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and KATE SCHOTT kschott@shawmedia.com MINOOKA – Aiden Mlyniec’s eyes widened with surprise, and then a smile of joy spread across his face as he spotted Santa Claus sitting across the room.

Taken in by the unexpected appearance of Santa, Aiden – accompanied by his 2-year-old brother Zachary, who was nestled in his mother Malorie’s arms after a nap in the car – slowly approached the jolly man from the North Pole and eventually settled on his lap.

The 4-year-old talked with Santa about elves, reindeer and Christmas hopes before Santa invited both boys to reach into his toy bag, where they found presents with their names on them.

“Do you want to stand up and give Santa a hug and say thank you?” Malorie asked after Aiden opened a football and Zachary received a plastic bat and ball.

Taking it in was Jessica Gordon, the Crest Hill woman responsible for this moment of holiday joy.

If life were different, Jessica would be watching her 4-year-old son Payton on Santa’s lap confiding his wishes for Christmas gifts, instead of missing the son who died in 2011 of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Aiden and Zachary, along with parents Malorie and Michael, have lived a life of constant uncertainty since the night of June 22 when a tornado tore through Coal City and left them with nothing but each other.

But in that moment Tuesday, the separate paths of loss these two families had been traveling became a shared journey of hope.

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Aiden Mlyniec, 4, hugs Santa on Tuesday during a surprise visit in Minooka.

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Payton Burke was 10 weeks old in 2011 when he woke in the middle of the night. Jessica brought her baby into bed to feed and they both fell asleep.

When Jessica woke, Payton had fallen onto her chest, unable to breathe. The cause of death was ruled to be SIDS. “I was educated and knew steps on how to prevent SIDS and it still happened,” Jessica said. “I didn’t sleep with him in bed, but the one time I did fall asleep with him in bed is all it took to lose him.”

A couple of months after his death, Jessica received a letter in the mail from SIDS of Illinois, which expressed condolences and offered counseling. Jessica called because she wanted to share her story and have an outlet for her grief.

“I thought Payton was telling me, ‘Here mom, this is what you have been looking for,’”

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she said in an interview last week.

Jessica has spoken at Plainfield high schools, as well as at SIDS of Illinois conferences and to staff at Chicago Department of Children and Family Services.

The first Christmas after Payton’s death, Jessica felt empty and craved a way to honor her son’s memory, as well as an act of goodness that would brighten her day. She organized a small toy drive and hosted a candlelight vigil outside the Plainfield home of her parents.

The next two years she donated a toy, but tried a different approach in 2014. She posted her story on a Facebook page called FREEcycle Will County and said she wanted to bless a family with a boy the same age her son would have been that year. She had three responses and picked a family.

This year she did the same, seeking a family with a 4-yearold. Ten families replied – including the Mlyniecs.

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The Mlyniecs had been living in their Coal City apartment on Elm Street for just three weeks on June 22. The last box had been unpacked the Friday before and on that Monday, Malorie said it was finally starting to feel like home.

They were watching the lightning from the storm that eventually would bring winds as fast as 160 mph. They decided, just to be safe, to go into the bathroom.

The lights flickered off, on, off. They heard what sounded like a nail scraping across glass. And then, after silence, “all we heard was a freight train,” Malorie said.

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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – As Andrea Gustafson of Morris drives to her mother’s house on Christmas Eve, she passes Chapin Park, where she spent countless hours with her grandparents, Frank and Margie Welch.

It’s been six years since they died, and Christmas is a time when the emotion of losing them is heightened.

As she passes the park each Christmas Eve she also feels a sense of honor. Her grandparents’ names are just two of the names written on luminaries that sit along the curb that surrounds the park.

“It’s kind of sweet to see the luminaries and know my grandparents are honored there,” Gustafson said.

The luminaries are the result of the hard work of Kim DesLauriers and his family.

It started in the 1990s when DesLauriers lined North Street in front of Immaculate Conception School, where he has served as principal for more than 30 years, with luminaries made from milk jugs.

At the time the jugs had no names on them.

As the years have gone on, so has the tradition – and it grows each year.

After a few years, the tradition moved to Fulton Street, where the DesLauriers family lives, and eventually it ended up circling Chapin Park across the street from their home.

DesLauriers said one year a snowplow came by and wiped out some of the luminaries.

He began asking residents and the students at his school to bring in the empty plastic containers.

“I asked the kids to bring in milk jugs, and one girl put on one of the jugs she brought in ‘In memory of my dad.’ It gave me the idea that we could add names to them,” DesLauriers said. “We added our family

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ABOVE: Kim DesLauriers and his daughter, Jackie, get the candles ready to be lit. BELOW: Luminaries line the street in front of the DesLauriers’ home on Fulton Street in Morris. members’ names, including our dogs.”

The entire DesLauriers family is involved: Kim’s wife, Trudy; their daughter, Jackie, and son, Marc, spend Christmas Eve preparing more than 200 lighted milk jugs to place around the park.

Three years ago, they took the tradition a step further and DesLauriers posted a message on Facebook, asking if anyone wanted their loved ones honored with a luminary. He invited everyone to drive by the park to see the results of the Christmas Eve tradition.

Before long he was getting messages from friends to add

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By MIKE MALLORY mmallory@shawmedia.com COAL CITY – Curtis Greene and his wife Tabatha were trying to figure out how to pay for a playground in the backyard of their Coal City home.

Then Operation St. Nick came along.

Curtis, Tabatha and children Beth, 10, Bailee, 8, Denny, 5, and Danielle, 3, were among those chosen this year

by Operation St. Nick’s 12 Days of Christmas program, which grants the Christmas wishes of select military families in Grundy County.

Now in its 33rd year, Operation St. Nick and the Morris Herald-News partnered in the program to make Christmas brighter for those who have served the country through the military.

Wishes were granted Dec. 12 to Dec. 23.

Curtis Greene said he had kind of forgotten they applied.

“I was really surprised,” he said. “Our kids brought home the paperwork to apply one day and my wife filled it out. I guess we were lucky

enough to be picked.”

Curtis Greene said the playgrounds the family was looking at cost anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000.

“The grant is a tremendous help,” he said.

The Greenes intend to tell their kids about the present on Christmas Day. He expects to have the playground installed in the spring.

Operation St. Nick grants $2,500 worth of wishes to 12 Grundy County families with current military personnel of at least two years, or those honorably discharged.

Curtis Greene served in the Marines for 11 years and fought in Iraq.

He was stationed in San Diego, California, for five years, and later in Japan and Pensacola, Florida.

Tabatha Greene was honorably discharged after two years for medical reasons and is a disabled veteran, Curtis Greene said.

One of the Greenes’ kids was born in Okinawa, Japan.

In 2014, Curtis Greene decided to step away from the Marines and move home. He landed a job at LaSalle Generating Station and the family

found a house.

Then their house was hit June 22 by the EF 3 tornado that swept through Coal City.

They had to spend money on necessary repairs and stay with his parents for a while.

They moved back to their home just before Thanksgiving, but there is nothing in their yard – yet.

“It’s a breath of fresh air that we don’t have to buy the whole playground structure now,” Curtis Greene said. “I want to get something permanent. We don’t plan on moving again.”

The Greenes went on Christmas Eve to church and a big family party. On Christmas Day, they plan to watch Christmas movies together and lounge around before getting their own dinner ready – just the six of them.

“We set our tradition last year,” Curtis Greene said.

“Christmas Day is ours, to be with our family.”

Earlier this month, Operation St. Nick raised $100,000 in four hours during its annual auction.

The nonprofit uses the funds to finance its many philanthropic programs.

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By VIKAAS SHANKER vshanker@shawmedia.com One of Joliet resident Molly Razpotnik’s family’s main activities during the holiday season is snowmobiling.

They aren’t doing much of it this year.

“There’s obviously not a lot of Christmas spirit without the snow,” Razpotnik said.

According to the National Weather Service’s Thursday forecast, the high temperature Christmas Day in Morris will be 47 degrees, which would be the highest in the Chicago area since the needle hit 52 degrees in 1994.

The weather phenomenon known as El Niño is mostly to blame for the warmth, NWS meteorologist Charles Mott said.

“El Niño has been looked at for the last couple of months, when our average temperature is higher than normal, in-

cluding December,” Mott said.

Mott explained that winds passing over a cycle of warm Pacific Ocean water causes the El Niño effect, which leads to warmer weather throughout the country.

Mott said this year it’s stronger.

The average monthly temperature for this December is about 40 degrees, 11.4 degrees above normal.

“We don’t want to talk records yet,” Mott said. “But as far as this month goes at least since 1990, we are well on our way to have above-average temperature.”

The highest Christmas temperature on record in the Chicago area was 64 degrees in 1982, according to the NWS. It dipped to a record low of minus 17 degrees the next year.

The warm weather doesn’t necessarily mean a karmic onslaught of extreme cold and

snow the rest of the winter.

Mott said there may be days that are colder than normal, but the average temperatures in the next three months are predicted to be warmer than usual, with average or less precipitation.

“Usually with the warm, you think there would be more [precipitation],” Mott said.

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Morris police hire first of two new officers

By MIKE MALLORY mmallory@shawmedia.com MORRIS – The Morris Police Department welcomed a new officer this week.

Recruit officer Alexander Tourlakes was sworn in Monday by Mayor Richard Kopczick at the beginning of a City Council meeting.

Tourlakes officially was hired Dec. 14. He said he found out Dec. 4.

“Christmas did come early this year,” Tourlakes said Thursday.

Since Dec. 14, Tourlakes said he’s been working at the department and learning from experienced officers.

“It’s been great,” he said.

“I’m learning a lot before I go to the academy.”

Tourlakes, 26, will be attending Basic Police Recruit Training class for 12 weeks at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy at the College of DuPage, starting Jan. 4.

After successful completion of the class, he will transition into the Morris Police Department Field Training Program.

The Morris Police and Fire Commission performs the hiring process, but Police Chief Brent Dite said Tourlakes struck him as smart, hard-working, polite and dedicated to public service.

“There’s been a lot of people who came to me, after interacting with him, and told me how respectful and polite he is,” Dite said.

Not only did Tourlakes’ exam scores stand out, he has training that will help him as an officer – he was a member of the Army National Guard for six years.

“I’ve been trained as a military police officer, which allowed me to develop leadership skills and learn how to take charge,” he said.

He has committed to the Army National Guard for two more years.

Dite said, by law, the department has to allow him to serve when necessary, whether it be a weekend rotation or a two-week duty period.

Tourlakes said he has no problem working an extended string of consecutive days between the two jobs, but added that he doesn’t want to put the department in a bad spot.

“I wouldn’t want someone else to have to come in and work for me,” Tourlakes said.

Tourlakes and the next hire by Morris police, expected by March, will bring the department back to full staffing. The two new officers are filling gaps left when former Morris police Sgts. Scott

Henderson and Gregg Sager Tourlakes graduated He resides in unincorporetired earlier this year after from Lincoln-Way East High rated Grundy County near a combined 54 years of full- School and has taken courses time service. at Joliet Junior College.

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brought these families together this year.

But they first crossed paths 20 years ago when Jessica’s mother, Launa Enix of Plainfield, and Malorie’s mother, Carol Perry of Godley, both worked at Silver Cross Hospital. Launa worked in radiology and Carol was a CNA. As their daughters looked with joy Tuesday at a pair of boys captivated by the magic of Christmas, the two marveled at how after two decades, a new connection was forged.

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Jessica Gordon looks on Tuesday as Aiden and Zachary Mlyniec get a Christmas surprise. Gordon has provided Christmas gifts for the past two years for a child who would have been the same age as her son, Payton, who died at 10 weeks old in 2011.

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Malorie said her sons were blessed to be chosen for gifts in Payton’s honor. She was shocked to get the call from Jessica, saying it was hard to understand how out of all the worthy families, Jessica chose hers.

“I don’t know how to describe it,” Malorie said. “My boys just had one gift under the tree, a T-shirt, and unless family helped us, we wouldn’t have anything.”

Jessica said she helped in the cleanup efforts in the tornado’s aftermath, assisting a cousin who is a firefighter in Elwood.

When she saw a message from a family who lost everything in the tornado, she knew that was who she wanted to help.

Jessica, who is unemployed, had to stick to a tight budget but was determined to help a family. She had three gifts for each boy but on Monday night, others dropped off donations of new and gently-used toys.

She cried as she stayed up late wrapping the two dozen gifts Aiden and Zachary will now have under their tree on Christmas morning in the family’s new residence in Diamond.

The families came together Tuesday for a gift exchange at Minooka Village Hall, a midway point between their respective homes. Santa and Mrs. Claus made a special, pre-Christmas trip just to visit with Aiden and Zachary.

“Do you want to take these presents home and put them under your tree?” Jessica asked

the boys as she motioned to a mountain of gifts. “You guys are so special. Santa came here just for you. But you’ve got to wait for Christmas to open these.”

Jessica said being able to give gifts to a family in need is how she heals her heart.

“It’s so healing and therapeutic to see the kids with the gifts. It makes me feel like a normal mom and I don’t feel like I have to miss out on Christmas because my son is gone,” she said.

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The roof of their building was lifted into the air and then slammed back onto the four walls. The tornado ripped through the apartment, destroying the boys’ bedroom and the living room. They lost everything – even the new beds they had purchased the day before.

“We walked outside and tried to find help because we knew another cell was to come through. A random person a few blocks over took us into the basement to keep us safe,” Malorie said. “Then, my dad, who is a Joliet firefighter, came down to rescue us. Afterward, my husband took three days off of work to help us recover, and lost his job, so we are hurting.”

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Dr. Robert Hayling, Florida civil rights leader, dies at 86 The ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Dr. Robert B. Hayling, a dentist and influential civil rights activist in Florida during the 1960s, has died.

He was 86.

Hayling died Sunday at home in Fort Lauderdale, his sister, Yvonne Hayling-Clarke, told The Associated Press. No cause of death has been determined.

A member of a group known as “The St. Augustine Four,” Hayling spent six months in a Florida jail and reform school in 1964 after he and three other members of the NAACP Youth Council asked to be served at a Woolworth’s lunch counter.

They were released only after protests by Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson and others popularized their predicament, according to the ACCORD Civil Rights Museum.

“He motivated us. He made us feel like we were doing something right, and he backed us up a hundred percent in that,” Audrey Nell Edwards, one of the St. Augustine Four, said in a museum news release.

Hayling also got the attention of Vice President Lyndon Johnson in 1963. Hayling protested St. Augustine’s plan to celebrate its 400th anniversary and status as the oldest city in the U.S. with an all-white event.

Hayling’s objection opened the event, and resulted in two tables being set aside for black people, according to the museum.

Family effort prepares, distributes more than 200 luminaries this year • LUMINARIES

Continued from page 3 the names of their loved ones.

By the time he was ready to get them set out he had gathered more than 70 names.

Last year, he posted the message again to his Facebook wall and received 80 new names to add to the jugs.

“We continue to add names,” he said.

On Christmas Eve this year, the DesLauriers family went into their basement where the floors were covered with milk jugs filled

awaiting trucks.

The process has become streamlined over the years, and they can now light up the entire city block in just over an hour.

Trudy lights the candles, Jackie passes them to her dad, Kim and Marc load them in the trucks, and then Marc and Jackie set out driving while Kim places them along the curb of the park and Marc places them across the street.

With the exception of a Heidi Litchfield – hlitchfield@shawmedia.com snowstorm a few years ago, Marc DesLauriers and his father, Kim, place luminaries on the curb which saw the milk jugs wiped out by a snowplow, around Chapin Park in Morris on Thursday. the jugs continue to burn dles and placed one in each b r i g h t l y t h r o u g h o u t t h e with sand.

They set out lighting can- jug before taking them to the night.

Youth center renovation part of plan for mentally ill inmates

costs at IYC Joliet have been estimated at $30 million, so that money would be needed in future budgets going forward.

There is bipartisan support for the facility. About $8.6 million needed for IYC Joliet’s operational expenses for the last quarter of fiscal 2016 was included in the spending plan Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed in February. Budget talks, however, have since derailed.

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com JOLIET – The Illinois Department of Corrections has reached a settlement with lawyers representing 11,000 mentally ill inmates in a 2007 class action lawsuit alleging the state provided inadequate treatment.

The settlement in Ashoor Rasho vs. John Baldwin means there will be “very, very significant” changes to the way IDOC handles segregation of mentally ill prisoners, said Harold Hirshman, an attorney with the Chicago-based law firm Dentons who led the legal team representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

As part of the deal, IDOC will hire more than 700 clinical and security staff to work at new residential treatment units that are under construction — one of which will be housed at the now-shuttered Illinois Youth Center on McDonough Street in Joliet. The others will be housed at Logan, Pontiac and Dixon correctional centers.

A federal judge has preliminary approved the settlement, concluding that “it is fair, reasonable, and adequate,” but the final deal still requires court approval, according to an IDOC news release. A full hearing is set for May.

Solitary confinement Shaw Media file photo

The Illinois Youth Center in Joliet is scheduled to be done by August 2017 to house new residential treatment units for mentally ill Illinois Department of Corrections inmates.

al in May to renovate and staff IYC Joliet, placing the completion deadline in August 2017.

The earlier expectation was that it would be open and operational by spring 2016.

Nicole Wilson, spokeswoman for IDOC, said Thursday she could not yet confirm Hirshman’s timeline. This summer, Wilson told The Herald-News the state agency was on track to finish the conversion of IYC Joliet by early 2016.

“I don’t think so,” Hirshman said, arguing that time frame is highly unlikely. “I’m sorry to say that but I don’t think so.”

State Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet, said he would hope – given the progress made on construction at the McJoliet renovations Hirshman said IDOC will Donough Street campus – the have 15 months following the work will be completed sooner judge’s final stamp of approv- than mid-2017.

“Of course we want this done right. We want effective care of severely mentally ill offenders to be done right. We also don’t want this facility to sit idle once the work is completed,” McGuire said. “The sooner the state of Illinois starts giving effective care to severely ill inmates, most of whom are going to be released, the safer our communities will be.”

Hirshman in an email said he hopes the governor and state lawmakers – now embattled in a six-month budget impasse – will agree to provide the necessary dollars for the work.

“It would be a shame if this seriously disadvantaged group would become victims of some sort of political football,” he said.

The full annual operating

As part of the settlement, the state will provide both longterm and acute care for severely mentally ill inmates who require hospitalization.

Previously, such inmates were placed in solitary confinement or left “for months” in crisis cells, where they were totally isolated from other prisoners, according to a news release from Dentons.

In a news release from IDOC, the state “does not admit any liability regarding the allegations made in the suit,” but recognizes that adequately treating offenders with mental illnesses will require a shift in departmental operations.

“Illinois prisons were not intended to be psychiatric hospitals but the reality is, they have become holding places for people who suffer from serious mental illness,” John Baldwin, acting director for IDOC, said in the news release. “... This will improve correctional outcomes for those with mental illness and increase safety for our dedicated staff, all offenders, and the citizens we serve.”

BRIEFS Joliet Jewish Congregation to hold weekend services

JOLIET – Saturday services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday. Sunday School will be held at 9 a.m. at Joliet Jewish Congregation, 250 N. Midland Ave., Joliet. For information, call 815-741-4600 or visit www.jolietjewishcongregation.com.

First Presbyterian to hold weekend lessons, carols MORRIS – Lessons and Carols will be held during worship services at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church of Morris, 200 E. Jackson St., Morris. For information, call 815-258-9259.

Coal City United Methodist to hold soup supper

COAL CITY – Coal City United Methodist Church, 6805 E. McArdle Road in Coal City, invites the community to its first “Hallelujah” Soup Supper of 2016 from 4 to 7 p.m. Jan. 9. Soups will be cheesy potato and stuffed green pepper. Cost will be $8 for those 13 years old and older; $4 for children ages 6 to 12; $2 for children ages 3 to 5; and children 2 and younger eat free. All proceeds will go to the church’s building fund. Tickets will be sold at the door.

Helmar Lutheran to hold January fundraiser

NEWARK – Helmar Lutheran Church will have an all-you-caneat Kumla Dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 16. The proceeds are to support the HLC Food Pantry which has grown from serving 10 to 120 families, twice a month, in eight years of operation. The dinner includes ham, Kumla (like a dumpling), applesauce, dessert and beverage. A baked potato also can be substituted for Kumla if preferred. The church is at 11935 Lisbon Road, Newark.

It is a free donation dinner. For information or questions, call 815-695-5489

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Immaculate Conception School in Morris hosts speech contest; winners announced SUBMITTED REPORT MORRIS – Fifty-four Immaculate Conception School students in fifth through eighth grades participated Nov. 14 in the Illinois Elementary School Association Speech Contest. ICS. served as the host for the 11-school contest.

The students had the option of presenting their speech as solo acting, regular duet, improv duet, or small group.

Regular duets earning first-place ratings were done by: Brooklyn Boykins and Grace Lines, Isabelle Hess and Sydney Thuente, Jada Less and Macy Rodgers, Finley Johnston and Keira Kjellesvik, Mac Johnston and Jeffrey Thiers, and Stephanie Kruse and Tori Pellegrini.

Regular duets receiving a second-place rating were done by Emily Ammer and Gia Valentin and by Jeffrey Bzdill and Jackson Christensen.

Improv duets judged as first place were done by the following: Brooklyn Boykins and Grace Lines, Finn Paulson and Alma Repond, Emily Reppy and Sydney Reppy, Mac Johnston and Jeffrey Thiers, Molly Gustafson and Sydney Safarcyk, and Emily Ammer and Cole Jirgl.

An improv duet done by Maddy Castillo and Hannah McGhee received a second place rating.

A small group composed of Shaelee Ferrari, Lydia Gile, Molly Gustafson, Kaitlyn Jenkins, and Cole Jirgl received a first-place rating.

Also receiving a firstplace rating was the group of Tessa Johnson, Kaylee Ramos, and Gretchen Zarbock.

A third group composed of Nick Cook, Christian Delgado, Mason Kitchell, Ben Resar and Jacob Witthuhn

was awarded a first-place pared for the contest by Mrs. rating.

Johnson and several ICS A fourth small group of teachers.

Alexa Edwards, Hannah McStudents were awarded Ghee and Alma Repond received a first-place rating.

The group of Rhett Barkley, Duncan Collard, and Finn Paulson was awarded a first. Emily Reppy, Sydney Reppy, and Zachary Zarbock received a first.

Also receiving a first-place rating was the group of IsaSPONSORED BY belle Horkey, Sydney Safarcyk, Kate Steed and Emily Wilson.

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A Spirit-Filled Church 815-651-8564 Pastor Esther Holiday – Called to the Prophetess Office, she has been a Pastor in the Morris area for 4 years.

Meeting at the Quality Inn, 200 Gore Rd., Morris Sunday Morning: 10:15am Youth ministry – ages 5-12

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Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:15 a.m.

Pastor Caleb B. Counterman Pine Bluff & Goose Lake Rd.; 942-0675 Worship Service, 10:30 a.m., Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 10;00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Family Worship Community Church (Channahon)

277 East Shipyard Rd. 357-6617.

Rev. Jason Sprinkle. Sun. School, 9am; Worship Service, 10am; Evening Service, 6:00pm Wed.: Family Night 6:00pm; Tues. & Thurs.: Intercessory Prayer 9am. www.senecaaog.com

CHURCH OF HOPE (Gardner)

Monroe & Jefferson Sts. 237-8312 Pastor Jan Chandler Sun: Worship Service 10:15 am; Wed: Pastor’s Lectionary Group Meeting, 8:30 am; Choir Practice, 4:00 pm

Pastor’s Sammy L. & Patricia J. Ritchie Services held at Pioneer Path School 24920 S. Tryton St. (Rt. 6 & Tryton St.), Channahon, IL • Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m. • Sermon 11 a.m., Church Phone: 521-9712 • Web Page: www.Familyworshipcommunitychruch.com.

Jackson & Franklin Sts. Rev. Dr. Roy C. Backus Ph.: 815-942-1871. www.firstpresmorris.org.

Saturday Worship Service, 5:30 p.m.

Sun. Worship, 7:45 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.; Christian Education: 8:45 a.m.; Bible Study/ Christian Education for all ages. Nursery provided.

ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

FIRST APOSTOLIC CHURCH

702 E. North St. - Phone: 942-6214.

Pastor, W.C. Stinette Sun. School, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m.

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (Seneca)

245 S. Kankakee St.,Coal City, 634-4171 Rev. Robert Noesen Weekend masses: Sat. 4pm, Sun. 8 & 10:30 am; Daily masses: Monday, (No scheduled Mass) Rosary, 8am & Communion Service 8:30 am Tuesday, Rosary 8am, Mass or Communion Service 8:30am, Mass 6:30pm Wed. – Fri., Masses at 8:30am; Confessions: Wed., 1/2 hour before Mass, First Fri. before morning Mass, Sat. at 3:15–3:45pm & 1/2 hour before Sun. Masses, or by appointment.

Corner of Dupont Ave. & Lakewood Dr. Bishop Steve Gordon Missionaries Phone: (815)579-8303 Services: 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.

118 E. Jefferson, Ph.: 448-2038 Pastor - Jerry Hill Sun. Worship Service 3:00 p.m.; Sunday Free Lunch 2:00 p.m.

Liberty & Jackson Sts.; Ph.; 815-942-0809 Sat. Worship, 6pm; Sun. Worship, 9am; Sun. School, 10:30am Sun. broadcast 95.7FM, 11am www.morrisumc.com

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Channahon)

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (Seneca)

BETHLEHEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 202 W. Jefferson St., 942-1145.

Pastor: Patrick Lohse Sunday: Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am (Radio 95.7 FM) www.blc-morris-il.org.

1292 Morris Rd, Marseilles. Church phone: 795-4896. Pastor Bill Clark.

Sun.: Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed.: Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

BRACEVILLE UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE (Wilmington)

24466 W. Eames St., Ph.: 467-6846.

Pastor Randy Blan Sun.: Worship 10:30 am; Bible Study 9:15 am; Wed.: Bible Study (All ages) 7:00pm Thurs.: Midweek Connections, 1:30pm; More info: www.fbcchannahon.org

FIRST BAPTIST (Coal City)

P.O. 46, 106 W. Goold St. • (815) 237-8512 Pastor Bennett Woods bumclighthouse@yahoo.com Sun: Worship Service: 9:30am; 1st Sunday Holy Communion;United Methodist Women 2nd Tues of mo. 1:30pm; Fri: Alcoholics Anonymous, 8pm

303 S. Kankakee St., Wilmington.

Pastor: Bill Luttrell, 458-2006.

Church phone: 476-5752.

Sunday School 9:30am, Worship 10:30am & 6pm; Wed.: Bible Study 7pm.

Visitors are always welcome.

Sun. School, 10 am; Worship, 11 am; Sun. Eve., 6 pm Wed. Eve., 7 pm

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COAL CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FIRST BAPTIST (Morris)

225 George St., 942-0261 Pastor: Phillip Arnold Sunday: Sun. School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:40 a.m.; Wednesday: Bible Study, 6 p.m.

6805 E. McArdle Rd., Coal City, 60416. coalcityum.org • Phone (815)634-8670 Rev. Bradley D. Shumaker Worship Service Schedule Sun: 8:00 & 10:30 am Sunday School for all ages: 9:00 am

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CROSS LUTHERAN (Yorkville)

Dr. Avery Wilson, Pastor.

Ph.: 634-2654.

1650 West Route 6, Morris, IL 60450 Pastor Steve Larson 815-942-0812 • fbmorris@csky.net Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship 8:00am; Worship 10:45 am Sun: Baptist Youth Fellowship (Grades 6–12), 6pm

On Rt. 47, about 15 miles N. of Morris.

PH: 630-553-7335, www.hiscross.org Saturday: 5 pm (Casual) Sunday: 7:45 am (Organ) 9:15 am (Praise Team) 10:45 am (Praise Team) Nursery Care Available.

455 W. Southmor Rd. Scott Zorn - Lead Minister Todd Thomson, Tim Henson, Brent Popejoy, Trudy Moore, & Ryan Weimer, Ministers.

Ph.: 942-3454.

Sunday Morning Worship, 9 and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School for all ages, 9 & 10:30 a.m.

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DESTINY FAMILY CHURCH

FIRST CHRISTIAN (Wilmington)

25809 South Yellow Pine Drive Channahon, IL • Senior Pastor: Derek Ott Ph: (815) 342-5533 destinyfamily.org destinyfamilychurch@yahoo.com

121 W. Lincoln Street.

Pastor Kihwan Choi Ph.: 815-357-8340.

Each Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service

1824 Church St., 476-6734 Dallas Henry, Lead Minister, Josh LaGrange, Children’s & Youth Minister Sunday: Worship 10:00 am; Children’s Worship 10:00am; Coffee 9:45 am; Bible Study for all ages 9 am Nursery provided

Rev. Show Reddy Allam, Pastor, Rectory: 458-2125 Mass: Sat, 5:30 pm; Sun, 7:30 & 11 am; St. Lawrence O’toole, Essex, IL Sun: 9:15 am; Weekday Daily Masses Tuesday – Friday 8 am in the Adoration Chapel; Communion Service: Monday 8 am.

516 E. Jackson St. Father Edward Howe, Pastor.

Confession Saturday, 4 - 4:30 p.m., Saturday Mass 5 p.m.: Sunday Masses 7, 9 and 11 a.m., Spanish Mass 2 p.m. Weekday Mass 7 a.m., Wed., Thurs., Fri. Mass on Fri. at 8:15 a.m. when school is in session. Scripture & Communion Serv. 7 a.m. Mon., Tues.

250 N. Midland Ave, Joliet. 815-741-4600 Friday evening: 7:00pm Saturday: 9:00am • Sun School: 10:00am Led by Rabbi Charles Rubovits www.jolietjewishcongregation.com

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(Independent-Fundamental) 5140 Nettle School Rd. Pastor Joel Robertson. Ph.: 942-0494. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; Sun. Eve. Worship, 6 p.m.; Wed. Night Prayer Service, 7 p.m.

FRIENDS IN CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 1338 Clay St., Morris, IL (LC-MS) 815-941-1255 www.ficlc.org Worship: Sat 5:30pm; Sun 8:15 & 10:45am Sunday School: (Sept.-May) 9:30am Bible Study: Sun 9:30am Pastor Mark Willig

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24751 W. Eames St. (Rt. 6) Ph: 467-5275 • Pastor Steve Good Sun.: Worship - 9:00 and 10:30 am, Sunday School 10:15 am (all ages); All Welcome!

Rt. 113 & I-55. Pastor Mark Thompson.

Ph.: 458-2387. Sun.: Sunday School 9am, Adult Worship & Nursery 10:15am, Services (all ages) & nursery 6pm; Wed.: Adult Bible Study, Drop Zone, Kids’ Zone, Nursery 7pm

106 Lincoln St. Rev. Ph.: 458-6317.

(Rt. 47 at Airport Rd.) Pastor Steven Heilmann Church Ph.: 942-2252 www.glcmorris.net Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m.

HELMAR LUTHERAN (A.F.L.C.) 11935 Lisbon Rd., Ph.: 695-5489 Pastor James Mostre Sun: Worship Service 9:00am, Sunday School for all ages 10:15am

KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Rt. 47, 1-1/2 miles south.

Public Talk, 9:30 a.m.; Watchtower Study, 10:20 a.m.

LIFE CHURCH MORRIS

508 W. Illinois Ave., Morris, IL 815-942-0800 www.morris.gotlifechurch.com Pastor Jonathan Horsfall Sunday Prayer 9am Fellowship & Worship 10am

LIVING WATER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Rev. Steve Cook: 815-942-2000 Email: cooksd7@aol.com 118 East Jefferson St., Morris Sun: Christian Education/All Ages: 9:45am Worship Service: 10:45am Wednesday Study and Prayer 7:00pm

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Pastor Larry Jacobsgaard 108 E. Woodman St., 815-736-6271 Sun Worship, 9:30 am Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

705 E. Washington St., Morris, 815-942-4255 Pastor Kevin Yandell Youth Pastor: Jake Raymer Sunday Worship at: 9:00am & 10:45am Nursery and Children’s programs offered.

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NEW HARVEST WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH OF GOD(Wilmington)

Pastor George A. Hendricks.

458-6211. Sun. School, 9:45am; Fellowship Break, 10:45-11:00am Worship Service, 11:00am; Eve. Serv., 7pm; Wed. Prayer Mtg., 7:00pm

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708 North 7th St. Pastor Andrew Wzorek.

Parsonage Ph.: 448-2327; Church Ph.: 448-5545.

Sun School, 9:30am; Worship: 9:30am, 10:30am & 6 pm; Wed. Service 7pm

315 N. Daley 815-634-4148 Rev. Jan Quiett. Sun: Praise & Worship 6 p.m.; Tues: Kids Club 6 p.m.

Counseling by appointment.

317 Goold Park Drive (Chapin St. West) James Steele, Pastor 815-942-1380 Sun: Holy Communion at 8 & 10 am Church School at 9 am

PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH E.L.C.A. 101 Candlelight Lane • 942-1010 peacelc@plcmorris.org Pr. Luanne Bettisch Sunday Worship - 9:00am, Sunday Education Hour 10:15am,

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1.5 miles N. of I-55, 1/2 mile E. of Rt. 47 515 Stonewall Rd. Rev. William Mitschke, Pastor 815-584-3407 Sunday School & Adult Bible Class 9am Church Worship 10am

392-4245 or 237-2230 Fr. Stanley Drewniak Sunday Mass 8:00am Wednesday 8:30am

TURNING POINTE APOSTOLIC CHURCH

130 W. Scott St. • 357-6879 Pastor Rick Mitchell.

1200 Sunset Drive • 815-476-9036.

Pastor Shirley McClain Sun: Worship, 10:30am; Thu: Bible Study, 7:00pm.

Food distribution: 2nd & 4th Tues. of the month, 10am – 3pm. Mens fellowship breakfast: 2nd & 4th Sat. of the month, 9 am.

Middle School, Sage St. (S. entrance): Pastor Frank Snook. Ph.: 467-9754.

Sunday School, 9:00am; Worship, 10:00am & 6:30pm Wed. Prayer Mtg., 7:00pm

Sun. School, 10:00am Praise & Worship Service, 11:00am EYF, 7:00pm Thursday.

85 S. Broadway, Suite C • P.o. Box 254 Coal City • 815-342-0652 Email: tpacentre@gmail.com Pastor: Ida M. Nelson Sun: Worship Service: 10:00 am Tues: Worship Service: 7 pm

NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN (COAL CITY)

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UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA

80 N. Garfield. Ph.: 634-8332.

E-Mail: newhopepres1@sbcglobal.net Pastor: Rev. Nate Manzo Sun.: Adult Bible Study 9am Sun School 9:15am, Worship 10:30am; Wed.: Choir Practice 5:45pm

R.R.#1. Pastor Rodney Chappel.

Ph.: 476-7818.

Sun. School, 9:45am; Worship, 11:00am Eve. Worship, 6:00pm Wed.: Children’s Groups & Adult Bible Study.

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Gardner - Pine & Jefferson, One Block N. of High School 237-2227 Pastor Jana Howson Sun.: Worship 10 a.m.

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STAVANGER LUTHERAN (North of Seneca) Rev. Philip Peterson, Pastor Ph: 357-6302 Church Office, 815-357-6514 Confirmation: 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Worship: 10:30 a.m.

VERONA UNITED METHODIST Pastor Mary McQuilkin Church phone 815-287-2491 Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship: 8:30-9:30 a.m.

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MAZON UNITED METHODIST

495 E. 1st St., Coal City 815-634-4133.

Larry Garcia, Pastor.

Sun.: Sunday School 10:00am, Worship 10:00am Wed.: Worship at 7:00pm

509 7th Street • Ph.: 448-5677 www.mazonmethodist.com Morning Worship, 9:00 am Sunday School/Adult Bible Study, 10:15 am

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5475 Bell Road, Minooka.

(4 miles north & 4 miles west) Office, 475-7220, Parsonage, 475-4127. Pastor Bret L. Reedy.

Worship Service, 9:15am; Sunday School, 10:30am

R. Giovannetti, Pastor • 815.942.3758 Sun: 10:00am & 6:30pm Kids Church: 10am, Nursery Provided Wed: 7:15pm standingintheword.org

412 N. Wabena.

467-2205 • minookabible.org Saturday: Service 5:30 pm, Master’s Men 6:30 am; Sunday: Worship 8, 9:30 and 11 am

OUR SAVIOR’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN Rt. 47 & DuPont Rd. Pastor Dale Schilling Ph.: 708-212-4323.

Sun. Worship Service, 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School, 10:30 a.m.

RESURRECTION LUTHERAN (Channahon) ELCA 25050 W. Eames (Rt. 6) Phone: (815) 467-6875 Pastor Ben Ingelson Sun: Worship: 9:30 am Sunday School: 10:45 am www.resurrectionchannahon.org

135 Rice Rd. • 815-237-2230 stlawrenceswilm@yahoo.com Fr. Stanley Drewniak

Saturday Mass 4pm, Sunday Mass 10am Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30am

Meeting at Minooka Jr. High, 333 W. McEvilly, Minooka, Nate Ferguson, Lead Pastor, Jared Baker, Worship & Arts Pastor, (815)467-2265 thevillagechristianchurch.com Sun.: 2 Services 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. (Kid’s program ages birth-5th grade during service) Adult Small Groups Meet Weekly

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Pastor Sarah Hong 205 Church St. • 815-467-2322 2 blocks north of Minooka Post Office www.minookaumc.com Sun Worship 9am and 10:30am Sunday School 10:30am

MORRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST 1330 Old Pine Bluff Sunday: Bible Study 10 a.m.

Worship 11 a.m.

815-942-0422 www.morrischurchofchrist.org Email: mcoc@uti.com

300 East Union Street Pastor Kris Ann Zierke Phone: 815-357-6128 Sun: Sun. School & Confirmation Class: 8:45 am; Worship: 10:00 am;

Pastor Hans Fiene 24901 S. Sage St., Channahon 815-467-6401 Sunday Worship Service 9am Sunday School & Bible Study 10:15am

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806 Park St., Mazon • 815-448-5514 Tyler Carrell, Pastor Sun: Worship: 9:00am Sunday School: 10:15 am; Fellowship Hour immediately after worship

Meeting in The Crossing Business Center, 111 W. Wapella.

467-9513 Sunday: Bible Study 9:30am, Worship 10:30am & 6pm; Wed.: Bible Study 7:30pm

303 W. St. Mary St. 467-2233.

Father Tuan Van Nguyen Sat. Mass, 5:30 p.m. Sun. Mass, 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

Confessions Sat. 4:30-5:00 p.m.

ST. PATRICK CATHOLIC (Seneca) 176 W. Union St. 357-6239.

Saturday Mass, 5:15 p.m.; Sunday Masses, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m.

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Sun: Sun. School (all ages, nursery provided) 9-10am Worship Service 10:30-12pm Wed: AWANA (ages 3yrs old through 5th grade) 6pm-7:30pm Jr High Youth Group (6th through 8th grade) 6pm-7:30pm High School Youth Group 7:15pm-9pm

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BOWLING FOR CHRISTMAS

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Morris graduate Jeff Perry (left) will start at middle linebacker for Central Michigan University in the Detroit Quick Lane Bowl against University of Minnesota on Monday.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By ROB OESTERLE roesterle@shawmedia.com This is a Christmas tradition that everyone could get used to.

For the second straight year, a Morris Community High School graduate will be starting for the Central Michigan University football team in a bowl game.

Last season, Kevin Henry was a starter on the offensive line when the Chippewas played Western Kentucky in the inaugural Bahamas Bowl on Christmas Day. On Monday Jeff Perry will be starting his seventh straight game at middle linebacker for the Chippewas in the Detroit Quick Lane Bowl against University of Minnesota.

The game will be played at Ford Field, home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions, and televised on ESPN2, with kickoff slated for 4 p.m.

Perry, a 6-foot-2-inch, 228-pound sophomore, has 17 solo tackles and 11 assists so far this year, including one for loss and has recovered a fumble.

Perry, who wears No. 32, not only helps the Chippewas defense with his physical talents, but also with his brain. He is one of 15 Central Michigan

players to have been named Academic All-Mid-American Conference, which was the highest number in the conference.

He is sporting a 3.62 gradepoint average in mechanical engineering to go with his excellent performance on the field. Central Michigan is 5-1 in the previous six games that Perry has started at middle linebacker.

The bowl will be the ninth in school history for Central Michigan, and the Chippewas are 3-5 all-time in bowl games.

It also is the ninth time they have played at Ford Field, where they have a 5-3 all-time mark.

Another Morris graduate, Danny Friend, will be taking the field as a member of the Indiana Hoosiers when they take on Duke in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Friend wears No. 84 for Indiana and is a tight end on the high-powered Hoosier offense.

The 6-foot-5-inch, 261-pound sophomore has caught three passes for 39 yards this season, including a game against Western Kentucky in which he had Photo provided two catches for 30 yards.

Jeff Perry (32), a Morris Community High School graduate, is one of 15 Academic All-MAC performers for the He also sees time on some of the Hoosiers’ special teams Central Michigan University football team. Perry will start at middle linebacker for the Chippewas at 4 p.m.

Monday in the Detroit Quick Lane Bowl. The game will be televised on ESPN2. units.

AREA ROUNDUP

High school sports schedule

Minooka girls defeat Lincoln-Way North STAFF REPORTS FRANKFORT – With strong play at the start and finish Wednesday, the Minooka girls basketball team improved to 2-1 in the Lincoln-Way East Tournament and 8-4 overall with a 41-35 win over Lincoln-Way North.

Minooka got out to an 11-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and never trailed again the rest of the way. Part of that was because of freshman center Savannah Johnson scoring six of her nine points in the fourth quarter. Senior Sydney Arlis had a team-leading 18 points for Minooka, while junior Brooklyn Bachmann scored 13 to complement the nine points tossed

in by Johnson.

“Our defense was excellent today against an excellent Lincoln Way North team,” Minooka coach Ray Liberatore said.

St. Bede Tournament: Seneca concluded the St. Bede Tournament with a 46-38 loss to Fieldcrest on Wednesday. Karlie Cade led the Lady Irish (511) with 11 points, while Paige Hacker scored 10.

BOYS BASKETBALL

finished 2-2 in the Ottawa Holiday Tournament after a 24-23 in overtime win over St. Bede on Wednesday. Madi Mayberry scored six points and had a team-high 10 rebounds, while Amanda Schmidt scored seven points.

(6-5) with 19 points, while Blake Breyman scored 12 and Kameron Dransfeldt scored eight. A 20-6 third quarter helped the Redskins to the victory, as well as the defensive work of Breyman and Danny Borgstrom.

Plano Tournament: Coal City opened play in the 53rd Annual Plano Holiday Classic with a 53-29 loss to Yorkville on Wednesday. Keegan Clampitt led the Coalers with 11 points.

Coal City resumes tourney action Saturday night at 8 against Fenton.

Morris sophomores 58, Elgin St. Edward 41: At the Pla-

Ottawa Sophomore Tourna- no Sophomore Tournament, ment: The Morris girls (4-8) Payton Voitik led Morris

SATURDAY’S EVENTS BOYS BASKETBALL 9 a.m. – Gardner-South Wilmington vs. Spring Valley Hall at Marseilles Holiday Tournament 10:30 a.m. – Newark vs. Streator at Plano Holiday Classic 11:30 a.m.– Minooka vs.McHenry at York Tournament 5 p.m. – Seneca vs. Chicago St. Benedict at Marseilles Holiday Tournament 6:30 p.m. – Morris vs. Somonauk at Plano Holiday Classic

8 p.m. – Coal City vs. Fenton at Plano Holiday Classic GIRLS BASKETBALL 1:30 p.m. – Minooka vs. Lincoln-Way Central at Lincoln-Way East Tournament 5 p.m. – Coal City vs. Illiana Christian at Lisle Holiday Classic 8 p.m. – Newark vs. Lisle at Lisle Holiday Classic GIRLS BOWLING 9 a.m. – Morris at Plainfield South Cougar Invite at Town & Country Lanes in Joliet

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Nature facts to chew on over the holidays Since we are approaching the time of year when families and friends gather together, I thought it would be appropriate to try and find some things to possibly stir up the conversation.

Nobody likes to be in the midst of a group of people with nothing to talk about.

The following tidbits of ridiculous and strange facts might just help break the ice at your next get together.

All of the information for this article was taken from a book I just received as a present from a colleague.

It is entitled, The Book of Useless Information by Noel Botham and The Useless Information Society.

It is published by Penguin Publishers. I really found some of this stuff fascinating and I hope that you do to.

Here goes: • A baby gray whale drinks enough milk to fill more than two thousand bottles a day.

• The female oyster lays an average of 500 million eggs a year. Usually, only one oyster out of the bunch reaches maturity.

• An estimated 80 percent of creatures on Earth have six legs.

• The first medical use of leeches dates back to approximately 2,500 years ago.

The leech’s saliva contains a property that acts as an anticoagulant for human blood.

• A square mile of fertile earth has 32 million earthworms in it.

• The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans ages the equivalent of five human years for every day they live, usually expiring after fourteen days. However,

when stressed, the worm goes into a state of suspended animation that can last for two months or more. The human equivalent would be to sleep for about 200 years.

• There is an average of 50,000 spiders an acre in green acres.

• Spider silk is an extremely strong material, and its on-weight basis has been proven to be stronger than steel. Experts suggest that a pencil-thick strand of silk could stop a Boeing 747 in flight.

• Toads only eat moving prey.

• Each eye of the chameleon is independent of the other. The lizard can watch and study two totally different pictures at the same time.

• More people are killed in Africa by crocodiles than lions.

• Rattlesnakes gather in groups to sleep through the winter. Sometimes up to 1,000 of them coil up together to keep warm.

• The howler monkey is the loudest animal living in the rain forest of South America. Their voices can be heard up to five miles away.

• It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky.

• Scientists say that pigs, unlike all other domestic animals, arrive at solution by thinking them through. Pigs can be – and have been – taught to accomplish almost any feat a dog can master, and usually in a shorter period of time.

• Despite its reputation for being finicky, the average cat consumes about

INTO THE OUTDOORS Steve Rogers 130,000 calories a year, nearly 20 times its own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids.

• In case you were wondering, cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.

• Eleven chinchillas were brought from the Andes

Mountains in South America in the 1930s. All chinchillas presently in North America are descended from these 11 chinchillas.

• The five fastest birds are: the peregrine falcon that can fly up to 175 miles an hour, the spine-tailed swift that can go 106 miles an hour, the frigate bird at 95 miles an hour, the spurwinged goose at 88 miles an hour, and the red-breasted merganser at 80 miles an

hour.

Is any of this useful?

Probably not. Is it interesting?

For sure.

This is just a small sample of some of the crazy facts that lie between the pages of this book. I hope that you enjoy.

Have a great Christmas.

• Steve Rogers can be reached at salcrogers@comcast.net.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

‘On this day in Bethlehem’

A Christmas to remember

Note to readers: In celebration of Christmas Day, we reprint this passage from the Book of Luke.

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.

THE FIRST

AMENDMENT

She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his

favour rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told

– Luke 2:1-20

Mistletoe hung in doorway and Christmas tree decorated and bright.

I sit here looking back at my first Christmas night.

Although I was too young to remember, I’m sure that you do, For that Christmas, Mother, would never have been mine Except for you.

I try to picture the way it must have been, Lying in a hospital bed, Away from all kin.

The long countless hours of the pain you had to endure; Wondering and waiting long into the night, Will this be a Christmas babe, But not knowing for sure.

Before the night had ended I took my first breath.

You laid back your head, and took a little rest.

Today is a very special day That’s celebrated far and wide But there is a more love-filled

meaning That I carry deep inside.

I remember the stories you told me, In my childhood, of how I came to be.

“A present” dropped off by Santa Claus, Hanging by diaper from our Christmas tree.

Each night when I would say my, “Now I lay he down to sleep” I would close with, “Please, dear Lord, let this Loving woman Santa’s present keep.”

As I grew, I knew There was more than the fairy tale you told, To the making of this now 27-year-old.

There was time, patience, pain and despair, And through all there was the loving tenderness Of a mother who cared.

Janice Gast Elwood

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Questions come over the holiday

CELEBRITY CIPHER

First of all, I wish all of my readers a very happy holiday season.

When you have a few minutes – or more? – to spare, enter my annual Christmas Competition.

1. South is in four hearts. West leads the diamond 10. How should South plan the play? Do not be influenced by these East-West hands.

When the answer is given on January 22, they will change.

2. After East opens one diamond, suggest a bidding sequence.

3. Look only at the East hand.

After opening one diamond, what should he rebid when West responds (a) one heart; (b) one spade; (c) one no-trump; (d) two clubs; (e) two notrump, balanced, no four-card major, game-invitational; (f) three spades, a splinter bid showing good diamond support, at least game-going values and a singleton or void in spades.

4. Look only at the South hand.

North opens one club, South responds one heart, and North rebids (a) one spade; (b) two diamonds; (c) two no-trump. What should South do now?

5. Look only at the West hand.

South opens one no-trump (15-17), and North raises to three no-trump.

What should West lead?

6. Look only at the North hand.

South opens two hearts, a sane weak two-bid. What should North do?

Mail your entry to Phillip Alder, c/o Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO 64106 to arrive by January 20, 2016. Or e-mail it to phillip@bridgeforeveryone.com.

Please take as read all of the usual disclaimers, and remember that this is primarily for fun.

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