– Addison Trail Principal Jack Andrews
“To honor, celebrate and remember Joey, students and staff participated in a variety of events. Those include members of our Girls Volleyball Team wearing green ribbons (which is the color associated with cerebral palsy awareness) during their Aug. 24 game against Maine East, student performance groups wearing green ribbons during our first home foot ball game of the season on Aug. 26, staff and students wearing green on Aug. 26 (including during the class of 2023 Senior Sunrise event) and student council decorating the com mons area in green. Students, staff HR IMAGING Independent Three cheers for back-to-school
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“It is with great sadness we share the news that Addison Trail student Joseph “Joey” Banks passed away on Aug.“Joey23. was a member of the class of 2023 and planned to attend the District 88 Transition Program next year, which helps individuals ages 18 to 21 who have a variety of abilities learn life skills, obtain job training in a community setting and transition to life after District 88. He had started developing these skills with Addison Trail vocational coaches by working at Clarendale of Addison. He was a true Addison Trail Blazer in every sense of the word and made an im pact throughout our school commu nity.“Joey was involved in our Best Buddies club (which creates oppor tunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development and inclusive living for people with a variety of abilities) and our Pay It Forward/Freshmen Orientation event, and he enjoyed his grand welcome to Addison Trail. Joey was one of those students who everyone knew and loved. His warm personality had a positive effect on all those around him, and he always had a smile on his face.
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With Blazer Pride, Jack Andrews Addison Trail Principal Obituary Joseph “Joey” Lawrence Banks of Addison went on to walk with angels on Aug. 23, 2022, at the age of 17. He was born on August 9, 2005, at Loyola Hospital and grew up in Ad dison. Joey was a senior at Addison Trail High School where he touched the lives of countless students and staff with his contagious smile and positive attitude. He aspired to at tend college through the Transitions Program and become a meteorolo gist with the help of his favorite aide, Mrs. Miller. Joey was blessed by so many who went above and beyond to help him, from his beloved bus driver Ted to the doctors and staff at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Loyola, and various other members of the Joeycommunity.waspassionate about weath er and loved to spend his free time watching the Weather Channel. He also enjoyed swimming with friends and family, making FaceTime calls and an abundance of friendly teasing. Most people spend their time on earth constantly learning lessons. Joey was put on this earth to teach lessons. He taught us to smile, to be happy, to be grateful; he taught us empathy and to simply live and en joy each moment. Most of all, Joey taught us to love. Joey is survived by his angel, his mother Samantha Banks nee Pe tersen, who he recently described at school as the most important person in his life whom he could always count on; his loving father Larry Banks; selfless and loving sister Mia whom he fiercely loved and protect ed, and his little sister Amy; beloved dogs Harley and Lexi; Grandma Carol Petersen, Grandpa Robert Pe tersen, Great Grandma Joan Doda
On Friday, Aug. 19, the fields at Addison Trail and Willowbrook were filled with Blazer and Warrior Pride, as District 88 students, staff, parents, guardians and community members came together to celebrate the beginning of the 2022-23 school year with the 6th annual Blue and White/ Silver and Blue Community Nights. Here, Addison Trail’s cheerleading squad came out in their blue glasses and matching shirts to celebrate the new school year. More photos inside.
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“Our thoughts and hearts are with Joey’s family and friends, and we will continue to help each other through this difficult time. Our social work ers, psychologists and counselors are available for those who need support.
Joseph ‘Joey’ Banks passes away at 17 and fans also participated in a “green out” during the football game. To view photos from those events, see the photo gallery above. Joey will forever be missed and will always be part of the Addison Trail family.”
“ Joey (Banks) was one of those students everyonewhoknew and loved. His personalitywarmhad a positive effect on all those around him, and he always had a smile on his face. Joey will forever be missed and will always be part of the Addison Trail family.”
The Event Co-Sponsor for the fourth time is PintsTopElmhurst.levelPlatinum Sponsors include Lake side Bank, DiCianni Graphics, Kelly Stetler Compass Real Estate, Elmhurst Bank and The Katris Law Group. In all, more than 50 local businesses are generously supporting the event. The day will feature tastings from a selection of nearly 100 different craft beers, ciders and hard seltzers from more than 45 craft and mi crobreweries, with an emphasis on local brew ers from the Chicago area. Live music will be performed by PettyCash and Lake Effect. Rigo’s Tacos will serve up au thentic Mexican tacos to accent the beverages served.Tickets for the Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest are available online at elmhurstcraftbeerfest. com. General admission tickets are $50, ear ly entry ticket is $65, and designated driver is $20. Participants must be 21 years of age or older. Discounted tickets are available before Friday, Sept. 9. Please visit social media pages or elmhurstcraftbeerfest.com for the latest in formation.Formore information, go to elmhurstcraft beerfest.com or call the Elmhurst History Mu seum at 630-833-1457.
The Elmhurst office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago will sponsor a free community shred event and food donation drive on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 142 E. 3rd St. in TheElmhurst.ShredSpot will securely shred sensitive documents on site. Food donations collected at the event will benefit the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food“WithPantry.identity theft such an ongoing prob lem, it’s so important to make sure sensitive documents are disposed of properly,” said John Lawrence, managing broker of the El mhurst office. “We hope the community will mark their calendars and plan to attend this free shred event on Sept. 10. And, if they can bring a non-perishable food item or two to help the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry as well, that would be wonderful. “I’d like to thank Trese Hodges, the Elm hurst office Kindness Foundation Ambassador, for her assistance coordinating this event.”
The Elmhurst Heritage Foundation has an nounced the return of the 7th Annual Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. on the grounds of the Elm hurst History Museum, located at 120 E. Park Ave. in downtown Elmhurst. After record-setting attendance last year, the Foundation is planning another memorable event. This fundraiser supports the Elmhurst History Museum’s exhibits and programs, as well as educational field trips at the Church ville One-Room Schoolhouse.
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Some of CEJA’s main backers in the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition have pointed the finger at MISO, noting at a July news conference that there are 6,000 megawatts of transmission projects in the RTO’s “queue” that are awaiting approval to begin the process of hooking it into the grid. Pritzker suggested the same at the Aug. 25 ag forum.
Analysis: Energy bill fact checks needed after first Bailey-Pritzker forum
When the COVID-19 pandem ic began, many people looked for ways to help those who needed it most. That was what was behind long-time Elmhurst resident Maria Shannon’s idea to start something she calls the “Kindness Project Net work” in the fall of 2020. “When COVID started, I was talking to some family members,” she said. “I saw how COVID was affecting more than just physi cal health, but mental health and well-being as well.”
“It’s been so wonderful work ing with Park Place,” Maria said. “They’re so gracious and thankful, and they have wonderful ideas on how to help. I know what I’m doing is just a tiny bit, but they always ap preciate it.” Maria hopes to expand the Kind ness Project Network to other orga nizations, and to find people who would like to volunteer to assist in this“Asoutreach.Ifind more need, and I find more people, I will do more,” she said. “The goal is to turn this into a non-for-profit that lifts people’s spirits with random acts of kind ness.”She hopes the Kindness Project Network can expand to other orga nizations, like children’s hospitals and“I’dschools.like to see where it goes,” Maria said. If you would like to learn more about the Kindness Proj ect Network, inquiries may be sent to Park Place of Elmhurst at info@ provlife.com. For more information about Park Place senior living op tions, visit ParkPlaceElmhurst.com or send an email to: ppe@provlife. com.
There was a lot to unpack at the Aug. 25 candidate forum which saw Gov. JB Pritzker and his Republican challenger state Sen. Darren Bailey appear on the same stage, albeit at different times, for the first time this campaign season.
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Maria reached out to Park Place of Elmhurst to see what she could do to help the residents there. She said the staff was helpful at developing ideas for what the residents needed and what would lift their spirits. “So far, we’ve delivered Mother’s Day gift bags, activity packets, and flags for a patriotic celebration,” Maria said. “I’m just looking for little ways that can let people know they’re cared for.”
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For starters, I fact-checked the governor’s claim that eminent do main language was removed from the final 2021 energy bill known as the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. That law, which Pritzker signed, con tained a provision giving a private transmission line that authority in sevenNowcounties.it’stime to fact check his challenger, too. “I had several counties in my dis trict two weeks ago that went through a three-hour brownout,” Bailey told a crowd of farmers at Schuler Farms in Lexington. “First time ever. It’s com ing. It’s Exceptpreventable.”there’sno evidence that brownouts have occurred anywhere in AndIllinois.when I asked the Bailey cam paign for more specifics on which counties had seen blackouts, they responded only with a statement calling Pritzker’s energy policies ex treme.Arecent Capitol Fax blog ap peared to be the first outlet to look into Bailey’s claim, unearthing an unbylined Aug. 5 article posted to a website that’s part of an infamous “pay-to-print” network historically tied to right-wing candidates. Bailey was heavily quoted in the “article” that noted White and Wayne counties had experienced a threehour brownout on July 30. Capitol Fax reported that the Wayne-White Counties Electrical Co-op had no such “brownout” event, although there might have been storm-related outages. I called them up and was told the same. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, is the federally-regulated regional trans mission organization that serves 15 states including most of Illinois out side of the Chicago area.
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How energy gets from the grid to the home is immensely complicat ed. To sum up a portion of it, MISO procures energy capacity each year, which is a promise that generators can put a certain amount of energy online during the grid’s peak demand hours.Threats of brownouts entered the mainstream discussion when MI SO’s capacity auction came up 1,230 megawatts short for the 2022-2023 year, contributing to load concerns and higher downstate energy prices. What that means for reliability, ac cording to the company’s analysis, is that the “loss of load expectation”—a measure of how long, on average, that available generation capacity is likely to fall short of load demand— for the subregion that includes Illi nois increased from the annual target of 0.1 day per year to 0.179 day per year.The target is 0.1, not 0, because there will always be a possibility that electricity use exceeds the available capacity, even in “normal” years. At a 3-hour committee hearing in May, lawmakers heard testimony from energy experts that surprise out-of-state fossil fuel retirements were the main driver of the capaci ty shortfall this year, as CEJA’s de carbonization measures have not yet takenThoseeffect.measures include massive subsidies for renewable and nuclear energy and mandates that fossil fuel generators go offline by 2045—al though state regulators can override those dates in the event of load con cerns.While the likelihood of load in terruptions increased only slightly this year, MISO warned at the May committee that as more fossil fuel plants go offline, the likelihood could increase in future years if new gener ators like renewables or battery stor age aren’t put online quickly enough.
Following the two-year COVID hiatus, on Saturday, Sept. 17, the Elmhurst Knights of Columbus will host Oktoberfest beginning at 5:30 p.m. at its location at 537 S. York St. At 7 p.m., the 12-piece Chicago Big Band will perform under the direction of Brian Patti. Tickets are $20 and include one brat, two sides, one beer or soda and dessert. Tickets are available at elmhurstkofc.org. Sponsored by Usinger’s Sausage, which provides the brats.
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“MISO has fallen down on the job,” he said. “That’s why Illinois had to pick up the pace in solar and wind and make sure that we’re pro ducing more energy, not less. That is what the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act does. It helps us produce more energy.”Inastatement to Capitol News Illinois in July, MISO said it under stands the urgency of putting new power on the grid and it had even more than 6,000 megawatts in the works.“Currently, MISO is processing 95 generator interconnection queue re quests for the state of Illinois (total ing over 15,000 megawatts), which is 12 percent of the total requests MISO has received for the entire 15-state footprint,” spokesperson Brandon Morris said in a July email. “MISO is and continues to be ‘on the job’ of ensuring reliability is maintained while managing through this unprec edented number of unique requests to connect new resources.”
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“MISO believes it’s likely to get worse before it gets better,” Melissa Seymour, MISO’s vice president of external affairs, told the House com mittee in May. “Unless more capaci ty is built, especially capacity able to reliably generate during tight system conditions, the shortfalls we experi enced this year will continue to get worse moving forward.”
The grid operator told me they had no knowledge of any “brownouts,” which is a term it does not use. “As of Friday, Aug. 26, MISO has been in normal operating conditions for the entire month,” a spokesperson said. “None of our emergency oper ating conditions this summer have resulted in power interruptions.”
MISO and its member states, Mor ris said, also recently worked to re duce the amount of time it takes for a generator to connect to the MISO grid, earning praise from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Elmhurst resident dreams of ways to bring joy to community
Park Place of Elmhurst offers senior living options. While many community members live inde pendently, others rely on assistance and the pandemic has made it espe cially difficult for those with health care restrictions. Park Place of El mhurst was a logical place for the Kindness Project Network to begin. Maria has always enjoyed volun teering for different organizations and outreach programs. Now her passion for donating time is blessing Park Place of Elmhurst. While the Kindness Project Network is still in its infancy, the residents have felt the love from these thoughtful gifts. She is now planning other projects for the senior community, including a book drive, an October candy bag, and a Veterans Day gift.
A celebration of Joey’s life was held Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Lombard. Arrangements provided by Buca ro Funeral Home and Cremation Center at 485 W. Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside. A GoFund me fundraiser in sup port of Joey’s family can be found funeralhome.com.630-242-4700morialmaycustomerdium=copy_link_all&utm_source=paign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_mejoey-banks-best-friends?utm_camgofundme.com/f/calling-all-of-at,Inlieuofflowers,contributionsbemadetotheJoeyBanksMeFund.Formoreinformation,pleasecallorvisitwww.bucaro
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This trumpet player performs on the field on Friday, Aug. 19, at Addison Trail’s Community Night football game, held to celebrate the beginning of the new school year.
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Joey was preceded in death by his grandfather, Larry E. Banks “Papa Larry,” who surely welcomed Joey home with the biggest smile as now he had his best bud to playfully bick er over whether to watch the football game, the Weather Channel, or a crime show.
The Addison Trail Blazer football team showed its stuff on Com munity Night when District 88 students, staff, parents, guardians and the rest of the community came together for the first scrim mage at the start of the new school year.
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Last week, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 24,297 new confirmed and prob able cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 82 deaths since Aug. 19. According to the CDC, 33 coun ties are now rated at High Commu nity Level for COVID-19. An addi tional 48 counties in Illinois are now rated at Medium Community Level. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 3,670,258 cases, includ ing 34,677 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois since the beginning of the pandemic. As of Aug. 25, 1,310 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 158 patients were in the ICU and 59 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. The preliminary sev en-day statewide case rate is 191 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Illi noisans.IDPH Director Sameer Vohra is urging all Illinoisans to get up to date on vaccinations and booster shots as the best defense against hospitaliza tion and more serious outcomes from COVID-19. A second booster shot is recommended for all individuals over the age of 50 four months after they have received their first booster. In addition, he is reminding parents and guardians to get children vacci nated.The IDPH is supporting an educa tion and outreach campaign by the Il linois Chapter of the American Acad emy of Pediatrics to educate health care providers and parents about the effectiveness and safety of the newly authorized vaccines for children un derThe5. counties in Illinois listed at High Community Level are Adams, Boone, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Franklin, Gallatin, Hardin, Henderson, Jackson, Jo Da viess, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Mar ion, Marshall, Massac, Perry, Pike, Pope, Saline, Stephenson, Vermilion, Wabash, Washington, Whiteside, Williamson, and Winnebago. IDPH has been supporting phar macies and healthcare providers in efforts to increase their inventories of the various FDA-authorized treat ments. There are over 1,200 treat ment locations in Illinois—including all the major retail pharmacies. More than 96.7 percent of the state’s pop ulation is within a 10-mile radius of one of these locations. A total of 23,213,858 vaccines have been administered in Illinois. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 6,728 doses. Since Aug. 19, 47,094 doses were reported administered in Illi nois.Of Illinois’ total population, more than 77 percent has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, more than 69 percent of Illinois’ total pop ulation is fully vaccinated, and more than 54 percent of the vaccinated population has an initial booster ac cording to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 24,297 COVID-19 the past week Level’
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According to information provided last week by the Villa Park Police De partment, police reported one incident of a catalytic converter being removed from vehicles at the following location: a hotel in the 300 block of E. Roosevelt at 1:11 p.m.
Bail denied for man charged with armed habitual criminal, narcotics possession Eugene Wil liams, 34, of Dolton, appeared at a bond hearing where Judge Ann Celine O’Hallar en Walsh granted the state’s mo tion to deny bail. In all, Williams has been charged with one count of armed habitual criminal (Class X felony), one count of armed vio lence (Class X felony), one count of possession of MDMA with intent to deliver (Class X Felony), one count of possession of heroin with intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), one count of unlawful use of a weap on by a felon (Class 2 felony) and one count of unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (Class 3 Williamsfelony).iscurrently out on bond awaiting trial on unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon charges. On Aug. 11, a Naperville police officer pulled over a vehicle with tinted windows for allegedly failing to signal when changing lanes. As the officer approached the vehicle, he Eugene Williams
Aug. 16 Jose A. Santiago, 22, of Villa Park, was charged with resisting or obstruct ing a police officer at a store in the 1-100 block of E. St. Charles at 10:06 p.m.A complainant at a restaurant in the 300 block of E. St. Charles reported at 2:48 p.m. they were a victim of theft.
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A complainant at a pharmacy in the 1-100 block of E. St. Charles reported at 6:58 p.m. that a subject was causing a disturbance and wanted the subject served with a no-trespass order. The subject was issued a no-trespass notice.
Villa Park Aug. 20 A complainant at a golf course in the 500 block of E. Van Buren reported at 10 a.m. that an unknown suspect re moved multiple flags from the course. A complainant in the 500 block of E. Riordan reported at 10:55 a.m. that an unknown suspect was sending them unwanted text messages. A complainant in the 400 block of S. Riverside reported at 3:42 p.m. that an unknown suspect was sending them unwanted text messages. Aug. 19 Eric Wood, 44, of Oak Park, was charged with DUI, possession of can nabis by a driver, resisting or obstruct ing a police officer, improper lane us age and no insurance near Roosevelt and Route 83 at 2:36 a.m. A complainant in the 500 block of N. Ardmore reported at 5:39 p.m. that juvenile subjects were harassing their child.Acomplainant in the 200 block of E. Division reported at 5:53 p.m. that a subject is attempted to view their bank account.
Aug. 17 Armed robbery was reported at a pharmacy in the 200 block of E. Roo sevelt at 1:03 p.m. A complainant re ported that a suspect removed several over-the-counter medications from display shelves and threatened an em ployee with a knife. Retail theft was reported at a store in the 1-100 block of E. North at 12:47 p.m. A complainant reported that a sus pect removed a vacuum from a display shelf and left the story without paying for it.
Aug. 14 A 31-year-old Villa Park woman was charged with two counts of do mestic battery in the 500 block of W. Division at 9:08 a.m. A complainant in the 1-100 block of W. Rand reported at 1:24 p.m. that a subject was threatening them. A complainant at Jefferson Pool re ported at 5:06 p.m. that a subject was causing a disturbance and the com plainant wanted the subject to leave for the day. The subject left after an officer spoke with them. Fraud, identity theft
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Area police departments recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a con viction, and that suspects are consid ered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in or der to protect the privacy of victims. Juveniles age 17 or younger are not named.
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Hanover Park Chief of Police Andrew Johnson have announced that bond has been denied for a Ha nover Park man accused of shooting at a female mo torist Sunday, Aug. 21. Reco Murray, 25, appeared at a bond hearing where Judge Margaret O’Connell denied bond. Murray has been charged with one count of at tempted murder (Class X felony) and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony). It is alleged that on Aug. 21 at approximately 2:30 a.m., the victim was in her vehicle at Lake Street and Ontarioville Road in Hanover Park stopped at a red light when the de fendant pulled up behind her. It is alleged that when the light turned green, Murray immediately began honking at the victim and tailgated her as she pulled away. It is further alleged that the victim pulled over to let Murray pass. It is alleged that Murray passed the vic tim and stopped shortly after passing her at which time the victim attempt ed to continue driving past Murray. It is alleged the two vehicles were involved in a minor traffic accident. It is further alleged that when the vic tim stepped out of her car to exchange information, Murray began yelling at her, pulled out a handgun and fired three shots at her. It is alleged that the victim then ran back to her car and drove away with Murray following her. It is alleged that Murray caught up to the victim at a red light at the intersection of County Farm Road and Lake Street and fired three more rounds at victim’s vehicle. It is alleged that the victim then drove to the Hanover Park Police Department and circled the parking lot with Murray still following her. Officers with the Hanover Park Po lice Department took Murray into custody at this time. Through the course of their inves tigation officers found a 9mm Taurus pistol from under the driver’s seat of Murray’s vehicle. Authorities also recovered a total of six shell cas ings from the two locations as well has five bullet cartridges from the victim’s vehicle. Additionally, the victim’s vehicle was found to have multiple bullet holes and a shattered passenger side window. The victim was“Ituninjured.isalleged that as a result of road rage, Mr. Murray opened fire on two separate occasions on an innocent woman, first shooting three times at her after a minor accident and then shooting three additional times when he followed her and they were stopped at a red light,” Berlin said. “This type of violent, unprovoked behavior will not be tolerated in DuPage County and will be aggres sivelyMurray’sprosecuted.”nextcourt appearance is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 26 for arraignment before Judge O’Connell.
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Roberto C. Lechuga De La Cruz, 19, of Addison, was charged with unlawful use of cannabis by a driv er near Army Trail and Route 53 at 10:54 p.m. Aug. 22 A 47-year-old Arlington Heights man was charged with two counts of domestic battery at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 21 Angelica Maria Adorno, 26, of Chicago, was charged with two counts of battery in the 100 block of Villa Ave. at 9:49 p.m. A 37-year-old Addison man was charged with two counts of domestic battery at 10:35 a.m. Aug. 19 Police said Tristan R. Panzer, 25, of Addison, was issued a warrant in the 500 block of N. Lincoln. Aug. 18 Alma P. Pelcastre Alonso, 42, of Villa Park, was charged with DUI, expired registration, no insurance and a turn signal violation near Addi son and Moreland at 2:06 a.m. Aug. 17 Lacheon Simmons, 49, of Addi son, was charged with DUI near Ful lerton and Collins at 10:55 p.m.
Alleged road rage suspect pulls gun, fires three shots at victim
Aug. 18 Christina M. Pickle, 36, of Villa Park, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, unlawful pos session of drug paraphernalia, trans portation of open alcohol by a driver, improper lighting/head or tail lights, improper display of license plates or registration stickers, operating a ve hicle with a cancelled, suspended or revoked Illinois registration and no insurance in the 500 block of S. Wis consin at 1:32 a.m. A complainant at a store in the 1600 block of S. Ardmore reported at 5:23 p.m. that a subject was causing a dis turbance and wanted them trespassed. The subject was issued a no-trespass notice.
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According to information provided last week by the Villa Park Police De partment, police reported two incidents of residents being a victim of fraud or identity theft. Catalytic converter theft
Bond denied for man accused of attempted murder
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres have announced that the state’s motion to deny bail for a convicted felon ac cused of illegally possessing a load ed firearm and illegal drugs has been granted.
observed the driver, later identified as Williams, allegedly moving about the front interior of the car. Upon making contact with Wil liams, the officer allegedly observed a strong odor of cannabis coming from the vehicle. It is alleged that following a search of the vehicle, the officer found a backpack in the front seat of the vehicle containing a loaded Polymer 80 9mm pistol (ghost gun), 34 pills of ecstasy, ap proximately one gram of heroin and approximately 140 grams of canna bis. Williams was taken into custody at this time.
“Day in and day out, our officers quietly do their jobs protecting the residents and businesses of DuPage County,” Berlin said. “This incident is yet another example of their pro fessionalism and dedication to public safety. Thankfully, no one was seri ouslyCrowder’sinjured.”next court appearance is scheduled for arraignment on Thursday, Sept. 22 in front of Judge O’Hallaren Walsh.
White noted that one benefit of the grant was the archives’ staff learning all that the collection contained. For example, when the grant began, Ar chives’ staff estimated that there were 21,000 negatives in the collection; however, the collection contains more than 40,000 negatives, almost twice the size of the original estimate. The funding for the project came from the NHPRC’s Access to Histor ical Records Grant, which promotes access to records that highlight a better understanding of our state’s or coun try’s democracy, history and culture.
Crowder then allegedly started walking away. It is alleged that the officer gave multiple commands to Crowder to stop walking, but Crowder refused and entered his car. After a second officer arrived on scene, it is alleged that Crowder con tinued to ignore the officers’ com mands and resisted as the officers attempted to place him in handcuffs. After a brief struggle, Crowder was taken into custody.
“It is alleged that instead of con ducting himself within the legal lim itations placed upon him due to his past criminal behavior, Mr. Williams thumbed his nose once again at the law and decided to not only illegally arm himself with an untraceable gun, but also possess illegal narcotics,” Berlin said. “This is the second time this week and the seventh time with in one month that a DuPage County judge has denied bail for a defendant accused of serious crimes. “To be blunt, the message coming from DuPage County is crystal clear, felons who illegally possess a gun will be prosecuted to the fullest ex tent of the law.”
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seen. This new online collection will changeWhite,that.”who serves as the state ar chivist and the state librarian, said the Illinois State Archives received a $60,000 grant from the National His torical Publications and Records Com mission (NHPRC) in 2020 to scan the photographs, create a finding aid for them and place them online for public use. The photos are now on the Illinois Digital Archives website that is operat ed by the State Library. The grant funded the purchase of a scanner and the salaries of contractu al workers, most of whom were mas ters-level students from the University of Illinois-Springfield History Depart ment.Included in the photographs are pic tures of at least six U. S. presidents on visits to Springfield (Presidents Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden, who at the time was a U.S. Senator), as well as Illinois politicians and government officials.There are also photographs of the state fair, local parades, state institu tions and visitors to the state Capitol, including school groups, fraternal or ganizations and celebrities.
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John Crowder Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that the Illinois State Archives has placed more than 21,000 historic photographs from the Eddie Winfred “Doc” Helm Photo Collection online. The photos are from the 1940s to the The1980s.collection is available on the Illinois Digital Archives website
• Bail (Continued from page 6) DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Woodridge Chief of Police Brian Cunningham have announced that bond has been set for a Woodridge man accused of disarming a police officer after al legedly stealing merchandise from a Woodridge Target store. John Crowder, 29, appeared at a bond hearing where Judge Ann Ce line O’Hallaren Walsh set bond at $250,000 with 10 percent to apply.
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Crowder has been charged with one count of disarming a police officer (Class 1 felony), one count of ag gravated battery to a police officer (Class 2 felony), one count of retail theft (Class 3 felony), one count of resisting a police officer causing in jury (Class 4 felony) and one count of criminal damage to government supported property (Class 4 felony). On Wednesday, Aug. 24, officers with the Woodridge Police Depart ment responded to a call of a retail theft in progress at the Target store located on 63rd Street. Upon his ar rival, a Woodridge police officer al legedly observed Crowder placing
Man accused of disarming police officer at Target Suspect has been charged with several felonies two air mattresses valued at approx imately $340 into the trunk of a car. It is alleged that the officer ap proached Crowder and began speak ing to him at which time Crowder kicked the officer’s leg out from under him causing him to fall. It is alleged that while lying on his back, the officer pulled out his taser at which time Crowder grabbed the tas er from the officer’s hand and threw it across the parking lot.
I draw for substance here on works like Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky’s Behave and Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature, among others. To start, I review some baseline human drives, which provide context, at least for me. Like other animals, we strive to pass our DNA to successive generations. To increase our chances of success, we pursue increased “fitness,” that is, the capacity to survive, even flourish, and become more attractive to possible mates. To display and boost our “fitness,” the ambitious among us partake of something akin to the backyard childhood gamee “king of the hill.” There are many “hills.” Some aspire to reach the top of their profession, or to pile up more wealth than others, or to win a Nobel, Pulitzer or other validating prize. All this signals high levels of attractive fitness to other Nationshumans.andnational leaders have drives similar to those of their citizens—to increase national wealth, expand territory, build technological prowess, all this obviously increasing the stature and power, or fitness, of their nations. In the backyard game, youngsters tried not only to ascend to the top of the pile, but also to pull others down from the top. So it is in the adult game of Thelife. best example I that I can think of is about the Jews. As a group, over the centuries, Jews have been disproportionately successful in achieving wealth as well as acclaim in science and the performing arts. Unfortunately, the incredibly powerful “us versus them” predisposition in humans, embedded in our brains over millions of years, dominates the midpart of our noggin. Tyrants like Hitler have drawn upon this prejudice to try to pull Jews down from the hill. Life is, as we observe firsthand, rough and tumble, never easy, or fair. Steven Pinker develops the thesis that since the Middle Ages the world has actually become less violent and homicidal. A thousand years ago, summer was “campaign season,” that is, the recurring, hideously violent military campaigns of one king striving to take over the territory and wealth of another people. Life was cheap.Pinker posits that over time humans are evolving to be nicer, for the reason that nice is, overall, a more successful strategy for humans and nations than is laying waste to people and property. But we are evolving slowly, so violence still breaks out widely, frequently.Ithinkof life as a continuing walk through a minefield. Some of the mines you can see, sticking up, and avoid them. Sometimes you can follow in the footsteps of another, who has found a path through part of the minefield, thus sidestepping many of the mines, if you’re careful. But there are other mines we can’t see; some of us bypass them, through good fortune; others step on a mine, no matter careful, blowing themselves to smithereens, even causing havoc among friends nearby.
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By Jim Nowlan As I move into my 80s, I find myself standing back from barbarismtolocalaroundmayhemhurly-burlytheandoflifeme,fromviolencethemedievalinUkraine.
I spent time at a class reunion with friends I don’t see every day (but wish I stillTheydid.)were the friends who knew me when. And I knew them in the same way. We were innocent and young. Not yet adults, but on the budding cusp. Growing up together creates an enduring bond that can only come from experiencing pivotal years together.Thisbond we created has only grown stronger through the years, and I think it is now like a snowball rolling downhill: only getting bigger and stronger. It’s pretty amazing when you live it up close.The friends at my class reunion knew me when I was only a girl named Jill. Before I became a wife or mother or grandmother. And they knew the boy who was to become my husband as well. He and I graduated from the same high school class together. We met when we were 15 and became instant friends. Some of our classmates didn’t realize our close relationship back then because we didn’t date; we were just best friends. But I think they appreciate it now. Most of them realize we were soulmates and all of them know he died much too soon.And they care about me. Sometimes, when we talk about him and their memories and my memories, I might tear up. Some of the friends from my reunion have apologized for making me cry.No apologies are necessary, because you don’t make me cry. You can’t make me cry. Truly. Not Don’really.tworry about it. Don’t let it burden you. Don’t let my burdens weigh you down. I try not to let my burdens weigh me down. It does no good. So, when I cry, please understand: it’s okay. I’m okay. Crying is Sometimesokaycrying is warranted. Sometimes it is needed. Tears can be a release. Holding them in does much more damage than letting them out ever could. Sometimes I cry, but don’t avoid me because you’re afraid I’ll cry. Don’t worry about your words or sharing memories because you think they make me sad. Please, don’t stop saying his name. Not ever. I love hearing his name and I love hearing about memories of him. They may make me cry; they may make me laugh. Sometimes I’ll laugh through my tears. It’s all okay. I cry sometimes because of the love I’ve experienced in life, and because that love is gone for this very brief moment and that can feel terribly sad. When we humans feel sad sometimes tears flow— beyond our control, beyond your control or my control. Tears just flow, as emotions flow and love flows. As life flows. So don’t worry if you think you make me cry. Because you don’t. Nor do LoveI.makes me cry. I have loved. I do love. And the temporary loss of it right now brings tears to my eyes. But that does not rest on you or even me. It rests on love. And love conquers all. It really does. It really will. In just a moment, however long that moment may be. Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated columnist, published playwright and author. She invites readers to follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.
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Jim Nowlan is a former professor, politician, government executive and newspaper publisher. His recent gigs have been as a senior fellow at the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs, and as a foreign expert (visiting professor) at Fudan University in Shanghai. He lives in Princeton, Ill.
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To deal with the never-ending vagaries of life, societies have developed cultural underpinnings: communities, religion, charitable organizations, liberal arts studies, libraries, governments and political parties, all to help us navigate life. As we thread our way through the “minefield,” we tend to quest for a combination of order, harmony and prosperity.The17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes observed, to illustrate, that the job of religion was “to soothe the human heart and restrain the beast within us,” certainly helpful in navigating life. As for political philosophies, I sense that, generally, liberals see the world as they wish it to be, while conservatives see the world as it is. A moderate conservative myself, I tend to like liberals better, as they are trying to make the world a better place. Yet, I find conservatives generally more practical. I sense a blend of the two perspectives would be most productive in navigation. These thumbnail musings offer to me a couple of guidelines. First, aim high, but don’t expect or shoot for perfection, which is beyond our reach; improvement will be success. Second, life is tough, always will be. So, rather than simply helping others, help others help themselves, as best they can. That will be more productive for others in the long run.
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I can thus view matters with some detachment and, I hope, some understanding.
Bailey, Pritzker face off in agriculture forum with accusations of lies
While Bailey said he believed the bill forced coal and natural gas of fline too early, the eminent domain provision was enough for him to vote againstPritzker,it. in his discussion at the forum, incorrectly claimed any em inent domain language was stricken from the bill. Asked by a reporter after the forum about the Grain Belt Express provision, Pritzker said he was “talking about eminent domain broadly.”“What I heard was eminent do main, and that really got taken out of the CEJA at the very last day,” he said.Invenergy, meanwhile, has held town halls and said eminent domain would be a last resort with the vast majority of their interactions with property owners ending amicably. While the energy bill was a ma jor topic of conversation, candidates also discussed a number of other is sues, from agriculture subsidies to broadband availability in rural areas to infrastructure.Pritzkercontinued to tout the $45 billion capital infrastructure bill that includes money for broadband infra structure and all modes of transpor tation. It’s a program Bailey opposed while in the General Assembly.
The candidates for Illinois gover nor faced questioning about their ag riculture-related policies last week in an outbuilding on a McLean County farm.Gov. JB Pritzker’s message was one of optimism, billing himself as the state’s “chief marketer.” His challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, a Republican from Xenia, told the room full of farmers that Illinois was in a “dire situation” that needed the “grit of a farmer” to rectify it.
• This concert is a throwback to an earlier (more fun?) era when orchestra performances featured short, happy crowd-pleasers. Listen to the last few minutes of Schwanda the Bagpiper and you’re sure to be in a happier mood.
2021 energy bill is major topic of discussion at legislative roundtable had to pick up the pace in solar and wind and make sure that we’re pro ducing more energy, not less. That is what the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act does. It helps us produce more energy.”Itwas also in relation to the en ergy bill that Pritzker accused Bailey of lying to members of the forum about one of the provisions in the bill that the Illinois Farm Bureau had hotlyThecontested.pointof contention had to do with eminent domain, a process that allows governments to procure pri vate property while giving the prop erty owner little power other than to negotiate a price. While the climate bill was ulti mately stripped of provisions that would have given counties the power to invoke eminent domain for wind and solar projects, the final bill did include a provision that allows a pri vate transmission line to invoke the authority in seven counties.
“JB Pritzker’s energy policies are a little more than impractical virtue signals and cannot succeed with the speed of his promises,” he said. “We all want a clear plan, but JB has bet the farm, he’s bet our farms, and he’s thrown snake eyes every time.” Pritzker pointed the finger for higher downstate energy prices at MISO.“MISO has fallen down on the job,” he said. “That’s why Illinois
Interesting things to know about this concert • Howard Levy invented an entire brand-new way of playing the harmonica. The Grammy awardwinning performer and composer who some say single-handedly revolutionized the harmonica, will perform his own harmonica concerto.
It might be the event we’ve all been waiting for. How ‘bout some mouth-watering ribs? Or chicken. Anything that goes on the grill! This Sunday, Sept. 4 from 12 noon to 7 p.m. the public is invited to El mhurst to the municipal parking lot on Vallette, just east of York Street, behind the Knights of Columbus, where almost 20 grillers are ready to pick up the tongs, fork or spatula and compete for prizes. Entry to the event is free. “You will learn more just by watching the other contenders and enjoying the process,” said Bill Ste ber, the Grand Champion Griller in 2019. “Also, it’s for a great cause.” Great judges, which usually in cludes Mayor Scott Levin, will be there using their skill to choose the best sauce, best ribs, best chicken, the People’s Choice award and a Grand Champion.
The Illinois Agricultural Legis lative Roundtable—put together by a coalition of more than 100 of the state’s agriculture stakeholders— took place at Schuler Farms in rural Lexington. The event was moderated by Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr. Pritzker highlighted his admin istration’s wide-ranging infrastruc ture bill, defended his signature on a massive decarbonization bill and highlighted the progress toward fis cal stability the state has seen in his time in Bailey,office.meanwhile, sought to dis credit the state’s fiscal progress, dis missed the energy bill as a collection of “virtue signals” and said Illinois was starting to look like Baghdad.
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Last year’s Grand Champion was Steve DeBoer with the Smokin’ Tail gators, with runner-up Up on the Rooftop’s Bill Stever. Best Sauce in 2021 went to Tuxe do Park Tsars, led by Frank Pedote; Big Daddy Q, Mike Juneman took the People’s Choice award; Smokin’ Tailgators, DeBoer won for best chicken; and best ribs of all were from Fallin’ Off the Bone with Dan Gibbons. The rest of the day Everyone is invited to attend the day of competition and fun. Live bands will play throughout the day and, while the competitors’ fare can’t be tasted, Barbecue Jim’s food truck will be there to satisfy all barbecue cravings. Tacos will be available this year as well. To top it off, Pilot Pete’s will be pouring teas, lemonade and coffee.Beer and wine will be available for purchase, along with the popular root beer float stand. The kids will enjoy plenty of entertainment, including a balloon twister, face painters, crafts, slide, roaming magician and other
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“We’re going to be building our roads and our bridges, and our air ports, and our ports all across the state of Illinois so you can more eas ily get your goods to market across the board,” Pritzker said. “Take note that the majority of the dollars that we’re putting into infrastructure are investedBailey,downstate.”meanwhile, continued to assert that state finances can be im proved with “zero-based budgeting,” a concept of justifying every dollar spent up front rather than carrying over costs from a previous budget year.He said he’d fill government agencies with businesspeople.
Democratic lawmakers at the time said the language, included on page 673 of the public act, applies to the Grain Belt Express, a transmission line owned by the private company Invenergy. The language in the bill states that a project of Grain Belt’s magnitude “shall be deemed” a pub lic use line, giving the company the ability to invoke eminent domain if needed.The counties named in the bill are Pike, Scott, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Christian, Shelby, Cumberland and Clark.
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• ESO’s conductor Maestro Stephen Alltop has been music director of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra since 1995 and this concert will be his first time ever conducting España by Emmanuel Chabrier, proving that everyone including the musicians can experience new and exciting things at the symphony.
Selections at the concert will include Smetana’s Overture to The Bartered Bride; Levy’s Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra; Chabrier’s
The last comment came in refer ence to the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, signed into law by Pritzker last year, which aims to put 1 million electric vehicles on state roads by 2030 and take carbon-emitting ener gy generators offline in the state by 2045.The law seeks to accomplish that by massive ratepayer subsidies for renewable and nuclear energy and forced closure of fossil fuel plants over the next two decades. Bailey said that law has led to a threat of brownouts in areas of downstate Illinois that are part of the MISO regional transmission organi zation that purchases energy capacity for 15 states. MISO representatives, however, testified at a committee hearing earlier this year that the early retirement of out-of-state fossil fuel plants, not the passage of CEJA, led to higher downstate energy prices and warnings of potential brownouts.
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To kick off its new season, the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra (ESO) presents Howard Levy on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church. The program features music by Smetana, Chabrier, Rimsky - Korsakov, Weinberger, and will be anchored by the Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra composed by Howard Levy himself.
“And if you did the math at the time, the math would show that East St. Louis literally could not tax itself enough to generate the funds needed to say that the school district has an adequate level of spending to achieve the results that we as a state expect of that school district. They literally could not tax themselves into equity. It was mathematically impossible.”
In 1990, a group of 50 school districts calling themselves the Committee for Educational Rights sued the state claiming the system produced vast disparities in educa tional resources between rich and poor districts in violation of several provisions of the Illinois Constitu tion, including its equal protection clause and a clause requiring the state to provide “an efficient system of high-quality public educational institutions and services.”
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“I use the example of East St. Louis, that I think at the time had the highest property tax rate but was no where near adequate spending,” said Andy Manar, a former state senator and now deputy governor who was a chief architect of the plan.
In fiscal year 2018, the first year under the formula, the East St. Louis district was funded at 66 percent of adequacy. This year, it is funded at 96 percent of Republicanadequacy.state Sen. Chapin Rose, who represents a largely ru ral area in east central Illinois, said many of the districts in his area faced the same challenge. “I do think that for many of the areas I represent, it was a lifeline,” he said. “It’s kept doors open and, in some instances, provided a much needed infusion, because they simply couldn’t keep going back to the prop erty tax well. That was dried up.”
New money slowly closing state funding equity gap for public schools had been removed because the dis trict didn’t have enough money for basic repairs and maintenance.
“And, you know, we held a town hall on school funding in that li brary—the location underscored the need for the bill,” he said. “And Har risburg High School wasn’t unlike so many other places across Illinois, not just rural parts of the state. It was a result of years of proration of general state aid, and years of the inability to tackle the very complicated nature of school funding.”
For decades, school districts across Illinois tried to turn to state courts to correct the inequities, argu ing among other things that the 1970 Illinois Constitution provides that, “The State has the primary respon sibility for financing the system of public education.”
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But state courts have consistent ly declined to get into the school fi nance fray. As far back as 1973, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that that provision was merely “a hortatory expression of a goal to be achieved” and not a mandate for the state to take over school funding.
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But when that case reached the Il linois Supreme Court six years later, the justices ruled there were no judi cial standards to determine whether the state was providing “high-qual ity” education and that the decision about how to fund schools—and how to balance the competing interests of equity and local control—was a leg islative matter, not a judicial one.
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The EBF formula After more than a year of nego tiations, Illinois lawmakers finally struck a deal that would, over a pe riod of years, put more state mon ey into public schools to bring the least-funded districts up to a level of adequacy – assuming, of course, that the General Assembly lives up to its obligations.Thefinal vote came during a spe cial summer session in August 2017, during which lawmakers also ended the two-year budget stalemate with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. The goal of the new formula is to gradually bring all districts up to an “adequate” level of funding, or having enough resources to cover the cost of providing the educational services the state expects. That takes into account a district’s total enroll
History of inequity Illinois has traditionally relied on local property taxes to fund most educational spending. That has au tomatically led to built-in inequities because districts with relatively low levels of property wealth per-pupil must levy higher tax rates to raise the same amount of money as wealthier districts.Tooffset those differences, pri or to adoption of the EBF formula, the state used a complex formula to distribute state aid that was supposed to guarantee districts with modest tax bases a certain minimum level of “foundational” funding, although even the wealthiest districts received aid under that formula, even if they were more than able to raise ade quate funding on their own.
Many districts complained that the formula never lived up to its promise of guaranteeing adequate funding to all districts, in part because the Gen eral Assembly did not fully fund the formula. Instead, it distributed “pro rated” amounts, based on how much money was available in the state bud get at the time. Manar cited the example of Har risburg High School, in southern Illi nois, where the ceiling of the library
Five years later, huge disparities still exist among districts, both in funding and academic performance, but lawmakers from both parties who were part of negotiating the new law say it has provided huge benefits, es pecially to those schools that were most underfunded.
Five years ago last month, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that overhauled the way public schools in the state are funded. The so-called Evidence Based Funding formula, or EBF, was de signed to calculate the actual cost for each district to provide the kind of education the state expects, and then gradually increase the share of that cost that’s paid for by the state. Over time, it was also supposed to narrow the disparity between the best-funded and worst-funded dis tricts in the state, with the hope of lowering property taxes and improv ing academic achievement in the most underfunded districts.
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Employing a capricious blend of pop culture, commercial and fine art, using simple but bold colors, lines and repeating figures, subjects are presented as seemingly absolute. But on inspection, the factual take-away can be quite different, based upon the viewer’s own perspective, and how deeply their external knowledge has been impacted by misinformation and disinformation.
The altered perceptions are en hanced through a large work accom panied by a series of smaller paint ings that are similar, but all slightly different from each other. About the artworks In “Vax-Nation,” Stringer features a two-footed quasi-person with the head of a virus cell in front of the biohazard symbol. The virus charac ter is holding a syringe in one hand, while the other hand is held out in the “stop” position, reflecting the cultural division over whether vac cines are good or bad. A prominent “X” appears over certain characters, indicating those who decline, and su perimposes the statement, “my rights do not end where your fear begins.”
A related smaller painting, “In Case of Emergency,” employs the same virus character against a backdrop of biohazard symbols. An orange acryl ic shield is placed over the painting, further altering viewer perception with a warning color.
Pictured here is “Vax-Nation,” one of two dozen original paintings by Elmhurst Artist’s Guild artist Randal Stringer. In this creation, Stringer features a two-footed quasi-person with the head of a virus cell in front of the biohazard symbol. The virus character is holding a syringe in one hand, while the other hand is held out in the “stop” position, reflecting the cultural division over whether vaccines are good or bad. The show is held in the EAG gallery inside the Elmhurst Art Museum located in Elmhurst’s Wilder Park.
The Elmhurst Artists’ Guild (EAG) presents its upcoming exhib it, Perception Inspection, featuring two dozen original paintings by Glen Ellyn resident and EAG artist Randal Stringer. The artwork can be viewed in the EAG Gallery inside the Elm hurst Art Museum, 150 S. Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, from Friday, Sept. 9 through Oct. 8. An opening reception in the gallery on Friday, Sept. 9 from 7 – 9 p.m. is free and open to the public. As the title suggests, Stringer seeks to encourage viewers to in spect their perceptions, and inherent biases, through purposely ambiguous images.“This work takes a critical view of social, political, and cultural issues and the flaws of indoctrination in misinformation,” Stringer explained.
“Ballot Box,” pictured here, depicts a cartoonish character in a fighter pose, with outstretched but chained fists with “Veto” written on one fist and “Vote” written on the other. Elmhurst Artist’s Guild artist Randal Stringer used bold, primary colors and typical “wham, bam” cartoon imagery in this painting to underscore the current vol atility of voting rights issues. The EAG gallery is located inside the Elmhurst Art Museum located in Elmhurst’s Wilder Park.
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Another painting entitled “Ballot Box,” depicts a cartoonish character in a fighter pose, with outstretched but chained fists with “Veto” writ ten on one fist and “Vote” written on the other. Stringer used bold, prima ry colors and typical “wham, bam” cartoon imagery in this painting to underscore the current volatility of voting rights issues. More about Stringer’s life Stringer currently works as a Chicago-area commercial artist for national and international clients in advertising, design, and publication. His career also includes work as an artist on Hollywood feature films. He is an MFA candidate at Savan nah College of Art and Design and earned a BA in Graphic Communi cation from Missouri Southern State University. Further information on his art can be obtained from his web site,Thewww.randalstringer.com.EAGGalleryisopen during regular Museum hours, Wed-Thu 12-5 p.m. and Fri-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m. More information is available at elm hurstartistsguild.org and elmhurstart museum.org.
EAG Gallery to host Perception Inspection
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Exhibit features works of Randal Stringer
When the aroma of the competition gets the spectators’ mouths watering, Barbecue Jim Lawshe will be at the ready with barbecue sand wiches and other fare to satisfy appetites at ‘Cue for a Cause 2022, which takes place this Sunday, Sept. 4 in Elmhurst in the municipal lot located on Vallette, just east of York Street, behind the Knights of Columbus Hall at 537 S. York.
“Within my work, I feature bold, iconic images that include forms of subversive dissemination, have a fo cus on cultural phenomena, and ad dress cultural constructions of power and identity,” Stringer said. “Using simple symbolism of repeated non binary figures, sometimes with cap tions, I pinpoint specific cultural is sues including consumerism, brand ing, globalization, and language.”
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The gap between the least-funded and best-funded districts has also nar rowed, if only slightly. During the first year, funding levels ranged from a low of 47 percent to a high of 288 percent of adequacy. This year, the gap ranges from 59 percent to 270 percent. Gov. JB Pritzker said during a re cent news conference he believes the state must continue to increase its investment in education to increase outcomes and decrease reliance on property taxes. “A lot of good has been done, there’s no doubt about it,” he said.
“It was a politically practical, prag matic decision,” he said. “I was very focused on getting something done. And it was very apparent to me that we weren’t going to get something done without a hold-harmless. So while I think a hold-harmless has pol icy challenges, we weren’t going to let perfection get in the way of getting something done.”
“And as you know, Evidence Based Funding was both necessary to get money to the schools that needed it most and to make sure that we’re im proving the education funding over all, across the state of Illinois. I per sonally think that we need to fund our education system even more.”
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For the upcoming year, there are only two districts below that level— Washington Community High School District 308 in Tazewell County and Chaney-Monge School District 88, an elementary district in Will County. Both are funded this year at 59 per cent of adequacy.
So far in the first five years, the state has met or exceeded that fund ing target in all but one year, raising the state’s share of school funding from $6.9 billion in fiscal year 2017, the last year under the old formula, to $9.8 billion allocated this year. It also drove the state’s percentage of K-12 education upward, according to ISBE data. In FY 2017, the state provided 24.4 percent of K-12 fund ing. In FY 2020, the latest year for which audited numbers are available, that number rose to 27 percent.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that a Tenta tive Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Bensenville Fire Protection District No. 1, in the County of DuPage and State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning the 1st day of June, 2022 and ending on the 31st day of May 2023, is on file and conve niently available for public inspection at the Bensenville Park District, 1000 W. Wood Street, Bensenville, Illinois.
In the first year of evidence-based funding, there were 168 districts that were funded at less than 60 percent of adequacy. Those were the ones that were first in line for new funding when the EBF formula took effect.
Another possibility is that gen erators who have been bidding into northern Illinois capacity markets see the higher premiums being paid downstate and decide they’ll sell their capacity commitments else where.Given the complexity of energy generation, those are just a few of numerous factors that will determine whether “brownouts” go from ab stract political talking point to reality in Illinois and elsewhere.
Signs of progress According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, it would still take another $3.6 billion in state funding this year alone to bring all districts up to 90 percent of “ade quate” funding, a goal set in statute. But the state has made some progress toward addressing the needs of the least-funded districts.
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Jerry Nowicki is the bureau Chief of Capitol News Illinois, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government that is distributed to more than 400 newspapers state wide. It is funded primarily by the Il linois Press Foundation and the Rob ert R. McCormick Foundation.
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Republican Sen. Jason Barickman, of Bloomington, who was also a key negotiator in the process, agreed that it was politically necessary.
funding to improved student out comes, to hold districts accountable for the new money they would re ceive. In the end, he said, lawmakers chose to go another route by pairing the new funding system with a form of taxpayer-supported scholarships for private schools, what is now known as the Invest in Kids Act.
“It’s a living breathing formula, and it changes year to year, and so the mechanics of the formula eventu ally fade that out,” Manar said. “But I think it brought a level of certainty. It brought a level of guarantee and, frankly, a level of comfort to a very complicated question of how we re form a very complicated and import ant system … so a lot of people didn’t like it. I personally did not. But it was necessary to get it done.”
So far, though, there is little evi dence that the new money has helped improve academic performance for students because the COVID-19 pan demic severely interfered with annual testing in 2020 and 2021. Prior to the pandemic, though, the connection between school funding and student achievement was evident. For example, in 2019, the last year before the pandemic, Central City School District 133, an elementary district in Marion County, was the least-funded district in the state at 52 percent of adequacy. That year, only 26.8 percent of its students met or ex ceeded state standards in English lan guage arts, and only 8.5 percent did so in Bymath.contrast, Rondout School Dis trict 72, an elementary district in Lake County, was the best-funded district, at 280 percent of adequacy. There, 65.1 percent met or exceeded state standards in English language arts while 49.4 percent did so in math. Like many states, Illinois did not administer state assessments in 2020 due to the pandemic, and results from the 2021 tests are believed to have been affected by the pandemic. Re sults of the 2022 tests will be released later this Barickmanyear. recalled there was a debate over whether to tie increased ence, CEJA backers praised planned transmission upgrades from MISO, noting “they must move faster to ap prove these renewable energy proj ects that will bring down prices and improve grid reliability.”
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This is the time of year when bats are most active and the DuPage County Health Department is warn ing residents to never touch or try to catch a bat or wild animal, especially in your Rabieshome.isa virus that affects the nervous system of humans and oth er mammals. Humans can get rabies after being bitten by an infected an imal. Rabies can also be contracted when saliva from a rabid animal gets directly into the eyes, nose, mouth, or a wound. Without preventive treatment, rabies is typically a fatal disease.Bats are the primary carriers of rabies in Illinois. You cannot tell by looking at a bat if it is rabid. The an imal does not have to be aggressive or exhibit other symptoms to have rabies. Any wild mammal, such as a raccoon, skunk, fox, coyote, or bat, can have rabies and transmit it to hu mans.Several potential human exposures to rabies have been reported already in 2022, and preventive treatment has been recommended for 43 DuPage County residents to date in 2022, by their healthcare provider and/or pub lic health officials. Four bats have tested positive for rabies in DuPage County in 2022 to date. Changes in any animal’s normal behavior, such as difficulty walking or an overall appearance of illness, can be early signs of rabies. A bat that is active during the day, found on the ground, and unable to fly is more likely to be rabid. Such bats should never be touched or handled. If you have been bitten or exposed to a bat, seek immediate medical attention. Bat bites may not be felt while sleeping, and special con sideration needs to be taken when a person awakens to a bat and also when a bat is found in the room with a previously unattended child, men tally disabled person, or intoxicated person. Preventive treatment with ra bies immune globulin and a vaccine series must begin immediately.
• Teach children never to handle unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic, even if they appear friendly. “Love your own, leave other animals alone” is a good principle for children to learn to reduce the risk of exposure to rabid animals.
The White Pines Golf Club has begun serving breakfast at its 37 Bar & Grill, located next to the pro shop within the club, 500 W. Jefferson, Bensenville.
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“We are excited to have everyone over to White Pines to watch the games on Sundays,” he said. “With our new flat screen TVs and a buffet starting at 11:30 a.m., you’ll feel right at home watching your favorite team play.”
The following tips can help pre vent the spread of rabies:
• Maintain homes and other build ings so bats cannot gain entry. Addi tional information on “Bats and Bat Exclusion” is available at portedportsortryforsotiveexposedal-pest-control/bats-exclusion.htmlmental-health-protection/structurillinois.gov/topics-services/environhttps://dph.•Ifabatisinyourhome,donotkillorreleasethebatoutdoorsuntilafterspeakingwithanimalcontrolandpublichealthofficialstohelpdetermineifyou,yourhouseholdmembers,orpetscouldhavebeentorabiesandneedpreventreatment.Ifyouareabletodowithoutputtingyourselfatriskphysicalcontactorbeingbitten,tocoverthebatwithalargecanbucket,andclosethedoortotheroom.Ifthebatisavailablefortestingandtestresultsarenegative,preventivetreatmentisnotneeded.AllanimalbitestohumansthatoccurinDuPageCountymustbereportedtoDuPageCountyAnimalServicesat(630)407-2800;faxreto(630)407-2801.AllpotentialhumanrabiesexposuresmustberetotheDuPageCountyHealthDepartmentat(630)221-7553orafterhoursat(630)682-7400.
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• Be a responsible pet owner. Keep vaccinations up-to-date for all pets.
The course now offers a breakfast menu that includes a variety of fresh, made-to-order breakfast sandwiches, eggs, and pancakes as well as coffee and juices and more. Breakfast service will be available daily until 11 a.m. “Come on out before work or before you play for the breakfast at 37 Bar & Grill,” said White Pines PGA manager Andrew Godfrey. “The all-new breakfast menu will be available to patrons for a sit-down meal or to-go.”
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Godfrey recommends starting the day off with a round of golf.
• Seek immediate veterinary assis tance if your pet is bitten by a wild animal or exposed to a bat.
“Fish fry is back every Friday—not just during Lent,” Godfrey said. “We will have a special menu for Friday nights in 37 Bar & Grill. We are looking forward to offering this all winter long.”
Club’s 37 Bar & Grill now offers breakfast service
Beginning Friday evening, Sept. 16, and every Friday following, White Pines will host a fish fry from 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy the great golf course views in the restaurant or bring it home.
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County health department: Be safe, never touch a bat
• Call your local police department or your local animal control agency to remove stray animals from your neighborhood.•Donottouch, feed, or attract wild animals with open garbage cans or litter.•Never adopt wild animals or bring them into your home. Do not try to nurse sick animals to health. Call animal control or an animal res cue agency for assistance.
Football watch parties Beginning Sept. 11, football fans are invited to the 37 Bar & Grill to watch football on Sundays. The fun begins at 11:30 a.m. and lasts until 8 p.m. A new buffet menu will be available.
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