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Thursday, August 17, 2017
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76th Year, NO. 33 • 3 Sections
State closer to historic education funding reform Bipartisan group of Senators votes to override Gov. Rauner’s veto Staff Reports SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate voted to advance an historic education funding reform Sunday afternoon, overriding a veto of the bill from Gov. Bruce Rauner. The Senate voted 38-19 to
override the governor’s amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1, a data-driven reform that replaces the state’s worst-in-the-nation school funding formula with an evidence-based adequacy model. The Senate’s successful override vote sends the legislation to the House of Representatives. If the House follows suit in voting to override the governor, the historic reform will become law. If the House does not get the 71 votes necessary to override, the state will be unable to disburse general state aid payments to school districts.
“Schools need long-term certainty and stability. Not only does SB1 provide this, it does so with a formula that directs the largest funding increases to the schools that need it most so that all students can succeed regardless of their zip code,” said state Sen. Steve Landek (D-12th), who voted for the override. Senate Bill 1 in its original form is backed by education experts and non-partisan school finance professionals as it invests $350 million in new funding to K-12 education. But that money can’t be distributed if an evidence-based
funding model is not in place. Because of this, the state missed its general state aid payment to schools for the first time in Illinois’ history earlier this month. “Senate Bill 1 is the only bill offered that gives long-term stability to schools. It updates Illinois’ outdated, 20-year-old funding formula and stops the practice of simply throwing money at schools, instead basing investment on the specific needs of every district,” Landek said. Landek pointed out that Senate
Local school district officials see no potential negative impact this year
By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer
Senate Bill 1, the education funding bill currently being haggled over in Springfield, is getting mixed reviews from the leaders of local school districts. Local districts depend primarily on property taxes rather than state funding to balance their budgets, See EDUCATION, Page 2 and have money in reserve. So, they
will open on time, even with the delay in passage of the education funding bill. The Senate overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of SB1, which would make changes to the funding formula. But even if the House is able to get the four Republican votes needed to override the veto and pass SB1 in its original form this week, several local superintendents See IMPACT, Page 2
Nick’s Barbecue sells winning lottery ticket Restaurant will reap $500K from Mega Millions sale By Anthony Caciopo The Regional News
It’s a ginormous win for a lucky lottery ticket holder and no chump change for the Palos Heights retailer who generated the golden ticket. Numbers for the $393 million jackpot, the largest Mega Millions Photos by Anthony Caciopo lotto win ever in Illinois, and the Sheila Sweeney of Oak Lawn holds aloft a sign outside Palos Township headquarters, 10802 S. Roberts Rd. in Palos Hills. Sweeney and approximately 100 fifth-largest in the nation, chugged other people rallied prior to the township’s monthly board meeting as part of continuing effort to force the resignation of Sharon Brannigan, a township off the printer last week at Nick’s trustee who posted comments on social media about Middle Eastern people that many found offensive. The meeting was cancelled. Barbecue at 12658 S. Harlem Ave. The winner has yet to be identified, but the happy proprietor has spent considerable time in the spotlight. Local and even national TV news trucks and personnel rushed to interview owner Nick Andricopulos at his popular eatery where nigan expressed admiration for President By Anthony Caciopo Trump’s family during their visit to the Regional News Editor Middle East in May. “Watching President Trump and family An overflow crowd of activists and concerned citizens broke into cheers at this morning I am so proud that they repthe Palos Township monthly meeting of resent us! Am particularly proud that our board members Monday when the meeting women are not wearing the headscarves. was cancelled moments before it was due WE AMERICAN WOMEN ARE REPRESENTED WITH DIGNITY.” to convene. Citing fire code and the Illinois Open “This is a major victory to the people,” shouted Bassem Kawar of the National Meetings Act, Township Supervisor ColNetwork for Arab American Communities leen G. Schumann stepped to the front of as he led the packed meeting room into a the room moments before the meeting was By Anthony Caciopo repeated series of calls-and-responses after set to begin Monday evening. She called Regional News Editor hearing the official word of the meeting’s it off due to the inability of the room to cancellation. “We’re going to continue to accommodate all the people present. There was a conspicuous abshut down every single meeting.” “I asked to be notified to how many sence at Tuesday’s Palos Heights Attendees were present to continue their people would be coming,” said Schumann. City Council meeting, and it wasn’t pressure on Trustee Sharon Brannigan and “I never got that notification, so unfortuamong the local officials. the Palos Township board following Bran- nately this meeting is cancelled.” Mayor? Check. Aldermen? nigan’s now-deleted social media postings Seating capacity of the room is 42. Check. Treasurer? Check. City about Muslims and Middle Easterners, Approximately 100 people were present, attorney? Check. which many people have found offensive. most of whom had to stand outside the The missing presence was the “Everywhere you turn, from Orland building. staff and equipment of Palos Park to Bridgeview, those numbers are The most recent monthly meeting, held Heights TV Channel 4, for perincreasing in leaps and bounds,” she wrote. July 10, was allowed to proceed despite haps the first time at a city council “We are allowing these people whether a similar turnout of people. Palos Townmeeting since the service was crethey have peaceful intentions or not into ship covers all or parts of Bridgeview, ated approximately 20 years ago. our country without question.” Hickory Hills, Orland Park, Palos Heights, “When people don’t see it (the Her comments also included questions Palos Hills, Palos Park, Willow Springs meeting) on TV tomorrow mornabout Muslim children enrolled in schools and Worth. ing, I’ll bet City Hall gets phone who she says lack proper documentation. The next meeting is scheduled for Sept. calls,” said Ald. Alan Fulkerson “What’s Palos doing? Why are all our 11. schools filling with Middle Eastern stuThe location of a larger venue has not Palos Township Supervisor Colleen G. Schumann calls off of Ward 3, chairperson of the Ad dents without proper documentation?” the scheduled Aug. 14 meeting because the meeting room Hoc Cable TV Committee. See MEETING, Page 2 could not accommodate the crowd of would-be attendees. In another now-deleted post, BranThe problem? A staffing short-
Crowd sees Palos Twp. meeting cancelled
Official claims board was not informed about turnout
the affable and humble family man talked about his good fortune. He will be paid $500,000 for selling the winning ticket. “We’re very excited and happy,” he said. “Happy for the winner. We got great exposure over the weekend. Customers are happy, they’re buying more tickets. It’s all good.” The winning numbers of 23, 33, 53, 56, 58 and 06 were drawn and a “lottery junkie” employee of Andricopulos’ noticed the Harlem Ave. store produced the winning ticket. Nick’s has five locations throughout the southwest suburbs, including his original restaurant in Oak Lawn he opened 31 years ago. “I got the news from one of our managers at about midnight Friday night/Saturday morning,” said Andricopulos. “He’s kind of a lottery junkie and he was following it. It was a really big See LOTTERY, Page 2
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POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK DUI Theresa A. Walker, 34, of Gurnee, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 12:55 am. Aug. 5, in the 9600 block of West 123rd Street. Police said she was found slumped over the steering wheel, in the intersection. They said she did not wake up until they broke the passenger window to stop the car when it started rolling. She failed field sobriety tests, and was also charged with improper lane usage, improper parking, possession of cannabis and illegal transportation of alcohol. Police said an open can of beer was found in the center console, as well as several more in a blue cooler on the front seat, and 5.6 grams of marijuana was found in her makeup case. Court information was not available. Rytis Gravetis, 25, of Lemont, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 2:36 a.m. Aug. 6, at Route 83 and Southwest Highway. Police said he registered .183 blood-alcohol count on a breath test, and was also cited for dis-
obeying traffic control device. He is due in court on Aug. 25. Bartlomiej Tukindorf, 21, of Homer Glen, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol at 12:50 a.m. Aug. 9. At 119th Street and LaGrange Road. Police said he registered .152 blood-alcohol count on a breath test. He was also charged with improper lane usage and driving without insurance. He is due in court on Aug. 25.
Suspended license Ellis Hardy Jr., 25, of Calumet Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license following a traffic stop at 1:53 p.m. Aug. 5, in the 7900 block of West 127th Street. Police said he was also arrested on an outstanding warrant from Chicago for assault.
Unlicensed driving Martin E. Farrell, 31, Western Springs, was charged with driving without a valid license following a three-car accident at 12:40 p.m. Aug. 6, at 127th and Southwest Highway. No injuries were reported. He is due in court on Aug. 25.
POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Charge two with driving drunk Orland Park police charged Brooke E. Wehmer, 26, of Tinley Park, with DUI/alcohol and drugs and speeding after police curbed her car near 143rd Street and Harlem Avenue at 3:54 a.m. July 17. Her vehicle was spotted traveling at 75 mph, nearly double the posted limit, according to the police report. A search of her purse yielded three bottles of prescription medications, each of which contained warnings to avoid alcohol while using them, police added. The car was towed and impounded, and the police report did not indicate a court date. Orland Park resident Thomas J. Powers Jr., 55, was charged with DUI, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and operating an uninsured motor vehicle after police investigated a two-vehicle crash near 156th Street and LaGrange Road at 9:01 p.m. July 7. His SUV reportedly crashed into the back of a car at the site. Neither Powers nor the two people in the other vehicle required medical attention, according to the police report. The SUV was towed and seized, and Powers is expected to appear in court in Bridgeview today.
Man forged name to buy car, police say Chicago resident Carmichael C. Myles, 26, was charged with one felony count of forgery after he allegedly used a fictitious name and a fake driver’s license to apply for credit to purchase a car at Joe Rizza Acura, 8150 W. 159th St., at 4:50 p.m. July 19. Myles was due at a bond hearing the following day.
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Continued from Page 1 been determined. “It will be posted on the door and on our website,” said Schumann as the noise level in the meeting room grew. Another township representative present also mentioned notification will be posted “in the newspaper. We’re just trying to find a facility that will fit a lot of people,” he said. Upon Schumann’s departure, Kawar said into a microphone “We’ll be back next month,” as some of the attendees questioned why Brannigan was not present. “She couldn’t even show her face,” said an unidentified woman in the crowd. “They (the board) knew we were coming back,” said Tammy Georgiou of Palos Hills, who had stood up to shout after the meeting was cancelled. “They purposely did not prepare, because their plan was (to cancel the meeting).” The evening began, like on July 10, with a rally in the parking lot an hour before the scheduled start of the meeting. Multiple speakers addressed the crowd and protestors stood along Roberts Road, holding signs aloft to grab the attention of motorists. Diane Bruske, a Mokena resident and a member of Southwest Suburban Activists, was among the first to take the microphone. “Private citizens have every right to publish racist and bigoted statements, and to enjoy membership with online anti-Muslim hate groups,” said Bruske. “Yet, as township trustee, Ms. Brannigan is charged with being a ‘citizen official’ to act in consideration of
Defendants mull plea deal in murder trial By Dermot Connolly Staff Writer
Prosecutors last Thursday offered a plea deal to three people still awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges in a botched 2016 Palos Park home invasion. The three co-defendants, Brandy Marshall, 20; her sister, Paige Marshall, 22; and their Brandy Marshall Paige Marshall Tyler Gulli friend, Tyler Gulli, 24, appeared Friday before scheduled to be sentenced last Thursday also. Cook County Judge Stephen Connolly, where However, she fired her attorney after the guilty a trial date was to have been set. verdict, so the sentencing was delayed. Her In the courtroom, according to published re- new attorneys, Steven and Joshua Richards, ports, Cook County prosecutor Nick D’Angelo filed a motion seeking a new trial. Her next offered 18-year sentences to all three if they court date is Sept. 12. plead guilty. Each would be required to serve All four were charged in a July 5, 2016 85 percent of that (amounting to 15 years and incident that allegedly began as a sex tryst three months), with credit for time served in arranged by Risner and Brandy Marshall with Cook County Jail, where they are currently a resident of the 11000 block of West 118th being held. Street. The four were charged with the murder A fourth co-defendant, Sarah Risner, 21, of the fifth person, Anthony Dalton, 19, who was found guilty of first-degree murder on was shot to death by the homeowner, a regisJune 29, following a bench trial. She faces tered gun owner who has not been charged or between 20 and 60 years in prison, and was named. They were charged because the death
allegedly occurred during the commission of a forcible felony. Prosecutors allege that Risner drove her four friends from Crown Point, Ind., to the Palos Park residence, where the man had agreed to pay the women $350 for sex. But prosecutors said the five plotted to beat up and rob him instead. Their plan went awry after the women attempted to go outside to retrieve condoms from the car, and the homeowner noticed Gulli and Dalton on the porch holding knives and wearing bandannas over their faces. According to police, he shot the men, killing Dalton and hitting Gulli in the leg. Prosecutors said Risner turned down the same deal offered the others. According to reports, if any of the defendants accept the offer, they will be required to testify against those who don’t. The co-defendants’ attorneys said last week that they needed time to discuss the state’s offer with their clients. Paige and Brandy Marshall are due back in court Aug. 22, and Gulli’s next appearance is set for Aug. 29.
Armed man disables homeowner, steals jewelry Police are investigating a home invasion that took place Tuesday morning in the 9400 block of Boardwalk Lane. The Orland Park Police Department responded at 9:52 a.m. and were told by a 68-year-old male victim that he was home alone when a lone suspect entered his home via an open garage door. Upon entering the home, the suspect immediately confronted the victim and sprayed the victim with a substance similar to pepper spray,
an reported that someone smashed the driver’s-side passenger window of her Lexus as it sat parked outside Goodwill, 7400 W. 159th St., while she shopped from 7:45 to about 8:34 p.m. July 14. The victim told police that the burglar had stolen a backpack with a nail stylist machine inside and a black Continued from Page 1 bag containing $200 cash. Bill 1 directs funding toward 27 Apple Store security guard charged with theft key elements — such as class size, availability of full-day kindergarA 35-year-old Crestwood man ten and teacher training opportuemployed as an overnight security nities — that positively impact guard at the Apple Store in Orland student achievement. Based on Square Mall was charged with fel- the individual school district’s ony theft after he allegedly stole needs, a minimum adequacy tarthree iPhones worth $599 each get is determined to help ensure from a store stockroom. Yancey students in every school district L. Walker was arrested after police get a high-quality education. Landek said Rauner’s amendasaid that store surveillance video showed him committing the crime on July 9. He was arrested eight days later at the store. Walker was due at a bond hearing the Continued from Page 1 following day. said the bill would not help their Dog left in 100-degree districts much. The best thing they SUV, police charge could say was that it would not Police charged University Park hurt them, either. Not this year, resident Natalie C. Jenkins, 40, anyway. “No school funding reform bill with confinement in a motor vein the last decade has benefited hicle after she allegedly left her terrier in her SUV outside Ross Palos 118, including Senate Bill Dress For Less, 120 Orland Park 1,” said Dr. Anthony M. Scarsella, Place, at 5:50 p.m. July 18. Re- superintendent of Palos School sponding to a 911 call in 94-degree District 118, when asked about weather, police said they found the it this week. His district includes Palos South dog in the vehicle, with windows Middle School and Palos West Eleopen only about an inch. They mentary School in Palos Park, and used a tool to unlock a door on Palos East Elementary in Palos the SUV and said the dog was Heights. panting, had no access to water, “In fact, most funding reform and was in 100-degree heat inside. measures debated before the GenPolice said they located Jenkins eral Assembly actually reduced inside the discount clothier and the few state dollars our schools alerted her to the situation. She receive. What Senate Bill 1 does was set to appear at a hearing include is a hold-harmless proviat the Orland Park Civic Center sion that would freeze our state on Aug. 8. aid at current levels. That’s about as good as we can hope for in our area. Both the original version of the bill and the governor’s amenevery resident of her town.” Late last month, Brannigan datory veto have the same impact stepped down from the Cook on Palos 118. County Commission on Women’s Issues. County Board President Toni Preckwinkle had publically called on her to resign, citing the Continued from Page 1 controversial social media posts, jackpot and he wanted to know although Brannigan claimed she where it was sold. He went to the had already resigned the position lottery’s website and texted me.” because she could not give the Andricopulos was sleeping but commission the proper attention. he said he’s usually awake well Following the cancelled meet- past midnight. ing, as the crowd milled outside “It just happened to be that I was township headquarters, Nareman a little tired, half asleep, watching Taha of Arab American Family TV, but after I got his text there Services, with offices in Brid- wasn’t much sleep. It was followed geview, said “We are disappointed by a phone call, then another phone with the trustees of Palos Township call….” he said with a smile, his but I think our message has been voice trailing off. consistent, and so will our actions. Nick’s has been open in Palos We will continue to come back Heights for 24 years and has sold as a community. No matter what lottery tickets of many kinds for faith, what race, no one wants hate about 10 years, Andricopulos said. in their community. We all stand Previously, the largest score a lotfor caring for each other as one tery player has made at Nick’s humanity. was a $10,000 prize about five “At the end of the day, I’m just or six years ago, he said. surprised a trustee like her is not Andricopulos’ wife, Nancy, was representing all her constituents,” the first person he told. said Taha. “It’s sad, it breaks my “We’re pretty calm in general, heart that she doesn’t respect (all) but we were definitely excited, her constituents. She doesn’t see kind of in disbelief,” he said. that we are generations of Arab Still, his laid-back nature didn’t Americans who have invested their let him get too worked up over blood, their time, their effort to the big news. build the community and here she “You’ve got to do something!” is, dismissing us. he said Nancy told him. “She “We’re here and we intend to wouldn’t let me sleep,” laughed come back,” said Taha. Andricopulos. “I was like ‘It will Palos Township government be there in the morning’.” provides a variety of services to News of the win spread all all or parts of Bridgeview, Hickory the way to South America, and Hills, Orland Park, Palos Heights, possibly beyond, even before TV Palos Hills, Palos Park, Willow crews had made their broadcasts. Springs and Worth. Andricopulos’ son has a friend in
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said police. The suspect was also armed with an unknown-type handgun, according to a news bulletin issued by the department. The suspect then searched the home for valuables. After being in the home for approximately 10 minutes, the offender exited the home with a limited amount of jewelry, according to police. After the offender exited the residence, the victim was able to reach a phone and called 911. The Orland Park Police had no reason to believe that the offender remained in the area,
the department said in its statement. However, as a precaution, police searched the nearby area with the help of the Cook County Sherriff ’s Police bloodhound, Orland Hills police officers and a police helicopter. The offender is described as being a male white, thin build, 5’09” to 6’00” tall, wearing a mask similar to a ski mask. The Orland Park Police are requesting that anyone who can assist with identifying the offender contact them at (708) 349-4111.
tory veto removes the minimum funding level guaranteed in Senate Bill 1, creating uncertainty by tying funding to enrollment numbers. The veto also pits schools against economic development efforts by removing protections for school districts that lie within Tax Increment Financing districts, he added. Rauner’s veto was signed despite reports from his education secretary that the governor supported “90 percent” of the bill. On top of that, he vetoed the bill even though it was based on the ideas
of a commission he appointed, as he claimed it was a “Chicago bailout.” But Landek said that is false, as 268 schools see a greater per-pupil funding increase than Chicago Public Schools. Schools throughout the suburbs would see considerable funding increases per Senate Bill 1. Those include Argo High School District 217 (gain of $227,413), Oak Lawn 229 and Oak Lawn-Hometown 123 (combined gain of more than $281,000), Community High School District 218 (gain
of $409,448), and High School District 230 (gain $209,930). “The bottom line is Senate Bill 1 is an effective and dynamic reform. It’s already passed the legislature, so Sunday’s vote was simply a rejection of the governor’s hastily crafted amendatory veto,” Landek said. After the Senate’s action, the House has 15 days to act on Rauner’s amendatory veto. They were scheduled to take up the matter on Wednesday.
“Thanks to our board’s prudent financial management, regardless of what happens with Senate Bill 1, our schools will open on time and remain open during the impasse. Our school board had the foresight to save when it was able, so if a financial crisis hit, the school district could continue to operate using cash reserves. That financial crisis is now and that’s exactly what we will do,” said the superintendent. “Our hearts go out to those school districts reliant on state dollars to open and remain open. Palos 118 stands ready to assist them in any way we can. We urge our elected leaders to stop using school children as political pawns and do the job they were elected to do by adequately and equitably funding public schools,” Scarsella added. Dr. Dawn Green, superintendent of Palos Heights School District 128, said that while her district is not as dependent on state funding as many other districts, it did feel the pinch caused by the lack of a state budget last year. “We are not very reliant on state funding, we still get around nine percent of our total revenue from
the state,” said Green, whose district includes Navaho Heights and Indian Hill schools, Chippewa Elementary School, and Independence Junior High. “It affected us last year by giving us fewer payments than we were owed, so that we received less money from the state than we anticipated in our budget. I am unsure about when these payments will be made up or when the ones we are supposed to get for this year will start. They are already so behind from last year. It does force us to more closely evaluate our expenditures and even put things on hold, depending upon the timing of the revenue coming in. It is something that we are constantly monitoring.” Green said the state’s education funding situation creates the need to place “a greater reliance on local revenue from property taxes as well as other local revenue through organizations such as parent faculty association and local grant funding. Unfortunately, school districts who are far more reliant on state funding, are impacted at an even greater degree.” The situation in Springfield is being closely watched by leaders
of high school districts as well. “We are for fair and equitable funding for all schools, and it is the Legislature’s responsibility to provide funding for public education,” said Dr. James Gay, superintendent of School District 230, when asked about SB1 a few weeks ago, before Rauner’s amendatory veto. His district includes Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Sandburg High School in Orland Park and Andrew High School in Tinley Park. “The important thing to us is that the funding bill in its current form, would have no negative impact on our district this year. It is a ‘holds-harmless’ type of language,” said John Lavelle, assistant superintendent for business services for District 230. But he added that, how the bill would affect funding in future years is still unclear. “The concern is that to make sure that no district would lose any funding,” said Gay. “We totally agree that overall, there is just not enough state funding to go around. The main point is not to take money away from any district.”
Columbia who had heard about it. The restaurant chain is run by the family, said Andricopulos, which includes sons Steve and Mike and daughter Katie, in addition to Nancy and Nick. Some visitors who dropped in to Nick’s were ready to buy more tickets, including Bob Hemmis, who likes to play Powerball. “Oh yeah, if I had the money I spent I wouldn’t need to be playing it,” he said as he and Andricopulos reminisced about the old Roseland neighborhood in Chicago. A couple of other regular patrons enjoying lunch in one of the booths wondered if lightning could strike twice in the same spot. Debbie and Jennifer, who declined to give their last names, work on Harlem Avenue just north of the restaurant. “We come in so often, she (the counter staff) knows what we order,” they laughed. “You never know, but it’ll probably never happen again,” they said of the huge lottery win. Andricopulos says his plans for the $500,000 winnings include a trip to mark his and Nancy’s 40th wedding anniversary next year, “Possibly an African safari, maybe Europe or Greece. Other than that,” he said, “probably putting it back into the business, possibly an expansion.” As for the yet-unidentified winner, one rumor around town has the winning ticket being a Palos Heights resident living in…well, it’s not for The Regional News to
Photo by Anthony Caciopo
Nick Andricopulos chats with one of his many regular customers and lottery ticket buyers at Nick’s Barbecue, The Place for Ribs at 12658 S. Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights.
idly fuel the gossip mill, is it? Perhaps we’ll leave that to Facebook. But for Nick Andricopulos, “Many people have said ‘You
work so hard, you deserve it’ (the retailer’s share). That probably means more to me than they money.”
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Palos Park board OKs temporary signage extension for businesses By Michael Gilbert Correspondent
Despite strong opposition from one commissioner, Palos Park officials Monday approved amending an ordinance allowing certain businesses impacted by the LaGrange Road construction to continue displaying the temporary signage that adorns the roadway through the end of the year. The village council voted 4-1 to grant businesses on LaGrange Road from Creek Road to 131st Street the option to continue using the temporary signs. Commissioner Dan Polk cast the lone vote against after stating he “hates” the temporary signs, which are mainly of the feather flag and banner variety. In 2014 as construction on LaGrange Road was pending, Palos Park officials OK’d the temporary sign ordinance to allow business owners to bring greater visibility to their stores while the roadwork was taking place, according to Palos Park Village Manager Rick Boehm. As the construction took longer than expected, village officials twice granted extensions to ordinance, Boehm noted. Although the construction on LaGrange Road is all but complete, Boehm said the business owners in the Shoppes at Mill Creek asked the village to grant an extension and allow the usage of the temporary signs until Jan. 1, 2018 “so sales can return to their preconstruction norms.” “We don’t want to keep a lot
of signage all over town but this did help the businesses,” Boehm told the council. “They’d like to go a few [more] months and see where their sales can go.” The request did not sit well with Polk. “I hate those signs,” he said. “They are ugly, they are amateur and while I understand they think they improve their business LaGrange is back to normal now.” Prior to vote, Mayor John Mahoney suggested the village make it clear to the business owners this is the final extension to the ordinance. Boehm said he already notified the business owners and they understand the temporary signs will need to be removed at the end of the year. “The look and feel of Palos Park is not to allow temporary signs out there,” Boehm said. “The business owners totally understand that. They understand this was a pretty good gift the council gave them. “With the construction forcing traffic back and forth the shop owners wanted [the signs] to remind people they are still there.” As part of the ordinance, businesses were only allowed to display a sign every other month and only four businesses located at the Shoppes at Mill Creek could display a sign at the same time, Boehm said. “There is still a limit,” Boehm told The Regional News after the meeting. “Not everyone can throw a sign up at the same time.” In other news, the council voted unanimously to approve Mayor Mahoney’s recommendation to
reappoint three residents to the village’s Tree Body and a pair to Palos Park’s Police Pension Board. Marjy Gilbert was reappointed to the Tree Body to a term expiring June 1, 2018, while Frank Thorp and Patricia Johnson were appointed to terms expiring June 1, 2020. “These are three members who have been serving for quite a while and making a major contribution to our Tree Body,” Mahoney said. The Palos Park Tree Body was established nearly 25 years ago to promote the preservation and reforestation of the Village, according to information on the village’s website, www.palospark. org. Tree Body members work with the Public Works Department to make recommendations on the planting, caring and removing of trees in Palos Park. The Tree Body meets at 8 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Kaptur Administrative Center. Residents Bill Flowers and Tom Donovan were reappointed to the Police Pension Board to terms set to expire on June 1, 2019. “These are two gentlemen who have also made major contributions,” Mahoney said. “We thank them and we are happy they are serving again.” The Police Pension Board oversees the rights and benefits of the Union beneficiaries of the Police Pension Fund. The board meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday in January, April, July and October at the Kaptur Administrative Center.
Palos Park Woman’s Club, Rec Dept. join August 23rd Palos Farmers Market The Palos Park Woman’s Club will join the August 23 Palos Heights Farmers Market with their annual white elephant and jewelry sale. Stop by the group’s tent to find that hidden treasure, and help the organization with their fundraising efforts to benefit local charities. Information about group membership and upcoming events and activities will be provided. The Palos Heights Recreation Department will also be on hand with information about fall programs for children, teens and adults. Details about music and art classes, athletics, fitness and dancing classes for all age groups, outings and more can be found right at the Rec Center table. At this week’s visit, the Rec. Department will be holding a one-month fitness membership and a five-punch group fitness pass raffle. Thank you to all who attended the August 9th Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) String Quartet concert! Thank you also to the very talented musicians who played for nearly an hour-and-a-half. The Orchestra will be performing its 40th season at its new venue, the Trinity Christian College Ozinga Chapel. Informational brochures will be available at the City Tent, at ipomusic.org or by calling 708481-7774. Our dedicated face painters must return to school! The market is incredibly thankful to Lauren, Grace, Amanda, Cassie and Cate for their beautiful designs and artwork that made many children happy all summer long. All the best as you start a new school year. Produce continues to be incredibly delicious and abundant! Summer and early fall fruits and
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Continued from Page 1 watch at their convenience. Voice amplification with wireless microphones has been provided by Channel 4 at the temporary meeting room the city council began using last month while the regular meeting room at city hall is undergoing a full remodeling. In the regular meeting room, built-in microphones were stationed at each official’s seated position but in the much larger temporary space, voices of the elected officials can be easily lost without the amplification provided by Channel 4. Council meetings are being held temporarily in the Orchard Room at the Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th Street. The Orchard Room is a remodeled former school auditorium, much larger and with a much higher ceiling than the regular meeting room at city hall. With a push underway for more volunteers to staff Channel 4, Ald. Fulkerson laid out the basics. “The requirement is that you come in, be willing to learn, be a team player and participate,” he said. No previous experience in TV production is necessary.
vegetables are in the market in large amounts. Fruits include early fall apples, raspberries, cherries, apricots, plums, peaches, nectarines, melons and watermelons, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, beans, beets, carrots, eggplant, onions, corn, summer and early fall squashes and more. Large selections of food items are also at the market on a weekly basis. They include breads, multiple types of bakery items, pies, noodles, cheeses, eggs, butter, jams, jellies, local honey, olive oils, vinegars, beef, pork, chicken, salsas, pasta, BBQ sauces, Italian peppers, three different varieties of ready-toeat tamales, pizza and pizza products, ready-to-bake pizza, pesto, organic and vegan frozen vegetable patties, soups, desserts, coffee and lattes, peanuts and roasted cashews. Our vendors also have beautiful perennial and annual plants, herbs and fresh-cut flowers. Finally, get ready for fall tailgate barbeques and parties with the Pampered Chef, who has everything you will need. The market’s Facebook page will showcase all available produce at the start of the market day. Search “Palos Heights Farmers Market.”
Shop early for best selection. At the City Tent, make sure to pick up, and have endorsed, your Frequent Shopper Card. Receive double credit on your card every week for donations of either canned goods or fresh produce. Canned donations are given to Palos Methodist Church Food Pantry, 12108 S. Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights. Fresh produce is delivered to Operation Blessing, 4901 W. 128th Pl., Alsip. LINK cards are also accepted at the market. Please stop by the City Tent to start the process. Also while at the City Tent, pick up this week’s recipe, “Corn on the Cob” courtesy of Dr. John Principe, M.D. of WellbeingMD Center for Life. This and some previous year’s recipes will be available. Previous year’s recipes can be found at wellbeingmd.com and palosheights.org. New to the market in 2017, gift certificates are available for purchase. They make great gifts! They can be purchased for $5 and can be used at the vendors. The market would like to thank this year’s Palos Heights Farmers market sponsors. They include Dr. John Principe, M.D. of Wellbeing MD Center for Life; Palos Health; The Private Bank; CNB Bank and Trust; United Trust Bank; City of Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz; Running for Kicks; Golden Shoes and Camille’s Confections. Additional information about the market can be found at palosheights.org, by emailing farmersmarket@palosheights.org, joining the market’s Facebook page or calling (708)-361-1800.
The dedicated Palos Heights cable channel was conceived at a time when it wasn’t uncommon for city council meetings to go well past midnight, recalled Fulkerson, who became an alderman in 1997. “I thought a way to begin to combat that dysfunction was to let people see what was happening,” he said. “I went to Dean Koldenhoven who was the mayor and said ‘this is what I want to do’ and he gave me his blessing.” Fulkerson met with Comcast and with the League of Women Voters to get the ball rolling. The League agreed to staff the new operation in the beginning. “We had one camera. We filmed the city council meetings. We weren’t live. We would put them on cable the following day, or two days later, and the meetings were available for people to see.” Some 20 years later, the operation has grown considerably. “We’ve got 24-hour programing, live interviews with merchants, investing, cooking, things going on with Moraine Valley Community College, Trinity Christian College, the high schools and the library. “Nobody’s got a program to beat ours,” Fulkerson said. Local residents interested in learning more about volunteer
opportunities at Palos Heights TV Channel 4 are invited to call Ron Jankowski at (708) 480-3013 or send an email to PHTVChannel4@gmail.com In other news from the meeting, a dispute between local resident Kathy Lovitt and Ald. Jerry McGovern of Ward 4 continued without resolution. McGovern strongly objected to a portion of a Memorial Day address Lovitt delivered at the official Palos Heights ceremony. At the June 6 city council meeting, McGovern said “I felt very insulted when she began her essay denouncing the government of the United States. I pray to god that woman never, ever says another thing in a public forum sponsored by this city.” Lovitt says she did not denounce the government, that she just “mildly stated my concerns.” She spoke at the July 18 city council meeting, which McGovern did not attend due to vacation plans, and at Tuesday night’s meeting, insisting on an apology and a written retraction. “I’ll answer your question for you very simply,” said McGovern as Lovitt spoke. “I will not retract my statement.” Lovitt then thanked McGovern
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DEATH NOTICE Donald F. Nagel Donald F. Nagel, 56, an employee of Southwest Regional Publishing, died suddenly Aug. 8 at his home in LaGrange Park. Mr. Nagel was born and raised in Chicago’s Clearing and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods. He attended St. Rene Goupil elementary school and Kennedy high school, both in the neighborhood. “He was a great dad, always there for us,” said his son, Bryan. “He took my brother and I to Little League practice after he got off work.” Mr. Nagel was passionate about music, his son said. “It all started with The Beatles, for him and his brothers, and it went from there. Led Zeppelin, others. They would wait for each new album to come out. He would tell me of all the concerts he went to, hundreds of them,” Bryan said. Another of his longtime interests was sports. “He loved the Cubs, Blackhawks and Bears—in that order,” said Bryan. “He was a Cubs fan since he was a kid and last year (the World Series victory) was definitely his favorite moment as a sports fan.” Mr. Nagel’s overflow wake prompted his son to
say “There’s lots of friends here from the neighborhood. The common thing I hear from people is that no one ever had anything bad to say about him.” Speaking further about the devotion his dad had from the many people who knew him, Bryan said “So many people have told me that he was their best friend.” At Southwest Regional Publishing, Mr. Nagel worked as a second pressman. His anonymous work was displayed for thousands of readers weekly on the pages of all the company’s family of publications, including The Regional News, The Reporter, Desplaines Valley News and his old neighborhood’s local paper, the Southwest News-Herald. Mr. Nagel’s survivors, in addition to his son, Bryan (Amy) include his wife, Tammy T. (nee Marshall); another son, Christopher; brothers, Michael (Pam) and Kenny “Hondosh”; sisters, Karyn (Randy) and Pammy (Mikey); granddaughter, Kailey and many nieces and nephews. Services were Monday from Ridge Funeral Home in Chicago to St. Rene Church for Mass. Interment took place at Resurrection Cemetery.
View eclipse at Palos Heights Library This century’s first total eclipse to cross the entire continental United States will take place Monday afternoon and the Palos Heights Library will be the place to safely view most of it. From a Chicago-area vantage point, the solar eclipse will approach near-totality—about 89 percent, according to experts. An experience of 100 percent can be had by traveling south in Illinois, to the Carbondale area, where hotels and campsites have been sold out, reportedly for weeks. Here in the southwest suburbs, however, there will still be plenty of interest in the rare occurrence of the moon moving directly between Earth and the sun, blocking almost all the sun’s light for approximately two-and-a-half minutes and potentially turning day into nearly night. The last time such an eclipse could be seen across the continental U.S. was 1918. A similar eclipse occurred in 1979, but only in a portion of the U.S. The phenomenon is not expected again over North America until 2024, although it may occur over oceans and remote areas. Other types of solar eclipses occur, but are not total. Partial eclipses are common—in fact, because Monday’s eclipse will not be “total” in the Chicago area, it counts as a partial eclipse. Annual eclipses also feature the moon directly between the Earth and sun, but the moon is too far away from Earth to give the look of covering the sun. At 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 the Palos Heights Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. will begin its solar eclipse program, hosted by the Youth Service Department. The program will demonstrate an eclipse inside the library and then move outside for viewing with safety glasses. All are welcome to attend. The entire eclipse process will actually extend from approximately 11:54 a.m. to 2:42 p.m., with near-totality from 1:18 to 1:21. At the Palos Park Library, 12330 Forest Glen Blvd., a very limited number of safety glasses can be checked out with a book about space. And at Shepard High School, 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Palos Heights, teacher Nick Bax will for his service in the military and acknowledged his on-field appearance last Sunday during a White Sox game in which he was honored as “Hero of The Game,” a ceremony spotlighting a military veteran between innings at each Sox home game. McGovern, who fought in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Marine Corps, thanked Lovitt as she concluded those words and prepared to leave the meeting.
take students outside during the eclipse. Using their iPads, which all Shepard students have, and its built-in camera, students will turn their backs to the eclipse to record the event safely. Safe viewing of the eclipse is stressed highly by experts. “The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as ‘eclipse glasses’ or hand-held solar viewers,” as explained on the NASA website. “Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun; they transmit thousands of times too much sunlight. “Do not look at the sun through a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or hand-
held solar viewer. The concentrated solar rays will damage the filter and enter your eye(s), causing serious injury,” according to NASA. A danger people face from looking directly at the sun, during an eclipse or otherwise, is solar retinopathy, said ophthalmologist Gary V. Rubin, M.D. who has offices near Chicago Midway Airport. The damage an individual can sustain includes “a blind spot or an extended blind spot. There is a high percentage of permanent eye damage. There is no treatment and the damage is irreversible,” said Rubin. More information about the Palos Heights Library’s eclipse event can be obtained by calling (708) 448-1473.
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Last-minute games harm education funding reform Chicago has vast property wealth and the largest population by far in Illinois. But it also has a large amount of that property wealth locked up in Tax Increment Financing districts. According to figures released last week by the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Chicago has over half of the $12.4 billion in statewide equalized assessed valuation locked up in TIF districts. About 8.6 percent of the city’s total EAV is in a TIF district, well above the statewide average of 3.95 percent, but only the seventh-highest percentage in the state (29 percent of Clinton County’s EAV is in TIF districts, making it the leader going away). And partly because Chicago is by far the largest city covered under state tax cap laws, the city’s public schools were able to claim $125 million in state adjustment benefits in Fiscal Year 2016 for districts with property tax caps, according to numbers crunched by the Taxpayers Federation of Illinois. But the way the laws are written, that $125 million was most of the $141 million claimed by all school districts in Illinois. The total amount was expected to drop by more than half during Fiscal Year 2017. When valuations go up, so does the subsidy. In 2010, CPS’ subsidy was almost $444 million to account for “lost” revenue due to the tax caps. Elgin’s school district was second that year, at $18.3 million, but it wasn’t even in the top 15 last year. The governor’s amendatory veto of SB1, the school funding reform bill, would slash state funding to school districts that are within TIF districts and covered under property tax caps. That seems counter-intuitive for this governor, who has railed against high local property taxes since first announcing for office. While he denied it last week, it’s clear he wants to force local school districts to raise their property taxes to avoid state funding cuts. Why would he do that? Chicago Public Schools funding, obviously. The governor has often put CPS in the middle of his Statehouse wars. One of the events that motivated him to run for higher office was the successful Chicago Teachers Union strike, which angered him to no end. And he’s clearly looking for leverage in the wake of the budget and tax hike veto overrides. That’s not to say the Democrats aren’t playing the same sort of game. They added even more money to SB1 for CPS when the bill finally reached the House and then jammed it through on a mostly partisan roll call. The Illinois State Board of Education said it had finished its numbers crunching of Rauner’s amendatory veto last week, but then found some data mistakes, so as of this writing we don’t know what the numbers are, but you can bet that CPS will take a big hit. The bigger question is how many suburban and Downstate districts will be slammed by this amendatory veto. Ford County, which is within Sen. Jason Barickman’s district, has the second highest percentage of assessed valuation in a TIF district in the state, over 10 percent of its EAV. Barickman (R-Bloomington) is the lead Senate Republican negotiator on education funding reform. Politically, this could be quite problematic. These sorts of negotiations take years to complete. First, you have to convince people to open a nasty can of worms - which isn’t easy because so many folks have vested interests in the status quo and have cut little deals over the years to sweeten their own pots. Then you have to convince everybody to create a whole new can of worms. And then you have to actually do it. It isn’t easy. Education funding reform has taken at least four years to get this far. Barickman has suggested that perhaps TIF districts created in the future could trigger a change to state aid. But even that could be a heavy lift at this late stage, with schools about to open. Fiddling now with TIF and property tax caps could require a rewrite of the whole bill to achieve the bipartisan goals that were laid down at the outset of this monstrous task. A last-minute amendatory veto isn’t the right way to go. If the governor wanted this stuff, he had over two years to bring it to the bargaining table. And the same goes for the House’s last-minute add-ons from the end of May. What they should probably do is back up and run a bill that’s as close to the Senate-approved version as possible.
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RICH MILLER
Senior citizens need to be treated better Now that I am a senior, I don’t like the way seniors are treated. I guess I just took all of the signs promising senior care and discounts for granted when I wasn’t a senior. So how would I know how bad it really is until I start wearing senior shoes? The other day I walked into a restaurant and they offered me a “Senior Discount.” I won’t name them. The price of the breakfast was about 30 percent cheaper than a regular breakfast I wanted to order, but they said I could get the discount. Great, I thought. I can get the same meal with a savings because I am a senior. Ah, but that’s not the reality. The reality is that they cut the price 30 percent but cut the food in half. I got 50 percent less food for 20 percent more price. That’s not a discount. That’s being cheated. Maybe they think that just because I am a senior, I can’t do the math or I can’t count anymore? Unfortunately, a lot of the “discounts” are really new math crafted to take advantage of seniors and make them think they are getting a discount when they’re not getting a discount at all. A lot of seniors I know hate the Internet. They are the last public constituency to join Facebook, which I think is really a great benefit for senior citizens. On Facebook, seniors can stay in touch with relatives who might live far away and are too
RAY HANANIA busy to visit as often as one might want. You can communicate and view photos of your relatives and your friends. The downside, of course, is that the crooks who try target seniors work extra hard on the Internet to steal your money. So many seniors limit what they do on the Internet. But that causes a problem. For example, the bank where I have my home mortgage gives mortgage holders a significant percentage discount on their interest if they do their banking online and pay their mortgage payments using the Internet. So if many seniors are not using the Internet, or afraid to use the Internet, that means seniors are being cheated out of that discount. I don’t think that is fair. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle obviously doesn’t care too much about seniors, either. She passed the repressive soda pop and sweetened drink tax, which is the tax equivalent of 1 cent per ounce of the drink.
A 20 ounce drink, a standard size drink, would cost 20 cents more in taxes. Ouch! Seniors drink a lot of pop. That means seniors are paying a lot more for their drinks these days, thanks to Toni Preckwinkle. There was one place where I really got a good discount. We went to the Grand Canyon last month and while entering the park, the U.S. Park Services officer said that because I was a senior, I could get a lifetime membership card to get in to every federally run park for only $10. And sure enough, when we went to Dinosaur Monument in Jensen, Utah, the pass got the family in for free, because I am a senior. Sometimes we unfairly criticize government, expecting too much, when seniors should be more careful about the experiences we have locally with restaurants, or retail outlets. And then sometimes, we don’t criticize government enough, like when they hammer us with a stupid tax on soda pop and make the dumb claim that it’s to keep us healthy. Yeah, right! Ray Hanania is an award-winning former Chicago City Hall reporter, columnist and author. Email him at rghanania@ gmail.com.
READERS WRITE Investigate the president, yet ignore transgressions by others?
Dear Editor, We don’t expect politicians to keep their campaign promises. They over-promise and under-perform. When we elect a person who actually does Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, what they promised, the opand CapitolFax.com. position and even some in the same party become concerned, especially if they’re part of the establishment. The “swamp” in Washington, D.C. is populated by former politicians who are now lobbyists with loads of money to buy favors for their employers. When a businessman come in attempting to run the government like a business and eliminate waste and inefficienOwned and operated by Southwest Regional Publishing Co. cy, he and his administration are investigated with a new Mark Hornung, Chief Operating Officer allegation every month even when the previous investigaThe Business Side The News Side tion was a non-issue and has Donna Brown, Sales Director Anthony Caciopo, Editor proven nothing. Monica Cotter, Finance Director Dermot Connolly, Reporter The establishment will not Debbie Perrewe, Classified Manager Jeff Vorva, Sports Editor Mike Russell, Production Director Lauren Ziemann, Art Director investigate a former candidate Rita Crosley, Pre-press Manager Chuck Ingwersen, Designer who gave away 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia and Southwest Regional Publishing received $150 million donated 12243 S. Harlem Ave. to her foundation by Russia. In Palos Heights, IL 60463 addition, her husband received Phone: (708) 448-4000 four times his normal speakFax: (708) 448-4012 ing fee for speaking in Russia Website: www.theregionalnews.com while she destroyed 33,000 email: TheRegional@comcast.net emails, destroyed Blackberries and computers and hired Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fusion GPS, a highly paid Deadlines smear expert to disgrace her Editorial: Noon, Saturday • Advertising: 5 p.m., Monday opponent. Her husband met with the Subscription rates: Local, delivered by mail, $48 a year in advance. Out-of-State, $58 a year. Single copies, $1. Postmaster: Send address changes to THE REGIONAL NEWS, attorney general on the tarmac 12243 S. Harlem Ave., Palos Heights, IL 60463 and additional post offices. for 30 minutes before an FBI The Regional News cannot be responsible for the return of unsolicited material. USPS investigation was complete. 419-260 Periodical postage paid at Palos Heights, IL 60463 and additional post offices. The Democratic National Entered as periodical mail at the Post Office at Palos Heights, IL, 60643 and Convention (DNC) chairwomadditional post offices under the Act of March 3, 1879. an wouldn’t turn over their computer to the FBI even after © Entire contents copyright 2015 Southwest Regional Publishing it was hacked. Instead, after This newspaper is dedicated to the memory of the election, it was destroyed. those who gave their lives to protect America’s The IT aide was arrested by freedom of the press, whenever and however it the FBI. may be threatened. Should we believe that the
businessman who had the RNC computer turned over to the FBI, and his son who released all his emails, should be investigated or the person who hid all the evidence? Corruption is hiding everywhere in this swamp. Does this businessman need the job of attempting to make America great again? He could have retired and enjoyed his success as a builder; however, he’s spending long hours every day attempting to change the established insanity in our government. Let’s pray he will be able to drain this swamp so that we will all get honest people in government who are there to accomplish what is good for this country. Pierre Adams, Palos Park
Pay the toll for illegal U.S. immigration and unplanned pregnancy Illegal immigration and unplanned parenthood are not morally bankrupt activities. These eventualities are just part of life that come with living to millions of people. Many people not finding themselves in the jaws of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or the hot juices of paternity court can truthfully say that “there but for the grace of God go I” are fortunate. I don’t let myself think about illegal U.S. immigration too often or too long because the problem is so big and the proposed solutions are so inadequate. Millions of illegal immigrants nestle here, often with American-born children delivered on our soil through no fault of their own. Popular American thought supports building a Trump Wall along our southern border, hiring more border guards and expelling the likes of Beatriz Casillas, the mother of four
who lives in Ohio and who may be soon deported to Mexico. No benefits, no patience, no mercy. I don’t like the choices offered as solutions. Back to the car, the hotel room, the park, the beach — the millions of places where one thing leads to another and oops by gosh population happens. Back to the border, the river crossed, the fence climbed, the immigration law broken. Like in the heat of the moment when a line is crossed, or in the pursuit of a better life when a border is crossed. OK this is wrong, but moral turpitude? Not so much. St. Peter might scold us but never banish us to purgatory as a transgressor. In America, fortunately, we don’t force abortion, incarcerate or deport children who arrive in the U.S. as an innocent part of someone else’s living and life decisions. Yet, again, the transgressor was wrong, made a mistake, gave in to what seemed to be a good idea at the time. Is there no consequence? Mother Beatriz might say: “My punishment doesn’t fit the crime.” Should Beatriz lose her job, her home, her family, her common law citizenship? As a society, should we attempt to minimize the harm caused by Beatriz’ transgression? Should our immigration solution cause less harm than the immigration infraction? Not just to Beatriz but to her innocent children and to American society that inherits the problems and costs of orphaned innocents of ICE? A country that sleeps on its rights has none, paraphrasing an adage of the law and the wit of the immigration defense bar. But fellow citizens, we need
a decision on Mother Beatriz. What do you say, America? What do you say, President Donald Trump? Why not do what judges do in paternity cases born of mistake but not moral bankruptcy? Pay child support. Not indentured servitude, not an unaffordable fortune, not forever. But pay your citizenship toll, bounty, fine — by whatever name — a cost imposed on the pursuit of happiness, a cost even taxed upon the poor, the tired, and the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, recalling Emma Lazarus’ sonnet. James Gierach, Palos Park
Illinois Secretary of State says there is no room for hate I am horrified by the offensive and deadly actions committed by white supremacists yesterday in Charlottesville, Va. This is a sad reminder that bigotry and hate exist in our country. We need to do all we can to clearly denounce this kind of hatred. I know personally how deeply racism and bigotry can affect an individual. Having attended college at Alabama State in Montgomery, Ala., I personally experienced the ugliness of racism and bigotry. I urge our political, community and faith leaders, along with parents, to teach our young people that disliking anyone because of race, creed or color is the ugliest card in the deck. Racism and bigotry cannot be tolerated and must be condemned by our words and our actions. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White
BUSINESS FINANCIAL FOCUS Stay calm on the investment ‘roller coaster’ The Regional News
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Unless you live near an amusement park that does a lot of advertising, you probably didn’t know that Aug. 16 is National Roller Coaster Day. Actual roller coasters provide people with thrills. But as an investor, how can you stay calm on the “roller coaster” of the financial markets? Here are some suggestions: • Know what’s in front of you. If you’ve ever ridden a roller coaster in the dark, you may find it scarier than if you boarded it in daylight – after all, it can be unsettling not to know where you’re going. The same can be said about investing: If you have no idea what’s in front of you, you might find the journey unnerving — and if that happens, you could make panicky decisions, which
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are usually bad ones. So prepare for the inevitable market volatility — it’s a normal part of the investment landscape. • Buckle up. When you’re on a roller coaster, you need to buckle your seat belt or use a restraint. You want to have the excitement of the ride, but you certainly don’t want to take unnecessary risks. And you can enjoy some of the excitement of investing without incurring more risk than
you are comfortable with, too. One way to lower your risk level is to diversify across a range of investments — stocks, bonds, government securities, and so on. That way, if a market downturn primarily affects just one type of investment, you’ll have some protection. However, although diversification can reduce the impact of volatility on your portfolio, it can’t protect against all losses or guarantee a profit. • Choose a strategy for the journey. Different people have different ways of handling a roller coaster ride. Some like to throw their hands up, enjoying the feeling of abandon, while others hold on tightly to the bar in front of them. When you invest, you also need a strategy that works for you, and the best one may be the simplest: Buy quality investments and
hold them for the long term. How long is “long term”? It could be 10, 20, 30 years or more. Famed investor Warren Buffet says his favorite holding period is “forever.” If you’ve chosen a mix of quality investments appropriate for your risk tolerance, you may be able to hold them until either your goals change or the investments themselves undergo some transformation. • Stay for the whole “ride.” When you hop on a roller coaster, you’ve got no choice — you’re staying until the ride is over. As an investor, though, you can exit the investment world whenever you like. But if you take a “time out” from investing every time the market drops, you risk still being out of the market when it rallies — and the early stages
COMINGS & GOINGS
6 new stores opening at Chicago Ridge Mall Chicago Ridge Mall announced that six new retailers will be opening at the Chicago Ridge shopping complex this fall. Guests to the mall at 95th Street and Ridgeland Avenue will find a new children’s apparel retailer, new dessert and treat vendors, and a virtual reality ride added to the mall’s shopping, dining and entertainment experiences. “We are so pleased to bring even more opportunities for fun get-togethers at Chicago Ridge Mall,” Steven Yee, Chicago Ridge Mall general manager, said in a release. “Whether it’s enjoying a frozen or other sweet treat, shopping for back-to-school fashions or trying out the latest in digital entertainment, we’re thrilled to be adding six new experiences.” This fall, Virtual Reality Rides, will unveil VR experiences in Kohl’s Court including underwater and space adventures. Journeys Kidz opens in Center Court across from Zales, offering the latest in athletic sneakers, boots, heels and casual shoes, as well as clothing and accessories. Wireless Planet will be located in the Food Court across from Sbarro, where certified technicians will be on hand to resolve any issues and repair any damage with smartphones, computers or data recovery. La Michoacana, a Mexican ice cream and specialty treats shop, opens this fall near Sears Court across from Visionworks. In Kohl’s Court, across from Aeropostale, Cinnabon will be baking up its cinnamon-sweet confections. Doc Popcorn/Dippin’ Dots brings sweet and savory together in Center Court across from Victoria’s Secret. The lead-
BOB BONG ing maker of flash-frozen beaded ice cream, Dippin’ Dots sets up shop with its sister brand Doc Popcorn, which offers a cornucopia of flavored popcorn from Better Butter, Cheesy Cheddar and Hots Wings ‘N’ Bleu to alltime favorites Klassic Kettle and Cookies ‘N’ Cream. Photo by Bob Bong
Kenootz Pizza adds Homer Glen location Kenootz Pizza, which was established in 1988 in Midlothian, opened its second location earlier this summer in southwest suburban Homer Glen. The second location held its grand opening July 9 at 15755 S. Bell Road in the former location of Big Jim’s Pizza and A-1 Catering. The family-run business offers dine-in, delivery and carry-out as well as catering. The menu features pizza, dinners, sandwiches and chicken. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and from 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. For information, call 708-7377188.
Duke’s closes Frankfort location Duke’s Ace Hardware recently closed its location at 21150 S.
Duke’s Ace Hardware closed its Frankfort location earlier this month.
LaGrange Road in the Jewel-Osco plaza in Frankfort. The store had been open for decades in that location. A manager at the Burbank location said the Frankfort store was closed because of a recent rent increase. Accounts at the store were moved to the Burbank location, 5634 W. 87th St. Duke’s also has another store at 7610 W. 111th St. in Palos Hills.
Marie’s Cafe closes in Mount Greenwood Marie’s Cafe, which opened five years ago, shut its doors at 3660 W. 111th St. in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood community for the final time Sunday night. Owners Dean and Allison Kochert closed the popular cafe across the street from Mount Greenwood Park, citing a combination of higher vendor prices, poor sales and the new $11 Chicago minimum wage.
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The Oak Lawn couple chose the location after they decided to open a place of their own but were unsuccessful in finding the right suburban location. “We tried to locate in Oak Lawn,” he said. “We looked and looked and couldn’t find a location that worked.” They settled on a space owned by St. Xavier University that formerly was a Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream shop. Kochert decided on quick casual, a concept he was familiar with after working for years at the Italian Village and Panera. “I’ve worked for a number of fast casual restaurants,” he said when the restaurant opened in May 2012. “Marie’s is similar to Corner Bakery or Panera.” 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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of a rally are often when the biggest gains occur. Furthermore, if you keep investing during a “down” market, you’ll be buying shares when their price has dropped, which means your dollars can go further — and you’ll be following one of the basic rules of investing: “Buy low.” You can’t take out all the twists and turns of the investment road, but by following the above suggestions, you can help make the ride less stressful — and possibly more rewarding. Jim Van Howe is a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Palos Heights. His office is at 7001 W. 127th St. He can be reached at 361-3400. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
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 Riegel Wilma Tr to SCMA Blt LLC, 10239 151st St, $177,500; Lonergan Patricia M Gdn to Peinovich Natalie, 10454 Lynn Dr, Unit #150, $215,000; Dohl David S to Hosteny Michael F, 11814 Greenfield Dr, $328,000; Milani Joseph D to Roeters Abigail, 9304 Oak St, $249,000; Yuan Ronggang to Wadach Tadeusz, 9014 Timber Trails Rd, $324,000 Duda John Tr to Amberhouse Rlty LLC-Orland Pk Lincoln Series, 9105 Lincoln Ct, $671,500; First Midwest Bk Tr to Nowakowski Daniel, 15333 Royal Georgian Rd, $315,000; Oconnor Maureen to Franceschina Roy D, 15724 Orlan Brook Dr, Unit #190, $137,000; Malysa Stanley to Cieply Jaroslaw, 13729 Carolina Ln, $343,000; Lavin Mark A Tr to Belleza Marissa, 11900 Fane Ct, $357,500; Piton Krzysztof to Findysz Walter H, 7448 Ponderosa Ct, Unit #2D, $139,500; Akroush Manal to Hammad Ammar, 15705 Chesterfield Ln, $184,500; Wolf Kathy T Tr to Salman Bahloul, 13611 Howe Dr, $252,500; Kenny Michael G to Connolly Jeremiah J, 9402 Broadwalk Ln, $242,000; Wallace Kenneth R to Perez Maria, 11131 Wisconsin Ct, Unit #3C, $140,000; Flannery Patrick M to Aleweidat Ali, 13802 Timber Trails Rd, $332,500;
Ghelfi Linda M Tr to Payne Ronald E, 15660 Narcissus Ln, $340,000; Marquette Bk Tr to Varnauskas Sarunas, 7810 Teton Rd, $292,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Vahl Kersten, 13624 S Eileen Ct, $295,000; Greystone Rdg LLC to Engelthaler Laura, 11434 139th St, $571,500; Ralle Woula to Miller Charles F III, 15707 Chapel Hill Rd, $312,500; Klimke John F Tr to Ralle Woula Tr, 17814 Missouri Ct, Unit #117, $205,000; Schweers Linda S to Hannan James, 8701 168th St, $167,500; Keough Thomas P Tr to Rogers Colleen Keough Tr, 7226 153rd Pl, Unit #9, $154,000; Rogers Colleen Keough Tr to Banchak Andrew J, 7226 153rd Pl, Unit #9, $154,000; Yee Katherine Tr to Mahmood Khalid, 14531 Ravinia Ave, Unit #2S, $123,000. Palos Heights Finnegan Brian T Tr to Doody William P Tr, 7633 Arquilla Dr, Unit #76332A, $163,000; US Bk to Felinski Marek, 12910 S Seneca Rd, $230,000; Cirrus Inv Grp LLC to Sommerville Susan, 6700 W Golfview Ln, $324,000; Sargis Donna Extr to Wilkinson Richard Tr, 13318 S Country Club Ct, Unit #133181A, $167,000. Palos Park Baier John J to Splan Patrick, 8055 123rd St, $336,000; Dunning Eva M Tr to Kalant Anthony W, 12817 Circle Pky, $460,500; Burke James L to Ianakiev George, 12747 Misty Harbour Ln, $825,000; Schneider Robert J to Rice Jeffrey C, 12808 Brian Pl, $373,000.
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Crisis Center’s benefit walk draws support Staff, volunteers and supporters of the Crisis Center of South Suburbia (CSSS) laced up their walking shoes and hit the trail at Lake Katherine Nature Center Sat., Aug. 5 to raise money and awareness for the center, a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter, legal advocacy and other essential services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence. The ninth annual walk was held by the CSSS Auxiliary, co-chaired by Barbara Politano and Irene Riggio, and featured sponsorship by more than 30 area businesses. Donations are tax deductible and are still being accepted by the CCSS Auxiliary, P.O. Box 174, Palos Park, Ill. 60465. Right: Terese and Carl Bleecher are near the end of their first onemile loop around Lake Katherine. Other CSSS walkers are close behind. Far Right: Judy Harnisch of Orland Park deposits her raffle ticket before heading out on her one-mile walk. “It’s a good cause,” she said of CSSS. “I’ve donated many times over the years and I just want to help out.” Photos by Anthony Caciopo
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DEATH NOTICES June Schneider
Visitation is tomorrow for Palos Park resident June Schneider (nee Berglund), 92, who died Monday. The wake will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. at Colonial Chapel, 15525 S. 73rd Ave. in Orland Park. Funeral service will take place at
10 a.m. at All Saints Lutheran Church, 13350 S. LaGrange Rd., Orland Park. Interment will be at Beverly Cemetery. Mrs. Schneider was a homemaker. She is survived by her sons, Ronald (Janis) and William (Janet); eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
SENIOR NOTES Smith Senior Living offers caregivers respite Two of the area’s best known life plan communities, Smith Village, 2320 W. 113th Place, Chicago and Smith Crossing, 10501 Emilie Lane, Orland Park, are inviting nearby residents who are caregivers for older adults with dementia to attend free memory care support groups. The first meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, when a documentary titled “He’s Doing This to Spite Me” will be shown by Smith Village’s Diane Morgan, memory support coordinator. The film addresses how caregivers navigate the journey with their loved ones through cognitive loss. For more information and reservations, call (773) 474-7300, or email familyandfriends@smithvillage.org. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, Smith Crossing (enter at 104th Avenue and 183rd Street) will also host an open discussion led by life Dana Mahler, enrichment director and Amy Majcina,
social services director. People who attend are encouraged to ask questions about the onset, diagnosis and care of dementia sufferers. For more information and reservations, call (708) 326-2300, or email familyandfriends@smithcrossing.org. Light refreshments will be served before both meetings end at 7:30 p.m.
PLOWS looking for drivers to deliver meals PLOWS Council on Aging seeks volunteer drivers and substitute drivers to deliver meals to older adults in Palos and Orland Townships. A driver’s commitment is two to three hours one morning per week. Drivers must have their own car, provide proof of insurance and pass a background check. This is a volunteer position, but drivers receive a stipend to offset expenses. For more information, call PLOWS at (708) 361-0219.
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Take a ‘25-cent tour’ of small, family veterinary clinic Dear Dr. Fleming, I’ve been taking my dogs and cats to animal hospitals for over 20 years now and have never seen anything except the waiting room, the bathrooms and the exam rooms. Would you be willing to let me see the back end of your clinic? Jack Palos Heights Dear Jack, I’d be honored that someone actually wants to see what we have spent so many years building. I’m sure this is true of all vets who build their own practices. There are still many three-to-five doctor practices left in the country and I think ours is fairly representative. The corporate mega-clinics are gobbling up small clinics as fast as they can but I hope the smaller family clinics will be around for a while. Come by anytime and we’ll give you the 25-cent tour. After seeing a clinic, even as small as ours, I think you may have a better appreciation of why veterinary care costs more than in the old days. We just posted a brief video tour on our website at prairiestatevet. com. Click on “Our Facility.” Dear Dr. Fleming, I don’t want my dog vaccinated for leptospirosis because the Internet says the vaccine vets use around here doesn’t even contain the types of lepto that we see in this area. I’ve read that there is not much lepto around here. Robbie Dear Robbie, You do just what makes you happy. Why you would withhold
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this vaccine from your dog is beyond me. I also had a lady in here late last year with three beautiful young children. She was vaccinating her dog but does not vaccinate her kids. How stupid. How sad. For those of you who don’t agree with me, we would both be better off to go our own ways and forego the effort of trying to change each other’s minds. Purdue Veterinary College veterinarians had a good article in Preventative Veterinary Medicine titled “Spatial and spatio-temporal clustering of overall and serovar-specific Leptospira microscopic agglutination test (MAT) seropositivity among dogs in the United States from 2000-2007.” Let me pull out just one sentence from that nine-page article: “The primary cluster was located in the northeastern part of Illinois including Chicago and surrounding areas (14 percent of MAT positive). The second cluster covered the central part of Texas (12.6 percent of MAT positive).” The MAT test is the gold standard for confirming infection with leptospirosis. Dear Readers, After talking to Nancy in the exam room the other day I guess it’s time for my yearly public service announcement. I walk my small dog a lot and I, and many oth-
Meet Kathleen and Rory from Orland Park. Rory is a 14-year old Cairn terrier that we believe is responding well to cold laser for arthritic hips.
er people who walk their dogs, have no interest in letting other dog walkers to allow their dogs to come up to my dog and “say hi!” As a vet I’ve seen too many cases where some moron walking
a dog on a 500-foot retractable leash allows their dog to run over and “say hi” which ends in the other dog getting bit in the face. I’ve treated many eye and facial injuries that occurred just this way. When you are walking your dog and are approaching someone walking their dog, have the courtesy to activate your retractor and reel your dog in. If the person approaching you indicates that they, too, would like the dogs to meet, then by all means go for it. However, if the person approaching you gives you the body language that they prefer to be left alone, then do so. They are not being rude; they just don’t want their dog interacting with yours. By the way, I just saw a dog late yesterday afternoon in the exam room with a messed-up leg due to just this type of bite. The only difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. — Albert Einstein
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‘Fly Away’ 5K set for Midway Airport CROSSWORD PUZZLE The Midway Fly Away 5K Run and Walk lands at Midway International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 17, offering runners, walkers and families unique views of Chicago’s skyline, and a close look at passenger jets taking off and landing The event takes place directly on the airfield and is open to all ages and fitness levels. Now in its fifth year, the race benefits the 7,500 athletes of Special Olympics Chicago. Doors to the Southwest Airlines hangar will open at 8 a.m. The Southwest Airlines Hangar is located at 5035 W. 55th St. Upon arrival, participants will be shuttled to the event hangar on the airfield. All participants are required to bring a photo ID for check-in and must arrive prior to 8:30 a.m. Shuttle service will end promptly at 8:30 a.m. No backpacks/bags will be allowed on the course, however, there will be gear check available the day of the race. No strollers, bicycles, tricycles, rollerblades or inline skates will be allowed on the airfield. New this year, grade schools are invited to take part in the “Midway School Challenge.” Local grade school students who sign up for the 5K will receive discounted admission of $20 per person (ages 14 and under), as well as complimentary bus transportation to the Midway Fly Away 5K Walk and Run, for schools with teams of 40 or more. Parents and family members are welcome to join in on the fun. Race registration for participants over the age of 14 is $40. The school that has the largest team will be awarded a trophy and pizza party for participating members. Grade school children ages 10 and under are also welcome
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Among other things, the race at the airport offers unusual and some say spectacular views of Chicago’s skyline.
to participate in a one-mile kids race, The Midway Miler. Registration is now open by visiting sochicago.org in advance of the event. Race participation is $40 for adults and $20 for children 16 and under. The fee for The Midway Miler is $15 per child. On-site registration will be available for $50 for adults. Pre-registered participants will receive a race t-shirt, post-race refreshments and free parking in the Midway Airport Economy Parking lot, located across the street from the Southwest Airlines Hangar, 5050 W. 55th St. A variety of pre-race activities, including raffles as well as family activities like face painting and balloon animals will take place at the event hangar on the airfield. New this year, cash prizes will be awarded to the overall top three male and female participants. The Midway runner, the person who places in the middle of the race, will also win Southwest Airlines
tickets. Those who raise more than $250 will automatically be entered to win two round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States that Southwest Airlines flies — with no restrictions or blackout dates. First place male and female winners will also be awarded a prize package. Medals will be awarded to the first, second and third place male and female winners in a variety of age groups. Special Olympics was born in Chicago at Soldier Field 49 years ago, in 1968. The Chicago program is now the largest in the State of Illinois. Today, there are more than 4.2 million athletes that take part in Special Olympics programs internationally. The Midway Fly Away 5K is presented by the Chicago Department of Aviation at Midway International Airport, Southwest Airlines, and Special Children’s Charities/Special Olympics Chicago.
SXU Cougar 5K run coming up in September Saint Xavier University’s 17th annual Cougar 5K Run/ Walk will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 on SXU’s campus, 3700 W. 103rd St., Chicago. Runners, walkers and joggers will navigate the neighborhood and conclude on SXU’s main campus. The cost of pre-registration is $35 for runners/walkers. For faculty, staff, alumni and students the amount is $30. There is a family rate for up to three people from the same immediate family, each additional member is $25. Anyone who registers the day of the race will have to pay $40, and the family rate option will not be available. Registration can be completed online at sxu.edu. Each participant will get a long sleeve performance mois-
ture wicking t-shirt. Shirts are 100 percent polyester and feel like cotton. Participants can stop in the Shannon Center to try on sizes. First place winners will receive $150 each. Those who come in second are given $100 each and the third place participants will be awarded $50 each. If contestants break a record, they will receive a $100 award from Axion. The current record for women is 18:34, and 15:21 for men. The presenting sponsor for this event is Meijer. Axion is the sponsor of the prize money that is awarded to the top three runners in the men’s and women’s categories. The Cougar 5K is also one of six courses that are part of the “I Run Evergreen Park” Challenge for 2017. People who participate
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in at least three will receive a medal, a certificate and a $10 Jimmy Johns gift card. After the race, there will be activities such as massages, free blood pressure checks, face painting, an inflatable slide, balloons and Champ, the Cougar mascot. There will also be free refreshments from the following sponsors: Country house, Jimmy Johns, Barraco’s, Mariano’s, Calabria, KIND Bar and Aquafina. Participants can also receive tickets to the Homecoming football game at 1 p.m., and watch SXU take on Taylor University (Ind.). For more information, call the Cougar 5K hotline at (773) 2983592.
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CLUB ACTIVITIES Golden Oaks Seniors welcome new members The Golden Oaks Seniors will meet Wednesday, Sept. 6 at the Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church, 12312 S. 88th Ave. New members are always welcome. Lunch is served. The cost is $5 per meeting. Dues for the year are $8. Entertainment is part of the monthly meetings. The Golden Oaks Seniors were entertained by the K-B Adorables and The Men in Black at their August meeting. The group is mourning the loss of long time member Frances Watson, who celebrated her 104th birthday with the Golden Oaks Seniors. While the group is sponsored
by the Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church, membership includes those from the larger community. Members do not have to belong to the church to join the group. For more information, call (708) 448-5220. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month from March through December.
Widow/Widowers Club invites newcomers The Southwest Suburban Widow/Widowers Social Club will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at Zion Lutheran Church, 17100 S. 69th Ave., Tinley Park. The club meets once a month. Beverages and snacks are served and entertainment in provided during most months. The club
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Golden Oaks Seniors enjoying themselves at the August meeting.
offers support to widowed of all faiths and ages. Members know what the newly widowed are experiencing in dealing with the death of a spouse. The South Suburban Widow/Widowers is a group of people, caring, sharing and reaching out to one another in friendship. In addition to monthly meetings, some of the club’s ac-
LIBRARY NOTES Shredding day set at Palos Heights Public Library Several activities for the week ahead have been announced at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 448-1473. • Paper shredding and e-recycling will happen between 8 a.m. and noon Saturday, Aug. 19 in the library’s parking lot. The Palos Heights Police Department will also be on site for prescription drug drop-off (no liquids, needles or salves). Each car may bring two to three boxes of paper. The following items will be taken for e-recycling: desktop computers, laptops, flat-panel computer monitors, wire, copiers, printers/ toner, docking stations, power adapters, keyboards and miscellaneous computer peripherals. The following items will not be accepted: wood-encased items, light bulbs/lamp bulbs, LCD message boards, flat or cathode ray
TVs, CRT monitors, commercial/ industrial medical equipment, microwaves, refrigerators, consumer electronics, audio visual equipment, lighting equipment, car batteries, photographic equipment, overhead projectors/screens, security system components, CDROM disks, DVDs, videotapes and floppy disks. • “Windows 10 Revisited” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22. Steve Georgiou of Computer Greeks will discuss the newest features and benefits of the latest version of Windows 10. This lecture is open to all. No prior experience is needed. • The Beer & Books discussion group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 at Joe Daniel’s Bar and Grill, 12218 S. Harlem. The group will meet to discuss the book “The Unseen World” by Liz Moore. Books are available at the library. • Patrons can explore Mackinac Island with travel expert Nancy McCully at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24. McCully will talk about
Mackinac Island’s history, forts, lighthouses, Victorian cottages, hotels and how it became the land of ferry boats, fudge and a popular family destination. • Several clubs meet each Tuesday at the library, including the Needle Club (for knitting and crocheting) from 10 a.m. to noon, Scrabble Club from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Conference Room and the Mahjong Club from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants are asked to register because space is limited.
Friends of the OPPL will host sale for literacy Friends of the Orland Park Public Library will be hosting a sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19 at the library, 14921 S. Ravinia Ave. The sale will feature books, DVDs, Blu-Rays, CDs, VHS tapes, books on tape and more. The event is for patrons of all ages. The proceeds will go toward community literacy initiatives. The OPPL Friends of the Li-
tivities include, organized restaurant outings, dances , trips and theater outing, monthly games, Photo by Joe Boyle discussion, interaction meetings and newcomers get- acquainted meetings. For more information call The clue for this week’s Whatizit photo (above) is: Hills school. Danell Chmura at (630) 728Send your responses with your name and hometown by noon Mon9368 or Bill Dolehide at (708) day to the reporter@comcast.net. 342-6820. This week’s quiz proved to be a real stumper for our readers. The correct answer was Palos Township Hall, 10802 S. Roberts Road, Palos Hills. The Palos Township Board of Commissioners usually hold meetings once a month at the hall. Palos Township health services are often provided at the hall. The township hall is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through brary will also be recruiting at the Friday. Clinic hours and physician hours are held at various times event. Residents who are interest- during the week. ed in becoming a member of the More information can be obtained by calling the Palos Township group can talk to a representative Hall, (708) 598-4418. More information about health services can be at the sale. obtained by calling (708) 598-2441.
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A string quartet from the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) performed Aug. 9 at the Palos Heights Farmers Market, 12217 S. Harlem Ave. The musicians are (clockwise, from lower left): Emily Lewis Mantell, cello; Mathew Mantell, viola; Elizabeth Huffman, violin and Stephane Collopy, violin. The IPO performs at the Ozinga Theater at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights. The schedule can be obtained by visiting ipomusic.org
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Discuss Civil War topic at roundtable The Illinois Cavalry will be the subject of discussion of the next
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FIRE, RED STARS, THUNDERBOLTS CHASE POSTSEASON BERTHS
Playoffs? Let’s talk playoffs! By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
It was about 16 years ago that then-Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora made his famous rant about how bad his team was playing. When a reporter asked him about the Colts’ possibility of making the playoffs, he yelped/barked: “Playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game. Another game.’’ Well, around here, three of the area’s professional teams in or bordering this newspaper’s coverage area are making a run at the postseason in their respective sports and leagues. Playoffs? To heck with Mora — let’s talk about playoffs. The Chicago Fire, which had the worst record in Major League Soccer the past two seasons, is in prime position for the playoffs. The Chicago Red Stars have been trading first- and second-place positions with North Carolina in the National Women’s Soccer League and also are eying the postseason with a decent seed. In baseball, the Windy City ThunderBolts have been on the cusp of a slot in the Frontier League playoffs. So here is a look at the past, present and future of the three The Chicago Fire and Matt Polster have been soaring this season, and the Fire is in good position to make its first MLS postseason appearance since 2012. area teams regarding postseason bids in 2017:
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Past: The Fire’s first MLS season was successful in 1998 as the team not only made the playoffs but also won the MLS Cup with a 2-0 victory over D.C. United. It never got that good again. Still, the team made the playoffs with regularity early in franchise history, making the postseason from 1999 to 2003 before failing to qualify in 2004. It went on a five-year run making the playoffs from 2005 to 2009 before hitting a dry spell. Since 2010, the Fire made the playoffs just once in 2012 and lost in the knockout round to Houston, 2-1. With back-to-back seasons of 8-20-6 in 2015 and 7-17-10 in 2016, a playoff appearance this year would be a refreshing change for Fire fans. Present: The Fire headed into this week with a 12-6-5 mark, good
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See PLAYOFFS, Page 3 New Chicago Red Star Yuki Nagasato and her teammates are eyeing an NWSL title this season.
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Windy City and slugging catcher Larry Balkwill are fighting to make it to the Frontier League playoffs for the first time since 2010.
Long career on a fast track: CC coach retires after 36 years
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Retired track coach Jim Kwasteniet coached and taught at Chicago Christian 36 years and spent four years at the Palos Heights school as a student.
he best moment in Chicago Christian girls track coach Jim Kwasteniet’s career came while he was looking for trash, lost clothing and equipment. After 36 years, Kwasteniet quietly retired after the spring track season. He recently chatted with the Regional/Reporter seated at a picnic table near the concession stand at the Palos Heights school’s stadium. To his right was an honor board of the school records, which provided hundreds of memories for the 67-year-old Worth native and Palos Heights resident. To his left was the Knights’ track, which provided hundreds of more memories. He also had plenty of memories from the 1990, 1991 and 1992 teams, which won Class A state titles. Mother McAuley’s volleyball teams from 1980, 1981 and 1982 were the only other area squads to win three straight titles. But his proudest moment as a coach was not hoisting a trophy. It was not hugging a state champion. It was not for being inducted into the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches
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JEFF VORVA Making the Extra Point Association Hall of Fame or being named coach of the year four times by that organization. It came during the indoor season in 1990. His team was deemed good enough to be invited to a meet at Illinois State University, and after the Knights won the title, Kwasteniet went back into the bleacher area where the team camped out all day and did one final inspection to check for trash or lost items. “A group of parents from a school in central Illinois asked if it was my girls who were sitting here during the meet,” he said. “At that point, you’re thinking, ‘Uh-oh, what did they do?’ I said, ‘Yeah, they were.’ They said, ‘We just want you to know that we’ve been watching your girls all night long and we just have to
let you know that they really represent the name on the front of their uniforms.’ “That’s the ultimate compliment. For a school like ours…that’s the goal. That’s the goal.’’ While the coach is proud of all his accomplishments, he gets the biggest kick out of athletes who represent with class the school that he graduated from in 1968. “One thing that I have stressed over my entire career here is that the girls track team has never had ‘CCHS’ or ‘Knights’ on the front of our uniform. It always says ‘Chicago Christian.’ I want people to know who we are and where we are from and what we are all about,’’ he said. “People see ‘CCHS’ and they might not know what that represents. Or ‘Knights’… what’s that? I stress to the kids that who you are and what you represent is right on your uniform and always remember that.’’
Plenty of success Under Kwasteniet’s watch, the Knights won 13 individual state championships and 115 all-state honors and had six state
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CHICAGO FIRE ANALYSIS
The day we’ve been waiting for: Dove hunting opens Sept. 1
Fire hopes home edge will help knock off MLS-best Toronto By Jeff Vorva
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The highly anticipated battle between the Chicago Fire and Toronto will take place in the oh-so-friendly fortress of Toyota Park in Bridgeview. Oh-so-friendly for the Fire, that is. The team is 10-0-1 there and has won a franchisebest nine in a row. The Fire scored four goals in each of its wins over Orlando City, Vancouver and New England in the confines of Toyota Park. The team has drawn 20,000 or more fans for three straight home games. Many signs are pointing to a nice victory over the team with the best record in Major League Soccer. But… The Fire had been neck-and-neck in the standings with Toronto for first place in the Eastern Conference, but its road woes have dropped it to third place heading into this week’s action as the New York City FC (43 points) jumped over Chicago (41) for second place after the Fire’s 3-1 loss at Columbus on Saturday night at MAPFRE Stadium. Toronto has 47 points. It’s the first time the Fire has not been in first or second since it was in fourth place on May 17. The Fire can make up some ground as it was scheduled to face Montreal on the road Wednesday night, but the way Chicago has been playing on the road, that is no guarantee. The Fire had lost three in a row away from home. Michael de Leeuw scored his third goal in the last six matches in the 13th minute to give the Fire the early lead against Columbus on Saturday, but that momentum was quickly erased five minutes later when Kekuta Mannech put the ball in the net after a deflection off of Fire defender Johan Kappelhof. Columbus (11-12-2) put the match away in the sec-
WHEN: 7 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Toyota Park, Bridgeview FIRE’S RECORD: 12-6-5 (through Sunday) TORONTO’S RECORD: 13-3-8 NOTEWORTHY: Toronto, which has the best record in Major League Soccer, exploded for four goals in the final 32 minutes of a 4-1 thrashing of Portland on Saturday. Justin Morrow had two of those goals.
ond half with a pair of goals, and the Fire offense was stagnant. “I think we actually killed ourselves,” Fire coach Veljko Paunovic said. “I think we conceded things and mistakes that we had and the adjustments we did weren’t good enough. I just think in the second half especially, at some point, even controlling the game, we dropped the attitude and the concentration. “We lost a couple of very dangerous balls and teams like Columbus will always punish you for that. I think without taking credit away from Columbus, I think we lost the game definitely today in our approach in the second half and we all have to get better. It’s individual mistakes that kill us. If we want to be a successful team and a team that dominates, which we want, we have to do better in these kinds of games, especially on the road.” De Leeuw was happy with the goal but disgusted with the loss. “So right after the match, what’s positive?’’ he asked right after the match. “That’s difficult because now only what’s in my head is like the way we played. I think we played well in certain parts of the game but most of all we were very sloppy. I think we had 20 unforced errors and at the end, the goals came from that. I think we played well but the sloppy mistakes were too much.”
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Nemanja Nikolic has not scored in the Fire’s last five matches after scoring 16 goals in the first 18 games.
The Fire is hoping that its big two scorers can soon roar back to life. Nemanjna Nikolic is scoreless in his last five games after scoring 16 in the team’s first 18. David Accam (11 goals) is scoreless in the last two games. And the team has to win away from Bridgeview if it wants a deep run in the playoffs. “We have to come back where we were at some point this season where you couldn’t find the difference playing at home or on the road,’’ Paunovic said. “So that’s what we have to achieve again.”
CHICAGO FIRE NOTES
Fire officials wheel and deal to bolster roster By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
The Chicago Fire made a pair of moves last week to help strengthen its roster. The team acquired defender Christian Dean from Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for $50,000 of General Allocation Money, an additional $50,000 of conditional Targeted Allocation Money in the event Dean starts 12 or more 2018 regular season matches for the Fire, as well as a percentage of any future transfer fees, which is on a sliding scale and expires following the first transfer window of 2020. Dean is contracted through the 2018 season with club options for 2019 and 2020. “Christian adds a complementary skill set to our back line, and with his versatility we expect him to compete for playing time,” said Fire general manager Nelson Rodríguez. After a standout collegiate career at the University of California-Berkley, Dean was selected in the first
round (third overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by the Whitecaps. He made his professional debut as a second-half substitute in the Whitecaps’ 1-1 draw at Chivas USA on March 16, 2014. The East Palo Alto, Calif. native started 14 of 21 appearances across all competitions for the Whitecaps over the course of four seasons and also made 14 USL appearances for Whitecaps 2.
New goalie comes to town With backup goalie Jorge Bava on the shelf for the rest of the season after undergoing elbow surgery, the Fire picked up Richard Sanchez through Major League Soccer’s Allocation Process. In order to acquire Sanchez, the Fire sent the club’s natural third-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and the No. 19 spot in the Allocation Ranking Order to the Portland Timbers in exchange for the No. 6 spot. Should Sanchez appear in five or more games this season, the Timbers will receive the Fire’s natural second-round SuperDraft pick instead of the natural
third-round pick. Sanchez is under contract for the 2017 season with club options for 2018 and 2019. “With Jorge’s unfortunate injury, we were in need of adding another quality goalkeeper,” Rodríguez said. “Richard’s experience in big matches and his familiarity with MLS were an ideal combination.” Sanchez joins the Fire after most spending time with Liga MX side Tigres UANL, whom he represented from 2014 to 2017. While in Mexico, Sanchez was loaned to FC Dallas in 2014 and Tampico Madero in 2016-17. Sanchez appeared in five matches for La Jaiba Brava last season. Sanchez began his professional career as a member of FC Dallas in 2011. In 2013 he was loaned to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and started 14 matches for the NASL side, recording a 1.428 goals against average and tallying three shutouts. A Mexican Youth International, Sanchez helped lead Mexico to a FIFA U-17 World Cup title in 2011 and appeared in all four of Mexico’s matches in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013.
PORTLAND 3, RED STARS 2
Yuki makes debut in Red Stars’ first home loss By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
“I’m ready, Chicago.’’ With those three words — and some roster shuffling by the bosses — the Chicago Red Stars were finally able to show the world their star import. Japan’s Yuki Nagasato, whom the Red Stars signed in late May, has been on the disabled list with a knee injury and was able to make her debut Saturday night in the 59th minute of a 3-2 loss to Portland at Toyota Park in Bridgeview in front of an announced crowd of 4,934. The roster move comes at a time when the Red Stars and North Carolina have been treating the National Women’s Soccer League lead like a tug of war but Saturday’s loss dropped the Red Stars to third place with an 8-4-5 mark and 29 points.
Heading into this week, North Carolina was atop the standings with 33 points while Portland was second with 31. Nagasato didn’t help the Red Stars win Saturday and it was their first loss at Toyota Park this season as they fell to 6-1-2 in Bridgeview. But it appears that even if Real Madrid’s Ronaldo was playing for the Red Stars, a win against the Thorns would not be a guarantee. The Red Stars are 1-6-6 lifetime and have been outscored 22-15 by the biggest thorn in their sides since joining the NWSL. Christen Press and Sofia Huerta scored for the Red Stars in the first half to erase a 2-0 deficit and knot the match up. But Emily Sonnett scored on a header for Portland in the 55th minute to provide the winning goal. As Nagasato continues to
work with her new teammates, the Red Stars should be able to make a run at first place. From 2002 to 2016, she played for various international teams and scored 175 goals in 267 matches. “We are looking forward to finally having Yuki available for us,” Red Stars coach Rory Dames said. “She has looked great in practice and provides a veteran presence in this last half of the season as we aim for a playoff spot.” To make room for Nagasato, the Red Stars waived midfielder Mary Luba, who played just 50 minutes this season. “Having to let go of Luba was a difficult decision. We can’t thank her enough for all she has done for this club and community over the last two seasons,” Dames said. “We wish her nothing but success on and off the field.”
Outdoor calendar
Aug. 18: Non-resident/resident firearm and muzzleloader deer permits third lottery closes. Aug. 17-31: Residents may apply for duck and goose permits, first lottery. Aug. 21: Total solar eclipse. Sept. 1-14: Residents may apply for duck and goose permits, second lottery. Sept. 1: Early Canada goose season opens. Sept. 1-Nov. 14: Dove season opens.
Waterfowl hunting
team also signed left-handed pitcher Nick Hornbreaker. Landsheft was the winning pitcher in Friday’s victory over the Beach Bums.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced waterfowl season dates and bag limits for the 2017-18 seasons. The seasons include 60-day duck seasons in each of the state’s four waterfowl hunting zones, along with 107 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the North and Central zones (15 days in September, two days of youth hunting and 90 days of the regular goose season), 99 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in South Central Zone and 87 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the South Zone. Goose season lengths are shorter in the South Central and South Zones to coincide with duck season dates and to match hunter preferences. Additional information: https://www.dnr.illinois. gov/hunting/waterfowl/DocumentsWaterfowlZoneDatesFinal20162020.pdf.
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Yuki Nagasato, right, made her Chicago Red Stars debut in a 3-2 loss to Portland Saturday night in Bridgeview.
FOCUS ON WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS
T-Bolts recover from rough series in Joliet By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
Greatest. Weekend. Ever. That’s what last weekend’s three-game home set with Traverse City was billed as, because there were plenty of promotions and fireworks. On the field, it might not have been the greatest weekend ever, but it was huge when it comes to a bid for the Frontier League
playoffs The Bolts took two out of three games from the Beach Bums and entered this week’s action with a 41-35 mark and was one percentage point (.539-.538) in front of the River City Rascals for the fourth and final spot for the playoffs. It could have been worse. On Aug. 9, Windy City grabbed a 7-0 lead on the road against Joliet and completely collapsed and dropped an 8-7
decision. Losses like that could kill a season and when the ThunderBolts came out the next day and lost 11-2, they were in need of a good showing on the greatest weekend ever. They opened with an 8-5 victory over the Beach Bums on Friday as Keenyn Walker and Ransom LaLonde each drove in two runs in a six-run secondinning explosion. Closer Brian Loconsole tied the ThunderBolts’ single-season
record with his 26th save. On Saturday, Jake Fisher threw a shutout in a 1-0 victory in front of 2,779 fans. Tim Zier singled home Orland Park native and St. Laurence graduate Kyle Wood with the lone run in the seventh inning. A sweep was not in the cards as Windy City dropped a 3-1 decision on Sunday.
Wheeling and dealing Windy City made a few deals last week as they acquired righthanded pitcher Will Landsheft from the Gateway Grizzlies for a player to be named later. The
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Top-25 St. Xavier squad to be on display for a sneak peek Saturday By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
Despite a 5-6 record last year, St. Xavier University picked up a top25 ranking heading into this season. The NAIA coaches tabbed the Cougars at the 24th best team in the nation, and fans will get a chance to get an early peek at the team
Saturday in a scrimmage at 12:45 p.m. at the Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field in Chicago. The season opens Aug. 31 with a battle against No. 5 Marian (Indiana) University at 6 p.m. at Deaton Field. “We’re starting our 25th season on a Thursday night Labor Day weekend against the number five team in the country so it doesn’t
ost wing shooters consider whitewinged/mourning dove hunting as the opening of the bird hunting season. In Illinois, Sept. 1 is the day we’ve been waiting for. Dove hunting hours are sunrise to sunset. Daily limit is 15 doves with a possession limit of not more than 45 doves after the third day. If this opener is anything like previous ones, it will be hot, so dress accordingly and have a cooler handy with plenty of ice and water. In addition to being something to sit OUTDOORS on, the cooler will also be handy for keeping WITH downed birds cool JIM KIRBY the and suitable for delicious table fare. Dove hunting is probably the most demanding of the wing shooting sports. Doves in the hunting fields bear no resemblance to those cute little birds you see in your backyard or sitting on the telephone wires. Doves can come from any direction and as you raise your gun, they tend to climb, dive, dip to left or right (seemingly all at the same time) and employ every evasive maneuver, making them a challenge for even the most experienced wing shooters. Depending on whose statistics you believe, it’s estimated that to take anywhere from one to three boxes of shells (25 shells to a box) to harvest a limit of 15 doves. (Sadly I have witnessed both scenarios, due in part to hunter experience and dove field conditions.) Get a group of dove hunters together and disagreements will arise as to what type of shotgun is best suited for dove hunting: automatic, pump, double barrel or over and under, and what gauge: .410, 28, 20, 16 or 12 gauge. And then there is the question of shot size: 6s, 7-1/2s, 8s or even 9s. I have seen a man with a smallbore .410 shotgun take 15 doves with less than a box of shells and another with a 12-gauge shotgun expend three boxes of shell to get his limit. In the end all boils down to what works best for you. Retrieving a downed dove is another matter of opinion. If you are lucky enough to hunt with a dog that is a good retriever, problem solved! Without a dog the question is should you immediately go out into the field after a bird is downed or make a mental note as to the location of the birds and pick them up during a shooting lull, or wait to the end of the hunt? Before going afield after doves, make it a point to read the regulations, They’re constantly changing, and migratory birds — doves included — have their own set of potential problems, including shooting over baited grounds and using steel shot at certain sites.
get much better than that,’’ SXU coach Mike Feminis said. “Marian has really taken it to us the last two years and there’s no question we were humbled as a program last season. Our expectation every year is to make the playoffs and compete for the national championship so we’ve been chomping at the bit since January.”
The ThunderBolts close a three-game home series with Lake Erie at 7:05 p.m. tonight (Thursday), and wrestler Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat is scheduled to appear. They visit the Traverse City Beach Bums Friday through Sunday and return home for three games against the Joliet Slammers starting Tuesday. St. Xavier football coach Mike Feminis carries a few helmets at Deaton Field. He and the team want to change things around after a rough 5-6 campaign in 2016. Photo by Jeff Vorva
Boat sales are increasing and are expected to ride the momentum for the coming two years. That’s according to National Marine Manufacturers Association President Thom Dammrich, who addressed the crowd of approximately 200 people at the Miami International Boat Show last month. “Consumer confidence is at a 10-year high,” Dammrich said. “Real disposable income continues to grow. Consumer spending continues to grow. Gasoline prices remain low. We’ve got two, twoand-a-half years of real prosperity ahead.” The industry still needs to make gains in reaching a younger and more diverse audience, the interesting thing is that people between the ages of 25 and 34 have a very high interest in the boating lifestyle.
Think about it Fishing is the art of doing almost nothing. Jim Kirby’s column appears every first and third Thursday of the month. E-mail him at Kirbyoutdoors@sbcglobal.net
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FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Season just started and history is made By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
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Golfer Maddy Misicka became the first female to participate in an IHSA event for St. Laurence.
The new high school sports season is in its infant stages and there is already some history for the area to brag about. The first instance came on Thursday when St. Laurence’s Maddy Misicka became the first female in the 56-year history of the former all-boys school to participate in an Illinois High School Association event when she shot a 93 at the St. Laurence Invitational at Lincoln Oaks Golf Course in Crete.
The senior from Burbank is a former Queen of Peace student who made it to sectional play last season. Several other fall sports begin play Monday, and on Tuesday Mother McAuley’s volleyball team will honor some history of its own. The school will host the raising of the IHSA Class 4A state and national championship volleyball banners at 6 p.m. in the school’s gym (3737 W. 99th St., Chicago). The team won its 15th state title last year and was recognized by three organizations for winning
the national championship. Also, senior Charley Niego will be honored for winning the Gatorade Player of the Year while Jen DeJarld will be recognized for a national coach of the year honor. The ceremony will take place between the junior varsity and varsity matches against Joliet Catholic Academy. Guest Jim Cornelison will sing “The Star Spangled Banner’’ during the program. There will also be performances by the McAuley a cappella choir and members of the Brother Rice/Mother McAuley marching band.
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The Mother McAuley volleyball team, shown celebrating its IHSA Class 4A championship win over Minooka, will be honored Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL
Saying one more goodbye to 244 years of coaching Former Oak Lawn Ice star has scalding career
By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor
As I inch closer to the finish of my second year as the sports editor of the Regional/ Reporter, I’ve realized that in close to 730 days on the job, we’ve had some coaches with looooooong tenures retire. Now, I am not taking responsibility for them leaving, but it is worth noting that six coaches with 244 years of experience have hung up their whistles. Here is one more notice of appreciation for these deans of deans. In Spring 2016, we got a double-dose of retirements when St. Laurence track coach Terry Murphy said goodbye after 40 years of coaching five sports — mostly track and cross county — and Shepard’s Dmitri Cooper retired after 32 years of coaching various sports — mostly tennis. It turns out he’s the puppy of this group of ol’ dogs. In the winter, Jim Caliendo of Sandburg said he was ready to retire after coaching 38 years of swimming and water polo at St. Laurence, Fenwick and Sandburg. Also in the winter, Shepard took another hit when assistant wrestling coach Jim Craig called it a career after 55 years of coaching at various schools, including Oak Lawn. And Oak Lawn took its own hit when Mark Kleeman was given a rocking chair by the girls basketball team after he coached various sports for 43 years. Finally, in the spring, Chicago Christian girls track coach Jim Kwasteniet retired with little fanfare after 36 years at the helm. There was almost a seventh coach in the mix. Sandburg girls gymnastics boss announced his retirement in 2016 after 32 years on the job. But he came back for a 33rd year last season and is listed as coach again for 2017-18.
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Continued from Page 1 record setters. The 2010 Knights 4x800 team of Kirsten Harms, Julie Kamp, Justine VanDyk and Stacey Kamp still owns the Class 1A state record with a time of 9 minutes, 20.40 seconds. The 1990-92 teams went on a three-year run that tied the area mark for consecutive state titles. “I had a feeling we had some really talented kids,” Kwasteniet said. “We ran the indoor meet at ISU before the season. We had a good sophomore class and came away from that meet with the championship. We said, ‘All right, if we can play this right and keep the kids healthy, we may have a good chance come May in Charleston,’ and it proved to be true. “When we qualified we didn’t have mini busses at the time so we were borrowing vans and were wondering how we were going to get all these kids down to Charleston. In one of the vans on the way home, the big trophy
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Longtime Oak Lawn coach Mike Kleeman received a rocking chair from the girls basketball team for his 43 years of service at the school.
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Terry Murphy closed out a career at St. Laurence that spanned 40 years.
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Jim Caliendo spent 38 years coaching swimming and water polo.
The Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch League have added a Southwest Side star with ties to Oak Lawn to their roster this season. Clearing native Abby Ramirez, now with 36 games under her belt, is batting .240 with two doubles, a triple and 14 RBI. She also has three stolen bases. “It’s a dream come true,” said the switch-hitting infielder. “Ever since I was a little girl, I thought about playing professionally and for the Bandits. It’s very cool to be playing in front of people I know.” She got her first taste of the softball diamond with Clear Ridge Little League, where she played for the Twins. “My favorite thing was after games, we had snack time,” she recalled of her earliest years. “I love when they brought popsicles — the Freeze Pops. Those were my favorite. “And they always gave out a game ball. Those were things I will always remember. I still have some of those game balls in my room.’’ Ramirez learned quickly and excelled with Clear Ridge. “I remember being on the allstar team was really cool because it was a big deal to make the all-star team in the league,” she said. “We won a lot of big games, which was really cool. I played with a lot of friends from my school — the neighborhood. Someone called my parents and I was very happy because my sister (Amanda) made the older all-star team. We were really excited about that.”
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Jim Craig coached wrestling for an astounding 55 years.
— after everyone left. The track was finished for the 1988 season and the school decided to host an invitational each year. When the meet turns 30 in the spring, it will be renamed in Kwasteniet’s honor. School officials tried to coax him into coaching one more year but he wants to spend more time with his wife, Nancy, and offspring Ross (who lives in Chicago), Gwen (Denver) and Kyle (Grand Rapids, Mich.). “When I retired two years ago from teaching, they asked me if I would still coach,” he said. “I agreed to do it one year at a time. As this last season was Photo by Jeff Vorva progressing, my wife was flying Former Chicago Christian track coach Jim Kwasteniet poses near a to Denver to spend time with our record board near the school’s track. grandkids and I was starting to was sitting right up in the front was the athletic director for 17 think it was time. “I always thought that I would and the kids were all sort of years. He also taught physical know when it was time and I looking at it and they were still education, history, bible studies pretty excited and said, ‘We’re and a history of Chicago class. knew. When I was at the state meet this past year, I kept sayall going to be back next year. ing to myself, ‘I won’t be back Let’s do this again.’ They set the Parking lot practice bar for themselves.’’ When the coach started in the at another state track meet as a Kwasteniet also coached boys 1982 season, the track was not coach.’ And I was OK with it. and girls basketball, junior varsity built yet and athletes had to run That confirmed for me that I made football and cross country and in the parking lots after school the right decision.’’
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Continued from Page 1 for 41 points. The team was third in the MLS East behind Toronto (47 points) and New York City FC (43). Toronto visits the Fire at 7 p.m. Saturday at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, where the Fire owns a 10-0-1 record and a nine-game winning streak. The past two seasons, the MLS expanded the playoffs, opening the door for six teams in each conference to make the postseason. In 2015, it took 42 points to make it to the playoffs. In 2016, it took 49. Future: The playoffs start in late October and extend all the way to early December.
If the Fire keeps up its current pace, making the playoffs won’t be a problem and the team might get a high enough seed where postseason soccer will be back in Bridgeview.
Chicago Red Stars Past: The Red Stars joined the NWSL in 2015 and made the four-team playoff round by finishing second out of nine teams but lost 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs to defending champion and third-seeded FC Kansas City. Last year, the Red Stars finished third in the 10-team league and lost 2-1 in the first round to second-seeded Washington. Present: The Red Stars enter this week with an 8-4-5 mark and had a match scheduled against Seattle Wednesday night at Toyota Park. They will host
Kansas City at 7 p.m. Sunday. They fell to third place after a 3-2 loss to Portland over the weekend. North Carolina entered the week with 36 points, while Portland had 31 and Chicago 29. The Red Stars have one more game against NC — a home game on Sept. 3. Chicago beat NC 3-1 on the road May 21 and 3-2 in Bridgeview on May 27. The Red Stars are hoping that Saturday’s debut of Japanese star Yuki Nagasato will help turn this team into a championship contender. Future: The top four teams make it to the semifinals and will battle it out Oct. 7-8, and the top two seeds will serve as hosts. The NWSC Championship match will be held Oct. 14 in Orlando. The Red Stars have proven that they are one of the elite teams in the league
Sports Editor Jeff Vorva contributed to this story. Abby Ramirez jokes around with teammates before the Chicago Bandits face the Windy City ThunderBolts in the Battle of the Sexes last month.
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Former Shepard coach Dmitri Cooper not only coached for 32 years, he sometimes took photos at football games.
In her early years, Ramirez also played with the Oak Lawn Ice, Chi Town Express and Beverly Bandits She attended St. Symphorosa School, then Trinity High School, where she was the 2013 Illinois Gatorade Softball Player of the Year. From Trinity, Ramirez continued her education and softball career at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. As she did in high school, Ramirez excelled at the college level. As a freshman in 2013, she posted a .982 fielding percentage in the infield, was an All-Big Ten Defensive selection at second base the following year and hit .370 her senior years as the Wolverines posted the top offensive squad in the Big Ten. Ramirez is familiar with the Bandits’ home field, The Ball Park At Rosemont, and said the team has made the transition from college to pro very comfortable. “Everyone has been so welcoming,” she said. “I played college ball with Haylie Wagner and travel ball with Sammy Marshall. So that made things easier when you’re already familiar with some of the people. It’s been a lot of fun so far. Every day gets better and better.” One of the biggest differences, so far, for Ramirez has been the travel schedule. “There’s a lot more involved,” she said. “Instead of most of our games and traveling being on weekends, like in college, we have plenty of games during the week. We treat road trips the same way. This is a business trip. We’re here to play softball. There’s just more of it.”
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Sharks training camp offered in OL Oak Lawn Baseball is offering a Sharks baseball and softball training camp in the fall. This camp is run by high school coaches and current and past college players. The dates are on Wednesdays and Thursdays from Aug. 22 through Sept. 13 at the Spartan Athletic Complex. Athletes ages 7 through 10 meet from 6 to 7:15 p.m., and ages 10 to 13 meet from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $100 per player. For more information or to register, visit oaklawnbaseball.com. Also, for more information, contact OLB President Gary Gudino at randolphfd@sbcglobal.net.
and are gunning to get past that semifinal round and into the title game.
Windy City ThunderBolts Past: Since being changed from the Cook County Cheetahs to the Windy City ThunderBolts in 2004, they have gone to the Frontier League playoffs four times. In 2007, the Bolts won their first Frontier League title sweeping Rockford in three games in the division series and knocking off Washington in five games of the best-of-five championship series. In 2008, the Bolts won their second title beating Southern Illinois 3-1 in the division series and sweeping Kalamazoo in three games in the championship series. The Bolts made it back to the playoffs in 2009 and 2010 but lost in the division series both times. Windy City has not
Shooters tryouts The South Side Shooters will host boys basketball tryouts for their winter session Aug. 28 at the HFRC Building at Moraine Valley Community College, 9000 College Parkway in Palos Hills. Tryouts for fourth and fifth graders will be 5 to 6 p.m.., sixth and seventh graders will try out 6 to 7 p.m. and eighth graders will try out from 7 to 8 p.m. For more details contact Bill Finn at 708-508-0170 or finn@ morainevalley.edu. We are interested in community news. Submit items to sports@regionalpublishing.com.
been back to the playoffs since. Present: The Thunderbolts entered this week with a 41-35 mark and are still in contention to snag one of the wild-card spots in the four-team Frontier League playoffs. They were one percentage point ahead of the River City Rascals for that slot. The league takes the top team in each division and the two wild-card teams with the best records. Future: The Frontier League playoffs open Sept. 5 with the divisional round, while the championship round is scheduled to open Sept. 12. The T-Bolt’ chances of making it to the playoffs are on the iffy side because they lost four strong pitchers — Scott Kuzminsky, Kyle Von Ruden, Kevin Lenik and Brady Muller. Each was selected by a major league organization.
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Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE MARGARET R. REGAN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 24TH, 1998, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MARGARET R. REGAN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 24TH, 1998, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, DOLORES E. KAMPWIRTH A/K/A LORRIE KAMPWIRTH, AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE MARGARET R. REGAN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 24TH, 1998, BRIAN J. REGAN, AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE MARGARET R. REGAN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 24TH, 1998, ANNE M. LARDENOIT, AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE MARGARET R. REGAN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 24TH, 1998, SARAH C. SCHIFFLER, AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE MARGARET R. REGAN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 24TH, 1998, MARGARET R. HENNESSY A/K/A MARGIE HENNESSY, AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE MARGARET R. REGAN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 24TH, 1998 Defendants 16 CH 002016 14509 WILLOW STREET ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 11, 2017, 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 14509 WILLOW STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-10-102-034-0000. 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \�AS IS\� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-19672. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I726565
Houses For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, NA; Plaintiff, vs. MATTHEW KEEFE; INA KEEFE; TRAINING, RESEARCH, ADVOCACY & EDUCATION NETWORK, INC. FKA ANDREA A. RAILA & ASSOCIATES, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MATTHEW KEEFE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF INA KEEFE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 19310 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, September 13, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-18-417-004-0000. Commonly known as 15845 South 114th Court, Orland Park, IL 60462. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W14-2584. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3057597
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.GARY GIBSON, COLLEEN GIBSON, CITIBANK, N.A., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. Defendants 14 CH 010141 11910 S. TIMBERLANE DRIVE PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 25, 2017, 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 11910 S. TIMBERLANE DRIVE, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-26-202-003-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \�AS IS\� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 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 14-13-25131. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I726717
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.SALLY J. DAVIDSON, SALLY J. DAVIDSON, AS TRUSTEE OF THE SALLY J. DAVIDSON TRUST DATED JUNE 28, 2012, WESTBROOK TERRACE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION Defendants 16 CH 14025 9031 WEST 111TH STREET, APARTMENT B Palos Hills, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 16, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 19, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9031 WEST 111TH STREET, APARTMENT B, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-22-200-088-0000. The real estate is improved with a townhouse. The judgment amount was $146,055.17. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \�AS IS\� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please refer to file number 16-079007. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I724699
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs. TADEUSZ SOKOL; JOANNA SOKOL; THE RIVERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION; MONIKA SOKOL; SLAWOMIR SOKOL; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF TADEUSZ SOKOL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MONIKA SOKOL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SLAWOMIR SOKOL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 11860 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, September 15, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 23-23-101-059-0000. Commonly known as 21 Cour Madelein, Palos Hills, IL 60465. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 WA16-0606. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3057676
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FF9, Plaintiff, vs. ANNA E. NESTOR A/K/A ANNA NESTOR, THOMAS B. NESTOR A/K/A THOMAS NESTOR, LINCOLNWAY COMMUNITY BANK, DOORNBOS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC., STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON- RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 11 CH 23296 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on May 29, 2015 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, September 18, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-09-108-020-0000. Commonly known as 14460 Raneys Lane, Orland Park, IL 60462. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3058160
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How ‘Atomic Blonde’ team pulled off the ‘one-take’ action sequence By Peter Debruge
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The Center’s rummage sale typically attracts a large crowd.
The Center announces new activities
The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, has announced a slate of activities for the days ahead. For more information or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650. • A “yoga celebration” walk will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday Aug. 19. The labyrinth walk will celebrate and reflect upon the bounty and beauty of the summer season. • Students will learn the art of creating salsa and bruschetta spread from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20. The class begins with picking tomatoes and herbs in the farm garden, and then moves into the Anderson Center kitchen at the farm. Participants will go home with a small jar of both salsa and bruschetta, and the class will sample some. The workshop fee is $16, plus $6 materials fee. • Instructor Marilyn VandenBout will show students how to press fruits, vegetables, leaves and husks to make unique papyrus creations from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23. Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. The workshop fee is $17, plus a $5 materials fee. • The Center’s rummage sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 25 and
Aug. 26. The riding arena at the Children’s Farm will be filled with books, electronics, housewares, linens, luggage, jewelry, clothes, shoes and toys. Furniture and sporting goods will be on display outside, and the Kiwanis Club of Palos Heights will be on hand to help. The Center’s rummage sale resembles an old-fashioned department store, and an estimated 250,000 items are on display for sale. • On the first Sunday of each month (except December) Communion is offered at both Wayside Chapel services. Volunteers are needed setting up Communion, as well as helping to distribute it. Those who are able and interested should contact Chris Hopkins at The Center. All are welcome. The Wayside Chapel serves a non-alcoholic cup of wine and gluten-free bread.
Bridge Teen Center students invited to art night
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. • Art Studio Night is scheduled from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18. Students are invited to attend an art themed night at The Bridge. Nothing Bundt Cakes will provide free food samples.
VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN NOTICE: Ratings for each film begin with a ‘star’ rating — one star meaning ‘poor,’ four meaning ‘excellent’ — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.
STARTING THIS WEEK:
“ALIEN: COVENANT’’: Both a sequel to ``Prometheus’’ and a prequel to ``Alien,’’ returning director Ridley Scott’s latest contribution to the sci-fi franchise folds in elements of both films in an expectedly eerie way. Back from ``Prometheus,’’ Michael Fassbender has dual roles as androids aboard another spacecraft that picks up unwelcome passengers that turn lethal back on board. Though she’s playing a different character, Katherine Waterston essentially is a surrogate for Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley here; the human cast also includes Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett (“Empire’’) and — spoiler alert: very briefly — James Franco. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “BILLIONS: SEASON TWO’’: Federal prosecutor Chuck Rhoades and hedge-fund king Bobby ``Axe’’ Axelrod (Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis) almost have more in common than not in the sophomore round of the smartly acted, superb Showtime drama. Both are having problems with their respective spouses (Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman), but that ultimately does little to alter the collision course the two men remain on ... with Wendy (Siff) still caught between them. Eric Bogosian and David Strathairn make recurring appearances, and a particularly notable cast addition is Asia Kate Dillon as an Axe Capital analyst who advances very far very quickly. **** (Not rated: AS, P) “DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS 2’’: A sequel to the 2015 cable movie about the offspring of such legendary Disney characters as Maleficent and the Evil Queen, this music-infused fantasy recently made its debut across five of the company’s networks simultaneously. Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart and Mitchell Hope are
among the returning stars as the so-called Villain Kids leave their idyllic new surroundings and go back to the Isle of the Lost. There, they try to keep evil influences from escaping to the outside world. Director Kenny Ortega (``High School Musical’’) also is back. DVD extras: ``making-of’’ documentary; outtakes; deleted song. *** (Not rated) “CHUCK’’: Though he has established a strong image for himself in the title role of the Showtime series “Ray Donovan,’’ Liev Schreiber adopts a different — but still rugged — persona in this true story of Chuck Wepner, the real-life boxer whose underdog story inspired “Rocky.’’ In the same way Sylvester Stallone’s character was chosen to go up against the champ, liquor salesman Wepner got the chance to fight none other than Muhammad Ali. As much attention as he got at the time for the amazing opportunity, he also had to deal with falling out of the limelight just as suddenly afterward. The noteworthy cast also includes Naomi Watts (Schreiber’s former significant other), Elisabeth Moss, Ron Perlman and comic Jim Gaffigan. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “RIVERDALE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON’’: Some familiar characters get big twists as this CW drama series, inspired by the “Archie’’ comic books, opens with the supposedly idyllic town of Riverdale trying to come to grips with the death of a popular student. Archie Andrews (portrayed by KJ Apa) is the romantic target of both longtime friend Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) and newcomer Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes). Cole Sprouse plays Jughead, and Luke Perry, Madchen Amick and Marisol Nichols also star. Molly Ringwald enters the show as the season progresses. DVD extras: two ‘making-of`` documentaries; deleted scenes; outtakes; two musical pieces; Comic-Con panel. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray, via Warner Archive) “HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER’’: Though this comedy from actor-turned-director Ken Marino purports to provide the title education, it also mixes the premise of “About a Boy’’ into
its plot. Eugenio Derbez (“Instructions Not Included’’) plays the title casanova, who gets an unexpected comeuppance when he’s thrown out of his marriage by the woman he married for her wealth. To get back to the comfortable lifestyle he knew, he uses his young nephew (Raphael Alejandro) to meet other prospective wives. Salma Hayek plays the boy’s mother in a cast that also includes Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch and Rob Corddry. DVD extras: two ``making-of’’ documentaries; audio commentary by Marino, producer Ben Odell and editor John Daigle; deleted and extended scenes. *** (PG-13: AS, N, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
COMING SOON:
“GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2’’ (Aug. 22): Peter Quill’s (Chris Pratt) longabsent father (Kurt Russell) turns up in the seriocomic Marvel adventure sequel. (PG-13: AS, P, V) “BLUE BLOODS: THE SEVENTH SEASON’’ (Aug. 22): A literally fiery finale caps this latest round of the CBS police-family drama starring Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg. (Not rated: AS, P, V) “WAKEFIELD’’ (Aug. 22): Bryan Cranston has the title role in E.L. Doctorow’s story of a family man who places himself in isolation in his attic. (R: AS, P) “MY COUSIN RACHEL’’ (Aug. 29): In the Daphne du Maurier tale, a man (Sam Claflin) begins to fall for the woman (Rachel Weisz) he believes killed his benefactor. (PG-13: AS, P) “HAWAII FIVE-0: THE SEVENTH SEASON’’ (Sept. 5): Say farewell to Chin Ho and Kono, since this turned out to be the last round of the CBS reboot for Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park. (Not rated: AS, P, V) “THE MUMMY’’ (Sept. 12): A finder and seller of artifacts (Tom Cruise) becomes the target of an ancient princess’ malevolent spirit (Sofia Boutella). (PG-13: AS, N, P, V)
From “Children of Men” to the opening scene of “La La Land,” socalled oners are all the rage these days, as directors design scenes (or entire movies, a la “Birdman”) to look as if they were filmed in one continuous take. But surely none has been more complicated than the nearly 10-minute, “single-shot” action scene in David Leitch’s “Atomic Blonde.” In this jaw-dropping set-piece, Charlize Theron’s secret-agent character ushers her “package” inside a rancid old Berlin building, fights her way upstairs and back down, then out into the street, where the sequence continues as a car chase, replete with exploding windows and somersaulting SUVs. Leave it to Leitch, who served alongside Chad Stahelski as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on movies such as “The Matrix Revolutions” and “Jurassic World,” to attempt something so audacious for his directorial debut. From the get-go, Leitch was inspired by two things: “Children of Men” and a mandate DP Roger Deakins had once given him. Leitch was shooting second unit on “In Time,” and Deakins challenged him, “How do we stay with the character?” he recalls. Early on, producer Kelly McCormick, who also happens to be Leitch’s wife, told the director, “If you ever had something you wanted to do in a film, this is your chance to do it.” For more than a decade, Leitch had been looking for an excuse to stage an elaborate action-driven sequence shot, “But as a fight director, you’re beholden to your director,” he says. “This movie is an independent movie, so we needed to find bold ways to strike out.” Also, shooting a typical car chase would have cost more and demanded more days than the film’s budget allowed. “If you had done it in a conventional way — like an earlier fight scene with a fire hose — there would be a lot more coverage, where you’re doing 25 to 30 setups a day,” Leitch says. “For this sequence, you’re doing three setups a day, but to get it right, you have to do 15 to 20 takes of each one.” Technically, the “Atomic Blonde” sequence is made up of nearly 40 separate shots, discreetly stitched together to appear as one. Orchestrating it required close collaboration among multiple contributors, from cinematographer Jonathan Sela to editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (both “John Wick” veterans), and left no room for error. “You are committing to the pacing, and you are hoping that the rest of the movie accelerates to the point you want to be at this moment, and that this scene lives at the correct speed within it,” Leitch explains. To pull it off, “We shot the scene chronologically all the way through,” says Ronaldsdót-
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Charlize Theron in “Atomic Blonde.”
tir, who was on set for the entire sequence to make sure each of the cuts worked, since the goal was to make those transitions as invisible as possible. Sela elaborates: “We had to choose the take we wanted right there, and that’s the one we’d have to match to.” That meant the next shot had to be framed almost identically and, if the handheld camera was moving (which it nearly always was), the shot had to be picked up at the same angle and momentum. For the location, the team found a real Berlin building — although it didn’t have an elevator, which meant cheating Theron’s ascent: The camera follows her into a fake elevator, and when it pans down to check her gun, there’s a “stitch” before she exits on the fourth floor. The simplest cuts occur when the camera swish-pans quickly, or when a door frame provides a vertical seam to connect two segments, although nearly half the splices required a CGI assist, Ronaldsdottir estimates. “There are all kinds of tricks,” she says. “Just working on a computer instead of a Steenbeck [flatbed editor], you can blow up the shot a bit or move it around to match it better. You can work within the frame.” Things got a lot more complicated once the characters exit back onto the street and steal a police car. “That was three different locations, because we couldn’t own six whole blocks, and we had to use greenscreen, because you can only shoot the background plate of the car flipping once,” says Ronaldsdóttir, who relied on visual effects supervisor Michael Wortmann of Chimney Pot to make what audiences see through the window fit the handheld camerawork. Meanwhile, Sela entrusted stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave to operate the camera (an Alexa Mini versatile enough to fit inside the car with the actors), since Hargrave had designed the choreography of
not only the actors but also how the camera ought to capture them fighting when there would be no cutaways to mask the blows. According to Leitch, “Chad Stahelski and I operate the cameras in all the fight scenes we direct. You know the timing, so if the actors are off just a second in their punch or if they skip a move, you know to get around it and catch the hit. In a situation like this, it’s just easier to have the guys who have been rehearsing the scene operate the camera.” Overall, the stairwell sequence signals a shift in the movie. Until that point, everything has been relatively smooth, and the fight scenes are neon-lit and set to vintage ‘80s pop songs. “Charlize and I had many discussions about making the third act where we would see the consequences of action, and to ground it as the character spiraled down into the darker Berlin,” he continues. “We’ve been enjoying these musical set pieces, and now we kick up the pace and rip out the music so it’s just raw sound design.” The camerawork switches to handheld, keeping the character tightly within frame. For nearly the entire sequence, it’s Theron up there on screen — except when the character is being thrown against the wall or augured down the stairs. “I’m sure everyone would be game for it once, but there are certain moments where you just can’t take the risk,” Leitch says. And yet, it was important to show that Theron’s character is not a superhero, but a human being. “She was committed to finding the reality of the situation. That’s why we stay with her and watch her take all the beatings and the bruising and get more tired, to the point she can barely stand. They’ve already tapped their adrenaline, they’ve already used all their energy, they’re exhausted, and in the end it just comes down to human will,” Leitch says.
OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST By Jeraldine Saunders
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be cautious that your warmth and enthusiasm does not inadvertently lead someone on. Take the easiest path where your money is concerned in the week ahead. Don’t append too much or spend too little. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Be a great advisor and mentor in the week to come. You may receive extra social invitations. Your certain someone may be caught up in a wild goose chase that could prove costly, but your wisdom can prevent a loss. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Fly straight as an arrow. There is no financial opportunity or risk that is worth losing your good name. Refuse to sign documents that you haven’t read this week and anything you have read but don’t understand. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Like Humpty Dumpty even the FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE mighty can fall. Follow ethical beKEY: AS, adult situations; N, nu- havior in the week to come when dity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, financial matters are in question. particularly graphic violence. If you try to please someone else
you may be secretly influenced by their maneuverings. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take the bit between your teeth. You may have plenty of determination and stamina to make your projects a success. Passing disagreements may only spur you to more ambitious accomplishments in the week ahead. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be discriminative. When faced with a choice between two evils in the week ahead make the most morally acceptable choice. Your loved ones or friends might not agree because they cannot see the fine line you walk. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t voice your suspicions in the week ahead, but adopt a wait and see attitude. Unconditional love delivered in daily doses can even melt a heart made of stone. Your gentle ways can move mountains, even in the workplace. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Soul mates seem to be on the same wavelength. Business contacts, however, may be tuned to a different station. As this week unfolds focus on family, hobbies and home based activities for the
very best success. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen to the boss who dictates your daily chores rather than following the dictates of your heart. A certain someone may think your friendship holds more promise for intimacy than you intend in the week ahead. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Aesop’s turtle knew that slow and steady wins the race. Caution and dedication to duty will pay off during the week ahead. If you are thrifty about the pennies, the dollars will begin to roll in. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Toe the mark. Those in authority may expect perfection as this week unfurls. You have plenty of enthusiasm and eagerness to get something accomplished, but might feel that your efforts are restrained by necessity. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you can’t escape the truth sit back and enjoy it. Somewhere deep inside you might feel you do not deserve the rewards or opportunities you receive as this week unfolds. Be grateful that someone recognizes your worth.
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A ‘high-rise’ approach to a summer favorite By Wolfgang Puck
As I often like to say, we eat with our eyes first. Food that looks beautiful without being too fussy starts your mouth watering in anticipation. And, by contrast, if good ingredients have been well prepared only to be presented in a way that looks unexciting, you may get less pleasure from the whole experience. That explains why I’ve been taking a different approach to a summertime seasonal classic: the tomato, mozzarella and basil salad, also known in Italy as the Caprese, after the island of Capri, or the Tricolore, because its red, white and green colors mimic those of the Italian flag. Most often, the salad’s three main ingredients are simply arranged overlapping each other on a plate or platter, with a vinaigrette dressing drizzled over them. That’s certainly how you’ll probably see it on most antipasto displays in Italian restaurants or when you order an individual one off the menu. Even though sun-ripened tomatoes are wonderfully flavorful in August, and go so well with the rich-tasting fresh mozzarella you can find so easily in well-stocked supermarkets today, such a presentation doesn’t do much anymore to get people excited about this wonderful seasonal specialty. And that’s a shame. So I’d like to share the simple solution my chefs and I like to use in our restaurants: We go vertical instead of horizontal. In other words, we’ve taken to stacking the ingredients, alternating slices of tomato with equally sized slices of the cheese and individual basil leaves. The result instantly catches the eye, making people see this now familiar combination in a fresh new light. Though that may sound like architectural or engineering skills are called for in creating such a presentation, it’s surprisingly easy. Just make sure when you’re shopping that you buy ripe yet firm tomatoes that are approximately the same diameter as the balls of fresh mozzarella you’ll be using. (Head for the market’s cheese department first so you’ll have the package of mozzarella in your cart to serve as a guide.) With a similar sensibility, I’ve simplified the dressing for the salad as well. Instead of making a vinaigrette, I first sprinkle each slice of tomato individually with a little salt and pepper, to make sure that every bite taken is properly seasoned. Then I drizzle each stack with good-quality balsamic vinegar that I’ve first reduced to a syrupy consistency to concentrate
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