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DECEMBER 25, 2013

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new illinois law allows 17-year-olds to vote They will be allowed to vote in primary elections if they will turn 18 on or before next General Election

STORY BY NICK REIHER | MANAGING EDITOR every year, sue staehely wonders if she is going to be able to do it one more time. be able to keep the promise she made to her son, mark, who died in 2006 from a rare form of brain cancer. mark had been a patient during the holidays at Lurie children’s hospital of chicago. he saw first-hand that young patients weren’t able to get much in the way of christmas presents while they were there.

see ‘promIses’ on page 3

Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots announced a new Illinois law will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014, allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will turn 18 on or before the next General Election.

A person who is 17 Will County Clerk years old on the date Nancy Schultz of a Primary Election, Voots. and who is otherwise qualified to vote, may vote at the Primary, www.thewillcountyclerk.com/ including voting by absentee,

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VOTE Continued from page 1

Let’s get our children talking about current affairs at the dinner table.

Parents and teachers need to stress the importance of getting eligible teens registered to vote and of voting at every election. Each vote does count, and voting is a way to speak your mind. It’s a way to control our future and it’s a way to honor our history.”

grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that Primary, if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following General Election.

“Let’s get our children talking about current affairs at the dinner table,” says Voots.“Parents and teachers need to stress the importance of getting eligible - Will County Clerk teens registered to vote and of Nancy Schultz Voots voting at every election. Each vote does count, and voting is a County Clerk’s website at www. way to speak your mind. It’s a thewillcountyclerk.com. When way to control registering our future in person, Individuals can and it’s a way two forms of register to vote at ... to honor our i d e n t i fi c a t i o n history.” are required; The Will County Clerk’s Office, 302 N. Chicago Individuals at least one St. Registrations are also can register to must show the taken at the Secretary of vote at the Will re g i s t ra n t ’s State Driver’s License facility County Clerk’s name and when applying for a driver’s Office, 302 N. current address. license or state ID card.

Chicago St. Upcoming Registrations elections in are also taken Will County at the Secretary of State Driver’s include the General Primary on License facility when applying March 18, 2014, and the General for a driver’s license or state ID Election on Nov. 4, 2014. The card. Many schools and libraries deadline for registering to vote have registrars available for in the Primary Election is Feb. registration. There is also a 18, 2014. mail-in registration form on the

News will county

Thanas back on the bench From Jan. 1 to Dec. 1, 2014. Thanas will assume Siegel’s responsibilities hearing mortgage foreclosure cases in the civil division the vacancy, and if the higher court would.

The first question Tom Thanas was a no-brainer. may be good at a Will County already lot of things, but is short several he admits he’s judges, and Thanas not good at being said the workload retired. is only growing. So So when he Schoenstedt was heard Will County indeed interested.

Judge Richard Then it was a matter Siegel was retiring of finding out of the Tom Thanas a year early from Illinois Supreme Court his six-year-term was interested in filling a few weeks ago, Thanas, who it. Justice Thomas Kilbride, had just retired as Joliet city whose district includes Will manager, let it be known he was County, knows the county’s interested. need for judges, as well as for Ironically, it was Siegel who a new courthouse. Will County defeated Thanas for a judgeship should have three more judges, in 2002 after the latter had but the state Supreme Court served for a year following can’t appoint them unless the an appointment. Thanas said county has courtroom space. he enjoyed that year on the And there is none in the current bench and thought a temporary courthouse. appointment would be good.

County officials are working “The jobs I was looking at with the City of Joliet on a new would have me as an employee courthouse downtown, and in government or with a Thanas said his experience with company that worked with local those plans as city manager government,” Thanas said of his helped him get the temporary options. “I enjoy working in appointment by the Illinois local government. … And I enjoy Supreme Court. being a problem-solver.”

“I think they knew I First, he had to find out if Will would continue to support County Chief Judge Richard the construction of a new Schoenstedt was planning to ask courthouse,” he said. The the Illinois Supreme Court to fill appointment runs from Jan. 1

By Nick Reiher Managing Editor

The jobs I was looking at would have me as an employee in government or with a company that worked with local government.

I enjoy working in local government. … And I enjoy being a problem-solver.”

- Sgt. Steve Byland from the Traffic Division

to Dec. 1, 2014. He will assume Siegel’s responsibilities hearing mortgage foreclosure cases in the civil division.

“There was some concern about me going in to the criminal division because of my work (as city manager) with police and selecting a new police chief,” Thanas said. “So this was the easiest move.”

Thanas said he’s looking forward to getting back on the bench, but he’s not considering running for a full-time position after this one is up. For one thing, he said, this appointment is outside of the sub-circuit in which he lives. There is one open in his Wheatland Township area, but Thanas isn’t interested in delving back into the political fray.

“I did that once, and I didn’t really like it,” he said. “When I start my duties next year, I want to concentrate on being the best judge I can. If I ran for office, I would have to concentrate on being a good politician. I don’t want to do that.”

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Most Chicago area Post Offices will close at noon Dec. 24, Dec. 31 Each Post Office will post its revised hours WEB of operation for these two days LINKS Most Post Offices in the Chicago area will close at noon on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. Hours of operation for some are as follows: The following suburban Post Offices will open at their regular times and close at 4 p.m.: Carol Stream and Oak Park Main.

The following suburban Post Offices will open at their regular times and close at 5 p.m.:

Bolingbrook, Joliet, Orland Park Main, Schaumburg Main, Aurora East, Naperville Main, Plainfield, Batavia, Berwyn, Woodridge, Palatine and Skokie.

All other Post Offices in ZIP Codes 600, 601, 602, 603, 604 and 605 will open at their regular times and close at noon Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. All Chicago Post Office stations and branches (ZIP Codes 606,

Customers are encouraged to go online to usps.com or call 800-ASK-USPS for information about specific Post Offices.

607 and 608) will open at their regular times and close at noon, except for the Main Post Office, 433 W. Harrison St., which will close at 5 p.m.

Each Post Office will post its revised hours of operation for these two days. Customers are encouraged to go online to usps. com or call 800-ASK-USPS for

information about specific Post Offices. Commercial customers should check with their Business Mail Entry Units for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 hours of operation.

Mail will be delivered on those days as scheduled.

In observance of the holidays, Post Offices will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Only Express Mail will be delivered on those days in most major metropolitan areas. Post Offices will resume regular business hours on Thursday, Dec. 26 and Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014.

the followIng suburban post offIces wIll open at theIr regular tImes and close at 5 p.m.: boLingbrook, joLiet, orLand Park main, schaumburg main, aurora east, naPerviLLe main, PLainfieLd, batavia, berwyn, woodridge, PaLatine and skokie.

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“And kids think Santa should be able to find them no matter where they are,” Sue Staehely said.

Mark thought so,too.So 13 years ago, he and his family organized the first Mark Staehely Toy Drive.

They collected donations of toys and money, and tried to make sure each young patient at Lurie Children’s Hospital had at least one gift.

By 2005, that’s exactly what happened. And after a visit to Lurie the following March, Mark made his Mom promise to keep the toy drive going if something should happen to him.

“I said of course I would,” Sue remembered. “Ten days later, he was gone.”

But the promise remained, and her Elves -- family and her friends – along with many in the community have kept the toy drive alive. There has been enough response since that Sue and her Elves can do the Santa thing at University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital and Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Every year,though,Sue wonders if they’re going to be able to pull it off again. “I don’t what to disappoint those kids,” she said.

“But there are so many of them.”

And human nature being what it is, she said, donations don’t usually start pouring in until the deadline, which was early this year because of a late Thanksgiving. On deadline day,

Dec. 13, enough toys came in to keep her and her Elves busy throughout that weekend, sorting by age, wrapping and packing.

There are enough that not only do the patients at Lurie get a bag of gifts, but siblings and friends visiting them will get a bag with age-appropriate gifts as well.

Young patients they meet in the hallways will get a stuffed animal.

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at the end of the visit, if we have toys Left over, courtney wiLL take the toys, and on christmas eve after the kids are asLeeP, she’LL Put a toy at the foot of their bed. the kids just Love that.”

- SuE STahlEy, fOundEr Of ThE mark STaEhlEy TOy driVE

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during this year’s visit to Lurie Dec. 18.

Accompanied by her Elves – Joliet-area car dealer and community supporter Terry D’Arcy, Roger Damyen, neighbor Deb Jaworski and sister-in-law Gina Staehely – Sue handed out hundreds of toys and renewed friendships. One was with Courtney Schwartz, Mark’s former nurse at Lurie. Sue said she takes the day off each year to help spread the joy … and then

some.

“At the end of the visit, if we have toys left over, Courtney will take the toys, and on Christmas Eve after the kids are asleep, she’ll put a toy at the foot of their bed,” Sue said.“The kids just love that.”

A weary Sue Staehely rested a bit the afternoon of Dec. 18. “I’m tired,” she said. “But it’s a good tired.”

She and her Elves would do it all over again at Comer Dec. 19.

They visited with a handful of young patients at Presence St. Joe’s in Joliet the week before.

She’s happy with what they have been able to accomplish in Mark’s memory, but the task is daunting. If they didn’t do it, she thinks, who would? And if no one did, what would happen to those kids at Christmas time?

Thanks to an outpouring from the community once again, she didn’t have to worry. Thanks to people like D’Arcy, the staff and students Troy Schools, Plainfield Schools, Lockport Township High Schools, Walsh School in Lockport, Holy Family School in Shorewood, Caterpillar Joliet (where her husband and son work), Troy Fire and Tow Trucks for Tots.

Every year, Sue also can count on being asked the same question: “What would Mark think of all this?”

“He would say, ‘Good job, Mom. Good job, Elves. Thanks for keeping your promise to me.’”

PHOTOS COURTESY LURIE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO

ON FRONT: Sue Staehely gives a special present to one young patient. Whitney, a young patient on the oncology floor at Lurie Children’s Hospital, blends in pretty nicely with the presents dropped off by the Staehely Elves. Staehely Elf Deb Jaworski presents a bag of toys to a young patient at Lurie Children’s Hospital. Harlow, center, a patient at Lurie Children’s Hospital, gets a visit from Sue Staehely, right, and her elves, from left, Gina Staehely and Deb Jaworski. ON BACK: Mark and Sue Staehely.

Harlow liked Sue Staehely’s Santa hat so much she got to wear it for a while. Sue said that was Mark’s hat, and with it, Harlow bore a strong resemblance to her late son.

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News

WILL COUNTY

County Board OKs Union Contract Amends agenda language on SSA and Illiana tollway project

By Nick Reiher Managing Editor

that employees will continue to receive step increases.

One elected official said the board approved the raises, but didn’t approve any extra money for them.

They hoped layoffs wouldn’t be necessary to meet budget.

AFSCME represents more than 1,200 employees in the county court system, health department, highway department, Board Member Sunny Hill Nursing Suzanne Hart, Home, county jail, R-Naperville and in the offices of the sheriff, coroner, recorder, assessor, clerk, chief judge, circuit clerk, executive and state’s attorney.

The Will County Board on Dec.19 approved the contract covering more than 1,000 m e m b e r s Frankfort Bob Howard, t h r o u g h o u t Republican D-Beecher, chair of d i f f e r e n t Dave Izzo the Legislative and departments.

Policy Committee The 24-1 vote, with Frankfort Republican Dave Izzo voting no, follows a Dec. 5 vote when members of AFSCME Local 1028 “overwhelmingly” approved the contract.

The votes ended 15 months of negotiations that culminated in a 16day strike by some 1,000 Board Member Chuck Maher, R-Naperville Will County employees. A Judy Ogalla, tentative agreement had R-Monee been reached around 2:30 a.m. Dec. 4. County employees The new four-year agreement returned to work Dec. 5. is retroactive to Dec. 1, 2012, and The main sticking points extends through Nov. 30, 2016. were increased health care costs It includes cost-of-living wage and wage increases. Previously, increases totaling 4.5 percent, or employee contributions were 14 percent during the life of the based on a percentage of their contract. salary. One of the county’s major County officials say the contract goals of these negotiations was to also eliminates the county pay make a switch to employees paying plan’s two bottom steps, in effect a percentage of the premium of adjusting the wage scale upward a their healthcare benefits. further 5 percent while ensuring

Legislative agenda amended A bi-partisan skirmish broke out among the holiday goodwill after Board Member Judy Ogalla, R-Monee, offered two amendments she said were necessary to reinforce the county’s position as protecting the rights of landowners in the path of the proposed South Suburban Airport and the Illiana Tollway.

Bob Howard, D-Beecher, chair of the Legislative and Policy Committee, said the intent of the additional language already was included. He and other board members, predominantly Democrats, said the measure also was ill-timed.

quick facts about the dec. 19 will county board meeting • The 24-1 vote, with Frankfort Republican Dave Izzo voting no, follows a Dec. 5 vote when members of AFSCME Local 1028 “overwhelmingly” approved the contract.

• The votes ended 15 months of negotiations that culminated in a 16-day strike by some 1,000 Will County employees.

• The new four-year agreement is retroactive to Dec. 1, 2012, and extends through Nov. 30, 2016.

• It includes cost-of-living wage increases totaling 4.5 percent, or 14 percent during the life of the contract.

• Board Member Judy Ogalla, R-Monee, offered two amendments she said were necessary to reinforce the county’s position as protecting the rights of landowners in the path of the proposed South Suburban Airport and the Illiana Tollway.

Howard said the issue of the language, including other changes Ogalla wanted, was taken care of during committee meetings. He said offering them from the floor, while there was additional media present, amounted to a political “dog and pony show.”

Board Member Suzanne Hart, R-Naperville, said on the board floor the Republicans had discussed Ogalla’s amendments during their caucus before the meeting. But Ogalla, an ardent opponent of both the Illiana and the SSA, had no typed items for the county clerk, or anyone else at the meeting.

At one point, Chuck Maher, R-Naperville, said voting against adding Ogalla’s amendments was akin to voting against the integrity

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of property rights for Will County residents. Howard and the others opposed to introducing the amendments on the floor during the county board meeting, a somewhat unusual occurrence, said they simply preferred amendments be vetted through committee before going to the floor.

In the end, the amendments, and the county’s legislative agenda for 2014, passed with a bi-partisan vote.

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cIty councIl

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Barber still absent as she considers health issues Mayor Tom Giarrante says councilwoman is ‘not serving her constituents’, should ‘step down’

By Alicia Fabbre For the Bugle

constituents and has asked other council members to assist with constituent Joliet City concerns.

Councilwoman Susie Barber Barber, who represents continued to residents in District 4, did not remain absent return a phone call seeking from city council comment. She was elected to meetings this a second term in 2011.

City Councilwoman week.

Mayor Tom Giarrante said Susie Barber, Barber has District 4 he has not spoken to Barber missed the last “in a while.” He, and others on 18 consecutive pre-council or city the council, expected to see her at council meetings. She has been Tuesday’s meeting.

“She’s not serving her absent since the Aug. 19 meeting, constituents, ” Giarrante said of her where she was taken from city absence.

“If she’s unable to return, hall by ambulance.

Councilman Jim McFarland she needs to step down.”

McFarland noted that though urged patience as Barber Barber missed the meetings contemplates her future on the involving the hiring of a new city council. manager, there have not been any “She’s going to be making a split votes where her vote would decision on whether or not to continue on the council by the have affected the outcome of any first,” he said during Tuesday’s issue.

“She’s battling some health city council meeting. “She’s going through difficult times with her issues and trying to rebound (so) health …. (she’s) asking everyone she can come and attend meetings and be 100 percent,” McFarland to keep her in their prayers.”

McFarland noted that while said, adding that Barber plans to Barber has missed meetings, discuss her future on the council she has been in contact with with family members over the

holidays.

Also at Tuesday’s council meeting, Councilman Bob O’Dekirk questioned the continued expense on legal fees in the city’s efforts to take ownership of the Evergreen Terrace housing complex. O’Dekirk estimated the city has paid roughly $2 million to a Chicago law firm representing the city in the case.

“I think it’s irresponsible for us to spend that kind of money when we can’t provide services in Joliet,”he said,noting the city could better spend the money to hire more police officers, snowplow drivers or paramedics.

Also Tuesday, city council members approved honorary street names for: Pastor Robert Dorris,who served the Prayer Tower Church of God in Christ. The city had previously named a section of Cass Street for Dorris, but the church has since relocated and the city was asked to move the honorary street name to a portion of Stryker Avenue between McDonough Street and Interstate 80.

Louise Ray, founder of the Forest Park Community Center. The city will name the newly constructed Woodruff Road bypass to honor Ray, who is credited for her efforts in transforming the Forest Park neighborhood.

Bob Casanova, a barber in

talkIng poInts

Councilman Jim McFarland, At-Large

Councilman Bob O’Dekirk, District 2

Mayor Tom Giarrante

>> on barber councIlman JIm mcfarland, at-large: “She’s going through difficult times with her health …. (she’s) asking everyone to keep her in their prayers.”

mayor tom gIarrante: “She’s going through difficult times with her health …. (she’s) asking everyone to keep her in their prayers.”

>> on the evergreen terrace housing comPLex councIlman bob o’dekIrk, dIstrIct 2: “I think it’s irresponsible for us to spend that kind of money when we can’t provide services in joliet,” he said, noting the city could better spend the money to hire more police officers, snowplow drivers or paramedics. downtown Joliet for 48 years.

A section of Ottawa Street from Clinton Street to Jefferson Street

will be designated in his honor.

His barbershop was located at 118 N. Ottawa St.

transportatIon

IDOT receives statements of qualifications for Illinois portion of Illiana the 5 teams that submItted soqs are: iLLiana oPen road innovators eQuity members: snc-LavaLin caPitaL, INC., UIF GP, LLC (DBA “ULLICO INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS”) AND ZACHRY

connection grouP eQuity members: acs infrastructure deveLoPment, inc., and fengate caPitaL management, Ltd. iLLinois mobiLity Partners eQuity members: fLuor enterPrises, inc., and PLenary grouP usa Ltd.

resources, inc.

wm iLLinois – iLLiana

iLLiana west mobiLity

eQuity members:

Partners eQuity members: cintra infraestructuras, s.a. iLLinois corridor

Partners, LLc meridiam infrastructure iLLiana iL, LLc, and waLsh investors, LLc

The Illinois Department of Transportation has received statements of qualifications from five teams to design, build, finance, maintain and operate the Illinois portion of the Illiana.

The request for qualifications submittal period began Nov. 8 and ended Dec. 19.

The qualifications submitted by the five teams will be evaluated by IDOT, then a list of teams chosen to move forward to the next procurement phase (short listed) will be announced in January 2014.

“We’re very pleased with the level of interest in the procurement of the Illinois portion of the Illiana,” IDOT secretary Ann Schneider said. “These teams are comprised of firms who see this project as a worthwhile investment and a benefit for the regional economy.

“We look forward to reviewing the statements over the next few weeks to ensure the SOQs are

complete,” Schneider added.

The Indiana procurement will be handled separately by the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Indiana Finance Authority. RFQ submissions for the Indiana portion are due by Jan. 10, 2014. IDOT and INDOT are working together to coordinate technical requirements, tolling policy, the federal

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environmental approval process, and construction schedules for the twostate project.

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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.

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Elizabeth Pope, 28, 362 N. Broadway, Apt. 305, was arrested at 12:36 a.m. Dec. 13 at Center and Taylor for Obstructing a P.O.

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Devonte C. Jessup, 19, 112 Twin Oaks Drive, Apt. 8, was arrested at 11:47 p.m. Dec. 13 at 305 Comstock for Motor Vehicle Theft.

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David E. Wilson, 48, 2219 ½ W. Jefferson, was arrested at 9:07 p.m. Dec. 13 at 2006 W. Jefferson for Possession of a Controlled Substance.

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Shaniqua D. Pruitt, 21, 366 N. Broadway, was arrested at 9:20 p.m. Dec. 13 at that address on a Will County Warrant and on two counts of Aggravated Battery to a Child.

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Terence R. Hester, 36, 14 Iowa, was arrested at 9:25 a.m. Dec. 13 at that address for Domestic Battery. Devonda West, 35, of the same address was arrested for Battery And Criminal Trespass to Residence.

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Vernelle K. Wright, 28, 116 Louis Road, was arrested at 2:06 a.m. Dec. 13 at 106 Nicholson for Possession Of Cannabis.

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Velasquez, 25, 813 10 Reyes Cora, was arrested at 1:39 a.m. Dec. 13 at Collins and Meeker for Criminal Damage to Property.

Patricia J. Heiden, 50, 106 E. Jefferson, Shorewood, was arrested at 7:12 p.m. Dec. 13 at 1401 Route 59 for Retail Theft and on an Out of Town Warrant.

Jannetta S. Lewis, 40, 907 Kelly, was arrested at 7:53 p.m. Dec. 13 at 201 S. Larkin for Criminal Trespass to Property.

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Paul R. Valdez Sr., 40, 1308 N. Hickory St., was arrested at 11:50 p.m. Dec. 13 at 2234 Stonehaven for Domestic Battery.

Brian J. Kreis, 34, 3731 W. 148th, Midlothian, was arrested at 2:19 a.m. Dec. 13 at 510 Collins for Criminal Trespass to Real Property.

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Melissa Randall, 35, 1315 Burns, Minooka, was

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Sandra M. Lopez, 50, 419 Dixon, was arrested at 11:25 p.m. Dec. 14 at 1515 W. Jefferson for Battery.

David M. Evans Jr., 24, 1020 Woodruff, was arrested at 10:37 p.m. Dec. 14 at 301 N. Bluff for Battery, Resisting a P.O., Criminal Trespass to Property, Possession of Cannabis, Armed Violence, Possession of Firearm

By Gang Member, Unlawful Use Of Weapon By Felon and Possession of Ammo Without FOID. A 16-year-old also was arrested for Aggravated UUW, Possession of Cannabis And Armed Violence.

Laurie Stell, 43, 8651 W. 142nd St., Orland Park, was arrested at 3:45 a.m. Dec. 14 at 151 N. Joliet for Criminal Trespassing.

Walter Rice, 32, 316 S. Raynor, was arrested at 11:21 a.m. Dec. 14 at 318 S. Raynor for Battery. Raphael Gallegos, 44, 318 S. Raynor, was arrested for Battery.

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Tricia Fontana, 38, 2234 Stonehaven, Plainfield, was arrested at 11:50 p.m. Dec. 14 at that address for Battery.

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Benito Delgado III, 23, 358 N. Broadway, Apt. 008, was arrested at 2:25 p.m. Dec. 14 at 362 N. Broadway for Battery.

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Buonicore, 23, 18 Joseph 16519 Siegel, Crest Hill, was arrested at 3:58 p.m. Dec. 14 at Essington and Hennepin for Possession of Cannabis and Possession of Drug Equipment.

Kenneth Jackson, 48, 830 Cardinal, was arrested at 7:05 p.m. Dec. 14 in the 1400

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arrested at 10:41 a.m. Dec. 14 at 2510 Route 59 for Theft.

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Louis Edward Joseph, 35, 1425 Fairmount, at 3:12 a.m. Dec. 14 at 1405 Fairmount for Criminal Damage To Property and Obstructing A Peace Officer.

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E. Tidwell, 19, 1221 22 Ryan Prodehl, Lockport, was arrested at 9:24 p.m. Dec. 15 at 1801 W. Jefferson for Retail Theft.

Benigno Cisneros Jr., 29, 1118 N. Wabash, was arrested at 12:48 a.m. Dec. 15 at 507 Theodore for Criminal Trespass to Real Property.

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A. Patino-Arroyo, 27, 24 Miguel 514 N. Raynor, was arrested at 2:12 a.m. Dec. 15 at 716 Glenwood for Criminal Trespass to Residence.

Benjamin T. Herold, 40, 1710 Courtwright Drive, Plainfield, was arrested at 11:09 a.m. Dec. 16 at 2524 W. Jefferson for Theft.

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Calvin J. Thompson, 30, 1009 Magnolia, was arrested at 9:08 p.m. Dec. 16 at 1st and Richards for Liquor on Public Way.

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Troy A. Reynolds, 35, 1234 Tonti St., LaSalle, and Houston B. Rios, 30, 2006 Ottawa, LaSalle, were arrested at 4:14 p.m. Dec. 16 at 2524 W. Jefferson for Retail Theft.

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A 13-year-old was arrested at 9:25 p.m. Dec. 16 at 106 E. Marion for Domestic Battery.

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Luis Jimenez, 26, 211 E. Clinton, was arrested at 10:16 p.m. Dec. 16 a 300 Herkimer for Obstructing Justice and Possession of Drug Equipment.

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Jessica L. Bowen, 18, 820 Cypress, was arrested at 3:27 p.m. Dec. 17 at 3340 Mall Loop Drive for Theft.

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For more Joliet blotter, visit www. buglenewspapers.com.

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illiana will sustain growing population Officials in both Indiana and Illinois have now endorsed the need for a new East-West toll road connecting the two states The recent vote by the truck traffic on I-80 and improved Northwest Indiana Regional safety and mobility overall. The Planning Commission (NIRPC) to Illiana is a significant step toward add the Illiana Expressway to their building a safer and more reliable region’s long-range transportation transportation system for moving plan was another critical step people and products throughout forward and an opportunity to the Chicago region. continue the process to finance Will County’s population is and build the Illiana projected to exceed as Illinois’ first P3 1.2 million residents or public-private by the year 2040. The partnership.

Illiana will sustain a Officials in both growing population Indiana and Illinois with improved regional have now endorsed highway connections,a the need for a new safer and more efficient East-West toll road option for truck traffic connecting the two and expanded growth states and the Illiana in the freight and project’scompatibility logistics industry.

Will County with broad-based Executive Economically, Will plans for the future.

County has become Larry Walsh Will County has a major center of actively participated freight distribution in making this project a reality, and logistics-related business with the Illinois Department activity.

New intermodal of Transportation (IDOT) and facilities constructed with the Indiana Department of private investment connect Transportation (INDOT), and Will County to the global many local and regional partners. marketplace and create access My commitment as Will County to overseas markets for Midwest Executive is to the residents of grain exports and manufactured Will County who will be most goods. Will County’s 21stcentury impacted by the Illiana, but stand transportation assets strengthen to benefit greatly from reduced the region’s competitiveness as a congestion on local arterials, less transportation hub and support

new job creation and business growth.

The Illiana will function as a freight corridor with direct access to local intermodals, multiple connections to the interstate network and new capacity to move large volumes of trucks reliably and efficiently through the region.

The significance of the Illiana as Illinois’ first viable public-private partnership cannot be overstated.

Public dollars alone are insufficient for the level of investment needed to deliver a world-class transportation system comparable to other leading cities around the globe. IDOT and INDOT will continue their efforts to pursue a private partner for the Illiana and this process will provide needed information on the project’s financial viability. If the Illiana can leverage new private investment with limited public funding and taxpayer risk, it will be a success.

With critical votes from the federally-designated Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) for Northeastern Illinois and Northwest Indiana behind us in favor of moving forward with the Illiana Expressway, Will County and others who have strongly advocated for the project can renew our focus on a brighter future for our region.

Lawrence M. Walsh Will County Executive

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Religious, philanthropic, business leaders awarded Recipients include Diane K. Ballweg, Brother Peter Bray, Brent Wadsworth Lewis University awarded three honorary degrees at its Winter Commencement Ceremonies, recognizing the achievements of Diane K. Ballweg, President of Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation; Brother Peter Bray, FSC, Ed.D., Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University; and Brent

Wadsworth,Founder and Chairman of Wadsworth Golf Construction Company.

Ballweg and Bray were honored at the Commencement Ceremony for Graduate Students Saturday, Dec. 14. On Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Ceremony for Undergraduates, honorary degrees were presented to Wadsworth.

Lewis University graduated 315 graduate students during Saturday’s ceremony and 445 undergraduates during Sunday’s ceremony. The Distinguished Faculty address was

given by Dr. Daisy Sherry,Assistant Professor of Nursing at Saturday’s ceremony.

During Sunday’s ceremony, Jodi Steinberg of Crest Hill presented the Lasallian Student Commencement Address and Robert Sprunger of Plainfield was honored with the Father Aquinas Colgan Award.

Diane K. Ballweg A Waunakee, Wis., native, she is a humanitarian, educator, pilot, world traveler, volunteer and businesswoman. As President of the Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation, Ballweg guides her family company’s generous funding to non-profit

organizations.

Ballweg has bachelor’s degrees from Edgewood College in Special Education and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Music as well as a Master’s in Education Administration from Edgewood College. She launched her career as a Special Education teacher in the 1970s, but switched in 1978 to music, providing private lessons as well as teaching in

local elementary schools. Ballweg, proud mother of three children, combined her professional career with performances for nearly 25 years in a female musical group that presented concerts across the country and in Russia.

Ballweg earned her private pilot license in 1997, then her instrument rating, complex and See AWARDS, page 18

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Horoscopes When you go along with the crowd you often get no further than the crowd. Being independent allows you to go places no one else has ever been before. This week, you should think for yourself.

Anyone can love you and it’s easy to show love toward others when the sun is shining. It’s when you must share an umbrella that love is tested. In the upcoming week, show your true colors.

The best diet for you is not prepackaged “happy” meals available 24 four hours a day at a fast food kiosk but happy thoughts. What you think about today sets the stage for tomorrow.

Look on the bright side. Now that the shortest day of the year (Saturday) has past, every day this week will be fuller! Keep your positive attitude in full gear to cope with last-minute holiday crises.

In the week ahead, devote more energy to achieving your hopes and dreams and less energy to your fears. Try to be less defensive and more understanding if the holiday hustle and bustle becomes briefly exasperating.

Use logic to evaluate financial matters and imagination to consider ways to make improvements. You might see where changes are needed in the coming week, but wait until after the holidays to implement them.

In the week to come, cuddle up with whatever and whoever makes you happy to be alive. There will be plenty of time for social activities, but remember to take care of necessary obligations before the holiday festivities begin.

Sometimes being tested doesn’t show your weakness, but proves your strengths. You may be challenged to find a last-minute gift in the week ahead, but will pass the test with flying colors.

If problems crop up, the situation will change soon, but if you’re experiencing smooth going, things will simply get better. Put your networking skills to work with helpful new acquaintances this week.

An edgy undercurrent may tempt you to take actions you might regret later. Be patient and abide by the rules during the week ahead, even if key contacts push your buttons or challenge your patience.

The itch to fight off what you consider to be senseless traditions could put you at odds with those in charge during the week to come. It might be wise to simply go along with the crowd and avoid confrontations.

Be glad you have some glad rags. There may be numerous occasions to dress up in the week ahead.

You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to show off your sparkling personality and entertain others.

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When the doctor’s assistant conducted the sound test, she was -- A HEARING “AID”

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INSIDE: Minooka boys hoops top Romeoville, page 12; Girls teams earn top seeds in holiday tournaments, page 13

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Locals ready for holiday tournaments

By Mark Gregory Sports Reporter

Mark Gregory/Bugle Staff

Joliet West will head to Pontaic for its holiday tournament.

Nick DiForti may be new to Joliet West and to the SouthWest Suburban Conference, but the former Plainfield North coach is no stranger to the Pontiac Holiday Tournament, the most popular tournament in the state.

DiForti coached Plainfield North to a third-place finish in 2010 and now returns with his new Tiger team.

The Pontiac tournament has featured the some of the top players in state history such as Derrick Rose and most recently Jabari Parker. This year the tournament is highlighted by top-seed Curie and Cliff Alexander. Alexander is the No. 4 ranked senior in the nation

by Rivals.com and recently committed to play next season at Kansas.

Defending champion Simeon is the No. 2 seed, while Oak Park-River Forest is No. 3 and last season’s runner up West Aurora is No. 4.

Joliet West will face West Aurora at 6 p.m. Dec. 26 and play directly before Alexander and Curie face host Pontiac.

Win or lose, West will play Dec. 27 against either Danville or Manuel.

“It is the best holiday tournament in the state,” DiForti said of the Pontiac Tournament. “The competition is second to none. The people in Pontiac treat all the players, coaches, etc. very well. The town is inviting. The officials are top rate. The experience is great and everyone gets along.”

The tournament set up only guarantees teams a chance to play two games and past that, they must win to advance to day three, which is the goal for all coaches.

“We want to play on all three days of the tournament,” DiForti said. “Not go home on day two.”

Joining West will be Lockport, another team that fill face a top four seed to open play. The Porters get No. 3 OPRF. Like DiForti, Lockport coach Lawrence Thompson, Jr. has a simple goal.

“We want to play four games in the tournament,” he said.

Opposite of the Porters are Niles West and Bloom Township.

MCDIPPER While the Pontiac Holiday Classic is the Granddaddy of Illinois tourneys, a few different ones battle for the second-best post-Christmas tournament.

One of those is the McDipper at Rich South High School.

The McDipper, held at Rich South High School, features a pair of the state’s top teams in Marian Catholic and Kentucky recruit Tyler Ulis as well Bolingbrook and star junior Prentiss Nixon.

Joliet Central brings its own high-powered scorer into the mix with senior Jonah Coble.

The Steelmen have made themselves known in their first three years at the McDipper, however, they have always done so on the consolation side of the bracket.

“Our goal would be to win it, but this is the fourth year we have been there and we would really like to win our first game and play on the winner’s side of the bracket,” said Central coach Jeff Corcoran.

The Steelmen open with Leo, a rebuilding team that features six sophomores and just four seniors on the varsity roster.

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Sports

Minooka tops Romeoville in overtime

By Mark Gregory Sports Reporter

For the third-straight game, the young Romeoville boys basketball team could not finish a game in regulation.

And for the second of the three games, the Spartans came out on the losing end, falling to Southwest Prairie Conference See TOPS, page 14

Mark Gregory/Bugle Staff

Minooka’s Mike Cappel dribbles past Romeoville’s Christian Diaz in the the Indians’ 39-37 overtime win Friday night.

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Girls teams earn top seeds in tourneys

By Mark Gregory Sports Reporter

With its recent improvement, the Joliet Catholic Academy girls basketball team left the Ottawa Tournament and will play in the Hillcrest Holiday Classic.

The Angels are the No. 1 seed in the tournament followed

by Bolingbrook, Hillcrest and Marist.

JCA opens at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 26 against Thornton.

It would then face Bloom or Stagg at 7:30 p.m. later that night.

“We hope to compete for the title,” said Joliet Catholic Academy coach Ed Schodrof.

“But our real goal is improvement each game. We have some deficiencies that we want to clean up.”

The Angels are on the opposite side of the bracket of Bolingbrook, the other team in the tournament that is ranked among the top teams in the state.

If the teams do meet in the finals, it would place the Angels against former assistant coach Chris Smith, who is the new head coach with the Raiders.

Also in the Hillcrest Classic is Lockport, a team which could face Bolingbrook sooner than the Angels.

Mark Gregory/Bugle Staff

Juatece McNear and the Steelmen are the No. 2 seed in the Oswego East Tournament.

The Porters open at 10:30 a.m.

Dec. 26 against Rich Central.

Win or lose, they will face an opponent of the same fate from the Bolingbrook vs. Queen of Peace game at 4:30 p.m. that same afternoon.

OSWEGO EAST Joliet Central has come out this season a much-improved team and that is reflected in the Steelmen getting the No. 2 seed at the Oswego East Holiday Tournament.

The Oswego East Tournament opens Dec. 23 with a 10 a.m. game against West Chicago.

Win or lose, the Steelmen play at 10 a.m. Dec. 26 against either Immaculate Conception or No. 6 seed Sycamore.

“Every team is going to provide us with good competition, we are a young team which makes every game interesting,” said Joliet Central coach Brian Reed.

“I feel it’s very competitive field for this point in the season. We want place in the top three in the tournament.”

LINCOLN-WAY EAST For the first time this season, Minooka will join the LincolnSee GIRLS, page 15

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TOPS Continued from page 12 opponent Minooka 39-37.

“We have to do a better job of executing late in the game,” said Romeoville coach Marc Howard. “We left some opportunities out there that cost us in regulation.We missed a couple lay-ups and threw

Sports the ball away a few times and missed some free throws. If we could get one of those back, we win the game in regulation. I thought in overtime, we didn’t let that go. Some of the guys were still thinking about what they could have done and I could tell they weren’t all the way there and I was trying to get them back focused.”

The Indians jumped out to a 15-7 lead after the first quarter

and held a 21-14 halftime advantage.

“In the first half we weren’t ourselves, our defense was sluggish and we weren’t getting in a groove,” Howard said. “We had a pep talk and fired them up and in the second half we were a lot more active and creating some more turnovers and putting more pressure on them. We attacked the basket and forced them to foul us. We were 0-8 from three point in the first half and we told the kids let’s forget the three pointers and lets get to the basket. We did that and got more aggressive.”

Minooka was whistled for nine fouls in the third quarter and picked up its 10th foul thirty seconds into the fourth quarter, putting Romeoville in the double bonus the entire stanza.

It also forced the Indians out of what they wanted to do offensively.

“All the fouls that were called on us didn’t allow us to play our game and they were able to chip away,” said Minooka coach Scott Tanaka. “I don’t know if we were playing too aggressive, but they were being called and we need to do a better job of moving our feet.”

Romeoville was able to then dictate the pace of play, taking Minooka’s 6-foot, 7-inch big man Mark Geers out of the game after he tallied a gamehigh 13 points, all in the first three quarters.

“They sped us up and we allowed them to speed us up,” Tanaka said.

“We wanted to speed it up

and tire him out and not let them set up,” Howard said.

“Minooka is good when they can spread you out and get their back cuts going and do the screening that they like to do. We wanted to take that away and apply pressure and make them do it more so off the dribble than off the pass.”

Even when Minooka was able to get open looks at the basket, their shots were not falling.

“We just can’t shoot. We haven’t been able to shoot all year, everything is 30 percent and the three-point line is 10 percent,” Tanaka said. “The shots are all there, we are just not finishing. It is a mental thing now. We were 37 percent from the free throw line, we had one kid go 0-5 and we have to do a better job of that.

It is all mental. We are young without a lot of experience. All we did all week is shoot and it didn’t work.”

Despite the poor effort shooting the basketball,Tanaka said he was happy to walk away with a conference win.

“We have needed a win so bad, so to play as bad as we did and escape with a win is nice. It was a good high school basketball game and it was fun to play in,” he said. “Marc is doing a great job here at Romeoville. His kids play really hard and we knew it was going to be a battle.Their kids battled hard all game and to come away with a win in their gym is good because Marc really is doing an awesome job here.”

Just like Minooka, Howard said the Spartans have to learn to close the games and get over the hump mentally and start winning games.

“They are kids and they are learning and we are working on teaching them how to win,” he said.“But, we are competing hard every night.”

Romeoville was led by 10 points from Josh Krueger and eight from Diamonte’ Gaston, while Minooka got 10 from Jake Smith and seven from Joe Butler. mark@buglenewspapers.com

Sports GIRLS Continued from page 13 Way East Medieval Classic, a three-day pool play tournament.

Each team is guaranteed to play four games in the three days, as the first two days are pool play and the final day features teams

HOLIDAY Continued from page 11 Game time is set for 4 p.m.

Dec. 26.

A win would see Central face the winner of Rich Central and Hales Franciscan.

ROMEOVILLE Joliet Catholic features a talented, but extremely young

with like records from pool play against each other.

The Indians will open the tournament noon Dec.26 against Andrew and then will come back later that evening and face Lincoln-Way at 7:30 p.m.

On Dec. 27 Minooka will face Shepard at 6 p.m.

Games on Dec. 28 run from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. with a three-

point shootout at 5:30 p.m. right before the championship game.

team this season and coach Joe Gura is looking to build off the Hilltoppers’ recent success.

“Our goals are to continue to improve we have won three in a row and our young players, four sophomores and three juniors are starting to play well,” he said. “We want to see that improvement continue in this tournament.”

A spin-off of the long-time Lemont Christmas Classic, the Romeoville Tournament features two divisions, one for

small schools and one for large schools.

The Hilltoppers are in the small school bracket and open against Lincoln-Way West at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 26.

In game two, JCA will meet either host Romeoville or Oak Forest.

BOILERMAKER Joliet West returns to the Boilermaker Holiday Basketball Tournament at BradleyBourbonnais High School after placing fifth last year.

Like the Lincoln-Way East

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Tournament, the tournament is pool play and each team is guaranteed to play four games in the three days.

The Tigers open play at 1 p.m. against T.F. South and then will play again at 2:45 against Peotone.

On the second day of play, Joliet West will face Thornwood at 2:30 p.m.

Crossover games will be at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 28.

West coach Kevin Michaels said he likes the parity of the tournament and feels the Tigers can emerge victorious.

“All the teams have similar ability. Any team can win it,” Michaels said. “We want to win the whole tournament.”

Tosh Holiday Classic at York High School. This season, the tournament has expanded to 32 teams, joining Proviso West as one of the largest tournaments in the state.

The Indians will open at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 26 against Highland Park.

Minooka coach Scott Tanaka is looking forward to getting out and seeing different teams.

“I think this tournament

is good because we get away from our conference games and get away from teams we normally see,” Tanaka said. “We are playing in a very prestigious tournament that has a lot of great teams. I think what we need is to play a team that is head and shoulders above us so that we are able to relax a little bit. I think we just come out and expect to win and we just can’t do that.”

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Sports

R.A.C.E makes donations to community Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway’s foundation, R.A.C.E., donated $30,000 in grants to six Chicago-area charities at a luncheon onTuesday,raising its total charitable gifts for 2013 to $81,435.

Those grants are in addition to the $268,305 distributed by Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway and its concessions partner, Levy Restaurants, through contributions to local service groups.All totaled,the organizations were responsible for $349,740 in donations.

“When we launched R.A.C.E. last year, we realized there was an opportunity to make a significant difference in the Chicagoland area.

In year two,we’re starting to see that vision become a reality,” said Scott Paddock, president of Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway.

“Through scholarships,donations to service groups,grants,volunteering, ticket donations and the execution of charitable events, we have been able to positively impact incredibly worthy organizations and the people they serve in the

community we are a part of.” The Bridge Teen Center, Greater Joliet Area YMCA, George Werden Buck Boys and Girls Club, Make-A-Wish of Illinois, Midtown Educational Fund and Sole Star were selected and recognized for their notable contributions to the community and were awarded cash donations through the R.A.C.E. grant process.

• The Bridge Teen Center received a $5,000 donation for their remarkable after school programs.

• The Central City YMCA, part of the Greater Joliet Area YMCA, received $5,000 to support Project SOAR and Central City YMCA’s “Y Without Walls” program.

• George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club received a donation of $5,000 to assist with their anti-gang mentoring program.

• The Make-A-Wish Foundation received a $5,000 to assist a local child with a life-threatening condition.

• The Midtown Educational Foundation received a donation of $5,000 to aid their “One-onOne” program, creating an early

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Attendees at the R.A.C.E luncheon where $30,000 in grants were presented.

foundation for good study and organizational habits.

• Sole Star received $5,000 to put towards the National Society for Black Engineers Jr. program, which takes part in the NASCAR Ten80 Challenge.

• Special Olympics of Illinois also received nearly $10,000 at the event for their part in staffing 50/50 raffles at both Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway.

Event promoter Insomniac also provided a generous contribution

of $15,000, making several of the grants possible.

Earlier this year,R.A.C.E.and Joliet Township High School took part in a seven-month long partnership designed to provide students with hands-on business experience while also benefiting Joliet Area Community Hospice. This partnership, labeled The Route 66 Raceway 15th Anniversary Banner Project, engaged students in design, marketing and sales.All totaled, the partnership raised $10,000 for the

hospice, which has served Joliet since 1982.

R.A.C.E. is a donor advised fund of The NASCAR Foundation, a 501c3 charitable entity. With a focus on youth, safe driving and the military, R.A.C.E. raised funds over the course of the year through community events, raffles and auctions. The three principles guided the seven-member R.A.C.E. Advisory Committee, which was responsible for evaluating grant applications throughout the year.

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Stumpe, North top Jordan, East

By Scott Taylor Sports Editor

In front of a packed house at Plainfield North Friday, Dec. 20, it was two juniors who stole the show in a Southwest Prairie Conference game between Plainfield North and Plainfield East.

North’s Trevor Stumpe and East’s Aaron Jordan scored 32 points apiece, but it was sophomore Kevin Krieger who made clutch free throws down the stretch for the Tigers (7-2, 2-1) in a 78-72 win.

“This is a good rivalry,” East coach Branden Adkins said.

“We have two great players going back and forth.They were making big-time shots and bigtime plays. He (Stumpe) is a momentum kid and when he makes some shots, he is tough to stop. That’s what Division-I basketball players do. Aaron did a good job of leading our guys and knocked down some tough shots.”

With the score 75-72 with 12 seconds left, Krieger hit the front end of a 1-and-1 to give the Tigers a 76-72 lead and after a missed three pointer from the Bengals (6-2, 2-1), Krieger (17 points, 8 in fourth quarter) iced the game with two more free throws.

“I just had to knock them down and get the game over with,” Krieger said.“I just had to put the game away. I wasn’t nervous, I just had to knock them down.”

“Krieger is a very good player,” North coach Bob Krahulik said.

“We knew they were doubleteaming Trevor on the inbounds pass and he (Krieger) was the one we wanted to get the ball to then. We have that much confidence in him to make those free throws.”

With Stumpe being limited to two points over the final 12 minutes of the game, others had to step up and Krieger was one of them.

“Last game I struggled in

the fourth quarter and I just wanted to help the team and do whatever I needed to do,” Krieger said.“My job was to knock down those free throws and build my confidence.”

“It’s a lot of weight off my shoulders,” Stumpe said. “When they have two guys on me I can’t just start throwing up shots, although I might have forced up a few. It’s great when the other guys can make buckets and clutch free throws.”

North jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead and led 19-4 midway through the first quarter before East responded to make it 23-18 after one.

“We got a lot of stops and steals,” Stumpe said. “I knew my shot wasn’t on in warm-ups so I got it going by taking the ball to the basket.”

“We played defense, forced turnovers and pressured the ball and we were able to run because of that,” Krahulik said of the quick start. “When they play good defense, we are a very good team.”

The Bengals took a 32-29 lead in the second quarter, but North came back for a 41-36 lead at the half.

That lead quickly expanded to 55-42 four minutes into the second half thanks to 10 points from Stumpe.

“We’ve been starting off slow lately,” Jordan said. “That’s one thing we need to fix. We can’t keep digging ourselves a hole and expect to come back every time. That’s definitely something we have to fix.”

“We dug ourselves some holes, we came back and then we would make some bad plays,” Adkins said. “We had to expend a lot of energy to get back into it. At halftime we thought if we made the adjustments we were talking about all week, we would be fine.”

However, the Bengals would not go quietly. They cut the lead to 61-54 after three and scored the first eight points of the fourth

quarter to take the lead.

That would be their last lead of the game though as North went on a 9-2 run to regain control.

“I’m very proud of them for (withstanding the East runs),” Krahulik stated. “The Plainfield South game really hurt, the way we didn’t finish the game off. We finished the game the way we wanted to today.We did what we were supposed to do.”

“We settled and didn’t make the right choices when we got the lead,” Jordan said.“That’s one thing we have to go back and look and to see what we could have done there.”

Jordan hit a three and Myles Ward had a three-point play to make it a one-possession game in the closing seconds before Krieger finished the scoring off at the line.

North was 27-of-45 from the floor (60 percent) and 19-of-27 from the free throw line (70 percent).

Stumpe went 11-of-21 from the floor and 8-of-10 at the line.

Jake Nowak added 12 points.

“It was a huge win,” Krieger said. “We just came off of two losses.We needed to get that win and get our confidence back.”

“This was big,” Stumpe said.

“We knew we could do it, but now a lot of people know it too.

It was a great bounce back and we have our confidence back.

This was a big win because if we would have lost it, it would have been tough to get back in the conference race. Now, it’s all evened up.”

For the game East shot 48 percent from the field and 72 percent from the free throw line (18-of-25). Jordan was 10-of-17 from the field (58 percent), 4-of7 from three and 8-of-9 from the line (88 percent). Ward added 13 points.

“This one is behind us but we will always remember it,” Jordan said.“We have to go to Pekin and get back in the win column. We won’t forget this.”

•Plainfield South beat Plainfield

Scott Taylor/Bugle Staff

Trevor Stumpe scored 32 points in Plainfield North’s 78-72 win over Plainfield East.

Central 75-71.

Corey Evers had 27 points for South (4-5, 2-1), while Shane Ritter added 13. Logan Velasquez

had 23 for Central (3-5, 1-2), 13 in the fourth.

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AWARDS Continued from page 8 high performance aircraft rating, and finally her advanced ground

school instructor license. She launched an aviation program at Edgewood High School in 2000 and remains the program’s instructor.

Ballweg is a member of several organizations that support the

News growth and excellence of aviation, and advocates aviation as a career for women. She has provided more than 250 Young Eagle Flights as part of a program. Ballweg also has been an advocate of the Lewis University Aviation Program, promoting it to her high school aviation students, and thoughtfully contributed to the University in 2012 to help launch an endowed scholarship for female aviation students.

Ballweg has enthusiastically committed herself to mission work both home and abroad, serving in Haiti with her son Ben after the 2010 earthquake, teaching conversational English in China, visiting orphanages in South Africa, as well as visiting with the homeless in Madison – experiences which she says have opened her eyes to the diversity in the world and the need to break down barriers globally.

Ballweg is noted for her passion for organizations focused on music, children and family, and she generously dedicates her time and expertise through board leadership. She is the President of the Madison Children’s Museum Board, and serves on the Madison Symphony Orchestra Board, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Advisory Board, among others. She also devotes time as a member of various business, educational and arts organizations.

Frequently honored for her service, Ballweg was recognized in 1997 with the Wisconsin Aviation Person of the Year Award. In 2000, she earned the Dominican Award for Service to Humanity, from her alma mater, Edgewood College; in 2004, the Madison Community Foundation presented her with the Asset Builder Award; and the following year she received the Governor’s Award in Support of the Arts. She also provided her talents as honorary chair for The Great Performance Fund at the Center for the Arts in Madison,

helping to raise $23 million for resident art groups.

Brent Wadsworth A nationally recognized expert in the building and restoring of some of the most famous golf courses in the United States, Wadsworth is locally known as a business leader and along with his wife, Jean, generous, yet understated philanthropists. Brent Wadsworth is the founder of the Wadsworth Golf Construction Company, based in Plainfield, which is one of the largest golf course builders in the nation.

During the past 55 years, the firm has constructed more than 850 golf courses in the United States and restored many others, including the prestigious Augusta National Golf Club which is the home of the Masters Tournament.

Born in Buffalo, N.Y.,Wadsworth moved with his family to Joliet, shortly after his birth. He attended Joliet public schools and is a 1947 graduate of Joliet Township High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Landscape Architecture at University of Illinois and worked briefly for prominent golf course architect Robert Bruce Harris. He also earned a private pilot’s license at Lewis University, then known as Lewis College. Following his service in the U.S. Air Force, Wadsworth returned home and married Jean, in 1954.

Wadsworth then joined with Edward L. Packard in establishing the golf course design firm, Packard and Wadsworth. In 1958 Wadsworth decided to focus exclusively on building and restoring courses rather than designing them when he established the Wadsworth Golf Construction Company.

During his remarkable business career, Wadsworth served on several golf course industry

advisory boards. His dedication to supporting the less fortunate in life through his consistent philanthropic efforts has earned him several prestigious recognitions,including a Doctorate of Humane Letters degree atAurora University in 2008. He received the ExxonMobil Community Philanthropic Award from the Channahon Parks Foundation of Channahon in 2010. He also was presented with the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Illinois in 2011, and the Phi Gamma Delta Distinguished Fiji Award in 2012.

Highly involved and generously supportive throughout this region, Wadsworth is a former Board member for the David Kinley Educational Foundation, and he was earlier active with Presence Health and the Girl Scouts—Fox Valley Council. Moreover, he has been generous in establishing numerous endowment funds for students, teachers, and programs within several area school districts, including Joliet Township High School District 204, where he once was a student, as well as being steadfast in his support of his alma mater, the University of Illinois.

Wadsworth’s exemplary work ethic and lifelong contributions to the game of golf have also earned him additional prestigious recognitions.Among them include his selection as a member of the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame in 1991; the Donald Ross Award, presented by the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1993; the Illinois PGA Foundation’s John Gleason Ambassador of Golf Award in 2000;and the Humanitarian Don A. Rossi Award presented by the Golf Course Builders Association of America in 2000.

Proud parents of four children and two grandchildren, Brent and Jean, now married for 59 years, thoughtfully established the Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation in 1997. The foundation has sought to make the character-building attributes of golf accessible to many more people by providing generous gifts and grants across the country to organizations, which support the foundation’s mission of responsible self-improvement. In addition, these remarkable grants have been provided to disadvantaged youth and physically impaired persons.

Friend, advisor and advocate for Lewis University, Wadsworth has also made generous contributions toward scholarships for students with financial need as well as toward significant campus improvements.

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Helping others in office a way to help yourself Q. The advice in your column often seems geared to avoid making other people uncomfortable.

My job is hard enough without having to walk on eggshells about other people’s feelings.

Since the tools you teach seem to be tricky to learn and take time, how does it benefit me to help other people feel good about their jobs?

A. The better you can get other people to feel and act around you, the better your own job will be.

You are correct that to reduce the amount of suffering and bad decisions in people around us, we have to be responsible to change our habits.

The hardest habit to break is the luxury of blaming everyone around us for our problems at work.

If you are part of a situation that is causing you suffering, you are at least in some small way opening a door for someone to treat you badly. It’s not necessarily your fault if people treat you poorly.

However, there are a number of clever strategies to make it nearly

impossible for even abusive people to keep hurting you.

As satisfying as it is to bite back on someone upsetting us, the long-term consequence is that other people get even.

If you don’t enjoy the long-term experience of people seeking revenge on you, then you have to give away the short-lived bliss of telling people off.

For instance, next time a customer, coworker, or boss is angry at you, instead of defending yourself or counterattacking, try taking a deep breath and neutrally repeating back in your own words what they just said.You’ll discover that other people have a very hard time staying mad at anyone who so clearly understands their point of view.

Once you’ve established that you truly get the other’s point of view, they will be highly likely to be willing to listen to your ideas.

Brilliant defenses and counterattacks will never give you a chance to influence others as much as a simple demonstration

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Quick TIP to help in the office: Next time a customer, coworker, or boss is angry at you, instead of defending yourself or counterattacking, try taking a deep breath and neutrally repeating back in your own words what they just said.

of listening skills.

Most of my clients would tell you that in the beginning they felt like aliens when they focused on the long-term result they wanted rather than venting.

They would also tell you it took longer than they wanted and it was harder than they thought to change their bad interpersonal habits.

However, when they come in my office delighted that they are

If you are part of a situation that is causing you suffering, you are at least in some small way opening a door for someone to treat you badly. no longer at the center of office wars and almost always have the result they want, they tell me it was more than worth the price.

The last word(s) Q. I was just hired into a job where the last four managers only lasted six months. Should I be worried?

A.Yes.Your first priority should be to find out how each was set up to fail before they started, and then develop a strategy that avoids repeating history.

Those who can learn from the mistakes of their predecessors usually avoid the unemployment line.

(Daneen Skube,Ph.D.,executive coach,trainer, therapist and speaker,also appears as the FOX Channel’s“Workplace Guru”each Monday morning.

She’s the author of“Interpersonal Edge:Breakthrough

Tools forTalking toAnyone,Anywhere,About Anything”(Hay House,2006).You can contact Dr. Skube at www.interpersonaledge.com or 1420 NW Gilman Blvd.,#2845,Issaquah,WA 98027.Sorry,no personal replies.)

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Plan ahead for the ultimate holiday roast beef dinner Stop by your local butcher or supermarket and order the roast as soon as possible Thanksgiving is barely over when you suddenly realize the time has come to start thinking seriously about what you’ll cook for Christmas dinner.

And I always wonder: Why do so many people cook another turkey on December 24 or 25?

Maybe it’s because memories of the previous holiday’s golden-brown turkey are still so deliciously fresh.

Or perhaps that’s the way family tradition has always said the Christmas menu should be.

Or, just maybe, our minds are so fatigued by entertaining at this time of year that we find it easier to switch to autopilot and cook the same thing all over again.

So I’d like to propose a different main course for your holiday table this Christmas.

Try my recipe for Roast Prime Rib of Beef with Garlic-Herb Crust.

I find roast beef to be one of the most impressive main courses you could present for a special meal, especially when you start with a bone-in roast.

Boldly shaped and deeply browned, with a tempting crust and juicy, rose-colored interior,

the roast seems to me to announce like nothing else that a real feast is about to begin.

If your mouth is watering at that description, I suggest you act now.

Stop by your local butcher or supermarket and order the roast as soon as possible, just to make sure there will be one on hand and reserved for you when you

i find roast beef to be one of the most imPressive main courses you couLd Present for a sPeciaL meaL, esPeciaLLy when you start with a bone-in roast. shop for the meal. You can keep it in the refrigerator for a good three days before you cook it.

Then, simply follow my recipe. The keys to success are simple.

To begin, while the oven preheats, rub the exterior of the roast thoroughly with the seasoning mixture.

During cooking, the seasonings will not only subtly flavor the inside of the meat but will also mingle with the juices to form the muchdesired crust, which will add excitement to every serving.

The roasting itself happens in two stages. For the first 25 minutes, I like to cook the meat at a high temperature to help the crust form, sealing in the juices.

Then, I reduce the temperature and complete the cooking at a more gentle heat that enhances the meat’s tenderness.

Finally, once the roast is done to your liking (which you can test easily with an instant-read thermometer), be sure to let it rest, covered, at warm room temperature for 30 minutes before carving.

This crucial yet easy step allows the bubbling-hot juices to settle back into the meat, so more of them stay in every bite.

Follow these few pointers and you’ll have a roast everyone will love. In fact, you may love it so much that you might even be tempted to make it again for New Year’s Eve!

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roast prIme rIb of beef wIth garlIc-herb crust Serves 6 to 8

1 bone-in prime rib of beef, 4 to 5 pounds 8 garlic cloves, minced 4 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary 2 teaspoons dried thyme 4 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons kosher salt remove the roast from the refrigerator and leave it at room temperature while you preheat the oven to 450 degrees f. Place the rack in the center of the oven - or, if the roast won’t fit into your oven with the rack in the center, place the rack in the lower position. while the oven is heating, put the roast rib side down on a rack inside a large, heavy roasting pan. in a small bowl, stir together the garlic, rosemary, thyme, pepper and salt. spread the garlic-herb mixture evenly all over the surface of the meat, pressing down firmly with your hands to help the mixture adhere.

Place the roasting pan on the oven rack. cook the roast for 25 minutes. then, reduce the temperature setting to 250 degrees f. and continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer, inserted into the center of the roast without touching bone, reads 120 degrees F. for rare or 125 degrees F. for medium rare, 1-1/2 to 2 hours longer. remove the roast from the oven and transfer it to a platter. cover the roast with aluminum foil and leave it to rest in a warm spot for 30 minutes. uncover the roast and transfer it to a carving board.

Pour the juices that have accumulated on the platter into a sauceboat for serving. with a sharp carving knife, and steadying the roast with a carving fork, cut the meat across the grain into thick or thin slices, as you and your guests prefer; if guests like, include rib bones as part of their portions, cutting carefully between the bones. Pass the juices at table for guests to help themselves.

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