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Family remembers Woodstock North student for her leadership, creativity, kindness By ALLISON GOODRICH agoodrich@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – The 16-yearold girl from Woodstock who died after being found shot in Phoenix was an artist, a leader and a source of happiness for whoever needed it, her father said. Faith Kies of Woodstock was reported missing after she was last seen Jan. 13. She left a note saying she had left, said
her father, Stormy Kies. She was found Friday in a Phoenix home with a critical gunshot wound along with 24-year-old Alexander O’Neill, who had suffered a fatal, self-inflicted wound, Phoenix authorities said. Faith was taken off life support Saturday night, Phoenix Police Sgt. Vincent Lewis said. Authorities described O’Neill as Faith’s boyfriend and said the two arrived in Ar-
izona, where O’Neill’s parents live, after driving from Illinois. Faith was a sophomore at Woodstock North High School, where Stormy Kies said she participated in track Faith Kies and field, made the honor roll and performed in a play. She dabbled in anything art-related, he added,
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from sketching to digital media to wood burning. “She was creative. She was a leader of her friends,” Stormy Kies said. “When she could be having the worst day but saw someone who was down, she’d do anything she could to make them happy. She was that kind of person.” The family was familiar with O’Neill, who was a roommate and best friend to Faith’s older sister, Windy Kies.
Stormy Kies said while O’Neill was close with the family, a romantic relationship between him and Faith was discouraged. In the aftermath of the recent tragedy, he said his family is “getting by.” “This is something we’re never going to get over,” Stormy Kies said, adding the only comfort they’re drawing right now is from Faith’s continued effort to help people,
even in her death. “My daughter’s last act is going to help at least six or seven people with organ donations,” he said. Along with her father and sister, Faith leaves behind her mother, Sue; her brother, Connor; her sister, Savannah; and her niece, Catherine. The family said funeral arrangements have not been set, but they anticipate making plans for next week.
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Budget battle to leave university broke by March By DAVID MERCER and CHARLES REX ARBOGAST The Associated Press CHICAGO – Like all of Illinois’ nine public universities, Chicago State University is waiting for long-overdue state funding. Come March, however, the predominantly black school on Chicago’s South Side said it won’t have the money to pay its employees. The problem at Chicago State is shaping up as a wider higher-education funding crisis because of the six-month budget standoff between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly. Bruce All of Illinois’ Rauner public universities have cut spending while they plead with the state to get the money flowing before they have to further – and drastically – cut programs. Already, the state has stopped the flow of Monetary Award Program grants that many low-income students rely on. Universities so far have been covering grant costs but say they can’t do that indefinitely. And Chicago State, a former teacher’s college that caters to many low-income students, lacks outside resources like a pool of well-off donors that schools such as the University of Illinois can fall back on. “A lot of our students are parents,” said Paris Griffin, the student government president. “We really don’t have anywhere else to go.” No one knows what will happen if Chicago State’s situation doesn’t change before March – whether classes come to a halt, employees go without pay or students scheduled to graduate in May have to wait. “Our mission, our challenge right now, is to make
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Bhante Baddiya, Bhante Amitha and Bhante Sumana of the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple give a call to prayer for an audience Monday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast at D’Andrea Banquets in Crystal Lake. The annual event, held by FaithBridge – a consortium of faith-based communities in McHenry and Lake counties and surrounding suburbs – invites people of all faiths and several different congregations for a morning of prayer, music and readings.
‘Staying awake’ for change Communities of faith come together to call for peace, celebrate King’s legacy By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com
Eugenio Cuevas of Crystal Lake sits Monday with his son, Jorge Cuevas, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast. Cuevas took first place in the essay contest that was held among sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders and answered the prompt “Awake: how do you wish to see the world in 20 years? Remember you are an active participant in these changes.” He read his essay to attendees at the event.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Amid a season riddled with turmoil over religious and racial differences, a Chicago minister told a group of religious leaders in Crystal Lake not to stand by idly and let a revolution carry on without them. Larry Greenfield, a regional judicatory of the American Baptist Churches U.S.A., spoke to roughly 100 people who had gathered for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast at D’Andrea Banquets. He was the keynote speaker selected by FaithBridge, a consortium of faith-based communities in McHenry and Lake counties and surrounding suburbs. “Peace has be worked at, has to be toiled at, has to
On the Web To see more photos from the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast, visit NWHerald.com. be striven for,” Greenfield said. “That’s why we talk about peace makers. Peace has to be made. Justice has to be created. Peace and justice and sustainability have to be sustained by an active will.” His speech was based on those given by King 50 years ago about staying awake through a great revolution. It’s a message that rings true today, he said, during a time when some still oppose faith communities working together toward love and acceptance in the name of god.
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