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Huntley hospital plans accelerate Centegra wants to move $233 million project off Haligus and Reed roads By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com HUNTLEY – Village officials are eager to hear from Centegra Health System executives about why they want to move their $233 million hospital off the original location of Haligus and Reed roads in
Huntley. The two sides meet later this week for the first planning meeting since a state board gave Centegra the green light last summer to build the five-story, 128-bed hospital in the growing area of Huntley. Centegra’s relocation decision is a minor one, since the
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hospital still will be built in the area of Haligus and Reed roads. The move would locate the hospital toward the middle of Centegra’s Health Bridge and ambulatory care mall, near Algonquin Road, a half mile south of the original intersection. But the village still has a
stake in the planning for the new hospital, and officials want a clear understanding of any changes to designs as Centegra accelerates planning in the coming months for a potential October groundbreaking. “This is the largest, single building project in the history
of the village,” Village Manager Dave Johnson said. “So it’s important that the lines of communication are clear from the beginning.” Village staff, trustees and Plan Commission members are looking forward to hearing the “rationale” behind the relocation of the hospital
toward Centegra’s existing facilities in Huntley, Johnson said. Officials also want to discuss traffic patterns and parking inside what now is being called Huntley’s Centegra Health Campus.
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Speech to announce next steps in Afghanistan war What it means The president also raised expectations for action this year on climate change after devoting a significant amount of time to the issue in his address at the inauguration. But the unemployment rate is persistently high at 7.9 percent, economic growth slowed last quarter and consumer confidence is falling, so the economy could upend Obama’s plans to pursue a broader domestic agenda in his final four years in office.
By JULIE PACE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will focus his State of the Union address on boosting job creation and economic growth at a time of high unemployment, underscoring the degree to which the economy could threaten his ability to pursue second-term priorities such as gun control, immigration policy and climate change. Obama also may use Tuesday’s prime-time address before a joint session of Congress to announce the next steps for concluding the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Obama’s State of the Union marks his second high-profile speech to the nation in about three weeks, after his inaugural address Jan. 21 that opened his second term. White House aides see the two speeches as complementary, with Tuesday’s address aimed at providing specifics to back up some of the Inauguration Day’s lofty liberal rhetoric. The president previewed the address during a meeting Thursday with House Democrats and said he would speak “about making sure that we’re focused on job creation here in the United States of America.” Obama said he would try to accomplish that by calling for improvements in education, boosting clean energy production, and reducing the deficit in ways that don’t burden the
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Tony Turner (right) of Crystal Lake sits with his daughter, Lexi, 15, as they play with their dog inside their Crystal Lake home. Tony works as a pilot for American Airlines and is away from his family most of the month.
Traveling for work tough on parents, children By LAWERENCE SYNETT lsynett@shawmedia.com
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ony Turner makes a living above the clouds. The 52-year-old has been a pilot for American Airlines for almost 22 years
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– a career choice that means he spends a large portion of his life away from his family. He said he spends as much time as possible with his wife and two children at their Crystal Lake home before soaring into the air to earn a paycheck. “It’s hard, but I try to stay as involved as I can,” Turner said. “There are a lot of times when I miss [family] things, but I don’t have a choice. There is always a little guilt in the back of your mind.” Turner is one of many parents who choose a life on the road as their profession, a choice that becomes a balancing act for couples who want a healthy and happy family atmosphere. “When we think about parents who are
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traveling, we think about the idea of safety and security that we want to maintain while the parents are gone,” said Zachary Sikora, licensed clinical psychologist with Centegra Physician Care. “The child needs to be educated and in the loop.”
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Turner is a junior captain on a reserve schedule for American Airlines, so he doesn’t have a set flying schedule. He is given 12 pre-plotted days off each month and is on call the rest of the time. He can end up going anywhere, at anytime, for as much as six days at a time.
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