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Official: Metra studies would be ‘unnecessary spending’

By MATT SCHURY

mschury@kendallcountynow.com At least one Kendall County Board member says she objects to the completion of engineering studies for the proposed extension of Metra commuter rail service into the county from downtown Aurora.

Judy Gilmour went on the record as saying she believes the federally earmarked money would be better spent elsewhere.

Last month U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, held a task force meeting to discuss what to do with the remaining $6.6 million in federal funds that have been earmarked for the studies.

“I’m not in favor of this study,” she said.

Reading from prepared remarks Gilmour told the board that spending $6 million to continue the engineering studies “is not a good use of taxpayer money.”

Gilmour added that the county simply cannot afford a Metra service and should move on with other projects.

Metra Board Chairman Martin Oberman said at Hultgren’s meeting that the money might be better used for something else.

“Metra’s own spokesman told us it would cost $200 million to extend Metra to Yorkville and even more to go all

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critical needs we could be addressing,” Gilmour said. “We need to be realistic about this and not waste anymore public money on studies.”

She concluded that “this is unnecessary spending” and suggested that people were leaving the county because of high taxes.

Additionally, a small number of people use Metra service, according to Gilmour, and the money can be spent better on other transit projects that benefit the whole county.

“At a time when the federal government is broke, the state of Illinois is broke, cities are in trouble – let’s not forget that we were elected to represent the taxpayers and we should be watching every dollar very closely,” Gilmour concluded.

Shaw suggested Gilmour send her letter to Hultgren and the village of Oswego.

Johnson, the Oswego village president, has gone on the record as being a strong supporter of proceeding with these studies, as have the other mayors in Kendall County.

“Kendall County is still the fastest growing county in the state by quite a bit,” Johnson said last month. “We just want the studies done so that when federal money becomes available we can say we need a piece of that – without that [study] we have nothing.”

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the way to Sandwich,” she said. “This means one thing – that the taxpayers of Kendall County would be the ones to pay the bill.”

Gilmour read her remarks shortly before County Board Chairman John Shaw announced that a letter was sent to Hultgren stating the county and area municipalities strongly support the completion of initial environmental and engineering studies. The letter of support is signed Judy Gilmour by Shaw, Yorkville Mayor Gary Golinski, Plano Mayor Robert Hausler, Sandwich Mayor Rick Olson, Montgomery Village President Matt Brolley and Oswego Village President Gail Johnson.

Gilmour added that she hears from residents in the county that taxes are already too high.

“People in this county are paying some of the highest taxes in the entire state and even in the whole nation – we can’t ask people to pay more,” Gilmour said. “People need tax relief.”

She noted that while the money may be specifically earmarked for these studies, it is “taxpayer money and not free money.”

“The mindset of spending taxpayers’ money just because it’s there needs to stop, especially when we have so many

It wasn’t the first time U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren stopped for some Sumatra at Starbucks’ Yorkville location on Bridge Street, but this time the morning pit stop was for an entirely different reason.

On Friday, Hultgren donned a signature green apron of his own – specially embroidered with his name – and stepped behind the bar to make a few drinks with baristas during the store-sponsored event.

“Behind the Bar” is a program that gets politicians into their local Starbucks to meet with baristas, managers and district managers to talk about the

business and issues that affect them and their regions. A handful of company employees – some who drove more than 60 miles to make it to the event – happily spent an hour sharing their stories with the congressman.

But, the morning wasn’t all about business. A coffee tasting made the event a bit sweeter for the Plano-based Republican, who said he loves a good brew.

He slurped, smelled and sipped on a reserve-blend as he met the greenapron-clad crew.

From a district manager who worked her way up with the company over 18 years, to an Air Force veteran who is supporting his family by managing his own Starbucks store, there was no shortage of diversity among the employees in the room.

“What are the biggest challenges you all face?” Hultgren asked. “What are you excited about?”

There was talk of Route 47 construction – completed last year – which

negatively impacted business at the Yorkville coffee shop.

“Some days it was just crickets in here,” one manager said.

But, the Yorkville crew was happy to talk about some of the ways they’re bouncing back and refocusing after the construction.

The Yorkville shop is one of a handful of local Starbucks now offering wine during the evenings and an expanded food menu including truffle mac and cheese and bacon-wrapped dates. Hultgren said he was pleased to hear about the new local options.

He said he was also happy to hear about the company’s tuition reimbursement program, which has been formed in partnership with Arizona State University.

One Starbucks employee took his time with Hultgren to talk about the tuition program and how it’s changing his life.

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be available, but said the daily passes and the mega pass are the best deal for anyone wanting several rides.

“We’re hoping people will buy the passes because the Smallville Festival will get a percentage from each daily or mega pass sold,” she noted.

They will receive 25 percent of the ticket sales at the beginning and the percentage will increase as the sales of tickets and passes increase.

Proceeds from the carnival will be used to boost the number of activities and events held during the Smallville Superfest. Additions this year will include pony rides, a petting zoo and others, depending on the amount of money raised from the carnival, Diaz said.

She could not estimate the attendance for the carnival, but organizers are hoping for good weather to guarantee them a good turnout.

The Smallville Superfest usually attracts about 10,000 people a year if the weather is good. This year will be the fifth year for the festival, she said.

Health plans OK’d for PASEC employees

By LYLE R. ROLFE

news@kendallcountynow.com Members of the recently formed Plano Area Special Education Cooperative (PASEC) have approved health insurance plans and set sick day numbers for certified teachers and educational support personnel.

PASEC was formed by Dr. Hector Garcia, Plano School District superintendent, to replace the Kendall County Special Education Cooperative that was dissolved a few months ago when member school districts dropped out.

Garcia said the PASEC board will contribute 99 percent of the health insurance cost for a single employee or a percentage of the costs for the PPO single employee and the HMO/PPO family.

The board agreed Thursday to contribute 9.4 percent of the cost for teachers’ contributions to the Teachers Retirement System, and approved 11 sick days per year for teachers with one to

seven years on the job, 15 days for those with eight to 18 years on the job and 20 days for 19 or more years on the job. All teachers will receive two personal days each year.

Garcia said they are working on benefits for the support staff.

The board approved hiring three new staff members.

Andrea Hausser was hired as staff psychologist for $82,013 for 185 days; Kari Pyle as special education coordinator for $79,764 for 205 days; and Kristin Still as school psychologist for $73,610 for 185 days.

Garcia, who was appointed superintendent of the PASEC board at the group’s first official meeting held in March, said PASEC’s 25 teachers and 20 support staff members will have a choice of the HMO plan for single members, the PPO for single members or a family HMO/PPO plan.

They plan to have all teachers, social workers, and paraprofessionals hired

by July 1 to start the 2016-17 school year.

Intergovernmental agreements with each of the member school districts also were approved at the board meeting.

Other PASEC officers in addition to Garcia are Dr. Diane Cepela, Newark Grade School district superintendent, board vice president; Amy Smith, Newark High School district superintendent, board secretary; and Dr. Michael Rustman, Lisbon Grade School District superintendent, board treasurer.

Amy Lee of Plano was hired last month as director of PASEC. The board will meet on June 8 to present its application to the Illinois State Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities, but no location has been set for the meeting. The advisory council is the agency that will give final approval of the application.

The PASEC board will hold regular meetings at 9 a.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month. The meeting place will be rotated between schools, and announced in advance.

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The 2016-17 budget for the city of Plano was passed unanimously by council members Monday night.

There were no audience comments, but Alderman Robert Hyde thanked Janet Goehst, city treasurer and budget officer, for her work in compiling the near-150 page document. He also thanked her for the time she spent with him going over the budget.

The total budget for the coming year is $14,233,180, and no taxes will be increased to meet the budget, Mayor Bob Hausler said.

The city will begin the year with a cash balance from the previous year of $11,123,434. The budget anticipates $10,972,361 in new revenue from various sources.

The General Corporate Fund will start with a balance of $975,413, with estimated revenues generated during the year totaling $6,590,405, to pay for estimated expenditures of $6,677,346.

After transfers of $585,709 for debt service payments this fund will end the year with an estimated balance of $302,763 for the next year.

The Motor Fuel Tax fund will start with $838,352, and will have estimated revenue of $281,502 to cover estimated expenditure of $990,500, ending the year with a cash balance of $129,354.

The new budget goes from May 1 of this year through April 20, 2017.

If you’re a fan of the Smallville Superfest held each summer in downtown Plano, then you’ll be a fan of the Smallville Spring Fling Carnival that will be held May 19, 20, 21 and 22.

Niki Diaz, co-chair of the Smallville Superfest with John Fawler, said she has talked to many people who would like to have a downtown carnival, so she began looking for a company that could bring one here.

“It took a couple years to find a company that could bring their carnival to Plano in the spring, but we finally got one for this year,” she said.

The first Smallville Spring Fling Carnival will be held from 5 to 10 p.m.

Thursday, from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.

“This is an excellent way to kick off the summer with rides and games for all ages. And you can get a great view of

Plano from the Ferris wheel,” she said.

The rides include the zipper, tilt-awhirl, Ferris wheel, kids’ motorcycles, and more. And foods will include cotton candy, pizza, turkey legs, burgers and hot dogs, as well as others. There will also be a variety of games for those who are ready for a challenge.

Individual vendors from the community also are expected to be selling their products at the event.

The carnival will be held downtown at Hale and North streets behind the police station by Latham Park, she said.

A mega pass for $50 is good for all four days and for unlimited times each day on all rides. However, they must be issued in the purchaser’s name and cannot be transferred to other people, she said. They are now available at city hall.

A wrist band for one day is $30 and it is for unlimited rides during that day.

They will be available every day during the carnival.

Diaz said single-ride tickets will also

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Opposed to Metra studies

To the Editor: At the April 6 Kendall County Board meeting I expressed my opposition to spending $6.5 million of taxpayer money to study the feasibility of extending Metra commuter rail service into Kendall County. Funding for this study came from funds earmarked by Congress several years ago, at a time when Kendall County was the fastest growing county in the nation. About $1 million of the funds have been spent, leaving $6.5 remaining, which now some local politicians would like to spend for additional Metra studies.

I do not support this expenditure for several reasons. First, spending $6.5 million to continue studying something we know we cannot afford is wasteful and unnecessary spending.

We cannot afford to extend Metra service to Kendall County. We have been told by Metra that it would cost $200 million to do this, and we taxpayers would be footing the bill. Secondly, using Metra commuter service on a daily basis only benefits a small number of county residents. Yet, extending the service to Kendall County would be a tax burden on all county taxpayers. In my book, this is unfair taxation.

From my conversations with county residents, I hear the same thing – our taxes are too high, and

OUR VIEW we can’t afford to live here. People need tax relief, not more taxes.

The $6.5 million earmarked for studying Metra service is not “free money.” It is taxpayer money, and I propose putting that money to better use on local transportation projects that would benefit the whole county. We have many road projects here in Kendall that could use help with funding.

Yet, our federal government is broke, our state is broke, and our municipalities are struggling.

Rather than wasting public money on more studies, I would urge our county, city and village leaders to work together to find more practical and beneficial use of those funds on local road projects that would help all of our county residents. In my opinion, it’s irresponsible to waste public money to study something when we already know the answer – extending Metra means higher taxes, and we cannot afford it.

As your representative on the Kendall County Board, I encourage you to contact me or your city or village board members to let them know your ideas on better uses for the $6.5 million. You are the taxpayers, this is your money, and it’s important to me to hear your ideas.

Judy Gilmour

Kendall County Board member Yorkville

Step toward ending health care perk?

They may or may not be aware of it, but voters in the March 15 Republican Party primary may have taken a step towards eliminating the health insurance benefits that are now available to members of the Kendall County Board.

Though service on the county board is considered a parttime job, the 10 board members remain eligible – if they so desire – to receive the same taxpayer-funded health insurance benefits that the county’s full-time employees receive.

We have long opposed the board’s health insurance perk on the grounds that it is costly and should be offered only to the county’s full-time employees.

With the exception of the Yorkville City Council, we are not aware of any other elected governing boards in the county whose part-time members are eligible to receive taxpayer funded health insurance for their part-time service. (Fortunately for Yorkville taxpayers, the city council voted do to away with its health insurance benefits for newly elected council members beginning in 2013. Unfortunately, some aldermen elected prior to 2013 continue to claim benefits at taxpayer expense).

While efforts to do away with the county board’s health insurance have stalled, taxpayers might find some relief at

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Continued from page 4 the ballot box in November. In last month’s Republican Party primary election, GOP voters nominated three newcomers to run as candidates from the board’s District 2: Diane Selmer, Tony Giles and Matthew Kellogg.

Based on their responses to a Record Newspaper questionnaire, the county’s GOP voters went for the

Copperheads by Union loyalists. They were the Civil War’s “Fifth Column.”

One group of southern Illinoisans even served in the rebel army.

Traitorous elements in the Copperhead counties fomented considerable trouble, including an 1864 draft riot at Charleston, during which nine people were killed, many of them Union soldiers. In fact, it got so bad that thousands of Union soldiers were diverted from front line units to guard against uprisings by disloyal elements throughout Illinois.

In August 1864, young Alfred Browne of Newark joined several of his neighbors from Fox, Big Grove and Little Rock townships and enlisted in the 146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, one of the 90-day regiments formed to free up combat troops from doing guard duty in Illinois’ Copperhead regions.

After arriving at his post in Quincy, Browne wrote a letter to Henry C. Cutter in Oswego reporting on his new military career. In the letter, Browne told Cutter that the 146th had been sent to Quincy to put down Copperhead activities and generally assure the loyalty of the surrounding countryside.

Illinois wasn’t the only Midwestern state where treason caused problems for the war effort. Wisconsin had its share of riots, including one at Port Washington, where Luxembourg immigrants rioted when they feared they might be drafted.

In fact, many of the nation’s newest immigrants were among the strongest opponents of the war. The dreadful July 1863 riots in New York City that resulted in 119 deaths were mostly caused by Irish discontent over the draft. Although the draft may have started the riot, it quickly turned into a race riot in which many free blacks in the city were murdered.

The internal problems the war

that were hotbeds of anti-slavery sentiment, especially among that region’s Protestant denominations.

When the nation finally was forced to deal with the slavery issue, Illinois became a reflection of the national split on the issue, with the southern counties generally opposed to abolition and the northern counties generally in favor. Divisions also were religious – the Methodist Church split in two over slavery.

When the time came to choose sides in the slavery controversy, the southern counties found themselves overwhelmed by the large numbers of New Yorkers and New Englanders, not to mention the anti-slavery German, Scottish and English settlers, who had flooded into northern Illinois after the Erie Canal opened in the late 1820s.

Illinois went for its favorite son, Abraham Lincoln, in the election of 1860, and followed that up by vigorously supporting the Union cause after Photo provided the southern states began the Civil An anti-President Lincoln pamphlet was War by bombarding Fort Sumter in published in 1864 by C. Chauncey Burr, a Charleston harbor. Certainly Illinois magazine editor from New York City, in sup- took the national lead by producing port of the Copperhead cause. A number of the wartime president, as well as the Illinois counties, mostly in the central and general – Ulysses S. Grant – who won southern portions of the state, were heavily the war for the North. populated by Copperheads, disloyal to the But during the war itself, while Union and the effort to abolish slavery.

620,000 men were being slaughtered on battlefields from Arkansas to Virgincaused in Illinois, even with the state’s ia to Pennsylvania, a fair number of Union troops, as I noted above, proved favorite son, Lincoln, elected to the presidency, arose because Illinois was to be needed to keep order right here a state with a split personality when it in Illinois lest insurrection break out.

Fortunately, the Copperheads came to slavery. Although the Northwere suppressed and kept suppressed. west Ordinance under which Illinois Unfortunately, many of the traitors was created banned new slaves from who had caused so many problems, being imported, that didn’t stop the spilled so much blood, and caused the state’s early settlers from bringing destruction of entire regions of the them in anyway. Most of the state’s nation were never punished for their early governors were slave-owners, actions in taking the nation over the and the southern half of the state was brink into civil war. And today, more populated mostly by settlers from than a century and a half after the Virginia and the Carolinas, slave fact, we are still dealing with the restates all. percussions of their reckless, disloyal On the other hand, the northern part of the state was largely settled by actions. pioneers from the old Middle Colonies • Looking for more local history? of New York, New Jersey and PennVisit http://historyonthefox.wordsylvania, and New Englanders from press.com.

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candidates who indicated, for now at least, they do not plan to participate in the county’s health insurance program. In a Record Newspaper questionnaire, Selmer emphatically stated she would not accept it if elected, while Giles wrote “as of right now” he has no plans to take the insurance.

Kellogg wrote that he intends to keep his current insurance but added, “If changes in my coverage occur and I can’t get the best doctors for my family I will have to look at the options.”

Meanwhile in the board’s District 1 GOP race, another newcomer candidate, Jerry Bannister, has pledged not to accept the county’s health insurance.

We look for the question of whether or not the county should continue to offer health insurance to its board members to be an issue in the November general election as the GOP candidates square off against two Democrats in the Board’s District 2 – Elizabeth Flowers, an incumbent, and

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Kristine Heiman – and one Democrat in District 1, Audra Hendrix.

We’re hopeful that the five board members who are elected will decline the county’s health insurance and thereby save taxpayers thousands of dollars during their terms. Better still would be for voters to elect new board members who will vote to do away with the health insurance benefits.

We’re certain that would be a pro-taxpayer gesture that all county residents would welcome.

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Most folks probably take it for granted that Illinois was staunchly pro-Union during the Civil War. After all, Abraham Lincoln was from Illinois, and the state provided 259,000 soldiers for the Union Army, a total surpassed only by New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

And if you look locally at how Fox Valley communities contributed in the conflict, you could be excused if you accepted that Illinois was an eager participant.

After all, nearly 1,300 men and boys from Kendall County fought on the Union side against the Southern insurrectionists during the war – when the county’s entire 1860 population stood at just over 13,000. That means that nearly 10 percent of the county’s entire population of men, women and children served in the war.

More Kendall County volunteers served with the 36th Illinois and the 127th Illinois Infantry than any other regiments. The 36th had so many Kendall and Kane soldiers in its ranks it was nicknamed “The Fox River Regiment.”

Companies D (Lisbon), E (Bristol), and I (Oswego) were recruited in Kendall County, and Company F from Kendall and Kane counties – mostly from Newark and Aurora.

The 127th, too, had a healthy leavening of Kendall County men, with Company A recruited in Oswego, then the Kendall County Seat, and Companies F and K recruited in Little Rock and Bristol townships.

Besides the infantry, Kendall County men served in cavalry and artillery units, as well as in the U.S. Navy and Marines. Some of the Union swabbies from Kendall County served in the “Brown Water Navy” that crewed timber and iron-clad riverboats on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers where they helped with the capture of Vicksburg.

However, loyalty to the nation was far from universal throughout Illinois. A number of counties, mostly in the central and southern portions of the state, were heavily populated by disloyal, subversive factions, called

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Some ways to be green, on Earth Day and after With Earth Day approaching, it’s a good time to think about what it means to be green. There are many ways that we can ensure our own homes are contributing to a healthier, more sustainable environment.

Being “green” is our way of acknowledging that we must take care of the Earth if we want the Earth to take care of us. We all need to minimize the impact that our lives have on the environment. We must walk gently on the Earth, and live simply so that others may simply live. We must use our resources wisely, so that there will be something left for our children and grandchildren. We must reduce pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, so that the air will still be breathable and so that we slow and reverse the effects of climate change.

The basics of sustainable living address food, energy, water, waste, transportation and climate change.

Meals in the home are a simple place to start with bringing green into our everyday lives. How do we eat right for ourselves and the planet?

First, we need to eat food raised organically, so that we know the plants and the soil were not sprayed with dangerous pesticides and herbicides. But it’s also important that we eat locally grown food. Food from faraway places like New Zealand had to ride on an airplane, which uses up lots of fuel and creates more carbon dioxide.

The best ways to save energy at home are also the easiest (and they save us money, too): Turn off the lights when you leave a room, turn down the thermostat in the winter and turn it up in the summer. Some harder things to do to save energy include making your house “tighter,” with more insulation, energy efficient windows and caulking any cracks in your house. That keeps the warm air inside in winter and cool

air inside in summer.

Conserving water may be the major environmental task of our time. Here’s another simple idea: Be sure to turn off the tap when you’re brushing your teeth or doing the dishes, and take shorter showers. My dad said that when he was in the army they got three minutes to take a shower – a minute to soak, a minute to soap, and a minute to rinse. If he could do it in three minutes, then maybe four or five should be enough for us. In our gardens we can use drought-resistant flowers instead of water gulpers.

Reducing waste is so important. Our landfills are already bulging with garbage. Simple ways to reduce waste are using reusable shopping bags and reusable drinking bottles and reducing use of disposable plastic bottles. Reusable diapers, plates, cups, napkins – there is a long list of things that we can use (and reuse) in order to reduce waste.

Active transportation means walking or riding a bike. Try it when you can. Our towns are not always set up so we can walk to the store, but if you can walk or bike it’s a great way to save energy. Drive an energy efficient car, carpool or telecommute. Our cities do not belong to cars, they belong to people!

Climate change is the big picture that drives all of these effort. The more we can reduce our dependence on energy of every kind, the better. And these efforts can easily begin at home.

• Mavis Bates teaches Sustainability 101 at Waubonsee Community College and is chairman of Aurora GreenFest.

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The employee said he left a successful career after coming to a crossroads, and decided to head back to school – with Starbucks’ help.

Because he was already raising a family, the employee said the tuition reimbursement aspect of the Starbucks mission makes him happy to come to work in the morning.

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Federal prosecutors expect one person who has accused Dennis Hastert of sexual abuse to speak at his sentencing in his hush-money case, and the judge has indicated that he wants to consider that the former U.S. Speaker of the House lied to federal authorities, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

Prosecutor Steven Block told Judge Thomas M. Durkin in court Wednesday that he expects someone identified in court papers as “Individual D” to make a statement at the sentencing April 27 in Chicago, according to one AP report.

Durkin also asked questions about Hastert lying to the FBI about an “Individual A” extorting him.

“That’s not conduct that’s 40 years old,” Durkin said, saying he expected to take it into account in sentencing.

Hastert plead guilty in October to breaking banking law in a scheme to pay $3.5 million to ensure “Individual A” stayed silent about being abused when he was a 14-year-old student at the Illinois high school where Hastert was the wrestling coach.

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All VHS tapes and audio cassettes will The Friends of the Plano Library will be given away on the last day of the sale. hold a used book sale Friday, April 15, Doors close at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 23. through Saturday, April 23, during regular Donations should be in good condition. library hours.

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Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held in Email alerts for library events: Have you the meeting room during regular library hours. missed a library program because it slipped On April 23, all items will be sold for $4 per your mind? The library has begun sending bag (bags are provided) and the sale will close weekly email alerts to patrons. If you’d like to at 2 p.m. All VHS tapes and audio cassettes receive information about upcoming kids’ or will be given away on the last day of the sale. adults’ programs, or both, call the library at KenGen Genealogy Group: 1 to 3 p.m.

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County backs effort to abolish election agency

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mschury@kendallcountynow.com The Kendall County Board went on the record recently asking that the city of Aurora abolish the Aurora Election Commission.

The board members unanimously passed a resolution at their April 5 meeting saying they would support disbanding the agency and having the Kendall County Clerk absorb the election duties for the three Aurora precincts in Kendall County.

The resolution also says that the board supports putting a referendum question on the ballot to abolish the commission.

It also asks the Illinois General Assembly to amend the election code to make it easier for citizens to abolish local election commissions.

County Board member Scott Gryder said he talked to County Clerk Debbie Gillette, who said her office could handle taking over the additional precincts. He added that he believed the clerk could do it more efficiently and for a lower cost to taxpayers.

Gillette’s office is responsible for the vast majority of Kendall County precinct results.

The commission handles all of the elections in the city of Aurora which includes three precincts in Kendall County. U.S. Census data shows the commission serves about 6,000 people out of a total countywide population of about 115,000.

“Our clerk is very capable of handling the additional precincts I believe,” he said.

Gryder pointed out that the commission had a revenue and expenditure lines of $1.3 million in their 2014 budget.

Recently Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner called for disbanding the commis-

sion after election results were delayed for the March primary calling the organization a “one-trick pony, and a lame one at that.”

“By us passing this resolution it does absolutely nothing other than to show our support for this, the mayor and the city of Aurora,” Gryder said.

In order to follow through on disbanding the commission, the city would have to file petitions and create a referendum question for voters to make the decision since the agency was created in such a way in 1934.

“It made sense almost 100 years ago but that was a bygone era,” Gryder said, adding that when the commission was created voters had to go to the county seat in order to vote.

Gryder noted on election night that results from the last of three Aurora precincts in Kendall County weren’t reported until the morning after the election. One race for Kendall County Board was in limbo and the Aurora votes affected the final outcome.

“In the 2016 Primary Election the Aurora Election Commission was the last of any area counties to release any unofficial results of the election more than 14 hours after the polls closed,” the resolution states. “[On] election evening the ‘current results’ section of the Aurora Election Commission official website www.auroravotes.org listed candidates and results from the April 2015 general consolidated election.”

“In addition to the cost, there were candidates that were waiting into the following morning and there really is no excuse for that in this day and age,” Gryder said. “You should be able to find out pretty much that night with the technology that we have – that’s the whole point of having all of this technology so that we can have results quickly.”

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Event will offer games, free swimming lessons, visit from helicopter PLANO RECORD The Fox Valley Family YMCA is holding a free community event on Saturday, April 30, to inspire more kids to keep their minds and bodies active. This year marks the 25th annual YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day, the Y’s national initiative to improve health and well-being for kids and families.

The event features a free fitness launch, a special landing by the Superior Air Med-One helicopter, emergency equipment from Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and Little Rock-Fox Fire Department for kids to tour, free swimming lessons, a gymnastics open gym, an inflatable obstacle course, family yoga, raffles, games, healthy cooking demonstrations, arts and crafts, local vendors and more to motivate and teach families how to develop healthy routines at home.

The Y will also be offering free registration when kids sign up for Summer Day Camp and the Y’s membership joining fee will be 50 percent off all day on April 30.

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“The Y believes in the potential of all children, and we strive to help kids find the ‘wow’ factor inside themselves. A child’s development is never on vacation and Healthy Kids Day is a great opportunity to educate families and motivate kids to stay active in spirit, mind and body throughout the summer,” said Stephanie Wayne, Fox Valley Family YMCA senior operations director.

The Fox Valley Family YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at 3875 Eldamain Road and features fun, active play and educational activities, such as an Aqua Track (set up in the pool), aikido demonstrations, kids’ fitness classes, healthy food and snacks, raffles and more.

State Sens. Sue Rezin and Jim Oberweis will be in attendance and there will be a special appearance from Ozzie, the Kane County Cougars’ mascot.

YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day is supported by KishHealth System.

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The music and theater departments at Plano High School will present “The Wizard of Oz” at 7 p.m. April 22-23, and at 2 p.m. April 24.

Plano High School will present ‘Wizard of Oz’ PLANO RECORD Plano High School’s music and theater departments will present “The Wizard of Oz” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24.

Plano High School cast members are Hailey Stark as Dorothy, Zoe Michaels as the Wicked Witch, Yolanda Gomez and Lacey Martin as the Scarecrow, Curtis Brey as the Tin Man, Peyton Gatza as the Lion, Annie Shirley as Glinda, Ashley Cross as the Wizard, Allison Arguezo as Toto, Synthia Gonzalez as Auntie Em and Alan Kennedy as Uncle Henry, and all ensemble roles are filled by Nick Baltazar, Kevin Barto, Brianna Bartosz, Natalie Castaneda, Jessica Davis, Jocelyn Elizalde, James Frederick, Alexia Kassinger, Tyler Knispel, Brianna Kren-

gel, Kayla Mauer, Debra Meeks, Aaliyah Naranjo, Lexi Nelson, Rylee-Jo Palmer, Joshua Sommerville, Blake Spicer, and Helen Tran.

Plano High School students who are participating behind the scenes for the show include Shannon Aduana, San Juana Ballesteros, Nick Beltran, Michael Campos, Peyton Cullison, Laila Ertz, RaeLynn Galloway, Andrew Heiden, Jamie Heller, Megumi Jensen, Mackenzie Kerry, Kyle Lauing, Madison Long, Cece Orozco, Jackie Salcedo, Sami Stamper and Abigail Ullrich.

PH Miller, Centennial, EGJ, and Plano Middle School students participating as munchkins are Jessica A., Abby A., Jayden A., Laila A., Julian A., Iggy A., Maida B., Alexandria B., Addison C., Rachel C., Alexandria C., Emma C., Alina C., Emily C., Alexis C., Bo C., Jay-

gan C., Analia C., Katelyn C., Sophie D., Charis D., Shealyn D., Sara D., Seriah E., Sherlynn E., Violet E., Sydney F., Serenity G., Shakeira G., Wendall G., Laila H., Abbey H., Tatum H., Alfonso H., Fatima H., Yeiry H., Gavin K., Lily K., Cayden L., Gianna L., Maddison L., Kyra L., Faith M., James M., Micky M., Lily M., Emily M., Jesi N., Sammie N., Madelynn O., Saimya P., Deanna P., Lauren P., Harmoney P., Abbey P., K.C. P., Brayden R., Kloe R., Mia S., Destiny S., Bernadette S., Adan S., Lisa S., Cedie S., Ella S., Emily S., Kailey T., Molly T., Liliana V., Kailee W., Paiton W., Hannah W., Kaetlyn W., Autumn W., Brock Y. and Caitlin Z. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and students age 4-18, and free for children 3 and under. Buy tickets on showtix4u.com. Once on the website, search for Plano Wizard of Oz.

Music program honored PLANO RECORD Plano School District 88 has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education.

The Best Communities Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.

To qualify for the Best Communities designation, the Plano Music Department answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program, and community music-making programs. Responses

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ucation legislation, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The legislation, Continued from page 14 signed into law in December 2015, replaces No Child Left Behind Act, which were verified with school officials and was often criticized for an overemphareviewed by The Music Research Insti- sis on testing – while leaving behind tute at the University of Kansas. subjects such as music. ESSA recomThis award recognizes that Plano is mends music and the arts as important leading the way with learning opportu- elements of well-rounded education for nities as outlined in the new federal ed- all children.

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PLANO POLICE REPORTS Cannabis arrest

Plano police arrested David A. Estrella, 28, of Chicago, while checking on a suspicious vehicle in the area of Lew and Park streets April 6 at 12:41 a.m. Police said Estrella has been charged with unlawful possession of cannabis. He was later released after posting bond and is scheduled to appear in court next month.

Arrested on two warrants

to appear in court on a charge of retail theft in DuPage County. Ammerman was taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville pending court proceedings, police said.

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Plano police arrested Vanessa C. Perez, 29 of the 1000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Aurora, while checking on a report of a suspicious person in the area of East Street and Prairie Street at 2:33 a.m. April 10. Police said Perez was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in court on a prior charge of driving on a suspended license. Police said Perez posted bond and was released pending a new court date.

Plano police arrested Savanna R. Ammerman, 29, of the 0-100 block of Pine Hill Drive, North Aurora, after they stopped her vehicle in the area of Route 34 and Ben Street at 11:44 p.m.

April 7. Police said Ammerman was wanted on two warrants. One was for a prior charge of failure to appear in court on charge of harassment Speeding, possession Plano police arrested two Aurora men after by telephone, while the other was for failure

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Defense lawyers have asked for the judge to spare Hastert prison time and give him probation instead, citing his health and the steep price they say he’s already paid in public shame.

The statutory maximum for the banking violation is five years in prison, but sentencing guidelines suggest no more than a matter of months.

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way, so Durkin will not be bound by the guidelines.

A presentencing filing late Friday revealed more details about the decades-old abuse allegations leveled Hastert, the Associated Press reported last week.

An emailed statement from Hastert’s lawyer, Thomas Green, on Saturday – as in earlier defense filings – refers only in general terms to past misconduct by Hastert.

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stopping their vehicle in the area of Route 34 and Turner Avenue at 11:05 p.m. April 10.

Police said Carlos J. Oceguera, 28, of the 400 block of South LaSalle Street, faces a charge of speeding between 26 and 34 mph over the posted speed limit, while a passenger in his vehicle, Alfonso Hernandez Jr., 21, of the 300 block of North Farnsworth Avenue, was charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

Traffic citations

Dakota E. Malert, 23, of the 400 block of East Abe Street, Plano, driving on a suspended license, no valid registration and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

Michael B. Boatright, 29, of the 300 block of South Harrison Boulevard, Aurora, driving on a suspended license. ry,” Green wrote.

A graduate of Oswego High School, Hastert left his teaching and coaching career at Yorkville High School for the state legislature in early 1981. He entered Congress in 1987 and became speaker in 1999, holding the spot until his retirement in 2007. He now lives near Plano.

In the court filing, prosecutors say Hastert “was so sure his secrets were safe that he apparently had no fears about entering a profession where one is subject to constant scrutiny and media attention,” the AP reported.

KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS Harassment report County sheriff’s deputies took a report April 11 concerning a 29-year-old male pizza delivery driver who had contacted a 16-yearold female on more than one occasion. The girl told the man not to contact her anymore, but he has continued to call her on the phone.

Police said they are investigating.

Arrest after Rt. 30 crash County sheriff’s deputies arrested Joel Lee Castillo, 23, of the 1700 block of Ivy Lane, Montgomery, after the vehicle he was driving on Route 30 at Dickson Road at 4:09 a.m. April 9 drove through a stop sign, struck a directional sign and then landed in a ditch.

Police said Castillo was located nearby and taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville.

Castillo has been charged with driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, leaving the scene of an accident, disobeying a stop sign and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

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County sheriff’s deputies arrested Sonja Kowalski, 27, of the 2000 block of Titus Arrested on Rt. 126 Drive, Yorkville, at 1:04 a.m. April 4 at a County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jenni residence in the 10000 block of Legion Jean Marie Garza, 30, of the 600 block of Road, Yorkville.

Davidson Drive, Minooka, while investiPolice said Kowalski has been charged gating a traffic crash in the 6000 block with domestic battery, aggravated of Route 126 in Kendall Township at 8:52 assault to a peace officer and two counts p.m. April 5. Police said Garza, the driver of resisting a peace officer. of the vehicle, was found to be wanted on a DuPage County warrant for failure Air conditioner stolen to appear in court on a prior charge of An air conditioning unit was stolen from outside a home in the 1700 block of possession of cannabis.

Kennedy Road in Bristol, county sheriff’s deputies were notified April 7. Police said Traffic citations Rogelio Carreon-Montalvan, 29, of the the home is in foreclosure and the theft was discovered by property management 1100 block of Summit Avenue, Aurora, failure to reduce speed to avoid an personnel. The air conditioning unit is accident. valued at less than $500, according to Peter Gabor, 70, of the 300 block of police.

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Hill filed an identity theft report with the county sheriff’s office April 7. Police Investigate battery said someone used the victim’s personal County sheriff’s police are investigating information to obtain utility services a battery that occurred on a school bus valued at $2,000. on Long Beach Road at Winrock Road in Boulder Hill April 9.

Domestic battery County sheriff’s police responded Boulder Hill hit, run to a report of a domestic battery at a Sometime between 11 p.m. April 7 and residence in the 9000 block of Chicago 7:20 a.m. April 8, an unknown motorist Road in Newark at 12:15 a.m. April 8. struck a fire hydrant and speed limit Police said they determined that a male sign in the 100 block of Saugatuck Road subject made an allegation that he was in Boulder Hill, according to the county pushed by another individual. However, sheriff’s office. police said no complaints were signed in the incident.

Domestic disturbance County sheriff’s deputies responded to Motorist flees police a domestic disturbance at a residence in County sheriff’s deputies are investithe 1500 block of Light Road in Oswego gating an incident in which they were April 9 at 11:21 p.m. Police said a person unsuccessful in attempting to stop a battered another individual at the resimotorist for a speeding violation at Route dence, but had left the residence prior to 34 and Lakewood Springs Drive between the deputies’ arrival. Police said they are 1:10 a.m. and 1:22 a.m. April 5. investigating.

Warrant arrest Circle Drive paint damage County sheriff’s deputies arrested Tyler Someone entered a residence in the M. Wrona, 21, of the 400 block of Abe 90th block of Circle Drive East in Boulder Street, Plano, on Rogers Road at Sandy Hill last week and poured a gallon of Bluff Road at 5:34 a.m. April 5 on a Kendpaint on the floor and a wall in a bedall County warrant for failure to appear in room, according to the county sheriff’s court on a prior of charge of consumption office. of alcohol by a minor and a Cook County warrant for armed robbery.

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Reapers get one last shot on home court All-Star Shootout gives sendoff to Plano seniors

By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com

Marcus Ramirez and Dahveed McKinney, two seniors on the Plano boys basketball team, were thankful to receive one last chance to play together on their home court in the 34th annual Leland Lions Club Little Ten and Interstate Eight All-Star Shootout at Plano on Saturday.

The two were starters on the Interstate Eight Conference team, which defeated the Little Ten, 114-100. Ramirez scored 14 points in addition to four rebounds and a steal while McKinney added 10 points, three rebounds, three steals and an assist.

“It was so much fun being out here with the best [seniors] in the I-8,” McKinney said. “It was a great experience to play one last game on my home floor.

It’s bittersweet.”

“I was looking forward to this all week,” Ramirez added. “It felt really good to get up and down the court again. I’m going to miss this a lot.”

At the half, the I-8 led 54-44. By then, Ramirez had nine points and McKinney scored five.

After Ramirez’ three-pointer with 2:39 left in the third quarter, the Interstate Eight led 80-61.

McKinney posted five of his points in the fourth quarter, including a three-pointer with 3:23 left in the game and his bucket with 27.7 seconds to go that pushed the Interstate Eight ahead, 114-95.

Both Ramirez and McKinney plan on continuing their basketball careers in college, but neither has made a final decision.

All-Star Girls: Senior Rylie Loux represented Plano on the Interstate Eight squad, which fell to the Little Ten, 6847. The guard was a starter and finished with two points. She hit a pair of free throws with 2:59 left to play in the second quarter. The Little Ten squad led most of the game, including 39-20 Photo provided at halftime.

“It was great, and to play with this Plano seniors Dahveed McKinney (left) and Marcus Ramirez played in the 34th annual Leland Lions Club Little Ten and Interstate Eight All-Star Shootout at Plano on Saturday. group of girls was even better,” Loux said. “It was nice playing with the best Ramirez scored the first basket of way, the Interstate Eight led. McKin- [seniors] in the I-8. A lot of friends and the game with a three-pointer in the ney’s first bucket of the game was a family came out for support, and it was opening minute. The game was tied three-pointer with 6:55 left in the first. a great senior year of basketball. I miss just once after that, but the rest of the After the first quarter, the I-8 led 29-22. it a lot.”

By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com

The Plano girls soccer team won its first Interstate Eight Conference game of the season last Thursday in the 6-1 victory over Wilmington.

The win came two days after a 4-2 loss to Hinckley-Big Rock on April 5.

Entering this week of action against Westmont and Lisle in league play, the Reapers are 2-2-1 overall.

“After the game against Hinckley-Big Rock, the girls were looking to

redeem themselves [against Wilmington[,” Plano coach Valerie Pelizza said.

Against the Wildcats, Plano led 1-0 at the half before scoring five times in the second half.

Senior Arieanna Accidentale posted a hat trick (three goals, one assist) while juniors Demetra Phylactos and Bradi Gann and senior Anna Jiminez tallied the other goals for the Reapers.

Jiminez and Jenny Arriola each had an assist while goalkeeper Giselle Melendez had two saves.

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Softball stalls vs. Sandwich

By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER The Plano softball team dropped its last three and missed five of six games due to the unfavorable weather conditions.

In the most recent game on Monday, Plano lost to Sandwich, 8-2, in the first Interstate Eight Conference outing for both teams.

The Reapers were 2-4 overall entering Game 2 of the series with the Indians and contests with Genoa-Kingston and Streator this week.

“In the first four games of the season, we came out of the gates running,” said Plano coach Dwayne Love, whose Reapers have won games against Putnam County and Earlville-Leland.

“We were playing hard. We were playing good, solid ball before the weather took its toll on us. But it’s OK. I keep telling the girls it’s a work in progress. It’s like we play three seasons – the non-conference games at the beginning, the conference games and then in the postseason. The girls are still upbeat, positive and working hard.”

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ksharp@kendallcountynow.com The Plano track team hosted a six-team event on April 5, and the boys’ squad captured second place in the team standings while the girls finished fourth overall.

Aurora Central Catholic clinched the boys’ event with 150 points, while Plano won eight events to score 141 points and finish ahead of St. Francis (125), Aurora Christian (60), Crossroads (40) and Indian Creek (25).

Plano scored 60 points in the field events with a strong showing. Tommy Brown won the shot put with a distance of 50-11 and took the top mark in the discus at 111-2. Mauricio Perez won the long jump with a leap of 20-0½ while teammate Anthony Heriaud was second in the triple jump at 33-2. Brandon Sheehy and Christian Estrada tied for second in the high jump, clearing 5-4.

The 4x800-meter relay team of Sebastian Esparza, Alexian Saavedra, Heriaud and Ryan Jernigan placed first with a time of 9:10, and the 4x100-meter relay of Perez, Jeremiah Murff, Jay Winter and Andrew Basden placed first in 46.47 seconds. Plano took the top two places in the 400 behind the efforts of Michael Marshall

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Sheehy was third in the 110-meter hurdles (17.46). Plano’s 4x200-meter relay of Sheehy, Murff, Winter and Basden took second in 1:40.

The 4x400-meter relay closed out the night with a first-place time of 3:42 behind the efforts of Jernigan, Perez, Murff and Marshall.

The girls team placed in all four relay events, with the 4x100 and 4x200 squads placing first. The 4x100-meter relay team of Brielle Tucker, Alyssa Dolan, Khiyana Magee and Daisy Mendoza crossed the finish line in 54.90 seconds, and the 4x200-meter relay finished in 1:58 behind the efforts of Tucker, Lindsay Hoalt, Magee and Mendoza.

The 4x800-meter relay team of Rachelle Gomez, Jessica Prentice, Gillian Scheich and Yasmine Esparza turned in a runner-up time of 12:03. The 4x400-meter relay placed third with a time of 4:55, with Esparza, Magee, Hoalt and Dolan racing for the Reapers. Allison Smith was third in the high jump, clearing 4-4, and took third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.14 seconds.

Plano will enter the Seneca Irish Invite on Friday, and the boys’ team will compete at the Ottawa Invite on Saturday.

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ond half...and the girls let it go to their heads,” Pelizza said. “[Hinckley-Big Rock] was fired up and working together as a team to pressure us. We are disappointed with the shift in game play from the first half to the second half.

This is a learning experience for the girls and hopefully we can look back on this game and reflect.”

On Saturday, the Reapers will be a part of Genoa-Kingston’s invite in their only tournament of the season.

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led 8-0 after four innings before the Reapers scored their two runs in the bottom of the fifth on two RBIs from Jenna Alsvig. She finished with two hits, as well as Anna Love and Belle Salas. Salas took the loss on the mound in 3.1 innings after she walked one and struck out four batters. Shannon Tierney came in to pitch in relief and gave up two hits while striking out five.

“This biggest problem [against Sandwich] was the lack of playing games,” said Love, whose Reapers had to postpone contests with Aurora Christian, Aurora Central Catholic, Ottawa, Herscher and Marquette Academy. “We just had a hard time getting our motor started today.”

On April 5, Morris defeated Plano, 10-2, in not-so-ideal weather conditions. The Reapers scored the two runs in the bottom of the third, but by then, the Redskins led 8-0. They were led by Salas (two hits, RBI), Alsvig (RBI) and Madison Brown (one hit).

“It was one of those games where it could have been called after three [innings], but we weathered the storm there and kept going,” Love said.

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shots on goal... we were dominating the play, but could not find the back of the net,” Pelizza said. “[In the] second half, Demetra Phylactos put a ball in the back of the net at the 49th minute.

Her goal got the ball rolling, and the team was putting on the pressure for the remainder of the game.”

Against Hinckley-Big Rock, Plano led 2-0 at the half with a goal from Gann (assist Accidentale). Melendez had five saves. “[The] momentum shifted after giving up a PK at the beginning of the sec-

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SPORTS BASEBALL: SANDWICH 8, PLANO 2

DELAY STALLS REAPERS After days of bad weather, Plano struggles to get bats going

By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com

It had been six days since both the Sandwich and Plano baseball teams played before the two faced one another on Monday.

Three of the last four outings for Sandwich were postponed due to the weather, and Plano missed five of six games for the same reason. Needless to say, the Indians and Reapers were ready to go in the first Interstate Eight Conference outing of the season for both teams.

Sandwich, however, was the team that came out on top with the 8-2 victory in Plano. The Indians were 5-2 overall entering Game 2 of the series against the Reapers on Tuesday.

Plano dropped to 4-3 overall.

“We hadn’t played [in six days] and it showed,” Plano coach John Parpet said. “The bad part is we were playing really well, and then we stopped playing with the weather.”

Sandwich saw No. 1 starter Justin Sartori go the distance with 11 strikeouts, six hits and no walks.

“Justin was on, and that really wasn’t his best stuff,” Sandwich coach Jason Van Pelt said. “He was out there battling, and we made some good plays behind him. Overall, we played a really good game.”

Before Sartori even stepped on the mound, his Sandwich teammates spotted him two runs in the top of the first.

Catcher Colton Watros hit a two-RBI double that allowed Zac Dabbert and Travis Fordon to score after they led the game off with back-to-back singles.

Al Burgin’s RBI bunt single gave Sandwich the 3-0 advantage in the third while a series of Plano errors got Dabbert across home plate again in the fourth.

A walk, stolen base, error and passed ball scored Jake Roop in the fifth for the 5-0 lead for the Indians.

Sandwich’s big inning was the sixth, when it scored three runs on four hits, including a two-RBI double from Jordan Isham and an RBI single from Brock Delphey.

Sandwich added two more runs in the seventh, including Sartori scoring on a series of errors.

Plano didn’t get its first run until the bottom of the fifth. That’s when Elijah Maisonet led off getting hit by a

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ABOVE: Plano’s Tyler Ward pitches in relief in the fourth inning on Monday against Sandwich. RIGHT: Plano’s Sergio Chavez takes a cut against Sandwich on Monday at home. pitch, moved to third on Danny Nunez’ single and scored on Ricky Bruns’ sacrifice fly RBI. The Reapers scored again in the sixth after Sergio Chavez led off with a triple and reached home on Tyler Ward’s sacrifice fly RBI. Sandwich outhit Plano,13-6.

“Offense creates enthusiasm. It’s getting to that point now that we are struggling so much offensively, everyone is trying to overdo it and make too many plays – making plays that aren’t there to be made,” Parpet said. “Once we get going offensively, we’ll start to see a lot of those mishaps go away.”

Morris 9, Plano 2: Prior to Sandwich, the Reapers lost to Morris, 9-2, on April 5. Benson and Nunez had one hit each and Nunez recorded the lone RBI for Plano. Both runs were scored in the top of the second.