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Bid to remove hall set for vote Contractors will save 200 bricks from building

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Crowded police station opens for tours Photos by Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media

Oswego police opened their station on U.S. Route 34 to the public for guided tours Saturday morning. Police Chief Jeff Burgner said police offered the tours in an effort to help show the public why police and the village board are now planning the construction of a new, larger station. Burgner reported 47 adults participated in the tours. The current police station was built in 1991 and was intended to last 20 years and hold up to 50 employees.

Currently, the police department has 69 employees and the site has no room for expansion of either the building or parking lot.

TOP: Oswego Police Chief Jeff Burgner greets residents in the lobby at the police station. BOTTOM RIGHT: Residents Trisha Martinez and her 5-yearold son Emilio check one of the holding cells at the Oswego police station. MIDDLE LEFT: Cadet Bailey Roskopf of Police Explorers Post 3525 follows residents on a tour during the open house. BOTTOM LEFT: Deputy Chief Jim Jensen explains to residents how the site of the current station on U.S. Route 34 prevents further expansion.

Part of the former Oswego Village Hall will be saved during its demolition this fall.

During their next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Oswego Village Board is expected to award a contact totaling $34,900 to Signature Demolition of Bridgeview to tear down the old municipal building at 113 Main St. Signature Demolition submitted the low bid for the contract.

According to village officials, the contract will include a stipulation that 200 bricks be saved from the building’s facade. Also under terms of the contract, Signature Demolition will fill in the cleared site and seed it with grass.

The project should wrap up by the end of November, according to Jay Hoover the village’s building and zoning manager.

As far as what happens to the preserved bricks, Hoover said that is still a discussion the board and community will have to have.

Village President Gail Johnson said there has been interest from people who want one of the bricks, including former village employees.

“The calls have been coming in,” she said.

Johnson said there has been talk about using the bricks for a walkway or a perhaps a memorial but nothing has been decided.

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Village hopes for mixed used development on site Literary DEMOLITION Festival is •Continued from page 1 Saturday at library LEDGER–SENTINEL Over 35 local authors are scheduled to participate in the fourth annual Oswego Literary Festival at the Oswego Public Library from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 3.

The village’s Cultural Arts Commission and the Oswego Public Library District are event sponsors.

The free event will include book signings, a book sale hosted by the Friends of the Library, musical entertainment by Fox River Academy of Music and Art student performances and more.

A presentation by Sourcebooks Inc., a local publisher, called “You’ve written a book… now what?” is scheduled for 11 a.m.

For more information, call 630-554-4636 or email info@oswegoil.org. Also check Facebook – “Oswego IL Cultural Arts Commission” – for more details about the event.

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Tuesday, 10 a.m.: Kendall County Board of Tax Review, County Office Building, Yorkville.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.: Kendall County Board, County Office Building, Yorkville.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.: Kendall County Board Forest Preserve Commission, County Office Building, Yorkville.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.: Oswego Village Board Committee of the Whole, Oswego Village Hall.

Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Oswego Village Board, Oswego Village Hall.

Thursday: Oswego Plan Commission, CANCELED.

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“We are trying really hard to work with our historic preservation commission because I know they didn’t want that thing to come down, but we saw no way to save it at this point,” she said.

“The phone rang the day after the meeting where we voted to take it down,” Johnson said. “People like closure and that’s one way to give it to them.”

The building was built in 1921 and housed village government for many years before the village moved its offices to its current location at 100 Parkers Mill in 2008.

Karen Knight, a member of the Oswego Preservation Commission, had been leading the charge to save the building along with the Oswegoland Heritage Association.

“It’s a building from Oswego’s past,” Knight said.

“If you look at Oswego’s past, our downtown has been devastated numerous times by fire so there is not a lot down there to save and this happens to be one of the things to save.”

The building may not be much to look at, but Knight says it should nevertheless be preserved.

“When you look at the building, it is not a building that is going to knock your socks off, it’s not designed by a famous architect, it doesn’t have that great presence, but this is all we have,” she said.

Knight said she realizes

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The Oswego Village Board is expected to award a contract Tuesday, Oct. 6, for the demolition of old village hall at 113 Main St. in the village’s downtown.

“We knew that the land would be more valuable without the building than with it.”

Gail Johnson Village President

the building will be coming down and hopes the leftover bricks will serve as a reminder to Oswego’s past.

Rod Zenner, community development director for the village, says the property is zoned for business use.

“We’re hoping to get a mixed used development [on the property],” Zenner said, with the first floor as commercial retail or a restaurant and offices or

living space on the second floor.

“I think there are people who are going to be interested in that property,” he said. “We need a buyer to come in and make us a hard offer.”

Johnson said that she hopes with the demolition of the building that the property will become more desirable.

“We knew that the land would be more valuable without the building than with it,” Johnson said.

The village owns 60 percent of the property on the block where the village hall sits.

“I would surely love to see somebody come in and put in a couple of restaurants and attach those buildings,” she said.

“Ideally I would love for

somebody to come in and want to develop that whole area that we own but that’s probably not realistic but idealistic.”

Johnson added she would like to see a buyer for the property but thinks the old site of the Alexander Lumber building to the north will be developed first.

“I still firmly believe that it is going to take [selling] that Alexander property to spur the development on that lot,” Johnson said.

“We’ve had a lot of interest in it and I’m hopeful that now in the next couple of months that we’ll hear that somebody is ready to roll with that,” Johnson said. “And then that should spark the development across the street.”

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Bridge may stay closed longer Work on Mill St. crossing delayed by concrete issue

By JOHN ETHEREDGE jetheredge@shawmedia.com It may take contractors just a little bit longer to complete maintenance work on Montgomery’s Mill Street bridge.

Earlier this year the village board voted to award a contract totaling $431,753 to MYS Incorporated Palos Park to repair the bridge deck and perform maintenance work on the 31-year-old structure.

The bridge, which spans the Fox River in the village’s downtown, was closed to traffic Aug. 20.

In closing the bridge, village officials announced the project had a scheduled completion date of Oct. 16.

However, Peter Wallers, president of Engineering Enterprises Inc., the village’s engineering consultants, told the village board Monday evening that contractors experienced a delay in obtaining the specialized concrete they needed to repair the bridge deck.

As a result, Wallers said the scheduled completion day may be moved back one week.

Referring to the contractors, Wallers said, “They are trying to make up their schedule, so we’ll know more [soon].

It’s really weather dependent at this point.”

Planning agenda

In other business Monday evening, Richard Young, the village’s community development director, announced the village plan commission will be reviewing a proposal this evening, Oct. 1, from Aurora University to develop athletic fields on a vacant parcel south of Jericho Road in the village.

In addition, Young said the commission will consider a proposal to locate a U-Haul dealership in the Settlers Landing shopping center at the northeast corner of Douglas Road and U.S. Route 30.

The commission will render advisory recommendations on both proposals to the board. The board will, in turn, cast the final vote on each.

This evening’s commission meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the board room at village hall, 200 N. River St.

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D-308’s Old Post School honored LEDGER–SENTINEL The U.S. Department of Education has designated Old Post Elementary School in Oswego a National Blue Ribbon School for 2015.

National Blue Ribbon Schools earn the designation by demonstrating that all students can achieve at high levels.

“This is the first time in the history of School District 308 that a school has received the coveted honor of being named a National Blue Ribbon School,” said Superintendent Dr. Matthew Wendt. “I am so proud of the administration, teachers, staff, students and families at Old Post Elementary School and the district personnel who have supported the school in all improvement efforts.”

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced this year’s 335 National Blue Ribbon Schools, including Old Post Elementary School, on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

“This honor recognizes your students’ accomplishments and the hard work and dedication that went into their success,” Duncan said in a video message to the schools receiving the award.

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Oswego poised to hire village administrator

By JOHN ETHEREDGE jetheredge@shawmedia.com The current assistant village manager for the village of Bensenville, Daniel DiSanto, has been selected by the Oswego Village Board to serve as the new village administrator.

Village President Gail Johnson announced Friday she expects the board will approve her appointment of DiSanto during the board’s next regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

DiSanto will begin his duties with the village Oct. 13. He succeeds Carrie Hansen, who has been serving as interim village administrator since the departure of Steve Jones last April. He will be the seventh individual to serve in the position since it was created by the board in 1990.

Johnson said DiSanto’s annual salary will be $160,000 and his benefits package will include a vehicle allowance.

In a statement issued by the village, Johnson said, “I am confident Mr. DiSanto will come into this role with the ease of a veteran while bringing fresh ideas and unmatched enthusiasm to the position. From the first interview to the last, Dan’s passion for public service and his commitment to transparent and ethical government was apparent. He received unanimous support from our initial interview team, our management staff and the board. I’m certain he will win the hearts of our residents, as well.”

DiSanto said in the statement he is looking forward to working for the

village.

“I am honored to be selected for this esteemed position,” he said, adding, “Oswego is such an impressive community, and I am excited to be a part of its future. I am grateful to Village President Johnson and the Board of Trustees for the opportunity to join such a dynamic team, and I look forward to getting to know the Oswego community and working with this excellent staff.”

DiSanto has 11 years of municipal experience with the village of Bensenville and the city Daniel of Naperville.

DiSanto Most recently, in his role as assistant village manager in Bensenville, DiSanto’s responsibilities including overseeing an $800,000 comprehensive economic development strategy process, assisting in the construction of a new police facility, managing and implementing a village strategic plan as well as supervising the budget and capital investment plan process.

DiSanto earned a bachelor of arts degree in urban planning from the University of Illinois, Champaign and a Master of Public Administration from Northern Illinois University.

Previously, DiSanto worked legislative and development issues for the city of Naperville.

The village is planning a reception to welcome Mr. DiSanto prior to the Oct. 20 board meeting at village hall, 100 Parkers Mill. The public is invited.

15 percent of all schools in the state in both reading and mathematics. Once nominated, Old Post Elementary School was required to submit a comprehensive application.

In its 33-year history, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed the award on more than 8,000 schools. A total of 420 schools nationwide may be nominated, with allocations determined by the numbers of students and schools in each jurisdiction. Nominated schools then submit an application for possible recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School.

The U.S. Department of Education will formally honor this year’s 285 public and 50 private Blue Ribbon schools Nov. 9-10 in Washington, D.C. At the recognition ceremony, Old Post Elementary School will receive an award plaque to affirm the hard work of its students, educators, families, and the community in creating a safe and welcoming school where students can master challenging content. Old Post Elementary School will also receive a flag – a widely recognized symbol of exemplary teaching and learning – to fly on its school grounds.

Traffic shift coming up LEDGER–SENTINEL Contractors for the Illinois Department of Transportation are continuing work on the reconstruction and widening of Ill. Route 71 in Oswego between U.S. Route 34 and the Orchard/ Minkler Road intersection.

Contractors are expected to reroute traffic onto new concrete pavement between Route 34 and Orchard/Minkler Road early this week.

When traffic is routed onto the new pavement, contractors will remove the old asphalt pavement and place new storm sewers in the highway right-of-way.

IDOT officials are advising motorists to watch for changing traffic patterns and workers along the roadway.

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As part of the project, contractors are replacing the existing two-lane pavement with four lanes of concrete pavement along with raised center medians and protected left-hand turn lanes.

Also as part of the project, contractors will install noise walls along the north side of the highway in an area extending east from Douglas Street to the existing commercial buildings.

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OPINIONS

Thursday, October 1, 2015 Ledger-Sentinel • Page 4

OUR VIEW

Roadside soliciting should be banned The Oswego Village Board is expected to consider changing an existing ordinance later this month to either place new restrictions or impose an outright ban on individuals and organizations that solicit funds from motorists on local highways.

Last month Police Chief Jeff Burgner told the board that village police have noticed a rise in complaints from motorists concerning roadside solicitors in the village over the last few years.

Many of the complaints have come from motorists who have encountered solicitors at the busy intersections of U.S. Route 30 and U.S. Route 34, Route 30 and Douglas Road, and Route 34 and Orchard Road, according to Burgner.

Burgner also noted that a driver distracted by a solicitor was a factor in a recent rear-end collision at the Route 34 and Route 30 intersection.

The current ordinance allows for roadside solicitors during daylight hours only. The ordinance also requires solicitors to be representing charitable organizations as defined under state law, be at least 16 years of age, and wearing high visibility vests.

In considering changes to the ordinance, Burgner noted the village has four options: do nothing, limit the locations where soliciting would be permitted, limit the number of times a year individuals and organizations may solicit or eliminating roadside soliciting in all areas of the village.

In a memo to the board, Burgner noted, “State statute only allows soliciting on a highway if the municipal ordinance allows for this activity.

This allows for the village to decide if they feel it is safe for this activity to occur on roadways within the village.”

To improve public safety for everyone, we believe the board should prohibit roadside soliciting in the village.

It is already dangerous for pedestrians to attempt to cross in designated crosswalks at the busy, multi-lane highway intersections in the village. It defies common sense to allow anyone to be walking around those same intersections – outside of the crosswalks – attempting to solicit donations from passing motorists.

The presence of the solicitors also poses an unnecessary hazard for drivers – as evidenced by the recent rear-end collision at Routes 30 and 34 cited by Burgner.

Prohibit roadside solicitors and the risk of someone as young as 16 being struck and possibly killed by a vehicle or causing a crash will be completely eliminated.

We understand that barring roadside solicitors may create a financial hardship for local charitable organizations, but we would encourage those organizations to make the safety of their members their top priority and to consider other fundraising activities.

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Bolshevik prisoners shown under the custody of United States troops in Arkhangelsk, Russia, in 1918. There was considerable grumbling when the troops were initially dispatched, and that grew to a roar after the Armistice was signed. By late summer 1919, the deployment of troops to Russia had lost virtually all the public support it may have originally had.

‘Nonsense from the beginning’: America’s Russian intervention In the late summer of 1919, the nation was looking forward to getting back to what passed for normalcy in those days.

World War I had ended with the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany and its allies that went into effect on Nov. 11, 1918. By the summer of 1919, the young men and women who had gone off to war were beginning to trickle back home.

On Aug. 27, the Kendall County Record reported from Oswego that: “A reception for the return of soldiers will be given in the parlors of the Oswego Prairie church Thursday evening of this week.”

But while local folks were looking forward to welcoming most of the county’s soldiers, sailors, and marines back home, there continued to be a question concerning the end of fighting due to the war.

In July 1918, in response to a request from France and England, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson had authorized dispatching 5,000 U.S. Army troops to northern Russia.

The American North Russia Expeditionary Force was to support their British and French allies by controlling the Russian port of Arkhangelsk, where tons of military supplies delivered for use by the Russian Army were still on the docks.

After the Russian Civil War broke out, Russia withdrew from the allied pact, and Bolsheviks were threatening to seize the military supplies at Arkhangelsk for use against their countrymen.

In addition to guarding the supplies, the expeditionary force’s goals were to support troops of the Czechoslovak Legions and other units still loyal to the old imperial Rus-

REFLECTIONS Roger Matile sian government, who had been fighting against Germany and who were now marooned inside Russia. The Czech troops were reportedly trying to exit the country, but had been trapped by the civil war.

There was considerable grumbling when the troops were initially dispatched, and that grew to a roar after the Armistice was signed. By late summer 1919, the deployment of troops to Russia had lost virtually all the public support it may have originally had.

The U.S. troops who arrived at Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in the late summer of 1918 were welcomed by the Murmansk Soviet and the local Communist leader, Leon Trotsky, plus the Allied British and French troops already there.

However, it didn’t take long for the wheels to come off the effort and political infighting to break out among the allies while actual combat was taking place between the expeditionary force and both the Bolsheviks and their White Russian opponents.

With Armistice Day come and gone, a British unit refused to fight in February 1919, pointing out that World War I was over. A French battalion followed their lead, as did a U.S. Army company in mid-March.

The U.S. troops complained that not only was the war was over, but the Germans had been defeated, and the actions they were being ordered to undertake were in contravention of their own government’s policies. By June, President Wilson ordered all U.S. troops

withdrawn from Arkhangelsk after they’d suffered 235 dead in the police action.

But meanwhile, 8,000 additional U.S. troops had been shipped to Vladivostok, Siberia, during the summer and fall of 1918 with the mission of a) not taking sides in the increasingly violent civil war and b) aiding the well-traveled Czechoslovak Legion by protecting railroads leading east from the port.

Not only did the doughboys have to contend with White Russian and Red Army fighters, but also with their putative allies, including 70,000 Imperial Japanese troops who were out for plunder and conquest. The U.S. troops gradually came to despise the Japanese troops as much as their Russian antagonists.

The mood of the U.S. electorate in the summer of 1919 was restive. People wanted the troops home, and wanted them home immediately. The Midwest wasn’t 100-percent sold on fighting Germany in the first place; the whole idea of fighting Russians after the war was over was considered absurd.

In the July 2, 1919 Record, editor Hugh R. Marshall complained that: “The hope that our soldiers will all be out of Europe soon must be abandoned. Secretary of War [Newton] Baker has issued a special appeal to young men to enlist in the army for service in Europe and bleak Siberia.

How long, oh Lord! how long, will it be until our ‘democratic’ president steps out of the role of Czar long enough to let his ‘subjects’ know why he is keeping our soldiers in Siberia.

Do we owe that country anything?”

By late August, parents of Illinois soldiers serving in Sibe-

ria had had more than enough.

As Marshall reported in the Record’s Aug. 27, 1919 edition: “Having no hope that President Wilson will act favorably upon their appeal to bring their boys home from Siberia, Illinois mothers and fathers have taken their case direct to the House foreign affairs committee.

Chairman of the committee Porter says ‘there is absolutely no justification in law’ for sending our troops to Siberia, and that ‘the time has come to challenge this extraordinary use of the army.’

Wilson never saw fit to lay out his reasoning for sending troops to Siberia before he was felled by a massive stroke in October 1919.

It seems he didn’t even bother to tell his own political allies what the goals were supposed to be. And without his support, U.S. withdrawal from Siberia began in early 1920, with the last troops leaving Vladivostok on April 1.

With the mission wrapped up, Baker apparently finally felt free to comment, calling the intervention “nonsense from the beginning.” Gen. Peyton C. March, Army Chief of Staff, agreed, dubbing it “a complete failure.”

You’ve got to give Baker and March credit, though. Unlike today’s political and military leaders, they weren’t afraid to call a failure a failure.

Compare their comments with the rationalizations of the spectacular military and political failures the U.S. engineered in the Middle East we get from our leaders these days, and it almost makes one long for the good old days of 1920.

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FORUM Country Markets a success again

To the Editor: Thank you to everyone in the community who shopped and supported Oswego’s Country Market on Sunday mornings on Main Street. It was another stellar season complete with great products, wonderful people, and beautiful weather.

Week after week, we saw members of our community with full bags and big smiles as they purchased the items that they needed for favorite recipes and connected with vendors and neighbors. The season was off to a wet start, but the rain didn’t dampen any spirits. You came out with your umbrellas and rain boots to get your groceries and goodies, and that enthusiasm and dedication continued throughout the season and under sunnier skies.

Thank you to Bob Tripp, N.M.Tripp Insurance Agency, Inc. for generously allowing the market to set up in their parking lot, and to all of the other downtown businesses who have supported the market by sharing parking, opening on Sundays, and joining us as vendors. We love seeing shoppers and vendors filling the streets downtown Oswego on Sunday mornings.

We are already planning for 2016. Please fill out the survey found on the Oswego Country Market Facebook page and on the Oswegoland Park District website to let us know what you like about Oswego’s market and share ways that we could make it even better.

Thank you again for a wonderful season and we look forward to seeing you next year.

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Public spending on parks unnecessary

To the Editor: In this time of budget crises, cuts to essential services and looming tax increases, it may be appropriate to question the need for our numerous local parks, forest preserves, prairie restoration areas, etc., let alone state and federal parks.

An example of unnecessary public expenditure is the Arsenal bison re-introduction.

When the Army ceased using this location, it was turned over to various park entities.

After years of delay, one use for about 6,000 acres was dreamed up by park officials – raising bison to determine the prairie species of plants likely to have existed prior to removal of the buffalo herds.

This effort apparently affords a livelihood for a number of park employees. To avoid stressing the animals, visitors are excluded.

For thousands of years, buffalo herds moved north and east as far as western Pennsylvania in summer, drifting

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back west and south to Texas in winter. Herds protected themselves from wolves and Indian predators by bulls facing outward, ringing cows and calves. Estimates of their numbers: 15 to 50 million.

Does this resemble enclosing a 10 square mile pasture for a score or so of animals? There were no bison in this area in winter. How realistic is this “experiment”? Visitors will cause irreparable harm?

Over the years, donations, referenda, taxes and grants have enabled Chicago area park interests to acquire hundreds of parcels of land requiring maybe a thousand employees and contractors for their upkeep. Kendall County alone must have 20-30 parcels, many unused and, from a prairie is now 10 to 15 percent wooded. Every acre of “forest preserve” which was initially prairie could raise crops, supporting farm families and providing revenue instead of requiring tax revenue.

The private sector can provide recreation. We do not need public spending on parks and forest preserves.

Alphonse I. Johnson Newark

Fed up with this nonsense

To the Editor: Ed Washak’s remarks in last week’s Forum were offensive.

His disparaging comments about Republicans or conservatives are stale showing little hope he will change. Yes, Republican representative Randy Hultgren “shows his love of unborn children” by his support of HR 3134, HR 3504 and even HR 671. Mr. Washak’s mockery leads me to believe he has a distaste for children in general and babies in particular. His sarcasm reflects an opinion that these bills are a bad thing. On the contrary, Hultgren’s actions don’t go far enough.

What offended me is Washak’s insinuation about the credibility of the videos from the Center for Medical Progress. CMP is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to medical ethics and advancements. This wasn’t just one “highly creative video” but a large number of unstaged videos consistently showing Planned Parenthood’s negotiations to sell aborted baby body parts. They reveal a gruesome business organization dealing illegally, rather than the benevolent picture Mr. Washak may have desired. Truth can be upsetting. The videos weren’t creative, just priceless investigative journalism, something rare these days.

Planned Parenthood literally has blood on their hands.

This is Planned Parenthood’s business plan. For instance, they have no license to do mammograms, something helpful to women; their business plan deals with

abortion. Mr. Washak does not know his history nor the facts about Planned Parenthood’s roots. He may never have heard of Margaret Sanger before. Maybe the truth of these videos doesn’t sicken or upset him except his delusions about Planned Parenthood as humanitarian were not upheld by them. Though the videos reveal reprehensible business practices, they are fresh air.

It is long overdue that we address this issue. We should not, as a nation, consider funding such a sinister organization.

Hultgren’s support of HR 671 is a stall hoping we all forget what we’ve learned. When talking about babies in any stage of development, we must remember that doctors performing surgery in utero use anesthetic for the babies.

Why do we have to have legislation pointing out the fact that babies are pain capable?

Doctors already know this.

Shame on us.

Here’s another fact, taxpayers: Planned Parenthood receives $1.25 million per day in federal funds. This is what we support with our money, our hard-earned funds.

We should consider three important questions when we desire information on what our federal government is funding: 1.) What do we fund?

2.) Why do we fund it? 3.) Is there credible evidence and reason to stop the funding?

We always need to be sure we can make course corrections along life’s paths. Just because a law is made doesn’t mean it’s a good or just law.

We should all be calling Sens.

Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin, who are the ones to override Obama’s vetoes. The Senate, in particular, deserves to be called out on their unflagging support of the president against the rising tide of voices of people who have had enough and are fed up with this nonsense.

Cindy Akre Plano

PADS needs your help

To the Editor: Kendall county Public Action to Deliver shelter (PADS) needs your help. Our entire PADS organization, from the Board of Directors to the shift workers, is made up of volunteers. The shelter program is totally dependent on 600 volunteers who staff the shelter sites one time each month. Approximately 20 volunteers are needed to work each night, in four hour shifts, between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. for six months.

The 2015-2016 PADS program needs approximately 100 more volunteers in order to open the doors to the homeless starting Oct. 18. If you are interested in learning about PADS you are invited to attend an information meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m.

at Harvest New Beginnings, 5315 Douglas Road, Oswego.

Serving as a lifeline for the homeless, PADS provides overnight shelter, nutritious meals, and warm hospitality to their guests. Since PADS began in October 2010, the program has served more than 300 different men, women and children with as many as 79 in one winter season. Over five winter seasons, volunteers have provided 5,794 “overnight stays”, served 17,369 meals, and given information to homeless guests to link them to much needed help from local social service agencies.

We hope you will come and listen to the program on Oct. 6 at Harvest New Beginnings to see if you can commit four hours of your time once a month for just six months to keep the PADS program open.

The PADS program hopes that others will be moved to share their compassion and kindness with the homeless who will be guests of PADS this winter.

If you are unable to attend this program, please go to the website kendallcountypads. org for more information.

Sandy Lindblom Yorkville

Numbers don’t add up

To the Editor: The lies about how well the U.S. economy is doing. When Obama first took office the vast majority of economists said it would take several years of 320,000 plus or minus a few jobs per month to get the economy back to full or near full employment. Since then there have been only a handful of months that even came close to that number yet they say that we are at near full employment.

The numbers don’t add up unless you take into account that many people have given up looking and many have taken early retirement because they are not able to get a job.

Add to that the number that have hired sleazy lawyers to fraudulently get them on Social Security disability. If you take all these people into account the actual unemployment rate is, by most estimates, between 11 and 19 percent.

Add to that all the people that are working multiple part-time jobs and the record or near record numbers on government aid of some form and those people working at jobs way below their skill level and you get the picture of a two-tier economy. If the unemployment rate was actually near full employment wages would be going up faster, inflation would be higher, and the prime interest rate would be higher than zero. The Fed continues its zero rate for two reasons, the big banks and the Wall Street crowd like the free money and the Fed knows the economy is not in as good

of shape as the administration and their lapdogs in the national media would like you to believe.

When the Obama administration took office they were so against the “too big to fail” big banks and yet under this administration those very banks have become bigger more powerful and influential then they were before. All the proof that is needed about the banks influence and power is that not one of the bankers has been charged with any crime involving the near economic meltdown.

The current administration also made a mess of economic recovery when they used a large part of the stimulus money to reward political supporters, mostly the public employee unions, and then passed the two biggest tax increases in history to take out more money from the economy than the stimulus added.

To make up for it the Fed started pumping trillions of dollars into the economy which they at some point have to start removing from the economy to avoid future hyperinflation when the economy actually is at near full employment.

Bob Schwabauer Yorkville

Over 2,000 kids have competed

To the Editor: Ten years ago I sat in a meeting. While this type of work time has a reputation of being unproductive, at this meeting sat several School District 308 Physical Education teachers.

They get stuff done. What came out of that conference was a commitment from the Oswegoland Park District and the District 308 staff to host the Have Fun? You Won! Kids Triathlon. Together we have hosted this event nine times and seen over 2,000 third through sixth grade students cross the finish line.

This past Sunday, 300 kids swam 100 meters, biked three miles, and then ran one-half mile in the event. For some, it was the only time they have

participated in a multi-sport event like this. For others, this is a part of growing up in Oswegoland. They were participating as part of a hometown tradition.

The day of the Kids Triathlon is always one of my favorites.

It’s easy to see why. This event is a glimpse of our community. Teachers show up on a Sunday to time the kids and cheer them on. It isn’t just their Physical Education teachers. The school building engineer groups them together at the swim, their fifth grade teacher times them in the swim and another fifth grade teacher greets them as they finish the bike course.

Teachers they will have in junior high and high school are there as well. Parents who have never participated in an athletic contest like this cheer and embolden the efforts of every athlete.

With all this around them, even tired, students feel like athletes and walk taller on Sunday afternoon. Do you want to know what this does for them in the long term? On Sunday, I watched the fastest kid on the track stop his sprint instead of passing the slowest kid. He made sure his fellow athlete was okay and had one of the event grown ups with him before going on.

When we have such strong character, the kids in our lives expect the same from themselves.

The Oswegoland Park District thanks those teachers who made the 2015 Have Fun? You Won! Kids’ Triathlon possible. Our thanks, also to each athlete’s pit crew – their families who came to cheer every child. Finally, thank you to a super field of enthusiastic athletes. They were eager, excited, and amped to cheer on their friends and classmates. Sunday was a great day to be a part of, and we can’t wait until our 10th anniversary next year.

Kristie Vest Special Events Supervisor Oswegoland Park District Oswego

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ACT scores disappointing, but no surprise Dr. Wendt: What are your thoughts about the ACT scores? Did the scores go down this year only or is there a downward spiral?

What are the plans to do better in the future?

Thank you for the questions about ACT Composite scores and the school district’s plan to improve.

I appreciate the interest in our academic achievement and assessment scores are one indicator of our progress.

ACT Composite scores were released in late August and presented to the Board of Education

ASK DR. WENDT Dr. Matthew Wendt in September. We were disappointed in the overall Class of 2015 results, but not surprised. The 2015 ACT Composite score (20.8) dropped .4 as compared to the 2014 ACT Composite score (21.2).

When ACT Composite scores are low and need to be improved, it takes years to increase by even one point. There will be “dips” from year to year just like there will be “spikes” from year to year. This is one reason why school districts utilize what is called trend data. Trend data is a culmination of years (or test score results) and it is important to recognize overall trends in scores on

Montgomery Rotary Club to join annual River Run LEDGER–SENTINEL The Montgomery Rotary Club will be volunteering and running in this year’s annual River Run. The River Run will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3, along the Fox River in downtown Montgomery.

Club members will be serving as course marshals, helping with registrations and assisting wherever else they are needed.

In addition, several members will be running to raise funds for the club.

Runners include: Mera Johnson, Bryan Johnson, Matt Walker and Jeff Zoephel. Donations supporting the club can be made on the club website: rotaryclubmontgomeryil. org.

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of River and Montgomery Roads in Montgomery.

The group also meets for an evening social and networking hour on the fourth Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Evening meetings are held at the Montgomery Village Hall, 200 North River Street, Montgomery.

Interested members of the public are invited to attend the meetings to learn more about Rotary and the club in Montgomery.

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such assessments as the ACT. To this end, consider the following trend data: • 20.9 Average Composite Score (Classes of 2012-2015) • 20.6 Average Composite Score (Classes of 2008-2011) • 20.2 Average Composite Score (Classes of 2004-2007) In other words, 20122015 data are better than 2008-2011. Yet, 2008-2011 has a higher average ACT Composite score than 2004-2007.

School District 308 ACT achievement is improving, but just not at the rate we prefer.

School District 308 must do better in the future and this is not the time to turn back the clock. I am confident 2015-2018 trend data will demonstrate gains. I trust parents and

the public will judge the ACT Composite scores over time, and not only year to year.

Furthermore, I believe it is important to point out other pertinent information. Please consider the following about some of the best kids in America: In 2011, 814 students took the ACT. In 2015, 1,178 students took the ACT. The trend data support an improvement over time as noted above with 364 additional School District 308 students taking the ACT. Both high school Classes of 2015 averaged a 20.8 ACT Composite score. Since 2013, only a combined .4 points have separated OHS and OEHS. The academic achievement at both high schools is virtually the same when measured by the ACT. There are incredible

efforts currently being implemented to improve academic achievement across School District 308. Our primary focus includes: a new and enhanced district-wide curriculum, new teacher and staff member resources, upgraded technology and the use of technology in the classroom, improved instructional strategies, and better and additional professional development and training.

School District 308 is adding specialized programs (AVID, dual credit, Advanced Placement, online learning, etc.) to ensure all students are learning at high levels, including a growing number of students living in poverty.

Minority student and free/reduced lunch student enrollment continues to

grow and we are obligated to address achievement and other gaps. Gifted and talented education is significantly improving; special education and ELL services are being addressed; and the system is creating higher expectations for all involved in the teaching and learning process.

Patience. Time. Focus.

The 2020 Strategic Plan is being implemented and this plan will ensure higher ACT Composite scores in the future.

• If you have questions, please email Dr. Wendt at AskDrWendt@sd308.org, or via the Community Unit School District 308 website, at www.sd308.org. Citizens may also drop their question off at the Board of Education/District Administration Center.

Donations to nonprofits questioned School District 308 has given funds to United Way, other local agencies

By NATALIE STEVENS news@kendallcountynow.com A School District 308 Board of Education member expressed concerns about the district’s donations to various nonprofit groups during a recent discussion of the district’s 2016 fiscal year budget.

Board member Lauri Doyle said that she saw in the line items on the budget that the district made donations to nonprofit agencies and questioned why as a public taxing body the district was donating to some nonprofits and not to others.

“It makes me wonder why we’re giving to nonprofits instead of students in our district,” Doyle said.

Superintendent Dr. Matthew Wendt said he believed the donations were part of an earlier board

she saw it as “taking tax dollars from our school families and area” and then making decisions on their behalf of what agencies to donate to rather than “keeping it in house.”

“I don’t know if I can be super supportive of it,” Doyle said. “I think this is perhaps something we should leave more in the hands of individuals.”

Doyle added she didn’t want to take away at all from the “good work” the organizations do, she just wanted to know where the money was spent.

Wendt added that the donations were not necessarily limited to nonprofits. Some school districts are involved with local area chambers of commerce or civic organizations.

Just on Monday evening a member from the Montgomery Rotary Club spoke to the board during public forum and extended an invitation to the board or administration to join.

philosophy, although they have cut back on various donations in the last few years.

“When I arrived it was not only what it is today, it was more,” Wendt said.

He said that initiatives with Aurora University, for example, had been reduced.

The line item that caught Doyle’s eye was in approved bills for payment on Aug. 10.

She said the donation was for $15,000 to the Fox Valley United Way, and noticed that under the unit title the amount was credited to the board of education.

Wendt asked the board what their opinion on the philosophy was and if they would want to continue with it, adding that the donations do come with “rewards and strengths.”

Doyle said that for her

Board member Greg O’Neil suggested the board take a look at the district’s charitable contributions as a whole and see what kind of donations the district was making and their history.

“If we can tie some support directly to our student body, it would be easier to support a donation,” O’Neil said. “I think we should find out before we do anything.”

Board President Matt Bauman pointed out that the district also sponsors events and festivals, using the annual PrairieFest as an example. “At what point do we as a board put out that money from a taxing body standpoint?” he asked.

Wendt said he would reach out to the various organizations to see what it is they provide with the dollars the district provides to them. “We might be surprised with what they do and the services they provide to 308 students,” he said.

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AP reports Hastert case nearing plea deal Attorneys in talks with feds SHAW MEDIA Attorneys for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Plano, have been talking with prosecutors about a potential plea deal in Hastert’s case, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

The judge set an Oct. 15 deadline for updates, according to the AP. Hastert served for 20 years as the U.S. representative of the 14th Congressional District.

The AP reported the disclosure came during a hearing in federal court in Chicago that Hastert didn’t attend. It was regarding the May indictment that alleged the former speaker agreed to pay $3.5 million to an individual to hide past misconduct.

The indictment states that Hastert “agreed to provide Individual A $3.5 million in order to

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Dennis Hastert is shown on election night in 2010. compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against Individual A.” AP and other media outlets reported the payments were intended to cover up claims of sexual misconduct that happened years ago.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged Hastert with “one count

Parking, traffic plans in place for OHS, OEHS game LEDGER–SENTINEL The Oswego Police Department has announced parking locations, alternative transportation and travel routes for the Crosstown football game this Friday, Oct. 2, between the Oswego High School and Oswego East High School.

The game will be played at Ken Pickerill Stadium on the grounds of Oswego High.

Parking will be available in the north and south lots of Oswego High School and also at the East View Elementary parking lot.

Signage on Route 71 will inform the public when the north lot is full and limited to drop off only. Handicapped parking will be available in the north lot of OHS. The Oswego School District will provide bus transportation from remote parking lots at Plank Junior High, Churchill Elementary and Oswego East High School. The service will begin at 4:30 p.m. with drop off at the north gate of

Pickerill Stadium. Bus service back to the remote lots will be available at the conclusion of the game.

At the conclusion of the game, travel routes will be limited out of the parking lots in the following manner: • Fans exiting the north lot of OHS and the East View lot will only be allowed to travel north on Route 71.

• Fans exiting the south lot of OHS will only be allowed to travel south on Route 71.

• Fans exiting Stonehill Road onto Wolf Road will only be allowed to travel east on Wolf Road.

Oswego police officers and community service officers will be located at intersections most affected by the increase in traffic and will assist with traffic control in these areas. In an effort to reduce traffic congestion, all people driving to the event are asked to carpool. Fans are asked to remain patient as the lots are expected to take longer than normal to clear.

each of structuring currency transactions to evade Currency Transaction Reports and making a false statement to the FBI in an indictment returned by a federal Grand Jury,” according to federal law enforcement officials.

Hastert, who remains free on bond, is specifically accused of dodging the law that requires

that cash withdrawals of $10,000 or greater be reported to the federal government via a Currency Transaction Report. According to the federal indictment of Hastert, the law “required domestic financial institutions to prepare and file with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network a Currency Transaction Report (Form 104) for any transaction or series of transactions involving currency of more than $10,000.”

The federal indictment explained that, in 2010, Hastert met with someone identified in the indictment only as “Individual A,” and that the individual, a Yorkville resident, had known Hastert “most of Individual A’s life.” It states that the person met with Hastert “multiple times and that, during one of the meetings, the person ‘discussed past misconduct by [Hastert] against Individual A that had occurred years earlier.’”

Little else is known about the specifics of the government’s case against Hastert since Judge Thomas Durkin agreed to a request by

the U.S. Attorney’s Office to keep materials secret, with prosecutors citing law enforcement and privacy interests.

“The discovery to be provided by the government in this case includes sensitive information, the unrestricted dissemination of which could adversely affect law enforcement interests and the privacy interests of third parties,” U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon wrote in his request to Durkin in June.

After the case is over, the order also states that “all the materials and copies made thereof shall be disposed of in one of three ways, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The materials may be destroyed, returned to the government, or retained in defense counsel’s case file.”

A 1960 graduate of Oswego High School, Hastert taught and coached wrestling at Yorkville High School from the mid-1960s through 1980, when he was elected to serve in the Illinois General Assembly. He was elected to his first term in Congress in 1986.

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BRIEF OHS Homecoming Parade set for Oct. 4

The Oswego High School Homecoming Parade will step off at noon on Sunday, Oct. 4, from the school and proceed through downtown Oswego.

The parade route is as follows: Route 71 to Franklin Street; Franklin Street to Garfield Street; Garfield Street to Jefferson Street; Jefferson Street to Main Street; Main Street to Tyler Street; Tyler

Street to Ashland Street; Ashland Street to Garfield Street; Garfield Street To Franklin Street; Franklin Street to Route 71 and back to the high school.

The parade will feature OHS clubs, athletic teams, Homecoming Court and floats featuring the “Midnight in Paris” Homecoming theme and more.

Everyone is invited to view the parade.

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15 years ago this month With earth moving work started for the Lakewood Creek Subdivision off U.S. Route 30 in Montgomery, village officials were expecting a homebuilding boom. Tim Brophy, the village’s director of building, told the Ledger-Sentinel that Lakewood was just one of multiple residential developments proposed on either side of Route 30. “None of this stuff is in the future. It’s here now,” Brophy said of the subdivision plans.

20 years ago this month During a public forum held at Oswego High School, local residents urged a group of area state lawmakers to change the way the state pays for public schools. The residents charged the method used by the state places a disproportionate burden on property taxpayers. The forum was organized by State Rep. Tom Cross, R-Oswego.

Oswego School District officials announced that enrollment in the district’s six schools had increased by 286 students from the previous year. Total enrollment was 5,032, a new record.

25 years ago this month Many angry Kendall County property owners bombarded the county’s supervisor of assessment’s office with calls following the publication of new property assessments. Assessments had increased by an average of 13.25 percent. Supervisor of Assessments David Earl Thompson said his office received 400 to 500 telephone calls during an eightday period. “It was not unexpected,” Thompson said of the calls.

Village of Oswego officials reported they had issued a total of 43 building permits for new

single-family homes during the first nine months of 1990.

30 years ago this month Lt. Gov. George Ryan flew into Oswego on a helicopter to meet with village officials to discuss the village’s request for a $1 million state grant to pay for a water main extension. Ryan was heading a state task force reviewing requests for grants under the state’s Build Illinois public works program. Village officials were seeking to extend municipal water service from Boulder Hill Pass east along U.S. Route 34 to U.S. Route 30.

Several residents in Oswego’s Windcrest subdivision voiced objections to a local development firm’s plans to develop a second phase of the subdivision on vacant land located across Boulder Hill Pass from Thompson Junior High School during village board and plan commission meetings.

40 years ago this month One of the featured attractions at Oswego High School’s Homecoming festivities was a 25-footlong submarine sandwich made by members of the school’s home economics occupations class. The football Panthers, however, lost the Homecoming game to the Sycamore Spartans, 22-0. The Ledger reported that the referees penalized both teams for a total of 250 yards.

Members of the Oswego and Montgomery village boards met to discuss the possible establishment of a planning boundary agreement between the two municipalities.

50 years ago this month A local resident wrote a letter to the editor of the Ledger complaining about the lack of patriotism shown at the Oswego High School Homecoming football game. The resident charged the school band never played the National Anthem and a flag raising ceremony was botched. “I shudder to think of what is ahead for these young people who have no sense of school loyalty or patriotism,” the resident wrote.

Advertising for grocery shoppers in the pages of the Ledger during October were three local supermarkets: Denney’s on Main Street in Oswego, Paramount Heights on Ill. Route 31 near Caterpillar Drive in Montgomery, and Gromer’s at the newly opened Boulder Hill Market. Denney’s was offering milk for 59 cents a gallon plus deposit and salmon at 49 cents a can. Meanwhile at the Dari-Boat on Main Street, Cokes were 10 cents, large pizzas were $3, and a ‘Burgerboat’ (burger, fries and root beer) was 50 cents.

55 years ago this month The Ledger reported that some Boulder Hill residents had formed a volunteers for Nixon-Lodge group. Robert J. Morgan was elected chairman and Betty Black co-chairman. “The aim of the group is to gain as many mem-

Photo provided by the Little White School Museum

There were far fewer homes in the unincorporated Boulder Hill subdivision when this photo was taken at the subdivision’s entrance on U.S. Route 30 at Briarcliff Road in about 1965. bers in support of Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s campaign for president as possible, from among the 800 eligible voters in the Oswego Township subdivision,” according to the Ledger.

“Biggest Car News of the Year!” said an ad in the Ledger for R.M. Burkhart Garage in downtown Oswego. “Tempest by Pontiac here Nov. 3. The hot topic is coming to town…Tempest by Pontiac. The only new/size car with 50-50 balance (the engine’s up front--the transmission’s in the rear). A gas-saving 4-cylinder engine with horsepower choices from 110 to 155.”

60 years ago this month The village of Oswego was short on police protection due to Paul Dwrye, the village police officer, suffering a slipped disc in his back and the resignation of the night watchman. “Constable Jeff Rogerson has been taking over some of the local law enforcement responsibilities,” the Ledger reported.

70 years ago this month Local governmental officials and the Oswego American Legion announced that they would honor local World War II veterans with a “rousing welcome” home on Nov. 12. A parade was scheduled through the village’s downtown business district followed by a program in the gym at Oswego High School (now the site of the Oswego Post Office and Village Green Park.) The Record’s Oswego correspondent noted: “Every effort will be made to let these returned servicemen know that their friends and fellow citizens are happy to have them back.”

80 years ago this month “New Bridge to Cross Fox River at Oswego, Route 65” was the headline on a story in the Record. The story read: “A new bridge and paving, which will connect routes 25 and 65 with route 34 at Oswego, has been approved by the state, according to C.H. Apple, district state highway engineer. The bridge and connecting highways will be constructed at an approximate cost of $200,000. Supervisor Scott Cutter tells us that surveying of the new project will begin today, Wednesday. The bridge will be built on the site of the old iron bridge, which has been

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145 years ago this month “And now we are a railroad town,” the Record’s Oswego correspondent reported on Oct. 13, 1870. “The iron track runs through Oswego; every morning and evening we hear the puff of the engine, the screeching of the whistle, the ringing of the bell, and the rumbling of the cars. It was last Thursday that the locomotive first made its appearance in our town; the cows stared at it and so did everybody else. There is now a three-cornered contest about the location of the depot, one party wants it south of Washington Street, another north of it, and still another wants it on the other side of the Waubonsie.”

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130 years ago this month The Record’s Oswego correspondent filed the following reports: “One of the neatest and most attractive monuments at the Oswego cemetery is that of Boesenecker’s; it has been lately erected, and is the first metal monument in those grounds.

“Mrs. H.G. Smith is quite sick with the nervous rheumatism.

“A.B. Hall of Texas is making his relatives and friends here a visit. Ash has kept himself well preserved.”

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The Record reported, “Again, the high school nine came out victorious--35 to 16 in their favor--in a base ball game played Saturday with a club from Montgomery.”

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120 years ago this month On Oct. 29, 1895, the Record’s Oswego correspondent complained: “The protection of sheep in this neighborhood is getting to be a real problem. George Squires had a number of sheep killed for which he was allowed $40. The dogs, perhaps, are less to blame than the owners of them.”

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90 years ago this month Oswego school children did their part to save the U.S.S. Constitution docked in Boston harbor. The children raised $10.76 in pennies, nickels and dimes as their contribution to the national fundraising effort, according to the Record’s Oswego correspondent.

In his weekly column, Record publisher H.R. Marshall noted that Chicago officials were bragging about the city’s population topping the 3 million mark. Marshall, however, branded the city a den of iniquity, not far departed from its frontier days. “The only salvation we can see for the city is another frontier feature: a ready rope and quick action,” Marshall wrote.

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condemned for the past three years, and will be built of steel and concrete, 300 feet long and with a 40-foot roadway.”

105 years ago this month A Record story on the Panama Canal was headlined “Country’s White Elephant: The Costly Panama Canal.”

The Record’s Oswego correspondent also reported that the “sanitary fountain recently installed in the school building is an up-to-date arrangement for drinking purposes. It is not only very convenient, but is absolutely infection proof, and fully answers all the requirements of the state board of health.”

In other school-related news items, the correspondent reported that “five of the freshmen (at Oswego High School) were suspended from the English class Thursday. They promise that it will never occur again…(and) the monthly examinations were given at the high school Thursday; the pupils are beginning to recover from the shock…smoking is strictly forbidden on the high school grounds and premises.

If any of the pupils are caught smoking they will be expelled from the school.”

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10 years ago this month Oswego Village Board members voted unanimously to approve Village President Craig Weber’s appointment of Gary D. Adams of Brooksville, Fla., as village administrator. Adams was hired to fill the position left vacant in June when the village’s previous administrator, Carrie Hansen, resigned to accept a position in the private sector.

Hansen had served as village administrator since 2002.

The Oswego Village Board voted to give its final approval for the construction of a Meijer Superstore at the southeast corner of U.S. Route 34 and Douglas Road in the village. The board’s vote served to cap months of negotiations between village and store officials. Meijer had initially proposed constructing the store at the northeast corner of U.S. Route 30 and Fifth Street in Montgomery.

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Oswego vet takes Honor Flight

Kids run, bike, swim Photos by Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media

On Sunday, 300 boys and girls in grades three through six had fun participating in the annual “Have Fun? You Won!” kids’ triathlon at Oswego East High School.

To complete the triathlon, each entrant had to swim 100 meters, bike three miles and then run one half mile.

The event was organized and sponsored by the Oswegoland Park District and School District 308.

Since its inception a decade ago, over 2,000 children have taken part.

LEDGER–SENTINEL World War II veteran Donald McDowell, 91, of Oswego, was set to fly to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 30, as part of the 68th Honor Flight Chicago.

McDowell is a walking page in history. He served as a night patrol forward observer for General Patton’s Army.

“I led a group of three men through Germany, France and Belgium,” said Chicago-born McDowell. “Our job was to find the enemy and report back their location without being Donald killed.”

McDowell As a Technician Fifth Grade, McDowell served from July 1943 to December 1945. He was drafted into the Army at age 19.

Seventy years after his honorable discharge, this member of the Greatest Generation is traveling alongside 50 other World War II veterans from Midway Airport to Washington, D.C., to visit the 2004-built National World War II Memorial on the National Mall.

The whirlwind day of traveling is a gift from a nonprofit organization, Honor Flight Chicago. For the past 10 years, Honor Flights from all over the country have transported local World War II veterans to the nation’s capitol. The day is free for the band of brothers.

“I’m excited to be able to visit the World War II Memorial and to meet other veterans during Honor Flight Chicago,” said McDowell.

Details and an online donation portal to help fund future Chicago Honor Flights appear on honorflightchicago.org.

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ABOVE: Colin Sullivan of the Oswegoland Park District starts a bike race during the Oswegoland Park District’s Kids Triathlon on Sept. 27.

ABOVE: Dylan Fischer (81) of Oswego and Matt Kremer (84) of Elgin start the third-grade boys race.

ABOVE: The family of Jayden Doty – dad Dave, mom Jodie and sister Marlee, 6, all of Oswego – cheer her on in the bike race. LEFT: Nikole Petersen, 10, of Oswego, performs some serious stretching before her race during the Oswegoland Park District’s Kids Triathlon on Sept. 27.

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Newly OK’d school budget shows surplus But taxes rising due to bond payments

By NATALIE STEVENS news@kendallcountynow.com The School District 308 Board of Education unanimously approved a 2015–16 fiscal year budget Monday evening that anticipates an end of the fiscal year surplus The board also unanimously adopted the district’s tax levy for the coming year which will remain flat for the third year in a row.

The board voted 5-0 on both items, with board members Brad Banks and Greg O’Neil absent and without further discussion.

The new budget includes a projected surplus of $3.31 million, although that numbers does not currently include any salary increase for teachers and clerical staff, as

the district’s Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations, Ali Mehanti, explained at an earlier meeting.

The district is expected to see total revenue of $174,787,465 the fiscal year, which is made up of local property taxes ($93.6 million), other local revenue ($10.5 million), General State Aid ($51.55 million), state programs ($13.83 million), and federal programs ($5.22 million) The surplus is due to an increase in General State Aid (GSA) of $8.4 million, according to Mehanti.

However, due to the continued pro-ration of GSA, the district has seen a loss of $21.2 million over the last five years, said Mehanti, and about $4.4 million for the new fiscal year.

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Total costs for the district come to $171,456,415 and include salaries ($99.83 million), benefits ($22.39 million), and other costs of purchased services, supplies and material, capital outlay and other fund uses.

Not included in the budget is the $49 million owed to the district through the Capital Development Board (CDB) school construction grants. The district has been working local legislature to receive the funds, but it is not guaranteed they will be distributed.

Although the board approved a budget that did not levy on new construction or CPI (Consumer Price Index), property taxes will continue to increase due to the district’s bond and interest payments.

“Unless we restructure the bonds our taxes will continue to go up,” board member Danielle Paul

said at an earlier meeting. “That’s what the issue is. We levied at zero last year and the taxes still went up.”

As for the coming year’s levy, the board adopted a total levy amount for $93,147,612 tax revenues, which is down from this year’s levy of $127,364,915 and the prior year’s levy of $126,272,652.

For the new levy, $61,564,613 is for education costs, $11,015,401 for special education, $10,515,363 for operations and maintenance, $5,905,600 for transportation and the rest divided between working cash, social security and municipal retirement.

The new levy is the amount the district will request in December. The final amount the district will collect will be determined in March or April of next year. Tax bills will be mailed to local property taxpayers by the counties in late

April or May. In order for the district to maximize revenues under the levy process, they must request dollars at a high enough level to capture new growth.

When final equalized assessed valuation and new construction figures are known in the spring, the county clerks’ offices will determine tax rates and extensions of the taxes levied within the constraints of the school district’s tax rate limitations and the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL).

The four funds that are subject to tax limitations include the education fund, the operations and maintenance fund, working cash fund and the special education fund.

The district has until Dec. 29, 2015 to file the approved levy resolution with county clerks’ offices.

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Cemetery Walk set Learn about history at Cemetery Walk Event is set for Oct. 8 for Oct. 7 in 7th year LEDGER–SENTINEL The seventh annual Cemetery Walk in Montgomery’s Riverside Cemetery will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. next Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Everyone is invited to attend.

Guests will be led through the cemetery in small groups to meet the “ghosts” of some of the early pioneers and other area residents who now occupy the cemetery.

This is not a scary event, but more an opportunity to learn about the past from authentically costumed actors who will portray some of the people buried in the cemetery.

This year’s event will highlight a shoemaker who lived in what is now Settlers Cottage, a hard-working Danish immigrant, a WWII widow and an Oswego businessman.

Tours will begin near the corner of River and Taylor streets on the south side of the cemetery about every 10 minutes, so

visitors can arrive any time between 7 and 8:30 p.m.

Parking is available along River Street and at the playground at the north end of Montgomery Park. Visitors are encouraged to bring a flashlight and wear sturdy shoes.

The Cemetery Walk is organized by Montgomery’s Historic Preservation Commission.

There is no charge for this event. In the event of rain, the Cemetery Walk will take place on Thursday, Oct. 8, at the same time.

An indoor re-enactment of the Cemetery Walk will take place in the Board Room of the Montgomery Village Hall at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, as part of the Village’s Senior Program.

Volunteers are being sought to serve as guides to escort the groups through the cemetery. To volunteer or for additional information, contact Debbie Buchanan at the Montgomery Village Hall at 630-896-8080, ext. 1114.

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The Oswego Public Library District and the Oswegoland Heritage Association are teaming up once again to present the nighttime Oswego Cemetery Walk.

This year’s event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Oswego Township Cemetery at the south end of Main Street, Oswego between 7 and 9 p.m.

If canceled due to rain, it will be held Friday, Oct. 9 at the same time.

This year, these five former residents of Oswego will be telling their life stories: James Cliggitt, brought back to life by Oswegoan Gerry Weidert.

Isabella Crothers Jolly (18141896), played by Jacquie Weirich of Oswego. Alfred X. Murdock (1844-1864), enacted by Mike Frost of Montgomery. Beatrice Woolley Price, played by Auroran Jill Orr. Marcius C. Richards (1840-1928), portrayed by Rich LeCropane of Oswego.

People wanting to attend should come anytime between 7 and 8:30 p.m., park their cars along Main Street and gather

near the kerosene lanterns at the entrance. Every 10 to 15 minutes, small groups will be guided to the grave sites. The last group will be escorted at 8:30 p.m.

Bring flashlights, dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. There is no admission fee, no seating is provided and there are no reservations.

Organizers of the walk are Nancy Finley, adult services librarian for the library district and Stephenie Todd for the heritage association.

For more information, contact Stephenie Todd, 630 554-2321 or Nancy Finley, 630 978-1024.

department advises residents to do their laundry either before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m. Residents whose clothes do become discolored are asked to notify the public works department at 630-554-3242.

The department flushes all fire hydrants each spring and fall as recommended by the Illinois Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency.

The flushing serves to clean water mains and provides fresh water to areas of the village’s water system that have low flow or little usage.

The department will be putting up signs in local neighborhoods to alert residents to the pending flushing.

BRIEF Oswego to flush village water mains from Oct. 1-9 The village of Oswego’s Public Works Department will flush water mains in the village beginning today, Oct. 1 through Friday, Oct. 9.

Crews will begin flushing mains at 7 a.m. Since the flushing may cause tap water to become discolored the

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OSWEGO POLICE REPORTS May Street, Aurora, on a charge of retail theft. Police said also cited the driver of the vehicle, Mikel L. Ewing, 19, of the 500 block of Ben Street, Plano, for driving on a suspended license.

Paraphernalia arrest Oswego police arrested James D. Dudley, 30, of the 200 block of Gregory Street, Aurora, Sept.

29 at 12:52 a.m. on Bower Lane in the village. Police said Dudly has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

DUI arrest on Orchard Road Oswego police arrested Krista P. Arenas, 43, of the 200 block of Isleview Drive, Oswego, after stopping her vehicle on Orchard Road at Budlong Drive in the village Sept. 27 at 1:57 a.m.

Police said Arenas faces charges of driving under the influence and improper lane usage. She is scheduled to appear in court later this month on the charges, according to police.

Police arrest theft suspect Oswego police were summoned to a store in the 2700 block of U.S. Route 34 in the village Sept. 26 at 12:50 p.m. on a report of a retail theft. Upon arrival, police said they learned the offender had driven away.

Police managed to stop the vehicle and arrest Thaddeus A. Jones, 18, of the 600 block of

Minor damage in bus crash Oswego police responded to a rear-end collision involved two school buses at East View Kindergarten Center in Ill. Route 71 in the village Sept. 24 at 8:33 a.m. Police said the driver of one of the buses failed to use an emergency brake and it slowly rolled into another bus that was parked in front of it.

Police said there were several students on the buses when the

Vehicle window broken Someone broke the back window on a vehicle in the 50th block of Brock Way in Oswego Sept. 24, village police reported.

accident occurred, but no one was injured. Damage as a result of the crash was estimated at $500.

Wallet stolen from vehicle Someone broke out the window of a vehicle parked in the 200 block of Ogden Falls Boulevard in Oswego and stole a wallet Sept. 26, according to village police.

Police said the wallet and its contents are valued at $200, while damage to the vehicle was estimated at $100.

Brock Way warrant arrest Oswego police arrested Brandy Hardekopf, 40, of the 40th block of Ingleshire Road, Boulder Hill on a warrant in the 50th block of Brock Way in Oswego Sept. 24 at 3:44 p.m.

Trespass arrest store Oswego police arrested Steven M. Johnson, 47, of the 800 block of Cougar Drive, Oswego, on a charge of trespass at a store in the 2300 block of U.S. Route 34 Sept. 24 at 4:20 p.m.

Police said the suspect posted bond and was released pending a court appearance Oct. 28.

Property stolen Property valued at $1,730 was stolen from a residence in the 300 block of Persimmon Lane in Oswego Sept. 24, according to village police.

Bus driver ticketed Oswego police ticketed Carlene M. Miller, 55, of the 1000 block of Rainwood Drive, Aurora, for improper lane usage after the school bus she was driving struck a stop sign on Jefferson Street at Grant Street in the village Sept. 22 at 3:47 p.m. Police said none of the 19 students who were on the bus at the time of the accident were injured.

Traffic citations issued Oswego police issued traffic citations to Nestor D. Ortega, 26, of the 700 block of West Jones Street, Plano, for driving on a suspended license and illegal use of a cellphone.

Neighborhood Watch group to meet Oct. 14 LEDGER–SENTINEL The next Boulder Hill Neighborhood Watch meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14.

The meeting will be held at the Neighborhood Church of the Brethren (enter through the south door of the building), located at 155 Boulder Hill Pass in the subdivision.

All residents of Boulder Hill are invited to attend and participate.

There are no membership dues.

There is no affiliation between the Boulder Hill Neighborhood Watch and the Neighborhood Church of the Brethren.

The Neighborhood Watch meetings are informal and intended to offer information to residents of the unincorporated

KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS False report Daniel A. Bayon, 19, of the 400 block of Blue Ridge Drive, Oswego, was charged with filing a false police report in connection with an incident at about 7:25 p.m.

Sept. 21 in the 0-99 block of Clay Court in Oswego Township, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. According to the report, deputies were called to the area for a report of a person with a weapon.

Warrant arrest Michael D. Bryant, 44, of the 100 block of Harbor Drive, Oswego, was found to be wanted on a warrant from Kane County on a charge of contempt of court at about 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22 in Oswego Township, Kendall County sheriff’s police said.

Window damaged The rear window of a vehicle was broken between Sept. 23 and 24 in the 0-99 block of Fieldpoint Road in Boulder Hill, the owner told Kendall County sheriff’s police.

Warrant arrest Tyler J. Nelson, 23, of the 400 block of Monroe Street, Oswego, was found to be

wanted on a warrant in connection with failure to appear in court on a larceny charge after an incident at about 11:15 p.m. Sept. 26 at Reservation Road and Crestview Court in Oswego Township, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. He was taken to the Kendall County jail for booking, according to report.

DUI charge Roderick C. Plumley, 25, of the 3700 block of Minkler Road, Yorkville, was charged with DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia at about 11:25 p.m. Sept.

22 at Route 25 and Glendale Avenue in Oswego Township, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. According to reports, deputies stopped the vehicle due to suspended license plates.

License expired Ruby A. Hernandez, 39, of the 600 block of Aurora Avenue, Aurora, was charged with driving with no valid driver’s license after a traffic stop at about 12:50 a.m.

Sept. 26 in the 1500 block of Douglas Road, Oswego, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. Hernandez also was charged with improper lighting-driving with one

headlamp, reports said.

Speeding juvenile A 16-year-old juvenile driver was charged with speeding at about 10 p.m.

Sept. 23 at Orchard Road and Tuscany Trail in Oswego Township, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. According to reports, the teen was driving 94 mph in a 45 mph zone. He was taken to the Kendall County jail where he posted bond and was released, reports said.

Order of protection Josiah N. Padilla, 21, of the 300 block of Rural Street, Aurora, was charged with violation of an order of protection at about 7:45 p.m. Sept. 23 in the 0-99 block of Hillstone Road, Boulder Hill, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. According to reports, Padilla attempted to make contact with a female who signed criminal complaints against Padilla for violating the order of protection.

Possession charge Jaime D. Gutierrez, 18, of the 500 block of South Spencer Street, Aurora, was charged with driving while license

suspended at about 9 p.m. Sept. 23 at Douglas Road and Route 30 in Oswego Township, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. According to reports, he also was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis and operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration for non-insurance.

Burglary to vehicle Someone entered an unlocked vehicle between Sept. 21 and 23 in the 0-99 block of Amy Court, Oswego Township and took a billfold containing identification cards and gift cards, the owner told Kendall County sheriff’s police.

• Two unlocked vehicles were entered between 2 p.m. Sept. 27 and 5 p.m. Sept.

28 in the 0-99 block of South Bereman Road, Boulder Hill, Kendall County sheriff’s police said. Items were missing from one of the vehicles, the report said.

• Someone entered an unlocked vehicle parked between 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 and 9 a.m. Sept. 28 in the 0-99 block of Pembrooke Road, Boulder Hill, the owner told Kendall County sheriff’s police. Nothing appeared to be missing from the vehicle, reports said.

MONTGOMERY POLICE REPORTS

DUI arrest Montgomery police arrested Jonah Tackett, 44, of the 600 block of Clement Street, Joliet, after stopping his vehicle for improper lane usage on Montgomery Road at Howell Place in the village Sept. 21 at 12:07 a.m.

Police said the suspect has been charged with driving under

the influence and disobeying a stop sign.

Cannabis arrest Montgomery police arrested Walter King, 20, of the 2000 block of Margaret Drive, Montgomery, Sept. 25 at 2:44 p.m. on Brentwood Avenue at Orchard Road on a charge of unlawful possession of cannabis.

Arrested on DuPage warrant Montgomery police arrested Agustin Morales, 19, of the 1500 block of Liberty Street, Aurora, Sept. 23 at 8:37 p.m. in the 300 block of Second Avenue in the Village. Police said the suspect was wanted on a DuPage County Sheriff’s Office warrant for failure to appear in court on a prior charge of driving under the influence.

Traffic citations issued Montgomery police issued traffic citations to the following motorists over the past week:

Jeremy Rivera, 19, of the 7000 block of Gallatin Drive, Plainfield, driving on a suspended license.

Christen Orr, 22, of the 600 block of South Lincoln Avenue, Aurora, no valid driver’s license.

Bruce Cowans, 27, of the 100 block of Heathgate Road, Boulder Hill, driving on a suspended

license.

Armando Salinas-Zamudio, 25, of the 1000 block of Indian Avenue, Aurora, no valid driver’s license.

Tony Ramos, 21, of the 1200 block of Nantucket Road, Aurora, operating a vehicle when registration is suspended.

Orlando Bravo, 31, of the 1100

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Yolando Elizondo, 23, of the 1100 block of LaFayette Street, Aurora, driving on a suspended license.

Camron Howard-Brooks, 19, of the 2900 block of Foxmoor Drive, Montgomery, driving on a suspended license.

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DUI arrest on Ashland Ave. Montgomery police arrested Adrian Burgos, 34, of the 900 block of South River Street, Aurora, after stopping his vehicle on Ashland Avenue at Ill. Route 25 in the village Sept. 25 at 1:29 a.m.

Police said Burgos has been charged with driving under the influence. In addition, police said the suspect was also wanted on a Will County Sheriff’s Office warrant for driving while license suspended and a Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office warrant for driving on a suspended license.

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Domestic battery Oswego police took a report of a domestic battery that occurred at a residence on Rosebush Drive in the village Sept. 28.

Theft under investigation Oswego police are investigating a reported retail theft from a store in the 2500 block of U.S. Route 34 in the village Sept. 28 at 3:30 p.m.

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Antique group meeting Oct. 7

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The Antique Study Group will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 12:30 p.m. The meeting will be hosted by Ruth Craver and Judy Siedlecki will act as co-hostess.

A program on Kewpie Dolls will be given by Karen Pleskovich, who is an avid collector.

Due to illness, the September meeting was cancelled.

The study group was formed in 1964 by Berniece Clouse who loved antiques and wanted others with the same interest to learn more about them.

If you love antiques and are interested in becoming a member, contact Mary Collins at 630-551-6146 for more information.

Hilltop Gardeners to talk houseplants on Oct. 8

Liz Holmberg, owner of Lizzie’s Garden in Naperville, will present a program about houseplants at the Thursday, Oct. 8 meeting of Hilltop Gardeners Garden Club. The meeting will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street in Oswego.

Members and guests will learn about the latest varieties of popular foliage, succulents and air plants available, and how to use them to decorate in stylish and modern ways. Holmberg will discuss how “greening” your home environment can benefit productivity, improve well-being, reduce stress and promote healing.

The meeting will begin with refreshments, followed by a short business meeting and then the program. There is no fee to attend and all are invited. For more information, call Diane at 630-551-1970 or email Valerie at vgierhart@ aol.com.

Legion fish fry Friday

The Oswego American Legion all-you-can-eat fish fry buffet is held on Fridays from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. A carryout menu is available.

The grill is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. A half pound cheeseburger with fries is only $5.

Tuesday is $1.50 tacos.

This special is for dining in only. Play Queen of Hearts on Tuesday nights. Stop and buy a ticket for the 7 p.m. drawing.

Bingo is on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.; doors open at 5 p.m.

Video gaming is available.

The Legion will be raffling off at 50” television. Tickets are $10 each with all proceeds going to a kids’ Christmas party.

The public is always welcome. The Legion also rents a room upstairs for special events. The Oswego American Legion is located at 19 W. Washington Street in downtown Oswego.

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LEDGER–SENTINEL Oswego East High School is partnering with the Young Hearts for Life (YH4L) cardiac screening program.

Young Hearts for Life is a nonprofit organization affiliated with Advocate Charitable Foundation. They offer a voluntary screening program that involves a simple, three-minute electrocardiogram (EKG). An EKG is a non-invasive test that measures the electrical activity of the heart and can detect

certain heart abnormalities leading to sudden cardiac death.

The screening will be free to the students at Oswego East High School on Nov. 19 and will take place during physical education, driver’s education, health and study hall classes.

Parents who wish to have their child participate in the free screening program must complete registration by visiting yh4l.org.

Participation is voluntary; however, all high school students are strongly encouraged to participate

OHS schedules annual Powder Puff game

Oswego High School continues a long-standing homecoming week tradition again this year with the Powder Puff Football Game scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 7.

The annual Powder Puff game pits the junior girls against the senior girls and will kick off at 6 p.m. at Ken Pickerill Stadium at Oswego High School. With tutus, boas and plenty of “bling,” it’s not quite your traditional Friday night Panther football, but the evening is guaranteed to provide spectators with lots of laughs and maybe even a touchdown or two.

Family, friends, students, staff and the community are invited to attend to cheer on their favorite team.

Admission will $3 for adults and $1 for students and senior citizens. No passes will be accepted for this event. The stadium will open at 5:30 p.m. and concessions, including pizza, nachos, popcorn, candy and a variety of drinks, will be available For information or to volunteer, contact Crystal Robinson at 630-336-6026 or bcwfbc@sbcglobal.net.

in the free screenings, even if they were previously screened. An EKG screening is recommended every two years for students up until the age of 25.

Cardiologists will be on site to interpret the testing. The results from the screening will be sent to parents via an email notification three to four weeks after the screening. All results are confidential and communicated through a secure system.

It is estimated that over 200 adult volunteers are needed for

the high school screening event.

To volunteer at Oswego East High School, register online at http:// vols.pt/wwWXJ7. All volunteers are required to attend a volunteer training program. Those dates and times are found in the volunteer spot Link.

To learn more about Young Hearts for Life, visit yh4l.org, or call Johneen Davis, program director, at 630-785-4366. For more information about EKG screenings, visit the frequently asked questions at yh4l.org/faq/.

Fourth-grade writer’s work published in magazine

Lakewood Creek Elementary fourth-grader Maddy Dittman submitted a writing entry to Discovery Girls Magazine, and it got published.

Maddy is in Ava Todd’s fourthgrade class.

Wheatlands student to compete in Robotic World Championships

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Wheatlands Elementary School fourth-grade student Jensen Coonradt, of Team RoboGals, recently won the World Robot Olympiad, and will travel to Qatar in November to compete in the world championships.

Jensen and her TeamRoboGals partner Kaiya Hollister of Aurora, have a Go Fund Me page at gofundme. com/robogals where there is more information about their robotics journey. They are seeking donations to help fund their trip to Qatar.

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PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP

Oswego East soccer tops Plainfield East in OT LEDGER–SENTINEL The Oswego East boys’ soccer team earned its first Southwest Prairie Conference win of the season with the 3-2 overtime win against Plainfield East.

Manuel Mangana scored the game-winner in the second overtime period on an assist from Michael Waclaw.

Mike Bozett scored the first Oswego East goal on an assist from Jackson Frazor while Victor Cuevas (assist from Spencer Moriarty) tallied a goal that pushed the Wolves up 2-0.

On Saturday, Batavia topped Oswego East, 3-0.

The Wolves are now 4-8 overall. They play Plainfield Central and Plainfield North this week.

The Wolves were placed in the Class 3A Metea Valley Sectional this year. The IHSA will release seeds and pairings later this week.

Oswego: The Oswego boys’ soccer team lost to Geneva, 2-0, last Thursday.

The Panthers are now 3-8 overall (1-3 in the Southwest Prairie Conference) going into their game this week hosting Plainfield North. The Panthers were placed in the Class 3A Metea Valley Sectional this year. Seeds and pairings

will be released later this week by the IHSA.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Oswego: The Oswego girls’ volleyball team lost a close battle with Plainfield South in Southwest Prairie Conference play, 25-20, 20-25, 25-27, last Thursday to move to 6-11 on the season and 3-3 in SPC play. On Sept. 22, Oswego defeated Plainfield East 25-15, 25-15.

GIRLS TENNIS

Oswego East: The Oswego East girls’ tennis team continue perfect play in the Southwest Prairie Conference after a 7-0 victory over Plainfield South and a 4-3 win against Minooka. Winners against Plainfield South included Jaiere Harlow, Simran Singh and Mary Weber in two sets in singles and Haley Clebanoff/Keertana Kota, Annie Carmody/Madison Miller, Ravina Shah/Angel Javier and Mma Enuenwosu/Paige Bolda in doubles in two sets.

Against Minooka, winners for the Wolves were Harlow, Singh and Weber in two sets and Enuenwosu/Bolda in two at No. 4 doubles.

The Wolves were at Lake Park’s Quad on Saturday and went 1-2 with a

win over Schaumburg and a loss to Maine South and Lake Park.

CROSS COUNTRY

Oswego: The Oswego boys raced at the Macnider Invie last Saturday at Harper College and placed third with 124 points, trailing Oak Park-River Forest (61) and Hoffman Estates (78). Bennett Peterson was eighth overall with a time of 15:45 while Collin Boone clocked in at 16:18 to place 19th and Owen Kelty was 25th as he crossed the finish line in 16:24.

Mitch Bradford (16:37) and David Gaytan (16:42) rounded out the team score while Jackson SImon (16:52) and Joe Fioresi (17:04) completed the top seven.

Oswego will head to Dellwood Park on Saturday for the Lockport Invite at 9 a.m.

thers came from Markus Tillman, Charles Coleman, Tremaine Batiest and Jett Weaver. Weaver’s touchdown was the result of a 35yard touchdown pass from Jacob Duncan. Defensively, the Panthers were led by Geno Lukowski who had four solo tackles and a pass break up. Andrew Delphey had an interception as well,

and fumbles were recovered by Hayden Bielawski and Matt Sperekas. The Panthers travel to Oswego East to take on the Wolves at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

The Freshman B team hosted West Aurora and came away with their third consecutive victory, defeating the Blackhawks 32-8.

Defensively, 17 different

players notched a tackle.

Justin Smallwood and Xander Rivera assisted on nine tackles each. Also, the defense forced four fumbles on the day and each were recovered by Austin Swanson, Jesus Garcia, Roger Luna and Julian Contreras.

On the offensive side of the ball, Noah Parker threw two touchdown passes.

FOOTBALL

Oswego: The Oswego freshman football team picked up a 41-22 victory over Romeoville on Saturday. The Panthers (4-1, 3-0 SPC) controlled the game, mainly on the ground, from start to finish. Five different players tallied a touchdown in the contest, with Max Smith leading all players with two scores.

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Oswego Blue 19, Kaneland White 6: With the victory

Oswego Blue improved their record to 6-0. Oswego Blue was led by Tyrell Husband’s two touchdowns.

Husband scored on a 40yard rushing touchdown and another TD courtesy of a pass from Andy Pohlman.

Pohlman tacked on a 35yard rushing touchdown along with an extra point conversion. The Oswego ground game was led by the blocking from Trent Epley, Tommy Eberle, Jamison Staniszewski and Gio Gamble.

The Oswego 8U Blue defense once again turned in a superb all around effort. Excluding a late fourth-quarter TD run, Oswego held firm the entire game. Key contributors on defense were Jaden Hobik, Austin Ganshert, Ryan King and Michael Kelly.

Additional coaching support this week was provided by injured player Nolan Koebele.

Oswego Orange 6, Kaneland Black 0: Last Saturday, the Oswego Orange 8U football team prepared to take the field against Kaneland Black, but the game was about much more than foot-

ball.

All week, OYTF friends and family prepared to honor Eileen Amelio, mother of Orange 8U running back Hunter Amelio, who is battling breast cancer.

Often in sports we focus on the standings, the score, the offense and the defense but perhaps the most special part is the bond that is formed between players, coaches and families.

This week, the OYTF family took action to help, honor and encourage one of its own. From the very beginning of the game, when Eileen took the field with Hunter as co-captains, to the way the Oswego Orange team played ferociously, hanging onto a 6-0 lead, it was clear that they refused to give up.

Hunter Amelio led the team on offense and defense all game until in the final moments of the fourth quarter. With the Kaneland team driving down the field and Oswego clinging on to a 6-0 lead, Hunter recovered a fumble to seal the game.

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Oswego Blue 32, Sandwich 12: On Sunday, Oswego got

on the board early via a 25yard touchdown pass from Joey Niesman to Jack Perillo. On the next possession, Niesman scored up the middle behind the blocking of Trever Carroll, Adam Ingalls and Logan Franzen.

Later in the first half, Ryan Chivari and Jeremy Musson each scored on long runs to the left side behind blocks from KK Thompson and Perillo. In the second half, Jacob Chivari fielded a punt at his own 25-yard line and ran it all the way back for a 75-yard score.

Aiden Avalos also turned in an explosive effort on offense running for 100 yards on only seven carries.

Defensively, the Panthers were led by Shane Murray, Liam Bailey, Javy Magana and Brandon Eubanks, who each recorded multiple tackles for loss.

With the win, Oswego moves to 4-2 on the season and will face Naperville Central on Oct. 5.

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GIRLS TENNIS

Oswego posts SPC win

By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com The Oswego girls’ tennis team earned its first shutout of the season as well as first Southwest Prairie Conference victory of the year sweeping Romeoville 7-0, on Sept. 22.

Entering this week of SPC action against Minooka and Plainfield South, Oswego is 2-10 in dual meets and 1-4 in the league. The win snapped a five-dual losing streak. “(Romeoville was a) big win for our team,” Oswego head coach Ryan Parr said.

“The girls played really well and there were a lot of smiles afterwards. It was really nice to see.”

Oswego’s winners against Romeoville were sophomore Anna Livingston (6-3, 6-2), sophomore Hannah Castillo (6-3, 6-0) and Megan Kill (6-3, 6-0; came up from JV after the usual No. 3 singles player was sick) in singles and senior Kelsey Snodgrass/ junior Kamishka Moodley (6-2, 6-0) senior Mackenzie Smith/senior Madison Iser (6-4, 6-4), junior Emily Liskunas/sophomore Lauren Gotchie (6-0, 6-0) and junior Alex DeNeve/Anna Bruzdzinski (6-2, 6-4) in doubles.

Oswego almost made it two in a row, but Plainfield East edged out the Panthers, 4-3, last Thursday.

Winners included Castillo at No. 2 singles (6-1, 6-1), Smith/Iser at No. 2 dou-

bles (6-0, 6-4) and Liskunas/ Gotchie at No. 3 doubles (61, 6-2).

“We had some close matches. It didn’t fall our way this time,” Parr said. “I can’t wait to see (Plainfield East) again in the tournament.”

The Panthers hosted the Oswego Invite on Saturday, where St. Charles North, Jacobs, Joliet Catholic Academy, Batavia and Aurora Central Catholic finished ahead of Oswego.

“The competition was awesome,” Parr said.

“Great players. It was fun to watch really good tennis.”

On Oct. 9-10, Oswego will be a part of the Southwest Prairie Conference tournament, which will take place in Oswego.

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Oswego’s Kelsey Snodgrass goes after a volley in the first match of the day at the Oswego Invite.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Oswego East has strong race at Naperville Invite

Wolves welcome JCA transfer

By KRISTIN SHARP ksharp@kendallcountynow.com The Oswego East girls’ cross country team welcomed the opportunity to race against a talented field last Friday at the DuPage River Park for the annual Naperville Invite.

Naperville North, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 3A, turned in a top score with 55 points with Lockport (93) and Dowers Grove South (108) rounding out the top three teams in the 13-team field.

Oswego East finished eighth overall.

“We really like that meet. It gives us a chance to go against some good competition,” Oswego East head coach Lisa Cook said.

“Everybody is coming from different angles, but they’re starting to work their way back together towards the middle of the season so we’re excited about that.”

The Wolves had a strong front pack, with just 11 seconds separating senior Abby Cain (19:05), junior Alexis Henz (19:10) and sophomore Kendra Standish (19:16).

Sophomore Abby Flammersfeld (19:35), sophomore Amanda Bonczkowski (20:10) and senior

Ashley Buado (20:23) also finished for Oswego East.

“Just comparing from last year, Abby was the only one who cracked the top 40 and this year we had three in the top 36. If you look at places, we were in much better position this time around,” Cook said. “Abby, Alexis and Kendra were together throughout the entire race and just spread out a little at the end.”

Oswego East will enter the Niles West Savage Invite on Saturday at 9 a.m.

The Wolves were also assigned their postseason route to Detweiller, which will keep Oswego East local in the Class 3A West Aurora Sectional.

The first challenge arrives Oct. 24 at the West Chicago Regional at Kress Creek Farm. The regional will feature a pair of state-ranked teams with Naperville North and No. 10 Oswego.

Boys cross country: The Oswego East boys’ squad placed 10th in the Charger Classic Gold Division last Saturday. Senior Trevor Nold finished eighth in 15:08, junior Dylan Zangri was 30th in 15:47 and junior Jake Klancir also finished in the top 50, clocking in at 16:01 to take 49th.

By KRISTIN SHARP ksharp@kendallcountynow.com Oswego East head coach Abe Carretto was already looking forward to the upcoming 2015-16 girls’ basketball season after a productive summer on the court.

Carretto added one more reason to be optimistic this week when Ty Battle, only daughter of former Illinois standout and NBA player Kenny Battle, transferred to Oswego East from Joliet Catholic to continue her junior year.

Kenny Battle announced his resignation as the JCA girls’ basketball head coach on Sept.

17, and by the end of that week, announced his daughter’s school transfer. Last winter, the coach led the Angels to a 20-9 finish that included a Class 3A regional championship. Kenny Battle cited personal reasons, as well as the tuition expenses, in the family’s decision to change schools.

While Ty Battle may be unfamiliar with the hallways of Oswego East, she’s no stranger to the current students after attending Bednarcik Jr. High School and playing in the local basketball circuit. Her older brothers, Kenny Jr. and Kendall, went to Oswego East and were student athletes at one time for the

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Wolves. Ty also has three younger brothers – Kamron is a freshman at Oswego East and the two youngest are in eighth grade and sixth grade at Murphy Jr. High.

“I know a lot of the parents on the (Oswego East) team and I had a chance to see them play a couple of times last year,” Kenny Battle said. “It’s going to be exciting; she’s excited. I’m a sports fanatic, so I’m always excited when my kids are playing anything. It’s going to be good.”

Ty, a 6-foot-1 forward, was a freshman starter on the Class 3A state runner-up JCA squad, and as a sophomore averaged 11.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. She spends her summer with the Bolingbrook Panthers AAU team. She will join a pair of returning All-Conference players in Oswego East junior post players Sydney Schultz and Jada Boatright.

“My concern is about the transition for Ty and the other players that are on the team that they’re able to jell. We did a good job this summer and now we just have to add another person to the mix,” Carretto said. “She should be able to do that pretty quickly.

My concern is on the team and make sure we can get everybody on board with what we want to do in order to have a successful

year.”

Carretto said he planned to meet with Ty this week before open gym sessions begin. Oswego East comes off a 17-11 season – and the upcoming year will be another opportunity for the Wolves to bring home the school’s first-ever girls’ basketball regional championship.

“She’ll be able to add into what we’ve been doing,” Carretto said.

“The majority of our plays run through the post or we’re trying to get them the ball to open things up for our guards, so it’s just about figuring out how we can get this thing going. We did some new offensive things this summer. I like playing a lot of different defenses. Anyone can easily fit in. There’s a lot of nice combinations with this group.”

As for Kenny Battle, he’s not concerned with his new seat during the basketball games.

“I’m fine with cheering from the stands – it’s something that I’ve been doing since she was born so it’s not something I’m uncomfortable doing,” he said.

Joliet Catholic named Nick Leonard the new Joliet Catholic girls’ basketball coach last Friday. The 2015-16 season begins Nov. 2, and Oswego East will host West Aurora in its opener on Nov. 17.

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PREP GOLF

Wolves Oswego East on par with SPC’s best Panthers to on the Wolves, chase Minooka for attack league championship

as any, second to Fox Bend. It’s just a matter of how well you play on any given day.”

BOYS GOLF ROUNDUP

Oswego 165, Plainfield East 174:

Runner-up Den Invite finish is morale booster

By KRISTIN SHARP ksharp@kendallcountynow.com Wins have been tough to come by for the Oswego East girls’ volleyball team, winning just two of 15 matches this fall, but the annual Den Invitational may have just been the spark the Wolves need.

Oswego East (6-14) captured second place in the 12-team home invite with a 4-1 record. Yorkville won with a 5-0 finish and a win over the Wolves in the Gold Bracket round robin match last Saturday.

“It was nice to play a little more to our potential,” Oswego East head coach Adam Thurlwell said. “Winning seems to sometimes cure issues going on with the team, team goals, morale – sometimes it just puts a nice spin on things. These girls, despite having several losses in a row, come to practice working hard and come to every game ready. Hopefully we can take some momentum from the weekend into this week.”

In pool play, Oswego East defeated Rich South 25-17, 25-8 and defeated Glenbard North 25-19, 25-17 before finishing with a 2522, 25-16 win over West Chicago. The Wolves lost to the Foxes 18-25, 19-25, but rebounded with a three-game win over Oregon, 17-25, 2515, 26-24.

“We were down 24-21 at one point and it was definitely a comeback,” Thurlwell said. “They were a solid team.”

Senior outside hitter Katelynn Kuehl, junior outside hitter Meghan Delaney and senior libero Alexa Jardenil were all named to the All-Tournament team. Kuehl finished with 39 kills, 33 digs and three blocks over the five games while Delaney had 38 kills, 20 ace serves, 26 digs and four blocks. Jardenil contributed 26 digs in a strong defensive day for the Wolves.

Oswego East will begin the second half of the Southwest Prairie Conference season on Thursday, hosting Plainfield North.

Romeoville 2, Oswego East 1: The Wolves fell to 0-6 in

SPC action with 11 serving errors in the loss.

Minooka 2, Oswego East

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Indians 14-25, 21-25 on Sept.

22. Kuehl finished with six kills, two aces and a block.

Junior Katie Ayers had 10 assists while senior Alexa Jardenil finished with seven digs.

Oswego (4-6) finished the SPC season with a win over the Bengals to end with a 4-3 conference record.

Junior Mason Lee led the Panthers with a 41, junior Kobe Taylor shot a 41 and senior Michael Latzke and junior Craig Schlegel carded a 42.

By KRISTIN SHARP

ksharp@kendallcountynow.com The Oswego East boys’ golf team is on the verge of making history this week at the Southwest Prairie Conference tournament.

The Wolves finished with a program-best 6-1 record in league duals last week and will chase Minooka for the title on Wednesday at Blackberry Oaks. Oswego East has never finished better than third place in the SPC, but the opportunity is there after a strong regular-season finish.

“We play Blackberry more often than [Minooka] and we feel like we can play with them,” Oswego East head coach Jim Vera said.

“There’s four other teams we’re playing against. We don’t want to change too much of what we do because it’s such a mental game. We don’t want to say ‘we want to beat Minooka.’ We have to beat everybody out there.”

On Sept. 23, Oswego dropped its only SPC dual to Minooka, 158160. Seniors Adam Densberger and Keegan Schropp shot a 38 to lead the Wolves. The Indians finished 7-0 in the conference.

“Coming in with the first couple scores we didn’t think we’d have a chance, but by the third or fourth group we thought it would

Sycamore 164, Oswego 167 Yorkville 7, Oswego 5: The teams

met on their home course at Blackberry Oaks for the annual Blackberry Challenge – a 2-on-2 Ryder Cup format. Holes 1-3 were best ball, holes 4-6 were alternate shot and holes 7-9 were played in a scramble format. The Foxes won seven of the 12 matches.

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Oswego senior Michael Latzke follows his tee shot on the par-3 fourth hole Monday against Yorkville at Blackberry Oaks. be close,” Vera said. “The main thing for us is that we want to win the conference tournament. The way it’s set up, no matter how we do against them head-to-head, it’s how you finish the conference tournament. ... We knew going in that we’d have a pretty good team and now they know they can play with anybody.”

Oswego East picked up its final regular-season dual meet win last Friday, 169-183 over Aurora Central Catholic on Senior Night to finish 7-2 overall. Following the SPC tournament, Oswego East will return Blackberry Oaks on

Tuesday for the Class 3A Oswego Regional at 9 a.m. The top three teams and the best 10 individuals not part of a qualifying team will advance to the St. Charles East Sectional at St. Andrews Golf and Country Club on Oct.12.

“We’re fortunate that we have both (conference and regionals) at the same place, so I’ve told the kids to play Blackberry Oaks as much as possible,” Vera said. “Even though it’s tough competition in both, it’s the same approach. We want to do as well as we can. It’s not an easy course, but we feel we’re as familiar with that course

GIRLS GOLF ROUNDUP

Oswego 206, Shepard 236: The Oswego co-op girls golf team won its final dual of the regular season to finish with a 7-4 overall record and 5-1 in SPC action. For the second straight match, the team shot its lowest combined score of 2-1.

Oswego East sophomore Kiana Krahulik shot a 45, Oswego sophomores Lindsay Stuersel and Lindsey Jones shot 51s and Oswego East junior Emily Staples finished with a 54.

The SPC girls’ golf tournament arrives on Wednesday at Inwood Golf Course, and the team will enter the 10-team Class AA Waubonsie Valley Regional at Springbrook Golf Course on Oct. 7.

PREP FOOTBALL: OSWEGO 50, ROMEOVILLE 14

Panthers focus on ground attack vs. Romeoville

By KEVIN RYAN Shaw Media correspondent Oswego lit up the scoreboard Friday night, scoring early and often in a 50-14 Southwest Prairie victory over Romeoville.

“The team really came out to play tonight,” Oswego senior quarterback Steven Frank said. “We watched a ton of film on Romeoville, just to see what they can do. We knew they have some speed and good athletes, we just knew we had to come play are game.”

The Panthers (4-1, Southwest Prairie) began their scoring spree on the first drive with four consecutive handoffs to Erik Vargas Jr. (14 carries, 86 yards). He marched the Panthers to Romeoville’s 15-yard line, and on the fifth play of the series, Chad Marsh (four carries, 44 yards) scored on a 15-yard run to give the Panther a 6-0 lead.

“We really wanted to get the running game going,” Frank said. “I think we established that early. We didn’t even throw a pass in that first drive and just drove it down their throats.”

Following a Spartan three-and-out, Frank targeted wide receiver Conor Morton (three catches, 30 yards) on the first play of the drive for

a touchdown. In six offensive plays, the Panthers scored twice and were leading 13-0.

“It’s hard for our kids because we’re a team that can’t make many mistakes against an average team, and that was a good Oswego team,” Romeoville head coach Oliver Gibson said.

The Spartans fell to 1-4 overall with the loss to the Panthers.

“Credit Oswego,” Gibson added. “They’re a heck of a football team and they execute. I think they’re going to go far.”

Things continued to escalate for the Spartans with a three-and-out on the next series, followed by a bad snap out of the end zone for a safety. When Oswego received the subsequent kickoff, it took five snaps for the Panthers to score again as Frank hit tight end Brennan Burdo for a 12-yard TD, making it 22-0 after one first quarter.

Vargas scored on runs of 3 and 19 yards while Frank hit a 7-yard touchdown pass to Morton in the second quarter for a 43-0 halftime lead. Frank had

143 all-purpose yards by intermission.

“That’s Steven. He’s a hard worker,” Oswego head coach Brian Cooney said. “He wins his games on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Come Friday, he just does what he does.”

In the second half, Romeoville got on the board with a 41-yard TD run by quarterback Anthony Kitchens (seven carries, 41 yards) and a 67-yard run by junior Jordan Nettles.

Oswego will now turn its focus to hosting the an-

nual crosstown game with Oswego East next Friday at 7 p.m. The Wolves enter the contest with a 3-2 overall record and improved to 1-2 in the SPC after a 6-3 overtime win over Plainfield South in Week 5.

“Consistency Monday through Thursday – that will be the key and staying focused,” Cooney said of the anticipated game against the Wolves. “This is a fun game for our community. Our practice plans are going to stay what they are, nothing flashy, just focusing on getting better.”

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PREP FOOTBALL: OSWEGO EAST 6, PLAINFIELD SOUTH 3

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By KRISTIN SHARP ksharp@kendallcountynow.com The Oswego East offense had been shut down for nearly four full quarters of play on Friday night, but it took just two key plays by the Wolves’ special teams unit to change Oswego East’s fate in a 6-3 overtime win.

Senior linebacker Ryan Sykes dropped Plainfield South running back Jake Maher behind the line of scrimmage for a 3-yard loss to force the Cougars to punt on fourth down in the closing minutes of regulation.

Plainfield South’s Cristian Carrillo chased down a high snap on the punt attempt and was tackled at the Cougar 13-yard line.

The short field set up Oswego East junior kicker Chase Bruns’ game-tying field goal with 47 seconds to play and sent the game into overtime. The pair of late field goals by Bruns came after three previous misses in the game. Oswego East improves to 3-2 overall with its first Southwest Prairie Conference win this season.

“Chase is a very, very talented kid,” Oswego East head coach Tyson LeBlanc said. “He was a little frustrated with what he did earlier in the game, but I grabbed him and told him we’re going to need him later in the game and we did. He came through for us.”

Plainfield South (2-3, 2-1 SPC) lost the coin toss and sent its offense onto the field first to begin overtime, but Maher was stopped behind the line of scrimmage and an incomplete pass attempt set up a fourth down on the 15. A bad snap once again left Carrillo scrambling, and the play resulted in an incomplete pass after a hopeful toss down field.

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Oswego East running back Tyran Bailey (10) braces for big hits from Plainfield South defenders Kevin Valentine (23) and Danny Saracco (9) during Friday’s Southwest Prairie Conference game at Oswego East. ger, but we were ready. We’ve worked really hard all season and we push the sled after practice every day,” Oswego East senior defensive end Jack Borvan said. “I think heart really won us this game right here.”

In Oswego East’s overtime try, Plainfield South sacked quarterback Jackson Piatek on the 20-yard line on second down, and Oswego East sent Bruns back onto the field to complete the 37-yard field goal and give the Wolves the victory.

“I was feeling great. I felt confident,” Bruns said. “I went

over and kicked a few [on the sideline] and kept my head clear. It’s a huge confidence boost because I think we really needed it going against Oswego next week. The team is going crazy and this was just a huge win.”

Plainfield South’s field goal was set up when Jordan Eskridge intercepted James Kidd with 7:23 to play in the third quarter. The Cougars put together an eight-play, 30-yard scoring drive capped off by Enrique Carbajal’s 22-yarder that was tipped by Oswego East, but wobbled through the uprights.

“We just couldn’t find a way to get the touchdown. We had plenty of opportunities,” Plainfield South head coach Ken Bublitz said. “I can’t say enough about our defense. Absolutely outstanding. We just haven’t found a way to move the football effectively to get the necessary points to get us over the top. We just have too many mistakes to overcome.”

Oswego East will now travel to Ken Pickerill Stadium next Friday for a crosstown game against Oswego – a 50-14 winner at Romeoville this week to move the Panthers to 4-1 over-

all and 3-0 in the SPC. “We know [Plainfield South] beat two teams that we lost to already, so that shows you the ups and downs we’ve had this season,” LeBlanc said. “We needed this one, not only to keep our playoff hopes alive, but going into the big crosstown game next week I’m proud that our guys didn’t overlook this team. When you have that game on the horizon, you always worry about that. We talked about practicing and playing with a sense of urgency and it shows when we can come out here and get the win.”

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Mari Kraus of Oswego swims the 200-yard IM against Plainfield’s co-op team on Tuesday at Oswego East. Kraus placed first in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:09.11.

Even though the swim teams are rivals, the Oswego-Oswego East co-op shared Senior Night with the Plainfield co-op squad on Tuesday at Oswego East.

Before the 11th event, the meet was paused to honor Plainfield’s three seniors – Carly Kramer, Rachel Walter and Taylor Wade – before Oswego seniors Ashley Bossler, Macie McCallum, Monica Jackson, Morgan McDowell and RaeAnna Villarreal were recognized.

Oswego capped the evening with a 115-65 victory over Plainfield and improved to 3-2 in dual meets this year.

“They are leaders in the pool and in the classroom,” Oswego head coach Deryl Leubner said.

“This graduating group is going to be a huge loss for the program.

They set a good example, they

provide good leadership and they are good role models.”

“It’s cool they did that for us,” Plainfield head coach George Sam added. “One of my seniors, Carly, swims here for club, so this is like a second home for her.

It’s always a good year for Oswego. They are what we strive to be.

We had a lot of great races, but their depth is great. We get along well. It’s a good rivalry.”

Oswego won first place in all but three events, including the 400-meter free relay team, which broke the school record with a time of 3:39.97.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team finished in first in 1:43.55, McCallum also went first in the 500-yard freestyle (5:16.58), Georgia White won the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.76) and 100-yard freestyle (54.78), Mari Kraus placed first in the 200-yard IM (2:09.11), Riley Evans won the 50-yard freestyle (26.03), Courtney Broyles

won the diving portion with a 159 and in the 100-yard breaststroke, Alyssa Shugarman won in 1:08.99.

This was the first time the team competed in 12 days. The last time was a win in a dual against Lincoln-Way East on Sept. 17.

“It’s been a very hard 12 days,” Leubner said. “That’s just the way our schedule falls. We went over 55,000 yards in practice – we had 10 practices – so the girls really went at it hard.”

“Our season is really looking up,” McCallum added. “Things are looking better than they’ve ever looked in my past four years here.”

Next up is the Evanston Invite on Saturday, followed by a dual at Morris on Oct. 8.

“Evanston is a great meet,” Leubner said. “It’s the state pool, so we want to get there with our full roster. Hopefully, we’ll do well.”

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Eian Wimmer and Joe Donavon of Riverside check out the fish in the live tank at National Hunting and Fishing Day at Silver Springs State Park.

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National Hunting and Fishing Day was observed this past weekend at Silver Springs State Park. Hunting and fishing enthusiasts from throughout northern Illinois descended on the park near Plano to view a wide variety of demonstrations, from bow hunting to BB gun and shotgun shooting. Free canoe rides, pond fishing and retrieving dog demonstrations were among the more popular events.

ABOVE: Ben, a black Labrador Retriever, returns to shore during a retrieving demonstration.

FAR LEFT: Six-year-old Ayden Sadnavitch of Oswego holds up a bluegill he hooked from the pond.

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X2 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 1, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel OBITUARIES Note to funeral directors

Born: Oct. 14, 1935; in Meredosia, IL Died: Sept. 25, 2015; in Aurora, IL Margaret Y. Atkinson, age 79 of Plano, IL passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015, at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, IL. She was born on October 14, 1935, in Meredosia, IL the daughter of Earl and Margaret (Tennis) Petri.

Margaret was united in marriage on October 22, 1955, to Mr. Richard Atkinson and they spent the next 59 happy years together. Mrs. Atkinson was a member of the United Methodist Church of Plano in Plano, IL. She enjoyed spending time making craft projects and giving them as gifts to both her family and friends. Margaret was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

Margaret is survived by her husband, Dick Atkinson of Plano, IL; her children, Richard (Lorie) Atkinson of North Aurora, IL, Debra Seifrid of Sugar Grove, IL and Christopher (Carolina) Atkinson of Plano, IL; her ten grandchildren; her seven great-grandchildren; her three brothers, John (Connie) Petri, Dennis Petri and Ronnie Petri; her sister, Pamela Rausch; also several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Margaret Petri; and her four sisters, Ruth, Rita, Sarah and Fonda.

A Memorial Service was held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at the Larson-Nelson Funeral Home, 1010 West South Street in Plano, IL with Pastor Kent Svendsen, officiating. Interment will take place at a later date in the Little Rock Township Cemetery in Plano, IL. Friends visited from 4:00 p.m. until the Hour of Service on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at the Funeral Home in Plano, IL. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com or (630) 552-7211.

JAMES D. BANNISTER

Born: Nov. 25, 1922; in Naperville, IL Died: Sept. 26, 2015; in Aurora, IL James D. “Jim” Bannister, age 92, a Plainfield, IL resident since 1987, formerly of Naperville, IL, passed away

Please email all obituaries and other notifications to Obits@KendallCountyNow.com. Deadline to submit information for this week’s newspapers is noon Mondays. For questions, call 877-264-2527. on September 26, 2015, at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, IL. He was born November 25, 1922, in Naperville, IL. Loving husband of Christine Bannister (nee Ells), whom he married March 15, 1969, devoted son of the late Dwight and Coletta (nee Riedy) Bannister, dear brother of the late Ruth (the late Edgar) Jackson, the late Elaine (the late Elmer) Ferry and the late George F. Bannister, fond uncle of Patricia (Dennis) Quinn-Buchta, Frank (Patricia) Jackson, Jerry (Jessica) Bannister, Karen (Darryl) Anderson, Linda (James) Parker, Gregg (Sharron) Walker, Grant (Samantha) Walker and Christine (Bryant) Kidd, great-uncle and friend of many.

Jim, a fourth generation Naperville resident, grew up on the Riedy Farm on Chicago Avenue (now the Century Hill subdivision) and later on a farm near 75th & Modaff Roads in Naperville. He attended SS. Peter & Paul Grade School and was a member of the Class of 1940 at Naperville High School.

Jim farmed in the Naperville and Plainfield area for many years and was former member of SS. Peter & Paul Church and St. Raphael Church and a current member of St. Mary Immaculate Church. He was also a member of Future Farmers of America, Will County Farm Bureau and past president of DuPage County Health Improvement Association. Jim was a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and enjoyed bowling in the Joliet Town & Country Senior League and playing pinochle with Senior Citizens Pinochle Group in Joliet, IL. Visitation was Tuesday, September 29, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Overman-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 15219 S. Joliet Rd., Plainfield, IL. Services were Wednesday, September 30, 9:30 a.m, beginning at the funeral home and proceeding to a 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Raphael Catholic Church, 1215 Modaff Rd., Naperville. Interment: SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Naperville, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorials to: Will County Habitat for

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KITTY BURGHOLZER Barbara (Kitty) Burgholzer previously of Sugar Grove, IL, passed away in her Largo, Florida home, September 1, 2015.

Beloved wife of Bill; loving mother of Deborah (Marc) Rankin, Brian, Bruce (Debbie), Tony (Vickie), Michelle, James (Maggie). Kitty also had 27 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at the Plano United Methodist Church, 219 N Hale St., Plano, IL on October 3, 2015, at 3:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to help with funeral and medical bills.

Please call Debbie with any questions, 815-505-0049.

LARRY CALVERT

Born: Feb. 13, 1939; in Morris, IL Died: Sept. 27, 2015; in Aurora, IL Larry D. Calvert, age 76, of Yorkville, IL, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, IL. He was born on February 13, 1939, in Morris, IL, the son of Edward and Lillian (Jacobson) Calvert.

Larry was united in marriage on April 27, 1968, to the former Miss Karen Collier and they spent the next 47 happy years of their lives together.

Mr. Calvert proudly served his country as a member of the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was a

graduate of Northern Illinois University. Larry was a member of Crosspointe Church in Oswego, IL. He was employed for forty-two years by Caterpillar INC. in Aurora, IL. Larry was a loving husband, father, brother, and uncle who will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, Karen Calvert of Yorkville, IL; his children, Deanna Calvert of Montgomery, IL and David Calvert of Tucson, AZ; his two sisters, Mary (Chuck) Heath of KY; and Carol Adams of Aurora, IL; sister-in-law, Georgia Calvert of AZ; as well as several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Lillian Calvert; and his brother and sister-in-law, Loran (Patricia) Calvert; his brother, J. Arthur Calvert; and his brother-in-law, LeRoy Adams.

A Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Larson-Nelson Funeral Home, 1617 N. Bridge St., Yorkville, IL with Pastor Andrew Post, officiating.

Interment will follow at the Millington-Newark Cemetery in Millington, IL. Friends may visit from 10:00 a.m. until the Hour of Service on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Larson-Nelson Funeral Home in Yorkville, IL. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, (630)553-7611 or www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com.

LOIS DUNLOP

Born: March 16, 1929; in Aurora, IL Died: Sept. 21, 2015; in Naperville, IL Lois (nee Oyen) Dunlop, age 86, of Oswego, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at Season’s Hospice in Naperville.

She was born on March 16, 1929 in Aurora.

Lois was united in marriage on January 31, 1948 in Aurora, to Mr. Wallace “Wally” Russell Dunlop, and they spent the next 62 happy years together until his passing on December 28, 2010.

She had served for some time as a Kendall County Election Judge. Mrs. Dunlop was a former member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. Lois volunteered for several years with Puppy Love Rescue. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by her children, Gary (Susan) Dunlop of Oswego, IL and Patti (Thomas) Sternquist of Queen Creek, AZ; her six grandchildren, Patrick Dunlop, Kurt (Jessie) Dunlop, Joshua (Kalen) Sternquist, Brandon (Emma) Sternquist, Ashley Sternquist, and Jena (Mark) Michel; eight great-grandchildren, Maggie, Jackson, Lucas, Addison, Chloe, and Annabel Sternquist and Carson and Camden Michel.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oyen; as well as her husband, Wally Dunlop.

A Funeral Service was held at 7:00 PM on Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Larson-Nelson Funeral Home & Crematory, 1617 N. Bridge St., Yorkville, IL with Pastor Patricia Geiseman, officiating. Interment took place in the Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Aurora, IL. Friends visited from 4:00 PM until the Hour of Service on Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Nelson Funeral Home in Yorkville, IL. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, 630-553-7611 or www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com.

ROBERT C. FREMER

Born: April 16, 1934; in Chicago, IL Died: Sept. 28, 2015; in Sandwich, IL Robert C. Fremer, 81, of Sandwich passed away Monday, September 28, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 16, 1934, in Chicago, IL, the son of Albert and Loretta (Schafer)

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He is survived by his wife, Joann of Sandwich; three daughters, Lori (Dan) Richardson of Renton, WA, Joann (Bill) Lawlor of Sandwich, IL and Sandra (Todd) Miller of Indianapolis, IN; one son, Brian (Pam Pyle) Lucas of Romeoville, IL; five grandchildren, Jessica (Keith) Smith, Julie (Devon Davis) Manos, Bailey Chandler, O’Ryan Lawlor and Elyssa Pyle; three great grandsons, Jacob, Brayden and X’Zavior; two brothers, Albert (Rose) Fremer of MI and William (Mary Jo) Fremer of FL. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Mary Ann Greathouse; one brother, George Fremer.

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Danette “Danny” Louise (Lunda) Habets, 57, of Earlville, formerly of Montana, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015, at OSF St. Anthony Hospital in Rockford, IL. She was born January 8, 1958, in Shelby, MT, the daughter of Albert Frank and Clara Belle (Ladd) Lunda. In her younger years, Danette cooked in several restaurants in Shelby, which she thoroughly enjoyed. She was artistically inclined, making stained glass for her family and friends. Anyone was welcome in her home, especially the neighborhood children, who she watched over and baked for regularly. Danette was extremely involved in raising Tom’s son, Bryce, planning events and activities for him and all of his friends. She loved spending time with her family and her pet cat, “B.” Danette was selfless, loved unconditionally and always gave of herself, never asking for anything in return all the way to the end, even then she gave of herself by being a donor.

She is survived by her father, Albert of Shelby, MT; three sons, James, Adam and Randy all of MT; two grandsons, Braxtin and Tristian of MT; one granddaughter, Saphire of MT; two sisters, Dona Lunda of Great Falls, MT and Denise Huber of Conrad, MT; two brothers, Allen Lunda of Anchorage, AK and Duane Lunda of PA; many nieces, nephews and cousins; her companion, best friend, love of her life and soul mate, Tom Duff of Earlville.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Clara; and one brother, Alvin Lunda.

According to Danette’s wishes, there will be a celebration of life at a later date in MT. Cremation Rites were accorded to Hanley-Turner-Eighner Funeral Home in Earlville.

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Donald “Donnie” Scott Hartman, 57, of Newark died Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore.

Donnie was born June 12, 1958, in Aurora to Donald & Patricia (Lee) Hartman. He married Peggy Rogers September 24, 1983, at the House of God at Mooseheart. He had grown up in Aurora and he & Peggy moved to Newark 12 years ago. At a very early age he worked in the family business, Hartman’s Supermarket, Hartman’s Christmas Trees and Hartman’s Pools & Spas for 45 years. For the past 10 years he had also been a local truck driver.

He always found great joy in being with family & friends, boating, riding his motorcycle and gardening.

Donnie is survived by his wife, Peggy; his daughter, Tracy (Terry) Gentile of Naperville; his two sons, Jason Hartman of Sheridan, Zach (Ashley) Hartman of Newark; a granddaughter, Hannah “George” Gentile; his mother, Patricia Hartman of Aurora; and a sister, Kim Hartman of Aurora.

He was preceded in death by his father; and a sister, Sherri Hartman.

A gathering of family & friends to celebrate Donnie’s life will be held from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 3rd at the Newark American Legion, 606 Ottawa Rd, Newark.

Cremation services were entrusted to the Gabel-Dunn Funeral Home Ltd. in Newark.

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James E. Heinz, age 74, of Yorkville, IL, passed away on September 25, 2015, at his home in Yorkville, IL. He was born on March, 24, 1941, in Aurora, IL, the son of George and Mary (Zelinka) Heinz.

James was united in marriage on April 18, 1964, to the former Sheryl Hoepner and they spent the next 51 happy years of their lives together. He proudly served his country as a member of the United States Marine Corps. James was employed for nineteen years as the Bristol Township Road Commissioner.

He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Montgomery, IL. Mr. Heinz was a member of both the Yorkville American Legion and the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge. James was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and uncle who will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, Sheryl Heinz of Yorkville, IL; his children, Jeanann (Bob) Werges of Yorkville, IL and Jeffrey (Shanshan) Heinz of Homer Glenn, IL; his three grandchildren, Jonathan (Alex) Grote of Bristol, IL, Bobby Werges of Yorkville, IL, and Blake Werges of Yorkville, IL; his great-grandson, Jonny Grote; three brothers, George (Verdell) Heinz of Aurora, IL, Peter (Sally) Heinz of Montgomery, IL, and Fred (Margaret) Heinz of Aurora, IL, his sister-in-law, Sandy Heinz of Montgomery, IL; as well as several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Mary Heinz; and his brother, Donald Heinz.

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MARIE J. JOHNSON Marie J. Johnson, 96, formerly of Bristol, and long-time resident of Santa Monica, California, passed away on September 7, 2015, at the Atherton Baptist Home in Alhambra, CA. She is preceded in death by

her parents, Gilford and Mary (Mamie Tripp) Johnson; her 4 sisters, Violet Johnson, Elodie Bell, Vivian Madden, and Helen Kimbleton; her 2 brothers, Howard and Donald; and 1 nephew, Greg Johnson.

Survivors include two sistersin-law, Marcella Johnson and Pauline Johnson; 18 nieces and nephews; and a number of great- and great-great-nieces and nephews.

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She served on many boards in various capacities and received many awards and honors for her charitable work.

She was a fearless, independent, generous spirit who loved waterfalls, covered bridges, snapping photos, finding a hidden cache of aluminum cans, and arranging and planning the annual family reunion in Yorkville. No one was a stranger to her. She was a friend to all.

She was one-of-a-kind. We will not soon see the likes of her again.

A graveside Memorial Service is planned for October 10, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Yorkville before the annual family reunion at Harris Woods Forest Preserve on Route 71.

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KERRY S. KALOUS

Born: Oct. 10, 1962; in Carbondale, IL Died: Sept. 24, 2015; in Oswego, IL Kerry Suzanne (Beckett) Kalous (Suzy), age 52, of Oswego, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the home of her parents surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 10, 1962 in Carbondale.

Kerry was a member of the Class of 1980 of Oswego Community High School and received her Bachelor’s degree from Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee.

She owned her own company dealing with e-learning.

She is survived by her son, Jordan of Milwaukee, WI; her parents, Erv A. and Connie M. (Holt) Beckett; two brothers, James “Kelly” (Carolyn) Beckett of Lake Bluff, IL, Michael (Laura) Beckett of North Aurora, IL; nieces and nephews, Evan, Sean, Danielle, Allison, Kristen and Paige Beckett; and husband, Kevin Kalous.

Visitation took place on Sunday, September 27, 2015 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM at the DUNN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME with CREMATORY, 1801 Douglas Rd., Oswego, IL. The body lay in state on Monday, September 28, 2015 from 9:30 AM until the funeral service at 10:30 AM with Pastor Herbert Grieves officiating at Cross Lutheran Church, 8960 State Route 47, Yorkville, IL. Buri-

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FREDERICK G. KOLTER

Born: Nov. 7, 1921; in Chicago, IL Died: Sept. 19, 2015; in Goshen, IN Fred Kolter, age 93, of Warsaw Indiana, passed away at 6:04 p.m., Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital, Goshen, Indiana.

Fred was born November 7, 1921 in Chicago to Fred and Helen (Schneider) Kolter. He was married for 63 years to his beloved wife, Fernande Mary (Ennis) Kolter, who passed away in 2009.

Fred and Fernande moved from Oswego, Illinois to Warsaw, Indiana in 1993. He served as a U.S. Army sergeant and radar repairman in Europe during World War II. He worked in the computer field when it was in its infancy, and enjoyed a long and successful career with IBM. He started his career on the technical side of the business, with responsibility for repairing, installing, and programming mainframe computers. For most

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His technical mind and skilled hands allowed him to build and fix almost anything, and he enjoyed challenging himself to create beautiful hand carvings, repair temperamental appliances, and remodel homes.

Fred was a superb musician, and particularly accomplished on the piano. He enjoyed entertaining his family and friends with a variety of musical styles, from ragtime to sophisticated, challenging jazz.

He was also a champion dog trainer, winning numerous titles for obedience competitions sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, including the nation’s highest ranked dog of its breed.

He was a passionate and skilled teacher of other exhibitors, and coached other dog trainers for many years.

Fred was also known for his quick, dry and often ribald sense of humor. He was a master at succinctly pointing out the hilarious absurdities that life often presents.

He was a talented, accomplished, funny, loving man who led a full and exemplary life. He will be dearly missed and fondly remembered.

Fred is survived by four children, Thomas F. (and spouse Nancy) Kolter of Fort Worth, Texas, James A. (and spouse Linda) Kolter of Sanford, Florida, Susan H. Kolter of Mooseheart, Illinois, William C. (and spouse Pam) Kolter; eleven grandchildren, and twenty-two great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held privately. McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, Indiana, is entrusted with the arrangements.

The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made in memory of Fred Kolter to Wounded Warriors. Online donations may be made at the following link: https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Default.aspx?tsid=170&-

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Memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society, 143 1st Street, Batavia, IL 60510.

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LENNIE D. LOBERG

TIMOTHY G. MAYER

Lennie D. Loberg, age 58, of Montgomery, IL, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Edward Hospital in Naperville.

He was born April 15, 1957 in Aurora, IL, the son of Carl J. and Virginia J. nee Rogers Loberg.

Lennie worked for many years as a field service manager for Premier Care in Bathing.

He enjoyed working on cars and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his companion and love of his life for over 20 years, Rebecca Dunnigan of Montgomery, IL; children, Nancy (Bobby) Floyd of MS, Dustin Loberg of Montgomery, IL, Ryan (Trina Slavings) Loberg of MO, Michael Loberg of Yorkville, IL, Little Lennie (Emily Dumont) Loberg of Aurora, IL, Sarah (Zack Patterson) Dunnigan of Crystal Lake; grandchildren, Aaron, Dalton, Emily and Madison Floyd of MS, Littlest Lennie Loberg of Aurora, IL, Kayden, Kyle and Zoey Patterson of Crystal Lake, IL; brothers, Rick Loberg of IL, Randy (Jeannine) Loberg of MS, Keith (Debbie Rogers) Loberg of Aurora, IL, Gary (Susan) Loberg of Montgomery and William Loberg of Aurora, IL. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Linda Loberg.

Visitation was held on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 from 2:00 PM until the funeral service at 6:00 PM at DUNN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME with CREMATORY, 1801 S. Douglas Road, Oswego,

Timothy George Mayer, age 35, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015 in Oswego, IL. He was born January 30, 1980, the son of Paul H. and Cynthia J. nee Monti Mayer.

Tim was a 1998 graduate of Marmion Academy and was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church in Oswego. He attended NIU and graduated Cum Laude from Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona in 2008, with a degree in Global Business Management.

He is survived by his parents; sisters, Nicole (Ismael) Orozco of Aurora, IL, Stephanie (Darren) Wylie of Naperville, IL; brothers, Paul H. Mayer, III of Somonauk, IL, Anthony Mayer of Oswego, IL, Thomas Mayer of Oak Park, IL; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother, James Mayer in infancy; paternal grandparents, Paul and Helen Mayer; maternal grandparents, James and Marie Monti; and an aunt, Sandra Monti Burnette.

Visitation was held on Sunday, September 27, 2015 from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM at DUNN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME with CREMATORY, 1801 S. Douglas Road, Oswego, IL. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 AM at St. Anne Catholic Church, 551 Boulder Hill Pass, Oswego, IL. Burial followed at Risen Lord Cemetery in Oswego, IL. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choosing.

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Born: April 15, 1957; in Aurora, IL Died: Sept. 23, 2015; in Naperville, IL

Born: Jan. 30, 1980 Died: Sept. 20, 2015

SARAH E. PARIS Born: Dec. 20, 1933 Died: Sept. 27, 2015

Sarah E. Paris, 81, of Montgomery, IL passed away on September 27, 2015, at Seasons Hospice in Naperville, surrounded by her family.

She was born December 20, 1933, the daughter of Irvin and Marie (Meiser) Burch. Sarah was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend; always had a kind word for everyone. Sarah was a loyal servant and volunteered in many areas of her church. She also enjoyed working with others.

She was employed as ward secretary at Rush Copley Medical Center. Sarah enjoyed sharing her time with friends and family, cooking, working in the garden and nurturing pets and wildlife.

Sarah is survived by her husband of 59 years, Leslie; 3 sons, Michael, Bill and Charles; 2 daughters, Patricia Rozsavolgyi and Susan (Daniel) Short; and 1 sister, Jennifer Edmonson. 5 grandchildren, Cassie (Kyle),Krystina (Mark), Noelle (Chad), Matt and Billy; and 5 great grand children, Maddison, Kaylee, Alexis, Carson and Payton.

Sarah is preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, Bob (the late Alberta) and John (The Late Anne); and 3 sisters, Ruth Barnes and Eunice (Chris) Stathis. Many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Family received guests Wednesday, September 30, 2015, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Dieterle Memorial Home 1120 S. Broadway, Montgomery, IL. Funeral Service Thursday, October 1, 2015, at 11:00 am at Dieterle Memorial Home. 630897-1196. For guestbook and directions; www.dieterlememorialhome.com.

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MAUREEN E. RYSAVY Born: Aug. 24, 1942 Died: Sept. 24, 2015

Maureen E. Rysavy, 73, of Yorkville, IL, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015.

She was born Aug. 24, 1942, in Melrose Park, IL the daughter of George and Marjorie (Chrastka) Tully, both deceased.

Maureen was united in marriage June 22, 1963, to Victor “Bud” Rysavy and they spent the next 43 happy years together until his passing April 3, 2007. She was a member of Trinity Church United Methodist, Yorkville, IL and volunteered with the Kendall County PADs Program. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt who will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by her children, David (Natalie) Rysavy of Huntley, IL, Robert (Lisa) Rysavy of Hoffman Estates, IL, Karen (Dennis) Weir of Yorkville, IL, Michael (Jennifer) Rysavy of Elk Grove Village, IL, and Mark (Kelly) Rysavy of Schaumburg, IL; grandchildren, Samantha, Sara, Zachary, Jackson, Eric, Ryan, Amber, and Abbey; siblings, Glenn (Ardena) Tully, Kim (Tammy) Tully, Kathleen Jones, Joel (Barbara) Tully, Jami (Tim) Dill; as well as many beloved nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service was held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at Trinity Church United Methodist, 2505 Boomer Ln, Yorkville, IL. Entombment will take place in St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery, Palatine, IL. Visitation from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at Trinity Church United Methodist, Yorkville, IL. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, (630)553-7611 or www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com.

BERGIT D. STOCKHAUS Born: Sept. 26, 1921 Died: Sept. 24, 2015

Bergit D. Stockhaus, age 93, of Sycamore, IL, formerly of Worcester, MA, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Bethany Rehabilitation and Heath Care Center in DeKalb, IL. She was born on September 26, 1921, in Sweden, the daughter of Edward and Hulda (Johanson) Thulin.

Bergit was united in marriage on September 20, 1947, to Mr. Ralph “Lenny” Stockhaus and

they spent many happy years together until his passing in 1995.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by her daughter, Judith Olson of Sugar Grove, IL; her five grandchildren, Kristin (Daniel) Tetzlaff of Arlington Heights, IL, Elisabeth (Taylor) Moore of Charlotte, NC, Emily Olson of Chapel Hill, NC, Rebecca (Ryan) Smith of Winter Garden, FL, and Rachel (Nick) Goelz of Winter Garden, FL; as well as three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ralph Stockhaus; her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Patricia Stockhaus; and her brother, Ralph Thulin.

In accordance with her wishes, a Graveside Funeral Service will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, October 2, 2015, at the All Saints Cemetery, 7 Island Rd, Worcester, MA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Emanuel Lutheran Church, 200 Greenwood St., Worcester MA 01607 or KishHealth System Hospice, 2727 Sycamore RD, DeKalb Il 60115.

Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, (815)286-3247 or www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com.

BETTY JOYCE THOMAS

Born: Aug. 12, 1937 Died: Sept. 26, 2015 Betty Joyce (Whitlock) Thomas, 78, of Sheridan, Illinois passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on August 12, 1937, in Freedom Township, LaSalle County, Illinois to Roy and Ethel (Hedgespeth) Whitlock.

She married Junior Thomas on October 20, 1956, at the Earlville United Methodist Church. Betty graduated from Earlville High School in 1955. She was employed with Burlington Railroad in Chicago. Betty also worked as a Real Estate agent in Sandwich, Illinois. She was awarded the Real Estate Bronze Award. Betty was a member and a Sunday school teacher of the United Methodist Church in Earlville. She also served on the pastor parish

committee.

Survivors include her husband, Junior Thomas of Sheridan, IL; two daughters, Jackie Knight of Ottawa, IL and Jill (Randy) Jannusch of Bloomington, IL; one son, John (Carol) Thomas of Sheridan, IL; five grandchildren, Emily Knight of Youngtown, AZ, Andrew Knight of Oak Forest, IL, Eric and Scott Thomas of Sheridan, IL and Ryan Jannusch of Thornton, CO. Betty has 7 nieces and 2 nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Russell, Dale, Leroy and Roderick Whitlock; one sister, Rita Welsh; half-sister, Marzetta Neeley; one niece, Rebecca Olsen.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at the United Methodist Church in Earlville with the Reverend Sandy Smith officiating. Burial followed at Precinct Cemetery in Rural Earlville.

Visitation was from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at the Turner-Eighner Funeral Home in Somonauk.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Multiple Myeloma Foundation, Alzheimer’s Foundation or the United Methodist Church of Earlville.

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This award is presented to a sales associate, manager, broker or owner affiliated with the Coldwell Banker brand in recognition of his or her generosity, leadership and excellence in champion-

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Prodehl was nominated by his peers and selected from more than 88,000 network members.

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Travel Services hosting Europe Night event

Join Travel Services of Yorkville as they present Europe Night.

This free event will be at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Travel Services office, 801 N. Bridge St., Yorkville.

The presenter for the evening will be Michele from Mayflower Tours.

She will speak on tours in Poland and Prague by land, as well as cruising the Seine River in France, including Normandy and two nights in Paris.

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Plano High School class of 1970 hosting reunion

The Plano High School class of 1970 will host its 45-year reunion on Saturday, Oct. 3.

Class members and guests will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Plano American Legion on East Dearborn Street in the lower hall for a potluck. Bring a dish or two to pass.

Plates, cups, napkins and flatware, coffee and ice tea will be provided.

A cash bar will be available for alcoholic drinks and soda pop.

There is no charge to attend the reunion. Donations will be accepted toward the rental fee of the room. Dress is casual.

The class will also have a float in the Saturday morning parade. Lineup is at the high school. Contact Paula at 630-552-3612 for more information.

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The two companies have a combined 51 offices and more than 1,200 agents which together represent the No. 1 producing Coldwell Banker franchise in the United States, with just under 19,000 transactions and a sales volume of nearly $2.8 billion.

“It is very humbling to accept this award,” Prodehl said. “I undoubtedly credit my success to the hard work of my sales associates and my devoted family who I have the pleasure of working alongside.”

“Success in business is wonderful, but it means nothing if there is not a strong commitment to ethics. I have always strived to be real, honest and considerate of everyone I have met,” he said.

Walk supports Domestic Violence Awareness Month SHAW MEDIA Mutual Ground, a local domestic and sexual violence services agency, will host its eighth annual Walk For Hope on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva.

Walk for Hope is Mutual Ground’s largest fundraising event of the year with more than 250 walkers and 25 sponsors. Every dollar raised helps Mutual Ground provide services essential to victims’ recovery.

This year’s Walk for Hope is even more important to the sustainability of Mutual Ground, as the state of Illinois has still not balanced its budget, leaving Mutual Ground and other agencies providing vital services without funding from DHS. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with walker registration

Sign up Create or join a Walk For Hope team or donate to a current walker by visiting mutualground.org. starting at 8 a.m. Friends, families and friendly dogs are welcome to come and join walkers or cheer for their favorite team.

Local nonprofit partner Rover Rescue will match Mutual Ground supporters with dogs in need of forever homes as well as host a dog costume contest.

Face painting, massages, snacks and more will be available to walkers and their families. Jimmy John’s of Oswego and Yorkville will be providing a light lunch.

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Pictured are (from left) Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon, Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis, Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary-designate James Dimas, Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel.

SHAW MEDIA U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-14th District, is accepting applications for fall 2015 and spring 2016 semester internships in both his Washington, D.C., and Campton Hills offices.

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Crime prevention talks held SHAW MEDIA Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis joined other law enforcement officials in Chicago last week to speak with Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary-designate James Dimas to discuss the current and future funding of programs for children that prevent crime.

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The law enforcement leaders represented over 300 law enforcement leaders who are members of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois, an anti-crime organization that advocates for evidence-based investments in programs for kids that are proven to cut crime and violence.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois discussed with Dimas how Teen REACH, an after-school program, early childhood education, and Redeploy Illinois are effective tools to keep children from entering the criminal justice system.

“The reality is that without these types of programs, too many kids will end up in our criminal justice system,” Weis said.

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will open at 1 p.m. for viewing of mementos from veterans.

There will be refreshments served after the program. All veterans of any age are invited to share their experiences, as well as their mementos, which can be viewed before or after the program.

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Chapel on the Green plans veterans’ event

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Caregiver series will tackle depression

The Senior Center’s Caregiver Education Series will continue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14 with a program on “Understanding and Treating Depression.”

Learn about how depression and anxiety can affect the person receiving care and the caregiver and how to distinguish depression from dementia in order to receive proper treatment.

Sandy Pastore from the Oswego Senior Center, along with Keith Beilema from the Kendall County Health Department, will lead this seminar, which is sponsored

by Autumn Leaves.

A light lunch will be available. To register by Oct. 12 or for additional information, contact the Oswego Senior Center at 630-554-5602.

Senior Center offers technology classes

The Oswego Senior Center offers computer classes and mobile device help.

Computer program assistance is available from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 8, 13, 15, 27 and 29. Registration is required.

A class on Windows 10 tips and trips will be offered from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 and 22. Registration is required.

Medicare forum at the Oswego Senior Center

The Oswego Senior Center will present the annual Medicare Forum from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Learn about Medicare basics, updates and changes for 2016 and plan changes. Loretto Cowhig, North Eastern IL Agency on Aging, and Sandy Pastore, SHIP, will present. SHIP counselors will be available.

From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 is annual open enrollment for Part D. Check your prescription drug plan to see if there is a better plan for you. Anyone needing help can make an appointment with a SHIP counselor.

To register, contact the Oswego Senior Center at 630-554-5602.

Center looking for vehicle donations

The Oswego Senior Center, at 156 E. Washington St. in Oswego, is now accepting motor vehicles (autos, trucks, boats, RVs, etc.) as tax deductible donations.

All registered owners who donate vehicles will receive “full value” federal tax donation letters.

All proceeds from vehicle’s disposition will help support the more than 60 ongoing programs offered by the Oswego Senior Center. For more information, contact Chuck at 630-554-5602 or visit oswegoseniorcenter.org.

Program planned on Alzheimer’s for Nov. 19

The program “Know the 10 Signs: Early Alzheimer’s Detection” will be held at the Oswego Senior Center from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19.

The warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease are often dismissed as side effects of normal aging.

If you or someone you know is experiencing memory loss or behavioral changes, attend this training to learn the 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

We’ll separate myth from reality and address commonly-held fears about Alzheimer’s in America. Hear from people who have the disease and find out how to recognize the signs in yourself and others. This program is offered at the Oswego Senior Center by the Alzheimer’s Association (Greater Illinois Chapter).

To register for this free program, contact the Oswego Senior Center at 630-5545602.

Join the fun and solve a murder. From noon to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, the Mystery Shop will present “Prime Suspect,” and the scene of the crime is the Oswego Senior Center.

Come dressed to kill as there are prizes for the bestdressed detective and the team of detectives solving the murder.

Tickets are $25 for the entertainment and lunch of mostaccioli with vodka sauce, baked chicken, garden salad, bread, homemade cookies, and beverages.

Lunch is served at noon, and the murder mystery starts at 1 p.m. Space is limited to 50 detectives, and the deadline to purchase tickets is Monday, Oct. 12.

To purchase tickets, call 630-554-5602.

Weekly exercise opportunities ahead

The Oswego Senior Center offers on-going weekly exercise opportunities.

Tai Chi with Kristi Niedzwiecki is held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Gentle Yoga with Neeta Mohanty is from 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Fridays.

A donation of $3 is suggested.

Line Dancing with Mary Love is on Fridays from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. A $1 donation is suggested.

Chair exercise by video is held Mondays and Thursdays from 9 to 9:30 a.m.

For more information call the Senior Center at 630554-5602.

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Workshop set on successful living SHAW MEDIA The Oswego Senior Center will host “Healthy Habits for Successful Living,” an eight-week program, from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Wednesdays and from 9 to 10 a.m. Fridays beginning Oct. 21 and running through Dec. 16.

In this workshop, a team of dietitians and fitness professionals will lead a fitness and lifestyle challenge that will provide a practical education, motivation and support so attendees can start to make real changes and see progress toward their goals.

Classes will meet twice a week for eight weeks.

On Wednesdays, participants will learn about

SHAW MEDIA The Oswego Senior Center offers day trip excursions to nearby local attractions on the Senior Center bus. The day trips are designed with limited walking when possible.

Seating is limited. Departure times are exact, and return times are approximate due to weather and traffic conditions.

A casino trip is planned for Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The group will be traveling to Jumer’s Casino & Hotel in Rock Island.

Price is $42 per person, which includes transportation, $5 toward food, and

$10 free play.

A trip to see Macy’s Holiday on State Street will be made Friday, Dec. 11, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Price is $75, which includes motorcoach and lunch at the Walnut Room. The menu is chicken pot pie, bread and butter, beverage (coffee, tea or soft drink) and Frango mint ice cream pie. Shop all day, see Macy’s famous Christmas tree, downtown holiday decorations and Christmas store displays, and visit the Christkindlmarket.

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This workshop is developed and delivered in collaboration with Rush-Copley Medical Center, the Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging, the University of Illinois Extension program, the Oswego Senior Center, Meijer and the Kendall County Health Department.

The cost is $10 for those under 60, and a $5 suggested donation for those 60 and older.

To register by Oct. 19 or for more information, contact the Oswego Senior Center at 630-554-5602.

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The Financial Education Series: Tax-Free Investing will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Learn about tax-free investing from David Erickson from Edward Jones and Jackie Runnberg from Old Second Bank. To register, contact the Oswego Senior Center at 630-554-5602.

The Mobile Device Lab is available from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Senior Center’s workshop open to all

The Oswego Senior Center woodshop is a do-it-yourself workshop and any adult can join the community to access a variety of woodworking tools and equipment.

Whether you’re new to woodworking, don’t have the space or equipment at home, or would like to create or finish a home project, our patient and talented volunteers are here to help you with your project. The woodshop is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. For more informa-

Oswego Senior Center collecting shoes

The Oswego Senior Center wants your gently worn shoes. They have partnered with World Wear Project to participate in their Shoe Box Program.

Drop off gently worn shoes at the OSC and help people less fortunate throughout the world. World Wear Project makes donated shoes available to people living in developing countries such as Cameroon, Mozambique, Tanzania, Guatemala, Chile, Honduras and others.

Bags at Senior Center

Whether you call it bags or corn hole, come play the game at the Oswego Senior Center from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Thursdays. For more information, call 630-554-5602.

Looking for singers

Do you love to sing? Join the Oswego Senior Center choir.

Throughout the year, the Senior Singers entertain various community groups. They are always looking to welcome new members. Practice is held at 11 a.m. on Fridays at the Senior Center.

– Shaw Media

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Fun, family-friendly local musicians will be playing at the Forest Foundation of Kendall County’s Annual Fall Fest on Saturday, Oct. 10.

The nature-focused event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hoover Forest Preserve in Yorkville.

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Accompanying himself on guitar, banjo ukulele and other unique and recycled instruments, Orleans presents a lively blend of original and recycled songs and stories about the natural world.

He is also a retired park naturalist, environmental education and amateur folklorist and historian currently living in Aurora.

Orleans will be on the Greenway Stage at noon, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Jeff & Kurt’s Acoustic Refreshment, hailing from Oswego, will get the whole family dancing with their covers of classic and southern rock, country, folk, eighties favorites, reg-

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The Oswego Senior Center is always welcoming new guests. If you are a new guest, your first lunch is on us. For future lunches, a $5 donation is suggested.

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Attendees must call 630554-5602 by 10 a.m. Friday to RSVP for Monday’s lunch and by 10 a.m. Wednesday to RSVP for Thursday’s lunch.

The program is for ages 60 and older.

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Local congressmen embrace pope’s message SHAW MEDIA U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, on Thursday urged his fellow congressmen to accept a challenge from Pope Francis, issued during the pope’s address to Congress.

Foster, via a news release, wrote “it’s important for all elected officials to remember why we take these jobs – to serve our community and our fellow man, and do our best to lift up all people. The pope challenged us to renew a ‘spirit of cooperation’ to meet those goals. I hope my colleagues in Congress will join me in accepting that challenge.”

Foster was among the local congressmen to issue statements addressing the pope’s appearance.

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, issued a news release calling it a “historic address.”

“Pope Francis brought the inspiring message of ‘hope and healing, of peace and justice’ to America and its representatives,” Hulgren wrote. “From his servant’s heart he called all of us to care for the poor, the sick, and everyone at all stages of life.”

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, wrote in a release Thursday “it was an honor to hear from Pope Francis at this morning’s historic address to Congress.”

“His Holiness exhibited the profound compassion and commitment to God that has made him an inspiration to millions of people of all faiths worldwide,”

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Volunteers are essential to the operation and continued success of the OSC. Volunteer positions include working individually or as a team in the kitchen, garden and gift shop; driving the bus; and assisting with administrative duties, events, donation pickup, and special projects such as moving items and spring cleaning.

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Roskam wrote. “Pope Francis also reminded us of our sacred responsibility to defend life – a duty that Congress has a unique opportunity to fulfill in the coming days.”

Foster, in his statement, wrote the pope “has energized people across the country and the world with his message of stewardship of the earth and compassion for all mankind.”

“It’s a message that is sorely needed in Congress,” Foster wrote. “I am especially pleased that he brought up issues like income inequality, caring for the environment and treating immigrants with com-

passion.”

Hultgren wrote the pope “talked about America as a land of opportunity.”

“We need to take up his call to make sure it remains a place for everyone to succeed,” Hultgren wrote. “I was thrilled he mentioned my home state hero, Abraham Lincoln, our ‘guardian of liberty.’ I was most struck by his emphasis on the family, the building block of our society and our great nation.”

Roskam wrote “we can heed the words of His Holiness by working together to advance freedom and opportunity around the world.”

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Pope Francis speaks Sept. 24 to a joint session of Congress. U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, issued a news release calling it a “historic address.” The Congressman added, “I was most struck by his emphasis on the family, the building block of our society and our great nation.”

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CHURCH BRIEFS Brat Fest set at United Church of Sandwich

The third annual United Brat Fest will be held Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the United Church of Sandwich, 512 E. Lions Road, Sandwich.

Drive-thru will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. Cost is $10 for two brats, cole slaw, sauerkraut, baked beans and cookie or $5 for a hot dog, chips, apple and cookie.

Tickets are available at the church office from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday, at Idle Hour Lanes in Sandwich, at Somonauk Insurance in Somonauk, or by calling Joanna Olson at 815-508-1511, Kim Henrich at 815-790-2048 or JC Health and Fitness at 815786-9291.

Fall Fest coming up Oct. 30 at Crosspointe

Crosspointe Baptist Church, 8 W. Rickard Drive in Oswego, is hosting a Fall Fest for children ages 3 through fourth grade from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30.

The free event will feature games, bounce houses, hay rides, refreshments and more.

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ed family) who has experienced the loss of a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death or abortion is welcome to attend, no matter if that loss was recent or many years ago.

The service will be followed by a planting of day lilies at an established memorial site, one quarter mile west of the church on Ament Road. This location has been set aside by Cross Lutheran Church for the purpose of honoring those short lives, providing a place of remembrance for families and a place to receive comfort from God’s Word.

The name for the memorial site is “God’s Garden for Little Ones – Honoring the Lives of All Babies Gone Too Soon.” Work on its development has been continuing over the past few years.

Imprinted paver stones, which will be installed at the memorial site, can be ordered by families after the memorial service or by contacting the church office at 630-553-7335.

The public is invited to join in honoring these precious little lives.

Church plans climate change workshop

The public is invited to a three-session workshop titled “Climate Change and Its Moral Issues.” This workshop will dialog on several questions including: • Is global warming for real?

• Why do we not want to talk about it?

• What are the moral issues?

• How are Christians called to respond?

The workshop will be held at Oswego Presbyterian Church from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 4, 11 and 18 in the Rebekah Room.

This workshop is sponsored by OPC’s Earth Care Team. Oswego Presbyterian Church is at 1976 Route 25, Oswego.

Service planned for pregnancy, infant loss

A memorial service for babies who have gone too soon will be held in the Prayer Chapel at Cross Lutheran Church at 2 p.m.

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CHURCH BRIEFS Turkey supper to take place Oct. 3 in Leland

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The Leland United Methodist Church, 280 N. Locust St. in Leland, will host its annual Turkey Supper on Saturday, Oct. 3.

Supper will be served family style in the dining room from 5 to 7 p.m. Carryout is available from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Children under 3 eat free in the dining room. Tickets are available at the door.

Trinity hosting BBQ fundraiser Oct. 10

Fay’s BBQ pork and chicken dinners will be available in Yorkville as drive-thru and take home meals on Saturday, Oct. 10, to raise money to support the Sunday School classes at Trinity Church.

Meals may be picked up from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Advance tickets may be purchased in the church office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Church members will also assist in getting advance tickets to those in the community who cannot purchase during office hours.

The $12 meal tickets include two pork chops, a half chicken or a combo of one pork chop and a quarter chicken.

Trinity Church United Methodist is located in the north end of Yorkville at the corner of Route 47 and Cannonball Trail. Call 630-553-7645 for

United Methodist Men sponsoring breakfast

The United Methodist Men group from the United Methodist Church of Plano is hosting a breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church fellowship hall (201 N. Hale St., Plano).

The menu includes pancakes, eggs, potatoes, sausage, biscuits and gravy, milk, juice and coffee. Donations are $10 per person, $5 for children 6 to 12 years of age, and free for children 5 and under eat. Donations are to make necessary repairs to the church building and grounds.

Everyone is welcome to come for good food and fellowship. For more information, call the church office on 630-552-3700.

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The Food and Family Festival was held at St. Patrick in Yorkville on Sept. 20.

The Pope was on hand for photos, Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District brought trucks to explore, there were bounce houses for the kids and musical entertainment from Billy Croft and the 5 Alarm Band.

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Breakfast at Millbrook church Oct. 3

A Harvest Breakfast will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Millbrook United Methodist Church, 8360 Fox River Drive in Millbrook.

The Harvest Breakfast will include all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, biscuits and sausage gravy, hash browns, coffee and juice. A free-will donation will be taken at the door (suggested donation is $7).

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14 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 1, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel CHURCH SERVICES ANGLICAN Christ Our Light Anglican Church Meeting at the English Congregational United Church of Christ 301 Rhodes St., Big Rock Father Rand York www.christourlightanglican.org Sunday, 5 p.m.

APOSTOLIC New Hope Apostolic Church 201 W. Madison St. Yorkville, IL, 60560 Pastor: Junior D. Dixon Church phone: 630-552-1292 Sunday, 11 a.m. Sunday School and Worship Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Night Prayer Faith Assembly Church 105 S. Main St., Montgomery Pastor Michael E. Hefner Assistant Pastor Emmanuel Rojas 630-264-2968 (Spanish Interpretation) Sunday, 10 a.m. Morning Worship & Sunday School 5 p.m. Worship Service Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Evening service ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Harvest Chapel 725 S. County Line Road Sandwich, IL 60548 www.harvestchapel.net 815-786-8669 Nursery is provided Sunday 9 & 10:45 a.m. Service; Elevate Kids Ministry ages 3 to 5th grade Wednesday 7 p.m. New Community; Adult Bible Study; MOSAIC student Ministries (6th-12th); Elevate Kids (4yrs-5th gr) New Life Church 3205 Cannonball Trail, Yorkville (Just west of Rt. 47) Pastor Jon Lawson 630-553-0200 www.nlcyorkville.org Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Kids classes (6 weeks - 6 grade) Wednesday 7 p.m. Kids classes (preschool-6 grade) Student Ministries (7-12 grades) BAPTIST Harvest New Beginnings 5315 Douglas Road, Oswego 630-554-3858 • Fax 630-554-3865 harvest@harvestnewbeginnings. com www.harvestnewbeginnings.com Sunday Service Times: 9 and 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.

Sunday School 2 years - adult 5:30 Awana, Adult Bible Study Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Awana, 3yr-6th/Jr. High Youth 7 p.m. Bible Study, Prayer Mtg. Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Sr. High youth Friday, 7 p.m. Celebrate Recovery Quality nursery provided at all services Grace Community Church 1108 Mill St., Yorkville 630-553-0700 Pastor Ivan Truman gccyorkville@sbcglobal.net www.gccyorkville.net Sundays Nursery available Sunday morning service 10 a.m. Morning Worship Children’s Church (begins during the offertory) Sunday Evenings, Teen Ministry and Small Groups see website calendar Crosspointe 8 W. Rickard Drive, Oswego Pastor J. Andrew Post 630-554-3875 www.crosspointeoswego.org Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday School-all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship 5:30 p.m. Revolution (grades 7-12) 6 p.m. TeamKid 6 p.m. Adult Bible Study

How to submit Send any changes or additions to your church listing to news@ kendallcountynow.com.

Deadline for changes is noon Mondays.

Calvary Baptist Church 140 Montgomery Road, Montgomery, IL 630-896-7098 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 10:45 a.m. Worship Service 6 p.m. Evening Bible Study First Baptist Church of Plano 116 N. Hale St., Plano Church: 630-552-3641 or 630-552-0544 Rev. Richard Kenneavy, Interim New Hope Baptist Church 4101 Needham Road, Plano 630-552-1400 Pastor Dennis Cocks Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School all ages 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship 6 p.m. Evening Worship Wednesday 7 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer Nursery is provided – all services.

Also offering Youth Group.

Fox River Baptist Church 1205 7th Avenue, Aurora Kerry James Allen, Pastor 630-820-5870 www.foxriverbaptistchurch.org Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Service 6 p.m. Evening Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Evening Service Valley Baptist Church 2480 Wolf Road, Oswego Pastor David Hemphill 630-554-8109 www.valleybaptist.com pastor@valleybaptist.com Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday School all ages 11 a.m. Morning Worship 6 p.m. Evening Worship 8 p.m. TV Ministry on Channel 10 Cable ACTV Wednesday 7 p.m. King Kids; eve. Worship 9 p.m. TV Ministry-chnl17 Cable Deaf interpreter for all services Park Place Baptist Church 1144 S. Lincoln, Montgomery 630-897-6810 www.park-place.org Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship First Baptist Church of Big Rock 211 Lincoln St., Big Rock Rev. Bill McMillen • 630-556-3535 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Worship Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer The Federated Church American Baptist Presbyterian U.S.A. Pastor Dan DeWitt 403 N. Main Street, Sandwich 815-786-8595 office@sandwichfederatedchurch. org www.sandwichfederatedchurch. org Office hours 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday Sunday Worship: June through August - 9 a.m.

September through May - 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN Community Christian Church 129 Commercial Drive, Yorkville Pastor Aaron Koehler 630-388-5000 www.communitychristian.org Sunday 9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship service Grace Community Christian Church 2770 Montgomery Road, Aurora

630-898-7990 • Fax 630-898-7955 www.graceccc.org Sunday 9 a.m. Worship service 10:30 a.m. Classes Nursery available 8 until noon Redeemer Community Church (meets at Plank Junior High) 510 Secretariat Lane, Oswego Office 630-820-9742 Sunday, 10 a.m. Celebration meeting (effective children’s ministry class unites during main meeting) Cornerstone Christian Church Bob Reid, Minister 254 S. Madison St., Oswego 3 blocks south of Post Office 630-554-2292 • Fax 630-5541988 www.cornerstonecc.net Sunday 9 a.m. Bible Study 10 a.m. Worship Celebration & Kids Central (Nursery available) Wednesday 6 p.m. Fellowship Potluck Dinner 7 p.m. Prayer Service 7 p.m. Youth Group(Jr.-Sr. High) 1st Monday of each month from 6am 24-hr Community Prayer Vigil The Redeemed Christian Church of God Kings’ Court Parish 5313 U.S. Highway 34, Oswego Tel/Fax 630-608-2011 kingscourtil@yahoo.com Sunday 9:45-10:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30-12:30 Worship service Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m. Bible Study Friday, 7-8 p.m. Breakthrough Hour Community Christian Church 131 Montgomery Road, Montgomery 630-388-5000 Campus Pastor: John Rinehimer www.communitychristian.org Sundays 9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship Service Plano Christian Church 9 Schomer Lane, Plano Stan Motley, Pastor www.pcc4him.com 630-552-7640 Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School & Worship Service Big Life Community Church Traughber Junior High School 570 Colchester Drive, Oswego www.biglifecc.org “It’s for you.”

Sundays, 10 a.m. Worship CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Neighborhood Church of The Brethren 155 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery 630-897-3347 ncotb@sbcglobal.net Rev. Purvi Satvedi, Pastor Sunday 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service Handicapped accessible building.

Neighborhood Counseling Associates 630-844-3001 CHURCH OF GOD Destiny Worship Center 1355 Hinman St., Montgomery Pastor James Schulker 630-851-5055 Sunday 10 a.m. Worship 6 p.m. UnDone Youth Worship Wednesday 6 p.m. Small groups-all ages Thursday 6 p.m. Men’s basketball-open gym Plano Church of God 7 E. Dearborn St., Plano Pastor John Todd 630-877-3604 Sunday, 10 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible Study CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Oswego)

100 Hankes Road, Sugar Grove Bishop Jeff Haddon 630-940-7211 Missionary - 630-270-6664 Sunday 9 a.m. Sacrament Meeting 10:20 a.m. Sunday School- Primary 11:10 Priesthood-Relief Society Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Activity/Scouts Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Prestbury) 100 Hankes Road, Sugar Grove Bishop Golden Hwang 630-466-3299 Sunday 9 a.m. Sacrament Meeting 10:20 am Sunday School/Primary 11:10 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society Tuesday 7 p.m. Youth Activity CONGREGATIONAL Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ 409 Center Parkway, Yorkville Pastor: Rev. Mark Gregory Office: 630-553-7308 Office hours: T-F 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Thursday, October 1 6 p.m. Boy Scouts CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Christian Science Society 117 E. Second St., Sandwich www.chicagospirituality.com Sunday, 10:30 Service EPISCOPAL St. David’s Episcopal Church 701 N. Randall Road, Aurora 630-896-7229 www.stdavidsofaurora.com Office hours: Mon. & Thurs. 9-1 Sunday, 9 a.m. Worship Service St. Edward and Christ Episcopal Church (Anglican) Christ Campus 2800 Grove Road, Yorkville between Rt. 126 & Caton Farm Road Rev. Kathryn White, Rector Rev. Richard Lundgren, Associate Rector 815-725-6800 www.secec.net Sundays, 11 a.m. Communion St. Thomas Episcopal (Anglican) 317 Goold Park Drive (Chapin St., West), Morris Rev. James L. Steele, Rector 815-942-1380 Sundays, 9 a.m.

Holy Communion, Nursery Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Teaching Service Prayer for the Sick

6 a.m. Men’s Bible Study 5 p.m. Worship Service (Casual) Sunday, Oct. 4 7:45 a.m. Worship Service (Organ) 9 a.m. Missional Life 9:15 a.m. Special Needs Care Taking 9:15 a.m. Worship Service (Praise Team) 9:15 a.m. Caring and Sharing Small Group 10:30 a.m. Life Advocacy Team Meeting 10:45 a.m. Worship Service (Praise Team) 2 p.m. Baby Memorial Service 6 p.m. Financial Peace University 6:30 p.m. HS Bible Study - Offsite Tuesday, Oct. 6 7 p.m. LWML Meeting Wednesday, Oct. 7 9:30 a.m. Senior Women’s Bible Study 6:30 p.m. HS 24/7 Youth Night 6:30 p.m. Club 56 6:30 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal 7 p.m. Headline Hot Topics Group Thursday, Oct. 8 10 a.m. Heritage Woods Meditation 6 p.m. International Missions Meeting 7 p.m. GriefShare Grace Lutheran Church 10025 N. Route 47, Morris (3 miles north of Morris on Route 47 at Airport Road) Pastor Steven Heilman Church 815-942-2252 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Education Helmar Lutheran Church 11935 Lisbon Road, Newark, IL Pastor James Molstre Intern - Jon Langness Sunday - Worship 9 a.m.

2nd Friday of each month - Food Pantry 5-7 p.m.

4th Monday of each month - Food Pantry 3-5 p.m.

Immanuel Lutheran Church (ELCA) 10104 Immanuel Road, Yorkville Pastor Michael Neel 630-553-5368 www.ImmanuelYorkville.org Sunday Service 9 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Traditional Service Sunday, Oct. 4 Feast of St Francis Monday, Oct. 5 6:30 p.m. Altar Guild Tuesday, Oct. 6 Caring Visits Wednesday, Oct. 7 5:30 p.m. Confirmation Class

LUTHERAN Plattville Lutheran Church 5475 Bell Road, Minooka Pastor Bret L. Reedy Office 815-475-7220 Parsonage 815-475-4127 Sunday 9:15 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School St. John’s Lutheran Church 235 S. Green St., P.O. Box 245 Somonauk, IL 60552 815-498-3667 Pastor William Weidenbach Jr. www.elcastjohns.com Saturday, 5 p.m. Worship Sunday, 9 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Faith Dialogue Bible Study – all ages welcome Thursday, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Our Sharing Pantry Cross Lutheran - LCMS Church and School Route 47, 3 miles south of Yorkville Church office 630-553-7335 Pastor Erik Gauss Susan Lopez, school principal www.hiscross.org Thursday, Oct. 1 7 p.m. GriefShare Friday, Oct. 2 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study: Counterfeit Gods 12:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Study: Romans Saturday, Oct. 3

Living Heritage Lutheran Church Rev. James Barbey, Pastor 630-552-3926 Services at the Chapel of Turner-Eighner Funeral Home 3952 Turner Avenue Sunday Services: 9 a.m. Divine Service 10:15 a.m. Adult Study and Sunday School St. Olaf Lutheran Church 1233 Douglas Road, Montgomery 630-896-1311 stolafchurch@sbcglobal.net Pre-School 630-896-3004 Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Worship Service

9:30 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Study 10:45 a.m. Contemporary Worship with Praise Band St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 27 S. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora 630-897-6891 www.stmarksaurora.net Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Worship Service Sunday, 9 & 10:30 a.m. Worship Service and Sunday School (pre-K-5) Nursery available during all services.

Faith Lutheran Church ELCA 3000 Liberty St., Aurora 630-862-3500 Sunday 8 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Blended Service KidWerks (Sunday School) 11 a.m. Praise Gathering New Song Community Lutheran Church (LCMS) 2858 Hafenrichter Road, Aurora www.newsongchurch.net Pastor Jason Dail 630-499-0542 Office Hours Mon. and Wed. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tues. and Thurs. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. Worship service Children’s message Nursery and Promiseland Kids offered at services Prayer team available after service Followers of Christ Lutheran Church (ELCA) 12357 248th Ave., Plainfield Pastor Ronald Voss 815-439-0700 • 630-554-4318 followersofchrist3@yahoo.com www.followersofchristelca.com Child care provided Sunday 9 a.m. Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Christian Ed - all ages 12:30 p.m. Youth Group Monday, 4:30 p.m. Catechism 6:20 p.m. Youth Choir Tuesday, 7 p.m. Disciple Bible Study Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Practice Lisbon Bethlehem Church 108 E. Woodman St. (Lisbon) Newark, IL Rev. Larry Jacobsgaard, Pastor Ph. 815-736-6271 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School Newark Lutheran Church (A.F.L.C.) 101 E. Liberty St., Newark Pastor: Luke Emerson Church: 815-695-5251 newarklutheran@hotmail.com www.newarklcaflc.org Sunday Services: 8:45 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Adult and Youth Sunday School Our Savior Lutheran Church 420 W. Downer Place, Aurora Ph. 630-897-5936 Pastor Jeff Mikyska www.oursavioraurora.org Saturday: 5 p.m. Krentz Chapel Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship services 9:45-10:30 a.m. Christian Education

Fox River Lutheran Church 2785 E. U.S. Route 52, Sheridan Pastor Kevin Garner 815-695-9926 Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Sunday School all ages

First Lutheran Church 200 North Center St., Plano 630-552-8263 Pastor Bruce Booher September-May Worship Service Schedule Sunday 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Holy Communion every Sunday Nursery is available at all services.

St. Luke’s Lutheran Church & School - LCMS 63 Fernwood Road, Montgomery Rev. Peter Hoffman, Sr. Pastor Robinette Flach, School Principal Church Office 630-892-9309 School Office 630-892-0310 stlcfamily.org Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Blended Worship Sunday, 8 a.m. Traditional Worship

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) 1022 North Main St., Sandwich Rev. Wayne Derber, Pastor 815-786-9308 www.wearesalemlutheran.org Sunday, 8 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:15 a.m. Christian Education hour 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 2465 W. Sandwich Road Corner of Pratt & W. Sandwich Road, Sandwich, IL 60548 Office 815-786-6406 Rev. David J. Kaul, Pastor www.our-saviors.com Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Contemporary Worship Sunday, 8 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Family Worship; Sunday School Events for the entire family: King’s Kids, grades K-3 Servants of Christ grades 4-6 Jr. High, Youth alive for Teens METHODIST Wheatland Salem Church www.wheatlandsalem.org 630-904-1035 One church, two locations 1217 Wolf Road, Oswego Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Worship and Sunday School Tuesday 6:30-8:30 p.m. Youth Group 1852 W. 95th St., Naperville Sunday 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m. Worship 9:45 & 11 a.m. Sunday School Wednesday 6:30-8:30 p.m. Youth Group Ministries for all ages all week See website for all of the offerings Millington United Methodist 200 Orleans Street Millington, IL 60537 630-531-0239 cell 815-695-5378 church Pastor Kirk C. Scott Handicapped Accessible MillingtonUMConthefox.org Children’s Sunday School 9 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m.

Sunday Children’s Craft Connections 10 a.m.

Thursday, 10 a.m. Women’s Bible Study 1st & 3rd Thursdays Noon Little Dresses Sewing Mission Sugar Grove United Methodist 176 Main St., Sugar Grove Pastor CheonEui Oh Office hours: 7 a.m.-Noon M, W, F 630-466-4501, www.sgumc.net, sugargroveumc@sbcglobal.net Sunday Services 8 a.m. Worship at Harter Road property under the pavilion 9:30 a.m. Worship at Main St. Plattville United Methodist Located at Church Road & Plattville Road 13025 Church Road, Yorkville Pastor Terry McLaughlin 815-475-4128 Oct. 1 8:30 a.m. Walking Program Bethany of Fox Valley United Methodist Church 2200 Ridge Avenue Rt. 34 & Ridge Ave, Aurora Rev. Sam Park, Pastor 630-851-8010 www.BethanyFoxValleyUMC.org Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Nursery Available Handicapped Accessible Sunday, 8 & 10:30 a.m. Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages Millbrook United Methodist 8360 Fox River Dr., P. O. Box 50 Millbrook, IL 60536 Pastor Kent Svendsen 630-553-7568 Nursery available Handicapped accessible Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month Sunday, 9 a.m. Worship Service, 9 a.m. Sunday School Thursday, 4-6 p.m. Pastor office hours, 6 p.m. Choir, 7 p.m. Bible Study Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church 5 W. Washington St. Downtown Oswego Philip W. Sheets, Pastor 630-554-3269 www.goodshepherdoswego.org Office hours: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel • Thursday, October 1, 2015 • • Continued from page 14 United Methodist Church of Plano 219 North Hale St. Plano, IL 60545 630-552-3700 Pastor Kent Svendsen website: www.umcplano.org godrilla@accessus.netoffice@ umcplano.org Trinity Church United Methodist 2500 Boomer Lane (corner of 47 & Cannonball Trail) Yorkville, 60560 • 630-553-7645 Pastor Michael Stoner www.trinityum.net Trinitychurchoffice@gmail.com Office hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-2 Sunday 8 a.m. 1st monthly Sunday Breakfast 9 a.m. Early Worship Service 9:10 a.m. following children message Children’s Sunday School 10 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 10:30 a.m. Late Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Youth and Adult Classes A nursery is available for both services Monday 7:30 p.m. AA meeting Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting Wednesday 5:15 p.m. Chime Choir 6 p.m. Children’s choir 6:30 p.m. Adult choir Friday 6:30 a.m. Java Saturday 7:30 a.m. Weight Watchers The Warehouse Church 308 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora Pastor Randy Schoof 630-859-0600 www.warehousechurch.org Office hours: Tues-Fri 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Worship Service Sunday at 10 a.m.

PENTECOSTAL Gospel Assembly Church 7090 Route 34, Oswego, IL Pastor: D.L. Dycus 630-554-2313 Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Worship Service Sunday, 1 p.m. Worship/Sunday School 5:30 p.m. Worship Service Thursday, 7 p.m. Worship Service Suydam United Methodist Church Suydam Road and Route 23 Pastor Daegyu Yim (Dave) August: Joint Service with LUMC

at Leland UMC - 9 a.m.

Communion served 1st Sunday of each month.

PRESBYTERIAN Au Sable Grove Presbyterian Church (the country church) Pulpit Supply Rev. Betty Weidert Grove & Wheeler Roads 1 mile south of Route 126 Yorkville, IL 60560 630-554-3507 www.ausablegrovepresbyterian. com Sunday Worship Service 10:30 (Nursery) Youth Sunday School 10:30 (all Ages) Coffee Fellowship 11:30 to 12:30 Communion First Sunday of the Month Young Adults Group (age 18-35) called Friends in Service to Him (F.I.S.H.) Call for dates & place, 630-5537085 Oswego Presbyterian Church 1976 Route 25, Oswego, IL 60543 Ph: 630-554-8194, Fax: 630554-0537 Conley A. Zomermaand, Pastor Kimberly Hulen, Associate Pastor Thursday, October 1 11:30 a.m. ROMEO’s to Olive Garden 7 p.m. Christian Education Committee Meeting Friday, Oct. 2 11:30 a.m. JULIETs to Outback Saturday, Oct. 3 8:45 a.m. Fairdale Mission Work Trip Sunday, Oct. 4 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Worship 5:30 p.m. C.A.S.T. 7 p.m. Senior High Youth Group Tuesday, Oct. 6 10 a.m. Koinonia 1 p.m. Staff Meeting 6 p.m. New Puppeteers 7 p.m. Outrageous Puppeterian Crew Wednesday, Oct. 7 1-2 p.m. Prayer Shawl Meeting 4:30-5 p.m. Newest Angels Choir 5-7:10 p.m. WILD 5:10-5:50 p.m. Cherub Choir 5:50-6:35 p.m. CIDS Choir 6:25 p.m. Adult Hand Bell Choir 7:25 p.m. Chancel Choir Thursday, Oct. 8 11:30 a.m. ROMEO’s to Joyce Lee Buffet 7 p.m. Stewardship Committee Meeting Wheatland Presbyterian Church 11839 S. Heggs Road, Plainfield Two miles south of Wolf Cross-

ing Road and Rt. 30 at the corner Heggs Road & 119th St. Rev. Jack Lilley 630-904-1140 Sunday 9 a.m. Faith Focus: Adult Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Youth Activities 10 a.m. Worship w/nursery care Children’s Sunday School Genesis Community Church 1300 South Broadway Montgomery Pastor Jeffrey Barrett 630-896-7773 • Fax 630-8593355 A Member of PC USA Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sun. School, all ages 10:40 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday 7 p.m. Prayer Service ROMAN CATHOLIC St. Mary Roman Catholic Church 901 N. Center Ave., Plano 630-552-3448 • Fax 630-5523450 www.saintmaryplano.com Rev. Andy Davy, M.I.C. Pastor Deacon Eduardo Murillo Deacon Douglas Wells Deacon Santos Martinez Masses: Monday thru Saturday: 8 a.m.

Saturday, 4-4:45 p.m. Reconciliation 5 p.m. Vigil English Sunday, 8 & 10 a.m. Mass Noon, Spanish Mass Religious Education: 630-552-1505 Wednesday, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Office hours: M-F 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

St. Patrick Catholic Church 406 Walnut St., Yorkville 630-553-6671 • Fax: 630-5532695 Info@StPatrickYorkville.org www.stpatrickyorkville.org Pastor: Rev. Matthew Lamoureux, M.I.C. Deacons: Donald Cyr, Dale Metcalf Mass schedule: Daily: Monday - Saturday 8 a.m.

Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday: 8 & 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Child care during 10:30 a.m.

Masses Confession Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.

Saturday 4:15 p.m.

Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

Religious Education: 630-553-6671 Preschool-8th Grade Registration: 630-552-3345 Parish Summer Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

www.sentbyravensvcf.com 630-896-1322 Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Worship

St. Peter Catholic Church 925 Sard Ave., Aurora Rev. Joachim Tyrtania, Pastor 630-896-6816 Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Confession/Adoration: 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m. Spanish Monday Communion Service: 8:15 a.m.

Tuesday Mass: 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Mass: 8:15 a.m.

The United Church of Sandwich 512 Lions Road, Sandwich, IL 60548 815-786-9243 email address: ucssandwich@ frontier.com website: unitedchurchsandwich. org Thursday, Oct. 1, noon Church & Community forum 1 p.m. Hope Circle Sunday, Oct. 4, 7:30 a.m. United Methodist Men’s Breakfast 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship w/Holy Communion 1 p.m. Crop Walk Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. Nursing Home Worship Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6 p.m. Prayer Group 6:30 p.m. Chimes practice 7 p.m. Youth Group @ Federated 7:30 p.m. Choir practice

St. Anne Catholic Church 551 Boulder Hill Pass, Oswego 630-554-3331 • Fax 630-5540530 Pastor: Rev. John J. Ouper Pastoral Associate: Sr. Margaret Anne Spagnola, OSM Deacons: David Brockman; Duane Wozek; James Perry Masses 8 a.m. Mon. Wed. Fri. 7 a.m. Tues. Thurs.

7 p.m. Wed. Sat. 3:30 p.m. Confessions Sat. 5 p.m. Mass Sun. 7:30, 9:15, & 11 a.m.

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church 340 W. Arnold Road, Sandwich Rev. Gerard Christianson, Parochial Administrator Office: 815-786-9266 Mass Times: Monday, 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 8:30 a.m.

Saturday Eve, 5 p.m.

Sunday Morning, 8 and 10 a.m.

Spanish Mass, noon OTHER SERVICES Sandwich Church of the Nazarene 205 West College St.,Sandwich Pastor Mark Abbott Church 815-786-8230 Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School all ages 10:40 a.m.

Worship Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Prayer Service Plano Fellowship Meeting at P.H. Miller School N. Lew St., Plano New families welcome Sunday, 10 a.m. Praise & Worship Family friendly Bible teachings Home Meetings during the week Call 552-8868, 552-3091, 5523373 or 553-5087.

Vineyard Christian Fellowship 155 Kirkland Circle, Oswego Pastor Al Arellano

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Forgive Yourself

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COUNTYWIDE 15 8877 www.planobiblechurch.org Sunday 9 a.m. Christian Education Hour classes for all ages 10:15 Morning Worship Nursery available Wednesday - Youth Night 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. AWANA ages 3 - 6th grades 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. FYSH Youth Group for 7th thru 12th grades Jacob’s Well 222 Mitchell Drive, Plano Services at NCG Cinema 1505 N. Bridge St., Yorkville www.welcometothewell.com 630-695-1444 Sunday 9 a.m. Worship Adult: Contemporary Worship & relevant Bible teaching Children: SPLASH! Jr: Age 3-5 SPLASH! Kindergarten through 4th grade SPLASH! BABY: Staffed Nursery Throughout the week: VAPOR: Teens, high school and post high school meet evenings weekly.

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Youth can spend Columbus Day focused on STEM with 4-H “In one fun and functional morning, participants will experience four STEM-related experiments that will challenge them to think like a scientist or engineer,” said University of Illinois Extension educator Deanna Roby. “We hope to inspire youth to grow into problem solvers and active citizens.”

At the “Hands On, Minds On 2.0” event, youth will work together to: • Create a mini-robot to understand technology’s role in environmental science • Engineer a wind turbine and test energy output • Explore aerospace engineering principles by creating and launching paper rockets

SHAW MEDIA Turn a day off from school into a day of science and technology with the local 4-H Youth Development program.

The “Hands On, Minds On 2.0” event brings back this popular, interactive science series to the Fox Valley area.

This year’s program is designed for youth in third through sixth grades, and features four creative, challenging 4-H National Youth Science Day activities, including the 2015 project Motion Commotion.

All focus on at least one component of STEM – or science, technology, engineering and math.

• Experience the relationship between speed and stopping distance, and apply it to everyday life.

“Hands On, Minds On 2.0” will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles, with check-in at 9 a.m.

Pre-registration is required, and space is limited.

For more information or to sign up online, visit http://web.extension.illinois.edu/dkk/science4h.

Cost is $15 per child.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please notify two weeks prior to the event.

For questions, contact Roby at 630-584-6166 or roby@illinois.edu.

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The “Hands On, Minds On 2.0” event is designed for youth in third through sixth grades, and features four creative, challenging 4-H National Youth Science Day activities, including Wired for Wind (shown here) and the 2015 project Motion Commotion. For more information or to register, visit http://web.extension.illinois.edu/dkk/science4h.

BRIEF Explore metaphysical realm at Waubonsee

Waubonsee Community College’s Community Education program has partnered with a metaphysics expert/Hawaiian shaman to offer a series of classes this fall on meditation, healing, the metaphysical, dream interpretation and more.

Since 1989, Jana Drake has been teaching others about Huna, stone lore, meditation and psychic intuitive development. She also conducts readings for

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groups and individuals.

Classes include: Develop Your Psychic Abilities, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 7; Huna Healing, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 14; Stone Lore: No Stone Unturned, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 21; and In Your Dreams, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 28.

All classes take place at the Waubonsee Sugar Grove Campus, Field House Room 252. Each class costs $29. For more information visit waubonsee.edu/register or call 630-466-2360.

Jacob’s Well Church celebrated its new meeting location, the NCG theater on Route 47 in Yorkville, on Sept. 13. Visitors and regular attendees could enter a drawing for gifts including free entry tickets donated by Oswego’s BounceTown, a five-pack of DVD movies, and NCG theater ticket packages. Winners included (from left) Adriana Villalobos, Jana Gorman and Cindy Zenofio.

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Fall lawn care includes topdressing, mowing higher, weed control Early fall is a great time to work on the lawn. There are several management practices that complement the core aeration this column addressed a few weeks ago. These all will benefit the health and look of the lawn.

Topdressing with a quality black dirt, composts or compost blends will provide additional benefits.

Organic matter will conserve and hold moisture, feed the microbial life that in turn will work with the grass plants roots to provide needed nutrients over long periods of time.

Another easy way to improve the look and health of the lawn is check out the lawnmower. Consider raising the mowing height even just one notch. Research shows that a taller grass blade promotes deep-

DOWN THE GARDEN PATH Richard Hentschel er growing roots. Another benefit to the lawn will be the appearance of the lawn if the mower blade is sharp.

Consider that a sharp blade means the mower engine has to work less, creating less air pollution too.

As the leaves begin to fall and accumulate on the lawn, frequent mowing will allow the mower to handle the leaves and cut them up fine enough to be left on the lawn. There will be those times when leaves will build up and removal is needed. Rather than mow and bag them for city pickup, consider the benefit of a compost pile or use

the leaf and grass mixture as a mulch in perennial beds or turn them under in the vegetable garden.

This mixture of leaves and grass make a great addition to the compost pile with the greens supplying the nitrogen and water and the browns supplying the carbon.

A fall weed control practice also could be done.

Weed seeds have likely germinated and plants are present right now. Controlling them now means you should not be seeing those bright yellow flowers in the lawn next spring.

Remember, the first fall best practice is core aeration, which will benefit the lawn long term. Homeowners can rent the coring machine or have a lawn service provide the service for your yard. A coring

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Questions about your yard or garden? The Kendall County Master Gardener Help Desk is still open this season from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 630-553-5823.

• Richard Hentschel is a Horticulture Extension Educator with University of Illinois Extension, serving DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties. Get more garden and yard updates with “This Week in the Idea Garden” videos on Facebook at facebook.com/ extensiondkk.

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The more air and water is available, the better the grass root growth. Better root systems then do a better job of feeding the above ground parts and are more drought resistant. After the coring is done, just leave the plugs on the lawn to dry a couple of days and mow normally. The plugs will be broken up and act as a mini topdressing. This will aid in thatch management.

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Most know that core aeration will relieve soil compaction. There are two additional benefits that come along. By coring the lawn, there is a dramatic increase in total soil surface area. These cores then allow additional air and

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Learn meaning of four Hs Saturday Community invited to hear about youth, volunteer programs SHAW MEDIA Ever wonder what 4-H is, or what the four Hs stand for? Answer these questions and learn more about this positive youth development program by experiencing the four Hs – head, heart, hands and health – through fun activities and informative stations this October.

Kendall County 4-H will host an open house to kick-off the new 4-H year on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Yorkville. The event provides an opportunity for interested families and community members to learn about 4-H, meet club members and volunteer leaders, check out 4-H curriculum and projects, and take part in handson activities.

“This annual 4-H open house welcomes interested families to come check out what Kendall County 4-H is all about,” said Kendall County 4-H Program Coordinator Kim Eisnaugle. “It also signifies the start of a new 4-H year and of National 4-H Week, which is Oct. 4 to 10 this year.”

Every county in Illinois has a 4-H program, which is operated through University of Illinois Extension. 4-H club membership is open to youth aged 8 to 18, and the Cloverbud program is designed for ages 5 to 7.

“4-H Youth Development programs provide hands-on learning, and focus on building leadership, citizenship and life skills,” said Eisnaugle. “We also place an emphasis on community service and healthy lifestyles. Through 4-H, youth can explore many areas of study, including culinary arts, visual arts, horticulture, technology, science and more than 100 others.

According to a 10-year Tufts University research project, 4-H youth are five times more likely to graduate from college than non-4-H peers. 4-H members also are: four times more likely to make contributions to their communities, three times more likely to spend time exercising or being physically active, and twice as likely to be active in school and achieve academically.

The Kendall County 4-H kickoff event will be at the University of Illinois Extension office, 7775B Illinois Route 47 in Yorkville. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any program, please contact the office at 630-553-5823, at least two weeks prior to the event.

For more information on the 4-H program in Kendall County, visit web.extension.illinois.edu/ dkk/ 4-H is part of University of Illinois Extension. It is a community of young people across America learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. University of Illinois Extension provides educational programs and research-based information to help Illinois residents improve their quality of life, develop skills and solve problems.

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From Oct. 4 to 10, adventures await you at the Little White School Museum in Oswego during its week-long display devoted to 4-H Youth Development to celebrate National 4-H Week. Museum visitors can stop by the community room to discover 4-H, experience project examples, and claim small prizes. The museum is located at 72 Polk Street, near historic downtown Oswego. Admission is free. Visit www.littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org or call 630-554-2999 for more information.

Museum features 4-H display Visit Oct. 4 to 10 to learn about youth program in Kendall County SHAW MEDIA Adventures await you at the Little White School Museum in Oswego during its week-long display devoted to 4-H Youth Development to celebrate National 4-H Week.

From Oct. 4 to 10, museum visitors can stop by the community room to discover 4-H, experience project examples, and claim small prizes.

4-H helps youth blaze their own trail, explore the universe

and reach their destination through many adventurous options.

4-H provides youth an opportunity to explore many areas, from photography to horticulture and technology to citizenship, just to name a few. 4-H Youth Development programs provide hands-on learning, and focus on building leadership, citizenship and life skills.

According to Tufts University Research, 4-H youth are: • Five times more likely to

graduate from college than non4-H peers • Four times more likely to make contributions to their communities • Three times more likely to spend time exercising or being physically active • Two times more likely to pursue a career in science, engineering, or computer technology.

The museum is a joint project of the Oswegoland Park District and the not-for-profit Oswegoland Heritage Association, and is

located at 72 Polk Street, near historic downtown Oswego. During the week of Oct. 4 to 10, it will be open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 2 to 4 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Visit littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org or call 630-554-2999 for more information.

For more information on the 4-H program in Kendall County, visit web.extension.illinois.edu/ dkk/ or call 630-553-5823.

Homeschool science series coming up Oswegoland Park District and 4-H partner for events

“Designed for youth ages 7 to 14, the monthly fall program provides a local educational option for multiple siblings and skill levels.”

Jo Ann Britton

SHAW MEDIA Looking for ways to explore science with your homeschool group or family? Join Kendall County 4-H for the upcoming Homeschool Program Series at the Little White School Museum in Oswego.

“Designed for youth ages 7 to 14, the monthly fall program provides a local educational option for multiple siblings and skill levels,” said Jo Ann Britton, 4-H Youth Development Program Coordinator. “The four customizable lessons are based on age-appropriate, research-based 4-H Curriculum to promote hands-on learning through science, engineering and math.”

The series began in September, but there is time to register for the remaining three topics: Motion Commotion on Oct.

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4-H Motion Commotion program will be held Oct. 6.

6 – This 2015 National Youth Science Day Activity explores physics through the relationship of speed and stopping distance.

Youth will gain an understanding of motion and reaction time, and connect it to real-life situations.

Eco-Bots on Nov. 18 – A past National Youth Science Day Activity, the Eco-Bot Challenge teaches youth to “think like a scientist,” with an emphasis on problem-solving through redesign.

The project looks at how robotics and engineering preserve and protect the environment.

Plus, youth will create ‘bots from common household items.

Animal Adaptations on Dec. 2 – In this lesson, youth will study the body features and behavior habits that help animals survive in their natural environment.

Students will be challenged to create their own animal, thinking about food, shelter, safety, reproduction and more.

This series is conducted by

the Oswegoland Park District at the Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, Oswego.

For more information or to register, visit econnect.oswegolandpd.org/opdconnect or call 630-554-1010. Registration codes for these sessions are: Motion Commotion #40531, Eco-Bots #40532, and Animal Adaptations #40533.

For more information on 4-H, visit web.extension.illinois.edu/ dkk. 4-H Youth Development programs provide opportunities for youth to feel a sense of belonging, develop independence, practice generosity, and experience mastery.

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$290,000, 787 Bonaventure Dr, Oswego 60543-4038, 03-11310-018-0000, Charles J Schwer Iii to Keith Buchholz & Heather Buccholz, July 1 $415,000, 71 E Timberlake Trl, Oswego 60543-9477, 06-05153-004-0000, Katherine A Balc Trustee to Nicole M Glenn & Jay Glenn, August 11 $205,000, 621 Charolotte Ln, Oswego 60543-8491, 03-09201-002-0000, Preston Trust to Michelle Schramer, July 31 $225,000, 68 S Madison St, Oswego 60543-9809, 03-17337-003-0000, James A Mellema to John Eckert, July 30 $275,000, 792 Bonaventure Dr, Oswego 60543-4047, 0311-313-008-0000, Christos D Haralambopoulos to Maurice L Mclaren & Tabitha D Mclaren, June 22 $192,000, 80 Seton Creek Dr, Oswego 60543-8483, 03-10154-024-0000, Fannie Mae to Piotr Szustkowski & Kinga D Szustkowski, June 2 $207,000, 802 Cougar Ln, Oswego 60543-7121, 02-12-425001-0000, Thomas P Wengel to Paul M Borgione & Robin M Borgione, April 16 $130,000, 806 Bellevue Cir, Oswego 60543-6047, 03-11102-046-0000, Theodore W Tamul to Susan E Benton, July 29

PLAINFIELD

$203,500, 7614 Sugar Maple Dr, Plainfield 60586-4131, 0636-338-023-0000, Matthew H Rudnick to James S Hart & Elizabeth Hart, May 27 $102,500, 7223 Alden Dr, Plainfield 60586-6860, 06-36262-020-0000, Bank Of New York Mellon Ttee to Jitendra Thakkar & Bharti Thakkar, June 25 $192,000, 7435 Fordham Ln, Plainfield 60586-4148, 06-36450-016-0000, Michael S Jones to Robert M Kubik, June 4 $204,500, 7501 Kenicott Ln, Plainfield 60586-4187, 06-36452-030-0000, Club I LLC to Cameron M Conner & Robin D Lasker, July 15 $245,000, 7614 Heatherstone Ln, Plainfield 60586-5460, 06-36-179-020-0000, Allen F Ignacio to Stephen Jones & Casey Jones, March 4 $192,000, 7701 Sugar Maple Dr, Plainfield 60586-4147, 0636-337-012-0000, Daniel J Fisher to Jason E Conklin, June 12 $215,000, 7711 Oleander Dr, Plainfield 60586-4127, 06-36-312-012-0000, Jennifer J Kaczmarski to Felipe Ruiz, June 1 $205,000, 7509 Kenicott Ln, Plainfield 60586-4187, 06-36-336-009-0000, Chicago Title Land Trust Co to Henry M Fonanih & Consistance Y

‘Oak-tober’ promotes native trees

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PLANO

$242,000, 68 N Linden Dr, Plano 60545-9641, 01-16-426001-0000, Lessick Trust to Matthew T Muledy & Angela H Cordaro, August 19 $149,000, 728 Osbron St, Plano 60545-1890, 01-24-277-0010000, Va to Maria I Mccullen, May 4 $135,500, 802 W Jones St, Plano 60545-1839, 01-27-106016-0000, Shain J Diaz to Troy Rothfahn & Samantha E Daum, August 7 $183,000, 803 E Edgelawn Dr, Plano 60545-1089, 01-22-229021-0000, Paul Ledesma to Kathy Szuba & Tyler Ivy, June 3

YORKVILLE

$222,500, 681 Windett Ridge Rd, Yorkville 60560-1918, 05-09-425-004-0000, Ryland Group Inc to Daniel J Niwa & Nicole R Niwa, July 31 $330,000, 7720 Madeline Dr, Yorkville 60560-9284, 02-35-380-018-0000, Joanne S Bollinger to Michael C Knoll & Colleen M Knoll, June 23 $221,500, 795 Kentshire Dr, Yorkville 60560-2068, 05-09426-013-0000, Ryland Group Inc to Christopher Ream & Alexa Ream, August 21 $358,500, 80 Crooked Creek Dr, Yorkville 60560-9703, 0504-326-004-0000, Paul Doran to Ryan M Forgue & Julie R Forgue, July 6 $273,000, 794 Hayden Dr, Yorkville 60560, 02-22-304015-0000, Unique Home Group LLC to Jonathan Anderson, June 19

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October is officially “Oak-tober,” following a proclamation from the Illinois governor’s office to promote the importance of oak trees in the environment.

The white oak is the Illinois State Tree.

Oak trees clean the air and water, reduce flooding, and support native wildlife.

The Conservation Foundation and other environmental organizations want to highlight the need for native oaks to be planted in the region.

Some ideas that schools and communities can participate in include: Hold an Oak Workday to remove invasive species; plant, water and mulch oak trees; take a walk with friends and family through an oak woodland, collect acorns and plant them in pots to plant outside later; find your community’s largest oak.

Other ideas to celebrate “Oak-tober” can be found at the Chicago Region Trees Initiative website at chicagorti.org/resources/oaktober-oak-awareness-month.

The Conservation Foundation has more than 4,000 members and donors, and

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John Church (right) from The Conservation Foundation presents a bur oak tree seedling to Mark Hix, president of the Prairie Garden Homeowners Association in Yorkville. more than 500 volunteers who contribute 20,000 hours per year. Work is focused in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will counties to preserve and restore nature. Find out more at theconservationfoundation.org.

BRIEF Learn about propagation through free Extension gardening webinar

New this fall, the popular University of Illinois Extension Four Seasons Gardening program will be available through free webinars for local residents to participate in from the comfort of their own homes.

Registration is open now for the next fall session, Vegetative Propagation. Join Horticulture Educator Kim Ellson as she discusses the advantages of propagation and provides detailed insight into methods, including cuttings, grafting, layering and division.

This webinar will be available on Tuesday,

Oct. 6 at 1:30 p.m. or Thursday, Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m. To learn more or to register for at-home participation, visit web.extension. illinois.edu/hmrs/4seasons.

The last topic in the fall series will be Abiotic Plant Problems on Landscape Plants on Oct. 20 or Oct. 22.

For more information on local University of Illinois Extension programs, visit web.extension.illinois.edu/dkk. University of Illinois Extension provides educational programs and research-based information to help Illinois residents improve their quality of life, develop skills and solve problems.

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Visor cards made for deaf drivers SHAW MEDIA The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with the Achieving Independence and Mobility Center for Independent Living (AIM Center) to enable deputies to effectively communicate with deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals during traffic contacts.

A visor card was created for deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals to present to a deputy during a traffic contact. The yellow, double-sided visor card provides a warning on the front of the card that the driver has special communication needs. Also on the front of the card are several pictures for the deputy to point to in order to inform the driver of the reason for the contact.

The back of the card lists different methods the driver may use to communicate, tips for how deputies can make the interaction successful, tips for the individuals using the card, and several pictures the individual can point to and request help.

The visor card was created

by Laura Thompson, communications access advocate for the AIM Center, and Deputy Greg Shadle. Shadle, a 16-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, has earned a certificate in American Sign Language interpretation from Waubonsee Community College.

The Grundy-Kendall Regional Office of Education presented a Truancy Summit on Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Whitetail Ridge Golf Club in Yorkville.

Over 110 counselors, social workers, nurses, attendance secretaries, administrators, probation officers and court-appointed advocates attended the half-day event.

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A visor card was created by the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and AIM Center for deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals to present to a deputy during a traffic contact.

“Communication is an important aspect of police work and situations can quickly go bad without effective communication,” said Sheriff Dwight Baird. “The creation and use of these visor cards will allow for effective communication and lessen the chance of a situation going bad.”

The visor cards will be available at the AIM Center, 3130

Finley Road, Suite 500, Downers Grove, and the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. These cards are also being developed in other languages to meet the needs of Kendall County. The next edition will be released in Spanish.

The AIM Center provides leadership through training, community development and advocacy to enable persons with disabilities to fully participate

in family, social and community life. Contact Laura Thompson at 630-469-2300 or Video Relay at 630-984-4251 for information regarding AIM Center programs.

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office is looking to partner with other law enforcement agencies interested in utilizing these visor cards. Interested agencies are asked to contact the sheriff’s office.

Regional Superintendent Christopher Mehochko welcomed the attendees and moderated the event. Mehochko said that the purpose of the Truancy Summit was to share the best practices of individual school districts and communities.

Brenda Karales, assistant state’s attorney of Kendall County, was the keynote speaker at the summit.

She congratulated those in

attendance for the work that they do and said, “It is hard work sometimes, but when we all work together it can be Brenda done.”

Karales Karales said that when truant cases are referred to the state’s attorney’s office, youth first go to a court diversion program

that involves counseling and drug testing among other compliance terms.

If the court diversion doesn’t improve school attendance, Karales said that she needs good records of communication with parents and copies of doctors’ notes so she can take the case to court; penalties that could result from going to court include fines, a suspended driver’s license, and being referred to DCFS.

Chad Smeets, 48, of the 7700 block of Scarlett Oak Drive, Plainfield, was charged with identity theft in connection with an incident Aug. 11 in Joliet, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Smeets is accused of using the personal identification number of a person to open and use credit cards. Bond was set at $10,000 and an Oct. 5 court date was scheduled.

Jeremiah A. Johnson, 18, of Belvidere, was charged with unlawful use of a credit card in connection with an incident Sept. 2 in Montgomery, Kendall County Court documents said, According to reports, Johnson is accused of using a credit card belonging to someone else. Bond was set at $5,000 and a court date was scheduled for Oct. 15.

Shaquille R. Turner, 22, of the 1300 block of Georgetown Drive, Carol Stream, was charged with retail theft in connection with an incident Sept.

3 in the 2000 block of Orchard Road in Montgomery, Kendall County Court documents said. Bond was set at $3,000 and a court date was scheduled for Oct. 15.

Daphne F. Chester, 49, of the 0-99 block of S. Eastern Avenue, Joliet, was charged with retail theft in connection with an incident Aug. 30 in Minooka, according to Kendall County Court documents. Bond was set at $5,000 and a court date was scheduled for

Oct. 5.

Jodeen M. Vandoozer, 53, of the 8000 block of Van Emmon Road, Yorkville, was charged with criminal damage to property in connection with an incident Aug. 13, Kendall County Court documents said.

According to reports, Vandoozer was accused of damaging a television and an air conditioner unit. Bond was set at $1,000.

Zackery A. Rogers, 22, of the 300 block of Mallard Lane, Sandwich, was charged with unlawful violation of an order of protection in connection with an incident Aug. 28 in Newark, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Rogers is accused of driving by and coming within 500 feet of the victim. Bond was set at $10,000 and an Oct. 7 court date was scheduled.

Raul A. Romero, 20, of the 0-99 block of Fernwood Road, Montgomery, was charged with criminal trespass to vehicle in connection with an incident Aug. 21 in Oswego, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Romero is accused of entering a vehicle without authority. Bond was set at $1,500 and an Oct. 1 court date was scheduled.

Savannah L. Andrews, 18, of the 0-99 block of East Van Buren Street, Oswego, was charged with domestic battery in connection with an incident Sept. 1 in Oswego, Kendall County

Court documents said. According to reports, Andrews is accused of pushing a female victim in the shoulders and the chest. Bond was set at $1,000 and an Oct. 27 court date was set.

Scott A. McClellan, 43, of the 2300 block of Majestic Prince Lane, Montgomery, was charged with domestic battery in connection with an incident Aug. 31 in Montgomery, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, McClellan is accused of grabbing a female victim by the hair and purse strap and throwing her to the floor and then raising his fists at her in an aggressive manner. Bond was set at $5,000 and a court date was scheduled for Oct. 14.

Thomas W. Bass, 36, of the 1300 block of Marketplace Drive, Yorkville, was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis and unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver in connection with an incident Sept. 6, Kendall County Court documents said.

Bond was set at $75,000 and a court date was scheduled for Oct. 6.

Francis C. Keske, 19, of the 6900 block of Sahara Drive, Plainfield, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver in connection with an incident Sept. 8, Kendall County Court documents said. Bond was set at $7,500 and an Oct. 5 court date was scheduled.

KENDALL COUNTY COURT CASES Corey M. Scott, 46, of the 100 block of Campbell Drive, Bolingbrook, was charged with DUI and unlawful possession of a controlled substance in connection with an incident Aug. 26 in Oswego, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Scott is accused of possessing a substance containing heroin. Bond was set at $5,000.

Zachary D. Skinner, 25, of the 1300 block of East Bluff Street, Marseilles, was charged with unlawful delivery of cannabis and unlawful possession of cannabis in connection with an incident May 5 in Kendall County, Kendall County Court documents said. Bond was set at $10,000.

Nicole L. Devaughn, 30, of the 1200 block of Solfisburg Avenue, Aurora, was charged with escape in connection with an incident Aug. 21, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Devaughn was to report to the Kendall County jail to begin serving a sentence for a conviction on a charge of retail theft, but failed to appear at the appointed time. Bond was set at $25,000 and a warrant was issued, according to court records.

Karen F. McClernon, 47, of the 300 block of Church Street, Yorkville, was charged with retail theft in connection with an incident June 19 at a business in the 100 block of Center Street in Yorkville. Bond was set at $1,500.

Order fish during fall sale

The Kendall County Soil and Water Conservation District is currently accepting orders for the Fall Fish Sale.

Order forms are available at kendallswcd.org or by contacting the office at 630-553-5821, ext. 3.

Orders for triploid grass carp are due no later than Thursday, Oct. 8.

All remaining fish orders are due on Friday, Oct. 16. Pick up pre-ordered fish at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at the Kendall County SWCD Office, 7775A Route 47, Yorkville.

Waubonsee seeks adult literacy tutor volunteers

Local summit tackles issue of truancy in county SHAW MEDIA

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Waubonsee Community College’s Adult Literacy Project is seeking volunteers to tutor adult students in reading, writing and speaking English.

All training and materials are free.

An online volunteer tutor training program will be available throughout October. The flexible, individually-paced curriculum includes readings and responses, and takes approximately six to eight hours to complete.

Tutor applications are available at waubonsee.edu/adultliteracy or by calling 630-801-7900, ext. 4221.

Waubonsee to host College Night on Oct. 5 in Sugar Grove

Waubonsee Community College will host representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities across the nation at its annual College Night on Monday, Oct. 5.

The event, which is free and open to the public, runs from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Academic and Professional Center on the north side of the college’s Sugar Grove Campus, Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive.

In addition to meeting with college representatives and gathering information, participants can also attend presentations on a variety of topics, including the college selection process, financial aid and Waubonsee’s programs and services.

For a complete list of presentations and participating colleges, visit waubonsee.edu/collegenight or call Waubonsee’s Admissions department at 630-466-7900, ext. 5756.

Fox Valley American Indian Artifact Show coming up

The 15th annual Fox Valley American Indian Artifact Show will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Yorkville American Legion Hall, 9054 U.S. Route 34 in Yorkville.

The show is free of charge and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Illinois Archaeological Society, a nonprofit organization which has been in existence since 1936.

Exhibits will include a wide variety of tools, weapons and ornaments used by Native Americans over a period of 14,000 years. Flint points, axes, pottery, copper implements, beads and hundreds of other items will be displayed. There will also be a number of dealers in attendance.

Visitors are encouraged to bring any Native American items which they have found or which may have been passed down through their families.

Free identification and appraisals will be offered. There will be an archaeologist from the University of Illinois on hand to answer questions. Visitors also can join the Illinois Archaeological Society at the show.

For more information, contact Ray Fraser at 847-347-1719.

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