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Who is your everyday hero? Tell us VIEWS Kate Schott We all know an everyday hero.

It’s that person who gives without expecting any recognition or accolades for doing so. It could be the volunteer coach for your child’s soccer team, the teenager who helps his elderly neighbor or the co-worker who donates her time to tutor students after school.

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of unsung heroes living around us.

It’s about time we recog-

nize some of them, don’t you think?

So it’s with joy I get to introduce our readers to “Everyday Heroes,” an initiative of Shaw Media. Several of our sister publications have for several years bestowed this honor on deserving residents in their markets, and we’re thrilled to bring it to The Herald-News and Morris Herald-News.

Simply put, Everyday Heroes honors those who selflessly donate their time and talents to help those in need or to better their community. We’re looking to bestow Everyday Hero awards on at least a dozen special people in Will and Grundy counties.

Nominees must live or work in either Will or Grundy counties at the time of nomination. Nominees must be at least 13 years old at the time of nomination. We’re asking for you to submit the name, hometown and workplace of your nominee, along with a letter of 250 or fewer words describing why your nominee deserves the honor.

We will celebrate the recipients at an awards breakfast, scheduled for Sept. 11 at the Joliet Country Club. We’ll also devote a special section in the Sept. 13 Sunday edition of the paper (and online too) to our recipients.

We are accepting applications through July 15. You

can submit one online at www.theherald-news.com/ forms/everyday-heroes/. If you prefer, you can type out your nomination, including the required contact information, and mail it to: The Herald-News, Attn: Everyday Heroes, 2175 Oneida St., Joliet, IL 60435.

Look for ads in both The Herald-News and Morris Herald-News for more information about Everyday Heroes, or contact Marketing Director Hannah Kohut at 815-280-4113.

We hope for a variety of nominations for adults and teenagers throughout both counties. Please consider nominating your everyday hero to get the recognition

that he or she may not seek, but surely deserves.

••• To those who gave all for our country, and your families, you are in my thoughts and prayers this Memorial Day. You deserve more than a day to be remembered and honored. Thank you for believing in our country enough to give your life.

Thank you for reading The Herald-News.

• Kate Schott is editor of The Herald-News, the Morris Herald-News and Herald Life. She can be reached at kschott@shawmedia.com or 815-280-4119. Follow her on Twitter @Kate_Schott78.

Joliet City Council will tour Union Station Lease agreement will be discussed at a meeting afterwards

Union Station in downtown Joliet in September 2014.

The Joliet City Council will tour Union Station Thursday.

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bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The Joliet City Council will tour Union Station on Thursday before a council committee discusses a lease agreement with the banquet operator at the station.

The committee meeting will include discussion on the potential for selling Silver Cross Field and a proposed ordinance regulating sales of dogs and cats at Joliet pet stores.

The 4 p.m. tour Thursday is a special City Council meeting, so it is open to the public.

The tour will be followed at 5 p.m. by a joint meeting of the city’s Land Use & Legislative Committee and Economic Development Committee.

Councilman Jim McFarland in April called for a review of the lease agreement at Union Station with Bussean Custom Caterers. The agreement expired in December, although the caterer continues

to operate there.

McFarland said city staff arranged for the Union Station tour.

“I think it’s a good idea from staff for us to see the property that we own and what potential it has,” he said. “I invite and encourage members of the public to

come and see the train station to see what’s there. We definitely want public input.”

Union Station no longer is used as a train station since the city last year moved boarding platforms to the other side of the railroad tracks.

A new train station will be built along with a bus sta-

tion as the city creates a new transportation center downtown called Joliet Gateway Center.

Union Station now is locked up but for a small section that includes a police substation.

In addition to the banquet facility, which takes up most

of the second floor, space at Union Station over the years has been used for a restaurant, a coffee shop and an Amtrak office. The coffee shop and Amtrak office closed when platforms were moved to the other side of the tracks.

Bussean has operated the banquet facility since 2001.

Grundy VAC program allows veterans to help each other MORRIS – Sam Woods learned during his nine years in the Air Force that he could depend on those who served with him to always have his back.

Today, the 78-year-old Morris veteran still depends on his fellow veterans to have his back as he faces health challenges requiring trips to Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital – a trip he couldn’t make without the transportation program sponsored by the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission.

“I wouldn’t be getting up there without them. I’m afraid to drive up there,” he said.

“I’m glad we have the VAC here in Grundy County.”

Woods has used the service, which is free to all Grundy County veterans, to get to his doctor appointments for the past two years.

The bus is driven by one of several veterans from Grundy County who are paid $9.50 an hour to pick up veterans at their homes, take them to Hines VA Hospital in Cook County, wait for them to be done and then deliver them back home.

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Veteran Reird Enger, 75, sits Friday in the backseat of a white minivan in Morris. The Grundy County VAC offers rides to veterans to the Hines VA Hospital and the drivers are often veterans themselves.

Bonding time

Richard Hart, a Vietnam Navy veteran who lives in Coal City, is one of the drivers who sets out twice a week to take veterans to their medical appointments.

“I’m bonding with my

brothers,” Hart said.

He said his willingness to make the drive has little to do with the money paid and a lot to do with being with other veterans. It also gives him something to do while retired.

“I’ve always told my wife,

if people wanted to know the meaning of what freedom is, they should spend a day at Hines,” he said. “They sacrificed time for freedom for everyone.”

Morris resident Shirley Hammons, also a Navy veter-

Grundy County VAC Superintendent Ken Buck said the transportation program is one of the main services the local office provides because of the local need.

“It takes one and a half hours on a good day to get to Hines,” he said. “Some of our veterans can’t drive up there.”

The veterans mostly use the Grundy Transit System to get to appointments in Joliet. But there was definitely a greater need to get them to Hines, he said. The VAC used Illinois Department of Transportation grants to buy the bus.

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“Oh my goodness,” she said. “They provide the most wonderful service.”

Drivers pick her up at her door and navigate through traffic to get to her appointments, she said.

“They are so accommodating. They drop you off where your services are,” she said.

“If you need a wheelchair, they will push you there themselves.”

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Some students received flowers from their families before they walked out of the Morris Community High School gym for the last time as high school students at Morris Community High School’s graduation Friday night. Pick up Tuesday’s edition of the Morris Herald-News to read more about the students’ graduation and visit morrisherald-news.com for video and photos of the event.

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Continued from page 3 It recently received its second bus through the grant program, and Buck said he hopes to expand the program to send up two buses on days it is needed.

The average annual cost to run the transportation program is $40,000, which includes salary, gas and maintenance. It is a line item on the VAC budget through Grundy County.

Currently, trips are scheduled and if one person has an

appointment in the morning, and someone else has one in the afternoon, they travel together and wait until everyone is done, then ride back to Morris together. A second bus could make two trips easier.

But Hammons said she doesn’t mind the wait to return. The group from Grundy typically sits together and talks while they wait for everyone to be finished.

Hart said he likes having the time to talk to them. That is when the bonds form.

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Know more The transportation program sponsored by the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission is available to any Grundy County veteran. For information or to see how you can help, call the VAC at 815-9413152, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. may only see them a couple of times a year,” Hart said. “It makes me feel good to bring them to the doctor. I told my wife, it’s almost like being back

in the military.”

In addition to making connections with one another, Woods said the program helps him remember appointments.

He receives a letter from Hines VA Hospital telling him when he has an appointment and he contacts the VAC to schedule the transportation when he gets it.

“You can’t forget your appointment. I schedule right away and they call you the day before to tell you what time they will pick you up,” he said.

“They are very reliable and nice guys.”

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Veteran Reird Enger, 75, closes the passenger-side door of a white minivan Friday in Morris. His transportation Friday is part of the Grundy VAC program that provides transportation to and from Hines VA Hospital.

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Memorial Day services and ceremonies

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The National Moment of Remembrance, established by Congress, asks Americans wherever they are at 3 p.m.

Memorial Day to pause in an act of national unity for a duration of one minute.

The time was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday, according to a news release from the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission.

In addition to the designated moment, numerous Memorial Day ceremonies will be held in Will and Grundy counties, including the following: CATHOLIC CEMETERIES MEMORIAL DAY MASSES

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Veterans Affairs social worker Tom Deegan (right) talks with veteran Eugene Orton about his new housing in Joliet.

New veterans services focus on homes, jobs

By BOB OKON bokon@shawmedia.com JOLIET – It’s been 35 years since Eugene Orton was in the Army. But he recently found himself in a predicament facing many veterans coming home from overseas these days.

Orton, 55, needed a place to live.

He had no place to go.

“This is beautiful,” he said last week when he was brought to Friends & Family Place, a home for homeless veterans in Joliet.

Orton said he only recently became aware services were available to him when a friend suggested he call a Veterans Affairs hotline.

That call eventually led him to Tom Deegan, a social worker for the VA’s Healthcare for Homeless Veterans program.

Deegan said VA services increasingly focus on homelessness and unemployment, not just for older veterans such as Orton, but for soldiers coming home for the first time from military service.

“There’s a lot more of that going on,” Deegan said. “I think it has a lot to do with coming back to a changed economy.”

The demand for college degrees in the workplace is making it harder for young veterans, many of whom went into the military right after high school, he said.

“You have to have an education not just to get ahead, but to get a job,” Deegan said.

Orton’s new home is one of three Joliet houses for homeless veterans run by Catherine Beavers.

Beavers believes veterans today face unique challenges compared to past eras, when the job market was more welcoming.

“Things were different.

You could get a job in a factory or find some kind of work,” Beavers said. “I have one guy who’s going to move in. He’s been looking for three years, and he can’t find anything.”

Homelessness may be more of an issue for veterans moving back to urban areas. But it still is a factor in Morris and other small towns, said Ken Buck, superintendent of the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission.

Veterans coming to smaller communities tend to find a place to stay, he said.

“They just don’t have an address of their own,” Buck said.

“They’re staying with their

friends and family until they work their way through the system.”

Veterans face some of the same employment problems as everyone else, he said.

“There is a lack of opportunity for everybody,” Buck said.

Kristi Kiper-McNichol, superintendent of the Will County Veterans Assistance Commission, said there are programs being created to help veterans convert their military experience into civilian jobs.

One example, she said, is the Military Medical Corpsman to Practical Nurse program at Joliet Junior College.

“In comparison to the Vietnam War era and possibly even the late ’90s during the Gulf War era, there is a large concentration by employers on college education,” Kiper-McNichol said. “It used to be a high school diploma and a factory job to support your family.”

She said one challenge is just to make veterans aware of the help available.

That was the situation for Orton, who said he had not even thought help was available to him until he was prompted by a friend.

• 9 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, W. Jefferson St. at Hunter Avenue, Joliet • 9 a.m. at St. Mary Nativity Cemetery, Caton Farm Road, Crest Hill • 10 a.m. at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1320 E. Cass St., Joliet • 10 a.m. at Resurrection Cemetery and Mausoleum, 200 W. Romeo Road, Romeoville • 10:30 a.m. at SS. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery, Route 6 and Maple Road, East Joliet CHANNAHON

• 9 a.m. at Channahon Village Hall, 24555 S. Navajo Drive.

Annual Memorial Day Service will be held.

COAL CITY

• 11 a.m at Coal City Intermediate School Gymnasium, 305 E. Division St. American Legion Post 796 invites all to honor veterans at 11 a.m.

CREST HILL

• 2 p.m. at Crest Hill Veterans Memorial Park, 1610 Plainfield Road. In case of weather, event will move to St. Ambrose Church, 1722 Burry Circle Drive ELWOOD

• 11 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, 20953 W. Hoff Road. The ceremony will focus on honoring Vietnam War veterans, marking the official 50th anniversary of the conflict. Also features the Joliet American Legion Band, local vocalists, re-enactors and guest speakers.

MAZON

• American Legion Post 352 will host services at Brookside cemetery in Mazon at 10:30 a.m. and at Ward cemetery in Verona at 11:30 a.m. If it rains, services will be held at the post, 500 Depot St., Mazon, at 11 a.m.

MORRIS

• 10:30 a.m. at Chapin Park and Grundy County Courthouse. John Martin Steele VFW Post 6049 will host a parade and Memorial Day observance on Monday. In the event of inclement weather, event will move to Morris Community High School, 1000 Union St. MINOOKA

• 9:30 a.m. at Minooka Bible Church, 412 N. Wabena Ave. A parade will be held; parade participants will line up at 9:30 a.m. at the church, with it starting at 10 a.m. This event is sponsored by Minooka American Legion Post 1188.

PLAINFIELD

• 10 a.m. at Ira Jones Middle School, 15320 Wallin Drive, and 11 a.m. at Settlers Park. Parade will be held, as well as re-dedication of the Veterans Memorial statue.

SHOREWOOD

• 6 p.m. at Shorewood Towne Center Park. Event will remember those who died in service to the country. Will feature a patriotic parade and concert by Joliet American Legion Band.

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ABOVE: Lockport resident Nick Kozak holds a book of scanned newspaper articles and clippings that span much of World War II. Many of the articles, which are about Lockport residents, were compiled by the siblings of Kozak’s cousin, George Kozak.

LEFT: Lockport resident Nick Kozak flips through a book of scanned newspaper articles and clippings that span much of World War II.

War scrapbook kept soldier informed

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com LOCKPORT – While George Kozak fought in the D-Day invasion at Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, his brothers and sisters made a scrapbook of Herald-News articles to read upon his return.

“It was clippings [about] who’d been killed, where people were serving. The paper had a lot of stories about that ... and it was something for them to do for him while he was over there,” George’s cousin, Nick Kozak, said.

George died in 2003, but he made Nick a copy of the scrapbook which contains 10 to 15 clippings on each of its 200 pages.

“I’d like to donate it to the history museum or bring it in to the American Legion,” Nick Kozak said. “I still think there’s a lot of people who could reminisce with it.”

George was nearly 30 years older than Nick. Although George had three daughters, Nick believes the longtime Texaco employee could talk about combat experiences with him “like an adopted son.”

“He said a lot, but he just told me ‘War was hell’ and after my own [experience] it was easier for us to relate with that,” Nick Kozak, who served with the Marines in

“I’d like to donate it to the history museum or bring it in to the American Legion. I still think there’s a lot of people who could reminisce with it.”

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Uriel Reyes uses a large sheet of plastic to wrap various pieces of electronics and household appliances for shipping during Will County’s Recyclepalooza in April in Joliet.

Electronics recycling bill heads to Rauner’s desk

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com JOLIET – An electronics recycling bill that Will County officials helped craft unanimously passed the Illinois Senate last week and now goes to Gov. Bruce Rauner for him to sign.

House Bill 1455 addresses funding shortfalls that have jeopardized electronics recycling programs statewide as demand for recycling services grows.

Dean Olson, who heads Will County’s Resource Recovery and Energy Division, told members of the Will County Board on Thursday he and other county officials statewide spent the past several months lobbying Springfield for change.

At the root of the problem was the complex formula used to determine how much electronics manufacturers pay into the program. Once manufacturers meet the state-mandated annual goals, they no longer have to pay recycling companies.

Last year, everyone met those goals halfway through the year.

The proposed change would increase the recycling goal to 80 percent of electronics products sold from two years previous – up from 50 percent – for TV and monitor manufacturers. The 50-percent goal would be maintained for others.

“This new formula ensures we have enough weight, which equates to more funding, which equates to hopefully us still not paying for the recycling of electronics and saving our taxpayers hundreds of thousands of

dollars,” Olson said.

If the legislation wasn’t successful, Olson said, the steep cost of recycling would have shifted to consumers or to local governments that hold collection events.

Suzanne Hart, chairwoman the Will County Board’s Legislative and Policy Committee, applauded Olson and the county’s efforts, which began in the fall.

“You came with a vision of concern. You got ahead of it before it became [a problem in Will County],” Hart said. “You helped the state. It took a village, so that was wonderful.”

The legislation also addresses the issue of cathode ray tube glass – or CRT glass, a toxic, heavy material that’s difficult to recycle. Most manufacturers ship the CRT material, but the latest proposal provides manufacturers the cheaper option of sending the leaded material to Peoria Disposal Company, where it would be stored at a landfill until it could be properly recycled.

Catherine Kelly, spokeswoman for the governor’s office, wouldn’t say Friday whether Gov. Bruce Rauner would sign the bill, which passed unanimously in the Illinois House and Senate.

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Olson stressed to board members this is only a temporary solution. He said he expects everyone to be back at the drawing board in two years, when the legislation is up for review.

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• Sunday, May 24, 2015

With Memorial Day marking the unofficial start of summer, recent weeks have seen an increase in boating activity on waterways in Will and Grundy counties.

“As always, safety is the biggest concern,” said Erin Ecker, interpretive specialist at the Will County Forest Preserve’s Monee Reservoir.

There were 77 boating-related accidents on Illinois waterways last year – resulting in 54 injuries and 20 fatalities, according the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

“Our message is pretty simple and straightforward: Fastening a life jacket can save your life, and staying sober while operating a boat is not only common sense, it’s the law,” Illinois Conservation Police Chief Rafael Gutierrez said in a statement.

William G. Stratton State Park in Morris has offered boat access to the Illinois River since 1959. The park has four public boat launch ramps and a designated jet ski launching area nearby.

As of Thursday, the boat launch was temporarily closed because of high water and unsafe conditions.

The Will County Forest Preserve allows watercraft carried on top of a vehicle at the Lake Chaminwood Preserve in Minooka. Boat launches also are located at Whalon Lake in Naperville and the Rock Run Rookery Preserve in Joliet for watercraft less than 18-feet with electric motors.

Pedal boats and rowboats are available for rental at Monee Reservoir and visitors are allowed to bring their own canoes and kayaks.

“Rowboats can go out starting April 1 and kayaks and canoes start May 1,” Ecker said. “Canoes and kayaks are more likely to capsize in windy conditions. We try to follow the Red Cross’ 120-degree rule where the water and air temperature combine over 120 degrees [to avoid] hypothermia.”

The Monee Reservoir, which is up to 30 feet deep, had 2,800 boat rentals last year and 650 people engaged in boat-related programs. Will County Forest Preserve police and Illi-

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Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Division 15 water rescue personnel, along with a search dog from Search and Rescue Dogs of Illinois and his handler, push off from the shoreline between the dam and Stratton Park in Morris in June 2014. Area officials urge boaters to be cautious when on the water as the new boating season begins

Boating safety The Will County Forest Preserve District will host “Boating Safety and Inspections” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 20 at Rock Run Rookery Preserve in Joliet. During the programs, boat inspections and boat safety tips will be provided by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Participants will receive 2015 inspection decals for their boats.

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Monee Reservoir attracts boaters and anglers throughout the season. nois Conservation police patrol the lakes.

Throughout the state, conservation police made 159 arrests for boaters operating under the influence last year, a 38 percent increase from 2013.

“We are serious about making sure boat operators stay sober – for their sake, for the sake of their passengers, and for the safety of the rest of the

boating public,” Gutierrez said in the statement. “Too many boating incidents are attributable to operating under the influence, and too many lives are lost while boating due to alcohol or drug impairment or boaters not wearing a personal flotation device.”

IDNR statistics indicate six of the 20 boating-related fatalities in Illinois last year

involved alcohol or drug impairment, while 14 of those who died in boating accidents may have survived if they had worn a life jacket.

“You are required to wear a life jacket in a canoe or kayak at the preserve,” Ecker said.

State law requires life jackets be available for everyone on a boat and worn at all times by anyone under 13. In-person or

online boating safety education is required for anyone ages 12 to 17.

No one under 10 can operate a motorboat and 10 to 12-yearolds may only do so under parental supervision. Teenagers who wish to operate a boat must receive an education certificate from the IDNR. An interactive “Boating Safety Week” exhibit will be on display from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 2 through June 7 at Monee Reservoir.

“There will be drawings for life jackets,” Ecker said.

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Summer camp not tied to Big Brothers Big Sisters

By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com DIAMOND – The village of Diamond is considering creating a permit structure for those wishing to run day camps in village parks.

The impetus for the change, Diamond Mayor Terry Kernc said Thursday, was officials being made aware that a resident had placed fliers in the village’s parks advertising a day camp to be operated in the parks.

“A parent brought in a flier they found at the park and had some concerns,” Kernc said.

The flier advertised a day camp run by Elijah Martinez of Diamond. Included on the flier was a logo for Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Lisa Morel Las, executive director at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties, said she did not know Martinez and Big Brothers Big Sisters has not started a day camp in Grundy County.

Martinez said Friday he is working with the village to start a youth outreach club, which he hopes to call Club Xplorers, after it was brought to his attention Thursday he needed to follow legal procedures to run the organization.

“I made a bad choice when I made the fliers,” he said. “I’ll be honest with you, I used to work with them [Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties] and I’ve separated from them, but I had their logo on the program flier.”

Morel Las said Martinez has never been affiliated with the local Big Brothers Big Sisters organization.

Martinez said he is in the process of redoing the fliers

without the Big Brothers Big Sisters logo so he can continue to move forward with his idea.

The summer day camp had already started at a basketball court in Diamond, according to Martinez, and several kids were already attending.

Concerns arose when a parent alleged Martinez gave her daughter a prescription inhaler that belonged to someone else, Grundy County Sheriff Kevin Callahan said.

Morel Las said she found out about the Diamond program when a concerned parent called her about the incident and she learned Martinez was using the Big Brothers Big Sisters name in connection with the program.

Martinez said one of the children participating in the program has asthma. When another child had a breathing problem, the child with asthma shared the medication with the other child.

Callahan said the department was notified of the situation and is investigating, but believes nothing illegal took place.

“Our investigator, along with Mayor Kernc and Lisa Las, met with Martinez and informed him he couldn’t use the Big Brothers Big Sisters logo when advertising and that he would have to follow procedures to be able to operate as a children’s day camp,” Callahan said.

Martinez said his desire to start the camp came from having a bad childhood growing up in Chicago with a single mother.

“I see today’s kids growing up. I see them back-talking their parents and it reminds

“I made a bad choice when I made the fliers.”

Elijah Martinez Diamond resident starting Club Xplorers, a youth outreach program me of me,” he said. “I gathered up some friends and we decided to offer the free summer camp as a place for kids to go.”

LOCKPORT – Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm has canceled the 2015 Woofapalooza Benefit scheduled for June 7.

Due to recent concerns regarding the dog flu, the Siegel’s family, in the best interest of the dogs, canceled the benefit, according to a news release from the farm.

a nonprofit organization who serves children,” Las said Friday. “Parents can contact United Way of Grundy County if they have any questions or concerns about whether or not the program is a legal nonprofit.”

Martinez said he intends to attend Tuesday’s village of Diamond meeting to find out what he needs to have in place to organize legally and offer the day camp.

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He said he is a former gang member who moved to Diamond to get away from the bad influences of the city and to help out in a way he wasn’t helped.

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By CHRISTINA CHAPMAN–VAN YPEREN cchapman@shawmedia.com MORRIS – The Coal City man arrested last weekend on multiple charges out of Missouri, including kidnapping, has waived his extradition hearing.

According to the court minutes on judici.com, on Tuesday Jeffery M. Lazier, 43, of Coal City waived his right for a local hearing on extraditing him back to Missouri, meaning he will be handed over to Missouri authorities.

Grundy County State’s Attorney Jason Helland said Friday Lazier is expected to be extradited this week.

Morris police assisted the FBI May 15 in arresting Lazier during a traffic stop on Interstate 80.

Lazier was wanted on warrant charges of armed robbery, kidnapping, felony

armed criminal action, felony sodomy and aggravated criminal sexual assault.

The charges stem from an alleged incident in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in which an adult female told authorities she was abducted for hours before escaping her captor, according to a news release from the FBI. The woman told authorities she was sitting in her vehicle in South County Park in Cape Girardeau when she was physically forced into a pickup truck, the FBI said in its news release. The woman said she was driven to various locations and assaulted before she managed to escape in Effingham, Illinois.

Lazier was arrested by Morris police, at the request of assistance by the FBI, on I-80 in Morris. There are no local charges against Lazier.

Lazier is scheduled for a status hearing June 4.

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“Student safety is our top priority, and I applaud our students and staff on their response to this incident,” Halloran said in the news release.

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MORRIS – No students or staff were harmed, but on Tuesday afternoon, Morris Community High School administrators learned a student created a “hit-list” containing the names of nine students and one staff member, school officials said.

The administration informed the School Resource Officer and the Morris Police

Department about the situation, according to a news release sent Friday by the school. On Wednesday morning, the student and the student’s parents met with Principal Kelly Hussey and the faculty was informed of the situation.

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At 7:48 p.m. at Hickory and Ruby streets, Joliet police officers responded to calls of a large fight and possible gunshots, Joliet Police Chief Brian Benton said. Upon arrival,

police saw between 15 and 20 people dispersing from the area.

One man was found with a gash on the left side of his face.

The man refused medical attention, saying he was fine, Benton said. The man would not provide any information on what caused the injury and refused to have pictures taken.

Several residents said they heard shots fired, but could not provide any more information, Benton said. Nobody was charged.

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BOLINGBROOK – Is one man’s “junkyard” another man’s treasure?

That seems to be the burning question in the case of Henry James, an 83-year-old property owner in Bolingbrook who has stored antique car parts on his property for decades.

City officials want James out, calling his 3-acre unincorporated slice of land “an illegal junkyard.”

The land also happens to be located in the middle of Bolingbrook’s multi-acre industrial park, which the city and interested companies hope to further develop.

The Will County Board is debating whether to issue James a special-use permit, allowing him to store his vehicles and old trailers outdoors if he complies with certain conditions.

On Thursday, the board tabled the matter despite concerns raised by Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar.

“With all due respect, that’s simply kicking the can down the road. He’s had months to

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He argued that James failed to clean up the property – even after a court order in October 2014.

“Now he’s coming to you for a special-use permit for outdoor storage. … Do you have the staff time to make sure it’s cleaned up?” Claar pressed. “And once it’s cleaned up, if you were a business person looking to invest millions of dollars into an industrial warehouse, would you want to look out your window and see a storage yard with 3 acres? I don’t think so.

“This leaves a junkyard in the middle of a several-thousand-acre business park,” Claar added.

James’ attorney, Michael Martin, argued Thursday his client has taken steps to comply with requirements and he has agreed to license and test all the vehicles on the property as part of the conditions outlined by the county.

Will County Board members were divided on the issue, voting 17-9 to table the decision while James takes more

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Coal City shooting suspect indicted on attempted murder

By CHRISTINA CHAPMAN–VAN YPEREN cchapman@shawmedia.com MORRIS – The suspect in a Coal City shooting in April was indicted last week on a charge of attempted first-degree murder.

Walter Webster, 28, of Romeoville was indicted by a Grundy County grand jury Wednesday for attempted first-degree murder, and aggravated battery with a firearm, both class X felonies, according to a news release from Grundy County State’s Attorney Jason Helland.

Webster turned himself in to authorities April 8 after he allegedly shot Adam Fierro, the owner of Horse Shoe Transportation Company of Braidwood, on April 1.

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Minooka High board retains senior finals exemption policy 19 Wikoff said he and instructional leaders spent several meetings discussing options for alternatives to determine who would receive an exemption this fall. They discussed using ACT scores, academic growth, attendance and number of demerits, but none of the options proved acceptable.

Using ACT scores was dismissed because MCHS may not offer the tests on campus in the future. Wikoff said the state is considering not reimbursing school districts for ACT costs, meaning students would take the exams at an off-campus testing center.

Superintendent Jim Blanche said using PARCC scores to determine senior eligibility for finals exemption

also was not a good idea.

“PARCC scores will be meaningless,” he said.

“PARCC is not going to be a dependable tool for us to use.”

Parent Stacey Scholtes addressed the school board, asking members to keep the senior exemption policy.

“I believe the incentive program is very important,” she said, “and provides the students with a great reward. ...

I’d really hate to see this program go away.”

The School Board decided not to eliminate the senior exemption policy and asked administrators to find a way to keep the policy going.

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Several personnel matters also were approved at the meeting, including: • Resignations from technology director Les Kern, librarian Carolyn Kinsella, dean’s clerk Paulette Aldis, bus driver Lyle Selk and bus aide Betsy Maier.

• Leave of absence request for English teacher Ann Rapsky.

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MINOOKA – Administrators will make another attempt to give seniors a break on their final exams this fall, following a school board recommendation Thursday.

Included on the agenda for the Minooka Community High School District 111 School Board meeting Thursday was a proposal to eliminate a policy exempting certain senior students from taking fall finals.

In previous years, those who scored above a certain level on the second day of their Prairie State Achievement Examinations could forgo final

exams in classes where they maintained a C or better.

The PSAE was a two-day standardized exam taken by juniors consisting of the ACT test and “WorkKeys” assessments. However, the state did away with the WorkKeys testing and gave only the ACT to juniors this year, with the advent of the required PARCC standardized exams.

With the PSAE gone, Principal Matt Wikoff said the district could no longer use its scores to determine who received a break on the fall final exams.

“The senior exemption was incentive to take day two of the PSAE assessment seriously,” Wikoff said.

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By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER The Associated Press CHESTER – A southern Illinois judge has granted Drew Peterson’s request to delay his trial on charges that the former police sergeant plotted to kill the Will County prosecutor who helped convict him in his third wife’s death.

The Randolph County trial was scheduled to begin July 6 after Peterson requested a speedy trial after being charged in February. But Peterson’s lawyer said Friday in a brief hearing that the 61-year-old ex-Bolingbrook officer needs more time to prepare.

“We’re just not going to be ready by then,” said attorney Lucas Liefer.

Prosecutors didn’t oppose the request. The trial is now set to start Aug. 28.

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Glasgow prosecuted the 2012 case in which Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the bathtub drowning death of his ex-wife Kathleen Savio eight years earlier.

Her death was initially ruled an accident, but the case was re-opened after the 2007 disappearance of Peterson’s fourth wife. Peterson remains a suspect in that case but has denied harming both women.

Peterson’s lawyers told a state appeals court Thursday that his murder conviction should be overturned because of improper use of hearsay evidence and mistakes by his former attorney.

The Third District Court of Appeals judicial panel did not immediately issue a ruling after Thursday’s hearing.

Peterson also is scheduled to return to court in a July 7 hearing on three prosecutorial motions that were initially supposed to be discussed Friday.

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JOLIET – A used car dealership will get another month to comply with a zoning limit on the number of cars it can put on its lot.

City officials have threatened to revoke Car Credit Inc.’s permit to operate at 101 N. Center St. The city limited the business to 10 cars for display when it issued the permit in 2013.

The Joliet Zoning Board of Appeals voted Thursday to give the business another 30 days after hearing from Lou Ann Kinney, who owns the property.

“They’re down to 12 cars today,” Kinney told the board.

“I’ll see that it’s down to 10.”

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munity and economic development director, said, “We’ve had ongoing inspections and ongoing complaints from [city] council members and the public. ... It’s been staff. It’s been elected officials. It’s been the public. It seems that everyone remembers the conditions on the lot but the operator.”

City officials have said the size and shape of the lot is such that it needs to be limited to 10 cars for sale. They said one of the two driveways to the lot is blocked when too many cars are on it.

Also, a staff member reported that, during a visit to the site, the handicapped parking space was occupied by a car with dealer plates.

The Zoning Board will take up the matter again at its June meeting.

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JOLIET – Hawk Auto Group is in the process of acquiring two locations on Jefferson Street in Joliet.

A company representative laid out the plan Thursday to the Joliet Zoning Board of Appeals while getting approval for a special-use permit for a dealership at 2200 W. Jefferson St. Hawk Auto Group is working on acquiring all but one of the Bill Jacobs dealerships in Joliet.

The acquisition, if completed, will include new buildings for both the Subaru and Mazda dealerships, said Jim Muisenga with Hawk Auto Group.

The company has acquired a site at 2200 W. Jefferson St. now occupied by a vacant retail building formerly used by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Muisenga said Hawk also is in the process of acquiring the neighboring property to the west.

The company acknowledged earlier this month that it planned to move the Subaru dealership to 2200 W. Jefferson.

But Muisenga said Thursday the Subaru dealership will be located at the site temporarily. Eventually, the Subaru dealership will be relocated to the current location of Bill Jacobs Mazda, 2001 W. Jefferson St. The Mazda dealership then will move to 2200 W. Jefferson St. The pending Bill Jacobs deal includes the sale of its Kia dealership to Scott Falcone, owner of World Hyundai in Matteson. Since the Bill Jacobs Kia and Subaru dealerships now share the same Jefferson Street location, a new home must be found for Subaru, Muisenga said.

Zoning Board Chairman Ed Hennessy questioned the amount of space available at 2200 W. Jefferson in

light of issues that developed recently over used-car dealerships in the city.

“There have been some problems in the auto lots in Joliet with overcrowding,” Hennessy said.

Muisenga said acquisition of the adjacent property will provide sufficient room for the new dealership location.

The special-use permit will next go to the Joliet City Council for final approval.

Hawk Auto Group entered the Joliet market in December when it acquired the Volkswagen franchise on Jefferson Street from D’Arcy Motors. Other Hawk dealerships are in Bridgeview, Forest Park and Oak Lawn.

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She also questioned a staff report about complaints over the number of cars on the lot.

“I’d like to know who is complaining about it,” Kinney said.

“I’m well-known in Joliet. No one has said anything to me. ...

Not one neighbor has said anything to me.”

Zoning Board Member Rebecca Darley responded, “I drive by every day. I am a neighbor. It has never been in compliance.”

Darley said, “It is not safe to have that many cars. That’s why we didn’t allow more than 10 cars in the first place.”

Darley also said that the board emphasized the 10-car limit to Car Credit Inc.’s owner.

“I do believe that the conditions were understood and reiterated,” Darley said.

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• “Stop the Violence” General Assembly Meeting – 7 p.m., 225 E. Clinton St., Joliet. Contact stoptheviolence29@yahoo.com.

Friday • “JJC Cop on a Rooftop” – 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dunkin’ Donuts on Houbolt Road across from Joliet Junior College Main Campus, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet. Free donuts to

donors. “Touch a Truck.” Call: 815280-2234 or email rgraves@jjc.edu.

• Spring Cleaning and Rummage Sale – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home, 201 Wyoming Ave., Joliet. Furniture, books, puzzles, electronics, clothing.

Call 815-725-6631.

• Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., Mokena Public Library, 11327 W. 195th St., Mokena.

Help with resumes, cover letters and job applications. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• WSD’s Computer Lab – 2 p.m., JJC City Center Campus, 214 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• Fish Fry – 5 p.m., Harry E. Anderson VFW Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory Road, New Lenox. Toplist Karaoke begins 8:30 p.m. Call 815-485-8369 or visit vfwpost9545.org.

• Fish Fry – 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Stone City VFW Post 2199, 124 Stone City Drive, Joliet. Carry-outs and eatat-bar begins at 11 a.m.; dining room opens at 4 p.m. Call 815-722-7122.

• Fish Fry – 4 to 8 p.m.; also karaoke 8 p.m. to midnight, Cantigny VFW Post 367, 826 Horseshoe Drive, Joliet. Call 815-722-5398.

• Bingo – Doors open 4 p.m.

Cards begin 6 p.m., St. Mary Nativity School, 702 N. Broadway St., Joliet.

Call 815-726-4031.

• Pork Chop Dinner – 4 to 7 p.m., Croatian Cultural Club, 1503 Clement St. Joliet. Two pork chops or ½ chicken dinner with mashed potatoes and coleslaw along with bread and butter. $10. Dessert and coffee available. Carry-out available.

Call 815-723-3154.

Saturday • Family Days/Open Houses at Big Run Wolf Ranch – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Big Run Wolf Ranch, 14857 Farrell Road, Lockport. Animals, food, drinks, gift shop, music. $6. Also, raffles to bottle-feed baby wolves.

For information, visit www.bigrunwolfranch.org.

• Hopeful Tails 2015 Bowling For Puppies – 7:30 p.m., Town and Country Lanes, 2231 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. $25 (single), $45 (couple) or $80 (family). Includes three games, shoes and buffet. Also, raffles, 50/50.

Call 779-206-2132.

• Spring Fling Adoption Day – noon to 4 p.m., Will County Humane Society, 24109 W. Seil Road, Shorewood. Dog and cat adoptions, bake sale, raffles, sale of gently used gardening items. Call 815-741-0695.

Celebrate Memorial Day Mass at Catholic Cemeteries “Serving God and Country: A memorial Day Salute” Invite friends and family to the celebration of Mass to pray for the faithful departed.

Memorial Masses will be Celebrated Monday May 25, 2015 at the Catholic Cemeteries Below:

8:00 am Ss. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Naperville

911 E. North Ave. (at Columbia St.) Celebrant, Fr. Thomas Milota. Inclement weather Mass will be moved from Grotto to S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic Church

9:00 am Risen Lord Cemetery, Oswego/Plainfield 1501 Simons Rd. (127th) West of Rt. 30 Celebrant, Rev. Bob Colaresi, O’ Carm

9:00 am St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Joliet

West Jefferson St. at Hunter. Celebrant, Fr. Pete Jankowski.

Inclement weather Mass will be moved to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church

9:00 am St. Mary Nativity Cemetery, Crest Hill Caton Farm Rd. Celebrant, Fr. McGeeean

9:00 am All Saints Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Bourbonnais

1839 W State Hwy Route 102. Celebrant, Fr. Jason Nesbit

9:00 am Assumption Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Wheaton 1S 510 Winfield Rd. Celebrant, Fr. John Sullivan

10:00 am Mt. Olivet Cemetery Joliet

1320 E. Cass St. Celebrant, Fr. Don Lewandowski

10:00 am Resurrection Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Romeoville 200 W Romeo Rd. (135th)

Celebrant, Fr. Gregor Gorsic

10:30 am S.S. Cryil & Methodius Cemetery Chapel, Joliet 2001 Maple Rd/Rt 6. Celebrant, Fr. Donald Bates

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Tuesday • Career Cafe – 10:30 a.m., JJC City Center Campus, 214 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. Tips, techniques, guest speakers. For information, visit www. jobs4people.org.

• Job Searching – 2 to 4 p.m., May 26, Joliet Junior College Workforce Development – Morris Education Center, 1715 N. Division St., Morris. Research job boards and companies, develop and organize a job search strategy and apply online.

To register, call 815-942-0566.

• Gravesite Flag Removal – 8:30 a.m., Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, 20953 W. Hoff Road, Elwood.

Call 815-423-9958.

• Next Steps Transition Training – 6:30 p.m., Plainfield Academy, 23930 W. Lockport St., Plainfield.

Topic: community work incentives. For families of students with

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

Help with resumes, cover letters and job applications. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• Networking Your Way to a New Job – 10 a.m., JJC City Center Campus, 214 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. One hour. Free. RSVP by calling 815-7274444 and press “0” or email chellis@ willcountyillinois.com. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• Cruise Night – 6 to 9 p.m., Stone City VFW Post 2199, 124 Stone City Drive, Joliet • Spring Revival – 7 p.m.; also May 28 and May 29, Mount Ebal M.B. Church, 221 Cameron Ave., Lockport.

Speaker: Pastor Virgil C. Brackett, Rhema Word Church, Chicago.

Various choirs will sing. Contact 815-838-6727.

Thursday • Will County Mobile Workforce Center – 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., Wilmington City Hall, 1165 S. Water St., Wilmington. Help with resumes, cover letters and job applications. For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• WSD’s Computer Lab – 10:30 a.m., JJC City Center Campus, 214 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. Walk-ins welcome.

For information, visit www.jobs4people.org.

• JJC Farmer’s Market – 2 to 6 p.m., Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet. Fresh produce, specialty baked goods, artisan cheeses, organic, grass-fed meats, prepared foods, gourmet caramel apples, gourmet candy. Link card accepted. Contact Market Manager Dorothy Rosier at drosier@jjc.edu or 815-280-6662.

• Acoustic Jam Open Mic Night – 7 to 11 p.m., Cantigny VFW, 826 Horseshoe Drive, Joliet. Call 815-7225398.

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Sunday • Frankfort Spring Country Market – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., downtown Frankfort. Early crop and plantings. Live entertainment. For information, visit www.villageoffrankfort.com.

• Bingo – 5 p.m., Cantigny VFW, 826 Horseshoe Drive, Joliet. Call 815-722-5398.

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NANCY J. BIRSA Nancy J. Birsa (nee Richardson), age 80, suddenly Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Joliet to the late Lonnie and Irene (nee Conant) Richardson.

She was a lifelong Joliet area resident and graduate of Joliet Township High School, Class of 1952.

Formerly employed by Argonne National Laboratory and Silva Learning Method. Member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Shorewood.

She enjoyed spending time playing Pinochle with a special group of high school friends for 63 years. Her greatest joy was spending time with her children and grandchildren.

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Born: Jan. 28, 1924 Died: May 21, 2015

Robert “Bob” Butterfield, age 91, of Wesley Twp., Wilmington, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2015, at the Miller Health Care Center in Kankakee.

Born January 28, 1924, Robert was a son of the late Norman and Stella Mae (Reber) Butterfield. He was raised and educated in Wilmington

years, Lloyd Hoster Sr; two sons, Bruce (Shelly) Hoster and Greg (Chris) Hoster; her grandchildren, Lloyd Hoster III, Nikole (Kevin) Callahan, Jason Hoster, Terra (Mark) Phair, Lindsay, Thomas and Brian Hoster; five great-grandchildren; her sister, Irene Chinderle; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 9:30 a.m. from Markiewicz Funeral Home, P.C. 108 Illinois St. Lemont, to SS. Cyril & Methodius Church for Mass at 10:00 a.m.

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and graduated from Wilmington High School with the Class of 1941. On September 12, 1942, Bob married Elaine Thontlin at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington.

He farmed in Wesley Township and was in the trucking and hauling business for many years, holding his CDL license until the age of 87.

Bob was a member of the Elwood Lodge No. 919 A.F. & A.M. and will be remembered as a great car enthusiast. He enjoyed participating in car shows local and afar, and was a member of the Momence Antique Auto Club and the Auburn Cord Dusenburg Club.

Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Elaine; two children, Charles (Teresa) Butterfield of Manteno and Thomas Butterfield of Wilmington; three granddaughters, Charlei (Randy) Feineis of South Korea, Joanna (Marc) Malmquist of Peoria and Veronica Butterfield of Bloomington; one grandson, Arthur (Annie) Butterfield of Virginia; one great granddaughter, Bobbilynn Feineis; one brother, Dale Butterfield; and several nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at Baskerville Funeral Home, 700 East Kahler Road, in Wilmington. Funeral services will follow on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home with Reverend Harvey Gaither officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Wilmington.

Preferred memorials may be made as gifts in Bob’s memory to the charity of a donor’s choosing.

Family and friends may sign the guest book or view Bob’s memorial page by logging onto: www.BaskervilleFuneral.com.

Funeral services and arrangements have been made under the direction and care of Baskerville Funeral Home in Wilmington 815476-2181.

ANGIE HOSTER Angie Hoster, nee Jagodzinski, age 86, of Lemont, passed away May 22, 2015, with her family at her side.

Preceded in death by her parents, Stephen and Martha Jagodzinski; a son, Lloyd Hoster Jr.; and a brotherin-law, Marty Chinderle.

Survived by her husband of 63

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Genevieve W. Ballew, age 100, of Lockport formerly of Lemont passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at Salem Village Nursing Home in Joliet.

Genevieve is survived by her loving family, daughter, Barbara (John) McCarthy; grandchildren, Patrick (Ronda) , Karen (Alfie), Shawn (Marlene), Kimberly, Erin, Shannon (Kathy) and Mary Beth (Dennis); great grandchildren, Adam, Kensy, Liam, Hayley, Noah, Cassidy, Jennifer, Melissa, Kati, Laci, Jared, Dillon, Trevor, Ryan and Jason; great-great-grandchildren, Milly, Emma, Ireland, Ellie, Brayden, Kylie, Liliana and Audio.

Genevieve was preceded in death by her parents; sisters and brothers; husband, Ennis Ballew; and great granddaughter, Shannon McCarthy.

Genevieve was able to celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends.

Family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Goodale Memorial Chapel, 912 S. Hamilton St. Lockport, IL 60441, and again on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at Homer Congregational Church, 14832 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen, IL 60441, from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11:00 a.m. with a luncheon to follow at the church.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Homer Congregation Church would be appreciated.

For information, www.goodalememorialchapel.com or 815-8381533.

Devoted mother of Donald J. Birsa Jr. (Annette), Terence J. Birsa (Paula), Sally J. Honiotes (Pete), Melissa J. Trepel (Jim) and Carrie J. (Chris) Scholtes; very loving grandmother to Brianne (Spencer) Cone, Taylor, Sam, Zoe, Nick, Anna and Tess Birsa, Emily (fiancé, Derek Gibbs), Pete John, Lucy, Maggie and Grace Honiotes, Sydney Trepel, Calvin and Will Stiteley, and Jack and Max Scholtes; three great-grandchildren, Heath, Etta and Bram; also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceded by her loving husband, Donald James Birsa, Sr.; her parents; three sisters, Irene Wiles, Ann Karolcik and Doris Norberg; three brothers, Lonnie, Robert and John Richardson.

The family gives a heartfelt thank you to all relatives, friends and neighbors for all of their love and support. An extra special thank you to her caregiver, Charity Genosa, for her kind and gentle ways.

Funeral Services for Nancy J. Birsa will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at 9:15 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet to Holy Family Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m.

Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Memorials in her name may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Visitation Tuesday, 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

For more information: (815) 7415500 or visit her Book of Memories at www.fredcdames.com

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SCOTT R. JONES Born: Sept. 1, 1951 Died: May 16, 2015

Scott Richard Jones, 63, of DeKalb, Illinois, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, surrounded by his immediate family.

His death was the result of esophageal cancer, diagnosed in November 2013.

Born September 1, 1951, in Joliet, the son of George T. and Mary Francis (Faulkner) Jones, Scott grew up in Plainfield, then moved to DeKalb in 1978. He married Dawn L. Scheffner on May 22, 1999, in DeKalb. A registered nurse, Scott earned a Bachelor of Science in 1985 from Northern Illinois University and an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing from Kishwaukee College in 1991. He worked for 15 years as an operating room nurse at Hauser-Ross Eye Institute and Surgicenter in Sycamore.

A kind, caring and gentle person, Scott loved being outdoors and enjoying the wonders of nature in all seasons. He was known for his sharp wit and amazing memory, as well as being a loving grandpa to his six grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife, Dawn; brothers, George T. (Lynn) Jones, M.D., of Plainfield, Tom (Felice) Jones of Geneva and Mark (Joan) Jones of Chicago; step-children, Paul Belcher of St. Charles and Krysti (Norman) Farnam of Madison, Wisconsin; beloved grandchildren, Angel Ray and Sara Belcher of Gainesville, Florida, and Harrison, Nolan, Quinn and Keaton Farnam of Madison, Wisconsin; and very special nieces and nephews, Kathy Jones Williams, George IV “Tad”, Lorin, Bart, Ryker, Monica and Annie Jones, Amy Bishop, Laura Mamola, Beth Venezia and Margaret Scheffner.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Frances (Faulkner) Jones and George T. Jones, Jr. For more than 20 years, Scott was a parishioner at Christ the Teacher Parish-Newman Catholic Student Center. A Memorial Mass will be held there at 9:00 a.m. June 20, 2015, followed by a celebration of Scott’s life at 10:00 a.m. in the Knox Room of the Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Friends of Devil’s Lake State Park (www.devilslakefriends.org),

the Surgical ICU-4th Floor at Loyola University Medical Center (loyolamedicine.org), Newman Catholic Student Center (www.newmanniu. org), Morton Arboretum (www. mortonarb.org), or the charity of the donor’s choice.

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name to the charity of donor’s choice would be appreciated.

Visitation Tuesday, from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet.

For more information: (815) 7415500 or visit his Book of Memories at www.fredcdames.com

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WANDA L. SCHUBERT RICHARD J. RIEPL

ARTHUR H. KRIEGER

Born: March 9, 1938; in Elgin, IL Died: May 20, 2015; in Marion, IL

Born: June 29, 1931; in Joliet, IL Died: May 19, 2015; in Plainfield, IL Arthur H. Krieger, age 83, at rest Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at Lakewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 29, 1931 in Joliet to Otto and Mary (nee Petschauer) Krieger.

A U.S. Army veteran as PFC serving in the Korean War. Retired from Caterpillar in 1987 with 36 years of service as a maintenance supervisor. While he was retired, worked for his son-in-law at Neon Clocks Company building clocks for 13 years.

A member of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Moran Club and Rivals Club.

An avid bowler and bowled with the Town and Country Senior League.

Enjoyed woodworking and playing Pinochle and Euchre card games.

Survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Joan L. (nee Popek); children, Linda (Chuck) Fietterer, Barb (Dave) Dyer, Bill (Jean) Krieger, Sue (James) Vowels, Karen (Marty) Marcus and Bob (Karrie Kunke) Krieger; grandchildren, Dan Fietterer, Adam (Amy), Christy and Katie Dyer, Stephen and David Krieger, and Stephanie and Kevin Vowels; and many nieces, nephews and cousins survive.

Preceded in death by his parents, Otto (1968) and Mary (1978); grandson, Andrew Dyer (2015); siblings, Margaret (the late George) Lobas (2001), Billy Krieger (1922), Lois Krieger (1943) and Betty (the late Thomas) Metrick (2015).

Funeral Services for Arthur H. Krieger will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 18 Woodlawn Avenue, Joliet, IL where family and friends will meet for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. As it was Arthur’s wish, Cremation Rites will be accorded following the mass. Private inurnment will take place at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his

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KATHERINE A. McCARTHY

Born: May 29, 1918; in Burlington, WI Died: May 20, 2015; in Shorewood, IL Katherine “Sue” A. McCarthy (nee Eddy), age 96, of Joliet, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Alden Estates of Shorewood with her family by her side.

Born May 29, 1918, in Burlington, WI. Residing in Joliet since 1953. Katherine was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who thoroughly enjoyed spending time with her family.

Surviving are her four daughters, Deanna (Gerald) Berard of Plano, Jean (James) Missig of Joliet, Gayle (Arthur) Simon of Plainfield and Linda (Gary) Cornelius of Mars, PA; 11 grandchildren, Laurie (Robert) Reattoir, Allison (Josh) Kropp, James (Diana) Missig, Joele (Tim) Durak, Jalayne (Dwayne) Weis, Kristina Martensen, Julie (Anton) Phillips, Amanda (John) Minski, Scott (Danielle) Simon, Kevin Cornelius and Thomas (Amanda) Cornelius; and 18 great-grandchildren; aunt to several nieces and nephews.

Preceded by her beloved husband, William J. McCarthy (1995); her parents, William O. and Lillian B. (nee Jones) Eddy; two brothers and three sisters.

A special thank you to the nurses, aides and staff of Alden Estates of Shorewood for their devoted care over the past three years as well as Family Hospice.

Funeral services for Katherine A. McCarthy will be Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet to Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus for Mass at 11:00 a.m. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park. Visitation Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.

For more information: (815) 741-

Richard James Riepl, age 77, of Marion, IL and formerly of Crest Hill, IL passed away peacefully at 12:04 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at home.

He was born in Elgin, IL on Wednesday, March 9, 1938, the son of James M. and Otillia (Hensen) Riepl. He grew up in Elgin and attended St. Mary’s Grade School and graduated from St. Edward High School. He was united in marriage to Diane E. Schwake on Saturday, July 11, 1959 in Bartlett, IL and together shared over fifty-five years of marriage. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church of Marion, IL. For many years he was an employee of Montgomery Ward and was a Merchandise Manager at the time of his retirement. He always liked to keep busy and enjoyed buying and selling oil paintings.

He is survived by his wife, Diane E. Riepl of Marion, IL; two daughters, Julie A. Peterson and husband, Ken and Jeanette C. Suski and fiancé, Mark Allen; son, Richard W. Riepl; granddaughter, Brittany Suski; sister and brother-in-law, Kathryn M. and James Kelly; sister-in-law, Gayle Riepl; several nieces, nephews, other extended family and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, James Riepl; two sisters, Mary Jane Seyller and husband, Ken and Joan Vandelinder.

Arrangements for Richard J. Riepl have been entrusted to Wilson-­ McReynolds Funeral Home, 900 N. Court St., Marion, IL. According to his wishes a private memorial service was held on Friday, May 22, 2015, with Rev. Monsignor Thomas D. Flach presiding.

For those who prefer, memorial contributions may be made to either “Hospice of Southern Illinois” or “American Diabetes Association” and mailed in care of Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, P.O. Box 370, Marion, IL 62959. Memorial envelopes will be

Wanda L. Schubert (nee Mather), age 89, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 21, 2015, at Rosewood Care Center.

Beloved wife of 70 years to Willis E. Schubert; loving mother of William J. Schubert and Sharyn (Larry) Perinar; devoted grandmother of Larry (Patricia) Perinar, Jr. and Kari A. (Dennis) Sullivan; great-grandmother of Stacey, Brenna, Mitch, Ginger and Rocky Perinar; Jack and Fiona Sullivan; also survived by two sisters, Mary (Jerry) Smith and Betty Stettler; two brothers, John (Linda) Mather and Paul Mather and many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents, Oval and Florence (nee Johnston) Mather; sister, Wilma Harper; and brother, Carl Mather.

Wanda loved to horseback ride and spent some of her happiest moments on “Sam” her quarter horse. She loved her adopted cat Missy who was at her side constantly the last years. She loved to oil paint, sew and take walks in the woods, dreaming of going back to her beloved Ozark Mountains.

Special thanks to the wonderful nurses and aides at Rosewood Care Center, and the staff from Joliet Area Community Hospice. Finally, our heartfelt thanks to Lucy Jachma for her compassionate, loving care during the last year.

Visitation for Wanda L. Schubert will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black Rd. (at Essington Rd.) Joliet from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Services and interment at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL will be held privately.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name can be made to the Will County Humane Society, 24109 W. Seil Road, Shorewood, IL 60404.

For information (815) 741-5500 or visit her Book of Memories at www. fredcdames.com

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Medical pot businesses to battle black market

CHICAGO – When retailers open state-approved medical marijuana shops in Illinois later this year, they will face a distinct disadvantage in luring prospective patients across their thresholds: Marijuana will always be cheaper on the black market.

So what incentives might entice those patients?

Think cannabis-infused premium chocolate. Well-lit display cases that showcase buds as if they were jewelry. Informed employees who can guide each patient to the best strain for their needs.

Dispensary owners in Illinois are thinking, too, about Tupperware-style education parties, spa-like interior design and good old-fashioned customer service – all ways to beat out their fiercest competitors: underground dealers.

As the state’s pilot program lurches to life with the first marijuana expected to be sold in the fall, businesses are studying the strategies of veteran players in Colorado, Washington and California during site visits and trade shows.

Patient numbers have been low, with only 2,300 people gaining state approval so far. Some have complained about the fingerprint requirement to get a patient card, and others have said they’d rather stick with dealers who may also be their friends.

How to lure the latter away from the black market is on the mind of Gorgi Naumovski, whose company, KPG, holds permits to open dispensaries in the southern Illinois cities of Anna and Harrisburg.

“When they buy marijuana on the black market, it’s not

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Oil containing CBD from agricultural hemp is displayed Wednesday at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo in Chicago.

tested, they don’t know where it’s coming from,” Naumovski said. “When they come to a dispensary, it’s gone through a process. It’s been tested, it’s been certified. They know what they’re getting.”

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Law fails to stop Illinois schools from fattening pensions

CHICAGO – A 2005 state law has failed to discourage many Illinois school districts from using large pay raises to fatten the pensions of retiring educators, according to a newspaper examination of state records.

The Chicago Tribune’s review of pension and salary data found hundreds of school districts have continued to dole out large raises to educators approaching retirement despite financial penalties imposed under the law and the fact that many districts are in debt and the state is grappling with a public employee pension crisis.

As a result, Illinois taxpayers have been hit twice, having to pay for both the salary spikes and

the penalty payments that were meant to discourage them, the newspaper reported.

The penalty price tag alone collectively rose to $38 million by 2014, the newspaper found.

In some individual districts, penalty fees have totaled hundreds of thousands of dollars. And the raises themselves pushed some administrator salaries higher than $300,000 and, in one case, $400,000. The higher pay changes pension calculations, meaning higher retirement benefits.

The decade-old law, which imposed the penalties on districts that provide raises larger than 6 percent to outgoing educators, was meant to reduce the burden on the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois.

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4-year-old girl shot in head outside Chicago prom party

CHICAGO – A 4-year-old girl was shot in the head outside a home in Chicago where relatives were attending a high school prom party.

Jacele Johnson was taken in critical condition to Comer Children’s Hospital. With tears streaming down her face, the girl’s mother told reporters her daughter was responsive after surgery to remove a bullet from her head.

A 17-year-old cousin of the girl and another teenage bystander also were struck and injured in the shooting in the Englewood neighborhood. Both were hospitalized.

Police say they were hit by a gunman firing from a vehicle at another car parked outside the prom party.

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Video captures Chicago officer apparently asleep

CHICAGO – The Chicago Police Department has disciplined an officer with a five-day unpaid suspension after video shot by a passer-by caught him apparently sleeping in his patrol SUV. The video was shared widely on social media. It shows the officer with his head slumped against the headrest and still wearing his

sunglasses and protective vest.

Police spokesman Martin Maloney said in a statement that the incident is “unacceptable and not in keeping with the high expectations placed on our officers.”

The officer was not identified by name.

The video was recorded in the Southwest Side Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

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Champaign leads Illinois cities in 5-year growth

CHAMPAIGN – Recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that no city in Illinois with 50,000 or more people has grown as fast the past few years as Champaign.

The eastern Illinois city that is home to about half of the University of Illinois’ flagship campus grew 4.2 percent since April 2010. That gives it a population of 84,513 people.

As The News-Gazette in Champaign noted though, nationally 314 U.S. cities grew at faster rates over that period.

– Wire reports

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Pearl Harbor kin seek closure Defense Department renews effort to ID casualties of Dec. 7, 1941, attack

By ALLEN G. BREED and AUDREY MCAVOY The Associated Press CARY, N.C. – Dawn Silsbee and her siblings never knew their Uncle Bert – he died years before they were born. But they saw what his loss did to their family.

“Our grandmother openly wept, every year – every Dec. 7,” the North Carolina woman said. “And I think part of it was because she really didn’t know where Bert was.”

Bert Jacobson’s family has always known the details of his death: That he went down on the USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But his remains – and those of more than 400 other sailors and Marines who died on the battleship that day – were never identified, but were instead commingled in a dormant volcanic crater a few miles from Pearl.

Now, nearly three-quarters of a century after that day of “infamy,” their families might soon get the closure Bert Jacobson’s mother was denied.

Last month, the Department of Defense announced plans to exhume the Oklahoma remains at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, commonly known as the Punchbowl. Work is expected to begin in a few weeks, after the state health department issues the permits.

“We now have the ability to forensically test these remains and produce the identifications,” says Debra Prince Zinni, a forensic anthropologist and laboratory manager at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Hawaii. “They just did not have the same capabilities back in the ‘40s when these remains were recovered.”

Past attempts to identify casualties of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack have ended in failure.

And this renewed effort has spawned a debate over how best to honor their sacrifice and, in effect, whether these men belong to the families or to the nation.

In a way, Silsbee and her siblings – Bradley McDonald and Colleen Williams – owe

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ABOVE: Siblings (from left) Colleen Williams, Brad McDonald and Dawn Silsbee look through a scrapbook Thursday in Cary, N.C. They have submitted DNA samples in hopes of identifying their uncle, Bert Jacobson, who died on the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack at Pearl Harbor. BELOW: Chester Jankowski, 93, speaks April 28 at his home in Swansea, Ill. At Navy tech school, Bert Jacobson and O.C. McDonald formed one half of a group of buddies that called themselves “The Four Musketeers.” The others were Henry Ford II, grandson of the car magnate, and Jankowski. their Uncle Bert everything.

During boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Jacobson became fast friends with O.C. McDonald, an orphan from South Dakota. During a visit to Bert’s home in Grayslake, Illinois, “Mac” fell in love with Jacobson’s sister, Norma.

At Navy tech school, Jacobson and McDonald formed one half of a group of buddies that called themselves “The Four Musketeers.” The others were Henry Ford II, grandson of the car magnate, and Chet Jankowski.

When training was through and assignments were handed out, Jacobson and Jankowski couldn’t believe their luck – and couldn’t wait to rub it in.

“They came up waving their orders in their hand and waving them in the face of my father saying, ‘We got paradise.

We’re going to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii,’” says Brad McDonald.

“And my dad was stuck with a set of orders for the North Atlantic during the winter, which

wasn’t too nice.”

Jacobson and Jankowski ended up on the USS Oklahoma, a Nevada-class battleship commissioned in 1916.

The Japanese attacked on a Sunday. According to shipmates the siblings met at a USS Oklahoma reunion, Jacobson had spent the hours before the attack helping ferry men to shore for liberty. He’d been up all night and had likely just turned in when the Japanese

planes struck.

“Poor Bert died before he knew there was a war going on,” says McDonald.

When the first torpedo hit, Harold Johnson, who worked in the powder handling room for No. 4 turret, was four levels down, preparing to go ashore for a date with a local woman.

“I’d just got out of the shower and was in my skivvies and I was shining my shoes,” he says, when suddenly an alarm

went off. “Everybody growled,” thinking it was a drill on a Sunday – until the division officer’s voice came booming over the horn.

“It’s the real thing,” he shouted.

As he rushed to his battle station, Johnson could feel the ship begin to list. He got up the ladder and out the hatch just as the sea began rushing in.

The following day, several of Johnson’s gun crew were cut out by rescue workers. Other survivors’ tapping on the hull could be heard for more than two weeks, but they could not be reached.

The Oklahoma was hit by at least nine torpedoes. A total of 429 men on the ship that day lost their lives.

Engineers didn’t refloat the battleship until November 1943.

Remains recovered during the salvage operation were initially interred as unknowns at two nearby cemeteries.

The Oklahoma graves were reopened in 1947, and dental comparisons conducted on the remains. But after proposed identifications for 27 of the unknowns were disapproved, all the remains were re-interred at the Punchbowl.

Soaked in oil and exposed to the elements for two years, the remains were bundled in military blankets and placed into caskets. Many gravesites have multiple sets of remains in them, a typical stone reading: “12 Unknowns, USS Oklahoma, Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.”

In 2003, about 100 sets of Oklahoma remains were dug up as part of another identification effort, but it was unsuccessful. In a letter to families last year, the Department of the Navy signaled its opposition to any further exhumations.

“The sailors and Marines of USS Oklahoma would be outside the sanctity of the grave for a third time following their heroic sacrifice at Pearl Harbor,” wrote Russell Beland, deputy assistant secretary for military manpower and personnel.

Last month, however, the Department of Defense pulled rank and said the dis-interments would proceed.

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BEIRUT – Frustrated and despairing, Syrian opposition activists are trying to garner international pressure to stop a growing number of attacks using chlorine gas, which they say are undoubtedly carried out by government aircraft.

Two years after President Bashar Assad agreed to destroy his chemical arsenal and joined the Chemical Weapons Convention, activists say they have documented 18 cases of chlorine gas used in the country’s rebel-held north since March 6, when the United Nations issued a resolution determining that chlorine was used in Syria and warning of repercussions. They say the attacks have killed nine people and injured hundreds.

Nigerian wanted for U.S. drug deal ‘arrested’

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigerian drug agents Saturday surrounded the house of a senator-elect wanted by the United States in a nearly 20-year-old heroin deal that was the alleged basis for the TV hit “Orange is the New Black.”

Buruji Kashamu is under house arrest, according to the chairman of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Ahmadu Giade.

But Kashamu’s spokesman, Austin Oniyokor, said, “He has not been arrested but there is a siege to his house and an attempt

to forcibly take him.” He said the agents did not have an arrest warrant.

Giade said Kashamu, 56, will appear in a federal high court Monday to start extradition proceedings to the United States.

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NEW YORK – Never mind the doggie bag: Spot wants a seat at the outdoor table, or rather under it.

New York is considering whether to join a growing number of states that give pet dogs legal entree, if not actual entrees, at open-air eateries.

Dog lovers and restaurateurs say the proposal would safely accommodate people who want to dine out with man’s best friend in places from Manhattan sidewalk cafes to country ice cream stands. But a statewide health officials’ group is against it, and at least one lawmaker is raising questions, and some restaurant-goers fear an onslaught of begging, barking, biting and other doggie don’ts – or, worse, doggie dos.

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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny (right) and Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton celebrate at Dublin castle, Ireland, Saturday. Ireland has voted resoundingly to legalize gay marriage in the world’s first national vote on the issue, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday even as official ballot counting continued.

‘Bold’ Ireland votes to legalize gay marriage in landslide

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK The Associated Press DUBLIN – Ireland’s citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage, electoral officials announced Saturday – a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a “social revolution.”

Friday’s referendum saw 62.1 percent of Irish voters say “yes” to changing the nation’s constitution to define marriage as a union between two people regardless of their sex. Outside Dublin Castle, watching the results announcement in its cobblestoned courtyard, thousands of gay rights activists cheered, hugged and cried at the news.

“With today’s vote, we have disclosed who we are: a generous, compassionate, bold and joyful people,” Prime Minister Enda Kenny proclaimed as he welcomed the outcome. Beside him, Deputy Prime Minister Joan

Burton declared the victory “a magical, moving moment, when the world’s beating heart is in Ireland.”

Ireland is the first country to approve gay marriage in a popular national vote.

Nineteen other countries, including most U.S. states, have legalized the practice through their legislatures and courts.

The unexpectedly strong percentage of approval surprised both sides. More than 1.2 million Irish voters backed the “yes” side to less than 750,000 voting “no.”

Only one of Ireland’s 43 constituencies recorded a narrow “no” majority, Roscommon-South Leitrim in the boggy midlands.

Analysts credited the “yes” side with adeptly employing social media to mobilize young, first-time voters, tens of thousands of whom voted for the first time Friday. The “yes” campaign also featured moving personal stories from prominent Irish people – either coming

out as gays or describing their hopes for gay children – that helped convince wavering voters to back equal marriage rights.

Both Catholic Church leaders and gay rights advocates said the result signaled a social revolution in Ireland, where only a few decades ago the authority of Catholic teaching was reinforced by voters who massively backed bans on abortion and divorce in the 1980s.

Voters legalized divorce by a razor-thin margin in 1995 and now, by a firm majority, have dismissed the Catholic Church’s repeated calls to reject gay marriage.

Abortion, still outlawed, looms as the country’s next great social policy fight.

Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said the “overwhelming vote” against church teaching on gay marriage meant that Catholic leaders in Ireland needed urgently to find a new message and voice for reaching Ireland’s young.

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Michael Brelo (center) listens to the judge reading his verdict during his trial Saturday in Cleveland. Brelo, a patrolman charged in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects during a 137-shot barrage of gunfire, was acquitted Saturday in a case that helped prompt the U.S. Department of Justice determine the city police department had a history of using excessive force and violating civil rights. Seated next to Brelo is attorney Patrick DíAngelo (left) and attorney Fernando Mack.

Ohio officer acquitted in fatal shooting of 2 The ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND – A white patrolman who fired down through the windshield of a suspect’s car at the end of a 137-shot barrage that left the two unarmed black occupants dead was acquitted Saturday of criminal charges by a judge who said he could not determine the Cleveland officer alone fired the fatal shots.

Michael Brelo, 31, put his head in his hands as the judge issued a verdict followed by angry, but peaceful, protests outside the courthouse. Police blocked furious protesters from going inside while across the city others held a mock funeral with some carrying signs asking, “Will I be next?”

Demonstrations lasted into the night but very few people were arrested.

The acquittal came at a time of nationwide tension among police and black residents punctuated by protests over the deaths of black suspects at the hands of white officers –

and following a determination by the U.S. Department of Justice that Cleveland police had a history of using excessive force and violating civil rights.

Before issuing his verdict, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John P. O’Donnell reflected on the unrest. “In many American places people are angry with, mistrusting and fearful of the police,” he said. “Citizens think the men and women sworn to protect and serve have violated that oath or never meant it in the first place.”

But O’Donnell said he would not offer up Brelo to an angry public if the evidence did not merit a conviction.

“I will not sacrifice him to a public frustrated by historical mistreatment at the hands of other officers,” O’Donnell said.

Brelo – who fired 49 shots, including 15 while standing on the hood of the suspects’ vehicle – faced as many as 22 years in prison had the judge convicted him of voluntary

manslaughter in the shooting that happened after Timothy Russell’s beat-up Chevy Malibu backfired while speeding by police headquarters.

Russell’s sister, Michelle Russell, said she believed Brelo would ultimately face justice.

“He’s not going to dodge this just because he was acquitted,” she said. “God will have the final say.”

The U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI will review the testimony and evidence and examine all available legal options, said Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

After the verdict, sheriff’s deputies stood in front of the courthouse carrying clear shields as protesters chanted “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” – a rallying cry linked to the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. One demonstrator bowed his head in front of the phalanx of deputies, praying in silence.

WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency has begun winding down its collection and storage of American phone records after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend the once-secret program ahead of its expiration at the end of the month.

Barring an 11th hour compromise when the Senate returns to session May 31, a much-debated provision of the Patriot Act – and some other lesser known surveillance tools – will sunset at midnight that day. The change also would have an impact on the FBI, which uses the law and other provisions to gather records in investigations of suspected spies and terrorists.

In a chaotic scene during the wee hours of Saturday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill known as the USA Freedom Act, which would have ended the NSA’s bulk collection but preserved its ability to search the records held by the phone companies on a case-by-case basis. The bill was backed by President Barack Obama, House Republicans and the nation’s top law enforcement and intelligence officials.

It fell three votes short of the 60 needed for passage.

All but one of the “no” votes were cast by Republicans, some of whom thought the USA Freedom Act didn’t go far enough to help the NSA maintain its capabilities.

If Senate Republican leaders were counting on extending current law and continuing the negotiations, they miscalculated. Democrats and libertarian-minded Republicans refused to go along. A bill to grant a twomonth extension of the law failed, and senators objected to each attempt by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky offer up a short term extension.

The failure to act means the NSA will immediately

begin curtailing its searches of domestic phone records for connections to international terrorists. The Justice Department said in a statement it will take time to taper off the collection process from the phone companies. That process began Friday, said an administration official who would not be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

While the phone records program has never been credited with thwarting a terrorist plot, the Senate failure also imperils other tools the FBI has been using to hunt for suspected spies and terrorists.

The FBI uses Section 215 of the Patriot Act to gather financial and other types of records in national security cases. Another expiring provision makes it easier for the bureau to track “lone wolf” terrorism suspects who have no connection to a foreign power, and another allows the government to eavesdrop on suspects who continuously discard their cellphones in an effort to avoid surveillance.

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky’s other senator and a Republican presidential candidate, called the Senate’s failure to allow an extension of the surveillance programs a victory for privacy rights.

“We should never give up our rights for a false sense of security,” Paul said in a statement.

Some civil liberties groups joined Paul in praising the result, saying they would rather see the Patriot Act provision authorizing NSA phone collection expire altogether.

“For the first time, a majority of senators took a stand against simply rubber-stamping provisions of the Patriot Act that have been used to spy on Americans,” said Michael Macleod-Ball, acting director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.

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Refugees who fled Burundi’s violence and political tension board a speedboat Saturday in the fishing village of Kagunga on Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, to reach a ship freighted by the U.N., which will take them to the port city of Kigoma. for a third term in office in the June 26 elections.

Burundi recently experienced a civil war from 1993 to 2003 that killed at least 250,000 people.

Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital, has had four weeks of street protests that has killed

20 and injured 431. The protests started after Nkurunziza announced he would run for another term, which many said is against the constitution.

The protests boiled over last week when a section of the army attempted a coup, which

was crushed in 48 hours.

Fearing more political violence, more than 100,000 Burundians fled the country.

Thousands poured into the improvised Tanzanian refugee camp and 31 people died from a cholera outbreak.

Twenty-nine of the dead are

Syrian official: IS militants in Palmyra’s museum The ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria – Islamic State fighters broke into the museum of Palmyra, although a Syrian official said its artifacts have been removed and are safe, while the U.S.-led coalition conducted airstrikes on the group’s installations near the captured ancient town – the first such reported attack in the central province of Homs.

The Department of Defense said in a statement that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had attacked an IS position near Palmyra, which goes by the modern name Tadmur, destroying six anti-aircraft artillery systems and an artillery piece.

The Islamic State group captured Palmyra on Wednesday, raising concerns around

the world they would destroy priceless, 2,000-year-old temples, tombs and colonnades in the town’s south.

The strikes would appear to help the embattled forces of forces of President Bashar Assad, which have had a succession of recent defeats to IS group and other rebels. But experts and archeologists said the airstrike, coming days after the group overwhelmed the city, was too little too late.

“It is like closing the doors after the horses have bolted,” said Amr Al-Azm, a former Syrian antiquities official and currently a professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio.

A picture circulated on Twitter accounts of Islamic State supporters showed the black flag used by the extrem-

ists raised over the town’s hilltop Islamic-era castle, a structure hundreds of years old. Al-Azm said the fact that the castle dates back to an Islamic civilization may protect it from the kind of destruction IS members have inflicted on pre-Islamic heritage sites such as the ancient cities of Hatra and Ninevah in Iraq.

The group said the ancient relics promote idolatry, but it also maintains a lucrative business by excavating and selling such artifacts on the black market, according to antiquities authorities. One activist in the city of Palmyra, who goes by the name of Khaled al-Homsi because of security concerns, told The Associated Press the militants smashed a statue in the museum’s foyer – a replica

that depicts ancient residents of Palmyra.

Maamoun Abdulkarim, the head of the Antiquities and Museums Department in Damascus, told the AP militants entered the museum in the town’s center Friday afternoon, locked the doors and left behind their own guards.

He said that the artifacts earlier had been moved away to safety.

“We feel proud as all the museum’s contents were taken to safe areas,” he told reporters. But Abdulkarim warned the Islamic State group’s control of the town remains a danger to its archaeological sites.

Al-Azm said he doubts the museum was totally emptied because larger pieces would be hard to move. He said the museum also contained at

least two mummies, and carvings from the nearby tombs, mostly dating to the 1st, 2nd and early 3rd century Al-Azm said he fears that the “real looting” will take place at the site itself, adding the group will take its time to recruit local antiquities experts to help in running the illicit trade.

But he worried that the Temple of Bel, the majestic structure in the heart of this desert oasis, will ultimately be destroyed.

“It is the poster child of an IS cultural heritage atrocity,” he said, saying the temple in later years was used as a church and has walls covered in frescos.

Al-Azm said the only way to save the ancient site is by driving the Islamic State group out of the town.

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LAKE TANGANYIKA, Tanzania – Hundreds of women, many with children strapped on their backs alongside their few belongings, sing melodious tunes expressing their joy as their small boats approach the ferry M.V. Liemba.

“We are thanking God for leaving Burundi. Now we are in Tanzania we are safe,” the women sing in Kirundi, Burundi’s official language, after they boarded the ferry.

They are among a group of about 600 Burundi refugees evacuated by the U.N. refugee agency Saturday from a makeshift refugee camp at the fishing village of Kagunga, Tanzania.

The small town has hosted thousands of refugees crossing over from Burundi and now has been hit by a cholera outbreak. The refugees are being taken to Kigoma where they will be bused further inland to Nyarugusu, a camp with better facilities, said Celine Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the U.N refugee agency.

Tens of thousands of Burundians are escaping political turmoil triggered by President Pierre Nkurinziza’s bid

Burundi refugees in Kagunga, which has been the hardest hit by the disease, Schmitt said.

An initial assessment of the outbreak shows it was likely caused by a lack of clean water, overcrowding of the camps and lack of toilets, she said.

“They are eating on the floor, sleeping on the floor and there were no latrines,” she said. “Our first priority was to move the refugees from Kagunga. At the same time it was important to improve access to clean water and latrines.”

At least 1,500 to 2,000 refugees are being moved from Kagunga every day by four ferry trips along Lake Tanganyika to Kigoma, she said.

Among the singing women was Mvumilivu Odeta, 27, who said she is a refugee for a second time in her life. Orphaned at two when her parents were killed in the civil war, Odeta said cannot remember anything about the first time she escaped to Tanzania.

Odeta’s first name, Mvumilivu, means, a person who can persevere, in Swahili, and now she has escaped Burundi’s current turmoil with her 16-month-old son. “I am singing because I am thankful that we are alive,” she said.

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A Big R store recently opened in Homer Glen. Jane Bushong, Homer Township Chamber of Commerce executive director, Sharon Sweas, village of Homer Glen Trustee, Jerald Sherman, Big R Stores CFO, Janie Patch, village of Homer Glen economic development director, Chris Lang, Homer Glen Big R Store manager, Jerry Gibbs, Big R Stores CEO, George Yukich, village of Homer Glen mayor, Carlo Caprio, village of Homer Glen trustee, and Mike Costa, Village of Homer Glen Trustee

Big R opens store in Homer Glen The HERALD–NEWS HOMER GLEN – Big R Stores held a ribbon cutting May 15 in Homer Glen for its new store.

The store is at the prominent corner of Bell Road and 159th Street. It is the first store the company has opened in the Chicago metro area, expanding the current chain to 17 locations, according to a news release from the village.

Big R Stores were established in 1964 in in Watseka.

The newest Big R store has created 45 new jobs in Homer Glen, and there are estimates the new Big R Store will annually generate more than $100,000 in sales tax revenue for the community.

“The new Big R store will help the village to capture important retail sales currently

spent in other Will County communities,” Mayor George Yukich said in the news release. “Big R breathes new life into the former Kmart property, at one of our busiest intersections, and will draw new retail customers to Homer Glen from up to 30 miles away.”

Big R CEO Jerry Gibbs said the Morris store is doing well and the company saw an opportunity to continue investing in the region.

“It’s a great feeling to bring our family-run stores to the south suburbs while creating new jobs.” Gibbs said in the news release. “We want to make sure that we always take care of our customers.

We want to make sure each customer’s dollar is well spent and that they leave Big R happy and satisfied.”

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Dear Mr. Berko: Do know the name of a large drug company that is supposed to have a cure for deafness? I have profound hearing loss, and I’m interested in the company. And I have about $30,000 to invest if you think the stock would be a good long-term investment. – TP, Erie, Pa. Dear TP: The company to which you refer is Novartis (NVS-$102.65), home-ported in Switzerland, an uppity country of 8 million people who make overpriced watches that are shipped to fine jewelers around the world. Most of these folks ski, wear lederhosen, consume expensive chocolates, drink coffee at $12 a cup and have low opinions of Americans. The Swiss don’t look down their noses at Americans; they look down their chins at us.

In 2010, NVS purchased a novel therapy from GenVec, a biopharmaceutical company in Maryland. This experimental therapy, involving a gene called atonal-1, seems to reverse hearing loss by stimulating the regrowth of microscopic sound-sensing hair cells in the inner ear that were depleted by exposure to loud noises or disease. The procedure is so simple that a Zurich watchmaker could complete it in 22 minutes.

A surgeon peels back the inner ear, drills a teeny hole (about the width of two hairs – maybe three) in the stapes and then injects a drug that consists of a harmless virus carrying atonal-1. The gene triggers regrowth of hair cells inside the cochlea, which pick up sound waves, converting them into electrical signals that travel to the brain, which

TAKING STOCK Malcolm Berko interprets them as sound.

Those lederhosen lads put dozens of deaf lab rats to sleep and zapped them with atonal-1, and within two months, those cute little furry white creatures demonstrated marked improvement.

Rats are used because they are small, are easily housed, adapt well to surroundings, have a short life span and reproduce like rabbits. NVS initially wanted to use members of Congress as test subjects but was vetoed by President Obama. In October, NVS began conducting a National Institutes of Health-sanctioned clinical trial with 45 U.S. patients, and it expects to publish results by 2017. The procedure won’t help those whose hearing loss is a result of genetic defects. About 10 percent of the population of the industrialized world has notable hearing loss, including over 36 million Americans, and this procedure might measurably improve their lifestyle. But that’s not the sole reason to buy NVS. NVS is an impressive company that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in mid-2000 at $34.

Revenues were $20 billion; share earnings were $1.55; and the dividend was 47 cents for each American depository receipt. Last year, revenues grew to $58 billion, and NVS posted earnings of $4.40 a share. The dividend, which increased in each of the past 14 years, has grown sixfold, to $2.82, and the stock price

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has tripled. The coming years may be just as prolific and profitable as the previous years. As a long-term growth and income investment, NVS should give you a lot of zip for your doo-dah. Though its atonal-1 treatment probably will be a high-demand application, it won’t have the longterm impact of popular drugs such as Celebrex, Viagra, Valium, Lorazepam, etc., which are maintenance drugs and repeatedly purchased to treat conditions that are episodic or permanent. Still, it very likely will improve NVS’ earnings.

NVS also is a superb investment because it has a wide economic moat with the support of many patents, a powerful distribution network, economies of scale and hugely diverse operations.

NVS’ industry-leading and impressive late-stage pipeline nearly guarantees long-term growth. The company’s revenue and earnings stability is a result of its multiple-segment approach, which has produced impressive drugs for multiple sclerosis, cancer and eye disorders, as well as vaccines and prominent treatments for skin problems, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal conditions and other conditions. NVS is a classy company that analysts believe could earn $6 a share by 2018 on $68 billion in revenues and have a $3.25 dividend.

And if those projections are accurate, NVS could trade between $145 and $160.

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

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Don’t turn the lights out on our most vulnerable citizens GUEST VIEW Dalitso Sulamoyo It’s a warm evening and the sun has just set as a fan gently carries a breeze across the room. Suddenly, the fan and lights go off. You can’t use your phone because it was charging so you can’t call for assistance. You quickly realize just how hot it is and start to worry about how long the food in your refrigerator will stay fresh.

Without lights, you can’t see to move safely around your home.

This is what happens when your utilities are cut off because you can’t afford to pay your bills. Thousands of Illinois families know exactly how this feels because they’ve been there. And, they are extremely grateful because they haven’t experienced it again since they received assistance from the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

The 2016 proposed Illinois state budget includes a sweep of $165 million from the State LIHEAP Supplemental Fund, leaving senior citizens, persons with disabilities and families with children without vital utilities.

LIHEAP is an important part of our state’s safety net that helps the working poor climb out of poverty. The Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies strongly believes that sweeping the State LIHEAP Supplemental Fund will further weaken the safety net.

LIHEAP should not be redirected into the General Revenue Fund because:

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• Too many households will suffer from Illinois’ unforgiving, hot and humid summers.

• It is a critical component in preventing homelessness for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and families with children, because families without utilities can get evicted from their homes.

• Families with low incomes spend 21 to 30 percent of their incomes on utilities, while typical middle class families spend 4 to 6 percent of their incomes on utilities.

• The entire LIHEAP program (state and federal) serves less than 40 percent of the eligible population. If state funding is eliminated, many of these families will fall deeper into poverty.

In 1997, the Illinois Energy Assistance Act created the State LIHEAP Supplemental Fund through a meter surcharge that is assessed on regulated utility customers. The resources generated for the State LIHEAP Supplemental Fund assist customers who are living at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level, which for a family of four would be about $35,775 annually.

As the General Assembly approaches the end of its legislative session, I ask them to recall this quote from one of our nation’s greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln, “The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot, so well do, for themselves – in their separate and

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OUR VIEW

Keeping the spirit of Memorial Day alive Many Americans will have Monday off this week, and scores of people will use that day to gather with family and friends, barbecue and relax.

But after you finish confirming travel plans or buying that extra bag of charcoal, be sure to take a moment to reflect on the significance of Memorial Day. Observed on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military. On the holiday, many individuals and organizations can be found decorating graves and other memorials with U.S. flags and flowers, a practice that has a long tradition in this country. In fact, the origins of what is now Memorial Day started with an observance

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called Decoration Day. “Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans – the Grand Army of the Republic – established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers,” states the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website, www.va.gov. “Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.”

After World War I, the definition of the day extended to recognize those who died in all U.S. wars.

It was in 1971 that an act of Congress declared Memorial Day as a national holiday.

These days, a special moment of silence is recognized at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Anyone can participate, wherever they may be at that time.

In addition, many local organizations will host parades, flag-raising ceremonies and other events in recognition of Memorial Day. If your schedule permits, consider attending such a gathering.

Or take some time to explain the significance of Memorial Day to your children.

Or remember your own family members or friends who lost their lives in the military by talking about them with others. By doing so, you will help keep the spirit of Memorial Day alive.

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Layoffs needed to fix state’s financial woes To the Editor:

Since the Illinois Supreme Court says pensions can’t be reduced, it’s time to start laying off people, accelerating the natural attrition, reducing pay, a reduction in labor force and move new people into jobs with 401(k)s at lower salaries, hire contract workers for basic services and no benefits, and off load these responsibilities to ObamaCare and the contractors.

Next amend the Illinois Constitution to outlaw pension benefits in perpetuity, forbid unlimited funding of local government pensions by the state of Illinois especially without yearly ratification and affirmation by the Illinois General Assembly. The best solution would be for the local governments to be responsible for all their own pensions and declare bankruptcy if that’s what it takes to make the system solvent.

These pensions in perpetuity are taxation with representation, some contracts made decades ago, that none of us have voted for including the legislators.

Sincerely, Thomas Cechner Lockport

Liberty or Death To the Editor:

Two decades ago I used to toss some of National Security Agency’s key search words into my phone calls to show my contempt for their monitoring my calls. At that time, I saw it as an unwarranted intrusion into my private conversations.

About a decade ago I changed my mind. Now I think they should be listening to all calls and not just the bulk storage of where the call came from and where it went.

That’s closing the barn door after

the horses have run away.

If we are going to put a stop to internal recruitment and organizing of terrorism, we need to allow the NSA access to all our communications. That would include all the social media communication.

I realize it means we lose our right to privacy but we have to be willing to sacrifice some privacy to end recruitment. It’s distasteful but necessary.

In addition, we need to support the drone killing of U.S. citizens (most are dual citizens) who are involved in terrorism while hiding in other countries. We should not even consider sending in people to try to arrest them. Putting FBI or SEALS at risk just to try to capture them is stupid.

Those people in Congress who are scared of the monitoring don’t need to fear being caught in their usual activities because the law, as always, will exempt their communications. After all, don’t we have to allow the naive to believe those we elect make their wealth honestly?

Chuck Johnson Morris

That’s why wasteful projects like the Illiana Expressway should be scrapped immediately. Amongst the many problems with the Illiana, traffic projections used to justify the project – which predict significant increases in total vehicle miles traveled – don’t match the reality that driving in the state and region has been in decline.

Building unnecessary new highways not only takes resources away from current maintenance and repairs backlog, but also adds to our future maintenance needs.

Despite Gov. Bruce Rauner suspending the Illiana and subjecting it to a review, the project is far from dead. This week IDOT released its Proposed Highway Improvement Program, which budgets $118 million for the Illiana.

More transportation revenue may be a good idea, but all the money in the world won’t help if we don’t get our priorities straight. It’s time for Governor Rauner to kill the Illiana.

Abraham Scarr

Director of Illinois PIRG & Illinois PIRG Education Fund

Scrap the Illiana

What don’t they understand?

Illinois’s transportation infrastructure is in serious trouble.

As the article, “IDOT hears from Joliet, Will County leaders on infrastructure needs,” that was in the Friday, May 22, 2015, edition of The Herald-News notes, 40 percent of Illinois highways and one in seven bridges will be in unacceptable condition within six years.

I agree with Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Blankenhorn: Unless Illinois dedicates more resources to maintaining and repairing our existing transportation network, things will only get worse.

I’m reading an email update from a local Illinois senator. My question to our local politicians is: “What don’t you understand?”

Why aren’t you doing the work of the people? You meet, you talk, you waste our time and money, and you resolve nothing.

You can’t spend more than the revenue available. You start with expenses. You must pay for essentials such as salaries, supplies, employees, vendors, health care and pensions, security, seniors, Medicaid, children, and education.

You check each and every budget item to determine if you can find savings and efficiencies.

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To the Editor:

All other expenses are probably wants vs. needs. If needs outweigh revenue, then you must raise taxes. Hopefully, if that is not the case, then wants get pared down to make the budget balanced. Layoffs, closing of want areas, unfortunately, have to be considered.

Keeping business in the state, traffic problems and roads, manufacturing, development, recycling, scholarships, crime, jobs, libraries, museums, etc., are all important, but they need to be subject to cuts. A need must be provided for.

A want waits for finances.

The farce of the Pension Reform Bill was likely to be overturned so the legislators can say they tried.

Instead change the Constitution.

Pension, tort, medical reform must be properly acted upon.

Soon the legislative session will end with basically nothing again being accomplished.

You are either part of the solution or the problem. Unfortunately, most legislators are the latter.

The work is important. If you can’t and/or won’t do what’s needed, make the hard decisions.

Then resign now and make room for someone who will.

We, the proud hardworking people of Illinois, deserve better, much better.

Mark Turk Joliet

We are God’s stewards To the Editor:

I thought I heard it all until Republican Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma recently threw a snowball on the Senate floor as proof against climate change. The only thing proven is that our congressmen should pass an IQ test to qualify for office! Is he is stupid? Does he think the rest of us are?

Our Congress wasn’t always filled with cretins from the radical

right Republican Party. Back in the 1960s, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring spurred lawmakers to legislate against toxins. During the 1970s, our leaders dealt with the ozone layer problem. In the 1980s, Congress responded to acid rain.

But today’s Republican Party selectively denies science whenever it suits them.

Since 1880 scientists have studied climate, feeding millions of data into computers concluding that 2014 was Earth’s warmest year on record with the 10 hottest years occurring since 1997 and that 21 consecutive years of glacial retreat happened between 1989 and 2010.

We see it happening in dramatic fashion. As our veggie producer, California’s 1,000-year drought is actually causing some towns to sink or implode. San Francisco had no precipitation during January, something that hasn’t happened in 165 years – chronic droughts in the West have caused beef prices to skyrocket. And since 1995, 270,000 farmers in India committed suicide because their dried fields respond to neither traditional nor innovative agrarian methods.

On the other hand, other areas throughout the world are becoming deluged with water as sea levels rise thus threatening eastern U.S. cities, London, continental Europe, etc. The problem is complex.

We should indeed join nations who are taking steps to resolve this deadly problem, but greed is our evil foe and the richest of the rich grab the blood money.

We nevertheless have the moral obligation as God’s stewards to expose politicians who refuse to take action.

Thank you, Gloria Weidner Wilmington

Let’s work together to strengthen our safety net in Illinois • GUEST VIEW

Continued from page 39 individual capacities.”

I ask them to remember that behind the budget num-

bers are real people who will be affected by their decisions.

People who will suffer if we choose to eliminate the state LIHEAP program. People who are struggling and want a chance to lead a better and

productive life.

Our elected officials need the courage to ensure that the budget for the state of Illinois is not balanced on the backs of poor people, the conviction to ensure that there are adequate

resources in our state’s budget to take care of our seniors, and the commitment to ensure that our children have a bright and secure future.

Let us collectively work together to strengthen our

safety net by saving LIHEAP and saving lives.

• Dalitso Sulamoyo is the president and CEO of Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies

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GIRLS STATE TRACK AND FIELD: CLASS 3A RECAP

L-WE captures 3rd straight state title L-WE’s Junkroski wins pole vault title; Bolingbrook 1st in 4x400 relay

By JEFF DE GRAW Shaw Media Correspondent CHARLESTON – The phrase “3-Peat” is synonymous with the Bulls, but in girls track and field, Lincoln-Way East can now lay claim to the same phrase.

On Saturday at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium, the Griffins claimed their third consecutive Class 3A title by scoring 51 points to outdistance second-place finishers Barrington and Warren Township, who tied for second with 35 points.

Bolingbrook tied for 10th with 22 points and Minooka ended up tied for 15th with 16 points.

It wasn’t an easy victory, but it was a team victory as the Griffins scored in all phases of the meet, from the sprints, to distance and field events.

“When you come to this meet nothing is easy,” Griffins coach Brian Evans said.

“We had the bulls-eye on our backs. We had our fair share of bumps along the road today.

But all season we have talked about ‘team’ and today certainly was a team win. This group really came together and battled.”

The Griffins scored points in six individual events and all four relays to secure the win.

Senior Julia Junkroski won the pole vault (13 feet, 2 inches) and sophomore high jumper Ololade Ayoola placed second (5-6) to really turn the momentum in East’s favor late in the meet.

“I knew it wasn’t going as well as expected on the track,” Junkroski said. “My initial goal was just to get our team as many points as possible. When I got over 12-6, I knew I had won and it was so exciting. It was a school record and my best ever.”

On the track, the Griffins 4x800-meter relay of Alyssa Vogt, Kyndall Wallace, Erin Couwenhoven and Emily Karl placed seventh in a school record time of 9:19.23.

“We really wanted to contribute to our team trying to

ABOVE: Lincoln-Way East’s Kyndall Wallace and Alexis Pierre-Antoine compete in the Class 3A 4x200-meter relay Saturday during the girls state track and field state finals at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. LEFT: Bolingbrook’s Asha Wallace and Jessica Watkins celebrate winning the Class 3A 4x100-meter relay Saturday. BELOW: Minooka’s Ashley Tutt competes in the Class 3A 3,200-meter run Saturday. Tutt finished seventh in the race.

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mine Howell, Nicole Humenik and Asia Brown. East also got a second place finish from the 4x400 relay (3:53.06) of Howell, Humenik, Brown and Karl.

Karl squeezed through two other runners just before the finish line in the relay to secure the second place finish.

“I was coming up behind the two in front of me, and I saw an opening between them and I took it,” said Karl, a senior. “It wasn’t going as well as expected on the track earwin,” Vogt said. edged East by one-one hun- ly. But our coaches were our In what perhaps was the dredth of a second, 47.58 to rocks today. They told us to most exciting race of the day 47.59, to capture the victory. keep competing and getting on the track in any class, The Griffins relay featured points. We really came togethBolingbrook’s 4x100 relay Alexis Pierre-Antoine, Jas- er as a team. This is really spe-

cial.”

The 4x200 relay of Pierre-Antoine, Howell, Humenik and Wallace placed third (1:40.96). Brown also captured sixth in the 100 (12.23) and placed ninth in the 200 (:25.60).

Pierre-Antoine placed ninth in both the 100- and 300-hurdle races. She hit hurdles in both races, which hurt her chances.

Bolingbrook’s victorious 4x100 relay consisted of Alexis Brooks, Charlyncia Stennis, Asha Wallace and Jessica Watkins. It was the third time the Raiders have won a title in a relay and their first since winning the same event in 2012.

“We were confident going into this race,” said Wallace, who was celebrating her 18th birthday.

“To win is such a wonderful feeling and to beat one of the best in L-W East. We respect them so much,” Watkins said.

“We have been really working on the handoffs and it really paid off today, they were about as good as you could get.”

Watkins also placed fourth in the 100 (12.11) and seventh in the 200 (25.52). Stennis captured seventh in the 400 (57.79).

Minooka received a second-place finish from senior Ashleigh Wilson in the 400, with a school record 55.54, and she also placed fifth in the 200 (25.35). Sophomore Ashley Tutt placed seventh in the 3,200 (10:54.55).

Romeoville’s Cierra Pulliam capped her career with a second in the triple jump (39-7 3/4).

Plainfield North’s Rachael Lau placed third in the 3,200 (10:51.99) and triple jumper Anna Laudizio finished tenth (37-5).

Lincoln-Way Central senior Ashley Raehsler finished fifth in the long jump (18-41/2) and eighth in the triple jump (37-61/2).

Lockport placed eighth in the 4x800 (9:22.51) with team members Haley Beaumont, Emmie Hahn, Kaley Isom and Morgan Bollinger.

GIRLS STATE TRACK AND FIELD: CLASS 1A/2A RECAP

LEFT: Providence’s Christina MacNab competes in the Class 2A high jump Saturday during the state track and field finals at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium in Charleston.

MacNab finished second.

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BELOW LEFT: Reed-Custer’s Morgan Zacharias competes in the class 1A pole vault Saturday during the state meet. Zacharias won the pole vault for the second year in a row.

BELOW: Lincoln-Way West’s Deven Bax reacts after finishing second in the Class 2A 400-meter dash.

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Bogren, Carina Collet and Eva Bruno.

“This was the hardest race, but we are on the podium and All-State,” said Bogren, the oldest on the team as a junior.

“We had five girls pushing each other all season. This wouldn’t be possible without

Emily Misener helping us all,” Eva Bruno said. “Our coach had a tough decision as to who to run, but we are here as all five.”

Daly Galloway, the sophomore who attends Gardner-South Wilmington, but runs for the Dwight co-op,

placed second in the 3,200 (10:46.97) and fourth in the 1,600 (5:09.28).

“I was trying my best to run my own race,” Galloway said of her 3,200 effort. “It was my best by over three seconds. My coaches have been great, and it was very exciting to run at the state meet.”

Also for Reed-Custer, junior Emma Johnson placed 11th in the shot put (37-91/4).

In Class 2A, a pair of second-places finishes highlighted the day for the area.

Lincoln-Way West senior Deven Bax was runner-up in the 400 (56.91), and Providence junior Christina MacNab took second in the high jump (5-7).

“I’m super excited to place second and run a personal best,” said Bax, who turned in the best place finish in her program’s brief history. “I went out at the right pace and knew exactly where I was at

through the finish.”

Bax, who will attend the University of Kentucky, also led off West’s 4x400 relay, which placed ninth (4:06.46).

Other members of the relay were Josie Zayas, Kristen O’Connor and Jessi Karlic.

MacNab’s finish was the best for a Celtic in a field event and also the highest for the program since moving up from Class A. She took seventh in the event in 2A in 2013.

“This is amazing,” MacNab said. “The 5-7 is a school record, I’m second in the state ... wow! I knew where I was place-wise throughout the competition. I just did what I could to keep myself in a good position. I now just have to work hard over the summer and next fall to get ready for my senior season.”

Leona Burton from Morris finished 10th in the long jump (16-93/4) to just miss out on AllState accolades.

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CHARLESTON – Morgan Zacharias defended her pole vault title with a state meet record jump of 13 feet in Saturday’s Class 1A finals at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium.

The Reed-Custer senior, who was second in the event in 2012 and 2013, made three attempts at an all-time state record of 13-5, but fell short.

She also placed ninth in the 300 hurdles (47.65).

She joins Jackie Marquardt, who won Class A pole vault titles in 2001 and 2003, as the program’s only two-time champions.

“I thought I had it (the record) on that first jump. It was so close,” said Zacharias, who will attend Louisville. “It’s great to win, but I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t go higher.

“The hurdles were fun, and I didn’t even start running the race until sectionals, not bad for just starting.”

Seneca placed 12th as a team in the 1A meet with 20 points, behind four individual performances and a relay.

The triple jumping sister combination of Lexi and Cora Wilkinson placed second and ninth, respectively. Lexi, a senior jumped 36-61/2 to place second, while sophomore Cora took ninth (35-61/2) to also gain All-State honors.

“Second place at the state meet is great,” said Lexi Wilkinson, who will attend North Central. “It is also a little bittersweet because it’s my last high school meet.”

Cora Wilkinson, who also came back to finish eighth in the 300-meter hurdles (47.57 seconds), just started triple jumping this season, following in her sister’s footsteps.

“This feels pretty good, since I just started,” Cora Wilkinson said. “The coach asked me to try it and I’ve always watched my sister, and it has worked out. I also really like running the hurdles.”

Willow Stuedemann placed fourth in the 100 (12.54) and the Irish’s 4x800 relay placed seventh (9:53.93) with team members Sarah Virgo, Lexi

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BASEBALL: CLASS 2A COAL CITY REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – HERSCHER 18, COAL CITY 6 (5 INN.)

Tigers thump Coalers for regional title

By ROB OESTERLE roesterle@shawmedia.com COAL CITY – Back on April 17, Coal City’s baseball team defeated Herscher, 13-3.

On Saturday, the two teams met again, this time with the championship of the Class 2A Coal City Regional at stake.

It was not a repeat performance as Herscher hit from the opening inning and never let up, defeating the Coalers, 18-6, in five innings.

“Not much went our way today,” Coal City coach Jerry McDowell said. “That’s more runs than we have allowed in our last 12 games combined.

Herscher hit the ball well, and it seemed like everything they hit found a gap.

“Early on, we hit a few balls well, but they went right at their guys and they made the plays. We didn’t play bad, we only made one error, but Herscher was just the better team today.”

In Friday’s semifinal, Herscher fell behind Bishop McNamara, 4-0, but rallied to come away with a 9-4 win. The Tigers kept it going from the start Saturday.

With one out in the first inning, Easton Haase doubled to left and winning pitcher Tyler Fisher did the same, scoring Haase. An out later, Devin Bean singled in Fisher to make it 2-0.

Coal City didn’t score in its half of the first and Herscher got it going again in the second.

Matt Alsip led off with a walk and Brady Hansen doubled to right-center to score him. T.J. Fuller bunted Hansen to third and Hansen scored when he was safe at home on a fielder’s choice hit by Tanner Regez for a 4-0 Tiger lead.

After Fisher held the Coalers (29-6) scoreless in the second, the Tigers got two more in the third. Fisher led off with a single and went to third an out later on a double

by Bean. Alsip then doubled in both runners for a 6-0 lead. After a strikeout, Fuller singled to left, but Alsip was thrown out at third after he rounded the bag too far.

The Coalers broke the ice in the third, answering with two

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TOP: The Coal City baseball team watches as the game comes to an end Saturday against Herscher at the Class 2A Coal City Regional championship. Coal City lost, 18-6, in 5 innings in Coal City. ABOVE: Coal City’s Jake Brnca (right) is tagged out at home plate by Herscher catcher Austin Jarnagin. runs of their own. Dillon Siejka led off by getting hit by a pitch and D.J. Budde followed with a double to center to put runners on second and third. After a strikeout and a popup, Joe Qunn singled to center to score Siejka and Budde to make it 6-2 and put some life back in the Coalers.

Herscher refused to cooperate, however, and did more

damage in the fourth. Regez led off with a walk before Austin Berns hit a bloop single to left.

Haase bunted, but the throw to first was high and allowed Regez to score. Fisher then doubled to center, scoring Berns and Haase. After a strikeout, two walks loaded the bases before Hansen drove in a run with a grounder to second to make it 10-2.

Coal City had an answer of its own with four in the bottom of the inning. Jake Piper led off with a double to left-center and courtesy runner Tyler Brewer scored on an error on a ball hit

by Shawn Greiner. Siejka singled before Budde hit a grounder to third that was misplayed, allowing pinch-runner Caleb Spreitzer to score. Jake Brnca then poked a single to left, scor-

ing Siejka. After a strikeout and a flyout to left, a walk to Nick Micetich loaded the bases and a balk scored Budde to make it 10-6.

“We were able to get it close there at 10-6,” McDowell said.

“But Herscher beat [Bishop McNamara] the other day and played well against us today.

They are tough outs up and down their lineup. We scored 13 runs against them with ease a month ago, but they sure are a different team now.”

The Tigers put it out of reach in the top of the fifth. Regez was hit by a pitch to lead it off and Berns walked. Haase bunted, but the throw pulled the second baseman off the bag, loading the bases. Fisher then doubled off the fence in left, clearing the bases to make it 136. After a flyout, Bean reached on catcher’s interference and, an out later, Hansen singled in a run. Fuller walked to load the bases, and Regez walked to force in a run. Berns then hit a double to right that cleared the bases to make it 18-6.

Coal City went down in order in the bottom of the fifth.

“Our guys had a heck of a year,” McDowell said. “Finishing 29-6 is a great year. We threw just about every pitcher we had today, but Herscher was swinging the bats well.”

BOYS TENNIS: JOLIET WEST CO-OP SECTIONAL

Three local singles entries, three local doubles entries headed to state meet

By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com

match, 6-3, 7-5, to an Andrew duo but still are moving on to state.

“I guess we spread the wealth,” Lockport coach Bob Champlin said of seven schools earning state representation. “We wanted to get more through, but this probably is the toughest sectional in the south suburbs. It is great preparation for the guys who are going to state.

“It’s very nice to see Jack [Randall] win singles. He is a focused and determined player who is a good example to everyone on our team. He gets to be the star, but the key to us winning was that every position got us points. That’s a microcosm of our season, where every spot contributed.”

Randall, whose brothers Lucas and Chad were state qualifiers when Lockport last won a sectional in 2010, said the title match was closer than the 6-1, 6-2 score suggests.

“We had a lot of good points,” he said. “It took a lot of effort to win. I was fighting every ball, trying to make him hit it one more time, and it worked out.

He’s a great player and a good friend.”

“Two times ago when we played, I went to the net a lot and won,” Geissler said. “My original strategy today was to go to the net again, but his passing shots were really good.

I didn’t feel the score reflected the match. I didn’t play bad, he just outplayed me.”

“Both kids played really well, and we did well as a team,” JCA coach Scott Allgood said.

“All the top [team] places were decided within one win here or there.”

The doubles final renewed the rivalry between Joliet West’s Carney and Lemont’s Urban that has grown through the years.

“Nick Urban is always the best player I face,” Carney said.

“This just happened to be our day. My partner [Red] hit some of the biggest shots of his life.

I love his serve and his power, and he’s a lefty and I’m righty, which is perfect for doubles.”

“I had to think to stay calm and focused,” Red said. “He [Carney] is a great partner.”

Urban said the title match figured to come down to “key points and misses. It was a case of who was going to pick up their game most. It’s always good competition playing against him [Carney].”

The coaches involved in the doubles final both were pleased.

“It was a fantastic match,” Lemont’s Jon DeGuzman said.

“I was happy to see our guys in the final. I’m really proud of their result.”

“It was an exciting match for us,” Joliet West’s Kit Gillman said. Then he smiled and joked, “But you know they say, when you win, it’s coaching and when you lose, it’s genetics.”

SOFTBALL: CLASS 1A COAL CITY REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – WILMINGTON 1, REED-CUSTER 0

Wildcats edge Comets for regional championship

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com COAL CITY – Few teams ever win a regional title when they collect no hits and strike out 15 times in six innings.

But that’s what happened to Wilmington’s softball team in Saturday’s Class 2A Coal City Regional finals when it met rival Reed-Custer.

Comets sophomore Mackenzie Collier only allowed two baserunners, but one of those scored the game’s lone run as the Wildcats pulled out a 1-0 victory.

Wilmington (19-9), won a regional for the second time in three years and just the third time and now faces Beecher at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Seneca Sectional.

Wildcats junior Miranda Southall was just as impressive, tossing a four-hitter while striking out five after

avoiding trouble in the first.

The Comets (16-19), who were trying to win consecutive regionals for the first time since 2003, nearly grabbed the early lead, but Wilmington prevented that by throwing out two runners at the plate.

“We got no-hit and we win a regional,” Wildcats coach Jack Skole said. “I just kept telling the girls that if they played good defense that they were going to win. You have to take those shots when they come and I would have done same thing in those situations. We knew that Collier was going to be a dominant force since she’s progressed in each game.

“Miranda had two shutouts against two good teams in the regional, and that’s impressive. Veronica Buis made that throw home in the first, and we practiced that play with Lori Kucharski yesterday, since we knew that they would

be aggressive. We played great defensively, and now, we just have to pick it up with the bats.”

In the top of the first, ReedCuster started off with hits from Georgia Votta and Reilley Williams. The hit by Williams originally got past left fielder Veronica Buis but she threw home, and Hailey Huml applied the tag. After Williams reached third, she tried to score on a dropped third strike, but the throw home by first baseman Lori Kucharski beat her.

After getting out of that first inning mess without any runs scoring, Southall and her teammates received a big boost.

“It was a little nerve-racking in the beginning but toward the end, I kind of got my mojo down and from there on, it went smooth,” Southall said.

“My defense backed me up

by making a lot of great plays when we needed them. That first inning gave us a lot more confidence throughout the game, since we knew we had made those big plays.

“This feels great. Winning twice in three years is amazing. We’re all best friends and love each other. No one ever bickers or fights, and I think that’s what makes our team so great.”

After walking the second batter that she faced, Collier used a double to get out of the first. That started a string of 11 straight outs, which at one point, included seven consecutive strikeouts.

Kucharski reached on an error to open the fifth and Madilyn Holman came in for her as a courtesy runner. After taking second on a wild pitch, Holman tried to steal third base and then came home with the lone run when a throw got

away from the third baseman.

While Collier recorded six straight strikeouts to end her outing, Southall only allowed infield hits in both the fourth and fifth innings and didn’t allow anyone else to advance beyond first base. In addition, she retired the final seven hitters that she faced.

Despite being a tough-luck loser after such an excellent performance, Collier was proud of her effort and also with the way that the Comets played.

“My screwball was really working well and my curveball was on throughout the game,” Collier said. “This was one of the better games that I’ve pitched. The girls really helped me in a couple of the games where I didn’t pitch well. They played really well today and I’m real happy for them. We have a nice family atmosphere and always pick

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JOLIET – Jack Randall may be a freshman, but he is anything but an unknown.

The No. 1 singles seed, Randall beat his longtime acquaintance, Joliet Catholic junior and No. 2 seed Jack Geissler, 6-1, 6-2, Saturday to win the singles title and help lift Lockport boys tennis to the team championship at the Joliet West co-op Sectional.

However, Randall is the only Lockport entry to advance to the state meet that begins Thursday at Arlington Heights and neighboring suburbs. That’s how balanced and deep this sectional was.

The top four finishers in singles and top four doubles earn state berths. The eight available spots were filled by seven schools. Andrew had a qualifier in singles and in doubles, yet the Thunderbolts barely edged Joliet West for fourth place.

Lockport totaled 22 points to 18 for runner-up Lemont. JCA had 16, Andrew 13, Joliet West 12, Romeoville 7, Providence 6, Lincoln-Way Central 4 and Lincoln-Way West 0.

Joliet West’s Tom Carney was in the singles final the last three years and won the last two.

This time, the senior paired with freshman Morgan Red in doubles as the No. 2 seed and claimed the title with a rugged 6-3, 6-7 (7-3), 6-3 victory over Lemont’s No. 1 seed Nick Urban and Nate Burner.

Urban followed the same path as Carney. He was at state the last three years in singles and opted to go doubles as a senior.

Romeoville’s Miguel Rayos del Sol won the third-place singles match, 6-7, 5-0 (retired) over Andrew’s Nick Karczynski while Providence’s Robbie Watson and Connor Wheeler dropped the third-place doubles

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GIRLS SOCCER: CLASS 3A LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL REGIONAL FINAL – PROVIDENCE 1, LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 0

Bebar’s late goal lifts Celtics past Knights

By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com NEW LENOX – Allison Bebar prefers to shoot with her left foot, but obviously her efforts from the right aren’t too shabby.

With time winding down in Friday’s Class 3A Lincoln-Way Central Regional title match, the Providence Catholic junior used her right foot to line a short try just inside the post.

That goal in the 74th minute proved to be the difference as the Celtics edged Lincoln-Way Central, 1-0, to capture their third regional championship in four years.

Providence (13-11), which won a Class 2A regional last season, advances to Tuesday’s Lincoln-Way North Sectional, where it meets the hosts at 5 p.m.

“Coach said at halftime that we needed someone to step up and show aggressiveness and

energy in the box,” said Bebar, whose father, Jamie, played for Providence’s 1987 football champions. “I saw the ball coming across and thought that this is our opportunity so I needed to step up and do it for my team.

“I’m usually a lefty, but it was coming to my right foot, so I got kind of nervous, but I showed a lot of composure on the ball. This is my fourth goal, but my third with my right foot. We came in as the underdogs, but just knew that this was our time to shine and prove everyone wrong. We knew that this was something we wanted, and we’ve worked so hard for it.”

While the Knights (11-11) enjoyed many more chances, the Celtics’ defense of sweeper Caitlin Shanahan, stopper Katie Rasmussen, outsides Cate Spesia and Jill Sweeney and keeper Nicki Griffith helped them post their eight shutout.

“I knew that I had to come out strong and aggressive and be a presence on the field.”

Nicki Griffith Providence goalkeeper “I knew that I had to come out strong and aggressive and be a presence on the field,” Griffith said. “My defense is amazing. Caitlin and Katie are so big in the middle because any time someone tries to switch, they’re on top of it and have it covered. And Jill on the left and Cate on the right shut down the outside runs. I trust them, and they trust me.

“We knew that we had to come out strong at the beginning of both halves and at the end, and we knew that we had it in us to come out on top. I feel like in high-pressure situ-

ations, my team really comes together and works really well. I like our camaraderie and spirit. We know where each other are at and move without the ball. We’re just so well-connected.”

Early in the final half, Griffith came out to thwart Sarah Ortman and a bit later denied tries by Maddie Melde and Ortman.

Just before the half’s midpoint, Central mounted a good threat as Sara Petrone found Melde, but Sweeney cleared an attempt, which led to a corner kick that Melde took and her liner was punched away by Griffith.

The Knights’ hopes were hampered when Kyla Grundhofer had to be helped off of the field because of an injury. Not long after that, Anita Fournier had a shot cleared by Shanahan and then Savina Filip sent a pass to Fournier, but Griffith was there for the stop.

That set the table for Bebar’s dramatic score. Providence nearly connected again a bit later when Cory Griffith’s attempt was deflected by Erin Doody and Bebar bounced a rebound off of the crossbar.

“I knew that our girls were going to be up and ready for this game,” Celtics coach Dan Potempa said. “We had a good game plan and stuck to it and our girls executed it, perfectly. We knew that ‘wed had to shut down and how to do it.

They threw everything that they had at us, and our defense stepped up and came through.

I’m really proud of them.

“As we were pulling into parking lot, we decided who was going to be our goalie and when I talked to Nicki, she said, ‘I’m ready.’ We talked at halftime about how someone was going to have to step up and make a big play, and Ali was going to do anything to get the ball in the back of the net.”

BASEBALL: PLAINFIELD NORTH 5, PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 4

Garner’s walk-off homer gives Tigers conference title

By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com PLAINFIELD – Josh Garner wrote the perfect ending to the story of an outright conference baseball championship.

The Plainfield North junior right fielder picked on a 2-0 fastball from Plainfield Central left-hander Zach Pirc leading off the bottom of the seventh inning Friday and sent it flying over the left-field fence to give the Tigers a 5-4 victory and the outright Southwest Prairie Conference title.

North (26-7, 17-4) already was assured a share of the title with red-hot Minooka, but Garner and his teammates were not content with that.

“We wanted it for ourselves,” he said. “Minooka won a lot down the stretch. We had to play good baseball to win it.”

The walk-off was his second homer and first in his home park. He said he will not forget the greeting that awaited him at home plate as he completed

his home run trot.

“I could tell I hit it good, just the way it came off the bat,” he said. “It was awesome. When I came around third base and all the guys were there waiting for me, it was crazy.”

North, a perennial SPC heavyweight, won four straight titles from 2009 through 2012 and finished third and second the last two seasons.

“I’m really happy for the seniors,” Tigers coach John Darlington said. “They wanted to win the conference, and they worked hard for it.”

Central (21-14, 11-10) made the Tigers work. The Wildcats suffered two one-run losses to North and the 8-2 loss Thursday was a one-run game entering the fifth inning.

“This is our second straight 20-win season and that hasn’t happened since Don Martin was coaching in the ’90s,” Central coach John Rosner said.

“We have finished above .500 in the four years [assistant] Pat Hanley and I have been coach-

ing together. For what we have, I’m really proud of what we have accomplished.”

The Wildcats will open regional play next week against Naperville Central.

“Naperville Central is good, but if we play like we did today, I like our chances,” Rosner said. “We had good swings against good arms, but we have to play better defense.”

The good arms the Wildcats faced were those of righthanders Adam Zuk and Zack Martin.

Zuk started and left after allowing three runs on six hits, a couple of which took bad hops, in the third inning. Austin Blazevic singled in two runs and Brandon Callender one as Central grabbed a 3-1 lead.

Martin pitched the final four and was one pitch away from securing a 4-3 victory when Blazevic belted his third hit, an RBI double, with a 3-2 count and two outs in the top of the seventh to tie it and set the stage for Garner’s heroics.

“Zack Martin was outstanding,” Darlington said. “He was throwing strikes, getting ahead in the count. He is getting to the point where maybe he can help us in the postseason.”

An error followed Blazevic’s double, putting runners at first and third, and second baseman Bryan Van Duser then saved the day. He made a diving stop of Kyle MacFarlane’s ground ball in the hole and threw to first to prevent the go-ahead run from scoring.

“That was a great play Bryan made,” Garner said.

Pirc, a junior, went the distance for Central, allowing seven hits. The Wildcats committed three errors behind him, making two of the five North runs unearned, but also turned in three remarkable plays.

Central center fielder Danny Brandon absolutely robbed Jake Dunham of extra bases in the third inning with a spectacular grab after a long run.

“He is quite a center fielder,” Rosner said of Brandon.

“He can go get it. He is fun to watch.”

Left fielder Justin Willner ended the third inning with a good catch of Kyle Strepek’s shot. Third baseman Callender reached out and snagged a blur of a line drive off the bat of Josh Heckman with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth.

“We were swinging the bats and hitting it hard all day,” Darlington said. “They made some plays.”

Matt Babuskow hit it hard, homering in the fourth to get the Tigers within 3-2. They tied it later that inning on Zach Jarosz’s RBI single and went ahead 4-3 in the fifth as Garner, who had singled, scored on a wild pitch.

Josh Tesch joined Blazevic with three hits for Central and Callender had two. Brandon Knox doubled for North and Strepek had a sacrifice fly and single.

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Lincoln-Way West girls soccer players celebrate with the regional title plaque Friday after their 2-0 win over Joliet Catholic at the Class 2A Lincoln-Way West Regional final in New Lenox.

We’ve seen new teams all year, so the girls are excited and it’s a reward to get to prepare for the sectional.”

With Wyskiel, Brittany Stover and Teagan Lyke leading the way defensively, West keeper Audrey Pearson was able to collect her 12th shutout of the season and the 29th of her career after preventing JCA (10-8-2) from getting many second-half chances.

“We came out a little nervous, but after halftime we knew what we had to do to get the plaque,” Wyskiel said.

“We knew after the first one went in, it would settle us down and then the next one would come. We waited to see who the hero, and today it was Olivia with a big-time goal, her first, so that was exciting.

“We trust each other on defense and

know that if one messes up, we have the others on our back. We are all one family, there’s not different groups here and there. We know that we’re all here for each other.”

Early in the final half, West’s Madison Mikalauski was denied by keeper Bailee Witt on a short try and also on a free kick. A bit later, Natalie Tannura suffered a similar fate and then Brianna Heyer had a close-range effort cleared by a defender.

Things finally clicked for West in the 55th minute when Heyer sent a nice cross that found Olivia Judge, whose header from in front resulted in the match’s initial score.

The Warriors added an insurance goal in the 60th minute when Brianna Darlage had an attempt deflected by

• Sunday, May 24, 2015

NEW LENOX – One of the most important things that a coach can hope for is that his team is playing at its best heading into the postseason.

Lincoln-Way West girls soccer coach Jeff Theiss understandably is pleased that his squad has been doing just that, and it’s one reason why they’ve won back-to-back regionals for the first time in the program’s brief history.

West used two second-half goals to capture a 2-0 victory over youthful Joliet Catholic Academy in Friday’s Class 2A Lincoln-Way West Regional final.

As a result, the Warriors (16-7-1) won their third regional in four years and now advance to Tuesday’s LaSalle-Peru Sectional, where they’ll face Dunlap in a 5 p.m. match. In its past 11 contests, West is 9-1-1 with eight shutouts.

“JCA was very physical, organized and hungry and they caused us trouble early on,” Theiss said. “But credit our girls. Emily (Wyskiel) in the back has just been huge and we see the leadership grow every single day. We weathered the early storm and then started pressing toward the end of the first half and that carried into the second half.

We focus on the fitness aspect of the game and I think that we saw that carry over.

“These girls are confident and experienced and that’s a big thing. We’ve upped the level of competition and they’ve been in tight games and it’s definitely paying off. The senior leadership all over the field was awesome.

Meghann Lange went down, but Olivia Judge stepped on the field and scored for us and that really lit a spark for us.

Witt but Heyer put in the loose ball to give her team a 2-0 lead.

One of JCA’s few good chances in the last 40 minutes was Kelsey Builta’s long free kick that Pearson hauled in.

And during the final minute, Mikalauski was thwarted on a liner.

“It’s great that we got the win and I want to just keep playing,” Mikalauski said. “It was definitely a battle all the way through. Our players are confident in the back and in goal, in the middle and at forward. I love how everyone on our team is so friendly and how we connect so easily throughout the field.”

Both sides had chances during the final quarter hour of the opening half.

Witt punched away a corner kick by Meghann Lange and halted an attempt from Tannura, In between long efforts from JCA’s Mandy Gruber and Mariah Rodriguez, a Tannura try was blocked by Builta and Witt disrupted a header attempt

by Heyer.

The Angels had no seniors and only four juniors on the squad. So after posting a winning record against good competition, the future looks very bright for Oscar Valdez’s team.

“It was a good game,” Valdez said.

“They made two really good shots from the outside and then scored with a header and on the other by touching the ball. I give Lincoln-Way West credit since they won the game and played really hard in the second half.

But we had some opportunities and I thought that my girls played awesome.

“We don’t have any seniors and most of these girls will be coming back. But all of them play like they’re seniors. I told them that they’ll back again and playing at this level and they’re ready for it. The girls know that they’re not losing anyone, so they’re excited.”

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Bolingbrook boys track claims sectional Other Irish qualifiers were Lucas Ward in pole vault (13-0) and the 200 (23.38), James Bowen in the 110 hurdles (16.31) and 300 hurdles (42.0) and Wilson in long jump (20-10). Also qualifying for the Comets were Weaver in the 400 (51.42) and their 4x800 (8:30.77) and 4x400 (3:31.17) relays.

SUBMITTED REPORTS DOWNERS GROVE – Bolingbrook’s boys track and field team edged Lockport, 96-88, for top honors at Friday’s Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional. It was the second sectional title for coach Art Pahl’s program, the first since 2007.

The Raiders got titles from Jaylan McConico in 110-meter hurdles (14.67 seconds) and 300 hurdles (39.33), Damare Portis in long jump (22 feet, 6 inches), Justin Rivers in high jump (6-3) and its 4x100 (42.44) and 4x200 relays (1:28.32). Also qualifying were Zyon Bell in high jump (6-3), Peyton Chapman in the 800 (1:56.68) and the 4x400 relay (3:27.1).

Lockport received titles from Derrius Rodgers in the 100 (10.86) and 200 (21.85) and Charlie Robbins in shot put (51-6).

Other Porters qualifiers were Wade Walder in pole vault (12-9), Matt Chmielewski in shot put (51-1), Ryan Brock in the 300 hursdles (:39.96), John Meyer in discus (160-0) and the 4x100 (42.7) and 4x200 (1:28.59) relays.

For Lemont, Chris Thompson won the 400 (48.05) and its 4x400 relay (3:23.23) also took first. Romeoville got a title from Kelvin Jones in the discus (169-7). Luis Loza advanced in the 800 (1:56.63) and Voctor Osinloye moved on in the discus (157-9).

Class 2A LaSalle-Peru Sectional: Evan Mitchell won the 3,200 (9:42.32) to lead Lincoln-Way West at Friday’s meet.

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Lemont’s Chris Thompson wins the 400-meter dash Friday in 48.05 seconds at Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional in Downers Grove. With the win, Thompson qualified for the state meet.

Also qualifying were Peter Motto in the 3,200 (9:55.71), Jake Vanderwell in the 800 (1:57.42), Mitch Feehan in the 1,600 (4:33.46) and the 4x800 (8:09.44) and 4x400 (3:26.83) relays. Morris got a title from Jake Wantland in the 800 (1:56.33), while Coal City’s Matt Long qualified in discus (152-4).

Class 1A Seneca Sectional: Seneca’s Ross McCormick had a huge day Friday, winning the 3,200 (9:50.93), 800 (1:59.51) and 1,600 (4:44.2). The Irish also got a title from Jonny Wilson in triple jump (41-6).

Reed-Custer champions were BJ Bailey in the 100 (11.05) and 200 (22.39), Zach Weaver in long jump (21-2) and its 4x100 relay (43.95).

GIRLS SOCCER Plainfield North 1, Naperville Central 0 (2 OT): Jessica Christmas scored in the 95th

minute as North captured its Class 3A regional title Friday.

Lemont 8, Bremen 0: Lemont won its own Class 2A regional Friday.

Stagg 1, Lincoln-Way East 0: East fell in its own Class 3A regional Friday.

BOYS TENNIS Bradley 5, Minooka 0: Minooka’s season Lincoln-Way East Sectional: Host East ended in the Class 3A Bradley Regional defeated Bradley-Bourbonnais, 33-21, for final Saturday. top honors. In the singles final, East’s Ryan Mitchell edged teammate Rohan BOYS VOLLEYBALL Piska, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. In doubles, Colin Walsh Plainfield East 25-22-25, Romeoville 22and Connor VanderGenugten took sec- 25-22: Nolan Kavanagh had nine kills ond, while Jon Stroede and Nikhil Pish- and James Lefaiver dished out 18 assists ka finished third. It was the third straight for host Romeoville in the Southwest sectional title and ninth in 10 years for Prairie loss Thursday. Brad Gabrelcik coach Chris Olson’s program. (six kills) and Mark Hamilon (five kills) Plainfield North Sectional: Plainfield had five blocks. In Saturday’s Wheaton Central’s DJ Colantone was third in Warrenville South Regional, East lost, singles, while Plainfield North’s Tyler 25-13, 25-13, to West Aurora while the Busell and Ryan Holt placed fourth in Spartans dropped a 25-13, 25-22 decision doubles. to Neuqua Valley.

Ottawa Sectional: Coal City’s Trent Plainfield South 25-25-25, Oswego East Sula and Mike McGinn qualified for 13-27-22: Donnie Doran (19 digs) and state, taking fourth in doubles.

Daniel Flores (10 digs) led South to the Southwest Prairie road win Thursday.

BOYS WATER POLO Adam Burt (nine digs, block, ace) had Stevenson 12, Lincoln-Way Central 4: Pat 24 assists and six kills while Cody ViBurke had two goals for Central (21-11) in ertel had nine kills and seven digs, Friday’s state quarterfinals in Lincoln- Rhome Apton eight kills and six blocks shire. Zach Otto and Cody Torres also and Brandon Langys six kills and six scored. digs.

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Sessler drives in 5; JJC baseball wins Series opener SUBMITTED REPORTS

nooka) had a two-run single in the big inning. David Hill (Providence), who went 2 for 3 and walked twice, ignited the inning with a single and later walked with the bases full.

Cameron Bass and TJ Condon (Minooka) singled in runs.

Condon finished with two hits. Sessler also singled home Jeff Duschene (Lockport) in the third inning to tie it at 1.

Montgomery went ahead, 2-1, in the sixth.

Thomas Jeffries (Providence) went six innings for JJC, allowing six hits and two runs. He struck out three and walked three. Winner Nick McKinney pitched a scoreless seventh.

KINSTON, N.C. – It took awhile for Joliet Junior College baseball to get the bats going, but once the Wolves flipped the switch, things changed.

Trailing Montgomery, 2-1, entering the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday at Grainger Stadium, JJC erupted for nine runs to win the NJCAA Division III World Series opening-round game, 10-2, on the eight-run slaughter rule.

The Wolves (36-23) advance to meet Rowan-Gloucester at 3 p.m. Sunday in the double-elimination event.

Ron Sessler (Lockport) had two hits and drove in five runs for JJC, four in the seventh PREP BASEBALL St. Laurence 10, Providence inning on a bases-loaded double and a game-ending sacri- 1: Providence (23-11) fell in the fice fly. Brennan Polcyn (Mi- Bajenski Tournament. Mike

Madej had a triple and RBI.

1: Christian Smith and Bry- 10th in the second game of a Lockport 5-9, Naperville Cen- an Smith had RBIs and Kiryn the East Surburban Catholic tral 4-8: Lockport (21-11-1) won Smith-Coleman singled and doubleheader. Jessica Miklos Game 1 at Ed Flink Field in the 12th inning when Stephen Hill stole home. Tyler Nassar had three hits and Davis Purviance two. In Game 2, Lockport trailed 8-5 in the seventh. Ben Wishba walked with the bases loaded and Nick Strysick, who earlier homered and singled, hit a three-run double to win it. He closed with five RBIs. Ryan Travis and Josh Martinez had two hits.

doubled for host Central (1021) in the nonconference win.

Alec Holcombe pitched a three-hitter.

Plainfield South 3, Oswego 1:

Host South gained the Southwest Prairie win Friday.

Lincoln-Way North 12, Lincoln-Way Central 1: Cam Post

singled and tripled, and Ryan Morgan doubled and drove in a run for host Central (13-17, 6-8) in the SouthWest SuburPlainfield East 10, Lockport 0: ban Red loss Thursday.

Mike McGee went 2 for 4, both New Trier 7, Lemont 5: New doubles, for East (20-12) in the Trier took a big early lead in nonconference road win Fri- the nonconference win Saturday. Drew DeMumbrum was 2 day. for 4 with two RBIs, and Nick Torres drove in two. Joey An- PREP SOFTBALL tonopoulus pitched the victoProvidence 5-9, Nazareth ry, scattering six hits.

0-10: Providence (21-10, 15-5) Joliet Central 2, Romeoville had a 9-6 lead in the top of the

had three RBIs, Maeve Garvey and Zoe Bruni two. In Game 1, Taylor Young was 3 for 4, Jessica Cothern 2 for 4 and Taylor Amato homered. Cothern and Miklos homered in Providence’s 2-0 nonconference win Friday over Romeoville as Kendal Judge struck out 11 in a one-hitter.

Lincoln-Way West 9, Plainfield North 4: Rachel Andrade went 3

for 3 and Kayla Seymour doubled, homered and drove in two runs for West (23-10) in the nonconference home win.

Joliet West 15, Sandburg 3:

Winning pitcher Kiley Robb went 3 for 4 with a homer to lead West to the SouthWest Suburban Blue road victory Friday. Lily Ongkiko homered and singled.

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By CURT HERRON cherron@shawmedia.com

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In the 800-meter run, Plainfield South’s John Partee (right) came in second and Plainfield South’s Kenny Peters (middle) came in third at the Class 3A sectional at Plainfield Central, hosted by Plainfield North, on Thursday. Partee and Peters advanced to the state meet.

Neuqua Valley’s Ty Moss, figured to win the event. So it came down to times, and that’s where running against Moss definitely paid off.

Partee applied the pressure to Moss, who he ran against him in the 4x800, before the latter pulled away. But the Cougar junior’s 1:54.9 was good for second and as a bonus, returning qualifiers Peters and East’s Sergio Llanes, who are both seniors, also advanced on time.

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It’s all about building the momentum at the right time. Last year I wasn’t that great of a 110 hurdler. The biggest thing is how far I have been able to come this season.”

Plainfield South’s John Partee and Kenny Peters already knew that they were headed to state after taking second in the 4x800 relay in a new lineup in which Andrew Nunez joined them and Austin Brown.

But Partee and Peters also hoped to make it in the 800, which was problem considering that one of the state’s best,

• Sunday, May 24, 2015

PLAINFIELD – David Latimore looked like he had just one more jump remaining in his high school career during Thursday’s Class 3A Plainfield North Sectional at Plainfield Central.

But then the Plainfield North senior did something that he had never accomplished before, and as a result, he’ll be competing at the state finals at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium in Charleston.

Latimore not only hit the state qualifying standard for the first time, but also hit a jump of 22 feet, 6 inches, which was good enough to edge Yorkville’s Marcus Bates for the title.

“This is a very tough sectional so I knew’d have to come with everything that I had from the very first jump,” Latimore said. “On my first jump, I almost hit state-qualifying but it wasn’t until my last jump that I did, so that was a great way to go out. Although I hadn’t hit the mark yet, there’s something about being at the sectional against the best competition.”

Minooka hurdler Justin Wolz has definitely come quite a ways in one year. Competing at the Southwest Prairie Conference’s freshman-sophomore meet in 2014, he won the 300-meter hurdles in 40.89 seconds and was a runner-up in the 110 in 17.22.

At Thursday’s sectional, he captured championships in both events, running 14.53 in the 110 and 39.03 in the 300. He won the first title by nearly 0.2 seconds and the other by almost 0.6 seconds.

“I had a pretty good race in the 110 and a PR which gives me a lot of confidence going into next week,” Wolz said.

“I didn’t have my greatest race in the 300, but my goal was to get the double.

pushing, but it was great,” Partee said of the 800. “He also was a good pacer to go out with in the 4x8 and I wanted us to PR, and we did. We switched up the lineup a bit but had great guys running and stepped up. I want to qualify for finals next week in both the 4x8 and 800.”

One week after winning the SPC title, coach Mike Adamson’s Plainfield East squad can again claim top honors among the four Plainfields, after finishing second to Neuqua.

Coach Nick Lundin’s Minooka squad had won three straight sectional titles, but Neuqua proved a bit too strong for both the Indians and the Bengals on Tuesday.

While Minooka (3:19.76) beat East (3:19.97) for second in the 4x400 relay, the Bengals edged the Indians, 77.5-77, for second in the final team standings.

East went with Jarvis Carter, Christian Glass, Kenyon Newbern-Marks and Llanes in that event while Minooka, which qualified in 10 events, used Wolz, Mitch Miller, Mike Malinowski and Victor Turpin.

The first three Bengals joined Prince Smith on a winning 4x200 and a runner-up 4x100. Glass also took second to Central’s three-time winner Kahmari Montgomery in the 100. Miller and Turpin joined that trio as three-time relay qualifiers, going in the same events.

“We had a great meet qualifying seven events to Charleston in arguably the toughest sectional,” Adamson said.

“Taking second to a great Neuqua Valley team is a big achievement for our program.

“We were led by Christian Glass, who qualified in four events. I am really proud of our team, especially our seniors. Their dedication, commitment and work ethic has taken our program to new levels. We are really excited to get down to state next week.”

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A driver merry-go-round for Coyne Vautier replaces Huertas at last minute for Plainfield-based Dale Coyne Racing

By TIM CRONIN Shaw Media Correspondent SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Even Donald Davidson, the walking, talking record book of everything concerning the Indianapolis 500, can’t recall a month like the one Tristan Vautier has experienced en route to a seat in Sunday’s race.

Vautier, a 25-year-old resident of France who finished 16th as a rookie two years ago, didn’t have a ride last year and was sure he wouldn’t have one this year, even when Plainfield’s Dale Coyne called awhile back.

Coyne needed someone to qualify James Davison’s car last weekend because Davison was committed to a sports car race. So Vautier jumped in Davison’s car and got it in the field. But running in the 500 was out because Vautier was slated to run a car for his fatherin-law in a road race in England the same day.

Then James Hinchcliffe hit the wall and was seriously injured in Monday’s practice, and Vautier was under consideration to run his repaired car in his place.

That ride went to Ryan

Briscoe on Wednesday. Now, Vautier was sure he was out and was at O’Hare, 90 minutes from boarding his plane to London, when his phone rang.

It was Coyne.

“I was asked to stay, there may be a ride,” Vautier said.

The ride was that of Carlos Huertas, another of Coyne’s drivers, whose inner ear imbalance was flaring up. Someone with vertigo can’t handle an oval race averaging 220 mph, and IndyCar officials ruled him out of the 500.

Vautier called his team and asked if he could run it in Huertas’ place.

“They said I could race, seize the opportunity that opened up,” Vautier said. “They would find a replacement driver.

That’s really cool for them to let me do that.”

Just like that, Vautier was in, driving for the team he qualified a different car for. One Alamo rental car and drive down Interstate 65 later, he was back in Gasoline Alley.

“It’a a bit of a roller coaster of emotions,” Vautier said.

“The qualifying deal, it came together the Tuesday before and I was in the car Thursday, but this is a different deal. There’s

not a lot of prep time for the race. We had one hour, and I made the most of it.”

Vautier ran 43 laps, the seventh-most of the 33 drivers, in Friday’s final practice session, with a fast lap of 225.687 mph, 18th best, and not far behind teamTristan mate Davison Vautier (226.578). Pippa Mann, the third car in the Coyne stable, ran 223.589, nextto-last on the chart.

Coyne’s entire season has been crazy. With Justin Wilson moving to Andretti Autosport and without the sponsorship by the Boy Scouts, Coyne had to go back to the driver-with-check system he’d used for years.

Huertas ran in three races, including the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course.

Francesco Dracone ran in all five before the 500, but he was replaced by Davison for the biggest race of all. Rocky Moran Jr. was slated to run in Huertas’ place in Long Beach but broke a thumb in a crash and was replaced by Conor Daly.

Meanwhile, Mann brought

sponsorship from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and is driving for Coyne in the 500 for the second straight year. Her month was enlivened by a crash on May 13 where she bounced off two walls in a Turn 4 spin and hit the pit road attenuator to boot, right side first.

That left her with a big limp, and less track time. The lack of experience, she said, might have been a contributing factor.

“Sometimes you’re in a position where you’re that little bit too far back to see what’s happening around the next corner and it just catches you,” Mann said. “I think because I don’t get to race week in and week out, I don’t have that experience level to draw from.”

Mann will be driving in her third 500 and eighth IndyCar race. Vautier will be in his 20th series race. It will be Davison’s second 500 and fourth start overall.

That’s little experience for any 500, much less the 99th edition, which pole-sitter Scott Dixon will lead to the green flag at 11:17 a.m. Mann’s crash was one of five major accidents during practice this month.

Hinchcliffe’s nearly killed

him, but superb work by the IndyCar safety crew and doctors with the series and Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis saved him after a massive loss of blood when a suspension piece went through his leg and pelvis, cutting his femoral artery. He’s recovering at Methodist but won’t race again this season.

The other three accidents featured the cars of Helio Castroneves, Josef Newgarden and Ed Carpenter somersaulting through the air when they ended up backward. IndyCar officials ordered both the Chevrolet camp – including that trio – and the Honda side to change bodywork for the remainder of the month. The only accident since has been Hinchcliffe’s, and his car was not airborne.

But those accidents, and the fear of serious injury not only to a driver, but what could happen if a car somehow vaulted over the fence and landed in the stands, have made the atmosphere entering this 500-mile race the most foreboding since the 1973 edition, a month where two drivers and a mechanic died, and a third driver and several spectators were seriously injured.

Coyne’s female driver, Mann, one of two women at Sunday’s race

By DAN GELSTON The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS – Pippa Mann rattled off the list of body parts still aching after a brutal crash at Indianapolis 500 practice.

Her right foot, her right ankle. Her ribs. She has more bruises than most fighters do after a few rounds in the octagon. Hobbled, yet hopeful, Mann still is in the cockpit, prepping for the most prestigious race in auto racing.

Tough, injured drivers gutting out 500 miles are hardly an anomaly at Indy.

But women drivers like Mann, who will start 25th for Dale Coyne Racing of Plainfield, are almost becoming as hard to

find as a great seat at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Sunday’s race.

Ten years after Danicamania became a national catchphrase out of Indy, there seems to be a decided lack of talented women racers. Mann and Simona de Silvestro are the only women in the 33-car field, and neither is considered a serious contender for the checkered flag.

“For some reason right now,” Mann said, “we’re in the part of the circle where it does seem more difficult for female drivers.”

The answer seems simple: Sponsor money is dry. Danica Patrick, who finished fourth in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and is now one of the most popular drivers in NASCAR, was even

struck this season when GoDaddy announced it was ending its primary sponsorship of her car.

“For many years, it was assumed it was easier for female drivers in racing to go out there and get sponsorship,” Mann said.

“It really is just Pippa Mann as difficult, if not more difficult for us as it is for the male drivers.”

Nine women have started an Indy 500: Janet Guthrie was the first in 1977 and had three starts overall. Milka Duno, Ana Beatriz, Lyn St. James, Sarah Fisher and Katherine Legge joined Patrick, de Silvestro and Mann.

Fisher’s nine starts are the most for any woman, and Patrick was

the first to lead laps.

Four women started the Indy 500 in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Now it’s two.

Patrick’s smashing start in open wheel racing made it easy to expect the little girls in awe of the glamorous driver to someday emerge as new faces in any racing series. While Patrick embraced the responsibilities that come with being the reigning first lady of racing, she was never just another female race car driver.

“Danica’s brand and Danica’s personality was so strong, so specific that it really was sort of very much about Danica,” Mann said. “It was perfect for Danica, it was absolutely great.

But we are not all Danica Patrick.”

Mann will drive a pink car in support of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

“I’m more of a girly girl,” she said. “I don’t mind getting dressed up. I will wear dresses.

I’m married, I have a husband, I like getting involved with kids, in the community. But I don’t fit into the same specific branding that Danica did in terms of how I want to market myself.”

Mann said she’s always been cautious about the type of image she projects outside the car.

“We’re racers, we want to go out there and race against the guys,” she said. “But at the same time, if we exploit being female in any way, it feels like you lose some of that respect sometimes from the rest of the industry.”

SLAMMERS 14, GRIZZLIES 5

By MIKE FITZGERALD Shaw Media Correspondent

was hit by a pitch and Phil Bates and Casper walked to load the bases. Charlie White’s sacrifice fly scored Rosenberg.

Nate Roberts then walked, but on ball four, Gateway catcher Grant Nelson threw to second base to try throw out Casper, who had taken off on the pitch.

Nelson’s throw ended up in center field and Bates scored to make it 8-4.

Garza broke it open in the fifth inning when he hit a two-out, three-run homer to right field to score first baseman Chris Serritella, who had walked, and Russell Moldenhauer, who singled, and make it 6-2. Moldenhauer had three hits.

The Slammers broke a 2-all tie in the bottom of the fourth when Garza singled, Alfredo

Rodriguez walked, Rosenberg sacrificed and Bates hit the ball back to Gateway starter Vincent Moleski, who launched a throw over first baseman Ben Waldrip’s head, allowing Garza to score to make it 3-2. Right fielder Richard Seigel cut down Rodriguez trying to score as well.

Tied at 1 in the third, the Slammers took a 2-1 lead. White drew a one-out walk and stole second. Roberts singled him in.

The Grizzlies opened the scoring with a run in the first.

The Slammers tied it in the bottom of the second. Moldenhauer singled, extending his hitting streak to seven games.

He moved to second on a wild pitch. Garza’s single put runners at the corners. Rodriguez’s line drive off of Moleski’s leg

fell in the infield and scored Moldenhauer.

In Friday’s game, the Grizzlies led, 3-0, before the Slammers erupted for seven runs in the eighth. Playing in his first game, left fielder JD Williams walked to lead off the inning, and White singled. Roberts doubled to score Williams. Serritella walked to load the bases. Moldenhauer then drilled a double to right field on the first pitch he saw from former Slammer Brett Zawacki to drive in two and tie it at 3.

Garza then drilled a single to right field, giving the Slammers the 4-3 lead. Rodriguez knocked in Moldenhauer with a sacrifice fly, and Adrian English doubled to move Garza to third.

A wild pitch scored one run, and a passed ball made it 7-3.

TWINS 4, WHITE SOX 3

Sale struggles early in loss; Sox retire Konerko’s jersey

By PATRICK ROSE The Associated Press CHICAGO – After a rough start, Chris Sale showed signs of his dominant form, but by then damage was done.

Torii Hunter homered, Trevor May pitched a season-high seven innings and the Minnesota Twins defeated Sale and the White Sox, 4-3, on Saturday.

Hunter and Eduardo Nunez tagged Sale (3-2) for solo home runs in the second inning. It was Hunter’s seventh of the season and Nunez’s first.

“I basically lost the game right there in the second inning, giving up two homers. I just have to be down with it.

No matter how hard it is if it’s up they’re going to take advantage,” said Sale.

Sale struggled early but pitched eight innings. He gave up four runs, three earned, and five hits. He struck out 10 and allowed one walk.

“I think early on, they just seemed to be on his fastball.

They get those quick homers and they got him early. After that, I think he started mixing it up,” said Sox manager Robin Ventura. “They might have

Robinson’s groundout drove in Danny Santana and Trevor Plouffe’s RBI single gave the Twins a 4-1 lead.

Twins center fielder Aaron Hicks robbed Eaton of extra bases in the eighth with a diving catch.

“I’m glad to watch somebody that can really play some center field,” said Hunter. “It gave me a little flashback from about 12 years ago.”

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Before the game, the Sox retired Paul Konerko’s No. 14 jersey. Konerko spent 16 seasons with the Sox. He was honored with a statue last season on the outfield AP photo concourse. On Saturday, he Former White Sox player Paul Konerko speaks during a ceremony Saturday retiring his No. 14 at U.S. Cellular returned to see his number Field before a game between the Sox and the Minnesota Twins. retired. He thanked everyone from Sox chairman Jerry Reinbeen seeing something, they with the changeup today. I was runners at first and second. sdorf to his first minor league can sit on some stuff. He threw aggressive with it. I wasn’t Adam LaRoche doubled in manager Joe Vavra, who is the great after that.” afraid to throw it four, five the second inning and scored current bench coach for the The Sox have lost four of times in a row. With the shad- on Alexei Ramirez’s single.

Twins. their past five games, and Jose ows, that definitely helps,” May hit Carlos Sanchez Abreu’s 17-game hitting streak said May. with a pitch leading off the UP NEXT ended.

Twins closer Glen Perkins third inning. Sanchez then Jose Quintana (2-4) is hopMay (3-3) allowed three pitched a scoreless ninth for scored on Adam Eaton’s triple ing for run support in his Sunruns and six hits. He struck his major league-leading 16th and Melky Cabrera drove Ea- day scheduled start against out nine and didn’t allow a save in 16 chances. Perkins ton in on a groundout. the Twins. He is 1-3 in his last walk. struck out Tyler Flowers lookSale ran into more prob- five starts, but has 2.18 ERA in “I felt pretty comfortable ing to end the game, leaving lems in the third inning. Shane that span.

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JOLIET – Third baseman Mike Garza went 4 for 4 and drove in four runs as the Joliet Slammers won their fourth in a row, 14-5, over the Gateway Grizzlies on Saturday night at Silver Cross Field.

“I think we’re starting to gel,” Garza said. “We’re starting to play a little more relaxed.

Once we got that first win out of the way, you could feel the tension decrease a little bit in the clubhouse. We’re playing a lot more relaxed and letting the game come to us.”

Joliet (4-4) kept up the offensive onslaught against Gateway (2-6) that it began Friday, banging out 13 hits. The Slammers used a seven-run eighth

inning to beat the Grizzlies, 7-3, Friday.

Garza’s hits included two singles, a double and his first home run. He also was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. He helped starter Andrew Strenge pick up his first win.

“I was just trying to get good pitches to hit,” Garza said. “I’ve been working on trying to simplify things. I’m looking to be short to the ball and take the ball the other way.”

Joliet led 8-4 in the bottom of the seventh when second baseman Max Casper drove in two runs with a single to make it 10-4. The Slammers added four runs in the eighth.

The Slammers had a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning and added to it without getting a hit. Catcher Dante Rosenberg

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MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division

W L Pct GB Kansas City 28 14 .667 — Detroit 26 18 .591 3 Minnesota 24 18 .571 4 White Sox 19 21 .475 8 Cleveland 19 23 .452 9 East Division

W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 24 20 .545 — New York 22 21 .512 1½ Baltimore 19 21 .475 3 Boston 20 23 .465 3½ Toronto 19 26 .422 5½ West Division

W L Pct GB Houston 28 16 .636 — Los Angeles 22 21 .512 5½ Seattle 20 22 .476 7 Texas 20 23 .465 7½ Oakland 15 30 .333 13½ Saturday’s Results Minnesota 4, White Sox 3 Texas 15, N.Y. Yankees 4 Seattle 3, Toronto 2 Houston 3, Detroit 2 Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 1 Oakland 5, Tampa Bay 0 Boston 8, L.A. Angels 3 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2, 6 inn.

Miami 1, Baltimore 0, 13 inn.

Sunday’s Games Minnesota at White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Seattle at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division

W L Pct GB St. Louis 27 16 .628 — Cubs 23 18 .561 3 Pittsburgh 20 22 .476 6½ Cincinnati 18 24 .429 8½ Milwaukee 16 28 .364 11½ East Division

W L Pct GB Washington 25 18 .581 — New York 24 20 .545 1½ Atlanta 21 21 .500 3½ Philadelphia 19 26 .422 7 Miami 17 27 .386 8½ West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 25 16 .610 — San Francisco 25 18 .581 1 Arizona 20 21 .488 5 San Diego 20 23 .465 6 Colorado 15 25 .375 9½ Saturday’s Results Cubs at Arizona (n) Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Philadelphia 8, Washington 1 Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 2, 11 innings San Francisco 10, Colorado 8, 1st game Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2, 6 innings Miami 1, Baltimore 0, 13 inn.

San Francisco at Colorado (n), 2nd game San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (n) Sunday’s Games Cubs at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

FRONTIER LEAGUE West Division W L Pct 8 0 1.000 5 3 .625 5 4 .556 4 4 .500 3 5 .375 3 5 .375 2 6 .250 East Division

W L Pct Evansville 6 2 .750 Florence 5 3 .625 Southern Illinois 5 3 .625 Lake Erie 4 4 .500 Traverse City 4 4 .500 Frontier 1 6 .143 Washington 1 7 .125 Saturday’s Results Joliet 14, Gateway 5 Lake Erie 12, Schaumburg 8 Traverse City 12, Windy City 6 Rockford 4, Southern Illinois 0 Evansville 4, Florence 3 Normal 4, Washington 3 River City 4, Frontier 3

Rockford Normal Schaumburg Joliet River City Windy City Gateway

GB — 3 3½ 4 5 5 6 GB — 1 1 2 2 4½ 5

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Ducks defenseman Clayton Stoner (left) checks Blackhawks center Brad Richards during the second period Saturday in Game 4 of the Western Conference final at the United Center. This game ended too late for this edition. Read more at TheHerald-News.com.

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‘A way for Brandon to live on’ Family of terminally ill Romeoville man runs foundation in man’s name If you go

By DAWN AULET Shaw Media Correspondent ROMEOVILLE – Brandon Regan of Romeoville knows the benefit of community support.

Diagnosed at 15 with degeneration of the cerebellum and ataxia of unknown origin, Brandon has been in hospice since the summer of 2011. He recently had episodes of apnea, indications Brandon’s brain is further deteriorating, said Robert Regan, Brandon’s father.

But Brandon still wants to help others, and his family agreed it’s a good idea.

So in addition to running a household – two of Brandon’s seven siblings live at home – and caring for Brandon, the family now runs a nonprofit in Brandon’s name: Team Beefer Just Smile.

Beefer is Brandon’s nickname. His motto is “Just Smile.” Robert believes the nonprofit gives Brandon’s family and friends a window of hope.

“This could be a way for Brandon to live on and share his compassion with other people,” Robert said.

When family members held their first fundraiser on Oct. 16, 2011, they had no idea it would lead to outreach. They simply wanted to raise money for Brandon see Garth Brooks – Brandon’s musical hero – in concert in Las Vegas.

Not only did the family eventually raise the money for that 2011 trip, Brandon kept fighting for his life.

Brandon again saw the country star, in Illinois in 2014.

“He’s still on hospice,” Robert said. “We’ve had multiple close calls with him, and the doctors are still amazed.”

Living to help others

Robert believes it’s because Brandon’s concern for others gives him a strong will

n WHAT: The Beefer Friends Benefit n WHEN: Noon May 30 to noon May 31 n WHERE: 20601 West State Route 102 in Wilmington n ETC.: Music by Prairie Station, Wild Daisy, The Righteous Hillbillies.

Endgame, Motorbiscuit, Damnation n COST: $10 a person and includes the option to camp at the site. n DONATE: Team Beefer Just Smile Inc., 403 Macon Ave., Romeoville, IL, 60416.

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ABOVE: Brandon Regan is fed toast Tuesday by his father Robert Regan at the family’s home in Romeoville.

Brandon Regan has a degeneration of the cerebellum with ataxia of unknown origin and has trouble eating and drinking without choking. Most of his nutrition is provided by liquid nutrition supplements. BELOW: Brandon Regan of Romeoville holds the hand of his younger sister Faith before she left for school Tuesday.

to live. By chance, Brandon was inspired to help others.

“He overheard a conversation about one of our friends who was sick and could no longer walk and needed a wheelchair,” Robert said.

Sometimes, Brandon’s speech is unclear. So when Brandon told his parents he wanted to donate his wheelchair, Robert, touched but con-

fused, explained to Brandon that he needed his wheelchair.

“My wife [Cheri Regan] said, ‘He’s talking about the one in the garage,’ ” Robert Regan said.

After that donation, Brandon learned about someone in the community who needed bathroom railings and insisted his family help. So the Regans donated supplies and

found a volunteer to install the bars.

During this time, the Regans unofficially began Teem Beefer Just Smile. They filed paperwork to become a nonprofit and hosted two more fundraisers. Both times, Robert paid for expenses associated with those benefits from his own wallet, he said.

On May 30 – if Brandon lives that long, Robert said – Brandon Regan will turn 29.

To celebrate, the family, at Brandon’s suggestion, will host another fundraiser. It’s the first since Team Beefer Just Smile became an official nonprofit, Robert said.

Recipients are a 19-yearold from Homer Glen with spina bifida, a 3-year-old from Gava with leukemia and a 19-year-old from Indiana with cerebral palsy. The event will go on with or without Brandon, Robert said, and will feature plenty of music.

“One of [the] things we found having two disabled kids, something that translates through everyone’s life is music,” Robert said. “Music has always been a big part of everyone’s life, especially Brandon. He’s probably got 5,000 CDs.”

Sister also diagnosed

Brandon’s sister, Laura, 31, who lives in Coal City with her biological mother, has the same disorder, Robert said. Her disabilities were noticed at birth when she had a seizure. Brandon’s delays were less obvious, Robert said, until Brandon had his first seizure at 20 months.

Cheri, Brandon’s stepmother, is Brandon’s fulltime caretaker, Robert said.

A decade ago, Cheri shelved her dream of becoming a social worker to care for Brandon – feeding him, toileting him, entertaining him, giving him medicine and providing liquid nourishment through an IV – as well as keeping up with the housework.

“That woman is a saint,” Robert said.

Before Brandon and Laura’s disability was diagnosed, experts estimated that Laura was 3 to 5 years old mentally, and Brandon was age 5 to 7.

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Students from District 202 in Plainfield earn top spots at journalism competitions The HERALD-NEWS PLAINFIELD – Student journalists from Plainfield East and North high schools earned top spots at several major regional and state journalism competitions.

PEHS sophomore Alia Kabba won second place in Yearbook Copy Writing in the Illinois High School Association’s state journalism competition held May 1 at Eastern Illinois University.

Likewise, the East Side News student newspaper and school yearbook earned fifth place at the IHSA Journalism sections April 25 at Joliet West High School.

State qualifier and East Side News Editor-in-Chief, senior Maher Kawash won first place in sectionals for Sports Writing.

State qualifiers sophomore Gabby Hoffman and junior Jenna Martillo won second place for Yearbook Theme Development. Kabba won third place for Yearbook Copy Writing.

Other Sectional winners include:

• Newspaper Entertainment Editor and Advertising Executive, junior Chris Kovac – fourth place, Advertising; • Martillo – fourth place, Yearbook Double Page Spread; • Newspaper writer, junior Marc Cramer – fifth place, Broadcast News; • Newspaper writer, junior John Jarosik – fifth place, Review Writing; • Newspaper and Yearbook writer, senior Ariel Reynoso – sixth place, Copy Editing.

Student journalists from both PEHS and Plainfield North High School also won Sil-

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Several students from both schools also won individual awards at the NISPA competition:

From PEHS: • Kawash – Blue Ribbon, Editorial Writing • Kovac – Blue Ribbon, Advertising • Sports Editor, senior Kate Schreiber – Blue Ribbon, Photography • Graphics Designer, junior Isaiah Hall – Blue Ribbon, Graphics • Graphics Editor, senior Monika Pendurkova – Honorable Mention, Editorial Cartoons • Staff writer, junior Erika Barrios – Honorable Mentions, News Writing and Review Writing.

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Minooka Women’s Club installs officers

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Second-grade students at Arbury Hills School in Mokena see first hand how the Potawatomi survived.

Hickory Creek eighth-graders win poster contest

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The Minooka Women’s Club recently installed their officers for the 2015-16 year. Pictured left to right are Nita Caruso, Secretary; Carolyn Healy, Vice President; Denise Brennan, President and Donna Chesko, Secretary. The installation was done after a luncheon at Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook before they saw the musical, “Billy Elliott.”

Chicago law school alumni association to honor judge The HERALD-NEWS JOLIET – The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association will honor Judge Dinah L. Archambeault (’88) with its prestigious Distinguished Service Award on May 29.

Archambeault (’88) serves in the domestic relations division of the Illinois Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court.

She developed an innovative program to improve access to justice for litigants without legal counsel. She developed and chairs the Law Student Extern Program for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, which helps law students to gain real-world experience in a courtroom setting. She also is also developing a second externship program for college students, who will be trained to provide non-legal assistance

to self-represented litigants.

Archambeault has served as president of the Zonta Club of the Joliet Area, director/ vice chair of the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce, and chair of the Council for Working Women. She serves as the co-chair of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Judicial Conference Civil Justice Committee and the Judicial Conference Education Committee.

Before her appointment to the bench, she practiced with the law firm of Spesia & Ayers.

She earned her bachelor’s in liberal arts from Lewis University and her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School, with distinction.

She and her husband John live in Joliet, where they raised three children and now enjoy spending time with their five grandchildren.

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Hickory Creek Middle School eighth-grade students Tom Arndt and Emily Hasson earned first place awards in the Illinois Council on Economic Education’s 2015 Econ Illinois Economics Poster Contest. The students also received $50 Visa gift cards and a book about economics. They completed this activity with their advisory teachers Michelle Sommer and Karen Ryan.

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MOKENA – The second grade students at Arbury Hills School in Mokena had a wonderful time at Isle a la Cache.

They participated in two programs to culminate their study of Native Americans.

In “Living on the Land,” students were able to go inside of an actual longhouse and learn how the Potawatomi survived. In “The Story Circle,” students used symbols to tell myths and legends.

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PEOPLE BRIEFS Daybreak center can help with rent/mortgage

JOLIET – Catholic Charities’ Daybreak Center currently has funds available for rent/mortgage assistance.

Some income guidelines may apply.

Emergency services include emergency food boxes; vouchers for food, clothing, furniture, housewares and hygiene items; and prescription and identification assistance (when funds are available).

For information, please call Catholic Charities’ Daybreak Center at 815-774-4663. For rent mortgage assistance, ask for the rent/utility assistance procedure line.

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Joliet police graduate from Northwestern

JOLIET – Joliet Police Chief Brian Benton announced the graduation of Joliet police Sgts. Moises Avila, Andrew Jose’, and Christopher Moore from the Northwestern UniverJJC offers testing for future, sity’s Center for Public Safety returning police officers School of Police Staff and JOLIET – Future or returning Command. police officers in the ChicagoThis 10-week course is land area can take the first step designed to prepare top and in preparing for their career in midlevel law enforcement manlaw enforcement by taking the agers and supervisors for senior P.O.W.E.R. test at Joliet Junior agency positions.

Cog Hill to host golf College. The cost is $45.

These officers attended the tournament in July The P.O.W.E.R. test is a 371st class, which was held from LEMONT – The 22nd Annual Jan. 5 to May 15 in Plainfield.

Edward Foundation Charity Golf physical exam that requires applicants to perform the sitThe School of Police Staff Tournament will be held July 20 and-reach, sit-ups, bench press, and Command covers six at Cog Hill Golf Club in Lemont. and a 1.5 mile run. broad areas of study: ManEddie Olczyk, former Chicago There are different requireagement and Management Blackhawk, analyst for Blackments for each exercise depend- Theory, Organizational hawks hockey on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and WGN-TV, ing on the age and gender of the Behavior, Human Resources applicant. for Law Enforcement, Budgetand lead analyst for NBC’s NHL If an applicant passes the ing, Staffing Allocation and coverage, will be the celebrity P.O.W.E.R. test, they will receive Personnel Deployment. guest for the outing, which their P.O.W.E.R. card immeMore than 10,000 officers both raised a record $365,000 last diately upon completion. The nationally and internationally year.

P.O.W.E.R. test is the State of have graduated since its first Olczyk was inducted into the Illinois certified pre-employsession was held in 1983.

United States Hockey Hall of ment test that all officers must Fame in 2013. take and pass before they are Teen intern program at Tournament registration and lunch are scheduled from 11 a.m. allowed to attend any Basic Law Homer Township library Enforcement Academy in Illinois. HOMER – Teen volunteers are to 12:30 p.m.

Sign up at www.jjc.edu/fitneeded for the Homer Township A cocktail party, dinner, awards and raffle will follow the ness-center/Pages/power-test- Public Library’s annual Teen ing.aspx, or contact Graham at Intern Program. tournament from 6 to 8 p.m.

815-280-2674 or jgraham@jjc.

Interns gain credit for service For information about the edu. hours by helping at the reading foundation, call 630-527-3954 desk (handing out coupons and or visit www.edward.org/founJTHS to offer Chinese marking reading logs) or with dation. language program various childrens’ programs.

The Teen Intern Program runs Quad County Urban League JOLIET – Joliet Township High School will offer the StarTalk alongside the Summer Reading provides free training Chinese Immersion Summer Program from June 15 to July The Quad County Urban Language program this summer 25. Most shifts are only two League is pleased to announce for students in seventh, eighth, hours per week. Interns must be that it is once again providing free training and certification to ninth and 10th grades as of June in grades seven to 12 as of fall 1.

2015. Applications are available eligible residents in Kane and The program will be held at online at www.homerlibrary.org.

Will counties under the Illinois Joliet West High School from 8 For information, contact Department of Commerce and a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 7 to July Heather Colby at (708) 301Economic Opportunity Urban 30, Monday through Thursday 7908 or heather@homerlibrary.

Weatherization Initiative. from July 7 to July 30. The regorg.

The Quad County Urban League’s UWI training program istration fee is $55. Registration – The Herald-News

Congratulations Kristina Parro On your Graduation from Butler University Good Luck at Rush and your Grad Classes So Proud of your achievements!

Love, Grandma Hecht

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Hildegarde E. Lockwood celebrated her 100th Birthday surrounded by family and friends!

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Caryn & Ed Young 45th Wedding Anniversary

Caryn Markstrom married Ed Young, May 23, 1970 at Trinity United Methodist Church, Joliet.

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Winners of Troy Hofer Elementary School’s 2015 Spelling Bee are fourth-graders Isabelle Medina (from left), second place; Logan Meloy, first place and Mia Castillo, third place. Also, teachers Carol Luczak and Diana Coveny were there.

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Boy Scout Mitchell Halaska of Crest Hill stands near his finished project. Halaska, 16, of Crest Hill, a student at Lockport Township High School of Troop 19 out of St. Mary Immaculate in Plainfield, recently completed his Eagle Project. On May 18, Halaska planted roses, day lilies and creeping phlox at Lidice Memorial Park in Crest Hill, in memory of Lidice Czechoslovakia whose citizens perished by the Nazis on June 10, 1942. The Eagle project is the last step in the trail of Boy Scouts and the highest honor one can achieve. Halaska had to plan, acquire supplies and find workers, basically see the project through from conception to completion.

JOLIET – On May 5, 100 members of the Kiwanis Club of Joliet’s Aktion and Transition Clubs joined forces in Aurora to package meals for the Feed My Starving Children campaign.

Aktion and Transition Club members are developmentally disabled individuals who work as an organized Kiwanis club for goals and outcome they deem important.

The Joliet members spent two hours packing 81 large boxes of nutrition to assist mothers in Haiti to wean their children from breastmilk. The boxes contained 34,992 servings which will be forwarded to mothers and families in Haiti.

Additionally the Joliet members donated over $200 in coins and currency for the boxes.

The coins and bills were inserted into pill bottles which they dropped into the food boxes as a bonus.

LOCKPORT – Ten Lockport Township High School students placed in the top three of their respective categories at the 51st annual SkillsUSA state competition on April 24 in Springfield.

The top finishers from LTHS include: • Jacob Sosa and Brittany Calixto – first place 3D Visualization & Animation • Brandon Bertino – first place Full Service Auto • Mike Belice, Kyle Smith, Jose Tovar, Joe Rodriguez – first place TeamWorks • Maria Stevens – second place Architecture Drafting (CAD) • Katherine Denemark – third place Architecture Drafting (CAD)

• Kyle Drwal – third place Automotive Service Technology

Northwest Homer Fire Protection District 3rd

HOMER GLEN – Illinois American Water announced today the winners of the company’s recent social media photo contest to benefit Illinois firefighters.

Northwest Homer Fire Protection District in the Chicago Metro District won $750 (third place).

More than 11,200 votes were cast.

In addition to helping local heroes, the contest helped raise awareness about the role drinking water plays in critical fire protection.

For information, visit www. illinoisamwater.com.

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Nothing left for doctors to do • BRANDON

Continued from page 57 However, Robert, who now has grandchildren that age, believes Brandon was evaluated too low.

The questions Brandon asks about death and the afterlife, the depth of his spiritual awareness and his compassion for others are beyond the understanding of small children, Robert said.

These days, when Bran-

don’s health worsens and he becomes anxious, he asks, “Are you taking me to the hospital?” That’s when Robert replies with words no father should have to say.

“We can’t take you to the hospital,” Robert said he tells Brandon. “There’s nothing they can do for you anymore.”

• The Herald-News Features Editor Denise BaranUnland contributed to this report.

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New Lenox School District No. 122 hosted the annual Senior Citizen Breakfast on May 13 at Martino Junior High School in New Lenox. The event included a choral performance by the Martino Junior High Madrigals.

More than 100 community seniors attended the breakfast. The event consisted of a welcome from Superintendent Peggy Manville, a choral performance by the Martino Junior High Madrigals and ended with four rounds of bingo. Members of the Martino Junior High School National Honor Society volunteered at the event by serving beverages and running bingo.

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D-202 teachers receive professional development awards other professional develop- Congress in Washington, D.C. ment expenses for classes or focusing on ways to make stuPLAINFIELD – Eleven Dis- programs to be taken in sum- dents more socially aware.

• Diane Higgins, Plainfield trict 202 teachers each will mer 2015.

North High School – Higtake part in special professional growth programs this The 2015 Professional Development gins will attend the Midwest Teachers Institute and take summer with the help of a spe- Award winners are: • Ellen Bailey, Eagle Pointe El- a class focusing in essential cial grant designed to support ementary School – Bailey will Common Core strategies for innovative teaching.

The Plainfield Foundation take an online course that will reading and writing.

• William Johnson, Plainfield for Excellence created the help develop critical thinking Professional Development and questioning skills specif- High School – Central CamAwards four years ago to ically for he early primary pus - Johnson will attend a workshop at the National Muhelp individual teachers in grades.

• Gina Geraci, Plainfield South seum of Mexican Art in Chicathe classroom expand and improve their classroom skills High School – Geraci will take go, teaching ways to increase an online master’s course in cross-cultural education. and knowledge.

• Stephanie Manno, Ira Jones The foundation received 47 Spanish literature that also focuses on integrating tech- Middle School – Mate will atapplications this year. tend a workshop in Monterey, The awards of up to $500 nology into the curriculum.

• Justin Greene, John F. Ken- California focusing on roboteach can be used to pay for registration fees, tuition, con- nedy Middle School – Green ics and engineering.

• Linda Merdian, Lincoln Elference/class related materi- will attend a summer teachals, travel, lodging, meals or er institute at the Library of ementary School – Merdian

will take an online course focusing on the multicultural classroom through the University of California-La Verne.

• Vanessa Pollitt, Eagle Pointe Elementary School – Pollitt will attend the Literacy Retreat 2015 in Oakbrook Terrace to learn new literacy techniques regarding complex thinking, and related topics.

• Angela Ramey, Charles Reed Elementary School – Ramey will use her grant to gain knowledge about gifted education through the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center for Gifted and Talented Education.

• Meghan Sheets, Timber Ridge Middle School – Sheets will attend the “One Clip At a Time” service learning pro-

gram in Chattanooga, Tennessee that provides training on ways to teach students tolerance, acceptance and understanding of cultural differences. The program uses World War II-related content aligned with the Common Core language arts curriculum.

• Wendy Traina, Wesmere Elementary School – Traina will take part in a distance learning course called “Leading Intentional Talk with Young Mathematical Students. The program provides strategies for planning and improving stu dent involvement in math discussions.

For information about the Plainfield Foundation for Excellence or to make a donation visit www.d202foundation. org.

from the board.

Under Doyle’s leadership, the District developed Superintendent Advisory Committees for each of the four Board Goals for Student Achievement.

In addition, the District 161 Shareholders’ Report to the Community newsletter has been D-161 board president produced to highlight new curhonored in program ricular resources and technology FRANKFORT – A variety of pub- initiatives that have been put in lic education stakeholders were place this year. honored May 8 The newsletter also highlights for their support the work of the Summit Hill of education Educational Foundation, founded during the Illinois during Doyle’s tenure, to conChapter of the nect the business community to National School our schools.

Public Relations Doyle created partnerships Sean William Association’s with local school districts Doyle annual Distinthrough the development of guished Service District 161’s first-ever Future Awards luncheon.

Leaders Cadre, which supports Among the honorees was aspiring administrators. former Summit Hill District 161 He also has facilitated Board President Sean William partnerships with local library Doyle. Doyle received an Award districts, Frankfort Square Park of Excellence in the Board Mem- District, local police departber category. ments and other community He was the only recipient groups. statewide to be awarded this honor.

Three JJC auto students Doyle began his board service take top spots in event in 2003 when his daughter JOLIET – Joliet Junior College was a first grader; she now is a student Tom Hahn of Homer college freshman. After 12 years Glen took first place at the of service, Doyle retired in April Illinois Automotive SkillsUSA

competition this April – making this the seventh consecutive year a JJC student has won first place in the state competition.

In addition to Hahn, JJC students Jake Deckinga of Homer Glen took second place and James Gross of Frankfort Square took third.

In 2014, Hahn also received the first place medal in the state competition.

He went on to the national level for SkillsUSA and achieved second place in the country.

He will head to the national competition again, this time in Louisville, Kentucky, to represent both JJC and the state of Illinois June 23-26.

Gross and Deckinga plan to graduate from JJC in spring 2016. Hahn graduated in May 2015. He plans to attend Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in the fall, and his goals include obtaining an internship from Toyota.

Once he graduates from SIU, he wants to work with hybrids as an automotive engineer in alternative fuels.

Visit www.jjc.edu/academics/ divisions/career-technical/technical/automotive-service-tech, or contact Jim Coleman at jcolema@jjc.edu or 815-280-2576.

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JOLIET – Joliet Central High School students in Stephen Seper’s English 3 class went above and beyond during a recent classroom assignment, demonstrating compassion and care for the homeless.

Jacqulin Aguilera, Ariana Contreras, Maria Barrios and Daniel Rodriguez recently organized and held a “Just for Fun Pajama Party” at Daybreak Center.

As part of the junior English curriculum, all students are required to complete four hours of community service and complete a presentation about their experience.

The students were not alone in making this event a success as foods instructor Rochelle Bjelland provided cookies and supplies for decorating. Senior Hana Cromer also volunteered for face painting.

The students made pancakes and had a chocolate fondue station for the residents.

Children at the center received balloons, gift bags and glow sticks.

from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the U.S. Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises.

De La Torre is the son of Reyna Zambrano of Romeoville and Martin De La Torre of Berwyn.

He graduated in 2008 from Plainfield North High School, Plainfield, and he earned a bachelor’s degree in 2014 from the University of Illinois-Chicago.

New Lenox chamber awards scholarships

NEW LENOX – The New Lenox Chamber of Commerce awarded its annual scholarships to area students from Lincoln-Way Central High School, Plainfield N. alum graduates Lincoln-Way West High School from basic combat training and Providence Catholic High ROMEOVILLE – Army Spc. Sil- School. viano De La Torre has graduated This year’s honorees were

Daniel Zolecki from Lincoln-Way Central High School, Jacob Vanderwell from Lincoln-Way West High School and Michael Davis from Providence Catholic High School.

Each student received a check in the amount of $500.

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

How can you cross the great divide?

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer, said, “Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection.”

Yes, it is great to advance at the bridge table, but you had better halt – stop and think – occasionally; otherwise, your advance may resemble a rushing horde of lemmings.

In this deal, South is in three notrump. West leads his fourth-highest heart, and East drops the seven under dummy’s 10. How should declarer continue?

Looking at the auction, South was (just) worth a two-club opening and a two-no-trump rebid, which promised a good 22 to 24 points.

Then North was right to raise to three no-trump. With so few points, he did well to ignore those diamonds and just bid game in no-trump. Note that five diamonds has no chance.

(If North’s suit had been a major, he would have bid game in that suit, preferably via a transfer sequence.)

South seems to have nine top tricks: one spade, two hearts (given the lead) and six diamonds. However, the diamond suit is blocked.

Declarer, after cashing his three top diamonds, will need a dummy entry to get to those other three winners.

What is that entry?

It must come from hearts and will do so only if South takes the first trick in his hand with his heart ace. He must not accept the cheap heart trick being offered. Then, after unblocking his diamonds, he can lead a heart to force a way into the dummy.

Halt before advancing at trick one – whether declarer or a defender – and always watch your entries.

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levels.

If they are low, your doctor may perform further tests to find out why. Is it just your monthly periods, or is there another reason?

You also may have related questions: Will I be turned away again in the future? Following a blood donation, when I lose hemoglobin and iron, what can I do to build my blood back up quickly – so I can give it again?

A recent study suggests one way you can rebuild your hemoglobin faster after donating blood.

The study included 215 blood donors. It found people who took iron pills had their hemoglobin levels recover faster than those who did not take iron pills.

As expected, taking iron pills was particularly helpful in those who had lower iron levels to begin with.

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31-year-old woman, and I try to donate blood every couple of months, but the last time I tried, I was turned away because my hemoglobin was too low. What does that mean? And what can I do about it?

Dear Reader: It’s terrific you are a regular blood donor.

The American Red Cross says one pint of blood – roughly the amount collected during a donation – can treat an average of three people who need blood.

And that treatment can save lives.

Before every blood donation, you get a mini physical.

A technician checks your temperature, blood pressure, pulse and hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the part of red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.

It is made up of iron and protein. (Another test for evaluating the same thing is called the hematocrit.

I mention that because if you talk to your doctor, he or she may talk about your hematocrit rather than your hemoglobin.)

Your hemoglobin must be at least 12.5 grams per deciliter in order to donate blood.

Since in giving a pint of blood you give away both hemoglobin and iron, you are not allowed to give a blood donation if your hemoglobin level already is low.

That’s why you were turned away.

It may be your hemoglobin level was low because your iron levels are low. Women who are menstruating can develop low iron and low hemoglobin levels because they lose blood every month.

You should have your doctor check your hemoglobin and your iron

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD To-Do List • By Joe Krozel

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Iron pills can help blood donors raise hemoglobin

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COMICS Arlo & Janis

Garfield

Big Nate

Frank & Earnest

Crankshaft

Soup to Nutz

Stone Soup

The Born Loser

Dilbert

Rose Is Rose

Blondie

The Argyle Sweater

Real Life Adventures

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips al Day. – Carmella LaSpada,

Founder, No Greater Love Dear Carmella: Thank you

for the timely reminder.

Readers, Monday is Memorial Day. I know many of you will be busy with barbecues at the park, swimming and sunning at the beach, shopping in the malls, or watching baseball in person or on television. But please, folks, take a moment and join me in participating in the Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. because that’s what this holiday really is all about.

Dear Abby: I am tired and disgusted hearing our friends brag about their travels to Alaska, Italy, Hawaii, etc., while my husband and I are financially and medically unable to do such things. One of my longtime “friends” actually is taking a friend of hers to London, all expenses paid.

This is hard for me to swallow. How can I remove myself from this kind of talk and still maintain friendships? – On The Ground In

Oregon Dear On The Ground: I can

think of two ways. The first would be to tell your closest longtime friends you would prefer not hearing about their adventures because, considering your circumstances, it is depressing. The other would be to discuss with your husband and your doctor the feasibility of planning an inexpensive getaway to someplace nearby so you won’t feel so left out.

• Write to Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

• Sunday, May 24, 2015

Pearls Before Swine

Dear Abby: “Lest we forget” – these three simple, but very meaningful words are a reminder to always remember the sacrifices made for our freedom.

I recently read about a Vietnam veteran who will never forget Memorial Day in 1970. He was wounded in the jungle on that day, fighting for his life with his comrades. Almost his entire company had been wounded or killed during an early morning attack by the North Vietnamese army. Although he was the first wounded, the first to die were soldiers on either side of him. Not a Memorial Day goes by without him hearing from his remaining comrades. They, too, have never forgotten that deadly attack because they experienced the holiday’s true meaning.

A patriotic organization, No Greater Love (ngl. org), initiated the National Moment of Remembrance established by Congress in 2000. At 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, Americans are asked to pause wherever they are to honor those who have died for our freedom throughout history.

For more than 40 years, the AFL-CIO, North America’s Building Trades Unions, Ironworkers, Fire Fighters and the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – in union with No Greater Love – have honored our fallen, our troops, our veterans and their families, and have participated in the National Moment of Remembrance. And Major League Baseball games also will observe the Moment.

This is a moment of love – a love for those we honor and their families and a love of God and country.

Let us never forget. Remember to pause and say a prayer at 3 p.m. on Memori-

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Pause to remember those 67 who died for our country

Beetle Bailey

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HOROSCOPE TODAY – Others may try to manipulate you this year. Once you are sure of your goals, refuse to let anyone talk you out of following through with your plans. Worrying about what others think is a waste of time. You will reap the highest rewards working alone.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – One of your creative ideas, if handled smartly, has the potential to lead to prosperity. Share your thoughts with someone who has valuable information to share regarding how to achieve success.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t put up with someone who is trying to make you feel small or unimportant. Rid yourself of negative people and thoughts. Speak up and have faith in your abilities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Taking on responsibilities that don’t belong to you will be an exasperating ordeal. Have the fortitude to say no if someone is making unreasonable demands on your time or resources.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Romance is on the rise. A solid connection will be formed with someone you meet socially. If you are honest about your feelings, you will enhance your personal life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Procrastination is all that stands between you and your ideal career.

Find out what prerequisites are necessary to move ahead in your chosen field and go after them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – This is a particu-

larly good day to form partnerships, collaborate and make new associations. Romantic and professional pairings will turn out to be in your best interest.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t lend or borrow anything today. Joint ventures will only be beneficial if you know what to expect before you sign a contract. Do your own fact-finding instead of relying on secondhand information.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Spend time with the people who mean the most to you. Forget your daily struggles and plan to do something interesting. Sporting challenges or road trips will be rewarding.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Don’t abandon your dreams. You may have ventured off course,

but some intense effort on your part will get you back in the game. Disregard anyone who says you can’t reach your goals.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Your changing moods will be confusing to the people you live with. You can avoid discord if you make your needs known in a firm but diplomatic manner.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Love is on the rise. Pay special attention to legal or financial documents. Now is the right time to review your personal paperwork and restructure your budget.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Family tension will escalate if you become stubborn. Plan to spend time doing something that takes your mind off your worries. A physical challenge will help turn your mood around.

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• Sunday, May 24, 2015

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The home is located a short distance from the DuPage River and Interstates 55 and 88, and children in the home would attend Minooka schools.

ABOUT THIS PROPERTY Address: 21305 S. Redwood Lane, Shorewood Size: 3,500 square feet, with 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 1 half bath Room sizes: Living room, 18-by-12 feet; family room, 18-by-18; dining room, 16-by-12; kitchen, 27-by-13; second kitchen, 12-by-12; den, 13-by11; sun room, 14-by-14; bonus room, 13-by-8; recreation room, 25-by-21; laundry room, 11-by-9; mudroom, 10by-7; master bedroom 17-by-17; sitting room, 14-by-14; additional bedrooms 15-by-14, 14-by-11, 12-by-11, and 23-by-11 Price: $479,900 Tour: By appointment Directions: Take Route 52 (West Jefferson Street) to South River Road, south to Lake Forrest Lane, to Redwood Lane Realtor: Dawn Dause of RE/MAX Ultimate Professionals at (815) 954-5050, or via email to realestate@dawndause.com

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS BOLINGBROOK $250,000, 1421 Lily Cache Ln, Bolingbrook 60490-4503, 02-18-403008-0000, Sharlene Stanfa To Richard Depaul & Mary A Depaul, February 12 $358,000, 411 S Palmer Dr, Bolingbrook 60490-2042, 02-18-319-0330000, Greg Mazak To Jeanne Mitchell & James B Mitchell, March 25 $71,500, 313 Plumtree Ct, Bolingbrook 60440-3806, 02-15-107-087-1000, Fannie Mae To Mohammad Waseem, March 16 $89,000, 15c Marywood Ln C, Bolingbrook 60440-1941, 02-10-210008-0000, Muhammad Riaz Chaudhry To Kishore Gangwani, March 20 $150,000, 523 Old Stone Rd, Bolingbrook 60440-2717, 02-16-220-0140000, Purchase Urban Real Estate Llc To Katherine Valasek, March 12 $60,500, 138 Jamestown Ln, Bolingbrook 60440-2968, 02-14-104022-0000, Fannie Mae To Fereydoun Kataneh, October 9 $70,100, 329 Harmony Ct, Bolingbrook 60440-2867, 02-15-107-104-1000, Will County Sheriff To Pervez Hai, February 19 $205,000, 659 Cochise Cir, Bolingbrook 60440-2685, 02-09-422-0010000, Amber M Drobney To Brent A Davi

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Spacious ranch in charming older west side area – 3 bedrooms, study, living room, dining room, full basement and crawl, kitchen w/eat-in area, garage – new HVAC in 2014 – some wood floors, carpet, huge back yard – could be great family home – call the Freeman Team at 815-530-5633 or email nfreeman221@comcast.net

One owner home is selling the largest home in the neighborhood!

6 bedrooms, 2 baths, family room has a fireplace. Huge living room, eat-in kitchen and separate dining room. Central air. All appliances stay. Nice breezeway & attached 22’ x 24’ garage.

Corner lot. $129,900. www.CarolBoland.com

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Over 2 acre wooded lot in Saddlewood Estates on a ravine, walkout basement possible, $65,000.

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Charming home – beautifully decorated and in great condition – A must see – 3 bedrooms w/a possible 4th – 3.5 bathrooms – Great room with theater – formal dining room and eat-in kitchen w/corian countertops – on almost 3 acres of land. Stained cedar siding from 2014. 2.5 car garage has a workshop area – roof is 7 years old – all custom drapes stay as does projection TV system – some furniture and other items for sale – being sold “AS IS”. Call the FREEMAN TEAM at 815-530-5633 or email nfreeman221@comcast.net

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1233 TIMBER PL., NEW LENOX This immaculate 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath home is ready to move in. Too

2 story, 3 bedroom home with 2 full baths, full basement and 2 car garage. HUD owned home. Case #137-347883. Sold “AS IS” Insured status: IE (Insured with escrow). Escrow amount $1,100. Call for more details! www.hudpemco.com | www.hudhomestore.com www.illinoisreosite.com

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CHANNAHON – LARGE LOT & MECHANIC’S DREAM GARAGE! 3BR ranch offering a fin bsmt, 100 x 300 lot, 1 car attached & 4 car detached garage w/3 OHD’s, heat, electric & ramp – designed for mechanics, wood workers or toys! $214,000 – Call Terry Fenoglio today!

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Continued from page 70 $135,000, 21457 Loch Ln, Crest Hill 60403-1195, 04-30-309-022-0000, Krista Carlson To Brandon Leja & Valerie Vargas, March 18

ELWOOD $250,000, 21445 S Wooded Cove Dr, Elwood 60421, 11-17-402-073-0000, Fannie Mae To Michael Bernhard & Abigail Bernhard, March 27 $148,900, 19264 Raymond Dr, Elwood 60421-9494, 11-09-202-008-0000, Daniel G Mathias To David R Alms, March 23

FRANKFORT $95,000, 24411 S Arranmore Way, Frankfort 60423-1829, 13-11-404-0050000, John C Maloney To Michael Debonfioli & Elizabeth Debonfioli, March 27 $196,000, 237 N Maple St, Frankfort 60423-1228, 09-21-405-004-0000, Frst Midwest Bank Trustee To Robert Ferneau, March 19 $243,500, 167 Larch Rd, Frankfort 60423-1541, 09-27-117-002-0000, Nelson Trust To Matthew Kurnat & Elizabeth Kurnat, April 9 $60,000, 5 Oak St, Frankfort 60423, 13-06-204-031-0000, Running Alpaca Llc Five Oaks To Jaffer Ali & Carol A Ali, March 25

HOMER GLEN $167,900, 16270 Lakewood Path, Ho-

mer Glen 60491-8027, 05-22-208-0060000, Stonebridge Woods Development To Barbara Schultz, March 27 $320,000, 14619 Palomino Ct, Homer Glen 60491-9285, 05-12-104-022-0000, Richard I Presz To Thomas J Warren, April 9 $294,000, 14750 Clover Ln, Homer Glen 60491-6981, 05-11-304-010-0000, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Ttee To Thomas E Zagajowski, March 9 $258,500, 13338 Oakwood Dr, Homer Glen 60491-8114, 05-11-103-055-0000, John C Esposito To Eric S Purdy, March 20

JOLIET $118,500, 1510 N William St, Joliet 60435-4152, 07-05-205-008-0000, George E Capista To Richard Kolin, March 25 $237,500, 3105 Twin Oaks Dr, Joliet 60435-4744, 06-12-302-013-0000, Thomas R Osterberger To Joseph A Cicci & Tina M Mcgrath, March 27 $122,500, 1003 Cypress Ln, Joliet 60435-3217, 07-06-300-023-0000, Sean Kuhn To Patrick S Brennan, March 27 $255,001, 613 Reserve Ln, Joliet 60431-4896, 06-11-107-003-0000, Fannie Mae To David Soto & Kelly Soto, April 1 $272,000, 2713 Great Meadow Dr, Joliet 60432-0745, 08-06-309-010-0000, Kenneth R Dryier To Mauro Calderon & Adriana Calderon, March 12 $100,000, 1309 Morgan St, Joliet

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60436-1422, 07-17-106-052-0000, Lorraine Pedersen To Theodore B Hattan, March 26 $441,000, 600 Rookery Ln, Joliet 60431-4800, 06-11-101-062-0000, Raymond Kelleher To Jeremy Panicker, March 20 $82,000, 416 Western Ave, Joliet 60435-7048, 07-09-314-009-0000, Latreesa Chromy To Rocio Orozco, March 16 $50,000, 403 S Raynor Ave, Joliet 60436-2026, 07-17-413-015-0000, Fannie Mae To Esther Contreras Aceves, April 2 $40,500, 516 Fairbanks Ave, Joliet 60432-2051, 07-11-211-006-0000, Westvue Property 1 Llc To Carlos Sosa & Delia Santana, March 6 $75,000, 402 Cowles Ave, Joliet 60435-6042, 07-08-230-011-0000, Deutsche Bank Natl Trt Co Ttee To Robert Gil Caire, March 3 $220,000, 3714 Sheppard Ct, Joliet 60435-1569, 03-24-205-030-0000, Jamie L Thornton To Emily R Amodio, March 27 $120,000, 3552 Woodside Ct, Joliet 60431-8815, 03-26-203-035-0000, Christian Chase Ltd To Christopher J Lawler & Pamela S Lawler, February 26 $150,000, 1401 Plainfield Rd, Joliet 60435-4027, 07-05-102-015-0000, Autumn Country Club Inc To Carlos Molina, April 6 $116,000, 1414 Boston Ave, Joliet 60435-3735, 07-05-101-014-0000,

Matthew Marciniec To Samuel Garcia, March 20 $189,000, 7019 Cornwall Dr, Joliet 60431-5352, 06-06-116-003-0000, Elan Property Development Llc To Thomas J Gruben, January 23 $180,000, 1399 Plainfield Rd, Joliet 60435-4025, 07-05-102-016-0000, Thomas Adelmann To Nelson Robles, February 6

LEMONT $300,000, 12622 Derby Rd, Lemont 60439-9795, 22-27-302-045-0000, Orlando Pastore To Ali Ata, April 18 $125,000, 13862 Mccarthy Rd, Lemont 60439, 22-27-400-013-0000, Sb1 Investing Llc To Ryszard Tyrala, April 22 LOCKPORT $150,000, 17543 Gilbert Dr, Lockport 60441-1109, 05-31-203-018-1000, James G Halvorson To Wael T Hassaan & Safaa Hassan, April 6 $140,000, 17259 Long Bow Dr, Lockport 60441-8827, 05-30-314-006-0000, Fannie Mae To Ian A Pickett & Jessica M Belmonte, April 9 $339,000, 17029 Creighton Dr, Lockport 60441-1326, 05-29-209-007-0000, Robert E Mathis Jr To Richard S Kowalczyk & Beth R Kowalczyk, January 22 $155,400, 16664 W 146th Pl, Lockport 60441-2346, 05-07-103-028-0000, Kevin Marz To Sara B Lohmiller, March 27 $257,000, 16453 Lakeside Dr, Lockport 60441-7022, 05-19-307-062-

0000, Fannie Mae To Anna M Regnier, February 2 $70,000, 321 E 9th St, Lockport 60441-3405, 04-23-401-008-0000, Citizens Bank Na To Alex Jump, March 27 $108,100, 428 Connor Ave, Lockport 60441-4814, 04-26-307-016-0000, James A Dalton Estate To Patrick A Daly, March 31 $239,000, 16633 W Montauk Dr, Lockport 60441-4286, 05-30-309016-0000, Brian J Matisko To Allison R Rybka & Steven I Rybka, March 20

MANHATTAN $259,900, 16259 Carlow County Rd, Manhattan 60442, 12-19-206-0040000, James S Wilson To Brandie N Dalton, March 26 $231,900, 24410 Shawnee Ln, Manhattan 60442-1448, 12-08-303-0040000, Countryside Bank Trustee To Dean Kane & Esperanza Kane, March 26 $143,000, 25113 Clare Cir, Manhattan 60442-1438, 12-17-216-093-0000, Victoria L Wallace To Julie A Mcdonald, March 31 $147,000, 25231 Colligan St, Manhattan 60442-1414, 12-17-408-070-0000, Christopher J Sonzo To Sherri Noon, March 15 $272,680, 15860 Iroquois Dr, Manhattan 60442-1705, 12-08-105-020-0000, Countryside Bank Trustee To Scott K Powell & Colleen P Powell, March 17

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Sintim & Wilberforce Kwadwo Sintim, February 25 $170,000, 619 Gavin Ave, Romeoville 60446-1663, 04-04-101-053-0000, Gilda Gallego To Nancy L Claudio & Anthony T Thorpe, February 20 $237,500, 542 Susan St, Romeoville 60446-5227, 03-13-205-022-0000, Eileen P Spulak To Raymond R Koca & Barbara S Koca, March 21 $140,000, 1716 Raleigh Trl 1716, Romeoville 60446-5072, 03-12-405029-0000, Vytautas Vilkauskas To Qazi M Yousaf, March 27 $95,000, 351 Richmond Dr, Romeoville 60446-5043, 03-12-413-050-0000, Fannie Mae To Tina M Jost, March 25

$76,000, 710 Newland Ave, Romeoville 60446-1422, 02-33-306-031-0000, Fannie Mae To Antonio Melone & Marilyn R Melone, March 1 $179,500, 1940 W Helen Dr, Romeoville 60446-5323, 03-13-111-009-0000, John W Smith To Rochelle C Briggs, January 23 $78,500, 519 Willow Ct, Romeoville 60446-1080, 02-27-113-014-0000, Fannie Mae To Jessica Kroiss, March 16

SHOREWOOD $127,500, 1728 Fieldstone Dr N, Shorewood 60404-8108, 06-20-101065-0000, Thomas V Przenieslo To Brandon S Geiss, February 27

$220,000, 600 Crystal Dr, Shorewood 60404-6093, 06-04-409-021-0000, Carol E Melfi To Robert Eisenhammer & Diane L Stonitsch, April 3 $175,000, 1618 Patriot St, Shorewood 60404-7002, 06-17-310-024-0000, Ronald T Krier To William C Atkinson & Sandra K Atkinson, March 26

WILMINGTON $132,500, 1207 Park Dr, Wilmington 60481-1542, 17-36-304-004-0000, Kenneth Sage To Kyle Skoryi, January 9 $240,000, 31116 S Smith Rd, Wilmington 60481-8887, 18-29-100-0170000, Phileomena Bourke To Martin R Gonzalez, March 18

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& Marla Colleen Davis, April 2 $120,000, 6926 Clearwater Dr, Plainfield 60586-1771, 03-30-107-010MOKENA 1000, Va To Kimberly Ann Ploskonka, $245,000, 20047 Edgewood Ct, March 18 Mokena 60448-1428, 09-18-205-006$375,000, 22602 Reserve Cir, 0000, Kathleen Strick To Kelly Putzler, Plainfield 60544-9817, 03-02-404-090March 26 0000, K Ashley Gloster To Kevin Marz & $155,000, 10129 Cambridge Ct G, Debra Marz, March 25 Mokena 60448-7924, 09-09-378-081$421,231, 25103 W Prairie Grove Dr, 0000, Barbara J Popp To Emily Petkus, Plainfield 60585-7979, 01-29-208December 4 013-0000, William Ryan Homes Inc To $157,000, 220 E North St, Mokena Christina R Luttrell, April 6 60448, 12-17-406-013-0000, Sonja $385,000, 24801 Winterberry Ln, Vucsko To Ryan Weber, April 2 $357,500, 19540 Foxford Ln, Mokena Plainfield 60585-5686, 01-29-205-0080000, Taniguchi Jr Trust To David C 60448-8633, 09-10-402-014-0000, George E Miller To Daniel Pote & Stacey Schmidt & Lisa D Schmidt, February 10 $106,000, 4137 Oak Tree Ln, Plainfield Pote, March 24 60586-5935, 03-27-402-055-0000, $169,000, 19419 Wolf Rd, Mokena Susan Melinauskas To Ronald J Slehofer, 60448-1131, 09-08-105-014-0000, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Ttee To Rachel March 30 $230,000, 1923 Carlton Dr, Plainfield Ann Bernardin, March 24 60586-2513, 03-31-411-019-0000, Kevin Bowen To Derek Coppes & Candace NEW LENOX Coppes, March 25 $50,000, 1108 Shagbark Ct, New Le$155,500, 23847 Mc Mullin Cir, nox 60451-2435, 08-29-401-035-1000, Plainfield 60586-2136, 03-22-305-046Deutsche Bank Natl Trt Co Ttee To Les Christiana & Kathy Christiana, March 16 1003, Benjamin E Gunnink To Elizabeth A Molter, April 3 $435,000, 22438 S Farm View Rd, $275,000, 16559 S Fox Run Cir, PlainNew Lenox 60451-8517, 08-35-204field 60586-9124, 03-22-310-082-0000, 013-0000, James F Trost To Dennis I Villas At Fox Run Llc To Peter Longi & Slomski, March 23 Christina Longi, March 27 $122,000, 262 Circlegate Rd, New $139,900, 23317 W Odessa Ct, PlainLenox 60451-2690, 08-27-102-040field 60544-7057, 03-01-301-233-0000, 1000, Steven K Bachenberg To Emily Community Service Council To Joseph J A Vuckovich & Brandon A Leitschuh, Elias & Amanda Fulton, March 31 March 5 $232,000, 2302 Timber Trl, Plainfield $219,000, 2725 Daniel Lewis Dr, 60586-5085, 03-32-204-021-0000, New Lenox 60451-2548, 08-32-310Michael Nank To Alejandra Hernandez, 010-0000, Cetwinski Trust To Daniel March 31 C Monninger & Sharon M Monninger, $315,000, 22718 Bass Lake Rd, December 18 Plainfield 60544-7380, 03-02-404$110,000, 211 E Woodlawn Rd, New 068-0000, Fannie Mae To Lawrence J Lenox 60451-2287, 08-22-306-046Kubbins, March 4 1000, Wayne E Spies To Patricia H $170,000, 24212 Leski Ln, Plainfield Madden, March 27 60585-2782, 01-21-408-024-0000, $239,000, 676 Grace Ct, New Lenox Faiza Altaf To John H White Jr & Evelyn 60451-9282, 08-24-410-055-0000, White, March 24 Stachura Trust To Marilyn E Small, $227,500, 25411 W Latham Ct, PlainMarch 27 field 60585-7629, 01-32-307-022-0000, Christiana Trust To Cody C Winkler, PLAINFIELD March 27 $174,000, 11824 Ford Ct, Plainfield 60585-2204, 01-20-406-020-1000, ROMEOVILLE Andrew J Sagen To Erin B Callahan, $185,000, 353 Zinnia Dr, Romeoville March 25 60446-5119, 04-07-313-002-0000, $228,000, 6300 Colton Ridge Ct, Plainfield 60586-5637, 03-32-305-033- Stephen J Burkhardt To Adam Pelak & 0000, Fannie Mae To Tamisha L Owens, Pawel G Pietron, March 26 $128,500, 11 Elgin Ave, Romeoville March 20 60446-1323, 02-34-305-007-0000, $152,500, 5411 Maha St, Plainfield Rickey Boone To Jeanine F O Brien, 60586-5583, 06-04-113-043-0000, Jp Morgan Chase Bank To Michael Scho- March 5 $230,000, 1987 Wedgeport Cir, drof, March 6 Romeoville 60446-3732, 03-12-105-128$190,000, 16005 S George Ct, Plainfield 60586-2325, 03-22-204-018- 0000, John F Lojas To Jared S Johnson, March 25 0000, Michael J Boerman To Robert $220,000, 1826 Grassy Knoll Dr, Campbell, March 23 $340,000, 24242 W Bristol Ave, Plain- Romeoville 60446-3913, 03-12-203field 60585-2119, 01-33-204-003-0000, 033-0000, Jesus Munoz To Miguel Marroquin & Victoria Marroquin, March Jeffrey L Dekker To John Coleman, 28 March 25 $202,000, 1825 Lake Shore Dr, $235,000, 2708 Telluride Ct, Plainfield Romeoville 60446-3941, 03-12-201-05460586-6679, 03-28-306-003-0000, Anthony E Pferschy To Richard M Davis 0000, Fannie Mae To Belinda Kesse

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HANDYMAN for Joliet rental property. Must have tools & vehicle. Daytime hours only. Call 815-726-2000

DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST!

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HOUSING COUNSELOR

Non-profit organization seeks full-time housing counselor.

Pre/post-purchase counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling in group and individual settings. Will also conduct financial literacy education / counseling.

Must have excellent communication, organization & interpersonal skills. Bi-lingual a plus.

Email resume/salary history to: Maureen Pool mpool@wcccc.net

by COB June 5, 2015.

For details visit www.wcccc.net No phone calls.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Herald-News Classified It works.

1314 Houbolt RD. Joliet, IL 60431 *please bring two forms of ID* www.prioritystaffing.jobs Manufacturing company is seeking a Customer Service Assistant. Duties include direct customer contact to provide service and responses regarding orders.

Our candidate must be proficient at Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe, AS 400 database system, understanding of a network, standard office equipment, and must have the ability to multitask.

Send resume to JolietPipe@yahoo.com EOE: Disability/Veterans

TECHNICIAN

PALLET REPAIR - BUILDERS 1st & 2nd Shift positions Competitive Pay & Full Benefits APPLY IN PERSON AT: CHEP USA - IFCO SYSTEMS 710 THEODORE CT ROMEOVILLE IL 60446 630-755-3319

Produces components by assembling parts and subassemblies. Job duties include assembling parts by hand and with small hand tools. Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. Other duties as assigned.

Hours: 7am-3:30 pm Applicants must apply in person.

RR Brink Locking Systems 500 Earl Rd. Shorewood, IL. 60404

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WAREHOUSE POSITIONS IN OTTAWA

DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST! The Herald-News Call 877-264-2527

Sales

Trader Magazine

a leader in Coupon Advertising seeking

OUTSIDE SALES REP Work with Local Businesses.

Commission plus expenses.

We are family owned company looking for someone who is a hard worker, able to read a tape, use hand tools, and work independently. Welding is a plus. This person must be willing to work long hours and be on call at least 2 weeks a month. We are willing train the right person for this job.

Fax resume to: 815-524-5710 or email to: leanna@elitedoorsystemsllc.com

Resume:

Rich@Bizpub36.com

Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: Email: classified@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: TheHerald-News.com/ placeanad

CLEANING

Country Maids is now hiring team players part time, days, $10/hr. Call 815-467-9888 BREAKING NEWS available 24/7 at TheHerald-News.com

CAREERS

Cycle Counter

(Mid-Shift 10am-6:30pm, $11/hr; 2nd Shift 3:30pm-12am, $11.50/hour): Responsible for making daily cycle counts on bin locations Previous warehousing experience preferred

Packaging Associates

(1st Shift 7am-3:30pm, $8.25/hr; Mid-Shift 10am-6:30pm, $8.25/hr; 2nd Shift, 3:30pm-12am, $8.75/hr): Responsible for packing product, labeling, and meeting daily goals Previous assembly experience a plus

Picker / Packer Associates

(Mid-Shift, 10am-6:30pm, $10/hr; 2nd Shift, 2:30pm-11pm, $10.50/hr): Responsible for picking and packaging orders for shipment Previous picking experience preferred

Picker / Packer Material Handlers

(Mid-Shift, 10am-6:30pm, $11.50/hr; 2nd Shift, 3:30pm-12am, $12.00/hr):

NOW HIRING APPLY ONLINE NOW www.wrigley.com Wrigley Manufacturing Factory 2800 North Route 47 Yorkville, IL 60560

Responsible for picking orders for shipment, must be able to use forklift (reach truck / order picker) Previous picking experience preferred, previous forklift experience required

Does your career in manufacturing need a refresh in 2015?

Then the Wrigley team wants to talk to you!

Due to growth, we are hiring experienced manufacturing professionals to produce our Skittles candy. Apply online today at www.wrigley.com!

If you meet the position qualifications, you may have an opportunity to “taste the rainbow” with an interview at our Wrigley factory.

We bring a spirit of curiosity and inventiveness to all that we do, creating new ways for the world to enjoy Wrigley’s brands for over 100 years. Our brands are loved around the world in an environment selected as one of Fortune’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work For!

Wrigley Manufacturing in Yorkville is hiring for the new Skittles production line including:

Controls Technicians Maintenance Leads & Mechanics Production Operators Shift Lead - Production Supervisor (Nights)

Qualified applicants should apply in person or forward resume to: Clover Technologies Group, 4200 Columbus Street, Ottawa, IL 61350, Attn: Human Resources

By Fax 815-431-1015 or by E-mail: careers@clovertech.com No phone calls. EOE.

Due to limited time constraints we respectfully request that previous applicants not reapply. adno=1067887

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• Sunday, May 24, 2015 • The Herald News Wanted: Reward Offered

GENERAL DUTY ASSOCIATE

Woodlawn Funeral Home Looking for a part time general duty associate. The ideal candidate will assist families during visitations and funerals (parking cars), drive on funerals and assist in removals. This job entails evening, nights and weekends and is on an as needed basis.

Candidate must be age 21 or older, able to lift 50 lbs, have a high school education, must hold a valid Illinois drivers license, and have a good driving record. Send resume to: Woodlawn Funeral Home 3201 W Jefferson St. Joliet IL 60431

HOUSE CLEANING HELP Good Pay! No nights - no weekends!

Call 815-467-4965

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MAINTENANCE / JANITORIAL

PAINTING Part Time 20-30 hours Email resume to: elliott.manor@yahoo.com

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TOOL ROOM TECHNICIAN

Looking for full time Tool Room Technician able to work inside industrial plant. See description and requirements below.

General Description Technician to perform all functions associated with managing a tool room. Tool room provides inventorying, tracking, inspections, calibration, and service of materials stored and issued to end users for use in industrial environment. It is the responsibility of technician to take ownership of the processes outlined in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and provide the utmost customer services while putting safety first.

Tool Room Functions Pulling and Issuing tools and materials per request Returning and stocking tools and materials Maintaining safety stocking levels of inventory items Track tool history in provided Tool Room System Performing authorized inspections, calibrations, repairs per SOPs Participates in annual inventory and cycle counts Provide scheduled and requested customer reports Visual inspections of all tools returned and stored in Tool Room Communications to customer of outstanding and service items due back to Tool Room Small electrical repairs and testing (Extension cords and small tool cords repair)

Technician Duties Meeting and exceeding all safety requirements Daily Safety meetings Participating in onsite and tool room specific trainings E-mail communications Accurate data entry in Tool tracking system Practice good housekeeping Maintain high standard of customer service Ownership of Tool Room Participating in customer safety and service programs

Qualifications Required Microsoft Office knowledge (Outlook, Excel, Word) Good communication skills -- written and verbal Team player Maintenance tool and material knowledge Fast learner Ability to comprehend and learn new system Plant experience a plus Mechanically inclined Able to attain and maintain the qualification required to complete tool inspections and repairs

Benefits Provided PPE Training (Safety and Job Specific) Competitive Pay based on experience Medical, 401K, Dental, Vision and Life Paid vacation and sick Opportunities for advancement

Submit resume or application online at www.link2scope.com Drop down Contact us and choose Careers. http://www.link2scope.com/index.php?id=13

Kankakee County Community Services, Inc. Is Accepting Applications for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) in Will County.

What Is The Senior Community Service Employment Program?

SCSEP is a 20 hour a week program designed to assist low-income people ages 55+ with employment and training opportunities while earning minimum wage. Individuals will receive personalized employment-related counseling and training to enhance their abilities, skills and aptitudes to increase their job marketability. Employment and training opportunities are in Will County.

Who To Contact? If you would like to know how you can enroll into SCSEP, contact Adriana HarperSmith at 815-933-7883 ext. 212 or Frances Lewis at 815-9337883 ext. 232.

How Is The SCSEP Funded? SCSEP is funded by a grant from Senior Services America through the U.S. Department of Labor's Division of Older Worker Programs.

Buying? Selling?

Renting? Hiring?

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ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

Contact the Better Business Bureau www.chicago.bbb.org - or Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov

DRIVERS

Looking for Drivers to deliver newspapers in the Joliet area.

Applicants must be 18 years of age, have a valid driver's license, an insured reliable vehicle and willing to work early morning hours.

Interested parties should call 708-342-5649 or email gcreed@chicagotribune.com Leave your name, phone number and town you reside in.

Construction

R & D Thiel is looking for EXPERIENCED

CARPENTERS and APPRENTICES.

Learn a trade and build a career. Carpenters and Apprentices earn from $14 to $37 per hour! Unlimited opportunity for advancement.

We offer full time work and have 60+ jobsites in the 8 county area surrounding Chicago allowing interested candidates to work close to home. In addition to the best pay in our market, we offer free healthcare, dental/vision and 401K retirement savings plan. We promote from within allowing advancement to Foremen positions, which include enhanced benefits to include paid vacation, holidays and participation in the incentive bonus plan.

MANHATTAN Huge Fundraiser Garage Sale to support Type 1 Diabetes.

THURS. - SUN, MAY 21-24, 8-5.

25547 O'CONNEL LN NO PRICE TAGS! Name Your Price to Donate for a Cure.

Furniture, baby items, outdoor, home décor, all donated by others

ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE

For a vintage photograph or INVESTING ANY MONEY postcard of the Rich-Lin Pavilion, Contact the later known as Pioneer Garden Better Business Bureau Ballroom, located at Richards St www.chicago.bbb.org & Linden Ave in Joliet, for use - or in an upcoming book. In the Federal Trade Commission Spring of 1928, a transcontinental www.ftc.gov foot race, known as the Bunion Derby, was held from Los Angeles Food industry related, Financial to New York City. At the end of each day, the runners checked in Equity position available,This is not for employment it is for working and daily times were recorded partner, for facility that seats 900 at a control point. On May 4, 708-307-6082 Bob. 1928, the runners stayed overnight in Joliet at the old dance hall.

A reward is offered for a photo or postcard of the building.

Please contact Jim Powell BEAGLE “LACIE” at jrpowell@earthlink.net or Female, tri-color, spayed, young, by phone 941-539-8866 about 20 pounds, micro chipped.

Last seen at County Line Rd & Route 52 on Thurs, May 7 @ 6:30p.m. Pls call 815-730-1157 or 312-504-9172 with any info.

REWARD FOR SAFE RETURN

LOST SHELTIE KALLIE

Answers to Name Kallie Knows the word treats Scared will run, don't chase, please call 309-824-0107 REWARD

Cat “Ashley”

Joliet - Rooney Heights, lost from Rooney Dr on Friday 3-20.

Siamese Mix, beige and grayish white with dark marking on her face, shorter hair, 6 years old, spayed. Inside cat, has eye issues.

815-725-8101

KNUDSON AUCTION & APPRAISALS 815-725-6023 “Since 1947”

Through our website career page www.carpentercontractors.com

GUEST SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HOSPITALITY POSITION TownePlace Suites Joliet South

A leading Lodging Company in Joliet is looking for an Outgoing and Reliable person to become part of a Super Star Staff. This award winning team is looking to offer a position as a Guest Service Representative, with an opportunity of upward mobility, to a person with Excellent Communication Skills, the ability to work well with the team, and Most Importantly, the ability to provide Outstanding Customer Service. We are looking for someone that takes pride in their work and will take ownership in their department.

Experience is preferred, but not required. We offer a competitive wage. Will discuss during interview.

Please apply in person and fill out an application at:

TownePlace Suites Joliet 1515 Riverboat Center Drive, Joliet, IL 60431

Konecto Prestige Plank Collection SunSet Luxury vinyl flooring style # 80010FG, floating, locking, floor system. 11 planks per carton, size 6” x 48”, 22' per carton, 13 cartons available for a total of 286 sq. ft .

Asking $75/carton/obo, 815-941-0205 Patio Doors – Vinyl, 72 x 82, Used, Great Shape – Heavy $175/OBO. 815-458-2281

Murphy is still missing. Please help us find him. He is a cute male neutered cat, six years old, has a crooked ear, honey beige color. Please call if you see him.

We Miss Him Terribly!

815-236-2233

The Herald-News Classified 877-264-2527

ESTATE SALE 701 N. Larkin Joliet

Thursday May 28Saturday May 30 9am-6pm

Furniture, Lamps, Christmas Items, etc.

BREAKING NEWS available 24/7 at TheHerald-News.com

Ham, CB, Short wave radios, guitar & amps prefer vintage, will consider all working or not, no TV's, computers, or auto audio Call - Wayne 708-927-1871

Exercise BALANCE BALL SPRI 65cm Red High Grade Like New, also will throw in CORE secrets DVD. $25 815-254-1015

WEIGHT BENCH

Universal, 2” metal structure.

Very good condition! $80.

815-744-6062

2 End Tables - Solid oak wood on top with beautiful curved wrought iron legs. Excellent condition and very good looking. $150/both.

815-436-5171 8 Piece Living Room Set 6 chairs, table & buffet $350. 815-723-7260 Divan, needs reupholstery Camel back. $25 815-274-2542

Entertainment Center - Gold oak, 60”L x 17”W x 30”H 2 solid oak doors, 2 glass doors, adjustable shelf, holds 60” TV, FOR SALE! Owner retiring; made in USA, Solid, Can text Concrete foundation forms and photos, asking $300, Paid $800.

815-729-9614 before 7pm much equipment included;

trucks; Call 815-436-3581 and leave a message

Hutch, Beautiful, like new originally $1700, asking $300/obo 815-744-5727

Mt. Olive, Cemetery , Joliet.

Section 7, lot 143. In the Lovely older section. $1,300/each-obo.

530-243-6756

Large Wood Desk;

CAT “MURPHY”

REWARD $300

DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST! The Herald-News Classified Call 877-264-2527 or TheHerald-News.com

35 x 67, 8 Drawers. $200 (815) 725-4689 DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST! The Herald-News Call 877-264-2527

FIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS EAST JOLIET FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT State of Illinois Qualified Individuals Only

FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND JOB ASSIGNMENT RESPOND AS FOLLOWS:

Call Bob at 815-560-2029 (Cook, Will and DuPage county jobs) Call Lee at 815-739-8882 (DuPage, Kendall and Will County jobs) Call Don at 708-906-8091 (DuPage, Kane & Kendall County jobs) Call 815-544-1699 to be placed on the candidate hiring list

Hubert, the Harris Lion, ceramic bank - $15/OBO; Small stuffed plush Hubert, The Harris Lion, several designs, total of 9, $5- each/OBO; Small plush Snoopy Metlife $5 each/OBO; Small Coca-Cola plush bears $5 each/OBO; Will consider reasonable offer for purchase of several. Call 815-729-0900

~ WANTED ~ Buying Stereo Equipment

Norbert Dentressangle

MATERIAL HANDLERS Norbert Dentressangle is currently recruiting for our Shorewood location. We are looking for people with a positive attitude, seeking opportunities for growth. Ambient temperature warehouse. We are accepting resumes for full-time: Material Handler - 1st (5:00am-5:00pm) and 2nd (5:00pm-5:00am) shifts available (work 4 days one week, and 3 days the following week- every other weekend off). 6 Months of relevant experience operating Crown standup RC lifts is desirable.

Norbert Dentressangle offers a competitive wage and comprehensive benefits package. Drug screen and background check required. We participate in E-Verify and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

You can submit your resume for consideration to: juana.mooring@norbert-dentressangle.com or apply in person at: 21100 S. SW Frontage Road, Shorewood, IL Monday through Friday 9:00am-4:00pm (no calls accepted)

The East Joliet Fire Protection District is accepting applications for the purpose of establishing an eligibility list for the position of FIREFIGHTER / PARAMEDIC. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age (at the time of hire), (but less than 35 years of age as of July 1, 2015). All EMT-B applicants must be certified as a Firefighter II and show proof of enrollment in a Paramedic Class at time of application. Those in Paramedic Class must have obtained their Paramedic license at time of hire.

All Paramedics must be licensed in the State of Illinois, and Certified as a Firefighter II / Basic at time of application. Appointment to the eligibility list will be based on competitive examination as required by law.

Application packets will be available during normal business hours 08:00 am - 04:00 pm Monday Through Friday at the East Joliet Fire Protection District Administrative Offices, 911 South Briggs St., Joliet, Illinois Monday 25 May 2015, through to Wednesday 27 May 2015, a $30.00 non-refundable fee will be required. Deadline for filing applications will be June 5, 2015 at 04:00 pm The written test will be on June 27, 2015 at 10:00 a.m... The doors to the testing facility will be locked, no one will be allowed into the testing area effective 10:00 a.m.

Starting Salary: $ 44,788.18 + $1,000.00 Paramedic Stipend + Benefits.

Questions can be directed to the Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, or a Shift Commander at (815) 723-1504.

The East Joliet Fire Protection District is an equal opportunity Employer, Female and minority candidates are Encouraged to apply.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Herald News • Sunday,STATE May 24, 2015 • OF ILLINOIS, OAK ENTERTAINMENT CENTER 54”W x 49”H x 16”D, holds TV up to 25”, DVD shelf, large storage drawer below, 3 shelves include slide-out top shelf, storage area behind glass & wood door, Excellent condition - $100.

815-436-8689 Roll Top Desk – Large Riverside desk, excellent condition, drawers & file drawers - $250.

Call 815-485-8726 daytime

Quilt & Sham, heavy weight in navy & ivory print, 2 matching framed 20”x20” pictures, all in excellent condition $75/obo. Will separate 815-725-9087

7 Piece Patio Set – White ornamental cast iron, beautiful & in excellent condition, Includes table, chairs, umbrella & stand $400. 773-315-9677 PATIO SET White cast aluminum love seat, 2 matching chairs, ornamental w/ curved legs, Beautiful Set! $250. 815-436-5171

Tweedy Bird Collection 300+ pcs.

Starting at $200 815-524-4283

Beautiful Blue Bird Cage Blue coated wire cage w/ white standing - $35. 815-513-5412 Cats, adult, 1-9 years old, mixed colors, need good homes $10/ea.

815-730-1191 Joliet Fish Tank 2 yr old 75 gallon, glass top, strip light, canister filter, solid pine cabinet, excellent condition $350. 815-436-0691 8a-8p

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Mission style , Double lateral file 30” $90 2 Lg. 60” desk,$100/each bookcase hutch 60” $90 bookcase 28” $30 847-909-6356

Rockdale Large 2 Bedroom

Evergreen Terrace Apartments

Remodeled, NO PETS. $750/mo + 1 year lease and deposit.

708-258-3570

Accepting Applications Studio, 1, 2 & 3 BR's

Twin Oaks West Spotless 2BR

Pretty oak kit, appl,blt in micro, 2 A/C, blinds, free heat, soft water, no pets.

815-744-1155

Income Restricted Apts

2001 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic, Green 35K mi. 1450 cc, stereo w/ cassette, CD, cruise, Samtson exhaust, lots of chrome. $9450/obo. Matt 815-641-7134

MOTORCYCLES WANTED

*Spacious Floor Plans *24-Hr Emergency Maint *Lndry Facilities in Ea Bldg *Minutes from Metra, Pace, Schools, Downtown Joliet

Joliet, Idleside Sub Div close I-80 Larkin & Jefferson St. 1948 Ranch w/2nd Lot, 2BR, 1BA, full basement 2 ½ car gar.12x12, Storage shed, JOLIET ~ 1BR & 2BR C0NDO maintenance free, ALL NEW - vinyl 1BA, laundry facility, no pets/smkg. siding/roof/gutters/HVAC/windows/ Parking place. $750 - $875/mo water softener. GreatPrice $85,000 + security dep. 773-531-6540 815-955-2221, 815-545-1291

Call for Appt!

815-722-7556

350 N. Broadway Joliet, IL 60435 Ofc hrs 9am-4:30pm M-F

AVAILABLE NOW!!

JOLIET EAST ~ 1 BEDROOM

appliances, off street parking heat & water incl. NO PETS, $685/mo +dep 630-697-2235 All makes, cash paid, reasonable.

Will pick-up.

630-660-0571

Joliet ~ 419 N. Broadway

2 bedroom, appl, $635/mo + dep.

Includes water and parking.

630-971-0755

Jolietrentalunits.com

Studio/1BR, utilities included.

Elevator, Laundry, Guest Library, Near Bus & Downtown. $115-$160/wk. $499-$694/mo.

815-726-2000

Kungs Way, Spotless 2BR, 1st Flr Appl, 2 A/C, new carpet, free heat, soft water, lots of closets, no pets.

815-744-1155

Electric Wheelchair Good condition, needs batteries $200. 815-476-6319

CURIO CABINET Beautiful oak, Amish made, Curio Cabinet, 6'T x 36”W, 6 glass shelves, mirrored $375/OBO. 815-942-3603

2014 38' 5TH Wheel 3 Electric

Slide-outs, 2 A/C, W/D, all options Clean, non-smokers, no pets. $28,200/obo 630-301-1553

SHIH-TZU PUPPIES (6)

Jet 12” Master Dovetail Jig, new, never used, $60. Call anytime 815-439-3668

Comic Books (860) 1994 & up.

Marvel & DC - X-men, Wonder women, Thor and Etc. Must buy all, $200. 815-354-1451 Anytime

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR It is recommended, but not required, that you have an attorney THE 12th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, JOLIET ILLINOIS. help or represent you.

Vet checked, first shots, $550/ea.

815-326-8271 ~ 815-357-6150

Basketball Hoop, Portable Brand New Never Used Limited Edition Jack Daniels $150 815-524-4283 Push Golf Cart - $20; Ladies & men's American Tourister bowling bag, perfect condition $10; Ladies 12lb. Bowling Ball $10.

815-725-5862

DO YOU NEED A CAR? BAD CREDIT WANTED! $300 DOWN CALL ANGIE TODAY 815-272-5155

BadCreditAndINeedACar.com

1999 Ford Ranger 4x4 Extended cab, sports pkg, 72K orig. miles, cust.cap/bed liner, rust on bumpers $4,500/obo. 815-354-2604

JOLIET PARKVIEW ESTATES Joliet – Condo, All Ages Welcome 2BR Duplexes starting at $875 per/mo and Single Family Homes FinNuala Complex 222 Madison St 1BR, updated, NEW appl, water Call for move in Specials! heater, A/C and window treatments!

815-740-3313 Beautiful complex w/elevator & security, close to Hospital/ Shopping, Can Sell Furnished, Taxes less than $500/yr, ALL AREA HOMES FOR RENT 3-5BR's, $1000 - $2800/month $39,500 . Mike 630-774-4569 or purchase for $500 down.

600 credit score needed.

Tony @ 708-822-0775 or email amonaco@c21lullo.com DAIRY QUEEN FOR SALE !

AVAILABLE NOW! Joliet & Will County - 2, 3 and On Boughton Rd , Bolingbrook, IL Please call Mark for details 4 Bedroom Homes. Call now or 630-618-7717 visit our web site for more info www.protown.org 815-722-1389

Joliet – West side 3BR, all appl, no gar/pets/sec 8, Minooka Large 2 Bedroom Essington Rd ~ 3BR,1.5BA credit chk & dep. req'd Sep dining, appl, D/W, ceil fans, 2 W/D, dishwshr, lots of closet space, $950/mo. 815-726-9330 A/C, soft water, free carport, no pets pantry. Quiet area, prvt pkg, no elec entry 815-744-5141 pets/smkg, $865. 815-528-5692 North of Morris, Spotless 2 Story country house, 3BR, 2BA, appl, washer/dryer, new water softener, small dog OK. 815-744-1155

Huge Public Auction

Rockdale, Great ocation 3 BR, 2BA, C/A, attached gar, full bsmt no pets/smkg $1200mo.

815-729-2963

Trucks/Skid Steer/Landscape Household/Antiques/Collectibles

Sat. May 30 @ 10 a.m.

Anderson Tree Farm

508 E. Schoolhouse Rd OR 508 IL 126, Plainfield IL Located 3 mi W of Plainfield on corner of IL 126 & Ridge Rd. This is NOT a “going out of business” auction. **PARTIAL LISTING**

Jolietrentalunits.com , Big Clean,Furnished, wood flrs, fridge, microwave, laundry, elevator, On bus line. $105/wk. $455/mo 815-726-2000

with or without titles.

630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

Morris IL 815 942-4266 Dick Olson 815-258-3003 Erik Olson 815-931-0699

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BRAIDWOOD, IL. Ford F450 V8, 9’ plow; Salt spdr; Restaurant & Bar, Sale Ford F750 Salt truck, 10’ plow; or Lease, 1-55 & Reed Rd. Toyota 4x4 p/up; Landscape EQ: 6,000 sq ft, well equipped, large parking area, high traffic count.

Takeuchi track ldr; paver saw, sod BOAT MOTOR 815-356-2606 ~ 815-405-9960 1975 9.9 Johnson with tank, roller; concrete saws; asst stone/wall Noritake Dinnerware – Blue floral Get the job $250.

815-467-6142 block/flagstone/pavers; Agri-Power on white, 8 piece setting plus you want at serving pieces, also, juice glasses The Herald-News Classified 7000 tractor w/ldr; grain drill; JD60; $70. 815-723-7260 10a-4p It works.

TheHerald-News.com/jobs IH 1086; guns; vending machines; Household; Antiques/Collectibles.

Send your Classified For more complete listing, info, Advertising 24/7 to: Photos go to richardaolson.com or WE PAY THE BEST! Email: classified@ call auction agency. shawsuburban.com For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans Fax: 815-477-8898 Richard A. Olson & Assoc.

Mission style office furn, comp. cabinet 30”w/ file drawer/keybrd tray/hard drive cabinet, $70 847-909-6356

2215 N. 40th St.

Milwaukee WI 53208 CLASSIFIED 77

or online at: TheHerald-News.com/ placeanad

Real Estate Auctions Plano, IL

Nominal Opening Bid $10,000

3317 Alyssa St.

4BR 2.5BA 2,192sf+/-

Galena, IL

Nominal Opening Bid $100,000 6,480 sf+/Galena Territory Home!

Open 1-4pm Sun May 24th Check website for details williamsauction.com 800.982.0425 IL Broker: Daniel S. Nelson, Managing Broker Re Lic 471.016793 Auctioneer: Cody Lowderman Auc Lic 441.001255

TCF National Bank, plaintiff, vs. Unknown Heirs at Law and /or Devisees of Estella D. Brown; Alton Brown a/k/a Alton W. Brown; New Town Park and Recreation Association; Alton W. Brown, Jr. a/k/a Alton W. Brown II; Shana Brown; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY

§767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2)Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.

2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment 15 CH 00477 NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES. awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you, own now or in the future, and may the Unknown Heirs and Unknown also be enforced by garnishment or Legatees of the Decedent(s), Alton seizure of property.

Brown a/k/a Alton W. Brown; Alton W. Brown Jr. a/k/a Alton W. You are further notified that if the Brown, II; Shana Brown. That on parties to this action have minor April 16, 2015, an Order was en- children, violation of §948.31, tered by the Court naming Kenneth Wis. Stats., (Interference with cusJ. Donkel, 7220 West 194th Street, tody by parent or others) is punishSuite 105, Tinley Park, IL 60487, able by fines and/or imprisonment: 815-806-9000, as the Special If you and the petitioner have minor Representative of the Decedent(s) children, documents setting forth under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death the percentage standard for child of a Party). The cause of action is support established by the departfor the foreclosure of a certain mort- ment under §49.22(9), Wis. Stats., gage upon the premises commonly and the factors that a court may known as 1213 Anvil Court, Uni- consider for modification of that standard under §767.511(1m), versity Park, IL 60484.

Wis. Stats., are available upon your (Published in the Herald-News May request from the Clerk of Court.

10, 17, 24, 2015.) HN 2102 You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in PUBLIC NOTICE §767.105, Wis. Stats.

In Re: The marriage of Petitioner: Ciara Hart and Respondent: Kevin L. Hart PUBLICATION SUMMONS Divorce-40101 Case No. 15 FA 867 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS RESPONDENT: You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 40 days from the day after the first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or delivIf you require reasonable accomered to the court at: modations due to a disability to participate in the court process, Clerk of Court, Milwaukee County Courthouse, please call at least ten (10) working days prior to the scheduled 901 N 9th St. Rm. 104 court date. Please note that the Milwaukee WI 53233 court does not provide transportaand to tion.

Ciara Hart th PUBLIC NOTICE 2215 N. 40 St. /s/ Ciara Hart Milwaukee WI 53208 04/30/2015 STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR It is recommended, but not required, that you have an attorney (Published in the Herald-News May THE 12th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 10, 17, 24, 2015.) HN 2100 WILL COUNTY, JOLIET ILLINOIS. help or represent you.

TCF National Bank, plaintiff, vs. Unknown Heirs at Law and /or Devisees of Estella D. Brown; Alton Brown a/k/a Alton W. Brown; New Town Park and Recreation Association; Alton W. Brown, Jr. a/k/a Alton W. Brown II; Shana Brown; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 45 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment 15 CH 00477 NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES. awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you

IN THE COUNTY BOARD COMMIT- 2015, in the Board Conference

2016. Said tentative budget and tentative budget and appropriation

placement contract on an occupied condition within 14 calendar days provisions of the Prevailing Wage

appropriation ordinance will be ordinance will be available for pubthe District Administrative train station building located at 50 following the public opening of Ace (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.) to ROOM, SECOND OF Room • Sunday, MayFLOOR 24, 2015 • atThe Herald News 78 CLASSIFIED TEE THE WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILD- Center, 300 Caterpillar Drive, Joliet, available for public inspection by lic inspection by telephoning the E. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL totaling Bids, shall be returned his deposit the extent required by law and the

PUBLIC NOTICE THE WILL COUNTY BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CHANGING THE NAME OF REGAN ROAD LOCATED IN COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT #7, NEW LENOX TOWNSHIP, MOKENA, IL. RECOMMENDATION IS TO CHANGE THE NORTHERN SEGMENT, LOCATED EAST OF PARKER ROAD, SOUTH OF 187TH AND NORTH OF I-80, ADDRESS RANGE 12600 - 12799 TO REGAN TRAIL (TRL). THIS RECOMMENDATION WILL HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT TO CONSTITUENTS. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT, LOCATED EAST OF PARKER ROAD, SOUTH OF I-80 AND NORTH OF FRANCIS ROAD, COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT #12, ADDRESS RANGE 12400 - 13499 WILL REMAIN REGAN ROAD. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT ADDRESS WILL HAVE A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR NEW ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015 DURING THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT 10:00 A.M., IN THE COUNTY BOARD COMMITTEE ROOM, SECOND FLOOR OF THE WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING, 302 NORTH CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME. THE PROPOSED MAP FOR THE NAME CHANGE OF REGAN ROAD TO REGAN TRAIL IS ON DISPLAY AT THE WILL COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, 302 NORTH CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, AND MAY BE VIEWED DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROPOSED MAP CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ONLINE AT WWW.WILLCOUNTYBOARD.COM UNDER THE MEETINGS SECTION.

ING, 302 NORTH CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME. THE PROPOSED MAP FOR THE NAME CHANGE OF REGAN ROAD TO REGAN TRAIL IS ON DISPLAY AT THE WILL COUNTY BUILDING, COUNTY OFFICE CLERK'S OFFICE, 302 NORTH CHICAGO STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, AND MAY BE VIEWED DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROPOSED MAP CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ONLINE AT WWW.WILLCOUNTYBOARD.COM UNDER THE MEETINGS SECTION.

(Published in the Herald-News May 17, 24, 31, 2015.) HN 2125

PUBLIC NOTICE Joliet Township High Schools Joliet, Illinois NOTICE OF MEETING The Board of Education of Joliet Township High School District #204, will hold a Special Meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in the Board Conference Room at the District Administrative Center, 300 Caterpillar Drive, Joliet, Illinois.

The Board will meet in Regular Session to approve personnel items.

telephoning the Channahon Township Office at 815-467-2569 to set The Board will meet in Regular Ses- up an appointment to view the tension to approve personnel items. tative budget and appropriation ordinance at the above address.

All notices are pursuant to the call of the Board President.

Judy Wooten Channahon Township Clerk Donald Dickinson, Secretary Illinois.

Board of Education

(Published in the Herald-News, (Published in the Herald-News, May 24, 2015) JHN2164 May 24, 2015) HN 2166

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of Channahon Township will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 6:00 P.M., in the Township Office Building located at 25461 S. Fryer Street, Channahon, Illinois. This Public Hearing will be on the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance for the Channahon Road District for the budget year 20152016. Said tentative budget and appropriation ordinance will be available for public inspection by telephoning the Channahon Township Office at 815-467-2569 to set up an appointment to view the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance at the above address.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of Channahon Township will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 6:00 P.M., in the Township Office Building located at 25461 S. Fryer Street, Channahon, Illinois. This Public Hearing will be on the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance for the Channahon General Town Fund/General Assistance for the budget year 2015-2016. Said tentative budget and appropriation ordinance will be available for public inspection by telephoning the Channahon Township Office at 815-467-2569 to set up an appointment to view the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance at the above address.

Judy Wooten Channahon Township Clerk

Judy Wooten Channahon Township Clerk

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approximately 24,000 square feet.

All Bids shall be on a Lump Sum basis; Unit and Time/Material pricing shall be required for repair of latent defects.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the project site at 50 E. Judy Wooten Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL at 10:00 Channahon Township Clerk A.M. on June 1, 2015.

Bids shall be received until 9:00 (Published in the Herald-News May A.M., Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 24, 2015) JHN2165 Office of the City Clerk, The City of Joliet, 150 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. All PUBLIC NOTICE interested parties are invited to attend. Bids will be opened and LEGAL NOTICE OF publicly read aloud at the designatADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ed closing time.

BID DUE: Tuesday, June 9th, Bidders shall be prequalified for this 2015 by 9:00 A.M. project and may obtain forms from City of Joliet Union Station Roof the Consultant's Office. (Contact Replacement, Phase II information above) Joliet, IL Bidding documents may be examAnnouncement Date: May 24th & ined at the Consultant's office durMay 28th, 2015 ing normal business hours. Only IRCA No: 15117 prequalified bidders may receive ILLINOIS ROOF CONSULTING Documents. Up to two copies of the ASSOC., INC. Bidding Documents may be ob4302-G Crystal Lake Road tained from the office of the ConsulMcHenry, IL 60050 tant upon depositing the sum of (815) 385 6560 $75 for each set of Documents.

FAX 385-3581 No documents will be issued after The City of Joliet, does hereby invite May 24, 2015. Any bidder, upon sealed bids on a modified bitumen, returning the Documents in good shingle and waterproofing roof re- condition within 14 calendar days placement contract on an occupied following the public opening of train station building located at 50 Bids, shall be returned his deposit E. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL totaling in full. Any non bidder returning approximately 24,000 square feet. Documents in good condition 7 or All Bids shall be on a Lump Sum more days prior to the Bid opening basis; Unit and Time/Material pric- shall receive a partial refund of ing shall be required for repair of $50. Non compliance will cause latent defects. forfeiture of deposit.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will Bid Security in the amount of 10 be held at the project site at 50 E. percent of the Base Bid must acJefferson Street, Joliet, IL at 10:00 company each Bid in accord with A.M. on June 1, 2015. the Instructions to Bidders.

Bids shall be received until 9:00 Those desiring to submit bids may A.M., Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at obtain Forms and a brief descripOffice of the City Clerk, The City of tion of the available material from Joliet, 150 W. Jefferson Street, Joli- the Consultant between the hours of et, IL 60432. Bids received after 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday this time will not be accepted. All through Friday. All bidders will be interested parties are invited to at- required to submit Bid Security in tend. Bids will be opened and the form of a Certified Check, publicly read aloud at the designat- Cashier's Check, Money Order or a ed closing time.

Bid Bond, in the amount of ten perBidders shall be prequalified for this cent (10%) of the Base Bid for the PRESSURE WASHING project and may obtain forms from firstSTAINING year, payableSEALING to the City of the Consultant's Office. (Contact Joliet. information above) The successful bidder shall provide Bidding documents may be examPainting & Repairs Decks Fences Performance SecuritySiding, and Certifiined at the Consultant's office durcate of Insurance as specified in the Concrete, Etc. Playsets ing normal business hours. Only Contract Documents.

Insured Free prequalified bidders may receive TheEstimates City of Joliet reserves the right Documents. Up to two copies of the to reject any and all proposals, Bidding Documents may be ob- parts of any and proposals. No of A-1 Decorating tained from the officeAofdivision the Consulsubmitted bid may be withdrawn tant upon depositing the sum of until a period of sixty (60) days af$75 for each set of Documents. ter the bid opening date, without No documents will be issued after written consent of the City of Joliet.

May 24, 2015. Any bidder, upon The Contract shall be subject to the returning the Documents in good provisions of the Prevailing Wage condition within 14 calendar days Ace (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.) to following public opening of the extent required by law and the DrywalltheHanging Taping Patching & Repairs Bids, shall be returned his deposit City of Joliet Procurement Code Plaster Replacement in full. Any non bidderRepair returningor (Section 2-430-2-453 of the Code Documents in good condition 7 or of Ordinances). more days prior to the Bid opening shall receive a partial refund of As the Owner's Representative, $50. Non compliance will cause ILLINOIS ROOF CONSULTING forfeiture of deposit.

ASSOC., INC. Bid Security in the amount of 10 percent of ILLINOIS the Base BidELECTRICAL must ac- James C. Gruebnau, RRC SERVICES accord with Project Manager company each Bid inResidential/Commercial the Instructions to Bidders.

Back-up Em. Generators Those desiring to submit bids may (Published in the Herald-News May Panel/Service Upgrade obtain Forms and a brief descrip- 24, 28, 2015.) HN 2153 Swim Pools/Hot Tubs tion of the available material from Free Estimates Licensed & Insured the Consultant between the hours of 815-722-2402 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. All bidders will be required to submit Bid Security in ZOBEL ELECTRIC the form of a Certified Check, Money Order Cashier's AllCheck, Residential Workor a Breaker Boxes & Back Up of ten per-LOCALLY Owned & Operated Bid Bond, in the amount Generators Installed cent (10%) of the Base Bid for the Free Estimates first year, payable to the City of Licensed/Insured 815-741-4024 Joliet.

The successful bidder shall provide 815-823-2300 Performance Security and Certifi-

AT YOUR SERVICE All notices are pursuant to the call of the Board President.

Donald Dickinson, Secretary Board of Education

(Published in the Herald-News, (Published in the Herald-News May 24, 2015) JHN2165 (Published in the Herald-News, May 24, 2015) JHN2164 May 24, 2015) HN 2166

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in full. Any non bidder returning Documents in good condition 7 or more days prior to the Bid opening shall receive a partial refund of $50. Non compliance will cause forfeiture of deposit.

Bid Security in the amount of 10 percent of the Base Bid must accompany each Bid in accord with the Instructions to Bidders.

Those desiring to submit bids may obtain Forms and a brief description of the available material from the Consultant between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. All bidders will be required to submit Bid Security in the form of a Certified Check, Cashier's Check, Money Order or a Bid Bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Base Bid for the first year, payable to the City of Joliet.

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The City of Joliet reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, parts of any and proposals. No submitted bid may be withdrawn until a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date, without written consent of the City of Joliet.

The Contract shall be subject to the provisions of the Prevailing Wage Ace (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.) to the extent required by law and the City of Joliet Procurement Code (Section 2-430-2-453 of the Code of Ordinances).

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