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APRIL 10, 2013

Vol. 5 No. 32

SITTING UN-PRETTY

By Stewart Warren Special to the Bugle

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Officials say big-box developer eyeing closed truck stop property … in a few years NICK REIHER/MANAGING EDITOR

Officials from Joliet and Plainfield hope the site of the closed truck stop at Interstate 55 and U.S. 30 can be developed after a widening project is completed in a few years.

he long-closed Clark Auto and Truck Plaza still stands – at least for now.

About five years ago, a “lifestyle mall” called The Boulevard – a type of shopping center featuring big box-style stores, restaurants and shops among pedestrian-friendly walkways – was planned for the site along U.S. 30 and just west of Interstate 55 in Joliet.

But The Boulevard has yet to be built. So the old truck stop just sits there looking shabby.

Although Joliet City Councilman Larry Hug has fielded complaints about the property, the city of Joliet isn’t insisting the buildings be razed.

That’s because the land could be redeveloped fairly soon, Joliet City Manager Tom Thanas said April 1.The owner would like to keep the existing buildings so they could be used as staging See UN-PRETTY, page 2

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UN-PRETTY Continued from page 1 and storage space during the eventual redevelopment,Thanas explained.

“It has potential for redevelopment opportunities because of its location,”Thanas said.The property is next to a busy interchange and not far from the Louis Joliet Mall, a thriving shopping center with almost 100 percent occupancy.

Although half of the parcel is in Joliet and the other half is in Plainfield, the truck stop’s buildings are on the city’s side of the line.

The village of Plainfield also has gotten complaints, Mayor Mike Collins said April 2.The windows are boarded and parts of the roof have been stripped from the building.“It’s unsightly,” he said.“And (that area) is like an entrance way to the village.”

IDOT officials recently visited a Plainfield Village Board meeting and discussed the reconstruction.They said the work would start either this year or next, Collins said.

But once it begins, there will be some stops and starts.

Construction work won’t be done on the stretch of U.S. 30 along the Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve during the months of April through August, Collins said.The state does not want to disturb the great egrets, great blue herons, doublecrested cormorants and other birds during their nesting season.

However those months are the height of the road construction season, Collins noted.

On April 2, Plainfield Village Planner Michael Garrigan said the owner of the property has received some interest from developers of truck stops.

But he said the owner isn’t interested in another truck stop at that site,“and frankly, the village isn’t interested, either.”

He said the developer of a well-known, big-box chain is looking at the site. If that developer decided to build there, it’s likely the outlots would fall into place.

Thanas mentioned the property while discussing proposed improvements to U.S. 30 during the Joliet City Council’s pre-council meeting.

The Illinois Department of Transportation is in the process of finalizing plans to widen the state route between Interstate

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Widening work on U.S. 30 from Interstate 55 to Illinois 59 is expected to begin either late this year or early next and take about a year and a half to complete. Officials from Joliet and Plainfield hope that will spur commercial development at the closed truck stop property at I-55 and U.S. 30.

55 and Illinois 59.The road would become two lanes in each direction with a median from I-55 to Renwick Road.

Then it would be one lane in each direction with a median from Renwick Road to Illinois 59.The state has asked the city

to provide $37,550 to help pay for traffic signals, sidewalks and a shared use path.

Meanwhile, the closed truck stop will stay despite its unsightly appearance.

But that could change if the redevelopment doesn’t happen

sometime soon,Thanas said. If several years pass and nothing happens, the city is likely to push for demolition of the buildings, he said.

Managing Editor Nick Reiher contributed to this article.

Paying the piper

By Nick Reiher Managing Editor

A handful of Will County Board members got an eyeful last week when they toured several dilapidating Sheriff’s Department facilities.

On April 2, some of the same board members got an earful when they learned it could take upwards of $65 million to build a campus at the Laraway Road site that would include space for the coroner and the county’s Emergency Management Agency.

Board Member Tom Weigel, R-New Lenox, said something needed to be done, especially with the current Laraway Road facilities. He and several other board members mentioned using all or a portion of the county’s RTA tax revenues toward the renovations.

Republican Caucus Chair Jim Moustis, R-Frankfort Township,

reminded them the board already has gone on record as opposing the use of RTA funds for anything but roads.

County Finance Director Paul Rafac said that using the RTA funds not only would short change necessary road renovations in the county, but would amount to only about a third of the funds necessary to pay the bill for the campus plan.

However, Rafac said, should the county board again consider implementing a Public Safety Tax, even a one-half percent sales tax such as that could raise $33 million. Board Member Bob Howard, D-Beecher, agreed with that concept.

Moustis and Will County Undersheriff Marty Nowak told the newer county board members the Public Safety Tax was not a new idea, but like any other tax, board members have been reluctant to pull the trigger.

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Cost of replacing dilapidating sheriff’s department facilities could be $65 million

Nowak said Sheriff Paul Kaupas made a big push for the tax when he first came in 10 years ago, but it went nowhere.

Rafac noted the county has saved county taxpayers some $23 million in the past few years by holding the line on taxes. But he said that, in part, has led to ignoring county buildings such as the Laraway facility and the Eagle Building, headquarters of the Sheriff’s investigative unit.

Finding the money within the county now is unlikely, he said, given the county’s financial liabilities for retirees.“We are not going to be able to cut our way out of this,” he said.

Water not included The $65 million doesn’t include sewer and water line work around the Laraway Road site that would be done with the city of Joliet. That is expected to be bid out in a couple months,

Rafac said, and when completed, should at least address the sewage odors at the Laraway facility.

Nothing can be done at the Laraway site until that sewer and water work is completed, Rafac added.

Meanwhile, board members agreed they needed to have at least one, and maybe several, workshops to discuss the parameters of a comprehensive building plan and what the county can afford.

During a March 26 tour, County Board Speaker Herb Brooks had a strong reaction after viewing the Laraway site.

At an earlier presentation, consultant Dennis Kimme, whose company worked on the county jail and its expansion, didn’t hold back when talking about the Laraway facility: “I’ve been involved with criminal justice facilities for

40 years, and this is the worst situation I have seen,” Kimme said.

Other departments could move to the new complex on Laraway as well, Kimme said.

The Coroner’s Office, now downtown, could be on the same site as the morgue, which now shares space with a Highway Department building on Caton Farm Road.

That causes additional problems, he said, such as bad odors leaching from the morgue to the Highway Department and sheriff’s substation, and bodies having to be loaded and unloaded in the Highway Department garage instead of a more private area.

The Laraway site could also be the new home of the Will County Emergency Management Agency, which would free up room in the County Building downtown, he said.

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Downtown parking deck delayed More Cat workers file charges against union

By Stewart Warren For the Bugle

It sounds like a new parking deck won’t be built in downtown Joliet this year.

But it might go up next year.

Joliet City Manager Tom Thanas told the members of the city council April 1 he would recommend the delay.

He’s concerned about an issue involving state funding that’s actually unrelated to the project. If gaming expands just to the east of Joliet, he added, that could hurt the city’s revenues.

The matter was not listed on the agenda for the pre-council or city council meeting, and no official action was taken on the issue this week. Thanas mentioned it during a discussion about other parking-related issues in downtown Joliet.

The five-story garage is part of the proposed design of the new downtown transportation

center at Union Station. It is planned for an empty lot that’s across the street from Silver Cross Field and at Jefferson and Michigan streets. When it is built, drivers who pay $5 a day to park there will be able to walk from the garage into the train station.

The city plans to sell bonds to finance the $10 million deck, and proceeds from the parking fees will be used to repay the debt, Thanas explained.

“Our hope was to build it this year. We think it is wiser to build it next year,” Thanas said.

He wants the council members to have a clearer picture of their finances before starting construction, he said after the meeting. The state is poised to make some gamingrelated decisions by the end of the legislative session in late May. “The gaming bill would impact future budgets,” Thanas said.

A new casino could be built

in nearby Cook County and not far from Interstate 80, perhaps in Ford Heights, Country Club Hills, Lynwood or Hazel Crest, for example. The state also could decide to allow slot machines at horse racing tracks such as Balmoral Park in Crete.

If those changes are made, Joliet could see a drop in its gaming revenues.

Because the deck has been delayed, the city will add an elevator to the east side of the Metra platform. It will help move commuters into Union Station, Thanas said.

The council members also voted Monday to award a contract to finish a parking lot at 55 E. Marion St., a site that serves commuters using Union Station. The 400-space lot should be open in the next 60 to 90 days and will feature more surveillance cameras and other security features. Drivers will be able to park there for $1 a day.

In the wake of last summer’s Machinists union boss-instigated strike against Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), 24 more Caterpillar workers have filed federal charges against a local Machinists union for violating their rights and levying retaliatory strike fines against them after they continued to work during the strike.

With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, the 24 workers filed their charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional office in Chicago.

Foundation attorneys anticipate more charges will be filed for other Caterpillar workers at the facility.

On May 1, 2012, International Association of Machinists (IAM) District Lodge 851 union bosses ordered all of the over 800 Rockdale Caterpillar workers on strike. The 24 workers were among the more than 100 workers who worked despite the IAM union boss demands.

Under federal law, workers who are not voluntary union members are exempt from the union hierarchy’s constitution and bylaws and thus cannot

be disciplined for continuing to work during a union bossordered strike.

However, IAM Local 851 union bosses recently levied fines totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars against the workers for continuing to work during the strike.

Some of the workers allege that they were never truly voluntary union members because IAM Lodge 851 union officials never informed them of their right to refrain from union membership. Some workers resigned union membership before returning to work and others have additional defenses to the union officials’ outrageous demands of retaliatory strike fines.

Some of the workers allege that union officials (including the union’s president) even gave them implicit permission that it was acceptable to go back to work to continue to support their families.

“IAM union bosses are trying to intimidate and punish workers who had the temerity not to toe the union boss line,” said Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Foundation. “Workers should never be forced to abandon their jobs and be denied their right to provide for themselves and their families at the whim of militant union bosses.”

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses.

The Foundation can be contacted at 800-336-3600.

Calendar APRIL 12 Skaters featured in Night at the Oscars. Come join Provena St. Joseph Inwood Athletic Club Skate School skaters for “A Night at the Oscars!” Prepare to be dazzled by performances from skaters ages 3-18, at the Inwood Ice Arena, 3000 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. The show will feature 119 local skaters performing to songs from Academy Award winning movies. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday, April 12, and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 13. On April 12 and 13, tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children ages 3-12 and seniors 62 years and older. Save $1 per ticket if you purchase tickets before April 12.

Children under 3 are always free.

For more information, contact Deanna Tully or Erin Moncek at 815-741-7275, ext. 305.

APRIL 15 The Roads That Lead to Lincoln — Honest Abe on the Highway. This program centers on the effect that President Abraham Lincoln has had on the culture of Illinois.The presentation also delves into the historic places along Route 66 that Lincoln inspired and the monuments that preserve his legacy. The program is part of a three-part series being presented

by David Clark, the Windy City Road Warrior. The Gaylord Building, 200 W. Eighth St., Lockport. For more information, call the White Oak Library at 815-886-2030

APRIL 18 The Joliet Township Athletic Boosters will host its ninth annual Night of Champions at 5:30 p.m. at the Local 176 IBEW Banquet Facilities, 1100 Northeast Frontage Road, Joliet. The 2013 Night of Champion honorees include the 1970 Joliet Central Basketball Team; JT Athletes Andy Tomala, Chris Crowther and Eric Parker; the Steelmen of the Year, Ed Lewandowski; and the Tiger of the Year, Dr. Cheryl McCarthy. Tickets for the Night of Champions are $40 a person.

For more information, call Glen Marcum, 815-723-6362 (Day) or 815-741-1229 (Evening).

APRIL 20 First United Methodist Church of Lockport Free Movie Night. First United Methodist Church of Lockport will host a free Movie Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, with the showing of “Rise of the Guardians.” The free evening

includes candy and popcorn. For more information, see the church website at www.1umclockport. org or call the church office at 815-838-1017 between 9 a. m. and noon weekdays. The church is located at 1000 S. Washington St., Lockport.

‘Lights! Camera! Auction!’ fundraiser.

Regional CARE Association will host its annual spring fundraiser,Lights! Camera!

Auction! Saturday, April 20, at Lewis University in Romeoville.

A benefit performance of The Beaux’ Stratagem will be given by the Philip Lynch Theatre and a complimentary dessert bar will be available. Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. with the performance starting at 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be reserved on-line or by calling the agency. A silent auction will be the main focus of the event with offerings including restaurant and hotel certificates, professional sporting event and theatre tickets, golf passes, gift baskets appealing to outdoor enthusiasts, children, and those looking to pamper themselves, and a Chicago Blackhawks team-autographed hockey stick.

Donations for the silent auction are still being accepted and can be mailed directly to the agency or a pickup arranged.

All proceeds benefit Regional CARE Association, a Joliet-based non-profit service organization serving over 250 people living with HIV/AIDS with medical, mental health, and substance abuse counseling and also offering free anonymous testing and prevention education and materials. For more information, call Regional CARE at 815-7227000, or visit www.regionalcare. org.

game. The team price includes lunch at the turn, as well as food and beverages following golf.

Gift certificates for the golf shop will be issued to flight winners.

Long drive and closest to the pin contests are also included in the cost. Entry deadline is Thursday, April 18. This event is limited to 27 teams.Call Brian 815-741-7265 or e-mail blegan@jolietpark.org for more information.

APRIL 22 Joliet Area Community Hospice will hold its Annual Dinner/ 30th Anniversary Celebration Monday, April 22, at 176 West, 1100 N. E. Frontage Road, Joliet. The event will highlight Joliet Area Community Hospice’s events during the last year, as well as recognition of their achievements over the last 30 years. The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with a cash bar followed by dinner at 6 p.m. A silent auction and raffle featuring hotel and airfare to Las Vegas, Disney World tickets, a condo in Florida, an iPad, a Kindle, Authentic Autographed Jay Cutler Helmet and many other great prizes. Tickets are $50 per person. Reservations can be made by calling Jodi Wulff at 815 531-3553 or emailing her at jwulff@joliethospice.org.

ONGOING CHILDREN

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Lapsit (Birth-24 months).

9:15, 10:15 and 11:15 a.m.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday, 10:15 and 11:15 a.m.

Saturdays, Joliet Public Library, Black Road Branch, 3395 Black Road. Caregivers and babies will enjoy playing games, singing songs, reading stories and chasing bubbles. This is a great first playgroup for children and a great opportunity to meet other caregivers 815-846-6500

Sign up for the Spring Scramble at Inwood Golf Course, 3200 W. Jefferson St. This event will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.

The cost is $220 per team and includes greens fees and cart rental. Additionally, there will be an optional $40 per team skin

Curious Little Monkeys Play Group (Birth to 36 months). 10:15 to 11 a.m.

Thursday, Joliet Public Library, 150 N. Ottawa St. This parentchild play experience combines elements of traditional lapsit with an additional half hour of theme-

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related free play experiences. Thursdays, and 6:30 p.m.Tuesdays 815-740-2660 (Spanish language storytime), Joliet Public Library, 150 N. Ottawa Toddler Time (Ages 18 St. Storytime is a chance for months to 3 years). 9:30, children to explore the world of 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Mondays books through stories, songs and and 9:45, 10:45 and 11:45 a.m. crafts. Each week begins with a Wednesdays, Joliet Public Library, special visit by our puppet mascot Black Road Branch, 3395 Black Jamberry Bear, and finishes with Road.; 9:45 a.m. Thursdays, Joliet each child marching and playing Public Library, 150 N. Ottawa St. an instrument in the library s very Toddler time is a story program own storytime parade. 815-846for children who are too big for 6500/815-740-2660 lapsit and are not yet ready for the structure of storytime. Your child Monday Fun Day. 9:15 will enjoy stories, games, songs, a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mondays, movement activities and a simple Dellwood Park, 1911 Lawrence craft. 815-846-6500/815-740-2660 Ave., Lockport. Children enjoy playing, learning and socializing Monday Fun Day. 9:15 with music, games and crafts. a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mondays, Fee: $91 Lockport Township Dellwood Park, 1911 Lawrence Park District resident/$101 nonAve., Lockport. Children enjoy resident. For more info., visit playing, learning and socializing www.lockportpark.org or call with music, games and crafts. 815-838-3621, ext. 0.

Fee: $91 Lockport Township Park District resident/$101 non- Fun with Friends. 9:15 to resident. For more info., visit 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays, Dellwood www.lockportpark.org or call Park, 1911 Lawrence Ave., 815-838-3621, ext. 0.

Lockport. Classes help your child develop social skills Preschool Storytime (ages 3 while learning numbers, colors, to 5). 1 p.m. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. shapes and more. Fee: $61 Tuesdays,Joliet Public Library,Black Lockport Township Park District Road Branch, 3395 Black Road; resident/$71 non-resident.

10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesdays, For more info., visit www.

10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 9:30, lockportpark.org or call 81510:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. 838-3621, ext. 0.

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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.

Anthony W. Lukas, 22, 611 E. Cass St., was arrested at 8:42 p.m. March 29 at Jefferson and Stryker for Liquor on a Public Way. Brian M. Hurting, 36, 3220 Sauk Drive, New Lenox, was arrested at 11:50 p.m. March 29 at Chicago and Cass for Battery.

Victor T. Womack, 20, 321 Rev. Walton Drive, Lockport, was arrested at 10:32 p.m. March 29 at 500 S. Eastern for Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Kendrick D. Simpson, 31, 602 Mohawk, was arrested at 11:43 p.m. March 29 at Briggs and Washington for Unlawful Use of a Weapon.

Christopher J. Crosby, 22, 105 Bowen Place, was arrested at 8:32 p.m.March 29 in the 500 block of South Eastern for Possession of Cannabis.

Bashard Broughton, 33, 1206 S. State, Champaign, was arrested at 11:42 p.m. March 29 at Jefferson and William for DUI – Alcohol and DUI: B.A.C. over .08.

Jorge Rosas Jr., 34, 105 Baker Ave., was arrested at 2:57 a.m. March 29 at 300 E. Jefferson for DUI – Alcohol.

Fidez Nunez, 26, 1203 Broadway, was arrested at 10:15 a.m. March 30 at 201 Webster for Giving False Information to Police.

Sandra A. Brezinski, 56, 400 N. Bluff, was arrested at 3:35 p.m. March 30 at 2424 W. Jefferson St. for Retail Theft.

A 15-year-old was arrested at 12:15 p.m. March 30 at 50 E. Jefferson for Domestic Battery and Criminal Damage to Property.

E. Cavins, 53, 2109 10 Barry Plainfield Road, Crest Hill, was arrested at 2:03 p.m.March 30 at 3340 Mall Loop Drive for RetailTheft.

V. Nguyen, 20, 1014 11 Huy Bayhill Lane, Shorewood, was arrested at 6:56 p.m. March 30 for Retail Theft.

14-year-old was arrested at 12 A11:30 p.m. March 30 at 2nd and Richards for Domestic Battery.

E. Dobson, 22, 1514 13 Candice Nicholson, was arrested at 2:30 a.m.March 30 at Essington and Fiday for Possession of Cannabis.

A. Matakiewicz, 14 Melissa 41, 4507 Fieldcrest Court, Plainfield, was arrested at 2:42 p.m.

March 30 at Bronk and Caton Farm on a Vicious Dog complaint.

M. Butera, 2218 15 Charles Stonehaven Drive, Plainfield,

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was arrested at 1:21 a.m. March 30 at that address for Domestic Battery.

Puga, 24, 611 E. Cass, 16 Lorenzo and Anthony B. Pleasant, 25, 1405 Brown Ave., were arrested at 12:20 a.m. March 30 at 339 Center for Burglary and Criminal Damage to Property.

K. Dinardo, 47, 318 17 Maria Illinois St., was arrested at 8:54 p.m. March 30 at Raynor and Jefferson for Liquor on a Public Way. Juan A. Martinez, 34, 650 Landau Ave., was arrested at 2:11 a.m.

March 30 at that address for violating an Order of Protection.

S. McPhail, 29, 25259 18 Michael Shannon Drive, Manhattan, was arrested at 1:20 a.m. March 30 at Jefferson and Richards for DUI – Alcohol and Aggravated DUI. A. Lara, 34, 658 N. 19 Miguel Broadway, was arrested at 3:18 a.m. March 30 at that address for Domestic Battery.

L. Ervin, 27, 270 SE 20 DaVaughn Frontage Road, was arrested at 4:32 a.m.March 30 at that address for aggravated Domestic Battery and Interfering W/Reporting D.V. L. Orsi, 38, 225 21 Alicia Charleston Drive, New Lenox, was arrested at 2:14 a.m.

March 30 at 777 Hollywood for Criminal Trespass to Real Property and Resisting a Police Officer.

L. Bradley, 20, 9037 W. 22 Dana 91st Place, Hickory Hills, and Cody J. Jones, 18, 350 E.Washington St., were arrested at 7:33 p.m.

March 31 at 258 E. Cass St. for Retail Theft.

Juan M. Rojas, 32, 1312 Elizabeth, was arrested at 12:30 a.m. March 31 at Dellmar and Larkin for Aggravated DUI. B. Thigpen, 20, 1816 24 Henry Lobelia Lane, Plainfield, was arrested at 12:20 a.m. March 31 at Olde Mill and Vermette for Possession of Cannabis.

B. Hagger, 48, 111 25 Bryant S. Joliet, was arrested at 2:06 a.m. March 31 at 1806 W. McDonough for Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver.

P. Buchar, 35, 1066 26 William N. 129th Infantry Drive, was arrested at 7:41 p.m. April 1 at 1308 Pleasant Knoll for Domestic Battery.

L. Maness, 41, 339 S. 27 Brian Reed, was arrested at 8:20 a.m. April 1 at 150 W. Washington for Retail Theft.

D. Weddington, 20, 28 Devonte 2132 Luther, Lockport, was arrested at 6:39 p.m. April 1 in the 1100 block of Arthur for Liquor on Public Way and Obstructing Identification.

M., Garza, 43, 674 29 Deanna N. Broadway, was arrested at 9:35 p.m. April 1 at 2001 W. Jefferson for possession of a Controlled Substance.

J. Pileggi, 49, 13308 30 Joseph Red Coat Drive, Lemont, was arrested at 3:38 a.m. April 1 at 777 Hollywood for Battery.

L.J. Hamilton, 22, 407 31 Lardell 4th Ave., was arrested at 11:47 p.m.April 2 at DesPlaines and McDonough for Criminal Trespass

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Cardenas-Herrera, 19, 32 Jesse 2206 Beechwood Road, was arrested at 3:20 p.m.April 2 at 3551 Mall Loop Drive for two counts of Possession of Cannabis W/ Intent to Deliver. Jose M. Contreras, 20, 2102 Wesmere Lakes Drive, Plainfield, was arrested for Possession of Cannabis.

Neal, 26, 929 Lois 33 Howard Place, was arrested at 1:25 p.m. April 2 at that address for Obstructing Justice.

Hogue Iii, 22, 1001 34 Clarence Lois Place, was arrested at 11:45 a.m.April 2 at 107 Clinton for Domestic Battery and Telephone Threat.

D. Smith, 19, 412 Park 35 Kevin Drive, was arrested at 1:40 p.m. April 2 at that address for Criminal Damage to Property.

J. Deloach, 18, 36 Nakouisha 337 N. Center, was arrested at 7:55 p.m.April 2 at Chicago and McDonough for Battery.

Esparza, 18, 118 37 Martin Pleasant, was arrested at 10:25 p.m. April 2 at that address for Possession of a Controlled Substance.

T. Johnson, 26, 414 38 Malcolm Western, was arrested at 8:22 a.m.April 2 at that address for Resisting/Obstructing a P.O. and on a Will County Warrant and for Domestic Battery.

N. Mills, 18, 1420 39 Malikha Fairmount Ave., was arrested at 9:31 p.m. April 2 at 1200 Luther for Aggravated Assault.

Arthur J. Wimberly, 46, 606 Jerome Ave., was arrested at 1:08 a.m. April 2 at 321 E. Cass St. for Domestic Battery.

H.Hernandez,31,2015 41 Victor Tamarack Drive, was arrested at 11:57 a.m. April 2 at 7196 W. Caton Farm Road for Domestic Battery.

R. Woods, 19, 227 42 Terrel Illinois, was arrested at 7:50 p.m. April 3 in the 100 block of South Raynor for Possession of a Controlled Substance.

T. Parker, 19, 510 43 Jericho Sherman St., was arrested at 4:36 p.m.April 3 in the 500 block of Sherman for Disorderly Conduct.

D. Habler, 32, 101 Elm, 44 Tony Hillside, was arrested at 8:10 p.m. April 3 at 316 N. Bluff for Criminal Trespass to Real Property and an Out of Town Warrant.

V. Nguyen, 21, 1014 45 Huy Bayhill Lane, Shorewood, was arrested at 10:37 p.m. April 3 at 777 Hollywood Blvd. for Criminal Trespass to Land. was arrested 46 Aat 16-year-old 12:11 a.m. April 3 at Parkwood and Cottonwood for aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Possession of a Firearm by a Street Gang Member, Possession of a Stolen Firearm and no FOID. Y. Thompson, 47 Ronisha 22, 14150 S. Monticello Circle, Plainfield, was arrested for Possession of Drug Equipment.

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Support day for families Joliet students participate in 17th in transition April 27 annual Rotary Leadership Seminar Families trying to keep their lives together after losing their housing due to economic hardship can find help at the Families in Transition Day sponsored by the Will County Regional Office of Education and the Will County Center for Community Concerns from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 27 at Joliet West High School, 401 N. Larkin Ave. School staffers and service workers from community organizations will be on hand to inform and help families gain an understanding of their children’s educational rights and provide information about health insurance and medical care.

Information about nutrition, credit counseling and credit rebuilding, housing counseling and eligibility for rental assistance or affordable housing is also available, along with a story time for children and free books to take home. Lunch will be provided.

Bringing documents, such as identification cards, social

security cards, medical cards and income information, may help families apply for services from participating community organizations.

Community service agencies participating in the event include: Chestnut Credit Counseling, All Kids/Beacon Therapeutic, a Mobile Health Team from Aunt Martha’s Youth Center,Will County Community Health Dental Division, Will County Center for Community Concerns, Community Service Council of Northern Will County, Catholic Charities Daybreak Center, Workforce Services Division of Will County and First Midwest Bank.

The Northern Illinois Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry will be on site with a supply of nutritious food from 10 a.m. to noon. To shop at the Pantry, families must call the Will County Center for Community Concerns at 815722-0722.

To attend the event contact Ron O’Connor at 815-740-4787 or roconnor@willcountyillinois.com.

Twenty-seven Joliet-area students were recognized at a March 12 luncheon, for their participation in the 17th annual Rotary Club of Joliet’s Youth Conference.

This year’s conference addressed key information in the areas of communications, decision making and ethical issues “The 2013 Rotary Youth Conference was a resounding success, with 27 outstanding students from our three Joliet High Schools,”said Mary Jaworski, Joliet Rotarian and coordinator of the seminar. “The students had the opportunity to speak with and hear from 16 of the area’s top leaders in the fields of business,education,government, health care and communications.

The quality of the students that participated clearly reveals that our community’s future is in great hands.”

Several students were asked to share their experiences during

the luncheon. Joliet West senior Myra Perez-Hernandez said she appreciated the conference and the opportunity to meet with the local leaders.

“I was very impressed with the information all of the speakers shared with us,” she said. “This was such a great opportunity for me as a senior to learn from leaders in our community.”

Speakers at this year’s conference were Brother James Gaffney, Lewis University; Tom Thanas, City of Joliet; J.D. Ross, Will-Grundy Medical Clinic;Mike Hennessey, United Way Agency of Will County; Will County Judge Dinah Archambeault; Ken Mihelich, City of Joliet; Debbie Condotti, Easter Seals; Joliet Police Chief Mike Trafton; Scott Slocum, WJOL-AM Radio; Lisa Lagger, Presence St. Joseph Medical Center; A.J. Wilhelmi, Illinois Hospital Association; John Quinn, AT&T; Jim Roolf, First Midwest Bank; Dr. Charles

Coleman, Joliet District 86; Brian McDaniel, Will County Treasurer Steven Weber’s office; and retired Will County Judge Steve White.

Students from Joliet West High School were sophomores Tyrone Cooley, Sean Chapman, Tyler O’Neil; juniors C . Gage Lurkin, Kayla Washington, Charles Njoroge; and seniors Emily Pearson, Myra PerezHernandez, Max Orihuela.

Joliet Central High School Students were sophomores Valerie Ramirez, Dahlia RojasEspitia, Justin Weston; juniors Rosa Gonzalez, Jeremy Kollross, Javier Rojas; and seniors Amanda Augustine, Eric Lindstrom, Devin Johnson. Students from Joliet Catholic Academy were sophomores Michael Dow, Brenna Garland, Jordan Green; juniors Zachary Bell, Christiana Ekhomu, Victoria Kinsella, and seniors Samuel Juveland, Marin Pasieka and Christopher Tschida.

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H o ro s c o p e s The light that drives you forward is within and can light the way. This week, a faster pace is necessary to deal with a plethora of commitments. The wheels are turning in a direction that leads to your dreams.

Consideration conquers controversy. You will navigate the fast-moving twists and turns of the week ahead more easily if you make it a point of honor to remain cool and considerate of others.

A little encouragement goes a long way. Look for ways to ignite your inspirations in the week ahead.

When you are known throughout your community, you can more easily demonstrate integrity.

Ratchet up the rhythm.

In the week ahead, get up and at ‘em, since shrinking violets risk being trampled by those in a hurry. If you are tempted to flirt, be sure to flirt with only the best people.

How you perceive the strength of the wind depends on your perspective this week. In front of the wind, you might view the onslaught as overwhelming.

If moving with the wind, you might see it as an advantageous force.

Enthusiasms can be contagious. You may stand out as someone’s hero or heroine. Someone can light a fire under your ambitions and provide concrete encouragement in the upcoming week.

Sleepwalkers receive a wakeup call. Your fantasies can give you inspiration, but you could be blind to the drawbacks or oblivious to the obvious. A family situation could be mystifying in the week ahead.

Turn your face to the sun like a sunflower. To grow and gain strength in the upcoming week, focus on what makes you happy. Be cautious of fantasies that thrive under a facade.

The darker the room, the more you appreciate light. A special someone can act as a good sounding board for creative ideas in the week ahead. Use your extra energy wisely, whether to entertain a lover or to find moneymaking ideas.

Not everything important will be revealed at first glance. Take your time about making an important decision in the week ahead. You may learn that the more you resist change, the more things change.

Press the “pause” button. During the week ahead, you may have more than one opportunity to take stock of your financial situation. Enjoy some needed relief from unexpected bills and responsibilities.

A visionary outlook or an artistic flair can be a valuable asset this week. Blend your energy with that of others to create a powerful force that can lead to success. Be open to new viewpoints.

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McAsey, Minooka motivated

By Scott Taylor Sports Editor

Sometimes it is hard for young siblings to follow a successful older sibling through school.

For Minooka’s Moira McAsey, she uses her brother Joe’s success as motivation.

“He really motivates me,” Moira said of her brother. “Going to his track meets, it really opened up my eyes and motivated me. I see it as a good thing. Sometimes in the summer he will bike next to me and I will run so we can stay together. He helps me out and gives me advice.”

Joe McAsey brought home a state title to Minooka as a part of the 4x800-meter relay champions as a senior in 2011. He also finished third that year in the 800.

“I would like to (bring home a medal),” Moira McAsey said. “I think it would be really special and fun. I think it would be really cool.”

After advancing to state last year in both the 4x8 and 4x4, McAsey hopes to get back again and take the next step this year.

“For the 4x8, we want to get on the podium,” McAsey said. “I would like to get down (state) in the 800, but definitely the relays first, for the team. We have a lot of quarter-milers and half-milers, so it’s pretty competitive. On our 4x8, we only lost one girl and another one has stepped up.”

McAsey and the rest of the Indians are working hard after sending three total relays to state last year.

“Coach has been giving us a bunch of hard workouts these past few weeks,” McAsey stated.

“It is a lot of hard work and hopefully it will get us (to state).”

Janile Rogers is the anchor of the other relay that qualified

for state last year, the 4x200, as the relay finished seventh in the state.

Chrissy Allen, Bethany Bachmann and newcomer Ashleigh Wilson are expected to join her this year. Allen was an alternate last year at state, while Bachmann competed.

“It helps to have a lot of the same girls,” Rogers said. “Our times have been pretty good.

Even though we lost two of our runners, we have other people who are fast and can keep up.”

Rogers also qualified for state in the triple jump, where she made the finals and finished 12th overall.

“Right now I’m just trying to improve on everything that I am doing,” Rogers said. “I’m getting better at the long and triple jump and I’m getting better in the 200.”

This year Rogers wants to medal in the triple jump and hopes to make it to state in the long jump.

“I want to improve on my distances,” Rogers said. “We have to work on my phases more, but we’re just starting to get into it.

I made it down to indoor state this year in the long jump, so I’m confident I can make it down there (outdoors) this year.”

The Indians will be looking for another Southwest Prairie Conference championship as well, and appear to be on a good track after winning the Plainfield North Relay Invite Saturday, April 6. North was second with 74 points.

“As a team we’re really good together,” Rogers said. “We make sure we keep each other confident. We definitely want to win conference again.”

“I really hope we can (win See MOTIVATED, page 16

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Minooka’s Moira McAsey is motivated to bring home a state medal.

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West’s Alysia Rodriguez and the Tigers can all do damage at the plate.

Tigers get offensive

By Mark Gregory Sports Reporter

After a surprising win last season over Minooka in the

regional title game, the Joliet West softball team is not surprising anyone this season.

The Tigers are off to a 6-3 start, dropping close games to the

likes of Providence and Plainfield South.

The most recent loss to South was a 3-2 defeat Saturday, where the Cougars’ Kayleigh Lillwitz scored on an error in the top of the sixth to give South (6-0) the win.

Alysia Rodriguez had an RBI double for Joliet West in the loss.

“This is one of the best teams we have had since the split,” Joliet West coach Heather Suca said.

“We have taken that momentum and use it. And we still have a very young team and they are learning and getting better every game and we want to be in the same spot at the end of the year that we were in last year. People are out to get us more than last year and the girls know that.”

A game earlier, Lincoln-Way North was out to get the Tigers, but West was able to match the offensive outburst, winning 1914.

In the game, Lorelei Tokarczyk and Kristine Bourg each went 3-4 with three RBI, while Jen Ames was 2-4 with a pair of home runs and four RBI. It was the second game this season Ames had homered twice, as she posted a two home run, five RBI day against Lincoln-Way North as well.

“I have never seen a game like this ever,” Suca said. “Both teams hit and they hit a lot. I am proud See TIGERS, page 16

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Courtesy of UCONN Sports Information

Bolingbrook’s Morgan Tuck and Connecticut played for the National Championship.

Voyager Media area well represented in Elite Eight If you would have asked me prior to the NCAA basketball tour nament how many hours I would have spent in front of a TV set intensely watching the games, I would have way under estimated my time.

Sure, it helps that the University of Michigan, my

favorite college team since I was 13 years old and the Glen Riceled Wolverines beat Illinois and went on win the National Title, was back in the hunt to win it all (the championship game was after press time). Yeah, I was always one to break the norm and everyone I knew wanted the Illini to win, so that started my love for Big Blue.

However, it wasn’t the Wolverines that made me watch more hoops than expected.

It had nothing to do with all of a sudden pulling for Louisville because Kevin Ware snapped his

leg in half (because I’m not) and I wasn’t really that caught up with the Wichita State Shockers and their run to the Final Four.

Actually, it wasn’t even the men’s tournament that made me watch all the added basketball – it was the women’s tournament.

How could I not watch those games? It seemed like every time I turned around, there was another player from the Voyager Media coverage area playing on national TV for a shot to bring back a National Championship See VOYAGER, page 14

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Sports VOYAGER Continued from page 13 ring In fact, there were six Voyager Media-area players in the Elite Eight alone, five whom I had personally watched in high school.

Bolingbrook had three former players in the Elite Eight, as 2012 Voyager Media Player of the Year Morgan Tuck is in UCONN and 2011 Voyager POY Ariel Massengale and Nia Moore are on Tennessee. Jewell Loyd, from Niles West, is a key contributor for Notre Dame as a freshman.

She is joined on the Irish squad

by Whitney Halloway, who lives in Plainfield and played for Montini Catholic and Joliet resident Kaila Turner, who played at Marian Catholic.

Then add in Duke’s Tricia Liston, who played her high school ball at Fenwick and was the 2010 Illinois Ms. Basketball.

That has a local tie because she interrupted the string of Raider Ms. Basketball winners, as Tuck earned the award in 2009 and ’12 and Massengale in 2011.

Or Janee Thompson of Kentucky, who was a member of Whitney Young the last four years as they had epic battles against Bolingbrook. Although she ended Tuck’s prep career without a shot at a fourth state title, Tuck got the better of this one.

Even Notre Dame superstar senior Skylar Diggins had a local tie, as she was part of the Washington, Indiana team that handed Bolingbrook its lone loss on Illinois soil in 2009 at the McDonald’s MLK Day of Hoops at Willowbrook High School.

That game was played four years ago, when Tuck was a freshman and Diggins a senior in high school.

Now, with four years later, Tuck’s Huskies helped her get revenge and more importantly, it sent UCONN to the National

Championship game against Cinderella Louisville, who had defeated Tennessee in the Elite Eight, leaving only ND and UCONN left with local ties.

And then, there was one.

If not for the pesky Cardinals, it could have been fun for us locally to watch the former Bolingbrook players battle out knowing one of them would get a ring, but the way it happened, it made it much easier to cheer for UCONN. In the semifinal game, Tuck contributed four points, seven rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot.

With up and coming girls basketball players like 2013 Voyager POY Jasmine Lumpkin and freshman phenom Nicole Ekhomu from JCA as well as Plainfield East sophomore Faith Suggs, I doubt this is the last time the women’s tournament gets more screen time at my house.

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Lockport earns two big wins Lockport beat St. Laurence 16-5 behind a three-run first inning home run from Ted Snidanko. Jeff Duschene went 5-for-5 and six RBI for the Porters (7-2).

Lockport beat Stagg 18-1.

Avery Lochow, Jeff Pattison and Thomas Smith had two runs and two RBI. • Neal Tyrell went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Minooka’s (6-3 loss to Sandburg 5-2. The Indians defeated Plainfield Central 15-4 in SPC action. Max Brozovich went 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs and three runs scored.

Carnagio and Brennan Polcyn added solo homers.

• Joliet West slaughtered

Bradley-Bourbonnais 12-2. Larry Holman went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI for West (6-2).Kevin Ganzer went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run.

• Hard-throwing sophomore Nick Dalesandro earned his first career win in a 15-1 win over Plainfield East. He struck out six batters in four innings for Joliet Catholic (6-4). Rylan Bannon (2for-2, RBI) scored three runs for the Hillmen.

• Minooka beat Andrew 6-4.

Nick Bell hit a two-run single in the top of the seventh for the win for the Indians (6-2).

Steve Wittkamp and Brennan Polcyn each had two hits and

scored two runs.

BOYS TENNIS Lucas Randall and Mike Hasler finished third at No. 1 doubles while the Porters finished eight at the 16-team Bloomington Invitational.

• Minooka fell to Lincoln-Way East and Andrew, both 7-0 to open the season.

SOFTBALL Lockport defeated Downers Grove North 11-8 in the thirdplace game at the Providence Invite. Carly Dundee pitched the win and hit two home runs

and four RBI for the Porters (5-2). Kelly Pattison also added four RBI. Earlier, Lockport lost to Providence 8-2.

• Minooka defeated lockport 9-8 in eight innings. Jackie Lilek took the win and had the walkoff single, going 3-for-5with three RBI.

GIRLS SOCCER Lockport defeated St. Ignatius 4-0 at the Pepsi Showdown.

Lacey Clarida scored all four goals for Lockport (4-1-1), while Melissa DeYoung earned the shutout.

• Lincoln-Way Central beat Joliet West 7-2.

• Minooka beat Plainfield East 6-1 behind Jill Hetfleisch’s hat trick.

• Joliet Central shut out Thornwood 3-0 on goals by Yessica Reyes, Jackie Zavala and Kathia Arredondo.

BOYS WATER POLO Lockport beat Lincoln-Way Central 15-8. Lockport beat Riverside-Brookfield 15-8. Dan Oldendorf had five goals to pace Lockport.

GIRLS WATER POLO Lincoln-Way Lockport 11-5.

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Blatti wins collegiate debut University of St. Francis and Illinois Institute of Technology split a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader Sunday at Ed Glancy Field. After taking the opener 5-1, the Saints dropped a 7-5 decision in game two.

Making his collegiate debut as a starter, freshman right-hander

Chris Blatti (Joliet, Ill./ Joliet Catholic) struck out 11 batters en route to posting a completegame victory in Sunday’s first game.

After allowing a run on three hits in the opening frame, he held the Scarlet Hawks to six hits and did not allow an IIT base runner beyond second

base the rest of the way.

Throwing close to 80 percent of his pitches for strikes, Blatti (3-0) did not issue a base on balls.

USF broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the fourth inning when senior shortstop Mike Witas (Oak Lawn, Ill./ St. Laurence) delivered a two-run single.

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seven runs or more in every one of its six wins this season.

Ames said when the team is hitting, they can all relax more.

“With the whole team hitting, it really takes pressure off everyone else because we know someone will step up,” she said.

She said a perfect example is her at-bats against Lincoln-Way North.

“I have confidence going up to the plate right now,” she said.

“Even when I don’t do well early, like today, I had two strikeouts early, but I went to the plate like

it was a new at bat and I hit the ball the next times.”

Once West masters playing in the low-scoring, close contests, it will be a team to watch out for at the end of the season, as it hopes to at least grab another regional crown.

“We have a really soild team,” Bourg said. “We really want to make a big splash at the end of this season too. We can feel that this is our year.”

added.“I think we can do it.”

Winning relays for Minooka were the distance medley, shuttle hurdles, sprint medley, 3,200 relay, high jump, pole vault and long jump.

Joliet West also competed at the invite and took fourth with 37 points.The Tigers finished first in the shot put.

Continued from page 12 of our girls for out-hitting them.

Offensively, we were fine. We just have to buckle down on the mound and on defense.”

Offensively, the Tigers have proven they have what it takes to out slug teams.

The win was their third game this season already that they have tallied more than 17 runs in a game. In fact, West has scored

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Is feud still brewing between drivers?

By Mark Gregory Sports Reporter

While sitting atop the box, watching his own No. 11 ride go around the track driven by mark Martin, Denny Hamlin made it clear to the fans watching on TV that his feud was not over with Joey Logano that began a few weeks back.

Although the conflict between Logano and Hamlin will have to

wait because Hamlin is out with a broken back, the spat between Logano and Tony Stewart still sits in the foreground.

Two weeks after saying Logano was a “rich kid that never had to work a day in his life,” Logano said he felt the feud was over on both fronts and that he felt the off week for Easter had helped cooler heads prevail.

However, time will only tell if words equal action and next time the two are driving for a win late

in a race what will happen.

In the middle of all the talk about feuds, one of the quieter drivers on the circuit, Jimmie Johnson, win his historic eighth race at Martinsville.

Johnson’s eighth victory at the 0.526-mile oval — moving him into sole possession of third place on the all-time win list behind Richard Petty (15) and Darrell Waltrip (11) at a track that has hosted NASCAR’s premier series since 1949 —

might have been his best yet at Martinsville.

It is the second year in a row.

Johnson started on the pole and won on the half-mile track.

Johnson led a career-best 346 laps Sunday and pulled away on a restart with eight laps to go for his the win Clint Bowyer was second, while Jeff Gordon was third and and teammate, Kasey Kahne, was fourth.

That placed Hendrick

Motorsports in three of the top four spots.

Johnson’s victory made team owner Rick Hendrick’s organization the winningest team in Martinsville history with 20, breaking a tie it had with the Petty organization.

Danica Patrick, who finished 12th, was the highest finishing rookie in her first trip to Martinsville Speedway.

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Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images for NASCAR

Jimmie Johnsoncelebrates in Victory Lane after winning the STP Gas Booster 500 on April 7 at Martinsville Speedway.

National Guard driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., winner of NASCAR’s NMPA Most Popular DriverAward for a record-tying 10 consecutive years, will join fans to kick off the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup this September. Earnhardt Jr. is scheduled to appear in Chicagoland Speedway’s Checkered Flag Fan for a questionand-answer session with fans on Sunday, Sept.

15, prior to the GEICO 400.

“I always enjoy getting out there and interacting with our fans.They are the ones who make what we do possible,” said Earnhardt.“The energy level and excitement is always high at Chicago. It all starts there and it’s important for those in the Chase to have a good finish.”

After the first five races of the 2013 season, Earnhardt Jr. is currently first in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. He has placed in the top-10 for each of the five races including two second place finishes - the Daytona 500 and Auto Club 400. Located just outside the main entrance, the Checkered Flag Fan Zone provides race fans with a unique hospitality opportunity to enhance their race day experience.

For more information on the ‘13 race season at Chicagoland Speedway or to purchase tickets, call 888-629-RACE (7223) or visit

2012 Sprint Cup Series 1) Jimmie Johnson 231 2) Brad Keselowski -6 3) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -12 4) Kyle Busch -28 5) Kasey Kahne -32 6) Greg Biffle -32 7) Carl Edwards -38 8) Clint Bowyer -52 9) Paul Menard -52 10) Matt Kenseth -59 11) Joey Logano -64 12) Jeff Gordon -67

2013 Nationwide Series 1) Sam Hornish, Jr. .

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2013 Daytona 500 finishers 1) Jimmie Johnson 2) Clint Bowyer 3) Jeff Gordon 4) Kasey Kahne 5) Kyle Busch 6) Ryan Newman 7) Jamie McMurray 8) Marcos Ambrose 9) Greg Biffle 10) Mark Martin 11) Brian Vickers 12) Danica Patrick 13) Kevin Harvick 14) Matt Kenseth 15) Carl Edwards 16) Casey Mears 17) Tony Smith 18) Jeff Burton 19) Paul Menard 20) Aric Almirola

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Health & Fitness

What menopause means for women M

enopause is a In the years leading up confusing time in a to menopause, called the woman’s life. Many perimenopausal years, the of my patients ask, “Am I in ovaries will make less estrogen. menopause? What are the This may cause a change in symptoms? Will I the menstrual period be miserable?” Let’s such as skipped begin with the basics. periods, heavier Menopause is the or lighter flow, or point in a woman’s life bleeding for a shorter when she stops having or longer number menstrual periods. of days. Changes in The average age of the menstrual cycle menopause is 51, but it may be the first sign is considered normal to Medical Memo that menopause is experience menopause Dr. Kristia Patsavas approaching. Irregular any time after age 40. bleeding may indicate Most often menopause will a problem.Talk with your occur between ages 45 and 55. physician if any unusual During a woman’s reproductive changes occur. years, the ovaries make estrogen, Every woman responds which is responsible for differently to the menopausal building or thickening the lining transition. How her body will of the inside of the uterus each react to menopause is impossible month. About midway through to predict. Let’s review the most the menstrual cycle, the ovaries common symptoms. release an egg (called ovulation) Hot Flashes:The dreaded hot causing increased progesterone. flash, when a sudden feeling of If the egg is not fertilized, heat rushes to the body, mostly estrogen and progesterone the upper body and face. Studies levels will drop and the tissue indicate 75% of women will have inside the uterus will shed and them. Hot flashes can last from a result in a monthly period. few seconds to a few minutes and

may occur several times a day.

Sleep Problems: Hot flashes or “night sweats” can wake a woman from a deep sleep. A lack of sleep can affect mood and attitude. Some women find this the most difficult symptom of menopause.

Emotional Changes: Menopause occurs at a time when women may be facing other stresses, such as children leaving home, caring for parents or grandchildren, or job changes.While menopause does not cause depression per se, women can feel fatigued, nervous, impatient or irritable.This can be exacerbated by lack of sleep.

Bone Changes and Heart Health: Bone loss increases around the time of menopause and increases risk of osteoporosis. Additionally, estrogen normally protects women from heart attacks and stroke.The lack of estrogen around menopause results in a loss of that protection and increases the risk.

Vaginal and Urinary Tract Changes: Estrogen loss causes changes in the vagina and urinary tract, including

thinning/dryness of the vaginal tissue.This may cause pain with intercourse. In the urinary tract symptoms may include urinary frequency or increased amount of urinary tract infections.

Many women find the symptoms of menopause unbearable and seek treatment for relief. Most women have heard of hormone replacement therapy, which is when a woman takes supplemental female hormones to reduce some of the symptoms. HRT is most commonly indicated to treat hot flashes and night sweats. It is not recommended to use HRT only to treat sleep disturbances not caused by hot flashes or mood changes. Risks of HRT include heart attack, stroke, blood clot, and breast cancer and can vary among women.There is some thought that the risks increase the longer a woman is from having gone through menopause.

The smallest amount of HRT is recommended, and for the shortest time possible, to minimize these risks.

There are other types of

medications that are used to treat hot flashes, bone loss and vaginal dryness. I recommend you speak with your healthcare provider about all of your options.

Doctors Rx: Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when her ovaries stop producing estrogen.

During the years leading to menopause, this may cause changes in menstrual bleeding.

After menopause, common symptoms include hot flashes and night sweats. Women may have sleep disturbances, mood changes, vaginal and urinary tract thinning and dryness, bone loss and increased risk of heart attack and stroke.Treatment options include hormone replacement therapy for some of these symptoms.

Dr. Kristia Patsavas, MD is a physician specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is based in Park Ridge, Illinois. The advice contained in this column is for informational purposes only. Readers should consult with their physician to evaluate any illness or medical condition. Dr. Patasavas accepts new patients. Call (847) 825-7030 or view her web site at: www.associatesinobgyn.net to schedule an appointment.

The Kid’s Doctor: Family meals discourage ‘picky eaters’

By Sue Hubbard, M.D. www.kidsdr.com

I’ve been cleaning up my desk and leafing through stacks of pediatric articles I found especially interesting. One by Dr. Barbara Howard entitled, “Three Magic Words Offer Food for Thought,” made a wonderful point regarding family meals and eating habits.

Howard notes that one of the best questions to ask a child during a “well-child” visit requires only three words, but offers so much insight into a family’s interactions:“How are your meals?”

Readers already know how much I believe in, and promote, families eating together.There’s been a lot of data substantiating the many positive side effects that stem from family meals.You can look at some of the studies by checking out the Promoting Family Meals Project: http:// www.cfs.purdue.edu/CFP/ promotingfamilymeals.

Not only does eating together as a family help

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Kids who have meals with their families tend to make better and wider food choices.

improve food choices, which may help prevent obesity, but it also leads to children with improved vocabulary and language skills, social skills and

manners.

Family meals have also been shown to lessen the chance of risk-taking behaviors in adolescents. Evidence indicates

fewer eating disorders among adolescents who have regular family meals. So, when I ask children about their meals, I also get parental feedback.

The biggest complaint I hear is that their children are “picky eaters.” Many kids and parents will say that they don’t eat together as a family, as everyone eats something different. Frankly, I don’t think being a “short order cook” is a job requirement for any parent!

Social worker Ally Slater delineates parents’ responsibilities with regard to food as:“what, when and where,” while leaving children, “how much and whether.” I love that! Parents control the grocery cart, meal and snack choices, and food offerings on the plate.

It is nice to always offer at least one food at each meal that most family members like.

Once that food is offered and the family is gathered together to eat, parents need to back off.

Is this easier said than done?

Maybe, in the beginning, but

over time it actually simplifies family life.

I think it’s fairly easy to “buy into” the idea of family meals and know that children will make better and wider food choices given that opportunity.

It may take up to 100 times, and many months for your “picky eater” to try different foods, but eventually you’ll be pleased that you have a child who’s a healthy eater and enjoys a wide variety of foods.

Trust me, children raised this way really do turn out to be great eaters as adolescents and young adults. I think my boys are less “picky” than I am (no sushi for me, though).

Make family meal time a priority.Your children will respect the rules, learn table manners, and enjoy dinnertime conversation, while eventually developing a more mature palate. It just takes time.

Dr. Sue Hubbard is a nationally known pediatrician and co-host of “The Kid’s Doctor” radio show. Submit questions at www.kidsdr.com.

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Avoid multitasking ADD by being realistic about work Q. I’m starting to wonder if I have ADD at work. At home I can focus fine, but I get into my office and the demand to multitask makes my brain numb.

By lunch I am so overwhelmed I just sit at my desk and stare.

What do you tell your executive coaching clients to help them manage the amount of multitasking I have to face every day?

A. Everyone at work is wondering if they have ADD these days.The amount of complexity and multitasking that all of us walk into every morning is overwhelming.

Consider yourself observant, not an organizational wimp, if you feel numb by noon.

Studies point out that the pace of change in many organizations is becoming so fast that it is outstripping many people’s ability to function.

Our brains literally do freeze up when change, multitasking and complexity exceed our ability to act on our thinking.

Since there is no evidence that

the demand for multitasking will decrease, we all have to know how to simplify our jobs. Start by sitting down and making a list of every item you feel responsible to cover on your job. Now evaluate this list and consider, is it realistic?

If your current list of tasks couldn’t be done by Superman, then you’ll need to talk to your boss.Tell her or him that you realize your job performance is suffering because the time needed does not match the time available. Ask him or her to rank your job responsibilities. Now make a revised list based on your boss’s priorities and submit it to your boss.

You may be afraid your boss will think you’re a lazy idiot because you are admitting you have to sleep and eat once in awhile.The truth is that employers want results.

If you negotiate your job tasks now, your chance of keeping your job just went up greatly.

If you pretend you can get your job done and fail, you’ve

just guaranteed a spot on the unemployment line later.

Once you have a humansized job again, be aware that job responsibilities tend to multiply like rabbits. Get a good grip on these tasks before they get out of hand by putting the tasks in two categories: tasks that can be done in less than 10 minutes, and everything else.

At the beginning of each day, knock off most of your 10-minute jobs.You’ll feel less stressed and more capable when you now tackle your significantly smaller list. Part of why people freeze up at work is the sheer quantity of the work they have to do.When you get rid of numerous mosquitosize jobs first thing in the morning, they can’t suck away your concentration the rest of the day.

If, despite all these new tricks, you find yourself numb by noon, lower your expectations for a moment and breathe. Set aside your usual list and ask yourself what one task you’d like to complete before 5 p.m.Your brain will unfreeze, help you complete that task, and be available for other demands.

In many ways we are still cave men and women caught

up in a work world our brains were not designed to manage.

Use these tools to work with your brain and your focus and productivity will soar.

Last word(s) Q. I don’t like people pointing out what I don’t know at work. I realize I have things to learn, but I’m embarrassed

when people tell me. Is there a way to change the way I experience feedback?

A. Yes, realize each time you tolerate the embarrassment of discovering you have something to learn, you expand your professional toolkit.Who do you think will get the next promotion the workplace learner or the workplace know-it-all?

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News Community Briefs Jefferson Street resurfacing this summer The state will resurface Jefferson Street this summer between Raynor Avenue and Joyce Road.

The date that the work will begin has yet to be announced, but the project will be completed this summer.

As part of the project, workers will grind the existing asphalt surface and then install a new coat of blacktop, Joliet City Manager Tom Thanas said.

Document destruction, book recycling event Will County will hold its annual Book Recycling & Document Destruction event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 7, 8 and 9 at Joliet Park District’s Pilcher Park Nature Center, 2501 Highland Park Drive, Joliet.

Bring unwanted books for recycling and take books for free. Children books, novels and cookbooks are always desired.

Bring unwanted paper documents for collection and destruction.

Documents will be shredded at a recycling facility in Chicago.

An “Affidavit of Destruction” is available upon request.

For more information, visit www.willcountygreen.com or call 815-727-8834.

JBCC second annual Golf Fundraiser May 18 The Joliet Black Chamber of Commerce will be held Saturday, May 18, at Broken Arrow Golf Club, 16325 W. Broken Arrow, Lockport.

Sponsorships are still available. Prizes include a 51inch plasma tv, Callaway driver, round of golf w/cart and more.

Cost is $125 per golfer.

Times are 7:30 a.m. check-in; 9 a.m. scramble. Event includes $35 buffet dinner at 4:30 p.m.

Register by April 20, 2013 at: 815-600-9710 or www. jolietblackchamberofcommerce. com/

Old Canal Days Parade set for June 14 The Lockport Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Old Canal Days Parade beginning with lineup at 5:30 p.m. and commencement at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 14.

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Easter Egg Hunt at First Assembly Church The theme for this year’s parade is Old Canal Days Celebrates 41 years – It’s a Grand Old Flag. It is the chamber’s desire to bring the rich heritage that all of Lockport is so proud of back to life through the parade. All interested businesses or parties can acquire the application for the parade at www. lockportchamber.com. The chamber encourages floats and costumes.

For questions,contact Mary Kay Campbell at 815-838-3357.

St. Joe’s raises nearly $50,000 for United Way Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center raised $49,659 to benefit the United Way of Will County.

The annual United Way Campaign kicked off in November and garnered the highest employee participation of the past five years. More than 900 PSJMC employees pledged donations through regular payroll deductions.

“Our campaign theme this year was ‘Project Touchdown,’ which really captured the team spirit of both Saint Joe’s employees and the hospital’s partnership with the United Way,” said Paul Lagomarcino, Director of Therapy Services, who led the United Way campaign at PSJMC. “We could never have crossed the goal line without the generous support of a recordbreaking number of employees who donated. And the money raised for United Way will benefit many local organizations that also assist our patients.”

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The Easter Egg Hunt at Joliet First Assembly on March 30 was a success.

More than 2,500 people attended the event. The hunt included 20,000 eggs, plus raffle prizes, bounce houses and a petting zoo. First Assembly was inspired to see so many people from the community attend and enjoy this event. Events like this reaffirm First Assembly’s commitment to be Joliet’s Family Church. First Assembly of God is at 1741 Essington Road, Joliet.

Service times are Sunday at 9:30 and 11 a.m., and at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information about the church, visit www. firstassemblyjoliet.org

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