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State-funded alternative court programs in jeopardy

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS

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JOLIET – State-funded alternative court programs – designed to dramatically cut down on the number of nonviolent offenders in prison through rehabilitation – are in jeopardy.

Adult Redeploy Illinois state grant dollars are being held up because of the political gridlock in Springfield.

Those dollars help counties such as Will and Grundy create and maintain alternative treatment programs to divert nonviolent offenders from prison and into community services. Instead of sitting in a prison cell, would-be inmates receive therapy, counseling and other services with a goal of reintegration into society.

The state owes about $100,000 for Grundy County’s Mental Health Court.

Will County, on the other hand, is owed about $200,000 for its Adult Redeploy Illinois specialty court, which is designed for nonviolent offenders with identified risk and needs but do not have substance abuse or mental health needs.

‘On shaky ground’

There are 10 participants in Grundy County’s Mental Health Court. The goal is to keep those mentally ill offenders from recommitting crimes and returning to prison by providing proper medication, therapy and other treatment.

But the program’s future is uncertain, said Grundy County Board Chairman David Welter.

The Grundy County Board this past fall agreed to float the program through a six-month period with the hope that Illinois government would get its act together, Welter said. With that six-month mark approaching, the Finance Committee will re-evaluate funding at its March 21 board meeting, he said.

“Uncertainty from the state has left this program on shaky ground,” Welter said. “The

state is forcing us into making some tough decisions.”

The County Board likely cannot afford to fund the program further, Welter said, although he noted that decision will be up to the Finance Committee.

“We get that Gov. Bruce Rauner is trying to reduce our prison population, but you can’t make it an unfunded liability, an unfunded mandate, where local governments foot the bill,” Welter said.

Grundy County Circuit Judge Lance Peterson, who presides over Mental Health court, said there are legal ramifications to worry about if Illinois lets it go to the wayside while people remain in the program.

“They start off with the fact that they chose this program and entered pleas of guilty and were looking [to] resolve their cases. ... If the program were to shut down, there are significant legal issues with their cases,” Petersen said.

“Can we unilaterally change their agreement?”

A commitment from the state

Julie McCabe-Sterr, coordinator for Will County’s alternative courts, received approval from the Will County Board late last year to shift $200,000 from the county’s Drug Court program to ARI. But how long those dollars can carry the program forward is unclear as funding availability dwindles.

“We’re in the process of evaluating how we’re going to proceed. We’re looking at all potential revenue sources until the state gets off the dime,” said Chuck Pelkie, spokesman for the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office. “The state’s attorney is very extraordinarily reluctant to end this program.”

Pelkie said Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow believes Will County “had commitment from the state” and that this program will

See COURT PROGRAMS, page 29

Ridgeport Logistics Park developer pushes for Lorenzo Road/I-55 improvements

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS

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WILMINGTON – The developer of the Ridgeport Logistics Center in Wilmington – one of Will County’s several developing rail-served industrial parks – is calling on government leaders to push for the reconstruction of the park’s primary access point along Interstate 55.

Improvements to the Lorenzo Road interchange at I-55 were pitched as a separate project long before the now-derailed $1.3 billion Illiana tollway project was first vetted. However, James G. Martell, president for Ridge Development, wrote in a Feb. 26 letter to Will County Executive Larry Walsh Sr. asking that the project “stand

on its own merit.”

In its current state, the Lorenzo Road interchange is not only a safety hazard, it also serves as an impediment to Ridgeport’s ability to “attract and retain tenants, along with the jobs and tax revenues that accompany them,” Martell wrote in the letter.

The letter is set to be a topic of discussion at the Will County Board Legislative and Policy Committee meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago St. in Joliet.

Will County Executive Larry Walsh Sr. said he is supportive, adding that development of the Wilmington logistics hub is moving in a “more aggressive manner” than the Illiana project.

LOCAL BRIEF Semi rolls over near I-80, no serious injuries

JOLIET – A semitrailer rolled over near Interstate 80 and Larkin Avenue early Saturday, but authorities said there were no serious injuries.

At 4:40 a.m., a semitrailer rolled over after the driver fell asleep, Illinois State Police said. The driver was transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening.

No other cars or drivers were damaged or injured from the accident.

State police responded to the accident.

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AREA IN NEED OF UPGRADES

St. Joe’s hospital growing, but neighborhood still recovering from recession

By BOB OKON

bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Bill Naal Jr. can list the names of bygone businesses that have left empty buildings behind on Republic Avenue – Grant’s Appliances, Ace Hardware Lawn & Vac and Joliet Paints, to name just a few.

“This street used to really be happening in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s,” Naal said. “In the 2000s is when people started moving out.”

Like a lot of places, Republic Avenue lost some business in the recession. And those businesses haven’t moved back.

The city of Joliet hopes to motivate redevelopment of Republic Avenue and other areas near Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center by offering tax breaks for redevelopment.

The proposed tax increment financing district would allow property tax increases that occur with new construction or building renovations to be used to offset the cost of development.

“It would help,” Naal said. “Given that things are slow right now, it would give you some funds that otherwise are not available.”

Naal Plumbing and Heating Co. was one of the first businesses on Republic Avenue when it opened in the late 1960s. Naal said the business, started by his father, had been the site of a batching plant used by the general contractor that built Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in what was then an undeveloped area of Joliet.

Others followed, creating a unique blend of industry, offices, restaurants and retail businesses on Republic Avenue.

“When we were busy, we could get everything we needed right on this street,” Naal said.

Not anymore.

Destination area

The city hopes to encourage development that will fill vacancies, reinvigorate aging properties and attract new businesses.

At stake is the future of an area that is not only one of the city’s major business districts, but also a destination point that shapes the image of Joliet.

Dr. Theodore Kanellakes, a retired allergist who had an office in the St. Joseph’s medical district for 30 years, points out that for many people the hospital neighborhood is their first impression of Joliet.

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This aerial photo of Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center shows the hospital campus in 2011 after a $130 million expansion and renovation project. The city has proposed a tax increment financing district that would be used to encourage redevelopment in the neighborhood around the hospital.

“They get at least 100 [patient] transfers a month into St. Joe’s. Their loved ones come to visit,” Kanellakes said.

Kanellakes traces a visitor’s drive off Interstate 80 onto Larkin Avenue to Jefferson Street and to the hospital as an area in need of upgrades for the sake of Joliet’s image.

City Hall, too, has targeted the same area Theodore for a code enforcement Kanellakes program aimed at getting business cooperation in cleanup and property improvements aimed at polishing up the route’s curbside appeal.

The program, combined with the proposed TIF district, pleases Kanellakes, who along with hospital representatives first sought city cooperation a few years ago.

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representatives met in October with O’Dekirk and other city officials.

“We again repeated our concerns • Feb. 16: Joliet City Council approved a and said something has to be done,” contract with SB Friedman to develop the TIF Kanellakes said. “I have to give plan.

O’Dekirk credit. He listened.”

• April-May: SB Friedman expects to In his first State of the City speech complete study determining what property is in late January, O’Dekirk said, “In eligible for incentives, redevelopment plans 2016, I would like to see the city make and impact on local governments that would a bigger commitment to St. Joseph’s forgo property taxes used for development. hospital.”

• May-August: Public approval process, The city announced the TIF plan the which includes notifications to property next week. owners and taxing agencies, public hearings, O’Dekirk said he and other city offiand final vote on whether to move ahead cials see the TIF district as important for the future of Joliet. He also noted with TIF district. the importance of avoiding a repeat of Silver Cross Hospital’s exit from Jorante talked about a medical business liet’s east side to a new location in New district surrounding the hospital but Lenox.

“The hospital is the single biggest described it as something on his “wish list.” The city began work on a TIF employer in Joliet,” O’Dekirk said. district, but it was never formally pro- “Especially with what happened with Silver Cross, I think it’s imperative posed.

TIF history and boundaries After Bob O’Dekirk was elected may- that we work with St. Joe’s.”

In his first State of the City speech or in April 2015, Kanellakes thought it See NEIGHBORHOOD, page 21 in 2012, former Mayor Thomas Giar- was worth another try. He and hospital

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Judge dismisses one count in Lincoln-Way suit

By FELIX SARVER

fsarver@shawmedia.com JOLIET – A Will County judge dismissed Friday one count in a lawsuit filed against Lincoln-Way High School District 210 to prevent a school closure but allowed two other counts to be heard again after dismissing them without prejudice.

At Friday’s ruling on District 210’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, Judge Roger Rickmon dismissed the first count in a lawsuit filed by Lincoln-Way Area Taxpayers Unite and its supporters.

The count claimed District 210 Board of Education member Christopher Kosel was unqualified to move for a vote to close Lincoln-Way North High School in August. Rickmon said he found no support for the contention.

However, Rickmon was concerned enough with an allegation that the board’s decision was done to prevent intervention from state education officials that he allowed opposition group’s attorney Stephen Eberhardt to plead again two counts that claimed the board’s decision to close a school was arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.

Rickmon dismissed those two counts without prejudice, allowing for an amended complaint.

He said that the allegation in the lawsuit suggests improper motive and would make the board’s decision to shutter a school arbitrary and capri-

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The school board has voted to close Lincoln-Way North High School (seen above) after this academic year. A watchdog group opposed to that has taken legal action against the district. A judge dismissed Friday one count in a lawsuit, but allowed two other counts to be heard again. cious.

Eberhardt was given 14 days to amend the complaint and the case is due for a status hearing April 21.

Lincoln-Way has been in a legal dispute with LWATU, a citizens group that formed last year and filed a lawsuit against the school board to prevent the closing a school and specifically North high school, which is slated to close this fall.

Rickmon heard arguments Monday from attorneys from both parties and took the matter under advisement. He said at Friday’s ruling the allegations in LWATU’s lawsuit – alleging financial mismanagement from the district

– were serious.

For Rickmon, the issue at stake was not the history of the district’s finances but the board’s decision itself.

He said it is difficult to find if the decision was arbitrary and capricious.

However, he was concerned about an allegation in LWATU’s lawsuit that stated the board’s decision was done “at least in part,” to prevent the Illinois State Board of Education from appointing a Financial Oversight Panel that would have rejected the excuses Lincoln-Way gave to its own auditors.

Dozens of LWATU supporters came to the Will County courthouse Friday.

As it was with Monday’s hearing,

Eberhardt met with them outside the courthouse to discuss the case, where he told them the fight was not over.

Eberhardt filed a motion Jan. 13 to set a hearing on a preliminary court order to prevent North high school from closing, arguing Lincoln-Way began the school closure process and “time is of the essence.”

Eberhardt said he was not able to move forward with the motion to keep North open, as Rickmon is focusing on the rest of the lawsuit. But he said he plans to refile the motion to keep the school open.

Superintendent Scott Tingley was at Friday’s hearing but deferred comment to William Gleason, one of the district’s attorneys.

Gleason said the attorneys were pleased with Rickmon’s dismissal of count one and they plan to address the amended complaint from Eberhardt.

“We don’t think the case has merit,” he said.

District officials released a statement attributed to John Izzo, one of their attorneys, stating they remain confident the court will affirm the board’s actions, “while difficult and painful,” were appropriate.

“The district looks forward to resolving this litigation and returning full focus to addressing the issues and challenges it faces, while fulfilling its mission to provide opportunities to maximize the academic growth of all Lincoln-Way students in the most cost-effective manner,” the statement read.

State bills arising from Lincoln-Way D-210 issues stalled

By FELIX SARVER

fsarver@shawmedia.com NEW LENOX – Proposed laws that were filed in the state Legislature last year in response to residents’ anger over the closing of a Lincoln-Way District 210 school have not gained much traction.

State Sen. Michael Hastings, D-Tinley Park, and state Rep. Margo McDermed, R-Mokena, filed bills last fall that were influenced by the outrage many District 210 residents had over the Board of Education’s decision to close Lincoln-Way North High School.

The proposed measures have yet to leave their respective committees. McDermed said one of her bills failed to receive enough votes in a legislative committee, and other lawmakers said they didn’t want to intervene on a school

board’s local control.

She said local control is the model in Illinois.

“People need to work within the limits of the model we have. That’s the way it is and, to the best of my knowledge, I believe people are. I think people have taken the reality into account,” she said.

Hastings was not available for comment Friday.

Many residents upset over the Lincoln-Way board’s decision to shut down North formed a watchdog group called Lincoln-Way Area Taxpayers Unite.

The group is suing the board to prevent North or any school from closing.

On Friday, a Will County judge ruled in favor of District 210 attorneys’ motion to dismiss the group’s lawsuit but dismissed two counts without prejudice, allowing for an amended complaint to be filed. The group’s lawyer said he in-

tends to do so.

Hastings has said Senate Bill 2183, filed on Oct. 20, would provide more transparency and accountability from school districts considering closing a building. The bill was assigned to the Legislative Education Committee Jan. 27.

The bill would amend state law to include provisions concerning school action and facility master planning that would apply to any district where the board has voted to approve closing a school.

Hastings has said the bill would apply to any school district whose board voted to approve a school closing after July 1, but it would not reverse Lincoln-Way’s decision to close North.

McDermed filed three bills last October after meeting with District 210 residents upset with the board’s decision at

a town hall meeting in September.

She filed House Bill 4309 to create an inspector general position at the Illinois State Board of Education.

Another bill she filed was House Bill 4322, requiring school boards to appoint a district advisory committee to advise and make recommendations to board members before they decide to close a building.

House Resolution 0808 would have the Illinois Auditor General conduct a performance audit for Lincoln-Way. None of McDermed’s bills have yet to advance from their assigned committees.

House Resolution 0808 lost state Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights, as co-sponsor and House Bill 4322 was not passed in the Elementary and Secondary Education Committee in a 17-4 vote, with four lawmakers not voting.

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Joliet loses more than a ton in weight loss challenge

By BOB OKON

bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Joliet met the 2,000-pound challenge.

On Thursday, 419 people weighed in, and the results were 2,416 pounds lost.

That was 416 more pounds that the Joliet Park District sought in its annual Weight Loss Challenge, which also is known as the “Lose a Ton” campaign.

“We were very happy with the

amount of people who came back to weigh out,” said Carrie Anderson, membership coordinator for the park district.

Many weigh in, but fewer weigh out during the six-week program. This year 722 weighed in. The 58 percent turnout for the weigh-out held Wednesday and Thursday was highest yet in the third year of the challenge.

The park district encouraged people to come back for the weigh-out even if

they just lost a pound or two in hopes of hitting the target. Last year, when only 40 percent weighed out, the diet-and-exercise campaign fell seven pounds short of the one-ton goal.

Anderson said there may have been more of a team spirit in the effort this year as the park district promoted the message that every pound counts.

“I think people felt they were part of a greater cause. They felt they were part of a community,” she said.

The Weight Loss Challenge was started as a public campaign to fight obesity. The park district also offers trial memberships at its Presence Inwood Athletic club.

The park district recognized its two top weight losers – a man and a woman – in terms of percentage of pounds lost. They were Tony Kovalcik of Joliet, who lost 14.05 percent of his weight, and Tiarra Webber, who lost 11.7 percent.

Joliet and CenterPoint keep Pace van rolling despite low ridership

By BOB OKON

bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The bus to CenterPoint Intermodal Center will run for another year despite a history of low ridership.

The Pace bus route is funded by the city of Joliet and CenterPoint Properties, both of which expect higher ridership as more jobs become available in the industrial park.

Joliet will spend $15,587 on the route, and CenterPoint will spend the same amount, for a total of $31,174.

City Manager Jim Hock told the City Council last week that six Pace bus shelters added last year provide about

$17,000 in advertising revenue, which covers the city’s cost on the bus route.

The council unanimously approved funding the route.

Pace actually uses a van for the route, which carried an average of nine riders a day in 2015. Total ridership was 2,325.

But Hock said ridership should grow with continued development of CenterPoint Intermodal Center-Joliet and construction of the new public transit center downtown.

CenterPoint spokeswoman Jacqueline Engle said in an email that several projects at the industrial park are near completion, and “CenterPoint predicts

increased use of the Pace system to accommodate the workforce in the new facilities.”

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Taft School District 90 asks for tax rate increase District deficit spending, cutting positions

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fsarver@shawmedia.com LOCKPORT – Taft School District 90 officials are seeking to increase the district’s tax rate through a referendum as it struggles with financial issues.

Taft Superintendent D.J. Skogsberg said the Lockport school district has seen a dramatic decrease in overall assessed property values in the past 7 to 8 years.

The district is starting to feel the effects of the housing market crisis of 2009, he said.

In response to its declining finances, the Illinois State Board of Education has required the district to develop a deficit reduction plan and cut seven staff positions.

Utility costs and unfunded mandates continue to burden the district, Skogsberg said.

“It has put the district in a position where it is spending down its re-

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in the March 15 general primary election if the district can increase the total tax rate for levy years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to provide additional funding for educational purposes.

The referendum would increase the tax rate from about 3.1 percent to just under 4.2 percent of the overall assessed property values during those years.

Skogsberg said if the referendum passes, it will bring in enough revenue to offset the district’s deficit spending.

He said he also expects overall assessed property values to increase in the next several years.

When the increased tax rate expires in four years, the Will County Supervisor of Assessments Office

will recalculate the correct rate to where it was before the referendum, he said.

“Basically, this locked-in 1 percent rate increase will end after four years,” Skogsberg said.

The passage of the referendum would also mean the Taft School District 90 Board of Education would be prepared to reinstate positions that have been lost in the past several months, he said.

Last fall, the district cut a full-time custodian position and in January, a building principal and five teaching positions were cut.

According to Illinois Report Card, Taft has 344 students, one building and 23 teachers.

Taft Board President Tony Peloso said he could not legally have an opinion either way on the referendum. But as a parent and a citizen, he would support it.

“As a parent, it’s very important,” he said.

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Barber, 46, was arraigned Wednesday and jailed without bail. Prosecutors had him arrested after a pathologist ruled Christopher Kostenbader’s death last May a homicide, saying he succumbed to “complications due to the severe head injury that occurred in 1991 at the hands of the defendant.”

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The rising sunlight streaks across the parking lot as he leaves the complex while talking on his cellphone, the footage shows.

After McKinley was arrested at a relative’s house later that day, German and Detective Carlos Matlock interviewed him for two-and-a-half hours and recorded it.

“I grabbed the blade of the knife. ...

I was just trying to keep my [stuff],” McKinley told the investigators, while showing them cuts to his hand. “[I did] stab her back. I grabbed it like this.”

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JOLIET – Seven minutes before he killed her, Drumaine McKinley held the door open for Joslyn Woods when she arrived at Evergreen Terrace housing complex in Joliet, according to surveillance video jurors watched Friday.

McKinley and Woods had allegedly arranged a paid sexual encounter when they met Sept. 3, 2014, but when Woods took out a knife in a dispute over money, authorities say McKinley stabbed her repeatedly. McKinley is facing trial on murder charges, but his attorneys say he was acting in self-defense.

Detective Jeff German was the first witness to testify Friday about how he reviewed surveillance footage from cameras throughout the housing project, which was played Friday to the jury. The cameras recorded video, but not audio.

McKinley arrives at 6:18 a.m. and

can be seen wearing the same “Boss” T-shirt police found later that morning in a garbage can with Woods’ blood covering it. The front door to building 363 is locked, but the rear door Drumaine is open, so McKinley en- S. McKinley ters and uses a doormat to prop the front door open, according to the video.

One woman steps over the mat as she uses the door to leave and McKinley approaches another woman who arrives in the parking lot for a brief conversation before he either gets or makes a call on his cellphone, according to video. Woods arrives at 6:22 a.m. and she goes with McKinley into the building and then into the first-floor laundry room. A camera in the hallway is installed at an angle that shows a 45-degree view of the laundry room through a glass window in the top half of the door that leads into it.

Woods and McKinley are obscured until a struggle occurs at 6:29 a.m. and McKinley uses his 6-foot 3-inch 275-pound

JOLIET – A Matteson man pleaded guilty Friday to killing a man in a Joliet apartment in 2013.

Rueben W. Washington shot Antonio P. Tyler once in the temple March 30, 2013, at an apartment in the 100 block of Nicholson Street, Will County Assistant State’s Attorney Fred Harvey told Judge Daniel Kennedy. Police said Washington and Tyler had a falling out over drug money.

Harvey told the judge other witnesses were in the apartment at the time.

According to sources, the witnesses may have credibility issues if Washington was tried for first-degree murder.

Defense attorney Robert Lewin said Washington agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for an 18year prison sentence. With time already served in the Will County Jail, Washington will be eligible for parole in 2022.

“I wish he could’ve gotten more time. I wish we could have heard the whole story. We don’t have closure,” Tyler’s cousin, Talivah Johnson, said after Washington pleaded guilty. Washington did not make any statements in court Friday.

“Even if he could’ve said I’m sorry. Just cold-blooded,” said Constance Tyler, the victim’s younger sister.

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Flooding in Troy Township area gets new attention

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bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The city will try to relieve a long-running drainage problem in an area that is part Joliet, part Shorewood and part unincorporated Troy Township.

Farmers have complained to Joliet flooding in their fields is linked to the development of the Kearney Glen subdivision, which was built several years ago at Black and County Line roads on land annexed into the city.

The Troy Township Highway Department also is looking for a solution since sections of Black Road flooded and iced over in early January after heavy rains.

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“I think each one of these solutions will help. But it’s the city of Joliet’s contention that there have always been flooding problems in this area.”

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But Eggen told a City Council committee last week that an inspection has detected a broken field tile, a drainage system laid by farmers before the city arrived, under County Line Road.

The city plans to replace the tile in April to allow for a better flow of storm water.

Eggen said Shorewood officials also will examine drainage coming off the Saddlebrook Estates subdivision, which was annexed into the village after it was built, which could contribute to the problem.

“I think each one of these solutions will help,” Eggen said later. “But it’s the city of Joliet’s contention that there have always been flooding problems in this area. That’s why field tiles were put in in the first place.”

Troy Township farmer William Kobe has repeatedly called on the city to fix the problem.

Kobe said while fields have flooded before, the water would drain off. Now,

he said, fields stay flooded.

He contends the drainage system serving Kearney Glen was improperly built, so that water drains to his property instead of into a detention pond at the subdivision.

“I’ve got water sitting there since November. I’m tired of looking at it,” Kobe told the council’s Public Service Committee.

Kobe also questioned whether fixing the field tile will solve the problem.

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• English as a Second Language Grammar Club – 10 a.m., Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Contact Tania Hess at 815-263-8145 or thess@ plainfieldpubliclibrary.org.

• Microsoft Word Workshop – 1:30 p.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. RSVP at 815-723-3885 and press 0 or chellis@willcountyillinois.com. For

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Join a volunteer work crew to help keep the forest preserves clear of invasive species. For information on upcoming Forest Preserve District of Will County workdays, visit ReconnectWithNature.org. information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• NAACP General Meeting – 7 to 8 p.m., Unity CDC Building, 1 Doris Ave., Joliet. Free.

For information, email naacpjolietchapter@ gmail.com.

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• Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., Wilmington City Hall, 1165 S. Water St., Wilmington.

• English as a Second Language Conversation Club – 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Contact Tania Hess at 815-263-8145 or thess@plainfieldpubliclibrary.org.

• Microsoft Word Workshop – 10:30 a.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. RSVP at 815-723-3885 and press 0 or chellis@willcountyillinois.com. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• WSD’s Computer Lab – 10:30 a.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. Walk-ins welcome.

Visit www.jobs4people.org.

• ESL Conversation Group – 3 p.m., White Oak Library District, Lockport Branch, 121 E. Eighth St., Lockport. For more information, call Pat at 815-552-4185 or visit www.

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• Thursday Night Horseshoes – 6 p.m., • Memory Clippers – 9 a.m. to noon, Manhattan Township Historical Society, 255 Harry E. Anderson VFW Post 9545, 323 Old S. State St., Manhattan. Digitize and organize Hickory Road, New Lenox. Call 815-485-8369 artifacts. Email ManhattanHistorical@yahoo. or visit vfwpost9545.org.

• Loons – 6:30 p.m., Pilcher Park Nature com.

Center, 2501 Highland Park, Joliet. Presenter: • Will County Mobile Workforce Center Janet Schleeter. A meeting of the Will County – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m.,

Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 815-725-2934.

• Philatelic Club of Will County – 6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 40 S. Houbolt Road, Joliet. Contact Rod Juell at rajuell@gmail.com or 815-741-2734 or visit willcountystampclub.wordpress.com.

• ESL Conversation Group – 6:30 p.m., White Oak Library District, Romeoville Branch, 201 Normantown Road, Romeoville.

For more information, call Pat at 815-5524185 or visit www.whiteoaklibrary.org.

March 11 • Antique Fair – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; also 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 12, Channahon United Methodist Church, 24751 W. Eames St., Channahon. $2. One free appraisal with admission. For more information, call 815467-5275 or visit channahonumc.org • Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., Mokena Public Library, 11327 W. 195th St., Mokena.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Knights of Columbus Council 4400, 1813 Cass St., Joliet.

Fish, chicken and shrimp. Carryout. Call 815723-3827.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Stone City VFW Post 2199, 124 Stone City Drive, Joliet.

Carryout and eat-at-bar begin at 11 a.m.; dining room opens at 4 p.m. Call 815-722-7122.

• Bingo – Doors open 4 p.m. Cards begin at 6 p.m., St. Mary Nativity School, 702 N. Broadway St., Joliet.

• Fish Fry – 4 to 7 p.m., Ingalls Park AC, Bond Road and Park Street, Joliet. French fried cod, shrimp, catfish and chicken tenders, French fries and baked potato. Dine in or carryout. Call 815-727-7217.

• Fish Fry/Karaoke – Fish fry is 4 to 8 p.m.

Karaoke is 8 p.m. to midnight, Cantigny VFW Post 367, 826 Horseshoe Drive, Joliet. Call 815-722-5398.

• Fish Fry – 4 to 7:30 p.m., Croatian Cultural Club, 1503 Clement St., Joliet. Baked or fried cod, shrimp, catfish or fried chicken breast. Dine-in or carryouts. For information on carryouts, call 815-723-3154.

• Channahon Knights of Columbus, Council 12863 Fish Fry – 4 to 7 p.m., St.

Ann Parish Hall, 24500 S. Navajo Drive, Channahon. Carryouts available. Ten percent discount before 5 p.m.

• Fish Fry – 4:30 to 8 p.m., Joliet Elks Lodge No. 296, 250 S.E. Frontage Road, Joliet. Baked and fried cod, fried shrimp, combo and burgers. Call the Elks at 815-744-3355 or 176 West at 815-955-4968.

• Fish Fry – 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., St. Andrew the Apostle Parish Hall, 505 Kingston, Romeoville. Carryouts available. Call Sheryl at 815-886-4165, ext. 419.

• Fish Fry – 5 p.m., Harry E. Anderson VFW Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory Road, New Lenox. Karaoke begins at 8:30 p.m. Call 815485-8369 or visit vfwpost9545.org.

March 12 • Forest Preserve District of Will County Volunteer Workday – 8 a.m. to noon, Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve, Lockport. For more information, email rgauchat@fpdwc. org or call 815-722-7364.

• Indoor Winter Farmers’ Market – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Church of Saint Benedict, 909 Lily Cache Lane, Bolingbrook. Illinois LINK cards, credit cards and cash accepted. For information, visit www.stbenedict.ws or call 630-759-5955.

• Friends of the Library Book Sale – 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., White Oak Library District, Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville. For more information, call 815-552-4230 or visit www.whiteoaklibrary. org.

• Pot Roast Dinner – 4 to 7 p.m., Elwood Community Church, 101 N Chicago St., Elwood. $10 (adults) and $5 (Age 12 and under). Carryouts available.

• Fish Fry – 4 to 8 p.m., Knights of Columbus Council 4400, 1813 Cass St., Joliet. Fish, chicken and shrimp. Carryout. Call 815-7233827.

March 13 • Forest Preserve District of Will County Volunteer Workday – 8 a.m. to noon, Hickory Creek Barrens, New Lenox. For more information, email rgauchat@fpdwc.org or call 815-722-7364.

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• Free Tax Preparation Service – Lockport Branch Library, 121 E. Eighth St., Lockport. By appointment only. For information, visit www.whiteoaklibrary.org or call 815-552-4260.

• English as a Second Language Reading Club – 10 a.m., Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Contact Tania Hess at 815-263-8145 or thess@ plainfieldpubliclibrary.org.

• Career Cafe – 10:30 a.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. RSVP at 723-3885 and press 0 or chellis@willcountyillinois.com. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• Bingo – 5 p.m., Harry E. Anderson VFW Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory Road, New Lenox. Call 815-485-8369 or visit vfwpost9545. org.

• College Illinois: Prepaid Tuition Program – 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Mokena Community Public Library District, 11327 W. 195th St., Mokena. Registration required. Contact Cathy Palmer at cpalmer@mokena.lib.il.us or 708-479-9663.

• Bingo – 6:45 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 100 S. Infantry Drive, Joliet. Call 815-7250746.

• Morris Area Toastmasters – 7 p.m., Morris Hospital Education Room, 150 High St., Morris. Call Matthew Woyner at 815-4783574 or Frank Hankins at 815-942-4733.

• Midwest Crossroad Chorus of Sweet Adelines International – 7 p.m., Trinity Christian School, 901 Shorewood Drive, Shorewood. Regular practice. Seeking new members. For information, call 866-5887464 or visit midwestcrossroad.org.

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• English as a Second Language Grammar Club – 10 a.m., Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Contact Tania Hess at 815-263-8145 or thess@ plainfieldpubliclibrary.org.

• Successful Interviewing – 9 a.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. May schedule individual, digitally recorded mock interview. One hour. Free.

RSVP at 723-3885 and press 0 or chellis@ willcountyillinois.com. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• ESL Conversation Group – 3 p.m., White Oak Library District, Crest Hill Branch, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill. For more information, call Pat at 815-552-4185 or visit www.whiteoaklibrary.org.

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Ramon Flores, 25, of Joliet, has been charged with 14 counts of criminal sexual assault, all class 1 felonies, and 11 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, all class 2 felonies, according to a news release from the Kendall County Sheriff’s Department.

Kendall County sheriff’s deputies took a report Feb. 7 for an allegation of criminal sexual assault of a female juvenile by an acquaintance, according to the news release.

The alleged assaults took place on several occasions about four years ago at a farm located in the 13000 block of McKanna Road in unincorporated Minooka in Kendall County.

On Feb. 26, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Flores and he was taken into custody March 2 by the U.S. Marshal’s Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force without incident.

His bond was set at $2 million and he remains in the Kendall County Jail.

“I would like to commend the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies, for quickly apprehending Flores. Cooperation between law enforcement agencies, like in this case, is vital to ensuring that wanted fugitives are taken off our street,” Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis said in the news release.

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Metra said the officers will focus on stopping criminal activity on trains, assisting conductors and protecting customers.

A 2013 report by the Hillard Heintze consulting firm was critical of Metra’s policing, noting a lack of onboard patrols and complaints of frequent crime and disorder on some parts of the network.

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The incident occurred within a two-week span between Feb. 16 and March 1 at the dead end of Route 129 in Gardner.

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CHICAGO – In the Democrats’ race for a chance to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, the question has always been whether U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s two opponents can overcome her advantages as a sitting congresswoman with name recognition, more funding and a personal war story.

Former Chicago Urban League CEO Andrea Zopp and state Sen. Napoleon Harris will at least try – something other Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation considered but ultimately decided against. And while Duckworth also enters the March 15 primary with party establishment backing, Zopp and Harris said they bring valuable things Duckworth does not.

The primary will make clear what’s expected to be one of the year’s most

highly contested U.S. Senate races, with Democrats trying to retake control of the Senate targeting Kirk’s seat in left-leaning Illinois as one of their best prospects.

One of the few polls conducted on the race, by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, showed Duckworth with support from 52 percent of self-identified Democratic primary voters, while Zopp and Harris were in single digits.

Zopp has stepped up her attacks on Duckworth since that poll was conducted in mid-February, going after her repeatedly in their lone televised debate.

Zopp said Duckworth doesn’t have much to show for her time in office, criticized her for not participating in more debates and said the congresswoman’s strategy seems to be not to engage with

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Friday, March 11th Skip takes us on a ride from Nat King Cole & Muddy Waters to Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, Hendrix, The Who & 50 more!

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An empty garage in Joliet is stands in the area where the city has proposed a tax increment financing district that would be used to encourage redevelopment.

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St. Joe’s and neighbors

The hospital has been a stabilizing force in the neighborhood, having launched a $130 million expansion program in 2004 that included construction of the eight-story bed tower that changed the front entrance to Springfield Avenue.

Presence currently is investing $2.3 million in the hospital, including renovations of the triage area in the emergency department and expansion of the neuro intensive care unit.

The hospital employs 2,400 workers, and another 200 work next door at the Presence Villa Franciscan nursing home.

Presence has not said much about the TIF district or its plans in Joliet.

But Presence did issue a statement

Lori Russ

Director, Future Diagnostics Group in early February noting that the Joliet medical center is “a destination hospital which receives nearly 1,000 transfer patients annually from other hospitals.

The enhancement of the area surrounding Saint Joe’s, and the West Side, is vital to the experience of our patients and their families, our associates, and is likewise important to our neighboring businesses.”

One of those neighboring businesses is Future Diagnostics Group on Republic Avenue. The company moved into a former manufacturing building 14 years ago.

Future Diagnostics Group remodeled the building. Its unique parking lot is lined with solar panels that generate energy that is used in the building. The group provides outpatient diagnostic services for patients as far away as Chicago and Kankakee.

Director Lori Russ agreed the area needs improvements.

“If I’m taking a walk down the street, the sidewalks are in need of repair,” she said. “Some of the bushes are overgrown. It would be nice to have the city take care of some of those things.”

Others said the city needs to improve street lighting in the area.

Russ called the TIF proposal “a great thing.”

“The street is getting better over the last few years,” Russ said. “But I think with rehab, it would be nice to have things a little fresher.”

Carrie Nation Barroom Smashing and Temperance Rally at the Museum and Tin Roof Pub

Wednesday, March 16 6:30 pm

Ellie Carlson debuts her lively historical portrayal of prohibitionist Carrie Nation at the Museum with light appetizers and Carrie Nation approved “bar”. Later, an old fashioned “barroom smashing” will take place a block away at Tin Roof and drinks will flow (cash bar) via Prohibition Era Barkeeps.

Museum Members $10 ● Non-Members $12 Walk-Ins accepted ● Registration recommended

SUNDAY, APRIL 3rd 1:00pm — 5:00pm

Special Appearances by Anna & Elsa from Frozen and Rey from STAR WARS!

A family fun day filled with Lego-themed events; Building, Video Games, Exhibits, Demonstrations, Candy Bar, Race Car Derby, Raffles, Full Buffet Lunch, More!

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The proposed TIF district map as it is currently drawn runs west of the hospital, taking in property that lines Springfield and Republic avenues. It goes from Glenwood Avenue to Jefferson Street. It also takes in a block of the north side Jefferson Street that runs east of Springfield.

Kanellakes has asked the city to expand the proposed TIF district to the east of the hospital, taking in the medical building that he owns, as well as others along Hammes Avenue that have seen more vacancies in recent years.

Owners of vacant office space around the hospital face two challenges, Kanellakes said. Changes in health care have led to consolidation and fewer individual doctors opening new offices. And, changes in the neighborhood have made it less appealing than when Kanellakes opened on Hammes in 1982.

“You don’t want these things vacant,” Kanellakes said. “It’s not good.

It’s blighted. The hospital doesn’t want them vacant either.”

“If I’m taking a walk down the street, the sidewalks are in need of repair. Some of the bushes are overgrown. It would be nice to have the city take care of some of those things.”

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OBITUARIES FRANK A. BIANCO Frank A. Bianco, age 78, of Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of Joliet, passed away Monday, Feb. 29, 2016.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and two brothers.

He is survived by a sister, Donna (late George) Keigher; and a brother, Tom (Judy) Bianco.

Funeral Services were in Fort Myers, Florida.

ue to do so. We are forever grateful to know you and have you in our lives.

Funeral Services for Elaine Czajkowski will be held Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at 9:15 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington roads, Joliet to St. Ambrose Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Monday, 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

For more information, 815-741-5500 or visit her Book of Memories at www.fredcdames. com.

ELAINE CZAJKOWSKI Elaine Czajkowski (nee Swartz), age 87. Peacefully Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center with her family by her side. A lifetime resident of Crest Hill.

Preceded by two sons, Thomas and Joseph Czajkowski; one great granddaughter, Ashlyn Daniels; her parents, William and Julia (nee Bajt) Swartz; and two sisters, Cletus Bokker and Eleanor Ellwanger.

Survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Joseph B. Czajkowski; one son, John J. (Lynn M.) Czajkowski, both of Crest Hill; two daughters, JoAnn (Charles) Lewickas of Shorewood and Judy (Roland-Louis “Louie”) Nelson of Shorewood; seven grandchildren, Dawn (Brian) Daniels, Andy (Jessica) Lewickas, Adam (fiancée, Stephanie) Lewickas, Angela (fiancé, Jason) Lewickas, April (Keith) Lewis, Heather Nelson, Staci Czajkowski; four great-grandchildren, Jacelyn and Kaitlyn Daniels, Peyton and Preston Lewis; one brother, Jerry (Judy) Swartz of Poplar Grove; two sisters, Betty Gibson of Rockford and Carol Syljebeck of Florida; and numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

The Czajkowski family would like to thank Elaine’s two caregivers, Mary Lou Carr and Debi Spesio. The word caregiver just doesn’t describe the love, compassion and support they have provided our family and still contin-

VALENTINE R. DUNCAN

Born: Feb. 14, 1941 Died: Feb. 27, 2016

Valentine R. Duncan (nee Admave), age 75, at rest Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Park Pointe Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Morris.

Born Feb. 14, 1941, to the late Joseph and Cecil Admave. She enjoyed bird watching, crafts and gardening.

Survived by her son, Steven L. Duncan; three grandchildren, Mandy (Grover) Keltz, Gretchen and Grant Duncan; one great-grandchild, Grayson Keltz; siblings, Joseph Admave and Patricia (Dallas) Earnhardt; and aunt of many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Reggie, Katie and Launa.

Funeral services were held privately.

Arrangements by Fred C. Dames Funeral Home.

For more information, 815-942-5040 or visit her Book of Memories at www.fredcdames. com.

Jesse Allen Painter Happy 51st Birthday

Another year without you, Our broken hearts will never mend.

Loving and Missing You Always, Mom, Al, Jayme, Dana, Jessica, Jesse, Chasity, Lil Jesse and Brooklyn

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RITA MAY KARMAS Rita May Karmas (nee Sansone), age 80. Passed away Friday, March 4, 2016, at Symphony of Joliet.

Born in Chicago, married her childhood sweetheart, Louis A. Karmas on Feb. 16, 1952, she was a resident of Elmhurst from 1965 to 1998 when she moved to Wonder Lake. She relocated to the Joliet area in 2010. Member of Christ the King Parish in Wonder Lake, she served the church in the R/E program. Former member of Immaculate Conception Parish in Elmhurst. She was formerly employed by Miller Fluid Power in Bensenville. An avid bowler and she enjoyed drawing and painting as well as having a quick wit.

Survived by her four children, Carolyn (Richard) Cochrane, Louis (Diane) Karmas, Steven (Susan) Karmas and David (Kristen) Karmas; 20 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 11 siblings.

Preceded in death by her husband, Louis A. Karmas (2010); her daughter, Patricia; grandson, Matthew; great-grandson in infancy; and five siblings.

Funeral Services for Rita May Karmas will be Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington roads, Joliet to Holy Family Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m.

Interment Christ the King Cemetery in Wonder Lake on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at 11 a.m.

Visitation Tuesday morning, 8:30 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.

For information, 815-741-5500 or visit her

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AGNES C. McLAREN Born: Nov. 29, 1923 Died: March 3, 2016

Agnes C. McLaren (nee Karpel) passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016, at Joliet Area Community Hospice, after complications from hip replacement surgery.

Agnes was born in Joliet on Nov. 29, 1923, to her parents John and Margaret (nee Kuban) Karpel. Agnes married Stephen Dave McLaren on April 16, 1944, in Joliet.

Agnes is preceded in death by her husband, Dave; brothers, Joseph (Marge), John, Richard, Robert; sisters, Margaret (Joseph) Janostak, Genevieve (Raymond) Hommes, Anna (Earl) Schoeneck; brothers-in-law, Robert Milligan, Charles Joesph and Lee Witherspoon; niece, Lisa (nee Schoeneck) Peart; nephews, Paul Milligan and Mark Milligan, Ricky Karpel, Sean and Joel McLaren.

Agnes is survived by her children, Patrick (Georgia), Diane Richards, Linda; grandchildren, Renee (Brian) Ford, Jeffrey (Patricia) Richards; great-grandchildren, Max and Ruby Ford, Jack and Joe Richards. Also by her loving sisters, Elizbeth Milligan, Mary Ann Joesph, Dorthy Witherspoon; sisters-in-law, Rita Karpel, Shirley Karpel

and friends. She will be dearly missed by loving family and friends.

Funeral services will begin on Monday, March 7, 2016, beginning with a visitation from 9 to 11 a.m. at Tezak Funeral Home (1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet) then driving in procession Ss. Cyril an Methodius Catholic Cemetery in Joliet for a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. Interment to follow.

Obituary and tribute wall for Agnes C. McLaren at www.tezakfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Pisut Funeral Services.

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Harriet M. Kump, 91, of Seymour and formerly of Joliet, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, March 3, 2016, at Good Shepherd Nursing Home.

She was born in Chicago on Aug. 11, 1924, daughter of the late Paul and Kathryn (Harbacek) Budnick. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Seymour and formerly of St. Raymond Parish in Joliet. She was united in marriage to Raymond Kump Sr. on Sept. 1, 1956. He preceded her in death on June 3, 2001. Harriet was employed by Illinois Bell for 35 years before retiring in 1979.

Harriet is survived by her daughter, Kathy (Joseph) Murck, Winona, MN; son, Raymond Kump Jr., Green Bay; and three grandchildren, Dennis, Tyler and Daniel Kump.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 915 Ivory Street, Seymour, WI, on Monday, March 7, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral Mass at 11 a.m. with Fr. Brian Belongia officiating. Burial will take place in Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Romeoville.

and Dorothy Karpel. Numerous nieces, nephews, great and great-great-nieces and nephews.

Agnes worked at Gerlach Barlow for over 20 years. She devoted the rest of her life active in her church, Sts. Cyril & Methodius, Ladies Pennsylvania Catholic Slovak Union as chapter treasurer (retiring in October 2015), Sts. Cyril and Methodius Altar and Rosary Society and Senior Citizens Association.

She as a master baker and cook that her family was blessed to learn from and enjoy. She was an avid bowler, crossword player, and reader throughout her life. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed being able to still bake and cook for her lucky family

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HARRIET M. KUMP

Born: Aug. 11, 1924 Died: March 3, 2016

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JAMES T. MILLER James Thomas Miller, age 76, a lifelong resident of the Joliet area, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Joliet Area Community Hospice surrounded by his loving family.

Survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Donna (nee Rodeghiero); daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Pat Kelly; son and daughterin-law, Roger and Tracy Miller; grandchildren, Christopher, Erin and Brett Kelly, Josephine Miller; endeared cousin, Sandy (Bob) Derby. Preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Florence (nee Phillips) Miller.

Born in Joliet, he was a lifelong resident of Joliet, Plainfield and Channahon. He worked 38 years at Plainfield Tool & Engineering and was a member of the Plainfield volunteer fire department for 20+ years where he established many lifelong friendships. He was well loved by family, friends and coworkers and was known for a “good” joke. A celebration of Jim’s life will be held Sunday, March 6, 2016 from 2 until 5:30 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington roads, Joliet. A prayer service will be conducted at 5:30 p.m. Inurnment Private Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Memorials in his name to Joliet Area Community Hospice would be appreciated.

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

JOHN MACK MUSSON John Mack Musson, passed away suddenly on a cruise with his wife by his side, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Age 72.

Survived by his loving wife, Janice (nee Blackburn) Musson of Bolingbrook; two daughters, Kristi (Jason) Frederick and Staci (Doug) Jevert; four stepchildren, Michael (Jen) Hoffman, Heather (Bill) Murphy, Jeremy (Cheryl) Hoffman and Kaitlyn Schuberth; 10 grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Preceded in death by his parents, Mack and Jean (nee Junsola) Musson.

Graduated with his BS from Bemidji State University with a degree in technology and engineering. Employed for 31 years as a Senior Field Service Engineer and as a Field Training Manager with Rockwell Automation.

Veteran of the U.S. Navy. Member of the Bethany Lutheran Church, Naperville, lifetime

member of the VFW Post #15014, Wabash Valley Gun Collector Association, American Legion Post #0127 and the NRA. Funeral services will be held from the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home, 2320 Black Road, on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at 11 a.m. Interment with Full Military Honors will be held at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Memorials in John’s name to the Disabled American Veterans. Visitation Monday from 4 to 8 p.m.

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STEPHEN J. PLATKO

Born: Sept. 2, 1938 Died: March 1, 2016

Stephen J. Platko passed away suddenly on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Georgine (Shaffer) Platko; by his daughters, Larissa (Ray) Barbee of Nashville TN, Beth (Matthew) Petersen of Chicago; granddaughters, Claire and Natalie Petersen; his sister, Christine (Richard) Serkland of Alpine, TX; and one niece and several nephews and grandnephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents, John and Ann Platko; and his brother, the Very Reverend John Platko.

Stephen was born Sept. 2, 1938, in Joliet. He was a lifelong member of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, serving as choir director for 50 years and as President of the Church Council for the past six years. He graduated from Northwestern University where he received bachelor and master of music education degrees. During his 35 year teaching career, Stephen was band director at Lockport Taft Grade school, choir director at Lockport West High School, band director at Tinley Park High School, and Supervisor of Fine Arts for the Bremen Community High Schools. He also directed the Tinley Park Arts Alive Community Band for ten years following his retirement from full-time teaching.

During his retirement, Stephen devoted his energies to music composition. His works for symphonic band, orchestra and voice have been performed at the International Midwest Band Clinic, WFMT Radio Chicago Composer Series and at the Budingen, Germany Millennium Celebration. His compositions have been featured by the Joliet American Legion Band, University of Kansas Concert Band, Lewis University Choir and by colleges and universities throughout the country. Stephen was also a prolific composer of liturgical works for Eastern Orthodox worship.

He received the Illinois Humanities Council “Studs Terkel Award” for the year 2000 for his musical accomplishments and commu-

nity service for the Village of Tinley Park. The Lewis University Choir will premiere his latest composition entitled “Lazarus of the Four Days” on April 26, 2016, at the Saint Charles Borromeo Chapel on the campus grounds.

Stephen was an inspiration to all who knew him. Through his music he expressed his passion for life. Through his life he taught us much about the importance of family, self-reliance, humor, ingenuity, patience and civility.

Donations in memory of Stephen J. Platko may be made to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church.

Visitation will be on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church (1000 Barber Lane, Joliet) from 3 to 7 p.m.

A Panikhida prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Stephen will lie-in-state on Monday, March 7, 2016, at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church from 9:30 a.m. until the Funeral Service to be held at 10 a.m. Graveside interment will follow at St. Mary Nativity Cemetery in Crest Hill.

Obituary and tribute wall for Stephen J. Platko at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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MARY ANN POURCHOT Mary Ann Pourchot (nee Liska), passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side, as a result of complications to lung cancer on Feb. 29, 2016.

Mary Ann is survived by her loving soul mate and companion of 38 years, Rich Minella; her children, Mark (Paula) Pourchot, Corrine “Corky” Pourchot and Troy (Sandy) Pourchot; also surviving seven grandchildren and 7 1/2 (due in June) great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Rose Liska; father, Ernest Liska; and one sister, Geraldine Kislowski.

Mary Ann graduated from Kelly High School in Chicago. She was a devoted mother and grandmother to her family, a loving caregiver to many family members and a dear friend to many. She was a business partner, artist, crossword puzzle enthusiast and a lover of fashion and music. She was a huge Chicago sports teams fan, especially the White Sox, Bears and Blackhawks. She retired from the Joliet Herald News classified desk.

Visitation will be held at the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home 2320 Black Road, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, from 10 a.m. until noon with the service starting at noon.

Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers memorials to Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, 2614 West Jefferson St. Joliet, IL. 60435 would be appreciated.

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JUNE D. ROSELAND June D. Roseland (Eberhart), age 73, of Joliet, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016, at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.

June is survived by her loving family, children, William (Deberah) Norman, Darlene (David) Russ, Philip (Romina) Norman; stepchildren, Dawn (Bob) Greiff, Dane (Karen) Roseland, Tricia (Dan) Corn; siblings, Terry (Sue) Eberhart, Phyllis (Bill) Navarro; nine grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

June was preceded in death by her parents, Roy & Margaret Eberhart (Smith); husband, Irving “Rosie” Leonard Roseland (2/6/2000); and sons, Ricky Norman and Michael Norman.

Family will receive friends at June’s home, 501 Scribner Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on Sunday, March 6, 2016, from 2 to 8 p.m. Interment will be private.

For information, www.kurtzmemorialchapel.com or 815-485-3200.

ALAN A. SATUNAS Alan Anthony Satunas, age 64, of Blue Eye, Missouri, passed away Feb. 29, 2016.

Arrangements and cremation are under the direction of Cremations of the Ozarks. For more information, 417-544-0218. For online condolences, please visit www.cremationsoftheozarks.com.

NADINE M. SCHROEDER Nadine M. Schroeder, nee Hanrahan, age 76, of Lemont, passed away peacefully March 2, 2016.

Preceded in death by her parents, Polly and Elizabeth Hanrahan; her sister, Norine Neef; her brother, Jay “Jay Bird” Hanrahan.

Survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Carl Schroeder; her children, Nena (James) Bussey, Natalee Quinn, Corey (Kerri) Schroeder and Nanette (Norman) Paterson; her adored grandchildren, Caitlyn (Chris) Sarna, Brittney (Kyle) Cavanaugh, Kealy, Gavin, Kelsey, Carlie, Tyrone , Madyline, Alexie, Ellis and Ella; two great-grandchildren, Harper and Max; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 9:30 a.m. from Markiewicz Funeral Home, P.C. 108 Illinois St. Lemont, to St. Patrick Church for Mass at 10 a.m. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Visitation, Monday, March 7, 2016, from 2 to 9 p.m.

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when I do, I’m explaining other people’s lives to them.”

Much of his youth was spent in the shadow of Donald Conroy, who “thundered out of the sky in black-winged fighter planes, every inch of him a god of war,” as Pat Conroy would remember. The author was the eldest of seven children in a family constantly moving from base to base, a life described in “The Great Santini,” the film of which starred Robert Duvall as the relentless and violent patriarch.

The 1976 novel initially enraged Conroy’s family, but the movie three years later made such an impression on his father that he claimed credit for boosting Duvall’s career. The book also helped achieve peace between father and son.

“I grew up hating my father,” Conroy said after his father died in 1998. “It was the great surprise of my life, after the book came out, what an extraordinary man had raised me.” He would reflect on his relationship with his father in the 2013 memoir “The Death of Santini.”

“The Prince of Tides,” published in 1986, brought Conroy a wide audience, selling more than 5 million copies with its story of a former football player from South Carolina with a traumatic past and the New York psychiatrist who attempts to help him.

It was not greeted warmly by re-

viewers.

“Inflation is the order of the day.

The characters do too much, feel too much, suffer too much, eat too much, signify too much and, above all, talk too much,” said The Los Angeles Times Book Review.

But Conroy ignored the reviews and focused on the advice he once got from novelist James Dickey, his professor at the University of South Carolina.

“He told me to write everything I did with all the passion and all the power you could muster,” Conroy recalled.

“Don’t worry about how long it takes or how long it is when you’re done. You know, he was right.”

Conroy’s much-anticipated “Beach Music,” published in 1995, was a best-seller that took nine years to complete. During that time he had been working on “The Prince of Tides” screenplay, but he also endured a divorce, depression, back surgery and the suicide of his youngest brother.

He was born Donald Patrick Conroy on Oct. 26, 1945. The Conroy children attended 11 schools in 12 years before the family eventually settled in Beaufort, about an hour from Charleston.

Conroy was married three times and had two daughters. Although he lived around the world, he always considered South Carolina his home and lived in the coastal Lowcountry since the late 1990s.

coached Bobcat football, and youth baseball, where he also served on the board. He was proud to be on the Wildcat Football Chain Gang for 18 years and took great pleasure in being at anything that his grandkids participated in. Rick enjoyed the outdoors and will be remembered for his love of hunting, fishing, boating and camping.

Survivors include his mother, Lenna Thompson of Braidwood; wife, Sue; and children, Jeff (Brandy) Thompson, Stephanie Thompson, Carrie (Brent) Van Duyne and Chris Thompson (Katie Bowman), all of Wilmington; grandchildren, Cole, Kile, Zachary, Aiden, Korbin and Tucker Thompson, Mikey and Hunter Catlin and Zander and Chance Van Duyne; great-grandsons, Eoghan and Declan Thompson; brothers and sisters, Vickey (Jeff) Palmer of Wilton Center, Timmy (Julie) Thompson and Tommy (Donna) Thompson, both of Braidwood, Tracey “Gert” Thompson of Wilmington and Rhonda (Kevin) Murphy of Braidwood; two aunts, Maude Bittle of Higden, Arkansas, and Lethie (Chester) Barger of Heber Springs, Arkansas; his father and mother-in-law, Ron and Vera Habing; sister-inlaw, Sandy (Bob) Adams; and brother-in-law, Jim (Tina) Habing, all of Wilmington; numerous nieces and nephews, and countless friends, including his Chain Gang buddies, Tom Burnes,

Gary Geiss and John Siebert.

Rick was preceded by his father, Lavern; sister-in-law, Sheila Soltysik; and two nephews, Ronnie and Ryan Soltysik.

Cremation rites are being accorded and the family will receive friends for a memorial visitation at Christian Faith Center, 1800 S. Water St. in Wilmington on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, from 2 p.m. until time of Memorial Service 5:30 p.m. Pastor Jeff Urban will officiate.

Preferred memorials may be made in Rick’s memory to the WHS Athletic Boosters, 209 Wildcat Ct., Wilmington, IL 60481 Family and friends are encouraged to sign the guestbook, upload photos or share Rick’s memorial page by logging onto: www.BaskervilleFuneral.com Cremation services and memorial arrangements have been made under the direction and care of Baskerville Funeral Home in Wilmington. (815-476-2181)

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DARLENE TAYLOR Darlene Taylor, age 55 years, died Sunday Feb. 28, 2016 at Silver Cross Hospital. Born in Chicago, she has resided in the Will County area since 1974. Lockport Township High Schools alumni.

She is preceded in death by her parents and two children.

Darlene is survived by her two children, Quincy Taylor and Ariel Taylor, both of Joliet; eight grandchildren; six brothers; one sister; stepfather, Walter Boykin; ex-husband and longtime friend, Oscar Taylor; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Funeral services will be 5 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2016, at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 18101 West Oak Avenue, Lockport, Illinois, 60441. Visitation 4 to 5 pm at the church.

Interment will be Tuesday March 9, 2016 leaving from Range Funeral Home, 202 South Eastern Avenue, Joliet, IL 60433 at 10 a.m. to Elmhurst Cemetery, 1212 East Washington Street, Joliet, IL 60433. Rev. Richard D. House, Officiating.

RICK THOMPSON

Born: May 29, 1955; in Gideon, MO Died: March 4, 2016; in Joliet Rick Thompson, age 60, of Wilmington, passed away March 4, 2016, at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born May 29, 1955, in Gideon, MO, Rickey is a son of Lenna (nee Smith) Thompson of Braidwood and the late Ollie “Lavern” Thompson. He was raised and educated in Wilmington, and on Nov. 1, 1975, Rick married Sue Habing in St. Rose Catholic Church. He was a member of the IAM Local #851, and retired from Caterpillar’s Joliet facility in 2009. Following retirement, Rick returned to Caterpillar, where he was continuing to subcontract with JR Coating. An avid sports fan, especially of The Chicago White Sox and Notre Dame, Rick

• Sunday, March 6, 2016

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Author Pat Conroy, whose beloved works “The Great Santini” and “The Prince of Tides” are set against the vistas of the South Carolina coast that was his home, was lauded Saturday as a great chronicler of the human condition and a humble and loving soul.

Conroy, 70, died Friday at his home in Beaufort, about an hour south of Charleston, surrounded by family and friends at the time, according to his publisher.

The heavy-set author died less than a month after announcing on Facebook that he was battling cancer. He promised to “fight it hard” and told his fans “I owe you a novel and I intend to deliver it.”

Barbra Streisand, who starred in and directed the movie version of Conroy’s “The Prince of Tides” posted a picture of herself with Conroy on Instagram on Saturday. The 1991 movie starring Streisand and Nick Nolte earned seven Oscar nominations, including best picture.

“He was generous and kind, humble and loving ... such a joy to work with.

I was so honored that he entrusted his beautiful book to me,” she wrote. “Pat’s natural language was poetry ... he wrote sentences that are like an incantation.”

While Conroy had been ill in recent weeks, last October the University of South Carolina Beaufort held a 3-day literary festival featuring Conroy and discussions of his work and included a screening of “The Great Santini.” The event culminated with a 70th birthday party in his honor.

“The water is wide and he has now passed over,” his wife, novelist Cassandra Conroy, said in a statement from publisher Doubleday.

Nan A. Talese, Conroy’s longtime editor and publisher, said that the late author “will be cherished as one of America’s favorite and bestselling writers, and I will miss him terribly.”

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg, who had known Conroy most of his adult life called him “the great chronicler of the time and place that I call home. He saw it with clarity. He wrote of it with purpose.”

Conroy, who sold 20 million books worldwide, candidly and expansively shared details of growing up as a military brat and his anguished relationship with his abusive father, Marine aviator and military hero Donald Conroy. He also wrote of his time in military school, The Citadel in Charleston, and his struggles with his health and depression.

“The reason I write is to explain my life to myself,” Conroy said in a 1986 interview. “I’ve also discovered that

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Kirk focused on general election amid primary challenge The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Seen as one of the U.S. Senate’s most vulnerable Republican incumbents, Mark Kirk has been raising money for his re-election bid and launching attacks for months at his likely general election challenger, Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth.

His approach to his March 15 primary opponent is another story.

Businessman James Marter’s longshot challenge to Kirk is predicated on his asserting that he’s the true conservative, and was launched after it became clear Illinois’ GOP establishment was discouraging a primary. Since then, he and Kirk haven’t even been in the same room together; Marter says Kirk sent his campaign manager for the one debate both campaigns participated in.

Kirk’s campaign said he has a “robust” schedule heading into the primary, including parades and other events

ILLINOIS ROUNDUP

News from across the state

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Public-records requests rise amid U of Illinois difficulties

URBANA – Requests for public records from the University of Illinois sharply increased in the past two years amid a series of controversies.

University records indicate that in 2015 there were 1,003 requests under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. That was a 17 percent increase from 2014 and a 62 percent rise from 2013.

University spokesman Tom Hardy told The News-Gazette that public-records requests have increased “steadily and sharply.”

In 2015 the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus saw Chancellor Phyllis Wise resign following, among other things, her use of private emails to avoid public scrutiny of university business.

Football coach Tim Beckman

A look at Illinois’ Republican candidates for U.S. Senate CHICAGO – A look at the Republicans seeking the party’s nomination for U.S. Senate: n James Marter, 53, Oswego Owns his own software consulting company and has previously worked for Dow Chemical Co. and SAP America.

Serves as a Kendall County Republican party committeeman. Graduate of Purdue University, competed one year on the university swim team. Ran unsuccessfully as a write-in candidate for Oswego village trustee in 2015.

Married, four children. this week. He has the endorsement of top Republicans such as Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois’ GOP congressional delegation, who see Kirk as the kind of Republican needed to win state-

and athletic director Mike Thomas were fired following allegations of mistreatment of athletes by some coaches.

About 60 percent of requests came from private individuals and 23 percent from news outlets.

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Initiative aims to boost Illinois birth certificate accuracy

PEORIA – A statewide initiative to improve the accuracy of information on birth certificates has seen some success.

The Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative, based at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, started the Birth Certificate Accuracy Initiative. Through the initiative, accuracy rates rose from 87 percent to 97 percent last year among participating hospitals.

Darlene Hammond, director of obstetrics at Pekin Hospital, said there are about 200 questions and queries they input into a long-form birth certificate. They then send that information to the state.

The Illinois Department of Public Health uses the data

n U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, 56, Highland Park Lawyer and former Navy intelligence officer who served 23 years with the U.S. Navy Reserve, retiring in 2013. Worked for U.S. Rep. John Porter before being elected to replace Porter in Congress in 2000. Won his first U.S. Senate term in 2010. Graduate of Cornell University and the London School of Economics. Earned law degree from Georgetown University.

Divorced. wide in a Democratic-leaning state.

While Kirk holds conservative positions on issues such as national security, he deviates from the party on social issues. He supports same-sex marriage

to come up with statistics on childbirth and maternity health.

Hospitals and agencies base programs, policies and funding on information that comes from long-form birth certificates.

“It’s significant because it’s the only consistent source of data on all Illinois babies and moms,” said Patricia Ann Lee King, project director of the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative.

Illinois hospitals had a reputation for giving unreliable information to the Illinois Vital Records System, The Peoria Journal Star reported.

Doctors, nurses and records clerks from 107 hospitals began in late 2014 participating in monthly teleconferences, webinars or meetings meant to improve the quality of collected data and create a uniform system in how data is collected and reported.

A problem they encountered was the way data was recorded was inconsistent depending on the hospital, with clerks recording it at some hospitals and nurses doing so at others.

Nurses might interpret and record medical information

and voted against a measure to defund Planned Parenthood. Last week he said President Barack Obama should appoint a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a position that put him at odds with GOP leaders.

“As a Senator representing the great state of Illinois, each morning I go to work ready to fight to do right for Illinois all the time,” Kirk said.

The more conservative wing of the state party doesn’t buy what Kirk’s selling. Marter said it’s those people from whom he’s won support for his stances, which he says provide perhaps “the most clear-cut race in Illinois’ primary this year.”

He’s aware he faces an uphill climb.

Kirk’s name recognition far surpasses Marter, who’s never been elected to public office.

Campaign finance filings show Marter had raised about $22,000 as of the start of 2016, while Kirk entered the year with $3.8 million.

differently than a clerk.

“This project allowed us to all get on the same page,” Hammond said. “That was huge.”

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Lake County investigating death of jail inmate

WAUKEGAN – Lake County authorities are investigating the death of an inmate who had been housed in the county jail’s medical unit.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Friday the Lake County Major Crime Task Force will investigate the 36-year-old man’s death.

The man arrived Monday at the jail in Waukegan after his arrest on drug-related charges.

He was taken to a medical unit jail cell after telling staff he was feeling ill from drug withdrawal symptoms.

Police said the man was found unresponsive in that cell Friday and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

An autopsy by the county coroner’s office found the man’s preliminary cause of death appeared to be of natural causes. Final toxicology results are pending.

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Indiana company recalls painkiller that sickened 3 infants

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. – A central Indiana compounding pharmacy is recalling a narcotic painkiller after three newborns were sickened by a “super-potent” intravenous form of the drug the company distributed.

The Indianapolis Star reported that Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals issued a voluntary recall for an intravenous form of morphine sulfate on Feb. 11 after lab results showed that it was too powerful for safe use.

The Food and Drug Administration said three infants suffered “serious adverse events” to the painkiller, which can lead to breathing problems, coma or even death if injected in too high a dose.

Pharmakon says it distributed a “super-potent” form of the painkiller to a medical facility in Indiana and one in Illinois.

Pharamakon attorney Elizabeth Prokopik said the Noblesville company is working with the FDA and cannot comment on the incident.

– Wire reports

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS in Turkey following the forced Family, friends of ex-FBI agent demand his release take-over of the country’s

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The family and colleagues of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nine years ago while on a CIA mission expressed anger and disappointment at a rally Saturday that he wasn’t part of a January prisoner exchange with Tehran.

Several hundred people attended the rally for Robert Levinson, 67, who disappeared from Iran’s Kish Island in March 2007. A 2013 Associated Press investigation revealed that the married father of seven was working for the CIA on an unauthorized intelligence-gathering mission to glean information about Iran’s nuclear program.

If Levinson remains alive, he has been captive longer than any American – longer than then-AP journalist Terry Anderson, who was held more than six years in Beirut in the 1980s. Unlike Anderson, Levinson’s whereabouts and captors remain a mystery. U.S. officials believe the Iranian government was behind his disappearance. It has denied that.

EU pressured in wake of Turkish press crackdown

ANKARA, Turkey –The European Union is facing increasing pressure to speak out against the erosion of media freedom

largest-circulation newspaper, but few expect it to take a bold stance toward Ankara while trying to assure its help in dealing with the migration crisis.

The move further reduced the number of opposition media organizations in the country, which is dominated by pro-government news outlets and where censorship is rife. It raised alarm bells over the deterioration rights conditions in the NATO member nation, which also aspires for EU membership.

Prosecutors: Gyrocopter nearly collided with plane

Prosecutors said a Florida man who landed a gyrocopter outside the U.S. Capitol as political protest last spring was seconds away from potentially colliding with a Delta flight that had taken off from Reagan National Airport.

In a court filing Friday, prosecutors said Douglas Hughes flew his one-person aircraft almost directly into the oncoming flight path of the 150-person turbojet last April, risking the death of “countless people.”

Hughes, who agreed to a plea deal in November, is set to be sentenced April 13. Prosecutors are asking for 10 months in prison.

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Cruz, Trump split GOP wins; Sanders, Clinton divide states The ASSOCIATED PRESS WICHITA, Kan. – Ted Cruz cinched double-barreled victories in Kansas and Maine, and Donald Trump captured Louisiana in Saturday’s four-state round of Republican voting, fresh evidence that there’s no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president.

Bernie Sanders notched a win in Nebraska and state party officials gave him a victory in Kansas, while Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton snagged Louisiana.

“God bless Kansas,” Cruz declared during a rally in Idaho, which votes in three days.

“The scream you hear, the howl that comes from Washington D.C., is utter terror at what we the people are doing Donald together.”

Trump The Texas senator defeated Trump easily in Kansas and Maine, and Trump rolled to victory in Louisiana, underscoring that his appeal knows no geographic limitation. Early returns showed Cruz and Trump were in a tight race for Kentucky.

Cruz, a tea party favorite, Ted Cruz attributed his strong showing to conservatives coalescing behind his candidacy, calling it a “manifestation of a real shift in momentum.”

With the GOP race in chaos, establishment figures frantically are looking for any way to derail Trump, perhaps at a contested convention if no candidate can get enough delegates to lock up the nomination in advance. Party leaders – including 2012 nominee Mitt Romney and 2008 nominee Sen. John McCain – are fearful a Trump victory would lead to a disastrous November election, with losses up and down the GOP ticket.

“Everyone’s trying to figure out how to stop Trump,” the billionaire marveled at an afternoon rally in Orlando, Florida, where he had supporters raise their hands and swear to vote for him.

Despite the support of many elected officials in Kansas, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio came up short, raising serious questions about his viability in the race. Cruz suggested it was time for some Republican candidates to quit the race.

In Maine, Cruz won by a comfortable margin over Trump. Republicans and Democrats also were voting in Louisiana on Saturday.

On the Democratic side, meanwhile, Sanders won by a solid margin in Nebraska and Kansas officials said he’d won the state caucuses, giving him seven victories so far in the

nominating season. Clinton, who’s been doing well with African-American voters, had an easy win in Louisiana.

With Republican front-runner Trump yet to win states by the margins he’ll need in order to secure the nomination before the GOP convention, every one of the 155 GOP delegates at stake on Saturday was worth fighting for.

Count Wichita’s Barb Berry among those who propelled Cruz to victory in Kansas, where GOP officials reported extremely high turnout. It was Cruz’ fifth win of the nominating race. Cruz had won Alaska, Oklahoma, Iowa and his home state of Texas.

“I believe that he is a true fighter for conservatives,” said Berry, a 67-year-old retired AT&T manager. As for Trump, Berry said, “he is a little too narcissistic.”

Hillary It was anger that propelled Rodham many of Trump’s voters to the Clinton polls.

“It’s my opportunity to revolt,” said Betty Nixon, a 60-year-old Trump voter in Olathe, Kansas. She said she liked the businessman because “he’s not bought and paid for.”

Overall, Trump had preBernie vailed in 10 of 15 contests Sanders heading into Saturday’s voting. Rubio had one win in Minnesota.

Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich both pinned their hopes on winner-take-all contests on March 15 in their home states.

On the Democratic side, Clinton hoped that strong support among African-Americans in Louisiana would propel her to victory. Vermonter Sanders, trailing far behind Clinton in the delegate count, had higher hopes of making progress in Nebraska and Kansas, where the Democratic electorate is less diverse.

Tara Evans, a 52-year-old quilt maker from Bellevue, Nebraska, said she was caucusing for Clinton, and happy to know that the former first lady could bring her husband back to the White House.

“I like Bernie, but I think Hillary had the best chance of winning,” she said.

Heading into Saturday’s voting, Clinton had 1,066 delegates to Sanders’ 432, including superdelegates – members of Congress, governors and party officials who can support the candidate of their choice. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.

There were 109 at stake on Saturday.

Clinton and Sanders both campaigned in Michigan, a sign of the importance both attach to the state’s primary on Tuesday.

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Seeds of GOP splinter in opposition to Obama

By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Republicans can blame their united stand against President Barack Obama for their party’s splintering.

Conservatives’ gut-level resistance to all things Obama – the man, his authority, his policies – gave birth to the tea party movement that powered the GOP to political success in multiple states and historic congressional majorities. Yet contained in the movement and its triumphs were the seeds of destruction, evident now in the party’s fracture over presidential front-runner Donald Trump.

Obama’s policies, from the ambitious 2010 law overhauling the health care system to moving unilaterally on immigration, roiled conservatives who decried his activist agenda and argued about constitutional overreach. “Quasi-socialist,” said Tea Party Express.

Republicans rode that anger to majority control of the House in 2010 and an eye-popping net gain of 63 seats as voters elected tea partyers and political outsiders. Four years later, the GOP claimed the Senate, too.

For all the numbers, though, Re-

publicans were unable to roll back Obama administration policies or defeat the Democratic president in 2012, further infuriating the GOP base.

Now the party of Abraham Lincoln is engaged in a civil war, pitting establishment Republicans frightened about a election rout in November against the unpredictable Trump, who has capitalized on voter animosity toward Washington and politicians.

“There would be no Donald Trump without Barack Obama,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. No fan of Trump, Graham argued that resentment of Obama plus his own party’s attitude toward immigrants are responsible for the deep divide and the billionaire businessman’s surge.

Mainstream Republicans are hardpressed to figure out a way forward with Trump, who has pledged to build a wall on the Mexican border, bar Muslims from entering the United States and equivocated over former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke’s support.

The candidate has assembled a growing coalition of blue-collar workers, high-school educated and those craving a no-nonsense candidate.

“I think they are at a loss to try to reconcile this nihilist wing of the Republican Party with conservative

“There would be no Donald Trump without Barack Obama.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham R-South Carolina

principles,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.

The health care fight proves illustrative.

The disaffected Americans embracing Trump echo the angry voices that filled town halls in the summer of 2009 as fearful voters taunted lawmakers over efforts to overhaul health care.

Obama and Democrats were undaunted, pushing ahead on a remake of the system despite unified Republican opposition.

In January 2010, thanks to tea party backing and conservative outrage, Republican Scott Brown won a special election in Massachusetts, claiming the seat that liberal Sen. Ted Kennedy had held for 47 years.

That sent people a message that “if you could win in blue Massachusetts, we could win in my state,” said Sal Russo, co-founder and chief strategist of Tea Party Express. “That changed

the movement from a protest movement to a political movement.”

Three months later, in March 2010, Democrats rammed Obama’s health reform through Congress as mobs of protesters chanted outside the Capitol.

Not a single Republican backed it.

“Completely partisan,” said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. That November, the tea party propelled Republicans shouting repeal health care to victory, among them Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky. They defeated establishment GOP candidates more likely to compromise in Washington. Dozens of other tea party candidates captured House seats; many were making their first foray in politics.

Losers in 2010 were some of the moderate and conservative Democrats who had backed the health care law.

Along with Obama’s re-election in 2012 came another group of congressional tea partyers, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. The movement’s strength ran headlong into Washington reality: Obama was president and Democrats still controlled the Senate.

Efforts by Cruz and House conservatives to torpedo the health care law led to a partial, 16-day government shutdown in 2013.

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be funded.

Will County Judge Carla Alessio-Policandriotes, who presides over Will County’s ARI program, said she is passionate about her work in the spe-

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Continued from page 19 Zopp, instead “running on her [military] service record and her name recognition.”

Zopp, who was recently endorsed by the Chicago Sun-Times, also argued her experience as a federal and state prosecutor and leading a civil rights organization that advocates for minority communities made her the most qualified to take on Kirk.

“For me the challenge has always been name recognition ... My polls very early on showed that when people know who I am, know my background and what I bring to the table, they move,” she said. “That’s clearly the case and so we’re excited.”

Duckworth, an Army veteran who lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down in Iraq, agreed to one televised debate and two joint newspaper

for him,” Qureshi said.

The Anti-Defamation League updated its anti-bias training activities after the Paris attacks to incorporate Islam.

One lesson plan tailored for junior and senior high school students has them discuss ways in which Muslims and Syrian refugees are being scapegoated as a result of the attacks. Another encourages students to discuss connections between stereotypes about Muslim people and acts of bigotry, as well as ways they can support Muslims.

Education officials in most of the ADL’s 27 U.S. regional offices have been reporting anti-Muslim incidents, and schools have been requesting materials to help deal with the bullying, said Jinnie Spiegler, the organization’s curriculum director. Among other efforts, the agency participated in a town hall meeting at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, where officials said some Muslim students were being called names.

The town hall followed others at the school on topics such as Black Lives Matter, said Andrea Lamphier, a sponsor for the school’s Muslim students club. Afterward, she said, a petition drive gathered signatures from more than a third of the student body on a letter criticizing Gov. Larry Hogan for saying the state would not welcome

Syrian refugees.

While schools generally do not keep statistics on motivations for bullying, a survey of 600 Muslim students in California by the Council on American-Islamic Relations found in October, even before the latest attacks, that 55 percent reported facing religion-based bullying – a rate twice as high as the national average of students who report being bullied at school. Officials with the group say bullying reports spiked in recent months.

Parents say that incidents often go unreported, particularly among older students, and that many families address the problem by changing schools or home-schooling.

Left unchecked, advocates warn, bullying and harassment can make students feel disconnected from school and hurt their academic performance.

Donna Clark Love, a bullying prevention trainer in Houston, said schools traditionally brought her in for issues affecting students who or gay or have distinguishing physical traits, such as obesity. More recently, anti-Muslim bullying has emerged as another top concern. All result from a lack of acceptance, she said, and she addresses them the same way, by teaching children to have respectful conversations.

cialty court.

The Adult Redeploy Illinois program has demonstrated significant cost savings while reducing pressure on the state’s prison system, according to an ARI statewide report. While it costs roughly $21,500 a year to house an inmate in the state’s Department of Corrections, the average cost per ARI

participant is $2,233.

“The reason a dead broke state of Illinois would give us a grant in the first place is because what we’re doing at the county level is much cheaper than the state having to incarcerate someone,” Alessio-Policandriotes said.

As similar programs remain in jeopardy statewide, Alessio-Policandriotes

said she “will fight like hell” to continue specialty courts in Will County.

Will County Board Speaker Jim Moustis, R-Frankfort, said as of last week he is not aware of anyone yet approaching the board for funds for specialty courts. But, he added, he welcomes requests, given the state’s budget crisis.

endorsement sessions that were livestreamed. Her campaign spokesman, Matt McGrath, laughed at the idea that she might be ducking her challengers, saying she’s focused on talking directly to voters – as evidenced by being the only one to open campaign offices statewide, including the Quad Cities area and near St. Louis.

Even when she’s appearing with her Democratic rivals, Duckworth has squarely focused on Kirk’s foreign policy stances. She wants to admit 100,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S., while Kirk said the U.S. shouldn’t admit any until the federal government can guarantee they don’t pose a threat. Duckworth said that position “demonizes” Syrians.

“I won’t participate in turning our backs on kids, sending them to refugee camps so they become the kind of fighters like the one who shot me down,” she said during an endorsement session with the Chicago Tribune.

Meanwhile, Harris said he’s the kind of leader Illinois needs because he’s uniquely qualified to tackle issues of poverty, education and what it takes to build a successful business. Growing up in Dixmoor, he said his mother struggled to pay the bills but pushed him to do well in school. He played football at Northwestern University and for three NFL teams, and then returned to the south suburbs to open pizza restaurants.

“I’m someone that understands these issues all too well because I’ve lived them, I’ve experienced them,” Harris said during a speech before the City Club of Chicago.

Both Zopp and Harris, who are African-American, say they would focus on reforming the criminal justice system, reducing violence by strengthening gun laws and creating jobs, particularly in neighborhoods where the lure of gang and drug activity is particularly strong.

Days after Chicago released video of

a white officer shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times, Zopp called for then-police chief Garry McCarthy to resign and for a special prosecutor to replace Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez on the case. Harris said the issues are particularly personal for him: His brother-in-law was murdered in Chicago in 2013.

Duckworth has the support of the national party establishment, including U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Zopp is backed by former White House chief of staff William Daley and other top Chicago Democrats, while Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has endorsed Harris.

Duckworth entered 2016 with about $3.65 million in her campaign fund, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Harris loaned his campaign a little more than $1 million, almost his entire campaign account. Zopp started the year with about $714,000.

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MERIDEN, Conn. – In response to a surge in reports of anti-Muslim bullying – students being called terrorists, having their head scarves ripped off and facing bias, even from teachers – schools are expanding on efforts deployed in the past to help protect gays, racial minorities and other marginalized groups.

Civil rights organizations and other advocates have been working more closely with schools since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, stirred a new backlash that led the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Education Department to urge vigilance on the bullying of Muslims.

While stressing that students have rights under the law, and that offenses should be reported, speakers at schools and mosques have also discussed how to create an inclusive culture, how Muslims are scapegoated for attacks and how non-Muslims can be allies to their peers.

“Muslim kids get bulled, gay kids get bullied because other kids are uncomfortable with them, and they show it,” said Bill Howe, a multicultural education specialist who spoke at an anti-bullying forum in December for children at Meriden’s Baitul Aman

mosque. “That causes Muslim students to retreat, to be more isolated.

They need to develop critical social skills so they can build relationships.”

One mother who attended the forum, put on by the office of the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said she was relieved to learn help is available.

Shazia Choudry’s 13-year-old daughter, Maria, transferred recently from a public school after students repeatedly grabbed away her head scarf, but became frightened one day in January at her private Roman Catholic school when seventh-grade classmates peppered her, the only Muslim student, with questions about the Paris attacks.

“They were saying, ‘Did you hear about this before the terror attack?’

And I was like, ‘No I didn’t,’ ” Maria said.

Saleha Qureshi, a member of the mosque, said that in the past several months, her son has been called a racial slur and a “terrorist” by his eighthgrade classmates at a public middle school.

Her son has grown anxious, she said, but does not want her to take matters to the principal. She checks up on him daily, letting him vent to her, but she’s not sure what more she ought to do.

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BUSINESS

Don’t hold onto that American Airlines stock Dear Mr. Berko: When American Airlines came out of bankruptcy in December 2013, I invested $9,600 buying 400 shares at $24. My wife’s been telling me to sell for over a year, but my gut says to hold.

Your opinion would be greatly appreciated. – TE: Kankakee, Illinois Dear TE: In 1989, Sir Warren

Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (he deserves the peerage), invested $360 million in the convertible preferred of US AIR Group (merged with American Airlines in late 2013). Five year later, that position was worth $90 million and Sir Warren’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB-$136) lost $270 million on that position.

Although Sir Warren eventually made money on this investment, it prompted him to make the following statement: “If a capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk back in the early 1900s, he should have shot Orville Wright. It would have saved his progeny money. But seriously,

TAKING STOCK Malcolm Berko the airline business has been extraordinary. It has eaten up capital over the past century like almost no other business because people seem to keep coming back to it and putting fresh money in. I have an 800 number now that I call if I get the urge to buy an airline stock. I call at 2 in the morning and I say: ‘My name is Warren, and I’m an aeroholic.’

And then they talk me down.”

And Sir Warren is right; between 1999 and 2011, Continental Airlines, Frontier, Eastern, Republic, America West, National, TWA, United, USAir, Aloha, Northwest, Delta and American all took the pipe, some of them more than once.

The Street is bullish that American Airlines (AAL-$41) should deliver another strong performance this quarter.

Value Line believes this could be a $95 stock in a few years, Deutsche Bank and Argus rate it as a buy while Reuters and Credit Suisse rank AAL as “outperform.” But AAL’s great share earnings are a result of an impressive buyback program. In 2014, management used $2.5 billion to repurchase 60 million shares, reducing outstanding shares by 11 percent, and last year AAL repurchased 35 million more shares.

Management is thinking short term, like it always does, which is why Sir Warren won’t buy an airline stock.

These airline bozos are buying back AAL because fewer outstanding shares increases the earnings per share. It makes more sense if those clowns used those billions to reduce AAL’s mushrooming debt that pushed it into bankruptcy several years ago. It seems these AAL fatheads, who live in the bozosphere (just above the atmosphere) and breathe bozone, won’t learn.

Because the number of carriers is increasing, the competition between the airlines is heating up again like it always has. And some carriers, of which AAL is one, are reporting lower passenger yields from price competition just like they always have.

And AAL’s management announced it intends to compete head-on with the lower-cost carriers just like it always has.

So this will result in lower ticket prices and lower revenues and lower earnings just like it always has. Then things become tough again and management will pine for a more comfortable cash position, just like it always has. Stupid is as stupid does! Listen to Sir Warren.

AAL is headed by W. Douglas Parker. I’ve always had uncomfortable feelings about men who prefer an initial for their given name. W. Douglas appears to be a nice fellow, but I’m concerned about his level of management skills.

Doug was a semi-big shot at

Lufthansa, US Airways, America West and early on in his career worked as a financial analyst for American Airlines – all of which, except for Lufthansa, required bankruptcy protection in the past dozen years.

Douglas has done a credible job of running American since it came out of bankruptcy in 2013. I’m disappointed in management’s short-term focus – that Douglas and his board cavalierly used precious billions to repurchase AAL stock to goose share earnings.

I wonder how effective W. Douglas will be working with the various unions that are the nemesis of every airline.

He doesn’t do unions well.

You should have listened to your wife at $56. Earnings will be disappointing. Sell those 400 of AAL immediately.

• Please address your financial questions to Malcolm Berko, P.O. Box 8303, Largo, FL 33775, or email him at mjberko@yahoo.com.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Flint Hills Resources supports Arroyo Trails with $25K donation

lion soon. The Arroyo Trails encompasses 78 acres of land and is named for the topography of the area that was formed by glaciers over 10,000 years ago.

Fash met the rigorous experience and ethical requirements, completed financial planning coursework, and passed the CFP CHANNAHON – Business leaders and certification examination. He also agreed community members came Feb. 27 for an to meet continuing education requireinaugural fundraising event to support the New Lenox Community Expo ments and to uphold the CFP Board’s Code Arroyo Trails development. of Ethics and Professional Responsibility Flint Hills Resources provided a $25,000 and Home Show scheduled NEW LENOX – The New Lenox Chamber and Financial Planning Practice Standards. donation to the People for Channahon of will host its annual Community Expo Fash has 15 years of experience in the Parks Foundation for the effort. Flint Hills financial services sector and resides Resources employs more than 275 people and Home Show from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday in the field house at Lincoln-Way in Homer Glen with his wife and three at its Channahon facility.

Central High School, 1801 E. Lincoln High- children. He is a graduate of the Ohio State The check was presented by Flint Hills plant manager Mike Brose to Mike Rittof, way, New Lenox. This year’s expo will fea- University with a degree in finance and Jeff White and Dave Rumsey, trustees with ture 60-plus businesses and organizations. risk management. Fash concentrates on the Channahon Park Foundation, and Park The complete list of exhibitors is available comprehensive financial planning for his at www.newlenoxchamber.com. The expo clients and incorporates retirement planDirector Chuck Szoke at the fundraising is open to the public and is free. ning, investment planning, tax planning, event, Putts and Suds Fore Parks. risk management and estate planning into “Our team has deep roots in the comHomer Glen resident his client relationships. munity and environmental protection and natural habitat restoration are a very attains CFP designation Principle Construction finishes important part of our community giving ef- HOMER GLEN – Chris Fash of MetLife intermodal CenterPoint project forts. We are incredibly proud to be a part Premier Client Group of Chicago-O’Hare JOLIET – James A. Brucato and Mark E. of this project. Not only will our employees has been authorized by the Certified Financial Board of Standards Inc. to use Augustyn, owners of Principle Construcbe able to enjoy these trails with their the certification marks CFP and Certified tion Corp., have announced their firm has families, but the community as a whole completed their construction supervision will, for generations to come,” said Brose. Financial Planner practitioner in accordance with CFP Board certification and services for the construction and improveThe Foundation has raised nearly ments on three buildings located on the $800,000 to date and hopes to top $1 mil- renewal requirements.

13-acre intermodal facility operated by Saturn Agricultural Incorporated at 1700 CenterPoint Way in Joliet.

Principle acted as Saturn’s design and construction adviser, overseeing the leasehold improvements provided by CenterPoint Properties and Harbour Contractors as well as the building and equipment installation by Agrilogistics.

The site is home to three structures – a 1,500-square-foot operations building, 3,150-square-foot load out building and an 8,780-square-foot receiving and storage building, which accommodates the flow of incoming hopper trucks hauling dried distiller’s grain and soy beans.

Principle oversaw the design and construction of the system that will allow trucks to drive onto the site, weigh their load on a certified truck scale, and then unload their cargo into a 20-foot-deep pit inside the receiving building. The product is then conveyed into the load out building or to the storage building. After the product is redistributed into containers, it is weighed one more time on the outbound truck scales.

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Democratic presidential nomination: Clinton Hillary Clinton regained control of the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president after the South Carolina and Super Tuesday primaries.

The fact that Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont made this such a tight contest to begin with says as much about Clinton as it does about Sanders.

Frankly, the former first lady has lost the trust of many Democratic voters. That’s despite the fact that Clinton arguably has the most experience of any of the candidates running for president, Democrat or Republican. She was an active participant during the eight years her husband, former President Bill Clinton, served in the White House.

She served as a U.S. senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, when she was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as U.S. secretary of state, a position she held until 2013.

That’s not a bad résumé.

Hillary But Clinton’s baggage holds her Clinton back.

The State Department continues to investigate Clinton’s use of a private, unsecure email server to conduct official business while she was secretary of state, many of the emails containing classified information.

Then there’s the matter of the Clinton Foundation.

While Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, her husband was seeking millions of dollars in donations from foreign interests that had business before the State Department. Conflict of interest?

Clinton’s role in the delayed American response to the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, leading to the deaths of four Americans, including the ambassador to Libya, has come under heavy scrutiny.

And Clinton’s transparency has come into question over her refusal to release transcripts or recordings of her controversial, paid speeches to big banks. In the meantime, Wall Street is pouring big money into her campaign.

Sanders, Clinton’s opponent, is a self-proclaimed democratic socialist. His radical economic agenda is dangerous. Sanders wants to raise taxes, particularly on the wealthy. He wants government to pay for just about everything and take care of everyone. How? By taking from the rich.

Sanders doesn’t think the Affordable Care Act goes far enough. He prefers a single payer system using Medicare. Sanders wants the federal government – taxpayers – to pay for two years of “free” college tuition for every graduating high school senior in the country.

Did we mention that Sanders’ economic agenda is dangerous?

This is more an endorsement against Sanders than it is for Clinton, but for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president, we recommend Clinton.

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AMENDMENT

ENDORSEMENT

GOP presidential nomination: Rubio Donald Trump enters Illinois’ March 15 primary as the clear front runner for the GOP nomination for president.

He’s dominated most of the primaries and caucuses to date, and has significant leads over his rivals in national polling.

While he’s in a strong position, Trump, a billionaire real estate tycoon and reality TV star, still is no guarantee to secure the nomination.

Because of the number of candidates in the field, it’s possible that none of the Republican presidential hopefuls will have won the required number of delegates to secure the nomination entering the July 18 start of the GOP convention in Cleveland.

And because Trump is such a polarizing candidate, that could lead to a brokered convention in which delegates are able to change their votes to a different candidate after the first ballot.

Needless to say, this is a vital election year for the country.

That’s why Illinois voters should press the reset button on the Republican nomination process.

Trump’s candidacy is rooted in negativity and preys on the understandable anger of frustrated voters. We understand

why voters would welcome a candidate from outside traditional political channels, but Trump is not the answer. He is that angry email you want to send but really shouldn’t. He is that nasty phone message you want to leave but will always regret.

Trump is a bully who’s more apt to name-call and belittle than to discuss policy in any detail. He offers little in the way of substance or leadership. His plan to build a Marco Rubio 1,000-mile-long wall along the Mexican border that’s at least 30 feet tall or taller to keep illegal immigrants out of the U.S., and also to have Mexico pay for it – his most specific policy message, by the way – is, well, laughable.

And let’s face it. Trump isn’t a true Republican. He’s supported liberals and liberal causes throughout his career.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas also is not the answer. Like Trump, Cruz is a divider, not a uniter. A far-right-wing conservative, Cruz cannot attract the independent voters needed to win a general election against

the Democratic nominee. He is beholden to big oil and among the staunchest deniers of the science of climate change.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has the best chance to unite the party and lead it in a new direction.

He was elected to the Senate as a tea-party candidate but also has worked closely with members of the Republican establishment.

The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio can expand the party’s base among Latinos.

Rubio is a policy wonk who focuses on solutions rather than problems. He delivers an uplifting message about America’s potential and is an advocate for smaller government – he would reduce all federal spending to 2008 levels except for defense.

He supports overhauling what he calls America’s outdated educational system, including increasing vocational training.

He supports some sort of legal status for undocumented workers, but only after U.S. borders are secure. He wants to reform the federal tax code and cap economic regulations.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich remains in the race.

We endorse Rubio for the Republican nomination for U.S. President.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Remember the good politicians

on everyone’s kitchen table at that time.

Today’s library needs to be connected and To the Editor: Write to us accessible by everyone.

Have you reached out to any elected Letters must include the author’s full name, address, and phone number.

Letters are Folks, the time for replacing our commuofficials with a concern, only to be ignored limited to 300 words; must be free of libelous content and personal attacks; and are nity’s library has come. Will you step up to and receive no response? Well, don’t forsubject to editing for length and clarity at the discretion of the editor.

Send to news@ the plate and do what our 14,123 district get. You can return the snub on Election TheHerald-News.com or The Herald-News, Letters to the editor, 2175 Oneida St., residents did in 1990 and support a new Day, which is fast approaching. What goes Joliet, IL 60405. library by voting yes? around comes around.

As a member of the Plainfield District State Rep. Larry Walsh Jr. is one of the good guys. I love his motto: “It might 202 Board of Education for 16 years, Five semitrailers go around downed Rose Corcoran not be the one you desire, but I’ll always I have seen firsthand the partnership railroad crossing gates on Laraway Road Channahon get you an answer,” and he always does. Madigan, Cullerton to blame between the school district and the before the fifth one was hit by an Amtrak That’s what he signed on for, so what Plainfield Public Library. The library staff train. Fortunately, no one was hurt. for state’s fiscal woes more can be asked of anyone? is dedicated to helping each student On the sad side, Laraway Elementary To the Editor: Unwelcome news is disappointing, become a better reader.

I’ve read a lot of letters to the editor late- School wants to relocate due to truck but being treated as irrelevant is both I ask you to say yes to the March 15 safety concerns. That school has been ly, blaming Bruce Rauner for the budget dereliction of sworn duty and unforgivreferendum.

Please say yes to both the there as long as I can remember and a mess we are in. Oddly, they all seem to able. I’ll automatically vote against any capital building and the operating refermove is very sad. Some call the building ignore the direct involvement of House such candidates, without regard to party Speaker Mike Madigan in this impasse, endums.

Whether it is meeting space or of big box warehouses progress – but loyalty. I won’t name names. They know if and as the person who is responsible for it. progress is to improve conditions, not to books or software classes or how to use the shoe fits. deteriorate conditions and cause a public the Internet or partnering with the school As a former union member, we had to district or providing help to find a new safety concern. negotiate for our benefits. There was Bill Nixon Because of truck traffic, which the Joliet job, these are just a few of the essential a give and take to it. That is what is Crest Hill services provided by our Plainfield Public happening in our state government. Bruce City Council has openly admitted is a Rauner has made some recommendations problem, why do they still allow the build- Library.

Democrats at fault Today, the Library District is serving a on what needs to be done to fix our state, ing of big box warehouses? Who does the To the Editor: population of more than 75,000, which City Council represent, the people of this How can you blame Gov. Bruce Rauner? after years of runaway spending, which means a greater need than ever. Please community or the big box warehouses’ have put us, the taxpayers, billions of Many people are blaming Gov. Rauner support the library referendums. What will interest? It seems that money is more dollars in debt. for our financial mess in the state of Illibe your legacy and your vision for your Speaker Madigan and Senate President important than public safety. nois. The governor has been in office only community?

Vote yes on March 15.

So now their answer is to build a bridge John Cullerton have not budged. They will one year. The Democrats have been in control of the House and Senate for more not accept that they can no longer spend to Houbolt Road, where there is another Mike Kelly more than they take in. They want to con- set of railroad crossings. At that crossing, Plainfield Township than 30 years – and still are – and have the freight hauled by trains is hazardous tinue to run up more debt. Bruce Rauner done nothing but raise taxes and spend, chemicals, let me repeat, hazardous has compromised on his original proposals United Center parking pass spend, spend! chemicals. That crossing will have a several times. Madigan and Cullerton To the Editor: have not budged. These are the facts. No truck-train accident, it will happen, and Linda Malak President Barack Obama excitedly Lockport amount of finger-pointing and misinforma- that will be on the Joliet City Council’s accepted a permanent United Center shoulders. tion can change these facts. parking pass from the Blackhawks. He Rialto should do more daytime Please have those trucks use South We need to rally behind Gov. Rauner, couldn’t pass on this pass. No way. Had performances Arsenal Road to Interstate 55 like it was since he is the only one treating our tax he passed, though, he could have been To the Editor: intended for, and put public safety before sent to the penalty box. dollars like they matter. I won’t say that I read with interest the letter “How to the almighty dollar, whether it comes this is a 99 percent or 1 percent issue really save the Rialto” written by Jerry from the private sector or our tax dollars. Raymond F. Stoiber – I have no facts to make such a broad Joliet Taylor in the Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, statement. I will say that a majority of the edition of The Herald-News about ‘”gam- voters clearly indicated that the way we Jeff Castelli Channahon Count your blessings bling” to save the Rialto. were spending ourselves into debt was To the Editor: Really? Is that the best we can do? not acceptable, since we elected Bruce Please support the Plainfield I heard several people recently comDidn’t I just read a week ago in this very Rauner, and didn’t re-elect Pat Quinn.

Public Library referendum plain about the weather, poor playing by newspaper how revenue from the two Let’s get our facts straight in letters to To the Editor: Chicago sports teams, the economy in casinos were down? the editor folks. This isn’t Rauner’s fault.

What kind of community do you want?

Illinois, etc.

What about plays and performances?

It’s Madigan’s and Cullerton’s, and their Have you thought about your community Just a suggestion to all of you fine I sometimes go, during daytime hours, failure to negotiate or offer any other vision or leaving a legacy? people who tend to complain, complain, to Drury Lane or Paramount Theatre solutions than another tax increase, and What happens in the vote on the complain about life’s challenges: Please for some wonderful plays. They are all then they will continue to overspend.

Plainfield Public Library is the answer try counting your blessings, both large top-shelf. The seniors I know would love Isn’t the definition of insanity is doing to those ideals.

The voters of Plainfield and small, and all of your complaints will something like this locally at the Rialto. the same thing and expecting a different back in 1990 did have a vision for their be greatly reduced or disappear altogethEvening performances that the Rialto result? public library when they voted to build er. presently puts on are well-attended. Why our current library. The 1990 library is a Yes, we all have a lot of blessings in our not have some daytime shows so the George Wilhelmsen 27,000-square-foot building that predates lives to be truly thankful for. So please Morris people of Joliet don’t have to go to Oak the Americans with Disabilities Act, the stop complaining and give thanks for all Brook or Aurora?

Safety before big box warehouses Internet or the World Wide Web. Kindles, the goodness in your life.

I think this is a better idea than gamSincerely, iPads and notebook computers were not To the Editor: bling.

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Joliet West’s Jason Bingham shoots over the arms of Plainfield North’s Kyle Speas during Friday’s Class 4A Neuqua Valley High School Regional Championship in Naperville.

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Second-half heroics propel Joliet West to victory

By DICK GOSS

dgoss@shawmedia.com NAPERVILLE – Before Friday night’s Class 4A Neuqua Valley Regional final, Joliet West junior guard Teyvion Kirk hit 12 of his 15 shots to advance in the 3-point shooting competition.

He scored his team’s first three points against Plainfield North when he nailed a 3-pointer less than two minutes into the game.

However, showtime was yet to come.

Kirk banked in a three-quarter court shot from near the opposite free throw line to beat the third-quarter buzzer and extend West’s lead to 4843. Coach Nick DiForti’s team then scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to lead 54-43 en route to a 6459 victory and a berth in the Lockport Sectional semifinals, where Joliet Central will be the familiar foe at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

“Teyvion’s shot helped propel us,” DiForti said.

“It kind of took the air out of us for a while,” North coach Bob Krahulik said.

It was the sort of highlight you might see on SportsCenter. However, no big deal, Kirk suggested.

“We practice half-court shots after practice all the time,” he said. “It’s second nature to take a shot like that. I noticed what time was left, took my time and aimed. It was kind of a normal shot.”

Even though North (18-10) fell behind by 11 points shortly thereafter, Krahulik’s team refused to surrender.

North battled back to within 54-49 and then 56-54 as Bradlee Mills and Kyle Speas combined for eight points in an 11-2 run that ended with 2:53 left.

On North’s subsequent possession, Kevin Krieger launched a 3-pointer for the lead that refused to stay in the basket.

“It was a good look that Kevin had on the three to take the lead,” Krahulik said. “From the bench, we thought it was in.”

Kirk then scored on a runner from a step inside the lane to give West (199) a 58-54 lead with 1:16 left. Krieger again was unable to connect from 3-point range, and West’s Tabyous Casterberry rebounded. North rebounded a West free throw miss but Elijah Ward’s huge steal helped put it away.

“Their point guard gambled on a steal and I beat him on the dribble,” Kirk said of getting in position to shoot his runner.

Photos by Larry W. Kane for Shaw Media

ABOVE: Joliet West team members celebrate with the plaque after Friday night’s 64-59 win over Plainfield North in the Class 4A Neuqua Valley Regional Championship. BELOW: Joliet West’s Mike Smith eyes the basket ahead of of Plainfield North’s Bradlee Mills.

Jason Bingham and Trevian Bell finished off the victory as Bingham hit four free throws and Bell hit two in the final 38 seconds.

“It felt like practice,” Bingham said of hitting the late free throws. “I wasn’t nervous. Just get up there and shoot ’em.”

“We just wanted our kids to keep their composure,” DiForti said.

“Spread the floor and make them foul us. Jason made some really, really big free throws down the stretch, and he’s a junior, too.”

The pair of Tigers had met in the

Pontiac Holiday Tournament, where West survived North, 66-63, in a wild finish. This one figured to be more of the same, and it did not disappoint.

“We expected this type of game,” DiForti said.

A back-and-forth first quarter ended in a 12-12 tie. West heated up from 3-point range as Bell, Eddie Creal and Mike Smith all connected to help build a 30-22 lead. But four Kevin Krieger points and a Henry Thompson 3-pointer got North back within 31-29 at the half.

North did not lead in the third quar-

ter but did get even at 43-43 on Justin Wilson’s 3-pointer with 1:00 on the clock. Bell scored on a rebound after which Kirk grabbed a defensive rebound, glanced at the time and fired his highlight-reel three.

“That shot gave us more energy,” Bingham said.

“We knew we still would face some adversity,” Kirk said. “We knew they would come back, and we took some quick shots that we shouldn’t have.

But we just had to stick to our game plan.

“This feels good. We wanted to bring a regional championship back home to Joliet and to our school. And we’re not done yet.”

The game was about as even statically as it could be. West hit 23 of 53 shots, 43.4 percent, including 6 of 17 from beyond the arc. North was 21 of 51, a .412 clip, with 6 of 18 from 3-point range. North had 31 rebounds to West’s 30 and committed 12 turnovers to West’s nine.

Bell led West with 17 points. Kirk chipped in 14 plus six rebounds. Bingham scored 12 and Ward 10.

Mills led North with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Krieger had 14 points, Thompson 10 and Richie Elias nine.

Speas grabbed six rebounds.

“Mills played very well,” Krahulik said. “He played hard defensively.”

VIEWS Dick Goss

• Sunday, March 6, 2016

The sad part of March Madness is that every game marks the end of the season for someone.

Sometimes, it happens when a team does not play its best. Sometimes, the opponent is that good. At times, it is a combination of both.

What every coach and every team wants is to be playing your best basketball in each of these do-or-die games regardless of whether it winds up meaning advancement.

Those of us fortunate enough to have watched Joliet West’s 64-59 victory over Plainfield North in the championship of the Class 4A Neuqua Valley Regional were treated to a game where both teams played well under the circumstances.

You could not help but come away impressed with Plainfield North, the No 6 seed in the Lockport Sectional while West is No. 3. North has been without senior guard Zach Jarosz since midseason. Top reserves Brady Miller and Brady Corrigan also were on the injury list late in the season and in the postseason.

That meant coach Bob Krahulik’s team (18-10) basically went at Joliet West (19-9) with the starting five, although Justin Wilson did provide some good minutes off the bench.

“We got better as the year went on,” said Krahulk, whose team entered Friday having won nine of 11. “That’s amazing because we lost three of our top seven or eight guys. We mainly played five guys the whole game tonight.”

Jarosz, a senior who was playing with a fracture in his wrist, had surgery at a time when his recovery could coincide with the beginning of baseball season.

“Zach played 11 games, or whatever it was, with a broken wrist,” Krahulik said. “We lost a lot when we lost him.

He was our toughest guy.”

The other five seniors on the roster – Kyle Krieger, Henry Thompson, Richie Elias, Bradlee Mills and Kyle Speas – were the five ironmen against Joliet West.

“We’ll miss them all, especially Kevin,” Krahulik said of Krieger, one of the area’s top players. “He’s committed to a Division II (Minnesota State). I think he should be D-I. They overlooked him.

“Henry and Richie had outstanding senior seasons, too. They played only a little bit last year. They worked hard in the offseason and made themselves

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Joliet West’s Eddie Creal shoots over Plainfield North’s Bradlee Mills on Friday Class 4A Neuqua Valley High School Regional Championship in Naperville. into players.”

Joliet West junior forward Trevian Bell, his team’s season-long scoring and rebounding leader, called Krieger “a great player. You have to know where he is all the time. We did a very good job on him, although he did get a lot of points at the free throw line.”

Krieger finished 4 of 14 from the floor and 6 of 8 from the foul line for 14 points.

The group of North seniors came close to knocking off youthful and talented West, which has had to get its game back in order after enduring a post-Pontiac Holiday Tournament lull.

“I think it’s better for us now that we have been through every experience there is,” Bell said. “We’ve been through the tough times.

“We are young, but we have three or four guys who played a lot as sopho-

mores last year. I feel like we’re now a very mature group of guys.”

“At the timeout with 1:24 left, I reminded the guys that we have been through every scenario there is,” West coach Nick DiForti said. “All the experience we have had playing against some big-time teams paid off.”

While West’s record is good, nine losses are more than planned. Still, as Bell noted, “The record does not matter anymore. We had to prove tonight that we are the better team in this situation, and that’s what we need to do every game from here on.”

That’s what the postseason is about. Each night out, find a way to win and advance.

The ability to play defense and put together the type of game that wins on a given night is why I had the feeling No. 1 seed Minooka and No. 7 Joliet

Central also would reach the sectional semifinals. The Indians will face Oswego for a third time this season at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Lockport, and the Steelmen will challenge Joliet West for a third time Wednesday.

They always say it is difficult to beat a good team three times, and the underdogs – Oswego and Joliet Central – will have that in their favor.

Minooka and Joliet West, however, are on similar postseason paths. After slipping past their regional semifinal opponents, they looked like the good teams that they are in their regional championship games. With their subpar game out of their system, it would not be surprising now if the two matched up in the sectional final.

• Dick Goss can be reached at dgoss@shawmedia.com.

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Indians win first regional since 1977

By JEFF DE GRAW

Shaw Media Correspondent CHANNAHON – Resiliency, defense and teamwork.

That was how Minooka dominated Bolingbrook, 49-31, on Friday night to claim the Class 4A Minooka Regional championship. It was the Indians’ first regional title since 1977.

Minooka (23-8) earned a spot in the Class 4A Lockport Sectional with a 7 p.m. semifinal game Tuesday against fellow Southwest Prairie Conference foe Oswego.

After beating Romeoville in overtime in the semifinals on Tuesday, you knew the Indians would be ready for the Raiders, who had won nine of their last 10 games.

Minooka jumped to a 10-0 lead in the first four minutes on the strength of six points from Joe Butler and four from Larry Roberts. The Indians forced Bolingbrook into turnovers on their first five possessions and limited the Raiders to a field goal by Devon Sams (eight points) and a free throw by Nana Akenten to lead 10-3 at the end of the quarter.

“Our base has been our defense all season,” Minooka coach Scott Tanaka said. “We work hard, we have tough kids who have bought into the program. They believe in what we do.

We had only two days to prepare and Bolingbrook was playing well. Tonight, we did what we do. This hasn’t been done since 1977 – wow. We are going to enjoy this.”

Minooka controlled the tempo in all parts of the game and worked efficiently on the offensive end for every shot. Both teams scored seven points in the second quarter and Indians led, 17-10, at halftime. Butler had 12 of his 16 points in the first half.

“This feels great, better than I thought it ever would,” Butler said.

“This team is a family, but it’s also special to win this with my brother (Jon) on the team. Larry (Roberts) is the only real basketball player on this team. We all love this game and we have been playing together since the fourth or fifth grade. We totally enjoy this sport, we are best friends and brothers. I could never imagine not playing.”

The defense forced Bolingbrook into 13 first-half turnovers and limited the Raiders to four field goals on only 12 shots.

“The first three minutes of the game was not good at all,” Bolingbrook coach Rob Brost said. “We didn’t shoot the ball well from the field or the free-throw line. I thought our defense played well.

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Minooka’s Jon Butler attempts to pass around Bolingbrook Raider Devon Sams on Friday at the Class 4A Minooka Regional Championship in Minooka.

Minooka’s Keegan lead, 34-17, and the celebration was Graebner makes a starting.

“We knew they were a fast team,” go toward the net.

I knew it would be a low-scoring game, but never thought we would be in the 30s. They are a very disciplined team.

Give them credit, they came ready to play.

“This is part of high school basketball. We will move on and move forward from this.”

The Raiders were 1 of 7 from the free throw line in the first half and 8 of 24 for the game.

Bolingbrook cut the lead to 22-17 with 4:40 left in the third quarter, but Minooka hit two 3-pointers, one by Nick Clemmons and the other by Roberts (11 points), to go up, 28-17, entering the fourth quarter.

Minooka continued the run at the start of the fourth quarter with six consecutive points from the Butler brothers – Jon with four, his only points of the game, and Joe with a basket – to

Jon Butler said. “We played our style of basketball. This is pretty special.

Most of us also play other sports, but playing other sports teaches you how to compete at everything. This is really a team.”

Minooka made one more field goal the remainder of the game but hit 13 of 18 free throws. Clemmons was 6 of 8 and ended with nine points. He also grabbed five rebounds. The senior, who plays a key role coming off the bench, was excited.

“This is unbelievable, what a feeling,” he said. “We did this for our school. This hasn’t happened since 1977. We kept looking at that sign on the wall and wanted to put 2016 on it.

“I started earlier in the season, but coach and I had a talk and he said I would probably get more minutes coming off the bench. I have accepted my role. This is for the team and I really think it helps me coming off the bench.

It helps my game.”

CLASS 3A LINCOLN-WAY WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: LINCOLN-WAY WEST 53, PROVIDENCE 47

By CURT HERRON

cherron@shawmedia.com

25-20, but that’s when the momentum swung.

West went on a 16-3 run to lead 3628 before Jake Schutter (13 points, five rebounds) hit a trey to make it a fivepoint game after three quarters. Gavin scored his team’s first six points of the final quarter to make it 42-33 and Providence never got closer than four points after that.

“I had to score since they were trying to take our best players out of the game,” Gavin said. “I had to attack the rim to get them to count out on me so I could pass, or when they sagged off, shoot the ball. They were chasing around the perimeter, so it was giving up open lanes for me to drive. Winning back-to-back regionals is huge since it’s the first time we’ve done it. So it means a lot to us It’s a very exciting moment.”

A key to the third quarter was West’s defense, which created turnovers that resulted in transition baskets. After turning the ball over three times in the first half, the Celtics had six turnovers in the third quarter and 11 in the final half.

“Cam started driving to the basket and they had to key on him more and once other guys started scoring, it opened up the lane and we were able to get out into transition,” Pettinato said.

“We’ve been on Cam all year that not a lot of kids can guard him. Tonight you saw him finally put it all together.

“Coach has been hard on us, but it’s paid off. We’d given away games and made games closer but we put it all together tonight. This was one of our best team games and the hardest we’ve played.”

West also received nine points from Jay Bumstead and eight rebounds from Nolan Green. Providence got six points from JT Ward and 10 boards from Michael Drew.

“We tried to shut down Pettinato and (Jon) Marotta, but then Gavin gets almost 20 points, and that’s on my shoulders,” Celtics coach Tim Trendel said. “Our kids played a great game and did what they needed to do and our seniors stuck in there and Eric (Justice) was tremendous. That’s a great team. They have so many weapons and play great defense.”

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NEW LENOX – After collecting just 15 points during the opening half of Friday’s regional title game with Providence Catholic, Lincoln-Way West’s boys basketball team definitely needed a second-half boost.

And that’s just what Marco Pettinato and Cam Gavin provided as they helped the Warriors capture a second straight regional championship.

Pettinato scored nine of his 18 points in the third quarter while Gavin picked up 12 of his 18 during the first 9:38 of the final half to help West rally for a 53-47 victory in the Class 3A Lincoln-Way West Regional final.

The Warriors (18-9) advance to Wednesday’s 7 p.m. Streator Sectional game against Peotone. The Blue Devils beat Pontiac, 51-47, in the Kankakee Regional final.

West, which struggled closing out games earlier this season, executed very well in the final half against the Celtics (13-19), who also were trying to repeat as regional champions. The

Warriors hit 12 of 18 shots from the floor in the second half, made 12 of 14 free throws and had only one turnover.

“They’re well-coached and tough, so we knew that this was not going to be an easy game and it definitely was not,” Warriors coach Brian Flaherty said. “I was thinking before this game started that whichever team scored 40 probably would be the winner because we both like to grind it out defensively, and we’re pretty patient on the offensive end.

“I have nothing but praise for Cam (Gavin). He doesn’t always show up on the stat sheet for the points he scores, but he’s our X-factor and was huge tonight. They were backing off him a little and he stepped up and scored. And nothing that Marco (Pettinato) does in big moments surprises me. He makes big plays. He had a different look in his eyes, and you could tell he wanted this one bad and would not be denied.”

The Celtics led through most of the first half and were up, 19-15, at half. After Eric Justice (18 points) hit the second of three straight 3-pointers early in the third quarter, Providence still led,

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Defense powers Steelmen to regional title

By MIKE FITZGERALD

Shaw Media Correspondent NEW LENOX – Joliet Central junior Jose Grubbs summed up the Steelmen’s 39-31 victory Friday night over Lincoln-Way Central for the Class 4A Lincoln-Way Central Regional championship in one word.

“Huge.”

No one played bigger or better than the 6-foot-3 forward, who scored a game-high 13 points in the win that sets up a Lockport Sectional semifinal matchup with Joliet West at 7 p.m.

Wednesday.

Grubbs helped Joliet Central (16-12) increase a 7-5 first quarter lead over the Knights (18-9) to a 17-8 halftime advantage by scoring five points in the second quarter.

“I think we settled down and started to relax, and we took what the defense gave us,” Grubbs said of the Joliet Central second-quarter offensive surge.

“They gave us a lot of lanes to the basket. I took what they gave me. I knew

once I got into the lane, all I had to do was finish and get back on defense.”

The Steelmen opened the third quarter with a 9-0 run to increase their lead to 26-8 with 5:11 to play in the third quarter. It started with a 3-pointer by Cameron Blackmon (eight points), featured two straight driving layups

by Grubbs, and ended with a driving layup by Marcellus Hornsby (seven points).

“The guys got into a rhythm,” Joliet Central coach Jeff Corcoran said. “We got some penetration against them.

We got them moving from side to side, and the kids knocked down some open shots.”

Joliet Central did the job on the defensive end as well, holding the Knights to 15 points through three quarters on 5-of-23 shooting from the field.

“They had great pressure,” said Knights guard Jarret Gmazel, who led his team with 10 points. “They had great help defense. They blocked a lot of shots at the rim. They played great defense. Joliet Central did a great job

of making us take shots we didn’t want to take.”

It was a sentiment echoed by Lincoln-Way Central coach Bob Curran.

“Joliet Central plays good defense,” he said. “We’ve been looking at their scores throughout the year and a lot of times they are winning games 40-something to 30-something. After scoring eight points in the first half, I didn’t know if we would get to 30 points.”

The Knights trailed, 29-15, at the start of the fourth quarter and started climbing back into the game. With 32 seconds left in the quarter, they were down, 37-31, after an Isaiah Malone driving layup.

“We wanted to make sure we left everything on the floor,” Gmazel said.

“We played as hard as we could and made it as close as we could. Everyone who stepped on that court played as hard as they could.”

The senior was part of a turnaround that saw Lincoln-Way Central go from four wins in the 2014-15 season to 18 wins this season.

“It’s a credit to all the coaches,” Gmazel said. “We didn’t roll over. We kept working all summer and in the first couple weeks of practice. It was the first time for all of these guys beating schools like Thornwood, Thornridge and Thornton. I’d never beaten any of those schools before. We beat Bolingbrook and Hales and took third in the McDipper. There were a lot of big wins for our school and our program.”

Corcoran said the regional championship was the first for the Steelmen since Central and Joliet West went back to having their own basketball programs.

“It’s hard to describe what this means for the program,” he said. “We started striving for this six years ago.

We’ve been in this spot three times, this being our third time in a row. We fell short to Bloom by eight and lost to Bolingbrook in overtime even though we led every possession but one.

“Program-wise, it’s a huge building block for us.”

CLASS 2A CLIFTON CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: AURORA CHRISTIAN 59, REED-CUSTER 58

Comets edged out by Eagles in sectional final

By DRAKE SKLEBA

Shaw Media Correspondent CLIFTON – For the second season in a row, the Reed-Custer boys basketball team had an outstanding season conclude in a Class 2A sectional championship game.

Aurora Christian, behind the longrange marksmanship of senior RD Lutze, ousted the Comets, 59-58, in Friday night’s Clifton Central Regional in the gym known as “The Crater.” The 1,800seat circular gymnasium was filled to the rafters as the Comets and Eagles put on a show for 32 minutes. Approximately two-thirds of the fans wore gold and black to support Reed-Custer.

Overcoming a 5-for-30 night from 3-point range, including 1 for 18 in the first half, the Comets (27-4) overcame all but one obstacle on the road to the DeKalb Supersectional – Aurora Christian’s Lutze. After scoring the last seven points for the Eagles (25-5) to close the third quarter with a 46-41 lead, Lutze saved his best for 20.7 seconds of the game.

With 43.7 seconds left, Comets senior guard Tommy Shaw buried a 3-pointer to tie the game at 56. With 34.4 seconds left,Travis Schoonover stole the ball

“Between two great teams, the outcome usually comes down to who makes a mistake. I guess we made one more mistake than they did.”

Mark Porter

Reed-Custer basketball coach from Aurora Christian sophomore Jake Wolfe (19 points) and knocked the ball off Wolfe out of bounds for a crucial Comet possession.

With 28 seconds to go, Schoonover was fouled and sank two free throws for a 58-56 Reed-Custer lead. With 20.7 seconds left, Lutze hit his fourth 3-pointer to give the Eagles a 59-58 lead. The Comets called a timeout.

“We drew up a 4-1 offensive play with Travis driving to the basket. We wanted to move it up fast,” Reed-Custer coach Mark Porter said.

Schoonover drove to the basket and at the baseline brought it out and passed to Neil O’Donnell (two points, seven assists). O’Donnell fed the ball inside to 6-6 senior Brent Headrick (19 points, 18 re-

bounds, four steals). Aurora Christian’s Jeremiah Wright knocked the ball away from Headrick and off a Comet player out of bounds with 3.7 seconds remaining.

On the inbounds play, an apparent travel on Wolfe was whistled the sixth Comets’ foul of the half and gave the Eagles the ball with 1.7 seconds left. Wright found Wolfe with the inbounds pass and the Eagle sophomore ran out the Comets’ season.

“Between two great teams, the outcome usually comes down to who makes a mistake,” Porter added. “I guess we made one more mistake than they did.”

The first half was a nightmare for the usually deadly Reed-Custer shooters. Hitting on 8 of 36 shots, with 1 for 18 from beyond the arc, the Comets were down only 29-25 at the half. Headrick and AJ Simonelli (eight points, nine

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SNOCROSS NATIONALS

By TIM CRONIN

Shaw Media Correspondent

• Sunday, March 6, 2016

JOLIET – Unlike last year’s icy inaugural, the only snow on the grounds of Route 66 Raceway this weekend was artificial. A gloomy forecast and just enough rain to play havoc meant the technicians of the International Series of Champions Snocross shortened the circuit used for two days of souped-up snowmobile racing.

Gone was the dogleg in the northeast corner of the track, where surprises abounded. Additionally, the east end was shortened to concentrate the snowmaking on the area in front of the seating, and before Saturday’s session, the west end turn was flattened with an additional bump just before the entrance added to increase the degree of difficulty.

That was different. What was hardly different was the winner of Saturday’s Pro Open finale: Tucker Hibbert. The 31-year-old virtuoso led from start to finish to capture the 20-lap final after qualifying ninth. He scored a 10.797-second victory over Friday night winner Russ Martin, with Tim Tremblay third.

Hibbert had finished fifth Friday, his lowest placing of the season, and one that ended his nine-victory streak in the series. But career ISOC victory No. 105 was a clinic. He cut to the inside at the start, and while Corin Todd was ahead for two seconds, Hibbert led the rest of the way.

“I fought real hard (in qualifying) and couldn’t get it done,” Hibbert said.

“I’m thankful to get it done in the final.

This track was really gnarly, really hard on the body. I was slow in (the first) corner all night. My strategy was to build a lead. I felt strong on the rest of the track.”

The warmish conditions made for different racing. Rather than hard, icy snow, as was the case last year, the snow was softer. According to Kody Kamm, the Kenosha speedster on the mend from a broken collarbone, that’s not necessarily bad.

“A wet track means a lot of traction,” Kamm said. “You can get off the line really well.”

And into the air, as was proven time and again. But landing was the difficult thing.

“You’ve got to carry a lot of speed to get over everything,” Todd said after winning the night’s fourth heat race.

“We’re jumping into square holes.

You’ve got to keep on the gas to get out.”

Tremblay and Kyle Pallin won the first two heat races, Tremblay taking

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ABOVE: Cole Cottew (21) speeds forward Saturday at the Snocross Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet. BELOW: Cory Watkinson (173) runs in the Pro Open Round 2.

advantage of Hibbert ending up in a three-sled tangle on the first lap, and leading all the way to score a 1.745-second victory over Lincoln Lemieux.

Hibbert ended up in seventh, last on the lead lap. Pallin scored the hole shot in his opening heat and also led for all 12 laps, beating Andy Lieders to the line by a whopping 4.428 seconds.

Tremblay added a victory in his sec-

made up for it promptly, working his way through the field. He was fourth by the third lap, third a lap later by diving to the inside of Martin in the west turn, and scooted past Adam Renheim to clinch second in the final circuit.

Todd scored a 4.5-second victory over Lemieux in his second heat race.

Hibbert had won nine straight Pro Open races until Friday night, when he tumbled off his sled at the east end of the track and was forced to ride his way back to fifth place, his worst placing of the season. He had won the first heat of Friday’s second round after placing second to Petter Narsa, Kamm’s Hentges Racing teammate, in the opening heat, but his mishap in the final juggled the standings.

Martin won Friday’s race, his first ond heat race, knowing that the sweep of the season, with Corin Todd second left him with the last spot in the front and Tremblay third. row in the final, all those who finished Norway’s Elias Ishoel, 17, won Satmore poorly getting the earlier selec- urday’s Pro Lite final, beating Jack tions.

Angove with a nifty pass for his first And only 3.8 seconds behind was title with four laps to go. Joliet’s Ian Hibbert, whose uncharacteristically Buchman, a rookie in that class, finpoor start left him sixth off the starting ished 14th, seven laps behind Ishoel in line and fifth after a lap. the 15-sled race, after making the final The nine-time series champion in the last-chance qualifying sprint.

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NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Blackhawks 66 40 21 5 85 187 159 Dallas 66 39 20 7 85 213 191 St. Louis 66 37 20 9 83 166 162 Nashville 66 33 21 12 78 181 168 Minnesota 66 31 25 10 72 175 165 Colorado 67 33 30 4 70 180 194 Winnipeg 64 27 32 5 59 168 192 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 64 37 19 8 82 164 149 Los Angeles 64 38 22 4 80 170 148 San Jose 63 35 22 6 76 191 169 Vancouver 63 24 27 12 60 152 181 Arizona 64 27 31 6 60 169 203 Calgary 65 27 34 4 58 177 205 Edmonton 67 25 35 7 57 165 200 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 65 39 22 4 82 183 155 Florida 64 36 20 8 80 176 151 Boston 66 36 23 7 79 202 180 Detroit 64 32 21 11 75 163 168 Ottawa 66 31 28 7 69 192 206 Montreal 66 30 30 6 66 179 185 Buffalo 66 26 31 9 61 156 178 Toronto 64 21 33 10 52 152 190 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 65 48 13 4 100 212 150 N.Y. Rangers 65 38 21 6 82 184 165 N.Y. Islanders 62 35 20 7 77 178 154 Pittsburgh 64 33 23 8 74 173 165 Philadelphia 64 30 23 11 71 163 172 Carolina 66 29 26 11 69 161 178 New Jersey 66 31 28 7 69 147 164 Columbus 66 27 31 8 62 173 205 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Saturday’s Games Minnesota 3, Buffalo 2, SO Calgary 4, Pittsburgh 2 Nashville 5, Colorado 2 Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2 Washington 2, Boston 1, OT Ottawa 3, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 3, OT Philadelphia 6, Columbus 0 Winnipeg 4, Montreal 2 Florida at Arizona, (n) Vancouver at San Jose, (n) Sunday’s Games Dallas at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Blackhawks, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 44 17 .721 — Indiana 33 30 .524 12 Bulls 31 30 .508 13 Detroit 31 31 .500 13½ Milwaukee 26 36 .419 18½ Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 41 19 .683 — Boston 38 26 .594 5 New York 26 38 .406 17 Brooklyn 18 45 .286 24½ Philadelphia 8 54 .129 34 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 36 26 .581 — Atlanta 34 28 .548 2 Charlotte 33 28 .541 2½ Washington 30 32 .484 6 Orlando 27 34 .443 8½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 53 9 .855 — Memphis 37 24 .607 15½ Dallas 33 29 .532 20 Houston 30 32 .484 23 New Orleans 23 38 .377 29½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 42 20 .677 — Portland 33 30 .524 9½ Utah 29 33 .468 13 Denver 24 38 .387 18 Minnesota 20 43 .317 22½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB x-Golden State 55 5 .917 — L.A. Clippers 40 20 .667 15 Sacramento 25 36 .410 30½ Phoenix 16 46 .258 40 L.A. Lakers 12 51 .190 44½ x-clinched playoff spot Saturday’s Games Utah 106, New Orleans 94 Cleveland 120, Boston 103 Indiana 100, Washington 99 New York 102, Detroit 89 Minnesota 132, Brooklyn 118 Bulls 108, Houston 100 San Antonio 104, Sacramento 94 Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, (n) Sunday’s Games Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 3:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Memphis, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 6 p.m.

Portland at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Houston at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

AREA ROUNDUP

Blue Devils beat Indians for regional title SUBMITTED REPORTS KANKAKEE – Peotone’s boys basketball team captured its first regional title since 2011 when they beat Pontiac, 5147, in the Class 3A Kankakee Regional finals. Kale Maupin scored 18 points while Scott Gasik added 14 points for the Blue Devils (23-6), who play Lincoln-Way West at 7 p.m.

Wednesday in the Streator Sectional.

TRACK AND FIELD

Minooka takes ABC Invite: The Indians placed first among 10 teams with 190 points at the Homewood-Flossmoor ABC Invite. Bolingbrook took third with 120 points.

In Class A, Jack Sullivan, Lorenzo Capsita, Nick Abdallah and Jake Swank combined to win the 4-x800m relay (8:20.54).

Kevin Lam took first in shot put (51’11”), Brandon Adams 400m (50.34) and Soren Knudsen the 800m Dash (2:02.21).

Miguel Lomeli won the 800m (2:04.48), Marcus Hayden the

pole vault (13’0”) and Quintin fanning six.

On Friday, the Flyers (8-7) Durov the long jump (20’9.5”) in Class B. Lorenzo Capista won dropped their opener to Felician (7-4), but rallied for wins Class C’s 1600m (4:53.13). against both Lake Erie (13-5) and Lake Superior State (11-5).

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL Against Lake Erie, Carley Lewis goes 4-1: Paige Fossey tossed a complete-game, Maupin (Peotone) (3 for 3, four two-hitter as the Flyers (10-7) runs, two RBI, HR) and Brittawrapped up The Spring Games ny Russell (4 for 4, RBI) batted a with a 9-1 victory over Cedar- combined 7 for 7. Ali Brems (4ville Saturday. Fossey (3-2) 2) tossed one inning of scoreless struck out five batters to earn relief to earn the win. Frankie her second win of the day, as Castagna tied a school-record she hurled 1.1 innings of score- with seven RBI against Lake less relief in the 2-1 eight-in- Superior State with a pair of home runs, including a grand ning win over Northwood.

Jenna Cairo and Jessica slam. Fossey tossed 3.1 innings Lofthouse both went 3 for 4. of relief to earn the win.

Cairo had a RBI, while Lofthouse had two doubles, a RBI MEN’S BASEBALL and a run scored. Carolyn NoLewis goes 1-2: Lewis (4-4) jiri (two RBI), Brittany Russell closed their annual spring trip (two RBI) and Carly Jaworski on Saturday with a 9-6 setback (Lemont) (RBI) went 2 for 4, to Walsh. All of Lewis’ offense while Cori Reynolds was 2 for 3. came in the ninth inning. Matt In the 2-1 win over North- McCauley had a pinch-hit home wood, Prieto went 3 for 4 and run, Joe Sparacio (Plainfield scored both runs. Lofthouse Central) knocked in two runs went 3 for 4 with a RBI. Lainie with a triple, Alex Kiszkowsk Schweickert allowed two hits had an RBI single and McCauin 6.2 innings of work, while ley knocked in two more runs

with a single.

On Friday, Lewis rallied for a 10-9 nonconference win over Tiffin before falling 6-1 to Ashland in the nightcap. Two ninth inning runs gave Lewis a come-from-behind victory over Tiffin.

Neal Tyrell (Minooka) finished with four hits and four runs scored. Ethan Bloom hit his third home run, matching last season’s total. Kurt Becker and Brandon Collins also added home runs. Austin Mastela (Lockport) scored the game-winning run. Brad Elmore (Bolingbrook) earned the win and Phil Warner pitched the ninth for the save.

JJC goes 0-3: Joliet Junior College came into the season ranked No.2, but the Wolves (0-3) dropped three to Jefferson College (Mo.). In the 9-4 loss, Brennan Polcyn went 2 for 3 with a RBI. Steve Wittkamp had two hits in the 9-2 loss. In Friday’s 6-3 loss, Mike Rissley had two hits, a pair of doubles and RBI and Wittkamp added a double and RBI.

LEWIS ROUNDUP

Lewis men’s basketball reaches GLVC finals SUBMITTED REPORTS

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Lewis University men’s basketball team upset top-seeded and 12th -ranked Bellarmine, 70-66, to advance to its first Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship game since 2008 at Family Arena on Saturday evening.

Max Strus collected a gamehigh 27 points, including five three-pointers, and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Miles Simelton added 16 points, while Delaney Blaylock added 10 points and five rebounds.

“I thought we kept our poise when they made a run,” Lewis coach Scott Trost said. “We did what we had to do and made a couple more plays down the stretch. I couldn’t be more proud of a group of guys.”

With the win, Lewis improves to 23-8 while the Knights fall to 23-6. The Flyers will play the winner of the UW-Parkside/ Quincy semifinal at 3:30 p.m.

Sunday for the title.

Bellarmine took a 33-32 lead into halftime, but Lewis soon went on a 22-6 run to take a 5441 lead. Strus scored 14 of his 27 points during this stretch, including four three-pointers.

The Knights stormed back with a 24-10 run to take a 66-64 lead with 1:33 left. Simelton made two free throws with 1:11 left to create a 66-66 tie and Strus hit two charity shots with 16 seconds left to give Lewis a 6866 lead. Josh Derksen (15 points) missed his go-ahead three-point attempt with six seconds left and Strus grabbed the rebound and then hit two more free throws.

In the quarterfinals, the Flyers edged Indianapolis 92-89 in overtime. Strus had 25 points, Simelton added 18 points, Blaylock had 17 points, Frank Vukaj had 14 points and nine rebounds and Kyle Nelson added 12 points and eight boards.

Women upset by Quincy

No. 4 Lewis University’s school-record tying 23-game winning streak came to an end, as No. 22 Quincy upset the top-seeded Flyers, 59-54, in the Great Lakes Valley Conference semifinals on Saturday. Lewis (28-2) learns its NCAA Regional destination on Sunday night.

Quincy (25-4) did a solid job defensively on GLVC Player of the Year Mariyah Brawner-Henley and GLVC Freshman of the Year Jessica Kelliher, as the

duo combined to shoot 10 for 32. Brawner finished with her 71st career double-double with 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds, while Kelliher finished with 10 points and five rebounds.

Brawner-Henley is now three points shy of becoming Lewis’ all-time leading scorer.

As a team, Lewis shot 38.3 percent from the field and 25 percent from three-point range. The Flyers went to the free throw line a season-low six times, while the Hawks made 20 of 24 from the charity stripe.

In their opener in the tournament, the Flyers edged Indianapolis 69-63 in overtime. Brawner-Henley had 27 points and 10 rebounds while Kelliher added 18 points and seven boards and Tiana Karopulos had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

White Sox win, as Kennedy debuts for the Royals: In Surprise, Arizona, Ian

Kennedy pitched two innings in his debut with the Kansas City Royals, who have lost four in a row to begin spring training after falling 7-6 to the White Sox. Kennedy, who signed a $70 million, five-year contract with the World Series champions over the winter, allowed one run and four hits while striking out three.

Adam Eaton went 3 for 3 with a home run, double and two RBIs for the Sox. Avisail Garcia also drove in two runs, and Tyler Saladino homered off Ross Ohlendorf with Rob Brantly aboard in the sixth.

Eric Hosmer had two sacrifice flies for the Royals, while Alcides Escobar doubled and scored two runs.

Bulls break losing streak with win vs.

Rockets: At the United Center, Pau

Gasol finished with 28 points and 17 rebounds, Jimmy Butler scored 24 points in his return from a strained left knee, and the Bulls snapped a four-game losing streak with a 108-100 victory over the Houston Rockets.

Gasol hit four free throws after Patrick Beverley nailed a 3-pointer to cut it to 104-100 with 34.8 seconds remaining.

And the Bulls avoided matching its longest skid even though James Harden scored 36 for Houston. The Bulls also moved a half-game ahead of Detroit for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

Gasol delivered his 35th double-double and Butler added 11 rebounds after missing the previous 11 games.

An aggressive Derrick Rose contributed 17 points and nine assists. Mike Dunleavy Jr. scored 12, and the Bulls picked up the win even though they committed 26 turnovers.

points and Myke Henry had 15.

rod Uthoff scored 16 of his 29 points in the first half, and No. 16 Iowa snapped a four-game losing streak with a 71-61 win over Michigan.

Anthony Clemmons added 12 points for the Hawkeyes (21-9, 12-6 Big Ten), who used a 14-5 run to take a 15-point lead with 10:13 to play. Michigan (2011, 10-8) scored the next 10 points, but the Wolverines couldn’t pull any closer down the stretch and now may need a strong showing in the Big Ten tournament to make it to the NCAAs. Derrick Walton scored 14 points for Michigan, which honored seniors Caris LeVert and Spike Albrecht before the regular-season finale. They’re both out for the season with injuries, which is a big reason the Wolverines are in this predicament.

Auguste, Ryan help Notre Dame beat Valentine leads No. 2 Michigan St in NC State: In South Bend, Indiana, With rout of Ohio St.: In East Lansing, Mich-

his team mired in an offensive slump, Notre Dame coach Mike Brey decided to push them.

Coming off a season-low 50 points in a home loss to No. 7 Miami on Wednesday, Brey used a 20-second shot clock in practice to speed up the tempo, and got the results he was looking for.

Zach Auguste had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and the Irish went 12 of 24 from 3-point range to blitz North Carolina State 89-75.

“Tempo was the key, playing faster in practice,” Brey said. “It had us in attack mode the whole time.”

Freshman Matt Ryan scored a career-high 17 points, all in the first half, and Demetrius Jackson snapped out of a scoring funk to finish with 14 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Irish (20-10, 11-7 ACC).

igan, Denzel Valentine and his fellow Michigan State seniors went out in style, routing Ohio State and compelling their coach to make a bold statement in public.

Spartans beat the Buckeyes 91-76.

The Spartans (26-5, 13-5 Big Ten) have won 10 of their last 11 games, earning No. 2 seeding in the conference tournament.

Kyle Busch routs field to win Xfinity race at Las Vegas: In Las Vegas, Kyle

Busch led all but one of the 200 laps to earn his first career Xfinity Series at his home track.

Busch scored a Cup victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2009, but was 0-for-11 in his previous starts in NASCAR’s second tier series.

The victory for Busch was his 78th in the Xfinity Series, and second consecutive this season. He also won last weekend at Atlanta.

He put a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the Vegas victory lane for the first time in team history in the Xfinity Series.

The JGR drivers went 1-2-3 in a sweep of the podium as Daniel Suarez finished second and Erik Jones came from two laps down to finish third.

Darrell Wallace Jr. was the only other driver to lead one lap.

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Whitehead has 33 as Seton Hall defeats DePaul: In Rosemont, Isaiah White-

head made 10 of 15 shots, including six 3-pointers, for a career high 33 points and Seton Hall wrapped up the regular season by rolling to an 80-66 win over DePaul.

Seton Hall (22-8, 12-6) heads into the Big East tournament as the third seed while DePaul (9-21, 3-15) is ninth.

Whitehead had 25 points in the second half as the Pirates pulled away.

He was 6 of 10 behind the arc and had five rebounds and five assists. Khadeen Carrington added 17 points, Desi Rodriguez 11 and Angel Delgado had 10 rebounds.

Seton Hall made 7 of 11 3-pointers – and was 6 of 11 inside the arc – in the New Illinois AD fires football coach Cu- second half to finish 12 of 25 for the bit after 1 season: In Champaign, first- game. The Pirates shot 59 percent in year football coach Bill Cubit was fired the half, 55 percent for the game. by new athletic director Josh Whitman, Billy Garrett led DePaul with 18

Valentine had 27 points and matched

No. 16 Iowa snaps skid with win over a career high with 13 assists in the last Michigan: In Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jar- home game, helping the second-ranked

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MESA, Ariz. – Miguel Montero went 3 for 3 with a home run for the Cubs, who lost 4-2 to the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.

Montero also singled and doubled in front of a crowd of 15,443 at Sloan Park.

The veteran catcher is 5 for 5 so far this spring.

Cubs right-hander Trevor Cahill threw two scoreless innings in his first appearance of the spring. He allowed two hits and struck out three.

Cincinnati grabbed a 2-0 lead on Tucker Barnhart’s homer off Eric Jokisch in the third inning.

Reds starter Brandon Finnegan struck out two in two scoreless innings in his second appearance.

who said the troubled program needs a new coach to begin building long-term success.

The move came on Whitman’s first official day, when he also decided that men’s basketball coach John Groce would return next season. The 37-yearold AD was hired last month to manage a department that has dealt with nearly a year of upheaval in various sports, which resulted in the firing of his predecessor Mike Thomas.

Whitman said he appreciated Cubit’s work as interim coach last season after the firing of Tim Beckman, but made clear that he didn’t believe the veteran Cubit was the best option to build the team. Cubit was Beckman’s offensive coordinator, became interim head coach when Beckman was fired in August just before the season started and named permanent head coach in November.

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Continued from page 38 rebounds), were relentless on the offensive glass, giving the Comets second and third shots.

Schoonover, who finished with 22 points, hit his first of two 3-pointers with five minutes left in the third quarter.

Headrick’s second 3-pointer gave the Comets a 39-38 lead with 3 minutes to go in the third quarter. Lutze followed with a pair of 3-pointers, among his 10 third-quarter points, to give the Eagles a 46-41 lead.

“This loss is very difficult to accept,” Headrick said. “I love all of my teammates and this is not the way we wanted to go out. Everything I did tonight, I did for my teammates.”

With the loss, the brilliant career of Schoonover comes to an end. With the 22 game-high points, he finishes with 1,910 career points. Toss in more than 400 steals, and he ranks with the best players in school history.

No one took the heartbreaking defeat harder than Schoonover. After the game, he was unavailable for comment.

“I feel so bad for all of my seniors,” Porter said. “What they did for our program was amazing. Brent (Headrick) played outstanding tonight. It is truly a shame that it was his swan song. Travis Schoonover did it all for us in his illustrious career. He will be dearly missed.”

Morton defends girls Class 3A title The ASSOCIATED PRESS NORMAL – Morton won its first girls state 3A championship last year led by powerhouse guard Chandler Ryan. In December, during the early weeks of another astonishing season for the Potters, she suffered a season-ending ACL tear in her knee.

On Saturday, Morton (33-3) beat North Lawndale 58-41 to defend its title. Ryan was on the bench, watching, when coach Bob Becker leaned over and told her to take off her warm-up outfit.

So, fittingly, with less than 30 seconds left in the game and limping badly, a sobbing Chandler Ryan entered a high school basketball game for the final time. The crowd roared its approval. Becker immediately called a time out and took her out of the game, but the point was made.

Ryan, who was averaging nearly 20 points per game when she was injured, was the team’s leader, and always had been.

“It was a collective decision to put Chandler in,” Becker said. “She’s a great kid, and great leader. She de-

“These kids are just special.

They are winners. They always have been, and they always will be. I feel so blessed to have been a part of this whole thing.”

Bob Becker

Morton girls basketball coach

high 9 rebounds.

Morton never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 12-1 lead midway through the first half. Morton went 14-33 from the field (42.4 percent) and 27-33 from the free-throw line. North Lawndale shot 15-46 (32.6 percent) and 7-10 from the line.

It was sweet revenge for the Potters, who fell to Lawndale 48-46 in four overtimes during the State Farm Holiday Classic on Dec. 29. Bisping led all scorers with 23 points.

“I don’t think Morton necessarily did anything special today,” said Phoenix coach Corey Morgan.

“There was just a lid on the basket for us from the very beginning. That said, they’ve been here before and you could tell by how poised they seemed.”

In Friday’s semifinals, Morton beat Morgan Park 54-39 and North Lawndale defeated Highland 59-57 in double overtime.

served that.”

Teammate Brandi Bisping led the Potters ‘s with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Bisping, a junior, assumed Ryan’s leadership role and averaged 14.6 points per game. Tenley Dowell added 11 points for the Potters.

“These kids are just special,” Becker said. “They are winners.

They always have been, and they always will be. I feel so blessed to have been a part of this whole thing.”

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By JEANNE MILLSAP

Shaw Media Correspondent PLAINFIELD – Eagle Scout is the highest rank a Boy Scout can achieve.

But in Plainfield, three young men rose through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of Scouting in one family alone – a rare percentage only a statistician could likely figure out.

The Dunning brothers, Ryan, 23, Andy, 20, and Matt, 18, belonged to Boy Scout Troop 13, and they are following their father into the firefighting profession. The brothers supported each other in their challenges of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

“We all kind of helped each other out,” Ryan said. “We all worked through it together.”

Their parents, Mike and Jean Dunning, served in several volunteer positions with the boys’ Plainfield Cub Scouts Packs 13 and 85, and in Plainfield Boy Scout Troop 13. Jean is pleased her sons all attained Eagle.

“They’re already brothers,” Jean said. “And now they’re brothers in this, too.”

All three said they had interest in the Eagle Scout rank early on, even in Cub Scouts, which starts in first grade and goes through the ranks of Bobcat, Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos.

“I’ve always been really driven,” Ryan said. “I got all 20 pins as a Webelo. I enjoyed learning all the different skills.”

“Even when I was younger,” Andy said, “I knew I was going to get it. I think it’s a cool accomplishment.”

Matt said he didn’t want to be the brother that didn’t earn the Eagle rank.

“I’m just happy I got through it,” Matt said. “It feels great.”

Achieving Eagle Scout rank is a years-long process, beginning when a Scout advances from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts around the age of 10 until they “age out” at 18.

During that eight-year span, a Scout with his eye on Eagle must advance through the ranks of Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star and Life; earn several required merit badges; serve in leadership positions in his troop; assist in several community service projects; and then plan and complete his Eagle Scout project.

Mike and Jean Dunning said the first couple of years of Scouting are mostly social. As the boys progress through the program, they learn responsibility, leadership, morals, character, how to converse with adults, trustworthiness and how to achieve

ABOVE: Andy Dunning, Matt Dunning and Ryan Dunning all have attained the rank of Eagle Scout. LEFT: Andy, Matt and Ryan Dunning, when they were still in Plainfield Cub Scout Pack 85, with their father, Mike.

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complicated goals.

“One big thing is they learn that you have to work for big things in steps,” Jean said. “You break it down into what needs to be done.”

Mike said Boy Scouts also taught his sons valuable life skills.

“Ryan, he got every single job he’s ever had because of his interview skills,” Mike said.

All three Dunning boys chose Eagle

projects that benefited their church, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Plainfield.

Ryan spruced up the area around the church’s propane tank and dumpster by staining the fence and mulching and landscaping the area around the fence. Andy built a shed at the site to store equipment, and Matt landscaped an area in front of the church around a stairwell and also at the side

of the building.

Each project involved extensive planning, working with the church, soliciting monetary contributions and donations of materials, receiving several reviews by scout leadership, organizing the work days, and leading the several volunteers who come to help with the project.

But it’s not just their Eagle projects that brought great memories.

Camping, welding and archery were three of Matt’s favorite merit badges.

He also loved going on the troop’s camping trips and swimming after a hot day at summer camp.

Andy also loved camping, swimming and archery, and especially Wilderness Survival, which was his favorite merit badge.

Ryan said his favorite merit badge is probably the first one he earned – Atomic Energy. One of the troop’s leaders was a nuclear scientist, and he took some of the scouts on a daylong tour of one of the area’s nuclear power plants.

Ryan is a firefighter/paramedic at the Warrenville Fire Protection District, and Andy and Matt are in the fire academy at the Troy Fire Protection District.

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Nominees in District 202 sought for Awards of Excellence

Crisis Line of Will County to offer spring training classes

JOLIET – The Crisis Line’s spring training class begins April 4 at 840 Plainfield Road in Joliet. Classes will be from 6 to 9 p.m. each Monday and Wednesday for five weeks.

Crisis Line offers telephone counseling, referrals, information, emergency services and reassurance calls for the elderly and disabled. Crisis Line of Will County is a comprehensive suicide prevention hotline available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To join the class or for more information, call the Crisis Line administrative office at 815-744-5280.

United Way of Will County seeks applicants for program funding

JOLIET – United Way of Will County is encouraging nonprofit organizations seeking specific program funding to PLAINFIELD – The District 202 Board apply. of Education is seeking nominees for its The funding is for fiscal year 2017, 24th annual Awards of Excellence.

The awards honor teachers and non-ad- which begins July 1, 2016, and runs through June 30, 2017. The application ministrative staff whose work on behalf will be live until March 10, 2016, on the of students, and support of District 202 United Way of Will County’s website, has been exceptional in some way.

Students, staff, parents and community www.uwwill.org.

To be eligible for funding, a nonprofit members are welcome and encouraged to submit their nominations. Nomination must be a 501(c)3 health and human services organization serving residents deadline is 4:30 p.m. March 11. in Will County, the program must be in The Awards of Excellence ceremony will be at 7 p.m. April 5 in the auditorium existence for more than one year, and it must include data to substantiate proat Plainfield East High School, 12001 S. gram needs and outcomes/achievement Naperville Road, Plainfield.

results.

Applying organizations must also be current in their federal IRS 990 and AG990-IL reporting.

Valley View kindergarten enrollment underway

Open enrollment for Valley View School District 365U children who will be in kindergarten for the 2016-17 school year will take place from March 17 through March 24.

Students who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2016 are eligible for kindergarten.

The administration center is at 755 Dalhart Ave. in Romeoville.

In addition, registrars will be available from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 19 at the Fountaindale Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook.

Students must be enrolled by either a parent or guardian.

Enrollment forms are available at the District Administration Center, 755 Dalhart Ave., Romeoville, or at www.vvsd. org/departments/enrollment. For more information, call the enrollment department at 815-886-2700.

Special education cooperative offers preschool screening

The Lockport Area Special Education Cooperative, which serves elementary school districts in Crest Hill and Lockport, will screen preschool children 3 to 5 years old March 16 and April 20.

Children will be screened through activities in gross and fine motor, general concepts and communication. Vision and

hearing screenings will also be given. The results of the screening will be discussed with the parents after testing is complete.

If the child has a significant delay in one or more areas they may be referred for additional testing to determine eligibility for special education services.

Appointments can be made by calling LASEC at 816-838-8080 and asking for Debbie.

Home and Community Education members to attend conference

Will County Home and Community Education members Jeanette Johnson, Gail Shaw and Andrea Zoelle will attend the 92nd annual Illinois Association for Home and Community Education Conference from March 15 to March 17 at the Embassy Suites East Peoria Hotel and Riverfront Conference Center, East Peoria.

The organization has changed through the years. It was first known as Home Bureau Federation, then Homemakers Extension Association, and today the Home and Community Education.

For more information, call Johnson, board president, at 815-838-7924.

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Frances Macfarlane

92nd Birthday

SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP The following local students earned scholarships:

Central College

• Edward Ginnan of Homer Glen – Presidential Scholarship • Christopher Murino of Homer Glen – Presidential Scholarship

Coe College

• Eric Hoar of Plainfield – Clark Merit Scholarship

How to submit People submissions can be emailed to news@theherald-news.com. Photos should be sent as attachments to an email. Submissions are subject to editing for length, style and grammar and run as space is available.

Eastern Illinois University

• Autumn A. Frykholm of Joliet – Honors Transfer Student Scholarship

Cornell College

Iowa State University College of • Kasey Davalos of Braidwood – Presidential Agriculture and Life Sciences

Scholarship • RJ Leddin of New Lenox – Dean’s Scholarship

Denison University

• Mahnoor Qadri of Plainfield – First Year Merit Scholarship

• Hannah Lobas of Plainfield – Ag General Scholarship • Bridget McFarland of Frankfort – Fred Foreman Scholarship for Growth in Leadership Participation • Kyle Small of New Lenox – Nadyne Harris Endowed Scholarship

• Emily Weymouth of Plainfield – Portia A. Goke Scholarship in Memory of Alvin W. Goke

Northern Michigan University College of Business

• Kayleigh Cimaroli of Channahon – Ludlow Family Scholarship

Southeast Missouri State University

• McKenzie Korhorn of Plainfield – Midwest Achievement Award and Residence Life Leadership Award

University of Illinois Springfield

• Michael Eddy of Joliet – Mary and Nelson Howarth Scholarship

University of St. Francis MERIT Program

• Alexandra Cazales-Larios of Joliet – $1,000 scholarship, funded by a grant from the Silver Cross Healthy Community Commission

Frances will be celebrating 92 wonderful years with friends and family.

Francis is the mother of Frances Bob Macfarlane and Rita Paros.

• Sunday, March 6, 2016

FRANKFORT – Frankfort School District 157-C will conduct kindergarten registration for children who will be entering kindergarten for the 2016-2017 school year. All children who will be five years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2016 are eligible.

Registration will be by appointment only beginning March 8 at the District 157-C Administrative Office, 10482 W. Nebraska St. in Frankfort.

Appointments should be made by calling the district office at 815-469-5922.

Other important dates for incoming kindergarten students include “Kindergarten Round Up” from 1 to 1:45 p.m.

Feb. 25, and “Kindergarten Here We Come” from 1 to 1:45 p.m. or 6:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 5 and May 3 at Grand Prairie Elementary School, 10480 W. Nebraska St. in Frankfort.

For information, including nomination forms, visit www.psd202.org.

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46 Student at Heritage Grove is tops in archery Dana Janiec, 11, receives her

award in January for winning the state championship in her age division in the Illinois Junior Olympic Archery Development indoor compound bow competition from Tony Kaap, president of the Illinois Target Archery Association. The Heritage Grove Middle School sixth-grader also is the state champion in the outdoor competition. The Illinois Junior Olympic Archery Development group is designed to get young people interested in archery.

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LTHS students joined young people around the world in putting red handprints on paper with a message to end the use of child soldiers.

LTHS joins in Red Hand Day

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New science teacher at Martinez is district alumna

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Kim Perry, a first-year science teacher at Martinez Middle School in Romeoville, attended Independence Elementary School and Jane Addams Middle School in Bolingbrook. She was among the Bolingbrook students who were bused to Romeoville High School before the new Bolingbrook High School was built.

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LOCKPORT – As an extension to the sophomore English curriculum and the reading of the novel “A Long Way Gone”

by Ishmael Beah, sophomore students at Lockport Township High School participated in Red Hand Day on Feb. 12.

Red Hand Day sheds light on the campaign to stop the use of child soldiers around the world. Even though a treaty was signed in 2002 banning the use of soldiers younger than 18, children are still be-

ing used all over the world to fight wars.

The students joined young people around the world in painting their hand red and putting the red handprint on paper with a message to end the use of child soldiers.

These handprints were then mailed to key politicians who have a history of supporting the ban on child soldiers and other humanitarian issues in hopes that this issue is not forgotten.

For more information, visit www.redhandday.org.

Joliet West science team shows success The HERALD–NEWS JOLIET – The Joliet West Science Team had a successful day at the SWSC Science Competition on Jan. 23. The team brought 31 students to the competition and returned home with 11 medals. The team placed first in the Marble Maze event, second in the Road Scholar event, second and third in the Mousetrap Car competition, third in the Balloon Powered Hover Craft competition and third in the Mysterious Pedigrees event.

Students who placed: • Andre Biasella – first place, Marble Maze • Zach Boeringa – first place, Marble Maze • John Boeringa – second place, Road Scholar • John Hernandez – second place, Road Scholar • Edgar Salas – second place, Mousetrap Car • Daniel Pineda – second place, Mousetrap Car • Javier Cardenas – third place, Mousetrap Car

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Top row (from left): Nancy DePaolo, Meghan McMahon, Mark Leipart, Elizabeth Zucker, Michelle Darguzis and Jodi Tarver. Bottom row (from left): Brooke Allen, Jayme Stewart, Dawn MacDonald and Andrea Pacenta.

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The Joliet West Science Team had a successful day at the SWSC Science Competition on Jan. 23. The team brought 31 students to the competition and returned home with 11 medals.

• Jason Vaccarella – third place, Mousetrap Car • Michael Yanes – third place, Balloon Powered Hover Craft • Josh Ruhaak – third place, Balloon Powered Hover Craft • Christopher Beltran – third place, Mysterious Pedigrees Student finalists also in-

clude Alonso Rodriguez, Blake Lewandowski, Brian Do, Cesar Franco, Chris Hoogland, Daniel Small, Darek Layne, Eligin Hodges, Eric Vargas, Jesse Hoffmeyer, Kim Garibay, Krsyal Steg, Lauren Landando, Mariel Dean, Mary Pelzer, Matt Roth, Mekhi Holley, Miguel Suarez, Savannah Ealy and Zach Lesniewicz.

Heritage Trail Elementary School begins Parent Advisory Council The HERALD–NEWS JOLIET – Troy Heritage Trail Elementary School began its own Parent Advisory Council this year that is already helping the District 30-C school and its students.

The Heritage Trail PAC helped organize and run an October movie night, a Vet-

erans Day observation and a fundraiser.

Upcoming events are the school’s first electronic recycling event on April 23, its first Daddy-Daughter Dance and its first Mother-Son Dance later in the year.

PAC plans on assisting in the publication of Heritage Trail’s annual yearbooks.

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ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff it?

First, take a decongestant one hour before your flight or use a decongestant nasal spray, or both. Since your ear problems come when the plane is landing, use the spray about 30 minutes before the plane is scheduled to land. Antihistamines also may help if you have allergies.

If you experience the symptoms of barotrauma during a flight, try the following before the symptoms worsen.

For most people, landing is worse than takeoff. The easiest tricks to try are: • Suck on hard candy.

• Yawn and swallow frequently. Open your mouth very wide, as if you were yawning. Swallow, even though there’s nothing in your throat to swallow. When you do this, you tighten the muscles in the back of your throat. That tugs on the opening of the Eustachian tube and opens it. You often can feel and hear the tube pop open.

If these methods don’t work, pinch your nose closed, inhale through your mouth, and then try to push the air out through your nose while keeping it pinched shut. Don’t push hard, and stop as soon as one ear pops. If you blow too hard, you can tear your eardrums, so do it carefully.

One of these tricks should work for most people who have ear problems while flying – and I’ll bet one will work for you.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

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Dear Dr. K: I get pain in my ears every time I fly and the plane descends for landing. A friend says chewing gum works for him, but it doesn’t work for me. What can I do?

Dear Reader: The ear pain you experience –barotrauma of the ear – is the most common medical problem reported by air travelers. “Barotrauma” refers to injuries caused by increased air pressure.

Here’s why it happens. Your ear has three parts: the outer ear (including the ear canal), the middle ear and the inner ear. The eardrum comes between the outer ear and the middle ear. The middle ear is connected to the uppermost part of your throat (called the nasopharynx) by a thin canal called the Eustachian tube. Air constantly is moving through the Eustachian tube and into the middle ear. This balances the pressures in your middle and inner ears.

Air pressure changes as the altitude changes. Therefore, the biggest changes occur when a plane is taking off or landing. While the plane has systems to reduce the sudden changes that occur during takeoff and landing, some still occur.

When a plane’s air pressure changes suddenly and the Eustachian tube is blocked, it can create a vacuum in the middle ear that pulls the eardrum inward. This can cause pain. It also can muffle sounds. In more severe cases, the middle ear can fill with clear fluid. In the most severe cases, the eardrum can rupture. Fortunately, this is rare.

Barotrauma is much more likely if you’re flying with a cold, infection or allergies. That’s because these conditions can block the Eustachian tube.

So that’s what causes the problem you asked about. Now, what can you do about

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Woman’s bad times are made worse by family’s desertion Dear Abby: I recently realized I have a fair-weather family. My husband got in trouble with the law and is now in a drug treatment facility. This had been hard on me, but I love him.

His crime was being in possession of illegal drugs that were intended only for himself. His family has turned their backs on us. My family will invite me to family functions, but if I mention him, they walk away. I have been feeling very alone and isolated throughout this entire process.

Today I went for my follow-up OBGYN appointment and was referred to an oncologist for further testing and treatment. I don’t even want to tell my family. I spoke with one close friend who said my parents and siblings

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips have a right to know what is going on, but I feel differently. I think families should support each other through everything. They don’t get to pick and choose. What do you think? – Doing

This Alone In Pennsylvania Dear Doing This Alone: I know you

are angry with your relatives, but if you think you will be punishing them by keeping your diagnosis to yourself, you won’t. I agree with your friend that your family should be told what’s going on with you, not because they have a right to know, but because you

may at some point need their help.

Dear Abby: In the past, you have printed letters about neighbors taking food to people who are grieving. I recently lost my wife of 57 years. Her death was unexpected. I ended up with a refrigerator and freezer overflowing with so much food I could not eat it all.

Losing someone dear to you kills your appetite. Trust me, at a time like this, you aren’t hungry.

May I offer an alternative to cooking food and taking it over, especially if the recipient lives alone? Call the person and invite him or her to dinner at your home, or ask what night you could bring dinner over and have supper with the individual.

Speaking from firsthand experience, for me the worst time of day (be-

sides bedtime) is being alone at dinner when daylight fades. What’s hard isn’t that I might have to prepare or warm up some of the food someone thoughtfully brought, but it’s the emptiness of the house – the sense of isolation.

About two weeks after the funeral, a couple of dear friends invited me over for dinner and games. They understood what a difference it would make in helping me cope with a great loss. And bless my daughter and “sonin-love” for their insistence that I have dinner with them every Sunday, at a minimum, with their family. – Grate-

ful In Long Beach, California

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Evaluate the past and think clearly about your current position. Once you have a sensible picture of what’s transpired, you will know exactly how to move forward without regret to ensure that you are successful. Self-awareness will lead to enlightenment.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Your intuition won’t deceive you. Trust your instincts and call the shots as you see fit. If someone challenges you, take measures to show that you cannot be intimidated.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You will be reminded of people you have had problems with in the past.

Guard against interference by being secretive

regarding your feelings and plans. Strive for perfection.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Carefully choose which organizations you help. Not all are equal, and you don’t want to contribute to a group that isn’t worth it. Look for an opportunity to boost your reputation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Entertainment will be costlier than anticipated. Don’t be too quick to put your money into something risky. A change of scenery, friends or activities will do you good.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Do what you can to improve your surroundings and make the people you love happy. Your gesture will be appreciated and will ensure that you have the opportunity to follow one of your dreams.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – So much will be riding on how you respond to a challenge. Don’t feel obligated to buy into someone else’s deal or scheme.

Make romance a priority and positive change your goal.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Interacting with people or groups that have an unusual appeal will take your mind off any concerns you have been laboring over. Someone will offer a solution that you overlooked.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Put your time and effort into self-improvement. Time spent with children or your loved ones will give you ideas about ways you can work together to reach collective goals.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – An emotional jolt will get you back on track and spur unique ideas that

can help you improve your situation at home and your relationships with those you love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Extravagance, secretiveness and poor choices of friends and entertainment will damage your reputation. Concentrate on home, family and self-improvement projects, and avoid temptation. The choice is yours.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Look over potential opportunities to buy and sell property or possessions. Don’t hesitate to negotiate if you don’t like what’s being offered. Make plans to reunite with old friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You can do anything you put your mind to. Turn your dream into reality by making whatever changes are necessary. Your status, position or personal situation will improve.

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properties Well-planned Arbor Creek home just needs a family The first features that impress about this two-story home in Arbor Creek in Plainfield is its large stylish windows, attractive multiple rooflines, and large fenced yard on an over-sized corner lot.

Positive impressions continue inside, with the formal entry into a two-story foyer with chandelier and ceramic tile floor. The foyer immediately introduces the open floor plan by rounding directly into a spacious living room with stylish vaulted ceiling and open switchback staircase to the second floor.

Also on the first floor is a family room with fireplace, and a spacious kitchen with center island, table area and full range of appliances. The kitchen opens through sliding glass doors to a stamped-concrete patio.

Private spaces include three bedrooms on the second level, including a master suite with bath, offering a separate shower, double sink and soaking tub. A fourth bedroom is located in the full, finished basement, which also houses a large recreation room and a game room or play area, both carpeted.

The home also offers a two-car attached garage, first-floor laundry, 200amp electrical service, special window treatments throughout, central air conditioning, and an unfinished attic for

extra storage.

The home is close to shopping and schools, and Arbor Creek is located near the Route 30 / Interstate 55 interchange, Louis Joliet Mall, Van Horne / Lily Cache Woods, ponds, forest preserve and a dog park.

ABOUT THIS PROPERTY Address: 23049 Persimmon Lane, Plainfield Size: 1,804 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths Room sizes: Family room, 18-by-22 feet; living room, 15-by-15; dining room, 10-by-12; kitchen, 17-by-12; laundry room, 11-by-6; recreation room, 18-by-24; game room, 8-by-8; master bedroom, 13-by-16; additional bedrooms, 10-by-11, 10-by-11, 10by-13 Price: $240,000 Tour: By Appointment Realtor: Tom Mulvey, Managing Broker, Dow Realty, Inc. at 815-730-1900, Ext. 22 or via email to tmulvey@dowcompanies.com

1318 Colorado Avenue, Joliet

25305 S. Old Chicago Road, Elwood

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815-730-1900 1300 W. Jefferson St. Joliet, IL 60435

Charming all brick 3 bed, 2 bath Cape Cod with hardwood floors. Fireplace in LR, kitchen has eat-in breakfast area. Full, partially finished basement. Baths recently remodeled. Newer windows. Offered at $164,900. Jane Hopkins, 730-1900 x23 MLS# 09152379

4 bed, 2 bath. Both baths updated. 3/4 acre lot with pole building in rear. Fresh paint, new carpet. 2 concrete patios. Partially fenced yard. Offered at $174,900 Tom Mulvey, Managing Broker, 730-1900 x22 MLS# 09143066

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BRAIDWOOD

$204,000, 375 French St, Braidwood 60408-2093, 24-08-413-031-0000, Jeremy S Alsip to Shannon Buzzard, Dec. 30 $173,000, 736 N English St, Braidwood 60408-1498, 24-06-303-021-0000, Dgdb LLC Series Iii to Krzystof Lichaj & Barbara Lichaj, Jan. 11

CHANNAHON

$260,000, 25305 W St Elizabeth Dr, Channahon 60410-4503, 10-08-303-015-0000, Ctc Homes LLC to Amy D Davis, Jan. 14

CREST HILL

$115,000, 2206 Plainfield Rd, Crest Hill 60403-1835, 04-31-111-012-0000, Hering Trust to Mallory Hinz, Nov. 13 $72,000, 2133 Root St, Crest Hill 604031741, 04-31-120-013-0000, First Midwest Bank Trustee to Francis J Ferro Jr, Feb. 4 $129,000, 682 Elsie Ave, Crest Hill 604032420, 04-33-108-019-0000, Fannie Mae to Jozef Lyszczarczyk, Feb. 4

JOLIET

$97,500, 810 Wilcox St, Joliet 60435-4641, 07-04-326-008-0000, Edward P Kipilla to William J Schuler & Suzanne M Schuler, Dec. 14 $175,000, 3906 Jaguar Ct, Joliet 604312773, 06-02-111-017-0000, Brian J Mcelroy to Tomas Diaz & Carmen Diaz, Oct. 7

ente M Fortino to Brandon Wynne & Annette Wynne, Feb. 5 $307,500, 25063 Vermette Rd, Plainfield 60585-7732, 01-32-401-014-0000, Charles E Gasser to Mark Balcerak & Emily A Barber, Feb. 5 $220,000, 6412 Denali Ridge Dr, Plainfield 60586-1496, 03-31-402-004-0000, ChristoLOCKPORT pher J Gallione to Anthony Clark, Nov. 25 $189,000, 16536 Willow Walk Dr, Lockport $169,000, 6909 Lemhi Ct, Plainfield 60441-1104, 05-31-102-161-0000, Wadih 60586-7687, 03-31-101-001-0000, Fannie Bargach to Sandra Hattar, Feb. 2 Mae to Clarence Watson & Barbara J Wat$207,000, 16748 Karen Springs Dr, Lockson, Jan. 15 port 60441-7006, 05-19-307-002-0000, $193,000, 6905 Lewis Clark Dr, Plainfield Fannie Mae to Anthony Gargano & Kristina 60586-7685, 03-31-101-015-0000, Dnd Gargano, Jan. 28 Property Investments Inc to Derrick Wright, Dec. 18 MANHATTAN $251,000, 6311 Brixton Ct, Plainfield $260,000, 785 E North St, Manhattan 60586-4255, 03-32-105-042-0000, Ronald 60442-9242, 12-16-300-009-0000, Lyle G Rubo to James R Stennett Jr & Therese Snyder to David Leamer, Dec. 8 Stennet, July 16 $295,000, 16257 W Palomino Path, Man$190,000, 4705 Chapman Dr, Plainfield hattan 60442-1488, 12-07-408-009-0000, 60586-8318, 03-34-302-008-0000, Eric JenDistinctive Homebuilders Ltd to Russell J sen to Adam Janis & Jennifer Janis, Jan. 28 Chobot & Barbara A Chobot, Jan. 28 $155,500, 13844 S Princeton Ct, Plainfield 60544-7089, 03-01-102-010-0000, Hud to MINOOKA Elesha Banks, Feb. 2 $137,000, 324 Vista Ct B, Minooka 60447$165,000, 21060 W Aspen Ln, Plainfield 9017, 10-06-303-014-0000, Ted Pitsoulakis 60544-6429, 04-06-254-052-0000, Wolcott to Felicia Wright, Jan. 26 Trust to Melvin L Grigsby & Nadine M Grigsby, Feb. 8 MOKENA $164,500, 5202 Riviera Blvd, Plainfield $585,000, 20823 Briarwood Ln, Mokena 60586-7600, 06-04-107-018-0000, Fannie 60448-8920, 09-20-102-037-0000, ChrisMae to Edgar Hernandez & Joanna Maldonatopher N Neylon to Martin Moran & Andrea J do, Dec. 16 Moran, Feb. 4 $149,000, 21033 W Snowberry Ct, Plain$100,000, 8012 189th St, Mokena 60448- field 60544-6420, 02-31-407-036-0000, 9701, 09-02-402-010-1000, Michael Hord to Casimir S Drag to Linda Boeske Aldis, Jan. 23 Steve Zima, Feb. 4 $218,000, 5300 Aladdin Ct, Plainfield 60586-7596, 06-04-106-018-0000, Brent A NEW LENOX Stary to Joseph A Curalli & Carleen N Curalli, $250,000, 701 Lake Ct, New Lenox Dec. 3 60451-3643, 08-22-429-001-0000, Robert $208,000, 5312 Whisper Meadow Ct, T Blum to Matthew Michael Hull & Alexis F Plainfield 60586-8752, 06-04-110-036Bonnema, Jan. 25 0000, Countryside Bank Trustee to Carl $306,000, 513 Navajo Ct, New Lenox Werner Iii, Feb. 18 60451-5616, 08-08-104-029-0000, Robert $167,000, 5724 Brosam Dr, Plainfield A Churchill to Roger R Seglem & Mary Ann 60586-2179, 06-05-205-019-0000, Andrew Seglem, Jan. 28 Alvarez to Mark Van Bibber, Jan. 22 $396,500, 730 Western Ave, New Lenox $135,000, 20927 W Blossom Ln, Plainfield 60451, 08-21-400-006-0000, Winslow 60544-6414, 02-31-406-008-0000, Harrison Ventures Corp to John H Bryan & Kelly A L Frazier to Keith D Nelson & Marine M Bryan, Feb. 2 Nelson, Jan. 6 $295,900, 2267 Scotsglen Dr, New Lenox $125,000, 5713 Riviera Blvd, Plainfield 60451-9774, 08-25-306-013-0000, Country- 60586-5487, 06-05-202-071-0000, Elizaside Bank Trustee to Peter D Nickel & Lisa A beth Lopez to Cynthia Lopez Baca, Feb. 2 Nickel, Jan. 19 $194,500, 6302 Black Hill Ridge Dr, Plain$220,000, 810 Timber Pl, New Lenox field 60586-5630, 03-32-305-007-0000, Us 60451-2495, 08-28-303-016-0000, O ConBank Trust Na Trustee to James R Hjelm & nor Trust to Russell A Silkowski & Barbara A Lindsay M Vanderplow, Dec. 9 Silkowski, Jan. 29 $304,000, 752 Princeton Ln, New Lenox ROCKDALE 60451-3816, 08-23-405-006-0000, Thomas $107,000, 705 Warren Ave, Rockdale G Wolst to Charles Yucuis Jr & Allison 60436-2560, 07-17-311-018-0000, Jessica Yucuis, Jan. 18 M Nunez to Mark Randolph & Lori Randolph, Jan. 25

$52,500, 808 Campbell St, Joliet 604356910, 07-08-414-005-0000, Us Bank Na Trustee to Nicholas Desalvo & Kathryn Desalvo, Dec. 4 $125,500, 806 Glenwood Ave, Joliet 60435-6012, 07-08-403-007-0000, Gable Trust to Roger M Mulloy & Stacey Mulloy, Jan. 8 $60,000, 723 N Center St, Joliet 604356237, 07-09-107-016-0000, Helen M Clark to Carlos A Haro & Luz M Haro, Dec. 15 $139,000, 812 Mulford Ln, Joliet 604319305, 06-23-201-087-0000, Steel City Properties LLC to Carlitos Mctizic, Dec. 21 $108,500, 709 Betula Ave, Joliet 604362507, 07-17-326-011-0000, Edgar Rios to Jennifer Cain Vocu & Karen Vocu, Dec. 29 $128,000, 590 Berry Ridge Dr, Joliet 60431-1714, 06-14-411-005-0000, Kelly Kochniarczyk to Katelyn Wolf, Dec. 22 $146,000, 519 N Raynor Ave, Joliet 604356086, 07-08-225-015-0000, Ludwig J Kuhar to Michael Pardon & Leeann Paisley Pardon, Jan. 6 $262,500, 700 Kungs Way, Joliet 604358016, 06-12-210-013-0000, O Brien Trust to Richard Merner, Dec. 15 $125,000, 707 Campbell St, Joliet 604356907, 07-09-311-021-0000, Kathleen E Glenn to Joanne M Perez, Dec. 23 $135,000, 805 Schock Dr, Joliet 604048616, 06-03-304-009-0000, Robert G Schutter to Kenneth R Schutter Jr, Jan. 12 PLAINFIELD $262,500, 704 Kungs Way, Joliet 60435$182,000, 24254 Leski Ln, Plainfield 8017, 06-12-210-012-0000, O Brien Trust to 60585-2782, 01-21-408-042-0000, Harry J Greg Fillmore, Jan. 8 $185,000, 701 Homestead Pl, Joliet 60435- Gregor Jr to Nikoleta Tsevas, Feb. 5 $353,000, 24313 W Bristol Ave, Plainfield 5107, 06-12-201-008-0000, James P Vaira 60585-2121, 01-33-205-004-0000, Clemto Graham Rogers & Jodi Rogers, Jan. 20

ROMEOVILLE

$75,500, 736 Rogers Rd, Romeoville 60446-1149, 02-28-406-021-0000, Bank Of New York Mellon Ttee to Enrique Moreno, Jan. 21

$60,000, 519 Fenton Ave, Romeoville 60446-1203, 02-33-217-005-0000, Wells Fargo Bank Trustee to Maria Leon, Oct. 1 $240,000, 769 S Baldwin Ln, Romeoville 60446-5255, 04-18-406-028-0000, Lifecare Guardianship Inc to Jerry R Martin & Janice Nona Martin, Jan. 20 $300,000, 719 N Sunrise Dr, Romeoville 60446-5801, 02-28-418-013-0000, Teton Development LLC to Cory Castaldo & Elizabeth Castaldo, Jan. 21 $160,000, 538 N Frieh Dr, Romeoville 60446-5289, 02-32-300-003-0000, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Cassandra Moffett & Albert Moffett, Jan. 5 $140,000, 54 Harmony Ln, Romeoville 60446-4284, 04-07-209-071-0000, Exodus 1 LLC to Sade Stokes, Jan. 20 $147,000, 769 Hillcrest Dr, Romeoville 60446-1150, 02-28-405-022-0000, Mark R Szczepaniak to Kimberly V Flores, Dec. 8 $170,000, 757 Hillcrest Dr, Romeoville 60446-1150, 02-28-405-028-0000, North Orleans Holdings LLC to Antonio Jennings, Dec. 18 $157,500, 691 Meadowdale Dr, Romeoville 60446-3970, 02-32-210-037-0000, Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mtg to Milagros G Otero, Oct. 27 $171,000, 651 Gavin Ave, Romeoville 60446-1663, 04-04-101-069-0000, Fannie Mae to J Alejandro F Gomez & Adela Diaz, Dec. 16 $50,000, 622 Belmont Dr, Romeoville 60446-1605, 04-04-101-012-0000, Hud to Gerardo Valdez, Nov. 19

SHOREWOOD

$238,000, 720 Westshore Dr, Shorewood 60404-9478, 06-16-225-008-0000, Klaus Mehrl Estate to Robert W Tarver & Jodi L Tarver, Jan. 29 $2,000,000, 610 S Raven Rd, Shorewood 60404-9108, 06-16-222-022-0000, Kenneth K Kociuba to Stephen Craven & Gail Craven, Dec. 31 $140,500, 721 Helene St, Shorewood 60404-9369, 06-15-111-003-0000, Daniel Lindemann to Kallan Gutierrez & Jason Napierkowski, Dec. 29 $314,307, 525 Northgate Ln, Shorewood 60404-6801, 06-09-100-015-0000, Calatlantic Group Inc to Alex J Cortez, Dec. 21 $163,000, 605 Parkshore Dr, Shorewood 60404-9764, 06-09-202-032-0000, Brian B Wendholt to Catherine M Murphy, Jan. 29 $279,560, 515 Commons Dr, Shorewood 60404-6805, 06-09-100-015-0000, Calatlantic Group Inc to Safet Kraja & Suada Kraja, Dec. 16 $301,500, 535 Pleasant Dr, Shorewood 60404-9575, 06-17-308-004-0000, Pulte Home Corp to Maria M Muhammad & Charles Muhammad, Dec. 22 $220,000, 608 Freedom Way, Shorewood 60404-7005, 06-17-315-005-0000, Nancy H Overbeck to Mary Kathleen Krieter, Jan. 28

WILMINGTON

$55,000, 113 Parker Ct, Wilmington 604811064, 17-25-110-021-0000, Kenneth L Hasty to Jeffrey J Crawford, Feb. 5

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NEW LISTING! 359 RIVER EDGE DR., ROMEOVILLE – $100,000 3 bedroom ranch style home with 2 full baths, fireplace, and a 2 car attached garage. HUD owned home! Case #137-372817. Sold “AS IS”. Call for a showing today! www.hudhomestore.com | www.illinoisREOsite.com G! TIN LIS W NE RON & DARLENE GERSCH 815-741-5658

1000 W. JEFFERSON ST., JOLIET Great location for business, professional or medical – 4700+ Sq. Ft. in brick and vinyl building with 45+ parking spaces, front and rear – Very high traffic area –

MARC FREEMAN 815-741-3100

Outstanding one owner 3 bedroom brick ranch home on premium lot in Lake Forrest!

Too many high end appointments to list! Brazilian cherry hardwood flooring, 2 story foyer with designer tile, Gourmet kitchen with birch cabinets, granite counters, travertine backsplash & island! Great room with 14ft. ceilings and fireplace overlooking the beautiful park like, landscaped yard with patio and pergola! Master suite with luxury bath and walk in closet! Formal dining room, unfinished walk up attic and full unfinished basement!

Minooka schools! To view interior pictures please visit www.Victoriadillon.com

Anything but ordinary, just the 3rd time this home has been offered for sale! Oversized moldings, butlers and pocket door, granite fireplace, hardwood floors and a unique wall sconce in each room. The kitchen boasts newer floors, windows, granite tops & sink, which compliment the Chambers cooper cooktop and wall oven. 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, upstairs main bath is renovated. Family room, storage area and full bath in basement. Newer roof, high efficiency HVAC, water heater and garage door. Professionally $219,900 landscaped fenced yard! A once in a lifetime opportunity!

1st time buyer down payment assistance may be available on this and other area homes. Contact me to see if you qualify!

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1202 BURNS LANE, MINOOKA – $134,900 Popular Camden model duplex available. Walking distance to school, parks, ponds!

Property has newer stainless steel appliances and newer flooring and is ready for a new owner. This is a must see. FHA okay. 2 bedrooms with open loft! First time buyers may qualify for grants towards purchase.

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Incredible opportunity to have the home you want at an affordable price of $26,500.

This Mfg. home shows like a model. Kitchen has maple cabinets. All appliances.

Newer carpeting. Roof 2015. Outdoor building. 2015. Three bdrms, 2 baths, great rm, kit dinette.

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2290 GREYSTONE DR., JOLIET – $149,900

Very attractive 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 story home in Hunter’s Crossing. Full master bath. Large kitchen with a breakfast bar and dinette area with SGDs to a large deck and fenced rear yard. Spacious family room with a fireplace. Formal dining room. Full basement and a 2 car attached garage. Go to hometelosfirst.com and hudhomestore.com for information and education. Call Burneva McCullum for help or questions at 779-279-4711.

Neat and roomy townhouse in the best location – End unit facing forest preserve – Very private – end unit in the rear – Like a single family home – Large attached 2 car garage – oak cabinets in eat-in kitchen – lower level family room with 3rd bedroom – den on main level could be 4th bedroom – 2 full baths – fireplace in living room – master bedroom with shared bath and walk-in closet – close to schools and shopping and I-55 – unit being sold “AS IS”

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Great 4 bedroom, 2 bath split level home on large fenced lot! This home features a beautiful, new kitchen (2013) complete w/new plumbing, electric, flooring, lighting, cabinetry, countertops, tile backsplash & SS appliances! Spacious living rm adjacent to kitchen & family rm in lower level (once the attached 1 car garage) was remodeled (2009) w/full bath, updated plumbing, electrical & windows. Lower level also features the 4th bedroom. Second level features 2nd full bath w/3 bedrooms. Large backyard features storage shed & outdoor grill area complete w/stools & SS grill! Many perennials have been planted & will be blooming in the spring.

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You’ll fall in love with this stunning home! Step inside the dramatic foyer with exquisite stained glass light fixtures, heated slate & oak hardwood flooring. French doors lead to the 1st floor bedroom & full bath with furniture quality vanity, shower stall & ceramic tile flooring. Perfect for entertaining, the pocket French doors open to the formal dining room. The living room features vaulted ceilings, stone fireplace, wall of large windows & glass door leading to the huge covered deck. The gourmet kitchen is a chef’s dream with custom cabinetry, granite counter tops, tile backsplash, SS appliances & breakfast bar that opens to the spectacular family room featuring a brick fireplace, oak hardwood flooring & wall of windows! Luxurious master suite has vaulted ceiling, brick fireplace, stained & leaded glass transom windows, glass door to private balcony, huge walk-in closet with built-in accessory organizer & private luxury bath with vaulted ceiling with skylight, dual pedestal sinks flanked by built-in organizers, custom ceramic tile, soaking tub and walk-in glass block shower with seat & tile surround. Travel upstairs to find the bonus room & three generous additional bedrooms that offer plenty of space & storage for all of life’s necessities. Convenient 2nd floor laundry room with built-in cabinets & basin sink. Heading downstairs, the partially finished walk-out basement boasts a recreation room with brick fireplace, game room, exercise room, amazing 2nd laundry room with lots of additional storage & a full bath! Outside, the gorgeous wooded lot features professional landscaping, large covered deck with skylights, private master bedroom deck, storage shed, stone patios, walkways & staircase to the 3-car side load garage. Located in a wonderful community, this home is one you will not want to miss. It truly has it all!

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SPACIOUS LOCKPORT HOME – YOU MUST GET INSIDE! Well maintained home offering tons of living space, 5 BRS, main floor office/den (poss 6th BR), formal LR & DR, FR w/frpl, huge kitchen w/island, tons of hickory cabinets & spacious eating area with high volume ceiling! Master BR w/vaulted ceiling & SGD to balcony, 2 baths, 2 car garage, large yard, updates thru-out! $230,000 – Call Nancy Hibler at 815-263-5791 today!

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JOLIET ESTATE ~ 2 UNIT 2 unit needing some TLC nestled in mature neighborhood. Bottom unit has 3 bedrooms, covered front porch rented for $850.00 and top unit has 2 bedrooms, SGL out to deck and rented for $400.00. Full basement and large yard. Close to high way. $65,000. Call Rebecca Parks at 815-355-6864.

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IDEAL INVESTMENT – BRICK 2 UNIT! Great curb appeal & location for this turn-key investment property! Each unit has 2 big BRS & extra storage area, washer & dryer in bsmt, 2 car garage, many updates (roof, windows, carpet). $146,500 – Call Nancy Hibler today!

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HUGE PRIVATE LOT – CHANNAHON! Situated on a large lot that backs to a park, this spotless home offers tons of living space! 4BRS, 2 1/2 baths, LR, DR, FR & 2.5 car garage! Large deck, newer shed & fenced yard, Troy/Minooka schools! $204,900 – Call David Hufford!

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JUST LISTED – CHARMING BRICK RANCH! Well maintained 3BR, 2 bath home offering hdwd flrs under carpet, plaster walls, loads of storage & bsmt rec room! Updated water heater, roof & A/C. Freshly painted, fenced yard, 2 car garage! $139,900 – Call Nancy today!

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BEDFORD STONE RANCH – BEVAN ACRES! This quality-built stone ranch offers 2 large BRS w/gleaming hdwd floors, a spacious LR w/wood burning frpl, updated bath, full bsmt, extra deep garage, oversized lot & new patio! $164,900 – Call David Hufford today!

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SHOREWOOD 2 STORY – HUNTINGTON VILLAGE! Well cared for home offering 3BRS, 1.1 baths, large eat-in kitchen overlooking the fenced yard with pool and shed. Full patio w/gazebo, 2 1/2 car garage, formal LR, FR & loft. $179,900 – Call David Hufford today!

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CHASE LAKE – FANTASTIC LOCATION! Beautiful unit offering views of open area, large LR/DR w/high vol clngs & brick frpl, gorgeous FR, eat-in kitchen, balcony, spacious master, lndry rm w/W&D, secure entry, 2 car attached! NOW $137,900 – Call Jim Karges, Mng Broker!

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Jim Karges 815-474-1144

EXECUTIVE HOME – ELITE GATED COMMUNITY! Breathtaking views, gourmet kitchen, main flr master suite, many outdoor living areas, bsmt rec room & bar, custom accents thruout, too much to list! 5BRS, 4.1 baths, 3+ car garage! $579,900 – Call Maggie today!

Maggie Karges Watson 815-210-6075

NEW LISTING – MAKE AN OFFER! This extremely well kept home offers beautiful decor, a great location & solid construction – all on a large lot! 3BRS, 2 baths, SS appls, C/A, fenced yard & full bsmt! Updated roof, water heater, more! $134,900 – Call Maggie today!

Maggie Karges Watson 815-210-6075

OUTSTANDING CHANNAHON HOME – QUIET CUL-DE-SAC! Spacious 2,500 sq/ft home offering 4 big BRS, 2.1 baths, full bsmt, & luxury master w/high vol clngs & huge WIC! Custom built, tons of upgrades, large yard w/patio! $240s – Call Dave Neven today!

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COMPLETELY UPDATED – GREAT VALUE! In the past 3 years, this 2BR home has been hooked up to city water & sewer, the roof, windows, c/air, drywall & insulation have been updated. Updated kitchen & bath, large fenced yard, full bsmt. $69,900 – Call Dave Neven today!

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ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS – AMAZING OPPORTUNITY! Former neighborhood bar ready for development! 3,700 sq ft masonry building perfect for office space, retail or restaurant.

Priced to sell at just $89,900. Contact Brian Bessler at 815-483-0359 for more details!

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PRESERVE ON THE ROCK RUN! Absolutely gorgeous unit w/fantastic views of the wetlands!

Stunning kitchen w/Corian tops & SS appls, beautiful sunroom, hdwd floors, LR w/frpl & built-ins, high vol clngs, more! $230s – Call Terry Fenoglio today!

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3 nice sized BRS. With some updating and TLC, this home can be made a gem! NOW JUST $53,000 – Call Araceli Chavez for more details!

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Certified Veterinary Tech - Exp' d Full Time Pine Bluff Animal Hospital is a busy AAHA certified full-service 3+ doctor veterinary hospital located in Morris, IL. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package. Please email, fax or mail your resume and references to: angelakubitzpinebluffvet@gmailcom

Pine Bluff Animal Hospital

Attn: Angela Kubitz 7995 Pine Bluff Road Morris, IL 60450 Fax: 815-942-9215

Director of Information Technology City of Joliet

CAREER BANKER CUSTOMER SERVICE REP/TELLER - Full Time Duties: Provide complete range of customer financial services.

Efficient customer transactions including cash transactions, openings, closings, and servicing a full array of deposit accounts.

Consumer loans, home equity loans, and internet banking products. Morris/Yorkville location.

Special skills: Superior customer service, computer, balancing, accuracy, cross selling and attention to referral opportunities, oriented to meeting customer financial needs.

Benefits: 401(k), ESOP, paid sick, personal, holiday, and vacation days. EOE.

Please email resumes to: lsmith@firstottawa.com Equal Housing Lender and Member F.D.I.C.

Illinois' fourth largest City in Will County is seeking a Director of Information Technology. This position directs the City's IT Department, including computer operations, technical support, systems analysis, programming, telecommunications, and microcomputer technology. BA degree in computer science or related field required, MBA preferred.

Candidates should have strong technology skills, supervisory experience and possess strong interpersonal skills.

Salary range: $113,359 - $155,123 annually.

Applications are available at: Human Resources, City of Joliet, 150 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 or at the website: www.cityofjoliet.info<http://www.cityofjoliet.info/>.

Application deadline is 3/18/2016 or until filled.

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15 Temp F/T jobs 10-Apr-16 to 6-Nov-16.

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All Around Amusement Inc, 21342 W Division St, Lockport IL 60441 DRIVERS: Co. Guaranteed Weekly Pay! Excellent Benefits! Regional or fax to 815-725-1313 or email to aaaraags@aol.com Variety of duties TVL carnival. Set-up, tear-down, operate amusement Dedicated Work. CDL-A w/Tank/Haz End. 855-252-1634 rides and food concessions. No ED/EXP REQD, OTJT. Schedule varies typical 40 H/W, W-Sun, 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm. No OT expected. Any OT UNLOAD TRUCKS & CLEAN UP per APPL REGS. Start in Will Co IL & TVL to venues in IL & WI. No cost ENTRY LEVEL - FULL TIME HOUS, TSPT, work tools, supplies & EQP provided. Salary / location, ranging from $369.20 to $473.20, average $464.04, per week. Merit Apply in person between 9-3 Mon-Fri increases/bonuses may be awarded. TSPT (including meals and if necesCP Meat Market sary lodging) to the place of EMPL provided, if the worker completes 1/2 1312 N. Cedar Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451 the EMPL period. Return TSPT provided if the worker completes the EMPL period or is dismissed early by the employer. Post-emp drug & background may be REQ. EOE, FLSA (13)(a)(3) exempt employer. Job Offer, incl wage & working terms and conditions, contingent upon prevailing legal interpretations of FED H-2B immigration and FLSA EMPL OPERATIONS ATTENDANT / MANAGER law, including DOL & DHS REGS. If any such prevailing law is rescinded, Part Time. Super Wash, 1900 Essington, Joliet. superseded, vacated, or substantially modified, then the employer will Lite mechanic. People friendly. General math. Help customers, accordingly revise any affected term. APPLY at local office of the Illinois do ck list, log info. Strong work ethic. Retired? Bored? Looking for Department of Employment Security, purpose? Interested? Call 866-832-2577 ext 143 E.O.E. http://www.ides.illinois.gov/Pages/Office_Locator.aspx, refer to Job Order Number 3511584 Have a news tip?

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Aeropres is an innovative national manufacturer of aerosol propellants. We operate gas plants in California, New Jersey, Illinois, and Louisiana. We are currently seeking a Plant Operator for our Morris, Illinois location. Plant operators are able to drive a tractor/trailer within the plant and are responsible for loading and unloading natural gas liquids received by railcar or trailer while assuring the highest safety standards throughout plant operations.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a gas plant or similar environment dealing with hazardous material, however highly motivated, process and safety driven individuals will also be considered. Qualified applicants will possess a high school diploma or equivalent. Having a comfort level using computer software programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook are a plus.

Candidates must be able to pass background check, physical, alcohol and drug tests and all pre-employment requirements.

Aeropres offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) with company contributions and matching.

Qualified applicants should fax resume and cover letter to: Mike Barron at 815-942-2929 No phone calls please.

Aeropres is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, dedicated to a culturally diverse, drug free workplace

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

ATTENTION DIRECTOR OF NURSING

We are currently seeking a Director of Nursing for our Assisted Living Community. The right candidate must possess strong leadership skills and be ready to take ownership of the department. A clinical background and management experience is a must. As part of the Management Team, this critical position will play an integral role in the development of our organization. Current Illinois Licensed RN with current CPR certification required.

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2 locations – Plainfield & Bolingbrook.

Must be flexible & travel required.

Experience preferred

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(4) Grave Sites, Section 5-St. Joseph Shrine.

Valued at $4400, asking $2800. 815-545-8112

Email resume to: sfaa01@yahoo.com

MOTORCYCLES WANTED

Accent Tables, - 2 all wood tables, great for a lamp/knick-knacks, Use anywhere in the house, great cond. $50 each. 773-315-1700

Midnight CNA's

We are currently seeking Midnight CNA's for our Assisted Living Community. These individuals must possess their CNA Certification, a current non-web based CPR Certification and be a minimum of 18 years of age.

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TWIN NFL Complete Bedroom Set with Mattress $350.00 FULL SIZE Complete Bedroom Set with Mattress $350.00 815-609-8248

All makes, cash paid, reasonable. Will pick-up.

630-660-0571

Cookware – Stainless steel Farberware, cooking pots, pans & fry pans plus covers, full set from Macy's, great for cooking $100/all. 815-436-5171

Assorted Wood Remnants – Can be used for woodworking projects, large bundle $5 815-436-8689 WHITE POODLE STATUE RESTING ON PINK PILLOW. Excellent Shape. Very heavy. $40. Call: 815-723-6737 if no answer leave msg.

D/W, fans, 2 A/C, small dog ok, mirrored closet doors.

Rent special. 815-744-5141

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Evergreen Terrace Apartments Accepting Applications

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Joliet 2-3-4 Bedrooms, $950-$1200 + Dep. Proof of income req, avail now! 815-320-6062 JOLIET EAST - 210 N. Eastern, 3 Bedroom Dining room, large kitchen, heat incl, $1000$1200/mo + sec, Section 8 OK. 708-481-9128 Jolietrentalunits.com Updated Studio/1BR, utilities included.

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Alexis Carrel, a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1912, said, “All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.”

Inter alia, that applies to bridge players. There are days when the top players are “in the zone,” just knowing where all of the cards lie.

But they still analyze -- draw deductions from what has happened. In this deal, the original South, who thought he was an expert, lost two club tricks after reaching an incorrect conclusion.

In six spades, South started with 11 top tricks: five spades, five hearts and one diamond. He was faced with guessing the club suit for the 12th winner.

He won the heart lead with dummy’s queen, drew trumps in three rounds, and ran the hearts, discarding three clubs from the dummy.

Then, after a diamond to the ace and a diamond ruff, the evil moment had arrived. When he led a low club toward the dummy, what should declarer have done, or was it a guess?

At the time, South claimed that it was a guess; that West would always play low smoothly. The latter comment was right, but it was not a guess.

West’s lead was known to have been a singleton. He would not have chosen that card looking at an ace, because he would have known that his partner could not have a speedy entry to deliver a heart ruff. So South should have played dummy’s club jack, which would have pulled out the ace and let the slam make.

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WE’RE HIRING!!!

IMMEDIATE MANUFACTURING POSITIONS @WORK PERSONNEL Our Local *NEW Location* has expanded to the area of Joliet, IL

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@WORK’S BRANCH IS OPENING TUESDAY 3/8

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Now accepting applications for the following positions:

We are looking for Store Associates, Casual Store Associates, and Shift Managers for the following locations: Bolingbrook, IL (both stores), Plainfield, IL (both stores), Joliet, IL (both stores), and Romeoville, IL.

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Near Glenwood Ave, Pretty 1BR, Appl, Ceil Fans, A/C, Soft water, blinds, free heat, no pets, near laundry, avail now.

815-744-1155 Rockdale, (2) Large 1 Bedroom Apts, 1 year lease No Pets $600/mo+deposit 708-258-3570

Twin Oaks, Spotless 2BR, Appl, Blt in Micro, D/W, 2 A/C, ceil fans, mirrored closet doors, free carport.

Rent special.

815-744-1155 West of St. Joe's Hosp, Beautiful 2BR, 1st Floor No stairs, appl, D/W, ceil fans, free heat, 2 A/C, avail now, no pets.

815-744-5141 ALL AREA HOMES FOR RENT 3-5BR's, $1000 - $2800/mo. or purchase for $500 down. 600 credit score needed.

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BOLINGBROOK RECENTLY UPDATED 4BR, 2BA $1850/mo, no pets/smoking. 630-550-6025 New Lenox, 4 BR, 2 BA, Ranch, 2 Car Detached Garage, Avail Now! $1,600/mo. + Security. 815-351-3566

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1-630-910-5304 or 1-630-698-2229 Joliet / Downtown, Rooms for Rent, Utilities included, Furnished/ Unfurnished. $91 per wk. $395/mo 815-722-1212

Joliet~ Big Clean, Furnished, Wood Floors, Fridge, Microwave, Laundry, Elevator, On Bus Line. $105/wk. $455/mo 815-726-2000

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ILLINOIS ELECTRICAL SERVICES Residential/Commercial Back-up Em. Generators Panel/Service Upgrade Swim Pools/Hot Tubs Free Estimates Licensed & Insured

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - IN PROBATE ESTATE OF KENNETH L. DELROSE, Deceased No. 2016 P 00029 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN to creditors of the death of Kenneth L. Delrose of Joliet, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued to Dina M. Bryce on February 9, 2016 whose address is 305 Arrowhead Drive, Minooka, Illinois 60447, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is James C. Byrne of Spesia & Ayers, 1415 Black Road, Joliet, IL 60435.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the Will County Courthouse, 14 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432 or with the representative, or both, on or before the 18 day of August, 2016 or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 (755 ILCS 5/18-3) of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dina M. Bryce Independent Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth L. Delrose, Deceased By: JAMES C. BYRNE - 0362239 Spesia & Ayers Attorney for Estate 1415 Black Road Joliet, IL 60435 815 726-4311

Township Fire Protection District Fire Station No. 6, 19623 Renwick Road, Lockport, IL 60441 by March 22, 2016 by 2:00 PM. Bids will be opened and read aloud on March 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Lockport Township Fire Protection District Fire Station No. 6, 19623 Renwick Road, Lockport, IL 60441

Name(s) and residence of address /s/ Fu Rong Ye (es) of the person(s) owning, conor transacting business: ducting February 18, 2016 Robert Walls /s/ Karyl A. Holmstrom 914 Woods Ave Notary Public Joliet IL 60436

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Joliet, Illinois. /s/ Miguel A. Franchini February 26, 2016 /s/ Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk

INVITATION TO BID Lockport Township High School District 205 is soliciting sealed bid proposals for the purchase of six (6) treadmills, six (6) weight benches, and three (3) rowing machines. Sealed proposals are being accepted by the Board of Education until 2:00 PM on Monday, April 4, 2016. Interested bidders may contact the School District Business Office, 1323 East Seventh Street, Lockport, Illinois (815-588-8117) for information. (Quotation #498Fitness/Weight Room Equipment)

Certificate No.: 30506 Filed: February 17, 2016 Located at: 5718 Brosam Dr. Plainfield, IL 60586

All bidders will be required to include 10% bid security in the form of a Bid Bond or Certified Check.

The successful bidder will be required to enter into a Performance and Payment Bond equal to 100% of the amount of their proposal.

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Will County Clerk's Office Assumed Business Name Certificate of Registration of Ownership of Business

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PUBLIC NOTICE Will County Clerk's Office Assumed Business Name Certificate of Registration of Ownership of Business

/s/ Eric Gans February 17, 2016 /s/ Nancy Schultz Voots County Clerk (Published in the Herald-News February 28, March 6, 13, 2016) 1162950

Name of Business: Warhammer Signs and Apparel

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Early Voting Information February 4 - March 14, 2016 General Primary Election - March 15, 2016 GRUNDY COUNTY

LOCATION DATES March 1, 3, 8 and 10 Grundy County Courthouse Lobby 111 E. Washington St. Morris, IL March 2 and 4 Grundy County Courthouse Lobby 111 E. Washington St. Morris, IL March 5, 6 and 12 Grundy County Courthouse Lobby 111 E. Washington St. Morris, IL March 7, 9, 11, 14 Grundy County Courthouse Lobby Public Notice is hereby given 111 E. Washington St. Morris, IL

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Name(s) and residence of address Name of Business: (es) of the person(s) owning, conWalls Construction ducting or transacting business: Furong Ye For and on behalf of the Board: Certificate No.: 30504 16260 Fairfield Drive Della M. Travis, Secretary District Filed: February 17, 2016 Plainfield, IL 60586 205 Board of Education Located at: (Published in the Herald-News on IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 917 D Gael Dr March 6, 2016) 1164778 hereunto set my hand and Official Joliet IL 60435

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A Voter that is validly registered in Grundy County may vote during the Early Voting period. Any Vote cast during Early Voting is final and cannot be revoked. The Voter is not eligible to cast a vote on Election Day. No ID is required to vote early. If you have any questions, please call the Grundy County Clerk's office at 815-941-3222.

Dated: February 24, 2016 Kay T. Olson Grundy County Clerk

LEGAL NOTICE

Name(s) and residence of address IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have (es) of the person(s) owning, conhereunto set my hand and Official ducting or transacting business: Seal at my office in Joliet, Illinois. Eric Gans 5718 Brosam Dr. /s/ Robert Walls Plainfield, IL 60586 February 17, 2016 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have /s/ Nancy Schultz Voots hereunto set my hand and Official County Clerk Seal at my office in Joliet, Illinois.

BIDS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ON THE SUPPLIED BID FORM IN THE (Published in the Herald-News March 6, 13, 20, 2016) INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS! 1164763 Prospective bidders may request an invitation to bid and to gain access to the bid documents by contacting PUBLIC NOTICE the Office of the Construction Manager, Camosy Construction, Inc ASSUMED NAME at 847-395-6800 x235 Candy PUBLICATION NOTICE Crawford

that on February 24, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of The County Clerk of Grundy County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: (Published in the Joliet Herald News on March 6, 2016) (Published in the Herald-News on 1164748 Home Inspection Geek February 21, 28, 2016, March 6, 2016) 1160683 located at: 1318 Sunflower Lane Minooka, IL 60447

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Project Name: Lockport New Fire Station No. 1 (Published in the Herald-News Project Location: 828 E. 9th February 28, March 6, 13, 2016) Street, Lockport, IL 60441 1162984 Instructions to Bidders and Bid Packages: Bid Packages NO. - 2.30 through PUBLIC NOTICE NO. - 16.00 are due on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 @ 2:00 PM Will County Clerk's Office Assumed Business Name BP - 2.30 - EXCAVATION / EARTH Certificate of Registration of WORK / SITE DEMOLITION / SITE Ownership of Business UTILITIES BP - 2.74 - ASPHALT PAVING Name of Business: BP - 2.90 - LANDSCAPING BP - 4.00 - MASONRY WORK BP - 6.01 - GENERAL TRADES Furniture Solutions 4 Less BP - 7.30 - SHINGLE ROOFING & ARCHITECTURAL SHEET METAL Certificate No.: 30546 BP - 9.51 - SUSPENDED ACOUSTIFiled: February 26, 2016 CAL CEILINGS BP - 9.90 - PAINTING & WALL Located at: 2713 Misty Brook Ln. COVERINGS Joliet IL 60432 BP - 15.30 - FIRE PROTECTION BP - 15.40 - PLUMBING Name(s) and residence of address BP - 15.80 - HVAC BP - 15.89 - VEHICLE EXHAUST (es) of the person(s) owning, conSYSTEM ducting or transacting business: BP - 16.00 - ELECTRICAL Miquel A. Franchini 2713 Misty Brook Ln Bids Due: Signed and Sealed bids shall be hand delivered to Lockport Joliet IL 60432

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BIDS 2155-0416 and 2156-0416 REQUEST FOR BID Project: New Construction of Single-Family Residence Project Address: 409 S Ottawa.

Owner: City of Joliet, 150 W Jefferson St., Joliet IL 60432 Project Manager: Jeff Sterr 815-724-4096 jsterr@jolietcity.org The City of Joliet, Illinois in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Urban Development does hereby invite sealed Bids for several subcontracts in the construction of a Single-family residence at 409 S Ottawa St., Joliet, Illinois.

Separate bids will be received for (1) - concrete installation subcontract (Bid 2155-0416) and, (2) - supply of windows, doors, and millwork subcontract (Bid 2156-0416).

Bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Joliet Municipal Building, 150 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432 until 10:00 am local prevailing time on March 22, 2016 for the following projects: Concrete Installation Subcontract for the New Construction of Single-Family Residence at 409 S Ottawa St. and Supply of Windows, Doors, and Millwork Subcontract for the New Construction of SingleFamily Residence at 409 S Ottawa St. Bidders will be required to provide Bid security in the form of a Bid Bond, Cashier's Check or Certified Check in the amount of 10% of the base bid. Refer to other bidding requirements described in Document 00 21 13.

Those desiring to submit a proposal may pick up the hard copy bid in the City of Joliet Purchasing Division, 150 W. Jefferson St., Joliet, IL 60432 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. Electronic copies can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.cityofjoliet.info/departments/finance/purchasing/bids-proposals. All Bidding Document holders should sign up for RSS feeds at http://cityofjoliet.info/departments/finance/purchasing/bidsproposals/construction-other and provide your first and last name and email address to automatically receive addendums. Addendums will also be posted on the City of Joliet's website at http://www.cityofjoliet.info/departments/finance/purchasing/bids-proposals. The potential vendor/contractor remains responsible for obtaining all addenda to the original specification so they should check the specific bid page before submitting a bid to make sure they have received all addendums to a specific contract.

The successful bidder will be required to provide a Certificate of Insurance as set forth in the Invitation of Bid and the General Terms & Conditions. For questions, please contact Jeff Sterr, Property Maintenance Coordinator, at 815-724-4096 or by email at jsterr@jolietcity.org.

Deadline to submit questions is March 18, 2016 at noon.

The City of Joliet has a local qualified bidder ordinance that would not apply to this contract. Submit your Bid on the Bid Form provided.

Bidders may supplement this form as appropriate. Your Bid will be required to be submitted under a condition of irrevocability for a period of 60 days after submission.

The proposed contract shall be subject to the provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.) to the extent required by law and the City of Joliet Procurement Code (Section 2-430 - 2-453 of the Code of Ordinances). Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility, Section 109 and E.O. 11246. MBE/WBE: Women and Minority Owned Businesses are encouraged to submit bid(s).

The City of Joliet reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals, parts of any and all proposals or to waive technical errors or omissions in submitted proposals.

JAMES D. HOCK MARGARET E. MCEVILLY City Manager Purchasing/Contracts Administrator BID DOCUMENT FEE: $50.00 hard copy or download online for free (Published in the Herald-News March 6, 2016) 1164354

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