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ON THE COVER An old tube TV sits in a ditch along Ament Road, south of Yorkville. Abandoned TVs are becoming a more common sight along rural roads due to a state ban on placing them in landfills and a dwindling number of recyclers accepting them. See story on page 3. Photo by Eric Miller - emiller@shawmedia.com

New retirement date for police chief By LYLE R. ROLFE news@kendallcountynow.com A new retirement date for Plano Police Chief Steve Eaves has been set for July 1, according to a resolution approved March 21 by City Council members. Eaves had intended to retire more than three months earlier, but announced later that he would be postponing the date because of a possible conflict on how long he was a police officer in Plano. Eaves had announced his last day

would be March 27, which would have given him 30 years on the job in Plano. He was appointed police chief when he was just 26 years old in 1989. “I was the youngest chief in Illinois at the time,” he said. Eaves first was hired as a police officer in PlaSteve Eaves no but stayed there for three years before leaving to take a job as a police officer in the city of Batavia. After three months at Batavia, he returned to Plano, where he applied for

the chief position and was appointed to fill the vacancy. But because he left Plano for a brief time to join the Batavia Police Department, he said there was a possibility this could affect his retirement benefits, so he decided to postpone the retirement. He will continue to serve as Plano chief until the new July 1 date. He has not announced any definite plans for retirement but said he will be staying in the area. Mayor Bob Hausler has not given any indication when he plans to appoint a new chief or who it might be.

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that there could be a proliferation of the businesses in a different location those [massage parlors] on the Route and zoning. “I also have a problem with policing 34 corridor and I don’t think that’s an it and regulating it. Under the city’s attractive thing for our city. “I think we still need to do this but ordinances we do have to have it in a we need to check on alternatives be- proper place because each person doing By LYLE R. ROLFE cause through our zoning laws we have it has to be licensed. But the problem is news@kendallcountynow.com to provide a place for legal businesses. that we don’t have the resources to go A proposed ordinance to regulate I would just like to see it in a different to every place and verity whether every massage parlors in Plano died by a 5-4 zoning area and not on our Route 34 cor- person doing it has a license. We need to get all that figured out,” he said. vote Monday night with Mayor Bob ridor,” Hausler said. No date has been set for bringing the He said he would be OK with the orHausler casting the opposing vote to dinance if they could tweak it to place issue before the council again. break the 4-4 tie of the aldermen. The issue was the subject of much debate at an earlier council meeting before it was finally referred to City Attorney Tom Grant to prepare an ordinance regulating the businesses. Monday night Grant said the issue had been before the city’s plan commission, whose members recommended the city adopt the proposed ordinance. He said the ordinance met all the suggestions of the City Council’s Committee of the Whole. Alderman Scott Mulliner made the motion to approve the ordinance and it was seconded by Alderman Melody Herreid. Before the vote, Hausler said he still had a problem with some of the wording in the document. “This could be the first ordinance • FIRESTONE I’ve vetoed in my time here,” he said. More Than Just Tires! “My concern is the appearance of our • MASTERCRAFT Route 34 corridor (the main entrance to the city), the policing by our staff and • GOODYEAR how we’re going to police the different • UNIROYAL aspects of it.” Grant responded by saying he felt it • MICHELIN was a “strong ordinance.” Ben Eaton, Mike Rennels, Mulliner and Herreid voted in favor of it and Stephen DeBolt, Jeff Johnson, Robert Hyde and Bob Jones voted no, with Hausler casting the tie-breaking vote to defeat the ordinance. After the meeting, Hausler said the defeat of the ordinance would not affect the present massage parlor which is loMon - Fri 8-5, Sat 8-Noon cated on Route 34. “My objection to the ordinance is

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Landfill ban, lack of recyclers make getting rid of old TVs not so easy By MATT SCHURY mschury@kendallcountynow.com Old-model CRT (tube) TVs are posing a growing problem for public officials in Kendall County who say they are getting calls from frustrated residents who want to recycle them but can’t because recycling vendors have stopped taking the old sets. To make matters still more complicated, state law prohibits TVs from being placed in the trash. Aaron Howe, an administrative intern for the village of Oswego, said the old TVs will not be accepted at the village’s Recycling Extravaganza set for Saturday, April 23. The annual extravaganza is the largest recycling event in the county. Referring to the problem of recycling the old TVs, Howe said, “It’s really challenging for the village, it’s something that we get a lot of calls about and we are definitely interested in providing that service, we just have to find a way. From the village’s perspective we have residents looking for it, but we don’t recycle the televisions as a municipality. It’s kind of out of our control. We have

to find a vendor that is able to do it at a reasonable cost.” In 2012 Illinois banned tube TVs from being placed in landfills. Marlin Hartman, Kendall County’s solid waste coordinator, said the new television market then changed as high definition, flat-screen TVs dropped in price and became popular. Best Buy stores used to take old TVs for a fee, according to their website. However, the retailer has stopped accepting the TVs since it is prohibited under Illinois law from charging a fee. Thrift shops also won’t take tube TVs. Goodwill’s website indicates it no longer accepts tube TVs and Caring Hands Thrift Shop in Yorkville also doesn’t take them. Hartman said recyclers used to get payments from manufacturers to take the TVs. Those subsidies still are available, but they are based on the weight of the electronic items, he said. When recyclers hit a certain weight threshold, the manufacturers no longer have to subsidize the disposal of the TVs. “Once they paid for ‘X’ amount of pounds, their obligations are done,” Hartman said. “The whole bottom of

this market has fallen through just within the last year. A lot of us saw it coming. It’s just one of those things that you say, ‘Well, maybe it won’t happen.’ Well, now it’s happening.’’ Howe adds that the weight threshold set for this year was hit in January. “My guess would be that they just had so many [TVs] sitting around that when the year rolled over they were just not able to collect as many as they anticipated,” he said. Hartman says he believes the manufacturers have a responsibility for the old TVs. “The manufacturers say the end-oflife responsibility is for the consumer who purchased it and most environmentalists are saying the typical individual doesn’t have the resources to do that. You [the manufacturer] know now to demanufacture it better than somebody else,” Hartman said. Since vendors stopped taking the old TVs, some people began dumping them off on the side of the road as well as at municipal sites that once took them. Hartman says he’s seen the TVs on the side of the road and he used to pick them up and take them to a recycler in

Will County that since has stopped accepting them. Hartman says recyclers used to take the TVs and reuse the glass. In fact, he said e-waste recycling was a booming industry for a while. Now, with flatscreen TVs being popular, the glass, which contains lead, is no longer in demand. In order to be repurposed, the lead has to be removed from the glass. “There are very few smelters that can separate that lead from the glass,” Hartman said. Tube TVs were banned from landfills because of concerns about the lead leaking into the ground, said Aaron Rybski, environmental health services director for Kendall County. “There is a lot of lead in these tube TVs and it’s just a lot of nasty stuff that they ultimately have to dispose of. It’s getting rough. There have been a lot of businesses that have been closing down and the landscape is changing.” Hartman adds that as long as you don’t break the TV up, they can sit in a closet or basement without any health concerns. “If you break the tube then you’ve got a problem,” he said.

Selmer edges Koukol in GOP county board race Absentee ballots from primary now counted By MATT SCHURY mschury@kendallcountynow.com Political newcomer Diane Selmer maintained her lead over incumbent Dan Koukol to win the Republican Party’s nomination for a seat on the Kendall County Board in District 2 after mail-in, absentee ballots were counted Tuesday night. Selmer topped Koukol by just 15 votes after all absentee ballots were tab-

ulated by the Kendall County Clerk’s Office and Aurora Election Commission. The final unofficial results including all absentee ballots show Selmer with 3,081 votes to Koukol’s 3,066 votes. Tuesday was the cutoff date for those absentee ballots from the March 15 primary election to arrive in the mail to be counted. It appeared late on election night that Koukol had won the nomination by 10 votes with all precincts reporting in District 2, including precincts counted by the Kendall County Clerk’s Office and two of three precincts counted by the Auro-

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winning the GOP nomination were Matthew Kellogg of NaAuSay Township and Tony Giles of Oswego. The three will face Democratic incumbent Elizabeth Dan Koukol Flowers and Kristine Heiman, who both won their party’s nomination running unopposed. Selmer is making her first bid for election to the county board. Last year she ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Oswego Village Board. Koukol has served on the board since 2010.

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To the Editor: The Plano United Methodist Church Education Committee, together with Plano Hometown Lanes, conducted a “Bowl for Fun” afternoon on Sunday, March 6, at Plano Hometown Lanes in Plano. Participants from three local churches bowled two games of “crazy bowl,” enjoyed the food and soda, won prizes, and socialized with their friends. Prizes were given to those that bowled a strike or a spare with a colored headpin. A big thank you to Plano Hometown Lanes for the great outing, providing the facility, and being fun to work with; local media for their promotion of the event; area churches for encouraging church members to participate; Pat Morris and Gerri Henze for their help and support; and the people who made it all happen. A fun time was had by all.

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concern on Eldamain Road. There have been two instances this week where people’s impatience has resulted in poor decision-making while driving. Not only putting themselves in a more dangerous spot, but also putting others around them in one, too. Both instances occurred between the YMCA and Galena Road, and both involved vehicles making illegal passes (and speeds in excess of 80 mph) either on the shoulder or by utilizing the turn lanes at Eldamain and Galena. And this isn’t the first week I have noticed this; it’s continued to occur since the completion of Eldamain. Impatience clouds these people’s minds, and even when vehicles are traveling at 50 mph (in a 45 mph zone), these people still find that inexcusable. If those people who did this on Monday, March 21, and Friday, March 25, are reading this, perhaps you’ll give more regard to everyone else around you and utilize the legal methods for passing on Galena Road or Ashe Road instead. Jeff Kilburg Millbrook

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A 2012 state law banned old tube TVs from landfills and most electronics stores, waste haulers and recyclers are no longer accepting them. That leaves consumers in Kendall County and across the state in the lurch when they want to get rid of their old TVs. That a growing number of residents are frustrated by their lack of disposal options and taking matters into their own hands is obvious if you drive along any of the county’s rural highways. Look closely and you’re likely to see old Sonys, Samsungs, Panasonics and more tossed from passing cars and trucks into the adjoining ditches. Last year, the General Assembly

attempted to fix the recycling problem by passing a law, HB1455, which was intended to get recycling centers to take old TVs and other electronics again by increasing the amount that manufacturers must recycle or reuse on an annual basis. But when Gov. Bruce Rauner signed HB1455 last July, officials with his office and the bill’s sponsor, State Rep. Emily McAsey, D-Lockport, acknowledged the legislation was only a temporary fix and further legislation is needed. Catherine Kelly, spokeswoman for the governor’s office, told the Joliet Herald-News that the state’s prior electronics recycling law was “out of date and putting an undue burden”

on local governments. Referring to HB1455, Kelly said, “This bill gives local governments, manufacturers and stakeholders time to develop new regulations for electronics recycling.” Based on what we’re seeing here in Kendall County, HB1455 has come up short – even as a temporary remedy to the recycling problem. County residents still don’t have a lawful, viable way to dispose of old TVs. More action needs to be taken and we would like to see one or more of the county’s four state representatives and three state senators come forward to take a leadership role in the crafting of further legislation that will provide a long-term remedy to the recycling dilemma. If nothing else,

passage of HB1455 last year proved that recycling is one issue that both Democrats and Republicans can agree on in Springfield. As the governor and Democratic leaders remain at odds over the state’s budget and their minions in the House and Senate wring their collective hands, there is nothing to prevent State Reps. Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego; Mark Batinick, R-Plainfield; Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego; State Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora; State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove; State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris; or State Sen. Jennifer Bertino Tarrant, D-Plainfield, from taking positive action either individually or collectively to resolve what has become a recycling crisis.

So here we are living through the fifth Thursday of March, and looking forward to April Fool’s Day. As this whole global climate change thing accelerates, it’s hard for us here in Northern Illinois to tell whether weather is getting any crazier than usual, since crazy weather is pretty much the norm around these parts. The good news, of course, is that it’s officially spring and has been for a couple of weeks now. The bad news is that Mother Nature is a well-known practical joker, which means don’t put that snow shovel away just yet. Soon, but not now – trust me on this. Me, I’m enjoying trips out to the mailbox to empty out all the seed and gardening catalogs, which, in my opinion, are even better harbingers of spring than robins and daffodils. The trick is to separate the seed catalog wheat from the junk mail chaff. But even the chaff has some interesting things to say. And so, with little further ado, here are a bunch of things I might never have found out if I hadn’t opened all the junk mail that showed up in the mailbox out in front of the Matile Manse every day the mail carrier made his (or her) appointed rounds: Along with Women’s History Month, March is also National Flour Month, so you’ve got just one more day to celebrate. Brown-and-serve rolls owe their beginnings to a volunteer fireman. Answering a fire call, he pulled his half-baked rolls out of the oven. After later baking they proved to be delicious. The rest, as they say is history – of a sort.

REFLECTIONS Roger Matile The motto of the District of Columbia, which mostly consists of Washington, D.C., is Justitia Omnibus (Justice to All), which just goes to show that you shouldn’t believe everything you read on a city sticker. Leo Tolstoy was nominated for, but never won, a Nobel Prize. One must assume the judges fell asleep before they finished his books. I certainly did when I tried to read one. Inventor Peter Cooper obtained the first patent for a gelatin dessert in 1845. My brother-in-law used to state he didn’t like gelatin desserts because, he said, he didn’t like his food to move around when he was trying to eat it. Sir Walter Raleigh took tobacco and pipe smoking back to Merry Olde England from the New World. One day while puffing on his pipe, legend has it he was drenched with a pitcher of water by a servant who thought he was on fire, thus becoming the first casualty in the war on smoking. Skunks, it is said, often eat bees. Bees, it is said, seldom eat skunks. It would take about 29 years, working 12 full hours a day without stopping, for the average person to count a billion dollars in $1 bills. Ben Franklin was the first head of the U.S. Postal System. And you have to admit Ben did a good thing there. The word tabby, as in cat, comes from Attabiya, a quarter in old Baghdad (as opposed to new Baghdad), where striped or watered silk taffeta

was originally made. What this has to do with a cat, I have no idea. Do you collect picture post cards as a hobby? If you do, you’re a deltiologist. Sounds like someone who fixes teeth to me. Can you name four events won by moving backwards? They are rowing, tug of war, the backstroke in swimming, and elections won by right wing politicians. Northern Alaska’s great Brooks Range is billed by Alaskans as the largest remaining expanse of untouched terrain in the United States. Obviously, they have not seen the average teenager’s closet. Parsnips are best as a late winter vegetable. They become sweeter after long exposure to cold temperatures. Personally, I think the only good parsnip is a dead parsnip. A group of kangaroos is known as a troop. Is a group of troops known as a kangaroo? Some say that a garment worn inside out will bring good luck. Others believe it will bring confused stares. In Cleveland, you can’t get married in a bathing suit, which is probably just as well considering the river there catches fire occasionally from all the pollutants in it. OK, OK, so it hasn’t burst into flame recently. But still… Seven thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians bowled on alleys similar to our own. Somehow I just can’t picture King Tut bowling for bucks. It takes 48 hours to extract alcohol from carrots. I didn’t even know there was alcohol in carrots. The cash register was devised in

1879 through a saloon keeper’s observations of an ocean liner’s propeller. What a saloon keeper was doing watching an ocean liner’s propeller is not recorded. Says here that in Uruguay, dueling is legal so long as both parties in the dispute are registered blood donors, a sensible precaution. Elephants can spend up to 18 hours a day eating. The longest single filibuster in the history of the U.S. Congress was conducted by U.S. Strom Thurmond, who brought the Senate to a halt for 24 hours and 18 minutes, speaking against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Thurmond was just one of the Al Capone racists trying to deepsix the act, and in all 57 days were consumed during the filibuster until June 19, 1957, when the bill passed. There’s a highway in England with the world’s smallest underpass. The one-foot-wide tunnel was built to allow badgers to get from one side of the road to the other. Chintz cloth, originally imported from India, is so named from the Hindu word chint, meaning “variegated.” Quote of the month: “The American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it Capitalism, call it what you like, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.” Al Capone, 1929.

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Rotarians learn Plano students among top scholars Superintendent tells group that District 88 youth have high scores on MAP, honors and AP tests By LYLE R. ROLFE news@kendallcountynow.com Dr. Hector Garcia, Plano School District 88 superintendent, told Plano Rotary Club members March 15 that his students are among the top in the area for academics and program participation. Garcia noted that 51 percent of Plano’s students receive free meals, 8 percent pay reduced rates, and 41 percent pay full price. But this diversity is the district’s strength, he said. The breakdown is, 40 percent Latino, 40 percent white, 10 multi-race, 9 percent black and 1 percent Asian. Garcia also talked about students taking the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) test, which is given nationwide. He compared Plano’s elementary student scores to students nationwide for their scores for the past two years. He said the experts say that hitting the 65 percent growth is an outstanding number. Plano’s first-, second- and

third-graders were below that number for the past two years, but in the second year, the fourth-graders hit 73 percent, the fifth-graders hit 81 percent, and the sixth grade hit 78 percent. The seventh-graders hit 65 percent in the first year, and the eighth grade hit 69 percent in the second year. “We just received a letter to come to a national conference downstate. They want to know how our kids are doing so great,” he Hector said. Garcia Garcia said they are often asked about the high school students, including whether high school students who may have challenges at home can do well academically. “We decided to see how they could do and challenged them in eight core honors courses and 11 AP [Advanced Placement] courses. These are the same tests that are given across the nation,” he noted. “Imagine me telling you when you were 15 that I had an idea. I wanted

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Continued from page 6 The fees will remain the same as they were four or five years ago, he noted. He said Plano offers music to its students at much lower costs than many districts, some of which charge up to $400. Plano charges $40. “I asked the fourth-grade teacher if they collect the $40 from each student and she said ‘Well, I’m not really good at collecting fees. We just want them to play music.’” Garcia noted that despite the Menards propety tax appeal challenge which cost the school district, the district will continue to abate taxes,

saving the taxpayers $1.3 million each year or $6.5 million over five years, he said. He noted that Plano’s teachers have been recognized more often at the state level for excelling in their math and reading programs than ever before and they were number one in Kendall County last year. Finally, Garcia issued a challenge to the Rotarians, by telling them they would love to have adults visit the schools and work with students in the Interact Clubs. The kids benefit from adults being connected with them, he said. “If you just want to walk through our buildings and say hi to the kids, we’d welcome you,” he said.

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chose to place more importance on taking drugs than he did in the lives of other people. His poor choices and the ruined lives he left in the wake of these choices mean he most likely will spend the rest of his life in prison, a predictable outcome,” Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said in a statement issued by the state’s attorney’s office. Kane County Assistant State’s Attorneys Bill Engerman, Sal LoPiccolo and Dan Weiler prosecuted the case. Prosecutors presented evidence that on May 1, 2011, Lomeli, his girlfriend and two co-defendants were at a relative’s home in Ottawa and decided they wanted alcohol and drugs, but had no money. Lomeli, who originally was from Aurora, concocted a plan to drive to Aurora and rob someone. The four drove in a borrowed car to a bar in the 1400 block of East New York Street, where Lomeli’s girlfriend was to entice a patron outside so the three co-defendants could rob him. When the girlfriend did not immediately return, Lomeli grew impatient and decided to rob a man

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who left the bar as he entered his car, which was parked near Lomeli’s borrowed car. Lomeli approached the victim and asked for a light for a cigarette, and then started to punch the victim. The co-defendants came over and joined in. They took his money and then Lomeli held down the victim as one of the co-defendants stabbed the victim in the back 13 times with a knife. Security from the bar came outside and the defendants fled, leaving the girlfriend behind in the bar. The defendants went to the nearby home of a Lomeli relative to clean up. They then purchased drugs with the money they stole, and drove to a home of an acquaintance in Montgomery with the intent of robbing another victim. They forced their way into the home, but were unable to get money from the homeowner and then fled back to Ottawa. In Ottawa they purchased more drugs, and then beat to death the person who sold them the drugs, according to the state’s attorney’s statement.

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Writers’ Group: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 14. 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. Friends of the Library Book Sale: Friday, April 15, through Saturday, April 23. The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held in the meeting room during regular library hours. On April 23, all items will be sold for $4 per bag (bags are provided) and the sale will close at 2 p.m. All VHS tapes and audio cassettes will be given away on the last day of the sale. KenGen Genealogy Group: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16. Both experienced and new genealogy researchers will enjoy the KenGen Genealogy Group sessions. Wednesday Night Book Group: 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 20. “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman will be discussed. “Me Before You” by JoJo Moyes will be available at the check-out desk. No registration required. Newcomers are welcome at any time. Email alerts for library events: Have you missed a library program because it slipped your mind? The library has begun sending weekly email alerts to patrons. If you’d like to receive information about upcoming kids’ or adults’ programs, or both, call the library at 630-5522030 or email jvalentine@planolibrary.info.

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PLANO POLICE REPORTS Burglary reported Plano police are investigating the burglary of a residence in the 3400 block of Allen Street. Police said the homeowners discovered the burglary after they returned home March 27 after being away for approximately two weeks. Electronics and apparel were taken from the home, according to police. Police said it is believed entry to the home was gained through a basement window. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call police at 630-552-3122. Oswego man arrested Plano police arrested Cameron T. Olson,

21, of Oswego, at a gas station convenience store in the 200 block of East South Street at 7:43 a.m. March 23. Police said they were summoned to the business on a report of four suspicious people. Upon arrival, police said they determined that one of the four, Olson, was wanted on a warrant issued in Johnson County for failure to appear in court on a prior charge of possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Police said Olson was additionally charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of cannabis. Olson was taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville pending a transfer to Johnson County.

KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS Aggravated DUI arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Aaron Ray Lage, 30, of the 4400 block of Little Rock Road, Plano, after the vehicle he was driving was involved in a rollover crash March 27 at 4:30 a.m. on Sandy Bluff Road at Rogers Road. Police said Lage walked away on foot from the accident scene to a residence in the 16000 block of Rogers Road, Sandwich, where he entered another vehicle and drove back to a party that he had attended earlier in the evening. A family member then brought Lage to an area hospital. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Lage at the hospital on charges of aggravated driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal trespass to vehicle. Police said Lage was taken to the Kendall County jail pending court proceedings. Motorist arrested County sheriff’s deputies arrested Daniel Patrick Somerset, 29, of the 600 block of Briarwood Lane, Oswego, March 27 at 9:13 p.m. in the 1600 block of Route 25, Oswego. Police said they pulled over Somerset’s vehicle for having an expired registration. Deputies then discovered that Somerset was in possession of over 740 grams of substances containing cannabis, according to reports. He was also cited for operating a vehicle with an expired registration.

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Juvenile charged County sheriff’s deputies arrested a juvenile March 28 at 12:34 a.m. on Pomeroy Road at Stratford Road in Boulder Hill on a charge of BB gun damage? possession of less than 2.5 grams of cannabis Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an inciand for violating curfew. dent in which the windows on two vehicles were shot out – possibly by a BB gun – while Medication stolen the vehicles were parked in the Cedar Ridge County sheriff’s deputies are investigating campground and Silver Springs State Park Lot the theft of a prescription medication from a 2 parking lots in the 6000 block of Fox River residence in the 12000 block of Route 34 in Drive. The motorists told sheriff’s deputies Plano. The theft was reported March 28. that the damage occurred between 5 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. March 25. Hit-and-run reported A Plainfield resident told county sheriff’s Vehicle damage deputies that his vehicle was struck and A Sandwich resident told county s heriff’s damaged by another vehicle as he was driv• Continued on page 11 ing south on Route 30 south of Route 34 in

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KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS deputies March 26 that someone had damaged his vehicle, possibly with a BB gun, while it was parked at the Cedar Ridge Campground in the 6000 block of Fox River Drive. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $400, sheriff’s deputies said. Aggravated battery County sheriff’s deputies arrested Terrance Calhoun, 34, of the 6700 block of West 88th Street, Oak Lawn, March 25 at the county jail in Yorkville on a charge of aggravated battery to a peace officer. Police said Calhoun, who was already in custody, struck a corrections staff member in the head twice.

improper lane usage and carrying an unlawful number of passengers. ID theft reported County sheriff’s deputies took an ID theft report March 24. Police said it was determined that someone has been using the victim’s credit/debit card in Rockford without the victim’s permission since last August. Police said they are investigating. Domestic dispute County sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic dispute in the 1100 block of Cornell Lane in Bristol at 1:31 p.m. March 24. Police said a warrant would be obtained for a suspect in the incident. Golf cart stolen County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft of a Club Car golf cart from a residence in the 2400 block of Bristol Ridge Road in Bristol. Police said the golf cart was left outside in the back of the residence with a key in it. The cart was stolen between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 6:10 a.m. March 23, according to sheriff’s police.

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SPORTS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Chiefs feature local talent Kendall County represented well on record-setting WCC team

By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com Three players from Kendall County were a part of a record-setting women’s basketball season at Waubonsee Community College. Oswego East alum Julianna Wadsworth, a sophomore, and Libby Love and Jewel Hupe – two freshmen from Plano – were a part of the WCC’s team that finished 11th in the nation for the second straight year after Kankakee Community College defeated the Chiefs, 68-67, in the third round of the NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship Tournament on March 18. The Chiefs set program records for wins in a season (at 27-9) and won 18 consecutive games in the second half of the season. Against KCC, Wadsworth finished with a game-high 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Wadsworth’s huge highlight of the postseason was her 15-foot jumper with three seconds left that gave WCC a 57-55 victory over South Suburban College in the Region IV Division II District L Championship game. The basket sent the Chiefs to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament for the second straight year. The NJCAA All-American Wadsworth averaged over 20 points per game, placing her in the top 20 nationally among Division II junior college players. Her steals this season placed her in the top four in the nation and her free throw percentage also ranked her in the top seven nationally. She was also the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Year and First Team All-Region and ended her career as the Chiefs’ all-time leading scorer with 1,211 points. “I saw a lot of improvement from her,” WCC coach Jim Sury said of Wadsworth. “She developed a three-point shot, she can drive – she has a wide range of moves. She was definitely one of the top players in our conference. She was a coach’s dream. She’s going to be missed.” Love scored 10 points against KCC. She was named to the All-ISCC First Team after she averaged 16.1 points per game in conference action and led WCC with 52 three-pointers. “Her shot was tweaked and her ball-handling skills were not where we

Photo courtesy of Waubonsee Community College

Plano alum Libby Love, a freshman at Waubonsee, runs the ball up the floor this season. needed them to be, but she showed up and worked at it and definitely got better,” Sury said of Love. “She can shoot the ball, and when she was on, she was really on.” Hupe may see more playing time next year as a sophomore with the Chiefs. “As the season evolved, she found

her niche,” Sury said of Hupe. “She didn’t get a whole lot of time in, but she definitely filled a role.” So far, two more players from Kendall County will join the Chiefs next year – Yorkville’s Aynia McGowan and Oswego East’s Nay Nay Clark. Sury is still looking for players to complete the 2016-17 WCC team.

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