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THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 2022

Masks remain hot topic at District 205 Board meeting Board approves $2.4 million purchase of 435 W. Fullerton

By Chris Fox

FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT

The Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Board held a regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the District 205 Center, 162 S. York St. Board members Karen Stuefen and Courtenae Trautmann were absent from the meeting.

Public forum draws 27 participants The meeting’s public-participation segment featured comments from 27 speakers, most of whom talked about the recent temporary restraining order that restricted more than 100 Illinois school districts, including District 205, from enforcing Gov. JB Pritzker’s executive order that man-

dates the use of masks in schools.

The temporary restraining order also kept school districts from requiring school employees who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine to provide weekly negative COVID-19 tests to occupy school buildings.

Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow issued the temporary restraining order, which

meant that District 205 students did not have to wear masks at school on Monday, Feb. 7. Pritzker’s order mandating masks in the state’s K-12 schools had been in effect since the start of the current 2021-22 school year.

Several of the speakers during the meeting’s public-participation were district parents who supported

the mask-optional policy in schools.

Some of those parents noted that their children did not wear masks at school on Feb. 7. Some speakers stated that the community has been divided over the issue of masking in schools. A couple of the speakers observed that all of the board members

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It’s National Children’s Dental Health Month.

Did you know that dental-related ailments are responsible for the loss of more than 50 million school hours each year? That’s right. Thousands of children miss school every year because of some dental-related ailment. Fortunately, many of these ailments can be prevented through good oral care.

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Mazzochi hosts experts on latest COVID-19 developments, policies, testing information Emergency Response Supervisor Kristen Lundeen, and Dr. Rashmi Chugh, also of the DuPage County Health Department.

The panel will discuss effective COVID-19 tests and test practices, the latest COVID-19 information including treatments and their

availability. Rep. Mazzochi will also discuss the latest in state policy. Together they will answer any and all questions participants have about COVID-19.

“This info session is more important than ever as parents and others have concerns with changing mandates, especially in schools, and proposed legislation in Springfield,” Rep Mazzochi continued.

“I’ll address all these concerns and any misinformation that may be out

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Senior Martha Miklyukh of York High School’s girls gymnastics team will compete in this week’s IHSA state meet at Palatine High School. Miklyukh earned her state-meet berth by placing in a tie for fourth place on the uneven bars at the Glenbard West Sectional on Feb. 10. Miklyukh received a score of 9.2 for her performance on the uneven bars. The top five finishers in each sectional event qualified for the state meet. Miklyukh is pictured while competing in the sectional’s floor exercises event. She earned a 13th-place score of 9.0 for her floor exercises performance at Glenbard West.

York freshman Hayley Schiltz competed on the balance beam at the sectional. She earned a 21stplace score of 7.95. Senior Olivia Hyso of York competed in the sectional’s uneven bars event. She earned a 30th-place score of 7.375.

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The AAUW Elmhurst Area Branch is offering three scholarships of $3,000 each to women from the communities of Elmhurst, Addison, Bensenville, Berkeley, Northlake, Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, or Villa Park who need financial assistance to continue education at the undergraduate or graduate level.

An applicant may be studying full or part time. Besides being from one of the above communities, the applicant must be continuing her education after completing at least 12 credit hours at an accredited college or university and be age 25 or older.

The AAUW mission is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research at both the national and local levels. Funds for these scholarships come from the Used Book Sale that AAUW hosts each summer. The 2021 Used Book Sale was so successful that the organization is pleased to be able to offer three scholarships this year.

Scholarship requirements as well as the application form for the scholarship can be found on the AAUW website: www.aauwelmhurst.org.

The application deadline is Friday, April 15.

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The live zoom will take place on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.

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If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach out to Rep. Mazzochi’s legislative office at (630) 852-8633 or email mazzochi@ilhousegop.org.

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Music at Bethel presents ‘Magic of Mendelssohn’ Bethel United Church of Christ has announced a return to live, in-person performances on Sunday, Mar. 13 at 4 p.m. as part of the church’s Chamber Music at Bethel concert series. The afternoon concert will feature Music at Bethel’s artistic director and pianist Jeffrey Panko, flutist Jennie Brown, and cellist Paula Kosower playing two beloved piano trios by Felix Mendelssohn.

The artists will perform Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor and Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor. Originally scored for violin, violincello and piano, the pieces were believed to be transcribed for flute at a later date by the composer himself.

Flutist Jennie Brown is an active performer throughout Chicago in solo, chamber, contemporary, and orchestral settings. Brown has performed numerous times on WFMT radio and with elite ensembles including performances with Chicago Opera Theater, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago.

She serves as Executive and Artistic Director of the chamber ensemble Picosa and teaches at Wheaton College and Elmhurst University.

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Cellist Paula Kosower is an active performer and teacher who frequently appears with numerous ensembles.

This past season she performed concerts online and in person with Fulcrum Point New Music Project, for the Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Music Series, for the Dame Myra Hess concert series, for the Driehaus Museum Chicago and for Lyric Opera of Chicago.

World-class, award-winning pianist Jeffrey Panko is a regular performer in the Music at Bethel concert series, both as soloist and collaborator. He has

been featured in performances at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center Library, WQXR Radio (New York), and most recently has been a frequent performer at the intimate Saint James Chapel, located within the Archbishop Quigley Center in Chicago.

“Full of light, fleeting sparkling technical moments, beautiful melodies and passionate romantic era warm harmonies, these two trios of Mendelssohn are favorites of audiences and critics alike,” Panko said about the Mendelssohn trios. “I look forward to

Music at Bethel finally returning to live performances with long-time friends of our series flutist Jennie Brown and cellist Paula Kosower.”

Properly worn face coverings are required at all times by all attendees.

Bethel United Church of Christ is located at 315 East St. Charles Road in Elmhurst. Tickets are available by calling 630-279-4040, or at the door. All tickets are $20 and students are free.

The church is accessible and parking is free. Enter through Sandburg Middle School from St. Charles Road, or from Huntington off Poplar Street.

ESO to perform Bach’s St. John Passion The public is invited to attend one of the greatest musical experiences of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion, when the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Apollo Chorus of Chicago and a stellar cast of soloists, under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Stephen Alltop, join forces in one of the most dramatic and moving sacred pieces ever composed.

“With the combined power of the ESO and the Apollo Chorus, along with five distinguished soloists who have devoted much of their artistic lives to this music, our listeners will hear a performance of utmost passion and musical excellence,” notes Maestro Alltop. The concert, a highlight of the season, takes place on Saturday, Mar. 12 at 7 p.m. at the ESO’s home venue, Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, located at 149 W. Brush Hill Rd in Elmhurst. The church has accessible parking and facilities; parking is free.

The concert experience at ECRC is enhanced by the informative and lively discussion, Behind the Music Stand, led by audience favorite Dr. Ted Hatmaker, which takes place at 5:45 p.m. prior to the concert.

In-person safety measures are in effect this season.

All attendees are required to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status or age. Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church requires all in attendance to provide proof of vaccination or sign a waiver at the door. For more information, please call the ESO Box Office at 630-941-0202.

Concert tickets, which can be purchased on the ESO website www.elmhurstsymphony.org or by calling the Box Office, are $35 for adults, $32 for se-

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niors, and $12 for students (must be at least 12 years of age). Group and family rates are available. For more information, please call the Box Office or visit the website.

The 2021-22 season of the Elmhurst Symphony

Orchestra is made possible in part by grants from the City of Elmhurst, the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency), the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and 90.9FM WDCB, Chicago’s Home for Jazz.

Columnist, author George Will to deliver Schade lecture at EU George Will is a political commentator, a prolific author and a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist whose work appears in newspapers across 47 states and four countries. The author of numerous books on politics, political theory and baseball, his most recent is the New York Times bestseller The Conservative Sensibility.

On Wednesday, Mar. 9 at 7 p.m., he will present “The Political Argument Today,” this year’s Rudolf G. Schade Lecture on History, Ethics and Law. George Will’s newspaper column

has been syndicated by The Washington Post since 1974, and he won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his columns in 1977.

Will also is widely known George Will for his television commentary. He was a founding panelist on ABC television’s This Week and appeared regularly on that

program for more than three decades.

He also has appeared regularly on Fox News programs, and currently is a contributor to MSNBC and NBC News.

A highly regarded writer on baseball, Will’s 1991 book Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball topped the New York Times bestseller list for two months. A lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, his most recent book on the sport is A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred (2014).

The Schade lecture will be held in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel

on the campus of Elmhurst University. Admission is $15 for the general public and free for Elmhurst University students, faculty, staff and alumni. Tickets are available by visiting elmhurst.edu/cultural. For more information, email marketing@elmhurst.edu.

To protect the health of our community, campus visitors will be required to wear a mask during all indoor events, regardless of vaccination status. This requirement may change to reflect new public health guidance or campus policies.

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ICCP joins Girls Catholic Athletic Conference One of four schools to join Chicago League

other. It all began on Oct. 3, 1912 when representatives of eight parochial schools met in Chicago’s Great Northern Hotel (demolished in 1992) to found the Catholic League. Those

charter members were Loyola acad- cleague.com. emy, St. Cyril (Mt. Carmel), DePaul The Girls Catholic Athletic ConAcademy, St. Philip, St. Ignatius, De ference was established in 1974, La Salle, Cathedral and St. StanisSee ICCP, Page 10 laus. Learn more at chicagocatholi-

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The Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC) and the Chicago Catholic League (CCL) announced the addition of four new schools — Rosary High School in Aurora, Aurora Central Catholic High School in Aurora, St. Francis High School in Wheaton, and IC Catholic Prep (ICCP) in Elmhurst.

The GCAC is welcoming all four schools to its conference while the CCL is opening up to three schools.

The timeline for the arrivals of the new four schools will be during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons.

• 2022-2023: Rosary High School (Rosary) joins the GCAC. • 2023-2024: Aurora Central Catholic (Aurora Central), IC Catholic Prep (IC Catholic), and St. Francis High School (St. Francis) will join the GCAC and CCL respectively in 2023-2024.

“Both leagues are extremely competitive,” said Thomas Schergen, an executive in both conferences and principal of De La Salle Institute.

“With the addition of these four tradition-rich institutions we have set our respective conferences on a continued path of success.”

“We are excited to combine the rich tradition of IC Catholic Prep with the CCL and GCAC,” said Stephen Davidson, principal of ICCP in Elmhurst. “As IC Catholic Prep athletics continue to thrive, we are honored to be joining these storied leagues.

“I would like to thank the members of the CCL and GCAC for their acceptance and open dialogue during this entire process.”

“This is a big step for our athletic programs,” said Michael Fahey, director of athletics of ICCP. “We are thrilled to join the CCL and GCAC as it will provide more opportunities for our student-athletes to succeed at the highest level. This move will allow for greater development of our lower-level programs and overall competitive parity for our girls and boys sports teams. “ In the GCAC the four schools will join the 12 continuing members – De La Salle Institute, DePaul College Prep, Fenwick, Loyola Academy, Montini Catholic, Mother McAuley, Providence Catholic, Resurrection, St. Francis de Sales, St. Ignatius, St. Laurence, and Trinity — to bring membership to 16 schools.

In the CCL the three schools will join the 14 continuing members – Brother Rice, De La Salle Institute, DePaul College Prep, Fenwick, Leo Catholic High School, Loyola Academy, Marmion Academy, Montini Catholic, Mount Carmel High School, Providence Catholic, St. Francis de Sales, St. Ignatius, St. Laurence, and St. Rita of Cascia High School — to bring membership to 17 schools.

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Police beat

The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations.

Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of victims.

Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named.

session of hypodermic syringe, improper lane usage, failure to dim headlights, no front registration plate displayed and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle subsequent to a traffic stop near North and Indiana at 9:43 p.m.

Suspicious circumstances

Criminal damage, criminal trespass Feb. 6 A complainant in the 600 block of W. Grand told police at 5:13 p.m. that while doing work at the above location, an unknown suspect(s) damaged the rear-view mirror on his loaner vehicle. This case is pending investigation.

Feb. 4-Feb. 5 A reporting officer located a vehicle with a shattered driver’s side window parked in a parking lot in the 400 block of W. Lake. It was determined some time overnight an unknown suspect attempted to gain entry to the vehicle. Entry was not gained and nothing appeared to be missing from the vehicle.

Domestic battery, domestic incident, disorderly conduct, disturbance Feb. 7 A 21-year-old Elmhurst man was taken into custody on a warrant and charged with two counts of domestic battery on the above date from an incident at Elmhurst Hospital that occurred Feb. 2. A victim related after picking up the suspect from Elmhurst Hospital they got into a verbal argument upon returning home. The victim began trying to record the suspect’s actions when she attempted to grab the phone. The suspect grabbed the victim’s arm and scratched his right wrist. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to the police station. The suspect made suicidal statements and was transported to Elmhurst Hospital for an evaluation.

DUI, DUI-drugs, transportation of open alcohol, possession of open alcohol, consumption of alcohol by a minor

CALL 800-222-TIPS Feb. 5 Joshua Britt, 30, of Bensenville, was charged with DUI, speeding, failure to signal, improper lane usage, unlawful possession of cannabis in a vehicle and illegal transportation of open alcohol subsequent to a traffic stop near I-290 and St. Charles at 2:14 a.m.

Dakota Foster, 31, of Bolingbrook, was charged with DUI and illegal transportation of open alcohol near Poplar and Huntington at 3 a.m.

Feb. 4 Kaylynn Espinoza, 26, of Chicago, was charged with DUI, improper lane usage and unlawful possession of cannabis subsequent to a vehicle crash near Route 83 and North at 8:33 p.m.

Fleeing, eluding

According to information provided last week by the Elmhurst Police Department, police reported one incident of fleeing and eluding in which drivers of a vehicle reportedly fled after a traffic stop was conducted.

Harassment, threats Feb. 8 A victim in the 100 block of Fellows reported at 11:17 a.m. that management was discussing rent with the suspect. While on the phone, the suspect threatened the victim.

Several moments later the suspect entered the property manager’s office and caused a disturbance. The suspect was advised to leave the office area and conduct any further business via telephone.

Leaving the scene Feb. 8 Miguel Palomar, 43, of Chicago, was charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident and improper lane usage near North and Larch at 1:42 p.m.

Feb. 7 Vanessa Lulling, 35, of Chicago, was charged with DUI, improper lane usage, transportation of open alcohol by driver and no insurance subsequent to a well-being check on a vehicle that ran off the roadway and was on fire near Route 83 and Lake at 11:41 p.m.

Possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a controlled substance

Feb. 6 Andriana Lopez, 28, of Elmhurst, was charged with DUI, failure to signal, operating a vehicle in unsafe condition and no insurance near Lake and Grand at 5:28 a.m.

Janene Mujica, 39, of Hanover Park, was charged with DUI, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improper lane usage and no insurance near North and Indiana at 10:35 p.m.

Feb. 9 David Bonner, 49, of Elmhurst, and Shantae D. Davis, 25, of Carol Stream, were both charged with possession of drug paraphernalia near St. Charles and West at 8:43 a.m. Police said Davis also had a warrant out of the Broadview Police Department.

Joseph Martinez, 28, of Fresno, Calif., was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (heroin), DUI-drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful pos-

Feb. 9 A victim’s mother reported at 4:13 p.m. that an unknown suspect has been seen in the neighborhood for the past two years. The victim thinks the suspect is following her. An investigation is pending.

Theft or burglary/ identity theft/fraud/ forgery/deceptive practice/obstruction/ robbery Jan. 1-Feb. 7 Fraud was reported at 2:02 p.m. A family member believes the suspect has been draining his mother’s finances. An investigation is pending.

Feb. 6 Theft of vehicle parts was reported at Elm Creek Drive at 2:11 p.m. A victim reported an unknown suspect(s) removed the catalytic converter from her vehicle while it was parked in the parking lot.

Feb. 5 Theft was reported in the 600 block of N. York at 4:11 p.m. A reporting officer met with the victim who reported an unknown suspect(s) removed credit cards and cash from his wallet. He is unsure when the items were taken but stated he was at the above location where he locked his wallet in a locker. This case is pending investigation.

Theft of vehicle parts was reported in the 200 block of N. York at 2:48 p.m. A victim reported an unknown suspect(s) removed the catalytic converter from her vehicle while it was parked in a parking lot.

Identity theft was reported in the 100 block of N. Berteau at 5:19 p.m. A victim reported an unknown suspect(s) gained access to his insurance account information and changed the location of the property insured.

Feb. 4 Burglary was reported at a liquor store in the 100 block of E. Fullerton at 2:04 a.m. A reporting officer located broken glass where an unknown suspect had forced entry to the business and removed several bottles of liquor. The unknown suspect left the area in a light-colored Dodge pick-up truck with a plow attached to the front. This case is pending investigation.

Deceptive practice was reported in the 1200 block of S. York at 9:20 a.m. A reporting officer met with the complainant who reported a check, which had already been cashed, was reused in a new amount. The complainant contacted the bank and requested the check be declined. This case is pending further investigation.

Feb. 1 Terrell Jones, 57, of Chicago, was charged with burglary, identity theft and theft in the 1-100 block of E. North at 3 p.m. According to police, a reporting officer made contact with Jones, who was found to have taken the victim’s wallet and used her credit cards at a Mobil gas station in Elmhurst and at the Tar-

get store in Villa Park.

Jan. 26 Tejah Pace, 26, of Chicago, was charged with identity theft. According to police, a victim related an unknown suspect(s) used her personal information to open a credit card and car loan in her name sometime between Aug. 13 and Aug. 26, 2021. Subsequent to an investigation, Pace was taken into custody on the above date and charged.

Jan. 1 Theft by deception was reported at Atrium Way at 12:35 p.m. A victim reports he was contacted via internet by an unknown person identifying herself as Salma Hayek. The suspect convinced the victim to transfer funds to an unknown account. The victim complied with the suspect and transferred the funds.

An investigation is pending.

Dec. 30-Jan. 26 Theft was reported at a business in the 300 block of W. Lake. Police said a reporting officer met with the complainant who reported two vials of Fentanyl were taken some time between the above dates. The vials were stored in a safe and are assigned to a specific ambulance. This case is pending investigation.

Dec. 9-Jan. 17 Identity theft was reported in the 100 block of N. Avon. A victim advised he received notice of a traffic citation issued in Jefferson County, Iowa with his driver’s license number fraudulently used. The victim filed a report with the agency in Iowa and was directed to also file a report in his local jurisdiction.

He was still in physical possession of his driver’s license.

Unemployment benefits identity theft

According to information provided last week by the Elmhurst Police Department, police reported one incident of identity theft with the intention of using a victim’s personal information to fraudulently apply for unemployment benefits through the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

Warrant arrest

Feb. 4 Police said Chiquita Lee, 52, of Aurora, was found to have a failure to appear warrant out of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office in the 100 block of E. First at 2:33 p.m.

Coming events Saturday, March 5 • At 12 noon, the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to step off on Spring Road at Wilson Street. The 25th annual parade has been on hold for two years, thanks to COVID-19, but will return this year, as will the Elmhurst Armpit Orchestra.

• At 7:30 p.m., there will be a concert recital presented by professional musician and Elmhurst resident Uli Widmaier.

The concert will be held at Congregation Etz Chaim, 1710 S. Highland Ave. in Lombard. It will also be available virtually via live stream. Free, but contributions appreciated to The People’s Music School. Masks required. For tickets, visit events.idonate.com/uli.

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Local teacher’s book named Book of the Year by CWA said it was the inspiration for the main story in the movie Citizen Kane—that was Harold McCormick. Harold divorced Edith, which she didn’t want, but he pushed hard, assembling a good legal team that included Clarence Darrow.

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A brief real estate career When Edith returned to the U.S., she started a real estate company. Women had the right to vote by then and more and more were finding their way in the world in ways other than housework.

Edith sold lots to 16,000 people and earned $26 million—which was a great deal in 1927. (That’s the equivalent of $420,106,206 in 2022 dollars.)

Then, of course, came 1929 and death, the home would be turned into a the stock market crash. Edith was left museum, but in the end, her belongings holding thousands of acres of properwere all auctioned off.

Life on Lake Shore Drive With that success, they took up residence at 1000 Lake Shore Drive, kitty-corner from the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago. It was a huge mansion with big iron gates. So many family members lived close by, the area was dubbed McCormickville.

Edith became the “Grande Dame,” hosting regular parties—often using a dinner set that was gifted to her sister from Napoleon.

She always hoped that upon her

Spending time in Zurich Edith and Harold had five children, but two died rather young. Edith was so worried about having mental illness, she left for Zurich, where she was examined by a then-unknown psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung.

She spent much of her time in Zurich supporting artists and the arts and culture community. She even financially supported James Joyce while he wrote his famous book Ulysses.

While she was in Zurich, unfortunately Harold fell in love with a bad opera singer. If that sounds familiar, Ross

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Willowbrook Chief of Police Robert Schaller have announced that bond has been set for a Chicago man charged with Lawrence Grant shooting a woman who is eight months pregnant while she was traveling on Route 83 in Willowbrook.

Lawrence Grant, 38, appeared in bond court where Judge Robert Kleeman set bond at $2 million with 10 percent to apply.

Grant has been charged with one count of attempted first degree murder (Class X felony), one count of attempted intentional homicide of an unborn child (Class X felony), one count of aggravated battery with a firearm (Class X felony) and one count of aggravated battery to a pregnant woman (Class 3 felony).

On Jan. 28 at approximately 7 p.m., officers with the Willowbrook Police Department responded to the scene of a crashed vehicle on Route 83.

Upon their arrival, officers found the victim, a pregnant woman, suffering from a gunshot wound to her back.

The victim was immediately transported to a local hospital where the baby was delivered while the victim was in surgery.

Both the baby and mother survived.

It is alleged that prior to the crash, Grant, the victim and another individual were involved in a verbal alterca-

tion that eventually turned physical in a nearby grocery store.

It is further alleged that after the altercation, all three individuals left the store in different vehicles with the victim traveling southbound on Route 83.

It is alleged that Grant followed the victim in his vehicle and fired at her, striking the vehicle several times and the victim in her back, causing the vehicle to crash.

At approximately 10 p.m., Grant was located at the University of Chicago Hospital where he was admitted on an unrelated matter. The vehicle in which Grant was allegedly traveling was found on fire approximately one block from the University of Chicago Hospital.

Grant was immediately taken into custody following his discharge from the hospital.

“The allegations that, following a physical altercation with the victim’s boyfriend, Mr. Grant decided to follow the victim, who was 36 weeks pregnant, and open fire on a major roadway are unconscionable,” Berlin said.

“Thankfully, no innocent motorists were injured and, while still hospitalized, Mr. Grant’s alleged target and her baby are expected to survive. This defendant’s alleged violent behavior put the motoring public at risk and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Grant’s next court appearance is scheduled Feb. 28 for arraignment in front of Judge Daniel Guerin. If found guilty, he faces a penalty of between 31 years to life in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

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tigating the story of Edith Rockefeller McCormick, and it led to an award from the Chicago Writers Association, which named it the 2021 Book of the Year in Traditional Nonfiction.

“After working on Edith’s story for 10 years, it feels validating to receive this award,” Ross told the Independent in an interview. “I’m grateful to give Edith even more publicity!”

Ross also wrote a history of the Brookfield Zoo that they sell in the gift shop there.

“The history of Brookfield Zoo begins with Edith,” Ross said. “An unusual woman who made the zoo possible.”

For more information about the book, visit friedericiross.com. The book is available for purchase on Amazon.

It is alleged on Feb. 5 at approximately 2:54 p.m., Collins, along with several other individuals, entered the store and met up with two males who were already in the store.

It is alleged that Collins and the individuals with whom she entered the store, along with the two males who were previously in the store, then went directly to a coat section of the store.

It is further alleged that Collins and the others cut the security wires off numerous Moncler coats and ran toward the store’s exit.

It is alleged that as Collins and the other individuals attempted to leave the store, a loss prevention officer knocked the items out of Collins’ hands, including coats and a pair of wire cutters.

Collins was detained at the scene while all the other individuals were able to flee prior to the arrival of the Oak Brook Police Department. Ad-

ditional coats were found outside the store.

“Smash and grab thefts involving multiple individuals are not a crime of opportunity, Berlin said. They are well organized by those who resort to violence and sheer numbers to commit their crimes. The allegations that this defendant, along with several others, entered a retail store in the middle of the afternoon intent on stealing merchandise will not be tolerated in DuPage County and will be met with the full force of the law.

“As I have said many times before, public safety is our top priority in DuPage County, and anyone who commits this type of violent forcible felony will be caught, prosecuted and, if found guilty, face significant consequences.”

Collins’ next court appearance is scheduled March 7 arraignment in front of Judge Daniel Guerin.

Chicago woman charged with burglary/ retail theft from Oak Brook Neiman Marcus DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Oak Brook Interim Chief of Police John Krull have announced that bond was set for a Chicago woman Terri Collins accused of stealing more than $17,000 worth of merchandise from the Neiman Marcus store in Oak Brook.

Terri Collins, 21, appeared in bond court where Judge Leah Bendik set bond at $50,000 with 10 percent to apply. Collins has been charged with one count of burglary (Class 2 felony) and one count of retail theft (Class 3 felony).

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Andrea Friederici Ross is a librarian at Salt Creek School in Elmhurst, a seemingly simple means of gainful employment. But behind the scenes, Ross has been telling the story of an incredible woman in history who made significant contributions to the City of Chicago.

The book is called Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick and is currently available on Amazon. It is the story of Edith, the daughter of John D. Rockefeller, who was born in 1872 and later married Harold McCormick—the son of Cyrus McCormick known as the Reaper King, in 1895.

Harold spent three years in Iowa where he learned more about farm machinery, and then returned to the Chicago area to start the company McCormick-Harvester, which would eventually become International Harvester.

ties no one could buy.

When Edith was 59 years old, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and eventually died in 1932. She had an incredible intellect, and one of the things to be auctioned off was her library of 15,000 books. She knew a great many languages and wrote her own notes in the margins of the book—in the same native language as the book was written. It is said Edith was fluent in three languages before she was 10 years old, and as an adult, knew all major languages and was a scholar of ancient languages such as Sanskrit.

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Mazzochi releases statement regarding Pritzker’s recent mask mandate State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) released the following statement in response to Governor Pritzker’s recent mask mandate update: “Governor Pritzker seems to have finally accepted what even the CDC admitted many months ago: that his cloth mask mandates don’t work to protect against COVID-19. So in 2 1/2 weeks, he says he’s going to let you take them off.

“As for the schools, a court told Governor Pritzker you’re doing it wrong. If you want this kind of power, go to the legislature to get it. If you delegate this power, you have to have the correct agency doing it.

And if you are going to enforce this power, you have to give people due process.

“Two years in, the Governor still won’t do any of it. Two years in, he still can’t tell you a plan for when he will bring this to an end. Small busi-

nesses and our children have suffered immeasurably in the meantime.

“Before his press conference, the Governor had his team brief the legislature on his mask mandate reasoning. He said at his press conference that he changed his mind because the data looks different. I’m a scientist, I analyze data every day for work. I asked his team what studies and data he was relying on and they could not or would not provide it. Even more alarmingly, they could not produce any scientific data to justify the reasoning behind eliminating the mask mandate for restaurants and other crowded venues, but not for schools.

“So what has changed isn’t the science. What changed is the political cost-benefit analysis. To him.

“This is how Springfield and Pritzker narratives get built.”

(This was received from the office of State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi.)

Letter to the editor

City should explain why Haven development plan was approved, reader says The City of Elmhurst approved the proposed plan for a monolithic block-long six story apartment building, housing 200 apartments and 232 parking spaces, a mere 13 feet from the street, and in the face of the block-long row of single-family homes on Haven Road.

But the City had long-standing zoning regulations requiring a soft transition to protect single family home residents from the City’s encroachment. So how on earth could the City have approved this monstrous plan?

First, the City facilitated Ryan Co’s purchase of property at 102 N. Haven and drew a letter of intent to sell their city parking lot to Ryan Co., thereby significantly increasing the mass of the proposed apartment building.

Then the City accepted Ryan’s combining the four west Haven properties into one parcel, abutting at corner of First and Haven, thus declaring First Street as the front yard, and Haven as the side yard with only a 10-foot setback, which is a complete misapplication of the City’s zoning regulations intended for single-family home positioning within a single-family subdivision.

Furthermore, the City just recently wrote all new height, yard, and parking regulations for downtown Elmhurst. And the City also tightened up their planned unit de-

velopment (PUD) regulations to require that applicants like Ryan prove that any deviation from the new height, yard, and parking requirements are both “necessary and desirable.” Yet Ryan was granted wholesale permission to ignore the four-story and 48-foot maximum height, ignore the 100-foot height restriction off Haven Road, and provide a meaningless yard along Haven. And these wholesale deviations from the new zoning were never proven to be either “necessary or desirable” by Ryan.

Ultimately, the City approved Ryan’s apartment building that is not innovative, imaginative or creative in design, that lacks adequate landscaping, public open space, or beneficial open space, but these also are deviations not proven to be “necessary and desirable.”

These facts are shocking. Haven Road needed a residence that would fall in line with a soft transition and follow the long-standing zoning that protects that. Why didn’t the two recent changes in zoning secure that once and for all? Why were so many allowances made for Ryan’s violations? Why did the City Commissions even approve Ryan’s plan?

The City owes the residents of this neighborhood answers to these questions now.

Elaine Jones

Slices of life

Our amazing body

In the last year, I’ve been working on appreciation.

Appreciating the big things.

Appreciating the small things.

Appreciating what I have and what I am.

As part of that, I’ve been practicing appreciation of one of the most basic, most taken for granted and one of the most awesome things we all possess.

Our body.

In developing an appreciating for my own body and all the things it does, I attempt to contemplate the different systems, organs and the multitude of tasks that happen every second of every day without my even giving them a second thought. In this, I realize I’ve taken this magnificent entity of my physical body for granted for far too long.

The things it does are nothing short of miraculous and worth writing about. Let’s hit the highlights.

We breathe—in and out—every minute of the day. Our lungs take in air, filter out the oxygen and then release carbon dioxide back out to the world. We could look at this as breathing in energy and breathing out waste, but carbon dioxide is not waste. It is the life breath of the grass, flowers and trees living around us. They breathe it in and (here comes the magic) release oxygen back into the air, which our lungs use to nourish our bodies.

I’ve known about this process for most of my life, but I never really contemplated the overall

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simplicity and genius of it. It’s recycling at its best. And we don’t even have to think about separating the paper from the plastic – or in this case the oxygen from the carbon dioxide. Not ever. We don’t have to think about breathing or converting oxygen, our body just does it for us, and in doing so keeps us alive. It keeps the planet alive.

It’s hard to top the oxygen cycle, but I’ll try. Let’s pay homage to the lungs’ life partner: the heart.

It beats 24/7, circulating blood throughout the body, distributing oxygen and then returning “old” blood to the lungs to replenish with more oxygen. The heart—and lungs and pretty much every cell in our body—work 24/7. They keep on ticking even when we are asleep.

We can check out and rest; they keep working.

The 26 small bones in our feet carry our entire body weight, even when barefoot. You probably know your fingerprints are unique to you, but did you know the same is true of your tongue? Human fingertips each contain more than 3,000 touch receptors. It’s likely they house the most sensitive skin found in any mammal.

Our skin is a miracle in itself. It

helps regulate body temperature.

It protects us from infection and the sun, among other things. It provides a protective cushion for our bones and organs. At any given time, our skin could very well have more than 1,000 species of bacteria living on it. The skin fights that off and keeps us healthy. It is a source of beauty.

Like most cells in the body, the skin is a multi, multi-tasker. Yet, we often don’t give it a second thought unless we get a cut or a bruise and then we may pay a short amount of attention to our pain, but we don’t fully or willfully focus on healing.

We take that for granted. Our skin heals automatically, on its own. In a word: magnificently awesome.

I have more to say, but not the room here to say it. Much like the human body, this miraculous information doesn’t stop. Perhaps I’ll put more information together in the weeks to come.

We have a tendency to harshly judge our bodies. We are too fat, too thin, too wrinkled, too pale. We forget about all our body does for us, without our even realizing it.

Maybe it’s time for that realization, and appreciation. Of your breath.

Your heartbeat. Your skin. The way it all works together, not just within your own body but within the planet. Appreciate that. All of it.

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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ICGS third graders study biomes

Obituaries

Arthur A. Kube, 77 Arthur A. Kube, age 77, of Bolingbrook, formerly of Chicago and Park Ridge, active member of the Corvette Club at the Pitt Stop in Berwyn, planning their events and road trips; collector of cars and antique armaments from the medieval time period; Facility planner for Lucent Techologies in Lisle and Naperville; former student at IIT with a focus in industrial design; beloved husband of Judy, nee Lytle for over 50 years; loving brother of the late Nancy Thygeson; cherished son of the late Arthur F. and the late Mary Kube; dear brother-in-law of Sr. Dolores Lytle, Kelly Lytle, Margaret Neil, James Lytle, David (Le) Lytle, Patricia Lytle, Robert Lytle, Mark Lytle, Jo Balderas and the late Myrle Thygeson, Mary Lytle and John Lytle; fond uncle and great uncle of many nieces and nephews; friend and fellow hobbyist of many. Visitation Sunday, February 13, 2022, 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with a funeral service beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Gibbons Funeral Home,

region especially such a community that has developed to climax.” Related words include ecosystem, ecosphere, habitat. [Dictionary.com] The ICGS third graders (and their teachers) should be complimented by the fact that, according to Dictionary.com, ‘biome’ is considered a word for the high school level reader, “based on the word’s complexity.”

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Above: Showing off the dioramas they created of their biome projects are these third grade students from ICGS. Left: This ICGS third grader shows the light-up diorama he created about his biome.

LWV plans program on ‘Banned Books’

On Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m., the League of Women Voters-Elmhurst will host a program on Banned Books, at which guests can take a closer look at some of the recent issues involving banned books.

Guest speakers are from the Elmhurst Public Library, and include Alyssa Murphy, civic engagement librarian, and Patti Palmer, teen and reference librarian.

This program will be held virtually via Zoom. RSVP to president.lwvelmhurst@gmail.com and the link to the meeting will be emailed to you on the day of the event.

Note: This event is not sponsored

by Elmhurst Public Library.

134 South York Road. Interment Private. Live stream of funeral service will be available through the funeral home website. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gary Sinise Foundation, PO Box 368, Woodland Hills, CA 91365; or, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105.

For info, call 630-832-0018 or visit www.gibbonsfuneralhome.com Jane Davis Richbell, 96 Jane Davis Richbell, of Elmhurst, passed away recently at the age of 96. Beloved wife of the late Jack P. Richbell. Loving daughter of the late Bert and Edythe Davis, Special friend of Zoe Vito and John Langer.

Funeral services were held Tuesday Feb 15 at Westchester Community Church, 1840 Westchester Blvd, Westchester. Interment Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison, Ill. Arrangements by Pedersen Ryberg Funeral Home. Info: 630-834-1133.

Bertram “Bert” E. Bates, 96 Bertram “Bert” E. Bates, a longtime resident of Elmhurst and a proud WWII Army Air Force veteran, passed away February 11, 2022 at the age of 96.

Loving husband of 70 years to Jane

B. Bates; loving father of Susan (the late Robert) Huntley and William S. Bates; special former father-in-law of Merle Bates; adored grandfather of Rebecca (Sam) Ketelsen, Frances (Bryan) Schneider, and Katherine (Greg) Meyers; cherished great-grandfather of Emma, Gianna, Arianna, Griffin, Quinn, and Caroline; fond brother-in-law of Kay (the late Tom) O’Keefe; uncle of Robert, Michael, Patrick, the late Billy, and James O’Keefe.

Bert was an active member and Past Commander of American Legion T.H.B. Post 187 in Elmhurst. He also enjoyed fishing, photography, and spending time on the golf course. He was a graduate of Roosevelt University after returning from WWII. Bert had a long successful career as a purchasing manager for various metal manufacturers.

A Memorial Service will be held at a future date, please visit the funeral home website for updates. For information – Elmhurst Community Funeral Home – The Ahlgrim Chapel, 630834-3515 or www.ElmhurstFH.com.

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If your club or organization is gathering during this time, live OR virtually, send the information to Independent@rvpublishing.com and put “Community Calendar” in the Subject line. The Calendar also appears at theindependentnewspapers.com.

Monday, Feb. 21 The Chicago Accordion Club meets on the third Monday of every month from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Elmhurst American Legion, 310 W. Butterfield Rd. Visitors are welcome. Every meeting fee includes professional musical entertainment and pizza. Admission is $12 for members and $15 for non-members.

Tuesday, Feb. 22 Washington, DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory will present this year’s Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lecture for Elmhurst University. The program will be presented remotely. Gregory’s talk will begin at 7 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Admission is free but reservations are required at elmhurst.edu/cultural. An access link to the program will be provided closer to the event date.

Thursday, Feb. 24 At 7 p.m., the League of Women Voters-Elmhurst will host a program via Zoom on Banned Books, featuring experts from the Elmhurst library. RSVP to president.lwvelmhurst@gmail.com and a link will be emailed on the date.

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Each year the ICGS third grade students complete a science project on biomes. They researched and created dioramas to show the things they learned throughout the exercise.

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and administrators at the meeting were wearing masks. Many of the speakers during the public-participation segment did not wear masks, while other speakers did. One of the speakers stated that all of the adults who entered the meeting were offered masks. She described the offering of masks as “subtle bullying” and stated that “if adults wanted a mask, they would show up with their own masks.”

Purchase of Fullerton property approved Board members voted unanimously to approve the $2.4 million purchase of the property at 435 W. Fullerton Ave. The property will be used to house district vehicles and equipment which had been based at a gravel lot at Butterfield Road and Bryan Street, near Bryan Middle School.

Board member Jim Collins said that lot has been turned into an eyesore for the neighborhood. Collins added that in parking lots around the school district, the district has lost five catalytic converters from vehicles, due to theft, in the last year.

Collins said the price of the property on Fullerton Avenue is not that much more than the prospective cost of paving the gravel lot. He added that the district’s purchase of the property on Fullerton Avenue will allow the district to park its vehicles inside each night, securing each vehicle and extending its useful life.

Abatement of current levy not recommended Board members voted 4 to 1 against a resolution that would have included an abatement of $650,000 in the current 2021 levy. Collins was the lone board member to vote in favor of the resolution. Athena Arvanitis, Christopher Kocinski, Beth Hosler and board president Kara Caforio voted against the resolution. Board members discussed the issue of offering an abatement to district taxpayers during the Jan. 25 board meeting. In December 2020, the board approved an abatement of about $3.1 million to district taxpayers. The district’s administration reportedly recommended that abatement because of the remote and hybrid delivery of instruction during the 2020-21 school year. The administration did not recommend abatement for the current levy.

Collins stated that it is not the district’s job to accumulate the public’s money. He also said that property taxes will be going up in the next couple of years, and that it would be a good gesture to return some money to the taxpayers. Kocinski said he agreed with a majority of what Collins said, but he said noted that the board has approved the spending of several million dollars to expand the scope of projects related to the $168.5 million referendum in November 2018. Kocinski said he would like to see more clarity in the costs of projects related to that referendum that have yet to be completed. Kocinski added

that he did not think the district’s financial reserves were excessive.

Campbell urges wearing of masks, using respect and kindness Near the end of the meeting, District 205 Superintendent Keisha Campbell stated that while the temporary restraining order was in place, the district was still strongly recommending the wearing of masks in schools.

Campbell said that the district will continue to offer vaccination clinics and collect vaccination information.

The district will offer personal protective equipment, as well as optional weekly COVID-19 testing. Campbell said the district is asking any students and staff members who are ill to stay home and focus on getting better. She said the district will still notify parents and families if a COVID-19 outbreak takes place. The district will also post COVID-19 tracking data on its website—elmhurst205.org.

Campbell added that she wanted to reiterate the importance of respect and kindness. She said she wanted the district to foster a climate of respect and acceptance for all, regardless of vaccination status or views on masking. She also praised the hard work of the district’s teachers, administrators and other staff members, and gave a special word of gratitude to the district’s nurses.

The board will hold its next regular meeting on Feb. 22.

Deadline fast approaching to order organic seedlings Orders must be placed by Feb. 28

The First Congregational United Church of Christ is now taking preorders for their eighth annual Organic Vegetable and Herb Seedlings Sale.

Because their grower has moved the deadline for submitting preorders up this year, all orders need to be in by Monday, Feb. 28. This date is fast approaching, so don’t delay. Get your orders in now.

All available plants can be viewed on the church website at elmhurstucc.org/store. Preorder them to be picked up in May. Complete your order online and pay using a credit card, or print out a hardcopy order form, fill it out and send it to the church office with cash or check.

More detailed instructions are available on the website. Proceeds benefit the church’s General Fund.

Seedlings will be provided by West Star Organics. West Star Farm LLC is a certified organic grower of high-quality spring starter plants.

Their 40-acre property in Cottage Grove, Wisc. has been certified since

the inception of the National Organic Program in 1999. WSO will be providing plants in 3 1/2” containers.

Many old favorites will be available as well as some fun new varieties.

Bags of the growing mix and compost WSO uses to grow their own plants will also be available to preorder. Seedlings are USDA Certified Organic. Even the growing mix and compost are organic, helping you to be successful in growing strong, healthy food for your family.

Seedlings will be available for pick up on Saturday, May 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Green Garden Fair to be held in the church parking lot at 235 S. Kenilworth.

Those picking up their seedlings on May 7 will be able to stop and visit with exhibitors at the Fair who will be sharing information about living sustainably.

For more information about the Seedlings Sale or the Green Garden Fair, please contact the church at elmhurstucc@sbcglobal.net, or by calling 630-832-2580, or follow the facebook page: facebook.com/FirstCongregationalUCCofElmhurst/

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Business briefs New doctor joins staff Dr. Michelle Albovias, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, is accepting new patients age 14 and older at 1200 S. York St., Ste. 3250, in Elmhurst.

Dr. Michelle Fluent in SpanAlbovias ish, her clinical interests include contraception, laparoscopy, gynecology, menopause, menstrual problems, tubal ligation, obstetrics/ gynecology, sexually transmitted disease and women’s health. To schedule an appointment, visit EEHealth.org/find-a-doctor or call (331) 221-1700.

Realty company updates name Eva Sanchez, realtor with @Properties in Elmhurst, has announced a rebranding to @Properties Christie’s International Real Estate. Following @properties’ acquisition of the Christie’s International Real Estate brand and network late last year, the

name was changed. The new name weeks as long as there were no defiapplies to the offices in Chicagoland, ciencies submitted. northwest Indiana, southwest MichiSenate Bill 670 passed the Sengan, and Lake Geneva, Wisc. ate Licensed Activities Committee Wednesday, Feb. 9 and moves for Glowiak bill will further consideration before the full speed state licensing Senate.

State Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (This was received from the office (D-Western Springs) advanced legis- of State Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton.) lation to require the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Senator’s measure Regulation to issue state licenses in supports semiconductor four weeks. industry in state “Healthcare workers, accountants, To increase microchip production speech pathologists and a variety of and attract companies to invest in Ilothers are ready to enter their respec- linois, State Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hiltive industries but are unable to get ton (D-Western Springs) advanced started without a professional license legislation to create a series of tax from the state,” Glowiak Hilton said. credits to support the semiconductor “With this initiative, I hope to expe- industry. dite the time it takes IDFPR to pro“The United States depends on cess applications and allow residents microchip imports to fulfill local to enter the work force sooner.” needs,” said Glowiak Hilton, chair As chair of the Senate Commerce of the Senate Commerce Committee.

Committee, Glowiak Hilton prior- “With semiconductor supply chain itizes legislation to benefit workers and worker shortages intensified by and support economic development the pandemic, we can use this opporthroughout the state. Under the leg- tunity to build the industry in Illinois islation, IDFPR will be required and create job opportunities for resto process applications within four idents.”

In partnership with the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, Glowiak Hilton’s proposal creates the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act to provide a range of tax credits for semiconductor, microchip and com-

ponent part manufacturers to support new employee training while also encourage companies to develop operations in underserved communities and energy transition areas.

(This was received from the office of State Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton.)

‘Coexist with COVID:’ Pritzker, Ezike address plan to lift mask mandate by Feb. 28 School mandates would remain in place for ‘coming weeks,’ pending court decision

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If hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to decline for the rest of the month, Gov. JB Pritzker plans to lift his executive order that mandates face coverings indoors by Feb. 28.

The plan does not apply to schools.

It’s unclear what level of rise in hospitalizations could lead the state to change its course, but Pritzker and health officials said at an afternoon news conference Wednesday that such a scenario was not out of the question.

“It’s the end of the statewide

mask mandate,” Pritzker said of the planned Feb. 28 lifting of the order.

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(Continued from page 11) buses and other public transporta- as of Feb. 8, up from a low of about tion, at nursing homes and congre- 8 percent four weeks ago, Pritzker gate living facilities, and at day cares said. beyond March 1.

It’s a faster decline in hospitaliza“The equation for schools just tions than at any point in the panlooks different right now than it does demic, Pritzker said. for the general population,” Pritzker Illinois Department of Public said at the news conference in Chica- Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said go. “Schools need a little more time 89 percent of those hospitalizations for community infection rates to are in unvaccinated individuals. Apdrop, for our youngest learners to be- proximately 75 percent of the state’s come vaccine eligible and for more population has received at least one parents to get their kids vaccinated.” dose of the vaccine, according the Masks, testing and vaccines have U.S. Centers for Disease Control and worked to keep schools open, Pritz- Prevention, putting Illinois at the top ker said, and that was the primary of Midwestern states. goal of the administration.

Ezike said lifting the mandate does But whether he has the authority to not signify an end to COVID-19, but issue such mandates in schools will the latest in the state’s effort to “cobe a question decided by state courts. exist with COVID.” The 4th District Court of Appeals “Your actions that you’ve already is currently considering whether a taken have helped to reduce the lower court’s temporary restraining amount of virus circulating and it order on the governor’s school man- absolutely has saved lives,” she said. dates pertaining to about 170 school “But be clear that COVID is not gone districts will remain in effect. and it won’t be gone on Feb. 28. So, Pritzker called Judge Raylene Gri- we are going to continue to find ways schow’s opinion an “extremely bad to live with the virus.” decision,” as well as “poorly written” The path forward likely includes and “poorly decided.” masks, vaccines, testing and creating Without giving a timeline, Pritzker safer settings through better ventilasaid “in the coming weeks” school tion, she said. mask mandates could be lifted if the Local jurisdictions and businessstate continues to see progress in es may continue to enforce stricter terms of hospitalization and disease masking guidelines than outlined by spread. the state.

The reason the state was able to Pritzker did not state specific metget to a place where Pritzker could ric thresholds would need to be met consider lifting the mandate, he before school mask mandates could said, is because hospitalizations for be lifted, but noted he hoped it would COVID-19, which pushed heights be “weeks rather than months” when of 7,400 cases in mid-January, have a decision could be made. He defallen by nearly two-thirds, to 2,496 ferred to Dr. Emily Landon, an infeccases as of Tuesday night. That tious disease specialist at the Univermarked a decrease of more than 140 sity of Chicago, when asked about from the day prior. specific metrics.

Twenty percent of statewide inLandon said “metrics are really tensive care unit beds were available tough” when it comes to COVID-19

Community Calendar Friday, Feb. 25 Saturday, Feb. 26 Sunday, Feb. 27 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, John Beasley’s MONK’estra and the Elmhurst University Jazz Band will be among the featured artists at the 55th Annual Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, which audiences can attend in person or remotely this year. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit elmhurst.edu/ jazzfestival.

Saturday, Feb. 26 At 7:30 p.m., Uli Widmaier will present a 60-minute Zoom lecture on the music that will be performed at the recital on Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard. (See below.)

Sunday, March 6 At 12 noon, the Elmhurst History Museum is hosting a free Gallery Talk with the Curator of Exhibits, Dan Bartlett, will lead participants through highlights of the “People of the Prairie: 12,000 Years in DuPage County” exhibit.

March 28-April 1 The Elmhurst History Museum presents Spring Break Activities for

Families: Families are invited to participate in different programs including a free Meet an Archaeologist! drop-in day, an off-site workshop at St. James Farm called From Atlatl to Archery: Ancient Hunting Technologies ($5 per person), and a free Three Sisters Make-and-Take activity where participants will learn to grow corn, squash and bean plants together following native traditions.

Elmhurst History Museum Ongoing programs: • The Elmhurst History Museum hosts an online pre-recorded lecture called From Prairie to Tree Town: Tales of Old Elmhurst presented by Museum Executive Director Dave Oberg. For access: visit elmhursthistory.org/320/Programs for the link to the pre-recorded program. Available through Tuesday, March 1.

• By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst Experience local history through an award-winning exhibit about how the City of Elmhurst grew and developed over the years, including a history of the Glos Mansion and family.

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tracking. The CDC recommends an analysis of COVID-19 cases and positivity rates, but new at-home tests could change that calculus. For schools, which can serve as a breeding ground for the virus as community hubs, case rates, hospitalizations and other metrics should be watched, she said.

Flexibility is needed, she said earlier in the news conference.

“Many have asked for a metric or a number that will guide the rules and regulations,” she said. “But each wave of this pandemic has had dif-

ferent characteristics, different behavior, and no single metric has been able to reliably predict the outcomes and the trajectory of each of the variants.”

Ultimately, Pritzker said, his decisions will come down to the advice of doctors, epidemiologists and the CDC. “People really do feel that the trajectory here is one that we’re going to be able to hold onto,” he said.

The announcement didn’t sit well with Republicans in the General Assembly who have criticized Pritz-

ker’s “top-down” approach to the pandemic. House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, criticized the governor in a statement.

“Gov. Pritzker’s failure to have a clear plan in place for schools to give parents and children hope of returning to a normal life is astounding,” Durkin said in the statement. “It is year three of this pandemic, and continuing to leave these families in the dark, with no data or metrics presented, is unconscionable and a clear sign the governor should not be trusted to get us out of this pandemic.”

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IC seventh graders create board games based on novels The seventh graders worked together creating a board game for one of the novels they are reading. The students dressed in theme for the school’s “Wild Wild West” Dress Down Day this week as part of Catholic Schools Week.

These students at IC work together to design a board for a new game they created based on one of the novels the seventh graders have been reading in class.

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These students are set to work together on creating a board game based on a novel they recently read in class.

EEHealth: What’s the best mask for protection from COVID-19?

As SARS-CoV-2 has evolved in its ability to infect others, the level of protection afforded by masks has taken on greater importance.

There is now increased availability of higher quality masks that provide protection needed against the respiratory virus.

The latest virus variant, omicron, has proven to be the most contagious version. So contagious that the CDC has recommended people wear the most protective mask they can find.

What mask should people wear now?

Masks are made to contain droplets and particles you breathe, cough or sneeze out. If they fit closely to the face, they can also provide you some protection from particles spread by others, including the virus that causes COVID-19.

Respirators are made to protect people by filtering the air and fitting closely on the face to filter out particles, including the virus that causes COVID-19. They can also contain droplets and particles people breathe, cough or sneeze out so they don’t spread them to others.

N95s and KN95s have a better seal around the nose and mouth and are better at filtering out particles than The seventh grader at the far right holds the book “The Phantom the surgical or cloth masks. If someTollbooth,” the basis of the board game these students are working one can wear an N95 mask all day on together. It was part of Catholic Schools Week. when around others, it’s the more

protective option.

When choosing a mask, look at how well it fits. Gaps can let air with respiratory droplets leak in and out around the edges of the mask. Gaps can be caused by choosing the wrong size or type of mask and when a mask is worn with facial hair.

It is important to check that it fits snugly over the nose, mouth and chin.

• Check for gaps by cupping hands around the outside edges of the mask.

• Make sure no air is flowing from the area near the eyes or from the sides of the mask.

• If the mask has a good fit, warm air will come through the front of the mask and the mask material may move in and out with each breath.

For cloth masks, make sure there are several layers of tightly woven breathable fabric. Procedure/surgical masks provide better protection, but make sure there are no gaps around the sides of the face or nose. Fit can be improved by wearing a cloth mask over a surgical mask (double mask) or with a mask tightener.

Respirators (N95 and KN95) provide a higher level of protection. If you use a KN95, make sure it meets the standards and is National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) approved.

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 78525 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on JANUARY 20, 2022, wherein the business firm of JIM GARY LOCATED AT 841 N. YORK STREET #208, ELMHURST, IL 60126 was registered; 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: NAME OF PERSON(S) JAMES G. BJORNSON, HOME ADDRESS 841 N. YORK STREET #208, ELMHURST, IL 60126.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 20TH day of JANUARY, A.D. 2022.

JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 10, 17 & 24, 2022) 412278 NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 78554 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on FEBRUARY 9, 2022, wherein the business firm of EPOCH LOCATED AT 111 W. 3RD STREET, ELMHURST, IL 60126 was registered; 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: NAME OF PERSON(S) VIVIAN MABRY, HOME ADDRESS 111 W. 3RD STREET, ELMHURST, IL 60126.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 9TH day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 2022.

JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 17, 24 & March 3, 2022) 412780

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York girls bowling team wins sectional, heading to state IC Catholic Prep leaving Metro Suburban Conference for Chicago Catholic League and GCAC

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

The York girls bowling team is headed to state. The Dukes won the Hinsdale South sectional title in convincing fashion and will now compete in this week’s state finals meet outside Rockford. York finished with a 5,746 total pinfall, easily ahead of second-place Morton’s 5,442.

Junior JJ Bolden was the individual sectional champion with a 1,292 series. Senior Madeline Mountcastle added an 1,164 and finished seventh, while senior Kat Svehla had an 1,134 and took 16th. Senior Kara Jensen bowled a 1,091 series and finished 20th. Senior Michaela Tully was 27th and bowled a 1,065 series. York was consistent throughout the day with games of 999, 978, 878, 944, 1,029 and 918.

Bolden won the sectional title by 55 pins with games of 245, 236 and 209 (690 series) before the lunchbreak. She followed with games of 216, 222 and 164 (602 series).

Mountcastle had games of 195, 201 and 177 (573 series) in the morning session and then went 156, 231 and 204 (591 series) to finish it. Svehla had high games of 215 and 204, while Jensen had high games of 202 and 183. Tully had a 226 high game.

Looking ahead to the state meet, York’s 5,746 sectional effort was the fourth-highest score in the state among all sectionals, trailing only Lockport (6332), Harlem (6013) and

barely behind Collinsville (5,775).

IC Catholic Prep joining Chicago Catholic League/Girls Catholic Athletic Conference IC Catholic Prep is leaving the Metro Suburban Conference for the Chicago Catholic League and Girls Catholic Athletic Conference, in moves announced late last week. IC Catholic Prep, Rosary, Aurora Central Catholic and St. Francis are all making the move. See page 5.

Rosary will join the GCAC for the 2022-2023 school year, while IC Catholic Prep, ACC and St. Francis will join the GCAC and CCL starting in the 2023-2024 school year.

In the GCAC, IC Catholic Prep will join De La Salle Institute, DePaul College Prep, Fenwick, Loyola Academy, Montini, Mother McAuley, Providence Catholic, St. Francis de Sales, St. Ignatius, St. Laurence and Trinity. The GCAC, with the additions, will expand to 17 teams.

IC Catholic Prep will join a Chicago Catholic League that features, Brother Rice, De La Salle Institute, DePaul College Prep, Fenwick, Leo Catholic, Loyola, Marmion, Montini, Mount Carmel, Providence, St. Francis de Sales, St. Ignatius, St. Laurence and St. Rita. The CCL will expand to 17 teams with the addition of ICCP, ACC and St. Francis.

On paper, the departures would leave the Metro Suburban Conference with 10 teams in Timothy

Christian, Aurora Christian, Wheaton Academy, Bishop McNamara, Ridgewood, Elmwood Park, Westmont, Chicago Christian, Elgin St. Edward and Riverside-Brookfield.

IC Catholic Prep wrestling The IC Catholic Prep wrestling team will be well-represented at this weekend’s Class 1A state meet at Assembly Hall in Champaign-Urbana.

Isaiah Gonzalez won the 85-pound sectional title and is now 27-1. Jadon

Mims won the 220-pound crown and moved his record to 22-3. Michael Calcagno won the 182-pound title and is now 17-1. Nick Renteria won the 120-pound title and is now 24-1.

Brandon Navarro took second at 170 and earned a state berth. He’s now 19-6. Joseph Gliatta took second at 145 pounds. He’s now 21-6.

Omar Samayoa took third at 132 to advance. He has an 18-6 record.

Andrew Alvarado took third at 113 pounds and has a record of 2011. Bryson Spaulding took fourth

at 126 pounds and is now 13-8.

The top four wrestlers in each weight class advance to the state finals meet.

York wrestling The York wrestling team is sending three wrestlers to this weekend’s Class 3A state meet at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

Zach Parisi won a sectional title at 113 pounds to earn his state ticket. Sean Berger took second at 120 pounds, while Sean Van Sleet was fourth at 126 pounds.

IC Catholic Prep continues to gain momentum with playoffs looming Knights improve to 17-11 with win over Wheaton Academy

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

The IC Catholic Prep boys basketball team made the most out of its senior night. The Knights gave their five seniors a proper sendoff with a 54-45 victory over Wheaton Academy. The win pushed IC Catholic Prep to 17-11 overall.

Sophomore Jake Gallagher led the Knights with 14 points. Senior John Hilgart added 11 points, while senior Augie Wassmann and senior Antonio Richardson each had eight points.

Senior Liam Johnson had seven points and senior George O’Brien sank a big 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter.

IC Catholic Prep also downed Westminster Christian 60-46 in a non-conference game. Wassmann had 17 points. Hilgart added 13 points, while Gallagher had 11 points. Johnson added nine points to

round out another balanced scoring effort.

In other recent action, the Knights lost 64-50 to Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division champion Riverside-Brookfield. “I thought we did a pretty good job overall against them,” IC Catholic Prep coach TJ Tyrrell said. “We made a couple of good runs against the first-place team in our conference.”

Hilgart had 18 points, while Gallagher, the team’s sixth man, had 12 points.

“We did a much better job this time than we did when we played them before,” Tyrrell noted. “We are playing much better basketball overall of late.”

The Knights also scored a 75-40 non-conference win over Walther Christian. “A lot of guys were inSUBMITTED PHOTO Elmhurst Independent volved in the game,” Tyrrell said.

The York girls bowling team won the Hinsdale South sectional title and will compete this weekend Hilgart led the way with 21 points.

Wassmann added 14 points, while at the IHSA state finals meet outside Rockford. York (shown here holding its regional championship Gallagher had 11 points. Johnson trophy) has won West Suburban Conference, regional and sectional titles this season. Junior JJ Bolden

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won the individual sectional title. York’s 5,746 sectional score was the fourth-highest in the state among all sectionals.

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York boys swimmers set records at West Suburban Silver meet Groya wins two conference titles

By Mike Miazga

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It was a record-setting effort for the York boys swimming team at the recent West Suburban Conference Silver Division meet held at Downers Grove North. Jeremy Harrington won the 500 free with a time of 4:50.43 and in doing so broke the West Suburban Conference Silver Division all-time mark.

One observer noted Harrington was in fifth place with 75 yards to go and made up four body lengths on his way to winning the conference title by 1.34. seconds.

Senior Connor Groya established a pair of pool bests during a day that saw him win two WSC Silver titles.

Groya won the 50 free WSC Silver title in 21.09 and won the 100 title in 45.72. Groya’s 45.72 time in the 100 bested the previous North pool record of 46.35. Downers Grove North’s Michael Read previously held the mark. Groya also swam a 21.04 leadoff leg of the 200 free relay. That 21.04 was lower than the North all-time benchmark of 21.09 for 50 yards established by Hinsdale Central’s Cole Grosshans.

York’s 400 relay team of Harrington, Martin Polomsky, Nick Maiers and Groya took third with a time of 3:16.89. The 200 relay was fourth at 1:30.50 with Groya, Maiers, Charlie McKenna and Harrington. Maiers was fourth in the 200 with a time of 1:49.89. Joseph Qualtier took fourth in the 1-meter diving competition at Hinsdale Central with 356.90 points. Owen David was fifth with 341.85 points.

York’s 200 IM relay team was sixth in 1:47.18 with Colin Rice, Nick Kamenica, Ryan Lisowski and McKenna. Kamenica was 10th in the 200 IM at 2:13.04. Harrington was sixth in the fly at 55.64.

Maiers took seventh in the 500 at 5:06.73. Polomsky was 10th in the backstroke at 1:01.83. Kamenica was eighth in the breaststroke at

1:04.73. York finished fourth as a team in the conference meet.

The York junior varsity team was fourth at the conference meet.

Notable efforts included Nathan DeMichele taking third in the 1-meter diving competition with 314.75 points. York also finished fourth in three relays. The 200 IM relay swam 1:52 with Danny Grant, Aiden Reedy, John Heflin and Steven Piotrowski. The 200 relay of Matthew Czech, Grant, Piotrowski and Matthew Skwiot was fourth in 1:35.65, while Piotrowski, Skwoit, Grant and Czech swam 3:38.34 in the 400 relay.

In an earlier WSC Silver meet against Downers Grove North, the York 200 IM relay team of Maiers, Kamenica, Harrington and Groya set a new school record at 1:39.13.

The previous mark of 1:39.28 was set in 2018 by the quartet of Branko Kosanovich, Jay Jensen, Isaac Marlott and Simon DeGrace. Maiers took first in the 200 at 1:56.27.

Skwoit was first in the 50 at 23.99.

Groya won the fly in 52.0, Harrington won the 500 free in 4:57.39.

Groya won the breaststroke with a time of 58.78. Qualtier won the diving competition with 204.85 points. Polomsky was second in the 200 free in 1:57.87. Kamenica was third in the IM at 2:14.64. Hugo Allueme was third in the 50 at 25.44.

Harrington was second in the fly at 55.65. Czech was second in the 100 at 53.98. Lisowski was third in the 100 at 54.44. Maiers was second in the 500 at 5:01.04.

York was second in the 200 relay at 1:36.36 with Polomsky, Lisowski, McKenna and Tim Jensen.

Jack Schroeder was second in the backstroke at 1:00.82. Kamenica was second in the breaststroke at 1:06.01.

DeMichele was third in diving with 160.65 points.

On the JV level, York’s 200 IM relay won in 2:05.86 with Grant, Noah Choi, Payton Hicks and Jack Rosen. Grant won the 200 in 2:10.46. Hicks won the fly in 1:03.21. Panos Soupos won the 100

The York boys swimming 400 relay team of (from left to right) Connor Groya, Nick Maiers, Michael McKenna and Jeremy Harrington took second in a recent meet against Downers Grove North. Groya and Harrington recent won individual West Suburban Conference Silver Division titles.

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The York boys swimming 200 IM relay team of (from left to right) Nick Maiers, Jeremy Harrington, Connor Groya and Nick Kamenica set a new school record in the event in a recent West Suburban Conference Silver Division meet against Downers Grove North. The foursome swam 1:39.13, bettering the previous mark of 1:39.28.

in 58.80. York won the 200 free relay in 1:44.01 with Grant, Hicks, Soupos and Henry Nelson. Nelson won the backstroke in 1:05.87.

York won the 400 relay in 4:06.98 with Reedy, Tommy Schroeder, Choi and Gavin Wasco. Boe Trainer won the diving competition with 155.75 points.

York also took third at the Lyons Township invitational. Groya won the 50 in 20.92 and the 100 in 45.94. The 200 IM relay of Rice,

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(Continued from page 18) finished with nine points. Kal Kilgast ended with seven points. “It was a good team win,” Tyrrell said.

“We had a lot of ball movement and assists. I was very pleased with that effort after we played R-B.” The Knights also were 55-53 winners over neighbor Timothy Christian. “There was good crowd support from both sides,” Tyrrell noted. “We had lost to them at their place earlier in the season. There was really good energy from the players and the fans.

It was a fun high school basketball environment.” Timothy led 19-11 after the first quarter and 28-27 at intermission. IC Catholic Prep led 4139 heading into the fourth quarter. “It came down to the wire,” Tyrrell said.

“Timothy had a shot when time expired, but it didn’t go in. I was very proud of our guys after that game.

Before our St. Francis game, we had won eight of 10.” Hilgart had 16 points and sank 9 of 13 free throws.

Kamenica, Lisowski and McKenna took sixth at 1:48.32. Maiers was second in the 200 at 1:48.57.

Kamenica was eighth in the IM at 2:14.76. Harrington was fifth in the fly at 56.85. Maiers was fifth in the 500 at 5:05.94. Harrington was sixth at 5:08.52. Harrington, Maiers, McKenna and Groya were third in the 200 relay at 1:29.55. Polomsky was 11th in the backstroke at 1:01.95. Kamenica was sixth in the breaststroke at 1:04.94. York

was second in the 400 relay at 3:16 with Harrington, Polomsky, Maiers and Groya. David was second in the diving competition with 360.25 points.

York was fourth at the JV level at Lyons Township. Czech was fourth in the IM at 2:18.87. Skwiot was fifth in the 200 at 2:03.46. DeMichele was second in diving at 314.25 and the 400 relay team of Czech, Allaume, Grant and Skwoit was fifth at 3:37.70.

“It was a very balanced team win from our guys,” Tyrrell said. “Our guys off the bench were involved and helping the guys on the court. We spread the ball around well.”

Johnson had 13 points and was 7-for-7 from the free throw line, including a 4-for-4 showing in the third quarter. Tyrrell noted Gallagher hit key free throws late and finished with nine points. Wassmann also had nine points. “It was a fun win that gave the guys a lot of confidence,” Tyrrell said.

The Knights also dropped a MSC Blue game to St. Francis. “We lost to them earlier in the year at our place,” Tyrrell said. “They were pretty physical and did a nice job keeping us off-balance with their aggressiveness. Defensively they played a pack line man and mixed in different traps, taking us full and throwing traps in the back court. That threw us off and we never found our rhythm. We

struggled shooting and getting any execution going.”

Tyrrell pointed out the Knights were 2-for-14 from 3, 6-for-20 from 2 and hit 9 of 13 free throws.

“After a good stretch of basketball, St. Francis had our number.

Hats off to them,” the coach said.

Wassmann led the Knights with nine points.

IC Catholic Prep is the No. 2 seed in its subsectional and will host a regional this season. The Knights open Class 2A postseason play Wednesday, Feb. 23 at home against the winner of Chicago Intrinsic Charter (8) and Chicago Academy (7). Montini (3) and Johnsburg (6) round out the regional field.

“We are starting to find our rhythm with our rotation and execution,” Tyrrell said. “The guys are buying into the system. This comes at a good time. We’re optimistic about a strong playoff run here.”

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York boys basketball team getting ready for Class 4A postseason IC Catholic Prep graduate Dukes celebrate senior night; Earn No. 8 sectional seed Leslie headed to Le Moyne

Mike Dunn’s hope is the meat grind- go-home situations. “Our league is er that is its West Suburban Confer- so competitive and has so many good The York boys basketball team ence Silver Division schedule will teams,” Dunn said recently. “Every is inching closer to the start of the have properly prepared his squad to game is an absolute war. There is like I would be so bored withWill4A play volleyball Class postseason, and coach I feel compete in these upcoming win-or- never an easy one.” out it because it has been such a big I’m really of my life.” for Division II school partLeslie said she has plenty of

By Mike Miazga excited to be able memories from IC Catholic Prep’s CORRESPONDENT coach Nancy Kerrigan’s program. to play volleyball in Recent IC Catholic Prep gradu“I loved playing there,” she said. ate Bella Leslie wanted to head east “I probably enjoyed school volleycollege. It gives me or college. ball more than club because I love Her landing spot ended up being my team and the coaching staff something to do. I at NCAA Moyne DonnaDivision Germann II is aLe wife, mother of a son and was very supportive on“Itand off crazy, the but after reading Donna’s post, I sounds College where Knightsdirector feel like IRobyn would daughter, andthe the former senior executive court.atItArtis made it a really en- to be knew Igood was meant her donor,” said. be volleyball and soccer standout willjoined Senior Living in Elmhurst. Donna Artis Senior vironment to be in. Coach Robyn(Kerrifilled out the questionnaire that same evening without continue volleyball careerforatsenior Living her in 2018 with a passion living but didn’t share detailbored with Donna to protect her gan) wasthat great. I have known hermuchso he stems Syracuse, New York school as from her own experience with her disappointment in case she wasn’t a for parents. a while. When I from was little, I did it because itcandidate. has a libero.

“The time I spent with them helpedall methe in the rolekids I Robyn forged ahead and went through the rigorous little camps, and her “All of the schools I was looking have at Artis,” Donna said. “I have greater compassion to become donor, daughter was in my medical brother’sevaluation grade needed been sucha living a big at were on the East Coast,” Leslie and understanding about aging and end life.” unbeknownst to Donna. Robyn was assigned a Living at of IC.” old the Independent lastdiagnosed week. “Iwith Polycystic part ofHospital, my life.”

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In recent action, York lost 71-39 to state power Glenbard West in WSC Silver action.

“It was not close,” Dunn said. “They are the No. 1 team in the state. They are on a different level. Our kids played very hard and did some good things, but Glenbard West is very good. They haven’t lost in a yearand-a-half.

They could win a state championship, no doubt about that.” Senior Drew Kircher led the Dukes with 12 points. Sophomore AJ Levine added eight points.

York also lost 66-50 to Hinsdale Central in conference play.

Levine led the Dukes with 15 points, while Kircher added nine points.

On senior night, York lost 43-41 to Downers Grove North in WSC Silver action. Kircher had 10 points, while senior Tieran Casey added nine points. Of note in this game was injured York senior Nick Hesch scoring a basket at the end of the game in a class move orchestrated by both teams. The clip of that basket can be found on the York boys basketball Twitter feed @mikedunn869.

York also dropped a 69-53 conference game to Oak Park-River Forest.

Kircher had 18 points, while Levine added eight points. In late January, York downed Proviso West in Silver Division play and beat Glenbard North handily in a non-conference game.

“As a group we are continuing to improve and continuing to grow,” Dunn said. “When we played Glenbard West that wasn’t a result of that, but a lot of teams said that when they play Glenbard West. We did some good things against them. We had a competitive first quarter and a half andAnthony then theyBucolo went onfires a runa in the pitch third quarter. We are playing good game.

basketball, but we have to continue to grow. Right now is where we want to hit our stride heading into the regional.”

Dunn continued to be impressed with the play of Kircher. “Drew has been our best player all year,” he said.

“He has been consistent offensively and defensively.” Kircher averages around 14 points a game, Dunn noted.

Dunn also had high praise for sophomores Braden Richardson, Levine and Chris Danko. “Our sophomores are coming along,” he said. “They have improved a lot in terms of growing up on the varsity.” Dunn added players such as junior Adam Hardek and Casey also have been key this season. “Adam has done a nice job inside for us,” he said. “Tieran has been fantastic in his role of playing multiple positions and doing for us what will make us the most successful.”

York was 16-10 and 3-8 in WSC Silver action through late last week.

York played Hinsdale Central earlier this week to wrap up conference action. York is the No. 8 seed in the Class 4A Bartlett sectional and opens play in the Class 4A Glenbard West regional Wednesday. Feb. 23 against Willowbrook, the No. 9 seed. The winner most likely faces No. 1 seed Glenbard West Friday, Feb. 25 for the regional title. Two weeks ago, Dunn said this was one of several possible playoff scenarios he envisioned unfolding. “It’s a very competitive sectional,” Dunn said.

Kircher, Casey, Peyton Stark, Damian Pacheco, Nick Mattis, Hesch, Aidan McGovern, and managers CHRIS FOX PHOTOEmily Elmhurst Independent Louise Baird, Baker and Gannon Rice make up the York senior contingent this season. They were honored at the Downers during a recent U12recent baseball Grove North game.

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In the district Sen. Glowiak Hilton represents, 16 businesses in total were awarded grants ranging from $5,000 to $150,000 to help them cover the costs of safely staying open through the ongoing pandemic. Businesses ranged from hotels to an escape room and more.

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Businesses will continue to be notified of their application status throughout the next few weeks until all the funds are exhausted. Visit the DCEO website for more information on the B2B program.

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Seven additional small businesses in the 24th Senate District were awarded $350,000 in combined funding from the Back to Business grant program to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the support of State Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D-Western Springs).

“By offering support to some of our state’s hardest hit industries - including dining, hospitality, salons, fitness and the arts - we are lending a hand to a diverse, inclusive group of small business owners,” Glowiak Hilton said.

“These grants will allow many DuPage County businesses retain employees, cover operating expenses and serve patrons effectively as our economy recovers from financial strains.”

In Addison, 46 businesses were collectively granted more than $1.85 million. In Bensenville, 22 businesses received almost $1.1 million. Two businesses in Wood Dale were able to secure $65,000 collectively. In Villa Park, two businesses were awarded a collective $40,000. Two businesses in Lombard were granted a collective $150,000.

The B2B grants are awarded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Op-

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