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ON THE COVER Yorkville Mayor Gary Golinski, left, and Alderman Ken Koch, right, enjoy the first ride on the new Wonambi water slide at Raging Waves water park in Yorkville.

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Students in the Yorkville High School’s summer school check information on their Google Chromebook computers on the first day of the summer session.

Computers for all students Yorkville aims to provide devices within three years

By KATHY FARREN news@kendallcountynow.com Within the next three years, every Yorkville School District student from third grade through high school will have a Google Chromebook Dell 11 computer under the Personalized Learning 1:1 Initiative approved by the Board of Education in May. The plan aims to integrate technology into the district’s curriculum over a three-year period, beginning with two high school summer school classes this summer. The devices will allow students to work on their own and also communicate with their teachers.

Students enrolled in the two blended (part classroom, part online) summer classes will use some of the 110 devices purchased by the district last year for administering the PARCC standardized tests. There are 32 students enrolled this summer in each of two blended classes - consumer management and American government.

Another 122 Yorkville High School and Yorkville High School Academy students are enrolled in blended classes in the fall and 136 signed up for spring blended classes. Classes which will be offered partially online include creative writing, consumer management, health, government, and Project Lead The Way (engineering).

The committee studying the initiative recommended purchasing Google Chromebook devices which don’t need additional software, simply internet access. The district will be able to monitor and filter content on the devices.

Each device costs about $110. The district is fully funding the first year of the program, 2016-17, but other options are being considered to pay for the personal computers in the following two years, including sharing the cost with parents or having families fully cover the cost, according to Kelley Gallt, director of teaching and learning.

Over the past five years, the district has improved its network infrastructure and increased bandwidth to handle the additional online traffic.

During the 2016-17 school year, staff members will be trained and Google gmail accounts will be set up for all students. A student help desk will be created next spring to provide support to staff and students.

The program will spread to all stu-

dents in blended courses in grades seven through nine who will pick up their devices and receive training over the summer of 2017. Elementary students will become part of the program in the 2018-19 school year.

Gallt told the Board of Education that Jim Wolf will be the Teacher On Special Assignment (TOSA) working on this project. In addition, the district’s technology staff will provide help on the devices and administrators will also be trained to help their staff.

Students will be able to take the devices home and, if a device goes missing, the district can lock it. In addition to training teachers on the devices, the district will offer parents and students training on the use and care of the Chromebook. Parental controls and online safety training will also be provided.

As part of the initiative, the district is developing policies governing both district owned devices and the use of computers owned by students.

According to Michael Duback, assistant director of teaching and learning, the district will work with businesses that offer wi-fi internet access in order to help students who don’t have that access in their homes.

The district is also looking at insurance options and possibly cases to protect the devices from wear and tear.

Newark OKs budget appropriations ordinance of $1,180,700. That figure is down from last year.

Nelson also presented the 2016-17 The Newark Village Board recently budget. Current projected revenues topassed its 2016-17 fiscal year appropri- tal just under $700,000. Expenses are ations ordinance. Darald Nelson pre- projected to be about $890,000. Sales tax sented the ordinance in the amount revenue is hard to project and would

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impact the revenues.

In other business, the board reviewed the Law Enforcement Services Agreement for special events. This would apply to the Annual 4th of July Street Dance. The rate will be $65.45 per hour. It was accepted by the board.

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Elementary School assistant principal, $68,974 •Pat Browne, Director of Operations, $123,000 •Troy Courtney, Director of Human Resources, $128,580 •Zachary Craft, Bristol Bay Elementary School assistant principal, $66,750 •Shane Darnell, Yorkville Middle School dean of students, $66,657 •Michael Duback, Director of Business Services, $83,500 •Kristin Faber, Yorkville Middle School assistant principal, $75,586 •Joseph Fornell, Yorkville High School dean of students, $63,461 •Melinda Hafenrichter, Autumn Creek Elementary School assistant principal, $67,060 •Kimberly Hanson, Yorkville Middle School assistant principal of student services, $84,000 •Gina Isabelli, Circle Center Grade School principal, $80,517 •Breah Jerger, Yorkville Intermediate School assistant principal, $67,692 •Mayra Johnson, Autumn Creek Elementary School principal, $91,808 •Melinda Lasky, District Student Services Coordinator, $77,500 •Melissa Lewis, Yorkville Grade School principal, $80,517 •Kristine Liptrot, Director of Communications, $102,000

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•Megan Martinez, Yorkville High School dean of students, $65,508 •Amy Murillo, Yorkville High School assistant principal of student services, $81,600 •Aaron Osborne, Yorkville High School dean of students, $70,365 •Jeffery Perzee, Yorkville Middle School athletic director, $70,006 •Dean Romano, Chief Operations Officer, $140,156 •Kathryn Schafermeyer, Bristol Grade School principal, $83,203 •Seth Schoonover, Yorkville High School athletic director, $107,891 •Dr. Katie Spallasso, Bristol Bay Elementary School principal, $82,664 •David Travis, Yorkville High School principal, $132,795 •Dr. Hassan von Schlegell, Director of Student Services, $124,670 •Dr. Christine Warren, Yorkville High School associate principal, $97,043 •Adam West, Yorkville High School Academy associate principal, $90,000 •Joel Wyeth, Yorkville High School associate principal $106,377 Adkins and Browne are not part of the Teacher Retirement System but rather the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The district is making their 4.7 percent contribution to that fund.

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The Yorkville Garden Club’s biennial Garden Walk will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine, on Saturday, June 25.

Five Yorkville gardens will be open for viewing.

Don’t miss the Garden Boutique again this year. Concrete garden art, stepping stones, bird feeders and much more will be available for sale at two of the homes on the walk.

Tickets are $10 each purchased in advance and $12 on the day of the walk. Tickets are available at the Yorkville Public Library, Yorkville Flower Shoppe, Winding Creek Nursery, Caring Hands Thrift Store, Lizzie’s Garden of Larry and Peggy Ciesla.

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Play soccer with the Yorkville Parks & Recreation Department this fall. Registration for youth leagues began Monday, June 6 and will conclude Friday, June 17. Divisions that will be offered include Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st/2nd Grade, 3rd/4th Grade, 5th/6th Grade Boys, 5th/6th Grade Girls, and 7th/8th Grade.

Registration is $80-$100 depending on your child’s grade and residency status. Practices will begin Aug. 15. Please call the Parks & Recreation office at 630-553-4357 for more information. Register by calling the recreation office, by visiting the recreation office in person at 201 W. Hydraulic Avenue or online at yorkvilleparksandrecreation.com.

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Yorkville Board of Education members approved a five-year contract for Superintendent Tim Shimp and oneyear contracts for all returning district administrators Monday night.

Administrator salaries were also set.

Shimp will be paid $178,892 next year with the board to set his salary in each of the following years. He had been paid $175,127 this year, giving him a two percent raise.

In addition, the board will pay his Teacher Retirement System contri- Tim Shimp bution, 10.375 percent of his salary, as it does for all administrators. His family medical, dental and vision insurance will be paid, as will a $100,000 term life insurance policy, and he will receive a $400 a month travel allowance.

He will receive 20 vacation days and can exchange a maximum of six of them for payment in lieu of using them. Shimp will also receive 12 days of sick leave that can be accumulated to a maximum of 440 days. However, that accumulated sick leave will not

be reimbursed when the contract is terminated. He will also have two personal leave days each year.

Shimp can receive a $10,000 a year increase in salary beginning the year after he receives his doctorate degree.

The contract states “the Superintendent and Board confirm and acknowledge that the Superintendent has met the goals and indicators of student performance and academic achievement” as required by a previous contract.

It also states that the board would “prefer the Superintendent to live within Community Unit District Number 115,” which Shimp does.

The total increase in salaries for returning administrators was 2.78 percent. Individual salaries are: •Ryan Adkins, Director of Technology, $103,743 •Lisa Adler, Yorkville Middle School principal, $101,618 •Tracy Anderson, Circle Center Grade School assistant principal, $79,591 •Robert Battey, Grande Reserve Elementary School principal, $80,517 •Nicholas Baughman, Chief Academic Officer, $132,000 •Steve Bjork, Yorkville Intermediate School principal, $107,040 •Michele Breyne, Grande Reserve

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Taxpayers to continue to pick up steep county board tab Kendall County Board members took a pass June 2 on an opportunity to save taxpayers some money and prevent further abuse of the board’s compensation and benefits package.

In a 7-1 vote, board members rejected a resolution that would have changed the board’s compensation from a combination of a small base salary supplemented by per diem payments to set salaries of $15,000. Board Chairman John Shaw was the only board member to cast a favorable vote on the resolution.

The resolution also would have done away with the mileage reimbursements board members can claim for in-county travel and required board members to contribute the same amount that the county’s non-union, full-time employees pay for health and dental insurance benefits they can now receive from the county.

Last month County Treasurer Jill Ferko told the board her office has been having a difficult time verifying board member attendance at the board’s many committee meetings each month.

Poor record-keeping by board members prior to 2014 resulted in county taxpayers overpaying the board more than $47,000 in per diems and mileage reimbursements from 2008 to 2011, according to the results of a forensic audit.

Ultimately, the current and former board members cited in the audit ended up re-paying only a small portion of the funds to the county.

Though we believe the $15,000 annual salary included in the resolution was roughly double what it should be, it nevertheless represented an opportunity – now missed – to reform the board’s compensation and benefits package and, most importantly, save taxpayers some money.

Had the board approved the resolution--with a 50 percent reduction in the proposed $15,000 annual salary – they would have brought the board’s wages more on par with their counterparts who serve on the city councils and village boards in the county, all of whom receive straight salaries for their service.

Replacing the per diems with set salaries would have also served to protect taxpayers by preventing current and future board members from either deliberately or mistakenly claiming per diems for meetings they did not in fact attend. It also would have insulated current and future board members from accusations of abusing the per diem system. It’s true changing the board’s compensation to set salaries would mean all board members--even those who are lax in their meeting attendance – would receive the same pay. But voters would

always have the right to boot those less than ambitious board members off the board the next time they would be up for re-election.

Service on the county board is a part-time job, just as it is for the other members of elected governing boards and city councils in the county who receive far less in compensation.

Those who seek to serve on the county board or any other elected governing board should be motivated first and foremost by a desire to serve their communities, not for financial compensation, health and dental insurance and mileage reimbursements to drive to and from work.

By voting to maintain the status quo, the county board assured that they will continue to be compensated like no part-time employees we know of in the private sector and at a significant cost to county taxpayers.

Community festivals have long, entertaining history in this area This week, the Oswego area is looking forward to the 2016 edition of PrairieFest, a continually growing festival of entertainment and good food that is eagerly anticipated all year.

Each year’s PrairieFest kicks off the area’s community celebrations, with other towns up and down the Fox Valley all following with their own. Yorkville has their traditional July Fourth celebration and parade, Plano celebrates on Labor Day, Aurora has a bunch of festivals, Geneva has Swedish Days, Montgomery has MontgomeryFest, and on and on.

Many years ago, community celebrations were smaller, farther between, and were designed for the amusement of immediate area residents, unlike many of today’s fests, which are marketed statewide.

Those long-ago festivities were usually kept pretty short, but the enjoyment was no less intense. In fact, it was probably more intense simply because there were so many fewer forms of entertainment available then.

During my childhood, the big community event in Oswego was the annual carnival, sponsored by the Oswego Business Men’s Association – the forerunner of today’s chamber of commerce – which set up shop right on South Main Street.

The Tilt-A-Whirl, Ferris wheel, and other small rides really gave us a thrill, as did the opportunity to engage in games of chance with unsavory carny workers.

A more wholesome activity was the annual school fun fair at Halloween. Today, each school building has their own fun fair, but in the 1950s it was a traditional community Halloween event, sponsored by the PTA –there was only one in those

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Besides those annual events, each community enjoyed their own small celeRoger brations. Most of these events were put on Matile by local organizations as fundraisers or were the products of itinerant entertaindays – as their main fundraiser. First at ers. For instance, in a curious mixture of the old Red Brick School gym and later at sponsor and eventual end money use, take the new high school (later Traughber Juthis item from the Sept. 30, 1869 Kendall nior High and now the District 308 Center) County Record: “The Oswego Union Sewon Franklin Street, we enjoyed Halloween ing Society’s peach festival of last week costume contests and had the chance to was not well attended; the proceeds of it win wooden canes and other highly-prized are to go towards buying a hearse, but this do-dads in the ring toss, penny pitch, and generation need not expect the benefits of other games. one unless funds for the same are raised Back in the 1800s, community activiby some other means.” The new hearse ties were even scarcer. The annual county was finally purchased in 1871, much to the fair was the most important local event. In community’s relief. the 1850s, the fair was held at the courtOccasionally, two towns would get house in Oswego, with displays of produce together for some competitive activities, and other traditional fair fare arranged and from the late 1800s through the first around the courthouse grounds, accordfew decades of the 1900s, baseball was exing to accounts in the Kendall County tremely popular. The July 31, 1874 Record Courier. The first Kendall County Fair reported: “Last Saturday afternoon, the and Livestock Show was held at Oswego boys from Yorkville played a ball game in 1853, and continued to grow in populari- against Oswego. Mr. Geo. Seeley was ty over the years. selected as umpire and the mercury stood After the county seat moved back to at 104 in the shade. At the close of the fifth Yorkville 1864, a real fairgrounds was inning the game was closed with a score of acquired on Game Farm Road about nine for Oswego and 15 for Yorkville; the where the Beecher Center is located today. Yorkville boys having to take the train to Although it continued to be popular, get back home. Mr. King, of the Yorkville mismanagement raised its ugly head and club, caught a ball handsomely in the the fair association was dissolved in 1908, right eye, and a little later an Oswego boy just five years after celebrating its 50th an- got one in his left eye.” niversary. Eventually, the Kendall County During the 1800s, a number of travFair was revived, and each year it seems eling, medicine and other shows, from to become more popular. one man with a dancing bear to an entire Of course, our neighbors to the west circus, visited local communities from in Sandwich still produce their annual time to time. An Oswego reporter noted in DeKalb County Fair, one of the oldest and 1874 that “a menagerie, consisting of two

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men, a bear, and a drum came along the other day and exhibited in the streets; the bear was a good upright walker, would dance, and shake hands with and kiss the ringmaster, carry a pole, wear a hat, roll over, etc.”

One Oswego youth, Will Sutherland, even traveled with a circus in the early 1900s. And in 1923, a circus took a break near Oswego while traveling on modern U.S. Route 34. According to the Record: “Grange Brothers Circus passed Oswego on Route 18 Saturday morning en route from Sandwich to Belvedere. Early risers were surprised to see elephants and camels grazing along the roadside or blocking traffic.”

Small towns did have community celebrations back then, most notably on the Fourth of July. According to back issues of the Record, most local Independence Day celebrations had several things in common. There was usually a parade, although it was usually called a procession.

Oration was the featured event, since that was an era that appreciated the long-winded stump speech, including reading the Declaration of Independence, followed by speeches by the best local, and sometimes imported, orators. Most towns had a local band, and band music and singing were both parts of most years‘ celebrations, as were foot races, baseball games, and croquet. I imagine people have found reasons to celebrate one thing or another for as long as there have been people. It seems that only the size and the frequency of our celebrations have changed over the years.

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FORUM To the Editor: Many people have been asking me if the Yorkville Garden Club is going to have a garden walk this year. The answer is yes.

Five beautiful gardens will be featured on the walk to be held Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine.

Tickets are only $10 and a portion of the money raised funds scholarships to Kendall County students pursuing degrees in horticulture and related fields. Tickets are available at the Yorkville Public Library, Winding Creek Nursery and Caring Hands Thrift Store. For more information, visit yorkvillegardenclub.org.

Gail Gaebler Yorkville

Serious tax freeze needed

To the Editor: In following up to a couple of recent letters in the Record Forum, I wish to mention that referring to Mr. DeBolt’s level of compensation at $52,712 a year for consulting work, might be misleading.

Based on the article in the June 2 Record, the level of compensation for Mr. DeBolt reportedly will be $88 per hour. While the maximum total compensation is limited to $52,712, this level is for only 599 hours of work. Based on 52 weeks at 40 hours per week and $88 per hour, I believe the effective annual salary rate is actually $183,040 per year.

As for the comments that taxing bodies have to change their spending habits, we passed a referendum in 2012 calling for a 20 percent cut in each taxing district’s levy. While it was a valiant effort, and it made clear to our taxing bodies that the taxpayers want spending to be cut, it was a non-binding referendum.

As for the idea that growth or bringing more businesses into the area will help lessen the burden of property taxes on existing residents, I believe there was such an opportunity back in 2008 when a lot of commercial property came on the tax rolls. I don’t remember my property taxes going down - does anyone else?

Indeed, I believe the levy requested by the school district that year, went from $39.5 million to more than $62 million.

I doubt we will see any meaningful relief, until a serious property tax freeze law is passed in Springfield. Perhaps then, the voters will finally have some leverage to curb spending of local taxing districts.

Whether you favor property taxes being frozen, or that schools (the majority of

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We also had numerous businesses to thank Anne Vickery and WSPY for ofimportant to let your representatives in Springfield know your thoughts. fering us air time to publicize Poppy Days who we thank for donating prizes for the winners of the event. Without all these and other American Legion veterans’ John Golkosky sponsors, we never could have had such programs. A big thanks to Yorkville Boy Yorkville Scout Troop 40 and members of Kendall a great successful fundraiser. We also County Special Olympics, Yorkville Legion wish to thank the Bristol Kendall Fire Poppy Days thanks Department for being present just in and Legion Auxiliary members and their To the Editor: case there were any injuries and to the family members; as well as community The Yorkville American Legion Auxiliary volunteers for manning the stations Kendall County Forest Preserve District Unit 489, would like to say thank you for allowing us to have the 5K in the outside the businesses distributing the to our wonderful community for their beautiful Hoover Forest Preserve. Kim poppies and collecting donations. contributions to the success of the Poppy The American Legion Auxiliary distribOlson of the Forest Preserve deserves a Awareness Days in Yorkville on May 20 utes poppies as part of our longstanding special thank you for going above and and 21. beyond her duties to assist us in getting mission to honor the fallen and support A big thank you to Jewel-Osco, Panera veterans. Wear your poppies as a sign the course perfect.

Bread, and First National Bank of Omaha of support for those who willingly The JJC has a lot of upcoming events for allowing us to distribute poppies planned to help the youth of Kendall served our nation and protected our in remembrance of our veterans, in County, so follow us on Facebook to find freedom. The Flanders Field poppy has exchange for donations, outside of their become an internationally known and out our upcoming schedule. businesses. Thanks also to Culvers and recognized symbol of the lives sacrificed Yorkville Parks and Recreation for anEric Weis in war and the hope that none died in Kendall County State’s Attorney nouncing our event on their signboards. vain.

Chairman of JJC Additional funds were also collectThank you to a very supportive comYorkville ed through the generosity of patrons munity. at many Yorkville businesses whom Can more be done? we would like to thank for displaying To the Editor: Carol Reuter and Joanne Leibold collection cans in their establishments.

Yorkville Poppy Days Co-Chairs 2016 The local agricultural and construction Thanks go out to the following business- Yorkville industries should be commended for es for helping make this truly a comtheir efforts to reduce silt runoff into our SKY 5K a great success munity effort: Blackstone Bar and Grill; creeks and the Fox River. I have been To the Editor: Centrue Bank; Chase Bank; Chocolate very impressed with the no till, minimal On behalf of the Kendall County Juvenile till and grass planting in runoff areas by Shoppe; City Hall; Cornish Chiropractic; Culvers; Duy’s Shoes; Earthmover Credit Justice Council (JJC), we would like to local agricultural interests. Also the silt thank everyone who helped make our Union; First National Bank of Omaha; fences at construction sites have to help FNBC Bank and Trust; Inland Real Estate; second SKY 5K run/walk fundraiser, a keep runoff out the water ways. great success. We had over 200 regisKatyDidIt Flower Shop; Kendall Printing; So if you look at the Fox River or tered participants and over 30 volunLakeview Grill; Midland Bank; Mike & Blackberry and Rob Roy creeks or other Denise’s; Music and More; NCG Cinema; teers. waterways that are a dark brown from all We would like to send a special thank Old Second Bank and Drive-up locations; the silt you might ask: where is it coming you to our generous sponsors: GrunRosati’s Pizza; Smokey’s; Starbuck’s; from? Is there more our local water and Yorkville Moose; and Yorkville National – dy-Kendall Regional Office of Education; soil conservation agencies can do?

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Thanks also to Kendall Printing and the FOP Lodge #195; Rush Copley; Menards Leo Phillipp Kendall County Record for helping us and the Berger Family; Carlo and Darlene Yorkville

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Yorkville parents question grading plan at board meeting

By KATHY FARREN news@kendallcountynow.com Fourth and fifth grade report cards may show student progress in two ways next year if a new grading proposal is approved by the Yorkville Board of Education June 27.

That change is one concession from the original plan which has drawn concerns from some high school teachers and from parents, two of whom who spoke to the board Monday night.

Currently grades in core subjects (math, language arts, etc.) in kindergarten to third grade are given as Mmeets expectations, N- does not meet, or I- incomplete. That standards-based system lets parents know that their children have either mastered the concepts being taught or have not.

Students in fourth and fifth grade have received letter grades. Director of Teaching and Learning Kelley Gallt told the board Monday that administrators now recommend that they continue to receive those grades, in addition to standards-based reporting beginning next year.

She said this would better communicate to parents, other teachers and other schools- should students movehow a child is performing in school.

Gallt said this could be a good transi-

tion that could show the percentage of a subject the child has mastered.

She also suggested changing the designation from N, for does not meet expectations, to NYM for not yet met.

If approved later this month, the district could then look at standard-based grading for middle school students the following year and, eventually, high school students.

Board member Dr. Robert Brenart expressed concern that, if a child mastered three-quarters of the work, or 75 percent, that could translate to a lower letter grade than parents would expect.

He called the currently used letter grades inflated. “Right now they don’t correlate to ACT scores or specific skills tests,” Brenart said.

Another board member, Jason Senffner, said he was concerned about how well teachers, particularly new teachers, could define mastery of a concept while they are still receiving training in the district from more experienced teachers. He also said it could take time away from teachers working on other innovations, such as the use of Chromebook computers for personalized learning.

“I just don’t agree with the timeline,” he said.

Gallt responded that the standards-based grading was approved and

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put into use the same year for kindergarten to third grade. She also said that fourth and fifth grade teachers on the committee studying grading were “very comfortable” with going to the standards-based format.

She stated that teachers would know from a student’s work in the classroom whether they had mastered certain skills or not.

Parent concerns

Brittany and David O’Carrol spoke at the meeting, saying they felt the lack of letter grades would lead students to stop trying.

“You want to increase rigor, but changing to the standards-based system will lead to mediocrity. Students are not going to strive to do their best,” Brittany O’Carrol said.

She also said she didn’t like the portion of the proposed plan that would allow students to retake or rewrite assessments. “I think they won’t bother to turn them in on time. In the real world of college and careers, there aren’t those chances,” she continued.

O’Carrol said she was very impressed with district teachers, and felt this could place added stress on them. She also noted research that sometimes it’s a sign that a child has problems outside of school when their

grades slip. “Kids can slip through the cracks with an M or N,” she said.

David O’Carrol said he was concerned the proposal was “a done deal” and added that, while he applauded the board for thinking outside the box, he didn’t think the change should be adopted just because one top district uses the format.

“It hurts kids who have potential,” he said.

“Everyone I spoke to within the community respects everything you do,” he said. “But people trust you to make the right decisions. Some people are blindsided by this.”

Board President Dave Dockstader said the proposal was “not a done deal.”

He said he and other board members have spent time in the district office looking for information. “Some things have been modified, a lot of questions asked, there’s been feedback on both sides,” he said.

Superintendent Tim Shimp noted that there has been no discussion of doing away with grades at the middle school or high school level. The new systems was intended to help parents understand where their students strengths or weaknesses are, he said.

He added that the district is seeing more push statewide to a competency based system.

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Wrigley opens addition to Yorkville factory SHAW MEDIA Wrigley, a subsidiary of Mars, Inc., opened a state-of-the-art addition to its Yorkville factory on Tuesday. The Yorkville expansion is the result of a $50 million investment by Mars that adds 145,000 square feet, a new Skittles line and 75 new jobs – a 25 percent increase in the workforce at the facility.

“Mars has a long-standing history of making our products in the markets where they’re sold,” said Wrigley Americas President Casey Keller.

“With the expansion of our Skittles production footprint, we are proud to continue that tradition right here in the state that Wrigley has called home for 125 years.”

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“We are grateful for the support of our state and local communities, which

have been instrumental in helping to bring this project to life,” offered Keller. “We’re fortunate to be able to further invest here in Yorkville, and provide the community with continued economic development.”

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Kendall County Jail, courthouse to get upgrades

By MATT SCHURY mschury@kendallcountynow.com The Kendall County Board unanimously approved the final scope and project budget for security upgrades at the Kendall County Courthouse and Public Safety Center. Approval came at a special board meeting held June 2.

Shortly before the meeting the board heard a presentation during a special committee-of-the-whole meeting from the Fairfax, Virginia-based architectural firm of Dewberry, which recommended the upgrades.

“The system you have now is very old and end of life. We did a thorough evaluation of everything when we first came to this project,” Craig Clary, project manager for Dewberry, told the board. “Our determination is that you definitely need a new system.”

The project as presented by Dewberry is estimated to cost about $3.17 million and should take about 12 to 18 months to complete. Mike Morland, project manager with Dewberry, said the plan is to bid the project at the end of June, get bids in by the end of July and start the project in September.

The managers’ presentation showed that they will update the analog camera system, intercommunications system,

access control system and PLC-based security control system. Crews will also update cabling in the courthouse and Public Safety Center, and add a redundant fiber communication connection between the two buildings. Clary said they also plan to design the system to be expandable in the courthouse to areas that are not now being used.

“All of those intercoms and paging systems are old and very antiquated and also passed their end of life cycle,” Clary said. “Your systems that you have now are failing.”

Morland commented that security systems are designed to last 12 to 15 years and the one that Kendall County is currently using is about 25 years old.

Board member Dan Koukol questioned the $300,000 contingency fund in the project. He asked what that money would be used for.

“That’s a lot of money,” Koukol said.

Morland said they hope not to use the contingency fund but when they get into the building they may find other things they have to fix or replace once they get started.

“It might be for something we weren’t able to see every bit and piece of – those are the types of things,” Morland said. “All of the major components are accounted for.”

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Sheriff Dwight Baird explained that the project had been planned for a number of years before he became sheriff.

He told the board that the project is needed.

“I can tell you with the daily problems that we have in both buildings, it’s much needed. You’re talking ‘92, ‘96, 2005, 2009 technology that is all melded together,” Baird said. “Your houses wouldn’t work like that if you had a home computer and a printer from ‘92 and a computer from now.”

He added that the project has been in the budget for two years and the money has been set aside by the board. The new system should last about 15 years, Baird said.

The jail has about 120 prisoners and is at about 60 percent capacity with an increase of prisoners it has been taking in from DeKalb County.

Board Chairman John Shaw noted the jail is a source of revenue for the sheriff’s office when it boards inmates from law enforcement agencies outside the county.

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Clary said they would phase in the project so it will not affect the entire facility at once.

23rd Circuit Judge Timothy McCann also made the case for the new infrastructure.

“Every week somebody comes into the office and says, just so you know, we have another panel that went down some place in the building. Not only is it like having a 20-year-old printer but it’s like having a 20-year-old printer that has never been turned off in 20 years – those alarm panels, those locking panels have been turned on 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year for 20 years. They are just not made for that, they won’t last.”

McCann also commented on some of the positive effects of the projects. He said once the project is done they expect to have video visitation available for the prisoners. As a result, he said the sheriff will not have to have as many people coming to the jail and he won’t have to use resources and staff to screen them and check for weapons before they enter for an in-person visit.

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The Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce, in its effort to recognize and support the education of future business leaders, awards an annual college scholarship to a Yorkville High School student based on criteria including school performance, ACT scores, financial need, and other characteristics indicative of drive and future success. This year the chamber awarded two scholarships. Michael Adams will study mechanical engineering at the Missouri University of Science & Technology. Francis “Frankie” Papa is studying computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Pictured with the award recipients are members of the scholarship committee: Jason Leslie, Meadowvale; Janelle Helfrich, Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce; Steve Steinwart, Meadowvale; Adams; Papa; Sherri Farley, Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce; Don Duffy, Team Eagle Packaging; and Diane Wallin, Yorkville High School.

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FAR LEFT: U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, Yorkville Mayor Gary Golinski, several aldermen and many other dignitaries were on hand for the ribbon-cutting June 4 to officially open the new Wonambi water slide at Raging Waves water park off Route 47 in Yorkville June 4. LEFT: Hultgren and kids try out the new Wonambi water slide.

YORKVILLE POLICE REPORTS Warrant arrest While investigating a report of a disturbance in the 1400 block of North Bridge Street June 14 at 3:28 a.m. Yorkville police said they arrested Daniel J. Shaw, 31, of the 100 block of East Railroad Street, Leland, on a warrant.

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Disorderly conduct arrest Yorkville police arrested Daniel Grutza, 26, of the 100 block of East Park Street, Yorkville, on a charge of disorderly conduct in the 1400 block of North Bridge Street June 14 at 3:28 a.m. Police said the suspect was transported to the Kendall County Jail.

Home damage reported Yorkville police took a report of property damage at a residence in the 500 block of Burning Bush Drive June 10 at 10:45 a.m. Police said an unknown person propelled a metal object that struck and damaged a window on the north side of a residence.

Arrest two for battery Yorkville police arrested Mark Carlson, 19, of the 900 block of Lebanon Street, Aurora, and Skyler Kroll, 19, of the 800 block of North View Street, Bristol, following an incident in the 100 block of Colonial Parkway June 7 at 11:20 p.m.

Police said the two suspects began arguing and physically fighting with two victims. Kroll also took a cellphone from one of the victims.

The suspects later left the scene, but were located by police a short time later.

Police said Carlson has been charged with battery and domestic battery, while Kroll has been charged with battery and theft.

Motorist arrested Yorkville police arrested Mario Gonzales, age not given, of the 1900 block of Crestview Circle, Romeoville, June 10 at 10:30 a.m. Police said they stopped Gonzales’ vehicle after observing him driving without his seatbelt.

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KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT A mother reported to county sheriff’s deputies that her two year-old daughter was bitten on the face by a pit bull terrier while they were visiting a family in the 40th block of Fernwood Road in Boulder Hill June 4 at 9:30 a.m.

Police said the child was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago and has since been released. Police said the Kendall County Animal Control Office was notified of the incident.

Lawn mower stolen

A lawn mower valued at $100 was stolen from a residence in the 0-10 block of Somerset Road in Boulder Hill June 13, according to county sheriff’s reports.

Police said they are investigating.

Trailer reported stolen

County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft of a 2003 Barron trailer from a residence in the 8000 block of Galena Road in Bristol Township sometime between June 1 and June 13.

Three people were injured and taken to Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora

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County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a domestic battery incident at a residence in the 8000 block of Van Emmon Road in Oswego Township June 13.

Police said a female caller advised them that she was struck by her boyfriend during an argument.

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County sheriff’s deputies arrested Angel E. Moreno, 22, of the 100 block of Minnesota Street, Spring Valley, after

his vehicle was involved in a crash on Route 47 at Route 52 in Lisbon Township June 11 at 12:41 a.m. Police said Moreno, who suffered a minor injury in the crash, was charged with driving under the influence. In addition, police said the suspect was wanted on a Bureau County warrant for failure to appear in court on a prior liquor charge.

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A knife valued at $250 and a grabber tool valued at $20 were reported stolen from an unsecured residence in the 5000 block of Waters Edge Court, Yorkville June 6, county sheriff’s deputies reported. Police said they are investigating.

Motorist arrested on Route 31

County sheriff’s deputies arrested Miguel A. Chairez, 18, of the 900 block of Front Street, Aurora, after stopping the vehicle he was driving for speeding 73 mph in a 45 mph zone on Route 31 north of East Anchor Drive June 12 at 2:15 a.m.

Police said they arrested the suspect for driving while license suspended and for speeding 26-35 mph over the posted speed limit.

Boulder Hill arrest

County sheriff’s deputies arrested Salomon Diaz, 18, of the 200 block of North Liberty St., Leland, June 12 at 3:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Boulder Hill Pass in Boulder Hill on a charge of underage consumption of alcohol.

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County sheriff’s deputies are investigating an allegation of a domestic battery that occurred at a residence in the 0-40 block of Coy Park Drive in Newark June 11.

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Someone scratched the paint on a vehicle parked at a residence in the 200 block of Tuma Road in Bristol Township sometime June 11 or 12, according to county sheriff’s deputies. Police said damage to the vehicle, a 2015 Chevrolet 3500, was estimated at $1,500.

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A Newark resident told county sheriff’s deputies June 12 an unknown person accessed his bank debit card and completed multiple transactions that total nearly $750.

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Police identified the injured as Mark Gregory Biegalski, 19, and Eric Steven Biegalski, 19, both of the 1700 block of Marilyn Drive, Montgomery, and Adam Timothy Mance, 21, of the 1700 block of Sandstore Court, Montgomery.

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Another passenger, Jorge D. Martinez II, and resisting a peace officer.

19, of the 1000 bock of N. St. Louis, was Pool damaged DUI on Church Road charged with possession of cannabis and Several small holes the size of BB’s were obstructing identification.

County sheriff’s deputies arrested Lexie found on the side of a pool at a residence Marie Bennett, 24, of the 2400 block of Police said all of the suspects were taken in the 60th block of Stanfield Drive in Plano into custody without incident.

Chestnut Lane, Morris, at a residence in the 15000 block of Church Road in Lisbon June 8, county sheriff’s deputies reported.

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Police said deputies were called to the County sheriff’s deputies arrested residence in response to a report that an Brandon Lee Hartman, 21, of the 20th unfamiliar car had pulled into the driveway Three arrested on Route 126 block of Bereman Road, Boulder Hill, at his County sheriff’s deputies arrested three residence June 6 at 6:45 p.m. on a charge and parked next to the house. Police said Chicago men after stopping their vehicle Bennett was charged with driving under of domestic battery. in the 3000 block of Route 126 near Old the influence and was transported to the Ridge Road June 7 at 1:05 a.m.

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Cannabis, paraphernalia arrest Police said the driver of the vehicle County sheriff’s deputies arrested CynJustin M. Garica, 19, of the 5000 bock Warrant arrest thia Naomi Delao, 21, of the 1900 block of of Le Moyne Street, was found to be in County sheriff’s deputies arrested KimCambridge Lane, Montgomery, after stopberly Sue Ayers, 46, of the 10000 block of possession of a .22 caliber revolver that ping the vehicle she was a passenger in on Hollenback Road, Newark, at her residence had been discharged into the air from the Farmington Lakes Drive at Heritage Drive June 8 at 8:56 p.m. Police said the suspect vehicle as it was parked on the shoulder of in Oswego June 7 at 10:36 p.m. Police said Route 126. was wanted on an outstanding DuPage Delao has been charged with possession Police said Garcia did not have a valid of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.

County warrant for contempt of court.

Battery, resisting among charges

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Police said two male subjects forcefully entered the residence and demanded items from the occupants. Police said one of the victims was struck in the head multiple times with what appeared to be a handgun.

One of the offenders was described as a heavy-set African American or Hispanic male, wearing a dark hoodie with a stocking cap pulled over his face, police said.

The other offender was described by police as a medium-build male Caucasian with dark hair, wearing a dark hoodie with a stocking cap pulled over his face.

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TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A BETTER US The Fox Valley Family YMCA would like to give a heartfelt THANK YOU to those who have helped ensure a brighter future for Kendall and DeKalb County children, families, and seniors through their generous donations to our YMCA, Kendall County's largest public charity.

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Yorkville Christian announces summer basketball camp dates Campers will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the game Yorkville Christian High School will from YCHS players and coaching staff be hosting its third annual youth sum- and also compete in daily shooting conmer basketball camp June 27-July 1. tests and live game action.

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Yorkville Fury 9U captured first place for three consecutive tournament weekends, recently winning the Huntley Summer Classic after taking titles at the Streator Sliders Tournament and the Elgin Red, White and Blue tournament. Pictured (front row, from left) with the Huntley championship are Logan Klimavicius, Liam Drew, Cole Blanchard, Alec Novotney and Jailen Veliz; (middle row, from left) Joe Zook, Michael Williams, Carson Wrecenyar, Carson Cooney, Luke Zook, Owen Price and Josh Glass; (back row, from left) coaches JR Veliz, Brian Drew, Mike Klimavicius, Rick Glass, Derek Zook and Josh Novotney.

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KENDALL COUNTY RECORD The Yorkville High School athletic department recently announced its spring honors for Northern Illinois Big 12 All-Conference and Academic All-Conference selections: Baseball: All-Conference – Brendon Reifsteck, Ty Liaromatis, Brady Kauppila. Honorable Mention: Mark Sommers Girls Track and Field: Class 3A AllState – Summer Pierson (9th place, 3,200 meter run) 4x800 - Summer Pierson, Julia Schultz, Becca Jasutis, Emily Eber-

hardt (6th place), Louisa Washburn (pole vault, 3rd place), Sydney Anderson (7th place, high jump) Boys Track and Field: Class 3A AllState – Sam Weisz (2nd place, discus) Boys Tennis: All Conference – Josh Tatum Girls Soccer: All-Conference – Guadalupe Anguiano, Peyton Willie. Honorable Mention: Catelyn Peterson, Katie Staznickas and Nicole Loquercio Softball: All-Conference – Sydney Woodworth and Cameron Wicker. Honorable Mention: Rebekah Hahn Academic All-Conference requires

the following criteria – a junior/senior varsity athlete carrying a 3.5 GPA or higher.

The following student athletes received Academic All-Conference honors: Track and Field: Sydney Anderson, Piper Buyansky, Maddie Dearborn, Alexis Grandys, Baylee Konen, Julia Megazzini, Rachel Paver, Summer Pierson, Erin Reynolds, Stephanie Schlichting, Julia Schultz, Louisa Washburn, Jennah Yarbrough, Gabe Arroyo, Jake Eberhart, Thor Hester, Cody Hornyak, Alexx Nauman, Brian Sandor, Jake

Weisz Sam Weisz, Trevor Wills and Brendan Zeinstra Boys Tennis: Chase Aulis, Antonio Bolanos, Alex Burks, Clay Elleby, Ethan Piszczek, Spencer Snider, Jake Stemmet and Joshua Tatum Girls Soccer: Lupe Anguiano, Jessica Luptak, Madison Mahr and Allie Novak Baseball: Kyle Arbet, Jesse Dalton, Lucas Farren, Brady Kauppila, Dru Kotlinski, Bendon Reifsteck, Cameron VanBoekel and Maxwell Warren Softball : Hannah Bazan, Megan Corniels, Rebekah Hahn, Mackenzie Nance and Sydney Woodworth

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Serena (11-4) and Indian Creek (10-5) as the Norsemen finished 9-5 in the league. Senior third baseman Austin Pagel, senior second baseman/shortstop Mitch Schmidt and senior pitcher Kevin Klock earned All-LTC honors.

Pagel batted .424 in conference games with a .493 on base percentage and hit three home runs with 23 RBIs

this spring. Schmidt hit .400 with a .541 on base percentage and drove in 18 runners, scored 40 runs and had 27 stolen bases. Both were a unanimous selection. Klock, a two-time All-Conference selection, finished with a 6-5 record on the mound and a 3.25 ERA, with 71 strikeouts in 51 2/3 innings. At the plate, he had 22 RBIs.

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The Little Ten Conference baseball coaches met May 23 to select the 16-player 2016 Little Ten All-Conference Baseball Team and the list was announced on June 9.

Somonauk went 15-1 to win the LTC championship. The Bobcats went on

to win a Class 1A regional, sectional and super-sectional title and finished as the state runner-up. After finishing second in the conference standings last season, Somonauk regained the conference title in 2016. The Bobcats have won or shared the conference title in nine of the last 10 seasons.

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Yorkville opens summer slate with Sandwich; three named All-Conference

By KRISTIN SHARP ksharp@kendallcountynow.com A young Yorkville varsity baseball roster was forced to grow up quickly in the varsity spotlight, but the Foxes came together for a 21-win campaign this spring.

Now, coach Scott Luken looks forward to fine-tuning the talented youth in summer play.

“We are still young on paper because we had those five sophomores who are now juniors, and a couple juniors that are going to be seniors, and it’s just a matter of getting the right chemistry together and getting those guys playing time,” Luken said. “I really like the athletic group of young men we have. Last year was more of a lack of experience playing varsity baseball; I don’t think it was a lack of talent. This summer is more about fine-tuning “This summer our skills and getting ready for next year.” is more about Yorkville opened the sixweek summer slate June 7 fine-tuning our and split a twinbill against skills and getting Sandwich, highlighted by Jeffrey Freiberg’s no-hitter. ready for next Yorkville played two five-inyear.” ning games against the Indians and won 10-1 over Scott Luken Sandwich. Freiberg allowed Yorkville baseball coach no earned runs, no hits and struck out two.

Freiberg got some offensive support from Lucas Farren, who batted 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored, Dru Kotlinski went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs, and Zach Haddox went 2-for-2 with a triple and an RBI. Yorkville lost Game 2 by a score of 8-3. Alex Engleken hit 1-for-1 with a single, one walk and one run scored. Jonny Behrens went 1-for-1 with a single, a walk, one stolen base and an RBI. “This summer, we don’t really care about winning or losing, but it’s always nice when your pitchers pitched well,” Luken said. “We scored early for some good support and [Freiberg] had a good outing.”

Yorkville closed the spring season with a 21-14-1 overall record including a 6-6 mark in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference, which was good enough for second place behind co-champs Kaneland and Sycamore, which tied at 7-6. Sycamore went on to win a Class 3A regional and sectional, finishing in the Elite Eight. Sycamore’s Michael Beaudoin was named the conference’s Player of the Year.

Yorkville junior Brendon Reifsteck, sophomore Ty Liaromatis and senior Brady Kauppila were all named to the NIB12 All-Conference team, and sophomore Mark Sommers was a special mention.

Reifsteck, an infielder, reached base safely in 11 of 12 conference games, and not only led t­­­­he team, but the entire conference in offense with a conference batting average of .467 and an on-base percentage of .610.

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Yorkville’s Brendon Reifsteck delivers a pitch to home plate Tuesday against West Aurora in the summer league game.

Liaromatis went 3-0 on the mound with one no-decision as a starting pitcher in four conference starts.

He had two complete game wins and finished with an ERA of 0.82 – the lowest of any starting pitcher throughout the entire conference.

Kauppila, an outfielder, didn’t start in the first conference series, but he made the most of his opportunities when he cracked the lineup finishing conference play with a .389 batting average and an on-base percentage of .500.

Sommers finished conference play with a .368 batting average, including two doubles and a home run, and had a .415 on-base percentage.

“All of them did a really nice job in conference play,” Luken said. “Ty had some really good starts and probably should have ended 4-0, but we pulled him in a game and the closer gave up two late runs.

Brendon had the best batting average of anyone in the conference. Every time he went to the plate, you knew something good was going to happen. We were going to use Brady out of the bullpen, but we gave him a shot and every opportunity he just took advantage of it.

“Mark made the most of his time in the outfield and settled into that leadoff spot. He’s a guy with some good wheels and stole a lot of bases for us this spring,” Luken added.