Romeoville 01-1-15

JANUARY 1, 2015 VOL. 9 ISSUE 26

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NEWS village offers incentive to Ashley Furniture Business will be occupying a 453K sq.-ft. building at 1045 W. Crossroads Parkway

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OPINION Lots to do around here Updates to courthouse, Laraway Station and traffic improvements needed in 2015

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SPORTS A look back at the year in sports 2014 had many good moments for local athletes, teams

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No replacement yet for Dominick’s grocery store It has been a year since Dominick’s grocery store closed its doors, and at the start of the New Year, it still sits vacant.

In December 2013, Safeway, parent company of Dominick’s, announced the closing of Dominick’s grocery stores, exiting the Chicago market.

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The Dominick’s in the Romeoville Town Center still remains vacant.

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high: 33° low: 28° athletic boosters 10th annual scotch doubles bowling night

presence regional ceo named to becker’s hospital review

Beth Hughes, President and CEO, Presence Health South Suburban Region, was named to Becker’s Hospital Review list of “130 women hospital and health system leaders to know.”

The 10th annual JTHS Booster Scotch Doubles Bowling Night will be held Saturday, Feb. 7, at Town & Country Lanes, Joliet.

silver cross encore shop holds antique and collectible sale Encore Shop, will hold its annual Antique and Collectibles Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6.

radon kits available at 3 health department locations

Will County Health Department urges area homeowners to be aware of radon dangers and test their homes for the presence of radon.

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business

village offers economic incentive to Ashley furniture

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Business will be occupying a 453K sq.-ft. building at 1045 W. Crossroads Parkway By laura kaTauSkaS STAff REpoRTER

katauskas@buglenewspapers.com @lkatauskas

The village entered into an economic incentive agreement with Ashley Furniture in exchange for its redevelopment of an existing industrial building.

Ashley Furniture will be occupying a 453,500 squarefoot building located at 1045 W. Crossroads Parkway to be used for furniture warehousing, distribution and retail sales.

To make the project economically feasible, the village has agreed to rebate a portion of the sales tax to Ashley. Beginning July 1, 2015, the village will rebate 50 percent of the sales tax generated by Ashley for the next seven years.

“For the size and scope of the project, this is a fair incentive

to work with them,” said Mayor John Noak. “This site was never intended as a sales tax dollars generator. In essence this is a new found opportunity for the community to have such a company of this caliber on a site that was never thought of as a sales tax generator is great.”

Trustee Sue Miklevitz agrees.

“I am a firm believer in incentives— 50 percent of nothing gets you more than 100 percent of nothing,” said Miklevitz. “This attracts other businesses to come here too. Also as a reminder, this is just sales tax, we will still get real estate taxes.”

The site, being built in the Romeoville Boldt Business Park site will provide delivery services, customer pick-up, offices and a retail outlet component.

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““For the size and scope of the project, this is a fair incentive to work with them ....”

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the facility will be facing Interstate 55 on one side and Crossroads Parkway on the other, potentially marketing Ashley Furniture to approximately 120,000 motorists every day.

The center is expected to employ 120 and open in the first quarter of March 2015.

health > will county

Reported flu cases on the rise Influenza keeps on giving through the holidays and beyond By laura kaTauSkaS STAff REpoRTER

katauskas@buglenewspapers.com @lkatauskas

If you are sick, stay home.

That’s the best advice health officials can give during a flu season that is already seeing a spike in recent weeks with months left in the cycle.

The Will County Health Department collects data from area emergency rooms and clinics, and also receives an official report from the Centers of Disease Control. In one week in late November, in the Will County area, 60 positive results came back from about 200 tested for influenza. The last numbers collected for December, show a significant jump, with 275 positives out of 470.

“That is a fairly dramatic

increase,” said Vic Reato, media spokesman for the Will County Department, who was home himself with the flu. “But there is not a whole lot you can do about it, other than taking the proper hygiene rules to heart. One of the biggest things you can do though, if you feel ill, is to stay home to prevent the spread to others.”

Cathy Rigali, Health Coordinator of the Valley View School District wholeheartedly agrees.

Just before the winter break, the school district also was seeing a high absence rate due to flu-like symptoms, reporting a 92 percent attendance rate, compared to a near 98-99 percent attendance rate on average.

Rigali said the drop is significantly high for the school district and reminds caregivers of the rules for students feeling ill.

Students with a fever of 100 degrees or greater, heavy cough or has had vomiting and/or

diarrhea should not be sent to school. Students may return once the fever/symptoms have been resolved for 24 hours.

One of the biggest problems is that people tend to either send their child to school sick or even adults go out themselves, bent on powering through the illness.

The holidays and warm weather doesn’t help.

“It’s just human nature—it’s nice out, it’s the holidays, people are going out and you can’t really blame them,” said Reato. “But at the same time, you see more people, you spread more germs.

It’s warmer out, sometimes you skip the jacket and you set yourself up for getting sick.”

And as a general rule, schools realistically can’t close down.

It comes back to the basics of washing your hands and keeping fingers away from your face.

Rigali said the district in recent years has placed hand sanitizers

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Courtesy of D’Arcy Motors of Joliet, the Romeoville Police Department has received a 2012 Dodge Challenger to use as the new DARE car.

New car for DARE donated to Romeoville Police Dept.

Program is taught to fifth grade students attending Romeoville grade schools

Courtesy of D’Arcy Motors of Joliet, the Romeoville Police Department has received a 2012 Dodge Challenger to use as the new DARE car.

Mayor John Noak presented owner Terry D’Arcy with a plaque in recognition of his generous donation of he vehicle. “The DARE program and its officers teach valuable lessons to our

youth. We appreciate D’Arcy Motors contribution to the Police Department’s efforts of the program,” said Noak.

The new DARE car will replace the 1986 Chevy Camaro that is no longer in service.

“I know how important the DARE programs are to our community and I am proud to help the Romeoville Police program promote the program with a newer vehicle,” D’Arcy said.

DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. The program is taught to fifth grade students attending Romeoville grade schools.

education

Edible garden to become a reality at Romeoville High Project made possible by a pair of $5,000 grants from district

What has been a dream for the past three years will become a reality in the spring when Romeoville High School’s new edible vegetable garden will begin to take root near the southwest corner of the school.

Made possible by a pair of $5,000 grants from the Valley View School District 365 Nutrition Services Department and Lowe’s Toolbox, the new garden will not only provide vegetables for consumption in the RHS cafeteria, but it will also serve as a living classroom for RHS students.

“Everything our students can do with this garden falls right in line with the next generation science standards and Common Core,” said RHS Career and Technical Education Department Chair Rick

Rujawitz.

Plans call for construction of the garden on the site of what was a little-used “learning garden” area.

It will include up to a dozen raised and fully-mulched planting beds, paver bricks, several greenhouses (one of which was built by the RHS Geometry in Construction class), picnic tables, a fence and landscaping.

“We’ll grow peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage…just about anything and everything,” Rujawitz said. “We want to have a fresh crop in time for next school year.”

Always the entrepreneur, Rujawitz envisions plant and vegetable sales to the general public each spring and fall to help with ongoing costs for maintaining the garden.

“For three years we all kept saying it would be nice to have a garden like this,” he said. “Now we will have one.”

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state news > in-depth

The state’s Toll Highway system in Chicago will be brought up to the same 70 mph speed limit at the rest of the state, unless the Toll Highway Authority can prove that speed is unsafe on those roadways.

Transportation & Safety On Jan. 1, more than 200 new laws will take effect in Illinois touching many areas of state government from education and public safety, to transportation and wildlife.

Following are a few of the local measures taking effect when the New Year begins: New Will County Board Fee

Vehicle Speed Limits

(HB 5889/PA 981085): Allows the Will County Board to impose a new fee of up to $30 per party in a civil case and $30 for a defendant in a criminal or traffic case. The proceeds are to be used to build new judicial facilities.

(SB 930/PA 98-1126): Sets a 60 mph speed limit for second division vehicles on interstates in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. Second division vehicles are those weighing over 8,001 pounds. This is to allow large trucks to travel at a speed closer to the 70 mph speed limit allowed for passenger vehicles.

Proponents have raised concerns that the 15 mph differential between a 55 mph speed limit for trucks and a 70 mph speed limit for cars can be dangerous.

Chicagoland Speedway (SB 3290/PA 98-0847): Allows the Chicagoland Motor Speedway to bring in concerts and additional auto racing schools and functions.

Currently, off-road riding facilities such as the Speedway are immune from liability for noise under “normal” facility usage. This would expand the exemption to cover other events.

Code of Conduct (SB 3552/PA 98-0779): Permits Lake, Kane, Will and DuPage counties to establish a code of conduct by ordinance for appointees appointed by the county board chairman or county executive.

Permits removal of appointees for violating the code of conduct with a 2/3 majority approval of the county board at a hearing. Exempts the county superintendent of highways or county engineers due to provisions already in existence for removal due to neglect, malfeasance, or incompetence.

Liability for Underage Drinking (HB 4745/PA 98-1017): Expands current law that makes it illegal for parents or guardians to allow underage drinking at a residence or other private property, so that it will include vehicles, conveyances, or watercraft under their control.

A “conveyance” would include trailers, mobile homes, campers, etc.

Kratom (HB 5526/PA 98-0981): Prohibits a person under 18 from knowingly possessing kratom or using a fake ID to attempt to obtain a product containing kratom. Prohibits any person from knowingly selling or distributing a product containing kratom to a person under 18. Kratom has been sold for medicinal purposes; however, teens are showing up in the ER after using it to try and get high.

Controlled Substances (SB 3275/PA 98-0987): Adds “25I-NBOMe,” “25B-NBOMe” and “25CNBOMe” to the list of Schedule I controlled substances. This is in response to a powerful new hallucinogenic synthetic drug which has caused overdoses and fatalities in youth.

It has been marketed as an LSD substitute as it targets the same serotonin receptor as many other hallucinogens including LSD. Small amounts can cause seizures, cardiac and respiratory arrest, and death.

According to the DEA, reports from medical examiners link at least 19 deaths of people aged 15-29 years in the U.S. between March 2012 and August 2013.

Domestic Violence Penalty Enhancements (HB 4653/PA 98-0994): Ensures that prior convictions for domestic battery, or for any offense which is substantially similar, that occurs in another jurisdiction will trigger penalty enhancements.

Notable laws taking effect on Jan. 1 include several that will affect Illinois motorists. SB 2015/PA 98-1128, sponsored by State Sen. Jim Oberweis, brings the state’s Toll Highway system in Chicago up to the same 70 mph speed limit as the rest of the state, unless the Toll Highway Authority can prove that speed is unsafe on those roadways.

The legislation is a follow-up measure to legislation that took effect in 2014 raising Illinois’ speed limit on interstate

highways to 70 mph. Senate Bill 2015 had been vetoed by Governor Quinn, but the General Assembly voted to override that veto during the fall veto session.

Legislation reinstating “sign and drive” will also take effect on Jan. 1.

HB 2583/PA 98-0870 prohibits law enforcement from taking a driver’s license as bail following a traffic law or ordinance violation. Currently, Illinois is one of only six states that confiscates a driver’s license for a minor traffic offense.

Ticket Quotas (SB 3411/PA 98-0650): Prohibits counties, municipalities, conservation police and state police from implementing ticket quotas.

New Technologies Inspire New Laws Surveillance drones, online communication platforms now under scrutiny of the law New technologies, like surveillance drones and online communication platforms, continue to develop, inspiring a number of new laws taking effect on Jan. 1. HB 4594/PA 98-0905, sponsored by State Sen. Dale Righter, allows for electronic search warrants to utilize services like Skype, which provide simultaneous audio and video transmission, as a way to request search warrants.

A number of laws have been introduced in recent years to regulate the use of drones and mitigate any potential violations of privacy that may result. One such law taking effect Jan. 1 is SB 2937/PA 98-0831, which prohibits a law enforcement agency from using a drone owned by a third party to acquire information.

HB 5623/PA 98-0930, sponsored by State Senator Michael Connelly, requires

that a unit of local government or a school district that maintains a website (other than a social media or networking website), to post an email address that members of the public can use to communicate with elected officials of that unit of local government or school district.

In recent years, social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, have become increasingly popular. Unfortunately, so has the practice of “cyber bullying.” In what some argued was an overreach of a school’s authority, HB 4207/PA 98-0801 requires schools to address electronic bullying under certain circumstances, even if the bullying occurred off-campus and was conducted by using private computers, cell phones, etc.

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Still no replacement for closed Dominick’s Dominick’s grocery store closed its doors in December 2013

By Laura Katauskas staff reporter

katauskas@buglenewspapers.com @lkatauskas

It has been a year since Dominick’s grocery store closed its doors, and at the start of the New Year, it still sits vacant.

In December 2013, Safeway, parent company of Dominick’s, announced the closing of Dominick’s grocery stores, exiting the Chicago market.

Shortly thereafter, a good number of the stores, like those in nearby Downers Grove and Shorewood, were bought by the likes of Mariano’s and Caputo’s grocery store chain. However, the store at 135th and Weber Road still sits vacant.

Safeway still pays rent on the empty storefront but has not released any plans for the store located in the Romeoville Town Center.

Yet, there are now signs of action, with the removal of the gas station that was located on the corner-end of the property.

The only news coming from Safeway, was an announcement Dec. 19 that together Albertsons and Safeway confirmed agreements to sell 168 stores across eight states. Yet again, Illinois was not on the list.

The developer of the retail center, The Shiner Group, could not be reached for comment.

PHOTOS By Laura Katauskas

The gas station of the former Dominick’s site is removed.; The Dominick’s in the Romeoville Town Center still remains vacant.

county news

Mark Staehely still helping others in community Toy drive goes on nine years after teen’s death

By Kris Stadalsky for the bugle

sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @BugleNewspapers

All Mark Staehely ever wanted to do was touch the lives of others, and nine years after his death of neroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer, he is still doing just that.

The first Christmas Mark spent in the hospital, he received a stuffed teddy bear with an insurance logo on the front; many children got nothing. From that day on Mark wanted to make sure that every child on the oncology floor received a gift.

This year’s toy drive is the 14th annual, the ninth since Mark passed away at the age of 18.

Mark’s mom, Sue Staehely, and her small band of elves, continue to hand out toys at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago (formerly Children’s Memorial Hospital) where Mark called home for seven years.

Every child in the hospital gets a gift for Christmas thanks to this toy drive, but it’s the oncology floor that

really tugs at the hearts of everyone involved in making it happen.

“It’s like old home week for me.

I get to see Mark’s doctors, some of his nurses are still there,” said Sue. “Being at the hospital is like bringing a part of Mark back to me.

This toy drive meant everything to Mark.”

While the brand new Lurie hospital might be different from the old Children’s, the cause is still the same.

“Bricks and mortar will change, but the need is never going to change,” said Sue. “The kids are always children in the hospital at Christmas time.”

It’s no easy feat for this small group to pull off collecting, sorting, bagging and delivering hundreds and hundreds of gifts. In fact, the day after Thanksgiving Sue was in panic mode when local toy drop off points were coming up empty.

But thanks to some very great people, businesses, schools and organizations, the Mark Staehely toy drive was a resounding success not only for Lurie’s Children’s Hospital, but for children at U of I Comer Children’s Hospital and Presence St. Joseph in Joliet, where Sue and the elves deliver toys as well.

Left over toys then went to

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAN TERRY

Sue Staehely presents a gift to a young patient on the oncology floor at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital (formerly Children’s Memorial Hospital) in Chicago. children at Forest Park Community Center, Morning Star Mission and Joliet Community Pediatric Hospice.

“When they say it takes a village, it really does take a village to pull this off,” Sue said.

She can’t possibly thank every person who makes a monetary donation or drops of one or more toys, but it’s the people from Shorewood and surrounding areas who make the drive a success.

Without any corporate sponsorships or grants, the Mark Staehely Toy Drive relies strictly on the goodness of people’s hearts, Staehely said.

All the Troy schools make a huge effort to collect toys and ended up with two packed school buses.

Lockport Township High School delivered a bus load. Plainfield Middle School and High School hold a cheerleading exhibition each year and the admission cost is

a toy for the drive. Walsh School in Lockport has been collecting toys for 13 years for it.

Tow Trucks for Tots, a nine-mile procession of 200-plus trucks all decorated in lights heading to Hollywood Casino began donating half their toys to the Mark Staehely Toy Drive last year. And Laborer’s Union Local 2 contacted Staehely this year and started collecting from their membership - they brought four truckloads.

www.crimestoppersofwillcounty.org • 800.323.734 T hursday, January 1, 2015 | rom eovi llebug le.com The following items were compiled from the official reports of the Romeoville Police Department.

Appearing in the police blotter does not constitute a finding of guilt, only a court of law can make that determination.

Shanta Thurmond, 28, 547 Anna Lane, was arrested at 12:45 a.m. Dec. 6 and charged with DUI, speeding, no insurance and failure to signal near Weber Road and Normantown Road.

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Antonio Thomas, 36, 3819 Pathfinder Court, Joliet, was arrested at 2:02 p.m. Dec. 11 and charged with retail theft in the 400 block of South Weber Road.

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Ryan Hurtado, 20, 512 Concord, was arrested at 11:26 p.m. Dec. 13 and charged with DUI, defective brakes, and too fast for conditions near Montrose Drive and Dalhart Avenue.

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Steven Knoth, 33, 702 Honeytree, was arrested at 11:33 p.m. Dec. 13 and charged with an in-state warrant in the 700 block of Honeytree.

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Cristina Sanchez, 26, 114 Yarrow Court, was arrested at 1:52 a.m. Dec. 14 and charged with DUI in the 100 block of Yarrow Court.

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Jason Trujillo, 19, 320 Fairfax, was arrested at 10:05 p.m. Dec. 15 and charged with no insurance, speeding, no valid driver’s license, improper display of registration near Taylor Road and Weslake Parkway.

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Salvador Ortiz-Garcia, Crest Hill, was arrested at 2:44 p.m.

Dec. 16 and charged with no valid driver’s license, and frying too fast for conditions near Route 53 and Arlington.

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Rashad Mitchell, 24, 1024 W. 103rd Place, Chicago, was arrested at 6:22 p.m. Dec. 16 and charged with theft under $500 in the 1000 block of Arbor Drive.

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Matthew Ponschke, 22, 13626 S. Tara Drive, Homer Glen, was arrested at 7:21 p.m. Dec. 16 and charged with an in-state warrant in the 1500 block of Normantown Road.

Alesky Dantes, 22, 1119 ½ Wilcox, was arrested at 10:16 a.m. Dec. 17 and charged with retail theft in the 400 block of South Weber Road.

Heber Borras, 44, 416 Rachel Court, was arrested at 9:46 p.m. Dec. 17 and charged with DUI, improper lane use near Weber Road and Lakewood Falls Drive.

Luis Dantes, 53, 1119 ½ Wilcox, Joliet, was arrested at 10:16 a.m. Dec. 17 and charged with retail theft in the 400 block of South Weber Road.

Rodney Burch, 60, 14142 Monticello Circle, Plainfield, was arrested at 3:47 p.m. Dec. 17 and charged with retail theft in the 400 block of South Weber Road.

Javier Acevedo, 39, 408 Six Pines, was arrested at 10:21 p.m. Dec. 18 and charged with driving with a suspended license, no insurance and disobeying a

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Juana Davis, 40, 780 Honeytree, was arrested at 9:58 a.m. and charged with an instate warrant in the 1000 block of Romeo Road.

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Abanob George, 19, 2805 Road, Naperville,

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was arrested at 12:16 p.m. Dec. 19 and charged with an in-state warrant in the 1200 block of Lakeview Drive.

Januario Palillero-Morales, 33, 409 E. Benton, Joliet, was arrested at 1:38 a.m. Dec. 20 and charged with no valid driver’s license and a failure to signal near Route 53 and Normantown Road.

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The date on this newspaper says December 31, 2014. There’s a whole new year ahead of us, and there is a lot of work to do around here.

In Will County, we have to get moving on this courthouse plan. Every weekday I go by there, people are lined up at both major entrances waiting to get in. Once they do, they are treated to a crowded, musty, smelly building not befitting Will County. Heck, ANY county.

The Will County Courthouse is an embarrassment. But relatively few people realize how bad it is because only the regulars – attorneys, deputies and other officials – usually are the only ones who have to deal with it unless someone gets tabbed for speeding or something more serious.

The same goes for the sheriff’s Laraway Station. Most of you have no idea where it is, other than it’s on Laraway Road, if you know where that is. And most of you who know where it is likely haven’t been in there. Let me try to describe it for you: It’s a pit. I imagine Hitler and Eva Braun had honeymoon conditions in their death bunker compared to the Laraway station. It’s like the courthouse: smelly, crowded, musty … only smaller.

And the other buildings are no better.

Except the Will County Jail, which led one Will County Board member after

a tour of all the facilities to note the arrestees have better conditions than the officials.

Another issue that needs to be dealt with may be settled by the state: the traffic on Illinois 53. The Illinois Commerce Commission likely will order state transportation officials to do something they should already have done, a thorough traffic study on Illinois 53 from U.S. 52 (just south of I-80) to Arsenal Road.

It would seem like a no-brainer that if you were putting in a major truck-train facility that will draw a lot of trucks to do a traffic study. And if you add to that several years later by putting in another truck-train facility, wouldn’t you think maybe now’s the time to catch up on all that traffic?

Yet it took village officials with a penchant for petulance and a hired public relations firm who can outspin Bill O’Reilly to ultimately get the state to move on the issue. (Boy, they are gonna be even more fun to deal with now).

Walter Strawn Drive probably will be closed until the state transportation officials get the study done, inconveniencing a lot of Ag business coming from east of 53. We can only hope the Houbolt Road Bridge from I-80 to the intermodal yards can make it from parlor talk to serious planning.

A lot depends on the state. And there is a new governor coming in, along with a new transportation secretary. Outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn certainly had his issues,

A lot depends on the state.

And there is a new governor coming in, along with a new transportation secretary.

Outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn certainly had his issues, as did the politically sacrificed IDOT Secretary Ann Schneider, but they got a lot done in Will County. as did the politically sacrificed IDOT Secretary Ann Schneider, but they got a lot done in Will County.

Meanwhile, incoming Gov. Bruce Rauner has been non-committal on the Illiana Tollway and not too supportive of the South Suburban Airport, two projects put on the front burner by the previous administration.

I have no idea what’s going to happen with either, but I would guess the Illiana is far enough along and has enough support – both public and private – to keep moving forward.

The airport? Well, the state is a major landowner out in the Peotone-Monee area, especially after spending $34 million and change to buy Bult Field to give the SSA a running start. Now they just need a private investor to go in with them on the deal.

I hope Gov.-elect Rauner can interest some of his business friends to get involved in the airport. Or at least he should have an idea how to attract some partners.

Well, that’s my list for 2015. I suppose they’ll also have to figure out something on the pension mess and the state income tax issue. Should be fun.

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year in review

A look back at

2014 IN SPORTS Some of the top area stories from a great year for locals

Here are the top stories for the 2014 calendar year in the Valley View area.

SuperBoWl chaMpion On April 27 of last year, it looked as if former Bolingbrook High School football player Kenneth Boatright had achieved his dream when he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Seattle Seahawks.

Less than four months later, the 23-year-old suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder that could have threatened his NFL dreams before they even started.

And then, four months later, he was hoisting the Vince Lombardi trophy as an NFL champion.

While he was on the sidelines, Boatright has not only been rehabilitating his shoulder, he was learning from members of the top defense in the NFL. The 6-foot, 4-inch, 253-pound former SIU Saluki joins a list of four other locals who have won Super Bowls.

Boatright joins his former Bolingbrook coach and Plainfield High School graduate John Ivlow, who won in 1988 as a member of the San Francisco 49ers. Other locals to win are Joliet Catholic graduates Mike Alstott (2002, Buccaneers) and Tom Thayer (1985, Bears) and Joliet Junior College graduate Kelvin Hayden (2006, Colts).

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Bolingbrook girls basketball coach Tony Smith and four former players, Kristen Moore, Amarah Coleman, Destiny Harris and Lexi Smith, were set to face Thornton Fractional North Feb. 19 in the IHSA State Series, they were forced to forfeit over a series of IHSA bylaw violations.

The Vikings were also forced to forfeit all games played this season, including the two wins over Bolingbrook and LincolnWay East.

After splitting their head to head games, the Raiders and Griffins shared the SouthWest Suburban Conference title that had belonged to H-F. Although not the way they would have preferred to win a share of the league title, it does extend the Raiders’ consecutive streak of nine straight championships that date back to the inception of the league in 2005.

Originally, the IHSA had accepted H-F’s self-imposed penalty that would include the suspension of Smith and 11 varsity players and participate in the state playoffs with other players.

However, in the morning of Feb. 19, the school asked to appear before the IHSA Board of Directors during the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting. After an official ruling to suspend Smith and 11 players, H-F appealed.

After deliberation, the Board upheld the Executive Director’s

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Romeoville’s Cierra Pulliam placed third in the state in the triple jump last spring.

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Sports writers tell you our favorites of 2014 Favorite event covered: Scott Taylor: My favorite event this past year was one I competed in. It doesn’t get any better than 63 holes of golf in a day. That is, unless it is free and you are on the clock. That was the case when Mark Gregory and I took a trip up to Gaylord, MI to review the Man vs. Golf Challenge at Treetops Resort. We played 63 holes of golf in beautiful weather on gorgeous courses. It was one of those days that you will always remember, and I certainly will, despite the company.

Mark Gregory: It has to be the Class 4A state final basketball game between Whitney Young and Benet. There is nothing better than IHSA state basketball Final Four in Peoria. If you haven’t been to one and you are a sports fan – it is a MUST GO. This game in particular had a couple of good story lines. First off, no one gave Benet a chance against Young and Duke recruit Jahlil Okafor. Well, they were wrong, as Benet and Sean O’Mara hung with the highly hyped Young, losing by two.

Mike Sandrolini: Voyager Media co-sponsored an Ultimate Tailgate Party with Famous Dave’s in Bolingbrook the Sunday before the Chicago Bears kicked off their 2014 season. The featured guest that afternoon was Bears Hall of Fame defensive lineman Dan Hampton, who met with fans, signed autographs and also talked to your’s truly about the upcoming season. I vividly recall Hampton’s evaluation of Jay Cutler: He has top-five ability, but he needs to beat some people this season. No excuses. Needless to say, Bears fans know all too well that Cutler didn’t live up to No. 99’s expectations.

Greatest game covered: Scott: This also wasn’t a high school event, but it is one of the perks of the job. I traveled for the second year in a row to Dayton, OH for the NCAA First Four. This year we had a pair of area athletes there as Plainfield’s Brian Bennett played for Cal-Poly and Quinton Chievous was with Tennessee.

The Vols are my favorite college

team and watching their thrilling overtime comeback from press row will be a game I will never forget.

Mark: Well, if my favorite event covered was the Class 4A boys hoops game – and it was, see above, then I guess that is also my favorite game covered. Like I said in the last item, that Benet team was written off by so many people and then to compete the way they did on the biggest stage made it a game I will never forget.

Mike: It had to be this season’s West Suburban Silver boys basketball opener between Downers North and Proviso West played earlier this month. It was drama personified. The Trojans held a large lead, lost that lead in the fourth quarter, and then apparently sewed up the victory when senior Devin Blake hit a three-pointer from the top of the key as time was running out.

However, the Proviso West coach called timeout. The officials put 2 second back on the clock, which gave West enough time to inbound the ball to Khalil Walker, who turned and heaved up a shot near mid-court to win the game.

Best team covered: Scott: Benet basketball. While I didn’t cover them at state, I saw them play a couple of times in the regular season as well as at the sectional and supersectional.

This team had a perfect blend of inside and outside basketball with an unselfish team. They weren’t the second most talented team in the state, but their teamwork was unmatched and was fun for a basketball fan to watch.

Mark: Benet volleyball.

This team just dominated. The Redwings held their foe in the state final match to only 20 total points in the two matches combined.

After beating Mother McCauley in the supersectional, it was smooth sailing as Benet claimed its third title in four years.

Mike: Maine East girls basketball team. Coach Karol Hanusiak’s club had been a perennial doormat, but turned the corner in 201213 by posting a .500 record. With a number of senior veterans returning for the 2013-14 season, I thought they would be good,

but not as good as they ended up.

Maine East set a girls basketball school record for victories in a single season (20) and became the first girls cage team in school history to win the CSL North title.

Most surprising performance: Scott: Plainfield Central boys volleyball. The program had never won a regional title, let alone a sectional game. However, the Wildcats peaked in the tournament and became the first District 202 boys volleyball team to win a sectional match when it beat Plainfield North.

Mark: Joliet Catholic Academy boys basketball. The Hilltoppers entered the Class 3A playoffs with a 9-20 record and won the team’s first regional title since 1988. It really should not be a surprising feat for me to have witnessed, as I have watched a lot of team’s coached by Joe Gura go on to big things.

Mike: Maine East girls basketball team. Coach Karol Hanusiak’s club had been a perennial doormat, but turned the corner in 201213 by posting a .500 record. With a number of senior veterans returning for the 2013-14 season, I thought they would be good, but not as good as they ended up.

Maine East set a girls basketball school record for victories in a single season (20) and became the first girls cage team in school history to win the CSL North title.

Favorite athlete covered: Scott: Trevor Stumpe (Plainfield North) and Aaron Jordan (Plainfield East). I will co this one as the two players bring different dimensions that I love to watch. Stumpe is a shooter who can score from just about anywhere on the court. Jordan can shoot and take the ball to the rack and make some great dunks and passes.

Mark: I didn’t have to think very hard about this one. Anyone who knows me and knows my taste in football knows that I am an old soul – a really old soul, like back before the forward pass. I like

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SNUBBED One season ago, Ben Moore was both the Voyager Media Player of the Year and the Prep Shootout MVP. Fast forward one year later and the former Bolingbrook big man was a consistent performer for Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

The freshman appeared in every game and averaged 6.4 points and 3.7 rebounds off the bench last season and helped the Mustangs to their 10th 20-win season in history and first since the 1999-00 season.

In the opening game of the NIT, Moore tallied 11 points and had

seven rebounds in a 68-54 win over UC Irvine.

It was Moore’s ninth double digit scoring game this season.

Moore also posts a 64.5 field goal percentage on the season, currently the best mark ever by an SMU player with at least 75 made field goals.

Moore said he is just happy the hard work paid off.

For his efforts this season, Moore was named American Athletic Conference rookie of the week three times during the year.

NORTH WINS SHOOTOUT After not winning a game for the first four years of the Voyager Media Prep Shootout, the North boys team made it back-to-back wins with a 98-83 victory over the South squad at the Sullivan Center on the campus of the University of St. Francis.

The North was paced by a pair of Bolingbrook players, as Gage Davis led the scoring with 24 points and Shakur Triplett added 23. Triplett dominated the first half with 20 points before intermission, while Davis tallied 20 after the break including four three-pointers.

Bolingbrook players now own four of the top five highest scoring games in the Prep Shootout, as they join Moore (27) and Antoine Cox (21, 2010) on the list. Plainfield North’s Ryan Crowe still holds the top spot with 42 in 2009.

The South team was paced by 16 points from Lockport’s Grover Anderson.

In the girls game, the North allstar team to 64-38 victory over the South.

The North led from the outset and never relinquished its lead the entire evening, save for a 4-4 tie early in the game on a

free throw by the South’s Jenae Rowe of Joliet West. The North increased its margin to 7-4 on Kate Moriarty’s (Chicago Resurrection) three-point play and a basket by Bolingbrook’s Ashley Drain.

Bolingbrook center Ryaen Johnson scored eight points, but it was her dominant defensive performance that enabled her to be named the game’s Most Valuable Player. Johnson blocked eight shots.

TOP COACHES When the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association holds its annual Hall of Fame banquet at Illinois State University on April 26, there will be a pair of Brooks Middle School coaches honored.

This season eighth grade girls basketball coach Alan Hampton and seventh grade boys coach Patrick Meginniss were both

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named as District 9 Co-Coach of the Year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

Hampton took the Bulldogs to the state quarterfinals and an overall record of 20-3, while winning a regional and a sectional championship.

Meginniss led the boys to a 20-3 record and a fourth-place finish in the Illinois Elementary School Association’s state playoffs.

TRACK AND FIELD Cierra Pulliam jumped her way into Romeoville history at the state meet at Eastern Illinois University.

Pulliam finished in third place in the triple jump with a jump of 38-feet, 2.5-inches.

Pulliam qualified for finals after an opening jump of 37-01.75,

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NATE FOX • 1977-2014

chad cooke • 1994-2014

KARLY JACKSON • 1994-2014

Remembering local athletes recently taken from us Bugle staff shares their memories of former athletes on and off the field he job that we do as sports writers is a great gig, we can’t lie. Sure, we don’t make millions doing it, but we have the ability to make memories. We are the ones that are tasked with taking what an athlete does and preserving that moment for all times.

Often in our job, we also form relationships. We cover these athletes and coaches for years in big wins and crushing defeats and through this, bonds are formed.

That is why when we hear

of the deaths of some of these athletes, it is not just us having to write about the death of a former athlete, but often times, the death of someone we shared a bond with, some longer, some stronger, but a bond nonetheless.

The Voyager Media area lost three such athletes over the last few weeks, two within days of each other.

We offer our condolences to their families, friends and their teammates in this tough time.

NATE FOX

when he was inducted into the Plainfield Central Athletic Hall of Fame.

Those were great times, getting to really hear the stories of playing basketball internationally – only about a quarter of them ever made print.

One of the last times I saw Nate, I was with some friends in a bar and grill and saw Nate with a group of his friends. We talked for a few and returned to our parties. As my group was leaving, Nate called the waitress, ordered me a drink, pulled up a chair and I sat the rest of the night with his friends like I was one of the group. I didn’t know them, but that didn’t matter to Nate. He was just that kind of a guy – a gentle giant by all definitions.

I said before he was the kind of guy you would spot the second you walked into a room – and you were always happy about that.

- Mark Gregory

Speaking of bonds, I can personally say Nate Fox was not just a guy I covered and wrote stories about, but was a friend. I first met Nate on the baseball field when we umped Plainfield Athletic Club games together in our early teenage days.

I then followed his career from Plainfield High School to Boston College to Maine and then onto playing professional basketball overseas.

I can do a column on his stats and awards and where he ranks on career lists – but while he played basketball, Nate Fox was so much more than a name on a stat sheet.

I would see Nate from time to time when he was in between seasons, we would catch up and repeat the next time we bumped into each other. The Joliet bar scene isn’t that big and it was hard for me to miss a 6-foot, 9-inch guy, so he was easy to spot the second I walked in.

Just as Nate’s career started to take off, I came to The Enterprise for my first stint and I was able to follow his career closer, share stories with then Wildcat coach Dave Stephens, and write a few stories on him. I was able to do a feature piece on his career and what he was doing in the international game and then was also able to write his story

The first time I went to see a Plainfield basketball game was in the fourth grade. The year was 1995 and my sister was in the Pep Band as a freshman. It was one of the best seasons in Wildcat history but what really stood out to me was the biggest person I had ever seen.

His name was Nate Fox. He was big, strong and could dunk, which to me was the coolest thing in the world. I saw multiple games that year, but the one that I will always remember is the game vs.

Sycamore.

That is because it was a battle

very cryptic and when Chad called it was from his personal cell phone, which as I always do, I saved the number, just in case.

That came in handy when I got word the next season that Chad and several teammates went on a mission trip to help those in need.

Hearing those stories rounded out the kind of guy Chad was.

While he was willing to work hard to further himself, he was willing to work just as hard to further someone else in a time of need.

- Mark Gregory

KARLY JACKSON

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Bolingbrook’s Chad Cooke played two years at the College of Charleston. between Fox and fellow post player Elvir Ovcina, a Syracuse recruit.

I can’t tell you who won or what the score was, but I will always remember being at the game.

I will also remember being at the Plainfield basketball camp over the summer and Fox was working it at least one year while I was there.

While some people classify stars as being cocky and arrogant, Fox was nothing like that. He would take as much pride, if not more, than his teammates in helping out the younger players, all while doing so with a smile on his face.

I am not one for sports role models, particularly at the college or pro level, but I can honestly say that I looked up to Fox as a youth.

-Scott Taylor

CHAD COOKE Just a day after hearing of Nate Fox’s death, word came in over social media that former Bolingbrook guard Chad Cooke had died playing basketball at a local gym.

I still hadn’t wrapped my head around Nate’s death yet and then this news.

I didn’t know Chad as well, but still had many interactions with him and I can tell you, he was one of the good ones.

Of course I covered Chad a

lot during his playing days at Bolingbrook. He was a player who I was able to watch grow from a guy coming off the bench to hit a three pointer to a starter and all around contributor to a good Raider team.

It wasn’t until after graduation, though, where I really got to know who Chad Cooke really was.

I had heard that Chad had tried out – and made – the College of Charleston basketball team as a walk on his freshman season, which is not an easy task. Chad played two seasons for COC. With the help of the college, I was able to get an interview and talk to Chad about the countless hours of hard work he had to put in just to make the team, sit the bench and maybe get in a game for a minute or two in a blowout situation.

He would practice all week just as hard as the superstars – I’m going to guess, often times harder – knowing the odds were stacked against him to ever see the court.

And he was perfectly fine with that.

The way college SIDs work, when you request an interview, some go through a cryptic, stealthlike process of calling from the school number and either having the athlete there or patching through to their line on three-way, while others just give the athlete a message.

Lucky for me, Charleston was not

Jackson was a mainstay on the diamond and hardwood for Plainfield Central, playing on varsity for three years in both sports. She was a two-time AllSouthwest Prairie Conference selection and was a key member for the sectional championship team in 2012, the year she had 11 homers.

I will always remember doing a senior story earlier in the season with her, Morgan Vogt, Cailey Baker and Rachel Egly. They were all great to talk to and really enjoyed their time together in what would soon become a remarkable playoff run.

We did a mini photo shoot as well where they took some serious and fun photos around home plate.

On the basketball court, Jackson was fiery. She made then-coach Mark Kruz’s pressure defense that much tougher. She was always in the middle of the action and is to this day still one of the toughest athletes I’ve covered. She didn’t mind mixing it up with the other team. They would back down, not her.

As hard as she played on the court or field, she seemed to always have a smile on her face after the game was over or when I saw her at other events throughout her career.

In college she played softball at my alma mater, Lewis University.

In her freshman season she played in 10 games, averaging .286 with a run scored.

-Scott Taylor

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•The Bolingbrook 400-meter relay squad wasn’t expecting to medal at state after sitting in lane eight in the prelims at the state meet at Eastern Illinois University.

However, the Raiders’ relay, comprised of Jessica Watkins, Asha Wallace, Claire Young and Charlyncia Stennis, won their heat and went on to take sixth place in the state with a time of 48.35 seconds, good for All-State honors.

Watkins also placed sixth in the 100, clocking in with a time of 12.25.

Stennis also brought home an individual medal, placing seventh in the 400 with a time of 57.66.

•In one short season, Romeoville senior Curshaun Pruitt went from a gym class hero to an IHSA state medalist.

Pruitt was not part of the Spartan track and field team until this year, when a physical skills test in school revealed he had a

column | from page 10 running the football and playing great defense.

So because of that, I was thrilled to be able to watch Bolingbrook linebacker Tuf Borland. He seemed to be everywhere on the field on every play. And the really good thing for me is, he is a junior and will be back next season.

Mike: After Barrington ousted Maine South’s football team from the postseason, coach David Inserra heaped praise on senior two-way standout Justin Fahey, and for good reason. Pound-forpound, Fahey—listed at 5-8, but that may have been a generous listing—was arguably the best all-around player in the CSL last fall. He left everything on the field game in and game out. Not only did he lead the Hawks in rushing, but he was named CSL South Defensive Player of the Year.

gift for leaping.

Pruitt triple jumped 45-feet at the state meet and placed seventh in Class 3A.

BOLINGBROOK SOFTBALL Jean Ryan-Moak remembers all too well how things played out during regionals last spring against highly heralded Benet Academy.

The Raiders advanced to a regional softball championship game for the first time in school history, only to have that accomplishment short-circuited by the Redwings, who dismantled Bolingbrook, 13-2.

Last season, Bolingbrook took on the Redwings for a second straight year in a regional final, but this time around, it would not be déjà vu all over again.

Sophomore Olivia Simpson broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning by crushing a two-out, three-run homer, and the Raiders tacked on four more runs in the seventh to stun No. 1-seeded Benet, 7-1, and win the program’s first regional softball crown.

girls track and field.

Mark: There were some really good ones last year from the likes of Sean O’Mara and Jasmine Lumpkin, but there was one athlete that stood out from the rest and that was Plainfield Central sprinter Kahmari Montgomery.

The then-junior not only became Illinois’ fastest man, winning the 100 meter dash, he doubled up, winning the 200 dash as well.

Mike: It’s difficult enough to star in one sport, let alone two, but Elanta Slowek of Maine East did just that. She helped lead the Demons to their record-setting girls basketball campaign last winter, playing stingy defense while being the team’s second-leading scorer.

Then in the spring, she won a state medal in the discus at the Class 3A state meet—an event in which she had never competed prior to 2013.

Best athlete covered:

Most disappointing moment covered:

Scott: Janile Rogers, Minooka.

The senior scored 25 points at state for the Indians, leading them to a fifth-place finish in state. She took home the state title in the long jump, finished fourth in the 100-meter dash and was a part of fifth and sixth-place finishes in state. It was the most impressive individual performance I have covered in my six years at state

Scott: Normal West Supersectional volleyball.

Plainfield North relinquished big leads in both sets to Normal Community to fall in straight sets.

The Tigers were looking to become the first volleyball team since 1989 to make it to state from Plainfield.

There’s no doubt in my mind if the two teams played 10 times, the Tigers would win eight times.

Ryan-Moak said she believed going into the game that if the Raiders could play up to their potential, they could topple Benet, which came into the matchup 30-2 and ranked at, or near, the top of every Chicago area softball poll imaginable.

FLYING HIGH Rebecca Preisler and Chantel Stennis grew up not far from each other in the shadows of Lewis University.

While they were both decorated prep athletes, their paths seldom, if ever, crossed, but the two ended up on eerily similar paths that has led to being some of the best in the nation at their craft.

Both Preisler, a graduate of Romeoville High School and Stennis, a Bolingbrook product, gave up on track for different reasons and found a way back to the sport this season with the Flyers, where both have obliterated Lewis school records and qualified for the NCAA Division-II National Meet.

Preisler was a pole vaulter and

Mark: I will have to say the IHSA Class 4A basketball state semifinals when Stevenson superstar Jalen Brunson capped off an amazing 56-point performance by flipping off the Whitney Young fans with both hands. I was not at the game, but thanks to the wonderful world of social media was able to chime in and react to the event as it unfolded. There have been many different opinions on what happened, but my opinion is that he did it out of frustration and then his coaching staff and school bullied the IHSA into removing a suspension they had handed down for the third-place game.

Overall, the whole incident was a disappointment.

Mike: For Bolingbrook softball team, its 7-1 victory over Benet to win its first regional title in school history was sheer elation.

But for Benet, the loss was a major disappointment. The Redwings entered the game as the No. 1 seed in their sectional and sported a 30-2 record. Their lineup, 1-9, was as formidable as any in the state last spring, yet an anticipated deep postseason run was shortcircuited by the Raiders.

Most impressive performance covered (individual or team): Scott: The day Tom Poznanski of Plainfield Central had against

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record of 55.83 set by Beth Bayser in 2001. The time earned her GLVC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week for the period ending April 27.

Stennis was also part of the 4x400 relay team with Megan Marchildon, Krysten Sebby and Amy Polhemus that broke the school record this season with a time of 3:47.22. The previous school-record of 3:48.66 was set in 1998.

Like Preisler, Stennis was away from track prior to running this season at Lewis.

A multi-time state medalist and state champion her sophomore year at Bolingbrook, Stennis passed on an offer from Lewis and attended McKendree University.

volleyball player for the Spartans and out of high school, she decided to give up track and play volleyball for Oakton Community College, which she did.

After a two-year stint on the team, she departed for California with hopes to restart her pole vault career there, which did not happen.

After a year on the west coast, she returned home and enrolled at Lewis in 2011 with a desire to reach new heights in the vault – only to find new lows.

In the GLVC outdoor championships at Lewis, Preisler vaulted 12-1 to place second and Stennis won the 100 and 200-meter dash, while clocking in with NCAA provisional marks, with times of 11.9 and 24.58, respectively.

While Preisler was breaking records in the air, Stennis was setting marks on land.

Stennis broke a 13-year old school-record in the 400-meter dash with a winning time of 54.37 at the Gina Relays. That time, which is currently fifth-best in the country, obliterated the previous

Romeoville’s Dakota Vostry finished his successful career by placing third at the state meet.

He had a grand total of a 2,841, which was a 236.8 average.

The Bolingbrook team qualified for state, but didn’t make finals, finishing 13th.

-compiled by Mark Gregory

rival Plainfield North in a Bolingbrook Sectional semifinal was one for the ages. Poznanski slammed home 24 balls as the Wildcats took down the Tigers to advance to the sectional championship. Everyone knew who was getting the ball and it didn’t stop Poznanski from delivering in clutch moments.

MarK: I am going to head back to the state track and field meet for this one and say my most impressive cover this year

was watching Plainfield Central’s Luke Winder win his secondstraight state pole vault state championship, while breaking the IHSA outdoor record by clearing 17-feet, 3-inches.

Mike: When it comes to track and field, I’m all about the sprints.

John Hader of Maine South darted to Class 3A sectional crowns in both the 100- and 200-yard dashes, and then made school history by becoming the first Hawk to earn state medals in both events.

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VVSD now teaching keyboarding in middle schools Careers students in grades 6-8 go through formal 2- to 3-week intensive unit As part of the ongoing effort to increase the rigor of the curriculum, Valley View School District 365U is in the process of phasing out its high school typing/ keyboarding classes and moving the instruction to the middle school level.

“Most of our kids have been using computers since they were tiny and that’s a big advantage for them,” said Jane Addams Middle School Applied Technology teacher Roger Merritt.

“We’re trying to push it down into the middle schools to where they’re getting an opportunity to learn the correct way to use a keyboard,” added Tammi Conn, VVSD’s Director of Career and Technical Education.

Merritt indicated several VVSD middle schools have included keyboarding in their careers programs in recent years.

“But we never really had the software support for the kids,” he said. “We sort of were on our own and had to find free websites for the kids to use. It was kind of boring for them.”

“Most of our kids have been using computers since they were tiny and that’s a big advantage for them,” said Jane Addams Middle School Applied Technology teacher Roger Merritt.

Now careers students in grades 6-8 go through a formal two-tothree week intensive unit using a computer-based program rather than the text-based program that was offered as an elective at both high schools. Students will then have time to build their keyboarding proficiency throughout the semester.

“It’s more interesting for them,” Merritt said. “At this age level, you have to keep it interesting. We try to make it fun.”

Merritt finds students are a bit apprehensive about learning the finer points of keyboarding, but once they realize all they really need to learn is what keys are

As part of the ongoing effort to increase the rigor of the curriculum, Valley View School District 365U is in the process of phasing out its high school typing/keyboarding classes and moving the instruction to the middle school level.

where and how to use their fingers, they relax and have no problems.

“To help them, I use an analogy,” he said. “I ask them if they play

a sport or an instrument and I remind them the first time they picked up a basketball or sat down at a piano, they were probably

awful. I tell them they’re not going to be able to do this right away either.

“What we’re looking for is for them to do it right,” he added “Go slow. Do it right. Speed will come later.”

Conn said high schoolers who want to learn keyboarding will still be able to do so for the next several years as part of their Digital World class. And if parents or students want to learn keyboarding on their own, Conn offered to share information on programs that may be used on home computers.

“The data we’re seeing now indicates this should be introduced in second or third grade because at that age they need to learn there’s a finger for each key and a key for each finger…and then full keyboarding should be taught in 5th grade” Conn said. “But one step at a time.”

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Dave Says

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flu cases | from page 3 everywhere in the schools and encourages their constant use.

The best schools can do is super clean the area.

Reato also reminds that germs live on the surface only for about 24 hours. “You can clean, but as soon as someone else sneezes the next day, the germs are there again.”

Adding to the predicament of the flu, is that this year’s vaccine isn’t as successful at combating the illness.

Reato explains that the scientists try to develop the vaccine based on what they are seeing happen in other parts of the world, creating a vaccine out of three or four strains of viruses, when in reality there are hundreds to choose from.

Scientists, on average, hope for

an 85 to 95 percent match for the flu; this year’s reports are showing a 50 to 60 percent match.

But Reato still advises on getting a flu shot, saying he knows from first-hand experience that the vaccine will help shorten the length of the illness at least.

“I was sick for about 36 hours, but I know that people have been reporting to be sick for five to six days with the flu.”

In addition, the flu season usually peaks in January or February, leaving question to whether or not this spike in December was this year’s peak, or there is more on the way.

“There is no way to really predict it,” said Reato. “All you can do is be aware, and protect yourself by following the simple rules of hygiene and dress appropriately.”

Dear Dave, I just got married, and my husband and I want to book a combination honeymoon and New Year’s trip to celebrate. We don’t have all the money for it right now, but will have in a few weeks. We were thinking about booking the trip on a zero-interest credit card, and paying it off when we have all the money. I know you hate debt, but would this be okay since it would be a very short-term debt?

Laura Dear Laura, I know you guys are excited and happy about being married. And I wish you all the happiness in the world. But I don’t recommend credit cards of any kind, for any reason, whatsoever.

I don’t want to burst your bubble, but if you can’t pay for this trip up front you can’t afford it. Believe

it or not, lots of people postpone wedding trips until they’ve had a chance to save up a little bit of money. Some folks have never even gone on a honeymoon trip, and they have great, loving marriages.

My advice to you and your new husband is to work, and save up a little bit more. Maybe one or both of you could pick up extra jobs for a little while, and make it happen sooner. Then, when you can pay cash for the trip, go have a blast on a honeymoon you can afford!

—Dave *Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business. He has authored five New York Times best-selling books: Financial Peace, More Than Enough, The Total Money Makeover, EntreLeadership and Smart Money Smart Kids. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 8 million listeners each week on more than 500 radio stations. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE at 318 Richfield Trail, Romeoville, Illinois, 60446 (Single Family Residence). On the 29th day of January, 2015, 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: Bank of America, N.A. Plaintiff V. Fortmann, Danea E. Defendant.

Case No. 14 CH 772 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 5/151507(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 P.O. Box 165028 Columbus, Ohio 43216-5028 614-220-5611 614-220-5613 (Fax) 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 1/1, 1/8, 1/15

SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE at 736 ROGERS ROAD ROMEOVILLE, IL 60446 (TAN, VINYL SIDING, SINGLE FAMILY, TWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGE).

On the 22nd day of January, 2015, 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 CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-7 Plaintiff V. CARLOS NIETO AKA CARLOS A NIETO AKA CARLOS ALBERTO NIETO; CAROLINA NIETO; COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; Defendant.

Case No. 14 CH 947 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. Judgment amount is 139,038.06 plus interest, cost and post judgment advances, if any.

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: PIERCE & ASSOCIATES ONE NORTH DEARBORN THIRTEENTH FLOOR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602 312-346-9088 312-346-1557 (Fax) 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 12/25, 1/1, 1/8

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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 THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-7 Plaintiff, vs.

CARLOS NIETO AKA CARLOS A NIETO AKA CARLOS ALBERTO NIETO; CAROLINA NIETO; COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; Defendant. No. 14 CH 947 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 September, 2014, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 22nd day of January, 2015, 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 18, BLOCK 6, IN HAMPTON PARK SUBDIVISION NO. 5, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 28, IN TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, AND IN RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 28, 1960 AS DOCUMENT 906786, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 736 ROGERS ROAD ROMEOVILLE, IL 60446 Description of Improvements: TAN, VINYL SIDING, SINGLE FAMILY, TWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGE P.I.N.: 12-02-28-406-021 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.

Judgment amount is 139,038.06 plus interest, cost and post judgment advances, if any.

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: PIERCE & ASSOCIATES ONE NORTH DEARBORN THIRTEENTH FLOOR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602 312-346-9088 312-346-1557 (Fax) MIKE KELLEY Plaintiff’s Attorney Sheriff of Will County Published 12/25, 1/1, 1/8

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 THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS Bank of America, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Fortmann, Danea E. Defendant. No. 14 CH 772 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 September, 2014, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 29th day of January, 2015, 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: That part of Lot 50 in Lakewood Falls Unit 5 Pod 22, being a Subdivision of part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Township 36 North, Range 9, East of the Third Principal Meridian according to the Plat thereof recorded October 12, 1999 as Document Number R99-124554 described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Lot 50; thence South 80 degrees 25 minutes 01.8 seconds West; 110.25 feet; thence North 14 degrees 12 minutes 01 seconds West, 26.18 feet; thence North 69 degrees 42 minutes 13 seconds East 109.83 feet to a point on a curve; thence southerly ,along a non-tangent curve being concave westerly having a radius of 246.00 feet and a chord bearing of South 15 degrees 01 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance of 46.80 feet to the point of beginning, in Will County, Illinois.

Commonly known as: 318 Richfield Trail, Romeoville, Illinois, 60446 Description of Improvements: Single Family Residence P.I.N.: 06-03-12-408-035-0000 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 P.O. Box 165028 Columbus, Ohio 43216-5028 614-220-5611 614-220-5613 (Fax) MIKE KELLEY Plaintiff’s Attorney Sheriff of Will County Published 1/1, 1/8, 1/15

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