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Clerk retiring, leaving legacy of service Woodridge resident and village clerk Eileene “Sam” Nystrom retiring April 30 BY MEGANN HORSTEAD For the Bugle @BugleNewspapers sweditor@buglenewspapers.com
Woodridge resident Eileene “Sam” Nystrom, 81, village clerk, former deputy village clerk and former assistant to the mayor, who will be remembered for her service to the community, is retiring April 30. Nystrom first moved to the village in 1967. Shortly thereafter, she started working for the Village of Woodridge. When Nystrom retires
next month, she’ll be capping off a career that spans more than 40 years. Woodridge Mayor Gina Cunningham said Nystrom had a great vision for shaping the Office of the Village Clerk. “We all thank her for her dedication to service and volunteerism,” she said. “We wish her the very best. We hope to see a lot of her in and around Woodridge.” Nystrom said she likes to think she’s leaving her post in the best possible position for the village to
fill her vacancy. The joy she holds for serving the community cannot be refuted, she said. “Public service is a wonderful career because if you like people and like helping people, it can be a marvelous career,” Nystrom said. “It gives back to you as you giveback to others. You don’t make a lot of money, but there’s a lot of satisfaction.” The hope, according to Nystrom, is that her time devoted to the village will not be for naught. “The clerk’s office is always a place where people can over and see where they should go,” she said. “We then guide them to the proper
department.” Nystrom said one of her favorite parts of working for the Village of Woodridge occurs around election time. “We registered voters who are new to the area and for young residents,” she said. “At election time, we get a lot of people in the office. It was a place where people could get a few answers to questions about whose running.” Cunningham gave credit to Nystrom for transforming the Office of the Village Clerk over the years to better meet the community’s needs. “She truly is an inspiration, someone that has led the way in Woodridge,” she said. “Years ago, things were done on paper. Because of her diligence, she converted the records to microfiche, and it has brought the village clerk’s office to where it is today. It’s a testament to her.” Nystrom said of her most proud accomplishments, she would cite her effort to set up the village with its own codifying system to maintain record of ordinances. “When ordinances are approved, they’re written by a village attorney,” she said. “You can’t print that ordinance on paper the way it is written in books. Residents wouldn’t be able to understand all
the legal jargon.” That’s when Nystrom decided to conduct research on codifier systems. The Village of Woodridge started working with Sterling Codifiers to put municipal laws in codified form for residents to browse. Nystrom said it should also be noted that as the village changed over the years, so did the Office of the Village Clerk. “As deputy clerk, I was responsible for running the Office of the Village Clerk,” she said. “I did a lot of research on how other communities run their village clerk’s office. I framed ours similar to Downers Grove and put my own spin on it.” Nystrom said she hopes to continue being involved in the community moving forward. “Being involved is key to being a help to residents,” she said. “They know where to find you and get their problems resolved.” Nystrom intends to get more involved in the activities and lives of her two daughters and six granddaughters upon retiring. Nystrom will also continue her involvement in a number of local community organizations, including the Municipal Clerks of DuPage County, League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge and Lisle, and the Woodridge Special Events Committee.
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» FROM ILLINOIS STATE REP. DAVID OLSEN
Lawmakers work to gain approval before deadline With just two weeks remaining for House members to move their bills out of a substantive committee, last week we spent most of our time attending committee meetings where we vetted hundreds of bills. We are now also beginning to take votes on the House floor on the initiatives that have successfully cleared a committee. Most of our time will continue to be spent in committees through the end of the month, and during the first two weeks of April we will be taking final action on House Bills on the floor.
Legislation to increase and standardize requirements for elected official pensions clears committee I hear regularly from constituents who are taxed to their limit and looking for relief. A key part of my legislative agenda this year is an effort to ease the financial pressures placed on taxpayers who fund local government pensions for elected officials. HB 291, which passed unanimously out of the House Personnel & Pensions Committee on Thursday, increases the number of hours per year an elected official must work to become eligible for a pension through the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF). Today, state law only requires an elected official to work 600 hours per year to become pensioneligible, but the new rule would require 1,000 hours per year for eligibility. This is not a full solution, but it is a definite step in the right direction. IMRF rules currently require each unit of local government certify the elected positions which meet the hour threshold biannually. HB 291 would set a uniform standard across the state that all eligible elected positions work 1,000 hours. HB 291
will now move to the floor of the House for full consideration and a vote. To hear a portion of my committee testimony, click here.
Pierce Downer Home receives landmark status On March 11 it was a privilege to attend a ceremony held at Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove, where the plaque and certificate of historic landmark status was presented for the Pierce Downer Home built by the founder of Downers Grove circa 1840. The day also featured many informative presentations from a variety of stakeholders regarding the importance of advocating, educating and celebrating historic preservation in the village and across the region.
House Republicans promote free solution to web site translation issue Last week we spent over a half hour debating a bill on the House floor that would have authorized an expenditure of about $1.5 million to translate portions of the www.ilga.gov web site into Spanish. My colleague State Representative Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego), spoke up during the debate and asked why we would spend $1.5 million in taxpayer funds to address an issue when free Internet software is available that would
produce a more effective and inclusive result. Rep. Wheeler pointed to Google Translator, an Internet tool that can translate any web-based text into several different languages at the click of a button. Best of all, this solution is free; it wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime. Anyone with access to the Internet can now find a translated version of www.ilga.gov in any of the most common languages spoken in Illinois. The Illinois General Assembly website contains legislator profiles, full text of all legislation introduced in the House of Representatives and State Senate, live audio and video feeds of legislative session and committee hearings; and a wide variety of other legislative information and support services.
Lawmakers share Springfield update at District 58’s Legislative Breakfast Last week I joined my colleague State Representative Patti Bellock (R-Hinsdale) at the annual Legislative Breakfast for Downers Grove Elementary School District 58. We provided an update about key legislation in Springfield, discussed the budget impasse, and had a robust discussion of current issues affecting public education. The breakfast was held at O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove.
House bills begin to move to the Senate Bills that have been successful at the House Committee level and on the House floor are beginning to arrive in the Illinois Senate for consideration. While I expect to bring some of my own bills to the House floor this week, several initiatives for which I serve as a Chief Co-Sponsor or Co-Sponsor have already made their way across the hall to be considered by our colleagues in the Senate. Some of those bills include: HB 373: I am a Chief Co-Sponsor of this bipartisan bill which seeks to amend the Illinois Local Library Act. The bill would require library boards of trustees to submit financial documents that relate to their annual levy to the governing board of the local municipality no less than 60 days prior to when the tax levy is certified. This legislation is an initiative of village public libraries, and will improve public disclosure of anticipated library tax levies by moving the disclosure date closer to when a levy must actually be approved. HB 528: This bill creates a tracking system and develops more detailed guidelines for sexual assault evidence tracking. It also expands the current chain of evidence custody procedures to include hospitals, victims and law enforcement. Survivors of sexual assault often turn to hospitals and local law enforcement for help and many victims volunteer to have professionals collect a sexual assault evidence kit to preserve physical evidence. Through the bill, the Illinois State Police
may phase in initial participation in the new tracking system by region, volume or other appropriate classifications, with all who have custody of sexual assault evidence kits fully participating by July 1, 2019. HB 1805: This legislation would allow the Secretary of State Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices to offer to each applicant for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or identification card who is 16 years of age or older (rather than 18 years of age or older) the opportunity to have his or her name included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. The bill also includes a provision that upon the death of a donor who is an unemancipated minor, the parent or guardian of the donor may amend or revoke the anatomical gift of the donor’s body. HB 3161: In an effort to address the growing opioid abuse problem in DuPage County and across the state, this bill would require the Department of Human Services to create and maintain a website to educate the public on heroin and prescription opioid abuse. At a minimum, the website would have to include: Information on the warning signs of heroin and prescription opioid addiction Helpful hints for parents on how to discuss the dangers of heroin and prescription opioid addiction with their children Information on available treatment options and services A listing of the toll-free number established by the Department to provide information and referral services for persons with questions concerning substance abuse and treatment.
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The moment of the fool What if the public could permanently tear open the secret state and demand accountability and openness BY ROBERT C. KOEHLER TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY Obama . . . Trump. Could there be a bigger contrast - in attitude, style, comportment, philosophy? What irony that the two names are now linked in history: Donald Trump forever the successor to Barack Obama, forever the orange-haired blot on his legacy, forever the surrealistic next chapter of the American narrative. At the superficial level of news and understanding, this is never going to compute. And the way the Trump presidency has begun - white nationalism cozying up with the generals and Wall Street - seems to raise the worst fears possible. Before this contrast disappears completely into the global chaos the Trump presidency seems bent on creating (that is to say, the new normal), I have a small, cautious observation to make: Maybe Trump is just what we need. I say this in spite of what he stands for and who he is - in spite of his lies, his racism, his lack of impulse control, his nutball tweets - not because of them. He’s a dangerous egotist occupying the most powerful position on the planet. His value lies pretty much completely in the fact that his incompetence is so obvious that, in spite of himself, he winds up exposing problems much deeper than the ones he manifests. And the opposition that swirls around him can only become increasingly aware of the need not simply to stand up to Trump but to rebuild much of America’s political infrastructure. “In the splurge of ‘news,’ media-bashing, and Bannonism that’s been Donald Trump’s domestic version of a shockand-awe campaign, it’s easy to forget just how much of what the new president and his administration have done so far is simply an intensification of trends long underway,” William Hartung wrote recently. “Those who already pine for the age of Obama - a president who was smart, well read, and not a global embarrassment - need to acknowledge the ways in which, particularly in the military arena, Obama’s years helped set the stage for our current predicament.” And of course this goes much deeper than Obama. The country’s current state of endless war goes back to the end of
BY ROBERT C. KOEHLER TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY World War II and the evolving of what Dwight Eisenhower called - as he left office - the military-industrial complex. War as a policy, especially perpetual war, isn’t simply one individual’s reasoned decision, but a state of existence flowing from the consensus of governing institutions. When that consensus exists in the dark, free of public input or scrutiny, the motivating factors of that consensus are likely to be something other than the euphemism known as “the public good.” For instance: “Given that the Soviet Union no longer exists, that China has become a capitalist economy and that the major difficulties faced abroad are ISIS . . . and related groups, it is deeply questionable why the congressional budget still devotes tens of billions of dollars to Cold War-era nuclear weapons,” Jonathan King and Richard Krushnic write at Truthout. “. . . Where does the pressure for these wasteful and provocative programs - which almost certainly decrease national security - come from?” they ask. “While military high command and the intelligence agencies also press for nuclear weapons upgrades, corporate profits derived from nuclear weapons contracts may be the most powerful driving force, supported by members of Congress with military research and development . . . and production facilities in their districts.” This begins to get at it. The ongoing development of nuclear weapons is insane by any measure, but if the ultimate driving influence is economic - cash dividends spread across the Washington consensus - it’s unclear what, if any, political or social force exists that can effectively challenge this, i.e., can undo the entrenched justifications of business as usual even if that business is leading the whole planet toward Armageddon. Obama couldn’t do it, even though he declared, back in 2009, in his first foreign policy speech: “Just as we stood for freedom in the 20th century, we must stand together for the right of people everywhere to live free from fear in the 21st century. And . . . as the only nuclear
power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it, we can start it. “So today, I state clearly and with conviction America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” What happened instead, as Hartung notes, is that Obama “oversaw the launching of a trillion dollar ‘modernization’ of the U.S. nuclear arsenal (including the development of new weapons and new delivery systems). And one thing is already clear enough: President Trump will prove no non-interventionist. He is going to build on Obama’s militarization of foreign policy and most likely dramatically accelerate it.” Indeed, “Given the way President Trump has outfitted his administration with generals, the already militarized nature of foreign policy is only likely to become more so,” Hartung goes on, adding that many of his appointees have backgrounds not only in the military but the weapons industry as well. Back to the contrast between Obama and Trump. Obama, as he coolly articulated the politics of hope, managed to disarm not U.S. foreign policy but the antiwar public. Trump is doing the opposite - and doing it so garishly, so clumsily, that public outrage coalesces around his every executive order. And a permanent movement is very much in formation right now, composed of people who see the government acting with utter oblivion to their will and interests. They feel unrepresented. As I pondered this, an image flickered for a moment: I saw a deck of Tarot cards, and there was Donald Trump as The Fool: the card of impulse, audacity and the pursuit of foolish adventure. This is the card that prophecies, in short, CHANGE. Could it be? What if the public could permanently tear open the secret state and demand accountability and openness in the conduct of its business? What if we decided to stay on permanent alert and refused to let the lesser human qualities - greed, paranoia, hatred, dominance - determine the planet’s future? What if Trump has set something into motion that can’t be stopped? You might even call it a revolution. (Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. His new book, “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound” (Xenos Press) is now available. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com, visit his website at commonwonders.com or listen to him at Voices of Peace radio.) (c) 2017 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
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Local athletes shine in Voyager Media Prep Shootout BY RANDY WHALEN For the Bugle www.buglenewspapers.com
When the geographical teams were made for the Voyager Media Girls Basketball All-Star Shootout, the South team ended up with a bit of an advantage. They pretty much all knew each other. Led by 10 points from MVP Brooklyn Bachmann and a team-high 13 points from Jaianna Brooks, the South squad pulled away for a 6443 victory on a fun-filled final game for the all senior teams on Sunday, March 19 at the University of St. Francis in Joliet. Katie Jaseckas, who helped lead Benet Academy to back-to-back Class 4A state championships in 2015 and 16, led the North team and all scorers with 14 points. But the balance of the South team, which was made up of mostly members of the Southwest Prairie Conference and had 12 of 13 players score, won out. No matter the outcome, it was a final opportunity to put on their high school uniforms for the players. “It was definitely special,” said Bachmann, who helped guide Minooka to a 24-4 record this past season. “Especially after ending the season on a bad note [losing 56-49 to Bolingbrook in the regional final]. SEE GIRLS | PAGE 8
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Benet’s Kendal Schramek was one of four Redwing girls in teh 2017 Prep Shootout.
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Boys game breaks team scoring records BY RANDY WHALEN For the Bugle www.buglenewspapers.com
About midway through the second half of the Voyager Media Boys Basketball All-Star Shootout Bolingbrook’s Nana Akenten came to the scorers table and asked what the record for points was. Well, fresh off helping to lead the Raiders to third place in the Class 3A State Tournament the day before, Anenten scored 22 points to help make sure the team scoring record was shattered. His North group, however, fell short in a up-and-down funfilled final game for the all senior all-star teams on Sunday, March 19 at the University of St. Francis in Joliet. Joliet West’s Trevian Bell scored a team-high 22 points and wowed the crowd with a series of slams as the South squad
pulled away in the final few minutes for a 134-122 victory. Bell’s Joliet West teammate — Tabyous Casterberry tied him for teamhigh honors with 22 points, as the 256 points easily broke the combined points record, which was set last year in a 120-119 win by Team Gregory - when the format was a little different. Niles West’s Aaron Flowers scored a game-high 27 points for the North team, which tied Bolingbrook graduate (‘13) and current SMU Mustang Ben Moore for the the second most points ever scored in the nine years of the boys all-star game. “This was fun to come out and play with these guys,” Flowers said. “We were getting up and dunking it and having a lot of fun. I had never saw any of them play and I came in with no information, I was just excited to play.” Both teams also surpassed
the previous single team high for points, which was 121 by the North squad in 2013 game. That was no surprise as the combined rosters included six members of the Class 3A/4A Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Staters. Akenten led the way as the lone first teamer, while Bell, Benet’s Jack Nolan and Notre Dame’s Matt Stritzel were third teamers and Lemont’s PJ Pipes and Joliet Central’s Jose Grubbs were on the fourth team. “I was just playing to play and show the crowd what I’ve got,” Bell said of receiving the MVP award. “The experience was all cool and I just wanted to enjoy the last game and make the most of it. You don’t always get an opportunity to dunk like that in a high school game, so it was a surreal feeling.”
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PJ Pipes was one of six all staters to play in the 2017 Voyager Media Prep Shootout.
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BOYS FROM PAGE 6 A feel-good award was presented before the game. The Jeremy Izzo Character Award, which is named after the former Joliet Catholic Academy boys basketball coach, who passed away in 2010. This years award was presented to Lockport’s Matt Smietanski. “I had no idea,” Smietanski said of receiving the award. “Coach [Brett] Hespell told me I was nominated and knowing [Izzo’s] story, I was just excited for that. I tried to do my best to turn things around at Lockport and give an example of what to be.” Smietanski scored nine points in the game, including a couple of dunks, to help the South team to the win. Some of his first memories of watching high school basketball were going to the WJOL Thanksgiving Tournament at USF, where he watched former Lockport player and Voyager Media All-Star Karrington
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017 | BUGLENEWSPAPERS.COM Ward - who is currently in the NBA D League, play. “Some of my first times watching [high school] basketball were here,” Smietanski said. “So it’s pretty neat to end my career in this sport here.” Plainfield South’s Devin Smith (19 points) along with Kameron Williams (14 points) and Sedrick Brooks (2 points) from Plainfield Central represented the Plainfield schools. Jason Bingham (16 points), along with Grubbs (9 points) and Jomare McNair (2 points) helped lead Joliet Central to a 23-6 record and a regional title before losing to Joliet West 64-62 in the sectional semifinals. But the crosstown rivalry was put aside in the all-star game as Bingham teamed up with Bell on an ally-opp slam, among other highlights. “It was just like we were all on the same team,” Bingham said of joining forces with players that were rivals during the season.
“It felt good to be out there playing with everyone. It was fun to go out and play and not worry about defense.” There certainly was not any much defense being played. The South team trailed for the final time at 28-27 and then Bell had a pair of dunks in a 10-2 burst to help it take the lead. Leading 67-61, the South all-stars ended the half on a 12-2 burst, capped off on a 3-pointer by Bingham at the buzzer, to go up 79-63 at halftime. A 19-9 spurt, however, by the North team helped it tie the score at 117-117 on a slam by Akenten with 4:01 to play in the game. But that also meant that both teams substituted — which they did every four minutes, for the final time. Casterberry then scored six points and Williams had four in as the South team went on a 12-0 run to lead 129-117 with just over a minute to play in the game. Donavan Finch (7 points) and
Pete Ragen (2 points) represented Joliet Catholic. Minooka’s Antonio Milazzo (6 points) and Downers Grove North’s Ryan Pustelnik. Bolingbrook’s Cameron Harris (16 points) joined Akenten in the game for the North squad. They were fresh off being part of the Raider team which defeated Fremd 70-66 the day before to finish the season with a schoolbest 30-2 record and capture third place in Class 4A for the second time in three years. “We love basketball, so when you get called to do something like this in front of the people and in with guys from other teams, it is something fun to do,” Akenten said. “We just wanted to get some highlights.” Chris Heinichen (12 points), Jeameril Wilson (9 points), and Stritzel (8 points) represented Notre Dame. “There were a lot of good players out here,” Stritzel said. Benet had a pair of players —
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Justin Enochs (9 points) along with Nolan (3 points). “This was pretty cool to put the Benet jersey on one more time and play with the best players around,” Nolan said. “It is a unique opportunity to be able to come out and play with some of the best players.” Pipes, who became the leading scorer in Lemont history and helped the Indians give Bolingbrook a battle in the regional title game, finished with 13 points. “It is fun coming here and connecting with all of them,” Pipes said. “We are all friends and its is fun to have all of in one gym and it is kind of like a little get together before we all leave for college.” Pipes played for the final time against Bell, who will be his teammate next seaosn at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Downers Grove South’s Dylan Kaczmarek (3 points) rounded out the North team.
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“I loved playing with them [allstar teammates] after playing [against] them for four years.” .Bachmann had a variety of assists in the shootout game, to help net her the MVP. “I wasn’t thinking about it, but after everything it was nice to get,” she said of the MVP. “It was just nice to come out and play, a nice way to end [high school].” But it’s not the end for Bachmann as far as basketball goes. She was also the setter on the Indians state-runnerup volleyball team and was heavily recruited in both basketball and volleyball. But she decided to continue with basketball in college and will attend Bemidji State University in Minnesota. “I decided on basketball,” Bachmann said. “In volleyball I ended my career finishing second in the state. But in basketball, especially after the way this season ended, I felt like I still had something to prove.” With the South team clinging to a 23-22 lead in the opening moments of the second half,
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Plainfield East’s Maddie Sidman nailed a 3-pointer to trigger a 9-0 run. During the spurt, Bachmann drove to the hoop and was fouled on consecutive possessions. She made 3-of-4 free throws to help extend the lead to 10. Ahead 32-24, Brooks - who is from Plainfield South, connected on a pair of 3-pointers in a 12-2 burst that extended the lead to 44-26. That pretty much wrapped it up as both teams substituted every four minutes. Plainfield East, which had the most successful season in school history - finishing 25-8 and advancing to the title game of the East Aurora Sectional, had four players represent at the all-star game. “I think the chemistry helped,” Sidman said. “We were all in the same conference and that really helped. It was fun playing against them for four years and then playing together.” Sidman scored five points and her teammate, Ashley Smoldt who scored six points, agreed. “I has three teammates out there and knew the other players too,” Smoldt said. “Once we got to
talk to each other on the bench, we knew what to expect. We just had to play some more defense [to win] and it was fun.” Kennedy Collins (7 points) and Lotanna Onua (2 points) also played for Plainfield East. Mariah Collins (8 points), Tierrah Farris (5 points), and Madison McGath (1 point) represented Plainfield North. Erin Graefen (1 point) was there from Plainfield Central while Tylenea Hood (2 points) and Gabrielle Robertson represented Joliet Central. The only player on the South squad not from the SPC was Lockport’s Elena Woulfe (4 points). Woulfe, however, had a key steal that she converted into a layup that triggered the South team to a 9-2 spurt to end the half. Collins capped the burst and the first half by draining a 3-pointer right before the buzzer to give South the lead for good at 23-20. Jaseckas scored six points as the North team oped the game by jumping out to an 8-2 lead. “It was really fun out here to meet other girls from other teams and it was one more time with the [Benet] seniors. It was nice to put
on the jersey one more time.” She was one of four Benet players that participated in the shootout. The others were Ali Kramer, Emma Lyne (2 points), and Kendal Schramek (6 points), who helped lead the Redwings (28-5) to a third straight sectional title. “I watched this all-star game a couple of years ago when my older sister was in it,” Schramek said of her sister - Emily Schramek, who is now a sophomore at Northern Michigan University. “So it was great to play in it. “Obviously the way we ended [a 59-38 loss to eventual Class 4A runner-up Edwardsville in the Wesleyan University Supersectional] was disappointing. So it was great to play with my teammates and the other girls again.” TyAnn Legrand-Melton, helped Lisle to a Class 2A regional title this season and she scored seven points for the North team. Being a smaller school, she may not have seen some of the other teams and players that were represented, but she was familiar with them.” “I played against some of them
on my travel team,” she said. “This was fun. It was a good experience and was fun just to watch how competitive everyone was.” Nicole Cyranoski, who is also from Lisle, got to play. Talia Edwards, from Bolingbrook, chipped in with six points for the North team. “This was pretty fun,” Edwards said. “I got to play with a lot of Plainfield people and we lost to Plainfield East (69-60) in the sectional [semifinals]. So we got to see how relaxed they are on the court and be able to play with them in a game.” Rounding out the North team was Maine East’s Lauryn AlbaGarner; Downers Grove North’s Hannah Ilyavi and Brigid Miller; Downers Grove South’s Kasandra Rugienius and Addyson Wesolowski; Romeoville’s Lexi Marin (2 points) and Aynna Shelby (4 points); and Resurrection’s Ivy Witczak (2 points). “I got to play with a lot of people I didn’t know,” Alba-Garner said. “I got to meet other people and they were cool and they played well. It was a fun experience overall.”
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No real rewards with credit cards DEAR DAVE, We’re trying to get control of our finances, and my husband wants to close all our credit cards. I want to keep one and use the bill-pay option for monthly stuff like utilities, so we can keep earning rewards points. I look at my way as a method of just re-routing the money and paying it off each month. Am I wrong in looking at it like this? CHERYL DEAR CHERYL, Yes, you are. Life never goes as planned. You can have all the well-reasoned and best-intentioned ideas you want, but sooner or later something will go wrong. Why not use a debit card that has a rewards system attached? Lots of debit card programs offer the same kinds of rewards programs that credit card companies do, with one big exception — you don’t have to go into debt! Studies have shown that the vast majority of people never redeem their
credit card airline miles. Other studies show that people spend more when using credit cards as opposed to cash. —DAVE DEAR DAVE, We were very late on one of our credit card bills, and now it has been turned over to a collection agency. The collection company has offered us three or four different payment options. Does the original creditor accept the agreement, too, if we accept one of the collection agency’s options? ANONYMOUS DEAR ANONYMOUS, In most situations of this type, the collection agency owns the debt outright or they’re directly representing the original creditor. It’s pretty much standard operating procedure when someone has defaulted on a loan. My advice would be to accept the deal they’ve offered that makes the most sense for you and your current financial situa-
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DuPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
County of DuPage, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY ASSETBACKED SECURITIES 2006-3 TRUST, HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3, PLAINTIFF, VS. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS , INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SOUTHSTAR FUNDING . LLC; DANIELLE BIONDO; JOSEPH BIONDO, DEFENDANTS. 10CH 006620 8214 WESTVIEW LANE WOODRIDGE, IL 60517 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by the Court in the above entitled cause on September 25, 2012, Sheriff of DuPage County will on April 25, 2017, in 501 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187, at 10:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the
TAX NO. 08-35-213-013 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 8214 WESTVIEW LANE WOODRIDGE, IL 60517 Description of Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY FRAME 1 CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $286,648.24. Sale Terms: This is an “AS IS” sale for “CASH”. The successful bidder must deposit 10% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
tion. It’ll ding your credit report, and show a settlement on the defaulted credit card, but that’s not the end of the world. There’s already a mark against you for it being turned over to collections. If you want to keep things like this from happening in the future, you need to get control of your finances. —DAVE * Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 12 million listeners each week on 575 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @ DaveRamsey.
The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. 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 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. For Information: Visit our website at http://ilforeclosuresales.mrpllc.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, PlaintiffΓÇÖs Attorneys, 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel. No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file# 754 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFFΓÇÖS ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Plaintiff’s attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale. I716919 Published 3/15, 3/22, 3/29
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WOODRIDGE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DuPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY ASSETBACKED SECURITIES 2006-3 TRUST, HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3, PLAINTIFF, VS. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS , INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SOUTHSTAR FUNDING . LLC; DANIELLE BIONDO; JOSEPH BIONDO, DEFENDANTS. 10CH 006620 8214 WESTVIEW LANE WOODRIDGE, IL 60517
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NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT
ARY 6, 1969 AS DOCUMENT R69-348, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by the Court in the above entitled cause on September 25, 2012, Sheriff of DuPage County will on April 25, 2017, in 501 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187, at 10:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of DuPage, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:
COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 8214 WESTVIEW LANE WOODRIDGE, IL 60517
LOT 316 IN FORESTEDGE, UNIT NO. 2, A SUBDIVISION IN THE NORTH 1/2 OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 19, 1968 AS DOCUMENT R68-53827 AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION FILED JANU-
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Description of Improvements: SINGLE FAMILY FRAME 1 CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $286,648.24. Sale Terms: This is an “AS IS” sale for “CASH”. The successful bidder must deposit 10% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. 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 YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCOR-
DANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http://ilforeclosuresales.mrpllc.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, PlaintiffΓÇÖs Attorneys, 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel. No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file# 754 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFFΓÇÖS ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Plaintiff’s attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale. I716919 Published 3/15, 3/22, 3/29
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