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ON THE COVER Sgt. Jim Presnak and Officer Chris Kuehlem wave from atop the Dunkin’ Donuts on Route 47 in Yorkville. See story on page 10. Photo by Eric Miller - emiller@shawmedia.com
Yorkville American Legion’s Memorial Day service set for Monday in Town Square Park KENDALL COUNTY RECORD The Yorkville American Legion is inviting all area residents to attend the Legion’s annual Memorial Day service from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 30, in Town Square Park. The program for the service will be as follows: Prelude: Yorkville Middle School Band: “Tribute Overture” Julie Fischer, Band Director; Boy Scout Troop 40 will distribute American Flags to the children, Jeff Jerabek Scout Master; Yorkville American Legion Post 489 Honor Guard & Rifle Squad will march in; Yorkville Boy Scouts will march in and post the colors; Yorkville Boy Scouts will lead us in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance; Welcome and Introductions: Mrs. of Ceremony Carol Falato; Introduction of our Guest Vocalist: 14 year old Yorkville resident, Sheridan Archibald; Sheridan will sing “The Star Spangled Banner,” Middle
Yorkville VFW announces Memorial Day services
The Yorkville VFW will hold a Memorial Day service at the Plattville Lutheran Church Cemetery, 5475 Bell Road in Minooka, on Sunday, May 29, at 10 a.m. A service will be at the Plattville Cemetery, across from Plattville United Methodist Church located at Church and Plattville roads in Yorkville, at 11 a.m. the same morning.
School Band, Michael Lipinski Band Director; Yorkville Legion Chaplain Bob Leonard will read the American Legion’s Memorial Day Prayer; Honor Guests: Hines Hospital Vets; Introduction: Honorable Mayor Gary J. Golinski; Introduction: Yorkville American Legion Post Commander Tim Conrarady; Introduction: Yorkville Middle School Band “America The Beautiful” Michael Lipinski, Band Director; Introduction: Guest Speaker Dr. John Morello; Introduction: Ladies Auxiliary: Lisa Podbevsek and Carol Reuter, Presenters of the Wreath; Introduc-
Vanisko named general manager for Yorkville, Joliet, Morris publications SHAW MEDIA JOLIET – Steve Vanisko has been named general manager of the Yorkville-based Kendall County Record group, as well as its sister publications The (Joliet) Herald-News and Morris Herald-News. Vanisko is a lifelong Joliet resident who graduated from Joliet Catholic Academy in 1982 and the University of St. Francis in 1986. He started with The Herald-News in December 1986 as an account executive, and has spent his entire career with The Herald-News and its affiliated publication, except for seven months in 2013 when he worked in Ottawa. “I am excited to take on this leadership position at the publication which has been my home for virtually all of my professional career,” Vanisko said. Shaw Media has owned the Morris publication since the 1950s; it pur-
chased The (Joliet) Herald-News in January 2014 and the Kendall County Record group in June 2015. The Record Newspapers include the Kendall County Record in Yorkville, the Oswego Ledger, the Plano Record and the Sandwich Steve Record, as well as affiliVanisko ated websites. “Throughout his career with Shaw Media, Steve has proven to be an effective, innovative leader, and we are excited to see him continue to grow with our company,” Shaw Media General Manager J.Tom Shaw said. Founded in 1851, Shaw Media is the third-oldest continuously owned and operated media company in the U.S. It owns and operates newspapers, magazines, websites and other publications throughout Chicago’s suburbs and northern Illinois, as well as in Iowa.
tion: Mrs. of Ceremony Carol Falato will read the names of our departed soldiers; Introduction: The Yorkville Eagle Scouts will ring the Memorial Bell after each name is read; Introduction: Sheridan Archbold will sing “’God Bless The USA”; Yorkville American Legion Chaplain Bob Leonard will give the Benediction; Yorkville American Legion Color and Rifle Squad: 21 Gun Salute; Taps and Echo played by Buglers: Rachel Plash and Daniella Tamayo; and Postlude: Yorkville Middle School Band: “Legacy March” Julie Fischer, Band Director.
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The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library is having its eighth annual used book sale during Hometown Days, Sept. 3 and 4. The group is looking for dona-
tions of gently-used books of all types. All books should be brought to the main desk at the library. Money raised by the sale goes directly to support the library. The Friends of the Yorkville Library supports and promotes the library’s services
and programs. The group meets at 10:15 a.m. the second Monday of each month at the library, 902 Game Farm Road. Call 630-553-4354 or visit yorkville.lib.il.us for information.
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Rail agency to go ahead after push from local officials on line extension SHAW MEDIA Work will resume on engineering and environmental studies to extend Metra commuter rail service on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway’s mainline tracks from downtown Aurora into Kendall County, Metra officials announced in a statement. The rail agency said they were prompted to continue studying the extension after local Kendall County officials said they strongly supported the planning work despite the challenges of securing funding to build and operate the extension. After local elected officials secured $7.5 million in federal funding in the mid-2000s, Metra initiated prelimi-
nary engineering and environmental assessment studies on the proposed BNSF extension from Aurora into Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville and possibly Plano and Sandwich. The goal of the studies is to determine the costs and potential environmental impacts of the project so that local stakeholders in Kendall County can determine if and how they will secure the necessary capital and operating funding needed to move the project forward. Metra suspended the studies in June 2015 to determine if there was consensus among local officials to spend the remaining $6.6 million in planning and design funds on the unfunded railroad extension rather than other infrastructure needs in the area.
To date, Metra has been unable to fund construction of the project because it is facing expenditures estimated at $11.7 billion to upgrade and improve its existing infrastructure. An estimate indicates the BNSF extension into Kendall County could cost more than $200 million, according to Metra. Local leaders recently indicated there was consensus to continue the engineering and environmental studies for the project that would require the creation of an additional dedicated funding stream provided by Kendall County entities to cover the remaining costs of the extension. “I am impressed by the deliberate and thoughtful way the leaders of Kendall County came together to show
their support for the extension of the BNSF extension,” said Metra Chairman Martin J. Oberman. “They clearly understand the financial demands that will be facing them and I look forward to working with them in the future.” “We are humbled that local officials are so convinced of the value of Metra service that they are willing to take on this challenge,” said Metra Executive Director/CEO Don Orseno. “We thank Senator [Mark] Kirk and Congressmen [Randy] Hultgren [R-Plano] and [Bill] Foster [D-Naperville] for their leadership and support of this project.” Now that work is resuming, the two studies are expected to be completed in about 18-24 months.
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news@kendallcountynow.com A proposed new grading plan for Yorkville School District drew concerns from some teachers and a parent at Monday’s Board of Education committee meeting. The proposal would limit grades on homework and for classroom behavior and give students more ways and more time to show they have mastered a subject. The 26 teachers and administrators on the district’s Curriculum Coordinating Council (CCC) have been researching and developing the plan over the past two years. If approved by the board, they plan to present it to teachers on an Institute Day on June 8 and have it go into effect when school begins again in August. CCC member Melissa Condon said the idea was to have students focus on “learning vs. earning” grades. It would give them multiple opportunities to
demonstrate they have learned material. Derek Miller, another CCC member, said the group researched other districts’ grading plans and what are believed to be best practices. He said they believe that academic performance and skills are separate from academic behaviors and that grades should reflect the mastery of content. Condon said they believe homework should be meaningful and purposeful and- beyond reading outside the classroom- should take no more than 10 minutes per grade level. For example, no more than 50 minutes per day for a fifth grader. This would include work done outside the class time, either at school or at home. Homework won’t be graded unless it is part of a larger classroom project. Only quizzes used to measure student mastery will be graded. There would not be comprehensive final exams- only a final assessment that is of similar point value to other assessments during
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the semester or year. Alison Strandell said any grades related to behavior, participation or attendance would not be used as part of the achievement grade. If students complete the work assigned, she said, that will probably correlate with mastery of the material. Assessments can be done to guide teacher planning, measure the growth of students who are receiving an intervention, or as checks to help guide instruction but which are not included as part of a student grade. Summative assessments, which are used to measure if a student has mastered the material, can be projects, portfolios, or labs, as well as tests. Grades in core subjects (math, language arts, etc.) in kindergarten to third grade are now given as M meets expectations, N does not meet, NA not applicable, or I incomplete. In physical education, music and art, grades are reported as M meets, P progressing, N does not meet, or I incomplete.
That grading system would be extended through fifth grade in this proposal. The CCC will look at middle school and high school grading systems next year to see if it’s feasible to expand this system, instead of the letter grades A through F as used now. Grades would be communicated to parents as they are now with as much of the communication as possible through the e-school electronic format. Parents would be notified of missing or late work and teachers would keep the information updated weekly. The committee recommends that extra credit not be offered. In the new plan, students would be allowed to retake or rewrite the assessments or show competency in a different, but comparable way. Students and teachers will collaborate to make up learning activities and assessments missed due to absence. Students would have three weeks into the next marking
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County board should heed treasurer’s request The Kendall County Board will hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 2, to discuss changing the manner in which board members are paid. The board is also expected to discuss potential changes to their existing health insurance and mileage reimbursement benefits. Currently, board members receive a small base salary and per diems totaling $85 for each county meeting they attend. Since the board has multiple committees which meet frequently, the per diem payments can add up quickly. In addition, board members can claim mileage reimbursements to drive to county meetings, both in and out of county. And though serving on the board is considered a part-time position, board members can enroll at taxpayer expense in the health insurance program the county offers to its full-time employees and participate in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF). A few years ago, a forensic audit of the board’s compensation revealed
that 11 board members mistakenly accepted about $47,000 in per diem and mileage expenses that they were not eligible to receive. Board members later ended up repaying a small portion of those funds to the county. In May 2014, the board deadlocked in a 5-5 tie vote on a motion to replace the board’s current per diem compensation system with set salaries while prohibiting board members from claiming mileage reimbursements for attending in-county meetings. Also under the failed proposal, board members would have been allowed to continue to participate in the county’s employee health and dental insurance programs, but at their own expense – not the taxpayers’. The board has now agreed to revisit the compensation issue June 2 at the request of County Treasurer Jill Ferko. Sadly – but not surprisingly – the same problem that resulted in county board members receiving more than $47,000 in taxpayer funds they should
have never received has not gone away, according to Ferko. She told the board May 17 that her office has been struggling every month to make sure board members are signing sheets to verify their attendance at meetings. Ferko asked the board to consider doing away with the per diems and implementing set salaries for board members, beginning with the five that will be elected in November. “Obviously, I would be in favor of a salary because that would relieve a lot of headaches in our office. It takes quite some time to go through [attendance sheets] and we have to double check everything,” she said. We strongly support Ferko in her efforts to have the board change its compensation method. Change is clearly needed to protect taxpayers from further abuse of the per diem system. By changing to set salaries – as proposed by some board members in 2014 – the board will relieve the treasurer’s office of the time, expense and
headache of attempting to track board member attendance at their meetings. Currently, the county board is the only locally elected governmental agency to be paid through a combination of a salary and per diems. It’s true, changing to set salaries would mean all board members – even those who are lax in their meeting attendance – would receive the same pay. But it’s also true the voters always retain the right to cast out those board members for non-performance the next time they’re up for election. While they’re changing their compensation method, we continue to believe the board should act to save taxpayers even more money by voting to do away with health insurance benefits, in-county mileage reimbursements and IMRF participation. We know of no employers in the county that offer such benefits to their parttime employees and can’t fathom why taxpayers should have to provide them to part-time elected county board members.
Spring’s nearly over, but the junk mail never stops REFLECTIONS Roger Matile So we’ve made it almost all the way through another May. And those April showers really did bring May flowers. And now we’re looking at the start of another summer season, which officially kicks off, not with the official start of summer (which officially, officially doesn’t start this year until June 20, but who’s counting?) but with Memorial Day next Monday. Here in Oswego, we’ll all head down to watch the parade, and then follow along to the cemetery for the American Legion’s services honoring the nation’s war dead. It’s always a somber observance, but it’s also a triumphal one, too, because the freedom all those pilots, infantrymen, Marines, sailors, nurses and others who served is still preserved – no matter what you might hear on talk radio. We really do live in the greatest nation on earth. And since we are a (if not the ) world-class nation, we also have a world-class postal system that, six days a week, manages to inject a huge
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President Herbert Hoover became the first president to have a phone at his desk in the Oval Office in 1930. serving of junk mail into the mailbox out in front of the Matile Manse here in downtown Troy. And so, with no further ado, except for a hat tip to the late Hal Boyle, here are a bunch of things I probably wouldn’t have thought about had I not opened all my junk mail each and
every day the mail carrier showed up: In 1930, the first private phone was installed in the Oval Office at the White House for President Herbert Hoover. Before that, the Prez had to use a phone booth out in the hall. Congress is always looking for ways to a) force other people to save money and b) embarrass
the president so can White House phone booths be far away? Some folks used to say that a fern root in the room would cause any sorcerers present to turn pale and leave. I would imagine it would depend on just how the fern root in question looked and smelled. Speaking of ferns, they used to say in parts of England that biting off the first fern seen in spring would keep one free from toothache all year. Remember that when you see your neighbor out grazing on your fiddleheads and perhaps gently suggest he see a dentist instead. In parts of India, people once married trees to each other, with great ceremonies and feasting. Those Indians! They’ll do anything to have a party. The planet Neptune is 17.3 times larger than the earth. That’s something you’ll be able to amaze the kid with the next time he comes to read your meter. Among some primitive people, the king or chieftain was directly responsible for rain and sunshine. People blame President Obama for everything else, I suppose they may as well blame him if it rains. Or doesn’t.
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FORUM To the Editor: As a parent of two high school age students in the Yorkville School District, when I was reading through the proposed grading plan, I could not help but ask myself these questions. Do we have a high rate of truancy here in Yorkville? Are negative behaviors hugely increasing and affecting student success? Are our students failing at an alarming rate? When my youngest daughter, a sophomore who is concerned about college admission, read this plan, her eyes widened and she asked, “Are you kidding me? No one will have any reason to behave!” She stated that classes will be a free-for-all when students are no longer held accountable for their homework or behavior. In addition, my eldest daughter, a senior who hates school and never took an honors class, was able to earn a respectable 26 on her ACT because she was held accountable for her homework, attendance, and behavior. She succeeded academically because our current grading system takes into consideration the whole student. Further, both girls questioned how PE will be graded. They will both most assuredly fail because it takes them too long to run the mile, they have difficulty with push-ups, and can no longer be graded on participation. I feel strongly that the system in place at Yorkville is not currently broken so I think that we should hold off on this plan until it is. From my observations, we have exceptionally dedicated teachers who love their jobs, love students, and love their content areas. These teachers
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Continued from page 4 The first woman to receive a Nobel Prize for literature was Swedish novelist and poet Selma Lagerlof – but I’m sure you already knew that. The Pilgrims originally intended to settle in what is now New Jersey, which just goes to show you how confused those people really were. Of course that was almost 400 years ago, so maybe Jersey was a nicer place back then. In years preceding leap years, the solstices fall on the 22nd days of June and December. They fall on the 21st of those months in other years. All that may not mean much unless you are bent upon standing an egg on its end. The word “pagan” originally meant a villager or a rustic, and comes from the Latin, paganus. I guess that means
To our readers In order to provide more space for more opinions and commentary, effective with our June 2 edition the new limit on words in our letters to our Forum page will be 400. Watch for more letters each week on our Forum page and on our website at KendallCountyNow.com. • Letters must be accompanied by the writer’s full name, address and home phone number. Only the author’s name and city of residence will be printed. • We reserve the right to edit all letters for brevity and fairness, and to withhold from publication letters that we determine to be either libelous, obscene, untrue, invade personal privacy, or are personal attacks. • Elected and appointed public officials who write letters will be identified with their titles listed under their names. Officials who wish to write letters that are not necessarily representative of their agency’s view should preface their letters accordingly. Send letters to letters@kendallcountynow.com or Record Newspapers, 109 W. Veterans Parkway, Yorkville, IL 60560.
tage of this opportunity to protect our air, water and soil by properly disposing of your electronic waste, you have one more day. Check the city website for information, including accepted items, location and guidelines. No “after hours” drop offs. Gail Gaebler
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Flags for vets’ graves
To the Editor: I’m writing to the readers to solicit a little help placing flags on veterans’ graves. Every May, Jim and Joyce Frankino buy U.S. flags and a few days before Mealready go above and beyond on a daily and/or add more teachers for all the morial Day, volunteers put them on the basis to make sure our students succeed. extra work required to write the multiple veterans’ graves to honor our men and How is this not going to be a nightmare additional assessments, the time to give women for their service to our country. for them? We are assuring these teachthese assessments, and for forfeiting The Oswego Township Cemetery on ers that they will be forever backlogged three weeks of their summer breaks? with additional work. This is especially I respect that educational professionals Main Street can be flagged in an hour or so with six people. There is only one true since students will no longer be have already spent two years studying responsible for anything except passing this proposed grading plan. However, this grave to be flagged in the Wormley Cemetery on Route 31 between Oswego tests. I mean, why would a student study plan will affect our children, our educaand Montgomery, one in Doud Cemetery for an exam if they know they can retake tors, and our community for a lifetime. on the southwest corner of Route 71 and it repeatedly anyway? As a taxpayer, I’m concerned with the Minkler, two in Evergreen Cemetery on Julie Treadway Oswego cost involved with implementing this Roth Road, and seven in Cowdrey Cemproposed plan. Students no longer held etery on Route 71 between Oswego and accountable for attendance and/or class Recycling week thanks Yorkville. Four volunteers are needed for participation will surely miss school more To the Editor: the Pearce Cemetery on Pfund Drive. The Yorkville Congregational Church often. Students not being held accountIf you would like to adopt one of the able for their behavior will surely act out Green Group would like to thank the City little cemeteries, or can help with one of more often. This will lead to the need for of Yorkville for following through on their the bigger ones, please call me at 630more money set aside to hire additional commitment to the environment by of554-2321. disciplinary deans and security guards in fering an electronic recycling week, May addition to the ones just added. Further, 23-27 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to city Stephenie Todd won’t we need to increase teacher pay Oswego residents. If you have not taken advanthat us residents of the village of Oswego are, by definition, all pagans. Believe it or not, London was the first city in the world to have a population of more than 1 million. It remained the world’s largest city from 1811 until 1957, when it was finally overtaken by Tokyo. These days, London is the 25th largest city in the world. It is believed bad luck to light three cigarettes from one match – especially by the match manufacturing industry. And if you’re smoking them that fast, I hope your health insurance is paid up. A lead poultice was once believed to cure sea serpent bites. I suppose one thing is as good as another to cure a sea serpent bite. Among some primitive peoples it was considered bad luck to refer to soldiers by name. They were spoken of as birds instead, as in, “Hey, look at that cuckoo over there.”
The word “perfume” means, literally, “from smoke.” All these years I thought it meant “from money.” Some American Indian tribes thought that winds were caused by a big bird flapping its wings. That’s the same impression I get from watching weathercasters on the morning news shows. Mead, the mildly alcoholic beverage that was the favorite drink of Queen Elizabeth I, was made by combining honey and water with spices, herbs and lemons. After boiling, it was let to stand for three months to ferment. Finally, it was bottled and considered fit to drink six weeks after that. If you think mead is ever fit to drink, you haven’t tasted the stuff. Elizabeth Rex must have been one tough old bird. The builders of Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, living about 2900 B.C., existed largely on a diet of garlic and onions, which probably
explains why Cheops made them build the thing out in the middle of the desert. Artichokes have a powerful sweetening effect, but they don’t sweeten like sugar. Artichokes alter the chemical environment of the tongue – not the substance to be sweetened. Sounds dangerous to me. And besides, have you ever seen an artichoke? They look dangerous, too. Finally, do you remember when Memorial Day was called Decoration Day? It was so named because the graves of those killed in war, originally the Civil War, were decorated with flowers. The name was officially changed to Memorial Day in 1967 and also changed to a day to memorialize those who died for their country in all wars.
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Pedestrians hurt in crash near Sugar Grove SHAW MEDIA SUGAR GROVE – Two pedestrians were injured in a traffic trash early May 22 at Route 47 and Jericho Road near Sugar Grove, according to a news release from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. David Anderson, 43, of Bristol, and Curtis Lippold, 26, of Aurora, had left a gas station and were attempting to cross Route 47 to get to the west side
of the road about 12:25 a.m. in Sugar Grove Township when they were struck by a car traveling south on Route 47, the release stated. Frank Tofteland, 22, of Yorkville, was driving a 2016 Chevy Spark, which struck the pedestrians. Anderson was flown by helicopter from the scene to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Lippold was taken by ambulance to Presence Mercy Medical Center in Aurora and was later flown
by helicopter to Advocate Good Samaritan as well, according to the release. Sheriff’s deputies were assisted by Montgomery, Yorkville and Sugar Grove police, as well as the Kane County Office of Emergency Management and the Sugar Grove Fire Department. No charges were immediately filed. Route 47 was closed for about three hours following the crash, the release stated. The crash as of May 22 remained under investigation.
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Yorkville electronics recycling continues through Friday
Cruise nights return: Cruise Nights on the River are back this summer on the first Wednesday of the month in June, July and August. The Yorkville Parks and Recreation Department and Foxy’s Ice Cream invite you to take a walk down memory lane to view classic cars along the river from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at Riverfront Park, 131 E. Hydraulic Avenue. Vehicle registration is free and all vehicles are welcome. For information, call 630-553-4357 or visit yorkville.il.us. Park Open House and Movie Night: The Yorkville Parks and Recreation Department and Morris Hospital Yorkville Campus invite you to a free family event June 9 at Rotary Park, 2775 Grande Trail. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. families will enjoy games, bounce houses, activities, food
The city of Yorkville is collecting electronics to recycle – including tube televisions– through Friday, May 27. City residents can drop off their old electronics from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Public Works facility at 610 Tower Lane. For a list of accepted items and details, visit yorkville.il.us/170/ E-Waste-Recycling.
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and more. Then bring your chairs and blankets to watch a movie in the park on a 30-foot inflatable screen featuring Minions. The movie will start at dusk (approximately 8:30 p.m.) The event is free; however, food must be purchased. For information call the Yorkville Parks and Recreation Department at 630-553-4357 or visit yorkville.il.us. Fall youth soccer registration: Registration for youth leagues begins on Monday, June 6 and will go through Friday, June 17. Registration is $80-$100 depending on the child’s grade and residency status. Practices will begin Aug. 15. Call the Parks and Recreation office at 630-5534357 for information. Register by calling the recreation office, visiting the recreation office, 201 W. Hydraulic Ave. in Yorkville, or at yorkvilleparksandrecreation.com.
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Continued from page 3 period to complete any summative assessments. While zeros are discouraged, failure to resolve an incomplete will result in zero after all other efforts have been exhausted. That includes providing opportunities to redo or complete work before or after school or during a free period and notifying student’s parents. Graduating seniors would have to complete all work before graduation practice. Teacher Shawn Collins, who is also president of the Yorkville Education Association representing district teachers, said he wasn’t necessarily opposed to the changes, but concerned about the amount of time teachers would have to adopt and implement them. He suggested that teachers receive training in the new methods next year and they be implemented in the 2017-18 school year. Board member Dr. Robert Brenart noted that the effort to update the grading plan was initiated by the board. He said the plan would be presented at each district school so questions can be answered. “Hopefully we can come up with a method that works well,” he said. Board President Dave Dockstader noted the plan was a proposal to the board. “We may have disagreements among ourselves, too,” he said.
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Domestic battery arrest Yorkville police arrested Brandon Lawson, 33, of the 200 block of Joseph’s Way, Yorkville, at his residence May 22 at 5:06 a.m. on a charge of domestic battery. Police said the suspect was also wanted on a warrant. Motorist arrested Yorkville police arrested Ronald Paugels, 33, of the 100 block of Colonial Parkway, Yorkville, after stopping his vehicle at Boomer Lane and Cannonball Trail May 21 at 11:52 p.m. Police said the suspect faces charges of driving while license suspended and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Pedestrian injured A Yorkville resident, Joyce A. Anderson, 75, of the 100 block of Hampton Lane, was injured and transported to Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora after she was struck by a vehicle in a parking lot in the 900 block of Erica Lane May 21 at 3:40 p.m., police reported. Police said the driver of the vehicle, Tyler T. Spaeth, 26, of the 100 block of Johnson Street, Newark, was ticketed for improper backing. Motorist facing DUI, other charges Yorkville and Montgomery police arrested Tiffany L. Ellis, 46, of the 2400 block of Mayfield Drive, Montgomery, May 18 at 9 p.m. following an accident on Kennedy Road 400 feet south of Bailey Road. Yorkville police said they learned the vehicle involved in the crash, driven by Ellis, had fled the accident scene, but was subsequently stopped by Montgomery police. Yorkville police said they arrested Ellis on charges of failure to reduce speed, improper lane usage and leaving the scene of an accident. Yorkville police said Montgomery police arrested Ellis on a charge of driving under the influence. • Continued on page 11
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DUI arrest Yorkville police arrested Quentin Plock, 35, of the 100 block of Randolph Street, Chicago, after stopping his vehicle on Route 126 and Identa Road May 21 at 12:20 a.m. Police said the suspect faces charges of driving under the influence and improper lane usage.
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of a cellphone from the men’s locker room after school hours at Yorkville High School May 23.
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Guitars, change stolen Someone stole four guitars and approximately $150 in change from a residence in the 500 block of Freemont Street in Yorkville sometime between March 1 and May 21, police reported.
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Police stake out Dunkin’ Donuts roofs to benefit Special Olympics SHAW MEDIA Police officers in Oswego, Montgomery, Yorkville and Plano joined with officers throughout the state on May 20 in staking out the rooftops of Dunkin’ Donut shops to heighten awareness and raise donations for the Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. In return for the officers doing time at their stores, Dunkin Donuts will donate $15,000 to the Torch Run fund. Those who were unable to visit a Dunkin’ Donuts shop can still make a donation to the Torch Run fund. Donations can be mailed to Sgt. Liz Palko, Montgomery Police Department, 10 Civic Center Ave., Montgomery, IL 60538. Make checks payable to Special Olympics Illinois.
ABOVE: Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy Mitch Hatan and County Sheriff Auxiliary Deputy Cliff Oleson, wave to motorists on Orchard Road in Oswego. LEFT: Sgt. Aaron Smith and Officer John Beery helped raise money for Special Olympics from on top of the Plano Dunkin’ Donuts on Friday morning. Photos by Eric Miller - emiller@shawmedia.com
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Domestic battery arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Ryan John Deane, 31, of the 1300 block of Marketplace Drive, Yorkville, at 4:58 a.m. May 21 in the 12000 block of River Road in Little Rock Township on charges of domestic battery and criminal damage to property. Police said Deane allegedly punched a female subject in the stomach, slapped her in the face and broke the rear passenger window out of her vehicle. Mailbox stolen Someone stole a tan, plastic molded mailbox and a wooden white bucket all valued at $90 from in front of a residence in the 15000 block of Whitewillow Road, Newark, the county sheriff’s office reported May 23.
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• Continued from page 9 Turns himself in A Plano resident, William B. Burton, 20, of the 400 block of Hubbard Circle turned himself in to Yorkville police May 23 at 11:21 a.m. Police said the suspect was wanted on a Kane County warrant for failure to appear in court on a prior charge of driving while license suspended. Traffic violations • Aaron J. Lange, 32, of the 200 block of Leisure Drive, Yorkville, driving while license suspended and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. • John P. Fiacccato. 50, of the 1900 block of Cecily Dr., Joliet, disobeying a traffic control device. • Faber A. Kearney, 54, of the 0-100 block of Hunter Trail, Elgin, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. • Janice D. Iverson, 20, of the 100 block of Boulder Hill Pass, Boulder Hill, improper lane usage.
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Xbox stolen An Xbox game console and some games were stolen from a residence in the 100 block of Harbor Drive in Oswego Township on May 23, the county sheriff’s office reported.
Turns himself in An Oswego Township resident, Delmar Gaylan Cooper, 48, of the 1200 block of Light Road, turned himself in to a county sheriff’s deputy at a gas station in the 2500 block of Light Road, Oswego, at 10:31 p.m. May 17. Police said Cooper was wanted Arrest six at large party on two outstanding warrants. He was taken to the County sheriff’s deputies arrested six adult Kendall County Jail in Yorkville and later transferred males on charges of unlawful consumption of alcohol at a party at a residence in the 4700 block to the Kane County Jail in St. Charles. of Cherry Road south of Oswego at 11:32 p.m. May 21. Police said they encountered between 75 and Under investigation County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a 100 people at the residence and other charges are domestic battery and criminal damage to proppending in the case. erty incident that occurred in the 3000 block of Cannonball Trail May 16 at 4 p.m. DeKalb man charged County sheriff’s deputies arrested Torrien Jamir Warrant arrest Minor, 29, of the 800 block of Charles Street, County sheriff’s deputies arrested Marco DeKalb, after stopping his vehicle on Route 25 Antonio Sanchez, 24, of the 700 block of South and North Bereman Road in Boulder Hill at 10:26 p.m. May 21 on charges of driving on a suspended Calhoun Street, Aurora, at 3:30 a.m. May 18 on Hill Avenue and Goodwin Drive in Montgomery. license and possession of cannabis. Police said Sanchez was wanted on an in-state warrant. Hit-and-run investigated County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a Rt. 34 business damaged hit-and-run crash that occurred at Route 25 at Someone gained entrance to a concrete Boulder Hill Pass in Boulder Hill at 11 p.m. May 21. patching facility in the 600 block of Route 34 near Aurora on May 17 and defaced and damaged the Motorist arrested facility, county sheriff’s deputies reported. Police County sheriff’s deputies arrested Leovardo said they were summoned to the scene on a Muro, 42, of the 1100 block of Grand Boulevard, report of an individual observed running from the Aurora, after stopping his vehicle at Boulder Hill Pass and Hillstone Road in Boulder Hill. Police said facility. Police said they are investigating. Muro was wanted on two in-state warrants and • Continued on page 12 was cited for driving on a suspended license. tic violence incident that occurred May 24 at 1:16 a.m. in the 100 block of Harbor Drive in Oswego Township. Police said no charges were filed, but the investigation remains open.
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Respond to rollover A 16-year-old male juvenile was taken to Morris Hospital in Morris for evaluation after the vehicle he was driving southbound on Route 47 in the area of Joliet Road left the highway and rolled over Monday afternoon. Police said there was no indication that the juvenile had suffered a serious injury.
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KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS • Continued from page 11 DUI arrest on Tuma County sheriff’s deputies arrested Ryan Peter Hill, 44, of the 1700 block of Fox Mead Circle, Montgomery, after the vehicle he was driving struck a vehicle parked in the lot of a bar in the 4300 block of Tuma Road in Yorkville at 6:40 p.m. May 17. Police said Hill has been charged with driving under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs. Domestic battery arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Bradley S. Frieders, 35, of the 1000 block of Fays
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The Yorkville Fury Red 12U travel baseball team won the Louisville Slugger Prime Time NIT on May 14-15 in Peoria. The team went 4-0 during the weekend and won the semifinal and championship game in extra innings. Pictured are: (front row, from left) Tristen Liaromatis, Brandon Johnson, Ty Kukielka, Max Moga, Dominick Kramer, (back row, from left) Luke Fisher, Connor Corrigan, Matthew Bivens, Colby Stuercke, Robert Barnes and Ryan Bohr.
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The Newark softball team took some time to celebrate their Class 1A regional championship, but quickly turned their attention to the next challenge ahead. The Norsemen (21-10) hoisted the Newark Regional plaque last Saturday after a 12-4 win over Crete Lutheran, which sent Newark into Tuesday’s Serena Sectional semifinal against 2015 state runner-up Somonauk. The Bobcats (28-2) reached the sectional after an 8-1 win over Serena in the regional final in Somonauk last Saturday. Newark took a 1-0 lead in the first, but Somonauk answered with four runs in the third and two more in the fourth on the way to an 8-1 victory. Shelby Hoddy had a strong day on the mound for the Norsemen. Kelsea Zitt knocked out three hits including her 10th home run of the season while Emily Oldenburg, Nikki Kala and Becca Sweeney had the other Norsemen hits. “They are the measuring stick for Class 1A softball in this area.
They’re an outstanding team and they’re well-coached,” Newark coach Mike Crackel said. “Their defense is outstanding, so their defense is tough to score on. They have great team speed, they have outstanding pitching and their defense is really something to see. They’re just a really solid team. Looking at them not as a coach but as an outsider, I think they’re every bit as good as last year – if not better.” Against Crete Lutheran, Newark struck early with four runs in the first and took a 9-0 lead in the third. Newark led 9-1 through five innings, but Crete Lutheran avoided the mercy rule by scoring three runs in the top of the sixth. The Norsemen answered with three runs in the bottom half of the frame to close the scoring out for the day. Hoddy allowed one earned run on three hits and struck out nine to earn the win on the mound. Offensively, Megan DiClementi had two hits, Kala knocked out two hits and Oldenburg, Zitt, Sara Hipsman Eric Miller – emiller@shawmedia.com and Hoddy all had hits in the game. Riane Tomsa had one hit and two Newark senior Kelsea Zitt receives a high-five from coach Mike Crackel as she rounds third after RBIs. her solo home run Tuesday in the Serena Sectional to give the Lady Norsemen a 1-0 lead.
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Foxes played rock solid defense, topped off with Hanna Bazan making a divThe Yorkville squad ended their ing catch and throwing out a runner at season with a 2-0 loss to Geneseo in third from center field. the LaSalle-Peru Regional championship game on Friday. Geneseo scored BASEBALL its first goal off a penalty kick and Newark varsity: In the Class 1A Walscored again early in the second half. ther Christian Regional, Newark lost Yorkville keeper Katie Neahring had a 12-0 game in six innings to host Wal16 shots against, 14 saves, and two ther Christian on May 19 to cap the seagoals against. Yorkville finishes the son. Walther Christian went on to win season with a winning record of 12-8-2. the regional title on Saturday, 16-2 in five innings over St. Francis de Sales.
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Senior wins sectional in shot put, qualifies in discus event By KRISTIN SHARP
ksharp@kendallcountynow.com Competing in arguably the most competitive Class 3A boys track and field sectional in the state, Yorkville senior Sam Weisz emerged as a twoevent state qualifier and sectional champion. Weisz won the shot put with a mark of 55-11, and was second in the discus at 172-9 behind champion Tom Cwiok of Neuqua Valley’s throw of 173-10. “It all started last year when he missed finals in both. They take nine to finals and he was 10th in both,” Yorkville coach Ben Draper said. “He matured a ton, and he made the choice that was not going to happen again. He worked really, really hard in the offseason. He really went after his events. I’m happy that he’s had such a good, consistent season. For all the work he’s put in, he deserves it.”
and Oswego (42) rounded out the top three. Yorkville scored 30 points to take eighth and had several athletes earn a top-six All-Sectional finish. “If felt like we never got a chance to see what the team was capable of because we either had guys out or it rained, but we finally were able to do that on Thursday, so that was really cool,” Draper said. “If this isn’t the toughest sectional in the state, it’s in the top two.” The 4x100-meter relay team of Javell Moore, Gabe Arroyo, Jackson Torok and CJ Bell set a new school record with their fifth-place finish in 43.74 seconds. The 4x200-meter relay team of Logan Sudduth, Brendan Zeinstra, Jake Eberhart and Torok clocked a time of 1:32.62 to take fifth. Jake Weisz finished sixth in the discus at 144-8. Arroyo was fifth in the 400-meter dash with a finish in 50.34 Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media seconds. Trevor Wills was fifth in the 1,600 Yorkville’s Alex Loos takes the baton from teammate Matt Cox during the Neuqua Valley as he crossed the finish line in 4:23.49, Sectional on Thursday. and teammate Cody Hornyak was His shot put mark ranks 11th Minooka won the Class 3A Neuqua right behind in 4:24.80 to give both among all state qualifiers, while his Valley Sectional last Thursday with athletes sectional medals. Moore took discus mark sits third overall. 112.5 points while Neuqua Valley (104) fifth in the 200 in 22.80 seconds.
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Pitchers love when their teammates give them an early lead. A couple of Cameron Van Boekel’s teammates set him up so he could do just that. The Yorkville senior smacked a two-run double in the bottom of the first inning to give the Foxes an early lead. Then, he took care of business on the mound, scattering seven hits while throwing a complete game. The Foxes beat East Aurora, 7-2, during Monday’s Class 4A Downers Grove South regional quarterfinal in Yorkville. “It’s way easier to pitch with a lead of a few runs,” Van Boekel said. “That definitely helped get me going in that first inning and gave me some confidence.” Lucas Farren walked and Brendon Reifsteck doubled prior to Van Boekel’s double. A run-scoring groundout off the bat of Will Ferguson gave the Foxes a 3-0 lead after one inning. It was a good start and one that would be needed. East Aurora just didn’t go away easily. The Tomcats scored in the second inning and added another run in the top of the fourth to make it a 4-2 game. The fourth inning proved to be a crucial point in the game as the Tomcats were rallying, even loading the bases with two outs on Van Boekel’s lone base on balls of the afternoon. “I knew I just had to keep making good pitches,” he said. “They were having good at bats so I have to give them credit, but I made some good pitches and got the ground ball I needed.” A routine ground out to second base ended the inning and kept the score at 4-2. It also proved to be the final score threat that the Tomcats registered in the ballgame. “He had a very clutch outing today,” Yorkville coach Scott Luken
rally and I said that in the dugout at the start of the inning.” Mark Sommers followed with an RBI single and would later come all the way around to score after stealing second, a wild pitch and an error. The Foxes now turn their attention over to Waubonsie Valley, who they’ll meet during Wednesday’s semifinal. “This is what we’ve worked for all year long,” Kauppila said. “We’re looking forward to it.” The Warriors (22-11) were co-champions in the DuPage Valley Conference and are led by ace hurler, Jason Neville. Yorkville 8, Richards 4: On Saturday, Yorkville rallied for two runs in the sixth and five more in the seventh to win its final game of the regular season and 20th of the year. Will Ferguson was the winning pitcher in 1 2/3 innings. Yorkville 11, Sandwich 1 (5 inn): The Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media Foxes broke the game open with six Yorkville base runner Michael Wojcik (7) takes a lead as Sandwich pitcher Jake Pfaff (17) runs in the fourth inning. Mark Sommers had a 2-for-2 effort with two makes a throw during a baseball game at Yorkville High School on May 20. walks, two RBIs, a stolen base and four said. “He got in a little jam there, but down two strikes I had to be careful, runs scored. Jon Jungr earned the to Cameron’s credit he go through it but I got nice piece of it and it worked win, allowing three hits, walking nine and kept them out of any big innings.” out,” Kauppila said. “Our goal was to and striking out eight. Van Boekel actually appeared to get stronger after the fourth inning as he only surrendered a pair of singles the rest of the game, while collecting five of his eight strikeouts over that same time frame. 7:30-11:00am The Last Sunday of Each Month April thru October “Once I got through that fourth inning I had a little bit of an energy Menu Includes: Scrambled Eggs, Pancakes, Sausage, burst,” he said. “Then I started mixing Hash Browns, Biscuits & Gravy, Coffee and Juice in the off-speed stuff a bit more which was effective in keeping them off-balAdults $7.00; Seniors $6.00; ance.” Kids 6-12 $5.00; Kids Under 6 Free Yorkville (21-13-1) gave Van Boekel some insurance in the bottom of the sixth inning. Brady Kauppila dou10251 Fox River Rd. bled home Ty Liaromatis, who had newarksportsmensclub.com pinch run for Travis Voelker who had walked, to get the rally started. “I was looking to square one up, but SM-CL0372197
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ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE Four state finalists, four All-State finishes for Yorkville
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ksharp@kendallcountynow.com The Yorkville girls track and field team were well-represented in four events during last Saturday’s Class 3A state finals. In the end, all four events secured All-State finishes to give the Foxes a perfect finish to the 2016 season. Yorkville senior Summer Pierson highlighted the day with a pair of state medals that included a delayed celebration. Pierson opened Saturday by racing in the first section of the 3,200-meter run at 10 a.m., and won her heat with a time of 10:51.48. She then had to wait two hours to see if her time was good enough for a top-nine finish. The seeded runners stepped to the starting line after 12 p.m., and eight
runners finished under 10:52 – giving Pierson the final spot on the All-State podium. The 10th runner clocked in at 10:52.49. “Summer has already run a very fast time this year and we knew she had a shot at being that girl who makes AllState out of the slower heat,” Yorkville coach Ben Draper said. “She had a good plan going in. She was really disappointed after the two-mile because she new she had a PR in her, but the fact that she ended up with two medals probably made up for that.” Pierson took some time to recover from her morning race and opted to remain in the 4x800-meter relay with freshman Emily Eberhart and senior teammates Becca Jasutis and Julia Schultz. The relay clocked in at 9:19.76 for an All-State sixth-place finish.
“Summer came back in the 4x8 and ran the anchor with a 2:17 split, so we were pretty pumped,” Draper said. Yorkville senior Louisa Washburn also had a stellar finish to her high school track career, capturing third place in the pole vault by clearing 11-9 for a career best height. “I could tell she was definitely going to make the most of the opportunity to reach finals, and she did,” Draper said. “It’s a big credit to her because on that one day she took care of her business. That’s how you do it at state.” Sydney Anderson battled her way to a seventh-place finish in an ultra-competitive high jump event. Anderson was one of seven girls to clear 5-6, with the state champion and runner-up clearing 5-7 before the officials had to go through the rule book to determine
tiebreakers. “What she jumped would have been third in each of the last two years. It was unreal,” Draper said. “Sydney had a really rough start and missed her two attempts on opening height. I could see the panic in her face, but she adjusted really well and muscled her third jump. I thought she did a great job refocusing and I’m really impressed with what she did.” Washburn also raced in Friday’s 300-meter low hurdle prelims and finished third in her heat with a time of 45.75 – the 10th best time of the day to narrowly miss advancing to finals. Nicole Greyer raced in the 1,600 and crossed the finish line in 5:06.03, and the last qualifier into the finals was 5:04.94. Schultz withdrew from the open 800-meter run to focus on the 4x800 relay.