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Blackhawks make a loud statement Sports, C1
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Obama: READY TO ANSWER This isn’t THE CALL tolerable IRS commissioner ousted By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status. Obama said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had asked for and accepted Steven T. Miller’s resignation. Obama made no public criticism of Miller but spoke of inexcusable “misconduct” by IRS employees and said new
leadership at the agency was critical. “Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it,” Obama said in a televised statement from the White House. “I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives.” Miller’s ouster came five days after an IRS supervisor publicly revealed that agents had improperly targeted groups with “tea party” or “patriots” in their applications for tax-exempt status. It came a day after an inspector general’s report blamed
See IRS, page A4
Navy promotes a Woodstock native Telecommunicator Stephanie Burzynski of Huntley works Wednesday at the Southeast Emergency Communication Center in Crystal Lake. With the constant changes in technology, telecommunicators must adapt and have the mental and emotional strength to keep up with the position. Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com
Dispatchers adapt to changing role By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – When Janet Mitchell comes into work, she looks at five screens, types on four keyboards, operates three computer mice and wears a headset to speak on the phone.
One screen tells the Southeast Emergency Communication Center telecommunicator where different emergency vehicles are located, one shows the different phone lines, one lists the frequencies she can listen to, one has maps and then there’s the traditional computer screen. Over her workspace are three
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See DISPATCHERS, page A4
PREP SOCCER
CARY-GROVE STOPS JACOBS Cary-Grove goalkeeper Krystal Felderman told herself she wasn’t going to allow a goal, and with 8:08 remaining in the Class 3A Crystal Lake South Regional semifinals against Jacobs, she was put to the test. Felderman succeeded, preserving a one-goal lead in the Trojans’ 2-0 victory. The Trojans advance to play Crystal Lake South on Friday. For more, see page C1.
McHenry West grad Chris Kearley
Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com
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lights: a blue light to signal if she’s on the phone, a red light to say she’s talking on the radio and an orange light to say whether there’s an equipment or tower problem. Hers is one of six stations at the SEECOM office in Crystal Lake,
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Kyle in charge of recruiting district By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com The last time Kurt Kyle was in the newspaper, he never would have guessed the next time would be for this. The last time was in 1995 when Kyle, a Woodstock native, was a senior at the United States Naval Academy. The Northwest Herald wrote a feature on him as his collegiate wrestling career wound down. “I never thought in a million years that I’d still be in the Navy,” Kyle, 39, said last
Kurt Kyle, a Woodstock native, was promoted to commanding officer of the naval recruiting district in Florida and the Caribbean. week from his base in Sunrise, Fla., just north of Miami. “But I’ve just enjoyed every tour,” he continued. “I think my favorite part of the job is I get the honor
See KYLE, page A4