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Learning lessons Joliet West star sophomore learning on the job SEE PAGE 5

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Give a Hoot, support the troops Joliet Hooters donating calendars to the troops at high percentages

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

Soldiers in the United States military stationed overseas long for the comforts of home – especially during the holiday season and one Joliet restaurant is doing its part to send some of home. Hooters, located at 3301 Hennepin Drive — on the outskirts of the Louis Joliet Mall — is participating in the corporate program that donates calendars to troops serving internationally. Customers can purchase the calendar for $13.99, which comes with a souvenir cup, a free Bud Light and $100 in coupons to be used throughout the year. Instead of taking the calendar home, the customer has the opportunity to donate the calendar to be sent to the troop, while enjoying the other perks themselves. “We really took the ball and ran with it this year,” said Assistant Manager Tim Puleo. “It’s home. It is baseball, apple pie and Hooters and it means a lot for people over-

seas. We got an email and said that a family member in Kuwait got a calendar from Joliet – not just from Hooters, from us. It is a very small world and that gets us pumped up about it and we want to do more.” Puleo manages the Joliet location along with General Manager Nicki Sancen who last year was Manager of the Year. Management would like to see as many calendars sent to the troops as possible. “We have done very well, but we are coming down the stretch,” Puleo said. “We have a few weeks left and we hope to get another 100. We might have done 100 total to the troops last year and we are nearing 300 this year. Our goal is 1,000 sold and 400 to the troops.” Getting a piece of home is something the girls want to be able to provide the troops overseas. “It is amazing. What else would you want when you are over there?” said Chloe, 21, from Plainfield. “Under every picture, it says where the girls are from and that lets them maybe see their hometown. And [$1 from every

calendar sold] goes to the fight against breast cancer, so it helps even more.” Chloe is one of three Joliet waitresses to make this year’s calendar, as she joins Mia and Virali. The trio makes up three of 200 girls from six countries featured in the calendar, which made its debut 35 years ago. Chloe, who is making her second appearance in the calendar, is also one of only a select few Hooter’s girls on the commemorative cup. “Being on the cup is such a huge honor. Only a selected few out of the many girls that were chosen to be in the calendar are put on the

cup,” Chloe said. “When selling the calendar, each one is rolled into a 2019 cup and it is a preview of what is inside. I am so happy to say that I am part of the Hooters image they are trying to portray. I, myself, have at least 20 cups from the previous years that I like to keep as a trophy and memorabilia from my amazing experiences being in the Hooters international calendar.” Being in the calendar has become a family tradition, as Chloe’s sister Chanel was featured three times from 2014-16, while Chloe was in it in 2017 and again this year. The only year the family missed was when Chloe was in

North Carolina for school. Joining Chloe as a repeat calendar girl is Mia, 19, from Minooka. She is featured for the second time in as many years – which are the only two years she met the 18-year-old age requirement. “When I first interviewed, they told me I should try for the calendar when I could,” she said. “I had to wait a year, but now I have been in twice. It is for fun – no one really treats it as a competition – it is more just about a chance to be in the calendar. “The photo shoots are fun and you get to meet girls your age who are doing the same thing as you and the friends you make are friends for a long time. It has inspired me to go after a modeling career and I am hoping to dip my toes in the water soon.” Like Chloe, Mia is happy to be able to help send some of home to the military. “It gives back to the people that are fighting for our country and for many [customers] when they hear we are doing the donation – that is what sells them,” she said. “It is not about us in the calendar, it is about the donations.” Calendar donations are being taken until Jan. 1.

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COUNTY NEWS

Joliet church brings Christmas to Stateville Local Seventh-day Anventists join forces with ‘Prison Behind Bars’ BY MARK GREGORY Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com

While Christmas for many is a time surrounded by family, friends and loved ones, for more than 3,000 Crest Hill residents, however, the holiday has a different feeling. For those incarcerated in Stateville Correctional Center, the maximum security prison located on Rt. 53, Christmas is confinement over cheer. This year members of the Joliet Seventh-day Adventist Church tried to change that. In conjunction with Christmas Behind Bars, a charity based in Bluffton, IN, third generation church member Vickie Funk and other volunteers brought care packages of food and religious reading material to each and every prisoner in Stateville. “I know they are criminals and they are where they are supposed to be, but they are still human beings and they deserve to be treated as such,” Funk said. “I went in and actually saw the men in their cells and it makes a big impact on you.”

“... it is very impactful to our organization to know that most of the men that helped unload the truck are all pretty well doing 20-plus years or almost life in prison and to reach a group of people that have lost hope because their family members that were supportive of them have passed away or are no longer able to visit and we pray that our mission of hope will have a lasting impact ... The program, which took place over two days the week after Thanksgiving, was the first of its kind at Stateville. The guys said he had been there over 22 years and no one had ever done that for him before. It was just an awesome experience. “This is the first time it has ever been done at Stateville,” Funk said. “Other organizations have come in and given the inmates crackers

or a candy bar, but to come in with a whole grocery bag of food and religious material and individually give them to each inmate – that has never been done before. “We went to all the different houses in Stateville and handed the bags out cell by cell and we were able to talk with each inmate and wish them a Merry Christmas and in some cases, we were able to pray with them.” The undertaking was a big one for the church, which has fewer than 75 members, had to raise more than $25,000 to pay for all of the 3,650 bags which were distrib-

uted. “We raised most of the funds and we are still working on it,” Funk said. “I had talked with Lemuel Vega, who runs Christmas Behind Bars and he said just raise the funds that we could and they would help with the rest.” Stateville was the largest delivery in the 20-plus years of the program. “It is not about the numbers, it is about the opportunity,” Vega said. “If it was 120 members in the county jail, that would have been phenomenal, too. However, it is very impactful to our organization

to know that most of the men that helped unload the truck are all pretty well doing 20-plus years or almost life in prison and to reach a group of people that have lost hope because their family members that were supportive of them have passed away or are no longer able to visit and we pray that our mission of hope will have a lasting impact. It is not just about the bag of food - it is to encourage them to try even though they are still incarcerated. That may be a GED, a work program, college education, SEE PRISON PAGE 7

COMMUNITY >> SENIORS

Health aﬁcionado offers advice for seasonal blues Director of Health Services at Senior Star living community. Anna Walters, has advice to those who are going through seasonal blues

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

The holiday blues can affect seniors in ways that people don’t always recognize. This is often a time when families get together and may notice changes in mom and/or dad. Between sibling conflict or denial, and understanding how to bring up a sensitive conversation that won’t make mom or dad feel helpless, this can be a challenging time of year for all. Senior Star living community Director of Health Services, Anna Walters, has given advice to those who are feeling some sort of seasonal blues, depression or any

other type of seasonal challenges. “Holiday blues are very temporary usually before Thanksgiving that goes away after Christmas,” Walters said. “It’s sad, stressful and surprisingly more young adults have winter blues than older adults.” With advice for seniors and their families to feel better during this time, Walters highly recommends to decrease stress by planning ahead, be kind to yourself, be selective how you spend your time, see people you enjoy and remember that feeling down is temporary. Something else that Walters stressed on was differentiating between seasonal blues and depression, and that there is a distinct difference in the two.

“About the older adults, it’s mainly about the grieving process,” Walters said. “A lot of them have outlived everybody in their family which makes them the last of their generation.” One diagnosis Walters added was Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is a condition of clinical major depression that occurs during winter months for two years in a row. For this specific diagnosis, Walters said treatment includes light therapy, medication, psychotherapy and vitamin D. With many seniors being immobilized due to health concerns and age, Walters said that staying active in someway is a huge key to reversing seasonal depression and blues. “Seniors can identify what interests them and what they enjoy doing, telephone visits or learn how to skype and volunteering their

time by making something for others,” Walters said. Walters also added that navigating family conflict, communication and aging parents is a must for a healthier lifestyle. “Accepting each others strengths and weaknesses,, realizing judgment is a barrier, knowing aging parents have the right to make decisions that value independence more than safety and adult children raised by the same parents have very different ideas of what is the best plan,” Walters said. Establishing a connection with

individuals to get to know them on a more humane level is vital for Walters and the staff at Senior Star living community, as she added that sometimes people just need someone to talk to with face-toface communication. “Even before people move in, we try and learn as much as we possibly can about them,” Walters said. “We want to understand what they use to do, what they still enjoy and we all try very hard to find out what is meaningful to them so build a happier and healthier experience for them.”

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The lost and the entitled BY ROBERT C. KOEHLER TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY When I popped open the old laptop, the Geek Squad guy said maybe I should dust it off. He slid a canister of Endust toward me. “Spray the cloth,” he said, “not the machine.” I started choking on my sense of humiliation. This poor baby was covered with dust. How could I be so careless and lackadaisical toward the technology at the center of my life? And I hadn’t even realized the extent of my indifferent maintenance until the computer crashed and I had to rush it to the tech doctor. I had been in the process of writing a column. I was researching the Central American refugees recently teargassed as they struggled toward the U.S. border. They were fleeing the violence and hopelessness in their countries, traversing 1,000 miles or more on foot, often with small children in tow, to find ... something better. I had wanted to reach into the core of this situation, reach into the barbed wire and tear gas canisters and the words of Donald Trump, who saw them as perfect scapegoats for the nation’s problems: the enemy of the moment, bedraggled, desperate and hungry. Terrorists, keep out! He would protect America from them. Then my computer crashed and I realized I was just a guy alone in his cluttered, dusty study. Then I was a guy in his car, heading west on Pratt Boulevard to the closest Best Buy. I was thirsty. I stopped at a convenience

CALENDAR DECEMBER 19 Holiday Tea. Downers Grove Mu-

store and bought a bottle of water and - because I deserved it - a bag of Skittles. I was still negotiating through hightech America, consuming gasoline and plastic, rubber and steel, to accomplish the goals of my ordinary day. I was still - I slowly began to realize insulated from my own raw need and humanity. I wasn’t trudging into the bitter December afternoon on foot, feeling the wind scrape my face as I clutched my dust-coated 5-year-old, trying to reach a doctor. I had no hostile borders to cross, no armed hatred - no tear gas - to endure. I just wanted to get back online ASAP and continue writing about the wrongs of the world. But the sense of insulation from what I wanted to write about wouldn’t go away. I was free of hunger and cold and able to get somewhere in a hurry, shrinking distance without effort in my dependable old Toyota (while listening, if I so chose, to a CD of Bob Dylan singing “Shelter From the Storm”). What do I actually know beyond this safe, techno-convenient world, which allows me to write in comfort about the cruel wrongs beyond its borders? Suddenly I thought about novelist Ariel Dorfman’s fleeting memory of George H.W. Bush. After Bush’s death, Dorfman wrote an essay about a brief encounter he once had with the 41st president. By random chance they were staying at the same hotel. And one day the novelist, from his balcony, happened to see Bush and his entourage walk past. At one point Bush snapped his fingers and the man be-

(Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. His book, “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound,” is still available. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com, visit his website at commonwonders.com or listen to him at Voices of Peace radio.)

U P CO M I N G E V E N TS I N YO U R A R E A brary.org.

seum, 831 Maple Ave., Downers Grove. From 11 to 12:30 p.m., enjoy a delightful afternoon tea in the sitting room of the Blodgett House! Learn about Charles Blodgett’s wife Emma and other prominent women from the Downers Grove area during a private tour of the holiday decorated Victorian home. Tea and light snacks will be served following the tour. Advanced registration required.

DECEMBER 31 Rockin’ in the New Year. Join us 2-3

DECEMBER 19 Candy House Creations at Crest Hill Library. Decorate your very own candy

DECEMBER 31 Countdown to Noon Year at Crest Hill Library. We are celebrating Noon

house with graham crackers, icing, and all of the toppings from 1-3:30 p.m. This program is open to children of all ages. Registration is required. Parents: While your child attends this program, check out the Last-Minute Gift Wrap program in Meeting Room A/B. Registration is required. Call Brittany Whyte at (815) 552-4290 or email bwhyte@whiteoakli-

hind him quickly stepped forward and handed him a tube of suntan lotion. Bush lathered up his neck and arms. They walked on. That was it: a rich man’s show of entitlement. And I couldn’t separate myself from it. My crashed computer felt like the equivalent of a disobedient manservant, denying the master his suntan lotion the moment he wanted it, skewing his day into inconvenience. Lurking behind these involuntary musings was a big “what if”: What if the world’s refugee crisis and poverty crisis were somehow shared, or sharable? What if every human being’s life on this planet stretched from security and comfort and control to utter homelessness - to hatred and tear gas and, ultimately, disposal? What if Donald Trump (and every other U.S. president) could spend some time in his own crosshairs? Or so I reflected on a disrupted, inconvenienced day: thoughts, awareness and dust in my computer void. I offer these words with the hope that they can push beyond themselves: that we can hear our own fingers snap the next time we demand our entitlement of the moment; and that, as we gasp for breath while the tear gas dissipates, we can offer help and compassion to the orange-haired man next to us.

p.m. New Year’s Eve as we say goodbye to 2018 and ring in 2019 with an awesome party for kids of all ages. There will be games, crafts and snacks so come join us and have a rocking good time. Registration is encouraged. Call Jessica Smith at (815) 552-4210 or email jsmith@whiteoaklibrary.org.

Year with snacks and crafts, plus a special toast, complete with balloon drop. Dancing will follow. This program is intended for all ages.

Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to

attend, please inform us 24 hours in advance so we can offer your spot to someone else. No shows may be

waitlisted for future programs. Call Brittany Whyte at (815) 552-4290 or email bwhyte@whiteoaklibrary.org.

DECEMBER 31 Festival of Lights. Evenings daily at

The Promenade Bolingbrook, 631 East Boughton Road, Bolingbrook. 250,000 LED glimmering lights synchronized to 17 rotating songs on the 48-foot-tall holiday tree at 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m.

DECEMBER 31 New Year’s Eve Countdown to Noon. Recreation Center, 4500

Belmont Rd., Downers Grove. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join us to ring in the New Year at noon. We’ll celebrate with party favors, DJ Coach Josh, a photo booth, face painting, snacks, a balloon drop at noon and more. Parents must stay and supervise their children. Children 2 years old and under are welcome to attend, but will be limited in activities being offered.

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BASKETBALL

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Joliet West drops to 2-5 on the season, but Howland has another learning experience BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

With every team, every year, there’s always optimism at the beginning of the season. Whether that is because of one player, a collection of players or a phenomenal coach. For the young Joliet West Tigers boys basketball team (2-5, 0-1), the optimism is in part because of sophomore guard Trent Howland. The two-sport athlete, who stars as a running back for Mike Lech’s Tiger football team, has no finesse in his veins. “There’s so many expectations with him because he has played with us on varsity, been so successful and by the size of his body you would never be able to tell he’s only a sophomore,” said Nick DiForti, West basketball coach. Howland, who just turned 15 years old on Aug. 11, resembles

HOWLAND’S CAREER HIGH IN POINTS

a smaller version of Duke University forward Zion Williamson. The 6-foot, 3 inch, 210-pound powerful, wide shouldered guard, not only plays a majority of minutes on the basketball team, but starts as well. Last Tuesday night against the Naperville North Huskies, Howland had the challenge of defending 6-foot-8 inch Loyola Ramblers commit Thomas Welch most of the night. Although West got off to a hot start leading the Huskies 12-10 after the first quarter, the Tigers quickly saw their lead evaporate being outscored 41-18 in the three final quarters of play. Welch led the Huskies to a 5130 victory over the young Tigers who have four sophomores on their roster, however Howland’s physicality and perseverance was notable, making Welch put up tough shots all night long and having to deal with the teSEE RISING PAGE 6

HOWLAN’S AGE AS OF AUGUST

PHOTO BY RYAN OSTRY

Sophomore standout Trent Howland is learning more each game for Joliet West.

TWITTER: For up -to-the-minute coverage of upcoming local sport events going on in your area, follow @VoyagerSport WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2018 | BUGLENEWSPAPERS.COM RISING FROM PAGE 5 nacity and toughness Howland plays with as well. Howland did not match his career high of 25 points Tuesday night, but he still put up nine points on 3-for-5 shooting, however, it was his effort on loose balls, rebounds and driving to the basket with force on transition plays that stuck out. “I try and push myself harder than anybody else will push me,” Howland said. “I want to play

fast, play with very high energy and I always have the mindset to push the ball up the floor and drive to the basket.” Even though Howland is not the most vocal leader in the world, he and DiForti both said there are other ways he shows leadership and mentors players. “[Trent] and I have a great relationship, we always hug before games and he just carries himself very well and with a lot of class,” DiForti said. “There’s never any problems with his

grades, he’s just such a good kid, I love him to death.” In the maturation process becoming a leader on his ball club, Howland paid respect to his predecessor, junior guard Jamere Hill, who has taken Howland under his wing. “I’ll be honest, I’m not all the way there yet,” Howland said. “I will be though, and having guys like our other point guard Jemere Hill who is helping me and coaching me to be the leader I want to be, helps me out a lot.” Howland and the Tigers will have plenty of work to do coming up, with 10 games remaining on their schedule to compete for a South West Prairie Conference title.

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ST. FRANCIS

USF’s Ruffin earns more accolades

University of St. Francis wide receiver Brandon Ruffin (Peoria, Ill./ Peoria) has been named an honorable mention NAIA All-American. Ruffin became the Saints’ career leader in receiving yards (2,597) and touchdowns (34) as a junior this fall, surpassing his former teammate and 2017 NAIA AllAmerican Lexus Jackson (2,201 yards, 22 touchdowns). Ruffin finished the 2018 season with a school-record 14 receiving touchdowns to go along with 50 receptions and 916 yards. He also added a 91-yard kick return score against Olivet Nazarene University. This fall, Ruffin was named a first-team Mid-States Football Association All-Midwest League selection for the third time. He was a consistent threat to opposing defenses this season, posting at least 66 yards and a touchdown in eight of his 10 games while topping 100 yards four times and catching multiple touchdowns on five occasions. Ruffin was also named the MSFA Midwest League Offensive Player of the Week on September 15 after hauling in seven catches for 159 yards and three touchdowns in USF’s 41-26 victory over Quincy.

BASKETBALL The Saints wrapped up their season with victories over Robert MorPRISON FROM PAGE 3 a bible study – it is not to encourage them in one way only, but to try as a whole. Maybe that is to rekindle family relationships or to write that letter for forgiveness to whoever they did wrong. Whatever it is, we want to encourage them to try one more time.” It wasn’t only the volunteers helping the inmates distribute the gift bags, it was other inmates helping as well. “The way the prison is set up, each house has five stories and there were a lot of stairs, so when we brought the bags in, we got help from the inmates to carry them up to the levels. It was so impressive that the inmates were helping distribute bags to the other inmates,” Funk said. “We distributed to everyone - We went to maximum, minimum, segregation, the hospital and we went to each inmate and distributed. There were some we weren’t able

ris University and Trinity International University. The University of St. Francis men’s basketball team put on a shooting display in the second half of its 88-77 victory over St. Ambrose University on Saturday afternoon. The Saints (10-3, 4-1 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference) shot 53 percent from the floor, 78 percent (7-for-9) from 3-point range and 78 percent (14-for-18) from the foul line on their way to outscoring the Bees (7-5, 3-3 CCAC) 53-45 in the final 20 minutes. Five Saints finished the afternoon with double-digit points, including Pietro Badalassi (Canberra, Australia) matching his career-high with 17. Malik Bailey (Tutwiler, Miss./ Coahoma CC) had 13 points while Terrion Howard (Champaign, Ill./ Centennial), Jorden Thornton (Hoffman Estates, Ill./Hoffman Estates) and Mitch Kwasigroch (Manhattan, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) scored 12, 12 and 10 respectively. SAU led for the majority of the opening half until USF put in the final eight points before the break, capped by a Garrett Jackson (Sierra Vista, Ariz./Cochise College) layup in the final seconds. St. Francis rode its momentum to a seven-point advantage early in the second half. SAU clawed its way back, taking a brief lead near the

13-minute mark, before the Saints scored on six straight possessions to extend their lead back to seven. St. Francis continued its strong play on the offensive end for the remainder of the contest, never letting St. Ambrose come any closer than six in the final eight minutes. All 11 Saints who played in the contest registered at least two points and a rebound. USF outscored the Bees 30-15 from beyond the arc and 24-16 from the charity stripe. Lewis Holey (Sydney, Australia) paced the team with seven rebounds, while Thornton dished out five assists. With its 10th victory, St. Francis matches its win total from last season. SAU also had five players score at least 10 points, led by a game-high 22 from Warren Allen. • A late run helped the University of St. Francis women’s basketball team defeat St. Ambrose University 57-52 in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon. Neither team led by more than five until No. 12 USF (8-3, 6-1 CCAC) went on an 8-1 spurt late in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. Four different Saints scored during the run, including layups from Kaitlin Aylward (Elmwood Park, Ill./Trinity), Jordan Pyle (Traralgon,

to visit in the medical side and in the receiving area, so they kept the bags to the side to distribute to them later.” Vega knows what it means to inmates to get a little bit of love from strangers when it is needed the most. “I was 18 years old and I was facing prison time and a group came in to sing for us. They didn’t talk about religion, they just came in to sing,” he said. “I went to prison at 18 and I was at a church service and I don’t remember what was talked about that day, but I remember I had tears in my eyes and I prayed to Jesus to use me if he ever needed. Ironically that day, when we were leaving, there was a 20-pound bag of peanuts in the shell someone had brought in and I filled my pockets up with peanuts and I ate them all the way back to the cell house. When I got to my cell, I put the rest of the peanuts in my locker and I ate them one a day until they were gone.

When I got out of prison, I tried to do what was right and for 12 years, I was back into drug addiction and at 35-years old, I was suicidal, I was going to die of a drug overdose or I was going back to prison

Australia) and Madi Canady (Warren, Ind./Huntington North) as well as a pair of free throws from Leah Sims (Chicago, Ill./South Shore). Aylward finished with gamehighs in points (17, 7-for-7 on free throws), rebounds (10) and blocks (three). Sims joined her in double figures with 13, including 4 of 4 from the foul line. USF knocked down 16 of its 17 free throw attempts, outscoring St. Ambrose 16-9 at the charity stripe. The Bees (9-4, 5-2 CCAC), who came into the game in a three-way tie for second place in the CCAC with USF and Holy Cross College, scored the first four points of the game but USF answered with a 9-0 run and did not trail again until late in the third quarter. The lead went back and forth seven times until the Saints’ outscored SAU 8-3 in the final 2:50. Ivana Markovic (Wheaton, Ill./ Glenbard South) and Nichole Davidson (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) both added seven points for St. Francis. Andriana Acosta (Crest Hill, Ill./Joliet Catholic) pulled down nine boards. Madi Epperson and Candace Finnin both scored 12 points for SAU.

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and I went to rehab. When I was clean for a year, the pastor’s wife of the church I was attending had the idea to make some packages for the local jail and I knew they would appreciate it. I was sell-

Left-handed pitcher and utility player Colin Kelly (Tinley Park, Ill./ Tinley Park/South Suburban College) has signed with University of St. Francis baseball, head coach Brian Michalak announced Thursday. During his freshman season at South Suburban College, Kelly played in 45 games as an outfielder. He totaled 40 hits, including five doubles and a triple, while scoring 31 runs and driving in 25 as the Bulldogs went 38-19-1. On the mound, Kelly logged two scoreless innings. Kelly was also a three-year letter winner and two-time all-conference selection at Tinley Park High School. He earned Daily Southtown Baseball All-Area Second-Team honors in 2016 after leading the team with a .500 batting average at the plate and going 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA on the mound. As a senior in 2017, he helped his team to a 27-8 record and an appearance in the Illinois High School Association 3A Regional finals. “Colin has the skill set to contribute both on the mound and in the field,” Michalak said. “We are very excited to have him joining our program.” Kelly plans on studying marketing at USF when he joins the Saints in the fall of 2019.

ing groceries at the time, so I had product and for the first years, the grocery business funded the gift packages – it all started with people singing, a handful of peanuts and someone else’s idea.”

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Make sure it’s a gift when accepting financial help from family DEAR DAVE, I’m on Baby Step 4 of your plan. I’m debt-free, and I’m currently putting lots of money toward retirement. Now, I want to go back to school and get an MBA. I could pay for school with cash, but that would delay buying a home. My parents have offered to help out financially, so do you think I should accept their offer? ISAAC DEAR ISAAC, I don’t have a problem with this, if they’re doing well enough SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE of 142 Akin Avenue, Joliet , IL 60433 (Single Family ). On the 27th day of December, 2018 to be held at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff V. JENNIFER WILLIAMS AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL L. SCHEIDT; JENNIFER WILLIAMS, INDIVIDUALLY; SRP 2012-4, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant. Case No. 18 CH 1110 in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois. Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County. In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State. For Information Please Contact: KLUEVER AND PLATT, LLC. 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 2600 Chicago, Illinois 60601 P: 312-201-6765 F: 312-236-0514 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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financially to afford it, and the help comes in the form of a gift. If they’re borrowing the money to make it happen, then the answer is “no.” If they want to loan you the money, the answer is “no.” A loan between family members, or even friends, isn’t help — it’s a trap for both parties.

But hey, if they’re in good enough shape to gift you some money to help with the MBA or a home, that would be an incredibly generous thing to do. I think it’s so cool when people work hard, make smart decisions and manage their money well to the point they can do things like this for oth-

ers. It sounds like you’re in a really good place, Isaac. Pay cash for school, and if you can’t buy a home outright when the time comes, make a down payment of at least 20 percent. That way, you’ll avoid having to pay private mortgage insurance! TA K E 5 M I N U T E S FOR YOURSELF!

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CITY OF JOLIET >> NEWS BRIEFS PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. STATE OF ILLINOIS ) ) SS. COUNTY OF WILL ) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, vs. JENNIFER WILLIAMS AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL L. SCHEIDT; JENNIFER WILLIAMS, INDIVIDUALLY; SRP 2012-4, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant. No. 18 CH 1110 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment entered in the above cause on the 20th day of September, 2018, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 27th day of December, 2018 , commencing at 12:00 o’clock noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder or bidders the following-described real estate: LOT 17 IN BLOCK 8 IN AKIN’S SUBDIVISION OF THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY BEING THE EXTENSION OF WASHINGTON STREET, IN THE CITY OF JOLIET, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 19, 1872 IN PLAT BOOK 1, (PART 1), PAGE 77, AS DOCUMENT NO. 852666, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 142 Akin Avenue, Joliet , IL 60433 Description of Improvements: Single Family P.I.N.: 30-07-15-217-023-0000 Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County. In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1) (H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State. FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: KLUEVER AND PLATT, LLC. 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 2600 Chicago, Illinois 60601 P: 312-201-6765 F: 312-236-0514 MIKE KELLEY Plaintiff’s Attorney Sheriff of Will County

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Refuse Collection During Holidays Garbage and yard waste pickup will be one day late starting Tuesday through Friday during the weeks of Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, 2018 due to the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Customers with regularly scheduled Monday pick-up will not be impacted by this change. The regular pick-up schedule will resume January 7, 2019. Please note that yard waste pick-up has been suspended until spring 2019. City Hall will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25 for Christmas Day and Tuesday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. The parking decks will be free of charge and there will be no enforcement of the parking meters on these two holidays. WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL PICK-UP LIVE CHRISTMAS TREES AFTER THE HOLIDAYS IF CUSTOMERS FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES: • Set out in one piece if under five feet in length. • Cut the tree in half if it is longer than five feet. • Set the tree at your usual pick-up site on your regular pick-up day. • Trees will be collected until Jan. 31, 2019.

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over this Holiday Season Joliet, IL: The holidays are a time for friends, family and coworkers to come together in celebration. Wherever you are — at an office party, a family member’s home or out at a bar — it is essential that you make the lifesaving choice to drive sober when the party ends. To help spread the message about the dangers of impaired driving, The Joliet Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and nearly 200 police and sheriff’s departments across the state. The goal is simple: Get impaired drunk drivers off the roads and help save lives. This high-visibility enforcement campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, runs Dec. 17

to Jan. 2. Law enforcement will show zero tolerance for drunk or drugged driving. We aim to drastically reduce impaired driving on our roads through an increased number of state and national messages about the dangers of impaired driving and more officers enforcing live-saving seat belt, speeding and distracted driving laws. Sadly, statistics show much work still needs to be done to end impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 10,874 people were killed in the United States in drunk-driving crashes in 2017. That’s one person killed every 48 minutes. In Illinois in 2017, alcohol-impaired motor vehicle crashes claimed 349 lives. This is why The Joliet Police Department is so committed to reminding drivers that impaired driving is not only illegal, it is a matter of life or death. Alcohol-impaired driving isn’t the only risk on the road. Drug-impaired driving is also on the rise. If drivers are impaired by any substance — whether alcohol or drugs — they should not get behind the wheel. Driving while impaired is illegal, period. If you feel different, you will drive different. “We understand that during the holidays, people are running around, busily checking off items on their to-do list and attending parties,” said Chief Al Roechner. “We need our community members to slow down

and remember: It’s up to them to make the smart decision to drive sober — during the holidays and all year long. Impaired driving is a huge problem in Illinois, and unfortunately, we’re seeing a rise in marijuana use and drugged driving as well. Stay safe and stay sober on the roads.” Party with a Plan - If you plan to drink, plan for a sober driver to take you home. Is it your turn to be the designated driver? Take that role seriously — your friends are relying on you. Remember, it’s never OK to drive impaired by drugs or alcohol. Even if you’ve had only one alcoholic beverage. Designate a sober driver, use public transportation, use a ride service, or opt to spend the night. If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact The Joliet Police Department. Have a friend who is about to drive impaired? Take the keys away and help them get home safely. They’ll thank you later. The Illinois Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over and Click It or Ticket campaigns are funded with federal highway safety dollars and administered by IDOT in partnership with The Joliet Police Department and law enforcement throughout Illinois and the nation.

City of Joliet Election Petitions for Candidacy Filing Period for Packets Begins December 10, 2018.

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MAYOR - DISTRICT 3 COUNCIL MEMBER • DISTRICT 1 COUNCIL MEMBER - DISTRICT 4 COUNCIL MEMBER • DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL MEMBER - DISTRICT 5 COUNCIL MEMBER Candidacy petitions must be filed with the Joliet City Clerk’s Office between Monday, December 10, 2018 and Monday, December 17, 2018 during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On Monday, December 17, 2018, the Joliet City Clerk’s Office will remain open until 5:00 p.m. on to accept petitions for candidacy. All petitions filed by candidates (or representative) who are waiting in line at the Joliet City Clerk’s Office at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, December 10, 2018 will be considered simultaneously filed Monday, December 10, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. In addition, all petitions filed by candidates (or representative) after 4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 17, 2018 will be considered simultaneously filed on Monday, December 17, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. and will be included in a lottery drawing to determine final ballot positions. In the event of simultaneous filings, two separate lotteries for each position will take place on Monday, December 24, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. in the Joliet City Clerk’s Office. The lotteries are open to the public and candidates are not required to attend.

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