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January 28, 2015 vol. 7 issue 21

First Look for Charity routinely raises more than $2 million for Chicagoarea charities

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community news

police Hufford teacher accused of sex with students at former school Bond set at $150K for Cara Labus, 30, of Joliet

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county Rialto officials turned down marquee donor who wanted rush job Said they could not accept a proposal without public scrutiny this time see page 7

travel Rick Steves’ Europe: Playful Padua Padua home to prestigious university that hosted Galileo, Copernicus, Dante and Petrarch see page 23

sports Off and rolling Indians win sectional, while Porters also advance to state

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Electronics recycling programs becoming too costly to operate See the full story on page 4

News

18 charities to benefit from Auto Show ‘First Look’

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People mover will make it easier to access Amtrak New temporary shelters, New Street pedestrian tunnel are open for commuters

By Stewart Warren staff reporter

stewartwarren509@yahoo.com @stewartwarren

By Wednesday, the “people mover” will be carrying passengers and their luggage up the long ramp to the Amtrak platform in Joliet.

Although it’s called a people mover, the small vehicle is more like a golf cart. It’s been parked recently near the temporary Amtrak ticket office at the northwest corner of Jefferson Street and Art Schultz Drive in the city’s downtown.

But the Amtrak ticket agents have not been able to drive it up

the ramp to the platform, said Lisa Dorothy, the city’s civil engineer.

Two temporary shelters for Metra commuters had blocked the people mover’s path, she said.

But the shelters now have been moved, so the small motorized cart should be available by Wednesday, Dorothy said.

At the end of last year, the Joliet City Council heard several complaints from commuters about the ramp to the temporary Amtrak platform. It was too long and particularly difficult to use in wintertime for the elderly, people with disabilities or people who

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For the latest information about changes during the construction of the transportation center, go to www.cityofjoliet.info and click on the tab for the Gateway Center.

were traveling with a lot of luggage, they said. For now, the temporary platform only is accessible by a set of stairs or the 216-foot-long ramp. There are some rules about using the people mover. The only person who can drive it is the

Amtrak ticket agent working in the office at the northwest corner of Jefferson Street and Art Schultz Drive, Dorothy said. The ticket agent’s hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Amtrak travelers who want to use the people mover should plan on arriving early at the station, she said. It will take a few minutes for the Amtrak agent to close the ticket window, drive the people mover out of the shed where it is stored and then take the passengers up the ramp.

There are other changes to the Gateway Center, Dorothy said.

Amtrak also has hired a security guard who will keep the ticket office open until 11 p.m., Dorothy said. That means Metra and

Amtrak riders will be able to wait inside the heated, well-lit trailer until that time.

Additionally, the New Street pedestrian tunnel and the York Street parking lot now are open, Dorothy said. Pedestrians can use the tunnel to walk from the commuter parking lots at Chicago and Marion streets to the train platforms, she said.

For the latest information about changes during the construction of the transportation center, go to www.cityofjoliet.info and click on the tab for the Gateway Center.

Travelers also can go to that page to sign up for informational alerts about the Gateway Center to be sent to their Facebook pages or Twitter accounts.

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Hufford teacher accused of sex with students at former school Bond set at $150K for Cara Labus, 30, of Joliet

who were between the ages of 14 and 16 when the crimes took place.

According to prosecutors, Labus came to know the victims while she was employed as a teacher and basketball coach at Jerling By bugle staff Junior High School in Orland Park. sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @BugleNewspaper After the victims graduated from junior high, Labus A Joliet junior high kept in contact with them school teacher who and from December 2008 formerly taught at a through February 2011 she southwest suburban is alleged to have engaged junior high has been in various sex acts with charged with sexually the victims on several abusing two former students over the course Cara Labus, 30, occasions.

During the summer of of more than two years, of Joliet 2014, one of the victims according to the Office told a friend about the of Cook County State’s abuse and then filed a police Attorney Anita Alvarez.

Cara Labus, 30, of Joliet, has report in December of 2014. been charged with four counts of Around that same time, the other Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse victim made an outcry to the first in connection with incidents that victim regarding abuse by Labus occurred between 2008 and 2011 during the same time frame.

Labus is currently employed in Orland Park with two victims

at Hufford Junior High School in Joliet. She was arrested by Orland Park Police Jan. 21. Hufford officials issued the following statement Jan. 23: “The District was served with a Condition of Bail notice for one of our teachers at Hufford Junior High School late this afternoon.

One bail condition provides that the teacher is not to have ‘contact with anyone under the age of 18 without supervision.’ Based on this information, the teacher will not be permitted to be at school indefinitely.”

Bond was set for Labus at $150,000 during a Jan. 23 hearing before Judge Kerry Kennedy at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Bridgeview.

Kennedy also ordered that Labus be placed on electronic home monitoring and that she not have contact with either victim or anyone under 18 years of age unless supervised.

Labus’ next court date is Feb. 23.

county news

Local leaders will try to keep Caterpillar from moving jobs to Mexico Joliet can’t offer incentives because plant is outside city limits

By Stewart Warren staff reporter

swarren@buglenewspapers.com @stewartwarren

As Caterpillar considers moving 230 jobs to Mexico from its manufacturing plant in Troy Township, local leaders are trying to determine what can be done to keep the work here. But they don’t seem terribly optimistic.

“Quite frankly, this is a corporate issue,” said John Greuling, president and chief executive officer of the Will County Center for Economic Development. “Anything we would offer them at this time, I am afraid it is not necessarily going to impact whatever decision they would make.”

On Jan. 15, the leaders of the

company’s advanced components and systems division told local employees production work might be transferred to a plant in Monterrey, Mexico, next year.

Caterpillar will announce a final decision about the move in March.

The plant manufactures hydraulic components, including oil pumps, valves, truck struts and truck hoist cylinders. The parts are distributed to other Caterpillar facilities and dealers around the world. The decision to move revolves around two components: the oil pumps and valves, according to a statement released by the company on Jan. 15.

Although the local plant is known as the Joliet facility, it’s actually in Troy Township at 2200 Route 6. So the city of Joliet can’t offer the company any tax breaks to persuade them to stay in the area, Mayor Tom Giarrante said. The company does not pay taxes to the city.

“It is not in Joliet,” Giarrante said.

The plant is in the Des Plaines River Valley Enterprise Zone, Greuling said.

“When it was originally created some 30 years ago, it had a full complement of local and state incentives. The biggest incentive was property tax abatement. That has expired,” he said.

Russ Slinkard, president and chief executive officer of the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce, said he had discussed the possible move on Jan. 21 with state Rep. Larry M. Walsh Jr., D-Elwood.

“We asked him to keep us in mind and to give us any direction on what we might do to help avoid the situation,” Slinkard said.

During the next month, chamber representatives will contact Caterpillar. If the company moves the work, the change won’t go unnoticed, Slinkard said.

“It certainly would hurt the locally economy. The way I understood it, there would be one-third of the work force left. That is a lot of families that would be affected, and their spending would be cut back.

It would be a significant impact on the local economy,” Slinkard said.

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Electronics recycling programs becoming too costly to operate DuPage County has ended its residential electronic recycling program By nick reiher

managing editor

nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews

As he sat in the parking lot of the Will County Forest Preserve headquarters before a recent meeting, state legislator-turnedlobbyist Brent Hassert watched as a couple people unloaded some old electronics into a large container.

It was ironic because Hassert was waiting to go into a forest preserve committee meeting where he would tell commissioners the days of free electronic recycling could be numbered.

Already DuPage County has ended its residential electronic recycling program, said Marta Keane, Recycling Program Specialist & Green Business Relations Coordinator for the Will County Land Use Department.

Many government agencies statewide that offered free electronic recycling drop-off no longer could afford to do as of late last year, she said. That’s when their contracts with local recycles were up, and new contracts would have cost counties, townships, cities and villages thousands or hundreds of thousands to continue.

Will County could be in the same boat when the current contract with Vintage Tech recyclers of Plainfield expires in April 2016, Keane said. To help cut costs, her department is cutting special recycling days to just two events this year: at “Recyclepalooza” at Joliet Junior College in April; and at ShareFest in New Lenox Township in September. The former event at JJC is especially dear to her: “It’s the 45th anniversary of Earth Day,” Keane said wistfully.

Electronic recycling has been the fastest-growing segment of recycling, and she would hate to have to set back the clock.

Since 2000, Will County has collected nearly 1.3 million pounds of electronic recycling at one-day events, nearly 11.5 million pounds collected at the permanent sites since 2007 and more than 3 million

PHOTOS COURTESY WILL COUNTY LAND USE DEPARTMENT

Collection events such as this one in Homer Township nearly are disappearing because electronics recycling has become too costly. pounds from “front-door” pickups since 2011.

Will County, as with other government entities, did cover the cost of electronics recycling when officials opened four permanent drop-off sites in July 2007 in Bolingbrook (still the largest collection site) Troy Township/ Shorewood (the second largest), Washington Township and Channahon Township.

At that point, Keane said, the county paid about $33,000 for those sites. (State law prohibits government entities from charging residents for electronic recycling).

By the time they added nine more permanent drop-off sites (New Lenox Township, Manhattan Township, Monee Reservoir, City of Lockport, Godley, Forest Preserve District headquarters, Mokena, Romeoville and Homer Township/ Village), the county was paying just over $100,000 a year, Keane said.

But in anticipation of a new state law beginning Jan. 1, 2012, prohibiting dumping electronics in landfills, the state legislature in 2008 started working with electronics recyclers and groups representing home appliance sellers and manufacturers to come up with a plan to subsidize the cost of electronics recycling.

The legislation contained a formula which had the electronics manufacturers and sellers paying up to 50 percent of the amount of recycling taken in two years prior.

In 2008, Hassert said, TVs still were “monsters,” and glass used for TVs and computers contained lead.

Now that TVs and computers are so much lighter, Keane and Hassert said, electronics manufacturers are hitting their fee quotas several

months early, meaning recyclers have to make up the rest of the cost.

“We always knew the formula was flawed,” Keane said.” But it was negotiated. … And I know the manufacturers don’t want to pay any more now.”

That already has put dozens of recyclers out of business, Keane said. Vintage Tech, which still is around, lost more than 60 employees because of the change.

She said more companies will go out of business and more jobs will be lost if something isn’t done.

Hassert said he and state Rep. Emily McAsey, D-Lockport, already have met with electronics manufacturers on the issue.

They know the law is supposed to be revisited by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency this year, Hassert said, but that could take months.

Hassert said McAsey and state Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, are co-sponsoring legislation to change the formula so that electronics manufacturers once again would help subsidize the cost of recycling. That won’t be easy for several reasons, he said.

For one, some areas such as Naperville and Grundy County already are considering subsidizing the cost of electronics recycling, which Hassert said could make it tougher to get support for a bill.

Another reason this issue could be a battle, Hassert said, is that “it isn’t sexy. And a lot of times, it takes a crises before anyone wants to take action. But when people realize they have nowhere to take their old electronics, they might start to notice.”

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18 charities to benefit from Auto Show ‘First Look’ event First Look for Charity routinely raises more than $2 million for Chicago-area charities

By Annie Alleman

For the bugle-sentinel

sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @BugleNewspapers

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet, is one of 18 charities that stand to benefit from First Look for Charity, the official kick-off to the Chicago Auto Show.

The black-tie event, held from 7 to 11 p.m. Feb. 13 at McCormick Place in Chicago, costs $250 per ticket and includes a sneak-peak at the 2015 Auto Show. First Look for Charity routinely raises more than $2 million for Chicago-area charities. Ticket purchasers can

direct the proceeds of the ticket purchase to any or all of this year’s beneficiaries.

Guests will receive champagne and hors d’oeuvres from around the world, as well as musical entertainment.

Those who purchase tickets through Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet will also be treated to all the amenities of the Catholic Charities Hospitality Suite; including private coat check, open bar, food, free portrait photography, live music and warm cookies for the ride home.

The Diocese has received about $80,000 over the last two years,

thanks to the First Look fundraiser, according to Marianne Melcher, event coordinator with Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet.

“When they buy a ticket, people can specifically request one of the charities listed, and it’s always great when they request us,” she said. “It’s one of our best fundraisers.”

This is her first year being a part of the event, although she has attended in the past. Catholic Charities has been a benefitting charity for nine years.

“We have a lot of supporters. We look for corporate sponsors as well that can come in and purchase bulk tickets,” she said. “We get good support. We typically get about 400 (local) people.”

The Catholic Charities hospitality

suite is open from 6 to 11:30 p.m. There will be music and a professional photographer, hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. Food is also provided at different food stations throughout the event.

“There is also a chance for paid guests to win two vehicles. You have a chance to win a 2015 Ford Explorer or a 2015 Ford Fusion,” she said.

While men should wear tuxedos, women can wear all varieties of dressy clothing. So if you missed out on that black-tie New Year’s Eve ball, now is your chance to make up for it.

“I don’t think anybody comes very casual to it, but it’s not as strict as the men’s dress code,” she said.

It’s also a great Valentine’s date night out for couples.

“I’m looking forward to it. It’s a great event for us,” she said. “It’s a good evening.”

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet helps the community in a number of ways; including providing food and travel vouchers; clothing and furniture vouchers; financial assistance for prescriptions; rent and mortgage assistance; and information and referrals to other community resources.

It also operates the Daybreak Shelter, which provides year-round emergency shelter; Hands of Hope counseling services, early childhood services including a back-to-school fair, and senior citizens’ programs.

Tickets cost $250 each and are available at catholiccharitiesjoliet. org or by calling 815-724-1140.

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11 The following items were compiled from the official reports of the Joliet Police Department. Appearing in the police blotter does not constitute a finding of guilt, only a court of law can make that determination.

JOLIET Jose Ortega, 21, 501 Preston Drive, Bolingbrook, was arrested at 11:34 p.m. Jan. 16 at 816 E. Jackson St. for possession of a controlled substance.

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Terhan F. Gordon, 25, 6259 Howne Ave., Chicago, was arrested at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at 150 W. Washington St. for domestic battery.

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Dimontrae F. Stepney, 18, 460 Water St., was arrested at 4:38 p.m. Jan. 16 at the residence for obstructing justice, resisting and obstructing a police officer, aggravating fleeing or eluding police and on three Will County warrants.

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arrested at 2:16 p.m. Jan. 16 at 3340 Mall Loop Drive for theft.

Omer S. Farrukh, 20, 456 Raintree Drive, Oswego, was arrested at 10:29 p.m. Jan. 16 at Timberlake and Legacy drives for possession of cannabis.

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Derrick D. Parker, 26, 126 Iowa Ave., was arrested at 11:03 a.m. Jan. 16 at Marion Street and Eastern Avenue for theft, resisting or obstructing a police officer, possession of cannabis, delivery of cannabis, fleeing or attempting to elude police and leaving the scene of an accident.

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Susana Rosas, 32, 1407 Freedom Blvd., was arrested at 10:25 p.m. Jan. 16 at Ohio and Collins streets for possession of cannabis.

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Mark J. Verzak, 33, 1108 Wilcox St., was arrested at 8:20 p.m. Jan. 16 at Black and Essington roads for possession of drug equipment, aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and endangering the life or health of a child.

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Brian A. Yunker, 26, 500 N. Raynor Ave., was arrested at 3:20 a.m. Jan. 16 at 1109 Nicholson St. for aggravated DUI and DUI with a blood-alcohol content of more than .08.

Joseph R. Fender, 28, 1105 Campbell St., was arrested at 8:06 p.m. Jan. 16 for possession of drug equipment, possession of a controlled substance and a Will County warrant.

Emily E. Pedersen, 20, 15539 Pawnee St., Plainfield, was

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Maria N. Reyes, 26, 951 Copley Lane, was arrested at 3:10 p.m. Jan. 17 at 3468 Longford Drive for leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle.

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Sabrina R. Perez, and Salina D. Perez, both 19, of 1307 Boston Ave., were arrested at 1:58 p.m. Jan. 17 at 3340 Mall Loop Drive for theft.

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Brandi M. Ceci, 31, 2219 W. Jefferson St., was arrested at 1:12 p.m. Jan 17 at 2424 W. Jefferson St. for retail theft.

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Mirian Leon, 26, 412 Buell Ave., was arrested at 3:35 p.m. Jan. 17 at 3340 Mall Loop Drive for retail theft.

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Kenneth S. High, 31, 12 N. Cagwin Ave., was arrested at 9:10 p.m. Jan. 17 at the residence for possession of a controlled substance, possession of cannabis, obstructing a police officer and resisting a police officer.

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Miguel Aarios-Cruces, 27, 811 First Ave., was arrested at 9:12 p.m. at Cass and Joliet streets for possession of cannabis.

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Armando Jacobo-Nunez, 40, 664 Henderson Ave., was arrested at 1:23 a.m. Jan. 17 at 809 E. Benton St. for DUI and aggravated DUI.

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Willie R. Waddell, 26, 200 Sherman St., and Trevon M. Terry, 21, of Louisville, Ky., were arrested at 9:36 p.m. Jan. 18 on Chicago Street and Interstate 80 for aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a gang member and possession of ammunition without a firearm owner’s identification card. Terry also was arrested for criminal trespass to motor vehicle and criminal damage to property.

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Tonya M. Mitchell, 44, 652 E. Washington St., was arrested at 4:52 a.m. Jan. 18 at 312 Richards St. for theft of services.

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Sarah M. Doyle, 36, 1901 Elgin Ave., and Dawn M. Porter, 36, 129 Hobbs St., were arrested at 2:52 p.m. Jan. 18 at 2524 W. Jefferson St. for retail theft.

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Brandon S. Labarge, 33, 1531 Pioneer Road, Crest Hill, was arrested at 5:03 p.m. Jan. 18 at Caton Farm and Frontage roads for possession of cannabis and possession of drug equipment.

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Robert W. Meyer Jr., 22, 667 Orr St., Rockdale, was arrested at 2:36 a.m. Jan. 18 at Black Road and Interstate 55 for possession of drug equipment and cannabis.

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Kevon D. Washington, 18, 214 Granite St., was arrested at

4 p.m. Jan. 19 at 1009 Sherman St. for possession of a firearm by a street gang member, possession of a firearm without a firearm owner’s identification card and possession of ammunition without a firearm owner’s identification card.

Larry W. Hinton Jr. 30, 604 Second Ave., was arrested at 8:05 p.m. Jan. 19 at 5 Hunter Ave. for aggravated DUI.

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Gerardo Aguado, 23, 911 E. Washington St., was arrested at 2:36 a.m. Jan. 19 at Henderson Street and Elwood Avenue for possession of cannabis and possession of drug equipment.

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Ricardo Guerrero, 18, 3101 Heritage Drive, was arrested at 4:09 p.m. Jan. 20 at 108 Robert Court for possession of cannabis.

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Daniel E. Scoggins, 22, 206 Dwight Ave., was arrested at 4:09 p.m. Jan. 20 at 2524 W. Jefferson St. for theft.

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Donald W. Sapp, 37, 204 N. 129th Infantry Drive, was arrested at 10:26 p.m. Jan. 20 at 129th Infantry Drive and Campbell Street for DUI.

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Joliet Councilman Jim McFarland on Jan. 23 called for a special council meeting next week to find out why Rialto officials turned down a donor who wanted to pay for a new marquee.

But shortly after, the chairman of the board that oversees the Rialto sent a letter explaining exactly why another donor pulled funds for a new marquee, this time even before they got them.

“News broke today that has refocused the city’s attention back onto the Rialto Square Theater and the heated debate surrounding its historic marquee,” McFarland wrote in a press release. “In a letter addressed to Jim Smith and Randy Green, Chairman of the WCMEAA and Director of the Rialto Theater respectively, Jay Bergman, a lifelong Joliet resident and businessman, alleges that an offer to donate $350,000 to the cover the cost of renovating the marquee was rejected.

“I spoke to Mr. Bergman and do not understand why his unrestricted offer was declined. I would like the Rialto

board to please explain their reasoning to the public. The community cares deeply about this issue and deserves transparency.

“The donation offer by Mr. Bergman came on the heels of a public withdrawal of donation funds by Ed Czerkies after controversy erupted over the design and memorial panels of the new marquee. Bergman made the offer of $350,000 to make up for the loss of these funds and help resolve the conflict, according to his letter.

“This is the exactly what everyone has been hoping for to resolve the sign issue, but for some reason the Rialto has chosen to turn down the offer. I want to know why.”

Responding to an email from The Bugle asking McFarland why he didn’t ask Rialto officials directly instead of calling for a special meeting, he responded, “See if you can get a response. Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. is (the) meeting,” referring to the special meeting for which he called.

Not long after, The Bugle received a copy of a letter from Jim Smith, chairman of the Will County Metropolitan and Auditorium Authority; Tricia Simpson, president of the Rialto Square Theatre Foundation; and Rialto General Manager Randy Green explaining exactly what happened.

And that they did not turn down Bergman’s offer.

They said Smith and Green met Jan.

“I spoke to Mr. Bergman and do not understand why his unrestricted offer was declined. I would like the Rialto board to please explain their reasoning to the public. The community cares deeply about this issue and deserves transparency.”

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“Mr. Bergman was insistent this transaction occur quickly and with little time for the community to react,” read the letter, which went on to say members of the Rialto board and the foundation met Jan. 21 to discuss the offer and the stipulations.

“The leadership of both boards could not in good conscience accept his gift knowing that there needed to be a transparent process,” the letter said.

“At no time was his gift rejected. …

“We asked Mr. Bergman if we could revisit his interest in funding a new marquee following the review process of the marquee design. Mr. Bergman said, ‘You can present me with the final marquee design, but it is unlikely I will make a gift.’

“We are indeed saddened that we could not accept his gift with his terms.”

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JTHS competes in culinary contest Students will have signature sandwiches on the menu at the Chicagoland Speedway By jeanna millsap

For the Bugle-sentinel

sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @ShorewoodNews

Photos by Jeanne Millsap

Darien Davis and Daron Williams made a waffle breakfast sandwich with cinnamon syrup for the contest

By this summer, two teams of Joliet Township High School students will have signature sandwiches on the menu at the Chicagoland Speedway – one sandwich from culinary students

at Joliet Central High School and another from Joliet West.

Two competitions were held last week at the schools to narrow the sandwiches down to two per school, and the winning sandwiches will be chosen at a fundraiser held on March 26.

Joliet West High School Culinary 2 juniors and seniors had their entries judged on Jan. 20. Beatriz Melo, a junior, and Horacio Angeles, a senior, named their creation, “West Turkeyrific.”

It featured garlic bread, bacon, ham, turkey, and mozzarella and American cheeses, all brought together with a sauce made of tomatoes, mustard, salt and black pepper.

“It’s something new that’s maybe not out there,” Beatriz said.

“Horacio said he came up with the idea for the sandwich after making it one night at Beggar’s Pizza, where he works.

“Sometimes if we have free time,” he said, “we get to make our own stuff.”

Daniella Casillas and Stephanie Castillo, both juniors, bypassed the savory side to go with a dessert sandwich, The Queen B, which consisted of grilled pound cake, strawberries and whipped cream with a strawberry-lemon sauce.

“We like desserts,” Daniella said. “We always make desserts, and we wanted to do a dessert sandwich.”

The team thought about ice cream sandwiches, but figured they wouldn’t hold up in the heat of the Speedway races. This is the first year the Chicagoland Speedway has asked area high school students to contribute to its concessions. Speedway President Scott Paddock said for the past four years, the speedway has been happy to partner with JTHS schools in other ways, such as making park benches with racing themes, making grandstand banners and social media projects.

“This is the most creative example of that yet,” Paddock said.

Paddock said the sandwiches he tried at both schools were “phenomenal” and that he had trouble choosing his favorites.

Throughout the process of the students’ culinary projects this year, Speedway representatives met with the students to answer questions and let them know what they were looking for in a

“They are getting real life experience in the culinary field creating these,” Walton said.

“They had a lot of choices, and they have ownership of it.” sandwich.

Speedway spokesperson Pat Kenny said the students were given a guide list of what the judges would be looking for in a sandwich, such as flavor, creativity, presentation, ingredients, cost and ability to mass produce.

Kenny said the judges would be considering how the sandwiches would fit in with the Speedway’s current menu selection, as well.

There’s a wide range of food items the venue currently offers, he said, from hot dogs to sushi.

Joliet West culinary arts teacher Adreinne Walton said her students were excited to be a part of the competition. The students always compete in contests within their own classroom, she said, such as a pasta salad contest, a soup contest and a cup cake contest, but this is the first time they have made dishes to be judged and considered for outside sales.

“They are getting real life experience in the culinary field creating these,” Walton said. “They had a lot of choices, and they have ownership of it.”

A lot went into the students’ planning, she said, including the costs of the food and the time and ease of preparation, presentation, and, of course, taste.

Sandwiches the teams created were named, Chicken ala Grrrrr, Tiger BCT, Buffalo Tiger Chicken Sandwich, Mighty Tiger Stripe, Flamin’ Chicken, Tiger FUNchicken, ROARing Buffalo Chicken.

Seniors Darien Davis and Daron Williams were the only team that offered a breakfast sandwich, made of breakfast foods folded inside a waffle with a dipping side of cinnamon syrup.

Quentin Norton and Nolan Edwards had a Blazin’ Buffalo BLT, with bacon, tomato, and lettuce with a butter buffalo sauce on ciabatta bread. Quentin works at Truth, a restaurant in Joliet, and wants to become a chef someday.

“When you cook something good,” he said, “you can look at their faces and see if it’s good.”

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Large crowd mourns slain clerk outside store Mohammad Eid remembered as generous friend to the neighborhood

By Stewart Warren staff reporter

swarren@buglenewspapers.com @stewartwarren

Mohammad Eid was like a brother to Cleodoa Miers.

They got to be friends because of the Gardner Food Mart, 1000 Gardner St., on Joliet’s southeast side. The store is just across the street from Nowell Park.

Eid, 24, was the popular young guy who ran the convenience store for his father. Miers, 58, who lived on nearby Colburn Avenue, stopped by every day. Over time, they got to know each other well.

“I bought all my smokes here, played all my lottery,” said Miers, who won a $1 million prize on an instant ticket purchased there in June 2012. On Monday, Miers got home around 2:45 p.m., and less than an hour later, his phone rang. It was a friend, and the news was bad. There had just been an armed robbery at the Gardner Food Mart. Eid had been shot. Miers immediately went to the store. “I just seen a lot of police cars, and they said he got shot in the side,” he said. “I knew the odds weren’t good.”

He was right. Eid had pulled a gun from under the counter and exchanged fire with one of the two robbers. Eid died at the store, and Troy A. Norris, 24, of Joliet, died later at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center.

Friends had taken Norris to the hospital, helped him out of the car, to the doorway and then left, said Joliet Police Chief Brian Benton.

Now police are hunting for the second suspect, a black man who is described as being thin and between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet tall, Benton said Tuesday night.

The other robber wore dark jeans, a white or cream-colored hooded sweatshirt and had something covering his face during the hold up, Benton said.

Now police are trying to find the second suspect. The friends who drove Norris to the hospital have been identified, questioned and aren’t involved, Benton said. Joliet police have executed several search warrants, checking vehicles and residences. They have interviewed witnesses and people who saw Norris earlier on Monday.

PHOTOS BY John Patsch

(1) Georgann Gonzales, Ann Gonzalez, and Tim Smith hold candles at a vigil for Mohammad Eid at the Gardner Food Mart where he was murdered. People came and went Tuesday leaving flowere and signing cards for Eid’s family. (2) Megan Cooper pauses after leaving flowers at a memorial for Mohammad Eid at the Gardner food Mart. Cooper said that Eid was a great guy that chould make you happy with his smile. Eid was murdered Monday afternoon. (3) De’Aijia Washongton signs a card for Mohammad Eid at the Gardner Food Mart where Eid was murdered Monday afternoon.

“My grandkids would come here and buy candy, and he would give them extra candy,” said Patricia Adams, 61, who lives on Gardner Street just a few doors south of the store. “I’d come to the store and he’d say, ‘Hi, mom, what do you need?””

Police are also taking another look at similar crimes that happened recently in Joliet to see if the same pair of robbers might be involved.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Miers was one of dozens of people who gathered outside in chilly the rain at the Gardner Food Mart to memorialize Eid. They lit candles, said prayers and talked about the lost young man who had been a real friend to the neighborhood. Miers brought a small stuffed animal to add to the shrine growing around the store’s front door.

Everyone seemed to have something nice to say about Eid. “My grandkids would come here and buy candy, and he would give them extra candy,” said Patricia Adams, 61, who lives on Gardner Street just a few doors south of the store. “I’d come to the store and he’d say, ‘Hi, mom, what do you need?””

On Monday afternoon, Adams had taken one of her grandchildren to St. Joe’s for treatment. She saw a group of people in the waiting area, crying. When she thought about it later, she realized they were Eid’s family.

“He didn’t deserve this. He was a nice guy,” Adams said.

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OFF AND ROLLING Local area to be well represented at state finals

by scott tayLor sPorts edItor

staylor@enterprisepublications.com @Taylor_Sports

In the second year of the regional-sectional postseason format, it is safe to say the IHSA’s change has paid off.

The sectional competition has been much improved and that led to some great bowling and tight finishes throughout the state in both individual and team competition.

That included the Plainfield North Sectional Saturday at the Brunswick Zone XL in Romeoville.

With six teams and seven individuals not on those teams

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qualifying for the state meet, it turned into a shootout in the afternoon as the top six teams were within 40 pins of each other.

That is when Minooka took off. The Indians jumped from fifth to first after a 1,097 in game five and finished it off with a 1,069 to take first place going away with a 6,284. Andrew was second with a 6,139.

Lockport also made it back to state for the third straight year after finishing fifth with a 6,075.

Those bowlers will be competing this weekend at the

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Minooka’s Jack russell led the indians to a first-place finish in the sectional.

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•Minooka was paced by senior Jack Russell, who finished ninth with a 1,311. Fellow senior Chris Dombrowski rolled a 1,296, good for 15th.

“It is a relief,” Russell said.

“We came into the season thinking we would go to state because we have been there the past two years. I knew the sectional was going to be harder than ever this year, so competing with these teams feels really good. We stayed positive as a team. Winning this sectional two years in a row shows we have a really good team. It is something special.”

“There’s a bunch of adrenaline and emotion going through us right now,” Dombrowski said.

“We won sectionals and I look forward to going to state. I was just focusing on throwing each ball and in the end we came out on top.”

Kai Devine shot a 1,271, Alex

Guglielmucci shot a 1,264 and Austin Schomig came up big in the afternoon with a 703 after being inserted into the lineup after the break.

“I came in struggling and then figured it out,” Schomig said. “My teammates helped me out. I just had a really good day. It feels really good, it was my first time bowling a varsity tournament. I was really nervous, but after the first few balls I calmed down and really got it. State is going to be a good experience.”

The Indians now head to state, where they have unfinished business after finishing fourth and fifth the past two years.

“We know what is going on and what we have to do to get that state title,” Russell said.

“We have to go down there and keep our heads in the right place and we can get it done.”

“The last couple years we had a really strong team, I just feel like we weren’t all there mentally,” Dombrowski said. “I think we have a stronger team this year. We have our heads in it and we are looking forward to it. We have to keep our

heads up the whole time. We have won a lot of tournaments this year.”

•Mike Pruchnik led the Porters with a 1,303. Brian Baer added a 1,207 and Andy Sims had a 1,192.

“It feels awesome,” Pruchnik said. “It was a little scary towards the end, but at least we’re going there. We’re pretty good in the first half and we’ve been trying to do better in the last three games. We did good in the fourth game again but then the lanes broke down and it got harder but we got it done.”

Like Minooka, the Porters bring a vast amount of experience to state.

“We’re going to do our best to start strong and hopefully that continues,” Pruchnik said. “We have to make smart shots and spare shooting is going to be a big key for us. Almost all of us have experience at state so that will help out a lot.”

•Joliet West’s Josh Pesavento shot a 1,263, while teammate Noah Plunge had a 1,243. Joliet Central’s Jared Sims shot a 1,100.

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Lockport has four wrestlers atop SWSC

By Mark Gregory sports reporter

mark@buglenewspapers.com @Hear_The_Beard

Lockport’s Tyler Johnson does not have many matches under his belt this season, as he didn’t return from a torn ACL until earlier this month.

The only remnant of the injury seems to be the brace on his knee, because there was no rust last weekend at the SouhWest Suburban Conference meet held at Joliet Central.

Johnson won the league title at 195 pounds with a 6-1 win over Joliet West’s Meekah Ben-Israel in the 195 finals and was one of four Porters to win their class. ”It means a lot to be here again,” Johnson said. “I’m feeling pretty good and my knee feels 100 percent, and I’m glad that I have a great trainer to help me through the rough time that I was going through.”

Johnson said the time recovering could help him in the long run by being fresher than the rest.

“I am feeling I will peak at regionals now I am hoping and dominate the weight class,” he said. “Last year at this time I was a little drained. Now, I feel I am fresher than the guys who put tolls on their bodies all year and I could have the upper hand there.”

Johnson wasn’t the only champion, as Abdullah Assaf

(113), Shayne Oster (138) and Trevell Timmons (152) also won.

Despite a 7-1 victory over Sandburg’s Robbie Precin, Assaf knows he has more work to do to reach his ultimate goal of winning state.

“I won it, but it had its ups and downs, Assaf said about the day. “I’m happy that I won, but I have to tune stuff up if I want to win state and honestly, that’s the big goal. Conference was just a minor goal for me. This brings my confidence up. This shows me that I can hang with some of the best in the state and I am not even 100 percent yet.”

Oster won a close, 3-1 match over Lincoln-Way West’s Kyle Ruettiger to win his bracket.

“I knew that it was going to be tough, I wrestled him a long time ago. It was important to get the first takedown and first points,” Oster said. “I’m pretty happy. I still have a little ways to go before state. We wrestle great competition here and this really gets you ready for regional, sectional and state.”

Timmons defeated Sandburg’s John Prieto 5-1 to win, while Eddie Ginnan (160) took second, Dalton Dwyer (106), Sam Fuentes (126) and Chris Murino (220) took third and George Wolfe (145) finished fourth.

Joliet West was paced by BenIsrael at 195.

He said wrestling Johnson can only help him improve.

“I went against him last year and

photo by Mark gregory

Abdullah Assaf (top) won the SWSC title at 113 pounds. He was one of four Lockport champions. he pinned me. This year I tried to work harder because I knew I’d face him sooner or later,” BenIsrael said. “He is big, fast, strong, tough, so I tried to keep my stuff in. It was a good experience. It

makes me a lot better facing a guy like that. You have to want it. I had the chance to take everything I had been working on in practice and try it in the match. They are all tough, but I wrestled them all

earlier in the season.”

The Tigers also got a fourth from Roman Johnson (132), while the Steelmen got fourths from Christian Smith (138) and Malek Harden (160).

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Joliet Central looking to peak as regionals loom

By Mark Gregory sports reporter

mark@buglenewspapers.com @Hear_The_Beard

As the IHSA girls basketball season begins to wrap up, many teams are peaking entering the second trip through their conference season.

Joliet Central is not one of those teams.

That was evident when Central fell 69-31 to Bolingbrook last week.

“One thing about us, these teams are peaking right now and we are not there yet,” said Central coach Brian Reed.

There are several reasons for

that, one being that the Steelmen are still a very young team.

“I will say it again, we are still young,” Reed said. “We have three seniors and the rest juniors. We are going to be up and down. The first time we played Bolingbrook, we hung with them, today they came out and dominated.”

However, their youth is not the only reason the Steelmen have played sloppy as of late.

Reed said it is because they are finally getting to the point when he wanted them all year.

“A lot of our mistakes right now are coming because we decided just a couple games ago that we

want to really start playing and start hustling,” Reed said. “We are making plays, but we are playing at a faster place, which I have been trying to get them to do all year and with that you get more turnovers and you make a lot more mistakes.”

In the game against Bolingbrook, the Raiders threw a full court pressure defense against Central from the tip to the buzzer and that frustrated the Steelmen. When they were able to get the ball up court, many of the players rushed illadvised shots.

“We took some quick shots on offense,” Reed said. “We are

settling. We are taking jump shots when our bigs are open.

We are trying to get more of a team game in there and getting them to gel.”

Reed also said the players need to tune out distractions during the game and focus on the game plan.

“We have to learn to block out a lot of things,” Reed said. “The people in the stands are not at practice with us every day. They don’t know what we work on or how we practice. We have to do what we are taught to do. I am a competitive person and I want to win now as much as anybody, but as a coach, I knew this year

there would be some bumps in the road.”

But, as the season comes to a close and Joliet Central completes its torrid end of the season schedule, which includes conference leader HomewoodFlossmoor twice, Reed said the team can continue to work hard and learn and hopefully peak as the playoffs begin.

“I can’t discredit the effort. I am disappointed about the loss, but the effort is there,” Reed said.

“As long as the effort is there, wins will start coming. We have a couple weeks left in the season and we are hoping to peak at the regional time.”

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Senior leadership key in Joliet West win

By Mark Gregory

sports reporter

mark@buglenewspapers.com @Hear_The_Beard

photo by Mark gregory

Mike Ruwoldt drives to the hoop in Joliet West’s 61-55 win over Lincoln-Way East.

This season, the Joliet West underclassmen have been in the headlines for their impressive play out of the gate.

However, it is the senior leadership behind those young players that coach Nick DiForti credits with the team’s wins.

In fact, last week after a poor performance Monday against Mt. Carmel, DiForti turned the practice Tuesday over to the seniors to run themselves.

“We let our seniors create a practice plan Tuesday,” DiForti said. “We let the seniors run the practice and the seniors were the voices. Today, we really saw it come out in crunch time. With five minutes, 24 seconds on the clock, a timeout was called and you could really hear our seniors step up and guide everyone else.”

That leadership allowed theTigers (9-9, 2-4) to hold off a second half push from Lincoln-Way East and win 61-55 in SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue Division action Friday night.

“We have a lot of sophomores on this team and everyone plays, so we needed the seniors to come out and do what we can do,” said senior Malchom Hill. “In that practice, we worked on leadership, but also execution.”

Hill said he has seen a maturation process from the young players on the roster since the first game of the season.

“It was kind of difficult at first because they came in thinking like sophomores on varsity,” Hill said.

“But not they have matured and they know their roles on the team.

They are talented, I’ll say that.”

For the young players, they

appreciate the senior leaders.

“I think it really picked us up,” said sophomore Trevian Bell.

“Sometimes we have a hard time speaking up, but after that practice, the leaders stepped up and we know now. Like in the game, we have great leadership on the court and coaches don’t have to talk so much. We all get along so well and the chemistry is good and that’s why we play so well together.”

Bell said the sophomores wanted to win over the seniors early on.

“I think it was important to show them that we are a reliable option on the court,” Bell said. “We just try and come out and play our role every night. The seniors are some good guys and they trust us as players and as guys.”

West got off to a fast start, grabbing a 16-7 lead after one quarter and were up 22-9 early in the second quarter.

But as the Tigers missed free throws and layups, East roared back and trailed only 28-25 at halftime.

“These kids work so hard on pressure free throws, pressure layups and rebounding. It might look like we don’t, but these kids work so hard,” DiForti said.

As the Griffins came back, their student section became a factor in the game.

“This was a hostile environment,” DiForti said. “It was the first time that we played in front of a big crowd where there was a student section and Lincoln-Way East was really feeding off of them and rightfully so. We were able to capitalize when we needed to even though three quarters of it was kind of sloppy.”

Bell and fellow sophomore Teyvion Kirk led the team with 14 points each.

Hill tallied 11 points, while senior Tom Carney added seven.

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Hansen’s Villa to close after 45 years of business Business noted for their black tie and mother of the bride selection

By Erin Gallagher

For the bugle-sentinel

sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @BugleNewspapers

After 45 years, Betty Hansen is retiring. Her legendary store, Hansen’s Villa in Manhattan, is set to close.

“We would get customers for 200 miles in a round circle,” Betty said.

Noted for their black tie and mother of the bride selection, Hansen’s has featured many oneof-a-kind items since it opened in 1964. “It takes everybody to do it,” Betty said, crediting the entire team of employees.

Jan Feeney, who has worked there for five years, said that her bosses are the best.

She and Rosemary Ponton, who has worked there for 32 years, agreed that they have loved their years there.

“It’s like losing a good friend, like somebody dies, that’s how I feel,” Ponton said.

Cindy Hansen, Betty’s daughter-in-law, has taken an active role in the business. She said Betty is at the store six days a week. For decades, Betty held style shows the third Wednesday of every month.

“I did it at Earl’s (restaurant in Joliet) for 20 years, and I did it at Al’s (Steakhouse in Joliet) for 20 years,” Betty said. “I did the last one in November.”

Hansen’s Villa is having its retirement sale with everything 75 percent off. While inventory dwindles, clerks work to keep merchandise organized.

Even still, shoppers get excellent service. Exiting a dressing room at Hansen’s is a treat.

No matter what the selections, shoppers hear honest comments from the employees.

If something looks good, the women will praise it. If not, they don’t waste time saying so.

“Customer service is first and foremost,” Cindy said.

For anyone who has not

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After 45 years as an icon in women’s fashion, Betty Hansen (right) is retiring. Jan Feeney (left), an employee for five years, said Hansen’s is the best employer anyone could ask for.

PHOTOS BY ERIN GALLAGHER

Rosemary Ponton has worked at Hansen’s Villa for 32 years. She, like the iconic buggy, have been reliably always in the store.

“It just depends how things go,” Cindy said.

For now, Betty does not have any plans for retirement. She said she is going to “cross that path when I get to it.” experienced the magic of a Hansen’s Villa experience, there is still time – but not much.

Cindy said they have not set a final closing date. It will likely be in the next six weeks, she said.

“It just depends how things go,” Cindy said. For now, Betty does not have any plans for retirement.

She said she is going to “cross that path when I get to it.”

Similarly, they don’t have any plans for the building, which they own.

For now, all they know is that after more than four decades of ready-to-wear for special occasions, Betty is ready to retire.

“Everything has its time,” Cindy said.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY-STATE OF ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-5CB MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-5CB PLAINTIFF VS. ANSELMO GALLARDO, TINA GALLARDO AKA TINA M. GALLARDO, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS DEFENDANTS 14 CH 2599 Property Address: 3509 September Drive Joliet, IL 60431 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to: Unknown Owners, Generally, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that a Complaint for Foreclosure and Other Relief has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain mortgages conveying the premises legally described as follows: LOT 342, IN WEXFORD WEST UNIT 2, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE 3RD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 24, 1997, AS DOCUMENT NO. R97-62354, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 03-35-211-008-0000 COMMON ADDRESS: 3509 September Drive, Joliet, IL 60431 And which mortgages were made by Anselmo Gallardo, Tina Gallardo aka Tina M. Gallardo as Mortgagor(s); and given to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. as Mortgagee, to wit: that certain “Mortgage” dated 1/20/2007 and recorded as Document No. R2007021503, that Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that the said Complaint is now pending for foreclosure of said mortgages and for other relief.

Now, therefore, unless you, Unknown Owners, Generally, and NonRecord Claimants, file your Appearance and Answer to the Complaint in said action in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery Division, on or before the February 13, 2015 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer for relief in said Complaint.

PAMELA J.MCGUIRE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Attorneys for Plaintiff Penny A. Land - 06211093 Zeeshan S. Pervaiz - 6290442 Kluever & Platt, LLC 65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 201-6679 Our File #: SPSF.1944 I639341 Published 1/14/15, 1/21/15, 1/28/15

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February Workforce Services workshops scheduled Participants will learn interviewing techniques, networking skills Workforce Services Division of Will County has scheduled its February workshops for jobseekers.

Participants will learn interviewing techniques at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in Successful Interviewing. Learn how to prepare for a job interview, be confident and make a positive impression.

Attendees may schedule an individual, digitally recorded mock interview after completing the workshop.

Standout Resumes will be offered at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11.

Attendees will learn the basics of creating a competitive resume and may then schedule one-onone resume reviews with WSD staff.

Networking Your Way to a New Job will help job seekers learn how to develop relationships and contacts with relatives, friends and acquaintances that can assist with the job search.

This class also shows how social media fits in with networking for employment.

The workshop will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13.

How to Complete Online Applications will cover the basics of submitting an online application that will help a job

seeker get noticed by a hiring manager. The workshop will be offered at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18.

A LinkedIn Lab will be offered at 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20. Participants should already have a basic LinkedIn account. During the lab, they will review LinkedIn features and best practices for success in finding a job. LinkedIn Lab lasts 90 minutes.

A session on job search skills, Master Your Job Search, will be offered at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25.

All workshops will be held on the fourth floor of the JJC City Center Campus building at 214 N. Ottawa St. and are offered at no cost for Will County residents.

Workshops last about an hour, depending upon class size.

To reserve a seat, call (815) 727-4444 and press “0” or e-mail chellis@willcountyillinois.com.

Career Cafe will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays.

Career Cafe is a networking event designed to connect people looking for work. In addition to sharing tips with other job seekers and learning job search techniques, participants will hear from guest speakers sharing their hiring expertise.

WSD’s computer lab will be

workshops schedule

1. interviewing techniques: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 2. Standout Resumes: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11

3. Networking Your Way to a New Job: 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13

4. How to Complete Online Applications: 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 18 5. LinkedIn Lab: 9 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 20

6. Master Your Job Search: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 7. Career Cafe: 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays

8. WSD’s computer lab:

open at 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays, except Lincoln’s Birthday on Feb. 12, and 2 p.m.

Fridays open at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, except Lincoln’s Birthday on Feb. 12, and 2 p.m. Fridays.

Walk-ins are welcome at computer labs.

For more information about the Workforce Services Division of Will County, go to www.jobs4people. org.

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Padua’s Basilica of St. Anthony is a fascinating mix of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. CREDIT: Rick Steves /Rick Steves’ Europe

Padua home to prestigious university that hosted Galileo, Copernicus, Dante and Petrarch From its student vibe to its early-Renaissance masterpieces, Padua is a great place to get chummy with the winds of the past

All over town, young people apparently without a lot of private space in their apartments - hang out and kiss and cuddle in public spaces. These students seemed very comfortable literally under the medieval tomb of one of their city’s historic fathers.

Since the students can graduate whenever they defend their thesis, I’ve never been here without little graduation parties erupting on the street all day long. Graduates are given a green laurel wreath. Then formal group By rick steves photos are taken. It’s a sweet, tribune content agency multigenerational scene with www.icksteves.com @RickSteves family love and pride busting out all over.

I’m in Padua (just half an hour Then, grandma goes home from Venice, but a world away), and the craziness takes over. and I really like this town. Padua’s Sober clothing is replaced by museums and churches hold their raunchy wear as gangs of own in Italy’s artistic big league; rick steves’ friends gather around the new its hotels are reasonably priced europe grad in the street in front of the and the city doesn’t feel touristy. with rick steves university, and the roast begins.

Nicknamed “The Brain of A giant butcher-paper poster Veneto,” Padua (“Padova” in Italian) is home to a prestigious university with a generally obscene caricature of (founded in 1222) that hosted Galileo, the student - and a litany of “This Is Your Copernicus, Dante and Petrarch. Pilgrims Life” photos and stories - is presented know Padua as the home of the Basilica of to the new grad who, with various St. Anthony, where the reverent assemble embarrassing pranks being pulled, reads to touch his tomb and ogle his remarkably the funny statement out loud. The poster intact lower jaw and tongue. And lovers is then taped to the university wall for all of early-Renaissance art come here to to see (and allowed to stay there for 24 make a pilgrimage of their own: to gaze at hours).

During the roast, the friends sing a the remarkable 14th-century frescoes by catchy but crude local university anthem, Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel.

When I come here, I like to ramble reminding their newly esteemed friend to around Padua’s old town center. It’s keep his or her feet on the ground. Once a colonnaded, time-travel experience I hear this song (which starts like an through some of Italy’s most inviting Olympic games fanfare and finishes like a squares, perfect for lingering over an German cartoon: oom-pah-pah, oom-pah“aperitivo.” But it’s not old-time stodgy - pah) and see all the good-natured fun, I this university town has 60,000 students just can’t stop singing it.

Eventually I stop humming this profane and a wonderfully youthful vibe. No wonder Galileo called his 18 years on the ditty to seek out Padua’s two main sights - the Basilica of St. Anthony and the faculty in Padua the best of his life.

Scrovegni Chapel. Friar Anthony of Padua - patron saint of travelers, amputees, donkeys, pregnant women, barren women, flight attendants, and pig farmers - is buried in the basilica. Construction of this impressive Romanesque/Gothic church (with its Byzantine-style domes) started immediately after Anthony’s death in 1231. As a mark of his universal appeal and importance in the medieval Church, he was sainted within a year of his death.

Speedy. And for nearly 800 years, his remains and this glorious church have attracted pilgrims to Padua.

Gaze past the crowds and through the incense haze to Donatello’s glorious crucifix rising from the altar, and realize that this is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Christendom. In the Chapel of the Reliquaries you’ll see the basilica’s most prized relic - Anthony’s tongue. When Anthony’s remains were exhumed 32 years after his death, his body had decayed to dust, but his tongue was found miraculously unspoiled and red in color. How appropriate for the great preacher who, full of the Spirit, couldn’t stop talking about God. On the opposite side of town is the glorious, renovated Scrovegni Chapel.

It’s wallpapered with Giotto’s beautifully preserved cycle of nearly 40 frescoes depicting the lives of Jesus and Mary.

Painted by Giotto and his assistants from 1303 to 1305 - and considered by many to be the first piece of “modern” art - this work makes it clear: Europe was breaking out of the Middle Ages.

(Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. Email him at rick@ ricksteves.com and follow his blog on Facebook.) (c)2015 RICK STEVES DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.

Hotel Belludi 37 is a slick, stylish place near the Basilica of St. Anthony, renting 16 modern rooms shoehorned into an old building (moderate, www.belludi37.it). The family-run Hotel Majestic Toscanelli rents 34 charming, old-fashioned rooms in the city center (splurge, www. toscanelli.com).

Osteria dei Fabbri offers a good mix of quality and price, serving traditional Venetian and Paduan dishes (Via dei Fabbri 13, tel. 049-650-336). Casa del Pellegrino Ristorante caters to St. Anthony pilgrims with simple, hearty meals, served in a cheery dining room just north of the basilica (Via Cesarotti 21, tel. 049-876-0715).

The town is walkable, but you can also access Padua’s best sights from its tram line (www.apsholding.it).

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