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By BILL WIMBISCUS bwimbiscus@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Joliet Junior College expects to finish the first phase of its $58 million City Center Campus project by the end of the month.

The college, meanwhile, is still waiting on the Illinois Legislature who will provide more than $25 million in grant money that would be used to build out the interior of the building.

The exterior and core of the six-story, 96,000-square-foot building are basically done, with some glazing work and landscaping still to be completed, said Rick Lyman, the college’s manager of construction and facility planning.

Completion was initially planned for January, but work was delayed by snow and subfreezing temperatures, Lyman said.

Inside the massive blue and white structure at Chicago and Webster streets, all the basics are in place: subfloors, utilities, even a working elevator. Concrete still needs to be poured for the base of the first floor, but that won’t happen until final water and sewer hookups are made during the buildout phase of the project, said Neil

Wisker, project manager for Mortenson Construction.

Outside, new sidewalk and curbing will be added, as well as a few trees along Chicago Street, Lyman said.

The second phase of the project, which will complete the interior of the building, won’t begin until next year.

JJC still is waiting for the state to provide its $25.5 million share of the funding, though the Illinois Community College Board, to finish the project. City Center has been on the ICCB’s project funding list for more than a decade, and is the No. 1 project on the list.

However, state legislators still have to appropriate capital funds for the project.

The college plans to wait for funding until the state Legislature finishes its lame duck session next January, college spokeswoman Kelly Rohder said. If funding isn’t made available by then, the college will use its own internal funding to complete the project, she said.

“One way or another, it will be built,” Rohder said.

Completion is planned for mid-2016.

The new building will house the adult education and literacy department, workforce

development and the college’s renowned culinary arts program.

In addition to classrooms, the building will house a large cafeteria on the first floor, with another large dining and public area also planned for the second floor.

The building incorporates many state-of-the-art concepts, as well as elements of Joliet history.

The building’s massive windows, for instance, take advantage of “daylight harvesting” to help reduce lighting costs, Rohder noted.

Bricks from the White Store, the building that was torn down to make room for City Center, will be incorporated into the entrance as an homage to the history of the site, Rohder said.

The building’s western side will link into the first floor hallways of the Renaissance Center, as well as into the second-story ballroom, providing access to the school’s culinary arts kitchens.

The college eventually plans to renovate the Renaissance Center. The adjoining building to the north, the former Sheraton Hotel, will be demolished and the space used for parking.

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Shorewood’s West Shore Park is ready for visitors

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• Monday, April 7, 2014

SHOREWOOD – Longtime residents know the strip of land around West Shore park along the DuPage River as “The Beach.”

The name goes back more than 50 years ago, when Chicago and Joliet residents built vacation cottages on the edge of a scenic Shorewood coast along the DuPage River. Seeking to get away from the city life, the visitors fished and enjoyed the calm natural beauty of the area.

“We’re bringing that recreational use back,” said Denise Schmidt, who is the village’s planner for recreation, business and special events.

With the redevelopment of West Shore Park completed in the fall, Shorewood finally finished with the first phase of its four-year-old riverfront master plan that also includes future development near the intersection of Route 59 and Jefferson Street.

The master plan is intended to restore a unique identity to Shorewood that makes it a destination for residents and visitors and pushes economic growth in the area. With the weather getting better, village officials are hoping people start to enjoy the riverfront park.

“The riverfront is a very important area for the village and all along the DuPage River system,” Mayor Rick Chapman said. “The longrange plan is to make that more available to citizens and make it more of an attraction for them. That’s why we re-did West Shore Park.”

The park was designed as a family, multigenerational park. Along with open park space, it has fishing platforms, a splashpad, rock climbing apparatus, picnic pavilion, sand

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THE RIVERFRONT IS A VERY IMPORTANT AREA FOR THE VILLAGE AND ALL ALONG THE DUPAGE RIVER SYSTEM. THE LONG-RANGE PLAN IS TO MAKE THAT MORE AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS AND MAKE IT MORE OF AN ATTRACTION FOR THEM.”

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Wilmington resident Shawn Hill uses a thermometer March 31 to check the temperature of the DuPage River at West Shore Park in Shorewood.

Hill, who fishes for small- and large-mouth bass, described the area as a jewel in Will County. volleyball courts and horseshoe toss.

It’s also a continuation of the DuPage River Trail, which stretches from Naperville and Bolingbrook to Channahon.

“The park itself stands great alone,” Schmidt said.

“But it’s so important for other parts of the plan. It should draw families in town to the area as well as people from other locations to the town.”

Revitalizing the riverfront area has been a long process.

After the 1996 flood wiped out about 40 houses and displaced families situated along the river, the village bought almost $3 million of property

after deeming the area uninhabitable.

“The flood is what really boosted this along,” Village Administrator Roger Barrowman said. “It took three years to get those flooded houses out.

It took the last seven years to get the rest of the residents there to want to move.”

Gathering community input, the decision was made to turn the riverfront back into the recreation area that thrived 50 years ago.

Barrowman said village officials started the process of gathering funds to pay for the park two years ago. They secured an open land grant for

about $200,000 from the state, leaving the village to pay for the remaining cost of the $428,000 project.

Because the area is a floodplain, special care was taken to design West Shore Park to withstand severe flooding.

“We talked about that issue early,” said Eric Hornig, project principle and landscape architect for Hitchcock Design Group. “All the materials are very durable concrete, stone and steel. Even the play environment is not a typical one.”

Rubber surfacing was used in place of woodchips to prevent washing away. And the play areas were designed to in-

corporate large, heavy structures that would stay in place in case of a flood.

“You’d still have to clean it to remove sediment and other stuff a flood brings in,” Hornig said. “But it’s built to stand the test of time.”

While more landscaping will be done on the park, Schmidt said people are starting to come out as the weather slowly gets better.

“Everybody who has gone down there has been very complimentary,” Schmidt said.

“West Shore, probably of all the parks, takes the best advantage of the riverfront location. It’s a hilly area and looks gorgeous.”

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By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com LOCKPORT – Two Lockport police officers overcame unexpected challenges and saved one person’s life and prevented potentially dangerous actions of another.

Lockport Police Officer Patrick Ellanson and auxiliary officer Robert Tague were recognized March 19 by city police officials for their actions in the past year. Ellanson saved the life of a man who appeared to be overdosing on a drug while Tague helped chase down a man who was found to have a loaded gun on him.

Ellanson said while he appreciated the recognition for his efforts, he was happy he managed to save a life. It was something he felt he could look back on and think he made a difference in the community.

“We do things like this every day and people a lot of the times don’t hear about it,” Ellanson said.

In September, Ellanson got a call on a male in his 30s who was possibly overdosing on a drug. He was the first person on the scene and when he was inside, he noticed the person was unconscious. The person’s skin from his chest up to his head was purple, he said.

“I know this sounds kind of cliched, but the training they had us do kicked in and I started to do CPR on him,” he said.

The man’s breathing restarted and Ellanson recalled it was labored. The color re-

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Lockport Police Officer Patrick Ellanson and auxiliary officer Robert Tague were honored recently by the city for going above and beyond the call of duty. Last September, Ellanson saved a man from a drug overdose by administering CPR. Tague chased down an armed suspect in February. The two are seen here posing for a portrait April 2 at the Lockport Police station. turned to his skin and at that time the local fire department arrived. The man was transported to the hospital and Ellanson called to make sure he was OK. Ellanson has been with the department for about 5½ years and knew he always wanted to be in law enforcement. It’s a job he loves and he never dreads going to work.

“You have to want to do this job,” he said. “Sometimes you don’t see the best of things in the world and sometimes you do.”

Tague was off-duty when he found himself having to chase down a person who tried to evade police. Tague works as an auxiliary officer, which is a volunteer

who provides assistance to officers.

In February, Tague saw a car in a ditch. He notified the police and checked to make sure the driver was fine. After the police met with the driver, he fled. Tague ended up chasing the driver down with other officers in pursuit and struggled to get him down on the ground.

After searching the man, police officers found he had a loaded handgun.

Tague said he enjoys being an auxiliary officer and he respects the work of other officers in the department.

“It takes a special person to do this day in and day out, and the city of Lockport has a lot of professionals that do this,” he said.

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Frankfort court branch to move to new location

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com The Frankfort Branch of Will County Court will soon have a new, more appropriate facility to host local traffic court after a decade at CD

& ME, a banquet facility in Frankfort used regularly for comedy shows and concerts.

“It’s not nearly as formal as a courtroom you would find at any courthouse,” said Kurt Sangmeister, trial court administrator for Will Coun-

ty, who said the banquet’s bar area is shut down while court is in session.

Sangmeister said court officials are now eyeing Frankfort Township Old Hall, 11008 W. Lincoln Highway, as the court branch’s new home,

with the lease with CD & ME, 23320 S. LaGrange Road, having expired in December.

Four days out of the month, Frankfort court officials use it at the cost of $1,000 a session, Sangmeister said, but they’ll only pay $700

a session at the township hall.

Sangmeister asked Will County board members at an Executive Committee meeting last week to sign off on the new lease agreement with the facility.

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• Aaron M. Cantleberry, 19, of the 23000 block of West Redwing Court in Plainfield, was arrested

by Plainfield police Monday on charges of delivery of drugs, delivery of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and domestic battery.

• Michael C. White, 38, of the 900 block of North Leavitt Street in Chicago, was arrested by Mokena police Monday on charges of drug possession, driving under the influence of alcohol and hit and run.

• Kevin C. Allen, 44, of the 200 block of Richards Street, was arrested by Joliet police Tuesday on charges of theft, driving without a license and driving without insurance.

• Jeremy A. Hopper, 31, of the 1300 block of North Cedar Road in New Lenox, was arrested by New Lenox police Tuesday on charges of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Glennise P. Hudson, 27, of the 25600 block of Lilac Avenue in Monee, was arrested by sheriff’s police Tuesday on charges of driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance.

• Fabian Roldan, 50, of the 1200 block of Fawnlily Circle, was arrested by state police Tuesday on aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a suspended license and no insurance.

• Ariel J. Tukachinsky, 20, of Caldwell, N.J., was arrested by state police Tuesday on charges of drug possession, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Jason A. Carmen, 34, of the 200 block of South Mary Street in Coal

City, was arrested by Braidwood police Wednesday on charges of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Michael A. Goetz, 41, of the 400 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue in Chicago, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on charges of theft and burglary.

• George R. Lestina, 38, and Valerie R. Pulaski, 28, of the 300 block of West Cermak Road in Braidwood, were arrested by Braidwood police Wednesday on charges of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Cedric D. McDonald, 38, of the 1000 block of Gardner Street, was arrested by Joliet police Wednesday on charges of reckless conduct, vandalism, obstructing justice and endangering the life or health of a child.

• Bertram R. McGee, 46, of the 8600 block of South Maryland Avenue in Chicago, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on a charge of aggravated identity theft.

• Anthony A. Rose, 48, of the 1100 block of East Cass Street, was arrested by Joliet police Wednesday on a charge of driving with a suspended license.

• Kenyata M. Simmons, 33, of the 1000 block of Lois Place, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on a charge of theft.

• Jack R. Smith, 43, of the 400 block of Connor Avenue in Lockport, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on charges of delivery of drugs and driving with a suspended license.

• Rashawn M. Taylor, 18, of the 900 block of Fiesta Drive in University Park, was arrested by University Park police Wednesday on charges of robbery and burglary.

• Edgar Torres, 19, of the 500 block of Henderson Avenue, was arrested by Joliet police Wednesday on charges of criminal sexual abuse and battery.

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By DENISE M. BARAN–UNLAND dunland@shawmedia.com JOLIET – When Lynne Scheffler learned that youth basketball referee Tom Seddon, 57, of Joliet had died from leukemia complications she immediately thought “prayers” and searched online for his name.

Scheffler, principal at St. Joseph School in Lockport, made and distributed a prayer card at school and during games. The first home game after Tom’s Jan. 7 death, played against St. Dennis School in Lockport, was dedicated to Tom, Scheffler said.

The school also presented Tom’s family with a framed memorial picture of the prayer card, along with quotes from others about Tom. And at the end of a February tournament, St. Joseph’s athletic association donated the proceeds to Joliet Catholic Academy and the Leukemia Research Foundation in Tom’s memory, Scheffler said.

Scheffler wished she could do more in memory of the man who inspired everyone to be “good sports,” Scheffler said.

“He was a positive, upbeat person that would hustle up and down the court like nobody’s business,” Scheffler said. “He’d say to the kids, ‘Now you can’t do that. I’ll have to call a foul,’ and shake the hands of coaches after games and say, ‘You coached a good game.’ ” His wife, Janet, said Tom served an Illinois High School Association basketball referee for more than 20 years, a slow-pitch softball umpire for 25 years and a fast-pitch umpire for three years. In 2009, Tom was inducted into the United States Specialty Sports Association Hall of Fame as an umpire.

“He’d go from sport to sport and season to season,” Janet said. “He was my Ener-

gizer Bunny.”

Mike Mackey of Joliet, member of the Joliet Basketball Officials and president of the Will County Softball Umpires Association, said both organizations have created scholarships in Tom’s name.

The Joliet Basketball Officials have raised $3,000 for a Joliet Catholic Academy scholarship, Mackey said.

And this summer, the Will County Softball Umpires Association will host a social event and a golf outing, as well as sell jacket pins, for a University of Illinois at Chicago scholarship, where Tom’s daughter Christie Seddon attended and played softball.

“He was just a fantastic guy,” Mackey said. “He was friends with everyone, even kids. He never let his problems be known.”

Tom expressed genuine interest in the lives of those he spoke with, and recalled the personal details most people forgot, Janet said.

“He had the ability to talk to anyone and make them feel that they were best friends,” she said.

Janet recalled meeting Tom in a “love-at-first-sight” moment after a game at the former Wild Hammer bar in Crest Hill. She said Tom was proud of his daughters, Christie and Amanda Seddon.

Despite a 13-year leukemia battle, Tom didn’t retired from ComEd until Dec. 30. Janet said. Until the end, when Tom succumbed to complications from a bone marrow transplant, Tom lived fully, touched anyone he met and always, always had fun.

“I just wish God hadn’t taken him so soon,” Janet said. “He could have helped so many other people and impacted so many more lives.”

• To feature someone in “An Extraordinary Life,” contact Denise M. Baran-Unland at 815-280-4122 or dunland@ shawmedia.com.

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VIEWS Kris Stadalsky On Thursday, NTTF and Grundy County State’s Attorney Jason Helland will hold a second heroin forum at Minooka Community High School’s Central Campus, 301 S. Wabena Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m.

It will feature professionals with more than 20 years of experience in treatment, recovery and the substance abuse field.

You will hear from two speakers whose families were affected by heroin addiction.

One is John Roberts, a retired 40-year captain from the Chicago Police Department whose son, Billy, died as a result of

drugs.

“Never in his [Robert’s] mind did he believe his son would use drugs, he was a police captain,” Goodwin said.

The second speaker is a “typical” mom who will share her story about her child’s “career” in addiction. He started using at 16. Now 27, he still is an addict. She’ll tell you about the many trips to emergency rooms, how he ran away from treatment centers and how the family was so affected they finally cut ties with him despite the heartache.

Local panelists will include Channahon Chief of Police Jeff Wold, Minooka Chief of Police Justin Meyer, Kristie Polk of Crossroads Counseling, John Callahan of Grundy County Coroner’s Office and Helland, as well as others

from treatment centers, hospital emergency rooms and addiction counselors.

You also will be able to walk through a mock bedroom of a teenager called “In Plain Sight.” You will see what looks like a typical teenager’s room. But you also will be asked to look around for signs of drug use and dealing, cutting, smoking, alcohol abuse and more.

You will be stunned to find out the most innocuous things that are used for hiding and using drugs and to mask other dangerous behaviors.

“The stuff is in plain sight, and this is what they are using it for,” Goodwin said.

You also will find out from the professionals the facts, myths, warning signs and information about how and where to seek treatment and

Trinity Services opens Morris office MORRIS – New Lenox-based Trinity Services Inc. has opened its doors in Grundy County, partnering and sharing office space with Special Connections of Grundy County.

“Everybody deserves a meaningful day is the philosophy I feel sets Trinity apart,” said Jennifer Price, Network 10 director with Trinity and Special Connections board president. “I am beyond excited and hopeful for the future of our special needs population in and around Grundy County.”

Trinity Services has helped people with disabilities for almost 65 years and gears its programming to the needs of the community it serves. It includes a wide range of programs and services for children and adults with developmental disabilities and behavioral health needs.

The Morris office, 1539 W. Route 6, will be staffed parttime with employees from the New Lenox office.

Price said the organization has been successful, contemporary and flexible in how it does its programs, which can add to

For information To make an appointment with Jennifer Price, Network 10 director with Trinity and Special Connections board president, or another staff member of Trinity Services, or if your business is interested in working with Trinity’s supported employment program, call 815-941-1503 or email jprice@trinity-services.org. the programs offered in Grundy County.

“It was families who live in Grundy County and the Morris area who came to us,” Trinity Executive Director Art Dykstra said. “We opened a dialogue about what families in the area need.”

He said Trinity has expanded to several communities to offer services, paying attention to what services are already offered to ensure there isn’t duplication of services.

“It depends on what the need of the community is, and we take into consideration a number of things, including the function of what providers in the area already provide,” he said. “Our move to Grundy County was in response to the people who came to us. It just

made sense to our board.”

Price said Trinity is starting services in the area with programs, including supported employment and respite services.

Supported employment is a more intensive service than their other job program, Career Access Network. It allows for additional one-on-one time for an individual and his or her job developer, according to Trinity’s website.

The organization will be seeking businesses in Grundy County interested in offering supported employment opportunities to people with disabilities, Price said.

The respite services program provides a caregiver to work with children or adults with developmental disabilities in their homes, giving a break to their families or guardians. There is no fee for families for this program, as it’s offered through a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services.

“Assessment of community needs will be done to map out further growth,” Price said. “It will include community living options to meet the greater need of the persons with disabilities community.”

• Kris Stadalsky writes about people and issues in areas southwest of Joliet. Reach her at writestuff56@comcast. net.

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What’s your first reaction when you read about a heroin bust in, say Cook County or even as close as Joliet? Do you automatically think it’s not a problem in small towns like Channahon and Minooka?

Think again.

Heroin is present in our communities for both teens and adults. It’s the drug of choice in the state of Illinois because it’s easily available and it’s relatively cheap.

Because of our proximity to Chicago, 20 to 40 year olds (or younger) can easily travel and bring heroin back to the suburbs and small towns for our kids to use, said Paula Goodwin of the Grundy County No Tolerance Task Force.

“It’s moving through our area, it’s not like we are immune to this at all,” Goodwin said.

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appa a W. Ruth was unique, dedicated and How to submit loyal to her family. She was very committed to her career, but most Send information to obits@ of all she cherished her family. theherald-news.com or call Born: 1937 Preceded in death by her 877-264-2527.

Died: 2014 husband, Russell (2003); and her parents, Pearl and Florence Most obituaries appear Leaves behind wife Kay (nee (Bolback) Anderson. online. To leave a message of Drechney). Daughter Cheryl Survived by her one and only condolence in the online guest Masching (Tom). Grandson Michael devoted son, Kevin (Stacey) of book, go to theherald-news.

Scholl. Great Grandsons Jordan and Cary, IL; four grandchildren, Nolan Scholl, 3 Siblings Jack com/obits Matthew, Eric, Christopher and (Virginia) Caporelli, Patricia (James Katharine Kramer; and a brother, Vesper, Larry Caporelli. Several Ted (Elaine) Anderson of Glen Ellyn. y, Rita y, an Nieces and Nephews. Special friend Audrey (late Bill) Carey; and Three nephews and one niece also Keith (Catie) Dick and their survive. multiple nieces and nephews. children. And many other friends.

Visitation for Ruth will be held Preceded in death by his wife, Rita Proceeded by his Mother Emily, G. (nee Carey) Gourley; his parents; Monday, April 7, 2014 in the O'Neil Daughter Terri Lynn, Son Michael his son, David Greer Gourley III; and Funeral Home Chapel, 1105 E. 9th Anthony.

St. (159th St.), Lockport, from 4:00 his brother, Robert Gourley.

Cremation rites will be accorded, pm to 8:00 pm. All services will Funeral services for David Greer memorial service at a later date.

Gourley will be Wednesday, April 9, take place on Tuesday, April 8, at Union Cemetery in Ohio, IL. At 12:00 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at Fred C. DAVID GREER GOURLEY Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at noon.

Essington Rds., Joliet. Interment Born: August 8, 1922; in Cicero, IL Abraham Lincoln National Died: April 5, 2014; in Joliet Cemetery. Memorials in his name to Honor Flight Chicago, 938 W. Age 91, of Joliet, Montana St., Chicago, IL 60614 passed away would be appreciated. Visitation peacefully Saturday, Tuesday, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the April 5, 2014, at the funeral home.

Joliet Area For information (815) 741-5500 or Community Hospice www.fredcdames.com KENNETH R. WRUK, SR. Home surrounded by Born: July 3, 1930; in Joliet his loving family.

Died: April 4, 2014; in Joliet Born August 8, 1922 in Cicero, he Age 83. Peacefully was the son of David G. and Edna (nee at rest, April 4, 2014.

Born on July 3, 1930 Stortz) Gourley, Sr. He served with in Joliet, to the late the United States Navy during Leo and Martha (nee World War II and was an Aviation Malinowski) Wruk.

Radioman First Class, and recipient Kenneth was a of the Purple Heart Award. On RUTH M. KRAMER August 7, 2013, he participated in lifelong Joliet the Honor Flight to the World War II resident and Ruth M. Kramer (nee: Anderson) Memorial in Washington, DC. member of Holy Cross Catholic He retired from Uniroyal, Elwood, Age 83, of Lockport, passed Church. where he worked as an accountant peacefully Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Lemont Rehab Center. Born A graduate of for many years.

DeVry University, Kenneth worked He was a life member of Cantigny in Ohio, Illinois, living in Lockport since 1962. as an electrical engineer for Zenith Post #367 VFW where he was a bartender for many years, as well as Retired from the Orland Park Corporation, holding several Library after 15 years of service and patents in the design of hearing at the F&L Ranch. Dave was also a she was also an English teacher at lifelong fan of the Green Bay aids. Kenneth also owned a Lockport Township High School, television repair and video Packers and the Chicago White recording business. He was a hard Central Campus for 20 years.

Sox. Graduated from Western Illinois worker and was known throughout Survived by his daughter, Meg University with a BS in English and the community as the “TV man.”

Grime; his grandchildren, David Grime, Sarah Grime, Riley Grime, received a Masters degree from He was a member of the US Northern Illinois University in Benjamin Grime, Logan Grime; Army, serving during the Korean sisters-in-law, Helen (late Robert) Library Science. Member of Phi War. Kenneth was a member of Gourley, Rita (late Paul) Carey, and Beta Kappa at WIU and the A.A. U. Knights of Columbus and the Polish

OBITUARIES MICHAEL F. DOLATOWSKI (MIKEY D)

ig National Alliance. He loved gardening and spending time with his grandchildren. He was a dedicated father and will be missed by all.

Survived by his six children, Ken (Nancy) Wruk Jr. of Joliet, Vicki (Bill) Schmitz of Joliet, Donna Joutras of Joliet, Neda (Daniel) Zelehovitis of Joliet, Martin (Joan) Wruk of Crest Hill and Kristine Walker of Joliet; his grandchildren, Katie, Colleen (fiancé, Matt Clementi) Wruk, Bill (Jennie) Schmitz, Mandi (Jon) Casford, Heather Joutras, Andrea (fiancé, Erik Lindholm) Lang, Alexis, Nicholas and Anthony Zelehovitis, Jeffery and Michelle Cullen, Gianna Wruk, Kasi (fiancé, Ryan Tibble) and Jayme Walker; his greatgrandchildren, Cassidy Schmitz, Madison and Megan Casford, Gavin Colvin, Kaleb Lindholm and Trevor Cullen; his brother-in-law, Ned (Laura) Rocks; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceded by his beloved wife of 58 years, Gloria M. Wruk (October 27, 2013); granddaughter Theresa A. Lang; parents; and one brother, Donald Wruk.

Special thanks to his daughter, Donna Joutras, who made it possible for Kenneth to remain at home during his illness; Hospice, for all of their help and support during this difficult time, especially Geraldine, Cathy, Dee and Chaplin Jim. A Memorial Mass for Kenneth R. Wruk, Sr. will be held at 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 901 Elizabeth St. (1 block North of Ruby St. ), Joliet. Family will receive all friends and relatives from 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Joliet Area Community Hospice are appreciated.

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Man who sued against handgun ban dies

By DON BABWIN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Otis McDonald, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that prompted the U.S. Supreme Court decision that forced Chicago to abandon its 28-year ban on handguns, has died at the age of 80, a family spokesman said Sunday.

Fred Jones said his uncle died Friday while in hospice care after a long battle with cancer.

McDonald, an unassuming retired maintenance engineer, became a hero to the pro-gun movement, in large part because of his life story and the simple but eloquent Otis McDonald way he expressed his desire to have a handgun to protect himself and his family from the gun-toting drug dealers who set up shop just outside his front door and the burglars who broke into his home.

Another of the four plaintiffs in the lawsuit that resulted in the court’s 2010 decision, Adam Orlov, said that while he does not know how important having McDonald as the lead plaintiff was from a “legal standpoint. .. he was very important from a human angle, a very compelling likable person with a very real, very common American story to tell – a veteran, a family man, who is dealing with very real issues of urban decay and crime and trying to raise his family.”

When the case was making its way to the Supreme Court, McDonald’s story became a huge part of the narrative: a teenager who came to Chicago from Louisiana as part of the Great Migration who worked his way up from janitor to maintenance engineer, saved his money and with his wife, bought a house on Chicago’s South Side and raised their family.

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – A commission has concluded that Illinois lawmakers should make it easier to reduce the number of local government boards and agencies, but not force the communities to do so. It also suggested that such consolidation might not save taxpayers money, as many critics have suggested.

The 17-member Local Government Consolidation Commission delivered its report last week, 2½ years after the panel was created by the Leg-

came empowering the locals to be able to make their own self-determination.”

How state lawmakers could do that might include removing barriers. Franks explained that while state law sets out how to create local governmental units, in some cases there is no way to get rid of them once they’ve been established.

The General Assembly approved legislation that made it easier for DuPage County to consolidate and eliminate units, and Franks said he would like to see something

similar extended to all Illinois counties.

Giving the local communities the ability to do so would put pressure on agencies to demonstrate their worth.

“We make them have to defend what they have because now they are actually at risk of having to consolidate,” he said.

The commission also found that Illinois might want to follow the lead of other states where local governments cooperate with each other and even share equipment, Franks said.

At the same time, the commission’s own research disputes the suggestion that reducing the number of local governmental units would automatically lower costs.

“By reviewing reports from around the country conducted on the topic of local governments and consulting with experts who worked on some reports, the Commission realized that simply reducing the number of local governmental units does not necessarily result in a reduction of costs to the taxpayer,” the report concluded.

funding Saturday during an event at Memorial Park in the Chicago suburb of La Grange Park.

The money comes from Illinois’ Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program. It’s funded through the state’s real estate transfer tax, which is imposed on every Illinois property sale.

The $16.5 million will go toward projects in 21 Illinois counties. Local governments must contribute at least half of the project’s total cost.

Quinn said parks help make Illinois a great place to live. The Chicago Democrat also said the money will allow more families to get outdoors and promote healthy lifestyles.

coach Dante Culbreath called Flournoy a “soft-spoken young man” who was “always helping people out.”

Chicago police said they were investigating the death. No arrests have been made.

“The biggest thing for us now, whether people see big or small changes, is that there’s consistency.”

Football and basketball players will be the first athletes to wear the new designs.

The last time the Illini redesigned their image was the 1990s. Kaufman called it a “clean-up” of the brand.

The university receives up to $1.2 million in free product from Nike every year plus a cash payment of $325,000. The Illini spent about $490,000 on Nike products during fiscal year 2013.

and buildings. Eight people died.

Manier said he thinks the city can come “pretty close” to paying all of its tornado-related bills. He said he’s particularly concerned about the lack of property taxes to support the area’s schools, parks and libraries.

STATE BRIEFS Illinois prison lock down to continue amid search CHESTER – A state prison spokesman said the lockdown of Illinois’ largest maximum security prison will continue “for days” after a cache of crude weapons and homemade alcohol was found there.

Tom Shaer said Sunday that the lockdown won’t be lifted until a thorough search is completed of the Menard Correctional Center southeast of St. Louis.

The prison has been on lockdown since Friday’s discovery of more than a dozen weapons along with gallons of homemade alcohol and juice and sugar used to make liquor. Shaer said besides the search, investigators are trying to determine how the inmates managed to hoard the items.

Shaer said there is no indication any weapons have been used recently at the prison or that inmates have been drinking homemade liquor.

Illinois to spend $16.5M to improve local parks LA GRANGE PARK – The state of Illinois will spend $16.5 million for improvements to local parks and open space projects.

Gov. Pat Quinn announced the

16-year-old sophomore shot dead in Chicago CHICAGO – Officials said a 16-year-old Chicago boy has been shot and killed on the city’s South Side.

Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner say Michael Flournoy was shot Saturday evening and died at the scene outside a church.

Flournoy was a high school sophomore at Simeon Career Academy. He wrestled and was a football player. Simeon football

Illini work with Nike to design new look CHAMPAIGN – The University of Illinois has been working with Nike for more than a year to rebrand the school’s athletic teams and plans to unveil the new designs at a fashion showlike event April 16.

Donors, fans and alumni have been invited to the 2,000-seat Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where athletes will launch the new look. Nike has a 10-year contract to be the Illini’s exclusive shoe and apparel provider that runs through June 2015. Illini officials have said the school’s athletic teams have a lack of design consistency.

The effort started with looking at the school’s visual identity, including logos, colors, fonts and uniforms, said assistant athletic director Marty Kaufmann.

“There are definitely some new elements within our brand portfolio,” Kaufmann told the Champaign News-Gazette.

Mayor worried about tornado recovery costs WASHINGTON – The mayor of tornado-damaged Washington in central Illinois said he’s not sure if state money will entirely pay for the cost of last year’s storms.

WJBC radio reported Sunday that Mayor Gary Manier said he’s not sure if his city’s share of $45 million in state aid will be enough.

Gov. Pat Quinn announced the funding after the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied the state’s request for local government assistance.

About two dozen tornadoes hit Illinois Nov. 17 damaging and destroying thousands of homes

Ex-Air Force contracting official sentenced EAST ST. LOUIS – A federal judge has sentenced a former Scott Air Force Base contracting official to three years of probation for accepting gratuities.

The Belleville News-Democrat reported 66-year-old Dennis Charles Toenjes Sr. must serve the first six months of his sentence on home confinement.

Toenjes is a former U.S. Air Force contracting official at the southern Illinois base. Federal prosecutors said he also must pay a $500 fine and a $100 special assessment.

Officials said Toenjes accepted nearly $9,400 from the owner of a South Roxana asbestos abatement company that worked at Scott Air Force Base. The owner of the business is serving an 18-month prison sentence for tax fraud and paying gratuities to a government official.

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islature amid concerns that the state’s 6,968 local governments – a total higher than any other state in the nation – weren’t all necessary because their services overlapped with those of other agencies.

The chairman of the commission said that it became clear during hearings that local officials do not want the state telling them which agencies should be eliminated or consolidated, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported. As a result, said Rep. Jack Franks of Woodstock, “Our main focus be-

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Wis. deputies make arrest in ’97 death The ASSOCIATED PRESS RACINE, Wis. – Authorities in southeastern Wisconsin may have solved a coldcase mystery involving an Illinois teen whose battered body was found in a Racine County marsh 17 years ago.

Racine County deputies arrested a 36-year-old Illinois man Saturday in connection with Amber Creek’s death in 1997, Sheriff Christopher

Schmaling told The Journal Times of Racine. He said he couldn’t be more proud of his investigative team.

Schmaling said authorities had “solid, clear and overwhelming evidence” that the man, whose name hasn’t been released, was responsible for the slaying. His deputies sifted through thousands of reports, and spent thousands of hours over the years trying to crack the case, he said.

“[Saturday] by far was the best moment for my investigative team as we informed Amber’s dad that we caught her killer,” Schmaling told the newspaper in an email.

“It was an emotional exchange for everyone in the room.”

The sheriff said he plans to release more information, including details of the arrest and the suspect’s name, at a news conference Monday af-

ternoon. He said the Creek family has asked the news media to respect its privacy.

Creek, a 14-year-old from Palatine, Ill., ran away from a state-run juvenile shelter in Chicago on Jan. 23, 1997. She then attended a party at a motel in Rolling Meadows, Ill., the week of her death. She was last seen leaving the party and getting into a luxury car that had a placard reading “mayor” and was driven by a white

man in his 30s.

Two weeks later a pair of hunters found her corpse in a marsh in the town of Burlington. She’d been beaten, sexually assaulted and suffocated with a plastic bag, Her body was left posed with an upraised hand that had, “Hi” written on her palm.

Investigators referred to her as Jane Doe for 16 months until they could determine her name.

Illinois agency aims to alter coal defender image

By JIM SUHR and TAMMY WEBBER The Associated Press ST. LOUIS – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, often criticized as advocating for the coal industry, announced a series of reforms this week meant to help repair the agency’s image and make it more responsive to the public.

The changes – from closer inspection of coal-ash ponds to better communication with the public to strengthening ethics rules – underscore the daunting task of balancing environmentalists’ concerns about an energy source they view with disfavor and fairly treating coal producers in a state that’s among the nation’s richest in energy reserves.

But they also come as the agency deals with other embarrassing missteps, including a

department administrator’s departure after reports he attended professional fishing tournaments while on sick leave and revelations that two mine-safety regulators accepted political contributions from a coal-mine operator. Last week, The Associated Press reported another official had to repay $7,200 that he overcharged the state for mileage.

Neither environmentalists nor the industry believe the reforms are tied to Gov. Pat Quinn’s re-election bid against a well-funded Republican opponent. But the timing doesn’t hurt him, either, said David Yepsen of Southern Illinois University’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

“Pat Quinn came into office as a reformer, so any hint of problems undermines his public image. So it’s good they’re to trying to clean up their act,” said Yepsen, who credited

Quinn’ with recognizing “the DNR clearly has problems.”

Still, “it’s a long way to the November election, and it’s important that Quinn and his administration get back on track and get this issue off the table.”

Quinn’s office, in a statement Friday to the AP, said the governor “is pleased with the new and important steps being taken to strengthen accountability and transparency at the agency ... [and] believes it’s important to constantly review and improve agency operations and always act promptly to take immediate and appropriate action whenever issues arise.”

Environmentalists and community activists welcomed the changes, some of which were prompted by a lawsuit that Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed against the DNR after it approved a surface mine near

the tiny Fulton County village of Banner in 2007, despite complaints from residents about potential threats to their water supply. The DNR ultimately rejected the permit in 2012.

The DNR now will notify the public when it first receives coal-mining applications, require early environmental review and require applicants to participate in public hearings.

It also will increase inspections of coal-ash ponds in the wake of high-profile accidents that fouled waterways in West Virginia and North Carolina – which industry and environmentalists both welcomed – and implement other reforms in the division that oversees mining and oil and gas exploration.

Marc Miller, the DNR’s chief since 2009, called the reforms “the most recent steps to further restore the integrity of this agency and allow for

more public participation as we work towards becoming a national model for transparency.”

Jack Darin, director of the Illinois Sierra Club, called the changes “substantial first steps” in showing the DNR advocates for citizens rather than “big coal companies that clearly have the state’s countryside in their sights.”

“People have been fighting for their farms, livelihoods and their water supplies. It’s one thing to fight a multinational coal company that wants to destroy the farm, but they shouldn’t feel like they’re fighting the state,” Darin said.

But Phil Gonet, who heads the Illinois Coal Association, said the changes could hurt a coal company’s efforts to get a permit and spur some to consider moving their operations into neighboring states deemed more regulatory friendly.

O’Hare unveils overhaul of international terminal The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Chicago unveiled a $26 million overhaul of O’Hare Airport’s international terminal Friday, showing off two dozen new high-end dining and shopping options.

It’s the first redevelopment since Terminal 5’s construction in 1993 and features sleek interior design upgrades that give parts of the terminal the feel of a comfy lounge or trendy nightclub.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday that the redesign, which includes local brands, does a better job of representing Chicago to those who pass through the airport, the second busiest in the country.

“Terminal 5 reflects our city’s distinct style and spirit, placing Chicago at the center of the global tourism conversation,” Emanuel said.

Among new offerings are a spa, a local gourmet deli called The Goddess & Grocer and a

restaurant overseen by celebrity chef Rick Bayless. Coming soon are an Emporio Armani and a Michael Kors shop.

Airports around the country are in competition over such amenities in hopes of attracting passengers, especially those in transit who can be tempted to spend money while on a layover.

At O’Hare, the need was especially acute. Even Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino has called the old Termi-

nal 5 an embarrassment.

It was designed with grand spaces, but after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, some of those areas were filled with expanded security checkpoints, leaving passengers with few options for eating and shopping once they passed the screening lines.

The renovated interior transformed the food court into a dining lounge with performance kitchens. New design elements include detail touch-

es like wood paneled walls, intricate tile patterns and stylish lighting.

There also is a new 10,000-square-foot duty-free store that will offer luxury brands representing downtown Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district.

Even before its full completion, departing passengers last year spent an average of $18.99 in Terminal 5’s shops and restaurants, the highest it’s ever been.

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By JIM KUHNHENN

By WILL WEISSERT The Associated Press

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KILLEEN, Texas – The church program pictured an empty road being enveloped by the dark clouds of a sweeping thunderstorm, and the service’s lesson was from Isaiah 35:4, “Be strong, fear not.”

The preacher implored those gathered Sunday that they would find hope in God, but also acknowledged the question on everyone’s mind: Why Fort Hood – again?

What would have been a routine Sunday service at Tabernacle Baptist Church just outside the sprawling Texas military base became a tribute to the soldiers killed four days earlier when a fellow service member opened fire. It also offered some catharsis for the community struggling to comprehend Fort Hood’s second fatal shooting rampage in less than five years.

Similar somber religious gatherings were held throughout the military town of Killeen, but there were more questions than answers.

“A lot of us, I think this morning, are asking the question, ‘Why? Why would this happen? Why Fort Hood again? Why are these types of things allowed to happen?’ ” Pastor Robert Sperbeck told dozens gathered at Tabernacle, where 90 percent of the congregation is current or retired military personnel.

“The devil is the author of what happened on Wednesday, but we do know the answer, we know there is hope.”

Investigators said Spc. Ivan Lopez, an Army truck driver from Puerto Rico, had argued with soldiers in his unit moments before killing three people and wounding 16 others and then fatally shooting himself. Base officials have said Lopez, who saw no combat during a deployment to Iraq, was being treated for

WASHINGTON – Lacking congressional support to raise wages or end gender pay disparities, President Barack Obama is again imposing his policies on federal contractors, in keeping with presidents’ tradition of exerting their powers on a fraction of the economy they directly control.

Obama will sign an executive order Tuesday barring federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their pay with each other. The order is similar to language in a Senate bill aimed at closing a pay gap between men and women. That measure is scheduled for a vote this week, but is unlikely to pass.

The president also will direct the Labor Department to adopt rules requiring federal contractors to provide compensation data based on sex and race.

He plans to sign the two executive orders during an event at the White House where he will be joined by Lilly Ledbetter, whose name appears on a pay discrimination law Obama signed in 2009.

The moves showcase Obama’s efforts to seek action without congressional approval and demonstrate that even without legislation, the president can drive economic policy. At the same time, they show the limits of his ambition when he doesn’t have the support of Congress for his initiatives.

Republicans said Obama is pushing his executive powers too far and should do more to work with Congress.

Federal contracting covers about one-quarter of the U.S. workforce and includes companies ranging from Boeing to small parts suppliers and service providers. As a result, presidential directives can have a wide and direct impact.

Such actions also can be largely symbolic, designed to spur

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Kathy Abad, a military wife, prays for the victims and families affected by the Fort Hood shooting during a memorial service Sunday at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Killeen, Texas. depression and anxiety while being assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The shooting immediately revived memories of the November 2009 attack by Nidal Hassan, an Army psychiatrist who killed 13 and wounded more than 30 people at the base.

The White House said Sunday that President Barack Obama planned to attend an official memorial service Wednesday at Fort Hood. But in the surrounding town, the grieving has already begun.

Residents have also held a march and a vigil, while Killeen’s Central Christian Church erected a memorial with a trio of crosses honoring those killed and 16 flags for those wounded.

Sperbeck lead the singing of “Amazing Grace,” passed a collection plate for the shooting victims and read the names of the slain soldiers.

He said Sgt. Daniel Ferguson, a 39-year-old from Florida, “died a hero,” noting that he was killed while holding a door shut to keep the shooter from entering a room and targeting more potential victims.

The pastor said that 38-year-old Staff Sgt. Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, was

a 20-year army veteran who was just seven months from retirement. And Sgt. Timothy Owens, 37, from Effingham, Ill., “had planned to make a career serving in the military.”

“Lord we pray for the military, for our fort where there are many that are without hope, that are in the midst of depression,” Sperbeck said.

“They need help and we’re here to help them.”

As she listened, tears streamed down the face of 31-year-old Kathy Abad, whose military police officer husband was at Fort Hood at the time of the shooting but didn’t witness the attack.

“My heart is shattered for all the families,” Abad said afterward. “It hits home, feeling the loss of wives and mothers and entire families. Wounds have been reopened.”

After the 2009 shooting, Fort Hood tightened security. Abad said that in the days since Lopez’s rampage, even more measures have been imposed. She said her husband reports that post officials have begun stopping nearly every car heading into the base to search for weapons, even though commanders insist that can’t continue forever for logistic reasons.

action in the broader economy.

“This really is about giving people access to more information both to help them make decisions at the policy level but also for individuals,” said Heather Boushey, executive director and chief economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She has been working with the administration to get compensation information about the nation’s workforce.

“This is definitely an encouraging first step,” she said.

Federal contractors, however, worry that additional compensation data could be used to fuel wage related lawsuits, said James Plunkett, director of labor policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

What’s more, he said, such orders create a two-tiered system where rules apply to federal contractors but not to other employers. Those contractors, knowing that their business relies on the government, are less likely to put up a fight, he said.

“Federal contractors ultimately know that they have to play nicely to a certain extent with the federal government,” he said.

In a separate action today, Obama intends to announce 24 schools that will share more than $100 million in grants to redesign themselves to better prepare high school students for college or for careers. The awards are part of an order Obama signed last year. Money for the program comes from fees that companies pay for visas to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs.

The moves represent a return to economic issues for the president after two weeks devoted almost exclusively to diplomacy and the final deadline for health insurance coverage.

A trip to Asia in two weeks is sure to change the focus once again.

Still, Obama has declared this a year of action, whether Congress supports him or not.

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Near Fort Hood, church Obama actions test workplace ideas service honors fallen

Ships race to investigate signals in jet search

By NICK PERRY The Associated Press PERTH, Australia – Searchers hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet raced toward a patch of the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday to determine whether a few brief sounds picked up by underwater equipment came from the plane’s black boxes, whose battery-powered pingers are on the verge of dying out.

Ships scouring a remote stretch of water for the plane that vanished nearly a month ago detected three separate sounds over three days. A Chinese ship picked up an electronic pulsing signal Friday and again Saturday, and an Australian ship carrying sophisticated deep-sea acoustic equipment detected a signal in a different area Sunday, the head of the multinational search said.

The two black boxes contain flight data and cockpit voice recordings that could solve one of the most baffling mysteries in modern aviation: who or what caused Flight 370 to veer radically off course and vanish March 8 while traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 people on board.

But there were questions about whether any of the sounds were the breakthrough that searchers are desperately

seeking or just another dead end in a hunt seemingly full of them, with experts expressing doubt that the equipment aboard the Chinese ship was capable of picking up signals from the black boxes.

“This is an important and encouraging lead, but one which I urge you to treat carefully,” retired Australian Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who is coordinating the search, told reporters in Perth.

He warned that the sounds were “fleeting, fleeting acoustic events,” not the more extended transmissions that would be expected.

“We are dealing with very deep water. We are dealing with an environment where sometimes you can get false indications,” Houston said.

“There are lots of noises in the ocean, and sometimes the acoustic equipment can rebound, echo if you like.”

Searchers are racing against time to find the voice and data recorders. The devices emit “pings” so they can be more easily found, but the batteries last only about a month.

China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday that the patrol vessel Haixun 01 detected a “pulse signal” Friday at 37.5 kilohertz – the same frequency used by the airliner’s black boxes.

Houston confirmed the report and said the Haixun 01 de-

tected a signal again Saturday within 1.4 miles of the original signal, for 90 seconds. He said China also reported seeing floating white objects in the area.

The British navy ship HMS Echo, which is fitted with sophisticated sound-locating equipment, arrived in the area to join the search, Britain reported.

The Australian navy’s Ocean Shield, which is carrying high-tech sound detectors from the U.S. Navy, also will head there, but will first investigate the sound it picked up in its current region, about 300 nautical miles away, Houston said.

Australian military aircraft also are being sent into the Haixun 01’s area to investigate, he said.

In Kuala Lumpur, families of passengers aboard the missing plane attended a prayer service Sunday that also drew thousands of Malaysian supporters.

“This is not a prayer for the dead, because we have not found bodies. This is a prayer for blessings and that the plane will be found,” said Liow Tiong Lai, president of the government coalition party that organized the two-hour session.

Two Chinese women were in tears and hugged by their caregivers after the rally. Several people wore T-shirts that

read “Pray for MH370.” Twothirds of Flight 370’s passengers were Chinese.

The crew of the Chinese ship reportedly picked up the signals using a hand-held sonar device called a hydrophone dangled over the side of a small boat – something experts said was technically possible but extremely unlikely. The equipment aboard the British and Australian ships is dragged slowly behind each vessel over long distances and is considered far more sophisticated.

Footage on China’s staterun CCTV showed crew members poking into the water a device shaped like a large soup can attached to a pole. It was connected by cords to electronic equipment in a padded suitcase.

“If the Chinese have discovered this, they have found a new way of finding a needle in a haystack,” said aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas, editor in chief of AirlineRatings.com.

“Because this is amazing. And if it proves to be correct, it’s an

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By KIM GAMEL The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan– Afghans and the international community hailed its presidential election as a triumph of democracy over violence Sunday, despite complaints about ballot shortages and sporadic fraud after millions of people braved a Taliban threat to vote for a new president. But some cautioned against declaring a premature defeat of the Islamic militants.

Securing the vote was a test for Afghan government forces as they prepare to take full responsibility for their own security as the U.S. and allied forces end their combat mission at the end of this year. The consensus

was that they largely passed, although there was sporadic violence.

A roadside bomb hit a pickup truck transporting ballot boxes Sunday in the northern province of Kunduz, killing three people, officials said. But the major attacks that had been feared did not materialize.

“This in itself is a victory over violence and a victory over all those who wanted to deter democracy by threats and violence,” said Thijs Berman, the head of the European Union’s election assessment team in Kabul.

Electoral officials, meanwhile, urged patience, saying officials continued to log complaints and tally ballots. The ballots were coming from more

than 20,000 polling stations nationwide, some in extremely remote and rural areas. They were being transported to tally centers in all 34 provinces before the results reach Kabul.

Partial results are expected in the coming days. Noor Mohammad Noor, a spokesman for the Independent Election Commission, said preliminary results were due April 24 and final results will be announced May 14.

With a crowded field of eight candidates, nobody was expected to get the majority needed to win outright. That would force a runoff between the top two vote-getters, which would be held at the end of May. President Hamid Karzai was banned from seeking a third term.

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There are many clicks, buzzes and other sounds in the ocean from animals, but the 37.5 kHz pulse was selected for underwater locator beacons because there is nothing else in the sea that naturally makes that sound, said William Waldock, an expert on search and rescue who teaches accident investigation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona.

But after weeks of false alarms, officials were careful Sunday not to overplay the development.

“We are hopeful but by no means certain,” Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. He added: “This is the most difficult search in human history. We need to be very careful about coming to hard and fast conclusions too soon.”

A senior Malaysian government official said Sunday that investigators have determined that Flight 370 skirted Indonesian airspace as it flew to the southern Indian Ocean.

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By PAUL WISEMAN The Associated Press

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Families of victims of a General Motors safety defects in small cars hold photos of their loved ones Tuesday as they gather on the lawn on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Angry families want GM prosecuted for defects

By PAUL WISEMAN and TOM KRISHER The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The families of those who died in General Motors cars with defective ignition switches want prosecutors to go after GM insiders responsible for letting the problems fester for more than a decade – and perhaps for covering them up.

“The only way the public is going to be protected from this negligence by companies is if there will ultimately be prison sentences,” said Leo Ruddy of Scranton, Pa., whose 21-yearold daughter Kelly was killed in 2010 when her Chevrolet Cobalt veered inexplicably off the highway and crashed.

Family members attended hearings in Washington last week that stoked those sentiments. Lawmakers confronted GM CEO Mary Barra with what they said was evidence that, in 2006, a company employee intentionally tried to conceal the switch problem.

And the head of the nation’s auto safety watchdog said GM withheld critical information that connected the failing switch to air bags that didn’t deploy in a crash.

“I don’t see this as anything but criminal,” said Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, a former state prosecutor.

However, even if an employee or employees did conceal information, it’s uncer-

tain whether they would be charged with a crime. Legal experts say it’s easier to prove wrongdoing by a corporation than by individuals. The internal documents that can be used to build a case against the company might be inadmissible as evidence against individuals. And it can be hard to prove that individuals knowingly made false statements.

The Justice Department didn’t bring charges against any individuals last month when it closed a yearslong investigation of Toyota.

GM has acknowledged that in 2004 and 2005, engineers submitted proposals to fix the switches in Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other small cars, but the fixes were never implemented. GM says upper management only became aware of the problem last year. A recall of the small cars, now up to 2.6 million vehicles, began in February.

On Wednesday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., accused one GM employee of a cover-up.

Ray DeGiorgio, the lead switch engineer on the Cobalt, said in a deposition last year for a lawsuit against GM that he never approved a change to the ignition switch. But McCaskill produced a document from GM’s switch supplier that showed DeGiorgio signed off on a replacement, but with the same part number. Failing to change a part number makes the part harder to track.

WASHINGTON – As a brutal winter yields to spring, the U.S. economy is showing renewed strength just as other major economies appear desperate for help.

Europe is clinging to a fragile recovery. Japan just imposed a tax hike that threatens its shaky economic comeback. And China’s troubles are rattling the global economy.

The resilience of the U.S. economy, after a growth-chilling winter, was evident in Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department. It said employers added 192,000 jobs

in March and 37,000 more than in January and February than previously thought.

With the economy making steady gains, the Federal Reserve has been scaling back its bond purchases, which have been intended to lower interest rates to spur growth.

“The U.S. is certainly doing better than Europe or Japan right now,” says Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Global Insight.

Here’s a closer look at the rest of the world’s big economies:

EUROPE Just as the Fed reduces its stimulus in the United States, the European Central Bank

is considering further steps to help the 18 countries that use the euro currency. The eurozone emerged from a recession – its second in six years – last spring. But the recovery has been faint: The eurozone economy is growing at a glacial 1 percent annual pace.

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, last week expressed concern about “protracted stagnation” and the eurozone’s worrisome 11.9 percent unemployment, essentially unchanged from last year’s record 12.1 percent.

In addition, inflation is

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Japan’s economy improving, China’s starting to slow down • ECONOMIES Continued from page 15 running at dangerously low levels. Consumer prices rose just 0.5 percent in the year that ended in March. The ultimate fear is of deflation, when prices actually start falling. Deflation would hurt growth because tumbling prices cause consumers and businesses to postpone purchases and investments as they wait for still-lower prices.

On Thursday, the ECB kept its main interest rate unchanged at the record low of 0.25 percent. But Draghi said the ECB was ready to use “unconventional measures” to combat super-low inflation. The bank could further lower rates, offer cheap loans to banks or embark on an uncharacteristic Fed-style stimulus.

The eurozone faces another more fundamental problem: a credit crunch. Banks, clogged with bad loans left from the financial crisis, aren’t lending to small and mid-sized businesses. And they probably won’t until they raise more money to cover potential loan losses.

“Europe is still in convalescence,” says Gustavo Reis, global economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “The economy has been growing since the second quarter of last year. But they need to see significant credit growth.”

Still, economists at Citi Research expect the eurozone economy to pick up somewhat this year.

JAPAN Japan’s economy, enduring a two-decade slump, received a jolt last year from “Abenomics.” That’s the name for policies pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to try to spur inflation and generate growth by getting consumers and businesses to spend now, not later.

But Japan’s efforts to invigorate the economy through government spending have strained its finances. The government’s debt is twice the size of Japan’s economy – by far the highest debt burden of any advanced economy. To reduce the debt, the government has raised the country’s sales tax

from 5 percent to 8 percent.

The Japanese economy, No. 3 worldwide, looks weaker than it did last fall when Abe agreed to the tax hike. A quarterly survey last week showed that Japanese businesses fear that consumers will respond to the higher sales tax by pulling back on spending. That’s what happened the last time Japan raised its sales tax in 1997. Citi forecasts that Japan’s economy will grow just 0.9 percent this year, down from 1.5 percent in 2013.

Still, the government and the Bank of Japan may try to soften the blow. Abe has promised 5 trillion yen ($48 billion) in fresh stimulus for the economy – more if the tax hike inflicts more economic damage than the government expects. The Bank of Japan could also intervene with Fedstyle bond purchases if the economy needs further help.

CHINA China, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, is slowing. Part of the deceleration from the sizzling double-digit increases of recent years is deliberate. Chinese policymakers want to create a sturdier economy, more dependent on consumer spending and less on exports and investments in infrastructure and real estate. And they’re willing to accept slower growth to get there.

But now they fear that the economy is slowing too much and won’t meet their 7.5 percent growth target. So Prime Minister Li Kequiang last week announced a mini-stimulus program: It will give small businesses bigger tax breaks, expand railroads and begin creating permanent housing.

But IHS’ Behravesh says the stimulus will merely postpone a reckoning. China’s investment boom, during which it built an overabundance of factories and houses, was financed with enormous debt, much of which is unlikely to be repaid. Over the next five years, Behravesh expects China’s economic growth to slow significantly – to below 5 percent a year as the nation reforms its financial system.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-5701 Bill Foster, D (11th District) 195 Springfield Ave., Suite 102 Joliet, IL 60435 815-280-5876 1224 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3515 Randy M. Hultgren, R (14th District) 1797 W. State St., Suite A Geneva, IL 60134

630-232-7104 332 Cannon House Office Bldg.

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

Washington D.C. 20515 202-225-3635

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

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

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

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8192

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

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-7419

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Illinois legislators should vote ‘no’ on house bus bill To the Editor: The Illinois General Assembly is considering legislation that will put thousands of school children at risk, increase traffic congestion and harm the environment.

House Bill 5967 would radically alter the formula that guarantees yellow bus service for all students living at least 1½ miles from school. Under HB 5967, the minimum distance would increase to 2 miles, adding 172 square blocks, or 43 percent, to each school’s exclusion zone. This “small” change would virtually end bus service at

many schools and force tens of thousands of students to find a different way to school.

These alternatives are not good for our economy, our environment, nor, most importantly, for the safety of our children.

Buses are the safest mode of school transportation. In 2012, more than 600 children were killed nationally traveling to and from school. Only 10 fatalities occurred in a school bus. Reducing school bus service increases the chances of more student deaths.

Each bus takes an average of 34 vehicles off of the road, cutting traffic and the pollution that comes

with it, as well as helping to curb student absenteeism and truancy.

Many school districts are actually looking at reducing the 1½ mile minimum due to parent concerns about safety issues and the effect of added traffic congestion on the environment.

The General Assembly may vote on HB 5967 before April 11, so please ask your state legislator to vote “no” and preserve the yellow bus for more students.

Patrick Johnson President, Illinois School Transportation Association

See LETTERS, page 18

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

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• LEGISLATORS Continued from page 17 Christine Radogno, R-Lemont (41st District) 1011 State St., Ste. 210 Lemont, IL 60439 630-243-0800 108A Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-9407 Linda Holmes, D-Aurora (42nd District) 76 S. LaSalle St., Unit 202 Aurora, IL 60505 630-801-8985 129 Capitol Bldg.

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

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0052

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

• LETTERS Continued from page 17 COTA is saving kids’ lives To the Editor: The Children’s Organ Transplant Association was founded in 1986 when residents of Bloomington, Indiana, rallied around a toddler who needed a life-saving liver transplant.

In less than eight weeks, the community raised $100,000 to place the boy on the organ waiting list. But the child died before an organ became available. Those community volunteers, along with his parents, turned tragedy into triumph by using the funds they raised to help other transplant

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kills last year.

Other seniors to watch are outside hitter Erik LeBeau, middle blocker Kyle Trost and libero Mitch Severson.

Top juniors include middle blocker Connor Hipelius, opposite Scott Mueller and defensive specialist Kevin Hutchinson.

A pair of sophomores to keep an eye on are setter Mike Kulinski and outside hitter Neal Brown.

“This is a very versatile group of young players that have a drive and motivation to very successful,” Danielson said. “I am excited for this season, and I think we will surprise a lot of people with how well our program will be even after losing six starters.”

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com Kris Fiore came into the season feeling that his Lincoln-Way East boys volleyball team had the potential to put together a special season.

After all, the Griffins were 35-4 a year ago and lost in the sectional finals to Lincoln-Way North, who eventually claimed second place in the state.

East only graduated one senior from that squad and returns all of its starters to go along with a junior class that also has talent.

“Almost all of our upperclassmen played club over the winter and many of them spent a good deal of time in the weight room getting ready for the season,” Fiore said. “This is the most talented team that I have coached in my 10-year career.”

So far, the high hopes have been justified as East has already started 12-0 and has won two major tournament championships.

The Griffins just won the prestigious Wheaton Warrenville South Tiger Classic after capturing the Marist Tournament title last weekend.

Fiore is relying on four seniors who have been on the varsity for three years. Three were honored among the best in the Chicago area last year.

Austin Royer, who was recognized as the Illinois player of the year in 2013, already owns the school record with 2,100 career assists.

The first team All-American volleyball magazine selection last season is who is on the AVCA All-American watch list.

Ryan Vorderer holds the program’s single-season kill mark with 337. He’s also on the AVCA All-American watch list and will compete in college at Lindenwood.

Nate Van Dellen was second on the squad in kills a year ago with more than 300.

He also intends to play in college but hasn’t selected a school yet.

Fiore feels that Josh Phalen, who had a broken thumb last year, could be the

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Joliet West’s Kyler VanRossum-O’Connell dives for the ball during a match March 29 against Wheaton North in the Tiger Challenge. state’s best libero. The AVCA All-American watch list pick will play at Grand Canyon.

Here’s a look at some of the other boys volleyball teams from the area.

JOLIET CATHOLIC Coach Rhyen Staley has a junior-dominated squad this season that features only one senior, middle blocker Bobby Nunez.

Junior leaders include setter Aron Goeken, libero Tony Allen, opposite Chandler Kowaliczko and middle blocker Jason Turley.

Top sophomores to watch for the Hilltoppers include, outside hitter Blake Reardon and middle blocker hitter Ben Gabor.

“We have a two-year focus because of the heavy junior class,” Staley said. “We have a lot of really smart kids, so that’s helpful since they understand what they’re looking at and what I’m telling them.

And this group has a really nice connection with each other.”

JOLIET CENTRAL First-year coach Zak Krumlinde has a squad that features 10 seniors, led by returning all-conference pick outside

hitter Chris Vergel.

Some of the other Steelmen seniors are Kelly Porter, middle blockers Jarvis Northington and Will Autman and libero Jacob Polson.

Central has four juniors, with setter Nick Weisfus leading that group, while outside hitter Anthony Pitchford is the team’s lone sophomore.

“We have a lot of seniors on the team, so that leadership will be a big thing,” Krumlinde said. “This groups works hard.

Every day in practice they ask questions and want to try new things. If we keep progressing, I think we’ll be a good team by the end of the year.”

JOLIET WEST With senior outside hitter Brian Lyman, an all-area and all-conference player who had 351 kills last year leading the way, the Tigers are an experienced group.

Coach Jason Herrmann will look to other seniors, such as setter Noah Slowik, outside hitter/rightside Armani Foster and middle blocker Brett Tacchia.

Junior outside hitter Juwann Jackson and sophomore libero Kyler VanRossum-O’Connell and middle blocker Luke VanEck also

started when the squad took second at its own invite.

“This is the fourth year at Joliet West, and we’ve put together a nice squad with seven returning players this season,” Herrmann said. “The boys have worked hard in the offseason, so I think we’ll be able to play at a high level. I like how we’ve stepped up as a team.”

LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL Although the Knights lost a some top players because of graduation from last year’s 2511 squad, coach Brian Danielson looks like he should have another successful team.

Central has gotten off to a fast start this year behind the play of the squad’s lone returning starter, senior outside hitter Adam Sargis, who had 168

There’s more than one Lincoln-Way team that is off to a perfect start after opening the season with a pair of tournament titles Coach Rory Olson’s Warriors improved to 11-0 after winning this weekend’s Argo Invite. A week ago, West claimed top honors at the Joliet West Tournament.

The Warriors return several key performers from last year’s 25-11 squad, led by junior setter Michael Wexter, an all-area and all-conference pick who had 665 assists.

Seniors to watch include outside hitters Tony Prospero and Zack Szajkovics, and middle blocker Jon Adlington.

Juniors to keep an eye on are libero Jake Martin and middle blocker Jake Gasparich and the lone sophomore is outside hitter Scott Christensen.

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said. “If the boys work hard together as a team, we can compete with anyone. This could be a very special year, it’s all up to the boys’ mentality and effort.”

• VOLLEYBALL Continued from page 20 “We return a core group of starters from the 2013 season,” Olson said. “This is probably the most well-balanced team that we’ve had here. We’ve got six seniors and six juniors who have a lot of court experience.

I’m looking to see who steps into the leadership roles.”

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Minooka’s 2012 fourth-place state team.

Perinar had 220 kills a year ago while Novak added 105 kills. Senior Armani Zuniga and sophomore Brandon Baranski also were on the Elite 8 squad.

Minooka hopes to continue its impressive run of recent success, where it has gone 12426-2 in the last four years with two fourth-place finishes.

“With a fresh, new coaching staff, we are looking forward to establishing Plainfield Central as one of the elite programs in the Chicagoland area,” Hurlburt said.

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While the Indians graduated nine players from last year’s 36-3 state quarterfinals squad, they still have some key performers back this season.

Coach Janel Grzetich will look to three seniors – Mitch Perinar, Justin Toth and Mason Novak – who also were on

Senior Tom Poznanski returns from all-area season where he collected 226 kills to help lead the way for the 22-9 Wildcats.

Coach Alex Hurlburt also has Tyler Spangler back, as well as top newcomers Noah Randall, Gage Wuestenfeld and Gavin Broekema.

Senior middle hitter Doug Aremka, an all-area and all-conference performer a year ago who had 168 kills and 73 blocks, will lead the way for the Tigers.

Coach Kevin Vesper also will look to middle hitter Alex Robles (82 kills), setter Shane Yeo (439 assists) and outside hitter Mitch Chapman (119) kills from last year’s 15-13-2 team.

“With most of the team returning this year, we are made up of players who are eager to get back out there,” Vesper

Dwight at Roanoke-Benson, 4:30 p.m.

Boys Tennis Plainfield Central at Geneva, 4:30 p.m.

Marmion Academy at Providence Catholic, 4 p.m.

Yorkville at Minooka, 4:30 p.m.

Plainfield East at Joliet Catholic Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Bishop McNamara at Coal City, 4:30 p.m.

Boys Volleyball Joliet Catholic Academy at Lockport, 6 p.m.

Providence Catholic at Lincoln-Way North, 5:30 p.m.

Lincoln-Way East at Brother Rice,

6 p.m.

Homewood-Flossmoor at Bolingbrook, 5:30 p.m.

Boys Water Polo Bradley-Bourbonnais at Lincoln-Way West, 5 p.m.

Lincoln-Way East at Sandburg, 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer Providence Catholic at Nazareth Academy, 5 p.m.

Plainfield North at Glenbard South, 6 p.m.

Joliet Catholic Academy at Minooka, 4:30 p.m.

Lincoln-Way West at Joliet West, 6 p.m.

Bradley-Bourbonnais at Joliet Central, 6:30 p.m.

ROMEOVILLE

Coach Brett Krapil will have some new faces on the court this season, so it might

The Spartans have a young squad this season with only two seniors, setter Evan Banasiak and outside hitter Jake Lewis, on the roster.

Coach Deb Fehrenbacher will look to juniors like outside hitter Mike Kurzynski and middle blocker Mickey Crnkovich to help lead the way.

Others to watch include junior libero Tyler Valdez, junior middle blocker Jon Teschke and sophomore middle blocker Gio Dekire.

“This is a good group of guys who like to work hard but they also keep practices entertaining,” Fehrenbacher said. “I’m really looking forward to seeing Evan and Mike step up to be leaders this year.”

Lincoln-Way East at Sandburg, 6:15 p.m.

Lincoln-Way North at Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m.

Princeton at Morris, 4:30 p.m.

Girls Track Romeoville at Plainfield Central, 4 p.m.

Minooka, Oswego East at Plainfield South, 4 p.m.

Plainfield North, Oswego at Plainfield East, 4 p.m.

Girls Water Polo Lincoln-Way West at Bradley-Bourbonnais, 5 p.m.

Sandburg at Lincoln-Way East, 5 p.m.

Softball

Normal Community at Lincoln-Way Central, 4 p.m.

Waubonsie Valley at Plainfield Central, 4:30 p.m.

Joliet West at Joliet Catholic Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Crete-Monee at Joliet Central, 4:30 p.m.

Providence Catholic at Mother McCauley, 4:30 p.m.

Plainfield North at Lincoln-Way East, 4:30 p.m.

Bradley-Bourbonnais at Minooka, 4:30 p.m.

Bloom at Romeoville, 4:30 p.m.

Morris at Reed-Custer, 4:30 p.m.

Coal City at Pontiac, 4:30 p.m.

Seneca at Prairie Central, 4:30 p.m.

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AREA SPORTS SCHEDULE MONDAY’S EVENTS Badminton Plainfield Central at Plainfield South, 4:30 p.m.

Plainfield East at Oswego, 4:30 p.m.

Oswego East at Romeoville, 4:30 p.m.

Baseball Marian Catholic at Lincoln-Way Central, 4:30 p.m.

Naperville Central at Joliet Catholic Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Bolingbrook vs. Lake Side (Ga.) in Kissimmee, Fla., 1:30 p.m.

Coal City at Joliet West, 4:30 p.m.

Prairie Central at Reed-Custer, 4:30 p.m.

Mendota at Seneca, 4:30 p.m.

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First-year coach Nick Mraz has the Porters off to a good start, which suggests they should surpass last year’s 9-15 record.

Top returnees include senior outside hitter Adam Krzos, and junior middle blockers Matt Sadler and Jon Wheaton. Senior Gabe Perez is moving from libero to setter.

Other Porters to watch this season include a pair of sophomores, libero Danny Woulfe and setter Ryan Sadler.

“We’re looking to compete in one of the best conferences in the state,” Mraz said.

“Adam should look to lead the way while Gabe will also be a leader for us.”

First-year coach Taryn Surbaugh hopes that the Cougars have what it takes in order to improve upon last season’s 1415 record.

Top returnees for South include senior outside hitter Zak Berta (79 kills, 34 blocks) and senior middle blocker Shawn Goff (60 kills, 30 blocks).

Several players who helped South’s junior varsity squad to a 14-0 conference mark also will step in. They include junior setter Adam Burt and junior middle blocker Cody Viertel.

Seniors who were on that JV team include rightside Matt Wilczek, middle blocker Andrew Smith and libero Zach Hir. Burt, Hir and Wilczek played on both the JV and varsity.

“I am hoping that we will begin to build a program that is consistently successful where athletes come in knowing what South boys volleyball expects and demands of its athletes,” Surbaugh said. “I hope to inspire the athletes to take ownership in their program and want to see it get better each season.”

take a little while for the Celtics to start to come together.

Some of the seniors that he’ll look to, include outside hitter Tim Doughney, rightside Dan Niemiec, outside hitter Zach Lake and middle blocker Tanner Zielinski.

Juniors who figure to be helping to lead the way for the Celtics include setter Bryan Grill, libero Joe Connolly and outside hitter Mike Daly.

“This is a pretty tight-knit group, not only on the court but off the court as well, which is always good to see since it helps with the chemistry,” Krapil said. “We have a lot of new starters, so they’re still learning each others’ tendencies.”

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Providence 5, Neuqua Valley 1:

JOLIET – Brad Porter (Plainfield North) drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the 10th inning to give the University of St. Francis baseball team its second extra-innings victory in less than 24 hours in a 4-3 win Saturday at Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Trinity Christian College.

Anthony Feliciano’s twoout, two-run single in the top of the first capped a three-run outburst as the Saints (18-14, 8-6) – who defeated the Trolls, 7-6, in 11 innings in the second half of a twinbill Friday night – took the early lead.

Trinity Christian answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second and another run in the third to even the score 3-3.

The game remained tied until the top of the 10th.

Adam Panayotovich pitched all 10 innings to raise his record to 3-1.

At the Providence Invitational, Jessica Cothern went 4 for 4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Winning pitcher Kendal Judge struck out 14 and doubled. Courtney Pych added two hits.

Minooka 5, Providence 4: In the consolation finals of the Providence Invitational, Kendal Judge had a double and two RBIs for the Celtics. Marissa Burns was 3 for 4 with two RBIs for Minooka, while winning pitcher Alexa Zito allowed six hits. Alyssa Hajduk added two hits and two RBIs.

BOYS TENNIS Lincoln-Way Central Quad: Marian Catholic was 3-0, Plainfield Central 2-1, Lincoln-Way Central 1-2 and Coal City 0-3.

Lincoln-Way Central’s Ryan Champlin went 2-1 on the day.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Wheaton-Warrenville South Tournament: Lincoln-Way Central finished seventh. The

BLACKHAWKS 4, BLUES 2

Knights lost to New Trier, 2519, 25-23, and to Brother Rice, 25-17, 25-18, before beating Barrington, 19-25, 25-17, 25-22.

GIRLS SOCCER Joliet West 2, Crete-Monee 0: Daniella Mireles and Synthia Garcia each scored for the Tigers. Freshman Gabby Czajkowski got her first varsity shutout in goal in her second game.

Lincoln-Way Central 0, Downer’s Grove South 0: The Knights (3-1-3) picked up a tie in the Downers Grove South Tournament.

Lemont 0, Sandburg 0: Kelly Fritz made two saves to record her second shutout for the Indians (2-0-1).

Joliet Catholic Academy 2, Lincoln-Way Central 0: Mandy Gruber and Kelsey Builta each scored for the Angels (3-3).

Lena Rodriguez recorded the shutout.

COLLEGE BASEBALL JJC 11-3, Milwaukee Area Technical College 3-2: Darrell

Collins (Plainfield South) was 3 for 3 with three RBIs, including his first home run of the year, in the opener for JJC (169). Nick Fleischauer (Minooka) was 2 for 3 with two doubles. Josh Jimenez (Minooka) picked up the win, throwing a complete game with 10 strikeouts. In Game 2, Nick Andrade (Lincoln-Way West) reached base twice, and Kevin Ruff (Minooka) racked up seven strikeouts.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL USF Invitational: The Saints went 1-3 over the weekend, beating Robert Morris, 8-4, after losing 7-5 to Purdue Calumet, 9-3 to St. Ambrose and 5-3 to Ashford. Lexi Southall (Wilmington) had six hits in the four games for the Saints (7-13), including a home run and a double.

MEN’S GOLF Illinois Wesleyan Invitational: USF placed 12th among 21 teams. Host Illinois Wesleyan won with a two-day sum of

592. USF carded a 649 (332-317).

Daniel Frantz led USF and finished 29th overall with a 36hole score of 156. Chris Jones (Lincoln-Way West) finished two strokes behind Frantz at 158 for 36th overall. Lane Barbier and Joe Paloian (Lemont) rounded out the Saints’ top four with 36-hole scores of 163 (85-78) and 172 (83-89).

MEN’S TENNIS USF 9, Judson 0: University of St. Francis opened CCAC play in strong fashion. USF (87, 1-0 CCAC) needed the minimum two sets to win each of its six singles matches after claiming 8-2, 8-2 and 8-1 wins in doubles.

WOMEN’S TENNIS Lewis 9, Bellarmine 0: For the fourth time in their last five matches, Lewis blanked its opponent, as the Flyers extended their winning streak to seven.

USF 9, Judson 0: University of St. Francis registered its fifth shutout and second in a row in its CCAC opener.

CUBS 8, PHILLIES 3

Hawks win 3rd straight Kalish, Cubs rip Phillies in 1st home win

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Early in the first period Sunday against the St. Louis Blues, Blackhawks forward Jeremy Morin attempted to launch his shoulder into Patrik Berglund, only to catch nothing but air.

Morin’s momentum carried him into his own bench, his head in his teammates’ laps, his feet dangling over the ice and his torso riding the top of the boards for a good four or five feet.

It might be the last time Morin rides the Hawks’ bench for a while.

Morin continued making his case for a spot in the playoff lineup with a goal and an assist as the Hawks beat the rival Blues, 4-2, for their third victory in four days without Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane.

“I’m just more comfortable out there,” said Morin, who

has two goals and two assists in the three-game streak. “I’m not really thinking. Before, I was kind of thinking too much. I’m just kind of playing the game right now. ... It’s a lot of fun.”

Winning usually is. The Hawks withstood the Blues’ usual physical onslaught, dominated the puck and held them to 23 shots on goal despite being without defensive standouts Toews, Brandon Saad (healthy scratch) and Johnny Oduya (lower-body injury). It was their second convincing victory against the Blues in three weeks after dropping the first three matchups against them this season.

The Hawks can’t catch the Blues for the division title – they still are chasing the Colorado Avalanche for second place – but they certainly sent a message that the top team in the Western Conference won’t have it easy should the rivals meet in the second round.

ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Ryan Kalish wants to make the most of his opportunity with the Cubs.

Kalish got his first hit since Sept. 11, 2012, when he rapped an RBI triple in the first inning Sunday in the Cubs’ 8-3 victory over the Phillies. He also had a two-

run double and drew two walks as the Cubs avoided a sweep.

Kalish missed all of last season after he underwent neck and shoulder surgeries.

“I’ve enjoyed every single day,” he said. “I’m trying to live my life like every day could be your last.”

Kalish made his second

start for the Cubs in his first trip to the major since he played for the Boston Red Sox in 2012.

“Every day I just come in and I’m ready for whatever’s thrown my way, especially with everything I’ve been through,” he said. “I just want to give it my all when I get the chance.”

WHITE SOX 5, ROYALS 1

Sale shuts down Royals as Sox win on the road

By ALAN ESKEW The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chris Sale knew he had to pitch his best Sunday with James Shields starting for the Royals.

“Indubitably, yes,” Sale said. “You know what you’re getting with a starter like

James. You have to bear down and do it.”

Sale gave up four singles in eight scoreless innings as the White Sox defeated the Royals, 5-1.

Alexei Ramirez and Tyler Flowers each drove in a pair of runs as the White Sox won the series finale after dropping the first two games.

Sale (2-0) struck out six and walked one. In his previous four starts against the Royals, the Sox had backed him with one run, enough to beat James Shields 1-0 in the 2012 opener.

“There was an energy to Chris coming off the mound,” Sox manager Robin Ventura said.

NBA

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x-St. Louis x-Anaheim x-Colorado x-San Jose x-Blackhawks x-Los Angeles Minnesota Dallas

New York 33 45 .423 21 Cleveland 31 47 .397 23 Detroit 28 49 .364 25½ Boston 23 54 .299 30½ Orlando 22 55 .286 31½ Philadelphia 17 60 .221 36½ Milwaukee 14 63 .182 39½ WESTERN CONFERENCE y-San Antonio 60 17 .779 — y-Oklahoma City 55 21 .724 4½ y-L.A. Clippers 55 23 .705 5½ x-Houston 51 25 .671 8½ Portland 50 28 .641 10½ Golden State 48 29 .623 12 Dallas 47 31 .603 13½ Phoenix 46 31 .597 14

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Phoenix 78 36 28 14 86 209 Nashville 78 35 32 11 81 198 Vancouver 78 35 32 11 81 187 Winnipeg 79 35 34 10 80 220 Calgary 78 33 38 7 73 200 Edmonton 79 28 42 9 65 197 EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF z-Boston 78 53 18 7 113 251 y-Pittsburgh 79 50 24 5 105 240 x-Montreal 79 45 27 7 97 212 x-Tampa Bay 78 42 27 9 93 229 N.Y. Rangers 79 43 31 5 91 212 Philadelphia 78 40 29 9 89 220 Detroit 78 37 27 14 88 211 Columbus 78 40 31 7 87 219

GA 167 197 199 211 190 220 222 207

New Jersey Toronto Washington Ottawa Carolina N.Y. Islanders Florida Buffalo

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x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

Sunday’s Results Miami 102, New York 91 L.A. Clippers 120, L.A. Lakers 97 Dallas 93, Sacramento 91 Atlanta 107, Indiana 88, Houston 130, Denver 125 San Antonio 112, Memphis 92 Golden State 130, Utah 102 Portland 100, New Orleans 94 Phoenix 122, Oklahoma City 115 Tuesday’s Games Detroit at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Miami, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at utah, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Results Bulls 96, Washington 78 Orlando 100, Minnesota 92 Brooklyn 105, Philadelphia 101 Charlotte 96, Cleveland 94 (OT) Detroit 115, Boston 111 Toronto 102, Milwaukee 98

Sunday’s Results Blackhawks 4, St. Louis 2 Florida 3, Dallas 2 Columbus 4, N.Y. Islanders 0 Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 2 Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 2 (SO) Edmonton 4, Anaheim 2 Monday’s Games Calgary at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Results Washington 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO Boston 5, Philadelphia 2 Colorado 4, St. Louis 0 Winnipeg 4, Toronto 2 Montreal 5, Detroit 3 Dallas 5, Tampa Bay 2 Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 New Jersey 3, Carolina 1 Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 0 Vancouver 2, Los Angeles 1 Nashville 3, San Jose 0

GB — 1½ 1½ 1½ 2 GB — ½ 1 1½ 1½ GB — 1 1 1 2

Sunday’s Results White Sox 5, Kansas City 1 Minnesota 10, Cleveland 7 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4 Baltimore 3, Detroit 1 Milwaukee 4, Boston 0 Texas 3, Tampa Bay 0 Houston 7, L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 6, Seattle 3 Monday’s Games White Sox (Paulino 0-0) at Colorado (Lyles 1-0), 7:40 p.m.

Baltimore (Jimenez 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 0-1), 12:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 0-1) at Houston (Cosart 1-0), 1:10 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 1-0) at Minnesota (Correia 0-0), 3:10 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 0-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-1), 6:05 p.m.

Texas (Scheppers 0-0) at Boston (Lackey 1-0), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Moore 0-1) at Kansas City (Vargas 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

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Sunday’s Results Cubs 8, Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 2, N.Y. Mets 1 San Diego 4, Miami 2 Washington 2, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 4, Boston 0 Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1 Arizona 5, Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 2 Monday’s Games White Sox (Paulino 0-0) at Colorado (Lyles 1-0), 7:40 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Cincinnati (Cingrani 0-0) at St. Louis (Wacha 0-0), 3:15 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 0-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-1), 6:05 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct y-Miami 53 23 .697 y-Indiana 53 25 .679 x-Toronto 45 32 .584 x-Bulls 45 32 .584 x-Brooklyn 42 34 .553 x-Washington 40 37 .519 x-Charlotte 39 38 .506 Atlanta 34 42 .447

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PETS THEY LIKE IT ‘RUFF’ HOW TO SUBMIT

Submissions can be emailed to news@theherald-news.com. Animal shelters wishing to send in a “Pet of the Week” nomination can email those to the same address by 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication.

Group catering to huskies and malamutes gather at Plainfield dog park

By JAN LARSEN

On the Web

Shaw Media Correspondent

For information, visit www. h2m2nation.com.

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LAINFIELD – More than 30 happy clowns of the canine kingdom cavorted at a Plainfield dog park on a recent overcast Saturday afternoon.

But wait! Only one breed was careening within the fence line: Siberian huskies.

Where were the Labradors?

The collies? The German shepherds?

Will County, say hello to H2M2Nation, or Husky Huddle and Malamute Mingle.

Social media has created both digital and analog sites for Northern breed dog owners longing for a playdate with like-minded caretakers who understand that these dogs like to play, well, “ruff.”

H2M2 is a website and Facebook group. There are 13,450 members in the United States and Canada. You can find a group in 38 states; 12 states have multiple groups, according to the creator, Franz Gonzalez, who started it all several years ago in Colorado.

Most of the growth has been in the last year. The Illinois group started last September and now boasts more than 240 members, according to Lisa Jacobs of LaGrange, an Illinois pack leader.

Why a group just for huskies and malamutes?

Website H2/M2nation.com said Huskies and malamutes have “a unique way” of playing with other dogs. “They love to roughhouse, chase and wrestle. We know and understand it as ‘friendly’ Northern breed play.”

There’s a group for everyone out there. And this one is for me.

I adopted Frosty, my husky, seven years ago when she was 6 and quickly learned she was unlike other dogs.

She runs away any chance

Photos by Jan Larsen for Shaw Media

Huskies and their owners gather for a play date at Clow Stephens Dog Park in Plainfield.

Sheriff starts his play date with a time out for inappropriate behavior from Lisa Jacobs of LaGrange. she gets. When she was younger, she played aggressively at dog parks, which was not always welcomed.

She needed plenty of exercise. I read a few books, talked to a few husky owners, but I sure could have used

something like H2M2.

H2M2 is not just about huddles, but also breed awareness, education, rescues, reuniting lost dogs with owners, animal cruelty laws, fund-raisers, hikes and mushing.

Stephanie McGowan of Joliet, who with her furry Sasha is a Hammel Woods Dog Park regular, told me about the H2M2 playdate at Clow Stephens Dog Park in Plainfield.

Since then, I’ve embraced this wonderful new world of funny photos and videos and salutations from people who tackle the same challenges, because as the website says, “These breeds are not for everyone.”

That Saturday at Clow Stephens Dog Park, I saw my cheerful Hammel Woods buddy, Patty Setina, and learned her husky, Bandit, had just died. But her Raven is still going strong.

Amanda Clow of Aurora, fur mom of Shila, said this was their first visit to a dog park.

“She’s all talk,” Clow confided as Shila anxiously waited outside the fence for a few minutes with her fur mom.

Once inside, both did well.

It was interesting watching Jacobs walk her three energetic pups into the dog park. They would have been walking me. Jacobs, a husky mom for 17 years, said she’s no expert, but I disagree.

“Dogs like to learn,” Jacobs simply said. “They want to be trained.”

Jacobs volunteers at Raven’s Haven Husky Rescue in Sycamore where she acquired most of her husky knowledge. Still, I noticed even Jacobs has challenges.

For instance, her newest rescue, Ace, jumped the fence while everyone else was playing and she had to run him down. And her Sher-

iff was in a timeout almost immediately.

If Jacobs feels if she isn’t strict with her three dogs, chaos would rule. Her dogs must sit before eating, getting leashed, going out or going into the park. Those rules show Jacobs is pack leader. The huskies eat and play because Jacobs said they can. They’re never confused about who is in charge.

H2M2 is not against breeding dogs, if properly done, but “most of our members are involved in rescue,” Jacobs said.

“Adopting is a commitment,” she added. “A person needs to do some soul searching to understand it’s a process and to realize it isn’t going to be a walk in the park.”

I learned Ace had been found as a stray, kept for four months, taken to one rescue then transferred to Raven’s where he was adopted and returned twice. That instability created one anxious pup. Introducing Ace into a family that already had two huskies involved a few scuffles as they sorted out pack order.

“I keep things tight and equal training-wise amongst all three of the dogs,” Jacobs said.

As for my own comedian, Frosty? Unfortunately, at 13, she’s now a sedate senior citizen. She walked the fence line at the meet-up and engaged in some butt sniffing but she didn’t respond to play bows. She was there for people to admire and pet.

Which just goes to show there’s something for everyone at a H2M2 playdate.

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Email “Pet of the Week” submissions to news@theheraldnews.com. Photos should be in jpg file format, 200 dpi and sent as email attachments. Submissions are subject to editing for length, style, grammar and run as space is available.

PEOTONE – Illinois Horse Rescue of Will County has scheduled an open house for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 26 at 3751 W. Church Road, Beecher.

The public is invited to see the facility, meet the rescue horses and hear their stories. A variety of sheep, lambs, goats, chickens and bunnies will be available for people to see and pet.

Rhianna is a beautiful beagle with some shepherd characteristics. View Rhianna and our other dogs at Cache Creek Animal Rescue at 20654 Burl Court, Joliet. Call 815-582-4062 or visit cachecreekanimalrescue.com.

Taluleh is a 1-year-old female terrier mix around with plenty of personality. When people approach her, she immediately lies down in her cage and rolls onto her back, all smiles, to be petted. View Taluleh and our other dogs at Cache Creek Animal Rescue at 20654 Burl Court, Joliet. Call 815-582-4062 or visit cachecreekanimalrescue.com.

Jelly is an adult chihuahua that enjoys being held and curling up on laps. View Jelly and our other dogs at Cache Creek Animal Rescue at 20654 Burl Court, Joliet. Call 815-582-4062 or visit cachecreekanimalrescue.com.

We also will treat our horses to a grooming day. They will have their hooves picked and manes braided. They will be brushed and sprayed with products to make them shine.

The first 25 guests that come through the gate will receive a gift bag. Donations for the care of current animals and to fund the rescue of additional animals will be accepted.

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London’s 1st cat cafe takes off

By BETHAN McKERNAN The Associated Press LONDON – Would you like some kitten with your coffee?

Feline company is exactly what one of London’s newest cafes is offering – and stressed-out city-dwellers are lapping it up.

“People do want to have pets and in tiny flats, you can’t,” said cafe owner Lauren Pears, who opened Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium last month in an area east of the city’s financial district.

“There’s not many places in London you can just curl up with a book and chill out with a cat or two on your lap,” she said Friday.

“I think that’s what our success is down to.”

Cat cafes first took off 10 years ago in Japanese cities, where many people live alone in cramped high-rise apartment blocks that don’t allow pets. Making feline friends became popular therapy for lonely or anxious workers.

“I can see how this would be good for someone lacking company,” said customer Sara Lewis, as she stroked a cat sitting on her lap. “It’s the best idea ever.”

The cozy English tea room, named after Alice’s cat in “Alice in Wonderland,” charges customers $8.29 for two hours of kitty company.

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Celebrate ‘Help a Horse Day’ on April 26

PETS | The Herald-News / TheHerald-News.com

PETS OF THE WEEK

PET BRIEF

ACROSS 1 “America’s Most Wanted” host John 6 Bedwear, informally 9 Meager 14 Prized violin 15 Triumphant cry 16 “Yup” 17 Operatic singer on a sofa?

19 “I ___ for animals” (bumper sticker) 20 Taken care of 21 Curved path 23 Mountain goat 24 Kooky 26 Ins’ partner 28 Chitchat about a dressmaking template?

33 “May ___ excused?”

35 Former part of Portuguese India 36 Set of keys?

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68 “Pasted” or “wasted,” for “drunk” 69 “Balderdash!”

70 Art Deco, for one

DOWN 1 Money rolls 2 Parisian girlfriend 3 Wash 4 Lyric unit 5 Insinuate 6 ___ Beta Kappa 7 Software platform suitable for Starbucks?

8 Actress Stone of “Casino” 9 Easily pranked teacher, maybe 10 New Jersey governor whose first name starts his last name 11 “Moby-Dick” captain 12 Zap in the microwave 13 TV’s “___ Factor” 18 “Please stay!”

22 Quarter of a quart TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 25 “Man, that hurts!”

M B A A T A V I S T A I R S I S E N O R 27 Reel-to-reel ___ E E T K T H X B Y E 28 Banana skins 29 Mountain chain N E B U L A 30 ___ Tots E V O P E N T O P R E G O T A B L E 31 Son of Seth S N A K E B I T T E N 32 Investment firm T. ___ Price U N C L E S A D D L E G L A S S I T O 33 “___ Never Meet Again” (Elvis E U N T I L N O W song) N C U B D R E 34 La ___ Tar Pits S E N S O R F O W L 38 Hormone in the M A S P A D T H A I pill A S E T M O B I L E 39 Quaker pronoun N E T S A M E O L D 40 Baby horse

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37 Complimentary road service in Sierra Leone’s capital?

42 Like Dylan Thomas, by birth 43 Oozy stuff 44 180° from WNW 45 Egg-hunting time in the Orient?

50 “___ Man,” Emilio Estevez film 51 Former capital of Italy?

52 Pizazz 55 Many a C.E.O.’s deg.

57 Broadway’s ___ O’Neill Theater 61 Sheriff’s star 63 Memorize lines for a Shakespearean king?

65 Evil character in “Snow White” 66 Mess up 67 Superman’s adoptive parents

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Defense is difficult, but can be deadly

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Holly Lisle, a fantasy and science fiction novelist, said, “If you don’t accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense.”

At the bridge table, when you are on defense, you must accept responsibility for your actions, and you must make those actions – plays – readable by partner.

This week we will look at a variety of defensive deals, the types that you ought to have in your repertoire.

In this deal, how should the defenders card to defeat four hearts after West leads the club ace?

Jump raises in competition ought to be treated as pre-emptive. So, here, North’s three-heart response shows four-card heart support and a relatively weak hand, below game-invitational strength. (With four trumps and game-invitational values or more, North would respond two no-trump. This ought to be known as Truscott, after Alan who devised it. But in the United States it is often called Jordan, after Bobby who popularized it.

Note that there is no need for a strong two-no-trump response, because North would redouble with 10 points or more and fewer than four hearts.)

When you cannot win a trick and want to tell partner about touching honors, play the top of those touchers. At trick one, East must follow suit with his club queen.

Then West continues with a low club, putting East on lead for the lethal spade shift.

Why does East play a spade, not a diamond? Lead dummy’s weak suit; if West has a diamond winner, it isn’t going anywhere.

But a spade trick might – and here would – evaporate.

Dear Abby: My 1-yearold baby recently passed away. I have two other children, one with special needs. I find it irritating and not at all comforting when people tell me “at least I have other children and I should concentrate on them.”

How can I politely tell them I have never stopped taking care of my other children, and nothing eases the pain of burying your child? – Mourning

My Baby In Puerto Rico

realize their comments are made out of ignorance.

Sometimes it isn’t what you say as much as how you say it. In a case like this, exactly what you have written to me would be an appropriate response as long as it is said calmly and without anger.

Dear Abby: My daughter was married for eight years before divorcing her cheating husband. They have two children. When my daughter found out about the affair, she was inconsolable. The girlfriend actually phoned her

and said, “Why are you so upset? Everyone cheats.”

Now, two years later, the girlfriend is pregnant.

My daughter would like a paternity test done before the kids are introduced to this new child. She thinks it would be harmful if they are introduced to a new half-sibling who might later prove to belong to another man. (“Everyone cheats.”)

What do you think about this? Is it wrong for my daughter to want proof this is her ex’s baby?

He feels certain he’s the father, but he also knows the other woman has kept in touch with her ex-boyfriend. – Just Wondering

In Connecticut Dear Just Wondering: If

Beans are good sources of healthy nutrients Dear Dr. K: I know we need protein in our diets and beans are a good source. But I’ve read meat is a great source of protein and iron. Which is a better choice?

Dear Reader: Meat is an excellent source of protein and iron, but unfortunately, red meat is also full of saturated fat – one of the “bad” fats.

Leaner cuts contain less saturated fat, but eating lean red meat still causes you to consume lots of saturated fat.

The saturated fat is not always visible. In addition to the layer of fat that may cover a cut of red meat, and any visible fat “marbled” inside the meat, there is plenty of invisible saturated fat. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

That’s why I generally avoid eating red meats more than once a week. In contrast, I have a salad sprinkled with beans nearly every day. Over the years, many good studies have linked high-meat diets to heart disease and certain types of cancer. Particularly bad for us are processed meats that use red meat as a source, such as salami.

Beans (particularly legumes such as lentils, chickpeas and soybeans, and dry

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff beans and peas such as black, lima, fava, pinto, kidney and navy) also contain many important nutrients. (On my website, www.askdoctork. com, I’ve put a table listing nutrients found in a variety of beans.)

People who regularly eat beans generally have lower body weight, waist circumference and blood pressure.

Beans are also high in fiber, which helps prevent diabetes and improve cholesterol levels.

You may worry about bloating and gas. To minimize the problem, introduce legumes into your diet slowly.

Or try an over-the-counter enzyme such as Beano to help metabolize the difficult-to-digest complex carbohydrates found in beans.

As for red meat, I’m not saying you should never eat it.

I enjoy a good steak now and then (though I strip off the visible fat). But I used to eat red meat five or six times a week, and I’ve long since stopped that. I pretty much always

avoid processed meats.

Speaking of healthy foods, in a recent column I recommended several servings of fish per week as treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a serious eye condition. A reader wrote me to ask if that advice has been proven.

I recommended regular fish meals because large observational studies have found people with higher fish intake are less likely to develop AMD. We use randomized trials to prove a treatment works, in people who already have a disease. To my knowledge, there never has been a large randomized trial comparing the progression of AMD in people who eat fish several times per week versus people who eat no fish.

So I agree with the reader the value of frequent fish meals has not been proven to slow the progression of AMD. Nevertheless, I think it is a reasonable recommendation.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

your daughter’s ex wants to claim paternity without a paternity test, there is no legal basis I can think of to prevent him from being considered the father.

While your daughter has reason to be angry at her ex and to dislike the woman with whom he cheated, she can’t prevent her children from seeing the baby if he wants them to.

(P.S. You’d think her ex would want to know for certain, but it takes all kinds ...)

Dear Abby: What is the best way to answer your children when they ask if you have taken drugs?

I smoked a little marijuana back in college, but stopped before graduation and I haven’t done it since.

My children are about ready to go to high school.

I have avoided answering their questions in the past, but I know I’ll have to say something sometime.

What? – Tongue-Tied In

Anytown, USA Dear Tongue-Tied: I don’t believe in lying to children. When you are asked, tell them you tried it in college, didn’t like it and considered it a waste of time. Then tell them as long as they are living under your roof, using any illegal substance will not be condoned.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Dear Mourning: Please accept my deepest sympathy for the loss of your child.

My heart goes out to you.

While I can imagine you might be tempted to lash out at these insensitive individuals, I hope you

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips

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Arlo & Janis

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The Born Loser

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Blondie

TODAY Your tenacity and strength will be put to good use this year. Eliminate any of the doubts or uncertainty that have been holding you back. Your discipline and dedication will be a winning combination. Onlookers will be amazed by your accomplishments.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- When an older relative or friend needs a hand, you must exhibit patience. Go the extra mile to help them out, and realize that besides needing physical assistance, they may also be feeling lonely.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- A friend will be grateful for your empathy, and you will be able to offer helpful solutions.

A key part of your popularity is your unselish willingness to aid others.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Your work should be your top priority. Concentrate on inding the best possible way to complete your goals. Examine all your resources, even those you may have previously disregarded.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- There is progress ahead if you assert yourself in the workplace. Show your employer how devoted and capable you are, and your efforts will be remembered when opportunities arise.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Be a leader, not a follower. You have unorthodox and original ideas that you should be sharing with others. People will be glad to come on board once your vision is presented.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You will gain respect if you share your good will with your family and colleagues. Many organizations rely on volunteers for assistance, so choose a cause you believe in and offer your services.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Stay in the background and don’t share your secrets. Someone may decide to stir up trouble by turning your words against you. A person you considered dependable will disappoint you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Get active and shake up your routine by trying something new. Keep an open mind, gather with friends or family, and take part in a pastime that will stimulate your senses.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Someone close to you may need help. Be supportive and understanding, but don’t offer more time, effort or cash than you can afford. A inancial gain is apparent.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Don’t let your emotions dictate your course. Acting on impulse will lead to trouble.

Take your time, remain calm, and voice your opinions clearly, or someone will take offense.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Be proactive and offer positive suggestions for streamlining and making improvements to your workplace. You’ll be rewarded for helping a co-worker solve a troubling problem. Be humble at all times.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Love is in the air. Improve your self-esteem by making time to indulge in a small pleasure. Prove to your partner that he or she is still irst in your heart.

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y' be held at 7:00 p.m. on the 13 day of May 2014 at Kelvin Grove legally described as follows: School, 808 Adams Street, LockLOT 5 IN THE WILLIAMS SUBDIVIport, Illinois.

SION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST ½ OF THE NORTHEAST Lynn Krumlinde ¼ OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 36 Secretary, Board of Education NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE Milne-Kelvin Grove THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACSchool District 91 CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF April 7, 2014 RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 1996 (Published in the Herald-News April AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R96102772, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI7, 2014. HN418) NOIS.

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE The Will County Public Building Commission will hold a meeting on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. to discuss business brought before the Commission.

The meeting will be held at Sunny Hill Nursing Home, 421 Doris Avenue, Joliet, Illinois.

(Published in the Herald-News April 7, 2014. HN420)

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of public hearing: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Education of Milne-Kelvin Grove School District 91 in the County of Will, State of Illinois, that a tentative budget amendment for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 is on file and available for public inspection at 808 Adams Street, Lockport, Illinois from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 9th day of April through the 9th day of May, 2014. Notice is further given that a public hearing on said budget amendment will be held at 7:00 p.m. on the 13th

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Case No. 14-010 PETITIONER(s): MS Consultants, Inc. PROPERTIES: The Wendy's at 58 S. Weber Road PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, the Planning & Zoning Commission of the Village of Romeoville, Will County, Illinois, (the “Village”) will be holding a PUBLIC HEARING in the Village Hall Board Room at 1050 W. Romeo Road, on April 22, 2014 at 7:00 PM or soon thereafter on the aforementioned date(s) for the purposes of considering testimony and other evidence on the following applications for an Amendment to the Special Use Permit for a Planned Unit Development Final Development Plan (the “Applications”), which the applicant filed on or about March 28, 2014, in accordance with the requirements described by the Romeoville Code of Ordinances, as amended, which governs such applications.

The properties which are the subject of the “Applications” are generally located as follows: the Wendy's at 58 S. Weber Road, and

Public Notice Public notice is hereby given that utility line clearance is scheduled for the month of May, 2014 in the following municipalities, Algonquin, Algonquin Twp, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Aux Sable Twp, Bannockburn, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Barrington Twp, Batavia, Belvidere, Belvidere Twp, Bensenville, Benton Twp, Berreman Twp, Bloom Twp, Bonus Twp, Boone County, Boone Twp, Bremem Twp, Brookfield Twp, Bruce Twp, Buckeye Twp, Bull Valley, Burlington, Burlington Twp, Campton Hills, Campton Twp, Capron, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Carroll County, Cary, Cedarville, Channahon Twp, Cherry Valley, Chicago, City of Chicago Heights, City of Crest Hill, City of Joliet, City of Streator, Cook County, Crystal Lake, Davis Junction, Deerfield, DeKalb County, Dorr Twp, Downers Grove Twp, Dundee Twp, DuPage County, DuPage Twp, East Dundee, Ela Twp, Elk Grove, Fall Ridge Twp, Farm Ridge Twp, Flora Twp, Florence Twp, Forreston, Forreston Twp, Frankfort Twp, Franklin Twp, Freeport, Freeport Twp, Fremont Twp, Genoa Twp, German Valley, Gilberts, Glendale Heights, Grafton Twp, Green Garden Twp, Green Oaks, Grundy County, Hampshire, Hampshire Twp, Harlem Twp, Henry County, Hoffman Estates, Homer Twp, Huntley, Indian Creek, Inverness, Island Lake, Jackson Twp, Jefferson Twp, Jo Daviess County, Joliet Twp, Kane County, Kendall County, Kent Twp, Kingston, Kingston Twp, Lake in the Hills, Lake Villa Twp, Lakewood, LaSalle County, Leaf River Twp, Lemont Twp, Lena, LeRoy Twp, Libertyville, Libertyville Twp, Lima-Brookfield Twp, Lincoln Twp, Lockport Twp, Long Grove, Loran Twp, Loves Park, Lynnville Twp, Lyons Twp, Machesney Park, Manhattan Twp, Marengo Twp, Marion Twp, Maryland Twp, McHenry County, Mettawa, Monroe Center, Monroe Twp, Mt Morris, Mt Morris Twp, Mundelein, Naperville, Naperville Twp, New Lenox Twp, North Aurora, Nunda Twp, Oakwood Hills, Ogle County, Oneco Twp, Oregon, Oregon-Nachusa Twp, Orland Twp, Palos Twp, Pearl City, Peoria County, Pine Creek Twp, Plainfield Twp, Plato Twp, Poplar Grove, Poplar Grove Twp, Prairie Grove, Reed Twp, Ridott Twp, Rockford, Rockford Twp, Rolling Meadows, Scott Twp, Seward Twp, Shannon Twp, Silver Creek Twp, Sleepy Hollow, South Barrington, South Elgin, South Ottawa Twp, Spring Twp, St Charles, St Charles Twp, Stark County, Stephenson County, Sterling, SterlingColoma Twp, Stillman Valley, Sugar Grove, Tazewell County, Timberlane, Troy Twp, Vernon Hills, Vernon Twp, VILLAGES OF: Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Burbank, Burr Ridge, Channahon, Crestwood, Dixmoor, Forestview, Frankfort, Hodgkins, Homer Glenn, Homewood, Lemont, McCook, Minooka, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Plainfield, Posen, Robbins, Rockdale, Romeoville, Stickney, Tinley Park, Willow Springs, and Wilmington, Waddams Twp, Warrenville, Wauconda Twp, West Dundee, West Point Twp, White Rock Twp, Whiteside County, Will County, Wilmington Twp, Winfield Twp, Winnebago County, Winthrop Harbor, Zion. This work will include tree trimming, tree removal and brush control to clear vegetation away from ComEd electric wires running from pole to pole. This work is necessary because trees interfering with electric lines can cause service outages and safety hazards. Line clearance is not required on all properties in these areas. No line clearance work will be performed on wires running from utility poles to homes or buildings. Maps of the affected areas are on file at local municipal or county offices. All trees requiring maintenance in each area will be addressed during these projects. Property owners may appeal the planned vegetation management activities through ComEd or the Illinois Commerce Commission. If you have questions regarding vegetation management activities, you may call 1-800-EDISON-1 and ask to speak with a Vegetation Management Representative or visit our website at https://www.comed.com/sites/customerservice/Pages/TreesPowerlines. aspx. You may also request a written copy of the dispute resolution process.

To contact a Consumer Affairs Officer of the Illinois Commerce Commission, call 1-800-524-0795. adno=0234001

PIN: 11-04-07-203-005-0000 The application request, if approved, would allow the redevelopment of the current building with a new design through an amendment to the Planned Unit Development Final Development Plan as set forth in the application.

Documentation concerning this matter is available for public inspection in the Department of Community Development, 1050 W. Romeo Road, Romeoville, Illinois, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE HEARING ARE INVITED TO DO SO AND WILL BE HEARD. The meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. If you need assistance, please contact the Department of Community Development at 815 / 886 - 7200.

The above referenced public hearing may be recessed from time to time to another date or dates, if notice of the time and place of such adjourned public hearing is publicly announced at the preceding public hearing.

This notice was prepared by the Village of Romeoville, Department of Community Development in accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, 2010 State Bar Association Edition and Village Ordinances on April 3, 2014.

William Caron, Chairperson Planning & Zoning Commission (Published in the Herald-News April 7, 2014. HN417)

PUBLIC NOTICE Certificate #29073 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will County on March 27, 2014 wherein the business firm of MAIZCO INDUSTRIES Located at 25684 O'Connel Lane, Manhattan, IL 60442 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Matthew Glowiak 25684 O'Connel Lane Manhattan, IL 60442 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 27th day of March, 2014.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk (Published in the Herald-News March 31, April 7, 14, 2014.

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