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Strict requirements keep Care Trak usage low

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Last push for gov. hopefuls Voters on Tuesday will select from four GOP candidates By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com

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McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy Steve Nulle holds equipment to track corrections officer Liz Knezevic during a demonstration Friday. Care Trak is designed to locate individuals with dementia, Alzheimer’s and others who are prone to wandering. Currently, only six McHenry County residents use the device, which is likely because of Care Trak’s limited advertising in the county and its strict eligibility requirements, McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Amy Knop said.

Program used to locate people with dementia-like illnesses By JIM DALLKE jdallke@shawmedia.com When 84-year-old Huntley resident Bodil Becker wandered away from home and was found dead in the snow earlier this month, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office sent a news release urging residents to utilize Care Trak, a monitoring system used to locate missing people. Care Trak is designed to locate individuals with dementia, Alzheimer’s and others who are prone to wandering. But currently only six McHenry County residents use the device, which is likely because of Care Trak’s limited advertising in the county and its strict eligibility requirements, McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Aime Knop said. In fact, the requirements to obtain Care Trak are so exclusive that Becker herself wasn’t even eligible for the device, Knop said. To utilize Care Trak an individual must have a medically confirmed diagnosis, such as autism or dementia, have difficulties with communication, have a history or likelihood of wandering and be under 24-hour supervised care. The 24-hour care is the most

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press

ABOVE: After a few minutes, Care Trak finds McHenry County Corrections officer Liz Knezevic walking in a county complex parking lot. LEFT: The transmitter used to locate individuals is housed in a waterproof case that is strapped to the wrist or ankle.

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Before the tracking device, when his medication wasn’t working properly, he would be anywhere. I was calling the police every two weeks because he would just lose it.” Bobbie Mitchell, about how her autistic 19-year-old grandson has used the device since September

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D-300 LOOKS TO IMPROVE SAFETY District 300 officials are looking to reinforce school entrances with bullet-resistant glass and make other security improvements following widespread school shootings across the U.S. Board members earlier this week approved the safety projects, which will be completed only if the district is awarded a $509,000 state grant. For more, see page B1.

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Inside Turnout could swing GOP race for Illinois governor. PAGE A4 second-highest percentage of people leaving. While Quinn will likely prevail in his primary against

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Obama seeks to stay neutral in CIA-Senate spat

See TRACKING, page A9

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Republican voters will make a decision Tuesday that the party’s four candidates for Illinois governor maintain is a referendum on the state’s future. Bruce Rauner, State Sens. Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady, and State Treasurer Dan Rutherford have made their cases, hammering away at one another through a protracted primary season, as to why they have the best shot at unseating Democratic incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn. All four claim they are the state’s best bet to turn around Illinois, which has the nation’s third-highest unemployment rate and the Midwest’s highest, a $100 billion unfunded pension liability, the worst credit rating of all 50 states, and the

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McHENRY COUNTY: Tobacco products missing from many locally-owned pharmacies’ shelves for years. Business, D1

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WASHINGTON – For President Barack Obama, a public spat between his trusted ally at the CIA and a loyal Democratic senator has put into sharp focus his complicated role in managing the postSept. 11 anti-terror programs he inherited from George W. Bush. The president wants to stay neutral in the feud that erupted last week between Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and CIA Director John Brennan, who served as Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser before being tapped to lead the spy agency. Feinstein accused the CIA of illegally searching computers the Senate Intel-

ligence Committee used to study documents related to the harsh interrogation techniques the agency employed after the 2001 terror attacks. In brief comments on the dispute, Obama said taking sides was “not something that is an appropriate role for me and the White House to wade President into at this Barack point.” Obama Staying out of the fray may prove difficult for Obama, given that he’s already entwined with the issue at the core of the dispute: What kind of public reckoning

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