Niles 10-22-15

OCTOBER 22, 2015 VOL. 60 ISSUE 3

hawks make it 74 straight CSl South wins

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Niles Chamber recognizes residents, local artists at annual awards dinner

NEWS PTC extension

By Igor Studenkov | Bugle Staff

Metra shutdown still a possibility

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NEWS evanston Water

Park Ridge expected to join water supply negotiations

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COMMUNITY lights on

Celebration and rally set for Oct. 22

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SPORTS Postseason

Area teams gear up for regionals

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BUSINESS Dave Says

It takes two to get out of a family budget mess

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SENIORS Norwood Crossing

Senior living community to hold Veterans Day commemoration

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(ToP) george Alpogianis, owner of Kappy’s American grill and village of Niles trustee, receives the Business of the Year award. (BoTToM) The “Niles Finest” treasure chest cooler, which was painted by Notre Dame alumni David Rzany to resemble a TARDiS from Doctor Who Tv series, was sold for $225.

iles civic leaders, businesspeople and other residents gathered together on oct. 17 to celebrate their community at the Night of Roses.

Now in its 12th year, the annual dinner is organized by the Niles Chamber of Commerce and industry to recognize successful businesses and residents that contribute positively to the community. it’s also a way to raise money for charitable causes.

During the event, guests had a chance to bet on “Treasure Chests” – wooden coolers decorated by the local artists and sponsored by area businesses. The proceeds from the auction will go to the Chamber’s Dollars for Scholars program, the leaning Tower YMCA and the Niles Department of Family Services food pantry. over the years, the Night of Roses has become one of Niles biggest social events, and this year was no different. The village trustees, as well as members of the Niles library and Niles Park District governing boards, attended the event, as well as a number of local business owners. Shure inc., a Niles-based audio equipment manufacturer, served as a premier sponsor, and a group of Shure employees provided entertainment, performing a Jazzed by Shure jazz band.

Ridgewood gardens contributed the table centerpiece designs, while Meinke’s garden Center provided the actual flowers. PostNet il140 designed Night of Roses programs.

The Niles Bugle and Niles Journal served as media sponsors. other local businesses also served as sponsors, including Sarwart Systems llC, Advocate lutheran general hospital, Presence Resurrection Medical Center and the golf Mill Shopping Center.

During the Night of Roses, the Chamber gives out its annual awards to noteworthy residents and businesses.

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Positive Train Control extension remains uncertain for Metra Legislation extending deadline through 2018 introduced in U.S. House

Metra budget calls for fare increase

By Igor Studenkov BUGLE STAFF

nweditor@buglenewspapers.com @NilesILNews

A Metra shutdown remains a real possibility, as Congress continues to debate the details of the Positive Train Control mandate extension.

As previously reported, the U.S. Congress passed a law in 2008 requiring all passenger railroad systems, including Metra, to install Positive Train Control technology

by Dec. 31, 2015.

PTC is a system that would be able to automatically stop trains under certain circumstances, potentially preventing accidents.

But because of the scope and the expense involved, regulatory delays, as well as the fact that much of PTC technology had to be developed from scratch, Metra would need until 2019 to actually get the system up and running.

On Sept. 10, the agency officially

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announced that, if the deadline isn’t extended, it would have to stop running trains beginning of next year.

During the Oct. 15 meeting of the Metra Board of Directors, Sam Smith, director of government and community relations for Metra, said legislation extending the deadline until the end of 2018 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. However, at the moment, the House and the Senate are negotiating the language of the resolution, leaving its passage uncertain.

PTC uses GPS data, wayside track monitoring sensors and track dispatch systems to alert locomotive computers of any road hazards. If a

train travels faster than the speed restrictions allow, or if it approaches an obstacle on the track, the system instructs the engineer to slow down.

If the engineer doesn’t slow down, the train is automatically stopped.

The PTC mandate affects all freight and passenger rail lines, but the Dec. 31 deadline only applies to lines used by passenger trains and freight trains that carry hazardous chemicals.

Smith told the Metra Board of Directors that House Resolution 3651 was introduced in the House on Sept 30. It is sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster, R- Pennsylvania, who chairs the House’s Transportation

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Metra riders will have to pay a quarter more per trip if the proposed 2016 budget passes without any changes.

The commuter transit agency’s board of directors unveiled its budget for 2016 during its Oct. 15 meeting.

The board will vote on whether to approve that budget during its Nov. 11 meeting.

The budget proposal calls for a 25 cent increase for oneway tickets, while prices for 10-ride tickets will increase by $1.75 and monthly passes will increase by $2.50.

For riders eligible for reduced fares, the price of 10-ride tickets will increase by 75 cents, while the prices of monthly passes will increase by $1.25.

Metra expects the fare increase to add a total of $6.5 million in revenue – $3.3 million of which would go toward

more info The budget proposal calls for a 25 cent increase for one-way tickets, while prices for 10ride tickets will increase by $1.75 and monthly passes will increase by $2.50.

funding the implementation of Positive Train Control technology.

The agency’s budget documents also indicate that $15.6 million of total fare revenue will go towards capital projects, though it’s not clear how much of that number will come from the fare increase.

Metra will hold a total of eight public hearings about the budget.

Three of them will be held in Cook County, one at Chicago’s Union Station, one at the Hanover Park Police Department and one at Homewood Village Hall.

All three of those hearings will be held Nov. 4, between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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city news > Park Ridge

City expected to join water supply negotiations

By Igor Studenkov Bugle Staff

nweditor@buglenewspapers.com @NilesILNews

[Editors Note: The Oct. 19 special meeting had not yet occurred at press time.]

The Park Ridge City Council will soon be voting on whether to join Niles and Morton Grove in water supply negotiations with Evanston.

The city council still hasn’t decided if Park Ridge would join the route study or sign on to a plan to purchase water from Evanston.

By joining negotiations, however, aldermen said they hope to get a better perspective on what the deal would entail. They also hope to be able to address some concerns specific to Park Ridge.

The final decision expected Oct. 19 during a special committee of the whole meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place immediately before the regular city council meeting. Aldermen said they wanted the city to get a seat at

the table as soon as possible before the route study gets underway.

Park Ridge, Niles and Morton Grove have been considering alternative water suppliers for years due to concerns that getting water from Chicago was becoming increasingly expensive. In June, village boards in Niles and Morton Grove voted to begin negotiations with Evanston.

Park Ridge hesitated, however, as aldermen were concerned about the costs and infrastructure issues.

During the Oct. 5 meeting, Acting Mayor Marty Maloney raised additional concerns about the $200 million total project cost cited in a letter from his counterparts in Niles and Morton Grove. The previous reports estimated the project cost at $115.3 million.

During the committee of the whole’s Oct. 12 public works and public safety meeting, Park Ridge City Manager Shawn Hamilton updated the aldermen on the issue. Although saying he wasn’t sure where the higher estimate

came from, Hamilton noted that he looked at how much the switch would cost Park Ridge under that number and how much money it would be able to save.

Under the previous estimate, Park Ridge would have paid $59,860,000 for new pipes, a new pump station and other infrastructure changes necessarily to make it possible for the city to get water from Evanston.

The city’s share was calculated based on the distance from Evanston and the level of demand. If it is assumed that both Chicago and Evanston would increase their rates by 3 percent, Park Ridge would save $82,283,025 between 2019-2050.

By contrast, the new total would raise Park Ridge’s share of the cost to 98,384,242, and the savings would drop to $26,285,068.

Hamilton suggested that the committee vote to sign up for the route study, saying the potential savings make looking into the issue worthwhile.

Maloney asked whether it would be possible to join the negotiations

upcoming event

Lights on Afterschool Celebration and Rally set The 16th annual Lights On Afterschool Celebration and Rally is scheduled for Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. in front of the Niles Teen Center.

This nationwide event calls attention to the importance of afterschool programs and the resources required to keep the lights on and the doors open.

Niles Mayor Andrew Przybylo and Teen Center Director Mark Williams will join the new Total

Learning Community director Brian Williams and 8,000 other communities in supporting afterschool programs.

“We understand how difficult it is for working parents to ensure that their children are cared for before and after school,” said Mark Williams. “This event will celebrate our successes and champion the cause for afterschool programs, and encourage our local, state and national government to continue

providing the necessary funds for these important programs.”

The event will take place in front of the Niles Teen Center in the Golf Mill Mall entrance 6.

Events include an information fair of community youth organizations, program demonstrations, an open house and tour of the Teen Center, arts and crafts projects, food, prizes and a rally at 5:45 p.m. in front of Sears with community speakers.

with Evanston without committing to the route study and switching water suppliers. Hamilton replied that Park Ridge would need to contribute to the legal fees. Those fees total at $75,000, and the city would cover a third of that.

“I don’t remember hearing [that] from the staff,” Maloney said of the option. “I feel like the train is out of the station and we’re running behind.”

Hamilton replied that the aldermen wanted more financial information before committing to anything, so he focused on that.

First Ward Alderman John Moran said the important thing was to decide where the city council would go from there.

“I don’t want to have this conversation a week from now, a month from now,” he said.

David Stoneback, Evanston’s director of public works, also

attended the meeting. He explained that the higher number came about because the construction costs have increased.

Noting that Chicago charges Park Ridge the same rates it charges its residents, Moran asked if Evanston would do the same. Stoneback said the rates would actually be lower.

“We can only use assets that provide water to our wholesale customers [to calculate rates],” he said.

The aldermen decided that it made sense to join the negotiations as soon as possible, because the city would get a better sense of what the costs are and be able to discuss needs in Park Ridge.

That decision would require a vote that wasn’t on the committee agenda, and the aldermen decided to convene a special Oct. 19 Committee of the Whole meeting to finalize the move.

www.cookcountycrimestoppers.org • 800.535.stop Thursday, October 22, 2015 | ni lesbug le.com 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 Juan L. Sanchez, 59, 3700 block of Capri, Glenview, was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Oct. 10 at Oakton and Prospect for driving under the influence.

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Ryan M. Littwin, 18, 8100 block of Monroe, Niles, was arrested at 1:27 a.m. Oct. 11 in the 8200 block of Oakton for criminal defacement, criminal trespassing and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Lashaun Cooper, 32, 4200 block of Euclid, Rolling Meadows, was arrested at 5:06 p.m. Oct. 12 in the 8500 block of Golf Road for retail theft, resisting a peace officer and obstructing identification.

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Laura Long, 19, 1200 block of Pine Street, Glenview, was arrested at 5:06 p.m. Oct. 12 in the 8500 block of Golf Road for

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metra | from page 2 and Infrastructure Committee. It would extend the deadline by three years and give the U.S. Secretary of Transportation the authority to extend the deadline by two more years if a railroad or a transit agency can prove that “technical, programmatic or operational challenges,” such as technology and funding issues prevented it from fully implementing PTC. At the moment, Smith said the House and the Senate are negotiating the language.

“Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep.

retail theft and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Sandra St. Hubert, 42, 8200 block of West Elizabeth, Niles, was arrested at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the 8500 block of Golf Road for retail theft.

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Radui Fega, 39, 5200 block of Wright Terrace, Skokie, was arrested at 4:15 p.m. Oct. 15 in the 5800 block of Howard for suspended driver’s license.

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Nello Pacilio, 33, 237 Stanyon, Bloomingdale, was arrested at 10:45 a.m. Oct. 5 in the 600 block of Cedar for battery.

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Joshua M. Dunlop, 28, 2362 N. Clybourn, Chicago, was arrested at 9:40 p.m. Oct. 9 in the 1700 block of Dempster for DUI.

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Hassan Awwad, 31, 9123 Stevenson Drive Apt. 2H, Des Plaines, was arrested at 12:56 a.m. Oct. 10 in the 1700 block of Dempster for possession of controlled substance.

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arrested Oct. 7 in the 9100 block of Waukegan for a warrant, disorderly conduct and obstruction of identification.

Larry D. Smith, 31, South Indianapolis, Indiana, was arrested Oct. 7 in the 9100 block of Waukegan for a warrant.

Robert D. Burke, 52, Palatine, was arrested Oct. 14 at Oleander and Suffield for public indecency and disorderly conduct.

Peter DeFazio have some issues with the criteria,” he said.

He also said Boxer stated publicly that Senate Democrats won’t vote for the extension until the House of Representatives passes a transportation funding bill.

“Does Senator Boxer realize that there’s no storage capacity in ports that [cargo] back-ups she’d cause if she stops this bill,” Metra board director John Plante asked.

Metra’s Executive Director Don Orseno said Metra has been preparing for the possibility that service will have to stop. He said agency officials are currently deep

in discussions with Metra labor unions and attorneys. No details beyond that were provided during the meeting.

Meanwhile, Metra said it is continuing to work on getting PTC in place. During the Oct. 15 meeting, the board approved contracts for control system modifications and the urchase of wayside track monitoring sensors Metra’s 2016 budget, which was officially unveiled during the Oct. 15 meeting, allocates $34 million out of $106.4 million in capital project budget to go toward implementing PTC.

The BNSF and Union Pacific railway companies are responsible for installing PTC on their lines, but Metra is required to help the railroads cover the costs.

According to board documents, as of September 2015, PTC installation was 96 percent complete on BNSF Line and 55 percent complete on Union Pacific lines.

Metra currently expects to begin installing the technology on the lines it owns sometime during the first quarter of next year, and the technology is to be fully installed throughout the system by mid 2017.

Once the technology is installed,

each line would go through about a year of testing.

Orseno told the board that he remained hopeful that the extension would pass.

“I think [legislators] understand way more in the last 30 days than they did in the last seven years,” he said. “I don’t think that anyone doesn’t understand the ramifications.”

Smith said that he also remained hopeful.

“I think everyone [in the U.S. government] is confident something gets done before the end of the month,” he sad.

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“We tried to take a look into one of the burning buildings. I cannot describe what was inside. There are no words for how terrible it was. In the Intensive Care Unit six patients were burning in their beds.” So said Lajos Zoltan Jecs, a nurse at the hospital the U.S. bombed. This image is now spiraling through the Internet and across the global consciousness.

The U.S. bombed a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 people: doctors, staff, patients (including three children). The hospital was not “collateral damage”; it was deliberately targeted, deliberately destroyed, in multiple bombing runs that lasted at least half an hour. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), which operated the hospital, contacted its sources in the U.S. government immediately, pleading for the attack to stop - to no avail.

The bombing continued until the hospital, with more than 180 occupants, was destroyed. And we’re left with the aftermath of a mass murderer spree, except the killer isn’t dead or hogtied and shoved into a police wagon. The killer gives a press conference.

Oh same old, same old!

The killer offers condolences, promises to investigate itself. “If errors were committed, we will acknowledge them,” said Gen. John Campbell, commander of American forces in Afghanistan.

The killer, as usual, flees from any real responsibility.

But this time, maybe . . . maybe . . . something is different. The organization that ran the demolished hospital, as Glenn Greenwald has pointed out, is a Western-based international humanitarian association with media credibility and powerful support outside the Third World. It’s not like we’ve simply bombed another wedding party or killed a few more women and children in an outlying village. On this occasion, those who have suffered also have a global voice.

Jecs’ words cry out from the MSF website: “It was crazy,” he said. “We

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had to organize a mass casualty plan in the office, seeing which doctors were alive and available to help. We did an urgent surgery for one of our doctors.

Unfortunately he died there on the office table. We did our best, but it wasn’t enough.”

And the world, or a sizable piece of it, can put itself inside the burning, deliberately bombed hospital. And the U.S. is accused of committing a war crime.

I’ve been pondering those words ever since they entered the conversation: pondering their moral weight, their heart-stopping, accusatory coldness. My initial reaction was, well, of course it’s a war crime. Indeed, the two words, “war” and “crime,” ought to be inextricably linked. It’s impossible to wage war especially the way a superpower wages war, with so many weapons of mass destruction at the ready - without violating conventional moral strictures, without killing civilians in mindnumbing numbers, with virtually every action.

So why is this different? Bombing a hospital, especially with deliberate intent - apparently at the behest of the Afghan government, which, reportedly, hated the hospital for treating the injured regardless what side they’re on - is depraved and utterly reckless.

Not only did the U.S. kill patients and staff members from all over the world, who were working there because of a commitment to give help to those in harm’s way, but it destroyed one of the few medical centers in a city with a population of over 300,000.

All of this clearly makes the act a crime by any moral standard, but in point of fact, we’ve been doing this for so long and causing so much horrific damage - in the long term as well as the short term, considering, for instance, the environmental consequences wrought by the use of depleted uranium missiles and bombs - that one more act of carnage, 22 more murdered civilians, hardly seems more “criminal” than all that happened throughout the Middle East before the Oct. 3 bombing.

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Nevertheless, I felt a need, in my heart and in our collective heart, to address the bombing’s strategists and apologists with moral directness, of the sort my friend Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a long-time antiwar activist, recently described: “Before the 2003 Shock and Awe bombing in Iraq,” she wrote, “a group of activists living in Baghdad would regularly go to city sites that were crucial for maintaining health and well-being in Baghdad, such as hospitals, electrical facilities, water purification plants, and schools, and string large vinyl banners between the trees outside these buildings which read: ‘To Bomb This Site Would Be A War Crime.’ We encouraged people in U.S. cities to do the same, trying to build empathy for people trapped in Iraq, anticipating a terrible aerial bombing.”

She encouraged doing this again and, in fact, a public demonstration was held in front of Stroger Hospital, Chicago’s enormous county hospital, protesting the Kunduz bombing. Suddenly I imagined Americans standing in front of every hospital in the country, proclaiming that there’s no difference between bombing a hospital in Afghanistan and bombing one here.

And that’s when I realized the significance of calling the bombing a war crime. Doing so attempts to bring both moral and legal force to bear on what was done and interrupts the postwar-crime press conference. Indeed, the act creates - births - this force: an international conscience.

Because the outrage is global, the time is ripe. To call the bombing of the Kunduz hospital a war crime is, perhaps, the most effective way people have, at this juncture of human history, to address war itself, to stand up to its powerful perpetrators and put a halt to their uncontrolled behavior.

Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicagobased journalist and nationally syndicated writer. His new book, “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound” (Xenos Press) is now available.

Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com, visit his website at commonwonders.com or listen to him at Voices of Peace radio.) (c) 2015 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.

Get your costume ready for the annual Halloween Parade and Party. Join us for a bewitching stroll from Oak Park (Main Street and Ottawa) to Grennan Heights.

Once at Grennan Heights there will be ghouly games, ghastly goodies, and spooky surprises! Please register early for this popular event. Age: children up to sixth grade. Registration required. No refunds!

Fee: Res $10; Non-Res $12.

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football

hawks keep

winning Maine South pushes CSL streak to 74 straight wins

By Mark Gregory sports reporter

mark@buglenewspapers.com @Hear_The_Beard

There were a lot of fireworks at Niles West Friday night.

The hostWolves were introduced to a fireworks display, there was a halftime show and on the field, the Maine South offense lit up the night sky one touchdown at a time, beating Niles West 52-21.

The Hawks (6-2, 4-0) jumped out to a fast lead, grabbing a 24-0 lead after the opening quarter.

“We talked about how the first five minutes were going to dictate the game and I think the offense really came out ready,” said Maine South coach Dave Inserra. “We didn’t want a letdown after two hard fought games.”

That scoring included a 95-yard punt return by Jon Arenas on a play that should have left Maine South driving from within the shadow of its own goal line.

“It was unfortunate that we are down two scores and a guy calls for a fair catch and there are five

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officials out here that can’t see that and the guy runs 95 yards for a touchdown,” said Niles West coach Scott Baum “That’s just sad.

I’m not saying that cost us the game, but at the time then we are down 14 points instead of 21 and you know how that is for 16-yearold kids – it’s hard. So, that was brutal.”

Maine South took that momentum and ran with it as quarterback Brian Collis led the Hawk offense.

Collis finished the game connecting on 24-of-33 passes for 325 yards and four touchdowns, connecting with seven different receivers over the game.

“That is a good football team.

He is a good player,” Baum said of Collis. “He has been a varsity quarterback for three years.”

Fortis Kokosioulis led the Maine South ground attack, racking up 121 yards, including a 55yard touchdown scamper. He also caught one of Collis’ scores,

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Brian Collis had 325 yards passing and four touchdowns for Maine South.

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Locals gear up for postseason

Hawk tennis wins sectional title All three area schools are competing in the Maine South Sectional.

The host Hawks are the No. 6 seed in the sectional and open play in the Hersey Regional against No. 11 Schaumburg at 7 p.m. Oct. 27.

A win would put them up against likely No. 3 Hersey at 6 p.m. Oct. 29.

Niles West is the No. 9 seed and will face No. 8 Rolling Meadows at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Conant Regional.

If the Wolves are victorious they will likely face No. 1 seed New Trier at 6 p.m. Oct. 29.

Maine East is the No. 14 seed and faces No. 18 seed Elk Grove in

the Maine East Regional at 6 p.m.

Oct. 26.

A Blue Demons win would put them up against No. 2 seed Loyola at 6 p.m. Oct. 27. The regional final is at 6 p.m. Oct. 29.

Sectional semifinals take place Nov. 3 with the sectional final Nov. 5. •The Blue Demons (10-13, 5-3) beat Deerfield 25-9, 25-16. Kim Sergey had 15 assists and four digs, Niki Ahlstrand had eight kills and three blocks, Maggie Chwieralski tallied seven kills and seven digs and Miranda Duro added seven digs.

TENNIS Maine South took home the Glenbrook South Sectional title

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Freshman Natalia Pehar and Niles West face Rolling Meadows to open the IHSA Class 4A state playoffs.

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volleyball

Lewis using Chicagoarea talent for success

By Scott Taylor sports editor

staylor@enterprisepublications.com @Taylor_Sports

The Lewis University women’s volleyball team has had a good deal of success this year at 211, 9-0 in the GLVC and has been doing so with multiple locals on the team, including three from the Voyager Media coverage area.

One is senior Alexis Davito, a Crest Hill native, who is in her fifth year with the team.

“Being the only fifth-year senior is weird but it is kind of nice,” Davito said. “Having a lot of freshmen and new blood on the court and the chemistry and nice. I think we have a good chance to do some good things.”

After years of looking up to seniors, she is now that leader.

She hopes she can have the positive impact on others that those before her have had on her.

“I’m trying,” Davito said of being a leader. “Our team is unique and everyone tries to take their own leadership. I think the program has really helped me grow so I just want everyone else to do the same.”

Davito has been able to play in front of friends and family over the years and she would have it no other way.

“The parent base is amazing so we always have fans,” Davito said.

“So being local is great because we always feel like we’re home.

We’re never far away. My brother goes here as well, so the whole family is here. I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else. I always have someone here supporting me.”

While Davito has had a good amount of success while on campus at Lewis, there is one more thing she would like to accomplish before her career is done after the season.

“Making it to the Sweet 16 would be great,” Davito said.

“Since I’ve been here, we haven’t made it out of first round of regionals and it is about time we do. I think we just need to want it and play that way.”

For the season Davito leads the team with 227 kills and a .332 hitting percentage, along with 37 aces, also a team high.

With Davito finishing up her career, the future of the Flyers’ offense may be Plainfield freshman Elizabeth Hyland.

Hyland has come out of the gates fast, starting as a freshman, playing all six rotations. She has 225 kills, 16 aces, 242 digs and 34 blocks.

“I’ve had so much support from not only the coaches but the entire team,” Hyland said.

“I wouldn’t be able to do this without all my teammates on the sidelines.”

Even though she has started from the beginning, there have been adjustments.

“It is a really fast pace,” Hyland said. “And just learning how Lewis does everything. But the girls have been really helping me and make the transition a lot easier.”

Hyland proved the hard work does pay off.

“I worked my butt off and if it happened, it happened,” she said. “My goal was obviously to start, but I was going to be happy wherever I was put and needed.”

A big thrill for the freshman is playing in front of her home crowd at Lewis.

“It’s awesome, I love it,” Hyland said. “I love looking up and seeing familiar faces in the crowd. I don’t think I could go to a place far away where my family wouldn’t be able to go. It is great

to have them up there cheering me on.”

Going forward, Hyland knows there are areas where she can improve on.

“I think I just need to relax and play my game,” Hyland said. “I can over-think things. I want my serve-receive and my hitting spots to improve.”

Davito feels she doesn’t need to do much mentoring with Hyland.

“She is actually my little sister on the team,” Davito said of Hyland. “I think she is incredible.

I don’t need to do much leading with her. She kind of takes it upon herself to do it herself.

She does a great job of not only watching girls in front of her but establishing herself.”

Moving to the back row, junior defensive specialist Carolyn Nojiri of Downers Grove has been happy with the season so far. For the year she has 48 digs.

“It’s been good,” Nojiri said. “To have two freshmen setters, it has been really good to see how they have meshed with the hitters.”

While she has seen some action this volleyball season, Nojiri is most known for being a twosport collegiate athlete, as she is also a softball player and had the second highest average on the team last year.

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Registration for Maine Wrestling Club Monday The Maine Eagles Wrestling Club will be holding open registration for the upcoming 2015 – 2016 wrestling season on Monday, October 19 and

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Tyler Tsagalis

NoTRe DAMe FooTBAll

What do you use Twitter for the most? i like a page called Smack high where kids talk trash. i don’t post, but i like to see what they are saying. When they doubt us, it puts a chip on our shoulder.

Who is your favorite follow?

Smack high and a lot of my friends.

Have you ever tried to Tweet to a celebrity and has it worked? i haven’t tried. i really don’t follow that many famous people.

But, playing two sports doesn’t come easy.

“It has its ups and downs,” Nojiri said. “I haven’t been to a lot of softball stuff lately because it has been hectic with volleyball.

rOUNdUP | from page 8 with 30 points. Senior Leigh Friedman defeated freshman teammate Jennifer Ptak in the finals to win the singles title, 6-4, 6-1. Friedman gave up just 10 games in four matches.

The junior doubles tandem of Kamila Czosnyka and Martin Wind are headed to state after placing second at the sectional.

The doubles team and Ptak won all three of their matches in

HaWKs | from page 7 covering 37 yards.

Niles West quarterback Johnny Pabst accounted for two of the Wolves scores, running in one and passing for the other – a 24-yard strike to Greg Leftakes.

The other score came on a 60yard run by Emmanuel Mays late in the game. Mays tallied up 106 yards for the game in relief of Yaniv Shields who only played defense while nursing a sore wrist.

Despite the loss, Baum was happy with the effort of Niles West

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But, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It is the best of both worlds to play both of the sports I love.”

Playing two sports does make things harder in the fall though as she misses the fall softball season.

“It does because I am missing the fall season of softball because I’m in season for volleyball,” Nojiri said. “But I work my butt off in the offseason for the upcoming season, so I don’t feel I am behind, actually.”

straight sets.

•Niles West junior Eliza Kirov is headed to state after taking fourth place at the Niles North Sectional.

Northridge Prep took seventh place at the Class 1A Byron Sectional, finishing with a 357.

Byron won with a 329. Senior Paul DiFranco shot a 78 to advance to state. Other scorers were Will Lyon (90), Martin Burch (94) and

Michael DiFranco (95).

At state, DiFranco tied for 27th with a two-day total of 168. He shot an 85 on the first day and followed that with an 83.

•In Class 3A, Niles West’s Skylar Le Vine qualified for state after shooting a 76 at the Conant Sectional.

At state, Le Vine tied for 34th place with a 160 total. He carded an 81 in the opening round and followed that with a 79.

(2-6, 1-3).

“I like the way our kids played,” he said. “It is not easy to go out and practice all the time when you are not winning football games and then you are playing Maine South, but I was happy with how our kids came out.”

Both teams will have roles in deciding the Central Suburban League South division championship next week.

Maine South will look to run its CSL South winning streak to 75 games Friday against Evanston (6-

2, 3-1).

A Maine South win would give the Hawks the league crown, but a loss would leave the teams tied.

Niles West faces New Trier, who is also 3-1 in CSL play.

A New Trier win and Maine South loss would make a threeway tie at the top of the conference, something Inserra does not want to happen.

“If Evanston beat us and New Trier won, we would all be 4-1 and we don’t want any of that,” he said.

“We don’t share.”

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Dave Says

It takes two to get out of a family budget mess Dear Dave, I’ve spent most of my marriage not being a good husband and not being involved in our family finances.

After Dave Says money advice by being introduced dave ramsey to one of your programs at work, I realized how irresponsible I had been and went home to apologize and tell my wife about it. During this conversation I learned that we have about $80,000 in debt I didn’t know about, plus $45,000 in debt on a new car and motorcycle I did know about. We also have a mortgage on our home. My wife apologized for making a mess of things, but it wasn’t all her fault. She wasn’t sneaking around spending and taking out debt, she just made mistakes and was afraid to tell me. Together, we make about $100,000 a year. Can you help us?

Curtis Dear Curtis, I’m really glad you’ve made the decision to man up. That’s a big step in the right direction for you and your marriage.

To me, what you described is a lot different than her completely lying, hiding stuff, and actively having a financial affair — so to speak — on the side. You weren’t plugged in and she wasn’t doing a good job, but she didn’t have anyone to talk to about it.

Things got worse, then she probably felt ashamed about how ugly it got and didn’t want to tell anybody.

Not counting your house, you’ve

got about $125,000 in debt. You’ve got to look at all this with a $100,000 income and say, “What is the fastest way to clean up this dadgum mess?”

That’s going to mean beans and rice, rice and beans. That means a scorched-earth lifestyle and living on a budget, which also means you’re not going out to eat, not going on vacations, and you’re going to start selling so much stuff that the kids think they’re next.

I’d probably sell the car and the motorcycle. Get into a couple of basic cars, and spend about two years of crazy intensity getting debt free except for your home. You can clean this up that fast, but you’re going to have no life during that time.

The two of you have some relationship work to do also. It sounds like you’ve already started on that with you owning your part and her owning hers. The thing is not to blame. From this point forward you need to sit down together and make all of your decisions — financial and otherwise — together.

Trust me, if you’re both willing, you can heal the math problem, the debt problem and the marriage problem all at the same time. It will be an amazing thing!

—Dave Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business, and CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored five New York Times best-selling books.

The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 8.5 million listeners each week on more than 550 radio stations. Dave’s latest project, EveryDollar, provides a free online budget tool. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

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Upcoming events for Seniors in the community

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Norwood Crossing to commemorate Veterans Day with Nov. 11 recognition program more info

Norwood Crossing is a not-for-profit senior living community Veterans, residents, friends and families are invited to attend and participate in a special Veterans Day Commemorative Program Nov. 11 at 2 p.m., at Norwood Crossing, 6016-20 N. Nina Ave. in Chicago.

The program, “for veterans, about veterans, and by veterans,” will include posting of the Colors by the American Legion Edison Park Post 541 Color Guard; National Anthem sung by the

St. Patrick High School Honor Choir; pledge of allegiance led

by Norwood Crossing resident Mary Cormack, former First Vice President of VFW Post 1284 Ladies Auxiliary; invocation by Chaplain Lt. Col. Paul Pfeffer (Senior Army Reserve Ret.); individual recognition of attending veterans; and a special performance of patriotic songs by the St. Patrick High School Honor Choir, commemorating the anniversary of World War I. All active and nonactive military personnel who are planning to attend the event are asked to complete a form upon arrival that asks for their name, rank, military unit, service branch, armed conflict (if any), where they were

All active and nonactive military personnel who are planning to attend the event are asked to complete a form upon arrival that asks for their name, rank, military unit, service branch, armed conflict (if any), where they were stationed, and dates of service in order to be properly recognized. Refreshments will be available.

stationed, and dates of service in order to be properly recognized.

Refreshments will be available.

Norwood Crossing is a not-forprofit senior living community, serving Norwood Park and surrounding Chicago and suburban communities since 1896. Veterans planning to attend should RSVP to 773-577-5324 or email sbanash@norwoodlifecare. org.

This year, Jeff Curry, the chair of NCCI Dollars for Scholars Committee, won the Member of the Year award. Niles Park District employee Paul Nielsen won the Dedication to Youth Service Award for his work at the park district’s summer camp. Augie Genovesi, Notre Dame Prep School’s Assistant Athletic Director and head wrestling coach, won the Citizen of the Year Award for spearheading a successful campaign to build a Military Wall monument, as well as his other work on behalf of the alumni veterans and the school in general.

In his acceptance speech, Genovesi said that the project was close to his heart. He thanked the school staff and students, saying that he was proud to be part of Notre Dame community.

“I couldn’t ask for a better place to be,” he said. “I’m surrounded by family and friends.”

Tom Bondi, a former Niles trustee, won the Bob Wordel Living Legend award for everything he did for the village since moving there in 1964. While Bondi accepted the award in person, it was his daughter, Laurie Strzelecki, who delivered the acceptance speech on his behalf.

“My father is honored,” she said. “[Since moving to Niles], he lived by the old [village] slogan – Niles, where people count. He gave his all, not for self-gratification, but for the people.”

Strzelecki said that there was nothing her father wanted more than to make Niles a great place to live for both the current residents and any future residents that may want to move there.

Cornelius “Neil” O’Shea, a Niles librarian, won an Outstanding Public

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Service award for spearheading the Niles Veterans History Project, where the staff interviewed area veterans about their experiences.

The recordings and transcripts of those interviews are available online at the Niles Public Library website.

Niles Library Director Susan Lempke, who nominated O’Shea, told the Bugle that she was proud of him, adding that he is “one of the best reference librarians I know.”

In his acceptance speech, O’Shea said that he hoped the veterans would inspire everyone to serve the community in some way. He said that the award was a great moment for his family.

“Thank you for this honor,” said O’Shea. “I will always treasure it, especially when I stop and smell the roses.”

Kappy’s American Grill, which is owned by Niles village trustee George Alpogianis, won the Business of the Year award. As he received the award, Alpogianis invited his family onto the stage. His father founded Kappy’s, and he said that he would not have been where he was without his family.

“I wanted to hand this award to my father and mother, who should be the recipients of this award,” said Alpogianis, handing it to them both.

He also thanked his brother, his wife and his children individually for their help and support.

The final winner of the night was Niles Police Department officer Paul Murphy, who won the Public Safety Excellence for his work in community outreach and training new recruits.

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