September 14, 2016 vol. 8 issue 42
North beats South in battle of Downers Grove girls volleyball #buglenewspapers
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Featured Sports
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Community Sharing Connections Downers Grove nonprofit ‘connects’ with Louisiana flood victims see page 3
News Mulhearn Retires Westmont police chief calls it a career after 39 years
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Police Back to School
Downers Grove PD offers safety reminders
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Art lovers look at works displayed in one of the festival’s many booths.
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Forum Thinking Health No end in sight for rising prescription drug prices
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sports Roundup
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Downers South, Benet win golf matches
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Hundreds of festivalgoers browse the various types of art showcased at the 40th annual Downtown Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival
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Downers Grove festival a hit with art-lovers Original works by 50 different artists displayed By Andrea Earnest bugle staff
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The 40th annual Downtown Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival attracted hundreds of artists and art lovers last weekend. The festival ran from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 10 and Sept. 11, and featured entertainment and dozens of booths full of different types of art. The festival featured the work of 50 different artists, who all exhibited original works. Festivalgoers got peruse the samplings of art, which was all available for sale at the festival. The festival, which was held downtown on Main Street from Grove to Curtiss streets, also
featured live entertainment and a kids art project, which was sponsored by the Indian Boundary YMCA. Other sponsors for the event were D3 Financial Counselors, the Downers Grove Visitors Bureau, My Special Toy Store, Beil & Stromberg, Smile Downers Grove, Timberline Train Shop, and Tivoli Bowl & Tivoli Theatre. Entertainment was provided by the West Town Chorus Quartet, Larry Conklin, the Downers Grove Choral Society and several others. Art for sale included jewelry, ceramics, mixed media, paintings, photography, graphics, wood, metal, drawings, fibers, sculptures and even furniture pieces. One booth, which showcased
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Paintings, sculptures and drawings were just some of the various art showcased at the Downtown Fine Arts Festival. the works of Michael Scott Kent, drew quite a lot of attention. Kent does diploma art and framing as well as stone coaster college art.
Several universities from around the country were available, and people went through his selection searching for their own
college. More information about Kent’s work can be found at www. gradgallery.com.
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Police chief calls it a career New event looks to after 39 years with department showcase Westmont’s artistic side
Tom Mulhearn to officially retire Oct. 7 After almost four decades with the Westmont Police Department, Police Chief Tom Mulhearn said he will hang up his badge next month. “It has been my honor to serve the people of Westmont,” Mulhearn said in a statement announcing his plan to officially retire Oct. 7. “I have worked on several serious crimes in which we brought criminals to justice, but my greatest pride comes from being able to serve all of the wonderful people I have met and worked with. “I have been lucky to forge great friendships that I value very much.” Mulhearn began his career in law enforcement in 1974 as a cadet-dispatcher for the Broadview Police Department, and he became a police officer with the Westmont Police Department in 1977.
Prior to becoming chief of police in 2009, Mulhearn held many positions with the Westmont Police Department, including patrolman, detective, juvenile officer, sergeant, detective division commander, school resource officer, deputy liquor commissioner, deputy chief of police and acting chief of police. “Tom has been a great ambassador for the village of Westmont,” said Mayor Ron Gunter. “He is so well liked and respected by not only our residents and the community, but also by the numerous police departments throughout the area. We have great praise for Tom and all he has done.” During his 39 years with the Westmont Police Department, Mulhearn earned a number of awards and accolades. In 1998, he received the Joseph T. Gurak
Family friendly event is scheduled for Sept. 18
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Memorial Award as Juvenile Officer of the Year for DuPage County. He was elected president of the DuPage Juvenile Officers Association in 2002 and began the Westmont School Resource Officer Program in 2007. In March of 2007, Mulhearn received the inaugural Public
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Nonprofit ‘connects’ with Louisiana flood victims Sharing Connections of Downers Grove raising funds for relief efforts Bugle Staff A Downers Grove-based nonprofit is joining organizations nationwide in relief efforts to help those affected by the recent flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sharing Connections of Downers Grove recently launched the Baton Rouge Flood Relief Fund, which it says will contribute 100 percent of proceeds to vetted agencies within Louisiana actively engaged in support efforts. “Our goal is to simplify the giving process for people in this area
and encourage them to help their neighbors in the south,” Sharing Connections CEO Deborah Rickert said. “People have lost their homes and belongings. Children cannot go to school. Food and necessities are nearly impossible to get.” More than 60,000 homes in Louisiana were damaged and 13 people were killed as a result of torrential rain storms and extensive flooding in early August. Rainfall totals measured by the National Weather Service suggest that these storms dropped as much as three times as much rain
as Hurricane Katrina. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has designated 20 parishes in southern Louisiana as federal disaster areas. As a result, approximately 109,000 people or households have applied for housing assistance. “We pray for all who have been impacted directly and indirectly,” said Leanne McGrath, Sharing Connections’ founder. “We know our generous donors will extend their helping hands through the fund we’ve established, just as they bless us with their generosity each day for those we serve here in our area.” Donations are accepted through the Sharing Connections website, www.sharingconnections.org.
Whether you’re an art lover, have an eye for aesthetics, or just want to learn more about local artists and their passion, the Westmont business community has the perfect event lined up. On Sept. 18, The Westmont Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau will present the first Westmont Fine Arts Showcase. The family friendly event is scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. at Neat Kitchen + Bar, 246 N. Cass Ave. Admission is free. “The chamber is truly excited to provide this unparalleled event to showcase the many fine arts businesses and organizations to the community,” Chamber Board President Al Carson said. “This is a without a doubt the ‘can’t miss’ event for September.” According to the chamber,
Westmont is home to 14 businesses and organizations related to the arts, and the village has become an artistic hub of sorts for residents of the western suburbs. The fine arts festival will provide attendees with information about the many resources, training and opportunities available to the community. The event will also feature a variety of artistic entertainment, including 10-minute dance performances from Expression Dance Studio, Hinsdale Dance Academy and Salt Creek Ballet; theatre performances by Progressive Village Performance Network; musical performances by Musician’s Workshop and Uncle Jon’s Music; and various art activities with No Corner Suns. Proceeds from the event will support scholarships for individuals pursuing a degree in fine arts. For more information on the event, visit www. westmontchamber.com.
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Police offer back-to-school safety reminders Students in Grade School District 58 and Community High School District 99 schools began classes Aug. 29, and police are asking motorists to take it slow and help get the 2016-17 school year off to a safe start. The Downers Grove Police Department is reminding drivers of various laws in place that ensure the safety of the children walking to and from school each day. On any two-lane roadway and within school parking lots, all traffic must stop when the school bus has its “STOP” arm extended. On a four-lane roadway, only vehicles traveling in the same
direction as the bus are required to stop. The penalty for passing a stopped school bus is a $150 fine and a 90-day suspension of driving privileges. The speed limit in areas posted as “School Zones” is 20 mph on school days from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., when children are present in the area. The minimum fine for a speeding offense is $150. When driving near schools, be alert for adult school crossing guards and student patrols that may be assisting children who are crossing the street. Motorists are required to obey the instructions
Department said officers work closely with the bus company First Student to enforce laws pertaining to school buses. Bus drivers will report any stop-arm violations to the police department for appropriate action. Additionally, the department said patrol officers and traffic officers will be out in force in neighborhoods near area schools to enforce traffic laws. “Use caution when driving around all schools or whenever you see children in the area,” the department said. “Do your part to make the 2016-17 school year a safe one for our children.”
of adult school crossing guards, so use caution and be prepared to stop. And, cellphones are prohibited in school zones. State statute
prohibits the use of cellphones for all drivers, regardless of age, while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone. The Downers Grove Police
The following items were compiled from the official reports of the Downers Grove, Westmont and Woodridge police departments. Appearing in the police blotter does not constitute a finding of guilt, only a court of law can make that determination.
4323 Douglas, Downers Grove, was arrested at 10:14 p.m. Sept. 4 for domestic battery, violation of order of protection, and interference with reporting domestic violence.
Matthew Langan, 55, 44 Fountainhead Drive, Westmont, was arrested at 5:55 p.m. Sept. 3 in the 0-100 block of Fountainhead for domestic battery.
Jesus Martinez, 24, 4925 Fairview Ave., Downers Grove, was arrested Sept. 3 in the 1800 block of Gilbert for DUI.
Gary Banks, 59, was arrested at 10:24 p.m. Sept. 3 in the 2400 block of Waterbury for criminal trespassing.
Downers Grove Ahil K. Ashiqali, 18, 562 Gregory Ave., Glendale Heights, was arrested at 6:25 p.m. Aug. 29 in the 3300 block of Finley for retail theft. Najeea Jahari Walker, 25, 5917 W. Rice St., Chicago, was arrested at 8:24 p.m. Aug. 30 in the 6500 block of Woodward for domestic battery. Maxwell G. Pickering, 23, 8129 S. Neenah, Burbank, was arrested at 2:26 a.m. Aug. 30 at Ogden and Cumnor for DUI. Juan Manuel Valenzuela-Perez, 29,
Kimberly A. Parsons, 59, 5125 Blodgett, Downers Grove, was arrested at Belmont and Ogden for DUI.
Westmont Desjuan Jackson, 18, 2340 N. Bosworth Ave., Chicago, was arrested at 11 p.m. Aug. 30 in the 6700 block of South Cass for possession of a stolen motor vehicle and possession of alcohol by a minor. Christopher Gardner, 48, 6110 S. Sangamon St., Chicago, was arrested at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 3 in the 6700 block of Lake Shore for domestic battery.
Woodridge
James Lindsey, 28, 1623 Porter Ave., Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested at 12:48 a.m. Sept. 4 in the 3100 block of Woodridge for disorderly conduct. Calum Bonds, 18, 8010 Janes Ave., Woodridge, and Ayman Zekri, 18, 2560 Crabtree Ave., were arrested at 5:29 a.m. Sept. 5 in the 7600 block of Deerfield for disorderly conduct. Paul Millbrandt, 31, 10S270 Suffield Drive, Downers Grove, was arrested at 12:39 a.m. Sept. 6 at Southcrest and Hobson for DUI.
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By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Recently a tweet from Lauren Sausser, a fine health reporter I know in South Carolina, caught my eye. “Crazy drug prices became personal. My dad will start Keytruda regimen on Friday, $15,000 per infusion, once every three weeks indefinitely.” The high cost of pharmaceuticals had hit home! Her 61-year-old father, Jim McCallister, who lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina, had been diagnosed with a melanoma discovered during a routine skin exam a few weeks earlier. It had spread to his lungs. Doctors recommended the drug, which uses the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells and has showed promise in treating aggressive melanomas. McCallister’s employer-provided insurance is paying for most of his treatment, and the family is looking into Merck’s co-pay program. In the meantime, McCallister faces several thousand dollars of out-of-pocket costs. McCallister may be lucky cost-wise. But the fact remains: Somebody is paying for the high cost of Keytruda and other new drugs coming on the market. Sausser said her dad asked if insurance would cover the drug. “The doctor told him they would find some way.” That’s the nub of the dilemma. For many like McCallister, there may be help, often from the drug companies themselves in the form of patient assistance plans. Remember drug company AstraZeneca’s ads for some of its costly drugs: “AstraZeneca may be able to help”? Sometimes state or local government programs, private charities, nonprofit agencies, or coupon programs help patients pay for their drugs. Patients who can’t get help from any of those sources often go without. None of the assistance programs, however, attack the underlying prices
thinking About Health By Trudy Lieberman
Escalating drug prices affect everyone – even those not taking expensive drugs or not on Medicare. High drug prices affect all insurance premiums sooner or later. for the drugs, which pharmaceutical makers can set according to what the market will bear. They can pretty much do whatever they want with little push back from those who end up paying the bills – governments, insurers and patients. The U.S. has no cost controls, and government doesn’t negotiate drug prices the way many other countries do. So the price of commonly prescribed drugs like the EpiPen, a shot that stops life-threatening allergic reactions, has risen to more than $600 for two pens. In 2009 two pens cost $100. The price for Abilify, an antipsychotic, has risen 113 percent between 2007 and 2014, and the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor has climbed 103 percent over the same time period, according to The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, a group of employers, insurers, and unions that are trying to raise public awareness of high drug prices. That helps explain why Medicare recently reported its spending on prescription drugs increased more than 17 percent in 2014 even though the number of claims from the program’s 38 million beneficiaries rose only 3 percent. Medicare’s prescription drug law was never meant to pay all a person’s drug expenses. This year once a beneficiary and her drug plan have paid $3,310 for medicines, she reaches the coverage gap where she must pay the cost of
most of her drugs. If she spends, out of her own pocket, another $4,850 for drugs this calendar year, she qualifies for catastrophic coverage and pays only 5 percent of all her remaining drugs for the year. The trouble is that with prices so high, it’s easy to end up in the coverage gap paying out-of-pocket. Even protection offered by catastrophic coverage may not be enough. That’s especially true for people taking highpriced specialty drugs. In 2013, about 3 million people were in this predicament. “Not a lot of people pay above the threshold, but those who do can pay through the nose,” says Tricia Neuman, senior vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Escalating drug prices affect everyone – even those not taking expensive drugs or not on Medicare. High drug prices affect all insurance premiums sooner or later. Not long ago I spotted a letter to the editor in USA Today from Heather Block, age 53 who has Stage 4 breast cancer. She was calling for patients to organize and build a network to help craft solutions for the problem of skyrocketing drug prices. I talked to Block about this. Her zeal and interest in organizing patients reminded me of the early days of the consumer movement in the 1960s when citizens organized to pass legislation to make the marketplace safer and more fair. With drugs, Block says, it’s hard to organize people because of drug assistance programs that take the sting out of prices and make patients less willing to work against the companies, the presence of disease advocacy groups funded by the pharmaceutical industry, and a general reluctance to speak up for fear of jeopardizing their own health and survival. She’s asking for consumers to share their stories at the email h3ath3rblock@ gmail.com. What problems are you having paying for prescription drugs? Write to Trudy at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com. The Rural Health News Service is funded by a grant from The Commonwealth Fund and is distributed through the Nebraska Press Assn. Foundation, Colorado Press Assn., South Dakota Newspaper Assn., Hoosier (IN) State Press Assn. Foundation, Illinois Press Foundation, Wyoming Press Assn. and California Newspaper Publishers Assn. Foundation.
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DECEmBER 23 TO JANuARY 20
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North beats South in battle of Downers Grove girls volleyball BY SCOTT TAYLOR SportS editor
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When Downers Grove South came to Downers North Wednesday for their yearly crosstown match, it was hard to know what to expect out of either team. Both teams have dealt with a bit of a roller coaster start to the season. But on this night it was all Trojans as they cruised to a 2513, 25-18 win. “We always have so much fun playing against South,” junior outside Clare Delaplane said. “We know a lot of the girls on the team and it is fun to play them. And there is the crosstown rivalry. I thought we played really well. Our serve-receive was well, we didn’t make a lot of errors and we didn’t let South go on big runs.” “It is definitely a lot of bragging rights,” senior libero Kendall Tucker added. The Trojans are an extremely young team this year with just five seniors to go with three sophomores and a freshman allrotation setter. “It has definitely been different,” Delaplane said. “Me and Kendall have been on varsity the past two years and have had girls who are older than us and were the leaders and now we are the leaders. It is fun being with them and watching them grow.”
“With only a few upperclassmen on the team, we have had to step up and be leaders on the team,” Tucker said. “This is a lot of the freshmen and sophomores first time playing on varsity so we have to help them out. We have been able to mix all of our talents together and help each other the best we can.” Youth and a difficult early season schedule has led the Trojans to a 2-4 record early in the season. “We got off to a slow start, but we are definitely on an upward spiral and I’m definitely ready for the rest of the season,” Delaplane said. “We definitely want to win conference and we are in four very competitive tournaments and we want to do well in them.” “The transition has been a little rough because we play a real tough schedule,” DGN coach Mark Wasik said. “We have had match point with McAuley and Lincoln-Way East, and we have had set point at York and couldn’t finish. But, this is only match. No. 6, so hopefully we can start converting them to Ws sooner rather than later. It is a little bit of a two steps forward, one step backward with younger players. I hope they are learning to come out intense for the next point and next match.” Coming back from mistakes have been a key factor for North, but learning against top
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Junior clare Delaplane helped Downers north top Downers south last week.
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Downers South, Benet win golf matches The Downers Grove South boys golf team beat Addison Trail 163176 in a conference match held at River Bend Golf Club in Lisle. For the Mustangs, Dean Netzel had a 39, Trevor Troha and Cameron Crowley each shot 41 and Riley Dockendorff had a 42. The Mustangs beat Hinsdale
South in a WSC Gold match held at Village Greens Golf Course in Woodridge 158-174. Netzel led the Mustangs with a 37, Troha and Kyle Soderstrom both shot 40 and Crowley shot 41. Downers South won the Fenton Invite Saturday. Netzel won the individual portion with a 4-under-
par 66. Dockendorff and Troha each shot a 76 and Crowley added an 80. •Benet girls topped Carmel 152188. Beaudreau fired a 35, Abby Bitto had a 36 and Bella Abdullah had a 39 for the Redwings. Benet girls golf beat Glenbard West 159-203 as Lauren Beaudreau fired a 34.
SOCCER
Benet beat Waubounsie Valley 4-0. Ben Kelly scored two goals, while Devin Martini and Connor Mote scored the others. Mote, Franklin Rutkowski and Jason Rowaiye had assists. Benet received goals from Rutkowski and Ben Kelly to take down Nazareth 2-0. Mote and Rowaiye had assists, while Brian Gould have four saves for the shutout. Benet tied Naperville North 3-3. Redwing goals were scored by Rutkowski, Nick Trakszelis and Nick Renfro.
VOLLEYBALL Benet volleyball moved to 7-0 with a 25-18, 25-13 win over Marian Central. •Downers South topped Hinsdale South 25-13, 25-16.
CROSS COUNTRY The Westmont girls cross country team finished in fifth place at the 15-team Plainfield Central Cross Country Invitational on Saturday.
volleyball | from page 7 teams should help them mature quickly. “We’ve struggled with letting go of mistakes and basically all the struggles young teams have,” Wasik said. “But we have played against amazing competition and I think it is only going to pay off for us, especially with how close we have played some of these teams already.” While the front line is very young with mostly sophomore and junior hitters and blockers, the back row is more experienced with juniors and seniors. “It definitely helps having a strong defense because we can depend on our back row digging balls up,” Tucker said. “We know the kind of hits that are coming to us and then we can depend on our setters and hitters putting the ball down for us.” That strong defense helps freshman setter Elizabeth Dunlap, who has a bright future in front of her. “She had a really good night and put the ball in the best spot for us,” Wasik said. “She did a great job of exploiting South’s weaknesses with her setting locations. She is relaxed and has really good hands. It is just
Halle Nash led the Sentinels with a ninth-place finish in 20:18. Peyton Nash finished in 19th with a time of 21:12. Lisa Niemiec (31st, 21:59), Franky Fabry (40th, 22:21) and Lily Arndt (50th, 22:42) finished in the top fifty for Westmont. “This was really a great race for us today against a tough field of 2A and 3A schools,” coach Steve Wolf said. “We actually tied for fourth and were only a point away from third.” The Westmont boys cross country team finished ninth in a field of 17 teams. Matt Gedraitis was first for Westmont with a 17th place finish in a time of 16:59. Jasper Requiron followed in 38th place at 17:47. Sam Asa (44th, 17:59), Kyle Casper (58th, 18:41), Jake Dooley (77th, 19:30) and Tom Dea (88th, 20:23) finished the scoring. “We’ve made a lot of improvement over last year and we’re getting a lot of help from some of the younger runners,” Wolf said.
a matter of learning to make the right decisions.” Meanwhile, it was a perplexing loss for the Mustangs, who had taken down Hinsdale South easily the night before. “I was definitely hoping for better after last night’s game,” DGS coach Trisha Kurth said. “I thought after last night’s game we had turned a corner. I’m not sure if it was yet. But we will get there. We have the athletes. We just have to be more disciplined.” It is the passing that needs the most improvement moving forward. “Offensively we have a tough team. We have a great offense,” Kurth said. “Defensively we have to make plays to keep ourselves in the match. We have a huge front row and we have to be able to put the ball down, but we have to be able to get the ball to the setter to do that.” Overall the Mustangs have a mix of youth and experience, including multiple three-year starters. “We have one sophomore and a freshman up and there have been no problems,” Kurth said. “They have all come together nicely. The older girls are teaching them the ropes.”
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The 16-driver field for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase is set for the opening race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet.
NASCAR Chase starts Sunday By Mark Gregory sports reporter
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After a night in at Richmond that saw Denny Hamlin take his third checkered flag of the season, the Chase grid is set as racing heads to Joliet’s Chicagoland Speedway. Fans don’t have to look far to find the storylines heading into the Chase. With the points reset, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch lead the way with 2012 points each – both posting four wins during the regular season. Keselowski, however, knows that is not a lock for a championship as he posted the most wins two seasons ago and that did not translate to a title. “We’ve come into this thing with the most wins in 2014 and a lot of momentum, and I felt like we had some ups and downs. We came in last year with one win, and it all comes down to just the same things,” Keselowski said after a fourthplace finish at Richmond. “This is a dynamic environment. What you’ve done in the past is not necessarily representative of what you’re going to see in the future or what you’re going to be able to do in the future. So you’ve got to keep working and keep your eyes in the windshield, not in the mirror. Momentum is great and it makes you feel good, but it’s a tricky thing to get caught up in it.” For Busch, he is hoping to build off what he learned last year when he won the championship, but he said some of that was simply good fortune. “We’ve had good fortune before. Last year we made it through barely
each and every round. I think we were the last car to transfer through every time. Doesn’t matter if you’re the first car or the last car, as long as you get through the next one, you’ve got an opportunity to keep racing for a championship. That’s what it’s all about,” Busch said. “You know, I feel like the first round’s a good round for us. It’s strong. But you got to have solid finishes and try to minimize your bad days. “I feel like we kind of are right even with where we were last year, kind of doing the same things. But there are other guys that are better than us. So we’re just going to have to figure out how to out-race them and out-finish them when we need to.” With the win at Richmond, Hamlin grabs his third win and resets at 2009 points, passing Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex, Jr. Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson, all who reset with 2006. Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher and Tony Stewart all enter the Chase with one win and 2003 points. For Stewart, a three-time series champion, this is his final shot at No.4, as he will retire at the end of this season. Stewart’s last title came in 2011 when he advanced to the Chase without a single win and then started the Chase off with a win at Chicagoland, which propelled him to five wins – including the final one at Homestead for the championship. “What you do up to the start of the Chase really doesn’t mean anything, obviously. 2011 is proof of that,” Stewart said. “We’ll get started next week at Chicago, and all I care about right now is getting ready for Chicago and running through Sunday at Chicago. Once we get through that,
I’ll worry about week 2. This is a stressful 10 weeks and you take it one week at a time. That’s what we did in ‘11, and it worked.” While Stewart is leaving the sport, a pair of rookies are headed into their first Chase. It is the first time since 2006 when Hamlin became the first rookie ever to qualify for the Chase. This season, Buescher heads in with a win at Pocono, while Elliot joins Austin Dillon and Jamie McMurray as the three drivers to advance without a win during the season. “I’m very excited to be in. Congrats to Chris and their group. They had the big win at Pocono. We want to work hard to try to get to victory lane ourselves,” Elliott said. “I think we have a group that can do it and we just got to take these next few weeks and hunker down and give it our best shot. I appreciate our 3M NAPA group for doing that and we’re excited about these next 10. We have to go in with the mentality that we can give ourselves a chance at Homestead, and if not then we should have let the next one in.” Elliot, who is driving the No. 24 car and replacing legend Jeff Gordon is also the son of racing legend Bill Elliott and was expected to be a successful driver in the series. Buescher, one of four drivers for Front Row Motorsports – one of the smaller teams in the series – and is the first driver in team history to advance to the Chase. “[It is] Just really cool to be a part of it at this point. We look at this first round, and we want to make it past that round. We want to move through the Chase, and then we can reevaluate from there,” Buescher said. “If we can keep going farther and improve our program each and every weekend, that’s always going to be what we’re aiming to do. That’s the plan. We’ve got to do and try and progress through the Chase and see what we can pull off.”
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Fencing scheme targets Downers Grove business Chicago man charged with felony theft, continuing financial crimes Bugle Staff A Chicago man was arrested in connection to an extensive illegal fencing operation that authorities say has ties to Downers Grove. Juan P. Balbontin was charged with felony theft and continuing financial crimes enterprise
in Cook County, according to a Downers Grove Police Department news release. The department began working with the Chicago Police Department and Cook County investigators in March, after police learned that items stolen from Downers Grove cosmetics retailer Ulta were being sold to a store owned
by Balbontin. Balbontin is the owner of JB Fragrances, a Chicago perfume store that authorities targeted as part of an undercover investigation into the purchasing and selling of stolen high-end fragrance products, purses and liquor. Police say Balbontin purchased items he knew to be stolen in order to resell them at his store. Investigators confiscated more than 1,800 bottles of perfume from the store.
chief | from page 3 Safety Officer of the Year Award from the Westmont Chamber of Commerce. The following year, he received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award from the Westmont Rotary Club. “I have always strived to serve the people and do so in a manner that is respectful and friendly,” Mulhearn added. “I’ve truly enjoyed helping and serving our citizens. It has been my honor.” Mulhearn also served as the first vice president of the DuPage County Chiefs of Police Association, and he is currently a member of the Westmont Rotary and the Westmont Lions. Mulhearn graduated from Triton Community College and completed his basic law enforcement training at the
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Chicago Police Academy in 1977. He has attended additional training at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center for Domestic Preparedness. In 2007, he attended the FBI’s National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and is currently a member of the FBI National Academy Alumni Association.
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Jason Segal at Anderson’s Bookshop. 6 p.m. at Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave. Actor and children’s author Jason Segel celebrates his latest book for middle schoolers, “The Lost Lullaby.”
SEPTEMBER 16
Meet the Fire Department. 10 – 10:45 a.m. at Downers Grove Library, 1050 Curtiss St. Learn all
about fire safety from the Downers Grove Fire Department. Syria Travel Program. 7:30 p.m. at Downers Grove Library, 1050 Curtiss St. Popular local travel expert Bill Helmuth will present the first of three travel programs at the monthly “Adventures in Travel” program series.
SEPTEMBER 17-18
Oktoberfest. At Main Street and Burlington Avenue in downtown Downers Grove. Live bands, family fun for all ages, authentic Oktoberfest food and beverages in a traditional German atmosphere. Lisle Depot Days. Noon – 5 p.m. both days at the Museum at Lisle Station Park, 921 School St. Free old fashioned fun for the whole family
at the 32nd annual Lisle Depot Days. Featuring pioneer demonstrations, petting farm, blacksmithing, operating model railroad, hayrides, games, contests and more.
SEPTEMBER 17
Downtown Downers Grove Market. 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Main Street Train Station.
SEPTEMBER 18
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Westmont Fine Arts Showcase. 1 – 4 p.m. at Neat Kitchen + Bar, 246 N. Cass Ave. Admission to this family friendly event is free of charge. Attendees will receive information about the many resources, training and opportunities available to the artistic community. The event will also feature a variety of artistic entertainment.
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