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Wednesday • April 20 • 2016
Jovan Mooring Player-Of-The-Year Sout h Subu rba n Col lege Men’s Ba sketba l l player, sophomore guard Jovan Mooring (Hillcrest HS) was named NJCAA Division II NATIONAL Player-of-the-Year. This is the second “National” Player of the Year for Head Men’s Basketball Coach John Pigatti in the past four years. It is also the second for the South Suburban College Athletic Department in recent history. Mooring averaged 26.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.8 assist, and 3 steals per game during the 2015-16 season. He will play in the NJCAA National All Star Game Saturday, April 30th, at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV. This award puts the cap on all of the accomplishments acquired by Mooring this season. He was named NJCAA National Tournament MVP, Region IV Player-of-the-Year, Region IV-B Tournament MVP, and NJCAA 1st Team All American. Mooring led South Suburban to a 34-3 record this season, which was the best record in school history, and a 3rd place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament.
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It’s Not My Fault – I Live in Illinois!
ARLO KALLEMEYN If you live in Illinois, you are probably aware that the Secretary of State (SOS) is not sending out veh icle st icker renewa l notices. This is saving the SOS about $450,000 per mont h i n pr i nt i ng a nd postage costs. Last week, The Illinois House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill prohibiting the secretary of state from charging fees to vehicle owners who renew their vehicle registration late due to the secretary of state’s suspension of mailed renewa l notices. House Bill 4334 f urt her prov ides t hat a veh icle ow ner w ho r e c ei v e s a ticket for expired license plates within one month of the plates’ expiration does not have to pay the fine if the plates expired during the period in which the secretary of state had suspended mailing vehiclereg i st r at ion-rem i nder notices. This reminds me of a gentleman who died and woke up at the pearly gates. St. Peter welcomed him to the afterlife and said, “Let’s just look at your life on earth for a moment.” After a few moments of silence, St. Peter said, “It looks like you were blessed during your time on earth with many financial gifts. Why didn’t you remember to tithe a portion of your large income back to the church? You do realize that even 10% of your income wou ld have helped t he loca l chu rch ca r r y out its mission to t he loca l community? Why is it that you did not tithe during your life?” The man immediately said, “But St. Peter, I lived in Illinois!”
St. Peter paused and replied, “Tell me more.” The ma n sa id, “Wel l it’s like this. In Illinois, it’s always someone else’s fault. In Illinois, people take a free ride if they can get it. In Illinois, the can is kicked down the road for someone else to deal with. Why, when the Secretary of State ran out of money they didn’t send me the vehicle sticker renewal for my car. Then t he polit icia ns in Illinois passed a law. This law said that if I didn’t get my reminder in the mail, I didn’t have to pay any late fees – or tickets. So I thought the church was the same way. I never got a bill from the church for the tithe that was due, so I never sent it in. If they would have sent me a bill, I certainly would have paid it. Couldn’t you just credit it to my account and call it even?” St. Peter shook his head and replied, “Well that’s the most interesting excuse I’ve heard today. You can come in – however, you must learn an important lesson. For the next 70 years, you will look around you, see what needs to be done – and do it without being asked. Up here we call it personal responsibility – and there are quite a few from Illinois in the same class who need to learn the same lesson.” T h i s stor y a bove i s fiction of course. If you really want to know what happens when you die, please talk to your pastor at the church of your choice this Sunday. Arlo Kallemeyn, Shopper Publisher and big fan of learning personal responsibility in Illinois before it’s too late.