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VILLAGE NEWS >> BOLINGBROOK

Village spends $1.3M to replace trees Trees to replace those lost to emerald ash borer

By Laura Katauskas Bugle Staff @BugleNewspapers sweditor@buglenewspapers.com

In its continued fight against an invasive beetle that is changing

the landscape of many communities, the village of Bolingbrook is working to restore nature but with a hefty price tag.

Trying to keep the devastation of trees by the Emerald Ash Borer at bay, the village has been battling the EAB for the past few years, causing the removal of thousands of trees.

The village has at least 30,000 Emerald Ash trees, 20,000 of which are on village property.

In an ongoing battle with the invasive beetle, Bolingbrook has

spent nearly $500,000, removing and treating viable trees and is now embarking on a program to replace infested trees.

The village board recently approved a fall replanting program for trees that were removed because of the EAB infestation. According to village documents, in order to have 3,250 trees planted this fall, four local landscapers were used at a cost of more than $1.3 million.

American Landscape replanted 1,000 tree at a cost of $385,000; J.

Hassert Landscaping replaced 500 trees at $242,500; Sebert Landscaping planted 1,500 trees at $592,500; and Home Landscape planted 250 trees at $125,000.

The size of the trees varied from 2.5 to 4 inches in diameter based on species. To date, 9,200 Ash trees have been removed and 3,600 have been replanted.

In 2015, Bolingbrook treated 6,000 trees at $75 each, and earmarked several hundred thousand for the possible removal or treatment of hundreds more.

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Bolingbrook, Romeoville organizations plan Veterans Day programs

By Laura Katauskas Bugle Staff @BugleNewspapers sweditor@buglenewspapers.com

Veterans, in their call to duty, live by service to others and for many that doesn’t stop once they are home. A federal holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars, Veterans Day, is about remembering and honoring those who fought in any conflict. This Friday, local organizations will host a variety of ceremonies to honor those individuals but it doesn’t stop there---what began as a dream in 2009 to help provide a Thanksgiving meal to a few veterans who would likely go without has grown to a Veterans’ Food Drive.

Spearheaded by the non-profit group, Caring Patriots, a food drive will be held 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Nov. 18 and 19 at the former Dominick’s store at 135th Street and Weber Road, Romeoville. Organizers say the need continues to grow and is now partnering with businesses, clubs, schools and churches to collect non-perishable food items that are then used to help assemble and provide approximately six to eight grocery bags per Veteran and their families. Volunteers are welcome to help collect non-perishable food/ monetary donations.

It is also about the continued support of veterans throughout the year, believes Commander of the American Legion Post 52, Virgil Oikion.

As the American Legion Chaplain of Illinois, Oikion with a group of fellow veterans, work to ensure every fallen veteran has a proper ceremony at Abraham National Ceremony.

As many as 80 services each quarter are per-

MORE INFO Romeoville Veterans Day Service

10 a.m., Nov. 11, Edward “Doc” McCartan Veteran’s Memorial, 11 Montrose Drive

Bolingbrook Veterans Day Service

11 a.m., Nov. 11, Veterans Memorial, Town Center, 375 Briarcliff Road 8 a.m., Nov. 14, Breakfast for Veterans at Sam’s Club, Romeoville 8 a.m., Nov. 18, 19 Caring Patriots Food Drive, 135th Street and Weber Road

formed for homeless veterans who remain unknown,sometimes for years, with prayers, a full 21-rifle salute, name recognition and an undue respect for those that served their country.

“It’s important to recognize veterans because it’s a way to honor them,” said Oikion. “And It doesn’t matter who they are or where they are from; it is just a matter of helping someone when they need it.”

The American Legion strives to help veterans with various projects with scholarship programs to area teens, support to local veterans through monetary donations and gifts and help with housing and social services. Legion members spend time with local veterans visiting nearby retirement homes and also work to raise funds through various raffles and fundraisers throughout the year.

He said a quote he appreciates sums it up for him, “A soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him but because he loves what is behind him,” adamant in his support of veterans and any in need of help.

According to History.com, Veterans Day began to recognize that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Community organization receives donation Emerging Life Solutions donates more than $10K to Heart Haven Outreach

By Laura Katauskas Bugle Staff @BugleNewspapers sweditor@buglenewspapers.com

In an effort to keep its work to help homeless youth alive despite its unforeseen closing, Emerging Life Solutions recently donated more than $10,000 to a fellow community group, Heart Haven Outreach (H2O), a non-for-profit, organization dedicated to helping the youth of the Bolingbrook/ Romeoville area.

The non-profit organization, Emerging Life Solutions, ran by Living Water Community Church Pastor Chrystal Hansen, had to close as she was moving out of the area. It was decided by the board, that all remaining funds be donated to H2O programs.

“This donation is huge for Heart Haven Outreach. It was an

answer to prayer, honestly,” said Ryan Lawrence, executive director of H2o. “It is perfect timing as we are in a growing stage at H2O. Chrystal Hansen has been a really great friend and supporter to H2O for many years. Her heart for students really align with ours at H2O and we have been blessed by so much of what she has done in the community for the youth. We are going to miss her alot and are really sorry to have her go. This donation is encouragement to us as it shows what we are doing is important and matters to her and the board of Emerging Life Solutions.”

Lawrence said the donation will fund its current 10 weekly programs offered for free to seventh to 12th graders in the Valley View School District. H20 offers free weekly tutoring, open topic support groups, recreational activi-

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Chrystal Hansen donates $10,000 from Emerging Life Solutions to H20, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the community’s youth. ties, character development, and mentoring as well as free transportation to and from its pro-

grams.

“This money will help us continue to give this needed support

at no cost to the families,” said Lawrence. “These life transformational programs have made a huge difference in the community and in the schools we work with.

We rely on individual and local business support to be able to offer this.”

He explains participation is growing each year with continued requests for middle school programming. This donation will allow H20 to offer such programs and allow for additional support in those grade levels soon.

“We have been around since 2005 with programs for high school students but in 2016 we started running some support group programs in the middle schools for 8th grade students.

We found it to be very successful and expanded to 7th graders this new school year. We would love to be able to offer all of our different programs to this age group,” said Lawrence.

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COUNTY NEWS >> WILL COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE

Forest Preserve District turns 90 District has grown from 143 acres to almost 22,000 acres

BY CINDY CAIN FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF WILL COUNTY In 1926, Calvin Coolidge was president, prohibition was in force, Babe Ruth was slugging home runs for the Yankees and Will County was in transition.

Wolves still roamed free in some areas of the county 90 years ago, but development was taking off and a movement was underway to build a “super-highway system” linking Will County to Cook County and beyond.

In Joliet, community leaders were working hard to raise funds to build the city’s first YMCA, and excitement was growing for the opening of the Rialto Square Theatre on Chicago Street. The glitzy showplace was set to open May 24, 1926, and the Joliet Evening Herald-News had all of the festive

details in its May 23, 1926, edition.

Another story in that edition of the paper announced a community-based quest to create a countywide forest preserve district. This movement to save the county’s “timber tracts” was spearheaded by the Joliet Rotary, and it was led by Dr. W. Henry Wilson, chairman of the Rotary’s Forest Preserve Committee. Wilson, a nationally known pathologist who worked at Silver Cross Hospital, stressed the benefits of preserved open space.

“It is accessible to the public, for pleasure and recreation, and is beautifying to the county,” he said at the time.

Rotary members said they feared the county’s open spaces would go the way of the buffalo without a forest preserve district.

The group was successful in gathering the petition signatures

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required to get a forest preserve referendum on the Nov. 2, 1926, ballot. The referendum passed by almost a 2 to 1 margin, with 16,611 people voting in favor of the district and 8,774 voting against the

measure.

“Because of the foresight of Dr. Wilson, his fellow Rotary members and the thousands of voters who approved the initial referendum, the lives of Will County resi-

dents have been greatly enriched, and they will be for generations to come,” said Ralph Schultz, the forest preserve district’s chief operating officer. “I hope that we can continue to enhance their vision as we seek to protect, restore and interpret nature and to make our great open spaces accessible and enjoyable for the residents of Will County.”

In the 90 years since its creation, the Will County Forest Preserve District has grown from 143 acres in 1930 to almost 22,000 acres owned, leased or managed today.

All of this preservation came at a time when the county’s population mushroomed from 110,732 in 1920 to around 700,000 current residents.

Efforts by Wilson, his Rotary colleagues and the voters of Will County have made a difference in the county’s quality of life for all species. They stepped in as development was ramping up in Will County and they provided a pathway to preservation.

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GUEST COLUMN

Road to victory in WWII For Veterans Day, remembering one soldier’s dangerous job of carrying vital supplies

BY MARK DEPUE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, DIRECTOR OF ORAL HISTORY Frank Merkley is a World War II veteran who never fired his weapon in anger, but his contributions to America’s war effort were every bit as important as those of soldiers in the thick of combat. Merkley, now 96 and living in Princeton, Ill., spent his war driving trucks.

It was a rare case in which the army found the perfect job based on Frank’s peacetime experiences.

He had left school when he was 13 to help support the family, and had driven trucks since he was 16, working for his brother.

Merkley was drafted in November 1942, and was shipped to Persia in early 1943. Once there, he drove his truck along a tenuous road deep into modern-day Iran, the first leg of a long trip toward the Soviet frontier.

(America, the Arsenal of Democracy, sent more than four million tons of supplies to Russia through Persia during the war.)

Then in January 1945, Frank’s unit, the 3949th Quartermaster Truck Company, was transferred to the China-Burma-India theater of operations.

His job? To drive over the infamous “hump” in the mountains of Burma to deliver supplies to China.

During his first trip on the treach-

erous Ledo Road, Frank’s truck got a flat tire. Because of that, he left the assembly area several hours after the rest of his convoy. “I don’t know how I’m here today, except the Lord saved me—twice in one day,” Merkley said 71 years later.

“I was going along through that one road, that mountain there, and I come over way at the top and come around a big curve … All of a sudden the truck stopped. … The Lord stopped it. Believe me or not, the Lord stopped that truck.” A Chinese guard, whose job was to alert trucks of the impending danger, then came racing out to the road to guide Merkley around a bridge that was rotting away.

Had Frank not stopped, the truck would have plunged into a deep ravine, taking him along with it.

Merkley was still on the road late that night trying to catch up with his convoy. Because of the fear of snipers, he was forbidden to use his headlights, and when it started to rain, the night turned pitch black.

“I couldn’t see a thing out the windshield, not one thing,” he said.

“Couldn’t even see the dash. … I had my foot out on the front wheel fender, and I was trying to keep that front wheel along the edge of that mountain.”

On his left, the mountain shot up toward the sky. On his right was a sheer cliff. It was certain death to any driver who missed a curve on a dirt

road that was barely wide enough to accommodate the big American trucks.

Recalling that night during his oral history interview, Frank continued his story, his voice filled with emotion. “All of a sudden a big bolt of lightning come … and it lit that road up just like day. And it put daggers in – zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing – like that all the way up to a big sharp curve.”

Guided by that brief glimpse of the danger ahead, Frank pushed forward into the dark. “And I hit that curve right on the nose,” he said.

Frank has no doubt that God had intervened to save his life that night.

“I can’t hardly believe myself the way He lit that road up for me so I could see. … He lit that road up just like it was day time out there – just bright lightning.”

As far as Frank is concerned, God wasn’t quite done with him yet. On the first leg of his journey back to the states, a flight from China to Calcutta, he survived a plane crash. He then boarded a Liberty ship, which sailed into a three-day typhoon in the South China Sea. Needless to say, he was happy to get back to America. Once home in Princeton, he soon got back to work, eventually starting a pest control business and finally retiring at 90 after a lifetime of work.

Mark DePue is the Director of Oral History at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. You can listen to stories like Merkley’s in the “Veterans Remember” section of the program’s website, www.oralhistory. illinois.gov.

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POLICE The following items were compiled from the official reports of the Bolingbrook + Romeoville Police Departments. Appearing in the police blotter does not constitute a finding of guilt, only a court of law can make that determination.

BOLINGBROOK Elizabeth Loza, 23, 3033 W. 54th St., Chicago, was arrested at 1:02 p.m. Oct. 27 at Wal-Mart, 200 S. Bolingbrook Drive, for retail theft.

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Alann Alarcon, 20, 405 Woodcreek Drive, was arrested at 9:26 p.m. Oct. 28 in the 300 block of Woodcreek Drive for disorderly conduct and assault.

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Jasmine Woods, 18, 703 N. Pinecrest Road, was arrested at 10:53 a.m. Oct. 28 at Route 53 and Boughton Road for driving while license suspended.

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William Dunkovich, 26, 304D Woodcreek Drive, was arrested at 12:19 a.m. Oct. 29 in the 300 block of Woodcreek Drive for disorderly conduct.

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Douglas Summer, 21, 241 Picardy Lane, was arrested at 3:34 a.m. Oct. 29 for DUI.

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Damontai Woods, 24, 214 Fairmont Ave., Lockport, was arrested at 3:23 a.m. Oct. 30 in the 100 block of Remington Boulevard for a warrant.

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Evaldas Villevicius, 32, 210 Karen Ave., Romeoville, was arrested at 1:37 a.m. Nov. 2 for DUI, no insurance, no valid driver’s license and failure to reduce speed.

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ROMEOVILLE Darius Baxter, 28, 1744 Brown Ave., Evanston, was arrested at 12:52 a.m. Oct. 14 at Route 53 and Taylor Road for DUI.

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Crystal Chavez, 20, 302 McKool Ave., Romeoville, was arrested at 3:05 a.m. Oct. 16 near Beverly Griffin Drive for DUI and no driver’s license on person.

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Moiz Arshad, 20, 1944 Whitmore Drive, Romeoville, was arrested at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 20 at Weber

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Road and 135th Street for DUI and no insurance.

Robert Bailey, 19, 21539 Fulton Court, Plainfield, was arrested at 10:18 p.m. Oct. 21 in the 1100 block of Murphy Drive for an in-state warrant.

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Daniel Seasock, 31, 1914 Vermette Circle, Plainfield, was arrested at 8:34 p.m. Oct. 22 at Veterans Parkway and Hudson for an in-state warrant.

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Shytaran Bradley, 27, 306 Thistle Drive, Bolingbrook, was arrested at 4:37 a.m. Oct. 23 in the 2000 block of Sutcliffe Court for mob action.

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Raymon Ferrero, 27, 1120 Jerald Drive, Joliet, was arrested at 4:37 a.m. Oct. 23 in the 2000 block of Sutcliffe Court for mob action.

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Alexandro Hernandez, 24, 628 Fenton Ave., Romeoville, was arrested at 4:37 a.m. Oct. 23 in the 2000 block of Sutcliffe Court for mob action.

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Bradley Mendoza, 24, 522 E. Bailey Drive, Naperville, was arrested at 4:37 a.m. Oct. 23 in the 2000 block of Sutcliffe Court for mob action.

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Letoya Smart, 42, 2081 Sutcliffe Court, Romeoville, was arrested at 4:37 a.m. Oct. 23 in the 2000 block of Sutcliffe Court for reckless driving.

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Kimberly Glista, 41, 600 Avalon, Romeoville, was arrested at 9:45 p.m. Oct. 25 in the 900 block of Dunbridge for criminal trespass and criminal damage to property.

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Oscar Carrillo-Palacios, 29, 451 Herkimer St., Joliet, was arrested at 4:47 a.m. Oct. 26 at Route 53 and Renwick for no valid driver’s license and no insurance.

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Angel Gonzalez, 19, 2020 Wedgewood Circle, Romeoville, was arrested at 8:37 a.m. Oct. 26 at Taylor and Weslake for no valid driver’s license.

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Perez, 27, 1519 Maple 21 Chris Road, Joliet, was arrested at 12:01 p.m. Oct. 26 in the 400 block of South Weber Road for retail theft.

19 Sara Moreno, 48, 1519 Maple Road, Joliet, was arrested at 12:01 p.m. Oct. 26 in the 400 block of South Weber Road for retail theft.

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Danielle Holmes, 27,

23 1113 Partridge Ave.,

Bolingbrook, was arrested at 11:08 p.m. Oct. 26 at Taylor and Southcreek Parkway for no valid driver’s license and no insurance.

Flavian Ramirez, 29, 11P

24 Fernwood, Bolingbrook,

was arrested at 1:04 a.m. at Remington and 115th Street for no valid driver’s license and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

Silvano Maldonado, 53, 1612 N. Hickory St., Joliet, was arrested at 1:21 a.m. Oct. 27 at Independence and Taylor for driving while license suspended

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Raul Passarini, 54, 471

26 Susan St., Romeoville, was arrested at 6:22 p.m. Oct. 27 at Romeo Road and Poplar for driving while license suspended and speeding.

Paul Williams, 20, 1639

27 Boulder Ridge Drive,

Bolingbrook, was arrested at 10:55 p.m. Oct. 27 at Veterans Parkway and Hudson for no valid driver’s license and speeding.

Alexander Abonce,

28 23, 6251 S. Mason Ave.,

Chicago, was arrested at 11:42 p.m. Oct. 27 at Route 53 and Taylor for driving while license suspended, suspended registration, no insurance and speeding.

Adam Jackson, 19, 14016

29 Camdan Road, Homer

Glen, was arrested at 7:35 p.m.

Oct. 28 in the 1000 block of West Romeo Road for an instate warrant.

Jacek Kuczynski, 20, 1988

30 Tilson, Romeoville, was arrested at 1:49 p.m. Oct. 29 in the 300 block of Wedgewood for DUI, no valid driver’s license and no insurance.

Kevin Watson, 22, 645 Fenton Ave., Romeoville, was arrested at 10:18 p.m. Oct. 31 at Dalhart and Corona for no valid driver’s license and speeding.

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ARIES

MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20

You may deserve a toll fee to bridge the gap between two differing factions. In the week ahead you can profit from your businesslike manner and by implementing shrewd business ideas. Pursue financial security and success.

GEMINI

M AY 2 2 T O J U N E 2 1

It is plain as the nose on your face. You will find what you look for. If you are looking for proof of someone’s commitment and loyalty it will be obvious. This is a good week to make presentations and hold heart-to-hearts.

LEO

J U LY 2 3 T O A U G U S T 2 1

If you are starving for attention you will find a smorgasbord of compliments in the week ahead that will satisfy your appetite. Hard work and a passion for excellence will make someone important stand up and take notice.

ACROSS 1 SPELL 5 TRAITOR 10 LETTERS CAUSING A RUSH 14 PROPERTY MEASUREMENT 15 FLOPPED FINANCIALLY 16 BONKERS 17 RESPONSE TO A DRONE 18 QUIBBLE ABOUT ACCOMMODATIONS? 20 ZEUS’ BEGINNING? 21 FORGIVES 22 DIRECTOR BURTON 23 LITTLE BIT 25 “TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE” DUETTIST 27 MARSHMALLOW THAT’S BEEN TOASTED TOO LONG? 33 4X4, E.G. 34 “1984” WORKER 35 GET USED (TO) 38 ASSEMBLY STAGE 40 HIT FROM A TEE 42 START OF OPERATION OVERLORD 43 SCRUTINIZED, WITH “OVER” 45 ABOUNDS 47 GENERATION 48 SMALL GROUP OF TINY MONARCHS? 51 GOOGLE, SAY 53 CANYON PART 54 “A BUG’S LIFE” EXTRA 55 IT MIGHT BLOW UP IN A CRASH 59 SHADE AT THE SHORE 63 WORTHLESS BUZZER? 65 [I’M DOOMED] 66 GOES WRONG 67 BRIDGE EXPERT ON SOME “SPORTS ILLUSTRATED” COVERS 68 MOZART’S “A” 69 SOFT-SPOKEN PAINTER BOB 70 IRISH HERO,

BRIEFLY 71 PRINGLES COMPETITOR

DOWN 1 NOW HYPHEN-LESS RAPPER 2 “DIES __” 3 SPOTTED AQUARIUM DWELLER 4 FILM ESTATE WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE 5 “AVIAN” FOR WHOM FLIGHT IS OFTEN FUTILE 6 __ READER 7 IT MAY BE HAMMERED OUT 8 HELP PROVIDERS 9 STAIN 10 EUROPEAN ATTRACTION 11 INDEPENDENT COUNTRY SINCE 2011 12 WHEN HAMLET SAYS, “THE PLAY’S THE THING ... “ 13 DICKINSON OUTPUT 19 “AMEN!” 24 TRIVIA CRACK, E.G. 26 MIND 27 HORRIFIED

REACTION 28 ONE OF THE RINGLING BROTHERS 29 DROWNS IN THE GARDEN 30 __ STAR 31 CIRCULAR 32 CHEVY’S “AMERICAN PIE” DESTINATION 36 WOOLEN YARN 37 SOCKET SET 39 REVIEW TARGET 41 44 46 49

NEWLY FORMED JOE SANS JOLT TAKE ON MOGULS THE CAT IN THE HAT’S NUMBERED COHORTS 50 VISUALS 51 WORD WITH TOOTH OR SAW 52 A-O STARTER 56 REPEATED WORD IN “TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME” 57 DO A NEW MOM’S JOB 58 ON A CRUISE 60 GAVE NOTICE 61 RADIUS NEIGHBOR 62 PINNACLE 64 ‘40S SPY ORG.

LIBRA

SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23

The journey is just as important as the destination. As this week unfolds you may find that business and workrelated meetings are not necessarily social affairs, but that consideration and social graces smooth the way.

SAGITTARIUS

NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 22

Know your limits and learn to live with your limitations.

If you are afraid of the dark get the best nightlight on the market. In the week ahead you can recognize a downside without letting it hold you back.

AQUARIUS

JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19

Take a daily dose of self-confidence. Stay in close contact with people who appreciate your efforts and uplift your spirits. In the week ahead take time to provide respect and support for hardworking individuals.

SUDOKU

TAURUS

A P R I L 2 1 T O M AY 2 1

On a scale of one to ten you might feel like a 10. As this week unfolds you can take the bull by the horns and accomplish whatever you envision. It may be the right time to initiate a new business or moneymaking activity.

CANCER

J U N E 2 2 T O J U LY 2 2

You have the right stuff. If you put your shoulder to the wheel you can push your way out of a rut. Then you can quickly get up top speed and even go further. Be consistent in the week ahead to make a sizeable profit.

VIRGO

AUGUST 22 TO SEPTEMBER 23

No one will catch you asleep on the job. In the week ahead you may feel sharper and more eager than usual.

You may be adept at turning your pennies into dollars. Listen to mentors who outline schemes for financial success.

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OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22

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Nine-year-old from Bolingbrook has a knack for racing cars

BY MARK GREGORY Sports Editor @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com

In a way, Michael Mucha is a lot like many other boys his age.

He enjoys playing baseball, skateboarding and anything else that may catch the interest of a 9-year-old in the fourth grade.

Then there are the ways Michael is far different than his classmates.

None of them have their own web page, their own Twitter handle and spend several weekends a year driving around a track at 70 miles per hour.

Yes – driving.

Despite only being nine years old, Michael is the driver of the No. 75 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Cup -or Mini Cup – car in the Central States Region Series.

Super Cup Cars look the same as a stock car one would see in NASCAR races, only half the size.

The cars are equipped with full tube chassis, rack and pinion steering, upper and lower control arms and fully adjustable coil over shocks both front and rear. The driver is protected with a full cage and a five point safety harness, making the cars one of the safest forms of racing available.

“It is real racing in half scale.

The speeds are up there, to,” said his dad, Randy, who serves as chief mechanic, spotter, so-

cial media coordinator to name a few roles. “He will go 75 on the main straight away at Grundy and they will keep their foot in in because the way these cars are designed, they are designed to go fast. If they go slow, it takes time to wind them back up because they are not shifting. They run whatever gear is in it for the track.”

While the cars are half scale versions of professional stock cars, they are not only driven by half scale versions of the drivers.

At nine years old, Michael is the youngest in the series, but the oldest is age 55, with all age ranges in between.

While drivers are allowed to start at age eight, this is Michael’s first year behind the wheel after spending a few years as a fan.

“We have been going for the last few years to watch – mostly at Grundy County because it’s close to home,” Randy said.

“Even before we went, he has loved cars since he has played with Matchbox. Most of the tracks open the pits to the fans after the races and that was when we first realized that they existed and what they were.”

Being their first year as a race team, Randy and Michael have had to rely on other drivers for advice and guidance along the way.

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Despite only being nine years old, Michael Mucha is the driver of the No. 75 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Cup -or Mini Cup – car in the Central States Region Series.

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Former Raider Hooper tallies first career TD Top-ranked Marian (Ind.) University amassed 670 yards of total offense en route to a 63-14 win over University of St. Francis in Mid-States Football Asso-

ciation crossover play Saturday at ATI Field at Joliet Memorial Stadium.

Marian, of the MSFA Mideast League, remained undefeated

(9-0) with its 18th consecutive win dating back to last season.

Making its final appearance on its home field in 2016, Midwest League member USF fell to 4-6.

Marian scored the only points of the first quarter on the first of three touchdown passes on the day from Ethan Darter to Krishawn Hogan, a 20-yard strike late in the period. The duo hooked up again, this time from 27 yards out early in the second quarter, before Robert Gibson’s 1-yard plunge at the 4:31 mark give the Knights a 21-0 halftime advantage.

Jakhari Gore scored the first of Marian’s five third-quarter touchdowns on an 11-yard run in the opening minute of the second half.

After Hogan scored on a 3-yard burst out of the wildcat formation, USF got on the board when junior Don Butkus (Dyer, Ind./ Mount Carmel) found sophomore Brandon Ruffin (Peoria, Ill./ Peoria) in the end zone from 3 yards away. With the reception, Ruffin became the fourth player in USF history to catch 10 touchdown passes in a single season.

Marian added two more TDs in the last four minutes of the third stanza on a 64-yard pass from Darter to Trey White and a 12-yard strike from Darter to Hogan.

Darter threw his fifth touchdown pass of the game early in

the fourth quarter when he connected with Kameron Utter for a 47-yard TD. A Charles Salary 49-yard dash midway through the final stanza capped the scoring for the Knights. USF scored the game’s final points when sophomore Lamarr Hooper (Bolingbrook, Ill./ Bolingbrook) rushed in from 2 yards out for his first career touchdown.

Darter was 23-of-34 for 378 yards and five touchdowns with one interception.

He connected with Hogan on nine occasions for 152 yards and three scores. Gore (83 yards), Salary (73) and Gibson (69) combined for 225 yards on 24 carries, good for a 9.4-yard average per run. Butkus completed 11 of 27 attempts for 146 yards with a TD and two interceptions. USF turned the ball over a season-high five times.

The Saints conclude their 2016 campaign next Saturday at MSFA Midwest League rival Olivet Nazarene University

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Senior Jordan Giddings (Rock Falls, Ill./ Rock Falls) led five Saints in double figures with a game-high 21 points as the No. 5-ranked University of St. Francis women’s basketball team tipped off its 2016-17 campaign with an 81-59 win over host Bethel (Ind.) College Tuesday night.

The victory marked USF’s second straight opening-night win.

Bethel fell to 0-3 on the season.

USF did not trail at any point in the contest. Leading 8-6 midway through the opening quarter, the Saints closed out the period with a 14-2 run to build a 22-8 lead. USF pushed its advantage to 42-21 at halftime and 66-38 after three quarters.

Giddings was 8-of-13 from the field, including a 4-for-6 clip from 3-point range. Senior Charnelle Reed (Chicago Heights, Ill./ Homewood-Flossmoor) handed out eight assists to go along with 12 points and five rebounds. Senior Angelica Osusky (Romeoville, Ill./ Romeoville) added 11 points, while junior Kamari Jordan (Bolingbrook, Ill./ Bolingbrook) and freshman Kaitlin Aylward (Elmwood Park, Ill./ Trinity) each tallied 10.

USF shot 48 percent from the field and 45 percent from behind the 3-point arc. The Saints converted 18 Bethel turnovers into 24 points, while allowing the Pilots only nine points on 12 turnovers. Kamala Glenn paced Bethel with 14 points.

The Saints return to action with exhibition games at DePaul University on Friday evening and at Florida State University on Sunday afternoon before returning home to entertain Ave Maria University in its 2016-17 debut at the Sullivan Center on Nov. 11.

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SPEED FROM PAGE 9 “Everyone is great. We have had more help this year being new and learning about the cars and tracks. They have all been so helpful,” Randy said. “We have had a couple of issues along the way that are rookie mistakes – not on his part – on my part. I am learning how these things are built and what to look out for during set up.”

Once the team got the hang of it, Michael flourished – winning

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2016 | BUGLENEWSPAPERS.COM series Rookie of the Year honors.

“It shows that we are in it for real,” Randy said. “He has been on the lead lap for almost the entirety of almost every race this year, which is phenomenal for a rookie. We have talked to guys that run this series or parents of drivers in the series and they have all said they are amazed at his progress.”

That progress will continue next year as the Mucha’s have already purchased a new car

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for next season, however, when they signed up Michael only had to have a one year commitment “Our deal with him for everything – whether it was racing or baseball or gymnastics or skateboard lessons or swimming or any of the different things we have signed him up for, the deal has always been that he would follow through for the length of whatever we committed to,”

Randy said. “We don’t quit.”

So, while Michael plans to continue his racing career at least one more year, he is does not have his sights set on a seat in a NASCAR just yet – for now he simply races because “it’s fun.”

His dad, however, sees a life impact in the sport, no matter how long Michael stays in the seat.

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“For most people, it is an exciting thing to get your license and finally be able to drive a car,” Randy said. “For him, it will just be, ‘OK, I finally have the thing in my wallet but I have been driving for years.’ That is one of the good things, too, of course we will do whatever number of hours the law says, but this will only make him a better driver on the road.”

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NOVEMBER 11 Veterans Day Service. 10-11 a.m. at

Edward McCartan Veterans Memorial, 11 Montrose Drive, Romeoville. Join the village of Romeoville in honoring veterans.

NOVEMBER 12 ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Celebration. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook.

Visit the library for a fun filled day in the wizarding world of 1920s New York before the highly anticipated film hits theaters. Dress as your favorite witch or wizard, and be prepared for a magical experience celebrating of all things Harry Potter. All ages.

More Info: www.fountaindale.org/ fantastic.

NOVEMBER 11 Veterans Day Service. 10-11 a.m. at Edward “Doc” McCartan Veterans Memorial, 11 Montrose Drive, Romeoville.

NOVEMBER 13 Living History Demonstration.

Noon to 3 p.m. at Isle a la Cache Museum, 501 E. Romeo Road. Watch as reenactors portray life in “Illinois Country” during the 18th century French fur trade era. Ask questions and learn more about the people who called this region home. Registration is not required for this free, all-ages program.

NOVEMBER 14 Teen Trivia Night. 6:30 p.m. at

Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. Test your mettle against other teens and see which team will win the big prize!

Topics will include everything from super heroes and Harry Potter to geography and anatomy. More Info: www.fountaindale.org.

NOVEMBER 19 International Games Day. Noon

to 5 p.m. at Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. Visit the library for an entire afternoon of games, trivia and snacks. Register for three different tournaments, including Connect 4, life-size Battleship and Mario Kart.

Play a round or two of your favorite RPG or collective card game. Interested in Dungeons and Dragons? Learn more about the game with Dungeon Master Jason Peters. And, test your brain power and solve the mystery of the Escape Room. More Info: www. fountaindale.org.

NOVEMBER 20 The Mystery of the Lost Treasure Box. 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Hidden Oaks

Nature Center, 419 Trout Farm Road, Bolingbrook. All ages welcome. Learn how to utilize a compass before navigating through a forest in search of a legendary lost pirate treasure box. A surprise awaits for those who find the riches. Fee: $10; $6/residents.

NOVEMBER 21 Cooking Demo – Thanksgiving Sides. 7 p.m. at Fountaindale

Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. Learn to cook amazing meals that are sure to impress your friends. Recipes and samples will be provided to all attendees. More Info: www.fountaindale.org.

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BUSINESS + REAL ESTATE COLUMN >> DAVE SAYS

You can’t just cruise now Just sit down with your boss or owner, and explain why you can’t make it happen right now

DEAR DAVE, I work for a small company that just won a cruise trip for all the employees. The prize covers just the cruise tickets, and we have to pay for everything else. The problem is that my wife and I currently have more than $50,000 in debt, not counting our home, and about $10,000 of that is in collections. We’re trying to fix our finances and start saving money, but we just don’t feel like we should take a trip right now. How do I tell my boss?

RICKY DEAR RICKY, First, let me say how proud I am of you and your wife. Most people would be really irresponsible in a position like this and simply borrow more money to take the trip.

The fact that you’re behaving like mature adults tells me you’re on your way to getting out of debt and solving your financial problems.

I’ve got to wonder, is there a lot of pressure from your company to go on this trip? I understand the benefits of team building and socializing with colleagues, but when you have no savings and are that deep in debt — and a chunk of that includes some in collections — it’s no lie to say you can’t afford to go.

A decent company will understand.

Just sit down with your boss or owner, and explain why you can’t make it happen right now. You don’t have to unload all the details, but let them know that you can’t do something like this in good conscience when you’re trying to get your finances under control and already owe a lot of money.

That’s one heck of a temptation you’re standing up to, Ricky. I love that you and your wife are on the same page and have made the decision to take control of your finances together!

—DAVE

HE SET YOU UP DEAR DAVE, I’m a senior in high school, and I have a job after classes and on weekends. I made a down payment

DAVE SAYS

By Dave Ramsey

of $2,500 on a $7,500 motorcycle last week, because I always wanted to have one before I got out in the real world and had bills and other responsibilities to think about. I asked my dad if that was a smart move, and he said I should ask you.

So, what do you think? Should I go ahead with the purchase?

TAD DEAR TAD, I’m glad you’re working and learning the value of money and having a job. But I think your dad set you up on this one. I’ve got a feeling he knew what I’d say, and he wanted you to hear it from me.

I teach people how to stay out of debt and build wealth. And there’s always one thing I remind folks of when it comes to buying anything — if you can’t afford to pay cash for the whole thing, then you can’t afford it. The only thing I back off on is when it comes to buying a house.

I love shiny things that go fast, and so do a lot of people who work here at my office. Right now, there are about six or seven motorcycles sitting in our parking lot, and they’re owned by folks who make good money. And the bikes sitting out there probably range in value from about $1,000 to $10,000. But you know what? Whoever rode in on the $1,000 bike had just as much fun as the one who owns the $10,000 bike.

—DAVE Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions.

He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 12 million listeners each week on 575 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @ DaveRamsey.

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SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE at 313 Wildrose Court, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 (Residential). On the 17th day of November, 2016 to be held at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff V. NANCY R. ENGSTROM; TOWN CENTRE PARC CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendant.

Case No. 16 CH 0676 in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois.

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours; plus, for residential real estate, a statutory judicial sale fee calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, not to exceed $300, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County.

In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State.

For Information Please Contact: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND ASSOCIATES 230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 P: 312 541-9710 F: 312 541-9711 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published 10/27, 11/3, 11/10

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE at 50D Fernwood Drive, Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 (Single Family). On the 1st day of December, 2016 to be held at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Lehman ABS Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1 Plaintiff V. Eliseo Guerrero; Maria Guerrero; Richards Building Supply Co; Pine Meadows II Condo Association Defendant.

Case No. 15 CH 0522 in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois.

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours; plus, for residential real estate, a

statutory judicial sale fee calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, not to exceed $300, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County.

In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State.

For Information Please Contact: Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC One East Wacker Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 P: 1-614-220-5611 F: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published 11/10, 11/17, 11/24

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE at 470 Monarch Lane, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 (Single Family Home). On the 1st day of December, 2016 to be held at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1 Plaintiff V. Andre D. Cramer; et. al.

Defendant.

Case No. 15 CH 0928 in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois.

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours; plus, for residential real estate, a statutory judicial sale fee calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, not to exceed $300, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County.

In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of

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Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State.

For Information Please Contact: Codilis & Associates, P.C. 15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 P: 630-794-5300 F: 630-794-9090 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published 11/10, 11/17, 11/24

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BOLINGBROOK PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. STATE OF ILLINOIS )

) SS. COUNTY OF WILL ) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff,

there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State.

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND ASSOCIATES 230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 P: 312 541-9710 F: 312 541-9711 MIKE KELLEY Plaintiff’s Attorney Sheriff of Will County Published 10/27, 11/3, 11/10

vs.

NANCY R. ENGSTROM; TOWN CENTRE PARC CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendant. No. 16 CH 0676 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment entered in the above cause on the 15th day of August, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 17th day of November, 2016 , commencing at 12:00 o’clock noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder or bidders the followingdescribed real estate: PARCEL I: UNIT 2 BUILDING 3 TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS IN TOWN CENTER PARC CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED AND DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R9341735, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL II: A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OVER AND ACROSS THE ACCESS ROAD TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION AND OWNERS OF DWELLING UNITS, DATED MAY 22, 1993 AND RECORDED MAY 27, 1993, AS DOCUMENT R93-41736.

Commonly known as: 313 Wildrose Court, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Description of Improvements: Residential P.I.N.: 12-02-15-107-068-1002 Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours; plus, for residential real estate, a statutory judicial sale fee calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, not to exceed $300, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County.

In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if

BOLINGBROOK 16-080027 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, JOLIET, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC PLAINTIFF, -vsTERESA LUGO A/K/A TERESA QUIROZ; BERNARDO QUIROZ; LAURA QUIROZ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 16CH 1254 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Teresa Lugo a/k/a Teresa Quiroz, Bernardo Quiroz and Laura Quiroz and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Unknown Occupants.

Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 9, IN BLOCK 39 IN BOLINGBROOK SUBDIVISION UNIT NUMBER 6, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 11 AND 12, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1962 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 970256, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 232 North Pinecrest Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Permanent Index No.: 12-02-12-305-010-0000 and which said Mortgage was made by Teresa Lugo and Bernardo Quiroz Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for First Magnus Financial Corporation as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, Document No. R2006166487.

And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on November 10, 2016 at 1:30 pm at the Will County Arbitration Center, 57 N.Ottawa Street, 3rd Floor, Joliet, Illinois 60432. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR MEDIATION WILL BE TERMINATED. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Pamela J. McGuire, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432, on or before the 30th day after the first

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publication of this notice which is November 28, 2016. Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 ILNOTICES@logs.com THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I705899 Published 10/27, 11/3, 11/10

BOLINGBROOK PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. STATE OF ILLINOIS )

) SS. COUNTY OF WILL ) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Lehman ABS Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1 Plaintiff, vs.

Eliseo Guerrero; Maria Guerrero; Richards Building Supply Co; Pine Meadows II Condo Association Defendant. No. 15 CH 0522 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment entered in the above cause on the 23rd day of May, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 1st day of December, 2016 , commencing at 12:00 o’clock noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder or bidders the followingdescribed real estate: Unit 50-D Together with its undivided Percentage Interest in the Common Elements in Pine Meadow Condominium No. 2, as Delineated and Defined in the Declaration recorded as Document Number R74-2040, as Amended from time to time, in the Northeast one Quarter of Section 15, Township 37 North, Range 10, East of The Third Principal Meridian, in Will County, Illinois.

Commonly known as: 50D Fernwood Drive, Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Description of Improvements: Single Family P.I.N.: 12-02-15-222-007-0000 Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours; plus, for residential real estate, a statutory judicial sale fee calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, not to exceed $300, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by

the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County.

In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c) (1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State.

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC One East Wacker Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 P: 1-614-220-5611 F: MIKE KELLEY Plaintiff’s Attorney Sheriff

of Will County Published 11/10, 11/17, 11/24

BOLINGBROOK PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. STATE OF ILLINOIS )

) SS. COUNTY OF WILL ) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1 Plaintiff, vs.

Andre D. Cramer; et. al.

Defendant. No. 15 CH 0928 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment entered in the above cause on the 3rd day of February, 2016, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will County,

Illinois, will on Thursday, the 1st day of December, 2016 , commencing at 12:00 o’clock noon, at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder or bidders the following-described real estate: LOT 131 IN BLOOMFIELD VILLAGE P.U.D. UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 27, 1995, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R95-52444, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 470 Monarch Lane, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Description of Improvements: Single Family Home P.I.N.: 12-02-15-308-012-0000 Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours; plus, for residential real estate, a statutory judicial sale fee calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, not to exceed $300, for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. No judicial sale fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. All payments shall be made in cash or certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Will County.

In the event the property is a condominium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the unit, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) if there is a surplus following application of the proceeds of sale, then the plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties to the proceeding advising them of the amount of the surplus and that the surplus will be held until a party obtains a court order for its distribution or, in the absence of an order, until the surplus is forfeited to the State.

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Codilis & Associates, P.C. 15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 P: 630-794-5300 F: 630-794-9090 MIKE KELLEY Plaintiff’s Attorney Sheriff of Will County Published 11/10, 11/17, 11/24

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VVSD Robotics Academy receives grant from Citgo Robotics Academy meets once a week after school at both Martinez and Humphrey Several dozen Valley View School District 365U students are learning to design, build and program robots this semester thanks to an Education Partner Grant from Citgo’s Lemont refinery.

VVSD Robotics Academy, conducted by Aurora-based Chasewood Learning, is a free hands-on experience structured to help students learn about and use engineering concepts in fun, engaging and dynamic ways.

“One of our goals is to get students to realize the opportunities STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) careers can bring

to them,” said VVSD 6-12 Math Coordinator Adriene Potilechio said.

“We have so many great STEM activities now. Robotics Academy is one more avenue to get students interested.”

Utilizing LEGO bricks, motors, sensors and much more, students learn about machines that move by building such things as race cars, cranes, and fishing poles. It promotes creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and coping with success and failure.

Robotics Academy meets once a week after school at both Martinez and Humphrey middle schools.

Plans call for the Academy to move to Brooks, Jane Addams and Lukancic during the second semester.

“We’re grateful for the opportunity Citgo has provided for us,” Potilechio said. “Hopefully this is the start of a great STEM partnership.”

BHS students make finals of Tollway Map Cover Contest Voting currently underway for contest Four Bolingbrook High School graphic design students are among the 10 finalists in the Illinois Tollway Map Cover Contest.

Artwork created by Vanessa Arenas, Luis Chavez, Alyssa Elborne and Manuella Rodella is on display on the Illinois Tollway website at https://www.illinoistollway.com/.

Voting is currently underway on the website to select the winning design. High school students from the 12 counties served by the Illinois Tollway submitted original works of art utilizing the theme “Enhancing Drivers Experience Via Innovation and Technology.”

Hands-on experiment helps Oak

View 4th graders learn about cells As part of their science unit on plant and animal cells, Jodi Olsen’s 4th graders at Oak View Elementary School conducted a recent experiment in an attempt to extract DNA from bananas and strawberries.

Lainna Callentine of SciExperience, a frequent visitor to Oak View and a variety of other schools throughout the Chicago area, led them through a series of steps that in many cases produced strands of DNA in small plastic tubes.

“This is great,” Olsen said. “They can understand where plant and animal cells come from.”

Olsen’s class has been studying cells for almost two weeks. They will continue their exploration for another week or two, including another hands-on experiment in which they will try to extract their own DNA.

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