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If I had known then what I know now When I graduated high school in 1997, I had my life mapped out: I would go to college, earn a degree in advertising or public relations, find a great job that paid well, be married with kids by 30 and own an adorable house.

None of this happened when I anticipated it would.

Some still hasn’t, and some might never occur.

And that’s OK. It’s taken me a long time to realize that – one of the many life lessons I’ve learned along the way. I also know many of these lessons would not have sunk in if I had heard them instead of experienced them.

Still, here’s what I would tell my 18-year-old self if I could: The problems you thought you had in high school are nothing in comparison to what you’re going to encounter as an adult. Not having a date to prom will not cause the

VIEWS Kate Schott anguish that losing a friend to suicide or finding out a family member has cancer does.

You’ll learn a lot about perspective in the years to come; let each new lesson guide you on the next leg of the journey.

The friends you have today may not be your friends in five years. There are friends you haven’t met who are going to shape and change you into the person you are meant to be. You will, however, have a few friends from childhood whom you remain close to throughout your life. Cherish those people because they will watch you change and accept you at every stage of your life.

There are going to be days you don’t know how to pay your bills. You’re going to eat

a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when you wish you could go out. But you’re also going to find ways to embrace life and what it has to offer. Whether it’s watching movies at a friend’s house, walks through the park or taking advantage of free admission days at museums, you’ll still get to explore the world.

And those days of being poor will make you better appreciate when you are financially secure.

You pursue a profession you love. Enjoy every minute of it.

There are going to be days you feel unloved and alone.

Those days are temporary.

Also, don’t think you have to look like you belong on the cover of a magazine. God wouldn’t have made us all different if he wanted everyone to look the same.

There are more types of love than romantic type; spend

time with family and friends and nurture that love too.

When it comes to romance, don’t be upset if it doesn’t happen when you hoped it would, or with whom you thought it should. You’re going to get a broken heart at least once, and it’s going to feel like the end of the world. Have faith that the right man is going to come along – and he will be worth the wait.

All of the dreams you had as a teenager are not going to be realized. Some you will alter because what is important to you changes, others because they weren’t realistic or circumstances prevented them. Embrace the new hopes and goals that come as your world expands. Letting go provides a freedom you can’t imagine – and opens possibilities you never dreamed about.

These thoughts have been on my mind as graduation

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Attention Class of 2015. We’d like to share your graduation photos in a photo gallery on our website, TheHerald-News.com. Please email your photos to news@theherald-news.com to be included. season starts in Will and Grundy counties, and a new class heads out into the world to pursue its dreams. Congratulations to all of our graduating students. I wish you the best as you start the next part of your journey.

Thank you for reading The Herald-News.

• Kate Schott is editor of The Herald-News, the Morris Herald-News and Herald Life. She can be reached at kschott@shawmedia.com or 815-280-4119. Follow her on Twitter @Kate_Schott78.

JJC board plans to learn why administrators leaving

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Joliet Junior College trustees and human resources staff are running exit interviews for administrators leaving the college, a process one trustee says is needed, especially after one employee left inside a year.

JJC Board Chair Jeff May said trustees have discussed organizing a committee for exit interviews for years, but when trustee Michael O’Connell brought it up at a May 5 meeting, the board decided to pursue it.

“Basically, this is going to be an opportunity for the board to talk with individu-

als as they leave just to get a feeling and a pulse of the college, of what things are going well and things that need to be changed,” May said.

At the meeting, O’Connell and new trustee Maureen Broderick were appointed to work with JJC human resources staff on exit interviews. Broderick said exit interviews are needed for high-level staff so the board has a “check and balance” on why people leave.

The resignation of Donna Stewart, academic affairs vice president, was one example why exit interviews are needed, Broderick said.

Stewart, whose last day was Friday, joined JJC last July.

She will return to the College of DuPage.

“Especially when you have someone who has been with you for a short term and puts a statement of resignation, the board needs to look closely at what people are saying in their letters of resignation,” Broderick said.

Broderick said an exit interview already has been done with Stewart.

In an email, Stewart wrote her year at JJC “has been extremely productive,” with the development of several new programs and certificates, along with other initiatives.

She wrote she is leaving to pursue an opportunity that will “allow me to continue to

contribute to the academic success of students in significant ways in the future.”

O’Connell said he previously suggested exit interviews because he noticed several vice presidents and administrators have retired or resigned since 2009.

With Stewart leaving Friday, nine administrators with the senior leadership team have resigned since 2009, according to information provided by JJC Spokeswoman Kelly Rohder. She said there were no retirements among the team in that time period.

May said many administrators have left since the beginning of past-president

Gena Proulx’s tenure, but he didn’t think it was an epidemic. Proulx died in 2011.

“Really, there’s probably as many reasons as there are people,” he said about why administrators leave. “Everybody’s life circumstances are different.”

Julie McNeil, JJC human resources executive director, said the college has a small group of administrators – about 34 – and when one or two leave, it “feels impactful because it’s a small group.”

May said he will appoint all board committees June 9 and he might have to consider changes to this committee if there is a need to balance all of them.

New Lenox man killed Friday in Joliet Township collision THE HERALD–NEWS JOLIET TOWNSHIP – An 82-year-old New Lenox man was killed Friday evening after his vehicle was struck in a head-on collision.

The victim, Glenn E. Trost,

was traveling east on Route 30 when a Buick Enclave driving the other direction crossed into the eastbound lane, hitting his Ford F-150 pickup truck at 2000 E. Cass St., about a half mile east of Hillcrest Road, Illinois State Police Sgt.

Jim Powell said.

The crash occurred at 5:37 p.m. and Trost was pronounced dead at 6:45 p.m., according to the Will County Coroner’s Office. An autopsy on Trost conducted Saturday at the Will County morgue

found he sustained multiple injuries in the crash.

The final cause of death is pending police autopsy and toxicology reports, according to the coroner’s office.

Three other occupants in the Buick Enclave were tak-

en to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, Powell said, adding that ISP still is investigating the incident.

First Memorial Chapel in New Lenox is handling funeral arrangements for Trost.

So are questions concerning Silver Cross Field

By BOB OKON bokon@shawmedia.com

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JOLIET – If it’s May in Joliet, it’s time for minor league baseball – and another look at how deeply the city should be in the baseball business.

The Joliet Slammers have their home opener Tuesday, and team management is viewing the start of another summer of baseball with enthusiasm.

The team’s CEO, Josh Schaub, said 7,500 tickets had been sold as of midweek for the first three games, which means good attendance at least for the start of the season. And fans get something new this year – a $360,000 video scoreboard paid for by the city of Joliet, which owns Silver Cross Field.

“This is very much of an enhanced experience,” Schaub said.

Fans will see more vivid images than with the old board.

Advertisers get a better venue to sell their messages. Schaub said he even has heard from special events organizers whose interest was sparked by the new video board.

But the cost of the board also has reignited a debate at City Hall over whether Joliet should own a baseball stadium.

Photos by Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com

ABOVE: Joliet Slammers manager Jeff Isom watches the May 6 exhibition game against the Normal CornBelters at Silver Cross Field in Joliet. BELOW LEFT: The Slammers dugout during the May 6 exhibition game. BELOW RIGHT: Isom talks with general manager Chris Franklin before the game.

Future of Silver Cross Field

The Joliet City Council Land Use and Legislative Committee later this month is set to begin a public discussion over whether the city should continue to own Silver Cross Field, Councilman Jim McFarland said.

“I don’t want to get rid of baseball there,” McFarland said. “I think it’s a great community asset. But at the end of the day, I don’t think the city of Joliet should be operating that facility.”

The Slammers actually run Silver Cross Field. But the scoreboard was one more example of the city footing the bill for major maintenance and upkeep.

Another big expense for the

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city this year will be $180,000 to fix concrete in the stands that has cracked, creating a problem when water leaks into a storage area below.

City Manager Jim Hock,

at the urging of McFarland and other City Council members following the divided vote to buy the video board, approached Slammers’ ownership to inquire about their in-

terest in buying the stadium.

“They have no interest in ownership,” Hock said.

The problem, he said, is that private ownership would trigger an additional expense for

the team – property taxes.

“They’re saying, why should we pay to then be taxed,” Hock said.

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Schaub said the Slammers would not necessarily say no forever to buying the stadium, but the team cannot do it now.

“We’ve got three years left on our lease. We’ve got to focus on our business,” Schaub said.

Play ball

So baseball goes on.

The Slammers started the season Thursday with a threegame series in Kentucky against the Florence Freedom.

The team returns to Joliet for the Tuesday home opener at 7:05 p.m. against the Lake Erie Crushers.

Fans on opening night get a special $2 price for reserve seats as the Slammers bring back “$2 Tuesdays” this season. That’s reduced from the regular price of $12 at the gate [$10 if ordered in advance].

The Slammers’ organization is running its crews through final preparation for game time, General Manager Chris Franklin said.

“We do customer service training,” Franklin said. “We want to be attentive to our fans. We want to make sure our customer service is as good as any place you go.”

Then there are the details that come with running a baseball operation, such as timing video clips for advertisers that sponsor home runs so the clips run when the homers are hit.

“Everything we do is planned out,” Franklin said.

Fan base

The market for Slammers games doesn’t go far beyond Joliet.

“Sixty-five percent of our

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A new scoreboard is seen during the singing of the National Anthem at a Joliet Slammers exhibition game May 6 at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.

For information on the Joliet Slammers, including schedules, ticket availability and promotional nights throughout the season, visit www.jolietslammers.com.

Beyond baseball fan base comes from within 15 miles of the ballpark,” Franklin said. “We draw well from Mokena, New Lenox, Plainfield and Bolingbrook.”

Season ticket sales are comparable to last year, Franklin said. Group sales are up. The Slammers have more than 3,000 tickets sold for “Education Day” on Wednesday, with a 10:05 a.m. start for the crowd of students.

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Whatever happens on the field, this could be a big year for Joliet’s baseball stadium.

Outside of the city’s review of ownership options, Mayor Bob O’Dekirk said it may be time to put more money into the stadium so it can be put to more use.

“The way it’s being used right now, it’s not being utilized to its full potential,” O’Dekirk said.

He said the City Council may need to decide on whether to “double down” on the sta-

dium investment and install field turf to replace natural grass. The price, however, is likely to be about $1 million.

The Slammers have priced field turf, and Schaub said the team would welcome it.

“We could run Little League and Pony League games all day,” he said. “We could have soccer games. And we could turn around and have baseball at night and a concert.”

Field turf can stand the wear and tear of multiple events. Grass cannot. But another $1 million put into Silver Cross Field would probably be a tough sell.

“I think we’re kind of at a crossroads,” O’Dekirk said. “I think in the next year you’re going to see this issue brought to the forefront.”

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Fans take in an exhibition game May 6 at Silver Cross Field in Joliet as the Joliet Slammers take on the Normal CornBelters.

The stadium’s new scoreboard has reignited a debate at City Hall.

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Battle over balancing state budget Lawmakers face May 31 deadline to pass funding plan

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com SPRINGFIELD – There’s mounting pressure for Illinois lawmakers to pass a balanced budget by the end of May as a battle continues between the Democrat-controlled Legislature and a Republican governor new to the Springfield political scene.

Local Republican lawmakers said Friday that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s working groups are edging closer to a compromise in closed-door sessions. But Democrats say otherwise, decrying Rauner’s decision to tie his pro-business, anti-union agenda to ongoing budget negotiations.

State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, said the next two weeks will encompass “the most challenging session that we will have, period,” noting the recent Illinois Supreme Court pension ruling and an estimated $6.6 billion budget deficit heading into the next fiscal year.

But Rezin said she remains optimistic.

“We have big problems that need bold solutions,” Rezin said. “But before we can go back to the taxpayers and ask for additional revenue, we need to show them we’re working hard to pass measures that low-

ers the cost of doing business in Illinois, to live in Illinois.”

Working groups vs. open discussion

Although Rauner has yet to file any formal legislation, he spent much of his first few months as governor trying to build support for his “turnaround agenda” – namely workers’ compensation reform, tort reform and right-towork zones.

Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet, on Friday criticized Rauner for negotiating within “secret” legislative working groups.

Gov. Bruce He argued the Rauner longer lawmakers go without open discussion, the more ugly the last days of session will be.

Michael “I fear an avalanche,” Madigan McGuire said, noting his concerns that an “ugly combination of bills” linking workers’ comp reform and a minimum wage increase to gambling expansion and cuts to local governments, among others, will

arrive on lawmakers’ doorstep at the eleventh hour.

The Rauner administration continues to negotiate in good faith, a spokeswoman for Rauner said in an email Friday.

“New revenue cannot be discussed until we restructure state government,” Catherine Kelly said in the email.

If an agreement isn’t reached on additional revenue streams, Illinois lawmakers say they expect deep cuts to local government, social and human services, Medicaid programs, and other areas.

Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, said she, like others, wants to see more movement on the budget.

“The governor won’t entertain anything until we pass his reforms. That’s not feasible.

That’s not how government works. This is not a business,” Manley said. “You don’t demand what you want and hold the rest of the Legislature hostage until you get what you want.”

‘Smoke and mirrors’

House Speaker Michael Madigan’s recent decision to prematurely throw Rauner’s proposals up for a formal vote is all “smoke and mirrors,” Rezin said. Last week, Democrats voted down Rauner’s

right-to-work zone proposals, while several Republicans voted “present,” arguing the move is “all political theater.”

Democrats say it’s a hardly a show, but a call to move onto more important issues – like deciding how to fill the state’s $6.6 billion budget shortfall.

“It’s a political reality,” said Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, D-Plainfield. “The governor needs to move on.”

New revenue?

Pointing to a recent Civic Federation report calling Rauner’s budget plan “unachievable,” McGuire said Illinois must consider new revenue sources and tax structures.

He’s said he is a proponent of the graduated income tax, broadening the sales tax to include services, and taxing high retirement income greater than $50,000 – proposals outlined in the Civic Federation report.

When asked, other local lawmakers would not offer concrete solutions to the budget crisis, noting they were waiting on caucus leaders to present proposals within the next two weeks.

Bertino-Tarrant said she’s open to, but not necessarily a “yes” vote on, the Civic Federation’s revenue concepts, noting

“The governor won’t entertain anything until we pass his reforms.

That’s not feasible. ...

You don’t demand what you want and hold the rest of the Legislature hostage until you get what you want. ” Rep. Natalie Manley D-Joliet affected small businesses and senior citizens in her district.

Bertino-Tarrant declined to say how she would vote on any measure.

Manley said she’s against taxing services, retirement income, and “isn’t a fan” of the graduated income tax.

But when asked how the state should proceed with new revenue, Manley declined to offer suggestions.

Rep. John Anthony, R-Plainfield, on Friday declined to offer suggestions, as well.

“Honestly, we don’t know what the big picture is,” Anthony said. “We have not had any real leadership in years.

For once, we have an adult in the room. Rauner is working toward a budget that is within our means. ... Everyone will have to have shared sacrifice.”

Coal City man arrested on Missouri kidnapping charges

By KATE SCHOTT kschott@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Morris police assisted the FBI in the arrest Friday of a Coal City man wanted in Missouri on kidnapping charges.

Morris police, Illinois State Police, Seneca police and an FBI special agent arrested Jeffery M. Lazier, 43, of Coal City on Interstate 80 near Morris at 1:44 p.m. Friday, according to a news release from Morris police.

Lazier was wanted on a warrant on charges of armed robbery, kidnapping, felony

armed criminal action, felony sodomy and aggravated criminal sexual assault, according to the news release.

The charges stem from an alleged incident Tuesday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in which an adult female told authorities she was abducted for hours before escaping her captor, according to a news release from the FBI. The female told authorities she was sitting in her vehicle in South County Park in Cape Girardeau when sometime between 11 a.m. and noon she was physically forced into a red extended cab pickup truck,

“We were fortunate to be there.”

Brent Dite Morris police chief the FBI said its news release.

The woman said she was driven to various locations and assaulted before she managed to escape about 6 p.m. Tuesday in Effingham, Illinois.

The FBI on Friday was checking some known addresses of the suspect in the area, Morris police Chief Brent Dite said, when an agent

located and began following him. The agent needed assistance in stopping the vehicle so he contacted Illinois State Police, which then used the Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network to ask for assistance.

Morris police had a few officers in the area where the suspect and agent were, and they caught up to the special agent, who requested local officers stop the vehicle. The man was pulled over on I-80 near the 100 mile marker, Dite said, and was taken into custody without incident.

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there,” Dite said.

Lazier was taken to the Morris Police Department, where he was questioned by FBI agents, Dite said. Lazier was later taken to the Grundy County Jail, where he is being held on a $250,000 cash bond.

The FBI is continuing its investigation.

Dite said he anticipates Lazier will be extradited to Missouri, but noted that was up for the court system to decide.

• Morris Herald-News News Editor Christina Chapman-Van Yperen contribute to this report.

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Gannon’s appointment is on Tuesday’s Joliet City Council meeting agenda.

“I’ll believe it when it happens,” Gannon said Friday.

Mayor Bob O’Dekirk plans to name Gannon to the Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority. But the appointment must be approved by the City Council.

Gannon said she is “hopeful” she will be approved.

“I’m going to have my whole family there,” she said.

O’Dekirk, elected mayor April 7, had previously said he planned to appoint Gannon to the WCMEAA if he won the election. The City Council rejected a previous recommended appointment by former Mayor Tom Giarrante, with members saying a decision should wait until after the election.

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O’Dekirk said Macris is “a good guy” and that he would consider him if another appointment comes up.

But he said Gannon’s resume, and interest in the position, and involvement in the Rialto Belongs to the People group, which led opposition to the marquee, were factors in his decision.

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Old Canal Days, one of the oldest town festivals in Illinois, will run from June 18 to 21.

The city of Lockport has placed more emphasis on making the festival attractive to visitors outside the area to boost its profile.

This year, Old Canal Days will have a wine and cheese tent set up by residents of Asiago, Italy, which is part of a sister city partnership with

Summer events in Will and Grundy counties

Communities throughout Will and Grundy counties will host events through Labor Day. Some are single events, others are arranged as a series. Some of those events include: GRUNDY COUNTY • 3 French Hens Country Market – 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 13, July 11, Aug, 8, Sept. 12 and Oct. 10., at Canal Port Park on Illinois Avenue in Morris. For information, visit 3frenchhensmarket.blogspot.com/ • Concerts on the Courthouse Lawn – June 4, June 18, July 2, July 16, July 30, Aug. 6, on the Grundy County Courthouse Lawn, 111 E. Washington St., Morris. For information, visit www.downtownmorris. com/special-events/ • Brown Bag Fridays – June 5, June 26, Aug. 7 and Aug. 28, Sept.

25 on the Grundy County Courthouse Lawn, 111 E. Washington St., Morris. For information, visit www.downtownmorris.com/special-events/ • Cabin Festival – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6, Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area, 5010 N. Jugtown

Road, Morris. For information, visit gooselakeprairie.org/craggcabinfestival.htm • Gus Macker (3-on-3) Basketball – June 6 and 7, Downtown Morris. For information, visit www. downtownmorris.com/gus-macker/ • Morris Fireman’s Carnival – June 9 to 13, Morris Community High School parking lot, 1000 Union St., Morris. For information, visit www.downtownmorris.com/special-events/ • Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 6 and June 7, Goold Park, Morris. For information, visit www.gebharddulcimer.org/ general/ • Morris Cruise Nights – June 13, July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10, in Downtown Morris. For information, visit www.morriscruisenight. com/ • Seneca Shipyard Days Sesquicentennial Celebration – June 24 to 28, Downtown Seneca.

For information, visit www.senecashipyarddays.com • Liberty Arts Festival – June 25 to 27, Downtown Morris. For information, visit www.downtown-

site of the Old Campground Festival June 27. The festival will feature arts and crafts booths, jewelry, clothing, outdoor decorations, bird houses and more.

The Taste of Joliet will run from June 26 to 28, with 25 food vendors, a carnival, kids zone, and headline entertainment.

The sixth annual Star Wars Day is June 6, inviting dozens of authors, artists and exhibitors.

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Monica Briseno and George Sabin enjoy roasted corn as they walk through the Taste of Joliet in 2014. This year’s Taste of Joliet is June 26 to 28 at ATI Field Joliet Memorial Stadium. a demolition derby on a smaller scale, with toy cars they can drive around and crash, she said.

The fair also will have a rodeo, tractor and truck pulls, a chili cook-off and contests ranging from food to photography.

The contests will attract people from as far as Texas and others outside the state, she said.

“I know one of the big reasons we are always so successful is because we’re so close to Chicago … we still have that

‘small town county fair’ feel, with the animals, the carnivals and the tractor pull,” she said.

In Plainfield, people can attend Plainfield Fest from July 17 to 19. The downtown event offers rides, food, music, a bags competition and a pizza contest.

In New Lenox, village officials will host Summer Triple Play concerts on June 20, July 18 and Sept. 5. The concerts will feature artists such as Kenny Loggins and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

New Lenox will also be the

morris.com/liberty-days/ • Grundy County Fair – July 2 to 6, Grundy County Fairgrounds on Route 47 one mile north of I-80, ext.

112, in Morris. For information, visit www.grundyagfair.org • Liberty 5K Run/Walk – July 3, Liberty Street, Morris. For information, visit www.downtownmorris. com/liberty-5k-runwalk/ • Marseilles Fun Days – July 13 to 19, in Knudson Park, across from Marseilles City Hall, 209 Lincoln St. For information, visit cityofmarseilles.com • Brown Bag Fridays – June 5, June 26, Aug. 7 and Aug. 28, Sept.

25 on the Grundy County Courthouse Lawn, 111 E. Washington St., Morris. For information, visit www.downtownmorris.com/special-events • Three Rivers Festival – Aug. 12 to 16, Central Park, Route 6 at Bluff Road, Channahon. For information, visit www.channahonpark.org/ trindex.php

Park band shell, 201 W. Jefferson Street at Bluff Street, Joliet. For information, visit www.bicentennialpark.org • Summer Rooftop music series – 6:45 p.m. June 11, July 16, Aug. 13 and Sept. 10, Joliet Area Historical Museum Outdoor Rooftop Terrace, 204 Ottawa St., Joliet. For information, visit www.jolietmuseum.org/special-events • Summer Triple Play – June 20, July 18, Sept. 5 at Veterans Parkway in New Lenox. For information, visit www.newlenox.net • Lockrocks Summer concert series – July 17, Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, Dellwood Park, Rt. 171 and Woods Drive, Lockport. For information, visit www.lockportpark.org/pdcms/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-LockRocks.pdf • Star Wars Day – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 6, Joliet Main Library, 150 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. For information, visit jolietlibrary.org/starwarsday • Woofapalooza – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 7, Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm, 17250 Weber Road, Lockport.

For information, visit cottonwoodfarms.net • New Orleans North – 5 to

WILL COUNTY • Concerts on the Hill – 6:30 p.m. every Thursday from June to August, Billie Limacher Bicentennial

Grundy County

The Liberty Arts Festival in Morris begins June 25. One of the biggest draws will be the art walk, which will present local artists discussing and demonstrating their artwork, said Julie Applegate, Morris Downtown Development Partnership executive director.

Musicians will perform in the streets during the art walk.

The festival used to focus on patriotism in the past, but organizers wanted to make it more unique from other festivals, Applegate said.

See SUMMER, page 41

11 p.m. June 12, Chicago Street, Joliet. For information, visit www. jolietchamber.com • Old Canal Days – June 18 to 21, in the heart of Lockport’s historic downtown. For information, visit oldcanaldays.com • Rally, Rock and Race Weekend – June 19 and 20, Chicagoland Speedway, 500 Speedway Blvd., Joliet. For information, visit www. chicagolandspeedway.com • Marley Community Church flea market – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

June 20, the park next to Marley Community Church, 12625 W. 187th St., Mokena. For information, visit www.marleychurch.org/Flea%20 Market.html • Taste of Joliet – June 26 to 28, noon to midnight Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, ATI Field Joliet Memorial Stadium, Jefferson Street, Joliet. For information, visit www.tasteofjoliet.com • Old Campground Festival – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 27 at United Methodist Church Campground, located in New Lenox on U.S. Route 30, 1 mile east of Interstate 80, exit See EVENTS, page 41

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JOLIET – Between Grundy and Will counties, people will find plenty of fun throughout the summer, from county fairs to demolition derby to food markets.

This year’s offerings include a revitalized Old Canal Days in Lockport, the Summer Triple Play concerts that attract major musical talent to New Lenox and the world’s largest three-on-three basketball tournament in Morris.

Many of the events are free and open to the public.

Lockport. There also will be an art and antiquity fair, parades, carnivals, a bull ride and tours of the historic Lockport Lock.

“It’s a good family time,” said Susan Padgen, Lockport outreach director. “There’s something literally for everyone at this, and that’s what Old Canal Days has always been – it’s about the families.”

The bull ride will gather dollars for cancer research.

“We’re going to have this bull ride and people can donate a couple of cash to cancer research and try desperately to stay on,” Padgen said.

The Will County Fair will run Aug. 26 through 30. One of the highlights of this year’s county fair is the demolition derby on Aug. 28 and 29, said Dana Schubbe, county fair recording secretary. She said those events draw the most attention.

“We’ve been one of the hardest-hitting demolition derbies … they draw a big crowd.

There’s nothing more fun than watching two cars crash into each other,” Schubbe said.

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A Farmland Assessment Review Committee has been formed to help Grundy County officials assess farmland. Local farmers are sitting on the committee.

E. Washington St. in Morris, the committee will hold a public hearing regarding the 2016 values. It will then either vote to agree with the figures presented or disagree.

If it agrees, the county assessor will move forward using the numbers. If it disagrees, the committee must make alternate recommendations and the Department of

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MORRIS – A new Grundy County Farmland Assessment Review Committee includes three local farmers – Scott Halpin, Tom Tesdal and Pete Kodat.

Grundy County Board Chairman David Welter appointed the farmers with the approval of the full County Board.

By state law, a committee is formed annually and includes three farmers from different areas of the county, as well as the chairman of the Board of Review and the chief county assessor. The committee advises the county assessor on the interpretation and application of guidelines and the implementation of the state-certified farmland values.

“The three chosen give a good mix and represent the southern, central and northern parts of Grundy County,” Welter said. “It’s a good diverse group of gentleman who have been in the farming industry for a long time.”

Halpin is of Gardner, Tesdal of Morris and Kodat of Morris.

Stephanie Kennedy, Grundy County assessor, said the state uses a formula based on the productivity of farmland, versus the real value of farmland, to assess for taxes.

“The value comes from the state working with the University of Illinois to gather figures that would be too costly for each county to do,” she said.

The committee reviews the state’s findings and votes to agree or disagree with them.

“Through my experience with the Farm Bureau, I understand how the assessments work,” Halpin said. “The assessments have been pretty fair in the past.”

Until the late 1970s, farmland was assessed for property tax based on its fair market value.

Halpin said if farmland was still assessed this way, farmers would be unable to farm, since the taxes owed would exceed profits from the crops planted in the field.

In 1981, the Farmland Assessment Law was passed and land was assessed on total use value. The process continued to change and by 2006, all counties were required to begin assessing farmland according to its agricultural uses and a new productivity index scale.

On May 1 each year, the Illinois Department of Revenue certifies to each county the equalized assessed value per acre of farmland for each productivity index. That is set at 33.33 percent of the agricultural economic value for a five-year average.

The 2015 estimated average EAV for cropland in Grundy County, for tax year 2016 and payable in 2017, is $280 per acre, and the estimated average EAV for all farmland in Grundy County is $245 per acre.

That is slightly lower than the 2014 estimated average EAV for tax year 2015, payable in 2016, which was $284 per acre, and the estimated average EAV for all farmland, which was $250 per acre.

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In order to complete the work, two separate closures will be necessary along northbound Arsenal Road, according to a news release from IDOT. • From May 27 until June 1, just north of Exxon Mobil’s main entrance, one lane of northbound Arsenal Road will be closed.

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Pre-registration check-in started at 9 a.m. at the I&M Canal Access on the Lower Rock Run Preserve off Houbolt Road in Joliet, where the ride started. But a line of participants started forming nearly an hour before that.

Throughout the day participants checked out several family-friendly attractions, including music, a rock climbing wall, petting zoo, bike safety checks and vendor tents.

The 16.4-mile path started at the I&M Canal Access and headed north along Houbolt Road to the first rest stop at the fire station south of Jefferson Street.

It continued north along the Rock Run Trail through

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People ride from Lower Rock Run Preserve on Saturday during the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s 2015 Ride the Rock bicycle ride in Joliet. the Rock Run Preserve. Then it winded northwest through Theodore Marsh and south along the Joliet Junction Trail.

Last ride?

Ride the Rock may have seen its last day, but nothing is final yet, district Executive Director Marcy DeMauro said.

The district is facing budget concerns, and one recommen-

dation was to eliminate the popular ride, which was originally supposed to be a one-time event when it started in 2007.

Joliet resident Noah Mitchell, 18, has been participating for three years and said Ride the Rock is like “another day of Christmas” for him.

“I’ll be a little sad if it’s gone,” he said. “But I’ll still be riding the trails.”

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Ready said he has attended the event the past four to five years because it is a good way to meet a lot of people and a chance to ride with friends. In the morning, he was talking with Plainfield resident Jackie Healy, who was getting ready for her second Ride the Rock.

“It’s disappointing,” Healy said of the possibility of no more Ride the Rocks. “I

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DeMauro said charging for the popular event is something the district will look at.

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JOLIET – Participants of the ninth annual “Ride the Rock” community cycling event Saturday morning in Joliet were disappointed at reports that it may be the program’s last run.

But they were optimistic and still had fun riding along the trails of the Forest Preserve District of Will County.

“It’s a very good way to encourage people to see these natural resources, maybe come back another day,” said Plainfield resident Leo Shiner, a three-time participant who brought his family.

“It would be a shame to lose this ride,” he said.

About 1,200 cyclists turned up despite gloomy weather predictions that included rain, forest preserve spokeswoman Cindy Cain said. About 2,100 people pre-registered, and the rain subsided before the event started.

“It’s a pretty good turnout for the threatening weather,” Cain said. “It’s kind of muddy weather, but people are having fun.”

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By BOB OKON bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Los Diaz Bar & Liquors has been fined $150 for an April incident where people were drinking outside when a brawl started and one man was shot in the head.

Mayor Bob O’Dekirk, who decided the penalty as the city’s liquor commissioner, said an investigation determined the bar’s owners “did nothing wrong” to cause the shooting.

“They were very cooperative,” O’Dekirk said Friday. He issued the penalty Thursday.

The shooting occurred April 12 in an outside patio area where people were drinking.

Los Diaz does not have the beer garden license needed to allow customers to drink outdoors.

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Continued from page 10 The WCMEAA previously appointed Gannon to an advisory committee that reviewed the issues surrounding the marquee and made recommendations. The board is scheduled to discuss the committee’s report Wednesday.

The advisory committee recommended a marquee similar in design to what is at the theater now, but updating it with LED lights and digital sign boards.

The WCMEAA had planned to replace the marquee with a larger and more colorful sign that opponents said did not fit the historic character of the theater,

hearing Wednesday to a charge that it “permitted numerous persons [to] remove alcoholic liquor in an open container from the licensed premises.”

Police said 13 people were involved in the brawl, which was described as gang-related.

A 19-year-old man was shot in the head and torso. He was hospitalized in critical condition.

Eight people were later arrested for aggravated battery and mob action. Also, Anthony Luna, 26, of Aurora was arrested and accused of the shooting.

Chris Rouskey, an attorney for Los Diaz, said at the liquor hearing that the bar now checks the patio area to ensure people are not drinking there.

“We’re making sure someone’s checking that area to make sure no one is removing alcohol from the premises,” Rouskey said at the hearing.

which opened in 1926.

When the WCMEAA decided to put the marquee project on hold to reconsider the design, donor Ed Czerkies pulled back a $350,000 donation that would have paid for it. Nearly $200,000 has already been spent on the marquee, which is in mid-production.

The WCMEAA has not yet decided what to do with the unfinished marquee.

Gannon is chairwoman of the Rialto Belongs to the People group, which started with a Facebook page in reaction to the proposed marquee’s design. The group mobilized and went to WCMEAA meetings to urge a halt to the plans.

“I hope to see a few more members of the Rialto Be-

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Gannon said she has a strong attachment to the Rialto that goes back to her grandfather, who was a musician in the theater’s orchestra pit.

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In another Rialto development, O’Dekirk will appoint new Coucilman Pat Mudron as the City Council’s liaison to the theater. O’Dekirk was the previous Rialto liaison.

O’Dekirk also is expected to name next week appointments to the nine City Council committees and four other liaisons from the council.

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Raymond Jones, 80, of Braceville was pronounced dead at 12:24 a.m. Saturday at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.

Jones appears to be the victim of a structure fire that happened in the 200 block of South Mitchell Street in Braceville, according to the coroner’s office, which planned an autopsy for Saturday.

The Braceville Fire Protection District received a call about 11:18 p.m. Friday for a house fire with a resident inside, according to a news release from the district.

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trapped man, but was unsuccessful because of the extreme heat, according to the news release.

Another attempt was made after an engine arrived and hand-line was put into place.

The interior crew found Jones and removed him with the assistance of a Coal City Fire Protection District crew, according to the news release.

The victim’s wife also was taken to St. Joseph and admitted; information about her status was not immediately available Saturday.

“The Braceville Fire Protection District would like to extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the Jones family at this extremely difficult time,” the district said in the news release. “Chief Basham would like to thank all the assisting agencies for their tireless efforts throughout the night.”

Grundy County Sheriff Kevin Callahan said the Illinois State Fire Marshal is investigating the fire and his office will assist as necessary.

Baskerville Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

CREST HILL – A power pole cracked in half and a transformer caught on fire in the area of Theodore and North Williams streets Friday afternoon, causing a loss of power to 181 ComEd customers.

Theodore Street was shut down for more than 14 hours after power was lost in the area.

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No one was involved in the incident and Theodore Street was reopened about 10:30 a.m.

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JOLIET – A Plainfield Township man died Thursday as the result of a scooter crash earlier this month.

Sean T. McGrail, 20, was pronounced dead at 5:34 p.m. at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center, according to the Will County Coroner’s office.

Joliet police said McGrail was riding a scooter at around 3:30 p.m. May 1 in the 1800 block of Arborgate Drive. McGrail went straight where the road curved and struck a car parked in a driveway.

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• Junk in the Trunk – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1926 Division St. (Route 47), Morris, behind Wendy’s in the lot used for “Brothers Country Supply.”

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Tuesday • DAV Service Officer Help Process VA Claims – 8:30 to 11:30

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• Veterans Resource Fair – noon to 4 p.m., University of St. Francis. San Damiano Hall, Donovan Hall in the university’s Motherhouse, 520 Plainfield Road, Joliet.

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• C.A.R.E. Meeting – 6 to 7:30 p.m., White Oak Library, 121 E. 8th St., Lockport. Citizens Against Ruining the Environment. Various topics.

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COAL CITY – The driver of a vehicle found submerged in a lake Wednesday has turned himself in.

Daniel Ruffatto, 20, of Coal City, turned himself in to the Grundy County Sheriff’s office Thursday and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to give aid or information.

Ruffatto was allegedly driving a vehicle found Wednesday night submerged in a lake at the Coal City Area Club. Sheriff’ deputies were dispatched to the club at 10:57 p.m. for a report of a vehicle in the water.

While searching the scene, deputies ran into four women walking along the road, according to the police report.

They said they were in the truck when it went into the water, Sheriff Kevin Callahan

said previously. One of them was injured.

Ruffatto reported while driving around the club, he looked down to change radio stations and lost control of his vehicle and went into the lake. Everyone exited the vehicle before it sank in 20 feet of water, Callahan said in a news release Thursday.

According to the police report, Ruffatto stated he helped the women out of the vehicle and then went for help. He sought help at a nearby friend’s house, where he found out the women were helped by emergency responders and were OK. According to the report, he said he fell asleep at his friend’s home.

Upon learning police were looking for him, he contacted the sheriff’s department and turned himself in, according to the report.

Ruffatto posted bond and was released with a June 15 court date.

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QUICK NEWS USDA seeking input from Illinois growers

SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is gearing up to conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey.

The agency will survey more than 4,000 farms in Illinois to determine crop acreage for 2015 and stocks on hand as of June 1, according to a news release from the state.

NASS gathers the data for the June Agriculture Survey online, by mail and/or by phone. For the June Area Survey, agency rep-

resentatives will visit randomly selected tracts of land and interview the operators of any farm or ranch on that land. Growers will provide information on crop acreage – including biotech crops – as well as grain stocks, livestock inventory, cash rents, land values and value of sales.

As with all NASS surveys, information provided by respondents is kept strictly confidential, as required by federal law.

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OBITUARIES

Michael P. Broadwell, age 52, passed away suddenly Friday, May 15, 2015.

Born September 17, 1962, in Joliet to Jack J. and Bettie J. (nee Jones) Broadwell. Member of the Roofer’s Union Local #11.

Survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Loreen “Lori” (nee Reiter) Dean; children, Kelly (Richard) Greer, Valarie Venegas, Michael Paul (Veronica) Venegas, Nicholas Patterson; stepchildren, Jenna and Kristin Dean; six grandchildren, Niko, Mariah, Maxx, Michael Jr., Anthony Michael and Mason; sister, Kathy Sanders; brother, Phillip Broadwell; many nieces and nephews; and his canine companion, Snowy.

Preceded in death by his parents; and siblings, Joe, Jack, Steve and James “Peter” Broadwell.

Funeral Services and Interment for Michael P. Broadwell will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to TLC Animal Shelter, 13016 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491.

You may visit his Book of Memories at www.fredcdames.com

HENRY L. ERREK Henry L. Errek, 89, of New Lenox, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015, at Presence St. Mary’ s Hospital, Kankakee.

Henry was born in Joliet to the late Henry and Susie (nee Budzinski) Errek. Beloved husband of Nora L. (nee Madden); loving father of Henry (Susan) Errek and David (Susan) Errek; cherished grandpa of Elizabeth (Matthew) Warren, Kathryn Errek, Kevin Errek and Jason Errek; great grandpa of Hailey and Charlie Warren; dear brother of Rose Mary (the late Robert) Scully and Joseph (Rachael) Errek.

Henry was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran. He retired from Olin Chemical after 42 years of service.

in Plainfield.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to Gift of Hope would be appreciated.

Visitation Monday, 1:00 to 8:00 p.m.

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

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Born: Sept. 17, 1962 Died: May 15, 2015

Family will receive friends at Kurtz Memorial Chapel,102 E. Francis Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451 on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral service Wednesday, May 20, 2015, with prayers at 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home chapel to St. Jude Catholic Church, New Lenox for Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Interment SS Cyril & Methodius Cemetery, Joliet.

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

(815) 838-5010 In Loving Memory

SEAN T. MCGRAIL Sean Thornton McGrail, age 20, of Plainfield passed away suddenly on May 14, 2015, at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center with his loving family by his side.

He was a 2009 graduate of Drauden Point Middle School and a 2013 graduate of Plainfield South High School. He attended Benedictine University.

Survived by his loving parents, Matthew T. and Maureen M. (nee O’Malley); three sisters, Shannon Starosta, Maggie (fiancee Pat Howard) and Mary; one brother, Jack; grandmother, Margaret McGrail; uncle of Matthew and Molly Starosta; nephew of Cliff (Bobbie) McGrail, Marty (Vicki) McGrail, Margaret (Pete) Aparicio, Karen (Earl) Fitzner, Kathleen (Keith) Kobiernicki, Erin Johnson, Colleen (Jerry) Granato, Kerrie (Bob) McAvoy and Mary Susan O’Malley; many loving great aunts and uncles, cousins and friends also survive.

Preceded in death by his grandparents, Clifford McGrail, John “Duke” and Joan O’Malley; and his uncle, Patrick O’Malley.

A heartfelt thank you to the staff of Presence St. Joseph Medical Center for the love, care and support shown to Sean’s family during the past few weeks.

The family will be praying for all the families of the individuals that will be receiving Sean’s gift of life through his organ donations.

Funeral Services for Sean Thornton McGrail will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 9:15 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home 3200 Black at Essington Roads, Joliet to St. Mary Immaculate Catholic Church for Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Interment St. Mary Immaculate Cemetery

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Germaine D. “Gerry” Bost (nee: Rheaume), age 93, of Lockport, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015, surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Canada, moving to the United States in 1926, and resided in Chicago, Evanston and living in Lockport for the past 32 years.

Gerry worked her entire life, retiring in 1983.

Member of St. Dennis Church, Lockport Altar and Rosary Society and was also a greeter at church for many years. She was past-president of the PTA at St. Mary’s School in Evanston.

An avid Cubs fan; she enjoyed baking Christmas cookies, playing cards, but most of all she cherished her time with her family.

Preceded in death by her parents, Odilon and Mary Ann (Dusablon) Rheaume; son-in-law, Lester Dufault; a brother, Roland Rheaume; and her sisters, Jeanne (Fred) Power and Jacqueline Constantine.

Survived by her loving husband of 69 years, Melvin; five loving children, Susan (Joe Reposh) Dufault of Lockport, Barbara (Leroy) Steffes of Lockport, Patrick (Janice) Bost of AZ, James Bost of Lockport and Andrew (Barbara) Bost of Hoffman Estates; 10 adored grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, James Constantine; sister-in-law, Ricky Rheaume; and her cherished friend Mary Kay Tierney. Numerous nieces, nephews and many friends also survive.

Gerry’s family would like to extend their deepest gratitude to Joliet Area Community Hospice and the care givers at Above All Home Care in Lockport.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. Dennis Church Music Ministry or Joliet Area Community Hospice would be appreciated.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 20, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m., at St. Dennis Church, 1214 S. Hamilton St., Lockport. Interment Lockport City Cemetery.

Family and friends can sign the online guest book at: www.oneilfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by:

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OBITUARIES DR. F. PATRICK MCQUILLAN

Born: July 6, 1931; in Detroit, MI Died: May 14, 2015; in Joliet, IL

TRACEY F. MUTZ Tracey F. Mutz died suddenly on May 12, 2015, at the age of 60.

Survived by her cherished daughters, Laurenn Flynn, Christine (Angel) Castro, and Tamara Mutz; her stepdaughter, Angelica Mutz; devoted “Mimi” to her granddaughter, Kaylee Ann; loving father, Paul Flynn; and her beloved

siblings, Paul (Mary) Flynn, Patrice (Ed) Baptista and Timothy (Jann) Flynn. She is also survived by many extended family members and close friends, both near and far.

Preceded in death by her dear mother, Marian Flynn (nee Donahue); her loving husband of 21 years, James P. Mutz Jr.; and her father-inlaw, James P. Mutz Sr. Tracey was an unbelievably amazing mother, wife, grandmother, and friend to so many. She was a straight shooter who told it like it was. You always knew where you stood with Tracey, good or bad. She loved those close to her with everything she had.

Tracey was the rock, the glue that held her family together and through good times and bad she was always there for those she loved with her sage advice, a hug, a comforting word, or a swift kick in the rear, if that’s what was needed. No matter the miles between, Tracey never let an occasion go by without a call, text, or one of her famous hand-written letters or cards. Her sense of humor was unparalleled, and her loved ones will always be able to look back fondly at innumerous moments and conversations shared with her.

Tracey was an avid collector, always seeking out treasures with her partner-in-crime Kaylee Ann, at the local antique stores, junk stores, and garage sales. Working as a CNA for 20 years, Tracey thrived at taking care of others. She always put everyone else’s needs before hers, and that carried over into her work, making it more of a passion than a job. She spent much of her time outside, enjoying life’s simple pleasures while listening to some good old tunes, feeding her birdie friends, tending to her flowers and gardening, and spending time talking and being with the ones she loved.

Tracey’s spirit and passion will live on through her family and friends.

They will find peace knowing that she has been reunited with her mother and husband, whom she loved and missed so dearly.

“Always in our minds, forever in our hearts.”

Memorial donations to Tracey’s family would be appreciated during this difficult time.

A celebration of Tracey’s life will begin on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, with prayers in the funeral home chapel at 9:20 a.m. then driving in procession to St. Patrick Catholic Church in Joliet for a Mass of Christian Burial to be held at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Tezak

Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Obituary and tribute wall for Tracey E. Mutz at www.tezakfuneralhome. com or for information, 815-7220524.

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1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Banks & Beals Funeral Home in Dallas City. No formal services are planned. Burial will be held at a later date in Harris Cemetery, Dallas City.

Condolences may be left at banksandbeals.com

GLENN E. TROST ROXANNA PETTY Born: Feb. 11, 1950 Died: May 14, 2015

Mrs. Roxanna Petty, 65, of Dallas City, IL, formerly of Wilmington, IL, passed away at 11:10 a.m. Thursday, May 14, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, IA. She was on February 11, 1950, the daughter of William G. And Martha Bice Rea. On April 19, 1974, she married James Russell Petty in Dallas City. He preceded he in death on September 18, 2002. Roxanna was a 1968 graduate of Nauvoo-Colusa High School. She worked as a waitress at Chic-A-Dee’s and the Moose Lodge in Wilmington, IL. She was a member of the Grace Bible Church in Dallas City. Roxanna loved spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by three sons, Leo W. (Sherry) Olson of Maywood, MO, Dustin R. Petty of Dallas City, IL and Heath R. (Katherine) Petty of Wilmington, IL; one daughter, Summer (John) Cox of Wilmington, IL; eleven grandchildren; two brothers, Rick Rea of Niota, IL and Roger Rea of Virginia; three sisters, Rhonda Chamlee of Jonesboro, AR, Rita Renshaw of Burlington, IA and Becky Rettig of Iowa City.

Mrs. Petty was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one son, James Russell Petty Jr. The family will receive friends from

Glenn E. Trost, 82, late of New Lenox, passed away unexpectedly Friday, May 15, 2015. Glenn was born in Joliet to the late Roy A. and Hazel (nee Hoffmeyer) Trost.

Beloved husband of Kathryn “Kay” (nee Mancuso); loving father of Elaine (Andrew) Honiotes, Mark (Kris), Charles (Heather), and William (Erin); cherished grandfather of Edward (Jessica) Trost, Lee Trost, Emmet Trost, Liam Trost and Luca Trost, and Josslyn, Bryce, Trent and Kylee; dear brother of the late Betty M. (James) Fagan and the late Leonard R. (Elizabeth “Ann”) Trost.

Glenn was a U.S. Army Korean War Veteran. He retired from Material Service in Lockport after 44 years of service. He was also the Owner/ Operator of G.E. Trost Trucking for 10 years.

In lieu of flowers memorials in Glenn’s name to Providence Catholic High School or Wounded Warrior Project would be appreciated.

Family will receive friends at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 102 E. Francis Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451 on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Funeral service Wednesday, May 20, 2015, with prayers at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood.

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

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Dr. F. Patrick McQuillan, age 83, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born July 6, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, the seventh and last child of Helen (nee White) and Edmund McQuillan. He was raised in Jackson, Michigan, a graduate of St. John High School in 1949. He then attended St. Louis University from 1949 until 1956. Dr. McQuillan received his M.D. in 1956. He was especially proud of his Jesuit education at St. Louis University.

Doctor interned at Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. He then spent two years as a Captain in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Air Force, Amarillo, Texas. Dr. McQuillan then opened General Practice in Jackson, MI for 12 years. He was chief of Staff of Mercy Hospital in 1970. He was a delegate to the Michigan State Medical Society for several years. In 1971, he entered residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-University of Michigan program for three years. In 1974, he came to Joliet, with the Glenwood Medical Group. He chose Presence St. Joseph Medical Center because of its strong Pro-life stance. He was chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology for a time.

Dr. retired early (1991) because of severe arthritis. He truly loved Joliet because of its wonderful people and their high values.

He was a Certified Board Member of the American Obstetrical and Gynecology Board and a member of the American College of Surgeons. Devoted husband of 59 years to Mary Ann (nee Green) who preceded him in death May 3, 2015. Beloved father of Dr. James (Mary Pat) McQuillan, Kathleen (Jack) Kratzmeyer, Molly Doherty (Paul Howard), Michael McQuillan, Thomas McQuillan and Gregory (Tari) McQuillan. A proud and loving grandfather of 15 and great-grandfather of one. Patrick was a caring brother of Jane McQuillan and fond brother-in-law of James (Kathleen) Green. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

In addition to his loving wife, he is also preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Edmund (Marguerite),

Tom (killed in the Phillipines in 1945, WWII), Jim (Anne); sisters, Mary Helen “Hobby” (Bruce) Yocum and Monica “Dody” (Paul) Manser.

A member of the Cathedral of St. Raymond, St. Vincent DePaul Society and the Knights of Columbus.

The McQuillan family cannot say enough about the way their parents were cared for by the staff of the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home. Continual updates, outstanding care and a genuine sense of warmth will always be remembered.

Furthermore, the dignity afforded our parents in their final moments and hours truly helped us realize how fortunate the Joliet community is to have such a wonderful facility.

We, as a family are grateful knowing mom and dad received the best care possible, and although the last few weeks have been difficult, our family feels at peace, knowing and trusting in our faith, as we were raised, that perhaps a storybook, six decade love affair couldn’t have had a more fitting final chapter. May they rest in peace.

Funeral Services for Dr. Patrick McQuillan will be held Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black Rd. (at Essington Rd.) Joliet, to the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m.

Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to Joliet Catholic Academy or Joliet Area Community Hospice would be appreciated.

Visitation Monday from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

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

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Gov. Rauner doles out $400K to fellow Illinois Republicans

CHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner has started doling out money from his campaign fund to fellow Republicans as the Illinois Legislature approaches what could be difficult votes on several big issues.

Rauner divided $400,000 among every Republican member of the Illinois House and Senate, spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said Saturday.

The contributions, made Monday, come with just weeks to go before the May 31 end to the spring legislative session, and with Rauner looking to his GOP allies to support his pro-business agenda in the Democrat-controlled General Assembly.

Lawmakers still need to agree on how to close a more than $6 billion deficit in next year’s budget. They also could vote on whether to raise taxes, overhaul public-employee pensions or approve other Rauner priorities, such as stripping influence from labor unions and reducing the cost of workers’ compensation insurance.

Kent Redfield, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Illinois at Springfield, called the donations and their timing in such close proximity to possible votes “very unusual.”

While labor unions, businesses and other groups often ramp up their contributions this time of year, a governor or other elected official doing so “really isn’t something we’ve seen,” he said.

Redfield also said it could create a perception issue for Rauner, a multimillionaire who ran for office on a promise to “shake up Springfield.”

“There are going to be a lot of people who see this as business as usual,” Redfield said.

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LaToya Howell, mother of Justus Howell, speaks to the media Friday in Waukegan as people protest the decision by Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim not to file charges in the April police shooting of 17-year old Justus, who was killed in nearby Zion.

Rauner has said his $20 million political fund helps him push his agenda and counter the influence of “special interests” such as labor unions, who are strong allies of Democrats but also have supported Republicans in Illinois.

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Illinois man killed after firing on police with rifle

ROCKFORD – A northern Illinois man opened fire on police with a semiautomatic rifle and was killed by an officer who returned fire.

Illinois State Police Sgt. Sam Thomas says the officer “had no other choice.”

Rockford police responding Friday to a call from the man’s wife heard gunfire from inside the home and from the backyard.

Thomas says 41-year-old Mark T. Farrar fired on officers from an enclosed porch.

Thomas is lead investigator with a task force that investigates shootings involving police in Winnebago and Boone counties.

Investigators are still trying to determine a motive, but Thomas tells the Rockford Register Star that Farrar was “despondent” about matters in his personal life.

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Oreo maker Mondelez to cut up to 600 jobs at Chicago bakery

CHICAGO – Mondelez International plans to cut several hundred jobs at a Chicago bakery that makes Chips Ahoy and Oreo cookies and other snack foods.

The Deerfield, Illinois-based company said Friday the total number of layoffs will depend on a decision about where to locate four new manufacturing lines.

Spokeswoman Laurie Guzzinati says that if the new lines are located at the Chicago site, 300 jobs would be cut.

If those lines are instead installed at a new plant in Salinas, Mexico, 600 jobs will be lost in Chicago.

The four high-speed, high-tech

lines would replace nine of the 16 lines at the Chicago bakery.

About 1,200 people work at the Chicago plant, the company’s largest U.S. bakery. It also produces brands such as Nutter Butter, Honey Maid and Ritz crackers.

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Man sentenced in child pornography case

WHEATON – A former suburban Chicago physician who pleaded guilty to a felony child pornography charge has been sentenced to eight years in state prison.

In a news release, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office says the sentencing on Friday of 68-year-old Edward J. McMenamin comes two months after he pleaded guilty.

McMenamin was arrested outside his Downers Grove home in March 2014 after an investigation revealed he was in possession of several images and videos of child pornography.

The release says McMenamin

will have to serve four years of his 8-year sentence before he is eligible for parole and must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

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Spring turkey harvest increases across Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says hunters took 11 percent more turkeys during the 2015 spring season than they did a year ago.

The department said in a news release Friday that hunters killed 14,999 turkeys in the season that covered parts of April and May. During the 2014 spring season hunters took 13,514 turkeys.

DNR forest wildlife biologist Paul Shelton said the increase was a result of a boost in the population of young turkeys in 2014. He said that’s particularly true in the west-central half of northern Illinois.

– Wire reports

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS Sheriff: 3-year-old shoots 1-year-old sibling

VENICE, Fla. – Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies say a 3-year-old boy shot his 1-year-old sister in the face as the two were in a car in the parking lot of a day care.

A news release said the incident happened at 4:30 Friday afternoon in Venice, a small city south of Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

The girl was flown to All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg with non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover.

Officials say the children were left alone in a car while their mother was talking to people in the parking lot. A report said the boy picked up a handgun in the car and fired it, striking his sister.

Only one shot was fired.

Deputies said that no criminal charges were expected Friday.

Suicide bomber kills 8 at Nigerian bus station

POTISKUM, Nigeria – A teenage suicide bomber blew herself up and killed seven other people Saturday outside a bustling bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Damaturu, the state medical director said of the latest in a string of attacks this week

by Nigeria’s home-grown Boko Haram extremists.

Thirty-three people were seriously injured and are being treated at the hospital, said Yobe state’s medical director Garba Musa Fika. Seven are in critical

condition and could die if they are not moved to specialist hospitals, according to a nurse who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to reporters.

Ohio cases highlight terror probe challenges

CINCINNATI – The father of one of the men described him as a stay-at-home “Mommy’s boy,” while the other young man’s attorney said he was “a normal 23-year-old kid.”

Neither had a history of violent crime, but the two Ohio men are now charged separately with plotting to kill fellow Americans in support of Islamic extremists.

The terrorism cases in the nation’s heartland underscore the difficulties in detecting potential homegrown terrorists and illustrate the different paths they may take toward radicalization.

Christopher Lee Cornell, 21, of suburban Cincinnati, was arrested Jan. 14 on charges he planned to attack the U.S. Capitol with pipe bombs and shoot those who fled. In the other case, Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 23, of Columbus, was arrested in February and subsequently indicted on charges he planned to attack a military base or prison after returning from terrorist training Syria. Both have pleaded not guilty.

– Wire reports

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A Syrian flag flies over the capital, Damascus, on Oct. 27, 2014. U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said Saturday. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the raid, identifying the militant as Abu Sayyaf. He said no U.S. forces were killed or injured in the operation.

IS head of oil operations said to be killed in U.S. raid in Syria

By ROBERT BURNS and SARAH EL DEEB The Associated Press BEIRUT – In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U.S. Army commandos killed a man described as the Islamic State’s head of oil operations, captured his wife and rescued a woman who American officials said was enslaved.

A team of Delta Force commandos slipped across the border from Iraq under cover of darkness Saturday aboard Black Hawk helicopters and V-22 Osprey aircraft, according to a U.S. defense official knowledgeable about details of the raid. The official was not authorized to discuss the operation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Americans intended to capture a militant identified by U.S. officials as Abu Sayyaf. When they arrived at his location, a multi-sto-

ry building, they met stiff resistance, the U.S. official said, and a firefight ensued, resulting in bullet-hole damage to the U.S. aircraft. Abu Sayyaf was killed, along with an estimated dozen IS fighters, U.S. officials said.

No American was killed or wounded.

Before the sun had risen, the commandos flew back to Iraq, where Abu Sayyaf’s wife, Umm Sayyaf, was being questioned in U.S. custody, officials said. The goal was to gain intelligence about IS operations and any information about hostages, including American citizens, who were held by the group, according to Bernadette Meehan, spokeswoman for the U.S. National Security Council.

Abu Sayyaf was described by one official as the IS “emir of oil and gas,” although he also was targeted for his known association with the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

U.S. officials said it was likely, given Abu Sayyaf’s position, that he knew about more than just the financial side of the group’s operations.

Despite the U.S. claims, much about the IS figure was in question. The name Abu Sayyaf has rarely been mentioned in Western reports about the extremist group and he is not known to be among terrorists for whom the U.S. has offered a bounty. The name was not known to counterterrorism officials who study IS and does not appear in reports compiled by think tanks and others examining the group’s hierarchy.

The U.S. official said Abu Sayyaf’s death probably has temporarily halted IS oil-revenue operations, critical to the group’s ability to carry out military operations in Syria and Iraq and to govern the population centers it controls.

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Premier rail superhighway slowly falling apart

By DAVID B. CARUSO and JUSTIN PRITCHARD The Associated Press NEW YORK – The trains that link global centers of learning, finance and power on the East Coast lumber through tunnels dug just after the Civil War, and cross century-old bridges that sometimes jam when they swing open to let tugboats pass.

Hundreds of miles of overhead wires that deliver power to locomotives were hung during the Great Depression.

The rails of the Northeast Corridor are decaying, increasingly strained – and moving more people than ever around the nation’s most densely populated region.

The railroad’s importance became all the more apparent after Amtrak Train 188 derailed Tuesday as it sped around a curve in Philadelphia, killing eight passengers and injuring more than 200.

The wreck closed part of the corridor all week. On a normal weekday, 2,000 trains run by Amtrak and eight other passenger rail systems carry 750,000 riders on railway between Washington and Boston, making it a vital link for both intercity travelers and suburban commuters.

Federal investigators will take months to determine the cause of the crash. Speed, not equipment failure, has emerged as a key factor.

Still, the crash refocused attention on the slow-motion deterioration of vital infrastructure with a seemingly endless to-do list. By one estimate, it would take $21 billion just to replace parts still in use beyond their intended lives.

“The stakes are enormous,” Amtrak’s president, Joseph Boardman, warned in his 2015 request to Congress for funding. He said the corridor was experiencing a “crisis brought on by decades of chronic underfunding.”

Some federal lawmakers want to give Amtrak less, not more. A day after the accident, the House Appropriations Committee voted to cut Amtrak’s federal subsidy for next year by $251 million, to $1.1 billion.

“There just isn’t enough

transportation analyst for U.S. PIRG, a nonprofit that advocates more transit funding.

No bottleneck on the Northeast Corridor is more potentially problematic, in the long haul, than where the tracks connect New Jersey and New York City under the Hudson River.

About 170,000 rail passengers make the crossing each weekday in a two-tube tunnel built in 1910. Some travel Amtrak; more take New Jersey Transit.

A few years ago, officials had a plan funded to relieve chronic backups at the crossing by building two more tubes in a second tunnel, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pulled the plug, citing concerns about his state’s share of the project’s massive cost.

AP file photo Then, the existing tubes A large, rusty metal wall covering construction is seen Oct. 19, 2010, at the ARC Tunnel in North Bergen, N.J. flooded when Superstorm SanOfficials had a plan funded to relieve chronic backups between New York and New Jersey by building two dy struck the city in 2012. The more tubes in a second tunnel, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pulled the plug, citing concerns about his tunnel survived, but corrosive salt water did its damage. state’s share of the project’s massive cost.

Now, Amtrak says both tubes money to go around,” said take 300 years to replace all of to replace soon, Bernick said. will have to be taken out of Rebecca Reyes-Alicea of the them, according to the North“They are all turn-of-theservice and overhauled, one at Federal Railroad Administra- east Corridor Commission of century vintage structures a time, sometime within the tion. In her job as the agency’s transportation officials. that require a lot of maintenext 15 to 20 years.

Northeast Corridor program A 105-year-old bridge over nance to keep going, and the Each tube could be offline manager, Reyes-Alicea has New Jersey’s Hackensack challenge is to say you need for a year, a loss of capacity been helping states pool their River, the Portal Bridge, to replace them all at once,” that Amtrak has warned could clout and push for federal wouldn’t close for 45 minutes Bernick said. “You’re talking lead to “profound disruption” money all along the corridor, in February after it opened for about billions of dollars. And of existing service. rather than competing with a tugboat. Plans call for a pair can you operationally pull That’s not a project that one another. of replacement bridges. The that off with an operating can be delayed indefinitely, Amtrak’s ridership on first one will cost $940 million. railroad?” said Tom Wright, president the corridor is up 50 percent There are 10 such “historic In Baltimore, trains pass of the Regional Plan Associsince 1998, thanks mostly to moveable bridges” along the through a 1.4-mile tunnel ation, an urban policy group the introduction of high-speed corridor. built in 1873 – one so narrow, that studies transportation trains now favored by travelIn Connecticut, officials decrepit and leak-prone that issues. ers who used to fly between are working on a plan to respeeds are limited to 30 mph.

“Someday, an engineer New York, Washington and place a swinging bridge over With such chokepoints, is going to go down and say, Boston. Amtrak carried a rethe Norwalk River. It was the journey between Boston ‘You know what? We can’t run cord 11.6 million riders on the built in 1896. and Washington takes at least the trains today. That leak corridor in fiscal year 2014.

“As a piece of engineering, seven hours. Trains connectlooks too serious,’ ” Wright Commuter railroads that it’s just amazing,” said John ing major cities in France can said. rely heavily on the rail corriBernick, assistant rail admin- cover a longer distance in less Now, Amtrak is pushing dor, such as the Metro-North istrator for the Connecticut than half the time. another plan for two new Railroad serving New York Department of TransporIn its five-year financial tunnels, called the Gateway and Connecticut, also have tation. “But, it’s certainly plan, released in February, Program, but cost estimates been breaking ridership reached its retirement age.”

Amtrak warned that its pashave topped $16 billion, which records.

Last year, after some senger cars also were older would make the project bigger Reyes-Alicea ticks off a list needed equipment changes, than at any previous point in than anything Amtrak has of needs, from a bigger station the bridge got jammed, twice, its history. pulled off previously. in Boston at the northern at rush hour while trying Amtrak’s Train 188 was go“These problems are not terminus to obsolete bridges to close. The computer that ing 106 mph just before it degoing away,” U.S. Secretary along many of the 450 miles operates the bridge is from the railed on a curve with a speed of Transportation Anthony that end next to Capitol Hill.

1980s. limit of 50 mph, according to Foxx said of the nation’s Half of the route’s 1,000 Replacing the bridge, he federal accident investigators. most important rail corridor. bridges are around a century said, could cost $650 million.

“We should be saying that was “They’re going to be there and old. Not all are at the end of Connecticut has three half as fast as it should have we’ve got to own up to it and their useful lives, but at curother bridges built in 1904 and been going, not twice as fast,” figure out a way forward as a rent funding levels, it would 1905 that the state would like said Phineas Baxandall, a country.”

By CARLA K. JOHNSON The Associated Press

King’s legacy lives on

By ADRIAN SANZ The Associated Press INDIANOLA, Miss. – Outside Indianola, B.B. King was a blues superstar, a guitar legend who inspired Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and countless other musicians.

But in this small farming town in north Mississippi, he was known as Mr. Riley. And he’d return here each year to meet with friends and relatives, and to play the blues for townspeople out in the sun on Church Street.

“They would come and stand around and listen to him.

He would stay there practically all day,” said Ruthie King, a 65-year-old who is not related to the bluesman. “You could hear the guitar all over town because he had an amplifier.”

B.B. King, born as Riley B. King, died at 89 on Thursday at his home in Las Vegas.

Ruthie King said she found out Mr. Riley had died from her son in a text message Friday morning, which referenced the musician’s biggest hit.

“He said ‘Good morning, mom, the thrill is gone,’ ” she said.

The future King of the Blues was born in 1925 to sharecropper parents in a long-gone cab-

in along a creek in Berclair, a community near the tiny town of Itta Bena. His parents soon split, his mother died young and his grandmother died as well, leaving him to raise and pick an acre of cotton by himself in the even smaller town of Kilmichael.

He eventually joined a cousin in Indianola, where he first gained attention singing gospel on a street corner as a 17-year-old. He later made his name playing in Memphis, Tennessee, and then touring the world. But he always came home.

Ruthie King said she first met the bluesman when she was 6 or 7. Mr. Riley would go to her mother’s house to visit before performing for the town.

“He would tell his managers or his camp, ‘Hands off. I’m going to Indianola and I’m going to do what I want to do and I’m going to see my friends, don’t bother me,’ ” said Bill McPherson, president of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center. “It was an exhausting three or four days.

He was tough. His endurance was unbelievable.”

Indianola still has just 10,300 people, but for more than three decades, it’s where King hosted the B.B. King

Homecoming, a summer music festival that brought big crowds to town.

His life story is told at the museum, which opened in 2008, attracting visitors from around the world who seek an authentic American roots music experience. But at King’s insistence, the small museum has become a community center, hosting music camps for children, offering docent jobs to young adults, and sponsoring seminars on such topics as controlling diabetes, a disease King had for years.

Tourists trickled into the museum Friday to pay their respects. Outside, a black ribbon tied in a bow adorned the neck of a statue of King’s guitar “Lucille.” Tourists took pictures posing next to it.

A lot of entertainers “denied where they’re from because they were ashamed of it,” said a longtime King friend, Carver Randle, whose Indianola law office has a mural-sized, black-and-white photo of the young bluesman on an outside wall.

“B.B. has never been ashamed to say he was from Indianola, and he claims Indianola as his home,” Randle said. “So, that stands out in my mind, in letting me know the humility of the man.”

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A wall mural of B.B. King overlooks a downtown parking area May 6 in Indianola, Miss. King claimed Indianola as his hometown after moving there as a teenager. The influence of the acclaimed “King of the Blues,” is seen throughout the small Mississippi Delta town. King died Thursday at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care.

There’s more than a touch of absurdity in the way an industry fee in President Barack Obama’s health care law is being passed along to state taxpayers.

As Alice in Wonderland might say, a curious tax just got curiouser.

The burden to states could mount to $13 billion in less than a decade.

The Health Insurance Providers Fee was aimed at insurance companies. The thinking went: Because insurers would gain a windfall of customers, they ought to help pay for the expansion of coverage. Insurers say they have raised prices for individuals and small businesses to cover the new tax.

As it turns out, they are raising their prices to state Medicaid programs, too.

The federal government issued guidance in October requiring states to build the tax into what they pay for-profit Medicaid health plans that serve low-income people.

The first year’s tax was due to the IRS in September, and state governments now are settling up with insurance companies.

It works like this: State governments pay insurers for the tax.

The insurers then pay the tax to the federal government.

The federal government then reimburses part of the cost to the states.

It may sound absurd, but it’s not amusing to state governments, which wind up losing 54 cents for every dollar of the insurance tax. State taxpayers end up the biggest losers, without any added benefit to their state’s low-income Medicaid patients.

“It’s like a merry-go-round with an extra loop in the middle,” said Rebecca Owen of the Society of Actuaries.

The extra loop? The health law tax is not deductible for the insurance companies when they file their corporate income taxes, and state governments must kick in extra to cover that cost, too.

“If they’re following the standard of practice, there’s no wiggle room” for states to shift the burden back onto the companies, Owen said.

It’s particularly troubling because more states are turning to private sector Medicaid managed care to keep health care costs down. An estimated 70 percent of Medicaid patients are covered by these types of plans.

Insurers such as Anthem, UnitedHealth and Centene manage the care of millions of low-income people in taxpayer-funded programs.

The fee on health insurance companies was one of several new taxes Congress used to pay for the health care law.

“They had a naive notion we were going to get something from insurers” who were gaining many new customers from the health law, said economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, a center-right public policy institute. “It defied any notion of good tax policy.”

Most nonprofit insurers are exempt, but there’s no exemption for profit-making Medicaid managed care companies that collect payments from state governments with the promise of providing better care at lower costs.

The states with the most managed care will be hurt the most.

Florida will pay up to $1.2 billion over 10 years, according to a 2014 report by the actuarial firm Milliman. The same for Pennsylvania. Texas will pay up to $1 billion and Tennessee as much as $884 million. For California, the decade’s total will be up to $798 million and for Georgia, $647 million.

The Milliman report estimates Illinois will pay $394 million to cover the tax through 2023.

Illinois is starting to make higher payments to cover the tax, even as Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed making $1.5 billion in cuts to Medicaid providers such as hospitals for the upcoming budget year.

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Ousted Egyptian president sentenced to death

By HAMZA HENDAWI The Associated Press CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced the country’s first freely elected leader, ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, to death over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that eventually brought him to power.

The ruling applies to another 120 people, and is the latest in a series of mass death sentences handed down since the military overthrew Morsi nearly two years ago. The sentence likely will further polarize Egypt, a longtime U.S. ally grappling with an Islamist insurgency that has intensified since Morsi’s overthrow.

In what appears to be the first violent response to the ruling, suspected Islamic militants gunned down three judges and their driver in the northern Sinai Peninsula city of al-Arish, according to security officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Egypt’s judiciary has come under mounting international criticism since Morsi’s ouster as it has handed down harsh mass sentences to Islamists and jailed secular activists for protesting. At the same time, the courts have acquitted or handed light sentences to top officials who served under President Hosni Mubarak, whose nearly 30-year reign was ended by the 2011 Arab Spring-inspired uprising.

“These sentences are yet

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Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi raises his hands Saturday as he sits behind glass in a courtroom in a converted lecture hall in the national police academy in an eastern Cairo suburb. An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted Morsi to death over his part in a mass prison break that took place during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. another manifestation of the deeply troubling way the Egyptian judiciary has been used as a tool to settle political disagreements,” Emad Shahin, a professor at the American University in Cairo who was sentenced to death in absentia wrote in a Facebook post.

“Due process, regard for evidence, and minimum standards of justice have been tossed aside in favor of draconian injustice,” wrote Shahin, now a visiting professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

As is customary in capi-

tal punishment cases, Judge Shaaban el-Shami referred his death sentences on Morsi and the others to the nation’s top Muslim cleric for his non-binding opinion. El-Shami set June 2 for the next hearing, and the sentences can be appealed.

Morsi already is serving a 20-year sentence for his part in the killing in 2012 of protesters outside a Cairo presidential palace.

The military overthrew Morsi in July 2013 after days of mass protests by Egyptians angered by his divisive policies. Egyptian President Ab-

del-Fattah el-Sissi, who had been appointed military chief

by Morsi, led his ouster, and was elected nearly a year ago in a vote boycotted by the Islamist opposition.

Since his ouster, authorities have cracked down on Islamists and pro-democracy activists who were instrumental in the 2011 uprising. Thousands of Morsi supporters have been jailed and hundreds killed in street clashes over the past two years, including at least 600 in one day, when security forces violently dispersed two pro-Morsi sit-ins in

August 2013.

After the verdict was read Saturday, a smiling Morsi defiantly waved the four-finger sign associated with the sitins.

As the government has cracked down on Islamists and other activists, the courts have been far more lenient to Mubarak-era officials.

Mubarak himself was acquitted in November of charges linked to the killing of hundreds of protesters in 2011 and has not spent a single day in prison since his arrest in April 2011.

The 87-year-old Mubarak was sentenced to three years for corruption on May 9 but later was declared a free man because he already had spent three years in detention, mostly at a Nile-side military hospital in a southern Cairo suburb.

Prosecutors have appealed his acquittal over the death of protesters, and a high court will decide next month if he should be retried.

Sentenced to death with Morsi on Saturday were 105 defendants, including some 70 Palestinians. The defendants include the Brotherhood’s spiritual leader, Mohammed Badie – who already has been sentenced to death in a separate trial – as well as one of the Arab world’s best known Islamic scholars, the Qatar-based Youssef al-Qaradawi. Most defendants were tried and convicted in absentia, meaning they will receive automatic retrials if they are detained.

U.S., China don’t budge over South China Sea activity

By MATTHEW LEE The Associated Press BEIJING – China and the United States did not budge Saturday over Beijing’s assertive development in disputed parts of the South China Sea, with Foreign Minister Wang Ji politely but pointedly dismissing Washington’s push for a diplomatic solution to ease tensions.

Wang and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed the importance of dialogue to resolve competing claims in the waterway. But neither dip-

lomat showed any sign of giving ground over Chinese land reclamation projects that have alarmed the United States and China’s smaller neighbors.

The U.S. and most members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations want a halt to the projects, which they suspect are aimed at building islands and other land features over which China can claim sovereignty.

“We are concerned about the pace and scope of China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea,” Kerry said. He urged China to speed up talks with ASE-

AN on guidelines for handling maritime activity in disputed areas.

The goal is to help “reduce tensions and increase the prospect of diplomatic solutions,” Kerry said.

“I think we agree that the region needs smart diplomacy in order to conclude the ASEAN-China code of conduct and not outposts and military strips,” Kerry told reporters at a news conference with Wang.

Wang indicated that although China was prepared to talk, it would not back down on the construction that, he said,

“is something that falls fully within the scope of China’s sovereignty.”

“The determination of the Chinese side to safeguard our own sovereignty and territorial integrity is as firm as a rock, and it is unshakable,” he said.

“It has always been our view that we need to find appropriate solutions to the issues we have through communications and negotiations that we have among the parties directly concerned with peaceful and diplomatic means on the basis of respecting historical facts and international norms. This posi-

tion will remain unchanged in the future.”

Wang added that the differences between China and the U.S. could be managed “as long as we can avoid misunderstanding and, even more importantly, avoid miscalculation.”

The Chinese claims and land reclamation projects have rattled the region where South China Sea islands and reefs are contested by China and five other Asian governments.

Activities have led to clashes, accompanied by nationalistic protests and occasional serious diplomatic implications.

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Morris police officer Derek Zumbahlen runs through a tunnel of fans before the first-ever “Guns and Hoses” basketball game in June 2014. This year’s Gus Macker basketball tournament is June 6 and 7 in Morris.

• EVENTS

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For information, visit engage. lockport.org • NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing – July 30 to Aug. 2, Route 66 Raceway, 500 Speedway Blvd., Joliet. For information, visit www.route66raceway.com • RomeoFest – Aug. 6 to 9.

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“We thought we needed to focus on one area of interest and we thought art would be one area we could focus on and appeal to more people who are interested in that … we wanted to have a festival that focuses on something unique from other festivals,” she said.

The festival also includes a 5K run on July 3.

On June 6 and 7, Morris will have the “world’s largest three-on-three basketball tournament,” Applegate said.

All ages are welcome to play in the Gus Macker tournament and all players are guaranteed three games. Trophies are handed out to people who display good sportsmanship.

“There’s a lot of action

during the tournament. It’s a fun, family-friendly event … I would call it a festival of basketball,” Applegate said. “…

The streets are jammed. People [who] have someone playing or not can come down to watch basketball.”

Participants who are interested in registering for the event should visit macker. com.

The Grundy County Fair will be held between July 2 and 6. The fair will offer family entertainment, racing and agriculture-related exhibitions.

Channahon will have its Three Rivers Festival Aug. 12 through 16. The event will have family and stage entertainment, as well as a beer tent. Mike Rittof, festival cochair, said the festival has become a “regional attraction because it’s family focused.”

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Plainfield Park District wins financial award

Awards program drew over 750 participants from across PLAINFIELD – The certificate the country.

“Packard is honored to of achievement for excellence in financial reporting has been receive the highest award demonstrating its ongoing awarded to the Plainfield commitment to safe operaTownship Park District by the tions. Providing more than 25 Government Finance Officers years of safe, quality freight Association of the United transportation services, States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial Packard is proud of its fleet of professional independent conreport.

The certificate is the highest tractors who are committed form or recognition in the area to safe operations, as ensuring the safety of the general of governmental accounting public,” Joseph M. Crnkovic, and financial reporting, and President and CEO, said in the its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by news release.

Packard Transport, Inc. is a a government and its management, according to a news nationwide truckload carrier utilizing independent contracrelease from the association.

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The National Safety Awards Honorees were selected program recognizes carriers in based on a set of criteria that similar operations (truckload included the scale and reach and less than truckload) with awards based on their year-end of their financial education preventative accident results, initiatives, the duration of their commitment and unique according to a news release.

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Don’t allow net neutrality to interfere with investing Dear Mr. Berko: I’m a shareholder of Charter Communications, CenturyLink and Comcast. I have big profits in Charter Communications and Comcast and a small loss in CenturyLink.

I don’t understand this new “net neutrality” regulation thing. It seems that this industry has gotten along for decades without government regulation.

As you know, these are some of the largest Internet service provider stocks, and I’m concerned about how the FCC’s new rules will affect these stocks – especially Comcast, which I bought at $12, and Charter Communications, which I bought at $33 in 2009. I have no profit in CenturyLink, but it has a good dividend. Please explain net neutrality to me. Is it good, or is it bad?

This really worries me, and I wonder whether I should sell any of the three issues I own. – NS, Punta Gorda, Florida Dear NS: Punta Gorda,

Florida, is a lovely town along the Peace River, about a 100-minute drive south from Tampa. It’s a cozy upper-middle-class retirement community of 20,000 friendly folks on Florida’s west coast. And everyone seems to own a computer.

Net neutrality prevents Internet service providers from moving data or content faster than other data or content and prohibits the providers from entering into paid agreements with companies such as Netflix and Amazon.com to prioritize their data. Most broadband providers – such as Charter Communications, AT&T, Verizon, Cox and Comcast – are uncomfortable with this idea.

These companies have invested billions in sophisticated infrastructure and don’t want Washington

confusing and costly federal regulation.

5) In a few years, your monthly Internet bills will be subject to a tax of an extra 20 to 25 percent to pay for and ensure compliance bureaucrats telling them how to run their business or with new federal regulations. package their services. AfAnd some alarmists ter decades of independence, believe that Washington’s trouble-free growth and innovation for these compa- new authority to monitor nies, Washington’s inexora- the Internet could evolve into “content control,” more ble need to regulate will be a hard blow to swallow. And commonly called censorship. as an honest auto neutralimechanic would So either the ty isNetbasically a say, if it ain’t nonevent for your busted, don’t fix snake in the three ISPs, so it. grass is barking don’t get sideI’m familiar with many of the up the wrong tracked into a tangent. Comcast pros and cons of tree or it’s time (CMCSA-$58) net neutrality. moved I’ve read good to grab the bull hasn’t much in the past articles supporting both sides by the tail and few months and recently gave up of the argument look it in the eye. its quest to acand talked with quire Time Warseveral knowlner Cable. But edgeable induskeep the stock, as try people, but Wall Street has a $90 price I’m still undecided. target for CMCSA next year.

Therefore, I’m bending overboard to be fair because Charter Communications (CHTR-$178), after five years I don’t have enough understanding of net neutrality to of losses, is on track to earn form a conclusion. So either 70 cents a share this year and as much as $3 in 2016. the snake in the grass is The talk is that CHTR barking up the wrong tree may split by Thanksgiving. or it’s time to grab the bull by the tail and look it in the CHTR shares are expected to outperform the broader eye. market and should be held.

However, there are certainties that can be counted CenturyLink (CTL-$35), an unimpressive company with on: a sweet but stable 6 per1) The Federal Commucent dividend, has limited nications Commission will have to greatly increase the growth prospects.

The decision to sell this size of its staff and its operno-growth company should ating budget. be as easy as falling off a 2) Internet law will piece of cake. There are far become an enormously better fish in the sea than lucrative practice.

CTL. 3) Internet lobbyists will be spreading money among • Please address your members of Congress like financial questions to Malfrosting on a cake.

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State should work within its means The demise of Illinois’ 2013 pension reform plan seemed like a foregone conclusion, and we’re not exactly mourning its passing.

The plan wasn’t what Illinois needed anyway – any savings it created would have been minimal until 20 years from now, and that’s a lot of rope to give Springfield lawmakers.

The positive is that the Illinois Supreme Court finding the pension reform plan unconstitutional will force lawmakers to find another, hopefully more sustainable way of addressing the problem. A true solution will require structural change to government.

The negative is that the decision will be used as justification for any ideas that will raise money, whether that be an increase in income or sales taxes, new and increased fees and fines, or still more gambling expansion in a state where video slot machines can be found in almost any corner tavern.

Again, before there is any attempt to take more money from Illinois taxpayers, we need to create a government and a pension system that we can support.

It is not a coincidence that Illinois has both the most units of local government – about 7,000 – and the largest unfunded pension liability at $111 billion.

Our long history of favoring micro-local government administration is no longer sustainable and it is time we face that fact.

Consolidation of government functions and elimination of some workers is a must.

School districts should be consolidated where feasible and when it makes financial sense. Townships should be consolidated or eliminated. Special service districts must be evaluated for their necessity and, as practical, absorbed into other existing forms of government, be they counties or municipalities.

Those receiving or in line to receive state pensions no doubt are pleased that the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that their benefits must be met before any other need in the state of Illinois.

The court’s ruling did not make their benefit plans, with guaranteed annual cost of living increases, any more affordable, however. Without major change, the ultimate result will be bankruptcy of these retirement systems.

We continue to be in favor of 401(k)-style retirement plans for state workers, which would put them on par with what their peers in the private sector receive. This option should be offered immediately to all state employees in the pension system. If they choose to take another job, they can take the money with them, and as it is a personal account, its future is certain.

The court’s ruling last week did nothing to change the untenable situation in which Illinois finds itself. It is a problem that lawmakers can not tax their way out of – that approach has already been tried and failed.

With deficits in the billions, the time might come when more revenue is necessary – at least in the short term.

Before there’s any talk about raising more money from the people and businesses remaining in our state, let’s see lawmakers put forth serious efforts to transform Illinois government into something that we can afford.

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

IDOT wants to work with public to meet its transportation goals Transportation is the lifeblood of Illinois and the asset that distinguishes us from the rest of the country.

Our roads, transit systems, railroads and airports make Illinois the transportation hub of North America and provide us with the global economic advantage that other states can only dream to have. We are indebted to previous generations for the vision that made this impressive network possible, as well as other top-notch state facilities and buildings, such parks and schools.

But we are at a crossroads. Our infrastructure is aging. Do we allow the situation to worsen? Or do we begin to chart a new path moving forward?

Over the next month, the Illinois Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Illinois Capital Development Board, will be

focused conversation that establishes priorities for future investment, emphasizing quality of life and economic growth.

What I have learned in my three months leading IDOT holding a series of informal is that inaction will not be a meetings throughout the good option and only cost us state to talk about these more in the long run. A lot is issues and learn more about at stake. what the public needs and • Without renewed expects from us. You can find a list of dates and locations at investment, over the next www.idot.illinois.gov. Please six years 40 percent of check back often for updates. Illinois highways and one in seven bridges will be in These meetings are inunacceptable condition. In tended to be a listening tour order to reach an acceptable for me, my team, and other standard, almost $7 billion state officials, sparking discussion that ultimately leads is needed. That doesn’t take to a package of recommenda- into account any investtions that can be presented to ments needed to modernize Governor Bruce Rauner and and expand our system.

• The transit network’s the General Assembly for bus and rail system will not consideration this spring. be adequately overhauled, What I do not want to happen is a debate about the merits of this or that parSee IDOT, page 44 ticular project, but rather a

GUEST VIEW Randy Blankenhorn

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Show modesty when feeding babies in public

Muslim and eliminate the World of Christians, just as Hitler wanted to eliminate the world of Jews.

To the Editor: Remember how Hitler started Today some people think they his campaign in 1931 to rule the have “rights” to do anything in this free country. Well, their rights world: He started taking over end where mine begin. This is not other countries one by one with only the British fighting back. The a lawless country – yet.

United States did nothing until Breast feeding in public? attacked by Japan. If we rememAnimals are open when feeding their young. Humans should show ber after the war with Germany in 1945, General George Patton dignity and consideration for those around her. She may like to wanted to attack Russia, however, President Truman said no. Had we expose herself but the curiosity taken Russia then wouldn’t the of children and sex-crazed men should not be exploited. This is not world look a lot safer now?

If the United States does not a nudist colony.

In the interest of their business, get involved with other countries owners have the rights and rules against ISIS they will soon be over which customers should abide to. here. My point is ISIS is doing the same thing Germany was trying to It’s not where “anything goes.”

Not everyone wants to see this in do. President Obama doesn’t want to get involved even though other public. Take a napkin and cover politicians and generals want the yourself. The baby will still be United States involved. happy. Use common sense.

We keep listening to presidents Some woman today love to expose their sexual/private (yes, who know nothing about wars until it’s too late. Maybe we should private) organs. Where is your pay attention to past mistakes modesty? and listen to our generals, that’s what we pay them for.

Marge M. Hausfeld Crest Hill

Let’s get involved

To the editor: While ISIS shoots and beheads Christians all over the Middle East, the United States and other countries sit back and watch. President Obama sends his condolences every time this happens, like ISIS gives a damn. ISIS is trying to take over several countries, such as their presence in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya and Ethiopia to mention a few, proves this point. Their reasoning is to take over control of the Middle East.

ISIS wants everyone to be

Donald R. Lattin Shorewood

Sacrifices needed to get state in order

To the Editor: Yes, it’s true, educators to continue preschool for our little kids.

However, two ex-governors caused this huge problem of putting our state in the red. Let them pay for the preschool, along with House Speaker Michael Madigan who has been in office 30 years.

Horrible!

Our governor must eliminate a lot of programs to get our state in the black again.

The elderly, who helped make our country and state great, should be high on the priority list for help. By supporting Gov. Rauner suggestions we will get back to normal, then preschool and other fine programs can be started again.

Please, people, help our state government by putting the non-essential aside for a few years.

Thank you, Art Mackay Joliet

Obama isn’t a wonderful president

To the Editor: The author of the recent letter to the editor praising the wonderful things President Obama has done or is doing is like the rest of the “Right Wing Liberals” and their following of the Liberal Handbook.

Chapter 1: “Blame Bush for Everything.” Sorry but that is getting old. Even many of my Democratic friends are tired of it. Maybe you should take a look at the number of illegal aliens Obama and his cronies have let into this country, then make your calculations.

Also, the Keystone pipeline will never be built if Obama has anything to do with it. Not because of environmental reasons or temporary jobs, but because the railroad hauling the crude from Canada now is owned by one of the Democratic party’s richest and biggest campaign contributors.

Regarding Obama’s “Jobs Bill,” building infrastructures are temporary jobs as well. What we need is less exporting of what real good jobs we have to foreign

countries, bring businesses back to the United States and support additional business by reducing taxes and regulations.

As a boomer, I am happy with “Obamacare” and the way it takes money out of Medicare that we pay into every year. My aforementioned Democratic friends are real happy about the real costs they and their kids have to pay for “Obamacare.” Maybe you should check it out.

They are also real happy about the costly Educational Systems we have currently. Especially with the fact the kids are winding up back at home working at some low paying jobs because they didn’t learn enough at school to get them decent work, even if the jobs were available.

Now you guys and gals want to put another Democrat in as President? What are you, nuts?

Although I do have to admit the Republicans would be just as nuts putting another Bush in that office.

Ray Malmgren New Lenox

We must create a more just world

To the Editor: I recently saw a photograph of a young boy, 10 to 14 years of age. He had a round face and big expressive looking eyes that denoted innocence and playfulness.

He carried an AK-47.

Children are transformed into warriors for perceived truths and religious orthodoxy. In a fragmented, war torn world they have become pawns in the struggle of groups, tribes and nation states for power, for resources, for claims of exceptionalism and religious fundamentalism. The

children, indoctrinated by their elders, are dying and killing for a promised utopia or celestial bliss when they are killed.

Recent calculations put the number of the world’s refugees at 50 million. They languish in camps with only the bare necessities.

Driven from their homelands by war, they are the worlds most desperate. Their condition and the chaos and hopelessness of a fragmented globe results in the phenomenon of the child warrior.

Another world is possible. It’s foundation could be based on our own Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal.” The other pillar of the foundation for another world could be constructed from the Judeo-Christian tradition of the equality of souls in the eyes of God and Jesus’ (Gospel of Mark) commandment that “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Our contemporary world characterized by patriarchy, militarism, greed, xenophobic nationalism and religious fundamentalism is not sustainable. It is a moral imperative that we strive to create a more just and humane world, where women are equal to men, and children are nurtured, educated and given the opportunity to mature and die a natural death.

A world free of child warriors carrying AK-47s, free from millions of displaced refugees and from the suffering of the “Wretched of the Earth.”

Donald Torrence Joliet

Inaction on infrastructure will cost Illinois in the long run • IDOT

Continued from page 43 leading to less reliable and underutilized service. School and other key state construction projects will continue to lag behind and fall into disrepair.

• In just the Chicago area alone, congestion is estimated to be respon-

sible for an $8.9 billion loss in business productivity. With the economy still recovering, that number is poised to grow.

Past capital programs have in some ways contributed to the current situation. These one-time infusions of new revenue have led to these boom-or-bust cycles: shortterm fixes followed by extended periods during which our backlogged

needs accumulate.

Our mission over these next few weeks is to engage you and your local leaders to help us build the groundwork for a realistic, sustainable plan for bringing our infrastructure into the 21st century.

Strategic investments based on needs and solutions, as proposed by the citizens of Illinois. That is our mission.

At IDOT, and throughout the state’s other infrastructure agencies, we have set an ambitious schedule to accomplish it, but I believe there is an urgency that demands action now.

I look forward to working together as we meet these goals.

• Randy Blankenhorn is the Acting Illinois Transportation Secretary.

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

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LOCKPORT BASEBALL

A decade later, champs reunited Perfect night

By DRAKE SKLEBA Shaw Media Correspondent LOCKPORT – It is 9:04 p.m. on June 11, 2005, at Kane County Stadium in Geneva.

The Class AA baseball state tournament championship game is winding down. Lockport leads Mount Carmel, 8-4, with two outs in the top of the seventh inning.

Matt Otteman is on the mound for Lockport, first baseman Travis Sterling at the plate for Mount Carmel.

Otteman delivers and Sterling pops up the pitch in the direction of Porters first baseman Chris King. When the ball lands in King’s glove, coach Jim Hall and his Porters are Illinois’ 2005 Class AA state champions.

“Pure joy! The whole game from the fourth inning on was a blur for me,” Otteman said.

“I remember making the final pitch and seeing that Chris King was under the popup. It was amazing. Pure joy!

“I have two rings, one from the Seattle Mariners and my championship ring from 2005 with the Porters.

Lockport is my family and always will be. I cherish this ring most of all.”

Almost 10 years have passed. The young men who hoisted the championship trophy were honored with their coaches at a festive pregame ceremony Friday night before Lockport’s Southwest Suburban Blue game with Stagg at Ed Flink Field.

Hall, a USA Baseball National Hall of Fame coach, was honored along with his longtime friend and Porters pitching coach Butch Markelz. Associate coach Lee Turnbough was cited along with former Lockport skipper Steve Stanicek, who was on the staff in 2005.

Longtime Porters associate coach Ken Dobson and current head coach Andy Satunas were honored, too. Kendall Hutchinson, Dan Blaskovitz, Matt Barkley, Dave Jeglinski and Frank Popek rounded out the state championship staff. Trainers Joe Cunnane and Sarah Barr also were mentioned, playing a vital

The current Lockport baseball team scores a wild 7-6, eight-inning victory over Stagg. See page 48.

and 2003.”

The 2005 Porters finished 40-3. They won the South Inter-Conference Association West and 17 wins of their 40 wins were against conference champions. They hit .467 as a team, scored 390 runs and hit 45 home runs.

Otteman was the leader.

He went 12-0 with a 0.67 ERA, striking out 115 batters in 84 innings. He also batted .587 with four homers and 43 RBIs. He struck out 10 in a 6-2 quarterfinal victory over Schaumburg and pitched Photos by Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com TOP: Former baseball coach Jim Hall speaks as members of the 2005 three innings to save the title game for starting pitcher Ed Lockport state championship team are honored before a game Friday Krupa (7-2). in Lockport. ABOVE: Gabe Lammers throws out the first pitch Friday at Otteman had an outstanda Lockport baseball game in Lockport. Lammers is the brother of Zach ing college career at the Lammers, a member of the 2005 Class AA state championship team Texas-Arlington, setting the who died last year. school record for hits in a season as a senior. He was role for the team.

“The 2005 state champs drafted by the Mariners and were an amazing group of played in their organization REMEMBERING ZACH talented athletes who pulled On a sad note, the memory together and worked hard and for several years. of 2005 captain Zach Lamwon the state championship,” STERNBERG ON FIRE mers was honored with a Hall said. “We finished third June 11, 2005, was a great moment of silence. He died in the summer of 2004, and I day in the life of the Porters’ Aug. 4, 2014. Lammers also knew we had a good chance to Eric Sternberg. He had three was an outstanding receiver win it all in the spring. hits, one his 10th homer, and for the 2002 and 2003 Class 8A “Only once did I address drove home seven runs in a football state champions. He the team about winning the 15-1 blowout of Barrington in attended Brown University state championship. It was Saturday morning’s semifiand played football his freshbefore our first game with nal. After Jake Christensen man year. Satunas presented Lemont. I told them we all singled to tie the state title Lammers’ parents, Tom and have to pull together, and we Yumi, with a plaque honoring can win a state championship, game with Mount Carmel at their son. as the football team did in 2002 2, Sternberg hit a three-run

home, his team-high 11th, for a 5-2 lead.

Sternberg finished the season hitting .457 with 59 RBIs. He went on to a football career at Truman State, where he was team captain his junior and senior years.

Nick Mitidiero led the Porters with a .621 average and had four homers and 43 RBIs. He starred at Triton for two years and was All-Missouri Valley his junior and senior years at Bradley.

“I was the least excited after the final out of the championship game of anyone on the team because I knew we were going to do it,” Mitidiero said. “We were so good. One through nine, there wasn’t an out in our lineup. Our bench players were as talented as our starters. And with Matt Otteman and the rest of our pitchers, there was no one that could beat us.

“We were family. We were friends. I had a fine career at Bradley, but never found the chemistry and friendship that I found here at Lockport.”

Christensen hit .500 with eight homers and 47 RBIs. He then had a college football career at quarterback for Iowa and Eastern Illinois.

“I won two state championships in football prior to the state championship in baseball and it just wasn’t the same,” Christensen said. “On that awesome night, we lost our minds when we won that state championship in baseball. After being so close so many times, it was an amazing experience. We really pulled for each other and the competition we had among each of us made us all better.

We had an unbelievable lineup and we were a family and it was a great experience.”

How about Bryan Blaskovitz’s homer in the quarterfinal against Schaumburg?

See CHAMPS, page 52

GIRLS SOCCER: CLASS 1A COAL CITY REGIONAL FINAL – HERSCHER 2, COAL CITY 1

• Sunday, May 17, 2015

COAL CITY – The last three times Coal City and Herscher’s girls soccer teams played, the game was tied at the end of regulation and at the end of overtime, resulting in a shootout.

So, it was no surprise Friday that the title game of the Class 1A Coal City Regional between the two teams was a close one.

This time, however, Herscher was able to avoid overtime and a shootout when Stephanie Allison scored with 4:47 to play, breaking a 1-all tie and putting the Tigers ahead, 2-1. They were able to withstand a few furious Coal City attempts to score in the final minutes to to the score and win the regional title.

“This was a very good game,” Coal City coach Michael Kostbade said.

“It always is when we play Herscher.

These two programs are very evenly matched. Just like the last few we played with them, this one could have gone either way.”

In the first half, it went all Coal City’s way.

The Coalers (6-8) controlled the ball and the game early, as both Ashley Matusiak and Alicia Matusiak got off shots on goal in the first five minutes.

Just a little more than seven minutes in, Bridget Kauzlaric got the ball in the middle of the field and delivered a through pass to the right to Alicia Matusiak, who then was able to get off a shot that got past Herscher goalie Abby Kukuck for a 1-0 Coal City lead with 33:42 left in the first half.

Herscher then began to pick up the offensive pressure, but the combination of the Coal City defense and the play of Coaler goalie Kat Druse kept the Tigers off the board in the first half.

“Without Kat’s play, especially in the first half, this game could have been 4-1 or 5-1. She did a great job.”

Besides Jezik, the Coalers got strong defensive play from Aisha Malovski, Claire Pavlis, Clarissa Barkley Danielle VanCura and Ashley Matusiak to go with solid midfield efforts from Kauzlaric, Alyssa Gernenz, Becky Bajt and Katie McGinn.

“The defense was able to read one another and their movements very well,” Kostbade said. “They supported each other and helped each other out.”

Early in the second half, Hartmann scored during a scramble in front of the net after a Herscher corner kick to tie it at 1 with 30:50 to play.

At the 23:00 mark, Jezik sent a pass through the Herscher defense, and teammate Tori Knudson took control on the right wing. She sent it to Alicia Matusiak in the middle, who had a clear path to the goal. However, just before she was able to deliver the shot, Herscher’s Shannon Ducat hustled in from behind to knock it away.

With 4:47 to play, Allison sent a shot high toward the Coal City net. Druse attempted the same punch-it-over-thegoal move that was successful earlier, but this time she didn’t get it high enough and it went in for the winning goal.

“I told the girls that if they want to feel sad about anything, feel sad about the outcome,” Kostbade said. “They should feel proud of their effort today, of the improvement they showed Rob Oesterle – roesterle@shawmedia.com throughout the season and their ability Coal City’s Aisha Malovski executes a direct kick in the Coalers’ 2-1 loss to Herscher on to play well as a team, because I am proud of that.

Friday in Coal City.

“There isn’t much negative to take Ashley Jezik made a nice stop of a Her- off a shot that looked like it might find out of this game. We just came up short scher breakaway and Druse made six an opening at the top of the goal, but on goals. That will happen. Shots don’t saves in the first half. With 15 minutes Druse jumped and knocked it up and always go in, but effort can always be left, Herscher’s Taylor Hartmann got over the goal. there, and it was for us today.”

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BASEBALL: LOCKPORT 7, STAGG 6 (8 INN.)

Porters’ Lovesky hits walk-off single

By DRAKE SKLEBA Shaw Media Correspondent LOCKPORT – The present met the past Friday night at Ed Flink Field.

Defending Southwest Suburban Blue champion Lockport got to hang out with the Porters’ 2005 Class AA state champions.

The state champs were honored on the 10th anniversary of their historic achievement.

The present-day Porters posed for pictures with the champs and then went out and beat Stagg, 7-6, in eight innings.

Sophomore third baseman Gavin Lovesky’s walk-off single to right plated Davis Purviance, who had walked and stolen second, with the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth.

“I’ve been really struggling at the plate lately,” Lovesky said. “Coach (Greg) Blaesing has been telling me to calm down and hit the ball. It’s been a wild two games for me. The walk-off tonight and I hit a homer in our last game. I just took the ball to right. It was so exciting to help us win and get back into first place.”

The Porters (17-10, 10-2), who are tied for the league lead with Homewood-Flossmoor, took a 4-1 lead into the seventh behind sophomore righthander Josh Baker, who had allowed an unearned run and four hits in six strong innings.

When Baker walked a batter to lead off the seventh, ace Cole Bellair relieved, but the future

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Lockport third baseman Gavin Lovesky tags out Stagg’s Josh Nowak as he tries to steal third during the first inning Friday in Lockport.

Illinois pitcher didn’t have it.

Brett Stratinsky’s RBI double and Joe Van Nieuenhuise’s two-run single tied it at 4. Stagg went ahead on a wild pitch and added a run on an errant pickoff throw to lead 6-4 entering the bottom of the seventh.

The Porters responded. Jeremy Quade singled, went to second on an error and third

on a groundout. Tyler Hair’s sacrifice fly made it 6-5. Stephen Hill, who had gone backto-back with Nickolas Strysik in the sixth inning to stretch Lockport’s lead to 4-1, then hammered a 0-2 pitch over the left field-fence to tie it at 6.

“I really just went up and hit the ball,” Hill said. “I haven’t been clutch lately and it was really refreshing for

myself and the team to come through tonight.”

Stagg took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth. Hair and Hill led off the bottom of the fourth with singles, Anthony Cocco singled in a run and Purviance’s sacrifice fly gave Lockport a 2-1 lead.

Junior Dylan Barthel replaced Bellair on the mound and pitched a scoreless eighth,

recording two strikeouts.

“Josh Baker, being just a sophomore and in such a big game, to pitch so well was amazing,” Lockport coach Andy Satunas said. “Stephen (Hill) sure picked up his team with his big blow in the seventh. Great job by Gavin (Lovesky) driving in the game-winner. A great night for Lockport baseball.”

BOYS TRACK ROUNDUP

Plainfield East wins Southwest Prairie Conference title SUBMITTED REPORTS MINOOKA – The Plainfield East’s boys track and field team snapped Minooka’s three-year run as Southwest Prairie Conference champ after the Bengals beat the Indians, 132-119.

Plainfield South nipped Oswego East, 61-60, for third place while Plainfield North edged Plainfield Central, 53-52, for fifth.

Four SPC records were es-

tablished with Central’s Kahmari Montgomery claiming two of those after winning the 100-meter dash (10.68 seconds) and the 200 (21.25). Last year’s state champion in the 200 and 400 also picked up a first-place finish in the 400 (48.63).

Minooka’s Peter Andreano set a new standard in high jump (6 feet, 8 inches) while Romeoville’s Kelvin Jones did the same by winning the discus (166-7).

South’s John Partee won both the 800 (1:57.4) and the 1,600 (4:24.7), while East’s Joe Suarez claimed top honors in the 3,200 (9:29.05). Minooka’s Justin Wolz picked up wins in both the 110 hurdles (14.79) and the 300 hurdles (38.9).

In the relays, East won the 4x100 (42.32), North took first in the 4x200 (1:28.11), Minooka claimed top honors in the 4x400 (3:24.45) and South won the 4x800 (8:05.28).

East’s Juwan Wells took first in triple jump (45-1.75) while teammate Daniel Jackson won shot put (53-1). Minooka’s Ryan Pullara won the pole vault (14-3).

SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue meet: Sandburg edged

Bolingbrook, 127-120.5, for the title, and Homewood-Flossmoor nipped Lockport, 106-105.5, for third place.

Bolingbrook’s Joshua Collins won the 100 (10.79) and 200 (22.29), while teammate Jaylan

McConico took firsts in the 110 hurdles (14.24) and 300 hurdles (39.27). The Raiders also won the 4x100 (42.75) and 4x200 (1:29.57) relays.

Lockport’s Matt Chmielewski claimed first in shot put (51-3.5), teammate John Meyer won the title in discus (150-6) and Porter Wade Walder was the champion in pole vault (13-3). Lincoln-Way East’s Anthony Colangelo took first in high jump (6-5).

BASEBALL: MINOOKA VS. JOLIET WEST, CANCELED

By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com

Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com

Joliet West’s Cody Groose dives head first into third during the first inning Saturday against Minooka in Joliet. The game was called after the fourth inning. The game was not official.

Petrovic said. “It was a unique situation. But with us nearing the postseason, we don’t want anyone to get hurt. Jake Null taking that dive was scary.”

“Yeah, we did a lot of work out here to try to play,” West coach John Karczewski said.

“But nobody needs anybody to get hurt less than two weeks before the regional. [Jeff’s Null’s] 2-hitter fell, it’s not worth it.”

As the host of the planned doubleheader, including a junior varsity game that was not played, West’s parents were on the grills. The Minooka players were headed that way, crossing the first-base line, when a few Indians jokingly reminded Null not to walk in the wrong place.

What was played of the game was competitive, and the two teams will see each other

again. West is the No. 2 seed and Minooka is No. 3 in the Class 4A Joliet West Regional, so they will likely meet in one of the semifinals.

“I’ve known Petro for 25 years and Jim [Lamping, the Minooka pitching coach] for a long time, too,” Karczewski said. “They do a great job. Any time we play each other, you expect it to be a good, close game.”

AREA BASEBALL/SOFTBALL ROUNDUP

Lincoln-Way West baseball blanks two opponents Kelley had two singles, a double and four RBIs, Jim JefN E W L E N O X – L i n - fries tripled and singled, and coln-Way West (24-4, 9-2) Jackson Dvorak singled, and baseball blanked visiting doubled and drove in two for SouthWest Suburban Red foe Providence (21-10, 10-6) in the Lincoln-Way Central, 5-0, Fri- Catholic Blue road win. Conday and nonconference foe nor Hilty (1-1) allowed five hits in five innings.

Richards, 3-0, Saturday.

Plainfield North 9, Providence Joe Paparelli, Jake Rossborough and Adam Knerr (two 3: Josh Garner went 3 for 4 to hits) drove in runs against lead North (22-7) to the nonCentral (13-15, 6-6). Andrew conference home victory FriClavenna allowed two hits in day. Kyle Strepek, Bryan Vansix innings. Tyler Dallio hom- Duser and Jake Dunham had ered, Paparelli doubled in a two hits. Tyler Garrity (3-0) run and John Saffrahn pitched allowed seven hits while strikfive-hit ball over six innings ing out four in five innings.

Joliet West 3, Sandburg 2: against Richards.

Providence 15, Loyola 1: Tom Blake Tomac, who doubled,

SUBMITTED REPORTS

had the game-winning RBI for West (16-10) in the SouthWest Suburban Blue road win Friday. Alex Davis had two RBIs and Cody Grosse two hits and two stolen bases.

Nick Marconi (5-2) struck out 15 and allowed six hits in 5⅔ innings. Colton Foote earned the save.

Wilmington 3, Plano 2: RJ Van Duyne had an RBI for Wilmington in the Interstate Eight home win.

Coal City 4, Manteno 2: Ricky Collins (5-1) pitched five innings for Coal City (24-5, 12-2) in the I-8 road win Thursday.

Joey Quinn doubled and drove in three.

randa Southall went 4 for 4 PREP SOFTBALL Providence 15, Illinois Luther- with two doubles and four an 0 (5 inn.): Natalie Krockey RBIs for Wilmington in the I-8 hit a three-run homer and Jessica Miklos a three-run double to lead Providence (18-9) in the nonconference home win. Allee Hernandez, Jessica Cothern and Morgan Greenwood had two RBIs. Allison Garetto pitched four innings for the win.

Joliet West 11, H-F 2: Kiley Robb went 2 for 3 with a double, homer and three RBIs and Alyssa Rodriguez and Jen Ames homered Friday to lead West (17-10, 6-6) to the SouthWest Suburban Blue home win.

Wilmington 13, Plano 3: Mi-

victory. Lorri Kucharski got the win.

Beecher 5, Lemont 4: Elaina Latz had two RBIs and Lauren May one for Lemont (17-9) in the nonconference road loss Friday.

Morris 21, Yorkville 2 (6 inn.):

Emily Moore (double) and Taya Torkelson (double, five RBIs) had four hits for Morris (20-7, 5-3) in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East win Thursday.

Manteno 3, Coal City 2: Sam Olsen went 2 for 3 for Coal City (17-11, 9-5) in Thursday’s I-8 loss.

• Sunday, May 17, 2015

JOLIET – As with any baseball player, Minooka second baseman Jake Null probably dreams about delivering walkoffs.

Not this kind, however.

As the leadoff hitter in the fifth inning of Saturday’s soggy nonconference game at Joliet West, Null hit a full-count pitch from Tigers reliever Colton Foote just foul down the right-field line. He began running and slipped in the mud along the first-base line, a few feet from home plate, and took a tumble.

The umpires and coaches met and decided a game that had seen a few short delays, while drying product was added and raked into the infield and pitcher’s mound, had to be stopped. West was leading, 3-2, but it was not an official game because the fifth inning had not been completed.

“And Petro [Minooka coach Jeff Petrovic] told me right before I went up there not to run in that spot,” said Null, who said he felt OK after the mishap.

“It was a little tough out there today, and we’ve had a lot of bad weather to play in all season.”

“It was a strange game with all the stopping and starting,”

West (16-10) got off to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Cody Grosse singled off the foot of Minooka starter Trevor Paulsen. Grosse stole second, reached third on Alex Davis’ sacrifice and scored as Griffin McGuire hit into a fielder’s choice.

Minooka (17-13 after a 3-10 start) went ahead, 2-1, in the top of the second against West starter Mike Wolz on RBI singles by Cole Thompson and Gavin Pfieffer. West regained the lead in the third when one run scored on a dropped fly ball off the bat of Robert Talarico and another on two subsequent wild pitches.

“Some of our guys have been throwing all week,” Karczewski said of starting Wolz, who normally is a reliever. “We closed with Foote [Friday in a 3-2 win over Sandburg] and so we started [Wolz] today.”

Paulsen, whose defense turned two double plays behind him, is going to Illinois State as a pitcher but had control issues this year and hasn’t been pitching often.

“Tyler has an incredible arm and is maturing as a pitcher and a player,” Petrovic said. “If he keeps going in that direction, there could be big things ahead for him.”

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BASEBALL: REGION IV FINAL: JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE 5, ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1

Jeffries pitches Wolves to World Series

By JEFF DE GRAW Shaw Media Correspondent SCHAUMBURG – Joliet Junior College is headed back to the NJCAA Division III World Series after beating Illinois Valley Community College, 5-1, on Saturday to win the Region IV title at Boomer Stadium.

It marks the Wolves’ 13th Region IV title in 17 years and the first since 2012, when they won it all. The World Series will begin Saturday at Kinston, North Carolina.

In the best two-of-three series, the Wolves won Friday night, 5-4, in 10 innings on a walk-off, one-out single

by Jake Drada that drove in Cameron Bass. JJC never led until that time.

JJC scored the tying run in the bottom of the ninth as Colton Trager knocked in Ron

Sessler (Lockport) with one out. Trevor Maly (Minooka) picked up the win, pitching the final two innings.

On Saturday, freshman Thomas Jeffries (Providence) was superb. He went seven innings, gave up seven hits and only one run, struck out three and walked one. Of the 21 outs he recorded, two were groundballs. He had 17 flyouts.

“We played them before, and I sort of knew what to expect,” Jeffries said. “I felt good and was spotting my fastball where I want to. I noticed they were flying out a lot, but that was the way it worked.

“This one means a lot because I was playing more and was a big part. We had a great [state championship] team last year at Provy, but I didn’t play that much.”

Fellow freshman Maly re-

“This is pretty cool for our freshmen to be going to the World Series.”

Jake Drada Joliet Junior College baseball player lieved Jeffries in the eighth with two men on and got a popout and a 6-4-3 double play. He pitched the ninth and earned the save.

“I tip my hat to Thomas (Jeffries). He threw the ball well and kept us in it,” JJC coach Wayne King said. “This is never boring. You coach to win, have fun with the players and teach them to be better people.

“It will be different going to North Carolina for the World Series instead of Texas, but I’m glad we will be among the eight teams making the trip.”

The Wolves opened the game with singles by David Hill (Providence), Bass and Sessler (Lockport) to load the bases. A walk to Drada made it 1-0 after the first inning.

In the third, with one out TJ Condon (Minooka) singled.

On a pick-off move, Condon left first base, was caught in a rundown and ended up on third after a two-base throwing error. Drada singled him in for a 2-0 lead.

“I just was trying to do my part in any of the situations,” Drada said. “I moved a guy over in Friday’s game and when I did that I didn’t feel any pressure in any at bat. This is pretty cool for our freshmen to be going to the World Series.”

IVCC tallied a run in the fourth on three hits to get within 2-1.

Four consecutive Wolves

reached base in the seventh as Hill doubled, Bass was hit by pitch, Condon doubled in a run and Sessler was hit by a pitch. Drada grounded into a double play as Bass scored.

Condon scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-1.

“This is amazing. Our pitching has really come together in the last few weeks,” Condon said. “We had a team meeting a few weeks ago and talked about coming together as a team. I think we accomplished that and more.”

Sophomore Colton Trager was named tournament MVP as he went 4 for 7 in two games.

“I could not have done this without my teammates,” Trager said. “We had a tough run in this tournament last year, and it means everything for the sophomores to get to the next step.”

GIRLS TRACK ROUNDUP

Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln-Way West win sectional titles STAFF REPORTS FLOSSMOOR – Two-time defending state girls track and field champion Lincoln-Way East easily captured the title at Thursday’s Class 3A Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional.

Coach Brian Evans’ Griffins finished with 156 points while runner-up H-F had 76.67 points. Lincoln-Way Central placed third with 60 points.

East claimed titles in all four relays, three other races and two field events. It qualified athletes in 14 of the 18 events for next weekend’s state finals at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Julia Junkroski claimed the title in pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches) and was third in high jump (5-3), and Ololade Ayoola took second in high jump (5-5) in field events.

Kristy Dertz won the 3,200-meter run (11:38.89), Alyssa Vogt took first in the 800 (2:17.18) and second in the 1,600 (5:19.76) and Asia Brown claimed top honors in the 100 (11.86) and was second in the

200 (25.09 seconds).

Also for the Griffins, Alexis Pierre-Antoine took second in the 100 hurdles (14.74) and the 300 hurdles (45.76), Emily Karl was runner-up in the 800 (2:17.21), Jasmine Howell placed fifth and qualified on time in the 100 (12.22). Kyndall Wallace did the same with a third-place effort in the 400 (58.59).

East won the 4x800 (9:28.32), 4x100 (47.31), 4x200 (1:40.79) and 4x400 (3:56.37) relays.

Central’s Madison Smith won the 1,600 (5:18.08) while Ashley Raehsler took second in triple jump (36-9.25) and placed fourth and qualified in long jump (17-8.5).

Jenna Diers also advanced after taking third in the 800 (2:18.66). And the Knights advanced their 4x800 relay (9:35.42), which claimed second.

Class 3A Downers Grove North Sectional: Bolingbrook edged Lockport, 60-59, for third place in a meet that was won by Downers Grove South with 104 points. Romeoville (25), Lem-

ont (15) and Joliet Central (6) also competed.

Lockport’s Lane Kadlec won titles in both shot put (40-4.75) and discus (126-3), while Romeoville’s Cierra Pulliam took top honors in triple jump (38-0.5) and advanced to state.

Bolingbrook’s Jessica Watkins took first in the 100 (12.46) and 200 (25.53), while teammate Charlyncia Stennis won the 400 (57.47).

Lockport’s Jaclyn Greci took second in the 100 (12.76) and 200 (25.83). Lemont’s Taylor Campos qualified in the 3,200 (11:14.92) with a fourthplace effort and Pulliam also moved on in the 200 (25.84) after taking third place.

In the field, Lemont’s Jacque Desmond was second in pole vault (10-0), Bolingbrook’s Mikayla Houston was runner-up in shot put (38-9) and Lockport’s Carolyn Dietz advanced with a fifth-place showing in triple jump (35-10.5).

Bolingbrook won the 4x100 relay (48.54), Lockport took second in the 4x800 relay (9:25.68)

and Romeoville was third in showing in the 4x100 relay the 4x200 relay (1:45.52).

(50.32).

Class 2A Kankakee Sectional: Peotone also captured a tiLincoln-Way West defeated tle as Teddy Steeves won the Providence, 90-63, for top hon- 800 (2:29.67). ors. It marked the first time Class 2A Plano Sectional: that coach Dominic Deluca’s Morris’ Leona Burton won tiprogram won a sectional. tles in long jump (17-11), the West received titles from 100 (12.87) and the 200 (26.79), Deven Bax in the 400 (57.53), and Madison Mayberry took Natalie Krol in the 1,600 second in long jump (17-4.75).

(5:37.08) and from its 4x800 Class 1A Seneca Sectional: relay (10:15.59). Krol also was The host Irish easily won the second in the 3,200 (12:01.26). title with 194 points while Also for the Warriors, Kait- Reed-Custer beat Dwight colyn Mathews was runner-up op, 74-66, for second place. in the 1,600 (5:39.31), Courtney Seneca got titles from Cora O’Donnell advanced after tak- Wilkinson in the 100 hurdles ing third in discus (117-8) and (17.04) and 300 hurdles (46.86), their 4x400 relay (4:05.48) also Lexi Wilkinson in triple jump claimed second.

(36-0.5), Shawnna Goins in Providence got a 1-2 finish shot put (36-10), Clara Ross in pole vault from Stefannie in discus (106-0) and its 4x800 Sestak (9-6) and Gianna Lullo (9:53.83), 4x100 (52.58) and (9-6), while Christina MacNab 4x200 (1:50.39) relays. took first in high jump (5-6) Dwight’s Daly Galloway and Melanie Olson finished won the 3,200 (11:08.97) and fifth and qualified in the 200 1,600 (5:04.81), while teammate (:26.48).

Taylor Richie took first in the The Celtics also placed 400 (1:01.01). second in the 4x800 (10:24.72) Reed-Custer’s Morgan and 4x200 (1:45.84) relays and Zacharias won the pole vault advanced after a fourth-place (13-0).

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By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com

“But this is my senior year and now we’re leading our team. We have so much individual talent and we’ve brought it all together as a team.”

Alli Ramirez, Lincoln-Way Central senior nected with 1:28 left before the break to boost the Knights.

Two straight goals by Pat Burke late in the third period gave Central a 5-4 lead and a tough shot from the side by Torres with 3:52 left followed by a close-range tally by Klock with 2:04 remaining gave Central an 8-5 advantage and basically sealed the deal.

“This is awesome,” senior Otto said. “It’s so great that we’re the first team ever from our school to win a sectional and I hope that it sets a precedent that Lincoln-Way Central is here to play. Our coaches are great and we have a bunch of great kids coming up, so I hope that this really sets the tone for the next couple of years.

Sandburg is such an elite program and it’s great that we’re up to their level and able to beat them. It’s wonderful.”

In the girls title game, Cen-

tral scored the last three goals of the first half to grab a 6-5 lead. But Bremen (17-15) got a goal late in the third and early in the fourth period to go up 10-8.

Kenzie Applequist and Cailey Davern (two goals) scored to tie it at 10 with 4:18 to go and Alli Ramirez (three goals) answered with a score with 2:46 left to tie it again.

“It’s amazing,” Ramirez said. “I went to state my sophomore year and felt like I couldn’t contribute that much since our seniors led us. But this is my senior year and now we’re leading our team.

We have so much individual talent and we’ve brought it all together as a team. Our first game was against them and they played great, just like they did today.

“I can’t even put into words how excited I am to be going

back to state. It’s such a big accomplishment for all of us since this is what we’ve all wanted.”

Knights goalie Erin Kay halted a Jaguars shot with 2:05 remaining and Kim Bernhard (three goals) scored the game-winner with 1:43 left. In the last minute, Bremen was high and wide on attempts.

Central (18-10) also received two goals from Nicole Howe and a score from Delaney Shepherd, who has been a member of all three state squads. Applequist, Bernhard, Davern and Ramirez joined Shepherd on the 2013 team that took second at state.

“This was definitely a huge win,” Shepherd said. “We just tried to play our best this season, not necessarily expecting to go to state, even though that was the ultimate goal. We’ve definitely worked as a team and pulled it off. We played them in the first game and lost by a wide margin so it was big to beat them and show how much we’ve improved. We’ve proved that it takes seven players to win and we worked our butts off this season to come this far.”

SOFTBALL: LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 4, LINCOLN-WAY WEST 3

Bakotic, Knights score huge win over Warriors

By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com NEW LENOX – The two best softball teams in the SouthWest Suburban Red got together Friday night and put on the type of show you would expect.

Of course, being district rivals didn’t hurt, either.

Melanie Bakotic survived Emily Ray’s two-run home run in the sixth inning and completed visiting Lincoln-Way Central’s 4-3 victory over Lincoln-Way West in the showdown that likely will decide the conference championship.

The Knights (20-10, 10-2) also won the previous meeting with the Warriors (19-9, 9-3), 5-2, on April 27.

“This is what a game like

this should be,” West coach Heather Novak said. “Two teams playing for the conference title. It should be well played. We just had a couple of misplayed balls that hurt us.”

Amanda Ruskowsky went the distance for West. Her problem inning was the fourth, when the Knights scored three runs to take a 4-1 lead.

Bakotic opened that inning with a double off the top of the fence in left. After a sacrifice, Alyssa Klahn went the opposite way to single home the go-ahead run. With two outs, Natalie Campbell dropped a single into short center field.

Leadoff batter Jackie Farbak hit a shot off Ruskowsky’s glove, and it rolled behind her.

In her haste, with Farbak hustling down the line, Ruskowsky tried an off-balance, back-

handed flip but tossed the ball past first baseman Ray as two runs scored.

“Against a good team like this and a pitcher like this [Ruskowsky], I told the girls that you’re going to fail a majority of the time,” Central coach Jeff Tarala said. “You have to capitalize when you get opportunities, and we did that.”

Other than Ray’s homer after Ruskowsky reached on an error in the sixth, Bakotic was in control the rest of the way. It ended in style as center fielder Courtney Kinney made a diving catch to rob Dani Morgan.

West led, 1-0, after two innings but could have had a larger lead but missed opportunities.

Kayla Seymour doubled

with one out in the first inning, but the next two hitters struck out. In the second, Carly Souder led off with the first of her two hits. Rachel Andrade sacrificed and Jenna Czart’s double with two outs knocked in the run. Jess Schram followed with a single to left to put runners on first and third, but the Warriors couldn’t capitalize.

“We threatened early, had chances to score more, but we didn’t get the big hit,” Novak said. “We need to get better from here.”

Central got back even in the third inning when Campbell singled to center with one out and Colleen McLaughlin delivered a two-out RBI single to center. The Knights finished with eight hits as McLaughlin, Bakotic and Campbell all had

two.

“They put the ball in play,” Novak said. “Give them credit.”

West finished with six hits, but only two after the second inning and one – Ray’s homer – over the final three innings off Bakotic.

“How Melanie has grown in the three years she has pitched on the varsity is incredible,” Tarala said of Bakotic. “[Ray] hit that homer real good,” Bakotic said. “After that, we had to buckle down on defense. My defense always backs me up.

“It was nice we got the three runs [in the fourth inning], but we still had to play defense.

Sometimes when the game is tighter, like it got after their homer, it puts us on edge more and makes us a better team.”

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FRANKFORT – When Jim Lock took over as Lincoln-Way Central’s boys water polo coach in 2013, he inherited a program that had won just one game the year before.

But you’d never know that after watching how his Knights played in Saturday’s Lincoln-Way North Sectional championship against Sandburg.

Facing a program that had won four trophies in seven years, Central used a strong defense to make history by beating the Eagles, 8-6, for the school’s first sectional title.

Central (21-10), which was making its second sectional final appearance and first since 2006, meets Stevenson in Friday’s 5:45 p.m. quarterfinals in Lincolnshire.

It capped a big day for the Knights, who also edged Bremen co-op, 12-11, in the girls final, qualifying coach Karen Desruisseaux’s program for their third state trip in four years. Central meets New Trier in Thursday’s 7 p.m. quar-

terfinals at Stevenson.

In the boys final, Pat Burke, Andrew Doepp and Cody Torres each scored two goals, Zach Otto and Matt Klock also tallied and goalie Jake Burke came up with several big stops.

“This is all thanks to coach Lock, who started with us in my sophomore year and really helped us to learn the fundamentals,” said senior Pat Burke. “This year’s seniors have really stepped it up by doing the right things. My brother Jake in goal has also stepped up and our sophomores went all out today, so this was very exciting.

“Last night, we saw Sandburg take it to H-F (Homewood-Flossmoor) and earlier in the season, we lost to both Sandburg and H-F. So after that, we knew that we’d have to win this the hard way, but that made it even sweeter. In every practice we’ve worked so hard for this. Since Day 1, we’ve had the mindset that we had to go to state this year.”

Central led, 1-0, after one period before Jim Caliendo’s Eagles (20-12-1) scored three straight goals. But Doepp con-

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BASEBALL: COAL CITY 7, REED-CUSTER 3

Coalers defeat rival Comets

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com BRAIDWOOD – Although the baseball teams from Coal City and Reed-Custer easily could meet again within a few days in regional play, Friday’s Interstate Eight Conference clash between the rivals certainly wasn’t a case of two sides merely going through the motions.

With conference implications on the line, both squads slapped the ball around Comet Park. But the Coalers had more success getting timely hits and right-hander Jared Skubic and his defense made sure the Comets struggled to put things together.

That combination resulted in Coal City claiming at least a share of the league title after it captured a 7-3 victory to spoil Reed-Custer’s senior day contest.

The Coalers (25-5, 13-2) could see Reed-Custer (22-11, 10-5) on Wednesday in the Class 2A Coal City Regional semifinals, if the Comets beat Clifton Central on Monday.

“Our kids have been playing

real well together and doing a lot of nice things,” Coalers coach Jerry McDowell said.

“Our defense has been good.

We made two errors, which is kind of uncharacteristic, but we also made some nice plays to get us out of jams.

“Our pitcher, Jared, did a great job. He got a save last night, but still wanted the ball today and he wanted to finish it. We also got some key hits today in good situations. So I was pretty happy with our overall performance against a very good Reed-Custer team.”

The Coalers scored a pair of runs in the first inning as Nick Micetich (2 for 4, three RBIs) doubled home Jake Brnca (three runs) and Brad Littleton (two runs, two RBIs) to move in front of the Comets, who had won 10 straight and 13 of their past 14 games.

“Everyone played good today,” Brnca said. “The main reason that we’ve been winning so many games is our pitching and defense, which have been really good. If we can hit the ball, we’ll be all right. I like how everyone is positive and picks each other up.”

Coal City made it 3-0 in the third when Micetich singled in Brnca, and then it avoided trouble in the bottom of the third after Reed-Custer loaded the bases with no outs. Skubic coaxed a 5-2-3 double play and then got a grounder to first to work out of the mess.

In the fifth, the visitors added two more runs as Brnca drew a leadoff walk and then Indiana University-bound Littleton smacked a two-run shot to left field.

“Jared pitched really good today,” Littleton said. “Our defense is a little better than our offense. Our team is really good together, and we’re all friends since we’ve been together since middle school. We’re mostly juniors and we all hang out and have good chemistry. As a team we need to stay focused and just play the game.”

The Coalers saw their string of four straight errorless games halted in the fifth when they made two errant throws, but Skubic again got the Comets to bounce into a double play.

After Coal City made it 7-0 in the top of the sixth on an infield out by Joe Quinn and

a wild pitch, Reed-Custer finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of that frame when pitcher Eddie Wilkins (2 for 3) led off with a solo home run to left.

Skubic looked like he would get the complete-game win, but he gave up two-out doubles to Travis Schoonover (2 for 4) and Jordan Walden (two RBIs) to make it 7-3. Matt Gubelman came in and struck out the only batter he faced to end the game.

“We didn’t cash in our opportunities when we had them,” Comets coach Jerry Cougill said. “But having said that, Coal City’s pitcher pitched a heck of a game and made pitches when he had to make them. And they also made the most of their opportunities.

“Normally we play pretty good defense and pitch well.

When we get the timely hitting, then we get on a little bit of a roll and that’s what’s happened lately. If we get by Monday, then one of us will be going down on Wednesday in a very loaded regional tournament.”

AREA ROUNDUP

Lockport badminton finishes in seventh at state SUBMITTED REPORTS CHARLESTON – Lockport’s badminton team scored eight points and tied with Stevenson for seventh place in this weekend’s IHSA finals at Eastern Illinois University.

Leading the way for the Porters were their singles team of Lauren Hueckstaedt and Jen Inczauskis, who won their first three matches before losing their next two.

Also for Lockport, Jessica Miller won her first two matches before finishing 2-2, which is the same record posted by Haley Egelhof in singles and its doubles squad of Sarah Heimberg and Deanna Cooper.

Lincoln-Way West also received 2-2 efforts from singles player Cassie Ruettiger and the doubles team of Divinity Burgos and Stephanie McDonald, who

won their first two matches.

Also for the Warriors, Delayne Weston picked up a singles win.

Lincoln-Way Central received an opening-round win from singles player Claire Hilgenbrink and a victory from its doubles team of Alex Sutton and Alexis Derk. And Romeoville got a win in consolation play from Angeleah Barin.

turing three singles and three doubles titles.

Jack Randall (6-4, 6-1), Mike Hasler (7-6 (8-6), 6-0) and Jake Anderson (6-3, 6-1) all won singles titles for the Porters. Lockport’s Christian Monte-Trevor Wood (6-4, 6-2), Kyle Dybas-Bret Scialabba (6-0, 6-4) and Nolan Gilbertson and Joseph Bochenek (6-1, 6-4) took first in second through fourth doubles.

GIRLS SOCCER Joliet Township’s Tom Romeoville 4, East Aurora 1: Carney and Morgan Red beat Olivia Delarosa scored two Lockport’s Patrick Piwoni and goals and had an assist for the Lucas Pindak, 6-1, 6-0, for the Spartans in Saturday’s Class No. 1 doubles title. And at No. 3A Lockport Regional quarter- 2 doubles, JT’s Louie Diaz and final. Gabi Chavez and Klaudia Tim Spesia took third with a Ptak also scored while Macayla 6-2, 6-4 win.

Dweyer made 13 saves.

South Suburban Tournament: Lemont won its ninth consecuBOYS TENNIS tive conference championship SouthWest Suburban Tour- and swept the five titles. Faraz nament: Lockport won with a Longi (6-0, 6-2) and Juan Di40-point performance after cap- az-Sanin (6-1, 6-3) won their sin-

gles matches, while Nick Urban and Nathaniel Burner (6-0, 6-0), Charlie Cannon and Matt Retzke (6-1, 6-1) and Matt Uthupan and Aldo Pizzoferrato (7-6 (8-6), 6-2) won at doubles. The No. 1 doubles team of Urban and Burner are undefeated at 26-0.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Willowbrook Invite: JCA (27-3)

topped Wheaton North, 25-13, 25-20, and Leyden, 25-13, 25-14, in Friday’s pool play. Blake Reardon recorded 14 kills while Ben Gabor tallied 13 kills and Mitch Gustafson had seven kills and six aces.

Lincoln-Way West 26-25, Lincoln-Way Central 24-18: Mi-

chael Wexter had seven kills to lead West (24-3, 7-2), while Scott Christensen had six and Jake Gasparich four. Jon Rossi recorded seven assists in the SouthWest Suburban victory.

Lockport also has won state football titles • CHAMPS

Continued from page 46 King had just cut a 2-0 Schaumburg lead in half with an RBI single in the top of the fifth. Blaskovitz followed with a three-run homer to left that gave the Porters a 4-2 lead en route to their 6-2 victory. Blaskovitz went on to play at Eastern Illinois.

“The key to our success was our camaraderie,” Blaskovitz said. “After we lost to Glenbard West, our third and last defeat, we really pulled together. On the final play of the state championship, I was at shortstop and seeing that Chris King was under the ball – he never dropped anything – we knew the game was over.

I looked at my teammates, looked at my family in the stands and it truly was an incredible feeling to have accomplished our goal.”

It was an amazing time at Lockport with the football team winning back-toback Class 8A football state championships in 2002 and 2003. Kent Irvin, the former athletic director, summed it up best.

“We have been blessed with great students, great parents, great coaches and, most of all, talented athletes,” he said. “To work with our Hall of Fame coach, Jim Hall, was an absolute treat. No one in the coaching profession worked any harder than Jim. Our success was achieved because it is all about family at Lockport.”

“I looked at my teammates, looked at my family in the stands and it truly was an incredible feeling to have accomplished our goal.”

Bryan Blaskovitz Lockport baseball player who was a member of the 2005 Class AA state championship team

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL: BLACKHAWKS VS. DUCKS

By GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press

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The Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews (right) and Anaheim’s Hampus Lindholm watch the puck during the second period Jan. 17, 2014, at the United Center. Anaheim and the Hawks will meet in the 2015 Western Conference Final. chises have never met in the postseason, but it’s finally happening at arguably the peak of both teams’ powers.

While Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and the Hawks played deep into the spring over the past several seasons, the players who now make up

the Ducks watched and waited. Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry won Anaheim’s only Stanley Cup title eight years ago, but they hadn’t been back to the conference finals since.

Coach Bruce Boudreau and most of their teammates have only a few years of history in

Blackhawks vs. Ducks Sunday Hawks at Ducks, 2 p.m., NBC Tuesday Hawks at Ducks, 8 p.m., NBCSN Thursday Ducks at Hawks, 7 p.m., NBCSN Saturday Ducks at Hawks, 7 p.m., NBC Monday, May 25 Hawks at Ducks*, 8 p.m., NBCSN Wednesday, May 27 Ducks at Hawks*, 7 p.m., NBCSN Saturday, May 30 Hawks at Ducks*, 7 p.m., NBCSN * - if necessary the coaches want, but I think it’ll be a good series for the fans to watch.”

Anaheim molded a roster to challenge the archrival Kings – another team of seriously heavy hitters – for Pacific Division supremacy, while the Hawks have stayed atop the league with top-end talent.

THE 140TH RUNNING OF THE PREAKNESS STAKES

American Pharoah romps to victory in the mud Baffert back in line for Triple Crown

By RICHARD ROSENBLATT The Associated Press BALTIMORE – Minutes before the Preakness, it was an ominous scene at Pimlico Race Course. Thunder and lightning. Wind and rain. A record crowd scrambling for cover.

A drenched racetrack.

Nothing – absolutely nothing – was going to stop American Pharoah, especially the competition.

Thunder rumbled as the starting gate opened, and the Kentucky Derby winner took charge early and overpowered seven rivals, winning by seven lengths to put trainer Bob Baffert back in the Triple Crown groove.

“Great horses do great things,” Baffert said after his sixth Preakness victory, “and he showed it today.

He’s just an incredible horse.”

And in three weeks, the stage will be set for the ultimate drama in racing – a Triple Crown attempt at the

Preakness payout Win Place Show 1 American Pharoah 3.80 3.40 2.80 5 Tale of Verve 19.00 8.80 7 Divining Rod 5.20 Belmont Stakes in New York.

“I don’t even want to think about the Triple Crown right now,” the 62-year-old trainer said. “I want to enjoy this. It’s tough up there.”

American Pharoah, who started from the rail under Victor Espinoza, will be 14th Derby-Preakness winner to have a shot at becoming the first to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont since Affirmed in 1978.

For Baffert, he’ll be making an unprecedented fourth attempt at a Triple.

He won the Derby and Preakness with Silver Charm in 1997, Real Quiet in 1998 and War Emblem in 2002. All three fell short in the Belmont.

A rainstorm began about 15 minutes before the race went off, preceded by several lightning bolts, but it didn’t affect American Pharoah, a

sweet-striding 3-year-old. The colt dealt with similar conditions in winning the Rebel Stakes in March.

Part of the record crowd of 131,680 may have missed the race as they fled the infield and huddled under tents.

No matter. The result was not a surprise.

The dominating win confirmed owner Ahmed Zayat’s belief that American Pharoah is a champion in the making.

“I always told everybody American Pharoah would show up today,” said Zayat, drenched after his trip to the winner’s circle. “Indeed he did.

He is the real deal.”

American Pharoah may have only half a tail and sensitive ears that Baffert stuffs with cotton, but he’s pretty close to perfection. Bought back at auction by Zayat for $300,000, American Pharoah earned $900,000 for the win to boost his winnings to $3.7 million.

A Triple Crown is priceless.

“He put on a show today,” said Zayat, a businessman from Egypt who lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.

“Nobody came close to him.”

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Jockey Victor Espinoza (left) celebrates aboard American Pharoah after winning the 140th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Blackhawks have built a tradition of excellence over the past seven years, winning two Stanley Cup titles and contending almost every spring with a dynamic roster of proven stars.

The Anaheim Ducks want everything the Hawks already have, and they finally get a chance to take it in the Western Conference finals.

“You can’t give anyone too much respect,” said Anaheim forward Matt Beleskey, who has scored a goal in five straight playoff games.

“They’re an obviously great team, but we’re here for a reason, and now it’s time to come out here and prove it.”

When the Hawks visit the Ducks for Sunday’s opener, two high-powered teams with contrasting strengths begin a compelling clash. These fran-

Anaheim.

The Hawks are in their fifth conference final in seven seasons, and they’re playing this round in Southern California for the third straight year.

The Hawks split the past two conference finals with the Los Angeles Kings, with the winner rolling on to raise the Stanley Cup. Don’t get fooled by geographical cliches when studying this series, though.

The Hawks might represent a blue-collar Midwest town, but they’re loaded with speedy skaters and elite scoring talent. The team from sunny, flashy Southern California is a hard-hitting behemoth with a nasty edge and outstanding two-way center play.

“I think it’s going to be a good series,” the Hawks’ Patrick Kane said. “I think it’s going to be physical. I think it’s going to be fast. I think there’s going to be a lot of scoring chances, probably not what

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MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 23 14 .622 — Kansas City 23 14 .622 — Minnesota 21 16 .568 2 White Sox 15 17 .469 5½ Cleveland 13 21 .382 8½ East Division W L Pct GB New York 22 16 .579 — Tampa Bay 20 18 .526 2 Boston 17 19 .472 4 Toronto 17 21 .447 5 Baltimore 15 19 .441 5 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 24 13 .649 — Los Angeles 19 17 .528 4½ Seattle 16 19 .457 7 Texas 15 21 .417 8½ Oakland 13 24 .351 11 Saturday’s Results White Sox at Oakland (n) Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 4, St. Louis 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 6, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Kansas City 1 Houston 6, Toronto 5 Cleveland at Texas (n) Boston at Seattle (n) Sunday’s Games White Sox at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 24 12 .667 — Cubs 21 15 .583 3 Cincinnati 18 19 .486 6½ Pittsburgh 17 20 .459 7½ Milwaukee 13 24 .351 11½ East Division W L Pct GB New York 21 16 .568 — Washington 20 17 .541 1 Atlanta 17 19 .472 3½ Miami 16 21 .432 5 Philadelphia 14 23 .378 7 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 23 12 .657 — San Diego 19 18 .514 5 San Francisco 19 18 .514 5 Arizona 15 19 .441 7½ Colorado 12 20 .375 9½ Saturday’s Results Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 5, Miami 3 Detroit 4, St. Louis 3, 10 inn.

N.Y. Mets 14, Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 11, Cincinnati 2 Arizona at Philadelphia (n) Washington at San Diego (n) Colorado at L.A. Dodgers (n) Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

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San Francisco at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.

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Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 3:10 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m.

FRONTIER LEAGUE West Division W L Pct GB Rockford 2 0 1.000 — Schaumburg 2 0 1.000 — Normal 1 0 1.000 ½ Windy City 2 1 .667 ½ River City 0 1 .000 1½ Gateway 0 2 .000 2 Joliet 0 3 .000 2½ East Division W L Pct GB Florence 3 0 1.000 — Southern Illinois 2 0 1.000 ½ Traverse City 1 0 1.000 1 Evansville 0 1 .000 2 Washington 0 1 .000 2 Frontier 0 2 .000 2½ Lake Erie 0 2 .000 2½ Saturday’s Results Florence 10, Joliet 4 Traverse City 4, Evansville 2, 1st game Southern Illinois 4, Lake Erie 1 Windy City 3, Frontier 2 Schaumburg at Washington, ppd., rain Rockford 6, Gateway 2 Normal at River City (n) Traverse City at Evansville (n), 2nd game

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Freedom completes sweep of Slammers SUBMITTED REPORT FLORENCE, Ky. – The Slammers open their home schedule Tuesday night against Lake Erie at Silver Cross Field, and it can’t come soon enough.

Florence struck early and often, and completed a season-opening three-game sweep of the Slammers, 10-4, Saturday evening. After scoring twice in the first inning, the Freedom added four in the third off starter and loser Jordan Wellander and four more

in the fourth against reliever Andrew Stenge for a 10-0 lead.

Charlie White homered in the fifth to get Joliet (0-3) on the board. Two bases-loaded walks in the sixth made it 10-3, and Alfredo Rodriguez singled home the final run in the seventh.

Chris Serritella blasts two home runs Friday night, but the Slammers’ comeback bid fell short in a 6-5 loss to Florence in Game 2 of the series.

Joliet scored twice in the third inning on Mike Garza’s RBI groundout and an error to take a 2-1 lead. But the Free-

dom rebounded to score twice in the bottom of the inning against starter and loser Jordan Guth, then added three runs in the fourth to lead 6-2.

Serritella hit a solo homer in the fifth and the Slammers got within 6-4 in the seventh, when they loaded the bases with nobody out but got only one run, on a Rodriguez sacrifice fly that scored Serritella.

Serritella’s second solo homer came leading off the ninth to make it 6-5, but the next three batters were retired in order.

SPORTS BRIEF Lester helps Cubs to their 6th straight win

seven gutsy innings, and the Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-1, Saturday for their CHICAGO – Jon Lester pumped his fist and yelled as he sixth straight win.

“You have to better pitch walked off the mound at Wrigley Field. A season-high crowd better than good pitching to win, and we had the better of 38,883 roared its approval.

Not even Gerrit Cole can beat pitching today,” manager Joe Maddon said. “Jonny set that the Cubs right now.

Lester outpitched Cole with whole thing up. Man, he was

outstanding.”

Kris Bryant went 2 for 2 with two walks and scored twice as the Cubs moved six games over .500 for the first time since they were 83-77 on Oct. 3, 2009, according to STATS. It is the longest win streak for the Cubs since a seven-game run in 2011.

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Retiring professor at University of St. Francis administered, taught, coached

By SEAN LEARY Shaw Media Correspondent

J

OLIET – A planned short detour in his youth marked the start to a lifetime of adventure and accomplishment for Lyle Hicks.

The 69-year-old University of St. Francis professor will retire this month after almost 40 years in various educational and administrative positions at the Joliet school, but his decades of service ironically began with what he thought would be a brief stint at the college.

“I started there in 1976. I came in [with] Gordie Gillespie and Pat Sullivan, and I couldn’t have been luckier to start at the same time as two of the finest gentlemen I’ve ever met,” Hicks said. “I coached men’s tennis, taught and did whatever I could to help out, whatever I could do to be of service.”

That attitude followed Hicks through 17 positions in the school, from teaching to coaching to administration.

The Mokena man served as executive director of the Solutions Resource Center; as dean of the College of Business & Health Administration; as director of Professional Arts & Continuing Education; and as dean of students.

He’s now a full professor in recreation, sport and tourism management, helped start up the Solutions Business Center ,and is CEO for the university’s Center for Innovation and Leadership.

That diverse array of service earned him the title of professor emeritus during commencement ceremonies Saturday. Hicks is thankful for the various opportunities and the many relationships he’s developed with presidents, teachers, coaches and students.

“I always said [because of all the jobs] that I never found out what I did too well, but I dazzled them with my footwork in moving around for almost 40 years,” Hicks

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After nearly four decades teaching at the University of St. Francis, Lyle Hicks is retiring from his position. During his tenure, Hicks has held nearly 20 titles at the university, including dean of students. He said he will be moving to Florida and overseeing an internship program, but will spend most of his time fishing. said. “Each president allowed me to be who I am, held me accountable, but allowed me to run my programs and teach as I saw fit, and I very much appreciate all of the people that helped me and allowed me to become successful.”

Hicks is humble in regard to sharing the secret to his longevity and success, attributing it to those around him and his ability to “work together with great people.”

“I’ve been very lucky,” Hicks said.

Born and raised in Ashton, and a graduate of Ashton High School, Hicks earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern Illinois University and his doctorate from Northern Illinois University, where he met his wife Nancy.

The two married in 1972.

Hicks entered the U.S. Army and served in Viet-

nam in military intelligence, achieving a rank of captain.

He was awarded the Bronze Star for Service and the Bronze Star with an Oak Leaf for valor. Hicks is reticent about his military time, but admits it led him into his career at USF. “There was a therapeutic recreation program started under a federal grant and I came to Joliet under a civil service grant,” he said. “I figured I’d be there for two years, and then the grant would be up and I’d go back to the military. But my wife said ‘I really like it here,’ and I said, ‘I do too,’ and two years ended up becoming [almost] 40.”

His colleagues will feel his departure keenly. Bonnie Covelli, director of the school of professional studies, praised Hicks’ mentoring ability.

“He’s an expert at identifying needs and providing leadership to fulfill those needs,” Covelli said.

Sydney Sklar, associate professor and department chair of recreation, sport and tourism management, agreed Hicks was an amazing mentor. Sklar said he terribly will miss this asset to the university.

“As long as he’s been at the university, he’s served like no other,” Sklar said.

Sklar, who’s worked with Hicks for 10 years, said from the start that Hicks was kind and personable, a man who liked making others feel comfortable. Hicks proved it when he stepped down as department chair, giving Sklar an opportunity to grow into the position.

“He just wants to help and he’s always more than willing

to take direction, allow others to lead and provide the type of support needed to allow others to do their job,” Sklar said.

“He’s a great colleague.”

Hicks said, if anyone remembers him after he is gone, he hopes it will be the students.

“The most important thing for me was always to help the students meet their needs,” Hicks said.

Hicks will continue to serve in a part-time job for USF, developing online programs and helping the university build partnerships with colleges in Hicks’ new location – south Florida, where Hicks and his wife will retire this summer.

“I’m sure we’ll be happy and we’ll definitely enjoy the weather,” Hicks said, “but, as always, a part of me will be here at USF.”

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56 V&A Society of Joliet supports charities The HERALD-NEWS JOLIET – The Visitation and Aid Society of Joliet celebrated 125 years of supporting the Joliet community.

Traditionally V&A has a spring luncheon and presents local charities with donations to support their efforts of assisting Will County residents.

Guests this year included representatives from the Senior Services Center of Will County, St. John’s Food Pan-

try, Joliet Area Hospice, St. Patrick’s Food Pantry, the Spanish Community Center and Daybreak Center. Each of these charitable organizations received a $1,500 donation.

Their largest distribution of assistance occurs during the holiday season when V&A provides holiday groceries and gifts to more than 118 families in school district 86.

This year the luncheon was held at Al’s Steakhouse and the hostess was Kathy Boucher. She was assisted by Colette

PEOPLE BRIEFS Easter Seals Joliet Region awarded accreditation

JOLIET – Easter Seals Joliet Region, Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for its Behavioral Consultation Services, Child and Youth Services, Community Housing, Community Integration, Foster Family Services (Children and Adolescents), Supports for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Governance Standards Applied.

The latest accreditation is one more of the consecutive ThreeYear Accreditation that the international accrediting body, CARF, has awarded to Easter Seals Joliet Region.

Easter Seals Joliet Region, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization with centers at 212 Barney Drive, Joliet, 991 Essington Road, Joliet and 521 E. North, Bradley serving Will, Grundy, Kendall, Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois counties.

CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body. It was founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. It is now known as CARF International, For information, call Easter Seals Joliet Region at 815725-2194 or visit www.joliet. easterseals.com.

Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living meets JOLIET – The Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living hosted its annual meeting on May 6 at the Center, 2415 W. Jefferson St., Joliet.

Incoming Board President Elaine Sommer introduced the officers and directors for the coming year: Vice-President Chris Boyk; Secretary Rhonda Price; Delegate-at-Large Jennifer Minski; and Past President Bob Smith.

New directors include: Zack Fleming, Ric Flores, Dianne Munlde, Susan Rink and Kevin Pruitte. Returning Directors are: Susan Jarosinski, Rich Mejia, Carol Harris and David Cumbo. Four outgoing directors were thanked for their years of service: Donald Cordano, Nancy Pohlman, John Stanton and Jim Albritton.

Before the annual meeting, guests enjoyed an open house to learn about the center’s services as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act. This federal law is celebrating the 25th year since its passage.

Undrea Parzych was presented with the Ed Roberts Excellence in Independent Living Award which recognizes a person with a disability who exemplifies advocacy and self-determination.

Tiffany Gant was named Volunteer of the Year for her many hours and skills she donates to the Center. Both women are Joliet residents.

The center serves more than 1,000 people each year.

For information, call 815-7290162; 815-729-2085; 815-7682582 vp/vrs or visit will-grundycil.org. The center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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Naal, Marianne Murphy and Claire Millweard. Karen Tyler arranged an informative and entertaining presentation by Greg Peerbolte, executive director of the Joliet Area Historical Museum.

The theme of fall fundraiser is “An Evening in Tuscany.” It will be a casual event on October 16 at George’s 174 Hall, on Essington Road in Joliet. The Italian-themed evening will include a Broadway-like perforPhoto provided mance by Maurice LoMonaco, a Sicilian born tenor.

Marianne Murphy, V&A Society president, and Courtney Such.

Minooka Women’s Club present scholarships

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Nancy Skwarczynski and Jean Jun of Minooka Women’s Club, stand with four of the seven scholarship recipients, which Skwarczynski presented on Honors Night at Minooka High School on April 27. Pictured (center left to right) are Chloe Bell, Ashley Jonen , Elizabeth Boeringa and Lily Benig. Not pictured are Margaret Bauer, Alyssa Gagnon and Alexa Zito.

Zonta Club receives award from local medical center Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center President and CEO Kathleen Rhine (right) presents the 2015 Inspire Award to Joliet Zonta President Mardi Wunderlich on April 27. The award recognizes inspirational leadership from an individual or organization. The mission of the Joliet Zonta Club is to advance the status of women locally and globally.

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Buy ‘Honor Bricks’ at New Lenox American Legion

NEW LENOX – Honor your loved ones – past and present – with a commemorative brick – engraved with name, rank, and/or branch of service, to be installed in our Walk of Honor around our M60A3 Patton Tank.

An “Honor Brick” also can be purchased for any family member or friend. Bricks are available to buy throughout the year. The cost is $50 a brick. Information and order forms are available in the Lockport Township High School ’60 to host reunion Canteen at the Thomas E. Hartung American Legion Post 1977, 14414 LOCKPORT – The Lockport Ford Drive, New Lenox. For inforTownship High School class of mation, call 815-485-4651.

1960 will host its 50th reunion Sept. 18 at Lockport American Legion Hall, 15052 Archer Ave., Joliet Chapter of NHBW to host ‘Heroes’ event Lockport.

The Joliet Chapter of National The reunion will begin with a Hook-Up of Black Women (NHBW) Happy Hour at 5 p.m. Pizza will

John & Liberata DiVecchio 60th Wedding Anniversary

Inc. will be honoring community first responders with a luncheon and awards ceremony.

The theme is ”Celebrating Heroes.” The event will be from noon to 3 p.m. May 23 at St. George Social Center 310 Stryker Ave., Joliet.

Our honorees are: Bounce Back Social Service, Paris V. Wilhite, Jennifer B. Young; Will County Sheriff Department, Deputy David Dobrowski; Joliet City Police Department, Demetris Anderson, Dwayne English; Joliet Fire Department, Floyd Woods Jr., Jim Ryan; and Buffalo Soldiers, Post 241 of Illinois, Ezra Henderson Jr. For tickets, call Gwen Ulmer at 815-210-9383.

day with their name on it. All campers MUST wear their camp T-shirt and which available to buy upon registration for $7.

This camp is at the Lions Community Center, 1 Manor Drive in New Lenox. The fee per session is $90 for residents and $95 for nonresidents.

For information, call the New Lenox Community Park District at 815-485-1737.

Proteins in Klebsiella Pneumoniae” • Dimitra Spandonidis of Lockport – “A time series analysis of Service Consumption expenditures as determinants of the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sector price movements, 2004-2014.”

The symposium recognizes and celebrates academic excellence in undergraduate and graduate education.

Local Dayton students participate in symposium

A.O. Marshall School student reunion is June 11

The following University of Dayton students participated in the 26th annual Bro. Joseph W. Stander Symposium.

• Angela Giaquinto of New Lenox – “The Effects of the Soy New Lenox Park District Protein Lunasin in the Alzheito offer Camp Rainbow mer’s Disease Model” NEW LENOX – Keep your • Caroline Mccahey of Frank3-year-old busy this summer at fort – “Behavioral Activation in a Camp Rainbow.

Homeless Shelter: A Discussion This camp offers hand-on proj- of Outcomes and Generalization ects, special events, story time, to Guests at a Women’s Shelter” arts and crafts and outdoor play. • Victoria Pryzdia of New All campers will be required to Lenox – “Mapping the Physical bring a lunch and drink each Interaction between PriA and PriB

JOLIET – A reunion celebrating all students and alumnus of A.O. Marshall School in Joliet will be from noon to 4 p.m. June 11 at Veterans of Foreign Wars, 323 Old Hickory Road in New Lenox.

Friends and family also are welcome.

Tickets are $18 a person and must be reserved by June 1.

Send checks payable to DiVecchio/A.O.Marshall Reunion, 16653 W. Natoma Drive, Lockport. For information, call Jan DiVecchio at 815-529-7869.

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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF INTEFRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE ANNOUNCES THE GRADUATION OF

Mr. and Mrs. John DiVecchio of Joliet, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday, May 14, 2015.

John and Liberata (Brandolino) were married on May 14, 1955 at the Church of St. Anthony in Joliet,

by Msgr. Armand Rotundi. The couple will celebrate with a family dinner. John and Libby are the parents of Eugene (Charlene) and John (Andrea) DiVecchio. They have four grandchildren; Michael, Sara, Danielle (Jason Adolph), and Natalie (Adam Parrish) and three great-grandchildren; Andrew & Gianna Parrish, and Landon Adolph. adno=0319616

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PLAINFIELD – The Plainfield Park District will host a Kids Garage Sale on June 5 at Renwick Community Park, 24550 W. Renwick Road, Plainfield.

The hours of the garage sale are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The rain date is June 12. This sale is strictly for children’s toys, games, books, sports equipment, clothes and collectibles. Adult supervision is required per space. Sellers must provide their own tables and chairs. Iinformation packets will be sent to registered sellers before the sale. Register by May 29.

Fees are nonrefundable after this date. The cost is $8 for residents and $10 for nonresidents. For information, call 815-436-8812 or visit www.plfdparks.org.

be delivered at 6 p.m. The cost is $20 a person. This includes coffee, water and soda that are dispensed at the bar. Alcoholic and other beverages are available at own expense.

Reservation deadline is Aug. 1.

Call Pat Riley at 815-274-3722 or email rileypat1111@yahoo.com.

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Joliet Township alum honored The HERALD-NEWS JOLIET – Gary Lichtenwalter was named as the 2015 Distinguished Alumnus by the Joliet Township High School Alumni Association at District 204’s Salute to Service Partnership Recognition event on May 5.

Now living in Colorado, Lichtenwalter was born in Joliet and graduated from Joliet Township High School in 1958 followed by graduation from Joliet Junior College.

He received his finance degree from the University of Illinois, He was president and CEO of Lichtenwalter Insurance and Lichtenwalter Real Estate.

Lichtenwalter was the

coordinator of his class reunions up to and including its 50th anniversary celebration in 2008.

As part of its 50th reunion activities, he led the class to participate in the district’s Challenge 50 donor Gary program.

Lichtenwalter His classmates raised $14,000, a class contribution record that still stands today.

Under Lichtenwalter’s direction, scholarships in the name of the Class of 1958 were awarded to Joliet Central graduates in 2010 and 2011.

He is a sustaining mem-

ber of the JTHS Alumni Association and has literally helped pave the entryway to the Joliet Central field house atrium by buying several bricks from the JTHS Foundation.

Recently, he participated in the district’s Share the Pride Nationwide Program by having a plaque honoring family members hung inside the original entrance to the Joliet Central campus off Jefferson Street.

A charitable remainder trust has been set up at the University of Illinois to help pay for scholarships for graduates of Joliet Township High School and Joliet Junior College who wish to attend any of the three U of I campuses.

PEOPLE BRIEFS Catholic Charities needs foster grandparents

trained as weather spotters through SKYWARN, a program sponsored by the City of Joliet JOLIET – The Catholic CharEmergency Management. ities, Diocese of Joliet Foster USF Safety & Security DeGrandparent Program offers partment personnel and other older adults an opportunity to first responders for the campus help children in your commuattended the training that was nity develop academic and conducted by Greg Sebben, life skills that are critical to director of Emergency Managetheir development and future ment for the city of Joliet. successes.

More than 20 USF employees Catholic Charities will match volunteers’ skills and passions attended the first two sessions, to those of children in elemen- said Joseph Kripp director of the tary schools in Districts 86 and Safety & Security Department.

Future sessions are planned so 89; faith based schools; Head that additional members of the Start sites; and pre-schools.

USF community can be trained, Foster Grandparent volunhe added. teers must be age 55 or older The program is conducted in and willing to serve between 20 and 40 hours a week. Foster association with the National Grandparents who are income Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather eligible will receive a tax-free Service. Visit www.stfrancis.edu. hourly stipend to help cover costs associated with volunteering. Preservice orientation Local students partake in student government day and training provided.

NEW LENOX – A total of 16 To learn more about voleighth grade students from unteering, contact Mari at 815-724-1134 or mruiz@cc-doj. Liberty Junior High School, Martino Junior High School, and org. For information about the programs and services provid- Saint Jude School participated in the annual Student Government ed by Catholic Charities, visit Day meeting at the New Lenox catholiccharitiesjoliet.org.

Village Hall on April 27.

The meeting’s agenda was St. Francis employees made up of topics that were now ‘weather spotters’ the product of a brainstorming JOLIET – University of St. session held on March 27, beFrancis employees were

tween a group of eighth grade students and representatives from the village hall.

The Student Government Day participants then visited the village hall on April 16, to meet with the various local government officials and learn of their duties and responsibilities.

JCHS French honors society inducts members JOLIET – The Joliet Central High School chapter of the Société Honoraire de Français (French Honor Society) held its induction ceremony of new members on April 29. Twenty-three new members were inducted.

New members include Stephanie Cardenas, Roberto Contreras, Giovanni Contreras-Orozco, Yareley Gonzalez, Alexis Granados, Diana Granados, Daisy Hernandez, Freddy Hernandez, Maritza Lopez, Endy Lozano, Annalise Malin, Dominic Micheletto, Jessica Patino-Alvarado, Valeria Ramirez, Taylor Robinson, Jihan Salameh, Guadalupe Sanchez, Magdalena Silva, Jared Sims, Israel Udave, Mayra Zaragoza and Estefania Zavala.

The SHF is run by the American Association of Teachers of French.

– The Herald-News

From left: Kim Rothstein, head coach; Lawson Sizemore, athlete; Erin Shroeder, coach; Nicolle Andersen, coach; Cami Bryant, athlete; Kristen Grawbowski, coach.

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Troy School District 30C Special Olympics students earn Team of the Year The HERALD-NEWS SHOREWOOD – Special Olympics students at Troy School District 30C were named, “Team of the Year,” at the 2015 Special Olympics Illinois Spring Games held on May 2 in South Holland.

This year, Troy’s Special Olympics program added the Young Athletes branch of Special Olympics that allows children ages 2 to 7 to compete.

Also new to the program this year is the inclusion of William B. Orenic Intermediate School’s LEAD Club students as volunteer coaches.

Bringing home gold medals from Troy schools were Adam Arias, eighth grade, for softball throw; Kaytia Jones, fifth grade, for the 100-meter run; Cami Bryant, eighth grade, for softball throw; Hanah Smith, eighth grade, for softball throw; Justin Orta, fourth grade, for the 100 and softball throw; Lawson Sizemore, sixth grade, for motorized 50

slalom and tennis ball throw; Mark Harrelson, fifth grade, for the 100; and Seren Jenkins, fourth grade, for the 100 and softball throw.

Other Troy Special Olympic athletes who competed at the event were Sarah Schutter, Caroline Collins, Carly Ruddy, Jonah Gonda, Henry Bilus, Lilly Jameson, Zoe Barnes, Ashley Castillo and Layla Mozaffarzadeh.

The Special Olympians were from Troy Crossroads Elementary and Troy Craughwell Elementary Schools, William B. Orenic Intermediate School and Troy Middle School.

Next year, the Troy Special Olympics program hopes to bring in the Troy Trojan cheerleading squad to add its own brand of spirit to the Special Olympics basketball program.

Also planned is a broadening of the district’s Young Athletes program to include students ages 2 to 7.

Joliet W. student second at state journalism competition The HERALD-NEWS JOLIET – Joliet West High School Journalism student Mike Maticka placed second for Info Graphics Design at the IHSA Sate Journalism Competition held recently at Eastern Illinois University.

Seventy-five Illinois schools participated in the state finals.

Maticka’s designs were judged on visual interest, ac-

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JTHS students Krynn Paluga, Abasi Kelley, and Sydney Czyzon also competed at the state Mike Maticka level.

Students competed in newspaper design, broadcast news and news writing.

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Army Pvt. Tiffany L. Alleman has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Johnny Ventura graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

During the nine weeks of training, Alleman studied the army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises.

Alleman is the niece of Christina Depersia of Frankfort. She is a 2010 graduate of Plainfield Central School.

Ventura completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Ventura is the son of Josefina and Jose Ventura of Bolingbrook.

He is a 2008 graduate of Bolingbrook High School.

Park district offers summer Management Program.

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Lewis hosts annual celebration of Scholarship The HERALD-NEWS ROMEOVILLE – More than 300 Lewis University undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty showcased their scholarly and artistic work on April 16 during the 4th Annual Celebration of Scholarship.

Local students are: • Michael Smith of Channahon – “Mathematics Behind Hunger” • Cody Drozd of New Lenox – “Impact of Tau on CTE and Dementia” • Jaimie Hughes of Homer Glen – “Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Neurodegenerative Disease Modeling” • Daniel Lentz of Channahon – “Utilization of Photodynamic Therapy Treatment of Bronchogenic Carcinomas” • Victoria Abraham of Lockport – “Prevalence of Breast Cancer in the Younger Generation”

• Nicole Krage of Romeoville – “The portrayal of females in Disney movies” • Roslyn Summerville of Romeoville – “The portrayal of females in Disney movies” • Nicole Krage of Romeoville – “False and Deceptive Advertising: Photoshop in Magazines” • Hayley Rife of Frankfort – “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”” • Leigh Smith of Romeoville – “The Use of miRNA as an Alternative to Chemotherapy” • Andres Mendez of Lockport – “Predicting Government Systems” • Ian Miller of Joliet – “U.S. Foreign Policy: Knowledge and Opinions of Lewis Students” • Eric Schmitz of Plainfield – “U.S. Foreign Policy: Knowledge and Opinions of Lewis Students” • Alyssa Harms of Gardner – “How to Eliminate the Gen-

PEOPLE BRIEF Local students at Carthage present research

Local students who attend Carthage College were among the presenters at the fifth annual Celebration of Scholars event on April 24. The poster exhibition features original research, scholarship and creative work completed by Carthage students.

These students exhibited their work: • Anthony Craven of Frankfort presented “A Calligraphic Interpretation of Confucianism” and “A Meta-Analysis of the Current Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Literature.”

• Eva Roesel of New Lenox presented “How Grip and Pinch Strength Varies Between the Dominant and Nondominant Hand in Individuals with Different Wrist Circumferences.”

• Helaina Rosenmayer of Plainfield presented “The Fate of Fragrance Chemicals in Wastewater Treatment Plants.”

Presentations include senior theses and other exemplary works the students completed in courses, the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, or independent research with faculty mentors.

– The Herald-News

der Gap in Political and Business Sectors” • Juanita Samms of Plainfield – “Immigrant Culture and Community Collaboration” • Danielle Barzditis of Lockport – “Immigrant Culture and Community Collaboration” • Shannon O’Malley of Lockport – “Immigrant Culture and Community Collaboration” • Paige Santa Maria of Plainfield – “Immigrant Culture and Community Collaboration” • Jenny Incekara of Minooka – “Education a World Away” • Kaite Maki of Plainfield – “Education a World Away” • Drew Flowers of Channahon “The Use of Machine Learning Algorithms for Finding Role-Specific Strategies in the Game of Bang!”

• Lauryn Amerio of Homer Glen – “How Street Performers Earn Your Entertainment Dollar”

• Amanda Buenrostro of Plainfield – “How Street Performers Earn Your Entertainment Dollar” • Catelyn Radtke of Plainfield – “The Marketing of Street Begging” • Joseph Blockson of Romeoville – “Change Management Facilitation Model” • Meghan Hurley of Lockport – “Change Management Facilitation Model” • Sarah Abbas of New Lenox – “Psychotherapy and Eating Disorders: Analyzing the effects of Interpersonal Therapy with Teenage Girls” • Bernice Anderson of Joliet – “Psychotherapy and Eating Disorders: Analyzing the effects of Interpersonal Therapy with Teenage Girls” • Jaclyn Conrad of Plainfield – “One size does (not) fit all” • Nicole Nepote of Frankfort – “Solar Energy Sculptures” • Christopher Hueg of Ro-

meoville – “There’s No Such Thing as Literacy” • Kelly Langert of Plainfield – “There’s No Such Thing as Literacy” • Sabrina Parr of Plainfield – “The Use of Creative Writing Prompts as a Generative Device to Unearth Imaginative Intelligence” • Allison Pringle of Homer Glen – “Scene of the Crime” • Sheri Vilcek of Plainfield – “Scene of the Crime” • Dominique Dusek of Lockport – “The Cento Poetic Form as Collage and Collaboration” • Brittany Bishop of Rockdale – “The Cento Poetic Form as Collage and Collaboration” • Melissa Gura of Channahon – “The Cento Poetic Form as Collage and Collaboration” • Brittany Bishop of Wilmington – “Process of Waves” • Sabrina Parr of Plainfield – “Collaboration and the Creative Process as a Stance Against Acts of Violence”

D-157-C Special Olympics Grandfather of student athletes do well at track meet at Arbury Hills School The HERALD-NEWS FRANKFORT – Frankfort School District 157-C Special Olympics athletes did well at Thornwood High School Track and Field meet.

The team came home with 13 gold medals, eight silver medals, three bronze medals, one fourth place ribbon and one fifth place ribbon.

In addition, more than 10 athletes qualified to go to the state competition held at Illinois State University in June.

The athletes’ accomplishments include: • Parker Anderson – Gold Softball Throw, 4th place 50 Meter • Joey Barrett – Gold Running Long Jump, Silver 200 Meter • Adam Cichon – Bronze Long Jump, Silver Softball Throw • Nathan Cichon – Gold Shot Put, Gold Standing Long Jump • Jaden Gryga – Gold Shot Put, Silver 100 Meter • Trey Gryga – Bronze Softball Throw, Bronze, Standing

Long Jump • Erik Honsik – Gold Standing Long Jump, Gold Softball Throw • Gianni Klauba – Gold Softball Throw, Silver Standing Long Jump • William Miller – Gold 100 Meter, Silver Standing Long Jump • Reilly Murray – Gold Softball Throw, 5th place 100 Meter • Carter Navarro – Silver 100 Meter, Silver Shot Put • Keira Schroeder – Gold Softball Throw, Silver 100 Meter • Paige VanderWoude – Gold 100 Meter, Gold Softball Throw Joey Barrett was part of the opening ceremonies, helping bring in the Olympic torch as a representative for Area 7.

The coaches included Laura Brannigan, Felicia Bysina, Cari Clousing, Alexandra Dyer, Christine Freiberg, Lori Irving, Ricky Innocenti, Raelene Nikolic, Josh Purpura, Kathleen Spiller, Lori Stanevicius, Mitch Stein and Mary Zoko.

addresses history club The HERALD-NEWS MOKENA – David Blanchette recently presented his many adventures working with Illinois politicians to the History Club at Arbury Hills School.

Students learned about Blanchette’s experiences with President Barack Obama, then an Illinois senator. They heard about his diving in Lake Michigan to explore sunken ships, his visit with Larry the Cable Guy and his indepth involvement with the Lincoln Museum in Springfield Illinois.

Blanchette’s grandson, Jacob Kustak, is a fourth grade student in the history club.

Blanchette was among a small group of people who planned the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield from its inception through its opening and later

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Jacob Kustak with his grandfather David Blanchette. served as the institution’s deputy director.

He most recently served as the Springfield spokesman for former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.

Blanchette was a long-time Illinois history spokesman for five Illinois Governors and before that had an award-winning broadcasting career. He is currently a freelance writer, media relations consultant and professional photographer.

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PLAINFIELD – Eight District University Mediation Team Professional Center, 24023 W. Registration deadline is June – The Herald-News 202 high school juniors will recently won the Peacekeeper Lockport St., Plainfield. be able to experience a dream Championship Tournament at this summer, with the help the University of Wisconsin-Plat- • Nature Explorer Camp – Children ages 4 to 10 will explore, of a Horizon Grant from the teville. examine and observe nature Plainfield Foundation for It placed first in Advocacy/ from the ground to the trees, Excellence that helps for Client category and clinched all while hiking and climbing summer learning enrichment second place in the Mediation experiences. category. It also won two of the through the woods. A craft will be created out of the nature The Horizon Grant program four team awards and seven items that are collected. Cost awards students up to $1,000 individual awards against 12 is $70 for residents and $88 for each to help broaden their teams from six other colleges nonresidents. Meets at Mather academic horizons and explore and universities.

Woods, 25032 W. Renwick Road, areas of interest through sumThe team was comprised of Plainfield. mer workshops, classes, field Captain Brianna Diaz of Joliet, • Friday Fun Day – crafts, studies, internships or conferYing Gao and Marcus Newell of games outdoor activities for ences during the summer before Joliet. The team was runner-up their senior year. in mediation, coming in second ages 4 to 7. Cost is $140 for resiThis is the third year the Founto University of Wisconsin-Plat- dents and $175 for nonresidents.

Meets at Heritage Professional dation for Excellence has awarded teville.

Center, 24023 W. Lockport St., these special grants. Last year, Diaz also took first place as Charles and Saretta (McKnight) Allen of Orlando FL will celebrate their Plainfield.

23 students applied, and seven Outstanding Mediator. Lewis 50th wedding anniversary with an Open House on May 15, 2015 at received a Horizon Grant. This had three of the top six OutDisney’s Saratoga Springs Resort at Disney World. The Event is to be year, 47 students applied. standing Advocacy-Client Award Park district seeks military hosted by their children, Brent Allen, Derek Allen, and Andrea Allen-Knop. members for tribute Here are the 2015 Horizon teams including Diaz and NewThe couple was married May 15, 1965 at First Christian Church, in NEW LENOX – The New Lenox Grant winners, along with the ell; Newell and Ying Gao; and Chester, West Virginia. They first lived in Ballston Spa, New York. Charles Community Park Board and programs they plan to attend: Shannon Lukowski and Dustin was employed by CommonWealth Edison (EXELON), as an Administrator.

From Plainfield High School – Murray. staff will host its annual proud He retired October 30, 1997. Saretta was employed by Joliet Junior Central Campus American Days Military Tribute Coaching at this competition College as a teacher. They enjoy, Church activities, Square Dancing, • Robert Pavlik – Minority Scouting, Camping, Canoeing, Gardening, anything Disney. They have 2 on July 26. were James Houlihan, profesEngineering Program at Purdue sor of justice, law, and public sons and one daughter, Brent Allen (Stefanie) of Wheeling IL, Derek Allen The tribute is held in conjuncof Orlando FL and Andrea Allen-Knop (Robert) of Wesley Chapel FL. University safety studies and alumnus Cary tion with their Proud American • Alec Machacek – 3D Days Festival and will begin at 11 Hansing. engineering and processing at The six students representing a.m. under the Main EntertainAugustana College ment Tent. All military and their Lewis University included two From Plainfield South High families are encouraged and new players – Dustin Murray School and Newell. These two with the welcome to attend.

• Jack Keating – UCLA Digital Individuals and/or veteran four veterans are returning to Filmmaking groups, as well as past or presnext year’s team.

Our family is so very • Madeleine Monnot – “CSI: ent military members interested Visit www.lewisu.edu.

Augustana” at Augustana proud to announce in taking a more active role in College the 60th Wedding Special interest summer the ceremony by representing From Plainfield North High Anniversary of their branch of service, should camps at park district School Jesse and JoAnn contact Lauren Lotz at 815-485PLAINFIELD – The Plainfield • Siobhan Conners – “Notre (Zola) Fonseca of 3584 or llotz@newlenoxparks.

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• Jared Bryson – LEAD Summer Through activities, role-playing about paying for college NEW LENOX – “How to Pay for They are the Business Institute at Duke and discussion, this program College without Going Broke” University empowers kids fourth through parents of Perry (Peggy) Fonseca, Cathy (Eric) is a free seminar June 24 that • Nathan Hohe – Summer sixth grade to handle life’s Bushong and Jim (Joanne) Fonseca. They are teaches how to significantly reHonors Engineering Camp held challenges. Cost is $145 for also the proud grandparents of Adam (Kristen) at the University of Dayton residents and $180 for nonresi- duce the cost of college and still Fonseca, Jessica (Nick) Honiotes, Stephanie and For information about the dents. Camp meets at Heritage attend the college of choice.

Anna Bushong. They will be celebrating today with This program is intended for Plainfield Foundation for ExcelProfessional Center, 24023 W. a family dinner at Merichka’s in their honor. Our parents of high school students lence or to make a donation, Lockport St., Plainfield. family is truly blessed to have parents that show and is presented by My College visit www.d202foundation.org.

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Truman Capote said, “Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”

I hope this column is a well-written third act of this deal. Yesterday, we studied the play in four hearts after West began the defense with three rounds of diamonds. South ruffed and ran the heart 10 to take five spades, three hearts, one club and the trickthree diamond ruff. Today, though, do you see how four hearts can be defeated?

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North, knowing that a 4-4 fit is almost always better than a 5-3 fit, plans to raise hearts. But with such strong hearts and spades, North control-bids (cue-bids) four clubs over three hearts.

This says that North is raising hearts with four-card support, really likes his hand, and has the club ace. Here, of course, South signs off in four hearts.

(If North has fewer than four hearts, he continues with either three spades or three no-trump.)

West leads the diamond ace, and East signals enthusiastically with his 10 to indicate the queen, the honor touching the two promised by West’s opening lead. Now West should lead his diamond two. This shows that he started with exactly four diamonds.

(If he had only three, he would have cashed the king before playing the third round. And if he had five, would have led his original fourth-highest at trick two.)

East takes this trick and knows that South is now out of diamonds. East can also see his trump trick.

So he should shift to the club 10, hoping to establish a fourth defensive winner there, which is exactly what happens.

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64 Intense exercise can cause worrisome symptoms Dear Dr. K: I like really

intense exercise, so I expect things to hurt when I’m working out. How do I know if I’m pushing myself too hard?

Dear Reader: The expression “no pain, no gain� has misled many an exercise enthusiast.

The fact is, pain and other symptoms during exercise are not normal. You should pay attention when your body is sending you warning signs.

Let’s start with what you should expect. At the height of a workout, you should be breathing a little harder. You still should be able to talk, but you shouldn’t be able to sing. You should feel your heart beating faster than normal during exercise.

And you may feel your muscles burn a little as they work hard for you.

But certain symptoms during exercise can indicate trouble. What doctors are most worried about is coronary artery disease (CAD). In CAD, atherosclerosis narrows the arteries that supply blood to the heart. When the heart is asked to work harder during exercise, it needs a healthy blood supply most. When the blood supply is reduced, the exercising heart “complainsâ€? by causing various symptoms: • Chest pain. Any chest discomfort that begins after starting exertion is cause for concern.

The same thing is true of discomfort in the jaw and shoulders. It’s of particular concern if the discomfort resolves within a minute or two after stopping exertion. These symptoms may indicate that you have CAD.

• Shortness of breath.

You should be breathing harder when you exercise.

But if you get breathless doing an activity that didn’t bother you a week ago, then something is wrong. CAD can cause new and unusual breathlessness without causing chest discomfort. Various

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff lung problems also can produce breathing difficulty. Probably the most common cause of unusual breathlessness during exercise (particularly in cold weather) is asthma. • Lightheadedness. CAD can cause irregular heart rhythms that make the exercising heart pump inefficiently. If not enough blood is being pumped to the brain, a person feels lightheaded. CAD can lead to the symptom of lightheadedness even when a person has no chest discomfort or breathlessness. When a patient says he or she is lightheaded, I take it very seriously: If irregular heart rhythms are causing the lightheadedness, those rhythms also may result in the heart ceasing to beat at all: sudden death.

Feeling a little like you might faint can sometimes happen because of dehydration. Drink plenty of water to prevent this from happening. It also can be a side effect of blood-pressure-lowering medication if you feel lightheaded in the 30 to 60 minutes after you exercise. • Joint pain. Arthritis is a common cause of joint pain. Sometimes arthritic joint pain improves with exercise. If arthritis has not caused you pain in the past, but now does, you may have injured a tendon, ligament or muscle.

If you experience any of the symptoms I’ve just discussed, stop exercising immediately and call your doctor. You may not need to see your doctor that day, but speak to someone in your doctor’s office who can tell you how quickly you should be seen.

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

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Dear Abby: I have a question about how to handle a situation with one of my grandsons. “Rory” came to me recently to talk about religion.

His mother is Christian; I am not. He asked what I thought about his mother forcing him to go to church.

He has many doubts about Christianity.

I tried to understand Christianity for more than 50 years, and about 20 years ago I found peace with the faith I now practice. My daughter doesn’t want me to talk to her children about my path.

My question is, how do I address this issue with my grandson without confusing him even more? Any help would be appreciated because I don’t want to go against his mother’s wishes.

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Answer your grandson’s question honestly. He asked you what you thought about his being forced to go to church. He did not ask you how you found your peace – or if you did. Sooner or later, he will find his own peace, and probably the same way you did – by searching for it. Do not push him – or pull him – in any direction and keep the peace with his mother.

Dear Abby: My sister and her husband are well-to-do, but cheap. They recently invited themselves to stay three nights in our snowbird condo on their way to a vacation in the Caribbean. My wife and I hosted them, and during their stay we went out twice for dinner. Both times my sister was quick to request separate bills. In the meantime, we had provided lodging and all their other meals for them.

I am offended they didn’t show appreciation for our hospitality by at least taking us to dinner once. I have wanted to confront my sister about my feelings, but my wife has vehemently told me I shouldn’t. What would you suggest? – Unequal In

Pennsylvania Dear Unequal: I see two

ways of dealing with this.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Keep your mouth shut, avoid confrontation and the next time your sister tells you she’s coming for a visit, roll up the welcome mat saying you already have other plans. Or, tell your sister how you feel.

Personally, I think it would be healthier to express your feelings, because your sister’s and her husband’s behavior was rude. It shows that because people have money doesn’t necessarily mean they have class.

Dear Abby: I am almost 13 and I’m struggling with a lot of different things. I was adopted when I was a baby, so I never lived with my birth mother. That’s probably a good thing, but I am having angry feelings toward her I wish I wouldn’t have. Those feelings also are being directed at friends and family members.

I’ll think I have forgiven my birth mother for what she did, and then all of a sudden, I realize I never really did. I don’t want to grow up being bitter all my life. Do you have any advice for me?

– Needs Help In Indiana Dear Needs Help: Yes. It is

important you understand birth mothers love their babies very much. When a woman places her child for adoption, there can be legitimate reasons for it. She may have been too young to raise a child, without the means to properly support it or addicted to drugs or alcohol. Your mother may have wanted you to have a better life than she had and felt another family could give it to you.

When you are older, you can do a search for her and find out the reason for yourself. But in the meantime, stop blaming her – and you, your friends and family will be happier.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Let your personality win a desired someone over, not showy, exorbitant spending. Your finances would suffer, and the response you would get to frivolous actions

would not be favorable.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t count on chance to shape your future. Make a realistic outline of your goals. Choose your direction and take the first step necessary to reach success.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Participation will be required. Your powers of attraction are strong, and the connections you make will be valuable.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – You will be unpleasantly surprised by the state of your finances.

Curb your spending and get back on track. Return non-essential items that you bought on a whim.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – If you are having difficulty making a decision, get all the background information you can. If you can’t find a dependable source, you will have to do your own research.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t shirk your responsibilities. The projects you have been putting on the back burner need to be dealt with. With a can-do attitude, you will be able to accomplish a great deal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Onlookers will be puzzled by your overly emotional state. Don’t get involved in a one-on-one discussion. Participate in activities that will lighten your mood and help

stave off an argument.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Someone will have trouble keeping your secrets. Don’t publicize your plans. Keep your thoughts to yourself until you are ready to present what you have to offer.

Protect your ideas.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Expand your mind.

Knowledge is power, so learn everything you can from people with more experience than you.

Whatever your interest, pursue it wholeheartedly. The results will be worth it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Take the lead. You have the wherewithal and pizzazz to encourage everyone to follow you. A younger or older family member will offer positive and insightful inspiration. Step up and do your thing.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ Herald-News REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION Classified EMPLOYER

CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT

(Crest Hill & Naperville) Join a winning team! Excellent opportunity for a FT or PT CMA*.

General medical experience desirable. Dermatology, cosmetics and Mohs experience a plus. Will REWARD FOR SAFE RETURN consider strong inexperienced Cat “Ashley” candidates. Willingness to travel Joliet - Rooney Heights, lost to all locations required. Generfrom Rooney Dr on Friday 3-20. ous compensation package including benefits. *Only certified Siamese Mix, beige and grayish white with dark marking on her or registered medical assistants face, shorter hair, 6 years old, will be considered spayed. Inside cat, has eye issues.

Send resume to: 815-725-8101 Employment@pdskin.com

LPN

Autumn Adult Day Care is hiring Monday thru Friday part time LPN. Please send resume autumnadultdaycare@yahoo.com

PROGRAM AIDE

Autumn Adult Day Care is hiring Monday thru Friday part time Program Aide. Please call Monday or Tuesday 9am to 12noon 815-730-0060 for interview.

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Picker / Packer Associates

(Mid-Shift, 10am-6:30pm, $10/hr; 2nd Shift, 2:30pm-11pm, $10.50/hr): Responsible for picking and packaging orders for shipment Previous picking experience preferred

Picker / Packer Material Handlers

(Mid-Shift, 10am-6:30pm, $11.50/hr; 2nd Shift, 3:30pm-12am, $12.00/hr): Responsible for picking orders for shipment, must be able to use forklift (reach truck / order picker) Previous picking experience preferred, previous forklift experience required Qualified applicants should apply in person or forward resume to: Clover Technologies Group, 4200 Columbus Street, Ottawa, IL 61350, Attn: Human Resources

By Fax 815-431-1015 or by E-mail: careers@clovertech.com No phone calls. EOE.

Due to limited time constraints we respectfully request that previous applicants not reapply.

Murphy is still missing. Please help us find him. He is a cute male neutered cat, six years old, has a crooked ear, honey beige color. Please call if you see him.

We Miss Him Terribly!

815-236-2233

CAT ~ WINSTON

Male, 3 years old, mostly black on top, white legs, white spot on its back. Lost in Reedwood area in Joliet on Sunday evening, 4/12.

$100 REWARD 815-725-1348

Packaging Associates

Responsible for packing product, labeling, and meeting daily goals Previous assembly experience a plus

CAT “MURPHY”

REWARD $300

Responsible for making daily cycle counts on bin locations Previous warehousing experience preferred

(1st Shift 7am-3:30pm, $8.25/hr; Mid-Shift 10am-6:30pm, $8.25/hr; 2nd Shift, 3:30pm-12am, $8.75/hr):

BEAGLE “LACIE”

Female, tri-color, spayed, young, about 20 pounds, micro chipped.

Last seen at County Line Rd & Route 52 on Thurs, May 7 @ 6:30p.m. Pls call 815-730-1157 or 312-504-9172 with any info.

MAINTENANCE / JANITORIAL Part Time 20+ hours Email resume to: elliott.manor@yahoo.com

HOLLAND'S TERMINAL IS HIRING IN JOLIET !

Local & Regional Drivers wanted! Full time driver benefits include company paid health insurance, Vacation/ holiday/sick pay, 5% increase on 1st 2nd and 3rd year and cost of living increase. Driver candidates must have 1 year or 50,000 miles experience in like-kind equipment, hazmat & tanker endorsements, no dui/owi in last 3 years and no major-preventables in the last 3 years.

The Recruiter will be on site May 18 thru 22 Noon to 5pm 3801 Mound Road Joliet, IL 60436 Find your direction at Holland!

Apply today at www.hollandregional.com/careers EEO/AAE Minorities/Females/Persons with Disabilities/ Protected Veterans

Registered Sonographer

Out Patient Imaging Center in Joliet is looking for a part-time experienced Registered Sonographer Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, ability to multi-task efficiently and effectively. Registered Breast & Vascular Technologist (RVT / RVS) is preferred.

Please forward resume to Lori Russ at: lruss@petmrct.com or Fax: 815-730-3888

CAREGIVERS / CNAs

The Inn at Willow Falls seeks PT Caregivers/CNAs, 2pm-10pm and 10pm-6am. Apply at: 1681 Willow Circle Dr, Crest Hill

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Applicants must be 18 years of age, have a valid driver's license, an insured reliable vehicle and willing to work early morning hours.

Interested parties should call 708-342-5649 or email gcreed@chicagotribune.com Leave your name, phone number and town you reside in.

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Lakewood Falls Community Sale

Located S of I-55, W of Weber Rd, N of Taylor Rd.

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

JOLIET Estate/Garage Sale May - 18, 19, 20 Mon, Tues, Wed.

FRI, SAT, SUN MAY 15, 16, 17 9AM - 3PM Too Many Items to List!

Something for Everyone!

Toshiba Laptop, Refurbished 14” comes with accessories FREE 815-724-0312

8AM - ?

2502 Glenwood Ave Glenwood & Barney antiques, clocks, tools and Tons More !!!

JOLIET MAY 16 & 17 SAT/SUN 9AM-4PM 1109 Westshire Dr. home, office, patio furniture, sports, collectibles, area rugs & more !

MOKENA

COMMUNITY WIDE

THURS - SUN MAY 14 - 17 9AM - 4PM 11120 FRONT ST. Flyer located at Daves Auto Maps located @

uebermaps.com search Mokena PLAINFIELD DOWNSIZING SALE !

May 16-17, SAT/SUN 8AM – 2PM 7024 Creekside Dr.

Used Scrubs - all size M, Excellent condition. Must take all. $50. 815-207-4151

Hubert, the Harris Lion, ceramic bank - $18/OBO; Small stuffed plush Hubert, The Harris Lion, several designs, total of 9, $1- each/OBO, will consider reasonable offer for all. Call 815-729-0900

FOR SALE! Owner retiring;

Concrete foundation forms and much equipment included; trucks; Call 815-436-3581 and leave a message Mt. Olive, Cemetery , Joliet.

Section 7, lot 143. In the Lovely older section. $1,300/each-obo.

530-243-6756

~ WANTED ~ Buying Stereo Equipment

Ham, CB, Short wave radios, guitar & amps prefer vintage, will consider all working or not, no TV's, computers, or auto audio Call - Wayne 708-927-1871

WEIGHT BENCH

Universal, 2” metal structure.

Very good condition! $80.

815-744-6062

Entertainment Center - Gold oak, 60”L x 17”W x 30”H 2 solid oak doors, 2 glass doors, adjustable shelf, holds 60” TV, made in USA, Solid, Can text photos, asking $300, Paid $800.

815-729-9614 before 7pm

Buying? Selling?

Renting? Hiring?

Hutch, Beautiful, like new originally $1700, asking $300/obo 815-744-5727

The Herald-News Classified

35 x 67, 8 Drawers. $200 (815) 725-4689

Antique Glassware 14 antique goblets plus one ruby wine glass - $100; $100. 815-723-7260 10a-4p

Terrarium

Basketball Hoop, Portable Brand New Never Used Limited Edition Jack Daniels $150 815-524-4283 Push Golf Cart - $20; Ladies & men's American Tourister bowling bag, perfect condition $10; Ladies 12lb. Bowling Ball $10.

815-725-5862

Duvet- Bed Cover & Bed Skirt Queen size duvet cover & bed skirt, pillow shams and matching drapes, 56 x 84, cream color w/ small pattern – like new with extra pillows & lamp. $80 for all.

773-315-1700 Quilt & Sham, heavy weight in navy & ivory print, 2 matching framed 20”x20” pictures, all in excellent condition $75/obo. Will separate 815-725-9087 Vacuum Cleaner, Kenmore Progressive, intell clean w/ attachments & bags, excellent pick up paid $300 asking $50 Powered by: 815-254-1015

7 Piece Patio Set – White ornamental cast iron, beautiful & in excellent condition, Includes table, chairs, umbrella & stand $400. 773-315-9677 PATIO SET White cast aluminum love seat, 2 matching chairs, ornamental w/ curved legs, Beautiful Set! $250. 815-436-5171

Patio Umbrella Stand 50 lbs, $25.

815-725-1317

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RACING GO-CART

45 gallon, all accessories With enclosed trailer + many included, $35. 815-545-3079 extras, $2500. 815-258-7763

2 Project Cars I have parts. Run & Move

Evergreen Terrace Apartments

Accepting Applications Studio, 1, 2 & 3 BR's Income Restricted Apts

*Spacious Floor Plans *24-Hr Emergency Maint *Lndry Facilities in Ea Bldg *Minutes from Metra, Pace, Schools, Downtown Joliet

DO YOU NEED A CAR? BAD CREDIT WANTED! $300 DOWN CALL ANGIE TODAY 815-272-5155

Ladder, 24' aluminum 250 lb. Weight capacity, never BadCreditAndINeedACar.com used outside, like new $80/obo 815-685-7773 Longaberger vegetable basket w/ plastic liner 13” x 7” x 8” 2005 Chevy 3500 Crew Cab (med size) dated 1997, excellent cond. $18 6.6 diesel engine, auto, ps, pb.

815-254-1015 Extremely clean, 85K miles. $35,000/obo. 815-725-3293 Mission style , Double lateral file 30” $90 2 Lg. 60” desk,$100/each bookcase hutch 60” $90 2002 Chrysler Town & Country, LS bookcase 28” $30 great cond. 122K miles 847-909-6356 $3200 815-685-1549 Mission style office furn, comp. cabinet 30”w/ file drawer/keybrd tray/hard drive cabinet, $70 847-909-6356 2011 26' Starcraft Trailer, Noritake Dinnerware – Blue floral stored inside, on white, 8 piece setting plus $10,500 serving pieces, also, juice glasses 815-685-9559 $70. 815-723-7260 10a-4p

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Studio/1BR, utilities included.

Elevator, Laundry, Guest Library, Near Bus & Downtown. $115-$160/wk. $499-$694/mo.

815-726-2000 Kungs Way, spotless 2 bedroom Appl, D/W, 2 A/C's, new flooring, free heat, soft water, 1st floor.

Avail now, no pets. 815-744-1155

Minooka Large 2 Bedroom

W/D, dishwshr, lots of closet space, pantry. Quiet area, prvt pkg, no pets/smkg, $865. 815-528-5692

Off Essington, Nice 2 Bedroom

Appl, blt in micro, sep dining, A/C, blinds, free heat, soft water, no pets, avail now. 815-744-5141 PLAINFIELD LARGE 2 BEDROOM C/A, security system, garage with opener, 5 closets, no pets.

Locked mailbox 815-436-2780 Twin Oaks, Pretty 1BR, oak kitchen, D/W, built in micro, sep dining, ceil fans, huge closets, free heat, no pets, avail now. 815-744-5141

JOLIET ~ 1BR & 2BR C0NDO

1BA, laundry facility, no pets/smkg.

Parking place. $750 - $875/mo + security dep. 773-531-6540

AVAILABLE NOW!!

JOLIET PARKVIEW ESTATES 2BR Duplexes starting at $875 per/mo and Single Family Homes Call for move in Specials!

815-740-3313

Calico cat 4 yrs old, need good home, please call for info.

815-838-7515 815-341-3844 Cats, adult, 1-9 years old, mixed colors, need good homes $10/ea.

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All makes, cash paid, reasonable.

Will pick-up.

630-660-0571 BREAKING NEWS available 24/7 at TheHerald-News.com

3-5BR's, $1000 - $2800/month or purchase for $500 down.

600 credit score needed.

Tony @ 708-822-0775 or email amonaco@c21lullo.com AVAILABLE NOW! Joliet & Will County - 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom Homes. Call now or visit our web site for more info www.protown.org 815-722-1389 North West of Morris, Pretty 2 Story farm house, 3BR, 2BA, appl, W/D, new water softener, small dog OK. 815-744-5141 Rockdale, Great ocation 3 BR, 2BA, C/A, attached gar, full bsmt no pets/smkg $1200mo.

815-729-2963

TAX LIEN CERTIFICATE AUCTIONS

ton W. Brown II; Shana Brown; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants.

Joliet, IL

15 CH 00477 NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES.

Bid Online May 22-29 at auctionnetwork.com

253 Wilcox St, Unit 304 – 558 +/- sf condo 824 Milan Ave – 636 +/- sf single-family

Redemption period as expired.

Services to obtain a tax deed included in the high bid.

Great opportunities for experienced investors

williamsauction.com 800-982-0425

Jolietrentalunits.com , Big Clean,Furnished, wood flrs, fridge, microwave, laundry, elevator, On bus line. $105/wk. $455/mo 815-726-2000

Send your Help Wanted Advertising 24/7 to: Email: helpwanted@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the Decedent(s), Alton Brown a/k/a Alton W. Brown; Alton W. Brown Jr. a/k/a Alton W. Brown, II; Shana Brown. That on April 16, 2015, an Order was entered by the Court naming Kenneth J. Donkel, 7220 West 194th Street, Suite 105, Tinley Park, IL 60487, 815-806-9000, as the Special Representative of the Decedent(s) under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action is for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage upon the premises commonly known as 1213 Anvil Court, University Park, IL 60484.

(Published in the Herald-News May 10, 17, 24, 2015.) HN 2102

PUBLIC NOTICE

350 N. Broadway Joliet, IL 60435 Ofc hrs 9am-4:30pm M-F

MOTORCYCLES WANTED

Beautiful Blue Bird Cage Blue coated wire cage w/ white standing - $35. 815-513-5412

ALL AREA HOMES FOR RENT

Call for Appt!

815-722-7556

1968 Firebird 350 Not Stock, JOLIET EAST ~ 1 BEDROOM New clutch kit, 3 Speed 410 gears appliances, off street parking $6500 or best offer heat & water incl. NO PETS, 1966 Impala SS Late model 350 $685/mo +dep 630-697-2235 not stock, 2 speed auto, 410 gears I have new right quarter carpet & Joliet ~ 419 N. Broadway trunk rubber $7500 or best offer. 2 bedroom, appl, $635/mo + dep.

Includes water and parking.

1-815-685-1210 cell 630-971-0755 1-815-729-0833 home

2 End Tables - Solid oak wood on 2011 40' Park Model The Ultimate Encyclopedia of top with beautiful curved wrought Seasonally leased lake side lot.

Pickup Trucks book by Peter iron legs. Excellent condition and Shed, golf cart, deck furniture.

Henshaw, Excellent condition, very good looking. $150/both. sells new for $24.99, 445 pages 130 miles from Mokena, $25,000.

815-436-5171 815-258-7763 with tons of glossy pick up truck Divan, needs reupholstery padding, photos, you won't be sorry. Yours 2014 38' 5TH Wheel 3 Electric and legs. Camel back. $50 for $12. Can send pictures if you Slide-outs, 2 A/C, W/D, all options 815-274-2542 provide email. 815-212-0634 Clean, non-smokers, no pets. $28,200/obo 630-301-1553 Tweedy Bird Collection End Tables (2) Walnut, $30 300+ pcs.

(6) white deck chairs and small Starting at $200 table with umbrella, $50.

815-524-4283 815-690-0247

collectible willows, scarves, garden tools, work bench, planters, purses, books, bookcases, holiday, pic's & frames, office sup. SS. Hitch cargo carrier/trunk,& more !

To place an ad, call 877-264-2527

Large Wood Desk;

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PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE In Re: The marriage of 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Petitioner: WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS Ciara Hart and LEMONT LOG HOUSE MRF Illinois One, LLC Respondent: Plaintiff, Kevin L. Hart vs.

City of Lockport; Creditors Discount PUBLICATION SUMMONS and Audit; Collection Professionals Divorce-40101 Inc.; United States of America Case No. 15 FA 867 Zachary T. Fardon, United States At11245 Katherine's torney THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO Defendants.

THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS Crossing RESPONDENT: Case No. 12 CH 06309 2500 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom, You are notified that the petitioner 4 Bath, 2 Car Garage Notice to Heirs and Legatees. No- named above has filed a Petition tice is hereby given to you, the Un- for divorce or legal separation known Heirs and Unknown Lega- against you. tees of the decedent, James W. Anspach, that on April 15, 2015, You must respond with a written 630-452-3809 an order was entered by the Court, demand for a copy of the Petition naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. within 40 days from the day after Washington Street, Suite 100, the first date of publication.

Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. (630) 420-8228, as the Special The demand must be sent or delivRepresentative of the above named ered to the court at: decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of Clerk of Court, action for the Foreclosure of a cerMilwaukee County Courthouse, Country Home For Sale - 2 Story Mortgage upon the premises tain 901 N 9th St. Rm. 104 5.46 acre lot, located on Route 17 commonly known as: 16710 W. Milwaukee WI 53233 Hersher School District.

146th Place, Lockport, IL 60441. and to McArdle Insurance and Real Estate, Dwight, IL Ciara Hart 815-584-2255 mcardlellc.com (Published in the Herald News April 2215 N. 40th St. May 3, 10, 17, 2015.) HN 2071 Milwaukee WI 53208 Joliet, Idleside Sub Div close I-80 Larkin & Jefferson St. 1948 Ranch It is recommended, but not rew/2nd Lot, 2BR, 1BA, full basement PUBLIC NOTICE quired, that you have an attorney 2 ½ car gar.12x12, Storage shed, maintenance free, ALL NEW - vinyl help or represent you.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, siding/roof/gutters/HVAC/windows/ water softener. GreatPrice $85,000 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR If you do not demand a copy of the 815-955-2221, 815-545-1291 THE 12th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Petition within 45 days, the court WILL COUNTY, JOLIET ILLINOIS. may grant judgment against you The Herald-News Classified for the award of money or other leIt works.

TCF National Bank, plaintiff, gal action requested in the Petition, Unknown Heirs at Law and /or and you may lose your right to obNeed customers? vs.

Devisees of Estella D. Brown; Alton ject to anything that is or may be Brown a/k/a Alton W. Brown; New incorrect in the Petition.

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provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of §948.31, Wis. Stats., (Interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment: If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under §49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under §767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are available upon your request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in §767.105, Wis. Stats. §767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2)Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.

2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.

POSED EXTENSION IS ON DISPLAY AT THE WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, 302 NORTH CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, AND MAY BE VIEWED DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROPOSED EXTENSION CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ONLINE AT WWW.WILLCOUNTYBOARD.COM UNDER THE MEETINGS SECTION. (Published in the Herald-News May 10, 17, 2015.) HN 2101

PUBLIC NOTICE THE WILL COUNTY BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING DURING THE MONTHLY WILL COUNTY BOAD MEETING ON THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015 IN THE WILL COUNTY BOARD ROOM, SECOND FLOOR OF THE WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING, 302 NORTH CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS REGARDING THE IMPACT OF SB 3075 OR PUBLIC ACT 098-1132 RE: AMENDING THE COUNTIES CODE

BY CHANGING SECTION 4-11001 REGARDING THE INCREASE OF GRAND AND PETIT JUROR FEES FOR THEIR SERVICES IN ATTENDING COURTS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME. COPIES OF SB 3075, PUBLIC ACT 098-1132 ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, 302 NORTH CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, AND MAY BE VIEWED DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SB 3075, PUBLIC ACT 098-1132; AND PROPOSED COUNTY BOARD ORDINANCE SETTING WILL COUNTY COURT FEES PURSUANT TO PUBLIC ACT 0998-1132 FOR ALTERNATE JURORS CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ONLINE AT WWW.WILLCOUNTYBOARD.COM UNDER THE MEETINGS SECTION.

If you require reasonable accom- (Published in the Herald-News May modations due to a disability to 15, 17, 2015.) HN 2121 participate in the court process, please call at least ten (10) workPlace your Classified ad online 24/7 at: ing days prior to the scheduled www.TheHerald-News.com/ court date. Please note that the PlaceAnAd court does not provide transportation. /s/ Ciara Hart 04/30/2015

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

(Published in the Herald-News May Notice is hereby given that the Will 10, 17, 24, 2015.) HN 2100 County Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at PUBLIC NOTICE 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter the matter may be heard, in the Will THE WILL COUNTY BOARD WILL County Office Building located at HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO DIS- 302 North Chicago Street, Joliet, CUSS A SIXTY (60) DAY EXTEN- Illinois, to consider text amendSION TO THE PREVIOUSLY AP- ments to Article 155-14.110 (OutPROVED TEMPORARY (90 DAY) door Lighting) of the Will County AMENDMENT TO THE WILL COUN- Zoning Ordinance.

TY ORDINANCE REGULATING THE WILL COUNTY DIVISION OF TRANS- For more information about the PORTATION OVERSIZE-OVER- proposed amendments, please WEIGHT PERMIT PROCEDURES contact David Dubois, Director of DURING THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT- the Development Review Division TEE REPORT AT THE WILL COUNTY and Zoning Administrator, at 815BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY, 740-8140.

Copies of the proMAY 21, 2015, AT 9:30 A.M., IN posed amendments are available THE COUNTY BOARD ROOM, SEC- at the Will County Land Use DepartOND FLOOR OF THE WILL COUNTY ment, 58 E. Clinton St., Suite 500, OFFICE BUILDING, 302 NORTH Joliet, Illinois or online at CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLI- www.willcountyillinois.com.

NOIS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE COM- LEONARD VALLONE MENTS AT THAT TIME. THE PRO- CHAIRMAN

WILL COUNTY PLANNING AND COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT #12, ZONING COMMISSION ADDRESS RANGE 12400 - 13499 WILL REMAIN REGAN ROAD. THE (Published in the Herald-News May SOUTHERN SEGMENT ADDRESS WILL HAVE A GREATER POTENTIAL 17, 2015.) HN 2127 FOR NEW ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, PUBLIC NOTICE JUNE 4, 2015 DURING THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT 10:00 A.M., L-W District 210 purges IN THE COUNTY BOARD COMMITstudent temporary records TEE ROOM, SECOND FLOOR OF Lincoln-Way School District 210, THE WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILD1801 E. Lincoln Highway, New ING, 302 NORTH CHICAGO Lenox, IL, no longer maintains stu- STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS. THE dent temporary records or the infor- PUBLIC IS INVITED AND WILL BE mation in them longer than five ALLOWED TO MAKE COMMENTS years after a student has trans- AT THAT TIME. THE PROPOSED ferred, graduated, or otherwise per- MAP FOR THE NAME CHANGE OF manently withdrawn from school. REGAN ROAD TO REGAN TRAIL IS ON DISPLAY AT THE WILL COUNTY BUILDING, COUNTY The temporary records of stu- OFFICE dents, who have transferred, CLERK'S OFFICE, 302 NORTH graduated, or otherwise perma- CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLInently withdrawn from school be- NOIS, AND MAY BE VIEWED DURfore June 2009, will be de- ING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS stroyed on or after July 1, 2015. OF 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. MONParents or students may obtain a DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROcopy of their records before July 1, POSED MAP CAN ALSO BE 2015 by contacting the registrar's VIEWED ONLINE AT office at the school they attended. WWW.WILLCOUNTYBOARD.COM UNDER THE MEETINGS SECTION. (Published in the Herald-News May (Published in the Herald-News May 17, 2015.) HN 2128 17, 24, 31, 2015.) HN 2125

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

L-W District 210 Special Services Request for Statement of Interest purges temporary records (SOI) for Professional Engineering Lincoln-Way School District 210 Services Department of Special Services, 1801 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lockport Township Highway DeLenox, IL, no longer maintains stu- partment is soliciting SOI's from Endent temporary records or the infor- gineers interested in performing sermation in them longer than five vices common to the needs of the years after a student has trans- Department. The Department has ferred, graduated, or otherwise per- needs relative to Roads, Drainage manently withdrawn from school. and Structures. Parties interested shall submit a SOI packet containFormerly, these records were ing a Cover letter stating their interhoused at the Lincoln-Way Area est in providing such services and Special Education District 843, general company information including, but not limited to Resumes 601 Willow Street, Frankfort, IL. of key staff, previous relative The temporary records of spe- projects completed, all certifications cial education students, who have and licenses held along with a transferred, graduated, or other- schedule of pay rates for service wise permanently withdrawn from personnel. A separate sheet of 10 school before June 2010, will be professional reference contacts with destroyed on or after July 1, project descriptions of services pro2015. Parents or students may ob- vided will be required. Please limit tain their records at that time by your submittal to 20 pages. To be contacting Mrs. Mary Harrison at eligible to provide consulting services, your firm needs to supply a (815) 462-2254. copy of your IDOT Qualifications.

Member districts include Man- Firms will be selected for various hattan 114, New Lenox 122, projects in 2015 and will be eligiFrankfort 157C, Mokena 159, ble for renewal on an annual basis Summit Hill 161, and Lincoln-Way thereafter.

High School District 210.

Submittals will be accepted in a (Published in the Herald-News May Sealed bid Marked “SOI- Due May 29th, 2015 at Noon” and should 17, 2015.) HN 2129 be addressed to Lockport Township Highway Commissioner, 111 South Avenue, Lockport, IL 60441 PUBLIC NOTICE Firms will be notified within 30 days if they will be considered for THE WILL COUNTY BOARD EXECUfuture projects by the Department.

TIVE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING Lockport Township CHANGING THE NAME OF REGAN Highway Commissioner ROAD LOCATED IN COUNTY John Cielenski BOARD DISTRICT #7, NEW LENOX TOWNSHIP, MOKENA, IL. RECOMLockport Township Clerk MENDATION IS TO CHANGE THE Denise Mushro Rumchak NORTHERN SEGMENT, LOCATED EAST OF PARKER ROAD, SOUTH (Published in the Herald-News May OF 187TH AND NORTH OF I-80, 17, 2015.) HN 2136 ADDRESS RANGE 12600 - 12799 TO REGAN TRAIL (TRL). THIS RECOMMENDATION WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC NOTICE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT TO CONSTITUENTS. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT, LOCATED EAST OF On Wednesday May 27, 2015 the PARKER ROAD, SOUTH OF I-80 Plainfield Community Consolidated AND NORTH OF FRANCIS ROAD, School District #202 will hold two

meetings of public interest: At 9:30 a.m. a meeting for homeschooled students with disabilities will be held at the District Administration Center, 15732 Howard Street, Plainfield, Illinois.

PROJECT NAME: JOLIET MULTI-MODAL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER BID PACKAGE NO. 2B: HERITAGE CORRIDOR PLATFORM BID PACKAGE NO. 3: TRAIN STATION JOLIET, ILLINOIS

At 2:45 p.m. a meeting for private school students with disabilities will The City of Joliet, Illinois, does be held at St. Mary Immaculate hereby invite sealed bids for the Church, 15629 S. Route 59 Plain- construction of the following: field, IL. Heritage Corridor Platform: +/-680 foot long, elevated The purpose of these meetings is to commuter rail center platform. discuss how students with disabiliPlatform construction preties who attend private schools and dominantly includes sheet pile students that are homeschooled concrete retaining walls & within the district will be served by clay paver surface. Platform Plainfield District 202 during the improvements include ±150 2015-2016 school year. foot long metal canopy, two +/-500 s.f. steel framed with In accordance with the requireglass warming shelters, holements of the federal individuals less hydraulic elevators, lightwith Disabilities Act of 2004 ("IDEA ing, site amenities and way2004") public school districts must finding signage. spend a portion of their Federal part Train Station. Generally inB special education funds in order cludes a +/-10,500 s.f. twoto provide identified students with story steel frame and masonry disabilities who attend private construction train station, +/schools with the opportunity to eq3,800 s.f. concrete pedestrian uitably participate in special educaplaza, and a +/-65' long tion services offered by the district. pedestrian bridge. New site construction includes earthAs part of that process, the district work, storm sewer, sanitary must conduct a public meeting in sewer, water service, concrete order to discuss its plans to fulfill curb and gutter, concrete that responsibility for the upcoming sidewalks, clay street pavers, school year. In addition, the district site lighting, site amenities, wishes to hear parents' feedback way finding signage, ornaabout its services. Finally, the dismental fencing & landscaptrict will share information about ing. how students with suspected disBids will be received at the Office abilities can access the process offered by our district to screen and of the City Clerk, City of Joliet Muevaluate those suspected disabilities nicipal Building, 150 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432conditions.

4156 until 9:30 A.M. local time on If you have questions or concerns Monday, June 15, 2015, at which in advance of the meeting please time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. call Pre-Bid Meeting: 1:00 P.M. Monday June 1, 2015, in the Dee Graves @ 815-577-4023.

Planning Conference Room at (Published in the Herald-News May Joliet City Hall located at 150 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432, 17, 2015.) HN 2132 with project site visit including existing Union Depot Tower (UD Tower), and Metra service yard to PUBLIC NOTICE immediately follow. Pre-bid meeting is not mandatory, but highly Services to Students recommended; as this will be the Home-School or Attending Private Schools in the District only opportunity that bidders will have access to the UD tower and On Friday, June 19, 2015 at the Metra Service yard.

10:00 A.M., a meeting, conducted Those desiring to bid may examine

by Lincoln-Way School District the bid documents and detailed 210, will take place at Lincoln- specifications at the above address, Way Central High School, 1801 E. between the hours of 8:00 A.M. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, IL. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through The purpose of this meeting will be Friday. All bidders will be required to discuss the District's plans for to submit Bid Security in the form of providing special education ser- a Certified Check, Cashier's Check vices to students with disabilities or a Bid Bond in the amount of who attend private schools and Five percent (5%) of the Base home schools, within the District for Bid, payable to the City of Joliet. the 2015-16 school year. If you The successful bidder will be reare a parent of a homeschooled quired to post performance Security student who has been or may be and to provide a Certificate of Insuridentified with a disability, and you ance as set forth in the Invitation of reside within the boundaries of Lin- Bid and the General Terms & Concoln-Way High School District 210, ditions. you are urged to attend. If you Bidders are required to be pre-qualhave further questions pertaining to ified through the Illinois Department this meeting or would like to RSVP, of Transportation or the Capital Deplease contact Mrs. Mary Harrison, velopment Board.

Director of Special Services at 815- The right is reserved to accept any bid or any part or parts thereof or to 462-2254. reject any and all bids. Acceptance (Published in the Herald-News May of any bid is subject to concurrence by the Illinois Department of Trans17, 2015.) HN 2099 portation.

Any contract resulting from these bids is subject to financial assisPUBLIC NOTICE tance contracts between the City of Joliet and the Illinois Department of LEGAL NOTICE - CITY OF JOLIET Transportation.

ADVERTISEMENT TO BIDS Contractor will be required to comCONTRACT NO. 2079-0615

ply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations.

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

ALL PROPOSALS ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF JOLIET PROCUREMENT CODE (Section 2-430 - 2-453 of the Code of Ordinances) BID DOCUMENT FEE: $0.00 James D. Hock City Manager Margaret E. McEvilly, Contract Administrator (Published in the Herald-News May 17, 21, 2015.) HN 2126

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