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Bonfield Express donates $13K to D.58 Local Downers Grove foundation disseminates $1,000 to each of Downers Grove Grade School District 58 schools

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

The Bonfield Express Foundation, named after the late Jim Bonfield, raises money to help local students who demonstrate Jim Bonfield’s character traits: personal perseverance, strong moral character, joy of learning and commitment to community.

This fall, the highly acclaimed foundation generously donated $1,000 to each of the 13 Downers Grove Grade School District 58 schools.

“It’s a local non-profit that seeks to raise funds for causes including education while annually giving scholarships to high-school students,” said

Megan Hewitt, community relations coordinator. “As for the $13,000 donated, the foundation has been doing this for the past few years to support education resources as well as to recognize students for achievement and citizenship.”

Through the generous support of this important mission by sponsors and local families, the Foundation’s funding has distributed more than $300,000 in scholarships and begun funding programs for local grade school students who demonstrate Jim Bonfield’s traits.

The organization is comprised of a multitude of different volunteers with a mission to help contribute to Downers Grove, as well as contributing to the youth’s future of education.

“I think this is a great example of how Downers Grove really comes together and supports causes like this ... All of the people involved really want to make a different in Downers Grove and it shows that the Bonfield Express really values education and the future...”

- MEGAN HEWITT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR

“I think this is a great example of how Downers Grove really comes together and supports causes like this,” Hewitt said.

“All of the people involved really want to make a different

in Downers Grove and it shows that the Bonfield Express really values education and the future.”

One of the capstone fundraising efforts of the Bonfield Express Foundation is its annual community Bonfield Express 5K. The recent race took place on Thanksgiving morning in downtown Downers Grove hosting runners from all over contributing to the fundraiser.

Will the holidays being upon as, and the 5k race having taken place, Hewitt said that she can really appreciate the effort the committee members as well as the students have put in to make the Express what it is today.

“I was thrilled when I found about this,” Hewitt said. “We appreciate any donations we can receive to enhance education for our students, I felt very grateful and excited the Bonfield Express went forward again with

us, and I can’t wait to see what these our schools do in a positive way with all the funding.”

Each school who was a recipient of the $1,000 were: Belle Aire Elementary, El Sierra Elementary, Fairmount Elementary, Henry Puffer Elementary, Herrick Middle School, Highland Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, Indian Trail Elementary, Kingsley Elementary, Lester Elementary, O’Neill Middle School, Pierce Downer Elementary and Whittier Elementary.

“Our teachers and students are all so incredible, everyone deserves this so much,” Hewitt said. “It’s hard for me even to put it into words, our teachers and staff work so hard to serve each and every student and meet all of our students academic and emotional needs.

“Our students work hard and are motivated, and we are all just so proud of them.”

SCHOOL NEWS >> DOWNERS GROVE DISTRICT 58

D.58 earns recognition for annual Illinois Report Card 13 Downers Grove schools were tabbed as performing with tiers of Commendability and Exemplary recognitions

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) published its annual Illinois Report Card recently, with the Downers Grove Grade School District 58 performing with tiers of Commendability and Exemplary recognitions.

The Report Card highlights how well Illinois schools are progressing in their educational goals.

New this year, schools were evaluated on six academic and student success indicators, and these data were used to give each school a summative designation, or rating, in one of four tiers.

Eleven of the District’s 13 schools earned an Exemplary School – Tier 1 designation, the state’s highest rating.

In addition, two District 58 schools earned a Commendable School – Tier 2 designation, the

state’s second highest rating.

With 11 elementary schools and two middle schools receiving the honor, Downers Grove Superintendent Kari Cremascoli said this is something everyone that is involved is very proud of, but it comes to no surprise because of the collaboration of hard work put into achieving their goals.

“I’m so proud of all of our schools, staff and students for all of their hard work and academic growth,” Cremascoli said. “I think these designations reflect the significant learning the students achieve in our schools.”

These impressive school ratings are based on the State’s calculations of students’ academic growth and proficiency, English learner progress, absenteeism rate and climate survey participation.

An Exemplary rating is awarded to the top 10 percent of schools in the state of Illinois, as well as the exemplary schools must also have

“I’m so proud of all of our schools, staff and students for all of their hard work and academic growth ... I think these designations reflect the significant learning the students achieve in our schools...”

- DOWNERS GROVE SUPERINTENDENT KARI CREMASCOLI

zero underperforming subgroups.

A Commendable rating is similarly awarded to schools with zero underperforming subgroups, but are not among the top 10 percent of schools.

“I think the strong performance measures also really reflect all of our wonderful teachers and staff as well,” Cremascoli said. “Student growth is something we personally have really focused on for a long time, and so we are pleased the state has found a way to really to respect the growth of school performance.”

Within DuPage County, 21 percent of elementary and middle schools earned an Exemplary School rating, while 75 percent were designated as Commendable Schools.

Herrick Middle School in District 58 is one of only three DuPage County middle schools to earn the Exemplary designation.

With all of the high performing accolades received by the schools, no District 58 schools fell within the Tier 3 or Tier 4 school designations, which are named Underperforming and Lowest Performing, respectively.

In addition, the Illinois Report Card also publishes PARCC assessment scores.

“This certain assessment is used for grades 3 through 8,” Cremascoli said. “It is one of the main ways where students are tested and show their growth.”

District 58 spring 2018 PARCC scores show significant improvement in each area from past results.

Students who met or exceeded English-Language Arts standards improved by 9 percentage points

between 2017 and 2018.

An additional 275 students achieved English-Language Arts proficiency in 2018, as compared to 2017.

Students who met or exceeded math standards improved by eight percentage points over the same year.

State-level rankings and PARCC scores are just one way that the District measures its school successes and opportunities for growth.

District 58 also considers students’ MAP, AIMSweb and other standardized data to monitor achievement and growth.

In addition, the District focuses on the student learning environment and the social-emotional development of each child.

“I think that these designations are strong early indicators that we’re taking the right steps in our pursuit of excellence to reach our goals,” Cremascoli said. “We look forward to continue our work for the success of our students to support on going professional development for our teachers and continuing our on going development for our curriculum as well.”

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How the U. of I wound up in Champaign-Urbana

BY TOM KACICH OF THE (CHAMPAIGN) NEWSGAZETTE ChampaignUrbana owes its prominence to the University of Illinois, and the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign owes its existence to Clark Robinson Griggs. If it hadn’t been for Griggs — probably the greatest political operator in Champaign County’s history — the U of I or, as it was then known, the Illinois Industrial University, would have been located in Jacksonville, Lincoln, Bloomington or perhaps Chicago.

Yet, there is no Griggs Hall at the university, no statues of Griggs on campus.

Even in Urbana, where he served a year as mayor, there is only a four-block-long street that bears his name.

One can only guess why Griggs’ name has been forgotten by all but the history books. Perhaps the university is just a little ashamed of the man who could be called its father.

You see, Griggs was a bit of a scoundrel.

Much of the story of Griggs’ delightfully sly effort comes from an interview he gave to Allan Nevins (who later became known as the father of oral histories) shortly before his death.

Historians have disputed some details of Griggs’ story, but there seems little doubt that he was an operator who would fit well in today’s Statehouse.

Griggs was a Massachusetts native who came to Champaign County in 1859. He purchased land north of Philo on Yankee Ridge, a place so named because of all the New Englanders who settled there.

At the start of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army and served as a sutler, a man who sold food and drink to soldiers.

After the war, Griggs was elected to the Illinois House. He had already served two terms in the Massachusetts Legislature and apparently had learned a lot there about political maneuvering.

Griggs went to Springfield a freshman lawmaker who didn’t act like one.

In a 1915 interview shortly before his death, Griggs told Nevins how he helped bring the university to a swampy, sparsely settled community.

It started with $40,000 appropriated by the supervisors of Champaign and Urbana townships and Griggs’ decision to travel most of the state (everywhere but Jacksonville, Lincoln and Bloomington), meet with other state representatives and build support for Champaign-Urbana.

In five weeks, he said, he interviewed 40 House members and gained pledges from 15 of them.

Next, he met with the governor and lieutenant governor and with the chairmen of the state Republican and Democratic parties. In those conversations he learned that the postwar Legislature would be occupied with a number of special interests.

Southern Illinois wanted a prison; Peoria and Springfield were fighting over which would be the state capital, and Chicago wanted to deepen the Chicago River and develop a system of parks and boulevards. Such knowledge would be important in future vote-trading.

When the Legislature went into session in January 1867, the Champaign County Committee moved into Springfield’s Leland Hotel, where for the next three months it held the principal reception room and a suite of parlors and bedrooms. The rooms were used to entertain legislators and their constituents with either drinks, light refreshments or sumptuous dinners of oysters or quail.

Lawmakers were supplied with cigars and theater tickets. Late in the session, Griggs arranged for a special train to take legislators to Champaign-Urbana.

None of the other communities seeking the university had a similar arrangement.

Inside the House Chambers, Griggs showed his skill by running for speaker.

For two days, the House was tied up in endless voting. On the night after the second day, an intermediary visited Griggs and asked what it would take to

get him to drop out of the race. Griggs wanted the chairmanship of the Committee on Agriculture and Mechanic Arts — the committee that would hear all the bills about locating the university — and the right to choose its members.

He got it, dropped out of the race for speaker and thus was able to control the legislation.

As the session progressed, advocates for the other communities, particularly Jacksonville, wondered why the university location legislation wasn’t being heard in the committee.

Griggs would explain that he had called the committee together but that he couldn’t get a quorum. Then he’d publically announce another committee meeting but privately tell its members not to show up.

This went on until late in the session when Griggs was convinced he had the votes. Finally, on Feb. 20, the legislation — which named Champaign as the site of the university — reached the floor.

An amendment was made to substitute Jacksonville for Champaign. It failed 61-20.

Another motion was made to substitute Normal. It failed 58-26.

A third motion was made to insert Lincoln for Champaign. It failed 60-21.

Then the legislation naming Champaign was put to a vote and was approved 67-10. The Senate followed suit Feb. 25.

Three days later, Gov. Richard Oglesby signed the legislation.

Opponents charged that Griggs had bought legislators with a “slush fund.”

Jonathan Turner, who had sought the university for Jacksonville, said the Legislature had exhibited “a degree of corruption, hypocrisy, drunkenness and debauchery unparalleled in the history of Illinois.”

The state wasn’t even 50 years old. A much greater history of corruption lay ahead.

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BUCKED JCA’s Nick Iannanatone carried the ball record 40 times to lead Hillmen past Montini for 5A title

BY MARK GREGORY Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com

CHAMPAIGN — The last time Joliet Catholic and Montini met in the Illinois High School state championship game, it was the Hilltoppers’ No. 32 that ran all over the Broncos.

Saturday it was the same story, only with a different ending.

In 2011, the runner inside the jersey was Ty Isaac, who pounded out a state title game record 515 yards in JCA’s 70-45 loss to the Broncos on Zuppke Field at Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois.

This year, No. 32 in Hillmen brown and white was Nick Iannantone, who tallied 318 yards and three touchdowns on a Class 5A championship game record 40 carries that dominated Montini.

This time, however, JCA won the game 35-27, as the Hilltoppers increased their state-record state titles to 14.

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CLASS 5A TITLE GAME CARRIES BY IANNANTONE

Iannantone was only the third player in IHSA history to carry the football 40 or more times in a state championship game, joining El Paso’s Derek Hunsinger (Class 1A, 42 carries, 2002) and Althoff Catholic’s Hickey Thompson (Class 3A, 41 carries, 1990).

Iannantone’s performance came in front of Isaac, who was on the sidelines for the game.

“Ty was one of the greatest athletes to ever come through our school and to hear him tell me I am a good football player and that I remind him of him back in the day is pretty good to hear,” Iannantone said.

This wasn’t the first appearance for Isaac this season.

“Ty is a great kid and is waiting on his opportunity with the AAFL to start and he has been out at practice a bunch of times and he doesn’t do too much as far as fundamentals and that is awesome coming from Ty because he has a SEE BRONCOS PAGE 6

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Nick Fedanzo scored three Montini touchdowns in the Broncos’ 35-27 loss to Joliet Catholic Adacemy Saturday in Champaign.

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NCC’s season ends with playoff loss The closest of the eight NCAA Division III Football Championship second-round games played on Saturday came down to the wire at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium on Saturday, as the ninth-ranked North Central College Cardinals saw the 2018 season end with a 2724 loss to 11th-ranked Bethel University (Minnesota).

Trailing, 27-17, with just under six minutes to play, the Cardinals (10-2) narrowed the gap to three points and took possession late in the contest with a chance to tie or take the lead, but Bethel was able to come up with one final stop to advance to next weekend’s quarterfinal round.

North Central owned a 10-7 advantage at halftime, as Dominick Muoghalu opened the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run and Derik Judka connected on a 22-yard field goal.

Muoghalu’s touchdown came after the Cardinals were set up with a short field by cornerback Braden Lindmark, who intercepted a pass

BRONCOS FROM PAGE 6 great personality and all these kids and grown up hearing about Ty.

and returned it to the Royals’ 37yard line late in the first quarter.

Taking possession to start the second half, Bethel (11-1) put together a 14-play, 77-yard drive that ate up 8:31 of game clock to take its first lead of the game. After an 11yard run on fourth down to extend the series, quarterback Jaran Roste completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to John Carlson to give the Royals a 17-14 edge. Bethel forced a punt, then went 94 yards in 14 plays and scored on Roste’s oneyard plunge to extend the lead to 20-10 with 12:40 to go in the game.

The Cardinals narrowed the gap to 20-17 with 6:56 to play. Broc Rutter completed a 17-yard pass to Michael Sfikas and a 25-yarder to Cameron Moore handing off three straight times to Muoghalu near the goal line. Muoghalu’s third rush did the trick from one yard out, his 13th score of the season.

Bethel, however, responded in kind just three plays later, as Roste connected with Drew Larsen on a play-action pass for a 43-yard TD

with 5:51 on the clock.

On the ensuing drive, Rutter, standing in against a formidable pass rush, threw the ball deep to Moore, whose leaping catch near the sideline resulted in a 36-yard gain.

Three plays later, on third downand-long, Moore came up big again, making a 26-yard grab with a defender draped over him to score the touchdown and close the deficit to just three points with 4:13 on the clock.

The Cardinals forced a Bethel punt, taking possession on their own nine-yard line with 2:23 to play, but were unable to move the sticks and turned the ball over on downs.

Rutter finished the day 12 of 27 passing for 264 yards, establishing new North Central single-season records for pass completions (269), passing attempts (385) and passing yards (3,519). Moore caught four passes for 106 yards, while Muoghalu paced the ground game with 70 yards on 15 rushes. Judka,

meanwhile, tied the Cardinals’ single-season record for scoring with 114 points.

DJ Warkenthien paced the North Central defense with 13 total tackles, finishing his career tied for fourth in the program’s history (264), while Matt Sutherland made 10 and Storm Simmons finished with nine.

• Playing in their second game in less than 24 hours on the final day of the Fred Raizk Memorial Tournament, the North Central College women’s basketball team struggled on the offensive end of the court all afternoon long, falling 57-40 at the hands of Centre College.

North Central (1-3) shot a season-low 15 percent from the field on just 8-of-52 shooting, while making just one of 21 three-point attempts. 23 of the Cardinals’ 40 points came from the free throw line on the afternoon.

Despite the offensive struggles, North Central hung with Centre over a majority of the first half. Tyonne Howard pulled the Cardinals

to within three with a layup right before the end of the first quarter, while a free throw from Alanna Newsome at the 5:02 mark of the second quarter narrowed the deficit 17-14.

North Central went the entire second quarter without a field goal, before the lone three-pointer of the contest off the hand of Howard snapped a stretch of nearly 12 minutes without a field goal with 8:44 remaining in the third.

Back-to-back three-pointers from Madison Marcum however extended the Colonels lead to double digits 35-22. North Central pulled to within nine points of the lead midway through the third quarter, but Centre quickly extended the lead back to double digits for the remainder of the contest on the following possession.

Howard and Natali Dimitrova combined for 23 of the 40 North Central points, finishing with 12 and 11, respectively. Dimitrova was named to the all-tournament team for her efforts.

He is a legend to these kids and he doesn’t act that way – he jumped right in like he is a high school kid.”

The win was the first ever for JCA against Montini in the state play-

offs.

“This win isn’t just for us and the coaches,” Iannantone said. “It is for everyone that came before us that should have had one and didn’t. It is for the community and the alumni and all those guys that played in this game and finished on the other end and didn’t get it.”

Iannantone was asked to carry the load for JCA after running back Keenan Hailey went out with an injured ankle in the second quarter and was on crutches at halftime.

“When he went down, coach Jaws [Jake Jaworski] told me to keep pounding, I kept my composure,” Iannantone said. “I was getting tired, but I just gave it my all.”

Iannantone had 14 of his carries in the third quarter and 16 in total before Hailey shed the crutches came back in the game.

“He tapped me on the shoulder in the fourth quarter and said he was ready to go,” Jaworski said. “I looked for Dr. (Raymond) Meyer and he said he was ready, so we put him back in.”

Hailey was a bit of a decoy in the beginning, but then got back in the mix and with 3 minutes, 28 seconds remaining in the game, broke free for a 30-yard touchdown – the final score of the game.

“The trainers knew how much this game meant to me and they didn’t want to take it away from me. They said it was up to me,” Hailey said.

The touchdown run gave Hailey 98 yards for the game and 2,639 yards on the season, putting him ahead of Isaac’s 2011 mark of 2,629 for the school’s all-time leader in rushing yards in a season.

After Hailey’s score, his second of the game, Montini had one more chance to score and tie the game on a 2-point conversion, but the JCA defense held and ultimately ended the game on an Andrew Gorski interception as time expired.

“Wow, what a finish,” Jaworski said. “What an exciting game.

When you think about Joliet Catholic and Montini in the state championship, you think of something coming down right to the wire.

“I am extremely proud of these guys. They have been leaving it on the field for 14 weeks now and sometimes it didn’t always look like there was light at the end of the tunnel, but these guys believed and we got in the playoffs and confidence soared from there. We knew this class was pretty talented. We knew we had some pieces

coming up and we had some guys up front. The coaches felt at the beginning of the year that if we could get into the playoffs, we could be right where we are right now.”

Montini was paced by University of Illinois recruit Nick Fedanzo who posted 189 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries.

“These guys have been there all year and we had great senior leadership all year,” said Monitin coach Mike Bukovsky. “The senior class had 18 boys come out for freshman football. so they have been through a lot and have stuck together. We have nothing to handg our heads about. We played a solid game, they just made a few more plays than we did. I can tell you, there is no quit in our guys, we fought to the end and sometimes you just have to make another play or two and we couldn’t get that done at the end.

“A lot of people did not think we would be in the position we were.

It was a goal of ours, buit it is a goal every season — it is what we do at Montini. I am very proud of how we played and a few years from now they will be a lot more proud of it, right now it is just a tough pill to swallow.”

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Getting ready for the Baby Steps DEAR DAVE, I like your plan, and I’m ready to get control of my finances. Should I catch up on past due bills before saving $1,000 for the beginner emergency fund you recommend in Baby Step 1?

SAMANTHA DEAR SAMANTHA, This is a great question, because it gives me a chance to walk you all the way through the Baby Steps plan.

Make sure your necessities are taken care of first. I’m talking about food, clothing, shelter, transportation and utilities. Then, get current on anything you owe or make payment arrangements for your past due bills. Once you have these things taken care of, it’s time to take your first Baby Step.

You’ve already mentioned getting $1,000 in the bank for a starter emergency fund. That’s Baby Step 1. After that, begin your debt snowball. That’s Baby Step 2, and here you’ll pay off all your debts from smallest to largest, except for your home. Attack the first balance on your list by paying as much as you can each month, while making minimum payments on your other debts.

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NOVEMBER 29 Kenny G: The Miracles Holiday & Hits Tour, 7:30 p.m. Rialto

Square Theater, 102 N. Chicago Street, Joliet 60432. In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop, and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary jazz. Since the early ‘80s, his combination of unparalleled instrumental chops and indelible melodies has resulted in sales of more than 75 million records worldwide (45 million in the U.S. alone) and more than a dozen climbs to the top of Billboard’s contemporary jazz chart.

November 30 Holly Days Winter Ball. From 6:30

to 11 p.m., join the community for a wonderful dinner, dancing, live entertainment and a silent auction at the Annual Winter Ball. The Westmont Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau hosts this event and will be held at the Hilton Chicago/Oakbrook Hills Resort & Conference Center. Please contact the Wesmtont Chamber for additional information at 630.960.5553.

DECEMBER 1 Dive-In Movie Series at the Inwood Athletic Club Pool: The Polar Express. The first Saturday of each month, we will be hosting a family-friendly movie night that you can enjoy while floating in the pool. Sign up for all four-movie nights and you’ll get to enjoy 4 movies for the price of 3. Each event goes from 4–6 p.m., all ages. $5R/$7N.

DECEMBER 1 TAGOL’s second annual kids holiday art show, 6-9 p.m.

at Hosted by The Flower of Life Art Gallery, 1601 S. State Street, Lockport, Illinois 60441. The Artist Guild of Lockport is pleased to present TAGOL Kids – Holiday Art Show. Please join us on Saturday, December 1st, 2018 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, for our opening reception.

This Holiday/Winter themed show will be a feast for the eyes and fun for all. Most artwork is for sale.

Come on out and support our future artists! The show runs through December 22nd. Please park in the lot behind the Art Gallery or at the Metra Station 1/2 block north of the gallery on State Street. For more information contact us at theartistguildoflockport@gmail.com or www.tagolshow.com.

DECEMBER 1 Friends of the Library Holiday Themed Book Sale. 10 a.m – 3:30

p.m. at the Crest Hill Branch of the White Oak Library, 20670 Len Kubinski Dr, Crest Hill, IL 60403.

DECEMBER 1 Tree Lighting Ceremony. At 6

p.m. kick off the holiday season with the lighting of the spruce tree, planted in 2016 at Lisle Village Hall and watch it grow each season.

Caroling and music will follow in the Board Room performed by the Lisle Community Band. Enjoy cookies and hot chocolate in the Village Hall lobby served by volunteers from the Lisle Infant Welfare League.

DECEMBER 1 Christmas on the Frontier.

From 4 to 7 p.m. at 115 S. Linden Ave Westmont, IL. Holly on the mantels, pine-scents, lantern and candle-lit rooms will welcome in the Christmas season festivities at the Gregg House. Christmas on the frontier brought many challenges as families sought to maintain their holiday customs. Discover the simple traditions of ornaments made from lace, buttons, strings of apples, cherished homemade cloth gifts, molasses cookies and the story of St. Nicholas all celebrated on Christmas Eve. Learn about the early days of Illinois as we commemorate the Bicentennial of Illinois. You can even enjoy a long eared mule drawn wagon ride on December 15. Children can make a frontier style craft to take home.

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