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Law would tie boat, driver’s licenses Operators found under the influence could lose their privileges with three-month suspension By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com Too many drinks on the water could cost boaters their driver’s licenses. A bill making its way through the General Assembly proposes a three-month suspension of a boater’s driv-
er’s license if the boater is found to be operating a boat under the influence. It’s one of three bills aimed at boating safety that will be discussed at a public hearing Aug. 29 in Libertyville, potentially the first of several hearings, said the sponsor, Sen. Julie Morrison.
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The other bills propose requiring boats towing a person to display a red or orange flag
and those born in 1990 or later to have a boating safety certificate before piloting a boat.
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Another one of Morrison’s bills was signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn earlier this summer. It extends the state’s “implied consent” provision to boaters by requiring the pilot involved in an accident resulting in serious injury or death to consent to a blood, breath
or urine test to determine whether they were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Those that refuse to take the test can have their driver’s licenses suspended. The change takes effect Jan. 1.
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Digital dissection table gives MCC biology students new tool
McHenry resident part of task force By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com The prosecutor who put Illinois’ two previous governors in prison has been tapped by the current one to clean up the Chicago area’s mass-transit agencies. Gov. Pat Quinn issued an executive order Thursday creating the NorthPat Quinn eastern Illinois Public Transit Task Force to investigate fraud and suggest reforms in the wake of the latest scandal at Patrick Metra. Among Fitzgerald the appointees to the 15-member group is former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who led the Operation Safe Road and Operation Board Games investigations that led to the imprisonment of former Republican Gov. George Ryan and Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The order came hours before a fifth Metra Board member stepped down since allegations arose that it paid its former CEO up to $718,000 in
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College instructors (from left), Carrie McCabe of Algonquin, Deb Firak of Woodstock and Tony Harper of Lake Zurich are taught how to use an Anatomage virtual cadaver Tuesday by Anatomage Application Engineer Charlotte Yang (foreground) at McHenry County College. By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Marla Garrison is ready to encourage her students to slice, dice and dissect human bodies as never before. Well, almost human bodies.
Garrison, a biology instructor at McHenry County College, will unveil the Anatomage Table – a virtual, interactive dissection table – to her students on the first day of the semester Monday. The new technology will allow students to inspect images
of real human cadavers, from nerves and tissue to skeletal systems and organs. Students will rotate, dissect and manipulate the virtual cadaver with the touch of their fingers and in ways real
“It’s going to be a remarkable perspective for students. They can do exams, quizzes, diagnostics, dissections and case studies all on this one table.”
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D-158 BOARD OKS BUDGET PROPOSAL After years of levying flat property taxes, District 158 will look to tie its new property tax levy with cost-of-living increases under a tentative budget presented Thursday to board members. Members unanimously approved the $83.5 million spending plan. For more, see page B1.
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