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Deck pages of gift guides with family photos, recipes Now that the pumpkins are carved, Voyager Media parent company of The Enterprise is looking towards the holidays. Each year, the annual Holiday Gift Guide is published to help readers find unique gifts and introduce them to new businesses. This year readers will receive two separate gift guides. One the week of Thanksgiving to get in the holiday shopping spirit and then in December for those last-minute shoppers or stocking stuffer ideas.
To make the guides special, Voyager Media is asking its readers for photos of their favorite holiday photos. The photos can be of baby’s first Christmas, a child’s expression when he opens that most wanted gift or simply the family hanging ornaments on the tree. “By adding the photos, it gives our readers a more homey, nostalgic feeling,” said Laureen Crotteau, Voyage Media marketing coordinator. The Last-Minute Gift Guide
will feature recipes. “Holiday recipes are the best,” said Crotteau. “Every year I try to find something new to make to serve at a party and I’m sure many of our readers do too. Recipes from readers can be used for the holidays or throughout the year.” To have your photo or recipe included, please use the following guidelines. Digital or print photos may be submitted. If you scan a photo, be sure it is scanned at the highest resolution
possible. The photos may be black and white or color. Original photos may be picked up at the office after Nov. 26. Be sure to include your name, address, phone and email address. List all people’s names in photos from left to right and give a description such as son’s first Christmas, dinner at grandma’s etc. and the year taken. Deadline to submit photos is Nov. 5. Recipes submitted must be typed and include name, address, phone and email address. Only
name and town will be published in the guide. Copyright recipes cannot be accepted. If there is a story behind the recipe, please include it and it may be published along with the recipe. Deadline for recipes is Nov. 26. To send in your photo or recipes, you may email lcrotteau@ enterprisepublications.com, drop off at The Voyage Media office located at 23856 Andrew Rd., Plainfield, IL 60585 or mail to P.O. Box 1613 Plainfield, IL 60544.
Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka (Republican) 57% David E. Miller (Democrat) 36% R. Erika Schafer (Green) 3%
Lockport Heights Sanitary District Trustee Roy Adcock (nonpartisan) 47% James Gorecki (nonpartisan) 53%
Robert “Bob” Baldwin (Republican) 14% Christine Boban Merriman (Republican) 15% Peter R. DeLaney (Republican) 15% Stephen M. Wilhelmi (Democrat) 21%
District 85 Emily McAsey (Democrat) 61% Maripat Oliver (Republican) 39%
Treasurer Robin Kelly (Democrat) 39% Dan Rutherford (Republican) 56% Scott K. Summers (Green) 3%
Will County Board Candidates (District 3) Diane Benjamin (Democrat) 18% Ann Dralle (Republican) 23% Suzanne Hart (Republican) 25% Laurie McPhillips (Republican) 23% Anil Saxena (Democrat) 11%
U.S. Representative in Congress District 13 Judy Biggert (Republican) 60% Scott Harper (Democrat) 40%
Unofficial election results Election results will not be official until Tuesday, Nov. 23, when canvassing of votes is completed and after absentee ballots postmarked by midnight, Nov. 1, and provisional and grace period ballots are counted on Nov. 16. Bold-faced names are winners.
State-wide races Governor & Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn/Sheila Simon (Democrat) 41% Rich Whitney/Don W. Crawford (Green) 3% Bill Brady/Jason Plummer (Republican) 50% Scott Lee Cohen/Baxter B. Swilley (Independent) 5% U.S. Senator Alexander “Alexi” Giannoulias (Democrat) 41% LeAlan M. Jones (Green) 3% Mark Steven Kirk (Republican) 52%
Will County races Will County County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots (Republican) 100% Will County Treasurer Pat Mcguire (Democrat) 48% Steve Weber (Republican) 52% Sheriff Paul J. Kaupas (Republican) 51% Peter “Pete” Piazza (Democrat) 49%
Attorney General David F. Black (Green) 2% Steve Kim (Republican) 35% Lisa Madigan (Democrat) 61%
Regional Superintendent of Schools Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (Democrat) 51% Ron Pemble (Republican) 49%
Secretary of State Robert Enriquez (Republican) 29% Jesse White (Democrat) 68%
East Joliet Sanitary District Trustee Eddie King (Nonpartisan) 28% Jessie Morales (Nonpartisan) 31% Jerry D. Ross (Nonpartisan) 41%
Will County Board Candidates (District 5) John F. Argoudelis (Republican) 19% Lee Ann Goodson (Republican) 21% Mike Hilliard (Democrat) 11% Judith A. McDermott (Democrat) 16% Tim Reilly (Democrat) 14% Brian J. Smith (Republican) 19% Will County Board Candidates (District 8) Steve Chamblee (Republican) 26% Denise E. Winfrey (Democrat) 74% Will County Board Candidates (District 9) Walter G. Adamic (Democrat) 17% Joseph M. Babich (Democrat) 18%
State Senator District 43 Cedra Crenshaw (Republican) 39% Arthur “AJ” Wilhelmi (Democrat) 61% Representative in General Assembly District 11 Deborah “Debbie” Halvorson (Democrat) 44% Adam Kinzinger (Republican) 55% District 81 John F. Unhoch (Democrat) 25% Renée Kosel (Republican) 75% District 82 Matthew T. Mostowik (Democrat) 23% Jim Durkin (Republican) 77% District 84 Tom Cross (Republican) 69% Dennis Grosskopf (Democrat) 31%
District 86 Ryan Eggert (Republican) 40% Jack McGuire (Democrat) 60% 12th Judicial Circuit Judge Gary S. Mueller (Democrat) 45% Michael J. Powers (Republican) 55% District 01 Robert P. Livas (Republican) 100% Sub Circuit Judge- Judgeship A District 03 John Anderson (Democrat) 50% Ray Nash (Republican) 50% District 04 Carmen Goodman (Democrat) 53% Wayne M. Kwiat, Sr. (Republican) 47% Sub Circuit Judge- Judgeship B District 05 Brian Barrett (Democrat) 35% Raymond E. (Ray) Rossi (Republican) 65%
‘Rumor mill’ turns regardging Dist. 202 budget by Sherri Dauskurdas Staff reporter
After Plainfield School District 202 announced it was seeking input from taxpayers as to how it will relieve a coming $6.7 deficit, the rumors started. Fueled by emotion and supposition, it appeared some residents believed decisions had already been made about where cutbacks would take place. “The Board has not received or discussed — much less decided -— anything yet,” said Tom Hernandez, director of community relations for Dist. 202 in a recent special release, adding that the administration plans to make its budget deficit recommendation to the Board of Education some time this fall or
early winter. “Please ignore the rumor mill,” Hernandez said. “Trust me, you will know when the administrative recommendation is made and being discussed.” The school district budget has been a hot topic in the news recently, amidst such budgetary issues as raised student activity fees and possible spending on football field turf. Facing the $6.7 million deficit, the district opened up an online survey in early October,on which residents could offer their opinions on which aspects of public school spending were adequate, what could be reduced, suggest possible savings and share your thoughts. “[Responses] are coming in fast and furious,” Hernandez
said. “The comments run the gamut, but in general, they favor protecting the academic program and classroom related elements.” Schools and other agencies across the state have faced budget upheaval the last couple of years, as Illinois itself has had trouble meeting its financial obligations. Non-profit services have had budgets slashed, and many schools have had to wait much longer than expected to receive promised funds. “It assumed that we’re going to get everything from the state we’re supposed to get — based on the best information we had at the time,” Hernandez said. “In other words, we didn’t build our budget around ‘rumors’ that the state was going to cut funding.
But we did build parts of it on information suggesting that this fund or that fund may be less than last year.
Residents seeking to complete the budget survey can do so by visiting the district website at http://www.psd202.org