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COUPLE FACE UNCERTAINTY OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, DONATION TOGETHER
‘It’s been a battle’
D-158 to tackle interior expansion to Huntley High By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
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Jen Nichols and her husband, Andrew Hogle, on Tuesday at Alden-Hebron High School in Hebron. Andrew Hogle began to suffer from kidney failure four years ago, and the couple learned in October 2012 that he would need a transplant. After not being able to find a match among relatives, Jen Nichols was tested and determined to be a match. The couple is currently waiting to set a date for the surgery. By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com Three times a week, Andrew Hogle checks into the same Crystal Lake medical facility, reports to a confined, sterile room, and is hooked up to a machine designed to keep his body from shutting down. For 3½ hours, his blood is filtered, removing excess fluid from his failing kidney, draining his 33-year-old body of any energy it may have had when the day started. This
has been Hogle’s routine for a month and a half now – a six-week stretch that has been part of a year filled with anger, fear, unanswered questions and perhaps, most importantly, hope. It’s far from the life that Hogle and Jen Nichols expected when they met for the first time four years ago and fell in love. Theirs is a life initially connected by basketball, but that by all intents and purposes will be
Learn more The average wait for a kidney in the Chicago area is seven years. The average person can live on dialysis for only six years. To learn more about being a kidney donor to help others in need, call Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 312-695-7137.
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HUNTLEY – The District 158 board will intensify planning for the interior expansion of its ongoing renovation to Huntley High School, after members recently put the final touches on construction to the school’s athletic fields. Construction crews already have started excavating the football field as they inch closer to installing a new synthetic turf along the field, which was the first priority in the district’s multimillion-dollar renovation to the 17-year-old high school. They now will begin work on the soccer and baseball fields, after a shorthanded board unanimously approved in a special meeting late last week the final construction bid to the school’s athletic fields. The majority of the $557,700 bid goes to Midwest Golf Development Inc. in a quirky move that had some board members wondering whether the Marengo golf company could handle work for other athletic fields. “Obviously, we are not installing a golf course,” board President Don Drzal said. “Is it pretty common for golf architects to do this type of work for non-golf courses?” Architects from Wold
“Obviously, we are not installing a golf course. Is it pretty common for golf architects to do this type of work for non-golf courses?” Don Drzal District 158 School Board president on Midwest Golf Development Inc. receiving the bid for the work on the sports field
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Lt. Gov. Simon: Cities should consider assault-weapons bans By SARA BURNETT The Associated Press CHICAGO – Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is urging Illinois communities to consider banning assault-style weapons before new legislation is signed that could prohibit local governments from doing so in the future. The General Assembly approved a measure last month that would end Illinois’ lastin-the-nation prohibition on the concealed carry of firearms. The legislation, prompt-
ed by a federal court ruling that found Illinois’ law unconstitutional, also prohibits future assault-weapons bans. It allows existing bans, such as one in Chicago, to remain in place. Gov. Pat Quinn hasn’t said whether he will sign the proposal, which the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given him until July 9 to enact. Simon said if the bill is signed into law as written, cities with so-called “home rule” decision-making authority would have just 10 days to prohibit
assault-style weapons. In McHenry County, “home-rule” would apply to Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, McHenry and Prairie Grove, according to information from the Secretary of State’s office. “We have seen the tragic results assault weapons have had on our streets, in our schools, movie theaters and more,” Simon, a Democrat from Carbondale, said in a statement Sunday. “The clock is ticking, so I encourage mayors and local officials to act
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now to ban assault weapons and retain local control over this important issue.” The firearms legislation was a compromise between supporters of gun rights across Illinois and advocates for gun control trying to address violence in Chicago. It would prohibit the possession of guns in places such as parks, bars and schools, but would allow a firearm to be securely stored in a vehicle. The measure also would require the Illinois State Police to issue a concealed carry
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PLAY TO OFFER LOOK AT LAKEMOOR The Perkins Hall Players will present “Path to Lakemoor – The Dissolution of Lilly Lake – 1942” at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Perkins Hall, at the corner of Franklinville and Garden Valley roads, southwest of Woodstock. Period clothing encouraged. Admission is free. Call the McHenry County Historical Society at 815-923-2267.
FRIDAY: ‘Man of Steel,’ starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams, opens in theaters.
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permit to any gun owner who passes a background check, undergoes 16 hours of training – the most required by any state – and who pays a $150 fee and has a valid Firearm Owners Identification card. State Rep. Brandon Phelps, a Democrat from Harrisburg in downstate Illinois, said Saturday the proposal represents a hard-fought agreement between lawmakers statewide. He encouraged Quinn to sign
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