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ON THE COVER The state of Illinois has announced a $750,000 grant for the purchase of 134 acres adjacent to the Maramech Forest Preserve near Plano. See story on this page. Photo by John Etheredge - jetheredge@shawmedia.com

By TONY SCOTT tscott@kendallcountynow.com The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has awarded the Kendall County Forest Preserve District federal grant funds toward the purchase of land adjacent to Little Rock Creek and the Maramech Forest Preserve near Plano, officials said this week. The state announced a $750,000 grant for the purchase of 134 acres along the Little Rock Creek corridor, as part of a statewide $3.6 million federal grant disbursement. The land is adjacent to the 92-acre Maramech Forest Preserve, an Illinois Dedicated Nature Preserve. David Guritz, the forest preserve district’s executive director, said the district is pursuing plans for the potential acquisition of the property. “The District and The Conservation Foundation were approached in 2016 by the property owner(s) to determine in-

terest for acquiring the property, and a concept plan was developed for the purchase of approximately 134-acres connected to Maramech Forest Preserve,” Guritz said via email. “As part of this effort, The Conservation Foundation and District have been working to pursue funding that would be required for the potential acquisition.” Guritz said the grant is “an important first step towards securing the funding needed to acquire the property.” “Funds awarded under the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant program require a direct one-to-one match,” he said. Guritz said the property does not include Maramech Hill, which he said is located on private property and is “not publicly accessible without landowner permission and consent.” Guritz said the Little Rock Creek corridor includes 26 fish species, and that protection of the creek corridor

is “essential to maintain the hydrology which supports these and other cold-water fish species.” “This area is unique in that it meets numerous county-wide acquisition priorities, preserves an important section of Little Rock Creek, adjoins to a regionally significant nature preserve area, and expands conservation lands around the Silver Springs State Park macrosite,” Guritz wrote. “The property shares some of the same mesic and dry-mesic upland forest communities as Maramech Woods, and it would also serve to buffer the Nature Preserve, furthering its long-term protection and sustainability.” Guritz said plans for the site would be for “resource-based conservation and passive recreation, with habitat protection and enhancement.” According to the IDNR, the site will include parking, a shelter, interpretive trails with overlooks, and signs.

Learn the story of historic Meramech Hill PLANO RECORD Find out all about “The History and Geography of Maramech Hill” near Plano when the Oswegoland Heritage Association opens its winter/spring program series on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the historic Little White School Museum in Oswego. The museum is located at 72 Polk Street (Polk at Jackson), just two blocks east of Oswego’s historic downtown business district. Starting at 1:30 p.m., geographer and historian Michael Chuinard will bring to life the history and heritage of one of Kendall County’s most historic sites. Maramech Hill was the site of an extensive prehistoric Native American village with links to the huge Indian city of Cahokia in southern Illinois. During the historic period in Illinois, Maramech Hill was the site of historically significant villages of the local Potawatomi tribe. Today, Maramech Hill is near the 86-acre Maramech Forest Preserve located at the southwest corner of Griswold Springs Road and Fox River Drive. In the early 20th century, Plano resident John Steward attempted to link

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Kendall County’s environmentally diverse Maramech Forest Preserve adjoins Maramech Hill, one of the county’s most culturally significant Native American sites. Maramech Hill with a climactic battle between French colonial forces and the Fox Indian tribe. Although later research has disproved Steward’s contentions, Maramech Hill remains one of the most historically significant Native American cultural sites in Kendall County. Admission at the door will be $5, with proceeds benefiting the Little White School Museum. The program series continues on Saturday, March 4, when Ellie Carlson will bring Carry A. Nation, the most fa-

mous 19th-century anti-saloon crusader, to life one more time during “The Famous & Original Barroom Smasher: Carry A. Nation” beginning at 1:30 p.m. Nation shined a bright spotlight on the scourge of 19th-century alcoholism and is credited with paving the way for Prohibition. Admission at the door will be $5. The last heritage association-sponsored presentation of the winter/ spring series will be “Northern Illinois in the Great War,” by heritage association board member and genealogist Tina Beaird. Starting at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, Beaird will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1917 entry of the United States into World War I. She will highlight soldiers from Kendall, Kane and Will counties who served, as well as the women who volunteered with the Red Cross, the women’s auxiliaries of the military services, and the YMCA. Admission at the door will be $5. For more information on this year’s winter/spring program series, call the Little White School Museum at 630-5542999, send an email to info@littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org, or visit the museum website, littlewhiteschoolmuseum. org.

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Ex-treasurer, father of ex-director accused of stealing from nonprofit By TONY SCOTT tscott@kendallcountynow.com Indictments have been handed down and arrest warrants have been issued for the husband of the deceased former director of the Kendall County Food Pantry in Yorkville and her father. A Kendall County grand jury met last Friday and handed down the indictments for Kenneth Spaeth, 55, the onetime treasurer of the pantry and husband of pantry director Maria Spaeth, and Maria Spaeth’s father, William Crowley, 77, for charges of felony theft.

Law enforcement sources said Tuesday afternoon that Kenneth Spaeth had been arrested at his home in Lake Holiday. Sources said Crowley was arrested by Scottsdale, Arizona, police Tuesday as well. The indictments list both Kenneth Spaeth’s and William Crowley’s address as a home on Emily Court in Yorkville. Bond for Spaeth and for Crowley was set at $25,000. The indictments state that both Kenneth Spaeth and Crowley “knowingly exerted unauthorized control over property of Kendall County Food Kenneth Pantry, being United States curren- Spaeth cy, having a total value in excess of $10,000, intending to deprive the Kendall County Food Pantry permanently of the use of the property.” New leadership took over the pantry in August and it now has a new name, the Kendall County Community Food Pantry. On June 1, Yorkville police executed a search warrant on the pantry, located at 208 Beaver St. in

Yorkville’s Fox Industrial Park, and a Yorkville residence following reports by pantry volunteers of suspicious transactions and possible theft of funds from the pantry’s accounts, according to police. Law enforcement sources estimated that between $150,000 and $200,000 was taken from the pantry. A week after the raid, both Kenneth and Maria Spaeth resigned from their positions at the pantry. On June 21, Maria Spaeth was found dead in her vacation home in Lake Holiday of a prescription drug overdose, according to DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller. A Kendall County judge appointed a special prosecutor to the case in July. State’s Attorney Eric Weis, who previously served on the pantry’s board, said he could be called as a witness in the case. In September, the Yorkville police handed over their completed investigation to Charles Colburn of the Illinois Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor’s Special Prosecution Unit. Colburn handled the grand jury and the investigation.

SHAW MEDIA In response to renewed interest and inquiries from community, the new Kendall County Community Food Pantry has delivered a short half-year status report. “It’s almost a miracle,” said Tandy Pinter, former warehouse supervisor and now board member of the new pantry. “The search warrants, missing money, and shocking drug overdose of our trusted leader in June should have collapsed the operation. Instead, our 50-plus volunteers kept their heads in the game, showed up every week, and persevered through their grief to guarantee the mission was fulfilled – caring for the hundreds of clients each week, relying on us to help feed their families.” The new pantry’s treasurer, Larry Nelson, said, “When our group stepped up and offered to help in early July, we were sitting with a negative bank balance, overdue bills, finances with no meaningful oversight, and a number

“One of the greatest concerns I hear during public engagements is about whether the new pantry will be more forthcoming with its activities and financials. I am proud to say the new board is unanimously committed to transparency.” Greg Witek Kendall County Community Food Pantry Board chairman of unusual and unexplained financial transactions and debts. Here we are in January, with a balance sheet in the black, all our bills paid and some money in the bank. It really speaks of the trust and commitment of this community.” After planning and restructuring

for more than a month, on Aug. 11, a newly formed corporation, Kendall County Community Food Pantry Inc., with a completely new Board of Directors, officially purchased all the assets and operations of the previously troubled Kendall County Food Pantry. The new KCC Food Pantry has been operating under completely new management and procedures for nearly six months. Board Chairman Greg Witek said, “One of the greatest concerns I hear during public engagements is about whether the new pantry will be more forthcoming with its activities and financials. I am proud to say the new board is unanimously committed to transparency. In addition the mandatory tax filings, we plan to produce a formal public annual report within the next 90 days. One of the most rewarding aspects of this report will be the community’s ongoing support. Generous donations of food, volunteer time and dollars continued to send a clear message. This community wants its

most needy to be cared for.” The new pantry board continues to field questions regarding the previous pantry leadership, the June search warrants and the possibility of misappropriated funds. Grant Wegner, legal counsel for the new pantry, said, “Within days of the new board taking operational responsibility this past summer, the pursuit of every legal option of investigation and possible prosecution have been paramount to the new board. Every available avenue has been and is being aggressively pursued.” After a nearly catastrophic blow just a few months ago, the new KCC Food Pantry has rebounded, implemented management and financial controls, and supplements the needs for food, clothing, pet food and personal items for thousands of people in Kendall County. For more information, contact the Kendall County Community Food Pantry at info@kccfp.org, 630-553-0473 or on Facebook @KCCFoodPantry.

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FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR One size does not fit all

To the Editor: The village of Lisbon is proposing issuance of $900,000 in bonds to further construct a municipal sewage system required by the State EPA and enforced by the Kendall County Health Department. The EPA specifies septic fields to be two feet above seasonal high water table levels, four feet above “bedrock,” 75 feet from a well, etc., resulting in many homes being unable to comply. The result of this arbitrary EPA requirement has been a multi-year past and present effort to construct a sewage treatment facility and collecting mains – i.e., substituting one large, somewhat elevated septic field and miles of sewage mains and pumps for individual systems at costs estimated at $20,000 to $30,000 per home. Currently, there are many alternatives to municipal systems. Mechanical systems aerate filtered sewage leachate. Fill can raise septic fields above water tables and bedrock. Cluster septic fields can serve homes not meeting EPA standards. Nearby wells can be cement lined to avoid water contamination. That none of this is permitted exemplifies the one-size-fits-all environmental mind. The EPA rules date from the 1990s and have discouraged owners of properties fouling the storm sewers with raw or septic sewage from spending thousands of dollars on repaired or new septic tanks and leach fields when installation of a municipal system would render them worthless. Hence the EPA mandates and no money to execute them have worsened water quality. Possibly this is a clever way to prevent people from leaving Illinois – sufficiently decrease a resident’s home value by high taxes that he can’t sell it for enough to move elsewhere. I plan to stay in Lisbon.

Alphonse I. Johnson Lisbon

Inexcusable

To the Editor: “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8) As I write this, our country is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and also

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preparing for the inauguration of a new president. Almost unthinkably, the president-elect has unwisely decided to attack via Twitter a highly respected Congressman and teacher of the Christ-like virtue of nonviolent resistance in response to brutal injustice. The disrespect shown to Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., hurts as much as the disrespect he has shown to women and the disabled. The president-elect accused John Lewis, the well-known civil rights leader, of being “all talk ... no action” although he was beaten almost to death in his stand for civil rights alongside King. He has walked the talk. The president-elect is either ignorant of who John Lewis is or he attacked him knowingly. Either is inexcusable. Our future president has an inability to even talk the talk. Carla Taylor Minooka

Perplexing to watch

To the Editor: Things seem to have quieted down now regarding the stories that a manufacturing facility may close some of its operations and leave Illinois. There has been some fear for public officials and some folks about a move. Why are folks worried and why should anyone panic or scramble to keep them from leaving? In July of 2014 it was reported that

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more than 850,000 people had left Illinois since 1995 at a rate of one person leaving every 10 minutes. Just last month it was reported that Illinois lost more people than any other state at a now accelerated rate of one person leaving every four to six minutes. Illinois is fast becoming the new East Berlin/ East Germany of the Cold War era. It is perplexing to watch government officials at all levels panic and scramble to keep a few hundred jobs here, yet pay no mind to the thousands of tax-fleeing refugees. The local, county, state and school solution government to keep our residents from leaving? More property taxes, new and higher fees along with new laws and to make criminals out of innocent citizens for the purpose of “generating new revenue.” More heartbreaking to me was when I learned that an elderly semi-disabled Vietnam vet was forced to leave her home. Though I admit that I don’t have all of the details, I must question, “Where do these mighty warrior public officials get these universal powers to keep corporations from leaving and then why do they suddenly become powerless when it comes to saving a little old vet?” I say if a manufacturing facility wants to leave Illinois, then let them leave. Our vets and citizens should come first. No one appreciates these companies

anyway. The EPA grumbles they pollute, the NLRB is always accusing them of labor injustices, OSHA always finds them dangerous, the IRS sees them as tax felons who can’t be trusted while local road, transportation, workmen’s comp, unemployment, retirement, county, state, municipal, etc. taxes look for ways to get their fair share of revenue like a parasite looking for the best place to suck the lifeblood of its host. Our so-called “leaders” fail to inspire to keep companies and families from fleeing, and not protecting our vets, shows that you can no longer pay taxes, obey the law and proclaim I am free in Kane and Kendall County, Illinois. Jesus Alaniz Yorkville

Hope on health care

To the Editor: Who says trying never pays off. After six years and 60 bills, the GOP will put a stake through the heart of that horrible Obamacare plan. Our new president has called the replacement plan the most wonderful, fabulous and stupendous health plan ever seen in the universe. But there is no written evidence it exists. But wait, there is hope. Our own Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, has a plan. As a matter of fact he put it out two years ago. It’s called the State Health Care Options Act of 2015 or HR3352. It’s not 2,200 pages long like the soon departed Affordable Care Act. It will guarantee accessible health care for all. You can pick your own doctor and hospital (that sounds vaguely familiar) and will be affordable. It will depend on free markets where there will be dozens of health insurance companies clamoring to sign up even the sickest of customers. No monopolies like we have today with one company running the entire show in Illinois. There will be private exchanges and government-issued tax credits so you can pay for your almost free health plan. It will be almost free because of the sheer volume of open competition between companies. No one will be denied coverage. Does that sound great or does that sound like what we already have except for the free part? But no mention of a mandate. If you are not sick, why bother to buy insurance.

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REFLECTIONS Roger Matile The question illustrates, in part, how our view of the past has been skewed by constant exposure to the entertainment industry’s versions of frontier life, not to mention myths created, embroidered upon and perpetuated by those who have one political ax or another to grind. By 1833 when settlers started arriving here in large numbers, it had been 20 years since the U.S. fought its last major war. The Native American tribes still living east of the Mississippi were increasingly acculturated. The “Five Civilized Tribes” living down in Georgia and neighboring states were so civilized they kept slaves. Of course, that didn’t save them from being evicted in the late 1830s as whites decided to seize their land, but it certainly removed the need for regular citizens to go about armed. Kendall County’s pioneers were, almost without exception, either farmers or businessmen. The folks living here when the first farmer-settlers arrived did include some of the kinds of frontiersmen we generally picture in our mind’s eye when we think about pioneer days. Frederick Countryman was a white man with an Indian wife who lived among his Indian neighbors and relatives. Vetal Vermet was a fur trader of French Canadian descent. Peter Specie, another French Canadian, was a farmer and businessman who had also worked in the fur trade. But the old frontiersmen were

quickly overshadowed by the pioneer settlers. The tide of settlement, a trickle until 1833, became a veritable flood as thousands of people emigrated to northern Illinois and dozens settled here in Kendall County. Many of them were relatively well-to-do, and virtually all were solid citizen types. But while they were farmers, craftsmen and businessmen, they were not, apparently, hunters. In the earliest accounts of county history, we find scant mention of living off the land. Instead, the accounts are peppered with references to living off corn meal and wheat and domestic livestock. Why didn’t they hunt? Well, if the Rev. Beggs and Gen. Gaines are to be believed, not all that many settlers were armed. And the other reason was that by the early 1830s, there simply wasn’t much left to hunt in Kendall County. Buffalo had died out east of the Mississippi a couple decades before the 1830s, while other large animals like dear and bear had been hunted out by a combination of Indian and French Canadian market hunters. Some of those animals were killed for their meat, but most were killed for their hides. By the 1830s, deer were rare here, and most other large animals were long gone. Some predators not only survived but thrived as they switched from hunting the diminishing stock of wild game to the growing population of livestock. Thus the wolf hunts of early history designed to exterminate the area’s prairie wolf – coyote – population. Hicks, writing about the winter of 1832-1833, noted: “It was hard times. Corn was the principal food. ... What little wheat could be got was ground

in a coffee mill. Pork was supplied by the pigs that survived the [Black Hawk] war, feeding on acorns in the woods.” Brought west by settlers, the hogs were turned loose in the groves to fend for themselves. Economically important, they were a source of food – if they could be caught. “Those wild hogs were often the most dangerous beasts that roamed the woods,” Hicks recalled. “Long nosed, long legged, gaunt and fleet, and savage as wolves; they could be caught alive only by separating them by dogs.” There are also numerous early accounts of men leaving their families, sometimes for weeks, to go in search of food when provisions ran low, particularly during the winter months. Desperate journeys of many miles to find a single barrel of cornmeal were not uncommon. In the 1870s, Smith Minkler (for whom Minkler Road in Oswego is named) recalled that his family lived on frozen potatoes and hulled corn while his father was away for provisions during the winter of 1833-1834. Pioneer life in Kendall County during the 1830s was hard, but the struggle was mostly against the elements and the land itself rather than against someone or something that could be overcome with a volley of gunfire. The fascinating thing about that period is that the pioneers, who certainly had legitimate reasons to carry weapons, seemed a lot less concerned about being well armed than we do today.

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The insurance companies will gladly take the sickest people and give them the best care available at the cheapest price because the GOP is using free market principles to make this all work. So in a nutshell, Santa Claus Randy will be giving the best health care, at the cheapest rate and there is no reason to buy into the program until you need the insurance. You know, no mandate to have to buy insurance if you don’t want to. The government will pay for this and it won’t affect the budget in the

least. Everybody wins. Thank you, Rep. Hultgren, it’s amazing no one thought of this earlier. Ed Washak Yorkville

We do have control

To the Editor: With Republican Congress bent on depriving 22 million Americans of medical insurance, this is a great time to provide our own, totally free and totally effective health insurance: a plant-based diet. A study with 131,000 participants, in

last year’s Internal Medicine, found that consumption of animal protein is associated with higher risk of death. A couple dozen other massive studies in the past four decades had similar findings. None reached opposite conclusions. According to the National Institute of Health, 1.4 million, or 68 percent, of identified U.S. deaths are attributed to heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes, linked conclusively with consumption of animal products. Cost of medical care was estimated by National Institutes of Health at $3 trillion in 2014, or $24,000 per household, and

rising at 6.5 percent annually – nearly four times the rate of inflation. Incredibly, this amount rivals our national budget and represents 17.5 percent of our gross domestic product. Even so, it does not include the costs of lost productivity, disability and premature death. We have little control over the national cost of medical care. But, each of us has a great deal of control over our household’s $24,000 share every time we visit the grocery store. Arthur Torrinheld Aurora

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When folks decided to up-stakes back East and head out here to the Illinois frontier in the 1830s, it is natural for us, at this great remove and after being indoctrinated through generations of television westerns and related historical dramas, to figure they were a well-armed crew. But the fact is, by the time the 1830s rolled around, most of the conflict with Native Americans east of the Mississippi River was over. Further, the bulk of the settlers arriving during the prime settlement era of the 1830s were farmers, not the hard-bitten “long hunters” like Daniel Boone or Davy Crocket. The lack of armed settlers is not only surprising today, but it was also surprising back then as well. The U.S. Army’s Gen. Edmund Gaines, surveying his options and resources as the war with Black Hawk’s band of homeless Indians began in 1832, complained in a letter: “These settlements are even more sparse and feebler than I had anticipated. Few of the inhabitants are supplied, as our border men used to be, with good rifles, or other means of defense.” And indeed, after the war broke out some 125 frightened settlers gathered at the home of the Rev. Stephen R. Beggs near Walker’s Grove (now Plainfield) for mutual protection. The Rev. Beggs, writing about that exciting time some years later, recalled that among all those pioneer families, only four firearms were available to defend the settlers. Even more startling, the Rev. Beggs noted that “some” of the four firearms didn’t work. So the question someone in the 21st century might legitimately ask is how did pioneer families survive without weapons for hunting?

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Hultgren votes to begin replacing ACA Budget measure directs House committees to explore other options SHAW MEDIA U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, supported House passage of a budget tool Jan. 12 to begin the process of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. The budget measure, called reconciliation, does not immediately repeal the ACA but directs the four health care committees to find more affordable health care solutions for Americans and save billions in taxpayer dollars. “The ACA was not repealed today, but this vote begins the process of replacing the law with more affordable and accessible health care solutions for Americans,” said Rep. Hultgren. “I do not believe in simply repealing the ACA and walking away. If repeal is to happen,

I will work with my colleagues to replace the law gradually over time with a system that offers Americans more and better choices for health insurance. Any replacement of the law must improve plan choice, provider choice and affordability for people in the 14th District or I won’t support it. “Health insurance coverage should be accessible and affordable for all Americans, but Randy Obamacare has delivered Hultgren on none of these promises. The ACA has created a marketplace with more expensive and fewer insurance options, and fewer doctor and hospital networks for everyone. Statewide, Illinois residents have had to pay some of the highest premium increases and have faced some of the fewest plan, doctor and hospital options in the country. I have heard countless stories from my constituents who have lost insurance plans, been shut out of doctor networks they rely on for care and faced an effec-

tive pay cut with new high-deductible plans. Many in Illinois cannot go to their nearest hospital for care. I supported this measure because I believe we need to do better by people in Illinois and the 14th District.” This year, three of the seven counties in the 14th Congressional District were left with one insurance issuer, leaving residents of Kendall, McHenry and Lake counties with a true insurance monopoly. DeKalb, Kane and Will counties will be left with only two insurance issuers. Individuals with these exchange plans could face proposed rate increases for 2017 of up to 77.3 percent, according to a news release from Hultgren’s office. In addition, the news release said, Illinois exchange plans have removed some of the best hospitals and doctors in the state from both their HMO and PPO provider networks, such as Northwestern Medicine and Lurie Children’s Hospital, leaving the most vulnerable people with the most significant medical needs without the options or the care they need.

Officials honor late preservation advocate By TONY SCOTT tscott@kendallcountynow.com The Kendall County Board honored longtime Oswego resident and historic preservation advocate Stephenie “Stevie” Todd at Tuesday’s meeting. Todd died Nov. 7 at age 72. A resolution passed by the board honoring Todd states that she was honored with the Mary Cutter Bickford Award by the Oswegoland Heritage Association in 2016 for excellence in preserving local history. It states that Todd will be “remembered for bringing the stories of previShaw Media file photo ous generations to life through the anStephenie Todd, who died in November, nual Oswego Cemetery Walk” and that was honored by the Kendall County Board she “joined efforts with the Songs of the Union Veterans of the Civil War to dedat its Tuesday meeting.

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icate new markers and headstones for 22 Union soldiers from the Civil War, including three African-American soldiers, in the Oswego Township cemetery.” The resolution states that Todd will “always be remembered for assisting in the founding of the Kendall County Historic Preservation Commission, her endless knowledge of the county and extensive databases and pictures as she surveyed Kendall County for many years.” The resolution states that the board members “mourn the passing of Stephenie (Sucik) Todd and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her.” Board Chairman Scott Gryder said Todd was “instrumental in historic preservation in Kendall County.”

PLANO LIBRARY PROGRAMS Plano Community Library has announced upcoming programs. The library is located at 15 W. North St. in Plano. For more information, call 630552-2030 or visit planolibrary.info. Knit and Crochet Group: Thursdays, Jan. 19 and 26, 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. Drop-In Job Search and Résumé Help: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Study Room B. Need assistance exploring job opportunities online or does your résumé need enhancing? Come to the library for one-on-one assistance. An Illinois WorkNet Representative will be available to answer your job search questions and provide résumé assistance. KenGen Genealogy Group: Saturday, Jan. 21, 1 to 3 p.m., Library Board Room. Both experienced and new genealogy researchers will enjoy the KenGen Genealogy Group sessions. One-On-One Genealogy Research Assistance: Monday, Jan. 23, 6 to 8 p.m. Study Room B. Just getting started on a family history project or looking for help with a genealogy “brick wall’? Call 630552-2030, stop by the library, or email jvalentine@planolibrary.info to reserve a one-hour help session. Not meant to replace paid genealogical research assistance, this free program offers one-on-one help with your genealogical or local history research. Writers’ Group: Thursday, Jan. 26, 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.

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contract with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 and Highway Department employees, for Dec. 1, 2016, through Nov. 30, 2020. Johnson said the contract includes seven full-time and part-time employees that are engineering technicians and highway maintenance crew members. The contract includes the same health insurance changes as the Teamster contracts, Johnson said. Johnson said sick time and vacation time will have to be used in eighthour increments instead of four-hour increments to help with scheduling. For sick time, the employees have to provide one-hour notice, and for vacation time, at least 18 hours notice, she said. Wages will increase by the following: starting Dec. 1, 2016, a $1,200 increase; Dec. 1, 2017, a $1,300 increase; Dec. 1, 2018, a $1,300 increase; Dec. 1, 2019, a $1,500 increase, Johnson said.

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The Kendall County Board unanimously approved a group of union contracts for employees at its meeting Tuesday morning. Board members Tony Giles, Elizabeth Flowers and Audra Hendrix were not present at the meeting. The board approved a three-year contract with the General Chauffeurs, Salesdrivers, and Helpers, Teamsters Local 330 for the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, for Dec. 1, 2016, through Nov. 30, 2019. The contract covers 13 employees, according to Assistant Kendall County State’s Attorney Leslie Johnson, who presented the contracts to the board. Johnson said there will be changes to the employees’ health insurance similar to what was changed for the Fraternal Order of Police contract that was recently approved. There is a new provision in the contract that the employer is to notify the union of any new hires within the first

30 days of employment, Johnson said. Sick leave notification is increasing from a half-hour to an hour, she said. Wages will increase by the following: starting Dec. 1, 2016, a $1,400 lump sum; Dec. 1, 2017, $1,400 increase; Dec. 1, 2018, $1,300 increase plus an additional $100 as a quid pro quo for the union’s acceptance of the health insurance changes, Johnson said. Johnson said starting salary will become no less than $25,407. The board approved a three-year contract with the General Chauffeurs, Salesdrivers, and Helpers, Teamsters Local 330 for Facilities Management employees. This contract would start on Dec. 1, 2016, and end Nov. 30, 2019, Johnson said. Johnson said there are six employees affected by this contract: four maintenance 1 employees and two maintenance 2 employees. There are changes to health insurance coverage in the Facilities Management contract as well, Johnson said. The employer notification of new employees to the union would be the

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Maria Vilack & Tyler Krause were married Sept 26, 2015 in a beautiful outdoor ceremony over looking the Paiute Golf Course in Las Vegas, NV. Parents of the couple are Alberto Vilack of Las Vegas & Maria Adela Rosas of Mexico and Dean & Denise Krause of Plano, IL. Maid of Honor was Nolvia Batres (friend of Bride). Bridesmaids were Tiffany Koehler, Nichole Bergstraesser & Autumn Grove, all friends of the Bride. Best man was Vince Emery (friend of groom). Groomsmen were Mitchell Krause (brother of the groom), Jeffrey Johnson, & Jared Careno, friends of the groom. Reception was held at the Paiute Golf Resort in Las Vegas. They reside in Henderson, NV where they are both social workers. They honeymooned on a 2 week cruise in December 2015.

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Family and friends recently gathered at the American Legion Post 395 in Plano to welcome home Marine Corps Private Josh Cleveland, who has returned home from a threemonth stint in boot camp at the Marine Corp Recruitment Depot in San Diego, California. Pvt. Cleveland will be returning to California for Marine Combat Training and then spend three months in Virginia for Intelligence Specialist School. He is a 2015 Plano High School graduate. He was presented with a challenge coin from Ralph Torres, director of the American Legion Riders Post 181 from Sandwich. The coin proves membership in the Marines, and increases morale and proven accomplishment in the Marines. Welcoming home Cleveland (third from right) were (from left) his father, Jerry Cleveland; American Legion Rider Assistant Director Bob Lawrence; Cleveland’s mother, Kathy Cleveland; American Legion Rider Membership and Historian Sandy Lawrence; American Legion Rider Director Ralph Torres; and American Legion Rider Road Captain Cliff Oleson.

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Doctor not guilty in 1 sex abuse case By TONY SCOTT tscott@kendallcountynow.com A Kendall County judge has found a Yorkville doctor accused of sexual abuse and assault involving 17 female patients not guilty in one of the cases. Judge Timothy J. McCann found Haohua Yang, 51, not guilty Friday following a bench trial related to the 28 counts of criminal sexual assault and sexual abuse in connection with incidents involving women and girls who were patients at his Yorkville practice, according to court documents. In a bench trial, a judge hears the case rather than a jury. Terry Ekl, a Naperville attorney representing Yang, said he anticipates other future trials in the future related to the other counts. “There is a strong probability of future trials, and that would be plural,” he said. “I know that the state will try him again. The question becomes, how many times will they try him? But with each of these alleged victims, there’s a likelihood of at least one more trial, possibly more.”

Ekl praised the verdict by McCann. “I think Judge McCann’s (verdict) was logical and it was well-reasoned, and it was an appropriate finding based upon the evidence that was presented to him,” Ekl said. Prosecutors charged Yang in December 2014 in a single indictment that alleged there were 17 victims between January 2010 and December Haohua Yang 2014. Three of the alleged victims were juveniles, according to court documents. Yang was a doctor at Yorkville Medical Center on Veterans Parkway and also had an office in Naperville. He is in custody. In April of 2015 he was detained by federal authorities at O’Hare International Airport after he attempted to board a flight to China, according to reports. A status hearing was set on the Yang case for Feb. 15 at the Kendall County Courthouse in Yorkville. Yang is currently being held on no bond at the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville.

1 hurt in Montgomery shooting By JOHN ETHEREDGE jetheredge@shawmedia.com Montgomery police are seeking information in a shooting incident Friday evening on Orchard Road in which a motorist was critically injured. Police said they were summoned to the area of Orchard and Jericho roads at 9:44 p.m. on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival at the scene, police said they located a vehicle on Orchard Road just north of Jericho Road that had

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Area man charged with sexually assaulting child By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – An Oswego man is being held on $750,000 bond after being charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Todd M. Falkos, 38, of the first block of Sherwick Road, Oswego, faces six to 30 years in prison if convicted of the felony charge. Assistant State’s Attorney Carrie Thompson said Jan. 12 that similar charges against Falkos could be filed in Kendall County.

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DUI, weapon charges County sheriff’s deputies arrested Richard P. McCord, 46, of the 300 block of East Union Street, Seneca, after the vehicle he was driving was involved in a crash on Route 71 at Millbrook Road in Fox Township Jan. 14 at 8:25 p.m. Police said McCord has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon and driving under the influence. In addition, police said they cited McCord for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and not having proof of insurance. DUI charge after crash A Sheridan resident, Travis B. Jennings, 29, was treated and released from an area hospital after he was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Fox River Drive and Fox Road in Fox Township Jan.15 at 7:19 p.m. Police said Jennings has been charged with driving under the influence. Assault investigation County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a noise complaint at an apartment complex in the 100 block of Harbor Drive in Oswego Township Jan. 16 at 1:12 a.m. Police said residents of one of the apartments reported that a neighbor confronted them about noise coming from their apartment. The neighbor had a tool in his hand at the time of the confrontation, police were told. Police said they did not locate the suspect. Respond to battery County sheriff’s deputies responded to a

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Motorist injured in crash A Sandwich resident, Kristin A. Hefele, 51, of the 300 block of West Fifth Street, was injured Jan. 10 at 7:57 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle due to ice and it slid into a ditch on Griswold Springs Road at Little Rock Road in Little Rock Township, according to the county sheriff’s office. Police said Hefele was transported to Valley West Hospital in Sandwich for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Traffic violations Luis A. Frausto, 23, of the 600 block of Penn Avenue, Aurora, driving on a suspended license.

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One hurt in crash A Plano resident, Jamie L. Glenn, 28, of the 100 block of East Rock Street, was injured Jan. 16 at 8 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle while driving in the 500 block of Creek Road in Little Rock Township and it struck a mailbox and tree, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office reported. Police said Glenn was transported to Valley West Hospital in Sandwich.

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Warrant arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Darius M. Benard Sr., 35, of the 100 block of Dolores Street in Oswego Township Jan. 16 at 8:03 p.m. Police said Benard was wanted on two outstanding Aurora police department warrants.

report of a battery Jan. 13 at 3:30 p.m. in the 0-100 block of Boulder Hill Pass in Boulder Hill. Police said several male juveniles were picking on another male juvenile while he was walking home from school. What police described as a “minor altercation” took place between two of the juveniles. No one was hurt and no arrests were made, but police said the parents of the juveniles were notified of the incident.

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Motorist injured, cited A Minooka resident, Mary A. Dennin, 48, of the 800 block of Casey Drive, was injured Jan. 16 at 5:55 p.m. when the vehicle she was driving left the roadway on Grove Road near Sherrill Road in Seward Township and struck a utility pole and overturned, according to the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. Police said Dennin was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Joliet for treatment of multiple but non-life-threatening injuries. Police said they cited Dennin for driving too fast for conditions, failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, no proof of insurance and no valid driver’s license.

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By JOSHUA WELGE jwelge@kendallcountynow.com Bradi Gann knows she’ll never be faulted for letting a 3-pointer go. It boils down to simple math. “We tell the girls, they’re worth more than two [points], fire them when they’re open,” Plano coach John Chernick said. “When they’re going in, it’s great.” Oh, how they were going Thursday. Gann, a senior guard, hit two of Plano’s 11 3-pointers. The flood of deep shots helped the host Reapers roll to a 71-34 Interstate Eight win over Manteno. “That was crazy,” Gann said. “We usually put up a lot of 3-pointers but tonight they were really falling. We do shoot them a lot in practice. That’s how we play.” It’s all working for Plano (15-4, 8-0), enjoying a banner season. The Reapers next set their sights on the conference tournament that starts Jan. 21 in Coal City. MaKayli Vann scored 22 points and MaKenzie Vann, Gann and Demetra Phylactos all added 12 points for Plano Thursday. Plano’s never won the regular season conference title in Chernick’s 25 years around the program, and only won the tournament once. The Reapers look more than ready to make a run at both. “We have a really good chance of going far,” Phylactos said. “Hopefully we can get to the championship.” Gann hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the third quarter Thursday, but that really doesn’t define her game. A streaky shooter, she’s at just over 20 percent from beyond the arc. The four-year starter also recently set Plano’s career record for steals. The 5-foot-5 guard is committed to Division II Lincoln Memorial University. “We could ask her to guard anybody,” Chernick said. “Her shooting percentage may not be high, but she does everything else for us.” The Reapers play a freewheeling, up-and-down style with the addition of the Vann sisters this season, and it was apparent again early Thursday. MaKenzie Vann took the opening tip for a score seconds in, and Plano was off and running. The Reapers’ fullcourt pressure forced Manteno (7-11, 1-17) into 10 first-quarter turnovers. MaKenzie Vann’s steal and score capped off a 22-8 quarter.

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Plano’s Lexi Tisberger (center) gets fouled from behind by Manteno’s Jessenia Vera (21) during a girls varsity basketball game at Plano High School on Thursday. “This year, especially, we don’t slow the ball down,” Phylactos said. “We never walk the ball up.” Phylactos, Plano’s other captain, is the closest the Reapers have to a consistent 3-point threat. She showed that and more Thursday. Phylactos scored seven of her 12 points in the first quarter, hitting one of her two 3-pointers. She scored on a pass from MaKenzie Vann in transition, turned a steal into a score and hit a 3-pointer as part of the 22-8 start. Later Phylactos dropped in a nifty baseline runner, helping get the lead to 37-18 by halftime. “We’re lucky to have a couple girls like [Gann and Phylactos],” Chernick said. “When the Vanns came here it was kind of a shift to a different role. They’ve been great about accepting it. The pieces are really starting to come together.”

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Team hoping to be healthy for I-8 meet By JOSHUA WELGE jwelge@kendallcountynow.com Sean Masten’s assessment of Plano’s chances at the upcoming conference tournament is simple. Wait and see. Plano has three former state qualifiers on its small 12-wrestler lineup. All three are more than capable of reaching the podium at Saturday’s Interstate Eight meet in Wilmington. The problem? All three are hurt right now. Masten is hopeful to have senior 126-pounder Jake Krotz, sophomore

120-pounder Nico Nunez and junior 132-pounder Ivan Garcia all back in his lineup by the weekend, but it’s no certainty. Masten currently has just seven healthy wrestlers. Coal City, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, is the favorite Saturday. “All three of those gentleman could win their bracket,” said Masten, Plano’s first-year coach. “We could have three or four guys on the podium.” Nunez, a 2016 state qualifier ranked seventh at 120 in Class 2A, has been out since winning the Reaper Classic. Krotz has been on and off while Garcia, a 2015 qualifier who

missed most of last season with an ankle injury, has wrestled just three times this year after getting injured in the season opener. Plano, which lost duals to Herscher and Manteno on Jan. 12, is at Seneca with Wilmington on Thursday before conference. Masten, a first-year head coach, can happily report a clean bill of health off the mat. “I’m happy with our academics – not one guy is ineligible,” Masten said. “When I was hired it was stressed that academics were very important.”

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Anthony Martinez missed one time trying to tip in his own miss. Plano’s senior forward didn’t miss much else. Martinez scored 17 points, going 5-for-5 from 3-point range, to lead the hot-shooting Reapers past Manteno 53-26 on Friday. Plano was 11-for-26 from three as a team in winning its second straight game since the Reapers’ Christmas tournament. The Reapers blew things open by outscoring Manteno 27-5 in the third quarter. “When we’re playing well we’re a team that is going to shoot a lot of threes,” Plano coach Kyle Kee said. “We shot it really well that night. It’s because of ball movement.” Martinez also grabbed seven rebounds, and Nate Shead had 11 points and six rebounds. Elijah Maisonet chipped in seven points and Brandon Contreras dished out four assists. Plano forced 15 turnovers and held Manteno to 24 percent shooting, and single digits in all four quarters. “Third quarter our defense came out and really gave them a little bit of trouble,” Kee said. “We got in the passing lanes and really frustrated them.” The Reapers followed up the Manteno win by beating Seneca 64-35 on Tuesday. Martinez and Contreras each had 13 points and Maisonet added 11 for Plano (12-5, 6-0 Interstate Eight). Plano next turns its attention to the Interstate Eight Conference tournament, where the Reapers are the No. 2 seed behind Sandwich. Plano plays the Coal City/Reed-Custer winner at 8 p.m. Saturday night in Coal City. The tournament runs through Jan. 27. Kee, for one, would like to see his team fare a little better in a tournament situation. The Reapers went 2-2 at the Spring Valley Hall Tournament earlier this season. In its own tournament, Plano dropped the opener and was forced to play three straight 9 a.m. games. “We’ve had some good ups, and we’ve had some low downs this season,” Kee said. “We’re looking forward to this time of year. In the past this is really when we started to play our best basketball. Hopefully we can make a run in the tournament.”

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