Will County Coroner Pat O'Neil reads the Bazooka Joe's fortunes that he has gotten on past election days. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
Will County Coroner Pat O'Neil casts his vote at his polling place as election judge Anita Streeter watches. One of his superstitians one voting day is to vote for himself first. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
Will County Coroner Pat O'Neil reats as his wife, Jen, reads the Bazooka Joe's fortune that he purchased at Corwin's in Lockport. One of his election day superstitions is to buy Bazooka Joe's bubble gum after voting. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
LOCKPORT — Here’s an Irishman who feels he has to make his own luck. Like many baseball players, Patrick K. O’Neil’s superstitions started in Little League. “I wore dirty socks. If I had a good game they stayed on for the next one. Mom couldn’t …