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Rialto board members resign

Agreement reached with Joliet before leaving posts

By BOB OKON

bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The entire board of the Rialto Square Theatre resigned Thursday after approving an intergovernmental agreement that likely will assure $500,000 in funding from the city of Joliet next year.

The board also approved a three-month extension of its contract with VenuWorks at a price that could be as high as $21,500 a month.

Chairman Dan Vera led off the resignations, saying he felt his work at the Rialto was completed last week when the Joliet City Council put $500,000 in the city budget for the theater.

Vera also repeatedly said that his resignation and everyone else’s was voluntary, making the point after one board member indicated that it was not.

“If it takes the entire board to resign for us to get the city to give us the money and to go on with the board, I love the Rialto,” board member Mary Babich said.

“Obviously, we’re all voluntarily doing this,” Vera said immediately after Babich was done speaking. “There’s no stipulation for any resignations.”

The resignations of three of the seven board members – Vicky Murphy, David Thornton and Cynthia Tyler – may have been a moot point since their terms expire this month. Board appointees are split between four by the mayor and three by the governor.

The intergovernmental agreement did not stipulate resignations.

But Mayor Bob O’Dekirk at a special City Council meeting Dec. 14 suggested seeking the resignations of the four city appointees to the Rialto board. He also said he believed there needed to be “wholesale change” for the city to consider $500,000 in Rialto funding for 2017.

O’Dekirk and Vera at times have been at odds over theater management, and the mayor said at the Dec. 14 meeting that the board seemed to either ignore city recommendations or do the opposite.

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Dan Vera, former chairman of the Rialto board, is seen at a meeting in April. Vera resigned Thursday, along with the rest of the board.

meeting that was called just two days after the Rialto and city completed negotiations on the intergovernmental agreement.

Approval of the final version of the intergovernmental agreement, which included changes negotiated by the city, was needed to assure the $500,000 in funding.

The City Council still has to approve the intergovernmental agreement, which will be up for a vote when it meets Tuesday.

The Rialto first proposed an intergovernmental agreement in early December, seeking four years of funding. The agreement was changed to one year.

The City Council last week agreed to budget the $500,000 for the theater, subject to the approval of the agreement.

The Rialto board also approved a threemonth extension of its contract with VenuWorks, the company hired in August to manage the theater, but at a much steeper price than the dollar-a-month deal that has been in place.

VenuWorks will get a combined package of as much as $21,500 a month between a $9,500 base fee and expenses capped at $12,000.

At some point, the Rialto and VenuWorks will have to sign a one-year deal for the theater to get the money budgeted by Resignation backstories Vera, a city appointee, said after the Other business the city. The intergovernmental agreement Thursday meeting that O’Dekirk had nevThe mass resignation overshadowed the requires a one-year contract with Venuer asked him for his resignation. Vera primary matters of business at the special Works before the city provides any money. even said that he was told by the mayor in one conversation that he was not seeking resignations from the board.

Still, board members did not offer any other explanations as to why they all resigned at the same time with the exception of Michael Murray, who was not at the meeting.

Vera said Murray had resigned two weeks ago, although that resignation previously had not been announced.

City Council member Pat Mudron, who is the council liaison to the Rialto board, said Murray previously had asked him whether the city would provide the $500,000 in funding if the entire Rialto board resigned.

“He was going to present that to the mayor,” said Mudron, adding that he did not know if O’Dekirk actually ever sought the resignations.

Mudron said Rialto board members may have wanted to resign amid the controversy and financial challenges facing the theater.

“I do feel the whole board here was beat up – went through a lot,” he said.

“You’ve got to wonder, who does want to be appointed?”

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or better or worse, 2016 brought big things to the Joliet area.

Amazon drastically expanded its reach in Will County, and Gov. Bruce Rauner announced the long-discussed Houbolt Road bridge would become a reality.

Heroin deaths in the county reached an all-time high, and the area saw three double homicides.

Local government experienced its share of turmoil, as the Rialto Square Theatre’s future appeared as uncertain as ever for much of the year, federal officials investigated the embattled Lincoln-Way School District 210 and the Will County Health Department faced financial woes because of the state’s fiscal uncertainty.

These are our top headlines of 2016.

Will County breaks previous heroin-related death record

To date, the Will County Coroner’s Office has confirmed there have been 73 heroin-related overdose deaths in 2016 in the county. This number shattered the previous record of 53 heroin-related deaths in one year in the county, set in 2012 and tied in 2015.

There still are pending toxicology results that could bring the 2016 total to more than 80 heroin-related deaths in the county.

Coroner Patrick O’Neil said in November that he believes there would be a heroin overdose death each day in Will County if it weren’t for naloxone – also known as Narcan

– which can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose if administered in time. Paramedics and police have saved many lives with Narcan. But the severity of the heroin epidemic appears to be rising as it claims more lives than ever before in the county. Officials believe this is because of the introduction of fentanyl, a substitute much stronger than heroin, to the illegal drug market.

Close to 30 of the 73 heroin-related overdose deaths listed on the coroner’s website involved fentanyl, according to toxicology results. Most of the results that include fentanyl are from deaths that occurred since May.

– Mike Mallory

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Construction crews work to refurbish an existing warehouse along Laraway Road in 2015 in preparation for an Amazon fulfillment center in Joliet.

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Amazon boom, IKEA megabuilding, more

Amazon was just one of the companies adding operations in 2016 in Will County, but the online retailer seemed to be everywhere at times.

It started in late 2015, when Amazon opened its first fulfillment center in Joliet. Then in March, the company announced it would add 500 jobs in Joliet for a total of 1,500. In May, Amazon announced it would build a second Joliet fulfillment center with 2,000 more jobs.

In July, the retail giant announced it would open a facility in Romeoville. In August, construction of an 850,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Monee was announced. All facilities were operating by the holiday shopping season except for the one in Monee. Construction is expected to be completed in fall 2017, when Amazon could have 6,500 workers in Will County.

Meanwhile, Ikea is building a 1.25 million-squarefoot distribution center in Joliet. Mars and Whirlpool also are building distribution facilities in Joliet.

The Will County Center for Economic Development counted more than 8,000 jobs and 15 million square feet of new development in 2016. Center CEO John Greuling called 2016 “probably one of the best years since I’ve been with the CED.”

– Bob Okon

Bill Robinson displays one of the last photos taken of his son, Brandon Robinson, before his heroin-related death in 2013.

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Rialto saga

The yearlong political drama at the Rialto Square Theatre came to a head Thursday when the entire board resigned. But the Rialto appears to be getting the $500,000 it needs from Joliet to operate in 2017. The coming year already promises to be interesting with the appointment of a new board.

It all started in March as news got around that the Rialto Square Theatre was not paying its payroll taxes. The theater’s financial problems alarmed Joliet officials, who budgeted $600,000 for the Rialto a few months earlier without being told that the payroll taxes were being put on hold amid cash flow problems. Rialto General Manager Randy Green was gone the next month under a separation agreement with the board that oversees the theater. Then, the city had to advance its annual funding to the Rialto to keep performers from walking away from scheduled shows.

The Rialto basically went into a six-month hiatus before its board hired VenuWorks to come in and take over management in September. But even VenuWorks’ future at the theater was in doubt because of a backlog of bills that was mounting to more than $600,000 and uncertainty over city funding to get the Rialto through 2017.

– Bob Okon

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Federal authorities investigate Lincoln-Way School District 210

News of federal investigations into Lincoln-Way School District 210 was one of many controversies that occurred at the troubled school district this year.

Subpoenas were sent to the school district and to the Frankfort Square Park District for an array of information, including regarding controversial former Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie.

The investigations, along with four school board member resignations, was a source of ire for many residents who’ve been critical of the district since its decision in August 2015 to close Lincoln-Way North High School to fix the district’s dire financial situation. Residents protested district officials at a May 26 board meeting, chanting for them to resign. Resident Eileen Maylone requested they not appear at the last graduation ceremony for North.

“You have no place in the day that is meant to honor and celebrate the students,” she said.

In June, news broke of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigating the district, which followed an agreed-upon procedures report of bond proceeds that showed improper accounting practices. Subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice were sent in May and July.

– Felix Sarver

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Health dept. suffers under budget uncertainty

Fifty-nine Will County Health Department employees were slated to be laid off until the County Board in May approved financial aid for the department. Most were kept.

Under the resolution, the health department, which the county already loaned $3 million to stave off a cash flow problem, was able to defer $426,873 of that loan repayment until fiscal 2017, which started Dec. 1. The payment deferment kept intact adult behavioral health, crisis response and juvenile justice programs.

Mental health patients, doctors and local advocates pleaded with the board before the vote. Health department Executive Director Susan Olenek said the resolution would allow the department enough time to transition mental health clients to other providers.

The crisis arose largely because the county did not receive grant payments from the state.

During the meeting in which the resolution was approved, Republican Caucus Chairman Chuck Maher of Naperville called for an investigation into the Will County Health Department to ensure “professionals serving our citizens are qualified, licensed and held to ethical standards without question.”

Maher claimed health department employees called him at his home after he voted at the committee level to reject the department’s funding request.

– Mike Mallory

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A mental health advocate holds a sign in support of funding during a news conference May 9 at the Will County Office Building in Joliet.

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Plane crash in far west Joliet kills pilot, destroys home

Patty Daniel had just finished making chicken salad on a hot July 21 morning when she heard a loud revving noise outside her home. She assumed it was a car, but moments later a small airplane crashed in the middle of the street.

The flames from the explosion shot up the side of the Daniel home while she escaped out the front door. Daniel’s husband was in Wyoming at the time of the crash and rushed home to be with his wife by midnight.

The pilot, Garry Thomas Bernardo, of Florida, died. He was the only one in the Piper PA-30 when it crashed in the neighborhood, northwest of the intersection of Route 59 and Theodore Street.

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A couple blocks of the neighborhood, which has Plainfield mailing addresses but is within Joliet city limits, was blocked off overnight as the investigation and cleanup effort continued. Many drove to the area to get a glimpse of the wreckage throughout the day, while others ran from neighborhood swimming pools when they heard the crash.

One sentiment heard from first responders and residents alike is that it could have been much worse if the plane hit a home or several homes. The nosedive in the middle of the street allowed everyone to escape their homes unharmed. Debris was scattered throughout the neighborhood.

– Mike Mallory

– Bob Okon

Shaw Media file photo

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Rauner and the bridge

It’s not every year that the governor comes to town, announces a $190 million plan to build a bridge and calls your area the “transportation hub of Illinois.”

That’s what Gov. Bruce happened in Rauner July, when Gov. Bruce Rauner came to Joliet to announce a massive project that is designed to ease the flow of freight traffic through the city and other parts of Will County.

The Houbolt Road bridge project has been in the works for years. Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk called it one of his top priorities after getting elected in spring 2015, as city officials faced increasing demand to do something about the truck congestion that has accompanied logistics development.

CenterPoint Properties is to build and own the bridge, estimated to cost as much as $170 million. The state will spend $21 million improving Houbolt Road and building a new interchange at Interstate 80 to accommodate the expected increase in truck traffic.

Construction could start sometime in 2017 with the bridge, which will span the Des Plaines River and connect with the CenterPoint Intermodal Center, opening by early 2019.

A crew from AMF Aviation, an aircraft recovery and transportation company, piece through the wreckage of a Piper PA-30 aircraft July 22 in Joliet. The aircraft crashed near a home, killing the pilot.

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Debra Daniels, former president of Joliet Junior College, is seen in a file photo at JJC in Joliet.

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JJC President Debra Daniels resigns

The resignation of Debra Daniels, Joliet Junior College president, came as a surprise in March.

Daniels, who became the college’s president in 2012, cited personal reasons for resigning and said the Board of Trustees had been “tumultuous” with the resignations of former board President Jeff Mays – who left for health reasons – and his successor, Tina Markley, and Trustee Barb Adams.

The latter two walked out of a board meeting after Markley complained publicly about a “backdoor attempt” at public humiliation against her by trustees, whom she did not name.

Daniels’ tenure was marked by some controversy in 2015 when board trustees considered nonrenewal of JJC Police Chief Pete Comanda’s contract. His contract was ultimately renewed, but Comanda had said he believed it was considered for nonrenewal because he raised concerns to the board about Daniels’ leadership.

Daniels and the board approved a settlement agreement that acknowledged disputed claims between the two parties.

Since Daniels left, Judy Mitchell, the college’s former administrative services vice president, was chosen as the college’s ninth president.

– Felix Sarver

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Three double homicides in Will County

Will County saw three double murders in 2016.

The first occurred March 9, when the bodies of Michael R. Oram, 48, of Joliet, and Jamie L. Willis, 43, of Lockport, were discovered at Oram’s business, Fleet Specialty Painting and Auto Body, 809 E. Cass St., Joliet. Police learned William N. Krasawski, of Bourbonnais, had been at the auto body shop the night before and believe he killed the couple after an argument over drugs. Krasawski is being held in the Will County jail and is awaiting trial.

On Aug. 1, Joliet police found Clark D. Travis, 49, of Urbana, and Jonathan L. Fairley, 25, of Joliet, dead in an SUV in an alley on the 400 block of Sherman Street. Both men had been shot in the head, police said. No suspects have been named, and the case remains under investigation, police said.

On Nov. 29, the bodies of two Aurora brothers were found in a Lockport townhouse that was under construction. Marco Ceja-Sanchez, 37, and David Ceja-Sanchez, 36, had been working inside the unit in the 16100 block of Coneflower Drive the day before a construction foreman found their bodies.

Each man died from a gunshot wound.

The Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the case but has not named any suspects.

– Brian Stanley

Shaw Media file photo

Police and investigators stand outside a double homicide scene March 9 in Joliet.

Plainfield D-202 avoids outsourcing, agrees to union contract

Tensions between Plainfield School District 202 and its support staff union were high as the district considered outsourcing custodial services.

In February, district officials announced they were considering the outsourcing, news that came not long after the district and the Plainfield Association of Support Staff agreed to a retroactive

one-year contract.

Criticism from the union was fierce as it rallied against outsourcing at board meetings. Former PASS President John Piechocinski said in a statement that the possible outsourcing came as a “complete shock.”

Superintendent Lane Abrell said the conditions of the state’s economy forces District 202 – and

other districts – to “continuously look for new cost containment measures.”

In May, the district and PASS reached an agreement that avoided outsourcing. In August, the two parties were able to reach a tentative agreement on a three-year contract that was approved by the board in November.

– Felix Sarver

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Residents petition against proposed industrial park If you go

By MIKE MALLORY

mmallory@shawmedia.com LOCKPORT – Residents of Lockport are speaking out against a proposed industrial development next to the Big Run Wolf Ranch and several residential neighborhoods either in city limits or unincorporated Will County near Lockport.

Industrial development company Prologis is interested in building an industrial park just west of Interstate 355 between 151st Street to the south and 143rd Street to the north.

As presently designed, a concept plan indicates that the industrial park would be 206 acres with five built-to-suit buildings ranging from 160,000 square feet to 736,000 square feet for a total of just more than 2 million square feet. The park would have 1,373 parking spaces and 572 semitrailer parking spaces. There would be a road through the park that drivers can enter from both Archer Avenue and 143rd Street.

The concept plan is being revised ahead of presentation to the Lockport Planning & Zoning Commission on Jan. 10 at Lockport City Hall.

A group against the project designed a website, dontdestroylockport.com,

n WHAT: Lockport Planning & Zoning Commission meeting n WHEN: 7 p.m. Jan. 10 n WHERE: Lockport City Hall, 222 E. Ninth St., Lockport

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This developer’s rendering shows what a proposed industrial park in the Lockport area would look like if constructed. to raise awareness about the proposed project and the dangers the group says the project poses to residents, schools, motorists and wildlife. The group also started an online petition, which had more than 2,000 signatures as of Thursday evening.

Lockport Mayor Steve Streit said Thursday that there understandably is a lot of fear and uncertainty from residents surrounding the proposal, some of which is legitimate. Streit noted that

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hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MINOOKA – Minooka continues to grow as it goes into 2017.

Village President Pat Brennan said looking forward he expects to see more growth in the area that currently houses numerous warehouses, chain restaurants and local businesses.

“We have another motel looking at us. They’ve come in to talk to us, and we are putting together plans,” Brennan said. “We have heard speculation of another warehouse as well.”

He said the key to success in Minooka is location.

The area near the intersection of Interstate 80 and Interstate 55 has been a hub of activity, even during the past recession.

Brennan said each aspect of growth, whether it be warehouses, hotels or

Top projects for 2017 n Manage business growth. n Manage residential growth. n Move forward with McEvilly Road bike path. homes, adds to the growth of the others.

He said that the warehouses bring in travelers who work for the corporations or do business with them, and the travelers fill the hotels and the seats at local restaurants, which in turn spurs more businesses to come to the area.

The employees who work at the locations need places to live, which keeps homebuilding going.

“We have averaged 30 houses a year since 2009, even during the recession,” Brennan said. “Westwind’s second

By MIKE MALLORY

mmallory@shawmedia.com CHANNAHON – Village of Channahon officials see a lot of development coming in 2017.

It’s expected to be the biggest year for residential construction in Channahon in almost a decade.

“It will be a very busy and active year in terms of new homes,” Village Administrator Tom Durkin said.

The village has had a lot of developments “on inventory” since the recession, but with the economy finally recovered, developers are looking to build.

“It’s good to see those developments taken off the inventory list,” Director of Community Development Mike Petrick said.

The residential growth speaks to the reputation Channahon has built over the years, Durkin said.

“People are realizing Channahon is a great community to live, work and do business – and with great schools,” Durkin said.

Channahon also will see a continuation of industrial development east of Interstate 55.

The 80-acre Channahon Corporate Center, on the northeast corner of I-55 and Bluff Road, will have up to 1 million square feet of industrial space.

Hillwood Investment Properties is adding 4 million square feet in the area.

That property requires road im-

Top projects for 2017 n Manage large residential growth. n Accommodate industrial parks. n Advance past design stage of Bridge Street Bike Path. provements as well as the extension of a Channahon village water main.

The village will continue its investments in infrastructure with the interchange improvements at Route 6 and I-55 nearing completion toward the end of 2017.

The village is trying to accommodate the economic growth while minimizing the effect of truck traffic on the community, Durkin said, adding that this involves finding land uses in the proper locations in relation to infrastructure.

But the village isn’t only focused on its economy. Officials continue to work on the Bridge Street Bike Path project, which will increase pedestrian and bicycle traffic on both sides of the DuPage River.

The village was awarded an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant for the project.

Durkin said officials also are looking at ways to enhance the town center area. Construction is underway on a senior living community, and much empty land still remains across from Village Hall.

are in, and they are hoping to start soon.”

The steady influx of new residents into new homes also means growth for businesses such as Jewel-Osco, which Brennan said recently completed remodeling and added a Starbucks to the inside of the store.

“Business is doing really good. The restaurants are busy; the stores are Pat Brennan busy,” he said.

Minooka village president Minooka also will be home to a new assisted living facility, which is being constructed behind the Jewel-Osco phase is completed now, and we are near the intersection of Route 6 and looking for someone to build the third Ridge Road. The facility should be comphase.” pleted in the spring, and new buildings The continued growth of homeown- already are being planned for the area ers means the growth of recreation, around it. such as the McEvilly Road bike path.

“They are talking about building “I’ve wanted this bike path since a memory-loss building in the same 1999, and it looks like it’s going to be area,” Brennan said. “It’s good to see a real thing,” Brennan said. “The bids new business invest in Minooka.”

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Police were called at 2:26 p.m. Dec. 23 to reports of a two-car crash in the area of Ingalls Avenue and Broadway Street – also known as Route 53 – about a quarter-mile south of Haunted Trails Family Amusement Park.

When officers arrived, they found a male victim – later confirmed to be 24-year-old Byrd, of Joliet – in a vehicle with a gun- Brian D. Byrd shot wound to the head.

Byrd was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

Joliet Deputy Chief Ed Gregory said Thursday that, according to witness statements, a suspect vehicle was last seen Dec. 23 traveling west on Ingalls Avenue away from Broadway Street.

Witnesses told police the victim and suspect both were traveling south in the 1200 block of Broadway Street when the suspect fired five to six rounds from a

handgun into Byrd’s car.

One of the rounds hit Byrd in the head. His vehicle then crossed into traffic traveling north and struck two vehicles before coming to a rest on the parkway. There were no injuries to motorists or pedestrians.

Police are not releasing any other information on the incident because of the ongoing investigation, Gregory said.

According to his obituary, Byrd was the father of two young children.

He graduated from Joliet Central High School and played for the Joliet Township High School basketball team.

He graduated from Lindenwood University – Belleville, east of St. Louis.

Statistics from the school show that in 29 games on the men’s basketball team in 2012-13, Byrd averaged 9.8 points and eight rebounds in 21 minutes a game.

At Joliet Junior College from 2011-12, he averaged 12.7 points and 8.7 rebounds in 29 games.

Byrd was employed as a truck driver at Old State Express in Naperville.

The visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m.

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hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Grundy County Sheriff Kevin Callahan is denying allegations

by Teamsters Local 700 that Grundy County correctional officers are in danger while moving inmates with just one officer on the transport.

“As sheriff of Grundy County, the safety of my staff and the people we serve is my No. 1 priority,” Callahan said in a news release. “In my 33 years at the sheriff’s office and four as the sheriff, we have never had an officer injured while transporting inmates.”

Callahan said the Teamsters issued a recent news release about safety issues as part of their contract negotiations.

“This is a common union bargaining

tactic, but I won’t bargain a labor agreement through the press,” Callahan said.

“It’s detrimental to the sheriff’s office, the employees and the public.”

Teamsters Local 700 business agent Tom Wilcox said the Teamsters news release was not a negotiation tactic but a matter of informing the people of Grundy County of unsafe practices that he said could not only jeopardize the safety of the transporting officer, but also the public if the inmate were to escape during transport.

“It affects every resident of Grundy County and any other county they are transporting inmates through,” Wilcox said.

Teamsters Local 700 said in its news release last week that Grundy County correctional officers for the sheriff’s de-

partment are being forced to “transfer dangerous inmates in and out of the jail facility every day.”

Callahan said in response to the Teamsters’ news release that historically the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department has used two correctional officers when the inmate is a high risk or when he or she is being transferred long distances.

Inmates are transferred when there is a court order from another county for the inmate to appear in court. It is required by law that the agency that has the inmate in custody takes him or her to court for due process.

Wilcox said that all of the Grundy County transfers he has checked since July were single-officer transports.

In a news release issued Wednesday, Callahan said he has “reached out to

every sheriff in the state of Illinois and received an overwhelming response, confirming that our present practice is consistent with the majority of the jails in the state of Illinois, with the possible exception being Cook Co., where the Teamsters representative, Mr. Wilcox, came from.”

Wilcox said he does not know of another county where inmates are transferred by just one correctional officer or deputy.

Will County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer confirmed that the agency uses two deputies to transport inmates to other counties.

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“It’s at its seasonal peak,” he said, “and we have seen a lot this year. ...

Typically, you see it in kids under the age of 5, but I have seen a few cases in teenagers and adults.”

Physician manuals say the virus is common from June through October, but Vermillion said he sees it here mainly in the late fall and early winter.

Sandy Lawrence of Morris said she got a call from her child’s school last month, telling her to come pick him up because he had contracted Dr. David the virus. Lawrence said Vermillion she was told that three other students in her son’s class had been pulled out that week for the same reason.

“He missed a whole week of school the week before Thanksgiving,” she said. “It took a whole week for it to clear.”

Lawrence said she noticed a couple of symptoms early on but thought it was just allergies, to which her son is prone. Later, little pink dots turned up around his mouth and on the palms and tops of his hands.

Her physician diagnosed it as hand, foot and mouth disease and recommended a mild over-the-counter pain reliever. He didn’t seem to be feeling too ill, his mother said.

“He was happy and running around,” Lawrence said. “About day two or three, he started complaining about his mouth.”

Paula Peacock of Coal City said her two elementary schoolchildren both got it, one in mid-October and the other about a month later. The first thing to hit were high fevers; both of them had temperatures of 103 degrees. They were miserable, Peacock said.

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With my oldest, I thought they had strep throat. With the second one, we knew what to look for. It was going around the school, too, so it wasn’t a big surprise.”

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thought they had strep throat. With the second one, we knew what to look for.

It was going around the school, too, so it wasn’t a big surprise.”

Teresa Henson of Morris said two of her elementary schoolchildren both got it in November.

Danny was hit first but didn’t have a bad case. It was mostly just a mild fever and spots on his ears, his face, the backs of his hands and the tops of his feet. Abby had it worse, with a sore throat for a week and spots in her mouth.

“She had to force herself to eat because she was so hungry,” Henson said.

Vermillion said in the vast majority of cases, the disease does not cause severe complications. Infants, however, may not feed and may need to be admitted to the hospital. Some patients are admitted for dehydration problems, as well.

The virus is spread mostly by the respiratory system through coughing and sneezing, contact with an infected person, contact with surfaces that have the virus on them and contact with an infected person’s feces.

“It’s modestly to very contagious,”

Vermillion said, “and it’s contagious before symptoms begin until all symptoms are gone.”

The rashes can be red spots or blisters with tiny vesicles. Inside the mouth, Vermillion said, they can look like canker sores.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hand, foot and mouth disease usually starts with a fever, reduced appetite, sore throat and a feeling of being unwell.

One or two days later, painful mouth sores can develop, as can skin rashes with red spots on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, and on the knees, elbows, buttocks or genital area.

Dr. Alpesh Patel of the Will County Health Department said hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood illness that usually goes away in a week or so.

Patel said the health department recommends these steps to prevent its spread: • Wash your hands often with soap and water.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

• Avoid close contact – such as kissing, hugging, sharing cups and eating utensils – with people who have HFMD. • Disinfect frequently touched surfaces and objects such as toys and doorknobs, especially if someone is sick.

Will County Health Department Public Information Officer Steve Brandy said the department does not know how many cases of the viral disease are occurring in the area, as it is not a disease that’s reported.

However, the department encourages schools and child care centers and providers to report any unusual case or cluster of cases that may indicate a public health hazard.

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OBITUARIES NELLIE KLANCHER

A celebration of Nellie’s life will begin with her family receiving relatives and friends on Monday, January 2, 2017 with a visitation at Nellie Klancher “Pat” (nee St. Joseph Catholic Church in Joliet from 10:00 Brugnara), age 96, at rest on a.m. until the time of Mass of Christian Burial Monday, December 26, 2016 to be held at 11:00 a.m. Interment of cremated at Presence Villa Franciscan remains to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Nursing Home with her loving Joliet. Per Nellie’s wishes cremation rites have family by her side. been accorded. There will be no funeral home Nellie is survived by her visitation or service. daughter, Shirley (Raymond) Munday; son, Obituary and tribute wall for Nellie Klancher at James Klancher; grandchildren, Michael www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, Munday, Robert (Cassandra) Klancher, 815-722-0524.

Becky Klancher and Amy (Nick) Malewicki; Arrangements entrusted to: great-grandchildren, Braleyn and Jaxson Klancher; son-in-law, Thomas (the late Patricia) Janes; and one grandpet, Nermal.

Preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Klancher (2007); parents, James and Marcella Brugnara; one daughter, Patricia Janes; sister, Erma Fabian; and one brother, Alfred Brugnara.

Nellie was born in Italy, was raised in Johnson City, IL and resided in Joliet. She was a member LINDA CHRISTINE LACKEY of the Rosarians of St. Joseph Church as well Born: February 18, 1948 as a longtime parishioner of St. Joseph Church.

Died: December 28, 2016 She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister who will be truly Linda Christine Lackey, age missed.

68, of Versailles, passed away The family would like to offer a special thank peacefully, at Good Shepherd you to all of the nurses, CNA’s and staff at Care Center on December 28, Presence Villa Franciscan who cared so lovingly 2016. for Nellie.

She was born on February In lieu of flowers, donations in Nellie’s name to 18, 1948, in a hospital at Ames, Joliet Area Community Hospice or for Masses to Iowa. Linda was the daughter of Frank and Mary be said in Nellie’s name would be appreciated.

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Michael (MJ) Howk 1/2/74 - 12/30/11 Time slips by and time goes on, but from our hearts you’re never gone.

We think about you always, we talk about you too.

We have so many memories, but we wish we still had you.

We all love & miss you, Dad, Pattie, Kristin, Terra, Deann, Tracy, Hayley, AJ, Austin, Kathryn, Payton, Rebecca & Mason

On July 4, 1970, she married Ross Reinheimer.

On February 11, 1978, Ross passed away with terminal cancer. On October 5, 1979, Linda married Larry Lackey, at the Larkin Avenue Baptist Church in Elgin, Illinois. They shared thirty-seven years together.

In 1971, she graduated from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, with a BA degree in English and secondary education. In 1980, she graduated from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, with a MS ED in curriculum and supervision. In 1998, Linda completed an additional thirty-eight graduate course hours from Northern Illinois University related to the instruction of language arts, computers and gifted education.

As a substitute, her first teaching role was at Durant High School, Durant, Iowa. In the fall of 1972, she was hired full-time at U-46 Eastview Junior High School, Bartlett, Illinois, as a 7th and 8th grade English teacher. During the summer and fall of 1989 - 1990, Linda accepted a part-time position at Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois, as an instructor of freshman English composition and literature.

After twenty-seven years, she retired from U-46 public school system and relocated, with her husband, Larry, to their retirement farm in Versailles, Missouri. During the fall term 1999, Linda was accepted in the School District No. 1 of Moniteau County, California, Missouri, as a high school English teacher. In the fall of 2000 - 2003, she completed her teaching career at Morgan County R-II School District, Versailles, Missouri as a high school English teacher.

In 1989, Linda received Exemplary Educator Award from the Illinois Math and Science Academy. From 1992 - 1998, she was selected Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Some of her student groups sponsored were: National Honor Society, Pride Group, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Freshman Class Sponsor, Young Authors, Odyssey of the Mind and Literary Guild.

At both the California and Versailles High School library and English departments, she developed a college bound reading list for her American literature and English literature and dual credit English composition 113 classes. (Shortly thereafter, Stanford University and Yale University put out similar lists on the internet).

Linda had a strong faith base. She enjoyed her family, reading, traveling and friends. Linda strived to see her students succeed and attain their goals. Linda and Larry were members of the Versailles United Methodist Church.

Linda is survived by her husband, Larry; her step-daughter, Sandra Lackey; step-daughter, Patricia Perna; son-in-law, Joseph Perna; and grandchildren, Samuel Perna and Matthew Perna.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 7th, at the Versailles United Methodist Church with Pastor Lora Cunningham officiating. Graveside services and interment will follow in the Versailles Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 6th, at the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home in Versailles.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Versailles United Methodist Church or the Good

Shepherd Care Center. Expression of sympathy may be left online at www.kidwellgarber.com.

Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.

HARRY J. MAGOLAN Harry J. Magolan, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 with his loving family by his side.

Harry is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy (nee Pillar) Magolan; sons, Larry (Debbie) Magolan and Tom (Dawn) Magolan; daughter, Janet (Dr. John) Gianino; grandchildren, Benjamin and Jessica Magolan, Katelyn and Elizabeth Gianino, Matthew, Rebecca, Nathaniel and Noah Magolan; siblings, Shirley (Robert) Williams and Robert (Thomasine) Magolan; sister-in-law, Ann (the late Ed) Buldak; numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Josephine (nee Moholick) Magolan; sister, Dorothy Magolan; brother, Walter Jr. (the late Beverly) Magolan.

Harry graduated from Lockport Township High School and was a proud United States Army Veteran serving during the Korean Conflict. He was employed by Material Services Corporation for 44 years. He was a parishioner of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Crest Hill. Harry was also a well-known pitcher for the Rivals Club fast pitch softball organization in late 1940’s. He was a diehard St. Louis Cardinal Fan and loved watching baseball. Harry also enjoyed traveling, golf and listening to music. He was happiest in St. Louis, on a golf course or in the Wisconsin Dells. Harry will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Harry’s name to St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Crest Hill or Masses to be said in Harry’s name would be appreciated.

A celebration of Harry’s life will begin on Saturday, December 31, 2016 with prayers in the funeral home chapel at 10:30 a.m. then driving in procession to St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Crest Hill for a Mass of Christian Burial to be held at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Romeoville. Visitation will be on Friday, December 30, 2016 at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Obituary and tribute wall for Harry J. Magolan at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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his own, David Polyak (Lindsay), of Hopkins, MN, Susan Curran (William) of Happy Valley, OR, Stephen Polyak (Amy), of Coralville, IA, ROGER J. LaLONDE Beth Hykes (Cameron) of Mercer Island, WA, Born: February 2, 1944 and Nicholas Polyak (Kathryn) of Lombard, Died: December 15, 2016 IL.; Grandchildren, Cole, Luke, Lucy, Will, Eliza, Chase, Joseph, John, Greta, Linus, Ben, Belen, Roger J. LaLonde, 72, of Naples, FL passed Laken and Gabe. He is also survived by his away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 following a sudden illness. Roger was a larger siblings, David LaLonde (Suzanne) of Sherrill, NY, Dennis LaLonde (Geraldine) of Lancaster, than life personality who loved his family, PA, Trudy (Laurin) (Tom) of Oneida, NY, Tarry his community, and sports of all kinds, from professional teams to those competing at the LaLonde (Susan) of Gainesville, VA, Michael LaLonde of San Antonio, TX, Mark LaLonde local high schools.

(Donna) of Salkirk, NY, Kenneth LaLonde “Snookie,” as he was known as a kid, was (Lisa) of Williamsburg, VA, and Kim LaLonde born on February 2, 1944 in Oneida, NY. He (Peggy) of Royal Palm Beach, FL. Also survivwas one of 10 children born to Thelma and ing him are his dear niece and nephew, Mark James LaLonde. He was a gifted athlete in school, excelling at both baseball and basket- and Denise Secor of Tampa, FL. Roger was preceded in death by his mother, ball. Continuing his love of sports off the field, he spent several years as a sports journalist. Thelma Trude LaLonde; his father, James LaLonde; and his brother, Richard LaLonde.

Roger and his first wife, Dorothy (Fox) Special thanks to Janice and Brian Smith were married in 1966 and together they had for their help and support for Elizabeth and one daughter, Tracy. They moved to Illinois family during this difficult time. where Roger transitioned to a new career A celebration of Roger’s life was held at the as the Director of Community Relations and Development at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, home of Nick and Kate Polyak on Thursday, IL. He later served in the same role at Ingalls December 22, 2016 in Lombard, IL. A funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, January 12th Hospital in Harvey, IL. at 11:00am at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Roger married Elizabeth (Jaworski Polyak) 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, FL 34120 in 1987. The couple moved to Marco Island, with a luncheon following at the church.

FL where Roger re-kindled his love of sports In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be journalism by writing for the Marco Eagle and gratefully appreciated by St. Agnes Catholic the Naples Daily News. He covered almost Church, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Naples, FL every sport for the local prep teams and became one of their biggest fans. Rain or shine, 34120, and Marco Island Academy, 2255 San Marco Road, Marco Island, FL 34145 in the Roger was on the sidelines taking photos, name of the Roger LaLonde Memorial Fund. recording stats and rooting them on. He also tried to be a good mentor to the student-athletes, encouraging them to work hard and keep their grades up.

LORRAINE PEDERSEN Roger was heavily involved in his community as a member of the Marco Chamber, East Lorraine Pedersen, nee Naples Civic Association, Morning Kiwanis, Birsa, age 87, passed away Knights of Columbus, Marco Realtors Assopeacefully, Wednesday Deciation, and he was a 50-year member of the cember 28, 2016 after a brief Loyal Order of Moose. illness at Edward Hospital, Roger loved entertaining people and was a Naperville, surrounded by her generous host. He will be greatly missed. family.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth of Survived by one son, Lawrence (Jeannette) Naples, FL; his daughter, Tracy LaLonde Kom- Pedersen; one daughter, Karen (David) Latz; ljenovic (Robby) of Sunny Isles Beach, FL; and grandchildren, Mark (Sarah) Latz, Michael the children and grandchildren he loved as Latz, Abbey (Kevin Hearn fiancée) Latz, Sam-

uel Pedersen and Emily Pedersen; one great grandson, Henry Gatling Latz; two brothers, Tom (Anne) Birsa and Ben (Carole) Birsa; one sister-in-law, Dorothy (Bob) Luman.

Numerous nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.

Preceded in death by her husband, Charles “Lindy” Pedersen; one son, Charles R. “Chuckie” Pedersen; parents, Benjamin and Rose (Konowalski) Birsa; brothers, Richard Birsa and Donald (Nancy deceased) Birsa; a sister, Patricia (Larry deceased) Ahlvin.

Born in Joliet, living in Joliet most of her life until moving to Heritage Woods in Plainfield.

Formerly employed at Vidmar Buick. Lorraine was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. She was an avid Crossword puzzle, Scrabble player and Reader.

Funeral from the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home, Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. to St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Friday 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

CHICAGO – Robert Hulseman, who in the 1970s invented the Red Solo Cup for family picnics only to see it embraced as the go-to beverage holder at college keg parties and football tailgates – and even the inspiration for a country music party hit – has died. He was 84.

The former president and chief executive of his family’s Solo Cup Co. died Dec. 21 at his home in Northfield, Illinois, of health complications after a series of

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KATRINA ANN WAITE

Born: January 28, 1964; in Long Beach, CA Died: December 22, 2016; in Aurora, IL Katrina Ann Waite, age 52, a resident of Oswego, IL since 2000, passed away December 22, 2016 at Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, IL. She was born on January 28, 1964 in Long Beach, CA. Katrina is survived by her loving mother, Sally Waite; her dear siblings, Kevin (Edna) Waite, Sean (Lynn) Waite, Annie Waite and Matt Waite; her best friend, Diane Garneski; her nieces and nephews, Lauren (Kevin) Wiate, Allison, Caitlyn and Stephen Waite, Jasmine Waite, Aiden and Madisen Waite; and her beloved furry companion, Kyleigh “sassy-pants.”

dowed institutions but favored smaller, even struggling charities. “If ever a place was in trouble, he would come through and help them out,” his son said.

Imposing at 6-foot-2, he was always smartly dressed. His children bought him blue jeans one Christmas “as a joke,” his son said, adding: “He took them back and exchanged them for khakis.”

Hulseman also invented the Traveler coffee cup lid, with his friend and employee Jack Clements, a design the Museum of Modern Art added to its permanent collection.

How to submit Send obituary information to obits@ TheHerald-News.com or call 815-5264438. Notices are accepted until 3 p.m. for the next day’s edition. Obituaries also appear online at TheHerald-News. com/obits where you may sign the guest book, send flowers or make a memorial donation.

She was preceded in death by her father, James H. Waite in 2007.

Katrina graduated from the College of St. Francis in 1986 with a Bachelors of Social Work and from the University of Illinois in 1988 with a Masters of Social Work. Following her graduation, she has been employed by District 203 in Naperville working as an early childhood social worker for 27 years. She was fortunate to have her aunt, Marti Yonikus, as a wonderful mentor within District 203.

Katrina volunteered with the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer and the Susan G. Koman 3-day every year since her initial diagnosis 20 years ago. She was a very active member of her church, St. Thomas the Apostle and was involved with the St. Thomas Women’s Retreat.

For those who would like to leave a lasting tribute to Katrina’s life, memorials to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital would be greatly appreciated.

Visitation will be Friday, January 13, 3:00 until 8:00PM at the Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 S. Mill St., Naperville. All are welcome to gather on Saturday, January 14, for the 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Rd., Naperville. Interment will be private.

For information please call 630/355-0213 or visit www.friedrich-jones.com.

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strokes, his son Paul Hulseman told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The younger Hulseman said his father never fully understood how massively popular the large red plastic cup became in pop culture. He said the cup was intended for families, and recalled being about 10 years old when he and his siblings helped their father choose the cup’s first colors: red, blue, yellow and peach.

“That product was never intended for keggers,” the younger Hulseman said.

Country music star Toby Keith recorded a tribute to the party side of Hulse-

The Associated Press

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STATE

Municipalities look to opt out of labor laws Cook board passed two new measures in October The ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO – At least one Cook County municipality has opted out of the looming minimum wage hike and paid sick time laws, and more communities could follow suit.

The Cook County Board passed two laws in October mirroring measures in Chicago. One allows employees to accrue up to five days of paid sick time each year, with some exceptions. The other incrementally increases the minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2020.

ILLINOIS ROUNDUP

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News from across the state Gang trial jury stalls on 1 count; to resume Tuesday

CHICAGO – Deliberating jurors at a major racketeering trial of the purported leaders of Chicago’s notorious Hobos gang sent a note to the presiding federal judge Thursday saying they are deadlocked on at least one count after four full days of deliberations.

The primary charge in the 10-count indictment is the racketeering conspiracy charge that applies to all six alleges Hobos leaders including purported boss Gregory “Bowlegs” Chester and hitman Paris Poe. Nine other stand-alone counts include drug and gun charges.

The laws, which take effect July 1, “I would say that a majority have sparked ongoing debate about would prefer to opt out, whether such mandates help workers or hamstring employers and threaten but there’s a genuine fear jobs, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Local and county officials said any muamong community leaders of nicipality can opt out at any time. retribution from the county.”

Barrington officials have already decided to do so.

“I would say that a majority would Gregg Goslin prefer to opt out, but there’s a genuCook County Board commissioner ine fear among community leaders of retribution from the county,” Commissioner Gregg Goslin of Glenview said.

He said in his district, many conPalatine is expected to take up the cerns stem from the effect of several question early next year. county initiatives, such as tax increas“As a border community, it hurts es, have had on business near the bor- our businesses,” Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz said. “I think it’s an overder.

At the biggest gang trial in recent Chicago history, prosecutors told jurors the Hobos cultivated a reputation for brutality, once torturing someone with a clothing iron.

Some witnesses were visibly nervous testifying and one refused outright to testify “for the sake of me and my family.”

The afternoon note Thursday doesn’t say which count the 12 panelists are stuck on, but it makes clear there is disagreement.

And it at least raises the prospect that there could be a hung jury after three months of often chilling testimony and sometimes complex legal arguments.

“There are some strong beliefs on both sides,” the jury note said. Without fully explaining, it added that one juror “refuses to give a guilty verdict” and “at least one ... refuses to give a not guilty verdict” on one count.

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Prosecutors don’t oppose delaying Schock’s trial

SPRINGFIELD – Federal prosecutors said they don’t oppose delaying the criminal trial of former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock because they expect it to last as long as six weeks and include up to 100 witnesses.

A preliminary trial date of Feb. 7 was set when Schock was arraigned this month, but the ex-conAaron gressman has requested Schock a delay until July. The 35-year-old Republican from Peoria is accused of misusing government and campaign money for personal use and faces 24 criminal counts.

His lawyers argued more time is needed to study “voluminous” documents that could be used as evidence.

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WLS-TV reported Thursday that a 15-year-old boy crashed a truck he stole Wednesday morning into a chain-link fence on the city’s South Side while trying to flee police.

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Schwantz said the issue should be addressed at a state level, not just a county level.

In agreement was Elgin Mayor David Kaptain, who said he shares the same concerns as border towns about the effect. He wants to address the issue with the City Council before July.

About a third of Kaptain’s town is in Cook County and the rest is in Kane County.

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS States face off over global warming plan

If it holds, the truce between the Syrian government and the country’s mainstream rebel ALBANY, N.Y. – Two weeks after officials in two dozen states forces will be followed by peace asked Republican President-elect talks next month in Kazakhstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin Donald Trump to kill one of said in announcing the agreeDemocratic President Barack Obama’s signature plans to curb ment. He described it, however, as “quite fragile” and requiring global warming, another group of state officials is urging Trump “special attention and patience.”

The first half-hour of the ceaseto save it.

Democratic attorneys general fire was one of “comprehensive calm,” said Rami Abdurrahman, in 15 states plus four cities head of the Syrian Observatory and counties sent a letter to for Human Rights. He said that Trump asking him to preserve before the truce came into force, Obama’s Clean Power Plan, New York Attorney General Eric the government was bombing Schneiderman, the lead author, several areas, including the province of Aleppo and suburbs announced Thursday.

The letter was a rebuttal to one of Damascus. sent this month by Republican Iraqi troops resume officials from West Virginia and Mosul fight after lull 21 other states and Democrats MOSUL, Iraq – Breaking a from the coal-producing states of Kentucky and Missouri urging two-week lull in fighting, Iraqi Trump to issue a Day 1 executive troops backed by the U.S.-led order declaring the Clean Power coalition’s airstrikes and artillery Plan unlawful and prohibiting the pushed deeper into eastern Mosul on Thursday in a multiU.S. Environmental Protection pronged assault against Islamic Agency from enforcing it.

State militants in the city.

Cease-fire goes into force Elite special forces pushed into the Karama and Quds neighborin war-ravaged Syria BEIRUT – A cease-fire brokered hoods, while army troops and federal police advanced into

by Russia and Turkey went into the nearby Intisar, Salam and effect in war-ravaged Syria at Sumor neighborhoods. Columns midnight Thursday, a potential breakthrough in the six years of of dark smoke rose overhead as fighting that have left more than explosions shook the city and a quarter-million people dead and heavy machine gun fire echoed triggered a refugee crisis across through the streets.

– Wire reports Europe.

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U.S. punishes Russia for hacking campaign The ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU – The U.S. struck back Thursday at Russia for hacking the U.S. presidential campaign with a sweeping set of punishments targeting Russia’s spy agencies and diplomats. The U.S. said Russia must bear costs for its actions, but Moscow called the Obama administration “losers” and threatened retaliation.

A month after an election the U.S. says Russia tried to sway for Donald Trump, President Barack Obama sanctioned the GRU and FSB, leading Russian intelligence agencies the U.S. said were involved. Those sanctions could easily be pulled back by Trump, who has insisted that Obama and Democrats are merely attempting to delegitimize his election.

In an elaborately coordinated response by at least five federal agencies, the Obama administration also sought to expose Russia’s cyber tactics with a detailed technical report and hinted it might still launch a covert counterattack.

“All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions,” Obama said, adding, “Such activities have consequences.”

Trump issued a statement saying it was “time for our country to move on to bigger and better things.” Yet in the face of newly public evidence, he suggested he was keeping an open mind.

“In the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation,” Trump said.

As part of the punishment, the U.S. also kicked out 35 Russian diplomats who the U.S. said were actually intelligence operatives, and shut down a pair of Russian compounds, in New York and

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President Barack Obama speaks Dec. 16 during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts.

Maryland. The U.S. said those actions were in response to Russia’s harassment of U.S. diplomats, calling it part of a pattern of aggression that included the cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman.

It was the strongest action the Obama administration has taken to date to retaliate for a cyberattack, and more comprehensive than last year’s sanctions on North Korea after it hacked Sony Pictures Entertainment. The new penalties add to existing U.S. sanctions over Russia’s actions in Ukraine, which have impaired Russia’s economy but had limited effect on President Vladimir Putin’s behavior.

Russia, which denied the hacking allegations, called the penalties a clumsy yet aggressive attempt to “harm Russian-American ties.”

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would take into account the fact that Trump will soon replace Obama as it drafts retaliatory measures.

The day marked a low

point for U.S. relations with Russia, which have suffered during Obama’s years as he and Putin tussled over Ukraine, Edward Snowden and Russia’s support for Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Maria Zakharova, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, took to Facebook to call the Obama administration “a group of foreign policy losers, angry and ignorant.”

It was unlikely the new sanctions, while symbolically significant, would have a major effect on Russian spy operations. The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets and block Americans from doing business with them. But Russian law bars the spy agencies from having assets in the U.S., and any activities they undertake would likely be covert and hard to identify.

“On its face, this is more than a slap on the wrists, but hardly an appropriate response to an unprecedented attack on our electoral system,” said Stewart Baker, a cybersecurity lawyer and former National Security Agency and Homeland Security Agency official.

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OPINIONS

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ANOTHER VIEW

Parton stands by her people Dolly Parton demonstrated once again this month how much she loves the people of Sevier County, the rugged mountain community where she grew up. Her telethon, “Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund,” has raised $9 million and counting for those who lost their homes in last month’s wildfires.

The My People Fund, started by Parton, The Dollywood Foundation and Sevier County businesses, has pledged to give $1,000 a month for six months to each family who lost their primary residence in the blaze, which killed 14 people and scorched 17,000 acres in the tourist community. More than 1,300 families are known to have lost their homes.

Sevier County’s most famous native swiftly went into action, putting the show together in a matter of days. The telethon aired earlier this month on a host of networks, including GAC, AXS-TV and RFD-TV, and featured more than 20 live and pre-taped performances from stars ranging from Cyndi Lauper and Don McLean to Parton, Kenny Rogers, Chris Young, Chris Stapleton and Reba McEntire.

Celebrities opened their wallets, too. Dierks Bentley and Paul Simon each called in and pledged $100,000, and Young was on hand with members of the Country Music Association to present a $250,000 joint check from Kenny Chesney and the trade organization.

“I am overwhelmed by the generosity of the people who have donated from all over the country and to my friends who donated their time, their talent, and money for My People,” Parton said in a statement.

“The response has been so overwhelming that we haven’t been able to count all of the donations yet; right now, in total, we have raised about $9 million for the folks who lost everything in Sevier County.”

The telethon has been broadcast multiple times, so the final tally will be higher.

The proceeds will help families whose lives have been devastated by the wildfires. Donations of clothing, food and other items can only go so far, and it will take months for the displaced to return to some semblance of normalcy.

Many of those who lost their homes work or own businesses in Gatlinburg. The town lost many businesses, but the core of the commercial district escaped destruction.

While the tourism mecca has reopened to the public, it has not drawn the crowds that typically come for the Christmas season. The city had to cancel its popular Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade, and merchants and visitors alike have noted the falloff in business.

Parton’s voice is incomparable, and few can sing like Reba or Kenny.

Parton is singing the lead, but the rest of us can sing backup. The resulting harmony can help the recovery of a community that has lost so much.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR American Legion Band extends thanks

To the Editor: On behalf of the Joliet American Legion Band, I would like to sincerely thank the many individuals, organizations and band members who assisted to make the 34th annual presentation of the “Sounds of Christmas” concert a reality. While there are too many names to mention, please know that the efforts of all of you did not go unnoticed and are truly appreciated.

A special thanks to Mayor Robert O’Dekirk and the city of Joliet, Cmdr. Cheri Stanton and the American Legion and Dr. Charles Menghini and Vandercook College of Music for your tributes and proclamations honoring our retiring Director Tom Drake for his 60 years of commitment and dedication to the Joliet American Legion Band.

Tom Drake’s name is nearly synonymous with the JALB. Few have ever seen the band perform without Tom Drake at the helm. In recognition of his unquestionable devotion, the band has proudly bestowed on him the title of “Director Emeritus.”

A huge thank you to the nearly 900 concertgoers

who came out on a snowy day to experience the ambiance of the Rialto Theatre and to hear the holiday sounds of the band.

The band is extremely grateful to all those who braved what Mother Nature had to offer.

The band was pleased to be able to transfer an incredible amount of food and paper products to Catholic Charities – Diocese of Joliet Daybreak Center.

The Daybreak Center was overwhelmed by the immense generosity of the concertgoers, as well as those who donated but were not able to attend. The bountiful donations will assist the needs of many in our community.

It is my sincere hope that all of the concertgoers truly enjoyed this year’s rendition of the “Sounds of Christmas.” We look forward to seeing you again next year and possibly at many of the band’s other performances.

With appreciation, Gary T. Picha

Chairman, Joliet American Legion Band

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SPORTS

BOYS BASKETBALL: JOLIET CATHOLIC 67, AURORA CENTRAL CATHOLIC 61

TOP OF THE HILL

Ragen, Finch lead JCA to holiday tournament title

By DICK GOSS

dgoss@shawmedia.com AURORA – The Joliet Catholic Academy boys basketball team knew exactly what it was up against entering Thursday night’s championship game of the East Aurora Holiday Tournament.

The Hilltoppers had faced the Chargers and 20-point scorer Brett Czerak in the Aurora Christian Thanksgiving Tournament and dropped a 49-42 decision.

They knew Czerak, Mac Cowen and Kyle Czerak were in love with the 3-point shot, and with good reason. As a trio, they are deadly.

So JCA coach Joe Gura went with a tight, switching man-to-man defense and an offense bent on getting the ball down low to Pete Ragen and Donavan Finch. The strategies worked to the tune of a thrilling 67-61 victory.

“This was true grit on the part of our kids,” Gura said. “We came through the tougher pool winning two of three games, and then we had to beat a team that had beaten us once to win the tournament.

“They have a very high-powered offense that lives on the 3. For the most part, we did the job defensively. This was encouraging. I am very proud of our young men.”

JCA had knocked off Neuqua Valley and Oswego East in pool play before falling Wednesday to Chicago Christian. However, the Hilltoppers (6-7) already had their spot in the title game secured.

Aurora Christian (9-3) had gone unbeaten in its three pool games and featured one of the better shooters around in Brett Czerak. However, he saw a lit-

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Joliet Catholic’s Pete Ragen and the rest of the Hillmen hold the 2016 East Aurora Holiday Tournament trophy Thursday after defeating Aurora Central Catholic, 67-61, in Aurora. tle more of Ragen than he would have liked.

“I did the best I could against him,” said Ragen, who like Czerak was a first-team all-tournament selection.

“That kid is a great shooter off the line.

He has a heck of a pullup jumper, and I

from 3-point range. wanted to try to take it away.”

Czerak had some foul trouble but The strategy for JCA was different, still scored 18 points, 13 in the fourth a high-low approach to attacking the quarter, when the Chargers desperate- Aurora Central Catholic zone. Ragen ly tried to catch the Hilltoppers. Cowen chipped in 16 points, and Kyle Czerak See JOLIET CATHOLIC, page 26 14, and the three combined to hit 8 of 20

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Joliet Central reaches State Farm Classic finals

By JEFF DEGRAW

Shaw Media Correspondent BLOOMINGTON – Joliet Central’s boys basketball team earned a spot in Friday’s State Farm Holiday Classic title game.

On Thursday, at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center, the Steelmen beat Mahomet-Seymour, 49-38, in the semifinals. With the win, Central (11-1) will play Wheaton Warrenville South (13-0) at 8:15 p.m. at the Shirk Center for the large-school championship.

“We got to the game,” Central coach Lawrence Thompson, Jr. said of playing in the championship. “You can’t win it if you’re not playing in the final game.

“Wheaton Warrenville South will be a test for us tomorrow night. It will be a great game and we will see

how the kids respond to what we have been teaching this season. They are a bigger team, but everyone is bigger than we are, so that really doesn’t matter.”

The Steelmen outscored the Bulldogs in every quarter, but it always seemed Mahomet-Seymour was never out of it.

Central trailed, 7-6, with 2:30 left in the first quarter, but put together a 9-0 run and took a 15-10 lead at the end of the quarter. Jose Grubbs, the do-everything Steelmen senior, had a big 3-pointer and two steals that led to baskets in the quarter.

There wasn’t much scoring in the second quarter and the half ended with Central up, 24-18.

“They (Mahomet-Seymour) were never out of it with their 3-point shooting ability,” Thompson said.

“You never really feel comfortable

and no lead is ever big enough against them.”

The third quarter saw the Steelmen outscore the Bulldogs by one point to take a 37-30 lead as the fourth quarter began. But the pesky Bulldogs cut it to 37-34 in the first 1:30 of the fourth quarter.

That’s when Grubbs took over again. He made a three-point play to put his team up 40-34 and scored the next two baskets for Central to seal the win with only 1:22 left in the game. The Steelmen held the Bulldogs scoreless the last 1:50 of the game.

Grubbs ended with 19 points, including 12 in the second half. He had eight steals, three of which he took the distance for a basket. He also contributed seven rebounds.

“I did what I had to do for the team,” Grubbs said. “We needed a spark, but it was all of us that won

this game. We were fresh, we have been playing well and we knew Mahomet-Seymour was a little tired from playing a four-overtime game the night before.

“This is a great feeling playing for the championship. Coach (Thompson) has led us here and I’m so grateful for him being here my senior year.”

Central junior guard Cameron Blackmon scored 12 points, including seven in the first half, and grabbed five rebounds.

“This is the first time in this tournament and we wanted to play big and make a statement,” Blackmon said. “We knew they could shoot from anywhere. We pride ourselves on our defense and we wanted to force them to put the ball on the floor and run them out of their spots. We used our quickness tonight to our advantage.”

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Continued from page 25 hit 7-of-10 shots and 10-of-15 free throws for 24 points to go with a game-high 10 rebounds. Finch scored 23 on 6-of-14 shooting and 11 of 14 free throws.

“We knew they would play a tough zone, and we had to exploit their weakness,” Ragen said. “We executed perfectly on offense.”

Guard Jack Surin, a second-team all-tournament pick, also got to the basket early on and finished with 12 points and nine rebounds for the Hilltoppers, who outrebounded the Chargers, 33-20, and made 27 of 40 free throws, including 17 of 22 in a frantic fourth quarter.

“We lost to this team earlier, and the guys got together today and decided we weren’t going to lose to them again,” Ragen said. “We stayed together. That’s the thing that really huge about this team.

“We wanted to beat them [Chargers] bad. After we lost yesterday [to Chicago Christian], we made up our minds to come and punch these guys in the mouth right away. We did that.”

Indeed, the Hilltoppers led, 6-0, and 10-1 early and never were headed. The difference was 20-11 after one quarter. The Chargers scored the final four points of the second quarter to get within 27-22 at halftime.

JCA built the lead back up in the third quarter, which finished with the Hilltoppers on top, 44-33. But if it

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Joliet Catholic’s Pete Ragen puts up a shot against Aurora Catholic Thursday during the East Aurora Holiday Tournament in Aurora.

appeared to be over, Aurora Central 58 with 1:16 to go before JCA put it boards,” Ragen said. “It was up to us Catholic had other ideas. With Brett away with free throw shooting and a to come out and execute.”

Execute they did. As Gura said, “I Czerak getting hot, the Chargers got few key defensive boards. as close as 57-55 with 2:13 left and 61“ ‘G’ [Gura] stressed getting on the am very proud of our young men.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: BLOOM 68, JOLIET WEST 64

By DICK GOSS

dgoss@shawmedia.com

• Friday, December 30, 2016

PONTIAC – Time was about to expire in the third quarter of Friday’s quarterfinal game at the 86th annual Pontiac Holiday Tournament.

Joliet West senior guard Mike Smith took a dribble at the center line and let loose with a contested heave that banked off the backboard and cleanly through the net.

The ultimate 3-pointer completed an 8-0 run and gave the Tigers a 52-49 lead over scrappy Bloom Township.

“That was the one time where I felt we were in control,” West coach Nick DiForti said.

But this was an occasion when West (11-1) did not play to its usual level, and Bloom (8-2) brought an extra dose of resiliency. The Trojans went on a 9-0 run to open the fourth quarter and extended that to a 14-2 run for a 63-56 lead with 1:17 left.

West refused to quit, getting one possession with an opportunity to tie with 19 seconds left. But it was not to be as Bloom prevailed, 68-64, after Smith hit another long buzzer-beater at the final horn to finish with a team-high 20 points.

“They battled hard,” DiForti said of the Trojans, “and our free-throw shooting killed us. That had not been a problem all year.”

Indeed, the Tigers were borderline miserable at the line, hitting 12 of 27.

That helped erase the advantage that should have come from a 45-29 rebounding edge, including 24-9 in the first half.

“That’s a statistic, usually when we win by that much, we win the game,” DiForti said.

West’s main men, Teyvion Kirk and Trevian Bell, not only suffered subpar shooting games, but both had to sit for a while with foul trouble. Kirk missed about five minutes, and Bell more than 11.

Kirk finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, but also had six turnovers and was assessed a technical foul for taunting the Bloom bench. He was 7 of 23 from the field, 1 of 9 from 3-point range and 3 of 10 from the free-throw line.

Bell was 1 of 8 from the field and scored six points. Elijah Ward chipped in 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds but was 2 of 6 from the foul line.

The Tigers shot 39.7 percent from the field on 23 of 58, including 11 of 36 (.306) in the second half, when numerous putbacks and close-in attempts failed to drop. A bright spot was Smith,

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Joliet West’s Elijah Ward drives to the basket around Romeoville’s DeAndre Heckard Dec. 22 at Joliet West High School. who hit 4 of 7 from 3-point range, all in the second half, and shot 7 of 11 overall.

“When we have our top two scorers out with fouls, we need someone to pick us up,” DiForti said. “Michael Smith came in and did that, not only with his scoring but with his defense, and he had six or seven offensive rebounds.”

Austin Richie, a 6-foot-5 senior forward, proved an issue for the Tigers.

He closed with 23 points and nine rebounds.

“That 32 [Richie] is a real solid player,” DiForti said. “He played a good game.”

West came to Pontiac as one of four teams hoping to reach the semifinals with unbeaten records, with Curie, Simeon and Bloomington the others.

“Sometimes, when high expectations are put on guys, that plays into it,” DiForti said. “That’s not an excuse, but you could see our guys weren’t playing as loose as they usually do.

“We wanted to be in the championship game. Now we need to make the

next two our championship games.”

West will face Oak Park-River Forest at 9:30 a.m. Friday. If the Tigers win, they would play again at 6 p.m. for fifth place.

“We’ve won 11 games and hadn’t lost,” DiForti said. “As a staff, you keep harping on certain little things, but it doesn’t sink in. Maybe the guys are believing it now.”

Lockport 55, Warren 35: Lockport won the consolation bracket game and will play in a consolation semifinal game at 8 a.m. Friday against the Pontiac/West Aurora winner.

Lockport had a 14-11 lead after the first quarter and stretched it to 27-18 at the break. It was 41-24 after three quarters.

“I saw a mentally different team today,” Lockport coach Brett Hespell said. “We cleaned up many things we didn’t do well against Benet. I am very proud of how we came back today and responded.”

Matt Smietanski led the Porters with 20 points and grabbed 12 re-

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bounds. Sophomore Jacob Karli added 14 points.

St. Charles North 51, Plainfield North 49 (OT): Plainfield North lost in the conso-

lation bracket and was ousted.

The Tigers trailed the entire game until Gavin Doyle hit two free throws for a 41-39 lead with three minutes remaining in regulation. Plainfield North’s Justin Wilson hit a jumper with 1:05 left for a 43-42 lead.

Both teams had opportunities to win in the final seconds of the fourth quarter as St. Charles North missed an uncontested layup with 15 seconds left, then Plainfield North missed the front end of two one-and-one free throw opportunities in the final 10 seconds. The Stars then made the first free throw but missed the second to tie the game at 43 with one second remaining.

Brady Miller led the Tigers with 23 points and added five rebounds. Wilson scored 13 points.

• Shaw Media Correspondent Jeff DeGraw contributed to this story.

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28 GIRLS BASKETBALL: LINCOLN-WAY EAST 62, MINOOKA 49

Lincoln-Way East beats Minooka, wins Medieval Classic

By CURT HERRON

cherron@shawmedia.com FRANKFORT – What a difference a few wins make.

After entering its Medieval Classic in a scoring slump, Lincoln-Way East’s girls basketball team looked like a completely different squad during its four games in the eight-team event.

Coach Jim Martin’s Griffins averaged 62.5 points and won all four by an average margin of 23.7 points after capturing a 62-49 victory over Minooka in Thursday’s title game to win a second consecutive championship in their tournament.

With tournament MVP Lauren Hunter (12 points, 17 rebounds) and all-tourney selection Carolyn Waleski (17 points, eight rebounds) leading the way, East (8-6) moved ahead for good at 19-17 at the end of the first quarter and steadily built its lead from there to avenge an early-season loss to the Indians.

“This builds confidence,” Martin said. “Two things we’ve done in the tournament was playing better defensively and we rebounded well. Some of these kids were on a team that liked to run last year with Jim (coach Jim Nair at Lincoln-Way North), and they did a great job.

“So I told them at the beginning of the tournament, ‘let’s go,’ and they took it to heart. They’re playing with a lot more excitement and more enthusiasm. Carolyn has so much energy and she has to play at that pace, and I’m still learning who these players are.

Hopefully we continue playing like this as we go.”

Minooka (11-3), led by all-tournament selections Brooklyn Bachmann (24 points) and Savannah Johnson (eight points, five rebounds), only trailed 31-24 at halftime, but the gap grew to 49-31 by the end of the third quarter, and the Indians got no closer than nine points back after that as they had an eight-game win streak snapped.

“Jim has a great program and is an excellent coach,” Minooka coach Ray Liberatore said. “I thought right from the opening tip that they were the more aggressive team. Brooklyn had a great game, but you need more than that and we didn’t have more than that tonight.

“During the tournament, we were able to generate a lot of offense from our press. But they handled our press very well and we had to get out of it.

They’ve been in this championship before and I told our girls that they expected to win their tournament so this was a learning experience. We had a nice start, but sometimes it’s OK to

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Minooka’s Cierra Bachmann shoots over the arms of Lincoln-Way Central’s Natalie Spudic (left) at the Medieval Classic on Wednesday at Lincoln-Way East High School. say, ‘We still have work to do.’ ” The opening quarter suggested that the contest was going to be close.

Minooka took its last lead at 17-16 on a 3-pointer from Jenna Roberts (10 points) but Delani Grayer answered with a trey of her own to put the Griffins up by two heading into the second quarter.

Bailey Kramer (10 points) hit a 3-pointer with 2:40 left in the half to make it 27-20 and Waleski added a pair of layups to give East two more seven-point leads before the break.

“I think a huge part of how we played was the communication and energy that we had,” Waleski said. “At the beginning of the season, our bench was always so quiet, and we needed more energy. Now after every single

basket, the whole bench is up and there’s so much noise. That energy and effort is turning us into a completely different team and it’s awesome to see how we’re jelling together.

“Today we had the green light so we just went out and played the game that we know how to play. Losing to them in the beginning of the year brought so much more energy into this game and we were so pumped to play them. This is definitely a big turning point for us.”

The Indians closed to within 36-28 after a three-point play from Cierra Bachmann (five points, nine rebounds) but Waleski responded with her own three-point play and a trey, Hunter hit two free throws, Waleski got a steal and layup and Riley Gaynor (eight points) hit another 3-pointer to make it

49-31 after three quarters.

East, which led by as much as 20 points in the final period, also got six points from Samantha Nair and five points and six rebounds from Anna Power.

“We’ve been playing as a team really well lately, so I’m really proud of my teammates,” said Hunter, who is believed to have tied the school record for rebounds in a game. “I would like to hug the whole bench since they pump us up, even though some of them might not get into the game, but they’re our biggest fans and that means a lot to me.

“This is how we played at North and we’re just trying to mend our traditions and how we play together and it’s really coming together now and hopefully we keep this going.”

BLACKHAWKS 3, PREDATORS 2

By MARK LAZERUS

mlazerus@suntimes.com

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Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford blocks a shot by Nashville Predators left wing Kevin Fiala during the second period Thursday in Nashville. a shot past Rinne for his 11th goal and the 700th point of his career. It stood as the game-winner.

With Brian Campbell out and goals hard to come by lately, Quenneville offered a new power-play look. Rather than have Seabrook and Duncan Keith at the points in a traditional power-play setup, the top unit went with a 1-3-1 formation, with Keith up

high, Artemi Panarin, Toews and Kane across, and Artem Anisimov posting up in front of Rinne. The move paid instant dividends, as Anisimov deflected a Keith shot past Rinne for a 1-0 Hawks lead at 13:19 of the first.

The lead was short-lived, however, as the Predators got it back 35 seconds later. After Ryan Johansen saved a Dennis Rasmussen clearing attempt,

lead in the second half, but recovered for its school-record 11th victory. Flowers threw a 25-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime, finding Elkanah Dillon in the end zone.

South Carolina’s overtime drive ended after Jake Bentley was sacked by Mike Love on fourth down. Bentley fumbled, and Khalid McGee recovered to end it.

Flowers, who was selected the game’s Most Valuable Player, completed 23 of 32 passes for 261 yards and ran for 105 yards on 21 carries.

The Bulls controlled the game for most of the afternoon, but the Gamecocks rallied to tie it at 39 with 1:11 remaining on A.J. Turner’s 1-yard touchdown run and a 2-point conversion.

No. 18 Va. Tech stages epic comeback, tops Arkansas

he passed over to Filip Forsberg who fired the puck past Crawford for the equalizer.

Mike Fisher snuck behind Keith and knocked in a cross-ice pass from Mathias Ekholm for a power-play goal and a 2-1 Nashville lead at 6:13 of the third period. Then Crawford did his best Dave Bolland impression, and the comeback was on.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BRIEFS No. 25 South Florida beats South Carolina in Birmingham Bowl

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – South Florida’s Quinton Flowers said there were a lot of big-name college football programs that thought he could be a star player. As a running back. Or maybe as a safety.

But Flowers knew he could be a great quarterback. And on Thursday in the Birmingham Bowl against a team from the Southeastern Conference, he proved it once again.

Flowers ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more – including what proved to be the winner in overtime – to help No. 25 South Florida beat South Carolina, 46-39.

South Florida (11-2) squandered a 39-21

the Hokies ahead for good with 12:03 left in the game when he scored on a 6-yard run. Evans sealed the win with an 8-yard CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jerod Evans threw touchdown scamper. for 243 yards and two touchdowns and Virginia Tech came in averaging 35 ran for two scores, and No. 18 Virginia points, but the Razorbacks (7-6) set Tech pulled off the largest comeback in the tone early by turning Evans’ fumble its 124-year history, erasing a 24-point halftime deficit to beat Arkansas, 35-24, and interception into 10 points to take a 17-0 lead in the first quarter. Arkansas on Thursday night in the Belk Bowl. extended the lead to 24-0 at halftime and After being limited to 180 yards in the first half, the Hokies (10-4) took advantage it looked as if it might cruise to an easy of three of Austin Allen’s interceptions and victory.

But Evans completed 12 of 16 passes for scored touchdowns on five of their first 129 yards and two TDs in the second half, seven possessions of the second half.

Evans scored on a 4-yard run and threw helping Justin Fuente become the first coach in school history to win 10 games touchdown strikes to Sam Rogers and in his first season.

Chris Cunningham to cut it to 24-21 In the third quarter. Travon McMillan put – Wire reports

• Friday, December 30, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Joel Quenneville says he never worries about his team’s offense – that the goals eventually will come. It’s a common refrain around the Blackhawks.

“Nobody’s worried in this room about our offense,” Corey Crawford said earlier in the week. “It’s a long season. There’s games where it just doesn’t go in. It’s fine. Our guys are going to score goals.”

Well, Crawford did what he could to help Thursday night. A crafty veteran move by Crawford drew a penalty midway through the second period, which led to a Jonathan Toews power-play goal and an eventual 3-2 Hawks victory in Nashville. The comeback victory ended a three-game losing skid for the Hawks.

It wasn’t the prettiest win – once again, the Hawks were badly outshot in the first period, and mustered precious little offense until the third period. But it kept them in first place in the Central Division ahead of the streaking Minnesota Wild.

Trailing 2-1 in the third period after Mike Fisher’s power-play goal, Crawford drew a penalty – and the Bridgestone Arena fans’ ire – when he sneakily stuck out his left leg as Craig Smith came across the crease, drawing contact and a tripping penalty. On the ensuing power play, Toews deflected a Brent Seabrook shot past Pekka Rinne to tie the game at 2.

Less than four minutes later, at 14:48 of the third, Patrick Kane fired

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30 BEARS NOTES

Howard surprised league, team in rookie year

By KEVIN FISHBAIN

kfishbain@profootballweekly.com LAKE FOREST – It’s hard to blame anyone for not predicting that a fifthround pick buried on the depth chart would be on the brink of the Bears’ single-season rushing record.

Dowell Loggains didn’t see it coming, but once Howard got healthy and his opportunities in games increased, the talent was apparent.

“I’m going to be real honest when I say this: I didn’t see the greatness in Jordan in OTAs and training camp,” Loggains said Thursday. “Part of it was because he was hurt. Part of it is because he’s a much better player when the shoulder pads are on and it’s live. Because he’s a big back. He’s hard to tackle.

“You’ve got to give a lot of credit to our evaluation process, to the guys upstairs – Ryan [Pace] and Josh Lucas and those guys – because they found a guy in the fifth round that’s a really good football player. He’s a much better player on Sunday than he is during the week just because his running style is different. Sometimes it’s hard to see that.”

Loggains referenced the preseason finale as the first glimpse, when Howard had 107 yards on 16 carries. John

Fox mentioned the injury, too, as a reason it took Howard some time, and the general acclimation to the NFL. It was in Dallas when Howard first got his chance after Jeremy Langford hurt his ankle.

“I remember the Dallas game he had a big run early down the right sideline where I went, ‘you know, this guy has more speed and juice than you think he does for a big back,’ ” Loggains said.

“Just hadn’t had an opportunity to see it and I’m really glad and we’re fortunate that we did. He made the most of his opportunities.”

Howard is used to being known more for his play in games than practice because of his running style.

“I’ve definitely heard that a lot of times in my career because practice is not as physical as the game,” he said. “So I can’t really show one of my strengths off in practice. I definitely feel like I perform better in games.”

Howard needs 61 rushing yards Sunday to break Matt Forte’s record for rushing yards by a Bears rookie.

Howard has rushed for 77 yards or more in eight consecutive games.

“Once he got healthy, got ready and he got his opportunity, there’s probably not too many guys who have had better seasons than him at the running back position,” Fox said.

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Jordan Howard runs past Washington Redskins defensive back Greg Toler during the first half Dec. 24 at Soldier Field.

Banged-up OLBs: Pernell McPhee (shoulder), Leonard Floyd (concussion) and Willie Young (knee) missed practice Thursday for the second day in a row, putting the defense in a predicament not just because of the passrush prowess the trio brings, but also because of the lack of bodies at the po-

sition.

Fox said that Sam Acho, Christian Jones and Josh Shirley – who is on the practice squad – have been getting the work in practice.

Alshon Jeffery (illness), Bralon Addison (illness) and Deon Bush (ankle) also did not practice Thursday.

BEARS

Meredith has made most of shot made possible by circumstances

By MARK POTASH

mpostash@suntimes.com As recently as the first month of this season, Cam Meredith was just another unheralded wide receiver with potential – he wasn’t even active in the first two games of the season.

“You see the mistakes young players make and you don’t know,” Bears offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said. “They teeter, they flash. Cam showed enough last year – you’re intrigued by it. But is he going to take the next step? Is he going to turn the corner? Is he going to become a consistent player and not a flash in the pan?”

If a 13-game sample is any indication, Meredith has answered all three questions in the affirmative. The 6-3, 207-pound second-year pro from Illinois State and St. Joseph High School in Westchester – an undrafted free agent in 2015 – leads the Bears with 62 receptions for 827 yards (13.3 avg.) and four touchdowns. He is coming

off back-to-back 100-yard games – nine receptions for 135 yards and a touchdown against the Redskins last week; nine receptions for 104 yards against the Packers in Week 15.

“I’m definitely pleased,” said Meredith, a quarterback in his first two seasons at Illinois State before converting to receiver as a junior. “Under the circumstances, when you get a shot like that you have to take advantage of it – that’s mostly what was on my mind.

“I feel like I put in the work. I was ready. I just hadn’t had the experience.

Once things started to get rolling, I was becoming a better player and making plays out there.”

Meredith looked like a stopgap in place of Kevin White, the Bears’ 2015 No. 1 draft pick who suffered a season-ending fractured left fibula in Week 4 against the Lions. But Meredith has made enough of the opportunity that he now looks like a building block. In 11 games since White was injured, Meredith has 56 receptions for

775 yards and four touchdowns. Only 12 players in the NFL have more receiving yards in that span – and none of them have had three quarterbacks throwing to them as Meredith has with Brian Hoyer, Jay Cutler and Matt Barkley.

“Where Cam has made the biggest jump is he’s become very consistent,” Loggains said. “He’s become reliable, and the quarterbacks trust him.”

Hoyer and Barkley in particular have leaned on Meredith. In four full games with Hoyer, Meredith was targeted 35 times, with 26 receptions for 295 yards. In five full games with Barkley, Meredith has been targeted 46 times, with 29 receptions for 397 yards and two touchdowns.

Cutler never really had the chance to develop that rapport in training camp and the preseason, and it showed in the regular season. In three games with Cutler, Meredith was targeted eight times, with six receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown – includ-

ing a Hail Mary that Meredith caught against the Buccaneers for a 50-yard touchdown.

Barkley in particular has developed a chemistry with Meredith, with 18 receptions for 239 yards in the past two games.

“He plays hard,” Barkley said. “I think his reaction in the way he always wants to keep moving after the catch is impressive. He’s grown in a lot of ways in regards to finding open windows and feeling the defense – not just running his route as it says on paper.”

Meredith’s ability to use that “feel” to his advantage is a learned trait.

“Everything goes back to experience and reps,” he said. “I can’t say it enough because once you start to get a feel for the game, you do start to feel windows getting in and out of breaks.

If you put in the time and you start seeing it in the film room, you start getting a knack for it. I think I have.”

AREA ROUNDUP

SUBMITTED REPORTS

Reed-Custer 88, Putnam County 64:

Russell Paige and Jake Welch both had 14 points, while Bryce Martis had 13 points for the Comets, who finished seventh at the Marseilles Holiday Tournament.

Morris 45, Kaneland 26: Matt Shaw scored 16 points, JaQuan Boxley added 11 points, and Tyler Spezio had eight points and nine rebounds.

Dwight 69, Hartem 67: Justin Fox scored 33 points and added 11 rebounds to set the Marseilles tournament scoring record with 109 points as the Trojans took fifth place.

BOYS BASKETBALL Peotone 73, Clifton Central 42: Jack Bolingbrook 59, Marian Catholic 44: The Raiders (9-0) advanced to Friday’s Halverson scored 40 points and 8:30 p.m. title game against Home- grabbed 11 rebounds, while Alex Pan-

ning added 11 points.

each for the Steelmen.

Geneva 49, Lemont 34: Paul O’Leary led the Indians with 14 points. The Indians fell, 46-37, to host DeKalb.

Also: Romeoville beat Rich South, Mount Carmel 77, Plainfield East 66: Collin Reed had 21 points and six re- 46-34, at the Big Dipper Holiday Tourbounds, while Scotty Olsen and Yama- nament. ni Shareef each scored 10 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Leo 58, Lincoln-Way Central 41: Dylan Lincoln-Way Central 47, Providence 40: Post and Matt Pollack both had seven Colleen Barrett (20 points) and Courtpoints for the Knights (3-11) in the Rich eney Barnes (12 points) led the Knights South tournament loss. Central fin- (9-6, 2-1) to third place at the Medieval ished 1-3 at the invite.

Classic. Providence’s Claire Paciga Downers Grove North 47, Lincoln-Way scored a season-high 26 points. Barrett West 24: Marco Pettinato had 13 points and Paciga both made the all-tournaand seven rebounds, while Anthony ment, while Barrett also won the threeVilla added seven points. point contest.

Brother Rice 66, Providence 38: MiReed-Custer 53, Timothy Christian 40: chael Drew and Jake Schutter each The Comets advanced to the consohad nine points. lation finals at Lisle behind Val GuzLincoln-Way East at Effingham-Teu- man (22 points) and Kenna Wilkey (17 topolis: The Griffins won, 72-46, over points, 10 rebounds).

Peotone 49, Oak Forest 43: Josie Altamont and lost, 67-38, to Teutopolis. Dorian Aluyi and Sam Shafer both Graffeo had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Peotone (9-7) in the made the all-tourney team.

Joliet Central 62, Hononegah 44: Jose Medieval Classic win. Cameron HuntGrubbs had 12 points, Cameron Black- er had 14 points, and Elizabeth Coffey mon scored 11 points, and Jason BingSee ROUNDUP, page 33 ham and Don Joachim added 10 points Plainfield South 53, Metamora 51: Di-

amond Presniakovas led the way with 17 points.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Falling behind at halftime for the first time this season, the No. 1-ranked University of St. Francis women’s basketball team rallied for a 73-58 win over Cornerstone on Thursday at the Davenport Holiday Classic.

With the victory, USF (12-0) remained one of three undefeated teams in NAIA Division II. The 12-0 start marks the Saints’ best start to a season.

USF, which has led or been tied at the half in each of its previous 11 games, scored the first 12 points of the third quarter to turn a 33-32 halftime deficit into a 44-33 lead.

Charnelle Reed led all scorers with 24 points, while Angelica Osusky and Christina Ekhomu each tallied 14.

Reed dished out five assists and shared team-high rebounding honors with seven boards. Kaitlin Aylward chipped in 11 points off the bench.

wood-Flossmoor or DePaul behind Malik Binns (23 points, 12 rebounds), Nana Akenten (15 points, eight rebounds) and Kaleb Thornton (13 points).

Minooka 37, Schaumburg 28: Johnny Butler scored 15 points to lead the Indians, who also beat De La Salle, 57-55, as Butler (seven rebounds) and Keegan Graebner (five assists) each had 14 points while Kyle Graebner (six assists) added 10 points.

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Continued from page 31 Normal West 65, Plainfield South 40:

Bianca Agron led the Cougars with seven points.

St. Bede 43, Seneca 41: Lyda Robinson and Lexi Greve both scored 11 points, and Cora Wilkinson added 10 for Seneca (8-9) in the loss.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

USF 85, Madonna 79: JoJo Ballestero scored 18 points – including the

SPORTS BRIEFS Coroner: Heisman winner Salaam’s death a suicide

U.S. beats Russia at world juniors TORONTO – Colin White and Troy Terry scored second-period goals and Tyler Parsons made 25 saves to help the United States beat Russia, 3-2, on Thursday in the world junior hockey championship.

The U.S. took the Group B lead and wrapped up a quarterfinal spot, with Canada in position to match the Americans’ 3-0-0 start with a victory over Latvia on Thursday night.

Clayton Keller also scored for the U.S.

– Wire reports

WHAT TO WATCH Friday NBA 3 p.m.: Bulls at Indiana, CSN 7 p.m.: L.A. Clippers at Houston, NBATV NHL 6:30 p.m.: Blackhawks at Carolina, WGN College football 11 a.m.: Liberty Bowl, Georgia vs. TCU, ESPN 1 p.m.: Sun Bowl, North Carolina vs. Stanford, CBS 2:30 p.m.: Music City Bowl, Nebraska vs. Tennessee, ESPN 4:30 p.m.: Arizona Bowl, Air Force vs. South Alabama, CSN+ 7:10 p.m.: Orange Bowl, Florida St. vs. Michigan, ESPN Men’s basketball 3 p.m.: West Virginia at Oklahoma St., ESPN2 4 p.m.: Valparaiso at Illinois-Chicago, ESPNU 5 p.m.: Northwestern at Michigan St., BTN 5 p.m.: Texas Tech at Iowa St., ESPNEWS 5 p.m.: La Salle at Dayton, CBSSN 6 p.m.: Baylor at Oklahoma, ESPN2 6 p.m.: Rhode Island at Saint Louis, ESPNU 7 p.m.: VCU at George Mason, CBSSN 7 p.m.: Texas at Kansas St., ESPNEWS 8 p.m.: Kansas at TCU, ESPN2 8 p.m.: South Carolina at Memphis, ESPNU 9 p.m.: Southern Cal at Oregon, FS1 10 p.m.: Arizona at California, ESPN2 Women’s basketball 6 p.m.: St. John’s at Seton Hall, FS2 Mixed martial arts 7 p.m.: UFC 207, prelims, FS1 Soccer 2 p.m.: Premier League, Everton at Hull City, NBCSN Rugby 5 p.m.: English Premiership, Newcastle Falcons vs.

Wasps, NBCSN (same-day tape) Cricket 2 a.m. (Saturday): Big Bash League, Adelaide Strik-

ers vs. Sydney Sixers, NBCSN Saturday NBA 6 p.m.: Bulls vs. Milwaukee, WGN, NBATV College football 10 a.m.: Citrus Bowl, Louisville vs. LSU, at Orlando, Fla., ABC 10 a.m.: TaxSlayer Bowl, Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky, at Jacksonville, Fla., ESPN 2:10 p.m.: College Football Playoff semifinal, Peach Bowl, Alabama vs. Washington, at Atlanta, ESPN 6:10 p.m.: College Football Playoff semifinal, Fiesta Bowl, Clemson vs. Ohio St., at Glendale, Ariz., ESPN Men’s basketball 10 a.m.: Xavier at Georgetown, FS1 11 a.m.: Tennessee St. at Murray St., CBSSN 11 a.m.: Duke at Virginia Tech, ESPN2 11 a.m.: Houston at South Florida, ESPNU 11:30 a.m.: Indiana vs. Louisville, at Indianapolis, CBS Noon: Villanova at Creighton, FS1 1 p.m.: UConn at Tulsa, CBSSN 1 p.m.: Florida St. at Virginia, ESPNU 3 p.m.: Temple at UCF, ESPNU Mixed martial arts 7 p.m.: UFC 207, prelims, at Las Vegas, FS1 Rugby 11:30 a.m.: English Premiership, Bath vs. Exeter (same-day tape), NBCSN Soccer 6 a.m.: Scottish Premier League, Rangers vs. Celtic, FS1 9 a.m.: Premier League, Stoke City at Chelsea, CNBC 9 a.m.: Premier League, Middlesbrough at Manchester United, NBCSN 11:30 a.m.: Premier League, Manchester City at Liverpool, NBC Women’s basketball 11 a.m.: Penn St. at Rutgers, BTN 2 p.m.: Ohio St. at Indiana, CBS

AREA SCHEDULE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

FRIDAY BOYS BASKETBALL Bolingbrook vs. DePaul Prep/ H-F at Hinsdale Central Classic, 7 p.m. (3rd)/ 8:30 p.m. (1st) Brother Rice vs. Providence at York Tournament, 3:30 p.m.

Coal City vs. Forreston at Plano Classic, 11:30 a.m.

Morris vs. Northridge/ Peoria at Plano Classic, 5 p.m. (5th) Joliet Central vs. N. Lawndale/ WW South at State Farm Classic, 1:30 (3rd)/ 8:15 p.m. (1st) Joliet West vs. Oak Park and River Forest at Pontiac Holiday Tournament, 9:30 a.m.

Lemont vs. Schurz/ Winnebago at DeKalb Classic, 12:15 p.m. (7th) Lockport vs. Pontiac/ West Aurora at Pontiac Holiday Tournament, 8 a.m.

Peotone at Kankakee Tournament, TBA GIRLS BASKETBALL Bolingbrook at Naples, FL Shootout, TBA Coal City, Reed-Custer at Lisle Classic, TBA Joliet Central, Lemont, Plainfield Central at Oswego East Tournament, TBA Lincoln-Way West, Plainfield East, Romeoville at Nazareth Academy Tournament, TBA WRESTLING Lincoln-Way Central, Plainfield North, Plainfield South at Granite City Tournament, 9:30 a.m.

Lockport in Powerade Invite at Canonsburg, PA, TBA Providence in The Clash at Rochester, MN, TBA MEN’S BASKETBALL Northwood at Lewis, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Saginaw Valley State at Lewis, 5 p.m.

Green Bay Detroit Minnesota Bears

W 9 9 7 3

L 6 6 8 12

T Pct 0 .600 0 .600 0 .467 0 .200

y-Dallas x-N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia

W 13 10 8 6

L 2 5 6 9

T Pct 0 .867 0 .667 1 .567 0 .400

y-Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina

W 10 8 7 6

L 5 7 8 9

T Pct 0 .667 0 .533 0 .467 0 .400

y-Seattle Arizona Los Angeles San Francisco

W 9 6 4 2

L 5 8 11 13

T Pct 1 .633 1 .433 0 .267 0 .133

North PF PA 401 364 322 327 289 297 269 361 East PF PA 408 279 291 274 386 364 340 318 South PF PA 502 374 337 353 437 416 353 385 West PF PA 329 269 374 356 218 350 286 455

Home 6-2-0 6-1-0 4-3-0 3-5-0

Away 3-4-0 3-5-0 3-5-0 0-7-0

NFC 7-4-0 7-4-0 4-7-0 3-8-0

AFC 2-2-0 2-2-0 3-1-0 0-4-0

Div 4-1-0 3-2-0 1-4-0 2-3-0

Home 7-1-0 7-1-0 4-3-0 5-2-0

Away 6-1-0 3-4-0 4-3-1 1-7-0

NFC 9-2-0 7-4-0 6-5-0 4-7-0

AFC 4-0-0 3-1-0 2-1-1 2-2-0

Div 3-2-0 3-2-0 3-2-0 1-4-0

Home 4-3-0 3-4-0 4-4-0 4-4-0

Away 6-2-0 5-3-0 3-4-0 2-5-0

NFC 8-3-0 6-5-0 6-5-0 5-6-0

AFC 2-2-0 2-2-0 1-3-0 1-3-0

Div 4-1-0 3-2-0 2-3-0 1-4-0

Home 7-1-0 4-3-1 1-6-0 1-6-0

Away 2-4-1 2-5-0 3-5-0 1-7-0

NFC 5-5-1 5-5-1 3-8-0 2-9-0

AFC 4-0-0 1-3-0 1-3-0 0-4-0

Div 2-2-1 3-1-1 2-3-0 2-3-0

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div 406 236 6-2-0 7-0-0 10-1-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 349 345 6-1-0 4-4-0 7-4-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 389 348 4-4-0 3-4-0 4-7-0 3-1-0 1-4-0 245 399 1-6-0 3-5-0 3-8-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div y-Houston 9 6 0 .600 262 304 7-1-0 2-5-0 7-4-0 2-2-0 5-0-0 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 357 361 4-3-0 4-4-0 5-6-0 3-1-0 1-4-0 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 387 372 3-4-0 4-4-0 4-7-0 3-1-0 2-3-0 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 298 376 2-6-0 1-6-0 2-9-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div y-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 372 303 5-2-0 5-3-0 8-3-0 2-2-0 4-1-0 Baltimore 8 7 0 .533 333 294 6-2-0 2-5-0 7-4-0 1-3-0 4-1-0 Cincinnati 5 9 1 .367 298 305 3-3-1 2-6-0 4-7-0 1-2-1 2-3-0 Cleveland 1 14 0 .067 240 425 1-7-0 0-7-0 1-10-0 0-4-0 0-5-0 West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div x-Oakland 12 3 0 .800 410 361 6-2-0 6-1-0 9-2-0 3-1-0 3-2-0 x-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 352 284 6-2-0 5-2-0 8-3-0 3-1-0 5-0-0 Denver 8 7 0 .533 309 291 4-3-0 4-4-0 5-6-0 3-1-0 1-4-0 San Diego 5 10 0 .333 383 386 3-4-0 2-6-0 4-7-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division Sunday’s Games Bears at Minnesota, noon Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon New England at Miami, noon Seattle at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, noon New Orleans at Atlanta, 3:25 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, noon Kansas City at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, noon Arizona at Los Angeles, 3:25 p.m.

Houston at Tennessee, noon Oakland at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, noon N.Y. Giants at Washington, 3:25 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Green Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

End of regular season

W y-New England 13 x-Miami 10 Buffalo 7 N.Y. Jets 4

L 2 5 8 11

T Pct 0 .867 0 .667 0 .467 0 .267

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NBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Blackhawks 38 23 10 5 51 106 91 Minnesota 35 23 8 4 50 111 72 St. Louis 36 19 12 5 43 104106 Dallas 37 16 14 7 39 96 110 Winnipeg 38 17 18 3 37 101111 Nashville 35 15 14 6 36 98 100 Colorado 35 12 22 1 25 72 116 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 35 22 12 1 45 90 77 Edmonton 36 18 12 6 42 105 97 Anaheim 36 17 12 7 41 98 102 Calgary 37 19 16 2 40 100106 Los Angeles 35 17 14 4 38 88 86 Vancouver 36 15 18 3 33 88 110 Arizona 35 11 19 5 27 77 111

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 36 22 9 5 49 110 82 Ottawa 36 20 12 4 44 93 96 Boston 38 19 15 4 42 92 93 Tampa Bay 37 18 15 4 40 106104 Toronto 35 16 12 7 39 103 99 Florida 37 15 14 8 38 89 103 Detroit 36 16 16 4 36 89 102 Buffalo 35 13 14 8 34 77 98 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 34 25 5 4 54 119 71 Pittsburgh 37 24 8 5 53 129104 N.Y. Rangers 37 24 12 1 49 123 92 Washington 34 20 9 5 45 91 75 Philadelphia 37 20 13 4 44 113114 Carolina 34 15 12 7 37 90 93 New Jersey 36 14 15 7 35 84 108 N.Y. Islanders 35 14 15 6 34 98 111 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Results Blackhawks 3, Nashville 2 Boston 4, Buffalo 2 New Jersey 2, Washington 1, SO Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Montreal 3, Florida 2, OT Minnesota 6, N.Y. Islanders 4 Columbus 5, Winnipeg 3 Detroit 3, Ottawa 2, OT Dallas 4, Colorado 2 N.Y. Rangers at Arizona (n) Anaheim at Calgary (n) Los Angeles at Edmonton (n) Friday’s Games Blackhawks at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 24 7 .774 Milwaukee 15 15 .500 Bulls 16 16 .500 Indiana 15 18 .455 Detroit 15 19 .455 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 22 10 .688 Boston 19 14 .576 New York 16 15 .516 Brooklyn 8 23 .258 Philadelphia 7 24 .226 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 19 14 .576 Atlanta 16 16 .500 Washington 15 16 .484 Orlando 15 19 .441 Miami 10 23 .303

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GB — 8½ 8½ 10 10½ GB — 3½ 5½ 13½ 14½ GB — 2½ 3 4½ 9

Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 26 6 .813 — Houston 24 9 .727 2½ Memphis 21 14 .600 6½ New Orleans 13 21 .382 14 Dallas 9 23 .281 17 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 20 13 .606 — Oklahoma City 20 13 .606 — Denver 14 18 .438 5½ Portland 14 20 .412 6½ Minnesota 10 22 .313 9½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 28 5 .848 — L.A. Clippers 22 11 .647 6½ Sacramento 14 18 .438 13½ L.A. Lakers 12 23 .343 17 Phoenix 10 23 .303 18 Thursday’s Results Charlotte 91, Miami 82 Cleveland 124, Boston 118 Memphis 114, Oklahoma City 80 Phoenix 99, Toronto 91 Utah 100, Philadelphia 83 Dallas at L.A. Lakers (n) Friday’s Games Bulls at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 6 p.m.

Miami at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

New York at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY WRESTLING Joliet Central, Neuqua Valley at Willowbrook quad, 9 a.m.

Providence in The Clash at Rochester, MN, TBA SWIMMING Plainfield at Waubonsie Valley Pentathalon, 10 a.m.

NCAA BASKETBALL TOP 25 SCHEDULE

Thursday’s Results No. 7 Gonzaga vs. Pepperdine, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Kentucky 99, Mississippi 76 St. John’s 76, No. 13 Butler 73 No. 19 St. Mary’s at Loyola Marymount (n) No. 25 Florida 81, Arkansas 72 Friday’s Games No. 2 UCLA at Oregon State, 10 p.m.

No. 3 Kansas at TCU, 8 p.m.

No. 4 Baylor at Oklahoma, 6 p.m.

No. 11 West Virginia at Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.

No. 18 Arizona at California, 10 p.m.

No. 21 Oregon vs. No. 22 Southern Cal, 9 p.m.

NCAA FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE

THURSDAY Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl South Florida 46, South Carolina 39, OT Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. Virginia Tech 35, Arkansas 24 Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oklahoma St. (9-3) vs. Colorado (10-3) (n) FRIDAY Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

Georgia (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas North Carolina (8-4) vs. Stanford (9-3), 1 p.m. (CBS) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Tennessee (8-4) vs. Nebraska (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz.

Air Force (9-3) vs. South Alabama (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (CSN+) Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida St. (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 7 p.m. (ESPN) SATURDAY Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. LSU (7-4) vs. Louisville (9-3), 10 a.m.

(ABC) TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Kentucky (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPN) CFP Semifinals Peach Bowl Atlanta Alabama (13-0) vs. Washington (12-1), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.

Clemson (12-1) vs. Ohio State (11-1), 6 p.m. (ESPN)

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• Friday, December 30, 2016

DENVER – Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam killed himself after struggling with depression, an autopsy report confirmed Thursday, but investigators will never know whether the onetime running back suffered chronic head trauma from playing football because his family did not consent to those tests.

Salaam was found dead Dec. 5 in a park near the University of Colorado, where he played from 1992-94, becoming one of the greatest players in the program’s history. He was 42.

Salaam died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, an autopsy by the Boulder County Coroner’s Office con-

firmed. Investigators found a note at the scene. They also noted in the report that Salaam’s family said he had a history of depression and “recent life stressors.”

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had seven points and 10 rebounds.

1,000th of his career – as No. 19-ranked St. Francis (9-5) picked up a Roosevelt New Year’s Classic win.

Ballestero was 3 of 9 from threepoint range and 9 of 10 from the freethrow line en route to his 18-point performance.

His final two points on a pair of foul shots with seven seconds left in the game gave him 1,001 for his career. Iain Morison and Jean Pietrzak scored 16 and 14 points, respectively, while Jake Raspopovich added 10 points.

The Saints blocked 11 shots, five by Landus Anderson.

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Fisher found best material in her own troubles

By LYNN ELBER

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Carrie Fisher, a princess onscreen and off, played both roles in her own gutsy way.

As Leia of the “Star Wars” franchise, she commanded the troops, enjoyed a fling with Han Solo – and, in real life, co-star Harrison Ford – and showed fledgling 1970s feminists what life as a liberated woman might be like in a galaxy far, far away.

As the offspring of Hollywood royals Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she drew on her painful family history and personal demons to forge a distinctively tart, unsettlingly funny style as a best-selling writer.

Fisher’s throaty voice and inviting delivery also told the tale: She’d lived through much and wanted to – needed to – share her journey that included drug addiction, mental illness and electroshock treatment.

“People relate to aspects of my stories, and that’s nice for me because then I’m not all alone with it,” she told the Associated Press in 2009. “Also, I do believe you’re only as sick as your secrets. If that’s true, I’m just really healthy.”

Fisher, who died Tuesday at age 60, revealed her struggles before such confessionals became routine. Her vehicles included a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel, “Postcards from the Edge,” and a one-woman show, “Wishful Drinking,” that went to Broadway and TV. She avoided few topics in the piece, including the scandal that engulfed her superstar parents (singer Fisher ran off with Elizabeth Taylor), her brief marriage to pop star Paul Simon, the time the father of her daughter left her for a man, and waking up next to the dead body of a platonic friend who had overdosed in her bed.

“I’m a product of Hollywood inbreeding. When two celebrities mate, something like me is the result,” she joked in the show. And there was this wisecrack: “I don’t have a problem with drugs so much as I have a problem with sobriety.”

Fisher had been hospitalized since Friday, after falling ill aboard a flight and being treated by paramedics at the Los Angeles airport. Her family gave no details on the emergency, while media reports said she had suffered a heart attack.

Her feature film debut was opposite Warren Beatty in the 1975 hit “Shampoo.” She also appeared in “Austin Powers,” “The Blues Brothers,” “Char-

AP file photo

On Aug. 19, 2003, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher arrive at the “Runway for Life” Celebrity Fashion Show Benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and celebrating the DVD release of “Chicago” in Beverly Hills, Calif. Fisher died Tuesday at age 60.

“I’m a product of Hollywood inbreeding. When two celebrities mate, something like me is the result.”

Carrie Fisher actress

lie’s Angels,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “Scream 3” and “When Harry Met Sally ...”

But she is best remembered as the tough, feisty and powerful Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” films, making a statement with her character and no-nonsense braided buns.

She famously despised the latter, and even had mixed feelings about her famous character. She knew it then and audiences later figured it out: Playing Han Solo would have suited her better.

“When I first read the script I thought that’s the part to be, always wry and sardonic,” Fisher told a gath-

ering in England in 2015. “He’s always that. I feel like a lot of the time Leia’s either worried or pissed or, thank God, sort of snarky.”

She reprised the role of Leia in Episode VII of the series, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in 2015, and her digitally rendered image appears in the newest installment, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

Fisher kept telling her own story after “Postcards From the Edge” became a best-seller and was adapted into a 1990 movie starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep.

Other books included “Delusions of Grandma,” “Surrender the Pink,”

“The Best Awful,” “Shockaholic” and this year’s autobiography, “The Princess Diarist,” in which she revealed that she and Ford had an affair on the “Star Wars” set.

Ever ready to satirize herself, she played Carrie Fisher a few times, as in David Cronenberg’s dark Hollywood send-up “Maps to the Stars” and in an episode of “Sex and the City.”

Fisher starred with her mother in a documentary set to air on HBO in 2017.

“Bright Lights: Starring Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher” premiered earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival.

She is survived by her brother, Todd Fisher, and her daughter, Billie Lourd.

Someone made sure Fisher would be thought of with a wistful smile: Her bulldog, Gary Fisher, had his own Twitter account that offered this message Tuesday: “Saddest tweets to tweet. Mommy is gone. I love you @carrieffisher.”

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Photo provided

Eric Frederickson meets Pearl Harbor veterans.

dress rehearsal and speakers, the World Stride dancers performed for the veterans and crowd with a dramatic start and ending with an upbeat ’40s song.

A&E CALENDAR ONGOING • Lockport Township Park District Classes & Trips – Classes for children, adults and seniors include swimming, dance and child development. Also trip opportunities. Visit www. lockportpark.org or call 815-838-3621, ext. 0.

• Mastodons of Minooka – Minooka Branch, 109 N. Wabena Ave., Minooka. To schedule a viewing, call Michele Houchens at 815-4671600, ext. 207.

• Plainfield Park District Trivia Contest – Through 2016. Questions posted on Facebook.

Weekly winners. For information, visit www. plfdparks.org or call 815-436-8812.

• “Preserve the Moment” Photo Contest – Through Dec. 31. Directions on how to submit photos and a complete list of rules is posted at ReconnectWithNature.org.

• Storytime – Fountaindale Public Library District, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. A variety of dates and times available. Call 630759-2102 or visit fountaindale.org.

• Storytime/Toddler Time – White Oak Library District Crest Hill branch, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill. Various programs available. For information, contact Amy Byrne at 815-552-4278 or abyrne@whiteoaklibrary.org, or visit www.whiteoaklibrary.org.

• Storytime – White Oak Library District Lockport Branch, 121 E. 8th St., Lockport. Various programs available. For information, visit www. whiteoaklibrary.org or call 815-552-4265.

• WCSF-FM 88.7 collecting for Spring Mega Music Rummage Sale – Seeking donations of used and collectible music and memorabilia. To arrange pickup or drop-off, call Jessica Stevens at 815-740-3697. For more information about the rummage sale or the radio station, call An-

thony Musiala, radio manager, at 815-740-3645.

Dec. 30 • 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 815722-5398.

Dec. 31 • Noon Year’s Countdown – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Plainfield Township Community Center 15014 S. DesPlaines St., Plainfield. Games, crafts, balloon drop. Kids age 2 to 8 with parent.

For information, visit www.plfdparks.org or call 815-436-8812.

• New Year’s Eve Party – Doors open at 7 p.m., Croatian Cultural Club, 1503 Clement St., Joliet. $30. Includes hearty appetizers, party favors, champagne toast at midnight with snacks to follow. Shindig plays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For tickets, call 815-723-3154.

• Social Ballroom Dancing registration deadline – Jan. 6 to Jan. 27, Fridays, The Oaks Recreation & Fitness Center, 10847 W. La Porte Road, Mokena. Times vary, 18 and older. For information and to register, call 708-390-2401 or visit www.mokenapark.com.

Jan. 1 • Happy New Year bowling – 1 p.m., Channahon Lanes, 25306 W. Eames St., Channahon.

Rock It Bowl after 6 p.m. For information, call 815-467-2026.

Jan. 2 • Wendy’s Cruisers – 5 to 9 p.m., Wendy’s, Morris. Weather permitting. Antique vehicles.

For information, contact Ken at 815-942-2032 or willis824@comcast.net.

• Little Strikers Soccer: Games Development Registration Deadline – Event is Jan. 8 to March 5, Sundays, The Oaks Recreation &

Fitness Center, 10847 La Porte Road, Mokena.

Ages 4 and 5. Register at 708-390-2343 or www.mokenapark.com.

• Oberweis Plant & Paramount Theater Tours registration deadline – Event is Jan. 11.

Bus departs 9 a.m. from The Oaks Recreation & Fitness Center, 10847 La Porte Road, Mokena, and returns about 2:15 p.m. No refunds on trips.

For more information, call Mokena Park District at 708-390-2401 or visit www.mokenapark. com.

Jan. 3 • All By Myself X2 registration deadline – Event is 10:15 to 11:10 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 10 to Feb. 16. For more information, call Mokena Park District at 708-390-2401 or visit www.mokenapark.com.

• Lincoln-Way Area Youth Tennis registration deadline - Event is Jan. 10 to Feb. 14, Tuesdays, The Oaks Recreation & Fitness Center, 10847 La Porte Road, Mokena. Ages and times vary. Times vary by age. Register at 708390-2343 or www.mokenapark.com.

• Play School with Miss Sue registration deadline – Event is 9:15 to 10:10 a.m., Tuesdays, Jan. 10 to Feb. 14, Program Center, 10925 La Porte Road, Mokena. Ages 2 to 3 with one parent. Call Mokena Park District at 708-3902401 or visit www.mokenapark.com.

Jan. 4 • Adult Writer’s Club – 6:30 to 8 p.m., White Oak Library District, Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville. For more information, call 815-552-4230 or visit www. whiteoaklibrary.org.

• “Hooks, Needles and More” – 6:30 to 8 p.m., Lockport Branch Library, 121 E. 8th St., Lockport. Call 815-552-4230 or visit www.

whiteoaklibrary.org.

• Plainfield Art League – 7 to 8:45 p.m., Plainfield Public Library, 15025 S. Illinois St., Plainfield. Handicapped accessible. For more information, visit www.plainfieldartleague.org.

• Ballet, Tap, Hip-Hop/Jazz registration deadline – Classes are Jan. 11 to May 17, Wednesdays, Program Center, 10925 La Porte Road, Mokena. Fees vary depending on age and class. Call Mokena Park District at 708-3902401 or visit www.mokenapark.com.

Jan. 5 • WriteOn Joliet – 6 p.m., Joliet Public Library-Black Road Branch, 3395 Black Road, Joliet. Critique group. Any genre, any writing experience. For information, visit www.writeonjoliet.com or email writeonjoliet@gmail.com.

• All By Myself registration deadline – Event is 9:15 to 10:10 a.m., Thursdays, Jan. 12 to Feb. 16. Program Center, 10925 La Porte Road, Mokena. Ages 2 to 3. No parent in class. For more information, call Mokena Park District at 708-390-2401 or visit www.mokenapark.com.

Jan. 6 • Matko Jelavic and the Bravo Band – Concert begins 7 p.m., Croatian Cultural Club, 1503 Clement St., Joliet. Jelavic is a well-known singer from Split, Croatia. $25. Food available before the concert. For information, call 815723-3154.

• Indoor Co-ed Volleyball registration deadline – January to March, dates and times vary by league, The Oaks Recreation & Fitness Center, 10847 W. La Porte Road, Mokena. 18 and older. Register at 708-390-2343 or www. mokenapark.com.

• Friday, December 30, 2016

COAL CITY – In the fall of 2015, the Major Motion Dancers were invited by WorldStrides programs to perform at the 75th anniversary Pearl Harbor parade and ceremonies. After many fundraisers, the Major Motion Dancers left Illinois on Dec. 2.

They all looked forward to the rehearsals, performances, parade, the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor celebration and, of course, the sun and the famous beaches of Hawaii.

The survivors of Pearl Harbor gathered Dec. 5 for interviews with the press and to meet the public. The Major Motion Dancers were honored to meet all and get their autographs. After hours of rehearsals over the next few days the dancers were ready to perform.

Photo provided On Dec. 6 the Major Motion Dancers toured the USS Bowfin submarine, The Major Motion Dancers were invited by WorldStrides programs to perform at the 75th the USS Missouri and the USS Arizo- anniversary Pearl Harbor parade and ceremonies. na memorial. After all the dignitary’s spoke, the dancers displayed their ban- tragedy took place, several were emo- the dancers and their families rang the ner of our local veterans and as they tionally touched and there were some freedom bell in honor of their veterans. performed their tribute dance to “A tears in the crowd.

On Dec. 7, the dancers started with Soldiers Heart,” at the place where this After the performances several of a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m. After a

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Dancers perform at Pearl Harbor anniversary ceremony

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Forest preserve announces contest winner The HERALD-NEWS Young raccoons cavorting on a tree branch upped the cuteness quotient in the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Preserve the Moment photo contest in November.

The photo, taken at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve in Plainfield by John Sullivan of Crest Hill, won the November portion of the contest. Contest judges chose the photo for its animated subject matter and playful composition.

Sullivan said he’s outdoors a lot, and he always brings his 35 mm camera.

Honorable mentions were awarded to John Mobley of Oak Park for his shot of a slug slithering along the forest floor at Veterans Woods in Romeoville; Pam Ridgley of Braidwood for her serene fall kayaking photo at McKinley Woods in Channahon; Ronald Kapala of Shorewood for a picturesque sunset photo that featured fall

foliage and waterfowl at Lake Chaminwood in Channahon; and Ryan Sing for his bold shot of a corroded bolt at Joliet Iron Works Historic Site in Joliet.

December entries are due by midnight Saturday.

Once December’s top photo has been picked, monthly winners from June to December will vie for top honors, which will be awarded based on online voting via Facebook. Prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place photos after the online voting session concludes.

Eligible photos must be taken by amateur photographers in a Will County forest preserve during the contest period, June 1 through Dec. 31.

For information on the contest, visit ReconnectWithNature.org.

To see all of the photo entries so far, visit the Forest Preserve District’s Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/willcoforests.

Troy Winter Carol Band entertains community

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A photo taken by John Sullivan of Crest Hill showing raccoons cavorting on a tree limb won the November portion of the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Preserve the Moment photo contest. December is the final month of the contest, and overall contest winners will be announced in January after online voting.

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Troy Middle School and William B. Orenic Intermediate School students in the Troy Winter Carol Band played Christmas carols to residents at Alden Estates of Shorewood, Essington Place in Joliet and at the Crèche Lighting Ceremony at Plymouth Congregational Church in Plainfield. The band is composed of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders.

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JOLIET – “The Show Will Go On!” Rialto proud supporter decals still are available.

Anyone who makes a donation of $25 or more will receive a free Rialto Square Theatre decal. Rialto decals can be adhered to car windows or office

entrances.

Decals can be bought at the Rialto administrative offices, the Rialto box office or from any Rialto Foundation member.

The Rialto Square Theatre is located at 102 N. Chicago St. in Joliet. For information, visit www.rialtosquare.com.

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MINOOKA – Three Minooka students are part of the 2017 Illinois High School Theatre Festival, the largest and oldest noncompetitive high school theater festival in the nation.

The Minooka students are Ben Dow, Nate Garner and Hannah Babyak.

The festival will feature Broadway’s smash hit “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” as its production. The event is not open to the public.

The All-State cast, crew and pit orchestra are comprised of top student performers, musicians and technicians from Illinois. Three hundred seventy-six talented students from 73 high schools auditioned/interviewed for this year’s production, with 109 selected for the final production company.

This year’s performance venue is the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sweeney Todd runs from Jan. 5 to 7.

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Minooka High School students (from left) Ben Dow, Nate Garner and Hannah Babyak are set to perform at the 2017 Illinois High School Theatre Festival. grants from the Illinois Arts Council.

For information about making contributions, contact Aimee-Lynn Newlan, Illinois Theatre Association executive director, at aimeelynn@illinoistheatre.org or call the Illinois Theatre Association office at 312-2655922.

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ASK THE DOCTORS Robert Ashley much more addictive substance and can cause withdrawal symptoms that are life threatening. That is true. However, just because one substance has particularly bad effects doesn’t mean another one is safe.

There are problems with each.

Marijuana not only causes short-term memory loss, it also affects mental abilities for days after its use. That means a person’s ability to plan, organize, solve problems and make decisions is impaired, which has significant ramifications for adolescents trying to retain information learned in school or trying to maintain good study habits.

Further, for those predisposed to schizophrenia, marijuana can induce psychosis and, in younger users, can decrease the age of schizophrenia’s onset. People with a familial predisposition to schizophrenia certainly should avoid use.

However, marijuana has not been associated with depression or bipolar disorder, and while those with generalized anxiety are more likely to use marijuana, that connection may be linked more to a need to compensate than to causal effect.

I would advise high school students not to use alcohol or marijuana, but your child, like many others, may be exposed to these and other drugs in high school. As a parent, be sure to watch for signs of abuse or consistent use, and to note any psychological issues that could lead to frequent marijuana use.

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Dear Doctor: Marijuana seems to be increasingly accepted in our country. But I worry about my kids using it. Is it addictive?

Dear Reader: You’re right to be worried – and not only because marijuana can indeed be addictive.

Marijuana has gained greater acceptance in this country, not in small part because its medical use can stimulate appetite and control nausea and pain. One potential problem with this degree of acceptance is how adolescents view the drug.

In 2015, 70 percent of high school seniors viewed marijuana as not harmful, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Monitoring the Future survey; in 1990, only 20 percent felt this way. Interestingly enough, the 2015 survey also found 70 percent of 12th-graders disapprove of the regular use of marijuana.

Perhaps the biggest risk with marijuana is how it affects the adolescent brain. The endocannabinoid system, a vast system of receptors within the brain, spinal cord and smaller nerves, affects multiple brain and body functions. This system continues to develop in humans until the age of 21 or so.

If used frequently in adolescence, marijuana can rewire many of these nerve pathways.

These changes aren’t seen as much in the adult brain and, if they surface, can be easily reversed by stopping use. In adolescents, however, this rewiring of the nervous system may create addiction.

According to the NIDA, only 9 percent of people who try marijuana become addicted. However, this number increases to 16 percent among those who start using marijuana in adolescence. It increases further if marijuana is used daily in adolescence.

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We do well for ourselves and generally are happy. We both have siblings who have various problems – drug abuse, emotional issues, broken relationships. Our parents travel to support them during their various dramas, but visit my husband and me only if they need a place to stay and don’t want to pay for a hotel.

My parents have cited fear of flying as a reason they don’t visit us much, and my husband’s parents claim they don’t have the money. However, their travel itineraries to visit our siblings suggest otherwise.

I haven’t asked my husband’s parents about this, but I did ask mine. My mother said because we’re “on a good path,” they don’t need to see us as often or put as much effort into us.

I was shocked. How do we deal with knowing we’re less favored because we have our act together? – The Good Kids Dear Good Kids: You are not the only people with this problem. The same thing tends to happen in families in which there is a child with special needs. The parents expend their energy where they think it is needed most, which often results in hurt and resentment on the part of the stronger siblings.

Perhaps if you view what your mother told you less as a punishment for your success and more as a validation, it will be less hurtful and you will understand the logic. And if you feel you need more time with your parents, go visit them.

Dear Abby: “Emotional Dad in California” (July 23), whose wife was planning to deliver their child early, was correct. No baby should be electively delivered before 39 weeks gestation. While term gestation is still defined as 37 weeks, current terminology distinguishes early term (37 to 38 weeks) from term (39 to 40 weeks).

Data show not only is the rate of acute complications higher for babies born even at 36 weeks, but each week less than 39 is associated with increasingly lower developmental scores.

In a collaborative effort, organizations dedicated to children’s health have spent the last decade trying to reduce the rate of late preterm births, those from 34 to 37 weeks. We have made great inroads in reducing late preterm births, and I am quite certain getting the word out to your millions of readers could have a positive impact and take us even further. Every baby should have the healthiest start possible, and in the absence of pregnancy complications, that means waiting until 39 weeks. – David H.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Listen to advice carefully before you make a move. Stick to the rules and be careful while traveling. Problems will arise if you share intimate information with someone untrustworthy.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Getting together with peers will require diplomacy on your part.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Look for answers and do some research until you are informed enough to make a good decision. Don’t let past regrets hold you back.

Tidy up unfinished business so you can move forward without doubt and uncertainty. It’s up to you to make this year productive.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Head into the new year with a plan. Don’t discuss what you are going to do, or you will face opposition.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Let your emotions lead the way. Truth and honesty will help you

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Let your imagination wander. Listen to the people you encounter while you venture into the new year with hopes and aspirations. Enjoy the evening and look forward to the possibilities.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Offer to do something nice for a loved one. A positive change will result if you are affectionate and willing to work toward a common goal with someone you love.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Simple plans will make the turn of the year special and memorable. Spend some time with people who spark your interest. Sharing cultural differences will bring you closer together.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – If you present who you are and what you want openly, you’ll attract people who have similar goals. Their contributions will ensure you head into the new year with a positive attitude.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Ring in the year with people you find inspiring. Discussing your thoughts and plans will ensure you head into the new year on the right foot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Live it up at a party, but with class. Stay in control and avoid temptation.

Keeping a clear head and an open mind will help you enter the new year on a high note.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You’ll have some interesting ideas you should share with someone you love and respect. The help offered will lead

to a new beginning. Celebrate what’s to come.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Put on a happy face and plan to ring in the new year with someone you love. A romantic evening will encourage positive plans and new adventures as the year unfolds. Embrace the future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Celebrate in a unique and cost-efficient manner. Don’t let the past bring you down. It’s time to move forward with a positive attitude and the determination to build a brighter future.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Make this New Year’s celebration intimate, special and one to remember. Stick close to home and spend time with someone who makes you happy. The outcome will feature a surprise.

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Fran Lebowitz said, “No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.”

My cat Max once jumped onto the only empty chair at the dinner table, knowing he could hold his own in eating. I thought it was funny, but one of my guests did not.

At the bridge table, sometimes jumping is correct, even necessary. In this deal, South’s second-round jump to three hearts was game-invitational. North did well to pass. Four hearts and three no-trump would surely have failed. But what about three hearts after West opens with the diamond king?

When partner leads a high honor at trick one, third hand is expected to make an attitude signal (unless the dummy’s holding in the suit makes it redundant). Here, holding the diamond ace, there would be a natural reaction for East to jump enthusiastically with his diamond nine. However, that would surely kill the defense.

West, trusting his partner, would continue with another diamond.

Instead, East should ask himself from where five tricks might come.

Looking at the dummy should make it clear that two or three spade tricks will be needed, and there might be no time to lose. At trick one, East must discourage with his diamond two.

Then, West should shift to the spade eight, top of nothing. East will win as cheaply as possible and return his diamond three. West will take that trick and lead the spade two, lowest from three remaining cards.

East now knows to take two more spade tricks to defeat the contract.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN, OR YOUR (Published in the Herald-News RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL December 23, 30, 2016 TERMINATE. This communication is an January 6, 2017) attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Steven C. Lindberg ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC PUBLIC NOTICE 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 120, Naperville, IL 60563-4947 F16110045 PUBLIC NOTICE 630-453-6960 | 866-402-8661 | IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 630-428-4620 (fax) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WILL COUNTY-JOLIET, ILLINOIS foreclosure@ALOLawGroup.com THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Camelback IX, LLC THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS Plaintiff, BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. Wells Fargo Financial Illinois, Inc. vs.

I711246 PLAINTIFF Jose Garcia; Midland Funding LLC; Vs. Unknown Owners and Non-Record (Published in the Herald-News December 30, 2016 January 6, Renee Bavilacqua; Honeytree Claimants 13, 2017) Townhouse Improvement Defendants.

16CH 02145 Association; Gina Bavilacqua; 122 Adella Avenue Unknown Heirs and Legatees of PUBLIC NOTICE Joliet, Illinois 60433 Robert M. Bavilacqua; Unknown NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; STATE OF ILLINOIS, Richard Kuhn, as Special The requisite affidavit for CIRCUIT COURT publication having been filed, Representative for Robert M. is hereby given you, Jose notice PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT Bavilacqua (deceased) Garcia, and UNKNOWN OWNERS DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME DEFENDANTS NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, and CHANGE (ADULT) 16 CH 01679 defendants in the above entitled Request of: NOTICE BY PUBLICATION cause, that suit has been Charlene Marie Steinhaus NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: commenced against you and other Gina Bavilacqua 16 MR 3167 defendants in the Circuit Court for Unknown Heirs and Legatees of the Judicial Circuit by said plaintiff Robert M. Bavilacqua praying for the foreclosure of a There will be a court date on my Unknown Owners and certain mortgage conveying the Request to change my name Nonrecord Claimants premises described as follows, to from: Charlene Marie Steinhaus That this case has been wit: to the new name of: commenced in this Court against LOT 27, IN E. W. WILLARD'S Charlene Marie Vece you and other defendants, praying SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 25, for the foreclosure of a certain IN COUNTY CLERK'S SUBDIVISION The court date will be held: Mortgage conveying the premises OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST on 1-26-2017 at 9:00 a.m.

QUARTER OF SECTION 15, AND described as follows, to-wit: PART OF THE WEST HALF OF at 57 North Ottawa St Joliet IL COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 14, IN TOWNSHIP 35 Will County, in Courtroom #A236.

SECTION 606 Honeytree Drive NORTH, AND IN RANGE 10 Romeoville, IL 60446 /s/ Charlene Steinhause and which said Mortgage was EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL Signature MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, made by: ILLINOIS. Janet A. Bavilacqua executed P.I.N.: 07-14-114-013-0000 /s/ Charlene Steinhause the mortgage, however this Said property is commonly Current Name individual is deceased and is not known as 122 Adella Avenue, (Published in the Herald-News named as a defendant in this Joliet, Illinois 60433, December 30, 2016 January 6, lawsuit and which said mortgage(s) 13, 2017)1255012 Robert M. Bavilacqua executed was/were made by Jose Garcia the mortgage, however this and recorded in the Office of the individual is deceased and is not Recorder of Deeds as Document PUBLIC NOTICE named as a defendant in this Number R2005067788 and for other relief; that Summons was lawsuit IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF the Mortgagor(s), to Wells duly issued out of the above Court THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS Fargo Financial Illinois, Inc., as against you as provided by law IN PROBATE. Mortgagee, and recorded in the and that said suit is now pending.

Office of the Recorder of Deeds of NOW THEREFORE, unless you, ESTATE OF RIYAZ H. NOMANI, Deceased, Will County, Illinois, as Document the said above named defendants, No. R2008088179; and for other file your answer to the complaint in Case No. 16P-00781. relief; that summons was duly the said suit or otherwise make CLAIMS NOTICE. issued out of said Court against your appearance therein, in the Notice is given to creditors of the Office of the Clerk of the Court at death of Riyaz H. Nomani, whose you as provided by law and that Will County on or before January address was 4112 Falkner Drive, the said suit is now pending.

30, 2017, a default may be taken NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS against you at any time after that Naperville, Illinois 60564. Letters of Office were issued on December YOU file your answer or otherwise date and a Judgment entered in 19, 2016 to Alafia Nomani, 4112 file your appearance in this case in accordance with the prayer of said Falkner Drive, Naperville, Illinois the Office of the Clerk of this Court, complaint.

60564, as Independent Executor, Andrea Lynn Chasteen YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO and whose attorney is Thomas F. Clerk of the Court SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT McGuire, Arnstein & Lehr LLP, 120 57 N. Ottawa Street IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1200, Joliet, IL 60432 order of the Chief Judge of the Chicago, Illinois 60606. on or before January 23, 2017, Circuit Court of the Twelfth The estate will be administered A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED Judicial Circuit, this case is set for without court supervision, unless AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER Mandatory Mediation on January under Section 5/28-4 of the Illinois THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY 24, 2017 at 2:15 p.m. at the Will Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE County Court Annex-3rd Floor any interested person terminates WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa independent administration at any Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender time by mailing or delivering a COMPLAINT. representative will be present along petition to terminate to the Circuit CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. with a court appointed mediator Court Clerk.

Attorneys for Plaintiff to discuss options that you may 15W030 North Frontage Road, have and to pre-screen you for a Claims against the estate may be Suite 100 potential mortgage modification. filed in the Office of Pamela J. McGuire, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 For further information on the 3208 W. McDonough, Joliet, (630) 794-5300 mediation process, please see Illinois 60421, or with the DuPage # 15170 the NOTICE OF MANDATORY representative, or both, on or before Winnebago # 531 MEDIATION on file with the Clerk of June 24, 2017, or, if mailing or Our File No. 14-16-10978 the Circuit Court or by contacting delivery of a notice from the NOTE: This law firm is a debt the Plaintiff's attorney at the representative is required by Section collector. address listed below.

5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, I710897

the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION. ESTATE OF MARILYN L. MILLER, DECEASED. NO. 2016 P 000886 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of Office were issued to Shannon Bowles, 3371 Knickerbocker Rd., #21, San Angelo, TX 76905, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Jahnke, Sullivan & Toolis LLC, 10075 W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, IL 60423. Attorney Patrick S. Sullivan of Jahnke, Sullivan & Toolis LLC shall serve as agent for the Estate for all service of process.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Compiled Stat.

1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) and interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk in the River Valley Justice Center, 3208 McDonough Street, Joliet, IL, or with the representative, or both, on or before July 1, 2017, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

CLASSIFIED 45 sp ) Line Of Section 9, Township 36 North, Range 9 East Of The Third Principal Meridian, And 100 Feet East Of The East Line Of Said Desplaines Street, Thence North 104.69 Feet To The Southerly Line Of Oak Street As Now Located And Traveled, Thence Northeasterly Along The Southerly Line Of Oak Street Aforesaid 27.5 Feet, Thence In A Southeasterly Direction At An Angle Of 90 Degrees, 12 Minutes To The South And Wet From The Southerly Line Of Said Oak Street, Produced Northeasterly 54.85 Feet, Thence In a Southwesterly Direction 79.4 Feet To A Point That Is 34.9 Feet East Of The Place Of Beginning, Thence West To The Place Of Beginning, All In Lot 16 Of Assessor's Subdivision Of The Southeast Corner Of Section 9, Aforesaid, In Will County, Illinois.

Parcel 1A: The South 12 Feet Of That Part Of Lot 16 In Assessor's Subdivision Aforesaid, Lying Directly East Of The Premises Above Described, In Will County, Illinois.

Parcel 2: The South 45 Feet Of Lot 16, Lot 17 And Lot 18 (Except The East 50 Feet) Of The Assessor's Subdivision Of Block 6 In Arnold's Addition To Plainfield And The Southeast Corner Of Section 9, In Township 36 North And In Range 9 East Of The Third Principal Meridian, According To The Plat Of Said Assessor's Subdivision Recorded August 24, 1867, In Book 102, Page 222, As Document 57286, In Will County, Illinois.

Parcel 3: Lot 7 In D.W. Jump's Subdivision Of Lots 14 And 15 And Lot 3, Block 6 Of Assessor's Subdivision Of Block 6 Of Arnold's Addition To Plainfield And Part Of The Southeast ¼ Of Section 9, Township 36 North, Range 9 East Of The Third Principal Meridian, In Will County, Illinois.

Permanent Tax Nos.: 06-03-09-407-002-0000 and 06-03-09-407035-0000 An accurate map of the subject property is on file with the Village Clerk.

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Friday, December 30, 2016 • The Herald-News / TheHerald-News.com WHITE OAK LIBRARY DISTRICT ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016

The following is a statement by Victor D. Zack, Treasurer of the White Oak Public Library District, County of Will, Illinois, a foresaid of the amount of Public Funds received and expanded by Funds on hand commencement of said fiscal year, the amount of Public Funds received and the amount of Public Funds expended and for what purpose expended during the fiscal year foresaid. This statement is being published in compliance with 30 ILCS 15/1.

Special Reserve Fund

Bond and Interest Fund

General Fund

Social Security Fund

IMRF Fund

Audit Fund

Bulding Maintenance Fund

Liability Fund

State Grant Fund

Total Funds

REVENUES Property Taxes

3,127,909

Replacement Tax Illinois Per Capita Grant Miscellaenous Grant TIF Distributions

-

$ 104,029

237,868

$

2,124,562 -

$

-

-

$

82,332 -

$

1,732 -

$

25,079 -

$

78,784 -

$

-

-

$

5,544,427 237,868

60,044

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

60,044

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21,625

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21,625

State Grant

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sale of Library Materials

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,764

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,764

Library Fees, Lost Items, and Services Fines

71,468

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

71,468

Donations

12,636

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12,636

Developer Fees

32,150

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

32,150

Computer Income

29,578

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

29,578

Refunds and Reimbursements

6,407

Interest Total Revenues

3,283

1,048

925

49

39

42

10

97

-

5,493

3,613,732

2,125,610

925

104,078

82,371

1,774

25,089

78,881

-

6,032,460

2,504,243

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,504,243

EXPENDITURES Personnel IMRF

-

-

-

185,231

-

-

-

-

-

185,231

Social Security

-

-

-

-

169,036

-

-

-

-

169,036

Contractual Services Audit and Book Keeping Fees Maintenance-Building and Grounds Liablity Insurance Materials and Supplies DebtService Capital Expenditures and Reserves Total Expenditures

235,070

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

235,070

-

-

-

-

-

4,575

-

-

-

4,575

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21,219

-

21,219

-

-

-

-

-

-

61,295

-

-

61,295

524,186

-

-

e

-

-

-

-

-

524,186

-

2,713,494

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,713,494

15,124

-

238,517

-

-

-

-

-

-

253,641

3,278,623

2,713,494

238,517

185,231

169,036

4,575

61,295

21,219

-

6,671,990

335,109

(587,884)

(237,592)

(81,153)

(86,665)

(2,801)

(36,206)

57,662

-

(639,530)

EXCESS(DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES OTHER FINANCING SOURCES(USES) Net Proceeds From Bonds

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Transfers In

-

2,461

215,493

84,600

88,800

-

35,700

-

-

427,054

Transfers Out Total Other Financing Sources(uses) NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCES FUND BALANCES, July 1, 2016: FUND BALANCES, June 30, 2015:

(396,647)

-

-

-

-

-

-

(30,407)

-

(427,054)

(396,647)

2,461

215,493

84,600

88,800

-

35,700

(30,407)

-

-

(61,538)

(585,423)

(22,099)

(81,153)

(86,665)

(2,801)

(36,206)

27,255

-

(848,630)

1,000

3,495,102

1,000

2,855,572

1,839,702 $

1,778,164

1,094,398 $

508,975

391,235 $

369,136

$

52,030

41,448

55,477

$ 43,583

21,490 $

18,689

13,233 $

12,727

40,566 $

67,821

$

WHITE OAK LIBRARY DISTRICT GENERAL FUND PERSONNEL DISBURSEMENTS: Under $15,000.00: Kelly L. Amundsen $12,630; Robin A. Amundsen $7,523; Deborah M. Andrew $723; Mara L. Barbel $3,232; Blanca G. Bernal $14,390; Beatrice Betzel $10,557; Jacob K. Brown $216; Darryl D. Burrell $2,461; Christina Burris $7,925; Justin A. Caldero $366; Ryan A. Cameron $14,634; Lorena Carreno $2,454; Alexis S. Cox $6,913; Anthony L. D’Amico $10,839; Andrea S. Earnest $108; Drew C. Flowers $1,887; Steven M. Ford $1,558; Haley R. Frailey $85; Giselle Garcia $3,156; Diane K. Gebhardt $6,902; Samantha L. Gill $311; Kelvyn Guerrero $10,462; Allyson C. Hansen $1,277; Nicole A. Hardy $10,105; Jennifer R. Hodges $1,322; Brenda G. Hristov $3,477; Heather L. Jerz $1,462; Yessenia Jimenez $9,216; Debra Jones $8,144; Ilya Kabirov $4,918; Karlee A. Kane $3,389; Laura A. Katauskas $295; Dorothy Koll $70; Sarah A. Konzen; $13,406; Maria E. Lareau $2,379; Erin M. Legner $383; Rene Leyva $727; Emily A. Lif $7,448; Lorri E. Luzbetak $14,826; Christine D. Marszalek $2,980; Joslyn J. Martarano $10,155; Van T. McGary $13,511; Kathryn L. McMahon $7,385; Wendy A. Miotti $1,747; Janet W. Miranda $247; Diane Murphy $11,443; Anahi Ojeda $7,232; Julie L. Ortega $1,194; Susan Parsons $1,292; Kimberlee L. Patton $10,790; Nicholas E. Petro $8,468; Alissa N. Raschke-Janchenko $66; Brenda N. Rich Hunter $1,027; Ariana E. Ruiz $2,372; Shane M. Saldana $13,143; Roxanne L. Schwarz $8,325; Penny J. Stewack $9,570; Robert D. Stewack, Jr. $1,387; Karen E. Sutherland $102; Mary C. Szalinksi $62; Anna B. Szuba $11,975; Olivia C. Tavares $13,574; Margaret T. Taylor $295; Adam J. Tumino $7,791; Cara J. Tumino $1,439; Carrie L. Upjohn $257; Randy Voyles $10,337; Rachel A. Watts $10,846; Brittany F. Whyte $13,464; Amelia M. Williams $439; Timothy A. Wozniak $8,646; Brian K. Wright $6,297; David F. Wright $7,929; Sara A. Wright $9,346; Gregory F. Zukowski $4,223. Total $421,532.

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$15,000.00 - $24,999.99: Stephanie M. Briggs $23,163; Caitlin R. Cotton $15,612; Flannery J. Crump $20,647; Melissa B. Hawks $22,143; Danita M. Heard $22,660; Max R. Hewlett $22,905; Yvonne M. Hutcheon $18,178; Jacqueline M. Kohn $18,354; Rose M. Leal $15,597; Deborah A. Lullo $25,737; Amanda M. Marolf $20,787; Quinlan J. Marston $22,678; Ellen L. Parran $16,349; Patti S. Sacco $18,940; Judith E. Schreiner $16,352; Jonathan M. Schutt $16,266; Sarah E. Stumpf $23,880; Gayle K. Szpytek $23,065; Kenneth J. Tymick $16,319; Catherine M. Weltsch $18,552. Total $398,184. $25,000.00 - $39,999.99: Austin J. Hall $25,212; DeeAnn M. Keener $39,843; Alexandria Knebel $32,214; April C. Lundberg $32,663; Lisa Majewski $34,451; Diane C. Marston $32,563; JoAnn M. McGloin $35,627; Susan B. Montgomery $27,965; Linda M. O’Grady $25,917; Nancy Palmer $25,342; Jacqueline M. Pinn $30,600; Rosita Rodriguez $27,201; Cynthia D. Shutts $38,369; Elizabeth A. Small $37,520; Kellen A. Smith $33,314; Jennifer Suva $35,030; Sara A. Vodicka $28,374; Richard A. Young $29,271. Total $571,476. $40,000.00 and over: Dennis M. Broz $40,560; Amy L. Byrne $75,270; Debra R. Chapp $66,774; Ellen S. Fitzgerald $41,017; Jane E. Gardner $55,502; Patricia P. Jarog $78,714; John E. Jozwiak $43,200; Beverly J. Krakovec $84,213; Michael Pezan $66,774; Scott E. Pointon $129,415; Andrew J. Susalla $50,763; Brandon M. Swarthout $64,570; Tina M. Williams $57,094. Total $853,866.

Total Payroll for FY 2015-2016 $2,245,058. Personnel payments excluding wages and salaries: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois $216,722; MetLife SBC $16,883; Paylocity (direct deposit fees) $8,144; Vision Service Plan $4,438; Miscellaneous personnel fees under $2,500: $12,998.

Total Personnel payment $259,185. TOTAL PERSONNEL DISBURSEMENTS: $2,504,243.

GENERAL FUND VENDOR DISBURSEMENTS: Allegra Print & Imaging $34,563; AMAZON $66,766; Apple books $3,203; AT&T $20,599; Baker & Taylor Books $220,070; Budget Library Supplies $5,752; Call One $9,313; Canon Solutions America Inc. $4,252; Capital One Commercial $3,951; Chase Card Services $28,843; Communications Revolving Fund $9,382; Flannery Crump $3,099; Dell Marketing L.P. $12,841; Demco, Inc. $9,518; Dynegy Energy Services $5,163; EBSCO $13,951; Ellen Fitzgerald $4,359; Illinois Library Association $2,650; Illinois Paper & Copier Co. $3,686; KAPCO $7,401; Midwest Laser Specialists Inc. $23,989; Midwest Tape $16,273; NewsBank Inc. $4,370; Ollis Book Corporation $5,860; Pinnacle Library Cooperative $98,420; Pitney Bowes Purchase Power $4,253; Postmaster $6,870; Proquest LLC $13,674; Quill Corporation $5,980; Reliable Fire Equipment Company $3,346; Scholastic Library Publishing $2,668; Shaw Media $4,601; Cynthia Shutts $2,938; Today’s Business Solutions Inc. $5,294; Tri-K Supplies Inc. $6,264; Tyco Integrated Security LLC $4,347; Kenneth Tymick $2,574; Verizon Wireless $2,727. Vendor disbursements under $2,500.00: $90,570. TOTAL GENERAL FUND VENDOR DISBURSEMENTS: $774,380. TOTAL GENERAL FUND DISBURSEMENTS: $3,278,623.

BOND FUND VENDOR DISBURSEMENTS: Depository Trust Company (Bond Payments) $2,713,494. TOTAL BOND FUND VENDOR DISBURSEMENTS: $2,713,494.

SPECIAL RESERVE FUND DISBURSEMENTS: Amber Mechanical Contractors Inc. $31,014; Applied Communications Group $3,732; CES $10,228; Chase Card Services $7,120; Current Electrical/Mechanical, Inc. $5,525; Dynegy Energy Services $109,856; Indecor, Inc. $6,554; Magjc Pure LLC $5,265; MidAmerican Energy $10,521; Nicor Gas $25,509; Right-Way Striping & Sealcoating, Inc. $4,479; Total Automation Concepts Inc. $2,692. Vendor disbursements under $2,500.00: $16,022. TOTAL SPECIAL RESERVE FUND DISBURSEMENTS: $238,517.

NON-MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUND DISBURSEMENTS: IMRF FUND DISBURSEMENTS: Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund $185,231. TOTAL IMRF FUND DISBURSEMENTS: $185,231.

SOCIAL SECURITY FUND DISBURSEMENTS: Paylocity (payroll taxes) $169,036. TOTAL SOCIAL SECURITY FUND DISBURSEMENTS: $169,036.

AUDIT FUND DISBURSEMENTS: Brian Zabel & Associates P.C. $4,575. TOTAL AUDIT FUND DISBURSEMENTS: $4,575.

LIABILITY INSURANCE FUND DISBURSEMENTS: Matsock Insurance & Financial Services $12,315; Selective Insurance Company of America $48,980. TOTAL LIABILITY INSURANCE FUND DISBURSEMENTS: $61,295.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE FUND DISBURSEMENTS: ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems US, Inc. $4,462; Colley Elevator Company $2,460; Miscellaneous disbursements under $2,500: $14,297. TOTAL BUILDING FUND DISBURSEMENTS: $21,219.

I, Victor D. Zack, Treasurer of the White Oak Library District, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true and correct to best of my knowledge and belief. /s/ Victor D. Zack, Chief Fiscal Officer

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