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Cheers for WeishFest: Emily Smas was at the event and shot photos of the fun at Saturday night’s event Page 4

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Colleen McElroy, shown at an outdoor board meeting earlier this summer in which board members dressed up in period pieces, has been synonymous with Worth history for years.

Her broken down car leads to curator’s love of Worth history

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter Colleen McElroy had never heard of Worth until her car broke down in the Friendly Village 14 years ago.

“My ‘check engine’ light’ went,” recalls McElroy, who was returning home to Chicago from Orland Park, where she and her husband, Mike, had visited relatives.

McElroy and her young family lived on the Southwest Side of Chicago at the time, but less than a year after her car broke down, they bought a home in Worth.

The rest, as they say, is history.

“Things happen for a reason,” said McElroy, a member of the village board and the curator of the Worth Park District Historical Museum.

McElroy immediately got involved in her new community by joining the library board. She volunteered at the Worth Park District, where she oversaw programming. She moved to the museum when the curator position opened up five years ago.

McElroy, the mother of four, has

a degree in history from Northern Illinois University and a passion for small town history, she said.

Overseeing the Worth Historical Museum fits the bill.

“I am very proud of where the museum is at today,” said McElroy, who spends about 22 hours week at the facility, which is located inside the Terrace Centre, 11500 S. Beloit Ave. The museum is home to thousands of photos and artifacts that chronicle the village’s history, but McElroy says its ultimate goal is “preserving the legacy of a very giving community.”

One of McElroy’s primary objectives is to preserve the recollections of lifelong residents and those who were intimately involved in the community over the years.

She has conducted “oral history” interviews with several residents, including former mayor Dan Kumingo, who died earlier this year. Capturing the memories of community leaders, such as Kumingo, who took a significant interest in the museum, cannot be replaced.

She has a list of several other residents she’d like to sit down with in the near future, she said.

McElroy has spent considerable time chronicling Worth’s history during the 1940s and 1950s. Now she’d like to shift her focus to researching the town’s original families, who settled the area in the late 1800s, long before incorporation in 1914.

McElroy’s work as curator involves myriad tasks including research, answering residents’ queries and genealogy work. She’s willing to research the history of any home in the village, she said.

“I know people look at me and think, ‘What does she have next?’ ” McElroy said. “There is always something new to learn.”

The village’s yearlong celebration of its 100th anniversary has kept McElroy busy as she oversaw the work of the centennial committee and the many events it sponsored.

“This is a collaborative effort from many different people in the community,” she said.

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The so-called ‘meanest man in pro football’ dies Former Bear and Chicago Ridge bowling alley owner Ed Sprinkle passes at age 90

By Tim Hadac Staff Reporter Ed Sprinkle, a longtime resident of Palos Park and recently of Palos Heights who once owned a bowling alley in Chicago Ridge and widely acclaimed as one of the greatest football players in Chicago Bears history, died July 28. He was 90.

Mr. Sprinkle played as a right defensive end for the Bears from 1944 to 1955, earning the nickname “The Claw” for his ability to use his strong left arm against blockers and quarterbacks. He was named all-pro seven times and played in four Pro Bowls — in 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1955.

In a hardscrabble era of NFL football, he was known as a tough guy among tough guys, even getting tagged with a “meanest man in football” nickname by some—a designation Mr. Sprinkle and others close to him disputed.

“I don’t know where it started.

I hit guys. I never stood around.

Sometimes they interpreted that as being mean instead of being tough,” Mr. Sprinkle said in a 2012 interview with The Regional News.

In that same Regional News article, Mr. Sprinkle admitted to some run-ins with other players, including future Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula.

“I came around and hit him pretty good,” he said. “He said something, so I said, ‘If you want to stand around and watch the game why don’t you buy a ticket and sit in the stands?’”

Outside of football, he was a local businessman who owned a tile business on Southwest Highway, as well as a small bowling alley in Chicago Ridge on 111th Street and Oxford Avenue.

He was active in local affairs. He was a member of the Palos Lions Club and coached youth football Ed Sprinkle’s 1951 football card. and baseball, according to his daughter, Susan “Halas tried to defend me. He said Withers, a banking executive and I wasn’t a dirty player. I was mean past president of the Palos Area as everyone out there.”

Chamber of Commerce.

“His name is legendary. I’ve “My dad was tough on the heard all the stories of the Monsters field, because he had to be,” of the Midway, but I knew him as she recalled. “Everywhere else, such a nice guy, such a gentleman. he was kind and understanding.

Hard to equate the legend with He wouldn’t just give orders, he the man I know,” said Brian Mc- would talk to you, explain things.”

Caskey, senior director of business “He was far more than a wondevelopment of the Chicago Bears derful father,” Withers added. “He and son of owner Virginia McCas- was a good friend. He was good key, in 2012 with kids.”

By Bob Rakow Staff Writer A medical marijuana clinic may never open its doors in Chicago Ridge or Oak Lawn, but officials in both communities are hashing out their thoughts on the possibility.

One week after Chicago Ridge officials heard a presentation from an attorney whose investment group wants to locate a marijuana dispensary in the village, Oak Lawn village board members on Tuesday discussed the issue at a committee meeting.

ANALYSIS “We need to get some sense of direction on where we’re going with this,” Mayor Sandra Bury said.

“Just about every district has one little pocket that would qualify.”

The dispensaries will be heavily regulated by the state. For example, they cannot be located within 1,000 feet of a school or daycare center or located in a residential area. State law allows communities to enact reasonable zoning ordinances further regulating the location of dispensaries.

Chicago Ridge approved regulations that would prohibit a dispensary from locating within 1,000 feet of a park or a recreational facility.

Oak Lawn Village Attorney Pat Connelly said the village would be able to rely on its zoning regulations to restrict the location of dispensaries.

“There are numerous zoning tools at your disposal,” Connelly said.

Oak Lawn officials did not make any decisions regarding zoning, deciding instead to let the planning and development commission take up the decision at its Aug. 18 meeting.

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Oak Lawn Trustee Terry Vorderer has some concerns about a medical marijuana facility coming to the area Last week, Chicago Ridge officials heard a presentation from Steve Weisman, who heads an investment group interested in two potential locations in the village.

The locations—one on Southwest Highway, the other on Harlem Avenue—both meet state and village zoning restrictions.

Weisman’s group must choose a location before submitting an application with the state, he said.

Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar pointed out that communities cannot prevent a dispensary from setting up shop, and trustees expressed few reservations about one locating in Chicago Ridge.

But Trustee Bruce Quintos on Tuesday said the village should not consider a dispensary without first gauging residents’ opinions on the proposal. He’s also is miffed that he was not informed of Weisman’s proposal before the board meeting.

Weisman told Chicago Ridge trustees that his group would not seek locations in towns “where we’re not wanted.”

Other communities in the area made it clear they were not interested in adding a medical marijuana dispensary to their business community, Weisman said.

Quintos, a former undercover narcotics officer, said he has other concerns about a dispensary clinic in the village including patients selling some their marijuana.

Oak Lawn Police Chief Mike Murray also expressed security concerns; especially because the dispensaries only accept cash and patients could be robbed.

(Continued on page 5)

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Kortz in session — so is high school football

Richards assistant football coach Jeff Kortz tries to slow down running back Romeo Johnson with a towel during the first day of football practice on Monday in Oak Lawn.

Once they hit the field, there may be no slowing down the Bulldogs in their quest to win a Class 6A state championship. Last year, the Bulldogs finished second and return some talented skill players including Johnson, who had seven carries for 97 yards in a 34-14 loss to Batavia in the state championship game in 2013.

Jeff Vorva’s story looking at some of the early-season storylines for the 2014 campaign, which begins Friday, Aug. 29 and photos from Richards and Chicago Christian’s first-day practices can be found in sports.

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POLICE AND COMMUNITY NEWS

Chicago Ridge Archie Johnson, 63, of Chicago, was charged with possession of marijuana, driving on a suspended license and speeding Aug. 6 after a stop in the 9800 block of Harlem Avenue, police said. *** Yamen I. Youssef, 34, of Chicago, was charged with driving on a suspended license and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle Aug. 7 after a stop at 103rd Street and Harlem Avenue, police said. He also was arrested on three outstanding warrants, police said. *** Michael A. Rodriguez, 35, of Bridgeview, was charged with domestic battery and interference in reporting a domestic battery Aug. 8 following a disturbance in the 9800 block of Harlem Avenue, police said.

Evergreen Park Cameron A. Brisker, 19, Chicago, was charged with retail theft Aug. 1 after allegedly stealing merchandise from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th Ave., police said. *** Alanna M. Larkin, 31, Homewood, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana and drug equipment following a Aug. 1 stop in the 9400 block of Western Avenue, police said. *** Quincy M. Sizemore, 19, of Evergreen Park, was charged with battery Aug. 2 following a disturbance at a block party in the 3100 block of 100th Place, police said. *** Ronald D. Smith, 52, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Aug. 3 after allegedly stealing over-the-counter medications from Wal-Mart, 2500 Western Ave., police said.

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*** Miguel A. Martinez Jr., 25, of Oak Lawn, was charged with criminal trespass to motor vehicle Aug. 4 in the 3000 block of 100th Street, police said. *** James Collier, 52, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Aug. 4 after allegedly stealing items from Speedway, 3000 W. 95th St., police said.

Hickory Hills Richard Jones, 32, of Chicago, was charged with driving on a suspended license and failure to signal Aug. 5 after he was stopped in the 8000 block of 87th Street, police said. *** Damer A. Green, 19, of Orland Park, was charged with speeding Aug. 6 after a stop at 7900 block of 87th Street, police said. *** Abdalrazzq Direya, 50, of Worth, was charged with driving without a valid license Aug. 8 after a stop at 95th Street and 76th Avenue, police said.

Oak Lawn An iPhone was reported stolen July 22 from the purse of a customer at the Salvation Army store, 8732 S. Cicero Ave. *** Alcohol valued at approximately $280 was reported stolen July 25 from Jewel-Osco, 8801 S. Ridgeland Ave. *** Michael T. Velazquez, 44, of Oak Lawn, was charged with drunken driving, improper lane use, failure to signal, driving on a revoked license and no insurance July 31 after a stop at 109th Street and Cicero Avenue, police said. *** Stephen R. Campbell, 23, of Oak Lawn, was charged with

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drunken driving, speeding, driving without a valid license, no insurance and illegal transportation of alcohol July 31 after a stop at 95th Street and Mansfield Avenue, police said. *** A bicycle was stolen Aug. 1 from the 10500 block of Cicero Avenue. *** Shaune D. Spivey, 47, of Champaign, Ill., was charged with assault and disorderly conduct Aug. 2 after a disturbance in the 10800 block of Central Avenue, police said. *** An Oak Lawn man told police he was attacked Aug. 2 outside the Johnson Phelps VFW Hall, 9514 W. 95th St. The man said he was smoking a cigarette outside the building when someone approached him from behind and placed him in a choke hold until he passed out, police said. The man went unconscious and later woke up in the middle of Yourell Drive. His wallet was next to him but nothing was taken from it. He got up and ran home. He later was treated at Christ Medical Center for a sprained ankle and injured shoulder. *** A generator, compressor, power sander and a wagon were reported stolen between Aug. 2-4 from a garage in the 6000 block of 99th Street. *** A bicycle valued at $350 was reported stolen Aug. 3 or 4 from a garage in the 10900 block of Tripp Avenue.

Palos Hills Game systems, jewelry and cash were reported stolen sometime between July 29 and Aug. 5 from a house in the 9700 block of 81st Avenue, police said. *** An iPad was reported stolen Aug. 5 from the Green Hills Public Library, 8611 W. 103rd St. *** Adam Fijalkowski, 22, of Palos Hills, was charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing Aug. 7 after he attempted to break into a condominium in the 11100 block of 84th Avenue, police said. *** The tires of three cars parked in the 10200 block of 86th Court were slashed Aug. 10. *** Majdee Yahya, 30, of Palos Hills, was charged with possession of marijuana, driving on a suspended license, no insurance and disobeying a stop sign Aug. 10 after a stop on 81st Court, police said.

Area police departments Chicago Ridge 425-7831 Evergreen Park 422-2142 Hickory Hills 598-4900 Oak Lawn 499-7722 Palos Hills 598-2272 Worth 448-3979

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Man faces murder charge after an argument at party in Evergreen Park

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter A Minooka man faces firstdegree murder charges after allegedly stabbing a man Sunday during an argument at an Evergreen Park yard party, police said.

Bond was set at $5 million Tuesday for Patrick J. Tantillo, 39, during a hearing at Cook County Circuit Court in Bridgeview.

The state’s attorney on Mon-

day filed charges against Tantillo for causing the death of Lucian Nicolaescu of Chicago.

Police said Tantillo and Nicolaecu both attended the yard party and got into a verbal argument that escalated until Nicolaecu was stabbed.

Evergreen Park police responded at 1:04 a.m. Sunday to a call of an aggravated battery in the 9300 block of Springfield Avenue.

Nicolaecu underwent emergency surgery at Christ Medi-

cal Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead at 8:16 a.m., police said.

Tantillo was arrested at the scene, and the weapon was recovered in a neighboring yard.

Police did not reveal the type of weapon used in the incident.

An autopsy performed Monday found that Nicolaescu died of a stab wound to the torso. His death was ruled a homicide, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Chicago Ridge Police Department ready to begin a late-night enforcement crackdown The Chicago Ridge Police Department announced its latenight plans for the 2014 Labor Day “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Impaired Driving Crackdown focusing on the deadliest time of day for motor vehicle fatalities. The intensified enforcement effort against the overwhelming number of late-night impaired drivers and seat belt law violators emphasizes the disproportionate number of traffic deaths occurring during late-night hours.

According to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the midnight to 3 a.m. time frame is the deadliest time on Illinois roads. The data also shows this time of day has the highest percentage of alcohol involvement and the lowest oc-

cupant restraint use.

“The numbers do not lie. To help prevent fatalities on Illinois roadways, we are stepping up our late-night enforcement efforts, making sure impaired drivers are off the road and motorists are buckled up,” said Chief Robert Pyznarski. “If you drive impaired or unbuckled at night, we will find you and arrest you or give you a ticket.”

The Chicago Ridge Police Department recommends designating a sober driver and not letting friends and family drive impaired as just two of several simple steps to avoid a tragic crash or an arrest for impaired driving. Other important tips include: • Plan ahead. Designate a sober driver before going out and give that person your keys.

• If you are impaired, call a taxi, use mass transit or call a

sober friend or family member to get you home safely.

• Promptly report impaired drivers you see on the roadways to law enforcement.

• Wear your seat belt and make sure all passengers are safely buckled up. It is your best defense against an impaired driver.

The law enforcement crackdown is funded by federal traffic safety funds through IDOT’s Division of Transportation Safety and it runs concurrently with a media campaign that will remind motorist, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”

The Chicago Ride Police Department will be conducting a roadside safety check on Saturday August 30, 2014 in the 10500 block of Harlem Avenue for 22:00-02:00 hours.

— Submitted by the Chicago Ridge Police Department

Suspect charged in burglary in Heights Palos Heights police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old Chicago man in connection with a burglary that occurred early on July 19 at Noral Jewelers, 12227 S. Harlem Ave. Hasaan J. Hall was taken into custody without incident

by Palos Heights police at his residence in the 8800 block of Harper Avenue in Chicago, police said.

Palos Heights police detective Sgt. Mike Yott said the case is still under investigation.

Palos Heights detectives “recovered evidence and interviewed possible witnesses, which led to Hall being a suspect,” Yott stated

in a release Tuesday. Yott declined in an interview Tuesday to elaborate on what led police to arrest Hall, as the case is still under investigation.

Police believe that at least one other man was involved in the break-in.

Although the shop’s back door was damaged in the incident and the burglars succeeded in gaining access to part of the building, nothing was reported stolen, Yott added.

Hall was scheduled to appear at a bond hearing at the 5th Municipal District Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview on Tuesday, Yott said.

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Hasaan J. Hall

Woman charged with battery in Palos Heights Palos Heights police charged Sandy Liptak, 48, of Midlothian, with battery after she allegedly spat in the face of two employees in the emergency room at Palos Community Hospital at 1:55 a.m. on April 12. Bond was set at $1,500, and Liptak is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Sept. 2.

In other Palos Heights police news, Waleed K. El Zeibak, 21, of Orland Park, was charged with speeding, improper lane usage, no proof of insurance, possession of cannabis, and resisting a police officer. Police curbed his vehicle in the 13200 block of South Harlem Avenue at 11:35 p.m. last Thursday after they said they spotted it traveling at 48 mph, 13 mph over the posted speed limit. Bond was set at $2,000, and El Ziebak was given a court date of Aug. 22 in Bridgeview.

Police charged Daniel J. Taylor, 20, of Orland Park, with possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, and operating a vehicle with only one working taillight. His vehicle was pulled over by police in the 13100 block

of South Harlem Avenue at 8:32 p.m. last Saturday. A search of the vehicle yielded a plastic bag containing cannabis and two smoking pipes, according to the police report. Bond was set at $1,500, and Taylor is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Sept. 30.

Jon D. Crispin, 37, of Bolingbrook, was charged with DUI, no proof of insurance, and speeding.

Police stopped his vehicle in the 12700 block of South Harlem Avenue at 11:28 p.m. last Friday, after they said they saw it traveling at 61 mph, 26 mph over the posted limit. Bond was set at $3,000, and Crispin is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 22.

Police charged Korina M. Roman, 21, of Oak Park, with DUI and improper lane usage. Police curbed her vehicle in the 12000 block of South Harlem Avenue at 12:56 a.m. last Monday. Bond was set at $3,000, and Roman was given a court date of Sept. 16 in Bridgeview.

Eric F. Schwappach, 29, of Hometown, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, DUI, and improper lane usage. His ve-

hicle was pulled over by police in the 12500 block of South Harlem Avenue at 1:36 a.m. last Tuesday.

A search of the vehicle yielded a small amount of heroin, as well as needles and syringes, according to the police report. Schwappach was scheduled to appear at a bond hearing last Tuesday.

Police charged Arizbe Aguayo, 31, of Cicero, with speeding, as well as driving on a suspended license. Police stopped her vehicle in the 12600 block of South Harlem Avenue at 7:21 p.m. last Thursday, after they said they said it traveling at 47 mph, 12 mph over the posted limit. Bond was set at $1,500, and Aguayo was given a court date of Sept. 2 in Bridgeview.

Jesse J. Hickman, 39, of Chicago, was charged with driving on a suspended license, as well as operating a vehicle with only one working headlight. Police curbed his vehicle in the 12000 block of South Harlem Avenue at 4:15 a.m. last Thursday. Bond was set at $1,500, and Hickman is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on Sept. 2.

Cars burglarized at The Center Palos Park Two cars parked at The Center, 12700 S. Southwest Highway, were burglarized on July 25, according to Palos Park police. Both victims told police they arrived at the site at about 5 p.m. and discovered the crimes about 90 minutes later when they returned to their vehicles. One victim, a 27-year-old Hampshire man, said that $60 cash was missing from his car, which he had not locked.

The other victim, a 30-year-old Winfield woman, said her driver’s side window was smashed and her purse was missing. Inside the purse, she said, were her cell phone, driver’s license, $30 cash, $100 in gas station gift cards,

and several credit and debit cards.

She later learned that one of her debit cards was used at two gas stations on Chicago’s South Side, to make purchases of more than $130. Police advised her to cancel her cards and checking account.

In other Palos Park police news, Mohammad N. Zagloul, 23, of Orland Park, was charged with reckless driving, following too closely, improper passing, and possession of cannabis. While driving his vehicle south in the 12200 block of South Southwest Highway at 3:27 a.m. last Thursday, Zagloul allegedly pulled up behind a police car at a high rate of speed and then passed it while making

an obscene gesture, according to the police report. Police curbed Zagloul’s vehicle several blocks south. A search of the vehicle yielded a plastic bag containing cannabis, police said. Zagloul is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 28.

Police charged Christian K. Simic, 21, of Palos Park, with possession of drug paraphernalia. Police stopped his SUV in the 8600 block of West Iroquois Road after he allegedly ran a stop sign.

A search of the vehicle yielded a smoking pipe, according to the police report. Simic was given a hearing date of Sept. 3 at the Kaptur Administrative Center.

State officials host Gun Lock Giveaway Representative Fran Hurley and Senator Bill Cunningham will host a Gun Lock Giveway with the Worth Police Department to promote firearm safety.

This event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at Worth Village Hall, located at

7112 W. 111th Street. The Worth Police Department received 200 of the locks through a federally sponsored program known as Project ChildSafe.

The Worth Police Department has locks for both large-bore and small-bore guns, rifles, shotguns

and handguns.

The locks come with brochures on gun safety as well as directions to a gun safety website, www. projectchildsafe.org.

— Submitted by the offices of Fran Hurley and Bill Cunningham

Thursday, August 14, 2014 The Reporter

Wow, it’s already been a year since taking over The Reporter What was that? What just whizzed by?

Was that a year? Where did it go so quickly?

Yes, dear readers, it’s been a little more than a year since I became the alleged “new sheriff’’ in town and took over this fine newspaper as editor.

That year just flew by.

My hope was to take an already strong newspaper and make it even more compelling and fun.

We’re running bigger photos, bigger headlines and putting a picture of Fred Flintstone on the normally conservative and reserved opinion page shows we like to have fun.

We told fun stories of your friends and neighbors accomplishing fantastic things.

In the past 12 months, cancer survivors ran in triathlons, a kid sang on stage with Bruce Springsteen, a hockey player won a silver medal in the Olympics and a Hooters waitress compete in an international competition.

We wrote about local comedians, the health of Cardinal George, a wheelchair basketball pioneer, a teenager who was praised by the governor and president for her volunteer business of making stuffed hearts to comfort people, heroic cops and firemen, a high school volleyball team that finished first in the state and a high school football team that finished second.

And that’s just the tip of the ice burg.

Also in the past dozen months, we have been keeping our readers up to date on the 100th anniversaries of Chicago Ridge and Worth.

We’ve followed stories about basketball courts in Oak Lawn, the ups and downs of the merged baseball and softball leagues in Palos Hills and Hickory Hills and some of the business developments and the great high school football season in Evergreen Park.

We wrote about the weather.

It was cold.

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And we wrote about a couple of storms that passed the area that could have been a lot worse.

We even wrote a story about an advertisement from a man’s mail in downstate Washington that reached Moraine Valley in Palos Hills during a tornado. We wrote about school closings – no, not because of the weather. We wrote about the permanent closing of Mt. Assisi High School in Lemont and St. Bernadette in Evergreen Park.

Celebrities came to town.

Governor hopeful Bruce Rauner campaigned in Hickory Hills.

Olympic hero Bonnie Blair was at Stagg to speak in the winter and the Gin Blossoms played music there in the spring. Bobby Hull and Mike Ditka gave some flavor to a couple of area liquor store events. Former Cub David DeJesus and current Cubs players Edwin Jackson and Chris Coghlan stopped by Advocate Children’s Hospital to brighten kids’ days.

And Dick Biondi, a legendary DJ who is all of 83 years old, climbed a 60-foot fire department ladder during an event at Standard Bank Park in Crestwood.

Yes, there were also the controversial stories as well as the sad stories that we hate to write but as long as we had to, we were going to do them as thoroughly as we could even if it meant ticking some people off. That’s a part of the job that won’t go away.

We made some friends. We made some enemies. We hope we made more friends than enemies.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

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It’s been a wild year since Jeff Vorva took over as Reporter editor including Bobby Hull coming to Oak Lawn (left photo) and Evergreen Park’s Henry Hynes playing on stage with Bruce Springsteen in Nashville in April.

The inner circle of the Reporter is small. Joining me is reporter Bob Rakow and designer Kari Nelson. They are the heart and soul of the newspaper. We have some outstanding freelance writers helping the cause and this summer we were blessed with some young, talented interns who also graced the paper with their work.

I can tell you that being an editor is a heck of a lot different than being a reporter. Being responsible for a whole section instead of a couple of stories is a shock to the system. We could have an outstanding section with a great front page but if we screwed something up such as a name in an obituary, it really hits me hard.

And every time the phone rings, you never know how your week may change. It could be a tip on a hot story. It could be a tip on a story that might not be so hot. It could be someone calling to complain. It could be someone who just wants to talk.

It’s like spinning a roulette wheel.

One of the worst calls I received from a reader came late in 2013 and an older woman said she wanted to cancel her subscription because she couldn’t see anymore. She was going blind.

She said she loved the paper for many years and couldn’t wait until Thursday’s to read it.

She even cried during the conversation.

I was darn near moved enough to volunteer to go to her resi-

dence and read her the paper every week.

One of the best calls from a reader came last month when a long-time subscriber said that our July 10 edition was great and for the first time she read every single story. The next day, former Regional Publishing publisher Charles Richards came in and, even though he was mad at me for a minute for a wisecrack I made, said that edition was the best in the history of the Reporter.

High praise indeed.

That was the edition we had front page stories on a Fourth of July fatality in Bridgeview, an update on a former Oak Lawn resident who had three openheart surgeries before he turned three, Palos Hills Mayor Jerry

Bennett’s outrage with ComEd on the city’s power outage woes and a look at the new Mother McAuley principal.

What will the next year be like?

Some of you may have heard rumors about the future about Regional Publishing and, like so many people I have interviewed over the years, I have to use their line and say that nothing is official and if anything does become official, we will let you know.

In the meantime, we will continue to do what we have to do.

We will keep you informed. We will hopefully give you a couple of laughs or make you shed a tear or two.

Most of all, we will try to have fun.

Plans for multi-town drainage plan underway

By Kelly White Correspondent Palos Hills is joining forces with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), Cook County and two nearby communities to develop a master storm water drainage plan for a five-mile stretch of Roberts Road.

The city joined the MWRD and representatives from Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, Justice and Cook County Highway Department last Thursday at a kick-off meeting in Palos Hills to discuss a proposed drainage plan for Roberts Road from 71st Street to 111th Street.

But Palos Hills and Hickory Hills residents shouldn’t get too excited just yet. It could be a decade before a Roberts Road storm water system is installed, thereby resolving many of the flooding issues that affect both towns, said Larry Boettcher, Hickory

Hills’ director of public works.

But Boettcher and Hickory Hills Mayor Mike Howley lauded the MWRD for employing a regional approach to solve the Roberts Road flooding problems, which also plague Justice and Bridgeview.

“They’re looking at the bigger picture,” Howley said.

Previously, individual communities examined ways to solve flooding issues, but such an approach could have a negative impact on neighboring towns, Boettcher said.

“Engineering studies have shown the main drain under Roberts Road is undersized and drainage improvements are necessary,” Palos Hills Public Works Commissioner Dave Weakley said at last Thursday’s city council meeting.

The MWRD and the Cook County Highway Department

are addressing all concerns and working to develop a comprehensive plan that addresses the storm water drainage needs of the communities residing along Roberts Road, Weakley said.

Meanwhile, the Palos Hills Public Works Department recently completed two water main replacement projects, Weakley said.

Fifty feet of deteriorated water main was replaced at Winter Park and Sun Valley drives and another 50 feet was replaced at Cottonwood and Chestnut drives.

“The maintenance work was in response to numerous water main failures at both locations,” Ald. Martin Kleefisch (1st Ward) said.

Two leaks were located on 74th Avenue—one 104 Street and the other at 105th Street—were rather large and finding their way into the sanitary sewer system.

The other two leaks were the result of fire hydrants that were not fully closed, Weakley said.

Weakley reported at previous city council meetings that there was a hidden water leak in the

city’s system, and a water leak detection company was brought in to survey the system and locate the leaks. Four water leaks were detected and repaired, he said.

Weakley said his department also has responded to concerns about poor storm water drainage at 102nd Street and 78th Avenue by clearing overgrown vegetation and debris from the east ditch line along 78th Avenue from 101st Street to 102nd Street, he said.

“After completing an elevation survey of the area, it was deter-

mined that clearing the ditch was the best approach to improving storm water conveyance throughout the area,” he said.

During the clearing process, public works crews discovered a beaver dam in Lucas Ditch Extension, east of 78th Avenue and north of 103rd Street, which also contributed to poor storm water drainage in the area. The MWRD was contacted and trapping of the beavers was been requested.

— Bob Rakow contributed to this report

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WeishFest, Atkins ‘killed it’ and raised money for good cause

By Jeff Vorva Reporter Editor “Rodney Atkins killed it tonight. Can’t wait for next year.”

Those were the words from a Tweeter named Marty Kelly shortly after the conclusion of the second running of WeishFest Saturday night at Standard Bank Park in Crestwood.

Country music star Atkins was the main event of an event that honored late former Brother Rice student Andrew Weishar and to raise money for families who have

kids with cancer.

Thousands gathered for an afternoon and evening of music, food and drinks. This first event in 2013 raised more than $130,000 and organizers think they have a shot at beating that total when all the results are in.

One of the organizers, Danny Weischar, said before the event that he hopes to keep it going and years down the line it can grow so big they can host it at Wrigley Field.

Here is a look at some of the fun at the fest.

Photos by Emily Smas

A long look at WeishFest. Thousands of people came out to support the Weishar Foundation during the event.

Music was a huge part of Saturday’s WeishFest.

Girls dance to the C2 and the Brothers Reed Band.

Lead vocalist Bob Biagi of Infinity sings to the crowd Saturday at WeishFest.

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Kelly Reed, the lead singer of C2 and the Brothers Reed, belts out a big note for the crowd.

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By Mark Andrews

Compiled by Jeff Vorva

News and events from our archives.

Checkerboard ice cream comes to the area 50 years ago

From the Aug. 13, 1964 issue The story: A bulldozer was ready to roll to get started on what was first called the Park Lawn School for Retarded Children on at 109th and Lamont in Oak Lawn. The group was renting quarters in Evergreen Park.

The quote: “The infant city of Palos Hills is facing a vital decision about its future. The new development suggested by “Mr. Dover” can make or break the city depending on both the city officials and the builder.’’ — an editorial in the Reporter about the importance of a development plan.

Fun fact: Ben Franklin in Palos Heights was excited to offer the new Sealtest “exciting” flavor of ice cream — checkerboard. It was a combo of vanilla and chocolate.

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From the Aug. 17, 1989 issue The story: The Tri-State tollway opened its interchange at 95th Street, which impacted Hickory Hills, Oak Lawn and Chicago Ridge. “It’s a 12-year dream for me,’’ Hickory Hills Mayor Ray Kay said.

The quote: “The slide was damaged in such a way that it would have cut a kid’s leg off,’’ — Palos Hills Alderman Joel Tomas on vandalism on playground equipment done by ax-wielding vandals at Indian Woods Park.

Fun fact: Karen Boss, 16, was named Miss Worth and Stephanie Demonbreun, 14, was named Miss Junior Worth at the Diamond Jubilee Celebration.

Hospital sues EP over parking lot 10 years ago

From the Aug. 12, 2004 issue The story: Little Company of Mary Hospital sued the Village of Evergreen Park for denying the hospital an additional parking lot. EP mayor Jim Sexton said he had no comment on the suit.

The quote: “Hardly as heinous as its predecessor — a strained girls’ fantasy that embraced Britney Spears values — “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” is instead merely harmless,’’ — Reporter movie reviewer Josh Larsen, who, it is safe to say, was not a huge fan of the “Princess Bride” franchise.

Fun fact: Palos Hills opened a place called Smoke-N-Jo, which a drive-thru where you could pick up cigarettes, coffee and other products.

Aug. 14: ON THIS DATE in 1935, the Social Security Act became law, creating unemployment insurance and a pension plan for the elderly.

Aug. 15: ON THIS DATE in 1057, Macbeth, king of Scotland, was slain in battle by the son of the late King Duncan, whom Macbeth had murdered 17 years earlier to gain the throne. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in New York.

Aug. 16: ON THIS DATE in 1861, President Lincoln prohibited the states of the Union from trading with the seceding Confederate states. In 1977, rock-music icon Elvis Presley died at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tenn. He was 42.

Aug. 17: ON THIS DATE in 1896, a prospecting party discovered gold in northwestern Canada; reports reaching Seattle and San Francisco months later touched off the Klondike gold rush. In 1969, Hurricane Camille kill Aug. 18: ON THIS DATE in 1587, the first English child, named Virginia Dare, was born in the New World. In 1961, construction of the Berlin Wall was completed.

Aug. 19: ON THIS DATE in 1848, the New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California.

Aug. 20: ON THIS DATE in 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said of the Royal Air Force’s performance in World War II, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1891, Thomas Edison received a patent for the motion-picture camera.

This week’s question: In what state was the first successful oil well drilled in 1859?

(Mark Andrews can be reached via e-mail at mlandrews@embarqmail.com.)

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Gerald Ford

A look at nine accidental presidents We have had a total of nine accidental presidents.

An accidental president occurs if a sitting president is impeached, dies in office or resigns.

Two presidents were impeached by the House of Representatives but both were acquitted by the Senate. Eight presidents died in office — four of natural causes and four were assassinated. One president resigned from office in disgrace rather than face impeachment charges.

All nine accidental presidents knew as sitting vice-presidents they were a heartbeat away from the highest office in the land.

None of them were any more qualified to become president than the men they replaced.

Training to be president begins minutes after the oath of office is administered.

The following is a list of the nine accidental presidents with a brief comment of their time in office: John Tyler John Tyler, No. 10 overall, was the first accidental president. He replaced William Henry Harrison who died on April 4, 1841, just 30 days after taking office. President Tyler finished the term and did not run again. One of his last acts was to sign bills admitting Texas and Florida as states.

President Tyler died on Jan. 18, 1862 in Richmond, Va. before he could take his seat in the Confederate House. Could some consider him a traitor?

Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore, our 13th president, served the remaining term of President Zachary Taylor. As president, Fillmore signed into law the Compromise of 1850 which helped delay the conflict over slavery. He was rejected by the Whig party to run for another term.

Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson, No. 17, was sworn in on April 15, 1865 after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. President Johnson

spent much time fighting Congress over reconstruction. In 1867 the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars. In 1868 Johnson was impeached by the House, but was acquitted by one vote in the Senate.

Chester Arthur Chester Arthur, No. 21, was sworn in on Sept. 20, 1881 one day after the assassination of James A. Garfield. President Arthur signed into law the Pendleton Civil Service Act, tariff reform legislation and the Edmonds Anti-Polygamy Bill aimed at the Mormons in Utah.

He was defeated for the Republican nomination in 1884.

sworn in on April 12, 1945 following the sudden death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On May 7, 1945 Germany surrendered and after we dropped atomic bombs Photo by Jeff Vorva on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Work on Christ Medical Center is one of just many development projects going on in Oak Lawn.

Japan surrendered in September, 1945.

He was elected in the “political upset” of 1948. He sent U.S. troops to Korea in 1950. Then in 1951 he relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his command. In 1952 Truman declined to seek reelection.

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson, our 36th president, was sworn in on Air Force One on Nov. 22, 1963 after the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. In 1964 he was elected to a full term.

He signed an $11.5 billion tax reduction bill and a major civil rights bill. He ordered the bombing of targets in North Vietnam in 1965. He started Medicare, the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1965 and in 1966 the Department of Transportation was formed.

Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, No. 30, was sworn in on August 3, 1923 after the death of Warren G. Harding.

In 1924 Coolidge was elected, but did not run again in 1928. He sent U.S. Marines to Nicaragua in 1925 during that country’s civil war. He vetoed the McNary-Haugen farm bill in 1926 and in 1928 vetoed the relief measure.

Gerald Ford Gerald R. Ford, No. 38, was sworn in on Aug. 8, 1974 as Richard M. Nixon winged his way to California in disgrace. On Oct. 10, 1973 vice president Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office and Gerald Ford was appointed to replace him.

Among the first things that President Ford did was to appoint Nelson A. Rockefeller vice-president.

Then he did something that many of us could not understand — he gave President Nixon a full and absolute pardon. In April 1975 South Vietnam surrendered to the Communists ending the war in Southeast Asia. In 1976 President Ford led the nation in celebrating the country’s 200th birthday. Later in 1976 he was defeated by Jimmy Carter in the presidential election.

My choice for the top three accidental presidents in alphabetical order are: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.

Harry Truman Harry S. Truman, No. 23, was

Don C. White is a historian from Palos Hills.

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, was sworn in on Sept. 14, 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley. He was elected to a full term in 1904. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for arbitrating the end of the Russo-Japanese War. He did not seek reelection in 1908, but in 1912 he left the GOP and ran on the Progressive (“Bull Moose”) ticket. He lost the election to Woodrow Wilson.

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No wild goose chase

Community Briefs

The Cotton Club will open its doors from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday for another evening of jazz at Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147th St., Oak Forest. Every dollar earned at the event helps families with financial challenges receive the professional speech and hearing care they need from Sertoma Speech & Hearing Centers.

Returning this August, Adrienne Locke will provide vocals suggestive of Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, and Anita Baker. Drinks will be available from 7 to 11 p.m., and appetizers from 8 to 10 p.m. The cost is $45 per guest, or $75 per couple.

To download an invitation and RSVP form, visit www. sertomacenter.org, go to events, and select Cotton Club. For

more information, or to purchase tickets, call 599-9500.

Guests can also purchase tickets at the event.

My Sisters’ Keeper leaders to host fashion show

Cook County Commissioners District Deborah Sims (5th District) and Joan Patricia Murphy (6th District) along with Jennifer Artis and committee members for My Sisters’ Keeper (Southland) are hosting a Fashion Show Fundraiser to benefit the women of South Suburban Public Action to Deliver Shelter, more commonly known as SSPADS. The fashion show will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

7 at the Dorchester, 1515 E. 154th St., Dolton. Tickets are $45. Women of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma

Mariano’s, hospital and many projects have OL officials excited

The grocery store will anchor Stony Creek Promenade, the long-awaited development on the northwest corner of 111th Street and Cicero Avenue.

The location was previously home to Kmart, a shuttered Dominick’s and few businesses on the out lots, including an auto mechanic and motorcycle shop.

Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurant also will be located in the new mall along with some yet unnamed retail stores.

“There’s a lot going on in our village,” Radice said. “It’s great to see the development.”

While eyes are on Stony Creek Promenade and the construction work at Christ Medical Center, which is scheduled for completion in 2017, a drive down 95th Street reveals several other projects that are in varying phases of development, Radice said.

For example, construction of a new Walgreens is underway at 95th Street and Austin Avenue.

The store, which will include a drive-thru pharmacy, will replace the Walgreens at 95th Street and Melvina Avenue. It’s scheduled to open in first quester of 2015, Radice said.

First Midwest Bank recently

opened at 95th Street and McVicker Avenue, and Oak Lawn Bank and Trust, which is located adjacent to Village Hall, is expected to open in the fall, he said.

Demolition off the Carpet One Interior building at 95th Street and Mayfield Avenue started recently. The building is being razed to make room for the Women’s Health Institute of Illinois. The 20,000 facility is expected to open next year, Radice said.

Just down the street, Hawk Ford is renovating the auto dealership to include a larger service department as well as a new façade and other amenities.

Meanwhile, Hooters, located at 91st and Cicero Avenue, broke ground this week on a larger location that will be built behind the current restaurant. The existing restaurant will be razed to make way for parking.

Finally, Flap-Jack’s, which was located for 18 years at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue, is expected to reopen later this month at its new location in the Coral Plaza, just east of 95th Street and Cicero Avenue. The popular restaurant will occupy the former site of TopNotch Burgers, which closed several years ago.

individuals who have a medical need and a permit. Qualifying patients must be diagnosed by a (Continued from page 1) physician as having a debilitat“The amount they are allowing ing medical condition. A qualifyfor sale is considerable,” Murray ing patient can obtain up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two said.

“I think there’s going to be a weeks.

Illinois is expected to begin takproblem with the clientele other than the sick people,” Oak Lawn ing applications for 60 medical marijuana businesses in SeptemTrustee Terry Vorderer said.

Weisman addressed some of the ber. Those who want to want to security concerns at last week’s apply must have “an application pinned down,” said Weisman, an meeting in Chicago Ridge.

He stressed that the clinics attorney for Kirkland and Ellis.

Weisman’s group plans to subwould be heavily regulated by the state, including implementation of a security plan and dispensing medical marijuana only to approved clients.

“The state’s requirements are incredibility rigorous,” he told trustees. “This is truly medicine.

This is a business.”

The state’s medical cannabis act took effect on January 1. The law allows the used of marijuana by

mit five applications. They decided to include Chicago Ridge as a potential location when they learned village officials were not opposed to the idea, he said.

Several groups have approached Oak Lawn as well, Bury said.

In the end, however, only one dispensary will locate in the area because only 60 dispensaries are permitted statewide with regions of the state divided into dispensary districts.

Calumet, Stickney and Worth townships make up one district.

By Bob Rakow Staff Writer The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce will have a little editing to do before it publishes its next business directory.

The commercial landscape is changing at a rapid pace in the village, as outlined at Tuesday’s village board meeting by Steve Radice, economic development director.

The big news as far is the village is concerned is that Mariano’s is set to open on Sept. 9, just two days after the Oak Lawn wraps up its annual Fall on Green festival.

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A goose flew in to the Dorn School’s courtyard in late April where she made a nest and made herself cozy while awaiting the arrival of six goslings. Over the summer, she tended to her brood while they gathered enough strength to fly the proverbial coop.

But two of the goslings stayed behind, unable to join the rest of their family.

Enter Roberta Franzen and Shirley Dragas, two retired members of the North Palos School District 117 family who continue to volunteer their time in the district.

The ladies stepped in and — using blankets — corralled the goslings and transferred them to the Children’s Farm in Palos Park where they will be part of the menagerie there.

Cotton Club Jazz swings again at Gaelic Park

Radice: ‘There is a lot going on in our village’

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The Commission works to elevate the status of women and girls, improve the delivery of services to women and their families, and eliminate inequalities in laws, practices and conditions that impact Cook County women and girls.

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Let’s consider this – some of us are just a couple of bad breaks from being homeless I saw a scares them. I Facebook post don’t know. the other day The intercomplaining section of 87th

by Bob Rakow about homeless Street and people working Pulaski Road is various interanother popular sections in our communities. spot for those shaking a cup. My It wasn’t an angry rant, but it wife and I see them frequently didn’t exactly make a case for when we travel through that helping these folks either. area. It’s a busy intersection with The post simply stated that long lights. I imagine that makes the homeless people shouldn’t be it a good corner for soliciting seen at the intersections in our donations. towns. It referenced 95th Street My wife tired of offering a doland Ridgeland Avenue, but if lar here and loose change there you’re out and about on a reguto one of the men who routinely lar basis, you know that homeworks the intersection, so she less or underprivileged folks—not occasionally bought him food at all of them are homeless, I susMcDonald’s instead. Judging from pect—work several intersections the speed at which he ate the in many Southland towns. food, it was pretty clear he was There’s no question their hungry. numbers have increased of late.

Most of us have never been In fact, it’s not uncommon to hungry. We may have missed a see two homeless folks working meal or two or faced tough times the same intersection. Harlem when it was difficult to keep food Avenue at 143th Street is a good on the table. But we’ve never example. Rising unemployment, stood on a corner, hoping strangthe lack of homeless shelters ers will offer enough money to and a decrease in mental health buy some food and maybe afford facilities are some of the reasons a room at a cheap motel. why we see more people who There’s no shortage of opinions live on life’s fringes seeking our when it comes to people who help. beg for money. Some, a minority, They walk between the rows are happy to help out. In fact, of cars lined up at busy intersecone of the first responders to the tions, often displaying hastily put Facebook poster noted that some together cardboard signs that of us are just one or two bad mention that they’re homeless, breaks from homelessness. Job out of work or willing to work. loss, serious illness, the death a One man I’ve seen even menfamily’s chief provider. Just a few tions that he has a cell phone bad breaks, and many people are and will take any odd job. facing real trouble.

Anything to get by. Desperate Not everyone has a safety net times call for desperate measures. when adversity hits. They have Most drivers stare straight little or no savings, no friends ahead and don’t give these people or family who can help out in a nickel. Now and then, someone the short term. Next thing they will roll down their window and know, they’re on the streets or offer spare change or a dollar. living in their car—a slightly betMany hesitate to contribute ter option, I suppose. because they believe their contriBut the Facebook poster combutions will be used to purchase plaining about the presence of drugs or alcohol. Still others hold homeless people on street corners onto the foolish belief that these likely didn’t give that a thought. folks should simply get a job It’s far easier to grumble about rather than beg. something that’s unpleasant to I’m sure some people who see, something that reminds us work the corners do use the that the less fortunate are memmoney for drugs and alcohol bers of our community. There rather than food and shelter. I was a time when the homeless suppose various addictions and were only seen downtown. They dependencies are what lead to had regular spots where they hit homeless in the first place. It’s a up passers for money. But they vicious circle. rarely were seen in the neighborOthers are probably so accushoods we called home. tomed to their current circumTimes have changed. And I stances that survival mode is all don’t have an answer for this dithey know. Clearly they’d need lemma. I’d like to think we could significant help transitioning into do better than forcing people to everyday society. Maybe they beg for money at busy intersecdon’t want to rejoin society or be- tions. I know we can do better come productive. Maybe the idea than complaining about it.

The B-Side

(An occasional personal commentary by Charles Richards, retired publisher, The Regional News

Whither goeth the Chicago Tribune    Remember the old saying, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall?� Or, referring to businesses, “The bigger, the dumber.�   This column contains my personal memories of reading The Chicago Tribune for many years. Back in the 1950s and 60s, the Tribune was the dominant newspaper in Chicagoland. It actually printed every day on the front page “World’s Greatest Newspaper.� You will note that the first letter of each word is WGN, the designation of the Trib’s radio station and later WGN-TV. The Tribune was the darling of the Republicans, the conservatives and the wealthy. A lot of times those three designations applied to the same persons.   The Chicago Sun-Times was the competing daily paper for the “working man� (i.e. the union member, blue collar worker and Democrat.) The Times was tabloid size, smaller than the “broadsheet� Tribune, also its circulation was markedy less than that of the Tribune.   My earliest memory of the daily Tribune was the dominating two-inch high headline that ran at the top of page one.

Also on page one was a big cartoon usually featuring excellent artwork and an appropriate caption. Inside each issue would be the editorial page, usually with a very clear conservative bias.

There were lots of full page ads from stores like Marshall Fields.

In short, the Tribune was a huge money-maker.

Our way or go away

  Like so many near-monopoly institutions, the culture of the majority of the employees in my personal experience was one of noticeable arrogance. In a phrase, their polices could be summed up as “Our way or go away.�   Almost 40 years ago I spoke at a conference of weekly newspaper publishers and I listed the many times I had experiences in dealing with members of the Tribune staff. Then I concluded that someday this treatment of their customers could greatly harm the future success of The Tribune. And so I believe my warning ultimately came true, to some degree.    Fast forward several decades.

There erupted a major conflict between the handful of Tribune stock holders (many relatives of founder Col. Robert McCormick, a war hero and a wealthy man of strong opinions about Chicagoland, Illinois, Washington and the whole world.   To solve the issue of letting this small number of stockholders cash in their stock holdings, the Tribune chose to “go public� meaning to sell shares on Wall Street. In my opinion this was the Trib’s first major mistake at least in my lifetime. (In fairness, I must confess that I don’t know of a better way to resolve the problem). As a point of local interest the Classified Advertising Manager Gil Paddock lived in Palos Heights, about a block from our family home. Upon retirement, instead of a gold watch, he was given one share of the original Tribune stock. Shortly after the firm went public, that single share was rumored to be worth one million dollars. In my opinion Mr. Paddock deserved that reward because about 60 percent of a daily newspaper’s income and profit comes from classified ads.

Radio Daze

   Later, in a shocking (to me) development, the top management of the paper was turned over, for the first time ever, to men whose primary experience had been in

radio, not newspapers. In my personal opinion only, this marked the beginning of the decline of the once vaulted publication.   Fast forward to more recent times. The Tribune converted from the old-fashioned “hot metal� production method to “offset lithography,� much as we did at my newspaper. This system was faster, cheaper, and produced a better appearance especially regarding photos. Newspapers had, for a number of year, been exempted from paying Illinois sales tax when buying presses.

Unfortunately for the Tribune the exemption was not in place the year they bought the multi million dollar press line. I’m talking about a really huge amount of tax money. Over the years the Trib had accumulated a very large amount of debt which was not unusual for large, growing companies in all industries.

Debt is Evil

   I remember my Dad telling me that debt is evil, though sometimes a short-term necessary evil.

His generation considered any bank loan rate above 3 percent was “usury� and that should be avoided at all times. He advised me to save up our income until we could buy printing machines with 100 percent down and NO monthly payments. I followed his advice and my company has been free of all forms of debt for almost 19 years.   Most newspapers of all sizes and frequencies experienced “boom times� financially in the late 1990s through 9/11/2001.

Changes in the business followed in short order. And these changed were not for the better!    As the well-known philosopher on “Saturday Night Live� Roseanne Rosannadanna repeatedly stated, “Things will always go wrong. If its ain’t one thing, it’s something else.� How true her point proved to be when the internet burst on the U.S. main stage.

Big daily newspaper were hurt the worst. Overnight they lost most of their classified ads and the accompanying revenue. Then the display auto and real estate advertising fled from newspapers to internet sites.

Free Falling

   It got even worse because circulation numbers began a free-fall as citizens got their news electronically at no direct cost to the viewer.   Small local weekly mail-delivered papers suffered the least. But they did suffer. Why was that?

Neighborhood newspapers cost only about $40 a year for a mail subscription or a dollar a week on the newsstands. Weeklies had a much more diverse adverting base and much less income came from classified ads, as little as 10 percent.    But, most important, people truly wanted the very local news that they couldn’t find on the internet.

Also local reporters knew their territories in depth. As cameras became instant and cheap, each reporter could double as a photographer, often using their cell phone. Furthermore color pictures became easier and cheaper to reproduce. The one thing parents like better than seeing their child’s name in a newspaper, is viewing their offspring in a color photo printed for all the town to see.

Hell under Zell

  Now back to the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune company was sold at the beginning of 2008. Investor Sam Zell was the buyer. About a year after Mr. Zell bought the Tribune, the entire company declared formal bankruptcy claiming $7.6 billion in assets and $13 billion in debt.

Over 4,000 employees lost their

The famed Tribune tower on Michigan Avenue. jobs since the Zell purchase. Zell’s past experience had been in real estate, with none in newspapers.

The Trib’s purchase of the Los Angeles Times proved to create more problems than solutions in my journalistic opinion.    The Tribune Company emerged from bankruptcy after close to five years. In my opinion, today’s Tribune is a mere shadow of its former self. Most of my friends have cancelled their subscriptions, some moving to the SunTimes, others to the Southtown Star, fewer to the many Internet sites. I am reminded of the TV show of my earlier mention, Saturday Night Live... still on, but barely worth watching.

Strange Approaches

  The Tribune, in recent years, tried some really strange approaches. One was printing two version’s each day, one tabloid and another broadsheet with identical content. Another project they put out was a really thin weekly stand-alone tabloid product called TribLocal which is free. It contains almost no local advertising and only a few local stories. Working in the newspaper business for over 40 years, I have absolutely no idea what prompted that publication.   I sincerely believe everything in this column is true but I must admit that the happenings at the Trib may not be in perfect chronological order because all came only from my memory.    I was recently asked on a local cable TV show, “Mr. Richards, how can your newspaper remain profitable when so many others are falling by the wayside?�   I froze for a moment, fearing that my answer might be considered too egotistical. I finally responded with what I thought was a terrible answer. I said, “I guess it is simply because we (my staff and myself) know what we are doing.�   Later my wife who is much smarter than me said “ there is nothing wrong with what you said because you spoke the truth.   I told you she was smart!

About the author Charles Richards was born in 1942. He began working weekends as a janitor at the Regional Building at 123rd and

Harlem in Palos Heights. He began working summers in the print shop at age 16. He ultimately mastered every process in creating a newspaper. At Blue Island (now Eisenhower) High School he served as sports editor of the student newspaper. In 1960 he enrolled in the well-known Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia. In his senior year he took a summer internship at a weekly newspaper near the Lake of the Ozarks.

In his final year at Mizzou he served as a reporter, then copy editor for the town daily, The Columbia Missiourian, while working toward his masters degree in business, Richards assisted in teaching copy editing to undergraduate journalism students.    After graduation he returned to the family owned “Palos Regional� weekly community newspaper. There he spent four years selling display advertising to local businesses. He later managed the conversion of the printing process to offset lithography.    When his father Carl retired in 1970 Charles bought the company. When The Regional began serving Orland Park, the paper’s name was changed to The Regional News.   In 1986, Richards bought a neighboring weekly paper called the Worth Palos Reporter.

Later the name was shortened to The Reporter Newspaper. The Regional, in the 1990s, was named the “Best Small Weekly in Illinois five times by five different panels of judges from five different states in contests sponsored by the Illinois Press Association.    The Regional Printing Company specializes in printing high school and college student newspaper and college class schedules. The company employees 25 full time and 15 part-time staff members. The Palos Regional will celebrate its 74th anniversary in October.

Its circulation is stable.   When asked the reason for his successful career, Richards replied, “My grandfather was a newspaper publishers, my father was as well. I had the best possible education as well as on the job training. Failure was never an option he said. If I did fail, I would have no one to blame.� Now, in retirement, he is excited that his daughter Amy had taken the reins as Regional Publisher.

What motivates you to support charitable causes?

(Asked at WeishFest at Standard Bank Stadium in Crestwood.)

Photos by Emily Smas

Caitlin Carroll, Oak Forest    “Well, we are close family friends with the Weisher family, so I’m here to support them but also to just give back to the community.�

Lori Rago, Oak Forest    “For me it depends on the cause, we knew Andrew and this fest totally embodies everything that Andrew was.�

Ashely Kaminski, Midlothian    “The fun atmosphere and knowing I’m giving back.�

Mitchell Bannavaria, Crestwood   “To help people out.�

Mila Ramirez, Midlothian    “The free beer and supporting cancer!�

Thursday, August 14, 2014 The Reporter

Senior Lifestyle Expo coming to Oak Brook For adults 65 years of age and older, it’s important to get vaccinated early in the flu season. A study shows that early vaccination is associated with greater benefit compared to later in the season.

One step that residents 65 years of age and older can take is to attend the Senior Lifestyle Expo where you can learn more about Flu + You and receive educational materials. The event is taking place on from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Aug. 26 and 27 at the Drury Lane Theatre and Convention Center, 100 Drury Lane, Oak Brook Terrace.

Influenza, commonly known as “the flu,” is a contagious illness that can be severe and lifethreatening, especially for adults 65 years of age and older.

Protecting the health of our aging community is a key priority for the Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging, and that’s why we have joined the National Council on Aging’s Flu + You program, which educates older adults about the dangers of flu and the importance of vaccination. Through this program, we hope to improve flu immunization rates in Cook County.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the single best way to help prevent the flu is to get an annual vaccination, which is recommended for everyone aged six months and older, with rare exception. Only 51 percent of Medicare beneficiaries 65 years of age and older were vaccinated in Cook County during the 20132014 flu season.

Senior Director, Clinical and

Community Partnerships and Director, Self Management Alliance at the National Council on Aging Albert Terrillon urges adults 65 and older to be vaccinated as soon as possible. “The CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine to help protect yourself from the flu,” he said. “As NCOA and the Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging continue to educate older adults about the flu and the potential severity of the illness, we hope to encourage more people to protect themselves and their loved ones by getting vaccinated.”

People with these conditions are more likely to develop complications from the flu that can result in hospitalization and even death.

Older adults have flu vaccine options–including the traditional, standard-dose flu vaccine and a higher-dose vaccine. These options are available at several locations including a doctor’s office or local pharmacy.

The higher-dose vaccine was developed specifically for people aged 65 and older to improve the body’s production of antibody against the flu. Antibodies help the immune system respond to and protect against infection when exposed to the virus, which can result in a stronger immune response than the traditional vaccine.

Flu vaccination is a Medicare Part B benefit, which means there is no copay for Medicare beneficiaries 65 years of age and older.

You can get more information by visiting www.ncoa.org/flu.

—Submitted by the W2O group

Susan Marie’s drawing for sewing machines Susan Marie’s Sewing Center, a Bernina dealer in Palos Heights, will give away three bernette sewing machines during a special truckload sales event Friday, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 noon.

The event is free and will take place at the dealer, located at 6515 W. 127th St. Attendees can enter the drawing for the bernettes without making a purchase. The drawing will occur at 1 p.m. the following Monday, Aug. 18. The

winner need not be present to claim the prize. In addition, Susan Marie’s Sewing Center will have special prices on Bernina’s 3 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series, and 8 Series machines. For more information, call Susan Marie’s Sewing Center at 371-9314.

Susan Marie’s Sewing Center is a family-owned exclusive Bernina dealer. For more information, visit www.susanmariesinc.com.

—Submitted by Susan Marie’s Sewing Center

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Church Corner Church Looking for Flea Market Sellers Oak Lawn Community Presbyterian Church, 9000 S. Ridgeland Ave., is hosting its annual outdoor flea market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 6 and is looking for sellers.

The church will accept up to 45 sellers on a first come, first served basis.

For more information on becoming a seller for the flea market, call the church office at 599-4025 and leave a name and address.

Interested parties can also stop in the church office between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays.

During the flea market, the church is also hosting a bake sale inside the church by the rear door entrance.

Focus on Seniors Double Nickel

The Double Nickel Plus Chorus meets at the Community Center, 3450 W. 97th St. in Evergreen Park, every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in Room 111. Newcomers are welcome. For more information, call 422-8776.

Meals on Wheels

The Evergreen Park Office of Citizens’ Services offers a Meals on Wheels program for village residents 60 years and older who are unable to prepare their own meals. Meals are delivered Monday through Friday. For more information, call 422-8776.

55 and Up

Palos Hills residents 55 years and older meet from noon to 2 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Palos Hills Community Center, 8455 W. 103rd St. Tickets for events must be purchased one week in advance.

Entertainment includes musicians, singers, luncheons, movies, plays and bingo.

Pinochle

The Worth Senior Pinochle club is seeking new members. Membership is free. Visit the group at the Worth Park District Terrace Centre, 11500 Beloit Ave., every Monday and Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Games begin at noon. Call 448-1181 for information.

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Checking out the fine art Shoppers view artwork during the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce Fine Art Fair held on July 19 and 20 at Orland Park Crossing. The annual event is hosted by the Chamber in partnership with the Village of Orland Park and Orland Park Crossing.

More than 50 artists displayed and sold artwork at the event. In addition to the artwork of the artists, events included three art projects open for the participation of all art fair attendees and entertainment provided by House of Music in Orland Hills.

Neat repeats looking for volunteers Neat Repeats Resale stores have been an active part of the community for more than 27 years. Our volunteers have helped hundreds of women build a better life for themselves and their children through their hard work and dedication.

We are now accepting volunteer

applications at both stores: Orland Park at 9028 W. 159th St., 708-364-7605 or Worth at 7026 W. 111th St. 708-361-6860.

Our recruitment day is scheduled for Tuesday. Neat Repeats has been voted the number one resale stores in the Southland area.

All sales at Neat Repeats Resale benefit the clients served by the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other services.

— Submitted by Neat Repeats

Marquette Bank launches Adopt-aClassroom annual prize drawing Marquette Bank, a locallyowned neighborhood bank, announced its sixth annual Adopta-Classroom prize drawing.

Now through Saturday, Sept. 8, Marquette Bank customers, local teachers and parents can enter at any Marquette Bank location for a chance to win a $200 gift card for any elementary, junior high or high school classroom in Illinois. The gift cards can be used to purchase any educational-relat-

ed materials. One winner will be selected from each of Marquette Bank’s 22 branch locations.

“The Adopt-a-Classroom prize drawing is one of the many ways we promote education and support local teachers and their students,” Betty Kosky-Harn, Executive Vice President, said. “This is a popular program as we see a flood of entries in several communities from teachers, parents and grandparents.”

The Adopt-a-Classroom prize

drawing is part of the Marquette Neighborhood Commitment to support education. Each quarter, the bank focuses on a different area of need, including shelter, hunger, education and health/ wellness.

For more information about Marquette Bank and its Neighborhood Commitment, visit www. emarquettebank.com/neighborhood or call 1-888-254-9500.

—Submitted by Marquette Bank

Death Notice Joseph “Bud “ Marek Joseph “Bud” Marek of Oak Lawn died Friday. Visitation was held Tuesday at KubinaTybor Funeral Directors in Oak Lawn and funeral services were Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Mr. Marek was survived by Nancy Marek (née Kavanagh) and children Dawn (Steve) Webster, Jennifer (Marty) Bittner, Michael (Erin) Haak and Justin (Kim) Haak.

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SCHOOLS / FEATURES

Walk at Lake Katherine aids Crisis Center mission Crossing a bridge as they prepare to walk against domestic violence last Saturday morning are Chris Doran, Barb Gruca, Marie Kaminski, and Edward Vega Sr., executive director of the Crisis Center for South Suburbia (photos clockwise from left).

The annual fundraiser, hosted by the group’s auxiliary, was held at Lake Katherine Nature Preserve in Palos Heights.

Organizers said that more than 100 people were expected to participate.

Wendy Crowe (right) and Kim Lupescu, both of Worth, walk west on the path, making several circuits around the lake.

The Crisis Center, founded in 1979, offers a range of services to victims of domestic violence, including a 24-hour hotline (429-SAFE), emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling, court advocacy, case management, partner abuse intervention, prevention-focused education, and more.

Reminding everyone of the importance of fundraising are Irene Riggio (from left), Marie Kaminski, Karen Leluga, and Barb Politano. Since 2008, the auxiliary has raised more than $38,000 to support the Crisis Center.

Lake Katherine provided a picturesque backdrop, and the weather cooperated, with sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s.

Photos by Tim Hadac

Moraine Valley looking for students to fill in the blank Moraine Valley Community College is asking students how they will fill in the blank this fall.

From being the first to attend college to realizing their goals and preparing them for a successful future, Moraine Valley is here to help with affordable costs.

Registration is underway for the fall 2014 semester, which starts Aug. 25 with on-campus credit classes. Off-campus credit classes and on-campus continuing education classes begin Sept. 2 while off-campus continuing education classes start Sept. 8.

Moraine Valley offers classes for those interested in transferring to four-year colleges or universities by earning associate’s degrees in Arts, Fine Arts or Science. Stu-

dents also can choose from several career programs offered at the college including Allied Health and Nursing, Business and Computer Sciences, Industrial Technology, and Public Service. The college also offers noncredit programs, courses, workshops, and seminars.

Some of the college’s courses are offered in different formats to accommodate student needs, making it easy for people to fit college classes into their life.

These flexible learning options include evening, off-campus, oneday-a-week, online, weekend, and short-term classes.

With an annual average cost of $3,936, attending classes at Moraine Valley can save stu-

The Kid’s Doctor

By Sue Hubbard, M.D. Many baby nurseries now look like ICU units

There’s been quite a baby boom this summer. And after spending so much time talking with new parents, I’ve learned that many home nurseries could compete with an intensive care unit! I can hardly keep up with all the technology new moms and dads are adopting to monitor their infants’ health.

New parents are asking questions about setting up heart rate monitors, pulse oximeters and respiratory rate monitors for their precious newcomers — none of whom have any underlying health problems.

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What did parents do before all of this “uber” technology came on the scene? Ask your own parents; they just listened for the baby to cry. Incredible, huh? No audio or video monitor, just a crib in the nursery (which was typically close the parents room). When the baby cried, you went to check on things.

The market for newborn monitoring has gone through the roof and I’m sure there’s more technology to come. Of course, every parent wants the very best for their baby, but is all of this really necessary? Are we being overprotective?

In my opinion, having the nursery as wired as an ICU is causing parents even more anxiety than they’d normally suffer, as they constantly check how their baby is doing. Some are technology addicts and can’t stop themselves: Check the oxygen monitor, look at the video monitor, listen for breathing.

You wonder if newborns feel some “invasion of privacy” as their every breath, movement and squeak is monitored. I only wish parents with misbehaving teens were this connected.

Certainly, every new parent is fearful of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and this will rightfully remain a concern. However, studies have shown that the best protection against SIDS is not a

dents up to $24,000 per year compared to private colleges or universities.

A complete list of credit and noncredit classes can be found in the fall 2014 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu. Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $114 per credit hour plus fees and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, located on campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Pkwy., in Palos Hills; by phone at 708-974-2110 (TTY for the hearing impaired 708-9749556); or online at morainevalley. edu.

Bulletin Board St. Louis de Montfort

When students at St. Louis de Montfort School, 8840 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Lawn, return to school on Aug. 25, they will find a new opportunity waiting. Polish language classes will now be offered as part of the curriculum for the 2014-15 school year.

Students in preschool through eighth grade will be given an option between participating in the school Spanish program, or the new Polish program, both of which will be offered on a weekly basis at the elementary school. Both programs will offer geography, cultural and foreign language acquisition lessons.

Students at the junior high level will have access to the Rosetta Stone software for school and home use.

The school is currently accepting registration for the new school year. Scholarships of 50 percent off are available for qualifying new families. For more information, call the school office at 599-5781. ***

fore and after care available from 6 a.m. through 6 p.m. Organization sign up day is Wednesday, Aug. 13. For more information, call the office at 598-8200, or visit www.stpatriciaparish.com

Bogan High School

The Bogan High School Class of 1974 is hosting a reunion from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at 115 Bourbon Street, 3359 W. 115th St., Merrionette Park. Appetizers and an open bar will be available. For more information check the reunion website at bogan1974.com, or contact Laura Thorp O’Connor atleaveittolaura@comcast.net

Chicago Christian

investment in their workforce by encouraging lifelong learning.

• Sustainability—businesses committed to reducing their ecological footprint by incorporating environmentally sustainable practices.

• Excellence in Government—a leader who demonstrates the foresight to create a healthy community.

• Philanthropy—a business or individual who demonstrates outstanding philanthropic contributions.

• Entrepreneur/Small Business Person of the Year—individuals or no more than three partners who operate a small business with a two-year track record and show continued growth.

• Women in Business/Leadership Award—a leading woman of influence in business with five to 10 years of professional experience.

• Innovation—Compelling idea, product or service that demonstrates significant benefit to users and addresses market needs.

• Individuals and businesses can be nominated for as many award categories for which they qualify, but they can only win in one category. Entries must include a nomination form, a short biography, and a brief description of the business or individual and why they are being nominated. Self-nominations are accepted.

The awards will be presented at the 19th annual Business Champion Awards—Stars of the Southwest Suburbs on Thursday, Nov. 6, in the college’s Moraine Business and Conference Center. The program recognizes the valuable contributions businesses and their advocates make to the economic development of Chicago’s southwest suburbs.

Nomination forms can be downloaded at morainevalley.edu/ccce.

For more information or to submit a nomination, call Sue Ryerson at 974-5433, or email her at ryerson@morainevalley.edu

Chicago Christian High School, 12001 S. Oak Park Ave., Palos Heights, will be hosting two events for alumni and their families and — Submitted by Moraine Valley friends during the month of SepCommunity College tember.

The first event will be an alumni trivia night which will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 in the Will Slager gymnasium. This event is not just for alumni, family and friends are also invited. Each team will consist of eight to 10 members, Local schools video monitor or a pad under your Parents from local schools and will have their own table. Each newborn to detect the child’s re- should be aware that all of the team should consist of at least two spiratory rate. The best protection schools supply lists are now alumni. Participants should bring is simply back sleeping on a flat posted on TeacherLists.com, the their own snacks and refreshments. surface without blankets, pillows National School Supply Lists Di- Prizes will be awarded for the top two teams. There is no cost for rectory. or toys in the crib.

SIDS is typically a silent event With just one or two clicks, par- the evening. and can occur even when a baby ents can find all of their 2014 lists The second event will take place is in the room with you, or has a and get a head start on their school starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. video monitor focused on them. shopping. Parents can print their 26 where Chicago Christian High Being an anxious parent does not lists, or for the first time, look up School will be hosting an alumni their lists right on their smart tent for the homecoming football cause or prevent SIDS. Enjoying your newborn is im- phones in store aisles. Unlike most game. The alumni tent will be set up portant. Feeling you can’t leave school websites, the TeacherLists behind the end zone for all alumni the nursery to go to the kitchen, site is completely optimized for and their families. There is no cost for admission to the tent. Chicago or even to leave the house without mobile use. a video monitor streaming pictures Participating schools include: Christian will also be giving away of your baby, just doesn’t seem • Southeast Elementary, Ever- an autographed new Chicago Bear Jared Allen football. green Park, healthy.

I’d save the money on an ICU • St Alexander School, Palos For more information on either of these events, contact Tim Schnynursery. Buy a simple audio moni- Heights, tor so you can hear your baby cry • St Patricia School, Hickory ders at tschnyders@swchristian.org Moraine Valley To if you’re in another area of the Hills, and Offer Criminal Justice house or outdoors, and put the • St. Linus School, Oak Lawn. Moraine Valley Degree Online Complete details and all the Moraine Valley accepting Moraine Valley Community Colmoney saved in a college fund. lists are available at www.teach- Business Champion Award lege is offering its first completely

(Dr. Sue Hubbard is an award- erlists.com nominations online degree starting this fall. winning pediatrician, medical edi Moraine Valley Community Students can earn an associate in tor and media host. “The Kid’s St. Patrica College’s Corporate, Community arts and associate in applied science Doctor” TV feature can be seen on Registration is open for the and Continuing Education sub- in criminal justice. more than 90 stations across the 2014-2015 school year at St. Pa- division is seeking nominations In addition to several general U.S. Submit questions at http:// tricia School, 9000 S. 86th Ave., for its 2014 Business Champion education classes, eight core crimiwww.kidsdr.com. The Kid’s Doc- Hickory Hills, which features a Awards. Nominations are being ac- nal justice courses are online intor e-book, “Tattoos to Texting: quality Catholic education and cepted through Monday, Sept. 1 for cluding: introduction to criminal Parenting Today’s Teen,” is now faith based community. St. Patricia awards in the following categories: justice, police in american society, available from Amazon and other offers pre-kindergarten through • Training and Development— e-book vendors.)

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Chromebooks at Conrady Technology tool will change the way students learn

A huge grin crept across Ethar Hussein’s small face as the Conrady Junior High School seventh grader received one of the new Chromebooks that were handed out recently at the school.

“I’m so excited,” Ethar said.

“This is great. This (Chromebook) will help me with all my schoolwork and make me a better student. I’m really looking forward to taking this home and getting started.”

Ethar and her mom,Azizeh, were among nearly 100 people who attended a mandatory meeting for parents of sixth and seventh graders. The meetings were held to inform parents on the uses of the Chromebooks and the user agreements they needed to sign.

Azizeh Hussein said she not only liked the district providing the students with “another great educational tool,” but also the fact that the district is “teaching the students about responsibility.”

Sixth- and seventh-grade students will receive the new

Chromebooks(to use — not to keep) and be responsible for the $300 devices both at school and at home. They must transport the electronic devices inside the provided carrying bags. They were even showed the preferred way to carry the bags (with the straps over the shoulder). Parents have the option of paying $27 for insurance.

Eighth graders will have access to Chromebooks during the day, but will not take them home.

Melissa Murphy, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in North Palos District 117, spearheaded the Chromebook initiative. She said the district has been adding new technology to classrooms at Conrady for the last decade.

Murphy said the Chromebooks will change the way students learn by allowing them to access math and other subject matter online, including having the ability to take quizzes at home that their teachers can grade instantaneously rather than waiting days

for the results.

She said the Chromebooks will allow for more “customized learning” by allowing students to access online programs and progress at their own pace based on their individual skill levels.

Murphy said goals for Chromebook use include “increasing student achievement, increasing student engagement and preparing students for a technology-rich world.”

Students will take a mandatory digital citizenship course that will teach them how to “carefully navigate the Internet.” The Chromebooks will have Internet filters to prevent students from visiting certain websites.

Students are expected to be responsible for the Chromebooks, making sure they are brought to school each day and are fully charged. The devices are to be kept in the provided carrying case and students are asked to use the shoulder strap when transporting them.

—Submitted by District 117

Photo by Bob Rakow

Life in 100 years

Chicago Ridge Centennial essay contest winners Vida Brooke (center, first place), Zanah Affaneh (right, second place) and Patrycja Las, (left, third place) pose with members of the Chicago Ridge Village Board at last week’s meeting. Contest entrants were asked to write essays predicting what the village will be like in 100 years. The essay contest was one of several activities the village has sponsored to celebrate its centennial.

District 117 welcomes new employees

North Palos District 117 welcomed 24 new employees during its annual four-day orientation.

However, only one of those new employees was hired as a result of increased enrollment.

The remaining employees replaced those who either retired, resigned, found other positions, (Continued from page 8) investigation and criminal evidence, are on a leave-of-absence or who criminology, introduction to correc- are home as part of the Family tions, juvenile delinquency, substan- Medical Leave Act. tive criminal law, and procedural Superintendent Jeannie Stacriminal law. Students only need chowiak kicked off the orientation five of these specialized courses. by welcoming the new employees Moraine valley’s criminal justice and introduced them to the disprogram encourages students to trict’s mission and vision, expecearn both an associate in arts and an associate in applied science.

For more information on the online degree, contact Chris Alberts, criminal justice assistant professor and program coordinator, at albertsc6@morainevalley.edu, or call 608-4223, or visit morainevalley. edu/publicservice/criminal/criminal.

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tations and core values.

Assistant Supt. of English Learners AniDerdenger presented information on a host of topics, including bilingual programs, English Language Proficiency Standards and strategies for working with English Learners.

Paul Coughlin, assistant superintendent of special education, spoke on a number of topics, including special education, inclusion policy and the case study referral process.

Assistant Supt. of Teaching and Learning Melissa Murphy shared with the new employees

information on Quality Review, professional development and Professional Learning Communities.

The business office provided payroll information and technology staff provided an overview of their department.

Additional information was provided during the four-day orientation session that also served as a team-building exercise and to help new employees feel more comfortable as the new school year approaches.

— Submitted by District 117

Saint Xavier University

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Top Spartans Oak Lawn Community High School recognized the following students for their top 15 status for the graduating class of 2014.

The students with the 15 highest grade point averages included Valedictorian Jacob Allen, Salutatorians David Oliver and Shelby Trybula, Daniel Kalinin — fouth, Jarad Fleming — fifth, Kristen O’Connor — sixth, Natalia Gawelda — seventh, Kayla Reichert — eighth, Jason Snyder — ninth, Morgan Jozsa — 10th, Bushra Hamad — 11th, Mitchell Swatek — 12th, Clarissa Dean — 13th, Natalia Bak — 14th and Andrea Pacetti — 14th.

Pictured left to right are Oak Lawn Community High School’s Valedictorian Allen and Salutatorians Trybula and Oliver.

SXU Nursing Students Awarded Scholarships Four Saint Xavier University students from the School of Nursing have been awarded scholarships of $2,500 each from the Blue Island Community Healthcare Foundation. The recipients are Bridget Allen of Blue Island, Jennifer Hodorowicz from Palos Heights, Christie Lewis from Hometown, and Kaylin Schrader of Oak Lawn.

Allen, a Marist High School graduate, plans to go into critical care nursing, preferably in an emergency room. She chose to pursue nursing as a career after having minor surgery on her back.

Hodorowicz, also a Marist graduate, works on the mental health floor at Mercy Hospital and is considering graduate school after completing her R.N., possibly to become a nurse anesthetist.

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Art winner

Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez (right) honored 15 local students for their award winning artwork that will be featured in the State’s Attorney’s 2015 calendar.

Among the students recognized was eighth grader Rebecca Busch (left) from St. Alexander School in Palos Heights.

The annual contest, which is open to all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in Cook County, asked students to depict positive alternatives to drug use. The fifteen winners were chosen from more than 800 entries submitted from public, private and parochial schools throughout the county.

Lewis, a certified nursing as- “I want to thank all the students who participated in the contest,” Alvarez said. “The artistic dissistant, works at Advocate Christ plays of the consequences of drug use and positive alternatives show talent and wisdom beyond their Medical Center on the adult re- years. They are all to be commended for their hard work and creative efforts.” hab floor, along with fellow CAN In addition to having their artwork appear in the State’s Attorney’s 2015 calendar, the winners Schrader. Both SXU students are received numerous other prizes, and the three first place winners received scholarships from the graduates of Oak Lawn Community School of the Art Institute.

The 15 winning posters can be viewed on the State’s Attorney’s website: www.statesattorney.org.

High School.

Michael Rabadi of Oak Lawn Business finance major Works at the college’s FitRec fitness center as a trainer

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Goldies Performance

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Members of the Goldies, Richards High School’s competitive dance team, perform last Friday at the Community High School District 218 health fair at Eisenhower High School. Hundred of families from Community High School District 218 attended the 7th annual health fair, which included free physicals, dental exams and eye screens. The fair also included free food, drinks and school supplies.

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Lipinski celebrates Southwest’s first flight to Reagan Southwest Airlines began nonstop service between Midway International Airport and Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Monday and Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL3) joined with Alderman Mike Zalewski, Alderman Ed Burke, Chicago Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino, and Southwest employees and customers to celebrate the inaugural flight.

The new service starts with six daily roundtrips, with three more scheduled to be added in September.

“For many years people have been asking me about service between Midway Airport and Reagan National Airport,” Lipinski said. “After all the hard work, it’s great to see the first flight taking off. This service will provide a new option for families, school groups, church groups, business travelers, and anyone else looking for a convenient way to get to our nation’s capital. It will also help to keep Midway Airport a vital economic engine on the Southwest Side of Chicago.”

Traffic in and out of Reagan

National Airport in Washington, D.C., is limited by the number of slots available.

Lipinski lobbied the federal government to grant slots to Southwest when American Airlines and US Airways were merging and had to relinquish slots at Reagan National. Southwest had stated that if they were granted slots they would establish service to and from Midway Airport.

“I remember when this airport was a ghost town and I would ride my bike around the perimeter of an almost-empty field,” said Lipinski.

“Now Midway Airport is booming, and for the first time in the history of the airport there were more than one million passengers boarding planes in one month. This new Southwest Airlines service will only add to the continued success of this airport, this neighborhood, and the region.”

Lipinski is the senior member from the state on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and serves on the Aviation Subcommittee.

— Submitted by Dan Lipinski’s office

Park Clips Chicago Ridge

The Chicago Ridge Park District has several locations. One is the Frontier Fieldhouse, 9807 S. Sayre Ave. For more information on programs at this location, or to register, call 423-3959. Another location is the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham St. For more information on programs at this location, call 708636-4900. *** Immediately: Chicago Ridge Park District has a vacant Tiny Tot position available at the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham St.. The position will be Monday through Friday each week. The shift time is from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day. The applicant must want to work with children. For more information, call Dominic Malitoat the Freedom Activity Center at 636-4900. *** Aug. 19 to Sept. 25: Zumba is a Latin inspired dance fitness program designed to feel like a party. It’s a program that the fit athlete and the shy, uncoordinated beginner can enjoy. The dance rhythms include: meringue, salsa, reggaeton and much more.

The Zumba class will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Aug. 19 to Sept. 23 and Thursdays, Aug. 21 to Sept. 25. The fee is $40 for residents and $50 for non-residents. Classes will be held at the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham St. The park district is running a discount special offering any two yoga, or zumba classes at $65 for residents and $85 for non-residents. *** Aug. 27 through Oct. 1: Vinyasa yoga focuses on flowing from pose to pose and linking the movement with the breath. This energizing type of yoga builds endurance, strength, and flexibility, all while calming the mind. The class is set to fun, upbeat music and ends with peaceful relaxation.

All levels are welcome.

Kelly McKimson-Rhodes is a certified yoga teacher trained at a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School in Chicago. She will instruct the class from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The fee is $40 for residents and $50 for nonresidents. Class will meet at the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham St. *** Ongoing: The Chicago Ridge Park District is taking team registration for 4th through 8th grade boys basketball and girls volleyball leagues. For registration information, please call 708-4233959 or visit our website www. chicagoridgeparks.com. *** Ongoing: Chicago Ridge Park District is offering Park and Pad Time for 3 to 5 year olds at the Lily Pad, 6246 Birmingham St. If it rains, class will be held inside the Freedom Activity Center. The class is being held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 15 through Aug. 7. The fee is $70 for residents, and $80 for non-residents. *** Note: The Chicago Ridge Park District is offering a discount special of any two yoga classes for $65 for residents and $85 for non-residents.

Evergreen Park

The Evergreen Park Recreation Department is located at 3450 W. 97th St. For more information, or to register for a program, call

229-3373, or visit evergreenparkill.com. *** The camp for 4 and 5 year old will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and fee will be $55. The camp for ages 5 and older will be held from 9 a.m. until noon and the fee will be $95. *** Ongoing: Registration is ongoing for summer programs. Park department hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday.

The program brochure is on the website where residents can click on recreation summer book. The Evergreen Park Recreation Department also is on Facebook at facebook.com/evergreenparkrecreation.

The departments offers summer camps, exercise classes for children and adults, tumbling classes, sport camps, drawing classes, dance classes for all ages, free concerts in the park, movies in the park and more. Residents are invited to view the recreation book on line, and register for programs.

Oak Lawn

The Oak Lawn Park District administrative building is located at 9400 S. Kenton Ave. For more information, call 857-2225 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. *** Immediately: The Oak Lawn Park District is offering a wide range of summer camps. Registration is ongoing for residents and non-residents. For more information about the camps, view the summer camp guide. *** Immediately: The Oak Lawn Park District is taking a customer service survey to find out how better to serve residents. For more information, call the park district’s administrative office, or visit olparks.com. Those taking the survey can be entered into a raffle for a chance to win one Community Theatre gift certificate good for two free admissions to one 2014 — 2015 production. *** Ongoing: Registration is currently being accepted for the Oak Lawn Park District’s Preschool classes. Registration will be accepted until classes are full. For more information on payment plans, or on preschool classes, please contact David MacDonald at 857-2200, ext. 2604.

Learn as you Grow I and Playschool is for 3-year-olds. Sessions are held from 9 to 11:30 a.m., or 12 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, September through December and January through May 2015. Learn As You Grow I will be held at the Little White Building, 9514 S. 54th Ave., and Playschool will be held at the Oak View Center, 4625 W. 110th St. The fee is $670 for residents and $752 for non-residents. There are three payment options available and a $50 non-refundable deposit is included in the fee.

Learn as you Grow II and Prep School is for 4-year-olds. Sessions are held from 9 to 11:30 a.m., or 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from September through December, and January through May, 2015.

Learn as You Grow II will be held at the Little White Building, 9514 S. 54th Ave. Prep School will be held at the Oak View Center, 4625 W. 110th St. The fee is $1,000 for residents and $1,124 for non-residents.

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Library Notes Evergreen Park

The Evergreen Park Public Library is located at 9400 S. Troy Ave. For more information, or to register for a program, call 422-8522. *** Ongoing: Evergreen Park Library, 9400 S. Troy, is hosting a book drive and accepting donations of used hardcover books, paperbacks, music CDs, videos, and DVDs. The library cannot accept magazines, encyclopedias, or textbooks, nor can a donation be picked up. pick up your donation. Donors are asked to remove the hard covers and recycle them in the green and yellow bin in the library parking lot. For more information call 422-8522. *** Ongoing: The Evergreen Park Public Library is asking residents to share their time, talents or hobbies with the library. Volunteering gives individuals the opportunity to enrich the quality of life in the community by investing in the public library. There are opportunites to fill an employment gap, enhance personal growth, earn service hours, and meet new people.

Adult and teen volunteers perform a variety of tasks so that more resources can be directed toward library materials, services, and programs. All that is required is a positive attitude and a willingness to give back to our community.

Interested residents will need to schedule a meeting with Volunteer Coordinator Kay O’Connor, by calling, or emailing volunteer@evergreenparklibrary.org.

Green Hills

The Green Hills Public Library is located at 8611 W. 103rd St., Palos Hills. For more information, or to register for a program, call the information desk at 598-8446, Ext. 120. Registration may also be available online at greenhillslibrary.org. *** Aug. 19: The Manga Club is open to patrons who like to read manga and watch anime. Those looking for a new series to get hooked on should come to the library this summer to talk about manga and enjoy some snacks at 6 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. Participants are asked to bring their favorite titles to share. Registration is required and available online. *** Aug. 19: The Green Hills Public Library is revealing the Untold Secrets of Financial Aid at 7 p.m. Today, paying for college is on every parent’s mind.

College Bound Funding Solutions will provide insight into the world of college funding. Whether it is finding the best college match for your children, filling out the right forms, or deciphering the financial aid process, this workshop will provide the help and guidance every parent with college bound children is seeking today.

Teens are encouraged to come with parents and/or guardians.

Registration required. *** Aug. 20: Patrons who have ever wondered why rum is associated with those pirates of the Caribbean should listen food historian Cynthia Clampitt at 6 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. She shares the reason rum arose, where it did and when it did, how pirates got involved, and rum’s connection with coffee, tea, and chocolate. *** Aug. 20: The Green Hills Pokémon Club will convene at 6 p.m.

Club members are invited to come to the library to meet and battle other Pokémon fans. Participants should bring their Nintendo DS, games, trading cards, books, and anything else Pokémon that they would like to share and discuss. *** Aug. 21: The Teen Candy Bash is for those teens who need a pickme-up for the end-of-summer blues. Teens are invited to join the library staff for an evening of candy fun. Participants will play different candy-themed games, make candy kabobs, and more at 6 p.m. Registration is required and is limited to 25 teens.

Registration is available online. *** Aug. 22: Family Movie Time presents “Muppets Most Wanted” at 4:30 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. Everyone gets popcorn and lemonade. All ages are welcome. *** Aug. 26: Tweens, ages 10 to 13, are invited for a “Minute to Win It,” when they come to the Green Hills Public Library at 4:30

p.m. Participants will battle their friends in a series of 60-second challenges. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is required and limited to 25.

Registration is available online. *** Aug. 27 or Aug. 28: Children ages 5 and older are invited to learn the painting craft when they make a splash when painting their own ceramic fish.

This program will be held at 6 p.m. both days. Registration is required and limited to 30 per session. Due to high demand, the library is offering this program on two separate dates. Registration is limited to only one of the dates.

Registration is available online. *** Immediately: The Green Hills Public Library announces that Ravinia trips are back on the schedule. Registration has already begun and must be done in person. Patrons are invited to spend Sunday, Aug. 17 at Ravinia and listen to the pop music of ABBA. Participants will travel to Highland Park to hear the band Arrival by Sweden sing Abba’s greatest hits. The Friends of the Library are providing transportation, so participants will just have to pay for their $30 ticket to the event. Tickets are limited.

For details, call the Information Desk at (708) 598-8446 ext. 120. *** Daily: The library offers daily sessions of story time for children 18 months–5 years of age. Parents can register online, or call the Youth Services Department at ext. 117 for more information. *** Ongoing: The Friends of the Library accept book donation at the Circulation Desk on the second floor of the library. Those interested in becoming a Friend of the Library can find membership applications in the Friends Bookstore or at the Circulation Desk. *** Ongoing: Patrons can subscribe to Green Hills Public Library mailing list at greenhillslibrary.org for all of the latest announcements about the library. *** Ongoing: Patrons interested in their family history can visit the library and gain free access to Ancestry.com Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online. For more information, visit greenhillslibrary.org, or call the Information Desk at ext. 120. *** Ongoing: New voters and those needing to change their name or address can stop by the library. There are several staff members on-site that are able to register patrons to vote. Patrons can visit, or call the library to check for staff availability. *** Ongoing: The latest update to Freegal Music allows Green Hills Public Library District patrons increased access to over 6 million songs from 85 different countries. Registered cardholders can download up to three songs each week, as well as stream three hours each day at no direct cost.

Patrons can get started at greenhillslibrary.org, or download the free app for their smartphones. call ext. 120.

Oak Lawn

The Oak Lawn Public library is located at 9427 S. Raymond Ave. The library’s regular hours are: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, or to register for a program, call 422-4990. *** The Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 S. Raymond Ave., is planning for the future and the library is in the final year of its current long-range plan. The board and staff are now starting the process of gathering a broad range of ideas and perspectives to generate a new strategic plan.

S u r v e y feedback from the community is needed to guide the Library’s collection development and services.

Patrons are asked to tell library officials and staff members what they like and offer improvements to make the Oak Lawn Public Library even better.

The survey can be taken at oaklawnlibrary.org. Patrons who complete the survey are eligible to be entered into a drawing for an iPad Mini, donated by the Friends of the Library). Those taking the survey must provide name and e-mail address at the end of the survey, to be qualified. The survey

closes Tuesday, Sept. 30.

For more information, call 4224990, or visit the library web site. *** CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s free weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will explore the 2011 French/Canadian drama “Monsieur Lazhar.” The group will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. on We d n e s d a y at Oak View Community Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn.

Participants should check building signage for the room number.

For more info, call 708-5299028, or visit cineversegroup.blogspot. com *** CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s free weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will explore the 2000 dark drama “Requiem For a Dream.” (The group will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 at Oak View Community Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn. Participants should check building signage for the room number. For more info, call 708-529-9028, or visit cineversegroup.blogspot.com *** Aug. 18: Representatives from Moraine Valley Community College will present “Career Paths and Coffee: First Step to a New Future” at 7 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library. Participants can learn about preparing for high-demand jobs, exploring new careers and earning a college degree. Advance registration is not required. For more information about this and other adult programs, call the library, or visit the web site. *** Aug. 20: Patrons can come to the Oak Lawn Library at 2 and 7 p.m. to talk about M.L. Stedman’s book “The Light Between Oceans.” The book is about the character Tom Sherbourne who returns to Australia after four harrowing years on the Western Front, and takes a job as a lighthouse keeper on a remote island.

He brings his young bride Isabel here to begin their life and start a family, but after several miscarriages and a stillbirth, they have all but given up hope. Then a boat washes ashore, carrying a dead man and a living baby.

This book discussion is part of the bi-monthly book group, Day and Night Reads. Copies of the book are available at the Help Desk one month in advance of the book discussion. For more information, call the Help Desk. *** Aug. 28: The Neuroscience Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center will present stroke risk factors, signs and symptoms, and the newest treatment options at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library. For more information, call the library, or visit the web site. *** August: Patrons can experience the link of literature to cinema at this weekly film “Reel Books” Summer Movie Series at Oak Lawn Public Library. All movie screening titles and dates are now listed on the library’s website, and in a program booklet available at the library.

• The 1952 movie “Singin’ in the Rain” will be shown Thursday, Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. The comedy/musical, which is not rated and 103 minutes long, stars Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds. It is based on a story by Adolf Green and Betty Comden.

• “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, which was released in 2013, is coming to the library Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games that sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. The action/adventure movie, which is rated PG-13 and is 146 minutes long, stars Jennifer Lawrence.

The movie is based on a novel

by Suzanne Collins.

• “The Help” will be shown at the library Friday, Aug. 29 at 10 a.m. An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids’ point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. The movie stars Emma Stone and Viola Davis.

“The Help” is based on a novel

by Kathryn Stockett.

*** Sept. 2: Crafters of all skill levels are invited for craft demonstrations at the Oak Lawn Public Library from 2 to 3 p.m.

The library is asking crafters to share their crafting ideas, or learn something new. No advance registration is required. The group also needs talented people to demonstrate their craft. For more information, call Patty in the Computer Center at 422-4990, or visit the library, or the web site. *** Ongoing: A new renewal policy regarding all of the Oak Lawn Public Library’s material is now available. Materials, including electronic games and DVDs, will now be eligible for two renewals as long as there are no additional reserves on the item. This does not include interlibrary loaned materials, which follow the owning library’s loan rules. For more information, call the library, or visit the web site. *** Ongoing: Zinio- “The World’s Largest Newsstand” is now at the Oak Lawn Public Library.

With this addition to the library’s extensive collection, Oak Lawn cardholders will enjoy free unlimited access to 83 popular titles with no holds or checkout periods.

Enjoy reading your favorite magazines cover-to-cover as soon as the print editions are published. Back issues are also included.

Zinio digital magazines may be downloaded to multiple viewing platforms, including computers (PC or Macs), smart phones and compatible tablets through the Zinio reader app inside or outside of the Library.

Zinio’s unique technology digitally recreates a magazine page for page, including full color pictures, intuitive navigation, and interactive elements such as audio and video. Chicago Magazine, Food Network Magazine, Forbes, National Geographic Interactive, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest and Rolling Stone are just a few of the titles available.

To get started, go to www.oaklawnlibrary.org and click on the “Zinio” button. Patrons will be prompted to set up two separate accounts, a library account and a personal account. For more information, call the Periodicals Department. *** Ongoing: Patrons are asked to donate their “gently used” books, magazines, CDs and videos to the Friends of the Oak Lawn Library Ongoing Book Sale at the Oak Lawn Public Library. Due to space limitations, the Friends will not accept Readers Digest Condensed Books, encyclopedias and older text books. The donation drop-off area is near the library’s Cook Avenue entrance. Interested parties may fill out a short form at the Reception Booth to receive a tax letter by mail that acknowledges their donation.

The Friends Ongoing Book Sale provides an ever-changing variety of books, magazines and other forms of media at bargain prices. Hardcover books cost 50 cents each, paperbacks are 25 cents, and magazines cost 10 cents each. Audio-visual items are priced as indicated. Funds collected from the book sale support library programming and purchases that are beyond the library’s regular budget. *** Ongoing: The Oak Lawn Public Library, has held several programs recently on investing money and financial management. If patrons benefited from those programs, or did not have the opportunity to attend them, consider the many investing resources available on the library’s website, oaklawnlibrary.org.

Value Line Investment Survey contains investment surveys, the top 100 — Value Line’s number one ranked stocks and historical reports.

MorningStar includes mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, valuation quick ranks and fund favorites.

To access these investment research databases, go to the library website, click on “research,” then select the blue business button, then “Investing” to find MorningStar. Value Line can be accessed directly from the research page by clicking on the Value Line buttons. Cardholders using these resources will be prompted to type in their last name and library barcode number.

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Avoid expensive errors when paying for college It’s just about back-to-school time again.

If you have young children, you might be hustling them to the store for backpacks and binders. But if you fast-forward a few years, you can envision driving your kids a little farther — to their college dorms. And when that day comes, you’ll want to be financially prepared. So you’ll want to avoid making costly mistakes when preparing for, and paying, those big bills. Here are some of the most common of these errors: • Not saving enough — Only half of all families with children under 18 save any money for college, according to a recent study

by Sallie Mae, the country’s largest originator of federally insured student loans. You might find it easier to save for college if you automatically move a set amount each month from your checking or savings account to a college savings vehicle.

• Not considering vehicles with growth potential — The same

Sallie Mae study found that more parents use a general savings account than any other method of saving for college. But since most savings accounts these days pay only a minimal rate of return, you will have trouble getting the growth potential you need to achieve your college savings goals.

Consider working toward your college savings goals by investing in a vehicle specifically designed for college, such as a 529 plan or a Coverdell plan. There are differences between these plans, such as contribution limits and tax treatments, but both allow

you to invest for growth potential.

As with any investment account, there are risks involved, including market risk.

• Stopping your savings once your children are in college — Unless your children plan to take an awful lot of credits, they’re not going to finish college in just one year. Consequently, you’ll want to keep investing in your plan or other college savings vehicle while your children are in school.

• Taking out 401(k) loans — Your employer may allow you to take out a loan against your 401(k) to help pay for college.

But this may not be a good idea for two reasons: First, when you remove money from your 401(k) — even if you plan on eventually paying it back — you will slow the potential accumulation in your account, thereby depriving yourself of resources you will eventually need for retirement.

Second, should you leave the company, you might have to repay the loan within a limited number of days.

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• Not using available tax credits — Depending on your income, you might qualify for the American Opportunity tax credit, which is worth up to $2,500, provided you spend at least $4,000 on college expenses. Check with your tax professional to see if you qualify for this credit and how to most effectively incorporate it.

And be careful you don’t waste the credit, because you may not be able to use it and your plan distributions at the same time.

Paying for college can be challenging — but if you can avoid making the above mistakes, you’ve got a better chance of getting your kids through school without derailing the progress you’d like to make toward your other financial goals.

Scott Johnson, CFP, is a financial advisor with Edward Jones, 8146 W. 111th St., Palos Hills, 974-1965. Edward Jones does not provide legal advice. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones financial advisor.

Area Property Tran$fer$ Following are the property transfers in the area, according to the latest report, as received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office. The Reporter Newspaper does not attempt to correct errors made by that office.

9320 S Francisco Ave, $142,000; Kerr Arthur J to Washington Pritay E, 9707 S Millard Ave, $234,000; Kaminski Eryk G to Dowden Pearce R, 9346 S Clifton Park Ave, $218,500.

Chicago Ridge Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to La Chiana Marcella Carolina De, 10320 Ridgeland Ave, Unit# 104, $36,500; Haritgan Patrick to Toler Brett A, 10937 Moody Ave, $158,000; Fagan Rebecca S to Zayyad Intesar, 9800 S Sayre Ave, Unit# G7, $28,000; McMahon Bernadette M Tr to Duffy Jacquelyn M, 10505 Oxford Ave, $200,000.

Hickory Hills Sumner Marilyn J to Magid Rabab, 8953 Sandra Ln, $167,000; Goulooze Leonard Peter to Tylka Janusz, 9226 77th Ave, $196,000.

Evergreen Park Bank Amer to Anderson Daneen, 9730 S Central Park Ave, $85,500; Campin Wesley to Moeboean Prop LLC, 2633 W 90th St, $65,000; Villalpando Luis to SFR-CHI I LLC, 2728 W 90th St, $143,000; Intercounty Judicial Sales Corpt o Ja Cap Mgmt LLC Series 2719, 2719 W 96th Pl, $85,000; Fannie Mae to White Regina,

Oak Lawn S 12 LLC to Miarstar Prop LLC, 4021 W 99th St, $75,000; Bahlenhorst Mary Therese Tr to Moss Sterling S, 5753 W 103rd St, Unit# 1E, $40,000; Radosz Renee T to Borgerson Mason, 10038 Merton Ave, $155,000; Donnan Joseph J to Lawrence Robert W, 9610 Brandt Ave, $380,000; McCarthy Kathleen Tr to Hand Bernard, 11040 Jodan Dr, Unit# 110401B, $100,000; Watson Joseph F to Staresinich Michael, 10800 Kilbourn Ave, $267,000; Marquette Vbk Tr to Thompson Myron Sr, 4732 98th Pl, $150,000;

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By Corwin Cole Chip values aren’t always what they seem

major implication of this: The pressure you can apply to others is disproportionate to the amount of risk you take.

(Editor’s note: In early July, Corwin Cole checked in from the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, where he was preparing to play in the Main Event.)

Take, for example, a hand I recently played in a $1,500-buyin no-limit hold ‘em event. With blinds at 500-1,000 and a 100 ante, action folded to my opponent on the button, who had been playing very tight and started the hand with about 14,000 in his stack. He raised to 2,100. For multiple reasons, including his body language, I was confident that he did not want to play a big pot just now, so I reraised to 5,300 from the small blind with Kc 6h. The big blind folded and the button called.

When the flop came As Ah 3d, I made a very small continuation bet of just 3,700 — less than 30 percent of the pot and substantially less than the amount of my previous bet. With fewer than 9,000 chips remaining, he had very limited options at this point. He would have to decide whether he wanted to risk his tournament life now or survive to see another hand. He took the safe route and folded.

So far at the 2014 World Series of Poker, I’ve cashed in three tournaments, and I feel razor-sharp in anticipation of the guaranteed $10 million first prize in the Main Event.

Along the way, I’ve revisited perhaps the most fundamental concept that differentiates tournament poker from cash games: the fact that each chip you have is more valuable than the next one you get.

To illuminate this idea, consider two players who are heads-up at the end of a tournament with a first prize of $500,000 and second place earning $350,000. Each player’s stack, no matter how big or how small, is worth no more than the top prize and no less than runner-up money. If there are 10 million chips in play, and one competitor has 9 million while the other has just 1 million, the chip leader does not have nine times as much dollar value in front of him.

Mathematically, this phenomenon implies that pot odds are not linear in poker tournaments the way they are in cash games.

When the pot is laying you 3-1 in a cash game, you simply need to win at least 25 percent of the time to show a long-term profit. In a tournament, however, 1,000 chips in the pot are worth less than the last 1,000 chips in your stack. So, even if the pot is laying you 3-1 directly, the actual odds, in realizable dollars, are often as bad as, say, 2-1.

Strategically, there is one

Since I had started the hand with over 50,000, I was able to impose a significant threat on my opponent at very little cost to myself. These high-pressure “underbets” are among the many powerful strategies that propel successful tournament players to final tables while overly mechanical players bust out early.

Be sure to remember the true value, both financial and psychological, of every chip, and you can leverage this awareness to crush weaker players.

(Corwin Cole is a poker coach whose instructional videos can be found at CardRunners.com.

He can be reached at corwin. cole@cardrunners.com.)

Skyline 1 Inc to Rjem LLC, 4233 99th Pl, $110,000; Skyline 1 Inc to Rjem LLC, 9531 S McVicker Ave, $95,000; Skyline 1 Inc to Rjem LLC, 5372 Otto Pl, $160,000; Skyline 1 Inc to Miarstar Prop LLC, 8720 New England Ave, $100,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Jimenez Rebecca, 9637 Mason Ave, $177,000; Federal Natl Mtg Assn to Matchinis William, 10445 Mansfield Ave, Unit# 3C, $65,000; Shalaush Yamal to Khalil Ezzat, 9511 Massasoit Ave, $185,000; Powell Lynn M to Callahan Kevin M, 9323 Tulley Ave, $175,000; Breen Sheila to Gromek Marzena, 4831 109th St, Unit# 9202, $28,000; Staresnich Julie to Gorlicka Zofia Bizub, 9332 Massasoit Ave, $186,000; Renewd Homes Inc to Schmitt Colleen, 10023 52nd Ave, $193,000; Bourbulas Dan to Streetscape Renovation LLC, 9136 Karlov Ave, $145,000.

Palos Hills Serafin John to Marek Patricia E, 11210 Sycamore Ln, Unit# 61B,

$115,000; Paplauski Linda Adm to Saleem Shahid, 11101 S Westwood Dr, $142,000; Bronske Theodore A Tr to Laczynska Izabela, 11331 S Roberts Rd, Unit# K, $92,500; White Pamela to Dagger Teresita, 2 Cour Deauville, $115,000; Nocun Marcin to Makowski Jaroslaw, 11114 S 84th Ave, Unit# 111143B, $78,000; PNC Bk to Kasprzak Margaret, 8201 W 99th St, $221,000.

Worth Scheckel Harold J Tr to Albashaireh Suhaib, 11026 S Nagle Ave, $175,500; Pazdziora Eugeniusz to Nxstage Prop Grp Inc, 10608 S Oak Tree Dr, $450,000; Dziubasik Jean to Ciszek Mariusz, 7517 Southwest Hwy, $320,000; Lincolnway Comm Bk to Almasri Abdelraouf Ahmed, 6657 W 111th St, $156,000; Lemberg Kenneth A Tr to Premier Home Developers Inc, 6858 W 110th St, $77,000; Clifford Kevin to Kobel Margaret A, 6525 W Home Ave, $155,000.

Property Tax seminar coming next Thursday Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Dan Patlak will be holding a property tax appeal seminar Thursday, August 21, at the Worth Township Office for taxpayers seeking to appeal their 2014 property tax assessments.

The seminar is co-hosted by Worth Township Assessor John H. Dietrick, Worth Township Clerk Katie Elwood, State Senator Bill Cunningham, and State Representative Fran Hurley. The hour-long session will educate taxpayers on how to file a successful tax appeal, provide information on property tax exemptions, and address why property taxes go up when the value of your home goes down.

The seminar includes a presentation by Patlak explaining the appeal procedure at the Board of Review. Before the end of the evening, taxpayers will have an opportunity to work with staff from the Board of Review to ad-

dress their specific questions and concerns.

This event is free to the public, and there is no fee to appeal at the Board of Review. Taxpayers are asked to bring a copy of their most recent tax bill.

The seminar will be held Thursday, Aug. 21 at Worth Township Office 11601 S. Pulaski Road Alsip, at 6 p.m.

Appeal forms also may be picked up at the Board of Review located at 118 N. Clark Street-Room 601 in Chicago or at the Bridgeview Satellite Office located at 10200 S. 76th Ave., in Bridgview. The phone number is 708-974-6074. Taxpayers may also file an appeal online by visiting the Board of Review website at www.cookcountyboardofreview.com.

--Submitted by the offices of Fran Hurley and Bill Cunningham

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of July 28)

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

RATES APR POINTS 4.250 4.297 0 3.500 3.769 0 4.250 4.295 0

United Trust Bank (as of Aug. 12)

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

RATES APR POINTS 4.250 4.271 0 3.375 3.411 0 3.125 3.176 0

Prospect Federal (as of Aug. 11)

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

RATES APR POINTS 4.250 4.288 .25 4.000 4.052 .25 3.250 3.314 .25

All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.

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TECHNO TALK

By Shelly Palmer

What’s going to happen now?

What a difference a week makes. At our Innovation Series breakfast this past week, I was planning to discuss my recent article, The “New” Media Landscape: CNBCUTWC, 21stCFTW, ATTDirecTV, T-Sprint. We sent out our pre-breakfast discussion guide just as the Twenty-First Century Fox/Time Warner and Sprint/T-Mobile deals blew up.

This made for an awesome, lively discussion about what might have been, what was going to happen and most importantly… what’s going to happen now?

At this writing, the “new” media landscape is looking quite a bit like the “old” media landscape.

But don’t be fooled by a few bumps in the road… the fun is really just about to start.

Time Warner

In our last episode, 21CF was in an epic battle to take over TW. Jeff rebuffed Rupert’s advances, and… to everyone’s amazement, Rupert withdrew. Negotiating tactic? Gamesmanship? Test?

Perhaps the market knows…

21CF’s stock (Nasdaq: FOXA) dipped a bit on the day the news broke, but it settled down around $34 at the end of the day. TW’s stock (NYSE: TWX) fell from $85.19 down to $74.90 after the news and now sits around $72 per share – more than a 15 percent drop. Obviously TW shareholders were surprised. They had pushed the stock to a 52-week high of $88.13 in anticipation of the deal.

Rupert said, “Our proposal had significant strategic merit and compelling financial rationale and our approach had always been friendly. However, Time Warner management and its board refused to engage with us to explore an offer which was highly compelling…” Well-played, Rupert.

Does 21CF have the wherewithal to takeover TW? Do they still want to? Only Rupert knows. But this is an acquisition that make perfect business sense. Tune in next week for another exciting episode.

T-Mobile/Sprint

Don’t bother to stick a fork in it… it’s not done. After months of essentially acting like one company, Sprint called off talks to acquire T-Mobile. The move ended a nine-month bid to acquire T-Mobile. Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse was shown the door, having been replaced by Marcelo Claure, the founder and CEO of Brightstar Corp (another SoftBank subsidiary).

What really happened? Almost everyone I’ve spoken to says that getting the deal through regulatory was going to be impossibly difficult. The market hammered both stocks — Sprint (NYSE: S) dropped

about 19 percent, from $7.27 to $5.90 while T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) dropped about 9 percent, from $33.91 to $30.99 (its steepest decline since May 2013). It has since slipped to below $30.

Now that this has blown up, you can expect Iliad SA’s $15 billion bid for a 56.6% stake of T-Mobile US to be reconsidered.

T-Mobile says we’re not going to see a T-Free, but Iliad (owners of France’s Free) is talking with various US-based cablers to up its offer. There’s also a chance that Charlie Ergen will resurface. DISH would have a much easier time getting FCC and DOJ approval. The plot thickens…

Guessing at the future again

Now that 21CF/TW is off, we can expect a few months of “old media executive self-hypnosis.”

This is a technique that allows seasoned professionals to believe that this Internet thing is a fad, that a hit show will solve most problems and that three hit shows will solve every problem.

What other businesses might be in play? If you write the names of all the Viacom and CBS assets on Lego blocks (throw in the Sony assets just for fun), you can build some awesome structures.

We certainly have not heard the last of 21CF and TW. Someone is buying TW at some point.

At $105-$110 per share, the shareholders will insist. Who could pay that? Email me your picks. I’ll share a few with you.

Of course, if the stock starts going south, that original $85 offer is going to start to look good. Is that what Rupert is counting on?

He hit TW hard by withdrawing his bid. But TW’s resolve is steely!

And, in various statements, both companies assured shareholders that they were going to get back down to business. But what does that mean?

A force march to increase EPS will get the share prices up, but unless both companies make significant investments to adapt to changes in consumer behavior, neither will fare well.

Investing in the platforms and toolsets required to get to the future first will negatively impact EPS in the short term. It’s either/or, not both. This strategic conundrum will play out over the next 18 months across the entire old media landscape as on-demand online and mobile media consumption starts to exceed scheduled one-to-many broadcast media consumption.

Shareholder value vs. Enterprise value vs. Share Price.

It’s game on!

Profits & Sense Evergreen Park

The First National Bank of Evergreen Park is hosting an online banking seminar free of charge at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 at the bank, 3960 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park.

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Even in bad times, listen for the music that is playing for us

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There’s value in experiencing comfort from unlikely sources.

My youngest daughter, RhondaRene (age 3), is adamant about who she prefers between my husband, Don, and I. Especially when she gets hurt. Don’t let me be the first responder to a tumble if Don is nearby, she’ll contort her body until she’s broken free of me, to get to him. It leaves me left thinking, “Why won’t she let me comfort her?

I suppose most of us have preferences for whom we’d rather be there for us when we’re hurting.

When our preferred source isn’t available, it seems to magnify the pain, making us feel isolated and alone.

Alone is just how my friend, Carmen felt when her husband of 35 years told her he was leaving. Not just leaving their marriage, but also leaving the country. Prior to this blindsiding blow, Carmen had been happy and upbeat. Her kids were grown and finally out of the house.

She said, “This was the opportunity for reconnecting, traveling, and exploring new things together.” Now, she said she questioned her entire future. She was devastated. The only solace she could find in that moment was in God. She fled her house on foot and into an unfamiliar parish not far from her home.

With no parishioners present, Carmen sat in an empty pew for two hours, crying uncontrollably.

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Photo by Jeff Vorva

WHATIZIT?

It was a fore-gone conclusion that some of the WHATIZIT wizards would guess that last week’s photo was of a disc-golf hole/basket but there were more correct answers than we thought regarding this rather obscure sport.

There are 18 holes on a golf course and -- believe it or not – we had 18 correct guessers this week.

This was one of the newest holes in the area as it was a part of Evergreen Park’s new 50 Acre Park.

One guesser referred to it as a “pole hole.” I am going to leave that one alone but we will consider it correct.

Chicago Ridge’s Judy Conrad scored a hole-in-one (or should it be basket-in-one or pole-hole-in-one?) for being the first to come up with the right answer.

Other eagles and birdies came from Evergreen Park’s Bernadette Pratl, Jim Long, Steve Christianson, Amanda Callas, Henrietta Mysliwiec, Vince Vizza and Jan Merchantz, Hickory Hills’ Jack and Griffin Burke Faddis and Ken Osborne, Palos Park’s Diana Price, Orland Park’s Sandy Schuber, Oak Lawn’s Steve Rosenbaum, Worth’s Theresa and George Rebersky and Celeste Cameron and Jim Cap from parts unknown.

There was one bogey incorrect guess of the links at the Stony Creek Park Golf Course, The week’s clue: In honor of Worth and its 100th anniversary this week’s WHATIZIT? comes from that village.

Send those guesses to thereporter@comcast.net with WHATIZIT in the subject line by Monday night. Don’t forget to include your name and hometown.

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For people known to have Apraxia, an intense therapy regimen is likely to bring about improvement.

However, the root of Rhonda-Rene’s overall diagnosis comes from a gene mutation called FOXP1. This gene is one of two, dominant for language. According to the Baylor College of Medicine, Rhonda-Rene is one of seven children in the nation to have this specific mutation. The geneticist said, “We don’t know if she’ll ever be able to speak.”

I tried to nod throughout the remainder of our conversation but I didn’t hear anything else after that.

Mentally, I was like Carmen, sitting in an empty, church pew, desperate to understand God’s plan.

Initially, I was a little like RhondaRene in that, I had a preference for whom I wanted comfort from.

I thought the people closest to us would be our soothing balm but it’s been the unlikely sources.

Once Don and I had the opportunity to collect ourselves. We too began to hear music playing from distant places. Each time our intrigue led us into one door, a melody of voices directed us toward the loving embrace of various community programs, our school district, respite service, team of therapists’

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Scientists have said that with advances in modern medicine it may one day be possible to live to be 120 years old.

Little do they know it is already possible. The longest-lived person ever documented is a French woman named Jeanne Calment who was born in 1875 and died in 1997.

That’s right, at 122 years old — plus 164 days! Jeanne was 14 when she met Vincent Van Gogh!

One other person, a Japanese man named Shigechiyo Izumi, is believed to have lived beyond 120.

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red, eyes she finally gained enough composure to hear music coming from a distant room. “What’s that?”

She asked herself, as she walked toward the harmony delighting her soul.

It was a full musical band playing worship music. A small crowd of people attentively tuned in as they played. Carmen eased into a seat near the back. Once the musicians came to a close in their performance, one of them bellowed into his microphone, “Let us welcome our new sister.”

Carmen glanced from side to side looking for who to acknowledge but all eyes gazed back into hers.

This group then stood to their feet, greeting her one-by-one with a full embrace. In an instant, the flame to her anguish was snuffed with love from these unlikely sources.

Carmen’s experience was an inspiration to me.

Less than a year ago, I was dealt a painful blow myself.

Little Rhonda-Rene’s diagnosis.

She has special needs. She’s considered globally delayed with a sensory processing disorder and also has a finger deformity on both hands. The most severe impact of her disability is her speech, she has Apraxia. Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder. Children with CAS have difficultly vocalizing sounds, syllables, and words. The brain insufficiently plans movement of the lips, jaw, or

in these snacks and beverages is essentially poison that destroys your body from the inside out.

This trend — it has become more of a norm, actually — of drinking soda for breakfast is literally insane.

Other people think they’re wise by eating high-protein, low-carb diets, not knowing that high-protein diets may be linked to cancer and that without complex carbohydrates for energy your brain will not function properly. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer and depression, these maladies so common in our culture are caused directly by imbalanced diets too high in meats and fats and too low in natural foods.

Raw fresh fruit and raw or lightly steamed vegetables should be the primary foods in everyone’s diet. In fact, they should make up about 75 percent to 80 percent of the diet.

That sounds crazy to some people because we have been conditioned to eat nearly the opposite — a diet dominated by meat with “sides” of vegetables. But it is the truth.

Eat berries, bananas and apples for breakfast, and with your lunch or dinner eat leafy greens in a salad with some olive oil and a sprinkling of herbs and cayenne pepper, or have some lightly steamed broccoli, green beans or sweet corn.

And what to drink? Water from Lake Michigan or from bottles in stores will also kill you because it may contain cancer-causing chemicals and traces of pharmaceuticals such as birth control pills and antibiotics. Drink freshly-squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, which contain all the water you need. Drink when thirsty (the oft-recommended eight glasses a day can be tough on the

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By Claudia Parker and an awesome social worker.

There have been numerous people placed along our path helping us navigate the journey of having a child with special needs. Now that we have their support, I can’t imagine what we’d do without them.

Challenges in life will always be present. Regardless of the hardship, we aren’t the first, nor will we be the last to experience it.

We should all keep an open mind to the unlikely sources. There are people all around us, waiting for the opportunity to help. If we’re consumed by the volume of our own distress, we won’t hear them.

We must allow ourselves time to feel what’s real. Then, we must gain control and listen for the music that’s playing for us.

We’re never alone, I believe we’re all connected.

Claudia Parker is an Evergreen Park mother, author, runner whose columns appear the second and fourth Thursdays for the Reporter.

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One strike and they were out

Bartosh Remember 1994?

It was the year of O.J. Simpson’s infamous leading of police on a slow-speed chase on one of southern California’s freeways, the bizarre act of a supposedly innocent man who went on to beat a double-murder rap before committing the truly heinous crime of memorabilia theft.

The latter, of course, did what Marsha Clark and Christopher Darden couldn’t: put Simpson behind bars.

1994 was also the year Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa and Michael Jordan discovered that hitting a curveball was more difficult than defying the laws of gravity on a basketball court. Jordan eventually returned to the NBA, in part because baseball abandoned him first.

Twenty years have passed since baseball’s most crippling work stoppage, one so sweeping that even the 1994 World Series got wiped out. Not coincidentally that was also the moment when an awful lot of fans finally decided to abandon the sport, at least the major league version of it, for keeps.

There were no sides to take in the squabble between millionaire athletes and billionaire owners because there were no good guys involved in the fight.

Both groups were greedy, but the owners didn’t stop there — they also had stupidity on their resume.

Actually the stupidity started long before 1994. A quarter-century earlier former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood fought a trade to Philadelphia, something he was forbidden by baseball’s collective bargaining agreement from doing.

While slavery had been abolished more than 100 years before Flood’s show of resistance, indentured servitude was alive and well in the sport of baseball, where a player’s rights pretty much consisted of doing whatever he was told and doing it wherever he was sold.

So Flood’s choices amounted to this: report to Philadelphia or retire.

He opted for a third: fight for his career freedom. Flood never did get what he wanted, but he still managed to expose some previously hidden agendas. And because the owners of that time period refused to budge an inch the players decided to follow Flood’s lead and engage in their own brand of hard ball.

Free agency came to the forefront by the mid-1970s and player salaries skyrocketed as a

result. Had those 1970s team owners been willing to negotiate even a little and allowed Flood any kind of say-so in where his future baseball home would be there’s a very good chance the players would have been sated and not pursued anything more.

Instead they felt the need to push back, and eventually they positioned themselves to where any refusal by the owners to actively bid on free agents could be construed as collusion — which it likely was. Owners had essentially outsmarted themselves.

Flood’s dust-up with owners was necessary to bring baseball up to speed with other industries in regard to fair treatment of employees. But when the game then sped into the financial stratosphere players lost much of their support from Average Joes everywhere, who were forced to pay escalating prices on everything associated with baseball in order to help owners meet their steadily rising revenue demands.

Baseball lost a lot from that lengthy period of inactivity in 1994, and not just at that moment. There were far-reaching effects, one of which occurred four years later.

The home-run duel between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in the summer of 1998 captivated the nation and brought some of the straying masses back into the baseball-watching fold. It was the shot in the arm the sport needed to become revitalized, but it also led to other types of shots that weren’t so beneficial.

By now everyone knows of former player Jose Canseco’s accusations of rampant steroid use within the major leagues back then. But while he blew the whistle it was baseball’s leaders who were guilty of letting the game’s reputation get blown to bits.

Clicking turnstiles at ballparks caused everyone to turn a blind eye to what was happening all around them — Popeye lookalikes, muscles bulging at an almost freakish rate, hitting balls farther than they would have flown if shot out of a cannon. It didn’t matter if there was monkey business going on behind the scenes because there was good business being done front and center.

But without the 1994 strike, there would have been no need for a home-run battle to revive the National Pastime — and without that home-run battle no need to artificially inflate

bodies and, along with them, every power-related statistic imaginable.

The numbers are a little less suspect these days, which has improved baseball’s image but pretty much verifies what Canseco said. And what’s sad is that even guys who stayed clean during that dirty period are likely to have their accomplishments questioned.

As for baseball as a whole, the major league strike of 1994 was actually something of a godsend.

Minor league teams popped up everywhere shortly after that and most have remained in operation, although often under different ownership and perhaps even a different name.

What minor league baseball did besides give fans an outlet was remind them how important they were. Fan-friendly environments, complete with reasonable prices and scores of pregame, postgame and between-innings activities, were the minors’ calling card, and their success forced major league promotions departments to rethink strategies and put more emphasis on those paying customers who made overpayment of players possible.

Football long ago eclipsed baseball as Americans’ favorite sport, and basketball is a preferred choice in many areas as well. Baseball’s glacial pacing runs counter to today’s rapid-fire lifestyles and there’s nothing that can change that, so chances are good that the sport will never again elicit the kind of feverish devotion it once enjoyed.

Is all of that the fault of 1994?

No, but that year certainly didn’t aid baseball’s cause in any way. A recent story quoting some former major leaguers whose last active season was 1994 reflected a continued sense of displeasure among them — one even said he no longer follows baseball at all despite spending 20 years of his life in it.

Baseball’s principals have seemingly learned from past mistakes, seeing as how strikes and lockouts have become increasingly rare. That hasn’t stopped the NHL and NBA from committing their own public relations disasters since 1994, but big money has a way of making human beings do ridiculous things.

Twenty years from now will 1994 still stand as a watershed moment in baseball? Until something worse comes along to tarnish it further, probably so.

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Kyle Rago, a former assistant cross country and track coach at Olivet Nazarene University, is the new head coach of St. Xavier's men's teams in both of those sports. ties within the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference and we are looking forward to having him continue the great tradition of cross country and track and field success that has been established here at SXU.” Rago was a four-time NAIA national qualifier as a middle-distance runner while a student at Olivet and established six school records during his time there. He was a team captain as a junior and senior for both the men’s cross country and track squads.

“I am very excited to lead the St Xavier University men’s cross country [and] track and field pro-

Let the practices begin Area football teams preparing for 2014 campaign

By Jeff Vorva

Practice for Illinois high school football teams began this past Monday and the 10 schools covered by this paper hit their respective fields with more questions than answers.

But even for squads that struggled the previous year the first week of practice in a new season brings with it a fresh batch of high hopes and optimism.

Some of the storylines that fans will keep an eye on throughout 2014 include the following: • Richards’ quest for a state championship. The Bulldogs return a fair amount of talent from a team that finished second in Class 6A in 2013. Richards is the last area team to win a state title in football, having done so in 1989.

Last year’s runner-up finish was the Bulldogs’ second since 2001.

• Evergreen Park’s bid for a fourth straight playoff appearance. The Mustangs qualified for grams,” said Rago, a 2007 Olivet the postseason from 1992-95 under graduate with a degree in social coach Brett Nelson and hope to tie science. “I cannot thank the that school record after going 8-4, 9-4 search committee enough for this and 10-1 in Dan Hartman’s three coaching seasons. Hartman left to opportunity.

“I look forward to building on coach at Hinsdale Central and Ray the recent success this program Mankowski, Evergreen’s boys’ track has had and leading it to even coach and a former assistant at Mt. greater success. I am excited to Carmel, has taken over the program. become a member of the SXU • Marist’s offense. The Redcommunity.”

Rago resides in Bourbonnais with his wife, Tara, and their two children, Hope and Koen.

Rago named SXU cross country, track coach To find its next men’s cross country coach, St. Xavier University turned to one of its Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference rivals.

Kyle Rago, who spent the past six seasons at Olivet Nazarene as a recruiting coordinator for both cross country and track, officially succeeded Ed McAllister as Cougars boss in each sport this past Monday. While in Bourbonnais Rago helped the Tigers’ overall roster numbers grow from 60 to more than 140.

He also served as the strength and conditioning coordinator for all distance athletes. With Rago playing a pivotal role in their development Olivet runners produced several strong seasons.

The Tigers’ women’s cross country squad finished among the top six in NAIA each of the last three years, the men’s team wound up sixth last fall, and between them the two programs have claimed seven CCAC titles since 2008.

Track and field successes include five conference championships apiece for the men’s and women’s teams since 2009.

During Rago’s tenure Olivet has had 32 NAIA All-Americans and 121 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.

Being a proven commodity with a highly respected program was what made Rago an intriguing coaching candidate to SXU athletics director Bob Hallberg.

“We are thrilled to bring in a coach of Kyle’s caliber,” Hallberg said. “He comes in with outstanding credentials. Kyle also has great

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Chicago Christian will be a football-playing member of the Metro Suburban Conference this season.

The Knight departed the now-defunct Suburban Christian Conference.

Hawks’ high-flying passing attack suffered an expected blow with the graduation of receiver Nic Weishar, who now attends Notre Dame, and an unexpected one when receiver Flynn Nagel transferred to Lemont. Running back Jawill Aldridge, who had six carries for 151 yards and three touchdowns in Marist’s 64-28 Class 8A opening-round playoff win over Plainfield South, could be one of the most exciting players to watch this year.

• Shepard trying to return to the playoffs. Dominic Passolano made a great early impression when he took the Astros to the postseason in each of his first four seasons as head coach after they had qualified just once in the previous 14 years. Now Shepard must recover from a winless 2013. Will the Astros prove that last season’s 0-9 record was merely a fluke?

• Chicago Christian joining a new conference. The Knights are now a part of the Metro Suburban Conference East after a stint in the now-defunct Suburban Christian Conference. Gone from the schedule are Wheaton-St. Francis (which beat Christian 49-0 last year) and Immaculate Conception (which beat the Knights 56-20), but there will still be some tough foes, including St. Edward and Walther Christian.

The Knights’ final game of the regular season is at Guerin, which will be coached by former Bears player Glenn Kozlowski, who had previous coaching stops at Wauconda and North Chicago.

Opening games

The season opens Aug. 29 with nine games. Another will be played on Aug. 30.

For the first time since 2011, Marist will not be facing St. Rita at Soldier Field to open its season. Instead, the RedHawks will host Chicago Public League member DuSable, which finished 1-8 last year and lost to Aurora Christian 67-0 in the 2013 season opener.

Other Aug. 29 games include the Battle of Burbank with Reavis visiting St. Laurence, Chicago Christian at Westmont, Kenwood at Oak Lawn, Lincoln-Way Central at Sandburg, Hillcrest at Stagg, Evergreen Park at Lake Station, Ind., Indianapolis Arsenal at Richards and Shepard at Niles North.

On Aug. 30 Brother Rice will win

Chicago’s Brother Rice travels to Bloomfield Hills, Mich., near Detroit to take on another school named Brother Rice in a historic game.

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SOFTBALL Rebeka Ferguson, a junior transfer from Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne, has signed a letter of intent to continue both her academic and athletic careers at SXU as a member of the Cougars softball program.

The Chatham, Ill., native also played one year at Heartland Community College in Normal before spending her sophomore season with the Mastodons in Fort Wayne. Ferguson, a shortstop, had a standout prep career at Chatham-Glenwood High School.

Ferguson was named the 2011 Central State Eight Softball Player of the Year by the State Journal-Register after hitting .455 with four homers and 42 RBI. At Heartland she was named the 2013 Mid-West Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and chosen as a member of the all-region first team after hitting .441 Photo by Jeff Vorva with a .574 slugging percentage and .507 on-base percentage. Fer- Richards players hit the sled this past Monday, the first official day of preseason practice. The Bulldogs are coming off a second-place finish in Class 6A in 2013.

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Community sports news Orland man records hole-in-one

Eight was Mike Clemons’ lucky number on July 16.

During a round of golf at Silver Lake Country Club’s Rolling Hills Course, the Orland Park man registered an ace on the 118-yard eighth hole. Appropriately, Clemons used an 8-iron to sink his shot, a feat witnessed by playing partner Cary Clemons, also of Orland.

“I hit an 8-iron soft [that landed] in the middle of the green and rolled in for the hole-in-one,” Mike Clemons said. “I jumped with joy.

I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life.”

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St. Laurence seeking JV hockey coach

St. Laurence is seeking an individual to serve as its junior-varsity hockey coach.

Interested candidates must have previous high school coaching experience or an equivalent and must meet all AHAI and Archdiocesan requirements to be considered. St. Laurence does not presently have a varsity team, so the JV coach will head up the entire hockey program. The goal is to begin varsity play in a few years, with the JV coach being an integral part of the process.

Applicants should send a resume and letter of interest to athletic director Tim Chandler at tchandler@stlaurence.com.

FOOTBALL While players flocked to campus this past Monday for the start of preseason camp, the Cougars learned they achieved a No. 16 national ranking in the NAIA Football Coaches Preseason Top 25 poll and are projected to take second in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League behind only 2013 NAIA champion Grand View (Iowa) University.

The NAIA preseason poll was released by the national office

Monday afternoon, while the MSFA released its preseason projections earlier this month. SXU had 31 points and one first-place vote in the conference poll, while Grand View had 35 points and five first-place votes.

“It is always nice to see your team ranked among the NAIA’s best in the polls, but to our program being No. 16 is nowhere Photo by Jeff Vorva near good enough,” Cougars coach Mike Feminis said. “Our players and coaches expect to compete for a national championship every single season and missing Richards coach Tony Sheehan watches his running backs work during the Bulldogs' first official practice this past Monday. the postseason last season was completely unacceptable.

“We may have one of the toughest schedules in the NAIA this fall, but that is exactly what we want because you have to beat the best to be the best. Our guys are hungry to get back out on the field and prove that they are one of the elite teams in the nation.”

SXU kicks off the 2014 season on the road against Marian University on Sept 6. The Cougars play their first home game one week later as NCAA Division II University of Indianapolis visits Bruce R. Deaton Field for a 6 p.m. kickoff.

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coach Brother Rice of Michigan ever had.

(Continued from page 1) guson scored 77 runs, drove in 59 and stole 29 bases.

She hit .250 for IPFW this past spring with 25 hits, including eight doubles. Ferguson also totaled 158 putouts while posting a .961 fielding percentage for the Mastodons.

“Beka is a proven difference-maker at the collegiate level,” SXU coach Myra Minuskin said. “She has the ability, both offensively and defensively, to help us compete among the elite teams in the nation.”

(Continued from page 1) The Michigan program has won three straight Division 2 state championships. Coach Al Fracassa stepped down after 57 years, 430 wins and 10 state titles and has been replaced by assistant Dave Sofran, a former Warriors player. Fracassa was the only football

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Ready to pick some football games?

For the second year in a row members of the Regional Publishing staff will pick prep football games and we are looking for readers to give the so-called experts a challenge. Anyone interested can contact us at sports@ regionalpublishing.com.

— CORRECTION —

In last week's story about local state-championship teams, Marist's 2012 softball title was inadvertently omitted. RedHawks teams have won a total of six state crowns and the area has produced 62, 56 of them since 1980-81.

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Chicago Christian coach Jim Bolhuis rallies his players during the Knights' first preseason practice this past Monday.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION ONEWEST BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL EGIZIO, MATTHEW EGIZIO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HERITAGE TOWNHOUSES CONDOMINIUM- PHASE II, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARILYN B. EGIZIO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARILYN B. EGIZIO (DECEASED) Defendants 13 CH 027513 9312 W. 141ST PLACE 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 July 23, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 4, 2014, 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 9312 W. 141ST PLACE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 2703-301-032-1020. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-30249. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-30249 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 027513 TJSC#: 34-13324 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT L. BREGIN A/K/A ROBERT LOUIS BREGIN SR., MARY MARGARET BREGIN A/K/A MARY M. BREGIN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 030636 522 LAKE TRAIL 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 March 10, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 28, 2014, 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 522 LAKE TRAIL DRIVE, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-28-305-017. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-11-19472. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-11-19472 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 030636 TJSC#: 34-12710 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.ELEFTERIS ELEFTERIADIS A/K/A LEFTERIS ELEFTERIADIS A/K/A ELEFTERIADIS LEFTERIS, DIMITRA ELEFTERIADIS A/K/A DEMITRA ELEFTERIADIS, BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS INC. DBA BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CO. OF ILLINOIS, PLAZA BANK Defendants 13 CH 06666 15542 SOUTH HOLLYHOCK COURT 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 3, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 5, 2014, 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 15542 SOUTH HOLLYHOCK COURT, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-13-403-016-0000. The real estate is improved with a one story single family home with a two car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1303308. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1303308 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 13 CH 06666 TJSC#: 34-9975 I619838

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WASHINGTON MUTUAL ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES WMABS SERIES 2006-HE4 TRUST Plaintiff, -v.NAGLA T. ELHASSAN A/K/A NAGLA ELHASSAN, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., CIT LOAN CORPORATION F/K/A THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE, INC., WORLDWIDE ASSET PURCHASING, LLC, BROOK HILLS HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 09 CH 043338 11765 S. BROOKSHIRE DRIVE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 4, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 4, 2014, 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 11765 S. BROOKSHIRE DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-30-310-004. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-09-26139. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-09-26139 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 09 CH 043338 TJSC#: 34-12846 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be �a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v s . ďż˝ GHADA SHAABNAH; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE F O R ďż˝ COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A.; Defendants, 10 CH 37060 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on March 25, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-14-217-037-0000. ďż˝ Commonly known as 10601 South 80th Court, Palos Hills, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single ďż˝ 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 ďż˝ assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: ďż˝ 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid,ďż˝ the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the ďż˝ premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North ďż˝ Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1020618.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I619577

For Sale IN�THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE � BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUSTEE FOR CSMC � TRUST 2011-11 P l a i n t i f f , � v� s . � ABED MUSTAFA; D e f e n d a n t s , � 13 CH 16204 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 26, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, September 8, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 24-29-406-003-0000.

Commonly known as 12519 SOUTH MENARD AVENUE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1310343.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I620247

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE B A N K ďż˝ OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., FKA JPMORGAN C H A S E ďż˝ BANK AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ASSET B A C K E D ďż˝ SECURITIES TRUST 2003-SD2, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-SD2 Plaintiff, v s . ďż˝ EDWARD L. MESSINGER AKA EDWARD M E S S I N G E R ; ďż˝ CRYSTAL HILLS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EDWARD L. MESSINGER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND N O N ďż˝ RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 19717 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on June 5, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-03-400-037-1011, 23-03-400-037-1013.

Commonly known as 9158 WEST 95TH STREET APT 2B, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1009348.

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For Notice Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.KATHLEEN M. TOMCZAK, BANK OF AMERICA, NA Defendants 14 CH 002186 15629 HEATHER COURT 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 5, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on September 10, 2014, 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 15629 HEATHER COURT, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-13-403-046. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-33831. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-33831 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 002186 TJSC#: 34-10422 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.MONIKA BEDNARZ A/K/A MONIKA M. BEDNARZ-STOPKA, MACIEJ STOPKA, TIFFANY GARDENS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION #2 Defendants 13 CH 014238 7345 TIFFANY DRIVE UNIT #3E ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 28, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on September 3, 2014, 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 7345 TIFFANY DRIVE UNIT #3E, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-13-409-022-1003. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-12882. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-12882 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 014238 TJSC#: 34-12946 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE LEADERS BANK Plaintiff, -v.LOYAL LYNN LIGHTFOOT, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 31, 1987 & KNOWN AS THE LOYAL LYNN LIGHTFOOT REVOCABLE TRUST, BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE OAK HILLS CONDOMINIUM I CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2014 CH 02388 7851 W. GOLF DRIVE, UNIT 1-A Palos Heights, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 29, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 16, 2014, 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 7851 W. GOLF DRIVE, UNIT 1-A, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Property Index No. 23-36-303-143-1029. The real estate is improved with a condominium. The judgment amount was $250,728.09. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C., 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, CHICAGO, IL 60606, (312) 444-9300 Please refer to file number 23662-52632-SLB. 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. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 CHICAGO, IL 60606 (312) 444-9300 Attorney File No. 2366252632-SLB Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2014 CH 02388 TJSC#: 34-9482 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.LAIMUTE SIMENIENE, SARUNE SIMENAITE, BROOKLODGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 12 CH 020701 10630 S. BROOKLODGE LANE UNIT 2A 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 17, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 19, 2014, 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 10630 S. BROOKLODGE LANE UNIT 2A, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-13-103-023-1035. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-12-15766. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-12-15766 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 020701 TJSC#: 34-10960 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.PEGGY WADE, MARCY SAUSER, DONALD J. MCKAY A/K/A DONALD J. MCKAY JR, JACLYN LANE A/K/A JACLYN L. LANE, LYNN SWIEKOWSKI A/K/A LYNN B. SWIERKOWSKI, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNE MCKAY A/K/A ANNE T. MCKAY, IF ANY, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DONALD G. MCKAY A/K/A DONALD MCKAY A/K/A DONALD G. MCKAY SR, IF ANY, THOMAS QUINN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR, ANNE MCKAY A/K/A ANNE T. MCKAY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 13 CH 25183 10410 SOUTH 83RD AVENUE F/K/A 10360 SOUTH 83RD AVENUE 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 5, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 9, 2014, 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 10410 SOUTH 83RD AVENUE F/K/A 10360 SOUTH 83RD AVENUE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 2314-219-051-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family home. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1314926. 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.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1314926 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 13 CH 25183 TJSC#: 34-9957 I620306

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N ďż˝ PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v . ďż˝ BOGUSLAW OMIELAN, TERESA OMIELAN, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION S/I/I TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB D e f e n d a n t s ďż˝ 12 CH 13733 10430 WINTER PARK DRIVE 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 May 29, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 2, 2014, 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 10430 WINTER PARK DRIVE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-14-105-069-0000. The real estate is improved with a two story single family home; two car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1207647. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1207647 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 13733 TJSC#: 34-9601 I619017

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Your Guide to Arts and Events in the Southwest Suburbs and Beyond

Broaden Your Horizons This week The Bridge Teen Center events • Album Artwork — 4:30 to 6 p.m. today (Thursday), The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park, will host an art program with ArtA-La-Carte to allow students to make their own album artwork using acrylic on canvas.

• The Science of Taste — 5 to 6 p.m. today a program with Wrigley Gum to teach students how their body tastes things.

• Deadbolts — 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Aug. 15, Friday Night Live event with live music from the Deadbolts and free food samples from Meijer.

• Blond Moment & DJ Night — 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Aug. 16, High School Saturday with a DJ Night and live music from rock group Blond Moment. There will be free samples from Jimmy John’s.

• Train Your Brain: Boost Your Memory — 5 to 6 p.m.

Aug. 19, designed to help students remember their new locker combination, class schedule and assignments.

• Electric Guitar — 5 to 6 p.m. Aug. 19, a program with Tone Wolf Music teaches students the basics of the electric guitar.

• Computer Animation with Illinois Institute of Art — 4:15 to 6 p.m. Aug. 20, The Bridge will take students on a trip to the Illinois Institute of Art campus to learn the basics of computer animation.

• Burgers with Cooper’s Hawk — 4:30 to 6 p.m. Aug. 20, The Bridge will host a culinary program with Cooper’s Hawk to teach students how to properly cook a burger.

• Chingo with Standard Bank — 4:30 to 6 p.m. Aug. 21, a rousing game of Chingo, with Standard Bank. Chingo is like human checkers with trivia thrown in. The winners of this game will receive prizes.

These free events are for

Pottery, Saturday Children’s Art, and various Folkarts.

The Log Cabin Art Center offers six-week courses plus occasional 1 day workshops. Art Director Lois Lauer says classes at The Center are known for their warm and welcoming ambience, in addition to superior instruction in a variety of fine arts and folk arts.

Pre-registration is required for classes, most of which begin in early September. For more, call The Center at 361-3650 or visit www.thecenterpalos.org.

teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more information call 532-0500 or visit www.thebridgeteencenter.org.

Upcoming Trash to treasure art workshops Two Trash to Treasures art workshops are offered at The Center on Sunday, Aug. 24 and Tuesday, Aug. 27. The workshops utilize finds from the annual rummage sale at the Children’s Farm at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

On Aug. 24, from 1 to 3 p.m., instructor Laura Milkert will help participants will find an interesting old book at the rummage sale, and then fold the pages in a repetitive design to create an interesting decorative work of art. On Aug. 26, Joyce Icenogle will teach students to create unique pieces of decorative garden art or beautiful and useful cakestands, by gluing together pretty plates, cups, and glasses that they glean from the rummage sale collection.

The Aug. 24 Book folding workshop fee is $15. The Aug 26 workshop fee is $15 for those wishing to make a cakestand, and $20 for those wishing to make garden art. Both classes meet at the farm on the east side of 12700 Southwest Highway. Advance registration is required. Call The Center at 361-3650.

Barn dance The Children’s Farm will host its 10th annual Barn Dance on Saturday, Sep. 6, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., at the farm, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

Live music by Pop Element will be provided for both listening and dancing. Guests can also enjoy hayrides around the farm, tours of the animal barns, hot dogs from the grill, root beer on tap, and marshmallow roasting at the bonfire.

Tickets are $8 per person.

Barn Dance proceeds benefit the farm’s summer camp scholarship fund. Call The Center at 361-3650.

Yoga class A new five-week series of Gentle Yoga classes will be offered at The Center on Tuesday evenings beginning Aug. 19 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The class will meet at the Anderson Activity Center of The Children’s Farm, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Instructor Valerie Lindstrom will lead the yoga sessions, which will include discussion and practice on breathing, relaxation, and centering, as well as movement and poses.

Yoga newcomers are welcome. Students should dress in comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. The five-week class costs $50. Preregistration is required. Call The Center: 3613650.

Fall art registration Registration opens Aug. 15 for autumn classes at the Log Cabin Center for The Arts, located at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

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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: “MUPPETS MOST WANTED’’: Kermit, a thief? Rest easy, it isn’t actually him but rather, a look-alike who’s committing the larceny in this expectedly funfor-all-ages comedy featuring the familiar characters from Jim Henson’s puppet world. During a European tour, our favorite frog takes the rap for his double and the latter’s sly associate (Ricky Gervais), landing him under the watch of an unamused prison guard (Tina Fey). Kermit’s pals eventually come to his rescue; Ray Liotta and Ty Burrell also appear. DVD extra: music video. *** (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THE BLACKLIST: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON’’: James Spader embodies one of the most compelling new series characters of the past TV year in this smartly written and played NBC mystery. As Raymond “Red’’ Reddington, an enigmatic fugitive with plenty of inside information on major felons, he shares what he knows with a novice FBI agent (the also-excellent Megan Boone) ... to whom he seems to have a deeper connection than she’s aware of. Guest stars include Alan Alda, Jane Alexander and Isabella Rossellini; also in the regular are Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Parminder Nagra and Harry Lennix. DVD extras: two “making-of’’ documentaries; audio commentary by producers on selected episodes. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) “BEARS’’: The Disneynature documentary series continues with this affecting and beautifully filmed tale of two cubs who learn a lot about the world, and their own capabilities, as they spend a year surviving the Alaskan wilderness. John C. Reilly (“Chicago’’) narrates the film, which parents of young viewers should approach with the knowledge that very real peril is depicted ... so whether a given child should be exposed to it is worth considering. DVD extra: music video. *** (G: V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)

“A HAUNTED HOUSE 2’’: If you saw the first satire of recent horror movies — particularly targeting the “Paranormal Activity’’ franchise — you know what to expect from this sequel.

Also a producer and co-writer here, Marlon Wayans returns as the hero, ready to reboot his life with his new love (Jamie Pressly) and her kids. Unfortunately, the supernatural forces occupying their new home aren’t prone to make it an easy process. Cedric the Entertainer also returns as the clergyman whose exorcism experience is sought.

DVD extras: audio commentary

by Wayans, director Michael Tiddes and producer and co-writer Rick Alvarez; deleted and extended scenes. ** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) “THE RAILWAY MAN’’: The true story of a soldier who literally faces his past is played out well

by Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Long after his internment as a war captive of the Japanese, British officer Eric Lomax (Firth) seeks out the interpreter (Hiroyuki Sanada) who had much to do with how he was treated during his incarceration. Jeremy Irvine (“War Horse’’), portraying the younger Lomax in flashbacks, and Stellan Skarsgard also appear. DVD extras: “making-of’’ documentary; audio commentary by director Jonathan Teplitzky and co-writer and producer Andy Paterson. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THE MARX BROTHERS TV COLLECTION’’: They may have had their greatest fame through such classic movie com-

edies as “A Day at the Races’’ and “A Night at the Opera,’’ but Groucho, Harpo and Chico also made many home-screen appearances. This set surely verifies that, with segments from programs ranging from “The Red Skelton Hour’’ and “The Dick Cavett Show’’ to “Championship Bridge’’ and “Celebrity Billiards’’ (seriously) ... plus beer and deodorant ads. No such collection would be complete without at least a glimpse of Groucho’s stint on the game show “You Bet Your Life,’’ and that’s here, too.

So is a 40-page book with rare Marx-family photos. **** (Not rated) COMING SOON: “THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2’’ (Aug. 19): The web-slinger (Andrew Garfield) goes up against several villains, including the Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan) and Electro (Jamie Foxx), while trying to protect Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). (PG-13: V) “ “DRAFT DAY’’ (Sept. 2): Kevin Costner plays a football team’s general manager who faces a big decision regarding the top draft pick; Jennifer Garner also stars. (PG-13: AS, P) “CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER’’ (Sept. 9): Chris Evans returns as the Marvel hero, with Scarlett Johansson fighting beside him as Black Widow; Robert Redford also stars.

(PG-13: P, V) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

‘Hundred-Foot Journey’ leaves you hungry for more Food is the breakout star in Oprah, Spielberg production “The Hundred-Foot Journey” is a film that wants to be more than it is. It’s a film that does so many things well; it doesn’t need to be a serious film that it tries so desperately to be. At times it can be sad and depressing, but for the most part it’s a light-hearted film that teaches acceptance.

The film centers on a young man named Hassan and his family. The Kadam family is forced to leave their native country of India after fire is set to their house and restaurant. The family eventually lands in France of all places and decides to open up a restaurant only 100 feet away from the Michelin-starred Le Saule Pleureur restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren).

A battle ensues between the classical French restaurant and the Maison Mumbai, run by the Kadam family. It’s a classic case of “one of these does not belong.”

A lot happens between the two restaurants. Madame Mallory stops at almost nothing to get the Maison Mumbai closed.

The movie was produced

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Pinto’s Popcorn Picks by Tony Pinto Spielberg, so you know it’s going to have a happy ending. You know what you’re going to get with this movie. You can very easily figure out what is coming next.

For all the sadness we see throughout the early parts of the movie, it’s surprisingly joyful.

Early on, Hassan’s mother dies. It’s a heartwarming, emotional scene, which this movie does exceptionally well.

Throughout the movie, Hassan talks to his deceased mother, seeking her guidance. She’s the one who taught Hassan to cook.

Without her, he would not be where he is at the end of the film.

Some may think that at two hours, the film is too long, but it doesn’t seem long at all. It’s

never drags. There is a lot going on in the plot at times, and the film can seemed weighed down at times.

For a movie about two restaurants, food is a big deal. The food looks so enticing. When the film is done, a craving for Indian food may come over you. Indeed, the food is the breakout star of the film.

As the only actor or actress of any importance, Helen Mirren does a terrific job playing the older, vindictive chef. Her performance harkens back to some of her earlier movies, where she was the always the feisty one.

The whole cast is wonderful and do a terrific job conveying the many emotions that this movie makes you experience.

Overall, “The Hundred Foot Journey” is a quality movie with few flaws. It’s not for everyone, but it offers something most people will enjoy. Even if this film not in your wheelhouse, it’s still worth checking out. Just be forewarned that you will leave hungry.

Tony Pintos grade: A

Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen

by Wolfgang Puck

Celebrate summer heirloom tomatoes with this devilishly easy shrimp recipe When I visit the local farmers’ market at this time of year, I can’t resist heading straight for the stands selling sun-ripened heirloom tomatoes. The result is the happy riot of colors we see now in tomato displays: sizes and shapes from big and deeply ridged to tiny pear and grape tomatoes; colors from deep red to purple-black, orange to golden, green to ivory; lively patterns of stripes, candy-cane swirls, and wild splotches; and flavors many of us never knew tomatoes could have, from rich and deep to brightly tangy to almost candy-sweet.

Inspiring as all these options may be, it’s easy to be overwhelmed at the sight of so many heirloom tomatoes. What can you do with them all?

The easy answer, and always a good one, is to make fresh tomato salads. I’ll slice and layer a variety of heirlooms with fresh mozzarella or creamy burrata cheese and fresh basil leaves, drizzling them with a little extra-virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar for a classic Italian caprese salad.

I like to cook with heirloom tomatoes, and, with very little extra effort, you can create a truly impressive appetizer or main-course pasta dish featuring fresh jumbo shrimp along with the tomatoes.

ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH SHRIMP FRA DIAVOLO AND HEIRLOOM TOMATOES Serves 4 to 6 1-1/2 pounds jumbo shrimp, peeled, tails removed, deveined Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 2 pounds sun-ripened tomatoes, preferably heirloom varieties, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano, or 1/2 teaspoon dried 3/4 pound dried angel hair pasta 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf (Italian) parsley Bring a large pot of water to a boil while you prepare the sauce.

For the sauce, heat a 12-inch frying pan over medium-high heat.

Meanwhile, lightly sprinkle the shrimp with salt and pepper. As

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soon as the pan feels hot when you hold your palm 1 to 2 inches above its surface, add the oil and swirl the pan to coat the bottom. Distribute the shrimp evenly in the pan and, without disturbing them, cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until they’ve begun to turn pink and opaque.

With tongs, a fork, or a small spatula, flip the shrimp over.

Sprinkle in the garlic and crushed red pepper. The instant the shrimp start to seize and before the garlic has time to brown, add the tomatoes and oregano. Stir and scrape the pan with a wooden spoon to dislodge the pan deposits and incorporate them into the juices that the tomatoes give off, continuing to cook until the shrimp are cooked through and the sauce has thickened, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Taste and adjust the seasonings as necessary with salt and pepper. Remove the pan

from the heat, cover, and keep the sauce warm.

When the pot of water comes to a rolling boil, add 1 tablespoon of salt and the angel hair pasta.

Cook until the pasta is al dente, tender but still slightly chewy, following the manufacturer’s suggested cooking time, usually 2 to 3 minutes.

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Local shops lend crucial props to Heights filmmaker’s scenes A lot of planning goes into making a movie — the writing (and re-writing) of the script, then comes location scouting, auditions, rehearsals, costume pulling, set design and props.

It’s a lot of headaches and work, especially when the budget is small, but for Megan St. John, of Palos Heights, the writer/director of “Broiled,” a short film she is shooting with cast and crew in DeKalb County this summer, the pre-production phase was a breeze thanks to the help of local individuals.

“When you are working with a low budget, you are limited,” said St. John. “Props are so important. If something isn’t right it can change the entire look and feel of the scene, and even jeopardize the authenticity of the story. But thanks to the help of people in the Palos area, we really lucked out when it came to finding props.”

St. John found one of the most important props used in the film — a 1965 Chevy Bel Air — after stopping in Tastee-Freez in Palos Heights.

“We were looking for a car that would have been considered really cool back in its day, but we wanted it to be in rough shape,” said St. John. “I went to Tastee-Freez one night and started talking to some of the men sitting out front who were regulars at the classic car shows that take place in that parking lot in the summer. When I told them about Broiled and the car we were looking for, they were eager to help.”

The men suggested St. John look into a rusty Bel Air on the lot of the Eastwood Company, an auto body shop specializing in classic car restoration, in Alsip.

When she stopped in the next day to ask about the car, the vehicle’s owner was thrilled to offer it as a prop.

Another important prop in the story is a retro bike.

St. John had a bike in mind, but when she brought it into Richards Bicycles in Palos

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Megan St. John sits in the Chevy Bel Air loaned by a classic auto The Third Wheel crew filmed a scene last month in the small DeKalb County town of Malta, using restoration body shop in Alsip while filming one of the opening extras from Orland Park and Malta. scenes of her film “Broiled.”

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Writer-director Megan St. John has been working with director of photography Trevor Kelley for two years. “Broiled” is their first film together.

Heights to get it cleaned and tuned up, she fell in love with a Schwinn 1950s replica sitting in the shop.

“The bike at Richards was a perfect fit for our film,” said St.

John. “After I told the men at the shop about our movie, they offered to donate the bike to our production.”

St. John is also collaborating with Palos Heights resident

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The Third Wheel crew filmed a scene with the 1965 Chevy Bel Air on July 13 in Oregon, the county seat of Ogle County near DeKalb County.

Sean Bland, who is doing special effects makeup for the film.

The final weekend of filming for Broiled will take place this Saturday and Sunday in DeKalb County.

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