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Elmhurst postal carrier charged with stealing checks from those on mail route Suspect allegedly pocketed 130 checks worth $60,000

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael McLean announced that a postal carrier had been charged with Identity Theft for allegedly stealing more than 100 checks intended for others from his mail route.

Keevon Dockery, 22, of Chicago, appeared in bond court where Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh set bond at $100,000 with 10% to apply. Dockery has been charged with five counts of Identity Theft and one

Fenton’s building referendum fails to pass

By Dee Longfellow

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Bad news for Fenton High School. School District 100’s Build ing Bond referendum was voted down by 4,045 voters on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, representing 57.82% of the total. A count of 2,951 (42.18%) persons came out to vote yes, no doubt causing a big disap pointment for the administration of Fenton High School which worked hard to inform the public in order to get the measure to pass.

Meetings and informational gath erings were held with parents and other stakeholders. There was a multi-media presentation on the web site. Weekly newsletters detailed well-researched plans for the future of Fenton, the vote fell short. It is unknown whether the referendum will be placed on a ballot in the fu ture.

(The numbers in this article came from the DuPage County Election Commission web site and remained unofficial at press time.)

count of Aggravated Identity Theft. All charges are Class 2 felonies.

On Thursday, Oct. 20, an Elmhurst police officer was dispatched to a local business for a report of check fraud involving five checks sent by the business to clients that were fraudulently deposited. An investigation into the matter led to Dockery

as a suspect. On Monday, Nov. 7, while conducting surveillance, authorities allegedly observed Dockery’s mail truck leave its route and park near a wooded area. It is alleged that Dockery left the mail truck and walked into the wooded area where he left three mail bins of undelivered United States mail. Authorities continued surveillance and detained Dockery as he was returning to his personal vehicle following his shift. It is alleged that when authorities detained Dockery, he was in possession of thirteen

checks totaling approximately $20,000 intended for businesses and residents on his mail route. Further investigation into the matter found that Dockery had allegedly stolen 117 checks totaling approximately $40,000 from businesses and residents on his route.

“It is alleged that Mr. Dockery betrayed the public’s trust and stole mail from postal customers,” Berlin said. “I want to stress

Fenton students celebrate Día de Los Muertos

For the first day of Día de Los Muertos, Spanish 3 classes visited the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago to check out the Ofrenda exhibit in the National Museum of Mexican Art, then headed to Los Comales for lunch, and finally a mural tour of the neighborhood with churros and chocolate. Día de Los Muertos is rooted in the Aztec culture and celebrated in Mexico each year from Oct. 31-Nov. 2.

Keevon Dockery

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Police Reports

Area police departments recently reported the following arrests and ci tations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that suspects are considered inno cent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to pro tect the privacy of victims. Juveniles age 17 or younger are not named.

Addison Nov. 7

Vilssan B. Gonzalez-Miguel, 21, of Addison, was charged with two counts of DUI near Lincoln and Grant at 2:42 a.m.

Kelly M. Pastore, 39, of Carol Stream, was charged with two counts of DUI, driving while license suspend ed and possession of cannabis by a driver near Army Trail and J.F. Kenne dy Blvd. at 8:18 p.m.

Hector I. Rosas-Velasco, 47, of Ad dison, was charged with DUI in the 100 block of W. Michael at 2:37 a.m.

Marco Antonio Texistecuapacho, 30, of Mount Prospect, was charged with two counts of DUI and driving while license revoked near Lake and Cardinal at 1:54 a.m.

Nov. 6

Jorge Sanchez, 57, of Addison, was charged with DUI near Adventist Gle nOak Hospital at 6:54 p.m.

Nov. 5

Shahira Nava, 20, of Glendale Heights, was charged with two counts of DUI near Swift and Stone at 4:06 a.m.

Francisco J. Torres, 42, of Stream wood, was charged with two counts of DUI near Lake and Lombard.

Nov. 2

Police said Jacob I. Alvarado, 23, of Lake Villa, was issued a warrant near Lake Cook and I-294 at 3:41 a.m.

Villa Park Nov. 5

Adriana Perez, 37, of Chicago, was charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle, failure to report an accident to police authority by the driver and no insurance at a hotel in the 1-1090 block of W. Roosevelt at 12:27 a.m.

Burglary was reported in the 700 block of N. Addison at 4:22 a.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect broke down their front door and removed cash from the residence.

Burglary was reported at a busi ness in the 600 block of E. North at 6:04 a.m. A complainant reported that multiple unknown suspects entered the business by smashing out the front glass door. The suspects removed multiple vehicle keys from inside the business along with vehicles from the parking lot.

Retail theft was reported at a store in the 900 block of S. Route 83 at 6:51 p.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect removed alcohol from display shelves and left the store without paying.

Nov. 4

Alex E. Cox, 37, of Elk Heart, Ind., was charged with violation of an order of protection at an entertainment center in the 700 block of W. North at 10:12

p.m.

Police said Fallon N. Matthews, of Riverdale, was arrested on a failure to appear warrant out of Grundy County at a hotel in the 1-100 block of W. Roo sevelt at 4:40 a.m.

Police said Mark A. Mohamed, 18, of Villa Park, was arrested on a failure to appear warrant out of DuPage Coun ty Jail in the 300 block of N. 2nd at 8:20 p.m.

Police said Christopher Z. Omiotek, 59, of Broadview, was arrested on a failure to appear warrant out of the Broadview Police Department near E. Kenilworth and S. Villa at 9:12 p.m.

Attempted robbery was reported at a bank in the 100 block of E. Roosevelt at 9:17 a.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect(s) demanded money in attempt to rob the bank. No weapon was implied or displayed. No money was obtained.

Nov. 3

A complainant at a business in the in the 1-100 block of S. Villa reported at 7:40 a.m. that an unknown suspect used a rock to break an exterior win dow on the building.

Burglary was reported at a business in the 900 block of N. Villa at 12:52 p.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect removed several tools from the building.

A complainant in the 300 block of N. Yale reported at 11:44 p.m. that a suspect battered them. The com plainant does not want to press charges but wants the suspect trespassed. An officer spoke with the suspect, who was issued a no-trespass notice.

Nov. 2

A complainant in the 200 block of E. Astor reported at 8:34 p.m. that an unknown suspect threw a rock through the front door window of their home.

A 45-year-old Villa Park woman was charged with two counts of do mestic battery in the 300 block of N. Ardmore at 8:41 p.m.

Nov. 1

Jesus Salazar, 29, of Villa Park, was charged with contributing to the delin quency of a minor and endangering the life or health of a child in the 100 block of N. 2nd at 11:12 p.m.

Theft of a vehicle was reported in the 1000 block of N. Villa at 3:29 p.m.

A complainant reported that an un known suspect removed a tractor-trail er they left in the parked in the parking lot months ago.

Oct. 31

A 34-year-old Plainfield man was charged with two counts of domestic battery in the 300 block of S. Oakland at 1:50 a.m.

Retail theft was reported at a store in the 1-100 block of E. North at 10:55 a.m. A complainant reported that a suspect removed items from display shelves and left the store without pay ing.

Burglary to a vehicle was reported in the 1300 block of S. Ardmore at 3:09 p.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect entered their unse cured vehicle parked in the driveway and removed their wallet. The com plainant also reported they were the victim of a fraud.

Fraud was reported at a store in the 900 block of S. Route 83 at 4:06 p.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect attempted to use counterfeit currency to purchase items from the store.

Oct. 30

A complainant in the 600 block of E. Highland reported at 9:44 a.m. that a suspect slashed the tires of multiple vehicles parked in the driveway.

Oct. 27

Theft was reported in the 1000 block of N. Villa at 4:18 p.m. A complainant reported that a suspect removed multi ple tires from a vehicle that was rented out.

Fraud, identity theft

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.

Bensenville

The Bensenville Police Depart ment recently reported the following arrests and citations. Persons who are charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the victim’s privacy. Readers are remind ed that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that suspects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age

17-or-younger are not named.

Nov. 9, 12:57 p.m. in the 700 block of S. York Road, a complainant re ported an unknown suspect entered their garage and damaged the door that leads to the house. This case is under investigation. BEPC2200990

Nov. 9, 6:10 p.m. in the 100 block of Gerry Steven Court, a complainant reported a group of juveniles shat tered their glass door. This case is under investigation. BEPC2200991

Nov. 8, 9:55 a.m. in the 600 block of Thomas Drive, a complainant re ported an ex-employee has not re turned more than $1,000 worth of tools he took home. This case is un der investigation. BEPC2200987

Nov. 9, 4:04 a.m. in the 900 block of W. Irving Park Road, a complainant reported an unknown person sending threats via text messages. This case is under investigation. BEPC2200989

Nov. 7, 11:25 p.m. in the 600 block of McLean Avenue, a com plainant reported a domestic alterca tion. This case is under investigation.

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Nov. 5, 10:10 p.m. in the 500 block of W. Irving Park Road, Gomez Or donez, Juan Amadeo, 54, of Bensen ville, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and another traffic violation. BEPC2200983

Nov. 4, 8:16 a.m. in the 200 block of S. Church Road, a juvenile was found to be in possession of a vape pen. An officer confiscated vape pen and issued citation to juvenile.

BEPC2200978

Nov. 4, 2:09 a.m. in the 300 block of W. Irving Park Road, a com plainant reported unknown suspect pointed a gun at him and his fami ly. This case is under investigation.

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Veterans, dignitaries turn out for breakfast on Nov. 11 Park Board announces new veterans initiative

Bensenville veterans and their immediate families were treated to breakfast at the annual Veterans Day event on Friday, Nov. 11 at the White Pines Golf Club. Sponsored by the Bensenville Park District, Village of Bensenville and Fenton High School, the community came together to sa lute our veterans for their service to our country.

Yantis speaks

One highlight of the breakfast was a presentation by retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ryan Yantis, whose military background includes more than 22 years of service as a calvary officer and army spokesperson. He was de ployed to more than 33 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in addition to working at the Pentagon.

Students honored

The three winners of the Defend ing Freedom Essay contest from Fen ton High School were recognized as well.

Park District announces initiative for veterans

U.S. Armed Forces veterans re siding within the boundaries served by the Bensenville Park District will soon be receiving additional, en hanced benefits, Park Board Presi dent Richard Johnson announced at the Breakfast.

“We owe our veterans a debt of gratitude much more than words can express,” Johnson told the crowd of more than 160, noting veterans’ com mitment to put service before self.

and Splash Pad.

As part of the veteran’s initiative, Johnson indicated Wood Street Fit ness, 1000 W. Wood St., would offer new fitness center programs to serve veterans.

The center would offer member ships free of charge to veterans, he said.

White Pines Golf Club, 500 W. Jefferson, would also host a “summer bash” that would include a luncheon and golf for veterans. The date for this event has yet to be announced.

Additionally, the Bensenville Wa ter Park and Splash Pad, 1100 W. Wood St., would host a day at the pool for veterans and their families. The date of this event will be an nounced at a future time.

The programs and events would take place beginning in 2023. Win ter-spring program registration be gins Tuesday, Nov. 29, for residents (Nov. 30 for non-residents). Program rules and registration information for veterans programs will be announced separately.

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In addition to committing to continue to host the Veterans Day Breakfast at White Pines, Johnson announced the district will continue to add additional opportunities for veterans to stay active utilizing park district facilities and services. He identified three park district facilities that would add programs to serve veterans throughout the year: Wood Street Fitness, White Pines Golf Club and the Bensenville Water Park

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however, that the alleged actions of one rogue postal carrier is in no way indicative of the hard-working men and women of the U.S. Postal Service who perform their duties with integrity and professionalism day in and day out. I thank the Elmhurst Police Department for uncovering this alleged scheme and bringing it to our attention.”

“This pattern of thefts affected residents throughout our community, therefore, I’d like to thank the investigating officers and detectives that brought these incidents to a swift and proper conclusion,” McLean said. “I also thank State’s Attorney Bob Berlin’s office for their assistance on this case.”

Dockery’s next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 7, in front of Judge O’Hallaren Walsh.

Members of the public are reminded that this complaint contains only charges and is not proof of the defendant’s guilt.

Above: State Representative Kathleen Willis (fourth from left) joined veterans and their fami lies who were invited to break fast at White Pines by the Village of Bensenville and the Park Dis trict on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

Right: Mayor Frank DeSimone (standing) greets some of the guests who came to White Pines for the Veterans Day Breakfast for local veterans and their fam ilies. The event was hosted by the Village of Bensenville, the Bensenville Park District and Fenton High School.

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A news reporter interviews retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ryan Yantis who delivered the keynote address at the Bensenville Veterans Day Breakfast on Friday, Nov. 11 Yantis’ military background includes more than 22 years of service as a calvary officer and army spokesperson. He was deployed to more than 33 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in addition to working at the Pentagon.

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Coming events

Friday,

Nov. 18

• Sublimation printing: photo mug

From 10-11 a.m. at the Creative Studio of the Addison Public Library, create a custom mug with your pho to on it! During this class, you will learn how to use the Creative Stu dio’s Sawgrass sublimation printer and Cricut Mug Press to make cus tom mugs. Supplies will be provided. Please bring a photo saved on a USB flash drive.

• Craft time for littles: Holiday edition (drop-in)

From 10-10:45 a.m. at the Ad dison Public Library, join us for crafts celebrating the upcoming hol idays! Geared towards ages 2-5, but all ages welcome.

Monday, Nov. 21

• International Gaming Day (drop-in)

Have a game-fueled day for the entire family. Join a game in the pop-up arcade, share a board game with someone, or enjoy many of the other activities and events going on throughout the library. Stay tuned for a list of activities we’ll have on each floor.

• DuPage Children’s Museum pop-up

From 10-11:30 a.m. at the Addison Public Library, join the DuPage Chil dren’s Museum and Addison Part ners for Play, Learning and Educa tion (APPLE) for a morning of play. We will have pop-up exhibits from the museum, art stations, and infor

mation on early childhood education and programs in the community. All ages welcome.

Monday, Nov. 21 and Wednesday, Nov. 23

Cybersecurity basics

From 2-3 p.m. both days at the Adult Program Room of the Addi son Public Library, one in 10 adults are victims of a fraud or scam every year. Join our program to learn how to be safer online and avoid being a victim. Part of our Technology Made Simple series; learn more at https:// www.addisonlibrary.org/Tech-Sim ple.

Saturday, Nov. 26 Movements stations (drop-in)

From 10 a.m.-noon at the Addison

Public Library, at this program for littles, we’ll have out some special toys in the Children’s Department for you to try. Practice yoga moves, walk the balance beam, or move across some stepping stones.

Ongoing events

NaNoWriMo Writing Circle

Starting at 6 p.m. Nov. 28 and 29 at the Addison Public Library, join writers across the country for Na tional Novel Writing Month. Every writer gets a starter kit with a brand ed tote and some goodies to get you motivated. Make progress on your novel by coming to our writing cir cles. We’ll provide the snacks, but the writing is up to you. Get feedback from other writers or dive deep into your writing.

Open enrollment is ongoing for the Addison

Park District Preschool

The Addison Park District pre school program curriculum reflects the Illinois Early Learning and De velopment Standards. Visit www. illinoisearlylearning.org for more de tails. The Park District helps children develop prekindergarten skills, in cluding letter/name recognition, lis tening skills, healthy habits, cooper ative play, fine motor, and socializa tion skills. The experiences are both educational and recreational, which aid in social, physical, intellectual, and emotional growth. Registration is taken in-person at the Centenni al Rec Center. Call (630) 233-7275 option 3 for registration availability. Visit addisonparks.org for required paperwork due prior to first day of program.

English conversation groups

At 2 p.m. Mondays on Zoom, and at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the Adult Program Room of the Addison Pub lic Library, practice listening and speaking skills in a small group set ting. Learn more at: addisonlibrary. org/events.

English reading circle

At 11 a.m. Tuesdays at the Adult Program Room of the Addison Pub lic Library. Learn more at: addisonli brary.org/events.

Heroes story time

From 10-10:30 a.m. at the Addison Public Library, join us for stories and activities about everyday heroes, su perheroes, and more.

Clubs and organizations are wel come to send entries for this col umn to: news1@rvpublishing.com. Please include a phone number or e-mail address to contact for infor mation.

AT ‘Hidden Voices’ students visit Elmhurst University

etc., in coordination with Elm hurst University professors.

The DuPage County Health De partment (DCHD) continues to rec ommend residents stay up to date with COVID-19 boosters and get the annual influenza (flu) vaccine to help them stay healthy while visiting family and friends during the holiday season.

COVID-19 boosters and the flu vac cine are the best tools to protect your self and your loved ones from becom ing ill with these respiratory viruses.

Getting vaccinated and boosted at least two weeks before a gathering or traveling gives your body time to build the immunity it needs to fight infection.

According to the Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Cold and flu season is off to an ear lier start than usual, with respiratory viruses like flu and respiratory syncy tial virus (RSV) on the rise, especially among children.”

In the past three weeks, six influenza intensive-care unit (ICU) hospitaliza tions among DuPage County residents have been reported, including three pe diatric ICU hospitalizations reported in the past week.

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, 26 Addison Trail students who are enrolled in English teacher Michael Valeski’s Hidden Voices class and English teacher Jessica Clark’s Communication Studies (Mass Media) class visited Elmhurst University. As dual-credit courses, students have the opportunity to earn college credit with Elmhurst University. Through Hidden Voices, students study multiple perspectives from a variety of authors, characters and stories to continue to broaden their own experiences as readers and writers. Students read/watch essays, poetry, novels, short stories, film, etc. that encompass a wide range of voices and explore how these voices have shaped and continue to shape the country and world narrative. Students explore communication skills in a variety of mediums, then created a portfolio in their area(s) of interest such as podcasting, radio, newspaper writing, journalism, broadcasting, production, digital media,

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Results of area races, ballot measures from the Nov. 8 general election

Editor’s note: The following is a list of unofficial results for U.S. House and Senate seats, state-wide and DuPage County-wide races, and ballot measures from the Tuesday, Nov. 8 general elections. This is not a comprehensive list of candidates, races and ballot measures. Results listed here were provided by www. dupageresults.gov, which is where you can view results. Vote totals are DuPage County only.

Overall totals for statewide races are not included here. Winners are in bold.

U.S. Senate

Tammy Duckworth (Democrat) 189,548 (56.59 percent)

Kathy Salvi (Republican) 139,743 (41.72 percent)

Bill Redpath (Libertarian) 5,653 (1.69 percent)

U.S. House, District 3

Delia Ramirez (Democrat) 30,838 (50.71 percent)

Justin Burau (Republican) 29,976 (49.29 percent)

U.S. House, District 6

Sean Casten (Democrat) 73,256 (58.18 percent)

Keith Pekau (Republican) 52,659 (41.82 percent)

U.S. House, District 8

Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat) 26,177 (53.11 percent)

Chris Dargis (Republican) 23,109 (46.89 percent)

Governor Lieutenant Governor

JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton (Democrat) 185,675 (55.66 percent)

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INCREASE FOR ADDISON SCHOOL DISTRICT 4

Darren Bailey and Stephanie Trus sell (Republican) 137,194 (41.12 percent)

Scott Mitchell Schluter and John Phillips (Libertarian) 10,738 (3.22 percent)

Attorney General

Kwame Raoul (Democrat) 182,808 (54.84 percent)

Thomas DeVore (Republican) 143,769 (43.13 percent)

Dan Robin (Libertarian) 6,782 (2.03 percent)

Comptroller

Susana Mendoza (Democrat) 186,231 (56.06 percent)

Shannon Teresi (Republican) 139,643 (42.04 percent)

Deirdre McCloskey (Libertarian) 6,307 (1.90 percent)

Secretary of State

Alexi Giannoulias (Democrat) 183,341 (54.99 percent)

Dan Brady (Republican) 143,511

(43.05 percent)

Jon Stewart (Libertarian) 6,526 (1.96 percent)

Treasurer

Mike Frerichs (Democrat) 175,064 (52.96 percent)

Tom Demmer (Republican) 148,444 44.91 percent)

Preston Nelson (Libertarian) 7,040 (2.13 percent)

Illinois State Senate District 21

Laura Ellman (Democrat) 41,952 (58.69 percent)

Kathleen Murray (Republican) 29,533 (41.31 percent)

Illinois State Senate District 23

Suzanne “Suzy” Glowiak Hilton (Democrat) 37,604 (54.11 percent)

Dennis M. Reboletti (Republican) 31,866 (45.89 percent)

Illinois State House, 21st District

Terra Costa Howard (Democrat) 25,160 (57.93 percent)

Stefanie Hood (Republican) 18,269 (42.07 percent)

Illinois State House 45th District

Jenn Ladisch Douglass (Demo crat) 20,941 (50.12 percent)

Deanne Marie Mazzochi (Republi can) 20,839 (49.88 percent)

Editor’s note: Ladisch Douglass had a 102-vote lead as of 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14, but final results were not known as of press time.

Illinois State House 46th District

Diane Blair-Sherlock (Demo crat) 15,665 (56.19 percent) Robert Stevens (Republican) 12,212 (43.81 percent)

Illinois State House 48th District

Azam Nizamuddin (Democrat) 11,721 (42.96 percent)

Jennifer Sanalitro (Republican) 15,565 (57.04 percent)

TAX

I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase for Addison School District 4 for 2022 will be held on November 30, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at Indian Trail Junior High, 222 N. JF Kennedy Drive, Addison, IL 60101.

Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may contact Tim Keeley, Chief School Business Official, Addison School District 4, 222 N. JF Kennedy Drive, Addison, IL 60101 or at phone number (630) 458-2500.

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for 2021 were $31,408,487.72.

The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2022 are $33,609,882.00. This represents a 7.01% increase over the previous year.

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and public building commission leases for 2021 were $0.

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2022 are $0.

IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2021 were $31,408,487.72.

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2022 are $33,609,882.00. This represents a 7.01% increase over the previous year.

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Secretary, Board of Education

in the Addison Independent, Bensenville Independent & Villa Park Review Nov. 17, 2022) 428554

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR THE BENSENVILLE COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT

I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy for the Bensenville Com munity Public Library District for 2022 will be held on November 28, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Library, 200 S. Church Road, Bensenville, Illinois.

Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may contact Linda Weiss, Library Board President, (630-766-4642).

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended for 2021 were $1,684,823.47. The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2022 are $1,818,000.00. This represents a 7.9% increase over the previ ous year.

III. The property taxes extended for debt ser vice for 2021 were $0.00. The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service for 2022 are $0.00.

IV. The total property taxes extended for 2021 were $1,684,823.47. The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2022 are $1,818,000.00. This represents a 7.9% in crease over the previous year.

Mandi Zalewski Secretary

DuPage County Board chair

Deb Conroy (Democrat) 167,730 (51.01 percent)

Greg Hart (Republican) 161,079 (48.99 percent)

DuPage County Clerk

Jean Kaczmarek (Democrat) 172,471 (52.86 percent)

Evelyn Sanguinetti (Republican) 153,827 (47.14 percent)

DuPage County Sheriff

Democrat (no candidate) James Mendrick (Republican) 237,680

DuPage County Treasurer

Dan Potoczny (Democrat) 155,899 (48.01 percent)

Gwen Henry (Republican) 168,850 (51.99 percent)

DuPage County Board District 1

Michael L. Childress (Democrat) 21,904 (28.47 percent)

Sam Tornatore (Republican) 19,683 (25.58 percent)

Cindy Cronin Cahill (Republican) 18,847 (24.49 percent)

Donald E. Puchalski (Republican) District 2

Yeena Yoo (Democrat) 28,285 (18.97 percent)

Elizabeth (Liz) Chaplin (Democrat) 26,873 (18.02 percent)

Paula Deacon Garcia (Democrat) 24,575 (16.48 percent)

Sean T. Noonan (Republican) 24,976 (16.75 percent)

Daniel J. Kordik (Republican) 21,870 (14.66 percent)

Nicole Marie Giannini (Republi can) 22,554 (15.12 percent) District 4

Mary Fitzgerald Ozog (Democrat) 26,862 (18.83 percent)

Lynn LaPlante (Democrat) 24,527 (17.28 percent)

Shawn M. Ryan (Democrat)

22,669 (15.97 percent)

Grant Eckoff (Republican) 24,440 (17.22 percent)

Annette Corrigan (Republican)

22,841 (16.10 percent)

Reid Foltyniewicz (Republican) 20,565 (14.49 percent)

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Members of the Addison Trail Veteran Service Organization (ATVSO) participated in the school’s Veterans Day Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 4.

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Slices of life

Rough November

It’s been a rough few days, or maybe a week—give or take. You know how those things go.

People looking on from the outside wouldn’t necessarily see or know that I’m having a bit of a rough patch. You know how those things (also) go. We hide our rough patches because they aren’t becoming, or at least that’s what we believe.

Even when we are struggling— and who amongst us doesn’t struggle sometimes? Even when we are struggling, we look completely and utterly normal to most others. Sometimes we even look completely and utterly normal in the mirror.

We hide it that well.

You could say November is a sorrowful month for me. It’s a month of difficult memories and the anniversary of the end. Top that with the looming holiday season and you’ve got a trifecta of abyss, or at least something akin to a drinking straw with a small hole in it.

You know how that goes: you go to take a sip and something isn’t quite right. The straw doesn’t work like it’s supposed to work—like you are used to a straw working. You suck and the straw doesn’t—or maybe in truth it’s the other way around. Either way, it just doesn’t feel right, because it isn’t.

That’s November for me. Like a straw with a hole in it.

You could say November is a difficult month for me; I could say it—but I don’t like to. It feels like an excuse not worth excusing. Logical me knows that a certain date or time doesn’t make a day or a week or a month more difficult than any other.

Or maybe it does. I’m not sure anymore. And that’s okay. Being sure when you are wrong is much worse than not being sure when you don’t know.

I find a small amount of comfort in the fact that I still have the ability to wax philosophical.

But back to November. And memories. I guess they are the

By JILL PERTLER Columnist

haunting element to this all. Or at least one of the haunting elements. There are probably a few. Going through trauma leaves you haunted on multiple fronts.

Sometimes you cry yourself to sleep. Even two years later. And when you wake in the early hours, you see that it is morning, again. You try to look at the sunshine and view the new day for what it is—even though it may be the wrong day during the wrong month and you are fighting to be filled with gratitude instead of agony because, truly, that is what life should be about: appreciation and thankfulness.

Maybe just maybe.

But then you realize that no one’s life is perfect. Nothing is perfect. Maybe we all get a sucky straw from time to time. Maybe some of us drink from it every day, for a long, long time, hoping at some point to not notice the hole anymore. Maybe, eventually we toss the straw and drink right from the cup or even open the cupboard and pull out a new straw. Maybe we find a new way to do things—a new way to live and breathe.

November could be a difficult month for me.

Hell, it is a difficult month for me. For now. I’m still drinking from the straw; haven’t learned to give it up quite yet. But that doesn’t mean I won’t or I can’t. Not at all.

Not in the least little bit. We’ll see how it goes.

Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated columnist, published playwright and author. She invites readers to follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.

Pritzker poised for second term as Bailey concedes

By Jerry Nowicki and Peter Hancock CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

By the time speakers came out to pray, say the Pledge of Allegiance and play the national anthem at Republi can challenger Darren Bailey’s elec tion night watch party in Springfield on Nov. 8, the Associated Press had called the Illinois governor’s race for incumbent Democrat JB Pritzker.

While results are not official until certified by the Illinois State Board of Elections on Dec. 5, the Associated Press called the race for Pritzker in stantly upon closure of the polls at 7 p.m. Three hours later, unofficial re sults showed Pritzker with a lead of about 54-42 percent with 65 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Chicago Tribune’s tally of election results.

About 8 p.m., Pritzker addressed the crowd at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago.

“I’m grateful tonight that Illinois continues a long tradition of peaceful and fair elections. And I am so thrilled to spend four more years serving as your governor,” Pritzker told a cheer ing crowd at a Near South Side hotel ballroom.

Bailey took the stage just before 10 p.m., giving a heartfelt speech to supporters.

“I may not be going to Springfield as your next governor, but I will never stop fighting for you,” the state sena tor said, to cheers.

He also noted he called Pritzker to congratulate the incumbent on his vic tory, evoking a murmur from some in the crowd. But he also had a message for the governor.

By Jim Nowlan

Ode to a ‘line-o-type’

As a teen in the 1950s, I worked after school and weekends at my dad’s small-town weekly newspaper.

I am reminded of those days of “hot metal type” in the back shop, as I observe the fastfading institution of the community newspaper. There were 16,000 or so weeklies across our nation back then, in burgs tiny and larger; fewer than half remain.

In my lifetime, printing technology has moved, you might say, from the Industrial Revolution to the Space Age. On the community news side, we have morphed from the straightforward reportage of the city council meeting, and weddings of your neighbors’ kids, to the oftuncontrolled acidity of Facebook, which often “lights up” with uninformed, kneejerk commentary.

My job was to help put out the paper, not write it, so forgive me as I step through the door from the front office to the back shop. My nostrils fill with the pungent, metallic brew of printer’s ink, gasoline (to clean ink off old forms), paper dust, acrid effusions from the Linotype machine, and tobacco smoke.

I gladly take another deep draught. After all, the intoxicating scent of the newspaper shop tells me important work is going on here: The town’s weekly is produced here, with nearly every household a subscriber, even if a farm wife had to barter eggs with Dad.

I don my grey apron, slip a cupable, steel make-up rule in the front pocket (to scrape lead tailings off the galleys of fresh type), and put a foot-long, metal line gauge in my back pocket (with its printer’s measure of “ens” and “ems,” six of the latter to an inch). I am ready for work, joining the other two high school “printer’s devils.”

The small back shop (maybe 20x60’) is crammed with dangerous, pre-OSHA machinery—hand-fed “job” presses; saw and router for shaping ads from cast-lead “guts” for national advertisers like General Motors and Ford; California job cases that held the movable type (you’ve seen the case drawers in antique stores); stone-top tables for making up pages; belt-driven paper cutter, and more.

And, of course, the “big” newspaper press. Ours was a 19th Century flatbed, cylinder press. I stood on a three-step riser to feed sheets the size of four pages of this newspaper (on one side) onto a rotating cylinder, which would meet the moving flat bed of newspaper pages rumbling back and forth beneath me. I used a bit a glycerin to keep the third finger of my right hand sticky, so I could lift a corner of the big sheet, flick it, creating a small rush of air, just enough to loosen the sheet from the stack, which I then slid down to the guides to meet the cylinder.

The aristocrat of the machinery was the Linotype machine. Patented by Otto Mergenthaler in 1884, the roughly 6-foot x 6-foot iron-and-steel behemoth may have been the greatest advance in printing technology since Gutenberg.

The machine replaced hand-setting of type via a spectacular orchestration of hundreds of moving parts. As a backup Linotype operator, I felt much like a church organist, the grand machine above and surrounding me.

The large keyboard was different from the typewriter, and efficient. Lower-case keys on the left, the vowels all close to the third and fourth fingers of the left hand; upper-case letters on the right. The operator lightly tapped a key, which released a vertical, slender piece of brass, called a matrice, or mat, with a letter indented into one side. The mats came tumbling down on a slender belt, from their temporary storage above, into an

expandable metal box, where the mats formed a line of type.

This line of type was transported to a place in front of a pot of liquid lead, where type and pot came together briefly, lead injected into a bar, against the indented, now raised, letters, or type. The bars were ejected, still hot, onto a tray with other lines of type. Ingenious, until the 1960s, when even more efficient “cold type” and offset printing came along.

Out in the front office, Dad and his one reporter would cover the school board and city council meetings. The news office was located on the town’s main street and had big plate glass windows. So, whenever news broke, Dad would take a large sheet of newsprint (paper) and use a grease pen to write out the news that “Harold Settles died this morning at 7 a.m.” and of course the local election results, hot from the county clerk’s office down the street. Cars drove by our office at a snail’s pace, to read the latest from Dad’s sheets, hung on a wire with clothespins in the front window.

Each week, Eileen Benedict would make endless phone calls to a list of townspeople. “You have any news this week?” This became the page, or more, of “Personals,” e.g.: “George and Effie Bort motored to Peoria Sunday after church to enjoy chicken dinner with his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bort. The Donald Borts reported their son Raymond had just completed basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood and was expecting orders to Korea.” This was the Facebook of its day. Newsy, civil. Thanks for letting me reminisce. Dad’s paper was important to our town, the glue that bound us. The paper wasn’t perfect, but overall, the paper was invaluable.

Jim Nowlan grew up in the Stark County News, Toulon, Ill. He is a former small-town newspaper publisher, professor, and politician.

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DuPage County Forest Preserve District

President

Daniel Hebreard (Democrat)

168,077 (51.42 percent)

Robert J. Schillerstrom (Republican) 158,783 (48.58 per cent)

DuPage

22,086 (47.17 percent)

Marsha Murphy (Republican) 24,737 (52.83 percent)

District 2

Tina Tyson-Dunne (Democrat) 32,023 (53.43 percent)

Don Krause (Republican) 27,909 (46.57 percent)

District 4

Jeff Gahris (Democrat) 28,066 (51.18 percent)

Tim Elliott (Republican) 26,770 (48.82 percent)

3 rd Supreme Court (Kilbride)

Mary K. O’Brien (Democrat) 179,705 (54.39 percent)

Michael J. Burke (Republican) 150,673 (45.61 percent)

3 rd Appellate Court (Wright)

crat) 166,965 (51.28 percent)

Liam Christopher Brennan (Re publican) 158,610 (48.72 percent)

18 th Judicial Circuit Court (Kleeman)

Mia McPherson (Democrat) 232,149 Republican (no candidate)

18 th Judicial Circuit Court (Mallen)

Jill Otte (Democrat) 171,977 (52.70 percent)

Michael “Mike” W. Reidy (Re publican) 154,350 (47.30 percent)

Other judicial races

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CERTIFICATE NO. 78876 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on NOVEMBER 3, 2022 wherein the business firm of E & A DIVINE CON STRUCTION, 964 N. ROHLWING RD., APT GA, ADDISON, IL 60101 was regis tered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), is/are as follows:

Alejandro Fajardo, 964 N. Rohlwing Rd., Apt GA, Addison, IL 60101; Eric Mireles, 2317 Home Ave., Berwyn, IL 60402.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereun to set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 3RD day of NO VEMBER, A.D. 2022.

Jean Kaczmarek

DuPage County Clerk (Published in the Addison Independent, Bensenville Independent & Villa Park Review Nov. 10, 17 & 24, 2022) 428169

Sonni Choi Williams (Demo-

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