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Chicago Ridge, Worth filling in the gaps Mayors’ ‘State of the Village’ speeches focus on challenges of economic development

By Dermot Connolly The need for small communities to wisely develop the limited space available to them was a focal point of the “State of the Village” speeches that Worth Mayor Mary Werner and Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar delivered at a Chicago Ridge-Worth Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday.

Werner referred to “urban infill,” which is defined as “filling in the gaps” by finding beneficial development of vacant property in otherwise developed communities. As an example, Werner said 11 new townhomes are being built on two lots in her village. These include six on Crandall Avenue, just south of 111th Street and east of the Village Hall, and five on a lot at 110th and Harlem.

“We need to get families into the community and

increase foot traffic to our businesses,” she said.

Werner said increasing foot traffic to local businesses was one reason she supported bringing the Windy City medical marijuana dispensary to 11425 S. Harlem Ave. “There was a huge need there, and this was a very unique opportunity. People who had no reason to come to Worth before will seek it out, because there are only a limited number of these places,” Werner said. “Hopefully, once they are here, they will stop in for a meal at one of our restaurants or go shopping here.

“We’re very excited about the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District selling the Lucas-Berg Nature Preserve,” she said, referring to the 62acre property at 7500 W. 111th St. “It has been appraised so they are serious about selling it.”

For many years, local residents had raised con-

cerns that the land would be used a dumping ground for dredging materials taken from the Cal-Sag Channel, and Cong. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) backed their efforts to prevent that happening.

Since then, MWRD officials have said that the agency will not be using the property.

“This could be the largest commercial development in Worth since the 1960s,” said Werner, who suggested after the meeting that the site would be ideal for a nice restaurant. “It looks out on a pond, so it would provide great views for the diners.

“It could also hopefully spur more development along 111th Street,” the mayor said.

She said that in an effort to bring more diverse economic development to Worth, the village applied and completed the lengthy process of being See VILLAGES, Page 10

Photo by Dermot Connolly

Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar and Worth Mayor Mary Werner chat after they both gave ‘State of the Village’ speeches at a luncheon sponsored by the Chicago RidgeWorth Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at Jenny’s Steakhouse, 11041 S. Menard Ave., Chicago Ridge.

Local legislators ready to fight cuts to Meals on Wheels Burke: Proposal to slash funding for program puts seniors in jeopardy

By Joe Boyle

Photos by Kelly White

A Living Wax Museum was held May 19 at Most Holy Redeemer School in Evergreen Park. Fifth-grade students dressed as historic figures and, when called on, they provided information on the lives of those figures.

‘Wax museum’ comes to life Most Holy Redeemer School students get to portray their heroes

By Kelly White Grace Curley has always loved sports and has been playing basketball for over 10 years. The fifth-grade student at Most Holy Redeemer School in Evergreen Park adamantly believes girls can do anything they want to.

“Basketball might have only been a boys sport before, but when I think of it now, I think of it as both a boys and girls sport,” said Curley, 11, of Evergreen Park. “Girls can do anything that boys can do. I’m going to be a professional basketball player.”

But on May 19, Curley and other fifthgrade students at Most Holy Redeemer provided their classmates and visitors with a sense of history. In this instance students gave a visual display of historic figures during the “Living Wax Museum.”

While Curley dreams of one day playing in the WNBA, she looks up to women who have excelled in the field of science.

While the state budget stalemate continues into June, state Rep. Kelly Burke (D-36th) recently voiced her displeasure over cuts proposed by the Trump administration that she said would result in the reduction of the senior Meals on Wheels program.

“Donald Trump and his extreme allies’ proposal to slash funding for Meals on Wheels would jeopardize the health and well-being of countless Illinois seniors,” Burke said. “I stand in opposition to any proposal that would take away life-sustaining services from our seniors, while cutting taxes for the extremely wealthy.”

Burke is one of 37 legislators who are cosponsoring House Resolution 274, which states the Illinois House of Representatives’ opposition to efforts to oppose any cuts to the Meals on Wheels,

Grace Curley, 11, of Evergreen Park, dressed as her hero, astronaut Sally Ride.

In this case, she said her drive comes from Sally Ride, an American physicist and astronaut. Curley portrayed Ride in the Wax Museum event, donning white clothing and holding a helmet at her side.

Behind her was a poster marking many of Ride’s accomplishments.

When students, teachers or parents would come by her station in the school

gym, she began reciting facts about the female astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983.

“She (Ride) is a great role model for all girls and women,” Curley said. “She did something only men were doing at See WAX MUSEUM, Page 10

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It’s a wrap: 10th running of SW Half Marathon deemed ‘great success’

By Dermot Connolly

MaryKate Daly, 10, of Evergreen Park, dressed as her hero, Abraham Lincoln.

the congregate meals program, and community block grants that provide funding for senior meal programs.

Among those joining Burke in opposing cuts to the Meals on Wheels program is state Rep. Frances Hurley (D-35th). The resolution passed the Illinois House on May 24.

Burke has linked the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to Gov. Bruce Rauner, who she said has not “introduced a responsible budget for our state’s most critical services.”

She is defending the Meals on Wheels program by voting to pass a lifeline budget to sustain it and prevent local seniors from being denied critical care.

Representatives of the Trump administration said these critics do not have their facts straight.

Organizers of the Annual Southwest Half Marathon and 10K race are already looking forward to the 11th, following the virtually problem-free 10th, which was held on May 7.

“I think it was a great success.

One of the better races that we have had,” co-founder Jeff Prestinario said during a “wrap-up” meeting held May 19 in which the organizers, all volunteers, could share their thoughts on how the event went.

The half marathon and more recently added 10K race have now become an annual tradition, bringing thousands of people to Palos Heights and Palos Park on the first Sunday in May, and closing down Route 83 between Harlem

Avenue and Archer Avenue for eight hours.

Everyone agreed that having blue skies and perfect spring weather helped draw the crowds and keep the racers there to enjoy the live music and festival atmosphere long after their races were over.

“We sold all our beer. That is a good thing,” said Bridget Provost, of Lake Katherine.

“The weather was perfect and we didn’t have any major issues with runners (getting hurt),” said Prestinario, who was a Palos Heights alderman when he founded the race with Mel Diab, owner of Running for Kicks shoe store.

“I can’t believe that this has been 12 years in the making.

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POLICE REPORTS Chicago Ridge Theft charges

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Exotic fox

Scott Heinrichs, founder of the Flying Fox Conservation Fund, holds an African fox during a presentation on exotic animals May 15 at the Green Hills Library in Palos Hills. The African fox is found in southern and eastern Africa.

Four men jailed after robbery at Oak Lawn cellphone store

By Dermot Connolly Four men remained in Cook County Jail this week after being charged in connection with a May 24 robbery at a Verizon store at 9621 S. Cicero Ave. in Oak Lawn.

Police who responded to the robbery reported at 10:53 a.m. that Wednesday found that three men had entered the cellphone store, forced an employee to turn over his personal phone, and escaped with “a large quantity of new cellphones.”

No injuries were reported.

Police said they were able to identify the vehicle the men were in, and followed it to 115th Street and Pulaski Road, where it struck another vehicle and was disabled.

The four men in the car, including the driver, fled on foot into the neighborhood, according to Oak Lawn police. They said

three were apprehended quickly, while Chicago police picked the fourth subject later the same day.

He was spotted running at 113th and Cicero Avenue. Police from Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Alsip and Chicago were in pursuit.

The four suspects charged with robbery and kidnapping were Chicago residents Quovadis S. Agnew, 22, of the 9300 block of South Laflin Avenue, and Demetris D. Chairse, 22, of the 1200 block of West 72nd Place; Marko T. Cowens, 26, of the 14700 block of South Winchester Avenue, Harvey, and Jerry J. Jackson, 28, of the 200 block of Luella Avenue, Calumet City.

At a hearing in the Bridgeview Courthouse on Friday, Agnew and Jackson received $100,000 bonds, while Chairse and Cowens received $250,000 bonds. All four are scheduled to appear in court again on June 21.

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• Kewanna Potts, 21, of the 11700 block of South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, was charged with theft at The Home Depot in Chicago Ridge Commons Plaza at 10:30 a.m. last Thursday. Police said that while she was working as a cashier at the store, security guards reported seeing her conceal money from the cash register three times during May, amounting to $450. She is due in court on July 19.

• Latasha Johnson, 45, of the 5400 block of South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, was charged with theft following an incident at Kohl’s in Chicago Ridge Mall at 5:45 p.m. Sunday. Police said she was also arrested on an outstanding warrant for forgery. They said they responded to a report of suspicious activity at the store and were told that she had taken $900 in cashier’s checks off a counter where a cashier left them. She is due in court on June 20.

Domestic battery Troy T. Synoga, 32, of the 6200 block of West Birmingham Avenue, was charged with domestic battery following a disturbance at his house at 10:55 p.m. Friday.

Police said he allegedly pushed a family member backward, causing her head to strike the floor.

He was held for a bond hearing.

Battery off nse Fadi V. Fleifel, 45, of the 16100 block of South Oak Avenue, Oak Forest, was charged with battery following a disturbance in Chicago Ridge Mall at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Police said he allegedly pushed a 17-year-old attendant at a bungeeride kiosk because the attendant closed the ride after Fleifel waited in line for 20 minutes. He is due in court on June 20.

Driving charges • Ang Gonzalez, 65, of the 4800 block of South Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, was charged with driving without a valid license at Southwest Highway and Harlem Avenue at 9:50 p.m. Friday. Police said she was also cited for driving without insurance and not wearing a seatbelt. She is due in court on July 13.

• Justin A. Barfield, 23, of the 5300 block of South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 10:15 p.m. Friday at Southwest Highway and Ridgeland Avenue. Police said he was also cited for driving with expired registration. He is due in court on July 19.

• Brantnell Seymore, 20, of the 8000 block of South Lavergne Avenue, Burbank, was charged with driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop at 94th Street and Ridgeland Avenue at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Police said

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• Joshua Weathersby, 29, of the 9800 block of South Sayre Avenue, Chicago Ridge, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 7:01 p.m. Sunday at 102nd Place and Southwest Highway.

Police said he was also cited for speeding. He is due in court on June 20.

• Jose Martinez, 30, of the 3900 block of West 59th Street, Chicago, was charged with driving without a valid license at 11:50 p.m. Sunday at 103rd Street and Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for not wearing a seatbelt. He is due in court on June 20.

Evergreen Park Forgery charge Robbie Robertson, 55, of Chicago, was charged with several felonies, including forgery, at 2:58 p.m. May 22 at Menards, 9100 S. Western Ave., at 2:58 p.m. May 22. Police said he showed a sales clerk a fraudulent ID and used a stolen credit card to pay for home improvement products worth $407.17. He allegedly forged the signature of the credit card owner.

He was also charged with possession of a fraudulent ID and ID theft.

Retail theft • Quinten Abrams, 18, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft at 12:35 p.m. last Thursday at Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St. Police said he is accused of taking a $1.99 hair wrap.

• Sequana Wilson and Delila Waits, both 21, were charged with retail theft for allegedly stealing cosmetics at 1:42 p.m. May 21 in Walmart, 2500 W. 95th St. Police said Wilson, of Chicago, took 14 items worth $134.78, and Waits, of Gary, Ind., allegedly took 21 items worth $178.16.

Criminal trespassing Muhammad Tagio, 20, of Chicago, was charged with criminal trespassing to a vehicle at 6:16 p.m. May 20 in the 9300 block of South Sawyer Avenue. Police said he was seen entering an unlocked vehicle but did not take anything.

Hickory Hills Unlicensed driving Jawanzia J. Williams, 43, of the 4100 block of West 176th Place, Country Club Hills, was charged with driving without a license following a traffic stop at 6:01 p.m. May 27 in the 8300 block of West 95th Street. Police said he was also cited for having a defective windshield. He is due in court on June 29.

Outstanding warrant Luis Herrera, 19, of the 4100 block of North Drake Avenue, Chicago, was arrested on an outstanding Hickory Hills warrant after police said Metra police detained him for trespassing on Metra property at 12:51 p.m.

Saturday. Police said the warrant issued last November was for obstructing identification. He was issued a new court date of July 19 and released after posting bond

Oak Lawn DUI charges

• Jorge Gonzalez, 38, of Chicago, was charged with felony aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 4:15 a.m. May 20 at 107th Street and Central Avenue.

Police said he registered a .155 blood-alcohol count on a breath test. He was also cited for speeding, driving with a suspended license and improper lane usage.

He was held for a bond hearing on May 21.

• John P. Marszewski, 52, of Chicago, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 95th Street and Kildare Avenue at 2:21 a.m. May 20. Police said he failed field sobriety tests. He was also charged with improper lane usage and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is due in court on June 28.

Suspended license Jerzy J. Klonowski, 64, of Arlington Heights, was charged while driving with a suspended license under the influence of alcohol following a two-car crash at 9:30 p.m. May 20 at 95th Street and Mobile Avenue. Police said no injuries were reported. Court information was not available.

Leaving the scene of an accident Adam Bugajski, 34, of Bridgeview, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after the box truck he was driving allegedly sideswiped a police vehicle conducting a traffic stop at 5:03 p.m. May 20 at 106th Street and Cicero Avenue. Police said he was also cited for improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and driving without insurance. Court information was not available.

Multiple charges Shan Colby John, 46, of Ventura, Calif., was charged with speeding and driving without registration following a traffic stop at 8:49 p.m. May 18 at 86th Street and Cicero Avenue. Police said his passenger, Sabrina Adams, 46, also of Ventura, Calif., was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after two hydrocodone pills were found in her possession. She was also cited for possession of marijuana. Court information was not available.

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Suspended license • Eric Ebel, 48, of Palos Heights, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 3 p.m. May 23 at 111th Street and Roberts Road. Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance and using a cellphone while driving.

He is due in court on June 8.

• Gladis Lopez, 36, of Lyons, was charged with driving with a suspended license at 5 p.m. May 24 in the 9500 block of 88th Avenue. Police said she was also cited for using a cellphone while driving and driving without insurance. She is due in court on June 26.

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Suspicious activity Suspicious activity was reported at 3 p.m. Friday in the 9600 block of 90th Avenue. Police were told that an unknown person had entered the property and was photographing horses located there.

Identity theft A Palos Hills resident reported a case of identity theft at 10 a.m. Friday. The victim said he received a call from Sprint saying that money was owed on an account taken out in his name.

But he had never opened a Sprint account.

Vandalism report

Graffiti vandalism was discovered on the exterior walls of MidAmerica Orthopedics, 10330 S. Roberts Road, at 4 p.m. Friday.

Police said the damage was caused by spray paint.

Deceptive practices A resident of the 7900 block of West 111th Street called police to make a deceptive practice report at 8 a.m. May 23. The homeowner said a truck with “Father and Son” on the side pulled into the driveway and the two occupants offered to seal the basement for $45. The homeowner agreed but when the work was done, they said they were told that the real cost was $4,500 in cash.

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Outstanding warrant Doris Vargas, 37, of the 1200 block of Hague Court, Joliet, was arrested on an outstanding warrant following a traffic stop at 10 a.m. May 18 at 111th Street and Ridgeland Avenue. Police said the Will County warrant was for failure to appear in court.

She was also cited for using a cellular electronic device while driving, driving without carrying a license, and driving a car with expired registration. She is due in court on June 13 for the local citations.

License charges • Amid A. Abdo, 35, of the 12400 block of South Meade Avenue, Palos Heights, was charged with driving without a valid license following a traffic stop at 8:41 a.m. May 17 in the 7400 block of West 111th Street. Police said he was also cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and driving without insurance.

He is due in court on June 13.

• Joseph R. Schoenke, 64, of the 10900 block of South Ridgeland Avenue, Worth, was charged with driving without a license following a traffic stop at 8:17 a.m. May 16 in the 7000 block of West 111th Street. Police said he was also cited for driving with expired registration and driving without insurance. He is due in court on June 13.

Police reports are provided by law enforcement agencies.

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

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The passes are available to Worth residents only. Residents may select one date per visit, one visit per day. Dates are available at the Worth Public Library and on the internet at www.worthlibrary.com.

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Venus Garrison, of Palos Hills, and her 6-year-old dog, JoeJoe, take part in the grand opening for the Palos Township Pet Pantry Last month.

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People aren’t the only ones that experience hardships. While families are going through difficult times, pets within the home also struggle for some of life’s basic necessities, like food.

Palos Township offers many services to the local community and they are now offering a service to its animals as well.

The township, 10802 S. Robert Road Palos Hills, opened the doors to its first ever pet pantry on May 1 with the goal to keep pets out of the shelters and stay with their owners. The grand opening was held outdoors. However, the pantry will be located regularly inside the township hall.

Like the food pantry, which provides food to families in need, the pet pantry derives from the same notion and provides nutritional pet necessities in order to keep pets well fed and happy.

Pet owners are able to pick up cans or bags of food on as on-needed basis, along with a variety of other pet products, including cat litter, toys, bedding, leashes, collars, treats, dog and cat food bowls and more. All of the items have been donated.

“This is a wonderful idea,” said Julie Halper, of Palos Hills. “I have three dogs and four horses of my own, so there are always items or food that I have excess of that I would love to donate to animals

in need.”

The idea for the pet pantry sparked from Palos Hills resident Venus Garrison, who after experiencing a financial hardship in 2015, had difficulties providing necessities to her own dog, JoeJoe, a 6-year-old Shiba inu-fox mix, who was once a former show dog.

“Together, we almost lost everything,” Garrison said. “A pet is your family. I don’t have any children. He is my baby. It was heartbreaking for me. I know that I am not the only one who has gone through something like this.”

Wanting to help the community members in similar situations, Garrison brought the awareness to the Palos Hills City Council and Palos Township, who fell in love with the idea.

“I think this is a wonderful project that will fill a needed gap for those in need of help in taking care of their pets,” said Palos Hills Mayor Gerald Bennett.

“So many families will benefit from this heartfelt project,” said Megan Catrambone, general assistant director of Palos Township.

Garrison has received a generous amount of support from Palos Hills residents and members from the surrounding communities who have donated food and other pet items, including gift cards and personal checks for her to purchase essential items. The pantry has also received donations from several lo-

cal businesses, including Webb Auto Outlet in Palos Hills, Baha Auto Group in Palos Hills, Petco in Orland Park and Pawsitively Heaven Pet Resort Inc. in Chicago Ridge, who is also keeping a constant donation box inside their location, along with listing the pantry’s need for donations on their website.

“We like to do everything we can to help the pets in our community,” said Janet Tomaskovic, of Pawsitively Heaven Pet Resort, Inc. “Our pet collection box for the pantry will be out in our lobby year round.”

“I am so grateful, the huge response received has been awesome,” Garrison said. “We don’t want to see anyone have to give up their pet, their companion, just because they cannot afford to buy them food. We aren’t going to give anyone a hard time who is in need of assistance.

We don’t want to see any of these animals put to sleep. I am very passionate about this project. It is something near and dear to my heart.”

The pet pantry will serve senior citizens within the community and low income families in need of assistance. The pet pantry has contacted local veterinarians and is hoping to be able to provide free vaccinations for four to five dogs per year as well.

The Palos Township Pet Pantry is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Donations can be dropped off onsite during normal business hours.

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Groundbreaking held for OLCHS performing arts center The long-awaited groundbreaking for the new performing arts center for Oak Lawn Community High School took place May 24 and a large crowd of dignitaries, school officials, parents and students were in attendance despite a steady drizzle.

The 25,000-square-foot facility will replace the

north tennis court near 95th Street and Austin Avenue. Tennis courts will be added south of the football field and track for a total of eight. Dr. Michael Riordan, superintendent of Oak Lawn Community High School District 229, said that construction was going to begin this week so it could be completed by the end of August before

Dignitaries, school officials, students and parents got out their umbrellas during the groundbreaking ceremony held May 24 for the Oak Lawn Community High School Performing Arts Center.

the tennis season begins.

Robert Loehr, president of the Oak Lawn Community High School Board of Education, said the overall project should be completed in just over a year and in time for the fall 2018 semester.

Riordan said the school deserves a performing arts center, pointing to the fact that Oak Lawn

Community High School has won 11 Illinois High School Association Drama state championships, one speech title, and numerous band and choir honors.

Also on hand at the groundbreaking were Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra Bury and Trustee Alex Olejniczak.

The Oak Lawn Community High School Choir sings the national anthem before the groundbreaking for the new performing arts center for the high school.

Dr. Michael Riordan, superintendent of Oak Lawn Community High School District 229, welcomes the crowd as Joseph McCurdy, assistant principal, provides cover from the steady drizzle during the groundbreaking for the performing arts center on May 24 at the school.

Dr. Jeana Lietz, who is completing her first year as principal at Oak Lawn Community High School, said she was delighted that a performing arts center will be built for the school.

Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra Bury and Trustee Alex Olejniczak (2nd) attended and spoke briefly at the groundbreaking for the Oak Lawn Community High School Performing Arts Center.

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The cost of the fitness challenge is $15 per person and can be paid at the time of registration. Exercises are specifically designed for summer fitness goals. The challenge will incorporate both cardio and strength training workouts.

Weekly schedules will be available online and will be sent by email. Copies will also be available at the Shannon Center front desk. Participants are allowed to complete their exercises at their desired location. Individuals are required to track progress online.

All participants will be given a password upon registration.

Login online to track your progress every Monday by 7 p.m.

Participants must complete each week’s exercises to advance to the next week.

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SW Suburban Widows, Widowers Social Club will meet on Friday The Southwest Suburban Widows and Widowers Social Club have scheduled their next meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 2 at Zion Lutheran Church, 17100 S. 69th Ave., Tinley Park.

Beverages and snacks will be served. Entertainment will be provided for most months.

The club offers support to the widowed of all faiths and ages.

Activities include monthly general meetings, organized restaurant outings, dances, trips and theater outings.

Monthly games, discussion and interaction meetings will be offered. Newcomer get acquainted meetings will be held. More information can be obtained by calling Danell Chmura, (630) 728-9368, or Bill Dolehide, (708) 342-6820.

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News and events from our archives Children receive gifts after tornado hit Oak Lawn • 50 years ago From the June 1, 1967 issue The story: Families that have been residing in the trailer park for tornado victims at 93rd Street and Tripp Avenue received toys and games to help bring a smile to their faces after the children had to deal with the twister that ripped through the village on April 21.

A group of mothers all got together and bought gifts for the children. The toys came from different suburban communities and Chicago. The mothers knew that the gifts would help the children whose homes were damaged or destroyed because of the tornado. Many of them miss their friends on their old blocks.

Many of the families who live in the trailers have already begun to rebuild their homes, but for others the road back will be difficult. Ruby Houston and her son, Glenn, who lived on the 9300 block of South Central Avenue, is having difficulty dealing with the fact her 11-year-old two flat building’s roof had been sheared off.

The quote: “The lady upstairs was lying on the rafters and my son helped her get down,” Houston said. “We’re thankful neither of us were hit. But I don’t want to make any plans yet.”

Conrady student wins anti-drug poster contest • 25 years ago

From the May 28, 1992 issue The story: Junaid Ahmed, 13, of Palos Hills, recently received a first place award in the State’s Attorney’s 10th Annual Anti-Drug Poster Contest.

A student at Conrady Junior High School, Ahmed, is the eighth first place winner from the school in the past 10 years. Ahmed’s poster, a large, colorful chalk drawing portrays a karate expert kicking a large capsule. The slogan for the poster, according to Ahmed’s teacher John Voss, “is kick the habit.”

The poster, which resulted in winning a U.S. savings bond and other prizes, reflects his other interests, specifically karate. He has been involved in the sport for the past eight years.

The quote: “It (doing the poster) wasn’t hard,” Ahmed said. “”But, I did take my time with it.”

Marrs-Meyer American Legion Post helps construct ramp • 10 years ago

From the May 31, 2007 issue The story: Helen Lemberg has been a bartender for 29 years at the Marrs-Meyer American Legion Post 991 in Worth. She has also volunteered for countless events.

But she never expected to benefit from someone’s generosity. Lemberg suffered a stroke last November and has been confined to a wheelchair. Her son, Ken, knew she needed a ramp but was not able to afford it at that time.

Neighbor Gene Sikora heard of Lemberg’s dilemma and began to raise the funds for the ramp’s construction with the assistance of Kevin O’Brien, a Post 991member and union carpenter. They organized the project and recruited a fellow carpenters to help.

The quote: “It’s so beautiful,” said a teary-eyed Lemberg when the project was completed. “One day you’re doing your normal things and then, boom. It just hits you. I used to do many things for them (Post 991). (But therapy) it’s working out very, very well.”

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Summer fun starts at Palos Heights Farmers Market The best way to start a summer vacation is to come to the Palos Heights Farmers Market, 12217 S. Harlem Ave. The Community Tents will have plenty of children’s activities to make the start of summer fun!

Palos Christian Preschool, 7059 W 127th St., Palos Heights, will be at the Community Tent from 7 to 10 a.m. Information about the school and upcoming fall classes will be available. Representatives from the school will be offering many fun activities for children, including stories, games and more.

Then at 10 a.m., the Palos Heights Library will be at the tent, with Story Hour starting at the same time. This week’s theme is “Build a Better World.” Information about upcoming library events, the “Build a Better World” Summer Reading Programs for children and adults and more will be available.

The Palos Heights Recreation Department will be the guest of the second Community Tent. Stop by for information about all the summer programs and camps, and other upcoming events. They also will have information about the Palos Heights Fitness Center and the Palos Pool. A pool pass raffle, good for six visits to the Palos Heights Pool, will be held at 1 p.m.. It is offered to all guests of the market.

While the kids are having fun, make sure to get this week’s fresh

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Story Hour is among the highlights at the Palos Heights Farmers Market.

The market has a number of other activities for youngsters as well.

from the farm spring produce, fresh cut flowers, beautiful hanging baskets and flowers, perennial plants and more.

Salmon and other fish straight from Alaska is available. Other meat products, cheeses, eggs, breads and bakery, peanuts and toasted cashews, olive oils and

vinegar, salsas, pasta sauces and jelly, honey and maple syrup are available every week.

Hot foods available include tamales, pizza products and vegan patty wraps and salads. Frozen vegan patties and desserts are also available.

Make sure to stop by the City

Tent. New for 2017, Palos Heights Farmers Market Gift Certificates are available for purchase. The certificates sell for $5 each, and are available for sale at the City Tent. This week, Dr. John Principe MD ,of WellbeingMD Center for Life, provides “Asparagus and Feta Fritters”. This and some previous year’s early springtime recipes will be available. Previous year’s recipes can be found at www.wellbeingmd.com, or palosheights.org.

Also, make sure to pick up a 2017 Frequent Shopper Card.

Bring a canned food donation (fruit, vegetable or protein only), or donate fresh fruit or vegetables from the market and double credit will be given to your Frequent Shopper Card.

This year, the market is partnering with The Palos United Methodist Church Food Pantry, 12101 S Harlem Ave. All canned donations will be brought to that location. All fresh produce donations will be donated to Operation Blessing in Alsip.

Representatives of the Palos Heights Beautification Committee will be available selling this year’s Classic Car Event Split the Pot Raffle Tickets. They make great Father’s Day Card stuffers.

The drawing will be on Thursday, July 20. The winner need not be present.

The market would like to thank this year’s Palos Heights Farmers Market sponsors. They

Moraine Valley employee earns 40 Under 40 Award Moraine Valley Community College’s Alexandria Terrazas was awarded the 40 Under 40 Award from the American Association for Women in Community Colleges.

This award is given to faculty, counselors and staff around the country who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership, and attained various achievements. Terrazas, who is the coordinator of Student Success Programs, received the honor in New Orleans.

“It was a great experience to meet women across the country who exemplify innovation, leadership and student-driven commitment,” she said.

Terrazas arrived at Moraine Valley in fall 2009 and began as a part-time English language specialist before working up to her

current role. Her job involves managing the dual credit program, which serves 26 partner high schools, along with specialized oncampus courses for dual credit/dual enrollment and implementation of EdReady, the online Terrazas tool used to assess high school math students and convey how to prepare for college. She also plans and organizes the family orientations every spring and summer.

Her laser focus has helped double dual credit enrollment, which led to the college

acquiring the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Research Grant in 2015. She also co-chaired the first Women’s Leadership Conference and helped develop the first Latino Empowerment Conference, both held at Moraine Valley. She earned the college’s 2017 Nancy Blane Guerra Award because of her organization, focus and clear communicative work ethic.

Terrazas was surprised to learn she won the award because in her eyes, she’s simply doing her job.

“I’m modest about this award because it’s just doing my job. Doing the best I can is how I perceive my job,” she said. “But it’s exciting to be recognized for my performance and work. It’s a huge compliment.”

include Dr. John Principe, MD of Wellbeing MD Center for Life;Palos Health, The Private Bank, CNB Bank and Trust, United Trust Bank, Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz, Running for Kicks, Golden Shoes

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Freeze one tax, raise another

new statewide poll finds that strong opposition to an income tax hike to solve the state’s budget problems significantly eases when the tax increase is coupled with a property tax freeze.

That’s important because Gov. Bruce Rauner has insisted that he won’t approve any tax hikes or a budget without a four-year property tax freeze. Democrats in the General Assembly, however, have resisted the governor’s freeze proposal.

And the Senate Democrats last week went ahead and passed a budget with tax hikes without including Rauner’s freeze.

The poll of 500 likely Illinois voters was taken May 23 by Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, a Republican firm. The poll’s questions that we’re going to look at today weren’t horribly biased, even though the poll was paid for by the Illinois Policy Institute (which for whatever reason didn’t include the property tax freeze numbers Rich its press release). The poll’s margin of error Miller in was +/-4.4 percent, and 40 percent were reached via their mobile phones.

“One of the elements of a proposed solution for the Illinois state budget impasse involves raising the state income tax,” the pollster told respondents. “Do you favor or oppose a state budget that includes raising the state income tax?”

Just 31 percent favored an income tax hike, while 64 percent were opposed and 51 percent strongly opposed it. No surprise there. Every poll I’ve ever seen had numbers similar to those.

“One of the elements of a proposed solution for the Illinois state budget impasse involves raising the state income tax but at the same time enacting a property tax freeze,” respondents were told.

“Do you favor or oppose a state budget that includes raising the state income tax but also includes a property tax freeze?”

The percent of those favoring the “hybrid solution” involving a freeze jumped eight points, to 39 percent. That’s still far from a majority, but not too bad, considering more money would be coming out of their pockets to fund a supremely dysfunctional state government.

The more dramatic movement came from the opposition. A slim majority of 51 percent was still opposed to the hybrid solution, but that’s down 13 points from the income tax-only question. And those who were strongly opposed, which indicates that they might cast their vote based on the topic, dropped 17 points, from 51 down to a mere 34.

So, it’s not difficult to see why Gov. Rauner has been talking about almost nothing but a property tax freeze lately. He did a bunch of TV and radio interviews last week saying he absolutely won’t sign a budget unless it includes the freeze. Simply put, the issue moves numbers.

The freeze is like that old Mary Poppins song, “A Spoonful of Sugar.” It helps the medicine go down, although definitely not in a “most delightful way.” There are undoubtedly other issues that could help make a tax hike more palatable, but we’re stuck with this one because the governor is so adamant about a win on this topic.

If you look at the crosstabs, you’ll find that 79 percent of Republicans are opposed to raising the income tax, but that opposition drops 20 points to 59 percent when coupled with a property tax freeze. Opposition by independents drops from 66 to 53. And opposition by Democrats falls from 52 to just 45.

Now, look at those who are strongly opposed to the hybrid plan that Rauner is pushing, and the results are even more dramatic.

Some 72 percent of Republicans were strongly opposed to an income tax hike, but that falls 28 points --to 44 percent -- who were strongly opposed when the tax hike is coupled with a property tax freeze. Some 54 percent of independent voters strongly opposed an income tax increase, but just 39 percent opposed it when attached to a property tax freeze. And strong opposition dropped from 34 percent to 25 percent among Democrats.

Also, when respondents were given a choice, 45 percent said only cut spending and don’t raise taxes, while 41 percent said the state should cut some spending and raise some taxes. That’s exactly what the Senate Democrats did last week, but most people don’t know that.

However, when it was pointed out that “Illinois already pays the highest property taxes in the country and has the fifth highest overall tax burden,” and that some believe another tax hike would drive more people out of the state, 54 percent said only cut spending and don’t raise taxes, while just 36 favored a mix of cuts and tax hikes.

Property taxes are a killer issue. The Democrats need to come to terms with that.

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Montana millionaire gets charged with assault and heads to Congress

By Gene Policinski Sadly, shamefully, disgustingly, it has come to this: A Montana candidate for Congress was charged on May 24 with assaulting a reporter who was asking him a question about the American Health Care Act. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported last Thursday morning that U.S. House candidate Greg Gianforte, a Republican, was charged with misdemeanor assault for what witnesses and the reporter involved said was an unwarranted attack.

Ben Jacobs of The Guardian, who has reported for weeks on the state’s close race for its only House seat, tweeted that “Greg Gianforte just body slammed me and broke my glasses.”

Gianforte’s campaign issued its own statement, claiming Jacobs had entered an office where a TV taping was being set up, “aggressively shoved a recorder in Greg’s face, and began asking badgering questions.” The statement claimed that both men fell to the floor in a struggle over Jacobs’ cellphone, and that “this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene.”

Too bad for that set of “alternative facts” that several witnesses — including a Fox News television crew — were on hand to dispute them.

A Fox News reporter wrote that “Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him ... I watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began punching the man, as he moved on top of the reporter and began yelling something to the effect of ‘I’m sick and tired of this!’”

Three of Montana’s major newspapers, The Billings Gazette, The Missoulian and The Helena Independent Record, quickly got “sick and tired” of Gianforte: By last Thursday morning, on the day of the state’s special congressional election, all three rescinded their endorsements of the GOP candidate. For the record, Gianforte won the special election.

We all should be “sick and tired” of attacks on journalists in recent weeks, from this Montana mess to a “manhandling” of a reporter by security guards after an FCC hearing, to the arrest of a public radio reporter in the West Virginia statehouse.

The incidents have much in common: The journalists were asking questions of public officials or candidates for office, outside the staged, controlled environments of news conferences. In each case, the journalists

were labeled aggressors by those they were attempting to question.

Many defenders of a free press see all three incidents flowing from the stridently antipress tone set by President Trump, both in office and on the campaign trail. He has called journalists “enemies of the people,” and on occasion verbally abused specific reporters at rallies and news conferences. The Gianforte spokesperson took pains to label Jacobs as a “liberal journalist,” continuing the candidate’s anti-press stance through a campaign that has drawn comparisons to Trump’s. In an effort to give Gianforte a boost in Montana’s close congressional race, Trump recorded a robocall in which he calls Gianforte “my good friend.”

For those who are more inclined to view politics as an opportunity for mud-slinging and chest-beating, rather than a spirited exchange of ideas, the Montana attack no doubt will produce appreciative chuckles and nods of endorsement.

This recent spate of attacks is not the first time journalists have been hassled by thugs and bully-boys, or by security forces. Multiple attacks and beatings occurred as reporters and television correspondents covered the civil rights movement in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Reporters covering the “Occupy” movement in recent years were hustled aside or held by police looking to prevent news coverage of protesters being forcibly removed from parks in New York City and elsewhere.

Dangers to a free press have deep roots in this country. Just seven years after the 1791 ratification of the Bill of Rights, Congress passed the Sedition Act allowing for the arrest and jailing of journalists for publishing political criticism. About 20 editors were thrown into jail.

The fear is now real that — as we saw after fake reports of a child sex ring in a Washington, D.C., restaurant prompted an armed man to appear on the premises — some disturbed person will decide to counter reporters with more than a “body slam.”

Let’s say again, for the sake of the nonpartisan, nonpolitical 45 words of the First Amendment, that this pattern of verbal abuse and physical attacks on journalists is an attack on all Americans, and that that these attacks must stop.

Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute. He can be reached at gpolicinski@newseum.org. Follow him on Twitter: @genefac

President Trump says ‘they are losers’

By Dr. Glenn Mollette President Trump has renamed terrorists from monsters to losers. I agree. People such as 22-year-old Salmon Abedi, who contrived to inflict such a heinous act as the carnage he recently inflicted in Manchester, England, is the worst of pathetic world losers.

Abedi joins now a long list of scum who are so disconnected from rational thinking and healthy emotions that they are filled with hatred resentment of normal life-loving people who simply want a night out on the town such as an Ariana Grande concert.

In the case of Alyssa Elsman, of Portage, Mich., it was just a fun walk in New York City.

She was heinously killed in Times Square most recently by Richard Rojas, who also injured 21 other pedestrians in a killing spree that he hoped would end in his death by the police. He is a sad loser who took a vibrant girl’s life.

These world losers spend too much of their lives locked away in their private rooms staring at a computer contriving and discovering how to completely waste their lives by gaining world recognition by killing innocent people. Instead of getting a real life by mowing grass, building a real career, serving in the military or serving humanity, they internally seethe inside to destroy or maim a few human beings.

I understand that all human beings have struggles and issues but there is a depravity that some hideous, crazy losers unfortunately stoop to in trying to make them feel momentarily better.

The list of losers sadly has grown to a list we can no longer find the space to write about or identify all the names. From around the world now there are people young and old who maniacally and successfully brought about school killings, theater shootings, church murders and concert massacres.

While the national news informs us well of the bad news and the hideous people who are making it happen we must not forget that most of the world is still filled with good people.

Memorial Day weekend in America just past

and we remember all the good people serving in our military. We remember the many, many men and women who fought valiantly for our country because they were decent, strong and good moral people. Many of us go to the cemetery this time of year and remember not only our military heroes but moms and dads, grandparents, children and siblings and friends who have preceded us in death. We remember them and we miss them.

I often have the pleasure of attending the Hinkle reunion during Memorial weekend. My mother was a Hinkle. Last year I was taking pictures of my sister’s daughter, who smiled into the camera. She appeared to be feeling good and doing well. Since that occasion she has passed on. We will miss her at this reunion.

We will miss her and a lot of other people who have passed on over the years. They were all good people. Looking back they were part of group that must be classified as winners. They lived good lives. They were good neighbors.

They worked hard and contributed to society.

They made America great.

Last weekend a taxi driver from South Africa gave me a ride and was so thrilled to be working in America. He was a nice guy. A college student working weekends at a hotel helped me with my bags. He’s from Sudan and was an articulate, hard-working kind young man happy to be working in America. They are winners.

I don’t understand the radical evil hatred that permeates a person to end his or her life and the lives of others. They dramatically need a changed way of thinking — a different mind and a different heart. So many are so immersed in such hatred, radicalized we call it. There is no turning back for them.

I’ve always believed in hope. However, I do believe a person can reach a mental/emotional state where they are beyond the help and influences of sane reasonable people.

These people are lost. President Trump calls them losers.

Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist and author of 11 books.

ast week, I voted for stability, predictability and certainty for the state of Illinois. I voted for a budget, because for two years Illinois has lacked one, plunging us deeper in debt by $11 million each day.

In those two years, millions have lost access to social services, state colleges have entered “junk bond” status, and the state has become a laughingstock, all because of the obstinacy of personalities too big for the offices they hold.

Because of this, Illinois sits on the precipice of $14.5 billion in unpaid bills that could increase to $30 billion by the end of Gov. Rauner’s term if he doesn’t sign a budget.

That alone could set our economy back decades.

With this problem in mind, Senate Democrats passed a spending plan that includes $3 billion in spending cuts and $5.5 billion in added tax revenue.

As the saying goes, a stitch in time saves nine. If we continue to let this bill backlog grow exponentially, that $5 billion tax increase will be just a fraction of the revenue needed to get us out of this mess.

That’s why we took responsible action to balance the budget and provide funding for programs that are on the verge of collapse because of our callous inactivity in Springfield.

What we have accomplished is progress for a state that is on the brink of disaster, but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines that come across your social media feeds.

So our recent progress bears repeating: • We passed comprehensive P-12 education funding reform for the first time in over two decades, and approved a budget that invests $286 million new dollars in the formula.

• We invested in higher education, providing full-year funding for universities and community colleges.

• We invested in our students, allocating $364 million in funding for MAP grants that are necessary for low-income students to further their education.

• We also voted for several government reform proposals, including a two-year property tax freeze, procurement reform and responsible pension reform.

In short, we laid the groundwork for a responsible, certain and stable path forward.

All of these actions, which I supported, were results of months of bipartisan negotiation.

Unfortunately, they received minimal Republican support because as we neared the finish line with just a week left of this legislative session, demands were continually changed.

So we went it alone and responsibly moved the ball forward because inaction is no longer an option.

Now, the governor and his partisan allies have rushed to their social media pages, filing press releases rich with rhetoric but devoid of solutions to our unprecedented problems.

But the fact is our state is facing mountainous debt, and we can’t dig ourselves out of this hole with cuts alone.

We have proposed a plan that is balanced and complete without including even a single penny more in spending than was requested by the governor in his budget proposal. The difference between the two is ours is balanced and the governor’s is $5 billion short.

That’s not sustainable, and with a phony budget such as the one proposed by the governor, Illinois can’t get out of this mess.

Think of all the services our state offers to you and your loved ones: Veteran and senior services, disability support, childcare services and countless others. Think of benefits these programs offer to Illinoisans, then understand that all of them disappear if we don’t have a budget.

And that’s why I voted in support of stability and certainty for our state.

Steven Landek is the state senator from the 11th Illinois Senate District. He also is the mayor of the Village of Bridgeview. He also is chairman of Southwest Community Publishing Co.

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Cong. Lipinski introduces Purple Heart Heroes Act

Remembering U.S. veterans World War II veterans Jim Matela (at left), of Hickory Hills, and Rich Olund, of Palos Park, join Palos Heights resident Kathy Lovitt for a photo during her annual Memorial Day celebration held Friday at McDonald’s, 11050 Southwest Highway, in Palos Hills. Lovitt is holding a collage memorializing her father, Clifford Lovitt, who was a World War II fighter pilot involved in Operation Halyard in Germanoccupied Serbia.

Cong. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) has introduced the Purple Heart Heroes Act of 2017, which he said would grant every recipient of the Purple Heart and their dependents access to Department of Defense commissaries and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) facilities.

“These heroes and their families deserve our utmost gratitude,” Lipinski said. “It is our duty as a nation to not only say that we appreciate their brave service, but also to enact policies demonstrating that gratitude. This simple action would make Purple Heart recipients and their families’ lives a little easier while costing taxpayers nothing.”

Photo by Dermot Connolly

Commissaries are grocery/department stores on military installations that sell food and some household items. MWR facilities offer a range of services on bases, including libraries, outdoor recreation, dining, golf courses, and sports and fitness centers.

The Purple Heart is the oldest honor that members of our military are given and it is awarded to those who have been wounded or died in combat fighting for the U.S. Since the modern incarnation of the award was established in 1932, roughly 1.8 million members of the military have received the Purple Heart. The Military Order of the Purple Heart has endorsed the Purple Heart Heroes Act of 2017.

Jesse White hosts national ‘Targeting Autism’ forum Don’t underestimate the wonders of magnificent magnesium

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n 2003, I wrote about how the “calcium craze” was creating more problems than it was solving, according to researcher Nan Kathryn Fuchs, PhD. It seems she was right, and about 13 years later the problem was realized and many doctors halted the push for high calcium intake.

Fuchs claimed calcium should never be taken without magnesium and that magnesium would help keep the calcium in check. Her argument was that we have a far greater calcium intake than magnesium and calcium goes into soft tissue when in overabundance.

Turns out, the mineral Americans are running deficits in is magnesium. New benefits from magnesium are being discovered almost constantly. As much as I’ve learned about magnesium, I’ve learned double and triple the benefits with the information contained in a book I’m reading, “The Magnesium Miracle,” by Carolyn Dean, MD. N.D. Every time I gain new information on the newly discovered benefits of magnesium, I want to write about it. Magnesium is one of my favorite topics because I’ve seen and felt the wonders of supplementation as well as the dangers of magnesium deficiencies.

Dean states most Americans (up to 80 percent) may not be getting adequate magnesium because of the American diet of fast foods and other processed foods.

She explains the first symptoms of magnesium deficiencies can be anxiety and panic attacks. Magnesium helps control adrenal stress hormones. Asthma, histamine production and bronchial spasms increase when magnesium is deficient. Dean explains that magnesium “is administered in hospitals for acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrhythmia. Like any other muscle, the heart muscle requires Mg. Mg is also used to treat angina, or chest pain. Mg has an important role to play in preventing blood clots and keeping the blood thin — much like aspirin but without the side effects” She goes on to explain constipation can be caused by magnesium deficiency.

“Depression-Serotonin, which elevates moods, is dependent on magnesium.

Magnesium is crucial for the removal of toxic substances and heavy metals such as aluminum and lead. Mg enhances insulin secretion, facilitating sugar metabolism.

Without Mg insulin is not able to transfer glucose into cells. Glucose and insulin

build up in the blood causing various types of tissue damage.”

Numerous other disorders are associated with magnesium, such as hypertension, insomnia, migraines, muscle spasms and many more that I haven’t even touched on.

Dean states only one percent of our magnesium is in the bloodstream, so by the time a blood test shows a magnesium deficiency, it’s already a large deficiency.

So what type of magnesium should we take? Magnesium citrate and magnesium oxide can both loosen bowels, while it appears both Dean and Dr. Joseph Mercola feel magnesium glycinate, and magnesium threonate (a new form) is appearing to be superior in penetrating the mitochondrial membrane. Threonate may be the best form. Another great form is magnesium taurate for a more calming effect.

As much as I’ve read on magnesium, I believe both Mercola and Dean have really been in the forefront of researching the multiple reasons magnesium deficiency is a tremendous danger to all patients.

As always, before supplementing, always speak to your physician first. It is important your doctor knows of any supplements you are taking.

Dee Woods can be reached at deewoods10@icloud.com.

School District 117 welcomes two new board members A retired teacher and a former police officer were appointed to fill two vacant seats recently on the school board in North Palos School District 117.

Anita Baltimore and Bobby Greene were sworn in as the newest members of the board of education.

Baltimore retired from District 117 two years ago after nearly 40 years in the classroom. Greene served as a police officer in neighboring Bridgeview for 12 years before retiring due to an injury. He is now two semesters away from completing law school.

Baltimore has two grown daughters, both of whom attended schools in the district. One is a teacher and the second is an environmental scientist.

She spent last year (her first year of retirement) traveling to

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Anita Baltimore and Bobby Greene were recently sworn in as the newest members of the North Palos School District 117. Baltimore retired two years ago after teaching for 40 years. Greene served as a Bridgeview police officer for 12 years before retiring due to an injury.

seven countries.

“I just love soaking up the culture,” said Baltimore, who graduated with a teaching degree from

Illinois State University.

Greene and his wife, Jaclyn, have two children who attend the district. He spent 12 years as a

police officer in Bridgeview after graduating from Illinois Benedictine University where he played football. He earned a degree in sociology with a concentration in criminal justice.

After getting injured on the job, he decided to enroll in law school. Greene is two semesters away from graduating. He said he hopes to get a job as a prosecutor with Cook County or one of the other collar county state’s attorney’s offices.

“Law school was the natural progression after police work,” Greene said. “I really enjoy mentoring the younger law students Both said they believe strongly in “giving back.”

“For a community to work well, you need to have volunteers,” Greene said. “They are the backbone of a community.”

Ring of Honor wrestling stars to appear in Chicago Ridge The Ring of Honor wrestling stars will take center stage beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 3 for an international taping at the Frontier Park Field House, 9807 S. Sayre Ave., Chicago Ridge.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the pre-show will start at 5:45 p.m. Competitors who are scheduled to participate include “Pro Wrestling’s Last Real Man” Silas Young vs. Bobby Fish, Punishment Martinez vs. Jay White, and Jonathan Gresham vs. Flip Gordon.

Crawling wonders This youngster is fascinated by various lizards that were on display at the Kids Health Fair that was held May 24 at the Evergreen Park Fire House.

Photo by Joe Boyle

Signed to appear will be ROH World Champion Chris “Almighty” Daniels. He also threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Chicago White Sox hosted the Detroit Tigers at Guaranteed Rate Field this past Sunday.

Other figures who are scheduled to appear are ROH World Tag Team Champions Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson), ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Bully Ray and The Briscoes (Jay and Mark), Dalton Castle

With The Boys, Josh Woods, The Rebellion (Caprice Coleman, Kenny King, Rhett Titus and Shane Taylor), The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinnie Marseglia), MCMG (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), Hangman Page, Frankie Kazarian, Coast 2 Coast (Shaheem Ali and LSG), Cheeseburger, Jay Lethal, The Tempura and Will Ferrra.

More information can also be obtained by calling Frontier Park Field House, (708) 423-3959.

Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White recently hosted the third national “Targeting Autism” forum on May 11 and 12 at the state library in Springfield.

Launched in 2015 by White and The Autism Program (TAP) of Illinois, the “Targeting Autism” forum is a program designed to develop and implement creative ways to address the needs of Illinois residents impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

“The need for libraries and local providers to collaborate to better serve those with ASD is more important than ever in Illinois as the state’s budget impasse has negatively impacted many service providers,” said White.

“Working with local families

and ASD providers, libraries can provide resources and supportive environments that will help those with ASD achieve their full potential.”

This year’s forum focused on topics related to young adults with ASD seeking employment. A number of the speakers were professionals and/or authors, also on the autism spectrum, who shared their experience with autism.

More than 80 library professionals, autism providers and advocates from across Illinois along with professionals in other states came to the forum.

“Targeting Autism” was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through a National Leadership Forum Grant.

Moraine Valley foundation golf outing will tee off at new site The Moraine Valley Community College Foundation will host its 36th annual golf outing Tuesday, Sept. 12, at a new location — Ruffled Feathers Golf Club, 1 Pete Dye Drive, Lemont.

Tickets are $185 per golfer, which includes golf, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and beverages on the course. Registration opens at 7 a.m. with tee-offs starting at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Guests may

get in some practice on the driving range, which will be open for unlimited use that day prior to the start of the outing.

Golf outing proceeds to date have provided more than $500,000 for student scholarships, financial assistance and college programs.

For more information about the outing, sponsorship opportunities or to purchase tickets, contact Christine Bennett at (708) 974-5480 or bennettc@morainevalley.edu.

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Aldi is planning to build a new store in the former EuroFresh Market at 16000 S. Harlem Ave. in Tinley Park.

COMINGS & GOINGS

Aldi to open new store in Tinley Park B atavia-based Aldi, which announced an ambitious expansion and remodeling plan earlier this year, recently unveiled it plans to build a new supermarket in the former EuroFresh Market at 16000 S. Harlem Ave. in the Park Center Plaza in Tinley Park, which closed at the end of March.

The chain already operates a store a couple of blocks south next to Bob a Sam’s Club warehouse Bong store, which would close once the new store opens.

Aldi representatives did not return emails asking for comment on plans for the new store, which would be much larger than the existing store. A sign on the EuroFresh building said the new store was expected to open later this year.

When EuroFresh announced in March it would be closing, a manager said Aldi was expected to take a portion of the space, but believed a second tenant would take the rest of the space. Aldi and EuroFresh did not respond to emails at that time about that report.

In February, Aldi announced it would spend more than $3 billion to pay for land, facilities and equipment for 650 new stores in the U.S. by the end of 2018.

That would bring the number of Aldi stores in the U.S. to about 2,000.

In addition, the company said it would

spend about $1.6 billion to remodel and expand more than 1,300 stores in the U.S. by 2020.

In 2016, the company announced it would build a new 18,000-square-foot store at the former site of Joe & Frank’s Market at 5501 S. Harlem Ave. in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge community. Once that store is open, which the company said was expected in the fourth quarter of this year, a nearby store at 5775 S. Archer Ave. would close.

Gateway Plaza proposed for Orland Park

Orland Park officials are expected to consider plans next week for a new retail development at 143rd and LaGrange Road that would be called Gateway Plaza.

The plaza would feature a one-story 10,500-square-foot building on the site of a former gas station in front of Marquette Bank. Plans call for a couple of restaurants and a retail store for the development.

Plans are expected to be on the agenda at the June 5 village board meeting. The village’s Development Services Committee voted May 15 to recommend the project.

Plans call for a City Barbecue and McAlister’s Deli to be two of three restaurants included in the project.

Darvin’s facade improvement underway Darvin Furniture announced last week that it had started construction on an extensive facade renovation at its Orland

Park store at 15400 S. LaGrange Road.

The store, which was honored as the 2016 Illinois Retailer of the Year by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, also celebrated its 96th anniversary last year.

The project, which will enhance the building’s exterior impact as well as the entryway and interior space for the retail showroom, is scheduled for completion in September.

Fontano’s Subs now open in Orland Park A popular sub chain founded in Chicago’s Little Italy community in 1960 has found its way to Orland Park.

Fontano’s Subs opened earlier this month at 14482 S. LaGrange Road in the former beds For Kids furniture store and Free From Market food store.

The sub shop will hold its grand opening and ribbon cutting from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 8.

Hours are from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Former Mokena restaurant becoming office building A building at 9301 W. 191st St. in Mokena that was once home to Angelino’s restaurant and Scrementi’s Italian restaurant is being converted into an office building.

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

Spring cleaning tip: Neat Repeats stores are accepting donations Spring cleaning continues at the Neat Repeats Resale shops, with donations being accepted seven days a week at both stores.

Residents can donate gently used spring and summer clothes to Neat Repeats, which has locations at 7026 W. 111th St., Worth, and 9028 W. 159th St., Orland Park.

Volunteers at the stores will accept women’s, men’s and children’s clothing. Housewares, jewelry, toys, books and other items will be accepted.

More information can be obtained by calling the Worth store, (708) 361-6860, or the Orland Park facility, (708) 364-7605.

THE BEST OF THE WINE GUY

Wine drinking: An American revolution

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merica is going through a revolution — a winedrinking revolution.

Since the early 1970s, more and more Americans have started drinking wine. More people drink wine today than they drink martinis.

Archeologists believe ancient civilizations were making wine from grapes going back 10,000 years ago. It has been a staple in some cultures for thousands of years, from the Romans to the Egyptians to the Jews in the time of Jesus. At certain times in history wine was actually preferred over water because it was cleaner and safer to drink.

Today, much of our drinking water is contaminated with chemicals that can have adverse effects on our bodies and minds. While there are fewer industrial pollutants in our water than in the past, when industry pumped megatons of cancer-causing chemicals and raw sewage was routed directly into our waterways, we are now faced with the threat of contamination from pharmaceuticals including birth control and painkillers.

Water can also contain high calcium levels that can contribute to heart disease and kidney stones.

These findings may be leading some people to rediscover the good, pure qualities of wine. This beverage has been associated with good living, inspiration, creativity and hospitality. It is nature’s purse drink.

A French proverb states: “A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.” Wine should be sipped with every meal, not only because it tastes great and is good for you and brings out the flavor of the food, but because it aids digestion by

All sales at Neat Repeats Resale benefit the clients served by the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence.

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 Kemp Tommy L to Najger Katarzyna, 9812 S Nottingham Ave, Unit #6C, $70,000; First Midwest Bk Tr to Robles Fred, 10516 Princess Ave, $99,000; B W Dev LLC to Alatfi Monasser, 5734 W 109th St, $140,000.

stimulating the production of gastric juices.

Good wine and good food is the perfect combination. The bouquet should linger on the palate as the wine begins to spread its beautiful warmth throughout the body.

Wine is so powerful because it is literally the essence of the Earth. The grapes that produce wine take in the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients of the soil in which they are grown. It is then fermented using its natural sugars and the yeast spores that are constantly in the air (sugars and yeast are both added in mass production or by home vintners, but don’t have to be).

The only thing we have to do is crush the grapes because it is nature itself that produces the wine. It is not pasteurized or filled with chemicals.

The benefits of wine are almost endless, so sip a glass or two with your supper tonight and enjoy!

Anthony Scarano is not a doctor. He is an Evergreen Park resident, winemaker and certified naturopath. Suggestions in this space are his opinions based on years of independent study and personal experience.

Wine should be consumed in moderation. Overindulgence may be harmful to your health.

Evergreen Park

Midfirst Bk to Morawa Remodeling Inc, 2712 W 98th St, $105,500; Renewd Homes Inc to Russell Brian, 2652 W 94th St, $305,000; Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Palomino Alejandro, 9234 S Homan Ave, $135,000; Baldi Joseph A Tr to Kopeikin Olivia, 9535 S Kedzie Ave, Unit #2F, $31,000; Sharl LLC to Moore Anthony L, 9140 S Spaulding Ave, $257,000; Markmann Ryan to Flagg Rene J, 9520 S Ridgeway Ave, $240,000.

Hickory Hills

First Midwest Bk Tr to Byrdak Kathleen A, 9135 S 78th Ave, $174,500; Reichard James E Jr to Rafferty Nicole M, 9311 78th Ct, $206,000; Carlisle Brian Tr to Platek Jadwiga, 8825 S Oakwood Dr, $239,000.

Oak Lawn Klick Diane Tr to Marron Cresencio, 10545 Tripp Ave, $185,000; Kurth Robert to Lamas David, 10524 S Keating Ave, Unit #1033, $115,000; Kennedy Joseph S to Willis Jessica C, 5045 Lamb Dr, $192,000; Koehler Joseph to Bauer Kaitlin M, 10317 Laramie Ave, $241,000; Buckley William R to Manning John M Trust, 10740 Lawler Ave, $179,000; Saenz Olmedo to Coughlin Thomas F, 10308 51st Ct, $204,000; Andricopulos James Tr to Puryear Quinichette, 10420 S Circle Dr, Unit #32B, $96,000; Christian Janet L to Cerros Adriana, 8744 Central Ave, $179,000; Sullivan Thomas F to Wilson Dionne, 10105 Parke Ave, $289,000; Oboyle Thomas Tr to Pemberton

Patrick M Sr Tr, 10520 S Kolmar Ave, $217,000; Sexauer Mary Jo to Melvan John J, 9820 Pulaski Rd, Unit #1062, $68,000; Ianchici Maria to Scannell Margaret A, 9725 S Keeler Ave, Unit #6302, $80,000; Spahn Justin A to Patula Michael J, 9635 Mansfield Ave, $180,000; Lee Magdeline to Petromilli Michael, 9819 S Keeler Ave, Unit #9819A, $110,000; A & A Apartments LLC to Cicero Apartments LLC, 9733 S Cicero Ave, $1,392,000; Yacoub Mohannad A to Dola Talal Lutfi, 8820 Mobile Ave, Unit #3F, $45,000; Barrett Harold F to Villafuerte Julio, 9140 55th Ct, $250,000; T C B LLC to Doran Jill F, 10002 Pulaski Rd, Unit #308, $49,000; Balicki Shelley E to Elizondo Nacarina, 11019 S Deblin Ln, Unit #110192C, $126,000; Michaels Christopher Tr to Masiulis Tomas, 11035 W 111th St, Unit #1035304, $135,000; Dalsky Adam to Acosta Arturo, 9745 Karlov Ave, Unit #9745201, $63,500; Pilny Stanley to Sadlik Muayyad, 6710 W 90th St, $325,000.

Palos Hills First Midwest Bk Tr to Ihmud Raed, 9800 S 90th Ave, $900,000; Judicial Sales Corp to Dlugopolski Krzysztof, 10330 S 81st Ct, $160,000; Zumstein Robert to Phelian Yousef, 10525 S 84th Ave, $272,000; Standard B&T Co Tr to Milon Andrzej, 8733 Taos Dr, $225,000; Verdin Roy H to Czyszczon Lena, 8101 Willow Dr, Unit #71B, $120,000; First Midwest Bk Tr to Aleksiene Laima, 11136 Cottonwood Dr, Unit #12A, $152,000.

Worth Giunta Michael T to Obrien Joel T, 6834 W 112th Pl, $152,000; Magiera Iwona to Kowalczyk Michael D, 10630 S Plahm Ct, $230,000; Wells Fargo Bk to Musa Holding Grp LLC, 7209 W 110th St, $125,500; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Golebiewska Anna, 10607 Southwest Hwy, Unit #3B, $97,500.

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As we’ve seen, insurance can insurance to at least cover the be important at every stage of mortgage. your life. You’ll help yourself When you have children, – and your loved ones – by your life insurance needs will getting the coverage you need typically increase greatly. In when you need it. fact, it’s a good idea for both parents to carry enough life Scott Johnson, CFP, is a insurance to pay off a mortfinancial advisor with Edward gage and raise and educate the children, because the surviving Jones, 8146 W. 111th St., Palos Hills, (708) 974-1965. Edward parent’s income may be insufJones does not provide legal ficient for these needs. How advice. This article was writmuch insurance do you need?

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Lipinski introduces bill to provide airline passenger protections Cong. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) is introducing the Airline Consumer Protection Act in response to recent treatment of a United Airlines passenger and other unacceptable incidents on commercial flights.

The bill requires airlines to provide better service, accommodations, and guarantees of timely arrival for all airline passengers.

“This bill would make the overall flying experience less worrisome, and would result in greater certainty for passengers arriving at their destinations in a timely manner and how they will be treated when there are delays,” Lipinski said.

The main provisions of the Airline Consumer Protection Act are: • First, mandatory procedures for airlines to follow to accommodate passengers on another airline’s flight should their scheduled flight be delayed for reasons within the airline’s control. If the delay exceeds four hours and the airline cannot rebook the passenger on their airline, they must seek flights on another airline to get the passenger to their destination, a

process called “interlining.” Some airlines already do this, but it is not universally used by all commercial airlines and some will only do it if a passenger makes a special request.

• Second, in the case of significant delays that are the fault of the airline, the ACPA would require airlines to provide meal vouchers, and – for overnight delays – hotel accommodations or cash equivalents. This provision would also stipulate that airlines assure access to restrooms and medical support should passengers be delayed in nighttime, diminished-service settings.

• Third, as we have witnessed multiple times in recent years, the failure of an airline’s computer system can bring down their entire national network and render passengers across the nation stuck at airports for prolonged delays until the computer networks are restored. Over the last two years, network disruptions have occurred no less than 35 times, stranding millions.

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of May 22) 30-year fi ed

RATES 4.000

APR 4.035

POINTS 0

15-year fi ed

3.250

3.305

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30-year fi ed Jumbo

4.125

4.170

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United Trust Bank (as of May 22) 30-year fi ed

RATES 3.990

APR 3.992

POINTS 0

15-year fi ed

3.250

3.254

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10-year fi ed

3.250

3.255

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Prospect Savings Bank (as of May 23) 30-year fi ed

RATES 4.000

APR 4.114

POINTS .25

20-year fi ed

3.875

4.032

.25

15-year fi ed

3.250

3.449

.25

All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.

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Show dates are Aug. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13. For more information, call (708) 857-2200.

at www.palostownship.org.hs.

More information can be obtained by calling (708) 598-2441.

‘Hero Central’ Bible School to be held at Pilgrim Faith Church

Palos Hills Rec Dept. hosts concert at Town Square Park

EVERGREEN PARK

Local children can attend the “Hero Central: Discover Your Strength in God” Vacation Bible School from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Monday, June 12 through Friday, June 16 at Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ, 9411 S. 51st Ave., Oak Lawn.

Each day will feature games, crafts, Bible stories and music with dance moves. Children age 4 through fifth grade are welcome.

The cost is $10 per child (or $30 per family) for the whole week.

To register, call (708) 422-4200 or visit http://cokesbuyvbs.com/ pilgrim faith.

Farmers Market is now open at Yukich Field

Oak Lawn film group to view, discuss ‘Argo’

The Farmers Market will be held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday until mid-October at Yukich Field, 8900 S. Kedzie Ave. A new season of goods and other novelties will be available for purchase. More information or to become a vendor, call (708) 422-8776.

CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will celebrate its 12th anniversary by screening and discussing the 2012 movie “Argo” from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 at the Oak View Community Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn.

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

The Palos Hills Resource and Recreation Department will be hosting a couple of free events in June.

Playing in the Park will take place beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, June 12 at Town Square Park, 8455 W. 103rd St., Palos Hills. The event will take place immediately after the reading kickoff at the Green Hills Library, 10331 S. Interlochen Drive.

The event at Town Square Park will feature the band, Common Aires. Residents are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets.

The department will also host a fishing derby beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 17 at Pleasure Lake, 10800 S. Roberts Road, Palos Hills. The free event is for youth ages 2 through 13. Preregistration is required. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 430-4500.

Schedule bus trip to Chicago Botanic Gardens The Chicago Park District will sponsor a trip to the Chicago Botanic Gardens on Saturday, June 3.

The bus leaves the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham Ave., Chicago Ridge, at 10 a.m. and is scheduled to return at about 3:30 p.m. Guests will have an opportunity to view 26 gardens on 385 acres.

Admission is free to Botanic Gardens. The fee for transportation is $10 for residents and $15 for non-residents. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 636-4900.

OAK LAWN Free summer concerts and movies to be offered at Village Green The Oak Lawn Park District and Village of Oak Lawn presents free summer concerts and movies on the Village Green, 95th Street and 52nd Avenue.

The first concert is scheduled for Sunday, June 4. The first movie is scheduled to be shown on Friday, June 23. All six concerts will begin at 7 p.m. on Sunday.

All three movies will begin at dusk on Fridays.

For a full list of concerts and movies, check out the summer program guide at www.olparks. com or call (708) 857-2200.

Summer Bible Study will be held at Pilgrim Faith Church “Four Things You Need to Know about God” is the theme of the Summer Bible Study to be held at 7 p.m. Mondays beginning June 5 at Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ, 9411 S. 51st Ave., Oak Lawn.

The Bible study is led by Peggy McClanahan, the Pilgrim Faith pastor. Participants should enter through the courtyard door on 51st Avenue. For more information, contact the church at (708) 422-4200 or office@pilgrimfaith. org.

Register for Beautiful Garden Yard Contest Registration continues for the Oak Lawn Garden Club Beautiful Yard Contest through July 7 in which local gardens will be judged upon originality of design, suitability of plants and overall neatness.

The first place winner will receive a gift card from Saunoris Garden Center. The second place winner will receive a Busy Bee Garden Center card. The third place winner will receive a gift card from Oak Lawn Village Clerk Jane Quinlan.

More information can be obtained by contacting June Curtis, (708) 499-0578, or at junevcurtis@yahoo.com. Residents can also contact Janet Ragen, (708) 422-3712, or ladybug1129.s@ att.net.

Parking lot sale will be held at Salem United Church A parking lot sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3 at the Salem United Church of Christ, 9717 S. Kostner Ave., Oak Lawn.

The rain date is June 10. Spaces are available. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 423-9717.

Auditions for Oak Lawn Park District Theatre production of ‘Pippen’ A casting call will be held by the Oak Lawn Park District Community Theatre group for the production of ‘”Pippen” with auditions scheduled at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, June 5 and Tuesday, June 6 at the Oak View Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn.

Callbacks, if necessary, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 at Oak View. Individuals auditioning should have a song prepared, preferably from the show, and be prepared to dance.

‘Biggest Loser’ Contest to be held through Pilgrim Faith Church In an effort to promote health living, the ‘Biggest Loser’ competition will be held this summer through Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ, 9411 S. 51st Ave., Oak Lawn.

The entry fee is $20 and the contest runs from June 4 through Aug. 13. The winner is determined by percentage of weight lost. A registered nurse will do confidential weigh-ins and blood pressure checks from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 4. Participants who can’t make the weigh-in but still want to take part can email the nurse a photo of themselves on the scale with the weight clearly visible.

Small prizes and optional activities will be offered throughout the contest to keep everyone motivated. To register, visit www. pilgrimfaith.org.

Vacation Bible School to be held at 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 and 4) through fifth grade. This year’s program is entitled “Galactic Starveyors: Discovering the God of the Universe.” Children do no 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.

Palos Hills resident continues to roll up lucky sevens in life

By Don C. White

WORTH

Worth Cruisers Car Club schedules weekly Cruise Nights The Worth Cruisers Car Club will hold their Cruise Nights from 6 to 9 p.m. every Monday through Oct. 6 in the parking lot of the Water’s Edge Golf Course, 11500 S. Harlem Ave., Worth.

Plan bus trip to Shedd Aquarium The Worth Park District will sponsor a trip to the Shedd Aquarium on Sunday, June 25.

The registration fee is $35 for residents and $45 for nonresidents. The fee includes transportation and admission. The bus departs from the Worth Park District’s Terrace Centre, 11500 S. Beloit Ave., at 10 a.m. More information on the Chicago Shedd Aquarium and other Worth Park District programs and services, call (708) 448-7080 or visit the park district’s website at www. worthparkdistrict.org.

Concert in Park to be held in Worth A Concert in the Park is planned from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 11 on the grounds of the Gale Moore Park, 10901 S. Nordica Ave., Worth.

The free family event will feature music and children’s entertainment. More information on the Concert in the Park and other Worth Park District programs can be obtained by calling (708) 448-7080 or visit the park district’s website at www. worthparkdistrict.org.

Many folks have a lucky number. Many ballplayers have all kinds of superstitions and quirks.

Other folks have lucky lottery numbers. (I am not one of them).

Regardless of your inclination regarding numbers, you may be interested in my story of lucky sevens.

As I mentioned in the article I wrote about my mother’s passing, the picture of us was from 1947.

It must have been a good year as I was with my mother and we were taking a break from having a good time. So from that time forward, every year ending in sevens right up through 2017, has brought some good fortune to me or my family.

1957: This year has to be the most special of all. This was when Helen McCabe and I said we do. I ask the question again -- what do a couple of 18-year-old kids know about getting married and maybe raising a family? Not much more than they do now, I am sure.

But Helen was ready and willing to take a chance with me as her lifetime partner. How wonderful is that? Well, let me just say that it has been something to write about. If I could, I would sing about it. On second thought — no.

Helen and I had been going steady since December 1955 and were engaged in the summer of 1956. We tied the knot on June 2, 1957. Our married life began by renting a small three-room apartment for $60 a month from Helen’s Uncle Ralph. (What a dear fellow he was.) This was a wonderful time for us and to us. We both worked and began saving money to purchase our first house.

This first decade went by quickly. There was the purchase of our little house on the prairie in Hanna City, Ill. And the arrival of our first child, a son, Donald, (D.J.), and new jobs for both of us.

1967: This year changed all of our lives forever.

The cement company that I worked for offered me a promotion to take a position at its new terminal in the Chicago area. I accepted and we began packing.

What a big decision, one that brought many changes in our lives. In April, 1967 we moved to Justice. My plan was to work toward getting a transfer to the home office in St. Louis. This did not happen and the rest, as they say, is history.

During this decade our second son, David, was born. Helen was a stay-at-home mom who started her own business by child-sitting for families that lived in our apartment complex. We moved into a new townhouse development in Justice in 1973 and later that year I left the company that brought us to the Chicago area. When that job did not work out as planned, by late 1974 I was back in the cement business working on the North Side of Chicago. This was where I met the Medusa Challenger for the first time.

1977: This was the year that we decided to find a house in the area. Not necessarily in Justice, but close by. We found a home in Palos Hills and still live there.

Our oldest son graduated from high school in 1980, joined the Navy and got married. In 1982 I took a job with Medusa Cement at their new terminal on the Southeast Side of Chicago.

Our youngest son graduated from high school in 1986 and took a job with me at the cement company. He is still working there. Helen had taken an office job at a local construction company.

1987: On June 2, 1987 we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. One other thing that happened was the divorce of our oldest son. Now

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that sounds sad and it was. “Always look on the bright side” is my motto. His second marriage brought us our wonderful granddaughter, Athena, born in 1993. Helen retired from Henry Bros.

Construction Company in 1994. Helen’s mother, Iris, died in May 1996. She was the first one of our parents to pass on.

1997: In October our younger son was married.

His marriage brought us two more grandchildren during this decade. Nikola was born in 2000 and Samuel was born in 2005. We have spent many happy times with the boys.

My father died in January 2001 and Helen’s father died in May 2005. Changes at my work were coming that soon drove me to early retirement in June 1999. I have no regrets about leaving as we were able to attend to many family concerns. I was retiring at age 60. Is that a good idea? Yes and no. My advice is not to dwell on the past and make the best of every day you have. Sometime in 2000 I began work on my book about the Civil War. Helen and I began our volunteering at Hines Veteran Hospital early in 2006 and we are still doing it.

2007: On June 2, Helen and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We didn’t do anything special but I did write an article about Helen, “The Love of My Life.” My book was nearing completion and I had to decide how I was going to get it published. I thought of sending it off to a publisher but knew that I couldn’t stand rejection. This meant that I had to self-publish it and pay for the printing and all other related costs.

At that point, Helen asked, “Where are you going to get the money?” I said, “I guess I will go find a part-time job.” And I did at Duke’s Ace Hardware in Palos Hills. I am still working there.

My book was published late in 2008 and I have been busy marketing it and making speeches about Lincoln and the Civil War. What a great experience and Helen has been able to share it with me.

One event that has happened to our oldest son during this decade was that he became engaged to a wonderful woman, Kathy. She has two children, Ken and Savanna. I have taken the liberty of calling them grandchildren.

Well, as many of you know from reading my articles, this decade was one of serious ongoing health concerns for me. With my wonderful wife by my side throughout all of this, with God’s hand upon me, my great team of doctors, nurses, and staff at Hines Veterans Hospital and my family to cheer me on, I have survived and in most cases thrived. My mother died in October 2016 at age 95.

2017: Wow! Where to begin with this new decade of my lucky sevens? Let’s start with the greatest event, which will be our 60th wedding anniversary on June 2. Nothing can top that milestone — not even winning a huge lottery jackpot.

April 28 of this year was 50 years since we moved to the Chicago area. October of this year will be 40 years since we moved into our Palos Hills home. October of this year will be David and Beth’s 20th wedding anniversary. March of this year was my 10th anniversary at Ace Hardware.

It has been a wonderful life. I have been able to watch my grandchildren grow up. Way too fast! Samuel had asked me if I was going to be here when he grew up and I am doing my best to make sure that I am. As you can tell seven truly is my lucky number in so many ways. I have been blessed many times over and I thank God for a wonderful life and the most wonderful wife.

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WHATIZIT?

Photo by Joe Boyle

The clue for this week’s Whatizit photo (above) is: 52nd Avenue.

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

Three readers had the correct answer to last week’s quiz. D’Lorah Catizone, the Hickory Hills City Clerk, knew that the balcony that appeared prominently in last week’s photo was part of the Hickory Hills Community Center, 7800 W. 89th Place. Catizone, a resident of Hickory Hills since 1962, said she lives near the community center. Hickory Hills Ald. Tom McAvoy (3rd Ward) also had the right answer. He added that the community center is available for rental for small group parties and events. The community center can be reached at (708) 237-4150. Palos Hills resident Donna Brehovsky also knew it was the community center.

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designated an enterprise zone. Worth also formally joined the Cal-Sag Enterprise Zone, which includes 16 area communities. Werner said the enterprise zone, created to stimulate new development and expansion of existing businesses within it, is marketed statewide and even nationally and internationally.

Tokar said Chicago Ridge is dealing with many of the same issues as Worth, with limited space available for development. He said the vacant Yellow Freight property, a former trucking terminal at 103rd and Harlem Avenue, is the biggest site available for redevelopment in Chicago Ridge. At 75 acres, taking up much of the 105-acre TIF zone it is located within.

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President Trump’s 2018 budget suggests cutting funds for the Department of Housing and Urban Development by about $6.2 billion, which is a 13.2 percent decrease from the 2017 funding level. Half of those savings would come by eliminating the $3 billion Community Development Block Grant, which provides funding for a variety of community development and anti-poverty programs, including Meals on Wheels.

A spokesperson for Rauner said the governor is aware of the delays in funding for programs

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Twelve years planning and 10 years running,” said Diab. “I always say it, but it is true: We could never put in on without all the help from volunteers, and the sponsors.”

For the past two years, Palos Health and CNB Bank & Trust have been the major sponsors.

And everyone involved said they expect to continue the arrangement in 2018.

Prestinario said that on race days, he doesn’t even mind having to get up at 4 a.m.

“When you are at the race and you see everyone celebrating, it is an exhilarating experience. It is tough to get that adrenaline going as you get older, but this does it,” he said.

“I like to add something new each year, to keep it fresh,” said Prestinario.

This year, the free Kids’ Dash for children from 2 to 11 was held. More than 100 children participated in several races, from the 50-yard dash to a half-mile, depending on their age group.

And everyone got a medal.

It was designed to draw more families to the race, and it seemed to have worked. In fact, one of the few problems voiced at the meeting was about how families crowded onto the track to cheer on their children while the last of the half marathon runners were still coming to the finish line.

Lori Mazeika-Myre, of Palos Health, as well as several others

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the time, and she wasn’t afraid to do it. She proved that girls can be anything they want to be and do anything they want to do.”

Curley joined 41 other fifthgraders who dressed in costume and provided information about historic figures.

The theme of the project was “American Heroes,” dubbed by teachers Nancy Cagney and Bronwyn Azzaello. Students picked a hero from any time period they were interested in, researched their lives and personified them as a character in a living wax museum.

“They were able to pick a person that they were interested in and for their own reasons,” Azzaello said. “They really get into the characters, bringing them to life.”

Each wax figure had a box next to their poster board display. Any time a coin was dropped into the box, the students gave a two-minute speech, which they created and memorized, to each listener.

They did this while dressed in

It is even bigger than the Lucas-Berg property.

With an aim toward marketing it for entertainment, business and other types of development, the Chicago Ridge Village Board rezoned the formerly 75-acre property as regional mixed use about six months ago. However, the change was made around the same time as the property was sold to another trucking conglomerate, which Tokar said is posing problems for the village.

He said later that the new owner recently filed a lawsuit against Chicago Ridge, seeking to disconnect the property from the village and perhaps have it annex to neighboring Worth or Palos Hills.

“We’re probably going to have to work something out with them. I don’t see them being able to disconnect from the village. That usually is done with undeveloped land, but this is fully developed. And we provide them

with sewer and water.”

Both mayors noted various new businesses that have come to their communities over the past year. Werner mentioned Salt Cave on 111th Street and a new Circle K opening tomorrow (Friday) at 10631 Southwest Highway. Tokar said 34 new business licenses were awarded in Chicago Ridge in the past year, including Miller’s Ale House, which has become very successful.

But they both said competing against online shopping is making it difficult for brick-andmortar retail businesses to compete. He said that while the Sears in Chicago Ridge Mall is not closing, one in Oak Brook has turned its first floor over to Land’s End, and another is being used to race drones.

“Go to the small stores and restaurants in your areas. Frequent these places or they will be all gone in 20 years,” Tokar said.

like Meals on Wheels and said they are working to change the structure of payments.

Nancy LeaMond, the executive vice president of the AARP, said that it is imperative that our nation continue to fund Meals on Wheels because the need is great.

“Meals on Wheels and many other senior programs have literally been starved to the bone while the demand for these services is greater than ever before due to aging demographics,” LeaMond said. “Without continued investments in these cost-effective programs, taxpayers will end up paying far more to hospitalize or otherwise care for the frail elderly, many of whom are homebound.”

According to officials at the Meals on Wheels program, they serve more than 2.4 million seniors from ages 60 and up. Due to physical limitations or financial reasons, many of these seniors have difficulty shopping for or preparing meals for themselves, according to Meals on Wheels.

Researchers at Brown University in 2013 said that in most states, increasing Meals on Wheels enrollment would result in a net savings from decreased Medicaid costs for nursing home care.

Besides providing food, Meals on Wheels officials said they offer much-needed human contact for homebound seniors. One of the benefits of in-person delivery

at the meeting, said the crowds on the track posed problems for volunteers wanting to present the runners with medals as they finished their race.

She suggested that only the runners be allowed on the track, with family members restricted to the grassy area beside it. Listening to another suggestion, Prestinario and Diab said they may also consider running the children’s races in the opposite direction on the track, so they would not interfere with runners in the major races.

In any case, the Kids’ Dash is here to stay.

Lori Chesna, executive director of Southwest Special Recreation Association, said the Walk, Run or Roll race for people with disabilities was successful again, too.

She said six charity runners of the half marathon or 10K raised more than $1,700 for SWSRA. Bob Grossart, in charge of organizing the volunteers, said he had plenty to work with.

“More signed up last year, but we had less no-shows this year, so we actually had more people here,” he said.

“It’s very difficult to say how much exactly it helps the community (monetarily). But it does help the community in many, many ways,” said Prestinario.

He said that so many race participants went out to eat after their races that due to the crowds, his group couldn’t find seats in three local restaurants, Harvest Room, Royalberry and Lumes.

He said the owners of Harvest Room thanked him for bringing in all the racers who came for

breakfast.

“It is always said that people often overlook this area, but it really is the gem of the southwest suburbs,” Prestinario said.

full character.

The event was open to all other Most Holy Redeemer students, faculty, parents and siblings. Last year’s project gained $1,000 that was donated to the American Cancer Society. This year will be no different, according to Cagney.

“You see students come and drop in handfuls of pennies, knowing it is going to a good cause,” she said. “It’s very sweet.”

Students prepared for the project for six weeks, practicing their speeches at home and in their classrooms.

“I chose Abraham Lincoln because he is inspirational,” said MaryKate Daly, 10, of Evergreen Park. “Not only did he end slavery, he was also president. But more importantly, I chose him because even though he had a poor childhood he fought through it and still had a good life.”

“This project is a lot of fun because the student not only learns a lot, but they learn from studying a person they picked out. But they also learn a lot from each other, and even the teachers learn things, too,” Cagney said. “I think the children really enjoy it because it’s such an interactive project.”

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION RIVIERA REGAL II CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.ANNE MCCARTHY Defendants 16 CH 14786 11118 S. 84TH AVENUE, UNIT 1B 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 April 6, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 22, 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: UNIT 11118-1B TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS IN THE RIVIERA REGAL CONDOMINIUM PHASE II AS DELINEATED AND DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 86384520 OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

is that it has decreased the rate of falls in the home, saving the nation about $34 billion a year, according to Meals on Wheels.

Many seniors who live in the southwest suburbs have benefited from the Meals on Wheels program, according to Burke.

Burke said she will continue to stand “with seniors and senior advocates like the AARP to oppose politicians’ dangerous cuts to senior Meals on Wheels, which would affect the more than 115,000 elderly residents who depend on the program.”

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015-14ATT Plaintiff, -v.LESLIE MEJIA, PULASKI ROAD CONDOMINIUMS Defendants 2016 CH 02763 10016 S. PULASKI UNIT 9 Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 27, 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: UNIT NUMBER 9 AND P9 IN THE PULASKI ROAD CONDOMINIUM, AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND: LOT 7 (EXCEPT THE NORTH 3 1/2 FEET THEREOF), ALL OF LOTS 8 AND 9 AND THE NORTH 3 1/2 FEET OF LOT 10, TOGETHER WITH THE EAST 1/2 OF THE VACATED ALLEY LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING SAID LOTS AND PARTS OF LOTS IN BLOCK 1 IN THE CHARLES WADSWORTH SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST 661.05 FEET OF THE SOUTH 120 ACRES OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ‘’A’’ TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 0533239037; TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 10016 S. PULASKI UNIT 9, Oak Lawn, IL 60453

Commonly known as 11118 S. 84TH AVENUE, UNIT 1B, Palos Hills, IL 60465

Property Index No. 24-10-407-0591009; 24-10-407-059-1021.

Property Index No. 23-23-101-116-1055.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $192,223.36.

The judgment amount was $4,988.75.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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: KEAY & COSTELLO, P.C., 128 S. COUNTY FARM ROAD, Wheaton, IL 60187, (630) 6906446 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.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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: MARINOSCI LAW GROUP, P.C., 134 N LaSalle St., STE 1900, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 9408580 Please refer to file number 16-03371.

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.

KEAY & COSTELLO, P.C. 128 S. COUNTY FARM ROAD Wheaton, IL 60187 (630) 690-6446 E-Mail: collections2@keaycostello.com Attorney Code. 11200 Case Number: 16 CH 14786 TJSC#: 37-4478

MARINOSCI LAW GROUP, P.C. 134 N LaSalle St., STE 1900 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 940-8580 E-Mail: mlgil@mlg-defaultlaw.com Attorney File No. 16-03371 Attorney Code. 59049 Case Number: 2016 CH 02763 TJSC#: 37-3473

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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OLCHS students are up for tech challenge Students meet judge

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Students in Steve Long’s class at Oak Lawn Community High School visited the Federal Dirksen Building in Chicago’s Loop last month on a field trip. Students from his Law in American Society class had the opportunity to watch a federal trial, motions, hearings and the opportunity to talk to Federal Northern Illinois District Judge John Robert Buckley. “The judge we met with was appointed to the bench by former President Barack Obama, and his father was a distinguished law professor at Notre Dame whom helped forge the federal RICO statute. It was an awesome opportunity for the students in my law class,” said Long.

Mother McAuley student earns 36 on her ACT composite score Catherine Rogers, who will be entering her senior year at Mother McAuley High School, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.

On average, less than one-tenth of one percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2016, only 2,235 out of nearly 2.1 million graduates who took the ACT earned a composite score of 36.

A 2014 graduate of St. John Fisher School in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood, Rogers credits her teachers both at Fisher and Mother McAuley for helping prepare her for the ACT test.

“This is all so exciting, I still can’t believe it,” said Rogers. “I really believe my teachers at St. John Fisher and Mother McAuley helped me get to where I am today. I am so grateful for all their support.”

The ACT consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science, each scored on a scale of 1–36. A student’s composite score is the average of the four test scores. Some students also take the optional ACT writing test, but the score for that test is reported separately and is not included within the ACT composite score.

“Catherine is an outstanding student, wholeheartedly committed to her academics,” said Eileen O’Reilly, principal at Mother McAuley.

“This achievement is a testament to her hard work and sets the stage for the advancement of her college and career goals. Beyond excelling in the classroom, Catherine shares her talents with several academic and social clubs at McAuley, earning her the recognition

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Mother McAuley student Catherine Rogers (left) joins Eileen O’Reilly, principal at McAuley, after learning she scored a 36 on her ACT composite score.

and respect of both teachers and classmates.”

“I am so proud of Catherine’s incredible accomplishment,” said Nichole Carey, Class of ’02 and director of counseling and college counselor at Mother McAuley. “An ACT score of 36 correlates to the top one-tenth of the first percentile of testers, nationwide. While this is nothing short of amazing, it comes as little surprise as Catherine is one of the brightest students I have ever encountered as a college counselor. Her natural ability partnered with her intellectual curiosity and superior work ethic are some of the things that makes Catherine, particularly, distinguished.

I anticipate her college search process will be broad and exciting.”

Rogers is a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Junior Classical League, Student Ambassadors, Book Club, Math Macs and runs Cross Country and Track. Catherine also is a Catherine McAuley Honors Scholar, a program which recognizes superior academic achievement.

Members must maintain at least a 4.09 G.P.A. and complete at least five advanced placement classes before graduation, among other requirements.

In her freshman year at McAuley, Rogers received the Sr. Agatha O’Brien Memorial Scholarship, which recognizes students who score in the top five percent on the High School Placement Test. She also was one of 16 students to receive the Tradition of Excellence Scholarship for legacy students.

Her mother, Joan Dempsey Garey-Rogers,’83, five aunts, and sister, Jenna Garey, ’09, all attended Mother McAuley.

Most recently, Rogers was named a Mac with Merit, an award which recognizes students for their honorable character, diligent work ethic and notable contributions to the McAuley community. During her sophomore year, Rogers was honored with TheIrishFellowshipEducational and Cultural Foundation Scholarship.

Outside of school, Rogers serves as a teacher’s aide for the St. John Fisher School of Religion, and during the summer she volunteers her time at the Chicago Public Library’s Summer Learning Challenge and as a camp counselor at Lake Katherine in Palos Heights.

Students from Oak Lawn Community High School’s Industrial Tech Department attended the Moraine Valley Community College and Moraine Area Career Systems (MACS) Technology Challenge last month, with several students recording impressive work.

Two students from John Faro’s Electronics class competed in the electronics portion of the challenge, while six students from Dan Kenny’s engineering program competed in the inaugural 3D Rapid Prototyping challenge. Ten of the Moraine area high schools were in attendance.

For the Inaugural 3D Rapid Prototype at MVCC this year, Oak Lawn sent the following students from its Project Lead the Way Program: Dan Duran, Josh Rios, Shane Noone, Jimmy Benson, Thomas Cunningham and Ramiro Ramos.

These students worked all year long with their classmates to design and develop a 3D printed device that could project a ping pong ball to two multiple distances with close accuracy.

Every single piece of their project had to be 3D printed except

for the use of one single rubber band.

The students first had to compete against their own classmates in the level 2 Principles of Engineering course to determine who would represent the school.

These students worked down to the wire, completing their technical drawings, blue prints, and fine tuning their designs to be as accurate as possible.

Even with a last-minute part failure, less than 24 hours before the completion, the teams rallied to 3D print a backup part. Oak Lawn students Duran and Rios placed second overall among seven other schools, and the other team fell just shy of third place.

Senior Michael Martinez and Junior Zahra Ali competed in the Electronics portion of the challenge for Oak Lawn. These two students took an online exam testing their knowledge of Ohm’s Law and series and parallel circuit theory. At the challenge, the students were tasked with troubleshooting and soldering a circuit board. Ali impressed everyone by placing second and winning an Amazon Echo Dot as her prize.

Glen Oaks students competes in national math competition Piotr Zawislan showed a lot of moxie, a lot of class and he showed scores of people he knows a thing or two about math.

The fifth-grader at Glen Oaks School in Hickory Hills competed in a national math competition recently after defeating nearly 50,000 students from 43 states.

Students from across the country competed in the prestigious

MathCON event by taking online assessments in algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, number systems and pre-calculus.

Zawislan did not place in the competition, which was held at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

MathCON is an academic competition hosted each year in Chicago by Concept Schools.

Created in 2008 as a Midwest competition with 125 participants, MathCON has grown into a national event.

The company’s goal is to encourage more students in Science,

Technology, Engineering and Math outside the classroom and encourage more students to enter the STEM fields, which are currently some of the fastest-growing industries in the U.S.

LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

EVERGREEN PARK ‘Wonder Woman Day’

‘Wonder Woman Day” will be held for teen girls from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 3 at the Evergreen Park Library, 9400 S. Troy. TV show screenings, comic books, photo ops, a DIY Book Tote and a Mighty Girl Book Talk will be part of the festivities. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 422-8522 or visit evergreenparklibrary.org.

Teen/Tween Lego Lab

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Piotr Zawislan, a fifth grade student at Glen Oaks School in Hickory Hills, was honored after competing in a national math competition.

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Oak Lawn Community High School’s Industrial Tech Department students participated in the Moraine Area Career Systems (MACS) Technology Challenge last month at Moraine Valley Community College.

Teen/Tween Lego Lab will meet from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 14 in the Activity Room/Teen Space at the Evergreen Park Library. The program is for students in the sixth through 12th grade. Students will explore the principles of design and the basics of structural engineering using Legos.

The time building challenges will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. More information can be obtained by calling (708) 422-8522 or visit evergreenparklibrary.org.

PALOS HILLS Kids science projects The tech club will gather for a session to explore technology and robotics at 6 p.m.

Monday, June 5 at the Green Hills Library, 10331 S. Interlochen Drive, Palos Hills. The program is for children in the third through eighth grade. Students will have an opportunity to experiment with Makey Makeys, Squishy Circuits and the Mbot robot. Registration is limited to 25. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Students can build with Legos The Lego Club will be offered for children in kindergarten through fifth grade at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 6 at the Green Hills Library.

Staff members supply the Legos and kids provide the imagination and building skills.

Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Lean how to declutter your life A class on learning how to declutter and organize personal materials will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 6 at the Green Hills Library. Vicki Burger will instruct the class on how to declutter and organize. Patrons can learn a plan within a timeframe, set specific goals, and who can help. Guests can discover tips on how to help sort through clutter, prioritize what to keep, identify non-profits, and get help to move unwanted items. The event is for adults only. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Kids can play board games and Sushi Go Kids can participate in playing a variety of board games and tabletop gaming from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 at the Green Hills Library. Children ages 8 and up can play board games or new ones like Sushi Go or Munchkin. Dice is not required. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Technology trends explored Technology trends will be covered in a session scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, June 8 at the Green Hills Library. The class will focus on the latest hot news about technology and what the more distant future might hold. Registration is limited to 30. The class is for adults only. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

DIY card making class for youths A program on how to make DIY cards will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 10 at the Green Hills Library. Kids ages 10 to 17 can use layering techniques, stamps, paper punches, and other material to create fun and unique greeting cards. Materials will be provided. Registration is limited to 25.

Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Bingo Night Friends and neighbors will participate in Bingo Night, which will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 13 at the Green Hills Library.

Winners will receive gift cards and other prizes. Refreshments will be served. Registration is limited to 60. This event is for adults only. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Eco Club will make crafts Miss Emily will direct and join children ages 6 and up for the Eco Club to watch a video, play a game and make a craft at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 14 at the Green Hills Library. Kids can make a craft that they voted on. Registration is limited to 25. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Discuss new book at Imperial Oak Brewing The Green Hills Library Book Club will discuss their next new and notable book over drinks at the Imperial Oak Brewing, 501 Willow Blvd, Willow Springs.

The book club will be discussing “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made” by Greg Sestero.

Copies of the books will be available at the circulation desk at the Green Hills Library, 10331 S. Interlochen Drive, Palos Hills. Members can also acquire the book.

This event is for patrons in their 20s and 30s. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Family Movie Time Family Movie Time will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 16 at the Green Hills Library. Families can enjoy a free movie with popcorn and juice. All ages are welcome.

Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

View full-size movie posters Guests can view an array of full-size movie posters from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at the Green Hills Library. Visitors can drop in throughout the day to view the posters. A brief activity for all ages will be presented. Bill Brandeis presents the program.

This activity consists of matching several descriptions to movie posters on display.

One participant with all correct responses will win a $30 Visa gift card.

Madcap Puppets present ‘Monsters of Baseball’ The Madcap Puppets will present “Monsters of Baseball” for children of all ages and caregivers at 6 p.m. Monday, June 19 at the Green Hills Library. The sign at the ballpark says “No Monsters Allowed!”, but that doesn’t stop Roscoe from sneaking little monster Gus in to see a baseball game, where others soon join the fun. Giant puppets bring the history and tradition of baseball alive through songs, stories and poems. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

Arts and crafts and fun for special recreation activity Green Hills Public Library District and the Oak Lawn Park District Special Recreation Department will offer a program designed for individuals with special needs who desire play and socializing time with peers from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 20 at the Green Hills Library Drive. The program will consist of arts and crafts, sensory-appealing activities, a light snack, and time to have fun with new and old friends. Parents or caregivers must stay with each registered participant. This event is for ages 8 to adult.

For more information, contact Brittany Ramos at (708) 598-8446, ext. 118.

Make tie-dye shirts Patrons can learn the skills of tie-dying the perfect summer shirt in an event scheduled at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 20 at the Green Hills Library. A white T-shirt will be provided, or patrons can bring their own article of clothing to tie-dye. Registration is limited to 25.

The program is for ages 10 to 17. Register online at greenhillslibrary.org.

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Dist. 123 champions raise funds for Make-a-Wish, take trip to Wrigley Field

Chicago Christian students compete in DECA national competition in California

More than 40 Oak LawnHometown Middle School students hopped on a bus recently and went to the Make-a-Wish Chicago headquarters to be featured on the Wall of Champions.

The day was topped off with a visit to Wrigley Field to see the home of the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs.

To earn the honor, each student had to raise a minimum of $200 for Make-a-Wish some raised over a thousand dollars for the organization that grants wishes for sick children. No matter what they raised they all had the same goal, to help those less fortunate than them.

“Raising this much money means that I am contributing as

Four members of the Chicago Christian High School DECA (Distributive Education Club of America) Club recently competed at the DECA national competition in Anaheim, Calif.

Chicago Christian seniors Abby Haan, of Palos Heights; and Alyssa Rumbuc competed as a team in the “Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan.” Chicago Christian juniors Trent Riemersma and Matt Wolterink competed as a team in the same event.

Two of the three qualifiers from Illinois for this event were Chicago Christian High School student teams.

Wolterink and Riemersma received an “Award of Excellence” for their plan and presentation.

much as I can to the organization and am helping a child’s wish come true. It feels good to know I am helping the cause, I raised this much money because my family has had experience with cancer and I know it can affect the person going through it, and their families,” said Giana Zampilo, a seventh grade student at Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School.

Students received a first-hand look at where their donations go and saw how the Chicago MakeA-Wish offices work to grant the wishes of local children fighting diseases big and small.

“I raise money because my brother had a wish granted, so I have seen first-hand what MakeA-Wish does and really wanted

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Students from Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School stand outside Wrigley Field at the conclusion of a trip that included a stop to the Make-a-Wish headquarters in downtown Chicago.

to give back to them,” said Alex DeAngeles.

The students then hopped on the bus to visit Wrigley Field.

Students got a behind the scenes tour of the visitor locker room, the Cubs dugout, and were allowed to set foot on the field.

The 43 students that got the chance to go on the champion field trip raised a total of $16,542 of the $39,206 Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School raised this year alone. More than 330 students were registered to take part in the Make-A-Wish Walkathon.

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Chicago Christian High School students competed in the DECA national competition last month in Anaheim, Calif.

Competing for Chicago Christian were (from left) Trent Riemersma, Abby Haan, Alyssa Rumbuc and Matt Wolterink.

Moraine forensics team places 2nd in national speech tournament

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The Moraine Valley Community College Forensics Team earned the silver team medal at the Phi Rho Pi Speech and Debate National Tournament recently in Tysons Corner, Va. Eleven events advanced into the semi-final round, and three of those advanced to the final round earning gold, silver and bronze medals. In addition, John Nash, director of the Forensics program and communications professor, earned the Phi Rho Pi 2017 Distinguished Service Award.

Gold medalists were Zinnia Lampkins, for Prose Interpretation; and Damian Samsonowicz and Curtis Griffin, for Duo Interpretation. A silver medal was awarded to Stephanie McFann, of Oak Lawn, for Impromptu.

Bronze medalists included Griffin for Poetry Interpretation, Lampkins for Speech to Entertain, Sidney Bullock, for Speech to Entertain and Poetry Interpretation; Haley Carrero, of Orland Park, for Informative Speaking and Communication Analysis; Samsonowicz for Prose Interpretation, and McFann for Extemporaneous Speaking.

“This team never stopped believing in their messages,” Nash said. “I am extremely proud that they trusted their coaches, followed their hearts and supported each other.”

In addition to Nash, the team is coached by Amanda Pettigrew, Krista Appelquist, associate professor of Communications; and Jeff Rieck.

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Dist. 123 receives Meritorious Budget Award Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 has been recognized by the Association of School Business Officials International with the Meritorious Budget Award.

ASBO has awarded School District 123 with its Meritorious Budget Award for excellence in a budget presentation during for the 2016-17 budget year.

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AREA TRACK ATHLETES STRONG ON STATE/NATIONAL LEVEL

Friesen, Willging in fast company

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Ben Friesen had a long time to think about being on top of his track world — and trying to stay there.

Ellie Willging had a long run to get to the top of her track world.

Both runners from area schools were champions, as Willging, a junior from St. Xavier University, won the 10K race at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in Alabama on Thursday night, and two days later Chicago Christian senior Ben Friesen won the Illinois High School Association state championship in the Class 1A 400-meter run at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Friesen, an Orland Park resident, was fifth in the state last year in the 400 and his sectional time of 50.84 seconds at Seneca High School was the sixth best time in the state. Also in the field was last year’s 400 champ, Kahlil Wassell of New Berlin.

Friesen shocked some people when he had the top time in the preliminaries on Thursday with a :49.75.

For 48 hours, he was the target. He had a lot of time to think about trying to stay on top, and he admitted there was “a lot of anxiety’’ going into the finals.

Fortunately for Friesen, he and his

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Chicago Christian’s Ben Friesen won the state championship in the Class 1A 400meter race Saturday and his time of :48.65.6 would have won the Class 2A race and placed third in the 3A race.

teammates came back home on Friday and he was able to get his mind off the pressure by enjoying Chicago Christian’s prom at the Odyssey in Tinley Park.

“That helped a lot,” Friesen said.

“Before the prom, I prayed and talked to a bunch of people and got some good advice.’’

He didn’t get much sleep on Friday night and Saturday morning, he was able to divert his attention away from the 400 by competing in the state finals in the long jump, where he finished fourth in the state with a distance of 22

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Ellie Willging (No. 587) of St. Xavier University won the NAIA Division II National Championship in the 10K race and finished second in the 5K event.

feet.

After the thrill of that accomplishment, he said he had a gap of close to four hours before the big race.

“Waiting and thinking about it was extremely stressful,” he said. “I was

trying to get some sleep.’’

He said he got a little snooze under a tree outside of O’Brien Stadium.

When it was finally race time, he broke loose and ran a :48.65.6 to become the first Knights champ since

Bob Warnke won the 200 meters in 1993.

“I powered through in the last 100 crazy hard,” Friesen said. “I managed See TRACK, Page 3

It was a final show of Pride in the regionals

he final athletic event for soonto-be-closed Queen of Peace High School took place on Tuesday as the softball team dropped an 11-1 decision to powerhouse Nazareth Academy at the Nazareth Class 3A Sectional in LaGrange Park.

Yes, there were the usual tears and miserable feelings that come with the end of an era like this.

But one thing can’t be taken away from these players.

Saturday.

The Pride faced De La Salle in the Illinois High School Association regional finals at what turned out to be the last sporting event hosted at the Burbank school.

All indications were that the crying and miserable feelings for the Pride would take place, oh, somewhere between 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., after the team lost to the Meteors.

The Pride entered the game with a 9-20 record and was the fifth seed in the sectional. It had already lost to fourth-seeded De La Salle three times.

On April 22, the Meteors beat the Pride, 11-4 and 8-7, in a doubleheader in Chicago. On May 12, De La Salle won 16-6 in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference tournament.

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Above: Queen of Peace players celebrate a surprise regional title — its first since 2008.

Right: The final score — literally. Queen of Peace’s softball team racked up a victory in the last sporting event hosted by the school, which is closing soon.

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JEFF VORVA Making the Extra Point

So there was that…

The Pride players also had to play in front of a third coach this season.

Kelly Small was relieved of her duties in early May. “She’s a good kid, but I had to make some changes,” Pride Athletic Director George Shimko said without giving specifics.

Assistant coach Stephanie Ruvalcaba took over the job but had a family event, and that caused JV coach Andy Schindel to take over the team on Saturday.

So there was that…

There was also the thought of this being their last game hanging over the players’ heads.

But Peace came up with a stunning 10-3 victory over the Meteors. Instead of tears and misery, there was an unexpected regional trophy and a celebration.

It was the program’s sixth regional title and the first since 2008.

And the Pride’s last.

“What a way to go out,” Shimko said.

“This was very memorable and everyone is going to love it,” said Amber Anderson, a senior who transferred to the school after her first school, Mt. Assisi, closed after her freshman year.

“The last game here couldn’t have gone any better.’’

The Pride took a 7-0 lead and, despite a few anxious moments at the end of the game, got out of a few jams and won the title.

“This was actually amazing,” Schindel said. “The girls were ready to play softball. We had a really good practice (Friday) and progressively we continued to get better. I couldn’t be happier with the way they came out and played and the way they decided to take over.”

Losing three games to the Meteors was ancient history when the players stepped on their home field for the last time.

“We didn’t think about the other games at all —– we knew we couldn’t come out with any negativity,” Anderson said. “We came out here knowing we could do it.’’

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CC baseball, Rice volleyball teams state their cases

By Jeff Vorva

GOING TO STATE

Sports Editor

Chicago Christian’s baseball team and Bother Rice’s boys volleyball team both qualified for the Illinois High School Association state finals in their respective sports.

But Chicago Christian and its gaudy 39-1 record will be the target when the Knights mix it up in the Class 2A baseball state semifinals, and some Brother Rice (30-9) players consider themselves an underdog in an eight-team volleyball field that features two-time defending state champion Glenbard West, Lake Park and Lincoln-Way East.

Chicago Christian advanced to state for the first time in school history with a 7-0 victory over Timothy Christian on Monday at the Benedictine Supersectional. Orland Park’s John VanderWall threw seven innings of shutout ball and hit a three-run double, while Zach Frieling homered in the second inning to open the scoring.

But it was a 4-3, 11-inning win over Herscher on Saturday in the Wilmington Sectional final that was a highlight of the weekend.

Here is a look at area teams’ first-round games at their respective state tournaments.

Baseball

Chicago Christian (39-1) vs. St. Joseph-Ogden (26-7), 3 p.m. Friday at Dozer Park, Peoria

Volleyball

Brother Rice (30-9) vs. Hinsdale Central (29-10), 4 p.m. Friday at Hoffman Estates High School

The Knights won seven straight regional titles and lost in the sectionals the first six times.

They were eliminated by Herscher in 2012 (by a 3-2 score), 2015 (8-6) and 2016 (2-1).

So when the Knights won the extra-inning thriller this year, thanks in part to Josh Hill scoring on a Matt McCarthy bunt, it was a huge gorilla off their backs.

“We went way more nuts after that game than we did for this (supersectional) game,” Frieling said. “The game was back and forth. We were See STATE, Page 3

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Teammates in the dugout watch the flight of the ball of Chicago Christian’s Zach Frieling’s home run with anticipation Monday at the Benedictine Supersectional in Lisle.

Brother Rice 6-foot-6 middle hitter Joe Kenzinger was a force to help the Crusaders back to the state tournament for the first time since 2012.

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MLB rookie Travis receives hail from Sale

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Orland Park’s Sam Travis has hit well at every level of baseball he has played at.

Whether or not he will be a great Major League Baseball hitter remains to be seen, but he had an MLB debut on May 23 that he will remember for a long time. The first baseman, who played for Providence Catholic High School and Indiana University, had two hits and made a key catch of a line drive in Boston’s 9-4 comeback victory over Texas.

Former White Sox ace Chris Sale, who is

now with the Red Sox, pitched the victory.

Travis got Sale’s attention right away.

“Everybody remembers their majorleague debut — good, bad, or indifferent, it’s special,” Sale told reporters. “It’s nice that he had a good one. He had some big hits for us, too. That shows a lot about him, too.

He’s not very flashy. He’s strictly baseball.

It’s fun to see a guy like that.”

Sale was on the hook for a loss before Travis and his teammates rallied for a seven-run seventh inning.

Travis’ boss also had plenty of good things to say about the kid.

“I don’t know if you’re going to do a whole lot better. He was good,” manager John Farrell told reporters. “He looks most comfortable in the batter’s box, I’ll tell you that. He was very much under control. A very solid night — certainly a memorable one for him and his family. It was great to see him in his first day contribute as he did.”

Travis, 23, admitted he had a case of the jitters.

“I was a little nervous in the first inning.

I’d be lying to you if I said I wasn’t,” he said after the game. “After the first inning, I was good to go.”

Travis was drafted in the second round

by Boston in 2014 and hit .301 in 278 minor league games and 1,060 at-bats before the call-up. An ACL injury and surgery in July 2016 slowed him down a little but he arrived at the highest level of the sport with plenty of optimism.

He called the call-up “surreal.’’

“I would like to think I can hit but I’ll do whatever the team needs me to do when my name gets called,” Travis said. “I try not to think about (the injury) too much but this is awesome because it hasn’t been a full year since the surgery.’’

Travis

PRO SOCCER REPORT

STATE TENNIS

Niko and the King lead Fire to another big win

Wacnik a bright spot as area players struggle

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Niko and the King did it again.

But their coach is looking for other guys to step up and score.

Offensive powderkegs Nemanja Nikolic (a.k.a. Niko) and David Accam (a.k.a. King David) exploded with goals in the first nine minutes and the Chicago Fire scored a huge 2-1 victory over watered-down Dallas FC on Thursday at Toyota Park in Bridgeview.

The Fire (7-3-3) matched last year’s win total, won four games in a row for the first time since September 2012, owns a 6-01 mark at home and is in second place in the Major Soccer League’s Eastern Conference.

Nikolic was the league leader in goals (11) after the game, and Accam became the first Fire player ever to score in five straight games.

But Fire coach Veljko Paunovic is concerned as the two stars have 18 goals while the rest of the team has mustered just five.

“We are waiting for the other guys to show up and step up,” Paunovic said.

But overall, the second-year coach is happy with the way things have gone, especially after going an MLS-worst 7-17-10 in his rookie campaign.

“I think we are shaping our style in a way that we always wanted, we are becoming a mature team with a strong character and a strong team in terms of having a very good locker room,’’ he said. “The atmosphere was fantastic after

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

CHICAGO FIRE AT ORLANDO CITY SC WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Sunday WHERE: Orlando City Stadium, Orlando, Fla. FIRE’S RECORD: 7-3-3 ORLANDO’S RECORD: 6-5-2 NOTEWORTHY: With 24 points, the Fire ties the 1998 and 2011 teams for best start in team history through 13 games. The Fire will be without midfielder Dax McCarty for the Orlando game and a home game against Atlanta on June 10 to play with the U.S. Men’s National team in advance of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

the game.’’

Dallas fell to 5-2-4. Because it had a game against Houston three days later, it rested a host of starters including Kellyn Acosta, Walker Zimmerman, Maxi Urruti and Hernan Grana.

“Looking at their roster and their schedule, we expected rotations, (but) not so many,” Paunovic said. “But with so many rotations, what they achieved was they were fresher than we were. So that was very important after the first 30 minutes of the game where we dropped the intensity and our freshness and then in that moment what stepped up was our character, managing the game, finishing the first half well and then talking about the things that we had to in the locker room during the half time and then renewed energy coming back on the field.’’

Red Stars beat Courage again The Chicago Red Stars made

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Nemanja Nikolic (left) and David Accam hug after Accam’s goal against Dallas FC on Thursday night. The two have 18 of the Fire’s 23 goals this season.

a statement that they may be legitimate championship material when they beat the National Women’s Soccer Association’s defending champion and current leader North Carolina for the second straight week, 3-2, Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 2,618 at Toyota Park.

Danielle Colaprico, Alyssa Mautz and Vanessa DiBernardo scored for the Red Stars (4-2-1), who are two points behind the Courage in the standings.

Earlier in the week, the Red Stars signed 29-year-old international midfielder Yuki Nagasato, who has 58 career goals in international play and is a three-time FIFA Women’s World Cup player.

FOCUS ON THE WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS

Lefty pitcher Chigas has tough luck, goofy stats

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Windy City left-handed relief pitcher became the first hurler in the Frontier League to lose three games when the Thunderbolts dropped a 5-3, 10-inning nightcap game to Normal in a doubleheader on May 24.

But his ERA was a minuscule 1.92.

Chigas, a Bridgeview resident who graduated from Oak Lawn Community High School, had some tough luck with the defense behind him, but the Frontier League also brought in a new rule for

FOCUS ON AREA COLLEGES

Moraine’s Martinez ties for 56th in national golf tourney

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Moraine Valley sophomore Alec Martinez, who came to the school in the fall of 2015 with impressive baseball and basketball credentials and scant experience in competitive golf, finished tied for 56th in the National Junior College Association Division II National Golf Championships, which ended Friday at the Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz.

Injuries helped keep Martinez off the basketball court and baseball diamond, which lured him into golf. He qualified for the nationals last fall.

Martinez At times, the temperatures passed the 100-degree mark in Arizona, and Martinez finished with a four-round total of 310. His best round was a 75, which he carded on the second day.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Colin Troxlor won the individual title with a 282.

Cross country: Jeremy Morgan and Hannah Funk just added another honor to their resumes as they were named to the 2016-17 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country team.

Both earned the designation in District 2 in the College Division, which includes colleges and universities from other two-year schools, the NAIA and Canada. This honor recognizes student-athletes around the country who have demonstrated excellence in their sport and in the classroom. The duo maintained a 4.0 GPA while accumulating a number of accomplishments this past season.

extra-inning games.

The teams now play by international rules in which a runner is placed at second base before the inning begins. If that baserunner scores, it is an unearned run. Chigas was involved in two of those situations.

Coming up

The T-Bolts, which entered this week’s action with a 10-5 mark, will spend a lot of time on the road at Schaumburg, Evansville, River City and Gateway before finally returning home June 13-15 against Florence.

It appears that the first year of breaking up boys tennis into two classes did not do the area any favors.

In the past, the pool of eligible players in the Illinois High School Association State Tournament was 128 singles players and 128 doubles teams. It featured varying levels of talent and there were some easy victories to be found in the opening round.

Now that there are two pools, the Class 2A field features fewer players (64 singles players and 64 doubles teams) and better quality. The area paid the price with three singles players and three doubles teams combining to go 3-12 on Thursday and Friday.

Stagg sophomore Kevin Wacnik, a runner-up to teammate Michal Wolan in sectional play, had the most area success as he went 2-2 and was able to make it to the second day of competition.

Wacnik was the only area player to win a firstround match as he topped Normal Community West’s Matt Salm, 6-2, 7-5, before dropping a second-round decision to Maine South’s Danilo Kovacevic, 6-0, 6-1.

The Charger sophomore, making his second trip to state, recovered to beat Hoffman Estates’ Andrew Milas, 6-4, 6-4, before bowing out in the consolation bracket’s third round, 6-1, 6-1, to Belleville East’s Max Skaer.

Wolan, a two-time sectional champion who was 2-2 at state last year, ran into a buzzsaw in Plainfield Central’s DJ Colantone and lost 6-3, 6-0. Wolan recovered to beat Maine South’s Colin Wesselkamper 6-0, 6-3, but was stopped in

Photo by Jason Maholy

Stagg sophomore Kevin Wacnik, shown competing in sectional play, finished 2-2 at the state tournament and was the lone area player to compete in the second day of action.

the second consolation round by Naperville Central Joseph Li, by a score of 6-2, 6-1.

Li also topped Marist sophomore Jeremiah Joyce, 6-0, 6-3. Joyce, making his state debut, dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Joliet West’s Morgan Red in the first round of the consolation bracket.

All three area doubles teams —Shepard’s Alex Kokoszka-Paul Milkus, Brother Rice’s Brenden Leibforth-Ryan Cunnea and Stagg’s Brian JaskiDomas Dargis — finished 0-2.

SECTIONAL SOCCER

Marist, Sandburg stopped in the Sweet 16

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Despite having home-field advantage, the Sweet 16 turned out sour for Marist’s and Sandburg’s girls soccer teams.

Marist was beaten in its own Class 2A sectional, falling 2-1 to Lemont on Friday night. Sandburg was tripped up in its own Class 3A sectional, dropping a 1-0 decision to Lincoln-Way West on Saturday.

Cara Donegan scored the lone goal with 35 minutes to play for the thirdseeded RedHawks (12-12-2).

Amanda Rizzo and Ally Corcoran scored goals in a 2-0 sectional semifinal win over second-seeded Tinley Park on May 23 to advance to the finals.

Sandburg fell to 14-6-1 and it was the second straight year it lost in the sectional finals.

The third-seeded Eagles made it to the sectional final with a 2-0 upset over District 230 rival and second-seed Andrew on May 24. Kylie Hase and Paige Pappanastos scored for the Eagles and goalie Courtney Hiler racked up the shutout.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Marist’s Amanda Rizzo tries to control the ball in a 2-0 victory over Tinley Park on May 23 in the sectional semifinal.

A million thrills on the Vermillion River T hey weren’t exactly class-5 rapids, but they were exciting enough to produce screams and everybody got wet.

Recently, I enjoyed a rafting trip down the Vermillion River, just west of Starved Rock.

With the recent recurring rainfalls, the Vermillion should be boiling now.

OUTDOORS You folks who own caWITH JIM KIRBY noes and kayaks should really look into a run down the Vermillion. There are many put-in and take-out points along the river; it takes some research to plan a trip of your liking and durability. The key is to have enough vehicles to take you to the drop-off site and then pick you up at the take-out site.

My trip was arranged through the Starved Rock Convention Center. If you don’t have a canoe or kayak, I suggest contacting Starved Rock representatives as to how to go about arranging a trip.

Shotgun shooting

The Orland Park Tallgrass Pheasants/Quail Forever Chapter is again inviting anyone who is new to shooting, to experience the joy of shotgun shooting. Participants will receive instruction from Cer-

tified Instructors. This is a free event. Food and beverages will be provided, so come out and have some fun. Anyone wanting to shoot must be present at the safety meeting which begins at 11 a.m. No one can shoot without having the release signed. The event will be limited to the first 25 who RSVP, so, reply by June 13 at PFTallgrass@ SBCGlobal.net.

The event will be held at the Palos Sportsman’s Club, 24000 S. Harlem Ave. in nearby Frankfort.

The FPD has local lakes where you can fish from shore or rent a boat, canoe or kayak.

When we were kids, we played hide-and-go-seek and kick-thecan. While the girls skipped rope and played hop-scotch while the boys played cops-and-robbers and the now politically incorrect cowboys-and-Indians. We also played marbles and using our pocket knives played mumbly peg. I wonder if the kids still play post office or spin-the-bottle?

Outdoors Calendar

No lie…it’s lilac time!

Reminder, perch fishing is closed on the Illinois waters of Lake Michigan until June 16.

June 1: Woodchuck hunting and trapping season opens.

June 1-30: Non-resident archery deer permit applications available.

June 2-11: National Fishing and Boating Week.

June 10-July 1: Residents may apply for first dove permits.

June 10: National Get Outdoors Day.

Get the kids outdoors

Speaking about “getting outdoors,” now that the kids are out of school, let’s get them away from their digital devices and let them enjoy the great outdoors. Consider taking them camping. The Cook County Forest Preserve District offers some great camping options.

How about taking them fishing?

When the lilacs are in bloom it’s a sure sign that the bass, bluegills and crappies are on the beds, and from past experience I know the white bass are running on the Wolf River near Fremont, Wisconsin and the Illinois River around Plum Island.

Let’s talk turkey

A preliminary harvest of 15,719 wild turkeys during the 2017 Spring Turkey Season compares with the statewide turkey harvest of 15,484 birds in 2016. Spring turkey hunting was open in 100 of the 102 counties. This was the first year the youth turkey season was open for two weekends statewide, rather than one weekend for the South Zone and one for the North Zone.

“Weather always plays a big role in harvest numbers and 2017 was

no different,” said Luke Garver, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Wild Turkey manager. “For the first two-thirds of the season, harvest tends were well above average. The significant rain events we experienced across much of the state slowed harvest considerably. Despite a rainy end to the spring season, this year marked the third consecutive season of increased harvest total.

Additionally, we were encouraged to see the youth season being the success it was.”

My great-grandson, “RJ” Aardema, failed to get his turkey his first time out, but he told me, “It was a lot of fun and Papa, there’s always next year.”

He’s beginning to understand what I mean when I say “on some of my best hunting trips, I never fired a shot and on memorable fishing trips, I never caught a fish.”

Free fi hing days

The Illinois Free Fishing Days for this season are June 16-19, during the Father’s Day weekend.

If you haven’t fished before, this is a good time to try it, you may like it.

Think about it

“You cannot unsay a cruel word.”

— Will Rogers, Circa 1935.

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

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FOCUS ON REGIONAL SOFTBALL

Richards sings its way to sectional after stunning Sandburg

By Jason Maholy

Correspondent Richards softball coach Julie Folliard said Katelyn Flahive has been an unsung hero for the Bulldogs in many games this season.

The singing should be a little louder after Flahive’s performance on the mound and at the plate helped the seventh-seeded Bulldogs top second-seeded Sandburg 6-3 last Saturday in the championship game of the Class 4A Hinsdale Central Regional. It was Richards’ 14th regional title and fifth in the past seven years.

The Bulldogs (19-12) were scheduled to take on Lyons in the Hinsdale South Sectional semifinals on Wednesday.

The junior hurler worked her way out of trouble several times and went the distance.

She helped her own cause with a three-run homer that broke open a tight contest.

“It was a big game for me, but I couldn’t have done it without my teammates behind me,” she said after the Bulldogs accepted their regional championship plaque. “They helped me a lot, and our offense was really good this game. I was just part of it.”

Flahive spent much of the season struggling at the plate, but she said she felt things had been coming together lately. With two runners on and two outs in the top of the fourth inning, and the Bulldogs holding a 3-2 lead

Richards catcher Angele Abrand tags Sandburg’s Heather Vetter out at the plate in regional championship action.

over the Eagles, Flahive belted a rocket over the left-center field fence to give Richards a fourrun cushion.

Katie Strache contributed a round-tripper of her own, a tworun shot that put the Bulldogs on the board and knotted the game at two in the top of the third, and Sidney Izzo had an RBI single later that inning to give Richards a lead it would never relinquish.

“It was really fun, it was really exciting,” Strache said of her game-tying blast. “We came in believing we could beat them, and we did.”

Sandburg coach Jim Fabianski said the Eagles (23-12) simply ran into a team that played a better game than his squad. “(Richards) played a great game, they did a great job,” Fabianski said. “They made the pitches when they needed, they made the plays when they needed to make them, and they hit the ball. They got the timely hits when they needed them, they got the long ball when they needed it.”

Two of the biggest plays were Sandburg baserunners being thrown out at home in the second and fifth innings — both

Photos by Jason Maholy

Richards teammates congratulate Karelyn Flahive after her three-run homer in an upset win over Sandburg.

times for the first out of the respective frames. In the case of the second inning, the Eagles loaded the bases with no outs and had already plated one run when Bulldogs catcher Angela Abrand played a carom off the backstop on a wild pitch and tossed to Flahive, who tagged a runner trying to score.

In the fifth, with two runners on and no outs, Sandburg junior Heather Vetter tried to score on a base hit but was gunned down on a perfect throw from Richards center fielder Becky Wujcik. The Eagles would not score in the inning.

Marist rolls to regional title

In 2015, Marist won the Class 4A state softball title. In 2016, the RedHawks were stunned in regional play by Lyons.

The RedHawks were not going to let that happen again as they won their own regional with a 15-0 victory over Argo on Saturday. Star pitcher Angela Zedek recorded the shutout. She allowed one hit and helped her cause with a two-run homer.

It was the RedHawks’ 12th regional title and they improved to 22-7.

Sectional softball update: Marist advances Marist advanced to the Class 4A Hinsdale South Sectional championship on Tuesday with an 11-0 victory over Riverside-Brookfield and will play for the title at 11 a.m. Saturday against either Richards or Lyons Township.

FOCUS ON REGIONAL BASEBALL

Despite Mt. Carmel loss, St. Laurence sectional is loaded

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Evergreen Park’s Kenny Rickert dives into home plate to help the Mustangs baseball team beat Lindblom, 11-1, on Saturday.

Mustangs pound diamond foes 35-1 in regional play

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

There was a forfeit, a game played in a downpour and two games played in beautiful weather.

And in the end, host Evergreen Park’s baseball and softball teams won Class 3A regional titles and battered their four opponents to the tune of 35-1 on a wet Wednesday and a sunny Saturday.

The baseball team won its fourth title in five years.

The Mustangs waited out the rain in the semifinals but that wasn’t the biggest problem. Its opponent, CVS, didn’t have enough players, and the Mustangs were awarded a 1-0 forfeit victory.

On Saturday, the Mustangs knocked off Lindblom 11-1 as Pat Doran slammed a threerun homer in the victory.

The Mustangs (14-15) were

scheduled to face Simeon on Wednesday at the St. Ignatius Sectional at Granderson Stadium at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The championship game is at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The softball team played in the pouring rain and beat Hyde Park 13-0 Wednesday, then came back on Saturday and knocked out Hancock 20-0 in a four-inning game.

Kelly Farmer pitched a perfect game, striking out five.

Maddie Meisl scored three runs and drove in three, Audrey Fetcho scored four runs, Amanda Richter drove in four, Megan Pyles drove in two and Mattie Hughes scored a pair of runs.

The Mustangs (22-10) were scheduled to play Lemont in the Nazareth Sectional on Wednesday. The title game is at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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Continued from Page 1 an out away from winning earlier in the game and made an error. But we were never down in the game.’’

Knights coach Eric Brauer likes the makeup and experience of this team heading into Peoria.

“We stay super calm and we stay very poised,” he said. “And we stay very loose. We don’t press.

We don’t get tight. That is rooted in playing good teams all year. We have a ton of experience playing in tight games. I like the way we compete every day.’’

Pitching is always a key, and the Knights have two dangerous hurlers in VanderWall (13-0, 0.47 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 74 2-3 innings) and Dan Vos (11-1, 0.41 ERA and 150 strikeouts in 85 innings) at their disposal.

St. Joseph is led by Colton Hale, who is hitting .404 with 17 doubles and 39 RBI and is 7-2 on the mound with an 0.58 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 72 innings.

Orion (21-12 and a nine-game winning streak) and Teutopolis (29-6 and state champions in 2010 and 2011) are in the other semifinal game. The championship game is Saturday at 5 p.m.

Since the Illinois High School Association baseball pairings came out, it appeared the Class 4A St. Laurence Sectional would be a battle between four Chicago Catholic League South Blue teams.

The league will have to settle for 75 percent.

Reavis’ 5-4 shocker over fourth-seeded Mt. Carmel on Saturday at Mt. Carmel’s regional squashed those plans.

But three other teams made it.

Top-seeded St. Laurence won its seventh straight regional title but didn’t have an easy time of it with a 3-2 win over Riverside-Brookfield to capture the Oak Lawn Regional. Gage Olszak, Mike McCormick and winning pitcher Jimmy Burnette drove in runs for the Vikings (32-5).

Second-seeded Brother Rice improved to 28-9 with a 5-0 victory over Harlan to win the De La Salle Regional. It’s the Crusaders’ second regional title in a row. Ryan Kutt struck out 13 for Brother Rice.

Third-seeded St. Rita beat Lyons 5-0, with Steve Washilewski pitching the shutout. The Mustangs are playing with some extra incen-

tive as they are hoping for a huge finish in coach Mike Zunica’s final season.

St. Laurence was slated to play Reavis in the Battle of Burbank on Wednesday, and Brother Rice is taking on St. Rita at 4 p.m. Thursday. The sectional championship is at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Sandburg gets shot at the streak

Sandburg won the Class 4A T.F. North Regional with a 5-3 victory over Lockport on Saturday thanks in part to the pitching of Kevin Lane, and that set the Eagles up to try to break the most amazing postseason streak in IHSA baseball history.

Sandburg was scheduled to face Providence Catholic in the opening round of the HomewoodFlossmoor Sectional on Wednesday. Providence is the three-time defending Class 4A champ and entered the game having won 23 straight postseason games despite never being able to win a CCL Blue title.

Stagg was the first area team to get a shot at the Celtics in the Andrew Regional semifinals on Thursday and carried a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning. But the Celtics scored runs in the sixth and seventh to stun the Chargers.

“That’s what they do,” Chargers coach Matt O’Neill said.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

The Sandburg 4x800 relay team and its alternates get a run in last week before heading to state, where it finished in second place. Dylan Jacobs, left, also finished ninth in the 1600 run.

Track

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Maddie Meisl uses fancy footwork before a hit in Evergreen Park’s 20-0 regional title victory over Hancock on Saturday.

Brother Rice reached the state volleyball tournament for the sixth time overall and the first time since 2012. Ryan Banky had 10 kills and middle hitter Joe Kenzinger added eight and was a blocking force against Sandburg, which had finished fourth in the state in 2015 and third last year.

While the Crusaders have not played their firstround opponent, Hinsdale Central, this year, they did go up against Lake Park and Glenbard West.

“We will not be scared of anyone — absolutely not,” Kenzinger said. “We played Lake Park strong. We played Glenbard West. We’ve already seen those guys and know what they are all about.

We’re kind of the underdog but we’re playing great lately so people see them as the bad guys but we don’t fear them because we’ve been playing some great volleyball.’’

Ball State-bound Colin Ensalaco had 11 kills to lead Sandburg (26-11). He was a key player in the back row for the 2015 squad and a strong hitter for last year’s team. He was hoping to help lead the Eagles to a third straight Final Four appearance.

“It’s a bit of a letdown, but we gave it all we could,” Ensalaco said. “I’m proud of the way everyone played. That team (Brother Rice) is going to go far in the tournament. They should take a (top four) trophy if not first or second. That’s a special team.’’

to pass (Wassell) with 50 left.

It was crazy and intense. It was an emotional rollercoaster.’’

Friesen’s time would have won the Class 2A race and would have been third in Class 3A. Willging, who hails from Freeport, became the first athlete in SXU history to win a national title when she won the 5K indoor championship in March and last week won the 10K outdoor race in 36:28.78, at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores, Alabama — 14 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

“It was another truly amazing performance by Ellie,” said SXU women’s track and field coach Lisa Ebel. “She ran an extremely smart race and I could not be more proud of her.’’

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Continued from Page 1 Other members on the 13-member roster this season were Alex Demma, Ashley Lynch, Morgan Fitzgerald, Ni-

On Saturday, Willging finished second in the 5K to Jessa Perkinson of South Oregon. Willging finished with a 17:30.46.

“She has proven herself to be one of the premier distance runners in the entire NAIA,’’ Ebel said.

SXU’s Abel Hernandez, a senior from Alsip who attended Shepard, finished eighth in the nation in the 10K with a 32:10.38. He is the first SXU men’s track athlete to earn AllAmerican recognition during the outdoor season.

Trinity Christian College’s Ashley Jourdan won All-American honors with a seventhplace finish in the 800 with a 2:14.64.

On the high school level, in Class 3A, Sandburg’s 4x800 relay team of Alex Szymanski, Martin Skucas, Peter Demogerontas and Dylan Jacobs finished second in the state with a

7:45.75. It’s the sixth year in a row the Eagles finished in the top four in that event. Last year, the Eagles’ foursome of Jacobs, Sean and Chris Torpy and Tom Brennan set the state record with a 7:37.36.

Jacobs, a junior, also took ninth in the 1600 with a 4:19.23 and Ayo Abiona claimed eighth in the long jump with a 22-6.75.

Shepard’s Nieko Carter took 12th in the long jump with a 22-3 3/4.

Brother Rice’s Jimmy Baker, who is involved in track and boys volleyball this spring, did not advance to the finals in the long jump or triple jump on Friday, but he made it back in time for the Crusaders’ two-set volleyball victory over St. Rita in the Reavis Sectional.

In Class 2A, St. Laurence’s Lonnie Chambers was 11th in the discus throw with 150-4 and Alex Saunders took 12th in the triple jump with a 43-1 ½.

cole Rybolt, Genae Grabowski, Jovanna Martinuccci, Autumn Rizzo, Meagan Hecker, Kelly Tomaskovic, Kelly Walinski, Emilia Flores and Ashley Kevin.

“They stepped up to the plate literally,” Schindel said. “They had some fun today. They had

a lot of fun and I’m very proud of them. I wasn’t necessarily nervous — anxious is a better word. I was prepared and they were prepared and came out and got the win today.

“It’s definitely an experience I will never forget.’’

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A gallery of postseason photos

Evergreen Park baseball players stand on their bench during Saturday’s regional championship win over Lindblom.

Marist hurler Angela Zedak delivers in a regional championship win over Argo on Saturday.

Arms were flying on May 24 for Sandburg as soccer player Kylie Hase (left photo) celebrates a goal in a sectional victory over Andrew, and a few hours later, Eagles baseball player Andrew DeMatteo lifts his arms after scoring a run in a regional win over Crete-Monee.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Jovanna Martinucci (bottom) is out at third base in the Pride’s 10-3 regional championship victory over De La Dalle Saturday in Burbank. It was the Pride’s final sporting event held at home as the school is closing.

HomewoodFlossmoor boys volleyball coach Bob St. Leger returned to Marist on May 23 to coach for the first time since leaving the school in 2012 after serving six years and winning a state title in 2010. His team dropped a two-set regional semifinal decision to Oak Lawn.

Peotone outfielders Josh Brady (left) and Toby Bottoms collide on a Zach Frieling fly to keep a Chicago Christian rally going in the third inning of the Knights’ 12-2 victory May 22 in the regional championship.

Marist sophomore Jerimiah Joyce gets ready to serve during his first state match in Buffalo Grove on Thursday.

Stagg baseball players anxiously watch the action in the bottom of the seventh against three-time defending Class 4A champion Providence.

Providence scored in the bottom of the seventh and the Chargers suffered a 4-3 heartbreaking loss to the Celtics.

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For Sale

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.MARGUERITA D. GRZESZCZUK, 11273-77-81 ROBERTS ROAD CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION A/K/A 11273-77-81 ROBERTS ROAD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 13633 11281 S. ROBERTS ROAD, UNIT L 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 23, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 27, 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 11281 S. ROBERTS ROAD, UNIT L, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-24-100-122-1012 Vol. 152.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $87,639.76.

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: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 16-4073.

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 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST V Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL MITCHELL A/K/A J. MICHAEL MITCHELL,FELICIA HERNANDEZ, RICHARD MITCHELL, JULIE FOX, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR, JOSEPHINE MITCHELL A/K/A JOSEPHINE A. MITCHELL A/K/A JOSEPHINE ANN MITCHELL Defendants 14 CH 15723 8133 UXBRIDGE DRIVE 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 April 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 15, 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 8133 UXBRIDGE DRIVE, Orland Park, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-02-411-004-0000.

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 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).

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BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS Summer activities planned at McCord

A number of activities have been announced by officials at the McCord Gallery and Cultural Center, 9602 W. Creek Road, Palos Park. For more information, or to register for a class, call (708) 761-0648.

•Drawing or Painting the Costumed Model Workshop will be held from noon to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, June 14 and will be led by Liz Wall. Working with a costumed model will give artists the opportunity to focus on the gestural lines of the figure or a more realistic portrait rendering.

Students may work in charcoal or any painting medium. Artists will spend time working on their drawings after the model session.

The public is invited. Registration is $40 for members of McCord and $45 for non-members. The class will share the model fee.

•Art and Soul, a workshop which allows participants a time out to escape the everyday, to nourish your mind, body and spirit, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 24. Carole Wilson will begin this workshop with guided imagery to quiet the mind and provide participants with deep relaxation and relief from stress. After a short break and light refreshments, several unique works of art will be created. No art experience is required, but a yoga mat and a small blanket or towel is needed. The public is invited.

Registration is required and the fee is $45 for members of McCord and $50 for non-members.

•Pastel Painting with Julie Skoda will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, June 14, 21, 28 and July 12. The class is open to beginners through advanced painters. Discussions will include shape, value and composition; under painting options, layering, and softening edges. A short exercise or demonstration will be done at the beginning of each class. Students are asked to bring a photo reference to paint from, or the instructor will provide

images along with optional still life setups. The instructor’s work can be viewed at julieskodafineart. com. Registration is required. The fee is $65 for members and $72.50 for non-members.

•McCord’s Second Chance Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17. Donations for the sale are being accepted through Wednesday, June 7 and furniture will be accepted after Friday, June 9

The Center offers ‘farm fest’ and more

The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, has announced a slate of activities for the days ahead.

For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650.

• A “Farm Fest” is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 3, Horse rides, hayrides, crafts, animals, live music, games and grilled food are among the attractions on the 60 acres of the Children’s Farm. Garage sale, flea market and craft vendors will also feature their wares in tents on the lawn. Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children from ages 2-12. Activities also have associated costs.

• Communion Sunday will be held at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. June 4. On the first Sunday of each month (except December), Communion is offered at both Wayside Chapel services. Volunteers are needed setting up Communion, as well as helping to distribute it. If you are able and interested, contact Chris Hopkins at (708) 361-3650.

All are welcome. The Wayside Chapel serves a non-alcoholic cup and gluten-free bread.

• “Jazz in the Pines: A Concert

by The Darlene Baresch Quartet” starts at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 4. The event is The Center’s 25th annual outdoor spring jazz concert—to be held on the stage in the pine woods on the north end of the farm. Concert-goers are

WOLFGANG PUCK’S KITCHEN encouraged to park at the farm and jump on the hayrack with a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket (no alcohol). The Center will provide punch and cookies.

There is no admission fee, and children are welcome.

• “Essential Oils: What’s Bugging You?” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 9. Instructor Liz Credio will show students how to make a non-toxic bug spray using essential oils to keep protected this summer.

Workshop fee is $12.75 plus a $16 materials fee.

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.

• “How to Start a Blog” runs from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7. Students will learn about blogging platforms, a domain name and branding for their new blogging sites.

• “Make a Pattern in Illustrator with Lyndsey” will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 8. Students will design a unique, repeating pattern in Adobe Illustrator.

• “Go Karts and Games” (middle school students only) is set for 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 8. Students are invited to challenge a friend to go-karts, laser tag and more.

• “DIY Beaded Wind Chime” will be held from 3 to 4 p.m.

Thursday, June 8. Students will create their own wind chime with glass beading.

• Crazy Socks and Sandals Night is set for 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Friday, June 9, Students are invited to come dressed in their craziest pair of socks and sandals. There will be a strobe-light air hockey tournament and a live performance

by Double Identity and E-85. Free food samples will be provided by TruGurt.

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:

“BEFORE I FALL”: Zoey Deutch — a daughter of Lea Thompson (“Back to the Future”) and director Howard Deutch (“Pretty in Pink”) — is one of today’s busiest young actresses, and this somewhat supernatural drama based on Lauren Oliver’s novel has been one of the factors in making that so. She plays a car-accident victim who evidently has died, but she keeps experiencing the events of that tragic day over and over, each time learning more information about those in her life whom she thought she knew very well. Co-stars include Halston Sage, Logan Miller and Kian Lawley, but this clearly is a showcase for the talented Deutch, who makes the most of it. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Bluray and On Demand) “COLLIDE”: Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley clearly have more notable projects on their resumes — a lot of them, in fact — but there’s undeniable fun in watching the two Oscar winners square off in this adventure. Nicholas Hoult, alias Beast in the “X-Men” movies, plays a young man involved in European drug-dealing ... a pursuit that becomes more urgent when he needs money for the treatment of his ill girlfriend (Felicity Jones, in a role she filmed before becoming “Rogue One’s” heroine). Much of what unfolds feels familiar, but that Kingsley-Hopkins showdown is worth the price of admission - or, in this case, a rental. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “FIST FIGHT”: The title event is what could result at a school — and not between students, but two teachers — in this comedy. As their high school’s academic year draws to a close, one teacher (Charlie Day, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is beset by a variety of concerns, including his expectant wife. His list of worries increases

by one when he causes the firing of a fellow faculty member (Ice Cube), a known tough guy whose challenge to be met in an afterschool fight quickly becomes a major, much-anticipated occasion for the school. Co-stars include Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell (“22 Jump Street”), Dennis Haysbert and Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”). DVD extras: deleted scenes. *** (R: AS, N, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “HART TO HART: THE COMPLETE SERIES”: Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers had worked together earlier in an episode of “It Takes a Thief,” so their on-screen chemistry already was evident by the time they started this popular adventure series, created by best-selling novelist Sidney Sheldon and augmented by James Bond screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz, and produced by television veterans Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg (with Wagner also a producer of the show). The stars play wealthy and much-in-love spouses Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, who just can’t resist acting as amateur sleuths when mysteries fall in their path ... and that happened frequently enough for the series to have a five-season run, along with a set of TV-movie sequels. Veteran character actor Lionel Stander is a welcome presence as the Harts’ manservant Max, and as was typical of Spelling’s shows for ABC in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the roster of guest stars is a who’s-who of Hollywood at the time. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; audio commentary on pilot episode by Wagner, Powers and Mankiewicz. *** (Not rated: AS, V) “THE SHACK”: Sam Worthington (“Avatar”) has the central role in this strongly spiritual drama, based on the same-named best seller, as a man grieving over the kidnapping and apparent death of his youngest daughter. He’s lured by a mysterious letter to the shack where she may have perished, and there, several purported representatives of the Deity make him come to terms with what has happened and what may yet come.

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer is among those playing the allegedly heavenly emissaries; countrymusic star Tim McGraw, Radha Mitchell and Graham Greene also

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appear. DVD extras: five “makingof” featurettes; audio commentary by director Stuart Hazeldine; deleted scene. *** (PG-13: AS, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “VICTORIAN SLUM HOUSE”: The 19th-century challenges that were faced by families and individuals living in London’s East End are re-created in this five-episode PBS series, which puts modern participants to the test of existing under the same conditions - when having enough money for food and rent seemed next to impossible. The opening hour, “The 1860s,” considers how working in the rag trade and using outdoor bathrooms were among the basic aspects of survival then.

Each of the following episodes covers a subsequent decade. *** (Not rated: AS)

COMING SOON:

“A CURE FOR WELLNESS” (June 6): A company man (Dane DeHaan) heads for the Swiss Alps to retrieve his boss from a spa that isn’t what it seems. (R: AS, N, P, V) “A UNITED KINGDOM” (June 6): The king of Botswana (David Oyewolo) risks his throne when he marries a British woman (Rosamund Pike) in the late 1940s.

(PG-13: AS) “JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2” (June 13): The ex-assassin (Keanu Reeves) goes to Italy when another killer wants his own sister eliminated; Reeves’ “Matrix” colleague Laurence Fishburne costars. (R: AS, N, P, V) “THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE” (June 13): Will Arnett voices the title character as the Joker (voice of Zach Galifianakis) threatens Gotham City once again.

(PG: AS) “TABLE 19” (June 13): Attending a wedding under strange circumstances, a woman (Anna Kendrick) trades stories with her reception tablemates. (PG-13: AS, P) “BILLY JACK: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION” (July 25): Even the pre-”Billy Jack” drama “Born Losers” is included in this set; Tom Laughlin plays the maverick hero. (PG: AS, P, V) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

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The porterhouse has juicy tenderloin on one side and firmer filet on the other.

Get grilling! Follow these guidelines for the perfect steak

By Wolfgang Puck Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summertime grilling season. With that in mind, I’d like to share my tips for getting the best results when grilling one of my favorite dishes: steak. All of my chefs at my CUT steakhouses (in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, London, Bahrain, Singapore and New York City) follow these lessons.

First and most important, find the best butcher shop in your area and get to know the people working there. You want butchers who hand-select their meat and help you choose the best cut. If you don’t start with good-quality, tender, flavorful meat, you and your guests won’t be happy with the results no matter how you cook it.

Next, get to know your cuts of steak and varieties of beef available. The options are too many to detail here, but you can talk with your butcher about the relative merits of different choices, and you can read about them online. For example, I personally like to use dry-aged beef, which has a more concentrated flavor, for a rich, fatlaced bone-in rib-eye steak, also known by the French term cote de boeuf.

Some people favor a boneless filet mignon, prized for its exceptional tenderness and juiciness, while others prefer a finertextured and slightly firmer New York strip steak, also known as top sirloin. For the best of both worlds, I often like to prepare large bone-in steaks like the porterhouse, also known as a T-bone, which has juicy tenderloin on one side of the bone and firmer filet on the other.

Another key to great grilled steak is to let it come to room temperature before putting it on the fire, for even cooking. Then, just before it goes on the grill, I rub it with some olive oil to help

keep it moist, promote browning and prevent sticking; and I season it just before cooking, so the salt won’t have time to draw out the meat’s juices.

I cook the meat just to the medium-rare stage, still deep pink in the middle; to me, doing this maximizes the flavor, texture and juiciness. And I always let the steak rest 10 minutes before cutting into it, allowing time for the meat’s fibers to reabsorb the hot, bubbling juices.

Finally, I steer clear of complicated sauces. In the following recipe, for example, I simply spoon a little garlic-thyme butter over the meat just before serving, and sprinkle on a little fleur de sel, delicate little petals of sea salt you can find in well-stocked supermarkets.

Please try this recipe for yourself, and you’ll enjoy great steak all summer long, whatever cut you choose. Happy grilling!

GRILLED PORTERHOUSE STEAKS WITH GARLICTHYME BUTTER Serves 4 • 2 porterhouse steaks, each about 34 ounces (960 g) • 1/4 cup (60 mL) extra-virgin olive oil • 4 tablespoons kosher salt • 4 tablespoons coarsely cracked black peppercorns • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter • 8 garlic cloves, crushed and peeled • 6 sprigs fresh thyme • 2 tablespoons fleur de sel • Freshly ground black pepper Build a fire in a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill for directheat cooking.

Meanwhile, remove the steaks from the refrigerator, place them

on a platter or tray, and leave them to rest at room temperature for at least 25 minutes.

When the grill is hot, if using charcoals, arrange the coals in an even bed and set the grill grid over the coals.

Rub the steaks on both sides with the olive oil. Holding the salt about 10 inches (25 cm) above the steaks, season them evenly on both sides. Then, season them the same way with the cracked peppercorns.

As soon as you have seasoned the steaks, place them on the cooking grid and grill until evenly, deeply browned, 10 to 12 minutes on each side for medium-rare; to give them a diamond-shaped pattern of grill marks, rotate them once a quarter turn halfway through the cooking time on each side. To test the meat for doneness, use an instant-read grilling thermometer inserted into the center of the thickest part not touching bone. The temperature should read about 145 F (63 C).

As soon as the steaks are done, transfer them to a clean platter, cover with aluminum foil, and leave to rest for 5 to 10 minutes.

While the steaks rest, in a saucepan on the cooler edge of the grill or a burner on the stovetop over medium heat, melt the butter with the garlic cloves and thyme. Remove from the heat, cover, and keep warm. Set aside.

To carve the steaks, transfer them to a carving board. Use a sharp knife to cut the meat in a single piece from both sides of the bone. Then, perpendicular to the bone edge of each piece, cut it vertically into slices about 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick.

Evenly divide the meat from both sides of the steaks evenly among four heated serving plates.

Spoon the garlic-thyme butter over the meat and sprinkle lightly but evenly with the fleur de sel and freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately.

OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST

By Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19): If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Your emotions are likely to get the best of you in spirited discussions. Avoid confrontations in the week ahead. Try to enjoy the world as it is. Don’t worry what others think.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Agree to disagree. There’s little point in trying to get the last word in as you’re not going to change anyone’s opinion and they aren’t going to change yours. Build upon common interests rather than focusing on differences.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t try to swat a fly with a sledgehammer. There may be a tendency for you to make a minor problem out to be a bigger deal than it actually is. Keep your priorities in order and don’t act as if a minor setback is the end of the world.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Step back and count to 10. Take care when dealing with those who may get under your skin as you could be quick to lose your cool.

If tried and true methods aren’t working for you, thinking outside the box could provide the answer.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Slow and steady wins the race. Not that you’re in a race, but pacing yourself and taking your time will yield a far better result that if you try to

rush. Others have come to rely on your efficiency and dependability, don’t let them down.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t believe everything that you hear. You may get showered with information today but not all of it is likely to be true. Do your own homework before using any facts and determine whether sources are valid or just blowing hot air.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.): Actions speak louder than words.

Others are likely to respond better to what you do rather than what you say as deeds will leave no questions about your sincerity. Get all the facts before making judgments or reaching conclusions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Live and let live. There will always be people who see the world differently than you do so simply try to respect their opinions as you would have them respect your own. Adversity will be easy to overcome if you just keep your cool.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t get too big for your britches. Overconfidence could come back to haunt you as this week unfolds. You should always be prepared for even the slightest chance that you could fail and have a backup plan.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expand your horizons. Reading up on a subject could provide valuable insights for business or life in general. Keep an open mind if a companion wants to try some-

thing different as the experience could be worthwhile.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. A knee-jerk reaction could land you right in the middle of a messy situation that would be best to avoid. Break up the monotony by doing something original this week.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Don’t let them drag you down to their level. Certain people may just be itching for a fight and you won’t need to do much to pull their trigger. Diffuse tense situations with humor or just walk away in the week ahead.

Rummage Sale Our Annual Event St. Andrew’s Anglican Church 18001 94th Ave. Tinley Park

Saturday, June 3 Saturday, June 10 9 AM to 1 PM Always loads of clothing, jewelry, household items children’s things and baked goods.

Fun to browse and buy.

All proceeds go to World Wide Missionaries

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Smith Senior Living encourages wellness with music, drum circles Submitted by Smith Senior Living It’s almost 2:30 on a Tuesday afternoon in May at Smith Village in Chicago’s Beverly Morgan-Park neighborhood. Christine Magafas, a certified music therapist, places percussion instruments on or near chairs in the new Wellness Center’s fitness area. Within minutes, six residents of the life plan community file in and form a drum circle.

After serving as a life enrichment coordinator at Smith Village in 2014, Magafas returned in 2017 to work at both Smith Village and Smith Crossing in Orland Park as a full-time music therapist. She uses recorded music and plays the guitar, violin and percussion instruments to help residents relax and reconnect with fond memories associated with the melodies of their lives.

“The most gratifying part of my day is witnessing how music speaks for itself, reaching residents of Smith communities in profound ways and making their lives enjoyable,” she said.

Magafas explains that drumming traditions can be found in cultures throughout the world and play important roles in celebration and worship. She starts the drumming session by using her hands to play a large cylindric drum from Africa, called a Tubano.

Smith Village resident Maureen Lamas, a retired music teacher for Chicago Public Schools, begins patting a Djembe Jumba, a large goblet style drum also from Africa. Other residents play tambourines or use padded drum sticks to play buffalo drums and frame drums. Another participant plays a wooden rasp carved in the shape

of a cricket.

Magafas instructs the group to follow her steady beat. For a good seven or eight minutes, the group sticks closely to her rhythm, which builds in speed and volume, then slows and quiets down. The buffalo and frame drums follow steadily, and the rasp punctuates the chorus with shredding noises that sound like insects. Lamas, however, adds her own creative flair with a few bongo-style vignettes.

Between drumming progressions, some players switch up to larger buffalo drums, others trade drums for rasps or tambourines.

For the last round, the group builds momentum like a speeding train, then slows to steady, slow, separate loud beats.

Lamas, who moved to Smith Village from Chicago’s North Side in May of 2015, described the experience as “Invigorating.” Janis McHugh, who moved to Smith Village in 2007, said, “I definitely enjoy trying new things. This was interesting.” While playing, most of the drummers focused intently on the rhythms with their eyes closed. All said they felt relaxed afterward.

But monthly drumming circles aren’t the only way Magafas reaches out to residents at Smith Village and Smith Crossing. She frequently uses recorded music to encourage residents in all lifestyle settings to relax to some of their favorite tunes. She also plays guitar and violin at meal times and happy hours.

“Many of our residents prefer listening to music from specific eras and our life enrichment staff members respond by planning a variety of live entertainment onsite and trips to concerts. Christine,

Music therapist Christine Magafas uses percussion instruments like the Tubano, recorded music and other musical instruments to help Smith Crossing residents relax and connect with cherished memories and peaceful mindsets.

however, provides something more,” said Kevin McGee, president and CEO of Smith Senior Living. “Her purpose is to help residents think in new ways about music and to experience the connection between rhythms and melodies to peaceful mindsets as well as cherished memories.”

Magafas earned a bachelor’s degree in music therapy from

Western Illinois University in 2012. She also plays the piano, mandolin, ukulele and autoharp.

About Smith Senior Living

Smith Senior Living, a not-forprofit organization serving older adults, sponsors Smith Village in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood and Smith Crossing in Orland Park. These are the only life plan communities located in the

Smith Village resident Maureen Lamas creates rhythms on a Djembe Jumba, a large goblet style drum originating from West Africa during a recent drumming circle session led by music therapist Christine Magafas.

Southwest sector of metropolitan Chicago. An innovative leader providing the finest services and care for seniors, Smith established its first community in 1924, on the same city block where Smith Village stands today.

Both LPCs provide spacious independent living residences, and apartments for assisted living, as well as memory support and skilled nursing care. In addi-

tion, they offer short-term rehab programs for residents and others who have had surgery or a medical incident.

For more information about how Smith Senior Living can help seniors enjoy their retirement, contact Smith Crossing at 708-326-2308 or SmithCrossing. org, and Smith Village at 773-4747303 or SmithVillage.org.

Experts warn against abuse, overuse of antibiotics

By Jackson A. Thomas Severe acne. Bronchitis. Pink eye. If you’ve come down with anything more than the common cold, you’ve probably been prescribed an antibiotic. And it likely cured you.

But almost nothing is foolproof when it comes to modern medicine. In February, the World Health Organization identified 12 types of bacteria that are “priorities” in urgent need of new antibiotics. It’s been a concern for quite some time as these bacteria are simply evolving and becoming immune to the drugs. People also continue to use them when they don’t really need to.

“The less we expose people to antibiotics, the less there is going to be that risk for developing resistance in the first place,” says Dr. Thomas File, chair of the Infectious Disease Division at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio.

Don’t add fuel to the fire

It’s important to understand when to take an antibiotic, which is for a bacterial infection, not for viruses such as the flu, common cold or a sore throat.

“Antibiotics, like all drugs, have a number of side effects that can be bothersome or harmful,” says Dr. Kristen Nichols, a clinical pharmacist at Riley Children’s Health in Indianapolis who focuses on antibiotic resistance education.

“In addition to killing the harmful bacteria, they also kill off the ‘friendly’ bacteria in your body.

Without a bacterial infection, antibiotics are not good for us.”

Dr. Saul Hymes, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital in New York, says it’s a “common misconception” that our bodies build up a tolerance and resistance to certain antibiotics. But that’s not the case.

“The bacteria themselves are becoming resistant to antibiotics by simple evolution and natural selection,” Hymes says. “As bacteria grow, there will naturally be some that mutate to be resistant to antibiotics.”

With each exposure, bacteria learn how to avoid the effects of the antibiotics to survive. “While some bacteria are killed off, the ones that mutate to be resistant to the antibiotic survive and replicate,” says Nichols, who also is on the Antibiotic Resistance Advisory Committee with the Indiana State Department of Health.

Nichols and Hymes both emphasize avoiding antibiotics unless you absolutely need to take them. “Do not take antibiotics for a cold or for a cough unless you

are sure it is due to a bacteria,” Hymes says. “Even many bacterial infections like ear infections in children may get better without antibiotics.”

Back to the basics

The top three priorities on the WHO’s list classified as “critical” are linked to hospital-acquired infections. In the U.S., one in 25 hospital patients is estimated to have at least one hospital-acquired infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Drug-resistant bacteria are estimated to cause 700,000 deaths each year, according to WHO. If no action is taken, bacteria are expected to kill 10 million people annually by 2050.

Hospitals and their staff can help lower the likelihood of patients acquiring these bacteria.

“First and foremost, health care professionals in these settings

should adhere to good infection control principles — the most basic of which is frequent and thorough hand-washing,” File says. “It may sound simple, but it’s of crucial importance as many infections are transmitted from skin-to-skin contact.”

In terms of staying on top of your own health, be cognizant of your role in infection control.

“Respiratory etiquette, coughing into your sleeve or handkerchief, not your hand, and avoiding public places if you are sick,” File says.

Nichols is hopeful that in the near future antibiotics will only be used when they’re clearly necessary. “But this will require effort from patients and prescribers,” she says.

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