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Lockport Township High School students, 

staff adapt to new learning methods in light 

of the coronavirus pandemic, Page 6 

LTHS math teacher Ryan Visser gives instruction from his 

kitchen. Photo Submitted 

Sticking 

together 

Restaurants in Homer 

Glen are banding together 

to keep up business after 

state-wide ban on dine-in 

customers, Page 3 

Election 2020 

Newman upsets 

longtime U.S. Rep. 

Lipinski; Homer 

Glen’s own Fricilone 

wins Republican nod 

in D3, Page 9 

First Will 

County 

death 

The first death in 

Will County from 

COVID-19 was 

recorded, Page 4

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Homer restaurants 

stick together amid 

new challenges 

Will O’Brien 

Freelance Reporter 

Small business-owners 

are resilient by nature, but 

business challenges don’t 

usually look like COV- 

ID-19. 

Homer Glen’s shopkeepers 

and restaurateurs, 

however, are working to 

cope, changing operations, 

increasing sanitation 

and staying optimistic 

about a return to 

normalcy sooner than 

later. 

Kenootz Pizza at 15755 

S. Bell Road in Homer 

Glen said they already had 

the infrastructure in place 

for delivery, so the transition 

hasn’t been that difficult 

for them. Actually, 

Kris Boylan, one of the 

owners of Kenootz, said 

the restaurant has been 

operating more or less as 

usual. 

“It hasn’t been that 

much different at all,” 

Boylan said. “We’re still 

following all of the same 

procedures before, because 

we were doing 

things the right way before, 

so why change? We 

have added hand sanitizer, 

but that’s about it.” 

Since Kenootz already 

had the delivery model 

pretty well figured out, 

they started lending a 

hand to other business -- 

their competitors -- who 

were stumbling with the 

new way of doing business. 

“As a business, we’re 

trying to stick together 

with the other businesses,” 

Boylan said. “My 

delivery driver just took 

a delivery for the business 

next door because they’re 

without one. That’s kind 

of the way we’re looking 

at it -- we’re all in this together.” 

So when Rubi Agave, 

a restaurant that doesn’t 

normally sell pizza, decided 

to make a special 

Mexican pizza for delivery 

customers, they needed 

the cardboard trays 

that go underneath the 

pizza in the boxes, called 

“rounds.” Rather than 

selling the rounds to Rubi 

Agave or telling them that 

Kenootz needed them 

more, Boylan just donated 

them at no cost. 

“They would do the 

same for me. We have to 

be there for each other.” 

Ruben Pazmino, Rubi 

Agave’s owner and a 

Village trustee, has had 

to make similar adjustments. 

Rubi Agave, at 12622 

W. 159th St., is opening 

earlier, cutting prices and 

bringing back some popular 

dishes of the past. 

“We want them to come 

regularly, so we’re trying 

to make it so they can,” 

Pazmino said. 

The restaurant, open 

for about seven years, 

has been active in sharing 

word of those changes 

through social media, 

advertising alcohol-free 

“mocktails” before the 

Village’s ruling on drinks. 

Rubi Agave is now selling 

the mocktails as well 

as its regular range of 

libations. 

Pazmino, who’s also 

had to reduce man-hours 

at his operation, said he’s 

using social media to 

promote other area businesses 

that might not have 

the marketing budget 

of his. 

“I’m just trying to remind 

everyone to come 

out and support local 

businesses,” he said. “You 

can’t have the same food 

everyday, and we’re all in 

this together.” 

In addition to running 

orders to vehicles outdoors, 

Pazmino’s employees 

are staying busy 

cleaning, organizing and 

attending to tasks that 

sometimes get overlooked 

when the restaurant is fully 

humming. 

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D92 parent self quarantines after 

possible exposure to coronavirus 

Abhinanda Datta 

Contributing Editor 

Though there is no positive 

test, a parent at Lockport’s 

Ludwig School may have been 

exposed to the coronavirus 

at work, according to a letter 

from District 92 Superintendent 

Tim Arnold. 

The community letter stated 

that Arnold spoke to the parent 

at 10 p.m. on the night of 

Tuesday, March 17, to verify 

the status. 

The Ludwig parent was exposed 

to a student at the school 

where the parent teaches and 

the student’s father owns a 

business that has an employee 

who has been tested, but no results 

are available yet. 

According to Arnold, the 

From march 18 

school district is monitoring 

the student and their family. 

There are no positive test results 

at this time 

The Ludwig parent has been 

self-quarantining and acting 

out of an abundance of caution. 

No family members have been 

on school grounds since March 

13. 

“Throughout last night and 

this morning I have been in 

contact with the Illinois Coronavirus 

Hotline, the Will 

County ROE, and the CDPH, 

to ensure that District 92 is 

taking every responsible measure 

to ensure the safety of our 

community,” Arnold wrote in 

the letter. 

D92 staff are being asked to 

stay home as authorities assess 

the situation. 

A case of COVID-19 has led to a death in Will County 

T.J. Kremer III, Contributing Editor 

From march 19 

The Illinois Department 

of Public Health announced 

Thursday, March 19, the death 

of three more people in Illinois 

with COVID-19, the disease 

caused by the coronavirus, 

bringing the total deaths in the 

state related to the illness to 

nine as of press time, Monday, 

March 23. 

The individuals include a 

Will County resident in his 

50s, a Cook County resident 

in her 80s and an out-of-state 

resident in her 70s visting Sangamon 

County, according to the 

statement. 

Currently, IDPH is reporting a 

total of 1,049 cases in 22 counties 

in Illinois. Cases have occurred 

in ages 9 to 99. 

Will County Executive Larry 

Walsh on March 16 issued a 

Proclamation of a Disaster for 

Will County via email in relation 

to the COVID-19 outbreak 

across the county. This 

proclamation will activate the 

county’s emergency response 

plans to assist the residents during 

this time, according to the 

email. 

The email advised to limit 

gatherings with more than 50 

people and to consistently wash 

hands and use hand sanitizer. 

People also are encouraged 

to self-quarantine to limit the 

spread of the virus. 

The Will County Health 

Department is recommending 

the following actions be 

taken for those who feel they 

may have been exposed to the 

coronavirus: 

• Isolate yourself and selfmonitor 

for the symptoms. This 

includes taking your temperature 

three times daily (morning, 

afternoon, evening) to check for 

a fever, along with watching for 

other symptoms such as cough 

and shortness of breath. 

• If you do have these symptoms, 

you are asked to phone 

your medical provider for an 

examination, as your medical 

provider is the one who knows 

you and your family’s medical 

conditions best. Always call 

ahead of time, as your provider 

may have certain times or areas 

where they prefer symptomatic 

patients to go. 

• Call the hotline. The Will 

County Health Department has 

established a Coronavirus hotline 

for questions, available from 

8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through 

Friday at (815) 740-8977. 

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to continue to monitor the 

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Benjamin Conboy 

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The Dunkin’ Donuts 

at 14135 S. Bell Road 

in Homer Glen was burglarized 

twice in a matter 

of four days, on Saturday, 

March 14, and 

again on Tuesday, March 

17, according to the 

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Police described the 

offender as a male who 

is approximately 6 feet 1 

inches tall, based on surveillance 

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stole about $300, Hoffmeyer 

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of forced entry and all 

doors were locked when 

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LTHS gets good response in early days of e-learning 

Will O’Brien 

Freelance Reporter 

4 

The classrooms of 

Lockport Township High 

School may be empty, 

but its students and teachers 

are still doing plenty 

of learning as the school 

community adapts to a 

fully remote education experience. 

The school’s last day of 

normal operations was- 

March 13, when Gov. J.B. 

Pritzker ordered all Illinois 

schools closed in response 

to the outbreak of the CO- 

VID-19 virus. Teachers 

and students were allowed 

inside Monday, March 16, 

to collect books and other 

materials but have since 

followed District 205’s 

emergency e-learning 

plan, which is focused on 

relearning and enhancing 

lessons covered earlier in 

the school year. 

Lockport Township 

has information on the e- 

learning plan prominently 

displayed on its www.lths. 

org. Teachers, guidance 

counselors and high school 

staff are all available to 

students and families with 

questions. 

Students are being 

asked to be online every 

school day, during which 

they’ll receive assignments 

from teachers via 

email and Google Classroom. 

Teachers are also 

using tools like Hangouts 

Meet, Google’s videoconferencing 

program, to 

carry out lessons. 

Many of the school’s 

teachers are already adept 

at using such tools, said 

Kate Fahey, an instructional 

technology specialist 

responsible for helping 

teachers utilize technology. 

Some were already 

practicing the “flipped 

Pictured is an empty classroom at Lockport Township High School. The school’s last day of normal operations was March 13. Teachers and 

students have since followed an emergency e-learning program. Photo Submitted 

classroom” teaching style, 

in which students watch recorded 

lectures for homework 

at night and come 

to class the following day 

prepared to engage. 

District 205 implemented 

a 1:1 technology initiative 

six years ago, meaning 

all students are given a 

laptop at the beginning of 

the school year. 

“It’s going well so far,” 

Fahey said. “The first day 

was a little hectic, but students 

are attending and 

showing up and we’re really 

seeing that everyone 

still wants to be engaged 

in a face to face way.” 

In addition to posting assignments 

and holding office 

hours, teachers are being 

required to respond to 

student and parent emails 

within 24 hours. 

The two-campus high 

school began preparations 

as the COVID situation 

began to pick up steam, 

quickly pulling together a 

task force comprising administrators, 

department 

chairs and teachers to develop 

the e-learning plan, 

said Lorie Cristofaro, assistant 

superintendent for 

curriculum and instruction. 

“We were in good shape, 

having both the technology 

we need and the capacity 

to properly use the 

tools,” Cristofaro said. 

“The whole team was super-responsive 

and have 

really shown their commitment 

to the students.” 

As of Thursday, March 

20, Lockport Township 

had Monday, April 6, set 

as its return date, though 

district officials said the 

date could certainly shift, 

as could graduation. 

“We can’t speculate on 

the future but are actively 

trying to keep our Porter 

families informed to the 

best of our ability in this 

very challenging time,” 

Janine Wheeler, the district’s 

director of public 

relations, said via email. 

Lockport Township has 

3,789 students and 445 

staff. Though the district 

has increasingly embraced 

technology in recent years, 

it did not have a full e- 

learning program in place 

prior to the COVID outbreak, 

Fahey said. 

The unprecedented 

times, though uncertain, 

are allowing teachers, students 

and parents to see the 

full possibilities of digital 

tools, she said. 

“That’s definitely the 

silver lining,” she said. 

“The teachers and the 

students have risen to the 

circumstances and are 

making the best of it. So 

much of teaching is about 

building relationships, so 

we’re working hard to help 

teachers maintain them.” 

The district’s online explanation 

of the e-learning 

program says the curriculum 

will help students develop 

skills that will come 

in handy later, in college 

and in their careers. 

Cristofaro said the district 

will continue to assess 

the situation and adjust 

as needed so the rest of 

the school year can go as 

smoothly as possible. 

“We’re doing everything 

we can to best respond to 

what all our stakeholders 

are saying,” she said. “Just 

like everyone else, we’ll 

continue discussing, planning 

and thinking for the 

future.”

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A Homer Glen man in 

his 50s has tested positive 

for the novel coronavirus, 

the first known case in 

the Village, according to 

Steve Brandy, Will County 

Health Department spokesperson. 

As of press time, Monday, 

March 23, 21 individuals 

in Will County have 

tested positive for the novel 

coronavirus, according to 

the Will County Health Department. 

There are 1,045 

confirmed cases in Illinois 

and nine deaths, according 

to the Illinois Department 

of Public Health. 

From march 20 

The Will County Health 

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the following actions 

be taken for those who feel 

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• Isolate yourself and 

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Election 2020 

Homer Glen’s Fricilone wins Republican nomination in D3 race 

Thomas Czaja, Editor 

to Newman’s 17,741 

(44.39). Darwish took 

1,353 votes (3.39) there, 

while Hughes gained 

1,086 (2.72). 

But Newman gained 

more ground in Will County, 

where she took 5,035 

votes (54.24) to Lipinski’s 

3,493 (37.63). Darwish 

and Hughes rounded 

out numbers there with 

481 (5.18) and 274 votes 

(2.95), respectively. 

In Dupage County, 

Newman had 94 votes, 

Lipinski 43, Darwish 7 

and Hughes 3. 

Lipinski narrowly beat 

Newman in the 2018 

Democratic primary and 

retained his seat. In November, 

Newman is set to 

face off against Republican 

challenger Mike Fricilone. 

Homer 

Glen resident 

and 

Will County 

Board 

Minority 

Leader and 

District 7 Fricilone 

Member 

Mike Fricilone won the 

Republican nomination for 

the United States Congressional 

District 3 race on 

Tuesday, March 17, in the 

Primary Election. 

Fricilone secured a total 

of 9,253 votes (57.60 

percent), with Catherine 

O’Shea a distant second 

at 5,198 votes (32.35 percent) 

and Arthur Jones at 

1,613 votes (10.04 percent), 

according to unofficial 

results from the Board 

of Election Commissioners 

for the City of Chicago, 

as well as clerks’ offices 

from suburban Cook, 

Will and DuPage counties. 

These numbers are still 

with precincts not yet reported 

for suburban Cook 

County and one precinct 

not yet reported for the 

Board of Election Commissioners 

for the City of 

Chicago, as of Wednesday, 

March 18. 

Fricilone tweeted on 

election night from his 

Fricilone For Congress 

@FriciloneMike Twitter 

handle saying, “Thank you 

to everyone that voted for 

me! We have won Illinois’ 

3rd Congressional District 

Republican Primary! Full 

speed ahead to victory in 

November! #IL03.” 

First elected to the Will 

County Board in 2012, 

Fricilone, 65, had said 

prior to the primary he 

ran to uphold Republican 

values, noting Jones, a 

self-avowed neo-Nazi and 

Holocaust denier, had also 

run in the same primary in 

2018, then unopposed and 

ultimately representing the 

party. Despite Jones’ extremist 

views, he was still 

able to garner roughly 10 

percent of the overall vote 

in this year’s primary. 

Fricilone earned 3,110 

votes (73.80 percent) in 

Will County, outpacing opponents 

Catherine O’Shea, 

who had 783 votes (18.58 

percent), and Jones, who 

finished with 321 votes 

(7.62 percent), with all 43 

precincts reporting, according 

to unofficial results 

from the Will County 

Clerk’s Office. 

The highest number 

of votes was in suburban 

Cook County, where with 

249 of 252 precincts reporting, 

Fricilone captured 

5,096 votes, good for 54.34 

percent. O’Shea had 3,280 

votes (34.98 percent) and 

Jones 1,002 votes (10.68 

percent) there. 

The Board of Election 

Commissioners for 

the City or Chicago, with 

202 out of 203 precincts 

reporting, had O’Shea 

with 1,125 votes or 46.18 

percent, with Fricilone at 

1,025 votes or 42.08 percent 

and Jones at 286 votes 

or 11.74 percent. 

Finally, in DuPage 

County, Fricilone had 

22 votes (61.11 percent), 

O’Shea 10 votes (27.78 

percent) and Jones with 4 

votes (11.11 percent) with 

9 

all precincts reporting 

there. 

Fricilone will now take 

on progressive Marie 

Newman come November, 

who upset longtime 

incumbent Dan Lipinski 

on the Democratic side of 

the Congressional District 

3 primary. 

All election results are 

considered unofficial until 

a canvassing of votes is 

completed, and absentee, 

provisional and grace period 

ballots are counted. 

Congressional District 3 

includes all or portions of 

Orland Park, Tinley Park, 

Homer Glen, Lockport and 

New Lenox. 

ELECTION 2020 

Newman wins Democratic nomination in 

second go at long-time D3 Rep. Lipinski 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

Democratic challenger 

Marie Newman 

unseated 

longtime 

U.S. 

Rep. Daniel 

Lipinski for 

her party’s 

nomination Newman 

for the 3rd 

District. 

Newman defeated 

Lipinski by an unofficial 

vote count of 49,098 

(47.27 percent of ballots 

cast) to 46,315 (44.59), 

according to unofficial 

results from the Cook, 

Will and DuPage County 

Clerks’ Offices, as well 

as the Board of Election 

Commissioners for 

the City of Chicago. 

Challenger Rush Darwish 

finished third with 

6,070 (5.84) and Charles 

M. Hughes last at 2,376 

(2.29), as of Saturday, 

March 21. 

“Together, we won in 

the face of adversity,” 

Newman wrote in a Facebook 

post to supporters. 

“We not only defeated a 

long-time incumbent but 

we powered through [get 

out the vote] in a public 

health crisis.” 

Newman received 

26,228 votes (48.15) in 

suburban Cook County, 

while Lipinski took 

22,996 (42.22), with all 

precincts reporting. Darwish 

pulled in 4,229 (7.76) 

there, while Hughes had 

1,013 (1.86). 

In Chicago, Lipinski led 

with 19,783 votes (49.50) 

9 

Village Hall closes to visitors and staff 

Submitted by the Village 

of Homer Glen 

At the direction of 

Governor Pritzker (Executive 

Order #2020-10) 

the Village Hall will be 

closed until April 7. This 

means Village Hall will 

not be staffed. All police 

administration and nonemergency 

calls should be 

directed to the Will County 

Sheriff’s Department 

at (708) 301-9274. For 

emergencies, call 9-1-1. 

The Will County Sheriff’s 

Department personnel 

will continue to respond 

to service calls and patrol 

the Village of Homer 

Glen. 

Essential employees 

will continue to monitor 

our Village Facilities and 

Parks. Department email 

boxes will be checked 

periodically and will be 

responded to as personnel 

is available. Village Hall 

phones will not be answered. 

Department email 

boxes are as follows: vil 

lage@homerglenil.org, 

buildingdepartment@ 

homerglenil.org, zoning@ 

homerglenil.org, busi 

ness@homerglenil.org, 

developmentservices@ 

homerglenil.org 

Village Websites and 

Social Media Posts 

The Village will continue 

to provide public 

updates and information 

via our website – www. 

homerglenil.org and our 

Facebook page @villa 

geofhomerglen. Our residents 

and businesses are 

strongly encouraged to 

follow these official public 

sites. 

We have also partnered 

with all of our first responders 

and we are jointly 

using the Village website 

to convey important 

information to the Homer 

Glen community. 

Small Business Assistance 

The Village Board will 

be considering adoption of 

an emergency small business 

assistance program on 

March 25, 2020. Details of 

the proposed program can 

be found at HomerGlenIL. 

org. 

Village Board Meetings 

Per the Governor’s Executive 

Order No. 5, issued 

on March 16, 2020, the 

Village Board will conduct 

necessary Village business 

remotely for the regularly 

scheduled board meeting 

on March 25, 2020. The 

public agenda packet will 

be posted on the Village’s 

website. Public minutes 

of the meeting will still 

be taken and shared with 

the public. The proposed 

FY21 Village budget will 

also be posted on the Village 

website. The Village’s 

current fiscal year budget 

expires April 30, 2020.



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drive-up testing for the 

coronavirus. 

Testing begins with a 

phone consultation, followed 

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Four patients test positive 

for coronavirus at Silver 

Cross Hospital 

Four inpatients at Silver 

Cross Hospital have tested 

positive for COVID-19, 

according to an email sent 

by President/CEO Ruth 

Colby on Monday, March 

23. 

In the same email received 

March 23, Silver 

Cross noted it has tested 

138 patients to date, with 

51 of those coming back 

negative. It is awaiting the 

results of 83 others. The 

email states that 29 persons 

under investigation 

are in-house. 

Silver Cross had its first 

patient test positive March 

18. 

In a separate email received 

Thursday, March 

19, Silver Cross noted 

it has tested 44 patients 

to date, with 17 of those 

coming back negative. It is 

awaiting the results of 26 

others, four of whom are 

inpatient. 

The email sent on March 

19 also states that Silver 

Cross received a shipment 

of N95 and paper masks. 

N-95 masks can be reused 

throughout a shift. 

The hospital also announced 

that as of March 

18 it is not allowing visitors 

in any area of the 

hospital, which includes 

inpatient, outpatient and 

the emergency department. 

The public will not 

be allowed to wait in the 

hospital lobby. For more 

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org. 

Limited exceptions are 

to be made for single visitors 

over the age of 18 to 

pediatric, end-of-life and 

critically ill patients, to be 

determined on a case-bycase 

basis, according to 

the email. Patients in the 

Mother Baby Unit may 

have one visitor, as well. 

Also as of March 18, the 

hospital started screening 

all people who enter the 

hospital at all four locations. 

Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor. For more, visit New 

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FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Virtual gallery lets 

residents appreciate area 

artists from home 

The Frankfort Arts Association’s 

downtown 

gallery may be temporarily 

closed, but community 

members can still enjoy local 

artists’ work by visiting 

the organization’s newlylaunched 

digital gallery. 

The association’s latest 

exhibition, titled “Treasures,” 

challenged artists 

to create artwork with a focus 

on something valuable 

to them. Originally slated 

to run March 8 through 

April 25 at the physical 

gallery, the exhibition has 

since moved to an online 

format at frankfortartsassociation.org. 

Frankfort Arts Association 

board member Katie 

Stempniak said the organization’s 

leadership opted 

to create the digital gallery 

in an effort to help “flatten 

the curve” by reducing potential 

community spread 

of COVID-19. 

“We just wanted to be 

able to give the community 

somewhere to go and 

virtually appreciate some 

of the art, and give them 

the option to purchase it 

if they wanted to,” Stempniak 

explained. “We want 

to be part of the community, 

and whether it’s in-person 

in the gallery, a pop-up 

gallery or a virtual gallery, 

we just want to support local 

arts and artists.” 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 

Editor. For more, visit Frank 

fortStationDaily.com.

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hello can be intimidating 

with meeting someone 

new for the first time and 

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is much more difficult to 

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And as the great and 

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It is definitely bittersweet 

to announce here to 

each of you that, after first 

beginning full-time at 22nd 

Century Media in September 

2014 as assistant editor 

to The Homer Horizon and 

The Lockport Legend, and 

having served since March 

2015 as the editor of this 

publication, I am leaving 

the company, having 

accepted a marketing/communications 

opportunity 

elsewhere. It has truly been 

a good run, one filled with 

countless memories along 

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When asked what I 

will miss the most about 

this role, the answer is 

immediately apparent to 

me: the people. And when 

I say the people, I mean 

everyone in the community 

who has accepted me 

since Day 1, those who 

have showed me kindness 

and allowed me and us to 

share moments, sometimes 

quite personal ones, of 

their lives. I have gotten a 

chance to report on a bit 

of everything in my time 

here, and each of those experiences 

and stories have 

helped me grow along the 

way, too. 

When I say the people, 

I also mean the hardworking, 

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I have gotten to work with 

in our office. I am happy 

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the time and memories 

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That said, I need to say 

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to my parents and to the 

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sharing their talent for the 

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will not change. 

Goodbye may be a difficult 

word to say or even 

type, but please know it 

will always be a fond hello 

from me each and every 

time I visit the community, 

a hello like greeting 

an old friend I have so 

many shared unforgettable 

memories with. 

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Booked up 

A Homer native has finally found time to revamp 

her YouTube page dedicated to books, Page 14 

Curbing the spread Chesdan’s 

provides curbside service, talks cleanliness amid 

growing coronavirus concerns, Page 16 

Left to right: 

Kaitlyn Yoder 

and her two 

daughters, 

Emmy and 

Avery, decorated 

their window 

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shamrocks and 

were able to 

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house to hunt 

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Homer Glen’s 

Pebble Creek 

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14 | March 26, 2020 | the homer horizon life & arts 


Homer native eyes opportunity to revamp YouTube channel during stay-at-home order 

Mary Compton, Freelance Reporter 

When Gabby Bach, a Homer 

Glen native and sophomore at 

Columbia College in Chicago, 

was sent home from school due 

to the outbreak of the coronavirus, 

the avid reader knew this 

gave her an opportunity. 

She said she’s going to revamp 

her YouTube channel, where she 

talks about books, meets authors 

and encourage reading during a 

time when everyone is sequestered 

in their homes. 

“I started my YouTube channel 

in 2015,” said Bach, who graduated 

Lockport Township High 

School in 2019 is now studying 

broadcast journalism. Bach is a 

sophomore in college after taking 

several college classes in 

high school. Today she maintains 

a 4.0 GPA. “My YouTube channel 

is called GABBY A BOOKS. 

I wanted it to be clever.” 

When Columbia College 

closed its doors for in-person 

classes, Bach explains the new 

college norms in Illinois. 

“After getting the last two 

weeks of March off, I go back 

to school online as of April 6,” 

explains Bach. “Columbia is 

a liberal arts college and they 

rely on being in a community 

and collaborating together. The 

school wanted the students that 

are in the film department and 

theatre and music department to 

be together and make sure all the 

students had a place to stay.” 

Columbia is planning to complete 

the school year online 

sometime in May. 

“I was looking forward to 

covering the Illinois primary as 

well as doing an audit in my social 

media class,” Bach said. “A 

lot of Columbia is in person so 

I was disappointed that it was 

canceled. They still have encouraged 

us to get the best possible 

experience, despite now learning 

online.” 

As Bach continues to talk, 

there are about five novels piled 

up on her kitchen table. She’s 

read all of the books within a 

short amount of time. It’s her 

love of reading that has encouraged 

her to share that love with 

other booktubers, as the community 

calls itself. 

“When I was in 6th grade 

my friend introduced me to Instagram, 

from there on I went 

to Twitter,” said Bach. “What 

social media does for me more 

than anything else is to share the 

same interests that I have. My 

friends are not avid readers like 

I am so social media gives me 

the capability to share that with 

others across the world. It has 

helped me make a lot of friends 

An avid reader since she was young, Gabby Bach of Homer Glen holds some of the most recent novels 

she has read. Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

and grow into my skin.” 

Bach began her YouTube 

channel talking about pop culture, 

books and movies. 

“This is a way to express my 

interests,” added Bach. “There 

are so many people that are like 

me, there are 600,000 booktubers. 

It’s been fun to get to be 

part of that community.” 

“One of the big things about 

the YouTube community is that 

there is a divide between the big 

channels and the smaller channels 

that began recently,” said 

Bach. “The smaller creators 

recognize that divide and want 

to do something for all of us 

to come together and share our 

love of books and being able to 

entertain other people during 

this time. 

“There are a lot of people 

stuck inside their house and feeling 

alone and freaked out. I want 

to just hang out with them and 

talk about the books we’re reading 

and be able to come together 

as a community and bring it to 

everyone in a live format.” 

FAITH BRIEFS 

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church 

(14719 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen) 

Sunday Worship on Facebook Live 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. Visit 

the Cross of Glory Lutheran 

Church Facebook page. Stay in 

the comfort of your home with 

prayer, music and message from 

Pastor Dana. 

Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish 

(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

Online Mass 

All Masses and gatherings are 

canceled until further notice by 

order of Bishop Richard Pates. 

Masses can be viewed online radiotv.archchicago.org/television/ 

broadcast-masses. 

St. Bernard Parish 


Mass canceled 

All Masses and gatherings are 

canceled until further notice by 

order of Bishop Richard Pates. 

Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church 

(14610 S. Will Cook Road, Homer Glen) 

Online Mass 

All services, including Sundays, 

are canceled until further 

notice. This includes Holy Week 

and Easter. The Divine Liturgy 

from the Cathedral of St. John the 

Baptist can be seen live at 10 a.m. 

at www.logos.tv/parma-live. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church 

(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

Online Mass 

All church services are canceled 

indefinitely. Worship services 

will be available to watch 

online Sunday mornings beginning 

at 9:45 a.m. online at www. 

assumptionchicago.org/video/ 

liturgical-videos. 

New Life Community Church - Homer Glen 


Online Mass 

All in-person Masses and 

gatherings are canceled. Church 

can be viewed online Sundays 

at 10 a.m. at newlifecommunity. 

church/homer-glen/. 

Parkview Christian Church - Homer Glen 

(14367 W. 159th St., Homer Glen) 

Online Mass 

All in-person gatherings are 

canceled. Online services on 

Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 4:30 

p.m. and Sundays at 9 a.m., 

10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. Online 

services can be seen at www. 

parkviewchurch.tv/. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Online Mass 

In-person Masses are canceled. 

Services can be viewed 

online at www.umc.org/en/content/where-to-worship-online. 

Lemont United Methodist Church 

(25 W. Custer St., Lemont) 

All services canceled 

All services and events are 

canceled until further notice. 

Christ Community Church 

(13400 Bell Road, Lemont) 

Online Mass 

Online Sunday worship at 

9:30 a.m. can be viewed at www. 

ccconbell.com/teachings/. 

Have something for Faith Briefs? 

Contact Assistant Editor Benjamin 

Conboy at b.conboy@22ndcentury 

media.com or call (708) 326-9170 

ext. 15. Information is due by 

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Homer residents create scavenger hunt to give youth safe outdoor activity 

5 



As the world around 

them stopped and people 

sealed themselves in their 

homes, one neighborhood 

in Homer Glen found 

a way to get out of the 

house while practicing social 

distancing. 

On Tuesday, March 

17, residents of the Pebble 

Creek neighborhood 

hung up shamrocks in 

their front windows and 

challenged local kids 

to find as many as they 

can. Throughout the rest 

of the week, it offered a 

way for kids to get out 

of the house and burn off 

some energy while everyone 

is stuck in their 

houses. 

Kaitlyn Yoder, a resident 

of Pebble Creek, 

found out about the hunt 

on Facebook. 

“It falls under the social 

distancing guidelines 

because we can all do it 

from our houses and decorate,” 

Yoder said. “But we 

can still get out and walk 

around the neighborhood 

and ride bikes with your 

family and make a game 

of it.” 

With the world slowing 

down, people are coming 

to terms with the fact that 

some things they have enjoyed 

in the past might not 

be there for them as the 

novel coronavirus continues 

to spread across the 

country. 

“This way, we still get 

to kind of celebrate St. 

Patrick’s Day and get out 

of the house while doing 

it,” said Yoder, who was 

wearing a green White 

Sox hat and a bright green 

cardigan as she worked 

from home. 

After the work day 

was over, Yoder and her 

husband took their two 

“Italy is being hit so hard right 

now, and what are they doing? 

They’re singing. And I think 

we’re going to see that with the 

American people. We’re going 

to stop panicking and buying 

toilet paper, and we’re going to 

start singing.” 

Karen Sadler — Homer Glen resident, on 

American resilience 

daughters out hunting for 

shamrocks. 

There was on shamrock 

that was luckier than all of 

them: Karen Sadler’s massive 

four-foot shamrock. 

Sadler, who is a teacher 

at Hinsdale Hospital, said 

she was inspired to participate 

in the hunt to foster 

community when people 

seem so withdrawn. “You 

can do this and be across 

the street from your neighbors, 

say hi and wave, and 

you can still connect with 

one another,” Sadler said. 

Sadler said the hunt is 

all about reminding people 

that even in the times 

they feel so apart, everyone 

is still in this together. 

“We’re seeing this 

across the world right 

now,” Sadler said. “Italy 

is being hit so hard right 

now, and what are they 

doing? They’re singing. 

“And I think we’re going 

to see that with the 

American people. We’re 

going to stop panicking 

and buying toilet paper, 

and we’re going to start 

singing.” 

Sadler offered prizes 

to the families that spotted 

the extra-large shamrock. 

She called Kenootz 

Pizza in Homer Glen and 

ordered five pizzas and 

50 cookies and told them 

to give them to the first 

people who spotted her 

shamrock. 

“What kid doesn’t want 

to earn a prize?” Sadler 

said. “We thought that 

would get the kids to encourage 

someone to take 

them out. It’s also a great 

way to support local businesses 

when they’re getting 

hit hard, too.” 

Pebble Creek resident 

Laurie Cepkauskas said 

her kids had been cooped 

up for nearly a week when 

they started hunting the 

shamrocks. 

“My son Tyler, he was 

so excited to get outside 

because we had been 

locked down for a week. It 

was like trick-or-treating, 

you couldn’t get the kids 

to come inside,” Cepkauskas 

said. 

Tyler and his sister, Emily, 

ended up finding 57 

shamrocks — including 

the golden ticket four-foot 

shamrock, which earned 

him a pizza from Kenootz. 

Sadler was inspired to 

share the shamrock hunt 

Justyn Boyce spotted Karen Sadler’s prized 4-foot shamrock on display in her front 

window. Photo Submitted 

because of her past experiences 

with her daughter 

and scavenger hunts. For 

years, they participated in 

Village-wide scavenger 

hunts that they enjoyed, so 

she thought now was the 

perfect time to get another 

one going. 

Sadler said she was encouraged 

by the turnout for 

their local shamrock hunt 

and is going to be organizing 

more across Lockport 

and Homer Glen as people 

continue to be locked 

down in their houses. 

RIGHT: Tyler Cepkauskas 

spotted 57 shamrocks 

in the Pebble Creek 

neighborhood in Homer 

Glen throughout the week 

of Monday, March 16, 

earning him a free pizza 

from Kenootz Pizza.

16 | March 26, 2020 | the homer horizon dining out 


The Dish 

Chesdan’s remains operational with curbside pickup, delivery during pandemic 

Business continues 

to serve customers 

their favorites 

Thomas Czaja, Editor 

“Support your local restaurants. 

It’ll be good for everybody.” 

Dan Garr — Chesdan’s owner 

With several modifications, 

a Homer Glen business, 

like many others, is 

ready to keep filling orders 

for the cuisine patrons 

want during a global pandemic. 

Chesdan’s Pizzeria & 

Grille in Homer Glen has 

had carryout and delivery 

options for a while, meaning 

it was prepared for 

recent, indefinite changes, 

according to owner Dan 

Garr. 

With Gov. J.B. Pritzker 

mandating all bars 

and restaurants in the state 

eliminate dine-in through 

March 30 because of coronavirus 

concerns, establishments 

are doing what 

they can to keep business 

going. Takeout via pickup 

and delivery, which Chesdan’s 

does, are still allowed, 

as are drive-thrus. 

“We are pretty well set 

in terms of having boxing, 

delivery bags,” Garr said. 

“We have quadrants set 

up, and our staff is trained 

to take credit cards over 

the phone for deliveries or 

curbside pickups.” 

The business announced 

on its Facebook page 

March 17 that while patrons 

cannot currently dine 

in, Chesdan’s is not limiting 

its menu for pickups 

and delivery. During this 

unprecedented time, all 

deliveries are free and taking 

place all day, beginning 

at 11 a.m. 

“Somebody can be out 

in the parking lot, and they 

can always call and we’ll 

run it out to them,” Garr 

added about pickups. 

Chesdan’s Pizzeria & Grille 

15764 S. Bell Road in Homer Glen 

Hours: 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday 

• Noon-9 p.m. Sunday 

For more information ... 

Phone: (708) 301-8300 

Web: chesdanspizza.com 

In terms of cleanliness, 

Chesdan’s is following the 

Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention guidelines, 

along with sanitization 

checklists. Staff there 

wear gloves. Disinfectant 

has always been at maximum 

strength, and door 

handles and pens that are 

frequently used are being 

wiped down as much as 

they possibly can be. 

Customers can still walk 

in to pick up their order, 

but if they are not comfortable 

doing so given the 

circumstances, curbside 

remains the best option, 

with a pickup area set up 

on the side of the building. 

That said, Chesdan’s is 

still trying to do all it can 

for its employees. 

“We are trying to keep 

the waitstaff working, 

because we do need hostesses 

and people manning 

the phones for deliveries, 

pickups and things of that 

nature,” Garr said. 

He noted on the first day 

of the new guidelines, on 

St. Patrick’s Day, that orders 

were still coming in at 

a decent pace. On March 

17 on Facebook, the business 

wrote, “A great big 

thank you to all our loyal 

Chesdan’s customers who 

are placing those curbside 

pickup and delivery orders! 

We love you!” 

Garr said since Chesdan’s 

makes everything 

from pizzas to pastas to 

sandwiches to desserts 

and more, he expects a 

mix of their offerings to 

keep moving out the door. 

Those in the mood for a 

pizza can still get the likes 

of a large 14-inch thin 

crust cheese ($18.50) that 

serves 3-4 people, or any 

of their other pies with 

various sizing, pricing and 

toppings. 

Elsewhere on the menu, 

the baked rigatoni ($17 or 

$12.30 for the meta portion) 

comes with tomato 

Alfredo and mozzarella 

cheese, with the option to 

add spinach, mushrooms 

or broccoli for $3 each. 

That and the Parmesancrusted 

tilapia ($15.55) 

— served with garlic butter, 

lemon and Parmesan 

— are solid options during 

Lent or anytime. 

While it is unknown 

what the future holds, including 

if the no-dining in 

mandate will be extended, 

The king special personal-size pizza ($9.67) is a quick option for an individual looking 

for a meal on the go from Chesdan’s Pizzeria & Grille in Homer Glen. Photos by 

Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

Chesdan’s is utilizing a number of sanitization methods, from cleaning pens and 

door handles regularly to employees wearing gloves in an effort to halt the spread of 

COVID-19. 

Garr and his staff are ready 

and willing to keep serving 

customers their favorite 

menu items. 

Those interested can 

also order online with 

DoorDash via the Chesdan’s 

website and/or follow 

the eatery on Facebook 

to keep up on the 

latest with any potential 

further changes. 

“Support your local restaurants,” 

Garr said. “It’ll 

be good for everybody.”

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Castroneves 

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Sinatra 

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detective 

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Down 

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3. Sign up for college 

4. Not really sing 

5. “Step ___!” 

6. Cover 

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8. Black trees 

9. Estrange 

10. Big conference in 

the BCS 

11. Army member 

12. Prof’s helpers, for 

short 

15. Think out loud 

20. Caspian or Dead 

21. French flower 

24. Coal color 

25. Declined 

26. Parts of a min. 

28. Boxer or chow, for 

example 

31. Hitter’s tool 

33. Sneaker 

34. Chest muscles, 

briefly 

35. More than some 

36. Bowling variation 

38. Raccoon feature 

39. Masseur’s workplace, 

maybe 

42. Burdensome 

44. Inactivity 

46. Signs 

47. Empty (of) 

49. Rotating piece of 

machinery 

50. Of part of the eye 

51. Meteorological 

event 

52. Playground piece 

for two 

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letter 

58. Director Jean-___ 

Godard 

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nutritionist and nobel 

prize winner 

60. Confucian path 

Homer Dunkin’ pays it forward in time of crisis 



With the students out of 

school, they’re not getting 

that school meal. 

The manager of a local 

Dunkin’ Donuts took it 

upon himself to make sure 

they’re still getting something 

to eat. 

Jaeme Eddie, the manager 

of the Dunkin’ Donuts at 

151st Street and Bell Road, 

is offering children a free 

donut, sandwich and their 

choice of milk or juice with 

any purchase. 

“With this location only, 

I was thinking about the 

toddlers,” Eddie said. “I 

know they were going to be 

out of school. It could be a 

couple months before they 

get back to school. I came 

up with a solution to help 

out the parents who have 

toddlers at home.” 

Eddie has a loyal base of 

customers who he sees everyday. 

He said that in this 

time of need, he wanted to 

make sure they get back 

“what they deserve.” 

“I’ve got some dedicated, 

loyal customers here,” 

he said. “They treat me 

with nothing but kindness 

and respect, and I wanted 

to give something back to 

them.” 

When customers come 

in, Eddie immediately offers 

them a sandwich and 

a juice. Some accept it, but 

others tell him they don’t 

need it. They tell him to 

give it to the next person, 

someone who might need it 

more than they do. 

Eddie said there’s a 

unique spirit to the people 

in Homer Glen, which inspired 

the decision to give 

something back to them. 

He’s developed strong 

bonds with most of his 

customers, and so when 

he saw the community was 

hurting, it was a no-brainer 

to jump into action. 

“Being here in Homer 

Glen, the love and spirits 

that people have around 

here, it’s something I’ve 

never seen before,” he said. 

“They stand as one. 

“The people here in 

Homer Glen, you got to 

give them some credit,” he 

said. “If you’re falling, you 

got someone right there to 

pick you up. What else can 

you do besides lift them 

back up too. 

Despite the statewide 

ban on dining in, Eddie 

said his location is still doing 

good business. 

“It hasn’t slowed us 

down much,” he said. 

“People are still here every 

morning at 4 a.m. when we 

cut the lights on.”

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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 

OF ELECTORS 

Date: April 14th, 2020 

Time: 7:00 pm 

Location: Old Town Hall, 16057 

Cedar Road, Lockport, IL 60441 

This meeting issubject tothe Open 

Meetings Act 

1. Call Meeting to Order: 

2. Pledge of Allegiance: 

3. Setting of moderator’s salary: 

4. Election of a moderator: 

a. Moderator Oath of Office 

5. Set date of next Annual Town 

Meeting: 

a. April 13th, 2021. Time TBD 

6. Approval of Minutes: 

a. Annual Town Meeting of Electors 

April 9th 2019 

b. Homer Township Special Meeting 

ofthe Electors September 5th 

2019 

7. Presentation of Supervisor’s Annual 

Financial Statement (unaudited): 

8. Agenda items requested by petition 

presented to Clerk for consideration. 

1. We, the registered voters of 

Homer Township demand the following 

items be brought forward 

for a vote atthe Annual Township 

Meeting April 14th, 2020 

There will beNoHomer Township 

property used for anew event center, 

multipurpose center, community 

room or any other new room 

or center that requires spending tax 

dollars from existing funds, new 

taxes, or New bonds. 

2. We, the undersigned registered 

voters ofHomer Township, Will 

County, Illinois incompliance with 

Illinois Compiled Statute (60 ILCS 

1/30-205, Advisory referenda), do 

hereby petition the electors of the 

Annual Township Meeting of April 

14, 2020 to authorize the following 

advisory question of public policy 

be placed on the ballot at the next 

regularly scheduled election inthe 

township: 

“Shall the Homer Township Board 

in accordance with its Open Space 

Program pursue grant funding 

WITHOUT increasing or adding 

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purposes of constructing amultipurpose, 

pole barn style structure 

to be used for educational, environmental, 

recreational and social 

community activities?” 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Allie Mateja 

Allie Mateja is a sophomore 

at Lockport Township High 

School. She is entering her first 

year playing for the Porter girls 

soccer team. 

The start of the upcoming 

season is on hold due to the 

coronavirus. What are your 

thoughts on that? 

I think we all just need to stay 

in shape. We have to do workouts 

on our own. Do some ball 

work and stay in shape. We have 

to try to stay ahead of our competition, 

stay healthy and hope it 

all clears up. 

I understand that this is 

your first season on the 

Lockport team. What made 

you come out this season 

after not playing for the 

school last year? 

I guess I wanted a new experience 

and getting to play with 

new girls. I wanted to be part of 

a high school sports team and not 

just play with my club team [Inter] 

like I always do. 

How did you get started 

playing soccer? 

My dad, Eric, played soccer. 

So I took after him. I tried a lot 

Photo submitted 

of sports when I was younger but 

I’ve been playing soccer since I 

was six years old. I first started 

playing soccer for the Homer 

Recreation Association and I just 

stuck with it. 

Do you still do any other 

sports? 

Yes. I was diving in the fall 

on the swim team. I just saw 

it and thought it looked cool 

so I tried it. But I like soccer 

more. 

What is it about soccer that 

makes it the sport for you? 

I get to be more aggressive 

and stuff. I like playing 

with a team and meeting new 

people. You get to do that in 

soccer. 

What have you learned 

from Lockport soccer coach 

Todd Elkei? 

I’ve learned to not give up and 

believe in yourself. I learned that 

you can push yourself when you 

are tired. 

What do you do to pump 

yourself up before a game? 

I listen to a lot of hype music 

and get in the zone. I’m pretty 

quiet so I listen to music and 

don’t talk to many people. 

If you could meet any 

person in the world, who 

would it be and why? 

Carli Lloyd. She’s on the 

Women’s National Soccer Team 

and she worked really hard to get 

there. So I’d like to hear her stories 

and how she got there. 

You’re only a sophomore. 

But do you plan to play 

soccer in college? 

Yes, I know I want to play 

in college.I want to go into the 

medical field. I want to be a pediatrician 

or an oncologist. That’s 

because I’ve always wanted to 

help people. 

What’s the best thing 

about being an athlete at 

Lockport? 

The attention you get and all 

the girls that I get to play with. If 

you need help the girls are there 

for you. They will help you with 

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fastbreak 

Lockport grad has great track season at ISU cut short 

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University 

1st and 3 

Former LTHS track 

star’s season cut 

short 

1. Sweet memories 

Illinois State University’s 

indoor women’s 

track team 

won their third 

straight Missouri 

Valley Conference 

championship with 

the help of former 

LTHS track star 

Jaclyn Greci. Now, 

her outdoor season 

is canceled. 

2. Top performer 

Greci had some 

of her top performances 

ever in the 

indoor season. She 

won the 400-meter 

race also led off 

the winning 4x400 

team. 

3. Unprecedented 

circumstances 

Even though it is 

hard for Greci to 

have her season 

cut short, she 

understands that 

it’s in the public interest. 

She’ll get to 

compete again, but 

some of her teammates 

might not. 

Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter 

Jaclyn Greci had the days 

counted down. 

It was Saturday, Feb. 29, and the 

Illinois State University women’s 

track and field team had just won 

the indoor championship of the 

Missouri Valley Conference. That 

was the Redbirds’ third straight 

MVC title. The meet was held at 

the University of Northern Iowa in 

Cedar Falls. 

Greci, a 2017 Lockport Township 

High School graduate, and 

standout track and field athlete 

for the Porters, recalls the bus ride 

home was full of celebration and 

also a question. 

“We were dancing and singing 

and we had the trophy,” she said. 

“Then I will never forget, someone 

asked how many days there 

were until the outdoor season 

starts. I was able to answer right 

away. I was like, ‘33 days.’” 

Indeed, on Friday, April 3 and 

Saturday, April 4, Illinois State 

was supposed to host the Redbird 

Invitational. But as the world has 

found out, the next two weeks 

didn’t go as planned. 

“Our spring break was starting, 

so a lot of the team went someplace 

or out of state,” Greci said of 

the first week of March. “But then 

the coronavirus came out and day 

by day, things began to change. 

First, we were going to be having 

meets without fans, then it was on 

hold for a couple of weeks. At this 

point, the writing was on the wall. 

“Change was happening in our 

lives. Some of the team was on 

spring break in Florida and we 

were talking and texting them, 

They left school for spring break 

and then came back and there was 

no school. No track team, no outdoor 

activities, everything canceled, 

classes are all online. All 

the student activities and athletics 

were canceled in a matter of days. 

It was hard to focus. It was shocking.” 

Greci says she understands why 

this is happening. But it’s still difficult 

for her and the thousands of 

other college athletes throughout 

the state and U.S. 

“We don’t know how to think, 

we don’t know how to feel,” she 

said. “Doing everything we could 

and then to all have it taken away. 

I feel so sorry for the seniors. 

We worked so hard to get to this 

point. I feel so sad for them. It’s 

probably the last time running 

with them. We are trying to see 

the good in it, trying to see the 

time to heal. 

“We do understand why this is 

being done. It’s a global issue. I 

have loved ones in my life who 

could be affected by this. I don’t 

want anything to happen to them.” 

From the moment that the Redbirds 

hosted the annual Coghlan- 

Molloy Cup this season on Jan.17 

at Horton Fieldhouse, this was 

a great season for them and for 

Greci. 

“It was my third year competing 

for the Redbirds and every year it 

just got better and better,” Greci 

said. “We would usually come 

together at the MVC meet at the 

end of the season and win that. 

But this season we had been doing 

well from the start. This year 

we knew we were going to win the 

MVC meet and we did in record 

fashion, breaking a conference record 

with 190.16 points.” 

Along the way, Greci had some 

of her top performances. In the 

Cughlin-Malloy Cup, she won 

the 400-meter race with a time of 

Illinois State University track and 

field runner and LTHS graduate 

Jaclyn Greci competes at the 

Coughlin-Malloy Cup at the 

Horton Fieldhouse on Illinois 

State’s campus on Friday, Jan. 

17. Dennis Banks/Illinois State 

University 

58.70 seconds. She also led off the 

winning 1,600 relay team (4 minutes, 

.04 seconds) as the Redbirds 

defeated their arch-rival, Indiana 

State. 

After an outstanding freshman 

season at Illinois State, Greci 

said she had a disappointing 

sophomore season. But this indoor 

season she was “really feeling 

it.” That included an indoor 

PR of 25.56 seconds for a thirdplace 

finish on Saturday, Jan. 25 

in the Notre Dame Invitational, 

and a season-best time of 57.07 

seconds in the 400-meter dash on 

Friday, Feb. 14 at the Iowa State 

Classic. 

When she was performing for 

the Porters, Greci was a fivetime 

IHSA Class 3A individual 

state qualifier, plus a three-time 

All-Conference and two-time All- 

State performer. As a senior, she 

finished fourth at the 2017 IHSA 

Class 3A State Championships in 

the 400-meter dash with a personal-record 

time of 56.83 

That same season, Greci, who 

plans to become a high school 

Spanish teacher, was on the Lockport 

4x400-meter relay team 

which placed fifth in the state. 

Overall she helped the Porters go 

undefeated during her senior year 

while being a member of the National 

Honor Society and graduating 

in the top 10 percent of her 

class. 

Lockport girls track and field 

coach Joe Kravitz has no doubt 

that Greci will get back to the top 

next season. 

“I know that last season didn’t 

go how she had hoped, and she really 

worked hard to rebound this 

season,” Kravitz said. “From my 

experiences with her I know even 

with this setback, she will continue 

to accomplish great things next 

year.” 

There is talk about the NCAA 

adding another year of eligibility 

to those who’s seasons were canceled. 

While that could be good, 

Greci isn’t sure how it would work 

or if she could or would take advantage 

of it. 

“I don’t know the exact logistics 

of that extra eligibility at the moment,” 

she said. “I just know this 

was my comeback season and for it 

to be stopped is pretty hard. But the 

coaches have all been great. They 

say to stay safe and stay strong.” 

LISTEN UP 

“No track team, no outdoor activities, everything canceled, classes 

are all online. All the student activities and athletics were canceled 

in a matter of days. It was hard to focus. It was shocking.” 

Jaclyn Greci — Studnet-athlete from Homer Glen, on the impact of the 

coronavirus on Illinois State University 

Tune In 

Illinois State Track & Field 

• The Missouri Valley Conference 

canceled all events for the remainder of 

the 2020 academic year. 

Index 

29 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Assistant Editor Benjamin 

Conboy, b.conboy@22ndcenturymedia.com.

homerhorizondaily.com sports 

the homer horizon | March 26, 2020 | 31

homer glen’s Hometown Newspaper | March 26, 2020 

Meet the squad 

Team 22 boys basketball announced, 

Page 31 

Athlete of the Week 

Allie Mateja, LTHS girls soccer player, talks 

sports in the time of coronavirus Page 29 

LTHS grad has promising track and 

field season cut short by coronavirus, 

Page 30 

Pictured is Jaclyn 

Greci during the 

Iowa State Classic 

Feb. 15, which was 

held in Ames, Iowa. 

Illinois State 

University

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