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McHENRY COUNTY RETAILERS MAKE SWITCH TO NEW CARD READERS
Some seeking to redirect donations to Gliniewicz family By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com
fraudulently. And many businesses won’t be affected either as the companies behind the software are accepting the liability for fraudulent purchases – as long as the business follows all the rules
FOX LAKE – Some of the scores of ribbons and posters have come down in Fox Lake as residents deal with the fallout over news their once beloved “G.I. Joe” had a troublesome history of drinking, sexual harassment and other misconduct before he staged his suicide to look like a homicide. While the shocking revelations have left some to wonder about money they donated to Fox Lake Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz’s family – in some cases requesting that money be returned – others have taken time to reflect on the way residents rallied together in the face of tragedy. “Despite what came out, I hope we can remember how we came together as a community, and we don’t become hardened or jaded,” McHenry Outdoor Theater owner Scott Dehn said. “We all did the right things for the right reasons. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.” Gliniewicz died of a gunshot would Sept. 1 after he radioed to dispatch that he was investigating three suspicious men. The shooting sparked a massive manhunt and an outpouring of support for the 30-year police veteran. But Wednesday, investigators revealed he had staged his suicide to look like a homicide as he
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Natalie Morrissey of Crystal Lake uses her credit card Oct. 29 to purchase groceries at Joseph’s Marketplace in Crystal Lake. As of Oct. 1, retailers can be on the hook for fraudulent purchases made at their stores if they haven’t started accepting credit cards with microchips in them.
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By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – The new credit card machines at Joseph’s Marketplace are taped over. Like many locally owned businesses, the grocery store has the equip-
ment to accept the new credit cards that banks and credit card companies are rolling out, but the software designed to process those transaction isn’t ready to go. The delay won’t affect consumers who, for the most part, aren’t responsible if their credit cards are used
Defiant Carson: Questions about West Point story unfair The ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – A defiant Ben Carson on Friday rejected the idea his past descriptions of receiving a scholarship offer to attend West Point were inaccurate, and called questions about the veracity of the story irrelevant to his campaign for president. “I think what it shows, and these kinds of things show, is there is a desperation on behalf of some to try to find a way to tarnish me,” Carson told reporters at a news conference near West Palm Beach. “Because they have been looking through everything. They have been talking to everyone I have ever known and everybody I have ever seen. There has got to be a scandal.”
Carson, a newcomer to national politics, has developed a passionate following based in part on his inspirational personal story and devotion to Christian values. The only African-American in the Republican 2016 class, Carson grew up in inner-city Detroit and often speaks about his brushes with violence and poverty during his early years. After a story published by Politico earlier Friday, his campaign sought to clarify Carson’s story about his interest in attending the U.S. Military Academy in his breakout book, “Gifted Hands,” in which he outlines his participation with the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, commonly known as ROTC, while in high school. “I was offered a full scholarship
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to West Point,” Carson wrote in the 1996 book. “I didn’t refuse the scholarship outright, but I let them know that a military career wasn’t where I saw myself going. As overjoyed as I felt to be offered such a scholarship, I wasn’t really tempted.” Carson has repeated the story over the years, including in an interview in October with talk- Ben Carson show host Charlie Rose. Campaign spokesman Doug Watts said Carson was “the top ROTC student in the city of Detroit” and “was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC supervisors.”
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“They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission,” Watts said. Students granted admission to West Point are not awarded scholarships. Instead, they are said to earn appointments to the military academy, which come with tuition, room and board and expenses paid, in exchange for five years of service in the Army after graduation. A West Point spokesman Friday said the academy “cannot confirm whether anyone during that time period was nominated to West Point if they chose not to pursue completion of the application process.” At his news conference Friday night, Carson said, “it was an offer
to me. It was specifically made.” He said he could not recall specifically who made the offer, but he pushed back against the idea that he should be able to do so. “I don’t remember the names of the people,” Carson said. “It’s almost 50 years ago. I bet you don’t remember all the people you talked to 50 years ago.” Pressed further by reporters during the news conference, Carson replied: “What about the West Point thing is false? What is false about it?” Asking if he had made a mistake in recounting the story, he said, “I don’t think so. I think it is perfectly clear. I think there are people who want to make it into a mistake. I’m not going to say it is a mistake, so forget about it.”
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