at least put bait boxes out,” said Lowell.

A message left with the management office by a reporter this week was not returned.

Another Waters Edge resident, who would only

give her name as Ruth, said rats have gotten into her unit by digging under it and chewing through floorboards in her trailer on the site.

She showed two photos taken recently of two dead rats found on roads within the property.

Tammy Chasse, a neighbor of Lowell, said she is thankful that rats have not gotten inside her unit.

“That is probably because it is on a concrete Photo by Dermot Connolly slab,” she pointed out. “But when it it is warm at Jim Lowell, a resident of Waters Edge Estates in Worth, points out evidence of a rat burrow outside a neighbor’s house in

See RATS, Page 7 the mobile home park at 7240 W. 107th St.

ANALYSIS

Chicago precincts were key in lifting Lipinski to victory

By Steve Metsch

Eggs-cellent hunting adventure

Photo by Kelly White

Kids begin their quest during the Village of Oak Lawn’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Village Green on Saturday. More photos inside.

Chicago Ridge shelves plan for gas station café with gaming

By Dermot Connolly A proposed café with video gaming in the Thorntons gas station at 10559 S. Harlem Ave. in Chicago Ridge has been shelved, perhaps for good, after company representatives failed to attend the Village Board meeting on March 20 where it was to be discussed for a second time.

Rather than being postponed, discussion of the proposal was stricken from the agenda on March 20, meaning that the backers will have to ask to come back before the board.

The idea received a cool reception from most of the six trustees when Joseph Reed, a Thorntons representative, came to the village board meeting on March 6 seeking the liquor license needed for video gaming. He wanted to exchange the gas station’s current B-1 license, allowing packaged liquor sales for the B-2 license needed for video gaming, which allows liquor to be poured on the premises.

Reed said a contained 10-foot-by-10-foot area called Thornton’s Tap would hold five video gaming terminals adjacent to a cashier

for easy monitoring. Plans called for offering cans of beer for $6, which would be kept in a refrigerator behind the cashier.

Mayor Chuck Tokar and Trustee Jack Lind expressed support for the idea at the original meeting. But the four other trustees raised concerns, such as oversaturation of video gaming, as well as serving alcohol at a gas station because of the possibility of drinking and driving.

Trustee Ed Kowalski, during the March 6 See CHICAGO RIDGE, Page 9

Several lessons were learned in the narrow victory Cong.

Dan Lipinski posted over political newcomer Marie Newman in their hotly contested race for the Democratic primary in the 3rd Congressional District.

One was that a challenger with plenty of financial backing, and who represented a distinct difference from him, can give Lipinski a run for his money.

Another is that politics can be a rough-and-tumble sport.

One more lesson? It’s hard, really hard, to win precincts in Chicago when running against the Lipinski name on the city’s Southwest Side.

On Monday, nearly a week after her defeat, Newman said she was enjoying a fifth straight day rediscovering her family. She said she had been going 100 mph since filing her candidacy on April 1, 2017.

Fighting a nasty cough, she reflected on what could have been, and said she had no regrets.

“The numbers are what they are. They’ll still be there when I get to them. When I get ready, I will analyze them. And I’ll have some better learnings from that,” Newman said.

Final totals showed Lipinski with 48,432 votes to Newman’s 46,230.

The difference was his convincing win in Chicago, getting 22,274 votes to Newman’s 17,233.

But she was the clear-cut winner in suburban Cook County, 24,705 to 23,131, and in Will County, outpolling him 4,212 to 2,975.

She even managed to beat Lipinski in the district’s lone

For their third business and community expo, officials with the Hills Chamber of Commerce believed it was time for a larger venue to host the event.

Talk about good timing The business and community expo sponsored by the Hills Chamber of Commerce drew large crowds all day Saturday at Conrady Junior High School at 9700 S. Roberts Road in

Hickory Hills.

Phyllis Majka, the longtime president of the Hills Chamber, said this year’s event exceeded her expectations.

She was pleased with the number of vendors who were interested in attending the expo.

“We have had just a great response,” Majka said at the expo. “Teresa (Stack, secretary for the chamber) deserves a lot of the credit. She got the word out through Facebook and other forms of social media, along with the newspa-

Voting numbers for the Democratic primary in the 3rd Congressional District: Chicago Lipinski ................................. 22,274 Newman .............................. 17,233 Cook County Lipinski ................................. 23,131 Newman ............................. 24,705 DuPage County Lipinski ...................................... 52 Newman ................................... 80 Will County Lipinski .................................. 2,975 Newman ............................... 4,212 Totals Lipinski ..................................48,432 Newman ............................... 46,230

precinct in DuPage County, 80-52.

She enjoyed the campaign, despite the outcome.

“I learned a lot and grew a lot.

It was a fantastic experience. I met absolutely wonderful people.

That’s the joy. I met with (an estimated) 8,000 people individually,” Newman said.

Asked if the close outcome convinced her to run again in 2020, Newman did not commit.

“Oh, gosh, I am not ready to make any decisions at all. I would say there are lots of options and I have no idea what the future holds right now.”

Newman did not like that, in her opinion, Lipinski “did nothing but smear and make up stories about me.” She called him “a Machine politician who is unscrupulous.”

See LIPINSKI, Page 7 Hills Chamber of Commerce members (from left) Teresa Stack, secretary; Georgia Vouris, board member and branch manager at Byline Bank; Phyllis Majka, president; and Art Golden, treasurer, greet the crowd at the Business and Community Expo.

Hills Chamber Business Expo draws large crowds

By Joe Boyle

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pers. We have 62 vendors here and we are all filled up with more on the list.

We had businesses waiting to get on.”

Stack, who has been a member of the chamber for three years, believes it was a team effort to attract the large crowd of shoppers and vendors.

“It took a couple of months to organize this,” Stack said. “You know, I do a lot of social media. I’m a member of a lot of groups. I’m in 17 garage

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

POLICE REPORTS Chicago Ridge

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Orland Park detectives charge Worth man with Class 3 felony Orland Park police arrested investigation concluded on the morning of March 23 and charged Murad with Orland Park inNassar, 38, of Worth, vestigators executing a with possession of cansearch warrant at Tonabis with intent to debacco Empire, 1051 E. liver, a Class 3 felony.

9th Street, Lockport.”

“Recently, a drug inPolice said the search vestigation that began of the business resulted in Orland Park led the in the recovery of a Orland Park Police Defelony amount of canpartment to information Nassar nabis and numerous regarding possible unitems of drug parapherlawful drug sales coming from a tobacco business lo- nalia. Also, cash proceeds in the cated in Lockport,” the OPPD amount of $2,333.50 were seized from the business, according to said in a news release.

“Acting on this information, police. the Orland Park Police DeFollowing his arrest and propartment conducted an inves- cessing, Nassar was transported tigation lasting several weeks,” to Will County Jail pending a the statement continued. “This bond hearing.

Police investigating an anonymous tip reported finding five cannabis plants growing in the rear of a greenhouse at Saunoris & Sons florist, 6000 W. 111th St., at about 11 a.m. March 12.

Police said detectives searched the greenhouses with the help of the store manager after receiving an anonymous letter and photograph of the plants. The manager said he had no knowledge of the cannabis plants, which were found hidden in the back among legal plants, and would inform the owner.

Police took the plants back to the station. No further action is expected.

Suspended license • Piotr Bernos, 32, of the 5800 block of West 107th Street, Chicago Ridge, was charged with driving with a suspended license at 7:11 a.m. last Thursday in the 6300 block of Birmingham Street.

He was also cited for driving with expired registration. He is due in court on April 19.

• Brendan Murphy, 20, of the 13400 block of West Circle Drive, Crestwood, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop in the 9500 block of South Ridgeland Avenue at 10:15 p.m. March 21.

Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance. He is due in court on April 19.

Outstanding warrants • Robert Schulte, 38, of the 15700 block of Centennial Drive, Orland Park, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for violating an order of protection at 7:46 p.m.

March 21 at police headquarters, 10425 S. Ridgeland Ave. Police said he is due in court on April 19.

• Tommika Johnson, 28, of Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for retail theft at 2:50 p.m. March 16 at police headquarters, 10425 S. Ridgeland Ave. She was held for a bond hearing the following day.

Evergreen Park Retail theft • Herman D. Johnston Jr., 63, of Chicago, was charged with felony retail theft at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., at 10:10 p.m. March 18.

Police said he was caught leaving the store with a shopping cart piled high with 340 assorted items worth $2,561.03 in total.

• Raymond Lewis Freeman Jr., of Gary, Ind., was charged with retail theft at Sam’s Club, 9400 S Western Ave., at 6:50 p.m. March 21. Police said he took eight items, mainly toiletries worth $139.60 in total.

• Anthony Daniel, 20, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., at 5:08 p.m. March 21. Police said he took four boxes of teeth-whit-

ening strips worth $134.52.

• Garvey Pierce, 19, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., at 3:04 p.m. March 18. Police said he took 12 containers of baby formula worth $204.96.

• Tearris Ivory, 50, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at Walgreens, 3959 W. 95th St., at 8:57 a.m. March 19. Police said he took 12 items, mainly overthe-counter pain relievers, worth $111.88. He was also cited for obstructing justice because he initially provided false identification to police.

• Jennifer Fitzpatrick, 34, and Aaron Fitzpatrick, 35, both of Evergreen Park, were charged with retail theft at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., at 9:36 a.m. March 19. Police said the couple took a frozen pizza, trail mix, and a pizza puff worth $33.61 in total.

Criminal trespassing Daron Travis, 18, of Chicago, was charged with criminal trespassing after police said he caused a disturbance in Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., at 5:08 p.m. March 21. Police said he was walking through the store, shouting at employees and customers. He refused three requests to leave before police were called, and resisted being handcuffed when he was taken into custody.

Hickory Hills Retail theft

Annette T. Roberts, 44,of the 7700 block of South May Street, Chicago, was charged with felony retail theft after police said she was caught trying to steal a large quantity of over-the-counter medicine at Walgreens, 7945 W. 95th St. Police said employees noticed Roberts and a male accomplice filling bags with merchandise off shelves, and she was apprehended in the women’s bathroom, trying to conceal numerous bottles of pills in her clothing. The medication she turned over was worth $1,113, police said. The man she was with escaped and is being sought by police. Roberts was held for a bond hearing.

Outstanding warrants Tommika G. Johnson, 28, of the 9800 block of South Harlem Avenue, Chicago Ridge, was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Chicago Ridge after police responded to a report of a battery at a home in the 8800 block of South Roberts Road at 1:58 p.m.

March 16. Police said Johnson had left the residence, but was found at Martin Park, at 89th Place and 79th Avenue. The warrant was for retail theft, and she is due in court on April 25.

Suspended licenses • Mazan N. Morris, 20, of the 7800 block of West 92nd Street, Hickory Hills, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 9:29 a.m. March 20 in the 9400 block

of South 80th Court. Police said he was also cited for having no front license plate. He is due in court on April 25.

• Hanan Abdallah, 32, of the 10400 block of South Massasoit Avenue, Oak Lawn, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 4:08 a.m. Friday in the 8700 block of South 81st Court. Police said she was also cited for disobeying a stop sign. She is due in court on May 15.

• Peter H, Kasbohm, 30, of the 7700 block of Columbia Drive, Bridgeview, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 5:30 a.m. March 12 in the 9400 block of South 85th Court. Police said he was also cited for driving with expired registration. He is due in court on April 9.

Weapons charge Noureddin Bashawi, 32, of the 5700 block of Chaucer Drive, Oak Forest, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon following a traffic stop at 1:27 p.m. March 12 in the 8600 block of South 79th Avenue. Police said he also cited for aggravated speeding for driving 63 mph in a 35-mph zone.

He was charged with the weapons offense because, police said, he had a loaded handgun in the glove compartment but no concealed carry license. He is due in court on April 25.

Oak Lawn DUI charges

• Elizabeth M. Valkenburg, 53, of Chicago, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 12:31 a.m. March 18 in the 9100 block of South Pulaski Road.

Police said she registered a .204 blood-alcohol content. She was also cited for driving without headlights when required, and having no insurance. She is due in court on April 12.

• Ludale H. Jordan, 39, of Chicago, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 7:01 a.m. March 16 at 101st Street and South Central Avenue. Police said he failed field sobriety tests and registered a .186 blood-alcohol count on a breath test. He was also cited for possession of open alcohol because police said an open can of beer was in the center console. He was also cited for driving without insurance. He is due in court on April 4.

Retail theft Frederick L. Patton, 60, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at The Home Depot, 4060 W. 95th St., at 4:39 p.m. March 20.

Police said they observed Patton and another man acting suspiciously in the parking lot, and saw Patton pick up a receipt on the ground and take it into the store.

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Cars burglarized • Two bottles of prescription medication were reported stolen from a car in the Fairplay parking lot at 8700 S. Cicero Avenue at 6:55 p.m. March 20. The victim said he had gone into the store at 6:25 p.m., and when he returned to his unlocked car, a bottle with 120 pills of Alprazolam, and another with 120 hydrocodone pills, were missing from between the seats.

• A car parked in the lot outside LA Fitness, 8812 S. Cicero Ave., was also reported burglarized between 3:30 and 5 p.m. March 20. The victim in that case said he noticed the car keys missing from his locker in the gym, and when he checked his car, $80 had been stolen from the wallet he left inside. The keys were turned in by someone who found them in the parking lot.

Drug possession Salam B. Daoud, 44, of Oak Lawn, was charged with possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop at 5:53 p.m. March 19 in the 5600 block of West Edison Avenue. Police said four hydrocodone pills were found in an open bag of potato chips in the car. They said 232 packs of untaxed cigarettes and 32 boxes of untaxed cigars were also in the car. Daoud and his passenger, Samed Yusuf, 47, of Oak Lawn, said they were coowners of a business at 103rd and Halsted Street in Chicago, and sold the cigarettes purchased in Indiana there. Daoud was also issued seven violations for possession of unstamped cigarettes, possession of drug paraphernalia, and failure to obey stop signs and signal when required. Yusuf was also charged with possession of a controlled substance and unstamped cigarettes. They were both held for a bond hearing on March 20.

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OAK LAWN VILLAGE BOARD MEETING

Fun game, funny name

Melvina Ditch Reservoir project is scheduled to begin next week

Palos Hts. Rec Center hosts Pickleball every weekend

Site expansion aimed at alleviating chronic flooding problems

By Anthony Caciopo

By Dermot Connolly

As sports go, there are few names as unusual as “pickleball.”

Bog snorkeling and clog cobbing, anyone?

Perhaps a quick round of conker smashing? But cow-tipping doesn’t count. It’s not really a sport, and it annoys the heck out of the cows.

Pickleball, on the other hand, is bringing smiles to a lot of faces and the popularity of the sport is increasing rapidly.

According to the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA), there are more than 4,000 places to play across the country. That’s a 100 percent increase in less than 10 years.

“I think it’s a great game, good exercise, and it’s a game almost anyone can play,” said Ted Graf as he paused after a match this week. Graf and his wife Linda are Oak Lawn residents who come to the Palos Heights Recreation Center to play pickleball, and they love it.

“It’s a lot of fun and I really enjoy it,” said Linda Graf. She and Ted have been playing only about two months. “The people are so nice.”

The indoor courts were humming on the morning of March 19 as about two dozen players volleyed pickleballs back and forth in a series of doubles matches that ran from 9 to 11 a.m.

Movement on the courts varied from fairly casual to much more energetic as players ranging in age from their 30s to 80s swung short-handled paddles at white-plastic balls that resemble Whiffle balls, but are a bit heavier, complete with the characteristic holes.

“Thwack!” is a close approximation of the sound as the players hit the pickleballs with enthusiasm.

Despite the spread in age of the participants, no one age range was lumped in with the same — unless, of course, the individual players might prefer that.

Not Lu Jeffrey, of Palos Heights, however. She told The Reporter she’s lived in town her whole life and during a visit last week she could be seen enjoying a match against women about half her age.

“I’m going to be 82 years old,” she said, “and I’m playing the game three days a week. You have to keep moving.”

“The play is competitive but also very social,” said And Ventress, a certified tennis teaching professional and an ambassador for USAPA, the USA Pickleball Association.

“The people here are just great people,” he said. “We play here every day of the week and Monday is the big day.”

Ventress is particularly enthusiastic about the Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th Street.

“I just walk in here and get great attitude,” he said. “It’s beautiful in here.”

Ventress explained how pickleball works.

“This game is a combination of tennis, badminton and ping-pong,” he said. “It is played with a plastic ball with holes and a graphite, fiberglass, or wooden paddle.”

The playing area is the same size as a badminton court, with the top of the net, at center, 34 inches above the ground. To a first-time visitor, the pickleball court looks very much like a tennis

The $20 million Melvina Ditch Reservoir expansion project is scheduled to start next week, Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry Deetjen said during the Village Board meeting on Tuesday night.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District reservoir at 6500 W. 87th St. in Burbank, on the Oak Lawn border, holds stormwater runoff from both communities.

Officials from the MWRD, Oak Lawn and Burbank are planning to attend a groundbreaking ceremony there at 10 a.m. Monday, April 2.

Deetjen said the expansion project, aimed at alleviating chronic flooding concerns of residents on both sides of the 87th Street border, will double the capacity of the reservoir, adding 195 acrefeet and space for an additional 64 million gallons. A portion of the project cost will be funded through a grant from the state’s Build Illinois Bond Fund.

The village manager noted that

Photo by Anthony Caciopo

Ted Graf, of Oak Lawn, plays a pickleball match at the Palos Heights Recreation Center. He and his wife, Linda, have been playing the sport for two months.

court, but smaller.

In order to become a somewhat proficient player, Ventress has devoted time studying the strategy and tactics of pickleball and how the strokes, volleys, and serves differ from tennis.

“There are a number of differences including the positions on the court, the importance of the drop volleys shots (or called dinks) and the serve, which must be delivered underhand, he said.

“There is an area of the pickleball court called the kitchen where no volleys (balls hit before bouncing) are allowed,” Ventress explained. “This is one of the big differences between tennis and pickleball. The other big difference is the scoring system, with the score given using three numbers in pickleball.”

For Judy O’Sullivan, pickleball brings her back to her younger days playing racquetball and table tennis. O’Sullivan is a former Palos Heights resident who now lives in Orland Park. She began playing just this past December and learned about the game when she used to travel to Florida during Chicago’s cold-weather months.

“It’s becoming a big thing there,” she said. “I wasn’t going to Florida anymore and I found (a league) here and thought I’d try it.”

O’Sullivan says Orland Park has some pickleball activity one day a week and she’d like to see it develop further. For now, she enjoys coming to the Palos Heights Rec Center.

“I came out all by myself the first time,” she said. “I want everyone to know how nice the people have been. I’m a beginner and the people are so kind. I feel comfortable.”

Ventress says he plays pickleball regularly when he is not instructing tennis. He said at his age, playing on the pickleball court (about a third the size of a tennis court) is much easier on his knees.

“This is true for many pickleball players,” he said.

The quirky name of the game, according to the USAPA website, comes from the name of a dog, Pickles, belonging to one of the men who founded the game in 1965.

The Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St., hosts pickleball Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. The resident/non-resident fee is $3/$5 which includes paddles and pickleballs. A clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to noon April 7 for all skill levels. Registration is requested by March 31 at (708) 361-1807.

The clinic will be directed by Ventress, Rick Prewitt and Bill Voigt, all USAPA ambassadors.

The Oak Lawn Racquet Club, 10444 S. Central Ave., has pickleball games every day between 6 a.m. and noon. A nominal fee is charged.

In Orland Park, pickleball enthusiasts can play from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sportsplex, 11351 W. 159th St. The resident/non-resident fee is $4/$15.

Richards to host Helen Keller Fun Run and Walk The Eighth Annual District 1-A Lions Helen Keller 5K Fun Run/Walk will be held Sunday, Sept. 29 at Richards High School, 10601 S. Central Ave., Oak Lawn.

Race day registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with runners and walkers starting at 9:30 a.m.

Proceeds will benefit programs assisting people who are blind or are hearing or visually impaired, including those offered by The Chicago Lighthouse.

The event will be timed again this year from start to finish by Race Time, the largest and most complete premier race management company in Northern Illinois.

The course begins at Richards High School, goes through the Wolfe Wildlife Area Trail and finishes back at Richards.

The Lions of Illinois Foundation will have their bus on hand to provide free hearing

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tests. Another bus will be on site to offer free retinopathy screenings. Refreshments will be available, along with grilling hot dogs and bakery, which will be selling coffee, doughnuts and special pastries. A portion of their profits will be donated to the event.

“We enthusiastically invite everyone to join us as we walk and run for the benefit of our fellow citizens with disabilities,” said co-chairperson Chris Coleman, who added that the walk portion of the event is the opportunity for community groups – such as scouts, school clubs, booster clubs, church groups and baseball teams – to have up to 40 percent of the total amount of collected donations returned for the benefit of their specific service activities.

In addition to the run being timed, men and women who place first, second and third in their respective age categories

will receive awards.

To register online, go to the District 1-A Lions website at www.lions1a-us.org and choose “5K Walk/Run.” Registration fees for the 5K Run are $30 and $20 for the 5K Walk. If walk participants raise $50 for more in donations, then registration is free.

All proceeds of the run and walk go towards funding of the District Lions Clubs Open Area’s account, serving people where there is not a local Lions Club. Proceeds will also go toward Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired. The Lions of Illinois Foundation operates 14 programs serving the visually and hearing impaired.

Sponsorships for the event are still available. For more information, contact Lion Chris Coleman at (708) 785-5726 or Lion Frank Kirar at (708) 636-2165.

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the reservoir will be widened, rather than deepened, to increase capacity. This was made possible by the MWRD’s purchase of as many as 15 homes around the perimeter of the site. After heavy flooding occurred in 2014, and public meetings were held to address the issue, the MWRD decided that buying and demolishing the residential properties on the north and east sides of the reservoir was the only way to expand the site.

In addition to expanding the reservoir, the project also includes modifying the adjacent pumping station to handle the larger volume of water, and the installation of a new emergency overflow weir to reduce the likelihood of reservoir overtopping in extreme situations.

Deetjen compared the expansion of the Melvina Ditch to the plans Oak Lawn officials are working on to alleviate flooding issues on the opposite side of the village, along 111th Street. He said Oak Lawn would like to annex

the unused western section of St. Casimir Cemetery, on the south side of 111th Street at Cicero Avenue, to create another reservoir surrounded by parkland.

“There is enough space there to make that planned reservoir twice as big as the Melvina Ditch will be,” said Deetjen. “That would make a lot of Oak Lawn residents on that side of town very happy, by solving their flooding problems.”

Oak Lawn’s vision for the site, currently owned by Chicago Archdiocese Catholic Cemeteries, calls for the area around the reservoir to be turned into a park, with biking or walking paths and other amenities.

“Oak Lawn residents could walk or ride their bikes through the park across to Marist High School (at 4220 W. 115th St.),” said Deetjen, noting that Marist students already fish in a pond on the site.

“We’re hoping to come to an agreement with the Archdiocese to make it all possible,” he said.

Hundreds of dresses for sale to help homeless Hundreds of special occasion dresses, some with designer labels, are being offered at deep discounts during a spring dress sale Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 at Nu2u, Together We Cope’s resale shop at 17010 S. Oak Park Ave., in Tinley Park.

The dresses, from two local bridal shops, are samples and include prom, bridal, bridesmaid, flower girl and evening dresses. A few bridal veils also are available. Sizes range from 2 to 22 and prices range from $35 to $75.

Special discounts include two prom dresses for $75 and two bridal gowns for $100. For each dress purchased guests will receive an entry for a chance to win a $25 gift card to VIP Nails in Tinley Park, with a drawing each day of the sale.

“This is a great opportunity for girls to get beautiful prom dresses for a fraction of the cost they might otherwise pay, as well as a chance for brides-to-be to see a wide array of bridal and bridesmaid gowns at reduced prices,” said Trina Arvetis, manager of the Nu2u resale shop.

Hours of the sale are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The shop will be closed for all but the dress sale on both of those days.

Proceeds of sales at Nu2u are used to support programs of Together We Cope, a homeless prevention agency based in Tinley Park and serving families in crisis in 27 south suburban communities. TWC offers assistance via its food pantry, clothing resale shop, funding for some needs like rent and utility bills, and referrals for other family services.

More information can be obtained at www.togetherwecope. org.Further information on Nu2u resale shop is at www.nu2uresale. org or (708) 633-9180.

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Chilly weather doesn’t stop Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs Despite cold temperatures and a brisk wind, children of all ages eagerly searched for eggs and met the Easter Bunny on Saturday afternoon during the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Village Green in Oak Lawn.

Three Easter Egg Hunts were planned throughout the day on the Village Green, which is next door to the Oak Lawn Library.

Children in preschool through fourth grade participated in the annual event.

Viggo Moskos, 2, of Oak Lawn, looks for Easter eggs at the Village of Oak Lawn’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Village Green.

Jayleen Manzo, 4, of Oak Lawn, smiles with the Easter Bunny on the Village Green.

The Easter Bunny greeted children from the gazebo on the Village Green. Parents and guardians took photos of the children with the Easter Bunny. Children came prepared with their own baskets to gather the eggs.

Photos by Kelly White

Victoria Malinak, 7 (from left), of Oak Lawn, looks for Easter eggs with her sister, Aubrey, 3, and her cousin, Elias Hidalgo, 4, also of Oak Lawn.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR CHICAGO RIDGE

Chicago Ridge Park District to offer Summer Day Camp Registration will be offered for the Chicago Ridge Park District Summer Day Camp that will be held beginning in June at the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham Ave The camp ranges from sports to crafts and games to art. The camp will focus on age-appropriate activities and safety. Campers will learn about a variety of things while making new friends and having fun. Activities include weekly field trips, recreational swimming, special events, crafts and large group games. The camp is held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 11 to Aug. 3, for children ages 6 to 14. Registration begins Monday, April 9. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 636-4900.

Play miniature golf and practice baseball and softball swing The Ball Fore Miniature Golf Course and Batting Cage will open for the spring beginning Saturday, April 7 at 6701 W. 107th St., Chicago Ridge.

Spring hours will be from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday and Sundays through April 7 through June 3. Guests can play rounds of miniature golf, practice softball or baseball batting skills. A concession stand is also available.

Dinner and movie for kids to be held A child-friendly dinner and a seasonal movie will be shown from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 6 at the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham Ave., Chicago Ridge.

The dinner and movie are for children ages 6 to 14. The fee is $7 for residents and $12 for nonresidents. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 636-4900.

EVERGREEN PARK

Spaghetti dinner to benefit ELCA World Hunger

A spaghetti dinner to benefit ELCA World Hunger will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at United By Faith Lutheran Church, 3240 W. 98th St., Evergreen Park.

Along with the spaghetti, salad, bread, drinks and dessert will be served. Take-out service will be available. A bake sale will be held in the narthex of the church. Donations are $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 7 to 12. Children ages 6 and under can attend free. Maximum family donation is $20 for four or more. Tickets are available at the door. Tickets or more information can be obtained by calling United By Faith at ubfelca@global.net or (708) 422-6301.

Evergreen Park Seniors to host ‘Memories to Go’ The Evergreen Park Senior Citizens’ Council is hosting “Memories to Go”, the village-wide garage sale, on Saturday, May 5 at Yukich Field, 8900 S. Kedzie Ave. Vendors are being sought for the event. Vendors can select an inside rental at the ice rink location for $50. The outside rental for a vendor is $35. Early sign-up is $5 off and repeat customers with early sign-up is $10 off. Deadline for early sign-up is Friday, March 30. Crafters are welcome. For more information, call the Office of Citizens Service at (708) 422-8776. Deadline for application is at 5 p.m. Friday, April 27. Donations of clean, usable items may be brought to the Recreation Center, 3450 W. 97th St.

EP Historical Commission seeks volunteers to mark village’s 125th year The Evergreen Park Historical Commission is looking for volunteers to assist with the 125th anniversary celebration of Evergreen Park that will include a variety of events that will begin

this summer.

The commission is looking for volunteers who like good, old-fashioned art and craft projects.

Display boards are being created and volunteers are needed for cutting, pasting and helping with a variety of creative efforts. Individuals who are interested can send an email to epinf@hotmail. comfor more information.

OAK LAWN

Friends of Library to view historic theaters Friends of the Oak Lawn Library will explore Chicago’s downtown theater district during a narrated, guided tour of these old structures on Monday, April 2.

Registration is being held at the Oak Lawn Library, 9427 S. Raymond Ave. The fee is $90 for members and $95 for non-members. Payment should be made by cash or check. Guests must present a current membership card or receipt to receive a $5 discount.

Guests will be provided with a marquee tour and a behind-the-scenes look of the Chicago Theatre. A lunch buffet will be provided at the Union League. Business casual attire is required.

The bus departs at 8:45 a.m. and is scheduled to return at 2:45 p.m.

All trips sponsored by the Friends of the Library are not wheelchair accessible. A two-ticket limit per person will be enforced. No refunds or exchanges will be given. More information can be obtained by calling Joanne Neff at the library, (708) 422-4990.

Spring Golf Scramble will be held at Stony Creek Registration is being offered for the Oak Lawn Park District’s Stony Creek Golf Course Spring Two Person Golf Scramble, which will be held Saturday, April 21 at Stony Creek, 5850 W. 103rd St. Participants will have an 8 a.m. shotgun start.

This is open to all golfers who are looking to have fun. The is $45 per player and includes a green fee, range balls, lunch and prizes. For more information, call (708) 857-2433.

Musichorale will perform at Pryme Tymers luncheon The Pryme Tymers invites the community to to hear a performance by Musichorale of the south suburbs beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 12 at Trinity Covenant Church, 9230 S. Pulaski Road, Oak Lawn.

A catered beef stew luncheon will be served at noon. The fee is $7 for the luncheon. Reservations must be made by Friday, April 6. More information can be obtained by calling the church office, (708) 422-5111, or Tom Panush, (708) 6367548. Non-perishable canned goods will also be accepted for the Blue Island Salvation Army Food Pantry.

PALOS HILLS

Senior Spring Fling will be held at Palos Hills Community Center The Palos Hills Resource and Recreation Department will be hosting a Senior Spring Fling from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 27 at the Palos Hills Community Center, 8455 W. 103rd St. This event will include food, entertainment, bingo and pickle ball. The cost per person is $9.99. For further information, call the Palos Hills Community Center at (708) 430-4500.

Palos Hills will plant trees in front of homes The City of Palos Hills is providing an opportunity for residents to have a tree planted on city-owned parkway land in front of their house.

The plantings will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28. Volunteers are needed to help plant the 200 two-foot trees. More information on how to get a tree or how to volunteer, call the Palos Community Center, (708) 430-4500.

Oak Lawn film group to view, discuss ‘Wuthering Heights’ CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will screen and discuss the classic 1939 Hollywood film “Wuthering Heights” from 7 to 10 p.m.

Wednesday, April 4 at the Oak View Community Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn.

Members should check the building signage for the correct room number. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 529-9028 or visit cineversegroup.blogspot.com.

‘Dog Gone’ Easter Egg Hunt Residents and their dogs can take part in a “Dog Gone Easter Egg Hunt” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 at Bailey’s Crossing Dog Park, 9910 S. Melvina Ave., Oak Lawn.

A variety of vendors will be on hand and will include prizes, doggie contests and best costume contest. Dogs have to be on a leash. Donations of dog toys, food and treats will be collected for local animal shelters. Pre-registration is required

by Friday, March 30. The fee is $5 per household.

More information can be obtained by calling (708) 857-2200 or visitwww.olparks.com.

Oak Lawn Park District to hold Butterfly Gardening Workshop The Oak Lawn Park District’s Gotta Get Gardening program is offering a Butterfly Gardening Workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Oak View Center, 4625 W. 110th St. The workshop will be divided into three parts: Butterfly Gardening, Monarch Conservation, and Raising Caterpillars at home. Butterflies need help to survive and thrive. Guests can Learn the best butterfly attracting plants and how to plan a garden to provide food, cover, and host plants for caterpillars. The caterpillar/butterfly life cycle is also an integral part of planning a butterfly garden and will be covered. The fee is $10 per person.

Register using code 427117. For more information or to register, call (708) 857-2201

Trinity Seniors to plan trip to chocolate shop The Trinity Senior Fellowship group is planning a bus trip to Morkes Chocolate Shop in Palatine

Compiled by Joe Boyle

News and events from our archives • 50 years ago Worth Township schedules Town Hall Meeting From the March 28, 1968 issue: The story: The Worth Township Town Hall Meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 at the Township Building, 5831 W. 115th St., Worth, to mark “Town Meeting Day.” The budget, which is available for study in the township clerk’s office, was discussed at a public hearing on March 26. This is one of seven meetings by local municipalities on Town Meeting Day. The meetings are called by the Township administration to have township elections to vote for budgets and programs as planned by the township for the forthcoming fiscal year.

The quote: “In no other governmental process does the citizenry have as many democratic privileges as they do in township government,” said Lincoln D. Munch, the township supervisor. “They should exercise these privileges by attending the April 2 meeting, and you are cordially invited to do so.”

• 25 years ago Hickory Hills considers restrictions on business signs From the March 25, 1993 issue: The story: In an attempt to take in to account the concerns of people, the Hickory Hills City Council last Wednesday met with members of the chamber of commerce to try and work out a new sign ordinance for the city.

Chamber members also disagreed with prohibiting signs that “move, rotate, change positions, have moving parts, or create the illusion of movement.” Chamber member Joanne Ritza said that the Sabre Room sign (which features a warrior brandishing a sabre sword) would be prohibited under that portion of the ordinance, as the sword both moves and lights up. Ald. Rick Figiel, however, reminded Ritza that the 27-year grandfather clause would, in effect, exempt the Sabre Room from having to comply with that part of the ordinance. Mayor Dan Riley said the Sabre Room is one of the oldest businesses in the city.

The quote: “That sign should be declared a city landmark,” Riley said. “It seems like no matter where people come from they look for the moving Sabre Room sign.”

• 10 years ago Evergreen Park comic book store draws passionate fans From the March 27, 2008 issue:

SW Suburban Widows and Widowers to meet April 6 Southwest Suburban Widows and Widowers Social Club will gather for their next meeting from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 6 at the Zion Lutheran Church, 17100 S. 69th Ave.,Tinley Park.

Beverages and snacks are offered at the meetings.

Entertainment is provided on most months. The club offers support to the widowed of all faiths and ages.

Along with the monthly general meetings, the

on Thursday, April 19.

The group will learn about chocolate making and will take part in some hands-on chocolate experiences. The group will also take home some chocolate items they have created. A pizza and pop party will follow the tour. Limited seating is available for this event. The fee is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Transportation and taxes are included. The bus will leave at 10:15 a.m from the church, 9701 S. Brandt Ave., Oak Lawn.

Reservations can be arranged by calling Mickey, (708) 422-2355.

club also holds organized restaurant outings, dances, trips and theater outings. Monthly games, discussion sessions and interaction meetings are also sponsored the club. Newcomers get acquainted meetings are also held.

More information can be obtained by calling Danell Chmura, (630) 728-9368, or Bill Dolehide, (708) 342-6820.

The story: The All-American Comics, 3567 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park, has been open since 1981 and not much has changed about the store except for its location.

Owner Carl Bonasera continues to operate the business like he has in the past, despite a number of industry changes in the last two decades that forced many comic shops to close.

But the store’s unique collection helps attract customers from as far north as Skokie and far southwest as Joliet. The core customers are the children of the ‘60s, an era which saw the highest concentration of comic sales.

The quote: “I’m making a living selling comics. You can’t beat that,” Bonasera said. “”I still enjoy comics. I still read them all. I still collect them. They’re not just widgets that I’m selling. I love them and I’ll be in to them until the day I fall over.”

Thursday, March 29, 2018

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WHATIZIT?

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Joining the Hare Force, just in time for Easter Jannah Anoling, 4, of Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood, is clearly excited about the Easter season.

Wearing bunny ears, she smiles alongside an Easter sign at the Village of Oak Lawn’s annual Easter Egg Hunt held on the Village Green on Saturday.

Additional photos from the event are on pages 1 and 4.

Photo by Kelly White

Photo by Joe Boyle

The clue for this week’s Whatizit (above) is: Noah’s Ark. Send your responses with your name and hometown by noon Monday to: thereporter@comcast.net.

Several readers pounced quickly on last week’s quiz. The correct answer was St. Germaine School, 9735 S. Kolin Ave., Oak Lawn. We also accepted St. Germaine Church. The first reader who provided the right answer was Ron Wagenhofer, of Palos Park, who knew the COURAGE program is offered through the parish.

The quiz clue for last week was: Courage home.

We had a new entry, from Oak Lawn resident Mary Roti, who is a member of the parish. Oak Lawn resident Jane Foley had the right answer and added that she is a proud 1973 graduate of the school.

Other readers who knew it was St. Germaine were: Rich Rahn, of Evergreen Park; Crystine Busch, of Palos Heights; and Oak Lawn resident Steve Rosenbaum, who also knew it was the home of the COURAGE program, which assists unwed mothers.

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HICKORY HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Board OKs additional parking for massage parlor

By Sharon L. Filkins A discussion about additional parking space for a proposed massage parlor was the main focus of the Hickory Hills City Council meeting held last Thursday night.

The Fifth Element Service Co. requested that its proposed massage parlor, Euphoria at 8859 S. Roberts Road, be allowed to have a special permit to allow for 14 parking spaces instead of 10 at that site.

The discussion centered on the fact that the business was seeking use of parking spaces on the property next to the facility.

Syed Imam, zoning board chairman, said the property in question is owned by the same person who owns Euphoria. The man’s name was not disclosed at the meeting.

The special use permit was approved in a 5-1 vote, with Ald. Mike McHugh (2nd Ward) opposed.

Ald. Scott Zimmerman (4th Ward) was named Mayor Pro-tem for the evening because Mayor Mike Howley could not attend.

Ald. Debbie Ferrero (4th Ward) was also not in attendance.

Also approved was a special use variance for a gas station, located at 8702 S. Roberts

Road, which will allow seven parking spaces at the station, a convenience store, and a rear setback variance of 15 feet.

At the March 8 council meeting, the business, Falcon Fuel, had also requested a variance to allow an apartment at the facility.

At that time, the council voted unanimously against the proposal. The company returned with revised plans, eliminating the apartment.

In other matters, a brief public hearing was conducted during the council meeting in which Mike Spolar, the village engineer, presented a report on how the city is complying with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Program as required by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).

Spolar explained that in 2003, the IEPA required all Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) to file a Notice of Intent (NOI) to describe how they were going to comply with the statewide general permit conditions.

The NOI was last updated by the city in 2013. The new five-year cycle began April 1, 2014 and should run through March 31, 2019.

However, Spolar added that the IEPA recently revised the MS4 permit in which the new permit became effective on March 1,

2016 and will expire on Feb. 28, 2021.

The six minimum control measures include: Public Outreach and Education on Storm Water Quality issues; Public Involvement andParticipation; Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination; Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control; Post Construction Storm Water Runoff Control (in New Development and Redevelopments); and Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations.

According to Spolar, the City of Hickory Hills was in compliance with all six of the measures.

In other action, the hiring of Mark Kapec to the position of electrical maintenance was approved in a 5-1 vote. Ald. John Szeszycki (2nd Ward) voted against the hiring. Kapec will replace Bruce Caspera, who is retiring.

In an earlier committee-of-the-whole meeting, held prior to the council session, Village Clerk Dee Catizone announced that refuse rates will increase by 71 cents on June 1. The increase will raise the total from $23.77 to $24.48. This amount does not include the At Your Door charge of $1.29, which increased as of Jan. 1. Seniors will continue to receive a $1 credit per month.

WORTH VILLAGE BOARD MEETING

Conflict waiver approved for village and park district services

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An intergovernmental agreement outlining a waiver of conflict interest with the Worth Park District was approved during the March 21 village board meeting.

The agreement specifies that the legal team of Chicago-based Ancel Glink is representing both the village and the park district in regard to an exchange of services.

According to the document presented for approval at the meeting, the services generally involve activities such as lawn maintenance and asphalt work.

The Ancel Glink correspondence stated that the ethics rules applicable to attorneys allow them to represent both parties in a transaction, negotiations, or the creation of an agreement, so long as each party to the negotiations has waived the actual or potential conflict of interest.

Steve Werner, president of the Worth Park District, thanked the board for the approval of the waiver of conflict of interest.

“This action is a win-win for both entities, and for the taxpayers, as well,” he said.

In other matters, a brief public hearing was conducted during the board meeting in which Mike Spolar, the village engineer, presented a report on how the village is complying with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Program, as required by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).

Spolar said that in 2003, the IEPA required all Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) to file a notice of intent to describe how they were going to comply with the statewide general permit conditions. The NOI was last updated by the village in 2013. The new five-year cycle began April 1, 2014 and should run through March 31, 2019.

However, Spolar added that the IEPA recently revised the MS4 permit in which the new permit became effective on March 1, 2016 and will expire on Feb. 28, 2021.

The six minimum control measures include Public Outreach and Education on Storm Water Quality issues; Public Involvement and Participation; Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination; Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control; Post Construction Storm Water Runoff Control (in New Development and Redevelopments); and Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations.

According to Spolar, the Village of Worth was in compliance with all six of the measures.

“The village has done a nice job of posting information on its website including a hotline for

residents and instructions on disposing of hazardous materials,” Spolar said. “Clean-up days are held a couple of times a year; information is provided in newsletters to residents and streets are swept as needed.”

Other business included the appointment of Brian Granato to the

police pension board with a term to expire May 1, 2020. Also appointed to the pension board was Police Chief Mark Micetich, who will fill an unexpired vacancy, with a term to expire May 1, 2019.

Also approved was the decrease of one H liquor license (for beer and wine only) for Mr. Nickels,

11527 S. Harlem Ave., and the increase of one H liquor license to El Gallo, 11400 S. Harlem Ave. Approval was also granted for a resolution to apply to the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Funds program of Cook County in the amount of $300,000.

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REPORTER An Independent Newspaper Published Weekly Founded March 16, 1960

Ray Hanania

Madigan, Chuy are big winners of Dem primary

Anti-gun protests miss the target

T

he oddest political couple in all of Illinois did pretty well in the March 20 Democratic primary.

Two years ago, progressive firebrand Cook County Commissioner Chuy García helped lead Bernie Sanders’ Democratic campaign in the Chicago area and was eventually named a national Sanders media surrogate.

At the same time, García also endorsed House Speaker Michael J. Madigan against a well-funded Democratic primary opponent.

“Now more than ever,” García said in a statement back then, “local families need Michael Madigan in the State Capitol fighting for them.”

It was mainly a marriage of convenience.

Madigan needed help with his ward’s Latino voters, and García had some plans of his own that Madigan could help him with. Madigan Rich also likely wanted to make sure that García’s Miller future plans didn’t include trying to knock him off his perch.

García, along with his allies in the Bernie Sanders Our Revolution organization, ran the table in Cook County last week.

They helped trounce Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios by almost 12 points. They soundly defeated state Rep. Dan Burke (D-1st), the younger brother of one of the most powerful Democrats in Chicago (14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke, who they are going after next). They cruised through a hotly contested, four-way primary to replace retiring Rep. Cynthia Soto (D-Chicago) with Delia Ramirez by 27 points. They buried machine-linked Sen. Martin Sandoval’s (D-11th) daughter, Angie, by 15 points in the race to replace García on the county board despite massive spending by her campaign. They won a judicial race. And, of course, García walked away with his own congressional nomination by 45 points.

Speaker Madigan carried Mayor Rahm Emanuel to victory in the 13th Ward in Emanuel’s 2015 race against García, but after García endorsed Madigan in 2016, Madigan allied with García on some of this year’s races, including the defeat of Sandoval.

There was admittedly nothing Madigan could do to help Berrios outside of the 13th Ward (which Berrios won with 56 percent).

Berrios had become so toxic that even several politicians who’d endorsed him wouldn’t put his name on their election-day palm cards for fear of alienating voters they needed for other races.

Dan Burke was beyond saving, as well. Progressive Latinos are demanding their own representation. But because of Madigan’s relationship with García, it’s a fairly safe bet that Aaron Ortiz, who beat Burke, won’t be a thorn in Madigan’s side when he takes office next year.

Without Madigan and the hundreds of precinct captains he controls, Cong. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) would be polishing up his thin resume this week. The conservative Democrat Lipinski narrowly defeated a progressive challenger.

With Assessor Berrios defeated, that’s one less issue that Gov. Bruce Rauner will have against Madigan’s favored gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, who won last week by 18 points over two public Madigan haters, Chris Kennedy and Sen. Daniel Biss.

Madigan also won some House races against Democratic candidates who talked openly about opposing him.

Madigan’s 17th House District candidate, Jennifer Gong Gershowitz, won by almost 600 votes over Candance Chow, who had vowed to vote against Madigan for House Speaker. Madigan’s candidate Lamont Robinson won a four-way primary to replace Lt. Governor nominee Juliana Stratton by 14 points. Madigan’s bitter foe, Ken Dunkin, came in third in that primary, scoring just 18 percent.

Jill Bernal had pledged to vote against Madigan, but she lost to the pro-Madigan Lance Yednock by 15 points to take on freshman Rep. Jerry Long (R-Streator).

Madigan’s ally Rep. Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) fended off her primary opponent by 15 points. The House Speaker’s favored candidate to replace retiring Rep. Carol Sente (D-Vernon Hills), Daniel Didech, prevailed by 21 points. His candidate to take on Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro), Marsha Griffin, sailed through by 26 points.

Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) triumphed by over 65 points.

Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D-Calumet City) dominated with a 29-point victory. Madigan lieutenant Rep. Bob Rita (D-Blue Island) thrashed his opponent by a whopping 53 points despite countless negative news stories about his past.

The one candidate Madigan reportedly didn’t want to win in the crowded primary race to replace retiring House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago) was Flynn Rush, the son of Cong. Bobby Rush. The younger Rush lost to Curtis Tarver by nine points.

As far as I can tell, not a single anti-Madigan candidate won a House Democratic primary last week.

As I write this, nobody has yet compiled Democratic state central committee race results, so we don’t yet know how Madigan fared there. Stay tuned on that, because Madigan is the state party chairman, and several folks were running to topple him.

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com.

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Are high schools teaching students to devalue free speech?

By Lata Nott It seems like every few months we’re treated to the results of a new survey that has something dismaying to report about how young people approach free speech. Last fall, the Brookings Institute reported that college students have a number of misconceptions about how the First Amendment works — a significant percentage believes that it doesn’t protect hate speech, and that it requires that an offensive speaker at a public university be matched with another speaker with an opposing view.

Last week, a survey conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that 37 percent of college students think that shouting down an offensive campus speaker is acceptable; even more troubling, another 10 percent said that violence is also an acceptable tactic for silencing an offensive speaker.

Findings like these always lead to a lot of hand-wringing about the intolerance of today’s youth, followed by a backlash of editorials pointing out that campus protests — especially at elite colleges — are over-covered by the news media, usually topped off by internet commentators decrying liberal snowflakes and at least one columnist reminiscing about the ‘60s at Berkeley.

I enjoy that as much as the next person, but let’s skip it for today. Why do college students have a shaky understanding of the First Amendment and an aversion to opposing or controversial views?

The problem starts in high school. I’m not just referring to the lack of mandatory civic education in public schools. Even in schools where students do learn about the First Amendment, many school administrators don’t particularly want their students exercising their freedom of speech once they’ve learned about it.

Take the school walkouts that took place across the nation on March 14 to protest gun violence. About a week before that, my colleague Gene Policinski and I wrote a set of guidelines for students, teachers and school administrators trying to figure out how to approach the event. We advised students to weigh their options carefully, as their First Amendment rights would probably not protect them if their school decided to discipline them for taking part in the walkout. (Public schools can punish students for speech that “substantially

disrupts” the learning environment, and a walkout could very well do just that.)

But we also advised school administrators to think twice before defaulting to disciplinary action — “Given that we live in an age where there is much concern that young people don’t understand the Constitution or support free speech, punishing them for exercising it, even if...school administrators [have] that discretion, seems counterproductive.”

That’s why it saddened me to read that a high school in Arkansas decided to punish the three students who participated in the walkout by giving them a choice between a two-day suspension and corporal punishment. (Fun fact: corporal punishment is still legal in 22 states.)

All of the students chose corporal punishment; one of them wrote a fair-minded and eloquent account of the experience for the Daily Beast: “The punishment was not dealt with malice or cruelty, in fact, I have the utmost respect for all the adults involved. They were merely doing their job as the school board and school policy dictated...I believe that corporal punishment has no place in schools, even if it wasn’t painful to me. The idea that violence should be used against someone who was protesting violence as a means to discipline them is appalling.”

Even a two-day suspension seems disproportionate to the offense of leaving your classroom for 17 minutes.

It was also disheartening for me to talk to the two high school journalists who published a meticulously-researched story about a fired teacher — and ended up having their story censored by the administration and their newspaper privileges revoked.

As one of the journalists, Max Gordon, said, “[T]he whole point of a student newspaper is to teach the students. We want to grow and learn and experience these things, but if the administration tries to shut down any form of outsidethe-box thinking...it really hampers the growth by journalists.”

And when educators emphasize obedience and conformity over the free expression, they need to think about what lessons they’re actually conveying.

Lata Nott is executive director of the First Amendment Center of the Newseum Institute.

Contact her via email at lnott@newseum.org, or follow her on Twitter at @LataNott.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Former public official says Newman’s election night speech was new low Primary election night last week saw some pretty classy concession speeches. Jeanne Ives and Chris Kennedy’s were among them.

However, there was one set of “non-concession” election night remarks that displayed no class whatsoever.

I speak of 3rd Congressional District Democratic candidate Marie Newman’s bitter rant against incumbent Cong. Dan Lipinski, who had defeated her by a close margin on March 20.

Despite the fact that her loss was obvious by the time she spoke on TV, she did not concede defeat or congratulate the winner as is usually the case. Instead, she opted to be the consummate sore loser, saying she would like “Dan Lipinski to have a very painful evening.” She also bragged that her campaign “had scared the crap out of Dan Lipinski.” I’ve been involved in politics for nearly 60 years and Newman’s election night remarks set a new low in civility.

Since 1982, my name has appeared on the ballot for public or party office 10 times. I won on eight election nights and lost twice. On both occasions when I was on the losing end, I called my opponent’s headquarters as soon as

the results became obvious. In 1982, I called the office of then state Sen. Frank Savickas about 9 p.m. He had already left to celebrate, so I ended up conceding to his son Anthony, and asked him to pass on my congrats and best wishes to his father.

In 1986, I did not wait as long and called state Rep. Andy McGann after only one of over 100 precincts had reported. I won that precinct, but not by enough, so I picked up the phone and wished Andy well.

I guess I was lucky to have received my political upbringing in an era where civility was the rule, not the exception. My father’s name appeared on the ballot 46 times from 1938 to 1980. He won 44 times.

I was not even born the last time he lost in 1948. So, I never did witness how he would have dealt with losing an election. But I am certain he would have handled it with more grace and class than Ms. Newman did last week.

— Tom McAvoy, former state representative (1982-83) and Hickory Hills alderman (2003-17)

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early half a million “young people” converged on Washington D.C. this week protesting violence sweeping across America, especially in schools.

They had a lot of slogans, made a lot of news, and got a lot of interviews as they screamed and hollered.

Yet, their message is misdirected; an expression of anger that will go nowhere and that is being exploited by political activists to bolster one-sided partisan agendas, like Senator Dick Durbin, the Rev. Michael Pfleger and other liberal politicians across the country.

That’s too bad.

Cracking down on guns and attacking the NRA is pure partisan politics. Some things must be done to toughen the process of obtaining a gun. But even if criminals can’t get guns legally, they will get them illegally. The real problem is some of the people committing crimes are people who either need help or are so basically evil you can’t do anything for them. In many cases, the criminals are “young people” too, and who have been abandoned by their parents.

Protestors failed to address problems that more directly contribute to rising crime in America and that take more lives.

What about the street gangs plaguing Chicagoland neighborhoods? Tougher gun laws won’t change that. Confronting street gangs will. Street gangs are slaughtering people outside and inside schools, and yet no one addressed that in the Washington D.C. protests.

They don’t care about that issue because it involves the failure of parents to “parent” their children. Parents are failing to do their jobs and no one cares as their children become brutal, vicious street gang thugs who deal in drugs, crime and murder.

I also didn’t hear the protestors scream about the news media, which plays a major role in fueling violence in this country.

“If it bleeds it leads” is the core principle of news journalism. In other words, major mainstream news media put emphasis on shock and slaughter.

The more gruesome a crime the more coverage it gets. They know that the public doesn’t care about “good news.” They only care about “bad news.” When it comes to the major mainstream news media, bad news sells newspapers, but good news does not.

This is politics, which is not just about electing people to government office. Politics is also about personal advantage, personal achievement, and empowerment for the wrong reasons.

Can you imagine the message 500,000 “young people” would send by protesting in Chicago’s worst street gang crime-ridden neighborhoods and attacking the real culprits, street gangs?

Scream all you want about the NRA. It won’t do any good.

They are a part of the problem, too, but they are no worse or better than those who oppose them.

I’m not an NRA member and I think there should be tougher laws on gun sales. But, the more important goal is to crack down on criminals. Stop coddling them. Stop giving them benefits. Toughen the laws. If you use a gun in a crime, you should go to jail for 20 years. If you kill someone with a gun in committing a crime, you should go to jail for life. No parole.

Prisoners should also be forced to work to earn money to pay for their food and board.

If they don’t, let them die. It’s their choice.

A lot of “leaders” will rise from the protests. Some will even run for public office and probably win. But, they won’t be any different than any of the people they are complaining about and they’ll end up doing nothing, too.

Ray Hanania is an awardwinning columnist and author. Email him through his website at www.Hanania.com.

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A ‘Very’ wonderful woman’s story

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here were 12 of us. No makeup, jewelry, or cellphones. We came into the circle bare and undistracted as we listened to each other. As each sister told her story, we heard our own. And in our truth, we got liberated.”

Those are the words of Veronica Very, of Seattle, Wash. She’s a creative visionary leader known for her ability to organize events for people of diverse backgrounds to raise awareness and activate consciousness. She’s an enthusiastic activist transforming thousands using storytelling that heals and liberates.

Very’s trauma began at the age Claudia of 12. Her assailParker ant was her mother Glennell’s boyfriend. She remained in the relationship even after Very confessed the molestation.

“She was being domestically abused and suffering from alcoholism,” Very said.

Her mom didn’t leave, so she did.

“I found my escape by marrying my close friend, Wayne, at the age of 18. He enlisted in the Army and accepted a deployment assignment in Germany,” stated Very. “That’s where our daughter, AshleAriane ‘Ash’ Amor, was born.”

Ash would be diagnosed with sickle cell anemia by the age of 2, which brought them back to the United States. Ash’s symptoms were so severe she spent nearly 160 days floating her residency between various hospitals every year for the first 25 years of her life.

This led the charge for Very to become an advocate for those battling sickle cell anemia. In 2010, she launched the Very Bright Foundation to Break Sickle Silence for people living, suffering and dying from the disease.

Very said Glennell got sober and became a strong support system for her and Ash. Very and Wayne, whom she acknowledges was more of a friend, and not really her love, parted ways.

As a single mother, Very established an impressive career spanning from hospitality, politics, entertainment and beauty. Her resume lists large corporations such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Nordstrom, the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, MAC Cosmetics, and Stellar International Networks. She said her career highlights include being key organizer for President Barack Obama’s Re-election Luncheon at the Seattle Paramount Theater in 2011; Stellar Women Leadership Delegations to China; C200’s Pacific Northwest Conference; and Seattle Sweden Week featuring Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria.

These highlights would later be dimmed

by Very learning her beloved mother, Glennell, was going into renal failure from her previous years of alcohol abuse.

A numbing Very said this was precipitated by the death of her brother, Keith.

“After being arrested on a minor charge, while in police custody, they beat him to death. His body was returned to us unrecognizable. He was my best friend,” recalled Very. A break in her voice revealed a wound. “By the grace of God, I was able to extend my mother’s life by giving her one of my kidneys.”

Very credits the year it took her to recover from transplant surgery for a muchneeded break in her vigorous career. It’s heartbreaking that Glennell would be laid to rest within five years of the surgery, from a stroke.

“There is a joy that gives you hope deep down at the bottom of your loss.

Tapping into this hope will help you survive and thrive when you feel like you could die,” said Very. “There is a knowing in your faith that helps to anchor and calibrate your equilibrium while your heart breaks and crumbles in your new reality. Tapping into the anchor of your faith will keep you from falling when you can’t find your balance.”

This wisdom would bring Very through far more rugged terrain.

Ash was in her early 20’s, blossoming into a beautiful woman with goals and dreams. Having been introduced to makeup through Very’s career stint at Nordstrom’s as a top sales person of MAC cosmetics, Ash developed a love for it.

She became a talented makeup artist who longed to live in Los Angeles.

“I wanted her to be happy. And I was afraid of losing her. Several of her friends with sickle cell had started passing away.

They were her age, that scared me,” said Very. “But, no one should make fearbased decisions.”

Very wanted to share her life with her daughter. She filled a moving truck of their belongings and shipped them to L.A., where she had a job waiting for her.

But a cruel twist of fate left them with a harsh reality. Before she and Ash were scheduled to fly out, Ash got sick and was hospitalized again.

“While I was visiting Ash in the hospital, I slipped and fell injuring my hip and shoulder so badly that I was admitted too,” explained Very. “When I was released, I had nowhere to go. I’d already signed over my lease, our possessions were in L.A., I could no longer accept the job… it forced me into an emergency lodging situation. I lived in a shelter for 30 days.”

She was homeless. Yet, Very remained hopeful.

“I remember reorganizing the living space in the shelter,” she laughed. “I helped women with their resumes, and I provided resources and information I felt they were being denied,” recalled Very.

Ash lived that year, but sadly, at the age of 28, July 2017, she passed away from complications related to sickle cell anemia.

“Just when you think the end of a thing is devastating, life altering and scary, God will divinely orchestrate showing you otherwise. There is a greater good, a deeper meaning and balm of healing orchestrated in the high place where your

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Veronica Very has overcome the deaths of her mother, brother and daughter and now provides comfort to women dealing with personal tragedies and insecurities.

soul resides, a symphony of memories, purpose and power that will hold you and carry you through your grieving hours,” imparted Very. “The final years of Ash’s life were happy. She did make it to L.A., she became a successful make-up artist, and she also found love.”

Very honors her mother, Glennell; brother, Keith; and daughter, Ash, with her life’s work. In 2016, Very founded Wonder of Women (WOW) International.

WOW creates sacred space through workshops, retreats and conferences to inspire black women and girls to find their voice; stand in their truth and celebrate their wonder by telling their story.

“We as women can allow our issues and insecurities to prevent us from connecting. WOW allows us a private experience to make our ‘stuff’ public,” said Very.

It’s been 24 months since Very enthralled WOW’s first dozen listeners while sharing her story at the Rainbow Lodge Retreat Center in North Bend, Wash. The encounter was so powerful, it broke a levee for other women. Today, these private storytelling transformations are taking place in Washington state, D.C., Maryland, Florida and South Africa!

The mere 1,000 words of this article does no justice to the incredible content that was disclosed. With each blow life has dealt this indestructible woman, I found myself gasping as she weaved the phases of her life’s story into a fabric that now blankets her with comfort.

Very enjoys partnership in business and in love, with her fiancé Hiawatha D. They are set to marry in June. To learn more about Very, visit www.thewonderofwomen. org Claudia Parker is an author, journalist and photographer/videographer. Unfortunately, this will be her final column for The Reporter. She can be reached at AuthorClaudiaParker@yahoo.com

Stagg graduate completes basic training Gardner

U.S. Air Force Airman Anthony M. Gardner graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman is a 2014 graduate of

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night, I no longer sit outside to smoke. I stand on the steps, because rats have run right past me.”

She and Lowell pointed out several neighboring mobile homes where either residents moved out because of the rats, or are dealing with them now.

During a walk through the park on Monday, numerous burrows, evidently made by rats, could be seen beside several mobile homes. A couple of spring-loaded rat traps were also seen outside one house, but Lowell said they must not have been set right because the rats “just ate the peanut butter and left.”

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She was surprised, “that, with the exception of the Lipinski camp, everyone was open-armed and helpful across the board.”

Asked if she got votes from residents who disliked the negative tone seen in campaign literature, she said, “I don’t know.

That’s a good question.”

For Lipinski, the victory was helped in large part by his strong political base in the city.

Built by his father, William, a former Chicago alderman and longtime congressman, the base has been maintained by the younger Lipinski since he took his father’s seat in Congress.

“I want to thank the people who knocked on doors, made phone calls, put up signs. I want to thank all of you who helped

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Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills. He is the son of Demetria Gardner and brother of Erik Barnes, of Chicago.

Gardner completed an eight-week

program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. He earned distinction as an honors graduate.

Lowell said rats seemed to have become more prevalent in the mobile home park after an addition was built on a restaurant beside the park on Harlem Avenue about a year ago.

“Maybe they disturbed something. There also used to be a lot of stray cats around here. But they are gone. Maybe the rats chased them,” said Lowell.

“Rats have been a huge problem in the entire area for the past 2.5 years,” agreed Worth Mayor Mary Werner.

She said when the issue came to a head in neighboring Chicago Ridge about two years ago, both communities took similar steps to curtail the rats. This included hiring Guardian Pest Control to bait traps on public property.

She said a couple of Waters Edge residents have come to Village Hall seeking help with the rats.

“I feel bad for them. All we can do is suggest ways to deal with it. We can’t do much there because it is private property,” said the mayor.

She said Waters Edge residents who sought help from the village were provided with pamphlets with information from the Illinois Department of Public Health about how to keep the rat population down. The same pamphlets were included in all 2,800 water bills mailed to village residents.

“We got involved. We’ve tried to be proactive. But everyone has to help with this,” said the mayor, citing the importance of

eliminating food sources, and the feeding of wildlife. This includes removing bird feeders, because rats eat the scattered food. Dog feces also should be picked up daily she said, because rats eat that, too.

“Fruit droppings from trees shouldn’t be left on the ground, and vegetable gardens are like a smorgasbord for rats,” the mayor said.

She said residents with piles of brush or other debris on their property have been given warning citations because rats use them as shelter.

“Rats seem to be able to chew through almost anything except steel wool,” said the mayor, suggesting that residents place steel wool in rat burrows to prevent them from being used.

this campaign,” Lipinski said late March 20 at what turned out to be a victory party.

Lipinski’s chief of staff, Jerry Hurckes, said the large margin in city was the result “of Dan working hard and having a great name (with Chicago voters).”

“So many people love this guy, love his father,” Hurckes added.

Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty, a Lipinski supporter, shrugged and said “no comment” when asked about a race that he called “too close for comfort.” He added that Lipinski has been good for Lyons and other towns.

“It’s a changing electorate.

The Millennials need to get out and vote, they need to be more involved,” said Sam Krneta, a Lipinski booster.

Lipinski thinks the large amount of funding, a reported more than $2.5 million on behalf

of Newman, made the race closer.

But he also spent around $2 million. Both are large amounts of money when it comes to a primary, sources said.

“I was hoping it wouldn’t be so close,” Lipinski said, “but it’s good to be in this position.”

“More than $2 million poured in here to attack me. It’s not just about fighting President Trump, but we need to bring people together to get things done, “said Lipinski, who thought Newman appealed to “the Tea Party of the Left.”

A campaign insider said “$2.5 million does a good job of keeping it close.”

The source said, “I didn’t see this coming. You talk to seniors, walk the precincts, train stations in the morning, senior centers in the afternoon … everybody loves him. They said, ‘Dan, you’re the best’ and ‘I’ve never voted Dem-

ocrat. I’m taking a Democratic ballot this time’.”

Painted by Newman as being closer to Trump than the Democrats, Lipinski said he has opposed the president on several issues.

Newman also often hammered Lipinski on his pro-life stance, which may have won her some votes with pro-choice voters.

One source said, “I’ve never seen (political) ads use the word ‘abortion’ so often. Usually it’s code words like ‘Planned Parenthood’ or ‘a woman’s right to choose’.”

The source added that Lipinski “would rather lose an election that have to change his pro-life stance. That says a lot.”

In the end, Lipinski said: “We’ve got to bring people together in this country. We’re all Americans. I’m fighting to restore the American Dream.”

The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce, along with the Village of Oak Lawn, will host a free Senior Health-Safety Expo from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4 at the Oak Lawn Senior Center, 5220 W. 105th St. Chamber members will bring more than 40 health and safety vendors to provide services and educational materials on health issues that affect the community.

Services include free blood pressure checks, balance screening, finger printing, senior services, product samples, and a secured, confidential prescription drop box to dispose of expired medications.

Educational sessions will be offered on diabetes care by Advocate Christ Medical Center; the ABC’s of Medicare, offered by Marguerite McEnery of McEnery Financial; and Personal Safety and Security, which will be presented

by Tom Cronin, a detective with the Oak Lawn Police Department.

A location will be provided where visitors can sit down and relax with a cup of coffee and a treat. The event is for seniors but is open to all ages. More information can be obtained by calling the chamber office, (708) 424-8300 or email office@oaklawnchamber.com

Cavalcade of Bands will take the stage at Moraine The Moraine Valley Community College Academic Music Department will present a Cavalcade of the Bands beginning at 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 in Building G gymnasium at the college, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.

The free concert will feature the Moraine Valley Concert Band, directed by Douglass Bratt; Tinley Park Community Band, directed

by Barbara Abarro; West Suburban Concert Band, directed

by Hank Hiorns; and the Joliet American Legion Band, under the director of Kevin Macha.

“This concert will be the first time since 2014 the groups have gotten together to perform. Com-

bined community band concerts are a fun way to build connections between likeminded adult and college band musicians who have a passion for performing great concert band music,” Bratt said.

Each band will perform selections that include traditional concert band melodies, show tunes, movie themes, and concert marches. The bands will combine to perform the “Star Spangled Banner,” and “America the Beautiful,” and will close the concert with John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

For more information, contact Bratt at bratt@morainevalley.edu.

DEATH NOTICES Cheryl Jendry Cheryl L. Jendry (nee Wascher), 61, an Evergreen Park resident, died Friday at Little Company of Mary Hospital.

Mrs. Jendry was a child care provider for 25 years.

Survivors include her husband, Louis; sons, Timothy and Matthew; sisters, Regina Garrett and Connie Cleveland; brothers, Ronald Wascher and Sam Wascher; a niece; great-aunt of two; and many other relatives.

Interment was private. Arrangements were made by Kosary Funeral Home.

Michael Maher Michael J. Maher, 58, a longtime southwest suburban resident, died Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

Mr. Maher, who most recently lived in Alsip, worked in management in parts and services for an automotive dealership.

Survivors include his wife, Linda (nee Pickham); daughter, Samantha Maher; sons, Daniel and Michael; sisters, Denise Werges and Catherine Bennett; brother, Daniel; two grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

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Police Reports

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Ismail Abuhayyeh, 19, of Palos Hills, was charged with criminal trespassing at Stagg High School, 11100 S. Roberts Road, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said he was seen in the building during school hours, walking the halls and talking to teachers after being told that he needed permission from the administration to do so. He is due in court on May 10.

in the 11100 block of South Depot Street.

Police said she was also cited for having an obstructed windshield, and failure to notify the secretary of state of an address change. She is due in court on April 27.

• Jennifer Cortes-Castillegos, 24, of the 6800 block of West 116th Street, Worth, was charged with driving with a suspended driver’s license at 7:33 p.m. Saturday in the 11500 block of South New England Avenue.

Police said she was also cited for having an obstructed windshield. She is due in court on April 17.

• Joseph A. Bruckman III, 24, of the 11000 block of South Lloyd Avenue, Worth, was charged with driving with a suspended license at 3:09 a.m. Monday in the 6700 block of West Lloyd Drive. Police said he was also cited for speeding 50 mph in a 30-mph zone and driving without insurance.

He is due in court on April 27.

Disorderly conduct

Revoked license

A male juvenile from Indiana was charged with disorderly conduct at 4:30 p.m. March 21. Police said the youth had gone to another juvenile’s house in Palos Hills looking for a confrontation. While at the house with several other juveniles, he allegedly spit in the face of an adult who tried to calm the situation.

Jaime Lara, 38, of the 10800 block of South Oketo Avenue, Worth, was charged with driving with a revoked license following a traffic stop at 4:19 a.m. March 21 in the 11300 block of South Harlem Avenue.

Police said he was also cited for not having a rear registration plate light. He is due in court on April 27.

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Contributing to delinquency Maxwell Bauer, 18, of Palos Hills, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor following his arrest about midnight on March 20. He is due in court on May 10. No other details were available.

Criminal trespassing

Burglary report A burglary at Tire Services, 1111 Southwest Highway, was reported at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday. Police were told that an unknown offender came into the business and took $50 out of the cash register.

Vandalism report Police responded to a report of vandalism in the 11100 block of South 84th Avenue at 9 a.m. Saturday. They said someone used large rocks to damage the windshield and hood of a car parked in a lot on the block.

Car theft A car was reported stolen from the 9900 block of South 84th Terrace at 5 p.m. March 20. Police said the owner of the vehicle said it had been parked there three days earlier.

Telephone harassment Police are investigating a telephone harassment complaint filed at 9 a.m. March 21. The victim reported receiving text messages and photos of a sexual nature on their phone. When the phone number was changed, the same type of message was sent to their spouse’s phone.

Worth

Suspended license • Dominique N. Hopkins, 26, of the 15400 block of Maple Lane, Markham, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 3:21 p.m. March 17 in the 7500 block of West 111th Street.

Police said she was also cited for speeding 48 mph in a 35-mph zone and having an obstructed windshield. She also was wanted on three non-extraditable warrants for failure to appear in court, including two from DeKalb County, and one from Lake County, Ind. Hopkins is due in court on April 27.

• Amy M. Bosniack, 21, of the 6500 block of West 111th Street, Worth, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 8:19 p.m., March 19

Unlicensed driving • Charles J. Kozeluh, 37, of Hammes Avenue, Joliet, was charged with driving without a valid license following a traffic stop at 11:20 a.m. March 21 in the 10600 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for having no front registration plate. He is due in court on April 27.

• Sylvestre R. Garcia, 20, of the 6800 block of West Santiago Drive, Bridgeview, was charged with driving without a valid license at 8:16 p.m. Friday in the 10600 block of Southwest Highway. Police said he is due in court on April 27.

Reckless driving Yousef Ahmad, 19, of the 9200 block of South Oak Park Avenue, Oak Lawn, was charged with reckless driving following a traffic crash at 2:43 p.m. last Thursday in the 7200 block of West 111th Street. Police said Ahmad was driving at a high rate of speed and swerved to avoid a car in front of him, striking a parked vehicle. Police said he also admitted that he was speeding away from a crash he had been involved in in Palos Hills. No injuries were reported.

He is due in court on April 27.

Bond violation Raymond Turek, 56, of the 7200 block of West 107th Street, was charged with violation of bond conditions after he allegedly returned to his home and caused a disturbance at 5:02 p.m. March 20. Police said he had just been bonded out of jail on a domestic violence charge, and returned to his home, in violation of his release agreement to stay away from the residence. He was held for a bond hearing on March 21.

Police reports are provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.

The Wayside Chapel at The Center 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park 708-361-3650 Rev. Chris Hopkins, Rev. Rich Homa, The Center Singers Our Easter Sunrise Service begins in the great hall of the lodge followed by a procession to the hilltop. Fellowship and our traditional hot-cross buns following the service.

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LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

CHICAGO RIDGE Saturday Sew-In

A “Saturday Sew-In” will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 31 at the Chicago Ridge Library, 10400 S. Oxford Ave. Participants can work on their latest projects, including quilting, knitting, stamping and sewing. Guests should bring a sack lunch or cash if they plan on ordering lunch. Sewing machines are available on request. More information can be obtained by calling the library, (708) 423-7753, or visit the website at www.chicagoridgelibrary. org to sign up for the free program.

EVERGREEN PARK Legacy of Martin Luther King will be explored

A program will be held to examine the life and impact of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, April 2 at the Evergreen Park Library, 9400 S. Troy Ave. Dr. Tracy G. Crump, director of African American Studies at St. Xavier University, will speak about King’s legacy and assassination. He will offer a critique of whether his dream has been realized. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 4228522 or visit www.evergreenparklibrary.org.

Examining Chicago’s forgotten Southwest Side A discussion entitled “Forgotten: Chicago’s Overlooked History of the Southwest Side and Suburbs” will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4 at the Evergreen Park Library.

Join Forgotten Chicago (forgottenchicago.com) for a program focusing on the overlooked history of the city’s Southwest Side and suburbs.

Industrial history, residential developments, and other facets of the area will be discussed. The presentation will also include ethnic history, overlooked neighborhood architecture, retail relics, oddities and remnants, and photos of the area. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 422-8522 or visit www.evergreenparklibrary.org.

OAK LAWN

LEGO Train Show to arrive at library The LEGO Train Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Oak Lawn Library, 9427 S. Raymond Ave. The show will also be presented from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 8 at the Oak Lawn Library. Visitors can view castles and skyscrapers, and superheroes and spaceships at the LEGO Train Show. The display is closed to the public one hour before the library closes each day. More information can

be obtained by calling (708) 422-4990 or visit www.olpl.org.

Sensory-sensitive LEGO Train Show experience Families with members on the autism spectrum or with other sensory sensitivity may register to view the LEGO Train Show exhibit from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Sunday, April 8 at the Oak Lawn Public Library. This LEGO experience will be offered in a quiet and less crowded environment. Registration begins Thursday, March 29.

Registration will be offered by email at mdonovanys@olpl.org.

ages 10 to 17 to make “yummy breakfast” favorites at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 at the Green Hills Library. Kids will have an opportunity to make waffles, yogurt parfaits, and lattes. Register online at www.greenhillslibrary.org.

Adults can learn basics of Facebook Adult patrons only can learn the basics of Facebook beginning at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4 at the Green Hills Library. Topics include signing up, finding friends, posting, and privacy in this class lecture. Register online at www.greenhillslibrary.org.

Veterans can share their stories

Kids learn and play in LEGO Club

Local veterans are being sought to share their military experience about when they served to be preserved for future generations through the Oak Lawn Library. Veterans who served during World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the “War on Terror” or peacetime are being sought for an oral history interview. Veterans can contact the library, (708) 422-4990, or kkorst@olpl.org.

The LEGO Club for children in kindergarten through fifth grade will gather at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 5 at the Green Hills Library. Staff members will supply the LEGOs while children will provide the imagination. Register online at www.greenhillslibrary.org.

Patrons can have one-on-one with librarian for information

The “Passport Pals” program will be offered for children ages 7 and up to study and explore countries from around the globe at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 5 at the Green Hills Library.

Each month children “travel” to a new country to learn about their history and culture. Registration is limited to 25. Register online at www.greenhillslibrary.org.

Appointments can be arranged with a one-on-one with a librarian to assist in specific questions on a particular subject at the Oak Lawn Library.

Patrons may request one-on-one appointments for reference, genealogy, eBook or computer help at the library.

Appointments are limited to one hour.

The program is free. Patrons should be as specific as possible when describing a topic. Librarians can assist with research questions but cannot provide legal, medical or tax advice. Appointment forms are available in person at the adult services and computer center desks. Patrons can also call the adult services desk, (708) 422-4990, ext.

500, to request an appointment. To access the online form, visit http:// bit.ly/olplappt.###

PALOS HILLS

Discussion will examine the life of Martin Luther King A discussion and examination of Martin Luther King’s brief but profound life will be provided beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 2 at the Green Hills Library, 10331 S. Interlochen Drive, Palos Hills. Clarence Goodman will lead the discussion about King from Montgomery to Memphis and the “Mountaintop” speech. The discussion will include his work in Chicago. The event is for adults only. Register online at www. greenhillslibrary.org.

Kids can learn to make ‘yummy breakfasts’ A program will be offered for kids

Savior Divine Lutheran Church 10040 S. 88th Ave., Palos Hills • 598-0700 www.saviordivine.org Rev. Martin Pauschke Palm Sunday, March 25 Service at 10:30 a.m.

Good Friday, March 30 Tenebrae Service 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 1 Festival of the Resurrection at 9:30 a.m.

Holy Communion with Special Music

‘Passport Pals to travel to a ‘new’ country

Bingo Night at library Bingo Night will be offered for adults beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 9 at the Green Hills Library.

Winners will receive gift cards and other prizes. Refreshments will be served. Registration is limited to 75.

Register online at www.greenhillslibrary.org.

‘Murder on the Orient Express’ is featured afternoon movie The next afternoon movie to be presented will be “Murder on the Orient Express” at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 at the Green Hills Library.

One lucky person will win a copy of the movie at this adults only event.

Popcorn and drinks will be served.

Register online at www.greenhillslibrary.org.

Eco Club will feature games and crafts for kids The Eco Club will gather for a monthly session for children ages 6 and up at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 at the Green Hills Library. Miss Emily will lead the group of kids who will watch a video, play a game, and make a craft about a nature topic they have voted on. Registration is limited to 25. Register online at www.greenhillslibrary.org.

Salem United Church of Christ 9717 S. Kostner Ave., Oak Lawn 423-9717 Rev. Steve Hoerger, Pastor

ALL ARE WELCOME TO OUR CELEBRATIONS OF THE RISEN LORD Palm Sunday, March 25 10:00 a.m. Service Maundy Thursday, March 29 7:00 p.m. “Meal in the Upper Room”

Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church

Good Friday, March 30 7:30 p.m. - Tenebrae Service

Come Celebrate The Glory Of Easter With Us!

EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF EASTER!

Easter Sunday, April 1 8:30 a.m. - Easter Breakfast 10:00 a.m. - Easter Service

Our Lady of the Ridge Catholic Church

Palm Sunday, March 25 - 9:00 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, March 29 - 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday, March 30 - 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Easter Vigil, March 31 - 7:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 1 - 9:00 a.m.

109th & Ridgeland Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL www.ourladyoftheridge.org

9701 S. Melvina Ave, Oak Lawn (708) 424-1059

2018 EASTER SCHEDULE Palm Sunday, March 25 Distribution of Palms at all of the Masses Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Holy Thursday, March 29 7:00 p.m., Mass of the Last Supper Adoration after Mass until Midnight Good Friday, March 30 3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross 7:00 p.m., Liturgy of the Passion & Death of the Lord Holy Saturday, March 31 11:00 a.m., Easter Baskets Blessed 7:00 p.m., Easter Vigil Service Easter Sunday, April 1 Masses: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 a.m.

There will be NO 4:30 Mass on Sunday

St. Paul Lutheran Church and School 4660 West 94th St. Oak Lawn, IL 60453 (708) 423-1040 Pastor: Rev. John S. Moeller March 25 - Palm Sunday Communion Service 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

March 29 - Maundy Thursday Communion Service 7:00 p.m.

March 30 - Good Friday Communion Service 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

April 1 - Easter Sunday Communion Service 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

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

WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday with Palms - March 25 “Passion Story” - Readers Theater 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, March 29 Taste of Seder - 10:00 a.m.

Seder Meal in Heaney Hall - 6:00 p.m.

Good Friday, March 30 Children’s Event - Easter Egg Hunt 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service - 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 1 - With Communion Traditional Service - 8:00 a.m.

Contemporary Praise & Worship - 10:00 a.m.

The Reporter

Thursday, March 29, 2018

COMINGS & GOINGS

Newer investors shouldn’t panic if bear market returns

New Dunkin’ Donuts ready to open in Bridgeview

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Miller’s Ale House opens in Orland Park Florida-based Miller’s Ale House kicked off a busy week of business openings in

Photo by Bob Bong

Work is just about complete on a new Dunkin’ Donuts-Baskin Robbins store on 79th Street in Bridgeview.

the south suburbs when it opened Monday at 15630 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park.

The chain bills itself as a restaurant and sports bar. The menu features boneless chicken zingers and sauces, steaks, pasta, salads, sandwiches, desserts and appetizers. The full-service bar features specialty cocktails, wine and more than 75 selections of local craft, seasonal and domestic beers.

It’s the second south suburban location for the chain, which also operates a location in an outlot at Chicago Ridge Mall in Chicago Ridge. There are seven in Illinois.

The chain now has 83 locations in 12 states and plans to open eight to 10 new spots each year.

Hours in Orland Park are 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday to Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to midnight on Sundays.

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sale groups, for instance. I’m in about 60 groups altogether. We contacted chamber members first to see if they were interested.

I just then decided to blast it out there. We actually had 66 vendors. A couple didn’t show so were able to replace them.”

Stack mentioned that along with local businesses who were well represented at the expo, vendors arrived from all over the south and western suburbs. One of the vendors actually came as far as central Illinois and drove through a snowstorm that hit that region Friday night and Saturday morning.

“They were determined to get here and they didn’t miss it,” added Stack.

One of the reasons vendors came from great distances is that they had products that were saturated in their communities but not featured as much in the Chicago area, Stack said.

Majka said the expo drew a wide variety of vendors that included Judy’s Pearls, Once Upon A Child, Pampered Chef, Marquette Bank, Sunshine Designs, Tealightful Tea, Flying High Gym, and Koraes School, which is located in Palos Hills.

Carol Hintze owns and operates her own business that she calls Carol’s Cottage Creations. Known as “The Jelly Lady,” the Down-

Photo by Joe Boyle

Carol Hintze, who is known as “The Jelly Lady,” informs shoppers about her business, Carol’s Cottage Creations, at the Hills Chamber of Commerce Business and Community Expo.

ers Grove resident had a variety of jellies and jams for sampling. Some of the products had fruit flavors and another tasted like jalopenos.

“I grow jalopenos in my backyard,” Hintze said.

Local businesses were well represented at the expo, including Gardner Eye Care in Hickory Hills. The business was started by Jim “Babe” Gardner, a 1929 graduate of St. Rita High School. He went out and got a college education and went into the optometry business in 1938, much to the chagrin of his father, who wanted to him to work in

For more information, call (708) 2920335.

Red Mango & Smoothie Factory has grand reopening Red Mango & Smoothie Factory celebrated their grand reopening under new ownership last week inside Orland Square Mall.

Red Mango’s mascot Miss Mango was on hand to help kick off the new ownership.

There are more than 40 Smoothie Factory locations in the United States.

For more information, call (708) 6200395.

If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.

You can track business openings and closings at http://bobbongonbusiness.com/ the stockyards.

His son, Dr. Jack Gardner, continues the business that dates back to 71st and Western Avenue on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Jack Gardner was a member of the 1963 Prep Bowl champion St. Rita football team. He also has competed in numerous marathons.

Paula Gardner, Jack’s wife, was greeting shoppers and said the event was a great idea.

“This is great coming out and seeing the whole community,” said Paula, who has also competed in several marathons herself. “It’s great for all the businesses.”

Stack said this was a work in progress and that were a few learning curves along the way. Stack said she has run craft shows for years at St. Patricia Parish in Hickory Hills, where her children attended. Her daughter runs a craft show at Sacred Heart Parish in Palos Hills.

She believes a return to Conrady is likely.

She has other ideas to bring businesses together and draw crowds. Stack is considering the idea of a “Food Truck Festival” that could take place in the parking lot of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. More discussion has to take place about how this could be arranged. The parking lot at Conrady is also another option.

“I’ve been doing this for a long time,” Stack said. “it’s easy. You just need for the people to come.”

AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS

Chicago Ridge Bieleviciene Aukse to Cotton Damaris, 10931 Moody Ave, $238,000.00;

f you’re in your 20s or 30s, you might be starting to focus more on investing to reach your financial goals. Because of this, you also may be more attuned to moves in the financial markets. Depending on your age, you may have only experienced the bull market of the past nine years, so you might not know what to expect — or how to respond — whenever the next bear market strikes.

Of course, just recently, you’ve witnessed a market correction – a drop of at least 10 percent in the major stock market indices, such as the S&P 500. This sudden plunge made big news and reminded many investors of how Scott volatile the financial markets can be. But a Johnson full-fledged bear market usually isn’t identified until the markets are down 20 percent from their recent highs. Plus, bear markets, unlike corrections, tend to linger for a while.

The last “bear” emerged from hibernation in October 2007 and stayed on the prowl until early March 2009. During that time, the S&P 500 declined by about 50 percent. Clearly, investors were not happy — but the market recovered and moved to new heights. This long and strong run-up may have obliterated your bear market memories, if you ever had them at all.

And that’s why you might want to familiarize yourself with some of the bare facts about bear markets: • Bear markets may provide good buying opporunities.

When gas is expensive, you may just buy a few gallons at a time — but when the price falls, you’re probably more likely to fill up your tank. The same principle can apply to investing — when stock prices are down, your investment dollars will buy more shares. And the more shares you own, the greater your ability to build wealth once the share price rises. In short, a bear market may provide you with a chance to buy quality investments at good prices.

• Bear markets don’t last forever. No one can predict precisely how long bear markets will run, but they’ve typically been much shorter than bull markets. So, while you might not particularly like looking at your investment statement during a decline, you can take some comfort in knowing such downturns are a normal feature of the investment landscape.

• Bear markets don’t affect all investments equally. If you only own U.S. stocks, your portfolio may well take a sizable hit during a bear market. But other types of investment vehicles may not be as directly affected — and some may even show positive results. Consequently, you could reduce the bear’s “bite” if you also own a variety of other investments, such as international stocks, bonds, government securities, certificates of deposit (CDs) and so on. However, while owning this type of diversified portfolio can help reduce the impact of market volatility, it does not guarantee profits or protect against losses.

A bear market can be challenging. But by making the right moves, such as staying patient, looking for buying opportunities and maintaining a diversified portfolio, you may be able to prevent a market decline from becoming unbearable.

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ork is just about complete on the new Dunkin’ Donuts-Baskin Robbins store on 79th Street near Roberts Road in Bridgeview.

It will take the place of the Dunkin’ Donuts store at 79th Street and Roberts Road in Justice, about a block away from the new site.

The Bridgeview Village Board approved the new location on Nov. 15.

According to the archiBob tect Peter Paraskis, “The building will have a Bong new drive through, which was a huge factor in deciding to relocate and build in Bridgeview. The current store in Justice just doesn’t meet the needs of the growing business and change in customer habits. There was a need for our building and location to respond to the changing economy.”

Also included in the two-story building will be the administrative offices of the group, which owns multiple Dunkin’ Donut locations.

Following are the property transfers in the area, according to the latest report, as received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office.

The Reporter Newspaper does not attempt to correct errors made by that office.

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11024 Oak Land Trust to Arteaga Miguel A, 11024 Oak Ave, $209,000.00.

Stephens Yaaqob Tobias to Arevalo Maria Portillo, 9259 S Sacramento Ave, $159,000.00.

Evergreen Park

Hickory Hills

Evergreen Pk to Van Allen Zachary, 9415 S Utica Ave, $94,000.00; Nussbaum Gerard Adm to Barnes Candace A, 9050 S Troy St, $170,000.00; A & N & D Const Inc to Kahne Kalie, 2929 W 101st Pl, $230,000.00;

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Notice is Hereby Given that on 5-12-18, a sale will be held at 815 Motoring, Inc. at 941 Brian Drive, Unit E, Crest Hill, Il. 60403, 815724-0838, to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois unless such articles are redeemed within Thirty days of the publication of this notice.

Notice is Hereby Given that on 4-29-18, a sale will be held at JM Auto Body Repair, #2 at 4417 S. Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Il. 60632, 773-801-0631, to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the Laws of the State of Illinois unless such articles are redeemed within Thirty days of the publication of this notice.

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Drinkwater Teresa Gdn to Hassan Mustafa, 9411 S 81st Ct, $190,000.00; Grandview Cap Llc to Best Crew Co, 8931 Sandra Ln, $155,000.00; Hoppenrath Nicholas to Szentkiralyi Rikard, 8432 85th St, $232,000.00.

Oak Lawn Dziadkowiec Jan to Zavala Manuel D, 9112 S Nashville Ave, $245,000.00; Judicial Sales Corp to 2010 Real Est Foreclosure Llc, 5314 W 91st St, $117,000.00; Fasano James R to Fikac David J, 5413 Avery Pl, $193,500.00; Sker tich Natasha to Memmesheimer Sarah J, 9613 Cook Ave, $242,000.00; Intercounty Judicial Sales Corp to Maniatis Lee P, 9716 49th Ave, $246,500.00; Harvey Walter E Tr Trust Wsh I to Uribe Antonio, 9534 S Parkside Ave, $248,500.00; Vasilakos Diane to Alkhulaqi Abdulhafedh H, 10360 S Parkside Ave, Unit #B210360, $88,000.00;

Riccordino Genevieve M Tr to Jaramillo Martin, 10101 Parke Ave, $256,000.00; Pluister Jack W Jr Tr to Phan Thuy Thi, 9728 S Kolmar Ave, $219,000.00; Hsbc Bk Usa Tr to Marys Ln Hub Llc, 9156 Sproat Ave, $139,000.00; Deutsche Bk Natl Trust Co to Community Initiatives Inc, 10530 S Parkside Ave, Unit #10, $58,500.00; Flaherty Patrick Tr to Oganovich Lauren Elizabeth, 10537 S Kenton Ave, $280,000.00.

Palos Hills Franas Andrzej to Henry Denise, 10542 Palos Pl, Unit #10542A, $124,000.00; Cotter Wangeline to Kesek Lukasz J, 11334 Moraine Dr, Unit #D, $118,000.00; Bayview Loan Servicing Llc to Chowaniec Michael, 10409 S Sheffield Dr, Unit #15, $52,500.00.

Worth Fickert Marianne to Rysha Bashkim, 7422 W 111th St, Unit #510, $36,000.00; Dwyer William to Hernandez Aaron, 6439 W 112th St, $169,000.00; Bank Amer to Martin Ronald R Jr, 6550 W 112th Pl, $111,500.00.

LEGAL NOTICE

Scott Johnson, CFF, is a financial advisor with Edward Jones, 8146 W. 111tjh St., Palos HIlls, (708) 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.

Property tax overpayments on new website Cook County property owners can recover $94.1 million in tax overpayments by going to cookcountytreasurer.com, Treasurer Maria Pappas said last Thursday.

The money is unclaimed even though since 2009 nearly $544 million in overpayments has been refunded or prevented by the Treasurer’s Office.

Because refund claims often are disputed among different

payers, including mortgage companies, banks, buyers and sellers, the application requires proof that the refund applicant paid the taxes.

Pappas said she has revamped cookcountytreasurer.com so that property owners can now search by address as well as Property Index Number (PIN) and get an instant response for available refunds going back 20 years.

Chicago Ridge

money,” Kowalski said Monday.

Trustee Bill McFarland had similar concerns, as well as reservations about video gaming in general.

“Video gaming is such a divided issue. To help existing businesses stay in town and compete with neighboring businesses, I am 100 percent for it. But it really has to be taken on a caseby-case basis,” said McFarland, explaining why the board voted unanimously to give a gaming license to La Playita restaurant on March 6, but not to others.

He and Kowalski said the Thorntons proposal was especially unusual, and they do not give it much chance of ever getting approved.

“I highly doubt they will be bringing it back,” said Kowalski of Thorntons. “We have some real huge issues with it. I don’t think the board was very receptive. So, if they do come back, they will have a lot of questions to answer.”

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meeting, pointed to existing problems related to loitering and alcohol at the gas station, and in preparation for the March 20 meeting, he looked at crime statistics between 2015 and 2017.

“It was a big concern, and I did follow up,” said Kowalski this week.

“We found there were over 1,500 calls for service to that location, for accidents, theft, and alcohol-related issues,” said the trustee. “There were about 15 calls a month over the past two years, involving some type of alcohol-related issue.”

Kowalski said he also didn’t buy Reed’s contention that very little alcohol would be sold there due to the price.

“If people want the alcohol, they will find a way to get it. I don’t want them to be committing crimes in the area to get the

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SCHOOL NEWS

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Strike up the band

They are the champions

The Brother Rice-Mother McAuley high school band performed during the 40th annual South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 11 along Western Avenue in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood.

Members of the Marist High School volleyball team carry a banner and trophy celebrating their Class 4A state championship last fall as they march in the South Side St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Photos by Joe Boyle

Celebrating reading Worth Police Officer Mike Wirth visited Worthwoods Elementary School recently to help celebrate Read Across America Week. Throughout the week, several Worth officials stopped by to read their favorite Dr. Seuss books to classes. Other guest readers included School Resource Officer Mike Cozzi, Officer Robby Frias, Village Clerk Bonnie Price and Mayor Mary Werner.

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Marist senior named to All-State Academic Team Marist High School senior David Daniels was “David reflects the character on and off the recently named an All-State Academic Team honor- court that we hope all of our student-athletes will able mention selection by the Illinois High School display,” said Larry Tucker, principal at Marist.

Association (IHSA).

“He’s been a great leader.”

Starting with a pool of more than 400 This double-period religion course allows nominees, the IHSA committee selects students to travel off-campus each day to only 13 male and 13 female honorees for various schools, nursing homes, and other the team. Only an additional 50 received facilities. Daniels serves at Smith Village, the honorable mention distinction. a continuing care retirement community in “This is a tremendous honor and I hope Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood. every student who was nominated takes Every IHSA member school was invited to Daniels a great deal of pride in all that they have nominate one female student and one male accomplished,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig student. Nominees needed to possess a minimum Anderson. “These students are the embodiment of 3.50 grade point average on 4.0 scale after their what it means to take advantage of the entire high 7th semester, have participated in at least two school experience. I am thankful to Caterpillar for IHSA sponsored sports or activities during each providing the All-State Academic Team platform of the last two years, and demonstrated outstandto honor and congratulate them.” ing citizenship. The nominations were evaluated Daniels, of Homer Glen, has been a standout by a committee made up of IHSA principals, guard/forward for the RedHawk basketball team representatives of the Illinois Activities Directors each winter, while helping the track and field team Association, and representatives of the Illinois to success each spring. He carries a challenging Athletic Directors Association. course load and is enrolled in the school’s Senior Daniels and the other honorees will be recogService Outreach Program. nized at a banquet in Bloomington, Ill., on April 16.

St. Laurence raises over $8,000 for family of Paul Bauer St. Laurence High School raised over $8,000 by selling special St. Patrick’s Day shirts, with proceeds going to the Paul Bauer Memorial Fund.

The fund benefits the family of fallen Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer, who was killed on Feb. 13.

“For years, our school has served countless police and firefighter families, and many of our alumni have moved on to become first responders,” said St. Laurence High School President Joe Martinez. “This cause resonates with so many of our students, families and alumni, and we are happy to have a small part in helping the Bauer family. We are proud of the outpouring of support that the St. Laurence community displayed over the past few weeks.”

St. Laurence was able to sell nearly 700 shirts

in just three days. Students wore the shirts as they marched in the South Side Irish Parade on March 11.

“The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation is grateful for the love and support shown by the citizens of Chicago after this tragedy. We are especially touched by the efforts of the students at St. Laurence who banded together to help raise funds for the Bauer family,” said Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Director of Operations Frank Gross. “As Mrs. Erin Bauer said in her thank you letter to the city, ‘One man almost stole my faith in humanity, but the City of Chicago and the rest of the nation restored it and I want to thank you for that.’ The students at St. Laurence are another example of ‘The good people in this world far outnumber the bad.’”

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Oak Lawn-Hometown students take part in robot underwater adventure Students at Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School have been working on a project in which they are building their own robot for underwater use.

After committing to the program the Shedd Aquarium provided the materials needed for the project including soldering tools, a control board, and PVC pipes to help the students with the project.

Rosalind Reyes, the School District 123 STEM coordinator, and Brian Jurinek, a District instructional coach, also had to commit to training at the Shedd Aquarium.

They had the opportunity to work through the design thinking process, practice soldering, and even test an ROV in the stingray tank at the aquarium.

While the project is fun, Jurinek hopes the students realize the true value of this program.

“I am truly thankful for the opportunity given to our students by the Shedd Aquarium. Each of our students has been able to perform tasks that professional engineers and scientists experience in their work,” Jurinek said.

“The experience gained from designing, soldering, testing, succeeding, and even failing at times has truly been memorable. As the students are nearing the Shedd

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Two students at Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School build an underwater robot through a program provided by the Shedd Aquarium.

ROV Celebration, I am hopeful that each student has walked away with knowledge and skills that they would not have received in a traditional classroom. Hopefully, this opportunity has inspired our students to further explore the fields of science and engineering in high school, college, and beyond.”

And while the group isn’t competing in robotics competitions this year, they did get a little extra help from a seasoned champ.

Eric Gamboa, from Brother Rice High School, offered his time and knowledge in helping the group through the construction of the first ROV. On March 9t, he visited with the students throughout the entire afternoon and provided them with tips and ideas.

The Brother Rice robotics team has been successful. They recently swept the Shedd Midwest MATE Regional Championships and moved on to the international competition.

Stagg students converse in French with Chicago Wolves players Stagg High School French 2 and 3 students had a chance to meet and speak in French with two Chicago Wolves players.

Forward Bryce Gervais and center Stefan Matteau visited Stagg and conversed and told the students about themselves in French. Then, students were encouraged to ask questions in French and in English, depending on their level of language proficiency.

The students then played a hockey-themed Kahoot interactive quiz game in French, and Gervais and Matteau joined student teams. When Stagg sophomores Hanna Zeiler, Demi Wojdula and Koralia Kuruklis saw Wolves center Matteau without a team for Kahoot, they invited him to join their team.

“Stefan was an awesome team member for our Kahoot,” said Kuruklis. “We must have laughed the whole time cracking jokes in French and English. I loved this experience.”

Both players were discussed how much hockey influenced their lives as children. Gervais told the students: “J’ai patiné avant de me promener” (I skated before I walked).

The Wolves run a program where players who have studied French or are native French speakers can visit French classrooms all over the Chicago area. Gervais, a native of Saskatchewan, learned French in a French-immersion school, while Matteau, a native Chicagoan, spent lots of time in his father’s native Montreal, a French-speaking city.

“All language learners need to make an attempt to seek out op-

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Chicago Wolves forward Bryce Gervais and center Stefan Matteau answer questions in French during a visit to a French class at Stagg High School.

portunities to use their respective languages, and this was a fun way to do that,” said Stagg French teacher Nitya Viswanath.

Stagg French students use conversation skills every day in class, and French 2 students in particular have been working all

year on asking good questions.

“It’s a language survival skill,” Viswanath said. “If you don’t have the vocabulary to say exactly what you want to say, you can always learn more by asking questions, then repeating answers that you hear offered.”

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Charging out of the gate Walk-off win over CC gets Stagg rolling

By Jason Maholy Sports Editor

A walk-off win might not carry with it the same drama in the cold, gray days of March as it does in the warm sunshine of May, but a late-inning rally to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat can at any point of the season have a meaningful impact on a team.

Two huge two-out hits helped lift Stagg to just such a victory last week over Chicago Christian.

Mike Abraham hit a bases loaded single on an 0-2 count with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Jordan Thompson and lift the Chargers to a 5-4 victory over the Knights on Thursday, March 22.

Thompson’s heroics were made possible by Danny Russo’s gametying three-run homer into a frigid breeze with two outs in the seventh. The Chargers had until the final two innings mustered only five hits and one run, but took advantage of wildness by Knights’ pitchers Matt McCarthy in the seventh and Matt Dieck in the eighth.

“We had talked before that inning that we just needed to get the order turned over to have chance,” O’Neill said of the seventh-inning rally.

Mike Naounas led off the frame by being hit by a pitch and Abraham worked a walk before Russo connected for his first home run of the season on a day that was not friendly to hitters.

“With the wind I thought it would hit the top of the fence, but it just got out,” O’Neill said.

A single and two walks in the Photo by Jason Maholy Stagg players congratulate Danny Russo after his game-tying three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning in a game last eighth set up Thompson’s gameweek against Chicago Christian. The Chargers won the contest in eight innings. winning hit, but the key play was

BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

McAuley’s Tara O’Malley burns to give it her all

Morgan Taylor raised his game and helped lead Marist to a great season

By Jason Maholy Sports Editor

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Marist senior Morgan Taylor averaged 21.8 points, 3.4 assist and 2.3 steals per game while helping lead the RedHawks to their third sectional title game in 37 years.

Taylor and his teammates worked to improve their games and chemistry during summer league contests and practices, and once the winter season began devoted themselves to early-morning workouts. Individually, Taylor worked on the holes in his game that limited him during his junior season, and improved on the things he already did do well.

“Free throws, jump shots, defense — it was just working on trying to be the best two way player I had to be for the team to win,” he said. “It was just a lot of effort put in, overall. A lot of long games at the gym over the summer... We knew how much work we’d have to put in to be successful.”

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Tara O’Malley took it to heart when Mother McAuley girls basketball coach Ashley LukeClanton told her squad before this season that 2017-18 could be “the year.”

With O’Malley and fellow seniors Kelly Gallagher and Vanessa Gavin, and a plethora of talented underclassmen, the time was now for the Mighty Macs. And O’Malley, in her final year of high school basketball — and possibly her last year of organized hoops — was going to do everything within her power to make it a special season.

“It was my last year and I wanted to leave everything on the floor that I could, and not only do good for myself but for my teammates because I wanted to leave them with everything I had,” she said. “I knew that (come the playoffs) if you lose, you’re done.”

Leaving it all on the floor — sometimes literally — wasn’t something the gritty and tenacious O’Malley had to try particularly hard to do. She grew up hooping with her grandfathers, dad and two brothers, and because she was smaller and not as strong had to play to her strengths and develop new ones to compete with the boys.

“It definitely influenced me because I knew I had to play with a lot more speed and lot more

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Mother McAuley senior Tara O’Malley averaged 14.2 points per game while helping the Mighty Macs to the Class 4A Elite Eight.

intensity,” she said. “I had to be just be a little bit quicker and it just made me a better player overall because I was playing against competition that was better than me. That’s always the best way to improve is to play someone who is better than you.”

There weren’t too many girls better than O’Malley

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a double steal that forced Dieck to intentionally walk Mike Kaunas and the Knights to pull their infield in.

“That may have been the biggest play of the game, other than the home run,” O’Neill said. “I think a win like that is always big in the beginning of the year because you get to see what you’re team is made of. Their pitching had kept us in check all game and we just took advantage of some things late.”

For the Knights, who took third in the state in Class 2A a season ago, it was tough loss for a team that will almost certainly experience some growing pains. Minus senior shortstop and No. 2 pitcher Mark Schaaf, who is expected to miss at least half the season as he recovers from a broken leg, Christian returns only two players who saw significant playing time on last season’s squad that went 40-2.

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Step-up Day There was a moment prior to the start of the 201718 basketball season that Morgan Taylor said was “gut-check time” for him and his Marist teammates.

Gone from the team that won 27 games the previous season were graduates Justin Brown and Bobby Hawkinson, who had been the team’s top two interior defenders; and reigning East Suburban Catholic League Player of the Year Maurice Commander and Chase Robinson, who transferred to Curie and Riverside-Brookfield, respectively. The RedHawks would also have to integrate into the starting lineup Jack Ellison, a senior transfer from Chicago Christian, who while talented would have to build chemistry with his new teammates.

Taylor, showing the maturity of a young man who had played on the varsity squad since his sophomore season, knew there was nothing he could do about what was lost.

“The only thing I could do, personally, was focus on the team we had here that would be playing this season,” Taylor said. “It was gut-check time as to how we wanted the season to go, and we said we wanted to have one of the best seasons (in Marist history).”

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Chicago Christian freshman Andrew Brouwer allowed one run and four hits over 5 2/3 innings against Stagg in his first high school start.

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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Vikings set sail on new journey St. Laurence will be hard-pressed to repeat historic success of 2017, but Pete Lotus’ teams are always up for a challenge

By Jon DePaolis Correspondent

St. Laurence baseball fans worried about a substantial falloff from last season’s program-best record should take the first week of the Vikings’ 2018 season as a sign to relax.

The Vikings finished up the first week of play 3-0, with wins against Simeon, Bishop McNamara and Joliet West. A home game scheduled against St. Francis de Sales was canceled Saturday, March 24, due to frigid weather.

The team is in Tucson, Arizona, this week for the Chris Moon Memorial Tournement, which the Vikings won last season to jump-start what would be a historic campaign.

A year ago, the Vikings experienced one of the greatest seasons in school history, going 38-6 and defeating New Trier, 11-6, in the Class 4A third-place game. A season like that can tend to raise expectations for a program, even one that is a perennial contender to make significant noise in the playoffs.

So, how has 2018 differed thus far for coach Peter Lotus? For the most part, it comes down to the experience of the players on his roster.

“It’s been different, for sure,” Lotus said. “The players that we

had last year were very experienced, and most had been playing on the varsity for three years.

They had been through a lot of adversity, and they had a pretty good idea of how to deal with it.

“This year, it’s a little bit different. We’re a lot younger, but I think we still have a pretty talented group of kids. But we definitely don’t have the experience we had last year.”

Lotus hoped the guys who were around the program last season absorbed some of that experience to help ease the transition.

But while some of the younger players learn on the job, Lotus has some seniors who are leading by example.

“The seniors that we have playing have really done a nice job,” Lotus said. “Experience is so key — so important. Guys like Zach Verta and Gage Olszak and Justin Rios have been huge for us the first three games. They have really done a nice job not only producing at the plate or in some cases on the mound, but also with that leadership in helping some of those younger guys get through at-bats.”

Those three, in particular, played key roles in the Vikings’ trio of wins to start the season.

In the opener against Simeon on March 19, Olszak had two RBI. Meanwhile, on the mound, junior right-hander Nick Heiden went

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Continued from Page 1 And the RedHawks went on to have one of the best seasons in school history, matching their 27 wins from the prior season and advancing to a Class 4A sectional final, where they came within a couple plays of pulling off what would have been an epic upset of a Simeon team stacked with Division I recruits.

For his contributions — which included standout play and embracing the role of team leader — Taylor is the Regional/Reporter 2018 Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The senior guard averaged 21.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.3 steal per game, while shooting 53 percent of his shots from the field and 70 percent from the charity stripe. He earned ESCC co-player of the year honors, and finished his career as Marist’s singleseason record-holder in points (698) and sixth in career points (1,212).

But Taylor never focused on stuffing the stat box or on his individual accomplishments.

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Continued from Page 1 this season. She didn’t stack the box score — she averaged 14.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game while shooting 49.7 percent from the field, including 33 percent from 3-point range, and made 88 percent of her free throws — but her impact on the game with her all-around skill set and leadership was a huge factor in the Macs’ success. McAuley advanced to the Class 4A Elite Eight before bowing out of the playoffs.

“We showed people what we can do when we work together as a team, and it turned out to be a great season for us,” she added.

“We had some rough games and rough things along the way, but we knew in the end what we had to do and we brought everything together in the end did the best we could.”

For her contributions to the Macs’ outstanding season, O’Malley has earned the honor of The Regional/Reporter’s 2018 Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

O’Malley fully embraced the role of the Macs’ leader on the court, to the extent she was essentially an extension of Clanton. The senior guard and four-year varsity player

four innings and struck out four en route to a 5-2 St. Laurence win.

The next day, the Vikings crushed Bishop McNamara 181. Rios went 3-for-3 with three RBI. But Verta was the star of the game, pitching three innings and striking out five, while slugging a home run and driving in five runs.

“He had an RBI in the first inning, doing a great job of getting us on the board,” Lotus said.

“That’s always a huge priority for us. He came up with guys on second and third, and he hit a ground ball up the middle.

“Then, in our huge inning in the second, he hit a three-run homer.

That was a big hit for us. Hitting in the [cleanup] spot for us, he’s a guy that we have to rely on to be a run producer.”

On March 22, St. Laurence shut out Joliet West 3-0. Olszak took center stage, pitching six innings and striking out four. He also drove in all of the Vikings’ runs on a bases-loaded double in the bottom of the third.

“From the middle to the end of our (2017) season, Gage was our designated hitter,” Lotus said of Olszak. “At first base, he was behind Tommy Doyle, who was a three-year starter. So, he didn’t get much time there, but at least he did have some experience swinging the bat. I thought he did a really good job last year, and now

being pushed into the middle of our lineup, he has to be able to drive in runs. He’s done a great job so far.”

After a successful first week of games, Lotus said he was pleased with how his pitchers have looked.

“I think the biggest thing is that they have been throwing strikes with multiple pitches,” Lotus said.

“All three of those guys have pitched in the past, and especially Nick and Gage, who were major parts of our team last year. They weren’t in starting roles, but they were able to come in games.

“Nick led us in innings pitched last year in a long-relief role, and Gage was a closer. We were in a lot of tight games last year, so I guess the biggest and most encouraging thing has been seeing that transition from both of them from bullpen to being relied upon as starters.”

Still, even after a good week, the Vikings coach spotted something he’d like to see his group get better at going into the next week of game — hitting with runners in scoring position.

“There were times in games when we’ve had some guys in scoring position and didn’t get them in,” Lotus said. “I think, as a young team, that’s something we need to learn to get better at if we’re going to be successful.”

And for a team that started the season 3-0, what does it mean if there is room for improvement?

It means other teams in the area better take notice of the 2018 Vikings.

His only goal was to help his team win.

“I try to focus on the team, and by doing that I had a lot of personal success, but my main goal was just focusing on the team and doing whatever the team needed,” he said.

The unity he and his teammates forged throughout the season, and the success to which that cohesion contributed, is something he will always cherish.

“Coming into the season we weren’t talked about a lot, but we couldn’t really focus on that, as a team we made the decision to focus on ourselves and just continued to get better throughout the season, and just have the confidence in each other and show what we could do.”

Taylor has been playing organized basketball since he was 5 years old, and in his earliest days on the hardcourt developed his game playing at the Blue Island Recreation Center.

The game had always been his favorite sport, and upon entering high school he realized it was what he wanted to do and at what he wanted to excel.

He did just that, playing on varsity as a

sophomore and gaining valuable experience that would pay dividends down the road.

“I had to take something from each year,” he said. “I realized you have to go into games with confidence, and that’s something I tried to take with me into my senior year, not taking anything lightly, and knowing it can be done.”

Taylor will leave Marist with the core values instilled into him as a member of the RedHawks, including community, commitment, passion and unselfishness — all of which he has tried to incorporate into his life outside of basketball and will carry with him beyond high school, he said.

“Those are things you learn with a team and learn with other guys, and implement it in your life long after basketball,” he added.

His goal is to play basketball in college, though he does not yet know where he will attend or whether he will play. Montana and Chicago State are among the schools to which he has spoken.

“Basketball is something I really love doing and want to keep doing as much as possible,” he said.

entered the season determined to show her younger teammates how a senior should lead, and how to work together as a team to attain the goals set forth. It was in her mind an obligation, given how much she learned from the seniors who came before her and set the example she would follow.

“Having seen three classes of seniors and how they led, each person brought something different,” O’Malley said. “They helped me see what works with certain girls and what doesn’t, how to approach certain girls and help them reach their best abilities. I loved playing with the girls above me and they taught me so much, and I think that’s what helped us come together as a team.”

O’Malley is the type of player every coach wishes to have: highly skilled, unselfish, tough as nails, and willing to take the big shot or pass it to a teammate who has a better look.

She simply has a passion for the game of basketball.

“I love playing offense because I love being able to shoot, but I also love being able to assist my teammates in scoring because that’s just as much a reward as making the basket yourself,” she said. “And I like a good challenge, so as for defense I like being able to stop someone and being able

to say I did that.”

While every player on every team has the dream of ending the season with a state championship, O’Malley was after the Macs’ super-sectional loss of Edwardsville at peace with what had transpired because she knew she gave all she had to give.

“I believe I ended my high school career probably the best way possible, because having been able to play the last two games against Marist and Lincoln Way East at home (in the Mother McAuley Class 4A Sectional) was the greatest feeling ever,” she said. “To have all of those fans there cheering, it was an indescribable feeling because they were all there for you and your team. It makes you want to play and it’s what makes you love the game.”

O’Malley will attend the University of Illinois in the fall, and may attempt to walk on to the Illini women’s basketball team.

“It’s kind of bittersweet,” she said of her basketball career possibly being over, “because I know I left it on a high note, but then I know that the game is always there if I need it to be. I can always play and I’ll always have that piece of me. And I can look back on high school as the best four years of my life.”

RECENT REGIONAL/REPORTER ATHLETES OF THE YEAR A partial list of the Regional/Reporter Athlete of the Year honors in their respective sports:

WINTER BOYS BASKETBALL

1987: Ray Thompson (Argo) and Delano Brazil (Brother Rice) 1988: Raymond Thompson (Argo) 1989: Dave Rettker (Sandburg) and Cleveland Anderson (Richards) 1990: Steve Payne (Shepard) and Dave Rettker (Sandburg) 1991: Steve Payne (Shepard) 1992: Gene Nolan (Marist) 1993: Jim Sexton (Brother Rice) 1994: Jim Sexton (Brother Rice) 1995: John Economus (Shepard) 1996: Chad Harris (Chicago Christian) 1997: Wayne Plowman (Marist) 1998: Demetrius McDaniel (Richards) 1999: Joe Scott (Stagg) 2000: Dwayne Wade (Richards) 2001: Cory Cummens (Sandburg) 2002: Rick Harrigan (Brother Rice) 2003: Dan Hackstock (Oak Lawn) 2004: Dave Telander (Brother Rice) 2005: Ross Stuursma (Chicago Christian) 2006: Cordelro Yelder (Richards) 2007: Jeff Miller (Stagg) 2008: Joel Kamp (Chicago Christian) 2009: Nick Valla (Marist) 2010: Nick Valla (Marist)

2011: Darius Draper (Stagg) 2012: Michael Kamp (Chicago Christian) 2013: Alex Majewski (Brother Rice) 2014: Max Strus (Stagg) 2015: Jaylan Catledge (Richards) 2016: Jaylan Catledge (Richards) and Malik Parker (Chicago Christian) 2017: Josh Niego (Brother Rice) 2018: Morgan Taylor (Marist)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

1994: Anne McDonald (Mother McAuley) 1995: Anne McDonald (Mother McAuley) 1996: Ann Mullins (Sandburg) 1997: Katie Schumacher (Mother McAuley) 1998: Sarah Kustok (Sandburg) 1999: Sarah Kustok (Sandburg) 2000: Sarah Kustok (Sandburg) 2001: Emily Heikes (Stagg) 2002: Tina Hill (Richards) 2003: Heather King (Stagg) 2004: Heather King (Stagg) 2005: Erin Cattell (Sandburg) 2006: Maureen Downs (Marist) 2007: Kelsey James (Marist) 2008: Maureen Mulchrone (Mother McAuley) 2009: Haley Stercic (Marist) 2010: Jessica Contant (Stagg) 2011: None named 2012: None named

2013: JaTuan Rouse (Marist) 2014: LaTondra Brooks (Oak Lawn) 2015: Brianna Markusic (Oak Lawn) 2016: Kara Shimko (Queen of Peace) 2017: Kara Shimko (Queen of Peace) 2018: Tara O’Malley (Mother McAuley)

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Stagg second baseman Leo Angelos drops the ball while making a play against Chicago Christian. Angelos recovered to force a Knights base runner at second.

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Continued from Page 1 One of those players, senior catcher Matt McCarthy, allowed Russo’s game-tying blast. McCarthy is in his third varsity season the Knights’ most experienced player.

“I wanted him to get out there and give him an inning and it didn’t work out so well,” said Knights first-year coach Bob Schaaf.

Prior to that, Christian freshman Adam Brouwer was nearly unhittable. The lanky, red-haired right-hander went 5 2/3 innings while allowing four hits and walking one.

“For his first start he pitched great, he pitched incredible,” Schaaf said. “He’s a got a lot of talent and we’ll be looking for teal good things out if him this year and in the future.”

Christian started four freshman against the Chargers, and will be counting on a host of youngsters to fill key roles this season. Th Knights lost nine seniors to graduation, and all were significant contributors on last year’s historically good team.

“When you lose that many guys that were all contributing, it’s kind of hard to change that all over in one year,” Schaaf said.

“We’re really young, but we’ve got some talent. I just think it’s going to take some time for these guys to get better.

“I think we can win this year – not, obviously, at the same level as last year – bit in time I think the season will have some good things come out of it.”

The Knights bounced back to top Bremen, 3-2, the following day to even their record at 3-3 heading into this week.

Stagg, meanwhile, moved to 4-0 with a 22-3 beatdown of Thornwood on Monday. Mike Tobin had two hits and three RBI, Luke Goral had three hits, scored three runs and drove in a pair, and Jordan Thompson reached base three times, stole two bases and scored two runs. Five pitchers combined to allow three hits over five innings.

Baseball Weekly Wrap Brother Rice

The Crusaders are off to a solid start, and topped Sandburg, 9-1, on Thursday, March 22, then blitzed St. Jospeh, 17-1, on Monday to improve to 5-1.

Mike Maher went 3-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored against the Eagles.

Versus St. Joe’s, Same Jones,

Jack Payton, Pat Hayes, Dan Doligale and Kelvin Petty all had two hits. Jones drove in four RBI to lead the attack, and Payton ripped two doubles and drove in a pair.

Payton has been hot in the early going, including a three RBI performance in a 9-8 win over Simeon last week. Mike Hopkins also drove in three in that contest.

Marist The RedHawks dropped their first game in four contests Sunday when St. Rita topped them, 6-4. Jason Hodges was 2-for-3 with a homer, double and two RBI and two runs scored. Nick Doman was 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI. In a 10-0 win over Marmion on Friday, Macrh 23, John Kubin got the victory by pitched four innings while allowing only one hit and striking out eight. Jack Brannigan 1-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored, and Justin Janas was 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored.

Shepard

Tom Dougherty struck out five and threw five shutout innings to help the Astros to a 3-2 victory over Reavis on Friday, March 23.

Eric Bruesch went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored, and Nick McLawhorn had two hits with an RBI and run scored.

Dougherty has been good on the mound and at the plate. The junior pitcher/outfielder came onto this week owning both of the Astros’ wins, including an 11-1 victory over Kennedy in the season opener. Dougherty went 2-for-2 with three RBI in that game.

Softball Roundup Chicago Christian The Knights topped St. Edward, 7-0, on Friday, March 23, then defeated Bremen, 12-4, on Monday.

Hannah Decker pitched a complete game against St. Edward, striking out 14, and moved to 2-0 on the season. She also went 2-for-4 at the plate with two doubles and two RBI. Beth Regnerus also had two hits and two RBI. Regnerus earned the win against the Braves, allowing one earned run and striking out five in four innings. Hannah Dieck struck out five over the final three innings to earn her first save.

Regnerus was a force at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored.

BOYS BOWLING

2016: Cameron Crowe (Sandburg), Fr. 2017: Cameron Crowe (Sandburg), So. 2018: Zack McCormick (Evergreen Park), Jr.

GIRLS BOWLING

2016: Emily Schrader (Sandburg) so.

2017: Emily Schrader (Sandburg) Jr. and Alexandra Wozniak (Richards) 2018: Emily Schrader (Sandburg), Sr

BOYS SWIMMING

2016: Aidan Farley (Sandburg) Jr. 2017: Lucas Smiarowski (Stagg) Sr.

WRESTLER

2016: Rudy Yates (Sandburg) Sr. 2017: Pat Brucki (Sandburg) Sr. 2018: Hassan Johnson (Brother Rice), Sr.

OVERALL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

2016: Sean and Chris Torpy (Sandburg) Srs. 2017: Charley Niego (Mother McAuley) Jr.

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Chicago Christian senior Mark Schaaf puts the ball in play and drives in a run during a game last week against Stagg.

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Thursday, March 29, 2018 Section 2

GIRLS SOCCER

FOCUS ON LOCAL COLLEGES

Knights shoot down ’Dogs for first win

Cougars to tackle Redbirds

Defense has been very encouraging for Chicago Christian in early going

SXU will play a Div. I foe for fifth time in program history

By Alison Moran Correspondent

Though the Chicago Christian girls soccer team lost eight seniors to graduation last year, Knights coach Kelly Kirchhoff is focused on this season — and has remained so even after a rough start.

The Knights were 1-3-1 after five games, but Kirchhoff has seen some positives, particularly from some of her more inexperienced players and in her squad’s versatility.

“Our experience took a hit, but our younger players are really stepping up,” Kirchhoff said.

“We have interchangeable players that can be moved to different positions on the field without having to remove from the game via substitution.”

Following an opening day loss to Lisle, the Knights’ held opponents scoreless in consecutive games, beginning with a 0-0 tie in the home opener against Evergreen Park. Christian secured its first victory of the season in the next game, a 2-0 defeat of Richards in the Bulldogs’ season opener.

And there was one name and two players to watch in the game against Richards: Schaafsma.

In the first half, it was senior captain Kayliee Schaafsma who received a pass and turned it from 20 yards out, driving the ball into the back of the net. Junior Chloe Schaafsma, who is no relation to the senior, scored the second goal on a penalty kick after Kaylie was taken down in the penalty area. “(Chloe) has been getting better every match, though she is still learning how to play in the middle of the field,” Kirchhoff said.

The Bulldogs lived up to their nickname, giving Knights sophomore goalkeeper Caroline Nowacki all she could handle. But Nowacki held them off, finishing with nine saves on the day.

“We knew she had talent, but she has gotten it together early,” Kirchhoff said of Nowacki. “ln the first three matches, she was 1-1-1 with only two goals allowed and two shutouts.”

Kirchhoff also likes what she has seen from one of the team’s youngest players, freshman Maddie Zamora.

“We thought she was an outside midfielder,” he said, “But we were forced to try her in the middle due to an injury, and she’s been very solid. Maddie can play with both feet and will continue to become one of our better players.”

Despite losses to Willowbrook and Bremen last weekend, Kirchhoff remains doggedly supportive of her team.

“As we go through the season, we will con-

Photos by Jason Maholy

Chicago Christian’s Kaylie Schaafsma heads upfield with the ball during last week’s game vs. Richards.

tinue to grow together as a group,” she said “Our play will get better with some hiccups along the way. That will show what kind of character we have, but we feel that we can be as solid as past years with this group of young ladies.”

Richards (0-1), meanwhile, returns several players from last year’s team that lost in a regional title game. Bulldos coach Dan Scanlan was encouraged by his team’s inaugural outing of the season against Chicago Christian.

“We hit a post twice and had some good chances in the box that didn’t materialize into goals,” he said.

Richards is led by Jade Ingraham, Victoria Jeziorczak and King Wrobel, and Scanlan is looking forward to strong seasons from Isabella Nelson, Haley Moran, Delilah Caldera and Samantha Caldera. He expressed confidence in the team as they learn from their mistakes in their opening games. “lt was our first game and the girls saw the urgency needed in the attacking third,” he said.

“Our positioning in relation to our teammates needs to improve and finishing will be vital. We expect to win a few games and struggle with some of the established powerhouses in the area.”

Richards opened the season with a 2-0 loss to Chicago Christian.

Both teams are in action this week. Chicago Christian takes on University High School on April 6 at home. Richards plays Oak Forest at home on April 3.

Richards-Shepard water polo remembers Co-op team honors loved ones at Dedication Game Despite their exhaustion from playing a double overtime match, the girls water polo players from Richards and Shepard high schools bounded out of the pool.

They raced to the bleachers to find them: Soaked to the bone and still wearing their head gear, the players presented flowers, hugs, and words of thanks to those they had chosen to honor at the program’s first Dedication Game on Wednesday, March 21.

For coach Joel Staszewski, too, the event offered an opportunity to recognize a mentor and friend.

“As a 14-year-old embarking on my water polo career as a freshman at Brother Rice, Bill Dolehide reffed many of my games and he took extra steps in teaching us the game,” said Staszewski.

Dolehide, the father of three Shepard graduates and a longtime water polo official, died from a gunshot wound on March 7.

Staszewski won’t forget him.

“As I got older, I remained in contact with Bill through Brother Rice alumni events,” Staszewski said. “In fact Bill was on the board of directors at Rice for several years.

As a young man I played with bill

at a couple polo games in the Chicago Park District.”

Last year, Staszewski suffered through a critical illness that nearly killed him. Dolehide remembered him.

“When I became a coach at Richards, Bill reffed many of our games,” he said. “Things came full circle this fall when my daughter played in a club water polo tournament and Bill was her ref. Last year when I was sick, Bill was very supportive. He was a great ref and an even better man. He will be missed but his legacy will live on.”

Others honored by the team included Shepard physical education teacher and swim coach Barb Larson, who will retire after the school year; retired Richards counselor John Kocher; and grandparents of several players.

Shepard and Richards high schools sponsor a combined girls water polo team. They tied BradleyBourbonnais by a score of 10-10 at the Dedication Game.

— Special from Bob McParland and Community High School District 218

Above: Shepard teacher Barb Larson receives flowers from students Lauryn Hodges (left) and Sara Dziadkowiec at the first Dedication Game sponsored by the combined Shepard and Richards high school girls water polo team.

Left: Water polo coach Joel Staszewski shakes hands with retired Richards High School counselor John Kocher.

Photo courtesy of Community High School District 218

Comeau’s goal in stoppage time earns tie in season opener just past Stars goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher for a 1-0 lead.

Houston led the first half with seven shots to Chicago’s one.

Minutes in to the second half, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was called upon, making a critical save off a one-on-one situation with Veronica Latsko.

The Red Stars narrowly missed a goal as National Team replacement Erin Yenney made a mark on the game in the final minutes, striking a ball off the crossbar, only to bounce off and be cleared. The ball fell to Colaprico’s feet, and from 20-yards out she struck the ball first time that required a save from Jane Campbell.

After a third consecutive playoff run in 2017, the Red Stars return 16 players from last year’s roster including four U.S. Women’s National

The Saint Xavier football team will take on the challenge of facing an NCAA Division I opponent when they travel to Normal in September to face Illinois State.

The Cougars’ game against the Redbirds, scheduled for Sept. 1, will be the fifth time in program history the program has played a Division I school, and the first since losing to Illinois State, 44-14, in 2004.

Saint Xavier will open the season Aug. 25 on the road against rival Marian (Ind.), marking the sixth consecutive season the Cougars will face the Knights in Week 1.

“I would venture to say there’s not a small college team in America who has a tougher first two weeks of the season than us — and they’re both on the road,” said Cougars head coach Mike Feminis. “Marian and SXU has developed into a great rivalry and they’ll be extra motivated after we beat them in the last minute last year.

“Illinois State is a top NCAA FCS program who actually beat Northwestern a couple years ago, so playing them is certainly a tremendous opportunity for our players and coaches.”

The Cougars are 9-3 all-time against Marian, winning against the Knights last season for the first time since 2014.

SXU’s home opener at Deaton Field will be Sept. 8 against Missouri Baptist in an MFSA crossover contest. Homecoming Weekend is set for Sept. 22, when the team welcomes two-time defending NAIA National Champions St. Francis (Ind.), and a visit from Robert Morris kicks off the MSFA Midwest League slate on Oct. 6. Senior Day is scheduled for Oct. 27 against Midwest League rival St. Francis (Ill.), and the regular season finale will be Nov. 3 when the Cougars travel to Bourbonnais for a date with Olivet Nazarene.

The Cougars qualified for the playoffs in 2017 fr the eighth time, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 16-team tournament. Spring practice began March 23, and a spring scrimmage is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Apr. 21 at Deaton Field.

Baseball: Saint Xavier pitcher Tyler Hebel capped off a dominant series over Trinity International on Friday, March 23, recording his second career no-hitter as the Cougars earned the doubleheader sweep, winning 17-5 in Game 1 and 25-0 behind Hebel’s performance in the abbreviated nightcap.

Hebel struck out three and walked just one over five innings of work, as the second Hebel game was called due to darkness at the end of five innings. At the plate, the Cougars collected 31 hits over just 12 innings between both contests.

Jack Gainer, of Oak Lawn, slugged his third home run of the season during a sevenrun second inning in the opening game. Ben Zordani and Matt Monahan had RBI doubles in the contest, and Drey Devereaux hit a Powell bases-clearing double during a six-run fifth inning. Logan Demato earned the win, throwing six innings and striking our five.

In Game 2, seven Cougar players recorded RBI during an 11-run outburst in the third inning. SXU recorded seven hits and drew four walks in the inning. The Cougars tacked on eight more runs in the following frame, half of them coming on a grand slam by Cameron Powell, his second home run of the season. Gainer struck again later in the inning with a three-run bomb.

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Better late than never for Red Stars Taylor Comeau scored the equalizing goal on a header off a corner kick in stoppage time as the Red Stars opened the season in dramatic fashion with a tie on the road against Houston.

The defender’s goal to knot the score at 1-1 came in the 91st minute of a game in which the Stars had trailed for more than 50 minutes.

With seconds remaining, Danielle Colaprico took a corner kick, where Comeau was met with the ball and headed it past the goalkeeper.

Halfway through the first half, Houston found its way into the 18-yard box, creating chaos for the Red Stars. Comeau made two big plays in the box that kept the game scoreless. Houston would take the lead in the 38th minute when forward Savannah Jordan dribbled into the box and sent the ball toward the far post, where rookie Kimberly Keever slotted the ball

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Team players: Julie Ertz, Sofia Huerta, Naeher and Casey Short. Following another strong preseason, Chicago has signed two new players to contracts ahead of the new season in 2018 NWSL college draft pick Emily Boyd and 2017 NWSL college draft pick Michele Vasconcelos.

Chicago will showcase some new faces including 2017 NWSL Golden Boot and MVP Sam Kerr, former Sky Blue FC midfielder Nikki Stanton and former Boston Breaker and New Zealand international team member Rosie White.

The Red Stars will return home to Toyota Park on Saturday, March 31, against the Portland Thorns. The match will take place following the Chicago Fire and Portland Timbers game, as part of a doubleheader.

Men’s basketball: Cyclones coach Tony Amarino is optimistic his program can keep the momentum going next season after a strong finish in 2017-18.

With a largely young and inexperienced team, the Cyclones needed some time to form a cohesive unit on the court, but after a 7-7 start finished the campaign 19-13 and 10-4 in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference. They held first place in the Skyway and could have secured a conference championship with a win in the final regular season game, but fell short.

“I think it went pretty well,” Amarino said to sum up the season. “We didn’t start off well, and down the stretch we lost some games we shouldn’t have. There were a lot of nice wins, and we played pretty well as a team, even in the losses.

We were in every game.”

Moraine will next season lose sophomores DeShawn Wilson, who earned All-Conference first team honors and was named to the All-Region second, and ranked third in NJCAA Division II with 105 steals; and David Gray, who was second team All-Conference and All-Region, but Amarino hopes to bring back a solid core and supplement those players with talented recruits.

“We have good incoming players and we’re still recruiting, but we can turn it around and have another good year,” he said.

Women’s basketball: The Cyclones faced the challenge of following up a 2016-17 season that ended with a trip to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament, and although they couldn’t repeat the same success did earn more than 20 wins and broke several offensive records.

Moraine’s season ended with a loss to Bryant & Stratton in the NJCAA Region IV semifinals. The Cyclones went 21-11 overall and 9-5 in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference, and twice broke the program record for points in game, scoring 122 to break the record of 113, then topping that with a 124-point performance. Moraine scored 100 points or more six times, and topped 90 points 10 times. They averaged 85.9 points per game, besting last year’s 79.8 average.

Players who added their names to the record books included freshman Ashley Hunter, who scored a school record for most points in a single game with 48, and in that contest finished 21-of-29 from the field to break the national record for field goals in a game. Hunter tallied 670 points for the season to put herself second in the Cyclone record book in that department.

Creighton Fed also got on the list for points in a single game, banking 43 to rank third all-time. Fed amassed 611 points this season, third best among Cyclones, while Kristin McGee collected 520.

Hunter, Fed and McGee each were named to the All-Region and All-Conference teams. Freshman Elizabeth Coffey also was named an All-Conference player.

“If you told me last May I’d finish with a 21-11 record, I wouldn’t believe it,” said Cyclones coach Delwyn Jones.

“We had a successful season. We accomplished a lot, were good and were one of the top teams in the region. I’m proud of these ladies for battling and fighting.”

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The Reporter Newspapers Call 448-6161 Deadline 5 p.m. Monday Hours M-F 9 to 5 Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.MARK J. HOLDA AKA MARK HOLDA AKA MARK J. HOLD A, LYDIA MICHELLE HOLDA FKA LYDIA ROJAS AKA LYDIA MICHELLE HOLDA, FIRST MIDWEST BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO PALOS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRU 2000 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1-500, LOMA VISTA NURSERY, CHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC DBA CHRYSLER FINANCIAL FKA DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICA LLC, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., CITY OF PALOS HEIGHTS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF PALOS BANK AND TRUST COMP S TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1-5000, REPUBLIC BANK OF CHICAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 8082 6833 WEST 127TH STREET 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 February 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 2, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6833 WEST 127TH STREET, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-31-107-010-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $305,827.17.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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

For information, contact the sales department, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.

AnselmoLindberg.com. Please refer to file number F12020147.

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

Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@anselmolindberg.com Attorney File No. F12020147 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 58852 Case Number: 12 CH 8082 TJSC#: 38-1206 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.

Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs.

JULIE KOKOSKA; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Defendants, 17 CH 12210 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-22-401-010-0000.

Commonly known as 8930 Chadbourn Drive, Orland Park, IL 60462.

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, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 2205611. 17-029923 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3079520

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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.LETICIA IBARRA, CORDOBA COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 17 CH 12192 9865 CORDOBA COURT, UNIT 2B Orland Park, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 19, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 9, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9865 CORDOBA COURT, UNIT 2B, Orland Park, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-16-204-025-1006 Vol. 146; 27-16-204-025-1019 Vol. 146; 27-16-204-0251020 Vol. 146.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $129,281.18.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 16-4080.

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

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 16-4080 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 17 CH 12192 TJSC#: 38-774 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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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD tollfree at 1 (800) 669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is: 1 (800) 927-9275.

Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GUARANTEED RATE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.JOSEPH S. SULLIVAN, JUDITH SULLIVAN Defendants 17 CH 005094 12939 S. SENECA ROAD 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 January 31, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 2, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 12939 S. SENECA ROAD, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 23-36-215-009-0000.

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 in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03702.

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 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03702 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 005094 TJSC#: 38-1279 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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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.APRIL MCDONNELL, MICHAEL DEMARCO Defendants 15 CH 011598 16718 HILLTOP AVENUE ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 3, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 16718 HILLTOP AVENUE, ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 Property Index No. 27-27-206-050-0000.

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 in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-11358.

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 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-11358 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 011598 TJSC#: 38-2249 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 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-J Plaintiff, vs.

STANLEY S. LATEK; BOBBIE LATEK; FIFTH THIRD BANK; U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; SILO RIDGE ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 2300 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-07-403-007-0000.

Commonly known as 71 SILO RIDGE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467.

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, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-002926 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3080590

Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

DAWN WILKUS; RICHARD J. WILKUS; CITIBANK, NA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CITIBANK, FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK; ORLAN-BROOK CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 12172 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 12, 2018 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-14-302-018-1014 and 27-14-302-0181112.

Commonly known as 15833 Orlan Brook Drive, Unit 14, Orland Park, IL 60462.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with 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: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 981-7385.

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Fountain of youth The latest in wellness trends can do more than just aid in appearances

By Jackson A. Thomas It’s often associated with surgery to achieve fuller lips. But these days, collagen has become a lip-worthy word in the wellness world. It’s being used as an injection, people are drinking it and it’s being used topically for its beauty perks.

Collagen has also been praised as a new go-to ingredient for soothing achy joints, improving gut and liver health, increasing metabolism and enhancing athletic performance. But can it really make a difference in your health?

Fighting through the pain March is Multiple Sclerosis Education Month. Find out how multiple sclerosis affects those diagnosed.

By Jackson A. Thomas

The ability to bring laundry to the basement and back upstairs to fold it can sometimes be taken for granted. For Chris Szabo, just walking to her patio became a serious situation. “Last summer, my right leg gave out going out to the patio,” says Szabo, a wife and mother in Rootstown, Ohio, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003. “I hit my head on concrete, and (my husband) Mike found me there passed out.

I was a little bruised and scraped up. We now have a medical alert system in place.”

When they moved into their house about five years ago, Szabo says everything had to be on the same floor. “I do not do stairs at all,” she says. “We never know when my right leg will go out. I have had numerous falls.”

She’s one of more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and more than two million worldwide who have MS, a chronic, unpredictable disease of the central nervous system in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue.

Different for everyone

Neurologist Dr. Elizabeth Morrison-Banks of the University of California Riverside School of Medicine says common signs and

symptoms include difficulty walking; balance impairment; numbness, tingling or pain; bladder and bowel dysfunction or vision impairment. Symptoms may fluctuate day to day depending on energy levels, exertion, acute illnesses and heat sensitivity.

“Everyone’s MS is different,” Morrison-Banks says. “Some people have a more severe disease course and develop multiple problems. Others have a much milder course with no visible symptoms.

At least initially, most people experience relapses and remissions of their neurological symptoms.”

Szabo is limited with her right leg and right hand and experiences weakness, numbness and fatigue.

“My mind blurs a lot,” she says.

“I tire quickly. MS patients have a low immune system, so I catch colds or the flu easy.”

Anyone may develop MS, but some patterns exist. “The average age of MS diagnosis is 33, but age at diagnosis can range from 18 to 55,” says neurologist Dr. Bruce Hughes of the Mercy Ruan Neurology Clinic in Des Moines, Iowa.

“Like most immune diseases, it is three times more common in females compared to males.”

Strong support system

Pain is a common issue, and physical therapy is one way to

help ease that pain and determine limitations and functionality.

Szabo says her support system has also helped improve and maintain her quality of life, especially since she can’t work and her husband is her primary caregiver. “He does a lot of the chores when I am not up to doing them,” she says.

“He takes me to all my doctors appointments and makes sure I am taking all my medications,.”

Morrison-Banks says a strong support system is important for a number of reasons. “Sometimes all the person with MS may need is for loved ones to be understanding when the person is having a challenging day,” she says.

You can also get involved with organizations such as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society or the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, which hold walks to raise money for research and support programs.

Szabo says some days it’s scary and frustrating to have MS. But most days she has a positive attitude and is grateful for the life she has.

“Sometimes I shed a tear or two,” she says. “I manage it. Day by day. I garden in the spring and summer. … I get up, move, stretch and rejoice that I only have MS, and I have a loving family and I can do this.”

The superfood status of fungi

By Lauren Styx Are you on mushrooms right now? If not, you should be. It’s not what you think. Yes, some people use them to enhance chicken marsala, and some use them to pursue psychedelic enlightenment, but if that’s all you see in a mushroom then you’re selling it short. People creatively consume fungi to sleep better, feel stronger and live longer.

Well, we have one question: Are mushrooms really magic?

Wellness trends come and go, and medicinal mushrooms might seem like the newest self-care method right now, but their benefits have been known for quite some time. For centuries, mushrooms have been used to produce health benefits of immunity, energy and longevity — even cancer-fighting properties.

You’ll see a lot of ‘shroom-usage in traditional Chinese medicine to fight viral, bacterial and fungal infections. And they provide important vitamins and antioxidants, as well.

So why do they seem to being gaining popularity now? Starla Sholl, a therapist in Chicago who swears by medicinal mushrooms and even leads workshops to educate the public about them, says it all has to do with science. Bottom line, Western cultures wanted clinical proof.

“In the last 20 years or so, the science has developed to actually demonstrate how and why mushrooms help us,” Sholl says. “Asian cultures have known the power of mushrooms for a long time, and now research is validating their use. Hundreds of studies are currently being done one everything from diabetes to cancer.”

Don’t be fooled by the term “medicinal mushrooms.” They don’t need to be prescribed by a doctor. You might even be famil-

Funky Fungi A quick rundown of the health benefits these spores can provide Reishi • Sleep aid • Stress relief • Immune system boost Cordyceps • Stress relief • Immune system boost • Improves liver function Lion’s Mane • Aids brain function Tremella • Beauty aid • Achy joint relief • Skin hydration Shiitake • Good source of Vitamin D • Brightens skin • Fights inflammation Chaga • Protects skin • High in antioxidants • Immune system boost Turkey Tail • Used in cancer treatment • Aids digestion iar with some of the most common consumed like shiitake and chaga. Others sound straight out of a fairy-tale, such as lion’s mane and turkey tail.

You don’t need to get your feet wet foraging in the forest to hop on this health trend. Companies like Four Sigmatic hope to inject medicinal mushrooms into the mainstream with products like mushroom coffee and hot chocolate. Via their website, you can order coffees, elixirs, cocoas, teas and more by the box. In hopes of further educating the public, the Finnish company even launched The Mushroom Academy, a free online video education course on mushrooms.

Another ‘shroom boomer is California-based smoothie and tonic

shop Lifehouse Tonics, which incorporates mushrooms into its offerings like the “fungi palmer,” an elixir of cold-pressed juice and four types of mushrooms. Don’t be surprised if you start to notice more mushrooms on a menu near you.

Whether you consume them via tea, coffee or capsule, mushroom blends can be eaten according to the season or health issue. Sholl takes kidney-related mushrooms in winter because the kidney is weakest during that time. She also shares a story about a woman who rid herself of allergies thanks to incorporating lung-related mushrooms into her diet. You just have to do your research. Most importantly, Sholl recommends 60-90 days of mushroom consumption to see real results.

“Some people believe these mushrooms are like Western medicine so they try them for a week or two,” Sholl says. “We’ve become so used to seeing products cure the symptom as opposed to what’s underneath. Medicinal mushrooms can help to heal the underlying cause.”

Just like anything else we consume, it’s good to be concerned about the origins of the mushrooms you’re about to eat.

Are they truly organic? Are they harvested sustainably? Is the whole mushroom being used, or just the root? Before you buy a year’s supply of mushroom matcha mix, make sure the fungi fruiting bodies are dual extracted, which means you’ll get both the waterand fat-soluble compounds of that mushroom — aka all the good, immunity-boosting stuff.

Plain or powdered, mushrooms provide undeniable health benefits.

So, whether you want to better your mood, boost your energy, strengthen your immune system or just get a better night’s sleep, there’s a ‘shroom for you.

Smooth skin like a baby

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body, says Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, owner of the Ash Center for Comprehensive Medicine in New York City. “It makes up a third of all protein found within the body,” Lyon says. “Collagen, in essence, gives structure and strength to our bodies.”

It’s made up of amino acids, the building blocks of protein, which are needed to repair muscles, bones and joints, and also keep hair and skin healthy. The body naturally produces collagen from amino acids, vitamins and minerals that we eat. It also may help heal gut issues, boost metabolism and muscle mass, improve liver health and protect the heart.

But production naturally declines as we get older, which means

the body can’t repair itself as fast as it once did.

“Although the process starts in our 20s, by age 40, the typical loss of collagen is 1 percent per year,” Lyon says. “Collagen loss is a natural process of the body. …

Genetics are the ultimate culprit.”

Collagen can help strengthen the skin and rebuild dead skin cells, as well as maintain the skin’s elasticity, says Dr. Shelena Lalji, founder of the Dr. Shel Wellness & Aesthetic Center in Sugar Land, Texas.

“Approximately 75 percent of the skin is comprised of collagen,” she says. “The loss of collagen as we age is what causes wrinkles, sagging skin and joint pain. Factor in other lifestyle factors, such as sun exposure, smoking and a high-sugar diet, and this also contributes to our bodies’ depletion of collagen.”

It’s not hard to tell when skin has sufficient collagen because it has a youthful and supple appearance. “Think of a baby’s face,” Lalji says. “Babies have so much collagen in their skin, which is what gives it that full and perfect appearance. Collagen is the adhesive that really holds the body together.”

Cost and safety

Collagen is typically safe to consume, Lyon says. Rarely, people may experience bloating, constipation or fatigue.

Some may experience more

severe symptoms if they have an allergic reaction, but the most common side effect is usually just a lingering taste in your mouth.

“When it comes to supplementing with a powder form of collagen, the benefits far outweigh the side effects, which affect less than 0.1 percent of the population that consume collagen supplements,” she says. “Collagen is very safe to consume in therapeutic doses.”

Jonny Bowden, a nutrition specialist based in Woodland Hills, California, echoes Lyon and Lalji.

Bowden says the cost of products won’t break your bank account, either. “It’s not expensive at all,” he says, adding that prices for pills, powders and other supplements can range between $7 to $50.

“Considering that some supplements … can run as high as 60 bucks a bottle, collagen is relatively cheap.”

Lyon says it’s hard to argue with the results. However, “The jury is still out when it comes to supplementing with collagen,” she says. “More rigorous studies are needed not just to know if they are useful but what the effective dosage may be for each issue.”

Fresh ‘people’ foods prove to be a healthy feast for pets

By Jessica Perkins Feeding a pet table scraps has long been discouraged, for fear of poor pet nutrition or gastronomical problems. However, a growing number of veterinarians and pet nutritionists are steering their patients away from processed pet foods toward a fresh diet, which includes human-grade meats and vegetables.

According to veterinary nutritionist Dr. Justin Shmalberg, the benefits of a fresh diet include increased energy, a stronger immune system, smaller stools and improved weight control. A fresh diet will also help protect pets from carcinogens and artificial ingredients that can be found in wet and dry processed pet foods.

With the introduction of genetically modified foods, the idea of what constitutes good pet nutrition has become more complicated, says holistic veterinarian Cynthia Maro.

“Truth in labeling in pet food is not the same as it is in human food,” she says. “It’s become more and more challenging to recommend processed foods and more of my clients are moving towards raw diets1 (for their pets).”

Good food for pets includes raw or steamed vegetables such as broccoli stems and unprocessed

pumpkin filling, which are both rich source of fiber, says Maro.

For her own dogs, she uses raw apple slices for treats, and raw animal bones instead of processed dog biscuits.

Schmalberg recommends a diet that consists of real, whole ingredients — meat, vegetables, healthy oils and vitamins and minerals.

Other healthy options include carrots, kale, spinach, human-grade meat and fresh fish.

“The biggest misconception I see pet owners having about nutrition is that dogs are carnivores, when we know that nutritionally they are omnivores,” Shmalberg says. “Vegetables have a variety of interesting compounds that can affect health and the response to disease.”

Cats, unlike dogs, according to Shmalberg, are carnivores, and

their diets require more protein and fats. Therefore, they should be fed moderate amounts of vegetables and starches and higher amounts of protein-rich foods.

While fresh food is ideal, there are a few things to consider when buying processed pet foods. Maro suggests that owners regularly review pet recall lists. She also warns against pet foods that include “meal” as a primary ingredient. Look for ingredient lists that include protein.

Maro and Schmalberg recommend that pet owners consult a pet nutritionist when establishing a homemade diet.

1. The FDA discourages feeding raw meats to pets, as this can present bacteria risks. However, Dr. Maro says pets can eat properly prepared raw meat.

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Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary season finale on April 14 pairs the work of an up and coming composer (and former classmate of Maestro Kirov) with two beloved masters: Dvořák and Tchaikovsky.

“I am very excited for us to present this wonderful and diverse program at our season finale,” Kirov said. “Opening the evening with Gity Razaz’s piece, “Arizona Dreams” is more than inspiring.

I got to know Gity’s work when we were both students at Juilliard and was always impressed by the magical orchestral universes she creates.”

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Ozinga Chapel, 6601 W. College Drive, on the campus of Trinity Christian College in Palos

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Hailed by the New York Times as “ravishing and engulfing,” Gity Razaz’s music ranges from concert solo pieces to large symphonic works. Her compositions have been commissioned and performed by the New York Virtuoso Singers, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Albany Symphony Orchestra and others. Her original score for Ballet Moscow had its world premiere in June 2017.

The evening program also includes Dvořák’s folk-inspired, nature-themed Czech Suiteand Tchaikovsky’s expressive Fifth Symphony, one of the greatest symphonic masterpieces of all times.

“With all these exciting elements in place, I am confident that

we are in for another unforgettable night at the IPO!” Kirov said.

A pre-concert Q&A with Maestro Kirov and new IPO Concertmaster Azusa Tashiro will take place in the hall at 6:25 p.m.

Pre-concert lobby music will be provided by the H-F Strings from 6:45-7:15 p.m.

The IPO Ozinga Chapel box office opens one hour before the performance on concert night.

Single tickets start at $25 in advance. Student tickets are $10, and group tickets are available with a minimum of seven patrons.

Ticketing fees may apply.

Tickets may be ordered online at ipomusic.org or by calling (708) 481-7774.

Daversa, Marshall Gilkes, Shawn Purcell and others.

In February, he performed as a

tuba soloist with the Illinois Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra as a winner of the IWU Concerto-Aria Competition.

Gardner has experience with students of all ages, specializing in band instruments and bass guitar, and loves sharing his passion for music with everyone, said McCord Gallery in a news release. “His positive energy fosters a love of music and a desire to strive for excellence in his students.”

Lessons with Gardner are available in bass, brass and woodwind instruments. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 671-0648.

The Center to celebrate Easter, spring with activities Musician Jack Gardner returns to McCord Gallery The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, has announced a slate of activities for the days ahead.

For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650.

• Easter Egg Roundup at the Children’s Farm happens Saturday March 31 and there are only a few afternoon time slots remaining.

Children ages 9 and younger, accompanied by parents, are invited for a special day of decorating an egg from the chicken coop, visiting the bunnies, riding a horse, seeing the farm animals wearing their best Easter bonnets, meeting the Easter Bunny and finding a colored egg in the Easter Bunny’s Magic Forest. Advance tickets for the Easter Egg Roundup are required to make sure enough eggs and treats on are hand for all participants. Tickets are $25 per child and there is no charge for accompanying adults or older siblings. Call ahead to inquire about ticket availability.

• Easter Sunrise Service will be celebrated at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 1. The service starts in the Great Hall of the Lodge and moves up to the Chapel garden for the conclusion of the celebration. After the service, all are invited back to the Lodge for coffee, fellowship and hot cross buns. Participants should dress to be outdoors.

• Spring Junior Farmers Sessions begin Monday, April 2.

Paul Purdy, The Center’s youth program manager, will lead the 2018 late spring session of Junior Farmers. Classes during the sixweek session are held Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

Offerings are available for children from 3 to 12. The program will be embracing the warmer weather and welcoming all of 2018’s new babies. Springtime Junior Farmers

The McCord Gallery and Cultural Center, 9602 W. Creek Rd. in Palos Park has announced the return of Jack Gardner, an alumnus of McCord’s music program.

Gardner studied bass with Damien Aherne and has since graduated summa cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University with a B.M.E. degree, completing his student teaching in the Indian Prairie School District (Naperville and Aurora).

A dedicated performer as well as an educator, Jack has played across genres, with experience in jazz, rock, pop and classical settings. He has played with John

The Children’s Farm fun.

will be interacting with chicks, ducklings, lambs, calves, kids and more.

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII Luncheon will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday April 3. Six women and their six stories will be told. These fascinating women led equally fascinating lives—apart from the manner in which they ended. Educational entertainer Martina Mathisen interweaves tales of power, personality, and politics. Luncheons cost $22 and Educational entertainer Martina advance reservations are necessary. Mathisen.

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS Guided bird walks at Orland Grassland

Two days of guided birding in one weekend is approaching at Orland Grassland, just west of 167th and LaGrange Road.

A bird migration walk is set for 7 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 31.

A walk to see American Woodcocks and their aerial mating show is scheduled for 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 1.

Master Naturalist Marnie Baker and Bird Conservation Network monitor Mike McNamee are the Orland Grassland volunteers leading the walks. The evening walk is by special permit from the Forest Preserves of Cook County, as the site closes at dusk to the public.

Meet-up is at the parking lot on 167th Street just west of La Grange road. Dress for the weather and wear shoes appropriate for walking in natural terrain. Bring bug spray, binoculars and a camera for photo ops. For the woodcock walk, bring a flashlight, too.

For more information about Orland Grassland, visit orlandgrassland.org.

Finish school year strong at Bridge Teen Center

The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Ct., Orland Park, offers several free events for teens in seventh through 12th grade.

For more information, call (708) 532-0500.

• Knitting Basics will be taught from 4 to 6 p.m. today, March 29. Students will practice important skills every knitter needs, like making a slipknot, casting on yarn, and weaving in the ends.

• Project Serve: Thrift Store is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. today, March 29. Students will spend an afternoon sorting, cleaning, and shelving donated items at The Bridge Thrift Store. Community service hours will be given.

• Students will be taught how to “Reboot Your Tired Brain” from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. Students will learn how to finish the school year strong with tips on studying with more purpose and less stress.

• Chocolate and Charades will be featured from 4 to 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 4. Students will enjoy a game of charades while eating all types of chocolate.

• DIY Worry Boxes will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 4. Students will design and take home their own worry boxes to help them better control and process various thoughts and emotions.

Band cavalcade set at Moraine Valley

The Moraine Valley Commu-

nity College Academic Music Department will present a Cavalcade of the Bands at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 7 in Building G gymnasium, at the college, 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills.

Admission is free.

The concert will feature the Moraine Valley Concert Band, directed by Douglass Bratt; Tinley Park Community Band, directed by Barbara Abarro; West Suburban Concert Band, directed

by Hank Hiorns; and the Joliet American Legion Band, under the director of Kevin Macha.

“This concert will be the first time since 2014 the groups have gotten together to perform. Combined community band concerts are a fun way to build connections between like-minded adult and college band musicians who have a passion for performing great concert band music,” Bratt said.

Each band will perform selections that include traditional concert band melodies, show tunes, movie themes and concert marches. The bands will combine to perform the “Star Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful,” and will close the concert with John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

For more information, contact Bratt at bratt@morainevalley.edu

Borscht with Crème Fraîche.

A soup suitable for springtime Spring might not be a season many people associate with soup, but the following recipe for “Borscht with Crème Fraîche” from Laurey Masterton’s “The Fresh Honey Cookbook” (Storey) makes an ideal spring appetizer, even for those people who are not big on beets.

BORSCHT WITH CRÈME FRAÎCHE Serves 4 For the crème fraîche • 2 cups heavy cream • 2 cups sour cream For the borscht • 1 bunch (1 pound) baby beets, with tops • 1 pound new potatoes • 1/2 cup honey, preferably avocado honey • Sea salt • Fresh dill for garnish (optional) 1. To make the crème fraîche, combine the heavy cream and sour

cream in a jar. Shake thoroughly to mix and place in a warm pot overnight. Once the cream has thickened, refrigerate until ready to use. Crème fraîche will keep in the refrigerator for 1 week.

2. Cut off the beet tops and chop them. Combine the beets, the chopped tops and the potatoes in a 6-quart soup pot and cover with about 2 quarts of cold water. (Don’t completely fill the pot; put in just enough water to cover the vegetables.) Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook until the beets can be pierced with a fork, about 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the vegetables.

3. Prepare an ice-water bath by filling a large bowl with ice water. Remove the beets and the potatoes from the cooking liquid using a slotted spoon. Plunge the cooked beets into the ice-water bath and slip the skins off. Strain the cooking liquid through a sieve or colander and into a bowl. Compost the beet skins and the cooked

beet greens.

4. Grate or chop the beets and potatoes and return to the broth.

Add the honey and season with salt to taste.

5. Serve hot with 1 tablespoon crème fraîche per serving. Add a sprinkle of fresh dill on top, if you like.