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A dog dilemma: To pay or not to pay The diagnosis was pretty grim.

Most likely it was a nasal tumor. He’d been violently sneezing up blood for two days.

The prognosis was worse.

Given the severity of the sneezing, maybe a couple of days to live.

Options were limited. And expensive. A nasal scope that might or might not identify the problem, $2,000. Surgery, if even an option, thousands more.

Insurance? Yeah, right.

Even Obamacare won’t cover this one.

Like many families in this situation, we opted for a waitand-see approach: medicate, keep the patient comfortable, bring him in if he worsens.

Ricky would either recover or ... we’d consider the next step.

Ricky is a dog, our 9-yearold shih tzu.

At least we think he’s a shih tzu. At 18 pounds, stocky, with a waddling gait, he might be part bulldog. He was one of a pair of puppies that my daughter brought home one day. I told her she could keep one. I have three daughters, by the way. You can guess how many dogs we have.

Our family has dealt with many human medical problems over the years, everything from broken bones to cancer. But with human problems, insurance or no, you instinctively know what has to be done.

With pets it’s different.

While you can’t put a cost on love, there are limits on what most of us are able to do for a sick dog or cat.

Those limits, of course, differ by individual and by circumstance: • I met a Minooka woman last year who adopted a dog from a local shelter. It turned out to have a chronic disease that her local veterinarian

VIEWS Bill Wimbiscus couldn’t handle. She ended up taking the dog to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine for treatment.

The bill: $8,000, and climbing.

A successful businesswoman, she didn’t bat an eye at the cost.

• A guy I used to work with in Florida had two dogs, both mutts. One broke its hip. He spent hundreds trying to get it fixed, but the pins wouldn’t hold and after a couple months of difficult home care, he had to euthanize it. The remaining dog got so depressed it quit eating. He spent more money and time trying to bring it back, but the animal died a month later. A newspaper reporter struggling to make a living, he dropped $2,500 on credit cards to pay the vet bills.

• A Joliet family I know had a dog, yet another mutt. He got loose from the yard last fall and then hurt his spine trying to crawl back under the fence.

The injury paralyzed his back legs. Treatment options were limited, and likely to cost thousands of dollars, which they couldn’t afford. After a week of caring for him, they had to put him down.

Ricky went through a similar injury earlier this year.

One mid-winter morning he woke up unable to use his back legs. We took him to the vet, where they X-rayed him and found that a disc was pressing on his spinal cord. The options: take him to a specialist for disc surgery or try treating the problem with steroids.

Either way, the vet was not too optimistic about his recovery chances.

We opted for steroids,

dosing Ricky twice a day, and keeping him immobilized in a cage so he couldn’t move around and aggravate the injury. I’d carry him outside to go to the bathroom, holding his back end up so he could relieve himself. Two or three times a day we’d try to clean him up as best we could.

Miraculously, he recovered. He had trouble walking for several weeks, but after a while you’d never know there had been a problem.

That was six months ago.

Over the past week, its been intensive care all over again.

He’s been on antibiotics and sedatives, but getting him to take the medicine has been difficult. He’s been so sick he doesn’t even want to eat. I finally was able to get him to take his medicine by grinding the pills to powder and sprinkling them on beef baloney, which he’s able to swallow in small bits.

We got a call from the vet. Blood tests showed that Ricky’s liver enzymes were at abnormal levels. The vet said he may have ingested poison.

We’re not sure how that could have happened, although a couple days before he got sick I spilled a container of vitamins and herbal supplements on the floor. I thought we picked them all up, but it’s possible he could have eaten something

By Friday, Ricky appeared to be rallying. The bleeding had stopped and the sneezing lessened. He was walking around again and his appetite was coming back. God willing, he may beat the odds a second time.

His treatment set us back about three hundred bucks. I can’t really say we can afford it right now, but at the same time we couldn’t afford not to help him.

NOTE TO READERS Editor Kate Schott is taking the week off from her column and should be back Aug. 3. She hopes you enjoy this column by staff writer Bill Wimbiscus.

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ON THE COVER Ellis Cotton talks with U.S. Rep. Bill Foster before Housing Authority of Joliet’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program graduation ceremony Saturday at the University of St. Francis. Cotton, of Joliet, graduated from the five-year program available to people on Section 8 housing assistance.

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Four graduate from housing authority’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com Ellis Cotton’s decision more than a decade ago to turn his life away from drug addiction required a move from Englewood to Joliet, where he found help in all the right places.

“It actually saved my life,” said Cotton, 55, of Joliet, who entered into Stepping Stones’ abuse treatment program upon moving to Joliet and eventually turned to Section 8 public housing.

But it took some time before Cotton could truly stand on his own again.

Saturday marked a big step in Cotton’s life with his graduation from the Housing Authority of Joliet’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program, a five-year program available to people on Section 8 housing assistance. Participants set short- and long-term personal and career goals with a case manager, with the ultimate goal of being employed and off welfare.

Cotton, Melody Woods, Sophia Anderson and Patricia Hernandez, all of Joliet, were all honored Saturday during a graduation ceremony held at the University of St. Francis. Speakers included U.S. Rep. Bill Foster and state Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood, among others.

As part of the program, which is made available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, income earned went into participants’ very own escrow accounts instead of going toward rent.

When Cotton graduated Saturday, Cotton received a check for $5,959, which he’ll

ABOVE: Housing Authority of Joliet’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program graduate Patricia Hernandez hugs program coordinator Dale Evans Sr. after a ceremony Saturday at the University of St. Francis. LEFT: Program graduates Ellis Cotton, Sophia Anderson, Hernandez and Melody Woods stand in front of family and friends.

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use for living expenses while he works toward his commercial truck driving license, he said.

“Everything is finally falling into place,” Cotton said Saturday in the lobby outside

Sue Manner Turk Theater at University of St. Francis.

“Back in Englewood, I didn’t want to face life. It’s like God is really showing up at the right time and I’m grateful.”

On Monday, Cotton begins

a one-month commercial driver truck training program through 160 Driving Academy in Joliet.

He’s guaranteed a job after successfully completing the program, he said.

Melody Woods, 50, of Joliet also graduated from the program Saturday. When she first entered into Section 8 housing, Woods said she was fighting to get her credit back on track after having filed for bankruptcy.

Now, the money she earned over the course of the program – about $10,000 – went toward a down payment on her very first home. While in the program, Woods also earned her associate degree, a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree.

She starts classes next month at USF towards a doctorate in education, she said.

“I feel like I’m playing catch up because there’s a lot things I wanted to do when I was younger, but I had my first child when I was very young,” Woods said.

She now works as a case manager with the Senior Services Center of Will County.

R. Dale Evans, coordinator for the housing authority’s program, said he’s proud of those who graduated from the program Saturday.

“Perseverance has made all the difference and made them get to where they are today,” Evans said. “What I’ve done is try to encourage and inspire them to stay to the grind. Of course, throughout that process, there’s been challenges. There’s been obstacles. You stumble. But the important thing is to get up and start running again.”

The Family Self-Sufficiency Program is limited to 25 families. Nearly all have been single mothers, Evans said, but anyone can apply. Each time someone graduates from the program, a new family can come into the program, he said.

“Back in Englewood, I didn’t want to face life. It’s like God is really showing up at the right time and I’m grateful.”

Ellis Cotton, Joliet resident and recent graduate of the Housing Authority of Joliet’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program

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Tow crews, firefighters train on big rigs Semitrailers, buses and a cement truck were at the scene

By VIKAAS SHANKER vshanker@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Rendel’s Inc. of Joliet offered firefighters a look at what towing crews can do to help at the scene of accidents Friday morning during a unique training exercise.

They freed a two-door vehicle trapped under a cement truck and pushed an overturned school bus upright using airbags in a fraction of the time it took firefighters to do the same tasks.

“Trucking is a very hot topic right now,” Rendel’s General Manager Mike Polcyn said, mentioning the semitrailer crashes that killed five people Monday and the controversy surrounding the village of Elwood and truck traffic.

“It’s good to provide training on trucks and larger vehicles,” Polcyn said.

Joliet firefighter paramedic Matt Christensen said the equipment that businesses such as Rendel’s have can help at the scene of accidents involving those larger buses and trucks.

“They’re providing us with a rare and unique approach to extrication,” he said.

Through Sunday, Rendel’s is teaming up with local firefighters in a series of rescue training exercises involving trucks and large vehicles.

Joliet firefighters came out Friday.

Rockdale and other fire departments are participating, too.

The training is taking place in the parking lot of the old Cub Foods store near the corner of Larkin Avenue and McDonough Street.

The goal is to build greater cooperation and camaraderie between their employees and

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Firefighter Chris Bay of the Joliet Fire Department practices using a saw Friday to cut a hole in the side of a bus during an extrication exercise at the former Cub Foods parking lot on Larkin Avenue in Joliet. BELOW: Rendel’s tow truck driver and Rockdale firefighter Mike Bennett signals to his partner to remove a vehicle pinned under a cement truck during a training exercise rescue squads so they can work quickly and efficiently as a team.

“This really is heavy recovery training,” Polcyn said. “We simulate real life scenarios and get familiar with working with each other.”

Polcyn said that towing companies normally have worked separately from fire and police officials, even on the scene of accidents. These exercises are meant to change that approach.

These types of training exercises are rare and valuable for fire officials, Joliet fire training chief Brian Plyer said.

“We work on cars all the time,” Plyer said. “But we don’t usually get to work on

extrication from big vehicles.”

Rendel’s provided several trucks and buses donated by organizations for the exercise. Drivers also showed

big vehicles, we maximize our tools. It takes us longer.

But we call these guys and they can help us in the golden hour of getting an individual out of the accident.”

Bill Seeman, a full-time driver for Rendel’s and volunteer with the Rockdale Fire Department, was on the scene of the fatal accidents Monday for the towing company, helping move the crumpled vehicles using heavily equipped trucks so rescuers could get the victims out.

“This exercise was planned before,” Seeman firefighters what the compa- said. “It was an unfortunate ny’s 60-ton rotator and 50-ton coincidence the accidents truck can do. happened earlier this week.

“We have our own extrica- But hopefully this helps us tion tools,” Christensen said. all work together to plan for “But when it comes to these these scenarios.”

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Seven-Day Forecast for Will County TODAY

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Seattle 81/57 Billings 87/58

A couple of morning t-storms

Partly sunny and breezy

81

74

59

Mostly sunny

75

50

56

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A t-storm in the afternoon

79

79

56

Almanac

Los Angeles 84/68

78/55

Sandwich Yorkville

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2 p.m.

4

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0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme

Air Quality

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Pollen Count

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Source: National Allergy Bureau

Kankakee 83/60

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DES PLAINES Station Fld Prs Chg Station Fld Prs near Russell ............ 7 ..... 6.22 .... -0.18 at River Forest ....... 16 ..... 4.10 near Gurnee ............ 7 ..... 3.21 .... -0.08 at Riverside ............. 7 ..... 2.28 at Lincolnshire .... 12.5 ..... 7.02 .... -0.06 near Lemont .......... 10 ......5.69 near Des Plaines ...... 5 ... -1.54 .... -0.05 at Lyons .................. -- ... 10.20

Sun and Moon moderate high very high

Coal City 80/59

81/59

84/62

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Morris

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Joliet

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The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

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8:16 p.m.

6:30 a.m.

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Miami 90/77

83/63

81/57

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8:15 p.m.

7:27 a.m.

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Aurora

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Denver 81/60

79

55

Detroit 81/62

Minneapolis 75/59

San Francisco 78/60

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Temperatures High ............................................ 80° Low ............................................ 67° Normal high ................................ 84° Normal low ................................. 64° Record high ................... 95° in 1987 Record low .................... 53° in 1977 Precipitation 24 hours through 3 p.m. yest. .. 0.02” Month to date .......................... 2.88” Normal month to date .............. 3.57” Year to date ........................... 20.72” Normal year to date ............... 20.78”

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Monday Hi Lo W 100 67 s 73 57 sh 97 64 s 85 77 sh 72 54 t 86 61 pc 75 57 pc 91 79 t 73 58 t 76 66 r 81 68 pc 87 69 pc 88 79 r 67 47 pc 82 74 pc 70 54 c

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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Teams dash through downtown for fundraiser

By JEAN TYRELL Shaw Media correspondent JOLIET – “What’s going on tonight?” said one curious pedestrian as he watched several groups of people walking and running toward the Joliet Area Historical Museum.

He was watching participants in a scavenger hunt, the 2014 Big Amazing Race Fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties, sponsored by D’Arcy Motors. The Friday evening event had runners dashing through downtown to one of 10 stops where challenges awaited them.

The teams were trying to best 32 other groups trying to raise the most funds, solve the most challenges and get back to Joliet’s Silver Cross Field first.

“It’s a fun and entertaining way to reach out to local charities,” said Alex Boryszewski, part of the Harrah’s Joliet Casino 1 team, who returned with his team to the stadium first with all their challenges met.

“Anytime we can help out, we jump at the opportunity.”

Part of the reason that pedestrians and motorists stopped and gawked was because of the participants’ costumes. Rich’s Angels sported wings on their blue T-shirts; hula skirts and leis were part of the Kohl’s team from Bradley; and several teams had the “Man of Steel” Superman logo and capes.

If outlandish costumes counted for points, the Motley Crue team, also known as Joliet Firefighters Local 44’s Tim Hunter and Chris O’Hara, and their spouses, Lynette and Jackie, caused double-takes. Tim sported a blond wig and leather chaps. Chris

Photos by John Patsch for Shaw Media

LEFT: Jackie O’Hara and Lynette Hunter take aim at a target during the 2014 Big Amazing Race Fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties. RIGHT: Jared Baker from Team P3 from Morris tries to hit a target with a Frisbee during the race. was in lycra animal print tights and a wig.

The worst razing the team got was from their fellow firefighters at Joliet Fire Station on Clinton Street where, as the group approached the station at a walking pace, a firefighter yelled out, “C’mom you slackers; it’s a race!”

Whether the Crue strolled at the end didn’t matter much. Because of their fundraising efforts totaling around $2,500, they were the top team in the contest.

The Motley Crue didn’t have trouble with the challenges at the fire house, such as shooting water through an opening or raising a ladder, but the group calling themselves the Will County Avengers did. When member Linda Smith took aim with the fire hose, the force of the water al-

most sent her over backward until she was assisted by the supervising firefighter and her teammates.

Because they work in down-

town Joliet, the Avengers, all Will County assistant state’s attorneys, claimed a local advantage: “Knowledge of downtown,” Mike Casson said.

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One challenge took participants on stage and behind the scenes at the Rialto Square Theatre. Once participants entered the backstage door, they had to make costume changes and perform a verse from an upcoming Rialto Show.

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JOLIET – Terri Schrishuhn will be assistant principal at Joliet West High School, where she has had management and leadership roles for the past 10 years.

The school board approved Schrishuhn’s appointment earlier this month. She replaces Jeff Clinton, who is moving out of state to be closer to family, according to a news release from Joliet Township High School District 204.

Schrishuhn’s previous positions at Joliet West have been as coordinator of academy of arts and communication and as facility manager.

“She’s well positioned to assist the campus and the district in meeting the mission and vision of Joliet Township

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Shoes, cellphone and cash stolen in two Joliet Township robberies

By VIKAAS SHANKER vshanker@shawmedia.com JOLIET TOWNSHIP – Police are investigating two Joliet Township robberies.

An out-of-town individual trying to sell a pair of Air Jordan shoes through an Ebay transaction was robbed late Wednesday night.

The armed robbery occurred near the 400 block of Briggs Street in Joliet Township. Police still are looking for two suspects, Will County

Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Kaupas said.

Kaupas said the seller traveled to Joliet to sell the shoes and finish a deal made on Ebay.

He met a buyer who took him to another area to meet a second person. One of the suspects showed a gun, and the seller was robbed by both suspects.

“We’re following up on some leads,” Kaupas said.

“The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information to

contact the office with any information, or report it online.”

Police had previously responded to another armed robbery Tuesday night around the same area in east Joliet, Kaupas said.

In that incident, a woman was getting out of her car when the suspect confronted her and implied having a gun.

The suspect stole her cellphone and an undisclosed amount of cash.

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Leon Wirt Joliet resident about his late wife, Jeanette

Johnson was quoted describing the donation as “a wonderful legacy and a wonderful gift to the future that Mrs. and Mr. Wirt have provided. It will support nurses long into the future.”

USF provides master’s dePhoto provided grees for family nurse practiCarol Wilson, dean of the University of St. Francis College of Nursing, shows Leon Wirt around the nursing tioners, nurse administrators, simulation lab. Wirt’s late wife, Jeanette A. Wirt, established a scholarship fund for the nursing college. nurse educators and psychiatric mental health nurse practheir two sons, Doug, 9, and the Leach College of Nursing arship Day. titioners. Bachelor of science Dan, 7, in an auto accident in by university President Arvid “I’m so proud and excited degrees are offered in a bridge 1969. They also had a daughter, Johnson and Carol Wilson, about what my wife’s legacy program with Joliet Junior Marti Wood of Woodridge. dean of the nursing college. He will mean to the future that I College. USF also provides a Leon Wirt on July 18 visit- also met with faculty and stu- could burst,” Wirt said in the master’s of science degree in ed USF and was given a tour of dents during the annual Schol- news release. nursing.

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JOLIET – The University of St. Francis recently gave recognition to the late Jeanette A. Wirt for a $250,000 donation from her estate.

Wirt of Joliet died in 2008 from cancer. Before her death, Wirt endowed a scholarship for nursing students, USF said in a news release.

“She talked with the nurses and students while she was in the hospital to learn more about their lives and where they came from,” her husband, Leon, said in the news release.

“She was all heart. When she came home from the hospital, she said, ‘I want to help the nurses and nursing program.’ ” Jeanette Wirt’s estate is from the 210-acre Sing Farm on the West Side of Joliet in an area that has become a major commercial district.

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She was married nearly 50 years to Leon. The couple lost

“She was all heart. When she came home from the hospital, she said, ‘I want to help the nurses and nursing program.’ ”

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Larry Palmer, Will County executive est. Hopefully it discourages them because they know people are watching.”

Senate Bill 3552, signed earlier this month by Gov. Pat Quinn, applies only to Illinois counties with populations of 300,000 to 2 million. That includes Will, DuPage, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties.

Under the bill, county boards can adopt a code of ethics for accountability, fiscal responsibility, transparency, procurement authority, effi-

ciency and ethics for appointees. Appointees will be held to those standards, but can be removed by a two-thirds majority vote from the county board. State law allows board members to remove appointees for criminal acts.

In Will County’s case, 18 of the 26 board members would be needed to vote the individual out. Reasonable notice of the violation and a hearing would be required before the vote takes place.

Palmer said government officials – both elected and appointed – are already held to fairly high standards, including in matters such as conflicts of interest.

For example, he said, officials are required to submit to the Will County Clerk’s office a Statement of Economic Interest each year. The form essentially asks the individual

to list any companies they are affiliated with or have interest in, which could help avoid any conflicts, Palmer said.

State Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood, who voted yes on the bill back in May, said the new law only means good things for taxpayers.

“We got thousands and thousands of boards throughout the state, whether it be through the county or municipalities, and to be able to have a little more teeth in the law to address that issue is just better for the people,” Walsh Jr. said.

The new law is effective Jan. 1. It passed both the House and Senate this spring without opposition.

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A new measure signed into law gives Will County Board members more authority to remove county appointees who violate ethics standards.

It’s a move welcomed by county appointees such as Nick Palmer, chief of staff for Will County Executive Larry Walsh. Palmer was appointed

by Walsh in 2004 as deputy chief of staff but was later promoted to chief of staff in 2010.

“I think it’s good. It’s what I’ve always known,” Palmer said Friday. “If it restores any confidence of the taxpayers in the board, I think that’s a positive thing. It could also discourage people who might want to do something that’s not in the public’s best inter-

“If it restores any confidence of the taxpayers in the board, I think that’s a positive thing. It could also discourage people who might want to do something that’s not in the public’s best interest. Hopefully it discourages them because they know people are watching.”

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS STURGEON BAY, Wis. – A 37-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole for the murder of a pregnant woman and her fetus in Wisconsin.

Brian Cooper of Plainfield was sentenced in Door County Circuit Court on Thursday.

He was found guilty in May of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, the Door County Advocate reported.

Cooper killed 21-yearold Alisha Bromfield, also of Plainfield, when the two were at a Nasewaupee resort for his sister Kellie Stryker’s wedding. He was not the father of Bromfield’s baby but his attorney said the two once had a romantic relationship. He was also Bromfield’s boss.

During the sentencing hearing, Judge D. Todd Ehlers cited several things that troubled him, including Cooper’s use of spy cameras to record Bromfield in both Door County and Plainfield, as well as his use of Bromfield’s birthday for his cellphone password. The judge also noted the forensic pathologist’s description of Bromfield’s body after the attack.

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Cooper also received two additional years in prison and two years of extended supervision on top of the two life sentences for a third-degree sexual assault that followed the killing. He will pay restitution of more than $8,000.

The district attorney said the funds will be used for funeral expenses.

Bromfield’s parents and a friend talked about the effect of her death.

“The emotional pain is difficult to describe ... unless you’ve lost a child,” her mother, Sherry Anicich, said.

Cooper read a written statement and two poems he wrote.

He said he and Bromfield enjoyed eating together, taking work trips and watching “24.”

“Along with all the remorse, regret and shame that streams down through my veins each and every day, I have come to the assumption that there are really no words I can truly say to express how sorry I am that such tragedy did happen and the fact that I did cause the death of Alisha and Ava Bromfield,” he said.

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There will be a color guard presentation by local veterans and the Lincoln-Way High School JROTC cadets. New Lenox native Makena Hartlin will sing “Proud to Be an American.”

The tribute will include speeches from New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann, state Sen. Toi Hutchison, D-Chicago, and New Lenox Community Park

District Board President Brian Fischer.

Proud American Days will be at 601 E. Lincoln Highway.

The location is east of the WalMart store. The carnival rides, children’s activities and food vendors will continue Sunday.

Other events scheduled for Sunday include: • 8:30 a.m.: Co-ed sand volleyball tournament; • Noon to 3 p.m.: Classic Car Show; • 1 to 4 p.m.: Teen Battle of the Bands; • 5 to 9 p.m.: Main stage band performance by Stellar Road.

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ABOVE: Maddox LoCicero, 8 months, proudly displays the first place trophy he won in the 6- to 11-month-old age group Saturday during the Proud American Days Baby Contest in New Lenox. Maddox resides in New Lenox.

LEFT: New Lenox police officer Aurena Davis (left) adjusts the temperature on the grill while April DiSandro, deputy chief of the New Lenox Police Department (right), stirs up special ingredients used to flavor their beef during the Controlled Burn Beef Cook-Off on Saturday at Proud American Days in New Lenox.

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• 2 to 3 p.m. – A-B JOLIET – Joliet Township • 3 to 4 p.m. – C High School will hold sched• 4 to 5 p.m. – D-E ule distribution Aug. 5 to 8 for • 5 to 6 p.m. – F-G Joliet Central High School and • 6 to 7 p.m. – H-J Aug. 6, 7, 8 and 11 for Joliet Aug. 6 West High School.

• 2 to 3 p.m. – K-L The first day of school • 3 to 4 p.m. – M for all Joliet Township High • 4 to 5 p.m. – N-O School students is Aug. 18, ac• 5 to 6 p.m. – P-Q cording to a news release from • 6 to 7 p.m. – R the district.

Aug. 7 “It is important for stu• 2 to 3 p.m. – S dents to report to schedule dis• 3 to 4 p.m. – T-U tribution at their respective • 4 to 5 p.m. – V-W campus on their scheduled • 5 to 6 p.m. – X-Z date and time so that you can • 6 to 7 p.m. – Any student start school on time,” the disAug. 8 trict said in the news release.

• 8 a.m. to noon: Any stu“Students who do not complete dent schedule distribution will be assessed a $25 late registration JOLIET WEST fee.”

Aug. 6 All freshmen students must • 8 to 9 a.m. – A-E have a current physical ex• 9 to 10 a.m. – F-J amination on file with their • 10 to 11 a.m. – K-M school, or bring a completed • 11 a.m. to noon – N-R physical examination with • noon to 1 p.m. – S-V them to schedule distribution • 1 to 2 p.m. – W-Z in order to receive a schedule.

Aug. 7 All fees must be paid on or • 8 to 9 a.m. – A-E before the student’s schedule • 9 to 10 a.m. – F-J distribution appointment.

• 10 to 11 a.m. – K-M Checks may be made pay• 11 a.m. to noon – N-R able to Joliet Township High • noon to 1 p.m. – S-V School and major credit cards • 1 to 2 p.m. – W-Z will be accepted.

Aug. 8 Information regarding • 8 to 9 a.m. – A-E schedules was mailed home, • 9 to 10 a.m. – F-J and can be found at www.jths.

• 10 to 11 a.m. – K-M org, as can additional back-to• 11 a.m. to noon – N-R school information.

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POLICE REPORTS Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from local police departments and the Will County Sheriff’s office. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

ing and delivering of a controlled substance, manufacturing and delivering of cannabis, possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Leelinn K.D. Fox, 19, of the 1100 block of Hickory Street, Joliet, was arrested Thursday by Joliet police Edward Braxton, 38, of the 800 on charges of aggravated use of block of Second Avenue, Joliet, was a weapon, illegal possession of arrested Thursday by Joliet police ammunition without a Firearms on a charge of burglary.

Owners Identification Card and Adam C. Costilla, 24, of the 13000 unlawful possession of a handgun. block of South Meadow Lane, Kathryn A. Fregeau, 27, of the 900 Plainfield, was arrested Friday block of North Prairie Road, New Leby Naperville police on a charge nox was arrested Thursday by New of possession of a controlled Lenox police on a charge of possessubstance. sion of a controlled substance.

Frank C. Digilio, 31, of the 0-100 John L. Girot, 31, of the 290 block of South Cagwin Avenue, block of Marylyn Avenue, Glendale Joliet, was arrested Thursday by Heights, was arrested Friday by Joliet police on charges of criminal Braidwood police on a charge of trespassing, obstructing justice and possession of a controlled subdestroying evidence. stance and parole violation.

Shane M. Fetzner, 22, of the 11000 Raphael Jackson, 27, of the 1600 block of Front Street, Mokena, block of Fairmont Avenue, Lockport, was arrested Thursday by Mokena was arrested Thursday by New Lepolice on charges of manufacturnox police on a charge of domestic ing and delivery of a controlled battery. substance, manufacturing and Petro Ostrovsky, 37, homeless, delivery of cannabis, possession of was arrested Thursday by the Will cannabis and possession of drug County Sheriff’s Office on a charge paraphernalia. of theft.

Tricia A. Fetzner, 45, of the 1100 Tichina L. Pernell, 27, of the 0-100 block of Front Street, Mokena, block of Kenilworth Avenue, Rowas arrested Thursday by Mokena meoville, was arrested Thursday by police on charges of manufacturJoliet police on a charge of forgery.

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Morris couple to host 2 Columbian orphans Kidsave group creates adoption opportunities

By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Eric and Anne Rasmusson of Morris were looking into adoption last fall when they found the organization Kidsave, an advocacy group that focuses on finding families for children nationally and internationally.

The Rasmussons knew they wanted to help.

“We’ve put the adoption on hold, but we saw the opportunity to help,” Anne said.

The couple will host two Colombian orphans, 11- and 12-year-old siblings Danilo and Angelica, for a month this summer.

cago on Friday.

While they are here, Rasmusson said, they will participate in events where people who are interested in adopting can come hang out and get to know the kids in a relaxed setting.

“They aren’t told that they are here to find an adoptive family,” Rasmusson said.

“They think they are just visiting, but they are told that some kids have been adopted.”

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There also will be group events Aug. 16 in Flossmoor and Aug. 23 in Orland Park.

According to Kidsave, Angelica, 12, likes singing,

They will get to meet families who may be interested in adopting them through the Kidsave Summer Miracles Program.

Delta Kirkland, program director with Kidsave, said the program started with children from Russia and Kazakhstan in 1999 and has been bringing children from Columbia to the U.S. for several years.

“The kids come and stay for a four- or five-week visit,” Kirkland said. “We’ve found this to be a very effective formula and 75 to 85 percent of the children who have participated have been adopted.”

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had a lot of training, and she does speak some Spanish.

While she’s still a little nervous to have them here, she’s excited, too.

“The first two weeks they are here I’m still out of school for the summer,” she said.

“The next two weeks, Eric is excited to have them while I’m in school.”

Kidsave believes every child needs a family. While finding families for children is a challenge, the opporDelta Kirkland tunity for them to complete Program director with Kidsave school, find a good job, and build a life and family of their own is greatly increased. painting and playing sports.

Her brother, Danilo, 11, Without a supportive familikes art, music and playing ly they will be on their own after they leave the system, soccer.

Both children speak Span- which usually starts from age ish but they have been given 16 to 18 years old.

People who are interested lessons to ask for basic things while they are here, and they in meeting the kids can conwill be accompanied by a tact Anne at 214-608-7446.

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Funding for the projects comes from $400,000 in an operation and maintenance

reserve fund and $150,000 in grant money.

In other business: • A public hearing on the tentative budget for fiscal 2015 will be at 7:10 p.m. Aug. 18, at the Administrative Center in Grand Prairie School, 1082 W. Nebraska St., Frankfort; • Doriane Woods, who has been employed at Fairview Elementary School in Normal, was hired as assistant principal at Chelsea Intermediate School to replace Don Prorok; • The first day of the new school year will be Aug. 18; • The board approved a contract with Open Kitchens of Chicago to provide sack lunches and box lunches, which will be served in the free lunch program, to the district at a price of $2.95 a meal excluding milk.

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GOTTA DO IT Sunday • St. Anne Parish picnic – noon to 9 p.m. at St. Joe’s Park, 1500 N. Raynor, Joliet. Food, bingo, raffles, country store, moneywheel, bake sale, liquor booth and children’s games. Also DJ Tom Piskur and Harvest Moon.

Monday • For The Birds – 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at Lions Community Center, 1 Manor Drive, New Lenox. Each child will paint their own real birdhouse to take home. $20 resident/$25 nonresident. For information, contact the New Lenox Community Park District at 815-485-1737 or visit www.newlenoxparks.org Tuesday • Aid and Attendance – 7 p.m. at The Timbers of Shorewood, 1100 N. River Road. Free informational seminar about benefits for wartime veterans and their spouses. For information, call 815-609-0669 or visit www.timbersofshorewood.com.

• Computer Basics for Kids in Spanish – 10 a.m. to noon at Joliet Public Library, Main Branch, 150 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. How to use the mouse and keyboard. Register at 815-740-2660 or at jolietlibrary.org/

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• “You Too Can Canoe” – 5 to 7 p.m. at Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Monee Reservoir, 27341 Ridgeland Ave., Monee. Learn canoeing basics along with the lingo. Ages 7 and up. Ages 7-17 must be accompanied by a registered adult. All equipment, including life jackets, is provided. Cost: $12 a person. Registration required. Call 708-534-8499. For information, visit ReconnectWithNature.org Wednesday • Lake Renwick Guided Bird Viewing – 10 to 11 a.m. at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve, half-mile east of Route 30 in Plainfield. Herons, egrets and cormorants will be nesting and raising their young on rookery islands. Free and open to all ages. For information, visit ReconnectWithNature.org.

• Picnic on the Green – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Breidert Green, Kansas and Oak streets, Downtown Frankfort. Live entertainment begins at noon. Free children’s entertainment performed on the stage. For information, visit www.villageoffrankfort.com.

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

Help with resumes, cover letters and job applications. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

Saturday • Monee Reservoir Hosts Kids’ Fishing Derby – 8 to 11 a.m. at Monee Reservoir, 27341 Ridgeland Ave. Monee. For kids ages 5 to 15.

Prizes, goody bag, ice cream. $5 a person. Registration begins at 7 a.m. Prizes awarded at 11 a.m.

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• Kidzfest 2014 – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Chicago St., Joliet. Legoland exhibit, the Friendly Farms Petting Zoo and activities/exhibits by the Joliet Public Library, Joliet Police

Aug. 3 • Crossroads Church Ice Cream Social – 3 to 5 p.m. at Lakewood Falls Elementary School, 14050 S. Budler Road, Plainfield. Free ice cream and toppings, activities, face painting, games with prizes, music, Motion Moon Bounce. For information, visit www.xwindschurch.org.

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Friday • “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” – 1 p.m. at Homer Township Public Library, 14320 W. 151st St., Homer Glen. For information, call 708-301-7908 or visit homerlibrary.org.

and Fire, Chicagoland Speedway, Rialto Square Theatre and Haunted Trails. Activities are free. A food court will be available.

• Health and education fair – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Church, 1503 Arthur Ave., Joliet. Free health screenings, physicals (including school and sports), dental and legal advice. For information, call 815726-8833.

• Lake Renwick Guided Bird Viewing – 8 a.m. to noon at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve, half-mile east of Route 30, Plainfield. Herons, egrets and cormorants will be nesting and raising their young on rookery islands. Free and open to all ages. For information, visit ReconnectWithNature. org.

• School supplies backpack give away – noon to 2 p.m. at The Cellular Connection, 27243 Saxony Drive, Suite D, Channahon. One backpack per child present while supplies last. For more about TCC, visit www.ecellularconnection.com.

• Bird Hike – 8 to 10 a.m. at Plum Creek Nature Center, 27064 S. Dutton Road, Beecher. Vireos will be the focus. Explore woodlands and prairies in Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve. For ages 16 and older. Free. Registration required.

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Two property tax forums will be in Channahon and Morris on Wednesday.

The forums will provide information about the process for determining property taxes and how to appeal assessments, according to a news release from state Rep. John Anthony, R-Plainfield, whose legislative district includes the two towns.

A forum at 10 a.m. will be at Channahon Village Hall, 24555 S. Navajo Drive. A forum at 6:30 p.m. will be at Morris City Hall, 700 N. Division St. The free forums will include a presentation about the property tax assessment process and information from local assessors’ offices. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

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to educate and empower homeowners to understand the property tax system and to know their rights if they believe they have been overassessed,” Anthony said in the news release.

Those planning to attend are encouraged but not required to call Anthony’s district office at 815-416-1475.

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Frances J. Altiery (nee Lesh), age 91.

Passed peacefully Thursday, July 24, 2014, at her home.

Born in Rockdale, IL, she was a lifelong Joliet resident. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary Cantigny Post #367. She was also a lifelong member of S.O.A.R. Preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Altiery; parents, Albert and Emily (nee Hibler) Lesh; four brothers, Albert in infancy; Edward (Rose), Victor and Stanley Lesh; four sisters, one in infancy; Kay Brethorst, Mary Linden and Olga Andros; one grandson, Dean Altiery.

Survived by two sons, Daniel R. MICHAEL J. GARCIA (Debbie) Altiery of Braidwood and Eugene B. (Sandra) Altiery of BraidMichael James wood; one daughter, Ellen K. (Gene) Garcia “Cheekobrix”, Thompson of Brunswick, GA; eight age 18, of Joliet, grandchildren; ten great-grandchilIL and Dallas, TX, dren; one sister, Rose Slimak of Joliet; passed away on July and numerous nieces, nephews and 23, 2014. cousins.

Loving son of Funeral Services for Frances J. Jeanna (Faisal Khan) Altiery will be Monday, July 28, 2014, Pacheco and Richard (Lisa) Horwath. at 9:15 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essing- Dear step-son of Anthony Garcia, Sr.

Dear brother of Brian Salinas, Jacob (Jessica) Ridge, Julianne Harris, Anthony Garcia, Jr., Melissa Garcia and Tara (Frank) Schumacher. Dear grandson of Alice M. Bittle. He is also survived by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Preceded in death by his grandparents, Sandra and Robert Pacheco Sr. and Richard Cunningham.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to his mother, Jeanna Pacheco.

He was an aspiring musician and his music was his passion. He will be greatly missed by many and was loved by all who knew him.

A Celebration of Michael’s life will begin on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 10:00 am at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Rd., Joliet, IL 60435.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and again on Thursday morning from 9:00 am until the time of service at 10:00 am. Interment to follow.

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In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name to Joliet Area Community Hospice or St. Paul the Apostle Church would be appreciated.

Visitation TODAY, Sunday, 2-6 p.m. at the funeral home.

For information: 815-741-5500 or www.fredcdames.com

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HERMAN E. KONOW Herman E. Konow, age 70, passed away on, Friday July 18, 2014.

Loving husband of Susan (nee Schellhorn); dear son of the late Herman H. and Lila Miller; beloved brother of June (Frank) Siddon, Violet (Ted) Giovanini; late Francis (Doris) Konow and late Arthur (late Donna); dearest son in law of Margot Schellhorn; fond brother in law of Bob and Lori Lindberg and family; special lifelong friend of Lee (Diane) Berndt and cousin and buddy Walt Konow, Zachary and Laura. Uncle to numerous nieces and nephews and daddy to little doggie Coco.

A memorial service will be held at Konow’s Farm (Red Barn) 16849 S. Cedar Rd. Homer Glen, IL 60441 on Sunday, August 3, 2014, at 5:00pm.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Humane Society of Will County or TLC of Homer Glen would be appreciated.

Funeral arrangements handled by Kurtz Memorial Chapel, New Lenox For info. 815-485-3200 or www. kurtzmemorialchapel.com

PATRICIA A. MASSEY

Born: July 29, 1938; in Joliet, IL Died: July 24, 2014; in Minooka, IL Patricia A. Massey (nee Maciokas) was born the daughter of the late Walter and Ann (nee Plunge) Maciokas on July 29, 1938, in Joliet, and passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on July 24, 2014, in Minooka, at the age of 75 years.

Beloved wife of the late Claude Massey (1988); adored mother of David Massey and wife, Kim, Lynne Basarich and husband, Robert and Claude “Bernie” Massey and wife Chris; treasured grandmother of Stephanie Adams and husband, Scott, Lindsey (the late Jake) Wolter, Robert Basarich, Stacey (Andrew Miles) Basarich and Samantha Britz and husband, Mike, Natalie Weuve and husband, Jacob, Nicole Miller and husband, Kraig and Ashley Eilbeck and husband, Joe. Patricia will also be loved and missed by 13 great grandchildren, one sister Janice (the late Don) Engle, brother in law James Massey, sister in law “Dru” Massey as well as dear nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents, her husband Claude Massey, one brother, George Maciokas and beloved grandson Michael Joseph Massey.

Patricia will be remembered for being a doting great grandmother, a Chicago Black Hawks enthusiast who paid special attention to her

favorite player Kenny Chesney, she was a Chicago Cubs Fan, she enjoyed a good game of cards, fancied going to the Casino and was particularly fond of growing beautiful flowers.

With sincere gratitude, Lynne would like to thank the dear friends and family members who lovingly made it possible for Patricia to be cared for in the peace and comfort of home for the past 18 years. Giving special recognition to her grandchil-

dren, Robert, Stacey, Samantha and great grandson Kai. Special thanks to the Joliet Area Community Hospice for their compassionate guidance and concern.

Funeral Service for Patricia A. Massey will begin at 12:30 PM on Monday, July 28, 2014, at The Maple Funeral Home located at 24300 W Ford Rd., Channahon. Fr. Tuan Van Nguyen officiation. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet. Family will receive friends at the Funeral

Home on Monday, from 10:00 AM until the service begins at 12:30 PM. For information www.themaplefuneralhome.com

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Kaufman, the granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and a vital link to Yiddish culture, died at her Manhattan home after a brief illness, said her daughter, Thea Goldstine.

Kaufman was a middle-age teacher and single mother in the mid-1960s when her autobiographical novel was welcomed as a kind of civilian

of Kaufman’s book became a tell-all label, shorthand for all the senseless rules students and educators could never quite follow.

“Up the Down Staircase,” a scrapbook of letters, notes and memos, follows a few months in the life of the idealistic young Sylvia Barrett, the new teacher at Calvin Coolidge High School. She is a kind soul staggering under a blizzard of administrative nonsense and student impudence. When AP file photo she’s not being reprimanded Bel Kaufman is photographed at home in New York in May 2012. for her kids’ failure to memKaufman, the witty and spirited fiction writer, educator and storyteller orize the school’s alma mater whose million-selling “Up the Down Staircase” captured the insanity song, she faces a crowded but and the humor, the pathos and the poetry of the American high school, endearing class of misfits and died Friday at age 103. other characters, from rebel Joe Ferone to the brown-noscompanion to Joseph Heller’s most maddening bureaucracy. ing Harry A. Kagan.

When the book was released “Catch-22,” a send-up of the Like “Catch-22,” even the title

and Alen (Kim) Schwarz. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Hospice of Kankakee Valley, 482 Main St. NW, Bourbonnais, IL, 60914; Good Shepherd Manor, 4129 Illinois 1, Momence, IL, 60940 or Alzheimers Association would be appreciated.

Funeral services will be held Monday, July 28th, 11 a.m. in the O’NEIL FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 1105 E. 9TH ST. (159TH ST.), LOCKPORT with Deacon Rob Weierman Officiating. Interment St. Mary Cemetery, Evergreen Park. Visitation will be held MONDAY MORNING from 10 a.m. until services at 11a.m.

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

DAVID E. TEAGUE David E. Teague “Tiger”, age 75, at rest Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center with his family by his side.

Born in Morton’s Gap, KY to the late Hubert and Jewel (nee Whit-

field) Teague. Residing in the Joliet/ Crest Hill area most of his life.

Retired from Laborer’s Union Local #75. Former owner/operator of Eastside Inn of Joliet and Teague’s Tap of Joliet. David was an automobile enthusiast. He loved to tinker and was never seen driving a dirty car. Known as “Mr. Fix-It” alongside his lifelong friend, Frank Stiglich.

Surviving are his loving wife of 57 years, JoAnn (nee Alberico) Teague of Crest Hill; three daughters, DeAnn Teague of Crest Hill, Judy (Russell) Fisher of Homer Glen and Brenda (Mike White) Donahue of Plainfield; nine grandchildren, Erica (Zach) Markiewicz, Adam Fisher, Libby (Jon Zaragoza) Fisher, Caitlin (Rob Gavert) Donahue, Jacob (Mae Starek) Donahue, Andrew Fisher, Rikki (Lucas Rivera) Donahue, Aaron Fisher and Gage White; eight great-grandchildren and one on the way; brother-in-law of Eleanor Teague and Jack Rosenthal; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded by his parents; siblings, Glendora Warford, Betty Rosenthal, Sue Nell (Marvin) Davis, Darlene Teague, Charles and Kenneth Teague.

Funeral Services for David E. Teague will be held Monday, July 28, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet. Interment St. Patrick Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to the wishes of the family would be appreciated.

Visitation Sunday, from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.

For more information: 815-741-

5500 or www.fredcdames.com

WILLIAM J. VESCOVI William J. Vescovi, 56, a lifelong Lockport resident, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014.

Survived by his loving family; his mother Shirley (nee Scherer); his brothers, Robert J. (Mardolyn) Vescovi and James (Diana) Vescovi; his nieces and nephews, Sally Vescovi, Kristen (Doug) Opielinski, Anthony (Gina) Vescovi, Patrick Pelaez, Jacob, Jenna and Jami Vescovi; six great nieces and nephews also survive.

He was preceded in death by his father Robert G. Vescovi. William was a diehard Cub fan and thoroughly enjoyed his trips to Las Vegas.

In lieu of flowers, Memorials to St. Joseph School, Lockport or Masses for William would be appreciated.

Family will receive friends at Goodale Memorial Chapel 912 S. Hamilton St, Lockport on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, for a Memorial Visitation from 4 - 8PM. Funeral Service Wednesday, July 30, 2014, with prayers at the funeral home at 9:30AM to St. Joseph Catholic Church, Lockport for Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00AM. Inturment Mt. Vernon Estates, Lemont.

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Family will be receiving guests on Sunday, July 27, 2014, from 2:00 PATRICIA A. MURRAY PM to 6:00 PM at Dieterle MemoPatricia A. Murray rial Home, 1120 S. Broadway Ave., Montgomery, IL 60538. Funeral of Aurora, passed Mass will be on Monday, July 28th away on July 23, at 10:00 AM at Blessed Sacrament 2014, surrounded Church, 801 N. Oak Street, North by her family.

Beloved wife and Aurora, IL 60542. Interment will follow at Assumption Cemetery, 15510 best friend of her Winfield Rd., Wheaton, IL 60189. husband, Thomas; loving mother In lieu of flowers donations may of Matthew (Julianne), Colleen be made to the Kansas Center for (Andrew) Peyton, and Timothy Autism Research and Training, (Patti); proud grandmother of Peter, 12600 Quivira Rd., Overland Park, Mitchell, Owen, Allyson and Daniel; KS 66213 or Ronald McDonald loving daughter of Peter and Charlene Lazzara; dear sister of Thomas House, CDH Campus 25 N. Winfield (Linda) Lazzara and John (Barbara) Rd. Winfield, IL 60190.

Dieterle Memorial Home Lazzara; and fond aunt to many 630-897-1196 nieces and nephews. www.dieterlememorialhome.com The family would like to thank Susan A. Bosco, Pat’s loving caretaker and dear friend.

Pat was a skilled and avid KENNETH J. SCHWARZ seamstress, who also taught many children to sew, knit and Kenneth “Kenny” John Schwarz, crochet. Pat generously gave many age 58, of Momence, IL, passed personally handcrafted items away peacefully, Thursday, July 24, to various charities. Pat taught 2014, at Good Shepherd Manor. in several catholic schools for Kenny was born in Joliet and was many years in Aurora. She had a a 30 year resident at Lamb’s Farm, contagious passion for life, and her before moving to Good Shepherd warm smile always lit up the room. Manor in Momence where he has She especially enjoyed musicals resided for the past three years. and plays, particularly those which Kenny had a loving and gentle soul. included her daughter Colleen. She Preceded in death by his parents loved classic movies, old time radio, Frederick and LaVerne (Bodinet) traveling, reading, and watching her Schwarz. sons and grandchildren’s activities.

Survived by his loving brothHer favorite activity was spending ers and sister, Richard (Brenda) time with her family and friends and Schwarz, Rosemary (Roger) she will be dearly missed by all who Holmes, Mitchell (Kathy) Schwarz • Continued from page 28

in 1965, The New York Times’ Beverly Grunwald praised Kaufman’s “refreshing way of stating the facts, of breaking down statistics into recognizable teenagers, of making you smile, be contrite and infuriated all at once.”

Kaufman became a heroine for teachers and students worldwide. “Up the Down Staircase” has sold more than 6 million copies and has been translated into 16 languages.

It was made into a film of the same name, starring Sandy Dennis, and it helped start a trend of candid education books. Kaufman was delighted to learn that teachers in one of her former schools were warned not to let her see any memos, for fear they would end up in a book.

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Fast food workers vow civil disobedience

VILLA PARK – Comparing their campaign to the civil rights movement, fast food workers from across the country voted Saturday to escalate their efforts for $15-an-hour pay and union membership by using nonviolent civil disobedience.

More than 1,300 workers gathered in a convention center in suburban Chicago to discuss the future of a campaign that has spread to dozens of cities in less than two years. Wearing T-shirts that said “Fight for $15” and “We Are Worth More,” the workers cheered loudly and said they would win if they stuck together.

“People are just fed up,” said Cindy Enriquez, 20, of Phoenix.

The $8.25 an hour she makes working for McDonald’s is not enough to go to college and become a police officer and barely enough to pay her rent, Enriquez said.

While the vote didn’t list any specific acts of civil disobedience, Enriquez said some workers suggested sit-ins and perhaps blocking businesses.

She said they need to keep pressure on owners even if it means sitting in front of restaurants “to make sure they do not sell anything.”

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Slain Chicago girl mourned amid new shootings

FOREST PARK – Mourners said farewell Saturday to an 11-year-old Chicago girl who was killed by a stray bullet during a slumber party, a day after an attack at a church event in which a 13-year-old boy was gunned down and six other people were wounded.

Samuel Walker, who recently

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U.S. Air Force veteran Butch Ekstam, a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker Heart of America Realtors in Bloomington, stands by a display of medallions paying tribute to the Armed Forces around a new 25-foot flag pole outside the business. Ekstam wanted a way to honor veterans of all branches of the armed forces who served in war and peace. A pencil sketch by Ekstam turned into display of five circular plaques with the emblems of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force.

completed the eighth grade, was shot to death at about 6 p.m.

Friday at a church-sponsored event in a vacant lot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, authorities said.

Area children had come to the event to play games and be part of other activities. Church leader Lavieda Stewart said she saw two men standing outside a car shooting. Among the six people who were wounded were three 14-year-old boys and a 15-yearold boy.

Samuel’s aunt, Sandra Williams, said her nephew was headed to the store for a bag of chips when he was killed, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

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Dropping crop prices may push rents down

URBANA – Farmers who rent

land will probably need to renegotiate what they pay after watching corn and soybean prices fall, a process that could be uncomfortable, a University of Illinois economist said.

Farmers’ profits this year and next will be “considerably below” the levels of the past few years, economist Gary Schnitkey said. Schnitkey said that will mean many farmers will need to push for lower rents than they’ve been paying to keep their finances sound, according to The News-Gazette.

Soybeans have fallen below $11 a bushel and corn to about $3.70 a bushel. Prices on both of those key Illinois crops are lower than they have been since 2010.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Illinois and Iowa are the top two producers of each crop virtually every year.

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3 men charged in alleged theft of used cooking oil

BELLEVILLE – Three men have been charged with felonies in southwest Illinois for what police said was the theft of 10,000 gallons of used cooking oil.

According to the Belleville News-Democrat, 32-year-old Bo Lin of Fairview Heights, 25-year-old Tuo Li of Chicago and 30-year-old Kentvy Wong of Flushing, New York, have been charged with felony theft after their arrests on July 16.

Police arrested the three in a barn where the cooking oil was found.

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Kirk again calls for removal of VA hospital director

BERWYN – Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk continues to call for the

removal of upper management at Hines VA Hospital outside Chicago.

Kirk met Friday with Hines director Joan Ricard, whose removal he has repeatedly recommended. He said he suggested to her that she “get a criminal lawyer” for the FBI investigation he is going to recommend. Ricard didn’t public ally comment.

Kirk called Ricard a “civil servant with an attitude,” adding that in the Navy she “would have been immediately relieved of command.”

The Republican senator also met with hospital whistleblowers, including Cermaine Clarno, president of the union representing hospital workers. Clarno said the hospital is plagued by mold caused by water leakage.

– Wire reports

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U.N. peacekeepers in Mali found SAN FRANCISCO – FedEx Corp., the second black box of the Air Algerie plane at the remote the latest company accused in disaster site in the north, and the a federal probe involving illegal French president said the data online pharmacies, says it will fight the charges that it knowing- and voice recorders must be analyzed as quickly as possible to ly shipped drugs to people who determine the cause of the crash lack valid prescriptions. early Thursday.

The company says it would have to invade the privacy of cus- Nearly half of the victims, 54, were French, and Hollande tomers to stop such deliveries. has taken a leading role in the By contrast, UPS Inc. paid aftermath, stressing the need to $40 million last year to resolve determine the cause of the crash similar allegations and vowed in a storm, without ruling out any to overhaul its procedures and work with investigators to detect possibilities. suspicious activity.

Fatal Taliban attacks halt The contrasting responses to vote count in Afghanistan the decade-long federal probe KABUL, Afghanistan – Attacks of the prescription drug black market underscore the difficulty across Afghanistan, including hundreds of Taliban fighters shippers have in determining swarming police checkpoints how far to go to ferret out illicit across the south, killed at least 15 online pharmacies among their people Saturday, officials said, as customers and to alert the a recount in the country’s presgovernment. idential election halted before a Wall Street analysts, legal experts, anti-drug crusaders and major holiday.

The Taliban attacks focused the companies themselves are on Kandahar province, where split on the issue.

Taliban fighters killed six police officers – including a district U.N. finds second black police chief – in assaults on some box of Air Algerie jet PARIS – French President Fran- 15 checkpoints, said Dawa Khan Menapal, a spokesman for the cois Hollande said Saturday he wants the remains of all passen- provincial governor. Menapal gers on the Air Algerie plane that said reinforcements later arrived fell from the sky and disintegrat- to combat the Taliban fighters and the combat continued into ed to be brought to France and Saturday night. the site of this week’s catastro– Wire reports phe marked with a memorial to

Israel extends Gaza truce for 24 hours

By KARIN LAUB and IAN DEITCH The Associated Press BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip – Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel’s offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war.

Despite the Hamas rejection, Israel’s Cabinet decided to extend a truce for 24 hours, until 3 p.m. Sunday. However, it warned that its military would respond to any fire from Gaza and would continue to demolish Hamas military tunnels during this period.

The temporary lull on Saturday saw Palestinians return to neighborhoods reduced to rubble and allowed medics to collect close to 150 bodies, Palestinian health official Ashraf al-Kidra said.

With the retrieval of the corpses, the number of Palestinians killed reached 1,047 in 19 days of fighting, while more than 6,000 were wounded, he said.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European foreign ministers, meeting in Paris, had hoped to transform the cease-fire into a more sustainable truce. That effort was thrown into doubt with the Hamas’ rejection of the extension.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said any truce must include a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and that tens of thousands of displaced people must be allowed to return to their homes. Israel’s current terms are “not acceptable,” he said in a text message to journalists.

In the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, scores of homes had been pulverized, wreckage blocked roads and power cables dangled in the streets. Hardest hit were areas

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Palestinian men climb on Israel’s military vehicle that was left behind by the forces Saturday in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighborhood.

“What did we do to deserve this? All of the Arab leaders watch what’s going on here like it’s a Bollywood film.”

Manal Kefarneh 30-year-old woman from Gaza close to the border with Israel, areas from where Gaza militants typically fire rockets.

Manal Kefarneh, 30, wept as she inspected her damaged home.

On an unfinished top floor, she and her husband had been raising chickens. The couple collected the dead and replenished water for the living in hopes they will survive the war.

“What did we do to deserve this?” she asked. “All of the Arab leaders watch what’s going on here like it’s a Bollywood film.”

Israeli strikes have destroyed hundreds of homes, including close to 500 in targeted hits, and forced tens of thousands of people to flee, according to Palestinian rights groups.

Across Gaza, 147 bodies

were pulled from the rubble Saturday, officials said. In southern Gaza, a tank shell killed 20 members of an extended family who sought refuge inside a building, al-Kidra said.

Israel says it is doing its utmost to prevent civilian casualties, including sending evacuation warnings to residents in targeted areas, and blames Hamas for putting civilians in harm’s way.

Israel has lost 42 soldiers and two civilians, and a Thai worker has been killed.

Israeli legislator Ofer Shelah of the centrist Yesh Atid party said Israeli troops are “fighting with an enemy dug in within the civilian population, dug in underground or within the houses there.”

Referring to the widespread destruction, he said that “those are the consequences of such a fight.”

The military took some Israeli journalists into the Gaza border areas where troops were operating. Footage broadcast on Israeli television station Channel 10 showed homes booby-trapped with explosives, as well as grenades, mines and rockets stored there. Tunnels opened up inside houses.

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U.S. evacuates embassy in Libya Secretary of State: ‘Free-wheeling militia violence’ prompted move

By MATTHEW LEE and LARA JAKES The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort as fighting intensified between rival militias. Secretary of State John Kerry said “free-wheeling militia violence” prompted the move.

American personnel at the Tripoli embassy, which already had been operating with limited staffing, left the capital around dawn and traveled by road to neighboring Tunisia, with U.S. fighter jets and other aircraft providing protection, the State Department said. The withdrawal underscored the Obama administration’s concern about the heightened risk to American diplomats abroad, particularly in Libya where memories of the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in

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Smoke rises July 13 from the direction of Tripoli airport in Tripoli, Libya. The United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias, the State Department said. the eastern city of Benghazi still are vivid.

The evacuation was accompanied by a new State Department travel warning

for Libya urging Americans not to go to the country and recommending that those already there leave immediately. “The Libyan government

Execution mishap renews debate over current methods

By PAUL ELIAS The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – A third execution by lethal injection has gone awry in six months, renewing debate over whether there is a foolproof way for the government to humanely kill condemned criminals, and whether it’s even worth looking for one.

Death penalty opponents say any killing is an unnecessarily cruel punishment.

Proponents may favor the most humane execution method possible, but many reject the idea that a few minutes or hours of suffering by a criminal who caused great suffering to others should send government back to the drawing board.

Thirty years ago, states and

the federal government gave little thought to the condemned inmates comfort. Most executioners used electric chairs, but death row inmates were also hanged, put to death in the gas chamber or faced a firing squad. Mistakes occurred. Inmates appeared to suffer in the gas chamber.

Electric chairs caught fire or malfunctioned and didn’t kill.

A growing number of law enforcement officials, legislators and advocates began searching for a foolproof, constitutional method for executions.

In 1977, an Oklahoma medical director appeared to have found a solution. Dr. Jay Chapman came up with a three-drug combination that promised to put the inmate to sleep before painlessly and quickly drifting off to death. Chapman’s formu-

la replaced the state’s use of the electric chair.

Now, calls are mounting to scrap lethal injection, even by those who support capital punishment like Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He believes a completely humane method of execution isn’t possible and favors firing squads.

“If we as a society cannot stomach the splatter from an execution carried out by a firing squad, then we shouldn’t be carrying out executions at all,” Kozinski wrote Monday in support of carrying out Wood’s execution.

Chapman’s three-drug combination became the default execution method for the federal government and in every state – some three dozen – that has capital punishment.

has not been able to adequately build its military and police forces and improve security,” it said. “Many military-grade weapons remain in the hands

of private individuals, including anti-aircraft weapons that may be used against civilian aviation.”

Speaking Saturday in Paris where he was meeting with other diplomats on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Kerry said the U.S. remains committed to the diplomatic process in Libya despite the suspension of embassy activities there. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the evacuated employees will continue to work on Libyan issues in Tunis, elsewhere in North Africa and Washington.

“Securing our facilities and ensuring the safety of our personnel are top department priorities, and we did not make this decision lightly,” Harf said. “Security has to come first. Regrettably, we had to take this step because the location of our embassy is in very close proximity to intense fighting and ongoing violence between armed Libyan factions.”

Gifts-for-favors trial set for ex-governor, wife

By LARRY O’DELL The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. – Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, his reputation already tarnished and his political future destroyed by a giftsfor-favors scandal, faces the possibility of an even greater loss when his trial on federal corruption charges begins Monday.

The onetime rising Republican star and his wife, Maureen, could be sentenced to decades in prison if convicted of the charges in a 14-count indictment issued by a grand jury 10 days after McDonnell left office in January. They are accused of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from Jonnie Williams, the founder of a dietary supplements compa-

ny, in exchange for helping to promote his products.

Legal experts have said the case is no slam-dunk for the prosecution, however, and exceptionally strident language in court filings point to a noholds-barred battle that will pit the motives and credibility of the former first couple against Williams, who will testify for the prosecution under immunity. Defense attorneys suggested the case is politically motivated.

“The defense team for the governor appears to have been very active and aggressive, and that’s what you have to do to meet the challenges in these kinds of cases,” said Andrew Sacks, a defense attorney who represented a former Virginia lawmaker convicted of bribery and extortion in 2011.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (center), joined by Sen. John Barrasso (from left), R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, as he speaks July 15 during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Lawmakers from both parties complained that President Barack Obama still does not understand how to work with Congress.

Lawmakers: Obama aloof with Congress proach that shuns appeals to opponents and doesn’t reward allies.

The Associated Press Combined with a divided WASHINGTON – President Congress – GOP-led House and Barack Obama’s request for Democratic-controlled Senate billions of dollars to deal with – and election-year maneumigrant children streaming vering, neither basic nor criacross the border set off Dem- sis-driven legislation is getting ocrats and Republicans. Law- done. makers in both parties comSenate Minority Leader plained that the White House Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., de– six years in – still doesn’t get scribed the lack of communicait when it comes to working tion between the White House with Congress. and Congress as “stunning.”

Top GOP leaders got no no- He said he first learned many tice of the $3.7 billion emergen- details of Obama’s border recy request. The administration quest from news reports. sent contradictory messages Obama is the “only person about what it wanted to deal in America who can sign somewith the border crisis. And as thing into law and help bring the proposal drew fierce crit- members of his party on board icism, the White House made for an outcome on a given piece few overtures to lawmakers in of legislation that requires bieither party to rally support. partisan support,” McConnell House and Senate lawmak- said in an interview. “So it’s ers in both parties plus sever- a mystery, but that’s the way al senior congressional aides they operate.” said this past week that the Several Democratic lawhandling of the proposal by makers echoed McConnell but Obama and the White House spoke on condition of anonymis emblematic of the adminis- ity to avoid alienating the prestration’s rocky relationship ident of their party. They said with Congress: an ad hoc ap- they were baffled by the White

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House’s tactics in handling the border request. Several Democrats expressed frustration that the president and administration officials weren’t more involved in legislative fights.

Obama’s hands-off approach was evident in June.

At a private White House meeting Obama held with the top four Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appealed to the president to intervene in pressing McConnell to allow speedier approval of the president’s dozens of ambassadorial nominees.

Obama said it was a matter for Reid and McConnell to work out, an answer that left Democrats flabbergasted, according to participants in the meeting. Finally, more than a week later, Obama called McConnell to urge him to break the logjam and get ambassadors confirmed.

McConnell said the conversation – one of the few he has had with Obama in recent months – was limited to ambassadors.

WAYNESBORO, Ga. – The U.S. nuclear industry has started building its first new plants in decades using prefabricated Lego-like blocks meant to save time and money and revive the once promising energy source.

So far, it’s not working.

Quality and cost problems have cropped up again, raising questions about whether nuclear power will ever be able to compete with other electricity sources.

The first two reactors built after a 16-year lull, Southern Co.’s Vogtle plant in Georgia and SCANA Corp.’s VC Summer plant in South Carolina, are being assembled in large modules. Large chunks of the modules are built offsite, in an effort to improve quality and avoid the chronic cost overruns that all but killed the nuclear industry when the first wave of plants was being built in the 1960s and 1970s.

Analysts say engineers created designs that were hard or impossible to make, according to interviews and regulatory filings reviewed

by The Associated Press.

The factory in Louisiana that constructed the prefabricated sections struggled to meet strict quality rules.

Utility companies got early warnings but proved unable to avoid the problems.

Now the firms leading the project are phasing out the Louisiana factory for work on the biggest modules and contracting with new manufacturers.

Few power companies are building brand-new nuclear plants right now because gas-fired plants are so cheap by comparison. But if construction costs can be controlled, the nuclear industry might have a longterm chance. Future gas prices are always uncertain, and stricter U.S. pollution rules could make nuclear plants more attractive since they produce no greenhouse gasses.

The difficulties producing modules are one factor that caused schedules to slide. The first of the two new reactors at each site in Georgia and South Carolina were supposed to be operating in 2016, but that timetable has now been pushed into 2017 or early 2018.

WORLD BRIEF Death shows Ebola can spread by air travel

symptoms are similar to other diseases.

Officials in the country of ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian health authorities raced to stop Togo, where the sick man’s the spread of Ebola on Saturday flight had a stopover, also went on high alert after learning after a man sick with one of that Ebola could possibly have the world’s deadliest diseases spread to a fifth country. brought it by plane to Lagos, Screening people as they Africa’s largest city with 21 enter the country may help million people.

The fact that the traveler from slow the spread of the disease, but it is no guarantee Ebola Liberia could board an interwon’t travel by airplane, said Dr. national flight also raised new Lance Plyler, who heads Ebola fears that other passengers could take the disease beyond medical efforts in Liberia for aid Africa due to weak inspection of organization Samaritan’s Purse.

– Wire report passengers and the fact Ebola’s

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ASPEN, Colo. – A series of unanswered questions about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shows the limits of U.S. intelligence gathering even when it is intensely focused, as it has been in Ukraine since Russia seized Crimea in March.

Citing satellite imagery, intercepted conversations and social media postings, U.S. intelligence officials have been able to present what they call a solid circumstantial case that the plane was brought down by a Russian-made SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine.

But they have not offered proof of what they say is their strong belief that the separatists obtained the sophisticated missile system from the Russian government. And they say they have not determined what, if any, involvement Russian operatives may have had in directing or encouraging

the attack, which they believe was a mistaken attempt to hit a Ukrainian military aircraft Moscow angrily denies any involvement in the attack; on Saturday the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. of waging “an unrelenting campaign of slander against Russia, ever more relying on open lies.”

U.S. officials said they still don’t know who fired the missile or whether Russian military officers were present when it happened. Determining that will take time, they said, if it’s possible at all. As one put it, “this isn’t ‘24,’ ” referring to the TV series that often exaggerates the speed and capabilities of the American spying machine.

On Friday, a U.S. intelligence official noted that intelligence agencies had been “heavily involved” in tracking the flow of weapons from Russian to Ukrainian separatists, and that “available intelligence points to Russia as the source of the SA-11 that downed” the jetliner. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence.

ing site for Syrian troops.

The other suicide attackers targeted nearby army positions.

Abu-Salha grew up in Florida and attended several colleges before dropping out and moving abroad.

Thousands of foreign fighters have come to Syria from around the world to fight against President Bashar Assad’s forces after the uprising against his government began three years ago.

The war, which began in 2011, has since taken on strong sectarian overtones, pitting a Sunni-led insurgency that includes al-Qaida-inspired extremist groups against a government dominated by Assad’s minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Syria’s uprising began with peaceful protests in March 2011 but escalated into an armed revolt when government forces launched a sweeping crackdown on dissent.

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life, in heaven. There is nothing here and the heart is not resting,” Abu-Salha says.

BEIRUT – An al-QaidaThe video, released by linked group fighting in Syria Nusra Front’s media arm, alhas released video of the first Manara al-Baydha, was postAmerican to carry out a suied on jihadi cide attack in the country’s websites. It civil war, showing him smilcorresponded ing and saying he looked forwith Associward to going to heaven. ated Press reThe Nusra Front released porting about the new video late Friday the attack and showing American citizen Moner Abu-Salha.

Moner Mohammad Abu-Sal- Mohammad Opposition ha, 22, with other fighters be- Abu-Salha forces previfore the May 25 attack that tarously identified geted several army positions the American who carried out at the same time. It said two of the bombing as Abu Hurayra the other three suicide attack- al-Amriki and said he was a ers in the assault in the gov- U.S. citizen. The name al-Amernment-held northwestern riki means “the American” in city of Idlib were from foreign Arabic. countries, including one who It’s unknown how many was identified as being from people were killed in the bombthe Maldives. ing. Opposition rebels with the Abu-Salha appears smiling Nusra Front said Abu-Salha’s in the video and speaks in bro- truck was laden with 16 tons ken Arabic. of explosives to tear down the “I want to rest in the after- al-Fanar restaurant, a gather-

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Here are Big Jack’s other el-cheapo recommendations, though I’m compelled to tell you that I have not spoken to a single person in management at any of the following seven terribly speculative issues.

Zynga (ZNGA-$3.09) is the

TAKING STOCK Malcolm Berko second-largest player in the business of mobile games for stupids.

Jack believes that the new CEO, ex-Xbox chief Don Mattrick, has the moxie to move ZNGA to $9 in the next 24 months.

Dice Holdings (DHX$7.39) is a profitable online recruiter specializing in security clearance, tech, energy and finance positions.

The company should earn 41 cents a share this year, and as the economy improves, DHX could double earnings by 2016.

S&W Seed (SANW-$6.16) is a seed company that produces the highest-yielding seed for non-dormant alfalfa (the kind grown in arid climates) and hay-flavored forage for beef and dairy cattle.

SANW is experimenting with the stevia plant, which produces a noncaloric sweetener that may be as tasty as real sugar, and Jack believes this could be a blockbuster.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS-$7.27) – which tripled its revenues in the past four years, to $970 million – derives the bulk of its business from Uncle Sam, managing cybersecurity and electronic warfare/attack solutions and intelligence.

Earnings next year could grow fourfold, to 60 cents, and Jack believes that KTOS is an attractive takeover candidate.

Tremor Video (TRMR$3.69) specializes in online video advertising.

It has $2 in cash per share (more than half its market

value) and posted an expected dip in revenues last quarter, but Jack tells me that revenue growth should bounce back with a vengeance.

CryoLife (CRY-$8.99) is a profitable $140 million-revenue company that has built a sweet, profitable, growing business preserving and providing implantable living human tissue for use in cardiac and vascular surgeries.

CRY has zero debt and just raised its dividend to yield 1.5 percent. Jack thinks CRY could be a takeover target by big pharma.

And finally, Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI-$3.40), which is getting hosed by John Malone’s Liberty Media, is officially out of the terrible merger agreement in which Liberty Media would have bought all of SIRI for $3.48 a share. SIRI is the king of financial schlock radio advertising, appealing to listeners with investment IQs between 51 and 77.

SIRI may expand its broadcasts to Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand, and Jack thinks that would be fertile ground for revenues and earnings.

Cheap stocks are worth what they sell for, and I’m not comfortable enough with any of these issues to give them my imprimatur. If you decide to invest, do not cherry-pick from this list. Rather, purchase an equal dollar amount of each issue. Then begin spending some time in the amen corner of your favorite house of worship, or find a money manager you trust.

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

Edward Jones volunteers help make a difference THE HERALD–NEWS JOLIET – More than 35 Edward Jones Financial Advisors, branch office administrators and their friends and family members from the local region recently organized a service project to work on the landscaping of three Trinity Services Living Center homes in Joliet.

Trinity Services is a nonprofit organization founded in 1950. The organization provides a wide range of programs and services for children and adults with developmental disabilities and/ or behavioral health needs.

Funding from Trinity comes primarily from the State of Illinois and other private donors. About 30 adults are housed and cared for at the Joliet location.

The Edward Jones representatives pulled weeds,

cleared leaves, trimmed bushes, spread mulch and transformed a quarter-mile walkway path by adding mulch to it, according to a news release. The group brought their own tools and equipment to assist with the day’s activities and donated funds to the cause, as well.

The Edward Jones region also hosted a lunch for residents and volunteers after the work was done.

This is the second year in a row that the group has volunteered at Trinity. The local Edward Jones representatives donate their time to various charitable organizations on a regular basis.

Other service projects have included visits to Feed My Starving Children and Daybreak Shelter. They also have helped retrofit tricycles for special needs children.

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

OUR VIEW

We need to slow down to save lives You’re on the road, and late for a meeting. You hit the gas and go 5 mph faster.

You’re on the interstate and approaching a construction zone with a lowered speed limit.

There aren’t many other vehicles on the road, so you don’t slow down.

Or you’re in that construction zone, and the lanes go from three to one. Despite plenty of traffic signs directing people to merge a few miles out, you drive in one of those lanes until the last possible minute before cutting into traffic.

Are you guilty of any of these?

It’s likely most of us are.

And it’s likely most of us don’t face serious consequences for speeding.

But when consequences do come ... they’re horrible. We need only look back on the past week to have that terrible reality sink in.

Seven dead, with more than another half-dozen injured, because of three traffic crashes in under 24 hours in our area is beyond heartbreaking. In the cases of the two fatal collisions Monday afternoon on Interstate 55 in Channahon Township, and the late-night one-vehicle accident Sunday on Route 6 on the outskirts of Morris, excessive speed appears to be a key factor in at least two of the incidents.

Just looking at the pictures of Monday’s chain-reaction collision on I-55 – with vehicles mangled almost beyond recognition due to what authorities say was a semitrailer speeding in a construction zone – is difficult for those of us who didn’t know the deceased. Passing the white cross on Route 6 where two died Sunday night, and knowing what it represents, is equally tough.

Imagine how devastating it is for those who knew the three women and one child killed in

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that crash, or the two families of the young adults killed on Route 6, or the semitrailer driver in the second I-55 crash Monday.

You probably don’t want to picture that. We know we don’t.

These deaths and injuries should be a wake-up call to all about speeding and the need to drive safely.

In our area, with the amount of semitrailer traffic we see on the interstates and some state routes, it’s imperative more caution is used by those driving trucks. We saw an explosive demonstration Monday of what happens when they don’t.

Speeding is a problem overall on all our roadways, not just construction zones. It’s not just semitrailer drivers who drive too fast.

In a society that demands everything to be fast – think of how frustrated many get with a slow Internet connection or when you spend more than a few minutes in the drive-thru at a restaurant – we’re not surprised that motorists in all types of vehicles speed.

But despite plenty of posted warnings about speed limits or construction zones, people either are willfully distracted (perhaps texting or on the phone), in a hurry or just ignoring them.

Failure to yield, following too closely, failure to reduce speed: people justify these all the time.

Is that destination, meeting, deadline really more important than your life or someone else’s?

There are multiple families, several of whom could be your neighbors, who can provide a definite “it’s not” to that question. Our thoughts, prayers and condolences continue to be with these families.

Let’s all do our part to reduce the chances that more families will suffer similar losses.

Please, slow down.

Looking at the madness throughout the Middle East What part of “cease fire” does Hamas not understand? It’s a silly question because Israel’s antagonists have no interest in stopping their ballistic rockets from being launched into Israel. The whole point of Hamas’ attacks is to engage the Israelis into a counter attack.

Hamas is deliberately placing their women and children into harm’s way and the resultant unfortunate deaths are the perfect attraction for the world’s TV news media.

No blood? No story.

Hamas is deliberately placing their rocket launchers in areas that, if counter attacked by Israel, will cause the greatest number of civilian casualties.

Their rocket storage and launch sites are in school yards, next to Mosques, in hospital basements pur-

VIEWS Charles Rubovits posely so they can scream foul if Israel should attempt to destroy these and similar weapons caches.

We abhor the deaths of any innocents in a war but please make no mistake, Hamas has brought this rain of death down upon themselves and yet they scream foul for any news camera hoping to elicit sympathy for their plight against the Israeli “aggressors.”

It is long past time to expose Hamas for who they really are and what they really want.

The Hamas leadership are nothing more than a gaggle of armed thugs with few principles and only one objective; to destroy

the country of Israel and march all Israel’s Jews into the ocean.

The average Hamas fighter has little conception of politics and is playing along for a bit of extra food and a couple of fleeting bragging rights if their rocket somehow gets off the ground.

Both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of the free world fully recognize the cruelty of Hamas, and with the exception of Iran, have washed their hands of this mess.

I am pleased to see that Egypt and a few other Middle East countries are attempting to get Hamas to cease their bombardment of Israel but even at this writing, Hamas has refused to even consider stopping their rocket attacks.

Sometimes the truth is

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CONVICTION TO FAITH AND PRAYER NEEDED FOR PEACE

To the Editor and Herald-News readers: With the recent catastrophic international tragedies and the continued escalation of the violence in our communities, a few thoughts immediately come to mind.

First of all, true lasting peace can only be sought by a renewed conviction to faith and yes prayer!

Secondly, the sincere efforts to positively re-establish the wonderful concepts of love and caring for all of our fellow human beings should create a much more peaceful planet.

These ideas may not be obtainable in many individual’s opinions, but the survival of our entire planet clearly depends on their urgent success. For there is always hope when faith, prayer and love flourish.

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Continued from page 37 hard to recognize when we are fed 40 second film and sound bites so I encourage everyone to look past the bloodshed and instead consider the situation as a whole.

Israel is doing what it can to defend itself against

a group of madmen – nothing more.

In war, unfortunately, some innocent bystanders will be harmed but make no mistake; you can poke the sleeping lion only so many times before that lion arise and attack.

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By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Jim Phad and his son, Mike, have won two national championships together.

Still, there is no way to overstate how much winning the Men’s Open city title means.

With wife and mom, Kim Phad as the manager, Next/ La Mex completed its trek through the losers’ bracket, beating Ken’s Beverage Inc. twice Friday night to win the Men’s Open championship in the Joliet Park District City Softball Tournament.

Next led most of the way in Game 1 and held off KBI’s late rally to win, 21-20, as Chad Schwartz’s grand slam home run in the top of the sixth inning wound up being the difference.

Game 2 was not as tense as Next downed KBI, 26-13, in five innings. KBI was the defending champion and has 12 Men’s Open championships to its credit.

“The city is the premier tournament,” Jim Phad said.

“With a couple hundred people watching, guys from all those other teams, this is the game you love to be in.”

“This is what you live for as a softball player,” Mike Phad said.

KBI got the jump on Next and won rather handily when the two met earlier in the week, thus sending Next into the losers’ bracket in the double-elimination tournament.

“This is a powerful team that we have,” Jim Phad said.

“I was a little surprised we lost to them the other night.”

“The better team won tonight,” KBI manager Dave Catalani said. “They have good guys on that team. We had our chance to win in the first game and didn’t do it. We made some mistakes that cost us.

“I just want to thank Ken Reimer of KBI. He’s the best sponsor in softball.”

Next trailed 5-4 and 9-8 in

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Mike Hauser of the Next softball team hits a pitch Friday during a Men’s Open division game in the Joliet Park District championship in Joliet.

“With a couple hundred people watching, guys from all those other teams, this is the game you love to be in.”

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the early innings of Game 1, but a seven-run fourth inning, highlighted by Keith Laski’s second two-run homer, provided a little breathing room for pitcher Jason Wilkins.

When Schwartz, who earlier had two doubles, belted his grand slam in the sixth to make it 21-12, it appeared to be over.

But KBI has not become a perennial power by throwing in the towel when the going gets tough. A seven-run bottom of the sixth, highlighted by Dave Shaff’s two-run double, made it 21-19.

Shaff, pitching in relief, threw a scoreless top of the seventh. KBI scored once and had the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the seventh when Wilkins got the last out.

“This was fun,” Schwartz said. “It was a pleasure to hit that one [grand slam] when it happened.”

Shaff started as the KBI pitcher in Game 2 but did not have the same effectiveness he had toward the end of Game 1 as Next scored six times in the first and eight in the second.

KBI had gotten back within 14-8 after three, but Next’s 12run fourth put it away.

Anthony Worness, Dakota Brown, Cory Catalani and Chuck Peters homered and Johnny Fairbairn chipped in a three-run triple for KBI in Game 2, but to no avail.

Next leadoff hitter Mike Hauser had seven hits, one a homer and all but one for extra bases, in the doubleheader.

Tristen Reinolds had seven hits with a homer, two triples and a double. Laski added six hits, three of them homers.

Ryan Czyz, Mike Phad, Brian McNair, Wilkins and Schwartz were among other with big offensive nights.

“The big thing about this team is it’s a group of friends that are the foundation,” Kim Phad said. “Mike Hauser, Brian McNair, Jim Phad and Jeff Laski [who was absent Friday night] all hit about .750 this week.

“Special moments to me also were Cory Churchwell playing second base and doing so well and Chad Schwartz hitting the slam. He’s not normally a home run hitter.”

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Kevin Cain of The Crowd Around Me softball team takes a swing Friday during a Men’s Competitive Division game in the Joliet Park District championship in Joliet. to It’s Us earlier in the tournament and came back through the losers’ bracket. They won the first game, 29-14, in Friday’s finals on the strength of a 10-run third inning and a 12run seventh to force the winner-take-all finale.

With everything on the line, Kevin Cain and Reed Johnson in the middle of the infield, along with third baseman

Grant Simotes, took charge.

The Crowd turned three infield double plays in a four-inning stretch, giving the offense an opportunity to catch up and take command.

“Reed Johnson and Kevin Cain were unbelievable,” said Simotes, who had three homers among six hits in the two games. “To keep that team to 12 runs is great.”

“I thought if we didn’t get tired out we would have a chance to win it,” Troy Johnson said. “When you score that many runs late like we did in the first game, there is a concern that you might fizzle out, but that didn’t happen. You could see when we took the lead [in the final game] that they were hanging their heads a little.

Landmark Landscaping captures Mixed Division title

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com JOLIET – There wasn’t much that separated the top two teams in the Joliet Park District’s Mixed Division championship of the City Softball Tournament.

A day after edging The Crowd/Beckman Trucking for their third straight win in the event, Landmark Landscaping wrapped things up with another close victory over the same team.

Landmark scored a run in the seventh to claim a 19-18 win over The Crowd/Beckman in Friday’s six-inning finale at Inwood, which was a similar to its 20-18 semifinal victory.

Friday was a busy night for many of the mixed players, who took part in other title games.

One of those was Landmark manager and pitcher Terry Feeney, who also won a title in the competitive division with The Crowd.

“It’’s awesome to get two wins today, it’s a great feeling,” Feeney said. “I’ve been playing out here for almost 30 years and have been in every division.

We have a good group and we have a lot of fun. We’ve got some good long-ball hitters and some short-ball hitters.

“The team that we faced was tough and a lot of their players are in the good leagues. The girls on our team are dynamite and that’s what makes you or

breaks you because if your girls are good, then you’re going to win. The Park District does a real nice job out here.”

Much of the strength of The Crowd/Beckman was the core of womens players from No Mercy, who had rallied to win their final two games to claim their division on Thursday.

But they were unable to pull off a similar comeback on Friday, thanks largely to the fact that Landmark collected runs in every inning while The Crowd/Beckman was blanked in two frames and only managed to hold three leads.

Beside a 1-0 advantage in the opening frame, The Crowd/ Beckman used six-run innings in the second and fifth to go up

by a pair of runs, but each time Landmark responded.

“It was back-and-forth the whole time both nights,” Landmark’s Jen Glonke said. “We wanted to finish it one game tonight and come out undefeated and we did, so that was great.

They’re women just won that title and were on a roll, so it’s nice to beat them.

“This is a good team to play since everyone gets along and plays hard and has a good time.

We can move around on defense and be anywhere in the lineup and still hit well. We had clutch hits both nights and walk-off hits to finish each game. so that was exciting.”

Landmark scored five times in the first to grab the early lead

and it was either tied or in front at the end of each inning, grabbing a trio of four-run advantages along the way.

The last of those came following the sixth, when the eventual victors moved ahead by an 18-14 score. After The Crowd/ Beckman tied the game with a four-run seventh, Landmark got a pair of singles and a double in its final at-bat to claim the championship.

“We had a couple of close games and know a lot of those guys so it was nice to beat them,” Landmark’s Doug Gassman said. “I like our team’s chemistry since everyone is cool with each other. It’s fun to be able to play with you friends and to have a good time.”

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JOLIET – It’s Us cleanup hitter Aaron Rayford, a finalist in last Tuesday’s home run derby, slugged a three-run homer in the first inning and another three-run blast in a ninerun second.

It’s Us had a 12-7 lead over The Crowd Around Me and seemingly was on its way to the Competitive Division championship in the Joliet Park District City Softball Tournament at the Inwood Complex.

But the pitching of The Crowd manager Troy Johnson, backed by superb infield defense, changed everything.

The Crowd pecked away, went ahead on Dave Gunier’s tworun triple in the bottom of the fifth inning and iced an 18-12 title-game victory when right fielder Tom Cerven, who had four hits, belted a three-run home run in the sixth.

“Our defense has struggled at times, but not tonight,” Cerven said. “[Middle infielder] Kevin Cain was especially good. Our infield was great, the outfield made plays when it had to and we had double plays and diving stops in the infield.”

The Crowd, with virtually all of its roster being from Minooka, dropped a 19-18 decision

“Kevin Cain and Reed Johnson were taking balls that were hit hard and turning them into double plays. That was big. That will win you a lot of games.”

“I told Cain that I think he turned six double plays himself in the two games,” It’s Us pitcher Dwayne Edmon said, appreciating the opponent.

Simotes, Cain, Reed Johnson, Josh Pizer, Gunier and Tom Carey all had strong offensive nights. Jason Bogart homered in the first inning of the opener and was intentionally walked with the bases loaded his next two at-bats. It’s Us remembered Bogart’s power show in the earlier tournament meeting.

“That shows the respect they have for him,” Cerven said.

Nate Benson and Michael Smith joined Rayford in leading the It’s Us offense. But on this occasion, The Crowd, which will be moved up to the Men’s Open division next season, was too much.

“They’re a good bunch, they’re good dudes,” Edmon said of The Crowd. “They deserved to win. Maybe we got too complacent. After we beat them the other day, they had to come back and play a lot of games to get here and they got in a rhythm.”

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Knuckle Dusters stay unbeaten, take down Moran A.C. for ‘E’ title

By MIKE FITZGERALD Shaw Media Correspondent JOLIET – Knuckle Dusters’ pitcher Danny Anderson found himself down, 10-1, to Moran A.C. when he went to the bench in the bottom of the second inning of Friday’s Recreation “E” championship game of the Joliet Park District City Softball Tournament at the Inwood Complex.

He wasn’t worried.

“I have a great group of guys behind me,” he said.

“I knew that as long as our defense kept up, we would eventually wake up the bats.”

The Knuckle Dusters were unbeaten entered the finals in the double-elimination tournament, scored 15 runs over the next four innings to win, 16-14. The Knuckle Dusters started to rally in the bottom of the second inning by scoring four runs. They tacked on four runs in the third, two in the fourth and five in the sixth to win the game.

“We started hitting and getting one run at a time,” said Anderson, who has been playing for 22 years, 10 as a pitcher. “We had a great inning there where we piled on five runs, and that’s what we’re about right there.

Once we get the bats going, we’re pretty much unstoppable.”

Marc Hannran paced the offense with two hits and a sacrifice fly. He drove in four runs. Dan Bachman had two hits and three RBIs. Josh Hudnut also had two hits and three RBIs. Doug Decker went 4 for 4 with two RBIs. Moran A.C. rallied to take a 14-11 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth but it could not hold it.

“It was a hard-fought battle,” Knuckle Dusters’ manager Reid Ceponis said. “We stuck together. We know we can compete with anyone.

We kept the game alive, and we took care of business.”

“We come out to the field and get dirty, get the knuckles bleeding and the legs bleeding from playing hard and [the team name] just came about.”

Reid Ceponis Knuckle Dusters’ manager Ceponis credited Anderson’s pitching as one of the factors that helped Knuckle Dusters claim its first city title.

“Great pitching and tough defense and we let our bats speak for themselves,” Ceponis said. “We started four years ago. We’ve had people drop off and we’ve grabbed new people. This is the best team we’ve had. We hang in.

It doesn’t matter how much we’re down. We come in and we talk to each other, and we go out and take care of business.”

The name of the team is a reflection of how it plays.

“I was just sitting at home one day drinking some beers, and I didn’t see anybody had the name,” Ceponis said. “We come out to the field and get dirty, get the knuckles bleeding and the legs bleeding from playing hard and it just came about.”

The championship win meant a lot to Anderson because it was his first city title as well.

“I don’t know how to describe it,” he said. “I played one game in the fall with these guys, and they asked me to come back out. I could see it was something special.

“We’re in first place in our league night. I knew coming in we stood as good of a chance of anyone as winning this. It’s nice to get that monkey off the back after coming out here all these years and playing all those games.”

Take 2 achieves goal, wins ‘D’ championship

By MIKE FITZGERALD Shaw Media Correspondent JOLIET – Take 2 Softball Manager Jason Stevens put his team together two years ago with one goal in mind.

“We started this team two years ago with the intention of winning the city, and we reached our goal,” Stevens said after his team defeated Quack Pack, 18-8, on Friday in five innings to win the Recreation “D” division of the Joliet Park District City Softball Tournament at the Inwood Complex.

Take 2, which entered the finals as the unbeaten team, did it by combining a hard-hitting offense with solid defense and a little bit of strategy.

“We battled hard all game,” outfielder TJ Creal said. “We stayed together as a team. We played with one another and kept each other up even though we made a few mistakes here and there. We kept each other positive in the dugout. We had a big crowd behind us and we played hard for them.”

Creal, a 2003 graduate of Crete-Monee who played college baseball at Chicago State and later played in the outfield for the 2011 Joliet Slammers, was one of several Take 2 players hitting lasers all over the field Friday.

Take 2 led Quack Pack, 11-4, in the fourth inning and then pushed the lead to 13-4 after the fourth. Quack Pack didn’t quit, though, putting four runs on the board in the top of the fifth inning to stay within striking distance at 138.

When Take 2 made two quick outs in the bottom of the fifth, it looked like Quack Pack was going to stay around.

But Take 2 then went on to score five runs to end the contest.

“We were trying to put them away in the fourth inning,” Creal said. “We came up one run shy, but you know

what, we never hung our head. We have been a team that swings our bats real hard and good all year from the top to the bottom of our lineup.”

Creal’s fellow outfielder, Reggie Barker, credited his team’s defense with helping win the title.

“We’re just relentless,” he said. “Even when we’re down, we never quit. It’s been a mix of timely hitting and timely defense. Our defense has helped us win a lot of these games.”

“Our coaches did a great job of putting the pieces together and subbing people in and out and deciding what it was going to take for us to win a game,” Creal added.

“We’ve switched from a four-man outfield to a threeman outfield at times when it

was necessary. Once a team hits all of their home runs, they have to hit the ball down somewhere on the ground, so they are looking to hit it hard into the gaps. I cover a lot of ground. The corner outfielders did a good job of covering ground. Our whole defense inside and out played well.”

“The four-man outfield also helps hold teams to singles rather than doubles,” Barker said. “That’s another big thing the four-man outfield can do for your defense.”

Stevens walked around holding the championship trophy with a smile on his face.

“I manage a bunch of great guys, and I couldn’t have done it without them,” Stevens said. “From top to bottom, everybody’s important to me.”

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Of this and that: A midweek series between the Cubs and the San Diego Padres normally would not stir much excitement.

Leave it to Joliet Catholic graduate and San Diego Padres’ TV color analyst to create a better environment.

Grant was at his fun-loving best with his Harry Caray sound-alike shtick as he sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” for the seventh-inning stretch during the game last Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. If you haven’t heard it, go to shawurl.com/1b56.

Sue Gulas, president of the JCA Alumni Association and a 1981 classmate of Grant’s, brought a group of classmates and other friends to the game.

Grant got them field passes and took pictures with them on the field. He also gave a shout out to the Joliet Catholic Class of ’81 as he began his seventh-inning stretch performance, which from all indications was a hit.

With Grant doing his thing, and Lockport graduate Ron Coomer handling the Cubs’ radio analyst duties as usual, there was a definite Joliet area feel at the Friendly Confines.

Also on the field that night, Providence graduate Brad Guzan threw out the first pitch.

Guzan was the backup goalkeeper on the United States soccer team that competed so admirably at the recent World Cup in Brazil.

• Outfielder John Ruettiger (JCA grad) had his batting average at .282 with Bowie, Baltimore’s Class AA affiliate.

But he was playing on a hitand-miss basis because of the Baysox’s crowded outfield. So last week the Orioles moved him back to Single A-Ad-

school at Rochester, outside of Springfield, and although no official announcement has been made, the assumption is that he will be the Illini’s No. 1 quarterback.

Bailey was employed last season in certain situations, largely to take advantage of his running ability. But he can throw the ball as well and is equipped to give Lunt a good run for the starting spot.

If Bailey is not the regular quarterback, you have to feel there still will be ways the coaching staff will find to take advantage of his many talents.

• Kudos to Drew Kooi, a Minooka graduate and a senior linebacker at Wartburg College (Iowa).

He is among 182 nominees from across the nation for the Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team, one of the presPhoto provided tigious off-the-field honors in Joliet Catholic graduate Mark Grant (center, back) welcomes other member of the JCA Class of 1981 who college football. were his guests on the field before last Tuesday night’s Cubs-San Diego game at Wrigley Field. Grant is the The final roster of 22 award Padres’ TV color analyst. recipients – 11 from FBS schools and 11 from a combivanced Frederick, where he nation of the Football Champience, if not the nation. ond in career receiving yards can be an everyday regular.

Despite the Illini’s lack of by a back with 800 in two-plus onship Subdivision, Divisions • Outside hitter Mitch PerII and III and the NAIA – will success during so far in his seasons. inar (Minooka grad) is among career, Ferguson is on the preDoak Walker Award semifi- be unveiled in September.

12 volleyball players chosen Each player nominated must season watch list for the 2014 nalists will be named Nov. from a group of 21 hopefuls to be actively involved and Doak Walker Award, given an- 18, with finalists announced compete beginning Monday in nually to the top running back Nov. 24. The award recipient committed to working with a El Salvador at the week-long in major college football. He is will be announced live on The charitable organization or serNORCECA Men’s U21 Contivice group while maintaining one of eight Big Ten backs on Home Depot College Football nental Championship. a strong academic standing. the 53-player list.

Awards on Dec. 11 on ESPN. Off the field, Kooi is coming Lewis men’s coach Dan Ferguson ranked second • Speaking of the Illini off a junior season where he Friend is the head coach of the last season in the Football offensive backfield, it will be had 39 solo tackles and 46 U.S. team.

Bowl Subdivision in receivinteresting to see how sophOther teams scheduled ing yards by a running back omore quarterback Aaron Bai- assists, with five tackles for a loss, a forced fumble and a to compete are Barbados, in 2013 with 44.6 a game. He ley from Bolingbrook is used fumble recovery.

Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, also was ninth in the Big 10 this fall.

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, in all-purpose yards a game Wes Lunt, the transfer from • Dick Goss can be reached Puerto Rico and St. Lucia. The (112.6) and led the Fighting Oklahoma State, was highly at dgoss@shawmedia.com.

United States is the defending Illini in rushing yards (64.9 a regarded coming out high champion of the event, which game), rushing touchdowns was last held in 2012 in Colora- (seven) and total touchdowns do Springs, Colorado.

(11).

• The combination of Ferguson had 17 plays of 20elusiveness, speed and the plus yards and ranked second ability to catch the ball out of on the team in receptions (50) 12.9% finance w/low down payment. the backfield has made Illinois and receiving yards (535).

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Reservations open for JCA’s inaugural Hall of Champions SUBMITTED REPORT JOLIET – Reservations are being taken for Joliet Catholic Academy’s inaugural Hall of Champions induction Aug. 30 in the coeducational high school’s Student Activity Center, located off Ingalls and Larkin avenues.

The night begins with a cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m., followed at by the ceremony at 7 p.m., a tribute video, banner raising and dinner.

Cost of the dinner is $60 a person. Gordie Gillespie, Bill Gullickson, Allie Quigley, Jim Stefanich and Tom Thayer will be honored.

Director of Special Events Christine Voss, who is being assisted by JCA parents Tom and Karen Tyrell in overseeing the festivities, noted that the public is encouraged to attend the ceremonial dinner. To buy tickets, contact Voss at 815-773-0784.

On Aug. 29, the Hall of Champions’ first class of inductees will be recognized at halftime of JCA’s football game against Providence at Memorial Stadium. Varsity kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. A postgame gathering is planned for Traditions Restaurant & Pub at 9:30 p.m.

The Hall of Champions event is being staged in conjunction with JCA’s annual Alumni Golf Classic.

Check-in at Inwood Golf Course is at 9 a.m., followed by a shotgun tee-off start at 11 a.m.

Cocktails and dinner begin, respectively, at 4:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Cost of golf and dinner at the Alumni Golf Classic is $140 a person. Dinner only is $30 a person. Reservations are required to the golf event, but all alumni, friends and families of JCA are invited to participate or attend the dinner.

Director of Alumni Relations Sue Bebar, who is being assisted by Frank DiBartolomeo and Doug Giaudrone for the Alumni Golf Classic, confirmed that all five Hall of Champions honorees will be either on the course, at the dinner or at the football game during Friday’s scheduled round of activities.

For information about the Hall of Champions event, contact Voss at cvoss@jca-online. org.

For information about the Alumni Golf Classic, contact Bebar at sbebar@jca-online.org or by calling 815-741-0500.

BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Channahon Broncos keep rolling with another win Slammers lose twice at Windy City

team runs.”

Blake Beckwith went 2 for 2 with four RBIs off the bench.

CHANNAHON – Winning “That was awesome for baseball teams are usually Blake,” Bisbee said. “Our built on pitching and defense, kids aren’t used to sitting for combined with timely hit- long, so for him to sit for a ting. Channahon’s 12-year-old few innings and come in and Bronco team is following that produce like that was a real recipe in hosting the Bronco spark.”

North Zone Tournament.

Strong pitching perfor- Slammers lose twice The Joliet Slammers fell, mances were turned in by Jared Butts, Brandon Keyster 8-2, Friday night to Windy and Tim Barys as Channahon City in Crestwood after droprolled to an 11-1 win Friday ping a 7-6 decision there against Grand Ledge, Michi- Thursday night.

Grant DeBruin, the No. gan. Coupled with Thursday’s 6-1 win over Kankakee, Chan- 2-ranked hitter in the Frontier nahon is in position to ad- League with a .360 average, vance to Sunday’s semifinals. had three hits Thursday, then “Our guys made the singled in the fifth inning Friplays they had to make, and day and came home on Rusour pitchers threw strikes,” sell Moldenhauer’s two-run Channahon manager Jason homer that tied the game 2-2.

Bisbee said after Friday’s But the Thunderbolts scored game. “That’s the name of the six runs in the last three ingame. Don’t give the other nings to blow it open.

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Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Houston Texas

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Central Division W L Pct GB 59 46 .562 — 55 48 .534 3 54 49 .524 4 52 51 .505 6 42 60 .412 15½ East Division

W L Pct GB Washington 56 45 .554 — Atlanta 56 48 .538 1½ Miami 50 53 .485 7 New York 49 55 .471 8½ Philadelphia 45 58 .437 12 West Division

W L Pct GB San Francisco 57 46 .553 — Los Angeles 57 47 .548 ½ San Diego 46 57 .447 11 Arizona 44 59 .427 13 Colorado 43 60 .417 14

Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cubs

Saturday’s Results St. Louis 6, Cubs 3 Cincinnati 1, Washington 0 Miami 7, Houston 3 Milwaukee 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Atlanta 5, San Diego 3 Colorado 8, Pittsburgh 1 Arizona at Philadelphia (n) L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco (n) Sunday’s Games St. Louis (Wainwright 12-5) at Cubs (Hendricks 1-0), 1:20 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 7:05 p.m.

FRONTIER LEAGUE

East Division W L Pct GB Washington 38 22 .633 — Evansville 36 22 .621 1 Southern Illinois 35 25 .583 3 Lake Erie 33 27 .550 5 Florence 25 33 .431 12 Traverse City 23 37 .383 15 Frontier 19 41 .317 19 West Division

W L Pct GB River City 37 22 .627 — Gateway 37 24 .607 1 Schaumburg 34 26 .567 3½ Normal 28 31 .475 9 Rockford 27 33 .450 10½ Joliet 23 37 .383 14½ Windy City 22 37 .373 15 Saturday’s Results Joliet 16, Windy City 5 Southern Illinois 9, Washington 6 Rockford 3, Florence 1 Schaumburg 4, Traverse City 0 Lake Erie 8, Normal 6 Evansville 7, Gateway 2 Frontier at River City (n) Sunday’s Games Joliet at Traverse City, 4:05 p.m.

Lake Erie at Schaumburg, 1 p.m.

Windy City at Rockford, 5:05 p.m.

Florence at Southern Illinois, 5:05 p.m.

Normal at River City, 6:05 p.m.

Washington at Evansville, 6:05 p.m.

Frontier at Gateway, 6:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Joliet at Traverse City, 6:05 p.m.

Washington at Evansville, 5:05 p.m., 1st game Lake Erie at Schaumburg, 6:30 p.m.

Windy City at Rockford, 7:05 p.m.

Normal at River City, 7:05 p.m.

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

Washington at Evansville, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game

VIEWS Hub Arkush BOURBONNAIS – A reported crowd of 8,000-plus showed up Saturday for the Bears second practice of the preseason camp at Olivet Nazarene and talk of playoffs and Super Bowls filled the air.

Is any of it justified? It’s just too soon to tell.

This much we do know.

Fans and some media who keep suggesting if the defense can just be a little better, maybe just average, that it makes the Bears a contender are nuts.

Average defenses don’t win Super Bowls, or even get the chance to lose one.

That is why the Bears brought in five new defensive linemen via free agency and drafted two more in the first three rounds, signed four free-agent safeties and drafted a cornerback in the first round, re-signed D.J. Williams and moved Shea McClellin to linebacker.

Again, it is way too early to say for sure how all that will work out, but the linebacker situation is troubling.

The Bears began rebuilding the linebacking unit by replacing 2013 linebackers coach Tim Tibesar with Reggie Herring.

Phil Emery thinks it’s a great start.

“Reggie Herring, I’ve heard people call him a throwback,” Emery said. “He is.

He’s as entertaining as he is a great coach. Players love being around him. I love being around him. You want to go play for him.”

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Bostic has been given the starting nickel linebacker spot and does appear a lot more comfortable and instinctive than last year.

The best linebacker on the field Saturday was actually 2013 fourth-round pick, Khaseem Greene. Like Bostic, he appears much more fluid and instinctive this year and parlayed that into an interception of Jordan Palmer that he returned for a touchdown.

Greene acknowledges Year 2 is like a different world for him.

“Definitely, I mean I know what to expect, I’ve got a better grasp of the playbook and I’m just going out there and trying to have fun and make plays,” he said.

At the end of the day, here’s the concern. If McClellin can play linebacker at all, he is probably best suited for the Mike/middle, or the outside rush spot in a 3-4 defense, which the Bears don’t play.

Bostic and Greene both are natural Will/weakside backers and that will be Briggs’ spot until at least the end of this season when his contract expires.

It’s possible the only natural Sam/strongside linebacker on the team is undrafted rookie free-agent Christian Jones and although he’s intriguing, he’s got a ton to learn.

As exciting as Day 2 might have been for all those fans, it’s a good thing we’ve got five weeks of training camp and exhibition season left to sort all this out.

We’ll see. The fact is if Lance Briggs and Williams are healthy, which neither were last year, they can play for anybody. Well into their 30s, can they stay on the field this year?

James Anderson was the Bears’ best linebacker last year and he wasn’t even invited back because the Bears refuse to quit on Emery’s first, first-round draft choice, McClellin, and they believe last year’s No. 2, Jon Bostic can play as well.

There no longer is any denying McClellin can’t play with a hand on the ground in the NFL, so he’s been given the starting strongside linebacker spot. Allegedly, there’s a competition for the spot with Bostic, but it’s clear it’s McClellin’s to lose.

Trestman said he’s warming up to the task.

“I’ve seen it all through the offseason,” he said. “I think he’s been encouraged by Reggie. We have a lot of confidence. We’re excited about seeing where this can go with Shea.”

At Saturday’s practice, McClellin looked uncomfortable and awkward. The reality might be that while he did have exceptional athletic skills for the defensive end spot – he just didn’t have the strength, power or instincts – at linebacker his athleticism is just average if that.

• Chicago Football editor Hub Arkush can be reached at harkush@chicagofootball.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

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MINNEAPOLIS – Chris Sale tied a season high with 12 strikeouts in eight dominant innings, Alexei Ramirez hit his 10th homer and the White Sox beat Minnesota, 7-0, Saturday night for their third straight win over the Twins.

Sale (10-1) scattered five hits to became the first Sox starter to win 10 of his first 11 decisions in a season since Mark Buehrle in 2005. It was also Sale’s 15th career game with 10 or more strikeouts, moving him into a tie for second on the team’s all-time list with Juan Pizarro.

The Sox had their way against Twins starter Logan Darnell (0-1) in his first major league start.

Adams, Pierzynski lead Cardinals past Cubs

CHICAGO – Matt Adams drove in four runs, A.J. Pierzynski had three hits in his St. Louis debut and the Cardinals beat the Cubs, 6-3, Saturday to stop a four-game skid.

Shelby Miller returned to the Cardinals’ rotation and pitched effectively into the sixth inning. Adams hit a tworun double in the first and a two-run triple in a four-run seventh that was capped by Pierzynski’s RBI single.

Randy Choate (2-2) got the last out of the sixth in relief of Miller.

Nate Schierholtz hit a solo shot for the Cubs in the sixth, tying it at 2. It was Schierholtz’s fourth career pinch-hit homer.

– Wire reports

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erpool vs. Olympiakos, 5 p.m., FS1 Tennis ATP World Tour, Atlanta Open, championship, 3 p.m., ESPN2 World Team Tennis, finals, Washington at Springfield, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Volleyball World Series of Beach Volleyball, women’s/men’s finals, 2:30 p.m., NBC (same-day tape)

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

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 12:40 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

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Kindness from a stranger Joliet woman wants to comfort pediatric cancer parents with gifts of jewelry

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OLIET – During the final six months of Allison’s Cieslak’s brain cancer battle, PBS filmed a documentary, “Children’s Hospital Profiles,” at what is now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

At one point during the filming, Allison, who loved jewelry and often made her own from pony beads, turned to her oncologist and Allison Cieslak said, “You should buy me a ruby diamond ring,” said Allison’s mother, Cheryl Henker of Joliet.

When the documentary aired, a woman in Alaska saw it and bought it for Allison, Henker said.

Allison died New Year’s Day 2013. Henker has decided it’s time to pass that blessing forward. To that end, Henker has created packets of unique jewelry – some vintage, some handcrafted.

Those packets also contain a chemotherapy log book, Allison’s story, instructions to keep one piece of jewelry and share another, and Henker’s contact information, in case parents of children with cancer wish to talk.

Henker has just one problem. She doesn’t know how to get these packets to the parents who most need them – the ones watching their children battle a disease without boundaries, she said.

Having been there, Henker knows the power of kindness from a stranger.

“It can brighten your day,” Henker said.

Several days ago, Henker gained an ally in her quest when Sandy Gerrettie of Joliet, who lost her husband Joe to

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One of the 70 jewerly packets Cheryl Henker of Joliet created in Allison’s memory. cancer in 2013, invited Henker to a backyard balloon release party in Joe’s memory. The two women met when Gerrettie owned the former Healing and Wellness Center in Joliet.

Henker couldn’t attend the release, but she told Gerrettie about her project. Gerrettie offered to take some of the jewelry packets and contact places that treat pediatric cancer patients. Gerrettie feels the jewelry distribution is also good for Henker, just as Gerrettie believes the balloon release will help her.

“It motivates us to get out of our sadness,” Gerrettie said. “I have great friends, but people get busy and fall away. We need something to do. Giving back to other people who are struggling can help. There are a lot of people out there who are alone.”

Allison, Henker said, was smart, funny and strongwilled, all traits that helped her deal with brain cancer.

When other kids might cry

and stomp at challenging procedures, Allison just dealt with it, Henker added.

The six-year cancer roller-coaster ride began when Allison was 6 years old and started tripping. Then she complained about the “dizzies” in her head. Henker, thinking “ear infection,” brought Allison to her pediatrician. The pediatrician ruled out the ear infection and sent Allison for an immediate MRI. Henker said they waited 10 hours for one to be available.

She realized the news was bad when she saw a doctor waiting for them after the test. Henker heard “malignant” and “brain tumor.”

An ambulance immediately whisked them away to the former Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago).

“When things move fast, you know you’re in trouble,” Henker said “We got there at

1:30 in the morning and by 8:30 they had her in surgery.

I told her, ‘They found out what’s causing the dizzies and they’re going to remove them.’ And then she said, ‘OK.’ ” From there, Henker said life became one awful round of emergency department visits, chemotherapy and radiation treatments, routine MRIs that found cancer in her spine, a stem cell transplant and experimental treatments. The treaments last, while not saving Allison’s life, extended it.

“We got two good years out of it,” Henker said All this originated from an egg-sized tumor that surgeons removed in that initial 10hour confident they had all the cancer, predicting only a 5 percent chance of recurrence, Henker said.

Treatments left Allison so weak, Henker had to carry her in and out of the hospital, she said. Blood counts would dip low and Allison would

return to the hospital with infections. On New Year’s Eve 2002, Allison developed a severe headache and died the next day, Henker said.

Henker knows what it’s like to balance work, family time and cancer care; learn unfamiliar medical terms; keep track of the many tests, medications and treatments; and watch cancer drain one’s wallet, despite Henker being a financial adviser.

Allison’s older sister, Lindsey Cieslak was just 10 years old when Allison became sick, Henker said. It was not uncommon for Henker to find someone to stay with Allison, rush from Chicago to one of Lindsey’s activities and then rush back to Chicago.

“Maybe my experiences could alleviate a little bit of something for somebody,” Henker said. “I’ve been there.

I understand.”

For information, contact Henker at clhenker@yahoo. com.

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PLAINFIELD – District 202 will sell surplus laptop and desktop computers to the community starting at 8 a.m. Aug. 2 at Plainfield North High School, 12005 S 248th Ave., Plainfield The event will continue until 4 p.m., or until all computers are sold, whichever comes first.

Customers are welcome to line up before 8 a.m. The line will start at the east door leading directly to the school cafeteria. A number will be issued to each adult. Customers’ place in line will be determined by their number. Customers must have their own number to buy a computer.

Computers to be sold include about 500 Dell Latitude model E6400 laptops for $90 and about 1,000 Optiplex model 960 desktops for $80. Most of the computers are about five to six years old.

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Laptops include their original batteries. Some laptop batteries are old and may need to be replaced.

Information regarding suggestions of where to purchase replacement batteries will be provided at the sale. All equipment will be sold “asis” without a warranty and with a limited return policy.

Cash, MasterCard or Visa credit and/or debit cards, will be accepted. Personal checks will not be accepted. For information, call the District 202 Computer Sale Hotline at 815-577-4407.

Lockport School District 91 registration info

LOCKPORT – The Milne-Kelvin Grove Schools will conduct in-person registration dates for the upcoming school year. These will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Aug. 4 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 5 at Kelvin Grove School, 808 Adams St., Lockport. Please bring all required documentation.

Families that have moved and new families must provide the following residency information: updated driver’s license or state ID of parent/guardian, a tax bill or mortgage

Also bring two of the following items showing the current address: utility bills, vehicle registration, proof of insurance or voter registration. New students must also provide a county birth certificate and notarized legal guardian form.

If you have any registration questions, visit www.d91.net or contact Mrs. Krumlinde at 815838-0737, ext. 104 or via email at lkrumlinde@d91.net.

police vehicles on display.

Free child fingerprinting and identification cards will be offered.

Admittance and parking are free.

St. Francis offers session to learn about college life

JOLIET – On Aug. 5, high school juniors and seniors can learn more about college life during the University of St. Francis Summer Sneak Peek at 500 Wilcox St., Joliet.

Students will learn more about college life, financial aid and choosing majors. Campus tours will be available. Students and their famJoliet Police to host ilies are also invited to an outdoor National Night Out event barbecue at 5 p.m. Reservations OLIET – From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. are required.

Aug. 5 in the greenway behind For information about Summer Haunted Trails located at 1423 Sneak Peek or to register for the North Broadway St., Joliet, the Joliet free program and barbecue, visit Police Department will host its www.stfrancis.edu/sneak-peek. annual National Night Out Against Crime celebration. The public is Marquette Bank locations invited to attend. offer School Supply Drive This annual event brings together Until Aug. 9, Marquette Bank will citizens, law enforcement agencies, host its annual School Supply Drive. local officials and local businesses Customers, employees, neighbors to increase anti-crime awareness. and businesses can donate school This fun-filled celebration will supplies at any of Marquette Bank’s include raffles and prize giveaways, 22 locations through Aug. 9. a Joliet Police Department canine All items collected will be donatdemonstration, and a variety of ed to local schools and students

in need. Call 888-254-9500 for details. Local branches are: 15730 W. 127th St., Lemont; 1876 W.

Airport Road, Romeoville; and 7560 W. 159th St., Orland Park.

– The Herald-News

Don & Joan Egly 50th Wedding Anniversary

Don and Joan Egly will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on August 1st, 2014.

Don and Joan were married August 1, 1964 at St Joseph Church, Joliet IL. They are the proud parents of Doug (Lisa) Egly and Mike (Kelly) Egly.

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Joe and Terri Rapp, formerly of Plainfield, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Christine, to Bradley Workman, son of Tim and Jan Workman, of Joplin, Missouri.

The bride to be is a 2009 graduate of Plainfield North High School. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2013, with a Bachelor’s of Science in Atmospheric Science and a minor in Spanish. She is currently working at KKTV-CBS affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as their morning meteorologist.

The future groom is a 2007 graduate from Webb City High School in Webb City, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 2013, with a Master’s of Science in Atmospheric Science.

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Jack and Nancy (Kijowski) Pelc of Lockport, were married August 1, 1964 at St John Vianney Church.

Jack was employed by Apple Chevrolet Inc. in Tinley Park as a Sales Manager. He retired May 4, 2012, and Nancy was employed by BMO Harris Bank of Lockport. She retired in 2004.

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ROMEOVILLE – The print edition of the Lewis University student newspaper, The Flyer, has been recognized by the American Scholastic Press Association with a first place award for general excellence.

Alex Veeneman, David Ridderhoff, Lauren Barnes, Brian Neal of Plainfield and Ashley Chaplin were on the staff that won the award.

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es, Andrea Lares, Ashton Estell and Kayla Cain Certificat d’Honneur: Caila DelaCruz

Certificat de Réussite:

Nnekakwo Adibe, Dannae Alonso, Anet Antol, Esmeralda Castelan , Claudia Chirio, Christian Comillas, Shania Gimenez, Daniel Granillo, Alia Kabba, Cecelia Luzzo, Madelea Perales, Carlee Rogala, Victor Salgado, Fernanda Sandoval and Victoria Wisniewski

out of a possible 1,000 points.

Judges allocated points after reviewing complete issues from the spring 2013 and fall 2013 semesters.

Areas critiqued included the newspaper’s content, editing, design, organization and artwork.

The copy editing staff earned a perfect score of 125 points in the editing category.

All the other categories earned strong scores.

The Flyer reports news and provides a forum for the

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iel Espinoza, Nelson Fang, Jazmin Sanchez and Marissa Zajac

Certificat de Réussite (French 4 AP): Ashton Carter, Robert

Clifford, Emily Handley, Matthew Moy, Stephanie Perez and Diego Rodgriguez

discussion of issues relevant to the Lewis University community through a biweekly print medium and online through www.thelewisflyer. com.

The print editorial staff consists of 17 students from a variety of academic majors who publish the newspaper in a manner consistent with the Lasallian mission of Lewis University and the accepted norms of American journalism.

– The Herald-News

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PLAINFIELD – Forty-five Plainfield East High School World Language students earned national recognition for excellent performance on the 2014 National French Contest exam (Le Grand Concours), sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French.

Four PEHS students earned bronze medals for scoring in the Top 10 nationwide. Forty students will receive a “Certificat de Réussite” (certificate of success) for scoring in the top half of all scores in the nation.

One student will receive a “Certificate d’Honneur” (certificate of honor) for scoring above the 85th percentile on the difficult and rigorous exam that measures listening, reading, and grammatical skills in French against students at the same level across the country.

About 100,000 students nationwide took the National French Contest exam. This year’s honorees are: Bronze Medals: Naomi Lar-

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Lincoln-Way Central seniors in Bobbi Pehle’s AP Psychology class have all signed the new banner hanging in her classroom.

Lincoln-Way Central seniors present banner

Ruminski, Zachary Lamonto, Blake Baran, Katie Stewart, NEW LENOX – The Lincoln-Way Ava Dees, Mark Basile, Caelen Central seniors presented a new Goudy, Hunter Lehman, Colin banner to Principal Steve Provis Jungles, Charlie Nevinger, Matt during the senior class picnic on Schilke, Phoenix Slager, Grant Rafol, Kyra Peters, Maddison May 30.

Dawson, Ava McCormick and The new banner with its 450 Grace Poynton. signatures is hanging in the Fourth-grade students: Peter entry lobby at Lincoln-Way Central High School. The banner Weygandt, Bridget Stagno, Leyla Eames, Sydney Johnson,Theresa recognizes the senior student Rincker, Morgan Thorsen, Kailey achievements and their plans White, Addysen Erick, Loralei after high school.

Quinn, Hailey McMahon, Sophia The banner grew out of the Tischer, Jasmine Muhammad, joint effort of social science Alexis Disera, Lauelei Thormeyteachers Bobbi Pehle and Tom er, Chloe Connor, Nick Leese, Finnegan and Student Activity Carter Navarro and Andrew Coordinator Dustin Waddell.

Miritello.

Waddell designed the banner.

Fifth-grade students: Chae Senior Jordan Davis, a student Garcia, Tori Lauffer, Makayla in Pehle’s Advanced Placement Psychology class, promoted the Davis, Ashley White, Kaitlyn Marks, Kayla McLaughlin and banner and encouraged seniors Noa Gavilan. to sign it with their names and the college, university or career JWHS participate in training they will attend.

Frankfort students ‘caught’ being good

FRANKFORT – A program at Chelsea Intermediate School enables teachers to “catch” students being good. The program ties into the school’s Character Counts character education program pillars of respect, trustworthiness, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

It is designed to celebrate students exhibiting these positive character traits.

During May, all six pillars were highlighted: Third-grade students: Alivia Ozinga, Alexis West, Michael Tucker, Emily Lavalle, Christian Moll, Kenny Gillette, Adam Cichon, Ryan Hussey, Nathaniel

World-A-Fair competition

JOLIET – On May 23, Joliet West High School students took on modern international issues during the World A-Fair competition.

The student projects tackled modern international issues, such as America’s use of drones, human rights abuses in North Korea, the One Child Policy in China and other relevant foreign policy issues.

After choosing a topic and completing extensive research, students created a unique thesis, interviewed a person with firsthand experience, located relative visuals and then finally designed an original presentation of their findings.

– The Herald-News

JOLIET – Joliet Central High School Engineering Graphics students are featured on a prominent technology company’s website, thanks to an innovative machine that is new to the class this year.

The student’s use of the uPrint 3D printer sparked the interest of JBH Technologies, Inc. after they viewed a video posted to YouTube

by JCHS STEM teacher Dale West.

The assignment that West documented on YouTube asked the students to recreate existing working drawings of a machine vise in a program called Autodesk Inventor.

After the original models and drawings were approved, the students were to re-engineer the parts of the machine vise.

The goal of the project was to improve the vise’s functionality, strength and stability.

The re-engineered prototype was 3D printed and each student created a presentation on their design.

The printer also allows the students to examine quality control based on the density of the model they have designed, and they can conduct an evaluation of cost analysis based on the

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Joliet Central High School students Jason Smith (top) and Alex Bati (bottom) used the 3D printer to re-engineer parts of a machine vise in their engineering graphics class. amount of material used per square foot.

The video can be found

on the left side of the company’s website at www.jbhtech. com.

Local students create Colonial Market The HERALD-NEWS FRANKFORT – Chelsea Intermediate School fifthgrade students proudly displayed their handmade goods at a Colonial Market held at the school recently.

The Colonial Market involved the entire grade level of fifth graders.

The students had studied the American Colonies and chose an artisan to represent at the Colonial Market.

They researched their artisan and had to describe precisely what the artisan did in his or her occupation.

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Chelsea Intermediate School fifth graders A.J. Lizak, Charlie Tucker and Jackson Vander Kooi represented cabinetmakers during the event.

They wrote a five-paragraph essay about the trade with quotes to support

their research, created a diorama depicting the setting or environment where their artisan worked, made a signboard to set up their shop and created 25 mini-products that were a representation of the products their artisan made.

The gymnasium was filled with student bakers, chefs, milliners, blacksmiths, school masters, candle makers, potters and representatives of other occupations of Colonial times.

Students were encouraged to dress in costume to represent their artisan.

The HERALD-NEWS PLAINFIELD – At its regular meeting on May 17, the District 202 Board of Education approved appointing five new assistant principals for next school year.

Vicki Jonathan Foster Puklin will serve as an assistant principal at Plainfield High School – Central Campus. He will replace Mary Boyd in the posi-

Jonathan Puklin

Kyle Harej

tion. Boyd accepted a position in another district earlier this winter.

Puklin comes to District 202 from Central High School in Burlington, where he has been assistant principal since 2010.

The Board also approved appointing current Heritage

Anthony Pape

Vicki Lilas

Grove Middle School 7th grade teacher Anthony Pape as the school’s new assistant principal. He will replace Marc Campbell, who has accepted a position with another district. Pape has been teaching in District 202 for eight years.

The Board also approved

appointing Lakewood Falls Elementary School fifth grade teacher Vicky Foster as the school’s new assistant principal. Foster, who has been teaching in District 202 for 12 years will replace Tyler Broders, who has accepted a new position in another district.

Eichelberger Elementary School special education teacher Kyle Harej will be the new assistant principal at River View Elementary School.

Harej will replace Megan Calleros, who has accepted a position in another district.

He started his education ca-

reer in 2008 as a 4th and 5th grade special education teacher at Meadow View Elementary. Harej has taught at Eichelberger since 2010.

Finally, the Board approved appointing Vicki Lilas as the new assistant principal at Grand Prairie Elementary School. Lilas has been serving as the interim assistant principal at Grand Prairie since late winter, filling in for outgoing assistant principal Molly Wepprecht while she was on leave. Wepprecht has accepted a position in another district.

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PEOPLE BRIEFS Lincoln-Way high schools receive grant NEW LENOX – Lincoln-Way Central & West Department Chair Carollyn Mushro and Lincoln-Way East & North Department Chair Peg Bobber learned that District 210 was awarded a grant from the Illinois Council for the Arts and Foreign Languages for the 20142015 school year.

The grant of $20,985 will provide a variety of staff development and curricular improvements.

The goal is to continue development of the new Mandarin Chinese program, which started in the 2013-14 school year, and to assist students in attaining the new Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy Award.

The Seal of Biliteracy requires students to demonstrate competency in both their native language and a foreign language as well as earning Advanced Placement credits in high school for college and university courses.

This past year, 87 students received the Seal of Biliteracy Award and approximately 125 students took the Advanced Placement Exams.

Both department chairs agreed that focusing foreign language teaching and learning to what students can do with the language is extremely beneficial for students’ future careers, travel and diversity.

The grant will assist teachers in learning and implanting methods that produce proficient students.

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Pictured are students Anna Gatson, Lincoln College; Courtney Toran, Robert Morris College; Kynede Kackson, Northern Illinois University; who all received $1,000 scholarships from the Joliet Area, Kappa Mu Omega Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. through a grant given by The Silver Cross Healthy Community Commission at the sorority’s Scholarship Tea on June 8.

Cadets are nominated by local Joliet West student earns awards from cadet contest Illinois chapters and are required JOLIET – Joliet West High School junior Stephanie Lee is ranked fourth in the nation and first in Illinois after competing in the 2014 National Outstanding Cadet Contest held in Springfield.

Lee received the “Outstanding Cadet” award from the State of Illinois’ Stephanie Lee Sons of the American Revolution, in which she was awarded $500 and the opportunity to compete at the national level.

to write an original essay of 500 to 700 words on the topic, “How has JROTC prepared you to be a better citizen of the United States of America.” The award is presented to an Outstanding Cadet in their next to last year of JROTC in a four year program at their high school. The program is designed to allow all candidates to be evaluated equally regardless of the military service they represent.

Plainfield East High School teacher wins award PLAINFIELD – Consolidated

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Equipment Sean Berna of New Lenox, performs maintenance on the ship’s catapult system aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

High School District 230 recently inducted Plainfield East high school English teacher and student council advisor Kate Morris into its Foundation Legacy Hall.

Morris graduated from District 230’s Carl Sandburg High School in 2000.

Morris’ sister, 17-year-old Erin Olmsted died in 1997 in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Morris has worked since then to try to help teens and young adults avoid the painful consequences of drinking and driving.

The District 230 Foundation Legacy Hall recognizes and honors graduates from Sandburg, Stagg and Andrew high schools who exemplify District 230’s core mission of producing adults prepared to realize their lifelong potential in an ever-changing

world.

In 1998, Morris and her family founded the Erin E. Olmsted Memorial Scholarship, for graduating seniors at Sandburg High School. Morris also started giving scholarships to PEHS seniors four years ago.

Sandburg High School and PEHS students have received $45,000 through the scholarship.

Morris also works with the Alliance against Intoxicated Motorists and regularly speaks to high school and college students about the dangers of drunken driving.

She also helps run the Erin’s AAIM for Change 5K run/walk each September. Proceeds from the run help fund the scholarship and support AAIM. – The Herald-News

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Lincoln-Way North Class of 2014 graduates Alexis Cesario, Bethany Dombkowski and Brenna Stremlau are all smiles after receiving their diplomas in a special graduation ceremony held at Lincoln-Way North High School. All three are members of the soccer team, which finished fourth in Class 3A.

LWNHS hosts special graduation ceremony The HERALD-NEWS FRANKFORT – A special graduation was held at Lincoln-Way North recently for the three seniors that gave up graduating with their senior class to help their soccer team win a supersectional title and a fourth-place trophy during in the IHSA Class 3A state competition.

The senior graduates are Alexis Cesario, Bethany Dombkowski and Brenna Stremlau.

The supersectional soccer match was held on the same day and at the same time as Lincoln-Way North’s graduation ceremony June 3.

Alexis will attend Columbia College and major in biol-

ogy; Bethany will attend the University of St. Francis and major in elementary education and Brenna will attend Roosevelt University and major in communications and media studies.

Class of 2014 graduates Brandy Benak, David Blakeman, John Larson and Ali Stachowicz began the ceremony by singing the National Anthem, as they did for their fellow graduates at the June 3 North ceremony.

Additional participants in the ceremony were Mike Murphy, head girls soccer coach; Christine Glatz, member of the L-W Board of Education; and Dr. R. Scott Tingley, District 210 Superintendent.

Hickory Creek Middle School students Skype with author The HERALD-NEWS FRANKFORT – Hickory Creek Middle School sixthgrade students recently had an opportunity to Skype visit with Caudill award-winning author Adam Gidwitz.

The opportunity came about when sixth grader Aisling Hanly contacted her favorite author to ask if he would Skype with her grade level since seventh graders

were able to Skype with author Jordan Sonnenblick earlier this year.

Librarian Marybeth Raynes worked with the author to set up a Skype session with the students. However, Aisling and her family were in Ireland on vacation that day. The school’s technology coordinator, Dawn Davis, set up a three-way Skype so that Aisling and the class were able to Skype with the author.

part in the program.

Students enrolled in Colonna’s Christian Faith and FRANKFORT – The following the Arts course and Cremin’s Hickory Creek Middle School Culture and Civilization course students had perfect attenparticipated on the trip, dance: including Erin Carey, Angelique Sixth grade: Ashley EsposiCope, Alison Cross, Danielle to, Ashten Gentry, Anthony Gordon, Reece Guderjan, Karina Curtis, Juliana Estrada, Alyssa Jimenez, Sarah Johnson, Tren- Faciana, Michael Foster, Marvin Gomez, Nikki Insalaco, Melissa ton Lyke, Tyler Madsen, Kira Martin, Alec Ogarek, Madalynn Jimmenez, Catherine Kelly, Katie Maki, Theresa Marten, O’Neil, Amanda Pacini, ElizaMarikate McCann, Mary Moran, beth Parduhn, Alicia Pearson, Sarah Sasanelli, Kate Stevens Gabriella Vena, Sydney West and Danielle Vitagliano. and Kristina Winter.

The Study Abroad office Seventh grade: Nahum provides students at Lewis Arriaga, Matthew Chay, University the chance to Jordan Jacobucci, Alexandria complement and enhance their Johnson, Michael Manning, academic careers with a variNicholas Mihajlovich, Carter ety of international academic Moore, Chloe Murray, Daniel opportunities.

Pacini, Samuel Roh, Camryn Shirley, Emma Stefanovich, Homer Glen Foundation Darius Stewart, Barry White seeks donations and Caden Wise.

HOMER GLEN – In July 1919 Eighth grade: Lindsey Ball, Evan Bruninga, William Cooley, the residents of Erin Hills subdivision joined together to Allison Dalstrom, Cody Geijer, celebrate the opening of Erin Javon McAllister, Kerigan McAllister, Alexa Mikrut, Con- Hills Neighborhood Park.

The village park was made nor Nelligan, Lucas Nienhouse , possible by an Open Space Olivia Pertchi, Audrey VanLand Acquisition and Develderpool, Ashley Williams, Joel opment Grant acquired by Willis and Nicholas Zavis.

Homer Glen. The Homer Glen Note: Eighth-grader Javon Foundation pledged $10,000 McAllister had perfect attento show community support dance during his entire three and improve the likelihood of years at Hickory Creek. Eigththe village being selected as a grade student athletes Ciara grant recipient.

Glancy and Dominic Tagler The Erin Hills Park includes had the highest grade point playground equipment, a small average. picnic shelter, a 3-hole putting green, and an open play area. It Lewis University also includes passive recrestudents travel to Italy ation with open space and a ROMEOVILLE – From the Roman Coliseum to Michelan- walking trail.

The foundation is now gelo’s David, Lewis University students experienced the many seeking donations for a new playground, fitness equipment, sights of Italy during a 10-day Travel Study trip from May 10 and a splash pad at Sendra Park. through 20.

Visit www.HomerGlenFounThe Italy travel study dation.com for details. program has become one of the cornerstones of the Study Abroad Office. This trip was the Joliet Public Schools 10th time Dr. Dominic Colonna, D-86 honors retirees professor of theology, has JOLIET – Joliet Public Schools led students to Italy, and the District 86 recently honored seventh time for Dr. Dennis the following retirees.

Cremin, professor of history, These employees have over the past eight years. Each worked in District 86 for a year, 15 to 20 students take combined total of 862 years:

Linda Anderson, T.E. Culbertson Elementary; Deborah Carter, JFK Center; David Chouinard, JFK Center; Debra Cobb, JFK Center; Judith Damyen, Sator Sanchez Elementary; James Dulka, JFK Center; Mary Ferdinand, Taft Elementary; Kathryn Gannaway, Forest Park Individual Education School; Sandy Gavin, JFK Center; Lydia Granda, Farragut Elementary; Sue Green, Farragut Elementary; Janice Kasper, JFK Center; Rose Kerr, Taft Elementary; Frances Krance, Hufford Junior High; Arline Kreis, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Debra Kusnik, Dirksen Junior High; Rose Lanier, Isaac Singleton Elementary; Elizabeth Lindholm, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Lynn Minarich, Hufford Junior High; Karen Morris, Gompers Junior High; Patricia Nelson, Taft Elementary; Christine Noonan, JFK Center; Thomas Onofrey, Eisenhower Academy; Patricia Padden, Pershing Elementary; Kimberly Pfoutz, Dirksen Junior High; Rose Prieboy, JFK Center; Earline Shelby, T.E. Culbertson Elementary; Geraldine Sossong, Hufford Junior High; Deborah Stickler, JFK Center; Reanna Tyree, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Wilhelmina Teller, Farragut Elementary; Linda Walczak, JFK Center; and Anna White, Hufford Junior High.

Congratulations to the following Joliet Grade School employees who celebrated working 25 years in district: Peggy Jeffries, Woodland Elementary; Rose Kerr, Taft Elementary; Maria Martinez, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Thomas McGregor, A.O. Marshall Elementary; Kathleen Partilla, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Dawn Schwahn, Hufford Junior High; Vivian Sheils, Gompers Junior High; Karen Smith, Dirksen Junior High; Patricia Smith, JFK Center; Janet Travaglio, Dirksen Junior High; William White, Jr., JFK Center; Susan Wychocki, Marycrest Early Childhood Center; and Jean Yates, Farragut Elementary.

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PUZZLES SUDOKU

BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Your lead leads partner correctly

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Albert Einstein said, “A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.”

At the bridge table, leads are very important. And not only do you have to lead the right suit, but you must also be careful which card you select.

In this deal, South is in four hearts. West leads the diamond eight. How should East plan the defense?

North’s two-no-trump response was the Jacoby Forcing Raise, guaranteeing at least four-card heart support and game-forcing values. South rebid four hearts to show a minimum opening bid and no singleton or void.

West led a diamond because that suit was stronger than his clubs.

East knew that his partner’s lead was top of nothing. And it couldn’t be a singleton, because that would have given South five diamonds and a singleton or void, which he had denied in the auction. Also, now dummy had diamond winners on which South could discard losers.

East realized that his side had to take, in order, one diamond, one spade and two clubs. But how to get West to win his spade trick and shift to a club?

At trick two, East carefully led the spade nine, the high card in principle denying an honor in the suit. West got the message and defeated the contract.

If East had led the spade two, West would have probably put in a lower spade to force out dummy’s king, or won with his ace and returned the suit.

Remember, a low lead from length expresses an interest in trying to win tricks in that suit.

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DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Unlike in generations past, people today sometimes change careers several times in their working lives, so don’t be afraid that you’ll be stuck in some unpleasant rut forever. The more you learn and the more people you meet, the greater your options will be, so stop worrying.

Dear Abby: In 1972 when I was 12, my father found out that I was gay, although that wasn’t the word he used.

After a severe beating that landed me in the hospital, I realized that to survive I was going to have to live “straight.”

Eventually I married, and for almost 25 years I was relatively happy.

My wife died of cancer five years ago, and now I need to

move on.

Can someone my age enter gay society? One thing I have noticed is that it can be more difficult for older gay men than straight.

Any suggestions or should I just continue living the lie? – At A Crossroads In Minnesota Dear At A Crossroads: The gay community may be biased toward youth, but that doesn’t mean it is impossible to be a part of it. You have “served your time” hiding in the straight world.

Contact the nearest gay and lesbian center (lgbtcenters.org) and talk to someone there about your chances of successfully integrating.

I’m sure you will be pleasantly surprised because most centers have programs for LGBT people of all ages.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Watch out for excess butter, sugar and salt when eating out Dear Doctor K: I travel regularly for work, so I have to eat out a lot. Could you give me some strategies to make restaurant meals healthier?

Dear Reader: Eating out can ruin even the healthiest diets.

That’s because restaurants – and not just fast-food joints – tend to overdo the butter, sugar and salt. I spoke to registered dietitian Kathy McManus, director of the Department of Nutrition for Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She assured me that you can enjoy a meal (or several) on the road if you follow a few handy tips: • Watch the portions.

Restaurant entrees tend to be large enough to feed at least two people. When my wife and I go to a restaurant, we use one of two strategies: Strategy No. 1: We jointly choose the entree and split it.

Usually we split an appetizer, too.

Strategy No. 2: If strategy No. 1 threatens marital harmony, we each choose our own entree and ask the wait staff to wrap up half of it to take home. I also employ strategy No. 2 when I’m

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff eating out alone.

• Hold the butter and salt.

Many menu items contain hidden butter and salt. Ask your server how a meal is prepared before you order. If something is typically prepared in butter, ask for it to be steamed or broiled without added butter, or sauteed in olive oil instead.

Likewise, ask that the chef go easy on added salt.

• Don’t be shy about asking for substitutions. The restaurant staff will likely be used to switching out white rice for brown and white pasta for whole-wheat pasta. Request a small salad or green vegetable instead of onion rings, or black beans instead of French fries.

• Ask your waiter for sauce to be served on the side. Instead of drizzling the sauce on your meal, dip your fork into the sauce first, and then place your fork and its few drops of sauce onto a bite of food. That way you’ll get to experience the taste

without overdoing it. The same thing works for salad dressing.

• Plan ahead. Look at the restaurant’s menu online, or call ahead and ask questions.

Decide what you’re going to order ahead of time. That way, you won’t look at the menu and be tempted to order a more indulgent entree when you arrive.

Sound silly? It works.

• Eat slowly. Why? The daily recommended calorie intake for men and women is 2,700 and 2,100 calories, respectively. It’s not unusual for a restaurant entree to have more than 3,000 calories. A meal doesn’t start to reduce our appetite for 15 to 20 minutes. It is easy, particularly when you’re hungry, to down an entire meal in 15 to 20 minutes.

It will be finished before you feel full. So eat slowly, stop eating when you start to feel full, and ask the wait staff to pack up what’s left. And now you have another dinner to enjoy at home.

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

Dr. Wallace: Ashley and I had been seeing each other for over six months, when she met another guy and decided that she wanted to break up with me to go out with this other guy. She started to get serious with him after we broke off our relationship.

About two weeks ago, I saw Ashley at a party and she came over to me, and since her boyfriend wasn’t there, we had a long talk and she told me that she really still loved me. She said she wanted us to get back together again, and I told her I thought it was a great idea. She said she would break up with her boyfriend the next day and that she would contact me then. We kissed and it was just like old times when we were going out together.

After a week passed and she didn’t contact me, I called her. I asked when we were getting back together and she said that she’d like to see me, but that she hasn’t been able to get the courage to dump her boyfriend just yet.

What do you suggest I should do? I would do almost anything to get Ashley back. – Confused, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Confused: Contact Ashley occasionally to find out if she’s unattached, but don’t go out with her until she is.

I wonder why she’s finding it so difficult to break up with her current boyfriend. She didn’t seem to have this problem when she said goodbye to you.

Dr. Wallace: This summer I met Mitch when I was visiting my grandmother in Chicago. We dated several times and I had a great time, and I

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace think he did also. When it was time for me to return home, we agreed to stay in touch with one another by email. I have emailed him at least once every week since I got home, and he has only answered me once. I sent him a gift for his birthday, but so far I have received no response, so I’m wondering if he received it.

Last night I called him and asked him if he had received my gift, and he said that he had, but that his girlfriend wasn’t happy that he was receiving gifts from a “strange” girl. This made me furious. I also told him that I considered him to be a rat for not telling me that he had a girlfriend.

I’ll never know if he had this girlfriend when he was dating me. Was I wrong in asking for my gift to be returned? It cost me over $60 of my hardearned money. – Nameless, Newport, R.I. Dear Nameless: I can’t tell you the number of times summer romances have faded away once summer ends and reality replaces fantasy. I agree that you should have been informed that a “girlfriend” had entered the picture.

It took a little spunk to ask this guy to return the birthday gift you sent him, but I also agree that you were right in asking him to return it. After all, you wouldn’t have sent it if you were aware that he had a girlfriend.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@ galesburg.net.

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Dear Abby: I am an 18-year-old high school senior who is scared about what’s going to happen after graduation. For the past three years I have known exactly where I’ll be and what I will be doing in the general sense.

Now that I have one more year to go, I’m worried that I won’t know what to do or how to do it when I graduate.

I have talked to counselors and my dad, but they all say the same thing.

Do you have any advice? – Uneasy In Idaho Dear Uneasy: Sit down someplace quiet and make a list of what your interests and talents are. If necessary, next year visit the career counseling department of your nearest community college or university and take some aptitude tests.

This will give you an idea of what direction you may want to take in deciding what you should do next.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Mick Jagger (1943), singer-songwriter; Helen Mirren (1945), actress; Kevin Spacey (1959), actor; Sandra Bullock (1964), actress; Jeremy Piven (1965), actor; Kate Beckinsale (1973), actress.

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Follow your instincts to a prosperous future. Plan a trip or redevelop an old goal or creative endeavor. People you encounter will be glad to lend you a helping hand on your journey upward. You are at a crossroads, and must prepare for new beginnings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Variety is the spice of life. Get involved in as many activities and recreational pastimes as you can. The new experiences and friendships that result will keep you stimulated.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Make sure you are compatible with the other party before forming a partnership. Working methods, time management and response to pressure should all be evaluated. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – A loved one could use a little nurturing. Be sensitive to the feelings of others, and you will gain respect and an ally who will back you when needed.

Show compassion.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Your popularity is growing. Although you have set a high standard, continue with your self-improvement plans. You will be admired for the positive personal changes you undertake.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – An unsettling confrontation can be expected. Complete as much as possible before someone challenges you or goads you into an argument. You can avoid trouble if you keep a low profile.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Some positive changes are heading your way. An old friend is likely to surface. Reconnecting with a phone call or email will remind you of the good times you had together.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You need to take decisive action regarding a situation that you’re currently facing. You have everything you need, but your dreams will not come true until you have put your plans in motion.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Consider minor changes to your home or lifestyle. Look at your options before spending a lot of money on something. Once you have investigated the possibilities, you will make an ideal choice.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – If you are looking to move forward in your career, find out everything you can about your chosen field. Social media, libraries or even your workplace will help you to prepare your strategy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Someone has been singing your praises. You must be ready to take action and prove your worth.

The window of opportunity for positive change will be small. Take the plunge.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Your creative juices are flowing. Keep yourself active mentally and physically, and get the most out of your day. Take on new challenges and activities in order to feel motivated.

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Actors Emma Stone (left) and Colin Firth are shown in this scene from “Magic in the Moonlight,” the latest film from Woody Allen. Firth plays a magician who is out to expose a spiritual con artist, played by Stone.

In ‘Magic,’ Woody Allen’s quirks shine through

By STEPHANIE MERRY The Washington Post Emma Stone and Colin Firth bring an amusing vitality to a movie, especially when they’re engaged in quick-witted sparring. So watching them try to outmaneuver each other in “Magic in the Moonlight” – Woody Allen’s latest period romantic comedy – is delightful.

Firth once again plays a charming twerp. He’s positively Darcy-esque as the confoundingly appealing Stanley, an abrasive Brit who most people know as Wei Ling Soo. The renowned magician can make an elephant disappear and obscure his true identity under loads of eye makeup, a kimono and a faux Fu Manchu mustache. Offensive? Yes, but keep in mind that the year is 1928.

After a performance in Berlin, Stanley is visited by an old friend, Howard (Simon McBurney), who needs a favor.

Howard is friends with a wealthy family living in the South of France, and it appears the matriarch is being swindled by a con artist who claims to be a spiritual medium. But Howard – also a magician – can’t figure out how she’s levitating candles and unloading trivia about the family that no one else knows.

Stanley, who fancies himself the greatest of debunkers, can hardly contain his excitement as he sets off for

France to expose Kalamazoo native Sophie Baker (Stone) and her stage mother (Marcia Gay Harden). The only problem is that Sophie is so darn adorable, with her winning smile and upbeat attitude, that no one wants to doubt her. The heir to the family’s fortune, Brice (Hamish Linklater), even wants to marry her, and he lets her know by constantly, painfully serenading her with his ukulele.

Watching the unruffled Sophie spar with Stanley is great fun. He doesn’t believe in God, much less a spirit world, and he has no intention of sugarcoating his feelings. But he also can’t hide his surprise at how much Sophie knows about him and his family. Could she be the real thing?

The biggest problem with “Magic in the Moonlight” is its origins. If it were made by any other director, it would be heralded as a first-rate romantic comedy. But anyone who has seen a couple Woody Allen films will recognize aspects of his other movies, from the depressive protagonist and the mysticism, to the European vacation setting and the existentialism. Let’s hope the auteur is as good at recycling his plastic bottles as he is at reusing plot points.

The most blatant of the revisited motifs is the May-December romance.

There’s a nearly 30-year age difference

between Firth and Stone, and while both characters are alluring in their own ways, the discrepancy can prove distracting. Granted, the gap isn’t as egregious as in some of Allen’s other movies (four decades separate Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood, stars of “Whatever Works”), but let’s just say that Firth seems like a guy who looks good for his age – until he’s next to a woman so impeccably youthful, she’s the face of Revlon. That Sophie appears to be more taken with Stanley than he is with her practically begs for an eye roll.

If you can overcome that obstacle, “Magic” has many pleasures: good dialogue, a jazzy score, an element of mystery and an idyllic, summery setting. It’s also beautifully shot using what appears to be a lot of natural light.

You can practically feel the heat of the sun emanating from the screen.

It may not be wholly original or without its flaws, but “Magic in the Moonlight” offers a pleasant vacation from reality. And what more could you want from a summer movie?

•”Magin in the Moonlight” received two-and-a-half stars out of four stars.

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BEST BETS ± 6 p.m. TRAVEL Bikinis & Boardwalks: This survey series of summer vacation hot spots begins Season 2 with the new episode “Brazilian and Bondi Beauties,” which takes viewers to one of Australian’s vacation magnets: Bondi Beach, a mecca for adrenaline junkies. Next, the locale shifts to Florianopolis, Brazil, where the beaches include dunes that sandboarders love “riding.” Afterwards, they refuel with some of the traditional local barbecue.

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DISPATCHERS

Plainfield alarm company has an immediate opening for (1) parttime 2nd shift & (2) full-time 1st shift Dispatchers. Candidates must have excellent customer service Driver skills & be proficient in Microsoft Office programs. Send resume to: Class A CDL Drivers WANTED. dioffice@sbcglobal.net. Fax: 815MAKE .50 CPM! 436-1457. Mail: 24802 Caton 100% NO TOUCH, Farm Rd, Plainfield, IL 60586 90% DROP AND HOOK! REGULAR ROUTES, FULL BENEFITS!

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DRIVERS

Local company is looking for drivers to transport railroad crews up to a 200 mile radius from Joliet. Must live within 20 minutes of Joliet, be 21 or older, and pre-employment drug screen required. A company vehicle is provided, paid training, and benefits. No special license needed. Compensation is $8.50 per hour.

Apply online at: www.renzenberger.com

CALL NOW 888-616-0368 or 309-517-5926 Drivers: Postal routes out of Romeoville, IL. $21.71/hour plus $4.85/hour USPS Health & Welfare Regional OTR CDL-A positions (Not a local position). Apply: www.eagleexpresslines.com Education

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Attn-CDL-A Drivers Predictable flatbed routes operating in IA, IL, IN & MI area.

Home Weekends, No Tarping, Top Pay & Benefits!

Expect the BEST at TMC! Call 855-409-3630 www.tmctrans.com

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Plainfield area. For more details go to www.wescom-9-1-1.org Deadline for application 8/22 4pm

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TRUCKS NEEDED FOR DEDICATED LANE

Auto

LUBE TECH & MECHANIC Must be dependable, honest, have own tools. Apply within: Shorewood Lube & Service, 722 Cottage St, Shorewood or call 815-744-5322

Dining Room Servers

Part Time and Full Time Great job for students and homemakers! Franciscan Village is a senior housing - continuing care retirement community located in Lemont Illinois.

Requirements: No experience necessary, but any restaurant experience a plus. Must be able to work in a fast pace environment.

Interested candidates can forward resume to: jjackson@ franciscancommunities.com or apply in person at: 1270 Village Drive, Human Resources.

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Warehouse Packers & Machine Operators!

We will be hosting a Job Fair on Thursday, July 31 from 10am-1pm at the following location:

Elite Staffing, Inc.

301 E. Cass St., Joliet, IL 60432 (779) 279-8380 Must have a resume and 2 forms of legal ID to be interviewed at the job fair. Must be able to work a 12-hour shift (7pm-7am ).

This is a full time position with full benefits including health, vision, and dental after 90 days of temporary employment. *Must be able to pass a criminal background check & a drug test* Temporary to Hire. $9.00-10.50/hr

OWNER OPERATORS needed for a specialized carrier headquartered in Coal City, IL. Must be a minimum of 23 years old with 18 months over the road experience preferably with flatbed and have a good driving record. Your equipment must meet D.O.T. requirements. We offer steady regional, over the road and local year round work. Dedicated lanes are also available. To find out what our settlement program is contact Cardinal Transport, Inc. at 800-435-9355 Attn: Jill or Laura in Recruiting or visit our website at www.cardinaltransport.com.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

CLASSROOM TEACHERS LBS1 required

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Election Administrator Proficient in Microsoft Office, accounting skills and QuickBooks a plus, Crystal Reports a MUST. Self starter with excellent organizational skills.

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LOCAL DRIVERS Join one of the leading producers of quality single-use foodservice products. We are currently looking for qualified applicants for the following position:

Local Drivers

Driver will operate tractor/trailer to pick up/or deliver merchandise, do pre trip/post trip inspections of equipment, maintain driver logs and records, and unload/load merchandise.

Qualified applicants must have a CDL license, a good driving record, and have a minimum of 2 years tractor-trailer experience.

For immediate consideration please apply online at

www.dart.jobs

Dart Container Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

PAINTERS NEEDED

Maintenance Mechanics Apollo Colors is a specialty chemical manufacturer of pigmented base products for the printing ink industry, located in Rockdale, IL. We are seeking Mechanics and those with good mechanical aptitude to repair and maintain pumps, mixers, piping, compressors, boilers and various machines in our plant.

Full time temp-to-hire positions available. Opportunities for hire will be determined by job performance and business conditions.

Pay rate based on experience, skill and abilities. Hired candidates will receive full benefit package.

Applicant screening includes aptitude and drug test, and criminal background check.

Apply in person or email: Apollo Colors 1550 Mound Road Rockdale, IL 60436 jobs@apollocolors.com equal opportunity employer

Maintenance Senior Living Community seeks: FT Maintenance Director Supervisory Experience preferred FT Maintenance Assistant PT Caregivers (6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm) PT Evening Dining Services Aide Apply at: 1681 Willow Circle Dr, Crest Hill or fax 815-725-5853

Experienced or will train.

Must have transportation.

Pay according to skills.

Call 630-209-3628, ask for Frank.

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Manufacturing $11-$14/hr Andrews Staffing JOB FAIR Thursday, July 31st, 2014 1:30pm-3:30pm ** Joliet, IL Workforce Services Division of Will County, 4th Floor 214 North Ottawa Street Machine Operator Quality Control Forklift Driver If you cannot attend, please call 630-226-9500 or email ashley.m@andrews-staffing.com

Construction

R&D THIEL: RESIDENTIAL CARPENTERS TOP PAY and BENEFITS

R & D Thiel the Chicagoland's largest carpenter contractor for the past 60 years is seeking CARPENTERS and CARPENTER HELPERS. We offer full time steady work and the ability to work throughout the year. Since we have over 60 jobsites throughout the Chicagoland area we attempt to hire carpenters at jobsites nearest the towns that they reside to minimize travel. We supply all jobs with wall panels and trusses pre-built to help our field crews all flown by crane trucks. OUR WAGES AND BENEFITS ARE UNMATCHED IN OUR MARKET!! See the following: Wages: $14/hr for Helpers & up to $37/hr for Carpenter Foremen.

Ability to quickly progress to top of scale.

Healthcare provided 100% company funded (FREE) for employee; employee+spouse; employee+children. NO RESIDENTIAL CARPENTER CONTRACTOR OFFERS THIS BENEFIT. Dental and vision coverage offered.

Participation in the 401K Retirement and Savings Plan offered.

We provide all air, gas and electric powered tools.

FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND JOB ASSIGNMENT RESPOND AS FOLLOWS:

Call Don at 708-906-8091 (DuPage, Kane and Kendall county jobs) -orCall Bob at 815-560-2029 (Cook and Will Co. jobs) -orCall Lee at 815-739-8882 (DuPage and Will Co. jobs) -orCall Brian at 815-560-2000 (McHenry, Kane, DuPage and Cook County jobs) -orThrough our website career page at www.carpentercontractors.com -orRespond with resume at Humanresources@rdthiel.com Or call 815-544-1699 and asked to be placed on the field hiring list.

877-264-2527

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Project Sales Consultant Fbi Buildings

Opening In Morris, IL This requires knowledge of the area, building the territory through personal contacts, direct mail programs, referrals, etc.

Respond to customers by determining their needs and matching those to FBi Buildings capabilities. Work with customer to prepare building site, maximize selling margin and profit-perproject. Must have a minimum of 5 years sales experience or construction experience/4 year degree in Sales/Marketing/Construction or related field. All submissions confidential.

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FINANCE DIRECTOR CRYSTAL LAKE

Imagine yourself working for an innovative multi-media organization!

Shaw Media is seeking a full-time Finance Director.

Shaw is a multi-media company publishing daily, weekly, and national publications, along with glossy magazines and award winning websites.

The Finance Director will oversee all financial activities in the Shaw Media Crystal Lake, IL office, and supervise and direct the day-to-day operations of this fast-paced office. This position will work directly with the Corporate Finance team, as well as with other associates & executives throughout the company.

Responsibilities: This position will participate in and coordinate the month-end financial closing process; prepare, oversee and analyze monthly forecasting as well as be a key player in the annual budgeting process. This person will be responsible for all facets of the Advertising and A/R software and have a firm understanding of all components and reports that are needed to account for the sales in this dynamic multi-media organization.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, and at least 5 years experience in a management position.

Candidates must be detail oriented and have the ability to work accurately in a quickly changing deadline driven environment. Qualified candidates will have a thorough knowledge of accounting, possess strong communication, strategic, analytical, and problem solving skills, as well as have a proficient knowledge of Excel. Industry and Vision Data Software experience is a plus.

To learn more about Shaw Media visit our website www.shawmedia.com.

Shaw Media offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package including Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO health coverage, 401K with match, and much more!

For immediate consideration, submit resume, cover letter and salary requirements to: Recruitment@shawmedia.com or Apply Now at: www.shawsuburbanmedia.com/careers Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer.

Pre-employment background check and drug screen required. This posting may not include all duties of position. EOE.

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DINING ROOM SERVERS PART TIME

Securitas Security Services USA, Inc./Pinkerton (SUSA/PNK), the largest Security provider in the world, has immediate openings for Security Officers in the Aurora and Joliet Areas.

Candidates must be willing to attend a 2 week paid training session in Peoria, IL upon hire.

Candidates must possess a High School Diploma/G.E.D., valid driver's license, be 18 years of age or older, have reliable transportation, and must be willing to submit to background procedures including drug screen, background check & physical.

We offer paid training, 401k, free uniforms and great career advancement opportunities.

Wages start at $14.00 per hour after successful completion of training.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabilities Please apply at: www.securitasjobs.com and select the Aurora or Joliet, IL - SUSA/PNK office location.

Or Fax us a resume at 309-673-9166

The Timbers of Shorewood retirement community seeks friendly dining room servers to assist residents, guests, & staff.

Responsibilities include taking orders, serving, maintaining work stations, and providing a high level of customer service.

Must be available to work weekends and holidays.

Apply in person at Timbers of Shorewood 1100 N. River Road Shorewood, IL 60404

MEGA

40x60 BARN SALE & ½ Acre MOVING SALE School House DayCare

NOW ENROLLING- West Joliet Location for fall all day care ages infants through 12 yrs old. Transportation provided for school. 50% off 2 weeks. Open Monday – Friday 6AM-6PM. One week free Call Ms. Terry for visit. 815-782-4273 www.schoolhousedaycare.com

DRIVERS

Full time, CDL & 5 years exp. Local.

Call: 815-272-0697

Shorewood Childcare Provided In my home, all shifts welcome.

1st Aid/CPR certified. Call Stacy 815-741-6037 or lv msg

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Joliet Vicinity of Parkwood Estates lost cat, male orange Tiger 1yr. old male, short tail, front paws are at a 90 degree angle, He is well loved & missed! Please help us find him call with any info – Reward offered ! 815-355-0165 LOST: Pit Bull, 14 year old female lost SAT. 7/19 in Pleasant Knoll Subdivision in Joliet. Tan w/ white stripe on nose and white paws.

Approx. 70 lbs. Responds by her name “Angel”. Reward!!

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

29427 S. QUIGLEY RD. Cedar Rd & Rt 52

508 Terry Drive, Joliet Thurs, Fri. & Sat. 8-4

Toys, Furniture, Clothes, Household Items, Ping Pong Table, TVs & More

JOLIET July 26 & 27 Saturday & Sunday 10am – 3pm 1207 Barber Lane Essington & Ingalls

electronics, furniture, clothes, exercise equipt, motor bikes, household goods, and much more !

TREE CARE OPENINGS

Due To Growth - Acres Group is hiring Crew Leaders, Climbers & Groundsmen in Plainfield, Wauconda & Roselle. Experience preferred. Must have valid driver's license. Contact Monica at: 847-487-5072 or apply online: www.acresgroup.com

Warehouse

THURS - SUN JULY 24, 25, 26, 27 8AM - 6PM

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

Now Hiring for the following openings: Warehouse/Ops Supervisor

(Job ID CL 1439-1033)

Everything from A - Z 25 years of Collection Everything Must Go!

1000's of Items MUST SEE!

PLAINFIELD

NEIGHBORHOOD

FRI, SAT, SUN 8AM - 4PM Route 59 to Fraser, 8 blocks to Hidden River Sub to HOMES! Men's Boots/Shoes Size 9.5W Steel Toe Work Boot by Redwing, worn very little – $50; Dress Shoes, Size 10 - $15 each 815-436-4222 Mink Cape $35, Full length man made fur coat $25 Best time to call 10AM-2PM 815-723-7260 Purses & Bags - Large Assortment, approx. 30, Like new condition, $2 each or $50 for all 815-436-4222

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Good condition, brakes work.

Normal wear, tires need air.

Has balance buddy attached, near 163rd/Cedar Rd., Lockport 815-838-0239

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Food Grinder Climax - Cast Iron $15. 815-436-4222 Jerseys - Urlacher, Forte, Peyton, Hester, Quentin - $20 each; Butkus - $50. 815-354-1451 Paiste 14” PST 8 Reflector Hi Hats Only One Month Old, Excellent Condition.

815-476-6116

Table Lamp - Vintage Solid Brass, Upright, No Shade $25. 815-436-4222 Table Lamp Ideal for College Student $5. 815-436-4222

Foldable Walker – Adjustable Heights, Used, Excellent Condition Lockport – Near Cedar Rd. $10. 815-838-0239

LIFT CHAIR

Good Condition, Must See, Best Offer! Call 815-263-0351 9am-noon for appointments

ACCORDIAN Petite, 120 Bass. Ex. Con. $100/OBO 815-942-0021Anytime.

Pergola w/ cover 8 x 10 like new, must take apart $100 815-725-1317

Radio Grundig Satellite 5000

$20. Digital Radio / 3 Compact Disc AIWA with 2 speaker & remote $25, Vintage Snoopy 60-70's clock $60, Vintage Snoopy watch black patent leather band with red face $50. 815-725-3290

Boys, Manhattan 21 speed, 17” and 21 speed, 19”, $150/ea/obo. 815-726-4849 Columbia Boys Bike – Used, Trailhead Dirt Patrol, MTN 24” Shimano Brakes, Grip shift MRX 7 speed - $25. 815-838-0239

Large Assortment $5 Each. 816-436-4222

RONCO SHOWTIME ROTISSERIE & BARBECUE, as shown on TV, Like new $50. Very nice.

815-942-0021

BLOWER/ULTRA VACUUM

Shop Vac – 12 gal.

New Filter - $30.

815-354-1451

Bamboo Flooring - 3 boxes, enough to cover 50 sq. ft., high quality, dark stain $150. 815-726-4363 Great Lakes finished hardwood flooring from Menards, Solid Oak, Partial Box - 24 sq. ft.

New/Excellent Condition $50/OBO. 815-436-6717

2 Bose Speakers Good Condition - $75.

815-463-0282 AM/FM Radio-Cassette Player w/ approx. 40 recorded & prerecorded tapes for the 1940's $25 for all. 815-436-4222

Panasonic DVD Player w/ Remote – Works Fine $20. 815-436-4222

1990-2013 Comic Books Approx. 400, $100 for all.

Must See to Appreciate!

815-436-4222 Bradford Exchange Plates Complete set of 8, Dickens: “A Christmas Carol” - with matching shelf & attached music box, Beautiful & Detailed!, Excellent Condition - $125.

815-726-7317 8a-8p

$10. 815-436-4222

Electric Massage Chair w/ Ottoman, both have separate electric massages & many support features including 3 way positioning, Like New, Must see to appreciate! $150/OBO. 815-436-6717

Window Valance Unique, Hand Painted, Sport Theme – Tab Top $5. 815-436-4222

Whirlpool Dishwasher 12 yrs. old but works! $25. 815-712-8779

Die Cast Models, sm & lg. $20 - $100 Replica of Colt 45, 9mm call for info.

815-423-6720

We've got them.

Bike ~ Girl's Disney Princess

freezer on top, $85, Frigidaire freezer heavy duty $75 815-725-3290

Frigidaire Refrigerator

(Job ID CL 1439-1032) (Job ID CL 1439-1000)

Fabric Magazine Rack

HP PAVILION LAPTOP - Used Model DV2000 - AMD Turion Processor 64 x 2, 1.8Ghz, 1982 MG, 32 Bit OS, 14” screen, Windows Vista, web cam, factory settings, Microsoft works, web cam, remote control included, excellent condition - $110. 815-838-0239

Ops Lead

Ops Clerk (Job ID 14-13801) Material Handlers

Paiste HI HAT Cymbals End Table 14” Paiste PST 8, reflector HI HATS Vintage – can be refinished $45. 815-436-4222 medium weight, Excellent Condition. $115. e-mail only J.Pavc@yahoo.com Sealy Queen mattress headboard& footboard- Like new asking $400.

Plate Collection 10 Bird Plates, 8” 815-272-3779 round in natural setting & colors. $300 Call 10AM-2PM 815-7237260 Artificial Green Plants Porcelain Doll - One of a Kind, $2-$10 each. 815-436-4222 Handmade (OOAK) Artist from Spain, Purchased at International Ceramic Planter & Candle Holder Doll Auction in LA, Titled: Love at $15/Both. 815-436-4222 first sight, Excellent Condition, Comforters, Sheet Sets, Purchase price $1200, Asking Bedskirts & Electric Blankets $250/OBO. 815-436-4222 Large selection, all sizes, many in Stephen King Hardcover Books original packaging, all clean, Too good to go to curb pet & smoke free $1-$5 each $20/all. 815-436-4222 815-436-4222

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Record Player – Zenith, Hi Fidelity Stereophonic console, must see to appreciate, possible conversion to dry bar console.

Call 815-263-0351 9am-noon

Stereo Components

Technics Compact Disc Player $20; Pioneer Stereo Double Cassette Deck, Dolby - $20; Inter-audio by Bose speaker, 18”H x 11”W x 9”D - $10.

815-436-8689 TV – 60” Big Sreen Works Great! $75.

815-585-1634

Bookcase – 3 Shelf 37.5”W x 36”H x 6.25”D $15. 815-436-4222 Bookcase – 5 Shelf 23.25”W x 67.5”H x 9.75”D Excellent condition - $40.

815-436-4222 DRESSERS - Harmony House Vintage 6-drawer dresser, $45.

Harmony House Vintage 4-drawer chest of drawers, $45.

815-725-3290

Window Valances

Toro $35 and Rockwell Shrub Trimmer, $15. 815-726-1130 Commercial Lawn Mower 36” Kawasaki, 12.5 Engine $250 Firm. 815-723-5806

Step Ladder

Little Giant M22 19' with a platform, $180.

Grundig satellite 5000 radio, $40.

Electric Trimmer Canner set, pan, jars, lid and ladle, Toro – 12” $12. Large heavy duty hammock, $15. 815-436-4222 with steel frame $25. Digital Radio / 3 Compact Disc AIWA with Green Works Lawn Mower 2 speaker & remote $45, Self-propelled, battery operated, Vintage Snoopy 60-70's clock w/ grass catcher & mulcher, New! $60, Vintage Snoopy watch black $200. 815-744-2570 patent leather band with red face $50. 815-725-3290 I.H. Cub Cadet 1405 w/ 38” LT Deck – New Battery TWIN AIRBED $375. 815-474-2768 aft. 6pm Eddie Bauer indoor/outdoor, Patio Table Set & Bar Stools style EB55036, new in box, blue, 36” Round table plus 4 chairs 74x39x9, external pump, needs $30; Wooden stools, 26” & 28” 4 – D Cell batteries, not included. $15 each. 773-315-1700 $20. 815-838-0239 TRACTOR SNOW PLOW TYPEWRITER 42” JACOBSEN TRIP BLADE. Smith Corolla, manual, $75 OBO. 815-436-4222

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$100/obo. 815-726-4849

Reptile Terrarium

45 gallon, All accessories included. $60. 815-545-3079

62 CLASSIFIED Assorted Xmas Lights Icicle & Bulbs , 2 in 1 – 25 sets They are all in working condition, Moving – Must sell, buy 1 set for $3 each or all sets for $25.

815-436-4222 Miniature Xmas Lights Approx. 30 sets, They have all been tested & work. Great deal for someone who decorates heavily for Xmas! $3 each or all sets for $50.

815-436-4222 Nativity Set Complete w/ Stable $10. 815-436-4222

Picnic Table Fisher Price

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Evergreen Terrace Apartments

Accepting Applications Studio, 1, 2 & 3 BR's Income Restricted Apts

*Spacious Floor Plans *24-Hr Emergency Maint *Lndry Facilities in Ea Bldg *Minutes from Metra, Pace, Schools, Downtown Joliet

Call for Appt!

815-722-7556

350 N. Broadway Joliet, IL 60435 Ofc hrs 9am-4:30pm M-F

$20. 815-436-4222

MORRIS OPEN HOUSE AVAILABLE NOW! Joliet West & East - 2, 3 & 4 bedroom homes, call now or visit our web site for more info www.protown.org 815-722-1389

SAT & SUN 12PM - 3PM

Jolietrentalunits.com , Big Clean,Furnished, wood flrs, fridge, microwave, laundry, elevator, On bus line. $95/wk. $412/mo 815-726-2000

3BR Ranch Duplex.

Full basement, 2 car attached garage, C/A.

I-55 Frontage Rd., Joliet

815-941-1532

4000 sq ft office/warehouse space.

Fenced yard with outside storage.

Available Sept.1st. 815-474-1941

$210,000

1 bath, W/D, C/A, basement.

Off-St parking, no pets. $800/mo + security. 815-791-8976

2006 Keystone Springdale RV

Sleeps 8, A/C, shower/tub, micro, fridge, stove. $9,000/obo 815-467-4405

First floor, stove, refrig, D/W, A/C. Coin laundry, $1050/mo + util.

Available 8/1. 815-478-4316

Twin Oaks West, Clean 2BR

Updated kitchen, appl, D/W, built in-micro, 2 A/C's, soft water, free heat, no pets.

815-744-1155

2011 Jayco Pinnacle

5th wheel trailer, beautiful, hardly used, $42,000. 815-733-0533

CRESTHILL 2BR CONDO

Nice secure building.

For appt call. 708-609-1010 JOLIET WEST 2BR CONDO

Tall trees enhance this beautiful wooded area. Balcony, private parking, Joliet Jr College, only 10 minutes away. Close to Hospital & ShoppIng. $975/mo + deposit.

Avail Immed. 815-729-0090

Essington Rd, Bright and Clean 2BR, appl, 2 A/C's blt-in-micro.

D/W, open floor plan, avail now.

No pets.

815-744-5141 The Herald-News Classified It works.

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SHOREWOOD, 2 BR, 2 BA, 2 Car Garage. Full Basement.

Gated. $1,400/mo + security.

815-693-6753

AVAILABLE NOW!!

JOLIET PARKVIEW ESTATES 2BR Duplexes starting at $800 per/mo and Single Family Homes Call for move in Specials!

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Will County Probate Notice State of Illinois

INVITATION FOR BID, WEATHERIZATION BID NOTICE Single Family Architectural/ HVAC Labor and Material, Mobile Home/ HVAC Labor and Material Single Family/ and Refrigerator Material.

Kendall Grundy Health Department, Kendall County Community Action (KCGA) is now accepting bids for weatherization labor and material to be used for the weatherization of approximately 15 mobile homes and 20 single family homes during a one-year period beginning October 1st, 2014 and concluding June 30, 2015. All bids must be submitted using the KGCA bid packet and must be marked “SEALED BID”.

Bid packets will be issued to any vendor who requests one in writing from KGCA. The request should be sent to Kendall Grundy Community Action, 1802 N. Division St., Morris, IL 60450. All requests for bid packets must be received in the KGCA office no later than 3:30 pm on August 22nd 2014. Bid packets will be available between August 4th 2014 and August 22nd 2014.

All bid packets must be completed and returned to the KGCA office no later than August 23rd 2014 at 3:30 pm. Any bids received after that date will not be eligible for consideration. An information meeting will be held on August 15th 2014 at Kendall County Health Department, 811 W. John St., Yorkville IL 60560 at 1:30 pm.

A public bid opening will be held on September 2nd 2014 at Kendall County Health Department, 811 W. John St., Yorkville IL 60560 at 9:30 am.

Kendall Grundy Health Department, Kendall County Community Action reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, or to accept any proposal or part of a proposal which in its judgment will be in the best interest of the program and/or agency.

Kendall Grundy Health Department, Kendall County Community Action is an equal opportunity employer, small, minority, and women owned businesses are encouraged.

(Published in the Herald-News, July 20 & 27, 2014.)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION TO CHANGE THE NAME(S) OF BRIAN THOMAS HELMBOLD TO BRIAN EUGENE KORCZ

In the Matter of the Estate of Sharon M. Sellers, deceased

CASE NO. 14MR01736

Notice is hereby given of the 3BR 1.5BA, 26x21 bonus room with deck, 2 car garage, corner lot. death of Sharon M. Sellers of Will $172,900 815-527-1867 County, Illinois. Letters of office as independent executor were issued on July 7, 2011, to Jean Marie Cosgrave of Oswego, Illinois, whose attorney is Matthew Welgat of 1979 N. Mill St., Suite 103, WEST JOLIET - BY OWNER st 1 Floor, 2 Br, 2 Ba, Furnished, Naperville, IL 60543. Claims Garage, Porch with Nice View against the estate may be filed in Quiet Location. the office of the Clerk of the Circuit $86,000. 815-729-3260 Court at Court Annex, 3208 McDonough Street, Joliet, Illinois 60431, or with the representative, or both, on or before January 27, 2015, which date is not less than Fairfield Bay, Arkansas – 6 months from the date of the first 204 Shorewood Drive Lot for sale Price negotiable 815-474-1927 publication of this notice and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of any claim filed DON'T NEED IT? with the Clerk must be mailed or SELL IT FAST! delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after The Herald-News Classified it has been filed.

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PETITIONER(s): Pizzuti Development (Published in the Herald News July PROPERTIES: 27, August 3, 10, 2014. HN918) The Spangler Property

To: Minnie M. Jackson

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned on behalf of himself shall appear in the Will County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa, Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432 at 9:00 a.m. in courtroom 236 on the 29th day of August, 2014 before the judge assigned to hear said matter, and then there present a petition requesting the names of BRIAN THOMAS HELMBOLD be changed to BRIAN EUGENE KORCZ. /s/ Brian Helmbold Petitioner (Published in the Herald News July 27, August 3, 10, 2014. HN920)

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Case No. 14-001 PETITIONER(s):

Pizzuti Development NOTICE PROPERTIES:

The Spangler Property

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVNotice is hereby provided that a Complaint for Foreclosure has EN THAT, the Planning & Zoning been filed by Standard Bank and Trust Co., bearing caption of Standard Commission of the Village of Bank and Trust Co., Plaintiff v. Minnie M. Jackson; James V. Reid; The Romeoville, Will and County, Illinois, County Treasurer, County of Will; Unknown Owners Non-Record (the “Village”) will be holding a Claimants, Defendants, Will County, 14-CH-453.

PUBLIC HEARING in the Village Hall Board Room at 1050 W. Romeo The names of the parties to be served by this publication are: MinRoad, on August 12, 2014 at 7:00 nie M. Jackson. If said Defendant does not answer or otherwise appear PM or soon thereafter on the aforein this cause on or before August 20, 2014, a judgment for default mentioned date(s) for the purposes may be entered against you. of considering testimony and other evidence on the following applicaA notice of foreclosure has been filed with the Office of the Will tions for a Special Use Permit for a County Recorder as follows: Planned Unit Development General Development Plan (the “ApplicaNOTICE OF FORECLOSURE tions”), which the applicant filed on or about March 17, 2014, in acNotice is hereby provided that a Complaint for Foreclosure has cordance with the requirements debeen initiated by the lien claimant as set forth herein: scribed by the Romeoville Code of 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the case number: Standard Bank Ordinances, as amended, which and Trust Co., 14-CH-453, filed on March 7, 2014. governs such applications.

2. The court in which the action was brought: Circuit Court of Will County.

The properties which are the 3. The names of title-holder of record: Minnie M. Jackson and subject of the “Applications” are James V. Reid. generally located as follows: the 4. Legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasouth side of Taylor Road across sonable certainty: LOT 144 IN TULLY MONSTER VILLAGE, A SUBfrom Paragon Drive, and legally DIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF SECTION 4, TOWNdescribed as follows: SHIP 32 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY PARCEL I: 5, 1990 AS DOCUMENT NO. R90-36698, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLITHE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NOIS. PIN #: 24-04-104-018 NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate: TION 9, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, 144 Flora Fern Rd, Wilmington, IL 60481 RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD 6. Identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed: Mortgage PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL dated December 11, 2006, given by Minnie M. Jackson and COUNTY, ILLINOIS. James V. Reid to Standard Bank and Trust Co., recorded DecemPIN: 11-04-09-200-001-0010; ber 15, 2006, in the office of the Will County Recorder as Docu11-04-09-200-001-0020 ment No. R2006208267.

7. The Plaintiff's attorney is J. C. Lawson, Cortina, Mueller & Frobish, PARCEL II: P.C., 124 West Washington Street, Morris, Illinois 60450.

THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE27,NORTHEAST QUARTER (Published in the Herald-News July 20, August 3, 2014.

HN902) OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 36

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, the Planning & Zoning Commission of the Village of Romeoville, Will County, Illinois, (the “Village”) will be holding a PUBLIC HEARING in the Village Hall Board Room at 1050 W. Romeo Road, on August 12, 2014 at 7:00 PM or soon thereafter on the aforementioned date(s) for the purposes of considering testimony and other evidence on the following applications for a Special Use Permit for a Planned Unit Development General Development Plan (the “Applications”), which the applicant filed on or about March 17, 2014, in accordance with the requirements described by the Romeoville Code of Ordinances, as amended, which governs such applications.

cordance with the requirements described by the Romeoville Code of Ordinances, as amended, which governs such applications.

The properties which are the subject of the “Applications” are generally located as follows: the south side of Taylor Road across from Paragon Drive, and legally described as follows:

PARCEL I: THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 11-04-09-200-001-0010; 11-04-09-200-001-0020

PARCEL II: THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WII.L COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 11-04-09-100-003-0000

The application request, if approved, would allow the development of the site with three wareThe properties which are the house / industrial buildings through subject of the “Applications” are a Planned Unit Development Gengenerally located as follows: the eral Development Plan as set forth south side of Taylor Road across in the application.

Documentation concerning this from Paragon Drive, and legally NOTICE PUBLIC matter is available for public indescribed as follows: INVITATIONspection TO BID in the Department of ComPARCEL I: OFFICIAL munity NOTICE Development, 1050 W. THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE Romeo Road, Romeoville, Illinois, between OFthePROPERTIES, hours of 9:00 NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECPROJECT TITLE: Flood BuyOut, DEMOLITION Bid 6 a.m.

TION 9, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, and 5:00 p.m., Monday through RANGE OFreceived THE THIRD Sealed 10 bids EAST shall be by the Friday.

Will County Land Use Department, PRINCIPAL IN WILL DevelopmentMERIDIAN, Review Division, 58 E. Clinton St., Ste. 500, Joliet, Illinois ALL PERSONS COUNTY, ILLINOIS. until 9:30 a.m. local time on Friday, August 15, 2014INTERESTED at which timeIN ATTENDING PIN: 11-04-09-200-001-0010; all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud forTHE HEARING ARE INVITED TO DO SO AND WILL BE 11-04-09-200-001-0020 HEARD. The meeting is accessible DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES: to people with disabilities. If you PARCEL II: assistance, please contact the THE NORTHWEST OF need 24232 S. ChanookaQUARTER Ln. Channahon Twp. PIN: 10-07-200-042 Community DevelTHE NORTHEAST OF Department 24130 S. ChanookaQUARTER Ln. Channahon Twp. PIN: of10-07-200-042 815 / 886 - 7200.

SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 36 opment 24164 S. Chanooka Ln. Channahon Twp. at PIN: 10-07-200-042 NORTH, 10 EAST OF THE Twp. PIN: 10-07-200-042 24250 RANGE S. Chanooka Ln. Channahon referenced public The above THIRD IN Twp. 24214PRINCIPAL S. ChanookaMERIDIAN, Ln. Channahon PIN: 10-07-200-042 hearing be recessed from time WII.L COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 24140 S. Chanooka Ln. Channahon Twp. may PIN: 10-07-200-042 to Twp. time toPIN: another date or dates, if PIN: 11-04-09-100-003-0000 24119 S. Chanooka Ln. Channahon 10-07-200-042 notice of the time and place of such adjourned public hearing is pubThe application request, if apLEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR EACH ADDRESS: proved, would allow the develop- licly announced at the preceding public hearing. ment of the24130, site with three ware24232, 24164, 24250, 24214, 24140, 24119 S. house / industrial buildings through Chanooka Ln. Channahon Twp. PIN: 10-07-200-042 This notice was prepared by the a Planned Unit Development GenRomeoville, as THE set forth eral Development Plan OF PARCEL 1: THE W1/2 SE1/4Village OF THEofNE1/4 OF SECDepartment 7, T34Nof Community Development acinR9E the application.

(EX THRFM THAT PRT THROF LYG W OF THE CNTRLN OF THEinDUwith the requirements Documentation concerning PAGE RIVER) PARCEL II: THAT this PRTcordance OF THE W1/2 OF THE NE1/4 OFof the Illinois CompiledRIVER Statutes, matter available LYG for Epublic SEC 7,isT34N-R9E OF THEin-CNTRLN OF THE DUPAGE &S Edition 2010 State spection Department of ComOF THE inN the 1832.31 FT THROF (MEASURING ALGBar THEAssociation E LN OF THE SD July 25, munity 1050 W. and Village W1/2 OFDevelopment, THE NE1/3) PER R82-004644 & PLATOrdinances OF SURVEY.onNDA: 2014.

Romeo Road, Romeoville, Illinois, between hours ofand 9:00 a.m. specifications may be examined at Contract the documents detailed Williamterms: Caron, Chairperson and 5:00 p.m., Monday through the following location and on the following Planning & Zoning Commission Friday.

Examination: All examinations of contract documents and bid specifi(Published in can the Herald-News July ALL PERSONS INTERESTED Department be accessed uncations from the Will County LandINUse 27, Will 2014.

HN923) ATTENDING THE HEARINGsection ARE INder the “Announcement” of the County Land Use website, VITED TO DO SO AND WILLQuestions BE www.willcountylanduse.com. should be directed to Derek HEARD. Theat meeting is accessible O'Sullivan dosullivan@willcountylanduse.com. to people with disabilities. If you need assistance, please contact theshall be downloaded from the webBid Document: Entire bid packet Department of Community site, completed, and returned,Develas directed in the bid document. If pages - 7200. opment at 815 are found to be/ 886 missing or sections are left blank from the Bid Documents, the proposal shall be rejected. referenced public The above hearing be recessed from timeon project site for the entire pre-bid Pre-bid:may Mandatory Attendance tosite timeorientation to anotherondate or dates, if beginning promptly at 9:30 A.M. August 8, 2014 notice of theStime and place such at 24119 Chanooka Ln, of Channahon Township. adjourned public hearing is publicly announced at the preceding Insurance: The successful bidder shall be required to purchase insurpublic ance hearing. as set forth in the General Conditions.

This noticeOutreach: was prepared the and minority owned contractors MBE/WBE Womenbyowned Village of Romeoville, Department are encouraged to submit a proposal. of Community Development in accordance withof the of Land Use Department reserves the The County Willrequirements and Will County the Compiled Statutes, rightIllinois to reject any or all bids.

2010 State Bar Association Edition and Ordinances 25, BidsVillage submitted may notonbeJuly withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days 2014. following the bid opening without written consent of the awarding body.

William Caron, Chairperson Planning & Zoning CommissionJuly 27, 2014. HN917) (Published in the Herald-News

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The application request, if approved, would allow the development of the site with three warehouse / industrial buildings through ea Planned Unit Development Geneeral Development Plan as set forth sin the application.

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

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

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

owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Christal D. Guziec 248 Glengary Drive Bolingbrook, IL 60440 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 18th day of July, 2014.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk (Published in the Herald-News July 27, August 3, 10, 2014. HN919)

PUBLIC NOTICE Certificate #29328 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will County on July 16, 2014 wherein the business firm of

N(Published in the Herald-News July (Published in the Herald-News July 27, 2014. HN923) 20, 27, August 3, 2014. HN899)

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

Certificate #29321 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will Certificate #29329 was filed in County on July 15, 2014 wherein cthe office of the County Clerk of Will the business firm of County on July 16, 2014 wherein the business firm of Josie's Wedding Fashions Able Construction Services

Located at 24224 Lavergne, Plainfield, IL 60585 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Josinelda Mroczkowski 24224 Lavergne Plainfield, IL 60585

Located at 523 Rock Spring Ct., Naperville, IL 60565 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their ref spective post office address(es), , Is/are as follows: n Jae Young Noh , 523 Rock Spring Ct. Naperville, IL 60565 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, hereunto set my hand and Official this 15th day of July, 2014. ySeal atth my office in Joliet; Illinois, this 16 day of July, 2014.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk (Published in the Herald-News July 20, 27, August 3, 2014. HN901) (Published in the Herald-News July The Herald-News Classified 27, August 3, 10, 2014. HN922) It works.

PUBLIC NOTICE Certificate #29338 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Will County on July 18, 2014 wherein the business firm of CG Marketing Pro Located at 248 Glengary Drive, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), Is/are as follows: Christal D. Guziec 248 Glengary Drive Bolingbrook, IL 60440

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