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Niles mayor Andrew Przybylo said he wanted to address the criticism he and the village board received after voting to fill all referenda slots for the next two elections. Instead, during the June 27 meeting, he spent the bulk of his speech sharply criticizing referenda submitted by Niles activist Joe Makula. He reserved special ire for the referendum that took away Niles mayors’ ability to fill trustee vacancy and a proposed referendum to require all “taxing districts” be approved by voters – arguing that the former could potentially cripple the village government and that the later
would have hurt the village’s property tax revenues. This led former trustee Rosemary Palicki to accuse Przybylo of crossing the line, saying that he was dispariging residents simply for disagreeing with him. During the June 13 special village board meeting, the trustees voted unanimously to put three advisory referenda on the March 20, 2018 ballot and three more advisory referenda on Nov. 6, 2018 ballot. Because there are only three referenda slots available per ballot, this affectively means that no citizen-launched referenda can go up on the ballot for the next two elections. In recent years, Makula attempted to launch a number of referenda on every ballot where there was room. In November 2014, voters approved a referendum that
took away mayors’ powers to fill vacancies. Instead, it would be filled by voters during the nearest municipal election. In December 2016, Makula launched two referenda. The first referendum would require voter approval any time Niles creates a “taxing district.” The second referendum would require that at least two of the three referenda slots on the ballot be reserved for refereda launched by voters. Both referenda were thrown off the ballot during the Jan. 26 Niles Electoral Board meeting. As it’s usually the case in Illinois, the board was made up the mayor, the village clerk and the senior-most trustee. SEE REFERENDA PAGE 7
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Library approves revised conduct rules for patrons Patrons will now be able to use library wi-fi and meeting rooms to do business BY IGOR STUDENKOV Bugle Staff @BugleNewspapers nweditor@buglenewspapers.com
The Niles Library Board of Trustees unanimously approved a series of changes to the rules governing patron conduct. Library director Susan Lempke said that she looking to update and expand the rules without getting bogged down into too much detail. Most notably, it did away with blanket prohibition on doing business in the library, while still prohibiting patrons from selling products or services inside the building. The language regarding political campaigning was tweaked to avoid running afoul of the First Amendment, and the new rules explicitly spell out what kind of “disruptive behavior” could get patrons kicked out of the building. As Lempke explained to the board, she originally considered the change after realizing that the rule prohibiting patrons from using the building to do business didn’t make sense in an age when anyone could bring in their laptop and work in the library. “We realized that there are many people in the library who are in the library conducting business,” she said. “They’re sitting at their laptops, working on their business right now and technically, under the library rules, that would not be allowed.” And that’s not the only way the library is being used to do business. “There are many meetings taking place in our study rooms - there’s a lot of business being conducted,” Lempke said. Once she realized it, she wondered what other rules should be changed. Lempke asked library attorney Dennis Walsh for ideas. He wound up expanding the rules significantly – to the point where the director felt it might have gone into too much detail. She and Library Assistant Director Cyndi Radem-
acher went over it and revised it – and found that they were mostly on the same page. The version of the changes they agreed on removed the prohibition against doing business in the library. Walsh added the language specifying that patrons can’t sell products or services, as well as solicit donations, on the library property. The final version kept that, but it added a line allowing library directors to make exceptions on case-by-case basis. As Lempke explained to the board, she wanted to be able to, for example, allow Girl Scouts to sell cookies. While the previous version of the rules simply forbade “disruptive” behavior and “verbal and physical harassment” without going into further detail, the new version gave specific examples of what kind of behavior could get patrons in trouble. “[For] people who are mentally ill, who don’t know how to behave appropriately - saying ‘you can’t create a disturbance’ isn’t good enough,” Lempke explained. As before, the patron would get two warnings. If the behavior continues, he or she would be removed from the library grounds, and an incident report will be fined. Policies regarding campaigning were also altered. The library already forbade displaying campaign literature for candidates, but Walsh added language banning “messages or information” about campaign events, and stating that the library couldn’t be used as “mechanism for building support for candidates for public office or other ballot measures.” The new language did carve out an exemption for non-partisan voter information literature. Finally, it added a restriction that has been standard when the library served as a polling place during election days – people could pass out campaign literature, collect petition signatures, raise funds of proselytize, but only if they stay outside the building and not try to block any of the entrances.
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Abilities Expo celebrates community, puts resources under one roof Abilities Expo has been serving the disability community since 1979 BY DANIEL SMROKOWSKI BUGLE COLUMNIST On June 23, I spent approximately five hours at the Abilities Expo 2017 Chicago at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center. The Abilities Expo is a three-day celebration of the disability community. This is the event for those of us with disabilities to get resources and tools to assist us in our daily lives. I had an opportunity to talk with David Krose, the president/CEO of the Abilities Expo and its website abilities. com. The Abilities Expo has been serving the disability community since 1979 with originally only two events—in Los Angeles and just outside of New York City. This Abilities Expo was started by one man’s frustration that his local wheelchair dealer had a very limited selection. David Krose explained that this small idea to give the disability community the opportunity to go shopping for different kinds of mobility tools was revolutionary for the 1970s. However, in 2008, David and his business partner, Lew Shomer, acquired the Abilities Expo business without really having any personal connection to the disability community. Nonetheless, under the amazing leadership of David and Lew, the Abilities Expo has grown over the intervening 9 years to eight cities each year. Each year, members of our disability community can attend, free of charge, any of the Abilities Expos across the country including: northern California, southern California, Chicago, Houston, Boston, Washington D.C., outside of New York City, and for the first time this year, Toronto, Canada. Today, the Abilities Expo continues to offer admission free of charge, workshops, and an events arena with demonstrations including adaptive sports, wheelchair dancing, and service animals. The reason for taking over the Abilities Expo business was not a personal
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one for David Krose. Even though his grandson is on the autism spectrum and David had some friends with disabilities, these circumstances had no impact on him taking ownership of the Abilities Expos. It was merely the fact that he fell in love with the community at these Abilities Expos. David fell in love with what the show was trying to do — bring disability resources under one roof for the disability community to access. The area of the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center is divided into three halls but Abilities Expo Chicago chose to use all three of them as one big hall. This made the show easily accessible for people with various disabilities. Typically at most other expos, the workshops would be in meeting rooms in a different part of the hotel. Unique to the Abilities Expo, the workshops and events arena are all located in the same area as the show room floor. It’s all “under one roof,” as David says. The workshops use a service called “CART,” which is like a court reporter who types everything being said by the speaker. For attendees who are hearing impaired or have difficulty understanding but are able to read, then they can read the transcriptions on the big screen next to the speaker. David explained to me one difference between the New York City and Chicago Abilities Expos. In New York City, Micah Fowler, star of ABC’s Speechless, attended the Abilities Expo in May 2017 in New York City. Approximately six months ago, David had received a phone call from Micah’s mom, Tammy, who had explained Micah was a big fan of the Abilities Expo and had been attending 15 years. In New York City’s Abilities Expo, Micah held a 30-minute question and answer session and spent 90 minutes taking photographs with
over 300 attendees. The Abilities Expo is geared for the entire disability community — both those with visible and invisible disabilities. When David first got involved in the Abilities Expo, he wrongly assumed that this was one big homogeneous community. However, David has come to realize that the disability community has different levels of diagnoses and various needs that people have. A large majority of the people with disabilities who identify themselves on the registration form as being a person with a disability, about 85 percent, have mobility challenges. This includes wheelchairs and power-chairs, for example. Many of the products that lend themselves to a trade show environment are for people with mobility challenges. According to David, there are very few products for people with vision or hearing impairments or for people who have developmental or cognitive disabilities. The distributors of mobility products tend to come to the Abilities Expo to reach a large audience. On the other hand, the other not-for-profit organizations and resources come to the Abilities Expo to share their resources across the disability community. In 2016, the Abilities Expo Chicago reached approximately 3500 adults and 800 kids. The Abilities Expo is a fun celebration. This is a place for us to come together and find accessible resources that will help us live in an inclusive world. For readers who are interested in hearing my live podcast from the Abilities Expo 2017 Chicago, visit specialchronicles. com. Join me and attend an upcoming Abilities Expo in your nearest city. Next year, June 24-July 1, 2018, the Abilities Expo will return to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center. Let’s create an accessible and inclusive world for all. Daniel Smrokowski was born three-and-athird months premature and was diagnosed with learning disabilities and a severe language disorder. He is an award-winning columnist covering special needs stories. Daniel is the founder of Special Chronicles, a pioneering nonprofit media platform that gives respect and voice to people with special needs. Daniel is also involved as an athlete and global messenger with Special Olympics Illinois. Come join us at www. SpecialChronicles.com.
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JULY 11 Street Concerts. 6-8:30 p.m. at
Harrer Park Pavillion 6250 Dempster Street, Morton Grove. Bring your own chair or picnic blanket. Band: Billy Croft and the 5-Alarm, country/country rock.
JULY 14-16 Big Greek Food Fest of Niles.
Three days at Holy Taxiarhai and St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church, 7373 Caldwell Avenue, Niles. Authentic Greek food, pastries, kids corner (crafts, face painting and more), live music, imported Greek wines, Greek tavern, festival dancers, cooking classes. $2 admission fee.
JULY 14 Morton Grove Farmers’ Market.
8 a.m.-noon, at 6210 Dempster St., Morton Grove. The Morton Grove Farmers’ Market strives to be a local, producer only Market. All items must be home-grown, handmade, and/or vendor-created from locally-owned operations.
Celebration in the Park. 3:30-5
p.m. at Mansfield Park Fieldhouse,
Morton Grove. Get the family together and celebrate summer with us out at the park with ice cream and family fun. A special entertainer will perform beginning at 4 p.m.
show off their cars. Bop to the music of the Sting Rays while cruising the show. Be sure to cast your vote for your favorite make and model.
Friday Night Summer Concerts.
Park, the corner of Ottawa and Main streets, Niles Professional cycling comes to Niles. Formerly Bike Fest, it’s a new high-energy, family-friendly all-day event. Visit www.vniles.com/ cyclingclassic for details
6:30-8:30 p.m. at Oak Park, Main and Ottawa streets, Niles. Band: Stings Rays, rock-and-roll, rockabilly. Pack up the lawn chairs and blankets, bring your family and a picnic. Food is available for purchase from Howard Street Inn.
Park Ridge Fine Arts Society Concert Series. 8 p.m. Park Ridge
City Hall, 505 Butler Place, Park Ridge. Featuring Barbara Schubert and the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony Orchestra. Bastille Day Bonanza: Soprano Jessica Aszodi sings French arias, art songs, and cabaret fare, plus orchestra selections by Berlioz, Debussy, and Franck.
JULY 20 Summer Classic Car Show.
5:30-8:30 p.m. at Harrer Park Pavillion 6250 Dempster Street, Morton Grove. Car collectors gather together to
Niles Cycling Classic. 9 a.m. at Oak
Movies in the Park. 7:30 p.m.
at Prospect Park, 733 N. Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge. Arrive early for concessions, face painting, and fun activities before the movie. Face painting, concessions, and family activities. Movies start at dusk. Movie: Moana
JULY 21 Morton Grove Farmers’ Market.
8 a.m.-noon, at 6210 Dempster St., Morton Grove. The Morton Grove Farmers’ Market strives to be a local, producer only Market. All items must be home-grown, handmade, and/or vendor-created from locally-owned operations.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, FHA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OC11; MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OC11; Plaintiff, vs. NIKOLAOS HATZOPOULOS; KATHY ARSENIS; M O R T G A G E ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NIKOLAOS HATZOPOULOS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF KATHY ARSENIS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 26830 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 16, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 10-17-408-063-0000. Commonly known as 9032 Mason Avenue, Morton Grove, IL 60053. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I724084 Published 6/22, 6/29, 7/6
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. GERALD T. KOSTELNY AKA GERALD KOSTELNY; ALINA BORYSENKO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD C LAI MAN T S Defendants, 13 CH 19862 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 09-24-112-064-0000. Commonly known as 8553 North Ottawa Avenue, Niles, Illinois 60714. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F13080088 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I723669 Published 6/22, 6/29, 7/6
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Westmont’s Donovan earns POY BY MARK GREGORY Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com
It is often difficult for baseball players from small schools to grab the attention of the top colleges and professional scouts. That was never the case for Joe Donovan. Sure, his brother Charlie paved a road for Joe, but the younger Donovan hit that road like a runaway 18-wheeler. As a freshman, he was the starting catcher on a Westmont team that placed fourth in the state in Class 2A and he spent the next three seasons assaulting the Sentinel record books – ending his career holding 20 career records. He holds the mark for team wins (97), games played (145), runs scored (205), hits (210), extra base hits (99), home runs (36), grand slams (4), RBI (154) and slugging percentage (.891). This season, Donovan batted .523 with a .628 on base percentage and a 1.171 slugging percentage – all Westmont single season records. For all of that, Joe Donovan is the first-ever recipient of Voyager Media’s Charlie Donovan Player of the Year Award. This season is the first year the award is named after Charlie Donovan, who was a three-time Voyager Media Player of the Year and died in November of 2015. It will continue to bear his name going forward. “This year was a lot of fun,” Joe Donovan said. “I had a part where
I had a mini slump, but I came out of it and just had so much fun.” Playing for a Class 2A school like Westmont, often times Donovan’s numbers are not looked upon as serious as those by players in Class 3A or 4A. “In my opinion, I can hit at any level,” he said. “We played 4A schools. I hit two doubles and a homer off Mt. Carmel and they are as good as they get. Sometimes it can be even harder to hit at a 1A or 2A level. In the summer, I am pounded with fastballs in the 90s and high 80s and legitimate sliders and breaking balls that you get zoned in to a certain way of hitting and then in the spring there are some kids that can hardly get the ball to the plate on a consistent manner. I would argue that for good hitters, it is almost easier to hit good pitching. That is no excuse for not hitting off bad pitchers, because I think good hitters can hit any pitching. “I have friends that go to big schools and I get text messages and Snapchats joking around saying that if they were at my school, they would be doing the same thing I am and it gets taxing. As much as I just have to play my game, when the awards come and your peers question the level of competition, it is aggravates me.” Offense is not the only part of Donovan’s game, as he is one of the top defensive catchers in the state as well. “From his sophomore year through his senior year, he called almost every single pitch,” Westmont coach DJ Cocks said.
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Westmont’s Joe Donovan is the winner of the Voyager Media 2017 Charlie Donovan Baseball Player of the Year Award. “He shut the running game down. We hardly had anyone steal on us. He creates strikes for our pitchers by the way he sets up and frames. He is the best blocker I have seen back there as a high school kid and I played college baseball and I think he was better than a lot of the guys I saw in college.” Donovan said his mental makeup is the reason for his well-rounded success. “I attribute my success in baseball to my mind and how I go about it,” he said. “Granted, I very fortunate to be blessed with athleticism and I have put in the work to be a good physical baseball player, but my mindset is more important. I go into it, realizing I can fail so if I do, it doesn’t affect me. I think the biggest thing is compartmentalizing my analytical baseball mind, my emotional baseball mind and
my present baseball mind. Those three subsets of consciousness are so intertwined that they can really mess up each other. You have to realize when emotion is necessary, when diving deep into the analytics is necessary and when to just tone all that out and just make an athletic move.” While Donovan is headed to the University of Michigan next season, he was drafted a few weeks ago by the Chicago Cubs in the 33rd round of the MLB Draft. If not for his plans to head to Ann Arbor next year, he would have been a much higher selection. “It was unbelievable (to be drafted),” Donovan said. “Had I wanted to sign professionally, I would have been a higher draft pick, so that was really nice, but that being said it was an incred-
ible honor to be drafted. I grew up the biggest Cub fan, Charlie was a huge Cub fan, last year I went to the World Series Game 5 – I might have shed a few tears when they won the World Series. I was one of those dummies at the Cubs’ parade sprinting to be up front. So, just the culmination of all my life as a Cubs’ fan and getting drafted by then, it was unbelievable and even though I knew I wasn’t going to sign – a few tears were shed.” Local players on the team are:
JACKSON KAPLOWITZ, NOTRE DAME Posted a .417 batting average for the Dons with a .454 OBP and .657 slugging percentage. He posted 45 hits with 30 RBI and scored 29 runs. For the full team visit buglenewspapers.com
INSTAGRAM: Readers, attending an event in your area? Take a photo and tag @buglenewspapers for a chance to be featured! THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017 | BUGLENEWSPAPERS.COM REFERENDA FROM PAGE 1 In his speech during the June 27 meeting, Przybylo started out defending the referenda that went on the next two ballots. “They were in no way frivolous or not useful,” he said. “In fact, all referendums have been instructional and inspirational for this board.” The mayor then went on to note that referenda tend to get decided by only a portion of eligible voters. Indeed, as previously reported by the Bugle, the turnout for the trustee vacancy referendum was 39 percent. Przybylo said that, if a referendum is binding, this can have far-reaching consequences. “Referendums, because they’re written to be cleverly simplistic, will usually be voted [on] in the affirmative, even if the results for homeowners are disastrous,” he said. The mayor cited the trustee va-
cancy referendum as an example “Here we have Joe Makula telling voters that their voting rights are being trampled upon.” he said. “It makes it sound like, once I appoint them, they serve for life, and that’s not true.” Przybylo argued that, before the trustee vacancy referendum, voters already had a say in the vacancy filling process. All vacancies must be approved by trustees, who are elected, and when a vacancy is filled, it must go up on the ballot again in the nearest municipal election. The mayor reiterated the argument he made when the referendum went on the ballot. At the time, As attorneys from the Ancel Glick law firm explained that, under state law, if there are three vacancies on the board at once, the remaing trustees will not be able to cast votes dealing with emergency disaster relief, lease of equipment
and machinery, reject arbitration decisions in village union contracts, issue bonds for water and sewer repairs, and transfer funds between village departments. “Frankly, you have to wonder if these reformers hate the government so much that they want to kill it, or bankrupt it,” Przybylo said. Turning to the taxing district referendum, the mayor argued that, when it comes to tax incentives, speed was key. He cited a December 2013 deal between the village of Niles and Costco in December 2013. At the time, the chain was contemplating moving its Niles location to Morton Grove where it would have enough room to build gas pumps. If Costco bought the former Landmark Ford dealership site and build its gas pumps there, the village would refund back $3 million in the sales tax it collected – enough to compensate the company for demolition and develop-
ment costs. Costco used half the land to build the bumps and sold the other half to Aldi, which used it to move its Niles location to a new, bigger building. Makula’s referendum didn’t definite what the term “taxing district” means, but Makula previously told the Bugle that he meant for it to include Tax Increment Financing districts, property tax based Cook County incentives and other designations that would affect property taxes. Because the Costco deal involved sales taxes rather than property taxes, it is not clear whether it would have fallen under the referendum. The mayor ended his speech with a warning. “If someone comes [to your door] you can’t be a low-information voter anymore, there’s too much at stake,” Przybylo said. “There are a lot of people who are anti-government, they state false-
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hoods that aren’t legitimate. This is serious business. We’re trying to keep your taxes low and your services the best. Be very careful with referendums” This led to a rebuke from Palicki. “I can’t believe that people who stand up here [to speak] are being called names by the mayor,” she said. “You’re saying that you spread falsehoods, that we’re low-information voters.” Palicki noted that, as a resident, she and others can express their opinions by speaking up at board meetings. And she said she found the mayor’s warning ironic. “There’s no fear now, because nobody will be ringing their [doorbells] until 2019,” she said. The former trustee ended her statement by calling for civility. “I hope that we can come to a point where us and elected officials can disagree and not call each other names,” Palicki said.
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1 OBSERVE RAMADAN, IN A WAY 5 __ AND TERMINER: CRIMINAL COURT 9 TAPERED FASTENER 14 SCRATCH THE SURFACE? 15 SUB SPOT 16 “GLEE” CLUB 17 “SHARKNADO” ACTRESS REID 18 BANISH TO HADES, SAY 19 LIKE MOST TARANTULAS 20 BOND PORTRAYER DANIEL’S BUZZFEED PIECE? 23 THAT GUY 24 STAY-AT-HOME __ 25 BONFIRE RESIDUE 26 LEFTOVER BIT OF A PHYSICS EXPERIMENT? 33 YES, ON TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY 34 LOVE GOD 35 SEAGOING MIL. GROUP 36 “__ YOU!” 39 SOURCE OF 20S 40 ICKY BUILDUP 41 SYDNEY SCHOOL 42 CHARLATAN 44 18%, OFTEN 46 EZINE FEATURE? 50 “COLLAGES” NOVELIST 51 CHEST-BEATING BEAST 52 MARKED, AS A BALLOT 55 BEANTOWN TREAT? 60 REAL PIP 61 TROMPE L’__ 62 ONLINE URBAN MUSIC MAGAZINE 63 ACTRESS WOODARD 64 MANTEL PIECE 65 MOLECULE COMPONENT 66 PERP SUBDUER 67 HELP FOR THE POOR 68 WHAT’S GOING ON
1 SELL FOR 2 GAME COMPANY FORMERLY NAMED SYZYGY 3 BEATS IT 4 ASIAN LANGUAGE WITH 44 CONSONANTS 5 “PROBABLY ... “ 6 SHOPPE DESCRIPTOR 7 WEENA’S RACE, IN “THE TIME MACHINE” 8 WHAT SWISH SHOTS DON’T TOUCH 9 FLAKY METAMORPHIC ROCKS 10 JOANIE’S LOVE 11 BUBBLE AND CHURN 12 GREEN LAND 13 SEINFELDESQUE 21 WAGGA WAGGA WELCOME 22 STARCHY TUBER 27 SHOCK ABSORBER 28 SAINT AT A GATE 29 OPERATIONAL BRANCH 30 MONGREL 31 “GEAUX TIGERS”
SEC SCHOOL 32 WIND DOWN OR WIND UP 36 BELLY, TO A TOT 37 SEAN LENNON’S MIDDLE NAME 38 JACK-IN-THE-BOX FLIPPER 39 POLICE BLOTTER LETTERS 40 LOWESTRANKING NCO 42 FRIED CORN CAKE 43 __ DOMINI 44 HAS A FEW 45 TREATS, AS A SPRAIN 47 MAKE CERTAIN 48 LAO-TZU’S PHILOSOPHY 49 WHIP UP 53 FIGHT (THROUGH), AS A CROWD 54 CONSIDERS 55 COMPOSER BART-K 56 KLUTZES 57 STELLAR PHENOMENON 58 RING OUT 59 NOBELIST PAVLOV 60 BALL CLUB
LIBRA
SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23
You may be tempted to unleash your enthusiasm and let it run freely in the week ahead. People have confidence in your abilities so don’t let anyone down. Be conscientious when other people’s interests are at stake.
SAGITTARIUS
NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 22
Turn troubles into triumphs. In the week ahead someone might offer a solution that facilitates the achievement of your goals or a suitable compromise. Examine a problem from a different perspective.
AQUARIUS
JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19
There is plenty to go around. Your heart is in the right place but you should be somewhat cautious about wearing your heart on your sleeve. Share without being overly generous in the upcoming week.
SUDOKU
TAURUS
A P R I L 2 1 T O M AY 2 1
Keep your eyes and ears wide open this week. You might learn about recent advances in technology that can improve your productivity. Group meetings may bring about changes that impact your situation favorably.
CANCER
J U N E 2 2 T O J U LY 2 2
You can elect to be wild or to be wonderful. In the week ahead you may be more ambitious than usual so should be aware of actions that could reflect upon your reputation. Be sure to honor your promises and commitments.
VIRGO
AUGUST 22 TO SEPTEMBER 23
You may have an itch to be inventive. By the end of the week you may have a chance to play the part of an entrepreneur rather than a traditionalist. Avoid gambling with your resources or acting on a sudden whim.
SCORPIO
OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22
Get right to the point and use dynamic leadership skills in the week ahead. People tend to see you as trustworthy and will listen to your opinion. You might be more influential in a group setting than in one-on-one meetings.
CAPRICORN
DECEMBER 23 TO JANUARY 20
Get your ducks in a row because this week your brilliant ideas will be able to take flight. Take pride in your ability to handle both financial and personal matters with efficiency and a high degree of confidentiality.
PISCES
FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20
Change your tune to tune-up your outlook. If you can prove you are working for the common good you will be seen as a hero as this week unfolds. You might make a good impression by supporting a charity.
JUMBLE
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• FLACK • RATIO • SHOULD • POTENT
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HE WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY GOLF, SO HE -- TOOK A COURSE