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Wreaths Across America fill Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood / 3 TODAY’S WEATHER

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It will be bitterly cold to wrap up the weekend as high temps struggle to get to zero degrees.

Add in a west-northwest wind and it will feel as if it is 20 to 30 below zero.

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It’s never too late to donate

There’s always time to add payroll deductions for United Way The form has been sitting on my desk, staring at me all week.

I still don’t know what I’m going to do, still haven’t even discussed it with my wife.

A few weeks ago, when our annual Herald Angels campaign began, I wrote about how the holiday season was the time to give. It is, no doubt.

But in talking more with United Way of Will County President and CEO Mike Hennessy, most of the organizations’ funds come from employee payroll deductions, like the one sitting on my desk right now.

I always think I have a lot of problems, with all of the end-of-year work obligations going on along with working to help move my family from McHenry County to Will County in the next month, but the reality is that I have it pretty good.

And there are plenty in Will County who don’t, plenty who depend on all of the

Jon Styf local United Way-funded partners to keep their essential organizations afloat.

But I won’t judge or tell you what to do.

I don’t know exactly what I’m planning to do yet.

But I do know there is a need, and I know the United Way does its due diligence on deciding which area agencies to work with.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted three of those agencies and the work they do. But there are plenty more.

As the year winds down, we’re preparing for our local story of the year lists, along with a preview of what will be coming in the next year. If you have suggestions for those, feel free to contact us.

Donate to Herald Angels To donate to the Herald Angels campaign, send a check payable to “Herald Angels” to The Herald-News, 2175 Oneida St., Joliet, IL 60435, or go to United Way of Will County’s website at www.uwwill.org.

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If you’re interested in that and your employer doesn’t offer it, bring it up and I’m sure the United Way would be happy to help make that happen.

• The Herald-News Editor Jon Styf can be reached at jstyf@shawmedia.com, on Twitter @JonStyf or at 815-280-4119.

Will County Board speaker files order of protection against Mokena woman

By MIKE MALLORY

mmallory@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Will County Board Speaker Jim Moustis has filed an order of protection in Will County Circuit Court against Armella Frankowski of Mokena.

According to Will County Jail records, Frankowski, 79, was booked at 12:31 p.m.

Thursday and released at 1:18 p.m. She was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of battery/causing bodily harm.

A news release from the Will County Board distributed Friday afternoon stated that Moustis, a Republican, filed an order of protection against “a woman after being verbally and physically attacked after the December County Board meeting.”

“The incident occurred outside the County Board room and was witnessed by other board members and sheriff’s deputies,” the news release stated.

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not only for my own safety, but also the safety of this woman and those that attend county meetings,” Moustis said in the release. “My hope is justice will be served, and this woman will get the help she needs.”

Circuit court files online indicate that attorney Ragan Freitag is representing Moustis, 67, of Frankfort Township, in the case. Freitag also is a Will County Board member.

Moustis, Freitag and Frankowski were all at the Will County Board meeting Thursday.

Calls to Moustis, Freitag and Will County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer were not returned Friday.

There is a hearing scheduled for 11 a.m. Jan. 4.

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ally shouted during board proceedings, sometimes mentioning Moustis by name.

On Thursday, Frankowski signed up to speak during public comment but was not in the Will County Board Room when Will County Executive Larry Walsh Sr. announced it was time for public comment.

As the meeting neared its end, Frankowski could be seen outside the board room doors but did not speak.

A Herald-News reporter was at the meeting but left before the incident occurred.

According to Will County Circuit Court records, Frankowski has been involved in numerous order of protection cases – some in which she is a plaintiff and some in which she is a defendant.

The County Board’s news release stated the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office already is reviewing past footage of meetings that document Frankowski’s “erratic and unpredictable behavior.”

ON THE COVER

Jessica DiMartinto, a member of the Civil Air Patrol, places a wreath at the base of a veteran’s grave Saturday at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood as part of the Wreaths Across America commemoration.

See story on page 3.

Photo by Eric Ginnard – eginnard@shawmedia.com

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Wreaths Across America fill Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood

By BRIAN STANLEY

bstanley@shawmedia.com ELWOOD – Despite freezing temperatures and falling sleet, there were plenty of volunteers Saturday to lay wreaths against gravestones at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Traffic was backed up for more than a mile on Route 53, and drivers were directed to park where they were on the entrance roads – preventing anyone from leaving until everyone in front of them had returned to their vehicles. A section of the parking lot was filled with buses from the American School Bus Company, Grand Prairie School, Lincoln-Way Community High School and Joliet Township High School.

A circle of people surrounded the cemetery’s main flagpole while holding up American flags before the volunteers walked to sections of gravestones where piles of unboxed wreaths were waiting.

Wreaths Across America has cut evergreen wreaths placed at veterans cemeteries across the country on the second Saturday of December. Morrill Worcester founded the nonprofit group in 2007 to “remember and honor” veterans. Donations to the organization are used to buy wreaths from the Worcester Wreath Company.

Donors can specify which grave receives their wreath or have it placed at any marker.

Julius Buschetti’s grave was in a section that did not have many wreaths after Saturday’s event began, but his son, Mark, made sure to place one there right away. After using his cellphone to start a video with the wreath and then pan up to view the entire cemetery behind it, Mark Buschetti of Oak Lawn stood for a long time with his head bowed, occasionally taking off his gloves to wipe his face. His father died in 2014.

“My father’s birthday was Dec. 13, which was a Saturday two years ago. I came on that day, and as I was driving up I sat in the backlog of cars, [and] I wondered if I was going to be able to visit very often,” Buschetti said. “But I stumbled into the [event] and decided to make it a tradition.”

Buschetti felt the event lets families comfort each other and take pride in what they’ve volunteered to do.

“There’s a sense of community. You don’t feel so alone in your grief,” he said.

“My father was an older man. His death wasn’t as tragic as some of these

Photos by Eric Ginnard – eginnard@shawmedia.com

ABOVE: Members of the armed services place a wreath on a memorial Saturday at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.

Wreaths were placed at veterans cemeteries across the country on Saturday as part of the Wreaths Across America commemoration.

BELOW: Thousands of visitors attend Wreaths Across America on Saturday at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

“There’s a sense of community. You don’t feel so alone in your grief.”

Mark Buschetti

Oak Lawn resident who placed a wreath on his father’s grave

other families have here. But I always do miss him more on holidays, and I go in [the cemetery] with a lot of sadness and come out feeling better. It’s cathartic.”

Larry Killmer of Homer Glen walked through the snow with three wreaths that he was going to put on the first graves he found without them. Killmer, a Navy veteran, tries to attend every

memorial event at the cemetery.

“Just paying respect. I did my service on the East Coast, but I had a lot of friends who went to Vietnam and were killed. I do this to show them they’re not forgotten. Someone still remembers you and what you did.”

As Paul Hart’s daughter, Ella, joined members of her Girl Scout troop placing wreaths in other sections, the Midlothian man clutched an umbrella and knelt near the marker of his father, George Hartanovich.

See WREATHS, page 20

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Rialto drama has many subplots

By BOB OKON

bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The drama at the Rialto Square Theatre continues, but not necessarily on stage.

What’s next for the Rialto has been a recurring question throughout 2016 and will persist into the new year.

The Rialto apparently will not get the city subsidy in 2017, although one city council member said he intends to put the question to a vote next week. Without the money, it’s not clear how the theater will sustain itself next year.

“We’re investigating our options,” Rialto attorney David Silverman said.

What options the Rialto has are not clear, but here are some of the problems the theater faces.

No money from Joliet

The City Council votes Tuesday on a budget that now includes no money for the Rialto, which has asked for $500,000. That’s $100,000 less than the city provided this year, but it’s $500,000 more than the City Council appeared ready to give when it met on the issue last week.

Mayor Bob O’Dekirk labeled the Rialto request “a public shakedown,” apparently referring to theater boosters coming to council meetings and appealing for the money.

O’Dekirk said he and City Council members made it clear months ago that the city was not willing to provide more money to the theater without more accountability for the money.

“Our position has never changed,” he said Friday. “I think the City Council has been pretty consistent.”

The council at its special meeting last week never voted on an intergovernmental agreement proposed by the Rialto, which outlines city access to financial information while asking for $500,000.

Councilman Pat Mudron, who serves as the council’s liaison to the Rialto and supports funding, said he intends to call for a vote Tuesday on the $500,000 request.

“In my mind, there has to be a vote,” Mudron said. “Then, when it’s on the record, we’ll see how our people vote.”

The future of VenuWorks

VenuWorks was hired in September to take over management of the Rialto, which was lauded as the start of a new era.

But the future beyond December is uncertain.

Eric Ginnard – eginnard@shawmedia.com

City Manager Jim Hock listens to Rialto Square Theatre Foundation Vice President Steve Randich address the City Council during a special council meeting Wednesday in Joliet.

“You’re talking about 40 years of statute. You’re talking about two pieces of property that have value that I don’t know if the state’s willing to let go.”

Rep. Larry Walsh Jr. D-Elwood

Before agreeing to a contract for 2017, VenuWorks executives have said they want both the Rialto’s old bills, which stood at $570,000 last week, paid off and a $500,000 subsidy to cover next year’s projected shortfall.

Neither has happened so far, although the Rialto Square Theatre Foundation, the fundraising arm for the theater, is working on the old bills.

“The foundation has been looking at a number of ways that might at least get the past-due bills paid,” foundation Vice President Steve Randich said. “There are a few hurdles that we are going through right now.”

Still, it’s not clear what VenuWorks plans for January. There is talk of month-to-month contracts with the Rialto, which would mean the unstable

situation would continue.

The shows will go on

There also is the possibility of a different arrangement with VenuWorks.

The company has two shows booked for early 2017: ’80s tribute band Hairball on Jan. 20 and comedian Ron White on Feb. 17.

VenuWorks wants to ensure that those shows go on, said Rialto Interim General Manager Timothy Berry, a VenuWorks employee.

“While we may not be the manager of the building, we actually want to have a business relationship with the Rialto,” Berry said.

VenuWorks can stage the shows without being the third-party manager of the Rialto. Berry said the company has similar arrangements with other

theaters.

City control

The City Council will vote Tuesday on a resolution to pursue a change in the state statute that created the Will County Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority, the formal name of the government body that oversees the Rialto.

The city is interested in taking ownership of the Rialto and has talked to local legislators about transferring control away from the authority.

State Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood, said he’s willing to work on the legislation but added that “the concept of that happening anytime soon is very slim.”

“You’re talking about 40 years of statute,” Walsh said. “You’re talking about two pieces of property that have value that I don’t know if the state’s willing to let go.”

Walsh noted that the state has provided millions of dollars used in renovations of the Rialto theater and adjacent office space owned by the authority, and may want compensation before giving up its interest in the property.

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Q&A: Will County Land Use Dept.’s Dean Olson

By MIKE MALLORY

mmallory@shawmedia.com Will County Land Use Department Resource Recovery and Energy Division Director Dean Olson sat down with Herald-News Reporter Mike Mallory to discuss the division after a tough year for its electronics recycling program, in which its former vendor backed out of a contract, as well as what residents can expect going forward.

Mallory: Could you take us back to when the electronic recycling vendor backed out of its contract?

Olson: In December of 2015, we got

a call from Kuusakoski Recycling, the firm that acquired Vintage Tech. We had an agreement with them for quite a while. They said they wouldn’t be able to do it anymore because they weren’t able to cover the cost of the material coming in – the TVs and computer items that are banned from Illinois landfills. They have to make enough money to do the service. If they can’t recoup that cost, then they can’t make money. We had 13 [electronics] dropoff [sites] and all of those were gone instantly.

In February [2016] we had to get another bid through the [Will County Board], and [Electronic Representatives Inc.] out of Indianapolis ended up with the contract.

Mallory: What was your reaction and initial thoughts of the department when the former company backed out?

Olson: It was tough, believe me,

trying to figure out a way to make this work within the constraints that we had. We had to think of more creative ways to do [electronics recycling]. In late spring we decided we would try to switch to a different model, so in June or July we started doing some of these

recurring events. It seems like that works fairly well. We’re probably going to continue on that method for now.

Mallory: Are you confident that you’ll get the electronics recycling program back to the level that it was at?

Olson: It’s hard to say. We have leg-

islation right now that we’re trying to work out with the manufacturers and other parties involved. We don’t know.

This year won’t be like it was in 2015, but it’ll probably be a little more than 2016 because we’re not starting so late.

The first two months this year we did take 800,000 pounds. But then we had that gap of no service and no places to bring it.

We have other possibilities. Goodwill is a possibility if we can work out an agreement with them, but we have to figure out if it’s going to cost us anything and how they’re going to do it. We’re trying to find partners like that. We’re trying to be creative and to have a whole new network. We’ll have a program because the [Will County] board really wants this. That’s why we have extra money and such, but it may not be the same way it was before based on the new way the world is – having to pack it and send it to more of a central place.

Mallory: What projects and developments can we expect in 2017 from the Resource Recovery and Energy Division?

Olson: We hope to do more overall

events. We have to make sure we have contracts in place, which is not easy these days. We’re going to try to make sure we maximize our energy efficiency so we’re going to have more attention than before toward that. We may try to look at renewable energy too, wherever we can, if it makes sense financially. We won’t propose

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JOLIET – A debate that flared up last week over the Rialto Square Theatre’s taxing powers may have been settled by a legal opinion provided to the city Friday.

The Rialto has no taxing powers, according to the opinion provided by an attorney with Chapman and Cutler, the bond counsel for the city of Joliet.

The absence of taxing authority at the Rialto has been considered a settled issue for years.

But City Attorney Marty Shanahan at a special City Council meeting last week suggested that the matter be examined more deeply because state law gives the Rialto authority to seek voter approval to issue general obligation bonds.

Mayor Bob O’Dekirk said the Rialto board should have examined the potential for such a tax.

“They have the ability to help themselves and not rely on the city of Joliet,” O’Dekirk said at last week’s meeting.

According to the opinion received by the city, the Will County Metro-

politan Exposition and Auditorium Authority, the government body that oversees the Rialto and is commonly known as the Rialto board, can issue bonds to borrow money, but does not have any authority to levy a tax to pay off the bonds.

The City Council had planned to vote on a resolution Tuesday urging the Rialto to pursue a referendum. But city staff did not put the resolution on the agenda after receiving the legal opinion.

O’Dekirk said Friday, however, that he does not consider a Rialto tax impossible.

“I think they should do everything they can,” he said.

O’Dekirk suggested that the Rialto has two options: try to use Will County taxing authority to get such a tax, or seek taxing powers through state law.

The Illinois Civic Center Code that was used to create the Rialto board provides for taxing powers. But the tax provision was not included in the Rialto statute. The legal opinion noted that the omission of the provision indicated taxing powers were not intended for the Rialto.

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Joliet student club celebrates Hispanic culture, heritage The HERALD–NEWS JOLIET – The Joliet Central High School student group Club Líderes Hispanos de Hoy recently held the 28th annual Hispanic Cultural Assembly, which showed “love and appreciation for their heritage,” according to a District 204 news release.

The assembly has been part of Central for 28 years. Central teachers Lourdes Paramo and Beth Salinas were key leaders of the event and introduced it to parents and the community, according to the district.

At the event earlier this month, students performed traditional Mexican dances and songs while dressed in authentic regional clothing, as each dance represented a different state in Mexico.

Students representing the southern state of Oaxaca performed “La Danza de las Piñas,” or “The Dance of the Pineapples.”

Students representing the state of Michoacán performed “La Danza de los Viejitos,” or “The Dance of the Elderly Men,” in which the students danced using canes and wearing masks to appear older.

Club LHH President Vicki Sanantonio sang “Amor Eterno,” or “Eternal Love,” by the late singer and songwriter Juan Gabriel to represent Michoacán and Chihuahua.

Club LHH Treasurer Roberto Vargas then sang “Por Tu Amor,” or “For Your Love,” by Alacranes Musical to represent the state of Durango.

Students represented Sinaloa by performing the popular lively dance known as “La Quebradita.”

Club LHH Vice President Pablo Vargas represented Guanajuato by singing the classic “El Rey,” or “The King,” by the famous José Alfredo Jiménez.

Representing Jalisco, Central teachers Andy Harris and Jeff Grimes accompanied students in performing “Rayando el Sol,” or “Bordering the Sun,” by the internationally popular Mexican rock band, Maná.

Club LHH Treasurer María De Velasco represented Guerrero by performing an interpretation of Joan Sebastian’s “Llorar,” or “Cry.” To represent Guerrero, students also performed Joan Sebastian’s “Eso y Más,” or “That and More.”

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JOLIET – The former Illinois Youth Center on McDonough Street in Joliet is inching closer to a fresh start.

State Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet, said Thursday that, based on talks with Illinois Department of Corrections Director John Baldwin, the facility is slated to be reopened sometime in February or March as the Joliet Treatment Center.

This puts a potential reopening on track with the department’s plan – laid out in April – to reopen the facility eight or nine months after a state budget was put in place. Though the state doesn’t have an official budget, lawmakers agreed in late June to appropriation spending for many areas of state government.

As part DOC’s reformation plan, the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet is being converted into a treatment facility for mentally ill inmates. Renovations to the building are complete, McGuire said.

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office announced this week that nearly 13,000 security, nonsecurity and contract DOC staff have participated in a twoday training session titled “Mental Illness 101 – See the Person not the Illness” throughout 2016.

“The training gives our staff a

glimpse of what offenders with mental illness are experiencing and provides strategic methods on how to better communicate with them,” Baldwin said in a release from Rauner’s office.

McGuire said Baldwin created a new job class in the DOC for facilities such as the Joliet Treatment Center called correctional treatment officer.

“It takes a bachelor’s degree to qualify,” McGuire said. “[Baldwin] said there’s no shortage of applicants.”

McGuire said Baldwin told him he intends to have the facility gradually filled with offenders, rather than all at once. It may take a couple of years before it reaches capacity.

“The principal reason would be staff training,” McGuire said. “He’s emphasized the need for staff training because this is a new type of facility – the first of its kind in the state of Illinois.”

Prior to January 2016, DOC staff had not received any training on how to work with mentally ill offenders.

“We will continue to work toward improving outcomes for all offenders, giving them a real chance to get a job and take care of their families when they go home,” Baldwin said in the release.

McGuire said Friday that at maximum, there will be 486 offenders held at Joliet Treatment Center, with a minimum of 250 employees.

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Angel tree wishes for shelter dogs, cats at Morris veterinarian

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Shaw Media correspondent MORRIS – Angel trees for families who are going through hard times are not uncommon during the holiday season. Churches often have them, as do schools. Those who want to give gifts to a family pull a card off the tree and make their anonymous donations.

This year, the veterinarians and staff at Pine Bluff Animal Hospital in Morris have their own angel tree.

It’s not for families, but for cats and dogs and, in one case, a pot-bellied pig.

Christmas cards are hung all over the tree in the lobby of the clinic, each with a picture of a homeless pet that currently resides in one of two local animal shelters. Visitors can choose a card, take it home with them and purchase items from the shelter’s wish list to donate. The deadline for donations is Dec. 19.

This year, the shelters benefiting are Just Animals Shelter in Mazon and Wags to Wishes Animal Rescue in Plainfield.

“You can sponsor a pet for the holidays,” receptionist Sheena Brecklin said. “Every year, we try to pick a different area rescue to help out. Last year, it was the Will County Humane Society. We had four pickup loads. The year before, it was All Those Left Behind. This year, we chose two.”

Brecklin estimated the tree has 100 cats and about 58 dogs to sponsor. The pets on the cards are all available for real adoption, as well. They come ready with all of their shots, spayed or neutered and examined by a veterinarian, Brecklin said.

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Shirlee Studer of Wilmington has sponsored an angel tree pet since the project began three years ago.

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“It’s really nice,” she said of the angel tree. “A lot of times, people don’t even realize the things these shelters need. They just think dog food.”

The clinic has a list of what each shelter needs.

Included on the Wags to Wishes Animal Rescue list for dogs are good quality, canned dog food; dog bone treats; toys and balls; heavy-duty leashes; Martingale collars; heartworm preventatives; vaccines; flea shampoo and spray; poop scoopers; wire cages; fleece blankets and towels; paper towels; unscented bleach; heavy-duty garbage bags; laundry detergent; and newspapers.

Donation items requested by Just Animals Shelter for cats include nonscoop kitty litter, Purina Kitten Chow, pate canned cat and kitten food, ceramic food and water bowls (not double-sided), towels and small blankets, general cleaning supplies, bleach, laundry detergent, heavy-duty trash bags, OxiClean spray cleaner, pump hand soap, nonalcoholic hand sanitizer, paper towels, dish washing liquid and toilet paper.

“I’ve been raised having animals all my life,” Studer said. “ I love them. They just give their love unconditionally. . . They’re there for you all the time.”

Pine Bluff Animal Hospital also does other charity events for local shelters, such as pet Valentine sales and a Glow Paw Run. They also donate to the Wilmington Fire Department for animal rescue equipment.

“We work with a lot of the shelters,” Pine Bluff owner and veterinarian Dr. Brian Schmitt said.

“This is a good way to give back to them for the work they’re doing.”

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Nicor Gas spokeswoman Kristie Benson said Saturday afternoon the cause of the explosion had not been determined, and the winter weather likely would delay the investigation over the weekend.

A father and daughter injured in the explosion were hospitalized for burn injuries.

People were allowed to return home as Nicor made repairs throughout the day Friday, Homer Glen Village Manager Mike Mertens said.

“As of this morning, there were approximately 23 people that Nicor was trying to get back in service,” Mertens said Friday.

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“At the time, we didn’t know where the incident was located,” Mertens said.

Nicor was called to the area about 2 p.m. The explosion occurred at 4:12 p.m. at a house in the 14100 block of Parker Road. The two people injured in the explosion were initially taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. They were later flown to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

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Residents speak out as D-111 prepares for levy increase

By JEANNE MILLSAP

Shaw Media correspondent The 2016 property tax levy was approved by the Minooka Community High School District 111 Board Thursday, but not before some community members voiced their concern and even outrage at the hike they’re going to see in the school district’s share of their tax bills.

This year’s levy is $34.78 million, which is a 20.1 percent increase over the 2015 property tax extension, Assistant Superintendent of Business John Troy said. The levy is a balloon levy, he explained, which means the district is asking for more than it will likely receive.

The increase could cause homeowners’ tax rates to rise from 2.55 in 2015 to 2.75 this year. Troy said the tax rate for all funds, excluding debt service, remains the same this year, but change in the debt service is requiring an increase.

“We’ve been deficit spending because of the economy,” Troy said, “and we’d like to turn that around. ...

We are trying to maintain our operating tax rate.”

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“We’ve been deficit spending because of the economy, and we’d like to turn that around. ... We are trying to maintain our operating tax rate.”

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Minooka Community High School District 111 assistant superintendent of business changed this year could see a rise in the school district’s portion of property taxes of about $140. If the house appreciated by 10 percent this year, Troy calculated, the increase could be $260.

“I’m here because of a concern about the tax rate,” said Jim Lynch of Shorewood. “There’s 11 other tax districts I support. ... That makes for some rather scary prospects.”

Lynch also addressed the issue of the ballooned levy.

“There’s no assurance it will be less,” he said. “It could be the same.”

Troy also noted that the equalized assessed valuation of land in the district is likely to rise by about 9 percent this year. The exact value will be announced by county assessors in the

spring.

“Local tax revenue represents 87 percent of the district’s total revenue,” he said. “The other 13 percent is from state and federal.”

Troy said the district has been spending frugally and even has cut spending by about $700,000 in the past few years.

“Show me where you saved that money,” resident Thomas Pulcini said, “then ask me for more money.”

Pulcini said schools always ask taxpayers for more money, but more cuts

should be made in spending first.

“If you were to trim 2 percent in each of your departments,” he said, “you wouldn’t have to come to taxpayers and ask for more. ... Show me you’re willing to take a part of that share.”

Pulcini said he thought a good example of wasteful spending was when the school board voted in 2014 to terminate a superintendent who had a year left on his $210,000-a-year contract.

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½ hour before all Sunday Masses Saturday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 after 7:00 p.m. Novena Cathedral of St. Raymond - Hours of the Lord Friday, December 16, 2016 from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm

Sunday, December 25, 2016,

Christmas Day Masses: 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 11:30 a.m.

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Saturday, December 31, 2016,

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New Year’s Eve Mass: 4:00 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Confessions are held every Saturday beginning at 4:00 p.m.

(Note: There are NO Saturday Confessions on December 24)

Sunday, January 1, 2017,

Evening Confessions: Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 21 at 7:00 p.m.

New Year’s Day Masses: 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

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December 25th Christmas Day Masses 6:30, 8:00, 10:00, 11:45 a.m.

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7:30 p.m.—Family Candlelight Lessons & Carols 10:30 p.m.—Musicale (Vocals & Instrumentals)

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Christmas Day Worship One service at 10:30 a.m.

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December 24 3:45 p.m. Concert 4:00 p.m. Candlelight Worship December 25 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

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Christmas Eve Candlelight Services 4:30pm 11:00pm

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Christmas Day Service 10:30 a.m.

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Note: Because Christmas this year falls on a Sunday, we will need to take a second collection at all the Masses. We ask you for your help so that we can continue providing the services we do at the parish.

Christmas Eve - December 24 English masses at 3:00 & 4:30 p.m.

Christmas Concert 9:30 p.m.

Mass at 10 p.m. in English

Christmas - December 25 8:00 a.m. in English 10:00 a.m. in English 12:00 noon in Spanish

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a long way in the area of making sure that we have a cleaner environment and we’re more efficient in what we do. I foresee us doing more of that. I think people are more educated on where to bring things or how to handle things. That’s why we’re getting those record numbers at the [recycling] events – because they want to do the right thing and they want to take care of the waste or recycling.

The trend is definitely on the upswing. I’m hopeful for the future and that a lot of our programs will still flourish for a while, for sure.

Continued from page 14 “That upset me,” he said. “When I see waste like that, and you’re coming to me asking me for more money.”

“I would like to see where you’re making the cuts,” Channahon resident Glen Meadows said, “how you’re making the cuts. ... I want to see the details.”

Meadows said he’d also like the board to look at cuts in personnel.

The school board on Thursday also approved a three-year contract with Bushue Human Resources Inc. at a cost of $14,400 each year.

After the meeting, Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Lee explained that this is the first time the district has contracted with a firm to help with human resource matters. Before, he said, there were several staff mem-

bers who handled the various responsibilities.

Having one firm assist the district with such duties as job descriptions, preparing for insurance bids, workers’ compensation claims and employment law will be of benefit to the school.

Lee said it also will review and assist with unemployment claims and help with compliance matters.

The board also approved a settlement agreement with the Hunters Crossing homeowners’ association.

The school district will pay the association $1,600 to remove sediment from one of the detention ponds in the subdivision, which Lee said the association claimed was the result of runoff from the South Campus.

The board also approved the hire of two behavior interventionists – Jennifer Hamiti and Laura Wills – each at $16.89 an hour.

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Mallory: What kind of commitment have you seen from residents in terms of solar and wind energy growth here in Will County?

Olson: It’s very spotty. The wind,

Mallory: Is there anything else you’d like to say?

Olson: I think our county has come

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it to the board unless it pays back in a quick manner, or if we have a minimal investment.

We’re also trying to promote more food scrap composting through schools. We’ll have a meeting in March with the school districts and try to help them with their agreements, then we can send those food scraps to facilities like the one in Romeoville and try to push that a little more.

On the energy side we’d like to do more outreach than just our own buildings. We’ve been working on the Collins Street Prison Task Force for several years doing whatever we can. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has provided free technical assistance to see what can and can’t be used at the old [Joliet Correctional Center].

We may be doing more community work in the Fairmont area and try to develop some community gardens and job creation with that type of activity.

We’re more geared, experienced and ready to do that kind of thing.

I don’t see growing too much around here, we have too many buildings and not enough open area. Further west where it’s more open you’ll see more of it. The solar has more potential in Will County. The cost, though, you have to make sure whatever you do it’s priced to give a good return.

And if it makes sense to do that, we’ll propose it. We can’t do it without approvals. But with the [Future Energy Jobs Bill] that just passed, if there’s more money thrown at solar to make it work [financially], then we’ll take another look at that. Community solar is another idea, but it has to work in the right place. It’s not as widespread as it might be in the future. It takes some time.

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“The holidays are a little bit diminished since he died,” Hart said. “I have my daughters, [but] he’s not with them.

It’s bittersweet.”

Hart addressed the grave for a few minutes and gave the top right corner what appeared to be a “good luck” rub before walking away to rejoin his daughter.

Susie Seils of Cedar Lake, Indiana, put wreaths at her parents’ graves first, then went to fill in other sections. Seils also attends the event each year as a way to show respect to all veterans and feel closer to her parents.

“It’s such a beautiful sight to see all these wreaths, especially against the snow,” she said.

Wreaths lay at the bases of gravestones Saturday at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Wreaths were placed at veterans cemeteries across the country Saturday as part of the Wreaths Across America commemoration.

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Representing the states of Michoacán, Guerrero, Colima, Nayarit and Jalisco, students performed “El Son de la Negra,” a traditional Mexican dance

in which ladies wear brightly colored full skirts and men wear sombreros along with other traditional clothing.

The Club LHH and Central staff thanked everyone for their support and welcome students, families and the community to future cultural celebrations, according to the district.

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OBITUARIES IRENE J. BAKALAR

Born: January 9, 1948 Died: December 15, 2016

Irene J. Bakalar (nee Wilda) “Rene,” age 68, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at her home.

Born January 9, 1948 to Richard Earl and Maria A. Wilda. A lifelong Joliet resident.

Graduate of St. Francis Academy and Joliet Junior College. Retired from Valley View School District after 26 years. Former member of Red Hatters and OCP (Operation Care Package).

Irene was an avid gardener and loved to travel.

Survived by daughter, Jennifer Lynn Wilda and several other relatives. Preceded by her parents and one brother.

Memorial services for Irene J. Bakalar will be held on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Roads, Joliet, IL. Visitation 11:00 a.m. until the time of services. As it was Irene’s wish, cremation rites have been accorded.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Operation Care Package or Joliet Area Community Hospice would be appreciated.

For more information, please call 815-7415500 or visit her Memorial Tribute at www. fredcdames.com.

ANDREW BETTS

Born: August 15, 1928; in Booneville, MS Died: December 10, 2016; in Joliet, IL Andrew Betts peacefully entered eternal life on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Salem Village Nursing and Rehab.

Facility, Joliet, IL. Andrew was born on August 15, 1928 in Booneville, MS to Rev. Ed Betts and Dolly (Nunn) Betts. He was one of 10 children. Andrew worked and retired from General Motors, Electro-Motive train division in LaGrange, IL. He was a devoted member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He served as a Deacon and Chairman of Trustee Ministry.

He was a man of God and served the Lordwell.

He loved his wife of 68 years, Annie Mae “Baby” Betts.

Preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and three sisters.

Survived by his loving wife, Annie Mae; and his nine children, Mary Lee (Betts) Singletary, Charles (Flora) Betts, Darrel (Sandi) Betts, James(Janet) Betts, Denise (Betts) Hicks, Shelia (Stanley) McEwen, Demetrous(Bernice, deceased) Betts, V. Twana (Vincent) Smith and Tracey L. (Riley)Ruffin; and only surviving sibling, Mrs. Jettie Taylor, Jefferson City, MO and numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren,

great grandchildren, relatives and friends.

Visitation will beheld on Monday, December 19, 2016 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the funeral home and Tuesday, December 20, 2016 9:00 to 10:00 AM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 402Singleton Pl., Joliet, IL. Service at10:00 AM, Rev. Dr. David G. Latimore, officiating. Interment following at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet, IL Minor-Morris Funeral Home, Ltd. 112 Richards St. (815) 723-1283

TIMOTHY J. CONNOLLY Timothy J. Connolly, age 69, of New Lenox, passed away Wednesday, December14, 2016 at his home.

Tim was born in Chicago to Elizabeth (nee Hoffman) and the late John A. Connolly.

Beloved husband of Michelle L. (nee Mulligan); loving father of Michael J. (Tina) Connolly, Daniel T. (Sandy) Connolly and Lynn (Olaf) Knopp; cherished grandfather of Michael, Dominic, Jack, Vincent and Brett; dear brother of Mary Ann (James) Connelly and the late John P. (the late Diane) Connolly.

Tim was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. He retired as Store Manager from Jewel Foods after 35 years of service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Tim’s name to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Family will receive friends at Kurtz Memorial Chapel 102 E. Francis Rd, New Lenox on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 from 9:00am to 11:00am then to St. Jude Catholic Church 241 W. Second Ave, New Lenox for Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30am. Inurnment with Honors at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood. www.kurtzmemorialchapel.comor 815-485-3700 for info.

DAVID DUDEK David Dudek, of Homer Glen, passed away November 19, 2016 at the age of 74.

His fondest memories were growing up on his family’s farm in Palos Park, IL. He continued farming until he joined Union Oil. After his retirement, he became an entrepreneur. David enjoyed life and the great outdoors.

Survived by his brother, Wes Dudek; a niece, D’Ann Hu; a grandnephew, Thomas Hu and a grandniece, Kimberly Hu. In loving memory, a Memorial Gathering celebrating David’s life will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2016.

For details concerning the Memorial Gathering, please call 630-779-9967.

ELZEER DELIA DUPUIS LANGLOIS Elzeer Delia Dupuis Langlois, age 98, of New Lenox, formerly of Lockport, passed away December 14th, 2016 at SilverCross Hospital in New Lenox.

Elzeer is survived by her loving family, children, Therese (Gene) Phillips, Barbara (Jeff) Jennings, Arlette Morris, Madelin Hurley, daughter-in-law, Kay Langlois; siblings, Joanne (Wayne) Dressler, Teresa (James) Johnson, Lorraine McNulty; sister-in-law, Eileen Dupuis; 17 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Elzeer was preceded in death by her parents, George & Delia Dupuis (Bouchard); husband, Clifford Langlois whom she married June 1, 1940 at St. Rose Church in Kankakee; son, Darrell Langlois; siblings, Franklin Dupuis, Leroy Dupuis, Urban “Chink” Dupuis, Erma LaFontaine, Margaret Shea and Rita Spriggs Kurtenbach.

Elzeer was a long time member of St. Dennis Church in Lockport where she lived and raised her family for 70 years. Her giving spirit was shown through her generosity throughout her long life; unless you wanted any of her

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Family will receive friends at St. Jude Catholic Church, 241 W. 2nd Avenue, New Lenox, IL 60451 on Monday, December 19th, 2016 from 8:30 AM until time of the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM. Interment,St. Joseph Cemetery, Manteno.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Histiocytosis Association of America or the Autism Speaks Organization would be appreciated.

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

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Resurrection Cemetery now has Glass Front Cremation Niches Located in the Sanctuary area of the Chapel Mausoleum for your Immediate Selection.

Also available are Cremation Niches at Mt. Olivet Cemetery priced affordably at $995.00 per niche space.

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Donna B. German (nee Lane), age 75, a resident of Channahon, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016.

Beloved wife of the late John E. German; loving mother of Robby German, Terina (Dale) Hasselbring, and Tracey (Kenneth) Norman; cherished grandmother of 7 and great-grandmother of 3; dear sister of Vernita Simmons, Anita (Dean) Chatfield, and Thomas Lane; also survived by her loving daughter-in-law Jane German.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Keyes and Helen Lane (nee Thomas); her 2 children, Terrie German and Darrell German; and brother, Everett (late Cheryl) Lane.

Donna was a member of First Christian Church in Joliet and enjoyed spending time with her family. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister who will be sorely missed and

Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the family for costs or www.gofundme.com/donna-german-funeral-costs?ssid=842569430&pos=1. would be appreciated.

For information, www.kurtzmorialchapel. com or 815-485-3700.

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Preceded in death by his parents, John and Antoinette Fenili; his beloved wife of 63 years, Arlene (nee Klukas); his brother, Joseph Fenili (Clarise Desiderio); and two sisters, Jemma Zanelli (Ettore), Phyllichina Fenili; his nieces, Adeline Hann (George) and Phyllis Zanelli.

He is survived by his nephews, Richard Zanelli (Nola), Edward Zanelli (Bonnie), Lawrence Zanelli (Angela). Dr. John Fenili (Barbara); his nieces, Lorraine Chevrion (Wayne), Diane Carr (Tom), Loretta Schroeder (Fred), Jeanne Garlitz(Joseph), Jennifer Fisher and Leslie Klukas: a brother-in-law, Robert Klukas.

Visitation Tuesday, December 20, 2016 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Funeral services Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. Markiewicz Funeral Home, P.C. 108 Illinois St. Lemont, Il

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The family will receive friends at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 102 E. Francis Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451 on Monday, December 19, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Visitation will be held at Green Pond Cemetery in Pearl, IL on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 9:00 AM until time of Committal Service at 10:00 AM. Interment to follow at Green Pond

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TOMMY L. JACKSON

Born: October 6, 1969 Died: December 5, 2016

Tommy L. Jackson was born on October 6, 1969 in Joliet, Illinois to Liddell Jackson and Nelia Yarbrough. He made his transition on Tuesday, December 5, 2016 after a long lingering illness.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Martha Jane Jackson; and grandfather, Dewitt Williamson, Sr. Tommy is survived by his mother, Nelia Yarbrough; and father, Liddell Jackson; daughters, Nelia Tommell Jackson and Mercedes Hartfield; son, Tommy Jackson Jr.; sisters, Mary Jackson and Yolanda McCullum; brother, Anthony Jackson; five grandchildren, special friend, Randy L. Husband; four nieces, Tyffani Jackson, Maya Jackson, Magen McCullum and Morgan McCullum; four nephews, Mychael Jackson, Anthony Jackson, James Jackson and Jaylen Jenkins; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held on Monday, December 19, 2016 from 10:00 to 11:00 SM at St. John M.B. Church. 104 E. Zarley Blvd., Joliet, IL, Pastor Herbert Brooks, Jr. Service at 11:00 AM, Rev. Donnell Williamson, officiating. Private interment.

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ZELDA JAEGER Zelda Jaeger, born in Williamston, NC to Lloyd and Louise Hardison, died peacefully in Provena St. Joseph Hospital, December 15th, 2016 in Joliet, IL at the age of 89 with family by her side.

Zelda was predeceased by her husband, Paul; and is survived by children, Paul Jaeger, wife Vi of Portland, OR, Steve Jaeger, wife Jan of Joliet, IL, Debbie Mitchell, husband William of Oxnard, CA; plus sister-in-law, Diane Jaeger; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces, and nephews.

She was an active participant in Scouts, Summer Bible School, and PTA programs. For over 30 years she worked at the United Cerebral

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She also managed the food concessions at the Joliet Beach Club where she mentored students, who will never forget their first job.

Zelda was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church and often volunteered both there and at The Villa Franciscan nursing home.

A celebration of Zelda’s life is scheduled on Tuesday December 20, 2016 from 2:00 to 6:00pm with a service at 6:00 p.m. at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home at 1500 Black Rd. Joliet, IL 60435.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Grace United Methodist Church at 1718 Avalon Ave. Joliet, IL 60435.

The family would like to thank her amazing neighbors and friends who loved and cared for her.

Interment at a later date at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

PATRICIA JANJECIC Born: August 9, 1937 Died: December 6, 2016

Patricia Janjecic “Aunt Pat” passed away at Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois on Tuesday, December 6, 2016.

Survived by brother-in-law, James Bagaloff; sister-in-law, Deane Janjecic; nephews: Brad (Stephanie) Bagaloff and Matthew (Kimberly) Moberg; nieces, Jana (Nat) Gray, Dr. Marcy Jance, Jaclynn (Matthew) Martin, and Amy Moberg and several great nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by parents, George and Agnes (Fujko) Janjecic; brother, George Janjecic, and sisters: Ann Carol Moberg and Judith Bagaloff.

Patricia was born in Gary, Indiana on August 9, 1937. She was a graduate of both Indiana University and Purdue University. Patricia taught in the Joliet School District for over 35 years. Pat loved playing the piano, arts & crafts, reading, sewing, and telling jokes.

Visitation will be held at the Cathedral of

St. Raymond of Nonnatus, beginning at 9:00 AM on Monday, December 19, 2016. A mass of Catholic burial will also be held on Monday beginning at 10:00 AM. Inurnment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) 5817 Old Leeds Road Irondale, AL, 35210 or masses may be said for Patricia.

time of service at 11:00 a.m. At his request, cremation rites will follow services. Visitation Monday from 5:00 TO 8:00 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet, IL 60431.

For more information, please call 815-7415500 or visit his Memorial Tribute at www. fredcdames.com.

JODI L. JOHNSON ROBERT E. JOHNKE Robert E. Johnke, age 64.

Passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

Born in Sioux Falls, SD to the late Kenneth and Dorothy Johnke. A resident of Joliet most of his life and a graduate of Joliet East High School class of 1970. Owner/operator of Johnke Tree Service and a member of Grundy County Rod and Gun Club. He was an avid pheasant hunter in South Dakota and a Harley Davidson enthusiast.

Surviving are his wife, Fran Dzingeleski of Elk Grove Village; his two children, Chris Johnke of Shorewood and Kimberly (Ruben) Garcia of Crest Hill; two granddaughters, Alexis Johnke and Haley Garcia; three sisters, Nancy (Greg) Griparis of Shorewood, Gloria (the late Victor) Lukas of Rockdale, and Phyllis (the late Robert) Webb of Morris; and one brother, David (Kay) Johnke of Joliet. Numerous nieces, nephews, and family in Illinois and South Dakota also survive.

Preceded in death by his parents; one brother, William Johnke; and one sister, Vicky Palacios.

Robert E. Johnke will lie in state at Pathway Christian Fellowship Church, 19554 NW Frontage Rd, Shorewood, IL 60404 on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. until the

Jodi L. Johnson (nee Kolmodin), age 58, a resident of Romeoville, formerly of Lockport, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016; beloved wife of Terry Johnson; loving mother of Trent, Dana, and Ryan Johnson; dear sister of Jill (Bill) Kramer, Jeff (Teresa) Kolmodin, Mark (Robin) Kolmodin, Sally (Jeff) Baerman, and Heidi (Dan) Berta; also survived by her beloved dogs.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Barbara Kolmodin (nee Vahle).

Jodi was a registered nurse at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet for 36 years, she was a devoted Christian, and member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Joliet. She enjoyed singing in the choir at church, and was an avid reader. Jodi was a devoted wife, mother, and sister who will be sorely missed and always remembered.

The family will receive friends at Goodale Memorial Chapel, 912 S. Hamilton St., Lockport, IL 60441 on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 3:00 to 8:00 PM. The funeral service is Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 10:30 AM in the funeral home chapel. Interment at Lockport City Cemetery, Lockport, IL 60441.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Joliet Area Community Hospice, 250 Waterstone Circle, Joliet, IL 60431 would be appreciated.

For information, www.goodalememorialchapel.com or 815-838-1533.

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ANTHONY KESTEL Anthony “Tony” Kestel, of Manhattan Twp, died peacefully at his home with his family at his side on Thursday, December 15, 2016.

He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Eleanor nee Olah; three sons, James (Colleen), David (Lori) and Thomas (Tracy); one daughter, Christine (Joseph) Toures; six grandchildren, Corinne, Jake, Tony, Frankie, Samantha and Nick.

He was preceded by his parents, Francis and Corinne Weigand Kestel.

Tony was born and raised in Manhattan where he was a lifelong farmer. He proudly served with the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. He was a life-long member of St. Joseph Catholic parish in Manhattan and an active member of the Will County Farm Bureau.

Tony was the definition of a Family Man. He had many friends and he never met a stranger.

Funeral service for Anthony L. Kestel will be 10:30 am, Monday December 19, 2016 from Forsythe Gould Funeral Home, Manhattan, to St. Joseph Church for Mass of Christian Burial, 10:30 am. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Visitation Sunday, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Memorials to St. Joseph Church or Joliet Area Community Hospice would be most appreciated.

Born: March 3, 1930; in Terre Haute, IN Died: December 11, 2016; in New Lenox, IL

Erwin C. Klopfstein, aged 86 years, passed from this life on Sunday December 11, 2016 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, IL. He was born on March 3, 1930 in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Ernest and Mary Klopfstein and lived in Chicago, IL, Albuquerque, NM and most recently in Lockport, IL. He is survived by his daughter, Mitzi (Wayne Blanchard); his son, Bruce; grandchildren, Jesse Blanchard, Katie Blanchard and Kaila Klopfstein; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by his parents; and infant brother; and sister, Margaret Robertson.

Cremation arrangements provided by O’Neil Funeral Home, Lockport, IL.

justice including mission work.

Visitation Sunday, December 18, 2016, 2:00 to 6:00 PM at Overman-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 15219 S. Joliet Rd., Plainfield, IL. Services will begin Tuesday, December 20, 9:00 AM from the funeral home and will proceed to a 9:30 AM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Immaculate Catholic, 15629 S. Route 59, Plainfield. Interment: St. Mary Immaculate Cemetery, Plainfield. A luncheon reception will follow at the church.

For those who would like to leave a lasting tribute to Terry’s life, memorials can be made to: Diocese of Joliet - Bolivia Mission. Checks may be mailed to Blanchette Catholic Center, Attn: Missions Office,16555 Weber Rd, Crest Hill, IL 60403, (815) 221-6100, www. dioceseofjoliet.org or Northwest Community Hospital Foundation (Supports pancreatic cancer research - Please Donate in name of Terry Kohl), 3060 W. Salt Creek Lane, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, 847-618-4260, www.nch.org For more information, please visit www. overman-jones.com or call (815) 436-9221.

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Born: May 21, 1946; in Chicago, IL Died: December 16, 2016; in Plainfield, IL Terence R. “Terry” Kohl, age 70, a resident of Plainfield, IL since 1999, formerly of Clarendon Hills, IL, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016 at his home after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born May 21, 1946 in Chicago, IL. Beloved husband of Donna Kohl (nee Rotschka), whom he married June 22, 1968, loving father of Jenna (Rich Gramlich) Kohl of Scottsdale, AZ, Chris (Gisele) Kohl of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Emily Kohl of Santa Rosa, CA and the late Catherine “Cassie” Kohl, adored grandfather of Jack and Luke Kollings; Thomas and Giovanna Kohl; Thomas and Sydney Shoup and Christopher Kohl, devoted son of the late Thomas and Irma Kohl, dear brother of Tom (Ursula) Kohl of California, fond uncle, great-uncle and friend to many.

Terry grew up in Oak Park, IL and attended Oak Park and River Forest High School (class of 1964). He received a BA from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb (1968) and an MA from Northeastern Illinois University in North Park (1972). Terry had a long and fulfilling career as a teacher, mentor, department chair and activities director at Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL. He later served as a Student Teacher Advisor at Illinois State University in Normal. Terry was a current member of St. Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Plainfield and a former member of Notre Dame Catholic Church in Clarendon Hills. He was a lifelong volunteer doing God’s work and an advocate of peace and social

STEVE R. LAKOTICH Born: June 30, 1943 Died: December 11, 2016

Steve R. Lakotich, age 73, of Lake Wales, FL, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016.

Steve was born in Joliet, IL on June 30, 1943 to the late Steve and Angela Lakotich. He graduated from Joliet Central High School and Owned Citgo City Service Gas Station in Crest Hill as well as Steve’s Classic Running Boards. He was a lineman and a member of the Electricians Union Local 176, founding member of ICYC, a former member of Rusty Runners Snowmobile Club, the Moose 300,

the Ravens Club and the Croatian Cultural Club. Steve was Harbor Master at the Big Basin Marina in Channahon.

He was a parishioner of St. Mary Nativity Catholic Church before moving to Florida and was a proud United States Marine Veteran. Steve enjoyed boating, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, metal detecting and camping. Steve snowplowed with his dad and son for numerous years. He was a family man and a great friend to many who will be truly missed.

Steve is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Carroll (nee Ward) Lakotich; children, Margaret Doty, Stephen (Victoria) Lakotich; grandchildren, Mandy (Nick) Hall, Jordan Bourg, Allison Doty, Stephenie Lakotich, Harley Lakotich, Emily Doty; great- grandchildren, Noah Hall and Aiden Comeau; siblings, John (Arlene) Kapella, Barbara Confer and Beverly (Norm) Wetherbee; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; and his beloved companion, Holly.

Preceded in death by his parents, Steve and Angela (nee ) Lakotich; aunts, uncles and grandparents.

A celebration if Steve’s life will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2016 at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet with a memorial visitation from 2:00 p.m. until the time of service to be held in the funeral home chapel at 5:30 p.m. Interment of cremated remains will take place at a later date at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.

Obituary and tribute wall for Steve R. Lakotich at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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In memory of our beloved Founder / Pastor Mt. Ebal Missionary Baptist Church

Reverend Theodore H. Pinnick August 12, 1916 - December 18, 2002

Out of our sight, but in God’s loving care.

We celebrate your “birthday” in our hearts Pastor Cornell Ervins & the entire Mt. Ebal M. B. Church Family

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Dolores M. Karcz (Nieznanski) 81 yrs., passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center.

Preceded in death by loving husband, Gerald; her parents, Vincent & Mary Nieznanski; 3 Brothers, Vincent (June) Joseph, Edmund (Penny) Nieznanski.

Survived by one sister, Mary Mihelich; her dearest nephews, Anthony R. (Amy) Mihelich, Allan (Pauline) Mihelich; loving niece, Annette M. (Kent) Nelson; Numerous nieces, nephews & cousins.

Past employee at New Lenox State Bank & Bremen Bank.

Born in Joliet, lived in Mokena for a number of years.

Chapel services will be held Monday Dec. 19, 2016 at Tezak Funeral Home 1211 Plainfield RD. at 11:00 a.m. Visitation, Monday at 9:00a.m. to time of services.

Arrangements entrusted to: Pisut Funeral Services 815-722-0998

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JOANNE M. LOBRACO Born: January 17, 1939 Died: December 12, 2016

Joanne M. Lobraco (nee Mandarino), age 77, of Shorewood and formerly of Lemont, Cicero, and Chicago, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, Monday, December 12, 2016 at the home

of her son.

Born January 17, 1939 in Chicago, she was the daughter of Annunziato and Bridget (Gallo) Mandarino. In her early years, she worked at Kemper Insurance in downtown Chicago. When her and James married, she became a homemaker raising their beautiful children and also worked several years in the Carmelite Gift Shop in Darien.

Joanne was a devoted wife, a loving mother, a beloved Nonnie, and a dear sister.

Preceded by her beloved husband of 48 years, James P. Lobraco, Sr. (February 21, 2007); and her parents.

Loving mother of Lori L. Lobraco, James P. (Janet) Lobraco, Jr., Samuel A. (Susan) Lobraco and Michael J. (Anita) Lobraco; proud and devoted Nonnie of Bridget and Natalie; Stephanie and Nicholas; Jessica (Rylie) and Joseph; Christopher and Daniel; fond sister to Eugene (Mary) Mandarino, Anthony (Marie) Mandarino, Palma (Robert) Pullia, Sam (Judy) Mandarino, Geraldine (Pat) Shannon, Nick Mandarino, Rich (Gloria) Mandarino, Emil (Pat) Mandarino, Robert (Vicky) Mandarino, and Sandy (Rich) Cutrara; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Joanne Lobraco will be held Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 9:15 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Roads, Joliet, to Holy Family Catholic Church, 600 N. Brookforest Drive, Shorewood, for Mass at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Visitation will be held Monday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. For more information, please call (815) 741-5500 or visit her Memorial Tribute at www. fredcdames.com.

RUDOLPH MAHALIK SR. Rudolph Mahalik Sr., “Rudy,” age 95, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home.

Survived by his three sons, Rudy (Gerry) Mahalik Jr., Tom Mahalik and Mark (Hua) Mahalik; grandchildren, Cathy (Tim) Lindeman and Jake (Serina) Mahalik; great grandchildren, Isabella and Mason Lindeman; step great grandchildren, Tayler and Tyler Lindeman; brother, Edward (Marian deceased) Mahalik. Numerous nieces, nephews and godchildren. Preceded in death by his wife, Isabelle Mahalik; parents, Michael

and Mary (Kucavik) Mahalik; 8 siblings, Mary, Ann (Charles) Wibirt, Josephine, Joseph (Florence), Amelia, Ambrose (Mildred), Frank and Raymond (Lorraine).

Born in Joliet, a lifelong resident. World War II Navy Veteran, serving in the South Pacific on the USS Savo Island aircraft carrier as a weatherman. Retired Owner of Poehner, Dillman and Mahalik Plumbing Heating and Cooling. Member of the Joliet Rotary Club and former member of the Joliet Noon Lions Club. Founding member of Crime Stoppers of Will County, he served on the Board of Easter Seals, Joliet City Center Partnership, Founder and President of the Joliet Eastside Business organization, St. Patrick’s Retirement Home, Crisis Line of Will County, and was president of the Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association. He also served on various City of Joliet commissions including the Joliet Plan Committee, the Joliet Economic Development Committee and was honored by the Joliet City Council with the Citizen of the Year Award. Rudy was also honored by the City of Joliet with a section of Scott Street being named “Rudy Mahalik Way”. He was inducted in the Joliet Project Pride, received The Joliet Area Historical Society Preservation Award and the Lewis University De La Salle Award in 2008.

Private Services were held, Saturday December 17, 2016 at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery. A Memorial Gathering will be held at a later date.

Memorials in Rudy’s name to Silver Cross Hospital Foundation, Lewis University or Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home would be appreciated.

STEVEN A. MAY Steven A. May, age 58, of Joliet, passed away December 16, 2016 at Silver Cross Medical Center in New Lenox.

The family will receive friends for a Memorial Visitation on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road in Joliet. A memorial service will follow Thursday, at 11:00 a.m. in Faith Lutheran Church, 353 N. Midland Ave. in Joliet.

A complete obituary: www.TezakFuneralHome.com

JONES CALVIN PEACE III

Born: November 23, 1937; in Greenville, SC Died: December 14, 2016; in Shorewood, IL Jones Calvin Peace III, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at his daughter’s residence in Shorewood, IL, with family by his side.

Calvin is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mary R Peace; a daughter, Sissy (Eddie Jr.) Hartsell of Shorewood, Il.; a son, Brian K (Karen) Peace; 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Calvin was born November 23, 1937 in Greenville, South Carolina; He attended Furman University in Greenville. He was a managing editor for the Bradenton Florida Herald; communications director of Tropicana Corp.; founder of A Better Way in Christ Rescue Mission in Fort Pierce, Florida, and a co-founder of Mustard Seed Ministries.

He was active in the New Life Christian Center, and was also associated with Family Furniture Business, Fort Pierce, Florida.

Memorial Visitation will be held Monday, December 19, at the Family Harvest Church in Tinley Park from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Also a Celebration of Calvin’s life will be held in Fort Pierce, Florida at a later date in January.

MARY ANN SOCHAN Mary Ann Sochan, age 80, of Joliet, peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 15, 2016 with her family by her side.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Kathryn (nee Kaiser); brothers, George Sochan and Raymond Sochan; and sister-in-law, Rose Marie Sochan (nee Mozden).

She is survived by her nieces, Rose (Larry) Sochan and Rita (Ed) Cabay of Chandler, Arizona; nephews, Raymond (Rosemary) Sochan, George

(Cindy) Sochan, Daniel (Nilsa) Sochan; and sister-in-law, Marie Viecelli. She is also survived by 6 great-nieces, Diane Santorineos (Brian) of Peoria, Illinois, Debbie Santorineos, Stacy (Mike) Susner, Christine Cabay of Chandler, Arizona, Lisa Cabay of Chandler, Arizona and Gabriel Sochan of Joliet, Illinois; as well as one great-great-niece Julia Bostwick of Peoria, Illinois; and great-great nephew, Henry Bostwick.

Mary Ann Sochan worked in the family businesses at both Ray’s Food Mart and Sochan Music Center. Later on, she pursued entrepreneurial endeavors co-owning Toddlers Terrace, a children’s clothing boutique. She was later employed at BMO Harris in downtown Joliet and Bolingbrook in the Proof Department.

Mary Ann loved to listen to disco and polka music. She could be found every summer Sunday evening at a church picnic, playing bingo and listening to polka music. She also enjoyed socializing with others and was an instant friend to all she met. She was very proud of her family and was always quick to show pictures and tell people about her family. Mary Ann was a devout Catholic, attending St. Mary’s Assumption Byzantine Church in Joliet and then Cathedral of St. Raymond in Joliet. It was not uncommon for her to stop by the church, while running errands to say a prayer and light a candle.

Mary Ann was a loving and fun aunt who will be missed.

A Celebration of Mary Ann’s life will begin December 18, 2016 with prayers and visitation at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Funeral from Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home December 19, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. to the Cathedral of St. Raymond for a Mass of Christian Burial at 12 noon. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The family of Mary Ann wishes to thank the nursing staff and caretakers at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home, Joliet Area Community Hospice and Dr. J.D. Wright for providing care to her.

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OBITUARIES TIMOTHY A. STACHELSKI Timothy A. Stachelski, formerly of Joliet, passed away from cancer with family by his side in Silverthorne, CO. on Wednesday, December 7, 2016.

He was a devoted husband and father. He is survived by his loving wife, Jen and his son, Christian McIntyre. His parents, Victor and Ronette Stachelski. Two brothers Victor (Kendell) Stachelski and John (Shawn) Stachelski. His mother-in-law Judy Sharpe and brother-in-law Dave Sharpe. Numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and his many true and loyal friends.

Tim was a graduate of Joliet Catholic High School, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and the AV Manager for Keystone Conference Center in Keystone, Colorado. Tim was an avid snow skier and loved playing club hockey. He enjoyed mountain hikes with Jen and his dog (Ianto.)

However, his passion was road cycling climbing mountain passes in Colorado. His enthusiasm carried him to conquer the mountains of Spain and Northern Italy. Tim had a zest for life, a contagious laugh, and he touched the lives of anyone fortunate enough to know him.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to one of the following organizations.

Epic Promise Foundation: https:// epicpromise.networkforgood.com/projects/22733-tim-stachelski-memorial-fund Epic Promise provides emergency financial assistance and educational grants to Vail Resorts

employees and their dependents.

Sense of Security: http://senseofsecurity. org/how-to-help/tim-stachelski.html provides sustained non-medical financial assistance to people in Colorado in treatment for breast cancer. Tim and his wife Jen volunteered and supported this charity for many years A celebration of Tim’s life will be held at the Carlson-Holmqiust-Sayles Funeral Home and Crematory, 2320 Black Road, Sunday, December 18th from 2:00 until 6:00 P.M. A testimonial remembrance will take place at 5:00 P.M. For information or to express online condolences and share a memory please visit www.

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University in 1971. He retired from the City of Joliet in 2013.

Survived by his loving and devoted wife, Lois (Myers) Thompson; sons, Richard D. Thompson and Marques (Stacie) Thompson; daughters, Tracy (Reginald) Stuckey, Jennifer Thompson, Katrice Thompson; his mother, Martha Thompson; sisters,Tracy (Steve) Lyles; Freddie Green and Linda Conway; brother, Lee Conway; brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; 11 grandchildren; one aunt, Ida Josephine Poston; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; including Wesley Helms and Debra McDonald and his Mt. Ebal M.B. Church family.

Visitation will be held on Monday, December 19, 2016 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Mt. Ebal M.B. Church, 221 Cameron Ave., Lockport, IL. Service at 7:00 PM, Pastor Cornell Ervins, officiating.

Interment Tuesday, December 20, 2016 10:00 AM at Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, IL. Minor-Morris Funeral Home, Ltd. 112 Richards St. (815) 723-1283

CECIL F. UNDERHILL RICHARD THOMPSON

Born: August 22, 1942 Died: December 15, 2016

Rev. Richard Thompson, son of the late Pastor Odell and Florence Thompson and Mary Martha Thompson.

Baptized at an early age by his father at St. John M.B. Church. Richard was a wellknown musician in Joliet and surrounding areas.

Richard was a graduate of Lockport Central High School in 1967 and Northern Illinois

Sgt. Cecil F. Underhill died peacefully on December 15, 2016 at Joliet Area Community Hospice after a brief illness.

Born in Chicago and a longtime resident of the Joliet area. Cecil proudly served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was the receiver of the National Defense Services Medal. He started his career as a butcher for Jewel food stores before successfully operating small grocery and meat markets throughout Joliet. He most recently served as the food services director at the Will County

Born: January 22, 1949 Died: December 11, 2016

Correctional Facility before his retirement in 2013. Cecil enjoyed traveling to visit family and loved sharing stories of his life, especially his time with the Lockport football team. He was a devoted Chicago Cubs fan and will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Cecil is survived by his daughters, Dana (Don) Hendrix and Nicole Underhill; former wife and friend Diane Johnson; daughter-in-law Kayleigh; brother Michael; sisters Donna Jola and Mary Jane Minkel; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and beloved nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by his parents, Donald and Marjorie Underhill; brother David and son Gregory.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Cecil’s name to St. Joseph Catholic Church or Joliet Area Community Hospice would be appreciated.

The family invites relatives and friends to gather at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Joliet on Monday, December 19, 2016 for a Mass of Christian Burial to be held at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Calvary Cemetery in Lockport. Visitation will be on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Obituary and tribute wall for Cecil F. Underhill at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker recommended buying 1,000 shares of Communications Sales & Leasing at $30. We held off, and it’s now $25. It pays an 8 percent dividend. We believe that the telecommunications industry is a no-brainer.

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In late April and early May of 2015, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup issued an “overweight” opinion on Communications Sales & Leasing (CSAL-$25). CS&L, a communications real estate investment trust, was trading at $30, and the $2.40 dividend was yielding a sweet 8 percent.

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TAKING STOCK Malcolm Berko

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Kavanagh, Grumley & Gorbold LLC has announced that Michael W. Hansen and Michael W. Jamie Collins are Jamie Collins Hansen joining the law firm.

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FRANKFORT – The new Emagine Frankfort movie theater is set to open six of its 10 auditoriums at 4 p.m. Dec. 23. The theater is located at 19965 S. LaGrange Road at the corner of West La Porte Road in the Hickory Creek Marketplace.

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Rockdale Elementary School students recently were trained as bank tellers.

NuMark trains students for program The HERALD–NEWS NuMark Credit Union recently trained students from Rockdale Elementary School in Rockdale and Forest Park I.E. School in Joliet to become student tellers for their state sponsored Bank at School program.

Students were invited to NuMark Credit Union’s Crest Hill office, where they learned about key topics, such as the importance of saving money early, the security features in money, as

well as confidentiality.

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Bank at School is a program designed to teach students the importance of saving money.

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OUR VIEW: THUMBS-UP/THUMBS-DOWN: THE RIALTO THEATRE Thumbs-down: To City Council member

Brooke Hernandez Brewer, who stated Wednesday in reference to the Rialto’s current condition, “It’s closed already.

It really is.” Really? Thursday night’s Kacey Musgraves concert and the Mannheim Steamroller concert Friday were nearly sold out. We should expect facts, not blank, incorrect rhetoric from our elected officials in public discussions.

Thumbs-down: To City Manager Jim Hock, for his proposal to transfer control of the Rialto to the city of Joliet via a change in the state law. Control of the Rialto would bring significantly more taxpayer risk than paying a $500,000 subsidy for 2017. With the uncertainty of Evergreen Terrace among the list of potential financial issues, taking on an additional liability of ownership makes little financial sense when compared with other options.

Thumbs-down: To Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk, for his continued grandstanding on this issue. The 2016 Rialto “bailout” was, in fact, nothing more than a payment of funds promised by the mayor and City Council. To date, the $600,000 still has not been paid in full. Not that it should have been with the issues that have arisen, but calling this a bailout when it’s comparable to the amount the Rialto has received from the city for years is disingenuous. The 2017 request for $500,000 was called a “public shakedown” on Wednesday, when numerous requests went before the council when O’Dekirk was the Rialto liaison. Now he says the Rialto board should have asked for a tax referendum earlier in 2016. C’mon, Mr. Mayor. You are a practicing attorney and should know this is not possible.

Thumbs-down: To the Rialto board, for not paying the $20,400 to the firm who does the Rialto and the city’s audit. When that bomb got dropped on the City Council on Wednesday, it was a sign of mismanagement and sent another signal that those who control the theater’s financial fate, the current board, are not doing their job.

Thumbs-up: To local state legislators, for declining to get involved in the Rialto/city of Joliet control transfer situation. The state has invested in excess of $15 million for capital improvements at the Rialto, and it isn’t difficult to figure that legislation of this nature is problematic at best.

Thumbs-up: To the Rialto foundation board. The fundraising arm for the Rialto has continued to push forward and has tried to raise funds for the struggling theater. Kudos to this group of local businessmen and women who have persevered under difficult circumstances.

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City should stop seeking magic bullet for Rialto For city officials, the jewel of Joliet appears to have lost its sparkle.

The Rialto Square Theatre has spent 2016 in the midst of a financial crisis.

It owes $570,000 in unpaid bills and is seeking $500,000 for 2017 from a resistant City Council – $100,000 less than what the city has paid in recent years.

Joliet City Council member Brooke Hernandez Brewer said the theater is “closed already,” while Mayor Bob O’Dekirk thinks it’s in need of a “wholesale change.”

City Manager Jim Hock has proposed a city takeover of the Rialto, which would require the passage of state legislation. The council urged the theater to pursue a countywide tax referendum to approve bonds to pay off its bills. It has since learned the Rialto board does not have taxing authority, although O’Dekirk said the city could levy the tax.

If the Rialto can’t pay its bills, its third-party manager, VenuWorks, may walk.

The Rialto wants the city to commit to a four-year intergovernmental agreement that would dedicate city funding to the theater while allowing the city access to the venue’s financial records.

Everyone is trying to save the

Rialto. No one can agree on how to do it.

But maybe the best way to fix the theater is to stop constantly trying to change it and let it operate with VenuWorks at the helm for the time being.

Now is not the time for grand gestures. The city should approve $500,000 in funding for the theater for 2017, and hold off on any other action.

For a group of city leaders working on plans to improve the downtown area, making moves that could shut down the downtown’s main attraction is counterproductive.

The Rialto, for which The Herald-News is a vendor with a vested interest, has been in a state of upheaval since former General Manager Randy Green departed in March after the board learned of unpaid payroll taxes totaling about $120,000.

In the time between Green’s departure and the hiring of VenuWorks, the Rialto all but stopped booking shows and made payroll cuts.

VenuWorks has been managing the theater for four months, and since it took over, it has booked Grammy award-winning country singers Kacey Musgraves and

Ronnie Milsap, who both performed earlier this month, and has begun booking shows for 2017.

This new management structure could work, but not if the city doesn’t give it a chance.

If the city wants to exercise more control over the Rialto board, there’s a way for it to do that – it’s responsible for appointing four of the board’s seven seats.

As for the city’s proposed Rialto takeover, Hock has confirmed the earliest it could be approved by the state legislature is spring. But we’re not sure the best way to solve a Joliet problem is to bring it down to Springfield.

The city isn’t exactly known for its success owning recreational venues, either. Debt related to city ownership of Splash Station was an annual issue before the city reached a deal to turnover the water park to the Joliet Park District. Silver Cross Field lost its naming rights partner earlier this year, and a new one has yet to be announced.

It’s time for Joliet officials to stop looking for a magic bullet, approve the funding the theater is requesting for the coming year, and let VenuWorks do its job.

Then the jewel of Joliet just might begin to shine again.

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ANOTHER VIEW Bill Wimbiscus Home Cut’s frosted cherry variety, which features pink icing. Short of that, glazed, which is the least messy option for kids still in high chairs. Sprinkles? No way. Frosted jelly? Never again.

But gone are the halcyon days of the box of one dozen. My purchases now are usually limited to just two doughnuts, one for each child.

Not that I couldn’t handle another 10, if necessary.

Don’t get me wrong; I still love doughnuts. It’s just that they don’t love me anymore. Or my waistline.

Or my A1C count.

And now, I’m finding that this same doughnut dilemma is extending to other aspects of life.

Next year, I have the option to go on Medicare, which seems like a pretty good alternative to shelling out a small fortune each month for unusable insurance coverage with an unattainable deductible.

That said, I’m getting a crash course in the Medicare alphabet and this thing called the Medicare doughnut. It seems odd they use such a pleasant metaphor to describe an otherwise unpleasant government phenomenon. And unlike a Home Cut or Krispy Kreme doughnut, this one’s pretty hard to swallow.

This doughnut refers, as anyone who has experienced it already knows, to the coverage gap on drug costs. Which is no big deal, I guess, unless you take a lot of expensive drugs. In which case, you buy supplemental insurance and pray you have coverage.

Because you don’t want to get stuck with a bad doughnut.

Turns out the doughnut analogy is useful for other issues, as well.

Take, for instance, our economy, which resembles nothing so much as a Bismarck (that’s a frosted jelly doughnut to you heathens). The middle class provides most of the dough, while the rich get all the icing and the poor are in a jam. Without the dough, of course, there’d be nothing to hold up the icing or

support the jam.

Doughnuts also provide a useful way to look at the polarization of Washington politics.

A few years ago, the Democrats had the doughnut – the executive office and both chambers of Congress – while the Republican got the hole.

And almost nothing got done.

Next year will be the exact opposite; the GOP gets the doughnut, the Democrats get the hole.

I have an increasingly bad feeling about how all of this is going to turn out.

Over the last decade or so, Washington has shown it doesn’t really matter who’s in charge. Not when both parties are dominated by extremists and there’s no middle ground.

Either way, we’re stuck with a lot of dough being wasted by a lot of nuts.

• Bill Wimbiscus, former reporter and editor for The Herald-News, has lived in Joliet for 25 years. He can be reached at news@theherald-news. com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Journalists are unnecessary in wartime

To the Editor: The next Air Force 1 should be a next gen airframe, carbon fiber, stealth, especially for wartime, convert a B-1, B-2 or the newest B-3 for presidential transport.

Those empty bomb bays create more fuel payload and loiter time if needed. “Star Trek” has an interesting concept: separate and jettison the saucer section (journalists) for greater maneuverability, decoy, let them float gently to the ground.

But seriously, we don’t always need journalists around in dangerous conditions, and in wartime, one should be in a bunker deep underground, not in a flimsy aluminum plane.

Whose idea was this?

Do you realize all the overhead on the current AF1, operating room, bedroom, shower, office, cabinet room, kitchen for an entire flock of journalists, food, bathrooms, telecom – the list is big and heavy.

For real stealthy transport see the Navy, a fast attack nuclear sub, disappear for months, run silent, run deep or a fast dash across the ocean.

Thomas Cechner Lockport

Thank you to all the voters and supporters during election

To the Editor: In this season of thanksgiving and sharing our blessings, I want to take this opportunity to thank voters for their support during my election campaign.

I especially want to thank those who gave their time, talent and treasures. A year ago, I would have never pictured myself campaigning to be a commissioner for the Will County Board, but I am so glad I did. I have met many wonderful people throughout this process, and look forward to the opportunity to meet more of my constituents in the years to come.

I extend a special thank you to Steve Wilhelmi and Joe Babich for their years of dedicated service to our community. Tyler Marcum and I look forward to following their example in serving our county with integrity.

I wish Dave Talarico the best in his bid for Joliet Park Board, along with other candidates running in local

elections.

As we celebrate this season of preparation and giving, I hope you will join me in trying to make our community a better place. Even a simple smile or hello to someone can have a huge impact on the people around you. I wish everyone a joyous holiday season.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Gloria Dollinger

Will County Board District 10

The answers are there; Exxon is up to no good

To the Editor: For those of you who questioned my knowledge of Exxon’s illegal concealment of its research on global warming, you are asking the same questions The Herald-News did.

I gave them the answer with a Google query. One of the first 10 was the Bloomberg Business Week I had read.

Exxon’s largess funds many organizations that buy influence in Washington, D.C., and many state capitols.

The list of disbelieving scientists is a product of those same organizations.

They are the reason why some of our countrymen cannot see what is occurring with their own eyes.

Somehow they disbelieve the planet’s warming while mowing their lawns in mid-November or griping about roadwork holding up traffic during Thanksgiving travel. A couple of decades ago we seldom mowed past late October, and asphalt plants were always shut down by Nov. 1.

Miami and New York City are spending millions on trying to buy time until a more permanent solution to the rising ocean is found.

Even those people who speak against it have pleaded for funding to help their state’s battle.

In the United States, we vote for people who receive millions directly or indirectly from the fossil industries.

They have gone down the same road as the tobacco industry.

That’s the reason states’ attorney generals are going after Exxon for deceptive practices. Soon even the most gullible people will see the absurdity of their position.

Chuck Johnson Morris

• Sunday, December 18, 2016

Back when the kids were young, one of my primary parenting duties on the weekend involved the purchasing of doughnuts.

Once or sometimes twice a month after church, we’d head over to Home Cut Donuts on Jefferson Street, where each of the three girls would get to pick her two favorites.

Frosted jelly doughnuts were usually the front-runners, followed by long johns and glazed.

I’d cap off the selection process with six picks of my own because 1.

It’s un-American to purchase breakfast pastries in quantities of less than a dozen, and 2. I’m a fervent patriot.

Plus I’m a sucker for French crullers.

After the girls moved out, I lost the primary excuse to feed my bakery addiction, so doughnut Sunday largely fell by the wayside.

Until now. Turns out, one of my primary grandpa duties when our 2-year-old twins sleep over is to supply them with breakfast booty by the time they awake.

Pink donuts. They want everything in pink. So I always opt for

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BOYS BASKETBALL: JOLIET CENTRAL 46, MINOOKA 21

NO OPEN LOOKS

Joliet Central defense is relentless; Steelmen stay unbeaten in SPC

By DICK GOSS

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At least it didn’t in Friday night’s Southwest Prairie Conference boys basketball battle against Minooka.

The Indians had beaten the Steelmen, 39-37, on Adrian Paige’s last-second 3-pointer for the championship of the WJOL Tournament on Thanksgiving weekend at the University of St. Francis Sullivan Center.

This time, on Minooka’s home floor, the Indians were left to wonder where all of the open looks went.

From start to finish, they were blanketed from the time they crossed the center line. The result was a 46-21 Central victory.

“We’re not as fast as some teams offensively, but were tenacious defensively tonight,” Steelmen coach Lawrence Thompson Jr. said. “The last time they beat us on 3-pointers. They ran their stuff, and we did not force them to put [the ball] down. This time we got up and guarded them and made them do something with the ball.”

With Jose Grubbs, a long 6-foot-3, providing a strong presence in the post against Minooka’s main man, 6-2 Jon Butler, Central (8-1, 4-0) limited Minooka (6-2, 1-2) to 6-of-27 shooting, 22.2 percent. The Indians made 4 of 15 from 3-point range and only 2 of 12 from inside the arc.

One of Minooka’s two-point buckets came with Kyle Graebner’s foot on the 3-point line. The Indians’ only points from inside 17 feet happened when Graebner found Butler for a layup with 1:53 left in the first quar-

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“Our plan was to make sure they don’t get open threes and make them put the ball on the floor,” said Central senior guard JoJo McNair, who drew two charging fouls and was his usual standout self on the defensive end. “That’s the way we practiced it all week.”

“Box out, play physically and get on the glass,” Steelmen senior forward Ryan King said. “That was the plan, that’s what we did and we got a

20-point victory.”

Minooka hit 3 of 6 shots in the first quarter, which ended with Central on top, 11-7. However, the Indians already had committed six of their 20 turnovers, and their offensive woes had just begun. The difference grew to 24-13 at halftime and 35-18 after three quarters.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: JOLIET WEST 92, PLAINFIELD SOUTH 57

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Nick DiForti

Joliet West coach ing on the Cougars. West led, 8-0, after the first two minutes, and the Tigers finished the quarter leading, 29-8.

They forced 14 South turnovers in the quarter.

The second quarter was a repeat of the first, with West forcing 13 more Cougars turnovers while outscoring South, 25-13, en route to a 54-21 halftime lead. Kirk, a 6-foot-4 senior point guard, finished the first half with 16 of his game-high 20 points.

The Tigers forced 27 Plainfield South turnovers in the first half.

“That happens daily in practice,” DiForti said. “We really get after it defensively. They get really fired up when one of our guys gets a steal, and that is a sign of good chemistry.”

The Tigers continued playing well in the second half, outscoring the Cougars, 26-12, in the third quarter. The West bench also contributed significant minutes and points in the winning effort.

“In the second half, we tried to work on a lot of things that we haven’t been

able to do,” DiForti said. “I’m happy, obviously, for the win. I’m happy that our starters were able to get our bench players a lot of minutes. That does more than just give them minutes, it gives them [the starters] fresh legs and allows the coaches to see how those guys play in live situations against an opponent.”

One bench player who took advantage of extended playing time was junior guard Darien Bosby. He scored 15 points.

“We’ve been waiting for it,” DiForti said. “He had a good game earlier in the year, but he’s been playing inconsistent. We’ve seen that the more he plays, the more he contributes. I’m very happy about his performance.”

The Tigers’ Tabyous Casterberry scored 13 points, and Trevian Bell added 10.

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Continued from page 36 Part of that stemmed from Grubbs bothering Butler inside. Butler managed five shots and scored one basket.

“Butler is a great player, and we played effective defense against him,” Thompson said.

“We watched how [Butler] posted up the last time, and we were able to get more done on the help side tonight,” McNair said.

The other element of note was Central’s shooting, especially from 3-point range. The Steelmen hit 4 of 7 from long range in the first half and 5 of 10 overall. King and Jason Bingham both went 2 for 3, and McNair was 1 for 1 from 3-point land.

“They not only played defense, but they made their threes, too,” Tanaka said. “They had 24 points at halftime, and 12 were on threes. They don’t make those, and it’s a different game. They’re a very good team anyway, and if they shoot like that, they’ll be very hard to beat.”

Overall, the Steelmen went 19 of 40 from the floor, a .475 mark.

“We had better shot selection than the first time against them,” Thompson said.

Bingham and King scored eight points apiece for Central, while Grubbs and Devonte Pitchford chipped in six and Cameron Blackmon and Marcellus Hornsby four.

Antonio Milazzo led Minooka with six, and Paige contributed four free throws.

Thompson went to his bench and summoned Pitchford, Hornsby and

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Minooka’s Antonio Milazzo looks for an opening to pass against Joliet Central on Friday in Minooka. The Steelmen remain unbeaten in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Don Joachim midway through each half, and there was no dropoff in defensive quickness or on the offensive end.

“When our subs get in, they’re hungry,” Thompson said. “They gave

us some offense and boards. We’re trying to play at the same pace all the time, no matter who is in the game.”

That was accomplished Friday night.

“We were not even close to get-

ting anything done tonight,” Tanaka said. “But we have great kids. They’ll bounce back.”

The Indians hosted Lincoln-Way Central in a nonconference game Saturday night.

• Sunday, December 18, 2016

JOLIET – Plainfield South coach Tim Boe gave Joliet West high praise after the Tigers dispatched the Cougars, 92-57, Friday night in a Southwest Prairie Conference boys basketball game.

“They play so unselfishly, and they have physically put the work in,” Boe said. “[Teyvion] Kirk has put on a lot of pounds. He’s so much stronger than what he was, and these guys have earned everything they’ve got. Nick [DiForti, West’s coach] has done a great job with them, and it was a little bit of a wake-up call for us.”

What the Tigers earned was their ninth straight win to go to 9-0, 3-0.

Plainfield South fell to 1-6, 0-3.

The Tigers wasted no time in jump-

“In the second half, we tried to work on a lot of things that we haven’t been able to do.

I’m happy, obviously, for the win. I’m happy that our starters were able to get our bench players a lot of minutes.”

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38 GIRLS BASKETBALL: LINCOLN-WAY WEST 58, MORRIS 29

Lincoln-Way West rolls past Morris in Ottawa tourney

By ROB OESTERLE

roesterle@shawmedia.com OTTAWA – It took about a half a quarter for the Lincoln-Way West girls basketball team to get going Saturday morning against Morris in the opening game of the Ottawa Lady Pirate Christmas Classic.

Once the Warriors got going, however, they were hard to stop.

Lincoln-Way West forced Morris into 10 turnovers in the first quarter alone and 21 for the game. Those turnovers, combined with Morris shooting just 11 for 52 (21 percent) from the floor, led West to a 58-29 win.

“Nobody could buy a bucket early,” West coach Ryan White said. “But we create offense with our defense, and we knew if we kept playing tough defense then our offense would get going.”

Morris (7-5) was struggling to put the ball in the basket early, despite having a number of chances before the West pressure asserted itself.

“We had it tied early at 2-2, but we must have missed about seven or eight layups in that time,” Morris coach Kate Carey said. “We make a few of those and go up 10-2, and things may have been a little different. Then, after they made their run, we would have still been in it instead of chasing the rest of the way.”

As it happened, however, the cold-shooting Redskins went just 1 of 12 from the field in the first quarter, and West took advantage. A quick 10-0 run – a basket by Courtney O’Donnell underneath, a steal and layup by Tara Hastings and a 3-pointer each by Sydney Swanberg and Taylor Gugliuzza – forced a Morris timeout with 3:15 remaining in the first.

The break in play didn’t stop the Warriors’ momentum, and they scored the final 12 points of the quarter as well.

Gugliuzza drained another 3-pointer just after the timeout, and Hastings made a pair of free throws. Emily Atsinger then sandwiched a driving basket and a 3-pointer around a layup

by Hastings.

“Atsinger is a heck of a player,” Carey said about the Lincoln-Way West senior. “She’s been up on their varsity for a long time, and she really makes things go for them. She’s like Mya [Shannon] for us.”

The West lead reached 28-2 early in the second quarter before Shannon, who led Morris with 10 points, scored her first basket on a short jumper in the lane with 5:30 left until halftime.

From that point on, Morris outscored Lincoln-Way West, 13-10, and trailed, 38-15, at intermission. Shannon fin-

ABOVE LEFT: Lincoln-Way West’s Tara Hastings drives for a layup Saturday against Morris during the Ottawa Lady Pirate Christmas Classic in Ottawa. ABOVE RIGHT: The Indians’ Mya Shannon takes a shot Saturday against the Warriors. LEFT: Morris’ Meghan Jurak takes possession of a loose ball Saturday in Ottawa.

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ished the first half with six points, while Ashley Hood added five and Meghan Smith and Megan Gerischer each had two.

“Their pressure was tough on us,” Carey said. “But we knew coming in that’s how they play. We were able to get some good shots, especially early,

but they just weren’t falling. It just seems like we never shoot well in this gym.”

O’Donnell led all scorers with 11 points for West, while Hasting scored 10, Gugliuzza had nine, Sydney Swanberg six and Atsinger five.

“We spread things around pretty

well,” White said. “It’s nice when Courtney is playing well underneath, because it opens things up for our guards to shoot from outside.”

Meghan Jurak scored eight points for Morris, including a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, while Hood finished with seven.

BOYS BASKETBALL: LOCKPORT 51, JOLIET CATHOLIC 47 (OT)

By DICK GOSS

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ABOVE: Joliet Catholic’s Dexter Spencer (right) guards Lockport’s Patrick Cooper Saturday at Lockport High School. RIGHT: Lockport’s Cooper makes a 3-pointer in the final seconds Saturday to send the game into overtime. possession.

“That was the game right there,” said JCA coach Joe Gura, who is very familiar with many of the Porters’ staff and faithful, having coached at Lockport for 20 years. “We had the ball and thought we were fouled, but it was called a jump ball.

“Then their kid hit the big 3. Credit Lockport, they hit three big 3s down the stretch. We couldn’t put it away against them.”

“The grit that our kids showed, that displays all there is to say about them,” said Lockport coach Brett Hespell, who was in the Lockport program during Gu-

ra’s last couple of seasons at the school.

“They are fantastic.

“We could have folded the tent after their run, and after what happened at Joliet West the other night [a one-sided loss], he but we have no quitters in that locker room.”

In the overtime, Lockport senior guard Matt Smietanski got things going when he scored on a putback with 1:43 left for a 47-45 lead. JCA couldn’t find the range, and Karli drained two free throws with :16 left. Chase Travis then followed suit with :07 left, hitting two more foul shots, and Ragen finished the scoring on an uncontested layup at the buzzer.

“This was awesome tonight,” Hespell said. “It was great to have all the old-timers back [many of the former Lockport greats were introduced at halftime]. “It was great to be playing Joliet Catholic again and to be playing against Coach Gura and Coach Mondrella [Dave Mondrella, the Hilltoppers’ assistant], who was my freshman coach.”

Both sides committed a few turnovers down the stretch in regulation, but Hespell said, “Both teams were playing hard. Sometimes when teams are playing hard and tough, you have a difficult time finding a way to get the ball in basket.”

Travis led Lockport with 10 points.

Cooper chipped in nine, all from 3-point range. Smietanski and Karli had seven and Barthel six.

For JCA, Ragen scored 12 in the first half and 17 in all. Three in the second half came on a 30-foot buzzer-beater to close the third quarter and bring the Hilltoppers back into a 31-31 tie. Donavan Finch chipped in 13, nine in the second half, and Dexter Spencer hit two 3-pointers off the bench for six points.

BOYS BASKETBALL: MARIAN CATHOLIC 45, JOLIET CATHOLIC 38

Two plays doom JCA in conference loss to Marian Catholic

By TIM CRONIN

Shaw Media correspondent CHICAGO HEIGHTS – Two plays.

That’s how close Joliet Catholic Academy was to springing an East Suburban Catholic Conference upset of Marian Catholic on Friday night.

Both plays went the way of the Spartans and led to Marian’s 45-38 victory.

It was 38-all after Donovan Finch’s 3-pointer with 6 minutes to play, the 11th tie of a contest that featured seven lead changes and which the Hilltoppers had trailed by five a few minutes before.

The tie would not last.

Ninety seconds after Finch’s bas-

ket, JCA again had the ball, and suddenly, it didn’t. Marian junior Chase Adams swooped in for a steal and a driving basket, giving the Spartans a 40-38 lead. After a Marian foul, the Hilltoppers ran their offense again, but this time it was Brandon Hurt crossing in the path of a pass, and he too was off for a driving layup.

Two plays. Four points in 29 seconds. The critical points, Hilltoppers coach Joe Gura offered, in a game in which JCA largely controlled the tempo.

“Two unforced turnovers,” Gura said. “Those were two big plays. The tempo was what we wanted. We had to play that way. We can’t run with them.

“And we don’t have the 6-9, 6-7, 6-6 kids they do.”

JCA dropped to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the SCC East. Marian is 5-4, 1-1.

As it turned out, Finch’s 3-pointer was the Hilltoppers’ last score of the night. They were held to four points in the final quarter against Marian’s nine. And JCA’s 38 points came in a game where it grabbed 13 offensive rebounds and outrebounded Marian, 21-19.

“Too much standing around,” Marian coach Mike Taylor said of his team’s defense. “And Finch, he was a lot more aggressive tonight than the other time I’d seen him.”

It was Marian’s trap, a ploy not new to the Hilltoppers, that began to

shift the balance. Finch was able to get open – he scored 20 for the second straight game and was well over his 12.6 average – but no other Hilltopper was in double figures. They scored only nine points in the second half aside from Finch’s 10. Pete Ragen scored six of his eight points in the second half.

“It was our turnovers, and they were relentless in the second half with their trap,” Gura said. “They had to change the pace, and Coach Taylor did. We got some good looks out of it, but I was stuck. He has more options.”

The Hilltoppers were forced to foul after Hurt’s basket, and the Spartans hit three of five free throws to salt it away.

• Sunday, December 18, 2016

LOCKPORT – Lockport Alumni Night.

The renewal of the Joliet Catholic-Lockport rivalry on a snowy Saturday night in the old Porters’ gym on the central campus.

What could be better?

How about an overtime thriller in the venue that provided so many incredible basketball games through the years.

Lockport senior guard Patrick Cooper tied the game at 45-45 on a 3-pointer with 3.7 seconds left in regulation, completing a comeback where the Porters erased a seven-point deficit in the final minute, and they outscored the Hilltoppers, 6-2, in overtime to grab a 51-47 victory.

Lockport (5-4) led by as much as 15-9 in a first half that ended with JCA (3-6) on top, 22-20. The Porters used an 8-0 run to open the second half for a 28-22 lead, but shortly after, the Hilltoppers embarked on a 10-0 run that reached 15-2 as JCA took a 43-36 lead with 52 seconds remaining.

Apparently over, but things happen in this gym. Shortly after Jacob Karli’s 3-pointer had kept Lockport breathing, Nolan Barthel’s 3 made it 43-39 with :31 left. JCA missed both ends of a two-shot foul, and Cooper nailed a 3-pointer with :18 to go to cut Lockport’s deficit to 43-42.

The Hilltoppers’ Pete Ragen made two free throws with :17 remaining to stretch the lead to 45-42. Cooper misfired from long range and Ragen came down with the rebound but was tied up, and Lockport kept the ball on alternating

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40 WRESTLING: PROVIDENCE CATHOLIC 60, ST. RITA 9

Youthful Providence wrestlers off to a strong start

By CURT HERRON

cherron@shawmedia.com NEW LENOX – There are not many good teams who have no senior starters.

But it’s really rare to see a team that’s ranked among the top 10 in the state that doesn’t have any seniors in its entire program.

Providence Catholic has such a squad, however, and while veteran coach Keith Healy wouldn’t mind having a few seniors around, the cast that he has obviously has been doing the job quite well so far. The Celtics, ranked sixth in Class 3A, are off to a 13-1 start after rolling to a 60-9 Chicago Catholic League victory over St. Rita on Friday.

Providence lost four 20-plus match winners from last year’s squad that placed fourth at the dual-team finals, but has six athletes back who won at least 20 matches, including veteran juniors Cole Smith, Logan Anderson and Dominick Ambrose.

“So far it’s been awesome,” Healy said. “We were wondering how we were going to do in our upper weights, but tonight they came through and really got us going. The kids are buying in to what we’re doing, and we just keep working hard to get better.

“I like the teamwork. They’re all sticking together and getting things done right, and that’s what makes it fun

“We’re really young. Since we have no seniors on the team, our juniors really have to step up. A few of us are three-year starters, so we know what we’re talking about and know how to communicate with the younger kids, so we tell them the gist of it.”

Logan Anderson

Providence Catholic junior since that’s how it used to be. We were the guys who all hung out together, so it’s nice to see that these kids are like that. We have some great chemistry.”

Against the Mustangs, freshman Trevor Swier got a pin at 170 pounds before classmate Tom Luedke followed with a 9-4 win. Sophomore John Nowak, Anderson and junior Cole Moore added pins before freshman Nick Matthias won, 13-4, at 106 to make it 31-5 midway through the match.

“We’re really young,” Anderson said. “Since we have no seniors on the team, our juniors really have to step

up. A few of us are three-year starters, so we know what we’re talking about and know how to communicate with the younger kids, so we tell them the gist of it.

“The way that we wrestle all comes from coach Healy and Ben Gerdes. They just work us until we can’t go any more in the wrestling room and teach us that if we’re going to win, then win big, and if we lose, make them earn it. We’re all pretty close friends. And we just like to have fun, and winning is a lot of fun.

We want to get higher up on the podium this year.”

Sophomore Jacob Lindsey won by default at 113, and freshman Brock Pfeifer got a pin as the first period ended.

Freshman Kevin Countryman claimed a 1-0 win at 126 before sophomore Josh Ramos got a 14-4 win. Lindsey and Ramos both had 30-plus wins last season.

Ambrose added the Celtics’ sixth first-period fall, and junior Matt Pirc followed with a 14-6 win at 145. In the finale, Smith, a 40-plus match winner a year ago, got the opportunity to meet one of the nation’s best, Austin O’Connor, the three time state champ who lives in Lockport and is ranked fourth nationally. O’Connor won, 18-6, to continue his multi year winning streak.

“Last year we were short with a lot of the upper weights, and this year we’ve filled in a lot of those,” Smith said. “We

don’t have any seniors so we’re kind of young, but we also have a lot of experience. I was really impressed with how we wrestled against Montini. We weren’t giving up pins, and we were getting them and were giving up minors instead of majors.

“After weekend practices, we usually go out to eat, watch a movie or do something together. During meets some people want to do their own thing, but we’re always together.”

The Celtics own a win over No. 7 Montini while their lone loss came to No. 4 Marmion. The next couple of weeks feature a trip to Harlem’s Dvorak and their initial appearance in The Clash at Rochester, Minnesota.

“We’re real happy, but coach is always telling us to never be satisfied since we have a couple of big weeks here with the Dvorak, which is one of the toughest tournaments in the country, so we’re preparing real tough for that,” Ambrose said. “We’re looking to get more bonus points because we want to be at the top of the podium at the end of the year.

“At the start of the season, Cole and I said ‘Let’s lead this team.’ We tell our guys to work hard, come ready to wrestle and get it done. We know what we’re capable of, and we’re ready to go. We want people to know who we are, and we want to be the best.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: ROMEOVILLE 54, PLAINFIELD NORTH 46

Romeoville gets much-needed win over Plainfield North

By DRAKE SKLEBA

Shaw Media correspondent ROMEOVILLE – Romeoville sophomore guard Mike Salter scored 12 of his team-high 16 points in the second half Friday night to lead the Spartans to a 54-46 Southwest Prairie Conference boys basketball victory over Plainfield North.

After shooting 26 percent in a 6046 loss to Oswego East in their home opener last Friday, the Spartans (44, 2-1) were hungry for a win before a large and rowdy home crowd. An 84-55 loss at state-ranked Bolingbrook on Wednesday night put even more heat on the Spartans to pick up a much-needed win.

With the game tied at 37 with six minutes left, Spartans senior Robert Johnson scored his first bucket for a 39-37 lead. With 4:50 left, Salter buried the dagger, a 3-pointer, for a 42-37 lead Romeoville would not relinquish.

Dontia Johnson, a 6-foot-7 junior who

scored seven points to go with eight rebounds and two steals, added a free throw for a 44-38 lead with 4:04 left.

“I had a good all-around game,” Dontia Johnson said. “We played well, and this was a big win.”

With 2:03 left, North (1-7, 0-3) closed to within 47-43 on a 3-pointer from Jayson Thornton. With less than a minute left, Salter sealed the deal with four consecutive free throws.

“In the first half, we really had the jitters after the tough loss at Bolingbrook,” Salter said. “In the second half, we came out and played well. We raised our defensive pressure, and we were much more efficient offensively.”

The Spartans grabbed a 17-14 lead after one quarter. Freshman Destin Whitaker (eight points, two rebounds) sparked Romeoville with five first-quarter points. The freshman nailed his second 3-pointer in the second quarter as Romeoville led, 24-23, at half. North was led by senior guard Justin Wilson with 10 first-half points.

“It was really important that we played well tonight at home,” Whitaker said.” I shot the ball well and came out with a lot of confidence. As a freshman, I have to work really hard every day and improve.”

Salter put on a defensive clinic in the third quarter, picking up three steals. The Tigers’ Gavin Doyle (eight points) came off the bench to keep his team close. The Spartans led, 37-34, after three quarters.

Wilson finished with a game-high 18 points. Junior Brady Miller, who was in foul trouble, chipped in seven points, five rebounds, four blocks and two assists for North.

“We played really well on defense and did a lot of good things,“ Wilson said. “I had a good game, but we missed Brady with his foul trouble.

We just have to get our offense going.”

“The kids are doing almost everything we are asking of them,” North coach Bob Krahulik said. “We played very well defensively, and Justin [Wil-

son] had his best game of the year. We just have to get more offense and get to the free-throw line.”

North is off until Dec. 28, when the Tigers open at Pontiac against mighty Simeon.

It doesn’t get any easier for Romeoville, either. On Thursday night, the Spartans visit Joliet West (8-0, 3-0).

The Spartans will play Dec. 26 in the Big Dipper at Rich South.

“This was a much-needed win,” Romeoville coach Marc Howard said.

“After playing poorly in our home opener last week, we really wanted to play well before our great fans. Mike [Salter] had a great second half. I expect that kind of play from our guards, Mike and DeAndre [Heckard, who had seven points and seven rebounds].

What I was most proud of was the contribution from our bench, especially my freshman, Destin Whitaker.

“I’m happy to be back to .500 but we have another monster assignment at Joliet West.”

LOCAL ROUNDUP

WRESTLING Lincoln-Way West goes 5-0: The War-

riors beat Barrington, 30-22; Wheaton North, 37-17; and Cary-Grove, 69-3, on Saturday as Jake DiBenedetto (138), Trevor Schmidt (182), Jake Dudeck (220) and Nick Skentzos (285) all had 3-0 days. West also defeated Lincoln-Way East and Stagg on Friday.

Plainfield South 42, Joliet West 20: The Cougars (10-2, 3-1) got pins from Enzo

Silva (106), Andrew Chaplin (113), Erik Santiago (152) and Justin Van Byssum (220) while the Tigers got falls from Joshua Escobedo (182) and Robert Ford (285), and South’s Jake Kendall (138) won 3-2 over Jeremy Pullen. The Cougars also beat Oswego East as Silva, Jesus Hernandez (132), Kyle Houlihan (160) and Lalo Palomares (195) had pins.

Hinsdale Central Invite: Lemont’s Egan Berta (145) won a title, while Jake Kirkman (152) was second and Kyle Schickel (106) placed third. Plainfield North’s Matt Hennessey (195) was second, while Luke Smiley (138) and Leo Santos (285) were third and Minooka’s Cody Hoshell (113) also finished third.

Lincoln-Way Central at Glenbrook South: Austin Rudsinski (126) and Liam

Meagher (132) both took second place, while Jason Stokes (138) and Noah Upchurch (182) finished third.

Lincoln-Way East at Lake Park: Sammy Diehl (285) took first, while Chris Wilder (195) and Troy White (220) finished third.

Morris at Metamora: Cody Baldridge (182) won a title, and Jeffrey Johnson (195) took third.

Lockport 69, Fremd 6: The Porters (19-0) received falls from Matt Kronsbein (126) and Payton Fernandes (195) and wins by technical fall from James Pierandozzi (120), Abdullah Assaf (132) and Baylor Fernandes (145). Lockport also beat Sandburg, 43-22, as Kronsbein (126) and Payton Fernandes (182) had pins, and Matt Ramos (106) and Baylor Fernandes (145) picked up wins by technical fall.

Lemont has 3-0 day: The Indians beat

Oak Forest, Richards and TF North as Kyle Schickel (106), Grant LaDuke (126), Egan Berta (145), Jake Kirkman (152), Damyen Gothard (170) and Alex Oruna (182) all had 3-0 efforts.

Wilmington wins twice: The Wildcats (14-0) defeated McNamara and Leo as Clayton VanDuyne (126), Landon Flynn (138), Mason VanDuyne (160), Caleb Gougis (170), James Cox (195), Sam Jones (220) and Josh Jones (285) were among double-winners.

rebounds) led the way.

BOYS BASKETBALL Lemont 50, Oak Lawn 39: Nate Podgor-

ak scored 12 points for Lemont (5-4, 3-0) in the South Suburban Blue win.

Westmont 73, Coal City 66: Christian Johnson had 27 points and nine rebounds while Sean Micetich added 13 points to lead the Coalers.

Streator 96, Reed-Custer 70: Russell Paige (14 points), Jake Welch (11), Bryce Martis (10) and Zac Weaver (nine points, six rebounds) led the Comets.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Minooka 53, Joliet Central 29: BrookPlainfield East 57, Oswego 47: East lyn Bachmann scored 17 points, Hai- (3-6, 1-1) earned the Southwest Prairie ley Arlis and Savannah Johnson added victory. eight each, and Sydney Andreano had Oswego East 65, Plainfield Central 53: seven for the Indians (8-2, 4-1) in the The Wolves rallied for the Southwest Southwest Prairie game.

Prairie win.

Lockport 66, Oak Lawn 25: The Porters (9-4) were led by Taylor Hopkins (18 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL points) and Treasure Thompson (15).

St. Francis 63, Cardinal Stritch 56: The Sandburg 71, Joliet West 62: The Ti- top-ranked Saints tied a school record gers fell in the title game of the Oak for best start after winning the CCAC Lawn Tournament. Sarah Gersch and home game. USF (11-0, 6-0) was led Jazzpher Evans were named to the by Kaitlin Aylward, who came off of all-tournament team. West beat Plain- the bench to lead all scorers with 23 field South, 58-57, in Southwest Prai- points to go with seven rebounds and rie play behind Nicole Gal, Gersch and four steals. Christina Ekhomu had 12 points, Charnelle Reed added 10 points Evans.

Plainfield East 66, Oswego 43: The and six rebounds, and Jordan Giddings Bengals were paced by Kennedy Col- chipped in with eight points and eight lins (28 points), Lotanna Onua (14 ) and rebounds.

Olivia Jenkins (14).

Lincoln-Way West 69, Sandwich 28: MEN’S BASKETBALL Lewis 65, Cedarville 63: The Flyers (6-

Emily Atsinger had 13 points for the Warriors.

4) won their opener in the Quincy Hol-

Gardner-South Wilmington 54, Illinois iday Classic behind Miles Simelton (13 Lutheran 15: Jenni Price (25 points, 12 points), Capel Henshaw (11), Cristen steals), Celia Barna (14 rebounds) and Wilson (10 points, seven rebounds) and Kaitlyn Kavanaugh (nine points, nine Donovan Oliver (10 points).

BLACKHAWKS 6, BLUES 4

Hinostroza’s late tally extends winning streak to 4

By STEVE OVERBEY The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS – Vinnie Hinostroza scored a late tiebreaking goal and Patrick Kane broke out of a 10-game goal-scoring drought as the Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues, 6-4, on Saturday night.

Dennis Rasmussen, Brian Campbell, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Artemi Panarin also scored for the Hawks, who have won four straight. Scott Darling made 23 saves to move to 9-2-2.

Patrik Berglund scored twice for the Blues, who had recorded at least one point in each of their past 14 home

games. Alex Pietrangelo and Kyle Brodziak also scored for the Blues, who fell to 13-2-3 at home.

Hjalmarsson started the comeback by scoring in the first minute of the third period to tie the score at 4-4.

Hinostroza converted with 4:25 left for his first game-winning goal of the year. Panarin added an empty-netter.

Kane tied it 2-2 midway through the second period with his first goal since Nov. 26.

Hawks center Artem Anisimov left in the first period and did not return.

AP photo The two teams will next meet in the Winter Classic on Jan. 2 at Busch Sta- The Blackhawks’ Gustav Forsling rides the Blues’ David Perron to the ice in the second dium. period Saturday.

• Sunday, December 18, 2016

LOCKPORT – Lockport’s girls bowlers beat Minooka by 503 pins to claim the team title while Porter Bailey Delrose captured individual honors by 35 pins as the hosts enjoyed a big day in their own Dane Walker Invitational at Strike ’N Spare.

Coach Art Cwudzinski’s Porters finished things with a bang, posting a 1,213 in the final game to give them a 6,294 total. Minooka was next at 5,791, while Morris (5,316) finished fourth, Plainfield Central (5,192) fifth and Plainfield North (5,152) seventh.

Delrose rolled a 269 in her final game to give her a 716 series and a 1,326 six-game total. Also for Lockport, Marissa Ramirez (1,281) was third, Dana Ackerson (1,255) took fifth, Paige Reiter (1,229) was ninth and Monica Colon (1,203) placed 11th.

Other top finishers were Plainfield Central’s Heather Petkewicz (fourth; 1,273), Minooka’s Gina Russell (seventh; 1,249), Kristina Sickler (eighth; 1,240) and Sam Isenmougger (10th; 1,212), Plainfield North’s Jenna Sussenbach (15th; 1,165), Morris’ Amy Waldren (16th; 1,159) and Plainfield South’s Cassie Bucaro (18th; 1,135).

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42 PACKERS AT BEARS, NOON SUNDAY, FOX, AM-780, 105.9-FM

Extreme cold evens playing field

LAKE FOREST – Almost a year ago I had the pleasure of working the national radio broadcast for Westwood One as the sideline reporter in Minneapolis for the Seahawks-Vikings NFC wild-card game.

The official temperature for the noon kickoff is recorded as 6 degrees below zero with a wind chill of 25 to 30 degrees below zero, the third-coldest game in NFL history, but I can tell you thermometers mounted on the bleacher walls on both sidelines read 9-below.

But, hey, what are a few degrees here or there when you can’t feel your fingers or toes and your brain feels like it’s buried in a glacier?

Of course, I didn’t have to run around and try to play football or hit anybody, and thank God nobody hit me, but I was on the field and I can tell you this: At least 60 percent to 70 percent of the players and coaches absolutely wanted to be somewhere else.

The best team might not win the Packers-Bears game Sunday at Soldier Field. Talent will matter, but it will be incidental to the team with the most players who actually want to be out there playing football.

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush Common sense suggests it should be the Packers with a real chance to claim the NFC North title and at least one home playoff game, but the conditions being forecast by the National Weather Service can make that easy to forget in the moment.

The team that runs the ball better and defends the run best will have a huge edge.

Through the first four weeks, the Packers’ run defense was on a pace to shatter all-time NFL records, allowing only 43 yards a game. Over their past nine games, the Packers have allowed an average of 25 carries for 119 yards (4.7 YPC), including 191 to the Cowboys, 154 to the Titans and 151 to Rob Kelly of Washington.

You have seen what Bears rookie running back Jordan Howard can do given the opportunity. Will he get the chance, and how will the kid from Gardendale, Alabama, handle the

conditions if he does?

Green Bay is 22nd in the NFL in rushing, but that is terribly misleading, as quarterback Aaron Rodgers has provided 295 of their 1,282 rushing yards. And with a bad calf in one leg and shaky hamstring in the other, he’s not likely to be a huge threat on the ground.

The Bears, of course, will be without both inside linebackers Jerrell Freeman and Danny Trevathan, and safety still is a position without real starters, so can Nick Kwiatkoski and John Timu handle converted receiver Ty Montgomery, Christine Michael and Aaron Ripkowski in the Packers’ 22nd-ranked ground game?

Regardless of the conditions, you still have to throw the football, and because of the conditions, the team that does it better will win.

Although the Bears’ young secondary has shown flashes, this is a huge edge for the Packers. Cornerback Tracy Porter most likely will shadow Jordy Nelson all day, but with all the leg and knee issues Porter has, the weather will be an extra concern, and WR Davante Adams could be a bad

matchup for CB Cre’Von LeBlanc, still leaving WR Randall Cobb.

Concurrent with Green Bay’s three-game winning streak has been the return to reasonable health of cornerbacks Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins, and although getting Alshon Jeffery back is big, the rest of the Bears’ receiving corps obviously has had trouble hanging onto the ball in reasonable conditions.

If Rodgers’ legs are OK, we know his arm will be fine. These are the conditions we’ve been waiting for – the wind, not the cold – to test the arm talent of Bears QB Matt Barkley.

Finally, there is special teams.

Neither club’s are special, but the Packers’ punt return game has the one clear edge here.

There will be an early tipoff in this one as to the eventual winner: whichever club has more players gathered around the sideline heaters in the first half will be in big trouble.

• Hub Arkush is executive editor of Pro Football Weekly. Write to him at harkush@profootballweekly.com and follow him on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

Offensive coordinator Loggains works with what he has Injuries, recent Jeffery suspension hampering what coach’s unit can accomplish this season

By MARK POTASH

mpotash@suntimes.com Dowell Loggains still has a chance to impress us.

The former quarterbacks coach has had a challenging season in place of Adam Gase as the Bears’ offensive coordinator.

He hasn’t had a full deck to play with since Week 2. Eight starters have missed 38 games, including quarterback Jay Cutler (eight), receivers Alshon Jeffery (four), Kevin White (nine) and Eddie Royal (four), guards Kyle Long (five) and Josh Sitton (four) and tight end Zach Miller (three). Cutler, White, Long and Miller are out for the season.

The results have been – predictably – unimpressive.

And while few if any would expect the Bears to be an offensive juggernaut with the injuries they’ve had, the seasonlong inefficiency indicates they’re not taking full advantage of their strengths.

The Bears are 17th in total yards but

31st in offensive points. They’re ninth in rushing yards a attempt but 20th in rushing yards a game.

Seven times they’ve had possession with a chance to take the lead with less than six minutes to play, and they’ve come up empty all seven times.

It’s a tough spot for Loggains. He came in as kind of an accidental coordinator, the choice of convenience after Gase left to become the coach of the Dolphins and with the Bears in desperate need of some kind of continuity with Cutler.

And to a certain extent, he’s a victim of circumstance.

At full strength, the Bears’ offense had the potential to take a quantum leap with Cutler, Jeffery, White and Miller, along with the additions of three-time Pro Bowl guard Sitton and second-round draft pick Cody Whitehair.

But pretty much all Loggains has to show for it are some competent performances from backup quarterbacks Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley and the emergence of rookie running back Jor-

dan Howard.

Despite getting 12 carries through three games, Howard is ninth in the NFL in rushing yards (969) and third in yards a carry (5.0) and has scored five touchdowns. The fifth-round draft pick from Indiana is averaging 90.2 yards in 10 starts and 102.8 in his past six.

With the mitigating circumstances of injuries and Jeffery’s suspension, Loggains deserves a chance to operate at full strength in 2017.

But it would hardly be stunning if the Bears searched for an upgrade, especially with a new starter at quarterback looming next season.

Still, Loggains can take a big step toward ending that debate with a strong finish.

With Jeffery back, Barkley making his fourth consecutive start and Sitton making his second consecutive start after missing two games with an ankle injury, the offense is as good as it has been in a month or longer.

The weather almost demands that the Bears establish the run, and – as coach John Fox indicated this week –

the Bears need a big time-of-possession game from the offense to lead the defense of Aaron Rodgers.

And Loggains will get a chance to win a chess match with Dom Capers, whose defense has been ice-cold and red-hot since beating the Bears, 26-10, on Oct. 20.

The Packers allowed 36.5 points in four consecutive losses after that victory over the Bears. Since then, they’ve allowed 12 a game in three consecutive victories.

Jeffery makes it a little more of a fair fight. Loggains knows Capers will try to take Jeffery out of the game.

Loggains figures that will provide opportunities for Cam Meredith, Deonte Thompson, Josh Bellamy, tight end Daniel Brown and others.

“They’ll be a bigger part of the offense if that’s how they decide to scheme us,” Loggains said.

Therein lies the challenge for Loggains: to keep Capers off balance and give the Bears a chance. And show us how much he has learned since October.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Loyola 81, Illinois-Chicago 75, OT: At Chicago, Milton Doyle had 22 points and five steals, and Loyola rallied in the final minute to force overtime and beat crosstown rival Illinois-Chicago on Saturday.

The win is the fifth straight win for the Ramblers and their fourth in a row over the Flames.

Loyola trailed 68-65 with seven seconds left. However, after UIC’s Tai Odiase missed a pair of free throws to ice it, Donte Ingram drilled a 3 at the buzzer to DePaul 109, Chicago State 61: At Rose- send the game into overtime. mont, Eli Cain hit seven 3-pointers – one Purdue 86, Notre Dame 81: At Indianapshy of DePaul’s single-game record – and scored a career-high 31 points, Tre’Dar- olis, Caleb Swanigan scored half of his ius McCallum had his second-career 26 points in the second half to lead No. double-double and DePaul cruised to 15 Purdue past No. 21 Notre Dame on victory over Chicago State on Saturday. Saturday.

Bonzie Colson had 23 points and 10 Cain made 11 of 15 from the field and had four assists, while McCallum made rebounds, and Matt Farrell finished all three of his 3-point shots, scored a with 22 points, 10 assists and five recareer-high 18 points and tied a career bounds for Notre Dame, which has lost best with 12 rebounds. Freshman Devin two straight.

WHAT TO WATCH SUNDAY Pro football Noon: Green Bay at Bears, FOX 3:25 p.m.: New England at Denver, CBS 7:20 p.m.: Tampa Bay at Dallas, NBC Pro hockey 6 p.m.: San Jose at Blackhawks, WGN, NHLN Men’s basketball 10 a.m.: Penn St. at St. John’s, FS1 11 a.m.: Miami (Ohio) at Central Florida, ESPNU Noon: Mercer at Auburn, SEC 1 p.m.: Gardner-Webb at Nebraska, ESPNU 3 p.m.: St. Joseph’s at Illinois St., CSN+ 3 p.m.: Gonzaga vs. Tennessee, ESPN2 3 p.m.: Clemson vs. Alabama, ESPNU 5 p.m.: Texas Southern at TCU, ESPNU 6 p.m.: Northeastern at Michigan St., BTN Women’s basketball 1 p.m.: UCLA at South Carolina, ESPN2 2 p.m.: Stanford at Tennessee, SEC 4 p.m.: Virginia Tech at Auburn, SEC Skiing 7 p.m.: FIS Alpine Skiing, World Cup, Giant Slalom,

NBCSN 8:30 p.m.: FIS Alpine Skiing, World Cup, Women’s Super G, NBCSN (taped) Winter sports 1 p.m.: U.S. Snowboarding/Freeskiing Grand Prix, Men’s and Women’s Halfpipe Skiing/Snowboarding, NBC 5 p.m.: Speed skating, ISU Short Track World Cup, NBCSN (same-day tape) Soccer 12:50 a.m.: FIFA Club World Cup, third place, America (Mexico) vs. Atletico Nacional (Colombia), FS1 4:20 a.m.: FIFA Club World Cup, final, Real Madrid (Spain) vs. Kashima (Japan), FS1 7:30 a.m.: Premier League, Southampton at Bournemouth, NBCSN 8:20 a.m.: Bundesliga, Darmstadt 98 vs. Bayern Munich, FS2 10 a.m.: Premier League, Burnley at Tottenham, CNBC 10 a.m.: Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester City, NBCSN 10:30 a.m.: Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs.

Ingolstadt 04, FS2

2016 FINAL MLB PAYROLLS L.A. Dodgers N.Y. Yankees Boston Detroit Cubs San Francisco L.A. Angels

$254,937,968 $224,461,450 $200,563,162 $199,316,863 $181,914,941 $180,876,281 $173,037,550

Washington Texas St. Louis Toronto Seattle Baltimore N.Y. Mets

$155,516,130 $154,330,755 $153,738,117 $153,365,369 $153,168,772 $152,143,130 $150,121,895

Kansas City White Sox Colorado Philadelphia Atlanta Minnesota Houston

$143,380,023 $124,423,259 $109,957,896 $109,377,502 $108,815,848 $106,840,501 $103,697,860

Cleveland Pittsburgh Arizona San Diego Cincinnati Oakland Miami

$100,434,413 $99,866,170 $97,053,717 $96,990,125 $91,874,487 $87,599,724 $80,996,456

North W L T Pct PF Detroit 9 4 0 .692 295 Green Bay 7 6 0 .538 333 Minnesota 7 6 0 .538 258 Bears 3 10 0 .231 221 East W L T Pct PF x-Dallas 11 2 0 .846 340 N.Y. Giants 9 4 0 .692 255 Washington 7 5 1 .577 330 Philadelphia 5 8 0 .385 290 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 8 5 0 .615 428 Tampa Bay 8 5 0 .615 293 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 358 Carolina 5 8 0 .385 311 West W L T Pct PF y-Seattle 9 4 1 .679 298 Arizona 5 7 1 .423 299 Los Angeles 4 10 0 .286 197 San Francisco 1 12 0 .077 251 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

PA 268 312 225 290 PA 238 244 317 272 PA 345 296 351 337 PA 235 277 328 393

WEEK 15 Thursday’s Result Seattle 24, Los Angeles 3 Saturday’s Result Miami 34, N.Y. Jets 13 Sunday’s Games Green Bay at Bears, noon Philadelphia at Baltimore, noon Cleveland at Buffalo, noon Detroit at N.Y. Giants, noon Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon Tennessee at Kansas City, noon Indianapolis at Minnesota, noon Jacksonville at Houston, noon New Orleans at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.

New England at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game Carolina at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

East W L T New England 11 2 0 Miami 9 5 0 Buffalo 6 7 0 N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 North W L T Pittsburgh 8 5 0 Baltimore 7 6 0 Cincinnati 5 7 1 Cleveland 0 13 0 South W L T Houston 7 6 0 Tennessee 7 6 0 Indianapolis 6 7 0 Jacksonville 2 11 0 West W L T Kansas City 10 3 0 Oakland 10 3 0 Denver 8 5 0 San Diego 5 8 0

Pct .846 .643 .462 .286

PF 349 315 325 242

PA 230 314 301 358

Pct .615 .538 .423 .000

PF 317 279 268 207

PA 256 237 269 375

Pct .538 .538 .462 .154

PF 229 321 328 240

PA 274 306 333 338

Pct .769 .769 .615 .385

PF 302 358 296 350

PA 255 320 242 347

WEEK 16 Thursday’s Game N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 7:25 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 24 Washington at Bears, noon N.Y. Jets at New England, noon San Diego at Cleveland, noon Miami at Buffalo, noon Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon Minnesota at Green Bay, noon Tampa Bay at New Orleans, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon Indianapolis at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at Los Angeles, 3:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston,7:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25 Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.

Denver at Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 26 Detroit at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 31 20 7 4 44 96 69 Ottawa 31 17 11 3 37 76 83 Boston 32 16 13 3 35 77 79 Florida 32 14 13 5 33 77 87 Tampa Bay 31 15 14 2 32 89 88 Detroit 32 14 14 4 32 78 89 Buffalo 30 12 11 7 31 66 79 Toronto 30 12 11 7 31 85 91 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 32 20 7 5 45 109 90 N.Y. Rangers 33 22 10 1 45 110 73 Columbus 28 19 5 4 42 94 58 Washington 30 19 8 3 41 81 66 Philadelphia 33 19 11 3 41 106100 Carolina 31 13 11 7 33 82 87 New Jersey 30 12 12 6 30 72 90 N.Y. Islanders 30 11 13 6 28 79 93 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Results Blackhawks 6, St. Louis 4 Dallas 3, Philadelphia 1 Minnesota 4, Arizona 1 Montreal 2, Washington 1 Ottawa 3, New Jersey 1 Carolina 2, Buffalo 1, SO Toronto 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT Detroit 6, Anaheim 4 N.Y. Rangers 2, Nashville 1, SO Tampa Bay at Edmonton (n) Sunday’s Games San Jose at Blackhawks, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Boston, noon Colorado at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

Columbus at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Nashville at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 19 6 .760 Milwaukee 13 12 .520 Indiana 14 14 .500 Bulls 13 13 .500 Detroit 14 15 .483 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 18 8 .692 Boston 14 12 .538 New York 14 13 .519 Brooklyn 7 18 .280 Philadelphia 6 20 .231 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 15 13 .536 Atlanta 13 14 .481 Washington 11 14 .440 Orlando 12 16 .429 Miami 9 18 .333

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GB — 6 6½ 6½ 7 GB — 4 4½ 10½ 12 GB — 1½ 2½ 3 5½

Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 21 5 .808 — Houston 21 7 .750 1 Memphis 18 10 .643 4 New Orleans 9 19 .321 13 Dallas 6 20 .231 15 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 17 10 .630 — Oklahoma City 16 11 .593 1 Portland 13 15 .464 4½ Denver 11 16 .407 6 Minnesota 7 19 .269 9½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 23 4 .852 — L.A. Clippers 20 7 .741 3 Sacramento 10 16 .385 12½ L.A. Lakers 11 19 .367 13½ Phoenix 8 19 .296 15 Saturday’s Results Oklahoma City 114, Phoenix 101 Indiana 105, Detroit 90 Charlotte 107, Atlanta 99 Cleveland 119, L.A. Lakers 108 Houston 111, Minnesota 109, OT Denver 127, New York 114 Portland at Golden State (n) Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Washington, 2:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Dallas, 3 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Detroit at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Results No. 2 UCLA 86, Ohio St. 73 No. 3 Kansas 89, Davidson 71 No. 4 Baylor 82, Jackson St. 57 No. 6 Kentucky 103, No. 7 North Carolina 100 No. 18 Butler 83, No. 9 Indiana 78 No. 10 Creighton 66, Oral Roberts 65 No. 12 West Virginia 112, UMKC 67 No. 11 Louisville 87, Eastern Kentucky 56 No. 13 Virginia 79, Robert Morris 39 No. 15 Purdue 86, No. 21 Notre Dame 81 No. 16 South Carolina 77, South Florida 66 No. 17 Xavier 69, Wake Forest 65 No. 19 Arizona 67, Texas A&M 63 No. 22 Oregon vs. UNLV at the Moda Center, Portland, Ore. (n) No. 23 Florida St. 83, Manhattan 67 No. 24 Southern Cal vs. Troy (n) No. 25 Cincinnati 119, Fairleigh Dickinson 68 Sunday’s Game No. 8 Gonzaga vs. Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn., 3 p.m.

Monday’s Games No. 5 Duke vs. Tennessee St., 6 p.m.

No. 9 Indiana vs. Delaware St., 7 p.m.

No. 15 Purdue vs. Western Illinois, 5 p.m.

No. 21 Notre Dame vs. Colgate, 6 p.m.

No. 23 Florida St. vs. Samford, 1 p.m.

No. 24 Southern Cal vs. Cornell, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE

(Through Dec. 26) SATURDAY Celebration Bowl At Atlanta Grambling St. 10, NC Central 9 New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque New Mexico 23, UTSA 20 Las Vegas Bowl San Diego St. 34, Houston 10 Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Appalachian St. 31, Toledo 28 Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. Arkansas St. 31, UCF 13 New Orleans Bowl S. Mississippi (6-6) vs. LouisianaLafayette (6-6) (n) MONDAY Miami Beach Bowl Tulsa (9-3) vs. Central Michigan (6-6), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) TUESDAY Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Memphis (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (10-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) WEDNESDAY Poinsettia Bowl San Diego BYU (8-4) vs. Wyoming (8-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) THURSDAY Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Idaho (8-4) vs. Colorado St. (7-5), 6 p.m. (ESPN) FRIDAY Bahamas Bowl Nassau Eastern Michigan (7-5) vs. Old Dominion (9-3), noon (ESPN) Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Navy (9-3) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dollar General Bowl Mobile, Ala. Ohio (8-5) vs. Troy (9-3), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) SATURDAY, DEC. 24 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Hawaii (67), 7 p.m. (ESPN) MONDAY, DEC. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Mississippi State (5-7) vs. Miami (Ohio) (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Boston College (6-6) vs. Maryland (66), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. NC State (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

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CHICAGO – Sanjay Lumpkin had 14 points and 14 rebounds, Bryant McIntosh had 13 points, and Northwestern survived a dismal second half for a 67-64 victory over Dayton on Saturday night.

Scottie Lindsey and Nathan Taphorn added 11 points apiece as Northwestern (9-2) won its sixth straight.

Scoochie Smith had 18 points, and Charles Cooke added 12 for Dayton (7-3), which had its five-game winning streak snapped.

Northwestern, which led by as many as 24, took charge early and appeared headed for a laugher. The Wildcats raced to an 11-0 lead less than four minutes into the game as Dayton missed its first eight shots.

The Flyers began the second half by making their first three shots and cut the deficit to 59-55 with 1:28 left on a 3-pointer by Smith. Northwestern had missed 10 straight field goals before McIntosh hit an 18-footer to make it 6155 with a minute to play.

Gage, who came in with four assists this season, had seven and nine points.

It was DePaul’s highest scoring output since beating Chicago State, 114-81, on Nov. 14, 2010.

Chicago State (3-8) took its only lead on Joshua Batson’s jumper 11 seconds in. Cain answered with a 3-pointer, the first of four during a 22-0 run, and DePaul (6-4) led, 60-22, at halftime.

The Blue Demons made 38 of 57 (66.7 percent) from the field, including 13 of 20 from 3-point range.

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Helping the helper

Community supports firefighter Jeff Otte and his seven children during his son’s cancer battle

By DENISE M. BARAN–UNLAND dunland@shawmedia.com

SHOREWOOD – Many parents know this scenario: a child bumps his head, a lump appears.

In the case of 9-year-old Brandon Otte of Shorewood, the lump didn’t disappear. A CT scan revealed an abnormality, so Brandon was sent to a neurologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

The neurologist diagnosed a tumor above Brandon’s left eye.

“I was shocked,” said Jeff Otte, Brandon’s father and a lieutenant/ paramedic at the Frankfort Fire Department. “I was not expecting that.”

Brandon, the oldest of Jeff’s seven children, has Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). This is a rare cancer that causes an excess of white blood cells to accumulate in the body and form tumors, also known as lesions, Jeff said.

The lump had appeared in December 2015. Surgery to remove the lesion was scheduled for the end of January 2016, Jeff said. Since shortly before the surgery, Jeff has been caring for all seven children under age 10 on his own.

The children are Brandon, 9; Julie, 7; Natalie, 6; Emilie, 4; Callie, 3; and Noah, who has autism and is nonverbal, 2; and Benjamin, 16 months. Jeff said he doesn’t have much extended family except for his sister, Cindy McDorman of Galesburg, who was happy to help out.

McDorman herself is no stranger to health challenges. She’s had two surgeries to remove aneurysms above her optic nerve – the first when she was 21 years old and two months pregnant and the second seven years ago.

“When Brandon found out he had to have surgery, he said, ‘Aunt Cindy, you’ve already had brain surgery,’” McDorman said. ‘“Will you come hold my hand?’”

After surgery, Brandon began 52 weeks of chemotherapy, which he will complete in early 2017, Jeff said. In April, the family faced another health scare. Cindy was diagnosed with a rare breast cancer, Paget disease. In May, she had a double mastectomy.

But Cindy is now in remission and staying at the Otte home about one

Jeff Otte of Shorewood poses with his children (from left): Emilie, Callie, Brandon, Benjamin, Noah, Julie and Natalie.

Know more n To donate to Jeff Otte and his family, visit www.gofundme.com/GoForwardOtteKids. n To follow Brandon Otte’s story. visit BrandonStrong1011 on Facebook week each month, she said. Jeff’s ability to manage impresses her, as does Brandon’s fortitude.

“I’ve never seen the strength Brandon has to fight all this stuff,” McDorman said.

Community support, outreach

Jeff said various groups have arranged Christmas presents and various holiday activities to keep the season festive for the children. On Dec. 26, the family leaves for Disneyland in California, courtesy of the Make a Wish Foundation, Jeff said.

Despite the cancer, Brandon’s spirits are great and his prognosis is good, Jeff said.

“He’s strong; he’s a fighter,” Jeff said. “The only times he’s missed

school were chemo days and a couple times he was sick and we just had to keep him home. Four days after surgery he was back in school. He wanted to go back.”

Jeff listed the rest of his support system: neighbors, staff at Troy School District 30-C, the Joliet Park District (where some of his children attend after-school activities) and even The Village Christian Church in Minooka – which Jeff said he and his family joined in September.

Nick Sandeno, The Village’s life groups pastor, said several of the families have befriended the Ottes and have provided meals and childcare.

Sandeno said church members are brainstorming other ways they can help in the short and long term.

Sandeno was especially admiring of Jeff’s ability to navigate this challenging time in his family’s life.

“He’s remarkably patient and kind,” Sandeno said. “He faces more than anyone I know.”

In August, Jeff created a Go Fund Me page with a goal of $10,000. As of Thursday, the amount was raised was

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just $3,395.

Jeff said his main financial need is not money for medical bills – he has phenomenal insurance, Jeff said – but to pay his full-time and part-time nannies, so Jeff can continue working his job and keep the insurance for his kids.

A firefighter since 1998 in Crestwood, Jeff came to Frankfort in 2005.

During that time, Jeff taught a cadet program for youth age 16 to 21 and returned to school to get his bachelor’s degree in fire management, taking classes at Joliet Junior College through a program at Southern Illinois University, Jeff said.

“I had to stop last December when this happened,” Jeff said, referring to Brandon’s cancer. “I will go back and finish.”

Jeff said his father, a former volunteer firefighter, inspired his career choice, as he did his love for teaching and interacting with the public. Sometimes Jeff brings Brandon to the firehouse to visit, since Brandon wants to be a firefighter, too, one day.

“That makes me happy.” Jeff said.

GOTTA DO IT

Rotary donates dictionaries to school

Dec. 21 • Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3:30 p.m., Plainfield Public Library, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Visit www.jobs4people.org.

• ESL Conversation Group – 3 p.m., White Oak Library District, Crest Hill Branch, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill. Call 815-5524185 or visit whiteoaklibrary.org.

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B.J. Ward Elementary School third-grader Alejandra Solis Olivo just loves the dictionary she recently received from members of the Bolingbrook Rotary Club.

• Toys for Tots collection site – RE/MAX Ultimate Professionals, 576 Brook Forest Ave., Shorewood.

Dec. 18 • Breakfast With Santa – 8 to 11 a.m., Knights of Columbus #382, 100 S. Infantry Drive, Joliet. $8 (adults) and $5 (ages 6 to 12). Age 5 and under eat free. For information, call 815-725-0762.

• Pancake Breakfast – 8 to 11:30 a.m., St. Anne Church, 1800 Dearborn St., Crest Hill. $7 (adults) and $4 (children). Age 3 and younger are free.

• Christmas Walk – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Our Lady of Angels, 1201 Wyoming Ave., Joliet.

Tour building to view new Christmas decorations. Hot chocolate. For information, call 815-725-6631.

Dec. 19 • St. Patrick’s Food Pantry – 9 to 11:30 a.m., 710 W. Marion St., Joliet. For those living in the 60436 ZIP code. For information, call the St. Patrick parish office at 815-7274746.

• Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m., Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. Visit jobs4people.org.

• Conversational ESL – 10 a.m., Fountaindale Public Library District, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. Call 630-759-2102 or visit fountaindale.org.

• English as a Second Language Grammar Club – 10 a.m., Plainfield Public Library, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Call 815-263-

8145 or email thess@plainfieldpubliclibrary. org.

• Microsoft Word – 1:30 p.m., also 10:30 a.m. Dec. 22, Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. How to use Microsoft Word in job searches. RSVP at 815-723-3885 and press 0, or email chellis@ willcountyillinois.com.

• After School Program – 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Boys and Girls Club, 226 E. Clinton St., Joliet. Ages 6 to 18. For rates and information, call 815-723-3434.

• Exam Cram – 4 to 8 p.m.; also Dec. 20, Crest Hill Branch Library, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill; Lockport Branch Library, 121 E. 8th St., Lockport; and Romeoville Branch Library, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville. Tutors and computers provided.

For more information, call 815-552-4260 or visit www.whiteoaklibrary.org.

• C.A.R.E. Meeting – 6 p.m. Citizens Against Ruining the Environment international potluck meeting. Call for directions. Call Ellen at 815-834-1611 or Mary at 708-2046924.

Dec. 20

• Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., Wilmington Public Library District, 201 S. Kankakee St., Wilmington.

• English as a Second Language Conversation Club – 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Call 815-263-8145 or email thess@plainfieldpubliclibrary.org.

Dec. 23 • Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon, Frankfort Public Library District, 21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort.

• Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Mokena Public Library, 11327 W. 195th St., Mokena.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Knights of Columbus Council 4400, 1813 E. Cass St., Joliet. Fish, chicken and shrimp. Carryout.

Call 815-723-3827.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Stone City VFW Post 2199, 124 Stone City Drive, Joliet.

Dining room opens 4 p.m. Carryouts available. Call 815-722-7122.

• Bingo – Doors open 4 p.m. Cards begin 6 p.m., St. Mary Nativity School, 702 N. Broadway St., Joliet.

• Fish Fry/Karaoke – Fish fry is 4 to 8 p.m.

Karaoke is 8 p.m. to midnight, Cantigny VFW Post 367, 826 Horseshoe Drive, Joliet. Call 815-722-5398.

• Fish Fry – 5 p.m., Harry E. Anderson VFW Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory Road, New Lenox.

Karaoke begins at 8:30 p.m. Call 815-4858369 or visit vfwpost9545.org.

• Successful Interviewing – 9 a.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. May schedule individual, digitally recorded mock interview. One hour.

Free. RSVP at 815-723-3885 and press 0 or chellis@willcountyillinois.com.

• Electronics Recycling – 6 to 11 a.m.; also Dec. 24 Dec. 23, Lockport Public Works, 17112 Prime Blvd., Lockport. For information, visit www.

• Fish Fry – 4 to 8 p.m., Knights of Columwillcountygreen.com. bus Council 4400, 1813 E. Cass St., Joliet.

• Bingo – 5 p.m., Harry E. Anderson VFW Carryout. Call 815-723-3827.

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• 24th Annual Christmas Drive – For needy District 202-area families. Make monetary donations payable to PTSO Needy Family Drive. Mail to Plainfield High School-Central Campus, Attn. Audrey Stein, 24120 W. Fort Beggs Drive, Plainfield, IL 60544. To adopt a family, contact Linda Hanley at 815-439-2670 or hanfam7@gmail.com or Stein at 815-4363200 or astein@psd202.org.

• Christmas for Tots Drive – Accepting monetary donations or donations of new toys, clothing and food through Dec. 19. The Peter Claver Center at 172 S. Chicago St. in Joliet has offered this program for over 60 years. Last year, it distributed $17,000 worth of toys to children in need. For more information, call 815-722-9121.

• Holiday Diaper Drive – Through Dec. 22, Office of state Rep. Margo McDermed, R-Mokena, 11032 W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort; New Lenox Village Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway, New Lenox; Frankfort Township Offices at 11000 W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort. Diapers, baby wipes, diaper rash cream.

• Holiday Lights Drop-Off – Through Jan. 31, lobbies of the County Office Building, 302 N Chicago St., Joliet; Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County, 421 Doris Ave., Joliet; and the Land Use Department, 58 E Clinton St., Joliet.

Dispose of unwanted, burned out or horribly twisted string holiday lights. For more information, visit www.willcountygreen.com.

• Kids Helping Kids program – Donate new, unwrapped toys in the bin near the exit door at Blain’s Farm and Fleet, 451 S. Weber Road, Romeoville. Blain’s will match up to $200,000 in toys across the communities that Blain’s stores serve.

• Operation Care Package – Drop off donations from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Senior Services of Will County, 251 N. Center St., Joliet. For a list of items for the troops, visit www.operationcarepackage.org.

• Rescue Pet Christmas Tree – Pine Bluff Animal Hospital, 7995 E. Pine Bluff Road, Morris. Pick a pet off the tree and buy it a gift and an item for the shelter. Due Dec. 19. Benefits Wags to Wishes Animal Rescue and Just Animals. For information, call 815-942-5365.

• St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 307 N. Chicago St., Joliet; and 9 to 8 p.m., 1820 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. Monday is 50 percent off day. Seniors receive 20 percent off on Thursdays. For more information, call 815-722-1140 (Chicago Street) or 815-729-4585 (Jefferson Street).

• The Giving Tree – Through Dec. 23, Dunkin Donuts, 11212 E. Lincoln Highway, Mokena. Take a tag and help an area individual.

Bring wrapped gift back to Dunkin Donuts.

Attach tag to gift. Benefits FISH of New Lenox/Manhattan.

• Toy Drive Drop Site – Menards: 290 N. Bolingbrook Drive, Bolingbrook; 17441 Weber Road, Crest Hill; 3956 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen; 2524 W. Jefferson St., Joliet; 500 Menard Drive, Morris; 13441 S. Route 59, Plainfield.

Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory Road, New Lenox.

Call 815-485-8369 or visit vfwpost9545.org.

• Electronics Recycling – 5 to 7 p.m., Romeoville Public Works, 615 Anderson Drive, Romeoville. For information, visit www. willcountygreen.com.

• Bingo – 6:45 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 100 S. Infantry Drive, Joliet. Call 815-7250746.

• Midwest Crossroad Chorus of Sweet Adelines International – 7 p.m., Trinity Christian School, 901 Shorewood Drive, Shorewood. Call 866-588-7464 or visit midwestcrossroad.org.

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JOLIET – Congratulations to the following Farragut Elementary students who were recognized at the September Joliet Public Schools District These students were named Stu86 Board of School Inspectors meeting: dents of the Month for September:

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Samantha Manering, Jocelyn Rodriguez-Hernandez, Robert Gutierrez, Nathaniel Schultz, and Lauryn Luangsomkham.

Joliet Central students honored for 2016 Voice of Democracy speeches The HERALD–NEWS JOLIET – Joliet Central High School sophomores Jocelyn Rodriguez-Hernandez, Lauryn Luangsomkham, and Nathaniel Schultz were recently awarded VFW’s Voice of Democracy educational awards through their participation in the Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition.

More than 40,000 high school students from across the country enter to win a share of the $2 million in educational scholarships and incentives awarded through the VFW. Rodriguez-Hernandez was awarded first place with a prize of $100. Luangsomkham was awarded second place

with a $50 prize, and Schultz took third, receiving $25. Joliet Central Class of 1949 alumnus Robert Gutierrez of Post 21299 Stone City Joliet presented the award to the recipients.

Contest guidelines required that each speech be 3 to 5 minutes in length based upon the theme, “My Responsibility to America.”

English teacher Samantha Manering assisted the students in proofreading, editing and recording their speeches.

The VFW established the Voice of Democracy program in 1947 to provide students grades 9 to 12 the opportunity to express themselves in regard to democratic ideas and principles.

USF director of freshman admissions receives award at national conference

JOLIET – University of St. Francis Director of Freshman Admissions, Eric Ruiz, recently attended the National Association of College Admission Counseling national conference where he received the “Rising Star Award” for his efforts with the recruitment and counseling of undocumented students.

USF was also recog- Eric Ruiz nized at the conference for its efforts in supporting undocumented students and hosting the “Illinois Sharing the Dream Conference” two years in a row.

The Dreamers Conference, hosted by St. Francis, welcomes over 400 admission and high school guidance counselors from Illinois and the Mid-

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west. A variety of topics are discussed by professionals from surrounding educational institutions including advocating for undocumented students, legal and immigration policies and panels for two- and four-year institutions.

The Rising Star Award honors individuals and programs that exemplify excellence and dedication to serving the needs of students in transition from high school to college.

Ruiz has traveled throughout Illinois and several locations across the country to educate counselors on measures to help undocumented student.

He has also conducted national webinars and spoken at other conferences on the same topic.

For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit stfrancis.edu.

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Talk to physician before glucosamine Elizabeth Ko and Eve Glazier erated when taken in suggested doses over a two-year period of time. Although infrequent, reported side effects are headache, indigestion, heartburn and constipation. Since glucosamine is made from shellfish, including shrimp and crab, individuals with shellfish allergies or who are sensitive to iodine are warned to avoid it.

It’s also an excellent idea to follow recommendations put forth by the American College of Rheumatology. Their panel of experts – primary care physicians, rheumatologists, geriatricians, surgeons, physical therapists and other health care professionals – suggests: • Exercise: Thanks to increased muscle strength and toning, individuals with arthritis who exercise regularly have more energy, report less pain, sleep better and are better able to carry out daily tasks.

• Lose weight: Every extra pound you carry puts stress on your knees, hips and spine.

• Medication: Check with your primary care physician whether oral or topical pain relievers might be helpful. Acetaminophen is a common first treatment for osteoarthritis.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, also known as NSAIDs, also can help with pain and swelling.

Make your primary care physician your partner. Whether it’s giving your daughter’s idea about glucosamine a try or following through with the American College of Rheumatology’s recommendations, your doctor is there to help, encourage and guide you.

• Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and primary care physician at UCLA Health.

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Dear Doctor: I love to go for long walks and lately have noticed I’m developing pain in my hip joints. I think that’s just part of aging, but my daughter is urging me to try a glucosamine supplement. Can this really be helpful?

Dear Reader: Glucosamine is a compound that naturally is produced within your body.

It plays a key role in building and maintaining healthy cartilage, the connective tissue between your joints. Tough and flexible, cartilage provides a smooth, lubricated surface over which bones easily can move and glide without friction or pain.

But cartilage has a limited ability to repair itself. When it is damaged, or when it wears away over time as we age, the resulting joint pain and stiffness can turn even the simplest tasks into an ordeal. Loss of cartilage, which leads to degeneration of the underlying bone, is what makes osteoarthritis so painful.

The use of glucosamine, a supplement sold in capsule and tablet form, became popular in the 1990s after several best-selling books touted it as a hedge against osteoarthritis.

Several studies had suggested glucosamine has anti-inflammatory properties and might even aid in the regeneration of cartilage. Sales of the dietary supplement spiked.

However, subsequent research has offered conflicting medical data about the benefits of glucosamine. In the largest study thus far, which looked at more than 1,500 adults with osteoarthritis of the knee, glucosamine proved to be no more effective than a placebo. Only the participants who were given acetaminophen for pain reported ongoing relief.

In several other studies, meanwhile, participants with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip who took glucosamine reported reduced pain and swelling, as well as increased range of motion. Little wonder the glucosamine debate is lively and occasionally contentious.

If you do decide to give glucosamine a try, the National Institutes of Health report that glucosamine appears to be safe and well tol-

CROSSWORD

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Dear Abby: I’m 57 and have been married for 25 years. My husband has retired and is ready for me to do the same.

I enjoy my work, and I am delaying my retirement because he wants to move to another state.

Abby, all I can think about is how I will be forced to start all over with a new church, new doctors, new friends, etc. That’s incredibly stressful for me, and I don’t want to do it. It takes me a while to warm up to people, and I don’t do it easily. To me, it would not be an exciting adventure.

I have told him I don’t want to do this and why. He responds if I want to visit my friends I always can “hop on a plane.” He said he’s tired of the cold and wants to move. All I can think about is having to sell our home, buy another one, learn a new area, make friends, find a new church. I have all of that

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DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips here. Maybe he should be a snowbird? –

Don’t Want To Start Anew Dear Don’t Want: If you and your hus-

band can afford two places, perhaps you should both be snowbirds. It couldn’t hurt to rent a place for a few months to see what life would be like in a new community. That’s what I recommend to readers who contemplate making a drastic change – such as relocation – in their lives. If you do that, you might find the “natives” are friendly and the community is congenial. However, if that’s not the case, it could help you to avoid making a costly mistake.

Dear Abby: My daughter has been

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divorced less than a year and is dating again. (She’s the one who left the marriage.) However, she keeps many pictures of her ex-husband on her Facebook page. She says he was a big part of her life, and she refuses to take them down. She thinks if a guy can’t accept it, then he isn’t the right guy. Do you agree that she’s sending the wrong message? –

Take The Photos Down Dear Take: Personally, I do. A picture

is worth a thousand words, and what it shows those who see hers is she hasn’t emotionally let go of her ex-husband.

However, if men date her after looking at her Facebook page and seeing his pictures posted there, it’s working for her, and I can’t offer a criticism. Because you can’t stop her, I suggest you accept it.

Dear Abby: It’s that time of year when you print your gift ideas for seniors col-

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umn. When my dad was alive, he, like many others, was on a fixed income.

Among his pleasures was watching ballgames and keeping up with current events. So I contacted his cable company and arranged to pay his cable bill for a period of time as a gift. This can be arranged for any increment of time to match the gifter’s budget – from one month to a year. It allowed Dad to enjoy his TV and have some extra spending money that otherwise would have gone to paying the cable bill. – Rosemary In

Pennsylvania Dear Rosemary: You are a good daugh-

ter. Thanks for sharing your idea. It’s a thoughtful one, and I’m sure my readers will thank you for the suggestion.

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

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Wife resists husband’s dream of retiring to warmer climates

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Look for legal, contractual, financial or medical opportunities to improve your life. Change should be welcome, and being proactive will ensure that you reach whatever goal you set. This is a year to prosper and to move into the future with optimism. Romance is highlighted.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Lady Luck is in your corner. Look at your options and put your strategy to work. Settlements, investments and finances will take a positive turn.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You need to put more time, effort and energy into clearing up unfinished business. Taking care of matters that can

have implications for your tax returns or a pending deal are imperative.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You should ask for favors, offer support to an organization you care about or take the initiative to reconnect with old friends. Reunions will lead to future plans.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Emotional distress may land you in hot water if you neglected someone who was expecting to receive more attention from you. Don’t waste time when you should be doing something special for the one you love.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Be observant and speak out about anything you feel is being misjudged or misused. The way you handle others will have an impact on the way things turn out.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Travel plans, social-

izing with peers or expressing your feelings to the people you care about most are all favored.

Observe and respond based on how others treat you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Honesty will help you avoid emotional discord. If you want to make changes at home, offer suggestions and involve everyone who will be affected by the changes you make.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Discuss plans and book all your arrangements for the holidays. Try something new or take a different approach to how you spend your time and money.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Check your bank balance before you spend too much. Confusion about what you can afford is apparent. You can’t buy love, but

offering affection will encourage it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You’ll have difficulty discovering the truth when dealing with emotional matters. Observation will be in your best interest, along with questioning those who can offer you insight into your situation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Get involved in a cause geared to helping less-fortunate people. The time spent will be enlightening as well as rewarding in terms of the people you encounter and the friends you make.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Frustration, anxiety and disputes will surface if you are too pushy or you allow someone to take advantage of you. Stay focused on what’s important to you. Strive to be positive.

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Villa home at Fox Run offers high-end lifestyle as downtown Plainfield, the Interstate 55/80 interchange, Lake Renwick Preserve and Wedgewood golf course.

Address: 16536 Fox Run Circle, Plainfield Size: 1,755 square feet, with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths Room Sizes: Living room, 15-by14 feet; dining room, 12-by-12; kitchen, 15-by-14; den, 12-by-10; sun room, 9-by-7; mud room, 14-by-7; laundry room, 9-by-8; master bedroom, 15-by-13, second bedroom, 11-by-11 Price: $264,000 Directions: Take Route 59 north of Caton Farm Road to Dayfield Drive, east to Fox Run Circle Tour: By appointment Realtor: Susie Scheuber, of RE/ MAX Ultimate Professionals, at (815) 263-5988, or via email to sscheuber@hotmail.com. Visit www.susiescheuber.com.

3052 Jeffrey Drive, Joliet Edgew ood Estates

Great floor plan and location on this 3 bed, 3 bath home.

Sits on 4/10 acre and is just minutes from park district facility, library and forest preserve. Open concept with vaulted ceilings in LR and DR, floor-to-ceiling windows, open staircase and 2nd floor landing. Kitchen has sliding doors to Florida room with access to back patio. Large master suite. Finished basement. Oversized garage with room for 3 cars. Offered at $242,500 Thomas Mulvey, Managing Broker, 730-1900 x22 MLS # 09404906

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This gorgeous two-bedroom, two-bath waterfront home covers both ends of the market: homebuyers wanting to downsize, and those buying their first home.

In any segment of the market, however, this home will satisfy those who want the best, with such features as 9-foot ceilings, high-end wood laminate flooring, custom blinds, and other classy design cues throughout.

For example, a screened sunroom with stone flooring is located off the master bedroom, opening onto a fenced paver-brick patio with gated archway to the yard. Patio and sunroom overlook a community lake with fountain.

Large windows overlook the patio from the dining area, which features an art niche/alcove, and offers both wide-open access directly to the kitchen and French doors to a home office/den.

The kitchen offers such amenities as stainless steel appliances, Merrillat cabinetry, granite countertops, glass tile backsplash, work island/ breakfast bar, and pantry closet.

There are special features throughout, such as a double sink and separate shower in the master bath, fireplace with gas log starter in the living room, ceramic/porcelain tile floor in the main-floor laundry room, a convenient mudroom, and the utility and space of a 2½-car garage.

The home is located in Plainfield at the Villas at Fox Run, which offers a clubhouse with exercise facility, heated outdoor swimming pool and walking paths, as well as exterior maintenance with snow shoveling and lawn mowing.

It also is close to the Route 59 commercial corridor, and is convenient to such amenities

Dow Realty, Inc. DowCompanies.com

815-730-1900 1300 W. Jefferson St. Joliet, IL 60435

Thomas Mulvey

CRB, CRS, GRI

Managing Broker

Jane Hopkins

GRI, ABR, SFR

Broker

Timothy Brophy Broker

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To All My Clients Past, Present & Future …

I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and your New Year is filled with happiness!

202 N. Hammes Ave…For Sale or Lease - Conveniently located near Presence St. Joseph Medical Center. Professional/doctor’s office in Touchstone Professional Office Condominium Association. Approximately 3300 sq ft with 4 exam rooms, 15x16 waiting room, laundry room with washer and dryer, 16x12 X-Ray room with film room, 11x16 cast room, 14x26 therapy room, 13x12 manager’s office, 14x20 main office, 2 other offices, 17x11 kitchen area with refrigerator, 2 bathrooms (one is handicap accessible), 2 Furnaces and A/C units. Furniture in the building is also available for sale. NOW $495,000!

Contact Jayne for further details at 815-405-1738.

Karen Robertson, Broker

Realtor®, BPOR, e-PRO, GRI, SRS, SRES 815.482.8734 karen@makeamove.us www.makeamove.us

Real Estate … Real Easy!

JAYNE SINCHAK

(815) 405-1738 www.jaynesellshomes.net

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3033 W. JEFFERSON ST. STE. 101, JOLIET • WWW.REMAXREALTYOFJOLIET.COM • (815) 741-3100 1906 VERMETTE CIRCLE, PLAINFIELD - $219,900.

6402 VALLEY RIDGE DR, PLAINFIELD - 180,000 This home has the space you have been looking for. Walk into the living room that offers great natural light. The perfect-sized and is open to the family room. Upstairs you will find a loft (great extra living space/office) and 4 bedrooms. The basement is partially finished and has an additional bathroom. The yard is fenced.Go to hudhomestore.com for information and education Call Burneva McCullum for help or questions 779-279-4711

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This unit is impeccably kept and ready for new owner. Many updates and upgrades such as flooring, appliances, fireplace and more. Very inviting open floor plan welcomes you in this unit with generous room sizes. Lower level has windows and could be used for office, bedroom, or rec room. New roof on entire building! All upgraded appliances stay, 2 Full baths! Plainfield school district!!! Steps away from 55 as well as major streets, dining, shopping and the mall. This is a must see!!!

DON BUDZYN 815-546-8901 4154 177TH PLACE , COUNTRY CLUB HILLS Lovely tri-level w/4 bedrooms and 3 baths. Large fenced in back yard with 25 x 25 basketball court and 20 x 20 deck. Ceiling fans throughout, brick and cedar exterior, 2 car attached garage and cul de sac location. Close to I57, schools and shopping. Bank owned property, “spld as is” with no guarantees. Offers must be prequalified. Call Marc Freeman 9815-671-2545) or email frango2545@comcast.net.

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1259 ELIZABETH ST. WEST JOLIET - $104,900 Charming two-story home with a walkout basement and two car garage. Take a look through the photos and you will see this home was rehabbed not long ago. Newer vinyl windows, updated kitchen cabinets/ counter tops, cherry wood laminate floors, updated bath with mosaic tile, large wood deck for entertaining, and more. Just a few finishing touches needed. This is a Fannie Mae HomePath property. www.HomePath.com | www.BehrensRealtyGroup.com

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You will not be disappointed with this find! Open the front door to wood floors & bright open floor plan. The separate dining area & living room are a great extra space for entertaining. The kitchen has plenty of cabinet space, an island, & is open to the carpeted family room with a fireplace. The utility room is on the main floor.

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BOLINGBROOK

$138,000, 358 Magnolia Ct, Bolingbrook 60440-3813, 02-15-108-033-1006, Agron Hasko to Melissa Roe, October 31 $360,000, 1894 Moraine Rd, Bolingbrook 60490-5602, 01-24-203-036-0000, Jeff P Derose to Matthew Finney & Candace M Finney, October 27 $247,000, 284 Berkeley Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-6122, 02-09-302-008-0000, Vijayender R Nandyala to Moiduddin Muhammad, October 6 $256,000, 247 Laurie Cir, Bolingbrook 60440-2588, 02-12-314-059-0000, Openchowski Trust to Charles Nutall & Darlene Green, October 24 $239,000, 149 Wethersfield Ln, Bolingbrook 60440-3074, 02-14-110-009-0000, Mohammad Waseem to Timothy Stevens & Arriane May Stevens, October 7 $152,101, 321 Whispering Ct, Bolingbrook 60440-3808, 02-15-107-085-1001, Ivan Stanila to Majid Ali, November 1 $106,500, 593 Sundance Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-1764, 02-09-211-001-0000, Peggy A Rice to Brian T Mcniel & Christine J Mcniel, July 7 $215,000, 144 Lilac St, Bolingbrook 604902021, 02-18-118-005-0000, Donna J Midlowski to Catherine M Bolin, October 24 $122,000, 344 Lakeview Cir, Bolingbrook 60440-1924, 02-10-201-092-0000, PNC Bank NA to Keith Mrozinski, November 4 $243,000, 177 Willow Bnd, Bolingbrook 60490-6563, 01-13-102-009-0000, Horace J Duplain Jr to Chung Zin Liu & Michelle L Koong, October 5 $150,000, 141 Enclave Cir A, Bolingbrook 60440-7839, 02-11-314-027-1001, Antonio Chavez to Traudio Perico & Mary Ann Perico, October 24 $189,500, 135 Wedgewood Way, Bolingbrook 60440-2012, 02-11-102-009-0000, Elizabeth Wright to Henryk Grabowski & Lainie M Grabowski, October 28 $244,000, 420 Langford Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-1215, 02-02-204-021-0000, Henry J Kure to Rachel Smith, October 1 $250,000, 124 N Cranberry St, Bolingbrook 60490-2034, 02-18-119-003-0000, John Erbech to Abelardo Diaz & Susan Diaz, August 18 $212,000, 440 Pheasant Chase Dr, Bolingbrook 60490-4509, 02-18-406-0040000, Robert G Paluch to Robert G Paluch & Kathleen A Paluch, October 31 $172,500, 105 Stoneham Ct, Bolingbrook 60440-2414, 02-11-406-027-0000, Carol Ann Schrader to Shanel Peterson, August 26 $132,000, 467 Independence Ln, Bolingbrook 60440-2156, 02-11-202-045-0000, HUD to Nick Surges, October 20 $215,000, 108 Thackeray Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-1514, 02-17-101-005-0000, Invesco Homes Inc to Babak Kavehpisheh & Saghar

Kamalitbabadi, October 20 $100,000, 449 Mallview Ln, Bolingbrook 60440-2974, 02-14-104-042-0000, Fzkhan Corporation to Bethzaida Mercado & Ashley Rolon, October 21 $143,000, 228 Janes Ave, Bolingbrook 60440-2549, 02-12-405-008-0000, Karamjit Singh to Jorge Cruz Salinas, November 3 $85,000, 112 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook 60440-2814, 02-10-401-034-0000, Mukund Thakkar to Alfredo Ramirez Sanchez, September 27 $278,500, 233 Saint Andrews Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-1138, 02-02-103-009-0000, Richard I Farnsworth to Kevin Kennedy, July 22 $118,000, 220 N Lancaster Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-1808, 02-10-315-024-0000, Lewis Trust to Shiya Zhao, September 30 $175,000, 540 Pinebrook Dr, Bolingbrook 60490-3121, 02-19-213-020-0000, Kulbir Singh to Luxay Chaikouang & Ratanaseng Chaikouang, August 5

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$145,000, 197 E Cermak Rd, Braidwood 60408-1372, 24-08-200-024-0000, Patricia A Mitchell to Edward A Gad & J Gad, November 3 $166,000, 215 S Countryside Ct, Braidwood 60408-1827, 24-07-312-023-0000, Soucie Properties Inc to Edward L Koenig III, October 1 $73,000, 487 N School St, Braidwood 60408-1527, 24-08-106-020-0000, Carolyn J Royston to Jody Peacock & Haley Peacock, November 4 $139,900, 434 S Washington St, Braidwood 60408-2102, 24-17-100-030-0000, Thelma J Stewart to John Reynolds & Elizabeth Reynolds, October 4

31 $60,000, 2291 Bicentennial Ave 1, Crest Hill 60403-8319, 07-06-151-002-1001, Scott T Laken to Ruben Belarmino, October 4 $142,000, 2455 Red Oak Trl, Crest Hill 60403-3199, 06-01-205-041-0000, Delbert L Bowers to Adam T Stewart, November 2 $275,000, 16401 Silver Moon Lake Way, Crest Hill 60403-0778, 04-19-401-036-0000, Mrnka Trust to Mary Anne Doherty & William D Doherty, August 24 $218,000, 1938 Cara Dr, Crest Hill 604030816, 04-31-329-003-0000, Zelenka Trust to Artemio Leon & Elia Leon, October 20 $55,100, 1712 N Center St, Crest Hill 604032512, 04-33-406-006-0000, Bank of New York Mellon Trustee to Esequiel Medina, October 21 $184,000, 1607 Highland Ave, Crest Hill 60403-2421, 04-33-328-019-0000, Chris Delehanty to Raymond E Swan Iv, October 28 $149,900, 1314 Harvest Dr, Crest Hill 60403-0956, 04-32-103-087-0000, Jayme Parker to Kenya Edwards, October 20 $101,500, 2025 Susanna Way, Crest Hill 60403-0841, 04-31-329-025-1001, Mcnamara Trust to Daniel P Proctor, October 25

ELWOOD

$458,540, 15640 Jeanne Ln, Homer Glen 60491-7963, 05-15-302-009-0000, First Bank of Manhattan Trustee to Stanislaw W Maka & Maria Maka, October 25 $255,000, 14442 S Pheasant Ln, Homer Glen 60491-9288, 05-12-102-011-0000, Arenida Masiulioniene to Dorota T Dolezal, October 7 $420,000, 14537 Renmore Rd, Homer Glen 60491-9412, 05-09-407-003-0000, Barry Littmann to Christopher J Dials & Kathleen M Dials, November 3 $350,000, 13411 W Little Creek Dr, Homer Glen 60491-8685, 05-02-303-010-0000, Kall Trust to Kristen S Brooks, November 1 $416,500, 14636 Park Pl, Homer Glen 60491-5608, 05-21-211-013-0000, Tri K Development Inc to Jeremy J Netzer & Lesley E Netzer, October 26 $469,000, 15218 S Ginger Ln, Homer Glen 60491-5639, 16-05-102-010-0000, Beechen & Dill Homes Inc to Eric P Gabriel & Stephanie L Gabriel, October 27 $341,500, 16112 S Oak Valley Trl, Homer Glen 60491-9074, 05-23-201-011-0000, Joseph Vojta to Rasheem Brown & Cara M Decarlis, October 25 $635,000, 16226 Circle Park Ct, Homer Glen 60491-6501, 05-22-101-002-0000, Sharon Pogwizd to Valdas Branevicius, October 21

$287,000, 21359 S Oxbow Ct, Elwood 60421-6007, 11-17-401-016-0000, Raymond H Benson to Thomas Kemp & Margaret Kemp, JOLIET $258,000, 1209 Bare Ln, Joliet 60435, 06October 19 01-104-015-0000, S&L Group LLC to Nicolette $178,000, 124 Bush Dr, Elwood 60421R Skole, October 19 9780, 11-20-303-013-0000, Victor An$238,000, 1103 Pine View Dr, Joliet 60432druskevitch to Ulises Carreno & Kandice 0763, 08-06-310-022-0000, Kevin J Fennessy Carreno, October 28 to John Rossi & Dana Rossi, November 3 $110,000, 1121 Waverly Pl, Joliet 60435FRANKFORT 4555, 07-05-405-016-0000, Moss Trust to $350,000, 571 Aberdeen Rd, Frankfort 60423-8754, 09-26-204-014-0000, Brett Va- Melissa Cedillo Garcia, October 21 $110,000, 223 S May St, Joliet 60436-1405, nasdlen to Carl L Peters & Sharon A Mcgrath, 17-17-211-056-0000, Damen M Ellinger to October 24 CHANNAHON $208,000, 20113 S Greenfield Ln, Frankfort Julie M Albrecht, October 18 $168,000, 24308 Marble Rd, Channahon $241,000, 1101 Ryehill Dr, Joliet 6043160423-8923, 09-13-106-002-0000, Anthony 60410-9321, 10-08-305-008-0000, Betty L 8640, 06-03-326-008-0000, Ryan E Hill to Price Estate to Andrew T Partain & Patricia C Munoz to Kristen E Bergthold & Matthew M Randy B Fane Jr, October 21 Wisch, October 31 Schauer Partain, October 26 $122,000, 1203 Schriber Ave, Joliet 60435$140,000, 20623 S Driftwood Dr, Frankfort $210,000, 26146 W Tallgrass Trl, Chan60423-8159, 09-13-304-029-0000, Anthony 3925, 07-05-327-028-0000, Thomas K nahon 60410-8749, 10-19-101-037-0000, Mcevilly to Michael Olenick Jr, October 31 Dorazio to Rosario Messina & Josephine Jeffrey A Kenyon to Jonathan R Degnan & $93,500, 1108 Chovan Dr, Joliet 60435Messina, October 18 Carrie A Degnan, October 25 9329, 06-01-410-054-1004, William F $452,000, 23001 Sun River Dr, Frankfort $225,000, 24738 W Junior Ave, Channahon 60423-7883, 09-31-304-010-0000, Steven R Witczak Estate to Ereen Koscielski, October 60410-5168, 10-09-107-003-0000, Zane Skupien to Elliot Benn & Eileen Benn, October 28 A Delius to Brian J Schick & Lani M Schick, $175,000, 2204 Taylor St, Joliet 6043520 October 20 5434, 07-07-115-009-0000, Bertino Jr Trust $455,000, 22463 S Scheer Rd, Frankfort $180,000, 25800 S Brookfield Ct, Chanto Mary Love Currie, October 21 60423-8799, 09-31-100-011-0000, Juan A nahon 60410-8724, 10-19-102-010-0000, $171,000, 1210 Oneida St, Joliet 60435Garcia Jr to Thomas Latham & Kimberly R Nicholas Scott Stambaugh to Ryan Jones, 6844, 07-08-309-016-0000, Phillip Gloeckner Latham, October 24 October 7 to Brett A Mallo & Leslie A Mallo, October 24 $299,000, 22228 Heritage Dr, Frankfort $176,000, 24026 S Cardinal Dr, Channahon $100,000, 1327 Mesa Dr, Joliet 6043560423-8523, 09-29-304-015-0000, Jayison 60410-5148, 10-09-112-020-0000, Grantor 2843, 06-01-102-025-1004, Mary A Zahm to Sonja L Hunter to Brian T R Kapinus & Alayna J Mccorkle Sr to Elias S Facuse & Rania Y Scott W Fonfara, October 1 Facuse, September 28 T R Pikul, October 25 $56,500, 1422 N William St, Joliet 60435$162,000, 20035 S Graceland Ln, Frankfort 4150, 07-05-213-004-0000, Mareno Trust to 60423-8929, 09-13-131-014-0000, Jeffrey D CREST HILL Kenneth W Maiberger, January 25 Hassell to Kyle Mastey, September 26 $196,000, 16308 Heron St, Crest Hill $215,000, 1712 Prairie Wind Dr, Joliet 60403-1532, 04-19-303-004-0000, Steven 60435-0686, 03-36-407-007-0000, Markley L Rudman to Rene Cabrera & Jobert Cabrera, HOMER GLEN Trust to August Kramer & Nancy Kramer, October 27 $385,500, 14616 Kildare St, Homer Glen October 19 $100,000, 1622 Innercircle Dr, Crest Hill 60491-5614, 05-21-210-004-0000, Tri K 60403-2036, 04-32-412-038-0000, Paul D Development Inc to Jeff R Peterson & Mickey Cecil Jr to Luis Lopz Bibia Henderson, October L Peterson, November 8 â&#x20AC;˘ Continued on page 58

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Tracy Cox

15135 Vista Lane, Plainfield 3 BR | 2 BA | $175,000

Beautiful 3 bedroom move in ready home in the heart of downtown Plainfield.

As you walk in you find an over sized living room that is open to the kitchen.

The gorgeous kitchen features 18” ceramic tile with granite counters. Master bedroom, features a full master bath with a linen closet & a large walk-in closet.

Eddie Ruettiger

Elizabeth Perez

1901 Cumberland Court, Plainfield 3 BR | 2 BA | $195,000

Three bedroom, two bath ranch home in Cumberland. Large eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances and separate living room and family room. Two car garage. Full unfinished basement. Large deck for outdoor

entertainment and huge shed for extra storage.

Emily Tracy

Julie Hancock

3505 Caton Farm Rd, Joliet 3 BR | 2 BA | $200,000

Almost ½ acre but close to everything! Welcome home to this fantastic tri-level with almost 1800 square feet, there is room for the whole family.

Relax and enjoy the spacious living room with hardwood floors, entertain friends in the lovely kitchen fully updated with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Send the kids out to play in the giant back yard, and enjoy evenings on the expansive deck.

Lori Gilmore

4301 Glenlo Drive, Plainfield 3+1 BR | 2.1 BA | $204,000

Beautiful 2-story house in Riverside is just waiting for you to call it home.

Family room with newer neutral carpeting where you can relax and catch your breath. Move down the hallway to the eat-in kitchen with beautiful cut glass lighting above your dining table and sink. Open the sliding glass door to the large patio to enjoy the lovely breeze on your face.

Heather Van Der Male

1904 Havenhill Drive, Plainfield 3 BR | 2.1 BA | $269,900

The home that stands out on the block inside and out. Top of the Line renovation with exquisite choices by the homeowners. Largest lot designed with professional landscaping as resort style living with Patio, deck & vegetable garden. Redesigned 2 story great room and kitchen with windows galore. Complete all new kitchen w/ upgrades. Breakfast Bar & Island open to the fabulous backyard. Too many upgrades to mention, this is a must see!!!

22919 S Michael Drive, Channahon 3 BR | 2.1 BA | $230,000

Meticulously maintained 3 Bedroom, 2.1 Bath home on a large beautifully landscaped lot. An Abundance of Natural Light throughout. The Bright and Open Living Room, Dining Room features a Cathedral Ceiling, Over Sized Windows with Custom Blinds. The Kitchen Flows into the Spacious Family Room that features a Wood Burning Fireplace with Gas Starter.

Mike Guadagno

13214 Ione St, Plainfield 5+1 BR | 4 BA | $389,900

Desireable North Plainfield home has been completely upgraded and customized. 6 total bedrooms or 5 plus den, 2 story foyer, 4 full baths, 3 car garage, brand new high end stainless steel appliances, over 3000 plus a finished basement with a bedroom and full bath. Master suite offers 2 large closets, seperate shower, whirlpool tub, completely repainted.

Laith Kubba

48 Ponderosa Drive, Romeoville 4 BR | 2.1 BA | $250,000

Home for the Holidays! Great space to entertain and enjoy.

Large 4 bedroom home with finished basement. Backyard oasis with hot tub and pool. Three seasons room attached to the home for all your sports lovers to watch TV in comfort.

Waiting for a new Family!

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Positioned on a premium, cul-de-sac lot, this home boasts approx 3,500 SF of luxury living space. Features include a dramatic entry, hardwood floors and volume ceilings. A sensational trim package accompanies the home’s custom cabinets and spectacular two story fireplace. Exterior features include a professionally landscaped yard and sprinkling system.

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2341 Summerlin Drive, Aurora 3 BR | 2.1 BA | $179,900

Spacious Living/Dining room w/9’ ceilings. Kitchen with granite, glass tile backsplash & stainless appliances. Three generous bedrooms with oversized closets. Soaking tub & separate shower in master bath.

2-car garage. You will be proud to call this home!

14514 Samuel Adams Dr, Plainfield 2 BR | 2.1 BA | $178,000

End unit Norfolk model with almost 1500 sq ft of living space.

This townhome offers 2 master suites, 2.1 baths, and an office/den on lower level. New flooring in dining, living room and bedrooms.

Family room is equipped for surround sound system.

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4171 Oak Tree Lane, Plainfield 3 BR | 1.1 BA | $159,900

This middle townhouse unit is in beautiful move in condition.

Enjoy the efficiency of a 2nd floor laundry room and look forward to quiet time on the desk with picturesque views of nature.

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etts to Kelly Roberts, October 17 $110,000, 2420 Meridian Dr, Joliet 60431$136,000, 2011 Westfield Rd, Joliet 60435- 1237, 03-26-406-005-0000, Karen Puntney 3334, 07-06-102-018-0000, Gloria Grannis to to Gabriel A Delatore, October 26 $169,000, 3732 Adesso Ln, Joliet 60435Michael J Poma & Kathleen Foulk, October 20 $105,000, 165 Saenz Ln, Joliet 60436-1054, 8712, 03-24-104-127-0000, US Bank NA 06-13-203-073-1001, Susan E Verklan to Mary Trustee to Rigoberto Bernal, September 27 $105,000, 525 N Briggs St, Joliet 60432Schlosser, October 1 2109, 07-11-219-051-0000, Joseph P Atkins to $100,000, 1911 Carousel Ct, Joliet 60435Alejandro Padilla, September 9 7902, 07-06-205-017-1001, Jack Palmo to $232,745, 3411 Legacy Dr, Joliet 60435Daniel Decker, October 24 9204, 03-24-407-030-0000, Will County (IL) $166,500, 1407 Coral Bell Dr B, Joliet to Veronica L Holder, October 27 60435-3980, 07-05-119-015-0000, Wade L $129,000, 3512 Meadow Lily Dr, Joliet Mano to John Farr & Debra Farr, October 31 60431-8360, 06-14-403-064-0000, Matthew $169,000, 2472 Saddle Ridge Dr, Joliet 60432-0786, 08-06-306-031-0000, Andrew B Kurkamp to Alex Offerman & Abagail Follansbee, October 21 C Koleno to Justin Jurgevich & Tracy Jurgevich, October 26 $135,000, 3333 Stonehurst Ct, Joliet 60431- LEMONT 9316, 06-23-204-027-0000, Andrea L Hassler $530,000, 54 Stone Creek Dr, Lemont 60439-8747, 22-24-106-008-0000, Gary to Nivardo A Esparza Jr, October 3 A Kory to Douglas J Meyer & Jay A Espano, $55,000, 509 Munroe St, Joliet 604362126, 07-16-304-011-0000, Linda M Sartori to October 20 $356,000, 1373 Camelot Ln, Lemont 60439Humberto Morales Gamez & Maria Reyes De 8516, 22-28-401-078-0000, Dignan Trust Morales, October 26 to Lorenzo Fernandez & Kathy Fernandez, $166,000, 3219 Windsor Ln, Joliet 604319314, 06-23-205-003-0000, Invesco Homes November 2 $162,000, 1058 Hermes Ave, Lemont Inc to Julian Rodriguez & Lorena Rodriguez, 60439, 22-29-326-001-0000, Barbara Antol October 20 $219,000, 3207 Whitegate Rd, Joliet 60431- Dlugopolski to Edward Rafacz & Victoria A Rafacz, October 25 0633, 03-35-203-017-0000, Earl R Gilliam $1,000,000, 13225 Maple Ave, Lemont to Abelardo Madrigal & Rosa A Madrigal, 60439-6486, 22-33-402-008-0000, William October 12 Sokolis to Jason Wilkins & Krista Wilkins, $110,500, 317 Richards St, Joliet 60433August 1 1859, 07-15-130-015-0000, Lemuel Snelson $277,500, 3 W Eureka Dr, Lemont 60439to Robert Lyons & Venita Lyons, October 24 $108,000, 517 W Jefferson St, Joliet 60435- 3903, 22-29-124-013-0000, Paul R White to 7417, 07-09-324-016-0000, Steven K Schafer Reem Cutinello, October 28 $690,500, 12783 Tullamore Ln, Lemont to Derosa Hardin, October 28 60439-2775, 22-35-204-005-0000, Inspired $175,000, 2447 Saddle Ridge Dr, Joliet 60432-0787, 08-06-305-047-0000, Scott G By Design LLC to Daniel W Rupp & Melissa Arredondo Rupp, October 31 Intrieri to Jaime N Cronin, October 18 $447,000, 13 Anne Cir, Lemont 60439$142,000, 3103 Harris Dr, Joliet 604311503, 03-35-301-011-0000, William T Gurin Sr 8784, 22-34-414-001-0000, M I Homes of Chicago LLC to Tianhao Gu, October 21 to Roger C Remington, November 9 $250,000, 22 Norton Ave, Lemont 60439$224,000, 501 Palladium Dr E, Joliet 604353945, 22-29-121-001-0000, Eric J Darwell to 5641, 07-07-206-018-0000, Stephen G Lance M Williams, November 11 Ludington to Stephanie A Brooks, August 3 $310,000, 4 Lenox Ct, Lemont 60439-6138, $190,000, 304 Woodworth Ave, Joliet 22-21-305-025-0000, Matthew E Littlefield to 60435-7042, 07-09-308-008-0000, Mark A Virginijus Simkevicius & Daiva Simkeviciene, Craig to Daniel J Vlasaty & Ashley E Vlasaty, October 7 October 27 $307,000, 1342 128th St, Lemont 60439$162,500, 422 Bridge St, Joliet 604356174, 07-09-120-003-0000, Pavelek Trust to 8421, 22-32-210-031-0000, Angela Bell to Nicholas Lambrakis & Kristy Lambrakis, Alejandrina Cruz, October 24 $138,500, 2925 Woodside Dr, Joliet 60431- November 4 8823, 03-26-203-094-0000, Shawn E Lahti to Brandon Mackowiak, October 13 LOCKPORT $167,500, 253 Star Ln, Joliet 60435-5230, $87,000, 16745 W 145th Pl, Lockport 06-12-405-028-0000, Donald E Ernst to 60441-2341, 05-07-103-003-0000, Wells Lawrence F Piskur, October 14 Fargo Bank Trustee to Karli A Kasperski & $270,000, 2811 Stone Creek Dr, Joliet Shawn N Harrison, September 29 60435-8790, 03-24-310-008-0000, Anthony $155,000, 16713 S Sunset Ridge Ct, Lockport 60441-7677, 05-30-205-042-0000, Deszcz to Monica L Smoljo & Tomislav J Donna M Minarcik to Susan L Peterson & Smolio, October 24 Michael Fitzgibbon, October 24 $60,000, 421 Cornelius St, Joliet 60433, $275,022, 16916 Ennerdale Ave, Lockport 07-22-405-023-0000, Michelle N Hansen to 60441-4913, 04-25-114-061-0000, Standard Rosa C Luna & Miguel A Luna, October 7 Bank & Trust Trustee to John E Painter & $175,000, 3621 Sumac Dr, Joliet 604359068, 03-24-217-029-0000, Jacob H Check- Sandra M Painter, September 29

$111,500, 1028 Ashley Ct N 3B, Lockport 60441-3839, 04-24-115-039-1010, Janet Cirrincione to Andrew A Pilz, October 28 $256,070, 16126 W Coneflower Dr, Lockport 60441-4111, 05-19-413-031-0000, M I Homes of Chicago LLC to Khalid Matariyeh, September 23 $135,000, 17463 Teton Cir, Lockport 604415878, 05-30-316-056-0000, Berro Trust to Megan N Mcallister, November 3 $477,000, 15333 S Oak Run Ct, Lockport 60441-3901, 05-18-107-017-0000, Teton Development LLC to Matthew Rice & Sheryl Rice, October 27 $154,000, 16433 W 144th Pl, Lockport 60441-2330, 05-07-106-012-0000, Kevin D West to Katelyn Burns, November 1 $253,535, 16825 Ennerdale Ave, Lockport 60441-4900, 04-25-101-070-0000, Standard Bank & Trust Trustee to Richard H Molenhouse & Susan M Molenhouse, September 29 $420,900, 16036 Donna Marie Dr, Lockport 60491-6954, 05-24-106-016-0000, Creede B Hargraves to Valern Salov & Natalia Salova, October 31 $150,000, 201 W Oak Ave, Lockport 604415032, 04-34-212-005-0000, Fructuoso Rangel to Arnulfo Garcia, October 25 $192,000, 1520 Peachtree Ln, Lockport 60441-4544, 04-25-104-053-0000, Steven L Macewko to Dennis Daniels Jr & Shaunna Piencak, November 7 $179,500, 2007 S Hamilton St, Lockport 60441-4616, 04-26-120-011-0000, Horn Trust to Efrain J Mendoza & Stephanie E Mendoza, September 1 $165,000, 429 E Division St, Lockport 60441-4226, 04-26-130-009-0000, Mark Cassano to Leticia Salgado & Gabriel Martinez, October 20 $153,000, 220 Franklin St, Lockport 604412604, 04-14-415-014-0000, Keith Wilson to Timothy J Wallace, October 18 $150,000, 223 E 20th Ct, Lockport 604414316, 04-26-119-004-0000, Mack Industries Ltd to Debra R Ramirez, October 25

MANHATTAN

$195,000, 24864 Donegal Dr, Manhattan 60442-8208, 12-17-105-011-0000, Russell W Jones to Nicholas V Schroefer & Samathan I Cook, October 21 $337,000, 24312 S William Dr, Manhattan 60442-8463, 12-10-307-016-0000, K Hovnanian at Hanover Estates to Jason Matthew Caiazzo & Michelle Ann Caiazzo, October 27 $142,000, 230 Marion St, Manhattan 60442-9353, 12-17-303-031-1011, Anthony Chellino to Colleen Schroeder, November 4 $284,000, 24260 S Jennifer St, Manhattan 60442-4410, 12-10-307-008-0000, K Hovnanian at Hanover Estates to Raymond J Sitkowski & Jodi Umphrey, November 4 $261,000, 14260 W Arthur St, Manhattan 60442-4303, 12-10-110-013-0000, Curwick Construction Co to William P O Connor, October 9

MINOOKA

$284,500, 137 Northfield Dr, Minooka

60447-8274, 10-06-201-010-0000, NC Global LLC to Matthew Wes & Jamie Wes, October 7 $299,500, 107 Eldorado Ct, Minooka 60447-9227, 10-07-101-004-0000, Leonas Trust to Steven W Clark & Christine H Clark, October 27 $135,000, 204 Sibley Dr F, Minooka 604479160, 10-06-308-013-1006, Stacy Properties LLC to Nicholas J Lerma, October 28

MOKENA

$515,000, 21601 Skyway Dr, Mokena 60448-2021, 09-30-103-014-0000, Glen Haven Builders Inc to Thomas Hollingsworth & Christine M Hollingsworth, October 27 $213,750, 10003 Cambridge Dr, Mokena 60448-7903, 09-09-378-049-0000, Melinda S Rush Deyoung to Sandy Sybert, October 19 $244,000, 19524 Clifton Way, Mokena 60448-8150, 09-10-412-029-0000, Robert A Stanley to Georgia P Christakes, November 1 $326,000, 19433 Everett Ln, Mokena 60448-7860, 09-09-207-009-0000, Stanley Dzieciolowski to Edward Kamradt & Donna Fit, October 3 $125,000, 11530 Swinford Ln, Mokena 60448, 09-18-402-026-0000, Standard Bank & Trust Trustee to Gary Nickerson & Gloria Nickerson, August 3 $222,500, 11017 Daniel Trl, Mokena 604481002, 09-08-112-028-0000, James Garcia to Nathan J Hoekenga & Courtney L Hoekenga, October 6 $214,900, 10527 Thornham Ln, Mokena 60448-7500, 09-08-208-027-1002, Voxtry Trust to Wiiliam R Sinclair & Shirley F Sinclair, October 18 $238,000, 18801 Crystal Creek Dr, Mokena 60448-1183, 09-05-310-020-0000, Joseph Petrizzo to Elain Garrett & Michael Garrett, October 1 $359,500, 12445 Persimmon Ct, Mokena 60448-7109, 08-12-103-015-0000, Chicago Trust Co to Steve J Bialczak & Sandra L Bialczak, September 29

NEW LENOX

$229,800, 123 W 3rd Ave, New Lenox 60451-1726, 08-21-209-012-0000, William P Mison Estate to Kyle F Graben & Dana Koning, October 31 $135,000, 127 Walona Ave, New Lenox 60451-1930, 08-22-205-014-0000, Herbert Huebner Estate to Betty Riemer, October 31 $276,000, 224 Meadow Ln, New Lenox 60451-1846, 08-22-110-006-0000, Ileene J Macglashan to Michael Dammer & Michelle Johnsen, October 3 $349,600, 1652 Glenbrooke Ln, New Lenox 60451-3782, 08-25-406-002-0000, DRH Cambridge Homes Inc to Stevyn D Holdefer & Jaimie M Holdefer, October 7 $115,000, 213 N Vine St 4, New Lenox 60451-1616, 08-16-306-053-1004, Annette J Johnston to Jessica Blatti, October 4 $432,097, 1822 Mays Dr, New Lenox 604514109, 08-29-303-002-0000, Marquette Bank Trustee to Jennifer A Zamzow, October 9 • Continued on page 63

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ROMEOVILLE

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Cameron to Helen I Olivas Munoz, July 18 $139,000, 193 Malibu Dr M, Romeoville 60446-4153, 04-05-215-024-1002, Keith Knasiak to Steve Chery & Rowolfia Jean Louis, September 30 $150,000, 1950 W Cobblestone Rd, Romeoville 60446-2811, 03-13-102-006-1001, US Bank NA Trustee to Samin Ali Abbasi & Neha Mohsin, September 27

SHOREWOOD

$158,000, 24204 W Jensen St, Shorewood 60404-8690, 06-21-207-005-0000, Harold W Hera to Anthony T Ferrallo, October 3 $321,000, 302 Cronin Blvd, Shorewood 60404-1247, 06-08-310-016-0000, NVR Inc to Michael A Hoyt & Michelle L Hoyt, October 28 $231,500, 20958 S Canterbury St, Shorewood 60404-8924, 06-21-203-0060000, Larry C Melland to Aaron A Glidewell, October 6 $178,000, 504 Sean Dr, Shorewood 604049718, 06-09-215-009-0000, Theresa Gonzalez to Juan G Figueroa & Graciela Figueroa, October 31 $327,000, 1204 Wales Ct, Shorewood 60404-0569, 06-17-201-025-0000, David M Kapinus to Michael Szambelan & Sarah Szambelan, November 1 $55,000, 24456 Bantry Dr, Shorewood 60404-8269, 06-21-304-006-0000, Reo Funding Solutions III LLC to Christopher Vitas & Lisa Vitas, November 3 $256,000, 1016 Ridge Rd, Shorewood 60404-8996, 06-09-101-032-0000, CalAtlantic Group Inc to John F Picl & Donna M Picl, September 29

WILMINGTON

$430,000, 22054 Hintze Rd, Wilmington 60481-1767, 24-12-102-050-0000, Ronald W Lambe to Kristina L Morgan, November 4 $144,900, 145 Fossil Lake Ct, Wilmington 60481-8507, 24-04-156-309-0000, Kenneth R Varga to Aaron Post & Megan Eller, November 1 $195,000, 33629 W River Rd, Wilmington 60481-8325, 24-12-100-011-0000, Standard Bank & Trust Trustee to Stephen Daugherty & Kimberli Daugherty, October 5 $225,000, 25466 Cottage Rd, Wilmington 60481-8369, 17-08-151-001-1006, James Trust to Terrance A Thomas, November 1

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Bridge in North America is under the auspices of the American Contract Bridge League. Every member receives a monthly magazine packed with 84 pages of instructive articles, tournament reports and results, bidding deals and problems, and news.

I contribute to each issue with an article on basic declarer-play. Defense will come next year.

This deal was supplied by Eddie Kantar. How should South play in three no-trump after West leads the spade 10? As a secondary issue, would you have opened the South hand with one diamond or one notrump?

The South hand is a prime 17 with a strong five-card suit. The Kaplan-Rubens evaluation method rates it as worth 20 points. It is right to upgrade and open one diamond.

In Standard, North bids two clubs, then three clubs to invite game with a decent six-card suit. If you play twoover-one game-force, though, I think you should immediately respond three clubs to describe this handtype.

South starts with six top tricks: two spades, one heart, one diamond and two clubs. It looks obvious to duck a club, assuming that the suit will split 3-2 and provide five winners. But what if this is a 32.17 percent deal when clubs are not 3-2?

Just in case it is, South should first cash the diamond ace. If that collects only low cards, he continues with a club and ducks in the dummy, hoping for the 3-2 break. Here, though, the diamond jack falls, so declarer continues diamonds to take two spades, one heart, four diamonds and two clubs.

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