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that once was the center of a Slovenian and Serbian community.

Slovenians, who had emigrated from Yugoslavia to the area in the 1890s, were employed as laborers in the steel mills and on the Sanitary and Ship Canal construction.

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and East Clay Streets, was established in 1891 to serve the growing community of Slovenian Immigrants who had settled in Joliet at the end of the 19th century.

The church building, shown in the then photograph, with its distinctive dual spires and silver hue, was built in 1905 from local limestone, recently underwent a renovation of the interior and exterior of the building. The church was

constructed to be different from other area churches by staying with a symmetric form rather than a common asymmetric plan. St Joseph’s two massive towers with huge spires create the symmetry that showed that this cathedral was no ordinary church. These tall spires can be seen from miles away.

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Tai’sha Cook, 20, (left) of Joliet is embraced by her parents, Michael and Iris Pinnick, after she gave a performance dedicated to her father on Sunday during the Done with Drugs annual Christmas Party at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Joliet.

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ABOVE: Santa was on hand Sunday during the Done with Drugs annual Christmas Party at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Joliet. Aaron Smith, 5, of Joliet who came to the party with his grandfather, had an opportunity to give Santa his Christmas wish list.

HOLIDAY HOPE Joliet community comes together for annual Done with Drugs party

By SARWAT S. AHMAD Shaw Media correspondent JOLIET – With tears running down her white-painted face, Michael Pinnick’s stepdaughter clung to him with one arm and mimed toward heaven with the other.

At the annual Christmas party Sunday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church thrown by Pinnick’s Done with Drugs Foundation for disadvantaged kids in Joliet, Tai’sha Cook, 20, had arranged a surprise interpretive performance set to Yolanda Adams’ “The Battle is Not Yours, it’s the Lord’s” for her stepfather.

Since this summer, Pinnick has been diagnosed with four different types of cancer.

“I wanted him to know that it’s not in his hands when the storm is over, it’s in God’s hands,” Cook said,

smiling through her tearstreaked mime’s makeup. She is a member of the Christian mime group, Interpretive Praise.

The group’s performances were part of the entertainment planned at the seventh annual party thrown by the foundation that was established by recovered drug addict Pinnick, 52, and his wife, Iris.

“Giving back is keeping his spirits up,” said Iris, who is CEO of the foundation. “Regardless of his illness, he still wants to help people – that’s what is also keeping me going.”

With a twinkling Christmas tree, a red-suited Santa and his helpers, and 500 colorfully wrapped presents to give away to the 171 children waiting in anticipation, the atmosphere was indeed festive.

And it was clear that Pinnick, in a bright green T-shirt that urged “Don’t Stop Believing,” was not going to let cancer and chemotherapy get in the way of what he sees as his purpose – to bring families together and keep kids away from drugs.

“Tell your kids that you love them and care for them and they can talk to you about anything,” Pinnick told the crowd that responded with “hallelujah.”

Pinnick also may have new partners in his mission to help children.

A new addition to the Christmas party this year was the newly founded Joliet Unity Movement 815, which was started as a response to a challenge on Facebook in July to make Joliet better for its youth.

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Done with Drugs founder Michael Pinnick addresses the party attendees.

“Tell your kids that you love them and care for them and they can talk to you about anything.”

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and inspire these children,” said 815 President Damien Dougherty. “We have to occupy these kids with activities because there are not too many opportunities for them right now.”

At the party, the group announced the three winners – from Joliet elementary, junior high and high schools – of its essay contest entitled “How would you change or improve your community.”

Each student received a $167 award.

Pinnick’s love has indeed spread through his foundation to help others also suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.

“If it wasn’t for Mike and Iris, I’d be homeless,” said re-

covered addict Joellyn Olsen, who lives at one of the two recovery centers in Joliet called Pinnick’s Place. “This is a way for us to give back to them.”

Ultimately, the party is “a celebration for the kids,” said Michael McAllister, 63, a former Joliet resident who has never missed any of the foundation’s Christmas parties and brings his children and grandchildren.

His son, Nilton McAllister, 9, who has been coming to Pinnick’s party for five years said that he looks forward to seeing his friends and, of course, the gifts. “Last year, I got a Batman toy and I liked it a lot,” he said.

His cousin, Aaron Smith, a kindergartner at Jefferson Elementary School, told Santa that he wants not only a Batman, but “Robin, the Batmobile, the Green Lantern, Superman and Flash.”

Three hundred of the presents donated by Walgreens on Cass Street, Mount Ebal Baptist Church in Lockport and private citizens were handed out. The rest will be given to those who couldn’t make it to the party, Pinnick said.

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Cancer Support Center is there for the hard times Agency eyes a satellite office in Joliet

By HANNAH KOHUT hkohut@shawmedia.com MOKENA – For the past 20 years, the Cancer Support Center has been helping local cancer patients and their loved ones navigate through difficult times, while reminding them of reasons to celebrate and be thankful.

As a partner agency of the United Way of Will County, the Cancer Support Center will benefit from the Herald Angels giving campaign, which will help the organization reach out to more families in need during difficult times. Already established in Mokena and Homewood, the Cancer Support Center hopes to add a satellite office in Joliet, enabling the agency to expand its programs to more cancer patients and their families.

This is where the United Way’s support can play an important role.

“The United Way has been

wonderful in realizing the importance of the resources we provide to community members,” said Sue Armato, executive director for the Cancer Support Center and a cancer survivor herself. “Because of that, we have been able to expand our programming.”

Armato said a cancer diagnosis is overwhelming, and that it’s important to let patients know they are not alone in their cancer journey, learning a whole new language and lifestyle.

That’s why its centers are warm and home-like, creating a feeling of comfort and security. Through its programs, which include stress management, yoga, massage therapy and fitness activities, the center is able to surround the patient with new friends who can “normalize” the cancer experience.

“Every day I see individuals who come in here looking frightened or overwhelmed,”

Get involved To donate to the Herald Angels campaign, send a check payable to Herald Angels to The Herald-News at 2175 Oneida St., Joliet, IL 60435, or go to the United Way of Will County’s website, www.uwwill.org.

Armato said. “After they meet with the women who welcome them, you can immediately see the relief in their faces.

They realize they are not alone, and that there is a place they can go, and that people understand what they are going through.”

One of the many free services provided are wigs. What begins as a scary experience turns into one of joy. Armato’s office is next to the wig boutique, and she loves hearing laughter penetrate the walls.

“It’s a hard day when your hair is almost gone, [so] we give free wigs to anyone losing hair to cancer treatments,”

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The Cancer Support Center hosted its annual Walk of Hope in Frankfort this spring to support its clients and programs.

Armato said. “But our staff helps them realize they are still beautiful and that this is a temporary thing. It means a lot to someone.”

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ter is free and open to anyone living with a cancer diagnosis and their loved ones. You can find out more by visiting www.cancersupportcenter. org.

Forest Preserve District honored for restoration efforts

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com

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This savanna is an example of the ecological restoration work the Forest Preserve District of Will County has been performing at Hickory Creek Barrens Nature Preserve in New Lenox since 1985. The district was honored for its work with an award from Chicago Wilderness.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County has received for the second year in a row the highest honor for natural restoration efforts.

Chicago Wilderness, a coalition made up of more than 300 organizations working to protect the environment, honored the district this month with an “Excellence in Ecological Restoration” award for its work at the Hickory Creek Barrens Nature Preserve, just north of New Lenox.

Last year, the district was honored for its work at

Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve in Braidwood.

Tom Weigel, a member of the district’s Board of Commissioners, said Friday the honor is well-deserved.

“They’ve done a lot of work in that area,” Weigel said. “We’re really blessed to get those kind of awards.”

Sites chosen for the award exemplify best practices in natural resource management based on rigorous, science-based standards that are reviewed by a panel of regional conservation experts, according to Chicago Wilderness.

The site is home to the

state’s largest population of the endangered savanna blazing star but also includes an experimental reintroduction of the federally threatened Meak’s milkweed, according to a news release from the Forest Preserve District.

More than 140 bird species live in the preserve, including the pileated woodpecker, yellow rumped warbler, brown creeper and hermit thrush, according to the release.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County was one of 10 agencies that received a restoration award from Chicago Wilderness on Dec. 11.

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JOLIET – All garbage and recycling pickup will be one day late, Thursday and Friday, the weeks of Dec. 22 and Dec. 29 in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Residents with Monday-through-Wednesday service will not be interrupted, according to a news release from the City of Joliet. The normal collection schedule will resume the week of Jan. 5.

City Hall will be closed Dec. 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday and Jan. 1 in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday. On both days, the parking decks will be free of charge, and there will be no enforcement of the parking meters.

Boys & Girls Club open for winter break

JOLIET – The George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club will be open during winter break.

The club, at 226 E. Clinton St., provides a safe place along with academic and recreational programs for children and teens ages 6 to 18, the organization said in an announcement of its winter break hours. The club also provides complimentary lunches and snacks.

Hours from Dec. 22 to 31 are: Mondays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The club will be closed Dec. 25 and 26 and

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Frankfort continues emerald ash borer plan

FRANKFORT – The Village of Frankfort recently announced an update regarding its Emerald Ash Borer Management Plan approved in October 2012.

The Public Works Department has continued to evaluate and remove ash trees rated in poor condition, according to a news release from the village. During a review of all ash trees this past summer, 800 trees were marked in poor condition.

All trees will be removed

by Homer Tree Service, the low bidder for the project in the amount of $113,922.50.

Stumps will be ground on all tree removals and the approved contractor will restore any damage, if incurred, to the lawn through this process, according to the news release.

Trees in poor condition will be removed by Homer Tree Service beginning in December and will be completed

by March, according to the village. New trees will be planted in early spring. A variety of approved tree species will be planted throughout the community.

Contact Terry Kestel, superintendent of Public Works, at 815-469-2177 for more information on the program.

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Joyful responses I asked readers to send me their stories of what makes the holidays joyful to them, and I received some responses that I’d like to share. But just as important, I had many comments about the column of filling your tank with joy from people in the community.

I was told it was something people really needed to read and think about, as people were not in the best of moods going into the holiday season.

I received many thanks. I really feel like I’m doing my job when I can touch people and make them think about what I write.

Reader Jill Maher, a yoga and meditation instructor, wrote: “I have been seeking and experiencing comfort and joy this winter season.

It touched me to hear of the special memories you made with your mother during her holiday visit.

“You asked readers to share joys with you so I am dropping everything else and taking the time right now to write to you.”

Maher said her simple joys are practicing and sharing yoga, particularly “extended child pose under the Christmas tree” at home by the warm hearth at sunset.

• Reading the newspaper; a cup of coffee or tea as an added bonus.

• Cooking with her husband and making a creative, delicious, nutritious meal.

• Going to the Rialto for the live radio show “It’s A Wonderful Life” and supporting the theater.

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I also asked what we could be grateful for.

“In the moment, I am grateful to be alive and healthy,” she wrote. “I am grateful to have a roof over my head and food to eat. I am grateful for a computer, Internet access, Herald Life, and you and your article.”

Reader Missy Schumacher wrote about a holiday tradition she has participated in with her family for the past six years.

They decorate one of the family’s hay racks, bake cookies and then load up the hay rack with carolers dressed in Santa hats and head out along the streets of Channahon.

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time caroling and delivering home-baked treats despite the cold. But the real reason they do it each year, Schumacher said, is the heartwarming reception they get and the joy they bring to those they visit.

“We make a special point of visiting the elderly and small children. We get lots of smiles and lots of misty eyes,” she said.

“This year, a recently widowed woman held my hand and cried while we sang.

Needless to say, we carolers were choked up and in tears, as well. That is the reason we keep doing this year after year, and it is also the greatest payoff for us. That one stop made the whole day worthwhile.”

Happy Holidays.

• Kris Stadalsky writes about people and issues in areas southwest of Joliet.

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MORRIS – A two-car accident at 1:39 p.m. today on Interstate 80 close to mile post 113 near Morris closed the roadway for “a little bit,” said Illinois State Police Master Sgt. R.A. Caves.

One person with injuries that weren’t life threatening was flown to a hospital. Caves said he did not know which hospital.

There were no fatalities, Caves added.

The accident is under investigation.

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The two statewide associations administer the Illinois Distinguished Accreditation program with the goal of improving the delivery of park and recreation services to Illinois residents, according to a news release from the park district.

A park district or recreation agency interested in applying for Distinguished Accredited Agency recognition undergoes a detailed, lengthy process of application and evaluation.

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MOKENA – Four businesses were cited for reportedly selling liquor to minors earlier this month. Mokena police and the Illinois Liquor Control Commission conducted compliance checks on Dec. 11, according to a news release from the commission.

Minors reportedly were able to buy liquor at Meijer, 21450 Wolf Road; 7-Eleven, 19101 Wolf Road; Lenny’s Gas N’ Wash, 8810 W. 191st St.; and Jenny’s Steakhouse Southside Tap, 10160 191st St. The ILCC said 14 businesses refused to sell liquor without checking identification during the compliance check.

They included: Meijer, 11305 W. Lincoln Highway; Cheers Liquors, 19155 LaGrange Road; Fox’s on Wolf, 11247 W. 187th Street; Walgreens, 20002 S. Wolf Road; Tribes Ale House & Grill, 11220 W. Lincoln Highway; Speedway, 19855 S. LaGrange Road; CVS Pharmacy, 11200 W. Lincoln Highway.

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Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from local police departments and the Will County Sheriff’s Office. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

Wednesday December 24 Christmas Eve • Vigil of Christmas 7:30am • Vigil of Christmas (English, New Rite) 4:00pm • 1st Mass of Christmas 8:00pm

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Thursday December 25 Christmas Day

Christmas Eve Masses: 4:00 p.m. and Midnight

• 2nd Mass of Christmas 10:00am • 3rd Mass of Christmas (At Ss Peter & Paul Naperville) 5:30pm

Wednesday December 31 • Vigil of Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (English, New Rite) 4:15pm

Thursday, December 25, 2014,

Christmas Day Masses: 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 11:30 a.m.

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Thursday January 1

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• Markies L. Caldwell, 21, of the 900 block of Lois Place in Joliet, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on charges of delivery of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Dionta M. Hayes, 28, of Fishers, Indiana, was arrested by Bolingbrook police Wednesday on a charge of auto theft.

• Quintin Larrieu, 31, of the 18200 block of School Street in South Holland, was arrested by University Park police Wednesday on a charge of domestic battery.

• Kevin A. Luna, 21, of the 13900 block of South Oakdale Circle in Plainfield, was arrested

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Bud Weigell stands next to his train set, which spans a 4-by-8-foot section of his living room at Saratoga Tower in Morris. along with buildings that he’d wired to light up.

The story also said Weigell had peopled those buildings with great detail, to make places such as the post office, radio shack and Granny’s Diner appear realistic. Jean Davidson, one of Weigell’s neighbors, said she brought her great-grandchildren to see Weigell’s trains.

“He had thousands of dollars tied up in it,” Davidson said. “It was amazing.”

Weigell, Davidson said, also bought and paid for a windmill and the swings that sat outside Saratoga Tower. He’d bring Davidson strawberries when he bought them on sale; and if he ordered a pizza, he’d bring a portion of it to Davidson, insisting he couldn’t finish it.

Each year, Weigell purchased a large, live Christmas tree – along with the lights and ornaments – for the alcove on his floor. Two of the residents would decorate it, Davidson said. Although trees were set up in the main area downstairs, the sixth floor at Saratoga was the only floor that had its own tree, Davidson added.

This year, Davidson said, Weigell put it up early, a couple days before Thanksgiving.

Weigell was 78 when he died

Nov. 27, Thanksgiving Day. “He must have known he was in bad shape,” Davidson said, thinking of Weigell setting up the tree earlier than was his habit.

In his will, Weigell specified that the Grundy County Housing Authority would dispose of his possessions, said Brent Newman, CEO of the housing authority. If the possessions are sold, proceeds are to go to the GCHA Resident Council, Newman added.

Nancy Murley, GCHA resident council president, said Weigell was a quiet man, one who didn’t brag about his kind deeds, his past or his family – if he had any, she added.

“Evidently, he decided the residents were his family,” Murley said.

Newman feels Weigell’s life is an extraordinary example of paying less attention to a person’s words and more to his actions. Weigell’s words could be fierce, but his actions demonstrated how deeply he cared for the residents of Saratoga Tower, Newman said.

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MORRIS – Terrified of spiders, Susan McDaniel, administrative assistant at the Grundy County Housing Authority in Morris, glanced above her. Hanging directly above her was a large, fuzzy, Halloween-decoration-type spider.

On another occasion, while checking the resident box, McDaniel slid her hand into a mass of rubber spiders.

“I screamed, and mail went flying all over the room,” she said.

Alfred Charles “Bud” Weigell, 78, a resident at Saratoga Tower, had planted the spiders, but McDaniel wasn’t upset. It was friendly teasing to Weigell, who – over time – had become McDaniel’s good friend.

“When he came in to pay his rent, he was pretty gruff,” she said, “but I just killed him with kindness until he opened up to me.”

During their seven-year friendship, Weigell made copies of music for McDaniel that they both enjoyed, talked with her often and threw her a surprise birthday party. If Weigell was not feeling well – and he had a number of health issues, McDaniel said – she would run his errands.

“He knew a lot,” McDaniel said. “He liked to argue with people about things – particularly HUD rules – but he was on top of everything.”

Weigell’s vast knowledge shone through his passion for model railroads and his detailed knowledge of both the Rock Island and Norfolk & Western Railways. A 2007 Morris Daily Herald story detailed Weigell’s 4-by-8-foot HO-scale model train layout, which included mountains

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OBITUARIES RICHARD R. CRONHOLM Richard “Dick” Cronholm, age 79. Passed away peacefully on Thursday December 18, 2014, at home with his family. Born in 1935 to the late Robert and Lillian Cronholm.

A Veteran of the United States Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division.

Preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Lil; brother, Russell; sister, Barbara McCarthy; and brother-inlaw, Jack McCarthy.

Dick is survived by his high school sweetheart, wife, Barbara (nee Reick) Cronholm; children, Colleen (Jeff) Carlson, Rob (Sally) Cronholm and Rick Cronholm; grandchildren, Kyle Carlson, Taylor (Landon) DeSandre, Ryan (Jennifer) Cronholm, Rachel (Jeff) Turner, Regan Cronholm, Roberta Cronholm, Cassidy Cronholm, Ross Cronholm; great-grandchild, Charlotte Turner; sister-in-law, Delores Cronholm; and numerous “favorite” nieces and nephews.

Dick was a proud graduate of Taft Grade School and a member of the famous “LTHS Class of ‘53”.

Co-owner of B&B Masonry with partner Jack McCarthy for over 50 years. He retired from the Lockport Township Fire Protection District serving as a firefighter for over 32 years and continuing his service to the Fire District as Trustee for an additional 18 years. A Charter member of Local #1544 International Association of Firefighters.

A Life Member receiving his Gold Card from the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local #74. As a true believer in community service Dick served Taft School District as a school board member for 12 years and the City of Lockport as Fourth Ward Alderman and member of various boards and commissions for the last nine mayors.

Dick led an active life traveling the world with Barb, and as a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Lockport, Lockport Golf & Recreation, Prairie Bluff Monday Men’s Golf League, aviation as a private pilot, 82nd Airborne Reunion Group, LTHS Class of 1953 Reunion Committee, Joliet Area Retired Firefighters, Loyal Order of Moose Lockport Lodge, Lockport Church Dartball League and Norma’s Breakfast Club.

Memorials in Dick’s name to First Congregational United Church of Christ in Lockport would be most appreciated.

Funeral service for Dick will be Monday, December 22, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., at the First Congregational United Church of Christ 604 E. 9th (159th) Street in Lockport.

Richard will Lie in State from 9:00 a.m. until time of Services at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be Lockport City Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the O’Neil Funeral Home 1105 E. 9th (159th) Street.

Family and friends can sign the online guest book or to attain directions at: www.oneilfuneralhome.com.

PATRICIA L. MCGUIRE Patricia Lee McGuire (Harris), nee Lewis, age 66. At rest Friday, December 19, 2014, at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago after a brief illness.

Born in Essex, IL, she spent most of her life in and around Joliet. Mrs. McGuire was until recently a flight attendant with Southwest Airlines and also worked for the (now defunct) Midway Airlines in the same role.

Mrs. McGuire was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Lillian Marie (nee O’Reilley) Lewis; first husband, John F. Harris, Jr.; an uncle, James O’Reilley; and an aunt, Florence Zeman.

She is survived by her husband, former long-serving Illinois state representative, John C. “Jack” McGuire; two children, Lawrence Harris and Patricia (nee Harris) Marsden; her brother, Terry Lewis; and grandchildren, Lillian Harris, Nathan Harris and John Marsden.

Funeral Services for Patricia Lee McGuire will be Monday, December 22, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park. Visitation Today, Sunday, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

For information: 815-741-5500 or www.fredcdames.com

KATHY J. PARINI Born: May 6, 1955 Died: Dec. 10, 2014

Kathy J. (nee Daniels) Parini, born on May 6, 1955, and passed away on December 10, 2014, after a long battle with COPD. Kathy is survived by her daughter, Julie (nee Parini) (Lisa) Wasberg; her husband, Robert Parini; brothers, Jeff (Christina) Daniels and Mike (Leslie) Daniels.

She was preceded in death by her parents, C.L. “Dan” Daniels and Margaret “Peg” (nee Couch) Daniels.

She loved butterflies and spending time with her good friends.

Memorial services will be held in the near future.

MAE PASCH Mae Pasch, nee Westendorf, age 90, of Lockport, IL died peacefully Saturday, December 20.

Beloved wife of Henry (Pat); loving mother of James (Darlene), Jan (Walter) Dearie, Jerry (Lori), Jeff (Michelle Allegretti), and Jaymee (Ken) Lindblom. Cherished grandmother of Kristine (Brian) Hautzinger, Tony (Teressa) Pasch, Kathryn (Gene) Wise, Tara (Jeff) Paine, Amber (Mike) St. Claire, Ryan (Kellie) Pasch, Elisabeth (John Paul) Kaplan, Alaina (Greg) Prawdzik, Alyssa Pasch, Kyle Lindblom, Michelle Lindblom, and Janelle Pasch. Loving great-grandmother to thirteen. Beloved sister to Dolores Haury, Helen Lein, Joyce (Eugene) Ogrodny and JoAnn Leith.

Preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Mabel Westendorf; brothers, Elmer and Henry; and sister, Elaine.

Mae and Pat recently celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary. They have traveled to all 50 states, various European destinations, and especially treasured their annual vacation to Puerto Escondido, Mexico for the past 25 years. Mae was an active

member and former board member of the Lockport Golf and Recreation Club, and faithful member of St. Dennis Women’s Club and Garden Club. She retired from Pasch and Sons Construction after serving 40 years as office manager.

Memorial mass will be held at St. Dennis Catholic Church in Lockport on Monday, December 22, at 11:00 a.m. Per her wishes cremation rite will be accorded with interment at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

PHYLLIS R. PODLESNY Phyllis R. Podlesny (nee Ward), age 77, of Lockport, passed away peacefully Thursday, December 18, 2014, at her home surrounded by family and friends at her side.

Born in Joliet, living in Lockport since 1965. She was formerly employed at Weber’s Dairy Ice Cream Parlor and Illinois Bell Telephone. A proud graduate of Providence High School Class of 1956. Phyllis will be lovingly remembered as a devote wife, mother and grandmother.

Preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Therese Podlesny; and her parents, John Sr. and Lillian (Woodin) Ward.

Survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Don: her sons, Thomas (Susan) and Timothy; a grandson, Trey; sisters, Shirley Brookman, Norma Jean (Raymond) Webster, Lillian (Michael Sr.) Mancuso, Margaret (Thomas) Smith, Patricia Orasco and Carol (Harold) Clark; brothers, John Jr. (Marie) Ward and Robert (Kathy) Ward; a brother-in-law, John Brookman; and her caregiver, Nory Villanueva. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. Dennis Church, Lockport would be appreciated.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 10:30 a.m. from the O’NEIL FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 1105 E. 9TH ST. (159TH ST.), LOCKPORT to St. Dennis Church, Lockport for Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood.

Visitation Monday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Family and friends can sign the online guest book or to attain directions at : www.oneilfuneralhome.com.

CHARLOTTE G. SHEEHAN Charlotte G. Sheehan, nee Korthals/O’Connor, age 95, of Plainfield, IL, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2014.

Beloved wife of the late Patrick Joseph Sheehan; loving mother of Dennis Patrick (late Joanna) (Donna), Barbara Anne (late Ronald) Miranda, Margaret Mary “Peg” Sheehan, Patricia Jo “Pat” (Maurice) Vanderpot and Joseph Charles “Joe”; dear grandmother of Wendy (Dan) Jordan, Patrick (Birute’) Sheehan, Dennis II (Leah) Sheehan), Ronald Robert Miranda, Vincent Paul Miranda, Michael Andrew (Lisa) Miranda, Justin (LuAnn) Vanderpot and Peter (Jill) Vanderpot; dear great-grandmother of eleven; fond sister of Kathleen (late Charles) O’Connor Nemecek, Virginia (Ted) O’Connor Krzus, and the late Mary Ellen (late Carl) Korthals/O’Connor Baker, James J. (late Helen) O’Connor I, John F. (late Venetia) O’Connor and Lawrence (Teri) O’Connor.

Mrs. Sheehan was a catechist for two years, a Pastoral and Eucharistic Minister and a Lector at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, a member of American Legion Auxiliary Commodore Barry Post #256, a member of a Small Community Group and she loved to cook, bake and read.

Funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2014, 9:30 a.m. from the Anderson Memorial Chapel 606 Townhall Dr. Romeoville, IL to St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, Romeoville, IL for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m., followed by graveside services at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL. Visitation Friday, December 26, 2014, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Anderson Memorial Chapel.

In lieu of flowers memorials to Joliet Area Community Hospice 250 Water Stone Circle, Joliet , IL 60431 would be appreciated.

For service information 815-8862323.

IN MEMORIAM

Edward J., Bernadine M., & Daniel J. Keenan Wish you were here to celebrate Christmas like the “old days”.

Love and thoughts, the Family.

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Raising juror pay, reducing juries gets mixed reviews

CHICAGO – A newly signed law that’ll more than double what Illinois jurors are paid while reducing the size of civil case juries is earning mixed reviews from criminal justice experts.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed the measure Friday that backers say could lead to more diverse juries and offset anticipated costs by cutting back jurors in all civil cases from 12 to 6. But some counties are concerned about picking up the tab and researchers and advocacy groups believe smaller juries mean less impartial verdicts.

To the measure’s sponsor – who was lobbied by the former Illinois Trial Lawyers Association president – raising juror stipends is a simple equation.

Illinois currently hovers near the bottom of U.S. states when it comes to state-set rates, though it varies by county – between $4 and $10 a day, more in some places. Plus, state law doesn’t require employers to pay wages during jury duty. The new law, which takes effect in June, moves Illinois closer to other states by raising it to $25 the first day and $50 after.

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Report: Illinois treasurer OK’d raises for dozens

SPRINGFIELD – Outgoing Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford gave pay raises to dozens of employees – with increases ranging from 8 to 36 percent – over the past year, according to a newspaper report.

The Republican’s office also awarded nearly $90,000 in onetime payments to 35 non-union employees at the end of October, according to a story published online late Saturday in the Springfield State Journal-Register.

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Members of the jury that heard the murder trial of former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson (from left) alternate juror, Patricia Timke, 68, Teresa Mathews, 49, jury forman Eduardo Saldana, 22, and Jeremy Massey, 26, smile during a news conference Sept. 7, 2012, in Joliet. The jurors convicted Peterson of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Illinois hovers at the bottom among U.S. states when it comes to the pay jurors receive for service, and lawmakers have approved a plan that would more than double the rate.

The payments included one to his former his chief of staff, who received an extra $10,000 on top of an approximately $125,000 base salary, Rutherford spokeswoman Mary Frances Bragiel defended the salary increases – given to more than 25 non-union employees – and one-time payments.

She said they were “all based on performance, job duty changes and more responsibility.”

Union officials criticized the move.

Frank Prochaska, a spokesman for Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said it amounted to “profiteering.” He said union employees received smaller pay bumps in recent negotiations.

“It is a disgrace to dedicated state employees and public servants,” he said.

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1 dead, many injured in shooting at suburban party

CALUMET CITY – A 19-year-old man has died and several were injured in a shooting at a house party in a south Chicago suburb.

Calumet City Police Chief Edward Gilmore said in a news release about 100 to 150 young people were in the basement early Sunday morning when a fight broke out and shots were fired.

Lake County, Indiana, Coroner Merrille Frey said in a release that 19-year-old Dewayne Purnell of Burnham, died of gunshot wounds.

Gilmore said up to 10 people may have been injured and taken to area hospitals, but that most were not seriously injured.

The South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force is leading the investigation. He didn’t provide a possible motive for the shooting.

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4 people including 2 children killed at Rockford home

ROCKFORD – Four people, including two young boys, were killed in a shooting late Saturday at a home in Rockford, authorities said.

Police said a 24-year-old woman, her boyfriend and her two sons were found dead of gunshot wounds around 11:20 p.m.

Saturday inside a red-brick duplex in Rockford, the Rockford Register Star reported. Authorities identified the victims as Martia Flint, 24-year-old Demontae Rhodes, 6-year-old Tyrone Smith III and 4-year-old Tobias K. Smith.

Assistant Deputy Chief Patrick Hoey said neighbors reported hearing pounding on a door and someone forcing the door open before hearing gunshots. He said police have no known motive.

The victims were pronounced

dead by Rockford Fire Department paramedics after being found inside the home.

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Police say DNA links man to 1994 Chicago slaying

CHICAGO – Cold case detectives in Chicago have used DNA evidence to identify and arrest a suspect in a 20-year-old murder case.

The Chicago Police Department said in a news release that 45-year-old David Ramirez-Martinez of Boulder, Colorado, was arrested Thursday.

He is accused of stabbing a 39-year-old woman in May 1994.

The victim was found in her home in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood. The police statement says detectives linked Ramirez-Martinez to the killing through a DNA match.

–Wire reports

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FARGO, N.D. – Prosecutors described a Toronto man’s massive credit card fraud scheme as high-tech bank robbery – stealing the identities of 38,000 people in order to bilk dozens of banks. So when he was convicted of mail fraud in February 2011, the federal government began the arduous task of figuring out just how much each victim was owed.

Years later, after the government’s petition to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal judge ordered Adekunle Adetiloye to pay about $1.5 million in restitution and forfeiture. Adetiloye is appealing the Dec. 8 judgment.

“To be fair to everybody, the losses in this case are uncommon,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Chase said Thursday. “It’s a hard case in many ways to prove up. There’s just not a lot of law out there on any of this. It’s a little uncharted.”

Adetiloye’s 18-year prison sentence, issued in January 2012, capped a lengthy international investigation into fake debt-collection agencies.

Tent city sprouts in downtown Detroit

DETROIT – Bankruptcy behind it, Detroit’s atmosphere swirls with the promise of better days.

Charles Floyd Jones can only hope that the city’s good fortune trickles down to him and the 10 other residents of a tent city that’s sprouted in the shadow of a resurgent downtown where rental occupancy is close to full

and restaurants and shops are doing brisk business.

Jones and others in this makeshift community of seven tents – believed to be the only tent city in Detroit – say they have nowhere else to go.

“By us being out of bankruptcy, they can see that you got people out here that’s struggling,” said Jones, 51.

The city’s homeless numbers swelled over the past decade as manufacturing and other jobs disappeared and homes were lost during the national foreclosure crisis. All told, about 16,200 of Detroit’s 680,000 residents – almost 2.4 percent – are believed to be living on the streets or in temporary shelters – and that doesn’t account for other types of homelessness, such as teens going from friend to friend and families living in motels.

Poll: Ex-regime official is Tunisia’s new president

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian polling firms have declared Beji Caid Essebsi, an 88-year-old official from previous regimes, as the winner of Sunday’s presidential runoff, cementing his dominance over a country where his party already controls Parliament.

The runoff election marks the culmination of a 4-year-long rocky transition to democracy after Tunisians overthrew dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, kicking off pro-democracy uprisings around the region in what became known as the Arab Spring.

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Killer of 2 NYC officers had long criminal history

By TOM HAYS The Associated Press NEW YORK – The gunman who fatally ambushed two police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record, a hatred for police and the government and an apparent history of mental instability that included an attempt to hang himself a year ago, authorities said Sunday.

Moments before opening fire, Ismaaiyl Brinsley approached people on the street and asked them to follow him on Instagram, then told them, “Watch what I’m going to do,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said.

A portrait of the Brooklyn-born gunman emerged as big-city police departments and union leaders around the country warned officers to change up their routines and insist on extra backup a day after Brinsley carried out what he portrayed online as retaliation for the slayings of black men at the hands of white police.

Brinsley was black; the slain officers were Asian and Hispanic.

Investigators were trying to determine if Brinsley had taken part in any protests over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, whose names he invoked in his online threat, or simply latched on to the cause for the final act in a violent rampage.

They said he traveled frequently between the South and New York, where he fathered a child in Brooklyn, and had been in the city earlier in the week.

Brinsley, 28, had at least 19 arrests in Georgia and Ohio, spent two years in prison for gun possession and had a troubled childhood so violent that his mother was afraid of him, police said.

He ranted online about police and the government and

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Police officers leave candles at an impromptu memorial Sunday near the site where two New York City police officers were killed in the Brooklyn borough of New York. expressed “self-despair and anger at himself and where his life was,” Boyce said.

Boyce said Brinsley’s mother believed he had undiagnosed mental problems and may have been on medication at some point, but detectives were still trying to determine if he had a mental illness.

On Saturday afternoon, Brinsley approached a squad car from behind in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant section and fired four shots, killing Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. He then ran into a subway station and committed suicide.

Hours earlier, Brinsley had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend at her home outside Baltimore, then made threatening posts online, including a vow to put “wings on pigs” and references to the Brown and Garner cases.

Baltimore-area police warned the New York department that Brinsley was in the city and bent on violence. But New York police were still getting the word out when Brinsley struck.

The slayings dramatically escalated tensions that have simmered for months

over police killings of blacks.

The siege mentality was evident in several memos circulating among the rank and file at the 35,000-officer New York Police Department, the nation’s largest.

A union-generated message warned police officers that they should respond to every radio call with two cars – “no matter what the opinion of the patrol supervisor” – and not make arrests “unless absolutely necessary.” The president of the detectives union told members in a letter to work in threes when out on the street, wear bulletproof vests and keep aware of their surroundings.

“Cowards such as yesterday’s killer strike when you are distracted and vulnerable,” the letter read.

Another directive warned officers in Newark, New Jersey, not to patrol alone and to avoid people looking for confrontations. At the same time, a memo from an NYPD chief asked officers to avoid fanning rage by limiting comments “via all venues, including social media, to expressions of sorrow and condolence.”

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GOP fighting to hang onto Senate – in 2016

By ERICA WERNER The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Senate majority in hand, ascendant Republicans are set to challenge President Barack Obama and the Democrats on Capitol Hill come January.

But a much tougher election map two years from now could force the GOP right back into the minority.

In November 2016, Republicans will defend 24 seats, Democrats 10. Seven of the GOP seats are in states that President Barack Obama won with 50 percent or more of the vote in 2012.

It’s a stark reversal from this past November, when Democrats were the ones contending with a brutal map, including candidates running in seven states Obama had lost. Democrats were crushed on Election Day, losing nine seats and their Senate majority.

It will be a tough climb for Democrats to make up those losses, and there’s no guar-

antee they will. But coming off November’s trouncing, Democrats sound eager about their chances in states such as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Illinois, while Republicans are preparing more to defend past victories than try to score new ones.

“There’s no doubt about it, it’s going to be a bigger challenge than 2014,” said Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, among the Republicans at the top of the Democrats’ pickoff list.

“But I think we have a really good opportunity here in the next couple years. We will reach out to the other side. I think Americans, Wisconsonites, will find out that we’re not the party of ‘no.’”

Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, one of the Democrats likely to be safely re-elected in 2016, said his party already is eyeing a path to retake control of the Senate. Democrats would have to gain a net of four seats if there’s a Democrat in the White House – because the vice president can cast tie-breaking votes in the

Senate – or five if the GOP wins the presidency.

“Picking up four or five seats is no small task, but we are certainly in a position to do so,” Schatz said. “The electorate is going to be different and I think Democratic elected officials and candidates and most importantly voters are going to be excited for a presidential race, and we’re excited to play offense.”

Democrats faced strong headwinds on numerous fronts in November: Obama’s low approval ratings, a scandal involving Department of Veterans Affairs’ hospitals, the Ebola outbreak, the rise of Islamic State extremists.

Compounding everything was the painfully slow economic recovery.

It’s too soon to say what new issues may arise in the

next two years or how strong the economy will be. But presidential elections can favor Democratic congressional candidates by increasing turnout of young and minority voters, and Democrats will not have to spend time distancing themselves from an unpopular incumbent.

Operatives in both parties are looking at many of the states Obama won in 2012, plus a few others, as the most contested places in 2016 where Democrats could try to defeat Republicans. In addition to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Illinois, the list includes New Hampshire, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida.

Democrats are concerned mainly about defending seats in Colorado and Nevada, where Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid faces what

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2014 frustrates hopes for Israeli, Palestinian peace

By LARA JAKES The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry is ending 2014 much in the same way he started it, frustrated in efforts to push Israel and Palestinians toward peace.

With a diplomatic showdown looming this past week over Arab plans to force Israel from occupied Palestinian lands within three years, Kerry prepared for a quick trip to Jordan in hopes of finding a calmer alternative.

By Thursday, the crisis appeared to have been averted when Palestinian and Jordanian officials said they would not push their resolution to an immediate vote in the U.N. Security Council, partly because the U.S. threatened a veto.

The fast-moving political drama was a small, if temporary, victory for America’s chief diplomat in his quest to end generations of fighting and tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. But it also showed how unlikely it is that Kerry can help restart peace talks soon, much less achieve the lasting truce he long has hoped to arrange.

“If people come together, work together, exert an effort to try to find the common ground here, I’m confident that the people of Israel are as interested in peace as are the people in Palestine, in the West Bank, in Jordan, and in the region,” Kerry said recently.

“But this is not the moment to opine on that process,” Kerry said.

could be a bruising re-election fight if he seeks a sixth term.

Some analysts and Republican strategists say that as tough as the map looks for the GOP, there are some factors in the GOP’s favor. Republicans have strong incumbents in Democrat-friendly states, such as Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire, Rob Portman in Ohio, and Marco Rubio in Florida, if he runs for re-election rather than the presidency.

The GOP’s strong showing in November gave them breathing room with a 54-seat majority, making it that much harder for Democrats to make up the difference. States such as New Hampshire or Illinois may be easier for Republicans to defend than strongly GOP-leaning Arkansas, Louisiana and others were for the Democrats this year.

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But they ARE in the business of satire, and this is one of the biggest entertainment stories in years.

And so, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” didn’t wait long to bring up the scandal – in fact,

Pope’s role in Cuba deal leads to rift in Cuban-American flock

By MATT SEDENSKY The Associated Press MIAMI – The key role Pope Francis played encouraging talks between Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro left fractures among his flock in South Florida, where many older Roman Catholics equate the Castro brothers with the devil.

Many Catholics worldwide have expressed pride in seeing Francis stirring hopes of progress in communist Cuba, but some Cuban-Americans say their spiritual leader betrayed them.

“I’m still Catholic till the day I die,” said Efrain Rivas, a 53-year-old maintenance man in Miami who was a political prisoner in Cuba for 16 years.

“But I am a Catholic without a pope.”

Rivas said he cried when Obama surprisingly announced a reversal of a half-century’s efforts to isolate Cuba. Then, when he learned of Francis’ role, he got angry.

Miami Archbishop Thomas

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Anti-Castro protester and former Cuban political prisoner Efrain Rivas talks Thursday to a reporter in the Little Havana area of Miami.

Wenski acknowledged some Catholics are “concerned or suspicious,” but he said many more exiles welcome the breakthrough, despite their suffering.

“The pain is real, but you can’t build a future on top of resentments,” Wenski told The Associated Press in an interview.

The Vatican has been reaching out to Cuba at least since Pope John Paul II, who

declared during his historic 1998 visit to the island, “May Cuba, with all its magnificent potential, open itself up to the world, and may the world open itself up to Cuba.” Discussions continued under Pope Benedict XVI, who visited Cuba in 2012. And Francis, the first Latin American pope, has advocated for an end to the U.S. embargo since participating in John Paul’s visit to Cuba as the soon-to-be-named Cardinal of Buenos Aires.

Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who is close to Francis, set up the papal visits and has been decisive in improving ties between the church and the officially atheist state since becoming Havana archbishop in 1981. This frustrates some older Catholics who wanted the church to use its unique position inside Cuba to take a harder line.

“The church is contaminated,” said Miguel Saavedra, a 57-year-old Miami mechanic who leads an anti-Castro group and wears a gold cross as a sign of his Catholic faith.

Kim Jong Un on “Weekend Update,” declaring he wasn’t afraid. But then red target marks appeared on his torso, and he reversed course: “I’m Seth Rogen, everybody!” he said, trying to quickly mimic Rogen, a star and director of the film, before skedaddling off the set.

All in jest, but there probably IS a sense of “Is it too soon?” out there, said Janice Min, a veteran entertainment industry observer who oversees The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.

“I would say we’re in an unprecedented era of fear right now,” she said, referring to the chilling cyberattack that saw thousands of Sony emails – some deeply embarrassing – and other materials posted online. Things escalated dramatically when hackers then threatened violence against moviegoers, leading theater chains to pull out and Sony to

cancel the Christmas opening.

“There’s often a sense of schadenfreude in Hollywood, if something happens to a movie or an executive,” Min said.

“But in this case, the fear is so palpable, people are thinking, What if this were me?’ ” Even in campaigns for the upcoming awards season in Hollywood, Min said, “every publicist in town will be coaching their stars on what to say and what not to say, or what to post on Twitter – everything will be very measured.”

And so naturally, she adds, there may be a chilling effect on comedy – one that might affect the sharpness of the jokes, for example, at the Golden Globes or the Oscars. “I’m going to venture that at least until the issues are resolved, everyone’s too scared, and you don’t want to be the one making that North Korea joke because you don’t want to be a target yourself,” Min said.

N.Y. farmers lament lost chance to gain gas riches

By MARY ESCH The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. – While environmental groups are doing a victory dance over New York’s decision to ban fracking, farmers such as apple grower David Johnson are grieving for dashed hopes and dreams.

“I’m devastated,” Johnson said after Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health and environmental commissioners announced Wednesday they recomm e n d e d a David fracking ban. Johnson “I have concerns about how to continue this farm that’s been in the family for 150 years.”

Energy firms denied the chance to drill in New York simply can raise their rigs elsewhere. They’ve done so since the Marcellus Shale gas drilling boom began in 2008 and New York launched an environmental review that

effectively put a moratorium in place. But landowners in the state’s Southern Tier who hoped to reap royalties from gas production don’t have that option.

“Frankly, my heart breaks for all those families in the Southern Tier who were denied the opportunity to develop their mineral resources,” said Karen Moreau, executive director of the New York branch of the American Petroleum Institute.

New Yorkers have watched other states that sit atop the Marcellus Shale – Ohio, West Virginia and neighboring Pennsylvania – ride the fracking boom and reap profits from one of the world’s largest natural gas deposits. Some New York landowners signed lucrative leases with energy companies and received multimillion-dollar signing bonuses before the natural gas market and the state’s regulatory climate soured. But many landowner coalitions never got the chance to sell their leases.

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How do you joke about the Sony hacking story? After all, it was an attempt at comedy that launched this whole sobering mess.

If you’re Chris Rock, you joke about it cleverly but carefully. Promoting his new movie “Top Five” this week, he noted an added bonus: “My movie’s very Korean-friendly. There are no jokes about North Korea in ‘Top Five.’ If you’re Korean, go out and see ‘Top Five.’ You will enjoy it.”

Given that the fallout over an unabashedly silly movie – “The Interview,” which Sony shelved last week after a stunning cyberattack by hackers the U.S. has linked to North Korea – has escalated into a serious global situation, one would think comedy writers might be a wee bit skittish just now.

it didn’t wait one second. The show opened with Mike Myers returning as Dr. Evil from the “Austin Powers” movies, taking jabs at Sony, North Korea AND Hollywood. Oh, and Republicans, and “The Interview” actor James Franco’s Oscar-hosting skills.

“There’s already a GOP,” Myers said, referring to the hackers who call themselves Guardians of Peace, “and they’re already an evil organization.” Referring to hackers’ threats of terrorism over the movie, he said that wasn’t necessary: “It’s easy to kill a movie. Just move it to January.”

As for Franco, whose character in the film is tasked with assassinating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he noted: “The man singlehandedly almost killed the Oscars!”

Later, though, the show played with the idea that maybe it’s all a little soon. Comic Bobby Moynihan appeared as

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Sierra Leone urges safe burials to battle Ebola

By SARAH DiLORENZO The Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal – The radio announcement is chilling and blunt: “If I die, I want the deaths to stop with me.”

Dr. Desmond Williams continues: “I want to give my family the permission to request a safe and dignified, medical burial for me.”

The announcement is part of a campaign to urge Sierra Leoneans to abandon traditional burial practices, such as relatives touching or washing the dead bodies, that are fueling the spread of Ebola in the West African country.

Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in Sierra Leone and unsafe burials may be responsible for up to 70 percent of new infections, say experts.

Officials are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to clamp down on traditional burials in Sierra Leone, where Ebola is now spreading fastest. The head of

the Ebola response has even threatened to jail people who prepare the corpses of their loved ones.

Williams, a Sierra Leonean-American doctor who works for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, took to the airwaves last month as part of efforts to encourage people to avoid dangerous burial practices.

Now similar pledges have been made by prominent Sierra Leoneans, including the communications director for the Health Ministry, pop stars and radio DJ’s.

But old ways are hard to break. Many believe a traditional burial is necessary to make sure the dead don’t return to haunt the living.

Funerals are important social occasions in the three most-affected countries, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. People often travel great distances to attend and bodies are typically washed and dressed by relatives or friends.

Unfortunately, these prac-

tices are the perfect breeding ground for Ebola: The bodies of Ebola victims can be up to 10 times more infectious than those of people living with the disease, according to the International Federation of the Red Cross.

A well-attended funeral where many people touch the body provides the opportunity for the disease to disperse into a crowd and then be carried long distances back to their homes, where it can seed new clusters, according to Rebecca Bunnell, a behavioral epidemiologist with the CDC. People have been washing their hands more and avoiding crowded places, but changing burial traditions has proven particularly hard.

Burial teams arriving at homes sometimes find the Ebola victims already washed or dressed. Now officials are warning that those who persist in traditional burial practices will be jailed once it’s clear they have not caught the disease.

Australian woman is charged with murder of eight children The ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRNS, Australia – A judge Monday rejected a plea by lawyers for an Australia woman charged with killing eight children to have the next hearing held in a mental health court.

Mersane Warria, charged under her full name of Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday, faces eight counts of murder in the deaths of seven of her children and her niece, whose bodies were found inside her northern Australia home last week.

Police were called Friday morning to the home in the Cairns suburb of Manoora after receiving a report of a woman with serious injuries. When they got to the house, they found the bodies,

along with Warria, who was suffering from stab wounds to the chest.

Warria, 37, did not attend a brief hearing Monday at Cairns Magistrates Court as she is recovering from her wounds in a hospital.

Magistrate Alan Comans rejected a request from Warria’s lawyer to hold the case’s next hearing in a mental health court. Criminal cases sometimes are referred to such courts if the defendant is believed to be mentally ill or has an intellectual disability. The court then decides what the defendant’s mental state was when they committed the offense.

The case has been adjourned until Jan. 30.

Police haven’t said how the children died, but

Queensland Police Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said that they’re examining several knives in the home that may have been the weapon used to kill them.

Suffocation also was a possible cause of death, he said.

“We are considering that, and that’s why it’s taking a bit of time,” he said Sunday.

“It could be a range of things, from suffocation to a thousand other things.”

Officials still were trying to determine exactly what happened inside the house, and had collected more than 100 witness statements, he said. A coroner was conducting autopsies, but police would not be releasing the results as the case was now a matter for the courts, he said.

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Iraqi Kurdish forces head Sunday to battle Islamic State militants, on the summit of Mount Sinjar, in Iraq.

Iraqi Kurds push into contested town in fight vs. militants

By DALTON BENNETT The Associated Press MOUNT SINJAR, Iraq – With coalition warplanes circling overhead, Kurdish fighters pushed into the contested northern Iraqi town of Sinjar on Sunday, touching off heavy clashes with Islamic State militants who have controlled the area for months.

The battle for Sinjar and the surrounding areas has become the latest focus in the campaign to take back territory lost to the Islamic State group during the militants’ summer blitz that captured much of northern and western Iraq. IS also controls a large chunk of neighboring Syria.

Last week, Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched the operation to retake Sinjar. So far, they’ve managed to open up a passageway to Mount Sinjar, a long, rugged mountain that overlooks the town. That push allowed some of the thousands of Yazidis trapped on the mountain since the town’s fall in August to evacuate.

On Sunday, peshmerga fighters said they advanced into Sinjar itself. Loud explosions and intense gunbattles could be heard echoing from inside the town as U.S.-led coalition warplanes bombed Islamic State militants from the sky.

“We were fighting inside Sinjar. There were snipers everywhere inside,” said 28-year-old Kurdish fighter Nabil Mohammed. “One of them fired a rocket-propelled grenade at us. I ran into a house and I was hit by a sniper’s bullet in my thigh.”

Mohammed spoke in a field hospital on Mount Sinjar, where he and many of the 20 wounded Kurdish fighters were brought for treatment.

Ambulances rushed the wounded to the clinic. Inside, fighters wept as the body of one man killed by a sniper’s bullet was placed into a body bag.

Earlier Sunday, the president of the self-ruled northern Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani, toured Kurdish positions on Mount Sinjar, where he vowed to defeat the Islamic State group.

“Most of the districts are under our control,” Barzani told peshmerga troops. “We will crush the Islamic State.”

At least 15 Kurdish fighters wounded in Sunday’s clashes were brought from the frontlines to a makeshift clinic on the mountain.

The spokesman for the Kurdish forces, Jabbar Yawar, said the fighters were still facing resistance from pockets of Islamic State militants still inside the town and that it is “far from cleared.”

Contact Sports Editor Dick Goss at 815-280-4123 or at dgoss@shawmedia.com.

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Lewis University’s Mariyah Brawner-Henley goes up for a shot during the second half of Sunday’s game against Grand Valley State at Neil Carey Arena in Romeoville. Lewis defeated Grand Valley State, 78-65, to finish undefeated in the nonconference portion of its schedule.

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BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS

Class 4A boys hope new sectional boosts chances

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com The past few seasons haven’t been memorable for the area’s Class 4A boys basketball teams, even though more possibilities existed with squads being sent to two sectionals.

During the last four years, only three teams have won regional titles, and each of them was beaten in the sectional semifinals. Last year, the area had no Class 4A regional champs.

The last time that the area had two regional champions

in Class 4A was in 2010, when Joliet Township beat Lockport in the Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional semifinals and then beat H-F to earn a trip to the Sweet Sixteen.

But things could be different this season since the IHSA announced last week that all 13 of this area’s Class 4A schools will be in the same sectional, at Bolingbrook.

Eight schools from outside of the area also will compete in that sectional.

Area teams in the field are Joliet Central, Joliet West, Lincoln-Way Central, Lin-

tional, as opposed to a downstate site against a team from the St. Louis area.

The winner of the Bolingbrook Sectional meets with the champion at East Aurora, which features teams from throughout the west suburbs.

Other boys assignments

Coal City, Joliet Catholic, Lemont, Lincoln-Way West, Morris and Peotone all are entered in the Class 3A Rich East Sectional, which features 23 teams. The winner plays the Julian Sectional champi-

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AREA SCHEDULE MONDAY’S EVENTS Boys Basketball Lincoln-Way East vs.

Sandburg at the United Center, 2 p.m.

Girls Basketball Lincoln-Way East Medieval Classic Minooka vs. Andrew, 1 p.m.

Plainfield South vs.

Lincoln-Way North, 2:30 p.m.

Lincoln-Way Central vs.

Providence, 4 p.m.

Bremen vs. Lincoln-Way East, 5:30 p.m.

Oswego East Holiday Classic Metea Valley vs. Lemont, 9:30 a.m.

Aurora Central vs.

Plainfield North, 11 a.m.

York vs. Joliet Central, 1 p.m.

Sycamore vs. Plainfield Central, 2:30 p.m.

TF South Holiday Classic Bradley-Bourbonnais vs. Peotone, 2 p.m.

Romeoville vs. Joliet West, 2 p.m.

TF South vs. Peotone, 3:30 p.m.

Ottawa Christmas Classic Morris vs. Kankakee, 10:30 a.m.

Lincoln-Way West vs.

Kaneland, 6 p.m.

Seneca at St. Bede Christmas Classic Wrestling Bolingbrook, LincolnWay Central, Lockport, Minooka, Providence at Harlem Dvorak Invite,

coln-Way East, Lockport, Minooka, Plainfield Central, Plainfield East, Plainfield North, Plainfield South, Providence, Romeoville and the hosts.

The other squads in the sectional are Andrew, Neuqua Valley, Oswego, Oswego East, Sandburg and Shepard.

Joliet West, Lincoln-Way North, Romeoville and Yorkville will host the four regional tournaments.

And in another departure for most of the local teams, the route to state goes through the Hinsdale Central Supersec-

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TUESDAY’S EVENTS Boys Basketball Plano Christmas Classic Coal City vs. St. Bede, 9 a.m.

Wilmington vs. Ottawa, 12:30 p.m.

Seneca vs. Princeton, 3:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Lincoln-Way East Medieval Classic Providence vs. Bremen, 1 p.m.

Lincoln-Way East vs.

Lincoln-Way Central, 2:30 p.m.

Plainfield South vs.

Minooka, 4 p.m.

Andrew vs. Lincoln-Way North, 5:30 p.m.

TF South Holiday Classic Peotone vs. Romeoville, 2 p.m.

Joliet West vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais, 2 p.m.

Oswego East Holiday Classic Joliet Central, Lemont, Plainfield Central, Plainfield North Ottawa Christmas Classic Lincoln-Way West, Morris St. Bede Christmas Classic Seneca Wrestling Bolingbrook, Lincoln-Way Central, Lockport, Minooka, Providence at Harlem Dvorak Invite, 9:30 a.m.

on in a supersectional at Joliet Central.

That’s basically the same scenario as a year ago, when JCA made a surprise run to the sectional finals, where it fell to eventual state champion Morgan Park.

In Class 2A, Reed-Custer and Wilmington will join the hosts in the Seneca Regional.

The winner of that advances to the El Paso-Gridley Sectional. And in Class 1A, Gardner-South Wilmington will be in the Dwight Regional, which feeds into the Somonauk Sectional.

SUBMITTED REPORTS Bouie wins title at Hinsdale Central: Minooka’s Josh Bouie picked up a big title win when he edged Neuqua Valley’s D.J. Warkenthien, 3-2, in the 195-pound finals at Hinsdale Central’s 24-team Rex Whitlatch Invite Saturday.

Also for the Indians, Carson Oughton (170) finished third, Chris Hiscock (182) took fifth, and Zach McDowell (106) and Adam McDowell (113) both claimed eighth place.

In addition, Lemont’s Egan Berta (138) was fifth, while Jim Brennan (145) placed sixth.

Ruffino takes first at Unity: Peotone’s Tom Ruffino won the 195 championship Saturday at the Unity Invite after capturing a 9-5 victory over St. Joseph-Ogden’s Wesley Kibler.

Claiming second place for the Blue Devils were Chase Emerson (120), Nick Goberville (152), Jerry Schmidt (160), Owen McBride (170) and Joe Winkelman (182).

Kyle Jones (132) finished third, and Cole Hilliard (106) and Andrew Stahl (220) took fourth place for Peotone.

For Joliet Catholic, Cam Haney (145) claimed second place, while Nick Konopek (160) finished in fourth place.

Baldridge claims top honors at Metamora:

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Lewis University’s Jamie Johnson goes up for a shot during the first half of Sunday’s game against Grand Valley State at Neil Carey Arena in Romeoville. Johnson had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Lewis, 11-0, as it defeated previously unbeaten Grand Valley State in nonconference action.

Morris’ Cody Baldridge captured the 160 title Saturday at the Metamora Holiday Tournament after winning, 6-2, over Byron’s Brandon Elsbury.

Claiming second place for Morris was A.J. Vota (152), while Emmet Chouinard (152) and Andrew Faught (285) finished third.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: LEWIS UNIVERSITY 78, GRAND VALLEY (MICH.) 65

By CURT HERRON @shawmedia.com

• Monday, December 22, 2014

ROMEOVILLE – One of the goals of Lewis University’s women’s basketball team was to finish nonconference play with a perfect record.

The Flyers encountered the final piece in that puzzle Sunday when they hosted Grand Valley State (Allendale, Michigan) in a matchup of nationally ranked squads that also had perfect records.

After enjoying a ninepoint first-half lead and a seven-point advantage shortly after the break, the NCAA Division II No. 2 Flyers found themselves trailing the No. 17 Lakers, 50-46, with a little more than 10 minutes remaining.

However, Lewis used a decisive 8-0 run to regain control as it outscored Grand Valley, 32-15, down the stretch to help it capture a 78-65 victory at Neil Carey Arena.

The win not only continued a school-record 11-0 start but also extended the Flyers’ home winning streak to 29 games, which is the second-longest in D-II. This also was the first time since 1984 that a ranked Lewis squad hosted a ranked opponent.

Flyers coach Lisa Carlsen wasn’t surprised that her squad was able to answer the bell once Grand Valley State (7-1) moved in front early in the final half.

“We had a lot of experience on the floor,” Carlsen said.

“They’ve been in that situation before and have been though a lot of tight ball games, so they don’t really panic and they know what to do. They know that it comes down to playing good defense and rebounding the basketball, and I trust that they’ll make good decisions on the offensive end.

“When you’re playing really good teams like this that could make a run through the NCAA tournament, it’s going to come down to defense.

Good teams are going to take you out of what you want to do, so you have to be able to respond – and we did a nice job of that. For us to close out the nonconference season and be undefeated is huge.”

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Lewis University’s Jamie Johnson dribbles the ball during Sunday’s game against Grand Valley State at Neil Carey Arena in Romeoville.

Lewis University’s Jess Reinhart goes up for a shot during the second half of Sunday’s game against Grand Valley State at Neil Carey Arena in Romeoville.

Lewis only owned a 60-59 lead when Mariyah Brawner-Henley (15 points, 10 rebounds), Jamie Johnson (20 points, 11 rebounds) and Jess Reinhart (19 points, nine rebounds, four assists) helped fuel a decisive spurt to gave their team a 68-59 lead with 3:24 remaining. The Flyers converted on 18 of 20 free

throw tries and owned a 50-33 rebounding edge.

Brawner-Henley got things started with 4:58 to go when she converted two free throws.

Then she handed out assists on a pair of baskets by Reinhart before Johnson completed the run with a layup that was set up by an assist from Reinhart.

“I think the key to our second-half run was defensive stops,” Johnson said. “That’s what our coach has been preaching and what we’ve really been working on a trying to get better at this season. It’s nice when your shots are going in, but there’s definitely going to be games when that’s not happening – and that’s when defense really comes into play.

“We just try to keep pushing the pace so that by the end of the game, the other team is going to be more tired than we are. We have a lot of depth and a lot of people who can come in and play, and they bring a lot of different things to the table.

Everybody has accepted their roles, knows what they need to do and are committed to getting it done.”

Grand Valley jumped out to an early lead in the contest, but Lewis eventually moved in front and led by as many as nine points around the midpoint of the opening half.

Kristin Itschner led the Flyers during the opening 20

minutes, collecting 10 of her 12 points while grabbing five of her six rebounds. Lewis owned a 38-33 lead at the break.

Grand Valley, which earlier this season beat No. 5 Gannon, received 15 points from Kat LaPrairie and 10 points from Kayla Dawson. Brionna Barnett, who had a 16.1 average heading into the game, was limited to six points.

“In the last five minutes or so, we really made a defensive push, and we hit big shots and definitely hit our free throws at the end of the game,” Reinhart said. “One of our biggest strengths is our diversity, not only from one through five but even from off of the bench. We can really count on everyone to go in there and to do their job.

“It’s definitely been a great start, and this is everything that we wanted. We can check off that we were undefeated in nonconference games. It just leads into what we need to do once conference starts after Christmas break.”

BEARS EXTRA Detroit Chicago

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HOW THEY SCORED First Quarter Det–Bush 13 run (Prater kick), 5:15.

Second Quarter Chi–Forte 11 pass from Clausen (Feely kick), :30.

Third Quarter Det–FG 39 Prater, 10:24.

Chi–Jeffery 20 pass from Clausen (Feely kick), 2:45.

Fourth Quarter Det–Bell 17 run (Prater kick), 7:15.

Det–FG 30 Prater, 2:35.

A–61,420.

“I

’ve said this far too many times over the last few weeks – we have a disappointed locker room in there. Nobody in there is comfortable with the results of this game, regardless of how it went for four quarters.”

– Bears coach Marc Trestman

RUSTY CLAUSEN PROGRESSED IN LOSS

Trestman says starting quarterback got more comfortable as the game went on

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@chicagofootball.com CHICAGO – Four years removed from his most recent NFL start, Jimmy Clausen acknowledged there was rust.

It may have only shown in a drive or two in Sunday’s 20-14 loss to the Lions at Soldier Field, but Clausen admitted he needed time to adjust to the speed of the game three days after Bears coach Marc Trestman announced Clausen would start in place of struggling Jay Cutler.

Two three-and-outs didn’t help him establish any early rhythm against the league’s No. 1-rated defense. But for a quarterback who finished the day 23 of 39 for 181 yards and who had a chance to engineer a fourth-quarter, gamewinning drive, Clausen said despite the outcome, his confidence was never an issue.

“I just go out there and do the things I’ve been doing my entire life,” Clausen said. “Each and every week, you go out and prepare. And that’s why you prepare – to go out and play fast on Sundays.”

Since Trestman told him Wednesday he would start for the first time since 2010 when he was in Carolina, Clausen stayed at Halas Hall until 8:30 p.m.

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Bears’ quarterback Jimmy Clausen throws a pass in the first half against Detroit on Sunday at Soldier Field. Clausen was making his first start in four years. each day, pouring over film with Cutler, rookie David Fales and Bears quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh. Understanding full well what awaited him against the Lions, Clausen prepared the best he could, unsure of how long his audition as the Bears starter would last.

With one game remaining, Clausen isn’t sure what his status will be as the Bears begin preparing for their season finale in Minnesota. Asked if Clausen had done enough Sunday against the Lions to remain the Bears starter, Trestman said the Bears would “just work

through this” before making a decision sometime this week.

Trestman said last week he was looking for Clausen to give the Bears a spark. While Clausen didn’t get a lot of help from receivers – namely Alshon Jeffery, who had a collection of drops – Trestman liked the way Clausen progressed as the day went on.

“As the game went on, [Clausen] continued to get more comfortable,” Trestman said. “... We didn’t necessarily have all of us help him the way we could have today, but I will look more at the tape and have better answers ahead.”

Clausen said before the game he told his teammates just to go out and have fun, playing as if they would in their backyard. After connecting with Jeffery on a 20-yard touchdown pass to give the Bears a 14-10 lead to start the fourth quarter, Clausen had the chance he wanted late.

Trailing by six, Clausen started to move the Bears down the field. But Jeffery had a pair of critical drops and Clausen threw his only interception of the game, allowing the Lions to run the clock out for the victory to drop the Bears to 5-10 on the season.

“We just came up short today and it’s unfortunate,” Clausen said. “It’s unfor-

tunate.”

Clausen’s day included a helmet-tohelmet hit by Detroit’s Ezekiel Ansah, who delivered the hit as Clausen was sliding. The hit drew the ire of Clausen, who said at the time his emotions were running “a million miles a minute.” Afterward, he said the situation was “just football” and two guys playing.

While the result wasn’t what Clausen was hoping for, Clausen said he finished the day believing what he did when it started – he could still play at the NFL level and still is capable of being a full-time quarterback regardless of the amount of time that had passed since his last significant playing time.

“I’ve never given up – you can’t ever give up,” Clausen said. “All you can ask for is another opportunity. That’s what coach Trestman gave me today was another opportunity. I just went out there and tried to compete to the best of my ability and make the plays when the plays were there.”

Asked to characterize Clausen’s performance, Jeffery said he would give his quarterback an “A.” “He played well enough to win,” Jeffery said. “We’ve just got to catch the ball.”

3 things that worked

1

Pressuring Stafford: The most talented unit on the Bears also has been the one playing the best during recent struggles, and the D-line stepped up Sunday. The Bears hit Matthew Stafford seven times and sacked him four times. Stafford completed 56.4 percent of his passes, down almost 20 percent from Thanksgiving.

2

Special teams: Jeremiah Ratliff’s blocked kick, Sherrick McManis’ recovery of a muffed punt and overall sound coverage gave the Bears a big edge in the third phase against a Lions team that made the mistakes in the kicking game, and Joe DeCamillis’ unit took advantage.

3

Red-zone defense: The Bears’ defense made its biggest plays in the red zone, holding the Lions to a rate of 2 for 6 in scoring touchdowns when inside the Bears’ 20-yard line. Interceptions by Brock Vereen and Ryan Mundy occurred in the endzone and at the oneyard line, respectively.

3 that didn’t

1

Downfield passing: Jimmy Clausen may have given Bears fans reason to cheer on his two touchdown passes, but for the most part, the passing game didn’t get going, especially downfield. Clausen averaged only 4.6 yards a attempt, with only one play (Alshon Jeffery’s touchdown) going longer than 18 yards.

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Run game: Well, at least Matt Forte ran the ball more than the five carries he had in Detroit, but the Bears’ running back finished with 55 yards on 19 carries, a paltry 2.9-yard average with a long of 10 yards.

A promising Bears drive stalled after a false start on Michael Ola, but Jeremy Ross muffed the ensuing punt and Sherrick McManis recovered.

Clausen hit Forte for an 11-yard touchdown on a nice play design to give the Bears their first touchdown heading into halftime since Week Two, and sending some life into Soldier Field.

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Covering Bell late: Joique Bell didn’t play in the first quarter, and had only three yards on two carries in the second. In the second half, though, he had 11 carries for 71 yards (6.5-yard average) and a touchdown, breaking tackles often to get the Lions back on top for good.

3 moments that mattered

1

With a third-and-1 at the Lions’ 1-yard line, the Bears

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showed it doesn’t matter who’s at quarterback, they can still leave the red zone emptyhanded. Clausen handed off to Forte, who was met well short of the goal line. The ill-fated play-action pass to Eben Britton fell incomplete on the next play, and the Bears left with zero points.

With a 14-10 lead and 7:33 to go in the game, the Bears had a chance to stop the Lions, who faced a third-and-10 on their own 37yard line. Stafford went deep down the left sideline for Corey Fuller, and Tim Jennings was step-for-step, but did not turn around and ran into Fuller on the underthrown ball, an easy defensive pass interference call – a 46-yard penalty. Bell punched it in on the next play.

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Rodgers, Packers clinch NFC playoff spot

By FRED GOODALL The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. – Nothing Aaron Rodgers does as a quarterback surprises the Packers.

The NFL’s top-rated passer shrugged off the flu and played most of Sunday with a strained left calf, leading Green Bay to a 20-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – clinching at least a wild-card playoff berth.

The win set up a showdown with Detroit for the NFC North title next Sunday at Lambeau Field.

Rodgers threw for 318 yards and one touchdown and Eddie Lacy scored on a 44-yard run for the Packers (11-4), who rebounded from a loss to Buffalo that cost them sole possession of first place in the division.

“I’ll be OK for next week. I hurt my calf pretty good, but the training staff helped me kind of get through it,” Rodgers said, adding he was injured on Green Bay’s second offensive possession.

“It got really tight about halftime. Came in and got a little treatment, it loosened up

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Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson makes a catch in front of Tampa Bay Buccaneers strong safety Bradley McDougald during the first quarter Sunday in Tampa, Fla. just a tad, but it was still pretty tight. ... I was able to move in short segments in the pocket, which was all I needed to do today.”

Lacy finished with 99 yards rushing on 17 attempts. Jordy Nelson caught a 1-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter and had nine receptions for 113 yards, while Rodgers completed 11

throws to Randall Cobb for 131 yards.

“I’ve obviously been with Aaron the whole time. You see him do things on the football field, as far as making plays and this and that. I think the last couple of days, you see the kind of warrior he is,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said.

“He battled whatever illness

he’s had the last couple of days and then goes out and strains his calf the first or second series. He didn’t want to come out. ... Really a gritty performance by Aaron.”

As for the showdown with the Lions (11-4), McCarthy added: “We’ve won six out of seven games, so I’d like to classify that as playing a lot of solid football, that’s for sure,” McCarthy said. “We’ll clean this game up tomorrow; we’ll be on it. We’ll also start on Detroit. I like where we’re at, and I really like this football team. ... I feel good about the offense, defense and special teams.”

Rodgers rebounded from the only game this season in which he’s failed to throw for a touchdown, completing 31 of 40 passes without an interception.

He threw 24 yards to Nelson on third-and-13 to extend the drive that produced Lacy’s long TD run, and a 19-yard completion to Nelson set up Rodgers’ 36th TD pass of the year with 2:45 remaining.

“I battled the flu the past couple of days pretty bad, and

that’s why I was surprised I hurt my calf because I hydrated like no other (week),” Rodgers said. “I was drinking a ton of water before the game.

“Unfortunately, the calf kind of gave up on me there.

But it was a good win for us.

The defense played great. Offensively, it wasn’t pretty, but we had enough points to win.”

The Bucs (2-13) have lost five straight and remain in contention for the first overall pick in the 2015 draft. Their sputtering offense was held to a season-low 109 net yards; Josh McCown was sacked seven times and intercepted once; and Doug Martin was held to 17 yards rushing on 10 attempts.

“We picked the worst possible time to play our worst (offensive) game,” Tampa Bay coach Lovie Smith said. “We’d liked to have fought them a lot harder than we did. I think the guys tried to play hard. Defensively we hung in there and kept them out of the end zone a lot. But it’s hard to win games when you put up that kind of offensive production ... which was very little.”

Flacco threw a season-high three interceptions and the offense struggled all day.

RAIDERS 26, BILLS 24: In Oakland, California,– Derek Carr threw two touchdown passes and Sebastian Janikowski kicked four field goals to help the Raiders knock the Bills from playoff contention.

The Bills (8-7) needed to win their final two games and get some help to end the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 14 seasons. But they failed at the easiest part, beating the lowly Raiders (3-12), and will miss the playoffs for a 15th straight season.

in the fourth quarter.

Dolphins coach Joe Philbin’s job had been considered in jeopardy because the Dolphins will miss the playoffs for the sixth year in a row.

But they’re 8-7 and have a shot at a winning season if not the playoffs. Minnesota fell to 6-9.

RAMS 37, GIANTS 27: In St. Louis, Odell Beckham Jr. caught two touchdown passes and rolled up 148 yards receiving against a defense that hadn’t allowed a TD in three straight games.

The Giants (6-9) had a season-best 514 yards in total offense and have won three in a row heading into their finale at home against the Eagles.

They had lost seven straight before the current streak started. Kenny Britt made nine catches for 103 yards and Tre Mason had 13 carries for 76 yards and a score for the Rams (6-9).

NFL ROUNDUP COWBOYS 42, COLTS 7: In Arlington, Texas, Dallas ended a four-year playoff drought Sunday in a dominating victory over the Indianapolis Colts (10-5), with Tony Romo throwing four touchdown passes and breaking Troy Aikman’s franchise record for yards passing.

The Cowboys (11-4) emphatically ended a three-game home losing streak, scoring touchdowns on their first four possessions.

STEELERS 20, CHIEFS 12: In Pittsburgh, Ben Roethlisberger passed for 220 yards and a touchdown, Le’Veon Bell added a score and the Steelers (10-5) locked up a postseason berth.

Kansas City’s Alex Smith passed for a season-high 311 yards but was sacked six times. The Chiefs (8-7) have lost four of five and need to beat San Diego next Sunday and receive plenty of help to make it back to the playoffs

for a second straight year un- maining in the first half with der coach Andy Reid. a hamstring injury and did FALCONS 30, SAINTS 14: In not return.

New Orleans, Julio Jones PATRIOTS 17, JETS 16: In East returned from a hip injury Rutherford, New Jersey, Joto catch seven passes for 107 nas Gray scored the go-ahead yards, and the Falcons re- touchdown on a 1-yard run mained in playoff contention. early in the fourth quarter Matt Ryan completed 30 of after the Patriots intercepted 40 passed for 322 yards and Jets (3-12) quarterback Geno a touchdown, and Devonta Smith, and New England Freeman ran for a 31-yard clinched a first-round playoff score for Atlanta (6-9), which bye. can win the NFC South by Tom Brady threw a 3-yard beating Carolina next week. TD pass to Rob Gronkowski The Saints (6-9) were elimi- for the Patriots (12-3), who nated. could earn home-field advanPANTHERS 17, BROWNS 13: tage throughout the AFC playIn Charlotte, North Carolina, offs if Denver loses at CincinCam Newton threw for one nati on Monday night. touchdown and ran for anothTEXANS 25, RAVENS 13: In er as Carolina (6-8-1) took over Houston, running back Arisole possession of first place an Foster threw a touchdown in the NFC South. The victo- pass, Randy Bullock made ry sets up the winner-take-all a franchise-record six field showdown next Sunday at At- goals and Houston (8-7) kept lanta. its slim playoff hopes alive.

Johnny Manziel made his The Ravens (9-6) now need second NFL start for Cleve- some help next week to get land (7-8) but left with 1:49 re- into the postseason after Joe

DOLPHINS 37, VIKINGS 35:

In Miami Gardens, Florida, rookie Terrence Fede blocked a punt for a safety with 41 seconds left, and Ryan Tannehill threw four touchdown passes.

The Dolphins overcame a 14-0 deficit to take the lead, but trailed again after giving up 15 points in an 11-second span

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pass to his stick before beating Reimer on the glove side from the right circle.

The Maple Leafs, who entered with an NHL-leading 3.39 goals per game average, fired some prime chances at Raanta in the scoreless second. Jake Gardiner’s shot from the blue line clanked off the left post midway in the frame.

Kane made it 3-0 at 9:07 of the third when he pounced on a rebound of Brent Seabrook’s shot from the point. It was Kane’s 16th goal of the season.

Raanta was sharp in the third, especially when Toronto fired six shots during a power-play midway through the period.

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Raanta started for the third time in four games and got his third career shutout. Crawford faced the Blue Jackets Saturday after missing eight games with a foot injury.

Rundblad put the Hawks in front with a screened shot from the left point with 4:30 left in the first period. Sharp and Toronto’s Korbinian Holzer were tussling in front of Reimer as the shot sailed in.

It was Rundblad’s first goal since the defenseman had his first NHL goal for Ottawa on Nov. 27, 2011.

Versteeg made it 2-0 with just .4 seconds left in the first on a nifty move. He kicked Kane’s off-target centering

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Saturday’s Results Washington 27, Philadelphia 24 San Diego 38, San Francisco 35, OT Sunday’s Results Detroit 20, Bears 14 Houston 25, Baltimore 13 Atlanta 30, New Orleans 14 Miami 37, Minnesota 35 Carolina 17, Cleveland 13 Green Bay 20, Tampa Bay 3 Pittsburgh 20, Kansas City 12 New England 17, N.Y. Jets 16 N.Y. Giants 37, St. Louis 27 Oakland 26, Buffalo 24 Dallas 42, Indianapolis 7 Seattle 35, Arizona 6 Monday’s Game Denver at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Steelers, Packers move into playoffs The ASSOCIATED PRESS The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers both qualified for the NFL playoffs with wins Sunday. Next week, they will play for division titles at home.

Dallas clinched the NFC East with a rout of Indianapolis, ending any chance for Philadelphia to make the postseason.

The Steelers (10-5) beat Kansas City, 20-12, to secure at least a wild-card berth.

They will win the AFC North by defeating Cincinnati next Sunday. The Bengals (9-4-1) host Denver (11-3) on Monday night.

Green Bay topped Tampa Bay, 20-3, and heads to Lambeau Field for next Sunday’s

showdown with Detroit for the NFC North crown. Both are 11-4 after the Lions won 20-14 at the Bears.

With their wins in Week 16, the Falcons (6-9) and Panthers (6-8-1) set up a winnertake-all game for the NFC South next Sunday at Atlanta. Carolina beat Cleveland, 17-13, and Atlanta defeated New Orleans, 30-14.

New England earned an AFC first-round bye with its 17-16 victory at the New York Jets. It will get home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs by beating Buffalo next week at home.

The Patriots are the first team since the current format was adopted in 1990 to get five straight first-round byes.

Still alive in the AFC are

Baltimore (9-6), whose loss to Houston (8-7) also kept the Texans in contention; Kansas City (8-7); and San Diego (9-6), which won Saturday night at San Francisco. The Chargers will be in if they win at Kansas City next weekend.

Buffalo (8-7) lost all chance of ending its NFL-high string of non-playoff appearances, now at 15, by falling at Oakland, 26-24.

The NFC is less muddled.

Dallas (11-4) has a two-game lead over Philly (9-6) after routing AFC South champion Indianapolis, 42-7.

Arizona (11-3) already is in heading into the Sunday night game against Seattle. The Seahawks qualified when Dallas won and Philadelphia lost.

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• Monday, December 22, 2014

CHICAGO – Patrick Kane had a power-play goal and two assists, leading Antti Raanta and the Blackhawks to a 4-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night.

The Hawks played with a “CR” on their helmets after assistant equipment manager Clint Reif died earlier in the day. The team said it was “deeply saddened” by the loss and declined further comment while asking for respect for the privacy for Reif’s family and friends.

Coach Joel Quenneville, fighting back tears during his

pregame media availability, said it was a tough day.

Raanta made 31 saves for his second shutout of the season, helping the Hawks rebound from a 3-2 shootout loss Saturday night in Columbus.

David Rundblad, Kris Versteeg and Jonathan Toews also scored, and Patrick Sharp had three assists as the Blackhawks won for the 14th time in their last 17 games. The Hawks have just one regulation loss in their last 13 games.

James Reimer made 30 saves in Toronto’s third straight loss following a sixgame winning streak.

Although No. 1 goalie Corey Crawford was available,

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Sunday’s Results Toronto 118, New York 108 Cleveland 105, Memphis 91 Sacramento 108, L.A. Lakers 101 Phoenix 104, Washington 92 Miami 100, Boston 84 Philadelphia 96, Orlando 88 Brooklyn 110, Detroit 105 New Orleans 101, Oklahoma City 99 Indiana 100, Minnesota 96 Monday’s Games Toronto at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Denver at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 7 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Blackhawks 34 23 9 2 48 106 St. Louis 33 21 9 3 45 100 Nashville 31 21 8 2 44 87 Winnipeg 33 17 10 6 40 80 Minnesota 31 16 12 3 35 91 Dallas 32 14 13 5 33 95 Colorado 33 12 13 8 32 85 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 35 22 8 5 49 101 San Jose 34 19 11 4 42 97 Vancouver 32 19 11 2 40 92 Los Angeles 34 17 11 6 40 94 Calgary 35 17 15 3 37 100 Arizona 32 11 17 4 26 74 Edmonton 34 7 20 7 21 74 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 34 21 11 2 44 92 Tampa Bay 35 20 11 4 44 113 Detroit 34 17 8 9 43 94 Toronto 34 19 12 3 41 114 Boston 34 17 14 3 37 86 Florida 31 14 9 8 36 69 Ottawa 33 14 13 6 34 89 Buffalo 34 13 18 3 29 66 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 32 22 6 4 48 102 N.Y. Islanders 33 23 10 0 46 104 N.Y. Rangers 31 17 10 4 38 93 Washington 32 16 10 6 38 95 Columbus 32 14 15 3 31 79 Philadelphia 32 12 14 6 30 88 New Jersey 35 12 17 6 30 77 Carolina 33 9 20 4 22 68 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.

Sunday’s Results Blackhawks 4, Toronto 0 Colorado 2, Detroit 1, SO Dallas 6, Edmonton 5, SO Boston 4, Buffalo 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 1, Carolina 0 Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games Ottawa at Washington, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

GA 67 81 64 76 84 109 101 GA 96 87 90 84 95 104 116 GA 83 93 84 102 88 79 92 109 GA 72 91 81 85 102 96 102 92

CHRIST THE SAVIOR IS BORN!

St. Peter Ev. Lutheran Church 310 N. Broadway Joliet, IL 60435 815-722-3567 www.stpeterjoliet.org

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Wed. Dec. 24 ~ Christmas Eve Vespers Service 5:00pm Wed. Dec. 24 ~ Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 9:00pm Thurs. Dec. 25 ~ Christmas Day Divine Service 9:00am Sun. December 28 - Divine Service 9:00am Wed. Dec. 31 ~ New Year’s Eve Divine Service 5:00pm

Rev. Karl Hess, Pastor

Christmas Eve Service 3p & 5p

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CHRISTMAS SERVICE DIRECTORY !

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF NEW LENOX

339 W. Haven Avenue 815-485-8271 www.umcnl.com

First Assembly of God 1741 Essington Rd. Joliet, IL 60435

www.firstassemblyjoliet.org

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Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church

December 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Services

Iglesia Católica San Juan Bautista 404 N. Hickory St., Joliet, IL 60435

* 5:30 p.m. — Contemporary Service with Praise Team * 7:30 p.m. — Lessons & Carols Service with Solos and Carols 10:30 p.m. — Musicale (Vocals/Instrumentals) 11:00 p.m. — Traditional Service with Chancel Choir, Handbells & HeartBeat Youth Choir * Nursery Care available at 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

December 25 (Thurs.)

December 31 (Wed.)

CHRISTMAS DAY

9:00am 11:00am

MARY, MOTHER OF GOD Mass ENGLISH Mass SPANISH

11:00am

NOCHE BUENA

4:00pm 7:00pm 11:00pm

NAVIDAD

9:00am 11:00am

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MARIA, MADRE DE DIOS

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Enero 1, 2015 (Jueves) 9:00am

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Mass ENGLISH Mass SPANISH

Mass SPANISH

Diciembre 31 (Miércoles)

www.firstpresjoliet.org

Mass ENGLISH Mass SPANISH Mass SPANISH

January 1, 2015 (Thurs.) 9:00am

Diciembre 25 (Jueves)

805 Western Ave., Joliet

CHRISTMAS EVE

4:00pm 7:00pm 11:00pm

7:00pm

Diciembre 24 (Miércoles)

First Presbyterian Church 815.727.9259

December 24 (Wed.)

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ST JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Mary Magdalene

401 BRASSEL STREET, LOCKPORT, IL 815-723-3291

CATHOLIC CHURCH Christmas Masses

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2014 MASSES: CHRISTMAS EVE - Wednesday, December 24

(Christmas carols will begin 20 minutes before each Mass) 4:15 p.m. Vigil (English), Midnight (Polish)

Wednesday, December 24 Vigil Mass: 4:00pm Christmas Carols 11:30pm

CHRISTMAS DAY

9:30 a.m. (English), 11:30 a.m. (Polish)

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4:15 p.m. (English)

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Thursday, December 25 8:00, 9:30, and 11:30am

NEW YEAR’S DAY

9:30 a.m. (English), 11:30 a.m. (Polish)

Christmas Schedule

Come to Christmas at the Cathedral

Sacrament of Penance

Confessions are held every Saturday beginning at 4:00pm

Christmas Masses

December 24th

Christmas Eve Vigil Masses

4:00pm – In the Activity Center 10:00pm – Scripture Readings/Carols in Church 10:30pm – Mass in Church

December 25th

Christmas Day Masses

Christmas Liturgies

6:30, 8:00, 10:00, 11:45am • All Masses in Church

Christmas Eve

• Monday, December 22, 2014

December 31st 7:15am Mass

January 1st, 2015

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Vigil Mass of the Nativity of the Lord

The Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God Holy Day of Obligation • 8:00am, 10:00am in Church

January 4th

4:00 p.m. in the Cathedral

Epiphany of the Lord Regular Weekend Mass Times

Very Rev. Brad Baker, presider The Cathedral Children’s Choir (Senior Level) with cantor and organ Congregational carols will be sung beginning at 3:45 p.m.

4:00 p.m. in the Joyce Center Gymnasium

May this Christmas and New Year be full of God’s prescense and may they hold abundant blessings for you and your family!

Rev. Burke Masters, presider Acoustic guitar and cantor

ST. JOSEPH PARISH 410 Jefferson St. Lockport, IL 60441 Ph: 815-838-0187

5:30 p.m. in the Cathedral Rev. Thomas Streit, CSC, presider Organ and cantor Congregational carols will be sung beginning at 5:15 p.m.

Nativity of the Lord — Mass at Midnight 12:00 a.m.

Most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon, presider The Cathedral Choir under the direction of Dr. Randall Swanson will sing Music for the Nativity from the 16th to 21st centuries beginning at 11:30 p.m.

Channahon United Methodist Church

Christmas Day Thursday, December 25, 2014 Nativity of the Lord — Mass During the Day

24751 W. Eames (Rt. 6) - Channahon (815) 467-5275 · www.channahonumc.org

7:30 a.m. in the Cathedral

9:00 a.m. in the Cathedral Very Rev. Brad Baker, presider Organ and cantor Congregational carols will be sung beginning at 8:45 a.m.

11:00 a.m. in the Cathedral Most Rev. Joseph M. Siegel, presider The Cathedral Choral Scholars under the direction of Dr. Randall Swanson will sing Music for the Nativity from the 16th to 21st centuries beginning at 10:45 a.m.

Thursday, January 1, 2015 Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God at 9:00 a.m.

There are no 6:30 a.m. masses on December 24, December 26, December 31 and January 2. Mass will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m. only on those days.

604 N. Raynor, Joliet, IL 60435

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Vigil for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God at 5:00 p.m.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 4:00pm 6:30pm 11:00pm All are Welcome!

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Saturday, December 20th · 4:00pm Children’s Christmas Program

Very Rev. Joseph Tapella, presider Organ and cantor

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CHRISTMAS SERVICE DIRECTORY MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH 40 HOUBOLT RD., JOLIET, IL

December 21st at 8:00 & 9:30 AM

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COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 353 N. Midland Ave., Joliet 815-725-4213

Wednesday, 12/24 - Christmas Eve

Candle Light Ser vice 4 PM & 9 PM

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CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 • 4:00pm (Church), 4:05pm (Hall), 5:30pm, 12 Midnight Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 • 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, 12 Noon

NEW YEAR’S MASS SCHEDULE Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 • 4:00pm and Thursday, January 1, 2015 • 9:00am, 10:30am

CONFESSIONS Saturdays, 3:00 - 3:45 • 1/2 hr before all Sunday masses during Advent Tuesday, December 23, 2014 after 7:00pm Novena

CHURCH OF ST. JUDE

2212 McDonough Street eet Joliet, IL 60436 (815) 725-2209

St. Ambrose Catholic Church 1711 Burry Circle, Crest Hill

CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS Tues., Dec. 16 - 11AM to Noon Wed., Dec. 17 - 7PM to 8PM CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES Wednesday, Dec. 24 - 4:00PM & 9:00PM

CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES Thursday, Dec. 25 - 7:00AM & 10:00AM SOLEMNITY OF MARY MASS Thursday, Jan. 1 - 10:00AM

815-722-3748

710 W. Marion St., Joliet, IL 60436 (815) 727-4746 • www.stpatsjoliet.com

Wednesday, December 24th 4:00 pm 11:30 Christmas Concert

Christmas Cantata

December 24th at 5, 7 & 11 PM

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church

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Celebrate Christmas with Us!

Adoration Chapel Open Monday-Friday 8:00am - 7:00pm

St. Anne Church 1800 Dearborn Street, Crest Hill

Christmas Confessions Mon., Dec. 15 - 11AM to Noon Tues., Dec. 16 - 7PM to 8PM Sat., Dec. 20 - 8:30 to 9AM Christmas Eve Masses, Wednesday, Dec. 24 4:15PM & 7:00PM

Christmas Day Masses, Thursday, Dec. 25 8:30AM & 11:30AM Solemnity of Mary Mass, Wednesday, Dec. 31 5:15PM

815-722-3222

Grace

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United Methodist

Church Christmas Eve Service 3:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 11 p.m.

1718 Avalon Ave. Joliet, IL

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OPINION

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The Herald-News Editorial Board Bob Wall, Denise Baran-Unland, Hannah Kohut, Bob Okon and Kate Schott

AREA LEGISLATORS President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 202-456-1414 Comment: 202-456-1111 Gov. Pat Quinn 207 Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 800-642-3112

U.S. SENATORS Dick Durbin, D-Ill. 230 S. Dearborn, Suite 3892 Chicago, IL 60604 312-353-4952 711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2152 Mark Kirk, R-Ill. 230 S. Dearborn, Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60604 312-886-3506 387 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2854

U.S. REPRESENTATIVES Bobby L. Rush, D (1st District) 3235 147th St. Midlothian, IL 60445 708-385-9550 2268 Rayburn House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-4372 Robin Kelly, D (2nd District) 600 Holiday Plaza Dr., Suite 505 Matteson, IL 60445 708-679-0078 2419 Rayburn House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-0773 Daniel William Lipinski, D (3rd District) Central Square Bldg.

222 E. 9th St., 109 Lockport, IL 60441 815-838-1990

195 Springfield Ave., Suite 102 Joliet, IL 60435 815-280-5876 1224 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3515 Randy M. Hultgren, R (14th District) 1797 W. State St., Suite A Geneva, IL 60134 630-232-7104 332 Cannon House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-2976 Adam Kinzinger, R (16th District) 628 Columbus St., Suite 507 Ottawa, IL 61350 815-431-9271 1221 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3635

STATE SENATORS Napoleon Harris, D-Flossmoor (15th District) 369 E. 147th St., Unit H Harvey, IL 60426 708-893-0552 M-108 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8066 Donne E. Trotter, D-Chicago (17th District) 8729 S. State St. Chicago, IL 60619 773-933-7715 627 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-3201 Michael E. Hastings, D-Orland Park (19th District) 813 School Road Matteson, IL 60443 708-283-4125 307A Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-9595

1717 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-5701

Michael G. Connelly, R-Naperville (21st District) 1725 S. Naperville Road, Suite 200 Wheaton, IL 60189 630-682-8101

Bill Foster, D (11th District)

M103E State Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706

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AMENDMENT

217-782-8192

Sue Rezin, R-Morris (38th District) 103 Fifth Street PO Box 260 Peru, IL 61354 815- 220-8720 309I Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-3840 Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields (40th District) 222 Vollmer Road, Suite 2C Chicago Heights, IL 60411 708-756-0882 121C Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-7419 Christine Radogno, R-Lemont (41st District) 1011 State St., Ste. 210 Lemont, IL 60439 630-243-0800 108A Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-9407 Linda Holmes, D-Aurora (42nd District) 76 S. LaSalle St., Unit 202 Aurora, IL 60505 630-801-8985 129 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0422 Pat McGuire, D-Joliet (43rd District) 2200 Weber Road Crest Hill, IL 60403 815-207-4445 118 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8800 Jennifer BertinoTarrant, D-Shorewood (49th District) 15300 Route 59, Unit 202 Plainfield, IL 60544 815-254-4211 617D Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0052

STATE REPRESENTATIVES Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City (29th District) 1910 Sibley Blvd.

Calumet City, IL 60409 708-933-6018

240-W Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8087 Elgie R. Sims Jr., D-Chicago (34th District) 8729 S. State St. Chicago, IL 60619 773-783-8800 200-1S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-6476 Renée Kosel, R-New Lenox (37th District) 19201 S. LaGrange Road, Suite 204 B Mokena, IL 60448 708-479-4200 219-N Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0424 Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields (38th District) 3649 W. 183rd St., Suite 102 Hazel Crest, IL 60429 708-799-4364 262-W Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-558-1007 Darlene Senger, R-Naperville

(41st District) 401 S. Main St., Suite 300 Naperville, IL 60540 630-420-3008 211-N Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-6507 John Anthony, R-Plainfield (75th District) 3605 N. State Route 47, Suite F PO Box 808 Morris, IL 60450-0808 815-416-1475 201-N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-5997 Kate Cloonen, D-Kankakee (79th District) 1 Dearbourn Square, Suite 419 Kankakee, IL 60901 815-939-1983 235-E Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-5981 Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights (80th District) 195 W. Joe Orr Road, Suite 201 Chicago Heights, IL 60411 708-754-7900

271-S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-1719 Ron Sandack, R-Downers Grove (81st District) 633 Rogers St., Suite 103 Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-737-0504 200-1N Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-6578 Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs (82nd District) 915 55th St., Suite 202 Western Springs, IL 60558 708-246-1104 632 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0494

Romeoville, IL 60446 815-372-0085 237-E Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-4179 Lawrence “Larry” Walsh Jr., D-Joliet (86th District) 121 Springfield Ave. Joliet, IL 60435 815-730-8600 292-S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8090 Tom Cross, R-Oswego (97th District) 24047 W. Lockport St., Suite 213 Plainfield, IL 60544 815-254-0000

Stephanie A. Kifowit, D-Oswego (84th District) 1677 Montgomery Road, Suite 116 Aurora, IL 60504 630-585-1308 200-3S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8028

316 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-1331

Emily McAsey, D-Romeoville (85th District) 209 W. Romeo Road

242A-W Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-3316

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Natalie A. Manley, D-Joliet (98th District) 2701 Black Road, Suite 201 Joliet, IL 60435 815-725-2741

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We at Cherry Hill Cafe would like to welcome you to our establishment.

It is our hope that you enjoy your food and our hospitality. (Phone Orders Accepted)

Contrary to rumors, Syl’s will remain open in 2015 and beyond! Happy Holidays and Thank You for your continued patronage!

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Third-graders at Arbury Hills in Mokena learn about service dogs THE HERALD-NEWS MOKENA – Third-grade students at Arbury Hills School in Mokena learned about service dogs recently when Mrs. Nolan of Summit

CoCo is younger than a year old, very sweet, housebroken, learning basic commands, and likes people and other dogs. CoCo’s $300 adoption fee includes spay, rabies, distemper, Bordetella, heartworm and fecal tests and microchip. Apply at www.w2wrescue.com.

Hill School District brought in her service dog, Hope. The students used the knowledge from their Service Dog Unit to ask questions involving Hope’s training and her job responsibilities.

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Low Cost Vaccination Clinics Tiana is a quiet and small 5- to 6-month old plott hound/ Lab mix. Her $250 adoption fee – which includes her spay, microchip implant, fecal exam, and vaccinations – is good through Dec. 25. Contact hopefultailsadoptions@outlook. com or 815-823-2174.

1st Saturday of the month 12pm-3pm

Jack Skellington is a year-old neutered male.

He is well-behaved and loves attention. Meet him at NAWS Illinois Humane Society, 9981 W. 190th St., Mokena. Hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Contact Wendy at 708/478-5102 or wendy@nawsus. org. Visit www.nawsus.org.

Shorewood Animal Hospital, LLC Serving the Shorewood Community since 1976

504 Brookforest Ave. (Rt.59), Shorewood

815-744-2082

Please call for an appointment and pricing details.

Don’t forget your pet’s stocking!

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MORRIS – Blackbird’s Bowl, Natural Pet Foods & More in Morris, is seeking holistic pet vendors and area rescues for its Holistic Pet Festival on May 16, 2015. Presenters will include two integrative vets and a certified aromatherapist/ healing touch practitioner. Contact Sara Martinez at sara@blackbirdsbowl.com or 815-941-9311.

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• Monday, December 22, 2014

ABOVE RIGHT: Pearl is a young female Labrador retriever mix who is sweet, energetic and playful.

BELOW RIGHT: Cleo is a young female muted calico who is very sweet and friendly.

People can visit Pearl or Cleo at the Will County Humane Society, 24109 W. Seil Road, Shorewood.

Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Call 815-741-0695 or visit willcountyhumane.org.

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PETS OF THE WEEK

Students Haley Koleno, Nathan Purpura, TJ O’Malley, Emily Newberry and (in background) Preston Simard and Breanna Kowalewicz pet Hope, a service dog, at Arbury Hills School in Mokena.

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PUZZLES CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Temptation can be so tempting

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Lady Dorothy Nevill, an English horticulturist and hostess who died in 1913, said, “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

For a bridge player, the real art of the game is to leave unplayed the wrong card at the tempting moment.

South is in three no-trump. What should he do after West leads his fourth-highest spade?

Note that North did not use Stayman with 4-3-3-3 distribution. This was even more clear-cut with honors in all of the three-card suits. Four hearts can be made, but requires guessing spades.

South starts with only four top tricks: two spades and two diamonds.

He can establish five more winners in hearts and clubs, but might lose too many tricks first.

The original declarer could not resist the spade-finesse temptation at trick one. However, when East produced the queen, the contract could no longer be made. South ducked, but East returned his remaining spade.

Then, when West turned up with both of the missing aces, declarer had to lose three spades and those aces for down one.

There was no hurry to take the spade finesse. Declarer should have won the first trick with his spade ace and driven out the heart ace. When West continued with another spade, that was the time for the finesse. Yes, it would have lost, but East would not have had another spade to lead (and if he did, the spades presumably would have been 4-3). South would have been able to win East’s diamond shift, drive out the club ace and cruise home.

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Giving your time and attention to someone special is more important than anything you could buy.

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way to quiet your baby without finding out what the baby wants or trying other forms of comfort.

And if you put your baby to bed with one, she might wake up repeatedly when she loses it during the night.

If you decide to use a pacifier, make sure it is all one piece so it cannot break apart and become a choking hazard.

Have several pacifiers on hand so there is always a clean one available, and wash them frequently.

Never attach a pacifier to your baby’s clothing, crib, playpen or stroller; babies can be strangled by the cord.

Before putting the pacifier into your baby’s mouth, try rocking and cuddling the baby, or speaking softly.

Sometimes that’s the best “pacifying” that a parent can do. If the baby remains fussy after feeding, try burping the baby -- that may end the fussiness.

A breast-fed baby should not be given a pacifier until nursing is well established to avoid “nipple confusion.”

Some pediatricians are not convinced that nipple confusion really is a problem.

A pacifier may be most useful in infants 2 to 4 months old. That’s when the need to suck is strongest.

Like thumb-sucking, a pacifier should not harm your baby’s mouth or teeth if it is discontinued before age 4 or 5. A baby’s need for a pacifier should end a long time before that.

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Dear Doctor K: I’m pregnant with my first child.

Do you have any advice about whether or not to give my baby a pacifier? Also, is it OK if my baby sucks her thumb?

Dear Reader: My mother told me that when I was a baby I sucked my thumb a lot. And that she pulled it out of my mouth a lot. But since I have absolutely no memory of that, I doubt that it’s so.

Anyway, I checked in with my pediatrician colleagues on this question, and here’s what they shared.

Don’t worry if your infant sucks her finger or thumb.

You have little control over it, anyway, since those fingers and thumbs are attached to the baby, and babies seem to need to experience the world around them with their mouths.

Sucking a finger or thumb is not a sign of emotional problems, and it does help some babies sleep.

Thumb-sucking won’t delay your child’s language development. And it won’t cause any harm to her mouth or teeth if it is stopped by age 4 or 5. Most children give it up on their own well before reaching school age.

If your infant does suck her thumb, make sure she is getting enough to eat. Once you’ve established that the sucking isn’t about food, allow her the comfort of her fingers or thumb.

Pacifiers are a little trickier, and many parents struggle with whether to use them.

Pacifiers do have some advantages: They satisfy the sucking need, offer comfort and may help some babies sleep.

On the other hand, pacifiers can become a crutch for parents. They can become an easy

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Dear Deployed Soldier: Because you’re feeling lonely and forgotten, it’s important to let your family and friends back home know how you feel.

They are not mind readers.

You say you heard from them in the early months of your deployment. But have you reached out to them recently?

If you haven’t, they may assume you are being kept so busy that you are unable to stay in touch with them.

The surest way to get what you need is to communicate -- and that applies to more situations in life than this one.

Dear Abby: I am a senior in high school in Texas. Everyone has decided which college they want to go to and what they want to be. I have no clue. It is frustrating, because when adults ask what my plans for the future are and I say I don’t know, they look at me like

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips I’m stupid.

I feel 18 years isn’t long enough to figure all that out. I am an introvert, and I would really like to open up a cute little cafe in New York when I am older. But every time I tell someone this is what I’d like to do, they ask how I’m going to make money at it. They’re right – I can’t make a living off a coffee shop, especially with the high cost of living in New York.

I’m lost and don’t know what to do. I have less than a year to figure things out, and it’s starting to stress me. Please give me some advice. I need a friend. –

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Dear Lost: You not only need a friend, you also need a counselor to help you find direction. If there isn’t one at your school, consider discussing this with a career counselor at a nearby university or community college. Some courses in business administration would be valuable for you so you can learn the nuts and bolts about running a business and avoid common mistakes that might cause yours to fail.

Some classes in commercial cooking would also be helpful. If there isn’t a trade school nearby that offers them, consider working for a year or two in the restaurant industry to see how it functions. Many of the best chefs in the world started out that way, and you will learn quickly if this is something you really want to pursue.

P.S. Being an introvert doesn’t have to stop you, if you partner with someone who’s a people person to work the front of the shop and teach you the art of “schmoozing.”

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Dear Abby: I am a soldier in Afghanistan who is single with few friends, if you would even call them that.

We work 24/7. No days off, no breaks. It’s not an easy life. You would not believe how nice it is to receive a message from family or friends.

Don’t get me wrong, I have a loving family who support me and everything I do. When I first got here, I’d get a message from them at least once a week.

But now that I am seven months into a 12-month deployment, it has been almost two months since I have gotten anything.

Now, I know if I reach out and send a message – which I have done – I’ll get replies, but am I wrong for not wanting to have to do that? Is it wrong to wish that I could come in, relax, and find a message waiting for me? I know they love me and are busy with their lives, but sometimes it seems that I am forgotten.

It would be comforting to know someone is thinking about me. Any day now could be my last. – De-

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36 CLASSIFIED HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR PEOPLE S CHOICE HOME LOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES 2005-2 Plaintiff, -v.REHULINA REJEKI, et al Defendant JUDGE MANISH S. SHAH 1 : 12 CV 3915 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 October 27, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 9:30 AM on January 28, 2015, 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 2315 WARM SPRINGS COURT, Naperville, IL 60564 Property Index No. 07-01-03408-011-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $310,570.57.

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

• Monday, December 22, 2014 • The Herald News / TheHerald-News.com 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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 C14-96143.

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. C14-96143 Case Number: 1 : 12 CV 3915 TJSC#: 34-18980 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.

(Published in the Herald-News December 22, 29, 2014, January 5, 2015) Place your Classified ad online 24/7 at: www.TheHerald-News.com/ PlaceAnAd

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2006A, MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-A Plaintiff, -v.MARCIA Q. DIXON, et al Defendant JUDGE HARRY D. LEINENWEBER 1 : 13 CV 1083 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 October 8, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 9:30 AM on January 9, 2015, 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 174 TRACY WAY, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Property Index No. 12-02-02303-061-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $171,338.76.

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 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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 C14-97541.

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. C14-97541 Case Number: 1 : 13 CV 1083 TJSC#: 34-18013 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector at-

Property Index No. 07-01-03tempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used 408-011-0000. for that purpose.

The real estate is improved with (Published in the Herald-News a single family residence.

December 8, 15, 22, 2014) The judgment amount was $310,570.57.

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 PUBLIC NOTICE condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

IN THE UNITED STATES Upon payment in full of the DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS amount bid, the purchaser will rea Certificate of Sale that will ceive EASTERN DIVISION entitle the purchaser to a deed to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOthe real estate after confirmation of CIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE the sale. The property will NOT be FOR PEOPLE S CHOICE HOME open for inspection and plaintiff LOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES makes no representation as to the 2005-2 condition of the property. ProspecPlaintiff, tive bidders are admonished to -v.check the court file to verify all inREHULINA REJEKI, et al formation. If this property is a conDefendant dominium unit, the purchaser of JUDGE MANISH S. SHAH the unit at the foreclosure sale, oth1 : 12 CV 3915 er than a mortgagee, shall pay the NOTICE OF SPECIAL assessments and the legal fees reCOMMISSIONER'S SALE quired by The Condominium PropPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVerty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) EN that pursuant to a Judgment of and (g)(4). If this property is a Foreclosure and Sale entered in the condominium unit which is part of above cause on October 27, 2014, a common interest community, the an agent for The Judicial Sales Cor- purchaser of the unit at the forecloporation, Special Commissioner sure sale other than a mortgagee appointed herein,will at 9:30 AM shall pay the assessments required on January 28, 2015, at the office

by The Condominium Property Act, of Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

Inc., One Old Frankfort Way, Suite IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 9, FRANKFORT, IL, 60423, sell at (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE public auction to the highest bid- RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION der, as set forth below, the follow- FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ing described real estate: ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACLOT 48 IN WOODLAKE UNIT 1, CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF 1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTTHE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 3, GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH RANGE 9 You will need a photo identificaEAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL tion issued by a government agenMERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE cy (driver's license, passport, etc.)

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTO- in order to gain entry into our BER 10, 1995, AS DOCUMENT building and the foreclosure sale NUMBER R 95-76556, IN WILL room in Cook County and the same COUNTY, ILLINOIS identification for sales held at other Commonly known as 2315 county venues where The Judicial WARM SPRINGS COURT, Sales Corporation conducts forecloNaperville, IL 60564 le

sure sales.

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 C14-96143.

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. C14-96143 Case Number: 1 : 12 CV 3915 TJSC#: 34-18980 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.

(Published in the Herald-News December 22, 29, 2014, January 5, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2006A, MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-A Plaintiff, -v.MARCIA Q. DIXON, et al Defendant JUDGE HARRY D. LEINENWEBER 1 : 13 CV 1083 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 October 8, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 9:30 AM on January 9, 2015, 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 de ribed al

ing described real estate: LOT 6, AREA 40, IN CENTEXWINSTON CORP BOLINGBROOK TOWNHOMES, UNIT NO 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, IN TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, AND RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 24, 1971 , AS DOCUMENT NO. R 71- 11172, AND PLAT OF CORRECTION RECORDED IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS NOVEMBER 5, 1971, AS DOCUMENT NO. R 71-27397; TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT APPURTENANT TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE, AS DEFINED IN DECLARATION DATED JULY 7, 1971, AND RECORDED JULY 7, 1971, AS DOCUMENT NO. R 71-15260, AS SUPPLEMENTED

BY DOCUMENT R 71-25538, RECORDED OCTOBER 23, 1971, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 174 TRACY WAY, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 Property Index No. 12-02-02303-061-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $171,338.76.

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, oth-

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The Herald News / TheHerald-News.com • Monday, December 22, 2014 • er 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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 C14-97541.

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. C14-97541 Case Number: 1 : 13 CV 1083 TJSC#: 34-18013 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.

(Published in the Herald-News December 8, 15, 22, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. PLAINTIFF VS James E. Shifflett (Deceased); Jonathan D. Nusgart, solely as special representative for James E. Shifflett (Deceased); James E. Shifflett (Deceased), as Trustee of the James E. Shifflett Revocable Trust dated March 26, 2005; Gloria McGhee; Janice Miller; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of James E. Shifflett; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, DEFENDANT(S) 14 CH 1691 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: James E. Shifflett (Deceased); Jonathan D. Nusgart, solely as special representative for James E. Shifflett (Deceased); James E. Shifflett (Deceased), as Trustee of the James E. Shifflett Revocable Trust dated March 26, 2005; Gloria McGhee; Janice Miller; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMES E. SHIFFLETT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking

for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: The East 1/2 of Lot 2 and all of Lot 3, in Block 2, in Allen`s Addition to Wilmington, Being a Subdivision of part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 25 and a part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 36, in Township 33 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the Plat thereof recorded May 1, 1882, as Document No. 123808, in Will County, Illinois Commonly known as: 437 River Street, Wilmington, IL 60481 and which said mortgage was made by, James E. Shifflett, as Trustee of the James E. Shifflett Revocable Trust, Dated March 26, 2005; Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. As Nominee For Urban Financial Group; Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, as Document No. R2009080043; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, 14 W. Jefferson St., Ste. 212, Joliet, IL 60432 on or JANUARY 26, 2015 before A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 239-3432 Fax: (312) 284-4820 Attorney No: 6314883 File No: 14IL00251-1 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this firm may be deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose. 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 September 25, 2014 at 1:00 p.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 pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR MEDIATON WILL BE TERMINATED. (Published in the Herald-News December 22, 29, 2014, January 5, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, WILL COUNTY, JOLIET, ILLINOIS Federal National Mortgage Association, Plaintiff, vs.

Tedd J. Meyer, et al.

No. 14 CH 2058.

Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent(s), Tedd J. Meyer, that on November 24, 2014, an order was entered by the Court, naming William P. Butcher,

2044 Ridge Road, Homewood, Illinois 60430, Tel. No. (708) 7990600, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent (s) under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 2455 Timber Springs Drive, Joliet, IL 60432.

(Published in the Herald-News December 8, 15, 22, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY-STATE OF ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST 2007-CH1 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-CH1 PLAINTIFF VS. WILLIAM H. MOORE, GRACE MOORE, JANET L. SCHWIETERS, GLOBETROTTERS ENGINEERING CORPORATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS DEFENDANTS Property Address: 61 Denell Drive Crete, IL 60417 14 CH 2291 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to: UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that a Complaint for Foreclosure and Other Relief has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain mortgages conveying the premises legally described as follows: LOT 7 IN GREVENS RESUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 21,22,23 AND 24 IN DENELL DRIVE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF OUTLOT "A" IN PART 2 OF UNIT NO.3 AND PART OF OUTLOT "B" IN UNIT NO 4, IN LINCOLN-SHIRE ESTATES SUBDIVISION, IN SECTION 3 AND 4, IN TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, AND IN RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THID PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 12, 1977 AS DOCUMENT NO. R77 11350, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.: 15-04-412-014 COMMON ADDRESS: 61 Denell Drive, Crete, IL 60417 And which mortgages were made by William H. Moore and Grace Moore, as Mortgagor(s); and given to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A. as Mortgagee; to wit: that certain "Mortgage" dated May 14, 2004 and recorded as Document No.R2004089656, that Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that the said Complaint is now pending for foreclosure of said mortgages and for other relief.

Now, therefore, unless you UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, file your Appearance and Answer to the Complaint in said action in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Chancery Division, on or before the January 7, 2015 default may be entered against you at any time after that

day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer for relief in said Complaint.

PAMELA J. MCGUIRE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Zeeshan Pervaiz - 06290442 Kluever & Platt, LLC 65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 201-6679 Attorney No. 06187248 Our File #: SPSF.1854 I634869 (Published in the Herald-News December 8, 15, 22, 2014) Place your Classified ad online 24/7 at: www.TheHerald-News.com/ PlaceAnAd

PUBLIC NOTICE "THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W14-2058 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC; Plaintiff, VS. Olcher Prins C. Sales; Karen E. Gahagan-Sales; Lakewood Falls Phase 5 Homeowners Association; Regions Bank DBA Regions Mort; Unk n Heir nd Leg

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Nov. 19, 2014, a petition and resolution was filed with the secretary of the Will County Regional Board of School Trustees that read: The undersigned, being at least two-thirds of the registered voters residing in the territory legally described on Exhibit 1 attached hereto and made part hereof, do hereby petition the Regional Board of School Trustees of Will County, Illinois, to detach the described territory from Peotone Community School District 207-U, Will County, Illinois, and to annex said territory to Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210, Will County, Illinois and to Manhattan School District 114, Will County, Illinois. The territory sought to be detached and annexed is depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit 2.

WHEREFORE, the undersigned Petitioners hereby petition the Regional Board of School Trustees to detach the territory described on Exhibit 1 attached hereto and made part hereof from Peotone Community School District 207-U, Will County, Illinois, and to annex said territory to Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210, Will County, Illinois, and to Manhattan School District 114, Will County, Illinois.

The territory hereby sought to be detached and annexed presently lies in District 207-U, Will County, Illinois and is described as follows: EXHIBIT 1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30 AND THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 31 AND PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 31, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND ALSO THAT PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 31, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 31, SAID CORNER ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30, TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 853.88 FEET OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 853.88 FEET OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30, TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1,600 FEET OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1,600 FEET OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30, TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30, SAID LINE ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 31; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 31, TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 370 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF SAID SECTION 31; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 370 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF SAID SECTION 31, TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 31, SAID LINE ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 370 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 6, TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 370 FEET OF THE NORTH HALF OF SAID SECTION 6; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 370 FEET OF THE NORTH HALF OF SAID SECTION 6, TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 6; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 6, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. The hearing will be held on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 6:00 p.m., at the Will County Office Building 2nd Floor, in the County Board Room, 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois.

Shawn Walsh Regional Superintendent of Schools December, 2014 (Published in the Herald-News December 22, 2014. HN1502)

gage; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Olcher Prins C. Sales, if any; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Karen E. Gahagan-Sales, if any; Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants; Defendants.

Judge Thomas Thanas 14 CH 2361 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: -Olcher Prins C. Sales that Plaintiff has commenced this case in the Circuit Court of Will County against you and other defendants, for foreclosure of a certain Mortgage lien recorded against the premises described as follows: LOT 94 IN LAKEWOOD FALLS UNIT 5 POD 22, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 12, 1999 AS DOCUMENT R99124554, EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 94, THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 112.57 FEET,

THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 32.59 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST, 115.98 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A CURVE NON-TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE BEING CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 60 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING OF NORTH 42 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 28 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 9.69 FEET TO A CUSP, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 180 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING OF NORTH 19 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 26.91 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 317 Ramsey Drive, Romeoville, IL 60446 PIN: 06-03-12-410-0350000 said Mortgage was given by Olcher Prins C. Sales and Karen E. Gahagan-Sales, Mortgagor(s), to Midwest Funding Bancorp, Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, as Document No. R2005109272.

CLASSIFIED 37 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 January 8, 2015 at 1:00 PM 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 pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR MEDIATION WILL BE TERMINATED. UNLESS YOU file your appearance or otherwise file your answer in this case in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Will County, Will County Courthouse, 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet IL 60432 on or before January 7, 2015 A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED FOR IN THE PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT. Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that on Friday, January 9, 2015 at 9:00 A.M., a public hearing will be held before the Executive Director of the Illinois Finance Authority (the “Authority”) or his designee, in the 11th Floor Conference Room at 500 East Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois, regarding a plan of finance to issue not to exceed $28,460,000 in aggregate principal amount of Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015 (Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers) of the Authority, in one or more series (the “Bonds”). The proceeds of the Bonds will be loaned to Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers (the “Hospital”) and Silver Cross Health System (the “System” and, together with the Hospital, the “Borrowers”), each an Illinois not for profit corporation, and will be used, together with certain other funds, to (i) refund all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of the (a) Illinois Health Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1999 (Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers) (the “Series 1999 Bonds”), currently outstanding in the principal amount of $3,805,000, (b) Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A (Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers) (the “Series 2005A Bonds”), currently outstanding in the principal amount of $11,930,000, and (c) Illinois Finance Authority Fixed Rate Revenue Bonds, Series 2005C (Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers) (the “Series 2005C Bonds” and, collectively with the Series 2005A Bonds and the Series 1999 Bonds, the “Prior Bonds”), currently outstanding in the principal amount of $12,725,000, and (ii) pay certain expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and the refunding of the Prior Bonds.

The proceeds of the Series 1999 Bonds were used, among other things, to (1) pay or reimburse the Hospital for the payment of the costs of acquiring, equipping, constructing, renovating and remodeling certain of its health facilities, (2) advance refund the Illinois Health Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 1991 (Silver Cross Hospital) (the “Series 1991 Bonds”), (3) pay a portion of the interest on the Series 1999 Bonds and (4) pay certain expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Series 1999 Bonds and the advance refunding of the Series 1991 Bonds.

The proceeds of the Series 1991 Bonds were used, among other things, to pay or reimburse the Hospital for the payment of the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, remodeling and equipping certain of its health facilities.

The proceeds of the Series 2005A Bonds, together with the proceeds of the Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2005B (Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers) Auction Rate Securities (the “Series 2005B Bonds” and, together with the Series 2005A Bonds, the “Series 2005A/B Bonds”), were used to (1) pay or reimburse the Hospital for the payment of the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, remodeling and equipping certain of its health facilities, (2) advance refund $19,620,000 aggregate principal amount of the Illinois Health Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 1996 (Silver Cross Hospital) (the “Series 1996 Bonds”), (3) advance refund $16,465,000 aggregate principal amount of the Series 1999 Bonds, (4) pay a portion of the interest accruing on the Series 2005A/B Bonds, (5) fund a debt service reserve fund for each series of the Series 2005A/B Bonds and (6) pay certain expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Series 2005A/B Bonds.

The proceeds of the Series 1996 Bonds were used solely and exclusively, together with certain other moneys deposited by the Hospital, to (1) pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, remodeling and equipping certain of the Hospital’s health facilities, (2) advance refund the Illinois Health Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1988A (Silver Cross Hospital) (the “Series 1988A Bonds”), (3) advance refund the Illinois Health Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 1988B (Silver Cross Hospital Project) (the “Series 1988B Bonds”), (4) finance a portion of the interest on the Series 1996 Bonds and (5) pay related expenses.

The proceeds of the Series 1988A Bonds were used solely and exclusively to refund the City of Joliet, Will County, Illinois Hospital Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 1978 (Silver Cross Hospital Project) (the “Series 1978 Bonds”) the proceeds of which were used to pay or to reimburse the Hospital for the payment of, or to refinance prior debt of the Hospital the proceeds of which were used to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, remodeling and equipping certain health facilities of the Hospital and the proceeds of the Series 1988B Bonds were used solely and exclusively to pay or reimburse the Hospital for the payment of the costs of acquiring, equipping, constructing, renovating and remodeling certain of its health facilities.

The proceeds of the Series 2005C Bonds, together with the proceeds of the Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2005D (Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers) Auction Rate Securities (the “Series 2005D Bonds” and, together with the Series 2005C Bonds, the “Series 2005C/D Bonds”), were used to (1) pay or reimburse the Hospital for the payment of the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, remodeling and equipping certain health facilities of the Hospital, (2) currently refund the outstanding Illinois Health Facilities Authority Variable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds, Series 2002A (Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers) (the “Series 2002 Bonds”), (3) fund a debt service reserve fund for each series of the Series 2005C/D Bonds and (4) pay certain expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Series 2005C/D Bonds.

The proceeds of the Series 2002 Bonds were used solely and exclusively to (1) pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating, remodeling and equipping certain of the Hospital’s health facilities and (2) pay related expenses.

The owners, operators or managers of the facilities being refinanced with the proceeds of the Bonds are the Borrowers. The location of the facilities to be refinanced with the proceeds of the Bonds are listed below.

(1) the Borrowers’ main hospital campus at 1200 Maple Road and at the following additional locations: 1141 Maple Road, 1051 Essington Road, 601 Walnut Street, and various locations on the east and west sides of Fairbanks Street and Hebbard Street between Eagle Street and Lambert Street, all in Joliet, Illinois; and (2) the Borrowers’ various facilities located at 1200 Maple Road, 1314 Maple Road, 1301 Copperfield Avenue, 1302 Copperfield Avenue, 1306/1308 Copperfield Avenue, 1312 Copperfield Avenue, 1314 Copperfield Avenue, 1318 Copperfield Avenue, 1320 Copperfield Avenue, 1311 Eagle Street, 1313 Eagle Street, 1315 Eagle Street, 1317 Eagle Street, 1351 Eagle Street, 1353 Eagle Street, 1355 Eagle Street, 1357 Eagle Street, 1359 Eagle Street, 1361 Eagle Street, 514 High Street, 516 High Street, 517 High Street, 519 High Street, 520 High Street, 521 High Street, 522 and 522 1/2 High Street, 526 High Street, 540 Squirrel Street, 517 Fairbanks Street and 1309 Lambert Avenue, all in Joliet, Illinois.

The Bonds do not constitute a debt of the Authority or of the State of Illinois within the meaning of any provisions of the Constitution or statutes of the State of Illinois or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Authority or of the State of Illinois or grant to the owners thereof any right to have the Authority or the General Assembly levy any taxes or appropriate any funds for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon. The Bonds are special, limited obligations of the Authority, will be payable solely out of the revenues and other funds pledged and assigned for their payment in accordance with one or more loan agreements each between one or both of the Borrowers and the Authority and the indentures pursuant to which the Bonds are issued.

The above notice of public hearing is required by Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. At the time and place set for the public hearing, residents, taxpayers and other interested persons will be given the opportunity to express their views for or against the Bonds and the proposed plan of finance. Written comments may also be submitted to the Executive Director of the Authority via email at publiccomments@il-fa.com or at his office located (i) at 160 North LaSalle Street, Suite C-800, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (overnight delivery), or (ii) at P.O. Box 641187, Chicago, Illinois 60664 (mail) until January 8, 2015.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), if any person with a disability as defined by the ADA needs special accommodations to participate in the public hearing, then not later than January 8, 2015, he or she should contact the Authority at (312) 651-1300.

By /s/ Christopher Meister NOTICE DATED: December 22, 2014 Executive Director, Illinois Finance Authority

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Chicago, IL 60603 NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS Phone: 312-360-9455 YOU, the said above defendant(s), Fax: 312-572-7823 file your answer to the complaint in W14-2058 this case or otherwise file your appleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com pearance in the Office of the Circuit I635565 Court Clerk, Will County Court An(Published in the Herald-News De- nex, Room 213, 57 North Ottawa, cember 8, 15, 22, 2014) Joliet, Illinois on or before the January 7, 2015, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a decree entered in PUBLIC NOTICE accordance with the prayer of said complaint. YOU ARE FURTHER ADIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE VISED THAT THE TIME IN WHICH TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT THE SUBJECT REAL ESTATE MAY STATE OF ILLINOISBE REDEEMED FROM FORECLOCOUNTY OF WILL SURE, PURSUANT TO LAW, COMU.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MENCES TO RUN WITH THE FIRST as successor by merger of U.S. DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS Bank National Association ND, NOTICE. Plaintiff, PAMELA J. MCGUIRE v.

Clerk of the Twelfth CARLTON LOWE; MARION B. Judicial Circuit Court, LOWE; WASHINGTON MUTUAL Will County, Joliet, Illinois BANK; and UNKNOWN OWNERS Name: Sheryl A. Fyock AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Address: LATIMER LeVAY FYOCK Defendants.

LLC Attorneys for the Plaintiff 14 CH 2488 55 West Monroe Street MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Suite 1100 PUBLICATION NOTICE City:Chicago, Illinois 60603 The requisite affidavit for publi- Phone: (312) 422-8000 cation having been filed, notice is (312) 422-8001 (fax) hereby given you, UNKNOWN ARDC No. 06204378 and NON-RECORD I635376 OWNERS CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s) in the (Published in the Herald-News Deabove-entitled suit, that the said cember 8, 15, 22, 2014) suit has been commenced in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois, by the Plaintiff(s) LEGAL NOTICE against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the NOTICE OF SERVICE premises described as follows, to

BY PUBLICATION wit: LOT 9, IN BLOCK 5, IN WOOD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE of the penHILLS RIDGE VIEW SUBDIVISION, dency of an action in The Circuit BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF Court of Will County Illinois, Law THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION Division styled Midland States 12 AND THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF Bank v. Bassgar-Illinois, Inc. et SECTION 13, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 34 al., No. 14 L 957. The DefenNORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE dants, Unknown Transferees, are to THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN be served by publication of this NoWILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ACCORD- tice pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/2-206 ING TO THE PLAT THEREOF (a). Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/2RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE 207, a default judgment may be RECORDER OF DEED OF WILL entered against Unknown TransferCOUNTY, ILLINOIS, ON MAY 17, ees on January 14, 2015, thirty 1961 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER days from the date this Notice is 929058 SITUATED IN WILL COUN- first published.

TY, ILLINOIS. PERMANENT TAX IDENTIFICA- (Published in the Herald News TION NUMBER: 14-12-406-018- December 15, 22, 29, 2014 0000. #1497) COMMON ADDRESS: 717 Circle Drive, University Park, Illinois 60466.

LEGAL NOTICE and which said Mortgage was IN THE CIRCUIT COURT made by Carlton Lowe and Marion OF THE TWELFTH B. Lowe, who are husband and JUDICIAL CIRCUIT wife, as Mortgagor, to U.S. Bank WILL COUNTY, ILLINOISNational Association ND, as MortIN PROBATE gagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will Coun- IN RE: THE ESTATE OF )2014 ty, Illinois as Document No. RAUL HERNANDEZ, SR., )P R2003165975; DECEASED )711 And for such other relief prayed; Residence at time of death: that summons was duly issued out 16037 Hidden Valley Circle of the said Twelfth Judicial Circuit Homer Glen, Illinois 60491 Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now PUBLICATION NOTICE pending.

INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IG(ONLY) NORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order 1. Notice is hereby given of the of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, death of RAUL HERNANDEZ, this case is set for Mandatory Medi- SR., who died on August 10, ation on January 8, 2015 at 1 pm 2014, a resident of Homer at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Glen, Illinois.

Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa St., Joliet, Illinois. A lender 2. The Representative for the Esrepresentative will be present along tate is MARIA E. MILLER. with a court appointed mediator to 3. The Attorney for the Estate discuss options that you may have is: Maureen A. Maffei and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. YOU COMAN & ANDERSON, PC MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION 650 Warrenville Road, DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO Suite 500 Lisle, Illinois 60532 MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE.

(630) 428-2660 4. Claims agains the Estate may be filed on or before June 15, 2015 5. Claims against the Estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Cricuit Court (Will County, 14 W. Jefferson, Joliet, Illinois 60432) or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it had been filed.

6. The Estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (735 ILCS 5/28-4) Signature of Counsel: Maureen A. Maffei Coman & Anderson, P.C. Maureen A. Maffei Attorney For: Estate 650 Warrenville Road, Suite 500 Lisle, Illinois 60532 (630) 946-1660 (Published in the Herald-News December 15, 22, 29, 2014 #1498)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY -IN PROBATE Estate of CATHERINE G. DYER, Deceased No. 14 P 0794 CLAIM NOTICE

1415 Black Road copying fees, at the number listed Joliet, IL 60435 below. Consideration by the State 815/726-4311 Board has been tentatively scheduled for the March 10, 2015 State (Published in the Herald-News De- Board Meeting. Any person wantcember 8, 15, 22, 2014. ing a public hearing on the proposed project must submit a written HN1482) request for a hearing to:

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO: 6217-S

Mike Constantino, Supervisor, Project Review Section Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board 525 West Jefferson Street (2nd Floor) Springfield, Illinois 62761 (217) 782-3516 (TTY# 800-547-0466 for hearing impaired only)

Notice is hereby given that Harris Bank Frankfort, Trust #526 Trustees: Louis Sverkounios ( 33%) James Laris (33%) George Laris (33%) have filed a petition before the Will County Planning and Zon- Requests for hearings must be reing Commission for the following: ceived by this Agency no later than January 2, 2015. Any person Special Use Permit for a bar wanting to submit written comments on this project must submit for the following real estate 13410 these comments by February 18, U.S. Route 6, Mokena, (New Lenox Township), Illinois 60448. Permanent Index Number: 15-08-02100-031 Legal Description The East 125.00 feet of the South 142.00 feet of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 2, Township 35 North, Range 11, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Will County, Illinois.

2015.

The State Board will post its findings in a State Board Staff Report, and the report will be made available via the internet on February 24, 2015. The public may submit written responses in support of or in opposition to the findings of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. The public will have until 9:00 am, February 28, 2015. The internet address used to access this report is:

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NOTICE IS GIVEN to creditors of (Published in the Herald News the death of Catherine G. Dyer of December 22, 2014 #1529) Joliet, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued to Michael T. Dyer on PUBLIC NOTICE November 26, 2014 whose address is 1330 Plainfield Road, JoliNOTICE OF REVIEW AND et, Illinois, as Independent ExecuOPPORTUNITY FOR tor, whose attorney of record is PUBLIC HEARING AND Gabriel G. Orenic of Spesia & AyWRITTEN COMMENT ers, 1415 Black Road, Joliet, IL 60435.

In accordance with the requireClaims against the estate may ments of the Illinois Health Facilities be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Planning Act, notice is given of rethe Circuit Court at the Will County ceipt to discontinue and re-estabCourthouse, 14 W. Jefferson Street, lish an End Stage Renal Dialysis Joliet, Illinois 60432 or with the In- (ESRD) facility. Project 14-065, dependent Executor, or both, on or RCG Morris, Morris/Fresenius Medibefore the 8th day of June, 2015 or cal Care Plainfield North, Plainfield. if mailing or delivery of a notice Applicants: Dialysis Centers of from the Independent Executor is America-Illinois, Inc., and Fresenius required by Sec. 18-3 (755 ILCS Medical Care Holdings, Inc. The 5/18-3) of the Probate Act of applicants propose to discontinue a 1975, the date stated in that no- 10-station ESRD facility located at tice. Any claim not filed on or be- 1401 Lakewood Drive, Suite B, fore that date is barred. Copies of a Morris, and re-establish a 10-staclaim filed with the clerk must be tion replacement facility in 6,500 mailed or delivered by the claimant GSF of space, located at 24020 to the Independent Executor and to Riverwalk Court, Plainfield. Project the attorney within ten (10) days cost: $3,644,650. after it has been filed.

The application contained a Safety Michael T. Dyer Net Impact Statement and was deIndependent Executor of the clared complete on December 18, Estate of Catherine G. Dyer, 2014. A copy of the application Deceased may be viewed at the Illinois Health By: GABRIEL G. ORENIC - Facilities and Services Review 06280753 Board Office, at the address below.

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LEGAL NOTICE

A copy of the modification will be available for public review and comment until January 19, 2015 by appointment at the Workforce Investment Board Office, 214 N. Ottawa Street, 4th Floor, Joliet, Illinois, (815) 727-5670, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. A public hearing will be held regarding this modification on January 8, 2014 at 9:30 am at Joliet Junior College Renaissance Center, Room 424, 214 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois.

ATTENTION: Local Education Agencies, Labor Organizations, Community Based Organizations, and Interested Persons. The County of Will and the Workforce Investment Board of Will County under the provisions of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, hereby announces submission of a modification to the WIA Five Year www.hfsrb.illinois.gov Plan to the Illinois Department of (Published in the Herald-News DeCommerce and Economic Opportu(Published in the Herald-News De- nity, Springfield, Illinois. The pur- cember 21, 22, 23, 2014.

HN1522) cember 22, 2014. HN1525) pose of this modification is to transfer a total of $138,289 from Adult, DON'T NEED IT? The Dislocated Worker, and Youth SELL IT FAST! Herald-News funding streams for WIOA TransiClassified tional Funds from the PY14 allocaThe Herald-News Classified tion.

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Notice is further given that this petition, Case No 6217-S will be heard by the Will County Planning and Zoning Commission at 6:30 pm local time on January 6, 2015 in the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois, 60423

Will County Planning and Zoning Commission Barbara J. Peterson, Secretary

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