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Oakwood Hills resident recalled as vibrant leader By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com OAKWOOD HILLS – Jason Dahlmann was a vibrant old soul and a humble Marine veteran, friends and family members mourning his unexpected death remembered Friday. Dahlmann, 33, died Aug. 22 at the Oakwood Hills home where he lived with his parents and sister. The outgoing Marine veteran was earning an associate Jason degree Dahlmann f r o m McHen ry County College and was preparing to become a student veteran liaison and run for vice president of the MCC Student Veterans of America chapter, friend Kati Beck said. “When Jason walked into the room it was like everything else in the room was black and white and he was in color,” Beck said. “He was alive and vibrant.” A 2000 graduate of Prairie Ridge High
If you go WHAT: Visitation for Lance Cpl. Jason Dahlmann WHEN: 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday with a service at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake School, Dahlmann enlisted in the military in 2005, his sister Nicole Dahlmann-Kurishingal said. Dahlmann, who was a lance corporal, was inspired to join the military after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, which also is his birthday, Dahlmann-Kurishingal said. He did a few tours overseas, including a seven-month tour in Iraq in 2007. He was honorably discharged from the military in 2013 with several decorations, she said. “He was very humbled by his service,” Dahlmann-Kurishingal said. “But he was moved by his patriotism.” Dahlmann-Kurishingal said her brother’s death came as a shock that still hadn’t settled a
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Cash-strapped Illinois: Can’t do the ‘impossible’ on paying The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – The state of Illinois asked a federal judge Friday not to hold it in contempt for missing a recent court-ordered deadline to pay services providers for the disabled, saying compliance should “not mean doing the impossible” amid one of the nation’s worst budgetary crises. That plea came in a U.S. court filing in Chicago days after Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman told officials to explain why they hadn’t met a deadline she set for last week for some payments. She could rule next week on holding Illinois in contempt based on the
explanation. The filing by lawyers representing Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration and the state comptroller said the state has made millions of dollars in payments to providers, including in recent days. But it also noted the state’s account falls short by at least $300 million each month. The filing strikes a chord of desperation in explaining the cash-strapped state faces competing court orders and legal obligations, while also insisting it’s doing the best it can to comply with them all. “Because of the state’s cash flow problems, the comptroller must evaluate on a daily basis
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the amount of cash on hand and determine which payments may be made,” it said, adding, “It is not possible for the state to commit to making each of many specific payments on specific days.” At an emergency hearing Bruce Rauner Wednesday, Coleman scolded officials. She cut short her vacation to preside over the hearing, she said, and told lawyers a budget crisis doesn’t give Illinois the right to “flout” orders meant to ensure at-risk individuals got
the services they need. The filing asks that Coleman’s standing order for payments according to a strict timetable of deadlines should be altered. “To the extent the court’s Aug. 18 order may be read to force the state to prioritize payments differently than it would in the ordinary course, the order should be modified to clarify that compliance does not mean doing the impossible,” the filing said. As an example, the filing says payments due to the Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled for August cannot be processed by Friday – as ordered – “because
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those claims are not even received until mid-September at the earliest.” The filing asks the judge to change the Sept. 4 deadline to Oct. 31 at the earliest. Coleman gave advocacy groups involved in the case until Monday to respond to the state’s filing, after which she would decide the issue of contempt. Barry Taylor, a lawyer for Equip for Equality, said Friday he is reviewing the state’s filing. “Our goal remains to assure that our clients are able to maintain their homes during this budget impasse,” he said in an email. Without a budget for the fiscal year that began July 1,
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