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CARY – It’s now prohibited locally for minors in Cary to be in possession of electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes now are considered a tobacco product for the purposes of the village’s municipal code, after an ordinance to amend the code passed in a recent 3-2 vote, Village Administrator Chris Clark said. Cary Police Chief Pat Finlon, who authored the ordinance, said he modeled it after Schaumburg’s ordinance. While state legislation at the start of last year successfully amended the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act to prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, Finlon said, “it stops short of prohibiting possession.” The issue, he added, has come up numerous times with more calls coming into the police department regarding teens having and smoking e-cigarettes at school. “The whole issue was the manner in which those situations Pat Finlon could be handled,” he said, explaining students have been caught with e-cigarettes, but not necessarily buying them. “We basically couldn’t do anything about it.” While smoking e-cigarettes – the act is often called vaping – does not expose the user to tobacco, the devices usually contain the addictive substance, nicotine. In a statement last year, the American Heart Association urged more regulation, calling e-cigarettes a possible “gateway to traditional tobacco products.” While Trustee Jeffery Kraus does not oppose regulation of the devices, he said his “no” vote stemmed from the want to avoid redundancy. “I voted against it because I just know there’s legislation Jeffery Kraus about this pending in Springfield and I wanted to wait to see how that played out first,” Kraus said. State Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, is a sponsor of HB 2250, which further amends the Prevention of ToJack Franks bacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act to prohibit the possession of e-cigarettes. There are additional provisions, too. Franks said the bill passed through the House of Representatives but did not make it through the Senate. “I want to credit Cary for stepping up to do that,” Franks said. “Since
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EXPANDING THE DEFINITION State changes to cyberbullying codify what area school districts already are seeing By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com
Anonymous messaging apps and the endless supply of new cellphone numbers available make figuring out who is behind cyberbullying tougher. That’s why Dave Shutters, a dean at Crystal Lake Central High School, is trying to build up the resilience of students and give them the tools they need to push past the negative stuff they’re hearing. “I ask them, ‘If that same kid called you the greatest kid in the world, would you believe that?’ ” he said. “And they’re like, ‘No.’ Then why do you believe the negative? Why do you make that more powerful?” School districts across the country have been dealing with cyberbullying since the early days of the Internet, when Facebook didn’t exist and kids would make websites targeting other students, said George Oslovich, Woodstock School District 200’s assistant superintendent for middle and high school education. Incremental steps by the Illinois Legislature have been codifying what they’ve already been doing, which helps lay a firmer groundwork and makes sure everyone is on the same page, he said. The latest step – a rewriting of the Bullying Prevention Act with a new expanded definition of bullying to include cyberbullying – went into effect this past January, said Melinda Selbee, an attorney with the Illinois Association of School Boards. The year before, another law took effect, requiring school districts to notify parents and students that they can request students’ social media passwords if they have “reasonable evidence” that activity on that account violates a student disciplinary rule,
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she said. The ability to ask for passwords wasn’t new – it actually dates back to a 1985 Supreme Court case on districts’ search and seizure powers – but it spurred a flurry of media coverage and concerns from parents, Selbee said, adding that neither law had a tremendous impact on school districts. Shutters has never asked for social media passwords or to look at a kid’s phone, he said. Doing so could open a whole new can of worms – like nude photos that depending on the student’s age, could technically be child pornography. And there are other ways of seeing the posts. Students often print out screenshots to show him. “Sometimes patience is the best recourse in those areas,” Oslovich said, adding the See CYBERBULLYING, page A8
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WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics Sunday, making a much-awaited announcement she will again seek the White House with a promise to serve as the “champion” of everyday Americans. Clinton opened her bid for the 2016 Democratic nomination by positioning herself as the heir to the diverse coalition of voters who elected her immediate predecessor and former campaign rival, President Barack Obama, as well as an appeal to those in her party still leery of her commitment to fighting income inequality. And unlike eight years ago, when she ran as a candidate with a deep resume in Washington, D.C., Clinton and her personal history weren’t the focus of the first message of her campaign. In the online video that kicked off her campaign, she made no mention of her time in the Senate and four years as secretary of state, or the prospect she could make history as the nation’s first female president. Instead, the video is a collection of voters talking about their lives, their plans and aspira- Hillary tions for the future. Clin- Rodham ton doesn’t appear until Clinton the very end. “I’m getting ready to do something, too. I’m running for president,” Clinton said. “Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top. “Every day Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion, so you can do more than just get by. You can get ahead and stay ahead.” It’s a message that also made an immediate play to win over the support of liberals in her party for whom economic inequality has become a defining issue. They remain skeptical of Clinton’s close ties to Wall Street and the centrist economic policies of the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Many had hoped Clinton would face a challenge from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has said she will not run. “It would do her well electorally to be firmly on the side of average working people who are working harder than ever and still not getting ahead,” said economist Robert Reich, a former labor secretary during the Clinton administration who has known Hillary Clinton for nearly five decades. Unlike some of the Republicans who have entered the race, Clinton was scant on policy specifics on her first day as a candidate. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, for example, kicked off his campaign with a website and online videos that described his positions on an array of domestic and foreign policy issues. Clinton also began her campaign for president in 2007 with a video, followed by a splashy rally in Des Moines where she said, “I’m running for president, and I’m in it to win it.” This time around, Clinton will instead head this week to the first-tovote Iowa, looking to connect with voters directly at a community college and small business roundtable in two small towns. “When families are strong, America is strong. So I’m hitting the road to earn your vote. Because it’s your time. And I hope you’ll join me on this journey,” she said in the video. This voter-centric approach was picked with a purpose, her advisers said, to show that Clinton is not taking the
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