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Appeal date set in bleacher case D-155 won’t face fines until court hears arguments July 10 By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Community High School District 155 will not face potential fines from Crystal Lake after the two sides came to a mutual agreement to delay any city enforcement until after an appellate court hears arguments next month. McHenry County Judge Michael Chmiel was set to rule Thursday on whether to
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extend a stay of city enforcement on District 155 over a legally challenged $1.18 million bleacher expansion at Crystal Lake South High School, but
attorneys from both parties said they agreed to wait until after the appellate court hears the case on July 10. Chmiel, who said he had three pages of comments prepared, was surprised by the agreement and thankful he did not have to give his opinion as it was no longer necessary. Chmiel ruled in December that the school district should have gone through the city zoning process before con-
structing the bleacher expansion in August, but prevented the city from enforcing fines until June 15 so the district’s appeal could be heard. Had the stay on enforcement expired at the originally scheduled June 15, the city would have the authority to fine the district up to $1,000 per day, but Justin Hansen, an attorney for Crystal Lake, said the city would be more
See BLEACHERS, page A7
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A view from Amberwood Drive of the new bleachers and press box Thursday at Crystal Lake South High School.
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State’s spending on promotion among highest in nation By CARLA K. JOHNSON The Associated Press
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Woodstock resident Marilyn Grandolfo peers into a tent she uses while on fundraising walks. Grandolfo has had surgery twice in the past year – once on her knee and the other to take out a tumor in her chest. She is nonetheless continuing to raise money for a breast cancer walk, which she will complete in August. Her garage sale this weekend will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Woman walking with a purpose Woodstock resident continues fundraising after cancer scare By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com
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t didn’t take a cancer scare for Marilyn Grandolfo to jump head first into raising money to research the nasty disease. And a scare won’t stop her from continuing.
After doctors last year found and removed a tumor in her chest – which they later deemed noncancerous – the Woodstock woman will walk in another Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk this August. This weekend, she’s putting on a garage sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at
5312 Timber Lane, Woodstock. Money raised will go toward the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Those who don’t attend the garage sale can donate through Grandolfo’s personal fundraising page. “I currently have five family members beating breast cancer and 22 friends on chemo,” said
Grandolfo, 67. “That’s a lot for one woman to know.” The Woodstock woman said she was raised on philanthropy and, for several reasons, pulled toward raising money for breast cancer – including the fact the disease touched her personally
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CHICAGO – President Barack Obama’s home state agreed to spend $33 million in federal money promoting his health care law, hiring a high-priced public relations firm for work that initially was mocked and spending far more per enrollee on television ads than any other large state. After getting a late start and facing intense pressure to avoid more embarrassment for the much-maligned law, Illinois officials last summer inked the most lavish contract in the history of FleishmanHillard’s Chicago office. The goal was getting uninsured residents to sign up for coverage. More than 90 people, including executives from the firm and its subcontractors, billed at least $270 an hour for salary and overhead during the first four months. The hourly amount far exceeded the contracts other states signed for similar work. Colorado paid its ad agency $120 per hour, for example. In Connecticut, a similar contract had rates topping out at $175 an hour. The Associated Press, using open records requests, obtained hundreds of pages of contracts, bills, plans and heavily redacted emails between the marketing team and state officials. Together, they raise questions about whether the state did enough to keep federal taxpayer costs under control.
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