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Statewide soda tax proposed Will County Board member calls it ‘stupid’

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com Shoppers could pay more for soda and other sugary drinks under a statewide obesity tax proposed by a Chicago lawmaker.

The legislation proposed last week would place a pennyper-ounce excise tax on sugary drinks sold in sealed containers, and is designed to fight obesity, according to state Sen. Mattie Hunter, D-Chicago, the bill’s sponsor.

Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea.

Will County Board Member Steve Balich, R-Homer Glen, argues the move is just another ploy to raise taxes and that it hardly fixes the issue of childhood obesity.

“OK, so they tax us on cigarettes. They tax us on soda.

What’s the next thing they’re going to tax us on? The air we breathe?” said Balich, of Homer Glen. “I think it’s stupid.”

The proposal calls for a penny-per-ounce tax on drinks with caloric sweeteners such as sweet teas, energy drinks and soda, along with the syrups and powders within them.

Supporters say the price increase would reduce consumption, and in turn, reduce childhood obesity.

“A study in Illinois found that in just one year, the excise tax could lead to a 9.3 percent reduction of childhood obesity,

Steve Balich Will County board member, R-Homer Glen

could reduce 3,400 new cases of diabetes, and may save taxpayers more than $150 million in state and private healthcare spending,” according to a news release issued Wednesday from the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity.

Mark Denzler, associate vice president of the Illinois Manufacturers Association, said the tax equates to about $2.88 per 24-pack of soda – a large enough increase that would take consumers to other states to make their purchases, as they did when the state increased taxes on cigarettes.

“Two-thirds of Illinois lives within 50 miles of the border.

If you’ve got a person who gets 2 or 3 cases of soda a week, they’ll drive to Indiana to save $10 bucks,” Denzler said. “And while they’re there, they’ll fill up on gas and spend their money elsewhere.”

Hunter and other supporters held a news conference to formally introduce the bill at the state capitol Wednesday.

The proposal is estimated to raise more than $600 million

to put toward a wide variety of health care and preventive initiatives. Half of the revenue generated would go toward supporting Medicaid, including the restoration of oral health services that were cut last year, according to a news release.

Balich argued taxing sodas and other sugary drinks does not get to the heart of the childhood obesity problem – things such as portion control and health eating habits.

“If a kid is fat, it’s from eating McDonald’s. It’s from eating 15 McDonald’s burgers instead of one. Yet no one is talking about taxing McDonald’s or saying you can’t eat there,” Balich said. “If a kid eats three Big Macs from McDonald’s, he’s going to get fat.”

Balich said a tax isn’t going to keep people from drinking sugary drinks, citing New York City’s recent controversial citywide ban on the sale of sugared beverages larger than 16 ounces at restaurants, movie theaters, food carts and sports arenas.

“So in New York [City], you can’t have a pop that’s more than 16 ounces because you’re going to get fat?” Balich said. “But if someone orders a pop, they pay for it once, but then they turn around and they’re thirsty again, so they buy another. You end up with the same amount of pop, but there’s two sets of taxes on it.”

The bill is Senate Bill 3524.

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ON THE COVER Propane specialist Walter Smith of Heritage FS, Inc. begins to uncoil a hose Feb. 12 while make a propane deliver to a farm in Wilmington.

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“What’s the next thing they’re going to tax us on? The air we breathe?”

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JOLIET – Sunny Hill Nursing Home has added a buffet and renovated kitchen.

The improvements are the latest phase of what was described as the biggest renovation project at the county-owned nursing home.

The Illinois Department of Public Health inspected and approved the renovations last week. The improvements are phase three of a multi-year renovation at Sunny Hill, located

at 421 Doris Ave. While renovations were ongoing, nursing home staff had been working in a trailer behind the facility about a third of the size of a regular kitchen and wheeling food into the building, Will County Board Member Joseph Babich, D-Joliet, said. Babich commended the staff for working around the ongoing construction, adding that the four-phase project, which began in 2004, is the biggest at the county-owned nursing home since its inception in 1970.

It will take about two weeks to get the new kitchen into operation, according to a news release.

As part of the project, five of six residential units and the front lobby have been renovated; a new generator was installed along with exterior and roofing repairs.

The project also includes a new therapy room, classroom, activity and nursing suites and offices.

A third, larger project, the courtyard, is scheduled to open in May.

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Prices coming down; could be good news for grilling season

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com

• Monday, February 24, 2014

Relief is coming for consumers affected by propane shortages this winter, but some officials expect the problems won’t cease until the season is over.

That means any drop in prices could be too late for rural households using propane for heat, but it could be good news when outdoor chefs turn on gas grills in the spring.

Mollie O’Dell, spokeswoman for the National Propane Gas Association, said the release of a half million barrels of propane has helped stabilize supply shortages in the Midwest, along with moderating the wholesale prices of propane.

On Feb. 12, association officials announced more than 500,000 barrels of propane were released to the Midwest and Northwest as a result of an order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

But it may not completely resolve the many challenges propane suppliers and homeowners face this winter.

“Until this winter is over, we anticipate supply will remain tight in the Midwest,” O’Dell said.

Since the winter season began, the Midwest region has been affected by propane supply shortages, distribution challenges and, for some consumers, higher prices for propane than normal.

Large wet crops in the fall that demanded high propane use led to homeowners finding themselves with a tight supply for themselves during a winter filled with record subzero temperatures and snowfall.

Officials with the U.S. Department of Energy said the cold weather led to record-high natural gas storage and propane withdrawals.

In an effort to provide relief, Gov. Pat Quinn declared a propane supply emergency statewide in January, which allowed for truck drivers to drive out of state to receive propane.

Propane shortages have continued to be a problem for

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UNTIL THIS WINTER IS OVER, WE ANTICIPATE SUPPLY WILL REMAIN TIGHT IN THE MIDWEST.”

ABOVE: Propane specialist Walter Smith of Heritage FS, Inc. checks the gauge on a 500-gallon tank Feb. 12 while making a propane delivery to a farm in Wilmington.

LEFT: A gauge measuring the propane level on a tank is seen while specialist Walter Smith of Heritage FS, Inc. makes a delivery.

Mollie O’Dell, spokeswoman for the National Propane Gas Association

suppliers and consumers in Will and Grundy counties.

About 250 residents in Will County receive their propane through Kankakee-based Heritage FS, Inc. which provides not only propane but petroleum, grain and other agricultural products.

While the customers are locked into plans, which operations manager Denny Glotzbach said the company has honored since the issues began, about 20 percent of them pay out of pocket and likely felt

the brunt of the rising prices.

The retail price on propane was about $2.35 a gallon at the beginning of January and spiked to $5.06 a gallon toward the end of the month, Glotzbach said. The price went down in the middle of February to $3.63 a gallon, he said.

“Odds are over these next few weeks we’ll continue to see that price improve and get affordable,” he said. “Unfortunately, it’s still expensive for the average homeowner.”

Because local terminals

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ran out of propane in January, Glotzbach said they needed to send trucks to Mississippi to receive more. They managed to replenish.

Tasha Bunting, manager of the Grundy County Farm Bureau, said the propane issues in Grundy County seem to be easing up because of the loosened restrictions with truck drivers traveling out of state for more propane.

As with the National Propane Gas Association, Bunting said one of the biggest prob-

lems that led to the propane shortage was farmers using propane-fueled grain dryers to dry the high number of crops.

The amount of propane needed for the current winter season wasn’t enough, she said.

“It’s been so cold for so long throughout the U.S that more people are needing to use propane for a longer time, and it’s creating a shortage because there’s not a lot available,” she said.

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LOCAL NEWS Area boys attend leadership event

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Largest turnout yet for program

BY BILL WIMBISCUS bwimbiscus@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Boys from 22 schools were given insight on what it will take for them to become men at the Will County Regional Office of Education’s Boys Leadership Conference.

The half-day program on Friday included a fitness demonstration from Joliet West High School’s ROTC and leadership presentations from a variety of local leaders at the high school’s McDonough Street administration center.

“Right now you are forming what kind of men you will be,” Tim Loatman, director of academic services with Rasmussen College’s Collegis Education, told some of the 148 seventh-, eighth-, ninth- and 10th-graders attending the event.

Loatman highlighted six key values of successful men: grit to work strenuously, resilience to not quit, hope to stay positive, vision to have a goal in life, self-regulation to control one’s thoughts and actions and empathy to understand how other people feel.

“Most of these traits will not be found on a job description,” Loatman said. “They are all inherent. They all go without saying.”

Key to a successful life is bring prepared, said Christopher Isit, district director with the Rainbow Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

“Believe it or not, you’re going to lead at some point in

your life,” Isit told the boys, and then pointed out a missed opportunity.

“I just held the door open as 80 of you walked in the room and not one of you said ‘thank you,’ ” Isit said. “If the first kid who had walked in had said thanks, what would the rest of you have done?”

Friday’s turnout was the largest yet for the annual leadership program, now in its fourth year, said Paula Earls, educational outreach coordinator for the regional office.

The program alternates between boys and girls each year, she said.

Boys attending the program seemed enthusiastic about the event – and not just because of the ROTC calisthenics and pizza lunch.

“This whole thing has been a huge treat,” said Justin Legeski, a seventh-grader at Lukancic Middle School in Romeoville. “The leadership presentation was really interesting.”

Classmate Daniel Dally agreed.

“This is one of the most energetic programs I’ve ever been involved with,” Dally said.

Teaching students how to make wise decisions is the key focus of the event, said Shawn Walsh, regional school superintendent.

“These are the formative years of their lives,” Walsh said. “It’s the decisions that they make now that will affect the rest of their lives.”

“Right now you are forming what kind of men you will be.”

Tim Loatman Director of academic services with Rasmussen College’s Collegis Education

ABOVE: Dominick Baraico, 9, leans away from a Burmese Python Saturday while Evan Smith, 9, laughs.

The sixth annual “Cabin Fever” event Saturday at Martino Junior High School in New Lenox offered young people pizza, crafts, games and a show put on by the Traveling World of Reptiles. The event was sponsored by the New Lenox Police Department, New Lenox Community Park District, Target Corp., and Suburban Bank and Trust.

LEFT: Hadley Nickel, 11, from New Lenox, aims for a bucket at the bucket toss game during Cabin Fever at Martino Junior High School.

Photos by John Patsch for Shaw Media

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Ice on the lower Susquehanna River in Maryland began to break on Feb. 24, 1852.

During the preceding 40 days, an ice bridge across the river had been used for the crossing of 1,378 loaded freight cars.

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6th annual ‘Men Who Cook’ event will be March 22 Sample the cuisine of amateur chefs THE HERALD NEWS MOKENA – The sixth annual “Men Who Cook” contest will take place March 22, and anyone can stop by for a taste at the combined culinary competition and fundraiser.

An estimated 50 amateur chefs will cook their favorite home recipes for hundreds of guests expected at the event, which benefits the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center.

The event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at Pipefitters Training Center Local 597, 10850 187th St., Mokena.

“I am always amazed at the level of talent our amateur cooks display each year at ‘Men Who Cook,’ ” State’s Attorney James Glasgow said in an announcement of the event. “These guys bring every specialty dish imaginable to the table.”

Glasgow founded the Children’s Advocacy Center and chairs its board of directors.

“I am always amazed at the level of talent our amateur cooks display each year at ‘Men Who Cook.’ ” James Glasgow State’s Attorney The Children’s Advocacy Center helps children who are victims of sexual and physical abuse. The center was formed in 1995 to provide staff trained to conduct child-sensitive interviews with victims of abuse.

Tickets for “Men Who Cook” are $40 a person and $75 a couple. The price is $10 for children between ages 6 and 12. Kids 5 and under eat free.

Tickets are available on line at www.menwhocook. info and can be purchased at the door. More information is available by calling 815-7744565.

Citizens Police Academy sessions start in March THE HERALD NEWS NEW LENOX – Four local police departments are offering a Citzen’s Police Academy that starts in March.

The 12-week program is free and offers citizens a closeup look at how police operate.

The program includes a Taser demonstration, a study of crime scene investigations, a tour of the Will County Jail, and other examples of police work.

The academy that starts March 6 is conducted by the New Lenox Police Department, Will County sheriff’s of-

fice, Frankfort Police Department and Manhattan Police Department.

Sessions are from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday nights at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox. Applications are available at the offices of the participating police agencies. They can also be obtained online at www.newlenox.net, www.willcosheriff.org, www. villageofmanhattan.org. and www.frankfortpolice.net.

Limited space is available.

For information, call Ofc. Aurena Davis at the New Lenox Police Department at 815462-6100.

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Eleven-year-old Kevin Yang of Plainfield was diagnosed with osteosarcoma – bone cancer – in his leg last May. Less than one year later, the preteen is in the home stretch after undergoing surgery to remove the cancerous bone, 18 chemotherapy treatments and physical therapy, which is ongoing.

Kevin and I are fellow martial artists at World Family Martial Arts in Shorewood.

Last April, he and I were among a group undergoing an endurance test for black belt level testing, part of which was a 2-mile run at Four Seasons Park in Shorewood.

Not being an avid runner, I was at the back of the pack and Kevin was behind me. He had done “something” to his knee, but he was determined to finish his test and get his second-degree black belt [he did].

Other students ran alongside and cheered him on as he ran in pain.

“I sprinted that last lap around,” Kevin said. “I was on pure adrenaline.”

A trip to the chiropractor, then the pediatrician, an X-ray, MRI, CT scan and a biopsy confirmed Kevin not only had a break above his knee, he had cancer in his leg.

He had a hip-to-toe cast to allow the break to heal while undergoing chemo. In August, he underwent surgery at Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago. Ten inches of his femur, his knee and about one inch of his tibia were replaced with titanium implants. His knee joint is cobalt chrome and plastic. They were able to save his knee cap.

He very recently completed his final chemo treatments and will continue to undergo physical therapy so he can one day run again.

To understand the type of kid Kevin is, you need to know that in addition to taekwondo, he played football, baseball and swam [among many other

things]. The entire family is sports crazy, including his 6-year-old twin brother and sister, Isaac and Hannah.

So when Kevin was offered a wish through Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, he and his family found themselves attending a Chicago Blackhawks game with other wish recipients last November.

The kids were brought onto the ice during the opening ceremony, each wearing a Hawks jersey with their own names on the back. Since Kevin was in a wheelchair, he had a personal escort – right-winger Marian Hossa.

Kevin had pictures taken with Corey Crawford, highfives from Patrick Kane [his favorite player] and also got to meet captain Jonathan Toews.

It was an exciting night for Kevin, his first live Hawks game ever. Hossa made quite an impression when he leaned over and wished Kevin luck.

“Those words meant so much,” Kevin said. “He recovered from that concussion injury, so it mean so much coming from him.”

Even in a wheelchair, Kevin is full of energy. Last month, he fell out of his chair while roughhousing and fractured his ankle in two places. The injury is a result of weakened bones from the chemo. Now, he’s back in a cast.

But the end of the ordeal is near. Kevin is set to get his second cast removed March 5, one day before his 12th birthday.

The first thing he intends to do once he has his strength back is go outside and chuck a football as far as he can. It has been a rollercoaster year with a good ending, he said.

Karen said the family couldn’t have done it all without the unending help of family members, friends, their church family, home school family, taekwondo family and everyone who helped out in one way or another.

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Leda Bayles of Joliet inspired both of her sisters to take up careers in special education. her family. Lila became a volunteer at Trinity. Gayle, as well as her sister, Susan Rager of Florida, both chose careers in special education, Gayle said. Gayle, a vice president of program development at Easter Seals Joliet Region, came to the organization in 1977 to start a parent-infant education program.

Gayle’s daughter, Abbey Valentine of Lockport, will graduate this May with a doctorate in physical therapy.

Gayle even met her husband, Bob Valentine, because of Leda.

“When she was going to school in Lockport, he was the bus driver that came to pick her up every day,” Gayle said. “We met because of Leda, so we got married on her birthday.”

School years complete, Leda went to work at a sheltered workshop where she formed her own group of friends that often bowled

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IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT WHAT LEDA COULD DO AS OPPOSED TO WHAT SHE COULD NOT DO.” Gayle Valentine, of Lockport, and Leda Bayles’ sister

• Robert A. Lenning, 44, of the 300 block of East Washington Street, was arrested by Bolingbrook police Tuesday on charges of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Kevin J. Thompson, 25, of the 16000 block of South Legion Court in Plainfield, was arrested by Bolingbrook police Tuesday on charges of aggravated battery, drug possession, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Alejandro Alvarez, 27, of the 2600 block of North Parkside Avenue in Chicago, was arrested by Romeoville police Thursday on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without a license and driving without insurance.

• Troy W. Dunham, 21, of the 1900 block of Yukon Drive in Bolingbrook, was arrested by sheriff’s police Thursday on a charge of drug possession.

• Andrew J. Gonzales, 22, of the 600 block of Morgan Street, was arrested by Joliet police Thursday on charges of aggravated battery, drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Dshawn J. Henderson, 31, of the 1500 block of Marquette Road, was arrested by New Lenox police Thursday on charges of aggravated battery, disorderly conduct and interfering with reporting domestic violence.

• Cortland R. Pinnick, 25, of the 1000 block of Richards Street, was arrested by sheriff’s police Thursday on charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm, delivery of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Rafael S. Vivas, 48, of the 700 block of Garnsey Avenue, was arrested by Joliet police Thursday on a charge of driving with a suspended license.

• Monday, February 24, 2014

Some people merely fantasize of working their dream job. Leda Bayles of Joliet accomplished it.

For 13 years, Leda, despite having Down syndrome that caused difficulties in speech and walking, worked behind the scenes at a McDonald’s restaurant near Louis Joliet Mall in Joliet. Because Leda could not read, she used a picture board to arrange the food the cooks needed.

“She loved McDonald’s,” said Gayle Valentine of Lockport, Leda’s sister. “Back then, they wore the baseball caps and shirts so she got to wear the same thing as the other employees. Every day, she got to have her fish sandwich and fries. That was the only thing she ever got there.

When she retired, they threw a big party for her.”

Unlike the psychologist that suggested to Gayle’s parents, Lila and Howard Bayles, (both deceased) that they “put Leda away” when their youngest daughter was born in 1954, Gayle said, the family never really drew attention to Leda’s disability.

Growing up, all three girls fought like cats and dogs, grew their hair to their knees, wore matching dresses on holidays, Gayle said, and even attended kindergarten at age 5. For Leda, that was through the organization now known as Trinity Services in New Lenox.

“It was always about what Leda could do as opposed to what she could not do,” Gayle said.

What Leda did was mold

together, Gayle said. A job coach helped Leda obtain and continue the McDonald’s job.

Generally happy, Leda did have a dry sense of humor, Gayle said. Leda watched every Chicago Cubs game, recited their schedule and grew excited any time she glimpsed the team logo.

Leda sang the songs of Elvis Presley and The Beatles, danced whenever possible (despite her wheelchair, thanks to degenerative arthritis) and colored every page in coloring books, a skill in which Leda reveled, as she could accomplish it without help, Gayle said, until she developed Alzheimer’s disease.

“One of the hardest things was when I put a crayon in her hand and she let it drop,” Gayle said, “because she could no longer remember what to do with it.”

Purple was Leda’s favorite color and it showed. Leda wore purple clothes; her room décor, down to bedspreads and curtains, was purple. Birthdays meant purple streamers, gift wrap and a long line of purple balloons decorating the drive to Leda’s group home.

Leda was 59 when she died Nov. 3 but her influence on the family continues.

“She really was the one that made us a family, in her own way and at her own pace,” Gayle said. “She taught me patience, pure love and to not take anything for granted. She lived a very full life.”

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Morris Antique Emporium owners Robert and Elaine Schubert will be closing the doors to their store and retiring to Florida.

“There is no typical customer. We have kids about 10 or 12 come in and older people, as well.

It’s amazing.”

Robert Schubert Co-owner of Morris Antique Emporium

“You can hear footsteps up on the third floor,” Elaine said. “I’d tell him to go check and make sure no one was there, and there never was.”

Customers Rick and Leslie

Roberts said they enjoy coming in to browse.

“I like to poke around and see what they’ve got,” Leslie said. “It brings back memories and I see a lot of things I should have saved.”

Rick enjoys looking for Lionel train items and Department 56 collectibles, which they have an entire room of.

Robert said Rick and Leslie are like many customers, people who come in and look around until something catches their eye.

“There is no typical customer,” Robert said. “We have kids about 10 or 12 come in and older people, as well.

It’s amazing.”

Almost everything in the store is marked down 20 to 90 percent off, including items owned by some of the vendors. Other vendors are boxing up belongings and taking them.

At 10 a.m. March 30 the doors will open for the last time, as Richard A. Olson and Associates come in to auction off what’s left of the inventory.

“We’ll close the doors on March 24,” Robert said. “It will take the week to get ready for the auction and we’ll have two to three auctioneers in here on March 30.”

Will County chapter joins 90th anniversary IAHCE conference THE HERALD NEWS Members of the Illinois Association of Home & Community Education, including the Will County chapter, will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the organization from March 18-20 during the Annual IAHCE State Conference at the Decatur Conference Center & Hotel in Decatur.

Home & Community Education, originally an organi-

zation for farm wives with the name Home Bureau Federation, has changed over the years and now is dedicated to education for homes and communities.

“We promote social and economic well being in our homes and neighborhoods.

We are not our mother’s Home Bureau anymore,” said Jeanette Johnson, board president of the Will County HCE. Johnson said IAHCE con-

tinues to cross boundaries and provides members with opportunities to learn current and relevant information.

“We strive to provide our state and county officers important information that allows them to work, support and promote the community in which they serve,” she said.

Last year, the organization’s members contributed 572,477 volunteer hours in their communities, about

100,000 more hours than the previous year.

“Celebrating this years theme with IAHCE ‘Been Cookin’ 90 Years’ Conference, we will be highlighting our conference with 45 different lessons for our members to choose from,” Johnson said.

“Our members will be taking all this information back to their own counties to share with members who could not attend the conference.”

Johnson said during the IAHCE “Been Cookin’ 90 Years” conference, members will hear speakers and view displays on topics that they can share with others in their communities.

For information about the Illinois Association for Home and Community Education, call Johnson at 815-838-7924.

For information about the conference, call Chairwoman Karen Halicki at 217-794-5508.

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MORRIS – After 20 years, the Morris Antique Emporium, 112 W. Washington St., will be closing its doors as Robert and Elaine Schubert, the owners for the past seven, retire to Florida.

Just as they took a leap of faith in purchasing the business, driven by their love of things from yesteryear, they took a leap of faith by buying a home sight unseen driven by their love of a Florida community.

“We were thinking about it when we visited Florida two Christmases ago,” Elaine said. “We started looking and something came along in August, we went to the closing without even seeing the home.”

Their move to Florida means leaving behind things they love: family, friends and a gumball machine.

“Old gumball machines are so unique,” he said. “They have a personality of their own.”

His favorite machine is sitting with a 50 percent off sign taped to the front of it. Standing over 5 feet high, it lights up and talks to you as the gumball makes it’s way down a rollercoaster of a ride to the bottom where for just 25 cents you can have the magical ball of color to chew until your jaw hurts.

Robert enjoys visiting with

customers and explaining the existence of this gumball machine, one that he can’t pinpoint a year it was made or a maker. But he still marvels at the electronic circuit required to make all the lights shine and sounds chime.

“We think it was made in the 1950s, and I’ve only been able to find one other working one,” he said. “You can’t tell who made it, there is different names on different parts, but it draws in adults who put more quarters in it than kids.”

He said he’d love to take it with him, but there just isn’t room.

There isn’t room for the countless other items in the store that spread from the basement to the third floor of the shop that has as much history as the items that fill it.

The Schuberts hear the history as people stop in to visit. Such as past workers who talk about their offices, like the secret room behind the elevator, or the women who explain they weren’t allowed to work in previous stores that filled the building due to an uninvited guest – the ghost.

“It has its own history,” Robert said. “The best story is that at certain times they wouldn’t allow ladies to work alone here because of a ghost.”

The ghost, according to the Schuberts, can still be heard at times walking on the third floor.

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oville; g , Mariah and Javier Hernandez, Jr.; How to submit three sisters, Cathy (Ben) Fox of Rochester, IL, Gina (Terry) Voots of Charles “Chuck” E. Send information to obits@ Dallas, GA and Diane Taylor of Born: Sept. 28, 1922; in Chicago Eller, 90, died theherald-news.com or call Julie M. DominikDawson, IL; and several nieces and Died: Feb. 22, 2014; in Plainfield peacefully at his Mood, age 44, of 877-264-2527. nephews. home on Friday, Elwood, passed Preceded in death by her parents; Edward W. Bojan, February 21, 2014 away at her home on and her niece, Lisa Marie Fox Most obituaries appear age 91, passed away surrounded by his Saturday, February online. To leave a message of (2008). peacefully on loving family.

22, 2014. She is condolence in the online guest Funeral Services for Lori A. February 22, 2014, at Charles was a survived by her four Munzert will be Thursday, February book, go to theherald-news.

Lakewood Living resident of New children, Stephanie Tribo, Jonathan 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Fred C. com/obits Center, Plainfield. He Lenox for the past Tribo, Haley Tribo, and Samantha Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at was born September 28, 1922 in 57 years. Charles Mood all of Manhattan, her parents, Essington Rd., Joliet. Private family Chicago, IL to the late Francis served in the U.S. husband preceded her in death Benjamin and Nancy Dominik of interment. In lieu of flowers, “Frank” and Katherine Bojan.

Navy during World October 29, 1999. He was a World Manhattan, two sisters, Jennifer memorials in her name to PSI Edward is survived by sister, War II, having been stationed in War II Veteran.

(Brandon) Adair and Jody Roark Organization would be appreciated.

Amelia (the late Anthony) Niziolek, Hawaii and Guam as a radioman. He Ruth was a wonderful cook, great both of Manhattan, her fond friend, Visitation Wednesday 2:00-7:00 and his many nieces, nephews and was employed as an industrial homemaker and had a loving Bruce Mood, three nieces, Jamie, p.m. at the funeral home. greatnieces and nephews. He was engineer and real estate agent by Ainsley, and Jillian, two nephews, For information: 815-741-5500 or personality. She loved antiques, preceded in death by his brothers, the Rock Island Railroad for many working with wood and refinishing Kevin and Dylan, and numerous www.freccdames.com John (the late Mary), William (the years. He later was owner of Will furniture. She had many antiques in aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. late Charlotte) and Stanley Bojan.

Rent-A-Car in Joliet and, prior to his her home.

Preceded in death by her maternal From an early age, Ed possessed a retirement, worked with Burns She and her daughter Sandra grandparents, James and Irene true love for music and dance. He Security at the Dresden nuclear enjoyed visiting and shopping Beemster, her paternal taught himself to play the facility. Charles was a member for together the past few years, she grandparents, Stanley and Mary concertina, becoming one of the many years of the New Lenox will be missed greatly.

Dominik and her former husband, greatest players in the Chicagoland United Methodist Church, danced She is survived by one daughter; John Tribo. area. He played in many bands and with the Button & Bows Square Sandra (Dean) Reed of Morris. caring person Julie was a selfless even produced and composed his Dance group, and he served as a Three grandchildren; James (Dawn) whose generosity and love could own music. When others told them member of the Village of New Lenox Reed of Dwight, Jeff Reed of Morris, not be measured.

She recognized not to bother, Ed encouraged new Plan Commission. and Mark Paul of Morris. Two great the important things in life like no musicians to follow their dreams.

Charles is survived by his beloved other, she never met a stranger and grandchildren: Rebekah (Matt) RUTH ALORA He took great joy in bringing wife if 62 years, Nedra, his children, always helped others before Lowe of Toledo, Ohio and Kristina happiness to people through his Walter ?Skip? (Kim) Eller of (HOWARD) PAUL (Caleb) Otten of Galesburg, IL. Two herself. While life was not always music. Ed was also an incredible Wilmington, Karen (David) Seil of great great grandchildren, Jackson good to Julie, she was always good Born: Feb. 18, 1923; in Kansas, IL handyman and was always New Lenox, Robert Eller (Sharon and Lillie Lowe. Three step great to life.

Died: Feb. 13, 2014; in Morris, IL available to help someone in need.

Williamson) of Chicago; his grandchildren; Jennifer and Rachael Funeral service for Julie will be He was a life-long learner and grandchildren, Shawn, Justin and Sorenson and Thomas Barra. And 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 26, Age 90 of Morris, whenever possible increased his Kaitlin Seil, his dog, Muffin, and by one great great step grandson, 2014, in procession from Forsythe IL, and formally of vast knowledge. Though he never many dear friends.

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Funeral Home to St. Joseph Catholic Joliet, IL, and Florida, had children of his own, he was a Charles was preceded in death by Church, 235 West North Street, Ruth was preceded in death by passed away loving and patient family man and his mother, Clara Eller, his her parents, husband Wallace and Manhattan for 10:00 a.m.

Mass of February 13, 2014, was at ease around the younger grandmother, Amelia Watts, his most recently, son Edward Doyle Christian Burial. Cremation to after an 18 day generations. He was also a gentle son-in-law's mother, Betty Seil, and follow. Visitation will be Tuesday Paul march 10, 2013. Two brothers illness. caregiver for his parents and by his dogs, Candy and Misty.

Doyle and Fred Howard and one from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the funeral Born in Kansas, IL siblings and asked for nothing in Charles will be remembered as a sister Edna Laingren. home.

February 18, 1923, Ruth was the return. Ed served his country with concerned and loving husband, It was Ruth's wish to be cremated Forsythe Funeral Home daughter of the late Chester and honor as a Sergeant in the US Army father and grandfather. He had a and that there will be no services.

(Rt. 52) 507 S. State St. Carrie (Groves) Howard.

Ruth during WW II in the North African deep love for animals, riding his Manhattan, IL 60442 married Wallace Edward Paul Campaign. He will be truly missed scooter, enjoying good food and an • Continued on page 13 August 2, 1941. Wallace her loving www.forsythefuneralhome.com by all who knew him. affinity for Snoopy, Charlie Brown (815) 478-3321 For those who would like to leave and the gang. His quiet sense of a lasting tribute to Edward's life, humor was appreciated by all who memorials to the American knew him.

CancerSociety would be greatly Charles' family will receive friends “Junior” appreciated. at the Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 102 E. LORI A. MUNZERT 11/28/72 - 2/24/09 Visitation will be Wednesday, Francis Rd., New Lenox, IL on Age 55.

At rest February 26, 10:00 AM until 11:30 Thursday, February 27, 2014 from Thursday, February AM at St Mary Immaculate Catholic 4:00 to 6:00 PM with a memorial 20, 2014 at Church, 15629 S. Route 59, service at 6:00 PM. Northwestern Plainfield. The Mass of Christian Private interment will be at a later Memorial Hospital in Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 AM date at the Abraham Lincoln Chicago. Born in in the church. Entombment will National Cemetery.

Japan to the late follow at Resurrection Cemetery in In lieu of flowers the family has David and Dolores (nee Morrison) Justice, IL. requested that contributions in Munzert, she resided in the Joliet Overman-Jones Funeral Home & Charles' memory be made to the area for the past 40 years.

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Accomplished pianist, son were freed in May 1945 from Czech camp The ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust, died in London on Sunday morning at the age of 110.

Herz-Sommerís devotion to the piano and to her son sustained her through two years in a Nazi prison camp. umentary at the Academy Awards next Sunday.

Herz-Sommer, her husband and her son were sent from Prague in 1943 to a concentration camp in the Czech city of Terezin – Theresienstadt in German – where inmates were allowed to stage concerts in which she frequently starred.

An estimated 140,000 Jews were sent to Terezin and 33,430 died there. About 88,000 were moved on to Auschwitz

and other death camps, where most of them were killed.

Herz-Sommer and her son, Stephan, were among fewer than 20,000 who were freed when the notorious camp was liberated by the Soviet army in May 1945.

Yet she remembered herself as “always laughing” during her time in Terezin, where the joy of making music kept them going.

“These concerts, the people are sitting there, old peo-

GOP treasurer candidates detail contrasting skills The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – Both candidates seeking the Republican nomination to be Illinois treasurer say they want to help right the state’s financial ship – one bringing years of legislative experience to the job, the other promoting his technical expertise as a certified public accountant.

Former House Republican leader Tom Cross and DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan are jockeying to be the GOP candidate for a post being vacated by incumbent Dan Rutherford at a time when Illinois finds itself in a continuing financial mess.

Each is pledging to use the post as a catalyst for change, though the treasurer’s role in state budget affairs is limited and recent office holders have used the position as

“Having watched this office since the 1970s, probably the most important qualification for anyone to be the state treasurer is for them to be able hire competent people to run the office and then stay out of their way.”

Charlie Wheeler Professor at the University of Illinois in Springfield and a long-time statehouse reporter

more of a stepping stone to higher office.

Cross brings a number of advantages to the race, including wider name recognition due to his years in Springfield and in party leadership, not to mention having raised more than six times as much cash as Grogan.

Yet possibly complicating the Oswego Republican’s bid is his decision in November to vote for legalizing same-

sex marriage in Illinois. He was one of only three House Republicans to do so, and the vote held considerable risk as he was appealing to Republican primary voters.

“I think people are going to say, ‘I may not like it,’ but he’s trying to fix the state, he’s trying to fix the budget, he’s been aggressive on [pension reform], and I like what he’s been doing on financial issues,” Cross said

in an interview.

While Grogan says he believes marriage is between a man and a woman, he has not made an issue of Cross’ vote on the campaign trail, noting same-sex marriage is “not related to the duties or the operations of the treasurer’s office.” He has focused on promoting his experience tracking county finances and operations, arguing that it makes him the best qualified candidate to run the treasurer’s office efficiently.

“Having watched this office since the 1970s, probably the most important qualification for anyone to be the state treasurer is for them to be able hire competent people to run the office and then stay out of their way,” said Charlie Wheeler, a professor at the University of Illinois in Springfield and a long-time statehouse reporter.

Born: Jan. 10, 1918; in Lockport Died: Feb. 20, 2014; in Romeoville Age 96. Passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Senior Star at Weber Place in Romeoville.

Born January 10, 1918 in Lockport to Henry and Olga (nee Berlin) Pell, he was a lifelong Joliet area resident. A supervisor for the United States Postal Service at the Scott Street Post Office, he retired in 1978 after 39 years of service. Member of St. Mary Nativity Catholic Church and the JoAnnites. A veteran of WWII, he was Chief Quartermaster with the United States Navy on the USS Memphis, USS Cormorant and the Flag Ship 7 Fleet USS Wasatch.

Preceded in death by his loving wife, Mary Frances (nee Bebar) Pell; one son, Richard E. Pell; four sisters, Ina Mae Kemp, Marjorie Anita Luebs, Genevieve French and Mary Brown; three brothers, Peter Pell, Raymond McLaughlin, and Henry Pell.

Survived by his daughter, Terrie (Dominic) Orlando of Joliet; five grandchildren, Renee, Robyn, Patrick, Nicholas & Kara; four greatgrandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to the staff of Senior Star and Angels Grace Hospice for their kind and compassionate care shown to our father and grandfather.

A Memorial Mass for Elmer F. Pell will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary Nativity Catholic Church, 706 N. Broadway, Joliet. Inurnment to follow at St. Mary Nativity Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to St. Mary Nativity Catholic Church or Angels Grace Hosipce would be appreciated. No visitation. For information: Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 815-741-5500 or www.fredcdames.com

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• Monday, February 24, 2014

LONDON – Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died at age 110 Sunday, a family member said.

The accomplished pianist’s death came just a week before her extraordinary story of surviving two years in a Nazi prison camp through devotion to music and her son is up for an Oscar.

Herz-Sommer died in a hospital after being admitted Friday with health problems, daughter-in-law Genevieve Sommer said.

“We all came to believe that she would just never die,” said Frederic Bohbot, producer of the documentary “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life.” “There was no question in my mind, ‘would she ever see the Oscars.’ ” The film, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Malcolm Clarke, has been nominated for best short doc-

ple, desolated and ill, and they came to the concerts and this music was for them our food.

Music was our food. Through making music we were kept alive,” she once recalled.

“When we can play it cannot be so terrible.”

Though she never learned where her mother died after being rounded up, and her husband died of typhus at Dachau, in her old age she expressed little bitterness.

“We are all the same,” she said. “Good, and bad.”

Caroline Stoessinger, a New York concert pianist who wrote a book about Herz-Sommer, said she interviewed numerous people who were at the concerts who said “for that hour they were transported back to their homes and they could have hope.”

“Many people espouse certain credos, but they don’t live them. She did,” said Stoessinger, author of “A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the World’s Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor.”

“She understood truly that music is a language and she understood how to communicate through this language of music.”

ELMER F. PELL

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NATION&WORLD Wiretaps led to drug lord Governors: Health care here to stay

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ALICIA A. CALDWELL The Associated Press CULIACAN, Mexico – After fruitlessly pursuing one of the world’s top drug lords for years, authorities finally drew close to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman using a cellphone found at a house where drugs were stored.

The phone belonging to a Guzman aide was recovered with clues from a U.S. wiretap and provided a key break in the long chase to find Guzman, officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Another big leap forward came after police analyzed information from a different wiretap that pointed them to a beachfront condo where the legendary leader of the Sinaloa cartel was hiding, according to a U.S. government official and a senior federal law enforcement official.

When he was at last taken into custody with his beauty-queen wife, Guzman had a military-style assault rifle in the room, but he didn’t go for it.

A day after the arrest, it was not yet clear what would happen next to Guzman, except that he would be the focus of a lengthy and complicated legal process to decide which country gets to try him first.

The cellphone was found Feb. 16 at house Guzman had been using in Culiacan. By ear-

By KEN THOMAS and STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press

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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted Saturday to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Mexico. After 13 years on the run, Guzman is back in Mexican custody. ly the next day, the Mexican military had captured one of Guzman’s top couriers, who promptly provided details of the stash houses Guzman and his associates had been using, the officials said.

At each house, the Mexican military found the same thing: steel reinforced doors and an escape hatch below the bathtubs. Each hatch led to a series of interconnected tunnels in the city’s drainage system.

The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss how Guzman was located, said troops who raided Guzman’s main

house in Culiacan chased him through the drainage pipes before losing him in the maze under the city.

A day later, on Feb. 18, Guzman aide Manuel Lopez Ozorio was arrested and told investigators that he had picked up Guzman, cartel communications chief Carlos Manuel Ramirez and a woman from a drainage pipe and helped them flee to Mazatlan.

When he was finally in handcuffs, the man who eluded Mexican authorities for more than a decade looked pudgy, bowed and middle-aged in a white button-down shirt and beltless black jeans.

WASHINGTON – The explosive politics of health care have divided the nation, but America’s governors, Republicans and Democrats alike, suggest that President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is here to stay.

While governors from Connecticut to Louisiana sparred Sunday over how best to improve the nation’s economy, governors of both parties shared a far more pragmatic outlook on the controversial program known as “Obamacare” as millions of their constituents begin to be covered.

“We’re just trying to make the best of a bad situation,” Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, of Iowa, who calls the health care law “unaffordable and unsustainable,” yet something he has to implement by law. “We’re trying to make it work as best we can for the people of Iowa.”

As governors gathered in Washington this weekend, Democratic governors such as Maryland’s Martin O’Malley and Connecticut’s Dannel Malloy made pitches to raise the minimum wage, while Republican governors such as

Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal and Indiana’s Mike Pence called for more freedom from federal regulations, particularly those related to the health insurance overhaul. But governors from both parties report that a full repeal of the law would be complicated at best, if not impossible, as states move forward with implementation and begin covering millions of people – both by expanding Medicaid rolls for lower-income resident or through state or federal exchanges that offer federal subsidies to those who qualify.

Obama hosted most of the governors for a White House dinner Sunday night, calling for collaboration on the economy, education, climate change and health care in what he hopes will be “a year of action.”

Republican opposition to the law is the centerpiece of the GOP’s political strategy ahead of the midterm elections. And to be sure, not every GOP leader embraced the inevitability of the law’s implementation.

“I don’t think that it’s so deeply entrenched that it can’t be repealed,” Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said. “But I do think, as we argue for repeal, we have to show folks what you replace it with.”

Bills seek to tackle backlog of untested rape kits

By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With possibly hundreds of thousands of rape kits untested across the country, a number of states are proposing legislation to address backlogs that in at least one case dates back nearly three decades.

In Memphis, Tenn., alone, there are more than 12,000 untested rape kits going back to the 1980s, according to the

New York-based Rape Kit Action Project, which has been tracking the backlogs nationwide. In the entire state of Texas, there are about 16,000 untested kits collecting dust.

Tennessee is among at least 17 states with proposals that range from requiring law enforcement agencies to inventory their rape kits to analyzing them in a certain amount of time. Three states – Colorado, Illinois and Texas – have passed laws that mandate a

statewide accounting of untested rape kits.

Most of the other states’ proposals favor the inventory measure that would require all law enforcement agencies that store rape kits to count the number of untested kits. Rape Project spokeswoman Natasha Alexenko estimates there are about 400,000 nationwide that fall into that category.

“Until we enact this kind of legislation where we’re counting them, we really have no

idea,” said Alexenko, a rape victim whose rape kit was finally tested after nearly 10 years, and her attacker arrested after a match was found.

Rape victim Meaghan Ybos of Memphis has been crusading for legislation to address the backlogs for several years.

The 27-year-old was 16 when she was sexually assaulted in 2003. She underwent a forensic rape exam, but never heard anything else about her kit.

In 2012, she was watching

the local news and learned police had arrested a suspected serial rapist in the same neighborhood where she lived.

“I just knew it was the same person,” recalled Ybos, who called police, told them about her assault and persuaded them to reopen her case. Her rape kit was eventually examined and the suspect’s DNA and that in her kit matched.

The suspect pleaded guilty in her case and is currently incarcerated.

By HANNAH DREIER The Associated Press

BUFFETT: THE BILLIONAIRE PIED PIPER The most visible of the superrich Robin Hoods is investor Warren Buffett, who has

persuaded dozens of billionaires to give away large portions of their fortunes. Buffett, 83, is the second-richest American with a net worth of $58.5 billion.

For years, he has advocated policies to close the wealth gap, saying reforms are necessary for the nation’s continued prosperity. Buffett has famously complained that he pays a lower tax rate than some of his most menial-wage employees. That’s because, like many moguls, much of his income comes from capital gains and dividend payments, which are taxed at a lower rate than ordinary wages.

His activism gave rise to Obama’s proposed “Buffet rule,” which would ensure that anyone making more than $1 million per year pay at least the same rate as middle-income taxpayers.

Buffett has played a key role in encouraging his peers to redistribute their wealth by choice. In 2010, he launched the Giving Pledge program in

which wealthy entrepreneurs publicly promise to donate at least half of their riches to charity.

sive welfare spending. An advocate for the free market, Unz opposes any kind of subsidy.

SILBERSTEIN: THE QUIET ADVOCATE UNZ: THE REPUBLICAN WHO FAVORS A RAISE Not all members of the super-rich taking up the issue of inequality are progressives.

Ron Unz, a Silicon Valley millionaire and registered Republican who once ran for California governor, is advocating the highest minimum wage in the country for his home state.

Lately, he has become obsessed with the idea that a wage hike is the best way to advance the conservative ideal of reducing dependence on government programs. Frustrated with the gridlock in Congress, Unz is pouring his own money into a November ballot measure that would increase the minimum wage in California to $12 an hour in 2016.

Unz argues that by not paying a living wage, companies are forcing the government to subsidize them through mas-

Steve Silberstein made his fortune in the early days of computers by co-founding Innovative Interfaces. He sold the company, settled in a secluded town in Marin County, Calif., and became a philanthropist.

Now, at 70, he is a low-profile member of a movement to organize institutional investors in opposing what he and others say are exorbitant executive salaries.

Silberstein advocates a policy that would tie corporate tax rates to the difference in compensation between the CEO and an average worker. A company with a CEO-to-worker-compensation ratio at the 1980 level of 50-to-1 would pay tax at the current rate of 35 percent; companies with a larger pay gap would be taxed at a higher level, and those with a narrower gap would pay a lower rate.

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• Monday, February 24, 2014

As the middle class struggles to make gains and President Barack Obama strives to shine a spotlight on the issue of income inequality, an unlikely constituency is looking for ways to close the nation’s growing wealth gap: A handful of top U.S. business tycoons.

These advocates point to notions of fairness and admit to twinges of guilt, but the core concern driving all of them – left, right and libertarian – is a belief that the economy doesn’t function efficiently when the wealth gap is wide. They are proposing solutions that range from pressuring fellow entrepreneurs to pay workers more to simply giving their money back to the government to redistribute.

Since about 1980, the wealthy have been prospering while the middle class stagnates or falls behind. Members of the 0.1 percent now make at least $1.7 million a year and

grab 10 percent of the national income, while the median annual household income has dropped, landing at $51,017.

The gap is growing wider.

Income for the highest-earning 1 percent of Americans soared 31 percent from 2009 through 2012, after adjusting for inflation. For everyone else, it inched up an average of 0.4 percent.

As U.S. society has grown more unequal, rich men and women have set up clubs and foundations to encourage economic parity, and they are actively lobbying for change.

The figure of the fairness-conscious billionaire has a precedent, said Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton. During the Gilded Age, at the end of the 1800s, tycoons took steps to increase equality and help the working class.

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Ukraine parliament head takes presidential powers

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JIM HEINTZ The ASSOCIATED PRESS KIEV, Ukraine – With an ally claiming presidential powers Sunday and the whereabouts and legitimacy of the nominal president unclear, newly freed opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko may feel her chance to take Ukraine’s leadership has come. But even among protesters who detest President Viktor Yanukovych, Tymoshenko sparks misgivings.

The former prime minister, who was convicted of abuse of office in a case widely seen as political revenge by her archfoe Yanukovych, is a polarizing figure in a country staggering from political tensions that exploded into violence. Admired and even adored by many for her flair and fiery rhetoric, Tymoshenko is regarded by others as driven by intense ego and tainted with corruption.

Just a day after she left the hospital where she was imprisoned, demonstrators outside the Cabinet of Ministers expressed dismay that she could be Ukraine’s next president.

One of them held a placard depicting Tymoshenko taking power from Yanukovych and reading, “People didn’t die for this.”

Ukraine is in a delicate state of uncertainty since Yanukovych and protest leaders signed an agreement to end the conflict that left more than 80 people dead last week in Kiev.

Soon after signing it, Yanukovych’s whereabouts are unclear after he left the capital for his support base in eastern Ukraine. Allies are deserting him. Russia’s next moves in the crisis were not immediately clear, but Washington warned Moscow not to intervene militarily.

The newly emboldened parliament, now dominated by the opposition, struggled to work out who is in charge of the country and its ailing economy. Fears percolated that some regions might try to break away and seek support from neighboring Russia, particularly the Crimean peninsula where Russia’s Black Sea naval fleet is based.

Ukraine is deeply divided between eastern regions that are largely pro-Russian and western areas that long for closer ties with the European Union. Yanukovych set off a wave of protests by shelving an agreement with the EU in November, and the movement quickly expanded its grievances to corruption, human rights abuses and calls for Yanukovych’s resignation.

The parliament Sunday assigned presidential powers to its new speaker, Tymoshenko ally Oleksandr Turchinov, who said top priorities include saving the economy and “returning to the path of European integration,” according to news agencies. The latter phrase is certain to displease Moscow, which wants Ukraine to be part of a customs union that would rival the EU and bolster Russia’s influence. Russia granted Ukraine a $15 billion bailout after Yanukovych backed away from the EU deal.

The Kiev protest camp at the center of the anti-Yanukovych movement filled with more demonstrators Sunday, setting up new tents. Demonstrators posed with an APC and two water cannon that protesters seized during last week’s clashes and carried flowers to memorialize the dead, some of whom were killed by snipers.

Tymoshenko, the controversial heroine of the 2004 Orange Revolution, increasingly appears to have the upper hand in the political battle, winning the backing Sunday of a leading Russian lawmaker and congratulations from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. senators on her release.

Although her spokeswoman, Maria Soroka, said it’s too early to discuss whether she will run for president in early elections called for May 25, Tymoshenko is possessed of adamant determination. Even from a wheelchair because of a back problem that was aggravted in 2½ years of imprisonment, she was a powerful speaker Saturday to a crowd of tens of thousands at the protest camp.

“She knows how to do it.

She is our hero,” said Ludmilla Petrova, one of those at the square the next day.

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

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

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

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

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

222 E. 9th St., 109 Lockport, IL 60441 815-838-1990 1717 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-5701

630-232-7104 332 Cannon House Office Bldg.

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

Washington D.C. 20515 202-225-3635

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

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

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-9595 Michael G. Connelly, R-Naperville (21st District) 1725 S. Naperville Road, Suite 200 Wheaton, IL 60189 630-682-8101 M103E State Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8192

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

Bill Foster, D (11th District) 195 Springfield Ave., Suite 102 Joliet, IL 60435 815-280-5876

309I Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-3840

1224 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3515

Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields (40th District) 222 Vollmer Road, Suite 2C Chicago Heights, IL 60411 708-756-0882

Randy M. Hultgren, R (14th District) 1797 W. State St., Suite A Geneva, IL 60134

121C Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-7419

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ANOTHER VIEW

More must be done on rail safety Evidence – in the form of fiery and deadly accidents – is mounting that clearly shows more must be done across North America to prepare communities for responding to derailments of trains carrying crude oil.

The latest example: The Associated Press news report Tuesday that showed 10 oil-train derailments since 2008 spilled 3 million gallons of oil, including one accident in Quebec that killed 47 people. And as the AP noted, the number of such trains crisscrossing the continent will only grow in coming years. Minnesota already sees about 2,000 such trains annually.

Those numbers are why two Minnesota legislators last week proposed taxing oil shipped

through the state and using those revenues to train communities along these rail lines on how to prepare for potential disasters.

Minneapolis DFLers Rep. Frank Hornstein and Sen. Scott Dibble, who chair their respective chambers’ transportation committees, talked of a tax generating upward of $30 million annually. Those funds would go toward equipping and training local emergency responders on how to handle oil spills and derailments. Localized disaster planning also would receive help.

Certainly, this is an idea worth examination. But it must come with exacting details on everything from consistent

training programs to why $30 million needs to be spent annually on such efforts.

Equally important, any state-level changes must be viewed in context with proposals in other states and at the federal level. After all, regulators here and in Canada are in agreement the oil extracted from the booming Bakken area is more volatile than conventional oils.

Just last month, the National Transportation Safety Board called for the Federal Railroad Administration to update its safety standards while also pushing the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to craft oil-spill

See RAILROAD, page 18

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Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-6476

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

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

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0052

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

Calumet City, IL 60409 708-933-6018 240-W Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8087 Elgie R. Sims, Jr., D-Chicago (34th District) 8729 S. State St. Chicago, IL 60619

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

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-558-1007 Darlene Senger, R-Naperville (41st District) 401 S. Main St., Suite 300 Naperville, IL 60540 630-420-3008 211-N Stratton Office Bldg.

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

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

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Those demands came on the same day the Transportation Safety Board of Canada made similar requests of its government.

While a few diehard anti-tax legislators immediately criticized Minnesota’s idea last week, the reality seems to be that governments and even the rail industry know steps must be taken to improve the safety involved in shipping more oil throughout North America.

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West vs. Central a throwback for right reasons Tigers, Steelmen could be dangerous come postseason VIEWS Dick Goss It looked like a throwaway game from the get-go.

Despite the sloppy beginnings, however, Friday night’s Joliet West at Joliet Central boys basketball battle turned in a throwback for many of the right reasons.

A large crowd, fun atmosphere and plenty of athleticism and effort on the court evoked memories of days gone by.

“I told [district director of activities and athletics] Chris Olson, [Central athletic director] Steve Locke and Nick [DiForti, West’s coach] that it only took us 23 games, but we finally drew a full house,” Central coach Jeff Corocran said after his Steelmen rallied to beat West, 64-61.

We’re one week away from the postseason for the state’s two largest classes. Everyone wants to be playing their best basketball entering the tournament.

The Tigers are a modest 8-14 overall, 3-9 in the SouthWest Suburban Blue and received the No. 19 seed in the Class 4A Thornton Sectional.

Central is 16-8, 8-4 and is the No. 5 seed.

When you come down to it, however, all the seeds do is help determine the regional matchups. You still have to win two or three regional games to earn a berth in the sectional semifinals.

Despite its record, West is dangerous. The Tigers will open the postseason next Monday against No. 14 Lockport in the Lincoln-Way Central Regional.

From our area’s standpoint, this matchup is as good of an opener as you will find. The Tigers and Porters have split their SWS Blue games.

West, of course, had a strong team last year. Those senior-laden Tigers lost to

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ABOVE: Joliet Central’s Jailen Jones dribbles in front of Joliet West’s D’Anthony Wright during Friday’s game at Joliet Central High School. Central, who won 64-61, is a No. 5 seed in the Class 4A Thornton Sectional. BELOW: Joliet West’s Tre Lesley looks to pass the ball around Joliet Central’s Jason McNear in Friday’s game. Joliet West is ranked No. 19 in the Thornton Sectional.

top seed Marian Catholic in the sectional semifinal.

DiForti came over from Plainfield North to take over the coaching duties after Luke Yaklich left to become an assistant at Illinois State.

DiForti’s team has played hard from start to finish.

But experience was an issue. Only one player who

received significant varsity time last season was back.

That one, Allias Roberts-Burnett, always had talent, but when you’re going from a role player to the main man, the transition is not easy.

“Allias played a heady game,” DiForti said after his senior guard wowed the crowd with three drives down the lane to score key fourth-quarter baskets. “He’s been playing better since the end of January.

“He knows what he can do. He’s playing with more confidence than ever.”

Opposing coaches have a good idea what Roberts-Burnett can do.

“In a way, Allias played second fiddle to Morris [Dunnigan] and those guys last year,” Corcoran said. “What he is showing now, he always

had in him.

“Like [DiForti] said, when they get Allias going, they’re a different team.” “[Roberts-Burnett] is pretty good,” said Central senior guard Jonah Coble, who saw plenty of Roberts-Burnett head-to-head.

With Roberts-Burnett playing well, West indeed is a different team. That’s why the 19th seed really does not matter.

“We have been playing way better lately,” DiForti said. “The good thing is I have never questioned these kids’ heart and intensity.

The way this season has gone, it would have been easy to throw in the towel.

But they have never done that.”

West led Central most of the way on the Steelmen’s senior night and in fact was

up 50-41 after three quarters.

But Central, who could face No. 4 Bloom in a regional final at Bloom, outscored the Tigers 23-11 in the fourth quarter, when Coble had 13 of his 16 points, to pull it out.

“I did not want our eight seniors who are program guys to go out in that direction,” Corcoran said when the third-quarter deficit was mentioned. “They are our first four-year group. They started with us as freshmen.”

The Steelmen did not play their best basketball on senior night – not until the fourth quarter. West had plenty to do with that. The rivalry, the athleticism (can Central’s Antonio Dyson jump out of the gym or what?), the good-sized crowd, the thrilling finish, it all made for a tournament-like atmosphere.

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IHSA WRESTLING STATE FINALS

12 area wrestlers capture initial state medals

“One of my goals was to get to state and place so I made sure that no one was going to take that from me. I got the seed I wanted and did what I had to do. It’s pretty impressive to place as a sophomore since everyone ahead of me is a senior and also amazing.”

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ABOVE: Lockport’s Tyler Johnson (right) wrestles Regis Durbin of Lake Forest during Saturday’s 195-pound weight class of the Class 3A individual state wrestling finals. Johnson fell to Regis in overtime, 3-2, to take second in the state. BELOW: Lockport’s Brian Rossi raises his hands in victory Saturday after defeating Plainfield South’s Miguel Silva during the 113-pound weight class of the IHSA Class 3A individual state wrestling finals at the State Farm Center in Champaign. Rossi defeated Silva to win the state championship. year, but I wish I did better than fifth,” Dietz said. “This was definitely my favorite year of the four. Coach Drake Rossi has taught me a lot, and having coach (Josh) Oster all four years was definitely an advantage.”

Dietz and Oster claimed their first medals, as did junior Tyler Johnson, the 195 runner-up. Senior Brian Rossi, a three-time placer, won the 113 title.

Lockport just missed getting a fifth all-stater when senior Dan Radcliffe (132) lost in overtime to fall a win shy of a medal.

Beside senior Joey Nelson, who picked up his first medal as the 132 runner-up, Lincoln-Way Central had two others who placed among the top six.

Senior Bryce Gorman (170) claimed his second fourth place medal while sophomore Bryan Ditchman (285) earned all-state honors after taking sixth.

“One of my goals was to get to state and place, so I made sure that no one was

going to take that from me,” Ditchman said. “I got the seed I wanted and did what I had to do. It’s pretty impressive to place as a sophomore since everyone ahead of me is a senior and also amazing.”

Lincoln-Way East senior Nick Allegretti (285), an allstater in football, claimed a third place medal to receive that honor for the first time.

“I knew coming in that I’d have to beat (Brian) Allen to win the state champion-

ship, and I ended up seeing him in the semis,” Allegretti said. “I gave it my all but fell short, but it was a tremendous match to be a part of. It was fun to be part of a weight class like this.”

Plainfield Central senior Dominic Sterr (195) earned all-state honors for the first time after finishing in fourth place at his weight class.

“It definitely felt good to wrestle for third place,” Sterr said. “At the end of the day,

I’m all-state, so I feel good about myself. Last year, I didn’t even make it out of regionals so I’ve come far. Jordan Ellingwood pushed me last year and got me to where I’m at.”

Also for the Wildcats, senior Nick Nasenbeny (126) lost in an overtime tiebreaker to come up one victory shy of a fourth-straight medal.

Wilmington had three first-time medal winners.

Sophomore Nick Hawkins (160) and senior Dexter Fierro (182) took third and junior Austin Headrick (132) was sixth.

Dwight senior Anthony Bauer (195) got a medal for the second straight year, but an injury in the semifinals forced him to claim sixth place.

Seneca senior Tommy Lovett (182) placed sixth to get his first medal while junior Sage Friese (126), a runner-up last year, fell a win shy.

Others who came up one victory shy of a placing were Lemont junior Jim Brennan (145) and Morris senior Trevor Albert (160) in Class 2A. Also, Plainfield South sophomore Eric Johnson (195) in 3A and Peotone junior Tom Ruffino (195) in 1A fell a win short of earning a medal.

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After setting a new program record with five placewinners a year ago, Lincoln-Way West’s wrestlers were hoping to make some more history this season.

That included getting its first two-time placers, as well as having more medal winners and improving on its best finish of fourth place.

But while the Warriors only accomplished one of those goals at Saturday’s Class 2A finals in Champaign, it’s difficult to say that the event wasn’t a success.

That’s because coach Brian Glynn’s Warriors again finished with five placewinners, including four who also won medals at last year’s competition.

Senior Javier Montalvo (170) was fourth while senior Kyle Rodriguez (145), junior Noah Keefe (132) and sophomore Kyle Ruettiger (126) finished fifth.

That group of four twotime placewinners were joined by senior Matt Ryan (152), who had a sixth-place showing for the Warriors.

“After not making it here last year, my goals were met to get here, but I definitely wanted the medal,” Ryan said. “I’m pretty banged up, but things seemed to work out. I’ve got to give all of the credit to coach Glynn, coach (Mark) Ruettiger and coach (Ricky) Olszta.”

For the third time in its history, Lockport finished with four placewinners in the Class 3A meet. The Porters also did so in 2011 and 2012.

Sophomore Shayne Oster (126) becomes the third in his family to medal after finishing third while senior Vince Dietz (160) claimed fifth place.

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Costly, political, successful: Sochi Olympics officially end

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By JOHN LEICESTER The Associated Press SOCHI, Russia – Flushed with pride after its athletes’ spectacular showing at the costliest Olympics ever, Russia celebrated Sunday night with a visually stunning finale that handed off a smooth but politically charged Winter Games to their next host, Pyeongchang in South Korea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, these Olympics’ political architect and booster-in-chief, watched and smiled as Sochi gave itself a giant pat on the back for a Winter Games that IOC President Thomas Bach declared an “extraordinary success.”

The crowd that partied in Fisht Olympic Stadium, in high spirits after the high-security games passed safely without feared terror attacks, hooted with delight when Bach said Russia delivered on promises of “excellent” venues, “outstanding” accommodation for the 2,856 athletes and “impeccable organization.” The spectators let out an audibly sad moan when Bach declared the 17day Winter Games closed.

“We leave as friends of the Russian people,” Bach said.

The nation’s $51 billion investment – topping even Beijing’s estimated $40 billion layout for the 2008 Summer Games – transformed a decaying resort town on the Black Sea into a household name.

All-new facilities, unthink-

Toronto Brooklyn New York Boston Philadelphia Miami Washington Charlotte Atlanta Orlando

Central Division W L Pct 42 13 .764 29 26 .527 23 33 .411 22 35 .386 10 45 .182 Atlantic Division W L Pct 31 25 .554 26 28 .481 21 35 .375 19 38 .333 15 41 .268 Southeast Division W L Pct 40 14 .741 28 28 .491 27 30 .474 26 29 .473 17 41 .293

GB — 13 19½ 21 32 GB — 4 10 12½ 16 GB — 13 14½ 14½ 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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South Korean artists perform Sunday during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. able in the Soviet era of drab shoddiness, showcased how far Russia has come in the two decades since it turned its back on communism. But the Olympic show didn’t win over critics of Russia’s backsliding on democracy and human rights under Putin and its institutionalized intolerance of gays.

Despite the bumps along the way, Bach was unrelentingly upbeat about his first games as IOC president and the nation that hosted it. One of Sochi’s big successes was security. Feared attacks by Islamic militants who threatened to target the games didn’t materialize.

“It’s amazing what has happened here,” Bach said a few hours before the ceremony. He recalled that Sochi was an “old, Stalinist-style sanatorium city” when he visited for the IOC in the 1990s.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the Sochi organizing committee, called the games “a moment to cherish and pass on to the next generations.”

“This,” he said, “is the new face of Russia – our Russia.”

His nation celebrated its rich gifts to the worlds of music and literature in the ceremony, which started at 20:14 local time – a nod to the year that Putin seized upon to remake Russia’s image with the Olympics’ power to wow and concentrate global attention and massive resources.

Performers in smart tails and puffy white wigs performed a ballet of grand pianos, pushing 62 of them around the stadium floor while soloist Denis Matsuev played thunderous bars from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2.

Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 40 16 .714 Houston 37 18 .673 Dallas 34 23 .596 Memphis 31 24 .564 New Orleans 23 32 .418 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 43 14 .754 Portland 38 18 .673 Minnesota 27 29 .482 Denver 25 30 .455 Utah 19 36 .345 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 38 20 .655 Phoenix 33 21 .611 Golden State 34 22 .607 Sacramento 20 36 .357 L.A. Lakers 19 37 .345

GB — 2½ 6½ 8½ 16½ GB — 4½ 15½ 17 23 GB — 3 3 17 18

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 Blackhawks 60 35 11 14 84 207 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153

GA 135 163 153 147 164 175 180 GA 147 142 128 169 160 179 199

EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF 57 37 16 4 78 176

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AREA SPORTS SCHEDULE MONDAY’S EVENTS Boys Basketball Joliet Catholic at St. Francis, 7:30 p.m.

Providence Catholic at Nazareth, 7 p.m.

Class 2A Wilmington Regional – Wilmington vs. Southland College Prep, 7 p.m.

Class 1A Gardner Regional – Gardner-South Wilmington vs.

Morgan Park Academy, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY’S EVENTS

Sunday’s Games Miami 93, Bulls 79 L.A. Clippers 125, Oklahoma City 117 Washington 96, Cleveland 83 Toronto 105, Orlando 90 Sacramento 109, Denver 95 Brooklyn 108, L.A. Lakers 102 Portland 108, Minnesota 97 Houston at Phoenix (n) Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

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

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Boston at Utah, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Bulls at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 8 p.m.

Houston at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Friday’s Results Bulls 117, Denver 89 Orlando 129, New York 121 (2OT) Dallas 124, Philadelphia 112 Charlotte 90, New Orleans 87 Toronto 98, Cleveland 91 Detroit 115, Atlanta 107 Memphis 102, L.A. Clippers 96 Phoenix 106, San Antonio 85 Portland 102, Utah 94 L.A. Lakers 101, Boston 92 Saturday’s Results Washington 94, New Orleans 93 Charlotte 92, Memphis 89 Dallas 113, Detroit 102 Atlanta 107, New York 98 Indiana 110, Milwaukee 100 Minnesota 121, Utah 104 Sacramento 105, Boston 98 Golden State 93, Brooklyn 86

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Tampa Bay Montreal Toronto Detroit Ottawa Florida Buffalo

58 33 20 5 71 168 145 59 32 21 6 70 148 142 60 32 22 6 70 178 182 58 26 20 12 64 151 163 59 26 22 11 63 169 191 58 22 29 7 51 139 183 57 15 34 8 38 110 172 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 186 138 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 155 146 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 162 167 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 170 161 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 171 175 Carolina 57 26 22 9 61 144 158 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 135 146 N.Y. Islanders60 22 30 8 52 164 200 Two points for win, one point for OT loss Today’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Carolina at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

WHAT TO WATCH Girls Basketball Class 3A Lincoln-Way West Sectional – Joliet Catholic vs.

Morgan Park, 6 p.m.

Boys Basketball Coal City at Plano, 6:45 p.m.

Joliet Central at Stagg, 6:30 p.m.

Joliet West at Lincoln-Way East, 6:30 p.m.

Lincoln-Way West at Bradley-Bourbonnais, 7 p.m.

Lockport at Bolingbrook, 7 p.m.

Minooka at Oswego, 6:30 p.m.

Oswego East at Plainfield North, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Morris, 7 p.m.

Plainfield Central at Shepard, 7 p.m.

Plainfield South at Romeoville, 6:30 p.m.

Riverside-Brookfield at Providence Catholic, 7 p.m.

Thornton at Lincoln-Way Central, 6 p.m.

Class 1A Gardner Regional –

Dwight vs. Grant Park, 6 p.m.

Wrestling Class 3A Dual –Team Sectionals Plainfield Central vs. Moline, 6 p.m. at LaSalle-Peru Lincoln-Way Central vs. Edwardsville, 6 p.m. at Mahomet-Seymour Class 2A Dual-Team Sectionals Lincoln-Way West vs. Geneseo, 6 p.m. at LaSalle-Peru

Men’s college basketball Syracuse at Maryland, 6 p.m., ESPN Oklahoma State at TCU, 6 p.m., ESPNU Oklahoma at Kansas, 9 p.m., ESPN Women’s college basketball Minnesota at Michigan State, 6 p.m.

Penn State at Nebraska, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Oklahoma at Baylor, 6 p.m., FS1

AREA ROUNDUP

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Men’s Basketball JJC 74, DuPage 63 – Leon Gray scored 20 points, Zoran Aresnovic had 16, Deiondre Cunningham had 13 and Justin Scanlan had 12 for Joliet (20-10, 10-4) in the N4C regular-season finale.

The Wolves finished 15-0 at home and extended their Wills Gymnasium win streak over two years to 22. It is the ninth year in a row JJC has reached 20 wins, 11 of the last 12, and 13 seasons overall under Joe Kuhn.

Women’s Basketball St. Francis 76, Trinity International 57 – With the victory in the regular-season finale, USF earned the opportunity to host an opening-round game in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.

USF, which captured fourth place in the CCAC South, and Calumet College of St. Joseph will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Sullivan Center.

Katie Gonnering led all scorers with 21 points to go with eight rebounds as USF closed the season with consecutive road victories. Leah Avery finished with 15 points and seven rebounds. Kaitlyn Ray (Lincoln-Way West) added 11 off the bench.

College Baseball Trevecca Nazarene 5, Lewis 2 – Heading outdoors for the first time, Lewis dropped its season opener Friday in Nashville, Tenn. Jake Murray hit a solo homer for the Flyers, while Kyle Thomas (Providence) had an RBI. Kendall Paluch (Joliet Catholic) pitched five innings, taking the loss. He allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits and struck out three.

Girls Basketball Bradley 50, Minooka 35: Minooka (20-7) dropped the Class 4A Normal Community Regional title game Saturday night. The Indians’ Brooklyn Bachmann advanced in the Three-Point Showdown.

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Not against Miami.

Not against a Heat team that has eliminated the Bulls from the playoffs in two of the past three seasons.

But after a 93-79 loss to Miami at the American Airlines Arena on Sunday, and it coming with four-time MVP LeBron James sitting out with a broken nose, well, school was in session from Professor Noah.

“I don’t care about missed shots,” Noah said. “When we play the Miami Heat, our intensity has to be high the whole

time. To me, that’s what’s disappointing. We play the Heat, I mean those guys ended our seasons a lot. You gotta hate playing these guys.

Every time we play them, our intensity has to be high.

We did it in spurts. It wasn’t good the whole time. And that’s what’s disappointing.”

Noah did his part, scoring 20 points and grabbing 15 rebounds on 7-for-11 shooting.

The All-Star center was one of the few to show up, however, considering the Bulls shot 36 percent from the field and had seven shot-clock violations.

“I’m frustrated about the game right now,” Noah said.

“I feel we could’ve definitely played a lot better.

“When we play the Miami Heat, our intensity has to be

through the roof for 48 (minutes), regardless if shots are going in or not. It has to be bigger.

Of course you want to win the game, but the way we’re going to win is our edge and intensity has to be better than theirs throughout the game.”

The third quarter definitely wasn’t.

After entering the locker room tied at 40, it was a complete no-show in the third.

The Bulls (29-26) shot 5 for 20 from the field (25 percent) in that quarter and had six turnovers that led to 12 Miami points. Add in a 0-for-6 showing from beyond the arc in those 12 minutes, and the frustration that made Noah once call Miami “Hollywood as [heck],” once again was front and center.

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DEERFIELD – Sam Salem’s 25-foot shot at the buzzer lifted host Trinity International to a 77-75 win over the University of St. Francis men’s basketball team in the regular-season finale for both squads Saturday night.

As a result, USF (15-14, 127) slipped into third place in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference South Division standings. The Saints will travel to Chicago to take on No. 7-ranked Saint Xavier in CCAC Tournament quarterfinal play Wednesday night.

The Saints led for the final 6:29 of the first half and remained on top until Salem’s long 3-pointer as time expired.

USF led 55-40 with 11:21 left and 66-57 with 2:48 to go. Trinity International (5-25, 3-16) got within 75-74 on a 3-pointer with eight seconds remaining.

USF then turned the ball over, setting up Salem’s game-winning basket.

Jo Jo Ballestero paced USF with a career-high 21 points.

Chris Miller and Mark Peters added 16 and 15, respectively.

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STILL WAITING AT THE GATE Joliet woman believes dog will return home after running away 2 years ago

By DENISE M. BARAN–UNLAND

“The only thing I can think of is that someone has him.”

dunland@shawmedia.com Have you seen Sammy?

It’s been two years since Sammy, a miniature pinscher/rat terrier/chihuahua mix that would now be 9 years old, went missing in the Louis Joliet Mall area.

Yet, Sammy’s owner, Lynn Stancik of Joliet, still hopes he’ll come home and she’s offering a reward for his safe return.

“I’ll even take anonymous tips,” Stancik said.

Stancik feels she has solid reasons for believing she and Sammy will be reunited. In all these years, no one has reported him dead or missing; even his collar and tags have not turned up. Because Sammy is microchipped, Stancik said a shelter would have contacted her if he had been found and released to one.

“The only thing I can think of is that someone has him,” Stancik said, hoping that Sammy’s new owner will seek her out and relinquish the dog.

For Stancik and Sammy, it was love at first sight. After the death of her adopted pit bull, Annie, 9, from an intestinal blockage, Stancik worked off her grief by volunteering with Just Animals no-kill shelter in Mazon and bringing home foster pets for short visits.

During those first days at Stancik’s house, Sammy became her “little buddy.” He followed Stancik inside and outside of the house. He offered her a paw. He chased tennis balls. He sat on her lap; he slept on her bed.

Lynn Stanick Owner of missing dog

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Sammy in Lynn Stancik’s office. Stancik, a campus safety officer at Lewis University in Romeoville, would bring Sammy to work with her on days off. Even the college students miss him, Stancik said.

“When I brought Sammy back, he wouldn’t eat, he wouldn’t do anything but cry in his cage,” Stancik said.

“So I brought him back home with me.”

Sammy’s separation anxiety surfaced again upon his return to the shelter.

So, Stancik adopted him, her first male dog, she said, and collected the stray tennis balls on the ground of Lewis University in Romeo-

ville, where Stancik works as the campus safety officer, so Sammy could play with them.

To ensure plenty of running room, Stancik bought a home with a large back yard, perfect for Sammy.

He only played outside alone by day as being outside in the dark with Stancik terrified him.

Stancik quickly realized that Sammy had other envi-

ronmental fears, too. Storms sent him quaking; Fourth of July fireworks meant refuge in Stancik’s bathtub.

Even the flashing light on Stancik’s computer bothered Sammy.

“He thought it was lightning,” Stancik said.

Because Sammy often required anti-anxiety medicine to calm him, Stancik decided he should not stay home alone during the work day.

So, she found a dog sitter for Sammy, a woman that cared for other dogs in her home.

She and Sammy became fast friends, Stancik said.

The arrangement appeared perfect until the day the sitter called Stancik with awful news: Sammy had squeezed out from under her fence and ran away. The incident alarmed Stancik. Maybe Sammy should stay home, she thought, a solution that didn’t work either.

“I came home and found he’d chewed up the front blinds,” Stancik said. “He was totally misbehaving.”

Stancik called the dog sitter to see if she was still available. The sitter had missed Sammy, Stancik said, and wanted him back. For awhile, all seemed well, until Feb. 8, 2012, when a service man came to the door. All the dogs, including Sammy,

scampered out, Stancik said.

Only Sammy did not return.

For three agonizing hours, on foot and by car, Stancik combed the area, until darkness prevented further searching. A brokenhearted Stancik returned home and renewed her search the next day and for many days thereafter.

Stancik put up fliers, called hundreds of veterinarians and numerous shelters, posted Sammy’s information on Facebook, shared her mission on websites that help locate lost dogs and followed up on all sighting rumors.

Unfortunately, for all Sammy’s fears, he was not afraid of strangers. In Sammy’s mind, the world was his friend. He’d jump into a car with anyone, she said.

“Someone probably thought he was cute and cuddly and said, ‘I’m gonna keep this dog,’ ” Stancik said.

Stancik prayed Sammy would return by Christmas or on the first anniversary of his disappearance. Two years later, Stancik has not lost heart.

She now owns Mimi, a 3-year-old, red nosed, goldeyed pit bull/bull mastiff/ Scottish terrier/Portuguese water dog mix. Mimi does not, Stancik said, replace Sammy. And when that boy dog of hers does find his way home, Stancik has a surprise.

“I’ve got 50 tennis balls waiting for him,” Stancik said.

For updates and to contact Stancik, visit Help Find Sammy on Facebook or email her at lynnies83@hotmail.com.

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

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CELEBRITY CIPHER

Oscar Wilde said, “One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.”

That is reasonable. But when one is in potential danger, falsecarding at the right moment may make the difference between success and failure.

In this deal, how should South play in three no-trump after West leads his fourth-highest heart and East puts up the queen?

South starts with six top tricks: four spades and two hearts. There are four more available in clubs. Is there any danger? Yes, if East has the club ace and thinks to shift to a high diamond, with West having that ace hovering over declarer’s king, South could lose one club and at least four diamonds.

However, declarer does have the advantage that defenders “always return partner’s suit” in no-trump. Still, how can declarer push East firmly in that direction?

South must take the first trick with his heart king, not the ace. To win the first trick in no-trump with an ace is an advertisement that you are not worried about that suit, because if your only high card were the ace, you would have made a holdup play, not taken the ace until, probably, the third round of the suit. Then declarer plays a club. It would be almost psychic of East to find the diamond-10 shift.

Finally, note East is unlucky that he does not have ace-third of clubs. Then he could hold up that ace until he could get a signal from his partner. Here, West would immediately discard a heart to tell his partner that they cannot run the suit.

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Wife weighs charging course husband with harassment Dear Abby: Can you be sexually harassed/abused by your spouse? My husband talks dirty to me and grabs at my breasts. I have repeatedly asked him to stop, but he doesn’t listen and continues to do it. We have two small kids at home, and by the time they go to bed, I could care less about being intimate.

His behavior disgusts me, and to be honest, I don’t want to have sex with him.

I have female problems and have told him it hurts, but it makes no difference to him.

He touches me in front of the kids, and I have to slap his hand away.

I can’t leave him because I don’t have a car or income for myself, nor do I have family or friends close by. I can’t go to his family because they see him in a different light.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips What would you suggest, and is it harassment – and could I press charges? – Leave My

Aura Alone Dear Aura: : You have mentioned so many problems in your short letter that it’s hard to know where to begin. While your husband’s attempts at foreplay are beyond clumsy and ineffective, I can’t help but feel some sympathy for him because it appears you have him on a starvation diet. How long this can continue for either of you is uncertain. Rather than try to charge harassment, why not schedule an appointment with your gynecologist and find out WHY

having sex is painful for you.

It is not supposed to be, and your doctor may be able to help you resolve the problem. Marriage counseling might also help, because it’s clear you and your husband aren’t communicating on any meaningful level.

If these problems are not resolvable, you can’t continue living like this and neither can he. Because your family isn’t nearby and you have no transportation, call or write them and let them know you may need their help to return. If they are unable to help you, contact a domestic abuse hotline.

Unwanted sexual advances could be considered harassment, and sex without consent is rape.

Dear Abby: It absolutely frosts me when parents head for the toy department

Exercise can alleviate back pain Dear Dr. K: I’m recovering from an episode of low back pain. How quickly (or slowly) should I resume my normal activities? I don’t want to reinjure my back.

Dear Reader: You’re right: It’s a balancing act. Too rapid a return may precipitate a relapse, but too timid a return can delay -- or even prevent -- recovery. I can’t give you a definitive answer because I don’t know the details of your condition. But here’s some general advice.

• Pain is a warning sign. Let your symptoms be your guide.

Avoid doing anything that hurts. If you feel pain, stop the offending activity.

• Avoid twisting your trunk or making sudden off-balance movements. Try to rid your house of clutter that can trip you up. Slippery surfaces and throw rugs are notorious for causing falls. Lifting objects while your body is in an awkward position can also cause problems.

• Exercise regularly. After an episode of low back pain, resume exercise. Do it at a much lower level of intensity and duration than what you were doing before your injury.

Many conditions that cause low back pain are made worse

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff by exercises that jar the spine, such as jogging. Exercises that don’t jar the spine -- swimming, walking or bicycle riding (either stationary or regular) -- should become part of your regular exercise routine.

Why exercise? Most often, low back pain is caused by conditions of the spine and the muscles around it. The muscles that lie along the spine, and muscles in the wall of your abdomen, protect your spine. Build strength in those muscles. Do it slowly over several months. Stretching exercises also are important. A common cause of low back pain is muscles that have not been strengthened and stretched by regular exercise. When those muscles are challenged by some activity – like carrying a heavy object – they are easily injured.

Stretching and strengthening exercises that target both your back muscles and abdominal muscles not only will help treat any existing low back pain; they will also help prevent a recurrence of

the problem. (On my website, AskDoctorK.com, I’ve put descriptions and illustrations of several back-strengthening exercises.) Stop the exercises if you experience any pain.

• Hold on to good habits.

During your episode of low back pain, you may have found yourself instinctively moving more cautiously: bending your knees when picking something up, carrying objects close to your body to minimize leverage on your back, and sitting down and getting up more carefully.

Try to turn these back-saving maneuvers into lifelong habits.

Practices such as these can help keep your back injury-free.

Fortunately, I’ve had only one episode of low back pain in my life, but it really knocked me out of action. I was fairly young and feeling invincible. I wasn’t exercising regularly at the time, and I never did any stretching exercises. One day I picked up a heavy object and carried it way out in front of my body, instead of holding it against my body. Pow! Never again: I learned an ergonomic lesson.

• Write to Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

so their children will have something to play with while they shop.

Then, after the kids have spent time drooling, teething, sneezing, etc., they leave the dirty toys at the end of the aisle for someone else to buy.

Yesterday I saw a child sucking on the paw of a stuffed animal. When I commented on how that must be the child’s favorite toy, the mother said it wasn’t theirs – she was just keeping the little boy quiet while she shopped.

Last week, I stood behind someone in the checkout line. In her child’s mouth was the ribbon from a Mylar balloon.

When the mother finished loading her groceries onto the conveyor belt, she said, “Time to put this back now!”

It’s my pet peeve: First the germs they get from sucking on this stuff, then the ones everyone else is exposed to from the child. And on top of that there’s the stealing, because I have seen children break toys.

This is wrong, and we’re all paying for it. Why can’t these parents throw something in the diaper bag before they leave home? – Put

It Down! In Virginia Dear Put It Down: Because the parents aren’t doing their job -- they are forgetful or lazy, and have no consideration for the store owners or other shoppers.

Sadly, parents like the ones you have described raise children who are just like themselves.

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com.

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TODAY - Your charitable and compassionate nature is attracting attention. People with similar beliefs are drawn to you. You will make many new friends who will have a positive influence on your career this year. The prospects are favorable for a new romance.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- To attain your goals, you will require the support and care of your colleagues and family. Your peers are eager for you to succeed and will offer beneficial advice.

ARIES (Mar. 21- Apr.19) -- It’s not the day to share details with others. Focus your energy on your own projects, and you will come out ahead. Don’t feel you have to respond to every request.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Not everyone will honor a promise. The information you are given is likely to be false. Save yourself embarrassment by forming conclusions based on facts that you’ve verified yourself.

Trust your own judgment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You have a great deal of creativity, and you should use it to your advantage.

Your insight and intuition could lead to a new moneymaking opportunity. A change in locale will inspire you and offer a new perspective.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Your personal life is in need of a makeover. The time is right to re-evaluate your goals and form a strategy to succeed. Your determination will provide the changes you desire.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- There is a certain cause that you care deeply about. Make an obligation to put yourself in the forefront and participate with vigor.

Others will be very impressed by your passion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Romance is in the air.

Remind your loved one of your devotion by being especially attentive today. An intimate outing will serve to stimulate your senses and strengthen your relationship.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Your ego may be feeling bruised by some recent tension at home. Don’t dwell on the negative influences around you. Reaffirm your self-confidence by channeling your abilities into a new hobby.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24- Nov. 22) -- Keep yourself occupied today. Get together with some close friends or trusted relatives for some stimulating conversations.

You will get moody and restless if you spend too much time alone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You will unintentionally hurt some feelings if you act in haste today. Spend your time studying up on one of your many interests, and stay away from conflicts and arguments.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Shake your lethargic attitude by doing something physical. Walking, swimming, cycling or hiking will not only engage your muscles; they will also help to release your imagination.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You are a dynamic and talented individual. Devote your time to building up your self-confidence and creativity. Those around you will be pleasantly surprised by your versatility and ingenuity.

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Reba ’ (PG) Colbert Report Daily Show Futurama (CC) Futurama (CC) South Park South Park South Park South Park Daily Show (N) Colbert (N) At Midnight South Park ■SportsTalk (N) ■SportsNet (N) Black History Month Special ■Boxing (PG) ■SportsNet (N) ■SportsNet (N) ■United Fight Alliance The Devils Ride (N) (14) (CC) Rods N’ Wheels (PG-L) (CC) Rods N’ Wheels (PG-L) (CC) Rods N’ Wheels: Rustoration The Devils Ride ’ (14) (CC) Rods N’ Wheels (N) ’ (PG-L) Dog With Blog Jessie ’ (G) Liv & Maddie Dog With Blog I Didn’t Do It Good-Charlie Good-Charlie A.N.T. Farm Austin & Ally Starstruck (’10) ›› Sterling Knight. (G) (CC) E! News (N) (PG) Hello Ross Kardashian Beyond Candid with Giuliana Chelsea (N) E! News (PG) Chelsea Lat ■College Basketball Syracuse at Maryland. (N) (Live) ■College Basketball Oklahoma at Kansas. (N) (Live) ■SportsCenter (N) (Live)(CC) ■SportsCenter (N) (Live)(CC) ■Women’s College Basketball Penn State at Nebraska. (N) ■NBA Coast to Coast (N) (Live)(CC) ■Shorts (N) ■Olbermann (N) (Live)(CC) ■Olbermann(CC) Switched at Birth (14-D,L,V) Switched at Birth ’ (14-D,L) Switched at Birth (N) ’ (CC) The Fosters (N) ’ (CC) The Fosters ’ (CC) The 700 Club (N) ’ (G) (CC) Guy’s Grocery Games (G) Worst Cooks in America (G) Worst Cooks in America (N) My. Diners (N) My. Diners Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Worst Cooks in America (G) Archer (N) Chozen (N) Archer (MA) Chozen (MA) Chozen (MA) Archer (MA) (4:30) The Other Guys (’10) 30 Minutes or Less (’11) ››‡ Jesse Eisenberg.

The Waltons (G) (CC) The Waltons (G) (CC) The Waltons (G) (CC) Frasier (PG) Frasier (PG-D) Frasier (PG) Frasier (PG) Golden Girls Golden Girls Love It or List It (G) (CC) Love It or List It (G) (CC) Love It or List It (N) (G) (CC) Hunters Hunt Intl (N) Love It or List It (G) (CC) Love It or List It (G) (CC) Swamp People (PG) (CC) Swamp People (PG) (CC) Swamp People (N) (PG) (CC) Cryptid: (Series Premiere) (N) Counting Cars Counting Cars Swamp People (PG) (CC) Hoarders (PG) (CC) Hoarders (PG) (CC) Hoarders (PG) (CC) Hoarders (PG) (CC) Hoarders (PG) (CC) Hoarders (PG) (CC) Wolf (N) Ridiculous.

Ridiculous.

Ridiculous.

Ridiculous.

Teen Wolf (N) ’ (14) Girl Code ’ Girl Code ’ Girl Code ’ Teen Wolf ’ (14-V) Sam & Cat (G) Awesomeness Full House (G) Full House (G) Full House (G) Full House (G) Full House (G) Full House (G) Friends (PG) Friends (PG) Friends ’ (PG) (CC) Dateline on OWN (PG) (CC) Dateline on OWN (14-V) (CC) Undercover Boss (PG) (CC) Dateline on OWN (14-V) (CC) Dateline on OWN ’ (14) (CC) Dateline on OWN ’ (14) (CC) (5:00) Panic Room (’02) ››› Jodie Foster.

Sleeping With the Enemy (’91) ››‡ Julia Roberts. (CC) Panic Room (’02) ››› Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker. (CC) Tattoo Night.

Fast The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (’06) ››‡ Lucas Black.

2 Fast 2 Furious (’03) ›› Paul Walker, Tyrese.

Being Human (N) (14) Being Human (14) (5:00) Final Destination 2 (’03) Lost Girl (N) ’ (14) (CC) Bitten ’ (MA-L,S,V) (CC) Bitten (N) ’ (MA-L,S,V) (CC) Seinfeld (CC) Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) (14) (CC) Holmes (N) Conan (14) Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ Big Bang (5:00) Tulsa (’49) ››› (CC) Ship of Fools (’65) ››› Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret. (CC) King Rat (’65) ››› George Segal, Tom Courtenay. (CC) Here Comes Here Comes Here Comes Here Comes Cake Boss ’ Cake Boss ’ Cake Boss ’ Cake Boss ’ Cake Boss (N) ’ (PG) (CC) Cake Boss ’ (PG) (CC) Difference Wretched Creation Dare to Love For Better, Worse, Keeps Life Today Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program The 700 Club (N) ’ (G) (CC) Dallas (14-D,L) (CC) Dallas (14-L,S,V) (CC) Dallas (Season Premiere) (N) Private (Series Premiere) (N) Dallas (14-D,L,S,V) (CC) Private Lives of Nashville Adventure (N) Regular (N) Steven (N) Annoying (N) King of Hill Cleveland American Dad Family Guy ’ Chicken Aqua Teen Family Guy ’ Rick, Morty Man v. Food Man v. Food Bizarre Foods America (PG) Bizarre Foods America (PG) Hotel Impossible (N) (PG) Hotel Impossible (PG) (CC) Bizarre Foods America (PG) Andy Griffith Gilligan’s Isle Gilligan’s Isle Gilligan’s Isle Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Raymond King King The Exes (PG) (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles (14-L,V) NCIS: Los Angeles (PG-D,L,V) NCIS: Los Angeles (14-L,V) ■WWE Monday Night RAW (N) (Live) ’(CC) Tanning of Amer (N) ■Basketball Wives LA ’ ■Basketball Wives LA (N) ’ Single Ladies (N) ’ (14-D,S) ■Basketball Wives LA ’ Single Ladies ’ (14-D,S)

BEST MOVIES 7:00 p.m. TCM ››› “Ship of Fools” (1965, Drama) Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret. The story of life aboard a Bremerhaven-bound ocean liner. Å (2:45) 7:30 p.m. OXY ››‡ “Sleeping With the Enemy” (1991, Suspense) Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin. A woman takes drastic measures to flee her abusive husband. Å (2:00)

8:00 p.m. BNC 26.5 ››‡ “The Distinguished Gentleman” (1992, Comedy) Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith. Con man goes to Washington as a senator. Å (2:30) CMT ››‡ “Beverly Hills Cop II” (1987, Comedy) Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold. A Detroit cop tangles with a vicious gang in California. (2:30) 9:00 p.m. SPIKE ››‡ “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (2006, Action) Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan. An American street racer takes on a Japanese champion. ’ (2:30)

BEST BETS ± 7 p.m. NBC 5 The Voice: Usher and Shakira, who filled in for Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera as coaches in Season 4, are back to do the same job as the singing competition starts its sixth go-round. Shakira’s adviser this season is country star Miranda Lambert, whose husband, Blake Shelton, is another coach, along with Adam Levine. Carson Daly returns as host. ± 7 p.m. on FAM Switched at Birth: Daphne (Katie Leclerc) tries to get Sharee (Bianca Bethune) to see that her mother needs help and gets in over her

head in the process. Bay and Toby (Vanessa Marano, Lucas Grabeel) come up with a plan to get their parents on the same page. Adrianna (Ivonne Coll) clashes with Regina (Constance Marie) over her new project. Travis’ (Ryan Lane) behavior has Melody (Marlee Matlin) confused in the new episode “Memory Is Your Image of Perfection.”

± 8 p.m. CBS 2 Mike & Molly: Mike (Billy Gardell) urges Molly (Melissa McCarthy) to start seeing a therapist. She agrees to go, but to say she’s not wild about the idea is an understatement. John Michael Higgins (“Happily Divorced”) guest stars in the new episode “Mind Over Molly.”

Monday February 24, 2014

“OK, who hid the treats?”

Photo By: J. Hellmann

Healthcare

Job Fair

Kelly Services is having a

JOB FAIR!!!

Customer Service Professional

People You Know. Extraordinary Care.

National lawn care company seeking mature, self-motivated individual for full-time work in small office environment. Responsibilities include handling of incoming phone calls and processing related paper work. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, display a pleasant demeanor & is able to work well with others. Excellent benefits. Apply at: Spring-Green Lawn & Tree Care 11927 Spaulding School Dr. Plainfield, IL 60544 acolstock@spring-green.com

Manager of Emergency Services

Driver Now hiring MOVERS and DRIVERS with valid Class C lic.

Training provided. Heavy lifting involved. Wages + tips TWO MEN AND A TRUCK 815-609-6200 12407 Rhea Dr, Plainfield, IL

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The Manager is responsible and accountable for management and direction of day to day operations of the Emergency Department.

This person will work cooperatively with leadership of other departments to integrate clinical services, administrative and educational aspects throughout the continuum. The qualified candidate must have five years of healthcare or business experience, at least three of which have been in a supervisor, manager or charge position and professional licensure and/or certification as appropriate.

For more detail and to submit a resume and online application, please click on Careers at: www.morrishospital.org IRRIGATION SERVICE TECHNICIAN Experienced. Valid driver license and customer friendly. Come to 2133 Gould Ct, Rockdale, for application. No phone calls please.

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PART-TIME BUS DRIVERS Free CDL Training Monthly Bonus Opportunity Vision and Dental Insurance Morning and afternoon schedules Ability to work in your community Mini Bus routes Perfect job for retirees, stay at home parents, or just looking to earn extra money Must be 21 years of age, drug free, no criminal background Current Driver's license in good standing for the previous 3 years Must enjoy working with children. Must be reliable.

For further conditions and details call 815-609-7725 Plainfield

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS: FORKLIFT: Stand up, Sitdown, Cherry Picker, Reach Truck & Walkie Rider ($10.50-$11/hr) ORDER PICKERS: RF Scanning, Shipping Packing ($9.75-10/hr) Transportation / Traffic / Dispatch Clerks needed with experience using Microsoft Word & Excel ($11-13/hr) Administrative Roles ($11-13/hr) Production Assembly ($9.50/hr/ 1st shift) Dates: Mon 2/24 – Fri 2/28 Time: 9am – 2pm Address: Kelly Services, Inc. 460 N. Weber Road Romeoville, IL 60446 Please Bring: I.D.'s proving eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. Driver's License & Social Security Card) Detailed work history or Resume

Health Care Social Services- PT Receptionist – PT DON and CNA's.

Long Term Exp required.

Apply in person at Lakewood Center, 14716 S. Eastern Ave, Plainfield, IL 60544

Grundy County Salary range: $55,000 - $70,000 See www.grundyco.org for application.

Email along with resume to djohnson@grundyco.org

Joliet ~ Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Memorial Park

! ADOPTION !

Curio Cabinet with Light & Shelves 2 bottom shelves inside, very nice condition - $50. 773-315-9677

Loving TV Sports Editor and Pharmacist, Music, Nurturing Family Values awaits 1st baby.

Expenses paid. 1-800-354-2608

King size 16-piece bed set.

Never used after 3 pm. 815-436-4222

! Lyn & Rob !

KNUDSON AUCTION & APPRAISALS 815-725-6023 “Since 1947”

Hallmark Ornaments 25 year collection, all mint in box. X-mas and Easter ornaments. $1 - $100 Call after 3 PM 815-436-4222

Letters from “Betty Broderick” 18 Hand Written Letters from

“The Woman Scorned”

Sleeper Sofa – 78”, Includes 2 Matching Pillows & Mattress, Excellent Condition - $70 815-729-1334 Twin Headboard - Beautiful solid oak with detailing. $50 Excellent Condition!

815-436-4222

Call today to place your ad

877-264-2527

Twin Oaks West, Pretty 2BR Open kitchen, mirrored closet doors, appl, blt-in-micro, D/W, free heat, Troy Schls. 815-744-1155

2003 CHEVY VENTURE VAN Fully loaded, good gas mileage.

Some new parts, $2,250/obo.

331-201-9251 ~ 815-886-3294

Flooring – Great Lakes Hardwood Flooring from Menards 24 sq.ft.

Partial box, excellent condition $60/obo. 815-436-6717

I PAY CASH FOR HOUSES Joliet: very nice 2BR condo, across St. Joe's Hospital, incl. appl., secure bldg, new paint, carpet, flooring, 630-699-2399

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Ron Orloff 815-730-1300

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CREST HILL ~ 527 PASADENA 2BR with balcony, appliances incl.

Secure bldg, no pets, $950/mo.

By Appointment. 815-592-3782

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms, Call 24/7 www.willcountryrentals.com 815-726-0000 ~ 815-730-1500

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

JOLIET ~ RIDGEWOOD

Notice is hereby given that the Remodeled, new kitchen, furnace, 3BR, 2BA, basement, large Yard. undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien Wooden Shelves of the owner, at public sale by 708-650-1176 All wood 4 shelf units, Great for dis- JOLIET 502 E. BELLARMINE DR. competitive bidding on Tuesday, ROCKDALE ~ HOWARD ST. playing things. Shelves are from 2BR, no pets, tenant pays electric.

March 11th, 2014 at 10:30 AM at 1 bedroom, quiet area, no pets.

IKEA - $50 773-315-1700 One year lease, $725/mo + sec. the Extra Space Storage facility lo$675/mo + utilities & security.

815-630-2160 cated at: 815-351-6232 1812 N. Larkin Ave. Joliet East: 1BR w/appl., heat & water, off st. prkng, $675/mo.

Crest Hill, IL 60403 Dishes - Rose pattern, Serves 12. +deposit, 630-697-2235 815-725-0116 Never used. Glasses, Bowls, The personal goods stored thereCandleholders & much more Joliet Big, Clean, Furn. Room Joliet- Cathedral Area-503 Cor$150 OBO. 815-467-5118 fridge/micro or stove, Newly in by the following may include, nelia, large 3 bdrm, 2nd flr of 2 renovated, nice wood floors. but are not limited to general flat, laundry, storage, garage $825 Laundry, elevator, on bus line. household, furniture, boxes, 630-926-4550 $95/wk, $412/m 815-726-2000 clothes, and appliances.

JOLIET: CLEAN 2BR, stove, fridge, (3) Evenflo safety gates Unit 119 Nakutis Corrina (1) Safety 1st. child gate D/W, A/C, off st. prking for 2 cars, Unit 307 Lorrie Marie Hendricks Being the FIRST to grab $25 for all 815-436-4222 NO PETS, 250 Marble Unit 101 Joan Souder reader's attention makes $750/mo.+sec. 815-600-1897 Dorm Fridge - $25; Skil Saw Unit 152 Erika Williams your item sell faster! $20; 10 DVD Box Set WWII - $20; Lockport Spacious 2 Bedroom Unit 485 Jeannette McDonald 24 DVD Box Set War - $20, Secure bldg, laundry, off St Unit 163 Yvette M Rabb Highlight and All or Separate - $85 OBO parking, no pets. $765/mo + dep.

Unit 87 Lynsette Medina border your ad!

815-744-6062 9am-6pm 630-983-5255 Unit 291 Elizabeth Smego Springbok Puzzles – All Types Unit 144 Luis Bautista MOKENA 2BR DUPLEX 877-264-2527 500 pcs -$5, 1000 pcs $6, Near metra, nice yard, city water, Unit 396 Tracy Wortman www.TheHerald-News.com 1500 pcs - $7, 2000 pcs - $8 half of garage, no pets. $900/mo Unit 68 Shamika Allen 815-725-4680 6pm-10pm + security dep. 708-717-5535

Includes Pictures, Cards & Visitation Request Forms - $399.

Plainfield alarm company has an 815-744-6062 after 5pm immediate opening for (2) part-time Dispatchers for 1st & 2nd shifts. Tiffany Lamp – Vanilla & Raspberry Candidate must have excellent cus- Colors – Vintage Dated - $250 815-726-2921 tomer service skills & be proficient in Microsoft Office. Send resume Cat Carrier, Rubbermaid to: dioffice@sbcglobal.net. Fax: $20 815-436-4222 after 3pm.

815-436-1457. Mail: 24802 Caton 1959 Schwinn Bicycle Farm Rd, Plainfield, IL 60586 GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS Mens. 26”, all original, green w/ chrome fenders, Excellent Shape AKC/OFA! Imported parents on site.

Great family dogs and protection.

One Owner - $125 firm.

815-725-8680 or779-206-0292 $950 - $1250/ea. 815-685-4764 www.promisedlandshepherds.com

DISPATCHERS – PART TIME

The Herald-News Classified

Lower 2BR. Quiet, appl, carpet.

Water incl, off St 1 car, $675/mo + sec, no pets. 815-439-1065

Joliet Mausoleum Crypt outside St. Luke, level 5-C, open & closing, lettering, deed transfer. $4,500.

If interested call 815-603-9532

Receptionist/Secretary

Technology Director

Rockdale ~ Newly Renovated

Kitchen Cabinets, Solid Oak, Very Good Condition - $375 815-382-9480

(2) Outdoor Crypts, Swan Pond complete. $6500/each.

815-729-3662

Selected candidates must meet the following criteria: Able to work a 8-12 hour shift Able to stand, bend, lift and walk during entire shift

Typing & computer skills required. Office experience & Bookkeeping a plus.

E-mail Resume to: MidwestSupplyCompany@ comcast.net Or Fax to: (815) 727-7458

Flooring – Great Lakes Hardwood Flooring from Menards 24 sq.ft.

Partial box, excellent condition $60/obo. 815-436-6717

The Herald-News Classified 877-264-2527

Near Glenwood W. of St. Joseph Hosp, Sparkling clean 1BR, D/W, appl, 2 A/C's, ceil fans, new carpet.

Electric entry.

815-744-5141

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS

New Lenox 2BR TH Style 1 bath, modern KIT/BA, oak and ceramic floors, private bsmt/patio. $1050/mo. 708-710-2570

ROCKDALE LARGE 2BR $725

Trinity Lutheran Pre-School, 508 North Cedar Road, New Lenox, Illinois admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, and athletic and other school administered programs.

Also nice 1BR $550, both painted and remodeled. NO PETS, 1 year lease & deposit. 815-466-0035

Members of Trinity Lutheran Church will be given preference in admissions with all remaining openings being filled without discrimination.

The Herald-News Classified It works.

(Published in the Herald-News February 24, 2014. HN166)

CLASSIFIED

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LEGAL NOTICE

Unit 355 Shawmicka L Walker Unit 294 Audrey Deloach PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE BONDS AND RIGHT TO FILE PETITIONS Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Ordinance No. 1657, adopted on the 18th day of February, 2014 (the "Ordinance"), the City of Crest Hill, sale. All goods are sold as is and Will County, Illinois (the "City"), intends to issue its Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed must be removed at the time of $20,300,000 (the "Bonds") and bearing interest per annum at not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by law at the time of sale thereof, for the ATTENTION: Local Education purpose of paying costs of improving the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the City (the "System"), as further described in the Ordinance. purchase. Extra Space Storage re- Agencies, labor Organizations, serves the right to refuse any bid.

The Bonds would be payable solely from the revenues of the System. A complete copy of the Ordinance follows this notice.

Community Based Organizations, Sale is subject to adjournment. and Interested Persons.

Notice is hereby further given that if a petition signed by 1,339 or more electors of the City (the same being equal to 10% of the registered voters in The Workforce Investment Board the City) asking that the question of improving the System and the issuance of the Bonds therefor, be submitted to the electors of the City is filed with (Published in the Herald-News the City Clerk within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice and the Ordinance, an election on the proposition to improve the Sys- February 24, March 3, 2014. of Will County under the provisions of the Workforce Investment Act tem and issue the Bonds shall be held on the 4th day of November, 2014. The Circuit Court may declare that an emergency referendum should be HN154) (WIA) of 1998, is soliciting proposheld prior to said election date pursuant to the provisions of Section 2A 1.4 of the Election Code of the State of Illinois, as amended. If no such petials from qualified applicants to imtion is filed with the City Clerk within said 30-day period, the Bonds shall be authorized to be issued. plement an innovative youth workPUBLIC NOTICE By order of the City Council of the City of Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois. force development program to Dated this 18th day of February, 2014. serve out-of-school youth under TiVicki Hackney SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA tle 1 Youth of WIA for the period of City Clerk, City of Crest Hill, PINAL COUNTY May 1, 2014 through June 30, Will County, Illinois 2015. The proposals will be reKelly Brackett viewed to determine whether or not ORDINANCE NO. 1657 Petitioner the provider meets the following AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE REVENUE BONDS OF Demitrius Brackett procurement requirements; ProTHE CITY OF CREST HILL, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT Respondent gram design, financial resources, NOT TO EXCEED $20,300,000. technical qualifications, experience, CASE NUMBER D02 01301585 organization and facilities adequate WHEREAS, the City of Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois (the "City",) operates its combined waterworks and sewerage system (the "System") in accorto carry-out the project, a satisfacdance with the provisions of Division 139 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as supplemented and amended, and in particular as suppleORDER FOR ALTERNATE MEANS tory performance record for commented by the Local Government Debt Reform Act, as amended (collectively, the "Act"); and OF SERVICE (PUBLICATION) pletion of contracts, and accountWHEREAS, the City Council of the City (the "Corporate Authorities") have determined that it is advisable, necessary and in the best interests of the ing and auditing procedures adeThe Court having reviewed the public health, safety and welfare to undertake the following project with respect to the System: quate to control property, funds, “Declaration of Due Diligence Improvements to the West Sewage Treatment Plant and assets. Proposals must be reall in accordance with the preliminary plans and estimate of costs heretofore approved by the Council and now on file in the office of the City Clerk, and Request for Alternate Means ceived by 4:00 pm, March 19, of Service,” and good cause ap- 2014. Request for Proposals can and to pay the engineering, legal, financial and administrative expenses related thereto (collectively, the "Project"); and pearing, be obtained on the Workforce WHEREAS, the estimated cost of constructing and installing the Project, including engineering, legal, financial, bond discount, printing and publicaIT IS HEREBY ORDERED grant- Board of Will County website: tion costs, and other expenses, is not less than $20,300,000, and there are insufficient funds on hand and lawfully available to pay such costs; and ing “Declaration of Due Diligence www.willcounty and Request for Alternate Means workforceboard.com WHEREAS, it is necessary and for the best interests of the City that the Project be undertaken and in order to finance the costs thereof it will be necesof Service.” or by calling 815-727-5670. sary for the City to issue up to $20,300,000 bonds payable from the revenues of the System as authorized by the Act (the "Bonds"); and th WHEREAS, the City expects to issue the Bonds in connection with a loan offered or to be offered by the State of Illinois (the "State"), acting through DONE IN OPEN COURT this 6 day (Published in the Herald-News of January, 2014.

February 24, 25, 26, 2014. the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (the "IEPA"), through the Water Pollution Control Loan Program (the "Loan Program") of the State; and HN165) JUDGE/COMMISSIONER WHEREAS, such loan may be made pursuant to a loan agreement and bond ordinance or ordinances, with such terms and conditions as may be provided by the IEPA, and it is necessary and advisable to authorize the acceptance of said loan and the execution of appropriate loan documents.

OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois, as follows: SECTION 1: Incorporation of Preambles. The Corporate Authorities hereby find that all of the recitals contained in the preambles to this Ordinance are full, true and correct and do incorporate them into this Ordinance by this reference.

SECTION 2: Determination to Issue Bonds. It is necessary and in the best interests of the City to undertake the Project for the public health, safety and welfare, in accordance with the preliminary plans and estimate of costs as hereinabove described, that the System continue to be operated in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and that for such purpose, there are hereby authorized to be issued and sold the Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,300,000.

(Published in the Herald-News February 17, 24, March 3, 2014.

HN141)

/s/ Vicki Hackney, City Clerk

(Published in the Herald-News February 24, 2014. HN170)

CITY OF JOLIET ADVERTISEMENT TO BIDS

PUBLIC NOTICE

CONTRACT NO. 1976-0314

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

PROJECT NAME: 2014 SEWER ROOT CONTROL PROGRAM

SECTION 3: Publication. This Ordinance, together with a notice in the statutory form (the "Notice"), shall be published once within ten (10) days after passage hereof by the Corporate Authorities in the Herald News, the same being a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and if no petition, Notice is hereby given that the signed by 1,339 electors, being equal to ten percent (10%) of the number of registered voters in the City, asking that the question of improving the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien System and issuance of the Bonds therefor, as provided in this Ordinance, be submitted to the electors of the City is filed with the City Clerk within thirty of the owner, at public sale by (30) days after the date of the publication of this Ordinance and the Notice, then this Ordinance shall be in effect. competitive bidding on Tuesday, SECTION 4: Additional Ordinances. If no petition meeting the requirements of applicable law is filed during the petition period hereinabove referred March 11th, 2014 at 10:30AM at the Extra Space Storage facility loto, then the Corporate Authorities may adopt additional ordinances or proceedings supplementing or amending this Ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of the Bonds, prescribing all the details of the Bonds, so long as the maximum amount of the Bonds as set forth in this Ordinance is cated at: 3481 Mall Loop Drive not exceeded and there is no material change in the Project or purposes described herein. Such additional ordinances or proceedings shall in all inJoliet, IL. 60431 stances become effective in accordance with applicable law. This Ordinance, together with such additional ordinances or proceedings, shall constitute # 815-254-4283 complete authority for the issuance of the Bonds under applicable law.

The personal goods stored thereSECTION 5: Acceptance of Loan Agreement. The Corporate Authorities hereby authorize acceptance of the offer of the loan through the Loan Pro- in by the following may include, gram, including all terms and conditions of the loan agreement, such agreement to be as further approved by the bond ordinance or ordinances and but are not limited to general related proceedings for the Bonds. The Corporate Authorities hereby covenant that the proceeds of the loan shall be used solely for the purposes of the household, furniture, boxes, Project as approved by the IEPA in accordance with the terms and conditions of the loan agreement. clothes, and appliances.

- Unit 82, BRAD J. THONTLIN SECTION 6: Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid, the invalidity of such section, para- Unit 173, Tiffany Lengyel graph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Ordinance.

- Unit 203, Terri Bradley - Unit 210, Jose Montalvo SECTION 7. Repealer; Effective Date. All ordinances, resolutions or orders, or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, includ- Unit 240, Emily Afanador ing Ordinance No. 1644 adopted by the Corporate Authorities on the 7th day of October, 2013, are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed; and - Unit 248, Susan Porter this Ordinance shall be effective immediately.

- Unit 314, Lisa James-Kirklin PASSED THIS 18th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2014.

- Unit 334, Jeffrey Conrad - Unit 402, James Gutierrez Aye Nay Absent Abstain - Unit 546, Cynthia Griggs Alderman John Vershay _______ ____X__ _______ _______ - Unit 554, Cecilia Loza Alderman Scott Dyke ___X___ _______ _______ _______ Purchases must be made with Alderwoman Claudia Gazal ___X___ _______ _______ _______ Alderwoman Barbara Sklare ___X___ _______ _______ _______ cash only and paid at the time of Alderwoman Tina Oberlin ___X___ _______ _______ _______ sale. All goods are sold as is and Alderwoman Candis Thuringer ___X___ _______ _______ _______ must be removed at the time of Alderman Charles Convery ___X___ _______ _______ _______ purchase. Extra Space Storage reAlderman Tom Inman ___X___ _______ _______ _______ serves the right to refuse any bid.

Mayor Ray Soliman _______ _______ _______ _______ Sale is subject to adjournment. /s/ Vicki Hackney, City Clerk (Published in the Herald-News February 24, March 3, 2014.

APPROVED THIS 18th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2014.

HN155) /s/ Raymond R. Soliman, Mayor ATTEST:

PUBLIC NOTICE

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The City of Joliet, Illinois, does hereby invite sealed bids for sanitary sewer root control of the following quantities and pipe sizes: 38,800 linear feet of 8-inch diameter pipe, 10,500 linear feet of 10-inch diameter pipe, 2,400 linear feet of 12-inch diameter pipe, 3,200 linear feet of 15-inch diameter pipe, 400 linear feet of 18-inch diameter pipe, and 300 linear feet of 24-inch diameter pipe.

Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Joliet Municipal Building, 150 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 604324156 until 10:10 A.M. local time on TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud.

Those desiring to bid may examine the bid documents and detailed specifications at the above address, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. All bidders will be required to submit Bid Security in the form of a Certified Check, Cashier's Check or a Bid Bond in the amount of Ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid, payable to the City of Joliet.

The successful bidder will be required to post performance Security and to provide a Certificate of Insurance as set forth in the Invitation of Bid and the General Terms & Conditions.

The Contract shall be subject to the provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.) to the extent required by

) law.

ALL PROPOSALS ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF JOLIET PROCUREMENT CODE (Section 2-430 - 2-453 of the Code of Ordinances)

ubjec to the provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.) to the extent required by law.

ALL PROPOSALS ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF JOLIET PROCUREMENT JAMES D. HOCK CODE (Section 2-430 - 2-453 of CITY MANAGER the Code of Ordinances)

MARGARET E. MCEVILLY CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR

JAMES D. HOCK CITY MANAGER

(Published in the Herald-News February 23, 24, 2014. HN168)

MARGARET E. MCEVILLY CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR

PUBLIC NOTICE

(Published in the Herald-News February 23, 24, 2014. HN169)

LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF JOLIET ADVERTISEMENT TO BIDS CONTRACT NO. 1975-0314 PROJECT NAME: 2014 UTILITIES RESTORATION PROGRAM PHASE I The City of Joliet, Illinois, does hereby invite sealed bids for 12,000 square feet 5-inch P.C.C. sidewalk; 8,000 square feet 8inch P.C.C. driveway pavement; 2,000 linear feet combination curb & gutter B6-12; 100 linear feet combination curb & gutter B6.24; 400 square yards class B patch 12” (ty II); 300 square yards class B patch 16” (ty II) special; 20 linear feet barrier curb B-6; 4,000 square yards furnishing & placing topsoil; 4,000 square yards class 1 seeding w/excelsior blanket and 100 square yards sodding; 200 square feet brick pavers; 40 square feet detectable warnings; 20 days traffic control and protection, 500 work sites for mobilization, 10 each manhole frames adjusted, 10 each valve boxes adjusted, 10 each catch basin frames adjusted, 10 each b-box blowouts, 10 each b-box resets, 10 each b-box resets with trench backfill, 5 each curb stop replacements, 30 square yards class D patch 10”, 30 square yards class D patch 6”, and 30 square yards of hot mix asphalt driveway pavement.

Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Joliet Municipal Building, 150 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 604324156 until 10:00 A.M. local time on TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud.

Those desiring to bid may examine the bid documents and detailed specifications at the above address, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. All bidders will be required to submit Bid Security in the form of a Certified Check, Cashier's Check or a Bid Bond in the amount of Ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid, payable to the City of Joliet.

The successful bidder will be required to post performance Security and to provide a Certificate of Insurance as set forth in the Invitation of Bid and the General Terms & Conditions.

Bidders are required to be prequalified through the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Capital Development Board, or the City of Joliet. The City of Joliet reserves the right to reject any and all bids, parts of any and all bids, or to waive technical errors or omissions in bids.

The Contract shall be subject

PUBLIC NOTICE Certificate #28936 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will County on February 3, 2014 where in the business firm of KLIMB Consulting Located at 17028 Creighton Dr., 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: Kari Bruce 17028 Creighton Dr. Lockport, IL 60441 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 22nd day of January, 2014.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk (Published in the Herald-News February 10, 17, 24, 2014.

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