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Crest Hill Chamber of Commerce rebuilding

By VIKAAS SHANKER vshanker@shawmedia.com CREST HILL – The Crest Hill Chamber of Commerce is starting from scratch.

Officials say the city’s chamber underwent a rocky change in leadership in the past six months after some “internal issues” caused it to struggle.

“To be fair I wasn’t around at the time,” said Sean Robertson, president of the Chamber since April. “It sounded like one person was doing all the work. And there was a conflict. That made it tough to run the chamber.”

Robertson, managing partner of Robertson Law Group, LLC, said he hopes to rebuild the organization through hiring staffed positions and putting in place procedures and processes for how things

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doing most of it. I just don’t want to be affiliated with [the chamber] anymore.”

Schaal also was frustrated at what she said was a lack of support from the city when she was president.

“I really did not feel like they cared if the chamber was there or not,” she said.

Mayor Ray Soliman said he has supported the chamber in the past by attending events.

“It is the responsibility of the chamber to set the policy and direction of their organization,” Soliman said.

“As mayor, I feel I have been supportive in promoting the chamber in the past and attended many of their events. I look forward to working with the chamber in the future.”

Robertson said Soliman has been open to him when he assumed leadership of the Chamber.

Influential clerk George Mushro retires

By FELIX SARVER LOCKPORT – George Mushro has retired as Lockport township clerk, a position he held for 21 years.

Mushro is known in government and political circles because of his service in township government. He also is a former chairman for the Will County Democratic Party.

Mushro retired June 30 from a career as a trustee and town clerk for a life of enjoying the company of his grandchildren and the sunshine of Florida. He said he enjoyed his time with Lockport Township, where he was instrumental in creating the senior bus transit service and early voting in the clerk’s office for township residents.

“It’s helping people. You’re a public servant helping people,” Mushro said of his career.

Mushro has been a resident

Child drowns in backyard pool JOLIET – A 2-year-old girl drowned in a pool Friday while attending a Fourth of July party.

Police Chief Brian Benton said the incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. while Brooke T. Cast of Joliet and her parents were visiting a house in the 1000 block of Louise Lane.

Brooke “was inside playing with other children and then within five or 10 minutes the adults went to look for her and found her in the aboveground pool,” Benton said.

A registered nurse who was at the party performed CPR until paramedics arrived. The girl was taken to Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead in the emergency room.

The Will County Coroner’s office said an autopsy performed Saturday indicated that drowning was the cause of death.

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work.

“When I came in, the chamber didn’t have systems in place or they were not set up the way they needed to be set up,” Robertson said.

Two part-time employees are helping organize the chamber and set up events, Robertson said. He also wants to hire an interim executive director to handle day-to-day operations.

“From my perspective, the chamber can’t depend on one person,” he said. “We need to make sure we’re more of a team.”

Former President Gina Schaal started leading the chamber in July 2013 but resigned in January.

“Not enough people really wanted to do the work,” Schaal said, declining to comment on the issues that led to her resigning. “I’ve been

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of Lockport Township for 56 years and served 12 years as trustee and 21 as town clerk.

During his time as town clerk, he was awarded the ninth annual William Z. Ahrends Award for Clerk of the Year, which is awarded by township clerks in the state.

One highlight from his career was ushering the George creation of a Mushro bus service for senior citizens.

After seeing Aurora and New Lenox had senior transportation services, he researched the idea of starting one for Lockport Township. He remains proud of helping to give senior citizens an extra transportation option.

“It’s a godsend to them because they don’t have to depend on relatives or friends to take them to appointments,”

he said. “I’ve had people talk to me about that throughout the township for years and say thank you.”

Another was the introduction of early voting, which he said he always embraced.

“I want to make it as convenient as possible for people to have a voice with their vote and have their votes count,” he said.

Mushro was appointed by Lockport Township board trustees as trustee in 1980 and elected to town clerk in 1993.

He also has served on the Lockport Library Board and was a member of the St. Dennis Men’s Club, Old Timers Baseball Association and the Lockport Moose Lodge.

“He will be missed by the officials, employees and by the people of this township. We wish him a productive and joyous future and continued success in whatever endeavor he chooses,” Lockport Township officials said in a news release.

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ON THE COVER Nurse Cathy Langenderfer and Dr. Omar Garcia discuss records while waiting for the arrival of a patient at the Daybreak on-site clinic in Joliet on June 9.

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“We’re actually finding some coming back because they can’t afford the services offered in the marketplace.”

bwimbiscus@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Dr. Omar Garcia was taught medicine in Cuba, where health care is provided free to all citizens.

It wasn’t until he came to America that he learned a new lesson: The basic medical care taken for granted at home was out of reach for many people in his new country.

The revelation prompted Garcia to open his own free clinic in Kankakee in 2011.

“Everyone should give a little bit to give back to the community,” Garcia said.

He treated about 1,700 patients at the facility during the next three years, but in the end, the time and financial commitment became too much.

In February he started again, this time in Joliet, partnering with Catholic Charities Daybreak Center, 611 E. Cass St. “I’m always looking for this kind of charitable work,” Garcia said But instead of operating a free-standing clinic, he now focuses on serving about 120 adult men and women who use the shelter, along with the 16 disabled homeless men who permanently reside at the facility.

It’s a model, Garcia said, that is working well. It lets him focus on treating patients, rather than on trying to keep a clinic open. Daybreak provides office space and helps out with clients.

“It’s a big difference from what I experienced before,” Garcia said.

Garcia initially planned to provide services once a month. Almost from the beginning, that commitment changed to once a week.

Nurse Cathy Langenderfer accompanies Garcia on his Monday visits, and also provides blood draws each Wednesday. The pair typically treat five to 10 patients a visit.

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ABOVE: Dr. Omar Garcia checks the vitals of Daybreak resident Robert Davis during a June 9 visit to the Daybreak on-site clinic in Joliet. BELOW: Garcia (left) talks with Matthew Condit on June 9.

Garcia focuses primarily on chronic ailments such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes, infectious disease management and minor procedures.

But even basic care can be life-changing for some patients.

“We’ve had clients Dr. Garcia sees that have blood pressure levels at near stroke levels,” Daybreak Director Courtney Suchor said. “He’s been able to give them medication and change their lifestyles. These are people who haven’t seen a doctor for years and years and years.”

Before the clinic opened, the only alternative for many clients in need of immediate care was to wait for an appointment at a free clinic, or to take a trip to the emergency room, often by ambulance, Suchor said. Most had no insurance, let alone money to pay for an ambulance.

Garcia’s intervention has helped reduce the number of ambulance calls at the clinic, she said.

“In the process, it’s un-

clogging hospital emergency rooms and producing better outcomes,” Suchor said.

Outside of emergency rooms, treatment options for the homeless and indigent in Joliet are primarily handled by the Will-Grundy Medical Clinic, the only free clinic in the two-county area, and places such as the Will County Health Department and Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center and Health Care Center.

Under the Affordable Care Act, patients without income now qualify for expanded

Medicaid, said Shawn West, executive director of the Will-Grundy Medical Clinic.

Once they are signed up, they have access to care through Will County and Aunt Martha’s.

“The Affordable Care Act is starting the process of addressing access to health care,” West said, noting the number of patients being treated at the free clinic has dropped by about 25 percent.

Yet not everyone qualifies for expanded Medicaid. Those individuals are required

to buy medical insurance through the marketplace under the ACA. But of the 70,000 to 80,000 Will County residents who were uninsured at the beginning of the year, about 50,000 to 60,000 still have not signed up for a plan, West said. And some who have signed up for marketplace insurance have ended up dropping it.

“We’re actually finding some coming back because they can’t afford the services offered in the marketplace,” West said.

In addition to Medicaid services, Will County also offers: • free services to homeless who are chronically mentally ill; • supplemental foods, health care referrals and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding postpartum women through the USDA’s Women, Infants & Children program; • dental services to those living in shelters.

“We receive a vast amount of referrals from Daybreak, Morningstar Mission and Guardian Angel,” said Vic Reato, department spokesman.

Aunt Martha’s offers a variety of health services for youth and families, as well as home for homeless youth.

Established in 1972 in Park Forest, Aunt Martha’s now has centers in Cook, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Stark, Vermilion and Will counties, including three locations in Joliet.

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Fred Sippel Auto Company JOLIET – The automobile revolutionized American culture and society during the early 20th century.

With the new availability of reliable and affordable automobiles, dealers began to see their sales numbers rise.

As automobiles increasingly became a common necessity for rural and urban life, many large cities developed a location where many automobile sales service center companies clustered. In time, service companies and other business concerns that sold batteries, tires and other auto supplies also sprang up within the vicinity of the commercial dealers.

In most cities, the areas where auto companies and suppliers gathered typically were near downtown and along major arterial streets.

In Joliet, the Fred Sippel Auto Company, located at 100 North Scott Street, near the northeast corner of Scott and Jefferson Streets, was a Studebaker distributor as well as a repair garage.

Advertised as the “largest and best garage in Will County,” the Sippel showroom, shown in the then photograph, had a capacity for 60 automobiles.

The now image shows a view of the old Sipple Auto Company location today.

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OLD POSTCARD IMAGES SOUGHT FOR PUBLICATION David Belden is a history teacher at Minooka Community High School and currently is publishing local postcard books with Arcadia Publishing in his Local History classes.

He and his students are looking for old Joliet photos and postcards, and images from Joliet’s parks, for a new publication.

Photographer Christine O’Brien is an English teacher at Minooka Community High School and currently edits and authors books with Arcadia.

If you are interested in contributing a postcard image, email dbelden@mchs. net or localhistory@mchs.net; or call 815467-2140, ext. 260.

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Minooka High School student’s designs taking her to higher levels VIEWS Kris Stadalsky Minooka High School student Claire Dobry is spending her summer at the Savannah (Georgia) College of Art and Design (SCAD) where she is getting a head start on college credits. The incoming senior at MCHS, who plans to go into fashion design after college, applied for and received a scholarship and the unique opportunity to attend the college’s Rising Star program, where she will begin building a professional portfolio and get a taste of college courses.

“It’s the No. 1 college I’m looking at,” Dobry said.

Dobry’s creativity started at a young age. Two of her older cousins used to dress her up and put makeup on her.

“I just remember when I

was four Kari [Maka] would do my makeup and walk me around in big wedge shoes,” Dobry said. “It was the best time.”

She loved the shopping trips with cousins Kari and Kelli Horvath, who are at least 15 years older than Dobry.

And she loved always getting their hand-me-downs. With her cousins in mind, both of whom were pregnant earlier this year, Dobry created a unique type of baby blanket/ play mat during her junior year at MCHS in Clothing and Construction class, taught by Linda Hicks. Dobry’s assignment was to come up with her own idea for a sewing project.

She wanted to make something for her cousins’ babies but knew how quickly they would grow out of clothes.

“A baby blanket would last forever,” she said.

Turning to Hicks for help – since there was no pattern for

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Claire Dobry shows the blanket/play mats she designed in Clothing Construction class at Minooka Community High School. the project – the two came up with unique ways of creating a four-foot diameter blanket of eight triangles. Four of the triangles have elementary shapes to catch the babies’ eyes and the other four have toys sewn onto them. Hicks was a tremendous help with

the project, helping Dobry each step of the way and teaching her sewing construction techniques. The babies were both born in May and moms Kari and Kelli use their blankets all the time, Dobry said.

At SCAD, Dobry is taking

on bigger projects of designing and sewing a skirt, blouse and jacket. But the basics she already has learned in the programs at MCHS have helped her reach this level.

SCAD has a travel abroad program that goes to Hong Kong and Dobry is intrigued by it.

“I would love to go there and get more cultured,” she said.

She also has Paris on her radar. Her goal after college graduation is to someday start her own line of clothing and have her own business.

Although her style is “all over the place,” she dubs it “a little bit hipster.”

“I have always loved being creative and thinking out of the box,” Dobry said.

• Kris Stadalsky writes about people and issues in areas southwest of Joliet.

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ELWOOD – Police say a new law banning ticket quotas will have a negligible effect on local departments.

“It’s not really going to change the way we do business,” Elwood Police Chief Fred Hayes said.

Starting Jan. 1, Illinois police departments will be prohibited from assigning the amount of tickets an officer

should write on a shift and comparing officers based on how many tickets each one issues.

In addition to running a small department, Hayes is president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, which opposed the law.

“We felt it was better left as department policy for a chief to evaluate the performance of officers, but there’s a false perception the public has that a quota system is still in

place,” Hayes said. “Years ago that may have been the case, but it’s long gone.”

Joliet Police Chief Brian Benton and Will County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas said those departments haven’t had ticket quotas for decades. Kaupas, a state police veteran, said the number of citations issued has never been a criteria with that agency either.

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When that verdict was overturned two years later, Ventsias agreed to let prosecutors charge him with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and entered a blind guilty plea. But the plea was vacated

by Judge Richard Schoenstedt when prosecutors filed a motion to “update the charge,” according to Ventsias’ appellate brief.

Ventsias was retried and found guilty again. Ventsias’ appellate attorney Jeff Tomczak argued his right not to be tried again was violated. But Assistant Will County State’s Attorney Colleen Griffin wrote double jeopardy would have occurred if Ventsias had entered a plea to the sexual assault charge.

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OTTAWA – The Illinois Appellate Court has decided a Braidwood man did not face “double jeopardy” when he was convicted of molesting an 8-year-old girl. Three appellate judges unanimously upheld the decision in Will County Circuit Court to reject Peter A. Ventsias’ motion to dismiss a predatory criminal sexual assault conviction. The decision was issued Tuesday. Ventsias, was charged with fondling the victim in August 2005. In December 2007, he was found guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault, but not guilty of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in a jury trial.

comparison among officers that will hamper the department. Benton said Joliet police have evaluated performance using statistics that include tickets, arrests and field interview cards to measure how active officers are on a shift.

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By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots said she’s concerned about new legislation that requires same-day registration on Election Day, but she’s still working out the details.

The measure in question, House Bill 105, was signed last week by Gov. Pat Quinn.

It allows for same-day voter registration at limited locations, and extended voting hours, during Election Day in November.

The law also removes the photo identification requirement for in-person early voting.

It’s the logistics – and new costs – that worries her, she said.

“We’re right in the middle of our budget process right now, and there’s no funding,” she said, noting new equipment alone could cost the county about $35,000.

Schultz Voots already has briefed the county’s finance department and board members about the law’s impact on the budget “so there’s no surprises.”

Schultz Voots said the county will have to find money to establish additional polling places in Will County – a requirement under the new law for counties with larger populations.

She said she’s in talks with the Joliet Park District, the city of Naperville and Bolingbrook on establishing new locations.

Voters can register on Election Day only at permanent polling places or the county clerk’s office, but not at temporary ones – a move aimed to cut back on potential fraud, she said.

Schultz Voots said she’s also concerned about training additional staff ahead of the November election, and having staff members man the polls for longer evening hours.

The new law only applies to the upcoming November

“We are already very busy on Election Day. It’s going to be a bit of a strain, but as always, when the Legislature gives us additional duties, we do our best to make sure things run smoothly.”

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Also at the pool is Family Theme Night on select Wednesdays through the end of July. Participants can have fun with special activities and games related to the theme of the evening. June 25 is a luau, July 16 is Christmas in July and July 30 is Country Night. Come in, cool off from your hot day,

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Don’t forget day camp. The Plainfield Park District has plenty of different ones for kids from kindergarten through tenth grade.

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Phillips said she hopes voters strive to register well ahead of Election Day, with several options available.

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“We are already very busy on Election Day,” Phillips said. “It’s going to be a bit of a strain, but as always, when the Legislature gives us additional duties, we do our best to make sure things run smoothly.”

Like grace period voting, Phillips said, ballots cast under the new format will be held for a period of time while staff can verify the vot-

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JOLIET – It’s not always easy to understand the critical needs of a community following a significant storm – not unless you’re in the heart of it.

That’s why ComEd brought its operations to Will County this week on the heels of Monday night’s storms that ripped through the area, leaving nearly 400,000 utility customers without power in the immediate aftermath.

“We were up and running early Tuesday morning,” said Fidel Marquez, senior vice president for ComEd. “Having this center in Joliet enabled us to have our eyes and ears on the priorities of the communities.”

For the first time in Will County, ComEd workers set up a Joint Operations Center at the county’s Emergency Management Agency building, with others set up in affected areas experiencing significant power outages, Marquez said.

The Joliet center serves 29 municipalities and communities, including the harder hit areas, such as Morris, Romeoville, Plainfield and Wilmington.

About 56,000 customers lost power in Will County in the two storms that hit Monday.

The goal of opening the Joint Operating Center was to better coordinate response times and improve customer service during significant power outages, with a focus on quickening restore times for “critical facilities,” such as nursing homes, water wells and hospitals, Marquez said.

Dozens of municipalities had pre-identified lists of critical facilities, Marquez said, giving ComEd a place to start.

“We got everybody’s priorities identified and figured out how to attack them,” Marquez said. “For example, one municipality might say they have three water pumping stations and one of them is out,

“We were up and running early Tuesday morning. Having this center in Joliet enabled us to have our eyes and ears on the priorities of the communities.”

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By DENISE M. BARAN–UNLAND dunland@shawmedia.com PLAINFIELD – Rosa Miller, mother of five children, 5-foot2, with eyes of blue and fluffy white hair, had but one goal in life: to be a saint, said Rosa’s daughter Virginia Shawron of Naperville.

It was Rosa’s mother-inlaw, Pasqualina Miller, who inspired her.

“She [Pasqualina] was a servant to everybody,” Virginia said.

“She always had a rosary in her pocket; she walked to church every day and she had raised a very loving Rosa Miller and kind family. My mother was blown away by her.”

Judie Muraglia of Naperville, another daughter, added, “They [Rosa’s in-laws] didn’t live too far away from the train station. The hobos knew they could come to her house for something to eat.”

Rosa, Virginia said, was always a great listener – the type who sat close, patted your hand and wanted to know all the details – willing to baby-sit grandkids anytime, even if it meant canceling her plans (except for her hairdresser appointment) and cooked the most delectable homemade meals.

“Everything she made was my favorite,” said her husband, Fred.

Rosa was a dedicated Catholic. She even broke off an engagement with a Protestant man because he did not wish to raise their future children as Catholics, Fred said.

But in the early 1980s, Rosa and Fred – together – discovered the Charismatic movement with its emphasis on the Holy Spirit and talking in tongues, a gift Rosa acquired, Fred said.

That movement led them into other spiritual experiences: scripture study, becoming lay members of the Secular Order of the Servants of Mary, helping the Mantellate sisters make rosaries from real roses

and serving as a weekly Eucharistic Adorer at St. Mary Immaculate Parish in Plainfield, where she and Fred belonged.

“We went to Medjugorje for our 30th anniversary,” Fred said.

Whereas Rosa and Fred did as many grandparents do – attend the grandchildren’s sporting events and music recitals – they also went the extra mile, such as unobtrusively sitting in a hospital waiting room praying the rosary while waiting for a baby to be born.

“Our sister-in-law Maureen is battling stage-four breast cancer but she and Maureen prayed every day, whether they were together or on the phone,” Virginia said. “When Maureen would get chemo, she would come upstairs and pray with her.”

Mary Bakke of Naperville, another daughter, added, “The connection between mom and Maureen was extraordinary.

You don’t find that every day.”

Shortly before she died, Rosa, an ardent coupon collector, had clipped out an advertisement for a pink suit. Rosa told her family she wanted to be buried in the suit, but this size 6 woman wanted that suit in a size 12, Judy said.

After Rosa’s death on April 1 at the age of 83, Virginia called many stores, trying to locate the dress. She found one store that carried it, in Bolingbrook. It had one dress left, in size 12. When a grandchild went to pick it up, the cashier had coupons for it.

That is just one way, Virginia said, Rosa is still with them.

Although everyone is definitely missing Rosa, her family is choosing to view her untimely death through the eyes of the faith Rosa treasured so much.

“We feel she can do so much more in heaven than on Earth for us,” Virginia said, to which Valerie Chiapetta of Downers Grover added, “She’s paving the way for us. She’s our guardian angel.”

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Shawntell Pineda, 35, and Danielle A. Untz, 26, both of the 2200 block of South Whipple Street in Chicago, were arrested by Bolingbrook police June 29 on charges of shoplifting.

Edwin G. Woodcock, 61, of the 500 block of Miami Street, was arrested by sheriff’s police June 29 on charges of drug possession and driving with a suspended license.

Christina L. Estep, 40, of the 300 block of Chaney Avenue in Crest Hill, was arrested by Crest Hill police June 30 on charges of aggravated battery, battery and vandalism.

Brayton H. Kilcoyne, 18, of the 9000 block of Mansfield Drive in Tinley Park, was arrested by Elwood police June 30 on charges of theft and criminal trespassing.

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Phillip F. Tade, 43, of the 4500 block of Peacock Lane, was arrested

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Hakeem Buchanan, 18, of the 200 block of Clifton Lane in Bolingbrook, was arrested by Bolingbrook police June 28 on charges of delivery of marijuana and marijuana possession.

Kenneth J. Cadwallader, 45, of the 23600 block of West DuPage Country Club Drive in Plainfield, was arrested June 28 on a charge of domestic battery.

Aaron N. Faynik, 20, of the 1000 block of Buell Avenue, was arrested

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Peter J. Garcia, 22, of the 200 block of West Nebraska Street in Frankfort, was arrested by Frankfort police

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Shannece S. Gregory, 25, of the 1800 block of Arbor Lane in Crest Hill, was arrested by sheriff’s police June 28 on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a suspended license.

Nicholas L. Williams, 26, of the 1400 block of Demmond Street, was arrested by Joliet police June 28 on charges of aggravated domestic battery, interfering with reporting domestic violence and vandalism.

Daniel E. Bailey, 35, of the 1500 block of Sugar Creek Drive, was arrested by sheriff’s police June 29 on a charge of aggravated domestic battery.

Jeffery T. Flowers, 51, of the 600 block of Abe Street, was arrested

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Brian W. Juhant, 34, of the 1600 block of East Washington Street, was arrested by sheriff’s police June 29 on a charge of vandalism.

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Interment will follow at Elmhurst Cemetery. Visitation will be on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at Tezak Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Brooke Taylor Cast at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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BROOKE TAYLOR CAST Brooke Taylor Cast, age 2, suddenly passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014.

Brooke is survived by her loving parents, Crystal Meyer and Eric Cast; two sisters, Casey Cast and Leah Cast; maternal grandparents, Robert and Cheryl Meyer; paternal grandparents, Sammie and Laura Cast. Aunts, uncles, cousins, godparents and numerous loved ones also survive.

Preceded in death by paternal grandmother, Maria E. Cast.

In the short time Brooke was here with us she touched many lives.

She always had a smile on her face to greet family and friends. Brooke was a very independent child who was loved unconditionally by all who knew her.

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MARGUERITE A. CASTILLO Born: Jan. 9, 1939; In Ottawa Died: July 3, 2014; In Joliet Marguerite “Marge” A. Castillo (nee Mendoza), age 75, passed away peacefully, Thursday, July 3, 2014, at the Joliet Area Community Hospice

Home. Born January 9, 1939, in Ottawa, IL, she was a lifelong Joliet area resident.

Retired department manager at Rustcraft Greeting Card Company, she also worked in food service at School District #86.

Member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Church of St. Jude, Homer Congregational Church and the Ladies Auxiliary Cantigny Post VFW #367.

Preceded in death by her husband, Guty “John” Castillo (May 24, 1999); and her parents, Pascual and Delores (nee Maga a) Mendoza.

Survived by three sons, Andrew (Chris) Castillo of Joliet, Robert (Rene) Castillo of Dwight and John (Cindy) Castillo of Joliet; nine grandchildren, Jeffery (Bryan) Early, Andrew (Vanessa) Castillo, Ashley (Rob) Castillo all of Joliet, Heather (Martin Alonso, Jr.) Castillo of Bloomington, Katy Castillo and Robert Castillo, both of Dwight; John Castillo and Nickolas Castillo, both of Joliet, and William (Jina) Pe a of Joliet; her

great-grandchildren, Andrea, Mai, Andrew, Melany, Mariah and Andy, Jr.; two sisters, Grace (Jesse) Moreno and Mary Dolores Mendoza; and two brothers, Frank (Antoniete) Mendoza and Rick (Laurie) Mendoza; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Marguerite A. Castillo will be Thursday, July 10, 2014, 10:00 a.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home 3200 Black Rd., Joliet. Cremation rites will be accorded and she and her husband’s urns will be interred at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday, July 9 from 3-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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Eugene L. Alberico “Gene” - Born June 14, 1929 in Joliet, went to the arms of Jesus on Saturday, June 28, 2014 and joined his loving wife of 50 years, Janet O. (nee Miller) Alberico. Resided in Plainfield, for 45 years.

Survived by his two sons, Jim (Kathy) Alberico of Crest Hill and Randy Alberico of Minooka; two daughters, Carla (Mark) Binzen of Channahon and Crystal (David) Pearce of Lynnwood, Washington; nine grandchildren, Nate Alberico, Anthony Alberico, Melissa Alberico, Justin Alberico, Mark Alberico, Jordan Alberico and Dominic Alberico, Courtney Binzen and Lindsey Binzen; one great granddaughter, Rayvn Alberico; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceded in death by his parents, Peter and Constance (nee Bucciferro) Alberico; sisters, Edith (late Chris) Alberico, Angela (late Sam) DeAngelis and Phyllis (late Ray) Mutz; brothers, Nunzio Alberico, Daniel (late Louise) Alberico and Henry (Rose) Alberico; and a brother, Earnest in infancy.

Veteran of the United States Air Force, retired from Texico and a member for 41 years at Friendship Baptist Church in Plainfield.

Gene was an avid Chicago White Sox Fan and enjoyed going bowling.

Lying in state at the Friendship Baptist Church, 15801 S. Route

59, Plainfield, on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 from 9:30 AM until the time of services at 10:30 AM. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. Visitation will be held at the Friendship Baptist Church on Monday, July 7, 2014 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM.

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JOSEPH J. KOSMERL Joseph J. Kosmerl, age 93, entered eternal life on Thursday, July 3, 2014, with his loving family by his side.

Joseph is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Kathryn (nee Thomas) Kosmerl; beloved children, Thomas Kosmerl, Cheryl (Herbert) Zorn, and James Kosmerl; cherished grandchildren, Eric (Deborah) Zorn, Elise (Thomas) Greenshields, Erin (Rico) Rondorf, and Laura Kosmerl; eight loving great-grandchildren also survive.

Preceded in death by parents; Louis and Johanna Kosmerl; siblings, Ludwig, Mary, Robert, Jen, and John.

Joseph married his loving wife Kay in 1944. He served his grateful nation as a United States Army Veteran during World War II. Joseph worked at the USA Army Munitions Command as a Procurement Production Specialist. While being employed Joseph was awarded The Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.

After retirement Joseph enjoyed many activities including, golfing, traveling, and spending time with his loving family.

Contributions in Joseph’s name may be made to The American Heart Association or the charity of your choice.

The family invites relatives and friends to gather at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Joliet on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, for a visitation from 8:30 a.m. until the time of Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Inurnment to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Joliet. Per Joseph’s wishes cremation rites have been accorded. There will be no funeral home visitation.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Joseph J. Kosmerl at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524. Arrangements entrusted to:

MARY LOUISE LANGDON Mary Louise Langdon (nee Shea), age 86, of Joliet, went home to The Lord on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Our

Lady of Angels Retirement Home.

Mary Lou is survived by her sister Margaret (Leo) Fredrickson of Joliet and brother Jeremiah Shea of Colfax, Wa. Aunt Meemee was also beloved by her fifteen nieces and nephews and twenty eight great nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her husband Dr. Roy M. Langdon, parents George and Winifred Shea Sr. (nee Regan), sisters Theresa O’Connor and Madonna Shea and brothers George Shea and John Shea.

Mary Lou was born and raised in Joliet, attending The Cathedral of St. Raymond’s grade school, St. Francis Academy High School and Little Company of Mary Nursing School.

She spent many years working as a labor and delivery nurse at Little Company of Mary Hospital. She enjoyed her numerous years as a member of the Paulites group at St. Paul the Apostle Church where she was a parishioner. She also volunteered at Joliet Hospice and while living at OLA was involved in many activities.

Funeral services for Mary Louise Langdon will begin with visitation at 9 am followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 am at Our Lady of Angels. Internment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.

ROSEMARY E. SAYLES Rosemary E. Sayles (nee Dempsey), passed away at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center, Friday, July 4, 2014. Age 75 years.

Survived by her husband of 56 years LeRoy M. Sayles, daughter Vickie Hare and grandson Kevin Hare. Her sister-in-law Linda Dempsey.

Preceded in death by a son Thomas M. Sayles (2004), son-in-law Jim Hare (2010), parents Thomas Dempsey and Loretta Watson. A brother Raymond Dempsey and a sister Dorothy Dempsey.

Rosemary was born April 1, 1939, in Chicago and raised on her family farm in Mokena. She graduated from Carl Sandburg High School Class of 1957. Retired from Silver Cross Hospital and Joliet Area Community Hospice. Member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and Ladies of the Elks Ladies Auxillary. Rosemary enjoyed reading and the local casino’s.

Funeral services will be held from the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home, 2320 Black Road, Wednes-

day, July 9 at 9:30 A.M. to St. Patrick Catholic Church at 10:00 A.M. for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorials to Joliet Area Community Hospice will be appreciated. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 2:00 - 4:00 & 6:00 - 8:00 PM.

JANA LYN TESTA Jana Lyn Testa (nee Sukley). At the young age of 51, Jana Lyn came to rest on Thursday, July 3, 2014, in her home following a brief battle with cancer.

Born in Joliet to Joseph Sr and Mary (nee McGee) Sukley, Jana was a lifelong area resident. She thoroughly enjoyed spending time with her husband at their home in Ft. Myers, FL. Survived by her loving husband of 29 years, Jim Testa of Channahon; stepchildren Michael J (Erin) Testa of Joliet, Mark (Kirsten) Testa of Shorewood and Sara (Ryan) Dixon of Minooka; grandchildren Michael A, Matthew, Brenna, Cullen, Laken, Landon and Hayden; mother Mary of Crest Hill; two sisters Teena (Ken) Knezetic of Channahon and Tammy (Ted) Mazor of Channahon; three brothers Robert (Patricia) McGee of New Lenox, Joseph Sukley Jr, and Jerry “Romey” Sukley of Channahon; Brothers-in-law Ken Falkenberg and William (Pat) Testa of The Villages, FL; Special Godson Kenney Knezetic Jr; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceded in death by her father Joseph Sukley, Sr, sister Patricia Falkenberg, grandson Beylen Testa and nephew Bobby McGee. Funeral services for Jana Lyn Testa will be Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at 9:15 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet to St. Joseph Catholic Church for Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. As it was her wish, Cremation Rites will follow Mass. Visitation will be Monday, July 7, 2014, from 4-8pm at the funeral home.

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

Son: Former U.S. Sen. Dixon dies at home

By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Former U.S. Sen. Alan Dixon, an Illinois Democrat whose career in national and state politics spanned more than 40 consecutive years in public office, died Sunday, his son said. He was 86.

Dixon, who served in the U.S. Senate from 1981 to 1993, died at his home in Fairview Heights the day before his 87th birthday. A cancer survivor, he had recently been hospitalized for heart Sen. Alan problems and Dixon been battling infections, but his condition had recently improved and he’d returned home, his son Jeffrey told The Associated Press. No official cause of death was released.

“He was a very caring, generous man to his family,” his son said. “He always instilled values in all of us to, ‘Tell the truth, to smile all the time and they’ll be nice to you.’ ” Dixon got an early start in politics.

After being elected police magistrate in Belleville, he won an Illinois House seat in 1950. He went on to serve in the Illinois Senate and as the state’s treasurer and secretary of state. He won his U.S. Senate seat in 1980 and served there until his surprising loss in the 1992 Democratic primary to Carol Moseley Braun.

Dixon was remembered Sunday for winning nearly every election he sought, as a leader who could bring Republicans and Democrats together – starting the first bipartisan Illinois congressional lunches – and his local approach to politics even as a U.S. senator. His style earned him the nickname “Al the Pal.” He returned constituent calls himself, was accessible to the public with weekend office hours and loved beer, recalled Thom Serafin, a Chicago political analyst who served as a press secretary for Dixon.

“He was your Norman Rockwell U.S. senator who believed that if a constituent called him, he called them back. He always said, ‘I can’t promise you the job, but I can promise that I’ll work like heck,’ ” Serafin said. “He was always the local guy. He was always Al.” In the U.S. Senate, Dixon served as the third-ranking Democrat and chaired a subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee. Dixon had served in the United States Navy Air Corps.

Among Dixon’s more controversial moves – which later led to his defeat – was voting to support the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991 after law professor Anita Hill claimed Thomas sexually harassed her. Braun, who had served as a Cook County recorder of deeds, said she challenged Dixon because of her outrage over the treatment of Hill during the confirmation hearings. Braun became the first African-American woman in the U.S. Senate.

Dixon later defended his vote by saying that Thomas was qualified and he doubted Hill, according to his 2013 memoir titled “The Gentleman from Illinois: Stories from Forty Years of Elective Public Service.” He described other factors leading to his loss, including that the economy wasn’t robust and a 1992 banking scandal involving some U.S. House members that generated negative feelings toward public officials in general.

“All of these matters contributed to some extent to the perfect storm undercutting my primary campaign,” he wrote in the book. “Having said this, though, I want to emphasize that my basic undoing was the loss of my traditionally liberal base and certain active women’s organizations as a result of my Clarence Thomas vote.

No amount of explanation for my vote satisfied these groups.”

Dixon, a Belleville native, returned to practicing law after his loss, something he did until just months before his death, his son said.

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CHICAGO – The new state budget signed by Gov. Pat Quinn last week left lawmakers from both parties unhappy – but it didn’t leave them empty-handed.

Among expenses in the $35.7 billion spending plan, tucked into a document thousands of pages long, are millions of dollars for pet projects statewide. They range from a new school in House Speaker Michael Madigan’s Chicago district to money to promote a racetrack near St. Louis and funds to begin planning Illinois’ 200th birthday celebration – scheduled for 2018.

The items are part of a 2015 budget that legislators admit doesn’t include enough revenue to cover the state’s regular spending needs. Lawmakers defend the extras, saying they were for projects already in the works or badly needed for job creation and other purposes.

Quinn, Madigan and other top Democrats wanted to extend Illinois’ temporary income tax increase beyond Jan. 1 to avoid “severe” cuts to education and other areas, but rank-and-file Democrats – worried about re-election this fall – wouldn’t support it. The tax issue is likely to resurface after November’s election.

Quinn, facing a stiff re-election challenge this year from Republican Bruce Rauner, made just one change to the budget: He eliminated $250 million for renovations to the state Capitol, saying the state couldn’t afford it. But the logic behind his argument – that doing so could help minimize cuts to vital state services – doesn’t quite hold up because the money will come from a different source.

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Briana Chick of Aurora walks down the recently renovated main stairway leading up to the third floor of the Senate and House chambers at the state Capitol in Springfield Tuesday. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s veto of future state capitol renovations may spur talk of an override among lawmakers who championed the rare upgrade for the statehouse.

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Cullerton son charged with sexual battery in Tenn.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A son of Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has been charged with sexual battery after allegedly groping a woman in a Tennessee bar.

Carroll Cullerton, 26, was arrested Friday morning. Police responded at 3:49 a.m. after a woman told police that he touched her inappropriately, The Commercial Appeal reported.

The woman told WMC-TV that she had just gotten off work and Cullerton began dancing closely.

She said she told him she was not comfortable and moved away, but Cullerton came up to her and unzipped her dress.

Carroll Cullerton posted $7,500 bond and was released, the newspaper reported. Cullerton is due back in court on Monday on

a charge of sexual battery, WMCTV said.

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Chicago cops involved in 5 shootings since Friday

CHICAGO – Authorities say Chicago police officers have been involved in five shootings since the start of the holiday weekend, including two where people died.

A male was fatally shot Saturday around 6:30 p.m. on the South Side. Police say he allegedly fit an offender’s description and pointed a gun at officers. Officers shot him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other fatality happened around 10 p.m. Friday. Officers were patrolling an area on the city’s northwest side and saw a man crossing the street with an object protruding from his waist band. He allegedly pointed a gun at an officer and the officer shot

him. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Three others were injured Friday and Saturday.

The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the shootings.

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U of Ill. student starts veterans outdoor group

CHAMPAIGN – A University of Illinois student and Iraq War veteran is organizing outdoor activities for fellow veterans, especially those with disabilities.

The Champaign News-Gazette reported Saturday that Eric Swenson wants to unite fellow student veterans on the campus.

His plans include taking those with disabilities on a pheasant hunt and competing in a softball league.

He said it’s hard for veterans to adjust to campus life because they’re often in classes with

younger students.

The Army veteran is working with a local club to organize a free hunting trip that’ll include a wheel-chair accessible cart.

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Chicago woman stole $25,000 from Toys for Tots

CHICAGO – A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $25,000 from Toys for Tots.

Fifty-five-year-old Carol Lisciandrello was a volunteer with the charity. From 2009 until 2011, she was involved with online sales of merchandise to raise money for the organization.

Cook County prosecutors say that over a period of two years, the woman moved the money over to a personal debit card instead of transferring it into a Toys for Tots checking account.

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS allowances. The proposal also TSA: Some on U.S.-bound flights must turn on phones eliminates some cost-of-living WASHINGTON – Passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights will be required to power on their electronic devices in order to board their flights, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

The TSA said it is requiring some overseas airports to have passengers turn on devices such as cellphones before boarding. It says devices that won’t power up won’t be allowed on planes, and those travelers may have to undergo additional screening.

“As the traveling public knows, all electronic devices are screened by security officers,” the TSA said in the release announcing the new steps.

American intelligence officials have been concerned about new al-Qaida efforts to produce a bomb that would go undetected through airport security. There is no indication that such a bomb has been created or that there’s a specific threat to the U.S.

Creditors face deadline for bankruptcy plan vote DETROIT – The most anticipated vote in Detroit this summer isn’t for a city office. Instead, ballots submitted by city retirees could determine how quickly Detroit exits its historic bankruptcy and how much of the financial weight pensioners will bear.

They are being asked to vote “yes” or “no” by Friday on a proposal to cut pensions for non-uniformed retirees by 4.5 percent and erase cost-of-living

payments for retired police and firefighters. Voting “no” could result in deeper cuts to pensions for the city’s 32,000 retirees and current and former city workers.

Voices urging approval have been loudest and include Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr, the proposal’s architect. Last month, the General Retirement System and Police and Firefighters Retirement System did the same, saying a “no” vote would lead to deeper cuts to pensions in what is known in bankruptcy as a cram down.

That “would be far worse than the settlement on the table,” said Bruce Babiarz, spokesman for retired police and firefighters.

“This is a very serious matter and people need to vote in terms of the impact on their pension, their family and their life.”

Spain’s bull run festival begins in Pamplona PAMPLONA, Spain – Thousands of revelers crammed into the main square and adjacent narrow streets of northern Pamplona on Sunday for the start of Spain’s famed San Fermin running of the bulls festival – a potent mix of adrenaline and alcohol-fueled celebrations that span over a week.

Revelers wearing traditional white outfits trimmed with red neckerchiefs and cummerbunds gathered for the noontime launching of a firework rocket, which signals the beginning of the nine-day festival.

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A demonstrator holds up a sign June 30 outside the Supreme Court in Washington on the day the court decided in the Hobby Lobby case to relieve businesses with religious objections of their obligation to pay for women’s contraceptives among a range of preventive services the new health law calls for in their health plans.

Nonprofits’ contraceptive cases next for justices

By MARK SHERMAN and RACHEL ZOLL The Associated Press WASHINGTON – How much distance from an immoral act is enough?

That’s the difficult question behind the next legal dispute over religion, birth control and the health law that is likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court.

The issue in more than four dozen lawsuits from faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that oppose some or all contraception as immoral is how far the Obama administration must go to accommodate them.

The justices on June 30 relieved businesses with religious objections of their obligation to pay for women’s contraceptives among a range of preventive services the new law calls for in their health plans.

Religious-oriented nonprofit groups already could opt out of covering the contraceptives. But the organizations say the accommodation provided by the administra-

tion does not go far enough because, though they are not on the hook financially, they remain complicit in the provision of government-approved contraceptives to women covered by their plans.

“Anything that forces unwilling religious believers to be part of the system is not going to pass the test,” said Mark Rienzi, senior counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents many of the faith-affiliated nonprofits. Hobby Lobby Inc., winner of its Supreme Court case last month, also is a Becket Fund client.

The high court will be asked to take on the issue in its term that begins in October. A challenge from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, probably will be the first case to reach the court.

The Obama administration argues that the accommodation creates a generous moral and financial buffer between religious objectors and funding birth control.

The nonprofit groups just have to raise their hands and say that paying for any or all

of the 20 devices and methods approved by government regulators would violate their religious beliefs.

To do so, they must fill out a government document known as Form 700 that enables their insurers or third-party administrators to take on the responsibility of paying for the birth control. The employer does not have to arrange the coverage or pay for it. Insurers get reimbursed by the government through credits against fees owed under other parts of the health law.

Houses of worship and other religious institutions whose primary purpose is to spread the faith are exempt from the requirement to offer birth control.

The objections by religious nonprofits are rooted in teachings against facilitating sin.

Religious plaintiffs argue that filling out the government form that registers opposition to contraceptives, then sending the document to the insurer or third-party administrator, is akin to signing a permission slip to engage in evil.

By JOSEF FEDERMAN The Associated Press

States look to gun seizure law after mass killings

By DAVE COLLINS The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. – As state officials across the country grapple with how to prevent mass killings like the ones at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and near the University of California, Santa Barbara, some are turning to a gun seizure law pioneered in Connecticut 15 years ago.

Connecticut’s law allows judges to order guns temporarily seized after police present evidence that a person is a danger to themselves or others. A court hearing must be held within 14 days to determine whether to return the guns or authorize the state to hold them for up to a year.

The 1999 law, the first of its kind in the country, was in response to the 1998 killings of four managers at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters by a disgruntled employee

with a history of psychiatric problems.

Indiana is the only other state that has such a law, passed in 2005 after an Indianapolis police officer was shot to death by a mentally ill man. California and New Jersey lawmakers are now considering similar statutes, both proposed in the wake of the killings of six people and wounding of 13 others near the University of California, Santa Barbara by a mentally ill man.

Michael Lawlor, Connecticut’s undersecretary for criminal justice planning and policy, believes the state’s gun seizure law could have prevented the killings of 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, if police had been made aware that gunman Adam Lanza had mental health problems and access to his mother’s legally owned guns.

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Tariq Abu Khdeir is hugged by his mother Suha Sunday after he was released from detention in Jerusalem. A court ordered Khdeir, a 15-yearold Palestinian American who was badly injured in clashes with Israeli police, detained at home for nine days, while police investigate what they say was his participation in violent protests. because the investigation was continuing.

He said police had located a car used by the suspects.

During the investigation, he said, police learned of an attempted kidnapping the previous day of a child in the same neighborhood and concluded

the cases were linked. Israeli TV showed pictures of the 9-year-old boy with red marks around his neck.

Abu Khdeir’s family said that the arrests brought them little joy and that they had little faith in the Israeli justice system.

“I don’t have any peace in my heart, even if they captured who they say killed my son,” said his mother, Suha.

“They’re only going to ask them questions and then release them. What’s the point?”

She added: “They need to treat them the way they treat us. They need to demolish their homes and round them up, the way they do it to our children.”

Abu Khdeir’s death triggered violence in his neighborhood, as angry crowds destroyed train stations and hurled rocks. The unrest spread to sections of northern Israel over the weekend.

On Sunday, the situation in east Jerusalem, home to most of the city’s Palestinians, appeared to be calming down, as businesses and markets reopened, and roads that had been cordoned off were reopened to traffic.

Top Israeli officials expressed concern that the charged atmosphere of recent days had led to the boy’s killing.

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JERUSALEM – Israel arrested six Jewish suspects Sunday in the grisly slaying of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned alive last week – a crime that set off a wave of violent protests in Arab sections of the country.

Leaders of the Jewish state appealed for calm amid signs the death was revenge for the recent killings of three Israeli teenagers.

“We will not allow extremists, it doesn’t matter from which side, to inflame the region and cause bloodshed,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised statement. “Murder is murder, incitement is incitement, and we will respond aggressively to both.”

He promised to prosecute those responsible to the full extent of the law.

The region has been on edge since three Israeli teens – one of them a U.S. citizen – were kidnapped while hitch-

hiking in the West Bank last month. Last week, the teens’ bodies were found in a West Bank field in a crime Israel blamed on the militant group Hamas.

Just hours after the youths were buried, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian from east Jerusalem, was abducted near his home, and his charred remains were found shortly afterward in a Jerusalem forest. Preliminary autopsy results found he was still alive when he was set on fire.

Palestinians immediately accused Israeli extremists of killing the youth in revenge.

And on Sunday, Israeli authorities said the killers had acted out of “nationalistic” motives.

The suspects remained in custody and were being interrogated, authorities said.

An Israeli official said there were six suspects and described them as young males, including several minors, all of whom lived in the Jerusalem area. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity

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Judge to mull senator’s suit over health exchanges

By TODD RICHMOND The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. – A federal judge will hear arguments this week on whether to toss a U.S. senator’s lawsuit challenging rules that force congressional members and their staffs to obtain government-subsidized health insurance through small business exchanges.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin contends that senators, representatives and their employees aren’t eligible for the exchanges under the federal health care law because they work for a government that employs millions.

He also argues that premium subsidies that congressional members and staffers receive will foster resentment among his constituents.

Republicans have spent years railing against President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act. Johnson isn’t attacking the act itself, focusing instead on rules imposing the act on Congress.

But he’s using the lawsuit as a mechanism to complain more broadly about what he sees as Obama unilaterally rewriting the act.

“This lawsuit offers a landmark opportunity to re-establish the balance between

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., joined by attorneys Paul D. Clement (far left) and Rick Esenberg (second from left) announces he has filed a lawsuit to block the federal government from helping to pay for health care coverage for members of Congress and their staffs Jan. 6 during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal judge will hear arguments this week on whether to toss a U.S. senator’s lawsuit challenging rules that force congressional members and their staffs to obtain government-subsidized health insurance through small business exchanges. the executive and legislative branches of government,” Johnson said in a statement last month.

Government attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge William Griesbach to throw the case out of court. They argue Johnson hasn’t shown

how the rules hurt him or his staff.

“This allegation ... describes an abstract injury that might or might not occur depending on how third parties [Senator Johnson’s constituents] perceive and react to [the] regulations,” U.S.

Justice Department attorneys wrote.

Griesbach, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, has scheduled a hearing for Monday in Green Bay to consider dismissing the lawsuit.

The dispute stems from

language Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, inserted into the act during debate. Under those provisions, the only health care plans the federal government can offer to congressional members and staffers must come through an exchange. That means members and staffers must leave their old government health plan, which subsidized 75 percent of their premiums through taxfree contributions.

Grassley’s move was a political ploy designed to force the act’s Democratic supporters into the same situation as uninsured Americans. But the problem is that congressional members and staffers make too much money to qualify for government subsidies other exchange users can receive, stoking fears that staffers would flee for the private sector because they wouldn’t be able to afford full premiums.

Enter the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. An arm of Obama’s administration, it published rules in October 2013 stating the only health insurance plans available to congressional members and staffers must be offered through the small business exchanges but allowing them to continue receiving the premium subsidies they got under their old plan.

Spy case threatens to sour Iraq analyzing tape purported to show top militant

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN German-U.S. ties anew The Associated Press

By GEIR MOULSON The Associated Press BERLIN – German-U.S. relations are facing a new test over a German intelligence employee who reportedly spied for the U.S., with Germany’s president saying if the allegations are true, that kind of spying on allies must stop.

Prosecutors say a 31-yearold German was arrested last week on suspicion of spying for foreign intelligence services, and that he allegedly handed over 218 documents between 2012 and 2014. German media, without naming sources, have reported he was an employee of Germany’s foreign intel-

ligence service who says he sold his services to the U.S. Germany’s Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador Friday to help clarify the case. The country’s top security official stepped up the pressure Sunday.

“I expect everyone now to assist quickly in clearing up the accusations – and quick and clear statements, from the USA too,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was quoted as saying in Bild newspaper.

The issue threatens to strain German-U.S. relations again after earlier reports that the National Security Agency spied on Germans, including on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone.

BAGHDAD – Iraq security agencies are working to verify the authenticity of a video that purportedly shows the elusive leader of the Sunni extremist group that has declared an Islamic state in a large chunk of territory it controls leading prayers this week in northern Iraq, authorities said.

The video said to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State group, was reportedly filmed Friday at the Great Mosque in Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul.

It was posted on at least two websites known to be used by the organization and bore the logo of its media arm. The sermon in Mosul

would the first public appearance for al-Baghdadi, a shadowy figure who has emerged as perhaps the preeminent figure in the international jihadi community. Al-Baghdadi, who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, took over the group four years ago and has since transformed it from an al-Qaida affiliate focused on Iraq into an independent transnational force that controls of a huge stretch of land straddling the Syria-Iraq border.

Iraqi military spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi told reporters Sunday the country’s security services are still analyzing the 21-minute video to verify whether the speaker is indeed al-Baghdadi, and that the government will “announce the details once they

are available.”

The purported appearance in Mosul, a city of some 2 million that the militants seized last month, came five days after al-Baghdadi’s group declared the establishment of an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the territories it has seized in Iraq and Syria.

The group proclaimed al-Baghdadi the leader of its state and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to him.

Wearing black robes and a black turban, the man in the video said to be al-Baghdadi urges his followers to jihad, and emphasizes the implementation of a strict interpretation of Islamic law.

He strikes an almost humble tone, telling listeners: “I am not better than you or more virtuous than you.”

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

AREA LEGISLATORS President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 202-456-1414 Comment: 202-456-1111

332 Cannon House Office Bldg.

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

Gov. Pat Quinn 207 Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 800-642-3112

1221 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3635

U.S. SENATORS

STATE SENATORS

Dick Durbin, D-Ill. 230 S. Dearborn, Suite 3892 Chicago, IL 60604 312-353-4952

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

711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2152

M-108 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8066

Mark Kirk, R-Ill. 230 S. Dearborn, Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60604 312-886-3506 387 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2854

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

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

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-0773

1717 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-5701

1224 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515 202-225-3515 Randy M. Hultgren, R (14th District) 1797 W. State St., Suite A Geneva, IL 60134 630-232-7104

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

627 Capitol Bldg.

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-9595 Michael G. Connelly, R-Naperville (21st District) 1725 S. Naperville Road, Suite 200 Wheaton, IL 60189 30-682-8101 M103E State Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8192

Daniel William Lipinski, D (3rd District) Central Square Bldg.

222 E. 9th St., 109 Lockport, IL 60441 815-838-1990

Bill Foster, D (11th District) 195 Springfield Ave., Suite 102 Joliet, IL 60435 815-280-5876

Donne E. Trotter, D-Chicago (17th District) 8729 S. State St. Chicago, IL 60619 773-933-7715

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

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

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-7419

See LEGISLATORS, page 20

ANOTHER VIEW

Civil Rights Act a huge achievement In 1964, with a stroke of a pen, President Lyndon B. Johnson did what should have been done long before: He did the right thing.

After two months of debate, including filibusters by Southern senators, Johnson on July 2 signed the legislation – legislation that is viewed, 50 years later, as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement.

The bill, proposed by President John F. Kennedy, ended segregation in public places and banned discrimination in workplaces.

It may have seemed tiny, that stroke of a pen, but it was preceded by equal measures of hatred and heroism, the heroism a direct result of the

hatred.

Men and women bled and died for the freedom that should have been a birthright.

Martin Luther King Jr., who would be assassinated four years later, led the fight, but he was joined by thousands of others throughout the nation, black and white, men and women, young and old.

“Through their passion, their speeches and their light, they helped create a climate that led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act,” Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., himself a key figure in the movement, said during a recent ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the bill. “They were my friends, my brothers and my sisters.”

Slavery, along with the genocide of the American Indian, is our greatest sin as a nation, but the abuse and terror did not stop when Lincoln freed the slaves in 1865.

It continued with the beating and lynching of black Americans, sometimes by the Ku Klux Klan, sometimes by freelancing thugs, scoundrels with no association to terrorist groups. And it continued with segregation – in schools, on buses, even in churches, where God is colorblind.

We are a flawed country, but flawed countries recognize their imperfections, and they strive, sometimes against great odds, to correct the evil

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

See ACT, page 20

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• LEGISLATORS Continued from page 19 Christine Radogno, R-Lemont (41st District) 1011 State St., Ste. 210 Lemont, IL 60439 630-243-0800 108A Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-9407 Linda Holmes, D-Aurora (42nd District) 76 S. LaSalle St., Unit 202 Aurora, IL 60505 630-801-8985 129 Capitol Bldg.

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

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

617D Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0052

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

Calumet City, IL 60409 708-933-6018 240-W Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8087 Elgie R. Sims Jr., D-Chicago (34th District) 8729 S. State St. Chicago, IL 60619 773-783-8800 200-1S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-6476 Renée Kosel, R-New Lenox (37th District) 19201 S. LaGrange Road, Suite 204 B Mokena, IL 60448 708-479-4200 219-N Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0424 Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields (38th District) 3649 W. 183rd St., Suite 102

Hazel Crest, IL 60429 708-799-4364 262-W Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-558-1007 Darlene Senger, R-Naperville (41st District) 401 S. Main St., Suite 300 Naperville, IL 60540 630-420-3008 211-N Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-6507 John Anthony, R-Plainfield (75th District) 3605 N. State Route 47, Suite F PO Box 808 Morris, IL 60450-0808 815-416-1475

To the Editor: In our village of Romeoville we have many entities of pride. We all agree that character counts.

I am writing about Mary, the leader and person that personifies our community.

She is the director of our Chamber. When I talk to her on Monday morning, I am amazed at all she does for our village. The statement “hope” is learning through knowledge – is an example of her character.

I do believe you can never stop educating yourself and others. I write about the Chamber because it does have a transparent hometown atmosphere that Mary emulates. She does give back.

Mary has a board of 12 she reports to. There are 30 nonprofit chamber members. She educates and contacts new residents about local doctors, dentists, and provides phone numbers for the electric, gas,

271-S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-1719

Lawrence “Larry” Walsh Jr, D-Joliet (86th District) 121 Springfield Ave. Joliet, IL 60435 815-730-8600

Ron Sandack, R-Downers Grove (81st District) 633 Rogers St., Suite 103 Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-737-0504 200-1N Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-6578

292-S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8090 Tom Cross, R-Oswego (97th District) 24047 W. Lockport St., Suite 213 Plainfield, IL 60544 815-254-0000

201-N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-5997

632 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-0494

316 Capitol Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-1331

Kate Cloonen, D-Kankakee (79th District) 1 Dearbourn Square Suite 419 Kankakee, IL 60901 815-939-1983

Stephanie A. Kifowit, D-Oswego (84th District) 1677 Montgomery Road, Suite 116 Aurora, IL 60504 630-585-1308

Natalie A. Manley, D-Joliet (98th District) 2701 Black Road, Suite 201 Joliet, IL 60435 815-725-2741

235-E Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-5981

200-3S Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8028

242A-W Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-3316

WRITE TO US We welcome original letters. Letters must include the author’s full name, home address and day and evening telephone numbers, which are required in the event the author must be contacted for clarification. Addresses and phone numbers are not published. Letters are limited to 300 words and must be free of libelous content and personal attacks. All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor. Email letters to opinions@theherald-news. com. Mail to The Herald-News, Letters to the Editor, 2175 Oneida St., Joliet, IL 60435. and fire and police departments facilities and others.

She also organizes village events, such as State of the Village, Cinco De Mayo, wine testing and golf outings.

Mary’s wish list is more members, an assistant and more community leaders to participate. This will make our village better and stronger. We are already now on that path.

Out of darkness, into public knowledge, we are all learning through education. I now understand some of the

Emily McAsey, D-Romeoville (85th District) 209 W. Romeo Road Romeoville, IL 60446 815-372-0085 237-E Stratton Office Bldg.

Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-4179

Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs (82nd District) 915 55th St., Suite 202 Western Springs, IL 60558 708-246-1104

LETTER TO THE EDITOR DIRECTOR MAKES ROMEOVILLE BETTER

Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights (80th District) 195 W. Joe Orr Road, Suite 201 Chicago Heights, IL 60411 708-754-7900

functions of the Chamber, because of Mary.

This writing is a stepping stone to promote our village and community. This we can leave as a legacy for the future residents. We display our village with pride for the thirst to learn and integrity through public knowledge.

The Chamber holds up our village of Romeoville like Eagles Wings. This demonstrates strength to everyone.

Shirlee J. Pergler Romeoville

Civil Rights Act took important step to freedom • ACT Continued from page 19 perpetrated on their own citizens. Nothing can undo the horror of slavery – or the injustices that surfaced in its aftermath. But the Civil Rights Act built a significant fortress around minorities who had come to fear for their safety – and even their lives – thus assuring that some wrongs of the past would remain in the past.

The act did not end bigotry. Legislation cannot expel the cold, naked hatred within the hearts of some human beings. But it did provide protection for those Americans

who had faced discrimination based on their race or color.

The battle is not over. Not when politicians continue to gerrymander districts to dilute minority voting. Not when courts continue to neuter the Voting Rights Act. Not when attempts to diversify universities and workplaces are seen as nothing more than quotas.

Make no mistake, however.

With the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we took a hugely important step toward true freedom and equality. The bill made us a better nation.

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Plainfield Central’s (7) Noah Randall sets the ball to (10) Weslee Rogman against Edwardsville on June 3 at the sectional volleyball final at Bolingbrook High School. Central, lost 2-1.

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2014 HERALD-NEWS ALL-AREA BOYS VOLLEYBALL TEAM

Griffins lead All-Area team with four selections Lincoln-Way East’s Royer is Player of the Year

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com The Joliet area has had several talented boys volleyball teams throughout the years, but none of the five teams that had won a state trophy had been able to finish better than fourth.

That situation finally changed this year as Lincoln-Way East entered the season as the team to beat and not only assured itself of the school’s second trophy in the sport but capped a 41-1 campaign by capturing a state championship in dramatic fashion.

Griffins coach Kris Fiore, who played on Lincoln-Way’s 1999 fourth-place squad which was the area’s first trophy winner in the sport, had the benefit of relying on four talented college-bound players to go along with a deep squad which featured 10 seniors.

Those four college-bound athletes, Josh Phalen, Austin Royer, Nate Van Dellen and Ryan Vorderer, highlight this year’s 20-member Herald-News All-Area Boys Volleyball Team.

Running the show for the Griffins and also getting the nod as the Player of the Year is setter Royer, who is headed to St. Ambrose University, where he’ll join his brother, Nathan.

The four-year starter helped the Griffins to a 111-9 record the past three years.

He set a new school record with 964 assists this season and finished his career with 3,178 assists, which ranks him among the top five setters in Illinois history in that category.

Royer was the MVP of two invitationals, Lincoln-Way East and Wheaton Warrenville South, and also was selected to all-tournament teams at Marist and Warren Township.

Also for the state champs, libero Phalen will attend

Grand Canyon University while outside hitters Vorderer and Van Dellen will continue their careers at Lindenwood University.

A total of 20 athletes representing 12 schools earned spots on this year’s all-area team. Six programs received multiple selections.

Joliet Catholic, Joliet West, Lincoln-Way West, Minooka and Plainfield Central all have two all-area players while Bolingbrook, Joliet Central, Lincoln-Way Central, Lockport, Plainfield North and Providence also have athletes who were chosen for the team.

Other setters on the team include Plainfield Central’s Noah Randall, Joliet West’s Noah Slowik and Lincoln-Way West’s Michael Wexter while Joliet Catholic’s Tony Allen and Plainfield North’s Chris Paige both earned spots as a libero and Lincoln-Way West’s Jon Adlington also made the squad as a middle blocker.

Additional hitters who made the squad are Bolingbrook’s Christian Ales, Providence’s Tim Doughney, Lockport’s Adam Krzos, Joliet West’s Brian Lyman, Minooka’s Mitch Perinar, Plainfield Central’s Tom Poznanski, Joliet Catholic’s Blake Reardon, Lincoln-Way Central’s Adam Sargis, Minooka’s Justin Toth and Joliet Central’s Chris Vergel.

Other college-bound players from this year’s all-area team include Adlington (Lindenwood University-Belleville), Ales (Mount St. Joseph University), Doughney (Clarke University), Krzos (Lincoln College), Lyman (McKendree University), Perinar (Lewis University), Slowik (North Central College) and Toth (California State University Northridge).

Beside the foursome that made history at Lincoln-Way East, Poznanski and Randall led Plainfield Central to a

File photo by John Patsch for Shaw Media

Joliet West’s Brian Lyman hits the ball through the block of Lincoln-Way East’s Nate Van Dellen and Aaron Redweik.

Plainfield Central’s (2) Tom Poznanski returns a serve against Edwardsville on June 3 at the sectional volleyball final at Bolingbrook High School. Central, lost 2-1.

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sectional finals appearance during its best season ever.

In addition, Paige and Sargis

helped their teams to capture regional championships this year.

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By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com

Jon Adlington, Sr., MB, Lincoln-Way West Selected all-Southwest Suburban Conference Red after collecting 205 kills, 72 blocks and 23 aces for the Warriors.

Christian Ales, Sr., OH, Bolingbrook Finished with 154 kills and 124 digs to once again receive a spot on the all-SWSC Blue squad.

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Tony Allen, Jr., L, Joliet Catholic Earned a spot on the all-East Suburban Catholic Conference team after collecting 400 digs and 40 aces for the Hilltoppers.

Tim Doughney, Sr., OH, Providence Collected 289 kills and served 48 aces to receive all-Chicago Catholic League Blue recognition for the Celtics.

Adam Krzos, Sr., OH, Lockport

File photo by Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com

Finished with 188 kills, 23 blocks and 145 digs to once again be named to the all-SWSC Blue team.

Minooka’s Mitch Perinar goes up to spike the ball as Plainfield North’s Mitch Chapman (left) and Evan Robeck (right) go up to block May 1 during a match at Plainfield North High School.

Brian Lyman, Sr., OH, Joliet West

Tom Poznanski, Sr., OH, Plainfield Central

Four-year varsity player had 240 kills, 50 blocks, 140 digs and 29 aces to repeat on the all-SWSC Blue squad.

Set a school record with 402 kills and also had 74 blocks, 139 digs and 85 aces to be selected all-SPC.

Chris Paige, Jr., L, Plainfield North Recorded 203 digs and had a 2.72 rating in serve-receive to earn a spot on the all-Southwest Prairie Conference team for the Tigers.

Mitch Perinar, Sr., RS, Minooka Three-year varsity performer finished with 364 kills, 48 blocks and 61 aces to earn a spot on the all-SPC team.

Josh Phalen, Sr., L, Lincoln-Way East Collected 427 digs and had a 2.55 serve-receive rating to make the all-SWSC Red squad for the state champs.

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Players chosen for All-Area volleyball team

Minooka Finished with 137 kills and 68 blocks to close out his third varsity season playing for the Indians.

Nate Van Dellen, Sr., OH, Lincoln-Way East

Noah Randall, Jr., S, Plainfield Central

Collected 294 kills, 37 aces and 239 digs to receive all-SWSC Red honors for the state champions.

Handed out a school-best 1,034 assists and had 64 aces to earn a spot on the all-SPC team for the Wildcats.

Chris Vergel, Sr., OH, Joliet Central

Blake Reardon, So., OH, Joliet Catholic

Recorded 215 kills, 22 blocks and 22 aces to again earn a spot on the allSWSC Blue team for the Steelmen.

Finished with 375 kills, 120 digs, 30 blocks and 20 aces to make the all-ESCC squad for the Hilltoppers.

File photo by John Patsch for Shaw Media

Austin Royer, Sr., S, Lincoln-Way East

Lincoln-Way East outside hitter Ryan Vorderer tips the ball over Joliet West’s Luke Van Eck and Ryan Lee.

Player of the Year and four-year varsity player had school-record 964 assists to lead the way for state champions.

Recorded 242 kills, 37 blocks and 40 aces to earn a spot on the allSWSC Red team for the Knights.

Adam Sargis, Sr., OH, Lincoln-Way Central

Noah Slowik, Sr., S, Joliet West

Three-year varsity player finished with 707 assists, 40 blocks, 102 digs and 27 aces to get all-SWSC Blue honors.

Justin Toth, Sr., RS,

Ryan Vorderer, Sr., OH, Lincoln-Way East Turned in a school-best 350 kills and added 204 digs and 45 blocks for the state champion Griffins.

Michael Wexter, Jr., S, Lincoln-Way West Finished with 692 assists, 229 kills, 74 blocks, 137 digs and 52 aces to again make the all-SWSC Red team.

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EVANSVILLE 7, JOLIET 1

Slammers held to 3 hits in loss to Otters

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Things figured to go better for Evansville’s Blake Monar in his second start of the season after he allowed six earned runs in just one-third of an inning a week ago.

And indeed they did on Sunday as the Otters’ lefthander who played at Indiana University handcuffed the Joliet Slammers in a Frontier League contest at Silver Cross Field.

Monar saw his ERA drop from a whopping 162.00 to a more-respectable 9.95 after allowing just two hits and one run while striking out 11 in six innings of work.

Three Evansville relievers only yielded one more hit while adding three strikeouts and the Otters went on to capture a 7-1 victory over the Slammers in front of 1,629 fans.

Joliet (17-26) only trailed 2-1 through six innings, but Evansville (26-17) scored an insurance run in the seventh before breaking things open with a four-run ninth.

The Slammers got a pair of hits in the second when Grant DeBruin (2 for 4) singled and moved to third on two wild pitches before scoring on a double to right by Marquis Riley.

But after leaving the bases loaded to trail 2-1 in the second, Joliet was unable to collect another hit until the ninth, when DeBruin led off with another single.

Joliet struggled at the top of its lineup as its first three hitters went a combined 0 for 12 on the afternoon, which included nine of its 14 strikeouts.

“Their lefty was very good, so give a lot of credit to him,” Slammers manager Jeff Isom said. “We have a lot of lefties in our lineup and he was able to neutralize them. He had a good fastball and a very deceptive breaking ball. He had a tight zone in his last game and didn’t get the balls that were off the plate that were called strikes today.”

Blair Walters (1-4) hoped to follow up on a strong outing in his last start on Tuesday, when he didn’t allow a run in seven innings against Schaumburg and claimed his lone win.

Photos by Larry W. Kane for Shaw Media

ABOVE: Joliet Slammers manager Jeff Isom (not picture), pitcher Tyler Thicke and catcher Tyler Roberts were all ejected in the top of the ninth inning by the home plate umpire Jim Mecha as he felt the pitcher had tried to hit the Evansville Otters batter. Joliet lost, 7-1, Sunday at Silver Cross Field in Joliet. BELOW: The Slammers’ starting pitcher Blair Walters starts against the Evansville Otters on Sunday.

But he hurt his cause with a pair of wild pitches which helped the Otters to score runs in each of the first two innings after there were two men out.

Walters went 6⅔ innings and allowed eight hits while striking out six, but Evansville took advantage of an error in the seventh to help it collect another two-out run.

“We couldn’t get anything going offensively, and we got frustrated and just couldn’t refocus,” Isom said. “We had an opportunity where we had the bases loaded and were a hit away from tying it or going ahead but couldn’t come up with that big hit. We gave away a pair of early runs and we can’t do that with the way that our offense was today.”

Evansville, which received hits from seven players and finished with 13 for the game, got a single, double, triple and homer in the ninth to help it collect four insurance runs.

A trio of Slammers were ejected after a pitch sailed over the head of Nik Balog (4 for

5) following Shayne Houck’s home run that completed the scoring in the ninth.

Following a day off, Joliet plays four games at Normal and then four more at Schaumburg

during the upcoming week before the Frontier League takes its all-star break.

“We feel like we’re playing better baseball,” Isom said. “If we get a break here or a break

there, we’re going to win a few ball games. We’ve got a very good club, and we’re still optimistic even though we’re where we’re at in the standings.”

BULLS

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com

AP photo

Bulls star Derrick Rose leaves the United Center on Tuesday after the Bulls met with NBA free agent Carmelo Anthony at the facility in Chicago. ration date, no matter where you grew up, and Rose’s is hitting that point.

It’s not Rose’s fault that he has had two season-ending knee injuries. It’s not his fault that the Bulls gave him a fiveyear, $94.8 million contract extension in the wake of his 2010-11 MVP season. That was his market value before a new collective-bargaining agreement changed the way of business in the NBA. It’s not even Rose’s fault

that he is oblivious to the criticism directed at him, especially during the shouldhe-or-shouldn’t-he-play debate in 2012-13. The idea that a superstar player can insulate himself so completely from the world around him is definitely different.

Even late into his rehabilitation for his first knee injury, Rose was asked if he was bothered by the fan and media criticism about how long it was taking him to

where his wife likes to shop, so be it.

Noah took the lead in recruiting Anthony at the AllStar game and didn’t let up, shooting him text messages throughout the second half of the season. Knowing Noah, there’s no way he enjoyed that. But when you have a whatever-it-takes attitude, play the game.

Rose? He agreed to move his workout downtown so that he could give Anthony a what’s-up.

Inexcusable.

No one is asking Rose to dress up in the Benny the Bull costume, but he has had plenty of free time this year to be working the phones and letting guys know the Bulls’ window for an NBA title is open right now.

As for Anthony, it doesn’t appear that the Bulls will be his final destination. It’s sounding more and more like he will choose a money grab with the New York Knicks or join the Los Angeles Lakers to continue a career of selfishness.

Maybe Rose’s hands-off approach didn’t make any difference. But it sure didn’t help.

NIU FOOTBALL

Football still in session over the summer

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – In less than a month, fall camp will begin, and Northern Illinois’ football season opener against Presbyterian will be right around the corner.

The Huskies open preseason practice Aug. 2.

However, workouts are still in session throughout the summer as players condition and work out the kinks.

There’s the weightlifting, conditioning, football drills.

Each Tuesday and Thursday, redshirt sophomore quarterback Drew Hare and redshirt junior quarterback Matt

McIntosh organize 7-on-7 competitions. It’s a time for the players to get in some nice, fun reps.

For redshirt junior cornerback Paris Logan and redshirt senior safety Dechane Durante, there’s also the duty of helping the newcomers get acclimated.

“We’ll basically just go over any questions that the freshmen may have,” Logan said. “We’ll go over like our base coverages and stuff.”

Players are allowed to participate in up to eight hours of preparation during an eight-week period each summer, provided they are enrolled in summer school and meet specific academic

“You have some free time, and I think it’s good because you can work at your weaknesses and you have time to work on them.”

Jacob Brinlee NIU junior wideout

benchmarks.

Per a new NCAA rule, coaches are now allowed access to strength and conditioning, but still aren’t allowed to be involved in the on-field drills such as the

7-on-7 drills. It’s up to the players to organize those.

NIU junior wideout Jacob Brinlee said that with summer work not being as structured, it allows players to work on more individual things.

“You have some free time, and I think it’s good because you can work at your weaknesses and you have time to work on them,” Brinlee said.

“Because you’re not busy with class and everything, so you can come in for 30 minutes and do a little extra, say if someone’s looking at [their] weaknesses. It’s different by position and guy to guy.”

Up to two of the eight

hours a week can be used for coaches to meet with players to study film, another rule the NCAA passed this summer.

“I think it’s really big for the younger guys. The older guys that have been in the program, the plays that they’re installing we’ve been doing already. So it’s good just to be in the swing of things so when we get to camp, we’ll be on the ground running,” Brinlee said. “Definitely big for the younger guys, they don’t know much. So it’ll be easy to spread it out over the summer rather than when I first got into camp it was, learn it right now and let’s go.”

• Monday, July 7, 2014

It’s time to absolve Derrick Rose of the latest accusation.

In the case of Rose vs.

The Mother Ship, in which Rose was painted as being completely ignorant that free agent Carmelo Anthony was in town last week, a source said Sunday that was “absolutely false.” Not only was Rose informed that his workout would be moved from the Berto Center in Deerfield to the United Center because of Anthony’s presence, but he was all for meeting with Anthony to talk shop.

So Rose is off the hook for that. Unfortunately, only for that.

It’s time to stop protecting our own and treating the humble superstar from Englewood with kid gloves.

Here are the facts of the past two seasons of Rose’s career with the Bulls: He has played in 10 games, earned $6.8 million a victory since his current contract kicked in and made one come-on-board phone call to a free agent – and that was to Kirk Hinrich.

It’s no longer good enough.

Even a free pass has an expi-

recover. He replied: “Really? I had no idea. Man, I just watch my movies and listen to my music.”

Statements such as that have led outsiders to question Rose’s intelligence. But they’re confusing intelligence with the life in the bubble he has chosen for himself. Be very careful of that because Rose’s IQ about what really matters is a lot higher than he is given credit for.

But where he has missed – and missed badly – is in his archaic attitude of not needing to recruit to help lure potential free agents to Chicago.

Rose’s reasoning is, “It’s not my job.” No, it is your job.

It’s your job to do whatever it takes to make your team better – the team that believed in you enough to commit almost $100 million to you.

No one in the Bulls’ organization is more competitive than Joakim Noah. But even Noah has realized the new NBA isn’t only about whom you know but whom you can sell your team on, pride be damned. This is about getting a ring. And if that means having to pretend you care about Anthony’s concerns about coach Tom Thibodeau or

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Sunday’s Results Washington 2, Cubs 1 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 2 N.Y. Mets 8, Texas 4 Arizona 3, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 2 Miami 8, St. Louis 4 San Francisco 5, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 8, Colorado 2 Monday’s Games Cubs (E. Jackson 5-8) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-7), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 7-4) at Washington (Strasburg 7-6), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 2-5) at N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 2-5) at Milwaukee (Estrada 7-5), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 5-9) at St. Louis (Wainwright 11-4), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Colorado (Matzek 1-2), 7:40 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 6-6) at Arizona (C. Anderson 5-4), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-5) at Oakland (J. Chavez 6-5), 9:05 p.m.

Frontier League EAST DIVISION W L Pct Washington 28 17 .622 Evansville 26 17 .605 Lake Erie 24 21 .533 Southern Illinois 24 21 .533 Florence 20 23 .465 Traverse City 18 27 .400 Frontier 11 34 .244 WEST DIVISION W L Pct Gateway 31 15 .674 River City 27 17 .614 Schaumburg 25 19 .568 Normal 22 21 .512 Rockford 20 23 .465 Joliet 17 26 .395 Windy City 16 28 .364 Sunday’s Results Evansville 7, Joliet 1 Schaumburg 9, Normal 3 Lake Erie 5, Frontier 4, 10 inn.

Traverse City 6, Windy City 1 Florence 12, Washington 3 Rockford 1, Southern Illinois 0 Monday’s Games No games scheduled

Sunday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (15) Aric Almirola, Ford, $377,176.

2. (30) Brian Vickers, Toyota, $237,655.

3. (40) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, $187,680.

4. (22) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, $172,113.

5. (23) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, $179,916.

6. (37) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, $135,370.

7. (27) Michael McDowell, Ford, $122,770.

8. (29) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, $127,045.

9. (34) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, $150,536.

10. (18) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, $140,565.

11. (38) Terry Labonte, Ford, $128,643.

12. (9) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, $154,696.

13. (43) Alex Bowman, Toyota, $124,843.

14. (7) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, $117,785.

15. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, $136,843.

16. (21) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, $136,574.

17. (28) Joey Logano, Ford, $144,501.

18. (26) Brad Keselowski, Ford, $149,093.

19. (41) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, $113,735.

20. (6) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $152,021.

21. (32) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, $115,793.

22. (8) David Ragan, Ford, $120,957.

23. (33) Josh Wise, Ford, $102,635.

24. (20) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, $110,010.

25. (31) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, $109,460.

26. (4) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, $97,710.

27. (14) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, $116,460.

28. (39) Kyle Busch, Toyota, $149,676.

29. (10) Greg Biffle, Ford, $140,785.

30. (36) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, $134,749.

31. (3) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, $96,810.

32. (42) Ryan Truex, Toyota, $95,735.

33. (2) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, $96,635.

34. (17) Cole Whitt, Toyota, $95,460.

35. (1) David Gilliland, Ford, $111,285.

36. (35) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, $121,480.

37. (11) Carl Edwards, Ford, $113,948.

38. (25) Trevor Bayne, Ford, $89,240.

39. (13) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, $126,273.

40. (12) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, $115,398.

41. (16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, $113,065.

42. (5) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, $127,176.

43. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, $69,740.

GOLF PGA TOUR THE GREENBRIER CLASSIC Sunday At The Old White TPC: White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.; Purse: $6.5 million; Yardage: 7,287; Par 70 Final $1,170,000 Angel Cabrera $702,000 George McNeill $442,000 Webb Simpson $227,036 Keegan Bradley Bud Cauley Brendon Todd Billy Hurley III Chris Stroud Cameron Tringale Will Wilcox $137,800 Charlie Beljan Jason Bohn Joe Durant Steve Marino Michael Thompson

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Almirola wins rain-shortened race

By MARK LONG The Associated Pres DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It had been more than 15 years since the iconic No. 43 drove to Victory Lane.

So waiting through two days of thunderstorms and three red flags was relatively easy for Aric Almirola and his Richard Petty Motorsports team.

Almirola won the rain-delayed and rain-shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, putting Petty’s famed blue car back on top for the first time since 1999.

Almirola’s first Cup win came on the same weekend Petty celebrated the 30th anniversary of his 200th career win.

The 30-year-old Almirola was just a baby when Petty picked up that milestone victory.

“The 43 car is without a doubt the most famous car in our sport’s history,” Almirola said. “And to have that opportunity to drive that race car has been really special from the day that I stepped foot in it.

All I wanted to do from the very first time I drove it was get it to Victory Lane. It took two and a half years I guess, but I finally did it.”

Petty wasn’t around for the festivities, having already left Daytona during one of the many delays. He didn’t miss

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Aric Almirola celebrates Sunday in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. much considering steady rain put a slight damper on the postrace party.

NASCAR, however, patched through the seven-time NASCAR champion nicknamed “The King” on a conference call afterward and talked about how he never lost faith despite years of struggles as a team owner.

“If you look back at the history of Petty Enterprises and all the turmoil we’ve been through, I never gave up on the thing,” Petty said. “It was one of those deals I said, ‘OK, if I keep working at it long enough, we’re going to be able to overcome all of this.’ Just because we won a race doesn’t mean we’ve overcome it, don’t get me wrong. But it puts in a higher

speed track. You know you can do it.

“Everybody’s got to have a start, and I think this will be starting it pretty good.”

The Coke Zero 400 was originally scheduled to go off Saturday night, but steady rain forced it to be postponed a day.

When it did finally get started Sunday, it was interrupted several more times.

There were three red flags, two of them because of huge accidents that took out most of the 43-car field and several top contenders. Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Carl Edwards, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch were among those knocked out of contention.

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Arena football Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ESPN2 Cycling Tour de France, Stage 3, 7 a.m., NBCSN Pro baseball Cubs at Cincinnati, 6 p.m., CSN White Sox at Boston, 6 p.m., WCIU N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 6 p.m., ESPN

MLB ROUNDUP

Noesi, ex-Mariner, pitches White Sox to win The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Hector Noesi pitched five-hit ball into the seventh inning for his first win in a month, leading the White Sox to a 1-0 win over Seattle.

Noesi (3-6) struck out five and walked two in 6⅔ innings, a crisp performance against one of his former teams. The right-hander pitched for Seattle for parts of three seasons before he was cut in April.

The Sox finished with just two hits after it had four in Saturday’s 3-2 loss in 14 innings. But Conor Gillaspie scored on a wild pitch in the

first and Noesi combined with two relievers on a five-hitter.

Eric Surkamp got Robinson Cano to fly out with the bases loaded for the final out of the seventh, and Jake Petricka pitched two innings for his third save in four chances.

The Sox’s Jose Abreu and Alexei Ramirez was also selected to the All-Star Game on Sunday night. Abreu and Ramirez were selected as reserves. Sox starter Chris Sale is an MLB.com American League Final Vote Candidate.

Nationals 2, Cubs 1: At Washington, Jake Arrieta appears to be maturing into the kind of pitcher the Cubs hope can so-

lidify their rotation weakened by the trade of starters Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel.

Although the Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals on Sunday, Arrieta allowed one run in six innings of a no-decision.

Samardzija, now with Oakland, was selected as a National League All-Star. Major League Baseball said he is ineligible to play because of the league switch. Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro was selected to the All-Star Game.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is an MLB.com National League Final Vote Candidate.

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Sunday’s Results White Sox 1, Seattle 0 Cleveland 4, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Mets 8, Texas 4 Baltimore 7, Boston 6, 12 inn.

N.Y. Yankees 9, Minnesota 7 L.A. Angels 6, Houston 1 Oakland 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay at Detroit (n) Monday’s Games White Sox (Carroll 2-5) at Boston (Buchholz 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 7-4) at Washington (Strasburg 7-6), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Greene 0-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 8-4) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 4-7), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Cosart 8-6) at Texas (Mikolas 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-5) at Oakland (J. Chavez 6-5), 9:05 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 7-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 9-6), 9:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 4-10) at Seattle (Iwakuma 6-4), 9:10 p.m.

National League CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct Milwaukee 52 37 .584 Pittsburgh 47 41 .534 St. Louis 47 42 .528 Cincinnati 45 42 .517 Cubs 38 48 .442 EAST DIVISION W L Pct Atlanta 49 39 .557 Washington 48 39 .552 Miami 43 45 .489 New York 39 49 .443 Philadelphia 37 51 .420 WEST DIVISION W L Pct Los Angeles 51 40 .560 San Francisco 49 39 .557 San Diego 39 49 .443 Colorado 37 52 .416 Arizona 37 53 .411

NASCAR SPRINT CUP: COKE ZERO 400

NASCAR SPRINT CUP

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American League CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct Detroit 48 36 .571 Kansas City 45 42 .517 Cleveland 43 44 .494 White Sox 42 47 .472 Minnesota 39 48 .448 EAST DIVISION W L Pct Baltimore 48 40 .545 Toronto 47 43 .522 New York 44 43 .506 Tampa Bay 40 50 .444 Boston 39 49 .443 WEST DIVISION W L Pct Oakland 55 33 .625 Los Angeles 51 36 .586 Seattle 48 40 .545 Texas 38 50 .432 Houston 36 54 .400

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PETS

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Enhanced services for pets Two pet specialty centers form strategic alliance to improve care

By DENISE M. BARAN–UNLAND

On the Web

dunland@shawmedia.com HOMER GLEN – When Jennifer Smith of New Lenox noticed that her 9-monthold German Shepherd was walking funny, she took him to a specialist at Premier Veterinary Group, where Connor was diagnosed with hip dysplasia.

Faced with either surgery or rehabilitation to correct the abnormal hip joint, Smith chose the latter and began researching facilities, eventually settling on Integrative Pet Care in Homer Glen.

Nine months later, Connor still is going to therapy twice a week, but he’s no longer on pain medicine, Smith said, unless he has an unusually active day. His therapist also taught Smith exercises she can do at home with him.

“When I’m on shift,” Smith said, a firefighter for Orland Fire Protection District, “my parents do the exercises with him.”

Clients of either animal care group will now have greater access to services as Premier Veterinary Group and Integrative Pet Services recently formed a strategic alliance, said Ed Heil, principal owner of Integrative Pet Care in Homer Glen, and also now the chief operating officer of Premier Veterinary Group.

The alliance, Heil feels, will enhance the services of both groups. For instance, he added, sometimes dogs that come for physical therapy really need surgery. Dogs that have surgery now have access to a place that provides therapy.

The ability to make mutual referrals will help specialists on both ends manage their cases, Heil said.

“Think of it from the human side,” Heil said. “If someone has surgery from a place that is tied in with the place

For information, visit www. integrativepetcare.com.

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ABOVE: Rosa, a 3-year old-Chihuahua mix and a service dog through War Dogs Making It Home, works on an underwater treadmill at Integrative Pet Care in Homer Glen following emergency back surgery. BELOW: Connor, an 18-month-old German Shepherd, is engaged in therapeutic exercise at Integrative Pet Care in Homer Glen. that does the therapy, everything goes much smoother.”

Integrative Pet Care, Heil said, started in 2005 when one veterinarian and two businesswomen felt the Chicago area needed a facility for injured animals to receive therapy, he said. Heil, who is not a veterinarian, bought the business from them in 2009, when he was seeking a business to purchase.

“I was attracted to it because it was unique,” Heil said. “There are not a lot of animal rehabs in the country.”

Here’s how the process at Integrative Pet Care works, Heil said. Perhaps an animal has undergone surgery, has arthritis or has injured itself in agility competitions. The animal’s general practitioner refers the animal to Integrative Pet Care and a veterinarian who is certified in animal rehab performs a thorough examination, talks to the own-

er and creates an action plan.

A typical rehab program lasts eight to 12 weeks.

“We have lot of things we can do to get the dog back up and running,” Heil said.

Integrative Pet Care offers acupuncture, massage, chiropractic treatments and even an underwater treadmill that gives the animal a thorough workout – a 15-minute walk is equal an hour on dry land

– without putting pressure on the joints.

“They walk in dry and then we fill it up with water to the armpits,” Heil said. “We can control the speed and distance that they walk.”

One dog that’s benefited from the underwater treadmill is Hershey, the 12-year-old chocolate Labrador belonging to Marilyn Erman of Lemont.

To compensate for pain from

hip dysplasia, Hershey had overdeveloped his two front legs and chest, so he’s been in therapy since March.

“Hershey goes twice a week,” Erman said. “His improvement is absolutely humongous.”

Among its three locations – Homer Glen, Hanover Park and Chicago – Integrative Pet Care sees about 70 patients a day, mostly dogs and cats, Heil said. Integrative Pet Care is also one of the few places in the country, Heil said, that offer rehab internships.

With the merger with Premier Veterinary Group – with offices in Chicago, Crestwood and Grayslake – patients now also have access to board certified surgeons, oncologists, internists and specialists in critical care medicine, Heil added.

“Pets are living longer now and people look at them as part of their family,” Heil.

“We see a number of dogs that are critical in the hospital and we can make their quality of life better for them.”

The average cost for a dog that needs rehab after surgery is generally $1,000, although that cost is affected by the nature of the initial problem and the steps taken to correct it, Heil said. Pet insurance generally covers rehab, he added, although 75 percent of pet owners do not carry insurance.

“It [pet insurance] is an industry that is evolving,” Heil said. “It also works differently than human insurance does. Owners pay us and then submit paperwork to the insurance company to get reimbursed.”

Ursula is a 21-month-old spayed female. She is very playful and would love to live with another cat. She also loves humans and gets along well with other animals.

Contact Wendy at 708478-5102 or wendy@ nawsus.org to meet her.

Help your dog learn some new tricks this summer and fall during the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s canine college.

Nine different courses will be offered at various times beginning Saturday and ending Oct. 18 at four district dog parks. Classes range from basic training to agility fun runs.

Eight of the structured training sessions require pre-registration. Registration is not required for two free “Fido First Aid and Wellness” seminars, which will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at Hammel Woods Dog Park in Shorewood and from 5 to 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 at Whalon Lake Dog Park in Naperville.

The remaining programs all charge fees ranging from $10 for seminars on problem behavior to $105 for six-session agility classes.

Classes also will be held at the Rock Run Dog Park in Joliet, which opens July 19, and Messenger Marsh Dog Park in Homer Glen.

A current dog park permit is

required in order to register for any of the classes, except for dogs under six months registering for “Puppy Basics” or “Dog Obedience Training.”

All dogs must be current on rabies vaccinations and DHLP (or titer tested). There is a limit of one dog per person and participants must be 18 years of age and older. Call 708-5348499 or visit ReconnectWithNature.org to obtain a registration form and details on registration deadlines, class times and locations.

July 26 golf outing will benefit humane society SHOREWOOD – Sign up now for “Putting for Pets,” a golf outing to benefit the Will County Humane Society in Shorewood. The event will be July 26 at the Woodruff Golf Course, 621 Gougar Road, Joliet. Cost is $90 per individual and $360 a foursome. This includes lunch and a cart. Tee time is 11 a.m. for the 18-hole scramble. Register at www. willcountyhumane.org. Click on events & news tab.

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Fat camps offer pudgy pets ‘pawlates’ to slim down

By SUE MANNING The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – It’s not just a people problem: Growing rates of obesity in pets have led to the emergence of fat farms offering “pawlates,” “doga” and “Barko Polo,” doggie versions of Pilates, yoga and Marco Polo to help slim down man’s best friend. In the U.S., 53 percent of dogs are overweight or obese, up from 45 percent four years ago. In cats, the figure is almost 58 percent, said Dr. Ernie Ward, a veterinarian and founder of the Association of Pet Obesity Prevention in Calabash, North

Carolina. Overweight pets can suffer diabetes, joint problems, heart disease and decreased life expectancy, just like obese people, he said.

For golden retriever Ceili, it was easy to fatten up when living with a boy who pushed tasty morsels over the edge of his high chair. The extra weight led Eileen Bowers of Bedminster, New Jersey, to sign up the more than 100-pound pooch for a five-day fitness camp last month at Morris Animal Inn. Besides the “pawlates,” the camp was filled with swimming, nature hikes, treadmill trots, facials, massages and

treats like organic granola.

It was designed to give Ceili and other dogs a head start on a healthier life, said Debora Montgomery, the New Jersey facility’s spokeswoman.

Wonder how you get a dog to do a downward dog? You wouldn’t even recognize that yoga pose in the canine version. “Doga” and “pawlates” are a lot alike – both are about stretching while building strength, balance and flexibility. In “doga,” stretches are close to the ground, while “pawlates” uses higher balance equipment like large exercise balls, Montgomery said.

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Canine obedience and agility classes are being offered this summer and fall by the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Visit ReconnectWithNature.org for class schedules and registration deadlines or call 708-534-8499.

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Birdie is a beautiful gray tabby kitty who is approximately a year old. She is very shy around other cats, but loves people and lots of attention. Visit Birdie at the Will County Humane Society, 24109 W. Seil Road., Shorewood. Hours are from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Call 815-741-0695 or visit willcountyhumane.org.

Peanut is a handsome young snowshoe mix and tabby. He is energetic and playful. He loves attention but prefers to be the only cat in the house. Visit Peanut at the Will County Humane Society, 24109 W. Seil Road, Shorewood. Hours are from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Call 815-741-0695 or visit willcountyhumane.org.

Summer and fall canine classes to be offered

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PETS OF THE WEEK

PETS BRIEFS

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PUZZLES CROSSWORD

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

How do you get all of your tricks?

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Zig Ziglar, a writer, salesman and motivational speaker who died in 2012, said, “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

To succeed in a bridge deal may require taking a winner at the right moment. A trick too soon or too late may prove fatal.

In today’s deal, South is in four spades. West leads the club queen. What should declarer do?

In the auction, South probably should have rebid three no-trump. With eight winners, he needed partner to provide only one more trick, or for the opening lead to be a low heart away from the ace.

Declarer apparently has these 10 tricks: six spades, one heart, two diamonds and one club. However, to get that heart trick, South has to lead his king to drive out the ace, then get to the dummy to cash the queen. And apparently the only dummy entry, the club ace, has been removed by West’s opening lead. Well, if a heart trick is impossible, maybe South’s 10th trick can be a club ruff in dummy.

Some players would take the first trick and return a club, but the defender who won that trick would surely shift to a trump to stop declarer’s club ruff.

Instead, suppose West is allowed to take trick one. What will he do next?

If he leads a trump, South wins, draws trumps, and leads the heart king to establish dummy’s queen, with the club ace still on the board. If West continues clubs, then declarer can ruff a club on the board for the required extra winner. Perfect!

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ADVICE Family’s anger over woman’s past mistakes still lingers Dear Abby: Two years ago I was involved in an unhealthy relationship for me and my children. Despite what everyone said, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. He ended up assaulting me and my kids.

For two months I struggled with depression, and I admit I wasn’t the responsible parent I should have been. Child Protective Services took the children. I hold myself accountable for my actions and my failure.

My parents are angry with me because of poor choices I made in the past, and treat me like the black sheep of the family. Granted, my mother, brother and I all have issues stemming from the past, but I’m tired of playing the guilt card, tired of playing the victim and tired of not having my family back me up at a time when I need their

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips support to regain custody of my kids.

I miss my family and what good times we did have.

How do I even begin to put the pieces back together on a very broken family? – The

Black Sheep Dear Black Sheep: Fixing your broken family is something all of you must be willing to work on together, or it won’t be successful. Because your mother and brother are unwilling, what you need to do is start fixing yourself.

Regaining custody will depend on your ability to establish your independence, support your children and yourself financially, and start

counseling to deal with your issues so you won’t get into another destructive, abusive relationship. It will take work and time, but if you can do it – and I think you can – your mother and brother will respect you for it. And you will be stronger and healthier because you will no longer be so needy.

Dear Abby: I have been dating “Gene” for three years, living together for a year and a half. We’re both divorced and love each other very much.

Our biggest problem is that he doesn’t keep a “normal” schedule. Gene eats at odd hours, exercises at the strangest times and will stay awake ’til the wee hours of the morning, then crash for a day or so. He’s responsible, holds a good job and comes from a terrific family, but his

Diet sodas are not healthy substitutes for regular sodas DearDr.K: You often advise cutting out sugary soda drinks.

Should I switch to diet soda?

DearReader: Sugary soda drinks have no place in a healthy diet. Excess sugar leads to weight gain – and obesity increases the risk of many serious health conditions, including heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. As I always say when giving dietary advice, I’m talking about a regular practice, not an occasional sin. If you like a non-diet (sugary) drink once in a while, enjoy it.

Multiple studies have shown that people who drink the largest amounts of soda are more likely to gain weight than people who drink the smallest amounts. That’s not surprising when you consider that a 20-ounce bottle of soda can contain as many as 20 teaspoons – that’s 333 calories – of sugar.

Diet soda is made from artificial sweeteners that contain few or no calories. It might seem like the perfect alternative to regular soda, but researchers are finding that people who drink diet soda still have a higher risk for weight gain, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease than people who don’t drink diet soda.

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff There is some evidence that artificial sweeteners might affect the brain’s perception of sugars.

They might increase a person’s appetite for sugars. They also might interfere with the body’s natural ability to estimate calories based on how sweet a food is. Your body thinks other sweet foods don’t have as many calories, either. So you might overeat sweet foods and drinks.

In any event, I’d advise you to try to cut down on both diet and regular soda. Reduce the size of your soda containers (cans usually have fewer ounces than bottles).

Replace your soda with beverages that are naturally low in sugar: • Water: Flavor with a splash of fruit juice or a squeeze of lemon.

• Unsweetened iced or hot tea.

• Diluted juice: Mix 2 to 3 ounces of 100 percent juice with an equal amount of water. You’ll get half the sugar and calories.

• Low-fat milk: Low-fat milk has half as much sugar as soda

and lots of nutrients.

• Coffee: If you add sugar to coffee, try going “cold turkey.” You can acquire a taste for unsweetened coffee. I know, since I did. If you can’t get rid of sugar entirely, try smaller amounts of either sugar or sweeteners.

• Unflavored seltzer/sparkling water: These are great when you need some fizz.

I retained my college-age weight for about 20 years after graduating. But then, like many people, I started to gain weight.

Since I was a kid, also like many people, I loved to drink sugary sodas. I switched to diet sodas, and it helped a little in my goal of remaining at a healthy weight.

Then I realized what I liked most about sodas was the carbonation. The “bite” of the fizz hitting the back of the throat was great, particularly when I was thirsty.

Carbonated waters (flavored or unflavored, but without sugar or sweetener) served the purpose just as well.

• WritetoDr.Komaroffat www.askdoctork.comorAsk DoctorK,10ShattuckSt.,Second Floor,Boston,MA02115.

habits are taking a toll on me.

There are days when I want him home for dinner, or I want to cuddle with him.

I want a normal schedule.

This is tricky because I have accepted his lifestyle and now the brakes have come on for me. Gene doesn’t understand my sudden change of attitude, and frankly, neither do I. Do I accept him for who he is or find someone who follows a more conventional schedule? I love him so much that leaving would be very hard to do. – Wants A Normal

Life Dear Wants: It would be interesting to know what Gene does for a living. Does he work in a casino? Show business?

It’s possible your change in attitude has come about because you now realize you might be living his unconven-

tional lifestyle for the rest of your life. Compromises you could make on a temporary basis can seem daunting when you see they’ll be permanent.

If you need someone who lives his life on a normal schedule, one of you will have to make some changes. You either will have to accept this as your future or Gene will have to change his lifestyle.

Because he seems to thrive on the schedule he’s living on, the adjustment might be very difficult for him.

To My Readers: Have a happy, healthy and safe Fourth of July, everyone! – Love, Abby • Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Blondie

TODAY A progressive and successful year lies ahead. Don’t hesitate when you should be pursuing your goals. You will receive valuable assistance if you ask for it and are willing to help others. Your special communication skills will help you reach your highest potential.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – People will think you’re pushy if you try to make plans for everyone around you. Listen and learn. By observing friends, colleagues and relatives you will gain experience and wisdom.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Show some consideration. Not everyone will opt to do things your way. Give your friends and family breathing room while you focus on mastering your skills.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Make your own decisions. Let everyone know that you won’t be pressured into doing something that goes against your morals and beliefs. Take control, and you’ll have no regrets.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – You’ll have plenty of energy today. No one will be able to keep up with you, making it easy for you to outdo the competition. A physical challenge will be satisfying.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – An escalating problem in a personal relationship could lead to estrangement if it’s not handled discreetly. Don’t compound the problem by revealing intimate details to outsiders.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t assume that everyone who asks for a donation is with a legitimate organization.

If you are at all suspicious about the request, walk away and cut your losses. Charity begins at home.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Opposition will set you back. If you find a way to compromise, it will be easier to reach your goals. Keep life simple until you can comfortably expand your interests.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Friends and colleagues will be bowled over by your unique ideas. Find a platform where you can present your vision to people who will support your plans and impact your future.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – It’s necessary to keep upto-date with your banking records. Go over your statements meticulously and investigate any questionable withdrawals, expenses or bank charges.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If someone is not being totally honest, ask direct questions. You can’t enter into an endeavor or move forward with your plans if you don’t know where you stand.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You will feel stressed when dealing with personal or business relationships. Take a step back from the situation before you do or say anything that could be detrimental to your future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Take a break from your routine.

You deserve a rest, and spending some time outdoors or simply relaxing will help your state of mind. Put your needs first.

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BREAKFAST ATTENDANT The TownePlace Suites in Joliet is looking for an Outgoing and Reliable person to become part of a Superstar Staff. This award winning team is looking to offer a full time Breakfast Attendant position to a person with Excellent Communication Skills, the ability to work well with the team, and most importantly, the ability to provide Outstanding Customer Service. Please Apply in Person at: 1515 Riverboat Center Dr, Joliet, IL 60431 Buying? Selling?

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Manufacturing

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Banking

TELLER / PERSONAL BANKER Hometown National Bank Part Time Includes all teller and personal banker duties. Must have previous computer experience and be proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook. Will be required to provide distinctive customer service.

Previous teller and personal banker experience preferred but will train the right candidate.

Hours are Monday – Friday.

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Plant Maintenance Mechanic Excellent Pay, Full Medical, Dental, Prescription, & Eyewear Insurance, 401k, paid vacations & holidays, All this to those with Ambition and a desire to work. Electrical, hydraulics, welding, pipefitting, construction are all helpful.

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The City of Crest Hill is seeking to fill the position of one full-time or two part-time Building Inspectors with a salary range of $27.88 to $36.06 per hour. This is responsible administrative and investigative work in the inspection of all city commercial, industrial, and residential properties performed to secure and maintain compliance with zoning, property maintenance and building codes. An employee in this class is involved in the inspection of buildings in the course of construction, alteration or repair to determine whether plans, workmanship, and materials conform with all existing code requirements. This employee will interact with contractors, developers and/or the public regarding code compliance issues and inspection requirements. The inspector will report to the Community Development Director. The successful candidate/candidates will have a minimum of five (5) years' experience in building construction, building trade and/or inspections, minimum high school graduate with a thorough knowledge of building and remodeling type of construction work. No certificate or license is required. However, ICC Certifications are a plus and a Certified Building Official (CBO) is strongly desired.

Ability to interpret and apply a wide variety of complex building codes, City ordinances, zoning rules and other regulations. Must be skilled in dealing with the public in a friendly, courteous and knowledgeable manner. Must possess a valid driver's license. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and general computer literacy preferred. Visit the City's website at www.cityofcresthill.com for a complete job description. Appointment is by the Mayor with the majority consent of City Council. Applicants must deliver/mail a completed and signed employment application to the City Administrator's office at City Hall for consideration. Emailed applications will not be accepted. Applications are available on the City Website or at City Hall, 1610 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill, IL 60403.

Application process open until position is filled. EOE.

TREE CARE OPENINGS Acres Group is hiring Crew Leaders, Climbers & Groundsmen for the Tree Care division. Experience preferred. Must have valid driver's license. Call Michelle 847-487-5072 or apply online: www.acresgroup.com

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Out Patient Imaging Center in Joliet is looking for a part-time experienced Registered Sonographer Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, ability to multi-task efficiently and effectively. Registered Breast & Vascular Technologist (RVT / RVS) is preferred.

Please forward resume to Lori Russ at: lruss@petmrct.com or Fax: 815-730-3888

Found Male Cat – Black/Grey Tiger Baby Buggy and Baby Tenda China Cabinet found in area of Joliet (Westside). (feeding table) with original boxes.

Solid oak wood. $40 for both.

Very friendly has all of his claws, 72” H x 44” W -15” deep, lighted Anytime 815-485-2321.

815-722-7278 4 drs 2 glass, shelf, bottom storage $125 Anytime 815-439-7074 Misc. Jerseys - Size 54 2 Blackhawks – 1 Kane, Coffee & End Table – Solid Wood 2 Urlacher, Butkus ($300 value), Must Sell – Moving - $45/OBO 815-436-4222 Forte, Peyton, Cutler, Hester, Quentin - $300 firm for all.

Dining Room Set 815-354-1451 Oak Pedestal Table & 4 Kane Press Oval table w/6 chairs, and three back Chairs. $800 OBO 815-838- leaves, china cabinet, $300/all.

815-715-1021 0001 Dining Room Table Teachers Chair 80 years old, Rock maple, with Vintage & Wooden 6 captain chairs, drop leaf Can be re-finished - $5 w/extra leafs 815-436-4222 KNUDSON AUCTION $200/OBO & APPRAISALS After 11 a.m. 815-941-6499.

815-725-6023 “Since 1947”

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FRI & SAT July 11 & 12 9AM-5PM 806 Eagle Creek Rd. HUGE garage sale!! Furniture, tools, household items & misc. EVERYTHING MUST GO! House sold buyers market.

Canister Vacuum Sears Kenmore w/ Deluxe Beater Bar & Attachments, Excellent Condition, Was $350, Asking $100. 773-315-1700 MICROWAVE Whirlpool – Stainless, Over the Range, Excellent Condition -1 Year Old New $345, Asking $95/obo.

815-347-8369 Anytime Whirlpool Washer – 8 cycles, 4 speeds – AS IS – Needs Repair, for parts, In garage for easy pick-up - $25; Whirlpool Gas Dryer – Working, 4 cycle, 3 temps, extra large capacity, clean inside & out - $150.

815-436-4222

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(4) Vintage Hand Saws w/ Wood Grey and tan, 65 lbs, blue Handles. $10/ea. or 4 for $25 815-436-4222 collar, very skittish, near Renwick Rd & Rt 59 on Friday, June 27. ANGEL DOLL LIGHT, $40 Call Emily @ 815-603-4010 Rattan Rocker, $40, Chest, $50 if you see her!

32” cable TV, $40.

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Magna Dynacraft Tamer Mountain Wooden Counter Stools, 26” x 28” $15 each; Bistro Table. 36” & 4 Bike, Girls 6 Speed Index Shifting Chairs - $30. 815-436-5171 Model 8596-56; rebound shocks, cantilever brakes, good condition, very small repairable tear on seat, pink/purple, used, really nice Table Lamp $33. 815-838-0239 Brass, Upright, No Shade Used Disney Princess Girls Bicycle $25. 815-436-4222

by Huffy, Has balance buddy attached, Great condition, needs minor cleaning, works, tires may need air $29 Patio Table - Beautiful white 815-838-0239 ornamental, cast iron patio table w/ 4 chairs & umbrella holder, excellent condition - $400.

815-436-5171 Closet Doors TRACTOR SNOW PLOW 9 closet doors, very good condition 42” JACOBSEN TRIP BLADE. $40 $75 OBO. 815-436-4222 815-744-3405

Joliet - Elmhurst Cemetery – 3 lots for sale in Devotion section, contact: Ginger Zuehowski for information 843-654-9118

Walker – Like New, Adjustable Heights, Folds, Excellent Condition $20. 815-838-0239

JOLIET

Woodlawn Memorial Park 4 Plots Garden of Devotion Section BOOKS OF ALL KINDS Lot 30D Spaces 3 & 4 $650 each 7 westerns, $1; complete set of 37 31D Spaces 3 & 4 $65- Each books by Dana Fuller Ross' 815-846-4142 "Wagons West", $8; 5 Nora Roberts $1; 9 Mary Higgins Clark, JOLIET ~ 2 PLOTS $2; 17 John Grisham, $4; 9 Tom Woodlawn Memorial Park Clancy, $2; 4 Agatha Christie, $1; $4400/both. 480-205-7844 15 Grace Livingston Hill, $3.50.

ANY OF THESE MAY ALSO BE PURCHASED FOR 25 CENTS EACH. Please call 815-723-3905 HP PAVILION LAPTOP Model DV2000 - AMD Turion Processor 64 x 2, 1.8Ghz, 1982 MG, 32 Bit operating system, 14” screen, Windows Vista, web cam, factory settings, Microsoft works, web cam, remote control included, excellent condition $130. 815-838-0239

Fishing gear for Northern Pike, Muskie, Salmon, and all new poles, lures or kit for making own lures, Must See, 815-342-9328 Pool Cover Solar pool cover for 24 foot pool.

Almost new. $50 Anytime 815-439-7074.

TWIN AIRBED

Bookcase – 3 Shelf 37.5”W x 36”H x 6.25”D $15. 815-436-4222

Eddie Bauer indoor/outdoor, style EB55036, new in box, 74x39x9, external pump, needs a 4 D-cell batteries not included. $38. 815-838-0239

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The Herald News / TheHerald-News.com 45 RPM Record case holds 200 45 RPM vinyl records. Paid Kungs Way, near St. Joseph Hosp. $63.94, will sell for $20.

2BR, D/W, balcony, new carpet.

Minooka. Call 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

2nd floor, updated kitchen, no pets.

815-467-6964.

815-744-5141 Accordion – 120 Base MANHATTAN (2) 2BR, 1BA Capital Deluxe. Petite $125. 9 AM – 4:30 PM 815-722-1353.

Appliances, A/C, no pets,1st and 2nd floor units, $870 - $895/mo.

815-478-4316

Magnus Chord Organ Complete w/ Stool, Instructions & Music Book - $15.

815-436-4222

MINOOKA - 2 BEDROOM

2000 Honda Odyssey EX

water & cable incl. No pets.

Joliet - Near Jefferson & Larkin $800/mo + sec. 815-467-6826 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Condo $52,900, move in condition.

Off Essington Rd, Spacious 2BR Appl, D/W, pretty kitchen, built-in- 815-592-1251 / 815-729-2022 micro, 2 AC's, soft water, free heat.

WEST JOLIET - BY OWNER 815-744-5141 1st Floor, 2 Br, 2 Ba, Furnished, Twin Oaks West, Large Pretty 1BR Garage, Porch with Nice View Appl, built-in-micro, D/W, ceiling Quiet Location. fans, 2 AC's, soft water, elec entry. $86,000. 815-729-3260 Free carport.

815-744-155

Joliet West 2BR Condo Balcony Private parking, close to hospital and shopping, no pets/smoke. $875/mo + dep. 815-729-0090

127K miles, 1 year old battery.

Looks and runs great! $3800.

815-838-9295 ~ 815-451-9036 New Lenox 2-3BR TH Style Condo 2 bath, appl, W/D, private patio.

Garage, close to metra, schools & parks, $1500. 815-272-5081

Boat Motor

Older 9.9 Mercury for parts or repair - $35/OBO. 815-476-7414

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Joliet West & East - 2, 3 & 4 The Will County Public Buildbedroom homes, call now or ing Commission will hold a meetvisit our web site for more info www.protown.org 815-722-1389 ing on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 1993 Winnebago Motor Home Joliet – 1 bedroom home, Ingalls at 8:00 a.m. to discuss business 32 ft, 27,400 miles, 65kw brought before the Commission. generator, 2 A/C's, $6,500/obo. Park, 301 Schorie, must see inside, The meeting will be held at the Will Lg. Bedroom, walk-in closet, stove, Call Andrew 815-341-6147 fridge, W/D, A/C new paint/carpet County Adult Detention Facility, 95 $700/mo+utilities $700 security S. Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois.

815-258-4800 1983 Honda Shadow VT750CC, Plainfield – Crystal Lawns sub.div. (Published in the Herald-News July 7, 2014. HN856) 2606 Wayne St. runs great, new battery, saddle bags & bike cover, great 1st bike. 3 bedroom, tri-level no pets/smkg, call John 815-439-1362 $2,200/obo 815-448-0062

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Jolietrentalunits.com , Big Clean,Furnished, wood flrs, fridge, THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS microwave, laundry, elevator, On QUICKEN LOANS INC., bus line. $95/wk. $412/mo 815-726-2000

Plaintiff, Vs. KRAIG L. BESS; APRIL BESS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

14 CH 687 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: KRAIG L. BESS APRIL BESS UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: LOT 8 IN BLOCK 1 IN PARK FOREST SOUTH UNIT NO. ONE, A SUBDIVISION IN THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 19, 1968, AS DOCUMENT NO. R68-5883, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS 506 Nathan Rd, University Park, IL 60484 PIN # 21-14-13-403-001 and which said Mortgage was made by: KRAIG L. BESS AND APRIL BESS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc. as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, as Document No. R20111179751; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Pamela J. McGuire Clerk of the Circuit Court 14 W. Jefferson St., Suite 212, Joliet, IL 60432-4399 on or before July 23, 2014, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENACCO CE

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New Lenox Furnished Bedroom Public notice is hereby given that utility line clearance is scheduled for the month Full house privileges, straight female preferred. $600/mo + ref.

815-726-8854

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Fenced yard with outside storage.

Available Aug. 1st. 815-474-1941 Plainfield/Joliet Area - Warehouse 30 x 40, 14' overhead door, heated with restroom, $800/mo. No automobile repair or body shop.

I-55 Frontage. 815-741-8389

Joliet- 2 rooms available in 5 room office suite. Access to 2 restrooms, lunchroom and basement storage.

Share rent and utilities, $265 each room. For details: 815-280-3291

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No line clearance work will be performed on wires running from utility poles to homes or buildings. Maps of the affected areas are on file at local municipal or county offices. All trees requiring maintenance in each area will be addressed during these projects. Property owners may appeal the planned vegetation management activities through ComEd or the Illinois Commerce Commission. If you have questions regarding vegetation management activities, you may call 1-800-EDISON-1 and ask to speak with a Vegetation Management Representative or visit our website at https://www.comed.com/sites/customerservice/Pages/ TreesPowerlines.aspx. You may also request a written copy of the dispute resolution process. To contact a Consumer Affairs Officer of the Illinois Commerce adno=0234054 Commission, call 1-800-524-0795.

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(I ) WATER MAIN PROJECT – 2014

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF JOLIET ADVERTISEMENT TO BIDS CONTRACT NO. 2019-0814 RAYNOR AVENUE (INGALLS – CURTIS)

The City of Joliet, Illinois, does hereby invite sealed bids for 975 lineal feet of ductile iron water main, various sizes, 750 lineal feet of water service line 1”, 700 square yards of full depth patching 7”, restoration & various water main related items.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE NEW LENOX SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 122: VILLAGE OF NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS) Notice is hereby given that at 11:00 a.m. August 7, 2014 the Board of Education of New Lenox School District Number 122, Will County, Illinois (“Seller”) will sell at public auction at the Office of the Seller's Superintendent, 102 S. Cedar Road, New Lenox, Illinois 60451, the improved real estate legally described on attached Exhibit A-1 (the “Real Estate.”)

The Real Estate is located at 1066 Industry Road within the Village of New Lenox, Illinois. The Real Estate consists of a 4.580 acre site and three one story commercial building, measuring approximately 9934 square feet, 9244 square feet and 3933 square feet and is currently zoned I-2 “Limited Industrial” under the Village of New Lenox Zoning Ordinance.

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The Real Estate shall be sold in its entirety as a parcel at a public auction to be conducted at the offices of the School District's Superintendent, 102 S. Cedar Road, New Lenox, Illinois 60451. Persons who wish to bid must deposit with the auctioneer at the time of their initial bid earnest money in the amount of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND Dollars ($25,000) in the form of a certified check payable to New Lenox School District Number 122. The auctioneer shall be Seller's Superintendent or the Superintendent's designee. The auctioneer shall start the auction at the minimum amount set forth in item B. below and proceed as the auctioneer deems appropriate. No bid below the minimum will be entertained. Identical bids simultaneously submitted shall be determined by lot, as to which bid is to be entertained.

At such time as all have bid who wish to bid after a reasonable waiting period established by the auctioneer, the auction will be recessed, during which time the highest bidder will be required to sign a Memorandum of Sale, substantially in the form of Exhibit 1, attached hereto and made a part hereof, to which a copy of these Terms and Conditions of Sale shall be attached. Bids for a sale on a cash basis only will be entertained. Seller's Superintendent or his designee shall then sign the Memorandum of Sale acknowledging receipt of the bid and the earnest money.

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Upon execution of the Memorandum of Sale by Buyer and Seller's Superintendent or his designee, the earnest money check of the successful bidder shall be retained by the School District as security for Buyer closing on the sale and the auction shall be closed. The earnest money checks of the unsuccessful bidders shall be returned immediately after the close of the auction. Buyer's bid shall be firm and irrevocable until such time as Seller either rejects or accepts the bid, which action shall occur not later than fourteen days after the close of the auction. Upon acceptance, Seller's President and Secretary shall sign the Memorandum of Sale. If the bid is not accepted within the fourteen days provided for above, the earnest money shall be promptly returned to the otherwise successful bidder. The Memorandum of Sale may be recorded with the Will County Recorder of Deeds at the expense of the party recording the Memorandum.

The minimum sale price for the Real Estate shall be THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND Dollars ($375,000). The earnest money and the balance of the purchase price shall be paid in the form of a Certified Check or a Cashier's Check made payable to New Lenox School District Number 122.

(1) TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) of the purchase price shall be paid at the time of the auction as earnest money and the balance, if any, at closing. Possession will be delivered to Buyer at closing. The earnest money shall be deposited in an interest bearing account at Seller's sole discretion. Any interest earned shall be payable to the School District at closing or in the event the Buyer defaults.

(2) Seller shall deliver to Buyer at closing a Quitclaim Deed in substantial conformance with the form of deed set forth in 765 ILCS 5/10.

(3) Closing shall occur within forty-five days of the date of Seller's acceptance of Buyer's bid at a time and place mutually agreed to by Buyer and Seller, or in the absence of such mutual agreement at a reasonable time and place set by Seller, subject to the conditions below (the “Closing”).

(4) Seller shall, at its sole cost and expense, deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer, not less than five (5) days before closing, a current plat of survey and a commitment for an owner's title insurance policy issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company in the amount of the purchase price, showing title in the Seller subject only to the conditions and exceptions stated in the Chicago Title and Trust Company's commitment number 1412-00331800-NLN. The title commitment shall be conclusive evidence of good title as therein shown as to all matters insured by the policy, subject only to the exceptions as therein stated.

(5) If the title commitment discloses unpermitted exceptions that render the title unmarketable, Seller shall have twenty (20) days from the date of delivery thereof to have the exceptions removed from the commitment or to have the title insurer commit to insure against loss or damage that may be occasioned by such exceptions. If Seller fails to have the exceptions removed or in the alternative, to obtain the commitment for title insurance specified above as to such exceptions within the specified time, Buyer may terminate the sale or may elect, upon notice to Seller no later than the day of the expiration of the twenty day (20) period, to take title as it then is with the right to deduct from the purchase price liens or encumbrances of a definite or ascertainable amount. If Buyer does not so elect, the sale shall become null and void without further action of the parties or remedy to Buyer except for return of the earnest money and any interest earned thereon. If Buyer defaults, then at Seller's option the earnest money, and any interest earned thereon, shall be retained by the School District as liquidated damages, and the sale as to the Buyer shall thereupon become null and void. Seller also shall furnish Buyer an affidavit of title in customary form for title insurance purposes covering the date of closing and showing title in Seller subject only to the conditions and exceptions stated in the title commitment.

Seller shall pay the amount of any stamp tax imposed by law on the transfer of the title, including but not limited to, State and County transfer taxes, and shall furnish a completed Real Estate Transfer Declaration signed by the Seller or the Seller's agent in the form required pursuant to the Real Estate Transfer Tax Act of the State of Illinois, and shall furnish any declaration signed by the Seller or the Seller's agent or meet other requirements as established by any local ordinance with regard to a transfer or transaction tax. Any such tax required by local ordinance shall be paid by the Buyer.

Time shall be of the essence as to all matters provided for in these terms and conditions.

All notices or documents required to be provided pursuant to these terms and conditions shall be given or made by personal service upon the Buyer or Seller's Superintendent, or upon sending the same by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to Buyer at the address to be provided at the time that the earnest money is paid to Seller, and to Seller addressed to the Superintendent, New Lenox School District Number 122, 102 S. Cedar Road, New Lenox, Illinois 60451, or to such other address of which the Buyer and Seller shall give notice in the manner provided herein.

Notice mailed in conformance with this paragraph shall be deemed given upon deposit in the mail.

These terms and conditions shall be binding upon Seller and Buyer and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

As used in this paragraph H., the terms “Seller” and “Indemnitees” include the School District, the Board of Education and its officers, members, employees and agents in their official and individual capacities. All information about the Real Estate included in these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Notice of Sale, or otherwise provided by Seller is believed to be reliable, but is not guaranteed and no express or implied representations or warranties are made with regard to the Real Estate or matters relating thereto. The Real Estate will be sold and conveyed to Buyer on an “AS IS” basis without any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, either oral or written, made by Seller with respect to the physical or environmental condition of the Real Estate or with respect to the existence or absence of toxic or hazardous materials, substances or wastes in, on, under or affecting the Real Estate, and subject to existing zoning, flood plain and any other restrictions on the use or development of the Real Estate. All warranties with respect to the Real Estate are hereby expressly disclaimed. Except as provided below regarding the scope of Buyer's indemnity commitment, any risk and all responsibility relating to any condition of the Real Estate, including, but not limited to any of the above-described conditions, are assumed by Buyer and disclaimed by Seller. Prospective buyers are urged to examine the Real Estate and conduct their own inspection and investigation of the Real Estate (including, without limitation, environmental inspections and investigations), the survey and the commitment for title insurance. The Buyer shall be responsible for and bear all expenses and liability associated with making certain that the Real Estate is suitable for the Buyer's intended use, and for complying with all applicable law. Further, upon Closing, as between Buyer and Seller, Buyer shall bear all responsibility, liability and obligation for the condition of the Real Estate and the Buyer's business or operations to be located on the Real Estate; Buyer waives, generally releases and covenants not to sue or make any claim whatsoever against Seller regarding the foregoing matters and all matters within the scope of the following indemnity commitment. Buyer shall, at its sole cost and expense, unconditionally indemnify, defend and hold Seller harmless, from and against any loss, liability, damage (whether direct or consequential), claims (whether or not ultimately successful), penalties, fines, injunctions, suits, proceedings, disbursements or expenses (including without limitation, attorneys' and experts' fees and disbursements and court costs) arising under any present or future local, state or federal law (and the amendments, regulations, orders or decrees promulgated thereunder) which may be incurred by or against Seller directly or indirectly resulting from the condition of the Real Estate. Buyer's obligations, indemnification and risk with respect to the condition of the Real Estate under this paragraph shall survive the Closing and delivery of the Quitclaim Deed.

No real estate commissions, or similar fees, will be paid by Seller in connection with the sale.

Seller reserves the right to waive irregularities, to continue the sale from time to time, to reject any or all bids, and to adjourn the sale.

EXHIBIT A-1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION NEW LENOX SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 122 1066 INDUSTRY ROAD, VILLAGE OF NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS

PARCEL 1: THE WEST ½ OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO WIT: THE NORTH 793 FEET OF THE WEST 325 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27 (EXCEPT THEREFROM THE NORTH 633 FEET THEREOF), IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, AND IN RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 1A: A PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1 AS CREATED BY A DEED IN TRUST FROM LOIS E. BRUHN TO NEW LENOX STATE BANK AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 26, 1974 KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 89 AND RECORDED APRIL 25, 1975 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R75-9501 FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER ACROSS AND UPON THE SOUTH 25 FEET AND OVER THE NORTH 25 FEET OF THE EAST ½ OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THE NORTH 793 FEET OF THE WEST 525 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ SECTION 27, (EXCEPT THEREFROM THE NORTH 633 FEET THEREOF) AND IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 1B: A PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1 GRANTED IN A DEED DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1970 RECORDED DECEMBER 28, 1970 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R70-23678 TO FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JOLIET TRUST NUMBER 712 OVER ACROSS AND UPON THE EAST 25 FEET OF THE NORTH 793 FEET OF THE WEST 550 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ALL IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: THE WEST 275 FEET OF THE NORTH 243 FEET OF THE WEST 523 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27 (EXCEPT THEREFROM THE NORTH 793 FEET THEREOF), IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, AND IN RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2A: A PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 2 GRANTED IN A DEED JUNE 11, 1972 RECORDED JULY 13, 1972 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R72-19546 TO SCHWAN'S SALE ENTERPRISES, INC. OVER ACROSS AND UPON THE EAST 25 FEET OF THE NORTH 943 FEET OF THE WEST 550 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 4: THE EAST 250 FEET OF THE WEST 525 FEET OF THE NORTH 943 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27 (EXCEPT THEREFROM THE NORTH 793 FEET THEREOF), IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, AND IN RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 4A: A PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 4 GRANTED IN A DEED JUNE 11, 1972 RECORDED JULY 13, 1972 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R72-19546 TO SCHWAN'S SALE ENTERPRISES, INC. OVER ACROSS AND UPON THE EAST 25 FEET OF THE NORTH 943 FEET OF THE WEST 550 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 5: THE NORTH 1093 FEET OF THE WEST 525 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27 (EXCEPT THEREFROM THE NORTH 943 FEET THEREOF), IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, AND IN RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 5A: A PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 4 GRANTED IN A DEED SEPTEMBER 5, 1972 RECORDED JULY 13, 1972 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R72-26830 TO NORVAL ROBINSON AND RONALD KOKAL OVER ACROSS AND UPON THE EAST 25 FEET OF THE NORTH 1093 FEET OF THE WEST 550 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ALL IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. (Published in the Herald-News July 7, 14, 21, 2014. HN847)

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Taxpayers want Fairmont school board to open up

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com LOCKPORT – Some residents want the Fairmont School District 89 board to tell them more about recent administrative and financial decisions.

At a June 18 board meeting, Maria Ninos was upset enough at the board that she called for the resignation of board President Joseph Ryan and district Superintendent Sonya Whitaker. Ninos said her comments drew applause from others at the meeting.

Joseph Dalpiaz said residents just want to trust that the school district is being run in a cost-effective manner.

“The whole thing is you’re not able to trust what the board and superintendent are doing because they’re not

open,” said Dalpiaz, former Hinsdale South High School principal.

Ryan and Whitaker did not return repeated calls last week or Monday to comment on this story.

While the school district is facing criticism from some residents and contending with a lawsuit filed by a fired district employee, school leaders defended the actions of its superintendent and board members. Ryan has said since Whitaker was chosen to lead the district as superintendent in 2010, he’s seen improvements each year in students’ academic performance and school finances.

But school leaders also were criticized by former board member E. Hope Thigpen-McElrath, who resigned April 11. Thigpen-McElrath

cited a lack of communication between school officials and residents among the reasons for her resignation.

Dalpiaz and Ninos are both residents of Lago Vista, a community for residents 55 years or older. Dalpiaz said most residents in Lago Vista live on fixed incomes and watch their taxes closely.

Ninos has been attending school meetings since June 2013 and has been a frequent critic of the school district.

She said board members always get the last word in meetings and residents are unable to respond.

Dalpiaz said his issue with board members is they do “things without explaining much.” When he asks questions at board meetings about financial issues, he receives silence.

Storm procedures questioned at Plainfield village board meeting

By VIKAAS SHANKER vshanker@shawmedia.com PLAINFIELD – Plainfield Police commanders defended their decision Monday to the Village Board not to sound the sirens during the June 30 storms that produced a tornado and caused uprooted trees, heavy power outages and light structural damage to homes.

An EF1 tornado, the weakest type on the National Weather Service’s scale but that still carries winds up to 100 miles an hour, developed in the double dose of storms June 30.

It wound up damaging 21 homes, according to Plainfield officials.

Sirens never sounded in Plainfield because storm spotters never saw a tornado, Plainfield police Commander Anthony Novak said.

“The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning at 9:58 p.m.,” Novak said. “By then, [the tornado] had struck and left Plainfield. Even with

the warning, nothing could have been done.”

The first wave of storms tht struck Plainfield caused some damage, but the second wave of storms that rolled over the village produced the tornado.

Police Commander Ken Ruggles was responsible for alarming the sirens if the village needed them on June 30.

But he said there was no indication of a tornado and nothing from the weather service indicated a tornado at the time.

“At the point when I could have activated the sirens, I believe the storm had already passed us,” Ruggles said.

Ruggles presented a timeline of what happened during the second, more powerful storm.

Based on the tornado’s ground speed at 50 miles an hour, national weather service reports and the damage that occurred, police estimated that the tornado started south of West Lake Place at about 9:55 p.m.

The weather service detected the tornado at 9:56 p.m. just after the tornado caused its heaviest damage to houses in The Reserve subdivision off Route 126. But when the warning was issued at 9:57 p.m., the tornado had already moved past Route 55 and into Romeoville.

Ruggles said that at 9:30 p.m., storm spotters were set up at Wal-Mart, Grande Park, the police department, Lincoln Elementary School, Route 126 at Schlapp Road, Route 126 at Ridge Road and Thomas Jefferson School.

Those locations were strategically identified because of the direction of the storm and extended field of vision. However, Ruggles said that at 9:52 p.m., storm spotters reported very limited visibility.

Trustees commended police, Plainfield Emergency Management Agency and the volunteer storm spotters for their service during the storm.

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ON THE COVER David Noel is one of several homeowners who are in conflict with the Forest Preserve District of Will County over the district’s recent decision to increase its encroachment enforcement efforts. Residents whose property sits next to forest preserve land now face fines if caught mowing the land, al though some have been doing so for decades.

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CORRECTIONS In the article, “Made-to-order burger place coming to Joliet” that was on page 4 of the Monday, June 29, 2014, edition of The Herald-News, the name of a new hamburger restaurant, Mooyah, was spelled incorrectly.

Mooyah – a Texas-based chain that offers made-to-order burgers, hand-cut fries and milkshakes – is scheduled to open this winter at a new shopping center at Jefferson Street and Caterpillar Drive.

In the article, “Blue Island police officer arrested in child porn case” that was on page 6 of the Friday, July 4, 2014, edition of The Herald-News, the headline and the story contained an error. Miguel Luna, 63, of Romeoville is a former Blue Island police officer.

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High grass is one issue as neighbors take control of Forest Preserve land

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS

“They’d cross in, and say [they] did not see one sign, that they did not know they passed over into Forest Preserve property. We started saying, ‘We have to walk our boundaries. We have to make sure they’re signed properly.’ Then we realized we have this encroachment issue and it’s huge. That’s how this all got started.”

lleonecross@shawmedia.com JOLIET – David Noel knows the steep hill behind his home in Joliet’s River Glen subdivision isn’t his. He just wants to mow it – just as he’s done for the past several years.

But the Forest Preserve District of Will County, which owns property behind his home, won’t allow it.

“What’s the difference?

Why can they mow it, but I can’t?” said Noel, whose backyard abuts the district’s Hammel Woods preserve just north of Black Road.

He’s not alone in his frustration over the district’s recent decision to crack down on property owners who illegally encroach onto public land.

More than 130 homeowners were caught this spring mowing or using district land for personal storage, composting or as a spot to dispose of yard waste. Some of them attended Forest Preserve District board meetings or called their local representatives to complain.

It started earlier this spring when district officials surveyed 12 of the district’s 82 boundaries and discovered more than 200 encroachments onto its preserves. Letters were sent out last month, informing property owners they were encroaching.

Marcy DeMauro, the forest preserve district’s executive director, said she understands their frustration, noting property owners have been told to stop doing something they thought was OK for years.

She noted reasons for the stepped-up encroachment enforcement is not just about those mowing the land, or using it for personal storage, but also for issues of liability and wildlife preservation. The district began stepping up its anti-encroachment efforts earlier this year after hearing re-

Marcy DeMauro Photos by Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com

ABOVE: Mowed grass meets un-mowed grass in the River Glen subdivision of Joliet. Homeowners with land abutting forest preserve land have become upset over the district’s recent decision to increase its encroachment enforcement efforts. BELOW: A Forest Preserve District of Will County sign sits at the edge of a residential property in the River Glen subdivision in Joliet. ports of people poaching deer on district land, she said.

“They’d cross in, and say [they] did not see one sign, that they did not know they passed over into Forest Preserve property,” DeMauro said. “We started saying, ‘We have to walk our boundaries. We have to make sure they’re signed properly.’ Then we realized we have this encroachment issue and it’s huge. That’s how this all got started.”

Despite the letters, Noel wants to continue mowing to keep tall grasses at bay.

Noel and several neighbors are worried about the district not keeping its word to maintain boundaries during the summer months. They’re concerned about the district falling behind, noting the tall grass attracts animals, such as coyotes and mosquitoes. In previous years, the boundaries had been cut only twice a year.

During the district’s operations committee meeting last week, officials said they will mow certain boundaries every two weeks. They plan to mow a 15-to-30-foot strip of grass along the boundaries in highly residential areas such as Hammel Woods and Lower Rock Run Preserve. Officials said the schedule is only pertinent during the growing sea-

son.

Marilyn Treasure, 76, is among those who were sent letters last month. The stone steps and a garden she put in nearly 20 years ago when she first moved into the subdivision must now be removed, or she’ll face a fine.

“I can’t do that,” Treasure said during last week’s Forest Preserve District of Will

Forest Preserve District executive director

County Board of Commissioners’ Operations Committee meeting. “I’m a widow.”

Treasure said she’s physically incapable of removing the garden and stone steps herself. She is in talks with district officials on possible alternatives. In the end, the district will remove it and charge for services, or Treasure will have to hire someone to remove it for her, DeMauro said.

The district acquired Hammel Woods in 2010, which is why homeowners, some of whom have mowed for decades, are only just now becoming aware of their encroachments, DeMauro said.

Now that the district’s land acquisition has slowed down, DeMauro said staff is shifting its resources to land maintenance and encroachment enforcement. During the next two years, the district will survey the remaining boundaries for encroachment violations and to see where signage could be improved, she said.

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Pursuit of permit is personal mission Potential medical marijuana dispensary operator shares her experience with pain

By BILL WIMBISCUS bwimbiscus@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Traci Fernandez has a unique perspective on the need for medical marijuana.

Fernandez, a Plainfield native who now lives in Batavia, has transverse myelitis, a rare neurological disease of the spine that has left her paralyzed from the chest down.

Along with being confined to a wheelchair, Fernandez also experiences chronic pain on a daily basis.

“It’s a constant pins and needles, like your legs are asleep,” said Fernandez, one of the founders of 3C Compassionate Care Center, a group that hopes to operate a medical cannabis facility in Rock Run Business Park. “As the day progresses, the pain gets more intense and it starts to feel like those pins and needles are on fire.”

Fernandez started 3C several months ago with her husband, Hugo, a media marketing specialist; her father, Will County Circuit Judge Robert Livas; and a friend, Kathy Tucker.

The company, currently based in Naperville, is seeking to operate dispensaries in Joliet and Naperville.

The state will allow 60 dispensaries statewide, including

three in Will County. The 3C Compassionate Care Center would operate in a facility being developed by Fire Management Services, which was the first company to apply in Joliet for the special-use permit needed for the facility. The City Council approved the permit July 1.

For Fernandez, 3C is both a business and a personal mission.

“I started to look into the medical marijuana dispensary business when I first started hearing about it several months ago,” Fernandez said.

“Our mission is really to help people with conditions like mine.”

Before her paralysis, Fernandez said she ran three to four miles a day.

“I was never sick at all,” Fernandez said. “Then I went to bed one night and woke up ... with significant chest pains.

I woke up again and the pain was just terrible. As I went to get out of bed, my legs got heavier and heavier. When I got to the hospital, I couldn’t walk at all.

“It is crazy and shocking to think that it is possible to go to bed healthy and wake up a paraplegic.”

Spinal cord disease and injury are among the conditions Illinois will allow to be treated

Photo courtesy of 3C Compassionate Care Center

The founders of 3C Compassionate Care Center include (from left) Judge Robert Livas, Hugo Fernandez, Traci Fernandez (seated) and Kathy Tucker. with medical marijuana. The list also includes cancer, glaucoma, ALS, multiple sclerosis, HIV and a number of other maladies.

If it wins state approval to operate a dispensary, 3C

plans to donate 20 percent of its profits to the United Paralysis Foundation, a nonprofit charity founded by Fernandez and her husband a year after she became paralyzed in 2008.

The foundation raises funds to

research a cure for spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

3C will donate another 5 percent of profits to the communities in which it resides, according to company literature.

Livas, director of the Will County Courthouse’s felony division, said he plans to retire from his judgeship at the end of October to help run the company.

Livas said he brings a good understanding of police and security issues to 3C. Getting past the stigma of the word “marijuana” was the first step, he said.

“It’s that term, marijuana, that grates on people ... until you look at the research and see the effects” on the sick and those with terminal illness, Livas said.

Livas visited a medical dispensary in Rhode Island, where medical marijuana was legalized in 2006. He said he was impressed by the security and recordkeeping, as well as the knowledge the operators had of their patients and the specific products their diseases required.

But Livas said his primary impetus for joining the company was to help his daughter raise money for spinal cord injury research.

Testimony given in sentencing for elderly abuse case

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – An 81-year-old woman’s friends said she’s still suffering the physical effects of neglect when she was left alone in her son’s care.

Margaret “Marge” Kuech also has Alzheimer’s and dementia, and is considered to be in “frail health,” said Carolyn Barclay, a nursing home manager who testified Mon-

day during the sentencing for Mark A. Kuech.

Barclay also said Marge Kuech requires constant care Mark A. and is unable to Kuech feed herself. She also noted Mark Kuech has never visited.

Mark Kuech, 51, pleaded guilty in April to criminally neglecting his mother for six

months in 2012. He faces two to five years in prison, but also could receive probation. Mark Kuech left his mother alone in a basement bedroom of his New Lenox home for long periods of time, said Michael Bercellino, who is Marge Kuech’s court-appointed guardian.

Marge Kuech was hospitalized in November 2012 after paramedics found her frail, malnourished and suffering from bedsores. Mark Kuech

was arrested last year after an investigation into his mother’s finances, which found no evidence of wrongdoing.

“She cannot use her right side as she laid on it for so long [it’s] permanently paralyzed,” Bercellino told Judge Sarah Jones. Bercellino became friends with Marge Kuech while riding daily to Chicago on the Rock Island train line.

Before Marge Kuech retired from Ernst & Young, she also

commuted with Joanne Buchhaas.

“I’ve been a friend for over 30 years. [Visiting now] I truly miss the Marge I once knew,” Buchhaas said, telling Jones her friend does not recognize visitors or have lucid conversations.

A witness who was unable to attend court Monday is set to testify on Mark Kuech’s behalf when sentencing resumes next week.

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By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The bench trial of a man accused of shooting two people at a party last year in Bolingbrook was postponed Monday when the victims skipped court.

Instead of hearing their testimony against Dominique D. Travis, 20, Judge Robert Livas issued arrest warrants on Angelo Castillo and Richard Robles. Assistant Will County State’s Attorney Steve Platek told Livas both men came to court last week when scheduled, but had not returned Monday with other subpoenaed witnesses.

Over objection from the defense, Livas continued the case until Aug. 4 and issued war-

rants carrying $100,000 bond.

Livas also ordered three other witnesses to return to court on that date and arranged for Martez Doss to be brought from the Department of Corrections again.

On Oct. 5, Travis and several friends Dominique invited themD. Travis selves to a party in the 100 block of Malibu Drive and a fight broke out when they were told to leave, according to police.

Travis allegedly shot one man in the chest and another in the leg and fled to an SUV driven

by Doss. Doss led responding police on a chase down I-55 to Joliet where Travis escaped be-

fore the other occupants were captured, police said.

Travis, who was on parole for marijuana possession at the time, was arrested in Joliet three weeks later. He is charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, reckless discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon and obstructing justice.

Travis also faces charges from a Sept. 2, 2013, incident in Joliet where he allegedly shot at several men in the 200 block of North Broadway. One man was struck in the calf, police said. Those cases are pending the outcome of the attempted murder charges which carry a sentence of 21 to 45 years in prison because a firearm was used.

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JOLIET – Two men were shot Sunday in the 400 block of South Joliet Street.

At 5:30 p.m. the victims, both 28-year-old men, were sitting on a porch when they were struck by bullets. The victims told police they did not see where the shots came from or whether their assailants were on foot or in a vehicle, Cmdr. Al Roechner

said.

“Officers responded to a call of shots fired and arrived to find one man lying face down with a gunshot wound to his chest. The other had a wound to his left ankle,” Roechner said.

Both victims were conscious and responsive before being taken to the hospital where they were treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, Roechner said.

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The man accused of blowing up his own house after his girlfriend went missing will remain in jail before his trial.

Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak on Monday denied a motion to reduce bond for James J. Borg from $750,000 to $100,000.

Defense attorney Ryan Kosztya said a doctor told him Borg will better recover from the burns suffered in the July 14, 2013, blast if he were outside the county jail, but it is not necessary for him to undergo surgery immediately.

“He suffers from contractures, tautness of skin [in the damaged areas] and will

need to consult with a plastic surgeon specializing in burns,” Kosztya said.

After the judge denied the request for lower bail, Kosztya said during his next court appearance Borg will either accept a plea deal or be scheduled for trial.

Borg, 45, allegedly cut the gas line to the clothes dryer and left the valve open while he was alone in the rented home in the 100 block of Southwest Circle Drive in Joliet Township. He is charged with aggravated arson.

Will County Sheriff’s police have said Borg remains the only suspect in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Anne Gay, a month earlier.

He has not been charged in that case. Borg and Gay lived together at his house.

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Man found dead after ejected from vehicle PEOTONE TOWNSHIP – A Beecher man died in a one-vehicle crash sometime between late Friday night and early Saturday morning.

Daniel Leslie, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Kankakee County coroner.

Will County deputies were called at 6:21 a.m. Saturday to the scene at Center and County Line roads, which is at the border of Will and Kankakee counties. Police said there had been a report from the area of a vehicle being driven erratically late Friday night. “[Will County] deputies observed a Ford Escape in a field on its side with heavy damage in all areas,” Will County sheriff’s spokeswoman Kathy

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It appears he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.”

Hoffmeyer said Leslie’s vehicle had been reported driving erratically and swerving at 11:23 p.m. Friday near Church and Will-Center roads by another driver, but deputies were unable to find it.

“Leslie was diabetic but it is unknown at this time if his condition was a factor in this accident,” Hoffmeyer said.

Fire damages Joliet apartment JOLIET – No one was injured when fire destroyed a room in a second-floor apartment Sunday night.

Capt Pat Strocchia said the fire was reported at 10:36 p.m. by a neighbor in the 1100 block of Woodruff Road.

“A resident in the downstairs unit reported smelling smoke, but believed it was [coming from] a fire pit,” Strocchia said.

“All of the occupants were out from the second floor before crews arrived.”

The cause of the fire, which damaged one room and its contents, is under investigation, Strocchia said. The Red Cross found temporary lodging for four adults and one child, according to reports.

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JOLIET – Police say a parolee was caught with a stolen gun and ammunition in his car Thursday.

After David J. Bales, 23, was arrested, officers also found cocaine in his apartment, David J. Cmdr. Al RoechBales ner said.

Roechner said officers knew Bales had an outstanding warrant when he was stopped driving a tan Lincoln Town Car at 5:35 p.m. near his home in the 600 block of McDonough Street. Bales’ passenger, Sara Mayo, 22, of Joliet, also was detained.

“Officers could smell the odor of burnt cannabis, and when Bales got out of the vehicle, they could see the butt of a handgun sticking out between the center console and the passenger seat,” Roechner said.

According to reports, the gun was reported stolen in 2008 in Joliet. Police also said they found a box of .380-caliber bullets and shotgun shells inside the car.

Roechner said police found marijuana in Mayo’s purse. She was charged with marijuana possession and released on bond.

“We then received consent

from the leaseholder to search Bales’ residence and found 21 grams of cocaine inside,” Roechner said.

Bales was booked into the county jail on charges of unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a gang member, delivery of drugs and marijuana possession.

The Department of Corrections reports Bales has been on parole since October for convictions of aggravated battery and unlawful use of a credit card in Will County.

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ROMEOVILLE – Another church is finding a permanent home in the Windham Lakes Business Park after village trustees approved last week a special-use permit for Christian Faith Church International.

Christian Faith Church is planning to move into 1233 and 1237 Windham Parkway, joining The Sanctuary church in a building that was once slated for commercial offices.

The space is in the northwest portion of the building and includes 1,800 square feet, or 21 percent of the building.

“I’m very excited the

church found a location that works for their needs,” Mayor John Noak said.

Church founder the Rev. Joseph Kyei-Baffour initially went to the village Planning and Zoning Commission to build a church on 759 Dalhart Ave. However, the commission had issues with the size and shape of the building plan.

Kyei-Baffour said he searched for a new location.

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Kyei-Baffour founded the church in 2006 after he arrived on the United States as a political refugee.

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• Aniya D. Kinsey, 23, of the 1500 block of South Fifth Avenue in Romeoville, was arrested by Romeoville police Tuesday on a charge of forgery.

• Franklin A. Morris, 28, of the 200 block of East Bailey Road in Naperville, was arrested by Bolingbrook police Tuesday on charges of delivery of marijuana, marijuana possession, driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance.

• Robert A. Angone, 23, of the 300 block of South Francis Street in Braidwood, was arrested by Braidwood police Wednesday on charges of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Marion Bell, 69, of the 800 block of South Joliet Street, was arrested by Joliet police Wednesday on a charge of unauthorized possession of a firearm.

• Sharlisa S. Clark, 24, of the 2000 block of South 24th Avenue in Broadview, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on a charge of forgery.

• Bret B. Hruby, 24, of the 10600 block of Burnham Court in Naperville, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on a charge of burglary.

•Isaac Norfleet, 40, of the 1200 block of Hague Street, was arrested by Joliet police Wednesday on charges of drug possession and driving with a suspended license.

• Erek T. Powell, 39, of the 2000 block of Digby Drive in New Lenox, was arrested by New Lenox police Wednesday on charges of drug possession, driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance.

• Michael S. Smith, 40, of the 0 to 100 block of Maple Street in Minooka, was arrested by sheriff’s police Wednesday on a charge of aggravated battery.

• Michael A. Coleman, 30, of the 600 block of Oneida Street, was arrested by Joliet police Thursday on a charge of aggravated domestic battery.

• David A. Gryczewski, 28, of the 200 block of Traverse Court in Romeoville, was arrested by Romeoville police Thursday on a charge of drug possession.

• Dewanna J. Smalley, 32, of the 8600 block of South Carpenter Street in Chicago, was arrested by sheriff’s police Thursday on charges of theft, burglary and forgery.

• Miguel Alvarez, 31, of the 200 block of Casseday Avenue, was arrested by Joliet police Friday on a charge of residential burglary.

• Emmanuel Antonio, 22, of the 900 block of East Clinton Street, was arrested by Joliet police Friday on a charge of vandalism.

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• Joseph P. Liss, 24, of the 2100 block of Vernon Drive in Elgin, and Shakela S. Simmons, 20, of the 0 to 100 block of North Gifford Street in Elgin, were arrested by Romeoville police June 30 on charges of forgery.

• Beatrice Ponce, 20, of the 400 block of West Highland Avenue in Elgin, was arrested by Plainfield police June 30 on a charge of forgery.

• Shaun W. Matheny, 32, of the 24000 block of Keith Allen Drive in Elwood, was arrested by sheriff’s police June 30 on charges of theft and vandalism.

• David J. Gill, 41, of the 16000 block of Blackhawk Drive in Lockport, and Raymond A. Lind, 74, of the 2200 block of West Berwyn Avenue in Chicago, were arrested by state police Tuesday on a charge of tampering with a gambling machine.

• Kevin G. Harold, 37, of the 20100 block of Graceland Lane in Frankfort, was arrested by state police Tuesday on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a suspended license.

• William R. Henry, 51, of the

building went through foreclosure,” Romeoville Community Development Director Steve Rockwell said Wednesday. “It was carved into condos and sold off one-by-one.”

The Sanctuary church moved into the building in fall of 2013.

Trustee Dave Richards said the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the special-use permit with modifications that ensure proper fire access to the building.

“I think this is a good use for this building,” Richards said. “It’ll fit well there.”

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the members are predominately people who have come from Africa right now. But we’re open to all.”

Kyei-Baffour said the church has moved several times since it started.

Members spent their Sundays in a hotel facility for the first 10 months. The congregation then moved to Oak View Elementary School, where Kyei-Baffour has since been holding services.

The Windham Parkway building was the second one built in 2006 in the business park.

“During the recession, the

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OBITUARIES EUGENE L. ALBERICO Born: June 14, 1929; Joliet, IL Died: June 28, 2014; Joliet, IL Eugene L. Alberico “Gene” - Born June 14, 1929 in Joliet, went to the arms of Jesus on Saturday, June 28, 2014 and joined his loving wife of 50 years, Janet O. (nee Miller) Alberico. Resided in Plainfield, for 45 years.

Survived by his two sons, Jim (Kathy) Alberico of Crest Hill and Randy Alberico of Minooka; two daughters, Carla (Mark) Binzen of Channahon and Crystal (David) Pearce of Lynnwood, Washington; nine grandchildren, Nate Alberico, Anthony Alberico, Melissa Alberico, Justin Alberico, Mark Alberico, Jordan Alberico and Dominic Alberico, Courtney Binzen and Lindsey Binzen; one great granddaughter, Rayvn Alberico; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceded in death by his parents, Peter and Constance (nee Bucciferro) Alberico; sisters, Edith (late Chris) Alberico, Angela (late Sam) DeAngelis and Phyllis (late Ray) Mutz; brothers, Nunzio Alberico, Daniel (late Louise) Alberico and Henry (Rose) Alberico; and a brother, Earnest in infancy.

Veteran of the United States Air Force, retired from Texico and a member for 41 years at Friendship Baptist Church in Plainfield.

Gene was an avid Chicago White Sox Fan and enjoyed going bowling.

Lying in state at the Friendship Baptist Church, 15801 S. Route 59, Plainfield, on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 from 9:30 AM until the time of services at 10:30 AM. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. Visitation will be held at the Friendship Baptist Church on Monday, July 7, 2014 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM.

MARY LAVINA ALBRECHT Born: Nov. 4, 1924; In Chicago Died: July 4, 2014; In Morris Mary Lavina Albrecht, age 89 of Coal City, passed away July 4, 2014, at Morris Hospital. Born November

4, 1924, in Chicago, Mary was a daughter of the late James and Mary “Mayme” (Ryan) Roy. She was a graduate of Coal City HS, and on July 27, 1947, Mary married David Hamilton Albrecht, who preceded her in death on May 27, 2014. Mary was a member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church and will be remembered for her love of family.

Survivors include four children: Terry McIntyre of Birmingham, AL, Meg (Steve) Fleming of Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Liz (Tom) Yeates of Pearland, TX, and Becky Wisman of Coal City; her daughter-in-law Lynn Albrecht of Coal City; ten grandchildren: Marissa, Michael and Steven McIntyre, David Fleming, Nathan (April) and Kristi Albrecht, Brad (Julie) Overton, Stacy (Scott) Klee and Sarah and Joshua Wisman; (12) great grandchildren: Naiya, Jordana, Lauren, Amanda, Dana, Cole, Sophia, Jasmin, Savannah, Mason, Christian and Devin; one brother James Roy of Coal City and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mary was preceded by her parents; husband David; son Frank; sister Shirley (Vic) Monbrum, and brothers and sisters-in-law: Willa Mae Roy, Fritz Albrecht, Josephine (Dominic) Giordano, Velma (William) Smith, Marquerite (Ted)Smith and Dale (Dorothy) Albrecht.

Visitation will be Thursday, July 10th from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Reeves Funeral Home, 75 North Broadway in Coal City (815-6342125). Funeral services will follow Friday, at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home. Rev. Walter Carlson from the Coal City United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Wilmington.

Online guest book: www.ReevesFuneral.com

BRENDA LEE CAMPBELL Born: May 25, 1961; In Chicago Died: June 17, 2014; In DeFuniak Springs, FL Mrs. Brenda Lee Campbell, age 53, passed away June 17, 2014. She was born May 25, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois to Bobby and Paula Ross

Avery.

Mrs. Campbell was a resident of Walton County previously from Joliet, Illinois. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was everything in life to her husband and family.

Mrs. Campbell was preceded in death by her mother Paula Ross Avery.

Mrs. Campbell is survived by her father Bobby E. Avery of Arizona; her loving husband George Campbell of DeFuniak Springs; one son Phillip Campbell of DeFuniak Springs; three daughters Joyce Coon of Arizona, Paula Campbell of Illinois and Jewels Campbell of DeFuniak Springs; three brothers Russ Avery of Illinois, Billy Avery of Illinois and Jeff Avery of Arizona; one sister Tracy McNamana of Illinois; and five grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held 5:00 PM, Friday, July 18, 2014, at Clary-Glenn Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Kenny Montgomery officiating.

Floral arrangements are being accepted.

You may go online to view obituaries, offer condolences and sign guest book at www.clary-glenn.com.

Clary-Glenn Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

BROOKE TAYLOR CAST Brooke Taylor Cast, age 2, suddenly passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014.

Brooke is survived by her loving parents, Crystal Meyer and Eric Cast; two sisters, Casey Cast and Leah Cast; maternal grandparents, Robert and Cheryl Meyer; paternal grandparents, Sammie and Laura Cast. Aunts, uncles, cousins, godparents and numerous loved ones also survive.

Preceded in death by paternal grandmother, Maria E. Cast.

In the short time Brooke was here with us she touched many lives.

She always had a smile on her face to greet family and friends. Brooke was a very independent child who was loved unconditionally by all who knew her.

There will be a Funeral Service for Brooke Cast held on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road in Joliet at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Elmhurst Cemetery. Visitation

will be on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at Tezak Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Brooke Taylor Cast at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

Arrangements entrusted to:

husband’s urns will be interred at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday, July 9 from 3-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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

MARGUERITE A. CASTILLO

MARY LOUISE LANGDON

Born: Jan. 9, 1939; In Ottawa Died: July 3, 2014; In Joliet Marguerite “Marge” A. Castillo (nee Mendoza), age 75, passed away peacefully, Thursday, July 3, 2014, at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born January 9, 1939, in Ottawa, IL, she was a lifelong Joliet area resident.

Retired department manager at Rustcraft Greeting Card Company, she also worked in food service at School District #86. Member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Church of St. Jude, Homer Congregational Church and the Ladies Auxiliary Cantigny Post VFW #367.

Preceded in death by her husband, Guty “John” Castillo (May 24, 1999); and her parents, Pascual and Delores (nee Maga a) Mendoza.

Survived by three sons, Andrew (Chris) Castillo of Joliet, Robert (Rene) Castillo of Dwight and John (Cindy) Castillo of Joliet; nine grandchildren, Jeffery (Bryan) Early, Andrew (Vanessa) Castillo, Ashley (Rob) Castillo all of Joliet, Heather (Martin Alonso, Jr.) Castillo of Bloomington, Katy Castillo and Robert Castillo, both of Dwight; John Castillo and Nickolas Castillo, both of Joliet, and William (Jina) Pe a of Joliet; her great-grandchildren, Andrea, Mai, Andrew, Melany, Mariah and Andy, Jr.; two sisters, Grace (Jesse) Moreno and Mary Dolores Mendoza; and two brothers, Frank (Antoniete) Mendoza and Rick (Laurie) Mendoza; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Marguerite A. Castillo will be Thursday, July 10, 2014, 10:00 a.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home 3200 Black Rd., Joliet. Cremation rites will be accorded and she and her

Mary Louise Langdon (nee Shea), age 86, of Joliet, went home to The Lord on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home.

Mary Lou is survived by her sister Margaret (Leo) Fredrickson of Joliet and brother Jeremiah Shea of Colfax, Wa. Aunt Meemee was also beloved by her fifteen nieces and nephews and twenty eight great nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her husband Dr. Roy M. Langdon, parents George and Winifred Shea Sr. (nee Regan), sisters Theresa O’Connor and Madonna Shea and brothers George Shea and John Shea.

Mary Lou was born and raised in Joliet, attending The Cathedral of St. Raymond’s grade school, St. Francis Academy High School and Little Company of Mary Nursing School. She spent many years working as a labor and delivery nurse at Little Company of Mary Hospital. She enjoyed her numerous years as a member of the Paulites group at St. Paul the Apostle Church where she was a parishioner. She also volunteered at Joliet Hospice and while living at OLA was involved in many activities.

Funeral services for Mary Louise Langdon will be Wednesday, July 9, with visitation at 9 am followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 am at Our Lady of Angels. Internment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.

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BRUCE R. MCCORD Bruce R. McCord, age 57, of Coal City, passed away on Saturday, July 5th, 2014, at Morris Hospital in

brother Raymond Dempsey and a sister Dorothy Dempsey.

Rosemary was born April 1, 1939, in Chicago and raised on her family farm in Mokena. She graduated from Carl Sandburg High School Class of 1957. Retired from Silver Cross Hospital and Joliet Area Community Hospice. Member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and Ladies of the Elks Ladies Auxillary.

Rosemary enjoyed reading and the local casino’s.

Funeral services will be held from the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home, 2320 Black Road, Wednesday, July 9 at 9:30 A.M. to St. Patrick Catholic Church at 10:00 A.M. for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorials to Joliet Area Community Hospice will be appreciated. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 2:00 - 4:00 & 6:00 - 8:00 PM.

LUTHER SIMS Born: Sept. 3, 1938; In Louin, Ms Died: July 2, 2014; In Elgin

ERNEST R. ORAM Born: Dec. 15, 1936; New Lenox, IL Died: July 5, 2014; New Lenox, IL

ROSEMARY E. SAYLES

Ernest Robert “Bob” Oram.

Beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother. Bob Oram peacefully passed away July 5, 2014 surrounded by his family.

Bob Oram was born December 15, 1936, he was a lifelong resident of New Lenox, where he farmed for over 65 years.

Bob is survived by his wife of 56 years, Dolores “Dee” Oram (nee Davis); two sons, Don (Brenda) Oram

Rosemary E. Sayles (nee Dempsey), passed away at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center, Friday, July 4, 2014. Age 75 years.

Survived by her husband of 56 years LeRoy M. Sayles, daughter Vickie Hare and grandson Kevin Hare. Her sister-in-law Linda Dempsey.

Preceded in death by a son Thomas M. Sayles (2004), son-in-law Jim Hare (2010), parents Thomas Dempsey and Loretta Watson. A

Luther “Ray” Sims. Born September 3, 1938, in Louin, MS to Jim and Irene Sims. He passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center.

He worked and retired from Vulcan Material as a Truck Driver. He owned rental properties for many years which he used to help people in the community, causing him to gain many friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and ten siblings.

He is survived by one child, Tracy Sims-Pyle, three grandchildren; Stephan, D’Wane and I’la, one sister, Lee Esther Hill, one sister-in-law, Mary Sims and one brother-in-law, Thomas Hardaway, very special

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friends, the Smith family, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2014, from 10:00AM11:00AM at the Minor-Morris funeral home. Service at 11:00AM, Rev. Thomas Hardaway, officiating.

Interment following at Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, IL. Arrangements by Minor-Morris Funeral Home. 815-723-1283

CHARLES VAVRUS, SR. Charles (Charlie) Vavrus, Sr., age 84, entered eternal life on Sunday, June 29, 2014, with his loving family by his side.

Charlie was born in South Chicago Heights, IL, and graduated from Bloom Township High School. He attended the University of Illinois and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics.

Charlie served in the Korean War before starting his career in the Joliet area managing farms.

He became a land developer of single-family homes and apartments forming the Barr-Vavrus partnership with William Barr before venturing on his own as Vavrus and Associates. He developed, built, and managed over 8,000 apartment units in five states. With a strong commitment and passion for exercise and fitness, Charlie opened the first Charlie Club in Joliet in 1978. A pioneer in the practice and business of fitness, he ultimately opened and operated five more health clubs in Illinois and Texas. In the late 1970s Charlie branched into cattle ranching with the purchase of two large ranches in south Florida.

He retired on Singer Island in Palm Beach County where he enjoyed walking the Blue Heron Bridge and swimming in his pool.

Charlie is survived by his beloved wife of 17 years, Judith Freund Vavrus (nee Freund); loving children Charles (Maureen) Vavrus, Jr. and Michele Krohn; cherished grandchildren, Charles, William, Elise,

David, and Nathaniel Krohn, and Cullan, Colette, and Cayley Vavrus; dear brother, Gus (Hallie) Vavrus, dear sister, Emily (John) Zaber; and numerous loving nieces, nephews, and in-laws.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Stefan and Katerina (nee Butora) Vavrus; brothers Joseph, Anthony, and Sylvester; sisters Katy, Mary, Agnes, and Patsy; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Arrangements are being handled by the Howard-Price Funeral Home in North Palm Beach, FL. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 29, at a place to be determined.

ARDIS YOUNGREN Ardis (Ardy) Berggren Youngren went to be with her savior on June 29, 2014 at her daughter’s home in Minnesota.

What a life she had! With spunk and drive she organized everything, entertained friends and, along with her husband Bill (1924-2004), ran the iconic Ace Drive Inn in Joliet for almost 20 years. Never finding a challenge she couldn’t overcome, she raised her 3 kids (Larry of Rochester MN, Peggy of Trimont, MN and Danny of Custer, SD) and oversaw the rearing of more grandkids and great grandkids than you can count.

She was known to cheat at Yahtzee and Uno (letting her grandkids win!) and fry the best walleye in the world for the myriad of guests she and Bill entertained. Still enjoying the friendship and company of a group of “girls” who started first grade together and got together for lunch every few months all the way into their golden years, she was a genuine friend to those she came in contact with.

As a spouse she was loyal (nearly 60 years of marriage), as a parent she was encouraging, and as a grandparent she was indulging.

Her life will be celebrated at Church of the Good Shepherd in Crest Hill on Friday July 11, 2014, at 11:00 AM by those who loved and were cared for by her.

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Morris, IL. Bruce is survived by his loving family, children, Bruce McCord Jr., Megan Legge, Robin McCord, mother, Alice Scott (Fye); siblings, James (Julia) McCord Jr., Dorothy (Roy) Scott; many nieces and nephews; and great nieces and nephews.

Bruce was preceded in death by his father, James McCord Sr.; siblings, Carol Hoschultz, Kenny McCord and David McCord.

Bruce was an Army Veteran and a member of the American Legion in Lockport.

Family will receive friends at Goodale Memorial Chapel, 912 S. Hamilton Street, Lockport, IL 60441 on Thursday, July 10th, 2014, from 10:00 AM until time of funeral service at 12:00 Noon at the funeral home.

Interment, Resurrection Cemetery, Romeoville, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations to the family would be appreciated.

For information, 815-838-1533 or www.goodalememorialchapel. com.

of Lakeville, MN and Keith Oram of New Lenox; daughter, Cindy (Tony) Orsini of New Lenox; and his sister, Jane (Ron) Crawford.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Eva Oram; daughter, Suzanne Oram; granddaughter, Arielle Oram; and daughter in law, Susan Oram.

Bob graduated from Joliet Township High School in 1954. After serving his country in the Army, Bob and his wife raised three children on the family farm in New Lenox.

He was a lifelong member of United Methodist Church of New Lenox.

In addition to farming with family, Bob enjoyed fishing, card games and spending time with family and friends at Bob and Dee’s lake home in Lake Tomahawk, WI, Bob’s favorite place.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to Maplewood Cemetery or United Methodist Church of New Lenox would be appreciated.

Funeral Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM, at the Hickey Memorial Chapel, 442 E. Lincoln Hwy., New Lenox. Interment Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday from 3:00 to 8:00 PM. For information: 815-485-8697

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Illinois differs with some states on prep finances

CHICAGO – The groups that oversee prep sports in many states make their records public, while the Illinois High School Association has resisted calls for greater transparency in its handling of extracurricular activities and the millions of dollars they generate each year.

The Chicago Sun-Times examined the transparency levels for the high school governing bodies in the six most populous U.S. states plus four others near Illinois and found that seven of those groups are either subject to open-records laws or voluntarily respond to requests.

In other states, such as Florida and Pennsylvania, the private nonprofit groups that oversee prep sports give the public access to contracts, payments made to vendors and other records, operating much like government agencies.

Similarly, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association says it isn’t subject to open-records laws but complies anyway.

“When I get a Freedom of Information Act request, I can’t remember a time I didn’t provide the information - even though we are not required to,” said David Anderson, executive director of the group.

The equivalent group in Texas is part of the University of Texas, so it is subject to open-records laws.

But the IHSA has said that, while it doesn’t believe it is subject to Illinois’ Freedom of Information Act, it provides some financial information on its website.

And IHSA Director Marty Hickman has wondered why his organization, which he said is paying its bills and effectively handling its finances, is now subject to legislative scrutiny.

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A Chicago police officer checks on evidence Sunday at the scene where a man was shot in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The Fourth of July weekend was a bloody one in Chicago, where at least nine people were shot to death and at least 60 others were wounded.

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SCID now part of newborn screening in Illinois

DECATUR – Illinois newborn babies are now being screened for a rare disease called severe combined immunodeficiency.

The Decatur Herald and Review reported Sunday that Illinois is the 18th state to test for SCID. It is a rare disorder that causes white blood cells to develop improperly.

Patients are susceptible to recurring infections and could develop pneumonia, meningitis or other complications. They can be treated with a stem-cell or bone-marrow transplant.

Dr. Mohammed A. Khan is a pediatric hospitalist at Decatur Memorial Hospital. He said babies with SCID have ongoing infections which are often fatal by the time SCID is diagnosed.

Newborns have blood drawn at least 24 hours after their first feeding and the state Department of Public Health tests the blood for a variety of diseases.

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9 killed, dozens hurt in Chicago holiday shootings

CHICAGO – Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said shootings over the Fourth of July weekend that left at least nine people dead and more than 50 more injured included eight incidents that involved police.

During a news conference Monday, McCarthy said investigations were continuing but that officers who fired their weapons all appeared to be justified. The shootings included those in which two teenagers were fatally shot and another in which police shot at a man who tried to run them

over with a car.

McCarthy said Chicago is still on pace to end the year with fewer homicides than last year. But he said the number of shooting incidents is up slightly over last year.

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Baby falls from second-floor window in Chicago

CHICAGO – A 10-month-old child has been hospitalized after falling from a second floor window of a Chicago home. Authorities say the baby fell Sunday night and was rushed to a nearby hospital in stable condition.

Kimberly Brown told the Chicago Sun-Times that she is the child’s grandmother. She said she thinks the baby crawled out the window from its bed. Brown said the grandfather was caring for the child at the time.

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Flooding closes 2 Mississippi River bridges

ST. LOUIS – Two Mississippi River bridges closed due to flooding, and with more storms in the forecast, there was growing concern Monday that conditions could worsen in parts of Missouri and Illinois.

The Champ Clark Bridge at Louisiana, Missouri, closed at 5 p.m. Sunday, creating an inconvenience for those who travel between Missouri and Illinois on U.S. 54. The next nearest bridge is in Hannibal, Missouri, 35 miles to the north. The river is expected to crest nearly 10 feet above flood stage in Louisiana on Tuesday, but it could be the weekend before water is off the road on the Illinois side of the crossing.

– Wire reports

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS Police seek medical records in hot car death ATLANTA – Court records released Monday show police want to learn about the health of a toddler in the months before he died of heat exposure in his father’s car near Atlanta.

Search warrants and affidavits released Monday show investigators are seeking medical records for 22-month-old Cooper Harris, as well as information about any medical conditions he may have had and his growth and development.

The child’s father, 33-year-old Justin Ross Harris, faces murder and child cruelty charges in the June 18 death. Harris has said he left the boy in the SUV for about seven hours after forgetting to drop him off at day care.

Jessica Gabel, an associate professor of law at Georgia State University, said police often seek medical records to check for past signs of abuse in children. Harris’ attorneys have sought to portray him as a doting, loving father, and he has not been accused of abuse in the past.

Medical records might include past evidence of bruises or marks that were visible on a child, but they also allow police to search for signs of abuse or neglect that aren’t as obvious, she said.

Quake slams Mexico, Guatemala; at least 3 dead GUATEMALA CITY – A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America on Monday, killing at

least three people while damaging homes, hospitals and churches.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6:23 a.m. on the Pacific Coast 1 mile north-northeast of Puerto Madero, near the Guatemala border. It initially calculated the magnitude at 7.1, but later lowered the figure to 6.9.

The national spokesman for local fire departments, Raul Hernandez, said at least two people died in their homes from collapsed walls in the Guatemalan town of Pati, in the border province of San Marcos.

Obama highlights push for better skilled teachers WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama brought forward a new administration effort Monday to place quality teachers in schools that need them the most.

Obama said the U.S. education system has “a problem” in that students who would benefit the most from having skilled or experienced teachers in their classrooms are least likely to get them, including black and Hispanic students.

Obama credits education and good teachers for helping him get to the White House. He said he wants to make sure that every child has the same access to good teachers that he had.

“The one ingredient that we know makes an enormous difference is a great teacher,” Obama said before discussing the issue over lunch in the Blue Room of the White House.

–Wire reports

Prosecutor: Tsarnaev said martyrs go to heaven

By DENISE LAVOIE The Associated Press BOSTON – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told a friend a month before the deadly attack that he knew how to make a bomb and said it’s good to be a martyr because you “die with a smile on your face and go straight to heaven,” a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday at the friend’s obstruction trial.

Tsarnaev also texted the friend, Azamat Tazhayakov, 90 minutes after the bombings and said, “Don’t go thinking it’s me,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Siegmann said.

Siegmann’s comments came during opening statements at Tazhayakov’s trial, a prosecution that promises to provide a glimpse into the government’s case against Tsarnaev.

Tsarnaev is scheduled to go on trial in November on charges that carry the possibility of the death penalty.

Prosecutors say he and his older brother, Tamerlan, built two bombs and placed them near the finish line of the 2013 marathon to retaliate against the U.S. for its actions in Muslim countries. The explosions killed three people and injured more than 260. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a shootout with police several days later.

Tazhayakov, 20, has pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges. He and his roommate, Dias Kadyrbayev, went to Tsarnaev’s University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth dorm room several days after the bombing and took a laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks that had black powder spilling out or had been emptied of their powder, Siegmann told the jury.

“The government will prove to you that the defendant and his co-conspirator removed the backpack for one

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In this courtroom sketch, defendant Azamat Tazhayakov (left), a college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is depicted listening to testimony by FBI Special Agent Phil Christiana (right) during the first day of his federal obstruction of justice trial Monday in Boston. reason, and that reason was to protect their friend who they had just learned was one of the two suspected marathon bombers,” Siegmann said.

Prosecutors acknowledge that Kadyrbayev is the one who actually put the backpack in the trash but said Tazhayakov agreed to get rid of it.

She described a conversation Tsarnaev had with Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev a month before the bombings while they ate together at a restaurant.

“Tsarnaev told the defendant and Kadyrbayev that it was good to die as a shaheed, or a martyr, as you would die with a smile on your face and go straight to heaven,” she said.

During that same meal, Siegmann said, Tsarnaev also told his friends he knew how to make a bomb and went on to list the ingredients, including gunpowder or explosive powder like what was found in the fireworks inside the backpack.

Tazhayakov’s defense attorney, Nicholas Wooldridge, urged jurors not be swayed by the emotional impact of the marathon bombings. He asked them instead to focus on

Tazhayakov’s actions.

“Azamat’s actions will show that he never intended to obstruct justice. As a matter of fact, he never intended to help the bomber himself,” Wooldridge said.

As the lawyers outlined their cases to the jury, the mother of two men who each lost their right leg in the bombings listened in court.

Liz Norden declined to comment afterward.

Wooldridge said Tazhayakov went to Tsarnaev’s dorm room with Kadyrbayev three days after the bombings and hours after the FBI released video footage and photos of the brothers. But he said Tazhayakov watched a movie while Kadyrbayev looked around Tsarnaev’s room after receiving a text from Tsarnaev that said, “If you want, you can go to my room and take what’s there,” followed by a smiley face, which Wooldridge said was a symbol that meant marijuana to the friends.

Wooldridge said it was Kadyrbayev who threw the backpack away in the trash after his girlfriend learned it belonged to Tsarnaev and told him, “Get it out of the apartment.”

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By HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAUL The Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted two weeks ago by Islamic extremists have managed to escape, officials said Monday, though more than 200 girls kidnapped in April still remain missing.

Nigerian security forces and federal officials have denied reports of a mass abduction June 22 from three villages in the northeastern state of Borno. But Chibok government chairman Pogu Bitrus said Monday he had verified that about 60 women and girls escaped last week by sending a representative to meet with some of the escapees and their families at a hospital in Lassa.

Civil patrol leader Abbas Gava in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, said he was told 63 women and girls escaped Friday while their captors were engaged in a major attack on a military barracks and police headquarters in the town of Damboa.

The Associated Press had originally quoted witnesses and a local official saying that 90 people including about 30 boys had been kidnapped from the three villages on June 22.

But Bitrus said those who escaped said no males were abducted with them.

Boko Haram extremists have been waging an insurgency for five years in northern Nigeria, demanding the establishment of an Islamic state.

More than 2,000 people have died so far this year in the Islamic uprising, compared to an estimated 3,600 total deaths in the previous four years.

The group drew international condemnation for the April 15 abductions of more than 300 schoolgirls from a school in Chibok in the northern state of Borno. Some 219 of those girls still are missing.

The government and military failure to rescue them has attracted sharp criticism worldwide.

Pope: Bishops must be held accountable

By FRANCES D’EMILIO The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis begged forgiveness Monday in his first meeting with Catholics that were sexually abused by members of the clergy and went further than any of his predecessors by vowing to hold bishops accountable for their handling of pedophile priests.

Abuse victims and their advocates have long demanded that higher-ups be made to answer for the decades-long cover-ups of rape and molestation of youngsters in a scandal that has rocked the church and dismayed its worldwide flock of 1.2 billion.

The pope celebrated a private Mass with six victims – two each from Ireland, Britain and Germany – at his Vatican residence, and spent the rest of the morning listening to their accounts, one on one.

“Before God and his people, I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask forgiveness,” Francis said.

“I beg your forgiveness, too, for the sins of omission on the part of church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members, as well as by abuse victims themselves,” the pope

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Pope Francis celebrates the Angelus noon prayer Sunday from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s square at the Vatican. said. “This led to even greater suffering on the part of those who were abused, and it endangered other minors who were at risk.”

But in speaking of accountability, he made no mention of what countless victims and their families around the globe have waited years to hear: whether bishops and other prelates who shuffled child-molesting priests from parish to parish or didn’t inform police and prosecutors would be fired or demoted.

“All bishops must carry out their pastoral ministry with

utmost care in order to help foster the protection of minors, and they will be held accountable,” Francis said, delivering his homily in his native Spanish. The survivors were allowed to bring a relative or friend and an interpreter.

The U.S.-based victims group SNAP, or the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, reacted skeptically.

“We are glad the pope promises to ‘hold accountable’ Catholic officials who conceal abuse,” SNAP Director David Clohessy said in statement.

“But he hasn’t done it yet, not

in Rome, nor in Buenos Aires.

Saying and doing are different things. The first is easy, the second is hard.”

Anne Barrett Doyle, a director of another victims advocacy group, BishopAccountability.org, said the pope’s meeting with the three men and three women was still a positive step.

“The pope made a significant and historic promise to discipline bishops who fail to respond adequately to child sexual abuse,” she said.

One of the six victims, Marie Kane, 43, who was abused by a priest for three years while a teenager in Ireland, said she asked Francis to remove an Irish cardinal, Sean Brady, from his post because of how he handled abuse allegations.

Kane told The Irish Times that she told Francis a “cover-up is still happening, and you have the power to make these changes.” She quoted him as replying, “It was difficult to make these changes.”

When Brady turns 75 next month, he will be required to offer his resignation to the pontiff, who can accept or ask him to stay on.

Francis has also been criticized for how he handled abuse cases when archbishop of Buenos Aires, specifically for not meeting with victims and for denying he had handled the case of an abusive priest.

Afghan officials: Ahmadzai leads in disputed vote

By AMIR SHAH and RAHIM FAIEZ The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials released preliminary election results Monday showing former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai well in the lead for the presidency but said no winner can be declared because millions of ballots were being audited for fraud.

The announcement came as Ahmadzai is locked in a standoff with his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who has refused to accept any results until all fraudulent ballots are invalidated. A spokesman for his campaign rejected the results and called the decision to release them “a coup.”

The United States issued a strongly worded statement

cautioning the results “are not final or authoritative” and urging electoral authorities to “implement a thorough audit whether or not the two campaigns agree.” The Independent Election Commission said vote rigging had occurred and ballots from about 7,000 more of the nearly 23,000 polling stations would be audited.

“We cannot ignore that there were technical problems and fraud that took place during the election process,” the commission’s chairman Ahmad Yousuf Nouristani said. “We are not denying fraud in the election, some governors and Afghan government officials were involved in fraud.”

The results showed Ghani had about 4.5 million votes, or 56 percent, while Abdullah had

3.5 million votes, or 44 percent, according to the commission.

Turnout was more than 50 percent, IEC spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor said.

Abdullah, a former foreign minister who won the first round of voting on April 5 by a large margin, says his campaign monitors recorded ballot box stuffing and other irregularities, prompting him to suspend his cooperation with electoral officials. The European Union also expressed concern about “highly worrying indications of potentially widespread fraud.”

The U.S. State Department called for a “full and thorough review of all reasonable allegations of irregularities” to ensure Afghan confidence in the integrity of the electoral process and broad acceptance

of the new Afghan president.

“Serious allegations of fraud have been raised and have yet to be adequately investigated,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.

She said more than 3 million ballots could be affected but expressed confidence the process could be completed in time to allow the inauguration of the next president to be held Aug. 2 as scheduled.

The preliminary results had been due Wednesday but were delayed by five days while officials said they would audit ballots from 1,930 polling stations that had at least 599 votes. Nouristani said that had led to 6,474 pro-Ahmadzai votes and 4,428 in favor of Abdullah from 114 polling stations being invalidated.

OPINION

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

ANOTHER VIEW

Bonuses for poor work not American way We’ve all rolled our eyes at the ridiculous level of CEO compensation in this country.

According to the Associated Press, CEO pay has jumped 725 percent since 1978. Compensation for your average employee has only gone up about 10 percent during that same time period.

But this is America, right? A place where we are free to make as much money as we possibly can, human decency and our blood pressure be damned.

It’s un-American to even mention a recent university study that found companies that pay CEOs in the highest 10 percent earn negative abnormal returns over the next few years. In fact, the actual number is negative 8 percent. Yikes.

So we will skip all that and instead opine against bonuses paid to public enterprises that have had a brutal run of things in the last year. Two, in particular, should especially frustrate Oregon readers.

Let’s start with Veterans Affairs, whose director was forced to resign after a long string of bad news: falsified paperwork and a backlog that led to the unnecessary deaths of patients.

Yet more than $2.7 million in bonuses were awarded last year to VA administrators. In fact, $380,000 in bonuses were awarded to 292 directors and top executives at 38 VA hospitals where investigators are now looking into claims of falsified appointment records or where there have been excessive delays in patient care.

Those administrators were at the helm of a thoroughly mismanaged organization, yet they were richly rewarded with taxpayers dollars – in the form of cash bonuses.

We understand there are good people in bad organizations, and many of them that are tremendously valuable to the future success of the VA. But we also can see that people who were wholly undeserving received large chunks of change.

Which makes us wonder how much politics went into a supposedly merit-based decision.

On a lesser scale, we can also point to Cover Oregon.

There is no need to beat that dead horse, and we all understand things could not have gone worse with our state health insurance portal.

But last month, Cover Oregon offered retention bonuses to employees willing to go down with the ship at the crippled organization.

According to the AP, 27 staff members have left since April to take other jobs.

And we can’t blame them, really. The future of their organization remains heavily in doubt and we can imagine it’s not a very fun cocktail party after you admit to working for the biggest tech debacle in Oregon history.

New executive director Clyde Hamstreet is trying to patch the organization together at a time where important work still needs to be done.

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THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Radical thinking needed to solve state’s pension woes In a sweeping 6-1 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court last week struck down an attempt to force government retirees to pay more for their subsidized state health insurance.

And while nothing is ever certain when it comes to the judiciary, the court made it pretty darned clear that Illinois’ new pension reform law is going to have real trouble passing constitutional review.

The court, led by Justice Charles Freeman, did not specifically rule on the pension reform law, but declared “it is clear” that all pension benefits, including health insurance, cannot be, as the Illinois Constitution mandates, “diminished or impaired,” which the ruling called the “plain and ordinary” meaning of the state’s Constitution.

“We may not rewrite the pension protection clause to include restrictions and limitations that the drafters did not express and the citizens of Illinois did not approve,” the court ruled.

If that isn’t a direct enough

VIEWS Rich Miller message to lawmakers, the governor and everybody else, I don’t know what is. Pension benefits “shall not be diminished or impaired,” is what the Constitution says, and the court used the “plain meaning” angle to say they can’t be cut.

For good measure the court added the state Constitution’s language on pension benefit protections, “was aimed at protecting the right to receive the promised retirement benefits, not the adequacy of the funding to pay for them.”

That last line is perhaps the most important part of the ruling, because it more than just suggests the state’s new pension reform laws – which rely on a “police powers” argument because the state allegedly can’t afford to make the promised pension benefit payments – could very well be going right out the window.

The justices also sent a powerful message when they wrote that a “fundamental principle” they relied on in this ruling was that if there are any questions about legislative intent and the clarity of the language of a pension law, “it must be liberally construed in favor of the rights of the pensioner.”

Therefore, the Court ruled, it is “obliged” to resolve any doubts “in favor of the members of the State’s public retirement systems.”

Boom.

Looks like it’s back to the ol’ drawing board, fellas.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office pointed out that the pension reform case and the health insurance case have significant differences.

The main difference is the emergency “police powers” argument.

But as the Supremes essentially ruled last week, the state’s financial problems are not the Constitution’s concern.

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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HOSPICE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO BE SURVEYED

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To the Editor: As anyone who knows me would tell you, I am not the person who would normally ask for greater scrutiny by the government, but when it comes to hospice services, I feel that the hospice industry needs to be surveyed more often.

The Washington Post’s Peter Whoriskey reports in his article, “Is that hospice safe?

Infrequent inspections means it may be impossible to know,” currently, hospices are surveyed once every six years on average. There have been other articles written, as well.

Currently, nursing homes in the U.S. are surveyed, on average, every 18 months.

Increased frequency of

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Email letters to opinion@TheHerald-News.com. Mail to The Herald-News, Letters to the Editor, 2175 Oneida St., Joliet, IL 60435. surveys will provide better oversight and will expose hospice providers who are not compliant and are providing deficient patient care.

Joliet Area Community Hospice has a long history of working with our community partners to ensure the highest

Plenty of people deserved to be fired at Cover Oregon killing the golden goose or if they have been slaving away, Continued from page 17 fighting the good fight while the walls crumbled around “Many of the employees them. who voluntarily left Cover But we do know this: plenty Oregon had key skills that are of people deserved to be fired not easy to replace both in IT for their work at Cover Oreand in health care laws and gon, not get raises. regulations,” wrote HamAnd that gets to the meat of street. “We cannot afford to the argument about merkeep losing valuable employit-based bonuses at taxpayees if we are to complete the er-funded organizations. work load for the remainder We owe it to our nation of 2014 and the IT transition to be able to attract and keep project.” bright and hardworking The bonuses could total as employees. Money goes a long much as $650,000, divided up to way in that regard. technical and policy staff who But we also owe it to taxstay through March 15. For payers to not be handing out most, the bonus is an extra dollars to people who are untwo weeks’ pay. Others can deserving – either just another qualify for larger bonuses of name on the payroll or a perup to three months. son who is a part of an inept if From an outsider perspecnot corrupt bureaucracy. tive, it’s hard to say if these are people who had a hand in – The East Oregonian

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standards of care. But even one case of a patient not receiving appropriate, compassionate care is one too many.

The survey process looks at many aspects of an organization’s processes and the act of going through a survey can help a hospice pinpoint issues

that they might have unintentionally missed.

Patients and family members considering hospice should ask providers in our area when they were last surveyed, and what, if any, deficiencies were noted.

As a point of reference, our Joliet Area Community Hospice Home is surveyed annually.

Rick Kasper, CEO, Joliet Area Community Hospice

PICK A BETTER PLACE FOR MINOOKA HOTEL To the Editor: I am writing in regards to recent articles in the newspaper regarding hotel deveopment in Minooka. Let me just say the location they have picked is bad!

1. I have lived in Minooka for

seven years and traffic right at that spot gets backed up all the time It will be 20 times worse.

There is only one lane there. It is the only spot to get in and out of this area.

2. It is bad for community.

I like how it is small and has nice, good-hearted people.

3. It is not a high-priced area too compared to a Cook County subdivision I came from.

4. As I mentioned traffic is really nasty at that point Ridge Road/Blair Street near the Pilot gas station. The Joliet and Morris hotels are 20 minutes away if somone needs a hotel and there is more shopping/ restaurants there.

That is all.

Thanks for your time to express my opinion.

Ms. Cheryl Roessler

Pension reform law could be next to be struck down • MILLER Continued from page 17 The state pension reform legislation passed last year was projected to save taxpayers about $200 billion over 30 years. The health insurance reforms, which were specifically struck down last week, were projected to save up to around $80 million a year.

To say that last week’s Illinois Supreme Court ruling could very well wind up blowing a hole in the state’s budget would be akin to saying our Air Force dropped a few firecrackers on Vietnam.

If the pension reform law is the next to be struck down, there are few easy ways out of this fiscal nightmare.

Amending the state Constitution to remove that pension protection language would take more than two years because we’d have to wait until the 2016 election to hold the plebiscite.

And even then, deleting the Constitution’s pension

protection clause would almost surely only apply to new hires. In other words, all of the billions built up in the state’s massive unfunded pension liability can’t be touched.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner’s pension reform plan involves freezing annual pension benefit cost of living increases going forward and taking existing employees out of the pension fund altogether going forward.

But last week’s ruling was so sweeping and so all-encompassing that it’s pretty tough to see how that would pass constitutional muster, either.

Senate President John Cullerton warned this very thing would happen years ago. He eventually negotiated a pension reform deal with the unions. But that deal was quickly rejected

by House Speaker Michael Madigan, conservative newspaper editorial boards and much of the business

community.

Cullerton then attempted to graft his pension reform proposal onto the business-backed plan.

If the business-backed plan was rejected by the Illinois Supreme Court, Cullerton’s compromise would then automatically become law.

But that idea, too, was rejected out of hand.

So instead of having a union-approved plan in place, we could very well be stuck with no plan at all.

Why would the unions go back to the bargaining table if they have the Supreme Court on their side?

The bottom line is it’s going to take some radical, out-of-the-box thinking to resolve this issue or the state will assuredly face even higher taxes and lots more budget cuts to pay this tab.

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Trevor Brodeur reads the 12th green while waiting to putt.

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Gass, Maddox hold first-day leads

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Gass holds five-stroke lead over Minooka’s Shepard in Boys A Division

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Huston Gass is looking forward to an exciting season at the University of St. Francis where he’ll get to play on the same team with his brothers, Josh and Austin.

But at Inwood Golf Course on Monday, the Saints sophomore had other things on his mind as he took part in the Boys A Division of the Joliet Park District Junior Tournament.

Gass put himself in a position to capture the championship Tuesday after he fired an opening-round 71 to grab a five-stroke lead over the second-best score of the day, a 76 from Minooka’s Kyle Sheppard.

Brandon Smith finished with an 81 while Joliet West graduate Trevor Brodeur followed with an 83 in the top division of the boys competition.

“It was a pretty good start,” Gass said. “I played pretty good on the front and had eight pars to start off and then got a birdie to go 1-under on the front. Then I just kind of slid through on the back nine and had a couple of pars, bogeys and birdies. The front nine was pretty steady and I felt good about that and it was a little more up and down on the back.

“Right now I still have a couple of things to work out, but other than that, I feel pretty good. I’m just ready to get started and I can’t wait for the second week of August to come. We have a good, young team and both of my brothers will be playing with me. It’s Josh’s last year, Austin has two more and I have three.

We’re hoping for good things to happen.”

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Huston Gass chips to the 12th green at the Joliet Park District Junior Tournament.

There was a tie for the third-best score, and those rounds of 79 were turned in by the leader in the Girls A Division, Sarah Maddox, and the Boys B Division, Jake Pluth.

Maddox, a senior at ReedCuster, grabbed a four-stroke advantage over the sec-

ond-place competitor in her division, Trinity Hill.

Playing on the shorter tees required a bit of an adjustment because Maddox will be playing from the back tees when her high school season gets underway, since she is the only girl at her school who

competes on the boys squad.

“I struggled a little with my putting but my drives were pretty much on target and I saved a lot of strokes with my chipping, which has really improved,” Maddox said. “I obviously need to work on my putting because that held me

back.

“I’ve improved a lot over the summer since I started out in the middle 80s and now I’m down in the 70s. In high school I play from the longer distances so playing from the shorter distances is a lot different.”

Pluth’s round of 79 gave him the biggest lead of all of the division leaders. He will take an 11-stroke advantage over Jake Bugaski into Tuesday’s competition.

Doing well at Inwood is no big deal since the incoming freshman at Joliet Catholic has played plenty of golf there.

But despite his score, he felt that he could have done better.

“I was hitting the ball perfect and my drives were dead straight and I was really hitting it far and my chipping was also good,” Pluth said.

“But my short game was bad.

I three-putted like four holes or I would have shot much better. This is where I grew up and where I learned how to play golf.

“I haven’t really played in that many tournaments but now that I’m going into high school, that’s about all that I will be doing. I’m sort of excited about playing in high school.”

In the two divisions for younger players, who only played nine holes, the firstday action left plenty of players in the title hunt.

In the Girls B Division, Emma Baxter and Maddy Palmer both shot a 45, while Heather Bush and Amber Maddox, Sarah’s sister, turned in rounds of 47.

There was also a first-day tie atop the Boys C Division with Ryan Bell and Carson Trax each shooting a 46, while Brandyn Collins was nextbest with a score of 49.

“Right now, I still have a couple of things to work out, but other than that, I feel pretty good. I’m just ready to get started and I can’t wait for the second week of August to come. We have a good, young team and both of my brothers will be playing with me. It’s Josh’s last year, Austin had two more and I have three. We’re hoping for good things to happen.”

Huston Gass, University of St. Francis sophomore golfer

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SUBMITTED REPORT

Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com

Slammers third baseman Grant DeBruin tags out the Corn Belters’ Roman Hernandez during the third inning of a June 17 game at Silver Cross Field in Joliet. named the Frontier League .542 with five RBIs. Player of the Week for his perDeBruin is ranked fourth formance in the first week of in the Frontier League with a June this season, when he hit .357 batting average and has

11th round pick of the White Sox in the 2011 draft, Walters also threw seven shutout innings against Schaumburg on July 1. He allowed five hits and struck out four to earn the win.

The Slammers start an eight-game road trip with a 6 p.m. Tuesday doubleheader against the Normal CornBelters. They play back-toback 7 p.m. games in Normal before opening a series at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

The two teams will play a 5 p.m. doubleheader Saturday before wrapping things up at 1 p.m. Sunday.

The All-Star Break begins after that. The Slammers will host the Dutch National Women’s Fastpitch Softball team in an exhibition game at 7 p.m.

Monday at Silver Cross Field.

GRUNDY COUNTY SPEEDWAY

Baker rolls to Memorial win Hamilton reigns in Freedom 50 SUBMITTED REPORTS MORRIS – Late-model points leader Ricky Baker of Plainfield won his third feature of the Grundy County Speedway season May 30.

Triumph No. 4 arrived Friday nightin the 70-lap Magnabosco Memorial as Baker, who also set the fast qualifying time, led 49 laps and finished just ahead of Eddie Hoffman.

John Nutley led early but a broken hose ended his hopes, and Baker breezed the rest of the way. Dave Gentile, Anthony Danta, Brett Sontag, Larry Schuler, Scott Koerner, Bill Knippenberg, Ron Vandermeir and Josh Nelms rounded out the top 10.

Tom Kinppenberg, the fast qualifier, claimed his seventh Mid-American feature of the season. He passed Luke Baldwin late in the race. Baldwin finished second, followed by John Ventrello, Kevin Gentile, Joe Vinachi, Matt Clemens, Vince Cooper, Kenny Benson, Jim Kachel and Craig Stark.

Ventrello won the first heat ahead of Gentile, while Cody Clubb and Kachel finished 1-2 in the second heat.

Jason Kolbe made his first appearance of the season a victorious one in the street stock feature. John Senerchia, Logan Love, Eddie Ligue and Don O’Leary founded out the top five. Then came Billy Rud, Bob Davis, Craig Matteson, Rob Scamen and Bill Serviss.

Jake Bradley set the fast time. Rud won the first heat ahead of John Senerchia. Matteson won the second heat with Serviss second.

Danielle Dobczyk prevailed over Austin Blackwell in the pure stocks feature. Justin Mikel was third, followed by Dan Schmeissing, Mike Slabenak, Chris Mihalski, Ricky Wilson, Jeff Law, Bryce Leake and Will Shepard.

Steve Hespen won the first heat, with Cirk Lindemuth second. Dobczyk also beat Blackwell to the finish line in the second heat.

Fair Time 200 Enduro: Rick Zifko claimed victory over Alex Clubb in Sunday’s first Fair Time 200 Enduro for pure stocks.

Clubb led much of the way, but in the latter stages of the race, Zifko crept back into contention. He caught Clubb at lap 180 and made the pass on lap 184. He led the rest of the way.

They were the only two to finish on the lead lap.

The rest of the finish went as: Justin Mikel, Mark Ross Jr., Dave Eder, Ryan Lagestee, Dylan Marshall, Anthony Doliver, Kyle Clubb, Peter Hayes, Chuck Fox, Tyler Griswold, Nathan Colman, Bruce Amell, Trevor Martin, David Prince, Mike Cunz, Gerald Hayes, Joe Labombarbe, Tyler Wheaton, Ryan Gilliam, Dan Schmeissing, Jacob McKown, Mike Nelms, Burl Page, Mitch Moag, Joe Murray.

SUBMITTED REPORT MORRIS – A month ago at Grundy County Speedway, Kyle Hamilton ended up on his head, upside down in turn one after an incident that began with the loss of his brakes.

On Saturday night, the 22-year-old native of Danville, Ind. found himself with all four wheels firmly planted on the pavement in victory lane in the D’Arcy GMC STARS National Midgets Freedom 50 at Grundy County Speedway.

In hot laps, the midgets were mired in a playground of misfortune. Four of the 11 cars on hand suffered a setback of some sort.

Although the war of attrition was the story early on in the night, it eventually became a mere footnote. Hamilton, a student at Purdue, wrote his own chapters of success by beginning the night strong when he set the quickest time during qualifying with a lap of 14.325.

In the 50-lap feature, Hamilton lined up third behind Mario Clouser and Brad Greenup.

Clouser jumped out to a sizable lead at the start while Hamilton was able to get by Greenup for second. By lap 11, Hamilton reeled in Clouser and executed a nifty inside pass on the bottom

of turn four.

Just five laps later, Greenup made almost the same move in turn four to take over second place from Clouser.

Greenup closed the gap for the top spot and put pressure on Hamilton.

However, with 16 laps to go, Greenup’s car encountered trouble. As the car sputtered around the track, it became clear nobody would challenge Kyle Hamilton the rest of the way.

Clouser finished second followed by Austin Prock, Tyler Trainor, Probst, Hulbert, Greenup, Charley Judd, Nick Hamilton, and Travis Mahoney, who was making his debut in a national midget and is the son of former midget and sprint car star Jim Mahoney. The victory was Kyle Hamilton’s second in the Freedom 50. He also won in 2012.

In other action, Dallas Frueh continued his domination of the CSR Super Cups at Grundy.

He is 3 for 3 in the series this year after besting the 14-car field in the 20lap feature. Andy Jones earned his second victory of the season in the INEX Legends.

Tom Schnabel swept in the Classic Modifieds. He was the fastest qualifier, won his heat race and then picked up his second feature win of 2014. Jordan Caskey also swept in the Midwest Legacy Series.

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• Tuesday, July 8, 2014

JOLIET – Three Joliet Slammers were named Monday to the Frontier League West Division All-Star Team.

Russell Moldenhauer will start at designated hitter for the West in the All-Star Game at GCS Ballpark, home of the Gateway Grizzlies, at 7 p.m.

July 16.

Also making the team from the Slammers are third baseman Grant DeBruin and starting pitcher Blair Walters.

Moldenhauer, a former Washington Nationals prospect, was a first-team postseason Frontier League All-Star for Lake Erie in 2013.

The University of Texas product is hitting .286 with eight doubles, five homers and a team-best 26 RBIs. He was

hit safely in 16 of his past 17 games. He leads the Slammers with 60 hits, 12 doubles, a .500 slugging percentage, an OPS of .903 and has a team-high 16 extra-base hits.

DeBruin is hitting 10 for his last 21, a .476 batting average in his past five games.

He holds the school record for career batting average at Alabama-Huntsville at .378.

Walters has been the team’s most consistent starting pitcher and is 11th in the league in ERA at 2.66. He leads the league in innings pitched with 67⅔ and has one complete game. Batters are hitting .218 against him in 2014.

His best performance came June 8 against River City when he went eight shutout innings, allowing two hits. He struck out nine and walked two. An

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BEARS POSITION BREAKDOWN: QUARTERBACK

Nick Fales Jordan Palmer Jimmy Clausen

WHO WILL BACK UP CUTLER?

Clausen, Fales, Palmer will contend for No. 2 QB position in Bourbonnais

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com

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his is the first in a series of Bears position breakdowns by the Chicago Football staff leading up to the start of training camp July 25 in Bourbonnais. For more Bears and NFL news, visit ChicagoFootball.com.

Today: Quarterbacks

Overview: We know Jay Cutler can thrive in coach Marc Trestman’s system, but there are still questions the $126 million man has to answer in 2014, most importantly, can he stay healthy?

We probably won’t get an answer to that in Bourbonnais, but we can see whether he looks like the quarterback Trestman said is bigger and stronger than last season.

Expectations will be higher for Cutler, and the rest of the offense in Year 2 under Trestman, so the scrutiny that comes with any poor practices in camp won’t be going away.

Outside of Cutler, the training camp focus will be on those behind him – Jordan Palmer, Jimmy Clausen and David Fales. This will be the first full camp with the Bears for each, and every rep will matter.

the Bears may not want to let him get to waivers, but it’s unlikely they’d want to enter Position battle: Who will be the season with a rookie as this year’s Josh McCown? All the No. 2 quarterback. winter and into the spring, Clausen comes to camp we assumed (and had been with the hopes of proving told) it was Palmer’s job to he is not a bust – however, lose, but a pectoral injury and the fact his current goal the signing of Clausen turns is to make the team as a this into an intriguing camp backup says a lot about the battle. The fun part about a second-rounder and former quarterback competition is Notre Dame star. the fact that we can measure The other factor in a quarit easily, charting passes in terback battle is whom each practice and preseason reps. is throwing to, and who is in Palmer knows the offense protection. The second-team best, Clausen may have the QB may look better purely better skill set, while Fales based on the fact that he’ll needs to make an argument have better options at widethat the Bears should keep out (Josh Morgan, Terrence three quarterbacks, otherToliver) and on the line (Briwise he may be a top practice an de la Puente, Eben Britton, squad candidate (if he clears James Brown). However, if a waivers). If Fales surprises third- or fourth-string quarand shows well in Bourbonterback elevates his offense nais and preseason games, with great throws, that will

stand out, too, albeit against lower-tier defenses.

Quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh, offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer and Trestman have their entire offense back from last season, so it could give them a little extra time to make the correct choice at backup quarterback this summer.

Cown did last year, but there is that potential. Both Palmer and Clausen are on one-year, minimum deals, and the goal is to win the backup job, impress if given any chance to play outside the preseason and cash in next offseason on a longer deal with some guaranteed money.

Keep an eye on: Clausen.

Contract situations (informa- We have an idea of what tion via Spotrac): Cutler is one Palmer can do, and Fales is of the highest-paid players in the league after his new contract signed in January.

His base salary in 2014 will be $17.5 million, so instead of pending free agency being a topic of conversation at camp, making sure Cutler plays up to his contract will be a focal point.

Seeing McCown sign a two-year, $10 million contract in Tampa Bay has to excite Palmer and Clausen.

Granted, McCown only got that opportunity because of Cutler’s injury, and if No. 6 stays healthy, neither will get a chance to show what Mc-

a rookie without a projected high ceiling. Clausen, on the other hand, is a wild card. He had to have been humbled by his failures in Carolina, and we saw enough in his college career to wonder whether the tools are there to find success in the NFL. If the new environment and experience with Trestman pays off in Bourbonnais, the Bears could find themselves with another good backup. It’s also certainly possible Clausen never catches on and flames out again in pursuit of changing his NFL story.

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American League CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct Detroit 48 37 .565 Kansas City 46 42 .523 Cleveland 43 45 .489 43 47 .478 White Sox Minnesota 39 48 .448 EAST DIVISION W L Pct Baltimore 49 40 .551 Toronto 47 43 .522 New York 45 43 .511 Tampa Bay 41 51 .446 Boston 39 50 .438 WEST DIVISION W L Pct Oakland 55 33 .625 Los Angeles 51 36 .586 Seattle 48 40 .545 Texas 38 50 .432 Houston 36 54 .400

GB — 3½ 6½ 7½ 10 GB — 2½ 3½ 9½ 10 GB — 3½ 7 17 20

National League CENTRAL DIVISION W L Milwaukee 52 37 Pittsburgh 47 41 St. Louis 47 42 Cincinnati 46 42 Cubs 38 49 EAST DIVISION W L Atlanta 49 40 Washington 48 40 Miami 43 45 New York 40 49 Philadelphia 37 51 WEST DIVISION W L Los Angeles 51 40 San Francisco 49 39 San Diego 39 49 Colorado 37 52 Arizona 37 53

Pct .584 .534 .528 .523 .437

GB — 4½ 5 5½ 13

Pct GB .551 — .545 ½ .489 5½ .449 9 .420 11½ Pct .560 .557 .443 .416 .411

GB — ½ 10½ 13 13½

Monday’s Results Cincinnati 9, Cubs 3 Baltimore 8, Washington 2, 11 innings N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3, 11 innings Philadelphia at Milwaukee (n) Pittsburgh at St. Louis (n) San Diego at Colorado (n) Miami at Arizona (n) San Francisco at Oakland (n) Tuesday’s Games Cubs (T.Wood 7-6) at Cincinnati (Cueto 8-6), 12:10 p.m., 1st game Cubs (Wada 0-0) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 0-0), 6:10 p.m., 2nd game Baltimore at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Detroit, 6:08 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

San Diego at Coloradozona, 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Frontier League EAST DIVISION W L Washington 27 15 Evansville 24 16 Southern Illinois 22 20 Lake Erie 21 20 Florence 18 22 Traverse City 15 27 Frontier 10 32 W L Gateway 30 14 River City 26 16 Normal 21 18 Schaumburg 22 19 Rockford 19 20 Joliet 16 24 Windy City 16 24

Pct .643 .600 .524 .512 .450 .357 .238 Pct .682 .619 .538 .537 .487 .400 .400

GB — 2 5 5½ 8 12 17 GB — 3 6½ 6½ 8½ 12 12

Monday’s Results No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Joliet at Normal, 7 p.m.

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

Gateway at Rockford, 7:05 p.m.

Windy City at Southern Illinois, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Joliet at Normal, 7 p.m.

Gateway at Rockford, 12:05 p.m.

Frontier at Florence, 4:35 p.m.

Traverse City at Evansville, 5:05 p.m., 1st game Lake Erie at Washington, 5:05 p.m., 1st game Schaumburg at River City, 7:05 p.m.

Windy City at Southern Illinois, 7:05 p.m.

Traverse City at Evansville, 7:30 p.m., 2nd game Lake Erie at Washington, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game

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New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony passes the ball past the Bulls’ D.J. Augustin during an April 13 game in New York.

BULLS

James’ decision holding up Anthony

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com No news really was good news for the Bulls on Monday, as it now seems that Carmelo Anthony’s indecisiveness shows that all the momentum that had him heading back to New York has hit some obstacles.

That’s a good thing.

“We still haven’t heard no,’’ a team source said Monday evening.

But neither have the Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks, as Anthony definitely seems to be torn on the idea of max money in New York and Los Angeles or an instant contender with the Bulls.

An instant contender that will cost him about $54 million to sign with, however, as the Bulls have a four-year,

$75-million offer on the table for the seven-time All-Star.

And while on the surface it appears to be a five-team race, it’s really not. It’s Knicks, Lakers and Bulls, in that order. The Rockets have already aggressively moved onto Plan B, trying to lure Chris Bosh over from Miami for a max deal, while the Mavericks were only given a few hours of Anthony’s time last week during his visit and didn’t make much of an impression.

So why the hold up?

Well, it’s obviously a decision that Anthony is weighing very carefully, but there’s also the LeBron James effect.

Four years later, and James is still messing with Bulls business. That’s what you call staying power.

The latest is that James will finally meet face-to-face with Miami team president Pat Riley in the next few days

to hear a final pitch from the former Hall of Fame coach.

The pot was sweetened Monday, as Riley inked free agents Josh McRoberts and Danny Granger to verbal commitments.

So why does that mess with the Bulls?

Everything James does messes with league business these days. Despite the Bulls losing momentum in the Anthony sweepstakes, the feeling was he would only need the weekend to finalize a decision. With James undecided, however, and Bosh now being heavily courted by Houston, the idea of James and Anthony – who are also good friends – on the same roster isn’t entirely six feet under just yet.

That’s bad news for the Bulls on several fronts, with the obvious being the inability to become fully vested in Plan B. While they have already

started taking steps toward moving on without Anthony, evident with the Nikola Mirotic talks, the visit to free agent Pau Gasol, as well as numerous calls on players like Chandler Parsons, Shawn Marion and Trevor Ariza, until they are given a not happening by Anthony, well, they’re just slow playing their hand.

A source did say that several more free agents were contacted Monday, but the message is the same: The Bulls are interested, but give them a few days.

And as far as the idea of Lance Stephenson to the Bulls, a call was made last week just to check in, and according to sources, Stephenson pricing himself as at least a $10-million-a-year player is not happening with the Bulls.

Not yet.

But a lot can change obviously.

Pro baseball Cubs at Cincinnati, noon, WGN; 6:10 p.m., CSN White Sox at Boston, WCIU L.A. Dodgers at Detroit or Balti-

more at Washington, 6 p.m., MLB World Cup Semifinals, Brazil vs. Germany, at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 3 p.m., ESPN

WNBA Connecticut at Atlanta, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m., ESPN2

WHAT TO WATCH Cycling Tour de France, Stage 4, Le Touquet to Lille, France, 7 a.m., NBCSN

• Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Monday’s Results White Sox 4, Boston 0 Baltimore 8, Washington 2, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 3 Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 0 Houston at Texas (n) San Francisco at Oakland (n) Toronto at L.A. Angels (n) Minnesota at Seattle (n) Tuesday’s Games White Sox (Joh.Danks 7-6) at Boston (Workman 1-2), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Detroit, 6:08 p.m.

Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Toronto at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

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First lady bucks GOP on school lunch rules

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – First ladies typically avoid getting into public scraps, but Michelle Obama has jumped into perhaps her biggest battle yet.

She’s fighting a House Republican effort to soften a central part of her prized anti-childhood obesity campaign and says she’s ready “to fight until the bitter end.”

Mrs. Obama even mocked the GOP effort in an opinion column and argued her case on Twitter.

“Remember a few years ago when Congress declared that the sauce on a slice of pizza should count as a vegetable in school lunches?” she wrote in The New York Times. “You don’t have to be a nutritionist to know that this doesn’t make much sense. Yet we’re seeing the same thing happening again with these new efforts to lower nutrition standards in our schools.”

Mrs. Obama lobbied largely behind the scenes four years ago for the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which requires more fruit, vegetables and whole grains in school meals, along with less sodium, sugar and fat. It was a major achievement, the first update to school lunch rules in decades designed to make school meals more nutritious.

The School Nutrition Association, an industry-backed group that represents school cafeteria workers and originally supported the standards, has now turned against them.

The association said it fully supports getting kids to eat healthier but said many districts are losing money because students aren’t buying the healthier lunches.

More than 1 million fewer students eat lunch at school each day since the first round of standards went into effect in 2012, following decades of steadily increasing participation, said Diane PrattHeavner, a spokeswoman for the association, citing federal

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TOP: First lady Michelle Obama and a young student show off their muscles Feb. 27 as they eat healthy snacks during a visit to La Petite Academy in Bowie, Md., to encourage healthy habits at preschool as part of her Let’s Move! Child Care program. LEFT: Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 27 about helping parents and other consumers make healthier choices as part of her Let’s Move program.

data. A second round of rules, including standards for school breakfasts, took effect July 1.

“How can we call these standards a success when they are driving students away from the program?” she said.

Her group wants more flexibility for districts that are losing money. A House bill to fund the Agriculture Department next year would give

districts a chance to apply to skip the requirements for one year.

Rep. Robert Aderholt of Alabama, the Republican author of that measure, said the lunch rules go too far and came too fast for school districts to handle.

“As well-intended as the people in Washington believe themselves to be, the reality is that from a practical stand-

point these regulations are just plain not working out in some individual school districts,” he said after a House panel approved the bill.

A vote by the full House is expected after its July Fourth break.

The first lady and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, whose department runs the school meals program, oppose changing the law.

Critics of the association say the about-face is motivated not only by overburdened school officials but also by the food industry. Food companies are some of the

association’s highest-paying members and supply schools with most of their food. The industry largely has kept silent through the debate but will spend millions of dollars to reformulate many products to meet the new standards.

“The last thing that we can afford to do right now is play politics with our kids’ health, especially when we’re finally starting to see some progress on this issue,” Mrs. Obama said at the White House, where she met with a group of school nutrition experts, all of whom were friendly toward the standards.

Be mindful of ticks, Lyme Disease present. Long sleeves, pants, shoes and socks are highly recommended. You should also examine yourself frequently after camping, hunting, hiking,and other outdoor activities in or near wooded areas.

Insect repellents are advised. Always read the label before applying insect repellent.

Quickly remove any ticks you find attached to your skin using fine-tipped tweezers.

Gently grasp the tick and pull it with a steady, upward motion. Removing ticks during the first 24 hours lessens the potential for disease transmission.

After removing attached ticks, always disinfect the bite with soap, hot water, rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.

Thorough hand washing after handling ticks is essential.

Remember to record the date and location of tick bites.

Consult a health care provider immediately if a rash, or flulike symptoms appear after tick removal, or time spent in brushy, wooded areas.

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Pink Heals Fire Truck visits Rockdale School JOLIET – The Joliet Area Chapter Pink Heals Fire Truck visited Rockdale School on May 28, to show support for first grade teacher and cancer survivor, Anne Henschen.

Students, staff and her family were present.

Henschen, like many others who have battled breast cancer in the Joliet region, had a chance to write a message of hope and encouragement on the fire truck to others fighting for their lives.

The Guardians of the Ribbon Pink Heals Tour is a national organization based in Phoenix that was founded in 2007 to support

women battling all types of cancer.

Each year, they travel across the U.S. in pink fire trucks and stop in a different city each day.

Mail donations to: Heartland Bank and Trust, Pink Heals Joliet, 700 W Jefferson St., Shorewood, IL, 60404 – The Herald-News

This year, the Marianjoy Scholarship Program awarded more than $57,000 in scholarships to 23 young men and women with disabilities from the Chicago area pursuing posthigh school education.

Awarded the Clara Pfaender Healthcare Fellowship in 2014 was Carol Pena of Plainfield.

A first-time scholarship recipient, Pena is attending Waubonsee Community College.

The amount of scholarship funding awarded in 2014 – and the number of applications received – was the most in the history of the scholarship program, which celebrated its 20th anniversary June 5. To date, the program has provided more than $750,000 to deserving students.

This year’s scholars, many of whom are current or former Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital patients, demonstrated academic excellence and are at-

tending colleges and universities across the country, including Purdue University, Indiana University, the University of Alabama, St. Louis University, North Central College, Valparaiso University and Hope College, among others.

For nearly 40 years, Marianjoy has remained an advocate for individuals living with a disability. Though pursuing a college degree is not easy for anyone, doing so while living with a physical disability requires an even greater degree of determination, stamina and focus which is why the Marianjoy Scholarship Fund was established. This year’s recipients include young men and women studying architecture, literature, medicine, computer science, broadcasting and teaching.

Area recipients this year include Noah Mussay of Lockport, Ryan Dabrowski of Orland Park and Steven Fako of Orland Park

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Silver Cross commission Lewis University; Diana Viveros, Lewis University; and Brady provides scholarships NEW LENOX — The Hispanic/ Zabala, Stony Brook University.

In order to qualify for the Dr. Latino Coalition of Will and Daniel Gutierrez Scholarship, Grundy Counties recently students must be of Hispanic/ awarded $10,000 in scholarLatino decent, a first generation ships from a grant through the college student, enrolled at JoSilver Cross Healthy Community liet Township High Schools and Commission. a high school senior or college Each of the following students freshman. received a $1,000 Dr. Daniel With the help of the Silver Gutierrez scholarships: Deisi Cross Healthy Community ComAlcantar, Joliet Junior College; mission, the Hispanic/Latino Wendyth Granados-Flores, Coalition awards scholarships Southern Illinois University; to students who demonstrate Elizabeth Mateo, Lewis Univergood grades and community sity; Jose Ortiz, University of St. service.

Francis; Alex Paramo, UniverScholarship recipients must sity of Chicago; Sandra Robles, live within the zip codes 60432, University of Illinois at Chicago; 60433 and 60436.

Rebekah Salazar, Northern – The Herald-News Illinois University; Mario Tapia,

• Tuesday, July 8, 2014

JOLIET – Lyme Disease is the most prominent of several illnesses carried by ticks, tiny blood-sucking insects that may be no larger than a poppy seed.

With the arrival of warmer weather, the Will County Health Department urges hunters, campers, hikers, and others who spend time outdoors to be especially mindful of the risks posed by Lyme Disease and its potential complications. Lyme Disease is known to have infected more than 340,000 Americans since 1982, and scientists believe that total represents only a fraction of the actual incidence.

While West Nile Virus has received much more attention, Lyme Disease has quietly become the nation’s most common vector-borne illness.

Health officials have documented a steady increase in Lyme Disease cases since 2000, and Will County activity has also been increasing.

Lyme Disease is a progressive and potentially serious infection transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected deer tick.

More ticks inevitably mean more potential Lyme Disease transmissions, particularly from April through July, when the tiny insects responsible for illness are more active.

The deer tick is now commonly identified in several counties, including Will, Kankakee, Cook and Winnebago.

Outdoor enthusiasts are at special risk for Lyme Disease, which can produce joint pain, aseptic meningitis, facial palsy, cognitive impairment and heart abnormalities. The best way to minimize the Lyme Disease threat is to steer clear of areas likely to harbor ticks.

Black-legged deer ticks favor a moist, shady environment. Wooded, overgrown habitats are most likely to shelter ticks.

Wear light-colored clothing when frequenting wooded areas where ticks may be

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Ongoing health events • Summer Relaxation Classes – Presence Healing Arts Pavilion, 410 E. Lincoln Hwy, New Lenox. Find your balance, reduce stress, and enjoy exercise with workout and relaxation programs. Call 877-737-4636 to register or for more info on our Pilates, Yoga, T’ai Chi and meditation classes.

• Senior Strong and Sturdy class – Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, 333 N. Madison St., Joliet. Strong and Sturdy incorporates a variety of movement exercises, along with the use of exercise bands, balls and light hand held weights. Classes are held twice a week. 815-7257133, ext. 3090, option 4.

• Gait and Balance Clinic – Presence Neuroscience Institute, 333 N. Madison St., Joliet. The Gait Disorder and Fall Prevention Clinic offers a multidisciplinary approach to early detection and treatment that can help prevent falls and loss of independence. Call 815-725-4367 for an appointment with a gait disorder and balance specialist at Presence NeuroScience Institute.

Tuesday • Prenatal Class – 6 to 9 p.m., Silver Cross Hospital, Pavilion A, Conference Center, 1890 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. A free prenatal childbirth class for expectant mothers with Medicaid or no insurance.

This is a two-session class.

Led by a registered labor and delivery nurse. Registration is mandatory. For information or to register, visit www.silvercross.org/specialdeliveries or call 888-660-4325.

• Bipolar Disease Support Group – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Silver Cross Hospital’s Behavioral Health Services, 1900 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. For individuals and family members coping with bipolar disease.

First time participants should call 888-660-4325 or visit www.silvercross.org to register to attend.

• Diabetes Support Group– 6 to 7 p.m., Family Birthing Suites classroom at Morris Hospital, 150 W. High St., Morris. Free.

HEALTH BRIEFS Registration is not required. For information, call 815-705-7367.

Wednesday • Obesity & Your Health: Is Weight Loss Surgery Right for You – 5:45 p.m. BMI Surgery, Silver Cross Hospital Pavilion A, Suite 260, 1890 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. Join doctors Christopher Joyce and Brian Lahmann, experienced gastric bypass surgeons, for a free informational session. Register online at www.silvercross.org or call 888-660-4325.

• Stroke Support Group – 4 to 5 p.m., Silver Cross Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Inpatient Unit Dining Room, 1900 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. For stroke survivors, family members and caregivers. First time participants should call 888-660-4325 or visit www.silvercross.org for more information or to register.

• Free Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) Class Offered – 7 to 8:30 p.m., Community Room at the New Lenox Village Hall, 1 Veterans Pkwy, New Lenox. The New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition, in partnership with Sertoma Centre, Inc., is offering a QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) class. The class is free to New Lenox residents and is recommended for anyone high school age or above. QPR is the CPR of mental health. To register, contact Daniel Martin, 815-462-6128 or email dmartin@newlenox.net.

Thursday • Support Group for Individuals Undergoing Cancer Treatment – 1 to 3 p.m., Morris Regional Oncology Center, 1600 W. Route 6 in Morris. The Radiation Therapy Center of Morris Hospital is hosting the “I Can Cope” Cancer Support Group.

This month’s support group topic is mobilizing resources and support, with discussion focused on the value of support systems and available cancer-specific resources within the community. Register at www. morrishospital.org/events or call 815-364-8915.

Friday • Babysitter’s Training

Course – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Whitman Assembly Room at Morris Hospital, 150 W. High St., Morris. For youths age 11 and older. $40 registration fee, includes lunch. Class size is limited. Register online at www. morrishospital.org/events or call 815-705-7365.

Saturday • Birthing Center Tours – 1:30 p.m. Silver Cross Hospital, 1900 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. For expectant families.

Sunday • Birthing Center Tours – 1:30 p.m., Silver Cross Hospital, 1900 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. Birthing Center Tours for expectant families.

Monday • Breastfeeding Class – 7 to 9 p.m., Silver Cross Hospital, Pavilion A, Conference Center, 1890 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. A certified lactation consultant will teach the basics of breastfeeding. Cost is $15. Call 888-660-4325 or visit www.silvercross.org/specialdeliveries.

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Books are available for purchase before the event. As a 2014 Walk challenge, with MOKENA – The Mokena Community Park Foundation will donations up to $250,000 collectively received through host the President’s Cup Golf Outing on Monday. All proceeds all of its retirement commuwill benefit the Pediatric Oncol- nities, Senior Star will provide ogy Treasure Chest Foundation. matching support to the Alzheimer’s Association. The event Check-in begins at 10:30 a.m., is at 600 South Edward Drive, with a scramble shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. For information re- Romeoville. RSVP by Thursday. garding registration or sponsor- To register or for more informaship, call 708-390-2401 or email tion, call 815-676-5776. jromanek@mokenapark.com.

Golf outing to benefit pediatric patients

Young People Who Stutter hosts convention Senior Star at Weber Place hosts book signing From July 17 through 19, the ROMEOVILLE – At 10 a.m. July 11, Senior Star at Weber Place will host an author signing with proceeds to benefit Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Illinois Chapter’s upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer’s Joliet.

Thomas Hernandez, local-based author of “Chocolate Cows and Purple Cheese and Other Tales from the Homefront,” will have a book reading and signing. Refreshments will be served.

National Association of Young People Who Stutter will host its 17th annual Convention to be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel – Chicago/O’Hare Rosemont.

For full schedule of events, visit www.say.org/event.

The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, is a nonprofit, volunteer organization founded in 1997, providing support to young people who stutter and their families.

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PUZZLES SUDOKU

BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Do you need to win five tricks or six?

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Edgar Fiedler, an economist who worked under presidents Nixon and Ford, said, “Ask five economists and you’ll get five different answers – six if one went to Harvard.”

In this deal, how would you play the club suit if you need five tricks? What if you require six?

South is in six no-trump and West leads the heart jack. With the given hands, what should he do?

And suppose the diamond king were only the queen. How would that affect declarer’s approach?

South’s leap to six no-trump with only 17 high-card points seems optimistic, but since North has shown at least a six-card club suit and all of South’s points are in aces and kings, it is a reasonable gamble.

South needs five club tricks to go with two spades, three hearts and two diamonds. As he can afford one club loser, declarer should take the first trick and cash dummy’s club ace. Here the king drops and South can claim. But if the king does not appear, declarer crosses to his hand and leads a club toward dummy’s queen. The likelihood of success is about 72 percent.

Now let’s weaken the South hand by metamorphosing the diamond king into the queen.

South can get home with either five clubs and two diamonds, or six clubs and one diamond. To find out which way to turn, he should take the diamond finesse first. If it wins, he tackles clubs as just described. But if the diamond finesse loses, declarer needs six club tricks. He must play low to dummy’s queen and hope West started with exactly king-doubleton. South’s chances have dropped to just under 50 percent.

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Dear Abby: May I comment about the question from “Unsure in the West” (April 6), who wanted to create scrapbooks out of all the cards and letters she received over the years? My generation (30s) is all about social media. “Unsure” mentioned that all the items she wanted to include were pre-Facebook. I am a bit old-fashioned (or maybe stubborn) so I don’t do Facebook or Twitter, and I don’t understand the importance of a “hashtag.” I have no idea how to Skype, nor do I pay my bills online.

I think the scrapbook idea is wonderful. There is something special about having tangible items to go along with important milestones and memories. Even if the gifts themselves don’t strike a chord with her friends, surely the consideration and time she puts into the scrapbooks will make her loved ones realize how important they are to her. I say, proceed with confidence. – L.K. In The Midwest

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Dear L.K.: Like you, readers overwhelmingly support “Unsure” in her efforts to create scrapbooks of memories for her friends. Read on: Dear Abby: I have also saved cards, letters, wedding photos and pictures of newborns, etc., for several decades. A few years ago, I simply returned them to the people who had sent them. Nearly all of the recipients squealed with delight as they thanked me, having realized I had gifted them with “time capsules” of their lives.

Only one friend was offended that I had returned her items. The joy expressed by the others superseded the angry friend. – Linda In Indiana Dear Abby: I did the same

thing with photos. But instead of returning them to the person(s} who gave them to me, I gave them to the children who were pictured in the photos. Others I saved and presented to the now-grown child’s spouse as a wedding gift. So far they have been well-received. Most people are surprised to learn that I actually kept all these photos for so long. – Memory Keeper Dear Abby: I am not a crafter and I’m not very sentimental. I don’t enjoy what I consider clutter. I have done my best to pare down and eliminate things I no longer have use for. If “Unsure” were my friend, I would appreciate it more if she scanned anything she wanted to give back to me. It crossed my mind that perhaps “Unsure” is cleaning out, and this is her way of getting rid of her “clutter.” – Maureen In Florida • Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Don’t use tablets as substitute for spending time with kids Dear Doctor K: I have an 18-month-old who loves to play on my iPad. I think it’s fine; my wife doesn’t. What are your thoughts?

Dear Reader: The only thing I can say for sure is that I’d rather have your toddler play with your iPad than with mine.

Seriously, you’ve asked an important question, because we see it everywhere: babies and toddlers playing with their parents’ tablets or smartphones.

Parents use these devices to entertain their children, and in the hope of helping them to learn.

Is this a good or a bad thing?

My pediatrician colleagues tell me they’re not sure, but here’s what they think: Early childhood is a time of rapid brain development. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of 2 not have any “screen time” at all. This includes television, videos, computers and handheld devices. Their reasoning is that active, exploratory play, along with interaction with nurturing adults, is best for babies and toddlers. When a child is sitting in front of a screen, none of that happens.

We also know that when kids spend a lot of time in front of the

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff television, they are more likely to be overweight and have problems with attention. Fast-paced programming can get in the way of “executive function” skills, which are crucial for both academic and social success. They include planning, negotiating, trouble-shooting and delaying gratification.

Some experts argue that iPads and similar devices are different than television. True, like TV, playing with smartphones or tablets involves watching things on a screen. However, smartphones and tablets also are interactive; they are not passive experiences. And the smartphones or tablets can adjust to a child’s learning level. They also can be used with another person, like a parent, as part of play.

Studies are underway to see how these devices affect babies and young children, but it will be years before we have any definitive results. In the meantime, here is some advice based on what we know so far: • Don’t use these devices

to make your child smarter.

Old-fashioned play with blocks or dolls, listening to stories or playing at the park will do more for your child’s development than a tablet or smartphone.

• Limit use of these devices to under an hour a day, especially for young children.

• Choose apps carefully. The Common Sense Media website (www.commonsensemedia.org) has lots of useful information and reviews.

• Use the devices as part of your interactions with your child. Don’t simply leave the devices for your children to entertain themselves while you’re doing something else.

I wonder if this advice isn’t a bit too conservative. My instinct is that the interactivity of smartphones and tablets makes them devices that help toddlers solve puzzles. I’ll bet that two hours playing with one of these devices is better for brain development than two hours spent watching TV – but not better than two hours playing with a parent.

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

reading pen-pal mail

Dr. Wallace: About six months ago our church had a list of teens from England who wanted to be pen pals with an American teen. I’m 16 and selected a boy who is 17 and lives in Stratford, England. We have written to each other about a dozen times and have exchanged photographs and small gifts.

I’m writing to you because my mother doesn’t work, and one of her big thrills is to wait for the mailman. Whenever there are letters from my pen pal, she takes the liberty of opening them and she reads every one of them. This is really bothering me. I’ve asked her not to open my mail, but she continues to do it.

Please print my letter and tell parents that they should honor a teen’s privacy. Thanks. – Nameless, Memphis, Tenn.

Dear Nameless: Trust between parent and teen is extremely important. Unless the trust is violated by you, your mother should respect your privacy and not open letters, or any other mail, addressed to you.

Mom is making a serious error when she does. I receive many letters and emails on this subject and they are always from girls who get their mail opened by their mothers.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 20 and had been dating a girl, 19, for over a year. Then one day out of the blue she announced that she wasn’t going to be seeing me any more because she had fallen in love with a guy who works with her. This came as an absolute shock to me because even in the last couple of weeks she had been telling me she loved me and would love me forever.

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace I love this girl very much and had been thinking that we would be married in the near future and she would be my wife for the rest of my life. Now she has dumped me and I find it hard to believe. I saw the guy she is now dating.

He looks about 10 years older than she is and drives a nice car. I’ve called her twice and told her how much I love her, but she said that our relationship was over and that I should find someone else to love.

What do you think I can do about this? Please help. – Shocked, Vicksburg, Miss.

Dear Shocked: Do not call her. Send her a card telling her that you miss her and that you will be there for her if she ever needs your help. Then take her advice and find someone else to love.

Dr. Wallace: I thought that I wanted to become an English teacher in high school, but now I think that I would enjoy being a high school counselor. I feel counseling would be a great chance to help many students.

Is it possible for me to go directly into the high school counseling field or would I be required to teach first? – Nameless, Galesburg Dear Nameless: It is possible to become a high school counselor without the benefit of classroom teaching experience if the candidate has the proper credentials.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@ galesburg.net.

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: John Pemberton (1831-1888), chemist/Coca-Cola inventor; Wolfgang Puck (1949), chef; Anjelica Huston (1951), actress; Kevin Bacon (1958), actor; Toby Keith (1961), singer-songwriter; Beck (1970), singer-songwriter.

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Levine takes a curious career path, but ever upward

Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – You are at a turning point in your life this year. Your creative and artistic talents will spur you to try new things and meet new people. Letting go of the past will become easier as you follow the steps that look most promising.

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Anyone who is currently opposing you will eventually see things your way.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Consider the consequences of your actions. You will end up facing trouble if you act impulsively. Listen to reason, and you will find a safer and better way to move forward.

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If you are troubled over a recent disagreement with a friend, make amends. It takes a special person to admit mistakes and issue apologies.

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Romance is on the rise, and spending time with someone special will bring you closer together.

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By EMILY YAHR The Washington Post Wearing long sleeves in the boiling heat of New York City last summer, Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine started to think that maybe his full-body tattoos weren’t such a great idea.

Acting in his first-ever movie role in the music dramedy “Begin Again,” playing a musician who experiences ups and downs on the roller coaster of fame, Levine was asked by director John Carney to cover his ink with sleeves. In the 95-degree weather. This wasn’t something Levine thought about when he got the tattoos – which make perfect sense for a pop star, although not for a big-screen actor.

But who could have predicted he would ever have that problem? Certainly not Levine, whose rise through the celebrity stratosphere has taken more unexpected turns than most.

From the early success of Maroon 5 to his pivot as a reality star on NBC’s “The Voice” to acting, Levine’s career has followed a curious path.

He claims he never plans ahead and just “rolls” with everything that has happened in the past several years – the shows, the movies, the endorsement and TV development deals. “I don’t think it’s smart to look too far into the future,” Levine said. “It’s a fine line between trying to manifest something to happen as far as your dreams are concerned, and then being too fixated on one thing happening one way.”

He’s speaking by phone from New York, doing the press rounds for “Begin Again,” which stars Mark Ruffalo as a down-on-his-luck record producer who meets a fledgling singer played by Keira Knightley. Levine plays Knightley’s music superstar boyfriend, who becomes her ex when he can’t resist the temptations of fame. Levine sounds a bit tired; it’s not yet noon and he claims he’s already done “17 zillion” interviews this morning.

Anyway, back to his unusu-

Photo by Andrew Schwartz/The Weinstein Company

In his first-ever movie role, Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine (right) plays a musician experiencing the rollercoaster of fame in the dramedy “Begin Again.” Levine co-stars with Keira Knightley (left), who portrays a fledgling singer in the film. al path:”I wanted to do music for my life and I wanted to be really successful, but I wasn’t aware that it could be this type of trajectory,” Levine said.

“It’s always slightly different than you think it will be.”

True. Back when Levine and his high school friends started a band, he didn’t anticipate they would become the inescapable pop rockers Maroon 5. The group quickly found success in the early 2000s with monster debut album “Songs About Jane,” which featured smash singles “Harder to Breathe,” “This Love” and “Sunday Morning.” Even a decade later, “She Will Be Loved” is probably playing at this very moment over loudspeakers in various malls.

As often happens with a fast rise to fame, there have been a lot of detractors. As a lead vocalist with a unique falsetto and someone quite likely to bare his sculpted muscles for naked photo shoots, Levine attracted tabloid scrutiny from the beginning. With a confident swagger and tendency to spout quotes such as, “I love attention. I can’t stand not having it,” Levine (the first musician to become People’s Sexiest Man Alive) became a pop culture target. His parade of supermodel girlfriends – and engagement to Victoria’s Secret model Behati Prinsloo – didn’t really help matters.

“It’s strange that they’re so interested. I don’t think it’s that fascinating,” Levine said about the tabloid fascination with his personal life. “But hey, it’s flattering, I guess.”

Although Levine is self-deprecating, you do have to work hard to achieve the kind of multi-tiered success he’s enjoyed recently. While Maroon 5 stalled for several years in the mid-2000s, Levine catapulted back into the scene in January 2011 as a coach on “The Voice.”

Millions tuned in and were drawn to Levine’s banter and his odd-couple friendship with fellow coach Blake Shelton.

Along with filming “The Voice” for two seasons a year, Levine found himself back in the spotlight with music, releasing the giant hit “Moves Like Jagger,” featuring his “Voice” co-star Christina Aguilera. Maroon 5 released a new album in the summer of 2012 called “Overexposed” – interpret the title how you wish. It went platinum.

Levine’s real-life ups and downs with fame were intriguing to “Begin Again” writer and director Carney, who was looking for an actor to play the role of Dave Kohl, the singer who can’t stay down-to-earth once he gets a big record contract.

“I never really thought about anyone else in the role,” Carney said. He first consid-

ered Levine when he saw his brief but hilarious cameo in a “30 Rock” scene opposite Alec Baldwin.

The two chatted via Skype, and then Levine recorded himself in the studio reading some lines. Carney (who directed the Oscar-winning musical drama “Once”) saw the footage and was sold.

While Levine had done some acting before with a small part in the second season of FX’s gorefest “American Horror Story” – in which his character memorably got his arm ripped off – this was an entirely different situation.

And for him, it was pretty nerve-racking.

Luckily, he got the hang of the big-screen experience fairly quickly. Levine, who in the film complements his long sleeves with a rock-star beard, shares most of his scenes with Knightley. While he was hesitant about going up against such an established actress, they found an easy rapport through many hours filming scenes in a car together on the first day.

Carney was impressed by his performance. “I think he really delivered,” Carney said, citing his “star quality” along with his natural charisma and solid singing chops.

It helped that the Dave Kohl character wasn’t much of a stretch – in fact, there were a few scenes that hit a little too close to home for Levine. For example, Dave goes to a record label’s offices, where they tell him they love him and want him to be himself and not alter a thing – except for a few tiny fixes that wind up changing just about everything.

That, according to Levine, does not stray too far from the real-life recording industry.

“That’s all they do in those boardrooms in those meetings.

All they try to do is destroy the fabric of who you are because the record business is just silly,” he said. “ ‘Oh, you have to be this,’ or ‘You have to be that.’ But we never became successful by listening to them, so you take what they say with grain of salt.”

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Point Break (’91) ››› (CC) Wil Whe. (N) Wil Wheaton Snakehead Swamp (’14) Ayla Kell. (14-L,V) (CC) Wil Wheaton Wil Wheaton Final Destination 2 (’03) ››‡ Ali Larter, A.J. Cook. (CC) Seinfeld (CC) Seinfeld (CC) Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Sullivan (N) Big Bang Conan (14) (CC) Sullivan & Son Conan (14) (4:30) The Prize (’63) ››› Dance, Girl, Dance (’40) ››‡ (CC) They Met in Argentina (’41) ›› Do You Love Me? (’46) ››› Premiere. Maureen O’Hara.

Buddy’s Bakery Rescue (PG) Next Great Baker (PG-L) (CC) Next Great Baker (N) (PG-L) Buddy’s Bakery Rescue (N) Next Great Baker (PG-L) (CC) Buddy’s Bakery Rescue (PG) Pure Passion Hill Song Chu Focus on Is Way of Master Sig. Insights Urban Altern.

Robison Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program The 700 Club ’ (G) (CC) Castle (14-D,S,V) (CC) (DVS) Rizzoli & Isles (14-D,L,V) (CC) Rizzoli & Isles (N) (14-D,L,V) Perception (N) (14-D,L,S,V) Rizzoli & Isles (14-D,L,V) (CC) Perception (14-D,L,S,V) (CC) Advent. Time Regular Show King of Hill King of Hill Cleveland Cleveland American Dad American Dad Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ Chicken Aqua Teen Waterparks Waterparks Bizarre Foods (PG) (CC) Bikinis & Boardwalks (PG) Chowdow. (N) Chowdow. (N) Man v. Food Man v. Food Bikinis & Boardwalks (PG) Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Griffith King King King King Hot, Cleveland Jennifer Falls Raymond Raymond Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Royal Pains (N) (PG) Covert Affairs (N) (14) Mod Fam Mod Fam Royal Pains (PG) (CC) (DVS) Hit the Floor Hit the Floor ’ (14-D,L,S) Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta ’ Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta ’ Honey 2 (’11) ›‡ Katerina Graham, Randy Wayne.

BEST MOVIES 7:00 p.m. TF 60 ››› “The Good Thief” (2002, Drama de Crimen) Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo. Un ladron veterano planea robar pinturas invaluables. (2:00)

DISN ››› “A Bug’s Life” (1998, Fantasy) Voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey. Animated.

Insects help an ant fend off grasshoppers. ’ Å (2:10)

TCM ››‡ “Dance, Girl, Dance” (1940, Musical) Maureen O’Hara, Louis Hayward. Two dancers set their sights on an eligible dancing coach. Å (1:45) 8:30 p.m. SPIKE ›› “The Expendables” (2010, Action) Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham.

Mercenaries embark on a mission to overthrow a dictator. ’ (2:30) 8:45 p.m. TCM ›› “They Met in Argentina” (1941, Musical) Maureen O’Hara, James Ellison.

Argentine heiress flirts with Texan sent to buy racehorse. (1:30)

BEST BETS ± 7 p.m. CBS 2 NCIS: A military charity event turns explosive, literally, when a music amplifier detonates and kills two people in “Rock and a Hard Place.” The NCIS team tries to determine whether a scheduled performer (guest star Keith Carradine) who sabotaged his own success was the actual target of the blast. DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) isn’t overly pleased to draw the duty to guard the man. Pauley Perrette, David McCallum and Emily Wickersham also star.

± 8 p.m. on TNT Rizzoli & Isles: After the body of a murder victim is found inside what was supposed to be the man’s absolutely impenetrable fallout shelter, investigators are faced with the puzzle of how and why the guy was targeted by killers in the new episode “Doomsday.” Sasha Alexander also stars.

± 9:01 p.m. NBC 5 The Night Shift: Trying to reach and treat a plane-crash survivor, TC and Topher (Eoin Macken, Ken Leung) put their own lives in jeopardy in the new episode “Blood Brothers.” A lawman (guest star Steven Bauer) adds to the complications once the victim is brought to the ER.

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DELtaura USA Inc, a growing trucking company is looking for CDL-A Drivers for Local, Regional, OTR positions. Also available are Administrative Assistant, Office Manager, & Dispatchers positions for a new location based in Joliet, IL. Excellent Pay, Health, Dental, STD, Company Paid Life Insurance, Holiday & Vacation benefits. Applications are being accepted NOW!

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.

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SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS Earn $14.84 per hour Insurance Available Apply online at: www.jths.org or at 3901 Olympic Boulevard Joliet, IL. 60436 The Herald-News Classified It works.

BUILDING INSPECTORS The City of Crest Hill is seeking to fill the position of one full-time or two part-time Building Inspectors with a salary range of $27.88 to $36.06 per hour. This is responsible administrative and investigative work in the inspection of all city commercial, industrial, and residential properties performed to secure and maintain compliance with zoning, property maintenance and building codes. An employee in this class is involved in the inspection of buildings in the course of construction, alteration or repair to determine whether plans, workmanship, and materials conform with all existing code requirements. This employee will interact with contractors, developers and/or the public regarding code compliance issues and inspection requirements. The inspector will report to the Community Development Director. The successful candidate/candidates will have a minimum of five (5) years' experience in building construction, building trade and/or inspections, minimum high school graduate with a thorough knowledge of building and remodeling type of construction work. No certificate or license is required. However, ICC Certifications are a plus and a Certified Building Official (CBO) is strongly desired.

Ability to interpret and apply a wide variety of complex building codes, City ordinances, zoning rules and other regulations. Must be skilled in dealing with the public in a friendly, courteous and knowledgeable manner. Must possess a valid driver's license. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and general computer literacy preferred. Visit the City's website at www.cityofcresthill.com for a complete job description. Appointment is by the Mayor with the majority consent of City Council. Applicants must deliver/mail a completed and signed employment application to the City Administrator's office at City Hall for consideration. Emailed applications will not be accepted. Applications are available on the City Website or at City Hall, 1610 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill, IL 60403.

Application process open until position is filled. EOE.

SALES

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FULL OR PART-TIME Sales marketing company in need of energetic, self-motivated individuals that work independently for a business-to-business program. You will be responsible for building your sales efforts into your own business, and/or with your own sales team.

We are a growing, expanding company and need that takecharge individual that wants to be his/her own boss. We offer competitive commission plus bonuses as well as other incentives.

Please contact: Kathy Ryan 847-630-9345

TREE CARE OPENINGS FITNESS

Certified yoga, aqua, aerobics needed for a Shorewood Active Adult community.

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Hometown National Bank Part Time Includes all teller and personal banker duties. Must have previous computer experience and be proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook. Will be required to provide distinctive customer service.

Previous teller and personal banker experience preferred but will train the right candidate.

Hours are Monday – Friday.

Please mail your resume to: Hometown National Bank 722 Essington Rd, Joliet, IL 60435 or e-mail to: vkehoe@myhtnb.com Equal Opportunity Employer

The TownePlace Suites in Joliet is looking for an Outgoing and Reliable person to become part of a Superstar Staff. This award winning team is looking to offer a full time Breakfast Attendant position to a person with Excellent Communication Skills, the ability to work well with the team, and most importantly, the ability to provide Outstanding Customer Service. Please Apply in Person at: 1515 Riverboat Center Dr, Joliet, IL 60431 Manufacturing

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Grey and tan, 65 lbs, blue collar, very skittish, near Renwick Rd & Rt 59 on Friday, June 27.

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Found Male Cat – Black/Grey Tiger found in area of Joliet (Westside).

Very friendly has all of his claws, 815-722-7278

Registered Sonographer Out Patient Imaging Center in Joliet is looking for a part-time experienced Registered Sonographer Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, ability to multi-task efficiently and effectively. Registered Breast & Vascular Technologist (RVT / RVS) is preferred.

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FRI & SAT JULY 11 & 12 9AM - 1PM

922 KELLY AVE. Patio furniture, tools, glassware, home decorations & MORE! JOLIET

HUGE ANTIQUE SALE! FRI & SAT, JULY 11 & 12

16663 GRACE ST. Power tools, table saw, tool box, extension ladder, chain saw, weight bench, household goods & MORE! MANHATTAN

1051 MASON AVE MOVING SALE Furniture & other antique items.

PLUS MUCH MORE!

JOLIET MOVING SALE SAT, JULY 12 8-3

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We're seeking multiple positions, including Line Inspector & Quality Inspector.

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Acres Group is hiring Crew Leaders, Climbers & Groundsmen for the Tree Care division. Experience preferred. Must have valid driver's license. Call Michelle 847-487-5072 or apply online: www.acresgroup.com

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

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CHANNHON THUR & FRI July 10 & 11 9AM-5PM 26141 Oakridge Ct. Rain or Shine! 5 Families...

Grass seed, Recumbment bike, Boys size 6 clothes and more!

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Thurs.-Sat. 7/10-7/12 8 am -3 pm 615 Homestead Place Huge Baby Sale, Clothes, Items, Home Décor, Furniture & Appliances

LEMONT 18 E. Eureka Fri. & Sat. 9am-1pm

15 + FAM FUNDRAISER! One Stop Shopping FRI & SAT July 11 & 12 9AM-5PM 806 Eagle Creek Rd. HUGE garage sale!! Furniture, tools, household items & misc. EVERYTHING MUST GO! House sold buyers market.

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RANCH OAKS SUBDIVISION on RT 52 across from Round Barn, 2.5 miles south of Laraway on 52.

NEW LENNOX ESTATE SALE THUR, FRI, SAT & SUN July 10, 11, 12 & 13 9AM – 3 PM 810 S. Prairie Rd. 95 Cadillac, Canoe, Household Furniture, Appliances & much more. CASH ONLY!

NEW LENOX HUGE 3 FAMILY GARAGE SALE

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FRI & SAT July 11 & 12 8:00AM-4:00PM 13005 Denise St.

Magna Dynacraft Tamer Mountain Bike, Girls 6 Speed Index Shifting Model 8596-56; rebound shocks, cantilever brakes, good condition, very small repairable tear on seat, pink/purple, used, really nice $33. 815-838-0239 Used Disney Princess Girls Bicycle

by Huffy, Has balance buddy attached, Great condition, needs minor cleaning, works, tires may need air $29 815-838-0239

Northside Plainfield off Route 59 Items: Furniture, Baby gear, Skis, Records, Cars and much more!

PLAINFIELD SALE JULY 10 - 12 9AM - 4PM 22916 JUDITH DR. Couple looking to free up some space in their lives!

Come see all of our baby girl clothing & baby furniture for your young child's needs.

Also adult clothing, sizes from large to X-large, some basics for the house & MORE!

RIVERBROOK ESTATES COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE Community entrances are located off of Theodore & River.

Several homes participating.

$4400/both.

480-205-7844

HP PAVILION LAPTOP Model DV2000 - AMD Turion Processor 64 x 2, 1.8Ghz, 1982 MG, 32 Bit operating system, 14” screen, Windows Vista, web cam, factory settings, Microsoft works, web cam, remote control included, excellent condition $130. 815-838-0239

Bookcase – 3 Shelf 37.5”W x 36”H x 6.25”D $15. 815-436-4222 China Cabinet Solid oak wood.

72” H x 44” W -15” deep, lighted 4 drs 2 glass, shelf, bottom storage $125 Anytime 815-439-7074

MICROWAVE Whirlpool – Stainless, Over the Range, Excellent Condition -1 Year Old New $345, Asking $95/obo.

815-347-8369 Anytime

Coffee & End Table – Solid Wood Must Sell – Moving - $45/OBO 815-436-4222

(4) Vintage Hand Saws w/ Wood Handles. $10/ea. or 4 for $25 815-436-4222

ANGEL DOLL LIGHT, $40

Rattan Rocker, $40, Chest, $50 32” cable TV, $40.

815-727-2340

Pool Cover Solar pool cover for 24 foot pool.

Almost new. $50 Anytime 815-439-7074.

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

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815-722-7556 350 N. Broadway Joliet, IL 60435 Ofc hrs 9am-4:30pm M-F

JOLIET EAST – 2 & 3 bedroom, formal dining room, heat furnished, $700 & $900/m+sec. 210 Joliet- 2 rooms available in 5 room N. Eastern Ave. 708-481-9128 office suite. Access to 2 restrooms, Eddie Bauer indoor/outdoor, style EB55036, new in box, lunchroom and basement storage.

Jolietrentalunits.com 74x39x9, external pump, needs Share rent and utilities, $265 each Studio/1BR, utilities included. a 4 D-cell batteries not included. room. For details: 815-280-3291 Elevator, Laundry, Guest Library, $38. 815-838-0239 Near Bus & Downtown.

Plainfield – Office/Retail $105-$150/wk. $455-$650/mo. established Rt. 59 location, approx 815-726-2000 500 sf. 3 months Free Rent !

815-436-3783 45 RPM Record case holds 200 Kungs Way, near St. Joseph Hosp.

2BR, D/W, balcony, new carpet.

45 RPM vinyl records. Paid nd 2 floor, updated kitchen, no pets. $63.94, will sell for $20.

815-744-5141 Minooka. Call 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

815-467-6964.

MANHATTAN (2) 2BR, 1BA

Accordion – 120 Base Capital Deluxe. Petite $125. 9 AM – 4:30 PM 815-722-1353.

Appliances, A/C, no pets,1st and 2nd floor units, $870 - $895/mo.

815-478-4316

Magnus Chord Organ Complete w/ Stool, Instructions & Music Book - $15.

815-436-4222

water & cable incl. No pets. $800/mo + sec. 815-467-6826

Dining Room Set Oval table w/6 chairs, and three leaves, china cabinet, $300/all.

815-715-1021 Dining Room Table 80 years old, Rock maple, with 6 captain chairs, drop leaf w/extra leafs $200/OBO After 11 a.m. 815-941-6499.

MINOOKA - 2 BEDROOM

Off Essington Rd, Spacious 2BR Appl, D/W, pretty kitchen, built-inmicro, 2 AC's, soft water, free heat. Joliet - Near Jefferson & Larkin 815-744-5141 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Condo $52,900, move in condition.

Twin Oaks West, Large Pretty 1BR Appl, built-in-micro, D/W, ceiling 815-592-1251 / 815-729-2022 fans, 2 AC's, soft water, elec entry.

WEST JOLIET - BY OWNER Free carport.

815-744-155 1st Floor, 2 Br, 2 Ba, Furnished, Garage, Porch with Nice View Quiet Location. $86,000. 815-729-3260

2000 Honda Odyssey EX Leather reclining cream color sofa 127K miles, 1 year old battery. and chair. $200 set Looks and runs great! $3800.

Large kitchen table + leaf & chairs 815-838-9295 ~ 815-451-9036 Cresthill & Joliet/West Side 2BR condo, Nice secure bldg. $100 For appt call. 708-609-1010

Entertainment center with bookshelves for $150 Computer desk $25 other misc items.

Boat Motor

Older 9.9 Mercury for parts or repair - $35/OBO. 815-476-7414

Joliet West 2BR Condo Balcony Private parking, close to hospital and shopping, no pets/smoke. $875/mo + dep. 815-729-0090

New Lenox 2-3BR TH Style Condo Baby Buggy and Baby Tenda 630-841-5279 2 bath, appl, W/D, private patio.

PUBLIC NOTICE (feeding table) with original boxes.

Garage, close to metra, schools Wooden Counter Stools, 26” x 28” $40 for both. & parks, $1500. 815-272-5081 $15 each; Bistro Table.

36” & 4 Anytime 815-485-2321.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Chairs - $30. 815-436-5171 1993 Winnebago Motor Home TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Place your Classified ad Misc. Jerseys - Size 54 32 ft, 27,400 miles, 65kw WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS online 24/7 at: 2 Blackhawks – 1 Kane, generator, 2 A/C's, $6,500/obo. www.TheHerald-News.com/ 2 Urlacher, Butkus ($300 value), Call Andrew 815-341-6147 PlaceAnAd American Alliance Cas. Co. Table Lamp Forte, Peyton, Cutler, Hester, v.

Brass, Upright, No Shade Quentin - $300 firm for all. $25. 815-436-4222 815-354-1451 Miriam Lopez, et al.

Oak Pedestal Table & 4 Kane Press Cause No. 2013 MR 1975 back Chairs. $800 OBO 815-8380001 Patio Table - Beautiful white Notice is given to defendants, ornamental, cast iron patio table Teachers Chair Miriam Lopez and Yolanda Banos, w/ 4 chairs & umbrella holder, Vintage & Wooden that on August 16, 2013, a Can be re-finished - $5 excellent condition - $400. declaratory judgment action was 815-436-5171 815-436-4222

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y judgm filed against them as a result of an automobile accident occurring on May 14, 2011. Pursuant to an order entered on February 5, 2014, the above-named plaintiff was granted leave to serve the defendants by publication. The attorney handling this matter is Cynthia Ramirez, Morse Bolduc & Dinos, LLC, 25 E. Washington Street, Suite 750, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 251-2577.

You are summoned and required to file an answer in this case, or otherwise file your appearance in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, 14 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois, within 30 days after service by publication. IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE

BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. A copy of the Complaint for Declaratory Judgment was also sent to defendants by regular and certified mail to their last known address.

ILLINOIS, Will County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on or before August 7, 2014 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in acJoliet – 1 bedroom home, Ingalls cordance with the prayer of said Park, 301 Schorie, must see inside, Complaint.

Lg. Bedroom, walk-in closet, stove, Pamela J. McGuire fridge, W/D, A/C new paint/carpet Clerk of the Will $700/mo+utilities $700 security County Circuit Court.

815-258-4800 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLPlainfield – Crystal Lawns sub.div.

LECT A DEBT PURSUANT TO THE 2606 Wayne St. FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRAC3 bedroom, tri-level no pets/smkg, TICES ACT, AND ANY INFORMAcall John 815-439-1362 TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Korin Knutson Attorney for the Plaintiff Jolietrentalunits.com , Big Kozeny & McCubbin Illinois, LLC Clean,Furnished, wood flrs, fridge, 105 West Adams Street, microwave, laundry, elevator, On Suite 1850 bus line. $95/wk. $412/mo Chicago, Illinois 60603 815-726-2000 Phone: (312) 605-3500 ext. 1533 Service by Email Accepted at: intake@kmi-law.com I-55 Frontage Rd., Joliet Attorney ID: 6309451 4000 sq ft office/warehouse space.

File Number: IL-000844 Fenced yard with outside storage.

I615873 Available Aug. 1st. 815-474-1941 (Published in the Herald-News July (Published in the Herald-News Plainfield/Joliet Area - Warehouse June 24, July 1, 8, 2014. 8, 15, 22, 2014) 30 x 40, 14' overhead door, heat- HN805) ed with restroom, $800/mo. No automobile repair or body shop.

PUBLIC NOTICE I-55 Frontage. 815-741-8389

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Joliet West & East - 2, 3 & 4 bedroom homes, call now or visit our web site for more info www.protown.org 815-722-1389

TWIN AIRBED

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

Whirlpool Washer – 8 cycles, 4 speeds – AS IS – Needs Repair, for parts, In garage for easy pick-up - $25; Whirlpool Gas Dryer – Working, 4 cycle, 3 temps, extra large capacity, clean inside & out - $150.

815-436-4222

Walker – Like New, Adjustable Heights, Folds, Excellent Condition $20. 815-838-0239

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 • Page 35

PUBLIC NOTICE

pr sentative, or both, on or before January 10, 2015, which date is not less than 6 months from the date of the first publication of this notice and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. /s/ T. Andrew Coyle (Published in the Herald-News July 8, 15, 22, 2014. HN855)

PUBLIC NOTICE Will County Probate Notice State of Illinois In The Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Will County - In Probate In the Matter of the Estate of JANET R. LOFQUIST, deceased Case No. 14 P 326 Claim Notice

Notice is hereby given of the death of Janet R. Lofquist of Will KOZENY & MCCUBBIN ILLINOIS, County, Illinois. Letters of office as LLC. independent executor were issued (6309451) Attorneys on June 24, 2014, to Linda 105 W. Adams, Suite 1850 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION Lofquist Boor of Plainfield, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60603 TO CHANGE THE NAME OF LaTr- whose attorney is T. Andrew Coyle IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR isha Nicole Jones to Triston Nicko- of 131 East 9th Street, Lockport, IL THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT lai Jones 60441.

WILL COUNTY JOLIET, ILLINOIS, BANK OF AMERICA N.A., CASE NO. 14MR01397 Claims against the estate may Plaintiff, be filed in the office of the Clerk of vs.

NOTICE the Circuit Court at Court Annex, ROEL QUESADA, WENDY QUESANotice is hereby given that the 3208 McDonough Street, Joliet, DA, THE COLUMBIA STATION undersigned on behalf of himself Illinois 60431, or with the repreHOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS and LaTrisha Jones, adult, shall sentative, or both, on or before AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, et. appear in the Will County Court An- January 10, 2015, which date is al., nex Building, 57 N. Ottawa, Joliet, not less than 6 months from the Defendants, Illinois, 60432 courtroom A236 at date of the first publication of this 14 CH 0893 9 a.m. on the 24th day of July, notice and any claim not filed withThe requisite affidavit for publi- 2014 before the judge assigned to cation having been filed, notice is hear said matter, and then there in that period is barred. Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must hereby given to you: UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON- present a petition requesting the be mailed or delivered to the repreRECORD CLAIMANTS, , defendants names of LaTrisha Nicole Jones be sentative and to the attorney within in the above entitled suit has been changed to Triston Nickolai Jones. 10 days after it has been filed. /s/ LaTrisha Jones commenced in the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDICIAL /s/ T. Andrew Coyle CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY JOLIET, PAMELA J. MCGUIRE ILLINOIS, by the said plaintiff CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Published in the Herald-News July against you and other defendants, OF WILL COUNTY 8, 15, 22, 2014. HN854) praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the (Published in the Herald-News July premises described as follows, to1, 8, 15, 2014. HN840) PUBLIC NOTICE wit: LOT 61 IN COLUMBIA STATIONIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF PUBLIC NOTICE WILL COUNTY SECTION 6 TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, STATE OF ILLINOIS RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD Will County Probate Notice ESTATE OF WILLIAM MICHAEL PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING WALSH, DECEASED. TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED State of Illinois 14 P 74 NOVEMBER 6, 2000 AS DOCUIn The Circuit Court of the Notice is given to creditors of the MENT R2000-120640, IN WILL Twelfth Judicial Circuit death of the above named deceCOUNTY, ILLINOIS..

PIN: 07-01-06-206-005-0000. dent. Letters of office were issued to Will County - In Probate KEVIN WALSH, 6501 RAVINIA Commonly known as: 2509 Rosehall Lane, Aurora, IL 60503, In the Matter of the Estate of JACOB DRIVE, TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS 60477, as Independent ADMINISand which said Mortgage was CHINDERLE, deceased TRATOR, whose attorney of record made by ROEL QUESADA,WENDY is AMANDA L. WILSON, LAW OFQUESADA,, as Mortgagor(s) to Case No. 14 P 197 FICES OF THOMAS M. BRITT, P.C., Mortgage Electronic Registration 7601 WEST 191ST STREET, SUITE Systems, Inc., as nominee for GSF Claim Notice 1W, TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS Mortgage Corporation, as Mort60487. gagee, and recorded as document Notice is hereby given of the The estate will be administered number R2010137078, and the present owner(s) of the property be- death of Jacob Chinderle of Lock- without court supervision, unless ing ROEL QUESADA,WENDY QUE- port, Illinois. Letters of office as in- under section 5/28-4 of the ProSADA,, and for other relief: that dependent executor were issued on bate Act Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, summons was duly issued out of June 2, 2014, to Jacob Chinderle Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) any interestsaid Court against you as provided III of Lockport, Illinois, whose attor- ed person terminates independent by law, and that the said suit is ney is T. Andrew Coyle of 131 East administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminow pending.

9th Street, Lockport, IL 60441. nate to the clerk.

Now, therefore, unless you, the Claims against the estate may said above named defendants, file Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk your answer to the Complaint in the be filed in the office of the Clerk of Pamela J. McGuire said suit or otherwise make your Clerk of the Court appearance therein, IN THE CIR- the Circuit Court at Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street CUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDI- 3208 McDonough Street, Joliet, Joliet, IL 60432 CIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTYJOLIET, Illinois 60431, or with the repreIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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