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50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OAK LAWN TORNADO

‘Like someone dropped a bomb’

The monster storm of 1967 killed 33 people in the village, injured over 500 and left a path of devastation

By Joe Boyle • The Reporter Editor

J

ohn Brodemus recalls that it was a warm day. His primary goal at age 17 on that late afternoon was to ask the girl he was with to go on a date. However, his intentions and focus changed rapidly when he looked up and felt rain coming down and black clouds rushing toward them.

He and the girl ran into her home on the 9300 block of Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn and took cover in the kitchen with other members of the girl’s family.

“It was loud, but I can’t say that I heard a train,” Brodemus said. “She lived near trains. But when I came out, I knew.”

Brodemus, like thousands of Photos courtesy of Oak Lawn Library other Oak Lawn residents, were Ambulances were a common sight along Oak Lawn streets after the F4 tornado hit Oak Lawn on April 21, 1967. stunned after scanning the aftermath of the F4 tornado that ripped through Oak Lawn and portions of Hometown and Evergreen Park on April 21, 1967.

The tornado could also be seen, although with considerably less might, in Chicago before disappearing in Lake Michigan.

But in its path in Oak Lawn, 33 people died and over 500 were injured. The winds were reported to have been as fast as 200 miles per hour.

The 50th anniversary of the deadly tornado that ravaged Oak Lawn and surrounding communities will be recognized at an exhibit that opens at 6 p.m. FriSorting through the wreckage, emergency crews are pictured on Holding an injured child, an unidentified firefighter speaks with survivors day, April 21 at the Oak Lawn Library, 9427 S. Raymond Ave. April 21, 1967 in one of Oak Lawn’s hardest-hit areas. shortly after the tornado ravaged Oak Lawn 50 years ago.

The exhibit will feature over 100 images, archival footage of the aftermath and recollections from witnesses.

The National Weather Service had issued a tornado watch at 1:50 p.m. that day for much of central Joe Boyle’s and northern Il- column has linois. The town more about of Belvidere, 65 the tornado miles northwest of 1967. of Chicago, was Page 3 struck by the tornado. Other northwestern suburban communities were struck by a tornado just after 5 p.m. that resulted in 20 deaths.

Kevin Korst, the local history coordinator for the Oak Lawn Library and author of “Oak Lawn Tornado of 1967,” wrote that at 5:15 p.m. an off-duty weather bureau employee witnessed a mass of clouds forming directly overhead.

The clouds began to move near 88th Avenue, the current site of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. The clouds See TORNADO, Page 7

McAuley students, Mercy Circle residents provide ‘Gifts of Hope’ Lipinski vows fed action on airlines’ bumping

By Kelly White

Sister Marion Johnson, RSM, was born in Minnesota. She moved to several different locations before finding a place in Oak Lawn, where she resided for over 30 years, a place she holds dear to her heart.

She currently resides at Mercy Circle, a faith-based, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community at 3659 W. 99th St., Chicago, that is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest. Prior to that, she was a biology professor at St. Xavier University for 35 years, and she is still on the Board of Trustees for Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School.

Sr. Marion used her love for the community to help spearhead “Gift

of Hope,”’ the assembling of 60 handmade Easter baskets to be delivered to children through Margaret’s Village in Chicago.

Margaret’s Village provides transitional housing for the homeless women, children and families of South Chicago and empowers the broader community.

The project brought generations together. Sr. Marion was assisted with the baskets at Mercy Circle

by Chicago Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th), state Rep. Fran Hurley (D35th), state Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18th), along with Mercy Circle residents and Mother McAuley High School students.

Items used to fill the baskets consisted of plastic eggs filled with candy, stuffed animals, pencils, and

toothbrushes. More items were donated by O’Shea, McAuley’s Mothers Club and Mercy Circle.

The Easter baskets were then delivered by Mercy Circle residents and Mother McAuley students and mothers last Thursday to youngsters and teens living in homeless shelters sponsored by Margaret’s Village.

“This was a really lovely event and I thought it was just wonderful to see everyone coming together for such a great cause,” Sr. Marion said.

“I love working with the McAuley girls. I have developed a kinship with them over the years.”

McAuley students participated on a volunteer basis. Working alongside Johnson was McAuley freshman See GIFTS, Page 8

You buy a seat, you get a seat, congressman says

By Tim Hadac

of sexual assaults a while ago but I was proud of how our community worked together to solve the crime. And we were able to arrest the perpetrators.”

Returning to his business theme, Howley said the economy is starting to come back. He praised the efforts of the city’s Public Works Department that assisted in planting 125 trees in Hickory Hills. The installation of more efficient water meters throughout the city has been a great addition, the mayor said.

In the wake of a United Airlines passenger being forcibly dragged from a jet at O’Hare International Airport earlier this month, Cong. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) is vowing action that may end the practice of involuntary bumping.

The congressman, a senior member of the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Lipinski said he may help lead federal action to “require that when you buy a plane ticket, that you are guaranteed to be on that flight. Right now, you’re not guaranteed to have a seat on that flight…you’re just guaranteed that the airline will get you to your destination at some time. I think that needs to change…so they would not be able to force anyone off a flight.”

Lipinski’s call to action was made in a conversation he had with The Reporter on Saturday at an outdoor Easter egg hunt at Hale Park on Chicago’s Southwest Side, as passenger jets roared overhead on the way to and from Midway Airport, just seven blocks east.

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See LIPINSKI, Page 2

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State Rep. Fran Hurley (D-35th) puts together Easter baskets alongside Mercy Circle resident, Sister Jacquie Dewar, RSM, at Mercy Circle in Chicago.

Palos Hills, Hickory Hills mayors forsee business resurgence

By Joe Boyle The mayors of Hickory Hills and Palos Hills are confident about the future of their communities thanks to some positive signs they see after years of stagnation due to the recession.

Mike Howley, mayor of Hickory Hills, and Gerald Bennett, mayor of Palos Hills, informed members of the Hills Chamber last Thursday during their “State of the City” addresses that the business climate is improving in both communities.

Howley spoke about future development plans that will take place at the old Sabre Room, which was torn down last month. Future development at the site will have housing for seniors, he said.

“I can tell you that a good 75 percent will be residential homes,” Howley told the crowd that gathered at the Hickory Hills Recreation Department. “It will give our seniors an opportunity to stay in town.”

Howley also praised local School District 117 and Conrady Junior High School.

“Conrady is on the short list to be named to the Blue Ribbon list for the state,” Howley said. “Twenty-one classrooms are being remodeled. Our school district is doing well with the funds they have.”

The Hickory Hills mayor spoke highly of the Hickory Hills Police Department.

“I can speak for Hickory and Palos Hills and our communities are a low crime area,” Howley said. “But even in safe communities you are going to have some incidents. We had a couple

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Greg Weiss, board member of the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn, reads a story to these youngsters at last Thursday’s book fair at the Barnes and Noble Book Store in Orland Park. The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn sponsored the event.

Chicago Ridge Drug possession

• Brianne Gerage, 25, of the 9600 block of South Austin Avenue, Oak Lawn, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, a felony, at 7:30 p.m. April 11 in the 10600 block of South Ridgeland Avenue.

Tactical officers reported witnessing her conduct an apparent drug transaction, and said she was in possession of heroin and prescription Xanax pills. She was held for a bond hearing last Thursday.

• Dennis Maddox, 36, of the 8100 block of South Neenah Avenue, Burbank, was charged with possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop at 10:50 a.m. April 12 in the 10500 block of South Harlem Avenue.

Police said he was found in possession of methamphetamines and cocaine. He was also cited for driving with a suspended license, obstruction of justice for providing a false name, failure to wear a seatbelt, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they also found that he was wanted on two outstanding Cook County warrants. He was held pending a bond hearing on Saturday.

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Lipinski

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The congressman’s pledge to act comes in the wake of an April 9 incident that saw a ticketed passenger, 69-year-old Dr. David Dao of Kentucky, yanked from his seat by Chicago Department of Aviation security staff and dragged off a United Airlines jet after he was selected for involuntary removal. He was one of four paying customers involuntarily bumped from the Chicago-to-Louisville flight because it was over the allowable limit of passengers. The other three left without incident.

The involuntary bumping occurred after no passengers accepted an offer of up to $800 in air-travel vouchers to give up their seats for four airline employees who were added at the last minute because they were needed to cover an unstaffed flight at another location.

Cellphone video of the incident — which shows Dao dazed and bloodied after being dragged down an aisle — has shocked people around the world and triggered calls for air carriers to end involuntary bumping.

While Lipinski said that passenger air carriers “appear to be learning” from the firestorm of negative publicity around the incident and have taken some steps to prevent future occurrences by increasing incentives to convince passengers to agree to be bumped from over-booked flights, he said it may not be enough. The congressman said it is likely that lawmakers will take stronger action through federal legislation — most likely the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill, which his subcommittee will work on next month.

“No passenger should ever be put through what Dr. Dao was,” the congressman added.

“It appears that the boarding system broke down at many levels, and I am continuing to receive updates from the U.S. Department of Transportation, United, and the Chicago Department of Aviation about what occurred, what they are planning to do to prevent it from occurring again, and who will be held accountable.

No passenger should be forced to give up a seat on a flight on which they purchased a ticket, much less dragged off a plane.”

Lipinski, who typically flies up to 90 times a year on commercial jets, told The Reporter that people “are very unhappy with their flying experience these days. The airlines nickel and dime you for everything.”

The congressman has pushed for changes in air carriers’ operating procedures in the past. Last year, he proposed legislation that would require airlines to refund baggage fees for passengers if their luggage is substantially delayed. It was adopted by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

In 2015 he introduced legislation that would stop airlines from charging passengers a fee if they change flights because the bathrooms on their plane are out of order.

“I think it’s a shame where we’re at the point where the government has to step in to take care of these issues,” he continued. “The airlines really should be treating their passengers with more respect, but obviously aren’t. The flying experience has really gotten more difficult, more unpleasant — which is curious because the airlines are all making a lot of money these days.

They need to be treating their passengers better.”

Battery off nse

Bernard Mrumlinski, 56, of the 15500 block of Canterbury Lane, Orland Park, was charged with battery after police responded to a disturbance in the 7000 block of West Mather Lane at 8:50 p.m. April 12. Police reported that Mrumlinski and another man argued over a parking space, and Mrumlinski allegedly grabbed and pushed the other man.

He is due in court on June 5.

Domestic battery

Akram A. Mohammed, of the 10600 block of South Central Avenue, was charged with domestic battery following a disturbance at his home at 1:55 p.m. last Thursday.

Police said he allegedly slapped, pushed and spit in the face of a family member. He was held pending a bond hearing on Tuesday.

Suspended license

• Caprice S. Lee, 25, of the 9800 block of South Sayre Avenue, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 10:25 a.m. April 6 at 99th Street and Harlem Avenue. Police said she was also cited for driving without insurance, disobeying a stop sign, speeding, and expired registration. She is due in court on April 27.

• Zena Wren, 43, of the 11600 block of South Parnell Avenue, Chicago Ridge, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 1:20 a.m. April 11 at 111th Street and Lombard Avenue. She is due in court on May 12.

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Ariel Wakefield, 22, of Chicago, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon following a traffic stop at 6:02 p.m. April 9 in the 2300 block of West 87th Street.

Police said a stun gun was found in her car. She was also cited for driving with a suspended license and no insurance, and failure to signal when required.

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Suspended license

James E. Pippens, 42, of the 8400 block of West 95th Street, Hickory Hills, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 2:35 a.m. Saturday in the 7800 block of West 95th Street. Police said he was also cited for improper lighting because only one headlight was working. He is due in court on May 23.

Cannabis possession

• Jorge R. Espinoza, 21, of the 7700 block of South Kilbourn Avenue, was issued a local ordinance violation for possession of cannabis following a traffic stop at 12:42 a.m. Friday in the 8700 block of South 84th Court.

He was also cited for having no

front license plate. Police said 2.2 grams of cannabis was found in the car. He is due at a hearing at Hickory Hills City Hall on May 2.

• Mohammed W. Khatib, 27, of the 8800 block of West 98th Street, Palos Hills, was issued a local ordinance violation for possession of cannabis following a traffic stop at 3:52 p.m. April 7 in the 9500 block of South Roberts Road. Police said he turned over a bag containing 1.7 grams of cannabis. He was also cited for speeding. He is due at a hearing at Hickory Hills City Hall on May 2.

Oak Lawn DUI charge

Ivica I. Lazich, 40, of Lyons, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 95th Street and Cicero Avenue at 3:51 a.m. April 5. Police said he was also cited for improper lane usage, speeding, failure to signal, and no proof of insurance. He is due in court on May 4.

Suspended license

Robert T. Hollon, 32, of Evergreen Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 10:43 a.m. April 10 at 107th Street and Kildare Avenue. Police said he was also cited for disobeying a stop sign, driving without insurance. He is due in court on June 5.

Retail theft

Stephanie A. Maritato, 29, of Brookfield, was charged with retail theft at 2:14 p.m. April 10 at Mariano’s, 11000 S. Cicero Ave. Police said she was stopped outside after leaving the store with a cart full of merchandise worth $1,158,77, including medicine, energy drinks and toilet tissue. Police said she was also charged with a retail theft of merchandise worth $979.64 taken from the same store on April 6. Maritato also was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia and hypodermic needles. They said three pipes used to smoke cannabis, and 10 hypodermic needles, including one filled with heroin, were found in a search of her purse. She was held for a bond hearing on April 11.

Street racing

Two Chicago men face charges after police said they were caught street-racing at 12:49 a.m. April 10 at Southwest Highway and Melvina Avenue. Police said Jorge Garcia-Figueroa, 19, and John Lennon Felix, 21, were stopped for speeding 79 mph in a 30 mph zone. They were both cited for aggravated speeding and street racing, and Felix was cited for driving without insurance. Both due in court on May 4.

Drug possession

Perry C. Singleton, 27, of Midlothian, was charged with

possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop at 1:54 a.m. April 13 at 95th Street and Kostner Avenue. Police said two bags containing 9.2 grams of cocaine were found hidden in his clothing, along with one Alprazolam pill and .8 grams of marijuana. He was also charged with driving with a suspended license and possession of cannabis. Singleton was held for a bond hearing.

Revoked license

Issa M. Alsmadi, 53, of Chicago Ridge, was charged with driving with a revoked license following a traffic stop at 8:04 a.m. April 11 in the 9300 block of South Cicero Avenue. Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance or registration, and illegal use of registration. He is due in court on May 30.

Illegal weapons possession

Mark Brown Jr., 29, of Harvey, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon following a traffic stop at 5:33 p.m. April 6 in the 9500 block of South Pulaski Road.

Police said a pair of brass knuckles was found in the center console of the car. Brown was also charged with driving without a valid license or insurance. He was held for a bond hearing.

Palos Hills Retail theft

Philip Parr, 40, of Worth, was charged with retail theft at 3 p.m.

Friday at Walgreens, 11053 Southwest Highway. Police said he took cigars out of the store without paying for them. He is due in court on May 18.

Check fraud

A resident of the 11200 block of Cottonwood Drive reported being the victim of check fraud at 4 p.m. April 11. Police said the man told them someone in Virginia electronically cashed two checks against his account without his knowledge.

Battery reports

• Police are investigating a report of battery that allegedly occurred at Studio Cuts hair salon, 10148 S. Roberts Road, at 2 p.m.

Saturday. Police said a person reported being slapped and punched by another customer while getting a haircut.

• Police were called to a disturbance in the 11100 block of South Roberts Road at 11 p.m. Friday.

The alleged victim told police he was battered by someone because of a $5 debt, but he refused to press charges.

Car is stolen

A gold 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle was reported stolen from the 11100 block of South Heritage Drive at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The car was allegedly taken from outside a residence.

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cago, was charged with retail theft at Mariano’s, 2559 W. 95th St., at 8:43 a.m. April 12. Police said he took four packs of energy drinks and other items worth $96.20 in total. He was also charged with resisting a peace officer, obstructing identification, unlawful use of ID, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said he pushed and pulled away from an officer who detained him, provided a false identification card, and possessed a Social Security card that was not his. They said he also had a metal pipe used to smoke crack cocaine.

• Cynthia Johnson-Thomas, 56, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at Menards, 9100 S. Western Ave., at 2:42 p.m. April 11. Police said she took a tool set and stereo headset worth a total of $103.96.

• Deandre Banks, 22, of Evergreen Park, was charged with retail theft at 6:18 p.m. April 9 at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St. Police said he took three video games valued at $41.86.

• Lisa Cobbs, 22, of Dolton, was charged with retail theft at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., at 6:57 p.m. April 7. Police said she took four pieces of jewelry worth $29.88.

• Jamon Darring, 18, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St., at 12:59 p.m. April 7. Police said he took four beverages worth $11.97.

• Jarad McCree, 28, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at 4:28 p.m. last Thursday at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St. Police said he took batteries and lighters worth a total of $68.22.

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Leo High School Alumni to hold annual banquet The Leo High School Alumni Association will hold its annual banquet beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 28 at the Chateau Del Mar, 8301 W. 95th St., Hickory Hills.

The “Man of the Year” Award will be given along with Hall of Fame inductions. All classes are invited.

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

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Magic Forest Brothers Nathan, 8, and Ryan Kieffer, 5, of Chicago Ridge, proudly show off the eggs they found in the Magic Forest on their way to see the Easter Bunny during the Easter Egg Roundup at The Children’s Farm in Palos Park on Saturday. Hundreds of families enjoyed warm weather for the annual event at 12700 Southwest Highway, which also included petting and grooming farm animals, pony rides, and coloring Easter eggs, in addition to the trip to see the Easter Bunny.

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Memories of tornado are still vivid 50 years later can’t recall specifically the events that led up to the devastating tornado that ripped through Oak Lawn and portions of Evergreen Park and Hometown on April 21, 1967.

It was raining hard late that afternoon. I can recall hail and the branches on large trees bending back and forth. I imagine there were some large branches that were on the street that neighbors pushed to the front lawns of homes in the Washington Heights neighborhood where I lived in Chicago.

But I remember other large storms in the 1960s, in which the tree branches bended back and forth, followed by hail and thunder.

I did not live in Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park or Hometown at the time. It was earlier that evening that I learned that a tornado hit these communities, with Oak Lawn sustaining Joe the most damage. My father was a Chicago firefighter and he often worked side jobs on Boyle his days off. He was working on the city’s Southeast Side. He recalled seeing in the distance a small funnel cloud touching up and down in the distance while he was waiting at a stoplight. Some debris was flying in the air.

He recalled that it seemed to vanish. The accounts I heard about the tornado said the winds began to die down as the twister approached the lake. My father was not far from Lake Michigan and essentially saw the final phase of the tornado.

But the survivors of that tornado that ravaged the southwest suburbs 50 years ago on Friday have a different story. The most repeated comments I’ve heard and read was that it sounded like a roaring train that grew louder and louder. Many people mentioned that the sky had a green-blue look to it, followed quickly by black clouds and hail.

Oak Lawn resident Mary Lou Harker, who has been active in several organizations in the community and has served as a historian, recalls that it was strangely silent. She mentioned that the birds quit singing and seemingly disappeared. Like many other witnesses, she recalls the dark clouds rolling in, and the hail.

Harker and her family survived the F4 tornado with winds estimated at about 200 miles per hour. But other residents were not so fortunate. Eighteen people died at the corner of 95th Street and Southwest Highway, adjacent to Oak Lawn Community High School. Some of the vehicles that were waiting at the stoplight were tossed in the air, some of which slammed into the pedestrian overpass.

The end result was that 33 people were killed in Oak Lawn alone. The tornado also touched down in Belvidere, a town 65 miles northwest of Chicago, and some northwest suburbs. Over 500 people were injured in Oak Lawn and over 1,000 overall.

The tornado touched down in the village at 5:24 p.m.

Students who were at Oak Lawn High School for afterschool activities including sports programs came out after the tornado ripped through the area to assist looking for survivors and cleaning up debris. Business in that area either completely destroyed or sustained heavy damage were Oak Lawn Community High School’s south end, Shoot’s Lynwood Lounge, Fisher’s Motel, the Fairway Super Mart, Sherwood Forest Restaurant and two gas stations.

The one image that stands out in the minds of residents was the Suburban Transit Company at 95th and Menard. Buses were actually piled upon other buses and vehicles.

The tornado damaged St. Gerald School and then raced to near 91st and Cicero and virtually destroyed the Airway Trailer Park and the Oak Lawn Roller Rink. I had heard about the roller rink because some kids I knew planned to go the popular location that day but didn’t.

One strange aspect of the tornado is that it snowed a couple of days later. Firefighters, public works employees and volunteers covered homes in which the roofs were torn off because of the tornado.

I recall going with my father several days later to view the carnage along 95th Street. Not being that familiar with the area at the time, I just looked at the piles of bricks and leveled buildings. Flattened vehicles were still a common sight several days later. The area near 95th Street and Southwest Highway resembled a war zone.

John Brodemus was 17 at the time and a senior at Oak Lawn High School. He was one of the survivors, stunned looking at the destruction later. He saw the buses on top of other buses at the Suburban Transit Company, and that sight still stands out in his mind. A former science teacher at Oak Lawn High and Richards high schools, he is now retired and lives in Oswego.

But what happened on that day is still permanently etched in his memories.

“When you have days that can be sunny with high humidity, I become leery of days like that,” Brodemus said. “About 90 percent of tornadoes are preceded by hail. If you are hearing train-like sounds, you need to take immediate shelter.”

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HICKORY HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Hickory Hills will opt out of Cook County law for minimum wage increase

By Sharon L. Filkins The Hickory Hills City Council members last Thursday joined a growing number of suburban communities who are opting out of an upcoming Cook County law mandating an increase in minimum wages and paid sick time.

The new laws will be in effect July 1, but according to Vince Cainkar, city attorney, the law stipulates any municipality can opt out, whether they have home rule authority or not.

“This issue needs to be addressed at a statewide level, not a county level,” he said.

Ald. John Szeszycki (2nd) questioned why Hickory Hills had to abide by Cook County’s mandate prohibiting sales of weapons from private residences, but could opt out of an upcoming mandate to increase the minimum wage rates and offer paid sick days. The council had approved the ordinance at their March 23 meeting.

Mayor Mike Howley explained that only home-rule municipalities could opt out of the prohibition of gun sales from private homes and Hickory Hills is not home-rule.

Howley added that non-home rule municipalities can opt out of the law regarding minimum wage hikes and paid sick leave.

“If there is a concern that it will burden local businesses, we chose to opt out,” said Howley.

In other business, a contract was awarded to Gallagher Asphalt in the amount of $322,860 for 2017 resurfacing projects, funded

by Motor Fuel Tax funds. Gallagher was the lowest of five bidders, according to Mike Spolar, city engineer.

An invoice in the amount of $117,940 was approved for Insituform Technologies USA, LLC for storm sewer rehabilitation from 89th Avenue to 87th Street.

Also approved for Insituform Technologies USA, LLC was a payment of $13,896 for sanitary sewer rehabilitation. Spolar stated there is also a $150,000 reimbursement from the Community Development Block Grant funding for this project.

Public Works Director Larry Boettcher reported that 120 new trees have been planted across the city.

“Twenty of the trees were part of the shared-cost program with residents, while the remaining 100 trees were paid for by the city,” Boettcher said.

City Clerk Dee Catizone said that the four re-elected aldermen — Brian Waight, Debbie Ferrero, Brian Fonte and Joseph Stachnik — will be installed at the April 27 meeting.

Rush speaks out against U.S. Attorney General’s position on police policies Cong. Bobby Rush (D-1st) sent assassination of Dr. Martin Luther a letter to U.S. Attorney General King Jr., who was murdered in Jeff Sessions asking him to re- Memphis on April 4, 1968, where scind his memorandum he was at in support to Justice Department of striking sanitation officials who are orderworkers. ing a review of consent “I demand (that) Atdecrees with local law torney General Sesenforcement agencies, sions retreat from his including Chicago. position (and) that he Rush said the move stop this memoranindicates the protection dum from circulating of citizens against poin the department; and lice brutality, misthat he see the light conduct, civil rights of day that many inRush violations and fatal nocent American citishootings may be in zens are being killed jeopardy. because of the wayward actions The congressman spoke out of those police officers who about Sessions’ effort on April think that they are above the 4 as he talked about Rekia Boyd law,” Rush said. and Laquan McDonald, who died “They can’t just continue to kill in Chicago police shootings. His wantonly and think that they are floor statement also commemo- above the American law and the rated the 49th anniversary of the American Constitution.”

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Easter Bunny hops over to visit St. Patricia students, families St. Patricia Parish and School families in Hickory Hills enjoyed the Annual Easter Bunny Visit that was held on the parish grounds on April

2. The Easter Bunny brought Easter s’mores treats with little bunny Peeps. The special guest also enjoyed snuggle time with the children and

joined in the Easter Egg Hunt.

Children searched through “Bunnyland” to find prize eggs filled with toys and treats, while their family

members looked and enjoyed a pancake breakfast. Students at St. Patricia School, 9000 S. 86th Ave., Hickory Hills, wished everyone a

Happy Easter and a happy spring.

For more information about St. Patricia School and Parish, visit the website at www.stpatriciaparish.com

Above: A parent shares a hug with the Easter Bunny during the annual event at St. Patricia Parish. Below: Families from St. Patricia Parish enjoyed a visit with the Easter Bunny and a pancake breakfast.

Two youngsters receive more than a handful of treats during the annual Easter Bunny Visit on April 2 at St. Patricia Parish in Hickory Hills.

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The Easter Bunny visited with children throughout the day during his annual visit this month to St. Patricia Parish in Hickory Hills.

Evergreen Park uses home rule to oppose deadly weapons dealers

By Sharon L. Filkins The Village of Evergreen Park demonstrated the power of its home rule status at the Monday board meeting by curtailing the licensing of deadly weapons dealers and opting out of Cook County mandates calling for increased minimum wage and paid sick leave.

The board approved an ordinance amending its municipal code by adding Article XVII, on Licenses, Taxation and Miscellaneous Business Regulations, including Deadly Weapons Dealers. Its message is very clear.

“The idea of licensing dealers to sell deadly weapons is just not a good idea,” said Mayor James Sexton.

In defining the application of the amendment, it states: “This Article shall

control the licensing of all firearm dealers within the Village. The provisions of the Cook Village Deadly Weapons Dealer Control Ordinance shall not apply in the Village except to the extent incorporated or referenced herein.”

Essentially that means that the mayor of the village, in this case, Sexton, and the board of trustees will have the last word on license applications.

The amendment concludes with: “All statutes of the State of Illinois or any parts thereof which are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby superseded by this ordinance enacted under the home rule power of the Village.”

As for raising the minimum wage and paid sick leave, the vote to opt out was unanimous, Sexton said.

“We think this would place an unjust

burden on our current businesses and would discourage any prospective businesses from coming to our village. The matter of pay rate should be up to the individual businesses.”

Also approved was a resolution endorsing the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus’ Greenest Region Compact 2 (GRC2).

The GRC2 is built on environmental initiatives already under way in communities, in partnership with many non-profit, state, regional and national organizations. The consensus goals of GRC2 will guide coordinated efforts toward enhanced quality of life for residents, protection and stewardship of the environment and sustainable economic vitality.

A request from Evergreen Park Girls Softball League for a parade from 5:45 to

6:30 p.m. Friday, May 12 was deferred to the next board meeting. Sexton requested the deferral, stating he was concerned about a parade at that time on a Friday.

He said he wanted the extra time to talk to the league.

“I don’t think our residents will appreciate traffic tied up during their commute home on a Friday evening,” Sexton said.

Also tabled was a request from public works to grant a contract to Macro Roofing Company, located in St. Charles, Ill., in the amount of $196,000. Sexton stated he had some questions regarding the bid and wanted to review it before it could be approved.

In other business, the board honored the winning students in this year’s Arbor Day contest. The contest was open to

all K-8 students from schools within the boundaries of Evergreen Park.

Six students were winners from more than 100 entries. The contestants were asked to name their favorite type of tree and provide a poster or an essay on their choice.

Placing first in the poster category was Neydelin Rodriguez, a sixth-grader from Central Middle School. Placing second was Alyssa Milton, a seventhgrade student at Queen of Martyrs. Devin Guest, a seventh-grade student at Queen of Martyrs, placed third.

Katherine Beyer, a sixth-grade student at Central Middle School, placed first in the essay contest. J.D. Maloney, a fourth-grader at Southwest School, came in second. Maggie Joyce, also a fourthgrader at Southwest, placed third.

March for Babies to be held April 30 at SXU The annual March for Babies 5K Walk will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 30 on the

St. Xavier University campus, 3700 W. 103rd St., Chicago.

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“Community service is a core value at St. Xavier University and the March of Dimes March for Babies 5K Walk raises funds to provide services locally to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality,” said Beck CopperGlenz, associate provost for graduate and continuing education. “St. Xavier’s sponsorship of this March of Dimes event reflects our University’s commitment to service, excellence and making a difference in the lives of others.”

The event expects to bring 2,000 participants to Chicago’s South Side and has a fundraising goal of $250,000. Last year’s 1,000 participants raised a generous $240,000 for the cause.

Nationally, more than three million people in over 500 communities participate in March for Babies walks. Across Illinois, there are nearly 20 walks with about 20,000 people who participate each year. Proceeds from the walk fund community programs, advocacy efforts and research to help prevent premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. Parents and children have benefited from March of Dimes research, education, vaccines and breakthroughs since 1938.

March for Babies is the signature fundraiser for the March of Dimes. Throughout the event participants help communities bring awareness to the health challenges that babies and their families face daily.

Those who wish to volunteer or participate in the March for Babies 5K at St. Xavier can visit the event’s website, www. marchforbabies.org/event/southsuburban.

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News and events from our archives Opportunities offered for students focusing on careers • 50 years ago

From the April 20, 1967 issue The story: Career-minded students at Richards High School in Oak Lawn will have the opportunity to receive guidance and financial help in preparing for a career after high school through a program developed by the Youth Opportunities Committee, a division of the Illinois State Employment Service.

Marilyn Lohnstein, a counselor at Richards, has arranged for 24 students to participate in a nearly four hour testing program on April 24. The tests cover intelligence, vocational aptitudes, ability and interests. After the tests are scored, each student will have a conference to help find out where their skills and aptitude are.

The quote: “We feel this to be a real opportunity for the career-minded senior,” said Lohnstein.

“The program will help our graduates who would like a good paying job, but may have problems about what field to try or where to go about gaining particular skills.”

Waterfalls will be introduced to Worth • 25 years ago

From the April 16, 1992 issue The story: The new waterfalls at the Cal Sag Channel creates a picturesque scene and Worth residents will be treated to the grand opening and major addition by the end of June in the village’s recreational area.

According to Roberta Harper, public information coordinator for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the waterfalls are part of five MWRD side-stream elevated pool aeration stations.

The Worth Station is currently under a 60-day “shakedown” period to test pumps and various aspects of installation.

The quote: “The Environmental Protection Agency has certain regulations for oxygen levels in bodies of water,” said Harper. “Our engines came up with the idea of making waterfalls to improve the oxygen level in the channel because, as it is, the Ca Sag Channel is a very stagnant body of water.”

Madeline Albright visits St. Xavier University • 10 years ago

From the April 19, 2007 issue The story: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright spoke to 1,000 people about her life, the Iraq War and past during a lecture last week at St. Xavier University.

Albright told the story of her life, beginning with her Roman Catholic upbringing. Albright said she learned later in life that many of her Jewish relatives were killed in the Holocaust, prompting her family to convert to Catholicism to avoid persecution. She also had some thoughts on Iraq.

The quote: “I agree that it could be disastrous to leave, but it’s disastrous to stay,” said Albright.

“Our leaders have no other options and we have an overwhelming duty to bring them (troops) home sooner than later.”

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New performing arts center at Richards moves forward

By Michelle Zalesny Progress on the new performing arts center that will be built at Richards High School in Oak Lawn is taking shape.

The arts center project was discussed briefly at the District 218 School Board meeting on April 10. The board rejected the original construction bids last month, after they came in several million dollars above the architects’ original estimates. The arts center is being redesigned with DLA Architects to bring the cost back down to the original budget.

The board hopes to re-bid the project soon.

Secretary Karen Burmeister and member Larry Harris also attended their last official board meeting this month, receiving clocks as gifts for their service.

Burmeister has served the community high school district board for 10 years. Harris joined the board in 2009.

Taking their new seats on the District 218 Community School Board will be William ‘Bill’ Christian and Cindy Bartczak.

Photo by Michelle Zalesny

The board congratulates Larry Harris and Karen Burmeister for their service during the District 218 School Board meeting on April 10.

The Cook County Board of Elections results showed that Christian won the election in Harris’ Sub-District 7 with 70.19 percent of the votes (1,891). Bartczak won unopposed in Burmeister’s Sub-District 2. Burmeister chose not to run for re-election.

Board members Randy Heuser and Thomas Kosowski, president, were unopposed in the consolidated election.

“Apart from serving on this board, Mrs. Burmeister has volunteered much of her time as a member of the education commit-

tee,” said Superintendent Dr. Ty Harting. “She also was a trustee and the president of District 218 and the Friends of District 218 Foundation, where she helped raised thousands of dollars for college scholarships and future grants.

“Mr. Harris has been a lead

member of the district facilities committee and has given an untold number of hours in making sure the district spends its money prudently so that our students, staff, and communities can have access to the finest high schools possible,” added Harting, who thanked them both for their kindness and generosity.

After the board congratulated students and faculty who received awards that evening, Harris and Burmeister expressed their gratitude with deepest admiration for their community, students and fellow board members.

“I just wanted to thank the community for having elected me two times to serve in this position, the administration, the staff, and all the support you’ve given me to make my job a little easier and more successful,” said Harris. “I truly hope that the students of our district use all the resources that we’ve provided. I also would like to wish my fellow board members all the success and remember that a well-educated student will become a good citizen and a great person.”

“I truly enjoyed serving the

Cook County Board to honor POWs and MIAs Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Commissioners on April 11 unveiled a memorial chair to honor and recognize American prisoners of war and those missing in action.

The POW/MIA Chair of Honor is a permanent installation in the Cook County Board Room.

Cook County partnered with Rolling Thunder, Inc., a nonprofit that works to make sure MIAs and POWs are never forgotten.

“We must pay tribute to those who bravely served our country and remember those who never returned home,” Preckwinkle said. “The installation of the POW/MIA Chair of Honor will serve as a permanent reminder of the sacrifices that have been made in the fight for freedom and

peace. Even though the soldiers are not here, they are remembered in Cook County.”

“We owe an incredible debt to those who have served, including the more than 720,000 veterans who live in Illinois, and I hope the presence of this chair inspires us to continue to work for solutions for problems that plague our veteran community here in Cook County,” said Commissioner John Daley, chairman of the Board’s Finance Committee, who is a sponsor of a resolution honoring POW/MIA service members.

A plaque honoring POW’s and MIA’s is being installed above the chair. The Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs was instrumental in bringing the permanent installations to the board room.

Preckwinkle created the County’s first-ever Department of Veterans Affairs in 2013. The department works with Cook County employee-veterans and

collaborates with veterans organizations in providing information for and helping direct veterans to programs and benefits based on their military service.

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community, administration, staff, and students in this fine district,” said Burmeister. “We have some of the best students around with the biggest hearts and great potential to succeed. Whatever success means to them, it is my hope that this board, my successor, and future board (members) serve with honor and dignity to serve all of our students with the students’ best interest in mind.”

Kosowski also brought up new seat belt legislation being supported by Secretary of State Jesse White. House Bill 3377, sponsored by state Rep. Lou Lang (D-16th), would require threepoint seat belts on school buses in Illinois. The bill passed the House Transportation Vehicles and Safety Committee and now moves to the full House of Representatives.

“Hopefully it will get moving along, maybe with a little help from the community,” said Harris, who has been an advocate for seat belts on school buses. “Call your rep up. Let them know what you think. There’s nothing better than a phone call. Let’s hope it passes.”

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etter days are ahead of us, that’s for sure. We firmly believe that winter has left through the back door. Others will argue it never entered the front door. That may be true, but we are not shedding any tears.

With improving weather and May just around the corner, we all should be feeling a little better these days. We became encouraged by the ray of optimism that was offered during the Hills Chamber of Commerce dinner and “State of the City” address held last Thursday at the Hickory Hills Recreation Department.

Mayors Mike Howley (Hickory Hills) and Gerald Bennett (Palos Hills) took turns at the podium speaking about the how the business climate has been slowly changing for the better the past couple of years.

The recession that held a tight grip on our suburban communities dating back to 2008 has eased up somewhat.

Naturally, we understand if some business owners are not jumping up and down just yet. That is especially true for small businesses that took the biggest hits when the economy swooned.

It has taken businesses a long time to dig out of this hole. But if you listen to Howley and Bennett, there are signs of encouragement.

Howley is confident that after careful planning, development plans for the Sabre Woods project, at 8900 W. 95th St., will provide housing for seniors and a variety of businesses as well. The Hickory Hills mayor points out that it is important to provide affordable housing for longtime residents of the community. This project replaces the Sabre Room, the onetime iconic entertainment center that also hosted weddings and parties. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin both performed there on separate occasions.

But those days are gone and Hickory Hills must look ahead.

The strength of the city is its ability to attract small and midsized businesses. Hickory Hills, like Palos Hills, is not going to draw large corporations to these municipalities.

But what these communities may lack in size they make up for in continuity. Howley and Bennett point to a low crime rate in each city. Howley mentioned that residents should not take that for granted. But the strength of these two communities is that people know each other. These communities should be a magnet for families. District 117 serves residents of Hickory Hills and Palos Hills. St. Patricia Elementary School in Hickory Hills also offers quality education and community involvement.

Bennett refers to Palos Hills as a community of neighborhoods. He points to his younger days, growing up in Chicago and how families knew each other and looked out for each other. The Palos Hills mayor sees those qualities in his town and believes business is getting better. He points to Webb Chevy and the Baha Auto Group having set up business in Palos Hills.

Like Hickory Hills, Palos Hills has a variety of events that will be taking place this summer. Bennett points to the annual Friendship Fest that will be held in June just off 86th Avenue near Moraine Valley Community College. Bennett emphasizes the fact that the event is free and is a celebration of neighborhoods.

Bennett also points to School District 117 and School District 230, which includes Stagg High School. Moraine Valley Community College, which is also in Palos Hills, is celebrating its 50th year. Bennett told members of the Hills Chamber that younger families are moving in to the city because of the opportunity to receive a solid education.

Add the fact that Green Hills Library in Palos Hills offers a variety of programs for adults and children. The library serves both Hickory Hills and Palos Hills.

So we believe that better days are ahead for Hickory Hills and Palos Hills. More than the fact they have been drawing some more businesses, these communities are providing improved services for all age groups. When you offer affordable housing and good schools, families will be attracted to the community.

Businesses will eventually follow. We believe that Bennett is correct. Hickory Hills and Palos Hills each has a neighborhood feel. Ultimately, we all want to feel comfortable. Hickory Hills and Palos Hills offer those qualities.

Howley and Bennett deserve a lot of the credit. However, in the long run, it’s the residents who make these communities viable.

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Here’s why one column on Pritzker is hypocritical

D Lipinski: Washington needs to come together on infrastructure bill to boost the middle class all know from our daily experiences that more needs to be done. But will This past November, Americans President Trump follow through on sent a clear message that they want his promise and will Congress come Washington to do more to make together to get it done? the American economy work for First we need a good plan. The the middle class. They know that only plan that President Trump American workers have been hurt has put forward so far relies on by bad trade deals; they want these tax breaks to spur private builddeals to be renegotiated and future ing. To some this looks more like deals to prioritize American worka tax cut for big-money developers, not multi-national corporations. ers rather than an infrastructure They see American plan. The biggest manufacturing jobs problem is that it What we need is a real declining not just would only lead because of automa- infrastructure plan that to the construction, but because tion of tollroads makes a public investother countries and other projects are stealing these would proment in our transporta- that jobs through unfair duce a guaranteed trade practices return. This would tion system. It should while Washington mean that most of include more than “shov- our infrastructure does little to fight back. el-ready projects” as has would continue Americans also to crumble, while been suggested by the know that there is those projects that a lot of work to did get done would be done fixing our Trump Administration. cost more because broken infrastructhey would include ture, especially a profit for invesour transportation tors. system. In northeastern Illinois we What we need is a real infrahave some of the worst congestion in structure plan that makes a public the country, which means lost time, investment in our transportation wasted gas, and more pollution. It system. It should include more than also means that conducting business “shovel-ready projects” as has been is more expensive for local busisuggested by the Trump Administranesses who need to get products to tion; this lesson should have been customers quickly. Overall, it hurts learned from President Obama’s our quality of life every day in many stimulus bill. We need to make longdifferent ways. term investments that transform our President Trump has promised the transportation system. This investAmerican people a trillion dollar ment will pay off for everyone with infrastructure bill. He mentioned it less time wasted on our roads, less the night of the election, during his fuel unnecessarily burned, a better Inaugural Address, and during his public transit system, the direct creaddress to a Joint Session of Conation of jobs, and a long-term boost gress. But more than three months to our economy. These would be big into Donald Trump’s presidency we payoffs for all Americans, especially have yet to see any concrete ideas the middle class. put forward, much less a piece of There are many policies that legislation.

President Trump is trying to impleCongress stepped forward two ment that I strongly disagree with years ago with a five year transporand I will continue to fight against tation infrastructure funding bill that them. But we should not let these I helped to write. As the only House disagreements stop us from working Transportation Committee member on issues that can help create jobs from Illinois appointed to work out for middle-class families. Infrastructhe final compromise on the bill ture investment should be an issue known as the FAST Act, I helped that we can all agree upon. Washingmake sure the bill increased funding ton needs to remember the message for local road and transit projects by Americans sent in November and more than 10 percent and addressed come together on a real infrastrucregional transportation priorities. ture bill that will boost the middle While this bill has been helpful, we class.

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It’s time to degrade North Korea’s economy

President Trump has pointed out the strong linkage between China and North Korea, and he correctly assumes China can influence North Korea’s weapons development program. We must work with China on resolving this situation, and also on the Chinese encroachment in the South China Sea and the trade deficit imbalance.

At this juncture, the North Korean nuclear missile program is of primary concern. China can bring pressure on North Korea to stop its development of these weapons systems by reducing its trade with North Korea.

One area of trade that comes to mind is the large quantity of coal China imports from North Korea. It

is estimated this amounts to 22 million tons per year, which is 40 percent of North Korea’s coal exports. A reduction in the importation of North Korean coal would significantly impact the North Korean economy, and could force it to change its position on arms development.

The U.S. has large quantities of coal available for mining, which could be sold to China, if cost effective, to fill its coal importation needs.

This would help our trade imbalance with China, boost our coal mining industry, and put our coal miners back to work.

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emocratic gubernatorial candidate J. B. Pritzker met with 30 mayors, legislators and township officials from Chicago and the southwest and west suburbs last week, something a candidate hoping to win office should be doing.

In what was not a fundraiser, Pritzker introduced himself to the officials who represent more than 750,000 Illinois residents attended and discussed the issues.

The Chicago Sun-Times’ Dan Mihalopoulos wrote a column on the meeting, but if you read it, you would have thought it was a secret meeting undermining the U.S. Constitution. It was filled with petty personal attacks reflecting Republican Bruce Rauner’s petty politics.

Most mainstream journalists are thin-skinned hypocrites. Their egos are bigger than their faked-up stories. They dish it out, but hate to be criticized. They can’t take it. So I expect Mihalopoulos will complain about this column.

In addition to writing my opinions each week here and elsewhere, I also manage media relations for several government clients in the southwest suburbs. I’m not a reporter. I am an opinion columnist, with 40 years experience in government and politics.

When I write about a client, which is rare, I ALWAYS disclose it in my writings.

Not Mihalopoulos, who turned his column into an attack ad against Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Mihalopoulos left out that Rauner was a major owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, with a 10 percent stake in Wrapports LLC, the owner of the Sun-Times where Mihalopoulos is employed, until deciding to run for governor. Rauner reportedly sold his stake in 2014.

Worse, Mihalopoulos didn’t mention that the Sun-Times, after abandoning endorsements for three years, came out of retirement to endorse Rauner in 2014. Did it have anything to do with the $65 million Rauner spent on media advertising?

It is hypocritical when Mihalopoulos attacks one of my clients, Cicero President Larry Dominick, saying that if you wanted to run for office in Illinois, you probably wouldn’t want to woo Dominick or be seen with him, but he remains silent about his own “clients,” like Rauner.

Truth doesn’t do well at the Chicago SunTimes, one of the most conflicted newspapers in the country. Not even a dead fish would want to be wrapped in that dying newspaper’s fading newsprint.

What Mihalopoulos doesn’t get, or will report, is that Dominick does more for Cicero than the Sun-Times has ever done for its own readers.

Under Dominick, street gang-related shootings and deaths drop dramatically from 65 shootings and 14 deaths in 2004, the year before he was elected by Cicero voters. Last year, there were four shootings and one gang-related death. It’s been like that for most of the 12 years Dominick has been president. The Sun-Times doesn’t report that.

Dominick’s Cicero offers unique programs providing jobs for the disabled, offering extensive services to senior citizens and overseeing a program to discourage gangs and increase community involvement. Cicero absorbs more than half of Chicago’s water rate hikes, held property tax increase to a few percent in the past 12 years, and has attracted 30 major new businesses including Walmart, Sonic and Menards.

Senior services are extensive. For seniors, Cicero has a handyman program to repair windows and paint, shovel sidewalks and mow lawns. They provide free transportation to seniors to and from doctors’ offices and grocery stores. And they offer two dozen free activity programs throughout the year.

Dominick built a regulation-sized (summer/ winter) ice rink, skateboard park, dog park, and animal shelter.

Mihalopoulos doesn’t think Cicero is worth a positive story, but he publishes muddied-up rumors at the ethically challenged Sun-Times because mud sells at the Sun-Times. Truth doesn’t.

How do you defeat street gangs? In addition to a strong police department, Dominick rose to the rank of deputy police chief during his 20 years as a cop. You have to get homeowners out of their homes to become engaged in year-long community programs and festivals.

Dominick launched “Parent Patrols,” which has 250 volunteers who help students to and from schools, a strong deterrent to street gang influence.

If Mihalopoulos or the Chicago Sun-Times ever figured out how to prevent gangbangers from murdering children in Chicago each week, the Sun-Times wouldn’t have screaming headlines to run and would probably go out of business.

To the mainstream news media, “if it bleeds it leads” is not just a slogan, it’s a revenuegenerating system. The newspaper thrives on the suffering of everyday people. They profit from the record killings overwhelming Chicago.

They don’t want to stop the killings. If they did, many of the hypocrites at the Sun-Times would be out of jobs.

Biased reporters love to attack Madigan and suburban mayors like Dominick but defend their pals like our do-nothing governor and former Sun-Times investor Bruce Rauner.

Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author and former Chicago City Hall reporter.

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Legendary basketball coach Jerry Tokars dead at 85

Sweet treats Kourtney Graves (left), 5 and her friend Olivia Reetz, 6, are about to enjoy their cupcakes they decorated themselves during last Thursday’s Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn Book Fair at Barnes and Noble in Orland Park.

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Warm weather arrives, to be followed by unpredictable weather y now we’ve had some great days of sun and warmish weather, but if you know Chicago, it’s all a big tease. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked out at bright blue skies and the tulips waving in the breeze, a sure sign I can toss on a light jacket and head on out.

But once you get going you find that gentle wind is actually a sharp bite in the face, and the warmth of the sunbeams becomes a big chill when the clouds pass overhead.

Mother Nature can be very devious.

I’ve heard jokes, maybe you as well, that Chicagoans are known to don shorts on the first warm day in March and wash their cars in their driveways. Come the first cool day in September, out come the fashionable boots, sweaters and scarves. Are we rushing things? Are we tired and bored and always ready to hang up our hats on winter (or summer, etc)?

As a longtime lifestyle blogger I have friends, or blog followers, from all over the world. I’ve found that talking about the weather is universal, not just over the water cooler here in the U.S. This has really helped me hone my skills in geography and climates. I might be chatting online with a blog friend in Australia, who is heading to the beach while I’m tossing

another log on the fire.

Another friend in Utah constantly throws me off when in March she tells me she planted flowers just a few days after a terrible freeze and 75 mph winds from across the canyons.

But I digress. There Janet are unfortunate souls Boudreau who live in areas where the weather is relatively the same throughout the year. A blogger I know who is a life-long Floridian is completely baffled that I have to pack and unpack clothes on a seasonal basis (no walk-in closet here).

Apparently, she simply tosses on her sweater when it’s chilly. Another friend in southern California said to me that she had always thought Chicago was windy and cold year-round.

What? Have these people never been to our beautiful city and had the joy of spending the day at Oak Street Beach? A bike ride along Lake Shore Drive? A picnic in Millennium Park? I guess they have just narrowed their image of Chicago down to those scenes on the nightly news of people

swaying sideways in the wind with their umbrellas inside out.

But I have to be humble and admit that when my friend in Sydney is enjoying her summer and taking off for the beach in December, I wondered when the heck they celebrate Christmas.

So, to answer my question about the possibility that we might be bored with our seasons and want to rush into the next, I think it may run deeper than that. We are a hearty bunch.

Just as we have many perfect mellow days throughout the year that make us give thanks that we are alive, we also have the down and dirty, the days that test our abilities anywhere from hopping over mud puddles to digging our car out of a snow pile. We roll with it.

And when we are dusting off those sandals at the first real sign of summer, or pulling out our Northface boots in the winter, we’re looking forward. It’s anticipation, not dread. Because we know this season will flow into the next, and that’s pretty much how life works.

Tornado

a rapid rhythm. He saw the concrete ceiling crack above him and rainwater leaked upon his shoulders. He grabbed the corner of the wall and he was shaking back and forth. Lockers and light bulbs crashed all around, he said.

After viewing a blue-green sky through the cracks, he quickly got dressed and ventured outside. He began going through debris and saw many dead bodies. After a couple of hours of helping the injured and cleaning up the debris, he went home and was happy to see his mother. His father also arrived home. The Brodemus family members, who lived on the 9200 block of South Massasoit Avenue, were OK, at least physically. “”I cried that night, the cry I should have had earlier,” Bob Brodemus wrote years later.

“It was a luxury to cry — a real soothing luxury.”

Skip Sullivan was 15 and a sophomore at Oak Lawn High School. The baseball game the team had scheduled with Sandburg was cancelled that day due to the sudden rain. The rain had stopped and Sullivan was watching the track team at school when a huge storm moved in with fast-moving black clouds overhead. He quickly went into the school, near the lockers.

Then the golf team rushed in and someone said, “Here it comes, get down,” recalled Sullivan.

“When we finally got out I remember hearing a car horn and seeing a man slumped over in his car, dead,” Sullivan said. “There were cars on the athletic field and a bus on a roof of a house. We worked our way to the main parking lot and could see the pool was totally leveled. The floor was buckled. It was like someone dropped a bomb. The fire department and police officers were asking for us for help.”

Sullivan, like Bob Brodemus, began to go through the debris and assisted the injured.

He saw many fatalities. His father later came by a couple of hours later to find his son.

Sullivan said his father looked relieved when he saw him.

Debbie Fisher, whose father operated Fisher’s Motel near 95th and Southwest Highway, was sick that day and did not go to school. Her mother and aunt brought her to the family doctor and she received some medication. She was beginning to feel better after that. Her mother suggested they go to the store to pick up some food for supper.

They noticed the black clouds and the rain so they hurried into the store. A man then

rushed in to tell them to get down. They went to the back of the store, and they heard the roar. The lights went out and debris fell everywhere.

When they left the store, they immediately went to her father’s motel. They noticed his front office was destroyed. But a few minutes later, they saw their father walking toward them.

“He was OK because he walked out of the office to change a light bulb in one of the rooms,” Debbie wrote a year later. “When he saw the tornado coming, he rushed into one of the rooms and slammed the door and got down on the floor.”

They hugged each other and arrived home later that evening. Their house was also intact.

Mary Lou Harker often sent her children to eat at the Red Barn Restaurant. But on that day, her husband, Oak Lawn Fire Lt. Elmore “Al” Harker, who would become fire chief in 1976, said they were going to take the children somewhere special for dinner.

That decision may have saved the children’s lives. The Red Barn was destroyed by the tornado. The Harkers were not directly hit by the tornado, but Mary Lou recalls her daughter seeing a desk flying in the air and part of a street sign that crashed through her neighbor’s window. They also noticed water that was originally from the nearby Oak Lawn High School swimming pool dumped on their front lawn.

Mary Lou also checked on someone who was missing. She recalled seeing a deceased girl who still had her roller skates on.

The deceased were taken to a temporary morgue at the Johnson-Phelps VFW Post.

Mary Lou’s daughter, Michelle, 7, later had to attend a wake for a friend.

“She was wearing her Holy Communion dress,” Mary Lou recalled.

Mary Lou said the police and fire department worked valiantly over the next week or so. Many people also volunteered their efforts.

Korst said that in all of the tragedy the tornado brought, many good deeds emerged.

“The devastation of the roller rink and 18 people were killed at the corner of 95th Street and Southwest Highway,” Korst said.

“And people mention the National Guard.

“But the one thing I hear is the sort of pride people felt in helping each other. A lot of people had a hand in the recovery from this terrible incident. They helped to rebuild and they moved on.”

now we have made improvements,” Bennett said. “I’m quite proud of 36 years of balancing budgets. The only government that works today is local government. We know how to balance budgets.”

Bennett also lauded the efforts of city employees. He praised members of the public works department, police officers and the administrative employees.

“This could be our best year since 2008 in building permits,” Bennet said. “Webb Chevy opened last January and Baha Motors will be opening up across the street from Webb Chevy. Ten to 13 small businesses have been added to the city.”

Bennett praised the career of Dave Weakley, the city’s building commissioner, who is retiring after 24 years. He has been the building commissioner the last 12 years.

“Our infrastructure has improved vastly,” Bennett said. “Nothing works if you don’t have good people around. Dave was especially that.”

Bennett said the city should be debt free in the next four or five years

“We want to let our citizens know that we are working hard for them,” Bennett said.

The Palos Hills mayor said Kristin Violante has done a fine job of running the resources department for the city. He also praised School District 117 and School District 230, which includes Stagg High School.

“The elevation of those schools and districts has been outstanding,” Bennett said.

“And we are having younger families moving into Palos Hills because of the schools.”

The mayor also praised Moraine Valley Community College, which is celebrating its 50th year. Bennett said that Moraine has 30,000 students and pointed out that kids and adults can attend preschool right through community college in Palos Hills.

“The community is so diverse and we are proud of it,” Bennett said. “We are a melting pot. I don’t know why anyone would not want to move into Hickory Hills or Palos Hills because of the amenities we offer.”

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swarmed and were followed by golf-ball sized hail. The twister picked up mud and uprooted trees. The tornado crossed the 294 tollway and moved into Chicago Ridge before ripping past the Starlite Drive-In before entering Oak Lawn.

The corner of 95th Street and Southwest Highway had vehicles lined up at the stoplight, and shoppers were plentiful. The tornado quickly ripped through the south gym and pool of Oak Lawn Community High School and tossed vehicles into the nearby pedestrian overpass and in every direction.

Shoot’s Lynwood Lounge, Fisher’s Motel, the Fairway Super Mart, Sherwood Forest Restaurant and two gas stations sustained heavy damage.

The tornado tore apart the Suburban Transit Company at 95th and Menard, with buses stacked on other buses and vehicles. St. Gerald School was damaged, and the Airway Trailer Park and the Oak Lawn Roller Rink along 91st Street and Cicero Avenue were destroyed. The Oak Lawn Dairy Basket, McDonald’s and other buildings near 91st and Cicero also were demolished.

Brodemus, who was a senior at Oak Lawn Community High School at the time, just wanted to get home at that point.

“I left (the girl’s) house and was directed (by police) to go down Cicero Avenue to 111th Street, west to Harlem Avenue, north to 87th Street and finally east to Austin Avenue, “ Brodemus said. “I knew all about it by then.

It was all over the car radio.”

He was allowed to go home, where he met his distraught mother. His sister, Christine, who was 14 and a freshman at Oak Lawn High School, had been practicing water ballet but was out of the pool at 5:15 p.m.

Brodemus said they had shut down practice.

She later ventured to the end of the school, away from the main force of the tornado.

His brother, Bob, also attended Oak Lawn High School. His tennis meet with Thornridge was called off because of the sudden storm.

He decided to take a shower and thought his teammates were playing a prank when the lights flickered and finally went out. He yelled, but no one replied. Then he heard his doubles partner, Chuck Nowak, scream from downstairs that a tornado was coming.

Bob Brodemus then witnessed the double doors next to him slam open and shut in

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Howley thanked Ald. Tom McAvoy (3rd) for his efforts in attracting businesses to the city. He also applauded City Clerk Dee Catizone, stating that her knowledge of how the city works is invaluable.

Bennett recalled being nervous when he addressed the Hills Chamber for the first time over 30 years ago. But since then his priorities have been to make Palos Hills a place where residents feel comfortable.

“We want to make this a place of neighborhoods,” Bennett said. “”We had a lot of help.

Every street in Palos Hills has been improved.

Our residents can now walk on sidewalks and get to many main streets.”

Bennett echoed Howley’s assertion that their cities are safe. He pointed to the fact that Palos Hills was selected a year ago as the 10th-safest city in Illinois, according to the FBI. “Our infrastructure has been aging and

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Janet Boudreau is a writer, blogger and longtime resident of Evergreen Park. She can be reached at blndy9@yahoo.com.

To some, he was a legendary coach who won more than 500 Illinois High School Association basketball games.

To others, he was even more important. On hot summer days, he was the guy who helped keep the Worth pool operating.

Oak Lawn’s Jerry Tokars, a man who was a Hall of Fame coach as well as a Worth park director and assistant director of the pool decades ago while he was coaching at the high school level, died Sunday at age 85. He had been hospitalized in recent weeks with heart problems, according to reports.

Visitation was Tuesday and Wednesday and the funeral will be held at 8:30 a.m. today (Thursday). It will start at Curley Funeral Home, 6116 W. 111th St. in Chicago Ridge, head to St. Gerald Church, 9310 S. 55th Court in Oak Lawn, for a 9:30 a.m. Mass with Rev. Thomas J. Hurley officiating. Interment will be held at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, family members are asking for contributions for a scholarship fund to be established in Tokars’ memory. For more information call (708) 422-2700.

Whether he was molding young men who enjoyed successful careers or coaching little kids and keeping the pool running, Tokars was important to a lot of people.

He was known for his 22-year coaching tenure at De La Salle High School, where his team finished third in the state in Class AA in 1977. But he also coached at Richards, Leo and Moraine Valley Community College.

His three-year stint at Richards helped revitalize a program that had six straight losing seasons until he got there in 1987-88 and led the team to records of 14-14, 21-6 and 17-10.

He also was an assistant at Chicago Christian and Evergreen Park. He was Moraine Valley’s head coach for a season, leading the Cyclones to a 26-7 mark in 1997-98.

One of his biggest wins came in

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Jerry Tokars, shown coaching his De La Salle team to a regional victory in 1965, died on Sunday.

1979 when De La Salle knocked off St. Joseph and Isiah Thomas in supersectional play when bench player Albert “Moochie” Williams drilled a 20- ooter at the buzzer to stun the Chargers, 59-58.

“It was the most disappointing loss I ever had in basketball,” Thomas told Taylor Bell in the book “Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe.’’ “I’m not over it to this day,’’ said Thomas, who went on to become a star in college and the NBA. Tokars attended De La Salle High School, Xavier, Lewis University and Southwest Missouri State University.

He coached a number of notable student-athlete, including future Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and all four Niego brothers — Charlie, Tom, Joe and Mark. That quartet made national news when the four brothers were starters on Lewis University’s basketball team, and they now have offspring who are excelling at the high school level.

Tokars is in the Illinois Basketball Coaches and Catholic League Halls of Fame.

He is survived by his wife, Katheryn, and offspring Carey (Tim) Ferrarell, Eileen (Jack) Tumpane, Tim (Julie) Tokars, Jerry (Amaal) Tokars and Anne (Bob) Kolpin, as well as stepchildren Kevin Kelly, Patsy Kelly, Kay (John) Denton and Robert (Eileen) Kelly.

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

WHATIZIT?

Photo by Joe Boyle

The clue for this week’s Whatizit photo (above) is: Different planet.

Send your response with your name and hometown by noon Monday to thereporter@comcast.net.

We had one correct answer this week. Steven Rosenbaum, of Oak Lawn, knew last week’s photo showed a portion of The David Johnston Community Center, 9400 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Lawn. The allpurpose building hosts meetings and is utilized primarily by members of Westside Baseball. Registration for Westside takes place there and the west end of the building serves as a food stand for the league. The Westside Baseball fields surround the community center.

But the significant feature of the building is the person it is named after. David Alexander Johnson grew up in Oak Lawn and became a volcanologist with U.S. Geological Survey. He was studying the Mount St. Helen’s volcano from an observation point, which was considered relatively safe, but he was killed when it erupted on May 18, 1980.

He provided the first report of the eruption before his death. He was just 30 years old.

SUDOKU

Oak Lawn trustees plan Saturday meetings to discuss crime, other issues

By Dermot Connolly Oak Lawn Trustees Terry Vorderer (4th) and Tim Desmond (1st) are hosting community meetings on the next two Saturdays, covering public safety and several other topics.

In the 4th District, a representative of the branch of Gilda’s Club Chicago based at Advocate Christ Medical Center will speak at the meeting at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Salem United Church of Christ, 9717 S. Kostner Ave. The free cancer support group, founded by the late comedian Gilda Radner, is open to children, teens and adults dealing with cancer, and their families and friends.

The group’s signature Red Door is visible

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Carolina Duenas.

“This is my first time volunteering at Mercy Circle but I am really enjoying myself and would like to help out again in the future,” said Duenas, 14, of Oak Lawn. “I like helping other people because it makes them happy.”

“This collaboration between our students and the Sisters of Mercy was a wonderful way to reinforce our mission, which seeks to teach our young women to respond compassionately to the needs of the community, especially as we close up the Lenten season and embrace the hope that Easter brings,” said Mary Acker Klingenberger, the Mother McAuley president.

Many other McAuley students and Mercy Circle residents shared Duenas’ compassion for helping others, including Sister Jacquie Dewar, RSM. “It’s so beautiful when people want to give,” Sr. Jacquie said.

“This is a really fun event with a lot of positive energy. I enjoy the camaraderie of getting to meet other people and being able to help those in need. It’s always lovely to work with the McAuley girls, too.”

Hurley, an alumna of McAuley,

Photo by Kelly White

Mother McAuley senior Kealy Shane, 18, of Oak Lawn, puts together an Easter basket with Mercy Circle resident, Sister Marion Johnson, for children in need.

enjoyed working with the girls as well and she joked with the students. O’Shea and Cunningham also took interest in the students’ studies and community service.

This was the first time Mercy Circle made the Easter baskets.

However, it will become an annual tradition at the facility, according to Sheila King, public relations specialist for Mercy

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Circle and a McAuley alumna.

“The spirit of Easter provides the gift of hope to believers,” King said. “This is just one way to let those who are less fortunate right now know people want to support and encourage them.”

The idea for the event came from a former Smith Village resident in Chicago, Joan Guil-

foyla, who died in 2014. Guilfoyla had friends within Mercy Circle who were proud to take on the Easter basket initiative.

Her daughter, also named Joan Guilfoyla, of Michigan, attended the event.

“I love seeing this carried on,” she said. “It’s for such a great cause and brings so many people together.”

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CHICAGO RIDGE

Chicago Ridge Lions accepting clothing, donations for needy

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said they would be more inclined to attend daytime meetings because it is hard to get out at night,” said Vorderer.

Crime issues also will be included in the community meeting Desmond is holding at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 29 at Wesleyan Community Church, 8844 S. Austin Ave. He said Chief of Investigations Randy Palmer will be there to discuss personal and property safety concerns residents might have.

Desmond said discussion about a proposed development at 93rd Street and Neva Avenue also is on the agenda.

The trustees noted that both meetings are open to all Oak Lawn residents, no matter which districts they live in.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

near the main entrance of the Outpatient Pavilion at 4440 W. 95th St. Vorderer said that several local World War II veterans also have been invited to attend, and Capt. Dan Johnson, an Iraq War veteran, will give a presentation honoring the men. At least one of them was among the troops who the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Oak Lawn Detective Tom Cronin will also be on hand to share information about financial crimes and how to avoid falling victim to fraud.

“I’m having the meeting on Saturday afternoon, rather than a weekday evening, because a lot people, especially seniors, have

The Chicago Ridge Lions Club will hold their Second Annual Spring Cleaning Clothing Drive and Fundraiser for the Almost Home Group, which benefits Chicago Ridge and local communities who are less fortunate.

The items can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sunday, April 29 and 30 through May 20 and 21. The Saturday and Sunday drop-off spots for clothing will be Jack and Pat’s Butcher Shop, 107th and Ridgeland, and Jenny’s Steak House, 111th and Menard.

Chicago Ridge Lions will be at both locations to accept clothing and monetary donations for the Almost Home Fundraiser.

They will be accepting clean and gently-used clothing for infants, toddlers, boys, girls, maternity, teenagers, young adults, adults and seniors. They will also be accepting towels, sheets, blankets and comforters.

Cash donations will also be accepted and donated to Almost Home to help the homeless. More information can be obtained by calling Rich at (708) 289-8734.

EVERGREEN PARK

Evergreen Park Seniors to provide ‘Memories to Go’

The Evergreen Park Senior Citizens Council is looking for vendors and crafters for their village-wide garage sale that will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at Yukich Field, 8900 S. Kedzie Ave., Evergreen Park.

Items may be sold inside the covered ice rink (a 10 x 10 foot area) for $50 or an outside space (a 9 x 17 feet area) for $35.

For those returning vendors, the early bird deadline has been extended. Deadline for all applications is 5 p.m. Friday, April 28.

The event will take place, rain or shine. No rain date or refunds will be given. For more information, call Office of Citizens’ Service (708) 422-8776 or fill out an application at 3450 W 97th St. in Evergreen Park.

OAK LAWN Musichorale to perform spring concert for Pryme Tymers

The Pryme Tymers seniors organization will gather for their next session at 11 a.m.

Thursday, April 27 at Trinity Covenant Church, 9320 S. Pulaski Road, Oak Lawn.

Members of Musichorale will be performing songs from their spring concert. A catered beef stew luncheon will be served at noon. The cost of the luncheon is $7 and requires reservations by Friday, April 21.

A non-perishable canned good is also collected for the Blue Island Salvation Army food pantry.

More information can be obtained by calling the church office, (708) 422-5111, or Tom Panush, (708) 636-7548.

Penny social will be held at Johnson-Phelps Post

The annual penny social will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 23 at the JohnsonPhelps VFW Auxiliary 5220, 9514 S. 52nd Ave., Oak Lawn.

The event is for residents who enjoy garage sales, yards sales and flea markets. Nickeldime and quarter tables will be part of the festivities. A raffle table will be part of the Event. Guests will be provided with free piece of cake with their lunch purchase.

Trinity Night will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church

Trivia Night will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, April 21 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 9701 S. Brandt Ave., Oak Lawn.

The entry fee is $5 per person. Food will be available for purchase and will include hot dogs, snacks, beer, wine, pop and water.

More information can be obtained by calling the church office, (708) 422-0193.

United Methodist Women to hold rummage sale

The United Methodist Women at First United Methodist Church will hold a rummage sale from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 27 at the church, 10000 S. Central Ave., Oak Lawn.

The rummage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 28, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29. Saturday is $5 a bag day. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 423-1170.

Vacation Bible School to be held Oak Lawn Bible School The annual Vacation Bible School will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, July 17 through July 21, at the Oak Lawn Bible Church, 9435 S. 54th Ave. The program is open for children entering preschool (ages 3 to 4) through fifth grade.

This year’s program is entitled “Galactic Starveyors: Discovering the God of the Universe.” Children do not need to be members of the church to attend.

The program is free. For more information call (708) 857-9800 or visit www. oaklawnbible.org. To register online, go to oaklawnbible.org/events.

Earth Day Faire to be held at Wolfe Wildlife

Residents can celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with the Oak Lawn Park District and Village of Oak Lawn at the 10th Annual Earth Day Faire from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30 at the Wolfe Wildlife Refuge Center, 10900 S. Laramie Ave., Oak Lawn.

This year’s theme is Citizen Science projects. Residents will participate in a variety of family-fun activities including Jim Nesci’s Cold Blooded Creatures, Big Run Wolfe Ranch, tree climbing, kids crafts, scavenger hunt, education on green living, gardening and composting and a milkweed plant sale.

Admission is free. Raffles and other giveaways will be part of the festivities.

The scavenger hunt will take place after Jim Nesci’s Cold Blooded Creatures show.

Participants will have an opportunity to win a prize.

Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. For more information, contact Dolly Foster at (708) 857-2201.

Oak Lawn Community Garden seeks volunteers

The Oak Lawn Community Garden is

currently accepting registrations for the 2017 season. This is a cooperative project between the Oak Lawn Park District, School District 123, and the Village of Oak Lawn.

The garden is located at the corner of 104th and Cook Avenue.

Participants can grow their own produce or sign up to be a pantry garden volunteer to grow produce for local food pantries.

In the 2016 season, the Oak Lawn Garden Community Garden donated 350 pounds of produce to local charities. The 2017 goal is to double that donation.

Allotments to rent are limited in availability. More information can be found at www. olparks.com or by emailing Dolly Foster, Oak Lawn Park District Horticulturist, at dfoster@olparks.com.

Oak Lawn Park District to host trip to Tulip Festival

The Oak Lawn Park District will sponsor a trip to see the Tulip Festival in Holland, Mich., on Tuesday, May 10.

Guests will tour the Veldheer Tulip Garden.

Residents will have an opportunity to watch the carving of wooden shoes at the Wooden Shoe Factory, and take a stroll through Windmill Island and their shops.

Departure is at 7 a.m. from the Oak View Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn. The scheduled return is at 8 p.m.

The fee is $110 for residents and $120 for non-residents.

Lunch will not be provided. However, dinner will be included at the Queen’s Inn. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 857-2200.

PALOS HILLS

Health Expo will be held at Rec Department The City of Palos Hills Community Resource and Recreation Department will be hosting a Health Expo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 22 at the Palos Hills Community Center, 8455 W. 103rd St. The Expo is sponsored by the Senior News.

Free health screenings and door prize drawings will also be held. Exhibitors include government programs, home care, fitness, dental care, chiropractic care, rehabilitation services, RTA and veteran services.

The Benefits of Stretching by Nova Care Rehabilitation free seminar will be held at 10:30 a.m. For more information or to become a vendor, call Sandy DeMoor, (708) 430-4500.

Palos Township residents can fil property assessment appeal applications

Residents of Palos Township can file a property assessment appeal applications through Wednesday, May 3 at the township office, 10802 S. Roberts Road, Palos Hills.

The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 598-4418.

Appeal Applications must be received by the Cook County Assessor no later than May 3. Palos Township will assist residents with applications until Tuesday, May 2, allowing the last day, Wednesday, May 3 for delivery.

CONSUMER NEWS

Thursday, April 20, 2017

COMINGS & GOINGS

Darla’s Deli & Cafe opens in two locations ogether with the original Darla’s in Palos Hills, which opened in June, they are the latest venture for Durbin’s owner Tom McAuliffe.

The Darla’s in Tinley and Manteno are not your usual gaming cafes. Sure, they have video slot machines and offer complementary soft drinks, coffee and snacks, but these locations also serve up deli sandwiches and even Boar’s Head deli meat by the pound.

Bob law, they also have a Bong By liquor license for beer and wine.

The new Tinley location at 6800 W. 183rd St. is open at 6 a.m. Monday to Saturday and it closes at 10 p.m. Sunday hours are noon to 10 p.m.

The Manteno location is at 417 S. Locust St. and is open Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to midnight, from 10 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.

Manteno also has a banquet room for up to 70 people.

Lucky Penny’s gaming cafe and deli will hold its grand opening from 4-7 p.m.

Friday in Justice at 8401 W. 79th St. in the former Zippy Mart. The ribbon cutting will take place at 5:30 p.m.

The cafe is already open and has five slot machines and sells beer and wine and includes a deli featuring Boar’s Head meats.

Jersey Mike’s coming to Crestwood

Mac Shimmon’s Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop empire is getting ready to expand again with a new location expected to open in June at 13426 S. Cicero Ave. in

Photo by Bob Bong

Darla’s Deli & Cafe recently opened in Tinley Park. Other locations are in Palos Hills and Manteno.

Crestwood.

Shimmon opened his 13th location in Oak Lawn in January. He opened his first Jersey Mike’s in Orland Park in 2011 and now has additional south suburban locations in Frankfort, New Lenox and Palos Heights.

Hiring is now underway for the Crestwood store. If interested, applications are being taken at the Oak Lawn location at 4807 W. 95th St.

Coal-fire pizza coming to Orland Park

Florida-based Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is coming to Illinois with three locations including 14205 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park’s Orland Park Crossing shopping center.

It’s the former location of Bachrach, a men’s clothing store that moved across the parking lot into a new site last month.

“Chicago is a huge market for growth for Anthony’s,” said COO Chuck Locke in a release. “We’re bringing something completely different to the marketplace and feel that our coal fired concept will be embraced by new fans in the area, just like it has been in the Northeast and

Southeast regions.”

Anthony’s cooks pizzas, chicken wings and pork ribs at 800 degrees in ovens fueled by coal. The chain was founded in 2002 and has 60 company-owned locations. It is building Illinois stores in Orland Park, Kildeer and Vernon Hills and plans up to 20 additional locations over the next several years.

Battery store closes

Battery Giant, one of those stores that specialize in batteries for everything from hearing aids to motor vehicles, closed at the end of January at 15006 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park. The store opened in the summer of 2013.

Starbuck’s opens in Mokena

A new Starbucks coffee shop is now open at 19180 S. LaGrange Road in Mokena. The shop is in a small retail center with a Chipotle restaurant. It includes a drive-through lane. Hours are Monday to Saturday from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. On Sunday, it opens at 5:30 a.m.

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

Free adult computer classes will be held at Oak Lawn High School Free adult computer classes will be offered next month at Oak Lawn Community High School, 9400 Southwest Highway.

Email basics will be offered from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 in the high school Media Center. Participants will learn how to write, read and send an email. Guests will also learn how to open and send attachments.

If participants do not have an email, one will be created for them at the session. Participants can bring their own device or use a school computer.

Adults can also learn how to use Facebook during a class that will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 in the Media Center. Participants will learn how to use Facebook, which can be used as a social

Burke raises questions over wage discrimination on Pay Equity Day State Rep. Kelly Burke (D-36th) said she is fighting to end pay discrimination against women by sponsoring reforms to close the pay gap between women and men.

Burke also recently supported a resolution declaring April 4 “Pay Equity Day,” which symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn the same as men did the previous year.

“While women have made great strides in the workplace, income inequality between women and men is still a real issue that affects our society,” Burke said. “This wage discrimination makes it even more difficult for women to get ahead, especially women who are the sole providers for their family.”

Burke is sponsoring House Resolution 124 to declare April 4 as “Pay Equity Day” in Illinois.

Pay Equity Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gender gap in wages. The Census Bureau, which tracks annual wages, found women who worked full-time, year-round in 2016 made 79 cents for every dollar men earned across the country.

This comparison includes all male and female workers regardless of occupation.

She is also sponsoring House Bill 2462, which prohibits employers from paying different salaries to employees who do the same job and have the same experience.

Burke’s measure also makes it illegal for an employer to require potential employees to reveal their past wage or salary during the job

application process. The goal of her legislation is to address the fact that women and minorities have historically been paid less.

Massachusetts recently enacted similar legislation.

Hurley votes for lifeline to social services and colleges

State Rep. Fran Hurley (D-35th) voted last week to release funding for local service organizations and universities.

“While I work towards a final solution to this budget impasse, I want to make sure Illinois is doing something to ensure our critical programs and universities do not collapse from a lack of vital funding,” said Hurley.

“This lifeline budget will allow these organizations some breathing room, while we continue to negotiate a final budget.”

Hurley voted to pass House Bill 109, a lifeline budget, which uses special state funds that are currently sitting unused, and uses these funds to sustain some of the state’s most important services. Those services include senior Meals on Wheels, services for victims of domestic violence, MAP grants, and critical services for individuals with developmental disabilities, and state colleges and universities.

This legislation would appropriate over $800 million to higher education and various social services, according to Hurley. The bill passed out of the House last week and now moves to the Senate for consideration.

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networking tool. Participants will also learn the purpose of Facebook options for privacy settings, how to view and make posts.

If participants do not have a Facebook account, one can be set up for them. Participants can also use their own device or use a school computer.

Seating is limited. To register, call (708) 424-5200.

environment by owning n April 22, less “stuff.” The same we observe idea can also apply to Earth Day, a investing. If you took worldwide event focusa close look at your ing on protecting the portfolio, you might environment. As a find investments that citizen of this planet, you’ve held for years you may want to take but whose purpose is part in Earth Day no longer clear to you. activities. And as an Scott Some may even be duinvestor, you can learn Johnson plicates, or near-duplisome valuable lessons cates, of other investfrom the environmenments. You might be able to tal movement. improve your financial picture Here are a few ideas to by getting rid of this “clutter.” consider: By selling investments you • “Recycle” proven stratno longer need, you could use egies. Over the past few the proceeds to purchase new decades, we have discovered investments that may be far ways of bringing new life to more effective in helping you objects we would have previmeet your objectives. ously thrown away. When you • Plant “seeds” of opportuinvest, you also don’t need nity. Many Earth Day lesson to discard things you’ve used before – such as proven invest- plans for students emphasize the value of planting gardens ment strategies. For example, and trees. As an investor, you, one tried-and-true technique is to simply purchase investments too, need to look for ways to appropriate for your needs and plant “seeds” of opportunity so that you can eventually harvest risk tolerance, and then hold the results. Specifically, look these investments until either for those investments that, like your situation changes or the trees, can grow and prosper investments themselves are no over years and decades. Of longer the same as when you course, growth-oriented investbought them. (To illustrate: ments carry investment risk, You might have bought stock including the possible loss in a company whose products or services are not as competi- of principal. Yet, to achieve your long-term goals, such tive as they once were.) as a comfortable retirement, • Avoid “toxic” investment you will need some growth moves. Since the first Earth potential in your portfolio. You Day in 1970, we have had can reduce the level of risk by some success in identifying owning a mix of investments and eliminating toxins in our – including less aggressive air and water. You can also vehicles, such as bonds – in find – and avoid – “toxic” your portfolio. investment moves. One such Each year, Earth Day comes move is chasing a “hot” stock. and goes. But its messages By the time you hear about have had a profound impact on this stock – from a friend, generations of people interestrelative or even a television or ed in preserving our environinternet commentator – it may ment. And translating some of already be cooling off. Even these lessons to the investment more importantly, it might not arena can have a powerful efbe suitable for your needs, fect on your financial future. either because it’s too risky or because you already own Scott Johnson, CFP, is a several similar stocks. “Hot” financial advisor with Edward stocks aren’t so hot if they Jones, 8146 W. 111th St., Palos aren’t right for you.

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

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

Chicago Ridge Jig LLC to Zavala Juan Alejandro, 6347 Birmingham Ave, Unit #2W, $59,000; Joudeh Moneef to 7016 Oconnell Dr Chgo Rdg LLC, 7016 Oconnell St, $392,000; Williams Eileen Marie Tr to Edwards Earl D, 10800 Lombard Ave, $140,000; Moskala Inc to Yniguez Gloria, 5906 W 110th St, $250,000; Baranowsky Ronald to Liptak Bruno, 10906 Lombard Ave, $158,000; Potenberg Paul to Jelderks Jeremy, 6164 Washington St, $128,000; Judicial Sales Corp to Ghaben Mohammed M, 9835 S Harlem Ave, $80,000.

Evergreen Park Telander David C to Doyle Daniel P, 10222 S Trumbull Ave, $238,000; Collins Margaret S to Rodriguez Maria C, 9828 S Maplewood Ave, $120,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Mosley Stephaun M, 9238 S Harding Ave, $170,000; Wilmington Sav Fund Soc to Riverfront Dev LLC Series 2717 W 89th Pl, 2717 W 89th Pl, $87,500.

Hickory Hills Pratte Timothy E to Rahe Edward N, 9061 Primrose Ln, $260,000; Skwarczek Ted Tr to Potakar William J, 9220 S 84th Ct, $285,000; Moore William to Majid Mohammad, 8932 85th Ct, $153,000; Bellak Miroslav to Angelov Cvetko,

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8322 W 95th St, $163,000.

Oak Lawn Guinn Carol A Tr to Liang James C, 5332 W 88th St, $230,000; Baird Nancy A to Mills Victoria M, 9237 51st St, $175,000; Heirs Helen M Casey Decd to Diaz Wilfredo, 10420 Pulaski Rd, Unit #105C, $79,000; Battaglia Charles D Tr to Whelan Thomas A, 9724 S Kolmar Ave, $229,000; Cacciatore Frank J Jr Extr to Cacciatore Joseph F III, 4846 97th Pl, $135,000; Nuss Barbara Tr to Kiec Joanna, 5353 Edison Ave, Unit #2N, $103,000; Westerberg Lisa M Tr to Romero Mario, 5409 99th Pl, $195,000; Patco LLC to Garcia Alvaro, 9700 Central Ave, $200,000; Patco KLLC to Williams Theresa, 9236 48th Ct, $200,000; Nothnagel Fritz Gary to Behnke Daniel, 10102 Parke Ave, $220,000; Flynn Lauretta A Tr to Muzied Shadi, 5335 W 108th Pl, $240,000; Marquardt Mary to Sharp Kenyiel L, 9820 Pulaski Rd, Unit #2122, $65,000; Aronson David to Castro Jorge G Jr, 5510 Otto Pl, $160,000; Temple Merrilee I to Magana Liliana, 9535 Natoma Ave, $158,000; Inverclyde LLC to Pura Vida WBN Holdings LLC Series 9142, 9143 Central Ave, $118,000; Redo Prop LLC to Cameron Grace, 9247 54th Pl, $235,500; Zawislak Ryszard to AJFM Prop LLC, 10124 Pulaski Rd, Unit #101241, $440,000; U S Bk Trust to Masoud Faruk, 8708 50th Ave, $130,000; Petersen Robert C to Graal Daniel, 4239 108th St, $210,000;

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Naumann Michele to Brown Felecia, 9720 Karlov Ave, Unit #3201, $64,000; Maniatis Lee P to Martinez Maria E Torres, 9116 S Keeler Ave, $210,000; Navarro Jorge to Santana Richard L, 9638 50th Ct, $167,000; Magnum Builders Inc to Gonzalez Samuel, 5708 W 90th Pl, $406,000; Litto Perry C to Litto Anton P, 9701 S Parkside Ave, $124,000; Stevens Jualianne to Awesome Homes & Cap LLC, 8937 Moody Ave, $135,000; Deutsche Bk Natl Trust Co Tr to Majid Mohmmad, 4104 93rd Pl, $157,500; Standard B&T Co Tr to 6330 W 99th LLC, 6630 99th Pl, $520,000; Haubenreiser Mary Vinginia Tr to Abusharif Subhia, 9429 Menard Ave, $225,000; Mietus Tomasz to Kojtek Paulina T, 10401 Menard Ave, Unit #1110, $95,000; Marquette Bk Tr to Whisson Susan H, 9817 53rd Ave, $120,000.

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Land Trust Co Tr, 8616 W 98th Pl, $320,000; Strickel Jeffrey P to Corley Kristopher J, 33 Cour Deauville, $140,000; US Bk Trust to Jibawi Ahmad A, 11 Cour Marquis, $104,500; Lis Roger D to Hasan Tarek, 9980 Wood Ln, $258,000; Mazurczak Halina to Knych Anna M, 8138 W Valley Ct, $280,000; Janosek Amanda Ava to Stanley Margaret B, 11241 Sycamore Ln, Unit #63A, $165,000.

Worth Arnold Tracey R to Obyrtacz Stanislaw, 10656 S Plahm Ct, $182,000; Ercakar Serkan to Standard B&T, 10501 S Highland Rd, Unit #301, $57,500; A & M Prop LLC to Stevenson Brittany K, 11601 S Nagle Ave, $183,500; Jurkowski Tomasz to Khatib Mohammad S, 6845 W Crandall Ave, $175,000; US Bk to Shaqildi Majed, 11020 S Natchez Ave, $100,000.

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of April 17) 30-year fi ed

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SCHOOL NEWS

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A group of seniors selected as Illinois State Scholars for 2017 at Shepard High School in Palos Heights gather together for a photo opportunity.

Members of the Class of 2017 at Richards High School in Oak Lawn are all smiles after being selected as Illinois State Scholars by Illinois Student Assistance Commission.

Shepard announces 36 Illinois State Scholars in Class of 2017

Group of Richards seniors announced as Illinois State Scholars

Thirty-six students from the Class of 2017 have been selected as Illinois State Scholars at Shepard High School in Palos Heights.

Shepard seniors named Illinois State Scholars this year include Daniel Becker, Mark Bomberry, Brenna Braasch, Erika Brann, Kelli Callahan, Kevin Callahan, Jack Carberry, Alexis Carr, Victoria Churin, John Clohessy and John Cody.

Also selected as Illinois State Scholars at Shepa-

Thirty-one students from the Class of 2017 at Richards High School in Oak Lawn have been selected as Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.

Richards seniors named Illinois State Scholars this year are Mohamed Ahmed, Diala Al Shamasneh, Timothy Birmingham, Sarah Coffman, Grace Cook, Peter Forberg, Patrick Fox, Justin Hicks, Joshua Hildebrand and Adam Holesha.

rd are Alison Elzinga, Matthew Gibson, Aaron Gowski, Ednam Gusic, Valeria Hernandez, Jenna Huisenga, Scott Huston, Joseph Iaquinta, Veronica Jacobson, Connor Kapala, Naledge Killins, Timothy Komperda and Thomas McInerney.

Rounding out the list are Paul Milkus, Joseph Monahan, Brian Nelson, Kelly Pawlak, Hailey Pezdek, Alyssa Riley, Nathan Sanchez, Oluwatobi Sogebi, Allison Terry, Caleb Washington, Marley Wiest and Adam Zielke.

Also selected as Illinois State Scholars at Richards are Allison Isztok, Sabreen Jaber, Gisele Jankowski, Matthew Jareczek, Karina Kachnowski, Politimi Labrakis, Clifford Lamirez, Alison Lange, Chauncey Lawson-Weinert, Aiste Leskauskas, Allison Lively and Sara Mason.

The list also includes Jack Moran, Jake Moran, Matthew Rockey, Ryan Rudnick, Nour Saleh, Emma Weiland, Karolyn Wong, Stanislaw Wrobel and Beshoy Youssef.

District 230 students become immersed in French culture Food, games and French language immersion were recently enjoyed by 25 students from School District 230.

Students from Andrew, Sandburg and Stagg high schools participated in District 230’s second annual French Immersion Night.

Upon arrival, students took an oath where they promised to speak only in French for the next three hours. French teachers Laura Schmuck (Sandburg), Lynn Robinson (Andrew), and Nitya Viswanath (Stagg) gave a five-minute orientation in English before students took a pledge to speak French the entire evening. During the orientation, teachers reminded students that the evening wouldn’t work unless everyone committed to the effort to stay in French the entire time.

During the event, students stepped up to the challenge.

“It was great to watch students get excited when they realized they were having an actual conversation,” said Schmuck.

Students first engaged in conversation activities to get to know one another. They then worked in teams to cook crêpes and croquemonsieur sandwiches. They also participated in a trust walk while blindfolded and they sang a few folk songs, all in French. Table topic cards were strategically placed at each

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District 230 students (from left) Isabel Rocha (Stagg), Rini Theodoropoulos (Stagg) and Rebekka Eakins (Sandburg) bond over French cuisine and conversation.

event to give students ideas for conversation starters at moments when there were awkward pauses or lulls in conversation.

“I was thoroughly impressed with the effort everyone made to communicate in French,” said Robinson.

The students showed commitment to their

language studies by participating in the event outside of the regular school day and engaging in French conversation during the entire evening, District 230 teachers noted.

Teachers and students reflected on the importance of using the language outside the walls of a classroom.

“Global awareness, cultural competence and interpersonal communication are some of the most important skills students can build for a successful future career, and learning a second language helps students build those skills,” said Viswanath.

“I had to challenge myself and think quick on my feet when trying to say certain things in French,” said Mallory Strauch, a senior at Stagg.

Immersion nights like this offers students a chance to try out their language survival skills and to find ways to improvise and still get their ideas across. District 230 French teachers were able to organize this event through a District 230 Foundation grant that covered the expenses.

The District 230 Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organization that supports innovative learning at Sandburg, Stagg and Supplied photo Andrew high schools through teacher-driven Stagg students (from left) Tyler Smith, Lauren Cowe and Lindsey Grabowski grants and special projects. To learn more, use their French language skills in a trust walk activity during the District 230 French Immersion Night. go to www.d230foundation.org.

MSA students at OLCHS raise funds for refugees

Oak Lawn Community High School MSA students (from left) Hagar Elsokary, Saeda Sulieman, Naji Fariz, and Ahmad Sarhan hosted a fundraiser that raised over $8,000 for refugees.

Students from the Muslin Students Association at Oak Lawn Community High School, a student led organization under the supervision of counselor Samantha Razik, recently raised funds to aid refugees overseas.

A recent fundraiser for the MSA featured student board members Hagar Elsokary, Ahmad Sarhan, Saeda Sulieman and Naji Fariz canvassing the community to secure a venue that was donated from Zakat Foundation of America. The students brought in speakers and food from Al Bawadi and sold tickets completely

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on their own.

Sarhan led from the stage, describing the purpose of the event and how donations would be used. The students raised over $8,400 to provide shelter, clothing and food for the Zakat Foundation of America. The foundation provides assistance to refugees in the Middle East, Africa and South America.

“I am so very proud of this group,” said Razik. “This is an amazing group of leaders and I expect great things from them in the future.”

LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

CHICAGO RIDGE

Lego Club meets on Saturdays

The Lego Club will meet at 11 a.m. Saturdays through May 20 at the Chicago Ridge Library, 10400 S. Oxford Ave. Library staff members will supply Legos and kids will supply the imagination.

Children from kindergarten through eighth grade can build Legos.

More information can be obtained by calling the library, (708) 4237753, or visit the website at www.chicagoridgelibrary.org.

Babies will hear stories, songs

Babies and toddlers up to 2 years old and their caregivers will listen to stories and hear songs from 10 to 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Chicago Ridge Library. The program will continue until May 18. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 423-7753 or visit the website at www.chicagoridgelibrary.org.

Mad Libs Party

A Mad Libs Party will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 4 at the Chicago Ridge Library.

Kids in the first through eighth grade can take part in a variety of different games ranging from creating a self-portrait blindfolded, or getting tangled up in Twister. In addition, participants will play the traditional Mad Libs word game.

More information can be obtained by calling (708) 423-7753 or visit the website at www.chicagoridgelibrary.org.

Battle of the Books

The 15th annual Battle of the Books will include students from Finley Junior High, Our Lady of the Ridge, Ridge Central and Ridge Lawn schools from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 at the Chicago Ridge Library.

The students have been reading books from the Rebecca Caudill and Bluestem nominee award list throughout the school year. The students will compete to answer questions from this year’s 40 books.

This program is sponsored in part by the Friends of the Chicago Ridge Public Library. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 423-7753 or visit the website at www.chicagoridgelibrary.org.

Mother’s Day Spa

Children ages 5 and older can bring their moms or female caregiver for a Mother’s Day Spa Evening from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 at the Chicago Ridge Library.

Guests can make a fuzzy scented bath bomb and complete a manicure by looking at the Chicago Ridge Library books for some nail designs. Light refreshments will be available. Registration is required and is limited to the first 36 pairs that register. The child’s

name has to be registered and indicate if they will be bringing guest.

More information can be obtained by calling (708) 423-7753 or visit www.chicagoridgelibrary.org.

OAK LAWN

Volunteers needed to work in the Friends Bookstore

The Friends of the Oak Lawn Library is accepting applications for bookstore volunteers, which consists of sorting book donations and stocking the store at the Oak Lawn Library, 9427 S. Raymond Ave. One four-hour shift per week is required. Volunteer forms are available at the Customer Services Desk on the first floor of the library. For more information, call Carole Onwiler at (708) 422-8646.

Oak Lawn film group to view and discuss ‘The Nights of Cabiria’

CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will screen and discuss the1957 Italian neorealism classic “The Nights of Cabiria” from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 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) 5299028 or visit cineversegroupblogspot.com.

Register online at www.olpl.org or in person at the adult services desk at (708) 422-4990.

PALOS HILLS

‘The Girl on the Train’ movie to be shown

‘The Girl on the Train” will be the morning movie to be presented at 10 a.m. Friday, April 21 at the Green Hills Library, 8611 W. 103rd St., Palos Hills. Popcorn and drinks will be served.

This event is for adults only. One lucky person will win a copy of the movie. The event is for adults only. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Financial workshop

A financial workshop will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 24 at the Green Hills Library. Patrons will learn about ways to reduce debt, retirement savings strategies and the power of compound interest.

This event is for adults only. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Tech Club for kids will be held

The Tech Club for kids in the third through eighth grade will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 at the Green Hills Library. Kids will experiment with Makey Makeys, Squish Circuits and Mbot robot.

Registration is limited to 25. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Presentation on estate planning will be offered

Book Discussion Club to explore ‘American Heiress’

Session on benefi s of Social Security

Kids will discuss book and have a snack

Memory Lane Trivia Hour to be held at library

Library hosts game of Family Jeopardy

Estate planning basics will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 at the Oak Lawn Library. Financial advisor Robin House, of Edward Jones Investments, will discuss the basics of estate planning, including powers of attorney, living trusts, wills and more.

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

“Social Security: A Look at the Bigger Picture” will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27 at the Oak Lawn Library. Greg Kurinec, of the Benton Financial Group, Inc., will present an informational discussion covering the benefits of Social Security. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 422-4990 or visit www.olpl.org.

A Memory Lane Trivia Hour will be held beginning at 2 p.m.

Thursday, May 4 at the Oak Lawn Library. The session will take a trip down memory lane with trivia geared toward baby boomers and beyond. Guests will be reminded about TV shows like Davy Crockett or the music of Doris Day during the trivia competition.

The monthly book discussion sponsored by the Green Hills Library will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 at The Irish Legend, 8933 S. Archer Ave., Willow Springs. Club members will discuss the book “American Heiress” by Jeffrey Toobin. Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation Desk for GHPLD cardholders.

Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

A book club with Miss Natalie will be held for ages 10 to 17 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 at the Green Hills Library.

Snacks will be provided following the books discussion. Copies of the books will be available at the Youth Services Desk. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Family Jeopardy will be held for children and families ages 6 and up at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27 at the Green Hills Library.

Participants can compete in a fun and challenging game of Jeopardy.

Prizes will be awarded to everyone who participates. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

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JUMP! Brother Rice’s Baker making leaps of faith by competing on two spring teams a year after a serious injury

By Jason Maholy Correspondent

Brother Rice volleyball player Jimmy Baker entered the spring sports season with an eye on competing for a state title.

In the long jump. Perhaps the triple jump, too.

And he might as well go for the gold in the 200-meter dash and 4x200-meter relay.

Baker, a senior from Oak Lawn, is gunning for a spot in the Illinois High School Association boys state finals, while also being the best player on a volleyball team that has aspirations to make a deep post-season run. And he’s doing all of this with a leg that was seriously injured a year ago.

As a sophomore, Baker was named the 2015 Catholic League Player of the Year in volleyball, and last season he and the Crusaders were off to a good start when disaster struck.

As the 6-foot-2 outside hitter came down after making a kill, he landed on a teammate’s foot.

He suffered a fractured fibula and a seriously sprained ankle.

Baker remembers the moment well.

“I was watching the ball, and as I was coming down and landed I heard it crack — but it didn’t hit me until I was on the ground that my ankle was cracking,” he said. “It was pretty awful.”

The sprain was actually worse than the fracture, Baker said. But what was even more painful was being relegated to the role of an observer, helpless to assist a deep, talented team that had lofty goals but saw its season end at the sectional level.

“The week prior we had been playing really well, so we were enjoying the success of the season and were looking forward to the playoffs,” he said.

“Our team was really good. It was hard watching, knowing I

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Brother Rice’s Jimmy Baker reels off a jump serve (left photo) against Sandburg in volleyball and practices a long jump on Saturday. The senior is participating in both volleyball and track this season, a year after suffering serious leg injuries.

couldn’t help at all. All I could do is watch.’’

After intensive physical therapy, Baker was back on the court playing club ball within eight weeks. After the club sea-

son he had about three months to rest before the start of training for his senior season at Rice.

He came into his final high school campaign planning to leave it all on the court, but fig-

ured he might as well leave it all on the track too. He plays volleyball during the week, and on weekends in which he doesn’t have volleyball tournaments, he competes for the Crusaders’

track team in the long jump, triple jump, 200-meter dash and 4x200 relay.

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CHICAGO CHRISTIAN’S BASEBALL WIN STREAK INCREASES

Knights are 18-karat gold on the diamond

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

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Evergreen Park native Zach Rothstein, left, and Fontbonne teammate Tony Pitaro hit the ground during a match against Marian University in Wisconsin recently.

A lot of guts, very little glory Volleyball libero might be worst job in sports

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his might be the worst job in sports.

OK, maybe rodeo clown and the poor people who have to clean up the huge brown apples at the horse racing track might have it worse. But it certainly is one of the least appreciated jobs.

It is being a libero on a volleyball team.

The job is to be a defensive specialist who can come and go into matches for an unlimited amount of time while not being allowed in the front row. It’s a job that requires a lot of guts with little glory in return. It gets little respect.

Here are my 10 reasons, in no particular order, why being a libero…well…sucks: • You have to wear a different uniform top. Already you are set apart from the other players.

• Because you are wearing a different uniform top, it’s easier for fans to spot your screw-ups.

• No one knows how to even pronounce the darn position. It’s supposed to be leebah-row, which kind of sounds like Figaro.

(I never thought I would get an opera reference into a volleyball column, but I digress.) Most people — including myself — call it a lib-bear-oh.

• And no matter how you pronounce it, it will never be as cool as “outside hitter” or “middle blocker.’’ In fact, I can’t think of a goofier name in a sport with a ball. Now, if we’re talking rowing…

• It’s been decades since liberos were added to volleyball, but to this day, I hear some fans saying, “Why is that girl (or guy) wearing a different color uniform?”

• You have to hit the floor hard — a lot.

That causes plenty of injuries, especially the wrists and ribs.

• When the ball gets past you, you look stupid.

• When you make the greatest diving play in your life, it is often forgotten quickly because play continues and one of two things will happen — your team will get the point or give up the point, and that’s

JEFF VORVA Making the Extra Point what the fans remember.

• There are no sexy statistics for a libero to get. No kills. No attacks. No blocks.

Digs-per-set is about as good as it gets and even that can’t tell you the difference between a very good libero and an excellent libero. It might just mean the other team is getting the ball past the blockers too much.

• Very few kids playing in the early stages of their career say, “Yep, I’m going to be a libero in volleyball!”

So, somebody has to do it.

And those who do it, love it.

“I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” said Evergreen Park’s Zach Rothstein, a former Brother Rice standout who plays libero for NCAA Division III Fontbonne University in St. Louis. After the regular season, he was ranked fifth in the nation with 3.31 digs per set and was the No. 2 freshman in the country with that stat.

“When you play hard all year, it’s fun to get some credit,” he said. “But my main goal was 15-11 (the team’s won-loss mark — just the second winning season in program history).

“I love playing defense, so I love playing libero,’’ added Rothstein, who pronounces it lib-bear-oh. “But the only reason I am playing libero is because I am not tall enough (5-foot-11) to play front row. I feel like I’m the runt of the group.’’

When Rothstein arrived at Brother Rice, he was also playing for the Chi-Town Volleyball Club, and that’s when the seeds were planted that he was heading to the See VORVA, Page 3

Anyone who peeked at Chicago Christian’s baseball schedule before this season would not believe this, but the Knights’ winning streak turned 18 on Saturday.

The Knights beat Metro Suburban Conference foe Illiana Christian 4-1 in Palos Heights thanks in part to a bases-loaded triple by Tommy Moran in the sixth inning.

The Knights entered this week with an 18-0 mark.

Before people start questioning the schedule of one of the smallest schools in the area, consider this: The Knights’ streak includes wins over larger schools Shepard (1-0) and Stagg (12-4) plus a 4-0 victory over Lincoln-Way East.

East lost to one of the state’s elite teams, Brother Rice, 1-0 earlier in the season.

The Knights also won five games in the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and four were decided by one run.

“I had a lot of confidence in this team at the beginning of the year,”

CLOSE SHAVES Chicago Christian’s baseball team was 18-0 heading into this week and eight games were decided by three runs or less: March 16: beat Solorio 7-4 March 21: beat Shepard 1-0 March 25: beat Westchester Country Day (N.C.) 3-2 March 28: beat Marysville (Ohio) 2-1 March 30: beat Westerville Central (Ohio) 1-0 March 31: beat Nordonia (Ohio) 5-4 April 13: beat Fenton 3-0 April 15: beat Illiana Christian 4-1

Moran said. “I really felt we were going to have a good season and so far it’s been great. Our pitching has just been outstanding and we’ve been really good in all the other areas.’’

Knights coach Eric Brauer said the school-record winning streak is enjoyable but wasn’t expected.

“As players and coaches you never set out to win 18 straight,” he said. “We try to set ourselves up to win one game and to be ready

to compete every day. We want to win every day. Surprised? Sure.

So many things can go wrong in baseball that it’s hard to win that many.

“You don’t set out to do that, but you set out to try to win each game. What do you have to do that day to win, and we’ve done a good job with that.’’

Out of the 18 victories, eight have been decided by three runs or less.

“I love them,” Moran said of the thrillers. “But I love every game that we win.’’

“The best thing we’ve done is to stay calm and loose,” Brauer said.

“We have good senior leadership in that regard — guys who can really stay in the moment.’’

One of the top moments came during a hot Saturday afternoon, when Moran, a Brother Rice transfer and Orland Park resident, broke the game open.

For five innings, the score was 1-1 and both offenses were lamenting lost opportunities with runners See KNIGHTS, Page 3

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Chicago Christian’s Jeff Mayberry (left) and Dan Vos (right) celebrate a triple by teammate Tommy Moran on Saturday that helped give the Knights a 4-1 victory and an 18-0 record heading into this week’s action.

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CHICAGO FIRE ANALYSIS

Fire has depth that is fit for a King

By Jeff Vorva

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l and Sandie Sorenson of Palos Park recently teamed up with guide Gary Paris of Quitman, Texas, for a day of crappie and bass fishing on Lake Fork near Alba Texas.

The weather was cold and windy for this time of year, but fishing out of Gary’s 20-foot Express boat, they managed to limit out on both crappies and bass.

Gary rigged Al and Sandie up with a small pink jig tipped a live minnow fished in OUTDOORS with about 15 feet of water that WITH proved to be the right presenJIM KIRBY tation. Al intends to use this set-up when he and Sandie fish locally. This couple loves the outdoors and enjoy hunting and fishing together and with friends from the Palos area.

Sports Editor

This is how well things are going for the Chicago Fire…

David Accam, sometimes known as King David, has been the Fire’s leading scorer for the past two seasons — two seasons in which the team has finished with Major League Soccer’s worst record.

But the roster has turned over so much since the end of the 2016 campaign that when the speedy star from Ghana developed right hip pain days before Saturday’s match with the New England Revolution, he was removed from the starting lineup.

Although he came into the game in the 71st minute and quickly recorded an assist, the team has so much firepower and depth that Accam really wasn’t needed. Newcomers Bastian Schweinsteiger (a goal in the 45th minute) and Nemanja Nikolic (two goals in the second half) took care of business in the Fire’s 3-0 victory in front of an announced crowd of 16,914 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview.

New England’s over-aggression also played a role in the victory as Je-Vaughn Watson received a yellow card in the 21st minute and a mere six minutes later he picked up his second, forcing the Revolution (2-3-1) to play a man short for more than 60 minutes.

The Fire is off to a Chicago area code start with a 3-1-2 record and is 2-0-1 since signing Schweinsteiger, who has two goals and an assist in three matches.

“It is very important for us that we won,’’ Fire coach Veljko Paunovic said. “This is the first (two-victory streak) we’ve had in two years since I’ve been here, I’m very happy for that.

I’m also very happy we closed our home game streak with a win and three points. I think that everyone is doing their job.

Everyone is starting to understand how important the teamwork is.’’

Nikolic and the team celebrated early in the first half what appeared to be the first goal of the game but it was disallowed because he was offside. He got his chance later in the game and scored in the 47th and 73rd minutes. Accam and Schweinsteiger assisted on his second score.

“The most important thing is that the team plays good,” said Nikolic, who leads the squad with four goals. “Game by game, we’re getting better and better. We have an identity now and everybody so badly wants to play. The players behind me are in good form, so for me it’s also easier. They gave me a great ball today and I scored two goals.’’

Goalie Jorge Bava and the defense racked up another shutout.

All three victories this season against Real Salt Lake, the Eastern Conference-leading Columbus Crew and New England came via shutout.

A terrific time in Texas: Palos Park couple brave cold weather to catch crappie, bass

Local fishing report

Here is a fishing report from Greg Katello from the Fishing Connection Bait and Tackle Shop in Tinley Park.

“High water is affecting the Illinois, Kankakee Rivers and local ponds and lakes,” he said. “Forest Preserve lakes are giving up good catches of crappies and bass. Shabbona Lake is that best bet for muskies and walleyes. Cooling lakes LaSalle and Braidwood are doing well on catfish. In fact, cats up to 60 pounds are being taken at LaSalle on cut-bait such as bluegills.”

For more information, call Katello at 708-532-1476.

BOW workshop coming in June Photo by Jeff Vorva

Fire star Nemanja Nikolic has four goals this season, including two on Saturday in a 3-0 victory over the New England Revolution.

Registration is open for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming an Outdoors Woman Workshop on June 9-11 at the Lorado Taft Field Campus in Oregon, Ill. BOW workshops are designed to provide introductory instruction and experiences in many outdoor-related activities and skills. The cost per person is $230, which includes meals, lodging, four instructional classes, use of class materials/supplies, and transportation during the workshop and more.

Registration materials can be downloaded from the BOW webpage www.dnr.illinois.gov/registration/BOW, Register soon; there is a limit of 95 participants, and registration filled quickly last year.

Outdoors calendar April 21-26: Third spring shotgun or archery turkey season, north zone.

April 27-May 3: Fourth spring shotgun or archery turkey season, north zone.

April 27-May 4: Fifth spring shotgun or archery turkey season, south zone.

April 30: Deadline for the first lottery firearm and muzzleloader deer permit.

April 30: Smelt fishing season closes.

May 24: Palos Chapter Ducks Unlimited Dinner, Palos Country Club. The event features a sit-down dinner, open bar, live and silent auctions. For info call Ted Verdun at 630-878-7778.

June 16-19: Illinois Free Fishing Days (no license) during Father’s Day Weekend.

June 17: Palos Hills Free Fishing Derby at Pleasure Lake, 10801 Roberts Road, gto 10 a.m. to noon for ages 2 to 13, Stop by Community Center to register or 708-430-4500.

Campground hosts needed

Fire players celebrate the team’s third goal in a 3-0 win over New England.

“It’s one of the most important things in football — to keep a clean sheet,” Nikolic said. “Our defensive line played good. Game by game, we are very strong and solid in the defensive line. We work a lot in training on these things. If we don’t look at the Atlanta game (a 4-0 road loss March 18), when we played with 10 players and it was difficult to defend, all other games we have played we are organized very good in the defensive line.

“We need to keep doing this, because we can score every game, so if we make the clean sheet and we try to be better in this area, we can win a lot of games like this.”

The Fire hits the road for

Photo by Jeff Vorva

CHICAGO FIRE AT TORONTO FC WHEN/WHERE: 6:30 p.m., Friday at BMO Field, Toronto FIRE’S RECORD: 3-1-2 TORONTO’S RECORD: 1-1-4 NOTEWORTHY: Toronto outshot the Columbus Crew 19-11 on Saturday night but that didn’t mean much as the Eastern Conference-leading Crew won 2-1.

PAUNO’S POUNDINGS

The 2017 Illinois state park camping season is getting underway and there are campground host positions available at a number of parks starting between April 15 and May 1. Positions include free camping and require 35 hours per week (weekends required). For more information, visit Volunteer – Illinois.gov.

Camping reservations Make your reservations now for campsites and shelters for many IDNR sites for 2017. Reservations can be made online through the Reserve America website at www.reserveamerica.com using a Visa or MasterCard. For more information, visit http://dnr.state. il.us/lands/Landmgt/Programs/Camping/index.htm.

Think about it

It’s always good fishing just before you get there and just after you leave!

Jim Kirby’s column appears every first and third Thursday of each month. E-mail him at kirbyoutdoors@sbcglobal.net

The biggest margin of victory in MLS matches in the Veljko Paunovic era: Aug. 20, 2016: Fire 3, Montreal 0 Sept. 3, 2016: Fire 3, Philadelphia 0 April 15, 2017: Fire 3, New England 0 March 11, 2017: Fire 2, Real Salt Lake 0

games against Toronto (Friday), the New York Red Bulls (April 29) and the Los Angeles Galaxy

Al and Sandie Sorenson, of Palos Park, display the fish the caught during their trip to Texas.

(May 6) before returning home May 13 for a match against Seattle.

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REAL MADRID ANNOUNCED FOR ALL-STAR GAME IN CHICAGO

Fire, MLS getting ready for ‘soccer holiday’

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Some all-star games are bigger than others, but the Major League Soccer All-Star game will likely generate more interest than any regular-season or postseason game the league has to offer.

Insiders estimate that 50 million people will watch this year’s game, in which the MSL All-Stars face Real Madrid on Aug. 2 at Soldier Field in Chicago. The Chicago Fire is one of the main hosts of the event.

Saturday’s announcement of Real Madrid being the opponent had the Fire organization fired up.

“We are very, very excited, very excited about it,” Fire coach Veljko Paunovic said.

“All around the world, I think it’s going to be a soccer holiday.

“That’s a fantastic and very important event for the city, for the club and we are very grateful that we have this honor to play the MLS All-Star game against Real Madrid, one of the best teams in the world. For everyone in the city, I think that it’s a great opportunity to show how well we are prepared, how we can organize and how we can welcome everyone who is coming to watch the game and also we want to give all the fans around the world the opportunity to see a fantastic spectacle.’’

Paunovic will coach the All-Stars. As a player, he faced Real Madrid eight times and scored a goal in a 2-1 Atletico loss in 2004. But he also experienced a rare victory against the perennial powerhouse.

Some Fire players have ties with the MLS All-Star Game.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Chicago Fire coach Veljko Paunovic calls the coming MLS All-Star game against Real Madrid in Chicago in August a “soccer holiday.’’

New Fire superstar Bastian Schweinsteiger played for FC Beyern Munich when that team lost 2-1 to the MLS in Portland, Ore. “I remember the 2014 All-Star Game quite well,” he said. “It’s something different; we don’t have it in Europe so I really enjoyed the match. It’s great for the city of Chicago to have a big team like Real Madrid at Soldier Field. Chicago is city of sport, and to have this kind of team in our city means

a lot.”

Three other Fire players have previous MLS All-Star Game experience.

Midfielders Juninho and Dax McCarty took part in the 2015 edition, a 2-1 win by the MLS All-Stars over Tottenham Hotspur at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo.

In his rookie season, Brandon Vincent was selected to the roster for the 2016 MLS All-Star Game against Arsenal at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, Calif.

Real Madrid claimed a record 32 La Liga championships and 11 UEFA Champions League titles, as well as capturing the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup on multiple occasions.

Under the direction of the legendary Zinedine Zidane, Los Blancos currently sit atop the La Liga standings and are in the quarterfinals of the 2016-2017 UEFA Champions League tournament. The club is home to internationally renowned stars such as fourtime Ballon d’Or recipient Cristiano Ronaldo, 27-year-old star Gareth Bale, and fourtime La Liga Best Defender Sergio Ramos.

This will mark the first time a team from Spain’s La Liga will appear in the MLS AllStar Game. The MLS All-Stars have previously faced clubs from the England’s Premier League, Germany’s Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A, Mexico’s Liga MX and the Scottish Premier League, owning an 8-4-1 record against some of the world’s most decorated clubs.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 9 a.m. May 4 via Ticketmaster.com.

For VIP fan packages, visit www.MLSsoccer.com/ASG.

HOUSTON 2, RED STARS 0

We’ve seen this before

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

The Chicago Red Stars opened the 2017 season the same way they opened the 2016 campaign — with a two-goal loss at Houston.

Last year they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Houston Dash to open the season and they still finished as one of the top four teams in the league. This year, they dropped a 2-0 contest to open the National Women’s Soccer League season at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston on Saturday.

Houston did not have one of the best players in the world, Carli Lloyd, available as she was loaned out to Manchester City. But Kaelia Ohai (15th minute) and Rachel Daly (80th minute) scored for the Dash, and the Houston defense kept the Red Stars from scoring even though Chicago had 12 shots on goal.

On roster stability alone, it

FC KANSAS CITY AT CHICAGO RED STARS WHEN: 3 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Toyota Park, Bridgeview RED STARS’ RECORD: 0-1-0 KANSAS CITY’S RECORD: 1-0-0 NOTEWORTHY: After winning the NWSL title two years in a row, in 2014 and 2015, KC finished sixth last year and did not qualify for the playoffs. KC’s Amy Rodriguez injured her left knee in a 2-0 victory over Boston on Sunday.

appeared the Red Stars could have had the advantage. Houston made several offseason changes while Chicago had 17 core players return including Christen Press (eight goals last year) and Sofia Huerta (seven).

“We’ve worked so hard to put the puzzle pieces together, and the timing is right for us,” said Red Stars returnee Samantha Johnson. “We have the pieces to win. We just have to execute.”

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IHSA POSTSEASON ASSIGNMENTS

Unbeaten Chicago Christian is back in Class 2A

By Jeff Vorva

Nazareth Academy Sectional.

In Class 2A, Chicago Christian is in the 21-team Seneca Sectional and has been place in a subsectional with 11 other teams.

Sports Editor

Chicago Christian’s baseball team, which entered this week with an areabest 18-0 mark, is back in Class 2A. The Palos Heights school has 350 students enrolled, according to the Illinois High School Association, and since it’s a private school, it has been hit with a multiplier and its number is at 577.50. The baseball cutoff between Class 3A (where the Knights were placed last year) and 2A is 584.

“We made it by a couple of kids,” Knights coach Eric Brauer said. “In principle, it’s better we’re in 2A. At the same time, our guys will play anybody.

In the postseason we’ve been beaten in 2A and beaten in 3A. No matter what class you are in, it’s tough to face an opponent’s No. 1 pitcher. But with the size of our school, we should be 2A where we belong and hopefully we can make the best of it.’’

The IHSA recently released its postseason assignments and the Knights are in the 23-team Wilmington Sectional, placed in a sub-sectional with 10 other teams. The Knights will host a regional.

Regionals will begin in mid-May and seeding will come out in early May. In other baseball assignments, powerhouses Brother Rice and St. Laurence are both at the 21-team St. Lau-

Soccer

Sandburg is hosting a 17-team Class 3A sectional that also features Mother McAuley, Oak Lawn, Shepard and Stagg.

Marist is hosting a Class 2A sectional that also features Evergreen Park and Richards.

In Class 1A, Queen of Peace and Chicago Christian are in the 17-team Manteno Sectional.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Chicago Christian’s baseball team is back in Class 2A after being bumped up to Class 3A last year.

rence Class 4A Sectional, which will also feature Oak Lawn, St. Rita, Mt. Carmel and Lyons, a team that knocked off Brother Rice the first game of the season.

Marist, Sandburg, Richards, Sandburg, Shepard and Stagg are in the 21team Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional along with three-time defending Class 4A champion Providence Catholic.

In Class 3A, Evergreen Park was placed in the 22-team St. Ignatius Sectional along with 21 public and private schools based in Chicago.

Softball The big news is that Sandburg will host a Class 4A supersectional that was previously hosted at Benedictine University in Lisle.

But if an area team hopes to get to state by winning in Orland Park, it will have to go through the tough Hinsdale South Sectional. Marist, Mother McAuley, Oak Lawn, Richards, Sandburg, Shepard and Stagg are all in that sectional.

In Class 3A, Queen of Peace and Evergreen Park will be at the 21-team

Boys track

Some schools from the area — including Marist and Oak Lawn — held signing day ceremonies.

At Marist, the biggest signing was Maryclare Leonard, who inked a letter of intent to run cross country and track at the University of Notre Dame.

Teammate Carlin McNulty (Oak Lawn) will continue at Loras College.

From the girls basketball team, Maggie Robertson (Orland Park) is heading to St. Mary’s (Minnesota).

In boys basketball, Bobby Hawkinson (Frankfort) plans to play at New York University.

In football, Liam Krammer (Palos Heights) will head to Illinois Wesleyan University.

The wrestling team’s Derrick Ashford (Chicago) is heading to the University of Dubuque.

The hockey team’s Joe Prkut (Palos Heights) and Andrew Reif (Palos Heights) are heading to Ferris State University.

In girls lacrosse, Leah Hood (Oak Lawn) is heading to Loras College.

In boys lacrosse, David O’Neil (Oak Forest), is going to Illinois Wesleyan University while teammate Matt Jones (Chicago) signed with St. Am-

brose University.

In boys cross country and track, Matt Wagner (Palos Heights) is heading to Illinois Wesleyan University.

In softball, Madison Franks (Chicago) will play for Loras College.

In girls volleyball, Megan Krasowski (Oak Lawn), will play University of Illinois at Springfield while Ryann Horkavy (Chicago) is heading to Spring Hill College.

In boys volleyball, Chris Omiecinski (Oak Lawn), will head to Loras College.

Lauren Vorva (Orland Park), a senior student who was not on the girls volleyball team but plays club volleyball for the Lemont-based Synergy, signed with St. Ambrose.

The Class 3A Reavis Sectional features Marist, Mother McAuley, Oak Lawn, Richards and Stagg. Shepard and Sandburg are heading to the Down-

Continued from Page 1 track, but I just figured I never could because of volleyball,” he said. “But I worked it out.

Senior year came around and I thought I might as well go for it.

It’s a lot of fun... I figure it out day to day, pretty much.”

Knights

Continued from Page 1 in scoring position.

With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth, Moran fouled off three pitches before delivering a 350-plus-

The Richards co-op team joins Sandburg and Stagg at the LincolnWay Central Sectional while Mother McAuley is at the Lyons Sectional.

Badminton Oak Lawn, Shepard, Sandburg and Stagg are at the 23-team Hinsdale South Sectional.

The 11-team Des Plaines River Big Basin Marina Sectional features St. Laurence, Brother Rice, Marist, Sandburg and Stagg.

FOCUS ON AREA COLLEGE SPORTS

Borgen chooses school, joins Drynan as an all-American

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

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Above: Marist student-athletes pose during a signing ceremony. Below: Oak Lawn student-athletes are heading to colleges all over the Midwest.

ner will head to Lincoln College.

In girls basketball, Danielle Quigley will continue at Carthage College while Miranda Garcia heads to Morton College.

In boys basketball, Rashad Johnson will continue at Aurora University In football, Anthony Masterson is heading to Saint Ambrose and Jabari Clark will attend

The eighth-grade boys volleyball team at St. Alexander School took first place in the Marist RedHawk Invite April 8 and 9.

Patrick Coogan was awarded the tournament MVP. Mary Beth Coogan and Colleen Murrihy coached the team to the championship. Team members also include Conor O’Mara, Thomas Murrihy, Sean Hynes, Andrew Odeh, Joey Marx and Matthew Madaras.

Baker

Sandburg, Stagg and the Shepard coop team are at the Lincoln-Way Central sectional.

Brother Rice is at the 11-team Lyons Sectional.

Bass fishing

Carthage College.

In boys soccer, Giovanni Barragan is heading to Calumet College teammates Mohammad Farraj and Sadiq will play at Moraine Valley.

In girls bowling, Stephanie Gasca signed up with St. Xavier University.

In girls volleyball, Alexa Lopez heads to Aurora University.

St. Alexander was red hot at RedHawk Invite

Oak Lawn Community High School’s baseball program will honor Declan and Kenadie Haubenreiser, children of Oak Lawn Community High School alumna Mary Haubenreiser, Class of 1979.

Mary lost her battle with breast cancer, and her twins are now being raised by their aunt, Janet Haubenreiser Meyers

Boys water polo

Girls track

FOCUS ON AREA COMMUNITY AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Oak Lawn honors Haubenreiser

The 28-team Reavis Sectional will feature St. Laurence, Brother Rice, Marist, Oak Lawn, Richards, Sandburg, Shepard and Stagg.

Girls water polo

Oak Lawn signees Oak Lawn Community High School also held a recent ceremony.

In girls cross country and track, Tasneem Jaber signed with St. Xavier University In boys cross country and track, Keven Arias also signed with SXU. In baseball, Brenden Butler will play at Upper Iowa University.

In boys volleyball, John Lind-

Boys volleyball

The Class 3A Lyons Sectional will feature Brother Rice, Oak Lawn and Richards.

The 16-team Lockport Sectional hosts Marist, Sandburg, Shepard and Stagg.

St. Laurence and Evergreen Park are at the Lisle Class 2A Sectional and Chicago Christian is at the Seneca Class 1A Sectional.

Schools dote on athletes who sign on dotted line From staff reports

ers Grove South Sectional.

In Class 2A, the 18-team Chicago University Sectional features Queen of Peace and Evergreen Park.

In Class 1A, Chicago Christian is at the 14-team Seneca Sectional.

St. Al’s eighthgrade volleyball team recently won a tournament at Marist.

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(Class of 1991), who is a current Instructional Technology coach.

The Spartans baseball program will recognize Declan and Kenadie on May when the team takes on Thornton Fractional North. Spartan baseball players will wear shirts honoring Mary at the game. Shirts are available to the community for $20 each and can be purchased through head coach Bill Gerny at wgerny@olchs.org.

Youth sizes are available (small through large) as well as adult (small trough 3 XL).

Smilin’ Clydes will be selling hot dogs, and former SSC Conference Player of the Year Boo Quillin (‘15), a fan favorite of Declan and Kenadie, will be on hand to catch the ceremonial first pitch.

Mary was a dedicated threesport athlete who cultivated a love of sports in her twins. Declan and

Kennedy have been surrounded

by Spartans all their lives. These 8-year-old twins grew up in a house right across the street from the varsity baseball field and their large Irish-American clan also consists of numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins who graduated from Oak Lawn Community High School.

Baker’s brother, Pat, was a standout jumper at Rice nearly a decade ago.

“He was just a great athlete, and me being little, I would watch him and think, ‘I want to do that,’” he recalled.

Baker competed in the indoor track season, and at the Chicago Catholic League confer-

ence meet he placed fourth in the long jump (20 feet, 9 inches) and sixth in the triple jump (404.75).

“My vertical is pretty good, so I figured if I joined track I could do well,” he said. “I was kind of just hoping the coach would try to get me on the pole (vault).

“I’m trying to qualify for state, qualify for volleyball state, and win multiple state titles.”

He enrolled at the University of Tennessee and is going to try to walk on to the men’s track team although he could scotch those plans if he is accepted into the Coast Guard Academy.

foot triple to center field to bring home Dan Vos, Jeff Mayberry and Matthew McCarthy.

“I was looking for a pitch to hit,” Moran said. “As soon as I saw that pitch, I knew I had to hit it. I didn’t think it was going out (for a home run) but I knew I got a good piece of it.’’

“That was a very tough atbat,” Brauer said. “His twostrike hitting was fantastic. I think he might hit better with two strikes than he does with any other count.’’

Pitchers Tyler Edgar and John Vander Wall combined for the victory and Edgar tripled in

Zach Frieling with the first run of the game in the fourth inning.

The Knights were scheduled to play Timothy Christian Monday at home and Tuesday in Elmhurst, and they visit Riverside-Brookfield today (Thursday), so they could be looking at a 21-gun salute.

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Moraine Valley’s Michelle Borgen and Erin Dryan earned National Junior College Athletics Association all-America honors Monday with Borgen being selected to the first team and Drynan to the third team.

Last week, Borgen, a 6-foot sophomore from Andrew High School, announced she will attend Missouri Science and Technology, a Division II program that finished 1016 last season. She averaged 25.8 points per game and 10.7 rebounds for Moraine this past season, and she was No. 1 in the nation Photo by Jeff Vorva with 904 points.

All-American Michelle Borgen of MoDrynan, an Evergreen raine Valley chose to play basketball Park native who played for at Missouri S&T. Mother McAuley, led the nation with 192 blocks and na Wanta (400 hurdles) qualiaveraged 17.1 points, 13.5 re- fied for the National Christian bounds per game. She has not College Athletic Association announced a commitment to a nationals at the Benedicfour-year college yet. tine University meet over the Baseball: The Cyclones beat weekend.

Oakton 8-7 on April 12 in a game that started on March St. Xavier University 29, was delayed by weather, Women’s track: Former resumed on April 3 and was Mother McAuley standout Radelayed by weather and fi- chal Brooks had a personal best nally completed on the third time of 25.89 seconds in the try. Mike Santarelli scored the 200-meter dash in the Benewinning run and Al Sanchez dictine University meet over pitched the win. the weekend.

Softball: Moraine lost 11-9 Baseball: The Cougars to Sauk Valley and 3-2 to scored 38 runs and pounded Highland to close out the Free43 hits in a doubleheader port Tournament April 8. Sam sweep of Trinity International Owens had four hits and drove in four runs in the opener and University on Saturday, winMaddie Poole was the losing ning the first game 27-6 and pitcher and scored a run in the the nightcap 11-2. The Cougars (21-21 overall and 12-5 nightcap. in the CCAC after the sweep) had won seven straight and Trinity Christian Baseball: Trinity knocked scored 89 runs in the streak. off the top team in the Chicago- Ryan Pellack had eight hits in land Collegiate Athletic Confer- the doubleheader.

Women’s golf: Taylor ence 5-2 on Friday but dropped 5-4 and 14-2 decisions on Sat- Thompson (156) and Hannah urday to lose the three-game Cruz (161) finished first and series against the University of second, respectively, for the St. Francis. Luke Weston hit a Cougars in the Pilot Spring Invitational in South Bend, Ind. grand slam in the win.

Women’s track: Katie Mo- SXU finished second in the 10ran (100 meter dash) and Celi- team tournament.

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“At first I said, ‘I don’t know — I kind of like hitting and blocking,’ ’’ he said. “Then I started seeing these kids with five or six inches on me jumping and I said, ‘OK, I can take this back-row position.’ ’’ Even though he is digging being one of the top diggers in the country, he said it’s not the best way to judge a libero.

“The stat I saw that shows a true libero is grading serve-receive,’’ he said. “You are graded on how well you pass. A three is perfect to the setter. I think the coaches had me a 2.3 or 2.4 average. Serve-receive is a huge part of a libero’s deal.

One kid could be crazy on de-

fense and you call him a good libero but if he can’t pass…I think serve-receive is one of the hardest things to do mentally.’’

Even though his body goes through nightly punishment in practice and in matches, he is looking forward to three more years of it at the St. Louis school.

“Over the years I’ve grown to know that you don’t get some of the respect that you deserve, but what it really comes down to is playing for your team,” Rothstein said.

“Liberos are not going to get all the glory in the world, but you still have to play to put your team in a position to win, even if it means people are not talking about your great plays.’’

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Images from a pair of baseball battles

Jeff Mayberry dives safely into third base in Chicago Christian’s 4-1 victory over Illiana Christian.

Chicago Christian’s Josh Hill arches back on a high pitch for ball four against Illiana Christian.

Evergreen Park left-hander Zach Kupczyk deals against Richards on April 12 in an 11-4 loss in the South Suburban Red.

Chicago Christian’s Tommy Moran (left) gets a fist bump from coach Eric Brauer after Moran’s three-run triple helped give the Knights a 4-1 victory over Illiana Christian on Saturday.

Richards’ Angelo Smith laces one of his three hits in an 11-4 win over Evergreen Park on April 12 in Oak Lawn.

The Bulldogs put up big offensive numbers all week as they beat Tinley Park 15-4 and lost to Andrew 21-17 on Saturday.

Richards’ Kevin Gardner scores in an 11-4 win over Evergreen Park on April 12 in Oak Lawn as Mustangs catcher Josh Martinez waits for a throw.

Richards’ Ryan Weber fires a pitch against Evergreen Park on April 12.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Tommy Moran cracks a three-run triple against Illiana Christian on Saturday to help his team to an 18-0 record.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, WATERFALL OLYMPIC MASTER FUND GRANTAS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., OR TRUST, SERIES II S/I/I BYLINE BANK F/K/A ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFINORTH COMMUNITY BANK SUCCESSOR CATES, SERIES 2005-W4

BY MERGER WITH METROBANK SUCCES- Plaintiff, SOR BY MERGER WITH METROPOLITAN -v.BANK AND TRUST COMPANY NANCY DIAZ, PONCIANO ALVARADO, ARGENT

MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNPlaintiff, ERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants -v.- LAURMEG SERVICES, L.L.C., JOSEPH P. 15 CH 05896 9135 S. 87TH AVE Hickory Hills, IL 60457 DAVID, MARTIN VARASANEC, LOUIS MICELI, NOTICE OF SALE VILLAGE OF OAK LAWN, VILLAGE OF JUSPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant TICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 21, 2016, an agent for

Defendants The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on

May 25, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, 12 CH 38743 One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, 10114-16 S. PULASKI ROAD IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest Oak Lawn, IL 60453 bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: NOTICE OF SALE – COUNT I Commonly known as 9135 S. 87TH AVE, Hickory Hills, IL 60457 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Property Index No. 23-02-312-004-0000. pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale The real estate is improved with a single family entered in the above cause on April 11, 2017, an residence. agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at The judgment amount was $345,061.30.

10:30 AM on May 17, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certiCorporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, fied funds at the close of the sale payable to The CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks highest bidder, as set forth below, the following will be accepted. The balance, including the Judidescribed real estate: cial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on Commonly known as 10114-16 S. PULASKI residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each ROAD, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified Property Index No. 24-10-413-050-0000. funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four The real estate is improved with a multi-family (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee residence. acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by cerjudgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the tified funds at the close of the sale payable to The residential real estate whose rights in and to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or subject property is subject to general real estate wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. taxes, special assessments, or special taxes No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the levied against said real estate and is offered for residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale without any representation as to quality or sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or othquantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and er lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose in \�AS IS\� condition. The sale is further subject to rights in and to the residential real estate arose confirmation by the court. prior to the sale. The subject property is subject Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purto general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and chaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will is offered for sale without any representation as to entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. quality or quantity of title and without recourse to The property will NOT be open for inspection Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further and plaintiff makes no representation as to the subject to confirmation by the court. condition of the property. Prospective bidders Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the are admonished to check the court file to verify purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will all information. entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate If this property is a condominium unit, the purchasafter confirmation of the sale. er of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the The property will NOT be open for inspection and legal fees required by The Condominium Property plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this properof the property. Prospective bidders are admonty is a condominium unit which is part of a common ished to check the court file to verify all information. interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser the assessments required by The Condominium of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortProperty Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (g-1). gagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF is a condominium unit which is part of a common AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. the assessments required by The Condominium You will need a photo identification issued by a Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). government agency (driver’s license, passport, IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEetc.) in order to gain entry into our building and OWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF same identification for sales held at other county AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS conducts foreclosure sales.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST You will need a photo identification issued by a JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, government agency (driver’s license, passport, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C14etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the 12785. foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE foreclosure sales.

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: LATIMER LEVAY FYOCK, LLC, 55 W MONROE sales.

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection PracSUITE 1100, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 422-8000 tices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is Please refer to file number 96000-74. deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION for that purpose.

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL I718841 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.

LATIMER LEVAY FYOCK, LLC 55 W MONROE SUITE 1100 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 422-8000 E-Mail: Judicialsales@llflegal.com Attorney File No. 96000-74 Attorney Code. 06204378 Case Number: 12 CH 38743 TJSC#: 37-3484

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.MANAL KANAAN, MALIK KANAAN, LORENZ APPLIANCE, INC., STATE OF ILLINOIS, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., DISCOVER BANK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 002926 8841 W. 100TH PLACE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 17, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 5, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8841 W. 100TH PLACE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-10-401-079-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-02450.

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. 14-15-02450 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 002926 TJSC#: 37-3054 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 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.JOHN R. MANTHEY, SANDRA L. MANTHEY Defendants 13 CH 27266 8937 Fairway Dr. Orland Park, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 17, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8937 Fairway Dr., Orland Park, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-10-213-004-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $209,564.12.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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

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 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL LOISI A/K/A MICHAEL A. LOISI, LISA A. FRANCIS-LOISI Defendants 16 CH 6984 11984 SOUTH PINECREEK DRIVE Orland Park, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 23, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 5, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11984 SOUTH PINECREEK DRIVE, Orland Park, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-07-308-012-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $252,436.18.

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

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

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

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

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 clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please refer to file number 16-078528.

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.

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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MARK J. HOLDA, ET AL; Defendants, REPUBLIC BANK OF CHICAGO; Counter-Plaintiff, vs.

MARK J. HOLDA AKA MARK HOLDA AKA MARK J. HOLDA; LYDIA MICHELLE HOLDA FKA LYDIA ROJAS AKA LYDIA MICHELLE HOLDA; HOLDA ENTERPRISES, INC.; FIRST MIDWEST BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO PALOS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, 2000 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1-5000; 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 TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 13, 2000 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1-5000; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Counter-Defendants 12 CH 8082 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, May 8, 2017, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 24-31-107-010-0000.

Commonly known as 6833 West 127st Street, Palos Heights, IL 60463.

The mortgaged real estate is 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: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier=s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. THE SALE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO GENERAL TAXES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND TO A PRIOR RECORDED FIRST MORTGAGE. For information call Mr. Brandon R. Freud at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Ruff, Freud, Breems and Nelson, Ltd., 200 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS

LIZ SMITH

‘Feud’ continues to fuel memories of Joan and Bette

The Center sets event slate

The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, is offering several events in the days ahead. Many classes will be held outdoors, or in The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, part of The Center. For more information, or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650.

• Participants are asked to gather at the Labyrinth at 9 a.m. on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 to prayerfully reflect upon the ecological state of home planet Earth and perhaps discover ways to add to the health and vitality of all living beings. This walk will include prayer, ritual and a labyrinth walk.

• Card-making Workshop: Birthdays And Thank You Cards will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22. Instructor Lauria Vargas will help students create a collection of birthday and thank you cards to have on hand for special occasions. No experience needed as Vargas will show different ways to construct and embellish cards. Participants will create four to five cards within this workshop. The workshop fee is $17, plus a $5 materials fee. The workshop will be held in The Log Cabin at the Center for the Arts.

• Awake at The Center: A Day of Mindfulness Outdoors, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22. This is an all-day retreat, being led by Dan and Sharon Morley. Participants will be invited to sit, walk, listen, share, hear and see the beauty and wonder that abounds all around.

Clothing and shoes appropriate for the weather are suggested, as the retreat will take place completely out of doors. The retreat fee is $50, which includes leadership, lunch and retreat supplies.

• Log Cabin Art for Kids is scheduled for six Saturday mornings beginning April 22. Children in kindergarten through second grade will meet from 10 to 11:30 a.m.; third- through eighth-graders will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Art Director Heather Young will demonstrate a world of art and nature for kids. Classes are held at the Log Cabin Center for the Arts studios and outdoors. Students will work on a variety of art projects such as painting, drawing, sculpture, pottery and more within each session. Each session ends with an art show. The class fee is $85, which includes all supplies.

• Calligraphy will be taught from 1 to 3 p.m. for six Mondays beginning April 24 in The Log Cabin Center for the Arts. Instructor Marge Boyd will instruct the class in lettering with a pen and also in learning unique calligraphy styles done with pencil and markers. Participants will also learn to construct a book with decorated pages and a favorite quote. The class fee is $100. A list of required supplies is available in the office.

• Zentangle Workshop is set from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday April 24 at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts. The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.

Instructor Valerie Reilly makes it simple to understand and easy to enjoy—even for those convinced that they are not artists.

The workshop fee is $17, plus a $5 materials fee.

• Silver Jewelry Class will be held on six Tuesdays beginning Tuesday April 25, 9 to 11 a.m. or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Instructor Wendy Martin will teach participants to create beautiful pieces of sterling silver jewelry in The Log Cabin.

Students will create pendants, ear-

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Students working on their nature-themed creations at the Log Cabin Center.

rings, pins, bracelets, and more.

Beginning students learn to saw, file, solder and polish in their first introductory projects. Martin will help experienced students learn advanced techniques as they design their own jewelry projects.

Previous lapidary students may bring polished stones and learn to set them into silver. The class fee is $100. Students can expect to pay $40 to $50 in silver costs, to be paid directly to the instructor in class. Advance registration is required.

• Womantalk!, a nurturing and supportive discussion group, is scheduled from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday April 25. The group will be focusing on Sarah Ban Breathnach’s “Simple Abundance” book, or any other inspirational resources that attendees would like to bring to share. The focus is on learning to live authentically, joyfully, simply, gracefully and gratefully. Participants are asked to call to confirm attendance.

• Papermaking: Handmade Stationery Workshop will show students how to make stationery, envelopes, sheet paper and note cards from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday April 26 in The Log Cabin. The instructor is Marilyn VandenBout. The workshop fee is $17, plus a $5 materials fee.

• Instructor Lois Shive will show students how to make an easy and beautiful wood-bottomed basket with a choice of colored trim during basket-making class from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. for six Thursdays beginning April 27 in The Log Cabin. Participants will continue to learn techniques for weaving a variety of shapes and sizes of baskets. They will get to choose their own project in consultation with the instructor.

Students typically make two or three baskets over the six-week session. The class fee is $100 plus a $25 materials fee.

• Creative Art Journaling is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m.

Friday April 28, in The Log Cabin, where instructor April Schabes will help participants create a colorful artistic record of days, thoughts, and experiences through words, collages, photos, poems, magazine images, drawings and watercolor. The annual class fee for 2017 Creative Journaling is $110. For those joining in April, the price is $95 for the rest of the year.

Bridge Teen Center provides free events

The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Ct., Orland Park, is offering several free events for teens in seventh through 12th grade during the upcoming week. For more information, call (708) 532-0500.

• Students are invited to a giant game night featuring music

by DJ Zaitrix from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday, April 21. Free food samples will be provided by Meijer. This is a High School After Hours night. High school students are invited to stay for extended hours from 10:30 p.m. until midnight.

• High school students will give back to the community from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 25. As part of project Give with the American Sewing Guild, students will sew tote bags that conveniently fit on a walker, so getting around is easier and more accessible for individuals with disabilities •Heather Dropski, LCPC, will be leading a Soul Cafe: Believe in Your Strengths, for girls only from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25. Students will be empowered to use their strengths with confidence.

•Project Serve: Serve the Homeless invites middle-school students only to help those in need. The program will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 26. Students will help a local non-profit sort donated coats, sleeping bags and toiletries that will be given to the homeless.

•High school students are invited to taste Hershey’s Sweet Success from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 26. A team of young Hershey’s executives will be leading this program designed to help students learn how to find a job, fill out an application, dress appropriately and gain basic interview skills.

•Strategies to Stress Less invites students to explore the silent triggers of stress and learn how to intentionally combat them with new perspectives and actions from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27.

•Students are invited to come to a night of creativity from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 28 during Art Studio Night. There will also be live music by Signal vs.

Sound and free food samples from Corner Bakery.

VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN NOTICE: Ratings for each film begin with a ‘star’ rating — one star meaning ‘poor,’ four meaning ‘excellent’ — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.

STARTING THIS WEEK:

“THE FOUNDER”: If you’ve ever had a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, here’s the intriguing, true story of the man who ultimately got it into your hands. Michael Keaton plays Ray Kroc, who turned two siblings’ (John Carroll Lynch, Nick Offerman) restaurant concept into the iconic franchise McDonald’s

— his principal interest being in appropriating the brothers’ speedy system for preparing what commonly became known as “fast food.” John Lee Hancock (“The Blind Side”) directed the tale, which also features Laura Dern, Linda Cardellini and Patrick Wilson. DVD extras: five “making-of” documentaries; cast-andfilmmaker press conference. *** (PG-13: P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “SPLIT”: Never one to shy away from eerie themes in his films, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”) explores another in this melodrama about a man (James McAvoy) with multiple personalities who kidnaps several girls (Anya Tay-

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lor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula). Betty Buckley (“Eight Is Enough”) plays his psychiatrist, who clearly has a big challenge in front of her ... as well as a real threat to her safety. Fans of Shyamalan’s work are advised to stay put until the very end for a surprise appearance that has definite relevance. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; deleted scenes; alternate ending. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “SLEEPLESS”: Jamie Foxx returns to “action” mode in this thriller, inspired by a French film, about a deep-undercover policeman facing danger from all sides Continued on page 8

“Get out, Veda. Get your things out of this house right now before I throw them into the street and you with them. Get out before I kill you.”

As any movie maven worth his salt knows, that is the climactic moment in “Mildred Pierce” between Joan Crawford, as hardworking Mildred, and Ann Blyth, who plays one of the screen’s most vicious, ungrateful daughters. (Blyth strikes Crawford in the scene, a sharp, stunning slap that knocks Joan off her feet.

When Crawford rises, with one fluid movement, eyes ablaze, the essence of outrage, it’s one the actress’s great moments, ever.)

So, if you happen to be in Los Angeles on April 15, the Egyptian Theatre is showing a double bill of “Mildred” and, ta-da — “All About Eve.” The day before, on the 14th, you can get to see the two ladies double-billed again. Davis in 1952’s blatant and self-conscious “The Star” - Bette goes to town as a broken-down actress, who at one point takes her Oscar on a drunken joyride. (Davis nabbed a somewhat improbable Academy Award nod for this.) After intermission and more popcorn, settle down for Crawford in Nicholas Ray’s 1954 vividly colored western “Johnny Guitar.” This cult item showcases Joan looking comfy indeed in her tailored shirts, denim pants and six-shooter. (Onscreen and in real life, Crawford and the other rough woman in the film, Mercedes McCambridge, did not see eye to eye.)

The Crawford/Davis revival is more fallout from the TV series “Feud.” Last week’s episode attempted to squeeze in a lot of early feminist yearnings from several characters, unconvincingly.

But creator Ryan Murphy needed to do more research. In the scene where Crawford (Jessica Lange) abruptly dismisses the idea of a woman director, somebody should have remembered that Crawford actually made two films, “The Bride Wore Red” and “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney” with the famous female director Dorothy Arzner. And Ida Lupino had carved out an excellent name for herself as a director of smart, low-budget films and lots of TV. (Lupino would go on to direct the hugely successful feature, “The Trouble with Angels.”)

“Feud” continues to be an entertaining mix of fact, fiction and exaggeration, but it does seem to be hyping interest in the work of Crawford and Davis, so ... it has value.

THIS N’ THAT: ....Speaking of the abovementioned Egyptian Theatre, they presented a Noir Film festival,

which recently ended. Among the famous movies screened was one that should be better known - although it is worshipped by cultists.

I do mean “Wicked Woman,” staring the great, lanky, femme fatale Beverly Michaels. Beverly never became a big star, but she was a vivid presence before her early retirement to a happy private life.

“Wicked Woman” is her lurid apogee as a wanton, but intriguingly exhausted-by-life woman, traveling from town to town, making trouble. You can find a fuzzy copy of “Wicked Woman” on YouTube, but I’m hoping that the showing at The Egyptian means it has been restored and perhaps TCM or Criterion will release “Wicked Woman,” in all its sordid blackand-white glory. ...BEST Bette. On Monday, April 17, three days before Bette Midler opens in “Hello, Dolly!” getTV will pay homage to The Divine One with a telecast of Midler’s very first TV special, 1977’s Emmy-winning “Bette Midler: Ol’ Red Hair Is Back.”

Also being shown - an episode of the “Cher” TV series, with Milder as a guest, along with Elton John!

Additionally, getTV will air a 1969 special “Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway.” (Bailey starred in the phenomenally successful all-black production of “Hello, Dolly!” She won a special Tony Away for her portrayal in 1968.)

More Bette: On May 19, at the annual Drama League Awards in New York, Miss M. will receive The Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award. This happens at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. For more info, Call 212-244-9494.

ENDTHOUGHT: Really?

Honestly? Kidding me? These are the only things that have come to mind in the wake of the ridiculous overreaction, and over-analysis of Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi ad. I caught it — with dramatic buildup from CNN’s drama-person deluxe, Don Lemon, Tuesday night.

I was braced for the worst. What did I see? Miss Jenner — who I wouldn’t recognize walking down the street, unless somebody was holding a sign with her name on it over her head.

She is seen drifting through a bunch of pristine, model-worthy protesters made up of various genders, colors, religions (a smiling woman in traditional Muslim garb is issue-placed, photographing the event.)

Kendall appears to be having some sort of internal activist struggle involving a blonde wig and her commitment to the cause — whatever the cause is.

Finally, holding a can of Pepsi, Miss Jenner approaches a sternlooking policeman, and hands him her soft drink. Happy protesters dance and cheer. The End.

The CNN panel was, of course, horror-struck. OMG — it was trivializing Black Lives Matter and other important protest groups.

Miss Kendall was not fit to place herself in such an ad. A pox on her, and Pepsi.

Well, I didn’t even think of Black Lives Matter, or any other particular group. It seemed very amorphous, insipid, hippie-ish, and it was an ad for soda! Since when is it new to trivialize, capitalize, sentimentalize or make money out of serious real-life situations?

Coke urged the world to sing and join hands. Was that an insult to those who wanted peace on Earth and general civility?

Was Natalie Portman ever the wife of a slain president? Was Bradley Cooper a military sniper? Was “The Flying Nun” and “Gidget” actress Sally Field ever a poor, gritty factory worker, for heaven’s sake?!

This is an absurd reaction to the perceived (not incorrect) superficiality of Miss Jenner’s image and her flamboyant family.

It is also fake outrage and hypersensitivity at its most annoying — like college students wanting “safe places” from opinions they don’t share.

This is a world where innocent women and children are the hohum collateral damage of battle in the Mideast; a world where hundreds of gay men are arrested, tortured and killed in Russia.

But Kendall Jenner and Pepsi are monsters. The ad has been pulled.

Apocalypse avoided.

Now, a commercial that does annoy me is the new Volkswagen spot. Here, a young couple are shown having sex in a variety of cars (we see the vehicle shaking, with fogged-up windows). Each time they do it they have another baby and get a bigger car. I think it ends with five children.

Not only is it a bit tasteless (can’t these people get a room?)

But it totally ignores the very real issue of Earth’s overpopulation, as well as cash-poor American states, such as Louisiana, New Mexico, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, etc. (Are the down-and-out residents of these states thinking, yeah, let’s get a brand-new car, every time we make a brand-new baby — no problem.) I’d love to know who — other than Volkswagen — is sponsoring this paean to endless, cheery, childbearing in a U.S. where middle-class families struggle to prosper, even with both parents working full time.

And the ad was surely conceived by a man. After multiple back-to-back births the woman still looks trim and energetic. The husband has grown some stylish facial hair.

Let’s see Don Lemon and CNN do a six-panel, 45-minute segment on that.

E-mail Liz Smith at MES3838@ aol.com.

OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST

By Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (Mar 21- Apr. 19): Grab the bull by the horns.

Your strong leadership abilities and quick-thinking can help turn difficult situations into something resoundingly positive this week.

Your charisma and confidence will attract others to join your cause.

TAURUS (Apr. 20- May 20): If you rest, you could rust. Flex those muscles by keeping busy and active or you may find yourself with little energy to face the week ahead. Accept invitations to get out and about as lounging about the house will do you little good.

GEMINI (May 21- June 20): Avoid pouring it on too thick. Being overly complimentary or polite could backfire as recipients may doubt your sincerity. No one will question your intentions if you demonstrate them through actions rather than words.

CANCER (June 21- July 22): Choose the path of least resistance.

There’s nothing to be gained by doing things the hard way so don’t hesitate to take short-cuts to get the job done. The simplest solutions are the ones that work best

in the week to come.

LEO (July 23- Aug. 22): Take everything in moderation. It may be a case of doing too much or not enough. The happy medium will make things work as this week unfolds. Don’t press the issue with relationship matters as you may meet resistance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23- Sept. 22): Rise to the challenge. It may take a bit of extra effort to overcome an obstacle this week but the satisfaction you get from completing a task will make it all well worth it.

Don’t back down if someone questions your integrity or principles.

LIBRA (Sept. 23- Oct. 22.): If you snooze, you lose. A wait and see approach will get you nowhere, the only way that you’ll make any progress this week is if you get out there and make things happen. Follow your instincts to make important decisions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23- Nov. 21): Play your pipes and others will follow. Those around you will be more than willing to let you take the lead no matter where you choose to take them. As you make progress this week, an old problem from the past may briefly

resurface.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Read between the lines.

It may be difficult to understand a loved one’s intentions unless you delve beneath the front that they’re putting up. Be patient and talk things out without being overly pushy in the week ahead.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19): Get out and meet people.

Strike up conversations with new acquaintances to pave the way for future friendships in the week to come. Listening to how a loved one talks with others may shed some insight into their character.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- Feb. 18): You don’t have to give until it hurts. Efforts to please a loved one may have you stretching your budget rather thin, so keep things from getting out of hand this week.

Remember that the best things in life are free.

PISCES (Feb. 19- Mar. 20): If you want to get anything done do it yourself. Your agenda only matters to you so don’t rely on others to share your enthusiasm as the week unfolds. Matters involving family and close friends provide a welcome distraction.

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Don Rickles, legendary insult comic, dies at 90

By Richard Natale Abrasive comic Don Rickles, the honorary Rat Pack member and celebrity roast guest whose career spanned six decades, has died. He was 90.

Rickles died Thursday, April 6 at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, his longtime publicist Paul Shefrin confirmed. He would have turned 91 on May 8.

Though he appeared in films and on television, Rickles’ mainstay was always nightclub performances, appearing in Las Vegas and elsewhere into his late 80s.

He also found late success as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” films, which were exceptional box office performers, and popped up frequently on latenight talkshows.

Rickles’ career had its ups and downs as comedic tastes changed, and his curmudgeonly persona was sometimes out of kilter with audience tastes, but he survived long after many of his contemporaries had disappeared into retirement. And when he was hot, he was a potent club headliner, insulting his audience with his two key signature phrases “dummy” and “hockey puck.”

His attempts at series TV did

not succeed because of the astringency of Rickles’ personality.

His serious side, however, was occasionally put to good use in guest starring roles in episodic TV and the occasional dramatic role in movies such as his first, “Run Silent, Run Deep,” and Martin Scorsese’s 1995 film “Casino.”

Donald Jay Rickles was born in Manhattan and studied acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York after serving in the Navy during WWII. He began appearing in nightclubs during the ‘50s but didn’t really break through until his first appearance on “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” in 1965.

In the meantime, he worked in movies. After his debut in WWII submarine drama “Run Silent, Run Deep” (1958), he appeared in the Tony Curtis-Debbie Reynolds romantic comedy “The Rat Race” and various AIP beach movies with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

After the Carson appearance, he achieved headliner status in Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe, and he was frequently seen in the company of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack.

He took to the stage in the L.A. production of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple,” playing Felix. Later

VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN Continued from page 7 after purporting to steal cocaine from a mobster (Scoot McNairy) — while actually working an Internal Affairs case with his partner (T.I.) to ferret out corrupt cops. The gangster’s henchmen then kidnap the detective’s son, with their boss threatening to harm the youngster and others unless the drugs are returned by the end of the night.

Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, Gabrielle Union and David Harbour also are featured. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “TEEN WOLF: SEASON 6, PART 1”: Horse-mounted Ghost Riders are big problems for Scott (Tyler Posey) and his friends as they enter the final phase of their high-school careers in this first half of the MTV melodrama’s most recent season, which encompassed several episodes directed by Russell Mulcahy (“Highlander”).

Anyone who sees the Riders has made a potentially fatal mistake, since that makes the viewer an immediate candidate for elimination — making Stiles (Dylan O’Brien) and everyone else who attended a certain party a target.

Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig and Linden Ashby also star. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V)

COMING SOON:

“CATFIGHT” (April 25):

College rivals (Anne Heche, Sandra Oh) find their mutual competitiveness hasn’t dissipated over the years. (Not rated: AS, P) “LA LA LAND” (April 25): The almost-Oscar winner for best picture took honors for Emma Stone and director Damien Chazelle, among others; Ryan Gosling also stars in the musical. (PG-13: AS, P) “UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS” (April 25): Selene (Kate Beckinsale) tries to navigate between Lycans and vampires, and also to protect her daughter. (R: AS, P, GV) “A DOG’S PURPOSE” (May 2): A canine’s multiple reincarnations lets him affect several owners; Britt Robertson and Dennis Quaid star. (PG: AS) “GOLD” (May 2): Matthew McConaughey stars in the factinspired story of a modern gold prospector who seeks his claim to riches in Indonesia; Bryce Dallas Howard also stars. (R: AS, N, P) “THE SPACE BETWEEN US” (May 16): A teenager (Asa Butterfield) who was born on Mars comes to Earth to rendezvous with an ally (Britt Robertson). (PG-13: AS, P) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

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he took “The Don Rickles Show” on tour around the country. He also made more movies, including Carl Reiner’s “Enter Laughing” and WWII heist comedy “Kelly’s Heroes.”

His first try at a TV series, CBS’ “Kibbe Hates Finch” in 1965, never got beyond a pilot.

Variety series “The Don Rickles Show” lasted a single season in 1969-69, and his mid-’70s sitcom “C.P.O. Sharkey” lasted two. He co-hosted reality clip show “FoulUps, Bloops and Blunders” with Steve Lawrence for a single season in 1983-84 on ABC. His last attempt was Fox’s 1993 sitcom “Daddy Dearest” co-starring Richard Lewis, which quickly folded.

More successful were his guest starring appearances on TV in a variety of shows including comedies such as “Archie Bunker’s Place,” “The Lucy Show,” “F Troop” (in a recurring role as Bald Eagle), “Get Smart,” “Newhart” and, in 2011, “Hot in Cleveland.”

He also acquitted himself on TV dramas like “Medical Center” and “Chrysler Theater.” He guested on “The Single Guy” and “Murphy Brown” in the late ‘90s, appeared in a supporting role in 2004 telepic “The Wool Cap” and appeared as himself within a dream sequence

in a 2007 episode of CBS drama “The Unit.”

In January 2005, Rickles appeared with Bob Newhart, whom he considered his best friend, on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” the day after Johnny Carson’s death to reminisce about their many guest appearances on Carson’s show.

During the late ‘70s and a good part of the ‘80s, Rickles’ humor was out of fashion, and while he continued appearing at casinos, the luster of his star had faded.

Then, things turned around again, and a new generation of comedians that he had influenced came into favor. Rickles was once again in vogue.

Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times/TNS Rickles’ humor, while enjoyed Don Rickles on Nov. 6, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Calif. better in person, also landed on In May 2014 the funnyman was record with albums such as “Hel- he voiced the Frog character in lo Dummy!” and “Don Rickles the 2011 live action/animated hy- saluted by the likes of David Letbrid “Zookeeper,” starring Kevin terman, Jerry Seinfeld and Jon Speaks.”

Stewart in the Spike TV special In Scorsese’s 1995 film “Ca- James and Rosario Dawson.

The comedian’s memoir, “Rick- “One Night Only: An All-Star sino,” Rickles had a substantial role as a trusted cohort to Rob- les’ Book,” was published in 2007. Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles.”

Survivors include Rickles’ wife ert De Niro’s casino owner. And John Landis directed a documenthe “Toy Story” animated features tary on Rickles, “Mr. Warmth: of 52 years, Barbara; a daughter kept Rickles busy, voicing Mr. Po- The Don Rickles Project,” which and a son; and two grandchiltato Head in the 1995 original, the debuted on HBO the same year. dren. In lieu of flowers, the family 1999 sequel and the enormously For his performance in the docu- requests that donations be made successful third entry in 2010. He mentary, Rickles won an Emmy to the Larry Rickles Endowment reprised the role in a 2011 short for individual performance in a Fund at Children’s Hospital Los called “Hawaiian Vacation,” and variety or music program.

Angeles.

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