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District 205 Board debates the hot topic of heading back to school School year to start Aug. 24 with fully remote learning

By Chris Fox FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT

The Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Board held a regular meeting at York High School on Tuesday, Aug. 11. All seven board members participated in the meeting, with Christopher Kocinski taking part remotely.

Near the end of the meeting, the board directed District 205 Superintendent David Moyer and the administration to start the 2020-21 school year with fully remote learning. The first day of the school year is Monday, Aug. 24. The board rejected a proposal to delay the start of the school year until Sept. 14.

At its previous regular meeting on July 14, the board unanimously approved a plan to open the school year with in-person instruction five days

a week at the district’s elementary schools. That plan also directed the district’s middle schools and York High School to offer a hybrid model of in-person and remote instruction to start the upcoming school year.

In an Aug. 7 message to District 205 families, Moyer stated that the district did not have a sufficient number of teachers who were committed to report to work on Aug. 24, to support any form of in-person learning.

Moyer added in his message that the district was negotiating with the Elmhurst Teachers’ Council. Moyer also stated in his message the possibility of the district delaying the start of the school year.

Survey provides parents’ point of view In his message, Moyer referred to a recent survey of district parents. He

stated that 85 percent of parents had Moyer’s message specifically not- year.

“We are deeply disappointed at chosen in-person instruction for their ed that the district would not be able children to start the 2020-21 school to provide in-person instruction at See DISTRICT 205, Page 5 year. the K-5 level at the start of the school

[Following is the full text of the statement read by School Board President Kara Caforio at the District 205 Board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 11.]

“The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to the most extraordinary period in public education in our lifetime. As a board, we must strike a critical balance between health and safety and excellence in education, all while planning with the District 205 leadership team for school year 2020-21. And in the midst of it, we are grieving as a community, feeling the loss of long-held traditions, the loss of personal connections and the loss of normalcy. Most of all, we move cautiously forward into a school year that will be anything but ordinary for our students, our teachers and our staff. As leaders we understand the gravity of the decisions we need to make, and that those decisions cannot possibly please everyone, or meet every need. There is no script to follow, and as quickly as plans have been created, the continuously changing environment has necessitated new plans be considered and crafted.

Stress and anxiety levels are understandably high, so let’s please exercise grace and patience to everyone in the District 205 family. Each person has different experiences and personal situations that inform a unique point of view. We move ahead tonight, not as seven individuals, but as proud representatives of this great District 205 school community, and together, all of us, we will collectively rise to the occasion, regardless of the adversity that surrounds us in this moment.”

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The Elmhurst Youth Baseball Majors Division Championship game was played on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Berens Park. Both teams battled hard with great hitting, fielding, pitching and base running. In the end, Elmhurst came out victorious. Ethan Maurer was chosen Game MVP, for having ended the game with a walk-off grand slam home run. Pictured are (from left): Coaches John Koleno, Carl Fatora, Santo Campione; (back row): Ben Popilek, Jason DeMott, Frankie Fatora, Ethan Maurer, Jason Koleno, Mitch Fafinski; (front row): Eric DeBeau, Austin Carr, Nicholas Campione, Jimmy Spano. Not pictured: Tyler Moy.

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Mazzochi’s ‘Protect Me from 5G!’ Bill gives residents more power units, and the early rollout results were not considered good. After hundreds of residents of Western Springs and Hinsdale called for expanded local control over 5G sites, Mazzochi filed House Bill 5818, the “Protect Me from 5G Act.” Mazzochi hopes the bill will be considered in the General Assembly’s Fall Veto session in November.

When the original Small Cell Wireless bill was debated in 2018, communities and legislators were told most new 5G installations would be on existing poles. Since then, local villages have been inundated with permit applications

for new towers in front of houses, in parkways, on neighborhood street corners and at playgrounds.

Having took office after the Small Cell Wireless bill was passed, Mazzochi reiterated that “our local municipalities and residents were not informed of the real-world implementation plans under the prior legislation.”

With wireless companies converging on neighborhoods to build new installations over the objections of homeowners, Mazzochi explained that, “the time to reexamine this legislation is now.”

“We must give more authorities to communities and homeowners at the local level with the ‘Protect Me From 5G Act,’” she said.

The “Protect Me from 5G Act” contains the following key elements: Radio frequency monitoring Requiring a monitoring plan and tracking and recording daily levels of radio frequency emissions produced by 5G equipment.

Noise monitoring Requiring a written report that analyzes acoustic noise levels for small wireless facilities and all associated equipment.

Environmental protection Requiring a certification of a federal environmental assessment.

Equipment restrictions Requiring equipment, when replaced, to be swapped with the smallest commercially used and available equipment.

Alternate location authority Allowing local governments to propose new small wireless facilities be installed on existing poles within 200 feet of requested location of a new proposed pole, in order to protect aesthetics and limit the number of new poles.

Closing application loophole Clarifying that wireless service providers must submit new applications when seeking to replace existing small wireless facility equipment with significantly different equipment.

Below ground devices Allowing local governments to require small wireless facilities and related equipment to be below ground as new technology for doing so becomes available.

Easement rules Requiring proof of authority when wireless service providers seek to use easements outside of

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On Thursday, Aug. 13, State Representative Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) announced new legislation to protect local residents from the proliferation of controversial 5G wireless canisters in suburban communities.

“Our neighborhoods welcome technological advances,” Mazzochi said. “But those same neighborhoods also need the right to decide at the local level whether certain aesthetic or safety costs are worth it.”

Several neighborhoods in Mazzochi’s district have served as pilot communities for various categories of 5G wireless small cell

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Late Friday, Aug. 14, the Independent learned that an Elmhurst resident, an executive for United Airlines, had been missing for more than a week.

According to several news outlets, including ABC-7 Chicago, 49-yearold Jake Cefolia, United’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, was last seen on Thursday night, Aug. 6, and was reported missing on Saturday, Aug. 8. At press time, he had been missing for more than a week.

Illinois law enforcement, local police, K-9 units and more than 100 volunteers came out to search for Cefolia near the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve in Lemont, where his vehicle had been found. Friends told Forest Preserve District authorities that he often went for a run in that particular forest preserve location, which has a loop that is about 10 miles long and therefore is popular with runners.

DuPage County Forest Preserve District Chief David Peterson told ABC-7 that officials were unsure whether or not Cefolia might still be

somewhere in the forest preserve, but reportedly, he had made no contact with family or friends.

United Airlines released the following statement on its website: “Our friend and colleague, Jake Cefolia, SVP of Worldwide Sales, was last seen Thursday evening, Aug. 6. We’re concerned about his well-being and have been in touch with Jake’s family over the last couple of days to offer them our support. At the request of the family, we won’t be releasing any additional details at this time.”

Cefolia’s association with United began in 2007. He previously held the position of vice president of sales for the Americas. He was in charge of sales for the United States, Canada and Latin America as well as the Global Accounts Division.

Prior to that, he was vice president of Atlantic and Pacific sales, managing director of the Global Accounts Division and managing director for United’s Pacific region, based in Hong Kong, according to United’s website.

Promoted to his current position in August of 2018, Cefolia now serves at the helm of a team of 725 sales professionals who manage sales programs, services, relationships and revenue with corporations, travel management companies and distributors around the world.

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Pictured is Elmhurst resident Jake Cefolia, 49, United Airlines SVP of Worldwide Sales, who has been missing after being last seen on Thursday, Aug. 6. At press time, he had been missing for more than a week, although is vehicle was found at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve in Lemont. Anyone with information is asked to call the Elmhurst Police at 630-530-3050. Visit theindependentnewspapers.com, where updates will be posted as news becomes available.

Cefolia is asked to call the Elmhurst Police Department at 630-530-3050.

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At deadline Mazzochi, House GOP questions Pritzker move to vacate patronage ban amid Madigan/ComEd scandal

In a recent court filing, Governor Pritzker is seeking to vacate a set of court decrees that seek to prevent politically motivated hiring, as well as politically-motivated firings or other punishments against public employees known as the Shakman decrees. Against the backdrop of one of the largest patronage scandals in the history of the state involving House Speaker Michael Madigan and ComEd, State Representatives Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst), Tim Butler (R-Springfield), and Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) held a press conference questioning Pritzker’s move.

“This year we’ve seen federal authorities indict and secure guilty pleas from Democratic members of the General Assembly for bribery and fraud,” said Rep. Mazzochi.

“ComEd admitted to multiple payto-play schemes to bribe the most powerful politician in the state, Mike Madigan, and his cabal of loyal minions. I caught Pritzker’s administration using state funds to hire his campaign worker through a no-bid vendor contract. And now Pritzker demands that the courts

get rid of prohibitions designed to stop government employee political machines? Now is not the time to make corrupt government easier.”

The Shakman decrees consist of three federal court orders issued as a result of a class-action lawsuit filed by Michael Shakman against the Democratic Organization of Cook County. The decrees, issued in 1972, 1979 and 1983, prohibit politically motivated firings, demotions, transfers or other punishments of government employees. It is also unlawful to take any political factor into account when hiring public employees, except for positions such as policymaking. These decrees are binding on more than 40 offices statewide, including the Governor’s office.

“While Speaker Madigan is embroiled in one of the worst patronage hiring schemes in the history of our state, why is Gov. Pritzker trying to remove a system that prevents patronage hiring and firing in government? It makes no sense,” said Rep. Butler. “We should be taking steps to strengthen the law

against patronage. If the Governor would stop trying to go it alone and work with the General Assembly, we could be doing that right now.”

Despite the Governor’s push to vacate the decrees, the court-appointed monitor for the state’s hiring practices, Noelle Brennan, reported earlier this year that Pritzker’s administration still has not completed a comprehensive employment plan to address the issues protected by the decrees. In fact, she said the administration began restricting communication between her staff and state agencies.

“This is a step in the wrong direction taking place at the wrong time,” said Rep. Wehrli. “We are continually hearing of new instances where people in high positions of public trust are abusing that trust and providing their friends with jobs. If Governor Pritzker is truly interested in raising the ethical bar for public officials in Illinois, rather than trying to vacate the decree he should be seeking to expand it.”

Video of the press conference is available on Rep. Mazzochi’s website.

As of 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, there were 13,012 total cases among DuPage County residents, including 525 deaths.

Since Saturday, there were 132 new cases and one death of a female in her 90s, related to COVID-19.

Number of cases by town At press time, the DuPage Department of Health reported the following number of COVID-19 cases in our readership communities as follows: Addison 1,000, Bensenville 630, Elmhurst 584, Lombard 630, Oakbrook Terrace 39, Villa Park 381, Wood Dale 281.

And now for the good news…

Since March 24, 491 patients have been discharged from Elmhurst Hospital following treatment for confirmed cases of COVID-19.

WBBM: State moves closer to “higher risk” status for COVID-19

Illinois government has posted an online pandemic map that identifies which states are classified as “higher risk” — a designation to which the Land of Lincoln is perilously close.

According to a report by WBBM780, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday unveiled a coronavirus “travel map” designed to inform residents about the risks associated with visiting other states.

Chicago does something similar with its “emergency travel order” that is updated weekly, but with an added self-quarantine order for people returning from so-called hot spots.

The Illinois map defines “higher risk” states as those having a daily case rate of at least 15 cases per 100,000. As of Monday, 17 states were coded this way, in purple, with “lower risk” states colored blue.

Illinois was at the tipping point, reporting 14 coronavirus cases per 100,000, according to the map.

While successfully bending the curve of new coronavirus infections earlier this summer, Illinois has trended the wrong way over the past month as it tries to reopen its economy after the spring lockdown.

The state health agency on Monday reported 1,773 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 12 additional confirmed deaths. The statewide “positivity rate,” which had dropped to 2.5% by early July, has risen to 4.2%.

The map can be viewed at wbbm780.radio.com.

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(Continued from front page) this latest roadblock to moving for- was “pure folly” to try to start York’s ward with the Open D205 plan,” stat- school year any later than Aug. 24. ed Moyer in the message. “We under- He said pushing back the start of the stand the cost to the school community school year would be disadvantageous when a decision of this magnitude is to the district’s students. Collins said delayed, and we will continue to work he was willing to listen to plans for as expeditiously as possible to suc- delaying the start of the school year at cessfully start the school year.” other levels.

At the beginning of the Aug. 11 Board member Margaret Harrell meeting, Board member Courtenae said she supported an Aug. 24 start Trautmann read aloud more than 40 to the school year for a multitude of comments submitted by the public. reasons. She said the district needed to Trautmann noted that about 100 com- start the learning process and provide ments were submitted; all of the com- some return to normalcy. ments were posted on the district’s Trautmann said she felt the board website. Some of the comments Traut- should have an expectation that if the mann read were from district parents school year were to start with remote who urged the board to offer in-per- instruction on Aug. 24, a hybrid modson instruction to start the year. Other el of instruction would need to start comments, including comments from on or about Sept. 14. Moyer said the teachers, urged the board to offer fully district’s human resources department remote instruction to begin the school was working with school principals to year. meet the district’s staffing needs. He Board president Kara Caforio read said the district is working on recruita statement at the beginning of the ing substitute teachers and building meeting. up some pools of interested people to “As leaders we understand the grav- fill certain supervisory roles. Assistant ity of the decisions we need to make, superintendent Luke Pavone said the and that those decisions cannot pos- district’s biggest staffing priority is sibly please everyone, or meet every getting more certified teachers. need,” said Caforio in her statement.

Trautmann added that her expecta(See full text of Caforio’s statement tion is that when the school year beelsewhere in this issue.) gins on Aug. 24, teachers would be Moyer stated that the earliest possi- teaching remotely from district classble date that the district would be able rooms. Moyer responded that it was to offer in-person instruction would also the district’s expectation—that be Sept. 14. He said that if the district teachers would report to their assigned were to offer in-person education on buildings while they are teaching rethat date, there would be in-person motely. Trautmann said the level of learning instruction at the early child- teaching wouldn’t be as good for the hood level, and a hybrid model of district’s students if teachers were in-person and remote learning at the teaching from their own homes.

K-12 levels.

Steps to make He further stated that pushing back teachers feel safe the start of the school year to Sept. 14 Trautmann also asked if there would extend the end of the school was anything that the district hadn’t year until at least early June. Moyer provided to teachers to make them said one of the drawbacks of delaying more comfortable about working in the start of the school year was that it a hybrid model that included some would adversely affect the district’s in-person instruction. Chris Whelton, construction timelines. A Sept. 14 start the district’s assistant superintendent to the 2020-21 school year, he added, for finance and operations, said the might lead to a later start to the 2021- district has purchased a large amount 22 school year. of hand sanitizer. He said sanitizing Moyer also said during the Aug. 11 wipes would be available in every meeting that he could not guarantee classroom. Whelton also said the disthat the district would have the neces- trict spent $124,000 to purchase tents sary staffing to offer in-person instruc- for its elementary schools. He added tion by Sept. 14. that the district has purchased elecBoard members trostatic sprayers, which will be used share their views to disinfect school buildings every Board member Karen Stuefen re- night. Whelton said the district has ferred to the district’s recent survey, in purchased face shields for every staff which 85 percent of parents reportedly member. Additionally, the district has stated they want in-person instruc- purchased 20,000 disposable masks, tion for their children. Stuefen also as well as signage to encourage social stated that two-thirds of the district’s distancing. staff members are prepared to execute Other Board members weigh in in-person education.

Kocinski said he did not support He reiterated during the discussion an all-remote start to the school year. with board members that the district He said he was not receiving enough could not open to in-person instruc- assurance that the district would trantion on Aug. 24. He said the district sition to in-person learning. He said he had two choices—to open on Aug. 24 felt like the proposed options amountwith a different approach, or to delay ed to a backdoor method of having the start of the school year to Sept. 14 him consent to all-remote learning for and hope to have sufficient staffing to a long time. offer in-person instruction.

Kocinski said District 205 provides Moyer said he would advocate for a an essential service, and that part of remote start on Aug. 24. that essential service is providing Board member Beth Hosler said she in-person instruction, if deemed safe had concerns over a Sept. 14 start to by health officials. He also noted that the school year, and the challenges it the majority of district parents wanted would create for students and families. in-person instruction. Kocinski addHosler said she was in favor of starting ed that he is passionate about choice the school year on Aug. 24. and felt that the district should offer Board member Jim Collins said it in-person and remote options to give

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families a choice in their children’s education.

Caforio said that she was not in favor of a Sept. 14 start to the school year. She said students needed to start having a routine, and to re-engage with school. She said the district had to work toward providing some kind of in-person instruction.

Stuefen said she wanted to recognize the approximately two-thirds of district staff members who are committed to offering in-person instruction. She said that while the board always recognizes the district’s staff, the board also represented the district’s parents.

Harrell added that moving forward on an Aug. 24 remote start was a declaration of the board’s willingness to trust that the district’s community can move forward together. She stressed the importance of working together and focusing on the district’s children.

The decision is made Without taking a vote, Caforio directed that the district would keep its start date of Aug. 24, and that there would be no calendar change. She said the school year will start with remote instruction, with a goal of getting to a hybrid model of in-person and remote learning by Sept. 14, if health metrics and staffing needs would allow.

Presentation about remote learning instruction given The Aug. 11 meeting also included a presentation from Scott Grens, the district’s assistant superintendent for innovation and systems management, about the district’s latest plans for remote learning during the 202021 school year. Grens said he didn’t know anyone who enjoyed the last two months of the 2019-20 school year, which featured remote instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

District 205 school buildings closed to in-person instruction at the end of regular classes on March 13 and remained closed for the rest of the school year.

Grens noted that the Illinois State Board of Education had changed several of its directives and guidelines since the spring. He noted that remote instruction in the spring did not offer live instruction. There was no attendance guidance in the spring and grading during the spring of 2020 could only raise a student’s grade for that term.

Grens stated that during the upcoming school year, teachers will provide live online instruction. Teachers will take daily attendance, and regular grading policies will return. All students will receive a district-issued technology device.

In his presentation, Grens provided a sample daily remote learning schedule for students in grades 6-8. The sample featured an English Language Arts class from 8:25 to 9:30 a.m., followed by a math class from 9:32 to 10:37 a.m., followed by a science or social studies class from 10:39 to 11:44 a.m., followed by a 31-minute physical education class, followed by an elective class from 12:19 to 12:50 p.m., followed by another elective class from 12:52 to 1:25 p.m. Asynchronous learning, including checkins with teachers, would be available from 1:25 to 3:25 p.m.

The presentation from Grens also included a sample remote learning schedule for York High School students. That sample would feature four synchronous (livestreamed) 70-minute classes from 7:40 a.m. to 12:35 p.m., followed by about 150 minutes of asynchronous (non-live) learning.

A York student would engage in live classes in four periods (1, 2, 3 and 4) on Monday and Thursday, while taking live classes in four other periods (5, 6, 7 and 8) on Tuesday and Friday.

Wednesdays would involve periods 1-8 engaging remotely for 30 minutes each.

Kocinski said the district’s updated remote learning plan is an improve-

ment over the spring. He noted the challenges of remote learning for the district’s youngest students. Kocinski also said the district’s teachers should be in school buildings during remote instruction to leverage all of the district’s technologies in order to deliver the best possible education.

Whelton presents tentative budget The Aug. 11 meeting also included a brief presentation from Whelton about the district’s tentative 2020-21 budget. The budget, which is on display on the district’s website, will be approved on Sept. 22.

Whelton stated that the tentative budget shows about $133.1 million in revenues, and about $139.6 million in expenditures, for a deficit of over $6.5 million. The district currently has a fund balance of about $63.4 million and will end the 2020-21 budget year with a fund balance of nearly $56.9 million.

During its 2019-20 budget year, the district had revenues of about $131.3 million, and expenditures of about $129 million.

Whelton noted that expenditures for salaries are up about 7.7 percent from this year over last year. He said the district had to add additional teachers to provide for all-day kindergarten during the 2020-21 school year.

He noted that the district has incurred several expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those expenses have contributed to a portion of the deficit for the 2020-21 budget year.

Whelton will provide further details about the district’s expenditures for COVID-19 related items, including personal protective equipment, at an upcoming finance committee meeting.

Kocinski said he would not support higher taxes to make up for the deficit.

He said the deficit should be absorbed by the district’s fund balance.

The board will hold its next regular meeting on Aug. 25.

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The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of victims. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named.

retail theft at a pharmacy in the 100 block of W. North at around 5:13 p.m. Police said that subsequent to a traffic stop, Williams was found to have a revoked driver’s license and was in possession of cocaine. Williams and Cantore were found to be in possession of stolen merchandise after having committed a retail theft at the pharmacy, according to police.

Criminal damage, criminal trespass Aug. 1 The complainant, a neighbor, related that an unknown suspect(s) pulled the victim’s solar pathway lights from the ground in the 400 block of Montrose at around 7 a.m. The suspect also reportedly broke a glass lawn ornament, placed numerous yard signs in the victim’s front yard, and poured salad dressing on the yard signs.

Theft/burglary/attempted theft or burglary/identity theft/fraud/forgery/ deceptive practice/obstruction/robbery Aug. 12 Theft was reported at a convenience store in the 500 block of Spring at around 11:20 a.m. A victim told police that he left his One Wheel Pint Electric board charging behind the store for approximately 30 minutes. When he returned for the board, it was missing. The victim then stated that he believed an unknown suspect had stolen it.

Domestic battery, domestic incident, disorderly conduct, damage to property, disturbance Aug. 10 A complainant in the 300 block of River Glen told police at around 8:29 p.m. that she placed an object on the suspect’s vehicle as a joke. This angered the suspect, who subsequently punched the windshield on the complainant’s vehicle. The suspect owns the vehicle that the complainant drives. Nothing physical occurred between the suspect and the complainant and neither wished to sign a complaint.

Aug. 8 Police said officers responded to the 100 block of W. Fremont at around 4:05 p.m. for the report of a domestic battery. The complainant told police that subsequent to a verbal argument, the suspect pushed her to the ground. The suspect related he wasn’t home and no physical altercation occurred. The complainant did not have any signs of injury and did not wish to pursue complaints.

No arrests were made.

DUI, DUI-drugs, possession of alcohol in public Aug. 8 Felix Marban, 34, of Chicago, was charged was charged with DUI, illegal transportation of alcohol, speeding and no insurance, subsequent to a traffic stop near North and West at around 12:43 a.m.

CALL 800-222-TIPS Harassment, threats Aug. 6 Police said a reporting officer responded to the 300 block of W. Lake at around 3:27 p.m. for a threat report. A victim told police that on the above date, the suspect was terminated. The suspect has reportedly been sending threatening text messages to the victim. An investigation is pending.

Possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance Aug. 10 Damien T. Craddock, 21, of Hillside, was issued citations for possession of cannabis by a driver and disobeying a traffic control device, while Trevante D. Williams, 19, of Berkeley, was cited for possession of adult use cannabis in a vehicle, subsequent to a traffic stop near St. Charles and Route 83 at around 12:28 p.m.

Aug. 8 Jason W. Laws, 46, of Wheaton, was issued citations for possession of adult-use cannabis in a vehicle subsequent to a traffic stop near Roosevelt and York at around 11:36 a.m.

Aug. 7 Charlie Williams, 65, of Chicago, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, retail theft, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while license revoked, while Anthony Cantore, 23, of Chicago, was charged with felony

Aug. 11 Retail theft was reported at a store in the 600 block of N. York at around 1:15 p.m. Police said a reporting officer met with loss prevention who stated the pharmacy was missing numerous boxes of Nicorette® gum. The complainant reviewed surveillance video which showed a light-skinned male suspect, wearing jeans, a T-shirt, hat, a reflective yellow construction vest and mask, placing several boxes into his cart. The suspect proceeded past the self-checkout registers without paying for the items and left the store.

Aug. 8-Aug. 11 Theft of vehicle parts was reported at a car dealership in the 700 block of W. Lake. A complainant told police that an unknown suspect(s) removed two sets of rear wheels and tires from two of their vehicles parked in the lot.

Aug. 8 Residential burglary was reported in the 300 block of Geneva at around 4:16 p.m. Victims told police that they left their residence to run errands and upon returning home, they found a basement window was broken and items were missing from the home.

Identity theft was reported in the 100 block of N. Myrtle at around 10:45 a.m. A victim told police that he received a letter and debit card from

the Illinois Department of Employment Security regarding unemployment benefits. The victim did not apply for unemployment benefits.

Retail theft was reported at a food store in the 600 block of N. York at around 11:04 a.m. Police said two suspects—one described as a white female between 30 and 35 years old; the other described as an Hispanic male between 25 and 30—were observed placing groceries into their cart and leaving the store without paying for the items. The complainant will sign complaints if the suspects are located.

Aug. 7 Theft was reported at a fitness center in the 600 block of N. York at around 5:30 p.m. A victim told police that he went to the gym and stored his belongings in a locker which was secured with a combination lock. Upon completing his workout and returning to the locker room, he noticed his combination lock was missing from the locker and cash was missing from his wallet. An investigation is pending.

Aug. 6 Identity theft was reported in the 400 block of Highview at around 9:56 a.m. Police said an officer met with a victim in the lobby of the police department for an identity theft report. The victim told police he received a notice from IDES referencing his filing for unemployment. The victim stated he never filed for unemployment.

July 23 Identity theft was reported in the 100 block of Fullerton at around 10:45 a.m. A victim told police that she received a debit card in the mail from Illinois Department of Employment Securities, but she did not file for unemployment.

June 11 Identity theft was reported in the 400 block of N. Ida at around 3:21 p.m. A victim told police that after having problems with his cell phone, he contacted his provider and learned that an unknown suspect used his personal information and created a duplicate SIM card for his phone. Once the cell phone provider restored service to the victim’s phone, he learned that cash was missing from his Bitcoin account. The reporting officer provided the victim with information on how to protect himself against identity theft.

Juvenile suspected in string of armed car-jackings transferred to adult court On Monday, Aug. 10, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced that Judge Brian Jacobs had granted the State’s motion to transfer a juvenile suspected in a string of armed car-jackings in Downers Grove and Warrenville from Juvenile Court to adult Court. The juvenile, who is not being named at this time, has been held in custody in the Juvenile Detention Center since his detention hearing on Dec. 19, 2019.

The juvenile’s alleged accomplices, Emanuel Embry, 19, and Daysean Washington-Davis, 20, both of Chicago, are currently in custody at the DuPage County Jail since their bond hearings the same day at which bond was denied for both men. At the time of their arrest, the juvenile was on probation for robbery, Embry was on probation out of Cook County for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Washington-Davis was out on bond out of Cook County for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon.

On Nov. 30, 2019, officers with the Downers Grove Police Department responded to a call on Prairie Avenue regarding a carjacking. An investigation into the matter revealed that the victim was sitting in the driver’s seat

of her vehicle, which was parked in her garage, and her daughter was in the front passenger seat when a male subject, later identified as the juvenile, allegedly approached the vehicle.

It is alleged that the juvenile drove to DuPage County and, while wearing a mask, knocked on the window of the vehicle, displayed a handgun and told the victim “give me the car.” It is further alleged that the victim then threw the car keys to the juvenile and that she and her daughter exited the vehicle. It is alleged that the juvenile then entered the vehicle and drove away. It is alleged that when the juvenile drove away, he was followed by another vehicle, allegedly driven by Washington-Davis.

Nearly two weeks later, on Dec. 13, at approximately 2:06 p.m., the Warrenville Police Department responded to a call on County Ridge Road regarding a carjacking. It is alleged that as the victim drove, he was being followed by a car allegedly occupied by the juvenile, Washington-Davis and Embry. It is alleged that when the victim arrived at his house, he exited his vehicle and began walking towards his house, at which time he was allegedly approached by

two masked men, later identified as the juvenile and Embry. It is alleged that both the juvenile and Embry were armed at the time. It is further alleged that the men then demanded the victim’s car key and his wallet and then drove off in the victim’s vehicle.

Approximately 20 minutes later, at 2:27 p.m., the Downers Grove Police Department responded to a carjacking that had just occurred on Hawkins Street. It is alleged that the victim, a pregnant female, was sitting in her vehicle in her driveway when she was approached by two individuals, later identified as the juvenile and Embry.

It is alleged that the juvenile and Embry wore masks and were armed. It is further alleged that the men ordered the woman out of her vehicle and drove off in her car. It is further alleged that Washington-Davis was the driver of the vehicle that brought the men to the Hawkins Street address.

A friend of the victim had observed the alleged carjacking and followed the stolen vehicle. It is alleged that when the stolen vehicle was stopped in traffic, the victim’s friend approached the vehicle at which time the occupants, allegedly the juvenile and Embry, exited the vehicle and fled

the scene. It is further alleged that as the victim’s friend moved her vehicle off the roadway, one of the defendant’s entered the victim’s friend’s car and drove away. An investigation conducted by the Downers Grove and Warrenville Police Departments led to Embry, Washington-Davis and the juvenile as suspects in the car-jackings.

Through the course of their investigation, authorities were able to apprehend the juvenile who was taken into custody on Dec. 13. On Dec. 17, authorities took Washington-Davis into custody from his apartment and several hours later, authorities apprehended Embry in Chicago.

“In DuPage County we take violent crimes, such as alleged against these defendants, extremely seriously,” Berlin said. “If found guilty, the juvenile allegedly involved in these crimes is equally culpable as his co-defendants and for justice to be served it is imperative that any penalty he faces reflect the severity of the crime. Simply put, the fact that he was several months shy of his 18th birthday should not shield him for a proper measure of justice.”

Embry has been charged with two

counts of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony) and one count of Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 2 Felony).

Washington-Davis has been charged with four counts of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Violence (Class X Felony), two counts of Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 1 and Class 2 Felonies) and two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Class 4 Felony). The juvenile has been charged with three counts of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony) one count of Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 2 Felony) and one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Class 4 Felony).

With the juvenile’s transfer to adult court, all three defendants will now face the same penalty of between 21 and 45 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, if found guilty.

The juvenile’s next court appearance waasscheduled for Aug. 14.

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Derecho storm brings 11 tornadoes to northern Illinois NWS says tornado tore through Lombard, Villa Park; trees, homes, roofs damaged

FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT

Following the “derecho” storm that blew through the northern part of the state including DuPage County on Monday, Aug. 10, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a report that at least 11 tornadoes had been seen across the northern part of

the state.

6. Wheaton winds of more than 200 mph.

The NWS defined a derecho as 7. Lombard/Villa Park The NWS issued the following a line of intense, widespread, and list of locations where tornadoes had 8. Spring Grove fast-moving windstorms and some- been confirmed: 9. Park Forest times thunderstorms. The events of 10. Rogers Park in Chicago 1. Southwest Rockford Aug. 10 were ranked EF-1, which is 11. Grant Park in Chicago 2. Rockford to Caledonia considered “moderate,” according to 3. Ottawa The closest tornado to the Indethe NWS. The most powerful storm 4. Southeast Marengo pendent’s readership area was in the is rated EF-5, which can produce 5. Yorkville to South Plainfield Lombard/Villa Park area. The storm, which moved in from Wheaton, produced tornado damage immediately east of I-355, just east of Lilacia Park in Lombard, the NWS said. The

County Board approves three referendum questions for November ballot The DuPage County Board voted Tuesday to put three referendum questions on the November 2020 General Election ballot.

Two questions seek the voters’ opinion on law enforcement issues: The first asks about funding for law enforcement while the second asks about law enforcement training methods. The third question asks voters about whether the County should stockpile personal protective equipment to protect against a further outbreak of COVID-19.

“Residents have expressed a great deal of interest in these topics in re-

cent months. Voters will share their opinions about public safety, weighing in on questions of public safety and actions we take to ensure the public health. Residents will provide us important feedback as we continue to work through the challenges presented by these unprecedented times,” said Chairman Dan Cronin.

The referendum questions will appear on the ballot as follows: • “Shall DuPage County continue to consider financial support of law enforcement and public safety its top budgeting priority?”

• “In order to fight the spread of COVID-19, shall DuPage County obtain a stockpile of personal protective equipment for distribution to nursing homes, first responders, health care providers, and at-risk communities who are not otherwise able to obtain personal protective equipment?”

• “Shall DuPage County continue to fund and support training methods that decrease the risk of injury to officers and suspects for local law enforcement agencies?”

The 2020 General Election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

County Coroner warns of two new street drugs The Independent brings you the following Public Service Announcement: Dr. Richard Jorgensen, DuPage County Coroner, wishes to inform the public of the occurrence of two new street drugs in the area. These drugs are Flualprazolam® and Isotonitazene®. The DuPage Coroner’s Office has investigated 11 deaths involving Flualprazolam and four involving Isotonitazene. These are new and dangerous drugs, Jorgensen said.

Information about these drugs are: Flualprazolam is a benzodiazepine derivative and has sedative and anxiolytic effects. It was first synthesized in 1976 but not presented to the FDA for approval and was never marketed. It has subsequently been sold as a designer drug.

A thorough expert and scientific report from the World Health Organization can be found below: who.int/medicines/access/controlled-substances/Final_Flualpra-

zolam.pdf?ua=1 Isotonitazene is a potent synthetic opioid analgesic commonly referred to as “iso.”. This drug is in the family of benzimidazole opioids and is derived from another drug called Etonitazene, which is a powerful pain medication. Estimated at 1000x as potent as Morphine the potency of this drug is similar or greater than fentanyl and is a Schedule I controlled substance (No accepted medical use).

Isotonitazene has no current approved clinical use and has a high rate of addiction. The drug is an offwhite or white powder and is often pressed into counterfeit opioid pills that may have a M or an 8 stamped one side and to look like Oxycodone or 8mg Dilaudid (hydromorphone) tablet. The symptoms of use are similar to opioids in general. Isotonitazene is considered one of the most persistent and prevalent new opioids.

Narcan can be used, but multiple doses may need to be administered.

The potency of isotonitazene may require more than a usual dose of naloxone to reverse the opioid overdose.

Further information about the drug and placement on Schedule 1 at DEA site below. deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/ rules/2020/fr0618 “In summary these drugs are on the scene and very dangerous,” Jorgensen said. “Please be aware of their presence and beware of their dangers.”

Obituary ALVINA BAJARS, 95 Alvina Bajars, a life-long resident of Elmhurst, passed away on Aug. 7, 2020, at the age of 95. She and her husband Eric, who proceeded her in death in 1988, bought their one and only home in Emery Manor, Elmhurst’s first subdivision, in 1954.

Alvina was able to remain there for the rest of her life.

Alvina was born in Latvia. When she met and married her husband Eric, both were emigrants in Germany prior to coming to America and first settling in Chicago. They moved to Elmhurst to raise their children. Alvina is survived by daughters Rita (late Ken) Buczyna, Anita (Bobby) Meredith and Vita (Brian) DeBrock, as well as grandchildren Stefanie DeBrock and Matt (Ashley) DeBrock and great-grandson Mason DeBrock.

Alvina retired from the Elmhurst Public Library and returned to work there part-time into her late 80’s. She attended the Chicago Latvian Zion Lutheran Church. Per her wishes, she was cremated with no planned

visitation or funeral. Arrangements provided by the family.

JOHN D. MILLER, JR., 78 John D. Miller Jr., of Addison, passed away on Aug. 8, 2020 at the age of 78. He was born on March 22, 1942. Beloved husband of Ronnie, nee Scheuring. Loving father of Deborah Serritella, Nancy (Jim) Gunther-Beard, Jennifer (Richard) Petraitis, and the late John David Miller III. Cherished grandfather of Mike, Michael, Alissa, Bill, Heather, Scott, Alexa, Jared, and Nick.

Dearest great grandfather of Rylie, Breanne, and Theo. Fond brother of Rick, Linda (Gabe) Lopez and Sandy (Brian) Jean. Memorial Mass was held at St. Philip the Apostle Church, Addison. Interment private at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to Pancan.org greatly appreciated. For info, call (630) 628-8808 or visit HumesFH.com.

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Thyroid Disease and Multiple Sclerosis can cause changes in the Optic Nerve, and Rheumatoid Arthritis can cause an inflammation of the iris.

During our exam we have technology that helps us diagnose, photograph (document), and monitor these conditions with better efficiency and accuracy. Elevated cholesterol can present itself as a white ring on the periphery of the cornea, or plaques in the back of your eye. Especially for those over 40, even though you think you see well, there may be underlying conditions that you are not aware of that can be seen during an eye examination. That is why we stress yearly exams.

And now, with our new technology, annoying dilation is usually not needed. So take the time and get your eyes examined. At Skowron Eyecare, our mission is you protecting your health and vision.

Man accused of stealing County-owned truck following release from jail On Friday, Aug. 14, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced that bond had been set for a Chicago man accused of stealing a County-owned truck following his release from the DuPage County Jail.

Christopher Britter, 30, of Chicago, appeared in Bond Court Friday afternoon, where Judge Joseph Bugos set bond at $75,000 with 10% to apply.

Britter has been charged with one count of Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle and one count of Theft $10,000 to $100,000. Both charges

tornado continued in a northeasterly direction, uprooting trees—some snapped at the trunk—as well as causing some damage to homes, including a few with substantial roof damage.

The worst damage occurred near and around the Lombard Common just south of St. Charles Road. Damage eased considerably on the north side of the circulation with a more gradual drop off in damage to its south. The tornado lifted just northeast of the Jefferson Middle School.

are Class 2 Felonies.

On Thursday, Aug. 13, Britter was released from the DuPage County Jail after posting $100, or 10% of a $1,000 bond, after being charged with Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct. Britter reportedly did not immediately leave the vestibule of the Sheriff’s office.

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Glowiak Hilton: New mental health programs available State Senator Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D-Western Springs) urged those who are struggling with mental health issues to see if they qualify for help through three new Illinois Department of Human Services’ designed to provide housing, crisis support and community care resources.

“We’re all laboring under heavy mental and emotional burdens right now, so we can’t forget how much harder of a struggle this is for our friends and neighbors who are managing mental health issues,” Glowiak Hilton said. “Those in need should reach out to local service providers to see what options are available to them.”

IDHS’ new programs include the Living Room Program, Transitional Living Centers Program and the Transitional Community Care and Support Program. All three coordinate with community-based mental health centers and non-traditional service providers to increase access to the services they offer, as well as to develop their clinical services.

The Living Room Program is designed to

Letters to the editor Research that activist organization before giving a donation, reader urges What stood out to me in your August 13th article about the charges leveled against the individuals connected to the attempted terrorism at the Lombard Municipal Campus [Woman charged with attempted terrorism at Lombard Municipal Campus, Independent 8-13-2020 edition] is that the one charged on June 1st was able to post “$100,000, or 10% of his $1 million bond.” That’s a pretty good chunk of change to come up with!

If you dig a little deeper, you learn that his bond was posted by the Chicago Bond Fund according to an August 5th article in the DuPage Daily Herald. You have to wonder if the donors to this charitable organization realize they aren’t just providing funds to bail out “peaceful protestors” but their money is used to bail out an individual who is caught walking around a suburban police station with Molotov cocktails in hand! Who are these donors that are okay with extremist actions like this? Doesn’t the state put any limits on how charitable funds can be used?

Maybe this can be a wake-up call for all of us to find out what these well-funded and professionally marketed activist organizations are about before providing them with any sort of support.

Dan VanDerMolen

Reader calls out ComEd for slow response It was disheartening to see the many Elmhurst businesses which were required to shut down because of Commonwealth Edison’s failure to restore power after a storm in the Elmhurst area.

One wonders if ComEd might have been able to respond more quickly and

break the cycle of psychiatric hospitalization by providing a safe, home-like environment for people to go to process mental health crises. Peer run crisis services are used to provide a less traumatic and more empowering alternative for people experiencing a mental health crisis.

The Transitional Living Centers Program provides immediate housing to people living with mental illness while they work to find permanent housing. Priority is given to those being discharged from psychiatric hospitals who are at risk for homelessness.

The Transitional Community Care and Support Program assists uninsured or underinsured patients transitioning out of psychiatric care.

The program includes funding for non-traditional supports, such as cell phones, food, clothing, transportation and other resources that are necessary for individuals to succeed as they transition back into communities.

[This was received from the office of State Senator Suzy Glowiak Hilton.]

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effectively had it not been distracted by its scheming to divert corporate resources to Mike Madigan’s Democrat cronies, and were it not required to pay a $200 million fine to the federal government as a consequence.

I’m not sure of the exact But alas, this is Illinois. Realistical- definition of middle age. I guess ly, we cannot expect much better. it depends on how long you plan David J. Novotny to live. I’m not ready to publicly admit to middle agedness as I Reader notes all the things plan to live forever, but I am teachers do that can risk beginning to get a feel for some their health in these times of the changes that happen during A reader wrote in the Aug. 13 is- the F-word decades. sue, questioning and doubting whethLike the rest of us from the er teachers face greater risks that Brady Bunch generation, I’ve police, fire, or medical personnel in lived a few years and have dealing with our current COVID19 watched the world evolve situation. [Teachers face risk, but no throughout my lifetime. I’ve more than police, fire, medical, View- witnessed new inventions like point, Independent 8-13-2020 issue.] cell phones and computers. I Medical personnel wear full PPE, remember back when telephones if needed, and take other precautions were tethered to the wall. My … and generally deal with one pa- first computer had no hard drive. tient at a time. In actuality, though, I Zero. That was back in the ancient know an ER nurse who has described times of floppy disks. Remember dealing with COVID19 as like a those? “war zone.” And how many police When you hit middle age, you or fire personnel deal with groups of realize things don’t work like people, in an enclosed space, over a they used to – and I’m not talking period of several hours of the day? about new-fangled gizmos like Teachers and aides do not have the cell phones or computers. benefit of full PPE (unless the school Take my glasses (please). will provide these), have to work They’ve quit doing their job. They with multiple children in a classroom used to help me secure 20-20 for hours on end, deal with children’s vision, but something’s happened runny noses and other hygiene is- to the lenses, and I can no longer sues, try to keep children orderly read words at a font size smaller (have you tried keeping children than 12 – unless they are held out from touching each other, running at least an arm’s length away from around, etc.?), and at times, deal with my face. unruly situations.

My bathroom mirror has Think about the environment and developed a distortion problem. situations in which teachers have to When I look into it, the only work. Visit a school and classroom. person looking back at me is And you will see that this is very dif- someone resembling my mom. ferent from the police, fire or mediMiddle age brings with it cal personnel, who themselves have greater knowledge about the their own challenges. world. For instance, you know Franklin Ishida

Middle age

in appetite, sleep patterns, weight gain, mood swings, sweating, By anxiety, heart palpitations, energy JILL level and ability to think straight PERTLER – otherwise referred to by the medical term: brain fog.

Contributor It’s a time of more and less.

You have more patience, but fewer young children to try that patience. You have less hair on your head, but more growing out that gray hairs do not have the of less desirable places – like same consistency as your normal your nose and ears. You eat less color. You also know that when you pluck one gray hair from your but weigh more.

Middle age is when you realize head, two grow back.

Middle age is a time of changes you have more time, but less time and transitions. Lately I’ve found – all at the same time.

Some people get distraught myself battling with combination skin. I rotate my applications: one about middle age. It’s even been called a time of midlife crisis. day acne cream, the next wrinkle Crisis? Really? cream.

How can it be a crisis when you It’s a time when you finally have half left? Especially when come to know and embrace your limitations. Gravity, for instance, you know the first 20 years were squandered on youth and things is a grave limitation (although like Pez and Pixie Stix. My palate thankfully not a literal one).

It’s a time of creaks and groans has evolved from sugared candy. I – and they’re not coming from the don’t have to worry about making furniture. People find themselves curfew or good grades.

I never, ever have to learn new bothered by aching joints and I, math. From that perspective, myself, have noted that when I middle age doesn’t sound so bad. bend over someone in the room Midlife is a time of knowledge lets out a groan. If I didn’t know and understanding. I know things better, I’d swear the noise was now that I didn’t in my youth. coming from my own mouth, but that couldn’t be possible. I know I I understand the best is yet to come. And I can still remember could easily still touch my toes – where I put my glasses. Most if I could reach them. days.

Speaking of health issues, I’ve Jill Pertler is an award-winning recently discovered the joy of syndicated columnist, published migraine headaches. They say playwright and author. Don’t miss that for women of a certain age, a slice; follow the Slices of Life migraines can be attributed to page on Facebook hormonal issues, as can changes

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Edward-Elmhurst postpartum complications program educates new moms

More mothers die from pregnancy-related complications in the United States than in any other developed country. An average of 73 women die each year in Illinois due to pregnancy-related complications.

A new Edward-Elmhurst Health (EEH) Postpartum Complications program combines Edward-Elmhurst’s Obstetrics and Emergency Departments, and local EMS providers to increase awareness among new moms and healthcare providers of the postpartum complications that new moms can experience.

Between birth and six weeks postpartum, specific complications can occur in new moms that many people are unaware of, such as: • Severe hypertension/preeclampsia (severe high blood pressure that may lead to a stroke) • Late postpartum hemorrhage (severe vaginal bleeding) • Untreated infections leading to sepsis (blood infection) which can

cause multiple organ damage • Thrombolytic embolism (reduction in blood flow due to a blood clot) • Postpartum depression • Complications related to a substance use disorder, particularly opioid poisoning If left untreated, these complications can lead to death.

“The Postpartum Complications program is designed to raise awareness among new moms,” said Pat Bradley, system director, Women’s Services, Edward-Elmhurst Health.

“As part of the discharge instructions, new moms are educated about the risk of postpartum complications that may occur between birth and six weeks and are encouraged to become more self-aware of the changes going on in their bodies during this time.”

New moms are also given a teal bracelet to wear until their six-week postpartum doctor’s appointment.

The color teal represents female strength. If a new mom develops

physical or emotional issues during that timeframe, the bracelet can help alert Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedics and emergency department staff that she has recently given birth.

“The bracelets will help providers more easily identify these issues at the time of care, resulting in timely and appropriate treatments and improved outcomes,” says Dr. Tom Scaletta, Medical Director, Emergency Services.

Local EMS paramedics and Edward-Elmhurst Health emergency room doctors and clinical staff have been trained to look for the teal bracelet and to ask if a woman has recently given birth as part of her medical history – and coordinate with the Edward-Elmhurst Obstetrics departments as needed.

For more information about women’s services at Edward-Elmhurst Health, visit www.EEHealth.org/services/pregnancy-baby.

Pandemic aid to start flowing to local governments in Illinois

Municipal League disappointed money can’t be used to aid local businesses

By Peter Hancock CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

The state of Illinois will soon begin distributing $250 million in federal funds to help cities, counties and other units of local government pay for pandemic-related expenses.

The General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules cleared the way on Tuesday, Aug. 11 for the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to launch the Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency, or Local CURE, program, which state lawmakers authorized in the budget they adopted in May. Of that money, $200 million will go directly to cities and counties. The rest will be divided between local public health departments and other local units of government such as townships and other special taxing districts.

The money can be used for expenses such as COVID-19 testing and emergency medical expenses; public health expenses, including costs of enforcing orders related to COVID-19; payroll expenses for public safety and other employees whose jobs are mainly focused on mitigating or responding to COVID-19; and other expenses that are “reasonably necessary” for responding to the public health emergency.

DCEO used a formula to determine how much money each city

and county will receive. Department spokeswoman Lauren Huffman said the agency will start distributing the money later this month.

The one thing local governments cannot use the money for, however, is direct aid to local businesses that have been impacted by the pandemic.

That is something that disappointed some local government leaders.

“The federal government says that communities can use these dollars for local economic support, but DCEO says we can’t,” Brad Cole, executive director of the Illinois Municipal League, said during an interview after the JCAR meeting. “And while the department says that local governments cannot use the funds for that purpose, the state reserves the right to use it.”

DCEO set up a separate program to help businesses impacted by the pandemic called the Business Interruption Grant, or BIG. That program will distribute about $636 million to businesses around the state.

Both the aid to local governments and the BIG program are funded with money the state received through the federal CARES Act. The city of Chicago as well as Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will counties are not eligible for the grants because they have populations of more than 500,000 and therefore, received their own direct allocation of CARES Act funding.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced during a COVID-19 briefing in Chicago Wednesday, Aug. 12 that DCEO just awarded the first round of those grants totaling $46 million. He said the funding will go to more than 2,600 businesses located in 78 of the state’s 102 counties.

An additional round of grants will be awarded soon focusing on childcare providers. Further grants will be presented later in the fiscal year, according to DCEO. Phil Keshen, DCEO’s chief financial officer, said during Tuesday’s JCAR hearing that there had been many discussions between the agency and IML, and DCEO intends to make up to $30 million available to area communities working in conjunction with local businesses.

The main concern, Keshen said, is the potential liability to the state and the local governments if the funds are not used in strict accordance with federal rules or with the state’s Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, commonly known as GATA. “The liability does remain on the state for the federal funds,” he said.

“And so that’s part of the process of entering into grant agreement—to make sure that the audit requirements set forth by GATA are in place as well, and…making sure that both the local government knows what their role is in the grant-making process as well as what DCEO’s role is.”

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Elida Roman from Addison holds her newborn, Aliyah Eva Gomez, at Elmhurst Hospital while wearing a teal bracelet, part of a new Edward-Elmhurst Health Postpartum Complications Program designed to increase awareness of various issues among new moms and healthcare providers.

Pritzker announces launch of housing assistance program Calls it largest pandemic-related housing stability program in the nation

By Peter Hancock CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

Gov. JB Pritzker has announced a pair of housing assistance programs aimed at helping lower-income households meet their rent and mortgage payments during the pandemic.

“The economic pain brought on

by COVID-19 has impacted every Illinoisan, but no one has carried a burden larger than those least able to weather a financial hardship,” Pritzker said during an announcement in Chicago. “Every action that we take to pave our way through this crisis and beyond must be done with a special focus on those who have too often been left out and left behind.”

The two programs are being administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program will provide $150 million in federal CARES Act funding to help low-income households catch up on their rent payments.

Tenants who are approved for that program will receive one-time grants of $5,000, paid directly to their landlords, to cover rental payments they missed starting in March and to prepay rent bills through December, or until the $5,000 is exhausted, whichever comes first. Those grants will

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not have to be repaid.

Applications are being accepted from Aug. 10 through Aug. 21, although the application window may close early due to anticipated high volume.

IDHA expects about 30,000 tenants to receive funding. Applications can be filed online at https:// era.idha.org.

To qualify, applicants must demonstrate that their income before March 1, 2020, was at or below 80 percent of their Area Median Income, which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development calculates for each county.

Also, an adult member of the household must have had a loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic on or after March 1, and the household must have an unpaid

rent balance that began on or after March 1.

Once the application period for the rental assistance program closes, IDHA will begin accepting applications for the Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program.

Once the application period for that program closes, IDHA will begin taking applications for the Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, which will make another $150 million available to households that have been unable to make their mortgage payments due to a loss of income during the pandemic.

Under that program, the state will provide grants of up to $15,000 to approximately 10,000 households to pay past-due mortgage payments, including escrowed first

mortgage expenses such as property taxes, insurance and certain fees.

The grants will be paid directly to the homeowner’s mortgage servicer and will not have to be repaid.

To qualify for the mortgage assistance program, applicants must have reported an adjusted gross income on their 2019 tax return at or below 120 percent of the area median income.

Also, an adult in the household must have had a loss of income due to the COVID-19 crisis on or after March 1. Applicants must have been current on their payments as of Feb. 29 and their mortgage must be past due or in forbearance.

Applications for mortgage assistance can be filed online at https:// ema.idha.org.

In March, Pritzker issued an ex-

ecutive order banning residential evictions in the state during the pandemic crisis. That order has been extended twice and is currently scheduled to expire Aug. 22.

During his remarks, Pritzker acknowledged that the $300 million in rental and mortgage assistance won’t be enough to reach everyone needing help.

“The need here in Illinois and across the nation is tremendous.

And we anticipate that there will be so many eligible and interested renters and homeowners that we won’t be able to give every deserving family help,” he said. “But I will work with the champions in the General Assembly, as well as in Congress to advocate for federal for more federal assistance to keep people in their homes.”

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Tiebreaker process for marijuana licenses finalized State adopts permanent rules to award 75 adultuse dispensary licenses

By Raymon Troncoso CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, or IDFPR, recently adopted permanent rules to break ties in the application process for 75 conditional adult-use marijuana dispensary licenses.

Under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, firms can score up to 250 points on their application to obtain a license. There are a limited number of licenses available in each of the state’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Regions.

An outside company does the scoring for the applications, and the new rules provide for a randomized tiebreaker process that takes effect if two or more applicants in a given region have a tied score.

Per the rules, which were filed in June and approved by a legislative rules committee Tuesday, the first name drawn will have first right to a remaining conditional license, the second name drawn will have second right, and so on.

If licenses are left over due to some or all of the drawn applicants abandoning their claim, the license will go to the application with the next highest score. If there are more applicants at the next highest score than licenses available, the tie breaker process will repeat.

Applicants receive points for the strength of their planned security measures as well as floor, record-keeping, business and operating plans, among other factors. Appli-

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DuPage County complex for a report of a stolen County-owned work truck. It is alleged that at approximately 1:14 a.m., Britter entered the truck, which was unlocked and running at the time, and drove off the County complex.

At approximately 5 a.m. the same morning, Darien police officers observed the truck parked on the side of Lemont Road just south of I-355. Britter was found there, allegedly asleep in the driver’s seat. He was taken into custody at that time without incident.

“It is alleged that shortly after posting bond on disorderly conduct charges, Mr. Britter wasted no time in allegedly committing another crime, this time a felony,” Berlin said.

Britter’s next court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 8, for arraignment in front of Judge John Kinsella.

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York Business INCubator students win competition York High School Business INCubator student entrepreneurs Barry Carta, Connor Polomsky, Chris Markuson, and Luigi Allegrini partnered to develop their own business startup, known as Kroy Railway Group. This past spring, competing against dozens of other York INCubator teams, Kroy presented their final pitch to a Board of Advisors, ulti-

mately winning first prize in funding to further their business venture.

On Wednesday, July 29, Kroy Railway Group was officially registered as a Limited Liability Company, naming Carta and Polomsky as Kroy’s business managers.

Last fall, York Business INCubator teams were initially challenged to identify and evaluate everyday prob-

County expands small business relief program The DuPage County Board on Tuesday, Aug. 11 voted to remove a restriction from the County’s Reinvest DuPage small business grant relief program.

In May, the Board allocated $7 million in monies received under the federal CARES Act for a grant relief program developed in partnership with Choose DuPage for small businesses and independent contractors impacted by COVID-19. The Board set aside an additional $10 million in June for use through the same program.

Previously, businesses or independent contractors could not apply for the grant program if they had received assistance from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan, any state hospitality grant, or any local loan or grant program. The County Board action on Tuesday removed that restriction from the application criteria for the Reinvest DuPage program.

lems in need of a solution. Living in Elmhurst, Team Kroy knew residents frequently encountered traffic backups due to trains blocking local roadways. Having witnessed fire truck and ambulance delays, it was apparent to the team that this was not only a business opportunity, but also a life safety issue worth exploring.

Under the mentorship of Jim Dondlinger, former president of Auto Truck Group, the students began developing a marketable, tech-driven solution to the problem. They sought

to utilize real-time data to improve emergency response times and routes in communities where rail lines cause unpredictable traffic delays.

The students envisioned producing and deploying tech-based safety tools and apps for first responders, municipalities, and consumer markets nationwide.

Team Kroy initiated partnerships with the City of Elmhurst, Superior Ambulance, Auto Truck Group, and other business leaders. They interviewed first responders, conducted

research, and collected data throughout the business development process. Carta and Polomsky additionally wrote a grant seeking funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation. For their efforts, the team has garnered attention from the Federal Railway Administration as well as several elected officials.

In partnership with INCubator. edu, Steve Haderlein teaches York’s Business INCubator course. Local business experts and entrepreneurs serve as volunteer coaches.

“Our small business community continues to be hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and removing this restriction broadens the initiative’s reach, allowing us to continue to help businesses and support economic development in DuPage County,” said Chairman Dan Cronin.

The program provides grants of up to $15,000 for DuPage County-based businesses with fewer than 15 fulltime employees and less than $1.5 million in annual revenues. Monies received under the program may be used for payroll, rent, mortgage payments, utilities, and other expenses necessary to maintain operations.

A 1099 contractor whose annual income is less than $100,000 can also receive relief through the program.

As of Tuesday, DuPage County has provided $5,922,877 for 563 grants for local businesses and independent contractors.

To learn more or to apply for assistance, please visit choosedupage. com.

Aid for struggling small businesses to start flowing

$636 million in ‘Business Interruption Grants’ to help small firms hit by COVID-19

By Peter Hancock CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

to small businesses that have been forced to close or that have seen a substantial loss of customer activity due to COVID-19.

“The Business Interruption Grant program, otherwise known as BIG, is a key component of Governor Pritzker’s comprehensive response to COVID-19 and the economic distress it’s caused for Illinois businesses and communities,” DCEO spokeswoman Lauren Huffman said in an email. “This historic $636 million SUBMITTED PHOTO Elmhurst Independent program will provide immediate re Pictured are York High School Business INCubator students (from left): junior Chris Markuson, senior lief for small businesses which have experienced significant revenue loss- Connor Polomsky and senior Barry Carta, who along with Luigi Allegrini (not pictured) developed their es as a result of the ongoing pandem- own business start-up and then presented it before a Board of Advisors where they took first prize in

Financial aid is about to start flowing for Illinois businesses that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity published emergency rules this week to implement the Business Interruption Grant program, or BIG. Those rules took effect July 21 when they were submitted to the secretary of state’s office.

State lawmakers authorized the program in the budget they approved during their special session in May. It will make $636 million in federal CARES Act money available See SMALL BUSINESSES, Page 15

funding. Known as the Kroy Railway Group and now a registered LLC, the team can now further their business venture.

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Don’t Miss Out!

Don’t Miss Out!

Open and airy 2 bed / 2 bath Condo featuring 11 foot floor to ceiling windows. Beautiful and spacious kitchen with granite tops, stainless appliances and backsplash & ample storage.

Master bedroom with large walk-in-closet, en-suite with double $449,900 FIRST OFFERING!

Open and airy 2 bed / 2 bath Condo featuring 11 foot floor to ceiling windows. Beautiful and spacious kitchen with granite tops, stainless appliances and backsplash & ample storage.

Master bedroom with large walk-in-closet, ensuite with double vanity sink and large soaking tub. In-unit laundry. Steps to everything in this vibrant Fulton Market / West Loop localeRestaurants, Bars, Mariano’s, Whole Foods, Jewel, CTA, Metra, easy highway access & much more. Well-managed building with Doorman, Fitness Center, Dog Run & Bike Storage. Indoor heated garage is included. Unwind on your private balcony with picturesque Skyline views. $449,900

Just Listed!

Just Listed!

Rare opportunity to own this updated & expanded brick Georgian that has been lovingly looked after for over 45 years.

Enjoy the quiet single tree-lined block of S Lawndale from your front porch, yet close to all Elmhurst has to offer in this $599,900 FIRST OFFERING!

Rare opportunity to own this updated & expanded brick Georgian that has been lovingly looked after for over 45 years. Enjoy the quiet single tree-lined block of S Lawndale from your front porch, yet close to all Elmhurst has to offer in this center of town location - shops, restaurants, train. This 3 bed / 2.1 bath home boasts flexible living & entertainment options w/ a great floor plan perfect for today’s owner- Living room w/ gas fireplace, separate dining room, large Great room w/ expanded ceilings & exposed brick accent wall, family room/office w/ walls of windows. Large eatin kitchen w/ solid wood cabinets, SS appliances, backsplash & granite tops, wine fridge & wet bar. $599,900

Attention Savvy Investors!

Attention Savvy Investors!

Generate positive cash flow from Day 1 with built-in tenant!

This updated 3 bed / 2.1 bath townhome in well-maintained Lancaster Square is a smart add to your portfolio. Main level features open floor plan with hardwood floors, spacious living $269,900 FIRST OFFERING! S DER BUIL ENT STM E V IN WISE

610 S. Linden, Elmhurst

610 S. Linden, Elmhurst

Amazing opportunity to work with one of Elmhurst’s top custom home builders. Steps from award winning Jefferson Elementary and the IL Prairie Path, in one of Elmhurst’s hottest neighborhoods. This generous plan offers ceiling detail

58 ft wide lot steps to Berens Park Sports Complex - sledding hill, sand volleyball courts, tennis, Hub Splash park, turf fields, baseball/softball diamonds, batting cages, putt-putt golf and a block away from Wagner Community Center. In a well-

58 ft wide lot steps to Berens Park Sports Complex - sledding hill, sand volleyball courts, tennis, Hub Splash park, turf fields, baseball/softball diamonds, batting cages, putt-putt golf and a block away from Wagner Community Center. In a well-developed neighborhood with lots of new construction.

Close to downtown Elmhurst, Metra, Emerson Elementary and all major highways. Home is tenant occupied till midAugust. Home can be rented out as you develop your new construction plans. $259,000

Amazing opportunity to work with one of Elmhurst’s top custom home builders. Steps from award winning Jefferson Elementary and the IL Prairie Path, in one of Elmhurst’s hottest neighborhoods. This generous plan offers ceiling detail throughout, exquisite millwork, a large mudroom, 1st floor office, huge kitchen with 2-tier island for prep sink/area and separate eating space. Open family room with gas fireplace overlooks 160’ deep yard. Superb from the curb with covered front porch and patio in the rear. Too many other details to list! Builder is also willing to build to suit at different price points. $1,250,000

$1,250,000 IN FOR PERMIT

Build New Near Berens Park!

Build New Near Berens Park!

Generate positive cash flow from Day 1 with built-in tenant! This updated 3 bed / 2.1 bath townhome in well-maintained Lancaster Square is a smart add to your portfolio.

Main level features open floor plan with hardwood floors, spacious living area & large eat-in kitchen with island and stainless appliances leading to balcony. On the 2nd level you will find the master bedroom ensuite with walk-in-closet, two additional bedrooms / home office, full bathroom and conveniently located laundry. Cozy lower level family room with gas fireplace and attached 2 car garage. $269,900

Your Private Retreat!

Your Private Retreat!

This oversized split level with sub basement offers over 3,000sf of finished living space. 4 beds / 2.5 baths - master suite with walk-in closet and updated master bath. Completely remodeled in 2017 with a new roof, windows, mechanicals,

$259,000 Lot For Sale

$619,000 NEW PRICE!

This oversized split level with sub basement offers over 3,000sf of finished living space.

4 beds / 2.5 baths - master suite with walkin closet and updated master bath.

Completely remodeled in 2017 with a new roof, windows, mechanicals, top of the line finishes, fenced yard with lots of mature trees, paver patio and storage shed.

Oversized 2 car attached garage with epoxy flooring and circle drive. Beautiful hardwood floors, white kitchen with massive seating island, separate dining room, living room fireplace, and walkout family room. Laundry and tons and storage in the basement. $619,000

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Hinsbrook Construction’s newest offering on Colfax, one of south Elmhurst’s most sought-after streets. Stand out from the rest with fresh, new design. Custom accent wall and barn door to first floor office/ bedroom. Hardwood floors throughout the first floor. Formal dining with wainscoting & huge family room with gas fireplace flanked by built-ins. Gourmet kitchen with custom cabinets, large seating island, eating area, high-end SS appliances, walk-in pantry, mudroom with built-in cubbies and large walk-in closet. Upstairs boasts 4 large bedrooms and 3 full baths. Master suite with tray ceiling, dual walk-in closets, and spa bath. Huge 2nd floor laundry as well. A fully finished basement with a large rec room, 5th bedroom or workout room, full bath, wet bar, and a ton of good storage space. 2 car attached garage. Overall, roughly 4,900sf of finished living space. Walk to Jefferson (public K-5) or Visitation (private K-8), Smalley Pool, Butterfield Park, & the IL Prairie Path. Close to shopping and highways. $1,148,000

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Sprawling Brick Ranch

Set on a 75’ wide lot with nearly 3,500sf of finished living space. Updated inside and out - white painted brick exterior, new Pella windows, new insulated garage door, new soffit/ fascia/gutters with leaf guards, and in-ground pool with new $599,900

FIRST OFFERING! Sprawling Brick Ranch Set on a 75’ wide lot with nearly 3,500sf of finished living space. Updated inside and out - white painted brick exterior, new Pella windows, new insulated garage door, new soffit/fascia/gutters with leaf guards, and in-ground pool with new liner and new pool equipment. New hardwood floors throughout the main living area, freshly painted, vaulted family room with skylights and new stacked stone double sided fireplace to large living room. 3 bedrooms with 2 remodeled bathrooms. Master suite with attached master bathroom, double closets and built ins. Separate formal dining room, updated kitchen with newer stainless-steel appliances and granite counters overlooking entertainer’s dream backyard. Large patio overlooking professionally landscaped and fenced yard with large storage shed for all your pool toys. Huge, fully finished basement with large rec room, 4th bedroom, and large laundry room with storage. Crawlspace under family room for additional storage. $599,900 Perfect Family Home

This MacDougall Split Level has 4 finished levels with nearly 3,600sf of finished living space. Well-cared by this 2nd owner, this home is a great family home with 4-5 bedrooms, oversized rooms, an eat-in kitchen, master suite with master

This MacDougall Split Level has 4 finished levels with nearly 3,600sf of finished living space. Wellcared by this 2nd owner, this home is a great family home with 4-5 bedrooms, oversized rooms, an eat-in kitchen, master suite with master bath, family room with stone fireplace, home office, a finished basement with tons of storage, attached 2.5 car garage, large laundry room, back deck and huge backyard. Walkable to Jefferson school with bus service to Bryan JRHS and York HS. Also, 3 blocks from the IL Prairie Path. Updates include AC, Hot Water Heater, Furnace, and Tear off Roof. $575,000

$575,000 FIRST OFFERING!

Classic Red Brick Bungalow

Classic Red Brick Bungalow

Steps to Lincoln School, York HS & Prairie Path and Spring Road Business’, Features include: intricate moldings, arched doorways, gorgeous HW floors, Newer Maple Kitchen w/ Granite CT’s, NEW SS appliances. Awesome Addition w/ $484,900

Renovated Ranch

Renovated Ranch

Updated ranch located in South Elmhurst. Beautifully renovated modern kitchen with SS appliances. Counter seating in kitchen. 3 bedrooms on main level. Master bedroom with private bath. Newer windows, hardwood floors in living

Updated ranch located in South Elmhurst.

Beautifully renovated modern kitchen with SS appliances. Counter seating in kitchen. 3 bedrooms on main level. Master bedroom with private bath. Newer windows, hardwood floors in living room, dining room and first floor bedrooms. Wood burning fireplace in family room. New AC in 2019.

New Washer and Dryer 2018. Finished basement with 4th bedroom and large rec room. Awesome lot size! Fenced in yard!

Walk to grade school and junior high in minutes. This home is a MUST SEE!! $455,000

$455,000

Double Wide Lot For Sale

Double Wide Lot For Sale

Endless possibilities and potential to build your dream home on this oversized 100x125 lot close to City Centre, restaurants and Metra. Convenient access to all major transportation routes. Top-rated Field Elementary school. Well built 2 bed / 2

~Land for Sale~ Lot lies in Blue Ribbon Lincoln School District. Quiet private location. Build your dream home and raise your family in one of the Western suburb’s finest towns. $299,000

Endless possibilities and potential to build your dream home on this oversized 100x125 lot close to City Centre, restaurants and Metra.

Convenient access to all major transportation routes. Top-rated Field Elementary school. Well built 2 bed / 2 bath / 1765 sq ft brick and stone Ranch home is currently on property. Flexicore basement ceiling. Rehab, add on, or build new. As-Is Sale. Value in the land. $315,000

$315,000 NEW PRICE!

Land For Sale < $300k

Land For Sale < $300k

Steps to Lincoln School, York HS & Prairie Path and Spring Road Business’, Features include: intricate moldings, arched doorways, gorgeous HW floors, Newer Maple Kitchen w/ Granite CT’s, NEW SS appliances. Awesome Addition w/ multiuse/over-sized/custom ISLAND that will be the HUB of the Home all of which is surrounded by the view of your incredibly private backyard. 1st floor offers an in-law/ arrangement w/ Full Bath & Bedroom. Functional Office & Formal Dining and Living Rooms round out the 1st floor. 2nd Floor has 4 spacious Bedrooms w/ a Full Bathroom.

Basement has HUGE Rec Room w/lots of storage! $484,900

~Land for Sale~ Lot lies in Blue Ribbon Lincoln School District. Quiet private location. Build your dream home and raise your family in one of the Western suburb’s finest towns. $299,000

Lot For Sale in Lincoln

Lot For Sale in Lincoln

Attention Builders! Great corner lot 75 x 125. Located close to Shopping, Schools, Restaurants. Home on property is a tear down. Call for details. $324,900

Attention Builders! Great corner lot 75 x 125.

Located close to Shopping, Schools, Restaurants.

Home on property is a tear down. Call for details.

$324,900

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Of the 75 available licenses, 47 will be given to applicants from the Chicagoland region. The Metro East area near St. Louis has the next highest number with four.

Conditional adult-use dispensary licenses do not allow the holder to buy or sell marijuana. The licenses only allow them 180 days to find a location to house their dispensary, pass inspection and pay a fee to receive a full license that will entitle them to deal in recreational marijuana.

According to a release distributed

by IDFPR, approval in the legislative committee will allow them to issue conditional licenses “in coming weeks.”

The Illinois Department of Agriculture, which is in charge of awarding licenses that allow firms to grow, infuse and transport cannabis, has yet to finalize its scoring process for firms to apply for and win those licenses.

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Social equity applicants are the only ones that can achieve a perfect 250-point score on their application.

The methodology of the point system is in line with other programs which seek to enact social justice policies to benefit low-income communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs and historic disinvestment.

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Grant awards may be used to cover operational costs such as staff wages and benefits, occupancy costs, materials, supplies and professional services that are eligible for federal Coronavirus Relief Fund reimbursements and are not otherwise covered by another grant or loan program such as the Payroll Protection Program or other disaster relief programs.

More information on how to apply for the grants is available on the DCEO website.

by the Department of Human Services and will be awarded to facilities that receive at least 25 percent of their revenue through the Child Care Assistance Program and whose operating capacity has been reduced due to group size restrictions imposed by the Department of Children and Family Services to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.

If funds allow, another round of grants will be awarded for the period Oct. 1 through Nov. 30, according to DCEO.

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Those businesses must have met certain income requirements during 2019. They also must have been in business for at least three months prior to March 2020 and have incurred at least $10,000 in qualifying expenditures since March 21.

The BIG program also sets aside $270 million for licensed day care centers. An initial round of those grants is to be awarded by Sept. 30.

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Huffman also said that at least $159 million in grants will go to entities located outside Chicago and the surrounding collar counties.

(Continued from page 11) Although the application window for the first round of grants totaling $60 million has already closed, the new rules enable the agency to begin processing those applications and awarding grants.

During the first round, priority is being given to small businesses located in DIAs. Specifically, $20 million will be distributed to small businesses located in DIAs where there was property damage during recent civil unrest. Another $20 million is set aside for bars and restaurants; $10 million for barbershops and sa-

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ANNOTATION ANTHOLOGY APPENDIX ATLAS BARCODE BIBLIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY BROWSE CALL NUMBER CARREL CHECKOUT CIRCULATE CITATION COPYRIGHT DATABASE DOWNLOAD FOLIO HOLDINGS INDEX JOURNAL LOAN PERIODICALS RETURN VOLUME

Public Notices The City of Elmhurst Has Scheduled a Public Information Meeting For The North York Street Sidewalk Improvement The City of Elmhurst is performing a Preliminary Engineering Study for the construction of a new sidewalk along North York Street from U.S. Route 20 (Lake Street) to I-290 Westbound Ramps/Crestview Avenue. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce the project to the public, pres-

ent the project schedule, the existing conditions and proposed improvement, and to seek public input and comments regarding the project. The meeting details are below: Date: August 24, 2020 Time: 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. Location: Elmhurst City Hall (Outdoors) 209 N. York St. Elmhurst, IL 60126 The meeting will be conducted in an informal, open house format. Feel free to attend the meeting at any time between 5:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. The City of Elmhurst and

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 77686 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on AUGUST 3, 2020, wherein the business firm of FSH HOLDINGS LOCATED AT 360 BUCKINGHAM COURT, LOMBARD, IL 60148 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) CARMEN PESCE, HOME ADDRESS 360 BUCKINGHAM COURT, LOMBARD, IL 60148.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 3RD day of AUGUST, A.D. 2020.

JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Aug. 20, 27 & Sept. 3, 2020) 379317

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 77704 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on AUGUST 7, 2020, wherein the business firm of GZA CONCRETE LOCATED AT 5618 LINCOLN AVE., LISLE, IL 60532 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) EZEQUIEL GALARZA, HOME ADDRESS 5618 LINCOLN AVE. LISLE, IL 60532.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 7TH day of AUGUST, A.D. 2020.

JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Aug. 20, 27 & Sept. 3, 2020) 379485

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 77683 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on JULY 31, 2020, wherein the business firm of MYCYBERMARKETS. COM LOCATED AT 451 KENSINGTON COURT, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 was registered; and the following changes were made: The following person or persons executing this business have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under said assumed name: CESAR A. ANZOLA, 451 KENSINGTON COURT, NAPERVILLE, IL 60503.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 31ST day of JULY, A.D. 2020.

JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Aug. 6, 13 & 20, 2020) 378853

NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 77707 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on AUGUST 10, 2020, wherein the business firm of THE BONUS COACH LOCATED AT 1011 CHERRY STREET, WHEATON, IL 60187 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) MARK DOUGLAS SCHMALE, HOME ADDRESS 1011 CHERRY ST., WHEATON, IL 60187.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 10TH day of AUGUST, A.D. 2020.

JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Aug. 20, 27 & Sept. 3, 2020) 379480

project consultant representatives will be present to discuss the project and to answer questions on an individual basis.

Due to the current restrictions in place for the Restore Illinois plan, attendance will be limited to 50 people at one time, including City staff and consultant representatives, and a line may form. The meeting will be held outdoors, pending weather. All attendees must wear a mask and practice social distancing. No one will be allowed into the meeting without a mask. Anyone not comfortable with attending the meeting can contact the City representative below to request meeting materials.

In the event of rain or inclement weather, the meeting will be held inside City Hall at the above stated time and date. The City will post meeting updates on its social media platforms.

The meeting will be accessible to persons with a disability. Anyone in need of special assistance and planning to attend should contact the City of Elmhurst contact listed below by telephone, in writing, or by e-mail.

For more information, contact: Kent Johnson City Engineer City of Elmhurst 209 North York Street Elmhurst, IL 60126 Phone: (630) 530-3024 E-Mail: Kent.Johnson@elmhurst.org (Published in the The Elmhurst Independent Aug. 13 & 20, 2020) 379147 NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 77675 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on JULY 28, 2020, wherein the business firm of CUMEX TOWING SERVICE LOCATED AT 1416 BLOOMINGDALE ROAD, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL 60139 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) YOEL GONZALEZ, HOME ADDRESS 1416 BLOOMINGDALE ROAD, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL 60139.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 28TH day of JULY, A.D. 2020.

JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Aug. 6, 13 & 20, 2020) 378632

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Elmhurst-based squad finishes pandemic-delayed season with 24 wins; Matykiewicz twins throw combined no-hitter against top seeds

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

The Elmhurst-based Cougars 10U travel softball team had a tripleheader for the ages to close out its pandemic-delayed season.

The Cougars won three games in a row to secure the Park Ridge Ice Cream Classic championship.

Heading into the final Sunday of competition, the Cougars had to win three games in order to take home the title.

The first step was a 10-2 win over the host Park Ridge Pistols, followed by a 6-1 win over the top-seeded Barrington Bandits.

The Cougars, donning their Sun-

day red uniform tops, led 3-1 through five innings against Barrington thanks to timely hitting from Avery O’Connor and a double by Chloe Pishkur. The Cougars added three runs in the top of the sixth courtesy of a leadoff double by Myka Matykiewicz, a single by Sara Steinecker and key two-out double from Brooke

8U Blue wins championship game 11-2 On Sunday, Aug. 16, the Elmhurst Youth Baseball 8U Blue team just won the 8U MSBL Championship. They beat Melrose Park 11-2 in the final game. Showing off their championship rings are (bottom row, from left): Rocco Popo, AJ Fleming, Rocco Urso, Parker Gabuzda, Evan Meade, Grant Rodriguez; (middle row): Fred Eicke-

Shoemaker.

Myka Matykiewicz and twin sister Brin Matykiewicz combined to throw a no-hitter against the topseeds. They combined to strike out 12 in six innings.

“It was a pitching duel for the ages,” Cougars coach Mike Matykiewicz said.

The win against Barrington, pushed the Cougars into the title finale against the Oak Park Windmills.

The Cougars came out strong, posting five runs in the first inning and continued the onslaught, en route to an 11-2 championship triumph.

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IC Catholic Prep boys golf team loaded with talent Atendido leads list of returners for COVID19-altered season

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

The IC Catholic Prep boys golf team is hoping to take full advantage of the age-old formula that says players a year older tend to do even greater things.

The Knights sported four key freshmen golfers on a 2019 squad that advanced to the Class 1A sectional round as a team.

Those four are back and are even stronger. They will join forces with a host of other improved golfers on veteran coach Don Sujack’s Knights squad.

“We expect to be very strong,” Sujack said.

The list of returners is headlined by sophomore Jann Atendido, the returning conference player of the year and conference tournament champion.

“Jann’s talent and athleticism belied his age when he was a freshman,” Sujack said. “Those freshmen have turned to sophomores now and they have really developed their games.

Every time Jann puts it in the ground he will be a contender. He will be expecting to win and that goes for all

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competitions. He is a special talent.”

Atendido’s younger brother, Zazz, was projected to be part of the varsity lineup as well, but he’s sidelined by a broken collarbone suffered in a bicycle accident.

“Zazz is quite an accomplished junior golfer,” Sujack explained. “He would have been right there for us.

We might be able to get him back for the state series. When he’s ready, he will certainly be one of our top six.

The unfortunate part is if he’s able to play it won’t be until late in the year.

We are hoping he will be a contributor before the year is out.”

The other three returning key sophomores are Nick Zanoni, PJ Wisniewski and Kenny Jones.

Zanoni and Jones played in the Class 1A regional last year along with Jann Atendido.

Sujack also is high on returning senior captain Michael Hilgart, whose older brother, Thomas, was on the team last year. “Michael has made some nice improvements to his game,” Sujack said. “He’s fixed some things and he certainly is expected to be an everyday contributor.

We shouldn’t have a problem putting together four good scores at any point in time.”

Senior Carl Knable is back as well.

“Carl has made some strides,” Sujack said.

Sophomore Luke Tardiff also is making strides. “When you look at players, sometimes you say, ‘Wow, I have myself a player,’” Sujack said.

“It looks like Luke will be a player. He will be one of our everyday guys.”

Sujack also is excited about junior girls golfer Nina Calabria. “Nina has made tremendous strides,” he said.

“She very easily will go downstate this year. She is a dedicated golfer and athlete who also plays softball.

We will get her into (boys) matches this year. In practice rounds I hit a couple of tee shots and she blew by one of my second balls. She has quickly risen from where she was a year ago. We are going to get her into varsity matches, but will probably start her in JV matches. She has the ability to move through the girls state elimination series. If she doesn’t go downstate this year, I would be very surprised. She’s a sponge and has that athleticism. She can turn concepts into athletic action.”

On the COVID-19 front, with the IHSA and state public health guidelines, the Knights had all of their 18-hole regular-season tournaments voided. “We had six tournaments,” Sujack said. “We were supposed to be at Leyden, in Peoria at the Limestone invitational, at Fenton. We were everywhere. They all got can-

celled. Last year we had three tournaments rained out. We didn’t want that to happen this year. Mother Nature has taken care of us in ways we never anticipated.”

Sujack said he’s been hard at work finding new matches to play in. “We’re adding some matches on and now that we have Saturdays open we’re looking for anybody in DuPage or Kane County that wants to have a scrimmage,” he said. “Let’s go somewhere and play 18 holes on a Saturday afternoon. In talking to coaches we are hearing, ‘My principal might let us do this, the conference might let us do that, my AD might let us do this.’ You have three variables there and it makes it harder to work around in a manner that works well for both schools. We were able to add two new matches recently. When we had stronger teams in the past, it was nice to see how we did in tournaments.

Now, we have to put more stock into the matches.”

Sujack indicated IC Catholic Prep has matches scheduled against four teams that went downstate last year in either class 1A, 2A or 3A. “That’s going to allow us to measure ourselves and see how we compare to them and see what we need to do, if anything, to make sure we are at the level want to be at.”

That list of top teams on the sched-

ule includes the likes of St. Francis, Aurora Central Catholic and York.

Sujack said some new COVID-19-related rules will take some getting used to. “They came out with an edict that the boys had to wear masks during competition and can take them off to execute a shot and then put it back on,” he said.

“There was some pushback on that and they are taking a second look at it.

“With the bunker rule, they are saying you have to drop it and not play it as is. Quite frankly there are courses out there with little to no bunker maintenance, and in some instances they haven’t been touched all year. Can you imagine 10 months without a piece of equipment on it?

Not sure if the rule about dropping it serves anybody well. It’s more of a penalty than it would be otherwise. I sent in a letter about it. It wouldn’t surprise me that as we go along some quote-unquote local rules are put in effect. I’m hoping that is one that conventional wisdom takes over and they take another look at it.”

IC Catholic Prep is slated to open the season Monday, Aug. 24 against St. Francis at home at Maple Meadows. As of press time, the Knights had eight dual matches on their schedule, with five being at Maple Meadows.

(Continued from page 18) In the fourth, Grace Hoffman led off with a smash up the middle, followed by doubles from Myka Matykiewicz and Maddie Housley. The Cougars added three more runs to put the game out of reach.

Myka Matykiewicz starred once again in the pitching circle. She struck out 13 and allowed only one hit through five innings.

The Cougars started the tournament with a 12-3 win over host Park Ridge.

O’Connor went 2-for-3 in the game, while Pishkur went 2-for-3 with three RBI and blasted a home run. Brin Matykiewicz threw a one-hitter and struck out 13.

In second-day action, the Cougars played to a 4-4 tie with Oak Park. The Cougars got on the board early with big hits from Paige Blythe, Housley, Riley Raible and Myka Matykiewicz, who crushed a two-run homer over the right-field fence to put the Cougars up 4-0.

Oak Park came back with runs in three consecutive innings to tie the game at 4-4. The Cougars had a chance to go ahead in the final inning with bases loaded and one out, but were unable SUBMITTED PHOTO Elmhurst Independent to push the winning run across.

The Elmhurst-based Cougars 10U travel softball team capped its season by winning the Park Ridge Ice Cream Classic tournament title.

The Cougars found themselves down 10-2 early in their final pool-play The Cougars won back-to-back-to-back games against Park Ridge, Barrington and Oak Park on the final day of competition to win the game against the Vernon Hills Sting- crown. A key highlight was twin sisters Myka and Brin Matykiewicz throwing a combined no-hitter with 12 strikeouts against top-seeded ers. However, the Cougars came right Barrington that sent the Cougars to the championship finale. back at the plate with timely hits from Mike Matykiewicz said. “We stayed team whose motto is, “Hard work el softball programs from northern Il- breaking loss against what I believe is works!” linois and Indiana. The girls clawed the top 10U team in Illinois. We lost Steinecker and Shoemaker to get the fierce at the plate.”

The Cougars finished the season Cougars coach Scott Raible said the out 24 wins in the shortened season. 6-4. The matchup really helped the Cougars back within striking distance. girls see what it would take to win a Kendall Kanouse pitched in relief with 24 wins. “Talk about saving the staff had an inkling the team could be Amazing.”

Raible said an earlier-season close championship. They used the “6-4” and shut down the Stingers offense, al- best for last,” Matykiewicz said. “In something special this season. “After lowing only two hits to keep the game our last tournament of the year, we the first practice in the fall we knew we loss to a formidable opponent added chant before and during every game afwithin reach. Cougars came back to brought home the sweetest treat we had a talented team and they deserved fuel to Cougars’ fire. “You know you ter that loss as a reminder that you have get within a run at 11-10, but left the could ask for this summer—the Park to challenge the best in the region,” he have a special team when your team to go out and win or tie every inning.

Ridge Ice Cream Classic champion- said. “I scheduled games and entered rallies behind the sting of defeat,” he To see 10U girls have that motivational bases loaded in the final inning.

“We never got down mentally,” ship trophy. It’s well-deserved for a tournaments with the top A- and B-lev- said. “We had a late-inning, heart- mindset was incredible.”

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High hopes for Timothy Christian girls tennis team Three-time state-qualifier Cassandra Lee back for Trojans

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

Longtime Timothy Christian girls tennis coach Keith Mills is highly optimistic about his 2020 team.

“On paper, this will be Timothy’s best girls team ever,” he said.

“If there is a state tournament, we would considered a top-five team in the state. The lineup will be strong at the top and we have numerous seniors playing second and third doubles. We will be tough to beat by any size school.”

The Trojans are coming off a 2019 season where they went 9-8 and went 2-2 in Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division action.

“Seven of our losses were by identical 3-2 scores,” Mills pointed out. “We were a little thin on experience last year with only one senior in the lineup.”

Timothy finished in a second-place tie in the MSC’s upper division with Wheaton Academy, took second in the Lockport team invite in the Silver division as the smallest

school in the 28-team field.

And of course Cassandra Lee qualified for state for a third time.

She took third in doubles her freshman and sophomore years and finished in the top 10 in Class A singles last year.

“She will be gunning for the alltime school record in career wins early in the season,” Mills said.

Seven of eight starters are back for Mills, including Lee. Senior Sarah Carstensen will be a key doubles player after playing first doubles as a junior. Sophomore Alexa Yelenosky will be in a top-four position. “She had an outstanding freshman year, capturing the second-place singles title in the conference,” Mills noted.

Adding depth to the team are seniors Kiana Morrissey, Bella Tornabene and Georgia Wells, along with junior Kate Carpenter. They will fill out the second and third doubles teams.

Lee’s younger sister, Crystina, joins the team as a freshman. “Crystina will play near the top of the

lineup along with fellow freshman Clarissa Chen,” Mills pointed out.

“Crystina and Clarissa could form a tough first doubles team.”

Sophomore Maddie Drye is looking to make the transition from volleyball (pushed back to the spring) to tennis and impact the doubles lineup,” Mills added.

“We will be tough to beat at both the top of the lineup and the bottom as well,” Mills said. “Clarissa, Crystina, Alexa and Cassie could all play No. 1 singles and be successful. Having numerous options at the lower spots makes the team very strong for a small, Class A team. We need to work on finding the right lineup. It will be challenging with all the options.”

Mills said Cassandra Lee should mostly play No. 1 singles. She has 103 wins and three conference titles to her credit. Morrissey is a leading contender at No. 2 singles and posted a .500 record in that spot a year ago. Yelenosky was undefeated at No. 2 singles last year and could

More EBSL action The EBSL game between the Elmhurst White Sox and Cubs brought plenty of action to the field at Plunkett Park on Saturday, Aug. 15.

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end up there for some matches, the coach said.

Mills added serving on the doubles end will be a point of improvement emphasis this season. He noted Carstensen should hold down the No. 2 doubles spot and will be looking for a partner. Crystina Lee, Mills added, will play mostly No. 1 doubles and play with either her older sister, Yelenosky or Chen.

“We should have two very good doubles teams,” Mills said. “Third doubles has been a weakness the last few years, and that will be on the only question mark going into the season.”

Mills sees the Trojans as the team to beat in the MSC Blue. “Wheaton St. Francis should have depth and could be the next team in the race,” he said. “Our goal is to win the MSC title and also surprise some of the big schools we play. Several players will bump down a spot this year to make way for the freshmen duo, and that should give us depth, which is something we usually lack.”

Like other fall sports, Mills’ squad is feeling the effects of the pandemic. “Safety protocols in regards to our schedule have been huge,” he said. “We had scheduled a very competitive Saturday invite schedule and those have all been cancelled. We are still hoping to schedule some bigger schools to add competition for our top players. There is limited opportunity in our COVID region, as well as many conferences are not allowing play outside of the conference. The only rules I see that have really affected tennis is scheduling. The masks can be removed when playing and there are no scorecards.”

Mills is excited about the quad Timothy is hosting Aug. 29 with St. Francis, Kaneland and Glenbard North. “It should be a great early-season test,” he said.

According to Timothy’s athletic website, the Trojans have 16 competitions on the books, including two quads at Berens Park in Elmhurst and the conference tournament.

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State Democrats outline ethics proposals

By Rebecca Anzel CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

Several Democratic state lawmakers called a virtual news conference last week in support of ethics reforms, hours before news broke that another Democratic state senator was charged with a federal crime.

A number of the nine initiatives proposed by the Democrats echo reforms called for by Republicans in recent months. Lawmakers should not lobby officials at any level of government or be allowed to jump into lobbying immediately after leaving office, both parties agree.

Lawmakers insist new push not related to Madigan

They are also in favor of establishing term limits for leadership positions. The Senate has such a provision in its rules, but the House does not.

These “nine steps to restoring trust in Illinois government,” Democratic legislators said, can be tackled in the November veto session when the chambers are scheduled to convene in Springfield. Republicans, though, requested Gov. JB Pritzker call a special session before then.

During the news conference, it was not yet reported that Sen. Terry Link, D-Indian Creek, had been

charged with tax fraud Aug. 13.

Many questions pertained to House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Almost all of the 10 participants said their list of lobbying, legislative and leadership proposals was not a reaction to recent controversy surrounding Madigan.

The Chicago Democrat was implicated in a federal investigation charging utility giant Commonwealth Edison with one count of bribery. Madigan was also named in a potential class action lawsuit arguing the speaker and utility company should pay “at least” $450 million to

almost 4 million Illinoisans affected by the alleged extortion scandal.

“This isn’t about one person in the state of Illinois. This is about the General Assembly,” Sen. Melinda Bush, a Democrat from Grayslake, said. “This is about adopting ethics changes that will really address what has been a systemic culture ... and the belief that we must stand up today and make it clear that we are here to address those issues and move forward.”

Freshman Rep. Mary Edly-Allen, from Libertyville, added when reporters asked whether the coalition’s proposed initiatives are responding to the recent federal actions entangling Madigan, “it just takes the air out of this balloon that we are trying to blow up.”

“If he were gone, we still have systemic changes that need to happen in the environment in Springfield,” she added. “I’m sorry if I sound really frustrated and angry, because I am.

It’s much bigger than that.”

Rep. Kelly Cassidy, a Democrat from Chicago, said ethics legislation is a major issue, along with calls for police reform made by members of the Black and Latino Causes.

“We’re facing a lot of crises on multiple fronts. The General Assembly needs to prove to the citizens of Illinois that we can walk and chew gum at the same time and make historic and significant ethics reform a reality,” Rep. Yoni Pizer, of Chicago, said. “...These nine measures outlined in this proposal represent a major step forward in that direction.”

Last year, Republicans in both chambers introduced bills addressing many of the same structural changes Democrats are now urging.

They asked to vote on several of those measures during the abridged

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session in May. When asked why this is the right moment to call for such reforms, Cassidy said she and her colleagues worked over the years on these ideas to fix ethical problems experienced by all four caucuses. If recent events are encouraging a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers to focus on these measures, “the better” the outcome will be.

Rep. Bob Morgan, a freshman lawmaker from Deerfield, added Democrats “are not recreating the wheel” or “being overly dramatic.”

Instead, they are looking to make rule changes most other states already implemented.

“I think everyone in this Zoom wants to pass police accountability reform, wants to pass climate change, and neither of those things can happen without a strong foundation in our Legislature, without a strong foundation in our government,” he said. “Part of that foundation is having an ethical structure.”

Many of the proposals announced were considered by the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform, the Democratic members of the panel said in an emailed statement.

That group is tasked with completing a report recommending legislation to make the same fixes the coalition of lawmakers said they wanted. It missed the March 31 deadline due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and it is unclear when the document will be presented to the General Assembly.

In its statement, the commission’s Democratic members added it can only “come up with ideas and suggestions,” not “file legislation.” The ideas shared are not yet formal legislative proposals.

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