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EVENTS

White Oak Library White Oak to host Book Lovers Day Aug. 30 SEE PAGE 2

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Route 53 Updates Romeoville seeks to enhance Route 53 SEE PAGE 3

BUSINESS Dave Says Avoid home improvement debt SEE PAGE 16

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Joliet Junior College new campus opens

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

Students of the Joliet Junior College campus walked into new territory to start off the fall semester: new spaces, new offerings, and more opportunity on the Romeoville campus.

The Joliet Junior College Romeoville Campus expansion opened for fall classes on Monday, Aug. 21.

The new building, the first major construction on the college’s Romeoville Campus since it

opened in 1993, adds more than 49,000 square-feet to the campus.

Since its inception, Romeoville has seen an explosion in enrollment, some 45 percent over the past 10 years.

The building offers new and enhanced amenities, including enrollment services, counseling, financial aid, testing and tutoring, a bookstore, cafeteria and new laboratories.

With this new expansion, the campus will now be able to offer two complete degrees. Students will be able to earn an associate in arts degree or an associate in

science degree entirely from the Romeoville Campus.

In addition, a wider variety of courses will be offered in prime-

time hours, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., as well as early evening courses and accelerated courses (eight weeks vs.16 weeks), as a new fea-

ture of the Romeoville campus.

The Romeoville expansion is part of the college’s master plan, which assesses the college’s space needs every five years as required by the Illinois Community College Board.

Construction began last fall on the new 50,000 square-foot building that is now the entrance of the campus, facing 135th Street, just off Weber Road.

The original campus opened in 1993, with a 35,000 squarefoot facility with 12 classrooms, 12 laboratories, library and administrative offices.

For more information about the Romeoville Campus, visit: http:// www.jjc.edu/romeoville-campus/ Pages/default.aspx

UPCOMING EVENT >> WHITE OAK LIBRARY DISTRICT

White Oak to host Book Lovers Day Aug. 30 Author Amy Brill will give her insights from 10-11:30 a.m.

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

Book lovers unite, the The White Oak Library District is hosting its 5th Annual Book Lovers Day, Wednesday, Aug. 30, featuring sessions with best-selling authors, book signings, and raffle prizes.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. at the White Oak Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, with a preview of exciting new programs the library has to offer. The event is featuring author Amy Brill and her book “The Movement of Stars”, and author Susan Gloss, author of “Vintage.”

Author Amy Brill will give her insights with a featured presentation from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., including a question and answer session.

Brill will discuss her book, a tale set in 1845, that follows Hannah Gardner Price who has lived all twenty-four years of her life

according to the principles of the Nantucket Quaker community in which she was raised,but takes a different path, discovering a comet and thereby winning a gold medal awarded by the King of Denmark, something unheard of for a woman.

Author book signings and raffle drawings will follow.

The library district’s Crest Hill and Lockport branches also will be Skyping the activities of the day, expanding the presentation for patrons throughout the entire district.

At 6 p.m., the district will offer a Skyped session at all branches with author Susan Gloss. Her book, “Vintage,” is set in the storefront of Hourglass Vintage in Madison, Wisconsin, where every item in the boutique has a story to tell . . . and so do the women who are drawn there.

The event was made possible with the generous support of the Friends of the White Oak Library District.

Formore information on this program, please contact Outreach Services at the Romeoville Branch at 815-552-4247 outreach@ whiteoaklibrary.org or check our website http://whiteoaklibrary. org/

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VILLAGE NEWS >> ROMEOVILLE

Romeoville seeking to enhance Route 53 Village and Lewis University will be working together for benefit of sprucing up area

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

Plans, though in their infant stages, are underway to make major enhancements to the Route 53 corridor.

A long-term goal for the village of Romeoville, seeing it as a main entrance into the village, improving Route 53 is a continuous project.

The village has already worked to beautify the area by adding landscaping islands.

The next step, said Assistant Village Manager Dawn Caldwell, was to look to different areas of the corridor to make improvements.

In doing so, they found a great partner in Lewis University, said Caldwell.

The village and Lewis University will be working together for the mutual benefit of sprucing up the area near the university, along Route 53, roughly between Airport Road and Renwick Road, to be renamed Flyers Corridor.

Currently, the village has entered into an agreement with Hitchcock Design for them to provide a schematic design for the area.

Lewis will reimburse the village for this part of the study.

Caldwell said this phase will al-

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The village and Lewis University will partner to beautify a section of Route 53. low the village to obtain a better idea of what the total cost will be and will begin to iron out issues with ComEd to bury overhead utility lines from Airport Road to the Fitzpatrick House and other such issues that may arise.

“For many visitors coming from the east, this section of Route 53 is their first impression of Romeoville,” said Mayor John Noak. “We’d like to make the best first impression possible. We’re thrilled that Lewis University shares in our vision and will be partnering with us to make it a reality.”

The plan, which is expected to

greatly improve Route 53, includes landscaped medians, decorative walls, and decorative streetlights with banners.

Once the Schematic Design Phase is complete, the plan will become the basis for the business agreement between the village and Lewis University; the road map for final design, engineering and construction of the first, and future, phases of work.

The design group will be coming back to the board numerous times before any decisions are made and final execution is still years away with a projected date of 2019.

VILLAGE NEWS >> CONSTRUCTION

Construction set to begin on new animal shelter Harbour Contractors, Inc. has been awarded the contract for the new animal control center, which will begin construction in September. The new facility will be located on Anderson Drive in Romeoville, just one mile north from its current location.

“This new facility will be more suitable for the animals and easier for residents to access,” said Mayor John Noak. “We are thankful for the donations that came in for this project.”

The new animal control center will feature nine kennels, two of which are designed for larger dogs, and a separate space for cats. Each kennel has a door that grants access to an outdoor kennel as well as a larger

dog run for additional exercise. This project was made possible in part through donations from community and business partners.

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POLICE BLOTTER Note to readers: Information in Police Blotter is obtained from Bolingbrook and Romeoville police departments and the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

Individuals listed in Police Blotter charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

BOLINGBROOK JULY 20 » Jessica Gardner, 38, of Bolingbrook, was charged with domestic battery, following a call to the 100 block of Delaware at 9:10 p.m.

JULY 21 » Adam Gerrity, 28, of Algonquin, and Skyelene Karaszewski, 28, of Spring Grove, were charged with possession of controlled substance, following a traffic stop on the 300 block of Brookview Lane at 8:52 p.m. » Anel Garay, 22, of Chicago, was charged with an in-state warrant on the 300 block of W. Briarcliff Road at 7 p.m.

JULY 22 » Myra Tena, 24, of Bolingbrook, was charged with theft, possession of stolen property and an in-state warrant, following an incident that occurred on the 100 block of Enclave Circle on July 9. » Joshua Seibert, 41, of Bolingbrook, was charged with domestic battery, following a call to the 100 block of Delaware at 10:16 p.m. » Jennifer, Webb, 40, of Bolingbrook, was charged with retail theft from Meijer, 225 N. Weber Road, at 6:09 p.m.

JULY 23 » Officers were called to Meijer, 225 N. Weber Road, for the report of a retail theft. Suspects concealed several electronic items and exited the store without rendering payment.

Loss valued at $516. » Karone Land, 40, of Bolingbrook, was charged with two counts of DUI, following a traffic stop at Lily Cache Lane and Weber Road at 8:20 p.m.

JULY 24 » Jada Young, 20, of Bolingbrook, was charged with an in-state warrant, speeding, driving with a suspended license, no insurance, speeding, improper lighting and aggravated fleeing to elude peace officer, following a traffic stop at 10:37 p.m.

JULY 25 » Officers were called to the 300 block of Brookview Lane for the report of a battery at 10:35 a.m. A suspect punched the victim in the face after a verbal altercation. The victim was treated for their injuries. » A Dell laptop was taken from

a business breakroom on the 600 block of Remington Blvd. sometime overnight. Loss valued at $1500. » Corey Evans, 25, of Homewood, was charged with two in-state warrant, following a traffic stop at Bolingbrook Drive and Frontage Road at 11:12 p.m. » Natasha Gamble, 37, of Bolingbrook, was charged with assault, following a call to Lot I Beaconridge Drive at 8:09 p.m.

JULY 26 » Officers were called to Meijer, 755 E. Boughton Road, for the report of a retail theft. A suspect concealed numerous cans of baby formula and exited the store at 7:50 pm without rendering payment. Loss valued at $987. » Mary Gallagher, 58, of Joliet, was charged with an in-state warrant, on the 1100 block of W. Boughton Road at 7:34 am. » Arturo Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, was charged with an in-state warrant, following a traffic stop at Schmidt Road and Raider Way at 9:40 p.m. » A debit card was taken from a vehicle parked on Lot N of Fernwood Drive sometime overnight. A subject attempted to use the card for a purchase at a nearby store.

ROMEOVILLE JULY 24 » A theft was reported at 2:46 p.m. in the 1300 block of Enterprise Drive. Suspects took a trailer with an estimated value of $10,000 from the parking lot of the business.

JULY 25 » Nicole Mesta, 21, of Joliet, was arrested at 4:25 p.m. in the 200 block of South Weber Road for criminal damage to property and an in-state warrant. » Bryanda Luciano, 21, of 117 Hunter, Joliet, was arrested at 4:25 p.m. in the 200 block of South Weber Road for criminal damage to property.

JULY 26 » Gustavo Sosa, 25, of 3836 W. 65th St., Chicago, was arrested at 8:11 p.m. in the 300 block of South Weber Road for aggravated DUI, driving with a suspended license and no insurance.

JULY 30 » Joshua Fase, 18, no known address, was arrested at 10:56 a.m. in the 300 block of North Independence for retail theft.

AU G U S T 1 » An attempted burglary was reported at 9:52 p.m.in the 500 block of Arlington Drive.

Suspects broke a window at the residence. Nothing was reported missing from the residence.

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Slammers to host movie in the park night The Slammers and Joliet City Center Partnership invite the community to come out to Slammers Stadium for a free movie showing

of Despicable Me following the Slammers’ Aug. 27 1:05 pm Sunday afternoon game. Tickets to the Slammers game start at $6 and

fans are welcome to stay for the post-game movie. Gates will be open following the game for free admission to the movie.

Movie goers can bring in chairs or blankets to the stadium to sit on field for the movie. Stadium seats will also be available.

Following the Slammers game, kids can also run the bases presented by Andy’s Frozen Custard and there will be full team autographs.

For questions on the movie night or to reserve tickets, please call the Joliet Slammers at 815722-2287 or visit www.jolietslammers.com • Friday, August 25 is Breast Cancer Awareness Night presented by O’Dekirk, Allred & Associates, LLC. Gates to Slammers Stadium will open at 5 pm on Friday, with game one of the double header set to start at 5:30 pm. Game two will follow 30 minutes after game one, but will not start earlier than 7:05 pm. Both games will be seven inning games.

All fans are encouraged to wear pink to Slammers Stadium to support breast cancer awareness on Friday. Slammers players will wear a customized, pink jersey in remembrance of those who have lost the battle to breast cancer as well as those who continue the battle.

The jerseys are available for fans to bid on in a silent auction beginning in game one of the double header. The auction will finish at the end of the fifth inning in game two. Winning bidders can take the field following game two to have their jersey autographed. All funds raised from the jersey auction will go to Pink Heals Joliet.

Pink Heals Joliet Area Chapter is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that raises awareness and funds for families and non-profit entities that assists in those battling cancer within the cities they visit.

In addition, Pink Heals of Joliet will have a vehicle display outside the main gates of the stadium beginning at 5:30pm. Following game two, there will be a fireworks show presented by Lumina Pyrotechnics.

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Anthony Vespo returns at quarterback for the Raiders.

Conference: SouthWest Suburban Conference Coach: John Ivlow Record last season: 4-5 overall (3-4 SWSC) Goals for 2017: To get back to the playoffs.

The team will reach its goals if: We have to stay healthy. That is number one. I can’t even explain what happened last year with injuries. It was crazy, it was freaky and I don’t know how to explain it – but it’s gone.

Conference outlook: This conference will be balanced again. Lincoln-Way East and Homewood-Flossmoor will be there again. I think you have to throw Bolingbrook in there. I know Lockport thinks they are

back and Sandburg is in its second year with its coach. So, as far as who we play on our schedule this year, there are no cake walks.

We can win them all or lose them all.

On offense: We hope to have more points. We only averaged 21 points per game last year and that may have been an all-time low at Bolingbrook. We have to put points on the board.

On defense: We need to stay healthy. We have a good group and they are pretty talented. If we stay healthy, we are going to be pretty tough to score on.

On special teams: We have two pretty good punters and we are working with a soccer player as our kicker so they will be solid.

Impact players lost from last season: Izayah Green-May (DE), Jeremiah Lebron (RB), Kendall Smith (WR), Jazontae Howard (RB), JT Ivlow (OL) Impact returners: Dashaun Mallory (Senior, DT), Gianni Ervin (Senior, DT), Jordan Pringle (Senior, CB), Cam Mitchell (Junior, CB), Marques Buford Jr (Sophomore, S), Brandon Walters (Senior, S), Anthony Vespo (Senior, QB), I’Shawn Stewart (Senior, WR), Antonio King (Sophomore, WR), Luke Junkroski (Senior, WR) Impact newcomers: Quentin Pringle (Junior, RB), Anthony Williams Jr (Junior, RB) Compiled by Mark Gregroy with comments from the coach

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Conference: Southwest Prairie Conference Coach: Oliver Gibson (3rd year) Record last season 3-6 overall (3-6 SPC) On offense: Offensively, the Spartans will rely on the arm of 6-foot, 5-inch quarterback senior Cam Neely who will lead a potent group of talent in the receiving corps at his disposal. Neely has a strong arm and has Division-I potential. Senior running backs Daytwone Burge and Anthony Adauto will boost the run game.

Both backs bring all-area potential to the position. Adauto was lost early in the season last year and his health is a key for the season.

On defense: The defense is returning seven starters from last season which was hobbled a bit last season losing two linebackers in the first game of 2016. This year the goal is to get off the field and give their potent offense more opportunities to score. What the Spartans lack in overall size they make up for with team speed.

On special teams: Romeoville has a kicking game and that could prove to be the difference in tight games this season. Senior kicker Evan Lee has a good leg and will

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give the Spartan offense options on fourth down this season. Evan was a nice surprise last season for Gibson’s squad. The converted soccer player has been working hard in the off season with Gibson’s former Notre Dame teammate and former Lockport standout Nick Setta a couple times a week improving his skill. We will wheel him out at the 35-yard line.

The kid can kick.

Impact players lost from last season: Jordan Nettles (RB, currently at NIU) Impact returners: Daytwone Burge (Senior, RB), Anthony Adauto (Senior, RB), Cam Neely (Senior, QB), Evan Lee (Senior, K), Anthony Dolgner (Senior, OL), Timmy Rodriguez (Senior, WR), Mike Caceres (Senior, DE), Andres Jara (Senior, LB), Diego Ibarra (Senior, FS), Sir Muhammed (Senior, CB), Ricky McKinney (Senior, CB) Impact newcomers: Chris Kerwin (Senior WR/SS - returning from a week 3 injury last season), Kelvin Asamoah (Junior, LB), Fabian Mariscal (Senior, LB returning from a week 1 injury last season)

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PHOTO BY BOB LEACH

Anthony Adauto returns from injury for the Spartans.

Compiled by Bob Leach with comments from the coach

LEWIS UNIVERSITY

Volleyball ranked No. 8 in preseason poll The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Monday (Aug. 14) that the Lewis University women’s volleyball team has entered the 2017 AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll at No. 8 after advancing to the NCAA Division II Final Four last season.

“It’s nice to be recognized as one of the top teams in the na-

tion, but there’s a lot of work ahead of us if we want to return to the Final Four,” Lewis head women’s volleyball coach Lorelee Smith said.

The Flyers, who finished 29-8 in 2016 before losing to eventual National Champion Concordia-St. Paul in the NCAA Semifinals, return three All-Americans in senior middle hitter Aly

Schneider (Granger, Ind./Penn), redshirt junior setter Abby Becker (Menomonee Falls, Wis./ Menomonee Falls) and junior outside hitter Elizabeth Hyland (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central).

Schneider, the 2016 Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year, was an AVCA Second Team All-American last year. She

finished with 392 kills and led the Flyers with 116 total blocks.

Becker, who was the lone unanimous selection to the 2016 All-GLVC First Team, averaged 10.93 assists-per-set and was second on the team with a .321 hitting percentage to earn AVCA Third Team All-America accolades.

Hyland, an All-GLVC First

Team selection in 2016, picked up AVCA Honorable Mention All-America honors after topping the Flyers with 405 kills and was second on the squad with 420 digs.

Lewis opens the 2017 season on September 1st, as the Flyers take on Colorado Springs (4:30 PM HT) in the opening match of the Hawai’i Challenge.

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GUEST COLUMN

Terrorism for profit No one should have the authority - the power - to declare any war whatsoever

BY ROBERT C. KOEHLER

BY ROBERT C. KOEHLER TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY Donald Trump stands cluelessly at the edge of history, exemplifying everything wrong with the past, oh, 10,000 years or so.

The necessity for fundamental change in humanity’s global organization is not only profound, but urgent.

Trump’s latest outburst about North Korea’s nukes - threatening that country “with fire, fury, and frankly power the likes of which the world has never seen before” creates a comic book Armageddon scenario in the media, except, of course, his power to launch a nuclear war on impulse is real.

What this makes clear to me is that no one should have the authority - the power - to declare any war whatsoever. The fact that this is still possible, so many decades into human awareness of war’s utter insanity, reveals the paradox that civilization remains economically tied to its own destruction.

Another icon of this paradox is Erik Prince, immensely wealthy mercenary, notorious founder of the terror organization Blackwater, who had cozy ties to the Bush administration back when the 21st century’s endless wars were just getting underway and now, with another unelected Republican in the White House, has recently made a grab at the business opportunity still represented by these wars: Let’s privatize the quagmire!

Sixteen years on, the war in Afghanistan is the longest in American history, and presently in a state of “stalemate,” according to the mainstream consensus that unquestioningly justifies this country’s ongoing militarism. For instance: “The U.S. can’t win but can’t afford to lose,” USA Today opined in a recent editorial about Afghanistan, inanely demanding that Trump “at least should decide what to do next” and setting the stage for Prince’s business plan, which is to

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restructure and privatize the war.

In an op-ed a few days ago in that same publication, Prince wrote: “The option to simply abandon Afghanistan is enticing but in the long run would be a foreign policy disaster. The Kabul government would collapse. Afghanistan would be a rallying cry for global jihadists.”

And suddenly there it was, the American paradox in full splendor: Oh yeah, we’re fighting terrorists.

We have to keep killing people, keep pouring trillions of dollars into our wars, because bad people are out there threatening us because they hate our freedoms. And the guy reminding us of this is the founder of Blackwater, private contractor in Iraq, whose mercenaries were responsible for one of the most shocking acts of lethal aggression - a.k.a., terrorism - of the early years of that war.

Blackwater contractors were accused of “firing wildly into cars stalled in midafternoon traffic at Nisour Square on Sept. 16, 2007, pouring machine-gun bullets and grenades into crowds, including women clutching only purses and children holding their hands in the air,” as the Washington Post reminded us recently.

What you might call American terrorism. It may, at some quasiconscious level be religiously motivated. Indeed, Jeremy Scahill, reporting in 2009 for The Nation on the lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqis harmed in the Nisour Square massacre, wrote that, according to a former Blackwater employee who testified in U.S. federal court during the trial: “Prince ‘views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe,’ and . . . Prince’s companies ‘encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life.’ . . .

Furthermore, Scahill wrote, “Mr.

Prince’s executives would openly speak about going over to Iraq to ‘lay hajiis out on cardboard.’ Going to Iraq to shoot and kill Iraqis was viewed as a sport or game. Mr. Prince’s employees openly and consistently used racist and derogatory terms for Iraqis and other Arabs, such as ‘ragheads’ or ‘hajiis.’”

This all fits quite horrifically into the definition of jihadism, or terrorism, but because it’s American, it brings something extra to the table as well. This is terrorism for profit. And it’s been going on for a long time, in a realm far bigger than that occupied by Erik Prince’s business interests. You could call it colonialism, or the domination complex. The world is ours. This is the “greatness” Trump sold to enough Americans to squeeze into the Oval Office.

Not only does he have no patience with a military stalemate in Afghanistan - “we aren’t winning, we’re losing” - but he can’t stand the fact that the shattered country’s mineral wealth isn’t in our hands.

At a recent, well-publicized meeting with his generals, Trump “lamented that China is making money off of Afghanistan’s estimated $1 trillion in rare minerals while American troops are fighting the war,” according to NBC News.

“Trump expressed frustration that his advisers tasked with figuring out how the U.S. can help American businesses get rights to those minerals were moving too slowly, one official said. . . .

“The focus on the minerals was reminiscent of Trump’s comments early into his presidency when he lamented that the U.S. didn’t take Iraq’s oil when the majority of forces departed the country in 2011.”

Trump leads a political system that’s still grounded in the colonial era. His reckless arrogance is its global face. He stares at the audacity of nuclear-armed North Korea and threatens to blow it to kingdom come, imagining that there will be profit to reap in the aftermath.

(Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. His book, “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound,” is still available. Contact him at koehlercw@ gmail.com, visit his website at commonwonders.com or listen to him at Voices of Peace radio.) (c) 2017 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.

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COLUMN >> DAVE SAYS

Avoid home improvement debt DEAR DAVE, I’m debt-free except for my home, and I’m considering having solar panels installed on the roof of the house. It would cost about $27,000. I have $80,000 in savings, but the company doing the installation will finance it all for just one percent interest. It’s almost like free money. My electric bills average around $310 a month, and I thought this would be a good way to save money in the long run. What do you think?

MICHAEL

DEAR MICHAEL, If you have to finance the project, my answer is no. My guess is the break-even analysis you’re trying to give me is the sales pitch your solar panel company gave you. That’s how they sell solar panels, but it doesn’t justify going into debt.

You told me you have around $80,000 in savings right now. Why not just write a check? Let me ask you a question. What if you could borrow $10 million at one percent interest and put it in the stock market? Would you do that? Of course,

not. It would be way too risky, right?

Basically, we’re talking about the same kind of thing. I made you feel the risk by scaling things up in my scenario. You’re not feeling the risk right now because we’re talking about $27,000 instead of millions.

This move wouldn’t bankrupt you, but wealthy people don’t do the kind of thing you’re talking about. Either pull the money out of your savings account and buy the panels, or don’t buy them at all!

—DAVE

DEAR DAVE, I make $48,000 a year, and I have $35,000 in credit card debt. I owe $25,000 on my home, and I was thinking about taking out a loan against my house to pay off the credit cards. Is this a good idea?

MIKE DEAR MIKE, I would never advise anything like this, unless it’s to avoid bankruptcy. Here’s the problem with that kind of plan. Most people who do that kind of thing don’t change their financial habits. In fact, they end

up with a new mortgage and new credit card debt somewhere down the line.

You need to start building a track record of paying off debt. Cut up the credit cards, slash your spending, and start living on a tight, written, monthly budget. Prove to yourself that you’re not going to take out a mortgage and turn around and run up a bunch of new credit cards.

I want to see you not take on any new debt and reduce that $35,000 credit card bill dramatically over the next six months. If you can knock out half of it in a year, you can take care of the other half in another year or less. Then, you wouldn’t need a second mortgage!

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE of 1830 Grassy Knoll Drive, Romeoville, IL 60446 (Residential). On the 31st day of August, 2017 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: The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York as trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of CWABS, Inc. Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2004-2 Plaintiff V. Maria A. Labriola-Dudley a/k/a Maria A. Labriola; et. al.

Defendant.

Case No. 16 CH 1675 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. 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.

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ROMEOVILLE 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 TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS

THE

The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York as trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of CWABS, Inc. Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2004-2 Plaintiff, vs.

Maria A. Labriola-Dudley a/k/a Maria A. Labriola; et. al.

Defendant. No. 16 CH 1675 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment entered in the above cause on the 24th day of May, 2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 31st day of August, 2017 , 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 47 IN WESTLAKE, NEIGHBORHOOD 1, UNIT 2, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 20, 1996 AS DOCUMENT R96-84558, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1830 Grassy Knoll Drive, Romeoville, IL 60446 Description of Improvements: Residential P.I.N.: 06-03-12-203-032-0000 Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours. 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,

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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 8/10, 8/17, 8/24

SENIORS CALENDAR AUGUST 26 Taste of Pakistan. Noon–11 p.m.

at Village of Bolingbrook, Performing Arts Center. 375 W. Briarcliff Rd., Bolingbrook. Bring the family to enjoy a day filled with fun, food and simply the best in Pakistani entertainment. It is also the 26 annual flag hoisting ceremony. Call 630-8626957 or email apabolingbrook@aol. com for further information.

Downtown Downers Grove Market. 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Main Street Train Station. Fresh produce, breads, flowers and other wares.

AUGUST 31 MarketPlace. 4 - 9 p.m. at The

Promenade Bolingbrook, 631 East Boughton Road. Outdoor market offers organic fresh fruits and vegetables and nitrate-free, antibiotic-free meats, Amish baked goods, gourmet olive oils and vinegars, homemade granola, Italian specialties, pickles, jams, fresh free range eggs, cheese, all natural pet treats and pasta in a variety of flavors.

Sunset Concert Series presents: One More Time Band. 7-9

p.m. on “The Row” at The Promenade Bolingbrook, 631 East Boughton Road, Bolingbrook.

SEPTEMBER 2 Supercar Saturdays. 9 a.m.-noon

at The Promenade Bolingbrook, 631 East Boughton Road, Bolingbrook.

Welcome to all car lovers; open to everything from classics and muscle cars to exotics and modified contemporary cars.

Lemont Heritage Fest. 3 -11 p.m.

Downtown Historic Lemont, Main St.,

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Lemont. Now in its 27th year, Heritage Fest continues to provide an enjoyable celebration for residents, local businesses, and visitors alike with great music, wonderful food, amazing family fun, and best of all, most activities are free. Lemont Fireman’s Association 67th Annual Keepataw Parade. Heritage Fest immediately follows the parade. lemont.il.us.

SEPTEMBER 7 MarketPlace. 4 - 8 p.m. at The

Promenade Bolingbrook, 631 East Boughton Road. Outdoor market offers organic fresh fruits and vegetables and nitrate-free, antibiotic-free meats, Amish baked goods, gourmet olive oils and vinegars, homemade granola, Italian specialties, pickles, jams, fresh free range eggs, cheese, all natural pet treats and pasta in a variety of flavors.

Centennial Trail Twilight Hike.

6:30 - 8 p.m. at E Romeo Rd and Centennial Tr., Romeoville. As the sun sets and the light fades from the sky, a new group of animals awaken.

Explore the world of the crepuscular (active at dusk and dawn) and nocturnal (active at night) animals.

Heighten your senses as we search and listen for things that move around at twilight. We will explore Centennial Trail on this 2-mile guided hike. Meet in the Schneider’s Passage parking lot, located off of 135th Street.

This program will include hiking on a paved trail with inclines and low light visibility. Registration required

by Tuesday, September 5. reconnectwithnature.org

SEPTEMBER 9 Fall Community Garage Sale.

8 a.m.-4p.m. Shop the community-

wide garage sale! A publication of homes participating in the garage sale will be available at the Recreation Dept., 900 W. Romeo Rd. beginning Sept. 6. Live in Romeoville?

Register you sale at at the Recreation Center by Sept. 1.

Foodie 5K. 9 a.m. Lewis University.

Join for the 3rd annual fun run/walk, and stay for the festival including entertainment, gourmet food trucks, and a kid’s zone. Benefits Northern Illinois Food Bank. All paid participants (who register prior to August 25) will receive a Foodie 5K t-shirt and a $2 voucher to be used at the food truck of your choice on event day. You must register prior to August 25 to receive a Foodie 5K Shirt with your registration. nifb.convio.net.

SEPTEMBER 9 and 10 Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Main St.,

Downers Grove. The Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival is celebrating 41 years this fall. The Festival boasts high caliber artwork and exhibitions. Pottery, lithographs, ceramics, drawings, precious gem jewelry, fiber, graphics, handmade furniture and mixed media are all well represented at this festival, which also offers local food vendors, live local music and a children’s activity center.

SEPTEMBER 9 -10 WWII Days. Saturday-Sunday at

Dellwood Park, Rt. 171 & Woods Drive, Lockport. WWII history, on the warfront and the homefront comes alive with battle reenactments, weapons demonstration, big band music and dance lessons, a USO show, and girls baseball demo by the Rockford Peaches. Hospitality tent for WWII,

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