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Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., expressed displeasure with issues constituents have faced.

Ten file for county’s RTA seat Interviews to replace former GOP insider Jourdan set for late November By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com Ten applicants will be interviewed to replace former GOP insider Al Jourdan as McHenry County’s representative on the Regional Trans-

All 10 will be granted 30-minute interviews Nov. 22 before a four-member McHenry County Board panel, Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock, said.

portation Authority Board. They include a number of former elected officials, local businessmen and a few newcomers. The field is Republican dominated, but two have Democratic connections and one is a Libertarian.

See RTA, page A4

Roskam details health care woes

What's next A panel of four McHenry County Board members will interview the candidates and make a recommendation for full board approval. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. Nov.

22 at the county Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. See the list of candidates on PAGE A4.

Source: McHenry County

Writing is on the wall

Talks about what upsets constituents By JIM DALLKE jdallke@shawmedia.com Four weeks after the launch of the Obama administration’s malfunctioning health care website, the House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing in Washington on Tuesday to address the problems. Since Oct. 1, HealthCare. gov has experienced numerous glitches, and Democratic and Republican lawmakers addressed questions directly to Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for

See HEALTH CARE, page A4

Lawmakers want public input on state budget The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – Two state senators say partisan bickering over the state’s budget should be set aside for the sake of Illinois residents. Park Ridge Democrat Dan Kotowski and McHenry Republican Pam Althoff touted Pam Althoff, the results of R-Crystal Lake a survey of Illinois residents at a Tuesday news conference in Chicago. Kotowski says both Democrats and Republicans want many of the same things out of the state’s budget. That includes more of the state’s budget being put toward growing

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Crosby Elementary third-grade teacher Beth Schmidt instructs her students Friday in cursive writing in Harvard. New Common Core standards do not mandate the teaching of cursive writing.

Teaching cursive diminished as more school districts shift emphasis to computers By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com Five years ago, Harvard District 50 did what many school districts across the country have done in the past decade. In a world revolving around computers, administrators took a look at the practicality of teaching cur-

sive writing. At the time, the average third-grader spent about a half-hour each day learning to read and write the curvy, connected script. “What we decided at that point was spending the half-hour a day on cursive handwriting with the emphasis of going paperless was not the best use of our

time,” said Mary Cooke, District 50’s district literacy coordinator. District 50 made a decision that has become common. School districts across the country are scaling back cursive writing training or, in some cases, cutting it altogether.

See CURSIVE, page A4

Crosby Elementary third-grade student Adriannas Palella practices writing cursive during class Friday in Harvard.

See BUDGET, page A4

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CRYSTAL LAKE

CL FINANCE DIRECTOR TAKES NEW ROLE For the past eight years, Mark Nannini has served as Crystal Lake’s director of finance, overseeing annual budgets of less than $100 million. On Monday, he will take on one of the state’s most prominent financial responsibilities as chief financial officer of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund – the state’s second-largest pension system. For more, see page B1.

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