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Agency seeking $100K from Joliet

By BOB OKON bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The city of Joliet is considering lending money to the Senior Services Center of Will County to help the agency make it through a financial crisis.

The Senior Services Center has asked Joliet for $100,000.

Joliet City Manager Jim Hock did not say whether the city could provide that amount. But he did tell the council Tuesday he is looking

into possible assistance.

“I think there are some possible ways to provide some kind of assistance,” Hock said. “That may be in the form of direct financial assistance or some other ways.”

Later, Hock said a loan to carry the agency until it receives state funding is one possibility.

Senior Services Center officials could not be reached for comment this week. But the executive director has said the agency faces the possibili-

ty of closing because its line of credit is being lowered while state funding it depends on for revenue is months behind.

“Their difficulty is having a line of credit,” Hock said.

“It’s worth exploring whether the city can be their line of credit. We could be their bank and loan them money.”

Hock met with the Senior Services executive director last week and was told the agency also sought help from Will County. Executive Director Patricia Hensley said the agency would approach every municipality in Will County.

But Joliet is seen as a key

Rialto appointment could be factor in Joliet mayoral race City Council waits on board decision

By BOB OKON bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – A pending appointment to the Rialto Square Theatre board looks as if it will become a campaign issue in the April 7 mayoral election.

The Joliet City Council on Tuesday tabled Mayor Tom Giarrante’s appointment to the Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority, which oversees the Rialto.

Asked Wednesday if he thought the appointment would become an election issue, Giarrante said, “Absolutely.” He declined to elaborate.

But the council tabled the appointment until after the election, leaving the possibility that another mayor would appoint a different person to the now highly visible board.

Mary Beth Gannon, a leader in the Rialto Belongs to the People group that counts hundreds of members, expressed her disappointment that Giarrante did not appoint her.

“I’d like to have been given a fair chance,” Gannon said, adding that she looked for-

ward to the election.

The mayor wanted Nicholas Macris, a Joliet resident with a resume that includes being a former operations manager for Exelon Corp. and a former administrator at the University of St. Francis. Macris, now retired, also is president of Joliet/Will County Project Pride and the Kiwanis Club of Joliet.

He has a master’s degree in architecture, which could be useful as the Rialto considers restoration projects, Macris said.

Macris said he was honored Giarrante named him.

He did not understand the reasons for tabling his appointment.

“I don’t think it’s a political job,” Macris said. “I think it’s a job for people committed to the Rialto theater and its continued vitality.”

Councilman Bob O’Dekirk, one of two candidates facing Giarrante in the mayoral race, previously has voiced support for Gannon and said Wednesday he would likely appoint her if elected.

“I think I would,” O’Dekirk said. “I was impressed not only by her credentials, but as soon as the marquee came out, she took a leadership position.”

Gannon led the effort to block a modern marquee that

would have been funded with a $350,000 donation from retired businessman Ed Czerkies. The Rialto already has paid $120,000 for the project, and the Rialto board has appointed Gannon and others to a committee to find a solution to the marquee problem.

O’Dekirk and Councilman Jim McFarland both said they would have wanted the appointment tabled if Gannon had been Giarrante’s appointee.

McFarland, who made the motion to table the appointment, said it would have been Giarrante’s third appointment to the Rialto board since the marquee controversy arose. He questioned the motives for the appointments.

“Now, all of a sudden, there is a controversy at the Rialto, and the mayor is taking a knee-jerk reaction and making appointments to the board,” McFarland said.

In December, Giarrante reappointed Daniel Vera and Mary Babich to the board. Vera’s term had expired Dec. 1.

But Babich’s term expired in 2004.

Macris would have replaced Dave Hacker, who died in August.

Mayoral candidate Andy Mihelich could not immediately be reached Wednesday for comment.

source of potential funding because the agency serves 27,000 city residents.

Joliet provides another form of assistance to Senior Services.

The city for years has provided a small bus used to shuttle seniors around town.

Senior Services pays for the driver and insurance, Hock said. But Joliet maintains the bus and provides its fuel.

Senior Services stopped providing transportation amid its financial troubles.

But Hock said another agency may provide the bus service for seniors.

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Joliet-area Catholics begin Lenten season with Ash Wednesday

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com

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OLIET – Most Catholics give up eating sweets, swearing or watching TV for Lent – but Johnny Ragusa will give up being mean to family members and other people.

Ragusa, a Cathedral of St. Raymond Catholic School eighth-grade student, said he wants to give up mean behavior because it would make him – and others – happier.

“I feel like I would make other people happy. It’s good to give up bad habits,” he said.

Abstaining from bad habits and creating good ones is one of the reasons Catholics observe Lent, a 40-day period where they pray, fast and do good works for others.

Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of that period, and Catholics attended Mass to receive ashes on their foreheads.

The ash is to remind them of their mortality – from dust people are made, and to dust they return – and also the sacrifices of Jesus Christ.

The Rev. Brad Baker asked Catholics during Mass at Cathedral of St. Raymond on Wednesday to make their own sacrifices and practice the disciplines of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Lent is the season of hope for him because it reminds people of the need to return to Jesus Christ “with whole hearts,” he said.

“Perhaps we’re not as mindful of the Lord. Perhaps we’re not hearing the Gospel as often as we should hear it,” Baker said. “Perhaps the Gospel isn’t making an impact or a change in our lives.

So Lent is a call to return.”

Wednesday morning’s Mass at St. Raymond was attended by dozens of Catholic

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school students, as well as families. Baker discussed the purpose of Lent through the metaphor of spring training for baseball players.

Baseball players train in the spring to prepare for the

rest of the season and develop good habits. He suggested students should do the same with their Catholic faith during Lent.

Baker said Catholics should be engaged in more

mindful prayer. They should also fast or abstain. Some people abstain from candy, television or electronic devices during Lent. But maybe people should fast from gossip, lying or disrespect, Baker said.

“Lent calls us back to reform our lives to Christlike,” he said.

Catholics also should focus on almsgiving during Lent, or good works for others. He suggested working at a homeless shelter, spending time with people in nursing homes or with siblings who may be neglected.

Lent precedes Easter,

which celebrates Christ’s resurrection.

Last year, 95 percent of practicing Catholics were aware of Lent and 16 percent were planning to fast, according to Barna Group, a Christian polling firm.

Among Catholics, 89 percent planned to fast from food and 30 percent from technology.

Baker said Lent is a time when Catholics turn out in great numbers to renew their relationship with their faith.

“Lent is the perfect opportunity to do that. Throughout the season of Lent, we see a significant uptick in attendance in Masses,” he said.

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Reception mixed for Rauner plans

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed spending cuts – which he called the state’s “last best chance to get our house in order” – didn’t go over well with local social service agencies, area officials and Democratic lawmakers.

At the same time, Republican lawmakers argued Rauner’s spending plan, presented Wednesday, is well-balanced with increased funding for education and is the “great, first step” toward improving the state’s financial crisis.

The governor’s budget proposal relies on “significant” cuts to Medicaid, along with cuts to other areas, including human services, higher education and local governments.

His plan also relies on $2.2 billion in anticipated savings from his newly proposed pension reform package.

State Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood, said Rauner’s inclusion of the estimated sav-

ings in this year’s budget plan is dishonest, considering his reform package has yet to be vetted in court with ongoing lawsuit challenges.

Human, social services

The news of possible budget cuts was not received well by Pete McLenighan, executive director at Stepping Stones in Joliet.

The rehabilitation center’s annual budget is already $328,000 below 2008 funding levels, he said.

“I understand the state has fiscal problems, but we’ve already been hit really hard,” he said.

There’s a three-week waiting list for the center’s most intensive residential services, he said.

The governor’s spending plan also calls for elimination of some programs for people with developmental disabiliAP photo ties, including paratransit serGov. Bruce Rauner enters the House chambers to applause to deliver his first budget address Wednesday to vices.

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a joint session of the General Assembly in Springfield. According to budget documents released Wednesday, Rauner is recommending $1.5 billion in Medicaid cuts, along with other reductions.

Illinois governor calls for billions in budget cuts

By SARA BURNETT and KERRY LESTER The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ new Republican governor called Wednesday for deep spending cuts to Medicaid, pensions and other programs to fix the state’s budget mess without raising taxes – a pitch met with quick opposition from Democrats who control the Legislature.

Delivering his first budget address since winning office last fall, Gov. Bruce Rauner said his plan would end “the irresponsible and reckless practices of the past.”

He said lawmakers must be willing to make politically unpopular decisions to close a more than $6 billion budget hole next year.

“This is our last, best

chance to get our house in order,” Rauner said.

According to budget documents released Wednesday afternoon, Rauner is recommending $1.5 billion in Medicaid cuts, along with other reductions.

Rauner’s budget blueprint is among the first concrete tests of whether the Republican first-time officeholder can begin to bring the change he has promised to one of the last Democratic strongholds in the Midwest.

The multimillionaire former private equity investor follows other Republican governors who’ve taken over states and attempted to make them more business-friendly by shrinking government and taxes.

But Rauner, who was seen as a rock star for winning the

governor’s office in Barack Obama’s home state, faces an even greater challenge in a post-recession state where Democrats have super-majorities in both chambers.

They criticized Rauner’s plan as disproportionately hurting working families while leaving corporate tax “loopholes” in place.

“He’s putting lives and livelihoods in jeopardy by treating our state’s most vulnerable people like burdens,” said state Sen. Mattie Hunter, a Chicago Democrat.

Many Democrats want to raise Illinois’ income tax rate, which dropped on Jan. 1 from 5 percent to 3.75 percent, to avoid some spending cuts.

House Speaker Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, said he believes the state needs a mix of spending cuts and new

revenue. He also renewed a call for an additional tax on incomes over $1 million.

The bleak budget picture has led major credit agencies to give Illinois the worst credit rating of any state in the U.S. It also has the nation’s worst-funded public pension system, with a shortfall of $111 billion.

Rauner said Illinois could save more than $2 billion by moving all state workers to a less-generous pension system lawmakers approved in 2010 for employees hired after Jan. 1, 2011. Workers also would have the option of moving to a 401(k)-style plan. He said firefighters and police would be able to keep their current benefits.

Projected savings from any pension changes aren’t likely to be realized in the next fiscal

year, however. Even if Rauner could get a bill through the Legislature, the state’s powerful labor unions – with whom Rauner has clashed repeatedly since taking office – would challenge it in court.

Those unions and retirees already have sued over a 2013 pension overhaul that cut benefits. A lower court found the measure unconstitutional, and the Illinois Supreme Court is considering the case.

Rauner has called for an “aggressive” review of eligibility for enrollees in the health insurance program for low-income and disabled people.

The governor also proposed increasing spending for K-12 education by about $300 million but cutting funding for higher education. And he proposed cutting state aid to local governments.

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Ex-prisoner speaks on wrongful convictions Talks to students at USF about justice system

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Alton Logan took questions from University of St. Francis students on his experience being wrongfully incarcerated for 26 years for a fatal shooting he didn’t commit.

Logan was arrested and charged with shooting an off-duty Cook County corrections officer during a robbery attempt at a McDonald’s restaurant in Chicago in 1982.

He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison despite lack of physical evidence for the murder.

Attorneys representing Andrew Wilson, who admitted to the shooting, honored their client’s confidentiality until his death in 2007.

On Wednesday, one USF

student asked Logan if he felt those attorneys owed him something, either an apology or monetary compensation.

He said they owed him nothing.

“I understand criminal law and the ethics that lawyers have to stand by,” Logan said.

“The fact that they did that, they went and destroyed their lives, mostly they destroyed mine.”

Logan sat on a panel with several criminal justice experts, who discussed wrongful convictions and the history of police brutality in Chicago.

The panel was presented by USF Criminal and Social Justice Program.

Also attending the panel were Logan’s attorney, Harold Winston, investigator Francine Sanders and former journalist John Conroy.

The panel explored the long history of police brutality and torture against suspects under convicted former Chicago Police Area 2 Cmdr.

Jon Burge.

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Alton Logan (second from left) answers questions from USF students Wednesday at the University of St. Francis on his 26-year wrongful incarceration for a murder he did not commit.

Ferguson but 20 years long,” said Tracy Siska, USF visiting professor and Chicago Justice Project executive director.

Conroy, a former Chicago Reader journalist who wrote about the police torture scandal, explained to USF students the history of the “Burge scan-

dal.” However, the scandal of police torture and brutality went beyond just one man, he said.

“People think of [Burge] as an aberration. I think of him as a human being who fitted in a system and the system supported him,” he said.

Burge had led the arrest of Logan.

Burge, who grew up in the Chicago area, worked in the military police during the Vietnam War before coming back to work as a Chicago police officer. Conroy said he rose through the ranks during an era where police brutality was common.

During the early 1970s, the homicide rate was high and police were under pressure to solve them, he said.

Burge and other members of the Chicago police are suspected of torturing numerous suspects.

Wednesday’s panel played a “60 Minutes” show on Logan’s wrongful conviction and interviews with the attorneys – Jamie Kunz and Dale Coventry – who kept Wilson’s admission confidential for decades. Logan was turned away from the video and kept his eyes closed while it played.

“They’re quick to convict but slow to correct mistakes,” Logan said in the video about the justice system.

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Set to be sworn in next month for Will County post

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – A veteran attorney has been selected as Will County’s newest judge.

The Illinois Supreme Court informed Chief Judge Richard Schoenstedt on Tuesday that Art Smigielski was chosen for the associate judge spot left vacant when Dave Carlson was elected as a circuit judge.

Smigielski was selected by Art the 16 circuit Smigielski judges from among 34 local lawyers who applied.

“Art has been a respected attorney. He will bring a wealth of experience and common sense to the bench, and we’re looking forward to working with him,” Schoenstedt said Wednesday.

Smigielski, whose full first name is Arkadiusz, grew up in Chicago and received his law degree from Chicago Kent University. He came to Will County in 1988 when he was hired as an assistant state’s attorney and entered private practice five years later.

“Up until yesterday, I thought being a prosecutor was the greatest job I’d ever have,” Smigielski said.

“Criminal trials have been my favorite part of the legal process.”

The Homer Glen resident said becoming a judge is the culmination of a lifelong dream.

“There’s a lot to learn, but I am looking forward to a new challenge,” he said.

Smigielski will be first assigned as a “floater” to cover when other judges are unavailable. He is expected to be sworn in some time next month.

vshanker@shawmedia.com PLAINFIELD – The Plainfield Fire Protection District plans to construct two new buildings next to its headquarters to train first responders in rescue operations and residential fire suppression.

The project passed Plainfield’s Plan Commission on Tuesday night and is set to proceed to the Village Board during a future meeting.

Both buildings would be constructed with retrofitted metal cargo containers and would be compliant with zoning regulations, according to a village staff report. The buildings would cost between $475,000 and $500,000.

One building is a three-story, 2,528-square-foot structure with a footprint of 872 square feet, used for non-

burn training exercises, including commercial rescue operations and “high-angle rescue,” Deputy Fire Chief Jon Stratton said.

The second building is a two-story, 3,840-square-foot structure with a footprint of 1,730 square feet that mimics a single-family residential home for firefighting training.

“What we’ve learned throughout the years is, if something happens, we want to be trained on it,” Stratton said. “We want to be proactive.”

The two buildings are part of the overall plan for the fire district headquarters, constructed in 2010. The facilities would be paid for through bonds secured for the headquarters’ construction, Stratton said.

If the buildings are constructed, Stratton said the

Plainfield Police Department and Plainfield Emergency Management Agency would also use them for training.

And they could help the fire district qualify as an official fire academy.

Opera House tenants

The Plan Commission also approved a project to construct a two-story addition to the Opera House, 24027 W. Lockport St. Village Planner Michael Garrigan said applicant Bill Habiger is working with the owner of Hopscotch and Vine, 24047 W. Lockport St., to open a new restaurant and bar.

The Opera House was designated as a historic landmark by the Village Board last year after Habiger invested more than $1 million to restore the building to its original 1889 Queen Annestyle architecture.

LOCAL BRIEF Slammers looking for local host families

JOLIET – The Joliet Slammers baseball team will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday at Silver Cross Field for current and prospective host families to visit with manager Jeff Isom, who will be returning for the 2015 season along with hitting coach Matt Kennedy and pitching coach Pascual Santiago.

The open house will be in the Joliet Area Sports Hall of Fame room on the Jefferson Street side of the ballpark. Appetizers and beverages will be served at no charge, and special discounts on merchandise will be available.

The mascot Spikes will join the coaches for a little “chalk talk” to provide current and prospective host families the inside scoop on the workings of the 2015 roster.

The Slammers always are looking for new local families interested in hosting players from April through September each summer.

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LOCAL BRIEF Parent/Student University Parent/Student University fea- topics providing guidance on tures keynote speakers Jenine college preparation and selecplanned at Joliet Central JOLIET – Joliet Township High School will host a Parent/Student University from 6 to 8 p.m.

Feb. 26 at Joliet Central High School, 201 E. Jefferson St. in Joliet.

The event is free of charge and open to the public.

Barnes and Mark Peterson, who will discuss the topic “Stop Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying,” according to a news release from the district.

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Topics include: My ICP; Preparing your son or daughter for college; Explore, PLAN, ACT & PARCC: What parents need to know about standardized testing; and more.

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Graciela Gonzalez was inside the house and hid in the closet with her daughter to call 911 when the shooting occurred. Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak listened to the 911 recording Wednesday afternoon and ruled it would not prejudice the jury against Hernandez.

Will County Sheriff’s Deputy Nathan Prasun was the only witness to testify Wednesday.

Prasun said he arrived to find Gonzalez’s body sprawled out in front of a Chevrolet Tahoe parked in the garage and Graciela distraught in front of the house.

Prasun saw paramedics treating Martinez and interviewed him inside an ambulance, he testified.

The trial is scheduled to continue Thursday, when it is expected jurors will hear the 911 recording.

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JOLIET – Neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys believe Erik Hernandez was the intruder who fatally shot Juan A. Gonzalez three years ago at his home in unincorporated Crest Hill.

But prosecutors say Hernandez shot and wounded Gonzalez’s friend, Ricardo Martinez, while his unidentified partner killed Gonzalez, 39, making him legally responsible for the killing.

Hernandez’s lawyers said no physical evidence links him to the crime, and Martinez and Gonzalez’s wife, Graciela, gave substantially different descriptions of the shooters until a relative mentioned Hernandez’s name to Martinez days later.

Hernandez faces two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and two counts of home invasion.

About 9:30 p.m. March 19,

2012, Gonzalez and Martinez were in a garage attached to a house in the 2500 block of Hacker Drive when two intruders came in under the open garage door. “[Gonzalez and Martinez] were waiting in the garage to do a drug deal for a kilo of cocaine,” defense attorErik ney Chuck Bretz Hernandez said Wednesday during opening arguments in Hernandez’s trial.

Assistant Will County State’s Attorney Tom Slazyk said both men who entered the garage were carrying handguns. Martinez and Hernandez were face-to-face before Martinez was ordered to turn toward the door leading into the house.

“Ricardo can feel the barrel of the gun on the back of his head. There’s some commotion, and Juan gets shot by the other individual who came in under the door with Hernan-

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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.

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By VIKAAS SHANKER vshanker@shawmedia.com PLAINFIELD – A hearing Wednesday on Plainfield farmer Herman Fritz’s alleged dumping of hazardous materials along the bank of the DuPage River has been delayed until August.

In the meantime, Fritz is working with prosecutors on cleaning up the reported dump sites and debris burn piles on his farm, located northwest of the Route 59 DuPage River bridge.

Fritz was scheduled for a case management hearing Wednesday morning at the Will County Courthouse Annex. But the case was continued to Aug. 11, Will County State’s Attorney spokesman Charles Pelkie said.

Pelkie said representatives for Fritz and the prosecutors have discussed the cleanup of the farm.

“The progress we’ve made at this point is that Mr. Fritz should understand the gravity of the situation and what’s at stake here,” Pelkie said.

Frtiz’s attorney, Randal Miller, could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.

Fritz would bear all cleanup costs, Pelkie said, including hiring two contractors to handle cleanup away from the riverbank, large 10-foot tall burn piles, and land damage along the riverbank, such as construction debris Fritz said he used to reinforce the riverbank from receding flood waters.

The Will County Land Use Department – the local arm of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency – will oversee all cleanup operations, Pelkie said.

Soil borings will be conducted along the riverbank to determine what materials or chemicals may be beneath the surface. Groundwater testing will be conducted downstream to determine whether any contamination has occurred.

“The goal is to make sure the land is completely cleaned up without destabilizing the land along the bank, and that Mr. Fritz will bear the entire financial burden to clean up,” Pelkie said.

Those actions won’t happen right away: Pelkie said officials need to wait for the ground to thaw enough to enable further testing and cleanup, and to be stable enough to drive over.

The Will County Land Use Department received in December a warrant to investigate the dump sites and riverbank on Fritz’s property. But Pelkie said all report results are still subject to civil litigation or are potentially under review.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports suggest Fritz has dumped hazardous waste on his property since at least 1998.

But Fritz told The Herald-News he has dumped construction and other miscellaneous waste along the DuPage River bank for the past 60 years to save his farm from land erosion caused by frequent flooding.

After he was issued in November an immediate order to cease all dumping activities, he agreed to stop.

The cease and desist order remains in effect. Along with the civil case being delayed for six months, Pelkie said criminal charges haven’t been filed, but are still possible.

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A sick puppy reported stolen from an animal rescue group earlier this week turned up at the Joliet police station early Wednesday morning. men come out with the puppy, according to Ulreich.

The puppy arrived at the shelter last week and had not been advertised for adoption.

She is not microchipped and was being kept in a quarantine area separate from the regular kennel. Ulreich said the puppy’s upper respiratory infection requires medication.

Ulreich said the puppy is still too young for adoption, but should be available in about two weeks.

Since the puppy returned, animal rescue staff decided to name her Faith.

“We were brainstorming and decided Faith seemed perfect for the whole situation,” Ulreich said.

LOCAL BRIEF The redevelopment will add 30,000 square feet to the Joliet JOLIET – The Movies 10 theater Commons shopping center, could be demolished before the Inland said in the news release.

Dick’s Sporting Goods and end of February, according to a news release from a developer. DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse will occupy a new Inland Real Estate Corp. said the existing building will be de- 65,000-square-foot building.

Movies 10 closed last week. molished in February or March.

“The addition of Dick’s and Construction on new stores should begin in April, with stores DSW further strengthens the center’s position as a top opening in the fall.

shopping destination within the greater Joliet regional submarket and provides long-term benefits to the surrounding community,” Chief Investment Officer Scott Carr said in the release.

The total leasing space at Joliet Commons, located at U.S. Route 30 and Hennepin Drive, is 229,000 square feet.

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JOLIET – A sick puppy reported stolen from an animal rescue group earlier this week turned up early Wednesday morning at the Joliet police station.

A mother and daughter brought the 8-week-old shih tzu-poodle mix to the police station. They told police they received her as a gift, said Chris Ulreich, a board member for Hopeful Tails animal rescue.

Ulreich said she retrieved the puppy, which has an upper respiratory infection, from the police station and took her to a local veterinarian to be examined.

“Everything is good. She’s OK,” Ulreich said.

Police are still investigating the incident, she said.

On Monday, the shelter reported two men walked into the shelter as a volunteer walked out the door. A witness in the parking lot later saw the two

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Local GOP lawmakers laud ‘honest take’ on state’s issues It means a $7 million revebipartisanship nue reduction for Joliet. That’s over the coming Continued from page 3 money city officials use to pay months as lawfor key services, including salmakers craft a budget.

Pam Heavens, executive aries for police, firefighters, “I don’t think director for the Will-Grundy road maintenance and snow it’s a sudden inCenter for Independent Living, removal crews, Joliet City State Manager Jim Hock said. sight to say that said it’s “not good policy.”

Rep. John the budgets in “I really don’t think he Anthony, the past have grasps what everyday people Republicans applaud Rauner Still, local Republican law- R-Plainfield been reckless,” have to go through,” Heavens McDermed said. said. “We will work vigorous- makers applauded Rauner for ly with our state legislators to his “honest take” to running “If everyone works together, we’ll make progress in solving make sure these proposals nev- state government.

“For the first time in years, some of the issues that have er see the light of day.”

Rauner also proposed cut- we have a leader in the goverting state aid to local govern- nor’s office,” said state Rep. ments. That would mean a loss John Anthony, R-Plainfield. of $54 million distributed annu- “Illinois chose a different dially to the 30-plus municipali- rection and I think we should ties in Will County, said Jim give him an opportunity.”

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James W. Anspach, 58, of Lockport, IL, passed away on February 11, 2015, at his home.

Beloved husband of the late Martha Anspach (nee Quinn); loving father of Tobias (Leanna) Anspach, Danielle (Zachary) Wallis, and Kegan Anspach. Proud grandfather of Justin and Nyna Anspach, and Molly and James Wallis.

Preceded in death by parents, Don and Joyce Anspach.

Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at 1308 Argo Ln., Lockport, IL.

Bernice K. Dawson, age 90, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center.

Born in Mayersville, Mississippi, she has resided in Joliet for 65 years.

Retired from the Our Lady of Angels Home.

Preceded in death by her husbands, James Dawson and Charlie Searcy; and two sisters.

Bernice is survived by two devoted daughters, Barbara J. Armstrong of Shorewood and Mitzi Hudson of St. Louis; three grandchildren, one great grandchild, four brothers and three sisters.

Funeral services will be Friday, February 20, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, with visitation from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Dr. Angelo Hill officiating. Interment to Abraham Lincoln Cemetery.

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JERONIMO E. ESTRADA Jeronimo E. Estrada “Jero” age 59, passed away Monday February 16, 2015, with family at his side.

Born September 30, 1955, in Tlatlaya EDO. De Mexico and was a lifelong resident of Joliet since 1978.

Jeronimo is preceded in death by his parents; Jeronimo Leodegario Estrada and Isaura Enciso.

He is survived by his loving wife of thirty five years, Enriqueta Contreras; two sons, Jeronimo A. (Amparo) and Steve (Juanita) Estrada. Also survived by numerous grandchildren family members and friends.

As a young man, Jeronimo enjoyed playing soccer and was a huge Deportivo Toluca Soccer fan.

Jeronimo worked for Anzelc Welding and Fabrication for many years.

He will be remembered as a family oriented man. During his spare time he enjoyed being with family and his three dogs. Jeronimo was a Green Bay Packers Cheesehead and loved his Chicago White Sox. He also loved to dance, listen to music and play his bass guitar.

The family of Jeronimo would like to thank all the staff at JOHA especially Dr. Abboud and the staff at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center.

VISITATION & DVD MEMORIAL: will be held TODAY Thursday February 19, 2015, 3:30 to 9:00 p.m., at Delgado Funeral Chapel, 400 Landau Ave., Joliet. Live Visitation Webcasting also available on-line call for details (815) 774-9220.

FUNERAL SERVICES: will be held Friday February 20, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., from Delgado Funeral Chapel, 400 Landau Ave, Joliet to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 205 E. Jackson St., Joliet, where a funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Burial Graveside: Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1320 E. Cass St., Joliet.

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at 10:00 a.m. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Friday, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

How to submit Send obituary information to obits@TheHerald-News. com or call 815-526-4438.

Notices are accepted until 3 p.m. for the next day’s edition.

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LOIS E. KOERNER

Lois E. Koerner (nee Stromberg), passed away JEREMY A. HUGHES peacefully in her sleep, Tuesday, Jeremy A. Ortega February 17, 2015.

Hughes passed Age 95. away suddenly, Survived by her son, Wayne KoFriday, February 13, erner; three grandchildren, Wendy 2015. Age 22 years. (James) Murray, Cheryl (Daniel) Survived by his Hoffman and Douglas Koerner; five parents, Steven great-grandchildren, Brianna, Jillian Hughes and Geraldine (Ortega) and Makayla Murray, Nathan and Hughes; three brothers, Steven Noah Hoffman. A special niece, Kay (Shandi) Ortega Hughes, Nathaniel Zettergren and very dear friend, Ortega and Austin Hughes; one Wilma Vaksdal. Several nieces and nephew; and godson, Christian nephews also survive.

Frangella. Paternal grandparents Preceded in death by her Gerald and Carol Hughes. And his husband, Raymond Koerner; her extended family the Anstead’s Ron, parents; two brothers, Robert and Erica, Jefra Tommy and Ronny.

Axel; two sisters, Ruth and Gunhild.

Several aunts, uncles and cousins Born in Joliet and lifelong resialso survive. dent. Member of Messiah Lutheran Preceded in death by his maternal Church and formerly a member of grandparents Jeronimo and Carol St. John Lutheran Church. Retired Ortega. from Joliet Public School District Born in Joliet he enjoyed bowling, #86 after 33 years of teaching. pool, country music, and playing Lying in state at Messiah Luthersoftball. Jeremy loved spending an Church on Friday, February 20, time with his friends, and enjoyed 2015, from 10:30 a.m. until time of making everyone smile. He will be services at 11:00 a.m. deeply missed by all who knew Memorials to Messiah Lutheran him.

Church Building Fund or St. John Lying in state at St. Bernard Lutheran Church Building Fund will Catholic Church, 1313 Ridgewood be appreciated.

Ave., Joliet, Saturday, February 21, Visitation Thursday at the 2015, from 9:00 a.m., until a Mass Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral of Christian Burial to be celebrated Home, 2320 Black Road, from 3:00

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ews and cousins.

Preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Alvin J. Lauterbach (October 14, 2001); her parents; sisters, Mary Ann (Kovach) Heintz and Joan (Kovach) Joseph Yandura; special aunt, Margaret Bagay; special in-laws, Ruth and Pete Erickson, Donald and Cathy Lauterbach, and and Dale Turvey.

DOROTHY LAUTERBACH Dolores A Memorial Mass for Dorothy LauBorn: April 28, 1940; in Joliet, IL terbach will be celebrated Saturday, Died: Feb. 13, 2015; in Joliet, IL February 21, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 1711 Dorothy “Dotti” Burry Circle, Crest Hill, where a Lauterbach (nee Kovach), age 74, of visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m.

Joliet, passed away Cremation rites have been accorded Friday, February 13, and interment will be in Abraham 2015, at Joliet Area Lincoln National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to Community Hospice Joliet Area Community Hospice or a Home. charity of the donor’s choice would Born April 28, 1940, in Joliet, she be appreciated. was the daughter of George and Fred C. Dames Funeral Home is in Ann (nee Bagay) Kovach. She was a charge of the arrangements.

1957 graduate of St. Francis AcadFor information (815) 741-5500 or emy and a 1961 graduate of the visit her Book of Memories at www.

College of St. Francis. She taught in District 86 for 20 years and then fredcdames.com. taught at Eisenhower Academy for 14 years, retiring in 1994. Dotti loved her family and was always working on the next reunion. She enjoyed traveling with her friends and celebrating “First Fridays” and birthdays. She loved football, both college and “Her Bears.” West coast Florida sunsets and Kilwins were special memories.

Dotti was a member of St. BETTY JEAN MARMA Ambrose Church and active in the Council of Catholic Women serving Betty Jean Marma (nee Jaas President, Commission Chairper- cobsgaard), age 72, of Rockaway son, and holding other offices.

Beach, Missouri, formerly of GardSurviving are her three children, ner, passed away Sunday, February Janet (Asa) Smith, Alan Lauterbach 15, 2015 at Cox Hospital in Branson, and John Lauterbach; four grandMissouri. daughters, Alana (Christian) Spolar, Arrangements by R.W. Patterson Emily Lauterbach, and twins, Alexa Funeral Home. 815-458-2336 and Brianna Smith; great-grandson, • Continued on page 19 Kai Spolar; and many nieces, neph-

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We thought of you today But that is nothing new We thought of you yesterday And will tomorrow too We think of you in silence And make no outward show For what it meant to lose you Only those who love you know Remembering you is easy We do it everyday Its the heartache of losing you That will never go away

Your Loving Wife, Fran

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Born: Nov. 27, 1955 Died: Feb. 15, 2015

HERBERT L. PEROZZI

Born: Aug. 31, 1938; in Chicago Heights, IL Died: Feb. 13, 2015; in Joliet, IL Herbert “Herb” L. Perozzi, age 76, of Joliet, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015, at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home with his family by his side.

Born August 31, 1938, in Chicago Heights, IL, he

Schneider will be Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet.

Private interment Lockport City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer’s Association would be appreciated.

Visitation Saturday, 2:00 p.m. until time of services at the funeral home.

For more information: (815) 7415500 or visit her Book of Memories at www.fredcdames.com

Corzan; his parents, Paul and Mary (nee Michon) Wrona; four brothers, Walter, Edward, Chester and Bernie Wrona; two sisters, Mary Ann Dillon and Valerie Zupancic; one son-inlaw, Ken Cardwell.

Survived by one son, Joseph J. Wrona, Jr. of Channahon; one daughter, Barbara Cardwell of Joliet; three brothers, Leonard (Pat) Wrona of Lockport, Fred (Claudia) Wrona of Joliet and Raymond Wrona of Tulsa, OK; three sisters, Christine Peterson of Joliet, Virginia Wrona of Joliet and Dolores Wrona of Ft. Myers, FL; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.

Graveside Funeral Services for Joseph J. Wrona, Sr. will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015, at Resurrection Cemetery, 200 W. Romeo Road, Romeoville, IL 60446. Cremation rites have been accorded. There will be no JOSEPH J. WRONA, SR. visitation.

Arrangements under the direction of Fred C. Dames Funeral Homes.

Joseph J. Wrona, In lieu of flowers, memorials to Sr., age 87, Peacehis surviving family members to fully Saturday, be used in accordance with their February 14, 2015, at his home with his wishes, would be appreciated.

For more information: (815) 741son by his side.

5500 or visit his Book of Memories Born in Joliet and RUTH L. a lifelong Joliet and Channahon area at www.fredcdames.com resident. A graduate of Joliet TownJAGGERS-SCHNEIDER ship High School and also attended Joliet Catholic High School. Retired Ruth L. Jaggers-Schneider (nee from Bill Jacobs Chevrolet after Anderson), age 87, over 20 years of service as an auto mechanic. at rest Monday, Preceded by his wife, Dolores (nee February 16, 2015, Kezele) Wrona (2000); two daughat Rosewood Care ters, Kathleen Wrona and Paula Center.

Born in Elgin, IL to the late Gottfried and Clara (Woodley) Anderson, she was a lifelong resident of Lockport. Retired from the State of Illinois Crime Lab in 1993. Ruth’s lifelong ambition was to grow up, July 28,1942 – February 19, 2014 get married and start a family.

Surviving are six daughters, Linda My dearest wife Karen, (Mike) Reining, Pat (Rick) Johnson It’s been a lonely life since God took you to both of Jacksonville, IL, Laurie (Bob) be with him, one year ago today, February 19th.

Staab of Joliet, Sue (Mark) Reinking I thank God for giving you to me most of my life.

Austin, TX, Beth (Tom) Rapcan of I miss you everyday, minute and second of my life.

KURT J. ROTHLISBERGER ofFrankfort and Stacey (Scott) Reed And I thank you for giving me a Born: Oct. 1, 1953; in Joliet, IL of Austin, TX; 18 grandchildren; 28 wonderful son Don. Died: Feb. 11, 2015; in Oak Lawn, IL great-grandchildren; one sister, BetLove always until we are ty (Bob) Gatons of Plainfield; and together again, Kurt James numerous nieces and nephews.

Rothlisberger, age Preceded in death by her first Love Always, 61, at rest Wednes- husband, Elroy “Bud” Jaggers Louie & Don day, February 11, (1990); her second husband, 2015 at Advocate Maynard Schneider (2010); her Christ Medical Center - Oak Lawn, granddaughter, Susan Johnson in with his family by his side, following infancy; her parents; and one sister, Support the local economy and get things done. complications of heart failure.

Lois Dubrovich-Canaday.

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Mattie Florence McElrath was born on November 27, 1955, to Velma and Charles Gordon Parrish, Sr. She passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at her residence.

Mattie was very joyful, and she loved her children and family. She loved making people laugh, she resided in Illinois from birth until 1993. She then moved to Muskegon, Michigan until her death.

Mattie was preceded in death by her parents, Velma and Charles G. Parrish, Sr.; grandparents, Sidney and Florence Nixon; her daughter, Latasha Renee; sister, Mary Parrish; brother, Larry Parrish; nephews, Hallie Parrish and Dwayne Parrish; in-laws, Troy McElrath, Sr. and Marlene McElrath.

Mattie leaves to cherish her loving memories, her children, Kechia Matthews (Ecclesiastes), Troy McElrath III, Tenechia McElrath Sharnekia McElrath, Anthony McElrath, Derrick McElrath, Brittani McElrath, Derious McElrath, and Latroya McElrath; one brother, Charles Parrish, Jr.; sisters, Mildred, Betty, Cynthia, and Carol; 13 grandchildren; two great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and friends and special niece, Yvette.

Visitation will be held on Friday, February 20, 2015, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., at St. John M.B. Church, 104 E. Zarley Blvd., Joliet, IL. Service at 11:00 a.m., Pastor Herbert Brooks, Jr., officiating. Interment following at Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, IL. Minor-Morris Funeral Home 112 Richards St. 815-723-1283

Sue; sons, Nathan, Scott, Steven; daughters, Becky and Katie; grandchildren, Scott, Lucas, David, Sophia, Abrigail, Cillian and Finley; also survived by his mother, Mary Jane; brother, William; sisters, Linda and Gail.

Preceded in death by his father, Jim (June 30, 1967); and his half brother, Jerry (2007).

Born in Joliet, October 1, 1953, to Mary Jane (Libersher) and James Rothlisberger. Kurt graduated from Lockport schools, and later joined the Air Force, where he received an education in electronics.

Kurt was a family man who was a shining example of what God holds high as a husband, father and terrific grandpa.

Visitation Friday, February 20, 2015, from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Salerno’s Rosedale Chapel, 450 W. Lake St., Roselle, IL 60172.

Funeral services for Kurt will be Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., at the funeral home, driving in procession to Corpus Christi Church, 1415 W. Lies Rd., Carol Stream, for a mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Assumption Cemetery, 1S510 Winfield Rd., Wheaton, IL

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was a proud veteran of the United States Air Force. Herb retired as a Process Supervisor after 28 years of service from Uno-Ven where he was known by everyone and was well liked by coworkers. He was an avid golfer and also enjoyed bowling, gardening, adopting rescue dogs, and following the Chicago Cubs and Bears.

Surviving are his beloved wife, Verna Lynn (nee Meiferdt) (Riggen) Perozzi of Joliet; his sons, Herbert L. (Robin) Perozzi, Jr. of Flower Mound, TX, Lyle A. (Julie) Riggen of Dwight, IL and Matthew E. Riggen of Darrington, WA; two grandsons, Jonathan and Christopher Perozzi; his brothers and sisters, James “Sonny” Perozzi of Joliet, Mary Rita “Te-Ti” (Shelby) Freeman of Largo, FL, David (Carol) Perozzi of Olympia Fields, IL, William (Judy) Stickels of Elwood and Nancy (Hector) Gonzalez of Joliet; many nieces and nephews; and his faithful canine companions, Ginger and Tawny.

Preceded by his father, James Vincent Perozzi; his mother, Nina Katryn (nee Kegley) Stickels; and two brothers, Joseph Perozzi and Bradley Stickels.

A Memorial Visitation for Herb Perozzi will be held Friday, February 20, 2015, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet.

Cremation rites have been accorded and entombment of his urn will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to Will County Humane Society would be appreciated.

For information (815) 741-5500 or visit his Book of Memories at www. fredcdames.com

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U of Illinois accepts more in-state students for fall 2015

URBANA – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has increased the number of instate residents being accepted for fall 2015, a school spokeswoman said.

The school accepted 22,267 applicants for the fall, up from more than 20,040 who were accepted last year. Spokeswoman Robin Kaler said Illinois residents were a “substantial” portion of the 11 percent increase, The News-Gazette reported. About 71 percent of this year’s freshman class is from Illinois, down from nearly 90 percent a decade ago.

Meanwhile, fewer students have been applying to Illinois.

The school says it received 34,119 applications for the fall.

That is 4 percent less than the 35,695 applications last year.

Cost could be a factor, Kaler said. Base tuition this year is $12,036.

“We’re not the least expensive school. That’s a challenge for some people,” Kaler said. “They don’t realize what they hear as the advertised tuition rate is not necessarily what they would pay, so they self-select.”

This year for the first time the university let all high school seniors know their admission status at one time – 4 p.m. last Friday.

The school’s website saw a brief slowdown at the time, said Charles Tucker, vice provost for undergraduate education and innovation.

“The website was a little slow responding to people for about 10 minutes, soon after 4 o’clock when the big surge came,” Tucker said. “But it stayed up and provided people with their decision. We were really

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University of Illinois students cross Fourth Street on Monday on campus in Champaign. A school spokeswoman says the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has increased the number of in-state residents it will accept for fall 2015.

pleased with how things went.”

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Arctic front to bring wind chills of -30 to Illinois

ROMEOVILLE – Much of Illinois is under a wind chill advisory as forecasters say an arctic cold front will move across the state bringing wind chills of as low as 30 degrees below zero.

The National Weather Service said its advisory continues through Thursday afternoon.

Forecasters say northwest winds could reach 20 mph and combine with overnight low temperatures of 10 degrees below zero to push wind chills to between 20 and 30 degrees below zero.

The weather service warns of risks of hypothermia and frost bite.

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Caterpillar’s global finances being investigated

PEORIA – Caterpillar Inc. says a federal grand jury is

investigating the Peoria-based company’s financial dealings in the U.S. and abroad.

The heavy machinery maker said it got a subpoena Jan. 8 asking for information relating to “the movement of cash among U.S. and non-U.S. subsidiaries.” Caterpillar said it’s cooperating with the investigation.

The Herald & Review reported the investigation was revealed

by Caterpillar in a document filing Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Caterpillar said it doesn’t think the investigation will have “a material adverse effect on the company’s consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.”

Caterpillar also disclosed that the SEC told the company in September that it was conducting an “informal investigation” into a wholly-controlled Swiss affiliate called SARL. It finances major projects and purchases of equipment.

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Man found guilty of threats against Daley sentenced

CHICAGO – A River Forest man has been sentenced to 12½ years in prison for mailing and emailing death threats to politicians, police officers and oil executives.

Ronald Haddad Jr. was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall.

He was accused in 2009 of mailing threatening packages to former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, a Chicago alderman, oil executives in Texas and California, and to police officers in River Forest.

Some of the packages contained substances designed to terrify the targets into thinking they’d been poisoned with anthrax. Others contained shotgun shells intended to look like improvised bombs. Prosecutors said most of the packages were opened by mailroom clerks or office assistants.

During his sentencing hearing,

Haddad attacked the jury’s verdict and argued with Kendall.

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Health law sign-ups exceed 347,000 in Illinois, officials say

CHICAGO – Federal officials say 347,300 Illinois residents signed up for private health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law before the Feb. 15 deadline.

The government released the marketplace enrollment estimate Wednesday. Jose Munoz of Get Covered Illinois said it shows the state’s enrollment campaign was “incredibly successful.”

The government is offering a grace period for people who started applications – but couldn’t finish them – before the deadline.

They now have until this coming Sunday. Others may qualify for a special enrollment period if they lose other coverage, move, get married or have a baby.

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS Williams for misrepresenting his U.S. withholds details of Iran nuke talks from Israel experiences as a journalist.

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday it is withholding from Israel some sensitive details of its nuclear negotiations with Iran because it is worried Israeli government officials have leaked information to try to scuttle the talks – and will continue to do so.

In extraordinary admissions that reflect increasingly strained ties between the U.S. and Israel, the White House and State Department said they were not sharing everything from the negotiations with the Israelis, and they complained Israeli officials had misrepresented what they had been told in the past.

Meanwhile, senior U.S. officials privately blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself for “changing the dynamic” of previously robust information-sharing by politicizing it.

“Nightly News” with Holt averaged 9.43 million viewers last week, the Nielsen company said. ABC’s “World News Tonight” had 9.03 million viewers, and the “CBS evening News” had 7.63 million. The 400,000-viewer advantage over ABC last week is smaller than the average 587,000-viewer edge by NBC for the season.

Holt, 55, has been with NBC News since 2000 and before that worked as a news anchor in Chicago for 14 years.

Suspect questions man in same al-Qaida conspiracy

NEW YORK – A terrorism suspect who is defending himself against allegations he was a would-be bomber took on an unusual task Wednesday at his trial: cross-examining a convicted terrorist who prosecutors said was part of the same al-Qaida conspiracy.

Veteran Holt in unique For about an hour, Abid Naseer position as NBC anchor NEW YORK – Lester Holt’s first calmly peppered Najibulla Zazi with questions intended report card as NBC’s choice to fill in for suspended anchor Brian to distance himself from Zazi, Williams as “Nightly News” an- who pleaded guilty in 2010 to chor found him maintaining the plotting a failed suicide attack network’s ratings lead, although on New York City subways.

“Mr. Zazi, do you know the the competition has tightened. defendant who is asking these The understated understudy questions?” Naseer asked, has worked without a break referring to himself in the third since Williams took himself off person. the newscast Feb. 7 and was “I don’t remember your face,” suspended for six months by Zazi responded.

NBC News on Feb. 10. The net– Wire reports work continues to investigate

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown stands at the House podium Wednesday after she was sworn in as governor in Salem, Ore. John Kitzhaber, elected to an unprecedented fourth term last year, stepped down last week amid allegations his fiancee used her relationship with him to enrich herself.

Kate Brown sworn in as Oregon governor; predecessor steps down

By JONATHAN J. COOPER The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. – Kate Brown was sworn in Wednesday as Oregon’s governor following an influence-peddling scandal that prompted the resignation of fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber, who had been the state’s longest-serving chief executive before his swift fall from grace.

Brown, formerly the secretary of state, becomes the first openly bisexual governor in the nation.

In a speech to the Legislature after her swearing-in, Brown praised Kitzhaber for his contributions but also said “we must restore the public’s trust.”

“There is a great deal of work ahead of us, and I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get to it,” she said.

Meanwhile, Kitzhaber, in one of his final acts as governor, commuted the prison sentence of a young inmate serving a 12-year sentence for attempted murder and other charges.

The commutation docu-

ment, obtained by The Associated Press, doesn’t reveal why Kitzhaber decided to release Sang Dao more than three years before his earliest possible release date. However, last summer his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes – who is at the center of the ethics scandal that prompted Kitzhaber to step down – spoke at a youth correctional facility where the 25-year-old Dao received a college degree as part of a rehabilitation program.

Hayes faces allegations that she used her relationship to enrich herself.

Kitzhaber has denied wrongdoing and consistently has maintained he and Hayes worked hard to avoid conflicts between her public and private roles. He did not immediately respond to an email asking why he decided to commute Dao’s sentence.

Unlike most states, Oregon has no lieutenant governor.

Under the state constitution, the secretary of state takes over if a governor steps down or dies.

Brown, a 54-year-old Minnesota native, came to Oregon

to attend law school in Portland, the state’s largest city, and established a family law practice before her first run for the Legislature.

Kitzhaber handily won re-election in November to an unprecedented fourth term after surviving the botched rollout of Oregon’s online health care exchange, which became a national embarrassment.

But the allegations surrounding Hayes’ work were more harmful, dominating headlines in the state following his victory.

A series of newspaper reports since October have chronicled Hayes’ work for organizations with an interest in Oregon public policy. At the same time she was paid by advocacy groups, she played an active role in Kitzhaber’s administration, a potential conflict of interest.

The spotlight on Hayes led to her revealing she accepted about $5,000 to illegally marry a man seeking immigration benefits in the 1990s. Later, she acknowledged purchasing a remote property with the intent to grow marijuana.

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Embattled Debaltseve falls to Ukraine rebels

By BALINT SZLANKO and JIM HEINTZ The Associated Press ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine – Government soldiers pulled out of a ferociously contested railway hub in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, ending a siege so intense the retreating troops said they couldn’t get water or food amid relentless shelling

by Russian-backed separatists.

At least six soldiers were killed in the withdrawal and more than 100 wounded.

President Petro Poroshenko sought to portray the fall of Debaltseve in a positive light, saying the pullback was carried out “in a planned and organized manner,” despite assertions by exhausted and dirt-caked soldiers, some of whom made their way out on foot, that their forces suffered heavy losses.

No matter the circumstances, the retreat appeared to be an acceptance by the Ukrainian leader of a humiliating defeat in exchange for a chance at pushing a shaky truce agreement forward and securing the pullback of heavy weapons.

The loss of Debaltseve was a serious setback for the army.

The town is a strategic railroad junction that lies on the most direct route between the separatist east’s two major cities, Donetsk and Luhansk. By taking control of it, rebels gain significant transportation connections to boost their regions’ capacity to function as a unified entity.

Its strategic importance kept the battle raging even after a cease-fire between Ukrainian forces and the Russia-backed rebels went into effect Sunday and appeared to be mostly holding elsewhere after fighting that has killed more than 5,600 people since April.

Relinquishing the town could remove the major impediment to a lasting ceasefire and begin the next step that was agreed to in a peace deal last week – the pullback of heavy weapons by both sides to create a buffer zone at least 30 miles wide.

But the images of traumatized soldiers and their stories of deprivation will be another

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A Ukrainian serviceman pauses Wednesday outside Artemivsk, Ukraine, while pulling out of Debaltseve. wound to a national psyche already bruised by Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula last March and the vicious fighting in the east, where Ukrainian forces suffered heavy losses at the hands of rebels they and the West claim got a huge boost from Russian equipment and troops.

Semyon Semenchenko, a battalion commander and a member of parliament, accused the military command of betraying the country’s interests in Debaltseve.

“We had enough forces and means,” he said in a Facebook post. “The problem is the command and coordination. They are as bad as can be.”

Semenchenko’s words cut especially hard because he became well-known during another major rebel rout of Ukrainian forces in the battle for Ilovaysk last summer. Semenchenko, who was wounded in the fighting, was critical of the government for allegedly abandoning volunteer troops there.

A top separatist official, Denis Pushilin, meanwhile, contended that the government pullback Wednesday wasn’t a retreat at all, but that rebels had overpowered most of the soldiers, killing them or forcing them to surrender.

Poroshenko told a late night meeting of his national security council that six soldiers were killed during the withdrawal and more than 100 were injured, the Interfax news agency said.

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Two cars taking bows at the Chicago Auto Show are proofs positive that Cadillac is now a recognized leader in power as well as style, luxury, performance and technology.

The 2016 ATS-V– which arrives at dealerships later this year -- is powered by a twin turbocharged, high-output six-cylinder engine that cranks out 455 horsepower. Cadillac says the ATS-V – available as a four-door sedan or two-door coupe -- will rocket from 0-to60 mph in 3.8 seconds with a top track speed of 189 mph. Engines are mated to either six-speed manual or eight-speed automatic transmission.

Cadillac says its stablemate, the 2016 CTS-V, will be the most powerful in the brand’s 112-year history. Its 6.2-liter V-8 packs 640 hp and is capable of pushing the mid-size luxury sedan to 200 mph.

Both are powerful, sleek and luxurious, which also describe the 2015 models at your dealership. This review looks at features of the 2015 Escalade, CTS sedan and ATS coupe, also on display at the show.

The mid-size CTS sedan is all new for 2015, with revised grille and interior color and trim combinations, and new exterior colors. Visually, the CTS is longer, lower and more muscular in appearance, with 1.2 inches added to the wheelbase and the roofline lowered one inch. Front lighting flows up into the roofline, and active grille shutters are included on some models to improve aerodynamics and fuel efficiency.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Truth is being ignored in our country To the Editor:

Robert C. Lemke’s letter, “The Truth About Global Warming,” on Feb. 15, 2015, was a breath of fresh air among all the hype and lies by liberals on the subject. Lemke backs up his writing with facts.

The Weather Channel’s founder, John Coleman – who, by the way, has 60 years in the weather business – says that global warming is bunk.

Over the years, I have come to a conclusion in regard to the difference between liberal and conservatives, in general. Conservatives consider the facts and then determine the agenda.

Liberals determine the agenda and then ignore the facts.

We are living in a day in this country when truth is ignored and lies are the norm.

No matter who becomes president in 2016, the damage this administration has done to this country most likely will be irreversible.

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‘Bella’ shows only love can unbreak your heart Elizabeth Santorum was 17 years old when her sister, Bella, was born. In a new book, “Bella’s Gift,” she wrote with her parents, Rick and Karen, she reflects on the uninformed view of love she had before her youngest sister taught her something more.

Santorum’s last name is no doubt familiar to you. But this book is not just another reputation-burnishing tome from a perennial presidential candidate. It’s about the love of family and what a difference it can make. This one isn’t about winning and losing campaigns but life, death and the real, hard work of love.

“My shallow understanding of love was challenged and deepened when Bella was born and diagnosed with Trisomy 18. I assumed that my little sister would never be able to love me in a way that

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VIEWS Kathryn Jean Lopez was familiar to me. We would never share clothes, talk about her crushes, or paint each other’s nails. I only saw dependency, not reciprocity,” Elizabeth writes.

“I wanted to love her,” Elizabeth remembers in the book, “but I did not know how. Honestly, I wanted her to be able to love me, too. I was blind, selfish, and afraid.

Yet, when I held Bella for the first time, I saw her fragility, and, with it, her perfection.”

Before Bella was born, Trisomy 18 was a likely possibility for the Santorums’ unborn child. Once confirmed, Karen, a nurse, knew the stats. “Of the 10 percent of babies with Trisomy 18 who survive birth, 90 percent don’t make

it to their first birthday. The prognosis was terrifyingly bleak; the odds were stacked against her. My little girl, my Bella, had an extra 18th chromosome in every cell of her body, making a genetic code doctors call ‘incompatible with life.’ Lungs shutting down, holes in her heart, kidney problems, and severe intellectual disability were horrors we should expect.”

That girl who seemed doomed now is almost 7 years old.

While some doctors were wonderful – the book is in part an effort to thank them – others didn’t expect much for Bella. One advised: “I don’t know why you would want to do anything. You have to let her go. Statistically, there’s no hope here.” When Bella defied the odds and still was alive seven days later, the same doctor advised the Santorums not to “grow attached

to the baby.”

As Bella’s father puts it: “We had to fight for appropriate life-sustaining care. ...

Bella, like so many other people with severe disabilities, can’t ‘do,’ but she is loved, and we are especially blessed that she can love. What is more valuable than that?”

“Bella’s Gift” is the story of the frightening, painful, loving, joyful journey undertaken by the Santorum family. They wrote it as an encouragement for other families facing some of the same obstacles, as a wake-up call to a culture that all too often sees people in terms of utility and as a testament and testimony to faith, hope and love.

Karen quotes a geneticist, who, after being honest about the statistics surrounding her daughter’s condition, added, “There is hope.” He “leaned forward in his chair, and told

us what we desperately needed to hear: ‘Bella will write her own book, and I hope it is a good one.’ ” And so it is, as Bella keeps writing. In her vulnerability, she helps restore some innocence to our lives, helping us see that giving and receiving love is what we’re made for, and that we should settle for and insist on nothing less.

With every look of love, we live.

That’s not a political slogan but a prescription for transcendence. And love – nurtured in families even in the most difficult circumstances – can lift even politics.

• Kathryn Jean Lopez is senior fellow at the National Review Institute, editor-at-large of National Review Online and founding director of Catholic Voices USA. She can be contacted at klopez@nationalreview.com.

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Joliet Catholic’s Nicole Ekhomu shoots over the arms of Providence’s Maeve Garvey during Wednesday night’s IHSA Class 3A regional at Providence. Ekhomu led JCA with a game-high 26 points in their 73-51 victory.

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PROVIDENCE CLASS 3A GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: JOLIET CATHOLIC 73, PROVIDENCE 51

Ekhomu, Williams lead JCA past Providence

By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com NEW LENOX – The Joliet Catholic girls were on a mission in Wednesday night’s semifinal game in the Class 3A Providence Regional.

The Angels lost to Providence, 53-51, on Dec. 6. However, JCA standout guard Nicole Ekhomu was on the shelf with a back injury; this time, she made a whale of a difference.

Regardless of who was on the floor, however, as coach Kenny Battle noted, “This was the redeem game, our saveface game.”

With Ekhomu leading the charge out of the gates, the Angels got off to a quick start and rolled to a 73-51 victory.

The reward is a date with No 1 seed Lincoln-Way West in the regional title game Friday night.

“I was on the bench the first time and couldn’t do anything about it,” Ekhomu said.

“Tonight, we brought energy.

We were all hyped up before the game, and it carried on into the game.

“This was special, beating them after they beat us.”

Ekhomu scored 15 of her game-high 26 points in the first quarter. That drew the attention of the Celtics’ defense, and Ekhomu began dishing the ball to open teammates.

Junior guard Kaitlyn Williams, for example, came off the bench and scored 16 points. She hit four 3-pointers, one in each quarter, in six attempts and was 6 of 8 from the floor in all.

“My teammates were giving me the ball when I was open, and I knocked down the shots,” she said.

“Kaitlyn came in and played great defense, first of all,” Battle said. “She said, ‘Coach, don’t forget, I have a little offense, too.’

“If you can believe, Kaitlyn had an ‘0-fer’ the first game against them. She was something like 0 for 6 or 0 for 7. I told her there was no way she was going to do that again.”

Providence’s offensive standout, senior Alyssa Jurges, matched points with Ekhomu through a wild first

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ABOVE: Joliet Catholic’s Nicole Ekhomu drives the lane to the basket in front of Providence’s Maeve Garvey during Wednesday night’s IHSA Class 3A regional at Providence. BELOW: Providence’s Brittany Hallberg comes down with the rebound in front of Joliet Catholic’s defense.

quarter. Providence (20-11) last led, 16-15, with 3:47 left in the quarter. At that point Jurges already had 11 of the 14 points she would score in the quarter.

let it slip away on defense,” said Jurges, who finished with 25 hard-earned points.

“We couldn’t get any stops.

“Playing against Nicole [Ekhomu] is great. It’s fun to play against her. It was still pretty cool to end our [seniors’] career on our home court. That’s where I wanted to go out.”

The Angels still were up eight points at 33-25 late in the second quarter, and they finished the half on a 7-0 run for a 40-25 lead as Williams hit a 3-pointer and Ty Battle scored twice.

In the second half, JCA turned up the defensive presHowever, JCA scored the sure a notch, and Providence final six points of the quarter had difficulty making good – four by Ekhomu – and led, passes and getting good shots.

The Angels burst into a 50-29 27-19, at the stop.

“We all knew we had to lead with 3:43 left in the third come out ready to play, but we quarter.

“We practiced our defensive rotation in our man-toman a lot,” Williams said.

“Our help side was there.”

“These girls worked hard the last couple of weeks on their defensive rotation, getting ready for this game,” Battle said. “They executed, and I’m proud of them. This is their second season together, and they know they have to go game by game.”

Providence made a minirun to get back to within 56-43 early in the fourth quarter – but the Celtics, who committed 24 turnovers to JCA’s 11, got no closer.

“Kudos to JCA. They shot the ball well,” Providence coach Eileen Copenhaver said. “It was a fun year, and we learned a lot of things.

This group plays hard all the time.”

PROVIDENCE GIRLS CLASS 3A BASKETBALL REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: LINCOLN-WAY WEST 71, MORRIS 49

By ROB OESTERLE roesterle@shawmedia.com

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Lincoln-Way West’s Dani Morgan (right) brings the ball up the court during the Warriors’ 71-49 win over Morris in Wednesday night’s Class 3A Providence Regional. Morgan led all scorers with 17 points. us – it’s just that we all want to do well.

If one of us isn’t scoring, we know that someone else on the team will.”

Morgan scored 12 of her game-high 17 points in the first-quarter onslaught; and Atsinger, who finished with 12, had eight. Kaitlyn Mathews drained a 3-pointer, and Courtney O’Donnell had a basket underneath to complete the scoring in that period. Mya Shannon scored

all eight of Morris’ points in the first quarter.

“We were having a lot of fun before the game in warmups,” Morgan said.

“We were prepared and ready to go, but we were loose.”

In the second quarter, Julie Jurasits scored five points for Morris. She finished the game with 13 and, in the process, became the program’s all-time

CATHOLIC LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS: PROVIDENCE 82, HALES FRANCISCAN 65

Providence defeats Hales in CCL semifinals

By DRAKE SKLEBA Shaw Media Correspondent CHICAGO – After a 48-31 loss to DePaul Prep at York’s Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament on Dec. 29, Providence boys basketball coach Tim Trendel made a prophetic statement.

“I have been saying this all along. We will be playing our best basketball in March,” Trendel said.

The Celtics are a little bit ahead of schedule and are playing well in February.

In a semifinal in the Chicago Catholic League tournament at Saint Ignatius, Providence won for the seventh consecutive time, crushing Hales Franciscan, 82-65, on Wednesday.

The Celtics (18-9) , who were led by seniors Troy Howat and Miles Boykin, advance to Saturday’s championship at DePaul University at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Celtics meet either St. Joseph or Fenwick.

Howat scored a game-high 29 points for the Celtics. The 6-2 sharpshooter buried six longrange 3-pointers. Howat struck for a pair of 3-point bombs with just under four minutes to go to open up a 74-58 lead.

“I want to thank my teammates for getting me the ball in a good position to shoot,” Howat said. “I shot the ball very well tonight, as did our whole team. We are playing so well right now and really want to win the Chicago Catholic League championship on Saturday.”

Boykin scored 24 points, including 16 in the first half, and hauled down nine rebounds while handing out five assists.

Boykin drew the defense in on him in the paint and would hit the Celtic marksmen with pin-point passes that led to open 3-pointers.

“This is all about our team,” Boykin said. “I do whatever I can for the team from scoring, rebounding to hitting our great shooters for open looks.

We are far from done here. We want to win on Saturday; and I believe with the way we are playing now, we can make a strong run in the upcoming state tournament.”

Hales (22-4) hit eight of its first 12 shots for a 21-13 first-quarter lead. Dominic Christian (16 points) hit four

from long-range to lead the Spartans.

The Celtics exploded for 28-second quarter points to grab a 41-38 lead at the half.

Boykin and Jack Brody (11 points, six rebounds, three assists) had old-fashioned threepoint plays, while Howat buried a pair of 3-pointers. Boykin added two dunks as part of his 11 second quarter points.

Celtic point guard Tyler Pygon (11 points, three steals, four assists), opened the third quarter with a 3-pointer. The 5-foot-11 senior converted an acrobatic circus shot that beat the buzzer giving the Celtics a 60-50 lead after three.

“Tyler is our ultimate point guard,” Trendel said. “Facing tremendous pressure versus Loyola, No. 2 St. Rita and now

this tremendous Hales Franciscan team, he ran our offense to perfection and never came out of the games.”

“We really shot the ball extremely well tonight,” Pygon said. “In practice, coach had us run the offense against eight defensive players, to get us ready for the defensive pressure we have faced in this tournament. It really helps us.

We are really pumped to be playing at DePaul University on Saturday and want to take home the CCL championship back home.”

Jake Rost handed out four assists and hauled in seven rebounds. Midway through the final quarter, the Celtics had nailed 22 of their first 30 shots (73 percent). The Celtics also dished out 18 assists.

• Thursday, February 19, 2015

NEW LENOX – In the Lincoln-Way West girls basketball program, Emily Atsinger and Dani Morgan are right next to each other, wearing Nos. 23 and 24, respectively.

Once they hit the court, the two are hard to tell apart, as they are the same size and have the same strawberry blonde hair that is the same length and worn in the same ponytail. One thing is for sure, however. If an opposing player gets confused as to which one she is guarding, she’d better guard the one with the ball.

Morris found that out early Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Class 3A Providence Catholic Regional. Morgan went 4 for 4 from 3-point range in the first quarter, and Atsinger made three of her five shots plus a free throw in the opening quarter as the Warriors raced to a 25-8 lead en route to a 71-49 win.

Not only did the top-seeded Warriors (25-1) make nearly every shot they put up in the first quarter, they forced the Redskins (19-9) into 11 turnovers.

“Defense is the key for us,” Morgan said. “We get turnovers, and we see the court well and try to pass to whoever is open.”

“Once one of us makes a shot or two, the rest of us feed off it,” Atsinger said.

“It’s not really a competition between

leading scorer. Shannon finished with 12 points, while Jessica Ponce scored seven, and Leona Burton and Jessica Jurak each had five.

Lincoln-Way West led, 41-22, at halftime and increased that advantage to 5934 entering the fourth quarter. Stephanie McDonald scored nine points for West, while O’Donnell and Mathews each finished with eight and Deven Bax added seven. The Warriors made 11 3-pointers.

“We knew they would be a challenge,” Morris coach Kate Carey said. “They have super athletes; and when they are making 3s like they were, there’s not much you can do. I thought we made a lot of improvements since the last time we played them [a 66-36 loss in the Ottawa Christmas Tournament].

“I am very happy with the effort our team showed. At no point in the game did it ever look like our girls gave up, and I am very proud of them for that. We only won nine games last year. One of our goals this year was to win 20 games, and we won 19. In no way am I disappointed.”

Lincoln-Way West will play Joliet Catholic in Friday night’s regional championship at 7 p.m. The Angels defeated Providence, 73-51, in Wednesday night’s other semifinal.

“We don’t feel like we’re done yet,” Morgan said. “We want to come out Friday and show them what we’ve got.”

“We’re excited,” Atsinger added.

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PREP WRESTLING STATE FINALS PREVIEW

Several area wrestlers eye state titles

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com Corey Jurzak, Tyler Johnson and Sage Friese don’t need much motivation for what’s at stake this weekend at the IHSA wrestling finals in Champaign.

That’s because the three seniors share the experience of falling in the title match. Coal City’s Jurzak has settled for second place the past two years; Lockport’s Johnson suffered his first loss of the season a year ago on an ultimate tiebreaker in the finals; and Seneca’s Friese lost in the championship during his sophomore year.

They’ll join 57 others from the area who hope to end up on top of the awards podium at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Saturday, the final day of the three-day competition.

Jurzak (40-1) is one of the Class 1A favorites at 132 pounds; Friese (41-1), who suffered his first loss in the sectional finals, is in the title hunt at 138.

Unbeaten Johnson (18-0) is the one to beat at 195 in Class 3A and hopes to join his brother, Brad, as a state champion.

Coal City senior Cody Minnick (441), a two-time finalist and three-time medal winner, is the lone returning champion from area schools. He is favored to win the title at 120 in Class 1A. Also for the Coalers, Joey Rivera

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Minooka’s Carson Oughton (top) is one of the state favorites at 170 pounds in Class 3A. (39-4) is one of the favorites at 106, and Riley Kauzlaric (37-5) is in the hunt at 182. Parker Czaja (195) and Jake Frost (220) also will be competing.

“Cody has been dominant all season,” Coalers coach Mark Masters said. “He’s aggressive and in your face for six minutes. Corey is as tough as they come. And Joey has been on fire the last two weeks and is peaking at the right time of the year.

“Riley is wrestling his best to this point in the season. This is Parker’s first year of high school wrestling, and he’s been a workhorse in the practice room and has been a great workout partner for our upper-weight guys.

And Jake has had a great season up to this point. He’s put a lot of time in during the summers, and it’s paid off

for his senior year.”

Also for Lockport, Shayne Oster (35-3) hopes to join brothers Jake and Jameson as state champions. After placing third a year ago, the junior is one of the favorites at 138. Other Porter qualifiers are Abdullah Assaf (40-5) at 113, Trevell Timmons (37-6) at 152 and Chris Murino at 220.

“After losing in the finals last season and suffering his injury, Tyler has been determined to get to the top of the podium,” Porters coach Josh Oster said. “He’s worked tirelessly at improving on his finish from last year.

And Shayne is looking to improve on his third-place finish last season. He’s improved a lot of his weaker areas and is ready to compete.

“Abdullah has wrestled well all season. He went from taking fourth at regionals last season to sectional champion only having one loss to a 3A wrestler this season. After losing in overtime at state last year, Trevell learned he had to open up and attack in big matches, and he’s done that this season. And Chris made a huge jump from last season. He had several big wins at the sectional to qualify and is looking to keep that momentum running.”

Wilmington leads all area schools with nine qualifiers in Class 1A. Pacing the Wildcats are Austin Headrick (39-4) at 138 and Nick Hawkins (33-6) at 160. Hawkins was third last year,

while Headrick finished sixth. Ryan Berman (37-8) also won a sectional title at 195.

Lemont and Peotone both have six qualifiers. Indian Jim Brennan (29-5) is in the mix at 145 in Class 2A, while Blue Devil Tom Ruffino (24-3) is one of the favorites at 195 in Class 1A if healthy.

Lincoln-Way Central has four qualifiers, led by Bryan Ditchman (39-3).

After taking sixth at 285 a year ago, he has been top-ranked at that weight in Class 3A for most of the season. Other Knight qualifiers are Vinnie Piunti (120), Matt Crnich (126) and Jake Dudeck (182).

Minooka’s Carson Oughton (36-2) placed sixth two years ago but didn’t medal in 2014. This season, the junior is one of the favorites at 170 in Class 3A. Josh Bouie (36-5) competes for the Indians at 195.

Plainfield South has two qualifiers, both of whom could make some noise.

Eric Johnson (43-3) is one of the favorites at 220 in Class 3A while Danny Saracco (32-6) is in the mix at 195. Clayton Ledbetter (138) is the winningest of Plainfield Central’s three qualifiers.

And an athlete who is from the area but attends school elsewhere is going after his second straight title. St. Rita sophomore Austin O’Connor (41-1), who lives in Lockport, hopes to add to his Class 3A championship at 106 with another title at 132 this year.

ROMEOVILLE CLASS 4A GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: OSWEGO 58, PLAINFIELD SOUTH 36

Oswego ends Plainfield South’s best season

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com ROMEOVILLE – Plainfield South girls basketball coach Leah Carter hoped that the third time would be the charm for her team against Southwest Prairie Conference foe Oswego.

After dropping a pair of nine-point decisions to the Panthers in league play, the Cougars wanted to turn the tables and continue their most-successful season yet.

But Oswego had other ideas and used two big early runs to take control as it went on to claim a 58-36 victory over South in Wednesday’s Class

4A Romeoville Regional semifinal.

Carter had told her players she would dye her hair blue if they reached their goal of 12 wins, which was five more than the program had won before – and she was true to her word.

However, some good early shooting by the Panthers (209) mixed with struggles from the floor by the Cougars (12-17) resulted in Oswego grabbing a 33-21 halftime lead.

The Panthers kept the pressure on during the third quarter and closed with one more flurry to build a 46-26 advantage heading into the final period.

“They had to come out and play hard against us,” Carter said. “If they would have given us a subpar game, I think that we would have beaten them. They played really hard to get the lead that they got, and they were able to sustain it. I don’t think that we gave up, and we played the hardest that we could play. If a couple of Jaianna’s [Brooks] shots fall here and there, it’s a different ball game.

“This is the best that we’ve ever done in school history.

We had 12 wins and finished fifth in conference, so our program is growing. This is a big step, a big building block for us. I had Tyler [Everett]

and Kaylin [Doran] stand up in front of everybody in the locker room. When they were freshman, there were 22, and they are the only two left as seniors. I told the girls who will back that they can’t put the basketball on the shelf and dust it off in October.”

Leading the way for South was senior Everett, who scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds. Brooks also reached double figures, finishing with 10 points.

The Cougars also received eight points and 11 rebounds from Antwanetta Boswell, while Alyssa Fink chipped in with five points and seven rebounds.

The score was tied at 9 in the first quarter when Oswego went on a 12-0 run, with Amri Wilder (23 points) collecting seven of the points. South got a layup from Everett to close the first quarter down, 21-11.

After Everett made an old-fashioned three-point play to start the next period, the Panthers rattled off the next 10 points to grab a 31-14 lead.

But South narrowed the gap by scoring seven of the next nine points leading up to the break.

Oswego also got strong efforts from Erin Sinnott (11 points, 11 rebounds), Siarra O’Neill (nine points), Jordan Campbell (eight points) and Kia Dwight (seven points).

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By TIM O’BRIEN Shaw Media Correspondent

“Offensively, we’re starting to play as a team.

We’re starting to see the floor better and make some great passes. We’re looking for the pass, and that’s something the girls are starting to realize.”

Julio Carrasco Romeoville girls basketball coach

remaining.

Having turned the ball over with a high pass the possession before, Spartans senior guard Skye Osborne made up for miscue.

Making a hard cut to the basket, Osborne caught a zip pass from Cherish Smith and laid in the contested, goahead bucket with 1:46 left.

Looking to close things out in a one-possession game, Marin calmly hit two free throws with 24 seconds left to ice the win.

“Just trying to hit them for my team,” Marin said.

“We wanted this win so bad.

People may think we’re the underdog, so we want to prove that we can win. Now

we’ll go to Friday and win.”

Downers South scored 13 straight points to go up, 41-35, late in the third.

But Romeoville responded with its own spurt over the third and fourth quarters, a 12-5 run to take a 48-46 lead.

Downers South’s Avaliese Porlier hit two free throws to tie the game at 48 at the 2:24 mark in the fourth.

Romeoville was 12-8 at the middle of the season but has caught fire of late, winning nine of its last 12 games.

“Offensively, we’re starting to play as a team,” Carrasco said. “We’re starting to see the floor better and make some great passes. We’re looking for the pass, and that’s something the girls are starting to realize.”

AREA ROUNDUP

St. Francis men get past rival Holy Cross SUBMITTED REPORTS JOLIET – Juniors Jens Kennedy and Edvinas Presniakovas scored 19 and 18 points, respectively, as the No. 24-ranked University of St. Francis men’s basketball team staved off an upset bid from Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Holy Cross College in a 7169 victory Wednesday at the Sullivan Center.

The win kept the Saints’ CCAC title hopes alive heading into the final day of regular-season competition Saturday.

USF entered Wednesday’s action one game behind Cardinal Stritch University and tied with Olivet Nazarene University for the top spot in the CCAC standings.

Cardinal Stritch and Olivet Nazarene faced each other Wednesday night.

St. Francis (21-8, 15-3) led, 35-31, at the break and held a single-digit lead for the first nine minutes of the second stanza.

Sophomore Breshion

AREA SCHEDULE THURSDAY’S EVENTS Girls Basketball Plainfield North vs. Bolingbrook at Class 4A Bolingbrook Regional, 7 p.m.

Lincoln-Way East vs. Homewood-Flossmoor at Class 4A Lincoln-Way East Regional, 7 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Lewis at UIS, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Lewis at UIS, 5:30 p.m.

Tucker gave USF its first double-digit lead of the game, 48-38, with a layup at the midway point of the second half.

A Presniakovas 3-pointer gave St. Francis its largest lead of the contest, 51-40, at the 8:01 mark. Trailing, 55-44, with 6:49 to play, Holy Cross (14-15, 8-10) outscored USF, 21-10, during the next five minutes to even the score at 61 with 3:09 left.

Kennedy gave the Fighting Saints the lead for good with a jumper at the 2:38 mark. Presniakovas’ fourth

3-pointer of the day with 1:44 left, followed by a layup from senior Matt Sherriff 20 seconds later, pushed USF’s lead to seven, 68-61.

Holy Cross scored the next five points to trim the deficit to 68-66 with 25 seconds left.

After Kennedy buried a pair of free throws with 22 seconds left, Drew Moore hit a 3-pointer to make the score 70-69 in favor of USF with 13 seconds to go. With five seconds left, junior Ilya Ilyayev hit the first of a two-shot foul but missed the second. Holy Cross was unable to get a shot off.

Ilyayev joined Kennedy – who also collected 10 rebounds – and Presniakovas in double digits with 11 points as USF improved to 10-1 on its home floor. Moore paced Holy Cross with 15 points. Darrell McIntyre and Karl Columbus each added 14.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

St. Francis 86, Holy Cross 59: Senior Katie Gonnering scored a game-high 17 points

to help lead the Saints to an 86-59 victory in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference play at the Sullivan Center.

With the victory – its fifth in a row and 13th in its last 17 games – St. Francis (15-14, 11-5 CCAC) raised its overall record above the .500 mark for the first time this season and remained in a three-way tie in the loss column in the CCAC South Division with one regular-season contest remaining.

USF controlled the game from the outset.

The Fighting Saints built a double-digit advantage (144) four minutes into the contest and led by as many as 27 points (43-16) with 5:43 left in the period.

A jumper from sophomore Mary Rouse with 19 seconds remaining in the half put St. Francis on top, 49-29, at the intermission.

St. Francis remained in control throughout the second stanza, as it maintained at least a 21-point edge. USF took its largest lead of the

game, 84-54, with 1:54 to go.

Freshman Christina Ekhomu enjoyed one of her best statistical performances of the year, finishing the night with 13 points, eight assists, six steals and five rebounds.

Senior Kaitlyn Ray and sophomore Kamari Jordan scored 12 and 11 points, respectively.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bloom Twp. 46, Lincoln-Way Central 36: The Knights closed

to within six points with a Colleen Barrett layup with 2 minutes remaining, but they could not get any closer in the Class 4A Thornton Regional semifinal.

Central (14-15, 7-7) was led by Candace Finnin’s 18 points and seven rebounds and Colleen Barrett’s eight points, four rebounds and four assists.

Lemont 53, St. Joseph 49:

Emma Bozue scored 16 points and Marissa Dyer added 13 points for the Indians (17-11), who have won seven in a row to advance to the regional final.

• Thursday, February 19, 2015

ROMEOVILLE – The seeding would indicate Wednesday’s regional semifinal win for the Romeoville girls basketball team was an upset.

Spartans coach Julio Carrasco wasn’t so sure.

Hosting a Class 4A regional semifinal, 11th-seed Romeoville almost gave away the win but came through late to pull off a 52-48 victory over sixth-seeded Downers Grove South.

“Downers is a very good team, but the back half of the season we’ve been playing really well,” Carrasco said. “I was hoping for the win, and we got it. To me? No, not an upset, but by the numbers ...

yeah, it’s an upset.”

Romeoville (21-11) will play Oswego – 58-36 winners over Plainfield South in the other semifinal – at 7 p.m.

Friday for the regional title. The Spartans had lost to Oswego twice in the regular season.

Alexis Marin finished with 18 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Romeoville. Cherish Smith (14 points, five rebounds) and Jahari Smith (10 points, 10 rebounds) also contributed big efforts in the win.

Vashae Easley scored 13 points to lead Downers South (15-10).

In a back-and-forth second half, Romeoville found itself in a tie game at 48-all with less than two minutes

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NFL SCOUTING COMBINE: BEARS

Marshall doesn’t seem to be a fit for Pace; is Cutler?

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush INDIANAPOLIS – Ryan Pace still has that look of the kid in the candy store, but the carriage that tells you he’s a man with a plan.

One thing he’s perfected in his first month on the job as the Bears’ general manager is the ability to look you in the eye and make you feel like he gets your job and that you matter, and then to respectfully answer your question without telling you a thing.

It’s an NFL executive deal.

It can drive you nuts, but the good ones all have it.

It’s been clear since Pace was hired that he will have final say over the Bears’ final 53-man roster.

Sure, he’ll do all he can to agree with Fox and others, but at the end of the day, it’ll be all about Pace. The first two decisions he has to make that will shape many of the rest are about the futures of quarterback Jay Cutler and receiver Brandon Marshall.

It sounds to me as if he knows he is either stuck with or lucky to have Cutler.

“We have gotten to meet with [Cutler], we’ve met with several of our players individually, with him being one,” Pace said Wednesday at the NFL combine. “So far, it’s been good.

“We’re going to take our time on this. We really have until mid-March. We’re going to maximize that time and make thorough decisions through this whole process.”

Pace also said, “There’s a lot we see on tape, obviously, but there’s things we want to know more about the player.”

It seems obvious to me if Cutler were gone, getting to know him would be a waste of valuable time.

It also is worth noting Pace confirmed he had an meeting Wednesday with quarterback Josh McCown.

“I’ve known him over the

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Bears general manager Ryan Pace answers a question during a news conference Wednesday at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. years. We did meet with him this morning. I’ve always respected him as a person, an individual and also as a player.”

Asked if he was meeting with him as a potential starter or backup, Pace responded with his best Cheshire Cat grin, “I think he can be either.”

C’mon – after the fiasco in Tampa last season, would anyone project McCown as a starter?

But his career did peak as Cutler’s backup, best buddy and personal life coach.

It just feels as if the Cutler plan is one last whack at reclamation, because of circumstances out of desperation or a hope that the Lotto can be won.

Marshall, on the other hand, seems to be headed for the plank.

“We met with him like a lot of individual players, and that’s going to be a slow process and we look forward to evaluating that,” Pace said. “Sometimes, these reputations outside the building – you get inside, and it’s not what you expected. And I think we need to make our own decisions and our own judgments.”

Fair enough, but Pace also added, “There are a lot of things that happen with every NFL team. And, obviously,

those are things that occurred, and we’re analyzing that and researching those things. I know this – football needs to be the No. 1 priority, and we’re going to win a lot of games if we keep football our No. 1 priority.”

Does it strike anyone else that Marshall’s recent lobbying of at least one team in Baltimore for a job that included his weekly in-season TV hosting adventures halfway across the country might not fit that description?

So why is this taking so long?

Pace said, “I look at it like this: This is unique, us getting here together right now, the whole entire staff.

I feel like there is a time frame. I don’t want to not acknowledge that. There is a time frame. But I think it is intelligent and smart of us to utilize that entire time and be thorough with all these decisions.”

Fair enough. And how interesting is it that Cutler has gone underground, we assume focused on a possible future with the Bears, while Marshall is out and about working on everything but Pace’s No. 1 priority?

• Chicago Football editor Hub Arkush can be reached at harkush@shawmedia.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

Brass noncommittal on vets Briggs and Tillman

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com INDIANAPOLIS – Ryan Pace and John Fox don’t have to worry about being known as the general manager and head coach who cut Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman, but they might be the regime that doesn’t re-sign the longtime Bears.

Briggs will be 35 in November and has finished the past two seasons on injured reserve. Tillman turns 34 on Monday and is coming off his second straight season-ending triceps injury. Both players have expressed a desire to keep playing. But will it be in Chicago?

“We’ve talked to those guys. They’re great Chicago Bears. We’re still going through that,” Pace said Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. “Just like all the other guys, we’ve talked to them. And again, it’s a slow process. But we recognize great Chicago Bears, and that’s going to be a big decision for us.”

Fox also showed his respect for what Briggs and Tillman have contributed to the franchise but gave no indication if he wants either back with his new defense.

“I think any time you come to an organization and there’s been guys like a Charles Tillman, Lance Briggs, they’ve been great Bears and they’ve accomplished a lot,” he said.

“They’ve done a lot for our organization, our football team as well as our city. And so, going forward, I think you know sometimes, you just evaluate. But I would like to preface it by saying they’ve been great Bears and they’ve got our ownership’s and our organization’s deepest respect.”

Here are other notes from the first day of the combine from a Chicago perspective: • New Raiders coach Jack Del Rio spent the past three seasons as Fox’s defensive coordinator in Denver and ran Fox’s defense in Carolina in 2002. Here’s what he had to say about the new Bears

coach: “I think he’s a great people person. He trusts his coordinators to do their jobs, and he builds great relations with his players. I think those are basic hallmarks of what he brings. Good man to work for.”

• 49ers GM Trent Baalke addressed a report about Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase not getting the head coaching job in San Francisco because of a difference in opinion regarding the defensive staff.

“I didn’t read the reports, so I’m not familiar with what you’re talking about. But the job for the 49ers was offered to one person and one person only, and that’s Jim Tomsula,” he said.

Baalke said “there was an attempt” to keep Vic Fangio, who is the Bears’ defensive coordinator, but it “all depended on who the head coach was going to be.”

• Lane Tech alumnus Laken Tomlinson told a story about what got him started in football on the playground, before he got to high school.

“When I first got to Chicago, I didn’t know much about sports – basketball, football, anything,” he said. “Being introduced to the American culture and eating a lot of American food, I gained weight. My mom urged me to go out and do a sport. One of the sports that my uncle at the time recommended for me was American football.”

Tomlinson was asked what he wants to market to teams during the interview process at the combine.

“That I’m one [heck] of a player,” he said. “Making a choice in me is probably the best one they can make.

I want to come in and be an immediate starter and make an immediate impact on the team.”

• Iowa State tight end E.J. Bibbs said he looked up to Brian Urlacher and wanted to be a linebacker. The Bogan High School (south side of Chicago) alum said his experience at a Chicago Public School was “huge.”

RED WINGS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2 (SO)

NBA Bulls Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Indiana Toronto Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York Atlanta Washington Charlotte Miami Orlando

Central Division W L Pct 34 20 .630 33 22 .600 30 23 .566 21 33 .389 21 33 .389 Atlantic Division W L Pct 36 17 .679 21 31 .404 20 31 .392 12 41 .226 10 43 .189 Southeast Division W L Pct 43 11 .796 33 21 .611 22 30 .423 22 30 .423 17 39 .304

GB — 1½ 3½ 13 13 GB — 14½ 15 24 26 GB — 10 20 20 27

WESTERN CONFERENCE GB — 3 4 5 12 GB — 8 16 17 25 GB — 8½ 14½ 24½ 30

By JAY COHEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Tomas Tatar scored in regulation and in the shootout, leading Jimmy Howard and the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

Gustav Nyquist also scored in the tiebreaker for Detroit, which won for just the third time in 11 shootouts this season. Darren Helm had a goal and an assist, and Howard made 32 saves through overtime.

Jonathan Toews gave the Hawks the lead with a goal in the first round of the shootout, but Patrick Kane’s backhander went off the crossbar, and Patrick Sharp was stopped by Howard on the final attempt.

Brandon Saad and Kris Versteeg scored in regulation for Chicago, and Corey Crawford had 26 saves. The Hawks

dropped to 2-0-3 on their season-high, eight-game homestand.

The Original Six rivals again played a close game that featured a solid performance by each goalie. They exchanged goals in a 39-second span of the second, and then a 43-second stretch of the third.

The Red Wings grabbed the lead for the second time when Helm’s persistence in front of the net paid off. Helm’s shot from in close was knocked down by Hawks defenseman Brent Seabrook, but he stayed with the puck and scored his 13th goal as he was falling with 2:06 left in regulation.

With the crowd of 22,112 still buzzing after Helm’s play, the Hawks quickly tied it again. Versteeg’s slap shot from the top of the left circle went off Howard’s glove, over Toews and then off Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall’s right shoulder and stick for the dramatic goal at 18:37.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Nashville St. Louis Blackhawks Winnipeg Minnesota Dallas Colorado Anaheim Vancouver Calgary San Jose Los Angeles Arizona Edmonton

Central Division GP W L OT 57 39 12 6 57 37 16 4 58 35 18 5 59 30 19 10 56 28 21 7 57 27 22 8 57 24 22 11 Pacific Division GP W L OT 57 35 15 7 56 32 21 3 57 32 22 3 59 29 22 8 56 26 18 12 58 20 31 7 58 16 32 10

Pts 84 78 75 70 63 62 59

GF 175 179 174 165 155 179 149

GA 132 141 134 157 152 180 161

Pts 77 67 67 66 64 47 42

GF 169 158 166 165 155 131 135

GA 160 147 147 170 150 194 196

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts 57 37 16 4 78 59 35 18 6 76 56 32 14 10 74 56 28 20 8 64 56 25 19 12 62 56 23 23 10 56 58 23 30 5 51 57 16 37 4 36 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Islanders 58 38 19 1 77 N.Y. Rangers 55 34 16 5 73 Pittsburgh 57 32 16 9 73 Washington 58 31 17 10 72 Philadelphia 57 24 23 10 58 Columbus 55 25 27 3 53 New Jersey 57 22 26 9 53 Carolina 56 20 29 7 47 Montreal Tampa Bay Detroit Boston Florida Ottawa Toronto Buffalo

GF 152 191 163 147 138 159 162 105

GA 127 159 143 145 155 160 178 195

GF 188 174 162 171 153 147 126 127

GA 163 136 144 146 167 172 155 154

Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Washington, 6 p.m.

Florida at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Bulls at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Miami at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

Boston at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 9 :30 p.m.

Red Wings beat Hawks in shootout

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A live and exciting spirit

Plainfield Congregational UCC, new pastor happy to have found each other “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” Ultimately, any title will do.

PLAINFIELD – The Rev. “All movies are allegories Thom Parrott-Sheffer loves for Jesus,” Parrott-Sheffer cooking, playing the guitar, said. watching movies, collecting Parrott-Sheffer also played Mickey Mouse memorabilia, guitar for the church’s Blue traveling and kayaking in Christmas event in December places close to home.

2014 and his own installa“As soon as the weather tion Feb. 8, a treat for even gets warm,” Parrott-Sheffer Parrott-Sheffer, since carpal said, “the kayak goes on top of tunnel and pastoral duties the car and stays there.” had inhibited opportunities to These activities all equal play, he said. “ministry” for the newest Parrott-Sheffer took lespastor at Plainfield Consons in the late 1980s and then gregational United Church played with the worship band of Christ. Parrott-Sheffer at one of his previous churchincorporates his interests and es, until the evening service skills into his pastoral style, grew, increasing his pastoral and the people at Plainfield duties.

Congregational UCC are hapFavorite artists? Harry py he’s here.

Chapin and James Manley, he Sharon Kuzel, office mansaid. ager, said the church searched But wait. There’s more. for two years for the right Parrott-Sheffer plans to pastor after its former spiriserve his homemade chili tual leader retired. When the after services this Sunday and Photos provided search committee interviewed The Rev. Thom Parrott-Sheffer, the newest pastor at Plainfield Congregational United Church of Christ, said will offer a baked potato bar Parrott-Sheffer, Kuzel said it – also after Sunday services – he appreciates this church’s “incredible core values.” had a united reaction: Wow! on March 22.

“He is a person that is so A former parishioner even passionate about what he does His childhood was immersed presented Parrott-Sheffer with If you go in Sunday school and youth and is meant to do with his a coupon to take a culinary choir; at 12, he preached his life. He exudes confidence,” class at Kendall College, and a Q WHAT: Services at Plainfield first sermon. The one conKuzel said. “We just can’t former parishioner initiated Congregational UCC stant in his life was church, believe how fortunate we are Q WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Sunday During Parrott-Sheffer’s 100-piece he said. to have found him. He wants Mickey Mouse collections, Lent, also 6 p.m. Wednesday “I had this strong expeto be here as much as we want which now includes such rarQ WHERE: Plainfield Congregarience where I felt God was him.” ities as a 1940 Mickey Mouse tional UCC, 24020 W. Fraser Road, magazine, he said. laying on my heart what Parrott-Sheffer said he Plainfield he wanted me to do,” Parapplied for the position once Parrott-Sheffer’s interest Q VISIT: www.plainfielducc.org rott-Sheffer said. “I just went he learned a few things about in cooking began when he Q CALL: 815-436-9441 there and never looked back.” this church. and Joan – a retired chemiHe received his bachelor’s “There is a spirit here that cal engineer – first married. degree in philosophy from the is alive and exciting and not Joan worked long hours and University of Illinois at Urbaafraid of change. I wanted to Parrott-Sheffer was a student, effective on both sides,” na-Champaign, his master’s be part of that,” Parrott-ShefParrott-Sheffer said. “As long so he assumed the household of divinity from McCormick fer said. “They have incrediduties, including cooking. as I have things being done Theological Seminary in Chible core values and are open Today, whole cabinets in and they’re doing things, it’s Parrott-Sheffer plans to share his growing.” cago and his doctorate from and affirming of everyone, his kitchen contain only spicthe Church Divinity School of cooking skills with church memincluding the LGBT commues, including varieties from bers at upcoming events in Febru- Ministry style the Pacific in California. nity.”

India and Istanbul, where he Since then, Parrott-Sheffer ary and March. and Joan have traveled.

To foster that growth, led churches in California, Early days “When we went to India Parrott-Sheffer incorporates Ohio and the Chicago area. age – but he has one criterion Parrott-Sheffer said he clips from his 1,000-plus movie last January, we didn’t bring The length of time Parrottthat helps him decided. knew by age 17 he wanted to home any spices,” Parcollection into his sermons.

Sheffer stays in any one place “I stay at the church as be a pastor and has spent 34 rott-Sheffer said. “We had no Past titles include “The Mavaries – 10 to 15 years is averlong as my ministry is being of his 60 years in ministry. trix,” “The Wizard of Oz” and room to put them.”

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FAITH BRIEFS

FAITH CALENDAR Thursday

• Lunch and Learn – Noon to 1:30 p.m., Joliet Jewish Congregation, 250 N. Midland Ave., Joliet. Torah study. $5. RSVP at 815-741-4600.

• JCA Registration – Families with last names beginning with the letters A to L arrive at 6:30 p.m. and M-Z at 7:15 p.m., Joliet Catholic Academy, 1200 N. Larkin Ave., Joliet. Contact 815-741-0500 or admissions@jca-online.org.

SHOREWOOD – Holy Family Catholic School in Shorewood held its annual alumni Mass on Jan. 28.

After the liturgy, four high school students from Joliet Catholic Academy addressed the school and talked about their Holy Family experiences – family-like qualities, strong friendships and good education.

After refreshments, the guests visited classrooms, reminisced and posed for photos with teachers and enjoyed performances from current students.

Friday

• Family Services/Dairy Potluck – 6 p.m., Joliet Jewish Congregation, 250 N. Midland Ave., Joliet.

Choir will sing. RSVP at 815-7414600.

Saturday

JOLIET – Area boys and girls ages 9 through 14 participated in the local level of competition for the 2015 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship, which was held Jan. 24 at the St. Mary Alexander Nativity Gym in Gregurich Joliet.

The first-place winners from St. Mary Nativity in each age group will advance to the regional Emily competition.

Gregurich They are Alexander Gregurich, Alberto Perfecto (second year in a row to advance), Emily Gregurich (secMariela ond year in a Reyes row to advance) and Mariela Reyes.

dation up and helped complete another two houses to the roof beams. They painted two houses and dug a 6-foot wide, 8-feet long and 6-foot deep septic tank.

They spent time with the children of Bacolod City by playing soccer, basketball, making friendship bracelets and dancing together. The students celebrated Mass with the community and experienced a traditional Filipino meal, Boodle Fight, which is served on top of banana leaves.

Natalie Bayci, trip organizer for the Diocese of Joliet, accompanied Lewis University students David Bandish, Christopher Hueg, Jessica Kaluzny, Kamille Martinez, Kevin Nietzel, Jamie Palamkunnel and Lori Trousdal.

Visit www.lewisu.edu.

Lewis students part of Philippines mission trip

Joliet Franciscan sister in Brazil makes final vows

ROMEOVILLE – Seven Lewis University students were among the 28 volunteer participants in the sixth Joliet Diocesan University Mission Trip – Dec. 28, 2014, to Jan. 10, 2015 – to the Philippines working on various construction work projects.

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JOLIET – Sister Beatriz de Sousa professed her perpetual vows in the congregation Jan. 24 and became the newest proSister Beatriz fessed member of the Sisters de Sousa of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate.

De Sousa was born and raised in Brazil. In 2006, she joined the Irmãs Franciscanas (Franciscan Sisters), where she began to live with and minister among the Joliet Franciscan Sisters. The congregation had established its Brazilian Mission in 1963.

In 2010, Sister Beatriz professed her simple vows and officially became a member of the congregation. She was then referred to as “Sister” Beatriz.

As a teenager, she began to participate actively in her local parish.

Sister Dolores Zemont, president of the congregation, traveled to Brazil with Sister Dorothy Kinsella, who is serving as historian of the congregation, to participate in the final vow ceremony.

During this ceremony, Sister Beatriz professed vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and to be bound by the Constitutions of the Congregation, which were amended and approved Oct. 4, 1985, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

De Sousa will continue to minister as a teacher in Goiania, Brazil.

JCA announces its Illinois State Scholars

JOLIET – Thirty Joliet Catholic

Academy students from the graduating Class of 2015 have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars.

Selection is based on SAT, ACT or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores, and/or class rank at the end of the junior year.

The 2014-15 JCA Illinois State Scholars are Anthony Allen, Thomas Ambrosia, Robert Babich, Maxwell Brzostowski, Matthew Chignoli, Emily Demick, Michael Dow, Matthew Dubiel, Colin Egan, Marguerite Ernst, Joseph Frescura, Colleen Fritz, Francesca Gingoyon-Embrey, Aron Goeken, Emily Gorski, Rachel Kennedy, Chase Krumviede, Jacey Lambert, Ryan Lees, Connor McNulty, Alexandra Mihalakakos, Anne Mihelich, Laura Nalepka, Nina Penteris, Andrew Scordo, Adriana Trizna, Lukas Troha, Adam Wahl and Jack Warning.

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• Shabbat Services – 9 a.m., Joliet Jewish Congregation, 250 N. Midland Ave., Joliet. Call 815-7414600.

• Game Night – 7 p.m., Joliet Jewish Congregation, 250 N. Midland Ave., Joliet. Various games, refreshments. RSVP at 815-741-4600.

Sunday

• Religious/Hebrew School – 10 a.m., Joliet Jewish Congregation, 250 N. Midland Ave., RSVP at 815741-4600.

• Blini Luncheon – noon to 2 p.m., St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 1000 Barber Lane, Joliet. Fillings include cherry, cheese and smoked salmon. $5 to $9.

Tuesday

• Lent Service – 7 p.m., Mt. Ebal Missionary Baptist Church, 221 Cameron Ave., Lockport. Speaker: Minister Cedric Burkett of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Joliet. Call 815-838-6727.

• Enchilada Dinner order deadline – Event is 4 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, St. Mary Nativity School, 702 N. Broadway St., Joliet. Includes three enchiladas (chicken or cheese), beans, rice, salad. $6 a plate or two for $10. All orders carry-out. Preorders only. Call 815-815-722-8518; fax 815-726-4071.

Wednesday

• Joliet Gospel Choir – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Joliet Junior College Bridge, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet. Selections performed by JJC and Joliet High School gospel choirs.

Feb. 26

• Lunch and Learn – Noon to 1:30 p.m., Joliet Jewish Congregation, 250 N. Midland Ave., Joliet. Torah study. $5. RSVP at 815-741-4600.

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St Mary Magdalene

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127 S. Briggs St. Joliet 815-722-7653

Masses: Saturday Vigil......................4:00pm Sunday .... 8:00, 9:30, and 11:30 am Daily ..........Mon, Tu, Th, Fri.7:30 am Confessions .. Saturday 3:15 - 3:45 pm

www.stmarymagdalenechurch.com

ST. PETER EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL

Missouri Synod 310 N. Broadway, Joliet (815) 722-3567 www.stpeterjoliet.org www.stpeterschool-joliet.org Sunday Service at 8:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School and Bible Class at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Service on WJOL 1340 AM at 10 a.m.

Rev. Karl Hess, Pastor

ST. DENNIS CHURCH 1214 S. Hamilton St., Lockport Church Phone 815-838-2592 Sat.- 4:30pm Sun.- 7:30am, 9:15am, 11am www.saint-dennis.org

CHURCH OF ST. ANTHONY

100 N. Scott St., Joliet, IL 60432 815-722-1057 Weekday Masses 12:05pm Sunday Mass 9:30am Saturday Mass 4:00pm Holydays 12:05pm Our Mother of Perpetual Help Novena adoration following novena Every Tuesday following 12:05pm Mass Please Join Us! NEW PRAYER GARDEN COME SEE AFTER MASS Handicap Accessible Corner of Glenwood & Midland

353 N. Midland Ave., Joliet 815-725-4213 www.faithjoliet.com 8:30 Traditional Worship 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Contemporary Worship Pastor Rebekkah Lohrmann HISTORIC ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 416 N. Chicago St., Joliet 815-727-9378 Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 8:30, 10:00 & 11:30 a.m.

Weekdays 8:30 a.m. www.stjosephjoliet.org

LEMONT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 25 W. Custer, Lemont Church Phone & Prayer Hotline 630-257-5210 Rev. Kelly Van Sunday Worship 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Happy Hands Methodist Pre-School 630-257-3112 lemontumc@gmail.com

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

1000 S. Washington Street, Lockport (815) 838-1017 Rev. Joseph Kim, Pastor Sunday School 9:00 Young Womens Club 9:00 Worship 10:30 Coffee hour after worship Handicap Accessible Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.

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ST.JOHNVIANNEYCATHOLICCHURCH

401 Brassel, Lockport 1 Block So. of Bruce Rd. Church Phone 815-723-3291 Sat.-4:15 p.m., Sun.-9:30 a.m., 11:30 (Polish) Handicap access w/covered entry

Broadway & Ruby St., Joliet 815-726-4031 Masses: Saturday Vigil: 4:00 Sunday: 7:00, 10:30, 12:00 Noon & 5:30 p.m.

Weekday Mornings: (M,W,F) 8:30 a.m.

Church open daily for Eucharistic Adoration 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 12725 Bell Road • Lemont, IL 708.349.0454 • www.C1NAZ.org WORSHIP SERVICES For All Ages: Child - Teens - Adults Sat: 6 PM • Sun: 8:30 AM & 11:15 AM FX: FAMILY EXPERIENCE For kids grades 1-5 and their parents every Sunday at 10 AM NAZARENE PRESCHOOL www.c1naz.org/nazarene-preschool NAZARENE RECREATION 708.349.0460 • www.NAZREC.com

ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ROCKDALE The Traditional Latin Mass Diocese of Joliet SUNDAY 10:00am Monday – Friday 7:30am SATURDAY 4:15pm New Rite Mass (English) THURSDAYS 6:00pm Holy Hour with Benediction LENT - FRIDAY 6:30pm Stations of the Cross

Come pray the Mass of all time.

(Latin/English Missal Booklets provided)

For complete Mass Schedule Visit: jolietlatin.org

ST. EDWARD AND CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

206 N. Midland Joliet, IL 60435 www.SECEC.net (815) 725-6800 7:30 & 9:30 AM Sundays All are welcome to belong and become Everyone is invited to communion at God's table MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH L.C.M.C.

Jefferson St. & Houbolt Rd., Joliet 815.741.4488 Sunday Morning Worship: 8:00 & 9:30 Traditional 11:00 Family Praise & Worship Sunday School: 9:30 Christian Education for Adults & Children

Wednesday Evening Worship: 7:15 Rev. David Nygard, Senior Pastor Pr. Kurt Hoover,Assoc. Pastor Pr. David Stier,Youth Pastor

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH

410 S. Jefferson St., Lockport 815-838-0187 Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 & 11:45 a.m.

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1910 Black Road Joliet, IL 60435 (815) 725-1606

Call Kelly at 815-280-4111 to share your worship times

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

How does declarer take those tricks?

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Elvis Stojko, a three-time world figure skating champion from Canada, said, “I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.”

There is hardly a bridge deal that goes by without at least one finesse being attempted. Sometimes, though, how that finesse is approached can be key. In today’s deal, how should South play in three no-trump? West leads the heart five. East wins with his queen and returns the suit to dummy’s now-bare ace.

South’s two-no-trump rebid shows 18 or 19 high-card points (or a great 17 or poor 20) and is in principle game-forcing. The responder then has the three-level to investigate strains other than no-trump and, perhaps, to start a slam investigation.

Since the lead has removed dummy’s only fast entry, South cannot use dummy’s diamonds. Instead, he must hope to take one spade, one heart, three diamonds and four clubs. To get those club tricks, though, might require taking three club finesses.

Declarer must stay in the dummy throughout. First, he must run the club nine. When that wins, he continues with the club queen. Then East has no defense.

Note, though, that if South starts with dummy’s club queen, East can defeat the contract by playing low to this trick. Then what does declarer do? If he follows suit with his club three, he must take the second club trick in his hand and cannot finesse for a third time.

Or, if he unblocks his 10 or jack, then leads dummy’s nine, East can cover with his queen. East’s eight will beat declarer’s three on the fourth round of the suit.

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Here’s the bottom line: If you need a quick surge of energy, it’s OK to have an occasional energy drink – no more than one a day. But this shouldn’t be a daily or long-term practice. If you’re dragging, it’s far better to drink a single cup of coffee or tea.

Better yet, try these proven nutritional, exercise and lifestyle strategies to help you feel more energized: • Eat small meals and snacks every few hours rather than three large meals a day.

• Drink plenty of water.

• Exercise regularly.

• Get a good night’s sleep.

• Reduce stress with relaxation techniques such as deep breathing and meditation.

As you’ve heard me say more than once in this column: Most food or drink that’s unhealthy when used regularly is OK to consume occasionally. That’s surely true of energy drinks.

Unfortunately, most of my patients who have turned to increasingly available energy drinks in recent years do not use them just occasionally.

The drinks tend to become a crutch, a habit. If that’s happened with you, I’d strongly urge you to slowly scale back the number of energy drinks you consume each week, with a goal of getting below one a week.

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Lately, I’ve been drinking an energy drink in the afternoon to get through the day. My husband thinks this is dangerous.

Is he right?

Dear Reader: I’m sure many readers can relate to the mid-afternoon slump. It’s no wonder energy drinks and shots have become the fastest-growing category in the beverage industry.

What gives energy drinks their jolt is good old-fashioned caffeine. It occurs naturally in coffee, tea, cocoa and chocolate, and is added to energy drinks and some soft drinks. Caffeine is a stimulant. When you consume a food or drink that contains it, your brain cells fire messages more quickly, improving concentration and reaction time.

The heart pumps blood faster and more forcefully, increasing your physical energy.

People who regularly consume caffeine develop a tolerance for it – they need to keep increasing their intake to get the same effect. People can become so dependent on caffeine they feel rundown when they don’t get enough.

Energy drinks can contain up to 242 milligrams (mg) of caffeine a serving. In comparison, a 5- to 8-ounce cup of coffee contains roughly 100 mg of caffeine. A 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola has 50 mg.

Most energy drinks also contain lots of sugar. Together with the caffeine, this can lead to a jolt of energy and then a crash (just like eating a candy bar). Energy drinks also contain a mix of herbs and other substances that are marketed as “energy boosters,” though they haven’t actually been proven to increase energy.

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Dear Abby: I need help! I have shoplifted several times.

I was caught and have a police record. I am a grandparent. I know it’s wrong, and I don’t do it all the time.

Is this a mental disorder, or am I just being stupid? If I know this is wrong, why do I keep doing it? And where do I start to look for help? – Sticky

Blondie

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Real Life Adventures

people shoplift because they are criminals, some do it for “thrills” and others do it to make up for something else that is missing in their lives. Because you know what you are doing is wrong, would like to understand your compulsion and want to stop, the person to discuss this with is a psychologist.

Your physician can refer you to one, or contact your state psychological association to find someone in your area.

Dear Abby: My girlfriend and I have called it quits after three years. Distance was the main reason. It wasn’t a bad breakup, but it’s still a difficult transition for both of us. She would rather we not see or speak to each other for a while to let things heal.

Her birthday is coming up soon, and I don’t feel right not acknowledging it. Her special day means a lot to her, and I still love and respect her for who she is. Is sending a card and gift appropriate, or should I just leave her be? –

Distance Was The Reason Dear Distance: Send a

birthday card and tell her because the day is special, you couldn’t let it pass unacknowledged. It shouldn’t be necessary to send a gift in light of the fact that you are no longer a couple.

Dear Abby: My daughter is getting married in September. In June, she’s planning to have a bachelorette party in Mexico.

My husband and I have never been to Mexico and

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips thought, “Why not kill two birds with one stone?”

Because I’m afraid of flying, I want my husband and son also to go to Mexico, but stay at a different resort. The party is only for three days, so when everyone else goes home, my husband and I will extend our stay.

I have gone on girl vacations to Las Vegas before, where my husband has traveled with me and then gone and done his own thing.

We would meet up after the girl vacation. I don’t see a problem with his traveling to Mexico, but my daughter absolutely objects. What do you think? – No Problem In

Colorado Dear No: Could this be a

telltale warning sign of a budding bridezilla? Your daughter appears to be making a problem where none exists. If your husband and son will stay at a different resort, they might as well be back in the states. That they are in Mexico shouldn’t inconvenience or inhibit your daughter at all.

Happy New Year to my Asian readers: The Lunar New Year begins today. This year is the year of the goat. People born in the year of the goat are gentle, serene, calm and mild-mannered. They are creative, persevering, resilient and possess excellent defensive skills. They prefer to be in groups and work in teams and, I am told, they can be flirtatious. A happy, healthy and prosperous new year to all who celebrate it. –

Love, Abby

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PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 1683 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT 1740 CATON FARM ROAD FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, the City of Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois (“City”), is a municipal corporation operating under the laws of the State of Illinois; and

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WHEREAS, the City has determined that a portion of a parcel at 1740 Caton Farm Road (“Property”) is necessary for roadway improvements along Caton Farm Road; and WHEREAS, the City negotiated with Dumar, LLC (the “Seller”) to purchase the property under certain terms and conditions; and WHEREAS, the City has agreed to purchase and the Seller has agreed to sell the property described as a portion of the common address of 1740 Caton Farm Road, Property Tax Identification Number 11-04-30-400-020, for an amount of Three Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($395,000.00) and other consideration, pursuant to a Settlement Agreement in Lieu of Condemnation (the “Agreement”) a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit “A”; and WHEREAS, the Crest Hill City Council has determined that the purchase of the Property by the City and its use for City purposes, including roadway improvements, will provide benefit to the public in perpetuity.

NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois, as follows: SECTION 1:

The preamble of this Ordinance is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth in this Section 1, as findings of the City Council of the City of Crest Hill, Illinois

SECTION 2:

The Contract for the purchase of the Property is hereby adopted in substantially the form attached hereto as “Exhibit A” with any modifications thereto as approved by the City Attorney.

SECTION 3:

The City Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to sign the Contract on behalf of the City. The City Administrator and the City Attorney are hereby authorized to execute any additional documents necessary for the purchase of the Property.

SECTION 4:

Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason , the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 5:

Repealer. All ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

SECTION 6:

This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and publication according to law.

PASSED THIS 16th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2015.

Alderman John Vershay Alderman Scott Dyke Alderwoman Claudia Gazal Alderwoman Barbara Sklare Alderwoman Tina Oberlin Alderwoman Candis Thuringer Alderman Charles Convery Alderman Tom Inman Mayor Raymond R. Soliman

Aye X X X X X X X X

Nay

Absent

/s/ Vicki L. Hackney, City Clerk APPROVED THIS 16 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2015 th

/s/ Raymond R. Soliman, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Vicki L. Hackney, City Clerk (Published in the Herald-News February 18, 19, 2015) HN 1732

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PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF ROMEOVILLE WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The Village of Romeoville will receive sealed proposals for the following improvement project at the Village Clerk's office, 1050 West Romeo Road, Romeoville, Illinois 60446 until 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, March 10th, 2015.

BUDLER ROAD RECREATIONAL TRAIL – PHASE 3 PUBLIC WORKS DRIVEWAY NORTH 589 FEET Proposals will be publicly read aloud at the Romeoville Village Hall Training Room V102 at 9:01 A.M on Tuesday March 10th, 2015. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of the proposals without the consent of the Mayor and Board of Trustees, Village of Romeoville for a period of forty-five (45) days after the scheduled time of closing of the receipt of bids.

All proposals shall be sealed in an envelope, addressed to the Village of Romeoville, 1050 West Romeo Road, Romeoville, IL 60446, Attn: Village Clerk. The name and address of the bidder, the name of the project, and the statement “SEALED BID” shall also appear on the outside of the envelope. Proposals must be submitted on the forms provided by the Engineer.

The Contract Documents, including specifications, are on file at the office of the Engineer, Robinson Engineering, Ltd., 10045 West Lincoln Highway, Frankfort Illinois 60423-1267, and may be obtained from the Engineer's office upon payment of Eighty-Five Dollars ($85.00) per each paper copy and Ten Dollars ($10.00) per each CD (in pdf format). The contract documents will be issued until 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6th, 2015. No refund will be made for documents received from the Engineer.

A bid bond or certified check/bank draft drawn on a solvent bank, payable without condition to the Village of Romeoville in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the bid shall be submitted with each proposal, as a guarantee that, if the proposal is accepted, a contract will be entered into and the performance of the contract is properly secured.

A performance bond in a sum equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the bid, with sureties to be approved by the Village of Romeoville for the faithful performance of the contract, must be furnished by the successful bidder. All bids or proposals shall contain an offer to furnish bond upon acceptance of such bid or proposal.

The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals, to waive technicalities, to postpone the bid opening, or to advertise for new proposals, if in the judgment of the Village of Romeoville their best interests will be promoted thereby.

The contractor will be required to pay not less than the prevailing wage rates on this project as established by the United States Department of Labor. He shall also comply with all applicable Federal, State and local regulations.

Pre-qualifications will be required to be submitted to the Engineer by all potential bidders. If in the opinion of the Engineer and the Village of Romeoville, an applicant would not be able to serve the best interest of the Village, a proposal will not be issued to the applicant.

Village of Romeoville Will County, State of Illinois (Published in the Herald-News February 18, 19, 20, 2015) JHN 1725

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF vs.

RAMAKRISHNAN N. RISHINARATHAMANGALAM; WINCHESTER PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS 14 CH 2063 PUBLICATION NOTICE

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, RAMAKRISHNAN N. RISHINARATHAMANGALAM; WINCHESTER PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: UNIT 44-202-C AND GARAGE SPACE G202C IN WINCHESTER PLACE CONDOMINIUM NO. 1 AS DELINEATED ON THE SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING: LOT A AND LOTS 29 TO 41, BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN ILLINOIS SERVICE CORPORATIONS'S OLD FARM UNIT 12 PHASE NO. 1 SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL

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MERIDIAN, IN DUPAGE COUNTY AND THAT PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AS DOCUMENT NO. R8639131 AND RECORDED IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS AS DOCUMENT NO. R86-29073, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED TO DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUMS AND OF RESTRICTIONS, EASEMENTS, COVENANTS AND BY-LAWS FOR WINCHESTER PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION MADE BY ILLINOIS SERVICE CORPORATION RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AS DOCUMENT NO. R86-67120, RECORDED IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS AS DOCUMENT NO. R86-29075, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. COMMON ADDRESS: 2262 Petworth Court., Unit 202C, Naperville, IL 60565 P.I.N.: 12-02-06-201-008-1008 and which said mortgage was signed by RAMAKRISHNAN N. RISHINARATHAMANGALAM, mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Home Loan Center, Inc., d/b/a Lending Tree loans, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County as Document No. R2008053309; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Will County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on March 19, 2015 at 1:30 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. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Will County at Will County Court House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on or before the March 16, 2015, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

PAMELA J. MCGUIRE Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710

Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 14 0753 I643920 (Published in the Herald-News February 12, 19, 26, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY-STATE OF ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FRE1 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES PLAINTIFF VS. MICAELA VALDERRAMA, MICHAEL P. DAUGHERTY, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS DEFENDANTS Property Address: 415 Glen Ave Romeoville, IL 60446 14 CH 2791 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 NON-RECORD 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 11 IN BLOCK 6, IN HAMPTON PARK, SUBDIVISION NO.3, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 33, AND THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 3, 1959, IN PLAT BOOK 31, PAGES 55 AND 56, AS DOCUMENT NO. 872683, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.: 02-33-405-011 COMMON ADDRESS: 415 Glen Ave, Romeoville, IL 60446 And which mortgages were made by Micaela Valderrama and Michael P. Daugherty, as Mortgagor(s); and given to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fremont Investment & Loan as Mortgagee; to wit: that certain "Mortgage" dated April 10, 2006, and recorded as Document No.R2006091644, 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 March 23, 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION. ESTATE OF TERRY R. KOHN, DECEASED. NO. 2014 P 740 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of Office were issued to Michelle Kohn, 2018 Limestone Lane, Carpentersville, IL 60110, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is Jahnke, Sullivan & Toolis LLC, 10075 W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, IL 60423.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk in the River Valley Justice Center, 3208 McDonough Street, Joliet, IL, or with the representative, or both, on or before August 19, 2015, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, A the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the L representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been L filed.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A PLAINTIFF VS MEENA SAHAY; GIRISH N SAHAY A/K/A GIRISH SAHAY; HANMI BANK thatS/I/I TO MUTUAL BANK; AMERICAN CONCEPTS, INC.; BUSINESS UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; DEFENDANTS 157 PLAINVIEW DRIVE BOLINGBROOK, IL 60440 15 CH 00125 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, AMERICAN BUSINESS CONCEPTS, INC. C/O ROY J SIEMENIAK; 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: LOT 214, IN CINNAMON CREEK UNIT NO. 5, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOTS 4 AND 5 IN SCHOOL TRUSTEES SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE

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: LOTS 17 AND 18 IN GOODSPEED AND KEITH`S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF BLOCK 131 IN SCHOOL SECTION ADDITION TO JOLIET, IN THE WEST 1/2 OF SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 21, 1891, PLAT BOOK 7, PAGE 28, AS DOCUMENT NO. 162482, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 716 River Road, Joliet, IL 60436 PIN: 30-07-16-432-018 said Mortgage was given by Frederick D. King and Glynis E King, Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Services, Inc., Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, as Document No. Illinois, R2000082718.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on February 26, 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 March 23, 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 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W14-2992 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com PUBLIC NOTICE I645061 (Published in the Herald-News "THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO February 19, 26, 2015 March 5, COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY 2015) INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W14-2992 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COUNTY DEPARTMENT, THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CHANCERY DIVISION WILL COUNTY-STATE OF ILLINOIS Bank of America, N.A.; Plaintiff, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL VS. TRUST, COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE Frederick D. King; Glynis E King; FOR THE HOLDERS OF HSI ASSET Grove Dental; Unknown Heirs and SECURITIZATION CORPORATION Legatees of Frederick D. King, if TRUST 2007-HE1, MORTGAGE any; Unknown Heirs and Legatees PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, of Glynis E King, if any; Unknown SERIES 2007-HE1, PLAINTIFF Owners and Non Record VS. Claimants; Defendants.

ROBERT S. CURTIS A/K/A ROB Judge Daniel Rippy CURTIS, JEAN M. CURTIS, MORT15 CH 26 GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION NOTICE BY PUBLICATION SYSTEMS, INC., BMO HARRIS The requisite affidavit for publi- BANK, N A., F/K/A NLSB BANK, cation having been filed, notice is WALKER COUNTRY ESTATES hereby given to you: NORTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCA-Frederick D. King TION, UNKNOWN OWNERS, -Glynis E King GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD that Plaintiff has commenced CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 14, 1972 AS DOCUMENT NO. R72-23435, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 157 PLAINVIEW DRIVE BOLINGBROOK, IL 60440 and which said Mortgage was made by, MEENA SAHAY; GIRISH N SAHAY A/K/A GIRISH SAHAY; Mortgagor (s), to WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of WILL County, Illinois, as Document No. 08097724; 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, Pamela J. McGuire Clerk of the Court 14 W Jefferson Suite 212 Joliet, Illinois 60432 on or before March 23, 2015 A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Circuit Court, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on March 24, 2015 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. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR MEDIATION WILL BE TERMINATED. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1410365 I645704 (Published in the Herald-News February 19, 26, 2015 March 5, 2015)

Property Address: 1562 Edmonds Avenue New Lenox, IL 60451 15 CH 00075 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 NON-RECORD 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 18 IN WALKERS AND COUNTRY ESTATES NORTH PHASE II, UNIT 1, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RECORDED JUNE 8, 2000 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 22000061233, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS P.I.N. 08-10-204-026-0000 COMMON ADDRESS: 1562 EDMONDS AVENUE, NEW LENOX, IL 60451 And which mortgages were made by Robert S. Curtis a/k/a Rob Curtis and Jean M. Curtis, as Mortgagor(s); and given to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC. as Mortgagee; to wit: that certain "Mortgage" dated October 30, 2006, and recorded as Document No.R2006187016, 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 March 23, 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 S. Pervaiz - 6290442 Kluever & Platt, LLC 65 E. Wacker Place, Ste. 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 201 6679 Attorney No. 06187248 Our File #: SPSF.1989 I642940 (Published in the Herald-News February 19, 26, 2015 March 5, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WILL

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of EARL J. D'AMICO, Deceased.

NO. 15 P 14 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given to creditors, of the death of EARL J. D'AMICO. Letters of Office were issued to GIANNA D'AMICO BARONE, whose address is 928 Grand Boulevard, Joliet, Illinois, as Executor whose attorney of record is PAUL V. BOETTO, 167 N. Ottawa Street, Suite 202, Joliet, IL 60432. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Will County Courthouse, 14 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432, or with the representative, or both, on or before the 19th day August, 2015, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in the notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

GIANNA D'AMICO BARONE, Executor for EARL J. D'AMICO, Deceased By: BOETTO & BOETTO ATTORNEYS AT LAW 167 N. OTTAWA ST., #202 JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60432 (Published in the Herald-News February 19, 26, March 5, 2015.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The Board of Education of Plainfield Community Consolidated School District No. 202 invites qualified vendors to submit a Request for Proposal on Athletic Trainers until 10:00 am, Monday, March 2, 2015. At that time, proposals will be publicly opened at Plainfield School District 202 Administration Center, 15732 Howard Street, Plainfield, Illinois. Proposal specifications may be obtained at the Administration Center between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm or download from the District website, http://www.psd202.org.

Sealed proposals should be submitted to the attention of Rick Engstrom, Plainfield School District No. 202, 15732 Howard Street, Plainfield, IL 60544.

(Published in the Herald-News February 19, 2015.) HN 1743

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Office of Ed. In Will County, IL will hold the following Public Hearings on Mon., March 2, 2015 at Reg. Office of Ed., 702 W. Maple St. in New Lenox, IL for the purpose of allowing the school districts to refrain from participating in the mandatory breakfast program as required by Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 126/15.

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All persons living in the above districts may appear at the Public Hearing and will be given an opportunity to be heard.

(Published in the Herald-News February 19, 2015.) JHN 1729

The Herald-News Classified 877-264-2527

PUBLIC NOTICE SECTION 00100 ADVERTISEMENT TO BID WELL 4 REPAIRS CONTRACT 1-2015 CITY OF CREST HILL, ILLINOIS The City of Crest Hill, Illinois, will receive sealed Bids for Well 4 Repairs until 11 A.M., local time, March 9, 2015, at the City Hall, 1610 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill, IL 60403, at which time the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids shall be marked “Sealed BidWell 4 Repairs-Contract 12015.”

The Work includes removing a submersible well pump, videotaping of and cleaning the well, iron filter repairs, and pump repairs.

Complete digital Project Bidding Documents are available at www.strand.com or at www.questcdn.com. Download the digital Bidding Documents for $35 by inputting Quest project number 3692768 on the website's Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233 1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance with free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. All Bidders submitting a sealed Bid shall obtain the Bidding Documents from QuestCDN.com or from Strand Associates, Inc.® Bidding Documents may be reviewed and paper copies may be obtained from the issuing office, which is Strand Associates, Inc.®, 1170 Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL 60431. A nonrefundable fee of $150 will be required.

Bidders are required to comply with all requirements as listed in the Information for Bidders and the Bid. The City of Crest Hill reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or to waive technical errors or omissions in the submitted proposals. The Contract shall be subject to the provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act to the extent required by law.

A prebid conference will be held at 10 A.M., local time, on February 27, 2015, at the Well 4 site, 222 Webb Street, Crest Hill, IL 60403. Bidders are encouraged to attend and participate in the conference.

The Strand Associates, Inc.® project manager is Timothy Juskiewicz, P.E., who can be contacted at Strand Associates, Inc.®, 1170 South Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL 60431, (815) 744 4200 regarding the project.

Published by the authority of the City of Crest Hill Ray Soliman, Mayor Dated at Crest Hill, Illinois February 18, 2015 (Published in the Herald-News February 19, 2015) JHN 1733

PUBLIC NOTICE

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Certificate #29706 was filed in Certificate #29690 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will the office of the County Clerk of Will County on January 27, 2015 County on January 22, 2015 wherein the business firm of wherein the business firm of AD SERVICES

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Located at 14863 High Road, Lockport, IL 60441 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Audrius Davidavicius 14863 High Road Lockport, IL 60441

Located at 109 Dante Ct., Shorewood, IL 60404 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Scott M. Hill 109 Dante Ct. Unit S Shorewood, IL 60404

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have Claude J. Hill hereunto set my hand and Official 109 Dante Ct. Unit N Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, Shorewood, IL 60404 this 21st day of January, 2015.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have Nancy Schultz Voots hereunto set my hand and Official Will County Clerk Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 22nd day of January, 2015.

(Published in the Herald-News February 5, 12, & 19, 2015.

Nancy Schultz Voots HN1679) Will County Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE Certificate #29692 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will County on January 22, 2015 wherein the business firm of PROGRESSIVE CONSULTING Located at 3730 Bergstrom Street, Joliet, IL 60431was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Richard J. Ternes 3730 Bergstrom Street Joliet, IL 60431 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 22nd day of January, 2015.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk (Published in the Herald-News February 5, 12, & 19 2015) HN1687

PUBLIC NOTICE Certificate #29727 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will County on February 4, 2015 wherein the business firm of FIRST CALL HEATING & AIR Located at 10 Dover Avenue, Romeoville, IL 60446 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Jose Rosales 10 Dover Avenue Romeoville, IL 60446 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 4th day of February, 2015.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk (Published in The Herald-News February 12, 19, 26, 2015) HN1707

(Published in the Herald-News January 25, February 1, 8, 2015.

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