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THURSDAY, March 3, 2016

Taking a bow

This group of performers stand for applause after an outstanding concert at York High School at the District Orchestra Festival. Participating schools were not only York but also Churchville, Sandburg and Bryan Middle Schools. Conductors were Ray E. Ostwald (York), Barbara Scott (Churchville), Stacie Savittieri (Sandburg), and Ellen K Garey (Bryan). More photos inside.

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Happy 20th anniversary to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Governor to return for 20th annual Spring Road celebration

By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent

ELMHURST — The mayor whispered the news late last week -- he had heard from the governor’s “people” and it was official -- Gov. Bruce

Rauner is returning to the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, Mar. 5.

It’s time for the wearin’ o’ the green as Spring Road plays host to the 20th Annual Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Saturday, stepping off at 12 noon. This year’s Grand Marshal is Elmhurst College. (See story and photos in the next issue.)

The parade, which steps off prompt-

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ly at 12 noon, will be brimming with Irish tradition as leprechauns and bagpipers, clowns and jugglers, floats and convertibles, Scout troops and baseball teams, marching bands and community groups, march up Spring Road, beginning at the intersection at Spring and Wilson, all the way north to the railroad tracks. And, with the Primary Election coming up Tuesday, March 15, there will be

candidates for elected office marching as well.

Inside this issue, the Independent brings you a special section with all the details about the parade, including a list of many other things that were happening in the world 20 years ago in 1996, when the St. Patrick’s Day Parade first began.

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of City’s marketing program, Trolley to return this summer Part riders directed to new web site

By Dan McLeister For The Elmhurst Independent

ELMHURST — The second year of the Elmhurst Trolley will be more than just a trolley ride, according to Kassondra Schref, communications manager for the City. It will be part of an integrated marketing program to promote the City, she told the Public Affairs and Safety Committee at a February 22nd meeting.

With the support of the Visitors & Tourism Advisory Council, the City is rebranding “Explore Elmhurst.”

“Based on a refreshed brand, a streamlined marketing plan, community feedback, and support from our community partners, several new elements will be added to the trolley program to enhance the riders’ experience,” Schref said.

Larger, more vibrant signs will be placed at designated trolley stops so that riders can easily find the pick-up locations. In addition, the trolley company will allow more signs on the exterior of the trolley to further promote what Schref called the revitalized brand: two large signs on each side of the trolley and seventeen window decals.

“That will make the trolley more recognizable while also enticing viewers to visit the newly-launched website at ExploreELMHURST.com,” she said.

Similar to last year, brochures will be created to promote the trolley with an added focus on the Explore Elmhurst site. Another added feature will be a pre-recorded narra-

tive, which will allow riders to obtain history and information on highlighted monuments and institutions along the route.

Brochures will be available at trolley stops, on the trolley and at various cultural and civic institutions in the City.

There is also the possibility for businesses and organizations to advertise in open areas above the seats. The areas differ in size but the average size is about 15 inches X 20 inches. There will be 14 sponsorship opportunities, available at $250 each. Sponsors will receive an advertisement in the trolley and in a brochure.

A goal of the Explore Elmhurst Express Trolley program is to encourage residents to visit local businesses and organizations to “explore, participate, consume and engage.”

People can go to any of the participating locations and enter to win Explore Elmhurst giveaways by dropping off their card, according to Schref. The card will include the participants name and contact information along with the date and drop off location.

“Explore” and “Ride” tickets will be collected weekly and one winner will be randomly selected each week to win a prize. “Eat” and “Shop” tickets will be collected over 15 weeks. One grand prize winner will be randomly selected by a card drawing on September 19 at 4:30 p.m.

The trolley program will run for 15 weeks starting on Friday June 3 and ending on Sunday September 18. Hours of service are Friday from 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.; Saturday, 12

noon to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, from 12 to 5 p.m. Schref said the primary target markets for this program are Elmhurst parents with children ages 5 to 16 years old.

There will be six stops in a 30-minute loop: York and Park; York and Schiller: Second and Addison;

Cottage Hill and Virginia; Spring and the Illinois Prairie Path; and York and Vallette.

After each stop the driver will press PLAY for a narrative describing aspects of the City.

The York and St. Charles stop was eliminated based on last year’s recommendation from the trolley driver because of low ridership and traffic

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concerns, Schref said. Extending the route was not possible this year because she noted that it would require two trolleys, which would double the cost.

The City has budgeted $50,000 for the 2016 program ($40,000 to operate the trolley and $10,000 for program costs).

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If you come out to the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, Mar. 5, you might just get to see this banana car, which is scheduled to appear. Also expected is Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and his entourage, as well as numerous other floats, bands and other parade entries. See complete section inside this issue of the Elmhurst Independent.

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Both rentals, condos possible in downtown plan, City says Residents cite lack of focus on new condos, townhouses

By Dan McLeister For The Elmhurst Independent

ELMHURST — Correcting a resident’s statement that the City does not want condos in the downtown plan, Planning and Zoning Director Than Werner stated that “we want both rentals and condos in the downtown plan.”

The resident said he was looking for a condo or townhouse with two bedrooms plus a den.

“Why can’t there be a focus on that type of unit?” the person asked. “There is nowhere to go in Elmhurst for that type of unit.”

Another one indicated that she knew of five families moved to Lombard and Bensenville to get a condo with three bedrooms and two full baths.

Werner said the choice of rentals versus condos is up to the builder. The City official pointed out that the Hahn Street project, now known as Elmhurst 255, is being built so that the rentals could be converted to condos at a later date.

Responding to another person’s comment that the Cityapproved Wilder Crossing condo project on Addison was not built because of parking issues, Werner said that was not the case. He did not give specifics. [Ed. note: In the Dec. 24, 2015, issue of the Independent, it was reported that the Wilder Crossing project had been scrapped because “the numbers were not right,” according to what Assistant City Manager Mike Kopp told the Financial Committee at a meeting on Dec. 14. Kopp said construction costs had “gone way up” since the project was approved and that the narrow lot added complications.]

During a public hearing by the Zoning and Planning Com-

mission (ZPC) on February 25, Nick Davis, a consultant with Houseal Lavigne, commented: “At no point in the planning process was there a case of rentals versus condos.

We encourage both types of development.”

At a recent ZPC meeting, Tracy Cross, a marketing consultant for the Opus company, stated there was a deep market for rentals, but not much demand for condos. Opus is proposing a six-story mixed use building of rentals and retail space on the corner of Addison and First.

One person questioned whether Cross’s marketing information was out of date.

Another asked whether Elmhurst had enough sewer capacity to handle all the new units being approved by the City.

Werner noted that the City’s Capital Improvement Budget has enough capacity to handle the situation right now, including the proposed project at Addison and First.

Other people testified about traffic concerns and provisions for pedestrians. The eight people who testified was fewer than those who commented at a previous meeting, which was standing room only.

Darrell Whistler, chairman of the ZPC, told the audience of about 50 people that they could contact their aldermen with other questions.

“I keep my two aldermen busy,” he said. “We want to arrive at a community-based plan.”

He said residents could submit written information up until 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 3.

The tentative date for the ZPC to deliberate is March 10.

It will submit a report with recommendations to the City Council, which will send the report to the Development, Planning and Zoning Committee of three aldermen, who then send its recommendations to the City Council, which has the final vote.

Walk-In Ministry prepares for name change

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A look at year ahead includes plans for another Rib Fest

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ELMHURST — Last week, the Independent brought the news that the Elmhurst Historical Museum was changing its name to the Elmhurst History Museum, mostly to clarify its mission and what is really offered to the surrounding community.

The Elmhurst Walk-In Ministry is going through a similar name change for much the same reason. Effective May 1, the agency’s new name will be the Elmhurst Walk-In Assistance Network. The Independent recently caught up with its executive director and two Board members. “’Connecting people in need with community resources,’ that’s our new tagline,” said Jackie Crnkovich, EWIM’s first and only executive director since fall of 2014. “We saw the need to broaden our horizons and get people thinking

correctly.”

The snag seems to be the word “ministry,” which has led people to ask if EWIM was a “religious” organization.

“We’re not, but we can understand the confusion,” she said.

“After all, we’re located inside St. Peter’s United Church of Christ. And our name really does sound like we are connected to a certain religion or faith.”

The organization is having all of its communication pieces redesigned by the Graphics Department at Elmhurst College as they make the name change.

“They were delighted to work with us,” Jackie said. “They were excited to work with a ‘real’ client. The college is a valuable resource, sometimes people forget they are there for things like this.”

EWIM began in 1997, when all churches in Elmhurst kicked in contributions so it could be a clearinghouse for services, a place to send those who wandered into a church seeking assistance.

“The Elmhurst Walk-In Ministry was originally spearheaded by Carole Yesko and

Jan Edgley, they deserve the credit,” Jackie said. “At first, everyone was referred to Rev. Harriett Martin [at St. Peter’s church] but as the needs grew, and the number of people grew, we decided to set up our office, where we still reside.”

EWIM does an annual appeal for dollars, but response has been sporadic. The office has received a donation of computers and software to keep better track of the database, which should help with the fund drive.

They have also received grants from the DuPage Community Foundation and the Elmhurst Rotary Club. Earlier in 2015, they received almost $13,000 from the 100+ Women Who Care organization in town.

“That was a huge windfall,” she said.

What kinds of services do they provide for their walk-in clients?

“If anyone has a need, they are welcome to come and ask,” she said. “We have helped with rent, utilities, car repairs, gas vouchers; we get vouchers for people to take to stores like Shoe Carnival if they need shoes for themselves or their children. We’ve even helped

with motel expenses for someone who is fresh out of the hospital with nowhere to go.”

She said sometimes people just need something like a car seat or a box of diapers, which are sometimes on-hand.

Jackie is the only paid employee, but the agency works with more than 50 volunteers who work shifts, including Mary Mallon, vice president of the Board, and Board President Roy King.

“Sometimes it’s just so touching to really help someone who didn’t know where to turn,” Mallon said. “They often get tears in their eyes.

They write notes back to us that say, ‘you changed my life,’ or ‘you gave me the confidence to move forward.’ There’s just nothing more rewarding than seeing their face light up when you are able to meet whatever need they might have.”

Mallon said once back on their feet, people will often send a check to EWIM to thank them for the support.

“One woman from Scotland had lived here 20 years, but she couldn’t get her Social

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Park Board Capsules Here’s what’s happening at the Elmhurst Park District ELMHURST — The Elmhurst Park District Board held a regular meeting on Feb. 24 at the district’s administrative building at 375 W. First Street. All seven board commissioners attended the meeting. There were no comments from the public.

• Apparel bid accepted Board members voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda, which included the awarding of the 2016 imprinted wearables bid to Swim and Sport Team Apparel of Carpentersville in the amount of $20,520. The bid is for nearly 4,600 items (at a cost of nearly $4.50 per item) for program participants and full-time and part-time staff.

Swim and Sport Team Apparel, one of six bidders, submitted the lowest bid. The public bid opening took place on Feb. 11.

• Bid accepted for spring tree planting The approved consent agenda also included the board’s acceptance of the base bid for about $22,000 from Alaniz Lawncare, Inc. of Elgin for the district’s 2016 spring tree planting project. Four bids were submitted for the project. The bids were opened on Feb. 15. Alaniz submitted the lowest responsible bid. The project includes four new tree memorials, eight replacement tree memorials and 58 trees for general landscaping and ash tree replacements at locations throughout the district.

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Continued from page 4 Security check because she had no papers to prove her citizenship,” she said. “We helped her obtain proof of citizenship so she could get her money. Later on, she ended up sending us a $300 contribution. She didn’t have to, but it was certainly nice.”

The big question was, will there be another Rib Fest?

Gratefully, the answer is yes!

They have already begun soliciting for next year’s BBQ contest. On September 6 of last year, the first-ever ‘Cue for a Cause barbecue competition offered a setting for Elmhurst’s grill masters to prepare their

• Park issues $660,000+ in G.O. bonds; Half to repay debt, remainder to fund capital projects Board members also voted unanimously to approve an ordinance authorizing the issuance of nearly $660,000 in general obligation bonds at an interest rage of 0.6 percent with the Hinsdale Bank and Trust. The park district sent requests for bond rate proposals to 15 banking institutions. Hinsdale Bank and Trust was one of two banks to submit proposals. Its proposal was nearly identical to that of Community Bank of Elmhurst. Of the $660,000 principal, about $315,000 will go toward repayment of outstanding debt. The remaining amount—nearly $345,000— will be available for capital projects this year. The district will repay the debt in its entirety in November 2016.

The total interest will be about $1,150.

of plans and specifications.

The storm water subcommittee, which includes representatives from the city and the park district, held a meeting on Feb. 18. The meeting included discussion of the park district’s ongoing negotiations with the city regarding an intergovernmental agreement that would allow the city to build a storm water detention basin on park district property at Golden Meadows.

• Three vehicles approved for purchase The board voted unanimously during the Feb. 24 meeting to approve the purchase of three vehicles from Currie Motors Ford of Frankfort through the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative. The three new vehicles have a total cost of nearly $120,000. The new vehicles include a Ford F-550 (at a cost of about $62,000), a Ford F-250 (costing nearly $30,000) and a Ford Transit van (costing about $28,000).

The three vehicles will replace three aging vehicles in the district’s fleet. Those vehicles include a 14-year-old F-250 pickup truck, a 12-year-old dump truck and a nine-yearold van. The current pickup truck and van will be sold at auction, while the 12-year-old dump truck will remain in the fleet as a backup vehicle.

• City Council agrees to contentious shut-off valve The meeting’s discussion of storm water management issues noted that the Elmhurst City Council voted 13-1 on Feb. 16 to approve the intergovernmental agreement with the park district regarding the installation of a detention basin at York Commons, including a shut-off valve. The park district insisted during its negotiations with the city that the bituary agreement include the installation of a valve at the site. Now that an agreement has been reached, the park district’s engineer (V3 Companies) will ELMHURST — Helga C. work with the city’s engineer (Christopher Burke Engineer- L. Schiele, nee Elendt, of Oak ing) to agree on a final set Brook, passed away recently at the age of 78. Beloved wife of Gerhard F.; loving mother of Eleanor (Rudolph Luna) and Kurt (Angela); cherished grandmother of Nicholas and best ribs. Six judges, including Jacob; sister of Horst (Ursula) Elmhurst Mayor Steve Morley, Elendt. Visitation at Ahlgrim sampled the ribs of each con- Funeral Home, 567 S. Spring testant and awarded prizes for Rd., Elmhurst from 3:00 P.M. the best ribs and the best sauce. to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, March Plans are already in the 1, 2016. Funeral Services were works to host another event, held Wednesday, March 2, 2016 tentatively set for September 4, at Ahlgrim Funeral Home, 567 which is the Sunday of Labor S. Spring Rd., Elmhurst. PriDay weekend. Mark your cal- vate interment Mt. Emblem endar now and plan to come Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Memorials will be appreciated out for the fun – and the ribs! for the Alzheimer’s AssociaIf the weather is nice, as it was tion, 8430 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., last year, it will be a day you’ll Ste. 800, Chicago, IL 60631. remember for a very long time. Arrangements provided by AhlTo learn more about the orga- grim Funeral Home. Call (630) nization, visit elmhurstwalkin- 834-3515 or visit ahlgrim.com ministry.org. for more information.

• Online registration system poor performance discussed The meeting also included a discussion of the current problem with the district’s online registration system.

Park Board President Carolyn Ubriaco wrote a Feb. 23 memo addressed to her fellow commissioners and to Elmhurst Park District Executive Director Jim Rogers. Ubriaco stated that the online registration used by the district has underperformed since its customer launch in December 2015. She added that the system failed to perform again during the first day of spring/ summer registration on Feb. 20. In her memo, Ubriaco wrote that she was immediately establishing an ad hoc board technology committee that would include two commissioners who would work with the board members and park district staff. Commissioners Doug Ennis and Kevin Graf volunteered to serve on the committee. Ubriaco said during the meeting that the park district needs to ensure it has a working registration system that functions as intended and meets the needs of the district’s customers.

Rogers noted that a brief video had been posted on the park district’s web site (epd. org). In the video, he apologized for the long wait times to complete online transactions on Feb. 20, saying the

district was working with its vendor (Vermont Systems Inc.) to make sure problems do not happen again.

Rogers did note that while the online registration process was unacceptably slow on Feb. 20, the registration did work, allowing 824 households to complete more than 3,500 registrations that day, generating nearly $200,000 in revenue. He said that he had informed the vendor that the district would not use the current system for its next registration without complete confidence that it would function properly.

• Nearly 100 diseased ash trees removed The staff announcements portion of the meeting noted that nearly 100 dead and diseased ash trees had been removed from park district property since November. The district’s goal is to remove another 150 ash trees by April.

In addition to the ash trees that have been removed by park district staff, contractors have removed about 110 diseased ash trees from Sugar Creek Golf Course. Those trees were removed at a cost of about $7,000. The golf course is jointly owned and operated by the park district and the Village of Villa Park.

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Police Beat

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

Battery Feb. 18 Police said two individuals were involved in a verbal argument in the 300 block of N. Ridgeland at around 8:08 p.m. The suspect threw a dog’s water bowl at the victim and pulled her hair. The victim came to the police station to report the incident; an investigation is pending.

Criminal damage to property/motor vehicle/ criminal trespass to property/ motor vehicle/ damage to property Feb. 23 A victim at a food store in the 900 block of S. York told police that an unknown suspect damaged his motor vehicle while it was parked and unattended in the store parking lot. The damage consists of three distinct scratch marks on the left of the vehicle and one scratch mark on the right side of the vehicle.

Feb. 19 • Two victims in the 100 block of N. York told police that their vehicles were damaged due to a construction fence blowing over onto their vehicles. The construction crew put the fence back up and secured it.

• A victim in the 1000 block of S. York told police that his vehicle’s windshield was damaged while his vehicle was parked in a lot. An officer located the cover to a pickup truck bed lying in the parking lot near the damaged vehicle. It appears high winds may have blown the object into the victim’s windshield causing the damage.

Feb. 18 Police said an unknown suspect drove over the “keep right” sign at an intersection near Second and Addison and drove away. A witness said the vehicle was a silver, older model Mercury 4-door sedan with an elderly white male driver. He got out of his vehicle after the damage occurred, inspected his vehicle, but then got back in his car and drove off, police said.

Disorderly conduct Feb. 24 Viktor A. Tsarenko, 40, of Bensenville, was arrested at a company in the 300 block of W. Grand Ave. at around 10:24 a.m. Police responded to an exemployee sitting in a company-owned vehicle. Police said an officer observed a nearly empty bottle of vodka lying on the floorboard of the truck. Tsarenko was charged with public intoxication and open alcohol in public, and the offi-

CALL 800-222-TIPS cer issued a no-trespass notice.

Feb. 23 Subsequent to a dispatch for a suspect refusing to leave an extended stay facility in the 500 block of W. Grand, the suspect was found to be intoxicated and belligerent to an employee, police said.

The employee requested that the police assist the suspect with his belongings and help him exit the facility. The suspect complied and he was transported to a hotel in Addison without incident.

Feb. 20 The security department at a store in the 300 block of S. Route 83 reported that a victim had complained that an unidentified suspect was following her around the store while she was shopping. Officers detained the suspect who told police he was in the store killing time. He stated he was following the victim around the store because he found her to be attractive. The victim did not wish to pursue the incident. The suspect was served with a no-trespass notice.

Domestic battery Feb. 22 Subsequent to a domestic battery call, police said a victim in the 100 block of Linden reported that her boyfriend battered her. The case is under investigation.

Domestic incident Feb. 19 A victim in Elm Creek told police that while in Chicago her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend started a fight with her.

She told an officer that she fears for her life because threats were made, but would not tell the officer exactly what type of threats were made. She was told how to obtain an order of protection.

DUI/DUI-drugs/illegal consumption/ possession of alcohol by a minor/public intoxication Feb. 21 • David J. Bergquist, 22, of Glen Ellyn, was arrested near Route 83 and Roosevelt at around 4:35 a.m. and charged with DUI and speeding.

• Sergio Marquez, 52, of Chicago, was arrested near North and Oaklawn at around 12:24 a.m. and charged with DUI and speeding.

Feb. 20 • Tomasz Tusnio, 36, of Chicago, was arrested near St. Charles and Route 83 at around 6:19 p.m. Subsequent to a traffic stop, police said Tusnio was found to be under the influence of alcohol. The suspect was charged with DUI, improper lane usage, two counts of disobeying a traffic control device, no valid driver’s license and no insurance.

• Georgia Young, 61, of Bensenville, was arrested near York and Grand at around 12:59 a.m. and charged with DUI, speeding and no insurance.

police, and Juvenile #2 had cannabis on him. Both were taken to the station where they were cited for each offense and released to their parents.

Suspicious circumstances

Feb. 23 A victim with a company in the 300 block of N. York told police that for the past two years, he has received fraudulent 1099 tax forms from companies with whom he has had no business dealings. An investigation is pending.

Possession of Theft/burglary/ cannabis/drug paraphernalia/controlled attempted theft or burglary/identity theft/ substance/tobacco fraud/forgery/deceptive Feb. 22 Chansey Garrett, 20, of Elmhurst; practice/obstruction/ Stanley Roberts, 20, of Elmhurst; Den- robbery

zel Teague, 23, of Elmhurst; James Wright, 22, of Hillside and Xenia Jaimes, 21, of Matteson, were arrested in the 100 block of Fellows Court at around 8:36 p.m. Subsequent to a suspicious vehicle, police said all suspects were found to be in possession of cannabis. Each was charged with possession of cannabis.

Feb. 19 Ramon Alarcon, 19, of Bellwood, was arrested near Marion and Kenilworth at around 3:18 p.m. Subsequent to a traffic stop, police said Alarcon was found to be in possession of a small plastic bag containing cannabis and several items of drug paraphernalia. Alarcon was charged with possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while license suspended, disobeying a traffic control device and no insurance.

Feb. 18 • Fabian Dawkins, 22, of Elmhurst, was arrested in the 400 block of S. Spring at around 11:13 a.m. Police said that subsequent to an investigation, a search warrant was executed in the aforementioned area, and Dawkins was taken into custody and charged with state charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, possession of cannabis with intent to deliver and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

According to police, Dawkins also had two felony failure-to-appear warrants.

• Anthony Heling, 36, of Lombard, was arrested near St. Charles and Villa at around 7:51 p.m. Subsequent to a traffic stop, police said Heling was found to be in possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia. He was charged for those as well as for having no rear registration plate light and no insurance.

• While police were conducting surveillance in the 400 block of S. Spring at around 12:40 p.m., two younger males were observed meeting up with another male behind a complex there.

Within seconds, police said the two males left the area. Police made contact with these individuals, who admitted to purchasing cannabis. A metal grinder containing suspect cannabis was found in Juvenile #1’s backpack, according to

Feb. 24 A victim at a banquet facility in the 600 block of W. North told police that an unknown suspect broke the passenger side rear window on her parked vehicle to gain entry.

Feb. 23 A victim in the 700 block of Spring told police that an unknown suspect entered his unlocked detached garage.

The victim states that his brother had left the overhead garage door open during the day.

Feb. 20 • A victim in the 300 block of Shady Lane told police after entering his vehicle at approximately 8 a.m., he noticed items strewn about its interior. The victim checked his surveillance video, which showed an unknown suspect entering his unlocked vehicle in his driveway and removing an unspecified amount of cash from the center console, along with a bag containing clothing.

• A victim in the 800 block of Bryan Street told police that she was contacted by a collections agency for a fraudulent cell phone account that was opened by an unknown suspect(s) in July of 2015.

The victim is working with the cell phone company’s fraud department to refute the fraudulent account.

Feb. 19-Feb. 20 A victim in the 300 block of Shady Lane told police that an unknown suspect entered both of his unlocked motor vehicles while they were parked in his driveway overnight. According to police, the suspect distributed items within the vehicles; however, no items were reported missing.

Feb. 19 • Robert Baldwin, 66, of Bensenville, was arrested at a store in the 600 block of W. North Ave. at around 5:28 p.m.

Police said Baldwin was observed taking a shopping cart full of merchandise from the store without paying. The store manager stopped Baldwin in the parking lot and escorted him back inside the store, according to police. Baldwin

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Brian E. Wagner fundraiser nets $5400 Students urged to apply for scholarship in memory of accident victim

ELMHURST — The Brian E. Wagner Scholarship Fund (BEWSF) held its annual “Bags for Wags” Bean Bag Tournament on Saturday, February 6 at the Valentino Center at Visitation Church. An all-time high of $5400 was raised for the organization, which awards scholarships to those who exemplify the same leadership qualities as Brian E. Wagner, who was killed in an accident while still at student at York High School.

This year’s scholarship awardees will receive approximately $2500 toward the cost of tuition in their first year of

college.

Twenty-eight teams participated in the friendly competition; first place was awarded to Adam Bukowski and Jack Walsh for the second year in a row. Long-time sponsor Mama Maria’s restaurant donated pizza and raffle prizes included premium gifts from Chicago sports organizations and local businesses.

Ramon Daguinsin a wellknown local basketball coach for the past 25 years delivered an uplifting speech on the time he spent with Brian while coaching him at Visitation grade school. His words reflected on how the spirit of a gifted young man is still recognized as a champion in so many hearts today.

The BEWSF encourages emerging young leaders to apply for the scholarship award. On the application, stu-

dents will describe how they have made a difference in their own lives and the lives of others. All applicants must fulfill the following criteria: • Must have graduated 8th grade from a school in Elmhurst, IL. or be currently

enrolled at a high school in Elmhurst.

• Participated in a minimum of 3 extracurricular activities throughout time spent in high school • Submit 2 letters of recommendation from a teacher,

coach, boss, community leader. etc.

• Fulfilled 25 hours of volunteer service with an organization with a cause the applicant believes in.

For more information, visit BrianWagnerFund.org.

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Continued from page 6 was charged with retail theft and trespassing.

• A victim in the 100 block of W. Virginia told police she was contacted by her credit card company inquiring about recent charges. The victim stated there were two fraudulent charges, and an attempt at another store which was declined. The victim has the credit card in her possession and believes her account number was used online.

Feb. 18 • Edwin Strobl, 52, of Downers Grove, was arrested at a local store in the 200 block of S. Route 83 at around 8:27 p.m. Police said Strobl was taken into custody after he took numerous items, concealed them in a Fisher Price box, and attempted to leave without paying. He was charged with retail theft.

• A complainant in the 300 block of S. Route 83 told police she was contacted via Facebook by a marketing company which said it will direct internet traffic to her website. The complainant withdrew currency for payment of services and deposited it into the requested account. However, the Facebook account was taken down. The victim was advised to contact her bank’s fraud department in an attempt to recover the lost funds.

• An officer was assigned to check the parking lot of a hospital in the 100 block of E. Brush Hill Road for a vehicle taken without permission. The

suspect’s parents reportedly told police their son took the vehicle earlier in the day without their permission. An OnStar device tracked it to the above location and contact was made with the suspect. A Villa Park photo provided police officer arrived and took These volunteers manned the registration table at this year’s annual Bags For Wags tournasuspect into custody. The vehi- ment, which raises dollars for the Brian E. Wagner Scholarship Fund. The event took place cle was released to the owner. in the Valentino Center of Visitation Church.

Jan. 18-Feb. 18 A victim in the 500 block of N. Myrtle Ave. told police she suspects a former caretaker of hers stole one of her checkbooks as well as a blanket from her home. She noticed the checkbooks missing today and is very particular on where she keeps them. The victim did not want to sign complaints, just to have it documented as a matter of record.

Feb. 14 A victim in the 300 block of South Street told police that her wallet was stolen while she was in Chicago. Since that time, she has found fraudulent activity on her credit cards and checking account.

Warrant service Feb. 24 Yolanda B. Cabos, 27, of Addison, was arrested near North and Oaklawn at around 9:32 a.m. Subsequent to a traffic stop, police said Cabos had a valid failure to appear warrant out of DuPage County. She was charged with driving while license suspended.

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t can seem overwhelming sometimes – this thing called life. You awaken at 4:00 a.m. because it is a “migraine day,” and roll over while trying not to move your head, just hoping to get back to sleep for another hour or two.

You discover the furnace needs repairs and the washing machine needs replacing – all in the same day. The morning alarm didn’t go off and no one had time to make coffee. You are out of ketchup and you’d planned on having hamburgers for supper. There’s dog hair all over the carpet and muddy cat paw prints across the newly cleaned kitchen floor (and table, but I wouldn’t admit to that publicly). The dining room table is covered in receipts and tax documents. It’s the first of the month and bills are due and you can’t find the checkbook.

One kid claims he doesn’t have clean underwear because the laundry is piled high because the washer has been broken for

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a few days because it broke when one of the other kids was doing a load and he or she never thought to tell you.

Another of the kids calls. He has a flat tire. Again. Your car is nearly out of gas so you have to fill up before you can go rescue him. The school calls. Your kid threw up in science class.

Again. It is raining or snowing or maybe probably both. The snow blower or the lawn mower or maybe probably both are on the fritz. Again.

You forgot to take your vitamins and only realize this when you reach for the aspirin. Because you still have that headache.

Your day, your week, heck your life in general seeps with potential for chaos and complaints. It can be overwhelming sometimes. It can be.

The furnace needs repairs and I am able to call a repairperson and keep our house warm. The washing machine needs replacing and I am able to go to the store and order a new one. I have a coffee maker. It works when I press a button.

A hamburger without ketchup is still a hamburger. Plus, I can probably find a recipe for an interesting sauce online. It’s practically why Pinterest was invented.

Dog hair indicates a house that has the ability to love and care for animals. Ditto that for the cat paw prints. Pets give us an unconditional love like no other. Dogs do, at least. Cats allow us to clean up their paw prints.

Receipts and tax documents mean we had jobs and income during the previous year. We

were able to purchase food and pay the mortgage and live in our house and be a family.

The bills are due. They aren’t overdue.

A lack of clean clothes and washing machine doesn’t prevent those clothes from being laundered. Teaching kids how to hand wash items in a pinch is a valuable skill. Besides clean underwear is over-rated.

Having a snow blower and lawn mower means you have somewhere to blow and mow.

Rain and snow means Mother Nature is doing her job. Precipitation is typically a good thing.

Every living being ­ – from a daisy to an elm tree to a resident of California would tell you so.

A flat tire can be fixed. No one is hurt and filling up the gas is a lot less painful now than a year ago. You can pick up the sick kid while rescuing the flat tire one. That’s a twofer.

And tonight at supper they will be home with you. All under one roof. You don’t appreciate

simple things like that until they are gone.

Life. It can be overwhelming sometimes. It sure can. For me this is most likely to happen in the wee hours of the morning while I lie in bed thinking of my to-do list and all the things that could go wrong with the upcoming day or week or year or millennium.

It can be overwhelming sometimes. It is overwhelming sometimes. But it doesn’t have to be.

Not always. You get to choose the fullness of your cup and the sweetness of your grapes (or wine as the case may be). As long as you realize you’re the one with the power to do so.

I attempt to make mine full to the brim with a nice white – preferably an oaky Chardonnay.

Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated columnist, published playwright and author.

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subtract the 800-acre DuPage Technology Park controlled by the airport, it is still more than twice as large as Midway. If Midway can operate on a fraction of this land, isn’t the county airport land underutilized?

I understand the airport brings some economic benefits.

I am not advocating closing the airport down just that, if we can afford an airport for the few, we can afford fairgrounds for the many. The county prides itself on eliminating taxing bodies.

The airport tax on our homes should end. Taxes on homeowners should fund things the average citizen would actually use.

The Fair brings value to

our county as well. The word ‘priceless’ comes to mind when I think of the memories that I have created with my family at the DuPage County Fair.

Dan VanDerMolen

want 133 units per acre and Hahn St. has 87 units per acre.

As I said in my previous rant, the powers that be are turning our town into Oak Park.

Since the Hahn St. project isn’t finished, the impact of what’s to become of the downtown area has not been felt yet. The onslaught of traffic and noise, etc. will be compounded by another six-story situation in close proximity.

Our leaders think this is good for the city coffers but with more taxes come more services needed and more and more and more.

This sounds like a done deal.

Welcome to Oak Park West.

James Sanchez

Letters to the Editor County Board wants to close fairgrounds, but what about airport?

More than 100,000 people attend the DuPage County Fair.

This equals about one out of every ten people in our county. Despite the Fair’s broad appeal, the County Board is considering closing the fairgrounds down.

The narrative from the county government is the Fair doesn’t pay for itself, it’s unsustainable, underutilized and we let the property get run down.

Why aren’t the same criteria applied to the DuPage County Airport?

Even though there is no connection between owning a home and the need for a county airport, we fund the airport in part through our property taxes. The promise has been that eventually it would be selffunding. To date, it isn’t.

The Airport Authority owns 2800 acres of land more than three times the 840 acres of land owned by Midway Airport. Now our airport would like to buy even more land!

They propose to use expensive lawsuits to condemn Pheasant Run, forcing the sale of this private business. Even if you

Resident: Welcome to Oak Park West Before the Hahn St. project began I wrote in saying that this would start a precedent and we would continue to flood the area with this type of “proposal.”

Now, the city and the developer wants more density than the Hahn St. Project. They

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Elmhurst Boy Scouts collect bottled water for Flint, Michigan Team up with Flint native who now lives in Elmhurst, runs Souls in Motion

By Jean Lawrence For The Elmhurst Independent

ELMHURST — Less than five hours northeast of Elmhurst, the citizens of Flint, Michigan, have been experiencing a water crisis that has led to a state of emergency declaration by the Flint mayor, U.S. President Barack Obama and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder.

A group of Elmhurst Boy Scouts decided to make a difference by collecting bottled water to send to the people of Flint, who are in urgent need of drinking water.

The crisis arose when Flint changed its water source from Detroit – which included Lake Huron and the Detroit River – to the Flint River. Because of a failure to apply corrosion control treatment, lead from aging pipes has leached into the water supply. The extremely high levels of lead can cause a number of serious health issues. Until photo provided the situation is resolved, resi- Boy Scout Troop 14 collected a pallet of bottled water to deliver to Flint, Michigan, which is dents are unable to drink their experiencing a crisis due to toxic levels of lead in the city’s drinking water supply. tap water and they are relying on donations of bottled water fun run but decided I could 50 cases, and each case had with resident Jayne Aspan. It is and water filters. a mobile program that provides “I heard about a running store still help with the collection. between 24 and 40 bottles.”

Ian’s mom introduced him to athletic shoe fitting and nutrihosting a fun run to ask people So I talked to my Boy Scout to donate water for Flint,” said troop and said we had five days Elmhurst resident Dave Myatt, tion information for everything Boy Scout Troop 14 member to collect as much water as who co-founded a program from corporations to Native Ian Kwit. “I couldn’t do the possible. We wound up with called Souls in Motion, along American reservations. Jayne

is the owner of The Runner’s Soul in LaGrange and the former owner of The Runner’s Soul in Elmhurst. Dave used to work for The Biggest Loser and is an expert on physical fitness and health.

Because Dave grew up in Flint, he was very interested in mobilizing the Runner’s Soul running community to provide his hometown with much-needed assistance. When Ian contacted him about a Boy Scout water bottle collection, he quickly agreed to support the troop’s efforts and transport the bottles to Flint in his Souls in Motion truck, together with the bottles donated during the fun run he organized.

“Boy Scout Troop 14 met the goal of collecting 50 cases, which was half of the total amount Souls in Motion delivered to Flint,” Ian’s mom Dina said. “Ian was happy to meet that goal and feel like he was helping.”

Members of Troop 14 were involved in both donating the bottles and loading them into the truck to be delivered to Flint.

“It was really fun to pack the water and do something good for other people,” 6th grader Michael Schafer said. “It was a good experience.”

“It felt good to see we were making an impact,” Ian concluded. “We got to see the number of cases grow and grow and grow, and when I saw it all in the driveway, I thought, ‘Wow!’”

Annual Active Senior Expo coming March 9 ELMHURST — Active Senior Expo, an event “dedicated to inform, educate and entertain senior citizens,” will be held on Wednesday, March 9 at Abbington Banquets, 3S002 IL Route 53 in Glen Ellyn (corner of Route 53 and Butterfield Road). Show hours are 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Active Senior Expo features hundreds of products and services designed specifically for seniors. Offerings

include health care, retirement communities, assisted living, financial, insurance, legal, estate planning, home care, travel, consumer products, government programs and more.

Special attractions include free health screenings and door prize drawings. The Ron and Sandie Sing & Swing Musical Show will be presented live at 11:30 a.m.

The following seminars are

free for all attendees: 10 a.m.: Transportation Alternatives For Seniors Presented by Pace Suburban Bus 11 a.m.: Understanding Medicare Presented by BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois 12 noon: Six Steps To Help Secure Your Retirement Presented by Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC 1 p.m. :Securing A Reverse

Mortgage: Myths and Facts Presented by Z Reverse Mortgage No registration is required and regular admission is $2.

However, free admission coupons are widely available and attendees can obtain a free admission coupon by visiting activeeniorexpo.net. Parking is free.

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Elmhurst Symphony announces winners of Stanger auditions ELMHURST — The winners of the Dr. Robert Stanger Young Artists Audition for 2016 have been announced by the Elmhurst Symphony Association. Held on February 13 at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church in Elmhurst, the competition showcased 22 outstanding high school musicians from many

of the western suburbs. Special thanks go to this year’s judges: Joanne May, Kara Bancks, and Sara Sitzer, who spent many hours listening to and critiquing these spectacular young performers, choosing four winners; each receives a cash award.

First Place: Karisa Chiu,

Violin Violin Concerto in d minor, opus 47, Movement 1 by Sibelius 11th Grade, Palatine, homeschooled Teacher: Almita Vamos

Theme, Theme plus variations 1,2, Cadenza 5,6,7 by Tchaikovsky 9th Grade, Naperville, Naperville North High School Teacher: Hans Jorgen Jensen

Second Place: Jack Boettcher, Cello Variations on a Rococo

Third Place: Sofiya Kyrylyuk, Viola LaCampanella by Paganini 11th Grade, Huntley, American High School Teacher: Rami Solomonow Fourth Place: Kitsho Hosotani, Violin Symphanie Espagnole, Opus 21, Movement V, by Lalo 10th Grade, Wilmette, home-schooled Teacher: Olga Kaler Honorable Mention Christina D’Anotonio, Viola Viola Concerto in D Major

by Stamitz 11th Grade, Wheaton, Wheaton-Warrenville South High School Teacher: Peter Slowik Steven Song, Violin Violin Concerto in D Major

by Brahms 11th Grade, Naperville, Indiana University High School Teacher: Gerardo Ribeiro The Stanger Auditions Firstplace Winner Karisa Chiu will perform with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra at a subscription concert during its 2016-17 season. Other winners will perform for Kiwanis and other local groups in the next few months.

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Many of these ancestry stories involved poverty, military service, hardship, and resilience. Students dressed in ethnic colors and costumes and brought ethnic dishes to share at the fair.

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Four recent mayors share ‘Visions for the Future’

On Thursday, Feb. 25, the four most-recent mayors joined the Elmhurst Heritage Foundation to celebrate the first anniversary of the By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst exhibit, which opened at the Elmhurst Historical Museum last spring. Pictured are (from left): Pete DiCianni (2009-12) who is now on the DuPage County Board in Dist. 2; current Mayor Steve Morley; panel moderator Ken Bartels; Thomas D. Marcucci (1993-2009); and Scott Levin 201213. The panel discussion, opened to Foundation members and donors only, was entitled “Visions For The Future of Elmhurst.”

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IC Catholic Prep boys basketball team reaches regional final Knights defeat Lisle, lose to top seed Aurora Christian

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ELMHURST — The IC Catholic Prep boys basketball team split a pair of games in the recent Class 2A Aurora Christian regional.

The Knights (13-15) opened postseason play with a 72-59 victory over Lisle and then dropped a 65-48 contest to Aurora Christian in the regional championship game.

Aurora Christian was the No. 1 seed in subsectional B of the Clifton Central sectional. IC Catholic Prep was the No. 4 seed, while Lisle INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS was the No. 5 seed.

In earlier action, the Knights closed out Metro 4-COLOR AD – HALF PAGE – 10.25”X6” courtesy photo Suburban Conference West Division play with IC$375 Catholic Prep senior Will Lyles muscles up a basket losses against Glenbard South and Aurora Centhrough some tough Aurora Christian defense in the IHSA tral.

Class 2A regional championship game played at Aurora on In a 58-39 loss to Glenbard South, Matt Sutton Friday, Feb. 26. led the Knights with nine points (two 3-pointers).

Will Lyles added eight points and five rebounds.

Senior Jack Ricobene had seven points and four rebounds. Jordan Rowell had six points, seven rebounds and four steals, while Angel Ramirez had five assists.

“We played a physical Glenbard South team,” said IC Catholic Prep coach TJ Tyrrell. “I was proud of the effort we gave. It was senior night for us and it was nice to recognize Garrett Cheng, Angel Ramirez, Jack Ricobene and Will Lyles. It was a tough ending being the last home game for the seniors.”

In a 76-52 loss to ACC, Lyles had 11 points and five rebounds. Rowell finished with 10 points, while Amari Reed had six points (4-for-4 free throws). Ramirez had six points and Austin Reed had three assists.

“We did not shoot the ball well against ACC,” said Tyrrell earlier last week. “They came out hot and opened things up on us. We couldn’t overcome the deficit.”

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Continued from page 22 of Rowell, Lyles, Austin Reed and Sutton.

“Jordan is one of the most energetic kids,” said Tyrrell.

“He’s diving for loose balls and sprints down the floor. He gives it his all. Will Lyles continues to improve every day and has been a key guy for us. Austin Reed is one of our top overall guys as well. He’s averaging close to four assists a game, facilitates our offense and scores when needed. Matt Sutton also has been playing well. His 3-point shot has improved from where it was when he left off last year to where it is now. He’s found his rhythm.”

IC Catholic Prep’s sophomore team went 26-2 this season, while the freshman team had a record of 22-4. The sophomore team is coached

by Kevin Blackowicz, while the freshman team is coached

by Bob Ricobene and Tommy Hart.

“Both teams had great seasons,” said Tyrrell.

Tyrrell promoted sophomores Luke Ricobene, Amari Reed, Kevin Cheng and Alex Meurer to the varsity team for Knights senior Garrett Cheng looks to pass against the Angel Ramirez brings the ball up court.

Eagles on Friday, Feb. 26. the postseason run.

Sophomore Luke Ricobene goes in for a layup. IC lost the game 65-48, ending the season.

Senior Jack Ricobene launches a three pointer.

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Junior Austin Reed at the line: The IHSA Class 2A regional was played on Aurora Christian’s home court.

IC’s Matt Sutton prepares to pass during IC’s 4th quarter comeback.

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York boys basketball team closes regular season against Morton Dukes opened playoffs earlier this week; in search of fourth regional title in a row

By Mike Miazga Correspondent

ELMHURST — The York boys basketball team dropped a 49-43 West Suburban Conference crossover game to Morton to wrap up the regular season.

The game was part of the annual WSC placement games, pitting the same place-finishers in the Silver and Gold divisions against each other.

Morton led 13-8 after the first quarter, but a 10-5 run for York

in the second frame tied things at 18-18 at halftime. Morton outscored York 12-8 in the third quarter to take a 30-26 lead into the fourth. The Mustangs then held a 19-17 edge in the final stanza.

Jordan Gray led the Dukes with nine points on 4-for-7 shooting. Rich George added nine points and six rebounds.

Nick Trapani added eight points, while Ryan Camp had six points and two steals. Jack Morrissey finished with four assists and Nick Kosich had four steals. York shot 26.4 percent from the field, but hit 8 of 11 free-throw attempts.

In earlier action, York concluded WSC Silver play with a 42-39 loss to Hinsdale Central.

The Dukes led 7-4 after the first quarter and 17-12 at halftime.

The Red Devils outscored York 13-11 in the third quarter and 17-11 in the fourth quarter.

Morrissey led York with seven points (2 three-pointers). Patrick Grabowski added six points and five rebounds.

George had six points on a pair of 3-pointers. Jack Julian finished with six rebounds and five assists. Camp had three steals. York shot 36.8 percent from the field.

In a 47-43 WSC Silver win against Proviso West, York led 12-10 after the first quarter, but trailed 22-19 at halftime.

Proviso extended its lead to 38-34 after three quarters, but York responded with a 13-5 run down the stretch to score the win.

Julian led the Dukes with nine points and shot 7 of 9

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Senior Jack Morrissey plays a major role on the York boys basketball team

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By Mike Miazga Correspondent

ork senior boys basketball player Jack Morrissey wanted to get better at various parts of his game.

So he did what he needed to. He rolled up his sleeves and got to work.

Morrissey is a key part of a York boys basketball team that opened play in the Class 4A Lyons Township regional earlier this week. Through the team’s first 28 games, Morrissey was averaging 8.4 points (second on the team), 2.2 rebounds and had 70 assists against only 40 turnovers (1.75 assist-toturnover ratio). He also was leading the Dukes with 52 steals.

“My ball handling is probably what has gotten better,” said Morrissey. “We do a bunch of drills in practice like a two-ball dribble.”

Morrissey also is getting things done from the 3-point line this season. Through 28 games, Morrissey had connected on 34 of 85 three-point attempts (40 percent).

“I’m shooting pretty well from three right now,” he said. “We work on shooting threes a lot in practice. When I get to the gym I shoot a lot of free throws and threes, mostly threes.

I shot probably close to 50 to 75 threes a practice. Last year I didn’t shoot as well. This year I’m putting more arc on my shot and that’s really helped.”

Morrissey started playing the sport in the three- to four-year-old range. “My parents introduced me to it and I’ve loved playing it ever since. I like how basketball is a team game and you develop a lot of friendships with your teammates. I like the tempo of the game and you score more points than you do in a football game.”

Morrissey will continue his academic career at Marquette University in Milwaukee this fall. He’s planning on studying business.

“I was looking for a college that wasn’t too big,” said Morrissey who noted he will investigate playing club or intramural basketball there. “Marquette is still pretty close to home.”

Morrissey said he’s thankful to have been able to play in the York program. “I like the coaches here. Coach (Vince) Doran gets the best out of his players,” he said. “You can tell how much he cares about us. He tells us what we need to do to get better. It works. We’ve gotten better.”

Morrissey also had high praise for the teammates he’s played with.

“In my four years of playing I haven’t had a bad teammate. I’ve loved everybody I’ve played with. It’s been a fun experience.”

Likewise, Morrissey said his time at York as a whole as a student-athlete has been enjoyable. “It’s a big school, but it’s not too massive,” he said. “You meet new people every year and you make new friends every year.”

Morrissey said the team is ready for what the Class 4A playoffs will bring this week.

York opened play in the regional semifinals at Lyons Township Wednesday. If York won its game on Wednesday it will play for the regional title Friday at Lyons.

“This is a team where the players really like each other,” he said. “It shows on the court. We’ll never be the biggest guys on the court, but we will play with the most heart. Coach always expects the best out of us. We’re working on our free throws and rebounding. We’ve played most of these teams in the regional already. It should be a fun regional.”

from the free-throw line. Morrissey had eight points and five steals. He shot 6-for-9 from the foul line. Grabowski had eight points and nine rebounds.

Camp had seven points and six assists, while Kosich had seven points (two 3-poiners). York made 14 of 21 free throws in the game.

York also dropped a 58-46 game to Oak Park-River Forest. York jumped out to a 13-6 lead after the first quarter and led 25-19 at halftime. However, Oak Park-River Forest came roaring back in the second half and outscored York 15-9 in the third quarter and 24-12 in the fourth quarter.

Kosich had 12 points and two steals to lead York. Morrissey added nine points. Grabowski had eight points, while

Camp had seven points, eight rebounds and five assists. York shot 47.3 percent from the field.

The Dukes opened play in the Class 4A Lyons Township regional on Wednesday against either West Chicago or Waubonsie Valley. York is the No. 6 seed in the Class 4A East Aurora sectional. West Chicago is the No. 11 seed, while Waubonsie Valley is the No. 22 seed.

If York won its game on Wednesday it will play for the Class 4A Lyons Township regional title Friday at 7 p.m. against either Naperville North (No. 3 seed), Downers Grove North (No. 14 seed) or Lyons Township (No. 18 seed).

York is in search of its fourth regional title in a row under coach Vince Doran.

Foley, Rufus earn all-conference honors; Constable proud of team’s effort

competitive we played. We put ourselves in a position to win that game, but we could not put the ball in the basket.”

Despite the tough end to the season, Constable saw many positives throughout the season. “For our awards night I was going to title the season what might have been,” he said.

“We had seven losses by four points or less and we had an overtime loss to Batavia in a game where we led the entire game and lost by six. So in essence that’s eight games on the table where they could have gone either way. We finished 15-15 and if we win all those we’re 23-7. What we were able to learn about ourselves whether it was 15-15 or 23-7 is that we had a pretty remarkable season considering the only returning varsity starter in the lineup (Kelly Polte) played a quarter of the season and at no time was she 100 percent. Megan Backman was our leading scorer from last year and she had knee surgery the first week of the season and we didn’t get her back until two weeks ago and she was never back to true form.”

Constable noted York essentially played with a starting lineup much of the season that had no varsity experience coming into the campaign.

“We went with five starters and basically an entire team with zero varsity experience,” he said. “When I think what might have been, these kids

York girls basketball team concludes season

By Mike Miazga Correspondent

ELMHURST — The York girls basketball team finished the 2015-2016 season with a 15-15 mark.

The Dukes lost to St. Charles North 46-37 in regional semifinal action. “We could not put the ball in the basket,” said York coach John Constable.

“We led 9-4 after the first quarter and held them to their lowest scoring output in the first half for the entire season. It was tied 17-17 at halftime and we felt like we should have been up by 10 points. We did a great job defensively.”

York’s offensive drought continued into the second half. “It was the same story defensively in the second half. We did what we needed to do in order to stay in the game.”

York also was stung by freethrow shooting in the regional game. “Free-throw shooting played a major part in what happened,” said Constable.

“We were 2-for-10 or 3-for-10 from the line.”

York got within six points with two minutes to go. “We started fouling and they went 3-for-4 from the line and we could not come down and convert. I don’t think the final score was a true indication of how

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Timothy Christian boys basketball team wins playoff opener in overtime Trojans fall to top seed Aurora Christian in regional semifinals

By Mike Miazga Correspondent

ELMHURST — The Timothy Christian boys basketball team gave spectators their money’s worth in its openinground game of the Class 2A Aurora Christian regional.

The Trojans edged Elgin St. Edward 46-45 in overtime in a regional quarterfinal game thanks to Ben Lodewyk’s fadeaway jumper from the elbow at the buzzer.

“It was a good back-and-forth game,” said Timothy Christian coach Jack LeGrand. “We got out to a good start early, but the third quarter was Aurora Christian’s and then it was back-andforth again and ended up tied at the end of regulation.”

Timothy found itself trailing by four points in overtime before Joey Davidson hit a 3-point shot to bring the Trojans within one point late.

Aurora Christian then missed the front end of a 1-and-1 free-throw opportunity, which Timothy Christian corralled the rebound on. That set up Lodewyk’s game-winner.

“That was the first time we’d played St. Edward in a long time,” said LeGrand, who noted St. Edward is expected to move from the Metro Suburban Conference West Division to the East Division (where Timothy resides) next season.

Davidson finished the game with 16 points, five rebounds and one assist. Lodewyk had 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Jonny Strube finished with 10 points and two rebounds, while Josh Caver had two points and four rebounds.

Mitch Evenhouse finished with four points, three assists and two steals. Ty Merrick, a sophomore, hauled in seven rebounds.

“We played a pretty good game against St. Edward,” said LeGrand. “We had good balance, good energy and a good buzzer-beater at the end. We hit a big shot at a crucial time.”

The win sent Timothy into the regional semifinals against No. 1 seed Aurora Christian.

Timothy ended up losing 48-42.

“Aurora Christian won over 20 games and I thought we played them well,” said LeGrand. “We battled with them and then got down by eight or 10 points. We fought our way back and tied it or took a one-point lead briefly. Aurora got up on us down the stretch.”

Evenhouse led the way for the Trojans with 17 points, two rebounds and two assists.

“Mitch had a very strong game,” said LeGrand.

Davidson added 11 points and four rebounds, while Lodewyk had five points and six assists. Strube finished with seven points, four rebounds and three assists.

“We played a very good ballgame against them,” said LeGrand. “We took the No. 1 sectional seed to the wire. We played fairly well defensively.

I was proud of the guys. They worked hard.”

LeGrand lauded the efforts of the squad’s senior contingent, which included Lodewyk, Evenhouse, Caver, Jared Rhiner, Tyler LeGrand, Joe Bootsma and Bryan Leide.

“The seniors certainly will be missed,” said LeGrand.

At the same time, LeGrand is excited about the future.

“We’re disappointed that we lost, but we’re excited to get

going for the future,” he said.

“We have some juniors coming back who got some good minutes. Joey Davidson, our leading scorer, is back, along with Jonny Strube and Trayvon Williams and Nick Tameling and Jon Hoekstra.

Timothy fared well at the sophomore level where it went 23-2 and went undefeated in conference at 12-0. That team is coached by Matt Huizinga.

“We’re adding players from a sophomore team that was pretty strong and had a very good season,” said LeGrand. “I think we can be pretty competitive for the next couple years.

We’re excited for the future.

We played tough against Aurora Christian. It was a hard loss but I think it whet the appetite of these younger kids. It showed them we can have success. They are going to get after it.”

direction. I’m proud of how they handled themselves under these circumstances.”

That senior group included the likes of Ellen Foley, Kaylin Kenny, Kristen Viola, Nia Jenkins, Polte and Backman.

“Those six seniors invested in each other and the program and I give them a lot of credit for that. Ellen Foley came on like gangbusters and ended up being an all-conference selection. Kaylin Kenny like Ellen had to step up big time with Kelly and Megan out. Both girls responded well and had great seasons. Kristen Viola scored nine points in the regional game and picked it up at the end of the season. Nia Jenkins brought a great personality and demeanor to the team this season. She made the season loose. She was a great person to have around.”

Constable also tipped his hat to seniors Polte and Backman.

“Not having Megan and Kelly on the court was one thing, but they were at every practice and game,” he said.

“Having them there under the circumstances was huge.

You can’t replace their vocal leadership. They helped keep things in check.”

Foley earned all-WSC Silver honors as did Caylin Rufus, a sophomore. Rufus was put up as an at-large bid and was voted in unanimously by the league coaches.

“I felt like we deserved an added all-conference player knowing we took teams to the wire in conference,” said Con-

stable. “We were competitive in the league. We lost to Downers North by three, we lost to Proviso West by three and Oak Park by four. I’m excited Ellen made it and I’m excited Caylin also got on there as well.”

Constable added sophomore Danielle Dennis and freshman Kathleen Levins also played major roles for the Dukes this season. “Danielle is a sophomore who was right there in every stat category for us,” he

said. “She was our second- or third-leading scorer and our leading rebounder and she blocked shots. She’s going to be really good the next couple years and was right on the cusp of all-conference this season.

Kathleen started the bulk of the season as a freshman. The best compliment I can give a player is she plays hard under all circumstances, which is tough for any athlete to do.

She plays hard in any scenario

we put her in. She will be very good for us the next couple years.”

Constable already has his eyes on next season.

“I do like our future,” he said. “It will depend on what we do this spring and how the summer goes. We have Caylin, Kathleen and Danielle—all starters—returning after playing significant minutes. I’d like to think that bodes well for the future.”

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Continued from page 24 responded to adversity really well. We had a .500 record and we were competitive in our league (West Suburban Conference Silver Division). To be in a position to maybe be 23-7 and even put ourselves in that position with players who lacked varsity experience coming into the season is remarkable. I couldn’t be more proud of everybody on the team. They responded to adversity and bounced back from some tough losses. We had some of those one- and two-point losses and our kids kept playing for each other.

There was a great sense of camaraderie. We had a freshman and two sophomores in that starting lineup mix. We had junior and senior starters or upperclassmen coming off the bench added to that mix.

From year to year, that could go either way. This group had the camaraderie and the unity.

They figured it out and that’s what sports are all about— playing for each other. From where we started to where we ended these girls showed a lot of maturity. Sometimes you learn from these experiences more so than if you were 23-7.

They cut through the adversity and bounced back and showed a lot of maturity. That’s telltale as to what a group these girls were.”

Constable was equally complimentary to the team’s senior players. “We had some great seniors,” he said. “Without the senior leadership this season could have gone the other

Third times the charm

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The Elmhurst Airborne 6th grade boys cagers won four straight games to take the title at the Chicagoland Youth Basketball Tournament, held at Supreme Courts in Aurora on Feb. 20 and 21. This was the third tournament championship this season for the team: Front row (left to right): Brendan Haran, Peyton Stark, Damien Pacheco, Anthony Menolascino and Nick Mattis. Back row: Coach Kevin Pacheco, Connor Selfridge, Shane Baichtal, Chris Markuson, Sam Barr, Troy Walker, and Coach Tim Starks. Not pictured TJ Paul.

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York’s Barabolak places 11th in state diving finals Timothy’s Evenhouse advances in state 3-point shooting contest

By Mike Miazga Correspondent

ELMHURST — York junior Peter Barabolak made the most out of his recent trip to Evanston.

Barabolak finished 11th at the boys’ state diving finals held at Evanston Township High School.

Barabolak scored 413.40 points in the finals to log the 11th place finish. Barabolak started the competition by finishing 10th in preliminaries with a score of 204.05.

The 204.05 advanced Barabolak to the semifinals where he placed 12th with a semifinal score of 304.05.

Barabolak was joined at the state swimming and diving meet by York junior Flanagan Waldherr, who finished 32nd in the state in the 500 with a time of 4:45.62.

Evenhouse advances in state 3-pointing contest Timothy Christian senior Mitch Evenhouse advanced to the sectional round of the Class 2A state 3-point shooting contest.

Evenhouse was one of the qualifiers out of the recent Class 2A Aurora Christian regional. Evenhouse will shoot this week in the Class 2A Clifton Central sectional with a

spot in the Class 2A state finals on the line.

IC Catholic Prep girls track The IC Catholic Prep girls track team recently competed in a triangular indoor meet against Fenton and Montini.

The IC Catholic Prep 400 relay team took first with a time of 18.44. Mikko Eguia won the 880 run with a time of 2:50.3.

The Knights placed second in the eight-lap relay with a time of 2:51.08, while Anna Gendusa placed fourth in the one-mile run.

minutes.

Pat Coleman had 10 points, while Peyton Wyatt and Erik Crittenden each had six points.

North Central fell to 19-7 with the loss.

Elmhurst College women’s basketball The Elmhurst College wom-

en’s basketball team dropped an 82-50 game to Wheaton College in the semifinals of the CCIW tournament in Wheaton.

Elmhurst finished the season 13-13.

Wheaton jumped out to a 21-9 lead after the first quarter and led 37-18 at halftime.

Wheaton outscored Elmhurst 25-18 in the third quarter and 20-14 in the fourth.

Mikaela Eppard led the Bluejays with 23 points and six rebounds. Kaela Jones added nine points. Claire Monroe had five points, while Annette Stidham had four points.

Elmhurst College men’s basketball The Elmhurst College men’s basketball team advanced to the CCIW tournament championship with a 60-58 win over North Central College in Rock Island.

The win moved Elmhurst to 21-6 overall. The Bluejays were ranked 17th in the country in the latest d3Hoops.com poll. Elmhurst advanced to the tournament final to play Augustana. The winner advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament.

Elmhurst overcame a 39% shooting night to earn the win.

The Bluejays outrebounded North Central 38-27.

Will Nixon led the Bluejays with 16 points on 6-for13 shootings. He also had seven rebounds in 25 minutes of action. Kyle Wuest added 14 points and two steals in 24

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League champions

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The Elmhurst Airborne 4th grade girls basketball team won the West Suburban Girls Basketball league title by defeating Carol Stream in the championship game recently. Front row (left to right): Stella Kohl, Audrey Jeffrey and Hannah Meyers. Middle row: Tess Curry, Amalia Dray, and Ava Hansmann. Back row: Leahy Hyland, Mia Barton, Coach Pat Schaner and Sydney Dickinson.

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Christopher is involved with another project coming to Porchlight in the next few weeks.

“On March 22, a couple of weeks before Dreamgirls, we’re have a cabaret series called New Faces,” he said. “Back in the 1930s and 40s, many theaters had an annual review. If you saw it one year, well, those would be the people you would eventually see in major motions picurtes of theater productions.”

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Now, less than ten years later, he finds himself in the position of assistant director of the show, Dreamgirls with the Porchlight Music Theater.

“It will be the season finale and one of the first full productions of Dreamgirls in Chicago in close to a decade,” he said. “It’s the only other one that’s been done since national tour.”

One of the best things about Porchlight is that it is a small theater, where the audience gets a “more immediate visual experience,” according to Pasdernik.

“The Stage 773 theatre seats 150 people, so you are right on top of the action,” he said. “Brenda Didier, who is an award-winning choreographer, knows the music from the movie, but there’s a lot of heart to the story that we hope to express.

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Michael Weber, who is the artistic director for Porchlight, directs these up-and-coming performers in shows which highlight one season in Broadway history. This spring’s focus will be shows from 1972 such as Sondheim’s Follies, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Jesus Christ Superstar, and others.

If he could direct anything, what would be his top choice?

“Sweeney Todd,” he replied without needing a pause to think. “I’d also like to direct a show called Parade, it’s one of the first [written by] Jason Robert Brown, who also wrote Last Five Years.”

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DUPAGE COUNTY WHEATON, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF vs.

U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED 24TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2004, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 7986; PAUL SKARR, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED 24TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2004, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 7986; BANK OF AMERICA, NA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS 16 CH 53 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, PAUL SKARR, AS SUCCESSOR

TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED 24TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2004, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 7986; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 18th Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 415 THAT PART OF LOT 414 LYING SOUTH OF A LINE DRAWN FROM A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 414, 20 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT, TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 414, 20 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT, IN BRYNHAVEN RESUBDIVISION, NO. 2, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 367 TO 369 BOTH INCLUSIVE, AND LOTS 372 TO 381, BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN BRYNHAVEN UNIT NO. 4, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH EAST 1/4 OF SECTION 1, AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH,

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 0073872 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on FEBRUARY 2, 2016, wherein the business firm of CALLAHAN REALTY LOCATED AT 462 S PRESIDENT, SUITE 104, CAROL STREAM, IL 60188-0000 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) THOMAS CALLAHAN, HOME ADDRESS 462 S PRESIDENT, #104, CAROL STREAM, IL 601880000.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 2ND day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 2016.

PAUL HINDS Paul Hinds DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 18, 25 & March 3, 2016) 234425

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 0073888 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on FEBRUARY 8, 2016, wherein the business firm of A & A CONSULTING LOCATED AT 15W117 CONCORD STREET, ELMHURST, IL 60126-0000 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) ANGEL KUSTIEF, HOME ADDRESS 15W117 CONCORD STREET, ELMHURST, IL 60126-0000.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 8TH day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 2016.

PAUL HINDS Paul Hinds DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 25, March 3 & 10, 2016) 234819

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 0073898 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on FEBRUARY 11, 2016, wherein the business firm of SV NAILS & SPA LOCATED AT 567 S ROUTE 59, AURORA, IL 60504-8168 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) GIO VAN TU, HOME ADDRESS 2761 CARLSBAD CIRCLE, AURORA, IL 60503-5608.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 11TH day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 2016.

PAUL HINDS Paul Hinds DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 18, 25 & March 3, 2016) 234428

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 0073906 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on FEBRUARY 16, 2016, wherein the business firm of B AND B CONSULTING SERVICES LOCATED AT 0N491 PETER ROAD, WINFIELD, IL 60190-1136 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) LESLIE A BASSETT, HOME ADDRESS 0N491 PETER ROAD, WINFIELD, IL 60190-1136.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 16TH day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 2016.

PAUL HINDS Paul Hinds DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 25, March 3 & 10, 2016) 235061

RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID BRYNHAVEN RESUBDIVISION UNIT NO. 2 RECORDED MAY 29, 1956 AS DOCUMENT 802183, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 331 S. Fair Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126 P.I.N.: 06-12-201-002 and which said mortgage was signed

by MARILYN J. WEBER, mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DuPage County as Document No. R2007-183777; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of DuPage County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in DuPage County at 505 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 on or before the March 28, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Email: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg. com Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 15 2912 DuPage County No.: 182011 I685321 (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 25, March 3 & 10, 2016) 234847

F15060261 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DUPAGE COUNTY — WHEATON, ILLINOIS Sabadell United Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 0073899 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on FEBRUARY 11, 2016, wherein the business firm of STUDIO V PRODUCTIONS LOCATED AT 381 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, APT 103, CAROL STREAM, IL 60188-2434 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) YAHIR VERGARA HOME ADDRESS 381 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, APT 103, CAROL STREAM, IL 601882434.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 11TH day of FEBRUARY, A.D. 2016.

PAUL HINDS Paul Hinds DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Feb. 25, March 3 & 10, 2016) 234818

Carole Johnson; Chicago Title and Trust Company, as Trustee under the provisions of a Trust Agreement dated Aug 28, 1986 know as Trust Number 1088929; Unknown beneficiaries of Trust Agreement dated August 28, 1986 know as Trust Number 1088929; Earl Johnson aka Earl A. Johnson Jr. aka Earl A. Johnson; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

16 CH 13 187 North Hampshire, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Carole Johnson, Unknown beneficiaries of Trust Agreement dated August 28, 1986 know as Trust Number 1088929, Earl Johnson aka Earl A. Johnson Jr. aka Earl A. Johnson, and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled cause, that suit has been commenced against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit by said plaintiff praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 92 IN ELMHURST PARK-VIEW SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PLOT 3 OF OWNERS DIVISION OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID ELMHURST PARKVIEW SUBDIVISION RECORDED JULY 20, 1953 AS DOCUMENT 689084 AND AS CORRECTED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 29, 1953 AS DOCUMENT 696564, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.: 06-01-216-006 Said property is commonly known as 187 North Hampshire, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126, and which said mortgage(s) was/were made by Chicago Title and Trust Company, as Trustee under the provisions of a Trust Agreement dated August 28, 1986 know as Trust Number 1088929 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds as Document Number R2005-091823 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the above Court against you as provided by law and that said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at Dupage County on or before April 4, 2016, a default may be taken against you at any time after that date and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Steven C. Lindberg ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 120, Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 | 866-402-8661 | 630-4284620 (fax) foreclosure@ALOLawGroup.com THIS LAW FIRM IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. I686260 (Published in The Elmhurst Independent March 3, 10 & 17, 2016) 235726

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Community Calendar H Pick of the week H the Elmhurst event NOT TO BE MISSED! Saturday, March 5 20th Annual Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade With entertainment starting at 11 a.m. throughout the Spring Road area, the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade will step off at 12 noon, starting at the intersection of Wilson Street and Spring Road and continuing north to the railroad tracks. The year’s Grand Marshal is Elmhurst College. Bundle up in layers (of green!) and come out to second largest parade in Chicagoland.

Friday, March 4 From 6:30-11:30 p.m., the Elmhurst YMCA will host its annual scholarship dinner dance at River Forest Country Club, 15W468 Grand Ave. Hoops & Hops theme will feature shooting baskets and craft beer. Guests are encouraged to wear hightops with their “dressy-casual” attire. (River Forest does not allow jeans.) Seats are $125 per person; tables of 10 are $1250.

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Tickets are free, but a $5 per person donation is requested to help underwrite costs. Tickets are limited and advance online purchases are recommended. Info: (630) 426-9789.

Monday, March 7 Beginning at 11:15 a.m., the Elmhurst Garden Club will hold its annual “Meet The Scholars” luncheon at the Wilder Mansion, 211 S. Prospect Ave. The program will feature the student recipients discussing their own horticulture and environmental science projects, including their latest research. Info: 630-2673454 or elmhurstgardenclub.org.

Wednesday, March 9 From 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Active Senior Expo, “dedicated to inform, educate and entertain senior citizens,” will be held at Abbington Banquets, 3S002 IL Route 53 in Glen Ellyn (corner of Route 53 and Butterfield Road).

Free health screenings, door prize drawings, the Ron and Sandie Sing & Swing Musical Show,

seminars, vendors of senior services and much more. Tickets are $2 but free tickets are available at activeeniorexpo.net. Parking is

March 4 - 16

free. Info: Call 630-620-6347.

Saturday, March 12 • From 5-7 p.m., the Elmhurst Lions Club will hold its 30th Annual Pizza Party fundraiser at Sandburg Middle School, 345 E. St. Charles Rd., Elmhurst. Tickets are $7 each or $35 for a family of five of more; children 6 and younger eat free. The event features All-You-Can-Eat pizza from Roberto’s and many raffle prizes for kids and adults.

Tickets and info: (630) 2795019 • “Geology as Destiny: Across the Chicago Portage, a story of Glaciers, Voyageurs, and Carp!”will be held at 2 p.m. at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, 220 Cottage Hill Ave. Geologist, David Dolak presents Chicago’s pre-eminence as the

largest metropolitan area in the middle of North America is a result of the fortuitous conditions of access across the MidContinental watershed divide created by glacial processes over the past 10,000 years. The 60-minute lecture will include a live performance of an original song with lyrics based on these topics. Reservations are recommended. Price: Regular museum admission. Info: call 630-8331616.

Sunday, March 13 From 12:30-2:30 p.m., the Single Mothers Support Group (SHE) will meet at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Rd. Program will be Strong Bags, Weak Bags and Gift Bag, a call to get emotionally healthy. Enjoy lunch with

your child then childcare is available during program. Free.

Guests invited. Info: elmhurstcrc.org/ministries/adults/sistershelping-each-other.

Tuesday, March 15 The Presidential and Illinois State Primary Election Day— don’t forget to vote!

Wednesday, March 16 Beginning at 6 p.m., the 20th annual Elmhurst Community Chess Tournament will be held in the York High School Commons. Students will compete at six levels: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6-8th grade and high school.

Registration deadline is Friday, March 11. Contact your child’s school for the permission slips and rules. Info: 630-290-1504 or e-mail: khayats@yahoo.com

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A story of immigration At the ICGS Heritage Fair on February 25, this student shared the story of his father’s immigration from Mexico.

Heritage starts with family This ICGS 5th grade student was joined by all photos provided both of his grandmothers and his mother This ICGS 5th grader dressed in the ethnic Panamanian outfit at the Heritage Fair. of her grandmother (left).

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Elmhurst College serves as Grand Marshal Institution just announced hiring of 14th President

By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent

At a special reception in their honor held on Feb. 18 in the Founder’s Lounge of the Frick Center, Dr. VanAken and his wife Annette were introduced to the students, faculty, staff, administrators and Trustees of Elmhurst College as well as the community at large. Dr. VanAken has accepted the Board of Trustees’ offer to serve as 14th President. He spoke at the gathering about setting a vision for the future. Dr. VanAken was clearly enthusiastic about starting his new position, which he will not do until June.

On the heels of that good news, it is a pleasure to honor Elmhurst College as Grand Marshal of the 20th Annual Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade of 2016.

The College sits on land donated by Jennie and Thomas Bryan in 1871 to the Ger-

man Evangelical Synod of the Northwest to establish a pretheological seminary. Students were white males and classes were taught in German. In 1919, the name was changed to the Elmhurst Academy and Junior College and the curriculum was expanded. In 1924, it became Elmhurst College and became the four-year liberal arts college it is today. Women first enrolled in 1930 and in 1934, the school was accredited. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

The school has been named among the top ten colleges in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. Boasting a student to faculty ratio of 13:1, Elmhurst College offers almost 60 undergraduate programs and 15 graduate courses as well as accelerated majors for adults and pre-professional programs.

The average class size is 17.

Elmhurst College has long been an institution in town and is part of what makes Elmhurst the community that it is. And it’s not just a college. It’s a college that: • boasts an outstanding music department including an annual

Jazz Festival; • hosts an annual Governmental Forum; • is a Level 2 certified arboretum with 800 species from around the world; • houses a 750,000-volt particle accelerator that is now an art space; • offers a wide range of Bluejays athletics; • holds performances at Mill Theater; • hosts events in the breathtaking Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel; • offers several lecture series; • features a nursing department with a simulation learning center; • holds numerous concerts and recitals, both indoors and out.

With all that and more, Elmhurst College is a gem in the center of Elmhurst’s crown and a great source of community pride.

Congratulations, Elmhurst College, Grand Marshal 20th Annual Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 2016

WELCOME to Elmhurst’s 20th annual St. Patrick’s Parade Elmhurst College to serve as Grand Marshal

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By Dee Longfellow For the Elmhurst Independent

elcome to the 20th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 5. The Spring Road business district will be bursting with parade participants and spectators as Elmhurst celebrates this special day.

Still the second largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the Chicago area, a record crowd is expected, especially if the weather is beautiful like it was last year.

According to Parade Chairperson Jim O’Connor, it will be rich in Irish tradition as leprechauns and bagpipers, clowns and jugglers, floats and convertibles, Scout troops and baseball teams, marching bands and community groups, elected officials and those seeking office in the upcoming March 15th Primary Election make the trek up Spring Road from the intersection at Wilson all the way north to the railroad tracks.

This year’s Grand Marshal is Elmhurst College, which participates every year in the St. Pat’s parade (see story).

Be sure to stick around after the parade when the local merchants and restaurateurs open their doors with more music, food and fun for this special Elmhurst celebration.

photo by Dee Longfellow

photo: Independent archives

The Elmhurst College nursing department along with local firefighters and paramedics staged a mock car accident in order to practice for emergency situations. For the simulation drill, new robotic “Sim” patients were used, such as the one lying here on the gurney. Sim patients can be programmed to exhibit symptoms ranging from running a fever to going into labor. The simulation program is one of the things that sets Elmhurst College apart from other institutions of higher learning.

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (left) shares a laugh with Lee Daniels and Bruce Dold at Elmhurst College’s 8th Annual Governmental Forum held last April. Former House Speaker Daniels, who is an adjunct professor at the College, spearheaded the forum eight years ago and served as moderator for panel discussion that included Kirk and Dold. Dold is the Editorial Page Editor for the Chicago Tribune.

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20 Years of Grand Marshals 2016 – Elmhurst College 2015 – Governor Bruce Rauner 2014 – State Senator Kirk Dillard 2013 – Elmhurst CUSD 205 School Board 2012 – Kick-off for Kids 2011 – Elmhurst Children’s Assistance Foundation (ECAF) 2010 – Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst 2009 – Elmhurst Memorial Hospital 2008 – Congressman Peter Roskam 2007 – DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin 2006 – Spring Road Business Association 2005 – City Manager Tom Borchert 2004 – Lt. James Elwald 2003 – Mayor Thomas D. Marcucci 2002 – Kuester, Catalano, Pigoni-Ahlgrim 2001 – Congressman Henry Hyde 2000 – Dan Gibbons, Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot 1999 – Joe Newton, York High School cross country and track coach 1998 – Jim Ryan, Illinois Attorney General 1997 – Ruth C. Morris

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At last year’s parade, Grand Marshal and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner stopped to visit with Matt Toole, a local resident diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. On Feb. 25, Governor Rauner confirmed he is planning to join Elmhurst for the parade this year. We hope Matt will be there, too!

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Sponsors Emerald sponsors

City of Elmhurst, Doc Ryan’s, Total Garage Door Solutions, International Contractors Inc., Riley’s Gathering Place, Silverado Grill, Spring Inn and Berkshire Hathaway Realtors.

Platinum sponsors

Elmhurst College Blue Jays, the Spring Road Business Association and Schamberger Brothers.

Gold sponsors

Castco Communications, The Larry Roesch Family Auto Group, To the Moon and Back: The Annie Legere Foundation, Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot Foundation, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Euclid Beverage, Olympia Chiropractic.

Silver sponsors

Ahlgrim Funeral Home, Pazzi di Pizza, DuPage County Board member Sean Noonan, Roberto’s Ristorante, Citizens to Elect Patti Bellock, Chicago Records Management, Inc., Pints - Elmhurst, Elm Sales, Inc., Cantore Enterprises, Aspen Creek Dental, L. W. Reedy Real Estate, Tail Gate, Val-Matic, Chris & Kirsten Healy and family, Richard Blass for County Board, DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin, Fitz’s Irish Bulldog, Fitz’s Pub, Fitz’s Spare Keys, Peter DiCianni for Congress, 8th Dist., Mama Maria’s Pizza, The Club, and Whole Foods Market.

Officers of the Spring Road Business Association President George Dellutri, Realtor Vice President Scott Ahlgrim Ahlgrim Funeral Home Secretary Nancy Brook Community Bank of Elmhurst Treasurer Dr John DeVries DeVries Animal Hospital For membership information, visit springroad.com

Spring Soccer Skills Academy Boys and Girls Pre K - 4th Grade Starts on Friday, April 8th 4:15-5:30 PM Berens Park, Elmhurst 8 Weeks (8 sessions) - $90.00

Each child will receive instruction in dribbling, passing, and shooting along with playing various small sided games throughout the session. These sessions are a great introduction to Team Elmhurst Soccer Club - one of the best kid’s soccer clubs in the Chicago area!

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Team Elmhurst (TESC) is a premier youth soccer club in the western suburbs committed to achieving success through player development for players under 7 through under 18 years of age. Our coaches who have STATE and NATIONAL US SOCCER Licenses provide comprehensive, professional training for players who are committed to improving their level of play while enjoying the game of soccer. Our teams compete in YSSL, IWSL, Illinois Youth Soccer Association Premiership and Midwest Regional Leagues, along with offering various levels of competition within age groups.

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Join us after the parade on Saturday, March 5th We started way back in 1959, making pizzas located in an up and coming community. Fifty years and over 1.1 million pizzas later, we’re proud and very thankful we’re still here and thriving, thanks to our loyal patrons who have supported us, and have become friends over the years. Our main goal remains the same...that is to serve a high quality product, in a clean environment and friendly atmosphere, while always trying to be good neighbors.

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Top News from 1996 Since the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Parade is celebrating its 20th year, here’s a look back at what else was going on in the world in 1996.

• Israel elected Benjamin Netanyahu as its Prime Minister.

• TWA Flight 800 exploded over Long island, killing 230 people.

• Despite ill health and low ratings, Boris Yeltsin was re-elected president of Russia.

• U. S. President Bill Clinton was elected to his second term, the first Democrat president to re-elected since FDR. He defeated Republican Bob Dole as well as Reform Party Candidate Ross Perot.

• National elections were held peacefully in Bosnia and armies began to withdraw, although then-President Bill Clinton said the U.S. troops would remain a presence until 1998 as part of NATO force.

• On June 25 in Saudi Arabia, a fuel truck pulled up in front of a military housing complex for the U.S., Britain and France troops and exploded, killing 19 U.S. servicemen and wounded hundreds of others.

• An alleged terrorist bombing took place on the Paris Subway killing two and injuring 128.

• Following an 18-year manhunt, the Unabomber suspect was arrested after setting a total of 16 bombs that had killed three and injured 23 over the course of his criminal career. He wrote a “Manifesto” which was eventually read by David Kaczynski, who believed it was his brother Theodore who was living as a hermit in Montana. After a month-long stake out, the Unabomber was arrested.

• In 1996, the Centennial Olympic Games were held in Atlanta. In a touching moment, a quaking Muhammed Ali stepped up and lit the giant Olympic torch to thunderous

applause.

At a concert held on July 27 in Centennial Park, a crude pipe bomb exploded, killing one person and injuring 111. A security guard named Richard Jewell had noticed a suspicious backpack and began clearing the area.

He was later accused of setting the pipe bomb himself, but was eventually vindicated. The FBI produced no evidence and cleared him about three months later with no apology. Jewell then accused the FBI and the media of almost destroying him and his mother.

He hinted he might sue. Jewell later reached an out-of-court settlement for an unknown amount.

In the U.K • Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales were divorced.

• Mad Cow Disease hit Britain, causing mass slaughter of herds of cows and new laws to ban selling beef on the bone.

• In Scotland, the Dunblane Massacre took place when Thomas Hamilton opened fire on a classroom of 5- and 6-year olds, killing or wounding every person present except one pupil. Fifteen children and a teacher died at the scene.

Sports news from 1996 Super Bowl Dallas defeated Pittsburgh (27-17) World Series New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves (4-2) NBA Championship Chicago won over Seattle (4-2) Stanley Cup Colorado defeated Florida (4-0) Wimbledon Women: Steffi Graf d. A.S. Vicario (6-3 7-5) Men: Richard Krajicek d. M. Washington (6-3 6-4 6-3) Kentucky Derby Champion Grindstone NCAA Basketball Championship Kentucky beat Syracuse (76-67) NCAA Football Champions Florida (12-1)

Entertainment news from 1996 • The Academy Award for Best Picture was given to Braveheart, Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, producers (Paramount).

• Other top movies were: The English Patient, Farbo, Jerry Maguire, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Sling Blade.

• At the Grammys, “Kiss From A Rose” by Seal won Record of the Year and Song of the Year; Album of the Year was awarded to Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette.

• Miss Oklahoma Shawntel Smith was crowned Miss America.

• Gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting and died six days later at the age of 25.

Financial news of 1996 Federal Reserve interest rates at year end: 8.25% Average cost of a new home: $118,200 Average annual income: $36,300 Average monthly rent: $554 Cost of a gallon of gas: $1.22 U.S. first-class postage stamp: 32 cents Average cost of a new car: $16,300 Loaf of bread: $1.15 Minimum hourly wage was raised to $5.15/hour Deaths in 1996 Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, 82 Gene Kelly, singer, actor dancer, 83 Margaux Hemingway, actress, 42 Tupac Shakur, rapper, actor, 25 George Burns, all-around entertainer, 100 Claudette Colbert, actress, 92 Greer Garson, actress, 91 McLean Stevenson, actor, 68 Marcello Mastroianni, actor, 72 Ted Bessell, actor, 61 Lew Ayres, actor, 88 Dorothy Lamour, actress, 81 Audrey Meadows, actress, 73 Martin Balsam, actor, 76 Jack Weston, actor, 71 Tiny Tim, ukulele player, 64 Juliet Prowse, actress, 59 Minnie Pearl, country music star, 83 Carl Sagan, astronomer, teacher, author, 62 Morey Amsterdam, TV actor, 62 Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist and jazz great, 79

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Elmhurst Armpit Orchestra to honor American Legion Post important part of both veterans’ and non-veterans’ lives since 1919. It is a post open to the public that serves great meals and hosts many public events.

On September 10, 2016, the Elmhurst American Legion will host a military ball at the Post.

This unique event will be modeled after the many formal military balls that most non-military folks never get a chance to attend. Tickets and tables will be sold to the general public and the event promises to be a very inspiring evening. Those interested in attending the event or exploring sponsorship opportunities may contact Post Sergeant at Arms Bill Shanklin or Post Commander John Scudder at 630-833-7800.

The World’s Largest Drum will be adorned with a banner advertising the military ball.

“We are proud to help spread the word about all the efforts the Elmhurst American Legion has made and continues to make for the betterment of our community,” said EAO co-founder Scott Sutherland.

“Veterans need help with many challenges, including health-

care, other benefits and support. The American Legion is there for them. The Elmhurst Legion Post also provides color

guards for many local events and provides training for color guard units around the state.”

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parade, please visit elmhurststpatsparade.com or call Parade Chairman Jim O’Connor at 630-834-0300.

photo: Independent archives

Members of the Elmhurst Armpit Orchestra, now a regular entry at the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade, are pictured pushing their World’s Largest Drum (made by the “musicians”) down Spring Road to get into position. In the sky is Bill Murray, whom the Orchestra invites every year, hoping this might be the year he shows up.

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or the 8th straight year the men of the Elmhurst Armpit Orchestra (aka “EAO”) will entertain those attending the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade is scheduled to step off on Saturday, March 5 at 12 noon on Spring Road.

The EAO has been a parade favorite as it plays fun tunes on kazoos, bucket drums, vuvuzelas, cowbell, stumpf fiddle and other unconventional instruments. Again this year, the group will feature the World’s Largest Drum, built as a tribute to its inspiration, actor and comedian Bill Murray.

This year the EAO has confirmation Murray has recently seen the video of the group and the drum that was featured on Channel 7 news with Frank Mathie 2 years ago. They are hopeful he will attend the March 5th parade.

At this year’s parade, the drum will be used to raise awareness for the great things the Elmhurst American Legion T.H.B. Post 187 does for our community.

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Safety first No matter what you’re celebrating, keep safety first and foremost

The Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day parade can be a fun family excursion, but safety precautions need to be taken, especially with children in tow. When taking your kids to the parades, here are a few things to keep in mind:

1. You probably don’t want to think about your child getting away from you but it can happen. Decide where to meet in case family members get separated. Suggestions are the parking lots of Elmhurst Camera, the 7-11, Ahlgrim Funeral Home, Suburban Bank & Trust or Silverado Restaurant. The gazebo on the Prairie Path is another familiar landmark.

“May the road rise to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face.

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And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of His hand. “ Happy St. Patrick’s Day from everyone at

2. Remind your children that if they get lost, they should look for a police officer or a parade official. Parade officials are typically at every corner or intersection and are wearing sashes or signs indicating who they are. Most parade officials have two-way radios for communication, as do police officers. Parade officials have access to golf carts which can get you someplace quickly in an emergency.

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5. Keep your kids safely out of the way of passing floats and cars. If parade participants throw candy, wait for the candy to come to you -- do not run out onto the parade route and bend over to pick things up. While parade floats move slowly, they are too big to stop quickly.

6. Animals are allowed at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Elmhurst, but make sure Fido is properly leashed. Remind your child not feed candy to your pet or any others. Bring along waste bags to clean up your dog’s “business.” There are many garbage receptacles along the route.

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Spring Road Business Association Coming Events The Spring Road Teacher’s Night Out:

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m.

Come join the fun and visit with the Easter Bunny! Thousands of candy-filled eggs will be scattered throughout the Wild Meadows Trace by the Gazebo on Spring Road for an egg hunt that starts PROMPTLY at 1 p.m. Don’t be late to this event! Meet and Greet with the Easter Bunny starting at 12:30 p.m.

At The Gazebo The 2016 Music concerts will be held Thursday evenings - June 9, July 7, July 21, August 11. Acts from 2015 included Reddy R Knot, a favorite group, who returned to entertain us with their unique style of music, Hoapili Band, who presented authentic Hawaiian music and dance, local jazz ensemble Gayle & Nick Bisesi presented “A Night of Jazz Standards” and was generously sponsored by Roberto’s Ristorante; and, Small Potatoes, a favorite group that featured original folk music and story-telling.

Spring Road Day

Third Saturday in September from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

September 22, after school

All education staff members are invited to Spring Road for specials, discounts, and pampering to celebrate their contribution to our children’s education. Visit chirotree.com for more details.

Spring Road Holiday Tree Lighting: November 25 at 6 p.m.

Come join us for the first tree-lighting ceremony in Elmhurst. Spend some time visiting with Santa Claus (he arrives about 6:30 aboard a fire engine), enjoy hot chocolate and cookies, and enjoy the festive Christmas carols by the Lincoln School Singers from 6-6:30 p.m.

Held at the Gazebo at the intersection of the Prairie Path and Spring Road, 483 S. Spring Road. The tree will be lit after Santa arrives.

Sleigh Rides & Ice Sculptures December 17 from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Walk up and down Spring Road to see the ice sculptures sponsored by businesses. Enjoy an old fashioned sleigh ride (wagon ride in the event there is no snow), visit with Santa and warm up with hot chocolate and cookies. Held at the Prairie Path Gazebo.

The Annual Spring Road Pet Parade

Featuring: Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Moon Jump, Temporary Tattoos, Concessions, Elmhurst Fire Department, Elmhurst Police Department, musical entertainment. All activities will be at the Wild Out of an abundance of caution, the Spring Road Business Association has Meadows Trace Park, 483 Spring Road (intersection of Prairie Path decided to call off this year’s Pet Parade due to the ongoing risk of canine influand Spring Road at the Gazebo). enza. Look for a new, improved pet friendly event to be held in 2017.

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2016 Parade Entries Alphabetical Listing of Parade Entries

2012 EAO Queen Mary O’Connor 2013 EAO Queen Bev Krohn 2014 EAO Queen Colleen Sutherland 2015 EAO Queen Charity Ahlgrim 2016 EAO Queen ….Only Potter Knows American Taxi Dispatch Inc Andrea Zapp For Senate Annie Legere Foundation Inc. “To The Moon And Back” Antioch Brass Quintet Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Koenig Rubloff Bill Murray – Our Inspiration … We Hope!

Blass For DuPage County Board Chicago Blues Hockey Club The Chicago Highlanders Chiefs Hockey Club Chris Kachiroubas, Circuit Court Clerk Citizens To Stop Flooding In Elmhurst Community Bank Of Elmhurst Dan Gibbon’s Turkey Trot Foundation Destructo, You Build It… He’ll Wreck It! Diamond In The Rough DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin DuPage Shrine Club Cruzin Coolers

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