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$40 million development approved for Sears site Theaters will replace iconic department store in Orland Park

By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer

Cinemas are coming to the soon-to-close Sears store in Orland Square Mall, a $40 million investment by Seritage Growth Properties whose plans were ap-

proved Monday by the Orland Park Village Board.

Seritage first outlined its plans last October to build a 10-screen AMC movie theater at the Sears site. The development was recommended for approval by the Plan Commission last week.

On Monday, two representatives of Seritage, as well as the vice president of Simon Properties, which owns Orland Square Mall, fielded questions from the three members of the Development Services, Planning and Engineering Committee at a 6 p.m.

meeting before they sent it to the full board for approval at the 7 p.m. Village Board meeting.

When the plans were announced in October, Sears was to continue occupying the first floor of the building, leaving the second floor to be developed into the theater.

But since then, the Sears corporation has decided to close the

entire store, including the adjacent 21,206-sq. ft. Sears Auto Care Center by the end of April.

Trustee Kathy Fenton, a member of the Development Services committee, questioned the developers about their reasons for building the 49,777-sq. ft. theater on the second floor, without having any guarantees that the 200,000

sq. ft. retail space being vacated

by Sears will be leased.

“I feel a lot of work wasn’t done here and with the way retail is going now for brick and mortar, with stores closing every week, I don’t feel comfortable approving this without any guarantees that the space will be filled. Why are See DEVELOPMENT, Page 2

PALOS TOWNSHIP

Comm. Sean Morrison pushes back on protesters ‘I have nothing to do with this’

By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor

Photo (right) by Anthony Caciopo

Ron Urban had a dazzling, renowned career that took him around the world performing feats of magic for millions of admirers, including everyday people, celebrities, presidents and even royalty. His archive brims with Hollywood-style publicity photos (left) and he loves to engage visitors with a gentle, whimsical style (right) that still displays a flair of showmanship.

PALOS HEIGHTS’ URBAN LEGEND Retired, world-famous magician earns lifetime achievement award

He was one of the lucky ones who had the luxury of turning his hobby into a career and performing for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, King Constantine of Greece, Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, along with show business celebrities including Ed Sullivan, Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis, just to name a few.

He was most recently honored on Oct. 14, 2017 with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Milbourn & Christopher Foundation for Notable Contributions to the Art of Magic.

Sparking Urban’s magic interest at a young age were magicians George Coon and Charlie Worpell at the Abbott Magic Company in Chicago.

While still in his teens, Urban, who was born in

By Kelly White Correspondent

Ron Urban is a man with more than just a few tricks up his sleeve.

World renowned, Urban, 82, of Palos Heights, known as the “Magic Man” or “The Urban Legend” traveled to countless countries perfecting the art of optical illusions and magic tricks for more than 50 years.

“People can only dream of what I did,” Urban said. “For me, it just happened. It started out as a mere hobby. I like to think of it as good karma. I was always a practical joker, while I was growing up, with electric buzzers and fake cigars.”

See URBAN LEGEND, Page 2

Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison (17th) is aware his name is being tossed around in the contentious Palos Township Board meetings, and he says he knows why.

“I’ve heard a few times over the course of the last few months Morrison that people are trying to invoke my name,” said Morrison, who also is the Cook County Republican chairman and the Palos Township Republican Organization committeeman. “I can only assume it’s being done purely for political and partisan purposes.”

Since July 2017, the monthly Palos Township Board meetings have been the center of protests by individuals and organizations in opposition to Trustee Sharon Brannigan, who had posted comments on social media that many considered racist toward Muslims and Middle Eastern people.

The protesters want her to resign or be removed from the Township Board. She has refused to step down. Her fellow Board members, as well as Morrison, say they can’t force her to resign.

“The voters of Palos Township have elected her twice,” said Morrison. “Nobody could make

me resign, nobody could make a mayor resign or a state representative resign.

“We hold elections. The voters will decide again whether to put her in,” he said.

Palos Township covers all or parts of Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, Orland Park, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Willow Springs and Worth.

But in the most recent Township meeting, held on Feb. 12, calls have been amplified for Morrison to exert what the protesters believe is his considerable influence on the local GOP political scene. Trustee Brannigan is Republican.

Brannigan removed the posts last summer and has apologized.

Her apology has been called insincere and “too little, too late” by those speaking out against her.

Morrison spoke with The Regional News just minutes before press time last week in a response to a request for comment following the raucous Feb. 12 meeting at Township headquarters, 10802 S. Roberts Rd. in Palos Hills.

The Regional informed the commissioner that the deadline would prevent his comments from being included in the story, but that a story in this edition would feature the conversation that was held.

Morrison was the chief sponsor and author of the ordinance that successfully led to the repeal last year of the controversial and short-lived Cook County one-cent per-ounce sweetened beverage tax that had been championed

by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

See MORRISON, Page 3

THE COYNES IN KOREA

Maybe the Olympic Games can bring North and South Korea together Editor’s Note: Southwest Regional Publishing correspondent Kevin Coyne, along with his parents John and Ahlise, sister Kendall’s fiancé Michael Schofield, and friends Jake and Bailey—traveled from Chicago to South Korea to watch Kendall Coyne compete for Team USA in ice hockey.

She will be playing in the Gold Medal game tonight — Thursday.

This is the second of Kevin’s three columns from Korea.

KEVIN COYNE GANGNEUNG, South Korea — The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics could go down in history as the starting point to mending the relationship between North Korea

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We’ve spent hours watching the greatest athletes in the world compete on both ice and snow.

We’ve seen ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, skeleton, snowboarding, skiing and the opening ceremonies. Our primary reason for the visit is women’s ice hockey. We’ve witnessed a roll-

ercoaster of emotions throughout the Americans’ first three games against Finland, Team Olympic Athletes from Russia, and Canada.

We dropped in to watch the Korean men’s game, which was one of the highlights of the Olympic experience. The Korean men’s ice hockey team attracted a sellout crowd of 12,000 spectators when it faced off against the Czech Republic, Feb. 15, at the Gangneung Ice Arena.

A group of nearly 200 North Koreans filled the entire section behind the south end of the rink.

The group moved carefully in unison with the help of a conductor at the bottom of the stairs.

A young Korean-American man from Philadelphia translated what the North Korean group chanted in a song-like manner, “We must come together … We must unify

Besides the fact that the Koreans contained the more experienced team from the Czech Republic to a one-goal game, it was fascinating to see how the Korean people would jump in excitement every time the home team touched the puck.

You would think the Koreans won a gold medal after a hometown hero put a shot into the opposing goaltender’s chest from above the top of the circle.

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Reed Powers, ret. Palos Hts. police chief, dies

Photo by Anthony Caciopo

One wet mess

Southwest Highway south of 131st Street flooded Tuesday during heavy rains that melted many inches of snow.

The road, as it leaves Palos Park and enters Orland Park, is frequently under water during and after rainfall. It was blocked all the way to 138th Street with Tuesday’s rain. Long-suffering business owners who need the road for access are awaiting an Illinois Department of Transportation project designed to alleviate the problem, but the fix is supposedly still at least a year away. Another major road closure occurred on 135th Street between Ridgeland and Harlem avenues in Palos Heights. Brimming culverts and standing water on lawns and on pavement could be seen in many locations in the Palos communities.

PALOS HEIGHTS

2018 budget approved; new city website coming

By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor

Tuesday’s Palos Heights City Council meeting featured a diverse agenda of topics covering finance, recreation, roads and construction and more.

The Council unanimously approved a motion to adopt the proposed fiscal year 2018 budget for the city. The Regional and Mayor Bob Straz will meet soon at a date to be determined for a discussion of the budget and what’s ahead in 2018 for Palos Heights.

A new website is on the horizon for the city. The Council unanimously approved a motion to authorize Straz to execute a service agreement with CivicPlus “to provide website development, deployment, enhancements, maintenance, support and hosting for the city with an initial cost of $24,710 and thereafter an annual fee of $4,150 subject to an annual five percent increase after year five.”

“Easy to navigate,” said Straz after the meeting when asked about the primary goal of the coming website.

“Ultimately, it goes back to transparency and giving people the information,” he said.

“If it’s there and people can’t get it, it doesn’t do any good.

The transparency gets lost because people can’t find the information.”

Straz said one of the reasons for the change in website providers is that “I’m not sure we’re (currently) getting the backup that we need.”

CivicPlus, based in Manhattan, Kansas, states on its website that it helps more than 2,500 local governments with website design and

Urban Legend Continued from Page 1

Chicago, hired an agent and began performing in nightclubs. He did his first professional solo show in 1957 at the Crystal Terrace Nightclub in Duluth, Minnesota.

His first major act was called “Pastels”, which employed 15 brightly colored doves. Highlights of that show included his producing a dove from inside a balloon and a continuous conjuring of colorful doves from his bare hands.

However, doves were not the only animals in Urban’s performances. His loving poodle, Gigi, tagged along with him everywhere he went.

Urban took his act all over the Midwest until he was inducted into the Army in 1958, in which he toured with an Army road show.

He insisted on bringing his Gigi with him into the Army.

“When I was called, I showed up with Gigi and I said take us both or get neither, and they took us both,” Urban said.

His shows continued after he was discharged from the Army in 1960 and soon took his magic to Europe. It was while in Europe that he decided to attempt magic tricks on ice skates.

After practicing for months on ice skates, he would later present “Pastels on Ice.” In the late 1970s, Urban performed for 10 days at The Calgary Stampede in front of

Services begin tomorrow, Feb. 23 for Reed M. Powers Sr., 77, a retired Palos Heights police chief, who died Feb. 14.

The visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. at Curley Funeral Home, 6116 W. 111th St. in Chicago Ridge.

Powers The funeral will begin at 9 a.m.

Saturday from the funeral home to Our Lady of the Ridge Church, 10820 S. Oxford Ave., Chicago Ridge, for 10 a.m. Mass. Entombment will take place at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Mr. Powers served on the Palos Heights Police Department from 1968 to 1997. According to a timeline provided by the department, the late Chief Powers joined the department on Aug. 26, 1968.

“He started as a patrolman,” recalled Larry Yott, the current chief, who said that prior to Chief Powers hiring on in Palos Heights, he was a part-time officer in Palos Park.

“The department would have been young, newly formed,” said Yott. Although Palos Heights was incorporated as a city in 1959, the establishment of the police department as it is known today did not occur until sometime later.

“He was among the very first of the full-time police officers Palos Heights had,” said Yott. “On a personal note, he’s the reason I’m here. Reed hired me. I served under him as a civilian and then as a full-time policeman. He had a very outstanding career in what I consider to be a very nice department, and he certainly had a big part in it.”

Yott said that Chief Powers was a strong advocate of education,

Sears

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Photo by Anthony Caciopo

Mantvydas Bekesius, Consul General of the Republic of Lithuania in Chicago, speaks at a Palos Heights City Council meeting earlier this month after Mayor Bob Straz presented him with a Palos Heights flag and read a proclamation commemorating the 100th anniversary of Lithuanian Independence Day. The proclamation called for Feb. 16 to be recognized as Lithuanian Independence Day in Palos Heights.

hosting, employee management software and other products.

Straz estimated the timeline of a new website buildout. “I’d say, realistically, about four or five months. When you do a new website, a lot of the burden falls on the staff. You don’t just take the information that’s already out there. Our staff will have to give the new web company everything.”

Straz said city officials looked into three or four companies before selecting CivicPlus.

July 4th may be on the distant horizon from a February point of view, but the Council approved a three-year agreement with Central

States Fireworks to provide the fireworks display for the Palos Heights Independence Day Celebration in the amount of $12,000 per year.

The Council approved a resolution appropriating funds in the amount of $323,000 for MFT (Motor Fuel Tax) expenditures for the 2018 Road Resurfacing Program and related expenses.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage of each City Council meeting is available live and recorded on Comcast Channel 4, Palos Heights TV. The Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 7601 W. College Drive.

40,000 people. During this time, he also made several hometown appearances on WGN-TV Channel 9’s “Bozo Show”.

One of his favorite tricks was the transition of a woman into a tigress. With permission from city officials, he was allowed to keep the tiger in his garage in Palos Heights for two days in between shows.

“It was just temporary, but it was definitely not something you hear of every day,” Urban said.

In December of 1980, he was invited to the White House to perform at President Carter’s Christmas Party and again when George H.W. Bush was president-elect.

He traveled all over the world with his magic. With the popularity of his ice shows, he continued to produce them throughout the United States and Europe until his retirement from the magic industry in 2003, which ended with a final show at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee.

“What I miss the most about the world of magic is the audience,” Urban said. “I loved what I did and I loved every single minute while I was doing it. If I could live my life over again, I would still choose to do magic.”

Urban intertwined his magic skills into his personal life, as well, by planning a wedding for his future wife before even asking for her hand in marriage.

“I met her (Monica) at the age of 26, while she was working as

a manager of the Marriott Carlton hotel in Madrid while I was on tour in Spain,” Urban said. “My first impression when I saw her is that I would like to date this girl.”

When Urban eventually returned to the states, after dating Monica for a few years, he planned an elaborate wedding, booking St. Boniface Church in Chicago and the Continental Plaza for the reception, before he made a phone call to Monica, stating he would like to marry her.

She said yes, and the couple will be married for 52 years this June. Shortly after marriage, they decided to set roots in Palos Heights because of its peaceful, quiet community. Together, they have one son, Renaud, who also resides in Palos Heights.

“I stayed out of show business, but I traveled everywhere with him, and took care of him,” Monica said of her husband. “I love the way his face lights up, with the expression of a child, when he performs.”

When asked to reveal his magic secrets, Urban said the secret is performing very well with a great sense of showmanship.

“Life has been great to me, all of it,” Urban said. “From the magic, to all of the traveling, to my family, and even my problems; I wouldn’t change a thing. It was marvelous and still continues to be magical.”

you adding more space, (when) you have all this existing space?” asked Fenton.

She added that she was opposed to voting on the plans in committee and the village board at back-to-back meetings, saying she was against “the process, not the proposal,” Matthew McDonald, vice president of Seritage, explained that the 41,00-sq. ft. extension on the second floor is needed because the ceilings and other structural elements there now are suitable for a 10-screen multiplex.

Pointing out that AMC theaters typically average about 450,000 customers per year, he said “the entertainment aspect of the theater is the driving force” behind attracting tenants to the rest of the property.

McDonnell and Fred Heichmann, senior leasing director for Seritage, both said they don’t expect there to be any “cannibalization,” with stores moving into the new site from the mall or elsewhere in the village, creating more vacancies.

“We have no intention to cannibalize retailers. We are looking at Simon as partners, with our new development augmenting and adding to the mall. Two or three stores in the mall are expanding now. There is one of the reasons we are comfortable developing

career development and technological advancements, as applied to law enforcement.

“I believe he was the first officer we had who attended the FBI’s National Academy,” he said. “He was the first officer here who had a master’s degree. He was a trailblazer for that.

“Reed was always very, very big on education and very big on training, which is one of the reasons we’ve got such a great department now,” said Yott.

Yott credited Mr. Powers for being instrumental in the formation of central dispatch and for the adoption of electronic terminals in patrol cars.

Chief Powers was a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and Staff and Command at Northwestern University Center for Public Safety in Evanston. Throughout Chief Powers’ 29-year law enforcement career, he was the recipient of numerous commendations, letters of recognition, and correspondence from the countless citizens he assisted while serving on the department, said the Palos Heights Police Department in a news release.

Following his hiring in 1968, Mr. Powers was promoted to sergeant in 1970 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1972. He earned the rank of captain in 1977. In 1983, he was appointed to the rank of deputy chief of police and in 1984 he became the chief, a position he held until his retirement on Sept.

2, 1997.

Along with Chief Yott, Deputy Chief William Czajkowski is one of only four current members of the department, along with one office administrative staffer, to have worked with the late Chief Powers.

“Reed hired me,” said Czaj-

kowski. “He was a hard-nosed guy, but he was fair, definitely a no-nonsense guy.”

“Not to take anything away from the chiefs who were previous to him, but the department as we know it today pretty much developed under his command,” said Yott. “When he came on the job, there were probably only a couple full-time policemen.”

Mr. Powers was succeeded by Chief Howard Roseen, who in turn was succeeded by Chief Yott in 2003.

“I saw him a couple of times over the years,” said Yott of the late Chief Powers following his retirement. “He was quite a family guy. I think one of the reasons he retired was because he wanted to spend time more time with his family and his extended family.”

Yott recalled that Mr. Powers “was big into snowmobiling” and that he “really enjoyed life after the police business.”

Former Palos Heights Mayor Dean Koldenhoven, who was sworn into office just as Mr. Powers was retiring, said “He gave his best to the city. He did what he thought was right.”

In addition to his long law enforcement career, Mr. Powers served as a board member for many years with Alsip/Hazlegreen/ Oak Lawn School Dist. 126. He also served with the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Mr. Powers was married to the late Ella Powers, nee Hartl. He is survived by his sons, Reed Jr. (Tricia) and Raymond (Kimberley); six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His online obituary states that he was a “devoted brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin and great friend to many.

more space,” said Heichmann.

“We’re committed to doing everything we can to get the right businesses into our projects, that is why we are here tonight.”

Rod Vosper, vice president of Simon Properties, said it is normal with any new development to have the anchor in place first., which will then attract more tenants.

“That is how it was when the mall was built. We had the anchors, and then during the long building process, other businesses came in.”

He pointed out that one thing lacking in Orland Square Mall is a choice of sit-down restaurants, and plans are in the works to attract one or more to the new site.

“We only have one now, which has an hour wait for seating,” he said, noting that having restaurants in malls allows shoppers to stay longer.

“This is important to keep our mall healthy. We have been on this road for 10 years,” said Trustee James Dodge, who recalled talking with former Mayor Dan McLaughlin a decade ago, about the need to bring more entertainment venues to the mall.

“Seritage has 260 Sears locations and they are coming here with this development,” said Mayor Keith Pekau. “They have answered all of our questions and are bringing over $40 million in investment.

“And they didn’t ask us for any money. They are coming into Orland Park because Orland Park is

a great place to invest. That is a very strong message.”

Another developer, Bradford Real Estate Properties, announced plans nearly a year ago to open a Cinepolis, another upscale movie theater, to a site in the Downtown Main Street Triangle, but those plans fell through recently. So, the AMC theater’s only local competition will be the Marcus theater at 16350 S. LaGrange Road.

“They never had a signed agreement,” said Pekau after the meeting on Monday. Because those plans fell through, the board voted during an executive session two weeks ago to initiate a request for quote (RFQ) for the remaining parcels for the Downtown Main Street Triangle. The RFQ was scheduled to be released Wednesday, with a March 19 deadline.

Village Manager Joe La Margo said the RFQ will solicit responses from qualified developers who, in conjunction with their development team, are capable of developing the Downtown Main Street Triangle, with one or more high-quality projects. All village-owned properties will be included in the solicitation. After the village narrows down the preferred development teams, they will be invited to requests for proposals for the remaining sites.

Seritage officials said the 10-cinema complex at the Sears site could open in the last quarter of 2019, but most likely in the first quarter of 2020.

Coynes

Continued from Page 1 … We must be one Korea.”

Other than chants of unification, the Koreans are some of the most honorable and law-abiding people we have ever encountered. People leave their belongings unattended without any hesitation or fear of someone stealing them.

I spent one afternoon looking for souvenirs or gifts to bring back home. During my trip, I encountered several locals who went out of their way to help me with the language barrier. One store owner gave me 1,000-won (the Korean currency) back as a discount and then offered me a commemorative keychain for Korean New Year.

We spoke with countless English-speaking Koreans who have provided us with fun facts or interesting tidbits of information.

For instance, due to the outlandish parking violations, people usually leave their phone number on the dashboard so when someone needs to move their car they can call the person who parked them into a spot.

Transportation to and from the venues has been a bit of a challenge but after a week, we are starting to become familiar with

Photo by Kevin Coyne

Korean fans have been enthusiastic during the Olympics.

the area surrounding our home in Gangneung.

We’ve done our best to be polite by learning some of the common phrases in Korean. Other than our limited Korean, we’ve been able to communicate by more creative means. For example, we’ve provided business cards from nearby establishments to cab drivers as our address.

Other than communication and transportation issues, we’ve enjoyed a handful of traditional Korean restaurants. In typical American fashion, we had no idea

how to eat with chopsticks. We forgot to take our shoes off before walking into the dining area and we spent time trying to figure out the exact way assemble our perfect meal with a mixture of sides and meat.

At the end of the day, we’ve enjoyed our time learning about a new culture while watching all the excitement of the Olympic games.

It’s been the trip of a lifetime and it’s amazing to share this time with family and plenty of new friends.

The Regional News

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Shepard HS student arrested; pictured with assault rifle

By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer

A 15-year-old student at Shepard High School in Palos Heights was arrested at his home in Worth on Feb. 11 after allegedly posing with an AK-47 assault rifle in pictures posted on social media, and issuing an apparent threat toward his school.

A spokesman for the Cook County Sheriff’s police confirmed Tuesday that the boy was taken into custody by sheriff’s police at his home, and charged with a felony count of disorderly conduct. One of the photos, reportedly posted on Snapchat, included a caption allegedly making a threat against Shepard, located at 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave., in unincorporated Palos Heights.

Samuel Randall, director of communications for the Cook

County Sheriff’s Office, said the school’s resource officer—a member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Police—was alerted to the photo by a security guard at the school.

From there, detectives were alerted and began an investigation.

The teen was taken to the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Police said no weapons were found in his home in Worth. It has been determined that the photos were taken at a different location with a person who has a valid state firearm owner’s identification card.

A spokesman for School District 218, which includes Shepard, could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. But Superintendent Ty Harting posted a letter to parents following the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which occurred three

POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Drug possession Thomas R. Charles, 24, of Manhattan, was charged with possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop at 12:58 a.m. Jan. 17, in the 17000 block of South LaGrange Road.

Police said a bag with about four grams of cocaine was found in his pocket. Police said he failed field sobriety tests and was also charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, aggravated driving with a suspended license, driving under the influence of a combination of drugs and alcohol, improper lane usage, and driving without insurance. He was held for a bond hearing.

DUI Stephanie M. Murray, 35, of Homer Glen, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 9:52 p.m. Jan. 18. Police said she was also cited for driving without headlights when required, making an improper left turn and improper lane usage. She is due in court on March 13.

Steven Anthony Sibo, 37, of Valparaiso, Ind., was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 2:28 a.m. Jan. 20, in the 15300 block of Regent Drive. Police said

he was also cited for resisting a peace officer because he refused multiple requests to exit his vehicle and had to be pulled out. He was also cited for driving without insurance and improper lane usage.

He is due in court on March 12.

Retail theft Natasha Williams, 29, of Chicago Heights, and Erika Williams, 27, of Midlothian, were charged with retail theft at 7:59 p.m. Jan. 27, at JCPenney in Orland Square Mall.

Police responding to a report of two women fleeing the store with stolen baby clothes apprehended them in a traffic stop at 153rd Street and LaGrange Road. Store employees said the women concealed the clothing under Erika Williams’ baby, who was in a stroller, Police said Natasha Williams had baby clothes worth $538, stuffed in her purse and down her pants and shirt. They said she was also carrying a pair of pliers used to cut off anti-theft sensors, and was charged with possession of a theft-detection device remover. The merchandise found with Erika Williams was valued at $234. Natasha was also found to have an outstanding Cook County warrant for retail theft. She was held awaiting a bond hearing, and Erika was released on bond. They were both due in court on Feb. 14.

Karen K. Dillon-King, 59, of

days after the Shepard student’s arrest. In the Florida incident, 17 people were killed by a 19-yearold former student armed with an AR-15 rifle.

In Harting’s letter, he told parents that principals had “encouraged students to always and immediately share any concerning information that they have with an adult—whether it is a parent, teacher, administrator or security person.

“If students hear something or see something that is concerning (on social media or elsewhere) they should say something…

Lives could depend on it,” the superintendent wrote.

He also reminded parents that the district works closely with local police departments. Lockdown drills are held regularly at the district schools, which include Richards in Oak Lawn and Eisenhower in Blue Island.

Paul D. Gueness, 53, of Mokena, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 10:36 p.m. Jan. 22, in the 17500 block of South Wolf Road.

Police said he was also cited for illegal use of an electronic communication device while driving. He was also wanted on an outstanding Will County warrant for failure to appear in court on an unlicensed driving charge, said police. He was scheduled to appear Feb. 13 in the Will County courthouse in Joliet on the warrant, and in the Bridgeview courthouse on Feb. 14 on the local charges.

Morrison

Continued from Page 1 “There’s no secret here that President Preckwinkle and I have battled on several issues in the last almost two years now,” he said.

“I understand these protest groups (at the Palos Township Board meetings) are political allies of hers, so I assume this is for political and partisan purposes,” Morrison said.

“I have nothing to do with this.

(Trustee Brannigan) apologized, an appropriate action for her to take,” he said. “Whether or not the protesters accept her apology, I guess that’s their choice.”

Regarding the comments Brannigan had posted on social media that led to the ongoing protests, Morrison said, “That’s hers to own and to deal with. To drag me into this, why aren’t the protesters dragging in (3rd District Congressman) Dan Lipinski, why aren’t they dragging in Representative Kelly Burke?”

Brannigan ran unsuccessfully against Lipinski, a Democrat, in 2014. In one of her controversial, now-deleted social media posts, she asked “Why are all our schools filling with Middle Eastern students without proper documentation? What is Dan Lipinski 3rd District Rep doing about it?”

At the Feb. 12 meeting, Bassem Kawar, national coordinator for the National Network of Arab American Communities, criticized Morrison for not condemning Brannigan for her divisive speech.

Kawar pointed to a Tweet from Morrison earlier this month in which Morrison criticized Jeanne Ives, the gubernatorial primary opponent of Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Morrison has endorsed Rauner.

As Ives was about to launch a television ad criticizing Rauner which used controversial depictions of people and their supposed political stances, Morrison tweeted “This is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable, racially bigoted and demeaning offensive attack ad. Another reason Jeanne Ives is unelectable in an Illinois general election. Ask what those elected officials who endorse her think??”

Kawar said “He (Morrison) was very vocal and public about his disappointment with Ives, and the

Photo by Anthony Caciopo

Protesters hold signs aloft, including one criticizing Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison, at the Feb. 12 Palos Township Board of Trustees meeting in Palos Hills.

bigoted, racist ad that she put out.

But he’s been ignoring this issue in his own district for the past seven months.

Photo courtesy of the Orland Fire Protection District

Fire breaks out at Red Robin in Orland Park

The Orland Fire Protection District responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers restaurant at 15503 S. LaGrange Rd., Orland Park at approximately 4:30 p.m. last Saturday. Advance information from witnesses reported a blazing roof fire, according to a fire department spokesman. Upon arrival, firefighters confronted a fire on the roof of the restaurant with origins in the interior kitchen of the building, which also sustained damage. An evacuation of customers and employees was in progress as firefighters arrived to extinguish the fire, said the spokesman. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damage to the structure is estimated to be in excess of $100,000.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS Theft

Marcellas E. Gee, 24, of Chicago, was charged with theft following an incident at Breadsmith, 7153 W. 127th St., at 5:53 p.m. last Thursday. Police said he knowingly Chicago, was charged with retail purchased items with counterfeit theft at Charlotte Russe in Orland money. He is due in court on Square Mall at 4:05 p.m. Jan. 18. March 15.

Police said staff reported hearing DUI her allegedly cutting things in a Jessica G. Estremera, 30, of Orchanging room in the store, folland Park, was charged with drivlowed by a theft detection device falling to the floor. She was stopped ing under the influence of alcohol when she left the store with sev- following a traffic stop at 2:03 a.m. eral items in a bag. Police said Friday, in the 12800 block of South she hid several pieces of jewelry Harlem Avenue. Police said she between seats in the squad car she was also cited for driving with an was placed in, and two shirts from expired license, no insurance and the store worth $71.95, and a pair speeding. She is due in court on March 23. of pliers were in her bags. She was cited for unlawful possession of Suspended license a theft detection device remover, Ahmed Musleh, 24, of Orland and was due in court on Feb. 14.

Suspended license

“This is shameful,” said Kawar.

“He has to condemn Sharon Brannigan the same way he condemned Jeanne Ives.”

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Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 2:34 p.m. Feb. 13, in the 12200 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for driving without a seatbelt.

He is due in court on March 15.

Pedro Fiscal, 30, of Orland Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 10:57 p.m. Feb. 12, in the 12100 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he also cited for improper lighting, and was wanted on an outstanding Cook County arrest warrant. He is due in court on Feb. 23.

Amanda Berry, 44, of Chicago, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 5:29 a.m. Feb. 13, in the 12700 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said she was also cited for making an improper

left turn. She is due in court on March 15.

Failure to appear in court Jennifer C. Newbauer, 31, of Chicago, was arrested on an outstanding Palos Heights warrant for failure to appear in court when she turned herself in at the police station, 7607 W. College Drive, at 5:35 p.m. Feb. 14. Police said the offense was a misdemeanor traffic charge. She is due in court on March 23.

No valid registration Thomas M. Hayes, 22, of Chicago, was charged with driving without valid registration following a traffic stop at 2:03 a.m. Saturday, at Route 83 and Harlem Avenue.

Police said he was also cited for possession of cannabis. He is due in court on March 23.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK DUI Benigno Heredia Jr., 19, of Villa Park, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 10:59 p.m.

Feb. 11, at Route 83 and Kean Avenue. Police said he registered .146 blood-alcohol test on a breath test. He was also cited for illegal transportation of alcohol because an open can of beer was found in the car, said police. He was also cited for driving too slow for conditions, impeding traffic,

and improper lane usage. Court information was not available.

Battery A 44-year-old Chicago man is being sought on a charge of battery following an altercation that allegedly occurred at 6:52 p.m. Feb. 12, in the 8300 block of West Kimber Lane. A 29-yearold woman said the incident began with an argument she had with her 52-year-old aunt, when the aunt’s boyfriend got involved and

allegedly punched the 29-year-old.

The man and woman then left the house before police arrived.

Custodial interference Tiffany J. Powe, 37, of Palos Park, was issued a citation for unlawful visitation interference for allegedly not bringing her daughter to an agreed-upon location for a custodial exchange with her child’s father at 9:50 a.m. Feb. 10, on Forest Edge Drive. She is due in court on March 21.

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Arab American empowerment continues to grow Many ethnic groups face discrimination in America, but overcome it.

Illinois candidate for Governor Chris Kennedy, the son of the assassinated U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, reminded Arab Americans the Irish in America didn’t always have power.

Signs were often posted that read “NINA” — “No Irish Need Apply.”

Arab Americans face subtle discrimination. Haters don’t display “NANA” signs – “No Arabs Need Apply.” It’s built into the system. Arab Americans are excluded in politics and the news media.

Our voices are not heard.

I faced discrimination after serving honorably during the Vietnam War. After my honorable discharge, the FBI opened an official investigation asserting I might be a “terrorist.” The investigation concluded I was merely concerned with bettering my community.

It wasn’t long ago elected government officials wouldn’t even take our phone calls. Some still refuse to meet with us like Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Worse, when we engaged in the election process, and contributed money to their campaigns, we became targets of the bitter election process. Many candidates returned our money, as if our hard-earned income was tainted.

It changed in the 1990s but started again after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The biggest gains have been in Michigan, where Arabs have elected many candidates to public office, and right here in Chicagoland.

This week, the Arab American Democratic Club (AADC), founded in 1983, hosted a political forum and more than 500 Arab Americans attended. Even more significant was that nearly every candidate for every office in Illinois — judges, legislators, mayors, county commissioners and trustees — attended.

Congressman Dan Lipinski and Marie Newman were there. So were other candidates for office including Patricia Murphy (6th District Cook County Board), Bob Fioretti (challenging Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle) and Kennedy.

Although the U.S. Census refuses to count Arabs in a continued effort to suppress our influence, the Arab vote is growing. There are other ways to measure that empowerment.

When Americans are canvassed for their vote, ethnicity is identified in the canvass. I have the voter roster for Illinois and for the U.S. In Illinois, 83,000 voters are identified as “Arab.” In America, 1.3 million voters are identified as “Arab.” The identification process is flawed, though, because many Arab voters don’t “look” Arab or publicly identify as being Arab.

I argue this non-U.S. Census and unofficial canvass is deficient. Many Arabs hide their identities to avoid being victimized.

Remember, we have been persecuted in America, so many Arabs change their names from Mohammed to “Mike,” and from Fareed to “Fred.”

It could be as much as 50 percent, which means there might be as many as 166,000 Arab voters in Illinois (and 2.6 million in America).

We can extrapolate those numbers: The Census says 22 percent of Americans don’t register. That means the 166,000 Illinois Arabs are really 202,520 (3.2 million in the U.S.). About 75 million, or 25 percent of the nation’s 300 million Americans are under 18, which means there are more than 250,000 Arabs in Illinois (4 million in the U.S.). Most Arab families have more children than Americans and that increases it even more.

In America, the Irish, Italians, Blacks and Hispanics don’t have to do these mathematical gymnastics when assessing their empowerment. But Arab Americans must.

That’s why it was inspiring to see so many candidates from all ethnic backgrounds ask for Arab support at the AADC event. Even if the Census won’t count us, many American officials recognize our importance.

There was one other important aspect of the investigation the FBI conducted on me that I should mention. At the very end, it cautioned other FBI agents not to interview me: “It is believed that an interview of the subject [Hanania] would be unproductive.

Considering his position as editor of The Middle Eastern Voice Newspaper, mentioned in the enclosed MEMO, an interview could lead to difficulties in future interviews with other Arab subjects.”

I realized there is a power greater than the right to vote. The FBI was afraid because I published a small English-language Arab American newspaper.

That’s why I didn’t become a doctor.

Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author and former Chicago City Hall reporter. Email him at rghanania@gmail.com.

OPINION

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RAY HANANIA

‘Thoughts and Prayers’ are good, but Congress needs to act

By Rep. Dan Lipinski Following the horrific school shooting in Florida and the murder of a Chicago police officer last week, a number of people have asked ‘what should we do about the availability of guns?’

I respect the 2nd AmendRep. Lipinski ment, but I believe in reasonable limits on gun buying and ownership that will keep our communities safe and help prevent further bloodshed.

• I have cosponsored and supported legislation to strengthen and expand background checks. We must do a better job of preventing people who should not have guns from buying them or possessing them in the first place.

• We also need to reduce the lethality of guns. I support limiting the size of ammunition clips so that shooters only have so many bullets in the gun. I helped introduce legislation to ban bump stocks and other devices that make guns more dangerous and increase their rate-of-fire to a military-grade automatic weapon.

• I believe that there should be strict limitations on the availability of semi-automatic assault weapons. Since there are millions of assault weapons legally owned in America now, I think it would be nearly impossible to outright ban these guns. But it is reasonable that buying such assault weapons should be subject to a more stringent background check.

• I have cosponsored bills to increase the penalties on gun-trafficking and straw purchases, which can evade Illinois’ strict gun laws and

bring illegal guns into the state, or where a permissible person buys guns for someone who would not pass a background check.

• I opposed concealed carry reciprocity legislation earlier this year, which would have the effect of permitting gun owners who have concealed carry permits from other states, often with limited regulations, to bring them into Illinois.

• I voted against legislation that gave gun manufacturers liability protections from lawsuits.

• I have never taken a single dollar from the NRA, and I never will.

• I support increasing investments in mental health treatment, so that we can get people the treatment and attention they need, and deter those who are ill from pursuing violent action.

• I also support permitting public health research into the threat that firearms play in the

health of our society. I think it is ridiculous that Congress has continuously voted to prohibit the Centers for Disease Control and other health agencies from examining or researching the consequences of gun violence.

• And since Congress has proven itself feckless with dealing with the problem of gun violence in America, I support the creation of a select committee on gun control. This is by no means a solution, but if it were established, Congress would have a group of members who would meet with the sole and specific purpose of examining the problem of guns in America.

Ultimately, we need the leadership of the House, Senate, and the White House to accept that there is a problem and enable a debate towards solutions.

‘Thoughts and prayers’ are good, but Americans also need Congress to act.

reporting. He began writing a weekly column for The Reporter, which I eagerly put also in The Regional. It ran the bases of content and hit a home run with the readers.

For Jeff Vorva, one of the worst errors a writer can make is to be boring. His copy is always alive with interest as he engages the reader from start to finish. A careful interviewer and good listener, he has a real desire and uncanny ability to elicit great quotes from his sources.

Jeff was a natural to eventually become the sports editor for Southwest Regional Publishing.

He spends many a night after work covering games and mining stories, including Fridays and weekends, often going from one game to another, especially during high school football season. He is never without his camera to illustrate his sports stories. His dramatic photos often make it to Page One of the news section as teasers for the sports pages.

And few venues are too far for Jeff to travel to cover a local team or athlete competing at a stadium or university across the state. He did all this while managing to attend many of his two children’s high school sporting events and carting them to visit colleges.

A truly sporting individual and family man — fair, just, honorable and decent — Jeff has also been a kind co-worker, generous with his time supporting their causes or attending their family events, whether a fundraiser, wedding or wake. I am certain that his colleagues and most of his readers wish him all the best as he leaves the field at The Regional and Reporter.

Jack Murray Palos Heights

Wisc. as a teenager with Gov. Otto Kerner’s son. I used a .22 single-shot rifle. Boring. My grandfather was a Madison cop and the best shot. I hunted once and shot a pheasant on the rise from a farmer’s field as we walked across the snow. The pheasant was a female, shot out of season, by two high schoolers with no hunting license, across a state line, trespassing (no signs), all under the supervision of a church intern.

My predominant view of gun policy is this: take away the REASON people are shooting one another to stop the violence.

The toughest homicides to stop, in my experience as a Chicago homicide prosecutor during Chicago’s homicidal heydays in the early 1970s, are homicides committed by crazies and homicides growing out of domestic conflict. Unpredictable, volatile and difficult to prevent.

The much-more stoppable homicides are the profit-driven, territorial, gang retaliation, drug business killings. The Al Capone prohibition-era homicides that eventually escalated to bombings and Tommy Gun fire are things of the past regarding now-legal alcohol.

Assault weapons?

Soldiers only. Not so libertarian in some regards, am I? Back in 1994 when I ran for governor, I also opposed the taxation of the coming-legalized drug business. Once government got a taste of the tax revenue, America would have a new ‘sin’ tax forever and drugs would be big forever. But it’s too late.

Drug prohibition policy has so proliferated the availability and awareness of recreational drugs, and so boosted the business of recreational drugs, that drugs are here to stay. Changed facts changed my opinion of how public policy should deal with recreational drugs. Now, in my opinion, we should tax, regulate and control drugs.

My views regarding assault weapons have also changed since my 1994 press conference on the subject, a time when relatively few crimes were committed with assault weapons, a

time when relatively few such weapons were in public hands, and a time when few of the weapons seized and confiscated by law enforcement were “assault weapons.” Times have changed.

The War on Drugs now in full maturation — ever-escalating the power and lethality of weaponry, and drugs, ever-increasing the commonality of violence and ever-worsening the fabric of American character — is dooming us.

Kids surviving the Florida Parklamd shooting rampage may invigorate a U.S. Congress or other levels of government to debate gun policy, even leading to a civilian ban on assault weapon ownership and possession.

But the American landscape, the median nature of American character, and the mundane interaction between Americans (and Americans with others) will remain unacceptably marred, low and disrespectful without first forsaking the intolerance, cruelty and corrupting reverence that comes with, and is paid, to the War on Drugs.

The War on Drugs has become the new sacrosanct world religion, documented in law, compacts and United Nations drug treaties. It has changed American society, her values, her culture, her quality of life, her norm, all for the worse.

Most of the world is fairing no better with this bad religion.

But this World War on Drugs, too, shall pass, just as dinosaurs and The Dark Ages passed. And with the passing of the War on Drugs, American society will heal, the world will heal, and the assault weapon policy will also fade. I think so.

James Gierach Palos Park

READERS WRITE Goodbye to Jeff Vorva, a sporting champ

Departing Sports Editor Jeff Vorva really hit it out of the park during his career at The Regional News and The Reporter newspaper.

No rookie, Jeff began reporting for The Regional in 2012 after leaving the Tribune organization, a few years after covering the Cubs for the Sun-Times company. The paper managed to recruit him to be our general assignment reporter. A big fan of his work, I, the editor at that time, wanted his talents to go to bat for The Regional.

It was a pleasure to work with Jeff and edit his copy: news and feature stories he wrote for The Regional. He never struck out, covering his beats and filling the news pages with his photos and bylines.

The enterprising reporter always showed hustle to find most story ideas on his own, digging behind the news for human-interest stories in the community.

Not long after he was hired, he wrote a moving story about the tragedy of a young Palos Owned and operated by Southwest Regional Publishing Co. Park man who was paralyzed Mark Hornung, Chief Operating Officer after being shot in Champaign.

That story would be nominatThe Business Side The News Side ed for the prestigious Peter J. Donna Brown, Sales Director Anthony Caciopo, Editor Lisagor Award bestowed by the Monica Cotter, Finance Director Dermot Connolly, Reporter Chicago Headline Club. Other Mike Russell, Production Director Jeff Vorva, Sports Editor Bonnie Hesik, Pre-press Manager Lauren Ziemann, Art Director honors and awards for journalisChuck Ingwersen, Designer tic excellence were to come.

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When the position of editor Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. of The Reporter became vacant, Deadlines I supported promoting Jeff to Editorial: Noon, Saturday • Advertising: 5 p.m., Monday that post. Sure, The Regional Subscription rates: Local, delivered by mail, $49 a year in advance. Out-of-State, $58 would lose a great reporter, but a year. Single copies, $1. Postmaster: Send address changes to THE REGIONAL NEWS, our sister newspaper gained 12243 S. Harlem Ave., Palos Heights, IL 60463 and additional post offices. much more under his dynamic The Regional News cannot be responsible for the return of unsolicited material. USPS leadership. I knew he would 419-260 Periodical postage paid at Palos Heights, IL 60463 and additional post offices. devote himself to making it Entered as periodical mail at the Post Office at Palos Heights, IL, 60643 and a more attractive and readadditional post offices under the Act of March 3, 1879. able source of local news and features. © Entire contents copyright 2015 Southwest Regional Publishing He soon indeed transThis newspaper is dedicated to the memory of formed The Reporter with those who gave their lives to protect America’s his own great photography, freedom of the press, whenever and however it attention-grabbing headlines may be threatened. that won awards and solid

Assault weapons in civilian hands in America?

I will trade any change in American gun control policy — from more gun control to no guns — in exchange for an end to the War on Drugs; i.e., an end to drug prohibition.

I have no guns. I learned to shoot at a camp in Eagle River,

NRA money means politicians not likely to change gun regulaions Valentine’s Day, the 14th day of February 2018, is the day that 19-year-old Nick Cruz went to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Continued on page 5

BUSINESS

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Sub Cities is now open at its new location at 12318 C. Cicero Ave. in Alsip.

Crisis Center for South Suburbia (CCSS) will be recognizing some of the most influential contributors to the organization at its annual gala on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Hilton DoubleTree Chicago-Alsip, 5000 W. 127th St. “The gala, sponsored by Exelon, will be an incredible ‘Night on the Red Carpet’ with a goal of raising critical funds to continue providing emergency shelter and other essential services to victims of domestic violence, and to thank Photo by Bob Bong those whose contributions have gone above and beyond over the past fiscal year,” said organizers of the event in a news release.

The Corporate Recognition Award recognizes consistent business donors who make significant contributions while demonstrating This month has seen the opening strong support for the Crisis Cenof Gourmet Popcorn and Pizza, ter’s mission. which serves fresh popcorn and “This year the corporate recUNO’s pizza. It opened Feb. 3. ognition award will be presentMini Donut Café opened Feb. 12 and serves 15 kinds of doughnuts along with coffee, tea and other beverages.

ed to Exelon. Exelon has been a keystone supporter of CCSS for more than a decade by sponsoring fundraising events and engaging in volunteer opportunities,” according to the news release. “In 2004 Exelon gave their first gift and the organization is the Crisis Center’s top corporate sponsor to date.

During National Volunteer Week, April 24-29, 2017, 16 Exelon employees performed much-needed maintenance and cleaning tasks at the 24-hour emergency shelter. The volunteers worked hard throughout the day and made a huge impact.

Katie Abbott, CCSS Board vice president and Exelon vice president of supply business operations, said “Exelon is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the CCSS annual gala once again this year. This event is the largest fundraiser of the year for CCSS and it provides crucial funds to

Photo studio opens in New Lenox

State of the City address will be held March 6

Orland Chamber awarding scholarships

The Studio, a natural-light studio shared by Golightly Photography and Waffles and Honey Photography, held its grand opening Feb. 10 at 327 W. Maple St. in New Lenox.

Erin Gunther operates Waffles and Honey while Andrea Keaveney operates Golightly, according to a release from the New Lenox Chamber of Commerce.

For more information on Golightly Photography, visit www. golightly-photography.com. To check out Waffles and Honey Photography, visit www.wafflesandhoneyphotography.com.

The Palos Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the City Luncheon will take place from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 in the Orchard Room of the Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St. Tickets for chamber members are $20 each and $25 each for non-members. The chamber requests RSVPs in advance at www. business.palosareachamber.org by February 27. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door for $25.

The Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce is offering three $1000 scholarships to graduating senior students.

Applicants must be the child of an Orland Chamber member or whose parent is an employee of an Orland Chamber business.

High school students who are employed by a Chamber business are also encouraged to apply.

Chamber membership in good standing will be verified at the time of application.

Scholarships are based on stu-

Sub Cities reopens in Alsip

Bar 106 now open in Mount Greenwood Bar 106, which bills itself as The Neighborhood Tavern, opened earlier this month at 10649 S. Pulaski Road in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood community.

The space has been remodeled and now features several big screen televisions.

Hours for Bar 106 are noon to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Entrepreneurs sought

by Chicago Ridge Mall Have an idea? Looking for free retail space to test an idea? Chicago Ridge Mall can help.

Now through Friday, March 30, Chicago Ridge Mall is encouraging local entrepreneurs to submit fresh, fun and innovative retail concepts for “The Challenge: Battle of the Pop-Up Contest.”

The contest winner will receive a rent-free space in Chicago Ridge Mall for four months, use of existing mall or store fixtures and free utilities. The winner also receives a $500 merchandising package that includes interior signage, table-printed displays

BOB BONG and graphic design services.

“Supporting local businesses and community ideas is important and vital to the success of our mall as well as the financial health of community overall. We’re delighted with this contest idea as it’s available to both established and budding entrepreneurs who may have new, existing or online concepts to test,” says Sandy Maldonado-Martinez, Chicago Ridge Mall marketing director.

“Approximately 28 percent of Chicago Ridge Mall’s retailers, restaurants and kiosks are locally owned; Battle of the Pop-Up is another initiative that showcases our city’s talent.”

To enter, participants must be prepared to obtain a business license by Friday, June 1, and operate their business during mall hours from Friday, June 1, through Sunday, Sept. 30. Entries will be judged on business strategy, concept creativity, and likelihood of profitability among other criteria.

The deadline for entries is Friday, March 30. There is no cost to enter. Applicants may enter at Chicago Ridge Mall’s website, drop off their entry at the mall’s management office or email a completed form to TheChallenge@StarwoodRetail.com.

Winners will be contacted via email or phone on Monday, April 23.

Wedding planner closes in Tinley Glamour Décor, a wedding planning service, closed earlier this year at 16707 S. 80th Avenue in Tinley Park.

New food choices at River Oaks River Oaks Center in Calumet City has been making some additions to its food court since the start of 2018.

Gospel singer Kim Stratton opened a Southern cuisine and soul food restaurant in January.

Fla. and used his semi-automatic rifle to kill at least 17 people, injuring several more.

Already, several times this year a deadly shooting has occurred in and around a school.

It is a waste of time to hear what Trump has to say about this shooting. He, along with most congressmen and women, will say that their “thoughts and prayers” are with them, and at the same time they keep receiving money from the National Rifle Association (NRA) for their loyalty to the organization.

“The love of money is the root of all evils.” This verse from the Bible applies here.

According to reports of the money received from the NRA, 90 percent are Republican recipients and 10 percent are Democrat recipients. Go online to see the actual names and amount of money they each receive. An example is Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. He received a large amount of money from the NRA in 2016. This money that he receives will buy his silence on any gun-related issue. The NRA does not want any laws passed that may harm gun sales.

In fact, gun sales go up when a shooting of this magnitude

happens.

The shooter in Parkland was old enough to buy the semi-automatic rifle, but too young to buy a beer.

I thought Congress was a law-making body.

If the voting citizens of the U.S. keep voting these same recipients of NRA money into office, absolutely nothing will change. We will just hear the “thoughts and prayers” phrase used to the point that it will just be meaningless words. In future elections, please check out each candidate regarding their views on critical issues.

The U.S. is the only nation in the world which has a problem such as the shootings taking place in schools and churches.

We should be able to do better than that reputation hanging over us.

The source of this “shooting” problem is the monies given to elected officials by the NRA, gun manufacturers and any other related entities, with the intention of influencing the elected officials regarding gun-related regulations. Let’s remove the temptation of these large amounts of money given to the politicians and let them make a fair decision on gun

programs and services that assist victims of domestic violence. We invite the public to join us for the wonderful ‘Night on the Red Carpet’ on Saturday, March 3rd.”

The Annual Gala will also be offering via online bidding silent auction items for consideration to supporters not able to attend.

Guests at the event, and supporters at home, are invited to use their cell phones and devices to bid in real time on silent auction items and increase their chances on winning a vast array of items from toys for the kids to weekend get-a-ways and sporting events.

The link to register for the silent auction is http://2018CCSS. gesture.com.

Reservations, sponsorship opportunities and additional information can be obtained at www. crisisctr.org/events/gala or by contacting Kerri Twietmeyer at 708-429-7255, ext. 136.

CHAMBER CORNER

Music Connection reopens in Frankfort The Music Connection celebrated the grand opening of its newly remodeled facility at 9370 W. Laraway Road in Frankfort with an open house on Feb. 18.

“Some of the current students performed festive background music as soloists or in groups during the open house,” said Janet Kuester, director and founder of The Music Connection.

The Music Connection has operated in Frankfort since 2006.

Suzuki and traditional private and group weekly music lessons for all ages and abilities are given to more than 350 students weekly.

For information, call 815-4644434.

Burger King still closed The Burger King restaurant at 720 W. Maple St. in New Lenox remains closed after sustaining extensive damage in a fire the evening of Jan. 23. No injuries were reported in the fire.

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

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Crisis Center to hold its annual fundraiser March 3

COMINGS & GOINGS

Sub Cities, a popular independent sub sandwich shop in the south suburbs, reopened over the weekend in its new home at 12318 S. Cicero Ave. in Alsip in the former Wright’s Furniture Store.

The new digs are a block south of its original home and feature indoor seating, which was not available at the original site.

Construction on the new site took longer than expected after the original location closed on Dec. 23 after celebrating its sixth anniversary in November.

The family owned and operated shop features 25 different kinds of sub sandwiches made from never-frozen ingredients on fresh bread baked daily. Its owners have 20 years of experience in the restaurant business and 12 years specifically making sub sandwiches.

Hours at the new location are from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and closed on Sunday.

For information, call 708-4895060.

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regulations, without being influenced by the money.

Certainly, the details would have to written into a law. Time is of the essence.

May God bless the United States of America!

Dean Koldenhoven Palos Heights

dent’s high scholastic achievement, as well strong extra-curricular and community involvement.

Applications are now available on the Chamber’s website at orlandparkchamber.org.

All completed applications and supporting documents must be received at the Chamber office, 8799 W. 151st St., by end of the day Friday, April 6. Winners will be recognized at the Chamber’s annual golf outing dinner in June at Silver Lake Country Club in Orland Park.

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.

Orland Park Ernest Michael G Tr to Drechny Carrie A, 18015 Idaho Ct, Unit #150, $182,000.00; Intercounty Judicial Sales Corp to Comorek Stefan, 15822 114th Ave, $130,000.00; Schlachter Rebecca M to Bambuch-Zemar Jennilynn M, 9935 El Cameno Re’Al, Unit #2D, $108,000.00; Stake Richard W Jr to Billig Ryan M, 7448 Ponderosa Ct, Unit #3C, $133,000.00; Fannie Mae to Araujo Eduardo, 11911 Cormoy Ln, $226,500.00; Abramowicz Ronald M to Gill Gerald, 14566 Golf Rd, $423,000.00; Dolce Patti L to Collins Ryan P, 17754 Bernard Dr, Unit #3C, $150,000.00; First Midwest Bk Tr to Powell James I, 11105 Louetta Ln, Unit #190, $185,000.00; Iswed Muhannad to Wagner Susan, 9933 Treetop Dr, Unit #3001, $118,000.00; Greystone Ridge Llc to Karki Safwan M, 11434 139th St, $27,675.00; Szczerba Jozef to Jarecki Edward, 15715 Danford Ln, $190,000.00; Cokinos Peter J to Burchett Lucas L, 14341 Creekcrossing Dr, $382,500.00; Brouwers Jon D to Peradotto Margaret, 11827 Brook Dale Ct, $390,000.00; Martin Christopher T to Papadopoulos Perry, 10037 146th St,

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Palos Heights Misner Benjamin M to Pocica Carol, 7938 Lakeview Ct, Unit #79382A, $176,000.00; Zographos Patrick P to Alcaraz Tajuana, 6741 Menominee Pky, $170,000.00; Cohrs Anne E Tr to Peksa Jozef, 7640 W 123rd Pl, $247,000.00.

Palos Park Balasa Florin Est to Bobrowski Grzegorz, 10750 Grandview Dr, $396,000.00; Kispert Robert C Tr to Rubel Mariann, 17 Brook Ln, $237,500.00; Radous Paul R to Oakes George W, 12727 Newport Dr, $297,000.00.

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of February 19)

30-year fixed 15-year fixed 30-year fixed Jumbo

RATES APR POINTS 4.375 4.420 0 3.875 3.930 0 4.240 4.295 0

30-year fixed 15-year fixed 10-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.500 4.521 0 3.990 4.027 0 3.990 4.043 0

30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.250 4.366 0 4.000 4.158 0 3.625 3.826 0

30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.5 4.585 0 4.25 4.365 0 3.875 4.010 0

United Trust Bank (as of February 12)

Prospect Savings Bank (as of February 13)

CNB Bank & Trust, N.A. (as of February 12)

All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.

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Mother McAuley gives awards at annual gala Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School held its annual Celebration Gala earlier this month at the Beverly Country Club, recognizing individuals who exemplify the “charism” (a divinely conferred gift or power) and values of the foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley.

This year Mother McAuley honored Mike and Anne Cullen with the Catherine McAuley Leadership Award, and inducted two distinguished members of the McAuley community as Life Trustees: Sister Ruth Mutchler, RSM, and Raymond Lazzara.

Proceeds from the evening benefit tuition assistance for Mother McAuley students. Sixty-one percent of the girls who attend Mother McAuley receive some form of financial aid.

Mike and Anne Cullen established the Bridget Anne Cullen Memorial Scholarship in honor of their youngest daughter, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 17. Bridget was a senior at McAuley.

The Cullen family immediately felt the outpouring of love and support from the students, faculty and the entire McAuley community.

The scholarship in Bridget’s honor is a testament to the community’s compassion toward the Cullen’s tragedy. It also is a reflection of the community’s commitment to achieve positive outcomes through educational opportunities, despite originating from such sorrowful circumstances.

“We wanted to take all the love and support that we received during our darkest hours and turn it into a benefit for local families who want to provide their daughters with a Catholic education at Mother McAuley,” said Mike Cullen. “Bridget loved McAuley dearly, and McAuley loved her just as much as we do.”

The distinction of life trustee was estab-

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Mike and Anne Cullen accept their award from Mother McAuley President Mary Acker Klingenberger (left).

lished in 2014 to honor individuals whose contributions of their expertise and time has demonstrated their commitment to Mother McAuley.

Sister Ruth Mutchler, RSM, and Ray Lazzara have integrated their faith and knowledge to become successful leaders and compassionate ministers of the Mercy charism in their personal and professional lives, according to a statement issued by the school.

Sister Ruth Mutchler, RSM, served as formation director for the Mercy community before coming to Mother McAuley in 1969 to work as a guidance counselor. She later became executive director and principal.

She then spent six years serving on the Sisters of Mercy Leadership Team. Returning to education, Sister Ruth served as principal of Saint Michael’s School in Orland Park.

She later became director of The Institute of Women Today in Chicago, now called Margaret’s Village.

Last March, Margaret’s Village presented her with the Committed Heart Award.

Sister Ruth was a member of the McAuley Board of Trustees in 1975 and 1976.

“My years at Mother McAuley were most challenging and rewarding,” she said. “In the ‘70s our student population was over 2,000; we went from electric typewriters to computers. Saint Ignatius went co-ed; we started the Fathers Club, and we went downstate for the first volleyball championship game.

This was an exciting time, and I would not change a thing.”

Ray Lazzara is the owner of the Martinique Banquet Complex in Burbank, formerly The Drury Lane Theatre/Martinique Banquets on 95th Street and Western, Evergreen Park.

As a business owner and parent of two McAuley alumnae, Lazzara has been a loyal supporter of Mother McAuley and the community. He has been a past sponsor of McAuley’s Celebration and the annual alumnae golf outing, both of which benefit student tuition assistance. He also helped underwrite and campaign to make the McAuley library computerized in 1997.

He served on the Mother McAuley Board of Trustees from 1996 to 2006.

In his remarks, Lazzara joked about being the only man ever awarded a diploma from Mother McAuley. The distinction came following a McAuley event Ray helped sponsor many years ago.

“It was a great memory,” he said. “I’m sure this Mother McAuley community will continue to thrive under the great leadership that I’ve seen demonstrated here tonight.”

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Illegal for vets to prescribe, recommend marijuana Dear Readers, Recently I had a friend bring me an article written by a PhD entitled “Cannabis and CBD Science for Dogs”. At first glance, I thought this would be good to read about some uses from someone with a PhD. The only knowledge I have about all of this so far are reports from a few clients who say that CBD oil has cured everything from diabetes to cancer in their pets.

Cannabidiol—CBD—is a cannabis compound.

I did some research on the author and found her publications limited primarily to the field of behavior. I couldn’t find what her PhD is in, but most likely it is in some behavioral field and not medicine. Interestingly, at the end of the article, is the pitch for buying a product that (1) relieves seizures and convulsions; (2) helps muscle spasms; (3) helps digestive tract problems; (4) inhibits growth of cancer; (5) helps skin conditions; (6) aids sleep; (7) reduces nausea and vomiting; and (8) provides “a moderate or a lot” of nervous system support.

After reading this I thought I’d see what I could find through the AVMA and VIN. Here are some highlights from my further reading.

Marijuana is defined as “all parts of the plant, including the seeds, the resin extracted from any part of the plant and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, its seed or resin.”

The term marijuana does not include hemp, which is the mature stalk of the plant and which does not contain any appreciable amount of THC or CBD. The Drug Enforcement Agency recognizes industrial hemp research and its products are legal but this protection does not extend to CBD products which remain illegal, regardless of source. There is at least one pet store in Orland Park which sells CBD oil, but it is illegal.

Cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) and cannabidiols (CBD) are found in the flowering tops, resin and leaves of the marijuana plant. They are not found in hemp except for trace amounts less than several parts per million.

Marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance — the most restricted category for drugs. Marijuana and its derivatives are federally illegal and not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for any medical condition. I cannot possess a Class One drug. It is illegal for veterinarians in ANY state to prescribe or recommend marijuana or any of its derivatives. Repeat: Marijuana and its derivatives, including CBD are federally illegal, even though more than half the states have legalized marijuana for human medical use.

There are no FDA-approved marijuana or hemp products for use in animals.

Here is a back and forth discussion that occurred on an international veterinary website just last month. Dr. A: “Buster had a malignant melanoma removed about two weeks ago. The biopsy report said it was completely excised but local recurrence was possible with this type of tumor. The owner is very interested in trying cannabis CBD supplements. Now that pot

JOHN FLEMING DVM • Prairie StateVet.com

is legal in California I’m not afraid to write him a script, but I have no idea what kind of dose he gets.

Does anyone know how to dose this? I think he weighs about 70 pounds. He’s coming in Monday for chest radiographs. Thanks for any advice.”

Here are some responses to the doctor from other vets: “I think you need to be very afraid to write him a script, Doctor. I had a discussion with a DEA representative at one of the recent American Veterinary Medical Association meetings and she was emphatic that CBD remains illegal federally and the DEA license is federal, with what I felt was the clear implication that one could lose one’s DEA license under such circumstances.”

Another reply said, “If you are in California, please be aware that pot is not legal for pets. Nothing in any California law permits veterinarians to prescribe or even recommend these products which are illegal. Any such charge could cost you your license and the board of veterinary medicine is not kidding around about this. Yes, there are Facebook groups and a host of lay people recommending and instructing on marijuana use, but we are totally not allowed to under licensing rules”.

The idiot veterinarian who started this post replies, “Thank you for your warnings. I found that XYZ-Vitamin Company has CBD in one of its supplements. Perhaps I can steer him that way. Otherwise I will tell him to get a medical pot card for himself and I will help him with dosing. I think the genie is out of the bottle as far as marijuana is concerned, but I do not wish to lose my license”.

One of the best-known vets in tends to clarify that the territories the world replied, “Janet, as much are not exempt from the existing as you wish to help, and as low as Animal Welfare Act’s provisions. the probability is that anyone will Under the Animal Welfare Act, it know, my understanding is that is a federal misdemeanor to be a even helping with dosing informa- spectator at any animal fight but a tion could endanger your license.” felony to sponsor the fight, bring a What part of “no” does this minor to a fight, to buy, sell, deliver, woman not understand? Let me possess or transport an animal for leave you with a real-life example. fighting purposes or to buy, sell I know of one vet in Florida who deliver or transport cockfighting gave his very old, arthritic buddy implements.

Animal fighting is an atrocious a few mild (Class III) pain pills.

A friend of the old guy informed activity that for many years has the DEA. The vet is going on one been banned in the United States. year now where he has not been The PACE Act would have a direct able to purchase, dispense or pre- impact on Puerto Rico, which has scribe, through any pharmacy, any become a hub for American Cockfighting. In territories such as this, controlled substance.

One of my most valuable pos- the birds are raised to participate in sessions is my DEA license. With fights, outfitted with metal knives it I can buy and use controlled and other sharp weapons before anesthetics. I can buy, dispense fights and are treated inhumanely and prescribe controlled pain if they survive.

I think that people that particimedications and I can buy and use controlled euthanasia prod- pate in animal fighting should be ucts. The vet referred to above is whipped and put in jail. Veteria solo practitioner. I don’t know narians report suspected cases of how he is surviving in practice. animal abuse. Besides the innate That’s probably enough said for cruelty, animal abuse often precedes abuse of humans. The kid today on the subject.

Periodically our elected officials in last week’s Florida high school do something good. My hat is off shootings had a history of animal to Illinois Representative Peter cruelty.

Finally,Recreation someone read last Roskam, who is one of the legislaand who Parks Department 8901 West 123rd Street, Palos me Park, IL 60464 article about giving tors who introduced the PACE Act. week’s 708-671-3760 dogs asked Although animal fighting is illegal dairy products to my www.palospark.org throughout the U.S., ambiguities if I thought it was okay to give in federal law have given animal dogs Kefir, the yogurt drink, as a fighters the ability to continue the probiotic. I told the reader that my dogs’ favorite flavor is raspberry. practice U.S. territories.

PRESSinRELEASE The newly proposed legislation I get some, they get some.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

RELEASE: February 13, 2018 — FOR The IMMEDIATE Parity in Animal Cruelty — Theodore Roosevelt Enforcement (PACE) Act — inContact: Mose Rickey Office: 708-671-3763

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PERMANENT VILLAGE OF PALOS PARK RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING DATE CHANGE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, effective March 1, 2018, and beginning with the April 17, 2018 regular meeting of the Recreation Advisory Committee, the dates have been

DEATH NOTICES Maxine Goldinger Maxine Goldinger (nee Daniels) died peacefully at her home in Mokena, Illinois on Friday February 9, 2018 at the age of 92 with her daughters at her bedside.

Maxine had a passion for sewing and knitting and owned, along with her late husband Bill, Fabrics

by Maxine in Palos Heights, IL in the 1960-70’s. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed cooking, baking and playing cards with her family and friends. Maxine loved to be active and enjoyed nurturing others. She loved and was loved deeply and will be missed by all who knew her. Her final gift in life was to donate her body to science.

Maxine was the loving mother of three daughters, Martie Semetis (proceeded in death 2015) (Ron), Sue Akins (Ralph), and

Peg Singleton (Chuck). Maxine will be forever remembered by her eight grandchildren, Mindy, Lisa, Ben, Veronica, Billy, Becki, Carl and Kate, her 22 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She is survived by her sister Virginia Benefiel, and proceeded in death by her sisters Barbara, Norma and Pat. She will be fondly remembered by numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and dear friends.

A celebration of Maxine’s life will be held on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 11 am at the Marley Community Church, 12625 W. 187th St., Mokena, IL 60448 with Pastor Allan Holder officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Marley Community Church or Vitas Hospice, 1890 Silver Cross Blvd.

Ste. 225, New Lenox, IL 60451.

Norma M. Weber

great-grandchildren.

Services are at 9 a.m. today, Feb. 22 from Becvar & Son Funeral Home, 5539 W. 127th St., Crestwood, to Incarnation Catholic Church, 5757 W. 127th St., Palos Heights, for 9:30 a.m. Mass.

Interment will take place at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Norma M. Weber, nee Carlstedt, 94, of Palos Heights, died Feb. 18.

Mrs. Weber is survived by her sons, Dennis and Michael; daughter, Nancy Crossett; brothers, Irvin, Richard and David Carlstedt; eight grandchildren and 11

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF THE INTENT OF THE VILLAGE OF PALOS PARK TO LEASE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VILLAGE FOR A TERM IN EXCESS OF TWENTY (20) YEARS NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Palos Park intends to enter into a lease agreement, relative to a portion of the property owned by the Village and commonly known as the Village’s Public Works Facility located at 8999 West 131st Street Palos Park, Illinois, with Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, with a lease term of up to twenty-five (25) years, including ingress/egress and utility easements, effective during the lease term, to access and bring utilities to the leased area, pursuant to the Land Lease Agreement to be approved at the March 12, 2018 Palos Park Village Council meeting; said meeting to be held at the Kaptur Administrative Center, Village Council Room, 8999 West 123rd Street, Palos Park, Illinois, at 7:30 p.m. on said date. The descriptions of the various parcels under the Land Lease Agreement are as follows: Village-Owned Parcel That part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 34, Township 37 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Point of Intersection of the Northwesterly Right of Way Line of the Wabash Railroad and the West Line of the said Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 34 (said Point being situated 963.25 Feet (measured) South of the North West Corner of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 34 and 75.0 Feet North West by Rectangular Measurement from the Centerline of the said Railroad); thence Northerly along the said West Line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 34, a Distance of 400.0 Feet to a Point; thence East at Right angles to said West Line, a Distance of 311.95 Feet, more or less, to the Northwesterly Right of Way Line of the said Railroad; thence Southwesterly along said Northwesterly Right of Way Line to the Place of Beginning, all in Cook County, Illinois; Leased Area (20 feet by 26 feet) That part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 34, Township 37 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Cook County, Illinois, described as: Commencing at the intersection of the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 and the Northwesterly line of Wabash Railroad; thence North 36°07'19" East 120.54 feet along said Northwesterly line; thence North 53°52'41" West 0.50 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 53°52'41" West 26.00 feet; thence North 36°07'19" East 20.00 feet; thence South 53°52'41" East 26.00 feet; thence South 36°07'19" West 20.00 feet to the place of beginning; Contains 520 square feet (0.012 acres), more or less; 390792_1Ingress/Egress

1 (Effective during the lease term) and Utility Easement A 20.00 foot wide easement for ingress/egress and utility purposes over that part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 34, Township 37 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Cook County, Illinois, the centerline of which is described as:

Commencing at the intersection of the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 and the Northwesterly line of Wabash Railroad; thence North 36°07'19" East 120.54 feet along said Northwesterly line; thence North 53°52'41" West 26.50 feet; thence North 36°07'19" East 10.00 feet to the place of beginning of this centerline description; thence North 53°52'41" West 44.87 feet; thence North 00°16'28" West 217.09 feet; thence North 70°52'59" East 67.95 feet; thence North 02°13'18" West 432.66 feet; thence North 10°59'56" East 69.30 feet; thence North 01°57'14" West 42.28 feet to a point known as "POINT A"; thence continuing North 01°57'14" West 4.00 feet to a point on the Southerly right-of-way line of 131st Street for the place of ending of this centerline description; Together with an 8.00 foot wide easement for the same purposes, the centerline of which is described as: Beginning at aforesaid "POINT A"; thence South 88°02'46" West 24.08 feet to the place of ending of this centerline description; Contains 17,676 square feet (0.406 acres), more or less; P.I.N.: 23-34-401-021; Common Address: 8999 West 131st Street, Palos Park, Illinois 60464; (the Leased Area, along with the Ingress/Egress and Utility Easement, being referred to as the “Subject Property”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Land Lease Agreement, use of the Subject Property, by Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, is limited to installing, maintaining and operating telecommunications equipment, but not an antenna tower or monopole. A copy of the proposed Land Lease Agreement is available for public inspection at the Kaptur Administrative Center, at the address set forth above, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

changed to reflect meeting on a quarterly basis. The dates for 2018 are April 17, July

Village of Palos Park

17, and October 16. The location for said regular meeting shall remain at the Palos Park

Marie Arrigoni Village Clerk

Recreation Center, 8901 W. 123rd St., Palos Park, IL.

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Marist reunion set for March 9 CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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25. Cuckoos marist.net.

26. Small cavities in rocks The Marist band will perform 28. American traitor and tours of the school will be 29. Tooth caregiver available.

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Marist High School will host its annual alumni reunion and awards dinner on Friday, March 9, at the school, 4200 W. 115th Street in Chicago.

The evening will include Hall of Fame inductions, Time & Eternity Award presentations, and reunions for the classes of 1968, ‘73, ‘78, ‘83, ‘88, ‘93, ‘98, and 2003. All alumni and friends 21 and over are welcome.

The awards ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are the coaching staff and players from the 1978

state championship baseball team, former football coach Patrick Dunne ’98 of Palos Heights, and baseball and basketball standout Tom Malloy ’73.

The Time & Eternity Award, which recognizes those who have met the pinnacle of their career or service to the greater community, will be given to neurosurgeon Richard Byrne, M.D., ’83; gastroenterologist Kevin Dolehide, D.O., ’78; retired United States Navy Captain Dennis Haines, ’73 and the late Michael Martin, ’78. Jack Kennedy, a real estate

Chicago Christian recognizes honor students

Holwerda (Lockport), Nate Jabaay (Palos Heights), Casey Starostka, Carly Byrnes (Oak Lawn), Matt McCarthy (Lemont), Abby Kuipers (Worth), Megan Gonzalez (Chicago), Dylan Kooiman (Tinley Park), Calvin Schaafsma (Lockport), Madison Cloman (Chicago), Alex Crosen (Tinley Park) and Taylor Seiber (Chicago). Also honored were (front row from left) Sadie Triezenberg (Palos Heights), Kelsey Wolterink (Tinley Park), Elise Vilendrer (Tinley Park), Kathleen Tkoletz (Manhattan), Isayas Aris, Rylei Jackson (South Holland), Marley Bulthuis (Orland Park), Matt Wolterink (Tinley Park), Charles Woodson, Jr. (Dolton), Cam Cross (South Holland), Keysean Bonds (Markham), Allie Boss (Frankfort), Elizabeth Czajkowski (Orland Park), Alyssa Brouwer (Orland Park) and Emma Enderle (Oak Lawn).

SCHOOL NOTES SXU to showcase grad programs Saint Xavier University (SXU) will host its Graduate Programs Open House from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 2 in Warde Academic Center’s Butler Reception Room, 3700 W. 103rd St., Chicago.

Attendees will learn about the institution’s graduate degree programs ready to prepare them for careers in business, computer science, education and nursing.

Participants will have the opportunity to talk to admission counselors and faculty, learn

about financial aid and scholarship options, and attend open forums where faculty, current students and alumni in the workplace will share their experiences and advice in various fields.

The Graduate Programs Open House will have open forums and information sessions that include one on financial aid from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and a Graham School of Management Open Forum from 6 to 6:45 p.m.

To register online, visit sxu.edu and use the keywords: Graduate Open House. To speak with an admission counselor, contact the

STUDENT NEWS Students make dean’s list at Olivet Six local students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais.

Palos Heights residents Alexia Maldonado and Lauren Jelderks earned the distinction, as did Palos Park resident Aileen Scarim.

Also making the list were Orland Park residents Andrew Aardema, Lauren Palmer and Jeffrey Sneideraitis.

To qualify for inclusion on the dean’s list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale.

SENIOR NOTES Final week of newmember drive for the Palos Heights Seniors Club The Palos Heights Seniors Club has opened membership to local residents during January and February. The club meets at 1 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month throughout the year at the Palos Heights Parks & Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St.

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Membership is open to senior men and women for annual dues of $20. Meetings offer an opportunity for socializing as well as live entertainment, speakers and occasional luncheons.

Escorted trips will be offered on the 4th Wednesday of each month throughout the year.

For more information, call Edna Craig, club president, at (708) 448-7498.

Photo by Joe Boyle

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

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

We had several readers who guessed last week’s quiz correctly.

Most of them probably caught on to the quiz hint, which was “on track.” The right answer was the Oak Lawn Metra Station, also known as the Patriot Station, at 9525 S. Tulley Ave. Readers who knew that were Hickory Hills resident Tom McAvoy, a former 3rd Ward alderman for the city. Palos Heights resident Crystine Busch also knew it was the Oak Lawn Metra Station depot. Palos Park resident Ron Wagenhofer and Oak Lawn resident Steve Rosenbaum also had the correct response.

The Metra Station also is the home of the office for the Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce. The Oak Lawn Children’s Museum is located a couple of doors down at 5100 S. Museum Drive.

Office of Graduate Admission at (773) 298-3053.

Trinity Christian College to host gospel fest WorldView Gospel Fest will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Feb. 23 at in the Ozinga Chapel Auditorium at Trinity Christian College, 6601 W. College Dr., Palos Heights.

WorldView guest headliner Jeremy Simpson will be featured at the event. Simpson has performed in a variety of settings throughout the world as a pianist, organist and vocalist.

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3. Touts

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37. Fiddler crab 38. Delivers the mail 39. Liliaceous plant 42. Mountain Time 43. Where wrestlers work 46. Secured 47. Dog breed 49. Where rockers perform 50. Nostrils 52. Express doubt 54. Pointer 55. Slang for sergeant 57. Selling at specially reduced prices 59. Six (Spanish) 62. Holds nonperishables 63. Between northeast and east 66. Exist 68. Meitnerium (Answers on page 8)

SUDOKU

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

(Answers on page 8)

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Palos Hts. Garden Club begins season with meeting on Feb. 26 “Monarchs” is the title of a program that will be offered at 2018’s first meeting of the Palos Heights Garden Club.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. this coming Monday, Feb. 26 in the Brigid O’Malley Auditorium at Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens, 7402 Lake Katherine Dr. in Palos Heights. A hospitality segment at 6:30 p.m. precedes the meeting.

The program will be presented

by Gareth Blakesley, operations manager at Lake Katherine.

Blakesley’s strong advocacy of Monarch butterflies and other pollinating insects has resulted in a number of initiatives in and around Palos Heights. These include the “Mayor’s Monarch Pledge,” which is helping promote the establishment of pollinating insect gardens at City Hall, the Palos Heights Public Library and at the homes of local residents.

The Palos Heights Garden Club celebrated its 10th anniversary last fall. The meeting is open to members and non-members. The club meets every fourth Monday from February through October in the O’Malley Auditorium.

Next month’s meeting, on March 26, will feature the topic “Lawn to Garden,” presented by area landscape architect Scott Mehaffey. More information will be available in The Regional News as the meeting date draws nearer.

A guest fee of $5 is requested for any meeting. Membership is $20 for individuals and $35 for couples. The club can be found on Facebook and at www.phgc. blogspot.com.

More information can be obtained by contacting Julie Pietrzak, president/program chair, at jmpietrzak@sbcglobal.net.

“Come join us for an informative and fun evening,” she said.

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Dads and their daughters enjoy a fine night out in Palos Park

Left: Chris Faddis and his daughter, Gwenyth, 4 have fun on the dance floor last Friday during the Red Carpet Daddy-Daughter Dance at the Palos Park Recreation and Parks Department gym, 8901 W. 123rd St. Right: Lillian Rathbun, 4, has her eyes on an ice cream sundae being made for her by David Lepak of the Recreation and Parks Department while her dad, Brian, looks on. The evening featured dancing, snacking and themed picture-taking for about two dozen girls, their dads or other significant men in their lives.

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Tennis academy celebrates Valentines’ Day and Olympics

The South Suburban Tennis Academy tennis classes at Orland Park Rec and Parks Sportsplex celebrated at their February 14 Valentine/Olympic tennis lesson. All were given small Valentine gifts for their mothers and loved ones and all received Olympic bracelets. Coaches Andy and Pat shared information with the class about the significance of the Olympic Rings and their colors and a celebratory picture was taken with Valentine and Olympic items.

COMMUNITY NOTES Bicyclist club president needs commissioners to hear message

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Palos Park bicyclists are being asked by Don Finan, president of the Palos Park Pedalers Bike Club, to help at a Palos Park Village Plan Commission meeting where a new plan for bike trials will be presented.

The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at the Kaptur Administrative Center, 8999 W. 123rd St. Finan is asking bicyclists’ support for future new biking trails and paths. He is asking for their presence and voice on the subject so that Palos Park commissioners can hear the message about the

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Thursday, February 2018 Thursday, March 22, 5, 2015

IHSA STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

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IHSA STATE GIRLS GYMNASTICS

History and Hassan THE ROAD TO HISTORY The IHSA postseason results for Richards freshman wrestler Mia Palumbo:

Lemont Regional, Feb. 3 Beat Brother Rice’s Michael Loughney, 8-4 Beat St. Rita’s Noel Rosales, 3-1.

Hinsdale South Sectional, Feb. 10 Beat Linblom’s Steven Ross, 17-0 (technical fall at 3:37) Beat Oak Forest’s Brandon Edelen, 7-4.

Beat St. Rita’s Noel Rosales, 3-0.

IHSA State Championships, Feb. 15-17 Beat Springfield’s Kaeden Kinison, 4-2 Lost to Marengo’s Logan Pfeiffer, 9-0 Beat Woodstock North’s Carter Miller, 9-2 Lost to East St. Louis’s Anthony King, 12-3

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Sandburg/Stagg sophomore Maddie Giglio fin shed third in the state in the balance beam event Friday and Saturday.

Confident Giglio takes third on beam

By Jeff Vorva Photo by Jeff Vorva

Richards freshman Mia Palumbo became the first female in the 80-year history of the IHSA State Championships to win a match as she won a pair of bouts for a top-eight finish.

Mama Mia, girls do wrestle: Palumbo wins two state matches

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

As the legend of Mia Palumbo grows, so, too does the story of how she wanted to wrestle 10 years ago but her mother, Jeannette, proclaimed: “Girls don’t wrestle.’’

Yet, after seeing Lockport’s Haley Augello, a future Olympian, during a youth tournament, Jeannette and her husband Rob, a former Richards and Oak Lawn Wildcats wrestler himself, decided they were going all-in on this.

Then, there were other people who said that girls don’t wrestle.

And that didn’t go over too well with Mrs. Palumbo.

“People were not very supportive of it in the beginning,” Jeannette said. “We had

parents who didn’t want their boys wrestling Mia. We actually signed her up for a program and they told us this is not a sport for girls.

We’ve had officials tell us she doesn’t belong in this sport. And I asked my husband ‘Why are we doing this? Why are we fighting this?’

“He said ‘this is what she wants and we are never going to tell her no.’ ’’ So the Palumbo parents fought through the adversity off the mat and Mia fought male opponents on the mat and if there ever was an ultimate answer to Jeannette’s question of “Why are we doing this?’’ it came on Thursday.

Mia, a 14-year-old freshman from Richards, became the first female in the 80-yearhistory of the Illinois High School Association State Meet to win a match. Down 2-0 to Springfield’s Kaeden Kinison heading into

the third period, Palumbo rallied in the final two minutes and made history with a 4-2 victory in the first round of the Class 2A 106-pound division at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

Although she didn’t medal, Mia finished in the final eight and broke a huge barrier with the two victories.

On Sunday, the family got a little taste of what her accomplishment meant to people in wrestling circles. And people were not telling her that “girls don’t wrestle.’’

Mia went and watched a youth event at St. Laurence High School and received a hero’s welcome.

“A lot of people came up to be congratulating me and wanting to take pictures,” she said.

Sports Editor

Sandburg/Stagg coop gymnast Maddie Giglio had a simple approach to how she was going to handle her second appearance in the Illinois High School Association State Gymnastics meet.

“I’m hoping to be a lot more confident than I was last year,” the sophomore said. “I’m not going to go in as nervous. I’ll try my

hardest again and hope I can place higher and do a lot better than I did last year.’’

That worked out well.

Giglio finished third in the state in the balance beam event and 14th in the all-around on Friday and Saturday at Palatine High School.

The Orland Park resident was No. 1 in the state when she hit a 9.425 in Friday’s preliminaries. But See GIGLIO, Page 2

GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL

See PALUMBO, Page 2

Brother Rice’s Johnson beats Schickel again, this time for state championship

By Jeff Vorva

THE ROAD TO A STATE TITLE

Sports Editor

This weekend, Brother Rice senior Hassan Johnson does not plan on wrestling Lemont’s Kyle Schickel again.

The two grapplers have seen enough of each other this February.

The Class 2A 120-pounders wrestled three times in the past three Saturdays with Johnson winning all three battles, including Saturday night’s 4-2 overtime win to claim the Illinois High School Association state championship at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

Johnson (who finished 35-6) is just the second state champion in Brother Rice history. Rudy Yates was the first in 2013.

The Johnson/Schickel rivalry has been fun to follow.

Schickel came into the Lemont Regional seeded second on Feb. 3 and Johnson beat him 2-1 via an overtime tie-breaker in the semifinals.

The two met again in the Hinsdale South Sectional with Johnson enjoying a 7-2 victory. They hooked up for the third time in

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Mother McAuley players celebrate their regional title victory Thursday after knocking off Homewood-Flossmoor at Sandburg. H-F had 13 straight wins in regional/sectional play before the game.

Postseason results for Brother Rice senior wrestler Hassan Johnson:

Lemont Regional, Feb. 3

McAuley plays giant killer by bringing down H-F

Beat Lemont’s Kyle Schickel, 2-1 (ultimate tiebreaker) Pinned St. Rita’s Patrick O’Connell, 5:39

Hinsdale South Sectional, Feb. 10

Pinned Kenwood’s Maze Patrick, :21.

Pinned Tinley Park’s Jeremy Kelly, 1:40 Beat Lemont’s Kyle Schickel, 7-2

By Jeff Vorva

IHSA State Championships, Feb. 15-17

Mother McAuley slayed the beast.

Homewood-Flossmoor, which has been head-and-shoulders above all of the south suburban girls basketball teams in recent years, had a rare down season but still proved to be dangerous when it knocked off Bolingbrook toward the end of the campaign and won its final four regular-season games.

The Vikings, seeded sixth in the Class 4A Mother McAuley

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Cahokia’s Marquis Wilson, 16-4 Ottawa’s Rafael Munoz, 6-3 Mt. Zion’s Kooper Loehr, 3-2, OT Lemont’s Kyle Schickel, 4-2 OT

Champaign with Johnson needing overtime again to beat the Lemont sophomore.

It’s the second time that Johnson was Photo by Jeff Vorva in the championship bout. Last season, he Brother Rice’s Hassan Johnson (left) and Lemont’s lost to Washington’s Dach Punke in the Kyle Schickel (right) battled each other three times See JOHNSON, Page 2

in three weeks with Johnson winning all three matches en route to a state championship.

Sectional, may have had a sluggish 13-13 record, but this was still a team few wanted to play in the playoffs.

Mother McAuley, however, was up for the challenge. The thirdseeded Mighty Macs didn’t score in the first four minutes but once the Macs got going, they were able to score enough to beat the Vikings, 40-33 Thursday night to win the Sandburg Regional.

Three area teams survived regional play last week as McAuley See MCAULEY, Page 3

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Mother McAuley’s state and national volleyball championships from 2016 helped make for a wild two-and-ahalf-year stint for departing Sports Editor Jeff Vorva.

An open letter to the new sports guy

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t is a custom for some departing coaches to leave a letter in the drawer of a desk to their successor to wish them luck and share some thoughts about the job.

I am departing Southwest Regional Publishing to take another sports editor job in the south suburbs, and rather than leave a letter in a drawer to interim sports editor Jason Maholy, I thought I would use my final column space to let him know what he is in for:

Dear Jason: Imagine going to Great America and being able to ride the Goliath, Batman and Raging Bull rollercoasters back-to-back-to-back with no breaks.

Then, imagine your skinny little legs feeling like tapioca after those rides and getting in a car and racing in the Indianapolis 500 for a couple of hours.

That’s what it’s like covering sports around here.

On a slow week.

Welcome to the sports world of Southwest Regional Publishing, where you have three types of weeks: “busy,’’ “really busy” and “Oh, my God!’’ See, the athletes, coaches and fans around here have made it a mission to keep us hopping like rabbits after gulping a gallon of Red Bull and their mission has been accomplished.

In about two and a half years under my watch, we have had the honor and privilege of writing about: • Two volleyball teams — Marist and Mother McAuley — winning state and national volleyball championships.

• Two area players – Sandburg’s Michael Schofield and Lyons’ Jason Elliott — winning Super Bowls.

• A cross country runner — Lyons’ Danny Kilrea — winning the state championship.

• Another cross country runner — Sandburg’s Dylan Jacobs — winning a national championship.

JEFF VORVA Making the Extra Point • A cross country team – Sandburg – winning a state championship.

• A basketball team — Curie — winning a state title.

• A football team — Nazareth — winning a state title.

• A youth baseball squad — the Clear Ridge Little League team — winning a Senior World Series on ESPN. • A college pitcher — St. Xavier University’s Nicole Nonnemacher — striking out 42 batters in a doubleheader.

• A bowler — Sandburg’s Sophia Jablonski — who became the first athlete in state history to win the state championship in wheelchair bowling.

• A 4x800 relay team — Sandburg — knocking off a 10-year-old record at the state meet.

• A high school playoff football between Marist and Barrington in which Marist won, 59-56.

• An NAIA college football playoff game between St. Xavier and Morningside in which SXU lost, 75-69, in four overtimes.

• An Olympian — Kendall Coyne — who is playing hockey right now.

• A hockey player — Abbey Murphy — who came home from Russia after winning the gold medal in the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s 18U World Championships. And she is not old enough to drive yet.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

And what happened over the weekend? Check out the front page — Richards’ Mia Palumbo became the first female wrester in the history of Illinois to win a match at the state championships.

That’s just the beginning…

Coming up this spring, your watch could find Mother McAuley winning a state water polo title, Marist winning a state softball title and maybe a baseball team such as Brother Rice, St. Laurence or Sandburg might be in position to claim a state crown.

And the 11th Southwest Half Marathon is in May. Plenty of fun and inspiring stories come from that event.

During the regular season in most sports there are rivalry games, upsets and craziness.

So, enjoy the madness.

Have fun working with news editors Joe Boyle,

AREA SPORTS REPORT

See ya, Jeff Vorva

FOCUS ON AREA COLLEGES

MVCC hosts first Hall of Fame class

Richards Special Olympics team heading to state

By Jeff Vorva

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Sports Editor

Richards High School entered the Special Olympics Illinois group this season and the Oak Lawn’s school’s coed basketball team is already one of the best in the state.

Despite going 2-7 during the regular season the team won the gold medal in a regional tournament at Thornwood High School. The Bulldogs will go to the state tournament March 16-18 at Illinois State University in Normal.

Members of the team are Melanie Salgado, Angel Olmos, Casey Barker, Julia Huscher, Henry Balog, Chyna Houzah, Katie Rivera, Hector Sandoval, Billy Veal, Trevor Thompson, Frankie Olivares, Marquise McGraw, Emily Lambrigger and Unique Richardson.

Richards Special Olympics Coordinator Kelly Fleming said that the school was a part of the Special Olympics in the fall and will have a track and field team in the spring.

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The Richards Special Olympics co-ed basketball team qualified for the state tournament, which takes place in March.

Tickets, which include dinner drinks and raffle starter tickets, are $60. For more information, contact Mike McShane at 773429-4343 or visit brotherrice.org.

Oak Lawn Baseball/Softball registration

More stars on ice Palos Heights’ Kendall Coyne is currently playing Olympic hockey. Evergreen Park’s Abbey Murphy earned a gold medal for the United States’ 18U team in January.

Now, another couple of area athletes have starred on ice.

Shepard freshman Gia Swanson and sophomore Jenna Bader took first place for Teams Elite at the Midwest Synchronized Skating Sectionals in Wichita, Kansas in late January.

Their team scored a 72.82 and beat out Starlights by more than six points (66.22) and open play at the National Championships in Portland starting today, Thursday.

Oak Lawn’s Baseball and Softball League is accepting registration for the coming season for players age 4 to 18. For more information, visit oaklawnbaseball.com.

Gia Swanson (left) and Jenna Bader will be at the National Championships in synchronized skating in Portland starting Thursday, today.

try out at 6:30 p.m. and eighth graders through juniors in high school try out at 7:30 p.m.

For more information contact Gary Ferguson at 630-935-1150 or ssshootersbball@aol.com or visit www.southsideshootersbball.com.

Hampton to guest at The Southside Shooters will host tryouts Brother Rice Sports Night

Shooters girls tryouts

for its girls spring season on Tuesday and Feb. 22 at Stagg High School in Palos Hills.

Players in third through seventh grade will

Brother Rice is hosting a Sports night at 6 p.m. March 3 at the school’s Carmody Center.

Dan Hampton will be the guest speaker.

Shooters boys tryouts The Southside Shooters boys basketball organization will be holding tryouts for the spring season March 5 at the Moraine Valley Community College G Building, 9000 College Parkway, Palos Hills.

Fifth and sixth graders will try out from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. while seventh and eighth graders will try out from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The season will feature approximately 22 games with shootouts and league play.

For more information, contact Bill Finn at 708-508-0170 or at finn@morainevalley.edu.

Fire drops a not-so-friendly friendly

By Jeff Vorva

55th minute, when SuperDraft pick Diego Campos assisted Dax McCarty’s header.

They called it a preseason friendly.

But it wasn’t all that friendly.

The Fire dropped its first preseason match of the season with a 2-1 setback on Feb. 14 in a match that featured five yellowcard cautions.

The lone Fire goal came in the

Fire and Red Stars to play a doubleheader The Fire and Red Stars will host a doubleheader March 31 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview. The Fire faces the Portland Timbers at 5 p.m. while the Red Stars host the Portland Thorns at 7:15 p.m.

All tickets purchased for the Fire/Timbers match will also include a general admission ticket for the Red Stars game. Tickets for the doubleheader are on sale by calling 888-MLS-FIRE or visiting www.chicago-fire.com/tickets.

Fans wishing to make use of the Pub To Pitch bus program for the Chicago Fire match are invited to also stay for the ensuing Red Stars contest. Pub To

Pitch riders planning to stay for the Red Stars game MUST RSVP for the return bus back to Chicago by emailing busprogram@ chicago-fire.com by March 27.

Buses following the Fire match will return to all of their original pubs, and a late bus following the Red Stars contest will make stops at Cleos and The Globe Pub. All buses will leave 20 minutes after the final whistle of each match.

STATE GIRLS BOWLING AND SECTIONAL BOYS SWIMMING

Sandburg struggles after sizzling start

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Sandburg’s girls bowling team made a great first impression Friday at the Illinois High School Association State Tournament Friday at Cherry Bowl in Rockford.

The Eagles shot a 1,037 in the first round of the day, good for second place, and set a school record in the second round with a 1,077. But the final four rounds were rough and the Eagles failed to make the cut for Saturday’s finals and placed 14th in the state with a 5,500.

Alyssa Novak led the Eagles with a 67thplace finish on the first day with a six-game total of 1,121. Vanessa Perez was 71st, Katie Colbert 80th, Jill Richmond 86th and fourtime state qualifier Emily Schrader 98th.

Richards’ Mia Jones finished 95th.

Sandburg senior Sophia Jablonski finished

second in the state in the wheelchair division with a 588. Mascoutah’s Olivia Moyer won with an 869. Last year, Jablonski was the first wheelchair champion in state history.

Swimmers ready for state The area has a healthy contingent heading to the IHSA state boys swimming and diving meet Friday at Evanston High School. But if sectional times and scores mean anything, it will be a struggle to make the finals on Saturday.

Sandburg won its own sectional with 302 points as Peter Bukiri (200 yard free, 500 free), Cody Thill (diving), Carter Thoss (100 fly), Jacob Simonek (100 breast), the 200 medley relay (Sean Harlin, Joey Jenkot, Thoss and Brenden Lee) and 400 free relay (Kyle Fox, Lee, Bukiri and Thoss) teams earned sectional titles. Diver Corey Verzak finished fourth and the 200 free relay team

After 42 years of hosting sports, Moraine Valley Community Colleges officials welcomed their first class to the Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday.

The inaugural inductees featured Ephraim Eaddy, Douglas C. Gehrke, Rosie Geraci, LaVetta Mitchell, and Kay Schneegas, who attended the ceremony with a number of their friends and family.

Eaddy played on the Moraine Valley men’s basketball team from 1996 to 1998. He led his team to a conference championship in 1996 and to the NJCAA Region IV championship game.

Gehrke started at Moraine Valley as an economics instructor in 1972, but briefly helped coach the college’s club hockey team. He was named the first athletic director.

Geraci was a standout player and head coach at Moraine Valley. She played softball and volleyball from 1982 to 1984. Her sophomore year she was captain of the softball team and co-captain of the volleyball team.

Mitchell was part of the women’s basketball team that won two straight conference championships as well as their first NJCAA Region IV championships in 1988 and 1989. She also competed with her team at the national tournament both seasons.

Palumbo

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(Jenkot, Lee Bukiri, Fox) took second to qualify for state.

Stagg took second with 260 points and had just one sectional champion — the 200 free relay team of Brad Petersen, James McCallion, Mike Kotas and Rafal Jezierski.

Sebastian Smolecki took second in the 200 free and 100 back stroke.

Brother Rice’s Seth Miller qualified in the 100 fly with a second-place finish while Christopher Jones claimed fifth in diving.

In the Athletes With Disabilities division, Brother Rice freshman Dylan Early qualified in the 50 free (24.44 seconds) and 100 free (:55.52) and both were the best sectional times in the state.

Thill had a 454.30 score in sectional, which was the 14th best score in the state and he could earn a top-12 finish. No other area athlete is close to a top 12, based on sectional times.

Jeannette took her 10-year-old son, Carmelo, to a tournament at Morton East High School in Cicero and Mia was a hot topic of conversation.

“Moms were actually coming up to be and thanking me for how Mia did,” Jeannette said. “A little girl from the Oak Forest program asked me if Mia was there because she wanted to take a picture with her.

They even made an announcement before the National Anthem about what Mia did. Over the years people have become attached to her.’’

The state experience was met with mixed emotions. Mia was gunning for a state title and suffered losses to Marengo’s Logan Pfeiffer in the quarterfinals and East St. Louis’s Anthony King in the wrestlebacks to end the run.

Johnson

Continued from Page 1 120-pound title match.

Johnson’s teammate, Paul Gliva,

Giglio

Continued from Page 1 on Saturday, she scored a 9.400 and was overtaken by Wheaton Warrenville South’s Jamie Labue (9.520) and Neuqua Valley’s Jane Riehs (9.475).

The third place finished was the best in the area since Sandburg’s Kystyn Mischeck won a state championship in the floor exercise event in 2009. Mischeck is an assistant coach for Sandburg/Stagg.

Schneegas was not only a natural athlete at a time when women’s participation in sports was an oddity, but she also was a pioneer for women’s athletics at Moraine Valley. She was a physical education instructor at the college starting in 1970, where she taught swimming, archery, cross country skiing, and golf. When the college officially started an intercollegiate athletics program in 1976, Schneegas became the women’s athletic coordinator.

St. Xavier University Men’s basketball: Former Sandburg star Niko Cahue scored a career-high 32 points to lead the Cougars to a 101-87 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday. He added 10 rebounds for the Cougars (18-12 overall, 11-9 in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference).

Women’s basketball: the Cougars, ranked fourth in the national among NAIA Division II schools, roughed up Robert Morris 102-74 on Saturday as Brittany Collins had 17 points and 10 rebounds. The team improved to 26-2 overall and 20-0 in the CCAC.

Trinity Christian Women’s track: Former Chicago Christian star April Van Ryn won the 5000 meter event in the CCAC Indoor Championships. The freshman ran it in 17 minutes, 55.28 seconds — nearly 30 seconds ahead of the second-place competitor.

“I was disappointed at first, but then I kept my mind open that it was great to make history and everything,” Mia said. “It was a fun weekend, but I didn’t like losing. I went out there and gave it my all but they were definitely stronger than me.’’

Mia also became the first female to win conference, regional and sectional titles in one year. She is one of four female wrestlers to qualify for state.

She also teamed with her sophomore brother, Rocco, to become the second brother-sister combo to qualify for state.

Rocco, making his second state appearance, pinned Marengo’s Kenny Reed in 5 minutes, 10 seconds to advance to the quarterfinals at 145. But he dropped an 8-2 decision to Rantoul’s Peter McClusker and went 1-1 in the wrestleback rounds to also finish in the top eight but did not medal. took fifth place at 170 on Saturday.

In Class 3A action, Marist’s Jacob Dado took third at 138 while teammate Michael Lavelle took sixth at 106.

Sandburg’s Pat Nolan took fourth place at 132.

Last year, Giglio claimed 28th in the all-around with a 35.150 and this year she vaulted up to 14th place with a 36.700. Glenbard West’s Maddie Diab won the all-around with a 38.025.

The only other area athlete represented was Sandburg/Stagg sophomore Taylor Talley, who finished tied with Giglio and two other competitors at 18th in the vault with scores of 9.373. Giglio finished 14th in the floor exercise (9.275).

The top 10 from the preliminaries advanced to Saturday’s finals.

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AREA HOOPS AT A GLANCE BOYS Brother Rice Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Oak Lawn Richards Sandburg Shepard St. Laurence Stagg

Stagg’s Josh Blim and his teammates face Richards Monday in the first round of the Class 4A Regional.

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at Ag Science, Fri.; vs. winner of T.F. North vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais at Class 4A B-B Regional, Tues. vs. TBD in Class 2A El Paso-Gridley Regional, Fri. hosts Catalyst/Maria at Class 3A Evergreen Park Regional, Mon. hosts winner of Richards vs. Stagg in Class 4A Marist Regional, Tues. at Argo, Fri.; vs. winner of Thornton vs. Argo at Class 4A T.F. South Regional, Tues. hosts Reavis, Fri.; vs. Stagg in Class 4A Marist Regional, Mon. at Lincoln-Way East, Thurs.; vs. Crete-Monee at Class 4A Reavis Regional, Tues. at Eisenhower, Fri.; vs. Eisenhower at Class 4A Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional, Mon. vs. winner of Mount Carmel vs. Noble/Johnson at Class 3A Mount Carmel Regional, Tues. at Bolingbrook, Fri.; vs. Richards in Class 4A Marist Regional, Mon.

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* Records through Sunday, Feb. 18; compiled by Randy Whalen

GIRLS Chicago Christian Evergreen Park Marist Mother McAuley Oak Lawn Richards Sandburg Shepard St. Laurence Stagg

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NEXT Season over Season over at Class 4A Mother McAuley Sectional hosts Class 4A Mother McAuley Sectional Season over Season over Season over Season over at Class 3A Little Village Sectional Season over

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Richards now in driver’s seat for SSC Red title

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

The unpredictable South Suburban Conference Red took another twist, and now Richards is in the driver’s seat for its 11th conference title in 13 years after a wild series of events Friday night.

While Richards was taking care of its business on the road with a huge 74-66 victory over Shepard in Palos Heights, Oak Lawn was stunned by Eisenhower, a team that entered the game with a 2-9 conference record. Ike won 67-54 in Blue Island.

Heading into the final week of league action before the Illinois High School Association regionals open, Richards is 9-3 while Oak Lawn is 8-4 and Shepard is knocked out of contention with a 7-5 mark.

Richards hosts Reavis (5-6) on Friday night and Oak Lawn visits Argo (1-11).

Trevon Jones had 18 points and Paul Zilinskas added 17 for Richards in the Shepard win, while Shepard was led by Chris Harrison’s monster 37-point game.

With the up-and-down season that the Bulldogs (12-13) have had, this could be a huge momentum boost for the postseason.

Seeds announced

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and second-seeded Marist won titles in Class 4A while first-year St. Laurence made history with a regional crown in Class 3A. McAuley and Marist were scheduled to play in the sectional semifinals Monday night in one game while top-seeded LincolnWay East and fifth-seeded Marian Catholic were scheduled for the other semifinal. The championship is slated for 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday.

Now that H-F is out of the way, sectional teams were able to breathe a little easier.

In the past three seasons, H-F won 13 straight regional and sectional games and outscored opponents by an average of 70-34 before facing the Mighty Macs.

“I think its wide open,” McAuley coach Ashley Luke Clanton said of the sectional. “Even in the regional, it was pretty tough.

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If the seeds prove correct, a lot of eyes will be on Marist and Brother Rice for a while as both team are seeded in the top four of the Class 4A Thornton Sectional.

Almost a guarantee Richards’ Danny Jackson (right) grabs the hand of an Oak Lawn opponent earlier this year. He and his teammates grabbed the lead in the South Suburban Conference Red and can win its 11th conference title in 13 years with a win Friday night.

In Class 3A, St. Laurence is hosting a 23-team sectional. The hosts drew the fourth seed while Evergreen Park was seeded 16th. Morgan Park,

We had our hands full against Homewood-Flossmoor. It is a tough grouping.’’

McAuley (24-7) won its eighth regional title in 12 years. Senior Grace Hynes had 18 points and Tara O’Malley added nine.

“Going into the playoffs our mentality is that we have a chance to win this sectional and if we play tough, we can do it,’’ Hynes said. “Being at home is really nice, honestly. Everybody wants to play at home.’’

Beating the Vikings is a huge win for the program.

“They have a very tough team and played a lot of tough competition this year,” Hynes said. “Your record doesn’t always explain or represent how your team is. We have seven losses. It goes both ways. You have to take teams seriously no matter what their record is.

Marist (23-6) won its 12th regional in the 16-year history of the program with a 70-44 victory over Thornwood to win the Bloom Regional.

St. Laurence won its own Class 3A regional with a 51-28 victory over Solario as Ashley Murphy came up with 18 points, nine rebounds and four assists while

Bogan and St. Rita gobbled up the first three seeds. Morgan Park is the defending Class 3A champion.

Ashley Kevin added nine points and eight rebounds to help the Vikings improve to 16-13. The Vikings were scheduled to face Lindblom at the Little Village

When Sandburg and Lockport were knotted up after 32 minutes of regulation play Friday in Orland Park, the Eagles had the Porters just where they wanted them.

The Eagles won the game 48-45 in OT as Marvin Agwomoh popped in 13 points and Jake Pygon added 11.

Lockport fell to 0-5 in overtime games this season including an OT loss to Sandburg on Jan. 19.

Sectional Tuesday night.

Evergreen Park, the top seed in the Rich East Sectional sub-sectional, lost in the Brooks Regional final to the fourth-seeded hosts,

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Marist and Brother Rice made it to the final four of Class 4A sectional action last year, and if the coaches are right, the two teams will be back in the sectional semifinals.

The coaches voted and the Illinois High School Association announced the seeds for Class 3A and 4A tournaments on Thursday and at the 23-team Thornton Sectional, Marist drew the second seed and Brother Rice drew the fourth seed.

National power Simeon, last year’s sectional champ which finished second in the state, drew the top seed and Homewood-Flossmoor is seeded third.

Oak Lawn is seeded sixth, Sandburg eighth, Shepard 12th, Richards 14th and Stagg 18th.

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The Reporter Newspapers Call 448-6161 Deadline 5 p.m. Monday Hours M-F 9 to 5 Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.DANNY KATEEB, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 16 CH 016474 16787 91ST AVENUE ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 22, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 7, 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 16787 91ST AVENUE, ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 Property Index No. 27-27-206-015-0000.

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 14-16-16007.

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. 14-16-16007 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 016474 TJSC#: 38-933 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.NANCY M. LEMPERA A/KA NANCY MAE LEMPERA, THOMAS J. LEMPERA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 7404 8037 LINDER AVENUE BURBANK, IL 60459 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 4, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 20, 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 8037 LINDER AVENUE, BURBANK, IL 60459 Property Index No. 19-33-116-013-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family home with no 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 256176.

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. 256176 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 16 CH 7404 TJSC#: 37-11162

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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs.

KATHRYN ADAM AKA KATHRYN L. ADAM; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; KENNETH E. DEOENER; MARY J. DEOENER; Defendants, 17 CH 11390 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 Wednesday, March 28, 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. 24-31-108-009-0000.

Commonly known as 6835 West Evergreen Avenue, 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. 17-023876 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3077123

Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division.

Fifth Third Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

Alan M. Dudnick; First Secure Bank and Trust Company f/k/a Family Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee under the provisions of a Trust Agreement dated April 16, 2007 and known as trust number 12-933; Palos View Condominium Association; First Secure Bank and Trust Company f/k/a Family Bank and Trust Company; Unknown Tenants; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, Case # 17CH746 Sheriff’s # 170287 F17050187FT FITH Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on March 27th, 2018, at 1pm in room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: Common Address: 10511 South Roberts Road, Unit 2A, Palos Hills, Illinois 60465 P.I.N: 23-13-103-033-1005; 23-13-103-033-1044 Improvements: This property consists of a Residential Condominium.

Sale shall be under the following terms: payment of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the successful and highest bid to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier’s check or certified funds at the sale; and the full remaining balance to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier’s check or certified funds within twenty-four (24) hours after the sale.

Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments.

Premise will NOT be open for inspection.

Firm Information: Plaintiff’s Attorney ANSELMO, LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 Phone: 630-453-6960 Fax: 630-428-4620 Attorney #: Cook 58852, DuPage 293191, Kane 031-26104, Winnebago 3802, IL 03126232 sales@alolawgroup.com

For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com

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HOROSCOPES ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you may need to muscle your way through some projects, especially if your energy levels wane. Put your nose to the grindstone and work your way through things.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you are not one for letting obstacles get in your way. In fact, you find a way to go over or under any roadblocks. This makes you an asset to any team.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, if you have been forgetful about keeping tabs on your finances, you may be in for a surprise. Make an effort to more closely monitor your financial situation.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Don’t be so quick to write off someone you thought was out of your life, Cancer. This person may play an integral role in your life this week.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 You might need to channel some newfound excitement, Leo. Perhaps there is a special project brewing or a party on the horizon.

Keep up the good cheer.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, everyone makes mistakes, and those who move forward learn from their past errors.

If you stumble, dust yourself off and get back into the game this week.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Don’t consistently doubt yourself, Libra. Be confident that you can make decisions that will ensure your family’s success and happiness for years to come.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Juggling too many items at once

often ends with one of the balls dropping, Scorpio. Call on your support network to lend a helping hand when the juggling act gets too difficult.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/ Dec 21 Friends may flock to you and your jovial attitude this week, Sagittarius. Beat the winter blues by hosting a party, and it can be a win for all involved.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Loosen up the reins on something you have been holding onto tightly. This may mean giving a child a little more freedom to explore or involving others in a work assignment.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, it’s time to put some new ideas in motion. Channel your energy into projects that will showcase your talents and vision for The Center offers knitting (left) and woodcarving (right) classes. the future.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, creative endeavors may need to be shelved for a little while as you focus on practical tasks.

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Highway, Palos Park, has an- Participants will first create a pair nounced a slate of activities for of round or oval stones and then FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS advance to more complex designs. the days ahead.

FEBRUARY 25 For more information or to The class fee is $115. Stones can Sean Astin, Actor (47) register for a program, call (708) be purchased from the instructor FEBRUARY 26 for projects.

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Josh Groban, Singer (37) 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 in on six Mondays beginning Feb. FEBRUARY 28 Log Cabin 3. In this new program, 26 or from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Ali Larter, Actress (42) instructor Carol Alesia will help six Fridays beginning March 2. InMARCH 1 attendees see winter trees in a new structor Georgann Ring will teach Kesha, Singer (31) light. All will learn how to iden- beginning knitters to learn knitMARCH 2 tify trees by their buds, leaf scars, ting basics as well as correcting Rebel Wilson, Actress (38) fruit, bark, branching patterns and mistakes, making a yarn chart and MARCH 3 needles. The workshop will begin locating yarn and pattern sources Ronan Keating, Singer (41) indoors and then practice skills while making a spa cloth. Then outside, so participants are asked participants will choose a project to wear boots and to dress for from a suggested collection. Beoutdoors. Children 12 and older ginning students should bring a are welcome to register, as long ball of Sugar ’n Cream yarn and as they are accompanied by an a pair of 10” U.S. size 8 (5mm) adult who is also registered. The knitting needles. Experienced painting will be taking place in the workshop fee is $15. knitters will choose their own Art Studio and free food samples • Log Cabin Art for Kids projects and learn more advanced from Legendary Baking will be is scheduled for five Saturdays knitting techniques through class available in the kitchen. beginning Feb. 24. Children in discussions and demonstrations.

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Feb. 26 through Saturday, March without sugar and artificial flavors • Handbuilding with Clay is 3. Junior Farmers classes meet one while still getting the necessary set from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on three hour each week for four weeks. energy to refuel.

Saturdays beginning Feb. 24. Classes are available for children • Culinary: Breakfast Casserole Instructor Liz Credio will help age 3 to 6 at 10 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.

Muffins will be made from 4 to students have fun working with Tuesdays or Fridays, and at 10 or 5:30 p.m. clay to create a variety of ceramic 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays. Children Thursday, March 1. Students projects. Credio will have projects age 7 to 12 will meet at 2 p.m. will make savory breakfast muf- to show students and allow time Saturdays and at 4 p.m. Mondays fins combining eggs, bacon and for experimentation as well. This or Tuesdays. Junior Farmers is an veggies and fruit-infused baked can be an introduction class for opportunity for children age 3 to muffins. beginners or studio time for ex- 12 to learn about and enjoy the • Around the World: Shibori perienced students. The class fee life of the farm. These sessions Tie-Dyed Pillows is scheduled is $60 plus a $15 materials fee. will focus on getting to know from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, • Lapidary will be held from all of The Center’s year-round March 1. Students will learn about 9 to 11 a.m. on six Mondays resident farm animals as well as and practice shibori, an ancient beginning Feb. 26 or from 6:30 preparing for and welcoming all Japanese method of dyeing cloth to 8:30 a.m. for six Wednesdays the spring babies that will arrive. with indigo dyes. Participants will beginning Feb. 28. Art teacher Junior Farmers in this session can create a pattern on pillow sheets Larry Rothenberg will help stu- be prepared to experience and hold to practice and take home. dents turn rough hunks of rock into baby chicks, brush and feed the

The Center to host new nature program

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS McCord Gallery closes out exhibit with reception

McCord Gallery and Cultural Center, 9602 W. Creek Road, Palos Park, will host a reception for the Palos East and West Elementary School Exhibit from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. The exhibit is open until Monday, Feb. 26.

McCord was pleased to provide gallery space for up and coming artists in the community, according to Gallery administrators. They said they believe displaying art in an actual gallery space allows students to see how much their work is appreciated and respected by others. It encourages the students to continue to pursue their interests in art.

Bridge Teen Center to host battle of the bands

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.

• Battle of the Bands will be heard from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow, Feb. 23. Students will enjoy live music and have the opportunity to vote for the best band at the Bridge’s annual student competition. Vintage vinyl record

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livestock and groom and take a ride on a pony or horse. Paul Purdy, farm program coordinator, leads the Junior Farmers program.

The cost of the four-week program is $56. Advance registration is required.

• Womantalk! will be heard from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday Feb. 27. Womantalk! is a nurturing and supportive discussion group focusing on the month’s in Sarah Ban Breathnach’s “Simple Abundance” book, or any other inspirational resources that attendees would like to bring to share. The focus is on learning to live authentically, joyfully, simply, gracefully and gratefully. Participants are asked to call to confirm attendance.

• Luncheon: “Answering Your Inner Calling” will feature Lisa Espinosa. The luncheon will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 27. In her inspiring and practical book, Espinosa shares simple and powerful practices that teach how to listen to one’s soul and to step into the next phase of one’s life’s work. In this talk, Espinosa will share some of her story of leaving her suc- Lisa Espinosa cessful teaching career to do the work she does today. She will also talk about the different ways your soul speaks to you and how to heal self-sabotage.

As a life coach, Espinosa specializes in showing women how to listen to their soul’s calling and make a career change towards more joyful and uplifting work.

The book “Answering Your Inner Calling” will be available for purchase for $10. Luncheons cost $22 and advance reservations are necessary.

• Metalsmithing for Jewelry will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on six Tuesdays beginning Feb. 27. Instructor Mary Michaelson will show students how to work with silver, copper or brass.

Students can create either a silver ring or pendant. The class will learn the basics of metalsmithing

such as sawing, filing, sanding, and soldering. Advanced instruction will be given to continuing and advanced students. The class fee is $100 plus a $30 materials fee.

• Weaving is scheduled from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. beginning Wednesday, Feb. 28 and will run for six weeks. Instructor Georgann Ring will help new weavers learn to weave a scarf on a rigid heddle loom, then explore intermediate techniques on the rigid heddle loom while weaving a sampler or set of coasters. A supply list for the first project is available in the office. Students should purchase yarn before first class.

Experienced and returning weavers will use The Center’s table or floor looms or can bring their own loom. The class fee is $100.

• Watercolor Painting will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on six Wednesdays beginning Feb. 28.

Wednesday evenings with Lenox Wallace feature structured lessons for beginning watercolorists with critique and guidance in composition, values, textures, negative painting, brush stroke usage and more. Experienced painters work individually with occasional guidance and critique. Opportunities will arise to expand the advanced students’ painting experience. Individual and group critiques will point out what has worked and how to improve that which has not. The class fee us $120. A list of required supplies is available in the office.

• Woodcarving will be taught from 9 to 11 a.m. on six Thursdays beginning March 1. Instructor Keith Miller will help students learn and practice the tools and techniques of woodcarving using a variety of types of wood.

Participants will create animals, objects and faces. New students will make three to six projects such as a bird, a shoe, an egret and miniature people. Experienced students may design their own projects. The class fee is $100.

Wood and bench knives are available for purchase in class for approximately $25.

Palos Village Players present Funny Little Thing Called Love The Palos Village Players will present the first play of their 77th season, “A Funny Little Thing Called Love” by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23, 24, March 2 and 3 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 at Palos Park Recreational Center, 8901 W. 123rd St. Tickets are $20 or $18 for students and seniors and can be reserved by credit card on the web site at palosvillageplayers.com, or by calling (877) 787-8497. Hackney’s Restaurant, 123rd Street and LaGrange Road, offers a $5 discount for anyone attending a performance. Reservations are available at (708) 448-8300.

Season tickets are available online or at the box office for $55.

This new Jones Hope Wooten comedy is all about love. Under a full moon on this unpredictable night of romance, these four tales take the audience on an aroundthe-globe journey of unexpected twists and turns.

The cast includes area actors Rebecca May, Jackie Harney and Joanna Leafblad of Orland Park, Peg Crawford of Palos Heights and Steve Bell of Evergreen Park.

Other actors include Steve Hoxworth, Laura Braeuning, Ken Evans, Denise Goad and Kelli Montgomery.

The play is being directed by Lori Nussle of Palos Park and she is assisted by Lucy Mahoney of Worth, and Lindsay Latanski of Cast members put a humorous spin on love.

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

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Protect skin in the winter

By Amy Cavalier

Don’t put away that sunscreen just yet. The harsh winter weather can wreak as much havoc on your skin as can the hot summer sun, according to Dr. Mary Gail Mercurio, professor of dermatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

“Skin protection is equally important in the winter. It just shifts slightly in the approach,” she says.

Stay protected indoors and outdoors

One of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to winter skin protection is forgetting sunscreen.

“I see some of the worst sunburns in early spring because people aren’t in the sunscreen habit and they’re caught off guard,” Mercurio says.

Even if you live in an area that doesn’t get much sunlight in the winter, there’s wind and low humidity to contend with. Wearing the proper outdoor-clothing to trap in moisture is essential to healthy winter skin. And the indoor air can be just as damaging.

“Right now, we are starting to see cold temperatures outside in combination with using heat indoors,” she says. “The mechanism of the heater is to remove moisture from the air.”

Dry weather can especially be challenging for aging skin, which loses its ability to retain moisture.

Static in your house is a good indicator that the air is too dry.

A humidifier will help replace some of the moisture, which is removed by heat.

“I can’t tell you how many patients have told me I’ve never needed moisturizer,” she says. “At a certain age, the skin starts to behave differently.”

If left unprotected, dry skin can get inflamed and itchy. This can eventually turn into dermatitis, which requires treatment and can be very uncomfortable,

Men can get proactive about checkups

By Jackson A. Thomas Mercurio says.

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Winter skin protection requires the right products. Mercurio recommends using moisturizing soaps as opposed to deodorant soaps, which tend to be more drying. Apply moisturizer immediately after showering.

“Moisturizing while you’re still damp helps trap some of the moisture that you acquired in the shower,” Mercurio says.

Look for a thick moisturizer — something that comes from a tub versus a pump, which is more liquid.

Don’t have the funds for fancy lotions? Use what’s in your kitchen. Many natural beauty products these days include ingredients like shea butter and coconut, argan, avocado, jojoba or almond oils.

And don’t discount grandma’s standby: Good old petroleum jelly.

“Petroleum jelly is one of the most effective moisturizing ingredients for anywhere on the body if you can tolerate it,” Mercurio says.

Sleeping with petroleum-jellyfilled cotton gloves can help return

SKIN TIPS FOR WINTER WEATHER:

• Apply lotion and lip balm for protection.

• Wear sunscreen • Cover your skin with the proper clothing.

• Stay hydrated.

moisture to overly dry hands. Lip balm and a layer of Vaseline in the nose or on any exposed areas is important if you’re going to be out in the snow for a long time.

“It’s a product that has stood up to the test of time, but a lot of people don’t like the greasy feeling,” she says.

“Keeping it on the counter won’t accomplish anything so find something you will use.”

Lastly, be sure you aren’t using abrasive cleansers, toners or alcohol-based products, which will dry your skin out. Summer skin- and face-care regiments should be tweaked to stand up to the winter elements. And the same products won’t work for In your corner A recent Cleveland Clinic sureveryone. Find something that vey, called MENtion It, shed light works for you. on behaviors and attitudes of men as they related to their health. Of 502 men, 53% said their health isn’t something they want to talk

Vitamins alone won’t solve health problems

By Joanne K. Clobus Let’s face it, if every meal we ate looked like the poster image for MyPlate — the United States Department of Agriculture’s campaign to promote healthy eating — we’d never need to think about supplementing our diets with additives, like vitamins and minerals. But eating a balanced diet isn’t always as easy, affordable or enjoyable as it’s made out to be.

And, for seniors living alone, it can be even more challenging to eat nutritiously.

“I start out with good intentions every day,” says Edie Dunwoody, 76. “But most days I end up snacking and grazing on foods that I know aren’t good for me because I don’t care to cook a healthy meal just for myself.”

For Dunwoody’s friend, 70-year-old Doris Stamm, healthy eating is essential to managing her diabetes, but she admits to slipping up fairly often.

Both women take vitamins.

Stamm takes a multi-vitamin to make up for not eating as well as she should, and Dunwoody takes a few supplements a friend recommended, including magnesium because she says it stimulates hair growth.

The good with the bad

Taking vitamins — and lots of them — is good for you, right?

Not necessarily, especially if you take supplements as an insurance policy against poor eating habits or without the advice of your health professional. Taking too many vitamins could actually be increasing your risk of health problems, according to the Mayo Clinic. For example, vitamin E may raise the risk of heart failure, and taking more than the recommended dose of vitamin B-6 can lead to nerve pain and seizures.

Too much vitamin A can be bad for your bones.

Also, remember that not all vitamins are created equal. According to pharmacists Paul and Pam Grisnik, in the United States, supplements are not regulated as drugs. Rather, they’re regulated as food, so it’s important to know what you’re purchasing.

“This is one case where you get what you pay for,” pharmacist Paul Grisnik says. “When buying vitamins, always look for phar-

maceutical-grade products. The popular ones we’ve all heard of have about as much value as the bottle they come packaged in.”

Do you need them?

The Grisniks agree that most seniors could benefit from taking vitamins and mineral supplements, but they also say that not everyone needs a multi-vitamin.

“Not everyone needs everything in them,” Paul says.

The best way to find out what vitamins you need is to have an honest discussion with your doctor about your daily eating habits and lifestyle.

And, if you do regularly take vitamins and mineral supplements, clue in your pharmacist.

“Your pharmacist can work with your physician to identify supplements that may interact with medications you’re taking,” Pam says.

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Kelly Evans knows how important her family’s health is, but she wishes her husband, Nate, was more proactive about his checkups.

“He doesn’t have the time,” says Evans, a 31-year-old X-ray technologist from Harrod, Ohio.

“He works a swing shift, so the days he is off, he is home with our 1-year-old son. It’s a matter of time versus his other priorities.”

Work and providing for the family are often prime concerns, so going to the doctor ends up on the back burner. It’s a mindset plenty of men fall into.

“They’re stuck in the thought, ‘I look good and feel good, so no need for seeing a doctor,’” says Dr. J. Steven Blake of Blake Gastroenterology Associates in Philadelphia. “Men are not alone in having issues about keeping or making timely visits to a physician.

“It’s absolutely due to fear and anxiety. The mindset is, ‘I don’t want to know until I have to.’

That’s the worse mindset to have.”

about. Additionally, 40% said they don’t get annual checkups, and only 42% go to the doctor when they’re worried they might have a serious medical condition.

“Men talk to others about their health usually about ‘heroic’ injuries such as broken bones, and injuries sustained during sports and at work,” says Dr. Ryan Berglund of the Cleveland Clinic, and who was part of the MENtion It survey planning. “Very few talk about more serious problems, such as heart disease, bowel or urinary disease. Traditionally, men are prideful about strength and hide weakness, and this may be one manifestation of that.”

Guys should get health checkups regularly, because they must have someone as their “health care quarterback,” Berglund says.

A trained set of eyes and ears can examine you and make sure some things you might think are a potential risk won’t be ignored, he adds.

“Is that mole on your back just a mole, or is it possibly a melanoma?” Berglund says. “Also, your primary physician will be up to date on what routine screening tests need to be done. Do you need your heart and lungs checked?

Is it time to get your prostate or colon screened for cancer?”

On top of the game

The survey found that 48% of

men turn to their significant others first to discuss a health issue; and 19% admitted to going to the doctor so their significant others would stop nagging them.

“Often, the spouse is present and provides details the patient himself will not volunteer,” Berglund says. “One of the most helpful bits of information to give them is letting them know others have been through what they are going through.

“Men like to have a plan, and giving them one makes them feel more comfortable sharing what they are going through.”

Routine checkups are also critical to staving off serious illnesses.

“Many serious diseases have an interval of time between when the disease is first detectable and then becomes incurable or leads to serious irreversible problems,” Berglund says. “The ideal is to diagnose a disease during this interval. By putting off that visit, you may miss that window of opportunity.”

Evans says her husband has a history of kidney stones, which he tries his best to “stay on top of.”

She encourages him to be more proactive, even if that means some time off work for checkups.

“We remind him we never want to be without him,” Evans says.

“I don’t want him to feel less important or that his needs are any less important.”

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

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For the love of the clove

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Move over broccoli. Step aside carrots. It turns out there’s another vegetable in your kitchen that can help reduce inflammation, as well as maintain a healthy heart, studies say.

It’s also been known to ward off vampires.

Garlic has been used as a medicine throughout human history. Ancient Chinese and Indian cultures used garlic to help with respiration and digestion. It has been recommended for treatment of arthritis, toothaches, chronic cough, constipation and even as an antibiotic. In some Western countries, the sale of garlic supplements joins the ranks of leading prescription drugs, according to the 2014 National Institutes of Health study, “Garlic: a review of potential therapeutic effects.”

“Garlic is a rich source of vitamins, minerals and naturallyoccurring compounds like flavonoids that are critical to maintaining good health,” says registered dietitian Emily Kyle of Rochester, N.Y. The compounds in garlic have been found to decrease cholesterol and triglycerides and provide antiinflammatory benefits, Kyle says.

Garlic has also been shown to help stave off plaque buildup in the arteries, high blood pressure and cancer, and it contains antiviral properties, according to Dr. Tom Campbell, co-founder and clinical director of the University of Rochester Medical Center Program for Nutrition in Medicine.

Although we can gobble up the health benefits of garlic in both

raw and cooked forms, evidence shows that heat can destroy some of the good stuff it contains that our bodies need. Kyle suggests keeping it on the cool side.

“If you want to get creative, you can add it to salad dressings such as vinaigrettes, to butter and enjoy it on toast, or to homemade salsa, guacamole or mashed potatoes,” she says.

If eating raw garlic doesn’t sound appealing, you can buy garlic supplements at your local health food store. Kyle says garlic supplements can be powerful and potent, and are unregulated, which can make them potentially dangerous. Side effects can include bad breath, heartburn, gas, nausea, vomiting, body odor, diarrhea and a burning sensation in the mouth or stomach.

“It is important to consult with your health care provider, such as a registered dietitian, when introducing new or large amounts of anything to your diet,” Kyle says. “Garlic is an herb and has the ability to interact with other herbs, supplements or medications you may already be taking.”

Kyle suggests consulting with a medical professional if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or considering adding garlic or garlic supplements to children’s diets.

“Garlic has the ability to thin the blood and can be especially dangerous for those who take bloodthinning medications, people with ulcers or thyroid problems,” she says.

She suggests buying garlic that comes from a reputable grocery store or local farmers market. Be sure to wash it before you add it

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Simmer eight to 12 cloves of crushed and peeled garlic in two cups of water for 10 minutes. Strain out the garlic and combine the remaining water with the juice from one fresh lemon. Add honey to taste.

• If you enjoy making your own fresh juice, toss a few garlic cloves in with your fruits and veggies. to foods to steer clear of dirt and insects, Kyle says. And like any food, don’t overdo it. Eat garlic in moderation, Campbell says.

“Include garlic in your diet frequently, but don’t eat garlic and think it’s going to negate the slice of pie you had after lunch,” he says. “People should focus on their diet as a collection of whole foods and try to consume unrefined, unprocessed plants as much as possible.”

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