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Registering to vote, in only one place, really isn’t that hard You always hear about long lines at the DMV, so I make sure I come prepared, at least mentally.

Yes, I know Illinois doesn’t have a DMV, it’s the Secretary of State’s Driver License Services facility, but my wife says I’m a nerd for saying it that way.

Regardless, I went on Friday morning expecting to pay ridiculous fees and wait way too long for something as simple as changing my address.

Instead, five minutes and $5 later, I was out the door.

Oh, and I registered to vote in there, too.

And, even though I’ve lived in five different states over the past 10 years, this is my only voter registration.

Which brings me to Steve Bannon, of presidential strategy and Breitbart fame.

He apparently couldn’t get that part right.

While President Trump and Bannon have flailed their arms around about illegal voting, Bannon apparently was registered to vote in two different states.

I know this because a former co-worker of mine, Chris Anderson of the Sarasota

VIEWS Jon Styf Herald-Tribune, reported it.

Anderson also got ahold of Bannon’s registration form, where Bannon left the portion where you list any other voter registrations blank.

I’ve filled out a lot of paperwork somewhat mindlessly lately, and I know stuff can get overlooked, but it all seems so weird.

He only voted once, for the record.

But why did he register, his second registration, at a friend’s house in a different state than where he lived?

And why is this administration making such a deal out of something they do themselves when there continues to be no evidence it’s an actual issue?

There are plenty of real things to debate, like Cabinet and Supreme Court nominations/appointees and executive orders, that unsubstantiated accusations of voter fraud seem ... ridiculous.

If anything, we should be focus-

ing on voter apathy and getting more people out to the polls, especially with elections such as the Feb. 28 primary and the April 4 consolidated election approaching.

Early voting in Homer Township for the primary starts on Tuesday. Early voting for the April election starts at the Will County Clerk’s Office on Feb. 23.

You can still register in person or by mail for the April election until March 7 or online through March 19.

Regardless your preference, I recommend making an effort to get out and allow your voice to be heard. There are plenty of elections related to local entities, such as school boards, up for grabs.

And while it won’t lead to great debates, like those over the president’s incorrect voter fraud claims, those are the entities you are paying the most tax dollars to support. It’s in your best interest to be informed.

• The Herald-News Editor Jon Styf can be reached at jstyf@shawmedia. com, on Twitter @JonStyf or at 815-2804119. Styf is also the editor of the Herald Life and the Morris Herald-News.

Plea deal in Joliet crash that killed robbery suspect

By BRIAN STANLEY

bstanley@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The driver who survived a 2016 traffic crash in Joliet that killed a one-time murder suspect agreed on Wednesday to a plea deal.

Loria A. Ware, 51, of Joliet, pleaded guilty to failing to stop or yield at an intersection and was sentenced to six months of court supervision, according to Will County court records. Ware initially was charged with aggravated driving under the influence, drug possession and marijuana possession after the July

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Jermain K. Bennett, 42, of Joliet, was riding a Honda CVR 900 motorcycle when he ran into the side of Ware’s 2014 Dodge Charger at Third Avenue and Richards Street. Bennett was supposed to be under home confinement after agreeing to testify against his cousin, Kenneth G. Edwards, in a murder trial. Bennett had pleaded guilty to robbery as part of deal and was facing a prison sentence up to 30 years.

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lice said McGinn had brought thousands of dollars to buy cocaine from Bennett, who instead planned to rob him.

Edwards was waiting in the parking lot and shot McGinn twice while Bennett took the cash, investigators said. Police said the drugs Bennett had promised to deliver did not exist.

Nearby residents overheard the shots and called police. Bennett was arrested the day after McGinn’s slaying and charged with murder, while Edwards was arrested in October 2013. The charges against Edwards were dismissed a month after Bennett’s death.

ON THE COVER

David Addison and Audrey Murphey walk down the red carpet Friday before Crossroads Christian Church and Village Christian Church’s Night to Shine at Crossroads Christian Church in Joliet.

See story on page 3.

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Local special needs individuals enjoy prom-like event at Crossroads Christian Church

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

JOLIET – On Friday night, 180 volunteers played fairy godmother to transform Joliet’s Crossroads Christian Church into a Cinderella-at-the-ball experience for 95 special needs individuals.

The event is Night to Shine, a complimentary prom-like, red carpet experience for people ages 14 and older with special needs. Crossroads Christian Church, where Night to Shine was held, partnered with The Village Christian Church in Minooka to bring this international event to the Joliet area.

Night to Shine is sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. This year, 375 churches and 150,000 volunteers in all 50 states and 11 countries served a total of 75,000 special needs people, said Amy Reich, a member of Crossroads Christian Church and coordinator for the event.

In an email, Crossroads pastor Matt Summers said Night to Shine gives everyone involved a chance to “walk in the footsteps of Jesus.”

“Jesus lived in the margins of society, and ministered to people living in the margins of society,” Summer said.

“And he said to his followers, ‘Whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ ” Reich said she learned about Night to Shine when Summers posted about it on Facebook after hearing Tim Tebow speak at a convention.

“I thought it was a great idea,” Reich said. “So I filled out an application.”

It cost $8,000 to host the event, Summers said. Two grants offset the cost: a $5,000 one from the Tim Tebow Foundation and a $7,500 one from The Solomon Foundation.

“They [The Solomon Foundation] told us to use the rest for other initiatives,” Summers said.

In an email, Summers said he first learned about Night to Shine in the book “Jesus Prom,” written by Jon Weece, a former college classmate of Summers. In the book, Weece wrote how his church – Southland Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky – offers a prom for special needs individuals.

“Jon is friends with Tim Tebow, and with Tim’s heart for people with special needs, it snowballed into this massive global initiative to celebrate God’s love for people with special needs,” Summers said, “and to recognize their in-

Photos by Eric Ginnard – eginnard@shawmedia.com

ABOVE: Cameron Bryant sits in a chair Friday after having her hair and makeup done by volunteers before Crossroads Christian Church and the Village Christian Church’s Night to Shine at Crossroads Christian Church in Joliet. RIGHT: Vanessa Kempke high-fives several volunteers Friday while walking down the red carpet.

More online Visit this article at The Herald-News.com to view videos of Night to Shine.

trinsic value as human beings.”

Crystal Winterroth, the Christian Crossroads Church ministry director for children in first through fifth grade, helped organize the event, both in terms of matching volunteers to jobs and planning the logistics.

Finding the 95 attendees was the easiest part, especially since some church members work with people from Cor-

nerstone Services in Joliet and Trinity Services in New Lenox, Winterroth said.

“As soon as we said we were having it, word just spread. Everyone wanted to be a part of it,” Winterroth said.

That included The Village Christian

Church in Minooka.

This past summer, the missions team at The Village Christian Church in Minooka suggested the church host a similar event, pastor Nate Ferguson

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New owners of old diocese property seek zoning for winery “It takes a year and a half to get the wine ready. If we were open right now, we’d have nothing to sell.”

By BOB OKON

bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Owners of the old Diocese of Joliet property will seek zoning board approval of their winery project in March.

The Joliet City Council last week approved a zoning variation allowing new office space at the former chancery building on the Bridge Street site of the former diocesan offices.

If all goes smoothly, a winery could be operating in the fall at the former tribunal building, although Sehring Property Holdings is looking for another tenant at the old chancery since Catholic Charities appears to have changed plans.

The new owners applied this week for zoning that would make a winery possible at the former tribunal building, a 19th-century house that was built by brewer Frederick Sehring and later became the first home for Joliet bishops when the diocese was created in 1948.

Phil Soto, one of the partners in the group, said the application may be considered by the zoning board at its March 16 meeting.

Soto said the group has they have “no set deadline” for opening the winery but hope to start making wine later this year.

“What we’re shooting for is to be

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New owners of the old Diocese of Joliet property plan to use the former tribunal building shown here for a winery. open, but not to the public, by fall so we can have our first grape crushing,” Soto said Friday. “It takes a year and a half to get the wine ready. If we were open right now, we’d have nothing to sell.”

Sehring Property Holdings plans to eventually hold wine tastings and

small events at the house.

The third building on the site, the John Paul II House that later became a residence for bishops, will be used as a residence by two of the Sehring Property Holdings partners who live in Joliet.

The group is looking again for tenants at the former chancery building

since Catholic Charities, which was going to move Head Start administrative offices into the property, now says it is likely to keep that operation in the downtown building where they are at now.

Soto has met with the St. John’s Neighborhood Association, which advocates for the neighborhood in which the old diocese buildings are located, and the neighboring Cathedral Area Preservation Association.

Candace Johnson, president of the St. John’s Neighborhood Association, told the city council last week that the group is “very excited and thrilled” with the office zoning for the chancery building.

The building had been zoned for multi-family residential despite its use for diocese offices for about 50 years.

But the new owners were required to get the appropriate zoning to use the building for offices.

Q&A: Joliet instructional literacy coach talks about enhancing education

By FELIX SARVER

fsarver@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Herald-News reporter Felix Sarver recently spoke with Kristen Sterr, an instructional literacy coach for Joliet Public Schools District 86, about her work at the district and how she supports teachers. Sterr has been an instructional literacy coach for three years and previously was a teacher at Pershing Elementary School for second-grade and kindergarten students.

Sarver: What does an instructional literacy coach do?

Sterr: We provide core instruction-

al support services that are aligned to our district initiatives. We also provide professional development for teachers that support research-based best practices that are aligned Illinois learning standards.

[We as an] instructional coaching team collaborate with teachers and their teams during what we call [Professional Learning Community] meetings, which is a meeting where teachers come together on grade-level teams to

plan for their lessons for their students.

What we do during those times is we analyze data, we design lessons, units. … We also assist with locating resources to highlight the units of instruction. We also participate in district- and building-level family units, such as Young Authors, Family Reading Nights and school board meetings.

We currently have 10 instructional literacy coaches and 10 mathematics coaches, and then we also have three instructional technology coaches and we serve 758 classroom teachers.

We do go into the classrooms with the teachers to model lessons, we coteach with them and afterward we always try to debrief and reflect with the teachers to enhance their instruction.

We are a team and we support them 100 percent.

Sarver: How did you become an instructional literacy coach?

Sterr: I’ve always loved to teach read-

ing and I really wanted to strengthen this area of my professional practice by going back to school to get my reading specialist degree.

different teachers and the different students each day.

Sarver: What do you like most about being a coach?

Sterr: I would say I like that every-

thing is different. I never encounter the same things every day. I’m in different classrooms, I’m working with different teachers, different grade levels. … I do like that variety. I love the collaborative effort that I have with the teachers that I work with.

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I then applied that learning from getting that degree into my own classroom with my students and after a few years of that I decided that I really would like to take that next step and utilize my degree to be an instructional literacy coach.

I really enjoy working with all of the

Sarver: Do you think these types of coaches are becoming increasingly important in education?

Sterr: Yes, I do. I think it’s a valuable

role. I think we are going in the right direction having this position because the teachers have someone to support them at all times and we’re building teachers’ capacity.

Sarver: What do you like to read?

Sterr: For fun? I like to read Gillian

Flynn, Stuart Woods, those types of novels, for fun. [Woods] is one of my favorite authors.

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Minority contracts a recurring theme at Joliet projects

By BOB OKON

bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The recent controversy over the level of minority contracting at the Water’s Edge housing development is not the first time the issue has been raised in Joliet.

In the past, the city of Joliet has been the target of complaints that not enough local minority contractors and workers get jobs on construction projects using public funds. This time, city officials have been turning up the heat on the Housing Authority of Joliet after getting complaints from local African-American contractors about the Water’s Edge development.

The $90 million subsidized housing project is being built in the middle of a low-income section of the city where most residents are African-American.

Mayor Bob O’Dekirk emphasized the location at a Tuesday city council meeting in which the council and officials from the Housing Authority of Joliet debated what could be done to get more local people on the job.

“We’re trying to solve a problem on that job site,” O’Dekirk said. “What can we do to get people from that neighborhood to work?”

By the end of about an hour of giveand-take between council members and HAJ officials, there was no sure answer.

The scene was reminiscent of past debates in which African-American contractors and workers have questioned city of Joliet procedures for city hiring and contracting on big projects.

The city has since changed its contracting procedures to give local contractors some preferences in bid awards, although the city has resisted minority quota systems.

HAJ officials and Carlson Construction, the Joliet-based company that is the general contractor on Water’s Edge, have insisted that they have tried to accommodate local minority contractors seeking work on the project.

HAJ Chief Executive Officer Michael Simelton said contracts have been rebid and minority contractors have been encouraged to bid.

“I think part of the concern that people are having is not understanding Section 3 and how it works,” Simelton said.

Section 3 is a federal regulation designed to give employment opportunities to residents in public housing and local communities when construction

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Douglas Johnson, with the Law Offices of Kathleen T Zellner P.C., represented Pellegrini, who was not present.

Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Quinlan represented the state.

According to Judici.com, the state was granted 30 days to file an answer to the defendant’s petition and case will now continue at 9:30 a.m. March 23.

Marsaglia heard arguments for the first time on Jan. 21 on the post-conviction petition.

Pellegrini, of Morris, was indicted in October 2013 after being arrested

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The indictment against him alleged Pellegrini committed the offenses against a family member and caused her physical harm. In 2016, he was found guilty of sexual assault and battery. In November, he was sentenced to eight years in prison. An earlier appeal was denied and his lawyers filed the post-conviction petition.

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The main issue argued in court in January was the blood-alcohol content of the victim and whether she blacked out during the event. Marsaglia said he would take the matter under advisement.

Emily Fletcher, Pellegrini’s fiancée, said on Friday that this is a win for Pellegrini and she’s happy that they are moving forward with phase three, the evidentiary hearing, “When I spoke to Kent this morning, all he could say was, ‘All I’ve ever wanted was my side of the story heard,’ ” Fletcher said. “He hopes the presentation of evidence from the character witnesses and specialists will allow that to happen as they move forward.”

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“I love the idea of it,” said Sylvia Kordaczka from Lockport Township High School. “I like to make people happy.

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In September, 1,500 male student athletes gathered in downtown Chicago for random acts of kindness.

“The idea here was having them have an impact in their own community,” Trost said of the activities on Sunday.

Hailey Arlis of Minooka Community High School said her group will put together blessing boxes of nonperishable foods, socks, gloves and other necessities.

“They get put out, and people can take what they need,” Arlis said. “We’re going to put them in places around town where we think they’ll be beneficial.”

Plainfield North High School students will be visiting police, firefighters and residents of a nursing home with flowers and treats, student athlete and soccer player Megan Breier said.

“I’ve volunteered before, but I’ve never done anything like this before with my team,” Breier said.

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Will County deputy will run for sheriff

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bstanley@shawmedia.com WILL COUNTY – An award-winning Will County sheriff’s deputy wants to run the department.

James “Jim” Reilly has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for sheriff next year. Democrat Mike Kelley is serving his first term after beating Ken Kaupas in a narrow race in 2014.

“I think I’d bring a lot of experience to the office,” Reilly said. “I want to run a positive campaign and bring up issues that I think will be vastly different from those of other candidates.”

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Lincoln-Way West High School students will perform acts of kindness around New Lenox, student Erin Toomey said.

“It will be great for us to make somebody else’s day,” Toomey said. “A little

Reilly, of Wilmington Township, has been a patrol deputy for only three years, but previously served on the Joliet Police Department and Will County Cooperative Police Assistance Team.

Reilly was named Deputy of the Year by the VFW in 2016 and is finishing his doctorate in criminal justice. He has also taught criminal law and criminal justice classes at the Wilco Area Career Center.

“The show of support I’ve gotten so far has been overwhelming,” Reilly said. “I’m anxious to provide the citizens of Will County options for the future direction of the Will County Sheriff’s Police Department.” bit goes a long way. If you do something nice for somebody, they may go out and do something nice for someone else.”

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women-based businesses. Nearly 60 percent of the contract and employment has been local.

But James Foster, an African-American electrical contractor in Joliet, called the bidding procedures at Water’s Edge “a very misleading process.”

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“I think it was important,” Harvey said. “Everyone deserves a chance at happiness.”

Kathy Dolan, a member of Crossroads Christian Church, oversaw the respite room, where the guests’ caregivers could enjoy a catered meal and watch their loved ones enjoy their Night to Shine on a large screen, although it was not mandatory they stay.

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OBITUARIES KENNETH NORMAN BAKER JR. Born: March 22, 1958 Died: February 7, 2017

Kenneth Norman Baker Jr. was born March 22, 1958 in Springfield, Massachusetts to the union of Kenneth Baker Sr., Doris Jo Baker and Florady Matthews.

Ken departed this life suddenly at home on Tuesday, February 7, 2017.

Visitation Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. (Family Hour 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.) at Smith, Bizzell & Warner Funeral Home, 4209 Grant Street, Gary, IN. Home going Celebration 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Greater Grace Church, 269 W. 57th Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana 46410, Pastor Rodney C. Griffin Jr., officiating. Interment Abraham Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Elwood, Illinois.

PHYLLIS B. BENCO Phyllis B. Benco (nee Plese), age 89, peacefully on Wednesday, February 8, 2017.

Phyllis is survived by her loving children, Sandy (John) Heck and Ken (Sherry) Benco; granddaughter, Julie L. Pehlke; great-grandchildren, Jack, Cole and Grace Pehlke; brother, John (Marilyn) Plese; sister-inlaw, Eileen (the late Eugene) Plese; numerous, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Bernard B. Benco; parents, John and Julia (nee Tomac) Plese; brother, Eugene Plese; and special niece, Kathy Plese.

Phyllis was born and raised in Joliet and became a devoted wife at an early age. She was an outstanding homemaker all of her life who always put her family first. She was the perfect mother, grandmother and GiGi. She loved fashion, especially clothing and jewelry.

Phyllis will be truly missed.

In lieu of flowers, having a Mass said in Phyllis’ name would be greatly appreciated.

A celebration of Phyllis’ life will begin on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 with prayers in the funeral home chapel at 10:30 a.m. then driving

in procession to St. Anne Catholic Church in Crest Hill for a Mass of Christian Burial to be held at 11:00 a.m. Entombment to follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Joliet. Visitation will be on Monday, February 13, 2017 at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Joliet Area Community Hospice or the McDonald twins and family Go Fund Me account.

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JOYCE C. BERGESON Born: July 14, 1932 Died: February 2, 2017

Joyce C. Bergeson (nee Fellows), age 84, of Elwood, IL, passed at home Thursday, February 2, 2017.

She was born in Joliet, IL on July 14, 1932 to the late Vera (nee French) and Gerald

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Beloved mother of Merry Lynn (Lawrence) Hanson, Kathleen Joy (William) Farrell, Kimberly (John) Ortelli, Art (deceased), Scott Bergeson and Toni M. French; loving grandmother of Emily, Josh, Amanda, Heather, Nick, Matt, Art, Colin, Sabrina, Jordan, Hanna, Elliot, and Lexie; proud great-grandmother of 11; dear sister of Merry Lou (Richard) Pocza and Peggy Lynn (Richard “Sonny”) Konc. Several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and cousins also survive.

Preceded in death by her husband, Art (1990); son, Art (2015); and her parents.

Joyce, an LPN, retired from Salem Village Retirement Home after many years of compassionate care. Her hobbies included gardening, sewing, and knitting caps and blankets for area cancer patients. She will be remembered fondly as the family “supervisor” whose guidance and care will live on in all of us.

As it was Joyce’s wish, a private service took place at Elmhurst Cemetery in Joliet.

Leo D. Ceci, age 86, of Joliet, IL, passed away Friday February 10, 2017 at Salem Village.

He was born February 8, 1931 to the late Genevieve (nee Lance) and Edward Ceci.

Survived by his children, Tami (Pat) Gremillion, Cindy (Bill) Pelton, James, Michael and Brian Ceci; grandchildren, Ryan (Ashley), Sean, Heather (Mike), Brandi, Damien, Mona, Amber (Ray), Nicole (Zachary), and Eric; great-grandchildren, Halle, Myleigh, Noah, Gracie, Sophie, Lexi and Savannah; siblings, Richard (Dorothy), Edward and Patricia; several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his wife, Joan (nee Bates); daughter, Debbie in infancy; grandson, Eddie; parents, Edward and Genevieve; and sister, Shirley.

Leo worked at Caterpillar for 30 years. He was an avid Cubs fan who enjoyed bowling and playing cards with his family. He was also a busy hand for the Joliet Deaf Club with whom he was vice president and always an active member.

A memorial gathering for Leo Ceci will be held Tuesday February 14, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. until the service begins at 8 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black Rd. (at Essington Rd.) Joliet. As it was Leo’s wish, cremation rites will be accorded.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name preferred. For further information please call (815) 741-5500 or visit his Memorial Tribute at www.fredcdames.com

MOLLY JEAN COUCH-NEWCOMB

Born: January 14, 1965; in North Wilkesboro, NC Died: January 24, 2017; in Joliet, IL Molly Jean Couch-Newcomb, age 52, of Channahon, Illinois passed away peacefully on January 24, 2017 at Joliet Area Community Hospice, Joliet, Illinois after a brief battle with liver cancer.

Molly was born January 14, 1965 in North Wilkesboro, NC to Billie Gray and Peggy (Petree) Couch. She grew up in Purlear, NC. She attended Wilkes Community College and lived and worked in the Wilkes County area for many years before moving to Indiana and then onto Illinois. Molly dearly loved her family, friends and golden retriever, Elvis. She spent many happy hours crafting, drawing and cross-stitching gifts for family and friends. She also enjoyed reading; especially the Bible, a daily ritual. Molly possessed a vivacious personality, a steadfast faith, and never knew a stranger. She was always available to help family and friends and even started a business based on helping others called “Your Gofer-Gal.” She compassionately supported many worthy causes, such as the Paralyzed Veterans of America, World Wildlife, and ASPCA. Following her death, friends commented that “She was an incredible person who positively affected everyone she met;” and “Molly’s compassion won her the love of many.”

Survivors include her husband, John Newcomb of the home; stepdaughter, Emily Newcomb of West St. Paul, MN; her two brothers, Matt Couch (Sandra) of Hilton Head Island, SC and Todd Couch (Lisa) of Noblesville, IN; as well as many beloved aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, April Couch.

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INEZ DITE

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Inez Dite (nee Boudreau), 94, of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017 at her daughter’s home where she had resided for the last nine years.

Inez was born February 5, 1923 in Manteno, to the late Joseph and Nora (nee LeRoy) Boudreau.

Loving mother of Butch (Sue) Dite of New Lenox, Dianna (Dan) Heseltine of Joliet, and Sandra Gorney of Joliet; cherished grandmother of 9, great-grandmother of 18, and great-great-grandmother of 4; dear sister of Dolores Mann.

Preceded in death by her beloved husband Edward “Bud” Dite whom she married in 1944; 4 brothers, Bernard, Francis, George, and Maynard; and 5 sisters, Rosemary Marcukaitis, Genevieve Cann, Imogene Cann, Eileen Billingsley and Catherine Tutt; a grandson, Dan Curtis; and great grandson, Jordan Berget.

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in Joliet. He graduated from Joliet West High School Class of 1969. He served in the Army during the Vietnam Conflict. Bill and Cathleen were married August 8th, 1987 at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church in Chicago. Bill retired from TEAM Industrial Services December 31, 2016.

As an avid race fan, Bill could be found with his family at the Grundy County Speedway bleachers every Saturday. He was also a big fan of NASCAR. He loved life to the fullest whether it was celebrating St. Patrick’s Day or watching the Cubs win the World Series.

As it was Bill’s request, cremation rites have been accorded. A Memorial Gathering for William Doran will be held on Monday, February 13, 2017 from 9:30 until the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Catholic Church, 404 N. Hickory Street, Joliet.

Inurnment will follow at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Funeral services entrusted to the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet, IL. For more information, please call 815-741-5500 or visit his Memorial Tribute at www.fredcdames.com.

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JUDITH J. FERGUSON Judith J. Ferguson (nee Hoffmann), age 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 comforted by the love of her family.

Judith is survived by her three loving daughters, Dorann (Joseph Mcintosh) Hrusosky, Laura (Phillip) Braham, Jill (Steve Ryan) Ferguson; brotherin-law, Nick (the late Kay) Zigrossi; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; dear friends, Lucy Grzelak and Doug Wells; and granddogs, Sadie, Jack, Betsy and GiGi .

Preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ferguson (1994); parents, Arthur and Dorothy (nee Doubleday) Hoffmann; sister, Kay Zigrossi.

Judith was employed by J&R Security Services for over 25 years. She was also employed

by Joliet West High School as the office receptionist for the principal. Judith was a loving and generous person who dedicated her time to the community and also devoted her life to her family and children. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

The family would like to offer a special thank you to Gabby Mendoza and Judy Ristau as well as Dr. Zlatko Haveric, Dr. Daniel Garganera, Dr. Robert Tetik and Sue for the wonderful care provided to Judith.

A celebration of Judith’s life will begin on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 with a memorial visitation at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 6:30 p.m. Per Judith’s wishes cremation rites have been accorded. Interment of cremated remains will be held at a later date at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Judith J. Ferguson at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

Arrangements entrusted to:

PAUL C. FISHER SR. Paul C. Fisher Sr. “Fish,” age 62, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 suddenly in his home with his loving wife by his side.

Paul is survived by his beloved wife of 43 years, Lynn (nee Westborg) Fisher; loving children, Paul Jr. (Katie) Fisher, Christine ( Robert) Tittle, Sarah (Bobby Huston) Fisher; beloved grandchildren, Nathan and Jonah Fisher, Caryssa and Renee Tittle, Laverne Smith IV, and Helena Huston; mother, Rita Fisher; three siblings, Leonard (Ileana) Fisher, Mary (Robert) Grenchik and Joan (Wesley) Winkler.

Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

Preceded in death by his father, Leonard Fisher.

Paul was a 1973 graduate of Joliet Township Central High School. He was a proud veteran and had a fierce patriotism about him. He proudly served in the United States Navy from 1973 to 1977 on the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier. Paul later went on to work for Commonwealth Edison / Midwest Generation and the Boilermaker Union Local 1. He was a member of the American Legion Post 1080 and the Moran A.C. Paul had a real passion for baseball, golf, American muscle cars and rock ’n’ roll. He loved to strike a conversation with anyone that he met. He was a real child-at-heart and could not go anywhere without knowing someone. He was a genuine people person. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He will be truly missed by all who knew him.

A celebration of Paul’s life will begin on Monday, February 13, 2017 with a visitation from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Tezak Funeral Home (1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet). A memorial service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 4:00 p.m. Burial at a later date. At the request of Paul’s wishes, cremations rites have been accorded.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Paul C. Fisher Sr. at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

Arrangements entrusted to:

give to area kids in Grundy and Will counties.

He is survived by his wife, Sharon; his children, Eric Fulkerson of Urbana, IL, Robert Fulkerson of Morris, Douglas (Jill Smith) Fulkerson of Essex, Katie (Adam) Matherly of Butler, TN and Lisa Vietzke of Hernando, FL; 19 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; also surviving is one stepbrother, Lester Jager of Ypsilanti, MI. He was preceded in death by his parents; and four sisters, Kay Kucer, Georgene Waite, Donna Barron, and Beverly Hendrickson.

Memorials may be made in George’s name to Living Water Church of the Nazarene.

A visitation was held for George from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2017, with a Masonic service presented by Mazon Lodge #826 at 2:30 p.m., at the U.C. Davis-Callahan Funeral Home, located at 301 W. Washington Street in Morris. Enhanced video tributes was played during the visitation. A Celebration of George’s Life was at 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home, officiated by Pastor Steve Cook of Living Water Church of the Nazarene.

A luncheon followed the service and was held at the Living Water Church of the Nazarene, located at 118 E. Jefferson Street in Morris.

Arrangements have been entrusted with U.C. Davis-Callahan Funeral Home, 301 W. Washington Street, Morris, IL. For further information visit the website at www.ucdaviscallahan.com or contact the funeral home at 815-942-0084.

Online condolences may be directed to the family by visiting the website.

GEORGE L. HENDRICKSON

Born: August 3, 1930; in Joliet, IL Died: February 7, 2017; in Morris, IL

George L. Hendrickson, 86, of Morris, passed away peacefully Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Morris Hospital.

Born August 3, 1930 in Joliet, he was the son of the late George C. and Mary (Sweeney) Hendrickson.

Raised and educated in Joliet schools, George served as deputy sheriff for the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department during the late 1960s and as chief of police in Morris during the early ’70s. He retired from the Illinois Department of Transportation after working many years as a highway construction supervisor. George married Sharon (Lox) Fulkerson on June 1, 1990.

George was an iron worker with Local Union 444 for over 50 years and a lifetime mason since 1961 with Masonic Lodge #826. He also was a member of the Medinah Shriners since 1960, a Knights Templer of Joliet York Rite, and a member of the Living Water Church of the Nazarene in Morris.

George enjoyed working on cars, but his passion was rebuilding over 1,000 bicycles to

JOYCE E. HOLMQUIST Joyce E. Holmquist (nee Rys), passed away at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center, Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Age 85 years.

Survived by her daughter, Lisa G. Holmquist; and her son, Gary (Maurine) Holmquist; Four grandchildren, Chad Holmquist, Chelsea (Ghandi) Al-Marji, Cody (Carrie) Holmquist and Casey (Jason) Spangler; Five great-grandchildren; Her brother, Robert (Charlene-deceased) Rys; two sister-in-laws, Phyllis and Gloria Holmquist; Also her caregiver Shannon Barr.

Preceded in death by her husband, Richard E. Holmquist (2015); her parents, Anthony and Bernice Rys. Joyce was born in Joliet on July 24, 1931.

Graduate of Joliet Township High School Class of 1948. She worked for many years as a switchboard operator supervisor for Illinois Bell Telephone. Lifelong member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

Funeral services will be held at the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home, 2320 Black Road, Tuesday, February 14, at 1:00 P.M. Rev. Rodney A. Juell officiating. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Visitation

will be held Tuesday from 12:00 P.M. until time of service.

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EUGENE KLAINSEK Eugene Klainsek “Gene,” age 90, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 with his loving family by his side.

Eugene is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Genevieve (nee Schmidberger); brother-in-law, Louis (the late Karen) Schmidberger; sister-in- law, Jackie Klainsek; cousin, Karen Klainsek; and numerous nieces and nephews

also survive.

Preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Jeannette (nee Forbes) Klainsek; and brothers, Billy and Leo Klainsek.

Eugene was a proud veteran of the United States Navy and Army, enlisting in 1942 at the age of 17. He served in World War II, and in the European and Pacific theaters for 26 months.

He later went to become an Iron worker for Chicago Local 1. He was a member of the VFW, Elks, North West Club, and KSKJ. He was an avid Chicago Bears fan and loved a good John Wayne movie. He enjoyed cooking and was a good helping hand. He would love to tease you and pull a good prank. He enjoyed swimming at the Elks with his niece Chrissy. Anytime you saw Gene, you could always count on being called “Smiley.” He will be truly missed by all who knew him.

A celebration of Eugene’s life will begin on Monday, February 13, 2017 with prayers in the funeral home chapel at 9:30 a.m. then driving in procession to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Joliet for a Mass of Christian Burial to be held at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Joliet. Visitation will be on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Obituary and Tribute Wall for Eugene Klainsek at www.tezakfuneralhome.com or for information, 815-722-0524.

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OBITUARIES DANIEL N. LUNDEEN Born: May 11, 1949 Died: February 9, 2017

LINDA D. NICHOLSON Linda D. Nicholson, 67 years old from Swansea, SC passed away on Dec. 28, 2016 from natural causes at her home.

Linda was a dedicated and passionate high school English teacher, who worked most of her life in education. She loved horses and was an accomplished equestrian. Linda adopted and rescued many dogs throughout her lifetime, loved and cared for them all. Linda could do anything she put her mind to including building a barn for her horses to attaining a master’s degree in education in 2003. She was a prolific reader and always had a book in progress on her nightstand. Linda was much loved by her family and will be sorely missed and always remembered.

She is survived by her siblings, Barbara (Frank) Vercouteren, Shirley (Dan) Rosenquist, Karen (Alan) Wroblaski, John Nicholson and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Maynard and Frances (Petty) Nicholson from Joliet, IL. Linda’s cremated remains were laid to rest at the Memorial Ecosystems, Westminister, S.C.

JOHN CHARLES OLSON

Born: March 4, 1951 Died: February 9, 2017

John Charles Olson, 65, of Morris passed away peacefully Thursday, February 9, 2017 at Morris Hospital.

Born March 4, 1951 in Chicago, he was the son of the late Charles and Ruth (Ronback) Olson. John fought a long hard battle with multiple sclerosis for many years.

He was raised and educated in Morris, later going on to obtain his bachelor’s degree from Lewis University in Lockport. He married Diane Darin on July 21, 1972 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Morris.

John worked at the local radio station in Morris when the call letters were WRMI-FM. He retired from Proctor & Gamble after working there for 40 years.

He enjoyed traveling to sunny places, boating, and loved listening to “oldies but goodies.”

He truly loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.

John is survived by his wife, Diane; children, Mike (Kelly) Olson of Lakemoor, IL, Kelly (Brian) Laughary of Morris, and Brian (Britney) Olson of Bolingbrook; six grandchildren, Parker, Preston and Peyton Olson, and Leah, Connor, and Jaxon Laughary; his mother and father-in-law, Roy and Shirley Darin of Morris; two brothers, Paul (Barbara) Olson of Palm Harbor, FL and Jim (Norma) Olson of Seneca. Also survived by several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation for John will be held Monday, February 13, 2017 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the U.C. Davis-Callahan Funeral Home, located at 301 W. Washington Street in Morris. Enhanced video tributes will be played during the visitation.

A Celebration of John’s Life will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., preceded by Father Edward J. Howe, CR of Immaculate Conception Church.

Cremation rites will be accorded.

Memorials may be made in John’s name to a recipient of the donor’s choice.

Arrangements have been entrusted with U.C. Davis-Callahan Funeral Home, 301 W. Washington Street, Morris, IL. For further information visit the website at www.ucdaviscallahan.com or contact the funeral home at 815-942-0084.

Online condolences may be directed to the family by visiting the website.

CARL E. ZIESMER Carl E. Ziesmer “Sarge Z,” age 85, of Joliet, IL, at rest peacefully at Suncoast Mid Pinellas Care Center, Pinellas Park, Florida after a courageous battle with leukemia.

Carl grew up in Joliet, he joined the service and served his country honorably. Carl’s bravery, during the Korea and Vietnam wars earned him a Purple Heart and multiple bronze medals. He retired with honors from the United States Army as a sergeant in 1970.

Upon retiring from the United States Army, he was employed with Commonwealth Edison and retired in 1989. Carl was a member of the VFW Stone City Post and American Legion and Dale A.C. His main passion was attending his yearly reunions with the 11th. Armored Cavalry Black Horse L Troop. He also loved traveling to the warmth of their other home in Florida with his beloved wife, Pat. While in Florida he enjoyed going to auctions or cruising the park in his Chicago Bears golf cart with his sidekick Casey.

He had a great love for his pets, Molly, Chrissy, Casey and the newest member of the family, Sadie.

Carl is survived by his beloved wife, Patricia (nee Sarver); four children, Carl (Ruth) Ziesmer, Debora (Paul) Duchene, Steve (Sue) Dieter, John (Vicki) Dieter. He also leaves behind eight grandchildren, Daniel (Laura B.) Ziesmer, Laura A. Ziesmer, Michelle Duchene, Danielle Duchene, Zachery (Suzie) Dieter, Chistopher (Julie) Dieter, Jorie Dieter, Matthew (Ariana) Dieter; three great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and many special friends.

Carl was preceded in death by his father, Karl Friedrich Ziesemer; mother, Anna Mary (nee Patrick) Hughes; stepfather, Everett Emerson Hughes; brother, John Ziesmer and sister, Donna Matriciano.

Funeral Services for Carl E. “Sarge Z” Ziesmer will be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet, IL. Fr. Dennis Paul officiating. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park with full military honors under the auspices of the United States Army.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to Wounded Warriors Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org or Suncoast Hospice Care Center, 6770 102nd Avenue N, Pinellas Park, FL 33782, www.empathealth.org would be appreciated.

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

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

The ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Edward Tipper, a World War II paratrooper who was portrayed in the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 95.

He died Feb. 1 in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, said his daughter, Kerry Tipper.

Edward Tipper was a member of the famed Easy Company, part of the 101st Airborne Division, and parachuted into France as part of the June 6, 1944, Allied D-Day invasion. The company’s exploits were retold in “Band of Brothers,” based on research by historian Stephen Ambrose.

Tipper was interviewed for the series and was portrayed by actor Bart Ruspoli.

A few days after the parachute drop, Tripper’s eye and leg were badly injured by a mortar shell. He was hospitalized for a year. Tipper was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Doctors gave him a list of things he couldn’t do, but that became a checklist for things to master, his daughter said.

“He was defiant above all,” she told The Denver Post. He took up handball, not because he liked it, but to prove he could do it, she said.

He was an avid skier and kept that up into his 80s, Kerry Tipper said.

After the war, Edward Tipper attended the University of Michigan and the University of Northern Colorado – then the Colorado State College of Education – and became a teacher.

His first teaching job was in Iowa, and then he returned to Colorado, teaching English and literature and running drama programs in Jefferson County on Denver’s western edge.

“So much of what people talk about with him is what he did in the war. That was two years and really six days starting on D-Day,” Kerry Tipper said. “Teaching was 30 years.”

Edward Tipper will be buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

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Daniel N. Lundeen, age 67, resident of Loda, Illinois (formerly Crest Hill), passed away suddenly on February 9, 2017 in Ruskin, Florida.

Beloved husband of Ginger; loving stepfather of Scott (Kim), Greg (Judy) and Jeff (Michelle) Libersher; cherished grandfather of Kayleigh, Ryan, Krista, Marissa, Tyler, Lenny, Zac, Angela, Kelly, Greg Jr.; and great-grandfather of Cooper; also fond brother of Gerald, his wife, Sheila and their family. He was also a wonderful pet father to Ruby, his Doberman.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Arvid and Stella Lundeen.

He was born in Joliet, Illinois and raised and educated in Lockport schools. He served in the U.S. Marines in the Vietnam Conflict. Dan and Ginger were married on October 22, 1978.

After retiring from the railroads with 27 years of service, they moved to Loda, Illinois, to enjoy lakeside living.

Dan was an avid fisher and lover of the outdoors. When he wasn’t outside enjoying the lake or traveling to Florida to escape the Illinois winter, he loved watching the Cubs, the Bears and the Bulls – and if absolutely nothing else was on TV, he would even occasionally watch a Sox game.

As it was Dan’s request, cremation rites have been accorded. A Memorial Gathering will be held at a later date.

29693 as per her wishes.

Thanks to all her friends, neighbors, doctors and co-workers for all their support over the years.

Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association or The Humane Society.

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Anti-abortion activists, counter-protesters rally Protesters take to Chicago

By GENE JOHNSON

The Associated Press

SEATTLE – Anti-abortion activists emboldened by the new administration of President Donald Trump staged rallies around the country Saturday calling for the federal government to cut off payments to Planned Parenthood, but in some cities counter-protests dwarfed the demonstrations.

Thousands of Planned Parenthood supporters, many wearing the pointyeared pink hats popularized by last month’s women’s marches, turned out for a rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, separated by barricades from an anti-abortion crowd of a couple hundred people.

In Detroit, about 300 people turned up outside a Planned Parenthood office, most of them supporting the organization. In St. Louis, thousands marched, many carrying pink signs that read, “I stand with Planned Parenthood.”

“They do a lot of work to help women with reproductive health – not just abortions, obviously – but they help with birth control and cancer screenings and counseling and a whole variety of services, and it seems they’re under attack right now, and that concerns me greatly,” said Kathy Brown, 58, a supporter of the organization who attended the St. Paul rally.

Andy LaBine, 44, of Ramsey, Minnesota, rallied with abortion opponents

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Health centers sue Rauner over abortion-notification law

SPRINGFIELD – Eighteen Illinois women’s health organizations have sued Gov. Bruce Rauner over a law requiring pregnancy centers to tell patients about the benefits of abortion despite conscience-based objections.

Thomas Olp is an attorney for the Thomas More Society. It filed the lawsuit Thursday in Sangamon County.

The measure requiring the dispensing of abortion information changed a 1977 law allowing health care professionals to refuse services they consider morally objectionable. The law took effect Jan. 1. Olp said it violates the First Amendment’s speech protection.

He said there’s no reason to require

CHICAGO – A few dozen protesters gathered outside a Planned Parenthood in Chicago calling for the health centers to be stripped of federal funding.

Chicago’s WBBM reported that clinic escorts and police officers watched as a few dozen activists prayed outside the clinic.

Anti-abortion activist Veronica Price from Skokie said the movement was energized by President Donald Trump’s administration.

Trump last month banned U.S. funding to international groups that perform abortions or even provide information about abortions.

His newly confirmed health secretary, Tom Price, has supported cutting off federal money to Planned Parenthood.

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A Planned Parenthood supporter and opponent try to block each other’s signs during a protest and counter-protest Saturday in St. Louis. Rallies aimed at urging Congress and President Donald Trump to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood took place across the country. in St. Paul. LaBine, who was there with his family, said he believes Planned Parenthood is hiding “under a veil of health care.”

“I personally believe that abortion is a profound injustice to the human race,” LaBine said.

In one of his first acts as president, Trump last month banned U.S. funding

to international groups that perform abortions or even provide information about abortions. Vice President Mike Pence strongly opposes abortion, citing his Catholic beliefs, and the newly confirmed health secretary, Tom Price, has supported cutting off taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood.

Federal dollars don’t pay for abor-

health centers to impart the information.

He said information about abortion is readily available.

The lawsuit claims the law’s only intent is to interfere with alerting women that abortion is not the only solution to a problem pregnancy.

reported that most immigration court cases don’t involve violent crime. Only about 12 percent of deportation cases in Chicago and nationwide from 2010 to 2016 involved criminal charges.

The newspaper cited a Syracuse University research center that tracks immigration data.

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Chicago’s immigration court is among nation’s busiest

CHICAGO – Chicago’s immigration court is one of the nation’s busiest with long wait times and increasing caseload.

That’s according to a Chicago SunTimes report that says the average wait is 966 days in Chicago, compared with the national average of 678 days.

In the past decade, the number of pending immigration cases nationwide has tripled while it’s increased nearly fivefold in Chicago.

President Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions, saying he intends to focus on immigrants living in the country without legal permission who have criminal records. However, the Sun-Times

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Rauner, Emanuel visit auto show’s opening day

CHICAGO – An auto show that organizers bill as the largest of its kind in North America is open.

The 2017 Chicago Auto Show opened Saturday, and elected officials, including Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, attended. It runs through Feb. 20 at McCormick Place.

The show first started in 1901, and organizers said it has been held more times than any other auto exposition on the continent.

There are nearly 1,000 vehicles on displays, along with auto-related exhibits including accessories. The auto show

tions, but the organization is reimbursed by Medicaid for other services, including birth control and cancer screening. Anti-abortion conservatives have long tried to cut Planned Parenthood funds, arguing that the reimbursements help subsidize abortions.

Planned Parenthood said it performed 324,000 abortions in 2014, the most recent year tallied, but the vast majority of women seek out contraception, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, or other services including cancer screenings.

uses more than 1 million square feet.

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Hunters, trappers take 141 bobcats in 1st season

SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 150 bobcats were taken during the first season that a new law allowed the previously endangered animals to be hunted.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said preliminary totals show 141 bobcats were taken during the season, which ran from November through January.

Of those, 69 were taken by hunting and 49 by trapping. An additional 12 were taken by archery and 11 salvaged from roads. The top counties were Pike, Jackson and Jefferson.

Lawmakers passed a bill in 2015 to allow the nocturnal animals to be hunted.

Supporters said the bobcat population had grown and become a nuisance and a threat. Opponents, including the Humane Society, said supporters exaggerated the size of the bobcat population.

The law allows no more than 300 bobcats to be taken each season.

– Wire reports

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than 120, with officials combing through cracked buildings and nearby towns Saturday to check RALEIGH, N.C. – A massive crowd attended Saturday’s annual on the damage and other possible civil rights rally in North Carolina’s casualties.

The magnitude-6.7 quake roused capital, beefed up by protesters residents from their sleep late energized in opposition to President Donald Trump and to a state Friday in Surigao del Norte provlaw limiting LGBT rights and which ince, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. The quake was public bathrooms transgender centered about 8 miles northwest people can use.

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Trump, Abe on same page after N. Korea missile fire

By JILL COLVIN

The Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. – For most of the day, President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used golf under the Florida sun to show the world the U.S.-Japan alliance remained strong. Then events half-a-world away provided a more significant example of cooperation.

After North Korea reportedly launched a ballistic missile, the two leaders appeared for a hastily arranged joint statement in a ballroom of Trump’s south Florida estate. Abe spoke first and longest, though his statement was terse.

“North Korea’s most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable,” Abe said through a translator. He added that the North must comply fully with relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, but also noted that Trump had assured him that the U.S. supported Japan.

“President Trump and I myself completely share the view that we are going to promote further cooperation between the two nations.

And also we are going to further reinforce our alliance,” he said.

Trump followed Abe with even fewer words, saying in part: “I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent.” With that, they left the room, a surprise of sorts given that the usually outspoken Trump neither condemned nor denounced the launch.

In the opening days of his presidency, Trump’s diplomacy had a rocky stretch that included contentious phone calls with the leaders of Mexico and Australia. In contrast, the first visit by a foreign leader at his Mara-Lago estate was a friendly weekend of meetings, dinners and golf that suggested the new president was willing to invest time in devel-

oping close personal relationships with leaders he feels he can work with.

The president and first lady Melania Trump hosted a delegation dinner with Abe and his wife on Saturday night at his Mara-Lago estate. At the time Trump ignored a shouted question about the North Korea launch. Focusing on the positive, he said the Abe visit had been “very very good” and that he and the Japanese leader “got to know each other very, very well” over their two days of meals, meetings and golfing.

Trump and Abe, both frequent golfers, left Mar-a-Lago early Saturday and headed north to one of Trump’s golf courses in Jupiter, Florida. Reporters and photographers from both countries, who were held in a room with blacked-out windows, did not catch a glimpse of the pair as they played. But Trump later posted a photo of them giving each other a high-five on the golf course and tweeted, “Having a great time hosting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the United States!”

Pro golfer Ernie Els joined them on the greens.

The Trump National Golf Club website, in typical Trumpian language, claims the course “features the finest revetted bunkers in the United States, incredible water hazards, including a magnificent island green, and one of the most picturesque landscapes, all of which make for a truly memorable round.”

The pair also paid a visit to another nearby Trump property: The Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

Abe had joked at a joint press conference at the White House on Friday that he was looking forward to playing golf with Trump, even though, he claimed, he’s not nearly as good on the links.

He said he planned to use the time to discuss the future of the world, the Pacific region and U.S.-Japanese relations.

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NYPD aims for 23K body cams by 2019

By COLLEEN LONG

The Associated Press

NEW YORK – New York City police plan to put body cameras on all 23,000 of its patrol officers by 2019, an ambitious effort that would dwarf all others across the country.

But the nation’s largest police department is lagging behind other cities, with only limited experience with the cameras and zero currently on the streets.

Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio said his body camera plan, announced during a proposed labor deal last month with the police officers union, is crucial to restoring trust between officers and the communities they serve, “creating an atmosphere of transparency and accountability for the good of all.”

A federal judge ordered the NYPD to try out body cameras as part of a 2013 ruling that found the department was wrongly targeting minorities with its stop and frisk tactic. The 2014 killing of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri, and other deaths at the hands of police around the U.S. led to increased demands that officers be issued wearable cameras to deter misconduct and document shootings and other clashes.

Since then, departments around the country began making progress. Philadelphia and Houston began outfitting a small percentage of officers. Chicago officials said it would finish its camera deployment of about 7,000 cameras earlier than expected, by the end of this year. San Francisco’s police force, which had no cameras last fall, now has at least 250 in use.

And Baltimore, which erupted in riots after the 2015 death of Freddie Gray from a spinal injury suffered in police custody, have about 600 officers with cameras since a May rollout of an $11.6

million program.

In New York, the nation’s largest police department has only experimented with the cameras on small scale, starting with a 54-camera pilot program that ended last March. The larger roll-out, part of the federal order, began in earnest at the end of 2014 following the end of court appeals. The aim is to have 1,000 cameras deployed to 20 precincts around the city this year. About 5,000 cameras would be deployed by 2018.

The department agreed to a five-year $6.4 million contract with VIEVUE for 5,000 body cameras and a cloud-based storage system. The bid from the Seattle-based company came in well under others from about 50 other companies jockeying for the bid, including Taser International, which has publicly complained and privately lobbied against its competitor.

Some city council members and pastors, concerned by the chatter, called on the police department to better vet the contract after reports that other departments had problems with the cameras. New York City’s Department of Investigation is looking into the agreement. And late last week, the office of city comptroller Scott Stringer briefly delayed a decision to OK the contract, but signed off on it Thursday.

The police labor deal, if ratified by officers, would clear one major obstacle: The union would drop a lawsuit over the cameras. Still, several officers who spoke to The Associated Press said they have mixed feelings about having their every move recorded. Some believe it will vindicate their hard work.

Others were offended and think the cameras mean they can’t be trusted.

Civil rights advocates also have expressed concerns about how recordings of police interactions with citizens will be used.

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Dear Mr. Berko: In the late 1990s, my wife and I bought a Penn Treaty long-term care insurance policy to pay for future costs of nursing home care, which so far we haven’t needed. Our parents needed home health and nursing home care, and twice we borrowed money to pay for my wife’s father’s care.

This policy gave us a feeling of security, knowing we would have protection when we needed it so our children wouldn’t have to be burdened and come to our financial aid.

About a year after we bought the policy, Penn Treaty raised our premiums, and over the years, the company raised our quarterly premiums by four times the initial amount. Those increases hurt our retirement budget.

Now, even though the company is going out of business, we still have to make quarterly payments. We don’t know whether we have coverage and are concerned that we could be throwing good money in a hole. If a sickness were to happen, we might be in limbo.

It’s as if the bottom has dropped out of our lives.

An insurance agent we called told us that Penn Treaty will dissolve and nothing will be left. He advises us to stop making payments and buy the

TAKING STOCK Malcolm Berko long-term care policy his company sells.

Why did Penn Treaty fail, and what are our alternatives? We’re scared. –

GR, Port Charlotte, Florida Dear GR: Years ago, when readers

asked me about Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Co., I told them that management was a bunch of crooks.

The long-term care market has more of its share of crooks than aluminum siding salesmen, penny stock brokers and politicians. Penn Treaty, a dinky and horribly managed long-term care company in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has 79,000 LTC policyholders, who got skunked.

I’ve tried wading through the laborious court documents, which read as if they were written in Shakespearean English, and it’s bloody disgusting.

But here’s how it buries. Penn Treaty has $4 billion in claims that it’s unable to meet. The Pennsylvania insurance consortium has levied a $2.6 billion assessment on other insurers, reflect-

ing the state cap.

That means there’s a shortfall of $1.4 billion, or 35 percent, that’s not covered. Therefore, your benefits will be reduced by 35 percent. So if your LTC policy guaranteed payments of $180 a day, you’ll receive only $117 a day – maybe!

No and a thousand times no. Do not drop your current LTC policy in favor of a new policy this miscreant wishes to sell you. His ugly LTC company is rated BB and would pay a huge firstyear commission that would be 50 percent of your premium.

You’re each 18 years older today, so if you were to cancel your current policy and the examining physician discovered conditions you didn’t have in 1998, you might not be accepted by another carrier and you’d be out of coverage. But if your health is fine, you should be able to purchase an LTC policy that will pay the amount not covered by the assessment on the insurance industry in Pennsylvania.

The executives at Penn Treaty ran the company like a Ponzi scheme. Like many of our nation’s bankers, they should be jailed.

They offered the lowest rates and highest coverage in the industry.

Their rates were so low that tens of

thousands of insureds were told to cancel their policies with other carriers to buy the cheaper Penn Treaty policies with better coverage.

Those in management figured that they’d get customers trapped with low rates and, in a few years when cost exceeded their ability to pay benefits, they would petition the state for a rate increase. And they did numerous times – and those premium hikes were unsettling, frightening and hurtful.

After numerous increases, Penn Treaty finally declared insolvency.

There are excellent LTC companies, such as New York Life, Mutual of Omaha, MassMutual, GoldenCare and Northwestern Mutual. Each of those is a blue chip insurer, but in my opinion, Northwestern Mutual is the bluest of all.

It’s never raised its LTC premiums.

Its underwriting is strict. Its representatives are true professionals. And A.M. Best gives it the highest rating in the industry. Unlike Penn Treaty, Northwestern has people in management who care about their clients.

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

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Google and its manufacturing partners are trying to shed the ChromeNEW YORK – The Google Chrome- book’s perception as underperforming book, a type of stripped-down laptop, budget devices. But even with premium isn’t a practical mobile device for many models, expanding beyond U.S. schools people – mostly because it basically won’t be easy. turns into an expensive paperweight if it can’t find a Wi-Fi connection.

CHROMEBOOKS GET SCHOOLED Yet Chromebooks have defied expecFor personal computers and tablets, tations and made major inroads in an Chromebook’s share of the U.S. educaunexpected environment – U.S. schools. tion market was 49 percent last year, up In retrospect, that shouldn’t be too from 40 percent in 2015 and 9 percent in surprising. Chromebooks are cheap and 2013, according to IDC figures released easy to manage, making them popular this week. with budget-constrained schools with But education accounts for just limited tech-support staff. And Wi-Fi 14 percent of the 110 million devicis now common enough in U.S. schools es shipped in the U.S. last year – and and homes to make an internet-depen- Chromebooks make up just 9 percent of dent device practical for students. that broader total. Their numbers are Google doesn’t want to stop there. also low abroad, even in schools.

It’s releasing new models in partnerThe Chromebook’s popularity in ship with Samsung that are designed to U.S. education is also largely limited appeal to a broader range of consumers. to grades K-12, analysts say. Macs and They have several tablet-like features, Windows laptops are still dominant on including a stylus, touch controls and a college campuses.

360-degree hinge that allows you to turn the screen faceup. One starts selling ROUGH START Sunday for $449; a more powerful verChromebooks use a lightweight opThe Associated Press

erating system designed to get people online faster, without having to wait around for the computer to start up.

Much of the heavy lifting on Chromebooks gets done on Google’s remote servers, so Chromebooks themselves don’t need fast chips or lots of storage.

Early on, though, that made Chromebooks seem cheap and underpowered, which “soured consumer expectations right off the bat,” IDC analyst Linn Huang said.

Online storage for photos and documents was much less common in 2011 when Chromebooks launched, so their limited local storage was initially unappealing. And the few apps available for Chromebooks didn’t work offline, at least at the time.

“What surprised us was how quickly it took off in education,” said Kan Liu, who oversees Chromebooks at Google.

Apple’s iPad was hot at the time, but Google sold the Chromebook on convenience. They’re easier for classrooms to share; just sign in with a Google account, and a student’s apps and documents instantly appear. Teachers also have online tools to lock down what apps and sites students can use.

And with models available for less than $200, schools can get a few Chromebooks for the price of an iPad or a rival laptop.

“It allows us to put more devices in students’ hands,” said Aaron Slutsky, chief technology officer for McDowell County Schools in North Carolina.

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Most kids don’t need laptops on the bus or other locations where they can’t connect to Wi-Fi. And they don’t miss business software like Microsoft Office; Google’s online apps for documents and spreadsheets do just fine for homework.

But Chromebook’s success story in schools is largely an American one, and it’s likely to stay that way. Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa notes that Chromebooks are useless in China because the device depends on Google

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Even in the U.S., the iPad is better for many creative tasks such as recording and editing movies. Students studying engineering, robotics and graphics won’t be able to use Chromebooks to run the kind of specialized software

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that’s available for Macs and Windows laptops.

“But that’s not needed for 98 percent of our students,” said Tracy Dabbs, coordinator of technology and innovation at the Burlington-Edison School District near Seattle.

Many school districts limit Apple and Windows computers for the students who specifically need them, then provide Chromebooks for the rest. McDowell County, for instance, has 5,500 Chromebooks, 1,200 iPads – and only 100 Macs and 200 Windows PCs.

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OUR VIEW: THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN

AP classes multiply in Joliet schools Thumbs up: To Joliet Township High School District 204 for its efforts to expand access to Advanced Placement classes. The district was recently named AP District of the Year by the College Board for being the nation’s leader among small school districts in simultaneously expanding access to AP courses and improving students’ performance on AP exams. As opposed to 25 years ago, when Joliet West offered just one AP U.S. History class, now the school offers 18 courses and 25 percent of West students are enrolled in an AP class.

Thumbs down: To a Title IX complaint against Lincoln-Way District 210 over the cost of male and female swimsuits for physical education classes. The prices for both, $40 for females and $25 for males, are set by distributor Action Sports and not by the school district. The price, with the amount of fabric involved in each, also makes sense. U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has plenty of important cases to investigate involving anything from school’s handling of sexual assault cases to cases of gender discrimination in education.

Complaints such as this, which seem unnecessary and frivolous, only clog up the system and get in the way of important investigations that the department is charged with.

Thumbs up: To Mayor John Noak and the village of Romeoville for its business expansion over the past year. Romeoville added 2,300 jobs last year, making it the biggest year yet for the village’s workforce, Noak said in his State of the Village address on Thursday. With 20,948 total jobs in the village in 2016, the mayor said that means the number of jobs have doubled since 2008.

Thumbs down: To the oversight of missing water in Joliet, or water that is at least unaccounted for in the billing process, which is estimated to account for more than 30 percent of the city’s total water use and continues to rise. The city has begun a second survey in an attempt to account for the missing water. The city is also undergoing costly infrastructure repairs, part of a $7.6 million program to repair and replace aging water mains through 2021.

Thumbs up: To Joliet and Mayor Bob O’Dekirk for developing a commission to look into finding a solution to a water shortage that the city could face as soon as 15 years from now as it looks for an effective alternative to the underground wells from which Joliet currently draws water.

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AMENDMENT

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Uninformed on economics

To the Editor: President Donald Trump has no clue of economics. He thinks a 20 percent tariff on imports from Mexico will be paid by Mexicans.

We, the buyer of Mexican products, will pay with a 20 percent increase on vegetables, fruit, nuts and a myriad of things the Japanese and Chinese make in Mexico. Who would pay for a whimsical wall – Americans! His chief of staff listed possible payers including drug cartels!

When a tariff is put on a country, it responds with its own tariffs and restrictions. We export billions of dollars of grains and manufactured items to Mexico. This means a lot of those products will be replaced by products from China, Japan, Brazil or Argentina.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is an economic wonk and said a tariff isn’t going to happen because it is a 20 percent tax on Americans.

I have heard Trump talk about putting a tax on items going to certain

countries if they don’t do what he wants. First, they would buy from another country.

Second, I remember a question on my Constitution test in high school.

Article I, section 9 says no taxes can be imposed on exports. No president or Congress can put any kind of tax on exports for any purpose. The swamp is getting murkier and more expansive.

Chuck Johnson Morris

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To the Editor: Do furnace repairmen receive flue shots?

Raymond F. Stoiber Joliet

Illinois’ pension scheme needs fixing

To the Editor: There are many problem with the state of Illinois pension scheme,

starting with the fact the current voters and citizenry are paying for irresponsible pension promises made decades ago by politicians bought by campaign contributions from unions and teachers.

This is an exceptionally clear case of taxation without representation.

Then the pension scheme is very far out of line with the benefits in the private sector where they have been moving to IRAs and 401k plans.

States are not afforded bankruptcy protection in the normal sense, nor are the pensions guaranteed by the federal government as in the private sector. Furthermore, the pension promises were made and set by bodies not responsible or representing the people paying the pensions.

For example, the local school boards negotiate outrageous pensions but then the state is required to pay the bill.

Thomas Cechner Lockport

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

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Remembering great and ugly parts of OpenLine Not so many years ago, we had a special feature in the paper.

It was called “OpenLine.”

It was rather primitive in concept, though as it turns out, light years ahead of its time.

OpenLine was basically this: readers would leave comments on our answering machine – anonymous comments – which we would then transcribe and print in the paper.

Just some innocent comments. And opinions. Sometimes recognitions.

More often criticism. And complaints.

And insults. And rumors.

Heck, just about anything left on the answering machine was dutifully written down and then published the next day in a column on Page 3.

Well, almost anything.

Now printing anonymous comments from the public ain’t going to win you any Pulitzers. So when the powers that be decreed its creation, most of the newsroom wasn’t too keen on the idea.

To the reporters, it was an abomination. To the editors, it was at best trivial content, and at worst a libel suit waiting to happen. To the clerks, it was time-consuming to transcribe, to the copy desk, time-consuming to edit.

In a nutshell, most of the staff felt it would be a public disgrace.

Boy, were we ever wrong.

It turned out to be a public embrace.

MIDLIFE CIRCUS Bill Wimbiscus Given the chance to speak their mind and have it published anonymously without fear of retribution, readers (as well as a lot of non-readers) took to it like a dog to raw meat.

Now don’t get me wrong. There was plenty of worthwhile commentary on OpenLine, much of it positive and life-affirming.

Which, after a while I guess, got to be a bit mundane.

Turns out what people really responded to was the nasty stuff. And we got a lot of nasty stuff.

Within a couple weeks, the newsroom’s answering system was overwhelmed with OpenLine calls. A new phone line was dedicated just to keep up with the deluge.

And as the calls streamed in, the time needed to transcribe them grew exponentially. Soon our clerks were spending so much time writing down comments that they couldn’t finish their regular duties.

We eventually ended up outsourcing most of the transcription work.

But that only added a new wrinkle.

Transcription, it turns out, is no easy task. Especially if you don’t understand what the caller is saying. Or if you don’t understand how to spell.

For example, on one occasion an OpenLine caller referenced “Pontius Pilate” in a comment. The remark was dutifully transcribed as “Punches Pilot.”

Jesus wept.

So did the boss.

Editing OpenLine was a nightmare.

Pruning the libelous from the merely odious was like walking a tightrope.

At least two editors and a copy editor tried to sift through it each day.

And even then, things slipped through the cracks. Like the time a snide personal comment upset an advertiser, prompting them to pull a rather large account.

Despite the controversy, or more likely because of it, OpenLine just kept getting more and more popular.

The call line was inundated. Soon there wasn’t enough space to run all of it.

So Monday Page 3 was converted to OpenLine Extra and the entire page dedicated to it.

And even that wasn’t room enough.

For years it continued on, much like Anna Nicole Smith: bloated, vulgar and extremely popular. Then one day, just like Anna Nicole Smith, it suddenly passed away.

The cause of death? The paper decided that it would only publish comments with the caller’s name attached and verified. Most of the calls dried up almost overnight.

OpenLine was becoming passé by

then, anyway. Why bother calling up a newspaper to make anonymous comments when the Internet was so much easier to access and let you get away with so much more?

By that time, Facebook and Twitter were really starting to take off. And comment engines had come into their own on thousands of Internet sites.

Many would let you say whatever you wanted about whomever you wanted without fear of repercussion – because you never had to reveal your identity.

Stuff that would never see the light of day in a daily newspaper was suddenly commonplace on the Web. Quaint old concepts like libel and defamation of character went right out the window.

Nowadays, of course, even anonymous hate comments and rumor-mongering is becoming passé. The real future is in fake news stories and alternative facts. Which many people are more than happy to believe. Why waste time with traditional media when you can get all your news off Facebook?

Hey, I’m all for freedom of speech.

I believe you have the right to say – or write – just about anything you want.

As long as you have the guts to put your name on it.

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the attendance of Mayor Robert “Bob” O’Dekirk, the City Council, Police Chief Did sharks sense Donald Trump’s Brian Benton and other city officials. All election victory? concerned Joliet residents are strongly To the Editor: encouraged to attend.

In a publication, I was reading there The travel restrictions and previous was a report of unprovoked shark attacks comments about Latinos have not made in 2016. It stated that there were 98 President Donald Trump popular in attacks and, of those 98, 53 were in the immigrant neighborhoods. It is through U.S., ranking it first. meetings like this that the city and its You don’t suppose that those sharks residents can become closer. could sense the election of Donald Trump as president and started acting like their Angel Guzman Joliet human counterparts?

The issues are an age-old problem and people in cities can relate to that. The beginning is the guidance of minors in the home for respecting of their peers, including law enforcement by their parents. Keep them in school, with supportive functions to keep them off the streets and gang involvement.

Yes and some of the problems with the parents involved in gang affiliation. This has also been viewed on news broadcasts.

Law enforcement has requested numerous times that the community get involved by turning in the names of Where do we start in stopping Manuel Ramirez the offenders so they can be removed Crest Hill Chicago violence? from the streets to stop their control and To the Editor: selling their drugs.

Meeting on immigration, In regards to Mr. Thomas Cechner’s In the news, viewing the trial of the Trump’s executive order letter “Will Trump’s plan to bring feds “Hobo 5,” a jurist’s face was blurred To the Editor: to Chicago work?” bringing in the feds out and he stated that he was afraid of At 7 p.m. Feb. 15, there will be a meetto assist Superintendent Johnson with testifying in fear of his own life, including ing hosted by the city of Joliet at Mount technical support in reducing the viohis family. These gang members know Carmel Church to alleviate concerns lence in Chicago would be a good start, about the local impact of recent immigra- but the National Guard could create more who the law enforcement officers are, tion actions by the Trump administration. violence with the possibility of the loss of lawyers, including the judges and where The public discussion will feature more human lives. they live. I can see why there is a threat • Continued from page 31

for our judicial branch to put these gang members away.

And again, bringing in the National Guard is the last resort. We don’t need any more loss of human lives.

And, again, the question is “where do we start?”

Joseph Starmann

Joliet

Looking for better leadership than Bill Foster

To the Editor: It’s been less than four weeks since Bill Foster was sworn in as a member of the 115th Congress for another term in the House of Representatives, and already we’ve seen a definitive return to the lukewarm leadership we’ve been subject to since he assumed office in 2013.

His press office recently released a benign statement on the president’s executive order on U.S. refugee policy, which will bear absolutely zero weight.

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Foster simply falls in lock-step with the Democratic party, and his passive approach to Congress is no longer adequate.

I am a 24-year-old who grew up in Joliet. I went to school at St. Paul’s, Joliet Catholic Academy, and had summer internships at our local radio station and local newspaper.

My parents are small-business owners here, and were both born and raised in Joliet. Each of their parents were as well.

As a family, we are deeply rooted in this community.

Bill Foster is not a part of this community, nor are we his top priority when he goes to work at the Capitol each day.

Our Congressman only briefly lived and worked here, and rarely shows his face here. He is not a leader, and he does not represent us.

In November, I read that the city was looking to hire a lobbyist to aid in the fight for federal infrastructure funding here in Will County. This was funny to me, as I was under the impression that

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SPORTS WRESTLING: CLASS 3A NORMAL COMMUNITY SECTIONAL

HISTORIC PERFORMANCE Lockport wins five titles, advances 12 wrestlers to state meet

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cherron@shawmedia.com NORMAL – It’s already been a memorable season for Lockport’s wrestling team with a 25-0 dual meet record, a top-ranking in Illinois and a No. 24 ranking nationally.

So while the Porters’ impressive performance at this weekend’s Class 3A Normal Community Sectional shouldn’t have been all that surprising, it still was, considering how rugged this traditionally tough competition is each year.

Coach Josh Oster’s squad established program records Saturday for state qualifiers with 12 and sectional champions with five to dominate against a field where the next highest number of qualifiers from any school was five for both Providence Catholic and O’Fallon.

Area competitors earned 32 of the 56 qualifying spots for next weekend’s individual finals in Champaign and also captured nine of the 14 championships.

Winning titles for the Porters were Abdullah Assaf (132), Brandon Ramos (138), Baylor Fernandes (145), Trevell Timmons (160) and Ronald Tucker Jr. (285).

Lockport got seconds from Matt Ramos (106), James Pierandozzi (120), Zach Reese (152) and Nicholas Dado (170), while Anthony Molton (113), Brendan Ramsey (126) and Payton Fernandes (182) all finished in third place.

“Team-wise with all of the qualifiers, that was just amazing,” Timmons said. “Everybody’s pushing along and I feel like every week we’re getting tougher and tougher. A lot of guys knew that if you move on from this, you go to state, so there was a lot of

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Providence received a title from Cole Smith (152), while Juan Bazaldua (145) was second, and Jacob Lindsey (106), Dominick Ambrose (138) and Trevor Swier (170) took third.

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throughout the day.”

Gina Russell finished the afternoon with 235 and 258 games for a 1,358 total and second place, a mere 17 pins behind her big sister. The other Indians who rolled six games were sophomore Kristina Sickler (1,202) and senior Sam Isemonger (1,100).

Minooka will be at state for the 10th time in 13 years. Lockport, of course, is back in its accustomed position.

“We seniors really wanted to win this,” Porters senior Paige Reiter said.

“All four of our years, we’ve won the regional and sectional. We wanted to complete that.”

Reiter is in the group Lockport coach Art Cwudzinski calls his super six. She did not bowl in the morning series but knew she was entering the lineup in the afternoon.

She replaced senior Marissa Ramirez, who had 613 for three games, and chipped in a 700 series on games of 229, 245 and 226.

“I said it was low man out after the morning series,” said Cwudzinski, whose team won the state title in 2015 and was third in 2016. “We get over 1,300 from the spot where we subbed.

That’s pretty good.”

Among the Porters’ six-game bowlers, junior Bailey Delrose led with 1,319, good for fifth place overall. Senior Dana Ackerson shot 1,270, senior Grace Karraker 1,226 and senior Monica Colon 1,206.

“I really think it was important to all the seniors to win the sectional,” Ackerson said. “When we were behind, we knew not to get ahead of ourselves and it would work out. We know how competitive we are.”

“We’re pretty confident in ourselves,” Delrose said. “We know we have potential as a team.”

Despite winning with a very respectable score, however, Cwudzinski said Lockport was not at its best.

“The top four was all that matters, and we were fortunate to win,” he said. “I don’t feel we bowled well. We missed 15 one-pin spares, way more than we usually miss. It was a great comeback in the fifth game, but we’ve seen our spare shooting so much better.

“We’ve been a great spare-shooting team all year. We’ll work on shooting spares Monday – and maybe even Tuesday. We’ll work on getting our focus back.”

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Continued from page 34 it’s make it to the semis at state, since I wasn’t there last year. I’ll be happy for a little bit but then it will be about what I need to do to get to that semifinal match.”

Plainfield East’s qualifiers, Michael McGee (120) and Anthony Zamora (126), both won sectional titles. Bolingbrook also had two qualifiers in title matches, Dylan Burnoski (126) and Isaiah Herrera (195), but they took second place.

“I feel like I could still work on some things,” Zamora said. “I feel like I’m peaking and creating that stride for next week. It’s hard to keep up with Michael’s pace, especially in the practice room. But then I think to myself that when I wrestle for six minutes, I’m going to feel good.”

For Plainfield North, Luke Smiley (138) was second and Matt Hennessey (195) took fourth while Plainfield South received fourths from Enzo Silva (106) and Dominic Ferraro (285).

Lincoln-Way East’s Sam Diehl (285) placed second while Joliet West’s Austin Poch (120), Lincoln-Way Central’s Jason Stokes (132) and Plainfield Central’s Jared Ellingwood (152) all finished in fourth place.

In title matches involving two area wrestlers, McGee beat Pierandozzi 4-0

Plainfield East’s Anthony Zamora (top) has control of Bolingbrook’s Dylan Burnoski and won the 126-pound class.

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mons won 4-2 over Crete-Monee’s Mi-

that I had and ended up on top,” Baylor Fernandes said. “I’ve never been this tired before. Our whole team did really good with guys beating people who are better ranked than them, which just shows how hard they’ve been working all year.”

Assaf picked up an 8-3 win over Marian’s Carlos Champagne at 132, Tim-

Edwardsville’s Luke Odom won 7-0 over Matt Ramos at 106, Oswego’s Josh Torres edged Dado 3-2 at 170 and Granite City’s Kyle Thompson nipped Herrera 3-1 in overtime at 195. In the other title matches, Marian’s Travis Ford-Melton beat Edwardsville’s Noah Surtin 8-3 at 113 and Marian’s Kordell Norfleet won by technical fall over Alton’s Keontay Holmes at 182.

Lockport’s Ronald Tucker (top) checks the clock and has control over Lincoln-Way East’s chial Foy at 160, and Dudeck claimed Sammy Diehl en route to winning the 285-pound class in the championship finals Satur- a 5-2 win over Rock Island’s Alex Andrews at 220. day at the IHSA Individual 3A Sectional at Normal Community High School. at 120, Zamora was a 2-0 winner over Burnoski at 126, Brandon Ramos defeated Smiley 8-1 at 138, Baylor Fernandes won 5-2 over Bazaldua at 145, Smith won by injury default over Reese at 152 and Tucker prevailed 5-0 over Diehl at 285.

“I hadn’t practiced once this week because I had the flu, so I just gave it all

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ORLAND PARK – The Minooka sister tandem of Carmella and Gina Russell provided early fireworks, and powerful Lockport took control in the final two games Saturday to win the Andrew Sectional girls bowling tournament at Orland Bowl.

The Porters trailed Oswego East by 108 pins after Game 4 of the six-game sectional but outscored the Wolves, 1,088-961, in Game 5 to nudge ahead by nine pins before rolling 1,052 in the final game for a 6,334 total. Oswego East was second at 6,264, followed by Minooka at 6,012 and Oswego at 5,777.

Those four teams and the top five individuals who are not members of those teams advanced to next weekend’s state tournament at Cherry Bowl in Rockford. Lincoln-Way East sophomore Angela Juskie rolled a 1,241 total to finish sixth on the individual qualifying list and missed going to state by 18 pins. Griffins sophomore Sydney Tyler shot 1,176, a couple of spots below the Plainfield North duo of Jenna Sussenbach (1,211) and Bekah Syers (1,187).

Andrew was the fifth-place team at 5,777, followed by Lincoln-Way West at 5,652. East was eighth in the 12-team field with 5,528. For West, Cara Dudeck shot 1,152, Hannah Kirby 1,136, Haley Jablonski 1,125, Emily Paul 1,123 and Mackenzie Ullian 1,116.

Minooka led after Game 1, with good reason. Senior Carmella Russell, the individual sectional champion with a 1,375 total for a 229.2 average, rolled her first 300 game and sophomore sister Gina Russell also was perfect until leaving a 10-pin in the eighth frame. She picked it up and struck out to complete a 279.

“At first I thought we might both have a 300,” Carmella said. “That’s my high game, and the 279 is her high game.

“I had 194 the second game. Maybe it was lack of concentration. The adrenaline was real high after that first game. But then I came back with 269 the third game.”

“You start with two girls having 279 and 300, and that can cover up for some struggling,” Minooka coach Frank Yudzentis said. “I’m proud of Carmella and Gina, really, all the girls. They hit a rough patch but stayed positive

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Coal City qualifies 11 for state wrestling finals Wilmington to send 8 wrestlers, Peotone and Reed-Custer 2 each

By ROB OESTERLE

roesterle@shawmedia.com COAL CITY – As the postseason progresses, meeting goals generally becomes harder and harder for teams as the competition gets closer to the state finals.

Last week, the Coal City wrestling team fell short of its goal of winning the team regional title and getting a chance to return to the state finals. Instead, the Coalers focused on qualifying all 10 wrestlers that qualified for Saturday’s Class 1A Coal City Sectional for next weekend’s state individual finals in Champaign.

This time, things were different as the Coalers will send 11 wrestlers to Assembly Hall next week.

That’s because 106-pounder Brandon Strnad was selected to wrestle as an alternate after a wrestler in his weight class didn’t make weight, and he was able to finish in the top four and reach the state tournament along with the rest of the Coalers contingent.

“Being in a strong regional like ours is a blessing and a curse,” Coal City coach Mark Masters said. “It makes everyone a better wrestler, that’s for sure. But sometimes the hardest thing is just getting out of the regional. It’s been that way for us and Wilmington for a long time and up north, where Dakota is, it’s like that, too.

“Once we get to this point, the kids don’t change the way they wrestle. They focus on one week at a time, and this week it was the individual sectional.”

Strnad started the parade of Coaler qualifiers as he finished fourth at 106, falling by pin to Wilmington’s Alex Rock in the third-place match. Also qualifying at 106 was Reed-Custer’s Bobby Mann, who took second after losing by pin in 4:37 to Kankakee Bishop McNamara’s Pauley Keane. At 113, Coal City’s Alex Friddle suffered his first loss of the season in the title match, dropping a 7-0 decision to Joey Bianchini of Immaculate Conception.

Next up for the Coalers was Jake Hiles, who won the sectional championship at 120 by beating Oliver Willis of Chicago Hope Academy by technical fall, 150, in the championship match.

“It feels pretty good to win the sectional title on my home floor,” Hiles said. “We wanted to get to team state, but that didn’t happen, so we just wanted to qualify as many as we could today.”

Next up, at 126, Coal City freshman Lane Kutemeier took fourth after losing the third-place match by pin in 5:31 to Chicago Military Academy’s Shawn Sparacino. Also at 126, Peotone’s Chase Emerson won the title by beating Walther Lutheran’s Nick Peterson, 5-0. Coal City’s Ryan Wasielewski followed with the Coalers’ second sectional championship at 132 with an 11-3 major decision over Kankakee Bishop McNamara’s Andrew Steffes. Matt Nutt of Wilmington finished fourth at 132.

“It definitely feels good to win the sectional here at home,” Wasielewski said. “We just need to keep working hard. The goal is the same, to get as many people a medal at state as we can.”

T.J. Jezik followed by taking third at 138 before Daniel Jezik took second to Wilmington’s Robert

ABOVE: Coal City’s Jake Hiles (top) wrestles Chicago Hope Academy’s Oliver Willis en route to winning the 120-pound weight class at Saturday’s IHSA Class 1A Sectional hosted at Coal City High School.

LEFT: Wilmington’s Robert Shields wrestles Coal City’s Daniel Jezik in the 145-pound weight class during Saturday’s sectional.

Shields won.

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Shields at 145. Also at 145, Gabe Nagel of Reed-Custer took third. At 152, Wilmington’s Nick Pretto finished second to Bishop Mac’s Mason Sauseda. At 160, Coal City’s Danny Norton was pinned by Chicago Hope’s Jedediah Willis in 1:20 in the title match and finished second, while Wilmington’s Mason Van Duyne took third. Chandler Gartner of Peotone won the title at 170, earning a 16-5 major decision over Walther Lutheran’s Asher Eichert.

In the 182-pound title match, Illiana Christian’s Isaac Lyzenga pinned Coal City’s Bryan Stopka in 3:27, while Wilmington’s James Cox took third, pinning Hope’s Pablo Tellez in 3:36. At 195, Brock Crawford of Coal City took second after falling, 3-2, to

Bowen’s Marquis Paino. Coal City’s Brendan Nevin finished third at 220, taking a 9-4 decision over Wilmington’s Sam Jones. At 285, Wilmington’s Josh Jones finished second to Westmont’s Zach Muller.

All told, it was 11 state qualifiers for Coal City, eight for Wilmington and two each for Peotone and Reed-Custer.

“It’s been a pretty good couple of weeks for us,” Wilmington coach Rob Murphy said. “We got eight guys qualified for state today and we get the team sectional in a couple weeks. We’re happy to get those eight guys qualified. Now the challenge is keeping the guys who didn’t qualify focused and on weight for the dual tournament.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: MINOOKA 61, ROMEOVILLE 48

By DICK GOSS

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• Sunday, February 12, 2017

CHANNAHON – As a freshman, Jon Butler was the varsity point guard.

In this, his senior year, he is manning the post for the Minooka boys basketball team.

Credit Indians coach Scott Tanaka for knowing how to maximize his star pupil’s potential every step along the way.

In a big Southwest Prairie Conference game for both sides Friday night, all the 6-foot-2 Butler did was score 37 points on 14-of-20 shooting and 8 of 9 free throws as Minooka rolled past Romeoville, 61-48, to remain alive in the SPC title chase.

Where the 37 points rank on Minooka’s all-time, single-game scoring list nobody seemed to know. At least it is on top in the Butler household.

“I think both my brothers [Jake and Joe] had 32 or 33, right around there,” Butler said. “My teammates did a great job getting me the ball in position to score. And they play good defense against me in practice. They get me ready.”

This was a night when Butler had eyes in the back of his head. He hit a 3-pointer, had a breakaway dunk and created his own layups on a few drives to the bucket. But none of that was his nightlong M.O. Time and again, he received a pass down low, back to the basket, and spun right or left, somehow knowing which direction to take to get off a high-percentage shot, even when he was guarded by 6-7 Dontia Johnson.

“Jonny is a matchup problem for a lot of guys,” Tanaka said.

“Butler was phenomenal,” Romeoville coach Marc Howard said. “He had an awesome game. He was making everything he put up around the basket, and they did a good job feeding the hot hand. Every time we tried to make a run, Butler would score some more.

There’s nothing to do but tip your cap.”

Howard has been tuned into local basketball as a spectator, player and coach for more than 20 years. He could recall precious few outbursts in the 37-point range.

“I know I watched [former Joliet West/Joliet Township all-stater] Gary Bell do it because I played with him,” he said. “Maybe Roger Powell Jr. had that many in a game – I know Roger Sr. did.

“You know who Butler reminds me of around the basket is [ex-Joliet Township standout] Richard Terry. He was hard to stop like that.”

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Romeoville’s Robert Johnson (right) comes down with the rebound in front of Minooka’s Jonathan Butler on Friday at Minooka High School’s south campus. Minooka won, 61-48.

“My teammates did a great job getting me the ball in position to score. And they play good defense against me in practice.

They get me ready.”

Jon Butler

Minooka guard points for Minooka (20-6, 9-2) in an 8-minute, 9-second span from midway through the second quarter through midway through the third. That streak ended when Butler had a chance to score an easy basket himself but handed off to Adrian Paige for a layup.

“I didn’t know until sometime in the third quarter that he had that many points,” Indians teammate John Carnagio said. “I’ll admit, I was trying to help get him to 40 toward the end. But

the win is better than all of this. We want to feel good going into the playoffs.”

Romeoville (12-11, 6-5), which has lost four straight, trailed 18-13 after one quarter, 31-25 at half and 48-35 after three quarters. The Spartans scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to get within 48-41, but more Butler production put it away.

Another night at the office.

“Jonny has been playing like that the second half of the season,” Tanaka said. “Joliet West and Joliet Central have great players, and so does this team [Romeoville], but he is one of the best in the conference.

“We’ve won six in a row, and that number 20 [victories] has been in the back of our head. That we have won 20, and Jonny had a game like this, is a credit to all our guys knowing who their leader is and not leaving a hot hand.”

Minooka shot 55.8 percent on 24 of

43, while Romeoville was at .541 on 20 of 37. The rebounds were even, but turnovers were key. The Spartans committed 17, the Indians nine.

Minooka junior guard Brandon Hill, logging more minutes than usual because of Keegan Graebner’s foul trouble, enhanced a strong floor game with seven points and four rebounds.

Graebner and Antonio Milazzo scored five apiece and Carnagio grabbed six rebounds.

“Brandon Hill was great,” Tanaka said. “He did a really nice job. Carnagio, Adrian Paige, the whole bench, all were awesome. Kyle Graebner always gives us a good game, and Antonio Milazzo does so many things that don’t show up in the stats. He set great screens to help Jonny [Butler] get free.”

Romeoville got 12 points from DeAndre Heckard and Dontia Johnson and 10 from Robert Johnson. Kahlil Blakney scored all of his six in the second half.

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38 BOYS BASKETBALL: DEKALB 54, MORRIS 22

Perfect first leads DeKalb past Morris

By ROB OESTERLE

roesterle@shawmedia.com MORRIS – For the past few weeks, the Morris boys basketball team seemingly has played nothing but close games. One- or two-possession contests down the stretch have been the norm for the Redskins, but they haven’t been able to get over the hump.

Friday night was not one of those games.

DeKalb took control midway through the first quarter after Morris took a 5-4 lead, embarking on a 10-0 run to close the first quarter and never looked back.

The Barbs stretched a 14-5 lead at the end of the first quarter to 23-10 at halftime and kept on going. They doubled their output in the third quarter to lead 46-17 entering the fourth before finally defeating Morris, 54-22, in Northern Illinois Big 12 action.

In the early stages of the first quarter, the Morris defense frustrated the Barbs on three of their first five possessions, and the Redskins in turn grabbed a 5-4 lead on an old-fashioned three-point play by Matt Shaw and a basket from Tyler Spiezio.

Then, the DeKalb offense got on track and didn’t turn the ball over again during the quarter.

Not only did they not turn it over, the Barbs did not miss a shot, going 7 for 7 from the field in the initial eight minutes.

“They shot well early and we did not,” Morris coach Joe Blumberg said.

“They had lost their last two conference games in a row, and I think they came in here tonight looking to take some frustration out on us, which they did.

“For us to beat them tonight, we were going to have to shoot very well and they were going to have to have an off night. It turned out to be the other way around. They are a very good team with a lot of talented players and you saw that tonight.”

Cole Tucker led DeKalb with 14 points, shooting 7 of 9 from the field as the Barbs finished the night 21 of 33 (64 percent) from the floor. Michael Mitchell added nine points for DeKalb, while DeMonte Blalock scored eight and Michael Vilet scored seven. Davon Sisson had a team-high seven rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter.

Morris, meanwhile, was led by Shaw, who finished with 13 points.

JaQuan Boxley, Delaney Stutzki, Josh Lain and Spiezio each had two points and Jacob Overbeck had one.

“We didn’t get very many easy

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Morris’ Matt Shaw attempts a 3-pointer during a game earlier this season. Shaw led Morris on Friday night with 13 points in a 54-22 loss to DeKalb. shots at all tonight,” Blumberg said.

“They got a lot of touches on the block early, then they got some quick transition baskets and their lead got big

pretty quick. And they are disciplined enough that they don’t turn it over much so they are a tough team to come back against.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: LOCKPORT 24, SANDBURG 20

Precious few points later, Lockport halts skid

By TIM CRONIN

Shaw Media correspondent ORLAND PARK – Normally, a 24-20 score comes about halfway through the second quarter of a high school basketball game.

That was the final score, in Lockport’s favor, at Sandburg on Friday night.

The Porters didn’t mean to fall into a slowdown game, but the Eagles insisted upon it, even as they fell behind, 17-5.

“A win is a win is a win,” Porters coach Brett Hespell said, relieved that his team’s six-game losing streak was stopped. “We just wanted to win a game. We were 10-7, playing good ball, and just hit a rut.”

The Porters (11-13, 2-6 SouthWest

Suburban Blue) had run and hid from Sandburg (13-11, 2-6) in their first encounter. This one would be different, thanks to the triangle-and-two defense employed by Eagles coach Todd Allen.

“We hadn’t seen that ever,” Hespell said. Well, he had, but the unorthodox defense hadn’t been used against his squad. “We’re trying to talk through some stuff and it takes time to figure it out. Because someone’s always wide open.”

At 17-5, it could have been a blowout, except that Lockport’s shooting was no bargain early (5 of 14 in the first half).

“There’s a breaking point in a game,” Hespell said.

But without open shots falling, the Porters moved into an offensive stall to maximize the best shots, and

sometimes passed them up. That had the effect of bringing the Eagles back into the game, and into the game they came, thanks largely to fourth-quarter 3-pointers by Hussein Abourahma and Jack McNulty.

It came down to free throws, and crossed fingers on the Lockport bench.

Guard Patrick Cooper, the Porters’ ballhandler, was fouled four times in the final quarter. Twice, he missed the front end of one-plus-one opportunities. Then, with Lockport in the super bonus and leading 23-20, he missed both free throws with 52.1 seconds left and the first of two with 6.4 seconds remaining.

“A lot of them, when they left my hand, they felt good,” Cooper said.

His final free-throw attempt of the night felt good to him from start to fin-

ish. It swished in.

“I was just happy to put the last one in,” Cooper said.

Cooper, Matt Smietanski and John Meyer each scored six points to share the Porters’ scoring lead. McShane paced Sandburg with five points in a game that likely was the lowest-scoring victory for the Porters since Bob Basarich ruled the roost. Nobody present could remember any established team scoring only five points in a half, as Sandburg did in the first 16 minutes.

Lockport hadn’t won since beating Bloom Township, an even older rival than Sandburg. The six subsequent losses grated. That, in turn, made this outcome most welcome.

“We’ll do whatever it takes to win a game,” Hespell said. “It’s time to win games.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: JOLIET WEST 75, PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 51

Steelmen down Plainfield North for win No. 20

By MIKE FITZGERALD

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Joliet West rides early run to cruise past Plainfield Central

By SCOTT A. EHLING

Shaw Media correspondent PLAINFIELD – The Joliet West boys basketball team found itself trailing, 5-0, two minutes into the game and quickly decided enough was enough.

The visiting Tigers went on a 27-4 run over the next 11 minutes Friday night and cruised to a 75-51 Southwest Prairie Conference victory over Plainfield Central.

Senior guard Teyvion Kirk led four Tigers players in double figures with 25 points on 10-of-13 shooting, including a 3-pointer.

Seniors Trevian Bell and Tabyous Casterberry added 14 and 10 points, respectively, while junior guard Michael Smith also scored 10.

Junior forward Matthews Morganfield led the Wildcats with 17 points on 8-of-14 shooting. Kameron Williams added 10 points.

“We had a full week to get ready for Plainfield Central and we focused on our defense,” West coach Nick DiForti said. “We knew that Central would be patient on offense in their half-court sets and we worked on that this week.”

West (20-3, 11-0) was directly to blame for a portion of its

game-opening deficit as junior guard Derron Williams was assessed a technical foul during pregame warmups for hanging on the rim, which resulted in two technical foul shots for Plainfield Central. The Wildcats were then awarded the ball back and after an opening offensive possession that lasted 2 minutes 2 seconds, Williams’ 3-pointer put Central up five.

Two Casterberry free throws tied the game, 7-7, with 3:46 left in the first quarter and the Tigers never looked back. A Charles McKinney basket with less than 20 seconds left extended the Tigers’ lead to 17-7.

In the second quarter, West picked up right where it left off as Kirk’s 3-pointer followed by an offensive rebound and putback made it 26-7 with 5:01 left in the half.

“We understood that we had to overcome the beginning of the game adversity, so we just played tough and played great defense and shared the ball,” Kirk said.

A steal and subsequent dunk

by Bell extended the Tigers’ lead to 34-15 with 1:30 left in the half. A late basket by Morganfield drew the Wildcats closer at 34-17. Central trailed 36-20 at half.

In the half, West was 12 of 24 (.500) from the floor, converted 9 of 12 free throws and had only three turnovers. Conversely, Central (5-17, 4-7) was 8 of 17 (.470) from the floor, connected on 2 of 6 from 3-point range, but committed 12 turnovers.

“That’s a pretty good basketball team there,” Central coach Steve Lamberti said. “We competed, we battled and we scrapped and I am proud of our guys. We joked at the beginning of the season that we could play a perfect game against them and still lose.”

In the second half, West made a commitment to getting the ball down low to Casterberry and taking advantage of his size and mismatch.

Casterberry’s offensive rebound and putback extended the Tigers’ lead to 50-24 with 4:43 left in the third quarter. A McKinney basket pushed the lead to 57-30 with 1:30 left and it was 59-32 after three quarters.

“At this point in the season, our kids know what is at stake and that our first goal was to win conference,” DiForti said.“Regardless of the records, we took this game very seriously, and I think the final score indicated that.”

• Sunday, February 12, 2017

Joliet West’s Teyvion Kirk drives to the basket during the Tigers’ 69-66 victory at Romeoville on Jan. 27.

The Tigers defeated Plainfield Central Friday to boost their record to 20-3 and 11-0 in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Shaw Media correspondent JOLIET – Joliet Central won its 20th game of the season, 62-39, over Plainfield North on Friday night behind the efforts of senior guards Jose Grubbs and Jason Bingham, who scored 14 points each.

The Steelmen (20-3, 10-1 in the Southwest Prairie), broke open a close game late in the second quarter with man-to-man defensive pressure that the Tigers (3-18, 0-11) had trouble handling.

The play that epitomized Joliet Central’s takeover of the game came when Bingham poked the ball away from a North guard and flipped it behind his back as it was going out of bounds to fellow guard Devonte Pitchford, who took it in for a layup to put the Steelmen ahead, 24-13, with 2:13 to play in the second quarter.

“I just saw him [Pitchford],” Bingham said. “We talk a lot about what we’re going to do when we trap and get the ball. I knew he was going to be open.”

Central finished the quarter from that point with an 8-2 run that produced a 32-15 halftime lead over a Plainfield North team that took the Steelmen to double overtime before losing, 64-57, in early December.

“We started out the season kind of shaky,” Central coach Lawrence Thompson Jr. said. “We almost lost to them in double overtime, but we’ve gotten better at sharing the ball and rotating on defense.”

Thompson also talked about what it means for the Steelmen to win 20 games.

“It’s a godsend,” he said. “We’ve been blessed with a hardworking bunch of kids. All of them have a great motor, and they are willing to listen. It’s outstanding. Jeff [Corcoran] and Brian [Koehne] did a great job teaching some fundamentals, and the kids play hard,.”

Corcoran was the head coach at Joliet Central last season, and Koehne was his varsity assistant.

The Steelmen played particularly hard on the offensive glass, grabbing 10 rebounds, which is one reason Central took 49 shots total to the Tigers’ 31.

“Jason [Bingham] saw that they weren’t pushing the ball a lot, so he went and got some offensive rebounds, and he also did a good job on the defensive boards,” Thompson said. “Jose [Grubbs] and Marcellus Hornsby also did a nice job of going after the ball on the offensive boards.”

The Steelmen also got a win on Senior Night.

Nine of the 14 players on Central’s varsity roster are seniors.

“I think we played well,” Grubbs said. “I think we came out hard. We set the tone. We play hard.

We’ve got guys who come in off the bench and know their roles, and they excel in those roles. I think that will help us out in March.”

Hornsby scored 10 points for Central while Pitchford added nine. Plainfield North’s Matt O’Boye led all scorers with 15 points. Justin Wilson added 11.

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40 BOYS BASKETBALL: PLAINFIELD EAST 61, PLAINFIELD SOUTH 45

Plainfield East rules the paint in win over South

By KAITLYN JASNICA

kjasnica@shawmedia.com PLAINFIELD – The Plainfield South boys basketball team sunk two free throws to start the Southwest Prairie Conference rivalry game against Plainfield East on Friday night.

A few seconds later, East’s Yamani Shareef hit a 3-pointer to give the Bengals a 3-2 lead.

Freshman point guard Kyrell Daniel picked off the inbound pass and scored. Michael Ransom then converted a steal into a layup and Shareef hit a jumper for a 9-2 lead.

The Cougars never gained the lead again as Plainfield East picked up a 6145 home victory.

“Our quick start was because of our intensity,” Ransom said. “Coach [Branden Adkins] told us to start playing defense and we decided to kick it up a notch because we’re tired of losing. We tried ending the losing streak.

We picked it up, started forcing turnovers, and finished on the buckets and finished on everything. We came in with a mindset that we were going to win this game.”

The Bengals’ offense was out to play Friday.

“I thought though that everyone chipped in tonight.

I thought it was one of our best team games.”

Branden Adkins

Plainfield East basketball coach Toward the final seconds of the first half, Daniel did not see an open man, so he drove from the 3-point line toward the basket. He danced around two players to give his team a 25-13 lead.

With multiple players pressuring Shareef in the fourth quarter, the sophomore forward looked for an outlet and saw Ransom. The junior forward longjumped to get the basket and the 46-34 lead.

Ransom scored a court-high 17 points, while Shareef added 12 and B.J. Robinson had 10. Mylan Walters (eight), Scotty Olson (seven), Daniels (four) and Justin Smith (three) also got on the scoreboard.

“We’ve always really trusted Michael’s [Ransom’s] ability athletically,” Adkins said. “I’ve always said that

he’s a really dynamic player, probably one of the better ones we have right now being able to get to the basket. Collin [Reed] has always been our mainstay with that, but Mike is now starting to pick up that role. I was really proud of him.

“I was really proud of Kyrell [Daniel]. Being a starter as a freshman and being a point guard is tough to do. He got us going. He got us organized. I like Justin Smith’s energy when he gets after it and rebounds like he can. I like the way he took [Joey] Saracco off the dribble a couple of times.

“I thought though that everyone chipped in tonight. I thought it was one of our best team games.”

In the third quarter, Plainfield South (4-20) was able to pull within 3126. Saracco, Devin Smith and Diamond Presniakovas were doing a good job on the boards, and that gave their teammates opportunities to score.

Presniakovas scored 15 points off the bench, while Saracco added 11.

Anthony Marmolejo went 7 of 8 from the free-throw line to score his points, while Devin Smith had eight points and Kendre Shepherd-Pegues chipped in four.

“Their defensive effort was much

better than our offensive execution,” South coach Tim Boe said. “That just comes down to heart and desire. They were able to get shots in the paint. We weren’t. The team that gets the most layups has the better deal on the scoreboard after the game’s over. They owned the paint on both sides of the floor.

“They came out and they were prepared for us. We are bigger than they are, but they were still able to dominate on both sides of the paint.”

Adkins sees positives from the game. The Bengals defended well because they stopped the interior scoring early. They attacked the basket and focused on creating offensive opportunities from their strong defense.

East hopes it can bring the momentum into the final regular-season games and the post-season.

The Bengals plan to play even harder Tuesday against Romeoville.

“We need to rebound,” Ransom said. “We played good defense here, but we need to play even better because Romeoville is a better team than South. We need to prepare ourselves for the bigger games. I think we played phenomenal today.”

“I’m glad we won,” Adkins agreed.

BOYS BASKETBALL: BRADLEY BOURBONNAIS 48, LINCOLN-WAY WEST 46

Lincoln-Way West squad suffers another tough loss

By DRAKE SKLEBA

Shaw Media correspondent NEW LENOX – On a Friday night when Lincoln-Way West honored the school’s all-time leading boys basketball scorer, Marco Pettinato, in a pregame ceremony, the Warriors and their guests from Bradley-Bourbonnais put on quite a SouthWest Suburban Red show.

With Bradley up 45-43 with 41 seconds left, Warriors coach Brian Flaherty called a timeout. With 27 seconds left, Warriors senior Nolan Green (14 points) buried his fourth 3-pointer to give West (5-17, 3-7) a 46-45 lead.

The Boilermakers worked the clock down and then with 4.7 seconds left, senior guard J Thomas (20 points) buried his fifth trey of the contest to give Bradley a 48-46 lead. Bradley, with fouls to give, fouled with 4.1 seconds left. The Warriors inbounded and Green’s desperation 3 from the corner fell short as West lost another heart-wrencher, 4846.

“We battled to the end,” Flaherty said. “The problem for us, as it has been

all season, has been that we play so poorly in stretches of our games that we just can’t overcome the poor play and lose the close game. At this stage of the season, we have to hope to have a good practice tomorrow and hopefully turn things around. It’s very frustrating.”

Thomas buried three first-quarter 3s to give the Boilermakers (12-10, 4-6),a 13-7 lead after one quarter. Pettinato scored a dozen points in the second quarter, cutting the West deficit to 23-22 at the half.

Bradley’s Christian Straw (11 points) ignited a 10-0 Boilermaker run to open the third quarter. Isiah Jenkins provided a spark off the West bench with two assists to Pettinato as the Warriors closed to within 35-29 with 2:28 left in the third quarter.

Green went on a personal 5-0 run to bring the Warriors within 35-34 with 0:14 left in the quarter. Straw hit his second 3-pointer of the quarter to give the Boilermakers a 38-34 lead after three.

“Another tough loss for us,” Green said. “My teammates fed me the ball and I was able to knock down my shots.

This is really frustrating for us, losing

all these close games. I love my teammates and even though the chips aren’t falling right for us, we will never give up.”

The Lewis-bound Pettinato took game scoring honors with 23 points.

Pettinato hauled down eight rebounds and added three steals.

“This one is on me,“ Pettinato said.

“I blew a dunk late in the game and let another easy scoring opportunity go right off my hands out of bounds. I can’t make mistakes like that.

“Earlier in the game, we all made too many mistakes to overcome. We have lost a dozen or more games where it was a one-possession game with under two minutes to go. Hopefully, we can correct this and make another run in the upcoming tournament. After last season, no one on this team thinks it is impossible.”

Before the game, West athletic director Ted Robbins addressed the crowd, honoring Pettinato on scoring his 1,500th career point. The school’s alltime leading scorer and first Warrior to play four years on the varsity received a plaque for his achievement.

In 2016, Pettinato led the Warriors (22-10) to the Class 3A state runner-up trophy. They beat highly ranked Hillcrest, Class 3A favorite Morgan Park and Peoria Manual before falling to Belleville Althoff in the title game.

In 2015, Pettinato and the Warriors (21-8) made the Class 3A Sweet 16 before falling to Hillcrest in the sectional final.

That marked the first 20-win season in school history. The regional championship that season was also a first.

Pettinato has helped put Lincoln-Way West on the Illinois basketball map.

“It’s been a great four years here for me at Lincoln-Way West,” Pettinato said. “I know how hard it is to score points in high school and I am proud of my 1,500 points scored. I played with great players that helped me achieve it.

“After what we accomplished the last couple of years here, we changed the thinking about basketball here in New Lenox. It still is amazing to me what we accomplished last year. It was truly amazing. I want to thank all the great people I have met and been involved with in my four years.”

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By CURT HERRON

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We’re a well-rounded team with such good guys that we can fight through anything, and we showed that tonight.

Everyone talks about our talent, but I think what makes us so good is that we’re a family, a brotherhood, and we play for each other instead of playing for ourselves.”

Bolingbrook led 19-11 after one quarter, but Boyd made his team’s first four buckets in the second quarter, including three 3-pointers, to pull the hosts to within 27-23 with two minutes left in the opening half. The Vikings senior had 17 of those initial 23 points.

With 54 seconds left before halftime, Trelan Morrow (12 points) got a steal and layup to make it 29-27, but Cochran answered with a layup to make it 31-27 at the break.

The Raiders built a 39-29 lead in the third quarter following two free throws from Thornton, a layup from Yesufu and a free throw from Binns, but Boyd ended that period with another 3-pointer to make it 39-32 with eight minutes left.

H-F closed to within 46-42 following Boyd’s final trey with 4:22 to go and the hosts twice pulled to within three

points, with Nicholas Holmes hitting a jumper with 3:00 left to make it 49-46, but the Vikings would not score again.

Bolingbrook went 2:25 without scoring but collected eight points during the final 46 seconds. Akenten hit two free throws to start the run and added a slam with 31 seconds to go. Ten seconds later, Thornton hit two free throws and Cochran later made two more free throws.

“It’s hard to beat a team three times in a row, and they came out and fought,” Akenten said. “Jeff had a great game, they have great coaches and this was a great atmosphere. It was tough, but we came out with the win. I feel like we’ve gotten everybody’s best game and when playoffs come, every game is going to be like this, so we’re getting used to it.

“We came out with a lot of energy and intensity. Everybody on the team understands that nothing’s promised.

We work very hard every day in practice and do what we’re supposed to do so the results handle themselves. We know whatever we’ve achieved can be taken away from us as quickly as we’ve got it, so we just have to keep working toward that end goal.”

AREA ROUNDUP

Morris girls capture LaSalle-Peru Sectional bowling crown SUBMITTED REPORTS PERU – The Morris girls bowling team rolled a 6,007 total for six games Saturday to win the LaSalle-Peru Sectional at Illinois Valley Super Bowl and advance to next weekend’s state tournament at Cherry Bowl in Rockford.

Freshman Angel Heck led the Redskins with a 1,300 score. Senior Amy Waldron shot 1,281, sophomore Olivia Schultz 1,265, senior Corrone Day 1,154 and sophomore Cadenz Fitzgerald 1,007.

Peotone finished 12th in the 12-team field.

WRESTLING 2A Sterling Sectional: Morris 182-pounder Cody

Baldridge beat Kaneland’s Riley Vanik, 3-2, for the championship and will compete in next weekend’s state meet at the University of Illinois.

2A Dolton Sectional: Lemont dominated as the Indians’ Kyle Schickel (106), Jack Leffler (113), Drew Nash (120), Grant LaDuke (126), Egan Berta (145), Jake Kirkman (152) and Alex Oruna (182) won titles and Damyen Gothard (170) finished second to advance to state.

the Riverton Shootout despite Justin Fox’s 20 points.

Reed-Custer 71, Eastland 70: Russell Paige scored 19 points, Jake Welch 14, Dylan Hutchison 12 and Zach Weaver 10 for Reed-Custer. Weaver had nine rebounds.

Seneca 58, Coal City 57: Jake Brnca scored 17 points, Christian Johnson and Zack Nolan 13 and Kaleb Spreitzer 12 for the Coalers.

Gardner-South Wilmington 64, Illinois Lutheran 50: Nathan Wozniak made 6 of 7 3s and scored 22 points for Gardner (13-11, 8-4) in the River Valley win.

Plano 67, Wilmington 47: Joey Flannery had 19 points and Matteo Lombardi 11 for Wilmington (6-15, 1-8) in the Interstate Eight loss.

GIRLS BASKETBALL 2A Beecher Regional: Peotone (17-13) beat Beecher,

38-29, in the title game to advance to the Lisle Sectional. Josie Graffeo scored 13 and McKenna Evans added eight.

1A Gardner Regional: Danville Schlarman ousted Gardner-South Wilmington, 64-31, in the title game.

Kaylee Steichen scored 13 points and Jenni Price 11 for the Panthers.

Burton later homered. Kevin Mampe (Lincoln-Way Central) got the win with four scoreless innings.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Calumet-St. Joseph 71, USF 64: At Whiting, Indiana,

the outcome means St. Francis (17-11), Calumet-St. Joseph (15-11) and Purdue Northwest are locked in a three-way tie for the top spot in the CCAC South Division at 11-8 with two league games left. Landus Anderson scored 15 points. Jorden Thornton had 14 and Iain Morison chipped in 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Quincy 82, Lewis 76: A five-game win streak for Lewis (16-9, 11-4) was snapped in the GLVC loss to Quincy (21-5, 11-4) at Neil Carey Arena. Cristen Wilson had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Delaney Blaylock scored 17, Miles Simelton 13 and Nick Norton 11.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Calumet-St. Joseph 45: At Whiting, Indiana, No.

1-ranked St. Francis (26-0, 19-0) rolled to the GLVC win as Kamari Jordan scored 15 points and Kaitlin Aylward added 12.

Lewis 77, Quincy 55: Lewis (20-5, 12-3) won its sixth straight and extended its streak of 20-win seasons to five with the GLVC victory at Neil Carey Arena.

BOYS BASKETBALL COLLEGE BASEBALL Jessica Kelliher scored 29 points on 12-of-15 shooting.

St. Patrick 61, JCA 52: The Hilltoppers (11-12) fell beUSF 6-0, Lyon 5-10: At Batesville, Arkansas, St. Fran- Rachel Hinders scored 12 and Jamie Johnson 10. low the .500 mark.

JJC 72 Wright 32: Kianna Campbell scored 18 points, cis opened its season with the split. In the opener, Kyle Lincoln-Way Central 56, Thornridge 46: Anthony Han- Massaro (Romeoville) had a two-run single and Tom Destiny Villalejo 15 and Deesha Brefford 14, while Nia cock had 11 points for the Knights (8-13, 6-4).

Smith (Lockport) and Pat Michalak (Lincoln-Way Harris grabbed 16 rebounds for the Wolves (17-10, 7-5 Pleasant Plains 58, Dwight 51: Dwight (17-8) lost in Central) drove in runs in a five-run first inning. Kyle in the N4C).

• Sunday, February 12, 2017

FLOSSMOOR – After beating Homewood-Flossmoor twice by five points, Bolingbrook’s boys basketball team realized that the teams’ third meeting would be another nail-biter, especially since it was on the road.

But the top-ranked Raiders set the tone early by getting off to a 14-1 start and then held off a 27-point performance by Jeffrey Boyd to remain unbeaten with a 57-46 SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue Division victory Friday.

Malik Binns had 15 points and seven rebounds, Nana Akenten and Tyler Cochran added 13 points and eight rebounds each, and Kaleb Thornton and Joseph Yesufu chipped in with eight points apiece to give coach Rob Brost’s squad their 23rd straight triumph.

“I’m proud of our guys,” Brost said.

“Boyd had a herculean effort and a couple of their other kids hit some big shots. We did a much better job in the second half on Boyd compared to the first. But he’s a good player and they’re very good and are capable of doing what

they did, and especially here, which is a tough place to play.

“I’m proud of how we fought, especially in the fourth quarter. With about three minutes to go, we really kind of pulled away. It was a good team win and we’re excited to be where we’re at.

This is the toughest place to play in the conference and we have one more really tough place to go and that’s Lincoln-Way East next Friday.”

The Raiders (23-0, 8-0) defeated the Vikings (16-10, 4-4), 67-62, in the finals of the Hinsdale Central Classic on Dec. 30 and then prevailed, 78-73, in a home game Jan. 13. But the tempo was slower this time as H-F was content to play a half-court offense despite trailing throughout.

“It’s tough to beat any team three times, and when you have a great team like H-F it’s even harder, but we fought through the adversity,” Thornton said.

“We tried to get up as quick as possible and we played well in the beginning of the game and took the momentum.

“We want to run but know that not every team is going to let us because we can beat teams like that. I thought we did a good job of being composed.

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42 The Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo (left) and Kris Bryant participate in batting practice before Game 1 of baseball’s National League Division Series against the San Francisco Giants on Oct. 7 in Chicago.

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‘We’re hungrier than ever’ North Siders loaded, ready for World Series title defense

By JAY COHEN

The Associated Press CHICAGO – Kris Bryant is back.

Same for Anthony Rizzo and Jon Lester, too. Even 1908 is back in the picture.

That was the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series before Bryant and company ended the drought last November, beating the Cleveland Indians in a Game 7 classic.

Now 1908 is the last time the franchise repeated as champions – and the goal beginning next week when the Cubs’ pitchers and catchers report to spring training.

“I think we have the right group here that guys will just be able to realize what we did and how special it was, but just to realize how much better it would be to sustain that success and do it again the next year,” Bryant said.

“I think we’re hungrier than ever and we would love to be that team that goes back to back, and I think we all have the right mindset.”

No major league team has won consecutive championships since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000. But the Cubs return a loaded lineup, led by slug-

gers Bryant and Rizzo, and solid pitching staff, with Lester fronting one of the majors’ best rotations. Kyle Schwarber and his compact lefty swing could put together a big year if he can stay healthy, and the refurbished bullpen includes Wade Davis and Koji Uehara after a pair of offseason moves.

Perhaps most important, no more questions about famous curses, and the Cubs begin this year with the experience of a championship run.

“I think you gain sort of an inner confidence,” president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said, “a default belief that you and your teammates know how to win and through hard times you just have a faith in getting back to what got you there, knowing that you’re good enough not only to compete, but to win, and to win the whole thing. That kind of confidence is hard to create.”

Here are a few more things to watch at Cubs camp in Mesa, Arizona:

NEW LOOK

Davis is expected to take over at closer for Aroldis Chapman, who returned to the New York Yankees for an $86 million, five-year contract during free

agency. Davis was acquired in a December trade with Kansas City for outfielder Jorge Soler. The 31-year-old righthander had 27 saves and a 1.87 ERA for the Royals, but also spent time on the disabled list with a forearm injury and was limited to 43 1⁄3 innings.

If Davis falters or gets hurt again, manager Joe Maddon could turn to Uehara or Hector Rondon. Uehara, who turns 42 on April 3 and was sidelined by a strained right pectoral muscle for part of his final season with Boston, has 93 career saves, and Rondon closed for Chicago before it traded for Chapman last year.

THEY’RE SET

With Addison Russell, Ben Zobrist and Javier Baez, the Cubs have an enviable group of middle infielders. But they also have to find room for everyone. Zobrist likely will see time at the corner outfield spots, and Baez could play all over the infield once again.

THEY’RE NOT

The No. 5 slot in the rotation is up for grabs after the Cubs declined Jason Hammel’s $12 million option. Mike Montgomery, who was acquired in a July trade with Seattle and got the final out of the World Series, is the favorite for the job, but veteran left-hander Brett ROOKIES TO WATCH Anderson, right-hander Eddie Butler Not a lot of room for rookies on the and lefty Rob Zastryzny also could pitch Cubs right now, but Eloy Jimenez and their way into the mix.

Ian Happ will at least begin spring training with the big league club. The ON DECK 20-year-old Jimenez hit .329 with 14 Schwarber made a surprising return homers and 81 RBIs at Class A South for the World Series after hurting his Bend last year. Happ, a first-round pick left knee last April. But he hasn’t played in 2015, batted .279 with 15 homers and the field in a game since the injury. How 73 RBIs over two minor league stops last the Cubs use him in camp – he appears season, finishing the year at Double-A ticketed for left, but he came up as a Tennessee. He could make his major catcher and still likes the position – is worth watching this spring. league debut at some point this year.

WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING PREVIEW

By ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press

NEW LOOK

• Sunday, February 12, 2017

CHICAGO – No more quick fixes for the White Sox: The overhaul is underway.

The White Sox made their intentions clear with two huge moves at the winter meetings, and they come to spring training stocked with new young players and a huge task still in front of them.

“We know we’re closer to the beginning of this process than we are to the end,” general manager Rick Hahn said. “And we know there’s going to be some difficult days ahead in the short term.

Virtually every Sox fan I’ve had a conversation with understands that Rick and is eagerly embracRenteria ing this and looking forward to when we start to see the fruits of this labor. And they know there’s going to be hardship in the short term.”

While the crosstown Cubs attempt to defend their first World Series championship in 108 years, a rebuild is in full swing on the South Side after four straight losing seasons.

The White Sox traded ace Chris Sale to Boston and outfielder Adam Eaton to Washington at the winter meetings.

They acquired two of baseball’s top prospects in return, getting second baseman Yoan Moncada from the Red Sox and right-hander Lucas Giolito from the Nationals.

The White Sox also have a new manager in Rick Renteria after going 78-84.

He got promoted from bench coach to replace Robin Ventura.

Here are some things to look for, starting with the first workout for pitchers and catchers on Tuesday:

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The White Sox’s Todd Frazier hits a home run off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Eddie Gamboa during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sept. 28.

the dugout, too. After all, Renteria will be an important component in their development. Known for his positive approach, Renteria drew praise for his work with the Cubs’ young core in 2014 and would have been back for a secTHEY’RE SET ond season as their manager had Joe One of the few positives for the Maddon not become available. Renteria now gets another opportunity to White Sox last season was the emer- ON DECK gence of shortstop Tim Anderson. A While the young players figure to manage in Chicago, albeit on the South top prospect, he hit .283 and showed get plenty of attention, keep an eye on Side. range in the field. If the plan unfolds the way the White Sox hope, he will form a dynamic tandem with Moncada.

The White Sox also have a powerful presence at first base assuming they keep Jose Abreu. The Cuban slugger hit .293 with 25 homers and 100 RBIs after a slow start last season. While his numbers have declined a bit since his 2014 AL Rookie of the Year season, that’s not a bad line. Abreu could also mentor Moncada, his countryman.

Moncada and Giolito, not to mention hard-throwing right-hander Reynaldo Lopez. Acquired in the Eaton deal, he pitched in 11 games for Washington last season and made the playoff roster.

New faces aside, the biggest change for the White Sox is their approach.

They tried to compete in recent years by bringing in high-profile players such as Adam Dunn and Jeff Samardzija. But no more. With one playoff appearance since the 2005 championship season, they’re going in a different direction. Jose Quintana could join Sale and Eaton on the other side of the exit door. He made his first All-Star team while setting career-bests in wins (13) and ERA (3.20) last season. Third baseman Todd Frazier and closer David THEY’RE NOT The White Sox are rebuilding for Robertson might not be around much a reason. The Sale and Eaton trades longer, either. were just the start for a team that has no shortage of holes. If Quintana is ROOKIES TO WATCH All eyes this spring will be on next in line to be dealt, Frazier might

not be far behind him. Coming off a 40-homer season, he has an expiring contract. Moving Frazier could create room at third base for young and unproven players such as Matt Davidson, Trey Michalczewski, Nick Delmonico and Zach Remillard.

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Colson’s career day leads Irish The ASSOCIATED PRESS

SOUTH BEND – Bonzie Colson is loving Notre Dame’s commitment to small ball.

The Irish recently began playing with a predominantly four-guard lineup around Colson and the results the last two games have been dramatic.

Colson scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Saturday to help Notre Dame avenge a January loss to Florida State with an 84-72 win over the No. 14 Seminoles.

This performance comes on the heels of a 27-point, 16-rebound outing against Wake Forest on Tuesday, and it had Irish coach Mike Brey thinking in historical terms.

“That was one of the great performances in our program’s history – big-time team on national TV, what a delivery,” Brey said. “He’s in an unbelievable groove.”

Colson eclipsed 1,000 points for his Irish career, and the ACC’s leading rebounder also recorded his 16th double-double of the season.

“If he keeps this surge up, he’ll be in the discussion for player of the year,” Brey said.

Colson nearly blew the lid off Purcell Pavilion with a personal 7-0 run, highlighted by a three-point play and a tip-in of a V.J. Beachem missed 3, pushing Notre Dame’s lead to 17 points with 15:39 to play.

“I was just going to the glass, on every play that’s what I try to do,” Colson said. “Every time that ball goes up, I do my best to go attack the board and get

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Notre Dame’s Steve Vasturia (32) goes up for a layup between Florida State’s Michael Ojo (left) and Dwayne Bacon (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday in South Bend. the rebound.”

Matt Farrell added 15 points and nine assists for Notre Dame (19-7, 8-5 ACC) and Steve Vasturia chipped in with 15 points and seven boards.

Coming off a dominant three-game winning streak during which they won by an average of 33 points, the Seminoles (21-5, 9-4) found themselves down by 11 points in the first half and had no answer in the second half for Colson, who scored 20 after the break.

COLLEGE BASKETBAL ROUNDUP Penn State makes easy work of Illinois, 83-70 first time as the Sartans topped Iowa, 77-66, Saturday.

CHAMPAIGN – Champaign hasn’t always been the kindest road location for Penn State, but that changed Saturday with the Nittany Lions’ 83-70 win over Illinois.

Penn State’s won for the first time in Champaign since the 2008-09 season.

Payton Banks tied his career-high with 24 points and Penn State won its third straight against the Illini for the first time since the series started in 1990.

Banks made three of Penn State’s seven 3-pointers and the Nittany Lions shot 56.9 percent overall. It was his fourth 20-plus game of the season.

No. 21 Maryland beats Ohio State, 86-77

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Anthony Cowan scored 19 points and fellow freshman Kevin Huerter added 18 for the Terrapins, who topped Ohio State after losing backto-back games for only the second time since January 2015.

After defeating Ohio State on Jan. 31, Maryland lost to Purdue and Penn State to fall from first to third in the conference standings.

“I feel like we learned from both of those games,” guard Jaylen Brantley said. “We know we lost to a great Purdue team a few weeks ago, and we couldn’t let it happen again.”

Michigan State bounces back with 77-66 win EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State’s four freshmen scored in double figures in the same game for the

Miles Bridges scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half and finished with 11 rebounds and four blocks, leading Michigan State.

The Spartans (15-10, 7-5 Big Ten) came off a lopsided loss at Michigan to win for a third time in four games.

Murphy leads Minnesota’s past Rutgers

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Jordan Murphy scored 17 points and had 11 rebounds Saturday as Minnesota topped Rutgers, 72-63.

Mason and Amir Coffey added 16 and 12 points, respectively, for the Gophers (18-7, 6-6 Big Ten). Eric Curry made all five of his shots and scored 11 points.

Rutgers (13-13, 2-11) was led by C.J. Gettys, who had a team-high eight rebounds, and Mike Williams with 14 points each. Corey Sanders added 13 points, five assists and five rebounds.

No. 23 Creighton overwhelms DePaul, 93-58

ROSEMONT – Toby Hegner set a season high with 14 points and matched one with four 3-pointers, Marcus Foster scored 13 points and No. 23 Creighton pounded DePaul, 93-58, Saturday.

The balanced and unselfish Bluejays (21-4, 8-4 Big East) shot a season-high 60.7 percent and nailed 13 of 22 3-pointers against the last-place Blue Demons (8-17, 1-11). Creighton took control late in the first half and outscored DePaul 54-32 in the second.

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NHL

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 56 39 11 6 84 192 121 Columbus 54 35 14 5 75 175 133 Pittsburgh 54 34 13 7 75 193 155 N.Y. Rangers 55 36 18 1 73 189 145 Montreal 57 31 18 8 70 165 146 Ottawa 53 29 18 6 64 143 143 Boston 57 28 23 6 62 153 155 Toronto 54 25 18 11 61 165 161 Philadelphia 56 27 22 7 61 147 168 N.Y. Islanders 53 24 19 10 58 156 157 Florida 54 24 20 10 58 134 153 Tampa Bay 56 25 24 7 57 154 160 New Jersey 54 23 21 10 56 127 153 Buffalo 55 23 22 10 56 136 155 Carolina 53 24 22 7 55 140 156 Detroit 55 22 23 10 54 138 163 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 54 36 12 6 78 181 126 Blackhawks 56 34 17 5 73 161 146 San Jose 56 33 18 5 71 152 134 Anaheim 57 29 18 10 68 151 147 Edmonton 55 29 18 8 66 156 141 St. Louis 56 29 22 5 63 161 165 Los Angeles 55 28 23 4 60 138 136 Nashville 55 26 21 8 60 153 148 Calgary 56 28 25 3 59 149 159 Vancouver 55 24 25 6 54 131 158 Dallas 56 22 24 10 54 155 177 Winnipeg 58 25 29 4 54 166 185 Arizona 53 18 28 7 43 124 169 Colorado 52 15 35 2 32 106 176 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s Games Chicago 5, Winnipeg 2 Minnesota 2, Tampa Bay 1, SO Saturday’s Games Boston 4, Vancouver 3 Ottawa 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Philadelphia 2, San Jose 1, OT Dallas 5, Carolina 2 Florida 7, Nashville 4 Columbus 2, Detroit 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Colorado 2 St. Louis 4, Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 4, Winnipeg 1 Buffalo 3, Toronto 1 Washington 6, Anaheim 4 Arizona 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Chicago at Edmonton, late Sunday’s Games San Jose at New Jersey, 11:30 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Colorado at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary,8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Colorado at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

WHAT TO WATCH

Pro basketball 2:30 p.m.: Bulls at Minnesota, CSN 2:30 p.m.: San Antonio at New York, ABC 5 p.m.: Detroit at Toronto, NBATV 8 p.m.: New Orleans at Sacramento, NBATV Pro hockey 2 p.m.: Detroit at Minnesota, NBC 6:30 p.m.: Montreal at Boston, NBCSN Men’s basketball 11 a.m.: Lehigh at Holy Cross, CBSSN Noon: Michigan at Indiana, CBS Noon: Cornell at Penn, CSN+ 1 p.m.: Temple at Memphis, CBSSN 3 p.m.: Cincinnati at SMU, ESPN 3 p.m.: Wichita St. at Loyola of Chicago, ESPNU 3 p.m.: Nevada at San Deigo St., CBSSN 4 p.m.: Oregon St. at UCLA, FS1

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 34 19 .642 — Toronto 32 22 .593 2½ New York 22 33 .400 13 Philadelphia 20 34 .370 14½ Brooklyn 9 45 .167 25½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 32 21 .604 — Atlanta 31 23 .574 1½ Charlotte 24 30 .444 8½ Miami 24 31 .436 9 Orlando 20 36 .357 13½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 37 16 .698 — Indiana 29 25 .537 8½ Bulls 26 28 .481 11½ Detroit 25 29 .463 12½ Milwaukee 23 30 .434 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 41 12 .774 — Houston 39 17 .696 3½ Memphis 33 23 .589 9½ Dallas 22 32 .407 19½ New Orleans 21 33 .389 20½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 34 20 .630 — Oklahoma City 31 24 .564 3½ Denver 24 30 .444 10 Portland 23 31 .426 11 Minnesota 20 34 .370 14 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 46 8 .852 — L.A. Clippers 33 21 .611 13 Sacramento 22 32 .407 24 L.A. Lakers 19 37 .339 28 Phoenix 17 37 .315 29 Saturday’s results L.A. Clippers 107, Charlotte 102 Milwaukee 116, Indiana 100 Cleveland 125, Denver 109 Philadelphia 117, Miami 109 Golden State 130, Oklahoma City 114 Dallas 112, Orlando 80 Phoenix at Houston, late Boston at Utah, late Sunday’s Games Chicago at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.

San Antonio at New York, 2:30 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m.: Northwestern at Wisconsin, BTN 5:30 p.m.: Virginia at Virginia Tech, ESPNU 7:30 p.m.: Washington St. at Colorado, ESPNU Women’s basketball 11 a.m.: Iowa at Ohio St., BTN 11 a.m.: Tulane at South Florida, ESPN2 11 a.m.: Dayton at George Washington, ESPNU 1 p.m.: Wisconsin at Michigan, BTN 1 p.m.: Maryland at Michigan St., ESPN2 1 p.m.: Texas A&M at Tennessee, ESPNU 1 p.m.: Florida at Alabama, SEC 2 p.m.: Elon at James Madison, CSN+ 3 p.m.: Baylor at TCU, ESPN2 3 p.m.: Mississippi St. at Mississippi, SEC 4 p.m.: Hofstra at Delaware, CSN+

5 p.m.: Arkansas at Missouri, SEC Golf Noon: PGA Tour, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, final round, TGC 2 p.m.: PGA Tour, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, final round, CBS 2 p.m.: Champions Tour, Allianz Championship, final round, TGC Beach volleyball 1 p.m.: FIVB, Swatch Major Series, NBC Drag racing 3 p.m.: NHRA, Circle K Winternationals, finals, FOX Skiing 11:30 a.m.: FIS Alpine World Championships, Ladies’ Downhill, NBC (same-day tape) Speed skating 4 p.m.: ISU World Single Distances Championships, NBCSN (same-day tape)

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

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t first glance, Katherine and Russ Wuestenfeld and Ron and Miki Ringwald don’t have much in common.

Katherine and Russ are in their early 20s and currently live in St. Louis, Missouri. Ron and Miki are 58 and live in New Lenox.

But both couples met in their youth, and both couples believe God brought them together. Was their love written in the heavens? Read on and decide for yourself.

Katherine and Russ Wuestenfeld

Russ and the former Katherine Wilson took their first trip down the aisle in 1996 at Katherine’s aunt’s church in Barrington – when they were 4 and 3, respectively.

Katherine’s aunt, Kristen Wilson, was marrying Russ’ uncle, Brad Wuestenfeld from Plainfield. Russ was the ring bearer and Katherine was the flower girl. The aunt and uncle now live in Elgin. Russ and Katherine’s memories of that day are vague.

“I remember crying because I wasn’t carrying a real ring down the aisle,” Russ said. “It was fake.”

They didn’t meet again until 2011 at the University of Illinois. Russ, an engineering student, had completed his first year. Katherine was an incoming freshman. Katherine said her aunt suggested Katherine contact Russ, just in case she needed help finding her way around the school.

So Katherine reached out to Russ over the summer on Facebook and the two began texting. Katherine arrived at the university a few days before the other freshmen arrived. Russ met her on the quad and they went for a walk and bought ice cream.

“That’s where it all started,” Katherine said.

Russ thought Katherine was “cute and smart and fun.” Katherine thought Russ was “very smart and nice.” Mostly, they appreciated each other’s faith, as faith was an important part of their lives.

After college, the couple’s romance turned long distance. Katherine was working in St. Louis. Russ worked in Rockford.

“I hated being that far apart,” Russ said. “That’s when I realized I wanted to be with her for the rest of my life.

Russ proposed in October 2015 – on the quad. They were married Nov. 26, 2016.

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LEFT: Newlyweds Katherine and Russ Wuestenfeld met as children. Katherine was the flower girl and Russ was the ring bearer in her aunt and his uncle’s wedding. RIGHT: Miki and Ron Ringwald, both 58, first met in science class at Lincoln-Way Central High School.

Katherine and Russ Wuestenfeld took their first trip down the aisle in 1996.

Ron and Miki Ringwald

Ron and the former Miki Weis met in 1973 during a freshman science class at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox.

“I heard the door open and the teacher said, ‘By the way, we have a new student,’” Ron said. “I saw her brown eyes and that’s what captivated me.”

Ron struck up a friendship and began walking Miki to her classes.

But the budding romance stayed in the friend zone once Ron learned Miki

to gauge Ron’s feelings for her.

But Ron said he doesn’t catch hints easily. Since Miki didn’t appear to care for him beyond friendship, he moved out of state to be with his new girlfriend. When they broke up, Ron, a disabled veteran, was homeless and living in the woods until he received his next monthly check.

It was at this time Miki sensed God telling her to pray for Ron. When he was finally able to contact her, Miki and Ron Ringwald back in their high Ron asked whether he could visit school days. her when he returned to Wisconsin.

Miki agreed, but made it clear no man was pregnant. would ever live under her roof unless “I thought, ‘Well, if she’s pregnant, she was married to him. she’s got someone else in her life, so To which Ron said, “Well, I guess I’d better back away,’” Ron said. “It we’ll have to get married.” seemed like the right thing to do.”

And they did, on Sept. 25, 2016, at In Ron, Miki found a friend who Assumption Greek Orthodox Church accepted her as she was and never in Homer Glen. Miki had converted to passed judgment. She could talk to this faith a few years ago. Ron converthim when others turned their backs ed shortly before their marriage. Miki and called her names. But over time, has nine children and 14 grandchilRon felt he should step aside for good. dren. Ron, who never had children, “I was lost about why we couldn’t inherited hers. be friends anymore. I didn’t quite unThe couple is planning a reception derstand it and I was very hurt,” Miki for July. said. “We went our separate ways.”

“I have been in love with him for a After Miki joined Facebook in 2008, long time,” Miki said. “He’s my best she looked for Ron and didn’t find friend.” him, but she did become friends with Ron added, “It’s just something we Ron’s brother. Eventually, the two both wanted. It just took time for our connected and began talking. After Mi- paths to cross at the right time in our ki’s divorce, she dropped hints, trying lives.”

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Love never fails

Unusual first meetings lead to marriage for two couples with Joliet-area ties

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GOTTA DO IT Ongoing • Middle School Meetup – 3 to 4:45 p.m., Monday, Wednesdays, Fridays, Romeoville Recreation Department, Recreation Center’s Drdak Teen Room, 900 W. Romeo Road, Romeoville. $1 per day. For information, call Jason Buckholtz at 815-886-6222 or visit www.romeoville.org.

• St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Stores – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 307 N. Chicago St., Joliet; and 9 to 8 p.m., 1820 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. Monday is 50 percent off day. Seniors receive 20 percent off on Thursdays. For information, call 815-722-1140 (Chicago Street) or 815-729-4585 (Jefferson Street).

Feb. 12 • Forest Preserve District of Will County Volunteer Workday – 8 a.m. to noon, Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve, Lockport. For information, email rgauchat@fpdwc.org or call 815-7227364.

Feb. 13 • St. Patrick’s Food Pantry – 9 to 11:30 a.m., 710 W. Marion St., Joliet. For those living in the 60436 ZIP code. For information, call the St. Patrick parish office at 815-727-4746.

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

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

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

• LinkedIn – 6:30 p.m., Fountaindale Public Library District, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook.

Call 630-759-2102 or visit fountaindale.org.

of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org or call 815-727-4444.

• Bingo – 5 p.m., Harry E. Anderson VFW Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory Road, New Lenox. Call 815485-8369 or visit vfwpost9545.org.

• Electronics Recycling – 5 to 7 p.m., 57 W. Marion St., Joliet. For information, visit www. willcountygreen.com.

• 100+ Women Who Care of Will County – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Embers Tap House, 933 S. State St., Lockport. For information, visit www.100wwcwill.org or email Maribeth@100WWCWill.org.

• Computer Basics – 6:30 p.m., Fountaindale Public Library District, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. Call 630-759-2102 or visit fountaindale.org.

• Bingo – 6:45 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 100 S. Infantry Drive, Joliet. Call 815-725-0746.

• Midwest Crossroad Chorus of Sweet Adelines International – 7 p.m., Trinity Christian School, 901 Shorewood Drive, Shorewood. Call 866-588-7464 or visit midwestcrossroad.org.

• Morris Area Toastmasters – 7 p.m., Morris Hospital Education Room, 150 High St., Morris.

Call Matthew Woyner at 815-478-3574 or Frank Hankins at 815-942-4733.

• Joliet Antique Auto Club – 7:30 p.m., Stone City Post VFW, Laraway and Route 53, Joliet. New members welcome. Call 815-726-6302.

Feb. 15

• Free AARP Tax Preparation Service – Lockport Branch Library, 121 E. Eighth St., Lockport.

For seniors and low-income individuals. By appointment only. Visit whiteoaklibrary.org or call 815-552-4260.

• Re-employment Workshop – 9:30 a.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org or call 815-727-4444.

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

Feb. 14 Visit www.jobs4people.org.

• Bounce Back Social Services Off Site Food • “Love Where You Bank” Day – At all 21 Pantry Location – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 500 Dr. NaoMarquette banking centers. For information, visit mi O’Bryant (Ontario) St., Joliet. For information, emarquettebank.com. call 815-782.6040, email bouncebacksocialser• Electronics Recycling – 6 to 11 a.m., Lockvice@gmail.com or visit www.bouncebacksocialport Public Works, 17112 Prime Blvd., Lockport. services.com.

For information, visit www.willcountygreen.com.

• Weekly Job Fair – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Work• Industry Orientation – 9:30 a.m.; also Feb. force Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood 15; and 1:30 p.m. Feb. 16, Workforce Center of Ave., Suite 100, Joliet. Seeking certified medical Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. Register assistants, drivers, forklift drivers, installation at www.jobs4people.org or call 815-727-4444. technician trainees, machine operators, medical • Living Life Skills Educational Workshop – receptionist, package handlers, warehouse 9:30 to 11 a.m., Will-Grundy Center for Indepenmaterial handlers and warehouse worker. For dent Living, 2415 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. Call information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

815-729-0162 (voice) or 815-768-2582 (VRS) • ESL Conversation Group – 3 p.m., White • Illinois JobLink – 10 a.m.; also 10:30 a.m.

Oak Library District, Crest Hill Branch, 20670 Len Feb. 17, Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill. Call 815-552-4185 or Glenwood Ave., Joliet. For information, visit www. visit whiteoaklibrary.org. jobs4people.org or call 815-727-4444.

• Interviewing Skills – 6 to 8 p.m., White Oak • Career Café – 9:30 a.m., Workforce Center Library District, Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Norof Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. For mantown Road, Romeoville. For information, call information, visit www.jobs4people.org or call 815-552-4230 or visit www.whiteoaklibrary.org.

815-727-4444.

• Manhattan Township Historical Society • Microsoft Word: Intermediate – 2 to 3 meeting – 6:30 p.m., Manhattan Township Hisp.m., White Oak Library District, Romeoville torical Society, 255 S. State St., Manhattan. New Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville. members welcome. Email ManhattanHistorical@ For information, call 815-552-4230 or visit www. yahoo.com or visit Facebook.com/ManhattanHiswhiteoaklibrary.org. toricalSociety.

• Math Review – 2 p.m., Workforce Center • District 202’s preschool programs lottery

deadline – Tuition-based preschool programs are located at Bonnie McBeth Learning Center, Freedom Elementary, Eichelberger Elementary and Ridge Elementary for the 2017-18 school year. The online lottery application form is posted on the front page of www.psd202.org. For information, contact Julia Barraza at 815-577-4136 or jbarraza@psd202.org.

Feb. 16 • Community Services Council of Will County – 8 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 805 Western Ave., Joliet. Monthly meeting. Presenter: Laura WIlmarth Tyna from the office of service learning from Lewis University. For membership inquiries, call 815-722-4380.

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

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

• District 202 Parent-Teacher Conferences – Elementary conferences will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Middle school conferences will be held from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.; high school conferences will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. This is a full day of school.

• Channahon School District 17 Kindergarten Roundup – 5 to 7 p.m., Pioneer Path School, 24920 S. Sage St., Channahon. Pick up registration packets on school days between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at N.B. Galloway School, 24805 Roberts Road. For information, call 815-467-4311.

• JTHS Cyborgs Robotics Team Community Exhibition – 5 to 6:30 p.m., Joliet Township High School Administration Center, 300 Caterpillar Drive, Joliet. For information, visit robotics.jths. org or www.firstinspires.org. To RSVP for the exhibition, email Karen Harkin at kharkin@jths.org.

Feb. 17 • Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon, Frankfort Public Library District, 21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort.

• Microsoft Word – 10:30 a.m., Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave., Joliet. How to use Microsoft Word in job searches.

For information, visit www.jobs4people.org or call 815-727-4444.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 329 S. Ottawa St., Joliet. $10.

Dine-in or carryout. Pay at door.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Knights of Columbus Council 4400, 1813 E. Cass St., Joliet. Fish, chicken and shrimp. Carryout. Call 815-723-3827.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Stone City VFW Post 2199, 124 Stone City Drive, Joliet. Dining room opens 4 p.m. Carryouts available. Call 815722-7122.

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

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

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

Karaoke is 8 p.m. to midnight, Cantigny VFW Post 367, 826 Horseshoe Drive, Joliet. Call 815-7225398.

• Fish Fry – 4 to 7:30 p.m., Croatian Cultural Club, 1503 Clement St., Joliet. Baked or fried cod,

shrimp, catfish or fried chicken breast. Dine-in or carryout. Music starts at 7:30 p.m. For carryout, call 815-723-3154.

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

Karaoke begins at 8:30 p.m. Call 815-485-8369 or visit vfwpost9545.org.

Feb. 18 • Teen Workshop – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 300 Caterpillar Drive, Joliet. Topics: “Healthy Relationships & Communication,” “Self-Image,” “Dress for Success (Booted & Suited),” “Know Your Rights (Police Awareness)” and “Open Mic/Poetry Slam/ Spoken Word.” Ages 13 to 17. Sponsored by Joliet Township High School District 204 in partnership with the NAACP Joliet Branch #3018. Free.

Register at eventbrite.com.

• A Fair Tax meeting – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Silver Spoon Restaurant, 1601 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. A lively discussion to abolish the IRS. Call 815-4744385.

• High School and College Job Fair – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lockport Branch Library, 121 E. Eighth St., Lockport. Registration not required. For information, contact Flannery Crump at 815-552-4255 or at fcrump@whiteoaklibrary.org, or visit www. whiteoaklibrary.org.

• Intro to Computers: Internet Basics – 11 a.m. to noon, White Oak Library District, Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville. For information, call 815-552-4230 or visit www.whiteoaklibrary.org.

• Pulled Pork Dinner – Noon to 3:30 p.m., Joliet Central High School Student Center Galleria, 201 E. Jefferson St., Joliet. Pulled pork sandwich, chips and pop for just $5 in advance or $6 at the door.

Also five-pound bags of pulled pork for $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Benefits JCHS band.

For tickets, call Nancy Timm at 815-545-9058.

• Chicken & Biscuits Fundraiser Dinner – 4 to 7 p.m., Elwood Community Church, 101 N. Chicago St., Elwood. $10 adults and $5 age 12 and under. Carryouts available.

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

Call 815-723-3827.

• Lockport Lions Club Spaghetti Supper – 4:30 to 7 p.m., St. Dennis Parish Center, 13th Street, Lockport. $9 adults and $6 for 12 and under. Tickets at door. Carryouts available. For information about the dinner, call Jerry Richards at 815-838-0516. For information about the Lockport Lions, email Ron Cornolo @829@aol.com.

• Soup and Sandwich Supper – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Church of Hope, Gardner. Broccoli/cheese soup, vegetable beef soup, chili, hot dogs, lettuce salad, desserts, drink. $7 adults, $4 ages 5 to 12.

Five and under free. Carryouts available. 815-2378312.

Feb. 19 • Pancake Breakfast – 8 to 11:30 a.m., St. Anne Church, 1800 Dearborn St., Crest Hill. $7 adults and $4 children. Age 3 and younger are free.

• WWII POW Camps in Chicago – 2 to 3:30 pm, White Oak Library District, Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville.

For information, call 815-552-4230 or visit www. whiteoaklibrary.org.

Plainfield resident works on USS Eisenhower

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Soccer program set for kids 3 to 6 The HERALD–NEWS

Romeoville Mayor John Noak presents a Special Recognition Award to Romeoville High School Principal Derek Kinder during the mayor’s annual State of the Village address.

Looking on are VVSD Superintendent James Mitchem and RHS team members Krista Simpson and Gina Smith.

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Jaina Dubbert and Alex Meszaros participated in the Illinois Elementary School Association Speech Contest on Nov. 12 at Coal City Middle School.

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Romeoville mayor praises schools The HERALD–NEWS ROMEOVILLE – During his annual State of the Village address Thursday afternoon, Romeoville Mayor John Noak gave special recognition to Romeoville High School for “being such great partners with us.”

Noak praised RHS for some of its recent awards and academic accomplishments, including a high ranking

U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Neo Greene III

Seaman Cesar Velasquez of Plainfield unscrews bolts on a jet turbine engine in the jet shop of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

among the nation’s high schools by U.S. News & World Report and an even higher ranking among Will County schools by Chicago Magazine.

The Romeoville mayor also applauded Valley View School District 365U in general, calling plans to use solar energy to operate schools “innovative” and the 2017-18 expansion of the district’s preschool program “so key to the future of our community.”

Braidwood student takes part in speech contest The HERALD–NEWS BRAIDWOOD – Alex Meszaros, a seventh-grade Education Life Skills (ELS) student at Reed Custer Middle School in Braidwood, participated in the Illinois Elementary School Association Speech Contest on Nov. 12 at Coal City Middle School.

Alex joined the speech team at Reed-Custer Middle School and practiced for months to memorize his

lines. He was very excited to participate in the speech contest but was unable to participate at first due to the fact that his partner was unable to attend the contest.

But Jaina Dubbert, a sixth-grade student at RCMS, stepped in as Alex’s partner at the last minute, which allowed him to participate after all.

Alex memorized four pages of lines for the contest, and he received an award for participation.

• Sunday, February 12, 2017

JOLIET – Three Rivers Soccer Club will hold an instructional program to teach children ages 3 to 6 basic soccer skills and concepts.

The Little Champions program will be held Tuesdays, Feb. 14 to March 21, at Troy Craughwell Elementary School, 3333 Black Road in Joliet. Children ages 3 to 4 will meet from 5 to 5:45 p.m., and kids ages 5 to 6 will meet from 6 to 7 p.m.

The cost for the six-week program is $50 for 3- and 4-year-olds and $65 for 5- and 6-year-olds. Participants should wear athletic wear and shoes and bring a soccer ball, shin guards and a water bottle.

Little Champions will be taught by Three Rivers Soccer Club’s licensed, professional coaches. Boys and girls will learn introductory skills and foundational concepts as a groundwork for playing soccer.

For more information or to register for the Little Champions program, contact club secretary Lisa Galt at sec@ threeriverssoccerclub.com or call 815295-3835.

Three Rivers Soccer Club, based in Channahon and Minooka, fields boys’ and girls’ teams from the U7/U8 age group through high school. Players hail from Will and Grundy counties, including Joliet, Shorewood, Plainfield, Minooka, Channahon and Morris.

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Boys and girls will learn introductory skills and foundational concepts as a groundwork for playing soccer through the six-week Little Champions program.

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B R Porter Pride winners named I D A L CAPE Award nominations accepted Photo provided

On Dec. 20, Porter Pride recipients and their families were invited to attend a recognition breakfast, where they received a certificate commemorating the honor.

The HERALD–NEWS

LOCKPORT – Each quarter, Lockport Township High School teachers nominate exceptional students to be the recipients of the district’s Porter Pride award, which recognizes students who bring their best each and every day to school.

On Dec. 20, Porter Pride recipients and their families were invited to attend a recognition breakfast, where they received a certificate commemorating the honor. Students are nominat-

The HERALD–NEWS PLAINFIELD – District 202 community members are invited and encouraged to nominate a District 202 staff or community member for the 2017 CAPE Award. The CAPE Award was established in 1983 to honor an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary dedication and service within the Plainfield Community and schools.

CAPE is District 202’s committee for the Coordination of Administration and Parent groups for Educational efficiency. The group, comprising parents and district administrators represents all District 202 school and district-level parent organizations.

CAPE serves as a resource to and conduit between parent groups and

ed by teachers in each department.

Porter Pride winners include Tyler C. Nobis and Alyssa Longanecker, activities; Karlee Stortz, athletics; Mashal F. Hassan, career tech; Skyelar E. Aguilar, English; Laurel Kucharski, guidance; Senene T. Jones, guidance; Crystal Montoya, math; Nareen M. Bustami, MIS; Nathaniel G. Villacres, physical education; Giancarlo J. Garnica, ROTC; Grace M. Miller, science; Katherine E. Fritz, social studies; Madelyn G. Alvarado, visual and performing arts; and Mia S. Gomora, world languages.

district administration. CAPE has recognized parents, community members, teachers and staff members for their commitment to students, their schools and community since its inception.

Nominations can be made through the link posted on the front page of the District 202 website at www.psd202.org and all District 202 school websites.

Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. Feb. 28. This deadline will not be extended. Past winners cannot be nominated again. The online nomination form includes a list of past winners.

The 2017 CAPE Award winner will be announced and recognized at the 40th annual CAPE Award Reception and Award Ceremony, which will be at 6 p.m. April 27 at Plainfield North High School, 12005 S. 248th St., Plainfield.

PEOPLE BRIEF Norwegian National League of Chicago offers scholarships

11 and a $50 cash prize will be awarded to a student in grades fifth through eighth. Finally, a $25 cash prize will be The Norwegian National League of Chicago is offering scholarships and cash awarded to a student in grades first through fourth. prizes to deserving students who are of To qualify, older students must submit Norwegian heritage residing in the counan original essay on a Norwegian topic ties of Will, Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, and the students in first through fourth Kendall and McHenry.

The first scholarship for $1,000 will be grades must submit an original drawing depicting a Norwegian topic. Entries awarded to a high school senior with must be postmarked by March 1, 2017. a minimum 3.0 GPA and who has been For scholarship information and appliaccepted by a college or university.

Also, a $100 cash prize will be awarded cations, visit www.nnleague.org.

– The Herald-News to a high school student in grades nine to

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Talk to doc before giving kids peanuts tioned that approach. Instead, they began to investigate whether early exposure to peanuts could actually prevent an allergy from developing.

In a landmark study, infants at high risk of developing a peanut allergy were divided into two groups.

One group was given a snack that contained peanuts starting between the ages of 4 and 11 months, and until they turned 5. The children in the other group avoided peanuts. At the end of the study, the children who ate peanuts were more than 80 percent less likely to have a peanut allergy than those whose diet was peanut-free.

The upshot is that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has issued new guidelines.

The institute now proposes that children who are at risk of a peanut allergy can eat products that contain peanuts beginning when they are between 4 and 6 months of age. But – and this is crucial – only after they have been first tested to make sure they don’t already have a peanut allergy.

Our position, as always, is that you should first discuss this issue with your pediatrician or primary care physician.

With your doctor as both partner and guide, you have the best chance at a good and safe outcome.

• Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and primary care physician at UCLA Health.

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Dear Doctor: When it’s our turn to bring team snacks to the kids’ weekend soccer games, the most challenging part is accommodating so many allergies, especially to peanuts.

Is it true that there’s now a way to keep children from getting a peanut allergy in the first place?

Dear Reader: Food allergies among kids are a fact of life. In fact, the number of children who are allergic to one or more foods has increased by close to 50 percent in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food allergies affect 6 percent of American children.

An allergy occurs when the immune system flags a certain food as harmful, which sets off a physical reaction to that food.

The most common triggers are milk, eggs, soy, wheat, fish, shellfish, tree nuts and, as you point out, peanuts. Children with siblings who have a food allergy, or who have eczema or asthma, are at higher risk of developing a food allergy.

For a child with an allergy, even a trace of the problem food can cause reactions that range from mild to severe.

These include hives, rash, stomach and digestive upset, headache, nasal congestion, itchy eyes and breathing problems. In some cases, reactions can be so extreme as to be life-threatening.

The reasons for the recent surge in food allergies aren’t entirely clear. But several new studies into peanut allergies in children have both overturned accepted wisdom and offered parents new hope.

In the past, parents had been told to avoid feeding peanuts, or anything containing peanuts, to children at risk of developing an allergy until they reached the age of 3. But some researchers ques-

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Family photo album reveals a surprise in father’s past Dear Abby: My parents have been happily married for more than 30 years.

While flipping through an old family album recently, I discovered photos from a wedding many years ago that I had never seen before. Turns out, they were from my father’s FIRST wedding.

That’s when I realized his marriage to my mother was his second wedding.

I’d like to learn more about his first marriage, but it’s clearly something from my father’s past that I can’t talk to him about. I also wouldn’t want to sour relations with his side of the family by bringing it up with them. What should I do? – Wants to Know More Dear Wants to Know More: The shortest distance between two points is a direct line. How do you know this is “clearly” something your father won’t discuss? If his first marriage was a deep dark secret, those photos would

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DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips not have been kept in an album. The solution to your question would be to tell him you saw them and ask him to tell you about it. He may have learned lessons from his first marriage from which you could benefit.

Dear Abby: I am a man in my late 20s dating my on-and-off-again boyfriend of five years. I dread the parties and family gatherings he brings me to. I’m polite and good at holding conversations, but generally quiet around his friends and family members I don’t know well.

He jokingly puts me down at each event and says things like, “Why do I even bring you?” or, “Thanks for not

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doing or saying anything” (which isn’t true). When I tell him afterward that I find his jibes offensive and suggest maybe he should date someone else who doesn’t irritate him at social events, he either plays it off as “joking” or says, “Well, it’s true.”

Any advice on how to handle this situation? – Quiet One in Pennsylvania Dear Quiet One: Humiliating someone isn’t funny; it is cruel. If the shoe were on the other foot, I’m sure your boyfriend wouldn’t like to be on the receiving end. If you have told him you don’t like his jibes and want them stopped and yet he persists, handle it by re-evaluating your relationship and looking for someone who is more sensitive to hang out with. If the ridicule happens often, it may be a clue that you are really not compatible.

Dear Abby: I lost my mother a month

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ago. I just could not accept it because she was always there for me through the good and bad times. I would like to know how long my grieving period will last for me. – Son Mourning in Michi-

gan Dear Son Mourning: Please accept my

sympathy for the loss of your mother.

To answer your question, there is no set timetable for grief, and there are different stages of it. Right now, your grief is intense because it is fresh. With time, that intensity should fade to a level where it is tolerable. A grief support group could provide you the chance to talk about your feelings. Although you will always miss your mother, the sadness of her loss should not rule your life.

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby. com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – You have the charm, knowledge and ability to get things done, putting you in an excellent position to advance personally and professionally.

Your input will be appreciated and your ability to turn your ideas into reality commended. Don’t let emotional deception or disillusionment cloud your vision.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You will be able to make important decisions and bring about positive change if you trust in your abilities and pay little attention to any negativity you encounter.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Emotions will be close to the surface, and unrealistic plans will lead to dis-

illusionment and setbacks. Think before you engage in something that borders on the impossible.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Don’t let uncertainty lead to a mistake. Moderation and common sense will help you avoid trouble. Do your best to assist others and stay focused on what’s important.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Emotional matters will escalate if you get into a debate. Diplomacy will help you avoid negativity and complaints. Listen carefully to another’s case, but do whatever is in your best interest.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Keep track of your investments, assets and possessions personally.

Letting someone else handle your affairs will result in mistakes. Listen to emotional pleas, but don’t let anyone manipulate you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – A gathering that gives you the opportunity to share your ideas and plans with close friends or relatives is encouraged, as long as you avoid indulgent behavior and overspending.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Demands and responsibilities will be put on you due to circumstances beyond your control. You will be praised if you take care of the needs of elders and youngsters.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Emotions will be challenging. Try to see situations clearly and listen to what others have to say. Your insight will only be as good as your ability to recognize truth.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Share your plans with someone you want to spend more time with. Love and romance are featured and will help you make a

marked improvement to your lifestyle.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Use your intuitive insight when dealing with personal matters. Trust in yourself, not in what others say or do. A creative outlet will help you avoid getting involved in someone else’s affairs.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Emotional situations will escalate if you are gullible or trust someone who uses dubious techniques to sway your opinion. Personal gains will result if you trust in your experience, knowledge and skills.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Take the time to go over personal, legal, financial or medical concerns.

Don’t feel pressured to join a group or participate in an event that doesn’t interest you. Avoid impulsive and indulgent individuals.

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4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom townhome style condo. Great end unit with 2 minute walk to school and 10 minute walk to clubhouse, pool, playground and baseball fields. Fresh paint. New carpet. Master suite has private bath. Offered at $149,900. Thomas Mulvey, Managing Broker, 730-1900 x22 MLS# 09495139

4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bathroom 2-story on large cul-de-sac lot. Plenty of room— living room, separate dining room, family room and partially finished basement. Great location near shopping and forest preserve paths. Offered at $140,000. Jane Hopkins, 730-1900 x23. MLS# 09396868

FOR RENT Main floor. No stairs. 1,000 square feet. Great location. Access from Jefferson Street and Reedwood Drive. $1,200 per month Thomas Mulvey, Managing Broker, 730-1900 x22.

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The indoor and outdoor dining areas at a $250 million mansion in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles. The mansion, the most expensive home listed in the U.S., includes 12 bedroom suites, 21 bathrooms, five bars, three gourmet kitchens, a spa and an 85-foot infinity swimming pool with stunning views of Los Angeles.

America’s priciest home listing LA mega-mansion is chock-full of features at a cool $250 million

By AMANDA LEE MYERS The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – In the exclusive Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles sits a new monument to opulence, a $250 million mega-mansion that’s now the most expensive home listed in the United States.

The four-level, 38,000-square-foot mansion comes with a seven-member staff, a $30 million car collection and an infinity pool complete with a swim-up bar, 270-degree views of the city and a monstrous 20-foot outdoor television.

It has 12 bedroom suites, 21 bath-

rooms, five bars, three gourmet kitchens, a spa, a 40-seat movie theater and a bowling alley.

The mansion was built on speculation, or with no buyer in mind. And only 3,000 people in the world could afford to buy it, said Bruce Makowsky, the developer and owner of the home, who made his fortune as a handbag designer.

The Associated Press recently interviewed Makowsky inside the mansion. Here’s what he had to say about why he built it and who would spend $250 million on a house.

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A wall of candy dispensers is in the lounge area.

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Continued from page 56 Q: Why did you build this house?

A: “After being on major me-

ga-yachts across the world and on beautiful private aircraft, it didn’t make sense to me people were spending $350 million on a boat, $100 million on a plane and they’re living in $20 million and $30 million homes ...

The homes have not kept up with the toys. So my feeling is if you’re going to spend over 12 hours a day in your home it should be the most amazing experience in the world.”

Q: What is it like being inside the house?

A: “I would say it’s the eighth

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Q: How did you reach $250 million for the listing price?

A: “The reason it’s $250 million

is because of all the work for the past four years of having 300 people inside here, the art curations inside

the house. We have over $30 million worth of cars, exotic sports cars and vintage cars ... We have a 270-degree view from the snow-covered mountains all the way down to LA. Seven full-time staff come with the house, which is crazy.

“So if you want the best chef in the world, you have her, and if you want a masseuse we have you all hooked

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up ... We have water features that go completely around the house. We have stones from 50 different quarries from around the world, the most beautiful precious stones running through the house ... I truly believe the value is here.”

Q: Why would someone spend so much money on a house, even with all these amenities?

A: “It’s the kind of thing where I can’t sell it. Somebody has to fall in love with it and die over it. And when a person sitting with $2 billion, $5 billion or $20 billion in the bank and it’s just a number, do they really want to enjoy every second of their life – because this isn’t rehearsal, this is real life – or do they just want to look at a number in the bank?”

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wonder of the world. I’ve had a couple people come in here and say it’s in the top seven – one of the other seven could go away ... Every single inch of this house is breathtaking. It’s a sensory overload. I’ve shown this house about 25 times now. People go in and use just about every adjective on half of the lower level. There’s no more adjectives. They just become numb.

Every single thing in this house makes you feel like you’re in heaven.”

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The 85-foot infinity swimming pool at a $250 million mansion in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles.

The mansion also includes 12 bedroom suites, 21 bathrooms, five bars, three gourmet kitchens, a spa and stunning views of Los Angeles.

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Simple ways to cheer up your home in winter

By MELISSA RAYWORTH The Associated Press

During these chilly and gray days of mid-winter, many of us look to our homes as sanctuaries. The standard advice for cheering up your living space is to add a few splashes of bright, happy color, says designer Maxwell Ryan.

But while that may seem like an easy solution, he says, it’s actually not very effective. To create a home that really helps battle the mid-winter blues, you need more than just a pop of color.

The Associated Press asked Ryan, founder of the home decor website apartmenttherapy.com, and two other interior designers – Florida-based Laura Burleson and New York-based Jenny Kirschner – for advice on small décor changes that can lift spirits and brighten up a home.

BRING NATURE IN

In February, many people are craving time outdoors and missing the natural energy of growing plants and flowers, Ryan says. “We’ve watched our plants die outside or the leaves fall from the trees,” and we’re due for an infusion of healthy, growing life, he says.

So add a few new plants to your home – perhaps succulents arranged in a kitchen window, or flowering branches in a large vase. Or plant flowering bulbs indoors in a large, deep bowl (try paperwhites or amaryllis) and enjoy tending them as they begin to bloom.

“Even if you just go to the corner store and bring in cut flowers,” Ryan says, you’ll be adding a bit of nature’s energy to your home.

Or consider swapping out old lampshades or adding a new lamp.

“Spread your light around down at the level you live at,” Ryan says, so that it’s “closer to you, closer to your face.

You’ll look better and feel better.”

Designers recommend having at least three points of light in any room. Once you have plenty of light sources, make sure you use them by adding dimmers to control the light, and upgrading so that several lights can be turned on from a single knob or switch. Ryan has begun using Philips Hue bulbs, which can be controlled by SHIMMER AND GLOW smartphone and adjusted for brightAdd “a little glimmer of light” to ness and color. your living space, Burleson says, by “My living room has five lights in adding shiny elements like metals, cut it,” he says, and they’re now easily glass and lucite. These help natural controlled via his smartphone. He light bounce around a room even when notes that if he had to switch each days are short. The goal is to make the one on individually when he arrived most of what light there is. In a home home on winter nights, “it probably in Colorado, she recently swapped out wouldn’t happen.” old kitchen hardware for shimmering Another way to make a room’s clear agate knobs, and included metal- lighting more welcoming: Light your lic elements in a mix of finishes. fireplace if you have one, Kirschner Burleson also suggests adding says, or create a similar feeling by metals in warm colors that “hint of clustering glass hurricane vases with spring,” such as a copper, brass and pillar candles inside. Arrange several rose gold. together on a coffee table, she says, All three designers suggest improv- “and light those when you come home ing the happy glow of your home by from work.” swapping out any lightbulbs that offer cold or harsh light. Kirschner says FAUX FUR AND FRAGRANCE It’s easy to create an uplifting senhardware store employees can help sory experience in your home by addyou find the most appealing “daylight ing faux sheepskins, faux-fur throws, bulbs” to bring a sense of sunshine in and rugs or pillows made of cashmere during gray winter days.

ABOVE: A room designed

by Florida-based interior designer Laura Burleson where she used gold-tone metal hardware, accessories and lighting to bring a warm glow to this home office, then added a cozy throw blanket and flowers to make this practical space feel brighter and more cheerful at any time of year. LEFT: Uplifting words are printed in a subtle shade of gold and elegantly framed in pale gold metal.

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or soft wool, says Kirschner.

Ryan agrees: Make sure you have pleasing textures around you, he says, including underfoot. Little touches can make a big difference. Try adding a sheepskin or soft blanket over a chair that you use when working at home.

Kirschner also suggests adding pleasing fragrances to your space.

Choose organically scented candles, or simply take items from your kitchen (lemon and orange slices, cloves and

nutmeg, or other fruits and spices) and steep them in water in a heat-safe container over a votive or tea light candle.

INSPIRING WORDS

Several years ago, Burleson decorated a home office with the uplifting words “Don’t Ever Let Anyone Dull Your Sparkle” printed in a subtle shade of gold in a delicate brass frame.

It serves as “a very, very simple, elegant little pick-me-up,” she says.

TRANSACTIONS

BOLINGBROOK

CHANNAHON

$217,000, 22804 S Boardwalk Pl, Channahon 60410-3152, 06-34-426-016-0000, John B Frye to Marcus Mckinney, December 13 $157,500, 24414 S Edwin Dr, Channahon 60410-9617, 10-09-404-007-0000, First Midwest Bank Trustee to Ricky A Knudsen, December 4

ELWOOD

$184,000, 913 Laurel Dr, Elwood 604216087, 11-20-201-006-0000, Dung Van Nguyen to Andria A Gutierrez, August 21

FRANKFORT

$228,000, 20438 S White Fence Ct, Frankfort 60423-8709, 09-13-403-013-0000, Jay R Boban to Rana Chaaban, November 26 $320,000, 19928 Crystal Lake Way, Frankfort 60423-8829, 09-09-206-014-0000, Joseph J Zawacki Jr to Blaine A Teters & Janet M Teters, November 29 $295,000, 9141 Arbour Walk Dr, Frankfort 60423-8814, 09-22-414-029-0000, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Trustee to Joan Tillman, March 28

HOMER GLEN

$255,000, 12440 Country View Ln, Homer

Glen 60491-8015, 05-24-104-004-0000, Mack Industries Ltd to Mallory R Mcclelland & Keith A Mcclelland, December 8

60435-3404, 07-06-413-001-0000, Virginia M Governale Estate to John Simotes & Betty Lou Simotes, April 28 $185,000, 914 Alann Dr, Joliet 604353823, 07-06-414-001-0000, BA Solutions LLC to Ernestina Aguirre, July 25 $107,000, 914 Alann Dr, Joliet 604353823, 07-06-414-001-0000, Goodwin Trust to Kimberly Williams, February 16 $51,000, 913 Gael Dr D, Joliet 60435-2983, 06-01-409-044-0000, Will County Sheriff to Omer Mustafa, July 29 $96,000, 912 Vine St, Joliet 60435-4639, 07-04-323-006-0000, Harvey E Richards Estate to Gail R Murphy, June 2 $55,000, 911 N Raynor Ave, Joliet 604354652, 07-05-419-035-1015, Deutsche Bank Natl Trt Co Trustee to Angelica Osusuky, July 29 $150,000, 911 Westminster Rd, Joliet 60435-3403, 07-06-412-009-0000, Marie J Bush to Pedro Garcia Jr & Norma A Ponce Gonzalez, July 25 $125,000, 911 Pearson Dr, Joliet 604353253, 07-06-309-026-0000, GBRE 7 LLC Development to Benjamin J Rahtjen & Carabeth T Rahtjen, April 14 $81,000, 905 Barthelme Ave, Joliet 604353804, 07-05-323-019-0000, Tricia Spencer to John R Lacey, August 10 $72,500, 905 Barthelme Ave, Joliet 604353804, 07-05-323-019-0000, John R Lacey to Jill M Maguire, November 22

JOLIET

$60,000, 2206 Benedict Ave, Joliet 604361161, 07-18-105-015-0000, Wells Fargo Bank to Pedro F Carrillo, September 6 $58,000, 911 Clement St, Joliet 604354614, 07-04-319-023-0000, Barbara J Zielinski to Stephen J Rutten, February 18 $266,500, 3135 Rosemont Dr, Joliet 60435-4969, 06-12-309-008-0000, Lee A Sicinski to Brian J Chmielowicz & Kimberly A Chmielowicz, November 4 $114,500, 3760 Pandola Ave, Joliet 60431-2732, 06-02-109-009-0000, Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC to Maricarmen Carrillo, November 23 $140,000, 910 Donnie Ct, Joliet 604354443, 07-05-414-041-0000, Short Trust to Ruben Bautista Rodriguez & Nubia Rocio Ochoa, September 16 $140,000, 910 Kelly Ave, Joliet 604354649, 07-04-317-010-0000, Insource East Properties Inc to Jesse Villagran & Kelsey Montemayor, May 19 $210,000, 911 Addleman St, Joliet 604318768, 06-02-301-024-0000, James Mcfarland to Nicholas E Kierstein, August 29 $84,500, 913 Summit St, Joliet 604354607, 07-04-413-022-0000, Mohammad Tariq Chaudhry to Santiago Aquino Suarez & Juana Erika Macias Gutierrez, June 21 $155,000, 914 Westminster Rd, Joliet

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$225,000, 1040 Walden Ct, Bolingbrook 60440-1414, 02-08-204-021-0000, Brenda C Carr to Judith Pierre Jacques, November 30 $215,000, 911 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook 60440-5217, 02-08-479-004-0000, Daniel B Askins to Emad Soliman & Mervet Soliman, May 10 $105,000, 157 Balmoral Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-2444, 02-11-411-015-0000, Vinicio Diaz to Lorenzo Flores & Martha Flores Mejia, November 18 $93,000, 332 Delaware Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-1817, 02-10-206-043-0000, Tracy L Rizner to Elsie Linda Nketia & Akwasi A Nketia, November 30 $192,000, 514 Castle Ct, Bolingbrook 60440-2510, 02-12-108-014-0000, Antonia S Llanes to Oliverio Govea Vargas, November 2 $170,000, 224 S Ashbury Ave, Bolingbrook 60440-3001, 02-14-210-025-0000, C2A Properties LLC to Geraldo Rivera & Cindy Rivera, November 18 $160,000, 144 Newport Dr, Bolingbrook 60440-2827, 02-15-103-008-0000, Kevin R Kapl to Natoya L Robinson, December 15

$116,500, 584 N Division St, Braidwood 60408-1409, 24-07-200-047-0000, Cindy M Plese to Cody Maske & Hailey C Maske, November 30

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS • Continued from page 59 $113,500, 905 Grand Blvd, Joliet 604361549, 07-17-214-025-0000, Battista Casanova to Thomas E Farr, February 1 $175,000, 904 Stonegate Ct, Joliet 604353482, 07-06-317-012-0000, Terence Brooks to Erie Weddington, November 1 $200,000, 906 Farragut Pl, Joliet 604356010, 07-08-233-003-0000, David A Carlson to Ryan P Southcomb & Heather K Southcomb, September 7 $172,000, 906 Greenleaf Dr, Joliet 604369723, 06-24-104-004-0000, TD Real Estate Investment LLC to Corey Tucker, November 10 $175,000, 905 Greenleaf Dr, Joliet 604369724, 06-24-102-006-0000, Corum LLC to Michael A Ternes & Megan E Garrigan, September 23 $75,000, 904 Gardner St, Joliet 604332436, 07-22-106-002-0000, First Midwest Bank Trustee to Jose Martinez, May 24 $155,000, 904 Dawes Ave, Joliet 604354442, 07-05-423-001-0000, Patrick S Schumacher to Chancellor C Carter & Lauren A Von Holst, June 10 $95,000, 906 Mason Ave, Joliet 604355904, 07-08-214-003-0000, Fernando X Villarruel to Shannon M Newsome, June 1 $132,500, 903 Caton Ave, Joliet 604355977, 07-08-214-011-0000, US Bank NA to James Vanek, August 18 $105,000, 902 Grand Blvd, Joliet 60436-

1579, 07-17-215-011-0000, Catherine Cookas to Marrvel E Martin, February 26 $109,000, 902 Brentwood Dr, Joliet 604353206, 07-06-309-009-0000, All In Buyers Inc to Alfonso Bautista, March 5 $235,000, 815 Cassie Dr, Joliet 60435-2935, 06-01-307-016-0000, Larry W Laux to Todd R Baker & Kimberly A Baker, November 21 $80,000, 805 Gael Dr A, Joliet 60435-2986, 06-01-409-001-0000, Fannie Mae to Jacqueline Velez, December 21 $130,000, 716 Plainfield Rd, Joliet 604356138, 07-09-100-016-0000, Barry Mead to Matthew Whims, November 22 $119,000, 904 Cypress Ln, Joliet 604353216, 07-06-307-009-0000, Stephen J Nasser to Alysha D Welch & Stephen A Helis, April 25 $124,000, 909 N Center St, Joliet 604354611, 07-04-323-023-0000, Benito Garcia to Ramiro Aguirre & Amalia Alivizo Padilla, June 16 $175,000, 909 Mission Blvd, Joliet 604369716, 06-24-104-021-0000, Michael J Gornick Jr to Joseph R Robinson, April 22 $145,000, 907 Magnolia Dr, Joliet 604353013, 06-01-407-024-0000, Kenneth P Heinzel to Cory Wheet & Bernadette Mahoney Wheet, June 20 $158,000, 907 Plaza Dr, Joliet 60435-3840, 07-05-321-009-0000, Patricia M Raue to Hope Novak, July 20 • Continued on page 61

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS $168,500, 906 Westminster Rd, Joliet 60435-3404, 07-06-413-005-0000, John Voight to Sean Glogoza & Mayra Ramirez, June 30 $145,000, 909 Oakland Ave, Joliet 604354626, 07-04-318-024-0000, DF Properties LLC to Bradley Skoczylas, September 30 $150,000, 908 Mason Ave, Joliet 604355904, 07-08-214-002-0000, Nicholas D Arcy to Christine M Gruben, August 12 $73,000, 908 Croghan Ave, Joliet 604362763, 07-17-422-011-0000, John S Mcclintock to James Confiliano, August 26

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$141,000, 913 Clinton St, Lockport 604412829, 04-23-301-004-0000, Richard Hargis to Jennifer S Boyle, November 29 $215,000, 17201 Arrow Head Dr, Lockport 60441-7699, 05-30-404-014-0000, Meehan Trust to William W Spee Sr & Gwen G Spee, December 29 $160,000, 915 Madison St, Lockport 60441-3431, 04-23-405-012-0000, Alex Jump to Amanda D Wilczynski, May 2 • Continued on page 63

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$566,500, 628 Woodglen Ct, Lemont 60439-3100, 22-28-113-015-0000, Woodglen Development LLC to David L Bruff & Joann Bruff, January 23 $277,500, 911 Hillview Dr, Lemont 604394333, 22-29-233-008-0000, Kenneth C Wojtanek to Ryan N Nolan, September 15 $240,000, 1050 Talcott Ave, Lemont 60439-2750, 22-20-409-015-1012, Joseph J Montalto to John Dilenschneider & Monica Dilenschneider, December 19 $285,000, 14575 Albany Ave, Lemont 60439-4599, 22-28-220-036-0000, George J Moustis to Sylvia E Deal, November 20 $190,000, 1030 Tadeusz Way, Lemont 60439-2100, 22-27-410-003-0000, Clayback Development LLC to John S Lehuta & Mary F

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Lehuta, September 2 $454,000, 12917 Waterford Dr, Lemont 60439-2762, 22-35-207-014-0000, Inspired

By Design LLC to Francisc Tamas & Ibolya J Tamas, December 29 $800,000, 12827 Tullamore Ln, Lemont 60439-2777, 22-35-204-002-0000, Inspired

By Design LLC to Timothy M Bromberek & Adrienne E Bromberek, November 29 $336,500, 13020 Birch Path Ct, Lemont 60439-7459, 22-31-200-007-0000, Lemont 19 LLC to Steven Gresko, December 6 $382,500, 1235 Acorn St, Lemont 604396429, 22-32-109-012-0000, Deborah M Latz to John C Povalish & Erin M Povalish, January 20 $357,000, 20 Lahinch Dr, Lemont 604397734, 22-34-103-028-0000, James Nowak to Mark Mcmillin & Nancy Mcmillin, December 5

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS $418,440, 16132 W Sagebrook Dr, Lockport 60441-4144, 05-19-412-012-0000, M I Homes of Chicago LLC to Joseph M Roberts, December 6 $81,000, 901 S Lincoln St 1N, Lockport 60441-3671, 04-23-410-016-1003, Wilmington Sav Fund Soc Trustee to Donald A Hubbs, April 8 $284,000, 902 Sherwood Ct, Lockport 60441-2798, 04-13-204-026-0000, William Malinow to Michael T Andrews & Christine M Andrews, July 15

MANHATTAN

$402,360, 13754 W Lake Shore Ct, Manhattan 60442-8193, 12-10-206-015-0000, First Bank of Manhattan Trustee to Jason E Finley & Deana L Finley, November 11

MOKENA

NEW LENOX

$279,900, 415 Essex Ln, New Lenox 60451-1514, 08-18-109-035-0000, Flahive Trust to Victor Brown & Ceige Brown, December 2 $454,500, 914 Wisconsin Rd, New Lenox 60451-2264, 08-21-409-029-0000, Winslow Ventures Corp to Robert C Hansen & Lisa R Hansen, December 19 $312,000, 2942 Southwind Dr, New Lenox 60451-9252, 08-24-410-047-0000, Meagher Trust to Jeremiah J Gericke, November 21 $75,000, 306 Sunset Trl, New Lenox 60451-1811, 08-22-103-050-0000, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Tina Nguyen & Thu Giang Nguyen, October 18 $230,000, 915 Herr Dr, New Lenox 604512028, 08-14-402-017-0000, Rose Rentals LP to Ian Prudhoe & Patricia Prudhoe, June 24 $344,800, 671 Gibbons Dr, New Lenox 60451-3408, 08-10-406-009-0000, James

PLAINFIELD

$665,000, 13249 S Lake Mary Dr, Plainfield 60585-2651, 01-35-405-036-0000, Horvath Trust to Harold A Nuetzmann & Judith A Nuetzmann, December 9 $192,000, 14000 S Ironwood Dr, Plainfield 60544-6380, 04-06-108-011-0000, Maodush Trust to Joshua Jordan & Gina Jordan, December 7 $215,500, 21015 W Hazelnut Ln, Plainfield 60544-9342, 04-06-276-009-0000, Bangert Trust to Mark G Garbe & Karen M Garbe, December 9 $317,500, 2407 Monterey Dr, Plainfield 60586-8474, 03-29-306-008-0000, Brian Mason to Michael E Noble & Sarah J Wojew-

ocki, December 2 $232,000, 25047 Edison Ln, Plainfield 60585-2241, 01-20-409-006-0000, Eric Rietow to Alexandru Sprinceana, December 5 $232,000, 6613 Morningstar Ln, Plainfield 60586-6908, 03-30-213-008-0000, Nery Fajardo to Christopher Marchinski & Merideth Marchinski, December 28 $157,000, 13415 Tall Pines Ln, Plainfield 60544-7480, 02-31-476-003-0000, Ortega Trust to Roslyn Jones Forde & Erwin B Forde, December 21

ROMEOVILLE

$145,000, 214 W Savannah Dr, Romeoville 60446-4119, 04-05-217-029-0000, Stephen C Tucker to Martin Guzman Jr & Yolanda Guzman Sanchez, October 19 $131,000, 913 E Savannah Dr, Romeoville 60446-4124, 04-05-217-083-0000, James J Poustka to Lawrence Moore, September 27 $115,000, 912 E Savannah Dr, Romeoville 60446-4250, 04-05-218-153-0000, Bank of New York Mellon Trustee to Bryan Kowalczyk, July 13 $115,000, 602 Nelson Ave, Romeoville 60446-1244, 02-33-200-026-0000, Maria A Gutierrez to Raymundo Carrillo & Elena Carrillo, December 29

SHOREWOOD

$280,000, 911 Marion Dr, Shorewood 60404-9503, 06-04-311-003-0000, Peter C Glaser to Daniel C Nigro & Kathleen N Nigro, May 13 $298,500, 1611 Hunter Dr, Shorewood 60404-0692, 06-17-106-002-0000, Gregory L Mareci to Thomas A Papandria, December 2 $280,000, 910 Butterfield Cir E, Shorewood 60404-8143, 06-20-205-014-0000, Gary Powers to David L Seneker & Patrice L Seneker, July 29 $200,000, 911 Caprice Dr, Shorewood 60404-9159, 06-16-303-027-0000, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Trustee to Andrew Pazzali, August 18 $237,500, 909 Ranchwood Dr, Shorewood 60404-9112, 06-16-301-018-0000, Allan C Hostert to Amparo Medina, December 7 $262,000, 904 Farmstead Ln, Shorewood 60404-9800, 06-04-310-012-0000, Michael A Hoppes to Robert J Brost & Jacqueline A Brost, May 4

$285,000, 906 Butterfield Cir W, Shorewood 60404-8135, 06-28-207-001-0000, Michael R Mrozek to Erin Bauknight, June 29 $270,000, 905 Wildflower Dr, Shorewood 60404-9549, 06-05-402-005-0000, Chad A Timm to Jill Pavlis, March 23 $275,600, 908 Bittersweet Ln, Shorewood 60404-9526, 06-05-403-011-0000, Joshua R Elwell to Zachary J Dewtiz & Darlene Dewitz, August 24 $264,500, 908 Butterfield Cir W, Shorewood 60404-8135, 06-20-207-005-0000, Thomas J Koss to Adam C Willey & Janet L Willey, September 19 $217,000, 908 Caprice Dr, Shorewood 60404-9160, 06-16-301-029-0000, Atg Trust Co Trustee to Samantha Quigley, May 20 $232,500, 908 Robin Hill Dr, Shorewood 60404-9611, 06-09-302-002-0000, Earl L Fromm to Lawrence L Steven & Lynnette A Steven, May 27 $237,000, 901 Sycamore Dr, Shorewood 60404-2534, 06-20-106-020-0000, Bank of New York Mellon Trustee to Ronald L Sullivan, June 7 $224,974, 904 Callaway Dr W, Shorewood 60404-8152, 06-20-209-020-0000, US Bank NA Trustee to Tamara D Smith, September 30 $183,000, 903 Cobblestone Ct, Shorewood 60404-9608, 06-09-307-018-0000, Candace A Jeffers to Samuel H Plant, September 23 $159,900, 902 Valencia Dr, Shorewood 60404-9171, 06-16-404-001-0000, Noble Trust to David B Nelson Jr, July 26 $262,000, 909 Marion Dr, Shorewood 60404-9503, 06-04-311-002-0000, Bryan P Stevenson to Marvin Dew, July 6 $220,900, 904 Phelps Ln, Shorewood 60404-8540, 06-04-309-003-0000, S Daniel J Rayhill to Tony Seay & Lidia Seay, September 30 $264,000, 902 Bay Hill Ln, Shorewood 60404-8168, 06-20-208-005-0000, Joseph T Quinn to Jason Vitas & Stacy Vitas, September 20

WILMINGTON

$154,000, 914 Waterford Ct, Wilmington 60481-2327, 17-36-407-031-0000, Hope Janisco to Everett Dean Walters Sr & Myrna Lee Walters, April 28

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$126,500, 11238 195th St, Mokena 604481322, 09-07-209-005-0000, Star Trust to Matthew Krzeczowski, December 28 $290,000, 9036 Kinvara Ave, Mokena 60448-8388, 09-10-201-034-0000, Lawrence T Andretich to Kevin J Allen & Kristy G Allen, December 16 $305,000, 9019 Willow Ln, Mokena 60448-8374, 09-10-401-011-0000, Michael J Cichy to John M Kot & Jessica S Hulet, June 28 $55,000, 11244 194th St, Mokena 60448, 09-07-207-019-0000, Maria T Cernauskas to Michael Ricchiuto & Patricia Ricchiuto, December 15 $277,000, 904 N Glenmore St, Mokena 60448, 04-13-214-006-0000, Bernard E Wilhelmi to William T O Brien, April 13 $270,000, 10508 Willow Ave, Mokena 60448-1777, 09-08-429-020-0000, Bridges Trust to Michael A Meyers, December 21 $267,000, 9092 Liscanor Ave, Mokena 60448-9024, 09-10-401-015-0000, Fannie Mae to Michael J Ripoli & Natalie E Ripoli, March 7

Kauss to Mary E Fialkowski, December 2 $220,000, 913 N Cedar Rd, New Lenox 60451-1415, 08-16-206-018-0000, Robert Dieringer to Michael J Mcguire, October 12 $205,000, 909 W Haven Ave, New Lenox 60451-2141, 08-16-307-005-0000, James A Kestel to Aaron M Clemans, October 25 $355,800, 901 Ruthenbeck Ln, New Lenox 60451-2585, 08-23-111-008-0000, Winslow Ventures Corp to Kenneth J Pinkowski Jr & Bryana J Pinkowski, September 9 $227,000, 906 Timber Pl 4A, New Lenox 60451-2496, 08-28-303-011-1000, Marion A Lindgren to Allen E Hulford & Gertrude C Hulford, February 19 $280,000, 907 Blandford Ave, New Lenox 60451-8626, 08-05-354-012-0000, Lynne Pigney to Mark A Estrada & Amy L Estrada, August 8 $265,000, 909 S Bentley Rd, New Lenox 60451-3622, 08-22-476-009-0000, Paul E Fox to Terry J Hartigan, June 22 $264,900, 909 S Pine St, New Lenox 60451-2241, 08-21-410-007-0000, Janice J Erdakos to Brian G Lambie & Amanda M Lambie, August 10 $244,000, 909 Armstrong Ln, New Lenox 60451-2127, 08-21-302-017-0000, Joseph Greed to David Taylor, October 31 $135,000, 905 Shagbark Rd, New Lenox 60451-3103, 08-28-305-013-1004, Schleeter Trust to Edwin L Bierschenk & Molly A Woulfe, July 26 $352,500, 770 Willowfield Ct, New Lenox 60451-1504, 08-23-316-030-0000, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Trustee to Brian J Applegate & Megan J Applegate, November 18

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Robert Orben, a comedy writer, penned: “Every speaker has a mouth; / An arrangement rather neat. / Sometimes it’s filled with wisdom. / Sometimes it’s filled with feet.”

There are times at the bridge table when you feel as though you must get out from under your own feet. In this deal, for example, South is in four spades. West leads the heart ace and continues with the heart king. Everything looks so easy, but what must declarer do?

North made a support double over West’s two-heart intervention, which showed exactly three-card spade support, but did not define his point-count. South, with an opening bid of his own, jumped to game, trusting that North would bid more in the unlikely event that he had extra values, and West had made a very weak vulnerable overcall.

The contract looked easy, with South apparently having 10 winners via five spades and five clubs. But after ruffing the heart king, cashing his spade ace and playing a spade to dummy’s king, East’s diamond discard was a blow.

South paused, then saw the solution. He cashed two top clubs, then finished removing West’s trumps, and declarer, on the fourth round of spades, ditched dummy’s last club.

South took three more tricks with his remaining high clubs to make his contract.

Finally, note that if East had bravely raised hearts, despite zero points and being vulnerable, West might have taken the push to five hearts, knowing that East was very short in spades. Five hearts doubled goes down two, or perhaps only one if North does not lead a trump very early in the defense to cut down those spade ruffs.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE VILLAGE OF MANHATTAN, ILLINOIS The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Manhattan shall hold a public hearing at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at the Manhattan Village Hall, 260 Market Place, Manhattan, Illinois, to consider the following petition for a Special Use Permit and Variance: The petition of Amin Panjwani for a Special Use Permit to operate a drive-through and a Variation of the front yard landscape setback requirements, to permit pavement within 10 feet of the lot line (Ordinance requires a minimum of 20') in a C-3, General Commercial District upon the following generally described real estate: Market Place Shopping Center, Northeast corner of Market Place and U.S. Route 52.

P.I.N. 14-12-17-902-000-0000 At which time and place all interested persons may appear and be heard.

Mattie Becker Village Clerk (Published in the Herald-News February 12, 2017) 1265400

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE VILLAGE OF MANHATTAN, ILLINOIS The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Manhattan shall hold a public hearing at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at the Manhattan Village Hall, 260 Market Place, Manhattan, Illinois, to consider the following petition for variation: The petition of Amanda Romadka for variation of the front yard setback requirements, to permit a 6' fence within 17.5' and 23.6' of the front lot lines on a corner lot (Ordinance requires a minimum of 30') in a R-1, SingleFamily Residential District, upon the following generally described real estate: 460 S. Eastern, Manhattan, IL. At which time and place all interested persons may appear and be heard.

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