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Hall of Famer Ernie Banks dies The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Hall of Fame slugger Ernie Banks, the two-time MVP who never lost his boundless enthusiasm for baseball despite years of playing on losing Cubs teams, died Friday night. He was 83. The Cubs announced Banks’ death, but did not provide a cause. “Mr. Cub” hit 512 home runs during his 19-year career, including five seasons with 40 or more. He was fond of saying, “It’s a great day for baseball. Let’s play two!” That remains a catchphrase at Wrigley Field
to this day. “Words cannot express how important Ernie Banks will always be to the Chicago Cubs, the city of Chicago and Major League Baseball. He was one of the greatest players of all time,” Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said in a statement. “He was a pioneer in the major leagues. And more importantly, he was the warmest and most sincere person I’ve ever known.” “Approachable, ever optimistic and kind hearted, Ernie Banks is and always will be Mr. Cub. My family and I grieve the loss of such a great
and good-hearted man, but we look forward to celebrating Ernie’s life in the days ahead.” Although he was an 11-time All-Star from 1953-71, Banks never reached the postseason, and the Cubs finished below .500 in all but six of his seasons. Still, he was inducted into the Ernie Banks Hall of Fame in 1977, the first year he was eligible, and selected to baseball’s All-Century team in 1999.
Banks’ infectious smile and nonstop good humor despite his team’s dismal record endeared him to Chicago fans, who voted him the best player in franchise history. One famous admirer, “Saturday Night Live” star Bill Murray, named his son Homer Banks Murray. Banks’ No. 14 was the first number retired by the Cubs, and hangs from the left-field foul pole at Wrigley Field. “I’d like to get to the last game of the World Series at Wrigley Field and hit three homers,” he once said. “That was what I always wanted to do.”
Banks was playing for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues when the Cubs discovered him in 1953, and purchased his contract for $10,000. He made his major league debut at shortstop on Sept. 17 that year, and three days later hit his first home run. Tall and thin, Banks didn’t look like a typical power hitter. He looked even less so as he stood at the plate, holding his bat high and wiggling it as he waited for pitches. But he had strong wrists and a smooth, quick stroke, and he made hitting balls out of the park look effortless.
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INSECURE FUTURE Local family shares immigration status uncertainty By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com For 17 years, Manuel and Maria have been living a life in the shadows. At work they have one name. At home, with their children, they’re called something else. Always looking over their shoulder. Watching out for police. Leery of contact with government officials. Manuel and Maria, both in the U.S. without proper documentation, said they feel they’re at risk of deportation every time they leave their McHenry County home. They join an estimated 5 million undocumented immigrants who welcome and could be eligible for temporary protection from deportation and could be eligible for a work permit under President Barack Obama’s latest executive action on immigration.
The president’s program, known as DAPA or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, faces legislative challenges but could go into effect in May. DAPA allows parents of U.S. citizens who have lived in the country for more than five years and pass a background check to apply for a three-year temporary work permit. A recent study by the Migration Policy Institute estimates there are 225,000 individuals in the Chicago area – including Cook, Lake, Will and Kane counties – who could be eligible under a pair of deferred action programs. Estimates for McHenry County were not available. Maria and Manuel are not the McHenry County couple’s real names. The Northwest Herald granted the couple anonymity to tell their story, and agreed not to provide specific details about their
residence or employment. The interview was translated by Carlos Acosta, a Latino advocate and former leader of the McHenry County Latino Coalition. The couple said they came here from Mexico more than a decade ago for a better life. Married young, they had a small, sick child. Juan (also not his real name) had digestion problems, and he needed special baby formula, a can of which lasted two days and cost 100 pesos. Working 48 hours a week, Manuel was lucky to bring home 500 pesos. “There’s work, but they pay you almost nothing,” Manuel said through the translator. “There’s no real chance in Mexico to get ahead.” In Manuel and Maria’s household, the family runs the gamut of statuses. There’s 16-year-old Juan, a high schooler, who was eligible for a work permit under an earlier deferred action program for those
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“Most undocumented [people] are not living here in isolation. They’re part of a family group with U.S. citizens and green card holders, and often they are caught in the wheel of a very broken immigration system.” Sara Dady
Rockford-based immigration attorney who came to the country as young children. The couple also have two young daughters who are U.S. citizens. Mixed status families such as these are common, said Rockford-based immigration attorney Sara Dady. “That’s a big misconception,” she said. “Most undocumented
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WOODSTOCK – When the bailiff yelled “All rise!” to start the Friday morning call for McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather, there was one person in the courtroom who had a good excuse not to stand. But he didn’t use it. For the first time since he was shot in the back and the leg in Holiday Hills, Sheriff’s Deputy Dwight Maness stood in the same room as the man accused of firing shots at him and two other deputies responding to a domestic call in OctoScott B. Peters ber. Maness, along with about 20 other McHenry County sheriff’s deputies, attended Friday’s court date for 52-year-old Scott B. Peters of Holiday Hills. Attorneys were expected Dwight to set the case for Maness trial. Instead Peters’ attorney, Assistant Public Defender Rick Behof, asked for another status hearing and could set it for trial next month. When the judge took the bench, Maness steadied himself on the arms of his wheelchair, and used his good leg to stand. He did this again when Prather took a recess. Also at Friday’s court date were McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim, Deputy Eric Luna, who also was allegedly shot at but escaped injury, and Robert Satkiewicz, the husband of Khalia Satkiewicz, who also was injured in the shooting in Holiday Hills.
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