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Thompson Square, three more performers coming in June

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Music acts for the Taste of Joliet’s country night were announced Wednesday, with officials saying festivalgoers don’t want to miss out.

“All of these acts can be found on the iTunes Top 40 Country chart.

These are up-and-coming. We try and keep things fresh by bringing new names to the area,” said Brad Staab, communications superintendent for the Joliet Park District, which spearheads the summer festival each year.

The three-day Taste of Joliet event runs June 27 to June 29, with music acts each night.

Saturday, June 28, is country-themed, with Friday and Sunday’s lineups expected to be announced in February, Staab said.

The June 28 show kicks off at 4 p.m. with country pop/rock duo Dan + Shay, followed up with Eric Paslay, Brett Eldredge and Thompson Square.

As the taste heads into its ninth year of scheduling music acts, the festival has “turned into a destination for some of these artists,” Staab said.

Dan + Shay is comprised of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. The two musicians recently earned their first American County Music Awards nomination. The band’s musical influences range from Ryan Adams and Tom Petty to Kenny Chesney and Alison Krauss.

Eric Paslay released his debut album earlier this month, and has

Country music star Trisha Yearwood is scheduled to perform Feb. 28 at the Rialto Square Theatre.

Yearwood is a three-time Grammy winner whose 20 Top Ten hits include “She’s in Love With the Boy,” “Walkaway Joe” and “How Do I Live.” She also won three Country Music Awards and two Academy of Country Music

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Dan + Shay are among the acts that will play June 28 at the Taste of Joliet.

Taste of Joliet’s Saturday acts: n Dan + Shay – 4 p.m. n Eric Paslay – 5:30 p.m. n Brett Eldredge – 7:15 p.m. n Thompson Square – 9 p.m. opened up for country acts such as Little Big Town, the Eli Young Band and Jake Owens.

Brett Eldredge, an Illinois native influenced by talents such as Ray Charles, Ronnie Dunn and Frank Sinatra, is touring this year with Keith Urban and Billy Currington.

Eldrege’s 2013 single “Don’t Ya” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.

Thompson Square will headline Saturday’s show. The husband-wife country duo with Oklahoma ties has won Vocal Duo of the Year at the American County Music awards two years in a row and was nominated for the award again this year.

VIP tickets, which places people directly in front of the stage and includes admission to the taste, are $35. General admission tickets are $10 and includes cost of admission to the Taste of Joliet.

Staab urged the public to buy tickets in advance.

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She also has a Food Network show, “Trisha’s Country Kitchen,” which won an Emmy Award in 2013. Her two cookbooks, “Home Cooking With Trisha Yearwood” and “Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen,” were on the New York Times Bestseller list.

Yearwood’s performance at the Rialto will be at 8 p.m.

Tickets are priced between $45 and $128.50. They may be bought at the Rialto box office at 102 N. Chicago St. in downtown Joliet. They can be bought by phone from the Rialto at 815-7266600 or from Ticketmaster at 800-9822787. Tickets can be bought online at www.ticketmaster.com or at www. railtosquare.com.

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STATE OF THE STATE: REVIEWS ARE IN

BY LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State speech on Wednesday didn’t go over well with some of the area’s Republican lawmakers, but Democrats found themselves in agreement with much of the governor’s plans for Illinois.

“There were some goals set, but he spent an awful lot of time bragging about things that I wouldn’t necessarily consider braggable,” state Rep. Renee Kosel, R-Mokena, said of Quinn’s State of the State speech held at the state capitol Wednesday.

“The state is still hurting very badly financially.”

Some of Quinn’s ideas would actually exacerbate the problem, she said, citing his renewed push to raise the state’s $8.25-per-hour minimum wage to $10 an hour. That could hurt small business owners’ pocketbooks, she said.

State Rep. Lawrence Walsh Jr., D-Elwood, on the other hand, said he supports raising the minimum wage.

“The governor put it perfectly straight: That’s another $2,800 that goes right back into

Reaction to Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn delivered his annual State of the State address Wednesday in the midst of an election year. Here are quotes with reaction from across the state: “It’s more populism. It’s more big spending.

“We’re one the worst-run states in AmerIt’s pushing the can down the road. Pat Quinn ica. We have entered an economic death is not one who’s ever done heavy lifting. And spiral, and Gov. Quinn is trying to cover it up this state has major, major crises and Pat and put a rosy picture on it.”

Quinn needs to face up to them.”

– Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner,

– State Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale, a Republican gubernatorial primary candidate.

who is running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.

“The advantage of the incumbency in the state of the state is that you can cherry pick what you want to say and put out all the rosy things and, very candidly, kind of avoid some of the hard stuff.”

“I do not agree with [Quinn saying Illinois has made a[ comeback. Because how can you make a comeback when the numbers look so dismal?”

– Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford of Chenoa, a GOP gubernatorial primary candidate.

the economy through purchasing power,” Walsh Jr. said.

“It’s good for the economy. I just have a hard time knowing somebody who works 40 hours a week has to live in poverty.”

Kosel said she agrees with Quinn’s proposal to double state grants for low-income college-bound students, but argued Monetary Award Program applicants must be screened more

– Tio Hardiman, a former Chicago anti-violence activist running against Quinn in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

vigorously so that financial aid goes only to students willing to graduate.

“You, me, we, we’re all paying for MAP grants for students who are failing or dropping classes. There are no academic standards or completion standards for MAP grants,” she said. “I’m all for putting more money towards MAP grants if the academic and completion

standards changed.”

State Rep. Tom Cross, R-Oswego, said Quinn skirted around what will likely be the biggest issue faced by lawmakers as they put together the budget later this year: the soon-toexpire 2011 income tax increase.

“There was no discussion about that at all. He didn’t go into the very, very important economic issues that, as a state,

we refuse to discuss,” he said.

“Not to get partisan, but the Democrats have got to learn to live within their means. Every year, we have an unbalanced budget and a backlog of bills.

We’ve got to address those things.”

Quinn also called for a new plan for early childhood education, dubbing it the “Birth to Five” initiative. The three-point plan extends prenatal care for low-income expectant mothers, provides children universal access to pre-K education, and improves parental support.

But where in the budget the governor intends to find the money to pay for such initiatives without taking away from other education programs went unanswered Wednesday. State Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, D-Plainfield, said that’s something that needs to be addressed.

“As an educator, that’s extremely important to me. My concern is our K-12 school districts are already strapped for money so we’re going to have to focus on how to get more revenue,” Bertino-Tarrant said.

“Moving forward, it’s a great idea, but we need to see where that revenue will come from.”

Gov. Quinn says he’s worked to ‘rebuild Illinois’

By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn focused on ways to create jobs and trumpeted his accomplishments with election-year flair Wednesday in an annual speech that fell on the five-year anniversary of when lawmakers booted his predecessor, now imprisoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, from office.

Quinn talked about inheriting an office laden with problems, such as a mounting pension crisis, fiscal issues and corruption.

He detailed his work to turn them around and laid out a plan stress-

ing job creation and education for the five years ahead, a nod to his re-election campaign.

His plan for jobs included adding a small-business advocate to his staff, slashing a fee to start a limited liability company, paying more attention to early education and prenatal care, doubling the number of monetary award program scholarships for college students and investing in a new Chicago center for medical technology startups.

“Over the past five years, we’ve rebuilt one hard step at a time. And we’ve been getting the job done,” Quinn said during the nearly 40-minute address in

“They’re putting in long hours. Yet in too many instances, they are living in poverty. That’s not right.

That’s not an Illinois value.”

Gov. Pat Quinn front of legislators and state office holders at the Capitol. “Illinois is making a comeback.”

The speech was short on details, including how he’d propose to increase education funding. A spokesman said more would be revealed in Quinn’s budget ad-

dress Feb. 19.

Quinn said he’d also expand the state’s youth conservation corps, which will prepare young people for the workplace, and extend a program to help fix aging water systems.

The governor didn’t address the state’s other major looming financial issue, including what he thinks should happen when the income tax increase expires in January. He briefly mentioned the state’s backlog in unpaid bills, which is estimated to be about $6 billion by year’s end.

He didn’t propose a new capital construction plan; the current one has been touted as one of his

signature achievements.

Instead, Quinn focused on issues affecting working people, a theme that’s been part of his 2014 campaign.

He called to again double the earned income tax credit, something he did in 2011. He also reiterated his push to increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to at least $10, which coincides with a national Democratic strategy and has been a main issue among Republicans hoping to replace Quinn.

“They’re putting in long

See STATE OF THE STATE, page 12

LOCAL NEWS NEWS BRIEFS Police search for Family Dollar robber WILMINGTON – A masked man robbed the Family Dollar Tuesday night.

Police Chief Darin Plotts said a white man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black ski mask came in at 8:35 p.m. and implied he had a gun. The Family Dollar is at 696 W. Baltimore St. After taking money from the register the bandit fled on foot. No employees were injured and police do not believe any customers were inside at the time. Canine units searched the area Tuesday night but did not locate a suspect.

Register for Police and Fire Academy PLAINFIELD – Tuesday is the deadline to register for the Plainfield Citizens Police and Fire Academy.

The 10-week program offers insights into such things as crime scene investigations, getting crash victims out of vehicles, homeland security and emergency preparedness, Plainfield officials said in an announcement of the coming deadline.

The session starts Feb. 13 and will be on Thursday nights from 7 to 9 p.m.

Classes are free and conducted at various locations in Plainfield.

Applications are available at the Plainfield Police Department during normal business hours and online at www.plainfield-il.org.

For information, call Officer Mark Siegel at 815267-7207.

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Schoenstedt: ‘We will need 50 judges in the next 25 years’

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Will County currently has 35 judges.

“But expert reports say due to growth we will need 50 judges in the next 25 years,” Chief Judge Richard Schoenstedt said Wednesday. “[Will County] has too much room to grow here compared to Lake or DuPage counties.”

No one in attendance at the annual Will County Bar Association “State of the Courthouse” luncheon Wednesday at the Jacob Henry Mansion objected to Schoenstedt’s proffer that the 45-year-old building already is terribly overcrowded. So long- and short-term solutions have to be found.

Schoenstedt said the county has just begun a nationwide search to hire a firm to determine what a new building would need in terms of square footage. The most likely site will be the block just across from the courthouse that is being bought by the county from First Midwest Bank.

“Building on ‘green grass’ away from downtown would be cheaper for courthouse construction, but the ancillary buildings – state’s attorney, probation, public defender, jail are all close by,” Schoenstedt said.

Schoenstedt agrees the court has a responsibility to help fund a new courthouse and has spoken with state legislators about a statute allowing the County Board to increase court “user fees” just for new construction.

“It’s encouraging the County Board isn’t arguing about the need or priority of a new courthouse.

The argument is over the best way to fund it,” the chief judge said.

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Chief Judge Richard Schoenstedt gives the “State of the Courthouse” address Wednesday to the Will County Bar Association.

Schoenstedt also believes no elected officials would support an increase in real estate taxes to construct a new courthouse.

Another downtown feature expected to change over the next few years is having Chicago Street go all the way through as it did be-

fore the courthouse was built in 1969, instead of stopping at both ends of the parking lot on the east side of the building.

But a straight shot would run across all of the handicapped parking spaces and require disabled visitors to park farther

away, cross streets regularly used by trucks and arrive on the opposite side of the buildings from the ramped entrance.

“That’s something that needs to be address first [on Chicago Street] and I haven’t heard a good enough idea yet,” Schoenstedt said.

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Seven-Day Forecast for Will County TODAY

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Pueblo, Colo., began the day at 2 degrees but ended up with a comfortable high temperature of 58 degrees.

Peotone 31/12

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Parking spots hard to come by?

City taking survey about parking spaces in downtown Joliet FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com JOLIET – City officials are now asking everyone in downtown Joliet – including commuters – what they think of the parking.

A survey released Wednesday asks about parking from people who work, own businesses, shop or commute downtown. Parking Superintendent Tom Schwerha sees the survey as a supplement to city officials’ overall effort to revitalize the area.

“It’s all to address parking as an economic and development tool,” he said. “We want to see how our parking works versus other cities around here.”

Schwerha said Joliet’s downtown parking survey is the first one done by city officials in at least 10 years.

City officials plan to work with Michigan-based Rich & Associates to help analyze the city’s downtown parking situation, which includes the number of parking spaces, revenue associated with the spaces, and how those spaces are managed by city staff.

Schwerha said the parking consultation firm has done studies for Naperville’s downtown parking in the past.

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Cars are parked along metered parking spaces Wednesday near the corner of Ottawa and Washington streets in downtown Joliet. City officials released a survey Wednesday asking residents, business owners and commuters questions about parking in the area. lem, with some saying it prevents people from visiting the area.

One improvement would be setting up signs that tell people they don’t have to pay for parking after 5 p.m., said Jim O’Connell, owner of McBrody’s Bar & Grill, 73 W. Jefferson St. “There’s no notification of that anywhere,” he said.

Many people think they have to pay for park-

ing when they don’t, he said, and people should know easily whether parking is free or paid.

Schwerha said he doesn’t think commuters face as many issues with parking as in the past.

In the past three to four years, three new parking lots were built that created more parking spaces, he said.

“I think the amount of spaces is fine for commuting right now,” he said.

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He said the downtown area has two parking decks, which include about 1,050 parking spaces. The area also has 620 metered parking spaces and 1,100 commuter parking lots.

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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICT

President accused in corruption scheme PLAINFIELD – Plainfield Township Park District board Vice President Janet Silosky presented Wednesday night what she said were facts that implicated board President Peter Hurtado in a corruption scheme.

Silosky said Hurtado attempted to sell LED lights – that he had failed to sell to China – to the park district and then tried to cover it up.

“I did not want this to go like this,” Silosky said of the public announcement.

“What I’m asking for, is at this point in time what I’ve done is tell you the facts, the timeline, the meetings. ... So it’s not just a he-said shesaid, these are actual people that were involved.”

Hurtado denied the allegations and called for an investigation into the accusations.

Silosky’s account involves several park district officials, including Hurtado, Director of Communications Doug Booth, former Executive Director Garrett Peck and Commissioner Peter Steinys.

Silosky said that on Jan. 14, she visited the park district administrative office to say hello to Booth, who showed Silosky an invoice for LED lighting that he was told by Hurtado should be paid through Paypal to a company called Solis.

Silosky said that set off an alert, as she knew Hurtado had a shipment of LED lights to China that was canceled in the summer.

Silosky said Booth didn’t feel comfortable going to Peck, who still was the executive director, for fear of losing his job. Silosky said she asked Peck if he knew about it, but he said he didn’t want to bother her with day-to-day affairs.

Silosky said she met with Peck on Jan. 17 at a Starbucks and told him she was concerned with the order. Peck called Steinys to the meeting, and Steinys was able to stop the payment.

“At that meeting, I said, this is all inappropriate,” Silosky said. “I don’t have any proof of anything but I don’t feel comfortable about this. The president shouldn’t be asking anybody to make a payment anywhere.”

Silosky said Peck had a meeting Jan. 19 with Hurtado. After that meeting, Peck told her that Hurtado was going to resign.

Silosky met with Hurtado the next day, in which she said he told her he didn’t do anything wrong but admitted the LED lights that Soleis was going to sell the park district were his.

Silosky said Solis wasn’t a legal vendor as Silosky said she couldn’t find the company, just a Facebook page that was associated with Hurtado’s daughter’s boyfriend.

Silosky told Hurtado that he needed to resign, but he told her she would need to take it to the state’s attorney. She said that if he didn’t resign, she would.

But Jan. 23, Peck resigned, and Silosky decided

to take the weekend to figure out what she would do.

In an interview after the meeting, Peck said he didn’t know what happened at the meeting and declined to comment further.

Commissioner Mary Kay Ludemann said Silosky contacted her Monday about convening a special board meeting on Wednesday.

Silosky announced the information publicly after the board concluded its executive session at the special meeting.

After Hurtado denied the accusations, several residents called out for his resignation, but the board ended the meeting.

Hurtado said that he called for an investigation because the allegations were serious.

“If I was guilty, I’m not, but if I was, I would want to be punished,” Hurtado said.

“But I did not do anything wrong. We’ll open up the investigation and see what comes out.”

Ludemann and Commissioner Larry Newton first heard of the story during Silosky’s public statement.

Ludemann said she wasn’t ready to ask Hurtado to resign.

“There hasn’t been any evidence to support the allegations, so I don’t know if it’s true,” Ludemann said.

Newton said Hurtado should resign because it will continue to be an issue with the public.

“The damage is done,” Newton said. “How are we going to get any work done with this cloud hanging over our heads?”

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Cold temps slow blood donations Heartland official: ‘There are no snow days for patients in hospitals’

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Blood drives postponed in January because of the harsh cold left a blood donation center with low blood supply, but some area hospitals haven’t been affected.

Heartland Blood Centers officials said Monday the extreme cold weather in the past month has caused the cancellation of 21 blood drives across the northern Illinois and northwest Indiana regions that the nonprofit center serves.

Those drives would have brought in roughly 2,000 units of blood, and now officials are wanting immediate blood donations to meet the needs of 49 hospitals, an effort that requires almost 600 units of blood daily.

They are asking for communities to reschedule canceled appointments and for eligible blood donors to make an appointment as soon as possible.

Donors who have become sick with illnesses such as the flu have also caused drive cancellations.

“There are no snow days for patients in hospitals,”

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Heartland Blood Centers’ mobile bus has come to a halt recently as sub-zero weather conditions caused blood drives to be canceled, causing a shortage of an estimated 2,000 units of blood. said Jill Moeggenberg, the centers’ mobile recruitment director. “They still need the treatment they need and many times that means a blood transfusion.”

Low blood supply from Heartland Blood Centers hasn’t affected Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.

“Heartland Blood Centers has been a very good partner and they are able to supply us with what we need,” said Marketing Director Tracy Simons.

The same was true for Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Marketing Director Jan Ciccarelli the hospital was not experiencing a shortage of blood products.

A community blood drive being held Feb. 5 in Joliet will give area residents a chance to make a donation. The drive will run from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office, 121 N. Chicago St. Another community blood drive was already held in the downtown area Wednesday.

Jennifer Babec, Heartland Blood Centers volunteer coordinator, who was

assisting with Wednesday’s drive, said her child needed 22 blood transfusions when she was struggling with cancer and she wouldn’t want people in similar situations to suddenly face a low blood supply.

“That’s why I volunteer all these hours every year,” she said. “It’s so a loved one doesn’t have to go through that. That’s why it’s important to me.”

To schedule an appointment for the Feb. 5 blood drive, call Babec at 815325-4282 or visit Heartland blood Centers at heartlandbc.org.

New Lenox to hold blood drive Tuesday

By THE HERALD–NEWS The New Lenox Fire Protection District has scheduled a blood drive for Tuesday.

The blood drive will be 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fire Station 1, located at 261 E. Maple St. The drive will be held in conjunction with the

Lifesource for the Everyday Heroes Blood Drive Campaign, which supports firefighters and other service providers seeking higher education.

Donors will receive a coupon for a pint of Culver’s custard and a free tote bag.

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appointments by calling 815-463-4500.

Walk-ins are also welcome.

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bring identification, such as a driver’s license, military ID, or birth certificate along with a picture ID. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, although 16-year-olds may donate with written parental consent, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health.

District 86 school janitor facing drug, gun charges

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – A man who was charged last week with selling drugs from his home is no longer working as a school janitor.

District 86 spokeswoman Sandy Zalewski said Rodney L. Kelly, 48, has been placed on administrative leave while the district has a pending internal investigation.

Kelly was arrested at Sator Sanchez School about 12:30 p.m. Jan. 23 after police searched his

house in the 5300 block of Bridlewood Drive. Police Cmdr. Al Roechner said an investigation by the narcotics unit led to a search warrant that found a gram of cocaine, 47 grams of marijuana, scales and drug packaging and a .22-caliber revolver.

Kelly was booked into the county jail on charges of delivery of marijuana, drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and unauthorized possession of a firearm and released on a $7,500 bond.

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Prosecutors focus on Egas’ injuries

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The Lemont man facing a second-degree murder charge after a 2011 “road rage” incident in Romeoville wasn’t referred to at all by witnesses during the second day of his trial.

Instead prosecutors focused on the heart and brain of Christopher Yeoman’s alleged victim, 63-year-old Frank Egas.

Neva Magbanua, Egas’ live-in girlfriend of 14 years, said her “soulmate and partner” wasn’t the same after the June 2 incident prosecutors say led to his death three months later.

“He didn’t remember what happened to him and his [overall] memory was bad. He wobbled and moved very slow ... he spoke like a kid, not like an adult,” Magbanua testified.

Egas had been driving on 135th Street when Yeoman honked from the van behind his Solara. Defense attorney Cliff Johnson said Egas gave the middle finger and sped up when Yeoman

tried to pass him. When the vehicles reached Route 53, Yeoman and his wife left their three children in the van to speak with Egas who got out of his own vehicle when they went back to theirs.

Witnesses said Christopher Yeoman punched Egas in the head, knocking him to the ground before the couple drove away.

MagbaChristopher nua said her Yeoman boyfriend spent the two months after the attack shuffling between hospitals and rehabilitation centers and undergoing surgery before coming home in mid-August.

“Before I went to work I made him breakfast every morning and made him take his medicine the first week he was home, but the second week he wanted to do it himself,” Magbanua recalled.

On Sept. 3, 2011, Magba-

nua was awoken when Egas had a seizure and called 911 to take him to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital. Egas was transferred to Hinsdale later that day to undergo surgery. While he was able to communicate with her before the surgery, Egas never spoke again afterward. He was transferred to a hospice in Barrington where he died Sept. 29.

Magbanua was not cross-examined.

Dr. Manuel Montez, a forensic pathologist and Jason Patt, a Lake County coroner’s deputy told the eight men and six women serving as jurors and alternates how Egas’ brain was examined during his autopsy and preserved for further study.

Montez said Egas’ brain showed signs of multiple traumatic injuries and two brain surgeries. A neuropathologist and Romeoville police officers are expected to testify when the trial continues Thursday.

Yeoman is charged with one count of second-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery.

Renya I. Britto, 25, of the 200 block of Plainview Drive in Bolingbrook, was arrested by Bolingbrook police Sunday on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and endangering the life or health of a child.

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Quinn touted accomplishments in State of the State speech • STATE OF THE STATE Continued from page 3 hours. Yet in too many instances, they are living in poverty,” he said of workers earning minimum wage.

“That’s not right. That’s not an Illinois value.”

The Chicago Democrat nodded to other accomplishments, mentioning signing bill that legalizes same sex marriage in Illinois and a pension overhaul designed to eliminate Illinois’ nearly

$100 billion unfunded liability – the worst in the nation – by cutting benefits for retirees and employees.

Quinn has been reserved in taking credit for it, particularly since it’s prompted several union lawsuits, including on Tuesday. They say it’s unconstitutional, but Quinn has said it’ll hold up to a court challenge.

Still, he took a careful tone Wednesday, thanking legislators who voted and the committee that created the framework.

“It was hard. It was painful. And it took political courage. But together we got the job done,” he said. “We can tell the people of Illinois we stopped the bleeding. We turned the corner.”

How Quinn and others talk about the issue will be central on the 2014 campaign trail.

It’s the second time the Chicago Democrat has given the speech during an election year – in 2010 he faced a Democratic primary

challenge from then-Comptroller Dan Hynes – and what he said laid out his vision for this year on and off the campaign trail.

All five people running to replace Quinn – one Democrat and four Republicans – were in attendance of the speech. They are activist Tio Hardiman, who is challenging Quinn in the primary, and Republicans Treasurer Dan Rutherford, venture capitalist Bruce Rauner and state Sens. Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady.

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Gov. Pat Quinn delivers the State of the State address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly in the House chambers at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.

State of the State highlights The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn delivered his annual State of the State address Wednesday, laying out his vision for the next five years in speech that focused heavily on creating jobs. Here are some of the highlights: SMALL BUSINESS: Quinn will use his power of executive order to create a small business advocate position on his staff. The advocate will advise him on issues affecting small business owners and help small businesses start and grow.

FEES: Quinn called for legislation that will reduce a filing fee for creating a limited liability company in Illinois from its current $500 fee to $39. Quinn said the goal is to make Illinois’ fee the lowest in the nation.

BIOTECH CENTER: Quinn promoted a Chicago center that’ll help start medical technology companies and is expected to open later this year. It’s modeled after a similar Chicago center for digital business called 1871, which state officials say created about 800 jobs

in the first year. State officials say the new hub will be a place for investors and entrepreneurs to start businesses.

GRANTS: Quinn wants to double the number of Monetary Award Program scholarships for college students. He said he wants to make sure that 60 percent of the adult workforce in Illinois has a degree or career certificate by 2025.

Quinn said MAP needbased scholarships currently help 140,000 students go to college.

WATER PROJECTS: Quinn wants to renew a grant program designed to help fix aging water infrastructure.

He announced a $ 1 billion extension of a loan program, which he started in 2012.

At the time, officials said that Illinois had one of the largest backlogs of drinking water repairs in the nation.

Quinn said the program will create 28,000 jobs.

YOUTH: Quinn wants to expand three existing youth and young adult conservation corps programs, which he said will help young people get training for future jobs. They are:

Illinois Youth Recreation Corps, Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps and Illinois Veterans Conservation Corps.

EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT: Quinn wants to again double an income tax credit aimed at helping poor Illinois families keep more of the money they earn. The state last increased the earned income tax credit in 2011, from 5 percent to 10 percent over two years.

State officials said another increase would eventually translate to an average of about $100 a year per family.

MINIMUM WAGE: Quinn reiterated his push to raise the state’s $8.25 minimum wage to at least $10 an hour.

He said raising the rate is about dignity and decency.

EARLY EDUCATION: Quinn said he wants to beef up resources for early education in Illinois to increase access to prenatal care, early learning and parental support. He said doing so would pay off in the future, but he didn’t detail how much money the initiative will cost or where the state would get the money for it.

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BEVERLY A. DELEHANTY Beverly A. Delehanty, age 82, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Presence Villa Franciscan Nursing Home where she resided for the past two years.

Beverly was born in Ottawa, IL to Ann and Bud Ruff and has been a Joliet area resident her entire adult life.

Beverly is survived by her two sons, Charles J. (Carol) Delehanty and James Delehanty; and one brother, Kevin (Lety) Dulian; as well as numerous grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

Preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 and one half years, Stanley Delehanty (June, 2009); parents, Joseph “Bud” and Ann (nee Dulian) Ruff; step-father, Kermit Dulian; and brother Charles Ruff.

Donations may be made in Beverly's name to Presence Villa Franciscan Nursing Home, 210 Springfield Ave., Joliet, IL 60435.

Per Beverly's request, cremation rites have been accorded and no visitation was held. A private committal service has taken place at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Beverly A. Delehanty at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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DEBRA DOBSON Debra Dobson (Debbie Lee Flanagan), age 57.

Peacefully Monday, January 27, 2014 while she was in prayer with her family at her bedside at home, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Joliet and a lifelong Joliet area resident. She was a former manager at Murphy Steak House in Mokena and a waitress for several Joliet area restaurants. A member of Stone Hill bl Church o th

Stone Hill Bible Church on the praise team, American Legion Harwood Post #5, Ladies' Auxiliary and former member of the Moose Lodge #300 Ladies of the Moose.

Debra was a local area singer with many different bands, most notably with the band, Country Feelings with her father, Ernest "Cotton" Flanagan. She found God 37 years ago she began to sing for him and all of his glory. She was a strong and vibrant woman who always put others before herself.

Her children, so very much appreciate knowing she was always at their side, no matter what. Her greatest loves in life were being in the presence of her children, grandchildren, family and friends all while basking in the glory of God's grace. God was her life and source of hope. Her deepest wish was that everyone would find Jesus.

Preceded by her husband, William Dobson (March 4, 2012); her son, Jason Overton (1978); her parents, Ernest "Cotton" and June (nee Borg) Flanagan; her two sisters, Sandra Childress and Cynthia Pickens (January 25, 2014).

Survived by her two sons, Thomas Oliver and Ryan (Roxanne) Oliver; three daughters, Tracy Oliver, Autumn (Juan) Diaz and Candice Dobson all of Joliet; seven grandchildren, Kyla, Allison, Alejandra, Isaiah, Kelci, Sebastian and Madelyn, with the eighth grandchild, Raelyn to make her appearance any day now; two brothers, Gary Soerensen and Ernest Flanagan, Jr.; her brother-inlaw, Raymond Dobson; she leaves behind her beloved best friend, Mary Cook; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.

The family would like to thank Margie and Linda from Joliet Area Community Hospice for their tender, loving care.

Debra Dobson will Lie in State Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Stone Hill Bible Church, 1516 Edgerton Drive, Joliet from 9:00 a.m. until time of services at 10:00 a.m.

Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name to Stone Hill Bible Church would be appreciated.

Visitation Friday at Stone Hill Bible Church 4:00-8:00 p.m. Fred C. Dames Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements. For information: 815-741-5500 or www.fredcdames.com

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Commission since 1987 and Chairman of the Commission since 1989, Lockport VFW Post #5788, Lockport American Legion John Olson Post #18, 50 year member of the Lockport Moose Lodge #1557 and life member of Joliet Rivals Club.

Preceded in death by his wife Gloria (Fracaro); his parents Anthony and Margaret (Palmer); brothers George and Donald and a sister Betty Bick.

Survived by his loving children Cindy Georgantas and Robert W. Jr. (Paulette); grandchildren Dr. Robert W. III, Laine (Josh) Vallero, Ginny Georgantas, Dominic (Kate), Angela Welter, Dena Welter, Lisa Welter and Gina (Joe) Palluck; seven greatgrandhcildren; brothers Clarence (Terry) and Richard (Judy); sisters Connie A'Hearn and Lorraine (David, Deceased) A'Hearn. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to Joliet Area Community Hospice, Mayo Clinic Urology Department, Joliet Diocese Catholic Charities or St. Joseph Church, Lockport would be appreciated.

Bob's family would like to express their deepest gratitude to Dr. Daniel Co for his exceptional care and also to Senior Star at Weber Place nurses, care givers and administration for their loving care they have shown to their dad.

Per Bob's wishes, cremation rites were accorded.

Family will greet relatives and friends, Saturday, February 1, from 9:00 am until time of Memorial Mass at 11:00 am at ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, 410 JEFFERSON ST., LOCKPORT. For more info and to sign guest book: www.oneilfuneralhome.com.

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Robert W. Georgantas, Sr. “Major” Age 91, of Lockport, peacefully Tuesday, January, 21, 2014, at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born in Joliet, living in Joliet before moving to Lockport in 1946. Bob served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WW II. He entered the Illinois State Police Academy in March of 1949 and after his training, he was assigned to State Police District 5, Joliet as a trooper and was promoted to Sergeant in 1952.

He was then assigned to District 4 in Blue Island as District Commander and promoted to Lieutenant in 1959. He attended and graduated from the FBI National Academy at Quantico in 1961, then transferred back to District 5 as Acting District Commander, was promoted to Captain in 1963, was District Commander until promotion to Major in 1975. He was in command of Area 1, Districts 2-3-45, District 15 Illinois Toll Road until he retired in 1978. He then went into Shell gasoline business with his son Bob, Jr. and ran Bob's Shell in Bolingbrook, Joliet and Lockport, retiring in 1995. Since his retirement from the Shell stations, he lived in his home on the Kankakee River in Wilmington, hosting annual picnics for the Will County Police Chiefs and Illinois State retirees.

Bob was Past-President of the Will County Police Chiefs Association, Cook County Council of Police Chiefs and Lockport Boy's Baseball MARGARET M. GONDA for 20 years in the 60's and 70's.

He also managed 18 year olds Margaret M. baseball teams for 20 years. He Gonda (nee Kezele), was a member of Illinois age 85, entered Association Chiefs of Police, eternal life International Association Chiefs of peacefully on Police, FBI National Academy Tuesday, January 28, Association, FOP Troopers 41 Lodge, 2014, comforted by her loving Will County Sheriff's Merit family.

ily Marge is survived by her loving children, Donna (Michael) Botts, Robert (Joanne) Gonda, Daniel (Sandy) Gonda and Sharon (Patrick) McDonald; grandchildren, Erin, Timothy, and Christine Botts, James ( Megan) Gonda, Elizabeth (Tom) Nealis, and Jonathan (Brette) Gonda, Donna, Victoria and Brieanna Gonda; greatgrandchildren, Tobin, Jonah, Jace and Piper Gonda, Levi, Joshua, and Kai Blumenstock; one brother, Ray (the late Helen) Kezele. Numerous sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews also survive.

Preceded in death by her beloved husband of 51 years, Matthew Gonda; daughter in infancy Virginia; parents, Michael and Barbara (nee Racki) Kezele-Mahalovich; siblings, Mary (Ray) Biernat, Molly (Gene) Stogis, Delores (Joe) Wrona, Virginia, Helen, Richard, Mike, and Walter Kezele.

Marge was a dedicated and faithful parishioner of St. Anne Catholic Church in Crest Hill. She was very active in her beloved parish and volunteered much of her time to assist with anything she could. Marge loved working in the yard and took pride in its appearance. Marge's most important asset in life was her family and she loved to spend time with all of them. Marge's motto was “Laughter is the best medicine.”

In lieu of flowers, donations in Margaret's name to St. Anne Catholic Church in Crest Hill or the American Cancer Society would be appreciated. A celebration of Margaret's life will begin on Saturday, February 1, 2014, with prayers in the funeral home chapel at 9:20 a.m. then driving in procession to St. Anne Catholic Church in Crest Hill for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at St. Mary Nativity Cemetery in Crest Hill. Visitation will be on Friday, January 31, 2014 at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet, IL from 3-9 p.m. Obituary and Tribute Wall for Margaret M. Gonda at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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MILDRED I. POWERS Pickens (Pearson), She was a full-time Professional age 61.

Passed away Realtor. She was a top producing Saturday, January Mildred Ila “Millie” agent with Coldwell Banker-Bell Powers (Nee: 25, 2014 at the Plainfield South office, licensed Carter), age 91, late Landmark Hospital since 2006, serving Will, DuPage, of Lockport, passed in Missouri.

Kendall, Cook and Grundy Counties. away peacefully, Born July 12, 1952 in Joliet, IL. She With 25 years of customer service Friday January 24, attended Joliet Central H.S. and experience, her focus was always 2014 surrounded by lived most of her life as a resident of on client service along with the high her loving family. Born in Russell Joliet, IL. On November 7, 1970, value she placed on honesty and County, Virginia and living in Cindy married the late Ronnie J. integrity. Debbie was a member of Lockport since 1955. the National Association of Realtors, Pickens. They were married for 35 Millie was a loving mother, Momo The Illinois Association of Realtors, years. She and Ronnie were the to her granddaughters, grandma, proud parents of their only child, Three Rivers Association of daughter, sister, aunt, BINGO Realtors, Multiple Listing Service of Tammie J. (Pickens) Shaw. Cindy partner, dear friend to many and an Northern Illinois and a Multi-million worked for the Illinois State Police amazing southern cook. Employed Crime Lab in Joliet until 1991, and dollar sales producer. she was a member of the First

by Dairy Castle in the Fairmont area She was compassionate, warm and caring with an infectious laugh Church of God. In addition, she had of Lockport during the 1960's, where she became Ma Powers to all a deep love for her family, and sweet spirit. Her greatest the neighborhood children. especially her grandchildren and accomplishment was how caring Member of Lockport American she was to everyone and her warm, enjoyed spending time with them.

Legion John Olson Post #18 Ladies She was preceded in death by her welcoming and helpful personality. husband, Ronnie J. Pickens; parents, Auxiliary and First United Methodist She was an avid golfer. She will be Richard Pearson and June (Borg) Church of Lockport. missed more than anyone can put Preceded in death by her Flanagan; her sisters, Sandra into words. husband, Brady Utah Powers Kennedy and Debra (Flanagan) Preceded in death by her father, (1985); her parents, Homer and Dobson (January 27, 2014); and Delain “Ray” Ziemer, her paternal Ruby (1972, 1988) Carter; her grandparents, Bill and Della Ziemer stepfather, Ernest (Cotton) brothers, Earl, Gene, Jim, Jay and Flanagan Sr. and her maternal grandparents, Lewis Carter; a sister, Nadine She is survived by her daughter, Antonio and Laura Cambruzzi.

Survived by her loving husband of Tammie J. Shaw (Derek) of Marion, Turner; a granddaughter, Kathleen Mildred Ward (1967)and a greatIL; brother, Gary Soerensen of Los 20 years, Joel N. Huffar; one son, grandson, Joey.

Angeles, CA; sister, Merri Norris of Michael J. Huffar her mother, Survived by her three children, Margaret (nee Cambruzzi) Ziemer; McHenry, IL; brother, Ernest Brady (Marsha) Powers, Brenda Flanagan Jr. of Nashville, TN; eight one sister, Peggy George; her (Bill) Ward and Roger (Wanda) grandchildren, Corryne, Nathaniel, father-in-law, Neil Huffar; her Powers; her eleven grandchildren, Bethany, Caleb, Micah, Emma, mother-in-law, Marilyn (Ken) Rhonda Lynn (John) Langley, Swanson; nephews, Mark (Michele) Abigail, and Sophia Shaw; she also William( Elizabeth) Thomas, George and Christopher George; her leaves behind her mother-in-law; two brothers-in-law; and numerous Christine (Tom) Mandarino, Roger niece, Karen (David) Whiteside; 3 Powers, Randy (Leigh) Powers, nieces and nephews. great-nieces and 1 great-nephew; Steve Powers, Sue Ward, Teri Visitation for Cynthia M. Pickens sisters-in-law, Diane (Phil) Cooper Bethel, Kim Rachel, George Rachel and Ellen Huffar, also many cousins will be held at the Fred C. Dames and Christy Ross; her 25 greatFuneral Home, 3200 Black at and loving friends also survive.

Joliet on Thursday, grandchildren; 18 great-great Essington Rds., Visitation for Deborah L. Huffar January 30, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. with grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, will be held at the Blackburnthe celebration of life service Dolly Carter, Helen Carter and Ruth Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home Carter; and her cat, Sandy. She was following at 7:00 p.m. The 1500 Black Road, Joliet on also a loving aunt and friend to Reverends Carl Wagner and Derek Thursday, January 30, 2014 from many, including her caregiver, Shaw will be officiating. A private 4:00 p.m. until time of services at Helena Siuta; her dear friend, Edith interment service will be held at the 7:30 p.m. with Pastor David Nygard Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Craig; and her caring neighbors, in Elwood, IL on Friday, January 31, Charles and Dorothy Jones and their daughters.

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The Herald-News / TheHerald-News.com ughte Family wishes to extend their heartfelt thanks to Vitas Hospice.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 10:00am in the O'Neil Funeral Home Chapel, 1105 E. 9th St. (159th St.), Lockport, with Pastor Lora Zink officiating. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet. Visitation Friday, January 31, 2014 from 4:00pm until 8:00pm.

For directions and sign guest book: www.oneilfuneralhome.com

quip mpany years, progressing through the years from territory salesman, sales manager, and eventually retiring as branch manager in Joliet, Illinois.

He made numerous life-long friends from his years with New Holland.

Roger was a very gifted and innovative person with tools. He had a well supplied "basement workshop" where he kept his family supplied with many clever and artful projects to use around the house and garden. If anyone in the neighborhood ever needed a tool, nut, bolt, or screw, Roger probably had it.

Roger and Carol lived in several places in Ohio as he was promoted in his career. After accepting his final position in Joliet, Illinois, he made that his home for 42 years.

The Ritchies were wonderful neighbors, hosting many gettogether's and lending a helping hand wherever and whenever it was needed. They were active members of Faith Lutheran Church ROGER OTIS RITCHIE of Joliet.

Born: Nov. 19, 1930; in Van Wert, As the couple's health declined Ohio they recently had become residents Died: Jan. 26, 2014; in Arlington of The Moorings of Arlington Heights Heights so they could be close to their youngest son, Scott and his Roger Otis Ritchie, family. Roger and Carol were never husband of Carol very far apart from each other Borden Ritchie, and during their 65 years of marriage, raising three successful sons and father of Mark creating endless treasured (Marilyn), Dan (Jo memories that will comfort Carol as Ann), and Scott (Kathy), passed she continues as a resident at The from this earth Sunday evening, January 26, 2014. He was 83 years Moorings. old. Roger was also the proud Roger was preceded in death by his parents and grandson, Matthew. grandfather of three grandsons, Per Roger's wishes, cremation three granddaughters, and greatrites were accorded. Memorial grandfather to two greatservices will be held in the spring in granddaughters. both Joliet, IL and Van Wert, OH. To Roger was born November 19, 1930 to Elizabeth and Paul Ritchie in sign guest book and send Van Wert, Ohio. He was the eldest condolences to Carol: www.oneilfuneralhome.com. of three; brother to Mary Ellen Arrangements by: Ritchie Lloyd of Venedocia, Ohio and Rex Ritchie, formerly of Van Wert, currently of Winchester, Virginia. Roger always took great pride that he was born into a family of farmers and always remained close to his farming roots. While it was back-breaking work, nevertheless, he remembered his days as a farmer with great fondness. He loved telling stories about his experiences on the family farm, especially about his two favorite Percheron draft horses, "Bird" and "Tony".

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RUTH L. ROSS Born: March 24, 1936; in Joliet Died: Jan. 27, 2014; in Joliet Ruth L. (Horschler) Ross, age 77 of Shawano, passed away Monday, January 27, 2014, in the presence of her family. Born on March 24, 1936 in Joliet, IL, she was the daughter of the late John and Bertha (Feltz) Horschler. On September 11, 1955 she was united in marriage to Donald Ross. After marriage Ruth worked as a secretary at Skidmore Pumps in Benton Harbor, MI. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Saint Joseph, MI. In her earlier years she enjoyed camping, singing, teaching and playing piano.

In her later years she enjoyed doing crafts and traveling with her sister, Ethel, and was always taking pictures. But her greatest joy in life was caring for and spending time with her family.

Ruth is survived by: her children, Patricia Peterson, Beverly Seils, Mark (Joan) Ross, Kimberly (John) Collins, David Ross, Judith Ellis, Jeffrey Ross; 20 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Ruth is further survived by: her sister, Ethel Peterson; sisters-in-law, Peggy Horschler, Marge Horschler; and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Ruth was preceded in death by: her husband, Donald; siblings, Agnes who died in infancy, Ellenor (Robert) Kness, Clarence (Janette) Horschler, Art Horschler, Edna (Leo) Gale, Milton (Smokey) Horschler, Gladys (Richard) Martin, John Horschler; and a brother-in-law, Ernest Peterson.

Burial will take place at the Hills of Rest Cemetery in Joliet, IL at a future date, along with a memorial service at that time. Swedberg Funeral Home in Shawano is assisting the family with the arrangements. A memorial fund is being established; contributions can be sent to Mark Ross, 1049 Manitoba Street, Menasha, WI 54952.

The family would like to thank the staff at Pine Manor Nursing Facilities in Clintonville, along with the hospice staff from Southern Care for the wonderful care given to their mother the last few years. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com

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by p , included serving on the board of Carl and Marion (nee McFadden) CLARENCE F. SCHMITZ directors and as President of the Stephens; and a brother, William Born: April 24, 1935; Joliet, IL Plainfield Lions club, the Joliet Stephens.

Died: Jan. 26, 2014; Joliet, IL He served his country in the Air Community Swim Team Association and the Joliet Junior College Force during the Korean war. He Clarence F. Foundation. Also served on the was a long time member of the Life Schmitz, age 78 of board of the Family Counseling Spring Community Church in Plainfield and Troy Agency of Will County, Salem Plainfield, where he was known as Township, at rest Village, and the Greater Joliet Area the “Candy Man.” Walter worked Sunday, January 26, YMCA, serving as Campaign for the E J & E railroad retiring in 2014 at Presence St. Chairman of the 1986 Capital Fund 1998 after 32 years of service.

Joseph Medical Drive. Served on the Greater Joliet Funeral Services for Walter will be Center in Joliet, IL. Area YMCA Board of Trustees and held Saturday February 1, 2014 at Born April 24, 1935 the Joliet Junior College Foundation 10:00am, at the LifeSpring in Joliet, IL the son of and became a Life Member. He was Community Church, 14735 Wood the late Clarence chosen by his peers as the recipient Farm Road, Plainfield, IL 60544. and Ceil Schmitz. of the Susan Wood Award at the Visitation Friday January 31, 2014, Beloved husband of Brenda and Joliet Junior College in 1996 for 4:00pm – 8:00pm. the late Judith, loving father of Karl service to the community.

Schmitz, Karol (Fred) Herink and In his spare time he enjoyed Kristin Schmitz, step-father of David golfing, boating, scuba diving, snow (Holly) Marchant and Laura (Tom) skiing, motorcycling, woodworking, Egly. Cherished grandfather of all types of travel, but most of all, Alexander (Dalicia), Timothy, his grandchildren.

Joseph, and Amelia Herink, In lieu of flowers, memorials to Katherine Schmitz, Courtney, the Joliet Area Community Hospice, Thomas and Gabe Christopher, 250 Water Stone Circle, Joliet, IL Rachel, Gretchen, Julia and 60431, The Salvation Army, 300 Elizabeth Egly and Elliot Marchant.

Third Avenue, Joliet, IL 60433 or Dear brother of Doris Puntney, Ceil NORMAN E. TEAGUE Joliet Township High School Plese and the late Jeanne Foundation.

Pennington. Fond uncle of Norman E. Visitation Friday, January 31, 2014 numerous nieces and nephews.

Teague, age 81, from 3:00 - 8:00 PM at OvermanClarence graduated from Joliet passed away Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Township High School, Class of Monday January 27, Services, 15219 S. Joliet Road, 1952, he served a formal 2014, at Presence Plainfield, IL 60544 with additional apprenticeship as a Tool and Die St. Joseph Medical visitation Saturday, February 1, 2014 Maker/Moldmaker. Clarence served Center. from 10:00 - 11:00 at the funeral in the US Army in 1955 - 1957, with home, funeral services to follow at Survived by his the Second Infantry Division, 15th loving wife of 58 11:00 AM. Interment at Plainfield Field Artillery Battalion, years Mary (Bethel) Township Cemetery, Plainfield, IL. Headquarters Company in Teague; son Henry For information: 815-436-9221 or Fairbanks, AK, then attended Joliet D. Hallowell; www.overmanjones.com Junior College in 1958 and 1959. In daughter Brenda 1959, along with two partners, (Larry) Briones; grandchildren Jeff, founded Plainfield Tool and Brian and Michelle; great Engineering, Inc, (The Plainfield WALTER N. STEPHENS grandchildren Mike, Caitlyn, Brad Companies). and Alex; great great grandchildren In 1975, co-founder of Plainfield Angelo, Gianna and Christopher; Walter N. Tool of El Paso, TX and also two sisters Anna and Wynola and Stephens, age 77, Plainfield Plating of El Paso, TX. In passed away his buddy Mookie.

1976, co-founded Plainfield Molding, Saturday January 25, Preceded in death by his parents Inc., in Plainfield, IL and in 1990 was Ural and Annie Teague; numerous 2014 at Lakewood the co-founder of PIC Molding of brothers and sisters.

Nursing home.

Plainfield. He served as President of Born in Brownsville, KY, living in Walter is survived by his wife of the Tool and Die Institute of the Joliet area since 1955. Living in 35 years, Regina (nee Fleming); 7 Chicago and the Fox River Valley children, Kathryn Stephens, Thomas Lockport for 34 years and the past Chapter of the Society of 25 years in Minooka. U.S. Air Force (Nerie) Stephens, Colleen (David Manufacturing Engineers. Also Doran) Stephens, Michael (Robbin) Veteran. Retired from General served on the Board of Directors of Stephens, Dawn Stephens, Cindy Motors in 1988. Member of the The American Metal Stampers, the (Rick) Childress, Tina Kratovil; 10 Church of God for 35 years. A Heritage Bank of Crest Hill, Railoc special Thanks to Rev. and Mrs. grandchildren, 3 great Company, and Bryant Buildings, Golden and the church family for all grandchildren; 4 brothers, Jerry, both of Plainfield, and R.R. Brink the prayers. Also a special Thanks Edward, Jim, and Paul Stephens; a Locking Systems of Shorewood. to Mark Stevens of the Morris sister, Alice Crowley; numerous Clarence's civic involvement nieces, nephews and cousins also Veterans for all he has done. survive.

Funeral Services will be held Preceded in death by his parents, Friday January 31, 2014, at 10:00

The Herald-News / TheHerald-News.com ay January 31, 4, at a.m. at the Church of God, 1917 S. Chicago St., Joliet, IL 60433 with Rev. Douglas Golden officiating.

Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Visitation Thursday 4-8 p.m. at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home.

g in the p family and friends. She enjoyed eating at Chicken N Spice and was a well known figure on Chicago Street in Joliet, Illinois. She always enjoyed the outdoors as a child and this is where she was mostly found.

She was well known by the local businesses and especially the paramedics. You would occasionally find her singing at the local bus stops.

She leaves to cherish in her memory, Mary L. Morgan of Joliet, Illinois, Lonnie Bray, Eddie Lee FERN E. WHEATLEY White, both of Winnsboro, LA, Pearlie White Wright of Manghan, Fern E. Wheatley, Nee Newman, LA and James Hamilton of Wisner, passed away peacefully, Sunday LA and a host of other relatives and January 26, 2014 at the Hillcrest friends. nursing home in Geneseo, Illinois.

Visitation will be held on Friday, Survived by her beloved children, January 31, 2014 3:00 - 5:00 PM at Dr. John (Kris) Wheatley, and Jackie the funeral home. Private Interment.

(Harold) Ryley; 8 grandchildren, 3 Minor-Morris Funeral Home great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, Leo 112 Richards St. (815) 723-1283 and Carl Newman. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

Preceded in death by her husband, Jack Wheatley; and a daughter, Darlene (Bob) Veno; a sister, Joy; and her parents, William and Mattie (nee Lyles) Newman.

Fern loved flowers and had a green thumb. She was devoted to the care of all animals.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 2:00pm. Visitation Thursday at 1:00pm, until time of service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to the American Cancer Association, or the Humane Society would be appreciated.

WILLIE MAE WHITE Willie Mae White, age 55, born March 3, 1958, in Monroe, LA to Johnnie White and Eldora (Shaw) White. She moved to Joliet, Illinois in 1984 to live with her sister. She passed away suddenly on Tuesday, January 21, 2014.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Eldora and Johnnie White and five siblings. Willie Mae loved to dance and tell funny stories. She loved being in the presence of her

STATE

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NEWS BRIEFS Leibovitz photography exhibit to open SPRINGFIELD – One of the country’s most famous photographers will have her work on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield next month.

Annie Leibovitz’s “Pilgrimage” exhibit features more than 70 photographs of iconic American landscapes, places and objects.

They are on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection.

Subjects in her “Pilgrimage” exhibit include Niagara Falls, Yellowstone National Park and Elvis Presley’s motorcycle.

The exhibit opens Feb. 8 and runs through the end of August. The stop at in Springfield is part of a cross-country tour. It heads next to the New York Historical Society.

Measure would ease some Ill. property taxes SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers could consider legislation that would help limit property tax increases for business owners who rebuild from last year’s tornadoes.

The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers reports the bill is sponsored

by Rep. Chad Hays, a Catlin Republican.

He also represents Gifford, which was one of the communities hit by two dozen tornadoes that struck Illinois in November.

Hays says he worries business owners who are “already struggling to stay

afloat” won’t be able to afford higher taxes if they rebuild and improve their properties after the storm.

Hays’ proposal would create a five-year property tax abatement on the higher tax rate for businesses that are rebuilt. It would also cap annual property tax increases after the five-year window.

Quinn declares propane emergency SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday declared a propane supply emergency in Illinois.

Wet fall weather and recent cold spells have combined to put a pinch on Illinois’ propane supplies, causing distribution problems across the state.

The declaration means regulations will be eased on propane truck drivers so they can drive to other states and fill their tanks.

Illinois also has lifted limits on how long truck drivers can work within 24 hours.

This will let them travel farther to pick up propane, the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises’ newspapers reported.

Quinn spokesman Dave Blanchette said the shortage means additional drivers are needed to travel to Texas to haul propane back to Illinois.

If cold temperatures continue, people who use propane to heat their homes could experience some negative effects. Nationwide, the blast of winter weather is sapping fuel supplies. Propane users are hit hardest

by the fuel shortages, some paying up to $100 to $200 more per fill-up.

The Energy Department says 5.5 million U.S. households heat with propane, mostly in the Midwest and South.

Part-time Ill. workers receive pensions NAPERVILLE – Dozens of former elected officials in suburbs surrounding Chicago are collectively receiving tens of thousands of dollars a year in pension benefits, even though they mostly worked part time.

Besides the question of whether part-time work as an alderman, mayor or clerk deserves such benefits, critics say the payouts are an unfair burden on local taxpayers. Some say they also demonstrate a failure of the state’s pension reform plan to go far enough in easing a crisis that has left Illinois mired in debt.

The Daily Herald used an open records request to find that 42 former suburban officials who worked mostly part time will collectively receive more than $200,000 this year in retirement benefits.

Even some officials in line to collect pensions are questioning whether it’s fair.

Naperville city councilman Grant Wehrli tried to do away with his pension eligibility but was voted down by fellow council members.

Once officials have entered the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund they can’t opt out without such a vote or without stepping down.

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NATION&WORLD North Korea nuclear reactor has restarted

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON The Associated Press WASHINGTON – North Korea has followed through on its threat to advance its nuclear weapons program, the top U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday, while a research institute pointed to signs the communist country is preparing to launch bigger rockets.

Those developments will add to the international concern about the intentions of young leader Kim Jong Un, amid scant sign that negotiations to curb North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will resume any time soon.

In written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said North Korea has expanded the size of the uranium enrichment facility at the Nyongbyon nuclear complex and restarted a reactor that was used for plutonium production before it was shut down in 2007.

Those findings concur with assessments published last summer by think tanks that monitor North Korea’s nuclear program using commercial satellite imagery.

South Korean intelligence also has said the reactor has restarted.

“North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs pose a serious threat to the United States and to the security environment in East Asia,” Clapper said. He said the North is committed to developing a longrange missile that can threaten the U.S. North Korea announced its intention to “adjust and alter” its existing nuclear facilities after an underground, atomic test explosion last February, backtracking from denuclearization commitments.

That announcement came during a period of high tension when the North issued threats of a nuclear strike on the United States.

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Frequent Obama allies feeling left out

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – For some White House allies, the long list of executive actions President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address was marred by a few glaring omissions.

Gay rights advocates are seething over Obama’s refusal to grant employment discrimination protections to gays and lesbians working for federal contractors, safeguards they have been seeking for years. And some immigration overhaul supporters were disappointed that he did not act on his own to halt deportations, which have soared during his presidency and angered many Hispanics.

On both issues, White House officials say the place for action is in Congress, where successful legislation would be far more sweeping than the steps the president could take by himself. But work on an employment non-discrimination bill and an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws is stalled on Capitol Hill, leaving advocates perplexed as to why their calls for executive action did not fit into Obama’s vow to act “whenever and wherever” Congress will not.

“In the absence of congressional action, an executive order that prohibits discrimination by contractors is a tailor-made solution to the president’s expressed aims,” said Fred Sainz, vice president of Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay advocacy organization. Sainz said his frustration with the White House’s inaction on the issue was “growing by the day.”

Ben Monterroso, executive director of the immigration organization Mi Familia Vota, said: “The president said he is going to use executive orders to act where Congress fails, and we expect him to do the same with immigration reform.”

The criticism is particularly striking given that it is coming from two constituencies that have reliably supported the president. More than 70 percent of Hispanic voters backed Obama in the 2012 presidential election, and the gay community has consistently praised him for his unprecedented support.

For gay advocates, the frustration that followed the State of the Union was compounded by the fact that the president announced a minimum-wage executive

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President Barack Obama signs a memorandum directing the Treasury Department to create a new retirement saving account after speaking at the U.S. Steel Irvin Plant Wednesday in West Mifflin, Pa., about retirement policies he highlighted in the State of the Union address. order that in many ways mirrored the action they are seeking. The order raises the minimum hourly pay for new federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10. Obama cast the move as an opportunity to make at least some progress on the issue while he pushes Congress to pass legislation extending the minimum to all workers.

Gay rights proponents have asked Obama to sign an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. At the same time, they want Congress to pass the broader Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which

has the backing of the White House. That measure passed the Senate last year but is stalled in the Republican-led House.

Heather Cronk, co-director of the organization GetEqual, said Obama’s declining to sign the executive order means he is “actively choosing to permit discrimination against LGBT workers.”

Obama spokesman Jay Carney said the executive actions the president outlined in Tuesday night’s address were not an exhaustive list of his plans for this year.

But Carney also cautioned that he was not implying there would be any future action on the LGBT order.

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OUR VIEW

Ill. needs to do more to make ‘comeback’ Gov. Pat Quinn sounded tone deaf in his declaration that “Illinois is making a comeback” in his State of the State address Wednesday.

For example, Quinn’s claim that the job market is on the rebound stems from the fact that it is three points less than its bottom-of-thetrough level of 11.3 percent during the Great Recession.

In December, unemployment in Illinois was measured at 8.6 percent, after the economy shed 3,200 jobs. That leaves Illinois with the second-worst jobless rate in the country, where it has been for months. Meanwhile, the Pew Charitable Trust projects Illinois will be dead last in job creation in 2014. The national unemployment rate is 6.7 percent.

Contrary to the theme Quinn repeated time and again during his State of the State speech in Springfield, that hardly sounds like “getting the job done.”

Quinn also counted the courtship of international businesses, including Japanese rail car maker Nippon-Sharyo, which decided to expand its operation in Rochelle.

Press reports Wednesday also confirmed that Schaumburg-based Cancer Treatment Centers had decided to move its corporate headquarters

to Boca Raton, Fla., the same city where Office Depot Inc., plans to move its newly formed company. That company chose Boca Raton over Naperville.

Quinn claimed credit for the pension reform legislation in which he had limited participation, a reform that will not stop the state’s finances from sliding in to a deficit in the billions within a few years without cuts in spending or increases in revenue.

Quinn talked of more spending – doubling the number for math scholarships for college students, expanding investment in roads, water systems and other infrastructure, and in building the Illiana Expressway and a third airport south of Chicago.

Then there was the obligatory section of the speech that included the buzzword “middle class,” but had little to nothing to do with middle-class taxpayers.

Instead, Quinn called for mandatory earned sick days for Illinois workers, and an increase in the minimum wage to $10 an hour. Missing was any mention of the growing property tax burden homeowners face, and as expected, the state’s income tax increase that is scheduled to “sunset” at the end of this year was not mentioned.

ANOTHER VIEW

How long has your mom been on TV? Have you ever heard of this stuff called “snow?” Do you know what it looks like? Do you know that driving in snow is different than driving on dry pavement? Do you know that it usually only snows when it’s cold outside?

I think most of us know those things.

You know who thinks we’ve never, ever even heard of snow before?

Our local TV news team. Or as I call them, our TV Mom. “You’re not wearing that out there today, are you?” is something we all remember our real moms saying.

TV Mom is even more annoying.

“When it’s this cold, you should take special precautions like wearing

THE VILLAGE IDIOT Jim Mullen warm clothing, in layers,” she tells us.

Then, TV Mom explains that extremely cold temperatures can cause frostbite.

She stands outside in extremely cold weather and demonstrates how cold it is by throwing a boiling pan of water up in the air and watching it turn to ice crystals before it hits the ground.

My real mom never did that, but TV Mom is obsessed with being the “cool” mom.

But you know another good way to explain how cold it is without bothering to boil water? Go start your car and see how long it takes for the heat to kick in on your way to work. Short time equals not so cold, or maybe a very good heater. Long time equals really, really cold.

Later that night, TV Mom reports that several people scalded themselves trying to do the boiling water thing because they had seen Mom do it on TV. It’s OK for highly trained TV Mom News Teams to do this, but not for you or me. Hey, TV Mom took a course on it at Journalism/Clown School.

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Mullen urges anchors to rethink reporter techniques • VIEW Continued from page 19 Do you know that when the temperature gets colder, the mercury in the thermometer drops?

Did you know that cold weather most often happens in the time of year known as “winter”? Have you heard of this thing called “winter”? Yes, I think our real mothers may have mentioned it once or twice.

But TV Mom apparently doesn’t think we’ve ever heard of it.

She explained the concept of

winter every night for a week as if she were planning to give a pop quiz on it later.

It could only have been more childish if she had given the weather report in Dr. Seuss-like rhymes.

“Will it sleet or will it snow?

Will it hit 23 below?”

Do you know what a multi-car pile-up is? TV Mom explained that the latest awesome crash was caused by snow and ice.

Going out in a blinding snowstorm to get more beer and cigarettes had nothing to do with it. Driving as if it’s a bright, dry, sunny day had nothing at all to

do with it. Tailgating behind an 18-wheeler had nothing to do with it, texting about driving through a blizzard while driving through a blizzard had nothing to do with it, and taking your eyes off the road to see why the news van is in the breakdown lane had nothing to do with it.

It was the ice and snow that caused all the problems.

Have you ever heard of “wind chill”? Don’t worry that you’re old enough to be TV Mom’s parents; TV Mom will explain the term as if you’ve never heard it before.

“It will feel like it’s 37 below

out there today. If you go outside for 10 seconds, you are risking life and limb,” she says.

Then why is it OK for you to be outside reporting this, TV Mom? You look OK. Your hair isn’t even moving in the 60-mph wind.

You’re not scaring me, TV Mom. If I want to go and play outside, you can’t stop me! You’re not my real mom! Stop treating me like a baby, I can get dressed all by myself!

Can you help me tie my shoes?

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A NEW FRAME Minooka’s John Kauffman reacts as he walks back after bowling a frame Jan. 8 during a match against Romeoville.

MINOOKA BOWLERS AIM TO ERASE MEMORY OF 2013

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VIEWS Dick Goss What Minooka should do with its firsthand knowledge of the 2013

IHSA Boys State Bowling Tournament presents a dilemma.

The Indians can burn any evidence they were there at St. Clair Bowl in downstate O’Fallon. Erase the memories. This is a new beginning.

However, that is easier said than done. The unspeakable happened, and the best thing coach Derrick Rapsky’s team can do might be to learn from the experience.

“We want to forget, and we don’t want to,” Indians

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BOYS BOWLING: MINOOKA 6,501, LOCKPORT 6,461

‘New’ Lockport gets shot at defending title

By DICK GOSS

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dgoss@shawmedia.com A year ago, Lockport’s boys bowling team was on top of the world.

The Porters won IHSA state tournament at St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon and one of the mainstays, Shane Matejcek, claimed the individual title.

However, all of the eight bowlers on coach Jeff Wyatt’s state tournament team were seniors. Matejcek, Brian Hodolitz, Alex Wilmsen, David Wysocki, et al., went out in style.

Everyone knew Lockport would be young and inexperienced in 2014. Forget any thoughts of getting back to O’Fallon, much less repeating as state champion.

If that was the plan, someone forgot to tell the Porters. Lockport led the Andrew Sectional at Orland Lanes most of last Saturday before being overtaken by Minooka in the sixth and final game.

Still, the Porters will return to St. Clair Bowl this weekend to take their best shot at defending. Minooka and sixth-place sectional finisher Bolingbrook also will be there. Lincoln-Way

n What: IHSA Boys State Bowling Tournament n Where: St. Clair Bowl, O’Fallon n When: Friday and Saturday n Area Team Qualifiers: Minooka, Lockport, Bolingbrook n Area Individual Qualifiers: Dakota Vostry, Romeoville; Joshuan Glover, Lincoln-Way West

West senior Joshuan Glover and Romeoville senior Dakota Vostry qualified as individuals.

“We had a good day,” Wyatt said after the sectional. “We came here trying to be in the top six and most of the day we were on top. We had an excellent morning round. Anything after that would be a bonus.”

The Porters shot 3,428 for three morning games and 3,033 in the afternoon for a 6,461 total. Minooka won with 6,510. All three of Lockport’s morning games were above 1,100 and a 961 finish was the only game below 1,000.

Sophomore Noah Zwit led the Porters with a 1,333 total. Junior Brian Baer finished at 1,318 and senior Tyler Delrose at 1,303. Baer

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Lockport coach Jeff Wyatt huddles up with his team Saturday between games at the IHSA Boys Sectional Bowling Tournament in Orland Park. shot 753 and Zwit 727 in the morning, Delrose 703 in the afternoon beginning with a 287 in Game 4.

“When I talked to the boys [before the sectional], I could tell they were ready to go,” Wyatt said. “They came out swinging.

“We listened all year about how we won’t be as good as last year’s team. We are young. Five of our top eight are sophomores. They stepped up. They showed

they are for real.”

Baer noted the Porters survived at the Sandburg Regional the previous week as the fourth and final qualifier. Baer shot 290 in Game 6 there to help secure Lockport’s sectional berth.

“It’s a great feeling going back to state and trying to defend,” Baer said. “We’ll do all we can.”

“I’m pretty happy,” Zwit said. “This is a new team.

We’re all young. We weren’t

supposed to get out of the regional. But we jelled the last month and have been bowling well since.”

The Porters did not win the SouthWest Suburban Blue title, but just before the regional, they won the conference tournament.

That was indication they were headed for good times.

Wyatt said there would be no dramatic change in preparation this week.

“There were just some lit-

tle things we noticed at the sectional that need to be worked on,” he said.

Bolingbrook was led at the sectional by Matt Rycraft, who shot 1,355 for seventh place including a 288 in Game 5. Eric Kramer chipped in with a 1,322.

Both are seniors.

“This is another step for our program,” Raiders coach Brian Wayne said.

“The seniors have been working so hard the last few years. We came up just short last year. We were close. Now we go to state on a level playing field with everyone else.”

Vostry will carry the banner for Romeoville, which had an outstanding season that ended in a disappointing eight-place finish at the sectional. Lincoln-Way West’s Glover was third in the sectional at 1,377 and Vostry fourth at 1,372.

Twenty-four teams and 30 individuals qualified for the state tournament. After six games Friday, the team field will be cut from 24 to 12 for the final day of competition Saturday. Thirty individuals not on advancing teams will continue in individual competition Saturday.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: I-8 TOURNAMENT: COAL CITY 46, SENECA 36

Balance helps Coalers knock off No. 1 Irish in I-8 semis

By MARK JOHNSON mjohnson@shawmedia.com COAL CITY – With game highs of 16 points and 12 rebounds, Nick Peters was hardly quiet Wednesday, but contributions from other starters helped Coal City boys basketball get past Seneca, 46-36.

All five starters did something of note to allow the host and fourth-seeded Coalers to advance to Friday’s Interstate Eight Conference tournament championship.

Lane Cowherd backed Peters with 15 points and also had three assists. Segal Arias had seven points and four rebounds. Brennen Shetina scored four points and distributed six assists and Nick Micetich’s two points were accompanied by five steals on the other end.

“I thought the five that were on the floor did a great job. They weren’t tired. We used our timeouts to give them breaks.” Coal City coach Brad Boresi said. “We got contributions from everybody tonight.”

The Coalers took the lead for good in an understated manner – on a Peters free throw with three minutes left in the second quarter. It was the first of six Coal City free throws that accounted for the final points of the half.

After Devin Leo made a layup with 5:32 to go in the second, Seneca did not score again until Conlan Callahan made a 3-pointer at the 5:50 mark of the third quarter. Seneca went 3 for 6 from 3-point land in the first quarter, with Carter Gallick getting all three makes, and was 3 for 22 the rest of the night. The Fighting Irish were 6 for 17 on regular field goals.

“When teams play zone, you gotta do one of two things. You either gotta attack them inside, and when we did attack them inside, we missed shots,” Seneca coach Russell Witte said. “Or you gotta shoot them out of it, and when we shot the ball outside, we missed shots. That’s it.”

All seven of Cowherd’s baskets, which came on eight attempts, came

from close range.

“We’re just looking to push the ball up more,” Cowherd said. “Most of the time when I score, I’m getting it on fast break.

They’re pushing the ball up ahead, and I’m finishing on easy layups.”

Collectively, the Coalers (12-5) did most of their damage near the basket. They did not make any of their four attempts from 3-point land but were 18 for 29 from inside the arc.

“I know their priority is double-teaming Nick,” Arias said, “so we were a lot of flashing to the paint, nothing really outside, kind of more flashing, because we were collapsing.”

Alex Bott finished with 10 points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists for top-seeded Seneca (15-4). Gallick had nine points, and Callahan and Leo had eight.

The tournament will conclude Friday in Coal City. Seneca faces Herscher for third place at 5:30 p.m., and Coal City and Reed-Custer will play for the championship at 7 p.m.

“I THOUGHT THE FIVE THAT WERE ON THE FLOOR DID A GREAT JOB. THEY WEREN’T TIRED. WE USED OUR TIMEOUTS TO GIVE THEM BREAKS. WE GOT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EVERYBODY TONIGHT.” Brad Boresi, Coal City coach

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Seneca senior guard Alex Bott (3) runs into stiff defense from Coal City’s Segal Arias (25) and Nick Peters (31) during the Interstate Eight Conference Tournament semifinals Wednesday in Coal City.

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Lewis baseball picked to win GLVC East STAFF REPORTS The Lewis University baseball team has been selected as the favorite to win the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division title, the conference announced after a vote of the league baseball coaches.

The Flyers, ranked No. 30 in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll, picked up 10 of the 16 first-place votes in the East and 111 points overall.

Tim McDonough, the 2013 GLVC Coach of the Year, guided the Flyers to a 33-18 record as they captured the 2013 GLVC East Division title and competed in their second straight NCAA Midwest Regional.

The Flyers return an All-GLVC honoree and Collegiate Baseball Preseason

All-American in senior pitcher Tom Helwich (Lincoln-Way Central). The 2013 GLVC, Daktronics and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Midwest Region firstteam honoree posted a 10-2 record with four complete games, two shutouts and 72 strikeouts in 97 innings.

Helwich had the 13th-best WHIP (walks plus hits per innings pitched) in the country (0.94) while holding batters to a .217 average.

Men’s volleyball Petty honored: The American Volleyball Coaches Association named Lewis junior outside hitter Greg Petty the Sports Imports/ AVCA Men’s Volleyball Division I-II National Player of the Week. Petty hit a

combined .600 with 25 kills last weekend, helping the No. 10 Flyers to victories over No. 13-ranked Harvard and Sacred Heart. He also tallied nine digs, nine block assists, four assists and three service aces.

Men’s track Lewis No. 11: The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced that the Lewis men’s track and field team has shot from No. 31 to No. 11 in the most recent Division II national team computer rankings. This is the highest ranking in school history. The USTFCCCA computer rankings began in 2010.

Jean-Paul cited: Lewis sophomore Isaac Jean-Paul was selected as the GLVC Field Athlete of the Week.

In his first meet as a Flyer, Jean-Paul blew away the competition at the IWU Wildcat Invitational in the high jump with a first place and NCAA Provisional leap of 6-10 3/4. That jump is best in the GLVC, ties him for fourth in the country and is the second-best in Lewis history.

Neloms cited: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior Dominique Neloms (Plainfield Central) earned Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference track & field male athlete of the Week honors. Neloms captured the long jump (23-6) and high jump (6-8¾) at the North Central College Cardinal Open last Friday. His 23-6 in the long jump ranks second in NCAA Division III while his mark of 6-8¾ in the high jump is third.

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Junior bowler: ‘We have a lot to prove [at state]’ • MINOOKA Continued from page 21 Kauffman and junior Dylan Pickett were regulars in the Minooka lineup a year ago, when the Indians led the state tournament through three rounds.

They were 170-some pins up on their nearest pursuer, eventual champion Lockport, after nine games.

But in the Saturday afternoon finish, after firing a 3,311 series that morning, they totaled a subpar 2,738 for the last three games.

Gone were dreams of a state championship, and by one pin, they also finished fourth and returned home sans trophy.

Lockport wound up on top, followed by O’Fallon, Salem and then Minooka.

The Indians were 309 pins behind Lockport, one

heartbreaking pin behind Salem.

“Last year is something none of us will ever forget, one pin,” said junior Chris Dombrowski, who was on the 2013 state team. “It motivated us, pushed us harder, this year.

“We have a lot to prove [at state]. I feel a lot of us have the ability to do what we are supposed to do. It will come down to mental toughness. That can push our game up a lot.”

A new opportunity awaits. Segatto also won a sectional title last year, and for three-fourths of the state tournament, he and his teammates were on top.

Now the goal is to take it a step further.

“We’re starting to show the mental toughness that we’ve been talking to these guys about for three years,” Rapsky said. “Zach

[Segatto] struggled all year.

John [Kauffman] struggled today [in the sectional], but he did enough. And what really makes a difference is when someone struggles, other guys fill in.”

After averaging 219 a year ago, Segatto was averaging 207 entering the sectional. But last Saturday’s effort indicates he has cured whatever was ailing him.

Rapsky consistently has said this is Minooka’s most talented team.

“It’s been a long time coming,” he said after the sectional. “There were years I felt we should have won the sectional and came up short.”

Perhaps winning the sectional, on a day when Segatto and freshman Kai Devine both rolled 300 games in the morning series, provides an omen

for state.

“Two 300 games in the same series, you never see that,” Rapsky said. “Kai, I can’t say enough about him. For Zach to top 1,500, it couldn’t come at a better time. We were down the whole day to Lockport and stuck with it.”

The other sectional champions who will be at state are Belleville East, Sycamore and and LaGrange Lyons. But there are six strong teams from southern Illinois and at least a couple heavyweights from the Rockford area, among others.

“There are other teams around the state that are really good,” Rapsky said.

“O’Fallon is a pinnacle team, Rockford Guilford and Harlem are really good.”

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Blackhawks losing momentum Note to readers: Wednesday’s game between the Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks did not finish before press time.

By SETH GRUEN Chicago Sun-Times VANCOUVER, B.C. – After losing in Calgary Tuesday night on the first of a six-game, seven-day road trip for the Blackhawks that takes them to the Olympic break, the team’s game against the Canucks on Wednesday in Vancouver served as a crossroads.

Heading into Wednesday night’s contest the Hawks were riding a fourgame losing streak, their worst since 2012. The game would either serve to spin the Hawks even further out of control or give them the confidence they need head into the break with momentum.

Luckily quality teams like Vancouver have brought out the best in the Hawks. Before the fourgame skid, the Hawks won two straight games over Western Conference-leading Anaheim and Boston, which sits second in the Eastern Conference.

“We knew we were playing some pretty tough teams and we raised our level of play and we just haven’t done that against anybody else,” captain Jonathan Toews said of the wins over the Ducks and Bruins at the Hawks’ morning skate Tuesday.

While Tuesday’s wild 5-4 overtime loss was ridden with Hawks mistakes, recent history shows the team has been able to bounce back quickly on long road trips.

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Blackhawks’ goalie Corey Crawford (left) sweeps the puck out of the net as Calgary Flames’ Sean Monahan celebrates his team’s winning goal during overtime Tuesday in Calgary, Alberta. The Calgary Flames beat the Blackhawks, 5-4.

Earlier this season, the Hawks began their Circus Trip by getting smoked, 5-1, on Nov. 19 in Colorado.

But the team proceeded to win six straight.

That included a 2-1 win Nov. 23 over Vancouver, the second win of the streak.

And by accounts of some in the Hawks’ locker

room, the combination of playing a heated rival like the Canucks and the team togetherness the road provides might provide the Hawks with a much-needed spark.

“We played them a month or so ago and there was still a lot of stuff going back and forth,” Kris Versteeg said of the Canucks.

“I know when I was here in ‘09 and ‘10 those playoff series were awfully heated.

“The camaraderie built on the road. You’re around the guys a lot more. At home it’s basically go to the rink and go home. I think being around the guys and building that tight-knit kind of feeling definitely always helps.”

But to win on the road, the Hawks know it’s important to manage ice time.

Coach Joel Quenneville likes to use four lines but has noticed of late the team hasn’t played consistently line-to-line.

“We like to say we are a four-line team and we’ve got four lines who are hard

to play against and I think that’s been very sporadic,” Quenneville said.

“On the road especially we haven’t seemed to get that consistency and we’re looking to establish that here.”

With a win Wednesday, Quenneville would move into third place on the NHL’s all-time wins list.

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SUPER BOWL Sunday At East Rutherford, N.J. Denver vs. Seattle, 5:30 p.m.

The Denver Broncos will play the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in Super Bowl XLVIII. Shaw Media’s Hub Arkush and Tom Musick discuss:

Musick: Hub, my first question is whether you think I should go with smooth or chunky guacamole for the big game. My second question is about the game itself.

We’ll see a thousand stories about Pete Carroll and John Fox in the next few days, but I doubt we’ll read nearly as much about the coordinators. Who would get your vote for top assistant?

Denver has Adam Gase (offense) and Jack Del Rio (defense), while Seattle features Darrell Bevell (offense) and Dan Quinn (defense).

Arkush: Definitely smooth!

Always creeps me out when I get a chunk in my mouth and I’m not absolutely positive what it is.

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NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 34 9 .791 Bulls 22 22 .500 Detroit 18 27 .400 Cleveland 16 29 .356 Milwaukee 8 36 .182 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 23 21 .523 Brooklyn 20 23 .465 New York 18 27 .400 Boston 15 32 .319 Philadelphia 14 31 .311

Seahawks, Broncos coordinators high-stepping into Super Bowl

Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 32 12 .727 Atlanta 23 21 .523 Washington 21 22 .488 Charlotte 19 27 .413 Orlando 12 34 .261

NFL PLAYOFFS

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Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 33 12 .733 Houston 30 17 .638 Dallas 26 20 .565 Memphis 22 20 .524 New Orleans 19 25 .432 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 36 10 .783 Portland 33 12 .733 Denver 22 21 .512 Minnesota 22 22 .500 Utah 16 29 .356 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 32 15 .681 Golden State 27 18 .600 Phoenix 26 18 .591 L.A. Lakers 16 29 .356

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TAKE 2 Tom Musick and Hub Arkush face off And speaking of smooth – we call that a segue in the media biz – all four coordinators are high-stepping into this Super Bowl coming off great seasons.

Perhaps the hottest name in the group is Denver offensive coordinator Adam Gase, who, at 35, with only one year on the job, is so new and smooth I’m not even sure he’s shaving yet.

Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn also is just wrapping his first year on the job but has been around longer and been shaving for a while. Both were hot names on the head coaching

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Philadelphia at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

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New Orleans at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Denver, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Phoenix at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at New York, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Results Minnesota 95, Bulls 86 Phoenix 124, Philadelphia 113

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Where’s the edge between the NFL’s No. 1 offense and No. 1 defense? Perhaps the slightest of nods to Quinn, who’s done more with just a little bit less, and hasn’t had a Peyton Manning to hold his hand.

Musick: Smooth guacamole it is. You’re hired as my Super Bowl food coordinator. Tell you what, I’ll pay you half of my annual bonus. Speaking of big pay increases, I’m looking at some of the coordinators who have reached the Super Bowl in

Toronto 104, Brooklyn 103 Oklahoma City 111, Atlanta 109 L.A. Clippers 114, Milwaukee 86 Utah 106, Sacramento 99

EASTERN CONFERENCE

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF St. Louis 52 36 11 5 77 180 Blackhawks 54 32 10 12 76 190 Colorado 52 33 14 5 71 153 Minnesota 54 28 20 6 62 129 Dallas 53 24 21 8 56 154 Nashville 55 24 23 8 56 136 Winnipeg 55 25 25 5 55 155 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 54 39 10 5 83 182 San Jose 53 34 13 6 74 165 Los Angeles 54 30 18 6 66 133 Vancouver 54 27 18 9 63 137 Phoenix 52 24 18 10 58 151 Calgary 52 18 27 7 43 119 Edmonton 55 17 32 6 40 144

the past three seasons, and I’m pretty impressed. Jim Caldwell (2012 Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator) is the new head coach of the Detroit Lions. Bill O’Brien (2011 New England Patriots offensive coordinator) is the new head coach of the Houston Texans. The theme continues with Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin (2010 Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator) and Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians (2010 Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator). Do you think Gase or Quinn has what it takes to be leading an NFL team in the next couple of seasons?

Arkush: To be honest, I’m more of a Darrell Bevell and/or Jack Del Rio guy as I think they’ve done a lot more to earn their stripes. It’s like smooth over chunky, takes a little more work but it’s worth the effort.

GA 119 149 137 133 157 166 162 GA 130 126 113 138 160 165 190

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 52 34 15 3 71 159 115 Tampa Bay 53 31 17 5 67 157 131 Toronto 55 28 21 6 62 158 170 Montreal 53 28 20 5 61 131 134 Detroit 53 23 19 11 57 135 149 Ottawa 53 23 20 10 56 150 167 Florida 53 21 25 7 49 129 164 Buffalo 52 14 30 8 36 101 152 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 53 37 14 2 76 171 128 N.Y. Rangers 54 28 23 3 59 139 138 Philadelphia 54 26 22 6 58 147 158 Carolina 53 24 20 9 57 134 150 Columbus 53 26 23 4 56 154 151 Washington 53 24 21 8 56 153 158 New Jersey 54 22 21 11 55 127 135 N.Y. Islanders 55 21 26 8 50 157 185 Two points for win, one point for OT loss Tuesday’s Results Blackhawks at Calgary (n) Boston 6, Florida 2 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 2 Philadelphia 5, Detroit 0 Ottawa 3, Columbus 2

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N.Y. Rangers vs. N.Y. Islanders at Bronx, NY, 6:30 p.m.

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Referee promotes fair play, faith

By DENISE M.BARAN–UNLAND dunland@shawmedia.com Dennis Holt of Shorewood, basketball referee with the Joliet area Legacy Sports, recalled an incident from many years ago that illustrates the benefits of faith-based leagues for children.

A very quick little 6-year-old boy was rapidly dribbling the ball down the court but instead of shooting, the boy passed off the ball. His father, upset at his son’s actions, stood up and began yelling at him, Holt said.

Every few minutes, the scene repeated itself, with the father becoming louder and more agitated.

When the game ended, Holt said the father asked the boy, “Didn’t you hear me yelling at you to shoot?

Why didn’t you shoot?”

Holt said the boy responded thus, “But Dad, the coach told me not to shoot!’ ” “The point,” Holt said, “is that he had learned to listen to the coach’s voice. Even in professional basketball games, with 2,000 fans standing and screaming, he [the player] can hear the coach’s voice.”

The hope when working with youth in faith-related leagues, Holt said, is that those kids will eventually tune in and pay attention to the most important coach of all: God. On Sunday, Legacy Sports honored Holt for referring his 1,000 youth basketball game.

While Holt downplayed

Legacy Sports With only one practice a week and Saturday-only games, the family-friendly, faith-based Legacy Sports emphasizes equal play time and good sportsmanship. Games are played on fields in Joliet and Shorewood. The offered sport changes throughout the year.

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the praise, Lee Swank of Channahon, director of Legacy Sports, said he is fortunate to have Holt and his “wealth of experience” on his team.

“We are up to eight high school teams this year,” Swank said. “I could not do what I do without someone stepping forward to help. Dennis is that guy extraordinaire.”

Years ago, Holt had occasionally accepted paid referee jobs, mostly in Indiana, where he lived until 1983. In 1998, when the former Christian Youth Center in Joliet added

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Christian referee Dennis Holt shares his knowledge and his faith with Legacy Sports basketball player, Bo Philips. a faith-based basketball program to its softball program, Holt became a volunteer referee, Swank said.

“The money wasn’t that big of a deal,” Holt said. “I’m more interested in youth sports and helping kids mature in their life skills and in their faith. That’s the reason why I do it.”

Holt had also lent his

talents – and his faith – to the sports leagues his son Mike Holt (deceased) supported, Swank said.

One was at Grace Bible Church of Minooka (when the church was located in Channahon); another was Grace Pointe Plainfield.

“What sets Dennis apart is his enthusiasm and his sense of humor,” Swank said. “We are always better with him

around and games are more fun. He always knows what to do. It helps that he has a love for the game, a love for kids and his faith.”

Perks of faith-based basketball through Legacy Sports include family friendly once-a-week practices, Saturday only games and the opportunity for every child to play every event.

However, Holt said, the greatest benefit is that kids get an opportunity to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ, with their adult mentors leading the way.

“When the kids practice during the week, the coach will stop them, sit them around in a circle and share a short devotion,” Holt said. “Then they will finish practice.”

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Vatican Library, Japan to catalogue lost archive

By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – The Vatican library and four Japanese historical institutes have agreed to inventory, catalogue and digitize 10,000 documents from a lost Japanese archive detailing the persecution of Christians in Japan in the 17th-19th centuries.

Monsignor Cesare Pasini, head of the Vatican’s Apostolic Library, said the so-called Marega Papers represent the largest known civic archive of its kind.

An Italian missionary priest took the 22 bundles of documents out of Japan in the 1940s and brought them to Rome. They sat in the Vatican library’s storage depository for decades until a Vatican researcher who could read the characters realized their importance in 2010.

Contacts with Japanese experts ensued, and a team of Japanese researchers came to the Vatican in September to have a first look at the trove. On Tuesday,

“Let’s just say curiosity made me open the packages.

It wasn’t illicit but it wasn’t foreseen.”

Delio Proverbio Vatican Library researcher a six-year agreement to inventory the documents and prepare them for study was signed between the Vatican Library and the National Institute of Japanese Literature, the National Museum of Japanese History, the historiographical institute of the University of Tokyo and the archive of the prefecture of Oita.

“It is clear that these documents are unique,” Pasini said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. “The Japanese experts say that there is no other collection this big.”

He spoke as he unrolled one of the rice-paper scrolls dating from 1719, his hands gloved to protect the calligraphy and delicate paper that had been folded up

and tied with string and placed with dozens of others in a rice-paper bag. The document described the death of a Christian or a former Christian and was recorded by the local civic archive of Bungo, today Usuki in the prefecture of Oita.

Pasini explained: Jesuit missionaries first began spreading the faith in Japan in 1549, famously led by St. Francis Xavier, one of the founders of Pope Francis’ Jesuit order.

By 1585 Christianity had spread so much that a delegation of four young Japanese Catholics traveled halfway around the globe to participate in the festivities of the election of Pope Sixtus V in Rome.

But a backlash against Christians already was brewing and persecution became rampant and systematic, with Christians executed en masse including the famous 26 martyrs crucified in Nagasaki in 1597. In 1612 a famous anti-Christian edict was passed and a few years later Christianity was banned

outright.

The documentation in the Vatican archives illustrates how Japanese civic authorities enforced the ban, relying on local Buddhist pagodas to record and document when a Christian had renounced the faith or died, Pasini said.

Freedom of religion was reintroduced in Japan in the late 1800s, and by the 1920s a Salesian missionary, the Rev. Mario Marega, was living and working in Japan and came into the possession of the civic archive from Bungo. It’s unclear when exactly papers arrived in Rome, but it’s believed to have been in the 1950s. By then Marega had written a two-volume book summarizing the contents of the documents, but the bundles of rice paper went untouched until Delio Proverbio, an orientalist researcher at the Vatican Library, found them in 2010.

“Let’s just say curiosity made me open the packages,” Proverbio confessed on Tuesday. “It wasn’t illicit but it wasn’t foreseen.”

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

What do you respond with?

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Yesterday, we looked at the Truscott two-no-trump response over an opponent’s takeout double after partner has opened one of a major. I said that it shows at least four-card support for the major and game-invitational values. But what does responder do with game-forcing cards – today’s North hand, for example?

There are two sensible solutions. You can still respond two no-trump, promising game-invitational strength or more. If opener signs off in three of his major, responder raises to game. Or, if you do not like the ambiguity, you can respond three no-trump. Discuss it with your partner.

In this deal, South would probably bid four spades over two no-trump, hoping that his singleton will prove useful.

Against four spades, West leads the queen of hearts. How should declarer plan the play?

First, South must count his losers. There are four: one in each suit. Next, he checks winners. There are five spades, two hearts, two diamonds and a club or two – enough to get home as long as the defenders do not take their four tricks first.

The careless declarer wins trick one and immediately plays a trump. However, West wins and returns a heart. Suddenly, South has those four unavoidable losers.

The more thoughtful declarer realizes he must do something about his heart loser immediately. So, he wins the first trick in his hand and leads a club. East takes dummy’s queen with his ace and returns a heart, but South wins on the board and discards his last heart on the club king. Then he draws trumps as quickly as possible.

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Daughter acts like a winner, but feels like a loser Dear Abby: I’m a 27-year-old woman who still lives at home. I do it so I can help my mom with my five nieces and nephews. Their mother passed away suddenly in 2009 at the age of 30. My mom and stepdad kept them rather than scatter them to fathers who don’t appear very interested in them.

Since my sister’s death I have earned two degrees, entered the health care field and have lost almost 140 pounds. Despite what I have accomplished, I feel I have nothing to show for myself. When I point my accomplishments out to myself, they don’t seem like a heck of a lot. What can I do so I can stop feeling like a loser? – Lost In The Northeast Dear Lost: A loser? From where I sit, you appear to be not only a caring daughter, but also an intellectually accomplished young woman who is being very hard on herself.

It’s time you discussed your feelings with a licensed mental health professional who can help you understand what is causing your low self-esteem.

If you do, it may help you be kinder to

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips yourself, because what’s currently going on in your head is unfair to you and destructive.

Dear Abby: I work in a buffet restaurant. I wish you would alert your readers to how waste increases the costs at restaurants like this one. And then people complain because the cost of the food goes up!

I have seen customers stick their fingers or used utensils into pans of food to taste it before serving themselves. And instead of the tongs we provide.

The fact is that once anyone touches the food with his or her hands or eating utensil, the restaurant is required by the health code to dispose of the entire pan of food. This causes tremendous waste. Customers also overfill their plates only to throw half the food away. It makes me sad

because so many people in this world are hungry.

I have seen children run around, making a mess of the dessert bar, and especially the ice cream and drink stations. Their parents seem to think it’s “cute.”

I wish you would remind your readers to use common sense when dining out and to PLEASE control their children. – Frustrated Buffet Worker, Pueblo, Colo.

Dear Frustrated: Children can’t practice behavior they haven’t been taught, and parents who don’t take the time to explain proper behavior to their little ones are shirking their responsibility.

As to adults who have so little understanding of hygiene – or consideration for others – that they put their hands or used utensils into food that is meant for others, well – perhaps after being reminded that it raises the prices they have to pay, they’ll think twice about it. But don’t bet on it.

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Healthy diet can minimize sugars, fats and salt Dear Doctor K: Are there any foods that don’t belong in a healthy diet?

Dear Reader: There sure are – and like me, you probably eat them now and then. You’ve heard me say it before: Unhealthy foods are not like poison, where you swallow and then die. They become unhealthy when you have them regularly. An occasional hot fudge sundae won’t kill you – if it did, I wouldn’t be here. But a hot fudge sundae every evening is a bad idea. Harvard nutrition scientists have compiled the following list of foods you should keep to a minimum.

Eating these foods regularly can set the stage for life-threatening illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and even some cancers: • Added sugar. Whether it’s white granulated sugar, brown sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, corn sugar or honey, sugar contains almost no nutrients and is pure carbohydrate.

When you eat a lot of sugar, you are filling up on empty calories. Also, sugar-rich foods often are chosen instead of healthy foods that contain important nutrients and fiber.

Added sugar causes your blood

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff sugar (and your mood and energy levels) to rise and fall like a roller coaster. That puts a strain on your pancreas and increases your risk of developing diabetes. Foods with lots of “invisible” sugar, like soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages, are major sources of added sugar.

• Dairy fat. There are “good” fats and “bad” fats. We need the good fats in our diet, but we should minimize the bad fats. Ice cream, whole milk and cheese are full of saturated fat and some naturally occurring trans fat. Both saturated fat and trans fat are bad fats. They can increase the risk of health problems, notably heart disease. So, choose nonfat or lowfat milk and reduced-fat cheeses.

• Baked sweets. Cookies, snack cakes, doughnuts, pastries and other treats are hard to pass up. But commercially prepared versions are packed with processed carbohydrates, added sugar, unhealthy fats and

often salt. Yes, I had pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. But I’ve gone “cold turkey” on pumpkin pie since then.

• White carbohydrates, such as bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, cookies, cake or pancakes. If you enjoy these foods, opt for whole-grain versions. At least to my palate, there now are delicious whole-grain flours and pastas available.

• Processed and high-fat meats such as bacon, ham, hot dogs and many lunch meats are less healthy than protein from fish, skinless chicken, nuts, beans, soy and whole grains. Eat fresh red meat sparingly and select the leanest cuts.

• Salt. Try to limit your sodium intake to fewer than 2,300 mg (less than one teaspoon of salt) per day, or fewer than 1,500 mg if you are over age 50, have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease. Your body needs a certain amount of sodium, but too much can increase blood pressure and the risk of heart disease and stroke.

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Dating couple’s age difference is significant Dr. Wallace: I’m 15 and in the 10th grade. The guy I’m seeing is 19, has graduated from high school and is a full-time student.

I met him at a restaurant this summer. He was our waiter, and he asked me for my phone number, so I gave it to him. The rest is history. My parents are not happy with this relationship because of the age difference. Our age difference is not a problem to us because we are emotionally in tune.

My own parents met when my mom was 19 and my dad was 23, and they have been married over 20 years. My parents have a four-year age difference, so why is our four-year difference such a problem? – Nameless, Valparaiso, Ind. Dear Nameless: When both members of a couple have turned 18 and are no longer in high school, chronological age diminishes in importance.

But the four-year age difference from 15 to 19 is significant in terms of physical, social and emotional maturity. I’m aware that you feel comfortable in your relationship with this boy, but I agree with your parents that the age difference is a bit too great.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 5 feet tall. I’m called petite, but actually I’m short – and I love it. I have no trouble being crowded on a plane. I can sleep in the smallest beds and I enjoy curling up in any size chair and reading a good book. I think it’s great to be short. Why, then, am I in the great minority?

Everybody in our family was pulling for me to grow taller. My mother

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace even took me to a doctor when I was 11 to find out if anything could be done to make me grow taller.

The doctor told her I was fine just the way I was. I could have given him a great big hug. Why does everyone want to be tall?

If they were smart, they’d all want to be short. – Nameless, Vicksburg, Miss.

Dear Nameless: Blame society and its notion that “bigger is better.”

But we both know that size doesn’t matter, it’s a person’s character that’s important!

Dr. Wallace: I read that the nicotine and tar levels in cigarettes have declined a lot in the last 25 years. If that’s true, cigarettes shouldn’t be as dangerous today as they were then. So why, then, are we still being hyped that smoking is bad? It seems like cigarettes are safer than they once were. – Rosie, Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Rosie: You must find a way to give up your smoking habit. It’s true tar and nicotine levels are lower today, but smoking is still dangerous and potentially deadly. In fact, according to the University of California Wellness Letter, smoking-related death rates are higher today than ever before even with lower tar and nicotine.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@ galesburg.net.

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HOROSCOPE

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Concentration will be the key if you want to meet your goals this year. You must not allow yourself to be distracted by other people or personal problems. Think carefully about your motivations and make pragmatic decisions that will lead to the highest rewards. It’s time to start putting yourself first instead of catering to the demands of everybody else.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You may feel depressed today if you allow unpleasant memories to keep you brooding. Don’t place limitations upon yourself by refusing to get involved in something new.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You can earn some extra money if you make intelligent use of your creative talents. Explore the possibility of a small business venture and consider looking for a partner.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You stand to make significant gains through a female contact. Traveling for business will be fruitful. You will communicate comfortably and effectively. Be ready to help children with any problems they might experience.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Estrangement from your lover is a strong possibility. Avoid involvement in secret affairs that may damage your reputation.

Read personal papers carefully at this time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your ability to communicate with charm will help you attract the partner of your choice. This is a good time to formulate and complete contracts and agreements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – A romance can develop through work-related functions or business trips. Be wary, as this connection may damage your reputation and set you back professionally.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Socializing and travel should be on your agenda. You will make a great impression if you turn on the charm and reveal your outgoing nature. Gambling for entertainment will be fun for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Real estate will turn out to be lucrative. You can make changes to your home that will increase its value. Take time to investigate an issue that may be causing anxiety in an older relative.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Catch up on email today.

Discuss any personal problems that are bothering you with your relatives. Get involved in humanitarian groups that are important to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Professional advancement is on the horizon. Your consistent ability to finish work on time will enable you to set a good example, and you will receive recognition.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – It’s a good time to ask for favors. You should join a group with a humanitarian cause. Your reputation will grow based on the company you choose to keep.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Put some extra time, effort and money into beautifying your home environment. Investments can be lucrative if you make careful choices. Don’t allow family members to upset you.

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Miranda Lambert (left) and Tim McGraw are up for seven awards each at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

Lambert, McGraw lead ACM nods The ASSOCIATED PRESS Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw are the top nominees for this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

Lambert and McGraw are up for seven awards apiece at the April 6 awards show. The nominations were announced Wednesday morning in a series of videos via social media.

Keith Urban is up for six awards, and Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgraves and Lee Brice have five apiece.

Florida Georgia Line and Lady Antebellum are next with four nods.

Lambert and husband Shelton are nominated for the top honor, the fan-voted entertainer of the year, with Swift, 2013

winner Luke Bryan and George Strait.

The nomination continues something of a victory lap for Strait, who is wrapping up his final tour this year. He’s a former winner in the category who recently won the rival Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year trophy.

Lambert will be going for a fifth straight win in the female vocalist of the year category and her “Mama’s Broken Heart” earned nominations for single record, song and video of the year. She also received two nominations in the vocal event category for collaborations with Keith Urban and as part of the Pistol Annies with Shelton.

McGraw picked up two nominations apiece as artist and producer for album,

single record and vocal event of the year.

His album “Two Lanes of Freedom” joins Kacey Musgraves’ Grammy Award-winning “Same Trailer Different Park,” Shelton’s “Based on a True Story ...,” Bryan’s “Crash My Party” and FGL’s “Here’s to the Good Times” in the album of the year category.

Jason Aldean is nominated for male vocalist of the year with Urban, Shelton, Bryan and Brice. Lambert received her eighth nomination for female vocalist of the year, joining Swift, Musgraves, Carrie Underwood and Sheryl Crow in the category.

Shelton and Bryan will co-host the CBS broadcast from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-5 Plaintiff, -v.RAUL FLORES, et al Defendants JUDGE JOHN Z. LEE 1 : 13 CV 1148 NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 11, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 9:30 AM on March 6, 2014, at the office of Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund Inc., One Old Frankfort Way, Suite 9, FRANKFORT, IL, 60423, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 511 PASADENA AVE, Crest Hill, IL 60403 Property Index No. 11-04-33104-033-0000 / 11-04-33-104034-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $251,551.41.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate

aga and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C14-96631.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C14-96631 Case Number: 1 : 13 CV 1148 TJSC#: 34-1111 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I587255 (Published in the Herald-News January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2014)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES INC, PLAINTIFF vs.

DARNLEY MATHURIN; JACQUELINE MATHURIN; UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS 10CH 7648 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, DARNLEY MATHURIN; JACQUELINE MATHURIN; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 12 IN BLOCK 6 IN PARK FOREST SOUTH UNIT 5, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH 1/2 SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND THE NORTH 936.87 FEET OF THE EAST 40 FEET OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 ALL IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, (EXCEPT THAT PORTION PREVIOUSLY TAKEN FOR WESTERN AVENUE) ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 20, 1972 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R72-10220, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 507 Farmview Rd., Park Forest, Illinois 60466 P.I.N.: 14-13-416-003 and which said mortgage was signed by DARNLEY MATHURIN, mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County as Document No. R2005-150769; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Will County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on February 20, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will

pr be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to prescreen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Will County at Will County Court House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on or before the February 24, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 10 8253 I585299 (Published in the Herald-News January 23, 30, February 6, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, JOLIET ILLINOIS. HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities 2006-3 Trust, Home Equity Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-3, plaintiff, vs.

Levy Vasques; Linda Vaughn, Springleaf Financial Services of Illinois, Inc. f/k/a American General Financial Services of Illinois; Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants, defendants.

12 CH 01289.

NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the Decedent(s), Levy Vasquez a/k/a Levy Vazquez Sanchez. That on December 10, 2013, an Order was entered by the Court naming Kenneth J. Donkel, 7220 West 194th Street, Suite 105, Tinley Park, IL 60487, 815806-9000, as the Special Representative of the Decedent(s) under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action is for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage upon the premises commonly known as 1017 North Prairie Avenue, Joliet, IL 60435.

(Published in the Herald-News January 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN045)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY JOLIET, ILLINOIS

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

JOSE R CARDENAS, MARICELA GARCIA, UNKNOWN OWNERSTENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, et. al., Defendants, 13 CH 3444.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: JOSE R CARDENAS, MARICELA GARCIA, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled suit has been commenced in the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: THE SOUTH 32.5 FEET OF LOT 12, IN BLOCK 4 (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART THEREOF CONVEYED TO SPRING CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF JOLIET BY WARRANTY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 411, PAGE 529) IN HARRIS AND LANDAU`S SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 25, 1889 IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 36, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 151920, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 30-07-10-234-024-0000 Commonly known as: 403 Garnsey Ave, Joliet, IL 60432-2432 and which said Mortgage was made by JOSE CARDENAS,MARICELA GARCIA,, as Mortgagors to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded as document number R2007089522, and the present owner of the property being JOSE CARDENAS, and for other relief: that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, Will County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on or before February 18, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire Clerk of the Court 14 W Jefferson, Suite 212 Joliet, Illinois 60432 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Korin Knutson Attorney for the Plaintiff

Thursday, January 30, 2014 • Page 37 ey Attorney ID: 6309451 Kozeny & McCubbin Illinois, LLC 105 West Adams Street, Suite 1850 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Phone: (312) 605-3500 ext. 1533 Service by Email Accepted at: intake@kmi-law.com I583258 (Published in the Herald-News January 16, 23, 30, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WILL, STATE OF ILLINOIS WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-5, Plaintiff(s), vs.

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO GREATBANC TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1992 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 7439, HARRIS N.A. N/K/A BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A. AND UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO GREATBANC TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1992 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 7439, UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s).

13 CH 3853 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO GREATBANC TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1992 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 7439, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for foreclosure of a certain Real Estate Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 4, (EXCEPT THE SOUTH 600 FEET THEREOF) IN FOREST VIEW, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF SECTION 6, (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE EAST 441.785 FEET THEREOF) IN TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Tax Number: 15-06-100-022 A/K/A 23-15-06-100-022

commonly known as 2155 RICHTON RD STEGER IL 60475; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO GREATBANC TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1992 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 7439, and recorded in the Office of the Will County Recorder as Document Number R2005031394; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said named Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of Will County, located at 57 N. OTTAWA STREET, JOLIET, IL 60432, on or before February 24, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on MARCH 5TH, 2014 at, 11 a.m. at the Will County Court, Annex 3rd Floor (Arbitration Center) 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to prescreen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIAITION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR MEDIAITON WILL BE TERMINATED. LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 Timothy R. Yueill ARDC #6192172 Greg Elsnic - ARDC #6242847 Marny Joy Abbott ARDC #6238958 Richard Drezek - ARDC #6301323 Nathan J. Buikema ARDC #6302969 Brian D. Nevel - ARDC #6309777 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com BB # 13-04782 I584476 (Published in the Herald-News January 23, 30, February 6, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOIS MARQUETTE BANK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO HEMLOCK FEDERAL BANK FOR SAVINGS, Plaintiff, v.

DAVID OLIVARES, JP MORGAN

CHASE BANK, N.A., HUNTINGTON VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Owner Occupied Residential 700 Crystal Court Shorewood, IL 60431 13 CH 03857 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed Notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 105 IN HUNTINGTON VILLAGE P.U.D. UNIT TWO, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NO. R2003227223, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS PIN: 05-06-04-404-050-0000 Common Address: 700 Crystal Court, Shorewood, IL 60431 and which said Mortgage was made by DAVID OLIVARES as Mortgagor and Marquette Bank as successor in interest to Hemlock Federal Bank for Savings as Mortgagee, and recorded on July 26, 2005 in the Will County Recorder of Deeds Office as document number R2005-124736; And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, said above named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your Appearance therein in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery Division, in the City of Joliet, Illinois, on or before February 18, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire Clerk of the Court 14 W Jefferson, Suite 212 Joliet, Illinois 60432 YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on February 20, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the Will County Court, Annex 3rd Floor (Arbitration Center) 57 North Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE ME-

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Page 38 • Thursday, January 30, 2014 DIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR MEDIATION WILL BE TERMINATED. GOMBERG, SHARFMAN, GOLD AND OSTLER, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 208 S. LaSalle St., #1410 Chicago, IL 60604 (312) 332-6194 I582159 (Published in the Herald-News January 16, 23, 30, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE Carlson Dash, LLC 216 S. Jefferson St., Suite 504 Chicago, Illinois 60661 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WILLSTATE OF ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. AS ASSIGNEE OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS RECEIVER OF AMCORE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

MIZYED, INC., SHAHER M. MIZYED, THE WEXFORD HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

13-CH-03988 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been com-

menced in the Circuit Court of Will County by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 1, AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF WEXFORD WEST COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Tax identification numbers: 0335-209-088-0000 and 03-35209-087-0000 Common addresses of mortgaged real estate: 3480-3524 Caton Farm Road, Joliet, IL 60431 Mortgagor: Mizyed, Inc. Mortgagee: Amcore Bank, N.A. Mortgage recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County on June 11, 2008 as Document No. R2008073913; Present owner of the property: Mizyed, Inc. Notice is hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless, you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Clerk of Will County, 14 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL

60432, on or before February 10, 2014 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I584074 (Published in the Herald-News January 16, 23, 30, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIET, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

DANIEL P. McNAMARA; ANNETTE M. McNAMARA; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WEDGEWOOD ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS, OCCUPANTS and LEASEHOLDS, Defendants.

13 CH 4001 NOTICE OF SERVICE

BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you. Unknown Owners, Non-Record Claimants, Unknown Occupants and Leaseholds,

upant Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: Legal Description: LOT 12 IN WEDGEWOOD ESTATES UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 22, 1992 AS DOCUMENT NO. R92-74227, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Permanent Index Number: 0333-205-012-0000 Commonly Known as: 2216 Irvine Lane, Plainfield, IL 60544 and which Mortgage was made

by Daniel P. McNamara and Annette M. McNamara to BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIET N.A. and recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois on December 17, 2002, as Mortgage Document No.: R2002222114 and the present owners of the property are (the above-mentioned Mortgagor), and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the

yo said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your Appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois in the City of Joliet, Illinois or before February 18, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire Clerk of the Court 14 W Jefferson, Suite 212 Joliet, Illinois 60432 Clark Hill PLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 150 North Michigan Suite 2700 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone No.: 312.985.5900 I582054 (Published in the Herald-News January 16, 23, 30, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIET N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIET N.A. as successor to FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JOLIET as TRUSTEE U/T/A NO. 2868 DATED DECEM-

The Herald News /TheHerald-News.com BER 18, 1986; PETER X. MEDINA; CYNTHIA L. MEDINA; UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS, OCCUPANTS and LEASEHOLDS, Defendants.

13CH 4002 NOTICE OF SERVICE

BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you. Unknown Owners, Non-Record Claimants, Unknown Tenants, Occupants and Leaseholds, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: Legal Description: LOT 20 AND 21 IN BLOCK 10 IN C.E. ROBINSON'S RESUBDIVISION OF LAKEVIEW ADDITION TO JOLIET, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 17 AND THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTH EAST 1/4 OF SECTION 18 AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 19 AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 28, 1906 IN PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 34

AS DOCUMENT NO. 241724, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Permanent Index Number: 0720-100-001-0000 and 07-17309-008-0000 Commonly Known as: 716 Orr Street, Rockdale, IL 60436 and which Mortgage was made

by BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIET N.A. as successor to FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JOLIET as TRUSTEE U/T/A NO. 2868 DATED DECEMBER 18, 1986 to BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIET N.A. and recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois on April 15, 2003, as Mortgage Document No.: R2003086841 and the present owners of the property are (the above-mentioned Mortgagor), and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your Appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois in the City of Joliet, Illinois or before February 18, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire

Clerk of the Court 14 W Jefferson, Suite 212 Joliet, Illinois 60432 Clark Hill PLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 150 North Michigan Suite 2700 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone No.: 312.985.5900 I582060 (Published in the Herald-News January 16, 23, 30, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-5 Plaintiff, -v.RAUL FLORES, et al Defendants JUDGE JOHN Z. LEE 1 : 13 CV 1148 NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 11, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 9:30 AM on March 6, 2014, at the

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The Herald News / TheHerald-News.com office of Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund Inc., One Old Frankfort Way, Suite 9, FRANKFORT, IL, 60423, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE EAST 35 FEET OF LOT 10, ALSO LOT 9 (EXCEPT THE EAST 40.50 FEET) IN CAPITAL CRES ACRES, A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 6, 1964, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1002555, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 511 PASADENA AVE, Crest Hill, IL 60403 Property Index No. 11-04-33104-033-0000 / 11-04-33-104034-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $251,551.41.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a

prope y (g)(4). condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C14-96631.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C14-96631 Case Number: 1 : 13 CV 1148 TJSC#: 34-1111 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I587255 (Published in the Herald-News January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of Mary Ann Snodgrass. Letters of Office were issued on December 30, 2013 to William L. Snodgrass, whose address is 217 Edgehill Dr., Bolingbrook, IL 60440, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Paul Wheeler.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Will County Courthouse, 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois, or with the representative, or both, on or before July 31, 2014, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 13-8 of the Probate Act of 1975, as amended, the date stated in that notice.

Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Paul Wheeler Attorney for Independent Executor 24004 W. Lockport Street PO Box 69 Plainfield, IL 60544 (815) 436-0800

ng Illinois, 60432 courtroom 236 at 9:00 a.m. on the 28th day of February, 2014, before the judge assigned to hear said matter, and then there present a petition requesting the names of Anastasiia Myroniuk, be changed to Anastasiia Garza. /s/ Anastasiia Myroniuk PAMELA J. MCGUIRE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WILL COUNTY (Published in the Herald-News January 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN042)

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Certificate #28882 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will County on January 9, 2014 where in the business firm of

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 9th day of January, 2014.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION (Published in the Herald-News JanTO CHANGE THE NAME(S) OF uary 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN037) Anastasiia Myroniuk TO Anastasiia Garza

STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WILL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS In the matter of the Estate of Mary Ann Snodgrass, Deceased.

CASE NO. 13 P 0912 CLAIM NOTICE

CASE NO. 14 MR 0049 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned on behalf of herself, Anastasiia Myroniuk, adult(s) shall appear in the Will County Court Annex Building, 57 N. Ottawa, Joliet,

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Located at 724 Raub St, Apt 2, Joliet, IL 60435 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective (Published in the Herald-News Jan- post office address(es), Is/are as uary 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN038) follows: Gerald J. Fritz 724 Raub St, Apt 2 Joliet, IL 60435 STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WILL

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