JULY 23, 2015 VOL. 59 ISSUE 42
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NEWS West Nile Virus
WNV-positive mosquitoes found in Morton Grove
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NEWS Niles election board Ethics board sends village clerk complaint to Attorney General see page 3
POLICE Charges Filed
Authorities charged Park Ridge man in June car crash
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FORUM another Perspective Pension burden threatens jobs, economic growth
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SPORTS local Success
Area products perform well at Division-I level
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COMMUNITY Summer Fest
St. John Brebeuf Summer Fest set for Saturday
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Park Ridge to make final water supply decision this fall BY IGOR STUDENKOV
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he Park ridge City Council is expected to make a final decision on whether to switch its water supply from Chicago to evanston by the end of october. in June, the village boards of Niles and Morton Grove gave the go-ahead to begin negotiations with evanston. the two villages hope to have Park ridge involved as well, because it would spread the costs of building a pipeline necessary to deliver evanston water between three municipalities rather than two. on July 13, the Park ridge Committee of the Whole met to consider the details of the proposal, as well as the timeline for making the final decision. according to City Manager Shawn hamilton, the aldermen will give the issue another look during the next full city council meeting, which will take place July 20 at 7 p.m. the water supply switch has been discussed for the past few years due to concerns over rising Chicago water rates. Park ridge, Niles and Morton Grove have been talking about becoming full partners, pulling together resources to build the new pipes and cover other expenses necessary to make the switch possible. See “Water� Page 2
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Decision required before Niles, Morton Grove go out to bid for water supply route study Water | from page 1 During the July 13 meeting, Hamilton presented a “decision tree” describing the factors involved in deciding whether to switch and the timeline for when it would need to make the final decision. He explained that under the current arrangement, Park Ridge gets water from two pipelines, and if one of them malfunctions, the city would still get water. If the city switches to Evanston, it would only have one pipeline. Park Ridge would also have to decide whether it’s willing to pay $3 million to build a pipeline to the city’s south power plant and take on $50 million in debt for infrastructure costs. That debt, Hamilton later clarified, would be paid off through water bills. “If there is a ‘no’ at any part,
then any discussion of the project is, from our perspective, over,” he said. Hamilton also explained that by Aug. 10 Park Ridge will need to decide whether to sign onto Niles and Morton Grove’s financial analysis to make sure the savings promised by switching to Evanston were accurate. Signing on wouldn’t prevent Park Ridge from pulling out of the project later. However, the city would need to make the final decision by the time Niles and Morton Grove go out to bid for the water supply route study. According to Bill Balling, the managing director of consulting firm WRB LLC, Niles and Morton Grove want to see the study started by November, which would put the deadline sometime in the end of October. The firm has been advising the
Under the current arrangement, Park Ridge gets water from two pipelines, and if one of them malfunctions, the city would still get water. If the city switches to Evanston, it would only have one pipeline. Park Ridge would also have to decide whether it’s willing to pay $3 million to build a pipeline to the city’s south power plant and take on $50 million in debt for infrastructure costs.
two villages on the water supply change. Hamilton also said Park Ridge city staff met with city of Chicago representatives July 7. While they indicated that Chicago water rates would be pegged to the Consumer Price Index, they declined to include language guaranteeing that rate in the
contract with Park Ridge. Fourth Ward Alderman Roger Shulbert asked Balling if the financial analysis would be finished before the October deadline. Balling replied that the analyst would start working next week. “It’s something that we need to wrap up by late summer, early fall,” he said. Shulbert asked what would happen if the study determines that estimates were off. Balling replied that he doesn’t expect the study results to be drastically different from the current estimates. Other aldermen had questions about an alternative scenario, where Park Ridge would become a customer rather than a full-fledged partner. Balling explained that while being a customer wouldn’t require Park Ridge to cover infrastructure costs, the city would have less of a say in water rate negotiations and other decision. “It’s sort of a rent vs. own
analogy,” Balling said. He also noted that because Niles and Morton Grove hoped to have Park Ridge as a full-fledged partner, the details of what being a customer would mean for the city weren’t considered in great detail. Balling said he would come back with more information. Sixth Ward alderman Marc Mazzuca asked staff to run some calculations to see if the city would still be able to save money under less favorable circumstances. “I want to see how wrong we can be and still have a good deal for taxpayers,” he said. “What I’d like to see is more stress assumptions to confirm the value of [Evanston’s] offering.” In the end, the committee decided to continue the discussion during the next council meeting. Hamilton told the Bugle that the updated decision tree and the data Mazzaca asked for would be ready by then.
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village news > morton grove
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West Nile-positive mosquitoes found in Morton Grove Batch collected July 15 tested positive for virus in North Shore Mosquito Abatement District lab The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District has found the first West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Morton Grove this year. A batch of mosquitoes collected July 15 from a NSMAD trap in
Lincolnwood tested positive for the virus in its lab July 16. The NSMAD said residents should take personal protection measures to minimize mosquito bites, including the use of insect repellent on exposed skin,
wearing light colored and loose fitting clothing, and avoiding peak mosquito feeding times during dawn and dusk. The district is also urging residents to examine their property and eliminate any items that can hold water, particularly smaller items that may be easily overlooked. Places that can hold water can breed mosquitoes.
village news > niles
Location Evanston
RAMP* RT-PCR Test Test** 0 0
Glencoe
0
0
Glenview/Golf
0
0
Kenilworth
0
0
Lincolnwood
1
1
Morton Grove
1
1
Niles
0
0
Northbrook
2
2
Northfield
0
0
Skokie
0
0
Wilmette
0
0
Winnetka
1
1
Table reflects test results and # of positive results for WNV through July 16.
393 RAMP tests – 6 positives
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Election board complaint sent to Illinois Attorney General’s Office By Igor Studenkov for the bugle
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Niles activist Joe Makula’s ethics complaint about the powers of the Niles village clerk will not be resolved for at least three months. In March, Makula filed a complaint with the Niles Ethics Board, arguing that the village clerk’s appointment to the Niles Electoral Board creates a conflict of
interest. During a June 11 meeting, the ethics board heard a report from Niles Inspector General Chris Cohen but it didn’t take any action. During its July 16 meeting, the ethics board decided to forward the complaint to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. In his report, Cohen concluded that the complaint was outside the board’s scope because it deals with issues decided by the Illinois General Assembly. Niles Village Attorney Joe
Annunzio estimated that it would be three to four months before the village received a response. The municipal election boards are convened whenever someone challenges a municipal election candidate’s eligibility or the legitimacy of the referendum. Under state law, each board is made up of the mayor, the village clerk and the longest serving trustee. Niles village clerks were elected until the 1989 referendum made it an appointed position. Last July, Makula filed two petitions to place two referenda on the November 2014 ballot. The first referendum would make the village clerk an elected position, and the second would strip from Niles mayors the power to fill village trustee vacancies. Makula argued that, because the village clerk is currently appointed by the mayor, the mayor effectively controls two-thirds of the electoral board. The electoral board subsequently
struck both petitions from the ballot. While the trustee vacancies petition was reinstated on appeal, the first petition wasn’t. In April of this year, Makula filed a complaint with the ethics board, echoing the argument he made a year earlier. Even if a mayor did not use his or her appointment power to influence a clerk’s vote, Makula argued that the perception of impropriety still exists. Cohen’s report concluded that, because the makeup of electoral boards is determined by state law, Makula’s complaint fell outside the scope of the ethics board and the village of Niles. During the ethics board’s June meeting, board Chairman Tony Gaudio told the Bugle that it would continue discussing the issue at its July meeting, and he planned to introduce a resolution that would allow the board to better address complaints such as Makula’s. “The main issue with this kind of case is that there is no specific violation, rather the appearance of a potential conflict of interest,” said Gaudio. “This calls for an advisory
opinion from the ethics board. Advisory opinions are only allowed from Village Administrators so we are trying to work with that problem by discussing a change to the ordinance.” The meeting was originally scheduled for July 14 at 5:30 p.m. but was rescheduled for July 16 at 5 p.m. The resolution Gaudio introduced stated that complaint dealing with a “conflict of interest” and “appearance of impropriety” without any specific examples would be automatically reclassified as a “request for an advisory opinion.” The complaint would then be forwarded to the IT/ General Government Committee for review. The committee would then have the option to either give the ethics board the goahead to issue the opinion, issue the opinion itself or dismiss the request. However, Gaudio said the board thought that proposal was “too complicated.” After some discussion, the board determined it was free to issue opinions. “Since the advisory opinion can be requested by any of us, [in the future] if we feel there’s a merit to the request, we can proceed and give opinion about it,” said Gaudio. The board then considered what to do about Makula’s complaint. Gaudio said board member Randy Greco came up with the solution the board ultimately went with. “Randy made a motion to send the information [about the complaint] to the Attorney General to evaluate and get back to us, and advise us on what’s proper [course of action],” said Gaudio. “Her opinion will be what we go with.”
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police > park ridge
Charges filed in June car crash at Cumberland, Devon By bugle staff nweditor@buglenewspapers.com @NilesILNews
Charges were filed against a Park Ridge man who was involved in a motor vehicle accident last month that left several people seriously injured. William J. Kivit, 20, was involved in a two-car accident at the intersection of Cumberland and Devon avenues at approximately 10:52 p.m. June 3. He was charged with three counts of aggravated reckless driving and one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding. Each charge is a class 4 felony.
The following items were compiled from the official reports of the Niles, Park Ridge and Morton Grove police departments. Appearing in the police blotter does not constitute a finding of guilt, only a court of law can make that determination.
Niles Daniel C. Brown, 32, 1700 block of Rand Road, Des Plaines, was arrested at 4:52 p.m. July 10 in the 8500 block of Golf Road for retail theft.
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Soo Kim, 43, 4900 block of North Sheridan, Chicago, was arrested at 12:20 p.m. July 10 in the 6100 block of Touhy Avenue for retail theft.
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Munkhorigl Munkhbat, 19, 4600 block of Washington, Skokie, was arrested at 12 a.m. July 12 at the Niles Police Department forawarrant-unlawfulpossession of a credit card.
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Renata Fernezova, 35, 7200 block of 72nd Court, Elmwood Park, was arrested at 12:19 a.m. July 12 at Oakton Street and Overhill Avenue for aggravated driving under the influence and no valid driver’s license.
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According to the state’s attorney’s office, Kivit knowingly eluded police and operated his motor vehicle at a high rate of speed, in excess of 79 mph, prior to the collision. He also allegedly disobeyed a red light and collided with another vehicle. Two of the occupants in Kivit’s car were severely injured after they were ejected from the vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle was also seriously injured. The Park Ridge Police Department’s Major Crash Unit, along with the STAR multijurisdictional crash team, investigated the accident.
education > district 64
Field School alumna selected as new assistant principal Board confirms Amanda Spychalski’s appointment
fourth through eighth grades at Chicago’s Trumbull Elementary School for a year. She began her educational career as a sixth grade Language Arts and reading teacher at Blackhawk Middle School in Bensenville. “Ms. Spychalski impressed us with her enthusiasm and passion for education, and her strong grasp of the curriculum, including a deep background in writing and reading,” Heinz added. “She is a team player with a collaborative focus, who is well-versed in integrating technology and using data to guide differentiated instruction to meet the individual needs of each student.” Heinz selected Spychalski from an initial pool of 73 external candidates. The process concluded with interviews of four finalists by a team of Field School teachers and staff joined by District 64 administrators. “Ms. Spychalski also is an
The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education confirmed the appointment of Amanda Spychalski as assistant principal of Field School at its July 13 meeting. Spychalski, a native of Park Ridge, attended Field between kindergarten and sixth grade. Her appointment is effective July 27. “We are so pleased to welcome home one of our own students to become the Assistant Principal at her former school,” Superintendent Laurie Heinz said. Spychalski comes to District 64 from Oriole Park Elementary School in Chicago, where she taught third and fifth grades for eight years. Previously, she was lead writing teacher for
Park Ridge
effective communicator and understands the importance of building home-school partnerships,” Heinz said. “I know Field students, staff and families will find her warm and approachable, and that she and Principal Katie Kelly will form a strong partnership.” During her career, Spychalski sought out and created many opportunities to exercise teacher leadership. She initiated and coordinated “Pulitzer Prize” ceremonies to recognize young author writers, created community literacy nights and presented parent workshops focusing on preparing students for benchmark assessments. At Oriole Park, she oversaw the student teacher program and represented teaching staff on the Local School Council. She also coached cross country teams, leading one group to the city championship.
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David Plata, 37, 2600 block of Kilpatrick, Chicago, was arrested at 8 p.m. July 6 at the Evanston Police Department for violation of an order of protection.
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Daniel Heneghan, 47, 900 block of Saint James Place, Park Ridge, was arrested at 10 p.m. July 8 at Devon and Cumberland for disorderly conduct.
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Daniel Hatch, 54, 1100 block of Ovaltine, Villa Park, was arrested at 8:25 a.m. July 9 in the 200 block of South Vine for burglary.
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Julie Hauser, 20, 1300 block of Castle Drive, Park Ridge, and Zachary Hinkamp, 20, 700 block of North Washington, Park Ridge, were arrested at 2:20 a.m. July 11 in the 1300 block of West Lois for zero tolerance – alcohol.
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Jerzy Chudziaszek, 49, 700 block of North Park Plaine, Park Ridge, was arrested at 2:01 a.m. July 11 in the 700 block of North Park Plaine for assault.
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Russell A. Fell, 57, Skokie, was arrested July 10 at the
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intersection of Marmora and Austin avenues for possession of cannabis and driving while license suspended.
Zahir Fazlic, 50, Des Plaines, was arrested July 11 at Oakton Street and Gross Point Road for DUI.
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pension crisis the state is experiencing. How are they “ghost payrolls?” When an employee with a public pension retires, the cost of some portion of their salary, up to 75 percent of their last year salary average, stays on the payroll as a pension cost. They’re not Government transparency is more there anymore, but taxpayers continue than just a posted agenda, an open to pay for them. In Illinois, that pension meeting and following the law. It’s an burden has grown so immense that it attitude that as an elected representative threatens jobs, economic growth and in a representative republic, you don’t basic services because by law and the Illinois Constitution those govern out of personal feelings pension costs must be paid, or ideology, but as a true no matter what. Pensions representative. It’s founded on come before fire and police the principle that the people protection, garbage disposal, you represent have an absolute and road maintenance, to right to know what you’re doing name a few. and why, particularly on the big Why would the Niles library things. pile on to an already destructive It’s also why the Niles Public another situation? Library’s recent actions to perspective with morgan Over its entire life, the Niles implement a new public dubiel library has never needed a pension for employees abuse public pension. More than not just transparency, but logic a decade ago when creating a public and experience. Take a look at the June and July regular pension was first mentioned trustees board meeting agendas. No member of asked for demonstrable proof that our the public could know by viewing the current retirement plan wasn’t working. agenda that the library board is moving None could be found, despite 13 years of to implement a new public pension. looking and asking. No retired employees The agenda lists a change in bylaws, but came forward to complain about their makes no mention that the purpose is to retirement or impoverishment because implement a new public pension. It just of it. Every time we looked, and we took talks about changing some paragraphs. The agenda serves to obscure, instead of years examining the policy, we found that it didn’t affect the quality of our reveal this major change. That’s the opposite of transparency. hiring, the quality of our work product Even with a local reporter in the room, or the financial health of our retired nothing’s been mentioned in the local employees. Why transfer what’s been working so press. What about the public’s right to well over to an unelected bureaucracy know? Since its founding, the Niles Public whose sole purpose is to collect whatever Library hasn’t had a pension. In its place, taxes are needed to pay pensions that we’ve funded a generous salary and aren’t needed? The move to implement a new public benefits package including a 401(k)-like retirement program. Not having a public pension at the library is triply bad: it’s pension has spared local taxpayers the not necessary, you lose local control and burden of paying a portion of employee it’s based on a radical ideology that is in salaries for life. These “ghost payroll” direct conflict with reason and real life employees account for the current experience.
JULY 23
Power Employment Workshop. 9:30 a.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. Instructors from Business and Career Services of the Illinois WorkNet Center will discuss resumes, online job applications and interviewing to help you in your job search. To register, go to www. worknetncc.com and click on Events, then click on Power Employment.
iPad Apps. 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Niles library. Learn how to find, get and use apps for your iPad. Bring in your iPad along with your Apple ID, password and cords. Seats limited to 12. Please register by calling 847-663-1234 or online at www.nileslibrary.org/calendar. Temple Judea Mizpah presents: Dr. Constance Scharff, PhD. Transforming Your Life. 1 p.m. at Temple
It’s ideologically driven government that is causing so much destruction in our modern society. We don’t elect representatives so they can go and do whatever they want. True representatives are supposed to do what we want. Now they cannot know each of our minds and hence must serve the general welfare, not their narrow personal political views. Doing that amounts to a petty tyranny. If they were honest and felt good about their decisions then they’d be happy to make clear to the public what they were doing. But a new pension doesn’t make more materials available, doesn’t improve the customer experience and therefore it doesn’t improve anything for patrons and puts an enormous burden on working families and senior citizens. People already burdened with existing high taxes driven by the very same ideology on pensions. Keep in mind that these pensions started out promising to ‘save money’ and not be a burden. We know how that lie turned out. Even if by any stretch of the imagination you believed that the library’s full-time staff deserves more money for retirement, we all already know that public pensions aren’t the way to go. Feel free to be as generous with the retirement match as you want. Raise it up to 15, 20, 25 percent of their existing salary, but no more unfunded, open-ended liabilities forced on us by an unelected bureaucracy. Keep the local control and make certain it benefits the public welfare in general. Isn’t that the whole reason we even hold elections in the first place? These people are supposed to be our friends and neighbors. Why are Niles library board members Linda Ryan, Karen Dimond, Barbara Nakinishi, Patti Rozanski and Tim Spadoni ignoring us – their friends and neighbors – and acting in such a secretive way? If you know them, ask them why they’re being so tricky. Morgan Dubiel is the former president of the Niles Public Library Board. He served on the board for 13 years.
Judea Mizpah, 8610 Niles Center Road, Skokie. A conversation of “taboo” subjects and a discussion about the healthy ways we can improve our lives and our relationships. This event is free and open to the community. For event information, call 847-676-1566 or go to www.templejm.org.
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mARCH 21 TO APRIL 20
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local success Area products perform well at Division-I level
By mike sandrolini sports reporter
mike@nilesbugle.com @Voyager_Sport
Many student-athletes from the Niles Bugle coverage area currently attending NCAA Division I schools across the Midwest and around the country are making solid contributions for their respective schools. Here is a list of student-athletes compiled by The Bugle who are at D-I schools in Illinois and neighboring states such as Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio; at Big Ten schools; and are competing at schools throughout the U.S. that the Bugle is aware of.
MAINE SOUTH •Jack Carpenter, men’s track, Marquette—The freshman completed his outdoor season with the Golden Eagles, competing in five meets in the 3,000-, 5,000and 10,000-meter runs. His best individual finish was a sixth-place showing in the 5,000 at the SIU Spring Classic. •Kevin Dolan, men’s track, Illinois State—One of four former Hawks on the Illinois state squad, Dolan, a middle distance runner, was a sophomore on this year’s team. •Cailin Eckhart, women’s track, St. Louis University—Eckhart was a freshman with the Billikens this season. •Dave Eckhart, men’s track, Illinois State—The junior was one of the Redbirds’ best runners this spring. He finished first in the
3,000 steeplechase at the Redbird Track and Field Invitational, was sixth in that same event at the Missouri Valley Conference outdoor championships. •Michal Filipczak, men’s track and field, Duke—Considered to be the Blue Devils’ top middle distance runner, Filipczak, a junior, was redshirted during the indoor track season and also didn’t compete outdoors. •Jimmy Frankos, catcher, Iowa baseball—The senior appeared in 40 games with 26 starts for the Hawkeyes, who won 41 games this spring and advanced to the NCAA regionals, where they won their first regional contest since 1972 and went to the regional title game. He was named Big Ten co-Player of the Week for the week of April 27. •Emily Griffin, women’s rowing, Dayton—Griffin, a junior, competes as a novice for the Flyers. John Hader, men’s track, Eastern Illinois—Hader ran the 100- and 200-meter dashes for the Panthers his freshman year, as well as the 400. His best outdoor times in the100 (11.18 seconds) and 200 (22.63) occurred at the Illini Twilight meet. •Will Krug, outfielder, Illinois baseball—This year’s Male Big Ten Medal of Honor winner—the award is given annually to a student-athlete who attains the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work— Krug started 49 games for Illinois in 2015 and led the club in stolen bases with 14. The senior was part of an Illini squad that set a single-season
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Maine South graduate Kaitlyn Mullarkey started 37 games this spring for the University of Iowa. school record for most victories (50) and set a Big Ten record with a 27game winning streak from March 30 to May 20. The Illini also advanced to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time in school history. •Megan Lemersal, women’s track, Illinois—Lemersal, a sophomore,
ran in two outdoor meets for the Illini this spring in the 1,500. Her top finish was 18th place at the Illinois Twilight meet. •Emily Leonard, women’s track, Dayton—The freshman followed up a strong indoor season by establishing herself as one of the
Flyers’ best 5,000-meter runners outdoors. She placed fifth in the 5,000 at the Tiger Classic in April and was 11th in the Atlantic 10 Championships in May. •Katie Muench, women’s rowing,
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A sellout crowd of more than 3,500 people packed the stadium at Benedictine University in Lisle to see the four members of the Women’s World Cup championship team return to Chicago and take their place back with the NWSL-leading Chicago Red Stars. While not all of the honorees played in the match, U.S. defendermidfielder and Red Stars captain Lori Chalupny tallied the lone Chicago goal in the 53rd minute, as Chicago played to a 1-1 tie with the visiting Boston Breakers. Joining Chalupny was defender Julie Johnston, forward Christen Press and veteran midfielder Shannon Boxx, who has announced her plans to retire at the end of the
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Christen Press (left) and Julie Johnston of the Chicago red Stars were honored before their home match Saturday after winning the World Cup with the u.S. National team.
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success | from page 7 Wisconsin—A senior, Muench rowed in the fourth seat of the Badgers’ second varsity eight team that captured third place at the NCAA Championships and was third at the Big Ten Championships. •Kaitlyn Mullarkey, infielderoutfielder, Iowa softball—Mullarkey, a sophomore, has been a mainstay in the Hawkeyes’ lineup since joining the club in 2014. She hit a two-run homer to help lead Iowa to a 5-3 victory over Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. Mullarkey started 37 of the 41 games in which she played during 2015 and hit .261. •Audrey O’Connor, women’s tennis, Illinois—O’Connor completed her junior year at Illinois this spring. •Frank Perrone, outfielder, Eastern Illinois baseball—Perrone, a sophomore, started 10 of the 12 games in which he appeared at EIU and had three hits during the season. •Sarah Powell, women’s rowing, Iowa—Powell, a junior, earned spring semester all-Big Ten Academic Honors at Iowa. She is majoring in mathematics and Spanish. •Kyle Richardson, outfielder, Notre Dame baseball—The junior saw action in 47 games and made 23 starts. •Sean Senf, men’s track, Illinois State—Senf finished his Redbird career during the outdoor season. He was 18th in the 5,000 at the Big Blue Classic in April. •Robbie Taylor, men’s track, Illinois State—Taylor was a jack of all trades at ISU this spring, running in the 5,000, 3,000, mile, 800 and 3,000 steeplechase. The sophomore grabbed fourth place in the 3,000 steeplechase at the ISU Invite this season.
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events that I have ever been part of.” Despite having a league-high eight players in Canada for the World Cup, the Red Stars players that were with the team held tough and have the Stars atop the league, giving the four Americans a shot at a second championship in only a couple months. “When I got back to Chicago and I put all my stuff down, I just felt this rush of emotion again. Now I’m back, now I’m starting this new chapter, but it’s always exciting,” Press said. “This team has done phenomenal while we were gone, and that puts us in a great position to start to
dream again, to start to dream about winning the NWSL. We’re all here because we love to play and all of our mindsets are going be on the NWSL and winning the title.” While they play to win, Press said even the champions play to inspire. “A lot of us play so that the young girls can look at our team and go ‘I can do that,’” she said. “That’s why I thought the ticker tape parade was so special, because we looked down in the crowd and there were girls there, and I could see it in their eyes, ‘I want this,’ and they can. That is the future. The future is the fact that they can be better than us and they can push the game.”
Rarely in sports do fans have a chance to see international heroes up close and even get an autograph after the game, however, the Red Stars sign for fans regularly for young fans – something they know is important to continue to grow the sport. “It’s in people’s hometowns and people can come and watch us play,” Chalupny said. “Hopefully, that’ll continue the momentum.” Press hopes fans who may have been created by the World Cup continue to come out and support the game. “I think this is an incredibly important moment for women’s
soccer. We have had such a great ride through the summer and we are hoping to continue it. We hope our fans that have supported us continue to come out to the NWSL games and see that there are hundreds of women in this country that play great soccer and it is something worth watching. If the fans continue to support us in the league, it will continue to push women’s soccer forward from the national level to the club level and all the way down. This is a special moment and we want to continue to move forward and never go back. We have worked really hard to get here and the future is bright.”
Northwesternbaseball—Afreshman from Park Ridge, Vukovich attended Maine South but graduated from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
George Webb, men’s track, Drake—The sophomore split his duties at Drake during the outdoor season between the 800 and 1,500. He registered a second-place finish in the 800 at both the SLU Kickoff
in March and the SIU-E Gateway Invite in April.
freshman, competed in four events during the outdoor season for the Braves: the 800, 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000. She took first place in the 5,000 at the Redbird Track and Field Invitational in May.
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RESURRECTION Hannah Witczak, women’s track, Bradley University—Witczak, a
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The par-3 15th hole at the Port Course has fairway in the form of an anchor surrounded by bunkers.
anchor down Port has strong closing stretch penalty. After reviewing the The second hole is a 479Harborside International – yard par-5, which played Starboard Course last year, straight into the wind. It I was eager to go back to was almost a par-6 and Chicago and check out the there was fescue off the other Harborside Course – rough, as was the case on the Port Course. many holes. As Mark Gregory and I Finally getting some help were driving to the course, taylor’s take by scott taylor from the wind, the par-4 we could feel the intense third hole was playing just wind from the highway, so we knew we would be in for a windy 337. However, you have to carry the fairway bunkers on the left or if you hit afternoon near the lake. it right can end up in those bunkers. And, it was just that. Throughout the round the wind There are more bunkers on the right came into play and it was more into side of the green. The fourth hole is a 179-yard parthe face than playing with the wind. The course started right away with a 3, which has a huge bunker all along hole into the wind with a bit of a cross the right side of a narrow green. The wind. That knocked down my drive to green slants left to right, so a bailout to the 346-yard opening hole (from the the hill on the left makes it a hard upregular tees, 423 from the tournament and-down as the green will slope away tees) to more than 150 yards out for from you. Several more bunkers come into my approach. The green has three bunkers to the play on the right on the fifth hole and I short and left, and Mark found that was the one that hit two in succession out the hard way, as he found all three this time off the fairway. There are more bunkers surrounding the green. of them on successive shots. The sixth hole is a short par-3 at After a morning of rain, the bunkers were hard, making them difficult to 115 yards and played into the wind play on. Unfortunately, there are a and that was followed by a straight lot of bunkers on the course, so in par-4 seventh hole that had a bunker many cases, they played like a stroke guarding the left of the green and a
bunch of tall grass to the right of the fairway. Hole No. 8 had bunkers nearly the entire way down the left side of the hole, including one that snuck into the fairway, which I found. I managed to get the one on the green, somehow. The ninth hole is a 485-yard par-5 that has a green on a left angle, making it hard to reach in two as, you guessed it, bunkers are numerous in front of the green. The back nine begins with a par4 and then moves to a par-5, which has a partially blind tee shot. Bunkers surround the green and one is to the right of the layup area. The 12th is a long dogleg right where you can cut off some distance if you are a long hitter and can carry the bunkers. The fairway narrows near the green, making the approach shot more difficult. Another short par-3 follows, which is right over a large bunker. That is followed by a long par-3 that has the bunkers in the form of an anchor in front of the green. The 16th hole heads to the lake and it goes out into the fairway on the short par-4. You can’t bail out right though as there are bunkers scattered throughout. The water goes right up to the green, so you have to be accurate on your approach shot. The lake comes into play again on 17 as the fairway is a dogleg left
around the lake. You can try to cut off the dogleg but could end up in the water or another bunker just over the lake. It plays to another narrow green surrounded by bunkers. The closing hole features Lake Calumet along the left of the narrow fairway. Your third shot plays to a green protected to the left by water and bunkers on both sides. The green is shared with the 18th green on the Starboard Course. Overall I liked the course, but it wasn’t quite up to the Starboard’s level until the final stretch of holes. That final stretch rivals the Palmer Course at Lake Geneva for the best closing stretch of holes I have played. The bunkers and fescue force you to be accurate or you will pay for it. The greens were in good shape and were fairly fast. Harborside was promoting a special where you could get a membership for $150 and get the first round free. If you play the course 3-5 times a year, it would be a great deal I feel. As is, the course is the same cost as the Starboard, at $87 during the peak of the day, with a $75 fee in the morning and $56 after 3 p.m. I would recommend playing both courses and trying to play in the evening if possible as the lowering sun and cheaper cost is a great combination for a pair of nice golf courses.
Overview HarborsidE -Port Course Location: Chicago, Illinois best feature: Scenic closing stretch as final three holes play alongside Lake Calumet quick tip: The wind will cause a 2-3 club differential on many holes.
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St. John Brebeuf Summer Fest set for Saturday Games and activities for both children and adults are planned St. John Brebeuf’s Summer Fest will kick off at noon July 25 in the parish’s south parking lot, 8301 N. Harlem Ave., Niles. Open to the entire community, the all-day event will feature a craft beer tasting with 20 different craft beers. Tickets are $5 for children’s wristbands for all activities. Early bird tickets
are discounted $5 to $20 for adult craft beer tasting (2-5 p.m. only) available through July 24 at the Parish Office. Tickets will also be sold onsite on the day of the event. Call 847-966-8145 for details. Games and activities for both children and adults are planned including five different inflatables (bouncy houses), live bands, volleyball, face painting, bingo, kid activities, clowns, water balloon toss, arts and crafts, egg toss, and bean bag toss. There will also be a pieeating contest.
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Tips for a successful school year Family members should share their schedules with each other
(StatePoint) When the school year begins, students need to quickly get back into the swing of things. Staying organized from day one can ease the transition. While every individual needs to tweak his or her routine to best suit personality quirks and study habits, here are a few tried-andtrue organization tricks that will work for most anyone:
Get Scheduled While the word “bedtime” may have no meaning on summer vacation, during the school year, it is vital. A regular sleep schedule can mean better quality sleep and higher alertness at school. Likewise, a morning routine can help students focus and prep for the day. Family members should share their schedules with each other to ensure everyone gets to practice, club meetings and other activities on time. Install a household calendar or bulletin board in a central location
to ensure everyone stays in the know.
Stomp out Clutter Lockers and backpacks need to stay organized. Whether notebooks, binders and textbooks are arranged by sequence of the day, subject or color isn’t important so long as the system works for you. To create more storage space in your locker, add durable, stackable locker shelving. For on-the-go book hauling, look for a backpack such as the Five Star Expandable Backpack that features two expanding compartments providing additional space, along with protected storage for laptops. Its patented zipper allows you to quickly get inside your backpack while it is hanging in your locker. Ergonomic patent-pending straps distribute weight to comfortably support a heavy load. To cheer up your locker with a boost of color and add a place for quick reminders and mementos, try the Five Star Magnetic Mirror + Push Pin Board. Its slam-resistant magnets will keep it affixed to the inside door of your locker. There isn’t much time between classes, so a mirror is a welcome locker feature when there isn’t time for the bathroom.
Organizational tools such as these can keep your ducks in a row all year long. Also remember to set time aside weekly to clean out your locker and backpack, throwing out candy wrappers and crumpled notes.
Personal Organization Students need to be able to keep more belongings than ever with them throughout the day -- traditional school supplies,
paperwork, flash drives, calculators and other electronics. A binder that can contain it all will give students a chance to make sure their lives are in order, not just a class at a time. For a secure method of carrying supplies, look for the Trapper Keeper Zipper binder, with pockets and dividers to keep items organized, and the Five Star Zipper Binder + Expansion Pocket, which features storage for textbooks and a tablet, and has an adjustable strap that allows you to carry the binder messenger style or on your back.
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JULY 23-25
Summer Family Carnival. Four full days of fun. Enjoy rides, games and new this year, a food and beverage area and daily wristband special. Join the Park Ridge Park District Sunday evening to watch the band 7th Heaven perform music to entertain the whole family. For more information, visit www. prparks.org.
JULY 24
Down Home Family Fun & Soda. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Oak Park on Lee and Ottawa in Niles. Down Home Family Fun will be happening at Oak Park. Children can take a pony and tractor pulled wagon ride and enjoy a petting farm. Soda Band presents an allages show with enough audience participation to keep the kids engaged and plenty of good ol’ rock and roll to please everyone. The Niles Park District offers the free Summer Concerts at Oak Park. Food will be available for a nominal fee. For more information, visit www. niles-parks.org. Summer Fun: There’s an App for That! 3 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln
Ave. Drop by the Library to discover great apps for your smartphone or tablet to help you plan your summer activities. Summer Movie Musicals: Bedknobs and Broomsticks. 1 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. All Ages
JULY 25
Sound of Music 50th Anniversary Celebration. 1:30 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. All Ages. Sound of Music fans are invited to celebrate the movie’s 50th anniversary. National Dance Day Celebration. 9:30 a.m. at the Morton Grove Farmer’s Market, 6140 Dempster. Project Playbill Performance. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Niles library. All Ages. Enjoy the exclusive premiere of a short, original play created and produced by talented local teens. Please register by calling 847-663-1234 or online at www.nileslibrary.org/ calendar.
JULY 26
Critics’ Choice Cinema: If You
Don’t, I Will. 2 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library 6140 Lincoln Ave. A woman seeks independence from her long-term boyfriend by choosing to live in the woods while they are out hiking. She leaves the life and the lover she knew behind, but for how long?
JULY 27
Monday Night Minecraft. 5:30 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. Grades 3-6. Love to play Minecraft? Bring your device and your skills and show us what you’ve got. Never played before? Stop by to learn from other players. Book Discussion: The Children Act by Ian McEwan. 7-8 p.m. Join us for a book discussion of The Children Act by Ian McEwan. Copies of the book can be found on the second floor of the library.
JULY 28
LollapaZOOza. 10 a.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. Ages 3-6. Celebrate Chicago’s biggest music festival with LollapaZOOza! Enjoy animal stories and songs and create your own animal mask. Film: Whiplash. 11:30 a.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. This movie features the relationship between an ambitious jazz student and an abusive instructor.
JULY 29
More About Trusts. 7 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. Registration opens July 9, 9 a.m.: call 847-9295101 or go to calendar.mgpl.org. Financial planners from the Chicago Estate Planning Council present an in-depth discussion of trusts and what to consider in making trusts work for you and your family.
JULY 30
Do More with Word 2010. 2 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. Registration opens July 9, 9 a.m.: call 847-9295101 or go to calendar.mgpl.org. Set up page layouts, margins, columns, headers and more. Toddler Time. 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. Age 2. Registration opens July 9, 9 a.m.: call 847-929-5101 or go to calendar. mgpl.org Tech Time for Adult Learners. 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Niles library. Today to keep up or get ahead at work you need to know how to use popular computer programs and social media. Come to the Training Lab to get acquainted with our resources to learn these skills. Work at your own pace. You can use our computers or bring your own computer or tablet. Staff will assist. Walk in, no reservation required. Seating limited to 12.
JULY 31
Tie-Dye Your T! 10 a.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. All Ages Give your Summer Reading Shirt a unique look; bring it to the Library for some tie-dye fun! Only official Summer Reading shirts will be allowed. This program will be held out on the blacktop behind the library. Summer Movie Musicals: Shrek the Musical. 1 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. All Ages. Party in the Park & Sting Rays. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Oak Park on Lee and Ottawa in Niles. Face painting and a balloon artist will delight children of all ages while The Sting Rays will fill the park with a variety of everyone’s favorite music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s popular
hits. Food will be available for a nominal fee. For more information, visit www.niles-parks.org. Family Campfire. 7 - 9 p.m. at Wildwood Nature Center, 529 Forestview Ave, Park Ridge. The entire family will enjoy the peaceful night air while sitting around a fire listening to stories, singing songs, and making everyone’s favorite s’mores! Enjoy a night hike around the pond. Flashlights are not needed, but feel free to bring a blanket or chair to sit on. $15 fee per family. For more information or to register, visit www.prparks.org. MGPL After Dark: Movie: McFarland USA. 7 p.m. at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave. In this inspiring drama based on actual events, a high school football coach ends up leading a cross-country track team, made up of struggling lower-class students, to a state championship.
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Country Farm Fair. Noon to 3 p.m. at Wildwood Nature Center, 529 Forestview Ave, Park Ridge. Enjoy a day down on the farm! Pet cows, chickens, goats and more in the petting zoo featuring over 20 animals. Have a rootin’ tootin’ good time with bingo, pig races, games, activities, crafts fun free contests such as a pie eating contest or potato sack races and more. Food, drinks, and lemonade shake-ups available for sale. For more information, visit www.prparks.org. NewRelease: Birdman. 2-4 p.m. at the Niles library. An actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero struggles to put on a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself. Won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
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