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Remaining ballots won’t be tallied until Nov. 18, says Clerk

NEWS

Will county Sheriff race still in a dead heat

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NEWS local groups look for sponsors for veteran wreaths Operation Care Package again has a mission

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OPINION Who You callin’ a Sisyphus?

I remember when elections were nice, tidy events - but not anymore

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SPORTS JcAStatebound Angels win LaSalle Supersectional , headed to ISU

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The Details.

(Above) U.S. Air Force veteran Charles Mueller of Crest Hill served as a navigator in a B 17 bomber in World War II when he was shot down by the Nazis over Germany and spent 14 months is a German POW camp. (Below) U.S. Navy veteran Eugene Price of Joliet survived a Japanese kamikaze attack on his aircraft carrier at the Battle of Midway in 1942. (PHOTOS BY JEANNE MILLSAP)

the more than 1,200 joliet central high school students who packed the auditorium friday for the school’s Veterans day celebration cheered loudly for the veterans who were honored. they were able to participate, as well, when rotc major Phil jayko asked those gathered to stand when the band played the military song associated with the branch of service in which family members served. “my grandpa was in the army reserves,” said senior andrew matichak, a captain in the rotc. “it was nice to see and meet other veterans.” the ceremony was held during the last class block of the day on Friday. Veterans, most in uniform, filled the front four rows of the auditorium, and their names, branches of service, and in some cases, stories, were told.

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Friday • november 14

mostly sunny High: 33° Low: 22° Larry Walsh Jr. wins 86th district

Winning his second term, Lawrence M. Walsh Jr., reclaimed the spot for State Representative for the 86th District.

He defeated Republican Diane Harris, garnering slightly more than 65 percent of the vote.

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Voters pass Joliet Park District referendum

With more than 70 percent of voters in favor, the Joliet Park District wins a referendum to improve its facilities.

Rep. Natalie Manley wins second term

Democrat incumbent Natalie Manley State Representative won her second term for the 98th District.

Incumbent Dan Lipinski claims sixth term

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Democrat incumbent Dan Lipinski won his sixth term in the Congressional Third District.

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Local groups look for sponsors for veteran wreaths Will County-based Operation Care Package again has a mission Local group again needs help sponsoring wreaths for veterans cemetery.

Joliet-based Operation Care Package again has a mission of trying to make sure as many of the graves of the more than 30,000 veterans honored at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery have wreaths.

Each year, the number has grown, and so has the number of volunteers to place the wreaths on the gravesites.

But there still were some 6,400 or so wreaths placed last year, and Debbie Smothers of Operation Care Package is hoping to get even more this year.

Each wreath is $15, and those who purchase them can place them on the gravesites of their loved ones themselves, following

a short ceremony at 11a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.

This is the same day and time as other ceremonies held across the country.

And it is held no in all weather, so dress appropriately.

Those who can’t come out personally still can purchase wreaths, but they may not be able to be placed on a loved one’s gravesite, depending on the number of volunteers.

And people who do not have loved ones at the national cemetery are most welcome to donate wreaths as well.

Sponsorships for specific gravesites must be received by Nov. 22 to be included in this year’s ceremony. Funds received

after that date will be used toward the 2015 ceremony.

Orders can be placed by sending checks to Operation Care Package, Wreath Project, 611 Wilcox St., Joliet 60435.

There also will be a flag line at the ceremony.

Up to 150 American flags will be mounted on 10-foot poles held by veterans, military, ROTC, fire and police.

Those who would like to volunteer to hold a pole in the flag line should show up at 10 a.m. Dec. 13 at the national cemetery and see Tom. There will be a luncheon following the placing of the wreaths at Stone City VFW. Donations of food to pass, paper plates, bottled water or coffee would be appreciated.

For more information, email Smothers at proudarmysis4@ sbcglobal.net.

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Tom and Ryan Gade, 9, of Monee were among the dozens of volunteers to place wreaths by the markers of veterans and their wives during the 2013 Wreaths Across America ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. The group is once again looking for volunteers and sponsorships this year.

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Officials say losing courthouse would New Hours at the be a ‘Severe Blow’ to Downtown Joliet Shorewood-Troy City of Joliet and Will County – are the largest employers in Joliet’s downtown By nick reiher

managing editor

nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews

Building a new county courthouse anywhere other than downtown Joliet would be a “severe blow” to an area still trying to come back after 40 years of fighting, Joliet economic development representatives told a County Board committee Nov. 5.

Government – the city of Joliet and Will County – are the largest employers in Joliet’s downtown, said Pam Owens, Executive Director of the Joliet City Center Partnership, to the board’s Capital Improvements Committee.

The committee was to hear an update from Wight and Company on a possible “green grass” site for a new courthouse, one that would be built outside of Joliet. But company representative Jason Dwyer said they still are working on the numbers and would make a full report at another meeting.

“We want to make a thorough comparison,” he told the committee.

That includes not just the cost of building on a green grass site versus one in downtown Joliet, he said, but the cost of operating such a facility in a new spot, as well as implications

for long-term planning.

“We want to build for today, and design for tomorrow,” he said.

Owens, along with representatives from the city of Joliet and the Will County Center for Economic Development, told the committee downtown Joliet has much to offer in terms of restaurants – four new ones have opened recently – transportation with the new multimodal center under construction and education, with Joliet Junior College and the University of St. Francis making significant investments there during the past few years.

To draw more businesses, they said, downtown Joliet needs a steady user base, including those who work in or use the city and county facilities.

Owens said they also are trying to target downtown for residential rentals for young people, who like to live near dining and entertainment venues. Seniors also are targeting such living accommodations, she noted.

She said the downtown partnership will make a presentation on the revitalization plans to the Joliet City Council at 4 p.m. Nov. 20.

John Greuling, president and CEO of the Will County CED, said

downtown Joliet is at an important crossroads. “And we definitely want to see a courthouse built in downtown Joliet,” he said.

To that end, he said Will County CED would be willing to help with financing a courthouse downtown.

And reopening Chicago Street to through traffic from Washington to Jefferson would let developers know people in the community are solidly behind a renaissance for downtown Joliet.

Despite support on the County Board for keeping a new courthouse in downtown Joliet, Board Member Steve Balich, R-Homer Township, said he wanted to make sure taxpayers don’t pay an undue amount for keeping it there over a site in another area close to Interstate 355, Interstate 55 or Interstate 80.

“We should be thinking of this as a 50-year plan, not a five-year plan,” Balich said.

Republican Caucus Chair Jim Moustis of Frankfort said the county has had a good partnership with the city of Joliet on broad capital plans, including the new courthouse and a new Sheriff’s Department complex on Laraway Road.

But the partnership hasn’t always been equal, Moustis added, with the county seeming to shoulder a greater burden of the “heavy lifting.”

He said going forward, he hoped the relationship could be more equal.

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Gossip about Joliet Catholic Academy untrue Joliet police carefully checked the school Thursday morning, investigated the situation

By Stewart Warren staff reporter

stewartwarren509@yahoo.com @stewartwarren

Although the rumors were flying fast on social media Thursday, nothing terrible happened at Joliet Catholic Academy.

The Joliet police carefully checked the school Thursday morning, investigated the situation and did not find anything unusual or dangerous, Deputy Chief Ed Gregory said.

It all began on Wednesday when a boy was writing some song lyrics in a notebook, and another student happened to read them, Gregory said. That student spoke to a parent.

“The parent called us and said that a kid was supposed to bring a gun to school. We went there and the kid adamantly said, ‘No,” Gregory said.

The rumor was fueled by a 22-week-old photograph of the lyric writer that someone spotted on some form of social media,

Gregory said. The boy’s family hunts, and the young man had posed with a rifle.

When police spoke to his parents, they determined the boy did not have any access to weapons. And the boy had no intention of doing anything wrong. “He said, ‘I would never hurt anyone,’” Gregory said.

Although it was a misunderstanding, the Joliet police appreciate it when residents alert them about possible problems. “We respond to all calls, reports and incidents,” Gregory said.

Public Library Library will now be open until 6 p.m. on the weekends beginning Dec. 5 The Shorewood-Troy Library conducted a survey of our public this past summer. One of the consistent results we got back was that people wished we had longer hours on the weekends.

We are currently open 9-5 Friday and Saturday, and Sunday 1-5.

Still, the feedback we were getting was that there weren’t enough hours on weekends – and we get it, it’s hard to make it to the library before 5 if you’re just getting off of work or getting kids home from school.

The Board voted at their September Board meeting to extend the hours on all three days to 6 p.m. starting Friday, December 5th! The new hours will be 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. -6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday 1-6 p.m. This will mean that our

library will be open 71 hours a week to serve our community.

We are able to add more hours by shifting staffing around, so it will not cost the taxpayers any extra money to add the new hours. However, we want to make sure the hours are used. The new hours are a six-month test to see if they will be used. The Board of Trustees will look at the usage in May of 2015 and determine if the hours are useful.

Also, the Library Board voted in their October meeting to eliminate two holidays for 2015 that we had previously been closed: President’s Day and Veterans Day (we will still observe this Veterans Day in 2014). We believe that we should be open those two days so that everyone can access books and information to show how great our country truly is. Being open those two days, we will be able to be open to kids off from school and to provide programming to our public.

For more information about these changes, please call 815725-1715.

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Will County Sheriff race still in a dead heat Remaining ballots won’t be tallied until Nov. 18, says Clerk

Kaupas

By Stewart Warren staff reporter

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PHOTOS BY JOHN PATSCH

Democratic Will County Sheriff candidate Mike Kelley, left, watches the election results at Broken Arrow in Lockport with friends and supporters.

The Will County Sheriff’s race isn’t over yet.

Despite the fact that the polls closed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, no one knows if republican Ken Kaupas or democrat Mike Kelley won. And no one will know for about two weeks.

Why? In that tight race, there are at least 1,300 ballots that still haven’t been counted. And they won’t be tallied until Nov. 18, Will

of the city of Aurora that is in Will County, or 51.6 percent of the vote in seven precincts Has a total of 93,915 votes

Has 92,979 votes in Will County, or 50.07 percent of the vote in the 303 precincts Has 1,106 votes in the portion of the city of Aurora that is in Will County, or 48.4 percent of the vote in seven precincts Has a total of 94,085 votes

County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots said. “That is why it is too close to call in the sheriff’s race,” she said on Wednesday afternoon.

The 1,300 votes are provisional ballots. Because of a new state law that went into effect this year, voters were allowed on Nov. 3 and 4 to come to Voots’ office and four other locations, show identification, register to vote and then vote. About 723 ballots were cast in that fashion during those two days, Voots said.

And there’s more.

There also are about 622 other provisional ballots – a slightly different type of provisional ballot -- that must be checked and counted, Voots said. Those ballots were cast at the county’s 303 polling places on Election Day. Here’s how it worked: Those residents came to the polling place, explained that they had registered to vote and asked to vote – but the polling place did not have documentation showing that the resident actually was registered, Voots explained.

Nevertheless, those residents were allowed to vote. So each one of those ballots must be verified before Nov. 18.

And guess what? There might be even more uncounted ballots.

There might be, for example, residents who completed an absentee ballot, put it in the mail in China, and had it postmarked

by Nov. 3. Their ballots might still arrive at the County Building before the cut off date of Nov. 18, Voots said.

All that aside, here is the preliminary results as of Wednesday:

Kelley Has 92,737 votes in Will County, or 49.93 percent of the vote in the 303 precincts Has 1,178 votes in the portion

The Aurora votes are listed on the web site for the city’s election commission. They won’t be included in Voots’ numbers until Nov. 25. So Kaupas has 170 more votes than Kelley -- for now.

But who knows what’s inside of those 1,300 uncounted ballots?

The uncertainty is good news for Kelley, the veteran Will County police officer who would like to win. When Voots told him that there were so many uncounted ballots, he was pleased.

“I feel belter today than I did last night, after the votes were in,” Kelley said Wednesday afternoon.

“Now I see that there is still a chance.”

For him, the race went as expected.

“I knew I was in for a dog fight.

I hoped that it would be a fight to the end, although I would have liked to have thrown a knockout punch early. But I knew it was not possible in this race,” he said.

On Wednesday night, his opponent noted that it was a hard-fought campaign on both sides.

“We’re optimistic about the outcome,” said Kaupas, the retired state police officer who is now a Will County Deputy Chief.

Ed Ronkowski, the chairman of the Will County Republicans, said Kaupas should win.

“It is a statistical tie,” Ronkowski said.

Historically, the uncounted provisional ballots tend to track in the same direction as the counted ballots, so it is unlikely that Kelley will earn enough votes to beat Kapuas, he added.

“It is not going to be so lopsided that Kelley will be able to make up the difference,” Ronkowski said.

Scott Pyles, the chairman of the Will County Democrats disagreed.

It ain’t over til it’s over, as they say.

“I think Mike Kelley is going to come out on top,” Pyles said.

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Landslide referendum leads to more slides for Joliet parks $19.5 million question passed, garnering more than 70% of the vote By nick reiher

managing editor

nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews

After all the work they put in on the Joliet Park District referendum, Glen Marcum said he isn’t surprised it passed on Nov. 4.

But the Park Board President and election specialist said he is amazed the $19.5 million question passed as easily as it did, garnering more than 70 percent of the vote.

“I figured 60 percent,” said Marcum, a mechanic waiting for a part to come in at Bertino’s Auto Service near Six Corners. “As far as anyone can remember, the Park District never passed one before.”

They were confident in this one, because they had done their homework. A phone survey showed more than 60 percent of the respondents believed the Park District was using its money wisely.

A more broad mail survey told Park District officials want they wanted and what they didn’t want.

“We were looking at some revenue-generating ideas; that’s why we thought a second sheet of ice at Inwood would have been a good idea,” Marcum said. “But the residents said they didn’t want it, so we took it out.”

Residents sending in their surveys also said they could support a referendum if it were under $20 million, so Park District officials brought it to $19.5 million and a tax bite that would take only $20 or so more a year from owners of an average Joliet home.

The Park District also had a solid referendum committee, Marcum said, wide-ranging across all parts of the sprawling district, and with some heavy hitters like former JJC President J.D. Ross and Terry D’Arcy. Marcum calls the former one of the nicest men around, and the latter, one of the most humble and community-driven people he ever has worked with.

D’Arcy already was helping the community by working with a committee aiming to raise funds for the Fourth of July fireworks display.

PHOTO BY JOHN PATSCH

Matt Pehle, left, joins Joliet Park Board trustees Glen Marcum, Art Schultz, Jr., and Timothy Broderick to watch the Election Night results come in at Traditions in the Park District’s Inwood facility. They were amazed at the amount of support the referendum had that night.

When he heard the Park District was considering a referendum, Marcum said, D’Arcy jumped right in.

The committee presented to community groups on both sides of town, letting them know what they wanted to do and why. It was clear the need was there, Marcum said.

Playground equipment installed in the ‘90s has a lifetime of about 15 years. Park services has done a great job putting on Band-Aids to keep them safe and useable, he said.

So they identified 22 parks on the East and near West sides in most need of new equipment. They also knew security at Pilcher Park had to be included, as did new roads there.

“Every Monday, Don Dickinson would spend half a day pulling garbage dumped there out of the park. Tires, Marcum said, a lot of tires, stacked up so he knows they are from a small business dodging the disposal fee.

So now Pilcher Park will have a security gate at each end, as well as

license plate cameras to go with the new roads. The latter will go in this spring. Marcum said they’re hoping they can get a good enough deal on playground equipment in bulk that would make their taxpayers’ dollars stretch even farther.

“That way, maybe we do 28 parks instead of 22,” he said.

Park District officials still will need community input for a community center to be built at Nowell Park. With $4.5 million to $5 million budgeted, he said he hoped it could hold indoor soccer and baseball, in addition to being a community center. Two things are certain, though, he added: “It will have to generate revenue, and it will not be a pool.” But there will be community meetings held to determine what it will be, he added.

The bond issue also will allow the Park District replace 100 trees felled by the Emerald Ash Borer, and provide another new indoor facilities at the Inwood Complex on West Jefferson Street.

Marcum said it’s exciting to think about the upgrades at the local parks and what they can mean to a community. He pointed to Cutter Park in the Forest Park area.

“It was a bad place; bad people hung out there,” he said. “Then we redid that park, and now we have families coming in. We’re hoping the new equipment will keep vandalism down at the other parks, too.”

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

Chanel J. Lewis, 21, 334 Water, was arrested at 2:06 p.m. Oct. 31 at 300 S. Ottawa for resisting and obstructing a peace officer and a warrant.

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Teren L. Frazier, 19, 817 Juniper, was arrested at 4:15 p.m. Oct. 31 on the 300 block of Joliet for criminal trespass to real property and resisting and obstructing a peace officer.

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SHOREWOOD Joncarlo Delatorre, 21, of 13315 S. Blakely Drive, Plainfield, charged with possession of cannabis, no valid driver’s license and speeding on Nov. 4 at Brookforest and Meadow drives.

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Angel L. Zickefoose, 41, of 2345 Peachtree Lane, Diamond, charged with driving while license suspended and failure to yield on Nov. 7 at 700 W. Jefferson St.

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JOLIET Michael L. Tavis, 22, 810 Gage, was arrested at 3:58 a.m. Oct. 31 at Henderson and Washington for battery.

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Mariam C. Golden, 31, 302 Belden, Glendale Heights, was arrested at 11:20 a.m. Oct. 31 at 1311 Clara for theft and no FOID.

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Timothy Benson, 26, 416 Campbell, was arrested at 12:10 p.m. Oct. 31 at 2524 W. Jefferson for retail theft and burglary.

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Lakeisher L. Taylor, 26, 311 N. Bluff, Apt. 303, and Madonna L. Beck, 30, 14921 E. Artesian, Harvey, were arrested at 9:29 p.m. Oct. 31 at 311 N. Bluff, Apt. 303 for domestic battery.

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Bernadine Crowder, 54, 121 Hobbs, Apt. 2, was arrested at 10:29 p.m. Oct. 31 at 121 Hobbs for false police report.

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Patrick J. Curry, 22, 114 Deleon, Ottawa, was arrested at 10:53 p.m. Oct. 31 at Caton Farm and Pebble Beach for attempting to obstruct justice and possession of cannabis.

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David Ornealas, 29, 1404 Elgin, was arrested at 12:29 a.m. Oct. 31 at Ohio and Landau for driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Daniel J. Zawadka, 33, 2441 Saddle Ridge, was arrested

at 1:57 a.m. Oct. 31 at 151 N. Joliet for domestic battery.

1:46 p.m. Nov. 1 at 151 N. Joliet for criminal trespass to land.

a.m. Nov. 1 at 215 Lincoln for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Jerry L. Porter, 31, 817 Sherman, was arrested at 10:44 p.m. Oct. 31 at 1400 Fairmount for Unlawful Use of a Weapon by felon, obstructing justice and criminal trespass to land.

Gloria S. HernandezContreras, 26, 827 N. Hickory, was arrested at 1:38 p.m. Nov. 1 at 2424 W. Jefferson for criminal trespass to land and theft.

Glenn M. Jessup, 26, homeless, was arrested at 1:38 a.m. Nov. 1 at 363 N. Broadway for criminal trespass to real property.

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James C. Lockhart, 41, 1304 Clara, was arrested at 1:59 a.m. Oct. 31 at 1115 Plainfield for aggravated assault, possession of cannabis, resisting a peace officer, obstructing justice.

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Sean P. Long, 24, 505 Flanagan Drive, Minooka, and Thomas P. Lange, 24, 1500 Bluestem Lane, Minooka were arrested at 7:52 p.m.

Nov. 1 at 2424 W. Jefferson for retail theft.

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Chrisma M. Johnson, 23, 609 Gardner, was arrested at 3:25 p.m. Nov. 1 at 609 Gardner for battery.

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William M. Dixon, 47, 623 Clement, was arrested at 5:33 p.m. Nov. 1 at 623 Clement for aggravated assault.

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William Garcia, 20, 9 N. Center, was arrested at 5:33 p.m. Nov. 1 at 3340 Mall Loop for retail theft.

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Amparo J. Guzman, 46, 209 Herkimer St., was arrested at

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Derrick A. Lewis, 23, 812 Hague St., was arrested at 10:18 p.m.

Nov. 1 at California and Demmond for possession of cannabis.

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Melissa A. Henry, 37, 1082 Crestwood Lane, Bolingbrook, was arrested at 6:53 p.m. Nov. 1 at 3340 Mall Loop for retail theft.

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Jacob M. Hoffman, 19, 13750 W. 151st, Homer Glen, was arrested at 12:38 p.m. Nov. 1 at 13750 W. 151st, Homer Glen for residential burglary and theft.

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Frank J. Luif, 62, 385 S. Windmere Circle, Matteson, was arrested at 12:59 a.m. Nov. 1 at 385 S. Windmere, Matteson for domestic battery and theft.

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Donna J. Henson, 51, 3116 Tyler Drive, was arrested at 1:50 a.m. Nov. 1 on the 1900 block of Essington for driving under the influence of alcohol and BAC over .08.

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Stacey D. Pruitte, 25, 215 Lincoln, was arrested at 2:08

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Naomi J. Skeldon, 67, 1908 White, was arrested at 5:17 p.m. Nov. 2 at Eastern and Ohio for DUI-alcohol.

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Rachel J. Basolene, 36, 1302 Betty Drive, Plainfield, was arrested at 7:15 p.m. Nov. 2 at 1302 Betty for domestic battery and criminal damage to property.

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Juan Ramirez-Conchas, 44, 810 Northfield Ave., Harvard, was arrested at 1:43 p.m. Nov. 2 at 2424 W. Jefferson for retail theft.

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Rebecca A. Shreve, 19, 625 Hudson Ave., Romeoville, was arrested at 5 p.m. Nov. 2 at 2424 W. Jefferson for retail theft.

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Alexandria Brancato, 21, 526 Ontario, was arrested at 5 p.m. Nov. 2 at 2424 W. Jefferson for retail theft.

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Brian K. Williams, 26, 10 5th Ave., was arrested at 11:23 a.m. Nov. 2 at 3340 Mall Loop for retail theft.

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Who You Callin’ a Sisyphus?

By nick reiher

managing editor

EDITORIAL

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ALEX HERNANDEZ • LAURA KATAUSKAS STEWART WARREN • MARK GREGORY • MIKE SANDROLINI

I remember when elections were nice, tidy events. We reporters would gather info on the candidates throughout the campaign, setting up our background copy for Election Night, so that all we would need to do is top off each story with the totals and a few quotes. Which was good, because by the time the totals were in in those days, it usually was in the wee hours of the morning. Sometimes, the sun was up when a race went final. By that time, we reporters and editors had had enough caffeine and sugar to open our own Starbucks … if they had them in those days.

Speaking of which, there was nothing open after 10 p.m. or so then. I mean places that would serve you food, not just liquid refreshment. Well, there was Family Table. … So really, there was nothing open. By 10 p.m., we were down to machine coffee, leftover pizza (usually just cheese by that time) and halves of donuts made many hours before. (Why do people take just halves of donuts and twists? Everyone knows they’re going back for the other half). And the election.

There would be a couple people from the paper at the clerk’s office in the county building, or wherever they put us to keep us away from the clerk. We would watch returns on a big screen they set up just outside the County Board room. That’s where the action was. Both parties were

there. Many candidates. If you wanted the numbers, that’s where you were.

When the finals came out, we would get a copy – two if we were lucky – of a folded computer paper list with the computer-typed totals. One reporter would work with a copy editor – usually “Hawk” Hazen – to enter the numbers into our system for the voting list.

The other would be torn apart and given to whomever was writing whatever story. In an hour or so, it was over. Unless the counters went down. Then you waited. More often than not, you still had your results that afternoon in the paper.

For the most part, it was over. That was that. Sometimes there would be the odd

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After months of seemingly endless negative TV and radio campaign ads, plus countless mailings, the election is blissfully over.

For the governor’s race alone, it is estimated that $10 million was spent as the two major candidates duked it out for our votes. As the executive director of a community-based nonprofit organization that faces funding reductions annually, I think of the thousands of ways this $10 million could have been used to benefit the tremendous number of Illinoisans who face a dearth of basic human needs each day.

It is now time for those who have been elected to follow through with their campaign promises. The countless social

ills that plagued our state before Nov. 4 remain: homelessness, infant/child/ elder abuse, illiteracy, unemployment, people with disabilities stuck in nursing homes, lack of community-based mental health and substance abuse services, pre-natal care, child care, and the list continues.

No one is immune from either being in one of these situations or having a friend who is. At some point in our lives, we all need “shoulders to stand on” to assist us in achieving our unique place as productive members of society.

These are the shoulders of teachers, social workers, mentors, neighborhood leaders, parents. As strong as they are, these shoulders are also in need of continuous strengthening.

All of us must do our part in making sure that our elected officials remain faithful to their campaign promises, such as creating competitive jobs, improving education, and restoring balance to our economy. We live in a democracy where everyone’s voice must be heard. I urge all of us to become familiar with those who represent us on all levels: city, township, county, state and federal.

The shoulders on which we stand will become stronger as long as we make our elected officials aware of what we the voters want. Now is the time for action.

Let us promise one another that we will unite and use “people power” to ensure that legislators act on behalf of those citizens they represent and not those with the biggest checkbooks.

Pam Heavens Executive Director Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living

letter to the editor

Painting a clearer picture for the Rialto In an article that appeared in The Bugle dated November 3, 2014, you reported on comments made by Joliet City Council members regarding recent fiscal management decisions made by the Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority (Rialto Square Theatre Board of Directors). These comments, by themselves, paint a distorted picture of Rialto operations and

intermittent economic challenges that face the theatre. The WCMEAA was not able to clarify the information presented at the Council meeting so we offer the following: For accuracy purposes the WCMEAA withdrew $200,000 from excess earnings generated by the theatre’s Major Endowment.

This is un-restricted interest earned on the principle which

the WCMEAA is entitled to use at its discretion.

Ticket sales have not met projections over the past four months and these sales trends have been tracked and managed since July. The downturn in ticket sales seems to be occurring throughout the state as economic conditions affect potential customer sales. Similar sales issues are

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Man’s discoveries include importance of Vitamin E in sunscreen Plainfield’s Walter Voyt discoveries include importance of Vitamin E in sun screen

By Pat Schager

for the enterprise

news@enterprisepublications.com @PlainfieldNews

Not everyone gets a “Eureka!” moment. But it came to Plainfield’s Walter Voyt, scientist and inventor.

Voyt worked for Amoco Chemical Company in Joliet for 31 years where he developed important trade products and patents.

Voyt claims his moment came when he was “fiddling around” studying how sunlight could cause skin cancer.

“My bosses were pretty laid back

about my work in the lab. I was a free agent as long as the work got done. It was a rare opportunity and a rare situation.”

And that’s how he got interested in the Vitamin E caper.

While studying the effects of Vitamin E on the skin, he discovered it could block certain UV rays that can cause cancer from the sun.

It took 10 years to get a patent for his idea. By that time, he was retired

by Amoco and Johnson & Johnson Company became interested in his discovery.

And simplified, a brand-new

product -- and a whole new industry -- were born.

“My thought was that this was worth gold, but I wasn’t interested in money. I never needed to get rich,” he said.

Voyt said his discovery was the highest high that no drug, no alcohol could come close to. “I did something that was so unique and a real first for mankind.”

Voyt received his Bachelor of Arts in science at Millikin University. “I have always loved math,” he said.

He became an environmental scientist and that is what brought him to Amoco.

He and his wife Carol are now retired and live in Carillon Estates.

They have two daughters and a son and five grandchildren.

So what does a retired scientist do every day?

“I bike ride every afternoon. I play Pickle Ball (which is a kind of whiffle ball tennis) with a group of likeminded friends on some mornings and I belong to Woodland RC Arrow model-air planes flying club.”

His true passion, model planes are hand-made and battery powered. He is very proud of his

PHOTOS BY By Pat Schager

Plainfield’s Walter Voyt, scientist and inventor, worked for Amoco Chemical Company in Joliet for 31 years where he developed important trade products and patents. unique designed planes and takes them out most mornings in the open fields near his home. The wingspans on most of the ones he has in his garage look to be over4 feet. “I have 60 airplanes, most in my basement,” alongside his very own science lab.

Voyt was inducted along with other inductees on Oct. 22 into the Senior Illinois Hall of Fame in the Labor Force category. He was called “a true American chemist and inventor” by the Illinois Department of Aging.

Inductees were recognized for special contributions made by older adults. He was presented with a teardrop shaped crystal mounted on a plaque with his name and inscription State Senior Hall of Fame.

Voyt was honored by the Plainfield Village Board during its Nov. 3 meeting where he was presented with a scroll from the state by state Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant. In accepting the scroll, Voyt said he had 31 years of fun. “It was never just work.”

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After 2 years, Republicans regain County Board majority Since the 2012 elections, the board was split evenly with 13 Republicans and 13 Democrats By nick reiher

managing editor

nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews

Will County Democrats waited more than 30 years to gain control of the County Board in 2012.

Republicans had to wait only two years to get it back.

Since the 2012 elections, the board was split evenly with 13 Republicans and 13 Democrats. Will County Executive Larry Walsh, a Democrat, could – and did – vote to break partyline tie votes, meaning, among other things, the Democrats gained control of all County Board committees.

Apparent losses in District 5 in Plainfield and Wheatland townships, and a stunning defeat of longtime Board Member Walt Adamic in District 9, means the GOP would have a 15-11 majority going in to 2015.

In District 5, Democrats Reed Bible and Shelia Raddatz lost to Republicans Darren Bennefield, who

garnered 31.04 percent of the votes, and Gretchen Fritz, 29.35 percent. It was Bible’s surprise victory in 2012 – aided by primarily Democratic results in the Will County portion of Aurora --that gave the Democrats the split.

Bennefield was to be former County Board Member Lee Ann Goodson’s running mate on Nov. 4.

Instead, he was appointed to replace her after she resigned to take a job with Edward Hospital. Fritz then was named his running mate.

In District 9, both incumbents now will be gone for2014-2015.

Lauren Staley-Ferry will take a seat on the board next to Republican Annette Parker, who came in over long-time board member Walter Adamic with nearly 35 percent of the vote.

Parker is a Lockport Township Park Commissioner and Director of Marketing and Sales at the Rialto Square Theatre.

Staley-Ferry, a manager at

CapitalOne, said she ran for the board “because I believe that my generation needs to start getting involved with planning our future.

I believe some diversity and fresh perspective is important in the Board Room.”

Some believe it was her union connections through her husband and her father-in-law, current County Board Member Mark Ferry of Plainfield, that helped her defeat incumbent Democrat Diane Zigrossi in the primary. Zigrossi, Democratic Caucus Chair, had been heavily involved negotiations that led a county employee union to strike a year ago.

Adamic, still shocked and disappointed a day after the election, said his involvement in those negotiations may have led to his defeat as well.

“First they got Diane in the primary,” he said, “and now me.”

Adamic said he worked hard throughout the district, and the loss also could have been associated with Republican Bruce Rauner’s

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rialto | from page 7 occurring at other performance venues throughout the state of Illinois.

The WCMEAA monitors and reviews Rialto operations and makes reports to the City of Joliet on revenue and expenses on a monthly basis. Additionally, annual audits are supplied to the City as requested and required since we are a recipient of city funds granted annually. It should be noted, however, that these annual city grants are not mandated.

Indeed the recent revenue downturn was unexpected. This phenomenon occasionally occurs and Rialto management has, with Board support, worked through these challenges. We expect this to be corrected in the near future.

The Rialto management team has demonstrated careful decision making and thoughtful planning so as to provide efficient and effective management of this historic and important community resource. Over the past 18 months the WCMEAA and Rialto management has worked with City of Joliet leadership to create a Strategic Plan to address funding, facilities and programming.

The City has been part of this process and has helped create the planning document which is now being implemented. Discussion of annual and long term funding

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initiatives has been part of this process and a proposal has been presented to the City for consideration.

Somepeoplehavecharacterized the Rialto has always having its hand out. While the City of Joliet has provided annual grants to support the theatre, the theatre has also raised millions of dollars, through the efforts of our Rialto Square Theatre Foundation and its Board of Directors. The funds have been invested in the building and amenities to insure that the theatre, an economic development engine for Joliet, will continue to serve the community for decades to come. We are doing our utmost to help ourselves but the challenges of operating this not-for-profit organization requires the participation of many local resources. We are committed to continue our efforts to oversee the operations of this community asset, to seek financial resources necessary to support the operations, its capital properties and to ensure that the community receives the highest return on the investment.

Respectfully submitted, James V. Smith, Chairman Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Tricia Simpson, President Rialto Square Theatre Foundation Randall Green, General Manager Rialto Square Theatre

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>> inside: local cross country runners are all state page 15 MinooKa’s asHLeY tutt

volleyball

Joliet Catholic

STaTeBoUND Angels win LaSalle Supersectional

By Mark GreGOry sports reporter

mark@buglenewspapers.com @Hear_The_Beard

FAIRBURY – While the Joliet Catholic Academy girls volleyball team had to take a nearly 90 minute trek this season to compete in the IHSA Class 3A sectional, but it was worth it to avoid rival Wheaton St. Francis.

The two foes have eliminated each other during years when both deserved to be in the state final four.

This year, both are, as the Angels won the LaSalle-Peru Sectional Supersectional title, beating Sterling 25-17, 25-23 and advanced to next weekend’s state tournament in Bloomington to face Montini Friday at 4:30 p.m.

“When we played Benet, Marist, McAuley, Sandburg and Assumption from Kentucky, we took our bumps but also learned something from every single one of those matches,” Scheibe said.

“Our schedule is a 4A schedule and then we get to play in 3A for the playoffs, so that gives us confidence since we’ve played the best competition.”

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SUPERSECTIONAL WINS UNDER COACH SCHIEBE

The Angels (24-16) were paced by Mary Murphy (11 kills, 3 blocks, 8 digs, 9 assists) in the final.

To get to the final, the Angels beat Bloomington Central Catholic, 25-19, 25-18, in Class 3A Prairie Central Sectional final to record its eighth sectional title in 12 years.

“From part way through the season until now we’re a totally different team,” Scheibe said.

“We seem to be peaking at the right time, knock on wood, and the girls are just kind of on a mission right now. I feel confident with what they’re doing on the floor, our offense is running pretty well and our passing is going well, so we just want to keep that up.”

Murphy tallied 10 kills and 10 assists, while Megan Melone tallied 18 assists.

Maddie Naal had five kills and four assists, Nicole Witmer added five kills Megan Cladis posted 12 digs.

“This feels great,” Naal said.

“I have been on the team since sophomore year and we have

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YEARS SINCE LAST JCA STATE BID

PHOTO BY MARK GREGORY

maddie naal helped the Angels advance to the iHsA class 3A state tournament.

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Hilltoppers’ season ends with Montini - again Turnovers lead to 17 Bronco points en route to Class 5A playoff win Yogi Berra once said “It’s like deja vu all over again.”

It wasn’t a baseball game, it was Joliet Catholic Academy hosting Montini in the IHSA 5A football playoffs. For the fourth year in a row and five of the last six, Montini ended the Hilltoppers playoff run with a 27-13 victory at Joliet Memorial stadium.

Montini (8-3) scored 17 points off three JCA (8-3) turnovers, all interceptions, en route to the victory.

On a cold day, the wind was a definite factor in the game with all the scoring, except for a JCA field goal, coming in the south end zone with the wind at the back of the offense.

“Their (Montini) defensive line and linebackers were

tremendous today.” JCA coach Dan Sharp said.

“I don’t know how you could play much better defensively.”

The Hilltoppers, with the wind, put together a drive on their second possession to the Montini 21-yard line. Brian Bravo attempted a 38-yard field goal but it was blocked.

After a three-and-out by Montini, Hilltopper Cade Earl entered the game at quarterback for the first time since injuring his knee in week seven against Nazareth. On his first play he hit receiver Harold Davis with a 56-yard strike to get the ball to the 10-yard line. Starting quarterback Michael Johnson, now at running back, scored from four yards out to give JCA

a 7-0 lead with 1:30 to go in the first quarter.

Montini answered right back, switching directions to start the second quarter, with a 15-play drive that took 6:25 on a 1-yard touchdown run by sophomore Prince Walker to tie the game at 7-7.

The Broncos then intercepted a Hilltopper pass, but the JCA defense limited Montini to a 21-yard field goal to give the Broncos a 10-7 lead with 2:32 left before halftime.

JCA countered with the only drive of the game into the wind, as they drove to the Montini three-yard line. The big play of the drive was a 51-yard pass from Johnson to Davis on a fourth and one. On fourth and three with only 25 seconds left in the half, Bravo hit a 20 yard field goal to tie the game at the half 10-10.

Neither team did much in the

third quarter until JCA converted a 37-yard field goal by Bravo to give them a 13-10 lead with 1:21 to go in the quarter. That was their last possession with the all important wind at their back.

With 11:04 to go in the game, Leon Thorton, Montini’s

multifaceted offense player scored from seven yards out to give Montini a 17-13 lead. That would be lead that it would not relinquish.

JCA and Montini gave both

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After a Hilltopper punt, the

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Broncos got a 53 yard run by Walker and converted a 26 yard field goal to make it 20-13 at the 6:43 mark of the fourth quarter.

Walker scored again on a 26 yard run with 2:44 left to seal JCA’s fate.

“Late in the game their offensive line beat our defensive

line,” Sharp added.

Davis, the junior running back/receiver for the Hilltoppers, caught seven passes for 143 yards. Earl was nine of 18 for 103 yards in sharing the quarterback duties with Johnson, who added 68 yards rushing on nine carries and the one touchdown.

worked so hard at this that it is really rewarding that it wasn’t just handed to us.

“Our goal at the beginning of the year was to make it to state,

but every team says that and there is always that hope, but you don’t really know if you can do it. Now, we have done it and it is so real and it feels amazing.”

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Minooka sophomores Ashley Tutt (1623) and Mackenzie Callahan (1613) were all state.

cross country

Local quartet claims all-state honors

By Mark Gregory sports reporter

mark@buglenewspapers.com @Hear_The_Beard

PEORIA - Lockport girls cross country coach Evon Marie Schlotter announced prior to this season that this would be her last as coach of the Porters after nearly 30 years as head coach.

Knowing that heading into the state meet made the Lockport runners want to give her a good send off – and they felt they did.

“We wanted to make our coaches last year the best we could,” said senior Emmie Hahn.

“We wanted to make this the most memorable season we could and she started crying at the end and I think we made her really happy which was the goal.”

Hahn placed 16th in 17 minutes, 13 seconds and she and sophomore Morgan Bollinger (19th, 17:16) were both all state.

They paced the Porters to a fifth-place finish as a team.

“We wanted to go out with the lead pack and I think we kept it the whole race,” Hahn said. “We were ready for it. We wanted to rub elbows with all those girls and show them what Lockport is made

of. We came in as underdogs and now they know we are someone worth looking at. This is my last year and I don’t think I could have ended it any better way. I am very happy and very proud of the whole team.”

Also scoring for the Porters were senior Haley Beaumont (42nd, 17:40), sophomore Karlee Stortz (72nd, 17:59) and junior Alicia Ary (81st, 18:04).

Freshman Aubrey Friedrich (93rd, 18:10) and junior Emily Stoklosa (139th, 18:36) ran but did

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Minooka placed eighth as a team, posting a pair of runners on the all-state team as well.

Sophomore Ashley Tutt placed sixth in 17:01.

“It felt really good,” Tutt said about being all-state. “I made up a lot of ground in the last mile and knew I had to do it for my team. We wanted a team trophy.

We finished 8th and that is pretty good with all these good teams out here. My goal was top 10 and I kept that as a mindset the whole race.”

Wedn esday Novem ber 12, 2014 | bug lenewspapers.com Sophomore Mackenzie Callahan was 15th in 17:11.

“This was really good, being all state was a big goal of mine,” Callahan said. “Just to PR was great. I wanted to run the best I could. It’s an amazing feeling with how we ran today. It was awesome. I was really excited about my race and everyone else’s race. This team was amazing. It was by far my favorite season. It was a lot easier being here with my teammates because we were all here working together the whole time and you are not just thinking about yourself, you are thinking about the whole team.

We will keep growing off of this and we are going to accomplish a lot of things.”

Also scoring were freshman Emily Shelton (29th, 17:31), junior Morgan Crouch (122nd, 18:23) and senior Gaby Gall (157th, 18:46).

Junior Caitlin Kurtz (174th, 19:08) and freshman Emily Ellis (197th, 19:47) also competed.

Joliet West also competed as a team, placing 24th.

Junior Charlotte Youell paced the Tigers, finishing in 138th in 18:34.

“It was a really fast race,” she said. “There were lots of fast girls but I think it went pretty well.

It was a good day to PR. I hit the time I wanted. There was a little pushing going on but it was pretty good. I knew to not get stuck in groups. I tried to stay the outside or push faster to get out of those packs.”

Junior Kiersten Perry (144th, 18:39), freshman Madeline Blaauw (151st, 18:41), senior Guadalupe Diaz (190th, 19:38) and senior Jacqueline Rocha (198th, 19:49) also scored, while junior Courtney Rubino (202nd, 20:03) and freshman Pamela Sanchez (207th, 20:20) also competed.

On the guys side, Joliet Central placed 26th as a team.

The Steelmen were paced by junior Raul Rosendo (118th, 15:30), junior Vince Moreno (165th, 15:49), sophomore Andre Martinez (174th, 15:54), senior Jose Aguilera (176th, 15:55) and junior Justin Casillas (209th, 16:36).

Junior AJ Stewack (210th, 16:37) and senior Jaime Quintero (216th, 16:59) also competed.

Joliet West senior Dan Treasure placed 144th in 15:41, while Minooka senior was 84th in Gabe Ceballos 15:19, while Minooka sophomore was 163rd in Soren Knudsen in 15:48.

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Plainfield north

q & a with local athletes

FeaTURING

Kyle speas Football

How often are you on twitter? All the time.

How often do you tweet? Not often, I look more than I tweet.

What do you use twitter for? I like to keep updated with my friends and stuff. A lot of recruiters are on Twitter now so I have to stay updated.

What do you like to follow on twitter? I like watching the sports videos they have on their like the big football hits and stuff like that. I think it is called amazing sports or something like that.

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Fourth straight trip to state

2 plainField nortH

Heartbreaking loss in supers

3 joliet catHolic

Back to state in Class 3A

sCott taYLor @taYLor_sports

4 plainField central

Fell to North in sectional final

“playoff pairings for 2015 announced: jca plays montini in first round.”

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Lost in sectionals in three sets

6 maine east

won regional title

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Tough loss in regional final

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Lost to McAuley in regional final

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Advanced to regional final

10 Westmont Lost in 2A sectional final

@Taylor_Sports: JCA celebrates a trip to state in class 3A

tWitternaMe @tWitternaMe “Klein’s field goal is good!!! BHS ADVANCES!!! final 31-28 BHs!!!”

LeWis WoMen’s Hoops @LeWisWBBaLL “Flyers win! Lewis defeats @MarquetteWBB 75-72! lewis wins All tHree Di exhibitions this preseason. reinhart with 24 points #glVcwbb”

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dave says

Teach her first, then comes responsibility $12,000 doesn’t just magically appear in an 18-year-old’s hands

the eight ball because it Dear Dave, sounds like you didn’t My daughter is a freshman teach her the correlation in college, but I didn’t save for between work and money her education. My parents earlier. So, you’re going to said it was my job to pay for have to get real busy, real my college, and that’s what fast unless you want her to I’ve told her. She’s going to Dave Says advice by be drowning in debt when have about $12,000 in student money dave ramsey she graduates. loan debt after her first year, I think you owe her a leg but how do I talk to her about not ending up with $50,000 in debt up at this point. Twelve thousand dollars doesn’t just magically appear when she’s through?

Paul in an 18-year-old’s hands. I’m perfectly okay with kids working Dear Paul, If you want her to pay for college, through college and parents then, as her dad, you have to coach cracking the whip when it comes her on how she’s supposed to come to acting responsibly. But if you up with the money and manage expect them to pay for it, you first it properly. She’s already behind have to show them how to do that.

republicans | from page 9 win over incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn.

He said it may have been even that voters preferred a female candidate, noting that in District 11, incumbent Suzanne Hart outdid fellow Republican Chuck Maher by some 4,500 votes in their tandem win.

Asked Wednesday if the union negotiations and strike could have been a factor in Adamic’s loss, Will County Board Speaker Herb Brooks smiled a bit and said, “Possibly.”

Brooks said it also could have been that voters were targeting longtime officials: Adamic has served 26 years on the County Board.

Regardless of the reason, Brooks said he was surprised by the outcome and that they will miss Adamic on the board and the expertise he brought as the second longest-serving Democrat next to Joe Babich. Brooks and Republican Caucus Chair Jim Moustis each downplayed the effect of a majority by either party. Brooks said a lot has been accomplished in the past two years, and he expects a Republican-controlled board will continue moving on important issues such as infrastructure, a new courthouse and the budget.

Moustis, who said he would be

sisyphus | from page 7 challenge, but not very often. Now, Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots’ system has totals coming in fewer than two hours after the polls close. Finals generally are in by 10:30.

In between, her online election results – scrolling or manual (I’m a manual man, myself) gives you constant feeds on your computer or smart phone.

Otherwise, they’re going to hit the default button and wind up $50,000 in debt when they graduate. That’s a really bad plan!

If you have some money, I think you should help her along while teaching her how to make money, save and budget. Then, maybe she’ll be prepared to pay for her last couple of years with some good, hard work!

—Dave

*Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business. He has authored five New York Times bestselling 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.

honored to be named board speaker at the reorganizations meeting in early December, said the county isn’t like Washington or Springfield, where politics often divides the board.

The two parties do have different ways of achieving some of those same goals, however, Moustis noted.

As an example, Republicans, when doing the 2015-2016 budget next year, may want to see some debt service paid off using some reserves.

“Reserves” usually has been shorthand for the county’s RTA fund balance. Walsh suggests using a portion of those funds in the 20142015 budget, but Republicans have said they would like to use more.

Moustis said he still believes the RTA funds should be used primarily for roads and infrastructure.

Moustis also was re-elected in District 2 Nov. 4, and Cory Singer, with 41. 57 percent and 34.83 percent of the vote, claimed seats over Democrat Donald Keane, who picked up 23.6 percent of the vote.

Singer returns to the board after his unsuccessful attempt to unseat Walsh as county executive in 2012.

County Republicans also will have to find a replacement for Board Member Margo McDermed of

Mokena. She was elected to the state House Nov. 4, replacing Renee Kosel, who decided not to run again.

Moustis said they already have several candidates in mind, all of whom would be good County Board members. He said they expect to have a recommendation by the reorganization meeting in early December.

Adamic says he will miss helping constituents most about the job, adding he hopes to stay involved in the county in some way. “It has been my honor to serve Will County,” he said. “I hope I have helped make it a better place.”

In a prepared statement, Walsh congratulated all the winners in the election.“Anyone who runs for public office should be commended, win or lose,” he said, also complimenting Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots and her staff for providing an efficient voting process. “While I am disappointed to lose two dedicated county board members, I remain optimistic this new county board will continue the work necessary to keep Will County moving forward. At the end of the day, our job is to serve the residents of Will County. My door is always open and I look forward to partnering with the new County Board. “

You don’t even need an office, which is good, because a couple newspapers don’t have them anymore. You want pizza or donuts?

Set up shop in one of those businesses with your iPad or whatever. We even have a White Castle now. Then you can post online, text, tweet, IM, Facebook or whatever. Oh yeah, write something for the newspaper, if you have one. All this technology.

All this life-affirming grease, caffeine

and sugar around us now, open 24 hours. And what happens? For the second time in as many elections, we’re not gonna know the winner in the sheriff race for a couple weeks.

Despite early voting, we’re going into extras again. And hey, only 130-some days until the municipal elections! And more ads, Ads, ADS! Is this purgatory? No, it’s Will County.

And one long, continuous election season.

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“THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE” WA14-0268 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2003-2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-2; Plaintiff, VS. Norward A. Allen, Jr.; Shaunell M. Brown Allen; City of Joliet; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Norward A. Allen, Jr., if any; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Shaunell M. Brown Allen, if any; Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants; Defendants.

14 CH 2146 Judge Thomas Thanas NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: -Norward A. Allen, Jr. -Shaunell M. Brown Allen that Plaintiff has commenced this case in the Circuit Court of Will County against you and other defendants, for foreclosure of a certain Mortgage lien recorded against the premises described as follows: LOT 28 IN WILLIAM A. GARDNER`S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 29 OF CANAL TRUSTEE`S SUBDIVISION IN THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 11, 1882 AS DOCUMENT 123566, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS C/K/A: 414 Gardner Street, Joliet, IL 60433 PIN: 30-07-15-303-007-0000 said Mortgage was given by Norward A. Allen, Jr. and Shaunell M. Brown Allen, Mortgagor(s), to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, as Document No. R2002216025.

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 Court, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on December 11, 2014 at 1:00 PM at the Will County Court, Annex 3rd Floor (Arbitration Center) 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR MEDIATION WILL BE TERMINATED. UNLESS YOU file your appearance or otherwise file your answer in this case in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Will County, Will County Courthouse, 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet IL 60432 on or before December 12, 2014, A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED FOR IN THE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY-STATE OF ILLINOIS U.S. BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I TRUST 2006-HE9, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-HE9 PLAINTIFF VS. BILLIE SUAREZ, JUAN SUAREZ, PULASKI SAVINGS BANK, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS DEFENDANTS 14 CH 2150 Property Address: 6904 Riley Drive Joliet, IL 60431 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to: UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that a Complaint for Foreclosure and Other Relief has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain mortgages conveying the premises legally described as follows: LOT 244 IN CUMBERLAND SOUTH UNIT THREE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THEPLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2002-212300, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.:

06-06-111-001-0000

COMMON ADDRESS: 6904 Riley Drive, Joliet, IL 60431 And which mortgages were made by Billie Suarez and Juan Suarez, as Mortgagor(s); and given to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Home Loan Corporation DBA Expanded Mortgage Credit as Mortgagee; to wit: that certain “Mortgage” dated July 27, 2006 and recorded as Document No.R2006133772, that Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that the said Complaint is now pending for foreclosure of said mortgages and for other relief.

Now, therefore, unless you UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, file your Appearance and Answer to the Complaint in said action in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery Division, on or before the December 1, 2014 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer for relief in said Complaint.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-360-9461 WA14-0268 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com

PAMELA J.MCGUIRE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Zeeshan Pervaiz - 06290442 Kluever & Platt, LLC 65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 201-6679 Attorney No. 06187248 Our File #: SPSF.1751

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In the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial District STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WILL, ss.

County Department, Chancery Division.

U.S. Bank N.A., successor to the FDIC, as Receiver for Park National Bank, Plaintiff vs.

JDS Management LLC, , et al, Defendants.

14CH 1882 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery division, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 44 IN GRANDVIEW, A SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 53, AND PART OF BLOCKS 51 AND 52 IN SCHOOL SECTION ADDITION TO JOLIET, IN THE CITY OF JOLIET, ACCORDING TO THE MAP RECORDED ONOVEMBER 16, 1889, IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 57, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS Common Address: 221 S. HUNTER, JOLIET, Illinois 60436 PIN: 07-16-110-059-0000 Improved with: a multi unit apartment building Mortgagor: JDS Management LLC Mortgagee: Park National Bank. U.S. Bank N.A., is the successor to the FDIC, as receiver for Park National Bank.

Recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, IL, as Document No. R 2005199999 Present owner of the property is the above-mentioned mortgagor.

Notice is also hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery Division, Joliet Court House Annex Building, Room 213, 57 N. Ottawa, Joliet, IL, on or before December 1, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire, Clerk.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Veterans Day Ceremony at JT Central honors vets More than 1,200 students were present to cheer for the honored veterans By jeanna millsap For the sentinel

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The more than 1,200 Joliet Central High School students who packed the auditorium Friday for the school’s Veterans Day celebration cheered loudly for the veterans who were honored.

They were able to participate, as well, when ROTC Major Phil Jayko asked those gathered to stand when the band played the military song associated with the branch of service in which family members served.

“My grandpa was in the Army Reserves,” said senior Andrew Matichak, a captain in the ROTC. “It was nice to see and meet other veterans.”

Andrew said he is considering serving after he graduates from college. It was nice to see the positive response to the veterans,

he said, especially after learning how the returning Vietnam veterans were treated.

The ceremony was held during the last class block of the day on Friday. Veterans, most in uniform, filled the front four rows of the auditorium, and their names, branches of service, and in some cases, stories, were told.

Eugene Price was a U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer on an aircraft carrier when his ship was attacked by a kamikaze pilot during the Battle of Midway.

“We were attacked just off the Santa Cruz islands,” Price said before the ceremony. “We were attacked by Japanese bombers and a couple of torpedoes from submarines.”

Price said one bomb hit the ship right under his gun mount, and he doesn’t remember anything else until he woke up in a lifeboat.

“I was stone deaf for two or three

weeks,” he said.

After receiving the Purple Heart, Price continued in the Navy, serving in Korea.

Price said he appreciated the school honoring the veterans.

“We get something very important from this,” he said.

Charles Mueller, of Crest Hill, who served as a navigator in the 8th Air Force Division, spent 14 weeks in a German P.O.W. camp after his B17 bomber was shot down in 1944 by the Nazis. It was rough, he said, but not as bad as the concentration camps were.

The Germans, unlike the Japanese or the Vietnamese in later years, had signed the Geneva Convention agreement, Mueller said, and honored much of it when it came to foreign military.

His crew’s mission was to bomb factories, he said, and to prepare for D-Day. The Allied Forces, he said, had realized they needed to have air superiority for D-Day, but the Germans realized the same and kept their best airplanes on the ground to be ready for the expected

assault.

On the day Mueller was shot down, his crew was flying a different plane than usual.

“Our plane got shot up so bad we had to use another plane,” he said.

Flying over Germany was becoming more hostile at that time, he said. The P.O.W. camp in which he was imprisoned was Stalag Luft III, the prison depicted in the movie, “The Great Escape.”

Air Force veteran Lawrence Evert served in the same unit Mueller did, only during the Vietnam War. Honoring Veterans Day is especially important to Evert, he said, as there wasn’t much respect for vets in his day.

“When we came back,” he said, “we were not allowed to be proud of what we did. … We landed at O’Hare, and we got jeers. Someone spit at us. It was sad, because I was a patriot.”

Women who served as “Rosie the Riveters” were honored Friday as well. Frances Newman, of Joliet, made 55 mm shells at the Joliet Arsenal in the early 1940s. They

manufactured the shells from beginning to end, she said.

“When we shipped them out,” Newman said, “they were ready to go.”

Exposure to the TNT affected her health, though, she said. It was a job fraught with danger as well.

One morning during shift change, Newman said a worker dropped a shell.

Fortunately, it didn’t go off.

Newman said she was happy to support her country in that way.

“It was interesting work,” she said. “I was glad to do it.”

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Memorial Squad ViceCmdr. Steve Admonis, attended the ceremony in uniform.

“It means everything that we’re honoring all of those who can’t be here,” he said, “who gave the ultimate sacrifice.”

Admonis’ son, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Danny Admonis, said the day was about remembering “where we’ve come and where we’re going.”

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Explaining why families should not panic or live in fear of Ebola Recently, media coverage has been dominated by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The high mortality rate and frightening nature of the disease have many families very concerned.

People and government officials around the country debate matters from travel restrictions to mandatory isolation and generally how to prevent a tragic situation here in the United States.

The largest outbreak to date of the

Ebola virus is occurring in West Africa, mostly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The outbreak likely began in December 2013, but it spread significantly, and by August of this year the World Heath Organization declared the outbreak a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.�

Currently, over 8500 cases have been reported with over 4000 deaths, but these numbers are likely a substantial underestimate.

In this column we will review the important features of Ebola Virus Disease, and explain why families should not panic or live in fear of Ebola.

Transmission information Unlike the flu, Ebola is not spread through the air or water. The chances of you or your children becoming infected are slim. Ebola is only transmitted through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person or from objects like needles that have been in contact with infected body fluids.

This means it does not spread through air, food, water, or by touching things like money, doorknobs or keyboards. Ebola infection is extremely hard to contract and therefore it is much less likely to spread than infections that are airborne like most respiratory viruses.

what are the symptoms?

It is very important for families to keep in mind that the chances of contracting Ebola virus infection here in the United States are extremely small.

There are so many other medical conditions and infections, which cause significant illness on a much larger scale than Ebola. Each year over 200,000 people are hospitalized and thousands perish from complications of the flu, but last year only 46 percent of Americans received the flu vaccine.

Rates of obesity are at epidemic levels, contributing to increases in high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Each year in the U.S., close to 5 million people are treated for skin cancer, yet more people are spending greater lengths of time in the sun. In recent years there have been close to 50,000 bicycle accidents each year, and close to 90 percent of those who died in these accidents were not wearing helmets.

And while we should all remain vigilant and keep up with news about Ebola, families who truly want to protect themselves and their loved ones need to be sure people are eating healthy foods and getting regular exercise. Arranging for everyone to wear sunscreen when outdoors, insisting on bike helmets at all times, and getting flu vaccine each year are just some of the measures that will result in a tremendous amount of health benefit, well beyond any level of danger from Ebola virus.

Ebola typically starts suddenly with a fever but symptoms can also include a severe headache, muscle pain, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, or unexplained bleeding or bruising. The time from infection with the virus to the onset of symptoms is from 2 to 21 days, with 8 to 10 days being most common.

is there treatment?

To date there is no proven treatment or antiviral regimen. One of the most important aspects of successful treatment seems to be early recognition and aggressive management of fluids and hydration.

A number of experimental treatments have recently been used in infected individuals in the United States. And, while these recent cases all had positive outcomes with the patients surviving the infection, it remains unclear how much the experimental treatments contributed to the successful treatment.

Prevention of spread of the infection requires the people who recently traveled to West Africa and may have been exposed to people sick with Ebola to monitor themselves closelyforfever or other symptoms.These people must be immediately isolated at a medical facility capable of handling cases of Ebola.

Dr. Adam Aronson, MD, is a pediatrician based in Skokie, Illinois. The advice contained in this column is for informational purposes only. Readers should consult with a physician to evaluate any illness or medical condition. Dr. Aronson accepts new patients. Call (847) 6765394 or. www.kidsfirstpediatricpartners.com

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