Romeoville 10-16-14

octoBeR 16, 2014 Vol. 9 iSSUe 15

#romeovillebugle

ROMEOVILLEBUGLE.COM

NEWS manley, bolton vie for 98th district spot 98th District contains portions of Bolingbrook, Crest Hill, Joliet, Lockport, Plainfield and Romeoville

see page 4

OPINION welcome to the new bugle We look forward to your feedback

see page 7

SPORTS spartans shocked Romeoville builds big lead, falls in second half to Tigers

see page 11

schools see the full story oN Page 5

T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

state news

Weekend Weather Friday • october 17

partly cloudy High: 67° Low: 43° Cultivation Center and Dispensary Applications reported by district

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) reports all Illinois State Police districts, except District 15 Tollway, received applications for a total of 159 submissions. community

It’s never too late: Group honors Vietnam Veterans

In today’s world, most veterans are acknowledged with salutes and ceremonies

Judge finds Joshua Miner guilty in Hickory St. Murders

saturday • october 18

partly cloudy High: 59° Low: 41° sunday • october 19

cloudy High: 57° Low: 40° sunday EVENT: Nancy Cavanaugh Book Discussion and Signing. Join us as we host celebrated author Nancy Cavanaugh at 1:00 PM. Barnes and Noble at The Promenade Bolingbrook, 631 E. Boughton Road Suite 100, Bolingbrook, IL 60440, 630-783-0009

FBI offers reward for bank robber linked to multilple states A reward of up to $100,000 is being offered in exchange for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect.

will county

‘Three down, one to go,’ said Duval Rankins, father of Terrance Rankins

News.......................3 Police blotter................6 opinion..................7 take 5.....................10 sports...................11 social spotlight............17

business & real estate....18 legals....................19 classifieds.........20 Business & Professional....21 seniors.................23

T h ur sday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

3

transportation

ICC, Union Pacific supports closing IL-53 CenterPoint access Hearing set for Oct. 29 for closing Illinois 53 access to CenterPoint Intermodal yards By nick reiher

managing editor

nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews

Representatives of the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Union Pacific Railroad told an ICC administrative judge Oct. 7 they now agree with the Village of Elwood in closing Walter Strawn Drive.

Walter Strawn Drive, just north of the main entrance to the Village of Elwood was built specifically as the eastern access to the BNSF intermodal when that yard was planned more than

a decade ago.

But it has been the source of contention in the past year or so, as increased truck traffic off Illinois 53 heading to the BNSF yard, as well as the UP yard a few miles north in Joliet, have caused problems at that crossing, including trucks breaking the gates.

UP officials joined those from CenterPoint, area farmers and other businesses in opposing Elwood’s move to the close Walter Strawn Drive at Baseline Drive in May to try to reduce traffic at that crossing. The group

was able to obtain a temporary restraining order until the village officially rescinded the closure several weeks ago.

Since that time, the entities have worked at reducing traffic problems on Illinois 53, including adding off-duty sheriff’s police to handle traffic during times trucks may conflict with funeral processions to the nearby Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

ICC staff had been working with the UP on adding signal time to the gates as trains approached.

CenterPoint attorney Michael Scotti III said two other attorneys in his firm were at the ICC hearing while he attended to out-of-state business.

schools

Quinn announces $5 million investment in JJC downtown campus $5 million is coming from Governor’s Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program and end,” said Rep. Larry Walsh Jr. “Good things happen when we for the bugle work together.” sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @BugleNewspapers College officials had originally anticipated an investment of A $5 million investment by the State of Illinois will help Joliet Junior $25.5 million from the state but the money wasn’t earmarked College complete their in the last capital budget $58 million campus in which ended June 30, the heart of Joliet.

2014. JJC officials had to Gov. Pat Quinn look elsewhere to make announced the up the loss. investment by the state According to Dave Saturday at the college’s Blanchette, spokesman state-of-the-art, but for Quinn’s Springfield currently unfinished office, the state has facility on Chicago Street Gov. Pat Quinn already provided $5 in downtown Joliet. million toward the The $5 million is coming from the Governor’s Illinois college project, and along with Jobs Now! capital construction Saturday’s announcement, brings state funding to $10 million. program.

The facility’s $58 million cost is “This is about jobs and making sure men and women get the being funded by money from other skills they need,” Quinn said. “Jobs master plan projects at JJC that follow brain power, (jobs) follow came in under budget, interest on bonds, a successful referendum in investment in education.”

Local and state dignitaries 2008 and the state investment, JJC attended the Governor’s Director of Communications Kelly announcement, many of whom Rohder said.

“We do have funds from had a hand in helping to secure the alternative funding sources and funding.

“We have been sitting down for a we are appreciative of the state’s long time to come up with solutions support,” she said.

The six-story, 96,000 square and we now see this (will) come to

By Kris Stadalsky

foot building with a LEED Silver certification for energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly design will house the college’s adult education and literacy program, Workforce Development and the nationally renowned Culinary Arts program.

The facility’s exterior core and shell are complete as is the interior schematic design. The anticipated open date for the campus is 2016, Rohder said.

Joliet Mayor Tom Giarrante, County Executive Larry Walsh Sr., Senators Pat McGuire and Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and former JJC President J.D. Ross were in attendance at the press conference led by JJC President Debra Daniels.

JJC students, who now attend programs that will eventually be housed downtown, also came to meet and thank the governor.

Student Ricardo Limon currently attends the college’s Adult Education program. He plans to continue on in culinary arts and will likely attend classes downtown when the new campus is complete.

Limon, along with his former teacher, JJC Adjunct Instructor Johnny Britton, took the opportunity to get a picture with the governor, as did other students. Limon is excited to have an opportunity to continue his education in the new building, he said.

“I got a call from my attorneys saying we got ambushed,” said Scotti, still out of town Tuesday night and still confused as to why UP and ICC officials changed their course without discussing it with CenterPoint. “We were caught off guard.”

Opponents of the closing of Baseline Drive, including UP and the ICC at the time, said the move would put more trucks on the Arsenal Road interchange off Interstate 55. It wasn’t a good time to do that this past summer since traffic already was tied up due to construction on the nearby Des Plaines River Bridge on Interstate 55. That work was completed before Labor Day. Scotti said he was able to tell

his attorneys at the hearing to ask the administrative judge for a hearing date to discuss evidence. The judge agreed and set an Oct. 29 date. Meanwhile, Scotti said he will try to contact representatives from the ICC and UP to see what caused them to change their minds.

He said closing Walter Strawn Drive has been discussed since the beginning of the discussion on the traffic issue earlier this year. Closing the drive would hurt businesses along Illinois 53 and many grain haulers in the area, he added.

“There also has been talk of making it one-way,” Scotti said of Walter Strawn Drive. “That would be better than closing it.”

4

TWITTER: Readers, Send us a #selfie of you reading @Buglenewspapers & you could be featured in an upcoming issue!

T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

election 2014

Third District race between Lipinski and Brannigan 3rd district now stretches from suburban Romeoville and Crest Hill to the south side of Chicago

By Laura Katauskas staff reporter

katauskas@buglenewspapers.com @lkatauskas

Democrat incumbent Dan Lipinski who was re-elected for his fifth term in 2012 faces off against small-business owner Sharon Brannigan for a seat in the Third District.

Brannigan, a flower shop owner from Orland Park is a “Made in America” candidate who follows a family history of small business ownership. Repealing the Affordable Care Act is one of the main issues she is running for office.

“I will vote to repeal ObamaCare in its entirety. I believe no amount of band aids will fix this monstrosity of a program that levies millions in taxes and takes over 1/6th of our national economy. What I want to see in its place is health insurance options of purchasing across state

lines, health savings accounts, and tort reform,” she states.

She intends to tackle the Administration’s relentless pursuit to neutralize and strip away 2nd Amendment Rights; stop the Common Core Curriculum from spreading across the entire public education system; protect religious and personal freedoms; be persistent in tackling unemployment for Veterans and all citizens in Illinois; ensure the protection of our borders, having a strong national defense and better leadership for foreign policy and international agendas.

Brannigan also plans to ensure the VA Hospitals and Medical Centers are running efficient and act humanely toward veterans; and wants to get to the bottom of the Benghazi scandal, ensuring that the Special Committee has the tools necessary to investigate this matter and minimize future terrorist attacks, and by ensuring our

diplomatic posts have the security and communications they need to operate safely abroad.

As Northeastern Illinois’ only member of the HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee, Lipinski has worked to improve America’s transportation system, including more funding for roads, mass transit, rails, and airports. He has also been the leading advocate for the CREATE rail modernization program, a public-private partnership to reduce rail and road congestion throughout the Chicago region; in the last federal surface transportation bill he secured $100 million for this program and then helped produce the agreement for the three-year, $330 million first phase of CREATE. Lipinski has also brought another $27 million to the district for other transportation projects. He has also helped to maintain the vitality and safety of Midway Airport which is in his district and has helped secure more than $30 million for safety enhancements at the airport.

He also serves on the Committee on Science and Technology where

Democrat incumbent Dan Lipinski

small-business owner Sharon Brannigan

he sits on two subcommittees, Research and Science Education, and Technology and Innovation. He has focused his work on improving the economic competitiveness of America, especially by increasing support for top-notch scientific research, facilitating technology transfer from the lab to market in order to create jobs locally and nationally, improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, and promoting the development of green jobs in America.

Lipinski still stands by his fivepoint jobs plan believing the most important issue it to put Americans back to work.

The five-point jobs plan addresses many of the issues he says are critical to rebuilding the middle class, while also providing people from all backgrounds the opportunity to live the American Dream. The five areas of focus are strengthening manufacturing, modernizing our infrastructure, enforcing fair trade, investing in innovation, and improving education and workforce training.

After the last census, the 3rd district now stretches from suburban Romeoville and Crest Hill to the south side of Chicago. District 3 includes a small portion of Joliet (Precinct 1, 2, and 3 only), Crest Hill, Lockport, Romeoville, Homer Glen, Lemont, Orland Park, Goodings Grove, a section of Tinley Park, and parts of Cook County in the Chicago area which include Oak Lawn, Bedford Park, McCook, Summit, Hodgkins, Countryside, Willow Springs, Burr Ridge, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, Burbank, Hometown, Palos, Palos Park, Palos Hills, Chicago Ridge, Evergreen Park, Merrionette Park, Worth, LaGrange, and Alsip.

election 2014

Two women run for 98th District election spot 98th District contains portions of Bolingbrook, Crest Hill, Joliet, Lockport, Plainfield and Romeoville Both with local roots and a strong will to serve the community, two women are running to claim the State Representative seat for the 98th District.

Democrat incumbent Natalie Manley was elected to her first term Nov. 2012. She is a Certified Public Accountant specializing in tax preparation, auditing, and budgeting for individuals, businesses and governments, working to make them more efficient while protecting taxpayer dollars.

Manley’s legislative priorities include restoring the state’s fiscal health, improving the economic climate for businesses and job seekers, and rewarding business investment in job creation. She is a

strong proponent of education and will be an advocate for affordable tuition, student loans, and financial planning for college.

As a legislator, Manley will draw upon her strong financial background to make fiscal responsibility in state government a priority. With her experience and expertise as an auditor, she plans to review the state budget line by line to help eliminate duplicative service, unnecessary spending, and fraud while protecting the state’s most crucial programs. To help address the state’s budget challenges, Manley supports making it harder for lawmakers to increase their own pay, she supports pay cuts for politicians, and she supports ending free health care coverage for retired politicians and judges.

An active community volunteer, Natalie has been involved with the Joliet Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Will County, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Will and Grundy County, Mothers Against

Democrat incumbent Natalie Manley

Challenger Yvonne Bolton

Drunk Driving, and many other non-profits.

As the president of her condo association, Natalie understands how homeowners have struggled with declining property values.

She supports legislation freezing property taxes when home values decline, and she will back efforts to reduce foreclosures, helping more families stay in their own homes and keeping communities safe.

Challenger Yvonne Bolton states in her campaign materials that “as a mother and grandmother that cares greatly for the future of this

State, I want to do whatever I can to effect change that will allow future generations to have the same opportunities to be successful that we have had.”

Bolton has made Illinois her home since she was 7 years old.

Her family immigrated first to Chicago, then to Will County. After graduating Romeoville High School, she married her “high school sweetheart,” making the decision to be a “stay-at-home” mom to raise her three children. After 35 years of marriage, and recently welcoming two grandchildren, Bolton was inspired to do what she could to restore Illinois so that future generations would not be compelled to leave.

Over the past decade, Bolton has been a public servant leader in the following roles, a Plainfield Township tax collector; chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Will County; the Will County Republican Executive Committeeman for Outreach and

a Board Member of The Spanish Community Center in Joliet.

“I am a firm believer in fewer taxes, less intrusive governmental regulations, and the responsible spending of your tax dollars,” said Bolton in her campaign materials.

She stated she will go to Springfield and fight for transparency, honesty, and open dialog with constituents.

She will cater to what is best for taxpayers, not special interests.

While Bolton is grateful for the education she earned at Romeoville High School, she believes families should have the freedom to choose the schools where their children are educated, without being penalized for going to a private school or a public school not located in their zip code. Both Manley and Bolton ran unopposed in the primary election.

The general election will be held Nov. 4. The 98th District is located entirely within Will County and contains portions of Bolingbrook, Crest Hill, Joliet, Lockport, Plainfield and Romeoville.

InsTagram: readers, send us a #selfie of you reading @buglenewspapers & you could be featured in an upcoming issue!

T h ur sday, OcTOber 16, 2014 | rOm eOvi llebug le.cOm

5

cover story

Education bill would affect districts differently Law affects the 857 public school districts in Illinois, essentially pitting lower-income districts against their richer neighbors by laura katauskas sTaff rEPorTEr

katauskas@buglenewspapers.com @lkatauskas

School districts across the state claim to be cash-strapped and underfunded thanks to a system considered inequitable and archaic.

The introduction of new legislation, passed by the Senate in May, takes on an overhaul of school funding, with many area districts, such as Valley View and Joliet, standing to gain millions of dollars.

However to compensate, other more affluent districts -- such as Troy, Lockport High Schools and Plainfield -- would see a decrease in funding.

The law affects the 857 public school districts in Illinois, essentially pitting lower-income districts against their richer neighbors. Yet, both sides agree, what is needed is a fair system. Whether Senate Bill 16 does that is at the crux of a huge debate over school funding.

The bill now stands before the House of Representatives, expected to come up in November. However, the House of Representatives has remained firm on their stance they will not call the bill in its current form, with discussions on how to compensate for state-mandated programs ongoing.

A 2012 national report of the Education Law Center of New Jersey and Rutgers University, ranks Illinois next to last, at 47, out of the 48 ranked states, with the most regressive public education funding system, which means districts with high poverty populations are receiving less state and local funding than more affluent districts.

In 2014, an updated version of the report shows that Illinois made slight improvement, ranking 43rd out of 48 on that same measure of education funding distribution.

Senate Bill 16 aims to overhaul the system into a progressive system in which the majority of state funding is means-tested and distributed based on local ability to pay.

Local senators Pat McGuire, D-Crest Hill, and Jennifer BertinoTarrant, D-Shorewood, voted for the bill.

“Some districts have the local wealth to give their students the education they need to succeed,”

McGuire said. “And given the 21st century economy, some districts don’t. Senate Bill 16 addresses that problem by directing limited state resources to those districts with low property wealth and high student needs. When every student in Illinois, regardless of where he or she lives, gets an excellent education, our state will move forward.”

The Illinois State Board of Education said the legislation’s centerpiece is a completely new model for school funding that creates a weighted student formula, with approximately 82 percent of funds going through one funding stream that is equalized to account for district property wealth.

The current system, in contrast, balances 44 percent of state education funding against local ability to pay.

The ISBE explains the new weighted formula would produce student weightings to account for one or more specific student characteristics. Districts would receive more money for pupils who show one or more of a list of attributes. Proposed weights include English Language Learners, Special Education Students, LowIncome Students, Gifted Pupils, and Transportation, in which student weightings would be based on a district’s population density of those types of students.

A loss would be capped at $1,000 per student.

For districts such asValleyView, the change would be significant. Though SB16 is still being discussed and will likely be amended before it comes for a final vote, Superintendent James Mitchem said, as currently drafted and as calculated by the Illinois State Board of Education, District 365U stands to gain an additional $490 per pupil in funding, for a total boost of $8.4 million.

“As you know, we have been hard hit by proration, losing roughly over $10 million of our operating budget over the past four years,” said Mitchem. “These new dollars are therefore badly needed as we work to ensure the best educational experience for every student. New funding – which will be phased in over four years – will allow us to maintain class sizes, and maximize our continued growth at the levels

SENATE BILL 16 FUNDING WhErE IT sTands

The bill now stands before the House of Representatives, expected to come up in November CurrEnT sysTEm

The current system, in contrast, balances 44 percent of state education funding against local ability to pay PublIC hEarIngs

ISBE has announced public hearings to guide FY 2016 budget development

needed to ensure appropriate student achievement.”

Plainfield School District 202 has not taken an official stance on the bill.

Those in favor of the bill are not all from “winning districts.”

Bertino-Tarrant said she lives in a school district -- Troy -- that would be “losing” under SB16 as it is currently written, meaning the schools her own children attend would also face reductions in state dollars.

“And while I certainly understand parents being upset about the idea that their children will ‘lose’ under this proposed legislation, the dollars we spend on education in the suburbs can’t be compared to what it means to try to educate children in Chicago or very rural southern Illinois,” said Bertino-Tarrant.

“That difference becomes glaring when we think about the fact that Chicago Public Schools need safe passage routes just to ensure that children can get to school safely every day, and some rural community schools may not have adequate heat during the winter months.

“A loss in state funding in our area might mean that we have to prioritize needs differently. This level of disparity is unacceptable.

My decision to vote for this bill was based on the fact that our children should not receive such different opportunities for success based simply on where they live,” continued Bertino-Tarrant.

State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, agrees the funding formula needs to change, however she isn’t sure SB16 is the answer.

“We also owe it to our students, our teachers and to Illinois families to provide needed resources for the best education possible without increasing our already skyrocketing

property taxes, “ said Manley. “As it stands now, I don’t think that Senate Bill 16 is the best way to do that.

“It’s important for us to improve the quality of education services for students, especially those struggling with poverty, language barriers, high transportation costs and special needs, and I would like to thoroughly review our options so that no child falls through the cracks.

I look forward to working with my colleagues as well as area residents, administrators and educators towards a solution.”

State Rep. Emily McAsey,

D-Lockport, could not be reached for comment as of press time.

Mitchem, in a plea to district parents, asked for them to join the effort to support the bill and raise awareness based on the simple belief that it provides fairness for all the students in Illinois.

“We are only as strong as our neediest children. Under our current system, no one wins,” said Mitchem.

“There is no doubt that as a state we need to invest more in educating our children, but first we must ensure

see EduCaTIon | page 19

www.crimestoppersofwillcounty.org • 800.323.6734 T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | 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.

Christopher Dorado, 37, 312 Eaton, was arrested at 11:33 a.m. Sept. 28 and charged with retail theft in the 200 block of West Romeo Road.

1

Gregory Grant, 41, 6632 S. Hermitage, Chicago, was arrested at 4:59 p.m. Oct. 1 and charged with retail theft and an attempted obstruction identification in the 400 block of South Weber Road.

2

7 10

Zachary Rowland, 21, 765 Geneva, was arrested at 8:45 p.m. Oct. 1 and charged with possession of cannabis, no valid driver’s license and drug equipment near Route 53 and Normantown Road.

3

12

Daniel Wooters, 35, 205 Hayes, was arrested at 11:31 a.m. Oct. 2 and charged with disorderly conduct in the 200 block of Hayes Avenue.

13 3 11

4

1 6

15

4

Paul Jagminas, 59, 14315 S. 5 Pennsylvania, Dolton, was arrested at 2:13 p.m. Oct. 3 and charged with failure to report an accident, failure to give aid, obstructed registration, leaving the scene, and failure to reduce speed near Taylor and Weber Roads.

5

Alann Alarcon, 18, 11 Dover, was arrested at 7:34 p.m. Oct. 4 and charged with possession of cannabis in the 100 block of West Romeo Road.

6

2

Jarret Hawkins, 26, 804 7 Harris, was arrested at 7:35 p.m. Oct. 4 and charged with two instate warrants and the possession of cannabis near Honeytree and Devon.

A burglary from motor vehicle was reported in the 200 block of Hayes at 5:12 p.m. Oct. 2. Unknown person(s) took a GPS from a vehicle that was parked in the driveway of the residence. Estimated value of the GPS is $500.

8

A criminal damage to property was reported in the 1600 block of Kimberly at 6:40 a.m. Oct. 4. Unknown person(s) smashed the windows and scratched the paint of a vehicle that was parked in the street. Estimated cost to repair the damage is $1600.

9

Brian Spain, 19, 14124 Buckner Court, Plainfield, was arrested at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 5 and charged with no valid driver’s license near Weber Road north of Lakeview.

10

Anthony McDonald, 42, 11 508 Fourth Ave., Joliet, was arrested at 6:53 a.m. Oct. 6 and charged with an in-state warrant

near Weber and Roads.

Normantown

Casey Carlson, 33, 127 8th St., LaSalle, was arrested at 4:50 p.m. Oct. 7 and charged with soliciting without a license near Weber Road and the Interstate 55 exit ramp.

12

Kelvyn Guerrero, 23, 42 Harmony Lane, was arrested at 9:01 a.m. Oct. 8 and charged with driving with a suspended license, no insurance and disobeying a traffic signal near Normantown and Weber Roads.

13

14

Robert Soper, 47, 50 Tahoe Lane, was arrested at 7:55

p.m. Oct. 8 and charged with no valid driver’s license, no registration lights and no valid registration near Weber Road and Wespark Parkway.

Joseph Smailis, 32, 702 Halstead, was arrested at 8:57 p.m. Oct. 8 and charged with an in-state warrant in the 1000 block of Romeo Road.

15

Send us your feedback at sweditor@buglenewspapers.com

T h ur sday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

7

column

Welcome to the new Bugle We look forward to your feedback By shelley holmgren page designer

sholmgren@buglenewspapers.com @BugleNewspapers

Hopefully if you’ve made it this far, and you’re reading this, you’ve noticed there are some new changes in your Bugle this week. We’re glad we didn’t scare you off.

As I mentioned last week, my name is Shelley, and I am the page designer for the Bugle/Sentinel newspapers. Along with Creative Director Andrew Samaan and the rest of the Bugle team, we’ve been working hard for the past year to give you the final product you’re holding in your hands. It’s been a long journey, and we hope you, our readers, enjoy what you see. Because all of the changes we have implemented in your Bugle/ Sentinel paper are exactly for you. We’ve worked hard to determine how here at the Bugle/Sentinel, we could give you the best product possible so you can get the most out of your weekly Bugle. So let’s break down these changes: On our front page, the first most noticeable change is our nameplate.

We’ve discarded the old, dark blue giant nameplate in favor of a bright, cyan blue to really pop off the front page.

Along with the nameplate, you’ll notice a symbol accompanying the Bugle/ Sentinel name. This new symbol is our way to communicate to you our new direction. Very similar to an easily recognizable Wi-Fi symbol, the Bugle/

Sentinel sound waves are meant to express communication - both in print and online. We want our papers to be a network of information to be shared with our strong network of neighboring communities.

Also on the front page, we now have more accessible teasers so you can get the most out of your newspaper, especially if you are on the go.

Another new feature we added is on Page 2 - our new welcome page. Here you will find a guide to the newspaper that week - both in print and online. We also include weekend weather, so you can start your weekend off on the right foot.

Continuing to news, we really wanted to build on what we have been doing with our content by enhancing the presentation to get the most out of our coverage. We will include easily accessible pull-outs for when events will occur, as well as any additional online links or information we believe will help.

Other small changes include our new Opinion pages, where you can have easy access on how to contact our staff, and we have also included our photos. We want our readers to be able to recognize us in the community and truly become an integral member of the Bugle/Sentinel family. This will also be a location in the future where we will feature such items and community Tweets from Twitter on relevant topics, as well as an opportunity to include more community feedback.

We have also updated the look and feel of our Sports section to highlight the

It’s been a long journey and we hope you, our readers, enjoy what you see. Because all of the changes we have implemented in your Bugle/ Sentinel paper are exactly for you. athletes and coverage our Sports team brings you each week.

Most importantly, the biggest change we want to implement for the future of our newspapers is more involvement from you, the readers. If you look at the new page headers, you can see we are now featuring different ways for the community to be involved via social network. We want to hear from you, so tweet us, or mention us in your posts and photos on Instagram and Twitter.

Please email us your comments and concerns about your community. We are here to serve you, and the best way we can do that is to have your voice be an integral part of our coverage.

We’ve worked hard to bring you a product we truly feel you will get the most out of. We would love your feedback. If you look to the left of this page, you’ll easily find how to get ahold of us. Feel free to let any of us on the staff know how we can best bring the coverage to you.

We hope you enjoy your new Bugle and thank you for your patience as we bring you a bigger, bolder Bugle and Sentinel.

8

TWITTER: Readers, Send us a #selfie of you reading @Buglenewspapers & you could be featured in an upcoming issue!

T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

business

Home-grown doctor helping residents smile Paul Singh, DDS, grew up in Romeoville and is a 1987 graduate of Romeoville High School Paul Singh, DDS and Pradeep Khurana, DDS celebrated the 15th anniversary of their opening of Valley View Dental on Tuesday, Oct. 7, with a celebration that included a plaque presentation from Romeoville Mayor John Noak and a surprise luncheon organized by the Valley View Dental staff.

Singh, DDS, grew up in Romeoville and is a 1987 graduate of Romeoville High School, where he wrestled. One of his patients is his former

wrestling coach.

Singh and Khurana met when they were associates at a dental practice in Wheeling.

They soon realized that they would make great partners and after deciding that Romeoville, Singh’s hometown, was a growing community, opened Valley View Dental at 441 N. Weber Road (next to the former Dominick’s) on Oct. 7, 1999, where it still in operation today.

The practice has grown tremendously in the last 15

To see all of the services that and learn more about Valley View Dental, visit www.VVDENTAL.COM. years, expanding three times to its current size of eight dentists and offers numerous services including orthodontic, cosmetic and oral surgery, but the base of their business is still family dental work and they’re accepting new patients currently.

To see all of the services that and learn more about Valley View Dental, visit www.VVDENTAL. COM.

Submitted Photo

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Paul Singh, DDS and Pradeep Khurana, DDS

For WHeN yoU WaNT To TaKe 5 miNUTeS For yoUrSelF T h ur sday, OcTOber 16, 2014 | rOm eOvi llebug le.cOm

Aries

MARCh 21 TO ApRil 20

Without risk there’s no reward. Your likelihood of risks paying off is better at the beginning of the week than the end. Romantic partners could be somewhat unpredictable.

Social events could hold surprises.

gemini

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

If something needs fixing, get at it. Mercury, the ruler of your sign, is retrograde, so you might prefer to wait to make major decisions. Use your spare time in the week ahead to rethink and reassess past decisions.

leo

j U lY 2 3 T O A U G U S T 2 1

You gotta have friends. In the week ahead, you might find you’re under pressure to perform at your best under trying conditions. No matter how tough the going gets, be sure to treat people the way you’d like to be treated.

Across 1 SOME lEGAl CASES 9 iTS RESUlTS COMMONlY fAll BETWEEN 70 ANd 130 15 TAkE iNvENTORY? 16 ShAdE 17 NURTURiNG 18 ShilliNG SpENdER 19 O OR A, E.G. 20 BOTTOM TOppER 22 Old-SChOOl lAMENT 23 diSChARGEd BRiTiSh SOldiER 25 ElECTRONiC MUSiC GENRE 27 COlOGNE ARTiClE 29 SiGN Of SUMMER 30 ROxY MUSiC AlUM 33 SiRiUS B, fOR ONE 38 fOOd SAfETY Aid 39 ThEY iNClUdEd ChOpiN’S “pRElUdE iN E MiNOR,” iN A filM TiTlE 40 pRiNCETON REviEW SUBj. 41 MiT SlOAN dEGREE 42 WhEElS 43 TOOk iN 46 STAiRCASE SUppORT 50 ARABiC fOR “STRUGGlE” 53 SAlTS 55 “ThE diANA ChRONiClES” AUThOR BROWN 56 fUlfillS A NEEd 58 ThEY GET hiGh ON OCCASiON 60 MORE fUTilE 61 RiNG 62 MAkES hOT 63 2012, E.G.

Down 1 2 3 4

EqUAllY hOT OARlOCk piN TRiBAl EMBlEM vENUS COUNTERpART 5 iNdiANS’ hOME, ON SCOREBOARdS

6 “COTTON CANdY” MUSiCiAN 7 kEY fOR SOME ClARiNETS 8 pANAChE 9 NEWSpApER SUpplY 10 NiCkNAME fOR lEONA hElMSlEY 11 SiERRA fOllOWER, iN ThE NATO AlphABET 12 SiNGER BORN EiThNE pATRiCiA N’ BhRAONáiN 13 WhOlE lOT 14 plACE fOR AN AddER? 21 WOOd ShOp dEviCE 24 AUThOR Of ThE ChildREN’S BOOk “ThE SAGA Of BABY diviNE” 26 vAliANT 28 ThERApY GOAlS 30 MAjOR fiNAlE? 31 hiGhlANd REjECTiONS 32 BRUiN GREAT 33 SMAll dAM 34 EAT 35 MAkE pOTABlE, AS SEAWATER 36 likE SOME hUMOR 37 CABiNET pART

38 plANT ACTiviTY: ABBR. 43 BATES COllEGE lOCAlE 44 Oil hOldER 45 GO (ON) dUllY 47 RECOil 48 NAME ON A WWii fliER 49 SURGERY TOOl 50 lANGUAGE Of SOfTWARE ENGiNEERS 51 NOvEliST TURGENEv 52 WhiTE hOUSE ChiEf Of STAff AfTER hAldEMAN 54 hUMANE ORG. 57 YEARBOOk SECT. 59 CRiTiCizE

librA

SEpTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23

Take along a life jacket in case you get in over your head. Social events and close personal relationships could dominate your thoughts in the week ahead. Pinch pennies and exercise thrift for the best results.

sAgittArius

NOvEMBER 23 TO dECEMBER 22

Business and pleasure are often compared to oil and water, but if you mix them together you can create a great salad dressing. In the upcoming week, your popularity and business sense are enhanced.

AquArius

jANUARY 21 TO fEBRUARY 19

Sometimes when you’re enthused about something you forget there are limits. If you go overboard this week, you might earn disapproval from your spouse or partner. Try to keep a lid on your frivolous ways.

9

tAurus

A p R i l 2 1 T O M AY 2 1

Warm milk may be needed. You could experience a few sleepless nights. Cross all your T’s and dot all those I’s so no one will have a reason to get on your case this week. Remain above reproach.

cAncer

j U N E 2 2 T O j U lY 2 2

Adapt rather than argue. Just when you think things are finally going your way in the coming week, a surprising message arrives or you’re faced with a challenging situation. Treat a family member or partner like your best friend.

virgo

AUGUST 22 TO SEpTEMBER 23

Being meticulous matters. You may have the urge to throw things out or replace possessions just for the sake of change in the week to come. You may be wiser to just get everything organized before taking drastic measures.

scorpio

OCTOBER 24 TO NOvEMBER 22

Your passion for the good things in life could get out of hand. Someone may encourage you to break with tradition in the week ahead. If you let your hair down, you may get it tangled in the wheels of change.

cApricorn

dECEMBER 23 TO jANUARY 20

There are plenty of fish in the sea. A passing fancy could put you in the thick of a complicated relationship situation. In the week ahead, you may meet many new people but not all of them will be “keepers.”

pisces

fEBRUARY 20 TO MARCh 20

Count your pennies. You’re a good friend and sympathetic toward others. In the week ahead, don’t lend money or buy extravagant gifts. Focus on taking care of your financial responsibilities first.

Tribune Content Agency 2014

Sudoku

Jumble

PreviouS Puzzle’S anSwerS

PreviouS Puzzle’S anSwerS

PreviouS Puzzle’S anSwerS

Jumbles:

• GUMMY • OUNCE • BETRAY • SUBURB

Answer:

WhEN hiS WifE ShOppEd fOR A diShWAShER, hE hAd TWO ChOiCES -- BUY OR BE

10

For our little Bugle readers. Show us your work #BugleKids T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

thursday, october 16, 2014

page 11

>> inside: sparTans picK up pair OF cOnFerence wins page 13 bolIngbrook, romEoVIllE look To makE WaVEs In ThE sTaTE sErIEs

football

Spartans

shocked Romeoville builds big lead, falls in second half to Tigers

by scott taylor sPorTs EdITor

staylor@enterprisepublications.com @taylor_sports

There is an old saying about a football game that says, “The game was a tale of to halves.”

That saying could never be more true than it was Friday night at Plainfield North when Romeoville came to town.

The Spartans (2-5 overall, 2-3 in Southwest Prairie Conference) led 40-14 at the half and had the ball to start the second half.

However, it was all Plainfield North in the second half as the Tigers (5-2, 4-1) rallied for a 4340.

“It was a huge win for our kids,” Plainfield North coach Tim Kane said. “We played poorly in the first half and their kids made a lot of plays. We played much better in the second half.”

“We were very good on offense in the first half and played great defense,” Romeoville coach Jeff Kuna said. “Second half, they went to a little bit of a zone

5

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS FOR ANTHONY KITCHENS

running attack and we didn’t tackle well in the open field.

Offensively, we moved the ball a little bit but couldn’t convert. We dropped a couple of passes that could have been big plays for us.

Those are the kind of plays we made in the first half. Bottom line is we didn’t make the big plays. Tip your hat to them, they came out in the second half ready to play, and obviously we weren’t.”

The 29-point second half was complete with 5:08 left in the game when Quintin Hoosman scored his sixth rushing touchdown of the game.

“The first half got us on our toes and we made sure that wouldn’t happen in the second half,” Hoosman said. “We came out and got the W. I am speechless right now. I’m so happy. We changed some things up and changed our attitudes. We got our energy back and came together. We kept pounding them.”

see shoCkEd | page 16

26

LEAD AT THE HALF FOR SPARTANS AGAINST TIGERS

PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR

Anthony Kitchens threw five touchdown passes in Romeoville’s 43-40 loss to Plainfield North Friday night.

TWITTER: For up -to-the-minute coverage of upcoming local sport events going on in your area, follow @VoyagerSport

12

T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

INSTAGRAM: Readers, attending a game in your area? Take a photo and tag @buglenewspapers for a chance to be featured!

T h ur sday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

13

roundup

Spartans pick up pair of conference wins The IHSA state volleyball pairings are out and both Valley View schools got a chance to see what road they will be on come playoff time.

Romeoville is the No. 16 seed in the Thornton Fractional South Sectional complex and will host the opening regional round. The Spartans will play host to No. 17 Bremen in the opener at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26.

PHOTO BY Scott Taylor

Lyric Miles and Romeoville won two SPC matches last week.

The winner of that match would face top-seeded LincolnWay North in the regional semifinal, with the winner playing the winner of No. 8 Oak Forest and No. 9 Plainfield North for a regional title.

The Spartans are heading into the end of the season on a roll, defeating a pair of SPC teams.

Romeoville beat Plainfield

see wins | page 16

TWITTER: For up -to-the-minute coverage of upcoming local sport events going on in your area, follow @VoyagerSport

14

T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

INSTAGRAM: Readers, attending a game in your area? Take a photo and tag @buglenewspapers for a chance to be featured!

T h ur sday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

football

15

Big plays hamper Bolingbrook in loss Raiders lost a pair of key players to injury, including right guard and punter and receiver Dimitri Akenten In the first few minutes of the game Friday night, it looked as if Bolingbrook was in the driver’s seat against SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue Division rival Homewood-Flossmoor, however, in the end, it was the Vikings that staged a come-from-behind 3528 victory and claimed the Alec Anderson Memorial Trophy.

The trophy was started last season and is named for Alec Anderson, the athletic director who served at both Bolingbrook and H-F and died in the summer of 2013.

“We don’t point fingers, we don’t make excuses. We lost the game to a good team that coming in had two losses to teams with a combined 11-1 record,” said Bolingbrook coach John Ivlow.

“They do that and (the media)

takes them out of the top 25 and we beat up on teams with losing records and get higher. We knew we were in for a war.”

It was the Raiders who won the early battles in the war as Minnesota-bound senior Jacob Huff blocked an H-F punt on the initial drive of the game, recovered and took it down to the 2-yard line.

Huff, a safety who is splitting time as a running back this season, then scored the TD on a 2-yard plunge.

On the ensuing Viking’s possession, junior linebacker Tuf Borland forced a fumble and returned it 6-yards to pay dirt, giving Bolingbrook a fast 14-0 lead.

The Viking were then able to hit the Raiders with big plays,

which has been their Achilles’ heel all season.

H-F junior quarterback Bryce Gray hit 14 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns to Two of those catches were to senior wide receiver Jared Sharp, who hauled in five passes for 172 yards.

He had an 81-yard score and then the eventual game-winner from 34-yards out, with 6:18 left in the game.

“We worked on shutting down their other weapons and when you take him away, it opens someone else up. The kid that caught those balls, he wasn’t on the top of our scouting report,” Ivlow said.

The Raiders focused their attention on Kendric Pryor (6 catches, 97 yards), tight end James Sheehan and twin brothers Deante and Devonte Harley-Hampton. Devonte had 135 yards on 21 carries, and

a touchdown, while Devonte scored on a 1-yard plunge just before halftime.

For Bolingbrook, Quincy Woods caught three passes for 40 yards and had more than 150 yards in return yardage for the Raiders.

Woods had a 74-yard kickoff return in between the two Sharp TD catches set up Julian Huff’s second 1-yard TD of the game, tying the score at 28-28.

The kickoff was pushed back after a taunting penalty by Sharp on the race to the endzone.

Isaac Lane paced the Raiders’ run game with yards on 12 carries.

The Raiders lost a pair of key players to injury, including right guard and punter and receiver Dimitri Akenten.

Akenten’s injury was a crucial one, as it happened on what Ivlow called a “missed” roughing the punter call when he was

sandwiched between a pair of H-F defenders. It hampered Bolingbrook in the punt game, as well as eliminating Akenten’s 6-foot, 4-inch frame in key passing situations late in the contest.

All-in-all, Ivlow is not worried about one more loss on the Raiders’ resume.

“Naperville Central won the title last year with three losses.

Losses don’t bother us, as long as we get in, we will play anybody in the playoffs. To get where you want to go, you have to beat them all anyway, so it doesn’t matter what order they come in,” he said. “We lost to a good team and it will make up more ready for the playoffs. We will look at film and correct our mistakes.

We have a few guys injured we need to get back, this is the most banged up we have been.”

TWITTER: For up -to-the-minute coverage of upcoming local sport events going on in your area, follow @VoyagerSport

16

T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com wins | from page 13 South 25-19, 15-25, 25-18 Nikki Crowley had 10 service points and 13 assists, while Lyric Miles had eight kills and Brooke Leach added five kills.

Jasmine Benitez tallied 10 digs.

The Spartans also beat Oswego 25-18, 22-25, 25-23.

Andrea Chaidez had 10 kills, while Miles had 5 kills. Nikki Crowley added 17 assists .

For Bolingbrook, the road to a state finals berth would take it right through the defending Class 4A state champion Mother McCauley.

The Raiders are the No. 15 seed in the Mother McCauley Sectional complex and are in the Shepard Regional.

Bolingbrook will open play on Monday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. against No. 19 Chicago Washington.

The winner of that match would take on No. 2 Lyons Township. An upset of the Lions would place the Raiders in a

shocked | from page 11 Romeoville drove into Tiger territory, but Kyle Pursel had a sack on 3rd-and-10 from the 30 causing 4th-and-16, where the pass was incomplete.

Hoosman then ran out the final three minutes as he finished with 293 yards rushing on 34 carries, including 20 for 171 in the second half.

“It felt great,” Hoosman said.

“Every game I come out and try to do my best. Every game I thank my lineman. I just do what I have to do for us to win the game.”

The option play in the second half, both the speed option and zone read, worked well with Hoosman and quarterback JD Ekowa in the second half.

On defense, North did some different things than what it did in the first half.

“We changed our coverage.

We adjusted our linebackers and changed the personnel a little bit,” Kane said. “That all contributed. They lost some momentum and dropped some balls and that helped too.”

“It wasn’t so much that they did anything different. It was more the fact that we didn’t execute,” Kuna said. “We didn’t pick up the blitzes as well. We didn’t catch some passes.

“And they were able to score on every drive.”

North scored first in the game on a 19-yard run by Hoosman

regional final match against either No. 7 Shepard or No. 10 Stagg.

Brooks Middle School edged Martinez Middle School 1-0 Saturday to win the Valley View School District 365U soccer tournament.

Team members are: Leo Ballesteros, Gabriel Poteracki, Angel Mejia, Cameron Taylor, Adrian Maldonado, Juan Salas, Cristian Osornio, Axel Velasco, Christopher Zepeda, Raphael Paz, Gerardo Paz, AJ Vohra, Joey Jimenez, Zach Keating, Sergio Chavez, Jacob Lund, Esteban Castro, Julian Pacheco, Felippe Perez, Anthony Pacindo, Cristian Ramirez, David Silva, Joel Kaletta, Armando Castro and Paolo Mondini. Coaches are Cameron Barnish, Peter Pietruszewski.

• Jane Addams Middle School is sending it’s 5th team to the Illinois Elementary Association State Championships next weekend.

Addams edged Homer Junior High by 1 point to take the 3rd and final qualifying spot at the IESA Sectional meet Saturday at Bolingbrook Central Park using strong runs from eighth graders Nick Quintana, Gavin Villiger, and Jakob Gleason, 7th graders Joseph Balas, Justin Dmchowski and Kendall Scott, and 6th grader Matthew Balas to qualify.

Quintana finished fouth overall with a time of 11:15 for 2 miles.

Balas finished 3rd overall setting both the Jane Addams 7th grade and school records with a 10:55 for two miles.

Alternates Ithalo Mercado, Mitchell Frey, and Zach Sternberg will also head to next weekends class AAA State Championships in Normal.

On the girls side, Addams sixth grader Paula Hernandez led all the Valley View girls and set the girls sixth grade school record with a 13:11.

Humphrey’s Tyler Cushing finished 26th overall with an 11:52.

with 9:26 left in the first quarter, but Romeoville’s Kelvin Jones answered on their second play from scrimmage with an 80-yard touchdown run.

Spartan quarterback Anthony Kitchens then took the game over, throwing five first half touchdown passes and finishing the half 13-of-20 for 264 yards.

He found Manuel Nartey for a 28-yard strike and a great D’Lante Dawson catch made it a 20-7 lead midway through the first quarter.

A Dawson interception early in the second quarter led to a 40-yard touchdown pass from Kitchens to Nartey for a 26-7 lead.

A 61-yard Hoosman scoring run slowed the Romeoville momentum momentarily, but it came right back as Chuck Hunter caught a 34-yard touchdown and Tony Borges caught what would be the final score of the game for the Spartans late in the second quarter for a 40-14 lead.

After forcing a pair of threeand-outs, Hoosman scored on touchdown runs of eight and four yards to cut the lead to 4028.

In the fourth quarter, Zach Jarosz made the game-saving play for the Tigers when he picked off a pass in the end zone and ran it back to the Tiger 35.

Hoosman scored from six yards out with 6:33 left and the Tiger defense forced a three-

and-out and a bad punt led to the winning score moments later.

Kitchens finished the game 19-of-36 for 348 yards. Jones ran 14 times for 141 yards.

“He had a great first half,” Kuna said of Kitchens. “The second half he might have missed a few throws, but there were some balls we dropped, too.

He played a good football game.

Unfortunately we couldn’t come up with the plays we needed to in the second half.”

Nartey caught six passes for 109 yards and Dawson had five catches for 115 yards. Borges added five catches for 69 yards.

Romeoville played without starting running back Gill Whitaker and starting linebacker Justin Brandon, the Spartans’ leading tackler. Jones was also injured multiple times during the game.

“Defensively we were depleated and when Kelvin went down, it was another linebacker out and that really hurt us.”

Romeoville will look to regroup and finish the season strong as it is no longer eligible for the playoffs.

“They are great kids and they love football,” Kuna stated. “We are going to come back and look at film and game plan. It is not going to change the way we approach things. They want to finish off the season on a good note and win their last two games.”

Middle School

INSTAGRAM: Readers, attending a game in your area? Take a photo and tag @buglenewspapers for a chance to be featured!

T h ur sday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

17

GAME 8:

plainfield e. @ romeoville The details: The Spartans got up big last week and let the game get away from them in the second half against Plainfield North.

The loss eliminated Romeoville from a return trip to the playoffs and made the last two games basically meaningless except for pride..

Keys to the game: Have that pride.

Photo By scott taylor

The seniors need to step up and make sure they try and win the next two games to end their career on a high note.

D’Lante Dawson and the Spartans will be playing spoiler Friday night.

For the underclassmen, these next two games are about

GAME 8:

bolingbrook @ l-incoln---way E. The details: Bolingbrook (5-2, 3-1) has to get the offense right. In a key game against H-F, the Raiders could not sustain drives when they needed. No doubt H-F is a good team but so are the Griffins (6-1, 3-1). A win here would give the Raiders a share of the SWSC title.

What the Raiders need here is to just get the offense back on track and find a way to score points and take some pressure of the defense.

Keys to the game: Don’t

game time Friday, 7:30 p.m. give up the big play. For as heralded as the Raider defense is, it has been hit by big plays in wins and losses this year. East will pound the football and the D line needs to get penetration.

-compiled by mark gregory

Photo By Mark gregory

Bolingbrook has to play solid defense this week to beat the Griffins.

game time 7 p.m. Friday preparation.

Starting with Anthony Kitchens, who has proved to be a quality quarterback, the Spartan coaches have to find a way to send the seniors out in style and still get those young kids on the field and use these games to get ready for next season.

-compiled by Mark Gregory

TWITTEr: For up -to-the-minute coverage of upcoming local sport events going on in your area, follow @VoyagerSport

18

T h ursday, OcTOber 16, 2014 | rOm eOvi llebug le.cOm bolinGbrooK

q & a with local athletes

FeaturinG

Jessica innes

Bolingbrook Tennis

favorite social media outlet that you use?

Twitter What do you use it for the most?

I follow some sports and jokes and just because there are cute pictures of baby animals like hippos and hedgehogs.

andrew mccuTchen

Who is your favorite person to follow?

The Happiness page because it has cute pictures and those are the little things that are important in life

nhl teams For 2014-15 season 1 chicagO blacKhawKs Still one of the top teams

2 bOsTOn bruins a complete team

3 san JOse sharKs

great regular season team

ryan bakEr @ryanbakErsPorTs

4 la Kings

great playoff team

5 sT. lOuis blues

looking to break through

6 minnesOTa wild

could be surprise team

7 piTTsburgh penguins Just need some defense

@Taylor_Sports: Plainfield North’s Quintin Hoosman scores one of his six touchdowns in a 26-point comeback win.

“If you’re gonna burn Aaron Bailey’s redshirt year START HIM instead of a desperation move. #Illini” JEff allEn @JEffallEn71 “So where’s Aaron Bailey been hiding. You can’t sit playmakers #illini”

8 ny rangers

Will be competitive again

9 anaheim ducKs

Should be tough out

canadians 10 mOnTreal a very talented team

Pnhs aThlETICs @Pnhsad “Congrats to tennis players Gabby Ochalik at 1st singles and megan chaddick at 2nd singles who both won conference championships today!”

News about local businesses in your community T h ur sday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

19

dave says

Rehabbing to sell takes time, emotional energy In most cases, if you spend $10,000 you gain more than what you put into the house By dave ramsey

because both options — whether you’re sitting on the house or www.daveramsey.com @DaveRamsey rehabbing it — are going to take time and emotional energy. From a real estate Dear Dave, person’s perspective, My husband and I houses always sell better recently inherited my when they’re shined up parents’ home. It’s in and looking nice. When a a small, rural town prospective buyer walks with little industry, in and sees and smells and we’ve been told new carpet and fresh that the place would Dave Says money advice by paint, they don’t have to be worth $85,000 if it’s dave ramsey strain their imaginations cleaned up, compared looking past everything. to $75,000 as-is. Should we spend about $10,000 to really When you force potential buyers clean it up, replace a few things to look past things, it usually ends and make it presentable to sell it up costing you money.

In most cases, if you spend faster?

Terri $10,000 you gain more than what you put into the house.

Dear Terri, It’s really up to you guys, Honestly, I think one of the dave says

numbers you’ve given me is wrong — either the $85,000, the $75,000 or the $10,000 you think it will take to fix up the place.

In other words, if you spend $10,000 on a project like this, you’ll usually gain $20,000 when you’re talking about stuff like a thorough cleaning, new carpet and flooring, fresh paint and basics like that. My guess is if the place is worth $85,000 fixed up it’ll probably bring about $65,000 as-is.

If it’s me, I’m going to clean the place and fix it up. I’ve done hundreds, if not thousands, of these kinds of deals, and I can’t stand to try and sell something that’s dumpy, grungy and out of shape.

—Dave

Where does this money go?

Dear Dave, If you have a mortgage that

education | from page 5

Photo by Laura Katauskas/Staff Reporter

Discount shoppers delight—TJ Maxx is celebrating its grand opening Oct. 16 in the Shops of Romeoville.

business

Stores to open in time for holiday shopping At Airport and Weber Roads, is the new Goodwill store, which also recently opened Oct. 9

By Laura Katauskas staff reporter

katauskas@buglenewspapers.com @lkatauskas

Discount shoppers delight—TJ Maxx is celebrating its grand opening Oct. 16 in the Shops of Romeoville.

The 23,000 square feet of new construction began development in April off the corner of Airport and Weber Roads, next to the now

vacant Office Max. In addition to the TJ Maxx store, the developer, also has a new strip center constructed in front of Kohl’s and adjacent to Chili’s restaurant, with Dunkin Donuts, Chipolte and Sleepy’s, a mattress retailer, opening soon.

Across the way, at Airport and Weber Roads, is the new Goodwill store, which also recently opened Oct. 9.

that we invest the dollars we have equitably.”

He points out that Illinois has cut $1.4 billion from public education since 2009; that funding disparities continue to worsen in a state with one of the largest equity gaps nationwide; and that the state spends $2,500 less per-student than what the state’s independent funding commission recommends.

Still others are vehemently opposed. State Rep. Ron Sandack, R-Downers Grove, created an online petition asking colleagues to vote against SB16. DuPage County schools stand to lose a total of approximately $140 million through the provisions of the bill, he said.

Sandack is the chief sponsor of House Resolution 1276, which denounces SB16 and encourages a comprehensive and fair funding reform process that is inclusive of all stakeholder points of view, according to a release.

“SB16 is nothing more than a piecemeal reallocation of state resources that will impact hundreds of school districts and cause deep budget reductions and financial uncertainty,” Sandack said.

“HR1276 calls for a more equitable and reasonable

I would pay extra on the house. You know, a magical thing happens when you pay down a house and sell it somewhere down the road. The money comes back. You didn’t lose it. will be paid off in the next two or three years, should you pay extra toward the house or invest that money over and above the 15 percent you recommend putting toward retirement?

Walt Dear Walt, I would pay extra on the house. You know, a magical thing happens when you pay down a house and sell it somewhere down the road. The money comes back. You didn’t lose it.

Honestly, you’re not doing a bad thing by putting it into retirement either. But you don’t know exactly what will happen over the next several years of your life or the life of your

approach to education funding reform that extends outside of the parameters of SB16’s GSA redistribution. School funding is a serious issue and our ultimate reforms should be done in a way that allows all students to be winners.”

View the online petition at www.il. http://www.ilhousegop. org/sb16_petition.

Others have joined “Funding IL’s Future,” a collaborative campaign committed to improving how Illinois supports its students and schools, with a host of superintendents joining forces.

Check out the list of districts, leaders and organizations at http://fundingilfuture.org/.

“We believe, the journey cannot, and should not, stop with Senate Bill 16,” Mitchem said.

“It is increasingly clear that the state needs to invest more in its students and its future. We should all advocate for more education funding overall.

“But during these dire times in education funding, there is even greater need for a system that directs state dollars in a focused and responsible way where they are the most needed. Senate Bill 16 does just that. “Given what’s at stake for our district, and more broadly for our entire state, we urge you to get involved and have your voice heard.

investments. You might think you know. You might even have a plan. But the truth is even the best plans don’t always work out the way we want.

And if that happens, it sure would be neat to own your home outright!

—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.

In addition, the ISBE has announced public hearings to guide FY 2016 budget development. The ISBE is offering a series of public hearings across the state to gather opinions and ideas regarding education resources and funding as the Board develops its budget recommendation, typically sent to the General Assembly and Governor in January.

“One of the board’s most important roles is to serve as a strong advocate for sufficient and equitable funding for K-12 education to help ensure each and every student in the state is prepared for the rigors of college and careers,” said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch.

This year the hearings will also offer attendees an opportunity to voice feedback on SB16,Testimony from the FY 2016 budget hearings regarding SB 16 will be shared with legislators and ISBE staff.

Those who are unable to attend one of the five public hearings are encouraged to email any guidance or feedback to ISBE at isbefy16@ isbe.net. The nearest public budget hearings for FY 2016 in the area will be held at 5 p.m. Nov. 21 in Chicago at the Thompson Center, Conference Room 16-503, 100 West Randolph Street.

20

T h u r s d ay, O c to b e r 1 6, 2 0 1 4 | b ug le ne w s pa pe r s .com Business & Private Party Classified Ads: $16 per week, 20 words or less. Weddings, Births & Engagements: Black & White - $25, Color - $35. Obituaries: $35.

21

Thursday, October 16, 2014 | buglenewspapers.com

For more information, or to submit your own listing, email legals@buglenewspapers.com

22 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JOLIET, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS GENERATION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF ROBERTA R. MEYER, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ROBERTA R. MEYER, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF ROBERTA R. MEYER, DECEASED, RUTH SCHATZ, KENNETH MEYER, PAUL MEYER, JAMES MEYER, LAURA O’MEARA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT and LAKEWOOD FALLS CLUB TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION, Defendants.

14CH 1855 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1673 WILLIAM DR. ROMEOVILLE, IL 60446 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Roberta R. Meyer, deceased, Unknown Claimants and Lienholders against the Estate of Roberta R. Meyer, deceased, Unknown Claimants and Lienholders against the Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Roberta R. Meyer, deceased, Defendants, this case has been commenced in this Court against you and others, asking for foreclosure of the Mortgage held by the Plaintiff on the property located at 1673 William Dr., Romeoville, IL 60446, more particularly described as: The names of all plaintiffs and the case number are identified above.

The court in which said action was brought is identified above.

The names of the title holders of record are: Heirs and Devisees of Roberta R. Meyer, deceased A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: LOT 423 IN LAKEWOOD FALLS UNIT 7B BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 18 TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 20, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2002048631, AND AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED JULY 3, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2002-108531, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Permanent Index Number: 11-04-18-106-0470000 fka 04-18-106-047-0000 A common address or description of the location for the real estate is as follows: 1673 William Dr., Romeoville, IL 60446 An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Names of the Mortgagors: Melvin R. Meyer, deceased as of November 16, 2010 and Roberta R. Meyer, deceased as of September 16, 2013 Name of the Mortgagee: One Reverse Mortgage, LLC Date of the Mortgage: July 20, 2009 Date of the recording: August 26, 2009 County where recorded: Will County Recording document identification: Document No. R2009104068 YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the TWELFTH Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on November 5, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Will County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa St., Joliet, Illinois 60432. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. UNLESS YOU FILE your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this cause in the Office of the Clerk of this Court at the WILL County Courthouse, 14 W. Jefferson St., Joliet, IL 60432 on or before November 3, 2014, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT FOR FORECLOSURE. PAMELA J. MCGUIRE CLERK OF THE COURT THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 740 Decatur, IL 62525 111 East Main Street Decatur, IL 62523 Telephone: (217) 422-1719 I628200 Published 10/2, 10/9, 10/16

T h ursday, October 16, 2014 | rom eovi llebug le.com

Send us your feedback at sweditor@buglenewspapers.com T h ur sday, OcTOber 16, 2014 | rOm eOvi llebug le.cOm

23

Jill on money

How can procrastinators bridge the gap between intention and action? We’ll tell you how

by Jill schlesiNger

TrIbunE ConTEnT agEnCy

www.jillonmoney.com @bugleNewspapers

Last month, I had the privilege of interviewing productivity guru David Allen, who wrote a seminal work on the topic called “Getting Things Done: The Art of StressFree Productivity”. At the Financial Planning Association’s Annual Conference, David captivated 1,800 CFP(r) professionals with a terrific explanation of how easily we can be distracted and the best way to find focus and vision.

I thought about David after trying to conduct research on why people procrastinate. It’s not that we are inherently lazy, and according to Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University, who has been is a pioneer of modern research on the subject, “It really has nothing to do with timemanagement...As I tell people, to tell the chronic procrastinator to just do it would be like saying to a clinically depressed person, cheer up.”

Ferrari has found that as many as a quarter of people may be chronic procrastinators and it causes them stress, a drop in overall well-being and not surprisingly, can cost them money too - think late fees on credit cards, which add up to billions of dollars annually; filing taxes at the last minute, which prevents many from claiming many deductions to which they are entitled; and of course, failure to save for retirement, which can create financial problems in the future.

It’s not that procrastinators don’t know what to do-they understand that they really should track their expenses or draft a will, but they can’t bring themselves to do it. Ferrari says that some procrastinators avoid making financial decisions due to a psychological reluctance to be held responsible for a decision.

Perhaps one spouse avoids all of the financial and investment decisions

not because he or she “isn’t good at that stuff”, but the uninvolved spouse wants to retain the right to second-guess the money-managing spouse later!

How can procrastinators bridge the gap between intention and action? David Allen says that part of the problem is that all of the things we have to do are rattling around our brains, causing us to drive ourselves a little crazy. He notes, “Until you see yourself doing it, you won’t see how to do it”. The good news is you can actually change your attention and focus by firing your neurons to be sensitive to the tasks that need addressing.

Allen’s system starts by capturing all the things that need to get down; imposing discipline so that you are in control; and then creating a plan for next actions. Once you get the stuff out of your brain and write it

ferrari has found that as many as a quarter of people may be chronic procrastinators and it causes them stress, a drop in overall wellbeing and not surprisingly, can cost them money too. down, you need to schedule time to check in on your progress. It can help to do this at the time of day when you have the most energy.

Also, when you are addressing those hard-to-accomplish tasks, try to limit distractions. I know that may sound nearly impossible in our hyper-connected world, but for some chunk of time, remove audio and visual alerts of new messages, do not log into social media and avoid opening too many windows on your browser.

According to experts, precommitting to goals can help.

You can start by making a public declaration, because your friends and family can help you stick to your pledge. “We know from research that you are more likely to

AVOIDING PROCRASTINATION dEClarE You can start by making a public declaration, because your friends and family can help you stick to your pledge.

CommIT

There are also some concrete steps to take in your financial life, like establishing automatic deductions from your paycheck. rEWard yoursElf

Ferrari advises rewarding yourself for completing that to-do. It’s fun to share your accomplishment with one of your cheerleaders. do something if you publicly post it,” Ferrari says.

There are also some concrete steps to take in your financial life, like establishing automatic deductions from your paycheck to a savings account, enrolling in a retirement plan and setting up autopay on as many bills as possible. If you think you need professional help, schedule that appointment and keep it!

Finally, Ferrari advises rewarding yourself for completing that to-do. It’s fun to share your accomplishment with one of your cheerleaders (spouse, parent, pal); spending extra time with your kids, your friends or giving yourself a mental break by doing something physical. Finally, you can also treat yourself by spending small dollars on something that you rarely do... after all, you’ve earned it!

(Jill Schlesinger, cFp, is the emmynominated cBS News Business analyst. a former options trader and cio of an investment advisory firm, Jill covers the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign on TV, radio (including her nationally syndicated radio show), the web and her blog, “Jill on money.” She welcomes comments and questions at askjill@ moneywatch.com. check her website at www.jillonmoney.com) (c) 2014 TriBUNe coNTeNT ageNcy, llc

how can procrastinators bridge the gap between intention and action? david allen says that part of the problem is that all of the things we have to do are rattling around our brains, causing us to drive ourselves a little crazy. he notes, “until you see yourself doing it, you won’t see how to do it”. the good news is you can actually change your attention and focus by firing your neurons to be sensitive to the tasks that need addressing.

Page 24 | Th u rsd ay, O c tob e r 1 6, 2 0 1 4 | r omeov illebugle. c om