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THE REGIONAL NEWS Named best small weekly in Illinois five times by the Illinois Press Association
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Serving Palos, Orland and Worth townships and neighboring communities
76th Year, NO. 50 • 3 Sections
PALOS TOWNSHIP
It was business unusual
Board members get work done despite chanting from audience By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer
A little snow on the ground on Monday did not stop the activists who have been packing into Palos Township Board meetings since July to protest Trustee Sharon Brannigan, whose resignation they are demanding because of posts on social media that some people found offensive to Muslims and people of Middle Eastern descent. And a lot of yelling in the building did not stop Palos Township board members from doing their job. The controversy has drawn overflow crowds to the monthly meetings at 10802 S. Roberts Road, and Monday was no different. Brannigan had perhaps 10 supporters in the crowd of approximately 42 in the main room and
dozens more in the lobby. At previous meetings, protestors waited until the floor was opened to the public. But on Monday, as soon as the Pledge of Allegiance was over, they started chants such as, “Hey hey, ho ho, Sharon Brannigan has to go!” The few Brannigan supporters waved their own signs at their opponents, but their frustration was palpable, especially when opponents turned to them, chanting, “Racists have got to go!” and “Go home racists!” “We want to make sure there is no business as usual until Sharon Brannigan resigns,” said one woman, explaining the tactic. However, while many protestors left thinking that no business had been done, Township Supervisor Colleen Schumann said afterward that the shouting did not prevent See BOARD, Page 2
Brannigan won’t quit but hopes for ‘meaningful conversation’ By Jeff Vorva Staff Writer
“HEY HEY, HO HO, SHARON BRANNIGAN HAS TO GO! HEY HEY, HO HO, SHARON BRANNIGAN HAS TO GO!” This loud, soccer-like chant went on for all eight minutes of Monday night’s Palos Township General Meeting in Palos Hills. An estimated 42 people crowded the board room at the Roberts Road facility and many more crammed the lobby. Most of them were there to try to disrupt the meeting and prevent the board from conducting its business, including approving its tax levy
Photos by Jeff Vorva
Mike Wolf of Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood was one of the protesters chanting during Monday night’s Palos Township general meeting.
ordinance. The issue is that many of the protesters want Brannigan waxed from her position — whether it’s by firing or resignation — because of comments she made on social media in July that are viewed by some as racist. Protesters have been showing up in full force to meetings since summer and they say they will continue until she is off the board. Brannigan has issued apologies that were deemed too-little, toolate by some. So it appears the yelling and controversy will still be a monthly occurrence in 2018. Left: Although few could hear her because of the audience chanting for her dismissal, Trustee Sharon Brannigan conducts Palos Township business
during an eight-minute meeting Monday night. Right: Although small in numbers, Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan had a few supporters at
See BRANNIGAN, Page 2 Monday night’s meeting.
Parent calls D230’s decision to fire Lottery decides 2018 gubernatorial primary cheerleading coach ‘deplorable’ ballot positions By Jeff Vorva Staff Writer
A little after 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, Stagg cheerleading parent Michael Orloff was polite and respectful as he read a statement to the Consolidated High School District urging the board members not to fire the team’s coach, Bridget Guzior. A few minutes before midnight, after the board spent close to 5 ½ hours in executive session at the district’s administrative center in Orland Park, Board President Richard Nogal took a vote and the seven board members unanimously voted to terminate her part-time position.
Orloff was not as tactful after spending more than five hours to hear the news he didn’t want to hear. “Welcome to lawsuits,” he said aloud after the board adjourned. “This was a deplorable action and I hope every one of them gets voted off the board,” he said. “I think they are unjust and the punishment didn’t suit the crime.’’ Board members left after the adjournment and a statement was handed out saying that “the primary reason for the board’s action this evening is Ms. Guzior’s profane text message to a student in August of this year. This conduct was in violation of a written administrative directive approximately
one year ago which reinforced in writing again last spring. “Contributing to the board’s decision are Ms. Guzior’s failure to attend a required investigatory conference on Oct. 11, 2017, and her inadequate recordkeeping in connection with the cheer program violated district policies and establish procedures, although the board emphasizes that no financial improprieties have been alleged or found.’’ The meeting, which started with more than 60 people and ended with less than 15 in the audience, opened with less than six minutes of public comment and the board immediately retreated to executive session.
Reportedly, the text addressed to the male student, stated “No matter how much we make each other want to bash our heads into a wall (most times a brick wall) I am so proud of the young adult you have become! Looking forward to an awesome year! Drama free curse is over the bitch is gone!” A statement was read on behalf of the mother of the student receiving the text saying that she received the text and that the district was manipulating the facts that it was only sent to the student. To throw a little more grease into the fire, Guzior has filed a sexual harassment claim with
By Dermot Connolly
Campaigning for the 2018 gubernatorial election being held March 20 officially got underway on Monday when Cook County elections officials held ballot lotteries to decide the ballot positions of the various candidates. Candidates from established parties were required to submit nominating petitions between Nov. 27 and Dec. 4. In total, Cook County Clerk David Orr and Director of Elections Noah Praetz held 15 lotteries, including 14 for the first ballot spot, See COACH, Page 2 and one for last ballot spot. All
were for Democratic Party races. The 14 lotteries for the first position on the ballot were comprised of candidates competing for the same office who filed their nomination petitions simultaneously at 9 a.m. Nov. 27, the first day of candidate filing. A separate lottery was held for the candidates who filed between 4 and 5 p.m. Dec. 4. Anyone who filed nominating papers after 9 a.m. Nov. 27, and before 3:59 p.m. Dec. 4, will be listed on ballots in the order they filed. Locally, the most interesting race is likely to be the one to See BALLOT, Page 2
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Continued from Page 1 the board from quickly completing the whole agenda, including passage of the 2017 tax levy. The board members used microphones to speak to each other and speakers were placed in the main boardroom and lobby, but observers could not hear them above the din. “We knew what we had to do for the people of Palos Township and we did it. We were ready to have the meeting, and following the agenda is the law,” said the supervisor “We tried to open the floor to the public three times, but no one heard us. We were, quite frankly, surprised, that no one wanted to speak.” While the meeting was still underway, two Palos Hills police officers escorted one woman out who allegedly was overheard saying that she was armed. Officials said afterward that they believed the woman just wanted to leave and was not armed. When the meeting adjourned Supplied photo after less than 10 minutes, Hatem With three virtual-reality screens behind him, a law enforcement officer trains to respond effectively to an acAbudayyeh, executive director of tive-shooter emergency. the Arab American Action Net-
Virtual reality used in firearms training The VirTra 300 Use of Force Simulator is used to train officers for scenarios they may encounter out in the field, ranging from traffic stops to active shooter situations. Under the direction of Sergeant Chris Hughes and Range Master Diana Campbell, 30 Palos Park officers incorporated the virtual reality into to their firearms training. This simulator has five screens, allowing trainees a 300-degree view of the situation and scenarios are designed to replicate real-life events that officers may encounter in the field, ranging from domestic violence incidents
to active shooter situations. The scenarios are pre-recorded using trained actors with approximately 10 to 15 different outcomes per scenario. An operator in the training room controls how the simulation unfolds based on the actions of the trainee. “Our main objective is to have officers go in and be submersed in different scenarios so they have that split-second decision-making capability,” said Hughes. Campbell noted that officers learn not only split-second decision-making capability on use of force, but de-escalation, how to handle different scenarios, how to provide commands so that they
POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Charge four with DUI Orland Park police charged Stanislaw Staszel, 46, of Burbank, with DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after they investigated a three-vehicle crash at 143rd Street and Wolf Road at 6:45 p.m. Nov. 16. The two other motorists declined medical assistance, police said. Staszel’s pickup truck was towed and impounded, and he is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Dec. 28. Orland Hills resident Michael A. Romero, 24, was charged with DUI, speeding and failure to signal when required after police curbed his car in the 9100 block of West 159th Street at 1:54 a.m. Nov. 19. His vehicle was spotted traveling at 52 mph, 17 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. The car was towed and impounded. The police report did not indicate a court date. Orland Park resident Saul Escalonacuapa, 31, was charged with DUI and improper lane usage after his car was stopped by police in the 9900 block of West 151st Street at 9:16 p.m. Nov. 13. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Escalonacuapa was set to appear in court
in Bridgeview on Nov. 28. Rockford resident Moiz Mohammad Vaid, 27, was charged with DUI and driving a vehicle with only one working headlight after police curbed his car in the 14700 block of South LaGrange Road at 12:31 a.m. Nov. 17. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Vaid was expected to appear in court in Bridgeview yesterday.
Teen texted and drove, police say Orland Park resident Joshua J. Groundwater, 19, was charged with operating a motor vehicle while using an electronic communications device after police stopped his car at 143rd Street and Main Street at 8:54 p.m. Nov. 19. Police said they saw him texting and driving. A charge of possession of drug parapherna-
POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK Check scam
Suspended license
A 52-year-old Palos Park man reported an attempt to scam him out of money at 2:29 p.m. Dec. 1. The man told police that he received an unsolicited check in the mail for $2,730, with instructions to perform a “mystery shopper” job and rate Walmart. Police said the “evaluation instruction letter” included many grammatical errors. He was given instructions to cash the check and send $1,300 via MoneyGram at Walmart to one man and $1,000 to another, both based in San Diego. The man did not follow the instructions and lost no money.
Ali R. Jaber, 19, of Chicago Ridge, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 11:13 p.m. Dec. 1, at 125th Street and LaGrange Road. Police said he was also cited for having no rear registration plate light. He is due in court on Dec. 21.
Possession of cannabis Joseph P. Bianco, 28, of Palos Park, was issued a local adjudication ticket for possession of cannabis following a traffic stop at 6:44 a.m. Dec. 2, in the 8600
have positive outcomes along the way. Many Palos Park Police officers that utilized the state of the art training simulator said they felt in the middle of situations they encounter on a daily basis as well as more critical incidents, provoking thought and review of what works and what may not work. Palos Park Police officers worked with their hosts, the Homewood Police Department, the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and the South Suburban Chiefs of Police Association.
Stephen L. Grajek, 58, of Palos Heights, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic crash in a parking lot in the 12800 block of South Harlem Avenue at 6:17 p.m. Saturday. Police said Grajek failed field sobriety tests after his car struck another one from behind outside Wendy’s. He is due in court on Jan. 26. Sultan Shaw, 41, of Robbins, was charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol fol-
lowing a traffic stop at 7:42 a.m. Sunday, in the 12300 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he failed field sobriety tests. He was also cited for felony driving with a revoked license, driving without insurance, and speeding. He was held for a bond hearing. Bohdan Tylka, 30, of Orland Park, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol at 12:57 a.m. Monday, in the 7600 block of West 135th Street. Police said he failed field sobriety tests He was also cited for improper
Continued from Page 1 For her part, Brannigan said in the summer she will not resign and reiterated that Monday night. “No…no, that’s not going to happen,” she said matter-of-factly. Some observers said that of all the meetings since July, this was the loudest the protesters have been. Right after the Pledge of Allegiance the chanting started as some hoped it would disrupt the meeting. The board, meanwhile conducted its business before adjourning, although few, if any, in the audience heard it. After the adjournment, Hatem Abudayyeh, the director of the
a question, and she apologized. What she said was right anyway,” said one woman. Details of Brannigan’s postings, one of which questioned whether people coming to the area from the Middle East were legal residents, were printed in previous editions of The Regional News. They have since been deleted from her social media accounts. In September, Brannigan issued a written apology, which was printed in its entirety by The Regional. But Abudayyeh said the apology was not acceptable. “She claims she apologized, but we don’t accept that. She apologized for people being offended, but not what she said,” said Abudayyeh. “This isn’t just about the First Amendment. There is nobody here that is being violent. But these remarks by white supremacists are creating fear in African-American, Latino and Arab communities. They are emboldened because we have a white supremacist in the White House,” said Abudayyeh. “Hate speech leads to attacks in these communities. That is why we are here. We can’t allow this to go on.”
Arab-American Action Network, congratulated the protesters and promised that they would continue to show up while Brannigan held her position as trustee. “They will realize that they will never do business in Palos Township until she resigns!” he shouted minutes after the business was done. Brannigan said she won’t quit but wants meaningful dialogue in the future. “I’ve addressed everything that they have complained about and apologized numerous times over,” Brannigan said. “This is the way it is. We got all of our township business done despite the fact that there was screaming and hollering and so forth.
“I hope that sometime in the future we can have a meaningful conversation. We actually did have somewhat of a meaningful conversation at the last meeting (in November). So, I’m hopeful that it will happen again. I am hopeful.’’ While having someone hurl loud insults at you in a small boardroom month after month and taking a beating on social media could be unnerving to some, Brannigan said it is not taking a toll on her. “I’m doing fine,” she said. “I’m very patient and I have an open mind. I’m looking forward to having a conversation and when they are ready, I will be ready.’’
Coach
Continued from Page 1 lia was added after police found the Illinois Department of Human two smoking pipes in the center Rights against Stagg Athletic Diconsole, according to the police rector Terry Treasure. report. “The board notes that the complaint was deemed unperfected by the department because Ms. Say man shopped while Guzior failed to sign and verify the kids alone in SUV complaint,” the D230 statement Homewood resident Reginald said. “The evidence provided to T. Miller, 42, was charged with the board clearly shows that the endangering the health of a child athletic director did not play a after he allegedly left his two role or otherwise impact in any children—a 10-year-old girl way, the decision to recommend and an 18-month-old boy—in the termination of Ms. Guzior’s his SUV while he shopped at employment. The decision to recK & G Fashion Superstore at ommend termination was made by Orland Park Place on Nov. 19. other administrators well before Police said a witness claimed the either the administration or the children were unsupervised for board had any knowledge of her up to an hour. Miller told police harassment claims.’’ he was in the store to pick up a Orloff, who said that most of the suit he was having altered; but returning members of last year’s when he learned it was not ready, squad left the team because of he shopped for other items. He the suspension and possible firing added that he checked on his of their coach, said he received children twice during the hour information about Treasure’s prethat he was inside. Police said vious behavior and that district they determined the children officials have done “nothing to were unattended for more than protect our children. Lawsuits will 10 minutes and arrested him. The be coming.’’ children were brought to the poGuzior, 29, of Orland Park, lice station and later turned over has been the head cheerleading to their grandmother. Miller is coach at Stagg since 2013. She due in court in Bridgeview on was suspended on Aug. 30. Dec. 28. It appeared that the matter was going to be resolved during the district’s October meeting but the board tabled action on the matter due in part to what D230 Superintendent James Gay said block of West 123rd Street. Police said he was found asleep at the wheel. He was also cited for possession of drug paraphernalia after a small bag of marijuana and a pipe containing marijuana were found in the car, according to police. He was also cited for illegal parking on the roadway.
Speeding Robert Fudala. 24, of Burbank, was charged with speeding 72 mph in a 40-mph zone following a traffic stop in the 9500 block of West 131st Street. Police said he is due in court on Dec. 21.
POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS DUI
Brannigan
work, declared victory. “We will do this until she resigns. All of this public pressure is going to result in her resigning,” said Abudayyeh. Other protestors, who came from throughout the southwest suburbs, seem just as determined to keep coming back until Brannigan leaves. “We need to hold our local representatives accountable. Those racist comments are unacceptable,” said Mark Kuehner of Blue Island, adding that he was there with other members of South Siders for Peace to support the Arab-American community. Jake Shevitz, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Riverside, waved a sign stating, “I should be doing homework but this is more important.” “She is not being fair. This is just the right thing to do,” he said. Several of Brannigan’s supporters, who said they were reluctant to give their names for safety reasons, said the protestors are the ones being unfair. “I am here to support First Amendment rights. It is a lynch mob in there. There is no reciprocal tolerance. Sharon just asked
lane usage. He is due in court on Dec. 27.
Suspended license Elvira Quijano-Gomez, 44, of Oak Lawn, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 9:59 a.m. last Thursday, in the 13000 block of South Ridgeland Avenue. Police said she was also cited for driving without insurance and unlawful use of an electronic communication device. She is due in court on Jan. 11.
Ballot
Continued from Page 1 replace Cook County Commissioner Ed Moody (D-6th), who has decided not to run for election. The three candidates in that race, listed in the order they will appear on ballots, are Patricia Joan “Tricia” Murphy, Louis Presta and Donna Miller. Murphy, a Crestwood resident, is the daughter of the late Joan Murphy, who held the seat before Moody was appointed to replace her when she died last year. Presta is the mayor of Crestwood, and said recently that he intends to remain mayor if he is elected commissioner. Miller is a healthcare consultant based in Lynwood. Incumbent Commissioners John Daley (D-11th) and Sean Morrison (R-17th), are running unopposed in their primaries. Steve Spagnolo, of Willow Springs, is running in the Democratic primary for the 17th District seat, but his candidacy has already been challenged. Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, who pushed unsuccessfully for the unpopular sweetened beverage tax, is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Bob Fioretti, He introduced himself at a recent Chicago Ridge Village Board meeting, where he and Mayor Chuck Tokar noted that they were in law school together.
Photo by Jeff Vorva
Michael Orloff, a Stagg cheerleading parent, addresses the District 230 board Monday, asking members not to fire cheerleading coach Bridget Guzior.
was “additional information that has come forward prior to taking action.’’ District officials reportedly previously warned Guzior not to text students privately. But her attorney, Tom Skallas, said in a statement issued on her behalf that the student’s mother is supportive of the coach, and was included in the original text message. Guzior was hired in 2012 and became the head cheerleading coach in 2013. In her complaint filed in September with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, she claimed that since Treasure became athletic director in 2014, “there have been many times where I have felt uncomfortable because of Mr. Treasure’s “inappropriate sexual harassment as my superior, including “comments and gestures.”
Skallas also said in his statement that Guzior has been unfairly criticized for the timing of the complaint, submitted after the suspension. On Friday, the District announced a special meeting on the matter would take place on Tuesday and invited Guzior to either speak at the meeting or provide a written response. She provided the response to the board on Monday via her attorney. She was not at the meeting. District officials also announced they retained the law firm of Franczek Radelet P.C. as independent special council to assist in conducting the proceedings. The district’s legal counsel of Hodges Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick and Kohn LLP was excused from the closed session according to Nogal.
Andrew CM Nelson is running in the Republican primary for that position, but his candidacy is among those that have already been challenged. Other contested primaries include Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios running for re-election, and listed first in his race against Frederick “Fritz” Kaegi. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is running against challenger Peter Gariepy, who won the lottery to be listed first in that race. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart will face two challengers in the Democratic primary — Edward “Eddie” Acevedo and John Fairman. In the clerk’s race, Orr will not be running for another term. The candidates who will be running in the Democratic primary are Stephanie Joy Jackson-Rowe and Jan Kowalski McDonald. The four people vying for a seat with a six-year term on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation Board of Commissioners are Marcelino Garcia, Debra Shore, Kerri K. Steele and Martin J. Durkan, who will be listed in that order. In the other Cook County Board races, incumbent Richard R, Boykin is being challenged by Brandon Johnson in the 1st District; and incumbent Dennis Deer, appointed to replace the late Robert Steele in the 2nd District earlier this year,
will be running against Paul J. Montes II, Lupe Aguirre, Darryl D. Smith and Eddie Johnson III. In the 3rd District, five candidates are vying to replace retiring Jerry Butler. Listed in the order of appearance on the ballot are Joshua Gray, Bill Lowry, Patricia Horton, Charise A. Williams and Steven R. Wolfe. Cook County Commissioner Stanley S. Moore (4th) will face challenger Maria M. Barlow, followed by Gaylon Alcaraz and Robert R. McKay on the ballot. In the 5th District, incumbent Deborah Sims is running against Timothy ‘Tim’ Parker, followed by Audrey Lynn Tanksley and Dexter Johnson in order of appearance on ballots. The 8th District race will pit incumbent Koyis Arroyo Jr. against Victor Manuel Cuebas II, while in the 12th District, incumbent John Fritchey will be running against Bridget Degnan. In the 13th District, Bushra Amiwala is running against incumbent Larry Suffredin, and in the 14th, incumbent Kevin B. Morrison is being challenged by Ravi Raju. Objections to candidate filings were due in by 5 p.m. this past Monday for all the races. The list and status of candidates will be updated on the website at www. cookcountyclerk.com.
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PALOS PARK
Annexation fight end in sight, Mahoney says By Michael Gilbert Mayor John Mahoney anticipates the New Year will bring an end to the lengthy and sometimes contentious opposition by a group of Lemont residents to Palos Park’s annexation of four properties in unincorporated Lemont Township. During the village council meeting Dec. 11, Mahoney provided an update on the 2016 annexations of the Gleneagles Country Club, Mid-Iron Golf Course, Cog Hill Country Club and Ludwig Farms. He told the council and a handful of residents at the meeting he expects a petition filed by a small group of homeowners in the Sun Hill subdivision in Lemont objecting to the annexation of Gleneagles will be dismissed by the Illinois Appellate Court. A Cook County Circuit Court
judge this spring dismissed the petition, which claims Palos Park took too long to move on the annexation request from Gleneagles. The Lemont residents, however, opted to appeal the ruling. “Lemont’s goal with this petition is clear: to force annex – or forcibly take — approximately half of the Gleneagles property, which would effectively undo the annexations of Gleneagles and Cog Hill,” Mahoney said. “Our attorneys feel very confident in our legal position, and we are optimistic this matter will be resolved in our favor early in the New Year.” The four properties recently annexed into Palos Park total more than 1,440 acres. Lemont had been eyeing the land for potential future development, but the owners of each property voluntarily sought annexation into Palos Park. “[The four properties] are now
part of Palos Park and important additions to our village,” Mahoney said. “We are benefitting financially as the annexations generate sales taxes as well as business and liquor license revenues. We will begin receiving property tax revenues in the coming year. “In considering these annexations, we recognized they offered a unique opportunity to expand our village while retaining our reputation for high-quality development, recreation and environmental protection.” Stating it is confidential information received from the Illinois Department of Revenue, Village Manager Rick Boehm declined to reveal the amount of sales tax the properties generated this past year when asked by The Regional News. Mahoney noted none of the property owners have approached the village about future develop-
ment, but he does expect that discussion to occur at some point. “We know these [property owners] have plans to develop their properties in the future and we will work with them on future proposals they bring forth,” Mahoney said. “We have not been presented with any specific site plans yet but are confident the families [who own these properties] share our vision for Palos Park.” Mahoney said development “would probably be a mix of things,” but doubted anything would come to the council until the appeal from Lemont is dismissed. “Proposals will be approved only after we are assured they financially support our local taxing bodies and meet our high development standards,” he said.
Also Monday In other news, village officials
voted 4-0 to approve a resolution paving the way for a one-story, six-unit professional building to be constructed at 9520 W. 131st St. Commissioner G. Darryl Reed was absent. The currently vacant, nearly 31,000-square-foot parcel is owned by Palos Park resident and developer John Doyle. At the council meeting two weeks ago, Doyle told Palos Park officials he envisions each of the six storefronts to be around 1,000 square feet. The units would likely be utilized by medical professionals and office businesses, he said. Doyle told The Regional News last month he has owned the property for a dozen years but it has been on the back burner because the “economy was slow and we weren’t sure what to build there.” He added that over the years he has had offers from doctors and chiropractors looking to erect their
own building but Doyle said he was not interested in selling the property. Now that the economy “is coming back quite nicely,” Doyle said it is the time to move forward with development. The plan commission voted 4-0 during its meeting on Nov. 16 to recommend the village council approve the development. Doyle, who has developed several houses as well as two, five-unit commercial buildings just south of the old Dominick’s on Ridgeland Avenue, has not indicated to the village when he intends to break ground on the project, Boehm said. Due to the Christmas holiday, the council will not meet on the fourth Monday of the month. It will reconvene at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8.
Snow reminders issued by Orland Park With the season’s first snowfall on the ground, the Village of Orland Park Public Works Department is sharing its annual list of snow related reminders. Parking is prohibited on village streets once two inches of snow have fallen. Parked vehicles must be kept off the streets for 10 hours after a snow event, giving village crews time to clear the thoroughfares. Residents are reminded to never push shoveled snow into street, instead placing it on side lawns. Shoveling homeowners are asked to not shovel or blow the wind row or other snow at the
end of the driveway back into the street. Orland Park’s snow removal crews plow and salt more than 250 miles of roads throughout the village. The fleet includes 23 village owned trucks plowing and salting pre-designated routes. Private contractors are used to supplement the village’s plowing fleet when more than two to three inches of snow fall. Staff from the village’s Parks Department plow and shovel village owned properties and provide back-up for Public Works crews. An integral part of combating a snowstorm is street salting. In
Orland Park, first priority is given to the main streets, those with heaviest year round traffic, followed by secondary thoroughfares and cul-de-sacs. Orland Park is able to store more than 4,000 tons of salt under a protective cover throughout the year. The village uses a environmentally friendly liquid anti-icing agent that deters ice from bonding to the asphalt pavement. This makes it easier for plows to remove ice and snow as they accumulate on the surface. Roads are pre-treated prior to snowfall. Motorists may see dark stripes on the asphalt for pre-treatment.
Pavement is not pre-treated if rain is predicted before a snow event because rain washes the anti-icing agent from the road. Main streets like 151st Street, 143rd Street and 94th Avenue are pre-treated with the anti-icing liquid first and all streets may not receive pre-treatment. If time permits before it snows, primary routes into subdivisions will be pre-treated after the main roads and then secondary streets. Further information about Orland Park’s Snow Removal Program is available by calling the Supplied photo village’s Public Works Depart- Library Director Jesse Blazek (from left), Lake Katherine Operations Manment at (708) 403-6350. ager Gareth Blakesley, Lake Katherine board member Walter Bernard,
Palos Twp. residents donate to food pantry Due to the generosity of residents in Palos Township, two truckloads of food have been donated to the food pantry at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. “I heard the pantry at the college was starting to run low, so we put out the plea to the township,” said John Coleman, chair of the college’s board of trustees. “We thought this would be a great place to donate.” The donation, organized by Colleen Grant Schumann, Palos Township supervisor; and delivered by Gene Adams, highway commissioner, was received with much appreciation on behalf of the food pantry, which is overseen by Teresa Hannon and Shanya Gray, counselors at the college. “What is really nice is that Palos Township recognized that many of our students are in need,” Hannon said. “We really and truly appre- Moraine Valley Community College Trustee John Coleman (right) and Gene Adams, Palos Township highway ciate their generosity.” commissioner, help deliver a portion of the food donated by the township to the college’s food pantry.
Holiday celebration at Palos Winter Market Dec. 16 Celebrate the Holiday Season at Palos Heights Indoor Farmers Market! The Palos Heights Recreation Department’s Orchard Room will once again host the market Saturday December 16th from 8AM-12 noon. The Stagg High School Madrigal Singers, local artists, Face Painting, and Santa and his helper will be on hand to usher in the Season starting at 9 AM! The Holidays are almost upon us, and all the delicious farm fresh ingredients for your holiday dishes can be found right here! Vendors returning from the Summer Market include: Zeldenrust and Lyons Farms, Sikta Salmon, Windy Hill Farm, Olivaceto, Eating Well, Aracely’s Bakery and Tamales, Camille’s Confections, Rita Schultz DayDreamer Jewelry, and Pampered Chef. New Vendors to the Winter Market include John Bailey Farms, Rustic Knead Bakery (artisan breads and croissants), Salad Bowl Creations (cranberry sauces and healthy Mediterranean bars), Homewood Kitchen Gardens (organic teas) and Island Soapies (Natural soaps and personal care products), Etalaya’s Exotic Mandel Broit and Ethereal Boutique, Chiro One, and possibly more. Beautiful and bountiful quantities of fall/winter produce, including onions, leeks, white, red and sweet potatoes, winter squash, Brussel sprouts, apples, cider, eggs, greens, local honey, popcorn, meats, fish and more are available from our farmers. Deli-
cious toffee will make the dessert table delicious at all holiday parties, and make great gifts! Olive oils and vinegars are available, and gift packages are also available. Hot tamales are available, and delicious hot or frozen vege patties, and delicious desserts are available at Eating Well. Congratulations to Jean Freeman, winner of the November 18th Farmers Market gift certificate raffle! A $5.00 Farmers Market Gift Certificate Raffle will take at the end of each market! All attendees
are welcome to enter. Canned food items will be accepted for area food panties at all indoor markets. Palos Heights Farmers Market Gift Certificates will also be for sale. They make great gifts! They are sold for $5 each, and can be used at both the winter and upcoming summer Farmers Markets! LINK cards are accepted at the Palos Heights Farmers Market. Stop by the City Table to start the process. The market would like to thank this year’s Palos Heights Farmers
Market Sponsors. They include Dr. John Principe, MD of Wellbeing MD Center for Life, Palos Health, The Private Bank, CNB Bank and Trust, United Trust Bank, City of Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz, Running for Kicks, Golden Shoes and Camille’s Confections. Additional information about the market can be found at www. palosheights.org, by emailing farmersmarket@palosheights. org., join us on Facebook, or call 708-361-1800.
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Lake Katherine board member Terry Horvath, Lake Katherine Interpretive Educator Shamim Graff, Lake Katherine Coordinator of Business Operations Bridget Provost and Lake Katherine board member Bill Poore celebrate their collaboration.
Lake Katherine wins Palmer Service Award Palos Heights Library Director Jesse Blazek recently presented Lake Katherine staff and board members with the 2017 George W. Palmer Distinguished Service Award. The award honors the continued partnership between the library and the non-profit park to provide educational programs and events celebrating literature, conservation, and nature. This year, Lake Katherine has teamed up with the library for a bi-monthly panel based book discussion and a new Nature and Literature Festival which took place in April. In addition, Lake Katherine Operations Manager Gareth Blakesley has donated his time to present lectures at the library, covering topics such as how to navigate using nature and how to plan a pollinator garden. Blakesley and Library Director Jesse Blazek have also teamed up to create the podcast ‘Two Chaps Chatting’ in which they talk about their love of nature and reading, among other topics. “When these two Palos Heights treasures, the Library and Lake Katherine, work together on programs, the results are exciting,” said Susan Snow, president of the
PHPL Board of Trustees. “Palos Heights residents will be the beneficiaries as our cooperation continues. This is truly something to celebrate.” Staff and board members from Lake Katherine received the award, named in honor of former Palos Heights Public Library Board of Trustees President George W. Palmer, during a special ceremony on Sunday. The award is presented periodically to an organization or individual for single or cumulative acts of outstanding service to the library with the recipient determined by a vote of the library board. Lake Katherine Operations Manager Gareth Blakesley added, “We are truly honored to be the recipient of the George W. Palmer Award. This award represents the growing partnership between Lake Katherine and Palos Heights Public Library, as we make efforts to expand and improve our community’s access to knowledge and the environment.” In 2018 the two organizations plan to work together with their collaborative program, returning to the library on Wednesday, Feb. 7. A new Nature and Arts Festival is planned for April 28 and will be held at Lake Katherine.
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Durkin dead serious in primary battle If you were worried that House Republican Leader Jim Durkin wasn’t taking his primary race seriously enough, think again. As you may already know, Leader Durkin is being challenged by Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub, who has backing from conservative activist Dan Proft and Operating Engineers Union Local 150. It’s a bizarre duo teaming up in an unprecedented attempt to take out a Republican legislative leader. Durkin is the favorite, but one doesn’t want to take any chances in these trying times. So, Durkin has brought in the highly capable Mike Zolnierowicz to handle things on his campaign. Mike Z, as he’s known in political circles, was Gov. Rauner’s deputy campaign manager, then his first chief of staff, then ran Rauner’s massive campaign apparatus until this past July, when Z resigned during Rauner’s Great Summer Staff Purge (and eventual re-purge) of 2017 and joined Xpress Professional Services as its political director. Z simply could not stay around after Rauner pushed out most of the people he had brought in (including his replacement as chief of staff Richard Goldberg) and replaced them with what turned out to be incompetent ideologues. After allowing Proft the field to himself for the past several weeks, Leader Durkin’s campaign is now running two new cable TV ads. One is a positive spot that appears designed to address questions about his record made by Proft’s group. “Jim Durkin’s record?” the ad begins, “Durkin stood up to [House Speaker Michael Madigan’s] machine, his tax increase, his unbalanced budgets. Now Jim’s pushing property tax cuts. He knows we need relief. Jim Durkin, fighting for families against Madigan’s tax hikes.” Z didn’t pioneer the use of anti-Madigan themes. That’s been around for decades. But he’s the one who made those attacks ubiquitous with Rauner’s money in the 2014 campaign all the way through the 2016 election, when the Republicans impressively took away four seats from the House Democrats in a presidential cycle. And Z was planning to do it again until he decided to leave Team Rauner. The second, negative TV spot against Straub also brings in Madigan, and uses Local 150’s support for Straub against the candidate. “Ever met Mickey Straub? Don’t bother. You already know the man behind ‘Madigan Mickey,’” the narrator says as a black and white photo of Speaker Madigan is shown on screen. “That’s why Madigan and his union allies are revving up the Chicago machine to grease the skids for Mickey Straub,” the narrator then says as a reference to my syndicated column in the Sun-Times about 150’s support for Straub is displayed. “Say No to Madigan Mickey.” There’s also a mailer designed to warn voters that a “Million dollar Madigan front group is backing Mickey Straub.” And the Durkin folks have started a new website, MadiganMickey. com. “Straub’s campaign is being supported by a Chicago special interest group that’s funneled more than $1 million to Mike Madigan and wants to raise your taxes even higher,” a message on the front page says. “And it’s no surprise they want to hike Illinois’ Gas Tax by 15 cents per gallon. They even suggested that Illinois drivers should be taxed for every mile they drive…as much as $65 per month for the average family.” I don’t know about the cost estimate, but the union has been advocating for just such a pay-by-the-mile plan during the last year or so. Ironically enough, Z worked with a coalition of road builders and Local 150 on a constitutional amendment question last year. The website also previews some other likely attacks against Straub, including campaign fines that he allegedly didn’t pay until he decided to run for the House, and four unbalanced Burr Ridge budgets. So, considering that Gov. Rauner funds most of Durkin’s political operation, does Z’s hiring signal that the GOP establishment in this state is finally starting to patch things up after that huge July crackup? I wouldn’t go that far. But with Rauner’s Republican primary opponent Rep. Jeanne Ives already giving Rauner fits (just look at his bizarre “I am not in charge” press conference last week if you need proof) and Proft looking to pick off House Republican incumbents who voted for the tax hike as well as win some vacant seats, they gotta start somewhere, and Durkin’s race is a good place to do so. But Proft isn’t backing off. His Liberty Principles PAC has been spending about $70,000 a week on cable TV ads. His latest spots feature former Chicago Bears football player Dan Hampton. Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com.
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RICH MILLER
Middle class hopes unfulfilled by President By Congressman Dan Lipinski Bringing people together to solve problems and improve the everyday lives of middle-class Americans has always been my top priority in Congress. Unfortunately, not Cong. Lipinski enough people in Washington make this their priority. Americans in the middle class know that they have often been forgotten or ignored. President Trump promised that he would change that by delivering trade deals that help the middle class, a much-needed boost for manufacturing, a trillion dollar infrastructure bill, and tax reform that would provide relief for the middle class. But so far, the President has failed to deliver. On trade, President Trump has delivered little in terms of real change. He began the year by officially killing off the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), but that deal was already dead thanks to the aggressive fight some of us in Congress put up to let people know how bad this deal would be for middle class Americans. Since then, the President has declined to declare China a currency manipulator, even
though he said he would stop this unfair trade practice. He has also failed so far to take action against steel imports — up almost 20 percent this year — that are not only hurting American workers, but also our national security. In late October, I joined almost 70 of my colleagues in calling on him to finally act. Similarly, on manufacturing there has been little action by the White House. Thanks to a bill that I wrote that got signed into law in the 113th Congress — the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act — the Administration will be required this spring to publish a plan to boost American manufacturing. It will be the first time since Alexander Hamilton that America has had a manufacturing strategy. It is critical that the Trump Administration fulfills its obligation and produces a good plan because manufacturing jobs are the type of high-quality jobs that America’s middle class needs. On election night last year, President Trump mentioned only one specific policy in his speech — a trillion dollar infrastructure plan. More than a year later, we have yet to see a bill much less have any action on what could have had bipartisan support. The vague plan we have seen mentions only $200 billion in federal money that I have serious doubts will work. In fact, I
have said this directly to the President’s infrastructure policy director. The only specific plans we’ve seen on infrastructure from the White House this year were in the President’s budget, which proposed significant cuts for transportation. Fortunately, we have been able to fight off those cuts so far, but the Third District, our region, and our nation need a robust infrastructure bill that will fix transportation systems, including public transportation, water and sewer systems, and other infrastructure in desperate need of repair. This would not only put people to work in the short term, but also make our economy more efficient, producing jobs in the long term. The tax bill at this point looks like a complete failure for the middle class, despite Republican promises. The bill adds $1.5 trillion to our debt over 10 years, with corporations receiving $1 trillion, a very wealthy few receiving about $100 billion through eliminating the estate tax, and about $300 billion in cuts spread out among all other taxpayers. The House bill, which I voted against, takes away deductions that are critical to middle-class families, such as the deductions for student loan interest and for extraordinary medical expenses. In addition, the House bill severely curtails
the deduction for state and local taxes paid, with the Senate version of the bill completely taking this away. This will particularly hurt people in high tax areas such as ours. I had hoped to vote for tax reform because we all know our country needs it, but this is not reform and worst of all it doesn’t help — and in some ways hurts — the middle class. I hope, but do not expect, the bill to change significantly before final passage. Finally, there is one issue that doesn’t just affect the middle class but affects all Americans — especially women — which needs to be addressed. The stories we are hearing about sexual harassment and assault are sickening, and we now know that Congress has been the site of some of this horrible behavior. We must do all we can to fight the scourge of sexual harassment and all harassment in our society. In Congress, we need to change how we deal with incidents of harassment. That is why I am cosponsoring the ME TOO Congress Act to empower victims to bring mistreatment to light and have cases adequately adjudicated. There is so much that we as a society need to do to ensure that all individuals are treated with dignity at all times. I am hopeful that this moment will cause a real significant move toward that goal.
Morrison deserves praise for ending beverage tax
The one-cent tax on soda and sweetened drinks finally ended Dec. 1. A penny doesn’t sound like much but the tax was compounded by being applied to the number of ounces in a drink. On one 20-ounce bottle of pop, the tax equaled 20 cents. That was oppressive. Owned and operated by Southwest Regional Publishing Co. Worse is that the creator of the tax, Cook County Board President Toni PreckMark Hornung, Chief Operating Officer winkle, devised her tax with the goal of The Business Side The News Side exempting families who live in her district Donna Brown, Sales Director Anthony Caciopo, Editor on Chicago’s South Side while placing the Monica Cotter, Finance Director Dermot Connolly, Reporter enormous tax burden on families who live Debbie Perrewe, Classified Manager Jeff Vorva, Sports Editor Mike Russell, Production Director Lauren Ziemann, Art Director in Chicago’s suburbs. There are nearly 1.2 million residents Bonnie Hesik, Pre-press Manager Chuck Ingwersen, Designer who rely on SNAP (Supplemental NutriSouthwest Regional Publishing tion Assistance Program, or Food Stamps) 12243 S. Harlem Ave. to make food purchases. Under federal Palos Heights, IL 60463 guidelines, you can’t tax SNAP spending. Phone: (708) 448-4000 The vast majority of SNAP recipients Fax: (708) 448-4012 live in Chicago. Website: www.theregionalnews.com Preckwinkle could have proposed a email: TheRegional@comcast.net sales tax on every sale in Cook County, Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. but her own constituents would have been upset along with everyone else. Ironically, Deadlines she won office by denouncing her predeEditorial: Noon, Saturday • Advertising: 5 p.m., Monday cessor Todd Stroger, who imposed a one Subscription rates: Local, delivered by mail, $48 a year in advance. Out-of-State, $58 percent sales tax hike. But after Precka year. Single copies, $1. Postmaster: Send address changes to THE REGIONAL NEWS, winkle was elected, she hypocritically 12243 S. Harlem Ave., Palos Heights, IL 60463 and additional post offices. reinstated the Stroger sales tax. The Regional News cannot be responsible for the return of unsolicited material. USPS Preckwinkle lied to get into office. 419-260 Periodical postage paid at Palos Heights, IL 60463 and additional post offices. Sean Morrison represents the 17th DisEntered as periodical mail at the Post Office at Palos Heights, IL, 60643 and trict, which cuts through Cook County’s additional post offices under the Act of March 3, 1879. suburbs from north to south. It includes © Entire contents copyright 2015 Southwest Regional Publishing much of the southwest suburbs. He is the committeeman of Palos Township, which This newspaper is dedicated to the memory of those who gave their lives to protect America’s has been targeted by a small group of freedom of the press, whenever and however it Middle East extremists who are politically may be threatened. allied with Preckwinkle.
RAY HANANIA If it wasn’t for Morrison, we would still be paying the one-cent per-ounce tax on soda pop and sweetened drinks. Morrison is much like his anti-tax predecessor Liz Gorman. There is a history of speaking out against unfair taxes in the 17th District, and we should be thankful. Preckwinkle, like many of her allies, place the burden of taxation on the suburbs while putting most of the services in Cook County. Many of her Chicago allies are anti-suburbs. Morrison was joined by a few other commissioners, including 16th District Commissioner Jeff Tobolski of McCook. Yet through sheer persistence, Morrison prevailed by refusing to be bullied. Preckwinkle, a Democrat, targeted Morrison, a Republican. The viciousness and personal animosity from Preckwinkle was heavy. Although Preckwinkle whined that she was disturbed by the personal nature of the criticism, the truth is that Preckwinkle made this personal and was even worse. Families in these two districts could feel the burdensome weight of Preckwinkle’s tax. Most of the county’s services benefit Chicago area residents. Suburbanites are an after-thought. The suburbs are bullied by Chicago policies including the skewered policies and spending of the Regional Transit Au-
thority. We’re forced to cough up to help pay for the pathetic management of the Chicago Public Schools. Suburbanites need to recognize that the issue isn’t Democrats versus Republicans. It is suburbanites versus Chicago politicians who don’t care about our issues or concerns. When a politician steps up to the plate that cares for our concerns, we need to make sure we give that elected official our support. Fortunately, I doubt that Preckwinkle can get re-elected this spring. She faces a tough challenge from Bob Fioretti, who by the way would have beat Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the last mayoral election if he, not Jesus Garcia, had received the backing of the powerful Chicago teachers Union. And by the way, Garcia enthusiastically supported the Preckwinkle tax until the polls showed it might hurt his “electability.” When the Preckwinkle soda tax finally came down, we owe our gratitude to Morrison, Tobolski, John Fritchey and Bridget Gainer, Chicago-based commissioners who had the courage to confront the oppressive tax, and to suburbanites Timothy Schneider, Richard Boykin, Gregg Goslin and Peter Silvestri. Let’s not forget those courageous commissioners. And let’s not forget Preckwinkle, who needs to go. It’s not a partisan issue. Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author and former Chicago City Hall reporter. Email him at rghanania@ gmail.com.
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Time to review your investment strategy for the year As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to review your progress toward your financial goals. But on what areas should you focus your attention? Of course, you may immediately think about whether your investments have done well. When evaluating the performance of their investments for a given year, many people mistakenly think their portfolios should have done just as well as a common market index, such as the Standard & Poor’s 500. But the S&P 500 is essentially a measure of large-company, domestic stocks, and your portfolio probably doesn’t look like that — nor should it, because it’s important to own an investment mix that aligns with your goals, risk tolerance and return objectives. It’s this return objective that you should
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evaluate over time — not the return of an arbitrary benchmark that isn’t personalized to your goals and risk tolerance. Your return objective will likely evolve. If you are starting out in your career, you may need your portfolio to be oriented primarily toward growth, which means it may need to be more heavily weighted toward stocks. But if you are retiring in a few years, you may need a more balanced allocation between stocks and bonds, which can address your needs for
growth and income. So, assuming you have created a longterm investment strategy that has a target rate of return for each year, you can review your progress accordingly. If you matched or exceeded that rate this past year, you’re staying on track, but if your return fell short of your desired target, you may need to make some changes. Before doing so, though, you need to understand just why your return was lower than anticipated. For example, if you owned some stocks that underperformed due to unusual circumstances — and even events such as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma can affect the stock prices of some companies — you may not need to be overly concerned, especially if the fundamentals
of the stocks are still sound. On the other hand, if you own some investments that have underperformed for several years, you may need to consider selling them and using the proceeds to explore new investment opportunities. Investment performance isn’t the only thing you should consider when looking at your financial picture over this past year. What changed in your life? Did you welcome a new child to your family? If so, you may need to respond by increasing your life insurance coverage or opening a college savings account. Did you or your spouse change jobs? You may now have access to a new employer-sponsored retirement account, such as a 401(k), so you’ll need to decide how much money to put into the various investments with-
in this plan. And one change certainly happened this past year: You moved one year closer to retirement. By itself, this may cause you to re-evaluate how much risk you’re willing to tolerate in your investment portfolio, especially if you are within a few years of your planned retirement. Whether it is the performance of your portfolio or changes in your life, you will find that you always have some reasons to look back at your investment and financial strategies for one year — and to look ahead at moves you can make for the next. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
MVCC offers retail career program
COMINGS & GOINGS
A new program at Moraine Valley Community College helps businesses build a management team and retail employees boost their careers. Registration is now open for the Retail Management Certificate program, an industry certificate offered in conjunction with the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) and a Brighter Futures grant through the League for Innovation in the Community College. “We’re excited to enroll students in this program,” said Steve Pappageorge, executive director of the Corporate, Community and
Continuing Education subdivision at the college. “A key element is that it has been designed by people in retail for people in retail.” Pappageorge said the program prepares people who are interested in careers in retail for leadership positions. “This not only helps the employee, but it is a huge benefit for the business owners and managers. Their employees will be better trained, there is a talent pipeline for future management employees, and in the end, better retention of employees, which means lower turnover costs,” he added. In the industry, Pappageorge
noted the importance of broadening thinking about retail. “It’s no longer just people walking into a brick and mortar grocery store. It’s online retail. It’s banking, pharmacies, automotive dealerships, restaurants—any business with a consumer presence,” he said. The industry-recognized certificate, awarded through WAFC, can be completed in as little as one year. In addition, the courses required for this program can be applied to an Associate of Applied Science degree. To learn more, contact Kelli Gritzenbach at (708) 608-4303.
AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS Following are the property transfers in the area, according to the latest report, as received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office. The Regional News does not attempt to correct errors made by that office.
Pop’s customers who wear holiday sweaters on Friday will get free french fries.
Photo by Bob Bong
Pop’s celebrates Ugly Sweater Day Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage locations are encouraging patrons to wear their favorite holiday sweaters on Friday, Dec. 15, which is National Ugly Sweater Day. Guests who don a holiday sweater will each receive a free half-order of fries. “We hope that our local neighborhoods will jump into the holiday spirit with us,” Kacie Radochonski, director of operations for Pop’s Italian Beef and Sausage, said in a release. “We wanted to find a fun way to give back to our loyal fans this holiday season and knowing the Midwest winter weather, we know there’s nothing better than a good holiday sweater and some delicious hot fries.” Besides the free fries, customers can share a photo of themselves wearing the sweater for a chance to win a $50 Pop’s Beef gift card. All they have to do is post their photo to their personal Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account with the hashtag #PopsBeef in the caption. The photo with the most likes will determine the winner, which will be announced and contacted directly on Dec. 16. “With all locations participating, we’re hosting Chicagoland’s biggest ugly sweater party,” said Radochonski. “So, bust out your best holiday sweaters and bring the whole family — we can’t wait to see all the wacky sweaters.” Pop’s Beef was founded in Palos Heights in 1980 and now has 15 locations in Chicago, the south and southwest suburbs and northwest Indiana. For more information about the locations and hours, visit PopsBeef.com.
Orland Park fitness center holds grand opening Right Fit fitness center held its official grand opening Saturday in Orland Park. Right Fit Orland Park at 10498 W. 163rd Place is the third location for the fitness center, which also has locations in LaGrange and Willowbrook. It specializes in adult group training, personal training and sports performance training. Manager of the new location is Linnea Lones. Hours are 4-8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to noon on Saturday, by appointment Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. For more information, call (708) 789-9021.
Last Brown’s Chicken closes in Chicago Brown’s Chicken closed its last restaurant within the Chicago city limits last month when it shuttered the location at 6909 W. Archer Ave. in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood. “We lost our lease,” said a spokeswoman at the corporate offices in Villa Park. “It is very expensive to operate in Chicago. Taxes and other costs are very high.” She said the site had been operated by a franchisee. The lot is 125-feet by 125-feet and includes a 2,350-square-foot building with a drive-through lane. It is listed for sale at several real estate sites for $749,900.
BOB BONG The chain was founded in 1949 in Bridgeview by John and Belva Brown, whose first location was a trailer at 80th Street and Harlem Avenue. There is still a location at 87th Street and Harlem in Bridgeview. The company once had more than 130 locations, but most of them closed after the 1993 massacre at a Brown’s in Palatine. Seven people were killed and two men were eventually convicted for their roles in the murders. In 2005, the chain concentrated its locations in the Chicago marketplace. It now is down to 23 sites in the Chicago area; nine are in the south suburbs. The chain closed its last location in northwest Indiana last year. One reader said the Archer location had the best mushrooms. For more information and a list of locations, visit www.brownschicken.com.
Sam’s Club remodel complete in Tinley Sam’s Club held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 1 to mark the official grand opening of its remodeled store in Tinley Park. The store at 16100 S. Harlem Ave. had been undergoing the remodeling for months. The store was open during construction.
Benda celebrates grand opening of new facility Benda Manufacturing, a leading provider of product handling systems for the food industries, celebrated the grand opening of new facility last week in Tinley Park. Benda moved into the new facility at 18504 W. Creek Drive several months ago. The company’s equipment can be found in various food industries such as baking, fruit and vegetable, prepared food, dairy, meat and poultry and snack foods.
Tinley flower shop celebrates grand opening in new digs Classy Flowers, which outgrew its location at 17311 S. Oak Park Ave. in downtown Tinley Park and moved earlier this year into the former Our Lady of Perpetual Help religious store at 16708 S. Oak Park Ave., celebrated its grand opening on Nov. 30. If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.
Orland Park Beechen & Dill Homes Inc to Campbell Thomas, 15200 West Ave, $553,000.00; Marquette Bk to Feducik Christine, 14347 Maycliff Dr, $277,500.00; Kowalkowski Lorraine L Tr to Kanellakes Efrosine M, 17556 Olivia Ln, $320,000.00; Beck Brian K to Odeh Iman, 15700 Sunset Ridge Ct, Unit #157002N, $187,500.00; White Patrick to Alhammouri Murad, 13950 Stonegate Ln, $343,500.00; Lunetta Robert T to Lunetta Darlene E, 14801 Poplar Rd, $126,500.00; Dinon Frances to Qasim Syed Mohammad, 9515 Debbie Ln, $236,000.00; Smith Debbie A Tr to Petersen Kirk R, 8049 Braeburn Ln, $343,000.00; Kolb Bruno to Gal Krzysztof, 15621 117th Ct, $457,000.00; Metz Shelley, Branecki Jeffrey A, 11317 Pinecrest Cir, $382,000.00; Mfm Real Est Llc to Pakat Grp Llc, 9735 Ravinia Ct, $405,000.00; Patrizi Vincent A to Atzman Julie A, 8126 Wheeler Dr, $273,000.00; Marth Ent Inc to Slaviero Mark L, 11249 167th St, $431,500.00;
Urbanski Christina L to Hudson Nancy, 7312 153rd St, Unit #4, $163,000.00; McKirdie Sean P to Bubis Lisa M, 15608 Erin Ln, Unit #28A, $148,000.00; Viall Gerald F to Alomari Shadi, 10729 Voss Dr, $377,500.00; Atg Trust Co Tr to Smith Anthony, 8811 Berkley Ct, $355,000.00; McNicholas Michael J Tr to Shannon Michael J, 14445 Wooded Path Ln, $450,000.00. Palos Heights Zattera Dennis J to Skowron Tomasz, 6820 W 131st St, $236,000.00;
Maggenti Joseph Tr to Derkacy Kristi, 7702 Oak Ridge Ct, Unit #77022B, $216,000.00; Bruce David C Tr to Bruce David C Tr, 12103 S 70th Ct, $205,000.00. Palos Park Sheehy John R to Galecki James M, 2 St. Moritz Dr, Unit #2101, $215,000.00; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Wheeler Dale, 139 Old Creek Rd, $670,000.00; Steinnger Frances M Tr to Piccirillo William, 9834 Terrace Ct, Unit #B2L15, $177,000.00.
Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of December 11) 30-year fixed 15-year fixed 30-year fixed Jumbo
RATES APR POINTS 4.000 4.045 0 3.375 3.430 0 3.865 3.920 0
30-year fixed 15-year fixed 10-year fixed
RATES APR POINTS 3.990 4.004 0 3.625 3.650 0 3.625 3.660 0
30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed
RATES APR POINTS 3.875 3.988 0 3.625 3.781 0 3.125 3.323 0
30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed
RATES APR POINTS 4.00 4.1039 0 3.625 3.7340 0 3.375 3.5163 0
United Trust Bank (as of December 11)
Prospect Savings Bank (as of December 12)
CNB Bank & Trust, N.A. (as of December 11)
All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.
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Palos Heights Christian Reformed Church 7059 W. 127th Street 708-448-0186
Palos Heights www.paloschurch.org
Sunday, December 17 9:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. - Worship Services 6:00 p.m. - Annual Candlelight Service Sunday, December 24 10:00 a.m. - Worship Service Monday, December 25 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Morning Service Sunday, December 31 10:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. – Worship Service ***Childcare is provided at all services.
Trinity Lutheran Church and School
11500 German Church Rd., Burr Ridge
10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Peace Memorial Church 10300 W. 131st St. Palos Park 448-7833 www.pmcucc.org Invites You to
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve
Sunday, December 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE
9:00 a.m. Traditional Service
4:00 p.m. - Harp & Candlelight Service 10:30 p.m. - String Quartet in Sanctuary 11:00 p.m. - Candlelight Service with Caroling and Scripture
10:00 p.m. Candlelight
Christmas story that preceded Jesus’ birth that gives reason for joy.
Monday, December 25
5:00 p.m. Service — We will look at the story of Jesus’ birth and feel the joy of it.
Christmas Eve December 24
Celebrate the Birth of Jesus with us!
6:30 p.m. Traditional Service with Holy Communion
9:30 a.m. Service — We will be looking at the part of the
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708-839-1200
4:30 p.m. Contemporary Service with Holy Communion
Christmas Eve Services
Palos United Methodist Church
10:00 a.m. Traditional Service with Holy Communion
Please join us for both celebratory services
St. Mark Lutheran Church 11007 S. 76th Ave., Worth (708) 448-6555
COME CELEBRATE THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS WITH US! Sunday, December 17
Christmas Cantata at 8:00, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. “Wonderful Joy”
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve
3:00 p.m. Family Communion Candlelight Service 7:00 & 11:00 p.m. Communion Candlelight Services
Monday, December 25, Christmas Day
The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Service at 8:00 a.m.
Monday, January 1, New Year’s Day Services at 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.
7800 W. McCarthy Rd., Palos Heights (708) 448-4170 Pastors: Wayne A. Basch & Chris Buresh
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Thursday, December 21
7:00 p.m. All Choirs Christmas Concert
Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church
Sunday, December 24
9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Advent IV Worship
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00, 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. Special Music at all Services
Monday, December 25, Christmas Day 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion
St. Alexander Catholic Church 7025 West 126th Street Palos Heights, IL 60463 • 708-448-4861
Christ Lutheran Church
14700 S. 94th Ave. Orland Park 708-349-0431 Fax: 708-349-0668 www.christlutheranorland.com South on 94th Avenue at John Humphrey Drive HOLIDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 5:00 p.m. Sunday School Christmas Program with Holy Communion SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 (Advent 3) Service of Lessons and Carols with Holy Communion 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. (NO Sunday School/Christian Education Hour) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23 NO Regular Worship CHRISTMAS EVE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24 Please note: NO 8:00 a.m. worship 10:00 a.m. regular worship (Advent 4) Christmas Eve Services 4:00 p.m. Family Communion Candlelight Service 11:00 p.m. Candlelight Communion Service CHRISTMAS DAY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion SATURDAY & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30 & 31 (Sat.) 5:00 p.m. – H.C., (Sun.) 8:00 a.m. – H.C., & 10:00 a.m. New Year’s Eve Service 5:00 p.m. Holy Communion
2017 CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE Sacrament of Reconciliation All Saturdays after 8:00 am Mass and after 5:00 pm Mass Prayer Service and Reconciliation Tuesday, December 5th at 7:00 pm
CHRISTMAS MASSES
Christmas Vigil Sunday, December 24th 4:00 pm — Church Contemporary Music Ministry 4:00 pm — Parish Center Children’s Choir 6:30 pm — Church Traditional Christmas (Midnight Mass) Sunday, December 24th 11:30 pm Choir and Carol Prelude Mass begins at Midnight
Christmas Day Monday, December 25th 7:00 am 9:00 am 10:30 am 12:00 pm (Please note there is no 6:00 pm Mass)
Saturday, December 30th 5:00 pm Sunday, December 31st 7:00 am 9:00 am 10:30 am 12:00 pm (Please note there is no 6:00pm Mass)
New Years Day Mass Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Monday, January 1st 9:00 am (This is not a Holy Day of Obligation)
Corner of 123rd St. & 88th Ave. Palos Park 708-448-5220 www.pppcc.org
Pastor Steve Sherrill Sunday, December 24 9:30 a.m. – Customary Worship Service
Christmas Eve Services 4:00 p.m. – Contemporary Candlelight Service 8:00 p.m. – Traditional Candlelight Service
DEATH NOTICES PICK OF THE LITTER Rosanne Bocian
Rosanne (Mary) Bocian (nee McCambridge), 80, a former Palos Heights resident, died Dec. 2 in Colorado. Mrs. Bocian was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Joseph; daughters, Carleen McDermott and Siobhan Kleinman; sons, Patrick and Joseph II; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and many relatives and friends. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 at St. Alexander Church, 7025 W. 126th St., Palos Heights. Inurnment will be held at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Palos-Gaidas Funeral Home.
HOUSES OF WORSHIP Southwest Community Concert features food drive The Southwest Community Concert Band will present “Home for Christmas” concert and food drive beginning at 4:30 p.m. with pre-concert entertainment Sunday, Dec. 17 at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 15050 S. Wolf Road, Orland Park. The concert begins at 5 p.m. Along with the concert, the group is hosting a food drive. Admission to the concert is a donation of non-perishable canned foods.
Helping others care for furry friends
Dear Readers, Never in 37 years of practice have I had another veterinarian call and question anything I have written in a record or any service I have provided. I have an occasional vet call and ask for a favor or to discuss a case but never have had a call calling me on the carpet for any action or inaction on my part. I normally keep pretty detailed records but I walked into the clinic today after a nice weekend off to find a phone note from some vet in a western suburb excoriating my butt; asking why my records on a dog I did surgery on were so incomplete. OK, guilty as charged. I should have written more. Our tech Ashley, who took the vets’ call this past Saturday, said in her phone note that the vet also wanted to know why I would do a mammary gland cancer surgery without doing a more complete pre-surgical workup to include X-rays, bloodwork, etc. At first I was taken aback and concerned that I had been a bad boy vet until I had my staff pull the client’s record. As it turns out I really did have enough information on the record for any vet to see what we had done. This was a case I saw two months ago; young girl who had a baby, a dog with cancer and no money. She had come by us upon the recommendation of a friend. Her old dog had a Florida grapefruit-sized breast cancer that had ruptured and was
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bleeding and infected. Her regular vet had quoted her about $2000.00 to remove it (X-rays, bloodwork, etc). I felt bad for her and told her we’d do the surgery for $250. We would obviously come nowhere near even breaking even but my heart went out to her and I made the command decision that we’d just take care of the problem right then and there. The dog was old but appeared to be in good health and was facing either eminent euthanasia or surgical removal. I told the young lady we could simply remove the tumor and forgo any pre-surgical workup if she was ok with that. I certainly was ok with that (in “the old days” we never did any pre-anesthetic workup and did just fine). We proceeded to do a physical exam and kidney test, put in an IV catheter, anesthetized the dog and removed the ugly tumor. Later that day the dog went home and two weeks later we removed the sutures. We helped the dog, we helped the lady and apparently irritated her regular vet. My records were brief but adequate. My belief is that I got that call because we
did not charge the lady a lot more and you can figure the rest out. Also after reviewing her record this morning (two months later) I now see that she paid only $50 when she picked the dog up and it’s unlikely we will see any other payment. I told Paula not to pursue payment; sometimes you need to do favors for people like this, especially considering how fortunate most of us have been in life. I wrote this article on Monday, today is Tuesday. My last client of the day today was a retired pharmacist from Evergreen Park who we have been seeing in our practice for about 25 years. As I was getting my coat on getting ready to head home for the evening I saw that he and his wife had left us a Christmas Card. On the front of the card is a photo of a Golden Retriever puppy resting on his side looking directly into the camera. The inscription on the front says “All Is Well’. Inside the envelope was a check written out to our clinic for $1000 along with a note that says “Please use this for someone who needs a little financial help caring for their furry friends. God Bless and Merry Christmas” Tom and Elaine. See, you figure it out; like I always say, “You can’t out give God”. Heap on the wood — the wind is chill; but let it whistle as it will; we’ll keep Christmas merry still. — Sir Walter Scott.
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Palos Park residents Betty Suhr, Judy Ross, Emily Spero and Mary Goodwin enjoy breakfast and entertainment at Palos 118’s Senior Holiday Breakfast at Palos South.
Palos students host seniors Palos School District 118 kicked off the yuletide season by hosting its fifth annual holiday breakfast for more than 100 local senior citizens at Palos South Middle School. Welcoming remarks were given by Student Council President Mary Englehart, with entertainment provided by Palos South’s Red Jazz Band and Performing Arts Ensemble. Staff and administrators served guests a buffet-style breakfast, while eighth grade “Pacesetters” escorted seniors to and from the cafeteria, served beverages, cleared tables and answered questions about Palos South. “We thoroughly enjoyed all the information about the school, the students who were so helpful, both the band and singing groups and,
of course, the delicious breakfast,” said Palos Park resident Marie Arrigoni, “It’s nice to know District 118 is thinking of our senior population.” Each table setting was adorned with hand-painted Cardinal artwork by art teachers Mrs. Ausperger and Mrs. Gallovitch’s Palos East and West students. All guests left with gifts from the Educational Foundation and coffee cups filled with treats by the Board of Education. “We look forward to hosting this event each year and welcoming our local senior citizens to Palos South,” said Superintendent Dr. Anthony Scarsella. “It allows us to share our students’ talents and show our appreciation to our senior community.”
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MVCC speech team captures first place CROSSWORD PUZZLE Abby Hanrahan, of Palos Heights, is among members of the Moraine Valley Community College speech team that earned an overall first place and an additional 25 awards at the Prairie State College speech tournament held in November in Chicago Heights. Additional award-winning team members include Damian Samsonowicz, of Bridgeview who was named overall top speaker of the tournament, Ethan Gallant of Chicago Ridge, Haley Carrero of Orland Park, Colin Ruzella of Orland Park, James Smith of Alsip, Lili Tinoco of Burbank, Kirsty Baity of Robbins, Stephanie McFann of Oak Lawn, David Ward of Oak Lawn and Natalie Jurcik, of Bridgeview. The awards ranged from first to sixth places in categories that include informative speaking, poetry interpretation, communications analysis, duo interpretation, sales speaking, dramatic interpretation, persuasive speaking, extemporaneous speaking and prose interpretation. The team in October earned a fifth place award in the Chicago Swing Tournament co-hosted by Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago where it was the only team from a community college. Individual awards were presented to Smith, Sidney Bullock, of Calumet Park, McFann, Samsonowicz, Gallant, and Jurcik. Moraine Valley’s speech team in October also
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Members of the Moraine Valley speech team earned more than 25 awards at the Prairie State College tournament include (front row from left) Natalie Jurcik, Haley Carrero, Abby Hanrahan, Lili Tinoco, (back row from left) Stephanie McFann, Colin Ruzela, Damian Samsonowicz, and Ethan Gallant.
hosted 20 colleges and universities from the Midwest for the annual Appel-Quest Speech Tournament. Head Coach John Nash, communications professor is assisted by Amanda Pettigrew, communications instructor, Krista Appelquist, communications professor and Jeff Rieck.
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Chicago Christian hosts Fine Arts Shadow Day
Across 1 Physics building block 5 Barbecue side 9 Run-of-the-mill 14 Track tipster 15 “How’s it goin’?” 16 Grammar topic 17 Folk story 18 Autobahn auto 19 British peers 20 It may be coiled in the grass 22 Frozen drinks 24 Brownstone entrances 26 Hebrew : Ben :: Arabic : __ 27 “... that golden key / That __ the palace of eternity”: Milton 28 “For real?” 29 Alias in a landmark case 30 Auctioned wheels 31 Unlikely replies from sycophants 32 Get dolled (up) 35 Atlantic and Pacific, in Monopoly: Abbr. 37 Prefix with magnetic 39 Subscriber’s order 43 Like some coffee tables 44 Biological building block 45 “Veep” network 46 Henry VIII’s sixth wife Catherine 49 Public health org. 51 Sends 53 Chef’s chamber 54 NYC airport 55 Brahms’ Opus 18, for one 56 Messenger bags 58 Bend at a barre 59 Nobelist Root 60 Kentucky border river 62 Publisher Adolph 65 Samurai without a master 66 Nix 67 Wailuku’s island 68 Speaks harshly
69 Endor villager 70 Design detail, for short Down 1 All-hrs. cash source 2 Fisher-Price product 3 Privy 4 Ore. skiing destination 5 Crocs, e.g. 6 Guff 7 “Yes, cap’n!” 8 Home builder’s purchase 9 Salt Lake City team 10 Equine-like fish 11 Not ready for harvesting 12 Catching some z’s 13 To a smaller degree 21 Commercials on the tube, in adspeak 23 In need of leveling 24 Holiday song ender 25 Level, e.g. 33 Ancient source of prophecy
Chicago Christian High School hosted a Fine Arts Shadow Day for prospective students on Nov. 30. Students were able to observe Fine Arts classes including theater, band, choir and art. The day featured a pizza lunch that included presentations from faculty and students from each department, and a special presentation from the Chicago Christian High School Improv Team. Pictured in the photo are the shadow day guests for the day.
34 Award for excellence in the field 36 Nail polish 38 Fritos snack 40 Bit of ocean chop ... or, literally, what each part of 3-, 8-, 10-, 34- and 38-Down can have 41 Up to it 42 Too far off the trail 46 Tough questions 47 Land of Arthurian legend 48 Eye part with rods and cones 50 Kidney-shaped nut 52 Geometry rules 55 Hobgoblin 57 Followers of Attila 61 Skater Midori 63 Palette shade 64 Incite to go after, with “on” (Answers on page 8)
SUDOKU The object of the game is to fill all the blank squares with the correct numbers. Each row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Each column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Each 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9.
(Answers on page 8)
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The editorial board of Marist High School’s Sentinel newspaper enjoyed success at a journalism convention in Dallas. Pictured are Jocelyn Diaz (seated from left), Michelle Lenz, and Gianna Miritello, Jillian Okelman (standing from left), Emma Brown, Raini Eldorado, Erin Hohl, Martin Buck, Stephanie Kozlowski, Kathleen Wilkison, Megan Alagna and Gina Musso. The team produces a monthly newspaper that is distributed school-wide and online.
Marist students attend journalism convention A student delegation from Marist High School joined over 4,500 students from around the nation at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association high school journalism convention in Dallas, Texas Nov. 16 through Nov. 18. At the convention, 1,587 students competed in the JEA write off contest, with five Marist journalists earning recognition for their entries. Senior Michelle Lenz of Orland Park was one of four students out of a field of 94 contestants to receive a superior rating in news writing. In September, Lenz won the newswriting contest at the Illinois Journalism Education Association fall conference hosted by the University of Illinois-Urbana. Two years ago as a sophomore, Lenz
took third place in editorial writing at the IHSA state finals. “At the conference I was able to talk to high school journalists from all over the country and compare our publications,” Lenz said. “It was inspiring to see how extensive and engaging the [scholastic] journalism community is. The JEA write-off was the largest competition I’ve participated in and I’m proud that we were able to do so well.” Senior Gianna Miritello of Chicago’s Clearing neighborhood placed sixth in sports writing at the IHSA state finals last year and earned an excellent rating in sports writing at the convention. Senior Stephanie Kozlowski of Hickory Hills earned an honorable mention in feature writing. Kozlowski was the IHSA sectional
champion in feature writing last year. Senior Megan Alagna of Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood, last year’s IHSA sectional champion in copy-editing, received an honorable mention in editing/headline writing in the JEA contest. Senior Jocelyn Diaz of Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood took an honorable mention in editorial cartooning. Other Marist journalists attending the convention included seniors Kathleen Wilkison, Martin Buck, Erin Hohl, Raini Eldorado, Jillian Okelman and juniors Gina Musso and Emma Brown. All 12 students comprise the 2017-2018 editorial board of the Sentinel, Marist’s award-winning newspaper. Kozlowski serves as editor in chief.
STUDENT NEWS Orland Park students named Illinois State Scholars Dr. John Harper, principal of Providence Catholic High School announced that 51 students have been recognized as 2017-18 Illinois State Scholars. Among the scholars are local students including, Anastasia Cokinos, Aaron Gaspardo, Timothy Klotz, Nicholas Lappin, Samuel Rost and Keely Tess, all of Orland Park. This award is given annually by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission that recognizes the top high school students from across the state as this year’s State Scholars. Generally, Illinois State Scholars represent approximately the top 10 percent of high school seniors. More than 21 percent of the PCHS senior class were awarded this honor. Selection is based on SAT, ACT or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores at the end of the student’s junior year.
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WHATIZIT? The clue for this week’s Whatizit photo (above) is: Hills fun. Send your responses with your name and hometown by noon Monday to thereporter@comcast.net. Several readers had the correct response to last week’s photo quiz. The right answer to last week’s quiz was the Columbus Manor Elementary School, 9700 S. Mayfield Ave., Oak Lawn. The school nickname is the Mustangs. The quiz last week was “Mustang Pride.” Palos Park resident Ron Wagenhofer knew the right answer was Columbus Manor. Also answering the quiz question correctly were Hickory Hills resident Janice Mastro and Oak Lawn resident Steve Rosenbaum.
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Students perform Les Miserables Several local students recently performed in Mother McAuley High School’s production of the school edition of Les Miserables. More than 175 students total contributed to the performance, either on the stage as a cast member or behind the scenes as member of the costume, tech or stage crew. Some of the leading performers were (from left) Chicago resident Mary Kenah as Gavroche, Oak Lawn resident Leslie Perez as Courfeyrac, Orland Park resident Joshua Moyar as Marius, Chicago resident Lindsay Janicki as Enjolras and Oak Lawn resident Emma Mendez as Grantaire. Other local students in the cast included Grace Trippiedi, of Orland Park, as Cosette, and Maggie Reed, of Palos Park, as Eponine.
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Shepard students learn history through ‘Hamilton’ They waited nearly two years, but like everyone who looks forward to “Hamilton” the anticipation for the students and teachers from Shepard High School only enhanced the experience. More than 80 students enjoyed the musical and ate lunch at The Palmer House due to the diligence of social studies teacher Julie Boone. She applied to the Hamilton Education Foundation, sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Rockefeller Foundation for the opportunity. Boone not only brought her Advanced Placement U.S. History students but a group of special education students. Her parents, both of whom taught special education in District 218, provided some of the inspiration. “Dad taught social studies, mom taught science. They took every ounce of their professionalism and applied it to getting their students access to their curriculum – to doing history, to doing science. Materials that would leave their students better prepared as citizens, critical thinkers, humans,” Boone said. Students of all ability levels benefit from seeing history come to life on stage. “Everyone stands to gain from participating in this curriculum. The benefits shouldn’t be monopolized by the AP and honors track,” she emphasized. Indeed, the words of creator Lin-Manuel Miranda himself offer a glimpse of how. “It is such an unlikely story. And in that it’s like the story of our country. It’s completely unlikely that this country exists, except that it does... And I thought that’s hiphop. Its writing about your struggle, and writing about it so well that you transcend your struggle,” he said.
LIBRARY NOTES Palos Heights Public Library sets kids’ slate Several activities for the week ahead have been announced at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 448-1473. • What Was…? begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19. Learn about stories of historical events from the “What Was…?” book series. The event is designed for children in second grade and older. • Explore…CultureGrams is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20. Learn how to use CultureGrams, the homework helping online resource with information about countries throughout the world. Bring your PHPL card. • A Welcome Winter Dance Party for children ages 2-6 is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21. Rock, wiggle, bounce and giggle with kids’ performer Todd Downing. • Several clubs meet each Tuesday at the library, including the Needle Club (for knitting and crocheting) from 10 a.m. to noon, Scrabble Club from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Conference Room and the Mahjong Club from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants are asked to register in advance because space is limited.
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Palos Park birthday girl Piper Sterling, 8, smiles while mom Meghan and sister Sawyer, look at the display of the donated toys at the Treasure Chest Foundation’s Orland Park warehouse. The toys will be donated to thousands of children battling cancer across the nation.
Palos Park girl donates toys to children fighting cancer Piper Sterling, 8, of Palos Park decided to ask friends and family to bring toys to her birthday party Supplied photos for children fighting cancer. The Some of the more than 80 students and teachers from Shepard High School who attended a performance of birthday party was hosted Nov. “Hamilton” made possible by the Hamilton Education Foundation. 18 at Fleetwood Roller Rink in Summit and over 30 friends and “Here is this artist who can take family attended. this topic and make kids see it for When the party was over, Pipthe drama that it is. And there is er accumulated over 100 toys to something for everyone... romance, donate to The Pediatric Oncology scandal, political horse-trading, Treasure Chest Foundation. revolution, ideological rivalries, Piper said, “I donated my birthduels, the intimacy of personal reday gifts because I wanted to have lationships, hip-hop, and of course, a big party, so I can donate a lot history,” Boone said. of gifts to help kids with cancer Plus, the musical gets kids exand be their friend.” cited about history. Sawyer’s Mom Meghan Sterling “It can bridge gaps of enthusiasm which I cannot through lecture or reading or class activities. It also gives students the opportunity to see and understand how point of view in historical documents and Shepard High School students at the CIBC Theatre prior to the start of the in historical argumentation works,” performance of “Hamilton.” The day included an educational lecture on the Neat Repeats Resale shops seek volunteers show and lunch at The Palmer House. she said. Volunteers are being sought by the Neat Repeats Resale shops in Worth and Orland Park. Opportunities are available in fashion merchandising, customer service and donation pro• The Adult Fiction/Nonfiction at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21. cessing. Volunteers work one fiveevents. For details, call the library Book Discussion group will meet Children ages birth-47 months are hour shift a week at (708) 448-1530. Volunteer applications are now • The library will host its third at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19 and welcome with a parent or adult being accepted at both locations, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20. annual holiday movie marathon caregiver. Orland Park, 9028 W. 159th St. and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, To discuss “Quiet: the Power of • Video Game Club will meet Worth, 7026 W. 111th St. Dec. 16 in the Community Room. Introverts” by Susan Cain. at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22. All sales at Neat Repeats Resale • Finals Frenzy will provide Children in grades 1 and up are The movies that will be shown include It’s a Wonderful Life from teens in grades six through 12 invited to play some Wii U games benefit the clients served by the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. The 9 to 11:10 a.m., How the Grinch a quiet place to study at 6 p.m. with friends. Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a Wednesday, Dec. 20 in room 104. Stole Christmas from 11:15 to • Code Fun! Begins at 3:30 non-profit community organization • Once Upon a Time Family 11:41 a.m., The Muppet Christmas p.m. Dec. 26 at 3:30 p.m. for that provides emergency shelter and Carol from 11:45 a.m. to 1:10 p.m., Storytime is scheduled for 10 a.m. children in grades K-2. Join us other services for individuals and Thursday, Dec 21. Children of all A Charlie Brown Christmas from 1:15 to 1:40 p.m., Home Alone ages are invited to drop in for in the computer lab to learn how families victimized by domestic 1:40 to 3:25 p.m. and The Santa stories, music and finger-plays to to write computer code. Registra- violence. tion is required with your child’s For more information, call the Clause from 3:25 to 5 p.m. Mov- build pre-reading skills. • Night Owl Storytime starts Orland Park Public Library card. Orland Park store at (708) 364ie-goers will receive hot cocoa and popcorn for free. • Registration is open for Craft Corner: Ornaments being held from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18. Participants will be making a Santa ornament with glitter and felt.
COMMUNITY NOTES
Orland Park Public Library sets activity slate
Several programs are coming up next month at the Palos Park Public Library, 12330 S. Forest Glen. Registration is required for most
Several events are coming up at the Orland Park Public Library, 14921 S. Ravinia Ave. For more information or to register for this or any other program, call (708) 428-5100. • Pages & Pastries Book Discussion group will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18 at Panera Bread, 15252 S. La Grange Road. This offsite book discussion is hosted by the Orland Park Public Library. Participants can treat themselves to a cup of coffee and stay to chat about the book of the month, “Books for Living” by Will Schwalbe. Books are available at the library for checkout.
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Sudoku
Palos Park library to host holiday movie marathon
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sent birthday invitations with the website information of the Treasure Chest Foundation, so they can see for themselves all the good that is being done at the foundation. Meghan Sterling said, “Everyone loved the idea!” “Hosting a toy drive to benefit children fighting cancer is such a wonderful idea. A special thanks to the Sterling Family and all their friends, they are a true inspiration,” said Colleen Kisel, founder and CEO of the Treasure Chest Foundation. For more information about the Treasure Chest Foundation, call Colleen Kisel at (708) 687-8697.
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Learn sign language in Orland Park The Village of Orland Park’s Recreation Department offers an array of winter classes, including American Sign Language instruction. A session for learning ASL runs on Tuesdays, from Jan. 16 to March 6 at the Cultural Center, 14760 S. Park Lane. A family class is taught from 6 to 7 p.m. (at least one adult must be registered with child. Open to children age 5 and up). An adult class (ages 16 and up) runs from 7 to 8 p.m. Fee is $50 for residents, $80 for non-residents. To learn more, contact the village’s Recreation Administration Office at (708) 403-7275.
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Sandburg, Stagg take two-point stances
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In a football-like collision, Stagg’s Tyler Winkelman (33) and Danny Rentauskas (34) fight Sandburg’s Jack McNulty for the ball Friday night. Stagg won that battle but McNulty hit a game-winning basket with less than a second left to give the Eagles a thrilling 66-64 home victory.
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Sandburg’s Erin Greenfield (left) collides with Stagg’s Sydney Downs as the two wrestle for the ball Thursday night in Orland Park. Stagg ended up winning the District 230 rivalry game, 43-41.
Eagles boys erase a 10-point Turnaround by Chargers girls deficit to nip Chargers 66-64 includes 43-41 win over Eagles By Phil Arvia Corrspondent
If it were about poetic justice, Todd Allen would have drawn up a play for a three-point shot for his Sandburg team, tied Friday with Stagg at 64 and 6.1 seconds to play. “It went exactly the way I drew it up,” the Eagles coach said. If his aim was to further embellish the storyline, Jack McNulty would have kicked the ball out to Sami Ismail, who scored eight of his game-high 24 points and made two of his seven treys in the fourth quarter as Sandburg roared back from a 10-point deficit after three. Instead, the 6-foot-3 forward collected the inbounds pass near the scorer’s table and drove straight at the left side of the rim. “Before I even got the ball, I surveyed my path,” McNulty said. “Josh Blim, their best player, was the last guy I had to beat. I had to come up with something to get by him, so I went to my go-to, the in-and-out.”
McNulty’s baby crossover worked and he laid in what would be the deciding bucket in a 66-64, Southwest Suburban Blue win before a raucous crowd in Orland Park. “The atmosphere was unreal,” Ismail said. “Sandburg/Stagg games are always like that, but for some reason tonight I couldn’t even hear the guy right next to me. A lot of guys lost their voices tonight. “It was a great win. I thought they came in and stole one from us here last year.” Exactly 364 days after that 54-48, overtime loss, the Eagles (6-1, 1-0) may have stolen one back from the Chargers (3-3, 0-1). Down 51-41 entering the final period, Sandburg forged a tie as Kevin Agwomoh and Ismail bookended a bucket by Stagg’s Obadah AbuRezeq with a pair of three-pointers each. That tied it at 53 with 5:39 to play, and 34 seconds later Agwomoh hit another triple — on his fourth and final shot of the night — to give See EAGLES, Page 4
By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
There were times when the bus rides home were quiet. There were times when the Stagg girls basketball players came back to Palos Heights after suffering blowout losses or heartbreakers as they compiled records of 3-25 and More photos 11-17 in the past two seasons with of the Stagg/ a host of underclassmen getting Sandburg a chunk of playing time. boys and girls But they never got discouraged. games: Page 4 “We never got down on ourselves — we always thought about the next game,” senior Jaime Ryan said. “We were looking for when our time would come.’’ That time has arrived. The Chargers opened the season with a 7-2 mark, which included a thrilling 43-41 victory over District 230 rival Sandburg Thursday in Orland Park to open the SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue season. Ryan (16 points), junior Nicole Vacha and Sydney Downs came up with big baskets and free throws in
the closing minutes of the game to preserve the victory. “It’s a lot of fun for them,” Chargers coach Bill Turner said. “The experience that we have now is paying off from the two earlier years when we did take our lumps. They think this is their year. It’s a good feeling.’’ In the past, there were times when things just wouldn’t go right for that Chargers. But in crunch time against the Eagles (5-4 after Saturday’s opening round-win at the Oak Lawn Tournament) shots fell, including an awkward-looking off-balance inside basket by Vacha. She wanted to execute a reverse layup but stopped in the middle of her follow through. “Sometimes I get yelled at when I do a reverse,” Vacha said. “So I stopped and threw it up there.’’ The Chargers opened up with a 60-24 home win over Tinley Park and played eight straight on the road. They were scheduled to play Tuesday night against Oak Lawn in Palos Hills. Their only losses were to Lincoln-Way Central (46-32) and Andrew (65-55). Some Sandburg players were tearful after the game. See CHARGERS, Page 4
Jacobs ends 43-day rollercoaster ride with national championship
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ational champion. Boy, does that have a nice ring to it. Sandburg senior Dylan Jacobs earned that title Saturday afternoon. He won the last cross country race of his high school career when he took first place in the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championship. One of the guys holding the championship banner for him to break at the finish line was former Sandburg star and two-time Foot Locker national champion Lukas Verzbicas, who won it in 2009 and 2010. The feat was completed in Balboa Park in San Diego, but for a few minutes the area around the finish line could have been called Sandburg Diego after Jacobs ran the 5K course in 15 minutes, 19.7 seconds and beat out super sophomore Graydon Morris of Aledo Texas, who was at 15:23.3. “I knew if I wanted this national championship, I would have to go as hard as I could,” Jacobs said after the meet. The triumph ends a 43-day stretch for Jacobs that featured the elation of winning an Illinois High School Association sectional against a stacked field, signing with Notre Dame and winning a national championship. That span also featured some disappointment, when he finished sixth in the Class 3A IHSA State
Meet after developing a viral infection. He didn’t blame his performance on the illness but it was so bad that Sandburg coach John O’Malley gave serious thought of keeping Jacobs out of the race. In light of that, sixth pace was actually pretty good. The San Diego race also brings to a close one of the coolest rivalries the state has seen in years. Jacobs and Lyons Township’s Danny Kilrea have been going at it tooth and nail the past couple of seasons. Kilrea won the state championship as well as the Foot Locker Midwest Regional. Jacobs beat him at the Hinsdale Central Sectional and on Saturday as the Lyons star Photo by Photorun.net for Foot Locker Cross Country finished third in the nation with a 15:27. That chapter is over. A new chapter begins in Sandburg’s Dylan Jacobs crosses the finish line Saturday en route to winning the Foot Locker National the fall at the two superstars will be at it tooth Championship. Former Sandburg star and two-time national champ Lukas Verzbicas is on the left, cheering on Jacobs after holding the finish-line banner. and nail again almost every day in practice and in meets for Notre Dame. This time they will be on RUNNING WILD: DYLAN JACOBS’ LAST SIX RACES the same side. ND also has an Ohio kid, Zachary Kreft, coming and he finished 12th in the nation Date Finish Event Site Distance Time on Saturday. Oct. 28 1st IHSA Class 3A Sectionals Legge Course, Hinsdale 3 miles 14:39 And this isn’t the last we will see of Jacobs. Nov. 4 6th IHSA State 3A State Meet Detweiller Park, Peoria 3 miles 14:36 Track season will find him working hard on tryNov. 12 4th Nike Midwest Regionals Gibson Course, Terre Haute, Ind. 5K 15:09 ing to lead the Eagles 4x800 team to their seventh Nov. 25 5th Foot Locker Midwest Regional Wisc. Parkside, Kenosha, Wisc. 5K 14:53 straight top-four finish in the state. He also hopes Dec. 2 13th Nike National Meet Glendoveer Course, Portland, Ore. 5K 15:30 to move up a bunch of spots in the 1600, where Dec. 9 1st Foot Locker National Meet Balboa Park, San Diego 5K 15:19 he finished ninth last season with a 4:19.23.
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SXU women enjoy climb back to top of NAIA rankings By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
It never gets old. For the third season in a row, St. Xavier University’s women’s basketball team has been ranked No. 1 in the NAIA Division II polls after spending a little time this season at No. 2. The first time it happened was two Decembers ago, and it was a novelty. Coach Bob Hallberg and then-sophomore Kara Krolicki made an appearance on CLTV to talk about the accomplishment. “We don’t get ESPN following us too much so it’s nice to get some hoopla,’’ Hallberg said at the time. We’ve enjoyed the attention. For the rest of your life, you were able to say you were ranked No. 1.’’ A lot has happened in the past two years, including a glorious run to the NAIA National Championship game last season, and the Cougars fell to Marian (Ind.) 66-52 despite owning a 30-23 halftime lead. The early polls had Marian No. 1 and SXU No. 2 this season and when Marian was knocked off 71-60 by St. Francis (Illinois) on Nov. 11 in Joliet, the Cougars were glad they were able to move up to the top spot.
Yes, it’s been done before, but it doesn’t get old for the Cougars. “Being No. 1 is always cool,’’ Hallberg said. “But it’s a challenge. At this level of play, it’s so important to sustain your program. Some schools of this size can get killed by graduation. It may happen next year with us, but we’ve been able to replace some very good players. You don’t want to have a down year. We have to keep getting good players to keep going.’’ And having a No. 1 ranking is not a bad recruiting tool. The Cougars entered this week 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference after beating Judson University, 95-51, in a league game at the Shannon Center on Saturday. Sophomore Chanel Fanter had a monster game with 22 points (including connecting on all four of her 3-pointers), nine rebounds and four blocked shots. Krolicki, a senior who is the reigning NAIA Player of the Year, added 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Brittany Collins came up with 13 points, 13 rebounds and six blocked shots. Judson (7-5, 4-2) was able to score 35 points in the first half but the Eagles were stymied in the second half, scoring just seven third-quarter
points and nine points in the final 10 minutes. The Cougars scored 51 second-half points. “I think when you are ranked No. 1, you have to protect that,” Fanter said. “People come in there and step up their game. Once we get things going on offense, it’s tough to stop us. We have the type of team where if you shut four of us down, we will have one person who can go off and score. We have a well-rounded offense.’’ As for the pressure of being No. 1? “There’s no pressure on us — but there is also no pressure on the other team,” Hallberg said. “You can make another team’s season if they beat you. When teams come in not expecting to win, they play a lot looser. You have to continue to play hard.’’ The Cougars visit Robert Morris University at 1 p.m. on Saturday and get ready for a trip to Hawaii in the Hoop and Surf Classic on Tuesday and Wednesday, facing Wayland Baptist (Texas) and Carroll College (Montana). They return home for a huge two-game set at the SXU Holiday Classic, playing Goshen College on Dec. 28 and the second-ranked team in the country, Concordia University of Nebraska on Dec. 29.
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Joliet Junior College’s women’s basketball team, which was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III polls, came to Palos Hills and beat Moraine Valley (ranked 17th in Division II) 93-87 on Dec. 5. The Cyclones (7-3 after the loss) owned a 73-69 lead after three quarters, but the Wolves (9-1) stormed back and scored 24 points in the final 10 minutes to secure the victory. Ashley Hunter had 22 points and seven rebounds for the Cyclones while Kristin McGee had 21 points and eight rebounds and Creighton Fed had 20 points and five steals. Men’s basketball: Deshawn Wilson exploded for 36 points and added nine steals as the Cyclones beat Carthage’s JV team, 94-86 on Saturday. Cortez King added 15 points and 11 rebounds and David Gray had 14 points.
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Football: SXU offensive lineman Justin Hunter and defensive back Tionte McDaniel were named to the AFCANAIA Coaches All-American second team. Hunter is a senior from Joliet Catholic High School who made the team for the second time in his career. McDaniel is a sophomore from Thornton High School who had 84 tackles this season and is just one of four freshmen or sophomores to earn All-American status. Men’s basketball: The Cougars suffered a rough loss on Saturday as they dropped an 86-81 Chicagoland Colle-
Fire trades Alvarez to Dynamo By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
Arturo Alvarez is heading home. The Chicago Fire traded Alvarez to Houston on Sunday for a second-round pick in the 2019 Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Alvarez is a native of Houston. In two seasons, he scored eight goals and added 11 assists in 55 regular season matches for the Fire. Alvarez also appeared in five Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches. A Salvadoran international, Alvarez recently made his return to the national team after a two year absence, earning the start in a 1-0 international friendly win against Canada on Oct. 8. “Arturo had perhaps his two best years wearing our red and we appreciate all that he gave to our club,” said Fire general manager Nelson Rodríguez. “We saw this as a chance to allow him to return home while opening up his minutes for some other players.”
giate Athletic Conference decision to Judson Saturday. Judson came into the game winless in the conference and had a six-game losing streak while SXU came in with a five-game winning streak. The Cougars had a lifetime 21-3 mark against Judson and won 17 straight over the Eagles and owned a 40-34 lead at halftime before giving up 51 second-half points. Senior Quinn Niego led the Cougars (7-6, 3-3) with 22 points and eight rebounds while Tyler Diehl had 21 points including an 11-for-12 performance at the free throw line.
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Hall of Fame: Former track and country star Andy Jellema and volleyball standout Sara Ooms will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame on Jan. 20 at the DeVos Athletics and Recreation Center on Jan. 20. Jellema, who graduated in 2009, was an NAIA national qualifier in the 10,000 meter and marathon. He finished eighth in the nation in the 2009 marathon. Ooms, who graduated in 2011, set the school’s single-season attack record with a .389 and was a lifetime .311 hitter. The trolls were 91-66 during her tenure and in 2010 she helped lead the team to the NAIA National Championship Opening Round for the first time in school history.
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Quinn Niego (left) plays defense against Judson in an 86-81 loss Saturday at the Shannon Center. He had 22 points and eight rebounds in the setback.
AREA SPORTS REPORT
Area grapplers receive preseason rankings from Illinois Matmen By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
The Illinois Matmen website came up with its first high school state rankings of the season in Illinois, and some area wrestlers have made the cut. In Class 3A, the area’s junior class is strong. Stagg junior star Domenic Zaccone was ranked second in 120 after taking second in the state at 113 last year. Montini’s Joey Melendez is rated ahead of Zaccone. Marist junior Michael Leveille was ranked fourth in 106. Sandburg junior Pat Nolan was ranked Photo by Jeff Vorva fifth at 138. Three-time state qualifier Hassan Johnson of Brother Rice, shown earning a pin at sectional Marist junior Jacob Dado was rated action last season, is ranked second in the state at 120 pounds by Illinois Matmen. sixth at 132. Sandburg junior Sam Wojcik was an honorable mention at 132. In Class 2A, Brother Rice senior Myles Ruffin, who finished third in the state in the in 2017, picked up the No. 1 ranking at 285. He finished second in the Harvest Tournament in Indiana. Brother Rice senior Hassan Johnson, a three-time state qualifier, was ranked second at 120 behind St. Rita’s Tommy Russell. Johnson finished second in the state at 120 in 2017 and sixth at 106 in Class 3A in 2016. Brother Rice junior Dominick Murphy was listed as an honorable mention at 160 and senior teammate Paul Gilva was honorable mention at 170. Supplied photo Richards’ Basil Muhammad was The eighth-grade Independence girls basketball team finished 14-2 and earned a division named honorable mention at 120. championship.
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CHICAGO FIRE NOTES
Moraine women drop home game to national power JJC By Jeff Vorva
SXU’s Chanel Fanter scores on a layup Saturday against Judson University. Fanter had 22 points and the Cougars rolled, 95-51.
Team-wise, Richards was ranked 10th in the state in Class 2A, despite getting off to a 1-2 start. The Bulldogs picked up credit for winning the Fenton Tournament and beating Brother Rice, 43-31.
Independence strong in the North
Independence Junior High School’s eighth grade girls basketball team finished 14-2 overall and was in first place in the North Division of the South Suburban Junior High School Conference. Players on the squad are Tiffani Carlson, Delaney Doyle, Shea Fitzgerald, Kylie Fronczak, Kelly Greene, Roxanne Habbal, Elizabeth Lappano, Ashley Marek, Elizabeth McGeehan, Krysta Reveche, Gianna Spain, Maddy Spass and Sabirah Taiwo. The team is coached by Tony Marinello.
The Fire protected 11 players in advance of Tuesday’s 2017 MLS Expansion Draft. David Accam, Jonathan Campbell, Johan Kappelhof, Dax McCarty, Nemanja Nikolic, Juninho, Matt Polster, Richard Sanchez, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac, Brandon Vincent are on the protected list. But David Arshakyan, Jorge Bava, Brandt Bronico, Stefan Cleveland, Jorge Corrales, Michael de Leeuw, Christian Dean, Matej Dekovic, John Goossens, Michael Harrington, Daniel Johnson, Matt Lampson, Joao Meira have been left unprotected. The expansion Los Angeles Football Club will select up to five players from MLS’ other 22 teams. Each current MLS club had the opportunity to protect 11 players from their 2017 roster. Homegrown players on a club’s Supplemental/Reserve Roster at the end of the 2017 season are automatically protected. Only a single player can be drafted from any one club.
Harrell to Cornell
Marist running back Delonte Harrell verbally committed to Cornell University. He joins Stagg quarterback Kyle Neputy.
Another tough battle for Bulldogs
Richards’ football team, which already has a strong first-week opponent in Lincoln-Way Central for 2018 and 2019, added Chicago Catholic League power St. Rita on its schedule for the second week of those two campaigns.
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Arturo Alvarez, who played in 55 regular-season MLS matches the past two seasons with the Fire, has been traded to Houston.
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Marist’s McKenna Kallianis (right) and her teammates host neighborhood rival Mother McAuley at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday). Heading into this week, the two teams had a combined 16-2 record.
FOCUS ON BOYS BASKETBALL
Teams waiting until last second to shop for wins Shepard’s Chris Harrison helps up Tinley Park’s Jo Jo Bickhem Friday night in a 69-53 victory in Palos Heights. Harrison had 31 points in the game, three days after putting in the winning basket with five seconds left in a 61-60 victory over Thornton Fractional North.
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McGrath opens Oak Lawn holiday tourney by breaking long-range bombing record By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
The eight-team Oak Lawn Varsity Girls Holiday Tournament opened for business on Saturday and history was made right away. The host Spartans had little trouble with Romeoville with a 51-32 victory in the White Pool opener and Sydney Janik led the Spartans with 11 points. But the history was made when junior Madelyn McGrath hit her 126th and 127th career 3-pointers to break Dana Sullivan’s school record. McGrath is already on the Spartans’ record board for most 3-pointers in a game (7) and a season (71). Both of those marks were set last season. In the Green Pool, Sandburg topped Tinley Park, 50-31, as Natalie Stavropoulos popped in 13 points. Sandburg is the defending Oak Lawn tournament champ. Interestingly, the Eagles were 4-0 in the tournament but 1-9 in games away from the tournament at this time last season. Pool play was scheduled to continue Monday and Wednesday with the first-, third-, fifthand seventh-place games taking place at 10:30 a.m. and noon on Saturday
McAuley, Marist in Kipp Hoopfest
The Chicagoland Girls Prep Classic is going through a name change. In its 28th year, it will now be known as Coach Kipp’s
Hoopfest, in honor of late Maine West coach Derril Kipp, who died of cancer in 2016. Maine West has been in the showcase all 27 years. “No one has done more to grow, promote and help young girls continue their basketball and educational goals than coach Kipp,” Hoopfest Organizer Jim O’Boye said. Mother McAuley will challenge Glenbard South in the event at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 13. Marist faces Downers Grove North in the following game at 5 p.m. The games are held at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park.
First loss
Mother McAuley was the last undefeated area team and dropped a 52-50 decision to Fenwick on Dec. 5. That was a tough loss because Fenwick, rich in girls basketball tradition, was having a rare down spell and came into the game with a four-game losing streak. The Mighty Macs recovered to beat Lighthouse (Indiana) 7045 in the Chitown Showdown at Whitney Young High School on Saturday. Grace Hynes had 23 points in the victory.
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Holiday tournaments are coming…
Four area teams are in the 32-team 44th Jack Tosh Invitational at York High School in Elmhurst and they are playing in the morning afternoon and night on the opening day on Dec. 26. The pairings came out last week and St. Laurence has an early-morning wakeup call as the Vikings take on Oswego at 8:30 a.m. Brother Rice challenges Waubonsie Valley at 1 p.m. Sandburg mixes it up with Highland Park at 4:30 p.m. Stagg is scheduled to face Minooka at 6:30 p.m. This season, Brother Rice and St. Laurence are not facing each other during the Chicago Catholic League season so the only
way for first-year Vikings coach Jim Sexton to face his alma-mater this season is if both teams either win their first two games or lose their first game and win their second. If both teams win the first two games, they face off in the quarterfinals on at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 28. If both lose the first and win the second, they face in the consolation round at noon on Dec. 28. At Centralia, defending champion Marist opens play Dec. 28 with a 9:15 p.m. game against Arlington (Tennessee). The 16-team Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic announced its field and pairings and Richards opens play against Maine South at
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Marist’s boys team is the last undefeated area team — boys or girls — heading into this week’s action. But the RedHawks (5-0) had to scratch and claw to pick up their first East Suburban Catholic Conference victory as they beat Carmel, 52-48 on the road Friday behind Morgan Taylor’s 16 points. St. Laurence suffered its first loss on Friday with a 69-56 setback to DePaul Prep. Sophomore Jeremiah Williams had 13 points for the Vikings.
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Evergreen Park became the first area team to hit double-digit victories after the Mustangs beat Tinley Park, 55-26 on Friday. The Mustangs were led by Kacey Gardner’s 16 points as they improved to 10-2 overall with the South Suburban crossover victory.
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Oak Lawn’s Madelyn McGrath handles the ball against Romeoville on Saturday. McGrath hit a pair of 3-point baskets in the win to take over the No. 1 spot on the Spartans’ list for career treys with 127.
On Thanksgiving, the Regional/Reporter released a special boys basketball section and the headline boldly proclaimed: “Excitement GUARANTEED.’’ So far the season has lived up to that billing. In one eight-day stretch, there were four games that went down to shots in the closing seconds of their games: • St. Laurence’s Isaiah Harvey got things rolling on Dec. 1 when he hit a 3-pointer with 3.6 seconds left and that proved to be the winning basket in an 84-81 victory over St. Joseph in Burbank in a Chicago Catholic League crossover game. It was the first time the Vikings beat the Chargers since 1977. • The next day, Oak Lawn sophomore Sami Osmani buried a half-court shot at the buzzer to lead his team to a 53-50 non-conference victory over Chicago Christian in Oak Lawn. • On Dec. 5, Shepard’s Chris Harrison’s layup with five seconds left helped the Astros to a 61-60 South Suburban crossover win over Thornton Fractional North. • On Friday, Sandburg’s Pat McNulty hit a layup with .06 of a second in a 66-64 victory over District 230 rival Stagg in a SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue tilt in Orland Park. There will likely be more to come…
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Sandburg vs. Stagg: Two wild nights in Orland Park
Left: Sandburg boys basketball players get fired up before their District 230 rivalry game with Stagg Friday in Orland Park. Above: Stagg girls players stretch before their two-point win over Sandburg on Thursday in Orland Park.
Sandburg’s Jack McNulty (left), shown shooting in the second quarter against Stagg in the left photo, hit a shot with 6/10ths of a second left to help host Sandburg win 66-64 Friday night. Jaime Ryan (above right) scored 16 points to lead Stagg to a 43-41 road victory on Thursday night.
Sandburg junior Natalie Stavropoulos flexes her muscles during the pregame introductions. Stagg junior Nick Harper (No. 5) risked whiplash twice in the first quarter after watching his shots against Sandburg.
Stagg students dressed up in Christmas gear while providing cheer to the Chargers and jeers to the Eagles on Friday night.
Eagles
Continued from Page 1 Sandburg its first lead since midway through the first quarter. “I just felt it,” Agwomoh, whose only other shot of the game was a missed two-pointer in the second quarter, said. “We were always confident. We just knew we had the shooters.” Stagg knew it, too. For three quarters, the Chargers kept them at bay with stifling
defense and by crashing the boards at both ends, building their lead in large part due to 16 second-chance points. “Our kids battled,” first-year Chargers coach Marty Strus, a 2008 Stagg graduate, said. “(Sandburg is) a good team. They shoot the ball well. “They got it going. They fed off their crowd. That’s basketball. It’s a game of runs and they went on one.” Blim led Stagg with 22 points, including nine of its 13 in the fourth quarter. Danny
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Sandburg students were quiet during “The Star-Spangled Banner” but after that, they got noisy and stayed noisy during the 66-64 Eagles win.
Rentauskus added 11 points and 10 rebounds, while John Mahoney had 16 points and seven boards. McNulty finished with 10 points to back up Ismail, who also led the Eagles with five rebounds. In all, nine Sandburg players scored. “We play a lot different than we played last year,” Allen said, referencing last year’s junior-laden, 13-14 squad. “We play up-tempo. We put five guys on the floor who can all guard and can all score.”
Chargers
Continued from Page 1 While it is an early-season game and the two teams will play again Jan. 22 at Stagg, this was still an emotional encounter. “This team competes, plays hard and wants to win and that’s the emotion that you want to see,” Sandburg coach Nick Fotopoulos
said. “It’s a big rivalry game and there are a lot of emotions in the game.’’ The team has been battling with the loss of guard Morgan McAuliffe, who suffered a knee injury earlier in the season. Against the Chargers, the Eagles had a balanced scoring attack with Natalie Stavropoulos leading the way with nine points.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON TRUST, NA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, F/O/O THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II TRUST 2007-AR6, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AR6 Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL CLANCY, JOANNA CLANCY, BMO HARRIS N.A. F/K/A HARRIS N.A., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GREEN OAKS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, GEORGE N REVELIOTIS, D/B/A REVELIOTIS LAW, P.C. F/K/A LAW OFFICE OF GEORGE N REVELIOTIS, P.C., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 09881 10033 SOUTH WALNUT TERR 115 PALOS HILLS, IL 60465
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.BRIDGEVIEW BANK AND TRUST, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 29, 2000 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1-2828, VILLAGE OF OAK LAWN Defendants
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.HAFEZ AMIN, MYSSA AYASH A/K/A MYSSA AYESH, A/K/A MYSSA R AYESH, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC Defendants
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 25, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 26, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10033 SOUTH WALNUT TERR 115, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-301-006-1008. The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
2017 CH 03821 9359 RIDGELAND AVENUE OAK LAWN, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 23, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 24, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9359 RIDGELAND AVENUE, OAK LAWN, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-05-302-074-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family home with an attached two car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 259127.
For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 8879.
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 259127 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 2017 CH 03821 TJSC#: 37-9607
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 8879 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 16 CH 09881 TJSC#: 37-9698
Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. JOAN KLEIN AKA JOAN L. KLEIN AKA JOAN MADERAK AKA JOAN STYLER AKA JOAN L. STYLER; RBS CITIZENS, N.A. SBM TO CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A.; THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 8929 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 23-23-201-114-0000. Commonly known as 18 Cour La Salle, Palos Hills, Illinois 60465. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a townhouse residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F17060175 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068741
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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs. DAVID MANNING; JUDY MANNING; FIFTH THIRD BANK FKA FIFTH THIRD BANK (WESTERN MICHIGAN) UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; Defendants, FIFTH THIRD BANK AN OHIO BANKING CORPORATION; Cross-Plaintiff(s), vs. JUDY MANNING; DAVID MANNING; Cross-Defendant(s), 17 CH 4356 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-09-406-023. Commonly known as 14901 AVENIDA DEL ESTE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 3571125. Ref. No. 17-00714 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068715
16 CH 11319 10512 FOREST LANE CHICAGO RIDGE, IL 60415
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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 23, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10512 FOREST LANE, CHICAGO RIDGE, IL 60415 Property Index No. 24-18-219-012-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 253659. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 253659 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 16 CH 11319 TJSC#: 37-10672
Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; PALOS LANDINGS TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION; CURTIS WARNER AKA CURT WARNER AKA W. CURTIS WARNER; CYNTHIA CROWELL AKA CYNTHIA WARNER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIAM WARNER AKA WILLIAM D. WARNER, DECEASED; THOMAS QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF WILLIAM WARNER AKA WILLIAM D. WARNER; Defendants, 17 CH 5048 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 23-24-300-213-0000. Commonly known as 14 West Bay Road, Palos Heights, IL 60463. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 2205611. 17-010391 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068750
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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION ALAN RAPOPORT Plaintiff, -v.ABDULZAHI ABUKATAB A/K/A ABDUL ABUKATAB, THE CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE U/T/A #8002365388, WORLD BUSINESS LENDERS LLC, STOUT STREET FUND I LP, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 5779 8300 PALOMA DR. Orland Park, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 24, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 25, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8300 PALOMA DR., Orland Park, IL 60462 Property Index No. 23-35-402-013-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $225,642.79. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: Kurtz & Augenlicht LLP, 123 W Madison St, Ste. 700, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 265-0106 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. Kurtz & Augenlicht LLP 123 W Madison St, Ste. 700 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 265-0106 E-Mail: mkurtz@kalawchicago.com Attorney Code. 46376 Case Number: 15 CH 5779 TJSC#: 37-9781 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs. ALICE GIALAMAS; GEORGE G. GIALAMAS; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ALL FLOOD & FIRE; Defendants, 16 CH 13124 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, January 12, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-18-416-006-0000. Commonly known as 15800 South 114th Court, Orland Park, IL 60467. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 2205611. 17-030627 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3069401
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.AMAL MUZYED A/K/A AMAL M. MUZYED, TAREQ A MUZYED, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK Defendants 10 CH 40503 13601 SOUTH 85TH AVENUE ORLAND PARK, IL 60462
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR HARBORVIEW MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-14 Plaintiff, -v.HUDA ALTAHER A/K/A HUDA ABUASI Defendants 16 CH 002516 10548 GREAT EGRET DRIVE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 17, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 19, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10548 GREAT EGRET DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-29-219-007-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-14405. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-14405 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 002516 TJSC#: 37-9705 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3069761
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 24, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 25, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 13601 SOUTH 85TH AVENUE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-02-115-017-0000. The real estate is improved with a white brick single family home with an attached two car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service. atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 11789. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 11789 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 10 CH 40503 TJSC#: 37-10084
Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MIDLAND STATES BANK; Plaintiff, vs. ZORAIDA GARCIA AKA ZURAIDA GARCIA; ROLAND GARCIA; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 9712 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-13-109-001-0000. Commonly known as 7758 Sycamore Drive, Orland Park, Illinois 60462. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16060208 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3068735
Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC. Plaintiff, vs. HEA SOOK SHIN, CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 22, 2004 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 1114017, ARIES INVESTMENTS, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, vs. HAFIDA MRABET Intervenor, 15 CH 2946 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 25, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-13-202-037-0000. Commonly known as 15240 Heather Court, Orland Park, IL 60462. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3069863
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.WERNER STEENVOORDEN, AMANDA A. STEENVOORDEN, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., DISCOVER BANK, UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC Defendants 16 CH 006553 14350 BROOK AVENUE ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 4, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 14350 BROOK AVENUE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-09-203-026-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-05568. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-05568 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 006553 TJSC#: 37-10541 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3069462
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR TBW MORTGAGE-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3 Plaintiff, -v.LINDA DANET, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., WEDGWOOD COMMONS UNIT II ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendants 17 CH 008316 13971 BERKHANSTED CT ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 2, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 13971 BERKHANSTED CT, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-02-308-002-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-06104. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-06104 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 008316 TJSC#: 37-9229 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3070275
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.DARRIN COLLINS, LISA COLLINS, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 17 CH 007252 14426 S. 87TH AVENUE ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 23, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 25, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 14426 S. 87TH AVENUE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-11-107-004-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-06311. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-06311 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 007252 TJSC#: 37-9829 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3070201
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‘Justice League’ drags while ‘Coco’ and ‘Lady Bird’ shine Well, it’s the end of the year, which means that my schedule as a moviegoer suddenly becomes packed. So, instead of reviewing one movie this week, I decided to take a stab at three of them in one go. And, wouldn’t you know it; they are a strange mix of the best of the year and the worst. Let’s start with the worst, shall we? “Justice League” (directed by Zack Snyder) wasn’t just the worst movie I’ve seen in this past year, it’s actually in contention for the worst movie I’ve seen in the past three years. The plot is nonsensical. The tone is inconsistent. Ben Affleck — who had been the only bright spot in “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016, directed by Snyder) — looks as bored playing Batman as I am watching him play Batman. The exceptionally talented Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman gets sidelined in favor of Ezra Miller’s cloying portrayal of the Flash and Jason Momoa’s tiresome dude-bro take on Aquaman. Ray Stone barely registers as the monotone and emotionless Cyborg, rounding out a Justice League that at times feels barely more heroic than an episode of the “Super Friends”. Here’s context for how bad this film was: I saw the fifth “Transformers” movie earlier this year, and Justice League is STILL the worst movie of the year. But the movies did get better in late November…. “Coco” (directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina) is a buoyant and lively comedy about death. Pixar’s latest puts a young boy and wannabe musician named Miguel (voice of Anthony Gonzalez) in a tough spot: the grave. After accidentally crossing over during a Day of the Dead celebration, Miguel must find the spirit of his great-great-grandfather — a famed Mexican guitar hero — in the colorful, sugar skull themed afterlife to bring him back to the realm of the living. Coco is a visually stunning (although narratively predictable) celebration of art, music and Mexican culture. It also happens to feature some of this year’s best music, including a ballad so touching, presented in a context so lovely, that it becomes
BRIAN LAUGHRAN an instant Disney classic. But, December brought what might be the best movie of the year…. “Lady Bird” (directed by Greta Gerwig) is one of the best coming-of-age comedies of recent memory. The movie features the captivating and raw Saoirse Ronan as Christine, or Lady Bird — a nickname she gave herself, a teen navigating the toughest year of any young person’s life: her senior year of high school. She’s caught between wanting to fit in and wanting to stand out. Wanting to go away to a liberal arts college on the East Coast, her strapped-for-cash parents (Chicago theatre legends Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts) only have enough money to send her to a school 30 minutes away from their humble Sacramento home. Gerwig’s script packs the emotional punch of a John Hughes classic while her direction invokes the Richard Linklater school of naturalism. It’s a stellar effort from the first-time director. (It would be considered a stellar effort from a ten-time director, as well.) Ronan, Metcalf and Letts (along with Lucas Hedges, June Squibb, Timothee Chalamet, Stephen Henderson and Beanie Feldstein) make for one of the strongest casts of the year. This is a great film, and one that I think will ring true for any person who thought that adulthood would solve more problems than it would create, and was surprised to learn they were wrong. So, to recap: Justice League: F Coco: A Lady Bird: A+
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Jay-Z talks race, Trump, O.J. Simpson, therapy, Beyonce and Kanye West By Variety staff In a long interview with New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet published Wednesday, JayZ held forth on a number of topics including O.J. Simpson and his song about him “The Story of O.J.,” race in America, President Trump, former President Obama, his experience with therapy, his relationship with Kanye West, and much more. Jay-Z received a leading eight nominations for the Grammy Awards, which were announced Tuesday, including one for Record of the Year for “The Story of O.J.” Highlight excerpts from the Times story follow:
On “The Story of O.J.”
“It’s like, I’m specifically speaking to us [as black Americans]. And about who we are and how do you maintain the sense of self while pushing it forward and holding us to have a responsibility for our actions. Because in America, it is what it is. And there’s a solution for us: If we had a power base together, it would be a much different conversation than me having a conversation by myself and trying to change America by myself. If I come with 40 million people, there’s a different conversation, right? It’s just how it works. I can effect change and get whomever in office because this many people, we’re all on the same page. Right? So the conversation is, like, ‘I’m not rich, I’m O.J.’ For us to get in that space and then disconnect from the culture. That’s how it starts. This is what happens. And then you know what happens? You’re on your own, and you see how that turned out.”
On how Trump’s election has changed the conversation about racism
“There was a great Kanye West line in one of [his] songs: ‘Racism’s still alive, they just be concealin’ it.’ [‘Never Let Me Down,’ from West’s 2004 album, ‘The College Dropout.’] ... The great thing about Donald Trump being president is now we’re forced to have the dialogue. Now we’re having the conversation on the large scale; he’s provided the platform for us to have the conversation. ... Well, an ideal way [to have
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Jay-Z performs on his “4:44” Tour at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Nov. 22, 2017. The artist has been nominated for several Grammy awards.
that conversation] is to have a president that says, ‘I’m open to dialogue and fixing this.’ That’s ideal. But it’s still happening in a good way, because you can’t have a solution until you start dealing with the problem: What you reveal, you heal.”
On therapy
“I grew so much from the experience. But I think the most important thing I got is that everything is connected. Every emotion is connected and it comes from somewhere. And just being aware of it. Being aware of it in everyday life puts you at such a ... you’re at such an advantage. You know, you realize that if someone’s racist toward you, it ain’t about you. It’s about their upbringing and what happened to them, and how that led them to this point. You know, most bullies bully. It just happen. Oh, you got bullied as a kid so you trying to bully me. I understand. “And once I understand that, instead of reacting to that with anger, I can provide a softer landing and maybe, ‘Aw, man, is you O.K.?’ I was just saying there was a lot of fights in our neighborhood that started with ‘What you looking at? Why you looking at me? You looking at me?’ And then you realize: ‘Oh, you think I see you. You’re in this space where you’re hurting, and you think I see you, so you don’t want me to look at you. And you don’t want me to see you.’”
On Kanye West
“I [talked to] Kanye the other day, just to tell him, like, he’s my brother. I love Kanye. I do. It’s a complicated relationship with us.... ‘Cause, you know — Kanye
came into this business on my label. So I’ve always been like his big brother. And we’re both entertainers. It’s always been like a little underlying competition with your big brother. And we both love and respect each other’s art, too. So it’s like, we both — everyone wants to be the greatest in the world. You know what I’m saying? And then there’s like a lot of other factors that play in it. But it’s gonna, we gonna always be good. [There’s tension now], but that happens. In the long relationship, you know, hopefully when we’re 89 we look at this six months or whatever time and we laugh at that.”
On his and Beyonce’s confessional albums
“We were using our art almost like a therapy session. And we started making music together. And then the music she was making at that time was further along. So her album came out as opposed to the joint album that we were working on. Um, we still have a lot of that music. And this is what it became. There was never a point where it was like, ‘I’m making this album.’ I was right there the entire time. [The confessional aspect was] very, very uncomfortable, but [...] the best place in the, you know, hurricane is like in the middle of it. ... And that’s where we were sitting. And it was uncomfortable. And we had a lot of conversations. You know. [I was] really proud of the music she made, and she was really proud of the art I released. And, you know, at the end of the day we really have a healthy respect for one another’s craft. I think she’s amazing.”
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BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS The Center sets holiday fun on farm
The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, has announced a slate of activities for the days ahead. For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650. • “Holiday Farm FUN-ction” is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday Dec. 16. Children will have an opportunity to visit with all of their favorite Children’s Farm animals, as well as meet with Santa Claus and take a photo. Then head inside to warm up and drink complimentary hot cocoa. Families can then enjoy decorating holiday cookies and making ornaments. Admission is $8, under 2 are free. • “Luncheon: Live Indoor Nativity” runs from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 19. Storyteller Megan Wells will perform a dramatic reading of the story of Jesus’ birth, attended by live animals from the Children’s Farm and fellowship and staff in costume. Luncheons cost $22, and advance registration is necessary. • A Yule Log Service begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday Dec. 22. The Yule Log Service is a family-friendly evening at The Center, featuring Christmas carols, scripture, stories and a variety of old-fashioned traditions. The highlight of each service is the lighting of the huge log and the opportunity for each participant to throw his or her own twig into the fire, symbolizing a fresh start for the new year. The event will include music, a New Testament reading and poetry. Advance reservations are required. The tickets, $10 each, are actually name tags, so that they can be worn at the Yule Log Service. Those interested are encouraged to get name tag-tickets early.
Bridge Teen Center to host ugly sweater contest
The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Ct., Orland Park, offers several free events for teens in seventh through 12th grade. For more information, call (708) 532-0500. These are free events for youths in seventh through 12th grade. • Christmas Karaoke and Ugliest Christmas Sweater Contest is on tap from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15. Students are invited to participate in an ugly sweater contest and sing their favorite Christmas songs on stage. Corner Bakery will provide free food samples. • Drop-In: Study Lounge w/ DIY Belgian Waffles (high school students only) is scheduled for 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 19. Students are invited to make The Bridge their study spot this finals week. There will be a Belgian waffle station, helpful tutors, whiteboards and study supplies available. • Graphic Design: Custom
The live Nativity offers a glimpse into 2,000 years ago.
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The Yule Log Service is a popular event at The Center.
Smartphone Background with Rachel will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 19. Students will use Adobe Illustrator to make a custom phone background. • Drop-In: Study Lounge with Nutella and fruit bar (high school students only) runs from 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 20. Students are invited to make The Bridge their study spot on finals week. There will be a Nutella and fruit bar, helpful tutors, whiteboards, and study supplies available. • Christmas Cookies & Crafts is scheduled for 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Dec. 20. Students will spread Christmas cheer by making holiday crafts and enjoying classic Christmas cookies. • Holiday Movie: You Pick! will be held from 3:30 to 5:45 p.m. Dec. 21. Students are invited to sit back, relax and enjoy the show with some friends and popcorn. • Homemade Candles is set for 4 to 5 p.m. Dec. 21. Students will make homemade candles using paraffin wax and natural scents. • Food Battle: Hot Chocolate runs from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Dec. 22. Students are invited to participate in hot chocolate food battles and compete with other students by creating the best cup of hot chocolate. Free food samples will be provided by White Castle.
Radio Hall of Famer to be at sports card show
A “Sports Cards and More” show is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17 at the Orland Park Civic Center 14750 S. Ravinia, Orland Park. Highlights will include Radio Hall of Famer John Records Landecker, who will sell and sign copies of his best-selling book “Records Truly Is My Middle Name” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Bob Feldman of Nothing Bundt Cakes will be on hand selling sweet gifts. Admission is free and everyone will receive a chance to win door prizes including an autographed Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks Jersey. Winners must be present.
McCord’s Holiday Shoppe features local artists
McCord Gallery and Cultural Center’s Holiday Shoppe is open through Friday, Dec. 22. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays. There will be silk scarves, quilted purses, jewelry, picture frames, fused glass dishes and many more crafts on display in the newly renovated space. Local artists created the items on display.
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Thursday, December 14, 2017
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WOLFGANG PUCK’S KITCHEN
VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN
Beets brighten up a traditional Hanukkah dish
NOTICE: Ratings for each film begin with a ‘star’ rating — one star meaning ‘poor,’ four meaning ‘excellent’ — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.
By Wolfgang Puck With the first night of Hanukkah around the corner, many friends have asked me for ways to cook something different for their home celebrations of the Festival of Lights. I certainly think about that question myself, since I always want to help make sure that my sons appreciate their own Jewish heritage. Cooking for Hanukkah typically involves foods cooked in oil, a symbolic commemoration of the one night’s oil supply that miraculously burned for eight nights when freedom fighters recaptured the temple in Jerusalem back in the second century B.C. So, most holiday menus feature pan-fried or deep-fried potato pancakes (latkes). But many health-conscious people today try to avoid carbohydrate-laden potatoes, so I started thinking about a possible substitute. My surprising discovery was that you could make delicious latkes using shredded beets, which have only about half the net carbs (a figure that represents the total grams of carbohydrates minus the total grams of fiber) in potatoes. Yet fresh beets, shredded and combined with simple seasonings, eggs and some flour, cook to a pleasingly firm yet tender consistency similar to that of potatoes, with a wonderfully sweet flavor and brilliant ruby-red color (or bright yellow one, if you use golden beets) all their own. Some people may be resistant to beets, remembering flavorless canned ones from childhood. If that is the case for you, fresh beets will be a happy revelation. One other memory you may have of beets is true, however: Their red juices can stain your hands or clothing. I suggest working over your sink and wearing kitchen gloves and an apron during peeling and shredding. And be sure to carefully pat the shredded beets dry with paper towels, so the pancakes will cook up crispier and won’t cause spattering in the thin layer of hot oil you use for cooking. At Hanukkah parties, potato pancakes are traditionally served with both applesauce and sour cream. With the flavor of my beet latkes in mind, I’d also like to share a homemade, honey-sweetened applesauce recipe that includes a pleasing note of spice from some whole yellow
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Swap out shredded potatoes for shredded beets to make a healthier version of classic latkes.
mustard seeds, which you can find in any well-stocked supermarket’s seasonings aisle. Simmered along with the apples, the little round seeds pop open pleasantly when you bite on them, adding a subtle touch of exciting flavor to the sauce. Serve the latkes and applesauce (and, yes, some sour cream, if you like) as a first course or the featured treat at your Hanukkah dinner. Or offer them anytime as a great side dish for meat or poultry dishes for the next several weeks of what I hope will be your very festive holiday season! BEET LATKES WITH HONEY-MUSTARD APPLESAUCE Makes about 3 dozen For the honey-mustard applesauce: • 2 cups (500 mL) peeled, cored, and thinly sliced Fuji or Granny Smith apples, 2 or 3 apples • 1 cup (250 mL) unsweetened apple juice • 1/2 cup (125 mL) honey • 1/3 cup (80 mL) packed light brown sugar • 1/4 cup (60 mL) fresh lemon juice • 1 strip lemon zest, about
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By Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (March 21-April 19): Being a diplomat is where it’s at. Be discreet and considerate. You are quite likely to get more than your fair share of attention during the week to come, so this may be a good time to dabble in social networking. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Operate in compliance with the laws of attraction. The people who are most strongly attracted to you are probably the best people to be with. You may be able to display your own form of genius as this week unfolds. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may feel the pinch in your pocketbook if you go along with your pals. There may be an incentive to begin a new study in the week ahead or you might receive sound advice that helps you meet your material goals. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Engaging with others can encourage you. Team up with others in the upcoming week to make progress. You have enormous vision and scope; be open and straightforward to be successful in negotiations or in agreements. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You reap what you sow Ask pertinent questions to uncover alternative routes to financial security. The week ahead could be a good time to plant ideas in fertile ground if you are hoping to receive a bountiful harvest. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You could compare the mind to a battery, with intelligence as the terminal. Avoid trivial pursuits and apply your mental powers to something worthwhile in the week to come. Don’t get short-circuited
by a passing whim. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the week ahead co-workers could become friends or vice versa. Someone could invite you to join a team, to engage in a sports program or to travel. Every opportunity contains a hidden benefit of some kind. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The more dollars, the merrier. You might be partial to achieving material success in the week to come, but are just as willing to perform a few good deeds in your spare time. Spread good will as you earn more money. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you and a partner put your heads together you can increase your assets. This is a good week to focus on financial success. There may be some things going on behind the scenes that will work out in your favor. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your work, job or health may be the center of attention in the week ahead. You are passionate about winning and may do so at any cost. You will leave no stone unturned to find the best way to achieve your goals. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your efforts to appear friendly and broadminded may have surprising consequences. Form may be given more weight than substance in the week ahead. Wait until the middle of the week to make major purchases. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You might need to grab a robe to cover up the naked truth. In the early part of the week you might say more than you should in group settings. Your social life may be in top gear, but it is good to remember to be discreet.
2 inches (5 cm) long • 2 tablespoons whole yellow mustard seeds • 1 teaspoon kosher salt For the beet latkes: • 3 cups (750 mL) peeled and coarsely shredded red or golden beets, about 3 medium beets • 2 large eggs, beaten until blended • 3 tablespoons allpurpose flour or glutenfree flour • 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper • Canola oil, for frying About an hour before serving, start making the honey-mustard applesauce. Put the apples, apple juice, honey, sugar, lemon juice and zest, mustard seeds, and salt in a large, heavy-bottomed saute pan. Bring to a low boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, and then reduce the heat to low and continue cooking until the apples are soft enough to mash with the back of a fork, about 20 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a heatproof mixing bowl, remove the lemon zest, and use a potato masher to mash the apples to a
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coarse puree. Set aside. Start preparing the beet latkes about 30 minutes before serving. Put the shredded beets in a large mixing bowl. With several layers of paper towels, press down on them to absorb excess moisture, turning the beet shreds and using more towels as necessary to absorb as much moisture as possible. Add the eggs, flour, salt, and pepper to the beets. Stir until thoroughly combined. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add just enough oil to coat the bottom. When the oil is hot enough to flow easily when the skillet is tilted, use a tablespoon to scoop up a heaping spoonful of the beet mixture and place it in the skillet, gently pressing down with the back of the spoon to flatten it. Fry until the latkes are golden-brown, about 3 minutes per side, turning them with a small scratchproof spatula. When the latkes are done, transfer them in a single layer to a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Repeat the process to cook the remaining mixture, adding more oil to the skillet as necessary. Serve the latkes as a side dish with main-course meat, poultry or seafood, or as an appetizer on their own, passing the applesauce alongside.
“KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE”: An attack on the Kingsman spy organization’s British headquarters clues its members — including relative newcomer Eggsy (Taron Egerton) — into a villainess’ (Julianne Moore, gleefully chewing scenery) plot to taint the world’s recreational drugs, quite lethally, in director and co-writer Matthew Vaughn’s sequel. There’s a big surprise for fans of the first film that involves Colin Firth’s character, with Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges and Channing Tatum playing American agents who get in on the action ... literally. Again this time, the violence may be a bit much for those expecting a lark, but that’s Vaughn’s modus operandi as a filmmaker (“KickAss,” “Layer Cake”). Mark Strong, Bruce Greenwood and music icon Elton John (playing himself) also are featured. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; “Kingsman Archives.” *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “GAME OF THRONES: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON”: Jon Snow and Cersei Lannister (Kit Harington, Lena Headey) both face challenges as leaders as the hugely popular HBO series continues here with its next-to-last season, a shorter one that has seven episodes (three less than the usual). Alliances shift dramatically, but that’s not all the involved factions have to worry about, since an army made up of the deceased is approaching the Seven Kingdoms. Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj CosterWaldau, Aidan Gillen, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Diana Rigg also continue their roles — and very notable (and noticeable) in the opening episode is music star Ed Sheeran, whose appearance generated mixed reactions from the “Thrones” faithful. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; audio commentaries by cast and crew members. *** (Not rated: AS, N, V) (Also on Blu-ray) “DETROIT”: Typically gritty director Kathryn Bigelow’s urban drama — teaming her again with screenwriter Mark Boal (“The Hurt Locker,” “Zero Dark Thirty”) — gives a very down-to-earth role to John Boyega, who’s now part of the “Star Wars” family, as a secu-
rity guard who becomes caught up in the rioting that occurred in the title city in 1967. Assigned to keep a grocery store safe from looting, he eventually becomes an accomplice to a police plan to identify the person who started the turmoil by firing blanks. That turns out to be only the start of trouble for the guard. The cast also includes Will Poulter, John Krasinski, Anthony Mackie and Kaitlyn Dever (“Last Man Standing”). Co-star Algee Smith also performs on the film’s music score. DVD extras: five “making-of” documentaries; music video. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “HOME AGAIN”: Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the daughter of filmmakers Nancy Meyers (“The Holiday”) and Charles Shyer (“Father of the Bride”), gets fully into the family business as writer and director of this light romantic comedy casting Reese Witherspoon as a mom of two who has a surprising new romance with one of the moviemakers staying in her guest house (Pico Alexander). The relationship is threatened, though, by the unexpected return of her estranged husband (Michael Sheen). Candice Bergen, who also worked with Witherspoon in “Sweet Home Alabama,” and Lake Bell (of mother Meyers’ “It’s Complicated”) also appear. DVD extra: audio commentary by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and producer Nancy Meyers. *** (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
COMING SOON:
“DUNKIRK” (Dec. 19): The Christopher Nolan-directed view of the World War II military operation features Harry Styles and Kenneth Branagh. (PG-13: AS, P, V) “LEATHERFACE” (Dec. 19): The roots of the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” character are explored in this horror prequel; Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor star. (R: AS, N, P, GV) “THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE” (Dec. 19): A martialarts master (voice of Jackie Chan) leads young warriors against an enemy — the father of one of the heroes. (PG: AS, V) “MOTHER!” (Dec. 19): Director Darren Aronofsky’s melodrama stars Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as a couple who receive unexpected visitors. (R: AS, N, P, V) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.