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Union-backed pension deal sought Ill. Senate decision creates dueling plans and possibility of further delays By SARA BURNETT
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A Senate committee may take up the measure Wednesday, with a possible vote Thursday. House Speaker Michael Madigan then will have to decide whether to call it for a vote in the House.
SPRINGFIELD – Senate President John Cullerton announced Monday his chamber will move forward with a new union-backed pension reform proposal he says will save
Illinois money and is at less risk of being tossed out by the courts than a plan approved by the House last week. The decision creates dueling legislative plans and the possibility of further delays – or another stalemate – in addressing the nation’s worst
state pension crisis. The nearly $100 billion shortfall already is squeezing out other areas of the budget and has prompted credit rating agencies to give Illinois the lowest credit rating of any state in the nation. But Cullerton was opti-
mistic the measure could move smoothly through both chambers, where Democrats hold veto-proof majorities and where a union-friendly proposal could pick up votes from lawmakers who have opposed other measures. He predicted bipartisan support,
and said the proposal that moved through the House last week – sponsored by powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan – was beneficial because it pushed the unions to compromise.
See PENSION, page A6 Timothy Smith, 28, was found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Kurt Milliman.
Judge declares murder trial fair
Soccer for all
By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
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John Gayton, 5, of Cary kicks the ball to Steven Loke, 17, of Cary during a TOPSoccer practice Saturday at Sage Products. TOPSoccer is a program for children who have mental or physical disabilities. The kids participating have cognitive disabilities, such as autism or Down syndrome, or physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, requiring a walker or wheelchair. To help, each child is paired with a volunteer.
Program in Cary gives those with disabilities a place to learn game By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com Kicking a soccer ball while it’s moving is difficult for Tisha Brown’s 6-year-old daughter, Anaka, who has trouble balancing on one leg because of distal arthrogryposis, which is tightness in joints and muscles that restricts movements. So volunteers at The Outreach Program for Soccer run by the Cary Soccer Association work with Anaka – and other children with disabilities – one on one and adapt activities to everyone’s individual skill levels. TOPSoccer, which started in
the fall, is a way to offer soccer for youngsters with physical or cognitive disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism and Down syndrome. There are some youngsters who use wheelchairs or walkers but still participate. The program is free for children 5 and older with any kind of disability in the northwest suburbs. Inside the Sage Products gym, which the company donated on Saturdays because of the cold weather, youngsters practice dribbling a soccer ball while weaving around cones and passing to other players.
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Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com
Rick Flores, Illinois Youth Soccer Director of Coaching and creator of the TOPSoccer curriculum, works with kids Saturday during a TOPSoccer practice at Sage Products. TOPSoccer was started in the fall of 2012, and provides an opportunity for any child to play soccer.
WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County judge denied a motion for a new trial for a man convicted of first-degree murder. Judge Sharon Prather ruled Monday that Timothy Smith’s right to a fair trial had not been violated. A jury in February found Smith, 28, guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Kurt Milliman. Prosecutors said Milliman responded to an online ad in May 2011 for sex with Smith’s wife, Kimberly; after a scuffle, Timothy Smith shot him. At the trial, Kimberly Smith testified she was pregnant at the time and didn’t want to have sex with Milliman, so she asked him to leave. She said Milliman grabbed her arm and slapped her. Her husband then came around the corner with a .38-caliber handgun and shot Milliman once in the back, she said. “Mr. Smith, however wrong that is, believed he was acting in self-defense,” Public Defender Kim Messer said. Messer’s arguments for a new trial centered primarily on the admission of certain evidence, including Timothy Smith’s gun, Milliman’s cellphone and the shirt Milliman was wearing the day he died.
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Cary-Grove’s Morgan Schulz did not have enough energy left to catch Crystal Lake Central’s Celeste Madda or Hampshire’s Ashley Fouch in the 200 meters, but finished in third place, helping the Trojans to their fifth consecutive team title at the Fox Valley Conference Girls Track and Field Meet on Monday.
Cleanup of the vacant Dobyns House site is set to move ahead after months of delay. McHenry is looking to demolish the wooden decking and piers at the riverfront property, something officials wanted to get started shortly after its purchase; paperwork tied up the process. The City Council decided Monday to bid out the project. For more, see page B1.
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