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John Edward Hutchings, 82, was born in rural Morris, IL, on September 11, 1932, to Walter Raymond and Velma (Harney) Hutchings. He attended Morris public schools, graduating from Morris Community High School in 1950. He earned a B.S. in Education from the University of Illinois - Urbana in 1955 and a M.S. in Educational Administration from Northern Illinois University in 1958.

John and Rosemary Panish were married August 23, 1952, and celebrated 62 happy years together.

He proudly served his country as a Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers in Korea from 1955-57.

He began his career in education as a Vocational Agriculture teacher in Milledgeville, IL, becoming principal of Milledgeville High School in 1962. John and his family moved to Aurora, IL in 1964 to take a position as Assistant Principal at Aurora West High School. He was the first principal of the newly built North Campus and was appointed Director of Career and Adult Education for District 129 in 1978.

After retiring from education, John became the manager at Globe Building Materials Company,and later became a Commercial Realtor with McEnroe Realtors. John was a man of many talents and able to do almost anything. In his retirement, John worked with his son, Tom, doing small home repairs. He also served as a member of the District 129 School Board. John enjoyed reading, fishing with friends in Hayward, WI and hanging out with his morning coffee bunch at Harner’s Bakery. His most favorite times were those spent with family.

John is survived by his wife and daughters, Carol (Jeff) Reed of Aurora, IL and Laura (Randall) Crow of Middleton, WI; four grandchildren, Sam (Cristal Diaz) Reed, Taylor Reed, Emily Crow, Charlie Crow; one great-granddaughter, Victoria Reed; and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

John was preceded in death by his parents; and in-laws; son, Thomas Hutchings; and sisters, Lois Hodgen and Ione Marie Zacher.

John was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church.

A mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. at Holy Angels Church, corner of Hardin and Lancaster, Aurora, IL. Private interment will be at Mt. Carmel

Church of Morris. Preceded by his father, Norman Bormet (2009).

Survived by his loving mother, Phyllis (nee Fiore) Bormet of Morris; one sister, Phyllis (Quentin) Mueller Blome of Woodstock, IL; one brother, William A. (Lorraine) Parks of Cedar City, Utah. Many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Howard S. Parks will be Thursday, November 20, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Jackson Street, Morris. Rev. Roy Backus officiating. Interment Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Tinley Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to the First Presbyterian Church in his name would be appreciated.

Howard will lie in state Thursday morning at the church from 9:00 a.m. until time of services.

Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, Morris Chapel in charge of arrangements.

For information: (815) 942-5040 or www.fredcdames.com

HOWARD S. PARKS Howard S. Parks, age 63, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014, at his late residence in Morris, IL following a long and courageous battle with congestive heart failure.

Born in Chicago, a long time California resident relocating to Morris five years ago. Former owner and operator of three Gingiss Formalware Franchises in California.

Former Adjunct teacher at Joliet Junior College in the computer science lab, in the (CAD) department.

A member of the First Presbyterian

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BRIEF Julian Houston, Republican Second Ward alderman; and Duane Wolfe, Republican Fourth Ward alderman, MORRIS – Five candidates have filed petitions for Morris aldermanic have filed petitions.

Newcomer Zora Baron, Repubseats and the City Clerk’s seat in lican, returned her petition for the the Feb. 24 primary.

Third Ward.

Incumbents Randy Larson, For the Second Ward, former Republican First Ward alderman;

Morris and Minooka Police Chief Doug Hayse pulled a petition as a Republican, but has not yet turned it in. For the Third Ward, former alderman Drew Muffler pulled a petition as a Republican, as did Jeffrey Wachowski as a Democrat and Robert Strandel as an Independent.

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Les Cisco of Morris helps level the 36 sections of train scenes that make up this year’s display at the Morris Area Public Library. The train display is at the library today through Saturday.

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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Members of Heritage N-Trak Group of Channahon spent the later half of Tuesday putting together 144 feet of train track in the basement of the Morris Library where a train exhibit will be hosted through Saturday.

The group has been setting up train sets for about two decades at the Morris Area Public Library. Children’s librarian Carol Hutchings said it first started when the late Larry Rude came in to the library and wanted to set up trains for the community to see.

“We want the community to come in and see the trains,” Hutchings said. “When the trains get running and you hear the sounds of the trains, it gives you chills.”

Larry “Dusty” Bennett, a clown by trade said 90 percent of the display is scratch built, which means it was either created from scratch or used a kit as a starter.

Bennett brings his love of clowning around to the three, 4-foot sections he built in the display, which includes a carnival.

The library gets a mix of visitors, both young and old, who come in to see the display, which changes in some aspect each year.

If you go n WHAT: Heritage N-Trak Group of Channahon Model Train Display n WHEN: 3:30 to 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday 3:30 to 5:45 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday n WHERE: At the Morris Area Public Library, 604 Liberty St., Morris n COST: Free

“It’s great when you have a grandpa bring in his grandkid and they look at the drivein scene. The kid doesn’t know what a drive-in is, so you hear grandpa explain it to them and talk about how he used to go when he was dating grandma,” Bennett said.

The drive-in is set in 1956, where the newest car parked to take in the movie is a 1955 Chevy. The screen is a DVD player which shows classic films from the 1950s and earlier like “War of the Worlds” and “The King and I.” Les Cisco of Morris said he’s the youngest guy in the group and he’s been active for about 20 years, after coming to see the set up at the library all those years ago.

“Here is where I got my start,” Cisco said. “My son was 5, and we had a little set up at home – no where to do it to this scale until I walked in here.”

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Fred Henize of Channahon helps layout 144 feet of train tracks by creating a scaled drawing of the space they have to work with and the number of tables they have with them so they can get as much as possible on display. The train display is currently up at the Morris Area Public Library through Saturday.

The group is looking for some younger members to join and participate. There are five to six shows a year for the group, with each member also participating in other events with their own items.

Dan Feely of Braidwood said the love is a carryover from being a kid and making models, and the more you do

the better you are at it.

The group has been doing it long enough to get set up down to a science, which only takes them about six hours to set up the 144 feet of track. It represents 4.4 actual miles when you take into consideration the size of N scale trains, member Fred Henize said.

This year’s set up is the biggest scene they group has created at the library, and it includes sections that are modeled after Streator and Coal City.

The members of Heritage N-Trak Group of Channahon will be present during the display hours to run the trains and answer questions.

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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Parent Joanie Johnston told the Morris Elementary School District board Monday night she was unhappy with how the district notified parents during a recent lockdown at White Oak Elementary School.

“I’m here for me, for selfish reasons,” Johnston said during the public comment portion of Monday’s regular school board meeting. “When my child isn’t in the door by 4:05 or 4:08 p.m., as a single parent, the first thought is, did dad pick them up?”

On Nov. 7, police were called to White Oak after a report of a noncustodial parent stating he was heading to the school. Curtis J. Haugabook, 51, of Morris, was arrested by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department for an order of protection violation, as well as on a warrant for possession of a firearm without a FOID card, authorities said.

The school was put on a precautionary lockdown, and students were taken off their buses, which were waiting for more students to board, and taken inside. The school’s doors were locked until Haugabook was taken into custody.

Johnston said she commends the school for its great handling of students during

the situation, stating her son wasn’t scared at all. But she was.

She said she knew something was happening at 3:45 p.m., but waiting for her son to get home at 4:58 p.m. scared her.

She said calls alerting parents as to what happened at the school came after her son got home. She also was concerned about parents who waited for their children at bus stops and weren’t home to get the automated calls.

“If there is an emergency, call. A robo-call, even if it says the bus is late and more information will follow,” she said.

Superintendent Teri Shaw said Tuesday that the district values parent feedback.

“The school district is open to parent concerns,” Shaw said. “We will take into consideration those concerns and discuss them at our next educational services committee meeting.”

MORRIS – Property values in the city of Morris have continued to decrease, but the city plans to keep its tax rate the same, which should result in most residents seeing a slight decrease in their tax bill.

The Morris City Council unanimously approved Monday a $1.66 million tax levy for 2014, payable in 2015.

Since 2001, the city has approved its levy with a 65-cent tax rate for its property taxes.

The levy is for the fiscal year that began May 1 and ends April 30. The city files tax levies to make sure it captures all available property tax dollars once the total equalized assessed value, or property

value, is determined.

This is the fifth year the EAV has decreased in Morris, Mayor Richard Kopczick said Tuesday.

The city’s total estimated $1.66 million levy is about a 1.76 percent reduction from last year’s levy, he said.

Since the city is retaining its 65-cent rate, if a homeowner’s property value in Morris’ EAV did not go up, the portion of their tax bill to the city will go down.

“Certainly, there are properties with additions or improvements [in the city] that may see an increase in EAV; then their city portion may go up,” Kopczick said.

This is the first time a levy was eliminated for garbage pickup. Up until recent years, the city paid for its residents’ garbage pickup.

For years, the city paid for residential garbage pickup through income it received from host fees for local landfills. But as the landfills have filled, they’ve taken in less garbage, reducing fees owed the city until the money was depleted. That forced the city to borrow from its general fund to cover pickup costs.

Although last year residents paid their own garbage fees, the city still had to levy for the garbage fund to pay back the general fund.

The loan from the general fund has since been paid back, so the garbage fund no longer has to be levied.

The police pension fund levy increased again this year, making it the city’s largest levy at $695,513 – about 42 percent of the city’s entire levy, Kopczick said.

Levy passed In other board business, Shaw presented the board with the tax levy booklet, which is also available in the district office to any area resident and will be placed on the district’s website.

Shaw said the booklet is

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Idea proposed to build house on county property

By NICK SAMUEL nsamuel@shawmedia.com MORRIS – A grassy area directly south of the Grundy County Administration Building is being considered as a potential location for a house where special education students can learn life skills.

Chris Mehochko, superintendent for the Regional Office of Education, introduced the idea at Monday’s meeting

of the Grundy County Board’s Education Committee.

“I think this is an excellent opportunity for the county to step in and at least investigate it,” Mehochko said. “You can make it look like an annex to this building.”

The home would be used as a nontraditional, community-based classroom if built, allowing special education students to learn life skills such as cooking, cleaning and paying bills.

Students from the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative’s REACH transition program, ages 18 to 21, would use the home during school hours. The group ranges between 15 and 20 students.

The co-op and Grundy Area Vocational Center have partnered for the project so the GAVC’s building and trades students can build the house.

It was originally proposed for the Fields of Saratoga, where the GAVC owns lots. The coop eventually withdrew its application with the city of Morris after neighbors expressed concerns about how the building might affect property values.

Mehochko told the Education Committee this is an opportunity for the county to step up and help.

He said the county property would be convenient for the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative be-

cause the cooperative administration center is across the street. In addition, he said the county and the co-op could share the space, allowing the county to use a basement for storage, for example.

“It’s a wonderful program, and I think it’s a win-win for everyone, especially students,” Mehochko said Tuesday. “It’s great practice for them to learn how to be independent.”

The Education Committee asked Mehochko to invite Neil Sanburg, executive director for the co-op, to make a presentation on the project at the Dec. 4 Facilities Committee meeting.

“I think it’s an interesting

idea,” Education Committee Chairwoman Deb Warning said. “I think zoning may be an issue.”

If the county’s property is not zoned for a house, it would have to go to the city of Morris to try to change the zoning, since the property is in Morris.

On Tuesday, Sanburg said the idea to build the new home on the county property is preliminary for now, and the coop is considering a number of other locations.

“I haven’t had the opportunity to speak to the board yet. I’m hesitant to comment on anything because I want to address the board,” Sanburg said.

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By JEANNE MILLSAP Shaw Media Correspondent CHANNAHON – Homeowners might not see much of a change in Channahon’s portion of their property taxes this year, as village trustees are leaning toward keeping the levy about the same as last year.

The estimated impact on village taxes next year will be an increase of about $5 per $100,000 of assessed valuation.

Finance Director Heather Morandi presented the village board Monday with a choice of

six scenarios of levies, tax rates and revenues. The board unofficially went with the lowest levy. A vote on the levy is slated for Dec. 15.

“We always try to stay below 70 cents,” Village President Joe Cook said of the tax rate. “My suggestion is to keep the status quo. ...It’s our practice to keep as lean as we can be.”

If approved next month, Channahon’s proposed levy would be $2.107 million, which could result in a tax levy of 0.7866. Last year’s levy was $2.106 million, with a tax levy of 0.7480.

The figures are based on recent equalized assessed valuation estimates from Will and Grundy counties, which have decreased again for the fifth year in a row. Morandi said the EAV suggests a reduction in local property value of $15.7 million, or 5.55 percent.

After the meeting, Morandi said the owner of a $100,000 house will likely see less than a $5 increase next year in the village’s portion of their property taxes.

The board also addressed other matters.

• Trustees heard there were

very few findings on this year’s financial audit. Ed Marso, of Wermer, Rogers, Doran and Ruzon said the audit went well and there were no significant findings. One suggestion Marso gave was for the village to create a budget line item for contingencies.

• The board approved buying a few new street light sets – two to replace ones knocked down by accidents and three to keep for future mishaps. The sets will be purchased from

Crescent Electric of Joliet for $21,963, which staff said would save the village about $5,500 over purchasing one at a time.

• The board also approved rebuilding the village’s waste-activated sludge pumps. For a fee of $19,680, Flow Technics will remove, inspect, replace, test and reinstall the pumps, which are in need of routine maintenance, according to Ed Dolezal, the village’s public works director.

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and Kimberly (Carl) Post; three grandchildren, Peyton Siegler and Ariel and Continued from page 2 Seth Post; one brother Ken; one sister, Janine and his sister-in-law, Rebecca (Cliff) Sowka.

THOMAS E. ZIEMANN The family will receive friends at AsBorn: April 17, 1937; in Chicago, IL sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Died: Nov. 17, 2014; in Morris, IL Roman Catholic Church, 245 South Kankakee Street in Coal City on ThursThomas E. day, November 20, 2014, between Ziemann, age 77, the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. of Morris, passed Funeral services will follow Friday away unexpectedly Monday, November morning November 21st at 10:00 17, 2014, at his home. a.m. in the church, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be officiated by Born April 17, 1937, in Chicago, Reverend Robert Noesen. Cremation Thomas was a son of the late Henry and Jeanette (Hendrickson) Ziemann. rites will be accorded following the services and a private inurnment will He was raised and educated in Chicago and went on to honorably serve be held in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood at a later date. in the US Navy. Tom was an active Preferred memorials in lieu of flowmember of Assumption Catholic Church in Coal City, where he served ers may be made as gifts in Thomas’ and an extraordinary minister. He was memory to the Assumption Building a 4th degree Knight of Columbus and Fund, 195 South Kankakee Street, Commander with the Joliet Assembly Coal City, Illinois 60416.

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WHAT: Coffee with the YMCA WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 and 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 6 WHERE: Community Room, Morris Municipal Services Facility, 700 N. Division St., Morris cussed the needs of area teens, and what they would find interesting or fun to attend.

“Teens are very important,” Mary Olson of Morris said. “They can stray one way or the other way.”

Katy LeClair, chief operating officer, said she understood the need to make it a safe place for teens and other kids to go.

The Morris Community YMCA has operated as a “Y without walls” since its introduction to the area, but in August, the Morris City Council voted to lease the former City Hall at 320 Wauponsee St. in Morris to the YMCA. The contract is for three years, with a two-year extension option, so the organization has a local presence while finalizing plans to build a new

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Katy LeClair, chief operating officer of the YMCA, talked with community members Tuesday morning about what they would like to see at the Morris YMCA. center similar to the C.W. Avery Family YMCA in Plainfield.

Renovation of the former City Hall is underway, and the interior is being remodeled to include a state-of-the-art fitness center, a weight room, a supervised playroom, multipurpose room, aerobics studio, locker rooms and community space.

“The building will have all brand-new equipment delivered in December for the Janu-

ary opening,” LeClair said.

A community open house is planned for Jan. 10, with a Business After Hours scheduled for Jan. 8.

Membership drive The YMCA is accepting

membership applications by offering premier membership to those who join by Dec. 31.

Premier members will have their joining fee waived, typically $120 for a family. They will receive 12 months membership for the price of 11, with next December’s fee waived.

Premier members also will get access to an exclusive opening Jan. 5 through Jan. 9 before the facility opens to the public.

The Morris Community YMCA is part of the Greater Joliet Area YMCA and holds programs in Morris, including summer camps and an adult soccer league.

Since its introduction to the area, the Morris Community YMCA has offered summer day camp and basketball camp for local youth, which has recently seen record numbers and large growth. Durkin credits that to a larger community presence.

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MORRIS – About 13 Grundy County residents met with Morris Community YMCA leaders Tuesday morning to discuss what the Morris location will look like and provide feedback on needed services.

“We’ve been in the community for eight years,” Executive Director Missy Durkin said. “We want to make sure the vision we have matches up with what the people want.”

The group heard about the YMCA’s mission, as well as the local structure and history behind its move to the area.

Those gathered then broke up into smaller groups for discussion about needed services.

The YMCA plans two more “Coffee with the YMCA” informational meetings in December. The meetings will allow residents to meet with staff, learn more about joining the Y, view plans for the new temporary space and learn about programs.

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CHANNAHON – Negotiations are continuing between Channahon Grade School District 17 teachers and school board members.

For two hours prior to the regular school board meeting Monday, the parties met in separate rooms negotiating the next teachers contract.

After the board meeting, they immediately went back to negotiations.

It was the third meeting the two groups have held so far, according to Board President George McCoy. He said he hopes a final agreement will be made by Christmas.

“We are moving along as well as we thought we would,” McCoy said. “Both sides are working fast to get the contract resolved.”

“We’re progressing,” school board member Joan Ferguson said. “We know we have good teachers, and we want to do it as fairly as we can.”

“We’ve made a lot of progress,” physical education teacher Bill Stonich said.

“We’re working together very cooperatively.”

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Channahon Junior High School eighth-grader Emily Maruszak was runner-up in Channahon District 17’s Geography Bee. Seventh-grader William Maurice, who was ill and did not attend the board meeting, was the winner. teachers are working toward a where the levy is less than the new five-year agreement. previous year.

In other financial business, board member Derek Other business The school board approved Breen asked that elimination the district’s estimated 2014 of registration or enrollment levy of $17.4 million, based fees be placed on a future on an estimated equalized as- school board agenda for dissessed valuation of $614.9 mil- cussion.

Also some students were lion. Of the $619.4 million, $10 million is new construction, congratulated by the board with more than $9 million of Monday. This year’s Geogproperty value depreciation. raphy Bee winners from The net EAV increase was C h a n n a h o n J u n i o r H i g h just over $1 million, accord- School were highlighted. Seving to district Finance Direc- enth-grader William Maurice won the competition and will tor Michael Schroeder.

This year’s estimated levy go on to take the state-qualiis $89,000 less than last year’s fying test to continue in the levy, Schroeder said, and bee. Eighth-grader Emily is the second year in a row Maruszak was runner-up. makes its tax levy, it always asks for a little more than it anticipates,” Shaw said. “The levy is done in December using a guesstimate for the equalized assessed value [EAV], which isn’t done until April.”

The proposed tax rate for levy 2014 – which is for school year 2015-16 – is $3.31 for every $100 of property owned.

This is a slight decrease compared to the tax rate for academic year 2014-15, which

was $3.35 per $100 of property owned.

Tax rates are based on the total EAV of all the property owned in the taxing district. When EAV decreases, tax rates will typically increase.

The school board approved the tentative 2014 levy, 6-0, during Monday night’s board meeting. Board member Dave Obrochta was absent for the vote.

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By RUSS PARSONS Los Angeles Times Once upon a time, buying your Thanksgiving turkey was easy. You went to your neighborhood grocery store and picked up whichever frozen bowling ball they were selling.

No more. Today, a high-end grocery may sell as many as a half-dozen types of turkey, and telling one from another takes a bit of homework.

What’s the difference between frozen and fresh? It’s

• Fresh: Legally, it means that a turkey has not been chilled below 26 degrees. Practically speaking, though, a 26-degree turkey is still about as soft as a bowling ball.

• Frozen: This means that the turkey has been chilled to 0 degrees. It should be noted that this doesn’t necessarily mean an inferior bird. Properly frozen, stored and defrosted, it can be excellent.

• Hard- or deep-chilled: An intermediate step that means the turkey has been chilled to

between 0 and 26 degrees.

• Hen: This is a female bird and they usually come in at less than 16 pounds.

• Heritage: This is probably the hottest category among food lovers, but it is not legally regulated. Basically, it means anything but the standard turkey breed, which is the Broad-Breasted White. Heritage birds tend to be leaner, with less meat, which means they won’t feed as many people and will dry out if not cooked carefully. They also have a

gamier flavor, which is appreciated by some but not everyone.

• Kosher: Turkeys that have been slaughtered and cleaned in accordance with kosher law. Note that while they have been briefly salted to draw out any remaining blood, this is not the same as brining. There is lots of confusion about this, but koshering requires salting for only one hour before rinsing, which is not at all the same as brining for several days.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You need to face facts. You can’t please everyone, and you will accomplish little if you try. Don’t be afraid to say no if you already have too much on your plate. Put your needs first.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You will find the silver lining in every cloud.

Your positive outlook will be contagious, and you will get your way by delighting others with your optimistic attitude.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – A partnership will encounter a roadblock.

If you have exaggerated or betrayed someone’s trust, now is the time to come clean. Problems will escalate if you ignore important issues.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If your current routine has put you in a rut, consider visiting some friends. It will give you a chance to catch up on old times and resurrect dormant goals.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – A current partnership will require delicate suggestions. If you act now, you can avoid pitfalls in the future. Don’t allow anyone to distract you from what you should be doing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Share your feelings. Never assume that someone knows what you are thinking. If you care for someone, let him or her know. Be frank and offer workable solutions.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Muster up a little self-discipline if you want to finish your latest venture. Once it’s complete, reward yourself with treats or something that will ready you to begin your next endeavor.

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Here’s a handy guide to some of the definitions you ought to get familiar with.

• Free-range: This is a legal definition that requires that the birds be raised having access to the outdoors. There’s a bit of wiggle room. They don’t necessarily need to have access to pasture or grass, just the outdoors, which can mean dirt or gravel.

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OPINION OUR VIEW

Durbin a better choice to lead Senate Dems Amid some grumbling, Democrats in the U.S. Senate have re-elected Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada to be their leader for the next two years.

We believe that decision was a mistake.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 man in the Democratic caucus, would have been a better choice.

Why? Come January, Reid will have led Senate Democrats for 10 years – two years as Senate minority leader and eight years as Senate majority leader.

That’s a long time.

He’s coming off a big defeat for his party in this month’s election that saw Republicans gain eight seats (possibly nine, depending on the outcome of the Louisiana runoff election on Dec. 6), win majority status, and send Democrats into the minority for the first time in eight years.

Reid has had frosty relations with Republicans on Capitol Hill. Now, those Republicans – led by incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and returning House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio – will control Congress for the last two years of President Barack Obama’s term.

If anything is to be accomplished by Congress and President Obama, we’re going to need cooperation and compromise.

Reid is not known for those traits.

Durbin is.

We also are going to need reason and moderation.

Reid is not known for those traits.

Durbin is.

Durbin, who will turn 70 on Friday, has had an effective career in the Senate, both when his party was in the minority and in the majority.

Durbin comes off a 10-point victory over Republican Jim Oberweis in the Nov. 4 election to secure a fourth term – the only Illinois Democrat to accomplish that feat – so he obviously is well regarded in his home state.

That is a mark in Durbin’s favor, and he won’t face voters again until 2020.

Reid, by contrast, is up for election in 2016, an upcoming distraction that likely will lessen his effectiveness as partisan home-state political issues arise.

Durbin would be in a position to take a less partisan view on major issues, which would bode well for more functionality to return to Congress.

Senate Democrats did not choose Durbin to lead them, but they re-elected him as party whip, the No. 2 post, where his influence will likely still have a beneficial impact on Congress – and the nation.

And he’s still available on the party bench should discontented fellow senators ever decide they need a new quarterback.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Wouldn’t civility be nice in post-election Illinois politics?

SPRINGFIELD – Recently, I watched my 9-year-old daughter, Gracie, shake hands with her opponents after a tough loss on the basketball court.

Basketball is a new thing for her. In fact, it’s the first time she has competed in any sport. Already she has learned one thing: Winning is a whole lot more fun than losing. But even after a tough loss, we expect her to shake hands or “high five” members of the opposing team and congratulate them. Some folks might consider this to be a meaningless ritual.

But not me.

How one handles loss speaks to character.

Our hope is that basketball won’t just be an experience where she learns how to dribble, shoot and rebound.

We also want to her learn how to cope with life’s disappointments, like losing that game you were certain that you were going to win. After all, winning is nice, but character is more important.

Politicians could learn something from those 9-year-olds.

During the three decades I’ve covered politics, I’ve seen it all. Back when I was a city hall reporter in

anymore.”

My point? It doesn’t matter if you are a Republican or a DemoScott crat, losing is the pits – but how Reeder you respond to your loss speaks volumes about yourself.

Earlier this month, Pat Quinn the Quad Cities, a drunken maylost a tough race for governor. oral candidate on election night belittled the intelligence of voters There is no shame in that. The one thing we know before about for not choosing him. every election is that there will After listening to that perforbe a winner – and there will be a mance, I had to say the voters loser. He didn’t concede the night were smarter than he thought.

On the other hand, I remember of the election. And the next day, a victorious U.S. Rep. Lane Evans he offered no congratulations to offer consolation to the man he de- his opponent and failed to even feated and publicly state he would say his name.

There is no mandate in politics seek his advice on how to serve. that you have to be a good sport.

Evans was a class act. UnforAnd civility was largely absent tunately, there are sore losers from the gubernatorial campaigns unable to let the word “congratof both Quinn and his opponent, ulations” pass their lips. To put Governor-elect Bruce Rauner. it in the words of Jimmy Carter: But now that the election is “Show me a good loser, and I’ll over, civility would be a good show you a loser.” balm to apply for an electorate He said that after losing a tough primary race to be Georgia weary of mudslinging and anxious for answers. governor. Of course, Carter resurrected his political career and • Scott Reeder is a veteran later became governor and then statehouse reporter and a journalpresident. And let’s not forget ist with Illinois News Network, Richard Nixon who infamously a project of the Illinois Policy said after the losing the race for Institute. He can be reached at governor of California, “You sreeder@illinoispolicy.org. don’t have Nixon to kick around

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RIGHT CALL, RIGHT SPOT Decision to run Jurzak on conversion pays off for Coal City / 16 Coal City’s Corey Jurzak scores the two-point conversion to give Coal City the lead in the fourth quarter and the 29-28 win against Manteno Saturday at the Class 4A Quarterfinal playoff game at Coal City High School.

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By MARK JOHNSON Shaw Media Correspondent COAL CITY – It could go down in Coal City football lore as “The Comeback,” and at its most critical moment was “The Call” – or “The Calls.”

The decision to go for a 2-point conversion and the win rather than kick and play for overtime at home was not the only pivotal one made by the Coal City coaching staff late in Saturday’s Class 4A state quarterfinal game against Manteno.

The play dialed up by Coalers offensive coordinator Jim Mikula – a handoff to Corey Jurzak on an end-around – was every bit as interesting.

Thirty-nine of the Coalers’ 55 offensive plays during the game had been Jack Dibble runs, and of their 271 net offensive yards, the Coal City running back had 268. And the ball appeared to be going to Dibble again when the Coalers initially snapped the ball on the play after Dibble’s fourth touchdown run of the day. However, whistles blew as he was receiving the handoff from Nick Micetich because Manteno had called timeout.

At that point, head coach Lenny Onsen said, the Coalers’ coaching staff convened, and Mikula led their collective decision to try and take advantage of Manteno’s expectation that Dibble would get the ball again. Micetich faked a handoff to Dibble on the retry before giving the ball instead to Jurzak on an end-around. Jurzak was able to break into the end zone for the tying and go-ahead points in what would soon be a 29-28 Coalers victory.

“You hope not to out-think the situation,” Mikula said.

“I just told Coach O, ‘Let’s go with that sweep. If we see them jump the motion, we’ll try to hit a quick timeout and change it up.’ I know our team might seem one-dimensional, but it is a big group of unselfish guys.

There was no second-guessing that or anything. They have all the faith in the world in each other. There’s several hardnosed kids that I could have handed that ball off to, and Corey Jurzak was a great selection to get in there and get it

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ABOVE: Coal City’s Corey Jurzak looks for some running room Saturday during their 29-28 win at the Class 4A Quarterfinal playoff game against Manteno at Coal City High School. BELOW: Coal City’s Jack Dibble celebrates his run for a touchdown.

COAL CITY 29, MANTENO 28 Manteno (10-2) 7 14 7 0 – 28 Coal City (10-2) 7 0 0 22 – 29 First Quarter Manteno – Done 1 run (Burgeson kick), 9:02 Coal City – Dibble 56 run (Quinn kick), 8:44 Second Quarter Manteno – Done 10 run (kick failed), 11:54 Manteno – Duvall 12 run (Duvall run), 3:54 Third Quarter Manteno – Steele 29 fumble return (Burgeson kick), 7:22 Fourth Quarter Coal City – Dibble 6 run (Quinn kick), 11:55 Coal City – Dibble 65 run (Quinn kick), 7:48 Coal City – Dibble 9 run (Jurzak run), 0:36 Manteno Coal City Rushes-Yards 40-210 50-268 Passing Yards 88 5 C-A-I 10-17-0 1-8-0 Total Yards 298 273 Fumbles Lost 1 2 First Downs 14 13 Penalties-Yards 3-30 5-38 RUSHING Manteno – Done 13-91, Duvall 13-73, Kaufman 14-46. Coal City – Dibble 39-268, Jurzak 3-23, Czaja 2-1, Budde 1-1, Micetich 5-(-25).

PASSING Manteno – Kaufman 10-17, 88 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. Coal City – Micetich 1-7, 5 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT; Dibble 0-1, 0 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. RECEIVING Manteno – Koehne 4-28, Presler 2-35, Steele 2-18, Duvall 2-7. Coal City – McKinney 1-5.

“The big thing we preach with these kids is our conditioning and our weight-room ethic, so that in the fourth quarter, we can run people over.” done.”

Before Saturday, Jurzak had carried the ball 11 times all season. He said jet sweeps to him only really became a part of the Coalers’ offense in their 25-20 win at St. Edward the previous week.

“We started really doing them last week, against the [Green] Wave,” Jurzak said.

“That started really working out, so we knew we had to incorporate that in this game.”

There had been some success using the play before the 2-point try. Jurzak had gains of 14 and 8 yards on two such attempts during the final drive.

“That last drive, they really weren’t handling that motion well,” Mikula said. “The big

thing we preach with these kids is our conditioning and our weight-room ethic, so that in the fourth quarter, we can run people over. We just had that inside-outside combo working. They weren’t getting to that motion very well. They had some guys dropping. That whole drive really established the faith to go to that in the end there.”

Even so, Mikula knew that if he took the ball out of the hands of a player who had 339 touches on the season and put it in the hands of a player who had 16 – and failed – the second-guessing might be heard for days, weeks, months or even years around Coal City.

“I told Corey before the

Jim Mikula Coal City offensive coordinator

play, ‘You do not stop running until you’re in the back of the end zone, just to be sure,’ ” Mikula said, “and after the game, I said, ‘You know, I gotta thank you, because if that didn’t work, I’m the biggest idiot on the face of the earth.’ But you can say that so many times, and you just gotta go with your gut, and that was my gut right there.”

Dibble had no problem ceding the spotlight to his teammate and having his role reduced to a very effective decoy with the game on the line.

“I agree with everything coach says. I mean, he knows a lot more about football than I do,” Dibble said. “We came out, and I think the attitude was they’re gonna be keying on me, so give it to somebody else and see if we can’t get the end zone.

That jet sweep play worked all game, so when we came out, when coach called it, I had full confidence in his knowledge, because I think that they thought what everybody else thought – that it’s going to 44.

But it ended up going to 2, and 2 got in the end zone.”

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Morris’ Jake Walker breaks free on a 44-yard touchdown pass in the Redskins’ 40-28 loss to Peoria on Saturday during the Class 5A quarterfinal in Peoria.

Peoria, however, got it together and rallied around its fallen teammate. The Lions found their big-play mojo once again, and a 64-yard touchdown run got the lead back and took the wind from Morris’ sails.

In a way, the game was quite similar to the entire season. Morris got its back against the wall early, but rallied to make the season look better late. During the season, the Redskins dropped backto-back one-point overtime games. That doesn’t happen very often. In the Peoria game, Morris allowed a 97-yard pass play and had a tipped pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Again, those types of plays don’t happen very often.

After those overtime losses during the regular season, Morris saw itself with a 2-4 record and facing playoff elimination. The Redskins were able to shake off the disappointment of their four losses and rally to reel off three straight wins to end the regular season and two more in the playoffs.

The first playoff win came against undefeated Normal U-High and the second was against another perennial Corn Belt Conference power in Mahomet-Seymour.

So, which season is likely to be more memorable? One in

which the team cruised into the playoffs without much of a glitch, or the season that they had to beat Kaneland on the road, Sycamore at home and LaSalle-Peru at home just to qualify? The playoffs that saw them have a high seed and roll

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through lesser competition in the first couple of rounds or the year they were seeded eighth in an eight-team quad and beat undefeated No. 1 on the road and then took down No. 4 at home and gave No. 2 all it wanted on its own field?

For memories that will stick in my mind for a long time, I will take this 2014 team.

• Rob Oesterle is a sports reporter for the Morris Daily Herald. He can be reached at roesterle@shawmedia.com.

• Wednesday, November 19, 2014

It was a long and bumpy road for the Morris football team in 2014, but those trips that are nothing but smooth sailing rarely evoke memories.

What do you remember from your childhood? The family trips that went off without a hitch or the ones that were filled with problems?

I can almost guarantee that you look back at the trips with problems, and they are some of your favorite memories.

Such will be the case when the 2014 season is in the books for a while. Right now, it’s a little soon to look back fondly on a year that saw the team finish with five losses. Even being one of the eight teams statewide in the Class 5A quarterfinals doesn’t relieve the sting of having the season end after the Redskins had the lead in the second half against Peoria.

The script was coming together perfectly. The underdog Redskins fell behind early as the powerful hosts hit them with a few big plays on a field that looked like it was plucked directly from that awful Goldie Hawn-coaches-Woody Harrelson-and-Wesley Snipes-beforeWhite-Men-Can’t-Jump movie, “Wildcats.” The plucky squad with the four losses righted the ship a bit and put a kibosh on the big plays, at least for while.

Long enough, anyway, for the offense to put together a few scoring drives and get back in it.

The tide seemed to turn midway through the third quarter when young linebacker Keagan Sobol intercepted a pass and returned it to near midfield. On that play, however, a Peoria player was injured and had to be carted off the field.

Morris took the time to come up with a trick play – the lateral to receiver/backup quarterback Nathan Guth and the subsequent Guth pass to Tommy Balentine, who had snuck behind the defense.

Through all the adversity of the early going, Morris suddenly held a 28-27 lead and all the momentum was on its side.

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really matter.

That’s who was put on the schedule for them, and the Bears took care of business.

Individually, the Bears’ grades are all over the board.

From what I’ve heard and read, Jay Cutler has received very positive reviews. From me he gets a B -.

His 330 passing yards, 72 percent completion rate and three touchdowns are nice, and I don’t really care about the first interception. It was a throw-away play.

But his second pick was classic bad Jay at a critical time that might have really hurt against a better team, he would have lost another fumble had the officials not blown the call and had the Vikings bothered to try, and 21 points on 468 yards of offense, 74 plays and 38:28 of possession is nowhere near enough.

The blame for that gets shared but starts with the quarterback.

Matt Forte, Alshon Jeffery

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush and Brandon Marshall all earned A’s, and you really don’t need me to explain, do you?

When you watch the tape you find individual offensive linemen breaking down on every play – Kyle Long the least, Brian De La Puente the most – but as a unit they were effective in neutralizing the greatest strength of the Vikings, their defensive front.

And unlike most games under coach Marc Trestman and offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer, they did it with just five linemen on the field as opposed to six for almost the entire game.

They only get a B, however, as Forte did a ton of the groundwork on his own in spite of some missed blocks.

The Bears’ defense played

its second-best game of the year after the Falcons game.

It seems clear by now that Jared Allen is not the pass rusher he was, but he is still a fine all-around end, and Sunday he was the best defensive player on the field for either team.

Allen’s effort pushed the defensive line from a C+ to a B. Lance Briggs also played very well. Not great but very well.

Jon Bostic continues to improve, and while Shea McClellin and D.J. Williams were average to slightly below, they were on the field for only 18 snaps as the Bears were in nickel coverage 62 percent of the time.

The linebackers scored a B. Tim Jennings and Ryan Mundy each played their best games of the season, with the secondary holding the Vikings to 5.6 yards a pass play.

I gave the secondary a B+.

Chris Conte was average, and Kyle Fuller is still not back to the level he was at before injuries started to pile up on him.

Special teams are still a problem, and they get an F for the Vikings game.

Robbie Gould missed a 47yard field goal, Pat O’Donnell averaged less than 30 yards a punt, the Vikings picked up 48 yards on a fake punt, and Chris Williams still has no idea when to bring a kickoff out of the end zone. That’s a mess.

All in all, the Bears quieted the masses, found some self-respect and got themselves a win. It was a nice day’s work.

Now we all just have to hope it doesn’t have a seven-day half-life.

• Chicago Football editor Hub Arkush can be reached at harkush@chicagofootball. com or on Twitter @Hub_ Arkush.

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Let’s start with this: The Bears as a team get a B+ for showing up Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.

I can’t give them an A because at an average salary of about $1.9 million and perhaps more meaningfully a median salary of just under $800,000, you’d expect every player in the league to show up for work every day.

But the fact is the Bears hadn’t shown up in almost a month, and with the mood around town spiraling out of control it would have been easy for the Bears to pack it in for the season.

More about how and why that happened at a different time I’m sure, but for now it is to the credit to those coaches and leaders we thought had lost control and/or didn’t exist that they played hard and won.

Others have discounted the Bears’ effort because the Vikings are, well, the Vikings, but the fact is that doesn’t

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Did you hear the joke about the archaeological site?

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Archaeologists make extremely detailed records while excavating archaeological sites because the act of excavating actually destroys the original arrangement How does an of the site. archaeologist find information?

Where do archaeologists get the energy to work?

They dig deep.

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As usual with these two authors (Seagram is Canadian and Bird is English), the instruction and writing are excellent.

Today’s deal occurred during a tournament in the Netherlands. How should the defense go to defeat three no-trump? West leads his fourth-highest club. South takes East’s king with his ace and continues with a diamond to dummy’s 10.

South’s two-heart rebid was a reverse, promising a maximum opening bid (16-plus to 20 points), five-plus diamonds and, usually, four hearts.

North’s two-spade rebid showed at least a five-card suit and was forcing for one round. (This is one of the very rare situations where a player maybe rebid in only a five-card suit.)

East should win the second trick with his diamond ace and return the club four, the higher of two remaining cards. Then West, who has no entry, must play his three. This keeps communication with his partner and shows that he started with a five-card suit.

Declarer takes this trick in the dummy and leads a low heart. Now East must not be dozing. He must grab the trick and play his remaining club to give the defenders one diamond, one heart and three clubs for down one.

An expert sitting East ducked this trick and South claimed, taking two spades, one heart, four diamonds and two clubs.

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Hookahs not harmless, in spite of what teenagers might think Dear Doctor K: You recently wrote about e-cigarettes not being safe for teens. What about hookahs? I don’t completely understand what they are. Are they OK for my teen? I think he might be smoking them.

Dear Reader: A hookah is a water pipe that people use to smoke a specially made tobacco. Often the tobacco used in hookahs is flavored, which makes smoking it more attractive to some people.

A hookah uses coal to burn the tobacco. This creates either smoke or a vapor that is inhaled through a tube. People usually smoke a hookah as a group, passing the mouthpiece from one person to another.

Hookah smoking is on the

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff rise among youth. According to a 2014 study in the journal Pediatrics, 18 percent of high school seniors have smoked a hookah.

Hookahs have been around for centuries. In ancient Persia and Asia, smoking a hookah was considered an aristocratic and elegant thing to do. Perhaps because of this reputation – and because it’s an ancient practice – many people think that it isn’t as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. But it is just as dangerous, if not more so.

The smoke you inhale from a hookah contains the smoke from both coal and tobacco, which are full of toxins and cancer-causing substances. In fact, tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including hundreds that are toxic and about 70 that can cause cancer.

The smoke also has nicotine. Nicotine, by itself, does not cause cancer – but it is the chemical that makes people addicted to tobacco.

Smoking a hookah increases all the same health risks as smoking a cigarette.

This includes cancers of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, lung, bladder and other parts of the body. It can lead to lung disease, cardiovascular disease,

infertility, and low birth weight in the babies of women who smoke hookahs. Also, because the mouthpiece is often passed from person to person, there is the risk of passing infection.

Since hookahs are smoked as a group, the smoking session may last a while, which can lead to more exposure to the toxins. A person smoking a hookah with a group of other people not only is exposed to the smoke he deliberately sucks into his body through the tube.

He is also exposed to smoke in the air around him, which typically is heavy. As a result, an hour of hookah smoking exposes someone to as much as 200 times the smoke as smoking a cigarette. Smoking a hookah

may be more appealing to teens than smoking cigarettes.

First, there’s the novelty of the device itself. Second is the fact that it’s a group activity – and it’s particularly important for teens to feel like part of a group. Your teen may think that smoking a hookah is just something fun to do with his friends.

Tell him about the health risks involved. Be sure to let him know that he and his friends could end up putting their health, even their lives, in danger if they continue the practice.

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TAKE NOTICE that on the 28th day of August, 2013, a petition to revoke probation was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by Christopher M. Dearth, Assistant State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of Grundy County entitled 'In the interest of Kimberly N. Kusper, a minor', and that in the Grundy County Courthouse, 111 E. Washington Street, Morris, Illinois on the 17th day of December, 2014, at the hour of 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a trial will be held upon the petition to have the child declared to be a ward of the court under that Act. The court has the authority in this proceeding to take from you the custody and guardianship of the minor, and to appoint a guardian with power to consent to adoption of the minor.

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gage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 136 IN CHESTNUT RIDGE UNIT 5, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 14 TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 16, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 420717 PLAT CABINET H-32 IN GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1600 Donegal Drive, Minooka, IL 60447 and which said Mortgage was made by: Maurice Smith, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for People's Choice Home Loan, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Grundy County, Illinois, as Document No. 469793; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Karen E. Slattery Clerk of the Circuit Court, Grundy County 111 East Washington Street, Room 30 P.O. Box 707 Morris, IL 60450 on or before December 19, 2014, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-14-06803 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY - MORRIS, ILLINOIS STATE OF ILLINOIS CitiMortgage, Inc. PLAINTIFF SS Vs. COUNTY OF GRUNDY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Maurice Smith; Danita M. Kibble; THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Leroy Kibble Jr.; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Chestnut Ridge Master Association; Chestnut Ridge Homeowners AssoIN THE INTEREST OF, ciation; Unknown Owners and KIMBERLY N. KUSPER Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS a minor.

14 CH 00043 (Published in the Morris Daily NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Herald, November 19, 26 & DeNo. 12 JD 43 & 14 JD 54 NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Danicember 3, 2014.)

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ta M. Kibble, Leroy Kibble Jr., Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Michael Kusper, 5656 W. Grover Claimants; That this case has been PUBLIC NOTICE St., Apt. 1, Chicago, Illinois commenced in this Court against 60630, and To All Whom It May you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mort- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Concern:

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THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF PATRICK THOMAS ORTIZ, DECEASED. CASE NO. 2014 P 95.

Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of Office were issued to Margaret C. Ortiz, 2029 Jackson Branch Drive, New Lenox, IL 60451, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is Richard W. Rappold, 300 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (IL. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk, 111 E. Washington St. Morris, IL 60450, or with the representative, or both, on or before May 10, 2015, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the probate Act, the date stated in the notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

CLASSIFIED 25 Case No. 14-ED-3 NOTICE OF DEFAULT JUDGMENT To the Defendants: HEIRS AT LAW OF JOHN P. CHAPIN, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS. Please be advised that an Order for Default Judgment was entered against all Defendants on November 6, 2014, by the Honorable Judge Lance R. Peterson in the above referenced case.

CTIY OF MORRIS, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, By: /s/ Bradley Nolden Bradley Nolden, One of its attorneys Bradley Nolden SCOTT M. BELT & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 105 East Main Street, Suite 206 Morris, IL 60450 (815) 941-4675 ARDC#6306646 (Published in the Morris Daily Herald, November 12, 19 & 26, 2014.)

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(Published in the Morris Daily Her- Zora Baron, Petitioner, and Scott ald November 5, 12 & 19, 2014.) A. Spiess, Respondent. Case No. 14-OP-106.

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The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, Notice is IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE hereby given you, SCOTT A. THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL COURT SPIESS, that this case has been commenced in this court by the peGRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS titioner against you for a CITY OF MORRIS, an Illinois Munic- Stalking/No Contact Order and othipal Corporation, er relief.

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Unless you appear at the court HEIRS AT LAW OF JOHN P. hearing scheduled for 12/16/2014 CHAPIN, DECEASED, UNKNOWN @ 11:00 a.m. at the Grundy CounOWNERS AND NON-RECORD ty Courthouse, Morris, Illinois, a Plenary Stalking/No Contact Order CLAIMANTS, by default may be taken against Defendants.

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by y agains undy y, you for the relief asked for in the at the Grundy County Administracomplaint. tion Building, 1320 Union Street, Morris, Illinois on Monday, the 1st Andrew F. Skoog, Clerk of the day of December, A.D. 2014 at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of re-orCourt. ganizing.

Jean Fletcher, Prairie State Legal Dated at Morris, Illinois this 14th Services, Inc., Attorney for Petitioner, 1021 Clinton St., Ottawa, IL day of November, A.D. 2014.

61350, (815) 434-5903.

Lana J. Phillips (Published in the Morris Daily Grundy County Clerk Herald, November 12, 19 & 26, 2014.)

(Published in the Morris Daily Herald, November 19, 2014.)

KIT ‘N’ CARLYLE ® BY Larry Wright

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF AMENDED BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE

All interested persons are hereby notified that the Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the fiscal year beginning December 1, 2013 and ending November 30, 2014, of the County of Grundy, Illinois is available for public inspection.

The Budget and Appropriation Ordinance and documentation necessary to support the Ordinance are available at the Grundy County Clerk's Office, 111 E. Washington Street, Room 12, Courthouse, Morris, Illinois during its normal business hours.

Public Notice is hereby given that on November 3, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Grundy County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as CARDINAL INSTALLATIONS located at 26856 W Locust Rd., Channahon, IL 60410.

Dated this 3rd day of November, A.D. 2014. /s/ Lana J. Phillips Grundy County Clerk

Lana J. Phillips Grundy County Clerk (Published in the Morris Daily Herald, November 5, 12 & 19, 2014.)

November 14, 2014 (Published in the Morris Daily Herald, November 19, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ENACTED BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE All interested persons are hereby notified that the Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the fiscal year beginning December 1, 2014 and ending November 30, 2015, of the County of Grundy, Illinois is available for public inspection.

The Budget and Appropriation Ordinance and documentation necessary to support the Ordinance are available at the Grundy County Clerk's Office, 111 E. Washington Street, Room 12, Courthouse, Morris, Illinois during its normal business hours.

Lana J. Phillips Grundy County Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE

HERMAN ® BY Jim Unger

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on November 7, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Grundy County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as CORNERSTONE CONCRETE PREP AND LEASING located at 1020 Quail Drive, Morris, IL 60450.

Dated this 7th day of November, A.D. 2014. /s/ Lana J. Phillips Grundy County Clerk (Published in the Morris Daily Herald, November 12, 19 & 26, 2014.)

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November 14, 2014 (Published in the Morris Daily Herald, November 19, 2014.)

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