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By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com LOCKPORT – City officials are set to vote on final plans for two buildings at a business park located along the I-355 southern extension.

On Wednesday, City Council members heard about the final plat and plans for buildings at the northeast and southwest side of the Heritage Crossing Corporate Center.

ML Realty Partners has been working with the city to develop the center for about seven

years, said Timothy Geisler, vice president of the real estate company.

ML Realty Partners plans to develop 12 buildings at the 228acre business park and consider it a location that offers an “attractive labor market for multiple users including light industrial and distribution,” according to its website.

No occupants have been planned for two buildings yet.

“It’s speculative right now, so no tenants as of this time,” Geisler said.

The buildings at the northeast and southwest side of the center will be 121,800 square feet and about 512,200 square feet respectively.

One of the recommendations from the city plan and

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Council members will vote on the final plans for the two buildings at their next meeting in June.

Electronics disposal City Administrator Ben Benson spoke to council members Wednesday about the ban on disposing electronic devices in landfills. City officials are reminding residents this week they are not allowed to place electronics for collection on the curb or with their garbage.

Elwood Village Board OKs motions to reduce cars on Union Pacific track Measures expected to reduce crossings by up to 2,000 daily

By MARY BASKERVILLE news@thehearld-news.com ELWOOD – The Elwood Village Board approved motions Wednesday night designed to reduce the number of vehicles crossing the Union Pacific track on Walter Strawn Drive and using the Elwood International Port as a pass through.

Public Works Director Max Bosso said the measures are expected to reduce the number of crossings by up to 2,000 daily. At the same time, the measures are expected to also reduce truck traffic on Route 53.

A series of three traffic control measures are expected to reduce the number of vehicles that use the Elwood International Port as a pass through, Bosso said.

Those measures include:

no left turns permitted from southbound Baseline Road onto Walter Strawn; West bound Walter Strawn traffic will not be permitted to turn right onto Baseline Road; and pass-through traffic will be prohibited on CenterPoint Drive.

Village President William Offerman said the measures will make travel into and out of Elwood safer “for all our residents … for anybody driving down that road. It’s a safety issue.”

The measures “should reduce a lot of the truck traffic coming south on Route 53 because they won’t be able to cross through here,” Offerman said.

Chief of Police Fred W. Hayes said after the meeting that steps are being taken to announce the changes taking place May 26, including message boards on Route 53 that say, “No Access to Joliet Intermodal Terminal from Walter Strawn.” Those message boards were flashing Wednesday.

In addition, village officials have met with local businesses and an email to some 300 trucking companies will explain the changes.

Hayes said enforcement will be strict.

“We will begin to enforce the restrictions when the actual physical barriers are in place,” he said.

In related action, the board approved changing the name of CenterPoint Drive to Walton Drive. Earlier, the council had voted to change Baseline Road to Elwood International Port Road. The name changes will be effective in six months to allow existing business ample opportunity to use up existing stationery.

After the meeting, Offerman said the change to Walton Drive was made because of some confusion with CenterPoint Way in Joliet: “CenterPoint Way is up in Joliet.

Sometimes we’re getting emergency calls that should be going to the other one.”

Some of the devices banned for collection by Waste Management include TVs, monitors, printers, computers, keyboards, scanners and video game consoles.

Will County offers 13 electronics recycling centers throughout the county, with one located at the Lockport Public Works facility at 17112 Prime Boulevard, city officials said.

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ON THE COVER Robert Moore, 93, looks for music while practicing May 20 with the Joliet American Legion Band. Moore began playing the oboe in 1933, and in 1936 played at Radio City Music Hall alongside the Rockettes with the Joliet Township High School band.

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Robert Moore fondly remembers trip to Radio City Music Hall

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15-year-old Robert Moore helped put Joliet on the map 78 years ago when he and other Joliet Township High School musicians journeyed to New York to play on a historic stage.

“Nobody ever heard of Joliet before, so we were kind of a novelty,” said Moore, now 93, as he flipped through an aged scrapbook in his Joliet home earlier this month. “They were very much surprised that we played as well as we did.”

To this day, Moore fondly remembers the week of Easter in 1936 when he and 99 high school band-mates traveled to New York to play the famous Radio City Music Hall.

Moore played the oboe with the band a total of 29 times alongside the Rockettes, a ballet troupe and symphony orchestra on the historic stage, he said.

The high school band won seven national awards in the 1920s. They were part of the era that gave Joliet its nickname as the “City of Champions.”

Moore holds onto the memory of the trip in the form of newspaper clippings, trinkets and photos, which he keeps in an 80-page scrapbook started several decades ago by his parents.

In the scrapbook, Moore is particularly proud of two special trinkets: a medal from then-New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and a pink-and-black feather given

ABOVE: Robert Moore, 93, puts a reed in his oboe as he prepares to practice Tuesday with the Joliet American Legion Band. LEFT: Moore puts together his oboe. Moore first began playing the oboe in 1933, and in 1936 played at Radio City Music Hall alongside the Rockettes with the Joliet Township High School band.

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to him by one of the ballet dancers.

“It’s just a wonderful memory to have,” said Moore, who also made appearances with his high

school band in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., during the trip. “It was a thrill. We were treated like celebrities, I guess you could say.”

Moore’s scrapbook also includes a small piece of paper school officials used to track his daily allowance.

His parents gave him $11 to last him two weeks, he

said.

“Can you believe that?

Eleven dollars for two weeks in New York City,” he said.

The Joliet Township High School band performed at various engagements under the director of A.R. McAllister, who died in 1944.

They played at Madison Square Garden, Metropolitan Opera House, and even on the steps of New York City Hall for the mayor, he said. “[The mayor] described us as ‘about the best band’ he’d ever heard,” Moore said, noting the band won several national contests in the years leading up to the trip.

Moore stopped playing the oboe in 1942 when he joined the Navy. It wasn’t until 1980 that he picked up the instrument again after members of the Joliet American Legion Band asked him to join because they needed an oboe player.

Tom Drake took over as director of the Joliet American Legion Band in 1963 for Archie McAllister Jr., and has stayed director ever since. Drake said he loves having Moore as part of the band, which he described as “one of the most versatile” in the world.

“My granddaughter, for example, is only 14, and she plays with the band whenever she can. Moore’s 93 and is on the other end of the spectrum. He’s the oldest member,” he said. “It proves that music never dies through generations. It takes you so many places and gives you so many opportunities.”

My granddaughter, for example, is only 14, and she plays with the band whenever she can. [Robert] Moore’s 93 and is on the other end of the spectrum. He’s the oldest member. It proves that music never dies through generations. It takes you so many places and gives you so many opportunities.”

Tom Drake, director of the Joliet American Legion Band since 1963

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Author April Henry (right) signs one of her books for a student at Troy Middle School in Plainfield while sitting next to seventh-grader Charisma Medema (second from right) on Wednesday. Henry visited the school after learning of the impact her books had on Medema.

Friends say fallen Marine was ‘full of joy’

By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com GOOSE LAKE – Wonderful. Great guy, great Marine.

Awesome friend. Brother.

Those are the words used Wednesday by friends and fellow Marines of Lance Cpl. Steven Hancock.

“I cannot say enough about Steven Hancock, he was a very well-mannered, hardworking kid who never had a negative thing to say about anyone,” said Jim Cebulski, Hancock’s Grundy Area Vocational Center welding instructor.

“I don’t think you could find Steven a single per- Hancock son who had a negative comment to say about Steven.”

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Marine fell from an MV-22B Osprey aircraft while it was conducting a familiarization training flight Monday evening about 45 miles west of Marine Corps Air Station New River near White Lake, North Carolina, according to a Wednesday evening news release from the Marines’ Cherry Point Public Affairs.

Hancock is a 2011 graduate of Coal City High School and the son of Sue and Mike Hancock of Goose Lake.

A search was conducted by military and civilian agencies, and Hancock’s body was spotted about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday by aircraft flying over a search grid. The search aircraft passed the information to law enforcement on the ground, who re-

trieved the Marine.

The incident remains under investigation, according to the news release. The investigation includes looking into why it took so long for anyone on the flight to notice Hancock was missing, Lt. Hector Alejandro said at a news conference Tuesday, according to Wilmington, North Carolina’s WECT station.

“We understand that many will continue to have questions regarding the cause of this tragic event – and we are committed to investigating it to our utmost ability. We ask only for patience to allow us to conduct it thoroughly, and to give Lance Cpl. Hancock’s family time to properly grieve the loss of this great young American,” the news release stated.

Steven was ‘full of joy’ Hancock was full of joy according to his friends, and spread happiness wherever he was.

“Steven was an incredible person,” Josh Enlow of Morris said in a conversation with Shaw Media through Facebook. “Not once would I ever see him with a frown on his face. He brought joy and an overwhelming feeling of love to everyone he came across, and that’s what I loved about him. He was devoted to helping others, and that in itself is the most amazing characteristic I could ever see out of anyone.”

Friends described Hancock as having tremendous faith in Christ.

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Troy seventh-grader invites bestselling author to school

By VIKAAS SHANKER vshanker@shawmedia.com PLAINFIELD – Author April Henry’s photo hangs on several boards throughout Troy Middle School.

So when she came to visit Wednesday and held a book signing, students were awestruck.

“The students would see her and ask, ‘Wow, is that April Henry?’ ” Library Resource Center Director Brenda Bertino said.

Henry is a New York Times best-selling author from Oregon who has written more than 15 books catering to fans of mystery and young adult fiction.

But this was a special visit for Henry, who came because she was invited not by administration, but by seventh-grader Charisma Medema.

A special bond between author and reader was formed.

Medema was never interested in middle-school level or young-adult books. She didn’t read books unless they were assigned through class, Bertino said.

But when Bertino sug-

gested “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die,” by Henry, Medema loved it.

“I read it in three days,” Medema said. “[Henry’s] books, they just stun you in some way.”

To Bertino’s surprise, Medema told her it was the first book she read cover to cover outside of class assignments. She asked Bertino for another book, and another book, and another.

“She has had a book in her hand every day since then,” Bertino said.

Bertino knew Henry through a program called GoodReads. She also regularly recommends Henry’s book, “Girl, Stolen,” to students. So she contacted Henry about Medema’s transformation from a reluctant to an avid reader because of the author’s books.

“I’ve been amazed,” Henry said. “It makes me feel like that’s my purpose in life.”

Henry sent an advanced reader copy of her new book, “The Body in the Woods,” to Medema, which Bertino presented as a surprise. She took a photo of Medema’s reaction and sent it to Henry.

At that point, Bertino and

Medema talked about bringing the author to Troy.

Medema enlisted the help of several of her friends and they schemed a way to get Henry to come to campus, including logistics of travel and cost.

The group researched how much it would cost to bring the author to the school and pitched the idea to Principal Michael Portwood, who liked the plan.

Henry enjoyed the book signing, and the chance to find out more about Medema and the friends who helped bring her to the school.

“To see success with kids who didn’t like to read, it’s great,” Henry said.

Bertino said Troy has many reluctant readers. So the library tries to encourage reading through competition and the “How many books will you read,” program. Students can write how many books they will read in a time period on a note card, which is posted on the library’s window.

“Our ultimate goal is to encourage reading not through a class, but recreational,” Bertino said. “Charisma is an example of that.”

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Silver Cross Field due for repairs and updates

By BILL WIMBISCUS

Fixing up Silver Cross Field

bwimbiscus@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Silver Cross Field is beginning to show its age.

The 13-year-old stadium owned by the city of Joliet needs at least an estimated $400,000 in repairs and updates, including scoreboard improvements and new turf, according to City Manager Jim Hock’s report Tuesday to the City Council.

Job one, however, will be replacing backstop netting behind home plate.

Silver Cross Field, home of the Joliet Slammers independent baseball team, needs new backstop netting behind home plate, as well as a number of other repairs, Hock said.

“The netting is currently being held together by zip ties,” Hock said. Replacement netting will cost about $12,000. Hock suggested the netting be replaced around Aug. 14 or 15, when it will be taken down for a couple of concerts.

Most of the other issues with the stadium are because of either its age or flaws in its initial design, Hock said.

For instance, a seam in the pre-cast concrete used in the stadium concourse between home plate and first base “has been leaking from Day 1,” Hock said.

Repairs needed at the stadium include: • New backstop netting: $12,000 • Field reseeding: $80,000 • Scoreboard update: $300,000 • Sealing concourse leak between home plate and first base: Cost still to be determined • Other repairs: Heating and cooling system updates, beer cooler floor, water heaters Moisture has rusted some electrical conduit in that location that will need to be replaced.

The bigger problem, however, will be sealing the chronic leakage, which first will require an engineering analysis, Hock said.

Other major expenses at the ball field include replacement of field grass, estimated at $80,000, and updating the scoreboard, which could run as much as $300,000, Hock said.

“The scoreboard still runs on Microsoft 5,” Hock said.

Other issues include work on the stadium’s heating and cooling systems, replacement of a couple of hot water heaters and repairs to a warped floor under one of the beer coolers.

Under its current contract, the Slammers take care of routine maintenance at the

facility, while the city is responsible for “hard physical assets,” Hock said.

The city has not budgeted money for stadium repairs, Hock said.

The city will take in $50,000 in rent from the facility this year, and $75,000 in each of the next two years, Hock said.

The Slammers will pay the city additional money if their seasonal attendance tops 105,000.

The city and the team also get revenue from Silver Cross Hospital for naming rights to the field.

The hospital pays about $50,000 a year for the rights, Hock said. Joliet receives 60 percent of that revenue. The 15-year agreement is in its 13th year.

Councilman Jim McFarland asked if selling the facility was an option.

“I don’t like the city to own a lot of assets,” McFarland said. “Can we at least look at selling it to a private developer? We can no longer afford to keep throwing money into it.”

Hock said it was his experience in working with park districts that funding is always an issue with this type of public venue.

“All of them tend to lose money,” Hock said. “You have to decide as a policy if it’s an important asset to the community.”

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By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com BRAIDWOOD – A 3-yearold Wilmington girl drowned in Big Shadow Lake on May 14.

Police Chief Rich Girot said the victim was reported missing from a nearby house around 4:15 p.m.

“She got out and by the time they noticed she was

gone, she’d made it to the nearby water,” Girot said.

Lunden Chappell was found by her grandfather during the search and an officer began CPR until the ambulance arrived, Girot said.

Lunden was taken to Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee where she was pronounced dead at 5:42 p.m., according to the Kankakee County Coroner’s office.

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Kristina Carmen, 35, of the 200 block of South Mary Street in Coal City, was arrested by Joliet police Tuesday on a charge of shoplifting.

McClain Davis, 29, and Loren A. Daniels, 26, both of the 1100 block of South Seely Avenue in Ford Heights, were arrested by New Lenox police Tuesday on charges of delivery of drugs and drug possession.

Mohammad A. Farhan, 22, of the 16200 block of West Blackhawk

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by Bolingbrook police Tuesday on charges of domestic battery and unlawful restraint.

Colleen E. Gallaway, 52, of the 1100 block of West Maple Street in New Lenox, was arrested by New Lenox police Wednesday on a charge of reckless discharge of a firearm.

Isaac Norfleet, 39, of the 100 block of Arch Court, was arrested

by Joliet police Wednesday on charges of marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license.

Kayla H. Williams, 20, of the 1900 block of North Union Center in Greenup, was arrested by sheriff’s police Thursday on a charge of theft.

QUICK NEWS Native plants will be for sale on May 31 JOLIET – The Forest Preserve District of Will County will hold its second “Bringing Nature Home Native Plant Sale” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 31.

More than 100 species of native perennials, shrubs and trees grown by Possibility Place Nursery in Monee will be for sale at the district’s Sugar Creek Administration Center, 17540 W. Laraway Road, Joliet.

Mike Nowak, host of a radio gardening show called “The

Mike Nowak Show,” will appear at the sale from 10 a.m. to noon. Nowak, an Illinois Master Gardener and columnist for Chicagoland Gardening magazine, will present a modified version of his talk “I’m Not Really a Garden Expert, I Just Play One on the Radio.”

Experts, exhibitors and garden artisans will conduct workshops. More information is available at the Forest Preserve District’s web site, ReconnectWithNature.org.

JOLIET – Prosecutors argued Wednesday that a judge should uphold a man’s murder conviction for beating an infant to death in 2007.

Last month, Judge Sarah Jones overturned the verdict a jury reached in September when Santos Loza, 33, was found guilty of murdering 8-month-old Kevion Bender.

Jones ordered a new trial, agreeing with defense lawyers that she had improperly restricted them during the trial from asking the victim’s mother about the duration of her sexual relationship with Loza.

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Sitko continued a sexual relationship with Loza after her son’s death. Defense lawyers were only allowed to ask about the relationship until February 2009 when they stopped seeing each other regularly. Loza allegedly told his attorneys the sexual contact continued intermittently until July 2010.

“The defense [argument] is if the jury had learned Sitko continued to have sex with the defendant beyond February 2009, they would’ve found him not guilty,” Koch said. He said Loza was convicted because of a pathologist’s testimony about when the injuries were inflicted and a police detective’s testimony about Loza’s statements regarding his activities that night.

Koch presented Jones with a lengthy volume of case law and trial transcripts that she planned to review before deciding on the motion June 23.

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Defense attorney Adam Altman said Wednesday that Jones should not reconsider dismissing the conviction because of Loza’s right under the Sixth Amendment to confront a witness against him.

Sandra Sitko had been dating Loza for three months when she dropped off her son at Loza’s house in Joliet so she could go to work Oct. 26, 2008. She returned late that night with her other son and looked in from the doorway at Kevion, who appeared to be sleeping. Kevion was unresponsive when they awoke the next morning.

Medical experts testified the injuries – including a fractured skull – were inflicted during the time Loza was alone with the infant. He was immediately suspected by police, but was not arrested until August 2010.

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Driver pleads guilty before trial resumes in ’11 DUI case Sentenced to 3.5 years in prison; 2 died in accident

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – A man charged with driving under the influence for a 2011 crash in Crete Township that killed two women accepted a plea deal Wednesday before the second day of his trial.

Velar Mayfield of University Park will be sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for two counts of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs.

While pleading guilty before Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak, Mayfield noted he will turn 27 years old Thursday.

Will County state’s attor-

ney’s spokesman Charles Pelkie said prosecutors were concerned about proving to jurors the marijuana in Mayfield’s system contributed to the crash more than the slushy conditions witnesses said were on Bemes Road on March 6, 2011.

Mayfield’s girlfriend Cheyenne Cardosi, 21, of Cedar Lake, Indiana, and his friend Sarah C. Shepard, 21, of Park Forest were killed when his Dodge Stratus spun out of control and wrapped around a tree.

“We consulted with the victims’ families and worked out an arrangement where they are satisfied the defendant accepts responsibility for his actions,” Pelkie said.

Defense attorney Cosmo Tedone noted Mayfield faced up to 28 years in prison if he had been convicted on both counts.

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“We consulted with the victims’ families and worked out an arrangement where they are satisfied the defendant accepts responsibility for his actions.”

Charles Pelkie Will County state’s attorney spokesman Phipps, who had been riding in the car behind Mayfield’s and Will County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Blouin, who investigated the crash, testified the roads were slick with slush.

Phipps said Mayfield’s car was not driving erratically until it crested a hill and appeared to slide on a slick spot.

Silver Cross Hospital, Walgreens stores join to provide expanded care THE HERALD–NEWS NEW LENOX – Silver Cross Hospital on Wednesday announced an agreement with Walgreens to provide expanded medical services for the convenient care clinics at eight stores.

Physicians affiliated with Silver Cross will provide care for conditions outside of the scope of practice at health care clinics in the Walgreens stores, according to a news release from the hospital.

The collaboration will include direct communication between Silver Cross physicians and nurse practitioners at the Healthcare Clinics that Walgreens has in the stores, the hospital said.

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Silver Cross physicians working with Walgreens are at the following offices: Physicians of Essington in Joliet; Primary Care Physicians in New Lenox; Sanitas Medical Group in New Lenox; and Manhattan Medical Center in Manhattan.

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The new Dunkin’ Donuts plan recommended by the Plan Commission on Tuesday shows a new look and contains modifications meant to address nearby residents’ concerns.

4,400 square feet.

“We have not only listened to what the board said, but really tried to take into consideration the residents,” Lee Fry said, adding that a “no right turn” sign would keep traffic off Arnold Street and the proposed location for a the trash bin has been moved away from residents.

Commissioner Richard Kiefer voted against the drive-thru, which Fry said was necessary for the Dunkin’ Donuts.

“I appreciate the revisions, but we can’t get around how close this is to the housing, especially to the west,” Kiefer said.

Some of those same residents who came to the March 4 meeting spoke at the commission meeting.

“There are so many accidents or near accidents here now,” resident Susan Hurley said about the Arnold and Oak intersection where a school bus stop is located. “My fear is just bringing a little more of that traffic will make it worse.”

Arnold Street resident Mike Scarcelli argued that a study used to determine traffic was based on theories and assump-

tions, and didn’t take into account actual driving habits.

“From our standpoint we see this in real live terms,” Scarcelli said. “A lot of points in this study are not accurate.”

Other Plainfield residents supported the plan, saying the design of the building was appealing and that the land was eventually going to be re-zoned and built for a commercial use.

“I know the concerns about safety,” resident Angela Malone said. “I completely understand the safety issues. I think it would be a great source of revenue for Plainfield.”

Joan Caton, a Plainfield resident for 41 years, said the village often has fought the growth of retail over history.

But she supported the plan.

“If we were to stop all the growth that people fought throughout the village, we would have been swallowed up by other towns,” Caton said.

The commission discussed the option of moving the Central Elementary School bus stop on Oak and Arnold so children would not board close to the Dunkin’ Donuts traffic.

The lawyer for Lee Fry said he would contact the Plainfield school district to discuss moving the stop.

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• MARINE Continued from page 4 “For the short period I knew Steven, he was a great kid,” said Perry Harlow, a member of First Christian Church who attended church with him. “He is a follower of Christ and a faithful man. He is one of the nicest people I have met in my life.

He is kind and thoughtful and a great person to hang around.”

Cebulski recalled Hancock as a student in his welding class at GAVC and a participant in the Skills USA state competition in both his junior and senior years, finishing fourth place in the state his senior year. Hancock came back to visit Cebulski and the instructor noticed a change in his former student.

“I remember when Steven came to visit after he completed basic training and I almost didn’t recognize him,” Cebulski said. “His smile was even bigger than I could remember and I believe that he found his calling in the military. He was happy.”

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Unit School District 1 Superintendent Kent Bugg said the district’s crisis team met Wednesday to decide how to support both students and staff.

Hancock’s mother Sue Hancock is an employee of the district and has worked at two of the district’s schools. Hancock’s sister Mallory graduated Sunday from the high school.

“We put social workers and guidance counselors where they needed to be,” Bugg said. “We will meet again Thursday morning to see if they need to continue.”

Student services will be reaching out to the family to see how they can offer support.

“It’s a subdued climate at school. We are such a closeknit district and community, people want to help,” Bugg said. “We are being respectful of the family at this time.

We will be here to help and support them when they need us.”

Bugg said the district is hosting a Memorial Day event at Coal City Intermediate School at 11 a.m. Monday and is looking at how to honor Hancock at the event.

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PLAINFIELD – The downtown Dunkin’ Donuts plan will move forward to the Village Board after the Plan Commission voted 4-1 to approve a site plan, with some stipulations.

The commission also recommended with a 5-0 vote the rezoning of the Triangle Shoppe property on Oak and Arnold streets from residential to commercial use, and granted a special-use permit for a drive-thru with a 4-1 vote.

“This is in theory a great idea,” Commissioner Andrew Heinen said. “This is a prime piece of real estate and it was going to get developed.”

The commission rejected a previous plan at a March 4 meeting after Arnold Street residents voiced concerns that a drive-thru entrance would create a safety hazard for their children. They also spoke about the visual and noise impact caused by increased traffic.

The plan, a part of the village’s Vision for Division project, has since changed to move the drive-thru entrances and exits to Oak Street and the entrance to the Walgreens located directly north of the property. The drive-thru would be operational from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Developer Lee Fry Companies Inc. also added a 4-foot fence, shrubbery and three trees to provide a buffer between Dunkin’ Donuts and Arnold Street residents.

A bypass and escape lane were added to allow cars to move out of the drive-thru lane, and the size of the building was reduced from 4,600 to

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OBITUARIES DONALD C. BEESON

MARION P. HOOTON

Donald C. Beeson, age 79, went to the Lord on Saturday, May 10, 2014 with his loving family by his side.

Donald is survived by his loving wife of 19 years, Beverly (nee King) Beeson; his daughters, Tammie Harmison, Toni Beeson, and Lori Ricketts; brother, Gerald (Patricia) Beeson; grandchildren, Brandon (Tonya) Harmison and Anthony Young; greatgrandchildren, Dominic Mills and Margie Elyse Clow; extended, the Andrade, Donnelly, King, and Wagner families.

Preceded in death by his parents, Curtis and Lillian (nee Augspurger) Beeson.

Donald retired as a conductor after 39 years of service, working for the GM&O, Illinois Central and Metra Rail Corporation. Don met his beloved wife Bev on the train and married her in 1994, later moved to Spring Hill, FL. He was a proud United States Army Veteran. Don loved cars, his boat and most importantly his family. He was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, and uncle who will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

The family would like to offer a special thank you to Sturgill Hospice Care Center for the comfort provided to Don. A celebration of Donald's life will begin on Thursday, May 22, 2014 with a visitation at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet, IL from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. A service will be held in the funeral home chapel during the visitation at 7:00 p.m. Celebrant Ken Plese officiating.

The family invites relatives and friends to gather at Tezak Funeral Home on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. then driving in procession to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Donald C. Beeson at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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Marion P. Hooton "Pearl" (nee Van Krimpen), age 87, of Morris and formerly of Shorewood, peacefully went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

Born Marion Pearl Van Krimpen in Lansing, IL on April 12, 1927.

Member of Messiah Lutheran Church. Formerly employed by the U.S. Department of the Navy, in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, IL. Pearl was a woman of faith, who spent many hours praying for the needs of others and studying God's Word. She was also known for her quirky sense of humor much to the delight of those who knew her.

Preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ralph (1978); one brother, Fred Van Krimpen and brother-inlaw, Fredrick Starks.

Survived by two daughters, Stacy (Patrick) See of Morris and Ann (August) Schulke of Aurora; five grandchildren, Autumn and Alyssa See; Leslie, Haley and August Schulke; one sister, Anna Starks; and one niece and nephew.

Marion P. Hooton will Lie in State on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Messiah Lutheran Church, 40 Houbolt Rd., Joliet from 9:00 a.m. until time of services at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor David Nygard officiating. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Memorials in her name to Messiah Lutheran Church would be appreciated.

Arrangements by: Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 815-741-5500 or

Born: April 12, 1927; In Lansing, IL Died: May 20, 2014; In Morris, IL

RUTH ANN HUG Ruth Ann Hug, nee Stanger.

Beloved mother of Colette J. (Chris) Wagner, Raymond L., Larry E. (Susan) and Thomas P. (Elizabeth) Hug. Loving grandmother of Douglas, Lauren, Carolyn, Patrick, Christopher, Daniel and Zachary.

Dear sister of Marlene Batson and the late Regina Tatro.

Funeral service Saturday 9:30 AM at the Vandenberg Funeral Home, 19604 S. Wolf Rd., Mokena.

Interment in St. Mary Cemetery.

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RANDAL J. JURKAS Born: Nov. 12, 1960; In Joliet, IL Died: March 4, 2014; In Cape Coral, FL Randal James Jurkas, age 53, a lifelong resident of Joliet, passed away peacefully at his home in Cape Coral, Florida on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. He was born November 12, 1960 in Joliet.

Randal was a loving Husband, Father, Papa, Uncle, Son, Brother and a great Friend to many. He was a member of the Local 150 Union Operating Engineers for 26 years.

He was a faithful member of the Wilmington Bobcats Organization.

He loved taking the boat out, enjoying family time, fishing and long walks on the beach. He

ng graduated from Joliet West High School in 1978. His passion was to retire in our Cape Coral home in Florida when he turned 55. He adored his children and most of all loved spending time with his granddaughter.

He is survived by his beloved wife 19 years, LeAnn Virklan Jurkas of Cape Coral, FL; his mother, Christine Jurkas of Joliet; three loving children, Ashley (Luke) Jurkas of Wilmington, IL and the twins, James Jurkas of Cape Coral, FL and Julia Jurkas also of Wilmington IL; five siblings, Tony (Laurie) Jurkas Sr. of Chicago, Sandy (Dave) Maxwell of Shorewood, IL, Lori (Don) Shanholtzer of Joliet, Douglas (Olivia) Jurkas of Joliet and Dennis (Anne) Jurkas also of Joliet, IL; a granddaughter, Amelia Lord-Jurkas of Wilmington; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, James Jurkas; and nephew, Tony Jurkas Jr. Funeral Services for Randal James Jurkas will be held Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds. Joliet. As it was

Essing Randy's final request, Cremation Rites were accorded in Cape Coral, Florida.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to his children's college education fund in his memory would be appreciated.

Visitation will be Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until time of services at 3:00 p.m.

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Beloved wife of the late Roy Minger Sr., loving mother of Roy “Skip” (Dawn) Minger Jr., John (Susan) Minger, and the late Albert Lawrence Minger; cherished grandmother of Michael (Dana), Mark (Hollie), Matthew, Lauren, Taylor, and Bree Minger; and greatgrandmother of Maeve and Mason Minger, and Thanasi, Maria, and John Paul Sakellaris; dear aunt of Allan Walsh.

Lois was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Julia Walsh nee Barnes; her brother, Wilbur (late Lillian) Walsh; and niece, Nancy Morrissette.

She was an avid card player, enjoyed knitting, reading, solving crossword puzzles, and was President of the PTA. She loved cats, and spending time at her Wisconsin cottage, and could always be found sweeping and cleaning.

The family will receive friends at the United Methodist Church of New Lenox, 339 West Haven Ave., New Lenox, IL 60451 on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 10:00 AM until time of Funeral Service at 11:30 AM. Interment Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Patrick's Residence, 1400 Brookdale Rd., Naperville, IL 60563 appreciated.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Kurtz Memorial Chapel, New Lenox, IL. For information www.kurtzmemorialchapel.com or 815-485-3200.

WILLIAM J. OLDANI William J. Oldani, age 83, passed away Wednesday May 21, 2014 at his home with his family by his side.

Survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Shirley (Adams) Oldani; children, Debbie Cooling, Cindy (Thomas) Franklin and John Oldani; grandchildren, Matt (Jeanette), Chris (Danielle) and Adam Cooling and Tyler (Fiancée Michele) Franklin; great grandchildren, Ryan Cooling, Joe and Jaycee Jarosz. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

Preceded in death by his parents, John and Florence (Pessina) Oldani; one brother, Henry (Janet) Oldani.

Born in Joliet, living in Elwood all of his life. U.S. Army Veteran serving in the Korean Conflict.

William was a farmer all his life and sold his produce and painted pumpkins at local farmers markets.

Working for Stepan Chemical for 12 years and then retiring from Illinois Bell after 30 years. William was very close to his family and will be greatly missed.

Funeral Services will be held, Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Visitation Friday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Memorials to the Joliet Area Community Hospice would be appreciated.

Activist and King aide dies at age 82

By DONNA BRYSON The Associated Press DENVER – In March of 1967, taking note of anti-war protests at his alma mater, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram care of Vincent Harding to the “men of conscience” at Morehouse commending their courage and calling them his inspiration.

Days later in New York, King delivered one of his most stinging criticisms of American involvement in Vietnam.

Harding, at the time an adviser to Morehouse students as well as to King, is credited with writing that speech.

Harding, 82, died Monday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to Denver’s Iliff School of Theology, where Harding taught for many years.

In Denver, Harding’s home since coming to Iliff in 1981, he was remembered for his commitment to justice and peace, and for his modesty.

Former Denver City Council president Elbra Wedgeworth said he never spoke much of his ties to King or other prominent civil rights leaders.

“He was just a real old school gentleman who experienced a lot, but never let it make him bitter,” Wedgeworth said. “He just used those experiences to help other people.”

Harding and his first wife, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, who died in 2004, met King when they traveled from Chicago to Atlanta to continue the civil rights work they had begun in the Mennonite

church. Harding became an adviser and friend to both King and Coretta Scott King.

He later served as the first director of what is now known as the King Center in Atlanta.

“He was a great voice for human and social progress, very much in keeping with Dr. King’s and Mrs. King’s advocacy for social and civil rights,” Steve Klein, spokesman for the center, said in a telephone interview Wednesday. He said Harding should be remembered as a “cutting edge” historian of the civil rights movement.

In a New York Times review of Harding’s 1981 book, “There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America,” historian Eric Foner wrote that it was “more than a history of black protest: It is also a personal testament of hope and a brief for a view of the black experience as a saga of resistance.” Harding wrote several books.

Howard Zehr, who heads the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice at Virginia’s Eastern Mennonite University, remembers Harding as a visitor to his home. Zehr’s father was, like Harding, a Mennonite pastor. Hearing the two – one black, one white – in conversation helped shape the younger Zehr’s thinking.

In 1966, Zehr became the first white student to graduate from Morehouse.

For many years, Zehr said in a telephone interview Wednesday, “I could sort of see Vincent on my shoulder, keeping me committed. He had a quiet way of doing that.”

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Josephine P. Luksic “Jo” (nee Furlane), passed away peacefully, Tuesday, May 15, 2014 at Sunny Hill Nursing Home. Age 91.

Survived by a son, Brian (Sharon) Luksic; two daughters, Peggy (Walt) Lindstrom and Cathy Talarico. Five grandchildren, Amy and Allayna Luksic, Michael (Denise) and Christopher (Toni) Lindstrom and Nicholas (Ashley) Talarico; eight great-grandchildren, Nivaeyah Phillips, Drew, Van and Greenlee Lindstrom, Amber and Haille Lindstrom, Dominic and Angelo Talarico. Numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her husband, Emil G. “Bill” Luksic (2010); a daughter, Barbara Jean Ruckman; her parents; a brother, Frank Furlane; and a sister, Mayme Jackson.

Member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. Jo bowled with the St. Paul Bowling League and was a member of the Joliet Quilters Club. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Friday, May 23, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Memorials to the Joliet Area Community Hospice will be appreciated.

Visitation Friday at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church from 9:00 A.M. until the time of services.

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Madigan says he doesn’t have votes for tax rise

SPRINGFIELD – With time running out on the legislative session, House Speaker Michael Madigan said Wednesday he’s pulling back on a plan to extend the state’s income tax increase and moving forward with a smaller budget that could mean billions of dollars in cuts to state spending.

The Chicago Democrat said he hasn’t abandoned the tax increase proposal, however. He said he’ll continue to press lawmakers to support making the temporary tax increase permanent, and said “it’s a possibility” legislators will see the impact of the spending cuts and rethink their opposition to higher taxes.

“However, the clock is running and we’re getting closer to the end of the month,” Madigan said. The legislative session adjourns May 31.

A spokeswoman for Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn said Quinn isn’t giving up.

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Redistricting group lacks signatures

SPRINGFIELD – The group that wants to take the politically powerful process of drawing election maps away from Illinois lawmakers is facing more challenges after election authorities found that a majority of petition signatures needed to put the question to voters were invalid.

State Board of Elections executive director Rupert Borgsmiller said less than half of a 5 percent sample of signatures submitted by the “Yes for Independent Maps” campaign were valid – dealing a blow to an effort that already faces a court challenge in Chicago. But campaign officials say they’ve got

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Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, is surround by reporters Wednesday after exiting a House committee hearing at the State Capitol in Springfield. Madigan said he does not have the votes to extend Illinois income tax increase and is moving forward with a budget that does not rely on it.

enough valid signatures to put the constitutional amendment on the ballot in November and argue the state was “sloppy” in verifying signatures.

“We believe that the state ran a rushed, uneven, and back-room signature validation process, and that’s the reason for the unacceptable validity rate,” campaign manager Michael Kolenc said. He argues that about 600 signatures were checked after work hours when campaign members weren’t present, and contends that this would have made a difference in the outcome.

ed investigation of veterans’ hospitals.

The inquiry was prompted by allegations that staff used secret lists to conceal long patient wait times for appointments at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix. Similar allegations surfaced at the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in suburban Chicago. The Illinois hospital denies any secret list existed.

A Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday amended a bill to provide another $5 million to the VA’s Office of the Inspector General for the investigation.

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Kirk says probe to include Ill. veterans hospitals

CHICAGO – Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is backing federal legislation that would provide more money for an expand-

Proposal could let schools opt out of some topics

SPRINGFIELD – Legislation allowing schools to opt out of teaching topics like drivers’ education and black history has

received backing from an Illinois Senate committee.

The amendment approved Tuesday was attached to a school funding bill, though more revisions could be on the way.

There are dozens of topics schools could decide not to teach including physical education.

The idea is to save money.

Some districts say they’ve been required to teach more topics but not funded adequately.

The main bill proposes changes to the state’s school funding formula, a move designed to help poorer districts. However, that would also mean school districts, particularly in Chicago’s suburbs, would lose money.

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Quinn ups push for tax hike by showing school cuts

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat

Quinn’s office has called attention to potential funding cuts to schools as part of an effort to extend the state’s temporary income tax increase.

Quinn’s budget office said Wednesday that schools would see $875 million in cuts if the tax rate rolls back as scheduled. The office also calculated the corresponding hike in local property taxes that school districts would have to adopt to make up the cuts.

The tax rate is scheduled to drop from 5 percent to 3.75 percent for individuals in January.

That would reduce state revenue next year by about $1.8 billion.

Quinn backs a $38 billion budget makes the increase permanent. He and other Democratic leaders are having a tough time coming up with votes for the plan.

– Wire reports

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS Dems to participate in Benghazi probe WASHINGTON – House Democrats will participate in the special, Republican-led select committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, despite serious concerns within the party that the inquiry is an election-year ploy to energize core GOP voters.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that she will appoint the full complement of five Democrats on the 12-member panel, tapping lawmakers who have been deeply involved in previous congressional investigations of the Sept. 11, 2012, assault on the U.S. diplomatic outpost.

Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, died in the attack when militants stormed the mission.

Republicans have accused the Obama administration of misleading Americans about a terror attack weeks before the election.

Dozens charged in child porn case in NYC area NEW YORK – A slice of the New York City area mainstream – a police officer, a fire department paramedic, a rabbi, a nurse, a Boy Scout leader – used the Internet to anonymously collect and trade child pornography, federal officials said Wednesday.

The six were among at least 70 men and one woman charged in a five-week operation by the Homeland Security Investigations arm of U.S. Immigration

and Customs Enforcement.

Federal officials, who planned to announce the arrests a news conference later Wednesday, call it one of the largest local roundups ever of people who collect images of children having sex – and a stark reminder that they come from all segments of society.

California woman found 10 years after kidnapping SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman who was 15 when she disappeared 10 years ago from her California home contacted police and told them she was held against her will for years, sexually assaulted repeatedly and had a child with her captor, authorities said Wednesday.

Police have arrested Isidro Garcia, 41, of Bell Gardens, on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor and false imprisonment, according to a statement from the Santa Ana Police Department.

In 2004, when the victim was 15, Garcia was dating her mother and lived with the family, authorities said. Her mother suspected that he was sexually abusing her daughter, police said. In June 2004, Garcia assaulted the mother, drugged the girl and then fled with her to a house in Compton, locking her in a garage, the statement said.

Garcia provided the girl with false identification and used physical and emotional abuse to prevent her from fleeing, police said.

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An airline passenger waits Feb. 11 for his rescheduled flight to Orlando under the departure board showing hundreds of cancellations at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Airlines should be required to disclose fees for basic services like checked bags, an assigned seat and a carry-on bag wherever tickets are sold so that passengers know the true cost of airfares, the government said Wednesday.

Proposal: Airlines openly disclose seat and bag fees

By JOAN LOWY The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Passengers love the idea, but airlines hate it. The government wants to require that travelers be told upfront about basic services that aren’t included in the price of a ticket and how much extra they’ll cost.

The Transportation Department proposed Wednesday that passengers be provided detailed information on fees for a first checked bag, a second checked bag, advance seat assignments and carry-on bags.

The rules would apply whether passengers bought tickets on the phone, in person or online – and not just from airline websites. Airlines that want their tickets to remain available through travel agents and online ticketing services would have to provide them information on fees for basic services, too, something most have been re-

luctant to do.

The idea is to prevent consumers from being lured by low advertised airfares, only to be surprised later by high fees for services once considered part of the ticket price.

Airlines currently are required to disclose only bag fees, and even then they don’t have to provide an exact price. Some provide a wide range of possible fees in complex charts.

“A customer can buy a ticket for $200 and find themselves with a hidden $100 baggage fee, and they might have turned down a $250 ticket with no baggage fee but the customer was never able to make that choice,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in an interview.

But adopting the changes would be the wrong choice, said a trade association for the airline industry. The “proposal overreaches and limits how free markets work,” Airlines for America said in

a statement. And it predicted “negative consequences.”

Under the proposal, fees would have to be specific to the advertised airfare. Any frequent-flier privileges would also have to be factored into the price if the airfare is advertised on an airline website and the passenger supplies identifying information.

The proposal would prohibit “unfair and deceptive” practices by airfare search tools, such as ranking flights by some airlines ahead of others without disclosing that bias to consumers.

The rule doesn’t cover fees for early boarding, curbside check-in and other services regarded as optional.

The government also wants to expand its definition of a “ticket agent” so that consumer protection rules also apply to online flight search tools like Kayak and Google’s Flight Search, even though they don’t actually sell tickets.

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Lawyer: VA delay killed Washington state man

By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press SEATTLE – Donald Douglass had a small spot on his forehead when he went to the Seattle Veterans Affairs hospital in 2011.

A biopsy confirmed it was cancerous. But it was four months before the hospital scheduled an appointment for him to have it removed – and by then, it had spread, wrapping around a facial nerve and eventually getting into his blood.

The delay proved fatal, his lawyer said – and it mirrors concerns being raised about the VA system nationally.

“There was no reason for this procedure to be delayed,” said the attorney, Jessica Hol-

man of Tacoma. “Had he had his surgery timely, he’d be alive today.”

Congress has been in an uproar over allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals, with more than two dozen facilities being investigated nationwide.

At the VA hospital in Phoenix, 40 veterans allegedly died while waiting for treatment, and staff there reportedly kept a secret list of patients waiting for appointments to hide delays in care.

It isn’t known whether the VA Puget Sound Health Care System is among those being investigated; the VA’s inspector general has not named the organizations being probed.

While Democratic Sen. Patty Murray has raised questions

about understaffing and budget shortfalls at the VA hospital in Spokane, no evidence of systemic problems at the Seattle VA hospital has surfaced publicly. Chad Hutson, a spokesman for VA Puget Sound, declined to comment Tuesday.

But Holman said she’s hard-pressed to believe Douglass’ case was unrelated to the broader problems.

His sister, Constance Olberg of Sammamish, was his caregiver toward the end of his life and brought the medical negligence claim on behalf of his estate. In an answer to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court, the VA denied any liability.

Douglass, an Army veteran who went by “Cliff,” previous-

ly suffered liver cancer and had a liver transplant in 2009, Holman said. He was doing well with the new organ, and he continued taking drugs that suppressed his immune system so his body would not reject it.

That made it all the more urgent that the spot on his forehead be removed immediately, Holman said, arguing that his weakened immune system could allow the cancer to spread more quickly.

Transplant patients with suppressed immune systems face a much higher risk of skin cancer, according to The Skin Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting the disease.

While the VA said it would schedule an appointment for Douglass to have the surgery

at the University of Washington Medical Center, it dragged its feet, Holman said. Douglass repeatedly checked in about whether the appointment had been scheduled, and there are notes in his patient file indicating that he was still waiting for the surgery, she said.

The surgery was finally performed in September 2011, but the cancer had spread. Douglass suffered facial pain and paralysis, and he died a little more than a year later.

“He was very angry,” Holman said. “He was angry that a paperwork snafu had caused this.”

Douglas, 57, was stationed in Germany in the mid-1970s.

He recently had operated a Christmas tree farm in North Bend, Holman said.

Missouri inmate up for execution Christie charges ahead hopes rest with Supreme Court as budget issues mount

By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR The Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. – The U.S. Supreme Court weighed arguments Wednesday over whether a Missouri inmate’s rare vascular condition would cause him great suffering during what would be the nation’s first execution since last month’s botched case in Oklahoma.

Russell Bucklew had been scheduled to be put to death at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for

the 1996 killing of a man during a violent crime spree, but Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito blocked the execution late Tuesday and the full court was considering the matter.

As the clock ticked Wednesday – by law, Missouri has a 24-hour window to carry out a scheduled execution – attorneys for Bucklew and the state parried in court filings about his medical circumstances.

Bucklew, 46, suffers from

a rare congenital condition – cavernous hemangioma – that causes weakened and malformed blood vessels, as well as tumors in his nose and throat. His attorneys say this and the secrecy surrounding the state’s lethal injection drug combine to make for an unacceptably high chance of something going wrong during his execution. He told The Associated Press last week that he is scared of what might happen during the process.

By STEVE PEOPLES and ANGELA DELLI SANTI The Associated Press NEW YORK – A defiant Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday shrugged off a mounting budget crisis and blamed Democrats for economic problems in New Jersey that threaten to further taint his presidential ambitions.

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The remarks represent a dramatic shift for Christie, who only six months ago delivered a triumphant re-election speech casting himself as a can-do, bipartisan leader driving a New Jersey comeback.

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JOS, Nigeria – Boko Haram assaulted three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 48 people, residents said Wednesday, hours after twin bombings claimed at least 118 lives in this central city in an attack the government blamed on the Islamic extremists.

One of the villages attacked between Tuesday night and early Wednesday is near the town of Chibok, where more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped last month by Boko Haram, according to residents and a state intelligence agent who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to give information to reporters.

Apagu Maidaga of Alagarno said residents of that village hid in the bush and watched while the extremists set ablaze their homes of thatch-roofed mud huts.

“We saw our village up in flames as we hid in the bush waiting for the dawn; we lost everything,” he told The AP in a telephone call.

In Jos, where at least 118 people were killed in twin bomb attacks Tuesday on a bustling bus terminal and a market, residents joined rescue workers armed with body bags in looking for missing loved ones.

Most victims were women and children vendors, said Mohammed Abdulsalam of the National Emergency Man-

agement Agency.

“We expect to find more bodies in the rubble,” Abdulsalam said.

“Allahu akhbar!” some young Muslim men yelled provocatively at an AP photographer near the scene, using the war cry of Islamic militants that means “God is great” within hearing of soldiers at a checkpoint.

Jos is tense with fears the attack blamed on Islamic extremists could inflame religious rivalry. The city in central Nigeria sits on a volatile fault line dividing Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north from the predominantly Christian south and has been a flashpoint in the past for deadly conflict between adherents of the two religions. Boko Haram, the group suspected in the attack, wants to impose an Islamic state under strict Shariah law in Nigeria, though half the country’s 170 million people are Christians.

Officials in at least three other central and central-north states have suggested the extremists are feeding into tribal and religious tensions to spread the insurgency from their stronghold in Nigeria’s northeast into an area where thousands have been killed in recent years in disputes over land, water, religion and tribe.

At the Jos marketplace, earthmovers demolished buildings weakened by the bomb blasts and fires and moved heavy debris, allowing rescuers to search for more bodies.

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Don T. Bricker Vice President and Publisher

Robert Wall General Manager

Kate Schott Editor

OUR VIEW

Keep everyone safe on the water Boating season is upon us, and many people soon will be out on local waterways having a good time in and around their boats.

It’s important that those who will be out in boats this spring and summer operate their watercraft safely to protect themselves, their guests and those using the water around them.

With that in mind, here are some safety tips for the boating season: • Never use drugs and avoid using alcohol before or during boat operation. Alcohol’s effects are greatly exaggerated by exposure to sun, glare, wind, noise and vibration. Those who drink shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a vehicle on land or water. And those who do should expect to pay a price for putting personal fun ahead of the safety of others.

• Have a life jacket for every passenger. Boats 16 feet and longer must have at least one throwable device as well. Life jackets should be tested for wear and buoyancy at least once each year. Now is the perfect time to test.

Waterlogged, faded or leaky jackets should be thrown out.

• Have a fire extinguisher on board.

• Make sure your boat lights are operable before leaving the dock.

• Bring on board extra batteries, a cellphone, maps, flares and a first aid kit. Store these items in a floatable pouch.

• Before starting the boat, open all the hatches and run the blower. Sniff for fumes before starting the engine.

If you smell fumes, do not start the engine.

• Don’t overload the boat with gear or passengers. It will make the boat unstable and increase the risk of capsizing or swamping.

• Never allow passengers to ride on gunwales or seatbacks or outside of protective railings, including the front of a pontoon boat. A sudden turn, stop or start could cause a fall overboard.

• Keep an eye on the weather and bring a radio. If bad weather is approaching, get off the water early and avoid a waiting line in inclement weather.

Enjoy the boating season, but do so safely.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

No end for Afghanistan’s war on taxpayers John F. Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), may have taken Uncle Sam and shaken him by the lapels this week, but the media missed it. Americans, however, need to hear how Sopko, in an address at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., laid out why Afghanistan remains “relevant” – and a cause for outrage – for every U.S. taxpayer and policymaker.

In short, Afghanistan is on life support, and Joe Citizen is its permanent IV. From your pockets, Uncle Sam has taken $103 billion to build Afghanistan – so far. By the way, that figure doesn’t include the costs of war-making.

To put it in context, as Sopko said in the text of his speech, “that is more money than we have spent on reconstruction for any one country in the history of the United States.”

That goes for the countries in Europe that American money rebuilt during the Marshall Plan after World War II.

VIEWS Diana West “We are spending more money this year on reconstruction in Afghanistan than we do for the next three countries combined,” Sopko continues, referring to Israel, Egypt and Pakistan. Eighteen billion dollars are currently in the pipeline, he said, and between $6 and $10 billion is “promised annually for years to come.”

Why? Don’t ask. Your U.S. representative probably hasn’t.

The grotesque scale of all of this “aid” becomes even more striking on realizing that Afghans, per capita, earn $687 a year. Mammoth U.S. reconstruction programs thus place “a financial and operational burden on the Afghan economy that it simply cannot manage by itself,” as Sopko puts it. Consider that Af-

ghanistan’s GDP in 2012 was about $20 billion. “That same year,” Sopko said, “U.S. reconstruction funding amounted to $15 billion – 75 percent of Afghanistan’s GDP.” Again, these massive sums don’t include war costs.

“Sustaining this assistance,” Sopko added, “will overwhelm the Afghan government’s budget.”

For example, the projected costs of supporting Afghan security forces come to $5 to $6 billion per year, Sopko said. “At these levels,” he explained, “if the Afghan government were to dedicate all of its domestic revenue toward sustaining the Afghan army and police, it still could only pay for about a third of the cost.”

Meanwhile, there are civil servants to pay, and roads, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure that, of course, require more money to be maintained.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Illinois is at a critical crossroads and our legislators face critical decisions in the days ahead.

The issue of maintaining the current income tax rate is paramount to our future and the well-being of millions.

U.S. turns blind eye to continual corruption • WEST Where is that money supposed to come from? From U.S. taxpayers, of course.

Sopko called us “international donors,” but “international debtors” is more like it.

SIGAR, on the job since 2008, has produced 118 audits and inspection reports, and made 23 quarterly reports to Congress. Nothing seems to penetrate the Capitol dome, however. This would account for the remedially surreal and Mr. Rogers-like sound of the lessons Sopko offered for next time – if, heaven forfend, there is a next time.

“First, we must consider a country’s ability to sustain the assistance we provide.”

Just think about the fact that the inspector general even has to articulate such a basic premise in the first place. It suggests that the U.S. government did not consider the ability of Afghanistan, one of the world’s poorest countries, to sustain the gargantuan projects and programs Uncle Sam was using – let’s be real – to bribe Afghans out of supporting the “insurgency.” Thus, Afghanistan becomes U.S. taxpayers’ latest federal entitlement program.

“Second,” he said, “reconstruction in a conflict zone is inherently risky.”

Really? You mean it’s not like building a skyscraper in Manhattan – as the Bush and Obama administrations appear to have believed?

• Diana West blogs at dianawest.net, and she can be contacted via dianawest@ verizon.net.

state Rep. Larry Walsh Jr. when he pledges to protect senior citizens, reform property taxes and strengthen our schools.

These promises cannot be kept if $1.6 billion is suddenly gone.

Seniors, homeowners, school children, and small businesses throughout Will County would be left behind and left

wondering why they had been forgotten.

We ask Rep. Walsh and his colleagues to take quick and decisive action to maintain the current income tax rate and keep Illinois moving in the right direction.

Pat Comstock Executive director, Health Care Council of Illinois

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED USE OF FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS and HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANT FUNDS

BY WILL COUNTY FOR THE 2014 PROGRAM YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2014 Through SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 PUBLIC HEARING – June 5, 2014 TIME: 1:30 P.M. PLACE: WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 302 N. CHICAGO ST., JOLIET, IL 60433 Will County Community Development Block Grant Program The primary objective of the Will County Community Development Block Grant Program is to provide capital expenditure funds for various eligible subgrantee projects in the following categories: 1.) Decent Housing; 2.) Suitable Living Environment; 3.) Economic Opportunities; and 4.) Homeless Assistance. All eligible activities must be sponsored by an eligible applicant in accordance with the current Will County CDBG Policy Manual. All applications funded with County CDBG funds must primarily benefit low and moderate-income residents of Will County. Will County will have an estimated $1,899,600, available to expend during its 32nd year of funding. A list of applications that were submitted by the May 21st, 2014 deadline will be available for distribution and discussion at the hearing. Additionally, the County will also provide al list of other projects set aside for funding consideration that were not subject to the competitive application process.

Will County HOME Investment Partnership Program The primary purpose of the HOME Investment Partnership Program is to provide funds to expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for low and extremely low income families, and to build a local capacity to carry out affordable housing assistance programs; to provide for coordinate assistance in the development of affordable, low income housing options. Will County will have an estimated $416,074 in HOME Grant Funds available to provide this assistance.

A list of applications that were submitted by the May 21, 2014 deadline will be available for distribution and discussion at the hearing. The only competitive applications the County will consider are those for Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) activities and other proposed Home Eligible activities. Additionally, the County will provide a list of other projects that were set aside and were not subject to the competitive application process.

Of the many eligible activities to be funded under the HOME Program, Will County will focus its attention on the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing units. Will County has made every effort to maximize participation in the private sector by developing a competitive application process with non-profit organizations as well as developers throughout the County. The results of this process will be discussed at this public hearing.

However, in the distribution of HOME funds, special emphasis will be given to those areas in the County stated in the Will County Consolidated Plan as having a high degree of poverty and need for affordable housing.

Formal adoption of 2014 Action Plan will be adopted by formal accomplished via resolution at Advisory Board and County Board level following a 30 day Public Display of the documents from June 13th through July 16th, 2014. Formal notification of this display will be made via a separate notice.

The Public Hearing will be conducted by the CDBG/HOME Advisory Board on June 5th at 1:30 pm at the Will County Office Building 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL in the County Board Room Second Floor.

This meeting area is wheel chair accessible, however, if you need any other reasonable accommodation related to a disability, please contact the Community Development Division of the Will County Land Use Department at (815) 774-7890 on or before May 30th, 2014.

Citizens wishing to comment upon the proposed use of grant funds should attend the hearing and address the Will County CDBG Advisory Board. All comments received from or made by persons attending this hearing will be made part of the final Program Year 2014 Action Plan sent to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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• Thursday, May 22, 2014

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The U.S. “reconstruction” strategy (and I use quotation marks because in Afghanistan’s case, “reconstruction” was usually first-time construction) was this: On seeing the infidel’s generous and fabulous “nation-building” intentions, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan would instantly and overwhelmingly turn against and work against the local Islamic “insurgency.”

For many reasons, a significant number of which are Islamic, this didn’t happen – no matter how much infrastructure, programs and stacks of cash Uncle Sam passed around.

Meanwhile, we also believed if we ignored or, worse, accommodated and submitted to the role Islam plays in shaping, guiding, characterizing Afghan culture – if we just turned a blind eye to Islamic laws against freedom of speech and freedom of religion, to culturally permitted pederasty, to Islamically correct child marriage and abuse of women – then the Afghans would, too.

Keep the money flowing – and never mind the endemic corruption in Afghanistan that SIGAR John Sopko has been uncovering. Congressional oversight will get to the bottom of this reckless mess.

Oops, I forgot – only real democracies have that.

We must do all we can to protect and defend the lives of a frail and vulnerable population that so many of us call mom, dad, grandma and grandpa.

We need our elected representatives to remember who is affected if a reduced income tax rate goes into effect.

We believe legislators like

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KEEP STATE’S TAX INCREASE IN PLACE

Some are calling for the tax rate to rollback and force $1.6 billion in cuts to vital services.

To say this is reckless would be a grand understatement.

Our state’s elderly citizens living in nursing homes often face the brunt of such budget reductions, and if the current tax rate sunsets, this would again be the case.

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Plainfield North’s Jason Pacanowski slides into home to score a run as Minooka catcher Tyler Desmarais turns to attempt a tag during the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game.

Plainfield North defeated Minooka, 7-3.

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PLAINFIELD NORTH 7, MINOOKA 3

Plainfield N., Minooka take SPC race down to final game of the series

By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com

• Thursday, May 22, 2014

MINOOKA – Plainfield North junior left-hander Kyle Strepek said he loves the warm weather.

Wednesday afternoon offered the perfect setting for him to keep the Tigers’ hopes alive for their fifth Southwest Prairie baseball championship in six years.

Strepek (9-0) threw shutout ball through six innings, allowed three unearned runs in the seventh and had four of North’s 15 hits as the Tigers dominated Minooka, 7-3.

The scene switches to North on Thursday afternoon for the finale of the decisive three-game series. Minooka (23-6, 17-3) took advantage of some good fortune Tuesday and scored four runs in the top of the seventh to win the opener, 6-5.

The Tigers (25-6, 17-3) showed up Wednesday in a foul mood after letting Game 1 slip through their grasp.

They jumped on Indians starter Mitch Malone for two runs on four hits in the first inning and never quit swinging the bats.

In contrast, Minooka, managed one hit through four innings and finished with five against Strepek, who struck out five and walked one. “[Strepek] pitched a nice game,” Minooka pitching coach Jim Lamping said. “He has a different kind of motion. I think it took our hitters a couple of times through the lineup before they started figuring him out.”

“We haven’t seen a lot of lefties, either,” Indians assistant Derrick Rapsky said.

North coach John Darlington said he would be glad to have a string of left-handed pitchers at his disposal.

“I don’t care who you are,

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Plainfield North’s Matt Welch is welcomed back to the dugout after scoring a run during the fourth inning of Wednesday’s game against Minooka. Plainfield North defeated Minooka, 7-3. good left-handers are hard to hit,” he said. “But Kyle has pitched like this the last three times out. He was around the plate all day. He was outstanding.”

Strepek said he enjoyed working with the early lead, and you can’t beat a sunny afternoon with temperatures in the 80s.

“I love warm weather and hate cold weather,” Strepek said. “The kind of day it was, I had command of my fastball and I had my curve.

“I can deal with having a lot of runs behind me, too.”

An outfielder when not on the mound, Strepek said he is more successful at the plate on days he pitches, for whatever reason.

Strepek went 4 for 5, scored twice and drove in a run. Matt Welch, Jack Butler,

Plainfield North’s Kyle Strepek delivers a pitch during the first inning of Wednesday’s game.

Richard Bryza, Jack Dunham and Zach Jarosz had two hits.

Dunham drove in two runs and Bryza’s double was the only extra-base hit in the game.

The Tigers’ third through

sixth runs all came compliments of two-out singles, with Dunham, Strepek, Jarosz and Welch delivering those clutch hits.

“We were seeing the ball well,” Darlington said. “We

THEY CAME READY TO PLAY AND WE DID NOT.” Derrick Rapsky, Minooka baseball assistant coach

sat on the fastball and got good swings. We hadn’t hit the ball like that in three weeks.”

“They came ready to play and we did not,” Minooka assistant coach Derrick Rapsky said.

Lamping and Rapsky fielded questions afterward as coach Jeff Petrovic had to leave for another commitment.

Jon Vesper had two hits for the Indians, and an error on a ground ball he hit in the seventh, scoring the first run and led to the three unearned runs. Tyler Paulsen and Kenny Walsh knocked in the other runs with infield outs.

The probable pitching matchup for the winner-takeall finale of the series is Minooka’s Joe Butler against North’s Robert Gesbocker.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: LINCOLN-WAY EAST 2, LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 0 (25-16, 25-18)

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Griffins improve to 33-1 with senior night win

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By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com FRANKFORT – After watching this seniors go 68-5 during the past two years, Kris Fiore realizes all too well that he has a special class.

On Wednesday, Lincoln-Way East got a chance to honor that group and all 10 of its seniors responded in a 25-16, 25-18 home victory against Lincoln-Way Central.

The Griffins (33-1), the state’s top-ranked team, have one more match before the playoffs get underway. They’ll host rival Lincoln-Way North in the teams’ fourth meeting of the season at 6:30 p.m. Friday that will be televised.

But against the Knights (22-12), it was all about the seniors, whom Fiore had on the court throughout most of the match.

“I always say that we get better in practice by playing against good players and

“It’s been an absolute thrill to play with these guys.

They’re great players who are really athletic and have high volleyball IQs. They always seem to pick you up when maybe you’re not doing well. We all have each others’ backs and support each other...”

Evan Heathcock Lincoln-Way East senior

our starters really reap the benefits of that good second team,” Fiore said. “Most of our starters are seniors, but we also have a lot of seniors who are on that second team and they’re really good players. We regularly play all 10 guys, and I have total trust in them since they know exactly what to do on the court and we don’t miss a beat when they’re out there.”

That fact was evident in the team’s latest victory, but Central also didn’t help its cause by turning in an effort that wasn’t what coach Brian Danielson hoped to see.

“I saw a couple of positives things, like Neal Brown getting seven kills,” said Danielson, who also received three kills from Adam Sargis, Erik LeBeau and Connor Hipelius. “We have a mix of sophomores, juniors and seniors who are still learning how to be a successful team that plays together. East is phenomenal team, and they’re number one in the state for a reason. You can’t come out flat when you’re playing the number one team.”

In the opener, the Griffins turned a 10-9 lead into a 19-12 cushion thanks to two kills

from senior Mike Rossetto (three kills in that set), single kills from seniors Austin Royer (26 assists) and Nate Van Dellen (six kills, five digs, two aces, three-point passing) and aces from senior Josh Phalen and Nick Lilley.

East used a pair of kills from senior Ryan Vorderer and Van Dellen and an ace from Royer to grab a quick 9-3 lead in the finale and Central never got closer than three points back.

Senior Brett Fuessel had all four of his kills and senior Evan Heathcock contributed his three kills during the final set. Senior Aaron Redweik also added three kills, including one that bounced off a Knight and nearly sailed into the upper deck in East’s gym.

“It’s been an absolute thrill to play with these guys,” Heathcock said.

“They’re great players who are really athletic and have high volleyball IQs. They

always seem to pick you up when maybe you’re not doing well. We all have each others’ backs and support each other and that’s how we get a lot of our wins. I think we’re getting focused for the playoffs and we’re ready to make a deep run into the state tournament.”

Two other Griffin seniors who contributed to the victory were Aaron Vermeire and Carson Slager. The latter enjoys being part of such a special group and feels good about how well East is playing as it gets ready for the postseason.

“I think a key for us all season has been that we compete with each other in practice and drive each other to get better,” Slager said. “It’s not like we’re plateauing and staying at one spot. We’re constantly challenging each other. We’ve improved so much from last year after losing last year in the sectional finals. We want to go further than that this year.”

AREA ROUNDUP

Joliet Central wins no-hitter, gets walk-off single vs. TF North STAFF REPORTS JOLIET – Max Fischer delivered a walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to lift Joliet Central’s baseball team to a 4-3 victory over TF North on Wednesday.

Zach Goetschel scored from second base on Fischer’s game-winner to cap a combined no-hit performance from a pair of Steelmen pitchers.

Troy Carlson went the first 61⁄3 innings, while Juan Cisneros recorded two outs in the seventh for Central, which hosts Joliet West on its senior night at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

PREP BASEBALL Morris 5, Lincoln-Way West 1: Matt Walker (3-0) pitched the victory for Morris (25-9) in the nonconference game. He allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four. Tim

Smyk, Geno Persico and Austin Conrod had two hits. Smyk doubled and drove in two runs.

Matt Bernickus tripled and Tyler Bordner doubled.

Plainfield East 6, Oswego 4: Jordan Hartanovich picked up his third victory of the season as the Bengals (14-16-1, 11-9) scored six runs in the second inning to erase a 4-0 deficit in the Southwest Prairie game.

Zach Chainuck three innings in relief to earn the save, striking out four. Jeremy Dutton went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Jordan Blackman was 2 for 3 with an RBI and Jordan Dobyne doubled in a run.

Oak Forest 4, Lemont 3 (10 inn.): Jake Terrazas had two hits for Lemont in the South Suburban Blue loss. Oak Forest scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to erase a 3-1 deficit and a run in the 10th to win.

GIRLS SOCCER JCA 6, Bremen 0: Kelsey Bulta and Jnaya Walker scored two goals each to lead JCA to victory in the Class 2A Rich East Regional semifinal. Lauren Geschke and Andriana Acosta chipped in the other goals for the Angels, who play Providence in Friday’s final.

Morris 11, Kankakee 0: Kirsten Galloway scored three goals to lead Morris (7-7-1) to a berth in Saturday’s Class 2A Morris Regional final.

Coal City 1, Carver Military Academy 0: The Coalers scored the lone goal after play was resumed Wednesday in the Class 1A Manteno Sectional to advance to Friday’s final.

Lincoln-Way West 3, Rich South 0: Natalie Tannura scored two goals and Brianna Heyer one for West. Brianna Bemberek had two assists and Meghann Lange one. Audrey

Pearson recorded her 14th shutout of the season.

PREP SOFTBALL Plainfield Central 3, Providence 2: The Wildcats scored a run in the seventh to claim the win over the Celtics. Sammy Sabor drove in two runs, Gretchen Egly added two hits and Madelynn Janssen got the complete-game win for Central. Maeve Garvey and Kendal Judge each drove in a run for Providence (18-13).

JCA 7, Bremen 0: Alyssa Callans pitched five innings and Alivia Phelps two for JCA, combining on a five-hitter with seven strikeouts.

Meghan Harrison tripled, Callans and Kayla Bennett doubled and Sara Chamberlin had two hits.

Lemont 11, TF North 1: Emily Durham pitched a two-hitter, striking out 11 and walking

two, for Lemont (20-10, 14-4) in the South Suburban Blue victory.

Kaneland 6, Morris 0: Maddy Feeney and Kelly Kolotka had the only hits for Morris (18-9, 6-4) in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East loss.

Wilmington 3, Illiana Christian 2 (8 inn.): Wilmington scored a run in the top of the eighth inning to win the Class 2A Beecher Regional semifinal. Miranda Southall pitched the distance, allowing four hits while walking four and striking out seven. Katie Johnstone had two hits and two RBIs for the Wildcats.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Lockport 25-25, Joliet West 16-22: Lockport (18-12, 5-6) won the SouthWest Suburban Blue match behind Adam Krzos (five kills) and Mike Karl (two kills, four blocks).

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GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD STATE PREVIEW

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com

Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com

Plainfield North’s Khristian Jones (center left) edges out Minooka’s Ashleigh Wilson (far left) in the 400meter during the IHSA girls track and field Class 3A Minooka Sectional at Minooka High School on May 15. third in the 200, while Marias was third in the 100 and fifth in the 200.

Julia Junkroski, who was third in the pole vault and fifth in the high jump last year and also placed in the high jump in 2012, was tied for the third-best sectional mark in the pole vault and tied for fifth in the high jump.

Other returning placewinners from East who hope to get back to the awards stand this weekend are Alyssa Vogt (800) and Alexis PierreAntoine (300 hurdles). Asia Brown joined Hyshaw and Pierre-Antoine on the two state title relays.

Minooka, which has en-

joyed an historic year where it won all of its major meets, including its first sectional championship, is hoping to cap things with a big state showing.

The Indians, who have placed relays the past two years, have never had multiple individual performers earn all state honors at state.

But coach Kevin Gummerson hopes that situation changes this weekend, and if it does, Janile Rogers figures to have a big hand in it.

The Indian senior had the second-best sectional mark in the long jump, was tied for fifth in the 100 and also runs on the 4x200 relay, which had

the fifth-best effort. Also for Minooka, Moira McAsey had the sixth-best 800 time and Ashley Tutt was seventh in the 3,200.

“We are coming off our best sectional meet in our program’s history, yet this group is still hungry to accomplish more,” Gummerson said.

“They need to go down there and perform at the highest level they possibly can. Obviously, Janile is leading the charge as she walked away with four first place medals at the sectional meet.

“There is no doubt that this group will use the energy of the state meet and step into their event with confidence

Melanie Olson, 200; Kelly Schultz, 3,200.

Lockport: 4x800 Relay; Morgan Bollinger, 1,600; Lane Kadlec, shot put, discus; Pam Miglans, shot put.

Minooka: 4x200 Relay; 4x400 Relay; Mackenzie Callahan, 1,600; Moira McAsey, 800; Alexis Pease, discus; Janile Rogers, long jump, 100; Ashley Tutt, 3,200; Ashleigh Wilson, 400 Morris: Leona Burton, long jump, 100, 200; Haleigh Knapp, high jump.

Plainfield Central: Jazmyne Tabb, triple jump Plainfield East: Taylor Cogdell, 800; Mikaela Manson, 300 hurdles.

Plainfield North: Khristian Jones, 400; Anna Laudizio, long jump, triple jump.

Reed-Custer: 4x100 Relay; 4x400 Relay; Emily Golaszewski, 100 hurdles; Alyssa Marrs, pole vault; Morgan Zacharias, pole vault.

Romeoville: Cierra Pulliam,

Area girls track and field state qualifiers Bolingbrook: 4x100 Relay; Charlyncia Stennis, 400; Jessica Watkins, 100, 200.

Dwight: Daly Galloway, 1,600, 3,200.

Joliet West: Jade’ Mayes, 100 hurdles.

Lemont: Jacque Desmond, pole vault; Vika Marmaite, long jump, triple jump.

Lincoln-Way Central: 4x800 Relay; Mallory Johnson, 3,200; JJ Robinson, 1,600.

Lincoln-Way East: 4x100 Relay;

4x200 Relay; 4x400 Relay; 4x800 Relay; Ololade Ayoola, high jump; Asia Brown, 400; Alexis Hyshaw, 100, 200; Julia Junkroski, high jump, pole vault; Meghan Marias, 100, 200; Dana O’Grady, 400; Alexis Pierre-Antoine, 300 hurdles; Alyssa Vogt, 800.

Lincoln-Way West: 4x800 Relay; Natalie Krol, 1600; Natalie Waters, 3,200.

Providence: 4x400 Relay; Emma Griffiths, 400; Gianna Lullo, pole vault; Clare O’Donnell, 1600;

triple jump.

Seneca: 4x200 Relay; 4x400 Relay; 4x800 Relay; Rylee Anderson, high jump; Morgan Armbrust, pole vault; Eva Bruno, 1,600; Caroline Collet, 3,200; Shawnna Goins, shot put; Mickey Juricic, pole vault; Brooke Larsen, discus; Clara Ross, discus; Willow Stuedemann, 100, 200, 400; Cora Wilkinson, 300 hurdles; Lexi Wilkinson, triple jump, 100 hurdles; Emily Woods, long jump.

Wilmington: Kara Brock, 3,200.

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At last year’s IHSA girls track and field finals, Lincoln-Way East beat out Edwardsville to prevent it from repeating as state champions.

This weekend at the Class 3A meet at Eastern Illinois University, a number of programs have its sights on doing the same thing to the Griffins.

East is hoping to become the first large school champion to repeat since Evanston capped a four-year run of titles from 2003-06.

Although the Griffins are in a good position to repeat, coach Wendy Hegarty realizes a lot of unusual things can happen at the big blue track in Charleston.

“The girls are excited to defend their championship this weekend,” Hegarty said.

“We’ve put ourselves in a good position to do so. But first we’re concentrating on Friday’s prelims. We need to qualify the relays and individuals to Saturday’s finals before anything. There’s a lot of good teams out there, but the girls are ready to get to work on Friday.”

The Griffins had the top sectional times in the 4x100-meter and 4x200 relays, events that they won state titles in a year ago.

East’s Alexis Hyshaw and Meghan Marias had some of the best sectional times in the 100 and 200. Hyshaw, who took second in the 100 and fifth in the 200 a year ago, ranks second in the 100 and

that they belong there. This team has responded to every challenge thrown at them throughout the course of the 2014 season. I am excited to see them compete with the state’s best.”

Others in Class 3A who turned in top sectional times or distances were Lemont’s Vika Marmaite (triple jump), Plainfield East’s Mikaela Manson (300 hurdles) and Taylor Cogdell (800), and Lockport’s 4x800 relay.

Bolingbrook’s Jessica Watkins is a returning placewinner in the 100 and 200, and Plainfield North’s Anna Laudizio hopes to medal again in the long jump.

In Class 2A, Morris’ Haleigh Knapp is the defending state champ in the high jump, while Leona Burton will try to medal again in the long jump.

Seneca, who scored five points at last year’s Class 1A meet, figures to make some noise this weekend since it has three individuals and a relay who had top-five sectional showings.

Leading the way are Willow Stuedemann in the 100, 200 and 400, Rylee Anderson in the high jump, Lexi Wilkinson in the triple jump and the 4x800 relay. Anderson and Wilkinson both won state medals a year ago.

Reed-Custer’s Morgan Zacharias was second in the pole vault last year and had the best sectional mark in that event. Dwight’s Daly Galloway had top-five sectional times in both the 1,600 and 3,200.

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YANKEES 4, CUBS 2 (13 INN.)

SPORTS BRIEF

Yankees score 2 in 13th, beat Cubs

Slammers suffer first loss of season

By ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Brendan Ryan scored on a wild pitch before John Ryan Murphy capped a two-run 13th inning with an RBI single, and the New York Yankees beat the Cubs, 4-2, Wednesday after the Cubs wasted another dominant start by Jeff Samardzija.

The Yankees scored two in the ninth against Hector Rondon to wipe out a 2-0 deficit.

Samardzija pitched four-hit ball over seven innings.

Ryan started the winning rally with a leadoff single against Jose Veras (0-1).

Yangervis Solarte walked, and the runners moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Preston Claiborne (2-0) toward third.

Ryan came home when Veras threw a pitch over Murphy’s head, and Murphy drove in Solarte with a single

to right to make it 4-2. The Yankees had runners on second and third with two out when Derek Jeter grounded out to end the rally.

Claiborne got the win, pitching 12⁄3 scoreless innings, and David Robertson worked the 13th for his ninth save in nine chances.

He gave up a one-out single to Welington Castillo but retired Nate Schierholtz on a fly and struck out John Baker to end the game after 4 hours, 39 minutes.

Samardzija’s winless streak was stretched to 16 starts despite lowering his major league-leading ERA from 1.62 to 1.46.

It looked as if it was coming to an end with the Cubs up two going into the ninth, but his streak continued, thanks to a shaky Rondon and a throwing error by second baseman Darwin Barney.

AREA SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY’S EVENTS BASEBALL Romeoville at Plainfield Central, 4:15 p.m.

Oswego East at Plainfield South, 4:15 p.m.

Plainfield East at Oswego, 4:15 p.m.

Minooka at Plainfield North, 4:15 p.m.

Joliet West at Joliet Central, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

Lincoln-Way West at Thornton, 4:30 p.m.

Homewood-Flossmoor at Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m.

Providence Catholic at Stevie’s Tournament, TBA Class 1A Serena Regional Gardner-South Wilmington vs. Serena, 4:30 p.m.

Class 2A Wilmington Regional Reed-Custer vs. Wilmington, 4:30 p.m.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Plainfield North at Plainfield Central, 5:30 p.m.

Plainfield East at Plainfield South, 5:30 p.m.

Oswego East at Minooka, 5:30 p.m.

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

Bolingbrook at Joliet Central, 5:30 p.m.

Oswego at Romeoville, 5:30 p.m.

Providence Catholic vs. Sandburg at Lewis University, 7 p.m.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD Class 3A Joliet West Sectional Joliet Central, Joliet West, Minooka, Plainfield Central, Plainfield East, Plainfield North, Plainfield South, 4:30 p.m.

Class 3A Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln-Way Central, Providence, 4:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL Plainfield Central at Oswego, 4:15 p.m.

Plainfield North at Plainfield South, 4:15 p.m.

Romeoville at Plainfield East, 4:15 p.m.

Minooka at Oswego East, 4:15 p.m.

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

Lincoln-Way West at Andrew, 4:30 p.m.

Joliet West at Joliet Central, 4:30 p.m.

Homewood-Flossmoor at Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m.

SAUGET – The Joliet Slammers lost for the first time this season Tuesday night as Gateway earned a 7-2 victory.

Grant DeBruin singled and eventually scored on Bill Miller’s single to give

the Slammers (3-1) a 1-0 lead. DeBruin doubled in the seventh inning when Joliet scored its other run on a hit batsman with the bases full.

The Slammers managed only one hit between the second and sixth innings.

Slammers starter Michael

Johnson struggled with his control and was lifted in the third inning in favor of Jake Hermsen.

The Slammers will begin a six-game homestand Friday against the Normal CornBelters at Silver Cross Field.

– Submitted reports

BASEBALL

NBA

Frontier League EAST DIVISION W L Pct Florence 3 0 1.000 Evansville 3 2 .600 Lake Erie 3 2 .600 Washington 2 2 .500 Southern Illinois 1 3 .250 Traverse City 1 3 .250 Road 0 5 .000 WEST DIVISION W L Pct Windy City 5 0 1.000 Gateway 4 1 .800 River City 4 1 .800 Joliet 3 2 .600 Rockford 2 3 .400 Normal 1 4 .200 Schaumburg 0 4 .000

GB — 1 1 1½ 2½ 2½ 4 GB — 1 1 2 3 4 4½

Wednesday’s Games Windy City 4, Lake Erie 2 River City 8, Normal 4 Evansville 7, Rockford 2 (7 inn.) 1st game Florence 1, Traverse City 0, 3 inn., ppd.

Washington 4, Road 1 Gateway 5, Joliet 0 Rockford 2, Evansville 1, 2nd game Schaumburg at Southern Illinois (n) Thursday’s Games Lake Erie at Windy City, 10:35 a.m.

Florence 1, Traverse City 0, 3 inn., comp. of susp. game Traverse City at Florence, 5:35 p.m.

Road at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Rockford at Evansville, 6:35 p.m.

River City at Normal, 7 p.m.

Schaumburg at Southern Illinois, 7:05 p.m.

Joliet at Gateway, 7:05 p.m.

Kings rally in third, beat Hawks

Antonio leads 2-0 Saturday Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 25 San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, May 26 Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 27 San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28 x-Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 29 x-Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 30 x-Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 31 x-San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 1 x-Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, June 2 x-Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Results Indiana 107, Miami 96 Monday’s Results San Antonio 122, Oklahoma City 105 Tuesday’s Results Miami 87, Indiana 83, series tied 1-1

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Best-of-7, x-if necessary) Wednesday Los Angeles 6, Blackhawks 2, series

tied 1-1 Thursday Montreal at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Saturday Blackhawks at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 25 Montreal at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 26 Blackhawks at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 27 x-NY Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28 x-Los Angeles at Blackhawks, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 29 x-Montreal at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 30 x-Blackhawks at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 31 x-NY Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 1 x-Los Angeles at Blackhawks, 7 p.m.

Saturday N.Y. Rangers 7, Montreal 2 Sunday Blackhawks 3, Los Angeles 1 Monday NY Rangers 3, Montreal 1, N.Y. Rangers leads series 2-0

WHAT TO WATCH Pro baseball N.Y. Yankees at White Sox, 7:10 p.m., WCIU The Yankees continue their Chicago tour when they face the Sox Thursday at U.S. Cellular field.

Also on TV...

Pro baseball Washington at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., MLB Cubs at San Diego, 9:10 p.m., CSN NHL playoffs Eastern Conference final, Game 3, Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m., NBCSN

By JAY COHEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Jeff Carter scored three of Los Angeles’ six straight goals, and the Kings beat the Blackhawks, 6-2, Wednesday night to leave the Western Conference final tied at one game apiece.

Drew Doughty and Tyler Toffoli also scored in Los Angeles’ five-goal third period as the Kings became the first visiting team to win in Chicago this postseason. The Hawks won their first seven home playoff games this year, but the Kings skated right by them after the defending Stanley Cup champions took a 2-0 lead in the second period.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Saturday night in Los Angeles.

Nick Leddy and Ben Smith scored for the Hawks, which won 3-1 in Game 1 on Sunday. Corey Crawford made 25 saves.

The Hawks were in position for their fourth consecutive win before Doughty drove a slap shot by Crawford to tie it at 2 just 1:37 into the third.

Carter then had another power-play score at 4:04 that gave Los Angeles the lead.

Once the Kings got going, they appeared to get almost anything they wanted against the sagging Hawks. Tanner Pearson set up goals by Toffoli at 8:59 and Carter at 14:44, and Carter added an empty-netter for his seventh of the playoffs.

Carter also had an assist in his first career four-point playoff game. It was his second playoff hat trick.

It was the most goals allowed by the Hawks in a playoff game since a 6-1 loss to Detroit on May 24, 2009.

Jonathan Quick made 23 saves for the Kings, including a big stop on Brent Seabrook with the Hawks trying for a 3-0 lead in the second.

The Hawks got off to a strong start, using their speed to draw four penalties in the first period alone. Brandon Saad was responsible for two of the calls, making a pair of nice moves that ended with Matt Greene in the box for

• Thursday, May 22, 2014

National League CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 28 19 .596 — St. Louis 24 21 .533 3 Cincinnati 21 24 .467 6 Pittsburgh 19 26 .422 8 Cubs 16 28 .364 10½ EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 25 20 .564 — Washington 24 22 .522 1½ Miami 24 23 .511 2 Philadelphia 20 23 .465 4 New York 20 25 .444 5 WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 28 18 .609 — Colorado 26 20 .565 2 Los Angeles 25 22 .532 3½ San Diego 21 25 .457 7 Arizona 18 29 .383 10½ Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Cubs 2 (13 inn.)

Cincinnati 2, Washington 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Pittsburgh 9, Baltimore 8 Milwaukee 6, Atlanta 1 Miami 14, Philadelphia 5 Arizona at St. Louis (n) San Francisco at Colorado (n) Minnesota at San Diego (n) Thursday’s Games Cubs at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 11:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Best-of-7, x-if necessary) Wednesday’s Results San Antonio 112, Oklahoma City 77 San

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American League CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 27 15 .643 — Minnesota 22 21 .512 5½ Kansas City 23 23 .500 6 White Sox 23 25 .479 7 Cleveland 22 25 .468 7½ EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 24 21 .533 — Toronto 25 22 .532 — Baltimore 23 21 .523 ½ Boston 20 25 .444 4 Tampa Bay 19 28 .404 6 WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 30 16 .652 — Los Angeles 25 20 .556 4½ Seattle 22 23 .489 7½ Texas 22 24 .478 8 Houston 17 29 .370 13 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Cubs 2 (13 inn.)

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NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 2: KINGS 6, BLACKHAWKS 2

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Los Angeles Kings’ Jarret Stoll (bottom) battles for the puck Wednesday against Blackhawks’ Michal Handzus during the second period in Game 2 of the Western Conference final at the United Center. hooking and Doughty sent off for holding.

Los Angeles defenseman Willie Mitchell had to cross check Peter Regin into the net to prevent a goal with about seven minutes left in the period, but the Hawks made the most of the man advantage.

The Hawks turned away a short-handed rush by the Kings, and Duncan Keith made a nice pass ahead to a streaking Leddy coming up the right side. The defenseman, who was a healthy scratch for Game 3 of the Hawks’ second-round series against Minnesota, then sent a backhander over Quick’s left shoulder at 14:16.

It was Leddy’s second career playoff goal. He also scored on April 21, 2012, at Phoenix.

The Hawks struck again in the second, with Smith jumping off the bench and beating Quick on a line change to make 2-0 at 1:40 of the period. The Hawks had another prime scoring chance when Kris Versteeg made a nice

pass to Seabrook on a 2-on-1, but Quick got over to make a nice stop on the defenseman’s shot.

Quick’s play on Seabrook provided more time for the Kings to get back in the game, and they took advantage when Mike Richards’ pass to the crease went off Justin Williams’ right skate and past Crawford with 1:46 left in the second.

Williams’ sixth goal of the playoffs cut the Hawks’ lead to 2-1 after two, and the Kings carried the momentum over to their big third period.

NOTES: Carter also scored three times in a 4-0 playoff win at Phoenix on May 15, 2012. ... Kings D Matt Greene was active for the first time in series. He replaced Jeff Schultz, who was scratched after he played 17 minutes in Game 1. ... Quick improved to 8-17-1 in 26 career games against the Hawks. ... The Hawks played without F Andrew Shaw, who is out with a lower-body injury, but could return in Game 3.

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‘EVERYONE NEEDS A VOICE’ Crest Hill minister writes, publishes poetry about controversial social issues

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REST HILL – Traci Thomas of Crest Hill, an independent ordained minister, remembers the first serious poem she wrote: It was about Magic Johnson, after he announced his infection with HIV. Thomas, who writes under the pen name of Sage Fatima Ofir, was just 18 when Johnson made his announcement.

Thomas said she was dismayed at the criticism leveled at him, especially since people in the Joliet community also were sharing about their experiences with HIV and AIDS. “It saddened me because people were so ignorant,” Thomas said. “At the time he was making money for the NBA, but some people just wanted to throw him away.”

Amazon.com lists Thomas, writing as Ofir, as the author of five books of poetry: “BioRhythm Remix,” “Infused in Rhythm,” “Lyrical Seduction Volume1,” “Lyrical Seduction Volume 2” and “One Stroke of A Pen.” Much of Thomas’ poetry deals with controversial perspectives social issues, Thomas said, leading to criticism for her views.

Topics for these more than 18 poems include sex, single parenthood and love, as well as insight peeks into the rougher side of life: women who strip to support their families and men who drug deal to finance their college educations.

It’s important, Thomas said, not to judge.

“This is reality to a lot of people,” Thomas said. “I’m empathetic with people and how they view life. I feel everyone needs a voice.”

Yet, what keeps Thomas’ poems from descending into the depths of misery and despair is her references to God, an abiding faith in the

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Traci Thomas of Crest Hill is an independent ordained minister who has written five poetry books under the pseudonym of Sage Fatima Ofir.

Many of the topics covered in Thomas’ poetry deal with social issues. creator and to an unquenchable hope that, no matter how dark life may appear, circumstances can always change for the better.

“I think it’s important for people to have faith. It balances it out. Everything doesn’t seem so horrible,” Thomas said. “You have to have hope.”

Thomas said she was a Joliet Central High School student when she first dabbled in poetry. Her audience was her a father, Nathaniel Thomas of Joliet. Even then Thomas’ writings dealt with social issues, such as teen pregnancy and homelessness.

Thomas often encountered the homeless when walking to Joliet Central from Sugar Grove or to her grand-

“I think it’s important for people to have faith. It balances it out. Everything doesn’t seem so horrible.

You have to have hope.”

Traci Thomas Crest Hill resident and independent ordained minister

mother’s house on Joliet and it bothered her, Thomas said.

She would write about it and then leave the poems in her father’s dresser drawer, she added.

“I can say what I feel off the top of my head with poetry,” Thomas said.

Although Thomas first considered publishing her poetry when she began writing it, she did not release her first book until 2010. She

spent those years writing more poetry – which is why she has enough completed works to fill five books – and researching the best avenues for publishing them.

While Thomas doesn’t believe every poem will resonate with every reader, she does believe everyone will find at least one appealing or relevant piece between the pages of her books.

“Life is a journey,” Thom-

as said. “We go through difficult times, but we will get through them and then we will have some peace.”

If the ordained ministry – Thomas said she first considered ordination when she was 13 – is her calling, then her books are her calling card.

Thomas said she was raised to be a moral person, to be functional in society and to think of others before herself.

Thomas cannot conceive of a life without a belief in a Christian God. She said life’s experiences have strengthened her faith. She’s hoping her poems will do the same for readers.

“God is everything to me,” Thomas said.

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FAITH BRIEFS PLAINFIELD – St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, 127 S. Briggs St., Joliet, will conduct “Son Treasure Island” vacation bible school from 9 a.m. until noon June 23 to 27 for children ages 4 to 12. Fee is $10 a child.

Activities will include crafts, games and snacks. For information or to register, call 815-7274600.

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By HYUNG–JIN KIM The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea – A Roman Catholic cardinal from South Korea visited North Korea for the first time Wednesday, despite rekindled animosity between the neighboring countries.

Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung and other South Korean priests traveled to a joint North-South industrial park in Kaesong, North Korea, to tour the complex and meet South Koreans working there.

Yeom told reporters after his return from the one-day visit that seeing South and North Koreans working in harmony gave him hope that the two countries can “overcome their pain and sorrow.”

The joint industrial park, located just north of the heavily armed border, is the last remaining cross-border rapprochement project between the rival Koreas. It combines South Korean initiative, capital and technology with cheap North Korean labor. Operations at the decade-old complex were suspended for months last year when tensions sharply rose over repeated North Korean threats of nuclear war.

South Korean Catholic officials denied media speculation that Yeom’s trip might be aimed at preparing for a possible visit by Pope

Francis to North Korea when he visits South Korea in August. Fr. Hur Youngyup, who went to Kaesong with the cardinal, said Yeom didn’t meet any North Korean officials there.

The pope plans to visit South Korea on Aug. 14-18 to participate in a Catholic youth festival, preside over a beatification ceremony for 124 Korean martyrs and bring a message of peace to the war-divided peninsula.

His visit will be the first in 25 years by a pope to the Korean Peninsula.

Yeom is the third South Korean national who has become a Roman Catholic cardinal. His trip was the first by a South Korean cardinal to North Korea, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry.

North Korea’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but in practice only sanctioned religious services are tolerated by the government. Defectors from the country have said that distributing Bibles and holding secret prayer services can result in banishment to a labor camp or execution.

Tensions between the two Koreas have risen in recent months, with North Korea conducting a series of missile and rocket launches and resuming its use of harsh rhetoric against South Korea and the U.S.

The St. Mary Nativity School Students of the Month pose. The students were honored for civility, courtesy and success during April.

PLAINFIELD – From 9 to 11 a.m. May 31 at 15629 South Route 59, Plainfield, in conjunction with the Plainfield Interfaith Food Pantry, there will be a Northern Illinois Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry truck in the St. Mary Immaculate Parish parking lot.

Food items include meat, produce and nonperishable food.

Must bring own bags, laundry baskets or boxes and carts or wagons. There is no charge to low-income individuals in need of food assistance. Food will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis up to 300 households.

Taylyn Paris, JaMaree Davis and Ava Wendel (eighth grade).

St. Mary Nativity hosted May crowning JOLIET – St. Mary Nativity began May, the month of Mother Mary, by honoring her at our May crowning. The eighthgrade and second-grade First Communicant students provided a ceremony for the school and those who were in attendance at the all school Mass.

St. Mary Nativity School Students of the Month JOLIET – In April, St. Mary Nativity School honored the following students for civility, courtesy and success. These were Jeremiah Chandler-Hall (kindergarten); Natalia Tinoco (first grade); Niamh McDowell (second grade); Camila Angeles and Emily Pawlowski (third grade); James Richards (fourth grade); Tony Denardis and Jalen Turley (fifth grade); Emily Gregurich (sixth grade); Alex Esparza (seventh grade); and

Scouts invited to a weekend retreat American Heritage Girls, Venture Scouts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts sixth grade and older are invited to a weekend retreat, sponsored by the Joliet Diocese Catholic Committee on Scouting (JDCCS) and Venture Crew 3:16.

The Ros-a-ree Retreat will be Aug. 15 to 17 on the campus of St. Mary Catholic Church, 901 N. Center St., Plano. Scouts and leaders will be camping on the grounds and all meals will be provided at a cost of $25 a person for those who register early.

Participants will receive a souvenir T-shirt and a patch.

For information, to download event fliers and registration Forms, visit the Diocese of Joliet Scouting website, www. dioceseofjoliet.org/scouting.

First Presbyterian to offer summer programs JOLIET – Weird Animals vacation bible school will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 23 to 27 at First Presbyterian Church, 805 Western Ave., Joliet. The free program is for kids ages 3 through fifth grade. Register online at www.firstpresjoliet.org.

The church also will offer a soccer camp from July 21 to 24 and a basketball camp from July 28 to 31 for kids ages 4 to 8 years old. Fee is $20 a child; $15 for second child or second camp. Brochure/registration form is available at www. firstpresjoliet.org.

A fine arts camp (choir, art and drama) for kids age 4 through the fifth grade will be from is Aug, 4 to 8. Fee is $40 a child. Brochure/registration form available on www.firstpresjoliet.org.

For information on all programs, call 815-727-9259.

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FIRST AND SANTA CRUZ The Joliet City Center Lutheran Parish 144th Year of Faith & Service in Downtown Joliet 55 W. Benton St., Joliet 60432 (at Ottawa st.)

(815) 722-4800 • irstsantacruz.org The Rev. Keith Forni, STS, Pastor 9:00am Sunday Holy Communion Misa Bilingüe 10:00am Sunday School / Bible Study Tues. 10:00am Morning Prayer & Bible Study Wed. 2:00pm-4:00pm Blessing Bench Food Pantry Members of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America & Lutheran CORE

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH L.C.M.C. Jefferson St. & Houbolt Rd., Joliet

815.741.4488 Sunday Morning Worship: 8:00 & 9:30 Traditional 11:00 Family Praise & Worship Sunday School: 9:30 Christian Education for Adults & Children Wednesday Evening Worship: 7:15 Rev. David Nygard, Senior Pastor Pastor Kurt Hoover, Assoc. Pastor David Stier,Youth Director

HISTORIC ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 416 N. Chicago St., Joliet 815-727-9378 Saturday 4:00 p.m.

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

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

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

Saturdays 5:30 pm Sundays 8:00 am 10:45 am

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

ST. NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH 1018 Barber Ln., Joliet, IL 60435 Rector: Fr. Andrew Bartek 815-725-4742 • www.stnicholasjoliet.org Sunday Worship; 9 am Church School 9:30 am 3rd & 6th Hours 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

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

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

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

The Reverend Karl Hess, Pastor

LEMONT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

Church open daily for Eucharistic Adoration 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

ST.JOHNVIANNEYCATHOLICCHURCH

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

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

St Mary Magdalene CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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

401 Brassel, Lockport Confessions .. Saturday 3:15 - 3:45 pm 1 Block So. of Bruce Rd. www.stmarymagdalenechurch.com Church Phone 815-723-3291 Sat.-4:15 p.m., Sun.-9:30 a.m., 11:30 (Polish) Handicap access w/covered entry BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH (E.L.C.A.) 132 Years of Mission and Ministry, ST. EDWARD AND CHRIST 412 East Benton, Joliet, IL. 60432-2496 EPISCOPAL CHURCH 815-726-4461 • www.blcjoliet.com 206 N. Midland (Communion First & Third Sundays) Joliet, IL 60435 Choir Rehearsal - 8:30 a.m. www.SECEC.net Children’s Sunday School - 8:30 a.m.

410 S. Jefferson St., Lockport (815) 725-6800 Sunday Church Worship - 9:30 a.m.

7:30 & 9:30 AM Sundays 815-838-0187 Weekday Adult Bible Study All are welcome to belong and become Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Wed. - 10:00 a.m.

Everyone is invited to communion Pastor Timothy Linstrom Sunday 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 & 11:45 a.m. at God's table All Are Welcome

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12725 Bell Road, Lemont 708-349-0454 • www.clnaz.org Pastor Brian Wangler Sunday Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School/Bible Study for all ages 9:45 a.m.

Saturday Worship 6 p.m.

Nursery & Children’s Programs Nazarene Recreation Nazarene Arts Academy Nazarene Preschool

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

Email: lumclockport@ameritech.net www.lumclockport,org

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

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The form of scoring makes a difference

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Henri Poincare, a French mathematician who died in 1912, said, “Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.”

Despite lots of groundbreaking work, he only became famous with the study of chaotic dynamics, which started in 1963. Poincare is considered the Father of Chaos.

At the bridge table, you try to keep things orderly, but sometimes the form of scoring can make life chaotic. For example, in today’s deal South is in three no-trump. What should he do after West leads the spade six if his only job is to make the contract; or if he is playing in a pair event (a duplicate) and would like to win as many tricks as possible?

North, despite having only 19 high-card points, was tempted to open two no-trump. But he decided against it because of the weak club holding.

South seems to start with six top tricks: three spades (given the lead), two hearts and one diamond. And surely he can establish four club tricks.

However, if the defender with the club ace holds it up until the second round, declarer will need a hand entry, which must be the spade king.

So, if making the contract is all that counts, South should win the first trick with dummy’s spade ace, then lead the club jack and another club. The contract is home.

In a pair event, though, it will be tempting to hope that West has led fourth-highest from a suit headed by the queen and call for dummy’s spade 10 at trick one.

Here, that costs the contract, because West has led second-highest from a weak suit – unlucky.

Middle-aged homebody’s future a family concern DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips

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Link between fats and heart disease not entirely clear Dear Doctor K: Here we go again. After years of hearing that diets rich in saturated fats increase the risk for heart disease, I hear a new study says that’s not so. What gives?

Dear Reader: I don’t blame you for being frustrated. So, let me start with the bottom line: Take this new study with several grains of salt. (Incidentally, it still is true that too much salt is bad for your health, so just a few grains, please.)

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, you heard a lot about how fat was bad for you. That led a lot of people to switch from foods rich in fat to foods rich in carbohydrates. During the 1990s, nutrition scientists began to distinguish the health effects of different types of fat. Their message was simple: There are “bad fats,” but there also are “good fats.” (They also pointed out that there are “good carbs” and there are “bad carbs.” But we’ll leave carbs for another column.)

The first type of bad fat identified was saturated fats. These are abundant in fatty red meats and in dairy products (milk, cream, cheese, ice cream) that have not been treated to lower the saturated fat content.

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff In the mid-1990s, trans fats were incriminated as bad fats. Diets rich in trans fats were found to be even worse for your health – particularly heart health – than saturated fats. Trans fats in our diets largely come from foods processed by manufacturers, such as stick margarine. They were created in order to extend the shelf life of foods. Trans fats can be found in commercially made cookies, cakes and biscuits, and in other processed foods such as frozen pizza and coffee creamer.

On the other hand, in the 1990s the evidence grew that polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats are good for your health – again, particularly for heart health. Polyunsaturated fats are abundant in fish, nuts, seeds and vegetables, as well as in soybean, corn, cottonseed, safflower, sunflower and fish oils. Olive oil is rich in healthy monounsaturated fats and also has polyunsaturated fats.

The study you referred to is a

new analysis of 72 studies that included more than 600,000 people.

It was published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

Like prior studies, the new study found that diets rich in trans fats were unhealthy.

The surprise was that it found no evidence that saturated fats increased the risk of heart disease. In another surprise, the study didn’t find any heart-protective benefits from polyunsaturated “good” fats.

I’m not changing my eating habits based on this new study.

Several nutrition scientists that I respect believe the new analysis may be flawed. For now, the basics remain: • Aim for balance in your diet: not too much of one thing and not too little of another.

• Eat real food – food that is unprocessed or minimally processed.

• Limit total calories. Keep an eye on portion size.

• Exercise regularly.

• If you smoke, try to quit.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to send questions and get additional information.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 17 and, although I’m not an angel, I’ve never done anything of a serious nature.

Recently, my parents went to a community “drug awareness” meeting. I guess they told them what signs to look for if a teen is taking drugs. Now I feel like a convict in prison instead of a teen living at home. They constantly search my bedroom, ask me a bunch of questions like: “Why are your eyes red? Why are you always tired? Why are you getting a C in math? Are you hanging around kids who use drugs?”

I keep telling them that I’m not on drugs and neither are my friends, but this doesn’t seem to satisfy them.

Sometimes I feel like trying drugs. If my parents think I’m a druggie, I might as well be one. – Kenny, Rochester, N.Y. Dear Kenny: Your parents are going through a phase in their “raising a family” responsibility. The community drug meeting has caused them to overreact, but in time they will return to normal. Trying drugs, just to spite your mom and dad, would be a very stupid move (as I’m sure you are aware).

If your parents continue their extra strenuous drug watch, you might discuss your problem with your school counselor. Sometimes an outside professional source can get parents back to thinking rationally rather than emotionally.

Dr. Wallace: I used to believe that girls and boys should be treated as equals in everything, but now I’m not so sure. I am taking karate lessons and I’m the only girl in my class. I thought that

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace I was doing well until I found out the boys were taking it easy on me because I was a girl.

I didn’t like that, so I asked to be treated like everyone else in the class. So now they treat me as an equal, but it’s no fun and sometimes it’s painful. Now I’m really confused. Should I ask to be treated like a girl and win hollow victories or should I be treated like one of the guys and suffer the consequences? – Stefanie, Springfield, Mass.

Dear Stefanie: Hollow victories are a waste of time! Ask to be treated like all the others taking karate lessons.

But I would advise you to ask the instructor to make sure your karate partners are similar to you in size. If your karate lessons continue to be painful, find another activity that you will enjoy and suffer no physical pain.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 19, a freshman at a community college, and live at home with my parents.

My curfew is 11 p.m. on weekdays and 12:30 a.m. on weekends.

I think this is a lousy deal. After all, I’m 19, an adult, and consider myself a mature individual.

I’d like to share your comments with my dad.

– Todd, Orange, Calif.

Dear Todd: As long as you live at home, you should be subject to family rules, including curfew. And I might add that your curfew rules are reasonable. Do you still want to share my answer with Dad? • Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@ galesburg.net.

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The second would be to reach out to Bonnie in the event that something does happen to her mother, and let her know that you love her and will be there for her if she needs you. Keep in mind that you cannot force help on anyone who is unwilling to accept it.

Dear Abby: I’m 11 and in the sixth grade. I am very self-conscious. Every girl in my grade has a bigger chest than me, and I am feeling insecure because mine isn’t developed.

I know I am young, but I want to fit in. Every day I feel horrible about myself. Can you help? – Insecure 6th-Grader Dear Insecure: I’ll try. No two people are alike, and our bodies do not develop at the same time.

For some girls, it happens sooner

and they begin to develop breasts as early as age 9. For others, it doesn’t happen until they are in their teens.

Your value should not be measured by your chest size. Believe me, the size of your IQ is far more important. The kind of person you are is more important.

Big chests have a way of falling sooner or later. So, work on your grades and your personality right now. If you do, in time you’ll not only catch up to these girls, you will surpass them in the qualities that matter most. You’re fine just the way you are.

Dear Abby: When spending thousands of dollars to attend a destination wedding, are you expected to give a gift to the bride and groom? – Jennifer In New York Dear Jennifer: Yes, but after shelling out “thousands” to attend a wedding, it does not have to be an expensive one. A token gift to mark the occasion would be enough.

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Dear Abby: Our niece “Bonnie” has severe attachment problems.

She still lives in her parents’ home and is well into her 50s. Her father passed away several years ago, and her mother seems to be her only friend.

Bonnie has never had a serious relationship and has spent her life at one job and with her parents.

Vacations and holidays have been spent with them only. Bonnie rarely accepts an invitation unless her mom is invited, does not communicate unless we reach out to her first and is very private about the smallest details in her life.

Her mother is aging and we are wondering how Bonnie will manage once her mom is gone.

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‘The Double’ has Eisenberg and Dostoevsky – enough said

By AL ALEXANDER More Content Now What could be better than Jesse Eisenberg?

Two Jesse Eisenbergs, of course. And all for the price of one. It’s the ultimate double-down, yielding huge dividends for Richard Ayoade and his seductively surreal treatise on self-identity succinctly called “The Double.”

It’s a real mind-blower, too. But then that’s what you’d expect from a filmmaker inspired by the novelty of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel of the same name.

What you don’t anticipate is such a funny, fully realized portrait of existential madness that also finds time to pay reverent homage to Ayoade’s biggest influences, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch.

You see it in the dystopian, steampunk sets evoking the drudgery and repression straight out of Gilliam’s forgotten masterpiece, “Brazil.” And you sense it in the vivid display of hallucinatory grotesqueness that instantly recalls Lynch’s headscratchers, “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive.” Yet Ayoade (“Submarine”) still makes “The Double” his own, with a style and flair so mesmerizing it’s hard to believe it’s only his second turn as a writer-director.

Shot almost entirely in dark sepia tones and set in a nightmarish cubicle farm, “The Double” fills the soul with loneliness and dread, as it depicts a young man who has become all but invisible to everyone

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Jesse Eisenberg (left) plays the roles of Simon James and James Simon in Richard Ayoade’s “The Double.” around him. You laugh at the dark humor derived from the constant stream of indignities Eisenberg’s Simon James endures from his bosses and drone-like co-workers. But you also empathize with the isolation engulfing Simon as he’s repeatedly made to feel utterly unnoticed and alone.

It’s a part tailor-made for Eisenberg, an actor who never fails to disappear into a role. Or, in this case, two roles. That’s because he also pops up as Simon’s doppelganger, James Simon, a dead ringer in the looks department, but a complete opposite in terms of morals and personality. What a joy it is to watch Eisenberg flesh out both characters to the point where it’s easy to believe Simon and James are two distinct and com-

pletely different people. No simple task. But Eisenberg makes it look effortless, which proves invaluable when both are often dressed in the same drab, nondescript clothing.

The twist, straight out of the Hitchcock canon, is that Simon becomes so dominated by his alter ego that he starts to truly believe he no longer exists, especially after James takes over his home, job and Hannah (a radiant Mia Wasikowska), the beautiful girl from the copier department he’s too afraid to approach.

Might suicide, the apparent No. 1 cause of death in this despotic society, be his only way out? You never can tell because Ayoade and his co-writer, Avi (brother of Harmony) Korine, always keep you guessing, not to

mention laughing, as they mine a rich vein of dark humor throughout. They further the enchantment by bathing their story in romantic longing intensified by the potent chemistry sparked between Wasikowska and Eisenberg.

You root hard for both of them, while also being transfixed by Ayoade’s imaginative imagery and eclectic music choices. It’s not for everybody, but if your tastes veer toward the bizarre and unusual, “The Double” is this week’s single best reason to blow your mind.

• “The Double” is rateda R for language. The cast includes Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. It is co-written and directed by Richard Ayoade. Grade: A-.

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Call: 815-254-0539 FOUND, KEYS IN RECENTLY DONATED PURSE AT JOLIET GOODWILL 815-439-1186 LV MSG.

Health Care FT w/ benefits

PT / OT / ST PRN & PT

Apply in person: 1314 Rowell Ave, Joliet Phone: 815-727-5451 or email: maryalice.martinez@hma-usa.com EOE DENTAL ASSISTANT Buying? Selling?

Growing Joliet Dental office is seekRenting? Hiring? ing an energetic, friendly individual to join our exceptional team. We To place an ad, offer 35 hrs/wk, profit sharing plan call 877-264-2527 & paid vacation. Email resume to: DentalOffice815@gmail.com or fax The Herald-News 815-730-7809 Classified

SALES REPRESENTATIVES Business is booming and we are excited to expand our sales team!

This requires NO cold calling! Previous sales OR customer service experience preferred, but we will train the right people.

The ideal Sales Representative is an excellent communicator with a hospitality and customer service mindset.

Confidence in giving presentations Outgoing and approachable personality Professional demeanor and image Ability to work Wednesday through Sunday Sales Representatives receive: Competitive draw vs. commissioned-based pay structure Monthly bonus potential Energetic, fun work environment Training and growth opportunities Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, 401k

Contact Sales Recruiter: Kristine Rogers 815-570-1321 rogerskr@silverleafresorts.com

www.silverleafresorts.com/careers Silverleaf Resorts is an Equal Opportunity Employer

JOLIET 1024 Wilcox St. GARAGE SALE! Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 9am-5pm Big Man's Recliner, Ping Pong Table, China for Painting, Micky Ceiling Fan, Cameras and MUCH MORE!

JOLIET American Cancer Society Fund raiser May 24th Saturday 8am - ?

1308 SherwoodPlace

FRI & SAT MAY 23 & 24 9AM – 4PM 2209 ORCHARD LANE

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

MOVING/GARAGE SALE!!

Household, china, stemware, tools, clothes, art supplies, Christmas, headboard, dressers, and MUCH more!

JOLIET

Joliet Estate Sale Fri 5/23 & Sat 5/24 8am – 2pm 810 Junie Court Furniture, Antiques and more!

Everything must go !

NEW LENOX

3801 SARATOGA West of Weber Rd. at Old Renwick Trail Bedroom set, dining room table, bar equipment, and much, much more!

DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST!

FRI & SAT MAY 23 & 24 8AM-4PM 314 S. EASTERN AVE.

THURS & FRI 9AM - 2PM ! Grand Prairie Sub.

81 TALL GRASS RD. Entire Home Loaded Fabulous Collectibles!

DON'T MISS THIS ONE

PEOTONE COUNTRY FLEA MARKET SAT, MAY 24 6AM - 2PM ! Held At !

Peotone Will County Fair Grounds Outside Sellers: $20/per vehicle FREE Buyer Admission 708-997-0245

Send your Help Wanted Advertising 24/7 to: Email: helpwanted@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898

Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: Email: classified@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: TheHerald-News.com/ placeanad

JOLIET May 23 & 24 Fri & Sat 9am – 2pm Cumberland South home décor, antiques, and misc.

JOLIET MULTI FAMILY

EVERYTHING MUST GO!

May 22 – 24 Thurs, Fri, Sat 8am – 4pm 1105 Karner Drive

off of Mills Road snowblower, drill press, lawn mower, generator, toys, bike, clothes, household items.

SAT & SUN MAY 24 & 25 9AM - 3PM 1102 CAMPBELL ST. Table, chairs, clothes, toys & MUCH, MUCH MORE!

JOLIET

JOLIET SAT & SUN May 24 & 25

The Herald-News Classified Call 877-264-2527 or TheHerald-News.com

1405 S BRIGGS ST

Family Garage Sale! Children's, men's women's baby clothes and shoes; Furniture; Jewelry.

1305 Benham Drive

JOLIET FRI & SAT MAY 16 & 17 MAY 23 & 24 10AM – 6PM

MAY 22-24 THURS & FRI, 9AM – 4PM SAT 8AM – 4PM

off Black Road

Off of GAR Highway (Rt. 6)

JOLIET

SHERIDAN Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. is now hiring for our beautiful Fox River Resort.

Appliances, Furniture, Clothes, Bikes, Bathroom Accessories, Pictures & Much More

clothes, toys, misc household, Dave's coffee cakes $10/each !

SALEM VILLAGE is HIRING: Occupational Therapist IN-STORE SNACK DEMOS. Weekends. P/T $10.50/hr instoredemos@yahoo.com

JOLIET

Fri. May 23rd & Sat. May 24th

All Shifts! Excellent benefits.

PREMIER LANDSCAPE NOW HIRING Foreman, Laborers & CDL Drivers.

JOLIET

MAY 22, 23, 24 THURS, FRI, SAT 7am - 5pm 3400 Byrum Blvd.

Old paper money, jewelry, patio furniture, games, collectibles, and so much more stuff you need ! Dont miss this huge blow out Sale !

MOVING AUCTION SATURDAY MAY 24, 11 AM 1312 KENMORE, JOLIET, IL. Plainfield Rd. (RT. 30) to Ingalls Ave. (west) to Oregon to Kenmore or Larkin Ave. to Ingalls(east) to Oregon to Kenmore. Watch for auction signs.

FURNITURE-8 pc. 1950s dining set, 3 piece bed set, vintage chrome legged kitchen table/4 chairs, 3 pc. double bed set, corner entertainment center, oak bookshelf and lamp tables, pine love seat/chair and lamp tables, artificial fireplace, painted cedar chest, porch glider. ELECTRONICS-Zenith console “Allegro” radio/record and 8 track tape players, Wurlitzer organ, Culligan water cooler/heater, Kenmore console sewer, fans, Grundig radio, Bunn coffee server, microwave. SPORTS-1 adult & 3 kids bicycles, tricycle, roller & in-line skates HOUSEHOLD-china dinnerware, Pyrex and Fire King bowls and glassware, Haeger decorator vases/ash trays, linens-bed, bath & table, crochet & lace table cloths/doilies, decorator baskets, holiday decor, wall art, 1960s Playboys, bird bath, yard tools. Go to auctionzip.com for pictures.

TERMS-Cash or good check. 10% buyer's premium. Not responsible for accidents or for items after sold.

KNUDSON AUCTIONS AND APPRAISALS 815 725-6023

Saturday 9:00am-3:00PM Sunday 10:00AM-3:00PM

51 W. Jackson St.

Between N. Joliet & N Ottawa St

St. Joseph School Desks, chairs, shelves, books, school supplies, treasures.

JOLIET

SAT & SUN MAY 24 & 25 9AM - ?

825 BLACK RD. Antiques & musical instruments & MUCH MORE!

The Herald-News Classified Call today to place your ad

877-264-2527

CLASSIFIED

The Herald News / TheHerald-News.com JOLIET

PLAINFIELD

SAT, MAY 24, 9AM – 4PM

SAT, SUN, MON MAY 24, 25, 26 8AM - 4PM 351 N. PRAIRIE AVE. Furniture, Knick-Knacks, Pictures, Tools & MORE!

JOLIET

THURS, FRI, SAT 8AM - 4PM

903 BARBER LN. 2 decorator chairs, collectibles, ceramics, few vintage toys, Currier & Ives dishes & MISC ITEMS!

JOLIET

16144 S. MCGRATH DRIVE Furniture, knicknacks, and much more!

ROMEOVILLE

MULTI-FAMILY SALE! WEDS & THURS MAY 21 & 22

1309 DOUGLAS ST. Spring Into Summer Ad Style & Fashion with brand name women's clothing & access, kitchen, home decorations, select furniture & garden items

A MUST SEE SALE!

SAT & SUN MAY 24 & 25 8AM - 3PM LOTS of home goods, snowmobile gear, lawn products, light fixtures, Radial arm saw, Creative Memories, electronics, books, clothes, baby bedding, etc & MORE!

THURS, FRI & SAT MAY 22, 23 & 24 8AM – 4PM

Thurs-Fri-Sat 8am-3pm Sun 9am – 2pm Lemont Rd & 127th.

PLAINFIELD

Cubs Jersey, Size XL Blue w/ red trim - $25 815-436-4222

2510 Joe Adler Dr. Fri May 23rd 9am-4pm Sat. May 24th 9am-12pm

Canister Vacuum Sears Kenmore w/ Deluxe Beater Bar & Attachments, Excellent Condition, Was $350, Asking $100. 773-315-1700

Everything Must Go

Washer & Dryer: G.E. Profile In Good Condition - $100/OBO 708-299-2290

Mens 2X clothes, Womens clothes, Jewelry, Holiday Items PLAINFIELD

GARAGE SALE

FRI & SAT, MAY 23 & 24 9AM – 4PM 24224 LAVERGNE ST. Household items, High end clothes and purses, American Dolls, High-end new Wedding dresses.

815-577-2232 The Herald-News Classified It works.

Dinnerware – Complete Set Blue Willow Pattern Must see to appreciate $50. 815-436-4222

French Haveland China 8 Piece Setting, 2 Serving Bowls $250/OBO. 815-744-4021

Levolor Vertical Blinds Approx. 138-1/2 x 79” Neutral Color, Includes All Hardware, Pet/smoke free environment, Must see to Appreciate – Moving $75. 816-436-4222

Baby/Child Items High Chair - $10; Play Pen w/2 pads & netting cover - $10; Walker - $10. All from pet free/smoke free environment Moving – Must Sell 815-436-4222

20” Boys Mongoose Bike $20. 815-436-4222

Gas Fireplace Insert -Ventless 36” w/screen and logs, never used, excellent condition $400 815-344-4384

SHOREWOOD

HUGE MULTI-FAMILY SALE! Oak TV Entertainment Center, Couch, Recliners, Kitchen Table & Chairs, End Tables, Treadmill, Jewelry, Electronics, Makeup, Pepsi Collectibles, Scrapbooking, DVDs, CDs, Toys and Books.

wares, kids stuff, clothing and much misc.

Collection of 18 pc. Antique Irish Lace, including a tablecloth $45/obo 815-725-5925 after 4pm.

Working Sharp Speakers Set of 2, Upright - $50/OBO 815-436-4222

BOXER PUPPIES AKC Reg. $650 815-370-1937 Swimming Pool Stairway for entering water, w/ railings $80/OBO. 815-258-7763 Days

SHOREWOOD

602 CA-CREST DR.

Multi Family – house-

Rocker/Glider w/ Oak Trim & Matching Ottoman - Beautiful!

Smoke free/ pet free, Excellent Condition $125/OBO 815-436-4222 Solid Oak Mirror w/ Shelf Custom Made, 56”W x 24-1/2”T Excellent Condition, Must see to Appreciate -$50. 815-436-4222

Kids Power Wheels Jeep, Red, 2 Seater, Sold at Toy R Us, U.S. Stamp Album Needs Batteries, Retails $350, 205 PELL AVE. w/ 340+ unused stamps from Selling for $75. 773-315-9677 Household items; Kids clothes, 1902-1989. Not over a dozen boys and girls; Adult clothes; Stove; duplicates - $100 for entire book.

Misc.

Items New, Blue Denim, Décor; Garden items; Toys; Call 815-723-3905 Twin Bed Comforter Set - $20; Bedding; Printers; Exercise bike; New George Foreman electric Vintage – Genuine Incolay WE BUY TREES – Spruce and Pots and pans; Kitchenware; grill - $60; New Shark Navigator Rosebud Wall Clock & Four Lighting Fixture; Ride on Toys; Pine, branched to the ground swivel sweeper $110.

Call Seasons Wall Plaque Set, and much much more!

Call BigTrees 815-475-4665 815-942-0021 or 815-999-7223 Hand Carved in Dusty Rose, not reproductions - $225 for all Upright Brass Table Lamp 815-723-5358 $25/OBO 815-436-4222

LEMONT

1272 Eagle Crest Dr.

Collectible, Autographed “Sweetness” & “Walter Payton” 26”L x 22”W, glass framed “A Legend Amoung Us” wall pictures, A Great Fathers Day Special!

Over $800 Value, Asking $250 papers included - 815-741-0264

9AM – 4PM

25710 EQUESTRIAN LN.

THURS, FRI, SAT MAY 22, 23, 24 8AM - 4PM

BOOK FOR SALE Very last copies of Sears Catalog, Original Xmas, etc. $60. Call after 3PM. 708-479-5517

Barbie Swimsuit in Collectors Shadowbox, very rare & unique You will not find this in any store or garage sale – Downsizing, Must see to appreciate - $20.

815-436-4222 BREAKING NEWS available 24/7 at TheHerald-News.com

PROJECTION TV 46 in. Sony wide screen projection TV with stand. Gray, good condition. Must P.U./Sincere buyer. Excellent condition. $75 or B.O. Call after 3PM, M – F. 815-54-3684

WANTED ~

working or not, prefer older audio stereo equipt. Ham, CB, Short wave radios, Musical instruments ~ guitar, amps & drums, Call - Wayne 708-927-1871

Elliptical – Proform 405 CE Rear Drive, Like New, Has iFit Card Slot & Preset Workouts $300. 815-725-6951 Exercise Equipment Pro XL Treadmill - Very Good Condition; Schwinn Air Dyne Exercise Bike – Stationary $150 Each. 815-744-4021

Free maple firewood, cut to 18” on split call greg 815-932-2331

Child's Metal Desk w/ Chair red & white, photo available upon request, Very Unique - Moving, Must Sell - $50. 815-436-4222 Cocktail, end, sofa tables solid oak, excellent cond $175/set 708-496-8626 End Table Hexagon - $25 815-436-4222 Recliner – Big Man's Wall Hugger

by Southern Motion, Good to Very Good Condition, Maroon $200. 815-723-5358

John Deere Push Lawn Mower Model JS60, 21”, walk-behind, mulch – side throw & bag attachment, Ready for mowing season! $100. 773-617-8339 Swing – Brown 3 person w/ Canopy - $75; Small Patio Table w/ 4 Chairs - $25. Leave Message at 773-315-1700

2010 Mazda 5 One owner, well Hand & Machinist Tools maintained with service records, $25 - $100 815-423-6720 loaded 30+ mpg hwy $11,200/obo Radial Arm Saw Craftsman – With Stand Like New - $200/OBO. 815-744-4021 Shop Smith Model 10ER table saw, sanding disk, live centers & accessories - $225/obo 815-485-8726 daytime

HOYER WHEEL CHAIR LIFT Max. Weight Capacity 400lbs.

2 Slings Included - $175.

815-436-4479 daytime

WHEELCHAIR ~ ELECTRIC New, $1000/obo.

815-467-7644

2 Drawer File Cabinet No key, Fits easily in a closet or great for office - $30 815-436-4222

Adult Walker $8.00; Wheelchair $50.00 Maytag Wringer Washer $60.00 815-953-7889 Ceiling Fan Disney Mickey & Minnie Mouse from 1989, 42” working, In good condition, all original $50. 815-723-5358 Rangemaster Gas Grill, 5 burner, Used 3 times, excellent cond. $90 815-714-2822 Snow Plow - 42” Jacobsen Trip Blade, For Lawn & Garden $75/OBO. 815-436-4222

BASS GUITAR Blue 4-string dual pick-up bass; very good condition. $110. 815212-3649. In the evenings please leave a message.

630-244-2653 / 815-423-5138

2005 GMC YUKON DENALI

Thursday, May 22, 2014 • Page 37 1999 Honda Valkyrie

Joliet: very nice 2BR condo, Excellent condition, less than 9K PUBLIC NOTICE across St. Joe's Hospital, incl. mile + lots of extras, $6900/obo. appl., secure bldg, Laundry on site 815-467-7644 C14-97927 630-699-2399 IN THE UNITED STATES 2001 Honda Shadow 600.

MINOOKA ! SPACIOUS CONDO DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 13000 miles Very clean.

3 bedroom, 3 full bath, W/D, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Windshield and bags included. frplc, 2 car heated garage. No pets/ EASTERN DIVISION $2,850. 815-436-8609. smoking, $1600. 815-954-9600 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORMotorcycle Swap Meet GAN STANLEY STRUCTURED TRUST I 2007-1 ASSET-BACKED CERTIFIAVAILABLE NOW!!

CATES, 2007-1 SUNDAY, June 1 JOLIET PARKVIEW ESTATES Plaintiff, 2BR Duplexes starting at $800 vs.

8AM - 3PM Grundy County Fairgrounds per/mo and Single Family Homes JONATHAN F. ABBOTT, AUTUMN Call for move in Specials!

RIDGE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION, Morris, IL 815-740-3313 NUMARK CREDIT UNION, RUBY L. $6 Admission & $40 Booth ABBOTT, 630-985-2097 Defendants, 13 CV 2095 Braidwood, 3 Bdrm, 1 Bath, Lg. NOTICE OF SALE Yard, Updated, new appl. & W/D, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given 1 year lease $1200 mo+ No pets/ that pursuant to a Judgment of No smoking 815-954-4915 Foreclosure entered in the above ROCKDALE 2 Brdm, remodeled, entitled cause on November 13, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales C/A,1 Car Gar, $970/mo+ 1 Bdrm Apt. very good cond, $710/mo+ Corporation will on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the hour of 11:45 pets welcome 815-407-1618 a.m. in courtroom 201 of the Will County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa, Joliet, Illinois 60432, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the followJolietrentalunits.com , Big Clean,Furnished, wood flrs, fridge, ing described mortgaged real esmicrowave, laundry, elevator, On tate: Commonly known as 1447 Cathedral Area Large 1 bedroom, bus line. $95/wk. $412/mo Berta Drive, Crest Hill, IL 60435. hardwood floors, heat/water includ815-726-2000 P.I.N. 11-04-32-103-042ed, $750/mo.+security deposit MINOOKA ~ 1 BEDROOM 0000.

815-729-3154 No Pets.

Acccess to house, garage space if The improvement on the properCresthill 535 Pasadena Ave. needed. Male or female, $500/mo. ty consists of a single family resi708-341-6744 2 bedroom, garage, water incl. dence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common inter$810/mo. 708-638-6474 est community, the purchaser of the Joliet – 568 E. Cass Street unit other than a mortgagee shall 2 bedroom, $705/mo.+ pay own pay the assessments required by Plainfield – Office/Retail utilities, no pets ask for John subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of established Rt. 59 location, approx the Condominium Property Act. 815-744-8409 500 sf. 3 months Free Rent !

Sale terms: 10% down by certified Joliet West: 2BR Duplex, 815-436-3783 funds, balance within 24 hours, by private bsmnt, recent updates, certified funds. No refunds. The newer windows/kitchen, no dogs, property will NOT be open for in$800/mo.+ sec. 815-407-7003 spection.

For information call Mr. David F. Jolietrentalunits.com Pustilnik at Plaintiff's Attorney, Studio/1BR, utilities included.

Potestivo & Associates P.C., 223 Elevator, Laundry, Guest Library, West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Near Bus & Downtown.

Illinois 60606. (312) 263-0003. $105-$150/wk. $455-$650/mo.

I604535 815-726-2000 (Published in the Herald-News May Kungs Way W. of St. Joseph Hosp, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014) 2BR, open floor plan, appl, DR. Free heat, no pets, 1st floor, no stairs.

815-744-5141

MORRIS

Silver, 176K miles, 2nd owner.

20 “ custom GMC rims, exc cond! $8900 815-651-0220 Lockport – 2 Bdrm in older 2 flat,

Very Clean, in nice neighborhood, $800/mo+sec. Avail. Immediately no pets, Joanne 630-863-8611

2006 Ford Ranger FX4 Off Road, $10,000 815-467-2004

MINOOKA - 2 BEDROOM Large living rm & kitchen, water & cable incl. Gas heat, C/A, no pets. $810/mo + sec. 815-467-6826

JOLIET

OPEN HOUSE WOODLAWN TERRACE CONDOS

MAY 25th 10am to 2 pm 1420 WOODBRIDGE RD 2C

BY OWNER!! Spacious recently remodeled 2 bed/2 bath condo.

Beautiful clubhouse and indoor Plainfield ~ 24027 Hazelcrest nd pool. Faces courtyard. Under1996 Ford Club Wagon Extra Long 2BR, 1BA, 2 floor, balcony, huge ground heated garage, with elevakit, new carpet, pets OK, on site 231K, very good condition, very tor. 815-405-9001 lndry, $800/mo. 815-671-1005 little rust, from Tennessee $1,800/obo 815-953-9776 PLAINFIELD ~ 2BR, 1BA 2nd floor, stove, refrig, D/W, A/C. Coin laundry, $1,050/mo + util. Coal City, Beautiful Custom Built Available 6/1. 815-478-4316 3100 sq ft 4 bedroom, 3 bath.

Fishing Boat 1197 14'6” Sylvan bsmt, 3 car garage. Low taxes Sport Troller w/15hp Mercury tiller Twin Oaks West, Pretty 2BR Full & great schools. 815-634-4254 outboard, Minn-kota Terrova Appliances, built-in-micro, 2 A/C's, trolling motor, Eagle sonar unit, Joliet – 4 Bedroom Brick Ranch ceil fans, elec entry, no pets. Troy carpeted floor, swivel seats & many schls, avail now. 815-744-1155 Hardwood Floors, Central Air, Full extras. Very Good Condition Basement partially finished.

Everything works perfectly!

1516 Dearborn Street $118,000 $2,500/obo 815-462-0856 815-729-2472 Sears Outboard Motor – 7-1/2 Hp. w/ owners guide & parts manual Joliet – St Pat's Area Townhome $75. 630-995-6525 Midday 3 bedroom, 1 bath, large living rm, dining and kitchen, washer/dryer hook up in basement. $975/mo. Joliet - Near Jefferson & Larkin 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath – Condo Sec.8 OK 815-272-2604 $52,900 move in condition 1996 HD FXDS JOLIET ~ 1 BEDROOM C0NDO 815-592-1251 / 815-729-2022 Dyna Convertible 1 bath, laundry facility, no pets/ smoking, 1 parking place.

39,000 Miles Extra Clean $725/mo + sec. 773-531-6540

Runs Good $6,000 OBO 815-693-3092 Joliet/West Side 2BR Condo Get the job you want at TheHerald-News.com/jobs

Nice secure building.

For appt call. 708-609-1010

I PAY CASH FOR HOUSES Any Location. Any Condition.

Ron Orloff 815-730-1300

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WILL, ss.

In the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

Julio Ortega, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 09 CH 1370 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JULIO ORTEGA, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois, by the said plaintiff against you and other

CLASSIFIED

Page 38 • Thursday, May 22, 2014 plaintiff agai yo defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 082 IN THEODORES CROSSING WEST UNIT TWO, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THAT PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 AS DOC. NUMBER R2004-168822 IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Common address of mortgaged real estate: 1219 Roth Drive Joliet, Illinois 60431 Tax identification number: (05) 06-06-203-064 Mortgagor: Julio Ortega Mortgagee: PCM Mortgage, LLC Recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds or Registrar of as Document No. Titles 2007038331 Present owner of the property is Julio Ortega Notice is also hereby given you that the said complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above-named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Will County, 14 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois, on or before June 9, 2014 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

PAMELA J. McGUIRE, Clerk.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(Published in the Herald-News May 8, 15, 22, 2014. HN551)

PUBLIC NOTICE C14-97927 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY STRUCTURED TRUST I 2007-1 ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, 2007-1 Plaintiff, vs.

JONATHAN F. ABBOTT, AUTUMN RIDGE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION, NUMARK CREDIT UNION, RUBY L. ABBOTT, Defendants, 13 CV 2095 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 13, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the hour of 11:45 a.m. in courtroom 201 of the Will County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa, Joliet, Illinois 60432, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: PARCEL 1: THAT PART OF LOT 23 IN AUTUMN RIDGE, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS SUBDIVISIONS OF PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF AFORESAID LOT 23; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES, 47 MINUTES, 34 SECONDS, WEST ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF AFORESAID LOT 23 A DISTANCE OF 20.75 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES, 56 MINUTES, 44 SECONDS, WEST A DISTANCE OF 6.35 FEET; TO A POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES, 03 MINUTES, 05 SECONDS, WEST A DISTANCE OF 56.81 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES, 04 MINUTES, 17 SECONDS, WEST A DISTANCE OF 25.03 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREES, 03 MINUTES, 05 SECONDS, WEST/EAST A DISTANCE OF 56.87 FEET; TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES, 56 MINUTES, 44 SECONDS, EAST A DISTANCE OF 25.03 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 2: EASEMENTS APPURTENANT TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL I AS SET FORTH AND DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF EASEMENTS RECORDED AS DOCUMENT R98100493 FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS ALL IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1447 Berta Drive, Crest Hill, IL 60435.

P.I.N. 11-04-32-103-0420000.

ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS MANY BANK OWNED OFFICE, RETAIL, AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL VACANT LAND

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. David F. Pustilnik at Plaintiff's Attorney, Potestivo & Associates P.C., 223 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 263-0003.

I604535 (Published in the Herald-News May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE F14020116 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-WF2 Plaintiff, vs.

Victoria Roman aka Victoria Rosales; Alejandro Roman; The Crossings at Wolf Creek Master Operating Association, Inc.; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

Property Address: 11421 Glenbrook Circle, Plainfield, Illinois 60585 14 CH 832 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Victoria Roman aka Victoria RosalesAlejandro Roman and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled cause, that suit has been commenced against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit by said plaintiff praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 286 IN THE CROSSINGS AT WOLF CREEK UNIT 3, PART OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 37

NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 23, 2004, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2004-175607, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.: 01-21-100-003-0000 (old); 01-21-109-004-0000 (new) Said property is commonly known as: 11421 Glenbrook Circle, Plainfield, Illinois 60585, and which said mortgage(s) was/were made by Alejandro Roman and Victoria Rosales and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds Document Number as R2006030543 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the above Court against you as provided by law and that said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at Will County on or before June 23, 2014, a default may be taken against you at any time after that date and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation June 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION on file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court or by contacting the Plaintiff's attorney at the address listed below.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(Published in the Herald-News May THE TENDERING OF A BID TO 22, 2014. HN621) THE COUNTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS ACCEPTANCE OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND ALL PROVIPUBLIC NOTICE SIONS OF THE BID DOCUMENTS. THE BIDDER ACKNOWLEDGES THE ADVERTISEMENT OF BID RIGHT OF THE COUNTY OF WILL FOR THE SALE OF TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, RETIRED SURPLUS VEHICLES AND TO WAIVE NON-MATERIAL INFORMALITY OR IRREGULARITY IN SEALED BIDS FOR THE SALE OF ANY BID RECEIVED IN WHOLE OR RETIRED SURPLUS VEHICLES, FOR PART AS MAY BE SPECIFIED IN THE WILL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DE- THE SOLICITATION. PARTMENT, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE WILL COUN- BY ORDER OF THE WILL COUNTY TY PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, EXECUTIVE, LAWRENCE M. WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING, WALSH. 302 N. CHICAGO ST., JOLIET, IL 60432, UNTIL THE HOUR OF (Published in the Herald-News May 11:00 A.M., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 22, 2014. HN649) 2014.

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