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THURSDAY
Harry Potter Wands for
Teens
6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, White
Oak Library District Lockport
Branch, 121 E. 8th St.,
Lockport. Create beautiful
magic wands just like in
Harry Potter. Hot glue will
be used, so this event is only
open to teens in grades 7 and
up. Registration encouraged.
Contact Flannery Crump at
fcrump@whiteoaklibrary.
org or call (815) 552-4255
for more details.
SATURDAY
Chili Cookoff
6 p.m. Feb. 25, St. Joseph
School, 529 Madison St.,
Lockport. St, Joseph School
is seeking cooks for its inaugural
chili cookoff. The
event is sponsored by the
Holy Name Society. Cooks
report at 4 p.m. to heat up
their chili and decorate their
booths. Cooks must be 21 or
older. Cash awards given for
Judge’s Best Chili, People’s
Choice Chili, Hottest Chili
and Best Decorated Booth.
Tickets for the event are $7
at the door. For more information,
contact Dan Howard
at (815) 931-8356 or
dhoward1225@yahoo.com
or Dave Londos at (630)
863-3706 or dlondos1310@
gmail.com.
Casino Night
6:30-11 p.m. Feb. 25,
American Legion-Lockport,
15052 Archer Ave., Lockport.
Will County District
92, the Foundation for Educational
Excellence and the
Parent Faculty Association
host Casino Night. The event
costs $30 per person and includes
appetizers, desserts,
cash bar, silent auction and
$25 in gaming money for
Black Jack, Roulette and
Craps. Proceeds benefit D92
students. For more information,
contact Anmarie Miller
at anmariemiller123@
gmail.com or Trish Tabor at
tabortrish@gmail.com.
SUNDAY
BSA Troop 65 Annual
Pancake Breakfast
Fundraiser
8-11 a.m., Sunday, Feb.
26, John Olson American
Legion Post 18, 15052 Archer
Ave., Lockport. Tickets
are $6 in advance, $8 at the
door, 4 and under are free.
Enjoy breakfast and help
send a Scout to Summer
Camp. There will be a bake
sale and raffles. For more
info or to join Boy Scouts,
contact Scoutmaster John
Szpicki (708) 275-7570.
TUESDAY
Little Learners Preschool
Open House
5:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 28,
William E. Young School,
16240 S. Cedar Road,
Homer Glen. Tour the Little
Learners’ wing and see if
Homer 33C’s pre-kindergarten
program is right for
you and your family. Call
708-226-7649 for more information.
Read Between the Wines
Book Club
6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28,
The Gaylord Building, 200
W. 8th St., Lockport. Enjoy
a glass of wine or two
while engaging in a lively
book discussion in the gallery
of The Gaylord Building.
The group will discuss
“The Girls” by Emma Cline.
A copy can be picked up at
the White Oak Library. Must
be 21 or older to participate
and wine will be served by
the glass for $5 each. Contact
skonzen@whiteoaklibrary.
org for details.
WEDNESDAY
Danceworks 2017
7 p.m. March 1, Lockport
Township High School East
Campus, 1333 East Seventh
St., Lockport. Lockport
Township High School District
205’s Orchesis Dance
Club will present Danceworks
2017. Original choreography
in lyrical, contemporary,
jazz, hip-hop,
Caribbean, Latin and pointe
styles will be performed as
well as a performance by
alumna Becca Dankovich
and several members. Tickets
are $5 and will be sold at the
door. For more information,
contact Diane Sniegowski at
(815) 588-8418.
UPCOMING
March Coffee
Thursday, March 2, Montessori
School of Lemont
16427 W. 135th St., Lemont.
Any prospective parents
are invited to attend
this information session.
RSVPs are requested and
can be sent to info@lemontmontessori.com.
For
more information visit
www.lemontmontessori.
com.
Danceworks 2017
7 p.m. Thursday, March
2, Lockport Township High
School East Campus, 1333
East Seventh St., Lockport.
Lockport Township High
School District 205’s Orchesis
Dance Club will present
Danceworks 2017. Original
choreography in lyrical,
contemporary, jazz, hip-hop,
Caribbean, Latin and pointe
styles will be performed
as well as a performance
by alumna Becca Dankovich
and several members.
Tickets are $5 and will be
sold at the door. For more
information, contact Diane
Sniegowski at (815) 588-
8418.
Cub Scout Pack 64 Annual
Pancake Breakfast
7 a.m.-noon Sunday,
March 5, Lockport VFW
Post 5788, 1026 E. 9th St.,
Lockport. The cost is $7 per
person — children 3 and under
are free — and includes
pancakes, scrambled eggs,
bacon, sausage, coffee, orange
juice and milk.
Paint and Sip
6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March
7, White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch, 121
E. 8th St., Lockport. Create
your own St. Patrick’s Day
acrylic painting. $15.00 fee
includes all supplies and
two glasses of wine during
this Paint and Sip party.
Registration and photo ID
required. Must be 21 years
old.Fee is due by March
5 and is payable by cash
or check. Contact Kellen
Smith at ksmith@whiteoaklibrary.org
or (815) 552-
4257 for more information.
Find Unclaimed Property
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday,
March 15, City Hall, 222
E. 9th St., Lockport. Stop
by and check to see if you
have unclaimed property.
The office of State Treasurer
Michael Frerichs is
safeguarding more than $2
billion in unclaimed property
belonging to millions
of Illinois residents. One
in four Illinois adults discovers
property to claim.
For more information, visit
www.cityoflockport.net.
Annual Irish Fling
12:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday,
March 19, Cog Hill Country
Club, 12294 Archer Ave.,
Lemont. Cost is $28 for residents,
$33 for non-residents.
Contact the Lockport Township
Park District at (815)
838-3621 ext. 0 to register.
Egg-streme Night Hunt
6:30-8 p.m. Friday, March
24, Prairie Bluff, 19433
Renwick Road, Crest Hill.
Cost is $8 for residents, $10
for non-residents. For more
information or to register,
call (815) 838-1183 ext. 0.
Bunny Brunch And Egg Hunt
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 1, Prairie Bluff,
19433 Renwick Road, Crest
Hill. Cost is $12 for ages
11 and under, $17 for 12
and older. Contact Lockport
Township Park District
at (815) 838-1183 ext. 0 to
register of for more information.
ONGOING
HGJWC 2017 Scholarship
The Homer Glen Junior
Woman’s Club will present
a $1,000 Scholarship
Award to a graduating high
school senior who has demonstrated
a commitment
to volunteerism in his or
her community. Applications
are being accepted
now through March 1. For
more information and to
download the application,
visit www.homerglenju
niors.org. For more information,
contact Lisa Johnson at
(708) 301-5405 or LsJohn
son5@aol.com.
Free Jazzercise Classes
The Lockport Jazzercise
Fitness Center, 102/104
MacGregor Road, Lockport.
Through a program
dubbed GirlForce, free
classes are being offered to
girls ages 16-21 in an effort
to empower young women,
give them a place to get fit,
learn healthy habits and
find a place they belong
in their communities. Call
(815) 370-3751 for more information.
Fish Fry
5-7:30 p.m. Fridays.
American Legion Post #18,
15052 Archer Ave., Lockport.
Dine in or carry out.
For more information, call
(815) 838-4515.
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one week prior to publication.
To submit an item to the
calendar, contact Assistant
Editor Erin Redmond at (708)
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Main Street Lockport fundraiser features famous guest
Amanda Del Buono
Freelance Reporter
Lockport community
members had the opportunity
to get up close and personal
with a celebrity this
past weekend. Actor Walt
Willey of ABC’s soap opera
“All My Children,” was
the celebrity host for Main
Street Lockport’s (MSL)
1836 fundraising event held
on Friday, Feb. 17, at Public
Landing Restaurant.
Willey, an Ottawa resident
and history buff, said he was
happy to support MSL because
of his affection for the
canal.
“I’m nuts about the canal,”
he said. “I’ve biked it,
[and] I’ve hiked it several
times. … Chicago wouldn’t
be Chicago if it weren’t for
the canal.”
The 1836 event is the organization’s
only fundraiser
of the year and included a
silent auction, a live auction,
a raffle, hors d’oeuvres, desserts
and music.
The auctions and raffle
featured about 51 items in
total, including a set of Chicago
Bulls tickets, antiques,
airline tickets for Southwest
Airlines and hand-carved
birdhouses.
While the event offered
the more than 70 attendees
an evening out on the town,
at its core were the goals of
the nonprofit organization,
which is focuses on the revitalization
and preservation
of the historic downtown
area and ensuring its economic
future, according to
its website.
“Main Street Lockport is
the first of the early organizations
in the push for renewal
in Lockport,” Mayor Steve Streit
said. “It’s great to be part
of the energy that has done
all of these positive things in
Walt Willey (right) and Karen Timm pull raffle ticket winners Friday, Feb. 17, during Main Street Lockport’s 1836 fundraising event at Public Landing Restaurant
in Lockport. photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media
Lockport. … It’s great to see a
lot of their efforts coming into
fruition now.”
Friday’s 1836 event will
help fund several programs
that MSL is currently working
on and those that it is
planning to start in the near
future, said Tina Keller,
president of MSL.
“This is the only fundraiser
of the year,” she said. “We
have a few programs going
right now. … Planting [in
CN Garden] and we’re going
to plant new gardens …
with the grant money and the
money raised tonight.”
CN Gardens is the garden
that MSL began planting
in 2016 at the south Public
Landing parking lot.
“If it’s pleasant to be down
in your town, it brings more
people who will stay,” Keller
said.
However, not all of the
funds will be used for beautification
efforts. The organization
will also use the funds to
help support downtown businesses
when construction begins
in 2018, Keller said.
“Main Street Lockport
and the Chamber of Commerce
are going to help
businesses with that,” she
said. “We’re going to do
back door parties.”
Additionally, MSL
Tom Sperling looks through the silent auction items during
the event.
will support the planters
that will be placed
along State Street, Keller
said.
With the help of Main
Street Lockport, the city
hopes to be able to thrive
during the construction project,
Streit said.
“The goal is to not lose a
single business with the construction,”
he said. “… It’s
always challenging for any
downtown. We want to make
sure we’re there for them.”
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Daughter’s overdose leads Lockport woman to help addicts
Sherri Roppo
volunteers with Safe
Passage months
after losing daughter
Max Lapthorne, Editor
Nov. 28 marked the first
time eight-month-old Sean
Roppo slept entirely through
the night; it was also the last
night of his mother’s life.
Celeste Roppo, 24, battled
drug addiction for six years,
and died early in the morning
on Nov. 29 after relapsing
and overdosing on fentanyl.
Celeste’s parents still can’t
bring themselves to open the
official autopsy results, but
her mother Sherri has already
made it her mission to prevent
other parents in the area
from having to go through
what her and her husband are
going through now.
She has decided to volunteer
with the new Will County
Safe Passage program
which helps drug addicts
seeking treatment.
“Nobody could save my
daughter’s life, and so I
don’t want another mother
to feel the way I feel,” Sherri
said. “I want them to see my
tears; I want them to feel
my pain. Hopefully that will
give them strength. When
they think about doing it
again, maybe they’ll think
about my tears.”
Sherri always says her
family is so all-American
she should have apple pies
growing in the backyard,
and Celeste epitomized that.
The youngest of six children,
Celeste was known as
the Marcia Brady of the family
because she was involved
in everything from swimming
to gymnastics to dance
to cheerleading, as well as
the Roppo family’s pastime
— drag racing.
“Everybody liked Celeste,”
Sherri said. “I found
out how much people like
Celeste the day of her services,
because there were over
500 people at her services.”
Celeste had an infectious
personality that drew in
everyone around her, and
her beauty had caught the
eye of a family friend who
works at a modeling agency
in Naples, FL. She was
all set to move down south
to get her modeling career
off the ground the October
following her high school
graduation, but everything
changed when a drunk driver
smashed into her car on the
9th Street bridge that September.
The crash shattered
Celeste’s leg, requiring her
to have eight reconstructive
surgeries over the next two
years. To cope with the pain
from surgery, the doctor prescribed
her Norco. Knowing
her daughter had an addictive
personality, Sherri implored
the doctor to prescribe
something else, but the pain
she was experiencing was so
extreme, the doctor said she
would need it.
It wasn’t long before Celeste
was addicted to the
pain medicine and resorted
to crushing and snorting
them to strengthen the effects.
That pattern continued
for a few years before Celeste
found a new boyfriend
who introduced her to heroin.
Sherri asked her daughter
about heroin constantly and
even checked her for track
marks, but Celeste assured
her mom that she was afraid
of needles and wasn’t using.
“She was using it and we
didn’t even know it,” Sherri
said. “But it wasn’t with
needles that she was doing
it. I was so unaware of
how heroin could be used. I
wasn’t even aware that you
could snort heroin, or that
you could smoke heroin.
“We were doing the best
we could, but addicts are
very good at hiding things.
They’re very good at fooling
people.”
Celeste Roppo and her son Sean enjoy time together.
Photo submitted
Her addiction escalated in
the following years, resulting
in a number of arrests
and two overdoses, one of
which occurred while she
was pregnant with Sean.
The addiction had such a
strong hold on Celeste, she
was even under the influence
while giving birth and
had no recollection of it afterward.
The Illinois Department
of Children & Family
Services intervened immediately
after Sean’s birth, and
Sherri and Mike took over
guardianship of Sean.
“Even though she was
struggling with addiction,
she was a fantastic mother,”
Sherri said. “...She loved her
baby so much, but unfortunately
she loved drugs more.”
Following one of her arrests,
a judge ordered Celeste
to go through treatment
for drug addiction
at The South Suburban
Council treatment facility
in Hazel Crest for 28 days.
Sherri, her husband Mike
and Sean visited Celeste every
Sunday, and were under
the impression she would
be coming back to live
with them when she was
released. But when that day
came, in August of last year,
her boyfriend picked her up
from the facility, and she
was using drugs again with
24 hours.
“I want them to see my tears;
I want them to feel my pain.
Hopefully that will give them
strength.”
Sherri Roppo — mother of Celeste Roppo, who
died from drug overdose in November, on volunteering
to help addicts
A few weeks after she was
released from the treatment
center, Celeste’s boyfriend
got physical with her, and
that was the last straw for
her parents. They immediately
collected all her things
from her boyfriend’s house
and moved her back in with
them. They were willing to
do whatever it took to keep
their daughter alive, even
repeatedly saying, “‘We are
not going to bury our daughter,
we are not going to be a
statistic.”
“We always thought we
were the family this wouldn’t
happen to,” Sherri said.
After moving home, Celeste
made marked improvements
by getting clean,
working at her family’s restaurant
— Steamer’s Grill n
Pub in Homer Glen — and
getting a new boyfriend who
is a longtime family friend
and was a positive influence
on her. Sherri and Mike even
started making an observation
they hadn’t made since
Celeste’s initial accident
— they were getting their
daughter back.
Celeste rode with Sherri
to work every day, and that
passenger seat is now vacant
because of a moment of
weakness that Sherri and her
family still can’t explain.
When Sherri went to bed
at about 10:30-11 p.m. the
night of Nov. 28, Celeste
was sitting on the couch,
scrolling through her phone
as happy as ever. Sherri
woke up around 12:30 a.m.
and saw the light was still
on downstairs, so she went
down to tell Celeste she
needed to get to bed because
they had to be at the restaurant
early the next day. Celeste
replied, “I know mom,
I’m going up in about 15
minutes.”
Those were the last words
Sherri ever heard her daughter
speak.
At some point during the
night, someone dropped
drugs off at the house using
a side entrance to the garage,
and Celeste overdosed
while using them sometime
early in the morning on Nov.
29. Mike and Sherri woke
up around 6 a.m. and Mike
discovered her in the garage
shortly thereafter.
“I don’t know what caused
her that night to break down
and want to do this,” Sherri
said. “...When [Mike]
screamed, I can’t get out
of my mind his scream and
what I saw, and that’s my
daughter’s dead body on the
floor of my garage.”
Stories like Celeste’s are
tragic and shockingly common,
as six people died of
heroin overdose in Lockport
in 2016, and 76 people died
of heroin or opiate overdose
in Will County over
the same span, according to
the Will County Coroner’s
website. That is why Sherri
is so passionate about being
involved in the Safe
Passage program and doing
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Lockport City Council
Officials approve industrial park concept plan
Controversial
development takes
step forward with
unanimous vote
Max Lapthorne, Editor
Fairmont D89 Board of Education
The Lockport City Council
voted unanimously to approve
the concept plan for the hotlydebated
Prologis business
park Wednesday, Feb. 15, at
its regular meeting.
The industrial park, to be
located between Interstate
355 and Archer Avenue, was
discussed twice at Planning
and Zoning Commission
meetings and once at a previous
City Council meeting.
Residents have come out
in droves to every meeting
voicing myriad concerns
with the park’s close proximity
to neighborhoods such
as Creekside Estates, Lockport
Heights, Deer Path Run,
Forest Point, Hawthorne
Preserves as well as Big Run
Wolf Ranch.
The council has gone
back and forth with Prologis
throughout the meetings
as it attempts to take into
consideration the comments
from residents and recommend
changes to Prologis to
mitigate the concerns. During
the meeting, Prologis
representative Jim McGill
highlighted some changes
that were made since the last
meeting, namely the shift of
the access road behind the
buildings further from the
adjacent properties.
One stretch of the road
was moved 110 feet farther
from the neighboring
Lockport Heights, while a
larger stretch of the road was
moved 38 feet farther south,
away from the homes to the
north. Since Prologis’ original
proposed plan on Nov. 8,
the overall square footage of
the project has been reduced
by 121,000 square feet, Mc-
Gill said. The landowner has
also agreed to rezone a portion
of the property south
of the development and directly
adjacent to Creekside
Estates from industrial to
residential.
District waiting on tax revenue, State funding payments
Megann Horstead
Freelance Reporter
Fairmont School District
89 is waiting for legislators in
Springfield to issue payments
for tax revenue and State of
Illinois funding for the 2016-
2017 academic year.
School officials were presented
with an update on
the district’s financial standing
at their Feb. 15 meeting.
Director of Finance and Operations
Dr. Sheila Johnson
said constituents are in good
hands from what she can tell.
For fiscal year 2015, a tax
revenue report current as of
Jan. 31 shows that the state
owes $1.5 million. Another
report on State of Illinois
funding indicates that the
school district is owed $1.1
million.
Board member Joseph
Dalpiaz raised a question
concerning the level at which
the district can expect to receive
its funding, compared
to previous years.
“The balances that are due,
is this pretty typical in terms
of percentage?” he asked.
“We received a little over 40
percent of what’s due state
aid-wise.”
The funding is in line with
what the district has been receiving
in recent years, Johnson
said.
“I went and looked at last
year, and we’re on target for
receiving the funds for the
same timing,” she said. “In
May of 2016, we received
a little over $300,000 in tax
money and in June, a little
over a million dollars in tax
revenue.”
Board member Louis
Round it Up
A recap of action from the Feb. 15 meeting of the
Lockport City Council
• The board voted unanimously to authorize the
execution of a contract with J.J. Henderson & Son, Inc.
in the amount of $1.92 million contingent upon Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency State Revolving Loan
Fund approval for the Well No. 14 Iron Filtration Project.
Spoonhour questioned if the
state’s financial woes should
raise concern for school district
officials as they look toward
the future.
“[Looking at] the budget
impasse and whether they’re
going to freeze taxes and all
that, we still don’t know anything
further where we’re at
other than we’re supposed to
be safe, right?”
Johnson said she understands
Spoonhour’s concern,
but it is a safe assumption to
say the school district expects
to receive payment eventually.
“We can say that to date
schools we’re very blessed
that’s one of the entities that
they’ve funded at the level,
but there are conversations
on the table that that may
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“I feel very comfortable
that we have really minimized
a lot of the impact on
this project,” McGill said
during his presentation.
Residents who spoke at
the meeting were less satisfied
with the concessions
made by Prologis, expressing
their concern with truck
traffic, water pollution,
flooding, diesel fumes and
noise; problems they believe
would accompany the development.
“It just doesn’t belong in
the middle of a subdivision,”
said Stan Quade, Deer Path
Run resident.
Big Run Wolf Ranch manager
Renee Cajandig spoke
passionately about the possible
health consequences the
animals at the ranch could
face should the industrial
park be built.
“Environmental concerns
should be paramount,” she
said. “...The animals will get
sick first.”
Since Lockport Heights
— the subdivision immediately
to the north of the proposed
park — is governed
by Homer Township rather
than the City of Lockport,
Homer Township Supervisor
Pam Meyers attended the
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‘Have a Heart for
Taft’ campaign born
from donation error
Erin Redmond, Assistant Editor
A week before Christmas,
Christine Jelinek received a
phone call which would have
changed the future of Lockport’s
Taft School.
A broker from New York
called regarding a deposit of
$15,000 in bonds to the Taft
Foundation — only to realize
it was the wrong one. In an
instant, her mood went from
delighted to deflated.
But a week later, Jelinek’s
spirits were lifted once again.
On Christmas Eve, an
email came through notifying
her a donation of $2,500 was
made to the foundation. As
she went to email her thanks
to the donor, she noticed he
was from Arizona and that
sinking feel returned. This
time, the donation was meant
for the Taft High School
Foundation of Chicago.
“By 2 o’clock on Christmas
Day, I was refunding the
money back,” Jelinek, Director
of the Taft Foundation,
said. “It was sad because it
was Christmas Eve and I was
like ‘oh my god, this doesn’t
happen.’ Of course it was
very disappointing.”
After realizing his mistake,
the donor called Taft High
School Foundation President,
Richard Winge, and
explained what happened.
Right then and there, Winge
knew he had to help — and
the Have a Heart for Taft
campaign was born.
Acting as a private citizen
and not on his organization’s
behalf, Winge offered
to help the Taft Foundation
raise $2,500 through a 50/50
grant. He will donate $1,250
of his own money if the foundation
can match it through
its own fundraising efforts.
Since Jelinek’s story tugged
at Winge’s heartstrings, they
agreed it was only fitting to
launch the fundraiser on Valentine’s
Day.
Rather than seek one large
donor, however, the goal is to
garner as many small donations
as possible. In fact, if
every family at Taft School
donated $12 the organization
will reach its goal. The campaign
will run through Saturday,
April 15 and will culminate
with an event honoring
the donors.
“That’s what [I] try to do to
get people involved,” Winge
said. “Even if it’s just $10,
these kids really need help.”
Winge graduated Taft High
School and hasn’t lived in Illinois
since 1970. The Napa,
California resident has no ties
to the school, yet he plans to
continue his relationship with
the foundation and make the
Have a Heart for Taft fundraiser
an annual event.
“I think so many people
are going to get involved in
this that it’s going to be a
very exciting thing for the
school,” Winge said.
Jelinek and Winge have
never met, but she said he
has shown her the true meaning
of philanthropy. A simple
mistake united them and they
hope to bring even more people
into the equation — even
those who are essentially
strangers, like Winge.
“He doesn’t know our kids,
he doesn’t know our families,”
Jelinek said. “But he
went ahead and helped just
because of a unique happenstance.
He’s saying ‘I believe
in you guys and I believe in
your community’ ... I just
thought that was very dynamic.”
The funds aren’t earmarked
for any particular
purpose, but they are desperately
needed. Last year,
Jelinek said, Taft School had
to reduce its staff, which increased
class sizes, slash numerous
programs — such as
music and sports — and even
release its principal as it entered
into a deficit reduction
program.
Taft School is the only
school in District 90 and has
a boundary limit of roughly 1
to 1.25 square miles, according
to its website. It is sandwiched
in a diverse neighborhood,
which Jelinek said
is comprised of 49 percent
low-income families, leaving
little revenue from property
taxes to fund the school.
“It’s pretty tough at Taft and
it has been for many years,”
she said. “A lot of people will
say that we don’t have what
they do in other areas and it’s
true. We have no extras.”
The cause hits closer to
home for the Taft Foundation
director, too, as she is
the mother of two children: a
freshman at Lockport Township
High School and an
eighth-grader currently attending
Taft.
With the Taft Foundation
being one of the primary
sources of funding for the
school, the pressure can feel
insurmountable at times. But
with the support of people
like Winge, the future looks
bright.
“We can do it; we can raise
[the money] and we can also
decide where it’s going to
go,” Jelinek said. “We fight
so hard for our fundraising
efforts for Taft and it’s all so
essential.”
Donations can be make at
www.gofundme.com/havea-heart-for-taft,
at www.
taftfoundation.com or by
sending a check to the school
at 1605 S. Washington St.,
Lockport.

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8 | February 23, 2017 | The Lockport Legend news
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Lockport resident earns recognition as principal
Submitted by Richland
School District 88A
Pat Flynn from the Illinois
Principal Association (IPA),
Three Rivers Division, presented
lockport resident Dr.
Kelly Whyte the Regional
Elementary Principal of the
Year Award last month.
This recognition qualifies
her for consideration for the
Illinois Elementary Principal
of the Year. For the past 10
years, Dr. Whyte has served
in the capacity of K-8 Principal
at Richland District 88A.
Under her leadership, she has
facilitated the establishment
of a formal curriculum in the
district, aligned the curriculum
to Common Core Standards
and provided a model
for teachers to map their curriculum
and use as a tool to
guide their instruction.
Further, Dr. Whyte instituted
a Junior High School
schedule developed to implement
the Common Core
Standards with fidelity, while
allowing students access to
a variety of electives to help
them identify their interests
and talents prior to moving on
to the high school. The schedule
provides flexibility for
teachers to have time to provide
differentiated Tier I interventions
and enhancements
to those students in need of
more rigorous challenges, as
well as needed RtI support in
both reading and math. The
process Dr. Whyte uses to empower
teachers is a committee
structure starting with the DIP
(District Improvement Team)
to the SIP (School Improvement
Teams) at both buildings,
(K-4 & 5-8).
Once these teams put in
place the framework for improvement,
additional groups,
such as the Professional Development
Committee to poll
the teachers for global input
regarding needed support
on an annual basis. Districtwide
assessment of the SIP’s
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and DIP completed through
a regular quarterly review
and analysis of data, desegregated
by building and grade
level. Grade level teams utilize
a data-driven decision
making model for support
during weekly problem solving
meetings. In addition, Dr.
Whyte meets quarterly with a
parent advisory group to gain
input from the parents’ perspective
on a variety of topics.
This is an ongoing process
and is assessed and modified
as needed.
One piece of evidence that
Dr. Whyte’s efforts are successful
are in the most recent
PARCC scores. As the
district experienced overall
growth, the elementary level
demonstrated a double-digit
percentage growth over the
2015 scores. Overall, district
test scores exceed the state
average.
Residents can become election
judges for Consolidated Election
Submitted by Will County
Clerk’s Office
Will County Clerk Nancy
Schultz Voots is seeking additional
election Judges to
work the Consolidated Election
on April 4, 2017.
The Will County Clerk’s
Office is seeking Democratic
and Republican election
judges. The number of
Republican and Democratic
election judges at each polling
place is determined by
the average party turnout in
the three most recent Illinois
governor’s races. It is imperative
to have a balance of
Republicans and Democrats
at the polling place to assure
the integrity of the election,
according to the Will County
Clerk’s Office.
Before being assigned to
an election, election judges
are required to attend a twoand-a-half
hour training
class. Upon completion of
training, election judges are
paid $150 for the day they
are assigned to work a polling
place, including mileage
reimbursement.
Election judges can earn
extra compensation if they
help pick up and drop off
election supplies. Election
judge training classes are
held on Wednesdays and
Fridays at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00
p.m.
Applicants must be U.S.
citizens, live in Will County
and be entitled to vote at
the next election or be high
school seniors in good standing.
They can also be students
enrolled in a public or
private school, community
college or private secondary
school.
Those interested should
apply to be an election judge
at www.thewillcountyclerk.
com. Staff will call to schedule
a training class.

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the Lockport Legend’s
Standout Student
Sponsored by Marquette Bank
Blake Kashark, Oak Prairie
seventh-grader
Blake Kashark was chosen as Standout
Student for his academic excellence.
What is one essential you must have
when studying?
One essential you must have when
studying is a quiet room to study.
What do you like to do when not in
school or studying?
When I am not in school or studying, I
like to play hockey for the Chicago Fury.
What is your dream job?
My dream job is to become a hockey
equipment designer.
What are some of the most-played
songs on your iPod?
Some of the most-played songs on my
iPod are “Thunderstruck” and “Without
Me.”
What is one thing people do not know
about you?
One thing people don’t know about
me is that I throw discus for my school’s
track team.
Whom do you look up to and why?
I look up to Martin St. Louis because
he was one of the smallest NHL players,
and I am really small.
What do you keep under your bed?
I keep my costumes’ heads that my
grandma made me so I don’t ruin them.
Who is your favorite teacher and why?
My favorite teacher is Mr. J
because he is very funny and likes to
mess around.
What is your favorite class and why?
STEM is my favorite subject because I
like to build, and it challenges me.
Photo Submitted
What is one thing that stands out about
your school?
One thing that stands out about my
school is that they are always fundraising.
What extracurricular(s) do you wish
your school had?
I wish my school had cooking class.
What is your morning routine?
My morning routine is to wake up, get
dressed, make my lunch, eat and then
brush my teeth.
If you could change one thing about
school, what would it be?
I would change the lunches back to
the old lunches because they used to get
slushies.
What is your favorite thing to eat in the
cafeteria?
My favorite thing to eat in the cafeteria
is the chicken O’s.
What is your best memory from school?
My favorite memory from school is
when we went to Medieval Times.
Standout Student is a weekly feature for The
Lockport Legend. Nominations come from
Lockport area schools.
School News
Lockport Township High School
LTHS announces high honor roll
for first semester of 2016-
2017 school year
Members of the graduating
class of 2017 who earned high
honor roll included: MacKenzie
Morrow, Luke Nance,
Ahmad Nasrieh, Margarita
Nateras, Shelby Nelson, Eilish
Newcomb, Mary O’Brien, Erin
O’Donnell, Brendan O’Dwyer,
Benjamin Ogrey, Nestor Olivas
Munoz, Ella Omi, Brittney
O’Neill, Allison Oster, Dakota
Paloma, Trevor Parchem, Jazmin
Parker, John Parsons, Max
Paulson, Isabella Piazza, Kaylin
Pierson, Jake Pietryk, Lucas
Pindak, Erik Pintoy, Paige
Plebanek, Melina Pluta, Jacob
Podczerwinski, Kevin Pokorski,
Julius Pokvietis, Allison
Polinski, Rachel Pollock, Hannah
Porrey, Daniel Provenzano,
Sara Ptaszek, Simone Radde,
Marissa Ramirez, Brendan
Ramsey, Nathan Randle, Jasmine
Raudys, Silas Rea, Grace
Reason, Benjamin Redlich,
Kaitlyn Richards, Danielle
Robbins, Elizabeth Rodgers,
Melany Rodriguez, Zachary
Rodriguez, Erica Rojas, Sarah
Rollins, Thomas Ruane, Joshua
Ruehl, Jarod Ruschill, Jazmin
Samano, Miguel Angel Samano,
Tiana Samardzija, Maria-Elena
Sanchez, Stephanie
Saranga, Duncan Sawyer, Colin
Schlink, Melissa Schmitz,
Kaleigh Schmutzler, Jonathon
Schnell, Skyler Schnell, Jordan
Schultz, Kevin Schwenn,
Jenna Scialabba, Hanna Seifert,
Dominique Sella, Thomas
Shields, Kiersten Sinram,
Roxanne Siuda, Matthew Smietanski,
John Snidanko, Julia
Snyder, Noah Speechley, Mikala
Spencer, Brian Stapleton,
Jessica Sterna, Maria Stevens,
Daniel Stojsavljevic, Karlee
Stortz, Jacob Suchor, Maxwell
Swedo, Katarzyna Szeliga, Joseph
Szymanski, Daumantas
Tamulaitis, Kari Tetlow, Brendan
Timmel, William Tishuk,
Joshua Torres, Monica Turski,
Christina Uhrenbacher, Thomas
Ulm, Felipe Valladares,
Jordan Vance, Dhiann Vande-
Bogart, Damian Walkosz, Elizabeth
Watson, Samantha Wawronowicz,
Brandon Wenzel,
Dale Westberg, Cara Wiemeyer,
Cassidy Williams, Katarzyna
Wilson, Katelyn Winge,
Amanda Winkelman, Jessica
Wirtz, Ashley Witkowski,
Elisa Witt, Hannah Wojciak,
Elena Woulfe, Aminta Zea and
Bradley Zimmerman.
Augustana College
Lockport students earn dean’s
list recognition
Lockport natives Jacob
Speechley, Danielle Alfrey,
Jordan Arndt, Charles Bentley
and Jessica Berry were named
to the fall 2016 semester dean’s
list at Augustana College. Students
named to the dean’s list
earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher
on a four-point scale for courses
taken during the term.
Butler University
Freshman from Lockport named
to dean’s list
LTHS graduate Melanie
Plotke was named to the dean’s
list at Butler University for the
fall 2016 semester. Plotke, a
pre-pharmacy major, earned the
honor by having a GPA in the
top 20 percent of her college
and being enrolled in at least 12
credit hours.
Concordia University Wisconsin
Local student named to honors
list
Concordia University Wisconsin
officials named Brittany
Harmon, a senior studying
early childhood education, to
the honors list for the 2016-
2017 academic year. To be
eligible for the honor, students
must achieve a minimum 3.5
GPA.
Indiana Wesleyan University
LTHS grad earns dean’s list
honors
Lockport resident Jennifer
Lee was named to the fall 2016
dean’s list at Indiana Wesleyan
University. Lee, a junior prelaw
double major in political
science and business administration,
was named to the dean’s
list by earning a 3.5 GPA on a
4.0 scale and carrying at least
12 graded credit hours for the
semester.
Iowa State University
Local student named to dean’s
list
Daniel Lee, a 2016 LTHS
graduate and aerospace engineer
major, was named to the
dean’s list at Iowa State University.
The dean’s list honors
students who are enrolled full
time for 12 credits or more and
achieve a semester GPA of 3.5
or above.
Kirkwood Community College
Lockport resident named to
dean’s list
Madison Rimkus, a Lockport
native, was named to the dean’s
list at Kirkwood Community
College for the fall 2016 semester.
To earn dean’s list honors,
students must achieve a 3.3
GPA or higher after completing
12 or more credit hours at the
college.
Saint Xavier University
Lockport residents makes SXU
dean’s list
Lockport natives Shannon
Walsh and Rachel Weis, both
communication science and
disorders majors, were named
to the fall 2016 semester dean’s
list at Saint Xavier University.
The dean’s list recognizes fulltime
students who have earned
and maintained a minimum
cumulative GPA of 3.75 out of
4.0. Students also must have
completed a minimum of 15 total
credit hours at SXU and be
enrolled for a minimum of 12
credit hours during the given
semester.
University of Iowa
Lockport natives named to
dean’s list
Lockport residents Taylor
Baldwin, Justin Howard and
Brittany Hughes were named to
the dean’s list at University of
Iowa for the fall 2016 semester.
School News is compiled by Editor
Max Lapthorne, max@lockportle
gend.com.

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Chanel is a two-year-old orange sable
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pounds of sass and vinegar. Some of her
favorite things include prancing around
the neighborhood on walks, cheese
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Woman’s club fundraiser draws approximately 170 people to Lockport
Third annual
event benefits two
organizations
Mary Stroka
Freelance Reporter
About 170 people came
out to the Lockport Moose
Lodge 1557 on Saturday,
Feb. 18, for the Homer Glen
Junior Woman’s Club’s third
annual Take a Chance for
Change Bingo Fundraiser.
The organizations this year
that benefited from the fundraiser
were GiGi’s Playhouse
and CASA of Will County.
The organizations are selected
through members’ nominations
to the philanthropy
committee, which then narrows
the pool down for members
to vote on.
GiGi’s Playhouse is a national
network of centers
for children and adults with
Down syndrome, while
CASA, or Court Appointed
Special Advocates for Children,
supports abused and
neglected children who are in
the juvenile court system.
Club member Ann Morrow’s
nephew participates in
the programs of GiGi’s Playhouse
in Tinley Park. The organization
has numerous free
activities, therapy, playtime,
snacks and events, including
a Halloween Trunk or Treat,
she said.
“You feel welcomed,”
Morrow said about her experience
with GiGi’s.
“We’re really happy to
support these two organizations
in any way we can,”
said Jody Martiniak, who cochairs
the philanthropy committee
with Andrea Durbin.
“I really enjoy volunteering
and giving back to the community,”
She got the idea for doing
a bingo fundraiser after
she went to one that raised
money for a New Lenox
Rebels baseball team. The
team lends its bingo dabbers
for the Woman’s Club bingo
events, Martiniak said.
“Bingo is something everyone
can play,” she said.
The event included nine
regular games of bingo for
$50 winnings, two special
games for $75 winnings and
a jackpot round of $300.
Some of the rounds had multiple
winners, Martiniak said.
Wendy Novak also serves
on the philanthropy committee.
She became a member of
the club about five years ago
because she wanted to learn
more about Homer Glen.
“I’m really happy that I
joined. … We do a lot for
Homer,” Novak said.
She recalled helping beautify
the Old Town Hall, raising
money for organizations
that address domestic violence
and learning about the
Mike Hike 5K Run/Walk, an
initiative of the Homer Glen
Foundation.
Amy Koenig of Homer
Glen, another member,
brought her friends Kristin
Augle, Lisa Mackto and Kellie
Keating.
“We picked two charities I
think are awesome,” Koenig
said.
“It’s a night out for a good
cause,” said Augle, who is
from Frankfort.
“Bingo is great; if I were
winning, it’d be even greater,”
Keating, a Lockport resident,
said.
Lockport resident Nadya
Formella, a member of the
club, brought three of her
friends with her to the event.
“It’s nice to do something
fun and know that it will help
the community,” Formella
said.
Maria Stone, Kristyn Rahn
and Kris Couris said they
came to support Formella for
a second year of bingo.
“I don’t know if everyone
realizes what the Moose even
has to offer,” Maria Stone
said about the venue.
“My dream is to someday
be a bingo caller,” Stone
added.
Raffle prizes this year included
gardening tools and
décor, dog toys, sports games
tickets and golf rounds, as
well as gift cards to salons,
restaurants and laser tag.
The Homer Glen Junior
Woman’s Club also offers
one $1,000 scholarship to
a local senior high school
student. The deadline is
Wednesday, March 1.
The club also has a blood
drive coming up Monday,
March 27, from 3 p.m.-7 p.m.
at Parkview Christian Church,
located at 14367 W. 159th St.
in Homer Glen. They are also
planning a palette party and a
rummage sale.
For more information
about the Homer Glen Junior
Woman’s Club and its scholarship
and upcoming events,
visit www.homerglenjuniors.
org.
Attendees (left to right) Anabella Castro, Elisa Witt and Lorena Castro, all from Homer Glen,
prepare their bingo cards Saturday, Feb. 18, at the third annual Homer Glen Junior Woman’s
Club Take a Chance for Change Bingo Fundraiser. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media
Kim Hyman takes a chance at one of the raffle bags.
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everything in her power to
help addicts.
“We’re a good family, but
it happens to good families,”
Sherri said. “It happens to bad
families, it happens to people
that don’t even have a family.
It doesn’t matter, because it
doesn’t pick and choose.”
Sherri believes helping
people who are struggling
with addiction will help
her come to terms with her
daughter’s death, but having
people like her as a volunteer
with Safe Passage
will also be crucial for the
program. Most addicts have
had previous run-ins with
law enforcement, so they
will be more likely to listen
to someone like Sherri as
opposed to a police officer,
Lockport Police Chief Terry
Lemming said.
“The volunteers can come
in and immediately have
something in common with
them,” he said. “...Sherri’s
passionate about this program.
Her situation and
her story is probably one
of the most tragic I’ve ever
heard.”
Eventually, Sherri also
hopes to be a public speaker
at local schools, churches and
rehab centers. Even now, she
will approach parents with
teenagers at her restaurant
and tell them her daughter’s
story in an attempt to keep
them away from drugs.
“In the memory of my
daughter, I have to save
lives,” Sherri said.
The strategy Sherri plans
to use to help addicts is simple
— let them see the pain
her daughter’s addiction inflicted
on her and her family.
“I would tell them my story
about my daughter, they’d
see the tears roll down my
cheeks, and I hope I make
them cry,” she said. “By the
time I get done with them,
they’re going to feel that
pain in my heart. It’s going
to make them think about the
importance and the value of
their life.”

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hospital at Dance Marathon
Jessie Molloy
Freelance Reporter
Some kids count down the
days until Christmas or the
start of summer vacation, but
Ellie and Mia Fontanetta’s favorite
event countdown ends
next week with the Chicago
Dance Marathon to benefit
Lurie Children’s Hospital.
“It’s pretty much our favorite
days of the year,”
Nikki Fontanetta, the girls’
mom said. “Both the girls
love dancing. My husband
Marc and I met on a dance
floor. And, of course, it all
goes to support Lurie Children’s
Hospital, so what’s not
to like?”
For the Fontanetta family,
no factor is more important
than that philanthropic cause,
because without the experts
at Lurie, their family would
not exist as it does today.
“Ellie was born with spina
bifida,” Nikki explained. “I
had her at Prentice Hospital
and almost immediately they
rushed her to what’s now Lurie
but was Children’s Memorial
in Lincoln Park at the
time. She had two surgeries
in her first two days, and they
literally saved her life there.”
This tumultuous start of
Ellie’s life was also the start
of a lifelong relationship
with the children’s hospital
for the entire family as both
patients and philanthropists.
Ellie, now 13, has had numerous
procedures at the
hospital and sees specialists
there about every three
months for check-ups and
maintenance to her medical
apparatuses, including the leg
braces and crutches she uses
to walk and her shunt — a
pressure-regulating device in
her brain which regulates the
impeded flow of spinal fluid
in her body.
In addition to the regular
regiment with doctors and
staff whom Nikki affectionately
refers to as “our hospital
family,” the Fontanettas
were quick to begin efforts to
give back to the hospital that
had given so much to them.
“When we moved into our
house in Lockport in 2006
we started a charity out of
the house called Hot Dogs
for Hope,” Nikki said. “The
plan was to sell hot dogs,
chips and pop out of our
backyard in the summer and
all the proceeds would go
to the hospital. Amazingly,
it caught on with the whole
community ... Everybody
comes out, and we bring the
check for the hospital to the
Eric and Kathy Radiothon for
Lurie Children’s on the Mix
where we have volunteered
every year since Ellie was a
year old.”
It was at one of these radio
events that the Fontanettas
first learned about Dance
Marathon.
“Morgan Shea from the
hospital foundation noticed
us and told us about Dance
Marathon,” Nikki explained.
“Of course we got very excited
and signed up right
away, but nothing prepared
us for what an amazing day
it would be from start to finish.”
Dance Marathons started
on college campuses as a
fundraiser for the Children’s
Miracle Network of hospitals.
Lurie is the largest of
three located in Illinois, and
Chicago was the first city to
organize a city-wide Dance
Marathon not affiliated with
a school in 2010.
“It’s just great,” Nikki
said. “A group of young
professionals who had done
these in college decided they
missed them and started one
up for everybody. We haven’t
missed a year since we started
going. It’s just a wonderful
day of community, and
philanthropy, and dancing.”
Nikki and Marc have
passed their love of dancing
down to their two daughters,
including Ellie who has been
an active athlete and dancer
for years, despite her physical
disabilities and three weekly
sessions of physical therapy.
Ellie and her 9-year-old
sister Mia both take dance
classes at a Homer Glen studio,
where Ellie was one of
the first girls in a growing
adaptive program for students
with physical and mental
disabilities.
Now a seventh grader at
Homer Jr. High, Ellie also
plays wheelchair basketball
and sled hockey through the
Lincolnway Special Recreation
Association and loves
activities like swimming,
camping and kayaking.
“She deserves to have all
those experiences that other
kids get to have, and so does
Mia,” Nikki said. “You have
to rise above. We’ve tried to
teach her from the time she
was young that she could let
her disability be one of two
things, it could be a downer
for her and everyone around
her or she could use it to
uplift other people, and I’m
proud to say she always tries
to choose the latter.”
When the family attends
Dance Marathons, including
events at DePaul, Loyola,
and Valpo, Ellie will go up
and share her story.
“We love to tell our story,
and we like to think that every
time we do we can give
a little gleam of hope to another
family that they can
overcome too,” Nikki said.
“There’s a lot of ugliness in
the world, so we can always
use a little more hope.”
The Chicago Dance Marathon
will be held Saturday,
Feb. 25, at the Chicago Marriott
hotel on Michigan Avenue.

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Young musician honors fallen
veterans through music
Lincoln-Way West freshman
Miles Hagen sounds
taps at military funerals
through Bugles Across
America.
It is a song every American
has heard played at flag
ceremonies, Scout camps
and military funerals. It is
a song Miles, a freshman at
Lincoln-Way West, said has
brought people to tears when
he has played it for funerals
— himself included.
His father, Rich Hagen,
said more than one person
has been surprised by Miles’
ability to sound taps because
of his size and youth.
“Usually, since I’m [5-
foot-2], people are surprised
that I can play decently,”
Miles said.
While taps is traditionally
played on a bugle — which
is a similar to a trumpet but
has a different bell shape
and no valves — it is commonly
played on the trumpet
because that is a more commonly
played instrument.
Not all military funerals
have a bugler sound taps.
Many, instead, have a recording
of the song when a
live player is not available.
It is something both Rich
and Miles remember being
played at the funeral for
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Although it was not immediate,
Miles said in the
back of his mind he thought
the idea of taps played with
batteries seemed less meaningful
than someone playing
on a real instrument.
So, this past year, after
having the opportunity to
sound taps at the school’s
veterans assembly, he asked
his father if there were ways
for him to play the song.
“I enjoyed playing it, and
I enjoyed people’s responses,”
Miles said. “I thought
my grandpa would enjoy
that, too.”
Reporting by Amanda Stoll,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
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FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort Fire builds
apartment for safety
education
Dave Mosier caulked the
top edge of living room windowpane,
as a wood panel
was hitched in through the
front door. After little more
than a day, construction of
the one-bedroom flat was almost
complete.
The fact that it would not
need plumbing, electricity or
a roof sped things up.
“Pretty much every room
will be the same size as an
Sherry Ranieri
apartment, or a small house,”
said Dennis Merz, Frankfort
Fire Protection District fire
prevention officer.
But, this living room
will not be for living. Instead,
Frankfort Fire’s new
750-square-foot apartment
soon will help teach children,
seniors and emergency
medical personnel about fire
and emergency safety.
“Instead of just talking
about ‘stop, drop and roll’
and having a fire escape
plan, we can actually put
them in the situation where
they’d have to roll out bed,
check the door and, if it’s
cold, crawl out,” Lt. Maurice
Arroyo said.
Arroyo is one of two
Frankfort firefighters who
educates students on fire and
safety in local schools. The
mock apartment is located
inside its existing training
facility, Frankfort Fire Station
3 at 24420 S. LaGrange
Road.
“Our big job is saving
people,” Arroyo said. “If we
can give them the tools to
rescue themselves, it’s one
less thing we have to worry
about. Knowing everybody’s
out, our job is just to put out
the fire.”
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Woman allegedly drives off road while under the influence
Taylor Smith, 28, of the
25000 block of Willard
Street in Channahon, was
charged by Lockport police
Feb. 12 with driving under
the influence of alcohol and
issued citations for operating
an uninsured motor vehicle,
disobeying a traffic control
device and driving off the
roadway after officers responded
to a call around 6
a.m. in reference to a vehicle
going off the road the area of
Briggs Street and Division
Street.
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From Page 5
meeting and spoke on behalf
of her constituents.
“I understand that people
are very emotional, but I
would be very emotional too
if I felt threatened about what
was happening,” Meyers
said. “... Don’t let that stop
you from continuing to listen,
[and] doing the best you can
to minimize the impact.”
Following public comment,
city officials had the
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change,” she said. “But right
now, we are scheduled to be
fully funded for the year.”
Fairmont to hold classes on
Casimir Pulaski Day
Also at that meeting, the
board voted 5-0 to approve
March 6 — Casimir Pulaski
Day— to serve as a makeup
day for Dec. 9, 2016, at
which time school district
officials noted a gas leak and
held no classes.
Board Vice-President
Richard Myers and board
member Jeremy Burns were
absent.
To spread the message,
school district official will
Lockport Police Department
Feb. 14
• Jason Orban, 18, of the
1200 block of Manor Court
in Crest Hill, and Tyler
Lancaster, 19, of the 18000
block of Village in Lockport,
were issued citations
for possession of under 10
grams of cannabis and Orban
was issued a citation
for an equipment violation
after their vehicle was
stopped for an equipment
violation in the area of
chance to respond to the
residents’ comments and
make their own comments
about the concept plan. First
Ward Alderman Jim Petrakos,
First Ward Alderman
Kris Capadona and Third
Ward Alderman Jason VanderMeer
emphasized the
effort the council has put
into listening to residents
and working with Prologis
to come to an agreement on
the project.
“We are taking all your
concerns into consideration,
do an all call, send notes
home to parents and create a
website posting. Interim superintendent
Dr. Lela Bridges
explained the rationale for
the board’s decision.
“The reason why we’re
bringing it to you, I met with
the teacher leadership, and
they said this way unless we
have another snow day, or
bad weather day, we will end
the school year prior to Memorial
Day,” she said.
Though Casimir Pulaski
Day is an official holiday that
12-month employees can receive
as a day off, Bridges said
the district will need to make
sure teachers are on hand.
“We may have to look at
a compensatory day because
we will need our staff here to
operate,” she said.
Briggs Street and Parkview
Lane in Lockport.
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Legend’s Police Reports
are compiled from official
reports found online on the
Will County Sheriff’s Office or
Lockport Police Department’s
website or releases issued
by the department and other
agencies. Individuals named
in these reports are considered
innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.
and we’re trying to make
things work for the best,”
Petrakos said.
Prologis must have a preliminary
and final plan pass
through both the Planning
and Zoning Commission
and City Council before
the project is officially approved.
Prologis hopes to
present the preliminary plan
at the June 14 Planning and
Zoning Commission meeting
and at the July 19 City
Council meeting, McGill
said.
Board approves contract for
superintendent search firm
The board agreed to award
a contract in the amount of
$6,400 to the Illinois Association
of School Boards to
conduct a search for a new
superintendent. The position
was vacated last year when
Sonya Whitaker resigned.
“I’m here as the interim,”
Bridges said. “They’re looking
for a replacement.”
A profile is to be conducted
to determine what the district’s
needs for a superintendent
are, and the Illinois Association
of School Boards
will hold a search. The anticipated
start date for the new
hire is set for July 2017.
“Even though it’s the Illinois
Association of School
Boards, they can reach outside
of the state,” Bridges said.

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of established homes and
families. The effects of the
considerable air, water,
noise and light pollution
will destroy the habitat that
the Big Run Wolf Ranch
provides to several endangered
species. But this will
also destroy our homes and
neighborhoods.
Increased traffic congestion
will affect our school
bus routes and our own
safety as well as the devastating
effects that the pollution
will have on all of us
and our children.
This is also a conflict
between “urban sprawl”
and “smart growth.”
Public officials continue to
maintain that encouraging
industrial and commercial
development will lower
property taxes for
homeowners and voters.
This has been proven to be
false. The opposite occurs.
Our taxes will increase to
pay for the extra costs of
development, but political
influence will increase
with significant political
campaign contributions
flowing into the wallets of
Will County politicians.
This decision should be
made by the people who
live here and who will be
severely affected, not by
multi-million dollar corporations
who will share their
profits in the form of campaign
contributions for our
elected officials.
This decision should be
made by the voters and not
special interests. Please tell
our officials that we don’t
want to lose our homes and
quality of life.
John P. Walliser, Lockport
resident
Homer Fire spends dollars
wisely
With the continuing battle
in Springfield for a state
budget, and the continuing
need for true reform in the
State of Illinois, it is increasingly
difficult for any
local property taxpayer to
understand where their tax
dollars go and how those
dollars are spent. Are those
dollars spent wisely and
efficiently by the local taxing
bodies? Homer township
Fire Protection District
Board of Trustees work
hard to get the most for your
money while making public
safety a top priority.
The board consists of
three trustees: Paul Anderson
as president, Mark
Lobes as secretary and Ken
Fijan as trustee. This board
realizes the need for extensive
review of operating
expenses, manpower and
fleet review. The board has
reduced operating expenses
by outsourcing our ambulance
billing, reducing administrative
overhead, reduced
utility costs through
supplier changes and put to
market an unused districtowned
property. The board
has also increased revenue
from out-of-district individuals
using our services.
The board has negotiated
multi-year contracts with
the firefighter’s union, and
has adjusted staffing at our
three stations, thus helping
to control manpower costs.
Also, the firefighters of our
district have donated to
funding education and the
purchase of vital tools for
the job, showing their dedication
to the citizens of our
district. The district has applied
for grant funding to be
used for a new water tanker
and to update our radio/
communication equipment;
and have recently received
a grant used to purchase an
ATV.
With increasing State of
Illinois mandates, many
of which go unfunded, the
pressure on the fire protection
district to meet those
demands keeps us looking
at all revenue sources
to ensure that we provide
emergency services to the
citizens of our district while
meeting all requirements.
The board has done all of
this with the clear realization
that our taxpayers expect
a fire district that provides
fire protection, EMS,
and fire prevention services
around the clock. The board
of trustees and the men
and women of the Homer
Township Fire Protection
District will continue to run
the district in a manner that
respects the taxpayer while
also protecting these citizens
when they are at their
most vulnerable.
It has been a pleasure
serving the community. We
thank you for your support.
Paul Anderson, Homer
Township Fire Protection
District Board of Trustees
President
Ethics of campaign
contributions
I would like to ask the
citizens of Lockport if they
think it is unethical or immoral
to accept campaign
contributions from businesses
that do work for the
City or who are contracted
by the City to do work? As
an elected official for the
City I will not accept contributions
from such businesses
and I will not use the
monies for personal needs.
I will also be available to
the working citizens who
cannot make it to City Hall
because of conflicts with
working hours. My plan is
to have extended evening
times so all the people have
a chance to voice an opinion
and have questions answered.
The only way this
can happen is by change.
Citizens of Lockport, please
come out to the polls and
make this happen, “Time
for a Change”.
Thank you.
Joey A. Jeraminas, City of
Lockport Mayoral Candidate
Current HTFPD trustees
doing a remarkable job
Dear editor, my name is
Keith Hojek, former Trustee/President
of the Homer
Township Fire Protection
District. I am writing this
letter in regards to the 2017
April election.
The people who live in
the jurisdiction of the Homer
Township Fire Protection
District will be electing the
Board of Trustees of the fire
district for the first time in
the history of the Homer
Township Fire Protection
District.
Paul Anderson, Mark
Lobes and Ken Fijan are the
current trustees of the Homer
Township Fire Protection
District and have been doing
a remarkable job.
Trustees, Paul Anderson,
Mark Lobes, and Ken Fijan
have been fiscally and
professionally responsible
managing the needs of the
Homer Township Fire Protection
District.
While always putting the
public’s safety first, Anderson,
Lobes and Fijan have
reduced district’s cost by
reducing the fire district’s
vehicle fleet saving on insurance
and maintenance.
They negotiated with
the Homer Township Fire
Protection District’s labor
union which allowed a contract
variance saving the
fire district nearly a million
dollars while maintaining
the high quality of fire/rescue
and ambulance service
provided by the HTFPD
firefighters, paramedic and
command staff.
Just as important to the
operation of a fire district is
the administrative personnel.
Human resource, finance,
and office personnel maintain
the constant organizational
needs. They are
responsible for interacting
with banks, insurance companies,
law firms, County,
State and federal organization.
They manage regulations,
Grants, payroll and
many other duties that make
a Fire District run properly.
Trustees Paul Anderson,
Mark Lobes and Ken Fijan
have been working hard for
the people of the Homer
Township Fire Protection
District to maintain an efficient,
fiscally responsible
and professionally run fire
district and will continue to
do so with your vote.
Keith Hojek, Homer Glen
resident

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was reminded this week
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and how one moment
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course.
I had the chance to sit
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a Lockport resident who
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in Homer Glen. She told
me all about her youngest
child, Celeste, who died in
late November from a drug
overdose.
There was much to
take away from the tragic
story of Celeste’s battle with
heroin addiction, and you
can read more about it on
Page 4 in this week’s issue.
But what struck me the most
is how two split second moments
changed everything
for Celeste and her family.
The first came when a
drunk driver crashed into
Celeste’s car, severely injuring
her legs. The doctors
prescribed her Norco to help
her handle the pain from
the subsequent surgeries
and recovery. That is where
Celeste’s addiction began,
and she eventually started
using heroin.
The second was the moment
Celeste decided to
break her sobriety and use
for the first time in several
months, resulting in the
overdose that ultimately
took her life. This serves as
a somber warning that it truly
does only take one time
using a drug like heroin to
end a life. We have seen it
with famous people such as
Prince and Michael Jackson,
as well as our neighbors
right here in Will County. A
comment Sherri made really
stuck with me and I believe
is at the heart of the drug
problem: people are just not
scared of drugs.
Without fear of consequence,
the thinking is
likely “Well one time isn’t
going to kill me.” For future
NBA star Len Bias, all it
took was one. But even if
the first use isn’t fatal, each
time someone takes heroin
they’re playing a game of
roulette with their life, and
people like Celeste Roppo
are proof that eventually
everyone’s luck runs out.
Taking those two moments
in a vacuum and
looking at the consequences
is startling enough, but if
you consider what kind of
person Celeste was, the impact
of those brief moments
become even more stark.
Celeste was adored by most
everyone who knew her.
Her funeral services drew
in a crowd of 500 people on
one of the snowiest days of
the year. Nothing in the first
18 years of her life pointed
at all toward drug addiction,
but everything changed in a
moment.
We have all had moments
where we wonder “What if
this would have just gone
slightly different?” And
while it’s easy for the mind
to wander to that place, it’s
important not to dwell on
such questions. Instead,
we can learn from those
instances just how much
a seemingly insignificant
moment can alter our entire
lives forever.
There’s no changing the
past, but we can use our
knowledge of it to strive
for a better future. That is
exactly what Sherri plans
to do as she sets out to
help local people who are
struggling with addiction by
volunteering with the new
Will County Safe Passage
program. She has lived
through the devastating
effects of drug abuse, and
hopes that if people hear
Celeste’s story and how
it has affected the Roppo
family, she can prevent
someone else from being in
Celeste’s position.
I have often heard that
our lives are defined by just
a few moments. The only
problem is that we usually
don’t know which moments
those will be until after they
happen. So, my advice is
to never think this moment
won’t be the one that
defines your life.
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Taking the
plunge
Local teachers to
participate in Polar
Plunge for Special
Olympics Illinois,
Page 22
Carrying on
a legacy
Frankfort’s Sorriso
Ristorante is brand new
but rooted in Italian,
familial traditions,
Page 27
Kaitlyn Sedlacek,
a 12-year-old Oak
Prairie Junior
High School student,
will star in the
upcoming horror
film “Stalkers.”
Vin Rodriguez/
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Twelve-year-old Lockport
resident stars in ‘Stalkers’
horror film, Page 21

20 | February 23, 2017 | The Lockport Legend FAITH
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faith briefs
St. Dennis Church
(1214 S. Hamilton St., Lockport)
Financial Peace University
(FPU)
7-9 p.m. Thursdays in
February in Stalzer Room.
FPU is a nine week biblically
based class that teaches how
to handle money God’s way.
You learn practical steps to
get rid of debt, manage your
money, spend and save wisely.
Cost is $100; scholarships
available. Adults only. Call
Ed Ellis at (708) 528-8666
or partzguy1@comcast.net.
Weekend Worship
4:30 p.m. Saturdays
7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m. and
11 a.m. Sundays. All are
welcome.
Healing Prayer
Following weekend services,
4:30 p.m. Saturdays,
9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays.
All are welcome. Contact
Parish Secretary at secretary@saint-dennis.org
or
call (815) 838-2592 for more
information.
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
(15625 S Bell Road, Lockport)
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.
Sunday School. For more
information, call (708) 645-
0652.
THRIVE Church
(1605 Washington St, Lockport)
Sunday Service
10:15 a.m. coffee; 10:30
service meeting at Taft
School.
For more information
email info@encounterthrive.
com or call (608) 772-6806
Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church
(925 E. 9th St., Lockport)
Worship Services
5 p.m. Saturdays
9 a.m., 10:35 a.m. Sundays
Sunday School
10:35 a.m.
Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Wednesdays
6 p.m. Thursdays
Preschool Registration
Parents can call (815)
838-0708 to schedule an appointment
to visit the school
and meet the staff.
Weight Watchers
6-7 p.m. Tuesdays in the
church basement. Weigh-in
at 5:30 p.m.
Mexican Train Dominoes
9 a.m. Fridays
First Baptist Church of Lockport
(800 Thornton St., Lockport)
Sunday Services
9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship
Wednesday Night AWANA
Clubs
6:15-8 p.m. for children 3
years old through sixth grade
Angel Food House Food
Pantry
12:15-1 p.m. Sundays and
6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Open to the public.
First United Methodist Church of Lockport
(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)
Souper Soup Supper
4-7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25
in Yeoman Hall. A variety of
soups will be offered, along
with crackers, rolls, dessert,
and beverages. The cost is
$7 for adults, $3.50 for children
(3-12), under age 3 are
free. Carry-outs available.
The church is handicapped
accessible.
Sunday Worship
9 a.m. Sunday School
10:25 a.m. Worship
Circle of Love
9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle
of Love provides diapers,
feminine and incontinence
products to clients who are
qualified to use the local
FISH Food Pantry. For more
information, call (815) 838-
1017.
Communion
First Sunday of the month.
First Congregational United Church of
Christ
(700 E. 9th St., Lockport)
Chili Dump
5 p.m. Sunday, March 19
Greet & Meet over Treats
10:30 a.m. Sundays
Children’s Sunday Mornings
9:45 a.m. Second through
fourth Sundays. Stories with
Puppets.
Contemplative Evening
Worship
6:30 p.m. second and
fourth Wednesdays. Casual
blend of music & meditation
over scripture.
No Experience Necessary
Bible Intro
For times & dates call office
(815) 838-2091.
First Class Kids Preschool
Registration
To register children for
openings, call (815) 838-
8361
Dartball
7 p.m., first, third and
fourth Tuesdays of the
month.
Contemplative Worship
6:30 p.m., second and
forth Wednesday of the
month. Includes prayer,
scripture and music.
Worship
9:30 a.m. Sundays.
Communion
First Sunday of the month.
Treats and Talk
10:30 a.m. Sundays. Fellowship
time.
Voices
9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children’s
program which helps
them discover the Messiah
through stories, drama and
crafts.
Grace Baptist Church
(501 N. State St., Lockport)
Sunday Schedule
9:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10:45 a.m. Morning service;
6 p.m. Night service.
Cross Point Church of Lockport
(17530 W. Fox Hollow Drive, Lockport)
Sunday Service
10 a.m. For more information,
call (815) 838-9105.
Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church
(21514 W. Division St., Lockport)
Saturday Services
9:30 a.m. Sabbath school;
10:45 a.m. Worship Hour.
Prayer Meeting
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Attendees can share their
praise reports and prayer requests.
The call-in number
is (530) 881-1200. When
prompted enter the access
code: 761835 then the #
key. The prayer line is free,
and there is no additional
cost beyond regular phone
charges.
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
(312 E. 11th St., Lockport)
Holy Eucharist
8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays.
For more information,
call (815) 834-1168 or email
office@stjohns-lockport-il.
org.
Wednesday Services
9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Wednesdays.
12 Step Meetings
8 p.m. Mondays, 7 p.m.
and 11:59 p.m. Fridays.
Christ United Methodist Church
(224 Bruce Road, Lockport)
Holy Communion
First Sunday of the month.
For more information, email
pastorchristumclockport@
gmail.com.
Sunday Service
10:30 a.m. Sundays. For
more information, call (815)
726-1041.
Bible Study
10 a.m. Wednesdays.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
(1500 S. Briggs St., Lockport)
Divine Worship
5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 9
a.m. Sundays with Fellowship
to follow at 10 a.m. For
more information, call (815)
838-1832.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
(18101 W. Oak Ave., Lockport)
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10 a.m. Morning worship,
Nursery ministry (ages infant
to 4) and Youth church
(ages 5-12); 12 p.m. Adult
Bible Study. For more information,
contact (815) 774-
1016.
New Life Community Church
(14832 W. 163rd St., Lockport)
Sunday Service
5:30 p.m. Saturdays. For
more information, call (815)
838-1416.
Kids Zone Ministry
10 a.m. Sundays. Children
up to fifth grade can
participate in games, singing,
take part in interactive
Bible teaching and participate
in hands-on crafts.
Participants should arrive
5-10 minutes prior to the
service to sign children up
for the group. For more information,
call (815) 838-
1416.
Women’s Ministry
9:30 a.m. Fridays. Bible
study for women of all ages.
Prayer Meeting
10 a.m. Tuesdays. Participants
can study biblical
teaching of prayer and
spend time lifting up prayer
requests. For more information,
call the church at (815)
838-1416.
Have something for Faith
Briefs? Contact Assistant
Editor Erin Redmond at
e.redmond@22ndcentury
media.com or call (708) 326-
9170 ext. 15. Information is
due by noon Thursday one
week prior to publication.
In Memoriam
Carol D. Greminger
Carol D. Greminger (nee
Dahl), 75, of Lockport,
died Feb. 16. She was born
in Moorhead, Minnesota
and resided in Lockport
since 1964. She retired
from Morey Corporation
after many years of
dedicated service, was an
avid BINGO player and
enjoyed yard work. She is
survived by her children
Brian (Diane) Greminger
of Lockport and Susan
Greminger of Wilmington;
three grandchildren Melissa
(Matt) Reese, Ashley
Greminger and Caitlyn
Greminger; three greatgrandchildren
Samantha
and Dale Reese and
Nicolette Greminger; one
brother Bruce (Dee) Dahl
of Lockport and son-inlaw
Jerry Bowen. Per her
wishes, cremation rites have
been respectfully addressed.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email
e.redmond@22ndcentury
media.com with information
about a loved one who was a
part of the Lockport community.

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Oak Prairie student stars in horror film
‘Stalkers’ a chance
for Lockport resident
to advance young
acting career
Erin Redmond, Assistant Editor
In the dead of winter,
12-year-old Kaitlyn Sedlacek
found herself running for her
life. She searched desperately
for somewhere to hide
and hoped her frozen breathe
wouldn’t give her away.
The sun had barely risen
over the Brookfield woods,
doing little to warm the frigid
air as Kaitlyn dashed between
the trees in nothing more than
a sun dress and boots.
These are the sacrifices you
have to make when you’re an
actress.
“I was very, very cold,”
Sedlacek said. “I just
thought to myself ‘This is
going to be great; this is going
to be the best thing I’ve
ever done.’”
Sedlacek, a seventhgrader
at Oak Prairie Junior
High School, is starring in
the upcoming horror film
“Stalkers.” She plays the
role of Sara Holm, a girl
who lost her mother in a
tragic accident. Her and her
grief-stricken father move
soon after to a house her
mother left behind. But their
fresh start is quickly shaken
by unknown entities lurking
inside their walls and in the
surrounding woods.
As weird things start happening
to her, Sedlacek’s
character has a mental break
and she finds herself being
led down a dark path. Weird
things begin happening and
her character’s personality
changes.
“I’m excited to fall out of
the window and stab someone
in the foot,” Sedlacek said, but
not literally of course.
Kaitlyn Sedlacek (second from left) warms up in between filming scenes for Stalkers.
The preteen is also a talented
cheerleader, who opted
to do all her own stunts. And
while she has yet to film these
scenes, she is ready to put her
tumbling skills to the test.
It was actually because
of cheerleading that the
sandy-haired Lockport girl
got into acting. Her mother,
Donna, felt she needed to
something other than cheer,
and about a year-and-ahalf
ago signed her up for
a week-long acting camp.
Kaitlyn had zero interest
in acting at first but after a
week at the camp, she was
hooked.
“All she did was cheer,”
Donna said. “She was at the
gym seven days a week, so
I thought we needed to do
something else. I wasn’t
necessarily looking for acting,
I was just looking for
some other ideas for her to
do ... At the end of the week,
she ended up really enjoying
it and wanted to do a second
week and we did.”
Kaitlyn began going to
auditions, her first being for
a McDonald’s app ad — and
she bombed it. Donna and
Kaitlyn had no idea what to
expect and went in totally
unprepared. But despite
the rocky audition, she still
landed the role.
Kaitlyn has also been a
featured extra on “Chicago
PD,” as well as “Chicago
Fire,” “Empire” and “The
Exorcist.” She has also done
some modeling, but this is
the first feature-length production
she has been a part
of.
Having a lead role means
more preparation. Before
filming a scene, Kaitlyn said
she and her mom read the
script together and she tries to
imagine how it will play out.
“I will just try my hardest
to make it how the director
wants it,” she said.
“Stalkers” is still in production
with most of the
filming happening in the
Brookfield area. The production
company, GoSkyeProductions,
will host open
filming days where the public
can not only watch but be
cast as an extra, too. Visit its
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/goskyemovies
for
details.
As for Kaitlyn, in addition
to wrapping up filming for
“Stalkers,” she’ll also appear
in “The Dick Biondi Film,” a
documentary about Chicago
radio personality Dick Biondi.
Both are slated to be released
later this year. She said she
wants to continue acting to
see where her career will take
her and dreams of landing a
role on the Disney Channel.
But for now, Kaitlyn and
her family are just enjoying
the ride.
“I was just excited for her,
this is her first really big
thing that she got the lead
in,” Donna said. “She’s done
such a good job and worked
well with the director and
producer. I love seeing her
work and seeing what she
has learned and what she’s
able to do.”
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Kaitlyn Sedlacek (right), a 12-year-old Oak Prairie Junior
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Homer Jr. High staff
prepare for Polar Plunge
Homer Subzero
Heroes will take
a dip to support
Special Olympics
Megann Horstead
Freelance Reporter
Eighteen Homer Jr. High
staff members will look to
brave the icy waters in Leisure
Lake at Joliet’s Leisure
Lake Resort for Special
Olympics.
Dubbed as The Homer
Subzero Heroes, the team is
set to take a dip to support
the cause March 11.
Brittany Konsoer, a resource
teacher and team lead,
said she is thankful the group
is coming together to support
Special Olympics Illinois.
“It was just kind of on a
whim one Monday morning;
I was trying to recruit,” she
said. “I had quite a few who
were interested. We looked
around [for Polar Plunges],
[and] the closest one was in
Joliet. [I] kind of sent out
a link. It’s just the junior
high.”
The group is comprised
of a number of teachers and
support staff members, including
Brittany Konsoer,
Shannon Gentile, Allison
Connolly, Janina Giantomasso,
Alexis Hirsch, Nichole
Boyce, Tiffani Stark,
Erin Sagon, Diane Blaskey,
Kendra Michalik, Maxine
Pavlovich, Caroline Risum,
Kelly Kardas, Stephanie
Moore, Mary Kay Olendorf,
Amy Marzano, Sam Hoinacki
and Marisa Lopez.
Additionally, the group
is to be joined by a Homer
Jr. High School parent and
“It’s a personal cause. In some way,
shape or form, we all work with
students with special needs.”
Allison Connolly — eighth-grade language arts
teacher at Homer Jr. High, on why staff members
are participating in the Polar Plunge for Special
Olympics Illinois
friend of a staff member
to account for a total team
count of 20.
There are a number of
benefits are to support recreational
opportunities for students
with special needs, one
being that it gives each athlete
a chance to get involved.
Hirsch, a resource teacher,
said these experiences are
crucial for personal development.
“They’re growing physically
and socially,” she said.
“You can see them taking
risks. They’re doing their
best and [people] get to see
them shine.”
Connolly, an eighth-grade
language arts teacher, said it
is clear that supporting the
cause brings great meaning
to the team.
“It’s a personal cause,” she
said. “In some way, shape or
form, we all work with students
with special needs.”
Konsoer, noting that
Homer Jr. High teachers and
staff are working to lead by
example when it comes to
their students, said they believe
it is crucial to show
support and bring awareness
to differences.
Sagon, an eighth-grade
language arts teacher, shared
that sentiment.
“We’re also setting an example
for all our students to
get involved in the community,”
she said. “Involvement in
the community is important.”
March 11 will also serve
as a day of firsts for one faculty
member. That would
be Blaskey, a seventh-grade
math teacher at the school.
“This is my first time doing
the plunge,” she said.
“I’m excited, and I’ve heard
great things about it. I’m excited
to participate with my
colleagues.”
Like the rest of the group,
Blaskey is at work in the
weeks leading up to the Polar
Plunge trying to raise
money to support Special
Olympics.
Konsoer said the team is
hopeful their efforts will not
be for naught.
“Our goal was $5,000,”
she said. “Right now, we’re
at $4,400.65. We’re excited
to do something for Special
Olympics [Illinois]. We’re
excited to do it together. We
don’t necessarily work together
everyday; we’re all
coming together.”
The Homer Subzero Heroes
are accepting donations.
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Ludwig turns into campground for inaugural Literacy Night
Approximately 30
families improve
reading skills
through activities
Erin Redmond, Assistant Editor
Ludwig Elementary
School hosted its inaugural
Literacy Night Thursday,
Feb. 16, transforming into a
campground to fit its theme
of “Camp Read A Lot.”
Around 30 families turned
out for the event, which covered
an array of literacy topics
from vocabulary to comprehension
and even reading
on ebooks. Attendees rotated
through six different classrooms
where they received
15-minute presentations
on the different topics. The
students had a customized
schedule of events as they
chose their areas of interest
in advance.
“I love the idea that we
give the families choice of
where they would like to go
in advance,” Ludwig Principal
Lisa Lyke said. “I think
giving them choice, they’re
going to be more engaged
in that session because it’s
something they were interested
in.”
Fifth-grader Hailey Rak
was attending the event with
her father, Bill, and brother,
Corey, who is a third-grade
student at Reed School.
While Bill admitted he and
his son do not read “often
enough,” Hailey said she is
an avid reader of mostly fiction
and fantasy books.
The Raks have attended
several other events at Ludwig,
with the highlight for
Hailey being the Book Fair.
So when she heard about
Literacy Night, she made it
a priority to attend.
“I wanted to do the reading
Literacy Night here because
it sounded like a lot of
fun; it’s a camp theme,” she
said. “I’m looking forward
Fifth-grader Logan Thompson reads a book during Literacy
Night.
Debbie Kempa and her daughter, Jordyn, a fourth-grader at
the school, read together in front of the campfire.
Ludwig Elementary School teacher Jessica Knobbe (middle) helps third-grader Corey
Rak play a game called “Rock N’ Roll Vocabulary” with his sister, Hailey, a fifth-grader
and father, Bill, during Literacy Night Thursday, Feb. 16, at the school. Photos by Erin
Redmond/22nd Century Media
Parents and students gather around a campfire made of tissue paper at the inaugural event.
to the Kahoot comprehension.
It’s a lot of fun; We do
it class.”
Kahoot is an interactive,
multiple choice game which
students play on their iPads.
The objective is to see who
can answer the questions the
quickest, and some of the
students were answering so
quickly during the presentation
that even the parents
were struggling to keep up.
Literacy Night also featured
a “campfire” read,
where students and their
families sat around a campfire
made of brightly colored
tissue paper and read to
one another. Debbie Kempa
and her daughter, Jordyn, a
fourth-grader at the school,
were among those to cozy
up next to the fire with some
books and enjoy a quiet
15-minute reading session.
“[Jordyn] wanted to come.
She likes to come to these
nights out at Ludwig,” Debbie
said. “I [read] and her
sister does, too. She tries [to
read more], and that’s exactly
why we’re here. We want
to kick up the interest in it.”
Parents received a taste
of the activities their children
participate in at school.
Ludwig teacher Jessica
Knobbe introduced families
to a game called “Rock
N’ Roll Vocabulary,” which
is played by rolling a die,
drawing a random vocabulary
word and then having
the players’ table mates
guess the word by either acting
it out, drawing it or by
saying its antonym.
White Oak Library’s
Lockport Branch also had
staff in attendance to sign
students up for library cards
and introduce students to
graphic novels.
Overall, Lyke said the
night went well and wants
to make it an annual event.
She believes that through
word-of-mouth, even more
families will turn out to participate
next year.
“I think [literacy is] very
important,” the principal
said. “Of course reading
goes across every subject
area, including math. The
better readers they are, the
more successful they’re going
to be in all academic areas.
I also feel like the night
is focused on parents learning
some strategies that they
can take home to work with
their kids on to become better
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American Legion
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receives medical
emergency training
Submitted by American
Legion Post 18
John Olson American Legion
Post 18 member and
Lieutenant of the Bolingbrook
Fire Department Frank
DiGiovanni held a medical
emergency training session
for staff of the post Feb. 11.
DiGiovanni, along with
certified American Heart
Association CPR instructor
Dave Proffitt, instructed
the American Legion Post
18 staff members in how
to properly perform CPR
and the Heimlich maneuver
as well how to use an
automatic external defibrillator.
“The Lockport American
Legion post 18 provides
a place for so many
organizations so they may
have meetings or do what they
need to do to be successful,”
DiGiovanni said, noting
organizations such as the
Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts
often use the post. “With the
number of people that visit
the Legion on a day to day
basis, I thought it would be
good to have all the staff
trained. ...
“A medical emergency
can be traumatizing to
someone that has never witnessed
it before but should
it happen at the Lockport
American Legion Post 18,
the staff [have] the confidence
and training to give
someone a better chance of
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RIGHT: Vikki Meyers practices
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LTHS Orchesis Club to
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Submitted by Lockport
Township High School
Lockport Township High
School District 205’s Orchesis
Dance Club will
present Danceworks 2017
on Wednesday, March 1,
and Thursday, March 2, at 7
p.m. at the East Campus auditorium,
1333 E. 7th St. in
Lockport.
Tickets are $5 each and
will be sold at the door both
evenings.
Original choreography
will be performed in the
styles of lyrical, contemporary,
jazz, hip-hop, Caribbean,
Latin, and pointe.
Danceworks also will feature
a contemporary dance
choreographed by Orchesis
alumna Becca Dankovich
and performed by several
members.
The artists will perform
under the direction of Diane
Sniegowski and assistant director
Michelle Cannon.
Will County Sheriffs pose for a photo with Schilling School
kindergarteners Feb. 14 after the students presented them
with thank you cards. Photos submitted
Kindergartners
show heart on
Valentine’s Day
Students write
thank you notes to
Will County sheriff’s
deputies
Submitted by Homer 33C
Schilling School kindergartners
showed the Will
County Sheriff’s Office a
little kindness this week,
creating thank you cards for
the local heroes.
The students proudly
presented their cards to
three officers who stopped
by the school on Valentine’s
Day.
It was all part of the
school’s Random Acts of
Kindness Week — a reminder
for students to “put
a little love in their hearts.”
Each day, students
were encouraged to do
something special such as:
smiling and saying hello to
someone in passing, letting
someone go ahead of them
on the playground, and
writing a thank you note
to an adult who has helped
them.
Kindergartners in Michele
Lane’s class decided
to direct their thank
you notes to the Will
County Sheriff’s Department.
They were warmly accepted
by the officers (Lt.
Holuj, Sgt. Roberts and
Deputy Lane), who stayed
long enough to read a
story to the kindergartners
and pose for a group
photo.

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The Dish
Sorriso stirs storied family history with classics
Kirsten Onsgard
Contributing Editor
Lynette Mertens grew up
in the kitchen — or rather,
four kitchens.
Her father is Artie Greco,
the namesake behind the several
incarnations of Italian
restaurants, including Greco’s
in Evergreen Park and
Artie G’s in Palos Park and
later River North the mid-
1970s and 1980s.
As a teen, she bussed tables
and worked her way up
to the kitchen, where 22 Grecos
crossed paths and local
entertainers strolled through
the door.
It was all-hands-on-deck
— her siblings bartending,
waiting tables, hosting and
cooking. She watched and
learned from her mother, who
never wrote down recipes but
shared her tips through observation.
“Every one of the Grecos
— you just watch and you
learn and you pick it up,”
Mertens said. “Loving food
the way we all do, you just
did it.”
Greco later opened the
first Sorriso on Clark Street
downtown in the 1990s before
he died, hiring Miguel
Ayala as head chef. Sorriso
means “to smile” in Italian,
and Artie was always smiling,
Mertens said.
Those 40-plus years are
baked into the history — and
lasagna, eggplant Parmesan
and veal — of the new Sorriso
Ristorante. Mertens and
her husband, Jim, opened the
restaurant Feb. 9 in Frankfort.
“It’s something that I
love,” she said. “I love people;
I love food.”
From the exposed brick
walls to the Frank Sinatra
soundtrack and big-portion
meals, Sorriso is classic Italian.
The favorite dishes of
The 12-ounce New York Strip steak ($22.95) is topped with a
light veal demi-glaze, grilled and served with garlic mashed
potatoes, shown here, or a baked potato.
Mertens read like a short list
of menu staples.
“The traditional stuff is
what it is,” Mertens said.
“There’s no getting away from
that. You can’t change it.”
Today, Mertens enjoys
cooking in her own home.
While she still pitches in prep
work, she leaves the work on
the “firing line” of her restaurant
to head chef Ayala — a
carryover from her father’s
original Sorriso days. She
credits Ayala with tweaking,
twisting and perfecting their
old-school style.
The menu is peppered
with staples such as the lasagna
($16.95), piled layershigh
with ricotta, Parmesan
and a slathering of mozzarella,
then baked with a
homemade marinara or meat
sauce. Side options are Italian
sausage or a 6-ounce
meatball the size of two fists,
made from a blend of ground
beef and pork, with Parmesan
and parsley.
The pounded veal Parmigiana
$22.95) — which
Mertens admits is one of her
favorites — features courseground
and seasoned breadcrumbs,
made with garlic
juice, Parmesan and parsley.
The breadcrumbs also top the
clams.
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9500 W. Lincoln
Highway in Frankfort
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Tuesday-Thursday
• 3-10 p.m. Friday and
Saturday
• Closed Monday
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com
Phone: (815) 534-5074
Seafood includes the
classic shrimp Fra Diavolo
($20.95), which swims in a
devilishly spicy red sauce
alongside linguini. That portion
of the menu also features
tilapia ($18.95) and ovenbaked
salmon ($21.95).
Lighter dishes are just as
homey, such as a tri-color
caprese salad ($7.95) marked
by Roma or heirloom tomatoes
and sliced mozzarella,
topped with a drizzle of balsamic
vinegar. One soup selection
rotates daily, but pasta
fagioli ($2.95) is a regular.
Entrée prices range from
$12.95 for simpler pasta meals
to $32 for three, 3-ounce filets,
with most Italian classics
priced around $15.
Sorriso also has a full bar,
Sorriso Ristorante’s three-cheese lasagna ($16.95) sticks to the classics, with layers of
ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. It is served with either a 6-ounce meatball or
Italian sausage. Photos by Kirsten Onsgard/22nd Century Media
Other Italian classics include the eggplant Parmesan ($15.95), layered with a three-cheese
blend and served with penne pasta.
wine list and four beer taps,
one of which is dedicated to
a hyperlocal craft brews from
the southwest suburbs.
The response she and her
husband of 30 years have
seen so far was described by
couple as “overwhelming.”
“We didn’t expect the turnout
we got when we opened
up,” Jim said. “Every day
has been just tremendous.
It’s been busy, busy all the
time.”
Some of those guests have
been familiar faces, drawn
not only by the Greco namesake
but also the food.
“Old friends, old customers,”
Lynette said. “They’ve
come all the way from
downtown.”
Seeing those people and
carrying on the Italian classics
is something Lynette
said she truly loves.
“I tend to gravitate to
where my dad was: loving
people, seeing them enjoy
the food, walking out with
a smile on their face and
saying, ‘Hey, see you next
time,’” Mertens said.

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The Outpost Pub & Grill
(14929 Archer Ave.,
Lockport; (815) 836-8893)
■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays: Live DJ and
Karaoke
Strike N Spare II
(811 Northern Drive,
Lockport; (708) 301-1477)
■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m.
Mondays: Quartermania
■Fridays: ■ Live bands
HOMER GLEN
Mullets Sports Bar and
ORLAND PARK
Papa Joe’s
(14459 S. LaGrange Road,
Orland Park; (708) 403-
9099)
■5-9 ■ p.m. Thursdays:
Gene Infelise and Francesca
■6-10 ■ p.m. Fridays: The
keyboard stylings of
Roger Pampel
Tinley PARK
Ed & Joe’s Restaurant &
Pizzeria
(17332 S. Oak Park Ave.,
Tinley Park; (708) 532-
3051)
■7:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:
Team Trivia
MOKENA
The Alley Grill and Tap
House
(18700 S. Old LaGrange
Road, Mokena; (708) 478-
3610)
■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:
Karaoke
NEW LENOX
Little Joe’s Restaurant
(1300 N. Cedar Road, New
Lenox; (815) 463-1099)
■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Piano
Styles by Joe
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Local dance studio performs
concert at Lemont High School
Submitted by Wings Dance
Studio
Homer 33C students explore the obstacle course that was made to represent the inner
workings of the human heart. Photos submitted
Students get hearts pumping
with heart obstacle course
Submitted by Homer 33C
Students learned about the
heart last week as they run,
jump and scoot through an
obstacle course at Goodings
Grove and Schilling schools.
For two days, the physical
education teachers at
Goodings Grove School and
Schilling School convert
the gymnasiums into giant
obstacle courses, using
ropes, chutes and hurdles to
create a series of twists and
turns that represent the inner
workings of the human
heart.
Students look forward to
the obstacle course every
year, scooting through the
right atrium, tricuspid valve
and right ventricle on scooters
and producing more oxygen
by performing rocket
jumps, scissor jumps and
jumping jacks.
They completed the
course by exiting through
Teachers use the activity to promote heart health during
American Heart Month.
the aorta and landing in the
brain and muscles. Among
those who help create the
obstacle courses each year
are physical education teachers
Nathan Keasler and Tammie
Ebel at Goodings Grove
School and Melody Johnson
and Eric Tengstrand at Schilling
School.
The teachers use the activity
to promote heart health
during American Heart
Month.
Wings Dance Studio hosted
its third annual Concert
at the Performing Art Center
at Lemont High School
on Feb. 17. There were 31
dancers from four surrounding
towns who performed in
the concert, One Tribe.
These pieces that were
showcased were all the dances
the studio will be competing
with this season. The dancers
ranged from 7-16 years old.
The concert not only presented
pieces choreographed
by the studio’s professional
staff, but there were also
student choreographers debuting
their pieces as well.
They have done everything
from costumes to music to
even choosing their cast.
Wings Dance Studio was
founded by Shannon Labus
7 years ago with this being
the sixth year for the competitive
dance team.
100+ Women who Care of Will County
donates $2,400 to Morningstar Mission
Submitted by the 100+
Women Who Care of Will
County
The 100+ Women Who
Care of Will County presented
Morningstar Mission
with a $2,400 check during
its quarterly meeting Tuesday,
Feb. 14 at Embers Tap House,
933 S. State St., Lockport.
The organization presented
Morningstar Mission’s Assistant
Executive Director
Sandi Perzee with the check.
Morningstar Mission helps
serve those in need in Will
County by “providing food
for the hungry, clothing for
the needy, shelter for the
homeless,” according to its
website.
Morningstar Mission’s
East Side Cafe serves three
meals a day Monday through
Saturday and two on Sunday.
These meals costs $2.05, so
the donation will provide approximately
1,170 meals for
the guests who visit the cafe.
Wings Dance Studio recently hosted its third annual concert
at Lemont High School. Photo submitted
The 100+ Women Who Care of Will County present Morningstar
Mission’s Assistant Executive Director Sandi
Perzee with a $2,400 check during their quarterly meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Embers Tap House, 933 S. State St.,
Lockport. PHOTO Submitted
The 100+ Women Who
Care of Will County meet
four times a year to nominate,
vote and ultimately select
one charity to support. Once
selected, the members write
a $100 check on the spot to
that charity in effort to make
an “immediate and positive
impact” on the community.
All charities must be located
in and serve Will Country as
well as have 501(c)(3) status.
Morningstar Missions is
the seventh recipient of donations
from the organization.
In the past, it has also donated
to CASA of Will County,
KidzPlay and Northern Will
County Special Recreation
Association.
The 100+ Women Who
Care of Will County will
meet again April 11th. For
more information, visit
www.100wwc-will.org or
contact Maribeth Carlson at
Maribeth@100wwc-will.org.

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Distinctive Home Builders
continues to add high quality
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landscape at Prairie Trails; its
latest new home community,
located within the highly-regarded
Lincoln-Way School
District. Many families are
happy to call Prairie Trails
home and are pleased that
Distinctive is able to deliver a
new home with zero punch list
items in 90 days. Before closing,
each home undergoes an
industry-leading checklist that
ensures each home measures
up to the firm’s high quality
standards.
“Actually our last average
was 81 working days from excavation
to receiving a home
occupancy permit - without
sacrificing quality,” said Bryan
Nooner, president of Distinctive
Home Builders. “Everyone
at the company works
extremely hard to continually
achieve this delivery goal for
our homeowners. Our three
decades building homes provides
this efficient construction
system. Many of our
skilled craftsmen have been
working with our company for
Recently closed Prairie Trails Arbor Model
over 20 years. We also take
pride on having excellent communicators
throughout our
organization. This translates
into a positive buying and
building experience for our
homeowners and one of the
highest referral rates in the industry
for Distinctive.”
In all, buyers can select
from 13 ranch, split-level and
six two-story single-family
home styles; each offering
three to eight different exterior
elevations. The three- to
four-bedroom homes feature
two to two-and-one-half
baths, two- to three-car garages
and a family room, all in
approximately 1,600 to over
3,000 square feet of living
space. Basements are included
in most models as well. Distinctive
also encourages customization
to make your new
home truly personalized to
suit your lifestyle.
Oversize home sites; brick
exteriors on all four sides of
the first floor; custom maple
cabinets; ceramic tile or hardwood
floors in the kitchen,
baths and foyer; genuine wood
trim and doors; granite countertops
and concrete driveways
can all be yours at Prairie
Trails. All home sites at Prairie
Trails can accommodate a
three-car garage; a very important
amenity to the Manhattan
homebuyer, according
to Nooner.
“When we opened Prairie
Trails we wanted to provide
the best new home value for
the dollar and we feel with
offering Premium Standard
Features that we do just that.
So why wait? This is truly the
best time to build your dream
home!”
Distinctive offers custom
maple kitchen cabinets featuring
solid wood construction
(no particle board), have solid
wood drawers with dove tail
joints, which is very rare in the
marketplace. “When you buy
a new home from Distinctive,
you truly are receiving custom
made cabinets in every home
we sell no matter what the
price range,” noted Nooner.
Nooner added that all
homes are highly energy efficient.
Every home built will
have upgraded wall and ceiling
insulation values with
Recently closed Prairie Trails Arbor Model
energy efficient windows and
high efficiency furnaces. Before
homeowners move into
their new home, Distinctive
Home Builders conducts a
blower door test that pressurizes
the home to ensure that
each home passes a set of very
stringent Energy Efficiency
guidelines.
Typically a wide variety of
homes are available to tour
that include ranch and twostory
homes.
Distinctive is also offering
a brand new home, the
Stonegrove, a 3,000 square
foot open concept home with a
split foyer entry, formal living
and dining rooms, a two-story
great room, four bedrooms
and an upstairs laundry room.
Distinctive also offers Appbased
technology allowing its
homeowners to be updated
on the progress of their new
home 24 hours a day, seven
days a week at the touch of a
button.
Prairie Trails is also a beautiful
place to live featuring a
20-acre lake on site, as well
as direct access to the 22-mile
Wauponsee Glacial Prairie
Path that borders the community
and meanders through
many neighboring communities
and links to many other
popular trails. The Manhattan
Metra station is also nearby.
Besides Prairie Trails, Distinctive
Home Builders has
built hundreds of homes
throughout Manhattan in the
Butternut Ridge and Leighlinbridge
developments, as well
as thousands in the Will and
south Cook county areas over
the past 30 years.
Visit the on-site sales information
center for unadvertised
specials and view the numerous
styles of homes being
offered and the available lots.
Call (708) 737-9142 for more
information or visit us online
at www.distinctivehomebuilders.com.
The Prairie Trails
new home information center
is located three miles south
of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 52. The
address is 16233 Pinto Lane,
Manhattan, IL, 60422. Open
Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed Wednesday and Thursday
and always available by
appointment. Specials, prices,
specifications, standard features,
model offerings, build
times and lot availability are
subject to change without notice.
Please contact a Distinctive
representative for current
pricing and complete details.

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Village Seeks Seasonal Maintenance Workers
The Village of Homer Glen is seeking to fill
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position requires physical labor and will assist in
maintaining the grounds of public property.
Applicants must be 18 yrs. of age, have a H.S. diploma or
GED and possess a valid driver’s license. Pay rate is $10
per hr for approx. 40 hrs. per week from late March to
October. Selected candidates will be required to pass a
criminal background check, medical physical and
drug screen.
Interested candidates must complete the job application
found on the Village’s website www.homerglenil.org
Completed applications can be e-mailed to Heather
Kokodynsky at hkokodynsky@homerglenil.org or
mailed to Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather
Kokodynsky, 14240 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL
60491. Applications are due Wednesday, March 15.
P/T Front Office
Cashier/Credit Dept
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join our team. Will train
right person. Must have
good customer service and
computer skills. Cash
handling skills pref. Must
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flex. evening hrs & wknds.
You will process
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Orland Park, IL 60462
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Duvan Dr, Tinley Park
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Help
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up to 35 hours / week
Kirsch Millwork is looking
for a motivated F/T Office
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require assisting in the
management of A/P &
A/R, as well as data entry
and other office tasks.
Basic MS Word & Excel
skills required. Interested
candidates can send
resume to:
admin@kirschmillwork.com
or fax to 815-469-4768.
Busy Family Practice office
located in Mokena seeking
friendly part-time medical
assistant, LPN or nurse.
Approx. 20/week Thursday
afternoon-evening and Friday
daytime. There is also
opportunity to cover
reception and medical
records/filing. Fax resume to
708-479-8214 or Lynda at
lyschiappa@gmail.com
1003 Help
Wanted
P/T Church Custodian
Gen. housekeeping, supply
ordering & basic
maintenance. HS
diploma/GED w/ 3 yrs
exp. 22 hrs/wk: Mon, Wed,
Fri, Sat & Sun. $12-15/hr
based on exp. Email
careers@faithumcop.org
LAWN TECHNICIAN
Professional company
located in Frankfort
looking for reliable
individual to apply dry
fertilizer. Experience a
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For interview call:
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HVAC company looking
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Refrigeration & food
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experience a must. Please
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Oh most Beautiful Flower
of Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine,
splendor of heaven, blessed
mother of the Son of God,
Immaculate Virgin, Assist
me in this my neccessity, oh
star of the sea help me and
show me herein you are my
mother. Oh holy Mary,
Mother of God, Queen of
Heaven and Earth, I humbly
beeseach you from the bottom
ofmyheart to succor
me in my necessity (make
request) there are none that
can withstand your power,
oh Mary conceived without
sin, pray for us who have
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Mary, Iplace this cause in
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Oh, Holy StJude, Apostle &
Martyr, great in virtue and rich
in miracle, near kinsman of Jesus
Christ, faithful intercessor
of all who invoke your special
patronage in time ofneed. To
you Ihave recourse from the
depth of my heart and humbly
beg to whom God has given
such great power to come to
my assistance. Help me in my
present and urgent petition, In
return, I promise to make your
name known and cause you to
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three Hail Marys and
glories for nine consecutive
days. Publications must be
promised. St. Jude pray for us
all who invoke your aid.
Amen. This Novena has never
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2701 Property for
Sale
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE of 917 Sherwood Court,
LOCKPORT, IL 60441 (SINGLE
FAMILY). On the 2nd day of
March, 2017 to be held at 12:00
noon, at the Will County Courthouse
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under
Case Title: Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. Plaintiff V. ALLAN J.
LILLY; SUSAN R.
KOPECKY-LILLY A/K/A SU-
SAN R. LILLY; Defendant.
Case No. 16CH 1173 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial
Circuit, Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours;
plus, for residential real estate, a
statutory judicial sale fee calculated
at the rate of $1 for each
$1,000 or fraction thereof of the
amount paid bythe purchaser to
the person conducting the sale, not
to exceed $300, for deposit into the
Abandoned Residential Property
Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial
sale 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 inand to the residential
real estate arose prior to the
sale. All payments shall be made in
cash or certified funds payable to
the Sheriff of Will County.
In the event the property is acon-
dominium, in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains acourt order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
For Information Please Contact:
SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND AS-
SOCIATES, LLC.
2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301
Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
P: 847-770-4348
F: 847-291-3434
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
2702 Public
Notices
Certificate No. 31338 was filed in
the office of the County Clerk of
Will on February 9, 2017 wherein
the business name of Water’s
Edge Proofreading located at 629
Iola Ave, Romeoville, IL 60446 is
registered and a certificate notice
setting forth the following:
Cathleen Gillis, 629 Iola Ave, Romeoville,
IL 60446 847-254-2991
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ihave
hereunto set my hand and Official
Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,
this 9th day of February, 2017
Nancy Schultz Voots
Will County Clerk
2703 Legal
Notices
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR
DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-
TICES ACT YOU ARE AD-
VISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM
IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL )
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIR-
CUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff,
vs.
ALLAN J. LILLY; SUSAN R.
KOPECKY-LILLY A/K/A SU-
SAN R. LILLY;
Defendant.
No. 16 CH 1173
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that
pursuant to ajudgment entered in
the above cause on the 10th day of
November, 2016, MIKE KELLEY,
Sheriff of Will County, Illinois,
will on Thursday, the 2nd day of
March, 2017 , commencing at
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,
IL 60432, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder orbidders
the following-described real
estate:
LOT 157 IN ABBEY GLEN ES-
TATES UNIT 3,BEING A SUB-
DIVISION IN THE NORTHEAST
1/4 OFSECTION 13, TOWNSHIP
36 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO
THE PLAT THEREOF RE-
CORDED AUGUST 11, 1995 AS
DOCUMENT NO. R95-058024,
IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
917 Sherwood Court, LOCK-
PORT, IL 60441
Description of Improvements:
SINGLE FAMILY
P.I.N.:
11-04-13-203-005-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%)
at the time of sale and the balance
within twenty-four (24) hours;
plus, for residential real estate, a
2703 Legal
Notices
statutory judicial sale fee calculated
at the rate of $1 for each
$1,000 or fraction thereof of the
amount paid bythe purchaser to
the person conducting the sale, not
to exceed $300, for deposit into the
Abandoned Residential Property
Municipality Relief Fund. Nojudicial
sale 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 inand to the residential
real estate arose prior to the
sale. All payments shall be made in
cash or certified funds payable to
the Sheriff of Will County.
In the event the property is a condominium,
in accordance with 735
ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and
(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and
765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are
hereby notified that the purchaser
of the unit, other than amortgagee,
shall pay the assessments and legal
fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and
the assessments required bysubsection
(g-1) of Section 18.5 of the
Illinois Condominium Property
Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03
(J) ifthere is asurplus following
application of the proceeds of sale,
then the plaintiff shall send written
notice pursuant to 735 ILCS
5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the
proceeding advising them of the
amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty
obtains a court order for its distribution
or, in the absence of an order,
until the surplus is forfeited to
the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND AS-
SOCIATES, LLC.
2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301
Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
P: 847-770-4348
F: 847-291-3434
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS
QUICKEN LOANS INC.,
PLAINTIFF
vs.
CHRISTOPHER R. CORRELL; ARROW-
HEAD SOUTH TOWNHOME ASSOCIA-
TION;
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD
CLAIMANTS,
DEFENDANTS
16 CH 1540
PUBLICATION NOTICE
The requisite affidavit for publication having
been filed, notice is hereby given to you,
CHRISTOPHER R. CORRELL; and UN-
KNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD
CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled
suit, that the said suit has been commenced
in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial
Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff
against you and other defendants, praying
for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying
the premises described as follows to
wit:
PARCEL 1: THE EAST 26.60 FEET OF THE
WEST 56.60 FEET OF THAT PART OF LOT
17 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOL-
LOWS: COMMENCING ATTHE SOUTH-
WEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 17;
THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 02 MIN-
UTES 14 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE
WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 17, A
DISTANCE OF 15.95 FEET; THENCE
SO 89 G S S46S C
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;
SOUTH 89 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 46 SEC-
ONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 22.69 FEET
TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE
NORTH 00 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 14
SECONDS EAST 75.00 FEET; THENCE
SOUTH 89 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 46 SEC-
ONDS EAST 139.52 FEET; THENCE
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 14 SEC-
ONDS WEST 75.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH
89 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 46 SECONDS
WEST 139.52 FEET TO THE HEREIN DES-
IGNATED POINT OF BEGINNING, INAR-
ROWHEAD SOUTH TOWNHOMES UNIT
2, BEING ARESUBDIVISION OF PART OF
LOTS 4 AND 5 IN
BROKEN ARROW, BEING A SUBDIVI-
SION OF PART OFSECTION 30, TOWN-
SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-
CORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF RE-
CORDED JUNE 3, 1999 AS DOCUMENT
NUMBER R99-69602 AND AFFIDAVIT
AND CERTIFICATE OFCORRECTION RE-
CORDED MAY 23, 2000, AS DOCUMENT
NUMBER R2000-54311, ALL IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 2: EASEMENT FOR THE BENE-
FIT OF PARCEL 1 FOR INGRESS AND
EGRESS AS SET FORTH IN THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARA-
TION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUM-
BER R98-140179 OVER COMMUNITY
AREA.
COMMON ADDRESS: 16024 Tiger Drive,
Lockport, IL 60441
P.I.N.: 16-05-30-412-035
and which said mortgage was signed by
CHRISTOPHER R.CORRELL, mortgagor, to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., as
Mortgagee, and recorded inthe Office of the
Recorder ofDeeds of Will County asDocument
No. R2013043587; and for such other relief
prayed; that summons was duly issued out
of the Circuit Court of Will County against you
as provided by law, and that the said suit is
now pending.
YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE
YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS
DOCUMENT.
By order ofthe Chief Judge of the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case
is set for Mandatory Mediation on March 16,
2017 at 1:30 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd
Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa
Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative
will be present along with acourt appointed
mediator todiscuss options that you
may have and to pre-screen you for a potential
mortgage modification. For further information
on the mediation process, please see the attached
NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIA-
TION.
YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIA-
TION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO
MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE.
NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said
above defendants, file your answer to the Complaint
insaid suit orotherwise make your appearance
therein, inthe Office of the Clerk of
this Court in Will County at Will County Court
House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL
60432 on or before the March 27, 2017, default
may be entered against you at any time after
that day and ajudgment entered in accordance
with the prayer of said complaint.
Circuit Clerk
Andrea Chasteen
14 West Jefferson Street
Joliet, Illinois 60432-4399
Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC
230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Email: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com
Ph. 312-541-9710 / Fax 312-541-9711
JB&A # IL 16 3987
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Grace Karraker
Grace Karraker is a senior
at Lockport Township High
School.
How did you start
bowling?
I started bowling in a
league on Thursdays at
Strike and Spare with some
of my friends. Ever since,
it just clicked that this was
for me. It was going into my
freshman year.
What do you like about
it?
I like the anticipation
it gives me, and it makes
feel good when my parents
watch me. I just love seeing
the smiles on their face when
I’m doing good.
What is your favorite
moment from your time
with the Porters?
Winning state my sophomore
year. That was one of
the greatest feelings that I’ve
ever experienced.
Your team has been on
a roll this year, too.
What makes this year’s
team so special?
We have our own special
bonds with each other.
We all work so hard, and
we all have one goal: to win
state.
What are your prematch
rituals?
When I’m on the bus
with my best friend on the
team, Paige [Reiter], we always
turn on music to get us
hyped up.
What are your plans for
after graduation?
I’m planning on attending
University of St. Francis and
then going for my teaching
degree.
What is your favorite
subject in school?
I’m in ceramics right now,
and I love it. I love doing
hands-on things.
If you could have any
superpower, what
would you choose?
Erin Redmond/22nd Century Media
I think I’d be able to transport
myself. I have such a
busy schedule; that’d be
helpful.
Who is your favorite
cartoon character?
Scooby Doo, I always
watched that when I was
little.
Do you have a role
model?
Probably my mom [Michelle].
She’s always been
there for me and has cheered
me on.
Interview by Assistant Editor
Erin Redmond
This Week In...
Lockport Township High School Varsity
Athletics
wrestling
From Page 46
had a pretty bad injury, and
they kind of told me football’s
a no-go and wrestling’s
probably a no-go,
too.”
Dudeck adjusted his goals
after the setback, not knowing
if his body would hold
up or how the injury would
affect him over the course of
the season.
“My goal after last season
was to make it to the state finals,
but I knew that was going
to be hard, so I had to set
different goals, but one was
to be a state qualifier again.
I improved myself from last
year, and that’s all I can ask
for.”
Andrew’s Precin topped
Jacob Dado of Marist 5-3
to finish third at 120 pounds
and medal at state for the
second time. He placed
fourth at 106 as a freshman
while wrestling for Sandburg
in 2015 and missed
most of last year after sustaining
a broken nose.
While he had his eyes on
bowling
From Page 45
at the midday break, but
were still 320 pins behind
the Huskies at that point.
Lockport, however, made up
250 pins in the afternoon of
the opening day — including
a high of 1,097 in the fifth
game, to move up to second
— 70 pins out of first.
On day two, Lockport
opened with scores of 1,075
and 1,060 to take the lead
by 83 pins with four games
to go. Harlem, however, retook
the lead for good with
a 1,069 in Game 3 while
the Porters rolled a 975.
The Huskies (1,015, 1038)
a state title, he took satisfaction
in rebounding from
a loss in the semifinals and
winning his last two matches.
“I was thinking keep your
composure, keep wrestling,
don’t give anything up,” he
said.
O’Connor, of Lockport,
capped off one of the greatest
prep careers in Illinois
wrestling history by defeating
Providence’s Smith
20-7 to take the title at 152
pounds. O’Connor became
the 15th wrestler to win four
IHSA state championships,
and he joined Albert White
as the second St. Rita wrestler
to accomplish the feat.
“It’s definitely the most
meaningful state championship
I’ve won, with all my
friends, family and coaches
here to support me,”
O’Connor said moments
after his historic victory.
“It was real exciting being
able to compete in front of
all my fans tonight. I don’t
think it’s fully hit me yet. I
just stepped off the mat and
haven’t even seen my family
yet.”
increased the advantage to
55 pins after five games as
Lockport bowled 998 and
1,011 in Games 4 and 5.
The door was open in
Game 6 as Harlem struggled
to a 913. The Porters
were in contention up until
the final frame or two, but
finished with a 930 score to
only make up 17 pins.
“We didn’t hit on all cylinders,
but that happens
here,” Cwudzinski said.
“The girls fought back from
a tough spot of 320 pins
down to take the lead. Then
they fought until the 10th
frame in the final game.
They have never given up
and this was no different.
“They proved that we’re
Boys Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 25 host Lockport Invitational, 10 a.m.
Girls Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 25 host Lockport Invitational, 9 a.m.
Considering O’Connor’s
dominance – he pinned two
opponents and beat another
by technical fall to advance
to the title match – the Celtics’
Smith acquitted himself
honorably and even scored
a rare takedown of the fourtime
champ.
“He was wrestling me
pretty tough,” O’Connor
said of Smith. “I knew I
was in a good position, and
I wanted to stay in a good
position and make sure I
didn’t give anything dumb
up, get caught in a throw or
anything. I definitely felt I
played it smart. Usually, I’m
not used to doing that. I usually
like to open it up, but I
definitely wanted secure this
‘W’ because it was definitely
meaningful.”
O’Connor said he knew
he was never in trouble in
the match but acknowledged
he was not happy Smith
took him down.
“I was a little mad,”
he said. “I don’t want the
matches to be close, and him
getting that takedown definitely
made it a little closer
than I would have liked.”
a great team and we set
numerous school records.
But this is the end of an era
[with the seniors].”
Ackerson agreed with her
coach.
“I’ll just remember how
close we were and how we
came together,” Ackerson
said. “This [another trophy]
is icing on the cake for us.”
Only two other programs
in Lockport history have
brought home at least three
straight state trophies. Those
were the boys cross country
team [a third and two firsts
between fall of 1995-97]
and the cheerleading squad
[second, two firsts, second
and third between 2005-06
and 2009-10].

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Boys swimming
Lockport qualifies three for state, wins two sectional titles
Porters take third
place out of 15 at
home sectional
Dave Owen, Freelance Reporter
Lockport’s best swimming
sectional since 2013 produced
three state qualifiers
Saturday, Feb. 18, and two
champions.
“Right away we had kids
going best lifetime times,”
senior Josh Lantow said of
the Porters’ third-place team
finish (216 points) at their
own 15-team sectional. “This
is a meet where everyone is
super pumped to swim – I
was really happy with the
way everyone swam. It was a
great day.”
Lantow could take extra
pride in his day – he won the
200-yard freestyle (1:41.51),
and also advanced to the state
meet at New Trier with a
second-place 4:39.46 in the
500 freestyle. Each event was
an elite matchup with Sandburg’s
Aidan Farley (Top 10
at state in both events last
winter).
“I think it pushes both of
us, and gives you that end
pressure because neither one
of us likes losing,” Lantow
said. “This is like our third
year going head to head at
sectionals, so I was really
looking forward to it.”
“Today was definitely a
much-anticipated meet, the
showdown I guess,” Farley
said. “It was a good exchange
of places, he won the 200 and
I won the 500. Now we’ll
both go upstate next weekend
and kill it.”
Lantow placed 17th in the
200 and 22nd in the 500 at
state last year, and now aims
to well exceed those numbers.
“Last year I was fully tapered
for sectionals,” he
said. “This year I’m half tapered
and I’ll be fully tapered
for state, so I’m hoping to
swim even faster. I definitely
want to make top six in both
events.”
“Josh did very well,”
Lockport coach Jason Ozbolt
said. “We rested him a little
this week, and the big goal
for him is the state meet, so
we’ll finish the rest of his taper.
“He has some big goals he
set for himself, so I’m looking
forward to seeing him
achieve those.”
With a name made for
north side success, sophomore
diver Wrigley Fields
hopes to also be a hit at New
Trier on state weekend.
Fields won the sectional
diving title with a score of
423.1, topping second-place
Leo Espino of Sandburg
(362.5).
“He’s just been pushing
in practices, and constantly
working on all the dives to
prepare for a meet like this,”
said Lockport first-year diving
coach Angie Arnold.
“He’s been trying to clean up
his dives, and he just came in
here and rocked it.
“We talked every day
about where we need to be
and what we need to focus
on. He reached his goal.”
Fields now aims high in his
state debut.
“They take 48 divers (to
state), and cut straight to 16
after five dives,” Arnold said.
“We’re going to try to throw
those hard ones, make them
clean and try to get back to
this same position again.”
Logan Morgan was fifth in
diving (344.85).
Fields’ fellow sophomore
Jack O’Connor will also
make his state debut, after
placing second in the 200 individual
medley (1:57.30, a
season best by 3.2 seconds).
“This is so good for him as
a sophomore,” Ozbolt said.
“Jack got really close his
freshman year, and now he
got it. What’s worked for him
has been a focus on his two
specific swims, zeroing in on
specific things to help him
improve in those two events.”
O’Connor also narrowly
missed in the 100 backstroke
(second-place 53.87), just
12/100ths away from winning
the event.
Other strong non-state
qualifying swims were turned
in by Colin Onak (fourth in
the 100 breaststroke, fifth in
the 200 IM), Connor Hecker
(fifth in the 200 freestyle),
and the second-place 400 relay
(3:16.25).
“Almost everyone across
the board dropped time today,”
Ozbolt said. “I’m happy
with Colin Onak losing
his goggles in the middle of
the IM and still pushing himself
to get a lifetime best. I’m
happy with Jacob Sweis in
an event he swam just a few
times (eighth-place 100 butterfly),
and again a lifetime
best. Erik Firganek (seventh
in the 100 freestyle) pushing
himself so hard he passes out,
yet comes back and does as
well as he does (in relays).
“There’s countless examples
of perseverance on this
team”
Kelvin Grove
cheerleaders take
second in state
Submitted by Kelvin Grove
The Kelvin Grove cheerleaders placed second
at the Illinois Elementary School Association
State Cheerleading Competition on Jan. 21 in
Peoria.
The squad competed in the Small Routine
Division against 33 other teams. The Hornets
performed a near-perfect difficult routine
and brought home yet another trophy to the
school. The KG cheer program has placed in the
Top 5 at state 13 times in the last 16 years. The
team is coached by Lynn Krumlinde and Karli
Pattison.
RIGHT: Members of the Kelvin Grove cheerleading
team celebrate Jan. 21 after bringing home
second place in the Illinois Elementary School
Association State Cheerleading Competition in
Peoria. Photo submitted

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Brother Rice senior breaks school’s 3-point record
Lockport resident
Shepski builds game
through work ethic
Frank Gogola
Freelance Reporter
Brother Rice senior Mike
Shepski does not break
down his 3-point shooting
in an admiring fashion
when he watches film.
The Lockport resident instead
looks at whether he is
shooting or pushing the ball
and if he took an ill-advised
forced shot and there was a
better play that could have
been made with a pass,
among other things.
His coach, though, sees
a shot which is so effective
that it offsets a form that
lacks aesthetics.
“When you think of alltime
great shooters, their
shots are very rigid,” Brother
Rice coach Bobby Frasor
said. “Here’s my guide hand,
here’s my follow through
with my shot. Sometimes
[Shepski] doesn’t hold his
follow through. Sometimes
he’s fading away. The ball
goes in [so] often that I
don’t try to correct it.”
His 3-point shot has gone
through the net more than
any other player in Brother
Rice history. The 3-pointer,
which takes up the majority
of his YouTube highlight
reel, combined with his role
as a score-first point guard
helped him pick up a Division
II college scholarship.
Shepski, a 6-foot guard,
broke the school career
3-point record during a 73-
65 overtime victory against
then-unbeaten Marist Jan.
17. The record breaker, his
196th career 3-pointer, was
a 25-footer late in the fourth
quarter.
The previous record
of 195 was held by Sean
O’Reilly, who was in attendance
at the game. A Class
Mike Shepski helped lead the Crusaders to a Catholic
League title.
of 2009 graduate, O’Reilly
is currently the freshman
coach at Brother Rice.
Shepski said the two joked
throughout the season about
whether or not he would
break the record.
Shepski decided to attend
Brother Rice after attending
a Brother Rice-Marist
basketball game in eighth
grade. He considered attending
St. Rita, where his
older brother, Jake, starred
in baseball before playing at
Notre Dame, but the atmosphere
of that game made
him want to be a part of the
rivalry.
Shepski got his start in
basketball at age 7. He
would shoot around with
family and friends, joined a
travel league in fourth grade
and played at Homer Jr.
High beginning in seventh
grade. Ray Allen and Kyle
Korver were 3-point shooters
he tried to emulate.
“With my height and
physical attributes not being
the greatest with athleticism,
I knew if I was going
to compete and be able to
play this game, I’d have to
be able to shoot,” he said.
“That’s something I’ve always
worked on from a
young age is putting shots
up and work on my form
and release.”
He upped the school career
3-point record to 210
in a Feb. 3 victory that
clinched the school’s first
Catholic League title since
2004-2005.
Shepski has been the
main ball handler for Brother
Rice. He brings the ball
up the court with a scorefirst
mentality and a two-toone
assist-to-turnover ratio.
“He’s not a true point
guard where he’s facilitating
and having a ton of assists,
but he doesn’t turn
the ball over,” Frasor said.
“He makes the right plays.
He likes to score. He likes
to put the ball in the basket.
I’m fine with that, as well.”
Shepski shot 46.7 percent
(71-of-152) on 3-pointers
this season, through Feb.
5. Last year, he made 77
3-pointers on 41 percent
shooting from beyond the
arc.
He can score off the dribble.
He hits from the corner
with defenders in his face.
He even knocks down shots
from close to NBA range
Lockport resident Mike Shepski broke Brother Rice’s all-time 3-point record this season.
Photos courtesy of Brother Rice
with seeming ease, including
the record breaker.
“He’s a very unique player
in the sense of the way
he shoots and how dynamic
and explosive he can be
with the ball in his hands,”
Frasor said.
After the Chicago Catholic
League tournament and
state tournament, Shepski
will continue his playing
days at Bemidji State, a Division
II school in Bemidji,
Minnesota.
He cited coaches, players
and style of play as what
appealed to him there. He
is looking to study business
and possibly history.

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girls bowling
Porters earn second place at state finals
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
After seeing his Lockport
Township girls bowling
team fall just short of a state
championship last weekend,
veteran Porter coach Art
Cwudzinski put it best.
“We have nothing to hang
our heads about,” Cwudzinski
said. “These five seniors
did what not many in
Lockport athletic history
have done, bring home three
state trophies in three years.
That’s just tremendous.”
While the Porters had
their eyes set on winning
the state championship they
fell just short to an equally
talented Harlem team. The
Huskies, whose school is
located in Machesney Park,
rallied to topple Lockport
by 38 pins, 12,310-12,272,
on Saturday, Feb. 18, in the
final day of the girls IHSA
State Bowling Finals at The
Cherry Bowl in Rockford.
The margin of victory
was the eighth smallest in
the 45 year history of the
girls state tournament.
Harlem and Lockport
were far-and-away
the two best teams in the
state as Waubonsie Valley
(11,619) finished a distant
third at 691 pins back and
O’Fallon (11,571) placed
fourth. Hoffman Estates
(11,472), Salem (11,441),
Richards (11,264), Freeport
(11,251), United (11,250),
Minooka (11,101), Collinsville
(11,055), and Guilford
(10,947) rounded out the
Top 12 teams that made it to
Day 2.
The state championship
was the sixth for the Huskies,
extending their own
state record. Lockport was
hoping to tie them at five
apiece, but instead finished
runnerup in the sport for the
first time in school history.
“We were great
friends on and
off the lanes
and finished
first, third and
second. It was
the teamwork
that made the
dream work.”
Paige Reiter — Lockport
senior bowler, on
her relationship with her
fellow seniors throughout
their time at LTHS
Still, the second place trophy
was the seventh trophy
overall for the Porters, who
have two third place ones to
go along with the four firsts.
Lockport, which was making
its 22nd appearance in
the state tournament did set
a new state record with its
19th Top 10 finish.
“It’s amazing to have
three straight years of getting
a trophy,” said Lockport
senior Dana Ackerson,
who was one of four of this
seasons Porters who were
on the state championship
team in 2015. “But we had
a lot of splits, probably our
most ever. I think we felt
it [the pressure] in the last
game.”
Ackerson led the Porters
with a two-day total of
2,600. She had 10 of her 12
games over 200, with backto-back
245 games to open
the tournament on Friday,
Feb. 17, and a high of 247
in Game 3 on the second
day. That placed her sixth
The Lockport Township girls bowling team nearly won the state title, but finished second Saturday, Feb. 18, on the final
day of the girls IHSA State Bowling Finals at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford. photo submitted
overall as she and junior
teammate Bailey Delrose
(7th, 2,597) both received
All-State medals.
Jessica Soskich from Buffalo
Grove was the individual
champion with a 2-day
score of 2,669. That edged
fellow senior Amanda
Richae (2,652) from Hoffman
Estates by 17 pins. The
top 12 individuals got medals.
The Porters now have 11
state medalists in their history.
“This is my first year in
the Top 10 and it means a
lot,” said Delrose, who has
bowled 36 games at state in
the past three seasons for
the Porters. “Overall I’m really
excited for us. There’s
minor things we could have
done better and times we
weren’t all on at once. But
it was a great season.
“I’m going to miss all the
seniors. The chemistry we
had was indescribable and
it’ll be different next year
without them.”
Delrose had nine games
of 200 or better and flirted
with a 300 in the fifth game
of the first day before settling
for a 289. She fired a
246 in the opening game of
the second day.
Senior Paige Reiter (14th,
2,514) just missed a medalist
position by 11 pins.
All of her games were 189
or better with highs of 257
in game four on the first
day and 237 in the opening
game of the second day.
Still, it was a great finish for
her to be part of three trophy
winning teams.
“We tried to do it,” Reiter
said of winning another
title. “But the pins weren’t
falling our way. We were
great friends on and off the
lanes and finished first, third
and second. It was the teamwork
that made the dream
work.”
Monica Colon (34th,
2,400) also bowled every
game in this season’s state
tournament for the Porters.
The senior had highs of 238
in Game 5 on opening day
and 232 in the first game on
day two.
Senior Grace Karraker,
who was also part of the trio
of trophy winners, bowled
eight games total — including
the final five of the second
day — in this seasons
tournament for the Porters.
She finished with a total of
1,462 with a highs of 213 in
Game 4 of the first day and
214 in Game 2 of Day 2.
Marissa Ramirez, one of
five seniors on the team,
bowled in four games at
state this season. She finished
with a total of 699
with a high of 201 in the
final game of the first day.
Sophomore Erin Kleffman
and junior Kaelin Miller
were among the eight Lockport
bowlers at state, but
didn’t get in to bowl.
The Porters were in seventh
after an opening game
951 on Friday, Feb. 17. They
had moved to third (3,025)
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Lockport’s Timmons wins individual state title at 160
Lockport native
Austin O’Connor
earns fourth-straight
state championship
Jason Maholy
Freelance Reporter
All season Trevell Timmons
was favored to win the
160-pound individual state
title — and he didn’t disappoint.
The Lockport wrestler
captured his long-awaited
title at the Illinois High
School Association Individual
State Tournament Saturday,
Feb. 18 at the State
Farm Center in Champaign.
He was one of seven Porters
to place at the tournament.
Jake Lindsey, of Providence,
also won a title.
The state title was the redemption
the Lockport senior
was seeking all season.
Timmons was a match shy
of contending for the title
last season but dislocated
his shoulder in the semifinals.
The injury defaulted
his next two matches to finish
sixth.
Area wrestlers who
placed second were Lockport’s
Abdullah Assaf (138)
and Cole Smith (152), of
Providence, who lost to
four-time state champion
Austin O’Connor, a Lockport
native who wrestles
for St. Rita. Robbie Precin
(120), of Andrew, and Jake
Dudeck (220), of Lincoln-
Way West, finished third;
Anthony Molton (113),
Baylor Fernandes (145) and
Payton Fernandes (182), of
Lockport, placed fourth; and
Matt Ramos (106) and Ronald
Tucker (285), of Lockport,
and Pat Nolan (120),
of Sandburg, all took fifth
to round out a strong showing
by southwest suburban
schools.
Lockport Township’s Matt Ramos competes in the Class 3A state wrestling 106-pound quarterfinals Friday, Feb. 17, at the
University of Illinois’ State Farm Center in Champaign. Clark Brooks/PhotoNews Media
Lockport’s seven state
medalists and 12 state qualifiers
are both the most in
the program’s history. The
seven medals are the most
of any Class 3A school this
season. Coach Jake Oster
tried to keep the accomplishments
and disappointments
in perspective.
“Every year I say this,
and I’ll probably say it every
year until I retire: I’ve
never walked out of state
tournament satisfied, and
then I have to sit back and
kind of look at it big picture,”
Oster said. “The most
state qualifiers we’ve ever
had before this year was
seven, and now we’re coming
home with seven medals.
It’s pretty easy to say we
had a good tournament, but
I don’t think we necessarily
wrestled our best.”
Oster noted some Porters
wrestlers did not attain their
goals, and he specifically
mentioned Brandon Ramos,
a four-time state qualifier
who finished his high school
career without medaling.
“A guy like Brandon Ramos
... who has lost in the
‘blood round,’ I think, three
times, that one kind of kills
you a little bit,” he said.
“Everyone at this tournament
can say the same thing.
Everyone works hard to be
here, and that’s why it’s so
hard to do this. But when
they’re your guys who you
see every day during those
four years, those tears in
the tunnel are always pretty
tough.”
The Porters’ season is not
finished, as the No. 1-ranked
team in the state began
its quest for the first state
championship in program
history against Edwardsville
Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the
Mahomet-Seymour Dual
Team Sectional. The winner
will face either Marmion
Academy or Sandburg in the
quarterfinals.
“To come back and be
ready to go the Tuesday –
Saturday’s [semifinal] is
easier, there’s some distance
– the turnaround to Tuesday
is ... something,” Oster
said. “But they’ll be ready
to go. Luckily, these guys
have been through it the
last two years. Come tomorrow
when we hit practice
time, they’ll be excited, but
right now everyone’s a little
tired.”
Lockport’s Timmons let
out four years of pent-up
frustration with a victory
yell and show of emotion after
his 3-2 title bout win over
Nate Jimenez, of Marmion.
Timmons placed sixth at
state last season after being
injured and defaulting in his
semifinal match.
“When I won, I’m not going
to lie, it just didn’t seem
true to me,” he said. “[The
emotion] just all went out.”
The match was tied 1-1
when Timmons took down
Jimenez with 42 seconds remaining
in the third period.
Timmons said he went
back to his “old way” of
wrestling this season after
last year’s disappointing
finish, knowing this would
be his last opportunity for a
state title.
“In the [wrestling] room,
they mess with me. They say
sophomore Trevell would
have done this,” he said. “I
was ruthless that year. Anybody
who was the best I
wanted to wrestle them, and
I wanted to beat them.
“Three weeks ago, I came
in, and I said I’m not looking
at any bracket. I don’t
care what bracket it is, what
draw I have – I know I’m
the best wrestler. Everybody
kept asking me who I have.
I said, ‘I don’t know, I didn’t
look at it, and don’t tell me
about my bracket because
I only have to think about
what I’m going to do, not
what everybody else is doing.’”
Lindsey, a sophomore,
defeated Dylan Ragusin
of Montini 7-3 in the title
match to win the first of what
he hopes will be the three
championships. He bounced
back from placing third at
the Lockport Regional, a
setback he acknowledged
shook his confidence.
“A little bit, it was a little
frustrating,” he said of the
regional. “But it’s important
to listen to my coaches who
told me it’s a blessing in disguise
and might be for the
better, so I was just focusing
on [state].”
Lindsey controlled the
title bout throughout and
thwarted Ragusin’s continued
attempts to lock him up
and toss him.
“I knew that I just had to
keep the pace up, and getting
that lead I was able to relax
a little bit – not too much –
but I knew I had a little bit
of cushion in case things
got ugly,” he said. “Wrestle
smart, not giving up points;
he was going for a big move
most of the match, so I was
just keeping it smart.”
Lincoln-Way West’s
Dudeck defeated Blake Zalapi
of Hononegah 3-1 to
finish third in a season he
was not sure he would even
be able to participate. The
uncertainty stemmed from
a groin injury that ended his
football season prematurely,
but he recovered and rebounded
to finish two places
higher than he did in 2016.
“I feel very accomplished,”
Dudeck said. “I
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fastbreak
Girls Basketball
Porters end season in regional semifinal with loss to Bengals
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1st and 3
Lockport lands
seven medalists
at individual state
championships
1. Timmons a state
champion
The 12 members of
the LTHS wrestling
team that qualified
for state competed
Saturday, Feb. 18.
Lockport’s Trevell
Timmons won state at
160 pounds.
2. The other medalists
The other six
medalists for Lockport
were Abdullah Assaf
(138), second place;
Anthony Molton (113),
Baylor Fernandes
(145) and Payton
Fernandes (182),
fourth place; and Matt
Ramos (106) and
Ronald Tucker (285),
fifth place.
3. Still No. 1
The No.1-ranked
Porters had a quick
turnaround, as they
had a matchup
against Edwardsville
Tuesday, Feb. 21,
for a chance at the
program’s first state
championship.
Team finishes with
winning record for
first time since 2011
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
A good season came to a
sudden end for the Lockport
Township girls basketball
team.
Taylor Hopkins poured in
a team-high 22 points, but
it was not nearly enough as
Lockport fell behind early
and lost to the host Bengals
70-55 Feb. 14 in the semifinals
of the Plainfield East
Regional.
Olivia Jenkins poured in
a career and game-high 26
points for Plainfield East
(23-7), which was seeded
No. 7 in the East Aurora Sectional.
The Bengals faced No.
2-seeded Oswego East (24-4)
Thursday, Feb. 16, in the regional
championship game. In
the opening regional semifinal
game Feb. 14, Oswego East
defeated Romeoville 77-28.
The regional title game
will be the third meeting
of the season between the
Southwest Prairie Conference
rivals. Oswego East
beat the Bengals 70-45 Dec.
2 and again 69-47 Jan. 24.
Lockport (16-13), which
was the No. 10 seed in the
sectional, finished with a
winning record for the first
time since the 2011 season.
That was also the last time
the Porters won 16 games,
going 16-11. That team’s
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“I don’t care what bracket it is, what draw
I have – I know I’m the best wrestler.”
Trevell Timmons — Lockport wrestler, on his mindset going into state,
where he won a title at 160 pounds
season also came to an end
in the regional semifinals at
Plainfield East with a 54-44
loss to Romeoville.
The assistant coach on that
Romeoville team was Dan
Kelly, who is now the head
coach at Lockport. He completed
his third season as Porters
coach and has helped to
turn the program around.
“It’s been a learning process,
and we’re still young,”
Kelly said of this season’s
team. “But I’m proud of the
way the girls fought until the
end. That’s what we’re all
about.”
The Porters did, but it was
the start of the game that did
in their chances. Plainfield
East jumped out to leads
of 6-0 and 12-3, prompting
Kelly to put in another group
of five players with 3:33 left
in the first quarter. That paid
off right away, when sophomore
guard Finley Travis hit
a 3-pointer seconds later.
With 1:41 left in the opening
quarter, junior forward
Taylor Shingler (5 points) hit
a pair of free throws to close
the Porters to 14-8. The sixpoint
deficit, however, was as
close as Lockport would get
the rest of the game. The Bengals
led 19-8 after one quarter
and continued the onslaught
in the second quarter to extend
to a 36-14 halftime lead.
Jenkins, a junior post player
who had her way inside,
had 13 points in each half and
four rebounds for the game.
But what really hurt the Porters
was turnovers. They had
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success.
“I’m going to miss everyone. This
season was a lot better than in
the past. Everyone was a lot more
confident and had a different
outlook this season.”
Elena Woulfe — Lockport senior girls basketball
player, after the team’s final game of the campaign
19 of their 29 turnovers in the
first half.
“Their pressure got to us,”
Kelly said of the Bengals.
“That’s a credit to them,
and our execution was poor
against their pressure. We
knew it was coming and had
worked on it, but it was a different
thing then to see it live.
We only had 14 points in the
first half, then scored 18 in
the third quarter.”
The Porters seemed much
more relaxed in the second
half, not making as many
turnovers and hitting more
shots. The problem was
Plainfield East did the same,
connecting on 10 of 15 shots
in the third quarter to score
23 more points and lead 59-
32 after three. Senior guard
Jada Neal (18 points) scored
12 points in the quarter for
the Bengals.
“We were rushing a lot of
things,” said Hopkins, a junior
guard who has been on
varsity three years. “It was
a high-energy game being
in the regional, and we just
rushed a lot of things until we
settled down.”
Guard Elena Woulfe, one
of the seven Lockport seniors,
agreed.
“We just didn’t come
out strong and play like we
could,” said Woulfe, who
was second leading scorer on
the team with seven points.
Hopkins, who scored 16 of
her points in the second half,
had seven straight in a 16-0
fourth quarter run over the
span of three minutes which
cut Lockport’s deficit in half,
making the score 67-51 with
2:06 to play in the game. But
the Porters, who have not
advanced to a regional title
game since they last won a
regional in 2007, would not
get any closer.
Junior guard Maiya Creal
and senior forward Lotanna
Onua each added eight
points, and senior guard
Madelyn Sidman slid in six
points for the Bengals.
Playing in her final high
school game, four-year varsity
player Laurel Kucharski
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added five points, including
swishing a 3-pointer, for
Lockport. Freshman center
Treasure Thompson also
chipped in with five points
for the Porters.
“I’m just going to miss all
the fun times,” said Hopkins
of the season ending. “The
energy stayed with us this
season, and we all had each
other’s backs.”
Hopkins, who had a careerhigh
30 points in a 66-25 win
against the host Spartans
Dec. 17 at the Oak Lawn
Tournament, plans to be back
next season. But Woulfe,
who was a three-year varsity
player and one of only two
senior starters — Kucharski
was the other — most of the
season, played in her final
high school game.
“I’m going to miss everyone,”
Woulfe said. “This
season was a lot better than
in the past. Everyone was a
lot more confident and had a
different outlook this season.
We just had energy, and that
made it a lot of fun.”
The Porters seven seniors
are Melissa Calvo, Kayla
Janssen, Madalyn Kennedy,
Kucharski, Hailey Ledbetter,
Kaleigh Schmutzler and
Woulfe.
“We will miss all our seniors,”
Kelly said. “From
Day 1, even the girls that
didn’t play a lot have been
the heart of the team. Their
energy from the bench carried
us. It also did not allow
us to quit on the floor, and
we’re going to miss that.”
FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor Thomas
Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

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Hardware
LTHS girls bowling team
second at state, Page 45
Trevell Timmons captures elusive individual title at 160 as
seven Porters medal at state finals, Page 46
Lockport Township’s Trevell Timmons
celebrates his victory over
Marmion Academy’s Nate Jimenez
after their 160-pound Class 3A championship
match Saturday, Feb. 18, at
the University of Illinois’ State Farm
Center in Champaign. Clark Brooks/
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