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ON THE COVER Ten-year-old Tristin Cervantes of Plano and Erica Bourassa of Aurora grill hotdogs over a fire after the annual Kendall County New Year’s Day Hike at Hoover Forest Preserve in Yorkville on Jan. 1. See story on page 1 of the Countywide section. Photo by Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media
Drug court ready for debut ‘Problem-solving’ court will soon begin taking cases By TONY SCOTT tscott@kendallcountynow.com Kendall County is slated to start hearing its first drug court cases this month. Judge John McAdams said he will see his first cases come before the county’s drug court this month, after the Illinois Supreme Court certified the program. The Illinois Supreme Court certified the Kendall County Drug Court, along with some other Illinois “problem-solving courts” at the end of November. The Administrative Office of Illinois Courts adopted certain standards for “problem-solving courts,” which include drug court, mental health court and other related programs, at the beginning of 2016, McAdams said. “We just followed the standards set by the Illinois Supreme Court, which were really copied off of the best practices standards from the National As-
sociation of Drug Court Professionals,” he said. “Illinois just adopted the national standard, and Illinois wants everybody doing it the right way.” The process to begin the drug court program started in November of 2013, when a group of judges met with representatives from the State’s Attorney’s Office, the public defender, probation department, sheriff’s office, and the county health department to discuss and plan the program. Judge Tim McCann, who is part of the origi- Tim McCann nal drug court planning group, said the group started a year ago “grouping people we thought would likely be candidates for drug court.” McCann said until the program was certified by the Supreme Court, they couldn’t use the term “drug court.” “We were not able to conduct ourselves as a drug court until we got this certification,” he said. “We were not allowed to use the term ‘drug court’; it was simply another felony call.” McAdams said a court call in drug court will be different than a typical drug arrest court hearing. “In a normal court when the defendant is in front of judge, it’s two min-
utes if it’s a status date,” he said. “In drug court, they say the longer you spend with them, the better off your results are. So... it’s very, very different from regular court.” McCann said the state’s goal is to reduce the prison population by using drug courts as alternative sentencing. “The overall goal is to reduce the prison population,” he said. “That’s why the state of Illinois is choosing to participating in funding this. The state’s position is, by entering into drug court, Kendall County is committing that we’re going to attempt to reduce the number of people that go to prison. In its most basic terms, drug court is an alternative to facing a likely prison sentence.” McCann said those who participate in drug court will be watched closely. “There will be very close monitoring,” he said. “Somebody on a typical felony caseload that gets put on probation won’t see me for a year or maybe longer if they don’t violate their probation. With drug court, they’re going to be back very frequently, oftentimes weekly; that’s part of the program and that gets reduced over time. They’re going to get very frequent drug testing and checks of employment and housing status and those types of things.”
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A Plano resident, Travis C. Huntley, 40, of the 3200 block of Hoffman Street, was arrested Jan. 2 in Chicago in connection with the armed robbery of a gas station at 12:48 a.m. Jan. 1 in the 100 block of Waubonsee Drive in Plano, according to Plano police. Police said the person who robbed the gas station displayed a handgun, took money from the register and then fled the station in the cashier’s 1997 Chevy Astro van. Police said they reported that van as stolen and involved in an armed robbery in a law enforcement database. Chicago police subsequently located the van on Adams Street in the city and took Huntley into custody without incident. Police said Huntley has been charged with armed robbery in Kendall County and possession of a stolen vehicle in
Talk of the Town Swing Band to perform at Legion hall
The Plano American Legion will host an afternoon of music and dancing from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8. The Legion is located at 510 E. Dearborn St., Plano. Admission is $5 per person with the proceeds benefiting local veterans. Music will be provided by the Talk of the Town Swing Band. Musical selections will be from the Big Band era of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s. A cash bar will be available.
Plano library computers won’t be available Jan. 16-18
Plano Community Library is getting new public computers. During installation – Jan. 16-18 – public computers will not be available. Check with the library for information about using public computers at nearby St. Mary’s School sets open libraries while the new ones are being house for local families installed. The library can be reached at Parents and children are invited to St. 630-552-2030 or visited at 15 W. North Mary Catholic School at 817 N. Center St., St., Plano. – Plano Record Plano, on Sunday, Jan. 29. Families can
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New use for old foundry site among aims for city of Plano PLANO RECORD The Record recently reached out to Plano Mayor Bob Hausler to ask him about his top five goals for the city heading into the new year. Here is how he responded:
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Continue the improvement of our Police Department by fully staffing and updating policies and equipment. Retain our current commercial and industrial businesses and attract new businesses to the city.
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Finding a new user for the Monarch Foundry property on Route 34 in Plano is among Mayor Bob Hausler’s goals for the new year.
Wheeler appointed as GOP conference chair ‘We have a lot of important work to do,’ says Oswego legislator SHAW MEDIA State Rep. Keith Wheeler has been appointed as chairman of the state House Republican Conference. Wheeler, R-Oswego, was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in November to represent the 50th State House District, which includes portions of Kendall and Kane counties. State House Minority Leader Jim
Durkin, R-Western Springs, made the appointment on Thursday. “Keith Wheeler has made a significant impact on the Illinois House of Representatives in just two short years,” Durkin said. “In addition to being a vocal and effective advocate for his constituents, Rep. Wheeler has been a leader in our caucus on issues important to Illinois’ small business community and reforming the state budget. He has earned this opportunity to play a larger role in shaping policy moving forward as we work together to make Illinois a place where everyone can be proud to live, work and raise a family once again.” Wheeler is a former board chair-
man of the Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce and a past Illinois Leadership Council chairman of the National Federation of Independent Business. As a freshman member of the Illinois House of Representatives, Wheeler passed legislation in State 2015 requiring all state Rep. Keith agencies to review rules Wheeler and regulations on small business in order to identify those that can be streamlined or eliminated, as well as serving as a key voice in support of workers’ compensation reform and responsible budgeting.
“I am truly honored to accept the appointment as Republican Conference chairman,” Wheeler said. “This role will enable me to be an even more effective voice for Fox Valley families as we work to create Illinois jobs for Illinois families and make much-needed reforms to state government. I am grateful to my constituents and my colleagues for the confidence and trust they have placed in me. We have a lot of important work to do in the coming weeks and months to restore stability to the state budget as well as bring opportunity and growth back our economy.” Wheeler lives in Oswego with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.
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Prospects bright for continued business growth The new year brings with it some definite reasons for optimism concerning continued business development in the greater Kendall County area, based on the steady pace of new stores and industrial business openings here in 2016. In Plano, ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held in October for the Groot Waste Transfer Station just north of the Menard’s distribution center on Kendall Farms Road, while in Sandwich the future of the WOW movie theater was assured when it was purchased by the Classic Cinema chain. The new owners promptly remodeled and reopened the theater as Cinema 7 in September. In Oswego, village officials are expected to announce plans in the coming months for the redevelopment of the former Alexander Lumber yard property in the village’s downtown. The old lumber yard has sat vacant and desolate along Washington Street (Route 34) smack dab in the middle of the village’s historic center for nearly
a decade. Village officials are hopeful that a new, mixed-use development on the site, when eventually constructed, will serve to attract not only new businesses to the downtown area, but also generate additional customers for existing stores and restaurants. Meanwhile on Route 30 in Montgomery, 9er’s Grill moved into the former Applebee’s and the pace of industrial development accelerated with construction proceeding on the 52,000-square-foot Old Dominion Freight facility immediately west of the VVF (former Dial Corporation) plant. Old Dominion follows two other large firms to locate in the village over the past year, United Sugars and Michels Corporation. On the retail side, the village secured the opening of a Binny’s liquor store in the Ogden Hill shopping center on the village’s east side, while a car wash and other retail users located along Orchard Road on the village’s west side. In Yorkville, perhaps the most significant economic development
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buildings that most would agree improved the aesthetics of the area. The business growth over the past year should be welcome news for county residents who have for too long been collectively carrying the lion’s share of the county’s property tax burden. Each new business that locates here helps broaden the property tax base, while new stores help boost local municipal sales tax revenues. In many cases the new businesses also provide yet another source of much-needed local jobs. May the positive trend of increased business activity continue here in 2017.
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Plano Community Library has announced upcoming programs. The library is located at 15 W. North St. in Plano. For more information, call 630-552-2030 or visit planolibrary. info. Knit and Crochet Group: Thursdays, Jan. 5 and 12, 10 a.m. to noon. This informal group works on their own projects, discusses types and colors of yarns, and helps each
other with new or tricky patterns. They love to watch each other’s projects develop. Participants bring their own supplies. They invite you to stop by and “yarn” awhile. No registration required. Writers’ Group: Thursday, Jan. 12, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Come join other writers to discuss your work. Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the Library Board Room. No registration required. Open to
adults and high school students. New Life for Old Bags: Saturday, Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Help make sleeping mats for the homeless. Volunteers will meet at the library on the second Saturday of every month to make “plarn” (discarded plastic shopping bags cut into strips for crocheting). Volunteers are also needed to crochet mats at home. Donated plastic bags for the project can be dropped off at the library. For more
information, contact Ceil Carey at jackandceil@att.net or 708-846-1704. Wednesday Night Book Group: Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 to 8 p.m. Get together with other readers for an interesting discussion. “After You” by JoJo Moyes will be discussed. The book for February, “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson, will be available at the Check-Out Desk. No registration required. Newcomers are welcome any time.
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These days, individuals, couples and whole families think nothing of driving to O’Hare or Midway, and hopping a plane to Florida or the Caribbean, or California to escape the cold. But winter travel wasn’t so easy once upon a time – and in fact not all that long ago – but strangely enough it was the preferred time for overland journeys during Illinois’ earliest colonial days. The first European explorers made their way to Illinois from Canada, making use of the region’s extensive system of lakes and rivers. Louis Jolliet, the intrepid French explorer and mapmaker, and his companion, Father Jacques Marquette, S.J., guided the members of their small expedition consisting of two birchbark canoes, west from Fort Michilimackinac at the strait between Lakes Michigan and Huron, and then down the western shore of Lake Michigan to Green Bay in 1673. From there, their course led them up Wisconsin’s Fox River and across the portage to the Wisconsin River, and then downstream to the Mississippi. Paddling down the Mississippi, they eventually reached the Arkansas River, where Joliet determined the Mississippi’s course was due south to the Gulf of Mexico and not southwest to the Pacific, plus fear of Spanish interference caused them to turn around and head back north to Lake Michigan, taking a shortcut up the Illinois River. As they passed through the rich prairie lands along the river, both Marquette and Jolliet accurately predicted the region would someday make excellent farmland. One of the things that made the land rich was the region’s extensive system of wetlands, with swamps and sloughs peppering the Illinois prairie, along with timbered groves. Until those wetlands were drained, they spawned millions of black flies, horse and deer flies, and mosquitoes by the tens of millions. First-person accounts by the
they didn’t have to cope with clouds of biting flies. The state’s waterways remained the favored mode of transportation until Americans arrived in greater numbers during the first decade of the 19th century, when roads finally and gradually became important. The settlers who began arriving in Northern Illinois in the 1820s sometimes came by foot and horseback, but more and more often covered wagons hauled family possessions from the East along the National Road to Vandalia or on the Territorial Road from Photo provided Detroit to Chicago before they arrived During the late winter of 1680, Robert Cavelier de La Salle and a couple companions at the claims they had usually previhiked from Peoria to Canada, as imagined by artist George Catlin in this painting from the ously prospected months earlier. 1840s. While LaSalle was prompted to take their winter walk due to financial problems, it As all those Eastern farmers arwas also easier to travel thanks to the lack of flies and mosquitoes. rived, they almost immediately began draining the state’s extensive wetlands. hardy early explorers and missionaries and the party mounted their canoes on The elimination of Illinois’ swamps unlucky enough to travel the prairies and sloughs created additional farmrunners, towing them down the frozen in summer are replete with complaints stream until they found open water land, and also drastically decreased the about the clouds of stinging and biting numbers of disease-carrying mosquisouth of Peoria. insects. toes. Malaria, sometimes called, swamp Due to its isolation, Illinois was setAs a result, travel was mostly fever or the ague, was common among tled by Europeans very slowly. By the confined to the watercourses during our early settlers, but as the swamps late 1700s, only a few hundred French the summer months, though even by disappeared, so did the diseases conresidents lived in the small villages keeping to the center of rivers, innected with them. of Kaskaskia, Cahokia and Prairie du cluding the mighty Mississippi, was Within a few decades of their arRocher, stretching along the banks of no guarantee of avoiding hordes of rival, the settlers had eliminated most the Mississippi in what is now southinsects. Only during the fall and winter ern Illinois. of the native prairie grasses, drained when the insects were dead and the the sloughs, and forever altered the When Virginia Gov. Patrick Henry landscape frozen was overland travel environment of Northern Illinois. Such sent Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark the least bit comfortable. If you can profound changes always have negaand 180 men to occupy the Illinois call making your way across Illinois’ tive and positive trade-offs. We’ll never Country in the summer of 1778 to tundra-like frozen landscape in winter again see native grasses and flowers stop British-led Indian attacks on the “comfortable.” stretching to the eastern horizon on western Virginia frontier, the expediFrench explorer and entrepreOswego Prairie in the spring. And tion floated down the Ohio River from neur Robert Cavelier de LaSalle, for Pittsburgh to their advance base at the without the regulating influence of exinstance, conducted his first expeditensive wetlands on stormwater runoff, site of old Fort Massac. From there, tion to Illinois in the late fall of 1679 floods became more frequent and more they walked across the southern pit of by sailing ship and then canoe. When destructive. But then again, fewer and Illinois to the French villages on the financial reverses (including the loss of Mississippi. fewer of us had to worry about conhis ship, the Griffin) compelled him to tracting malaria during Illinois’ muggy The tall prairie grass, the heat, and return to Canada and France to settle the insects made the march a hard one, summer months. accounts, he left the Peoria area in the And though we do it for very but on July 4, Kaskaskia was captured very early spring of 1680, traveling without firing a shot. When the British different reasons than did those overland across the frozen prairie, early colonials, and while it’s a lot less counterattacked by capturing Vinavoiding both the insects and the exarduous than it was in colonial days, cennes, Indiana, effectively cutting tensive swamps. it’s interesting that winter travel from Clark off from Virginia, the intrepid When LaSalle mounted his second Illinois is again popular. commander ordered a march across expedition to colonize Illinois, this one Illinois in February. During the march successful, he set off in the very early • Looking for more local history? his small army had to deal with flooded spring down the Illinois River. It was Visit http://historyonthefox.wordstreams – the Wabash had grown to so cold that the river was frozen solid, press.com. three miles in width – but at least
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Sustainable practices here to stay at WCC One of Waubonsee’s greatest assets is its beautiful campuses. Protecting and promoting the natural beauty of the campuses is one of the top goals of the Campus Operations Department. While many similar institutions have well-groomed, highly maintained and manicured campuses, Waubonsee has a rich, rustic beauty that is hard to replicate. This natural beauty is the result of the continued sustainability initiatives and practices the college has committed to throughout its existence. It is no secret that Waubonsee is growing, and the need to balance development with environmental sustainability is paramount to being good stewards of our natural environment. As Waubonsee continues to grow to address the needs of the community, the development of new facilities is necessary. When constructing new facilities, a conscious effort needs to be made to employ sustainable building practices. A perfect example of this was the construction of the new field house at the Sugar Grove campus. During the design process, Waubonsee was careful to protect the nearby oak savanna by reducing the building footprint and reorienting the structure to avoid invading the root zone of the savanna. Other sustainable features were incorporated as well, such as a rain recycling system to recapture rain water for use in irrigation, landscaping with native plants, and the installation of computerized high-efficiency interior climate controls, to name just a few. Even the parking lot was designed with a storm trap system that traps and filters stormwater before releasing it into the watershed. At Waubonsee, we don’t just practice sustainability, we celebrate it and we are recognized for it. By showcasing Waubonsee’s sustainability efforts, we are also raising awareness of the things individuals can do to promote
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LEFT: A pair of bald eagles hanging out in trees near the Glen Palmer Dam in Yorkville attracted the attention of many bird watchers on a recent Sunday afternoon. In addition to the bald eagles in Yorkville, a large number of bald eagles can be seen most days near Violet Patch Park off Ill. Route 25 in Oswego. RIGHT: Liz Fox of Plano takes advantage of the shelter of her vehicle to keep an eye and her camera focused on several bald eagles hanging out near the dam at Riverfront Park in Yorkville recently.
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Yorkville teenager injured in shooting SHAW MEDIA Aurora police are seeking information on a shooting in the city on Dec. 28 in which a 17-year-old Yorkville male was critically injured. Police said the shooting occurred around 10:55 p.m. in the 2000 block of Coral Avenue. Police said they responded to a 911 call for a suspicious person who was banging on a front door and asking for help at a residence in the 1900 block of Coral. Upon arrival on Coral Avenue, police found the 17-year-old suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and a deep cut to one of his arms. Police said they learned the shooting occurred in or near the teen’s Chevy Tahoe, which was found parked in the street in the 2000 block of Coral, and that he was shot by an unknown assailant believed to be male. After the shooting, both the victim and the shooter fled the scene. Before going to the home where he was found, the Yorkville teen ran to
a neighboring home, started banging on a front door window trying to get help, and broke the window, which caused the cut to his arm, according to police. Police described the teen as “mostly uncooperative” when responding to officers as they rendered first aid to him before an ambulance arrived. The teen was taken to an Aurora hospital where he underwent surgery for life-threatening wounds. He was stabilized but remains in critical condition. It is believed he will survive, according to police. Police said they have no suspect description and drug or gang involvement cannot be ruled out as a motive. Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at 630-256-5500 or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630892-1000, or submit tips through the Aurora Police Department’s “My PD” app. Callers to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and qualify for a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to any arrests.
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The Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office has charged a Yorkville man with felony identity theft. Police said Kendall County sheriff’s deputies took a report for identity theft on April 7 where the victim stated her personal information had been used to set up residential utility services. The bills were never paid, leaving the victim with a large balance, police said. Following an investigation, prosecutors charged Gerald Skowronski, 64, of the 5000 block of Waters Edge Court,
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PLANO POLICE REPORTS Vehicle damaged; police seeking info Sometime during the overnight hours of Dec. 27 and Dec. 28, someone used a brick to damage a vehicle parked in the 700 block of Rock Street in Plano, according to Plano police. Police said damage to the vehicle has been estimated at several hundred dollars. Police are urging anyone witnessing suspicious activity to contact them immediately. In addition, police said they are asking anyone who may have information on the case to call them at 630-552-3121 or contact the Kendall County Crime Stoppers at 630-553-5999.
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PLANO RECORD Oswego police are continuing their investigation into the burglary of a cellphone store in the 2800 block of Route 34 in the village Dec. 30 at 3:45 a.m. Police have arrested one man, Cortez R. Morrow, 34, of the 6000 block of Rhodes Avenue, Chicago, in connection with the incident. He has been charged with one count of burglary and driving on a revoked license. Police said witnesses heard an alarm coming from the store and observed two men dressed in black running away from the store towards Douglas Road and a white Nissan with Pennsylvania license plates that was parked on the road. The vehicle then
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drove off, but police later stopped the vehicle and Morrow was taken into custody. Police said a window at the store was broken and merchandise worth in excess of $500 was taken. Police described the two other men seen fleeing the store as African-Americans of medium build and height. Police said one appeared to be in his mid-30s with short hair and the other appeared to be in his 20s with wavy hair. Anyone who may have information regarding the incident is urged to call police at 630-551-7300. Information may also be provided anonymously to Kendall County Crime Stoppers at 630-5535999. Cash rewards are paid for tips leading to an identification and arrest.
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Inmate charged with battery Sheriff’s deputies arrested Stephawn Arkell Johnson, 22, an inmate at the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville, Jan. 1 at 9:40 a.m. on charges of aggravated battery and aggravated resisting a peace officer. Police said Johnson, who has a home address in the 600 block of South Lincoln Avenue, Aurora, would not comply with commands made by corrections deputies to exit an area of the jail to which he was assigned. Johnson physically resisted the deputies’ commands and was eventually restrained, police said. One of the deputies received minor injuries and was treated at an area hospital. Johnson was also treated at the jail for a minor injury, according to police.
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An Aurora man has been charged with disorderly conduct related to an incident this past summer in Boulder Hill. Kendall County sheriff’s deputies took a report and started an investigation Aug. 25 for disorderly conduct in the 100 block of Fernwood Road in Boulder Hill. A man contacted 911 and said that he had stabbed his girlfriend, police said.
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KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS • Continued from page 9 residence in the 40th block of Greenfield Road and then struck two parked vehicles on South Bereman Road. Motorist cited in rollover crash A Plano resident, Rebecca Marie Ortega, 23, of the 500 block of Hemmingsen Street, was injured Jan. 2 at 7:33 a.m. when she fell asleep while driving on Rock Creek Road at Sears Road in Little Rock Township and her vehicle collided with another vehicle driven by Richard E. Uhrich, 62, of the 40th block of Meyer Road, Plano. Police said Uhrich’s vehicle went into a ditch and rolled over on its side. Police cited Ortega for driving without insurance, improper lane usage and driving on a suspended license. She was treated and released from an area hospital, police said. Rocky Way domestic Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic battery incident at a home in the 50th block of Rocky Way in Boulder Hill Jan. 2 at 8:13 p.m. Police said they learned that the two individuals who had been in a dating relationship had committed a mutual battery against each other. Police said neither individual wished to sign a complaint and no arrests were made. Inmate arrested at jail County sheriff’s deputies arrested Roy L. White, 25, an inmate at the county jail in Yorkville, Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault and criminal
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Multiple police agencies responded and determined the claim to be false. Following an investigation by the sheriff’s office, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Isreal Steele, 22, of the 400 block of Grant Street, Aurora, with disorderly conduct, a Class 4 felony. Steele’s bond was set at $7,500, with 10 percent required to be paid to leave jail, police said.
damage to property. Police said White, who has a home address in the 1600 block of North Narragansett Avenue in Chicago, squeezed a shampoo bottle filled with feces and urine on two corrections deputies and then tossed the bottle at them. Police said the contents of the shampoo bottled damaged a log book. Jeter Road vehicle theft Sheriff’s deputies took a report of a stolen motor vehicle at a residence in the 200 block of Jeter Road in Little Rock Township Dec. 28. Police described the vehicle as a 2007 GMC. Identity theft A resident of Garden Drive in Boulder Hill filed an identity theft report with the county sheriff’s office Dec. 27. Police said the victim was contacted by someone who said they were representing Microsoft and that a virus had been found on her computer. The victim subsequently provided her bank account information to the individual. Police said an investigation is underway. DUI, obstructing among charge Sheriff’s deputies arrested Alfredo Patino, 49, of the 100-200 block of Fernwood Road, Boulder Hill, after stopping his vehicle on Fernwood Road for an expired registration Dec. 27 at 7:21 p.m. Police said Patino initially provided them with a false name. He was charged with driving under the influence, obstructing identification, driving on a suspended license, no valid registration, illegal transportation of alcohol and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
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Plano’s Makayli Vann (34) goes up for a jumper over Ridgewood’s Mollie Shannon on Dec. 26. Vann led Plano with 11 points on Dec. 29 in the Reapers’ loss to Forreston.
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The Plano girls basketball team reached the third-place game in the Amboy Holiday Tournament, but could not get past a tough Forreston team on the final day. The Reapers (11-4) lost Dec. 29 for a second straight night, 55-46, to take fourth overall. “We had a great start to the tournament. We overcame some tough circumstances to win the first two games,” Plano coach John Chernick said. “We gave everything we had against AFC, but just didn’t shoot well enough. Tonight was a combination of a lot of things just not going our way. We cut it to two with 3:00 left, but couldn’t finish it out. I’m so proud of their efforts these four days. This was an excellent tourney to get us ready for a tough second half.” Plano fell behind 26-22 at halftime and was held to four points in the third quarter. The Reapers tried to battle back with a 20-point effort in the final frame, but finished the game without starters Makayli Vann and Makenzie
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Plano can’t pick up momentum, takes 14th place in Christmas Classic By CHRIS WALKER sports@kendallcountynow.ccom Teams usually have some time to recover after a tough loss. Plano wasn’t able to do that after losing to Peoria Notre Dame, 57-51, in its opening game Dec. 27 during the 54th annual Plano Christmas Classic. That loss seemed to linger with the Reapers throughout the rest of the tournament as they suffered another tough loss the next night to Mendota, 60-57, before picking up a 52-44 win against St. Bede on Dec. 29. Hoping to close the tournament with some momentum on Dec. 30, the Reapers fell to Princeton, 61-51, in the 13th place game. “We’re disappointed because we came in as a No. 3 seed and thought we were a top team in the tournament,” Plano coach Kyle Kee said. “I still think we’ll be one once we get going, but after that tough loss and having to come back at 9 a.m., we never really got into our flow that we need to have to win. But we played OK against some really tough teams. We’ve lost to some quality teams.” Plano fell behind 40-30 midway through the third quarter against Princeton, but closed its deficit to 42-38 thanks to a pair of three-pointers from Nate Shead (17 points). “We’ve seemed to come back strong in some of these games,” Shead said. “We did that again and are coming together, but it’s been a struggle for us. The time of the games didn’t help, but I think we’ll step back up when we play again.” Princeton apparently didn’t feel the momentum shift after Shead’s big trifectas as the Tigers scored the first 10 points of the fourth quarter, culminating on con-
secutive three-point plays from Garrett Allen that gave the Tigers a comfortable 5240 lead. The Reapers weren’t able to respond to that early fourth quarter onslaught and trailed by double digits the remainder of the morning. “Every mistake we made, Princeton seemed to bury us with it,” Kee said. “We’re getting stagnant on offense and we really struggled at times offensively. It’s just been catch and shoot and we’re not getting into the lane.” Will Benson had 10 points and Anthony Martinez added 8 in the loss to Princeton. Shead led the team with 6 rebounds. The Reapers shot just 30 percent (19-of-64) from the field. “We’ve got a group here that’s relentless and smart so I think we’ll still figure things out,” Kee said. “We’ll go back into our conference season now undefeated, which is still pretty good.” Elijah Maisonet led the Reapers with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the loss to Peoria Notre Dame, while Martinez chipped in with 12 points. The Reapers fell behind 13-4 to St. Bede after one quarter, but rallied to pick up their lone victory in the tournament. They will now look forward to a busy week of cleaning things up in practice before heading to Herscher on Friday. “We won the consolation last year after having a bad first game and then winning our last three games,” Kee said. “So we came out of here with some momentum. This is the opposite, but it’s not the end of the world. We have a lot of games to play and we haven’t been good at 9 [in the morning] but I told the guys that that problem is solved. We don’t have to play at 9 anymore.”
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Plano’s Anthony Martinez (23) puts up a shot against Peoria Notre Dame’s Patrick Kelly (34) during a Dec. 16 varsity boys basketball game at Plano High School. Martinez chipped in with 12 points in the game, as well as 8 points in the Reapers’ loss to Princeton in the Plano Christmas Classic 13th-place game.