“You will learn more just by watching the other contenders and enjoying the process,” said Bill Ste ber, the Grand Champion Griller in 2019. “Also, it’s for a great cause.” Great judges, which usually in cludes Mayor Scott Levin, will be there using their skill to choose the best sauce, best ribs, best chicken, the People’s Choice award and a Grand Champion.
Last year’s Grand Champion was Steve DeBoer with the Smokin’ Tail gators, with runner-up Up on the Rooftop’s Bill Stever. Best Sauce in 2021 went to Tuxe
Pictured here are Sophia Monreal (left) and her mother Roxanna Monreal, who came out to help weed and cut out invasive species along Elmhurst’s section of the Illinois Prairie Path on Saturday, Aug. 20. Elmhurst Great Western Prairie is part of the Elmhurst Park District and volunteers like Sophia and Roxanna help maintain and restore the property on the third Saturday of every month. Upcom ing dates are Saturday, Sept. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 15. Find out more at tinyurl.com/ElmhurstPrairie.
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By Dee Longfellow FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT It might be the event we’ve all been waiting for. How ‘bout some mouth-watering ribs? Or chicken. Anything that goes on the grill! This Sunday, Sept. 4 from 12 noon to 7 p.m. the public is invited to the municipal parking lot on Vallette, just east of York Street, behind the Knights of Columbus, where almost 20 grillers are ready to pick up the tongs, fork or spatula and compete for prizes. Entry to the event is free.
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When the aroma of the competition gets the spectators’ mouths watering, Barbecue Jim Lawshe will be at the ready with barbecue sandwiches and other fare to satisfy appetites at ‘Cue for a Cause 2022, which takes place this Sunday, Sept. 4 in the municipal lot behind the Knights of Columbus on Vallette just east of York. Free admission, bands all day and lots of activities for the kids. And barbecue! Don’t forget the barbecue.
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Everyone is invited to attend the day of competition and fun. Live bands will play throughout the day and, while the competitors’ fare can’t be tasted, Barbecue Jim’s food truck will be there to satisfy all barbecue cravings. Tacos will be available this year as well. To top it off, Pilot Pete’s will be pouring teas, lemonade and coffee.Beer and wine will be available for purchase, along with the popular root beer float stand. The kids will enjoy plenty of entertainment, including a balloon twister, face painters, crafts, slide, roaming magician and other fun and games. The band line-up is as follows: Simply Sound – 12:30-2 p.m. Lake Effect – 2:30-4:30 p.m. Common Area Maintenance (CAM) — 5-7 p.m. Stay until the end to see who the winners are! The Elmhurst Walk-in Assistance Network has been serving the Elm hurst community since 1997, provid ing emergency financial assistance for local families in need. The pan demic created an especially challeng ing year for the not-for-profit, as it strove to meet the increased demand brought on by the crisis. For more in formation, visit elmhurstwalkin.org.
The Elmhurst Artists’ Guild (EAG) presents its upcoming exhib it, Perception Inspection, featuring two dozen original paintings by Glen Ellyn resident and EAG artist Randal Stringer. The artwork can be viewed in the EAG Gallery inside the Elm hurst Art Museum, 150 S. Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, from Friday, Sept. 9 through Oct. 8. An opening reception in the gallery on Friday, Sept. 9 from 7 – 9 p.m. is free and open to the public. As the title suggests, Stringer seeks to encourage viewers to in spect their perceptions, and inherent biases, through purposely ambiguous images.“This work takes a critical view of social, political, and cultural issues and the flaws of indoctrination in misinformation,” Stringer explained. Employing a capricious blend of pop culture, commercial and fine art, using simple but bold colors, lines and repeating figures, subjects are presented as seemingly absolute. But on inspection, the factual take-away can be quite different, based upon the viewer’s own perspective, and how deeply their external knowledge has been impacted by misinformation and“Withindisinformation.mywork, I feature bold, iconic images that include forms of subversive dissemination, have a fo cus on cultural phenomena, and ad dress cultural constructions of power and identity,” Stringer said. “Using simple symbolism of repeated non binary figures, sometimes with cap tions, I pinpoint specific cultural is sues including consumerism, brand ing, globalization, and language.”
The altered perceptions are en hanced through a large work accom panied by a series of smaller paint ings that are similar, but all slightly different from each other.
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Another painting entitled “Ballot Box,” depicts a cartoonish character in a fighter pose, with outstretched but chained fists with “Veto” writ ten on one fist and “Vote” written on the other. Stringer used bold, prima ry colors and typical “wham, bam” cartoon imagery in this painting to underscore the current volatility of voting rights issues.
The Elmhurst Public Library is joining libraries across the state of Illinois to AwarenessbrationMatlin.noisactressaward-winninghostandIllinativeMarleeInceleofDeafMonth, Matlin will share the highs and lows of her Hollywood career and journeys as an activist. The event will be held virtually on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.
Library to host Marlee Matlin for Deaf Awareness Month
The youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar for her film debut in Children of a Lesser God, Matlin’s acting career never slowed down. She went on to receive Emmy nom inations for her television work in cluding roles on Seinfeld, The West Wing, and Law & Order: SVU. Most recently, her Apple TV+ film CODA swept every category it was nominat ed in at the 2022 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In addition to acting, Matlin starred on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. She has written three children’s nov els, a bestselling autobiography, and released an app to help teach Amer ican Sign Language to millions of smart phone users.
About the artworks In “Vax-Nation,” Stringer features a two-footed quasi-person with the head of a virus cell in front of the biohazard symbol. The virus charac ter is holding a syringe in one hand, while the other hand is held out in the “stop” position, reflecting the cultural division over whether vac cines are good or bad. A prominent “X” appears over certain characters, indicating those who decline, and su perimposes the statement, “my rights do not end where your fear begins.”
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A longtime advocate for deaf rights, Matlin continues to break down barriers for herself and others through her acting, awareness, and writing.“The only thing I can’t do is hear,” she said. “The rest is there for the taking.”This inspiring conversation will be offered in ASL and translated through an interpreter. This event is presented in partner ship with Illinois Libraries Present, a collaborative effort designed to bring virtual events with bestselling, esteemed, and diverse speakers to li brary patrons across the state. More than 140 libraries have joined the second season of Illinois Libraries Present which is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a Department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Mu seum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Registration is required to receive information to join the live Zoom event. To register, visit elmlib.org/ author. This virtual event is free and available to the public. For more information, visit elmlib. org or call (630) 279-8696.
More about Stringer’s life Stringer currently works as a Chicago-area commercial artist for national and international clients in advertising, design, and publication. His career also includes work as an artist on Hollywood feature films. He is an MFA candidate at Savan nah College of Art and Design and earned a BA in Graphic Communi cation from Missouri Southern State University.Furtherinformation on his art can be obtained from his website, www. randalstringer.com.TheEAGGallery is open during regular Museum hours, Wednes day - Thursday, 12-5 p.m. and Fri day - Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. More information is available at elm hurstartistsguild.org and elmhurstart museum.org. “Ballot Box,” pictured here, depicts a cartoonish character in a fighter pose, with outstretched but chained fists with “Veto” written on one fist and “Vote” written on the other. Elmhurst Artist’s Guild artist Randal Stringer used bold, primary colors and typical “wham, bam” cartoon imagery in this painting to underscore the current vol atility of voting rights issues. The EAG gallery is located inside the Elmhurst Art Museum located in Elmhurst’s Wilder Park. Pictured here is “Vax-Nation,” one of two dozen original paintings by Elmhurst Artist’s Guild artist Randal Stringer. In this creation, Stringer features a two-footed quasi-person with the head of a virus cell in front of the biohazard symbol. The virus character is holding a syringe in one hand, while the other hand is held out in the “stop” position, reflecting the cultural division over whether vaccines are good or bad. The show is held in the EAG gallery inside the Elmhurst Art Museum located in Elmhurst’s Wilder Park.
A related smaller painting, “In Case of Emergency,” employs the same virus character against a backdrop of biohazard symbols. An orange acryl ic shield is placed over the painting, further altering viewer perception with a warning color.
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Ramona Osgood, 69 Funeral Mass Thursday Ramona Lynn Osgood passed away August 26, 2022, at the age of 69. She was born May 13, 1953 in Geneva, Ill., to Dolores and the late Martin. She was a long-time resident of Elm hurst, contributing to the city first and foremost through her 36 years of teaching at Churchville Middle School, with most of her career focused on being a school counselor. She also at one time was the coach of the Churchville girls’ basketball and volley ball teams. After her retirement from teaching, she continued to contribute to the city by vol unteering for the Elmhurst Hospital and acting as a math tutor to adult students who were in pursuit of getting their GED. Ramona was very faithful and was an active member of Visitation Catholic Church, contributing both her vocal talents to the choir and her speaking talents as a lector. Ramona had an incredible capac ity for empathy, compassion, and generosity for all persons, and even after her pancreatic cancer diagnosis in December 2018, she nev er stopped embodying these qualities while still striving to live a quality life of love and service. She was also a proud University of Illinois alumna, achieving the honor of being named to the Bronze Tablet the year of her graduation, 1975, an achievement of her aca demic excellence. She will be dearly missed by many family members and friends. Ramona is survived by her husband of 37 years Gary Osgood; she was the loving mother of Megan (Joseph) Doyle, Ryan Osgood and the late Kevin Osgood; loving grandmother of James and Morgan; sister to Rhonda (Steve) Topp.Avisitation was held Wednesday, Aug. 31 from 4-8 p.m. at Elmhurst Community Funeral Home, The Ahlgrim Chapel, followed by a Fu neral Mass on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. at Visitation Catholic Church 779 S. York Street, Elmhurst. Internment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to The Lustgarten Foundation, which supports advances in pancreatic cancer research and treatment. Information provided by Elmhurst Funeral Home, The Ahlgrim Chapel. For info, 630-834-3515 or www.elmhurstfh.com
Following the two-year COVID hiatus, on Saturday, Sept. 17, the Elmhurst Knights of Columbus will host Oktoberfest beginning at 5:30 p.m. at its location at 537 S. York St. At 7 p.m., the 12-piece Chicago Big Band will perform under the direction of Brian Patti. Tickets are $20 and include one brat, two sides, one beer or soda and dessert. Tickets are available at elmhurstkofc.org. Sponsored by Usinger’s Sausage, which provides the brats.
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MIKE SANDROLINI PHOTOS Elmhurst Independent Red-light photo-enforced cameras—which had been covered and turned off at the intersection of Route 83 and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace due to an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) rul ing in May—are now being turned back on following a ruling by a DuPage County judge last week. The cameras will remain on at least until a lawsuit filed by Oakbrook Terrace has been settled.
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STAFF REPORT A DuPage County judge ruled last week that the city of Oakbrook Ter race can temporarily reactivate its red-light photo-enforced cameras at Route 83 and 22nd Street near the Oakbrook Center outdoor mall in Oak Brook after the Illinois Depart ment of Transportation (IDOT) shut them off in May. Judge Craig Belford ruled the city can turn the cameras back on at least until a lawsuit that Oakbrook Terrace filed in June has been settled. In May, IDOT revoked the operat ing permits for the cameras. It said at the time Oakbrook Terrace did not submit mandatory reports document ing safety at the intersection. However, the city’s lawsuit claims IDOT overstepped its authority by ordering the cameras to be turned off. It says IDOT doesn’t have the au thority to regulate the cameras once they are Anotherinstalled.courthearing is scheduled forInOctober.anannouncement last week to Oakbrook Terrace residents, Mayor Paul Esposito said he was pleased with Belford’s ruling to reinstate the city’s right to operate cameras at the intersection.“AsIcommunicated to you in June, your safety at home, at work, or at play, and when traveling through out our region is our top priority,” he said. “We worked diligently to turn the cameras back on because more than 230,000 drivers have run red lights at that intersection.”
On Thursday, Sept. 15, at 10 a.m., the Rotary Club of Elmhurst will host a Pollinator Pledge Signing Event at the Monarch Boxcar’s first stop in Bensenville, as it follows the annual fall butterfly migration from Canada to Mexico. The public is invited to join Rotar ians as well as representatives from the Mexican Consulate (Chicago), GATX, KCS, and leaders of local community groups to learn more about planting pollinator gardens along the migration path and to raise funds for the purchase of oyamel trees. The event will be held at 3 S. York Road in Bensenville, one block east of the Bensenville Metra train station and directly across York Road from the Old Second National Bank. Monarchs find their way south to Michoacán, Mexico for the winter and to the United States and Canada for the summer. These beautiful crea tures only travel during the day and need to find a roost at night, where they gather at waystations to rest, refuel, breed, and lay eggs along the Rotary Club to host Monarch Boxcar during North American Tour Event is national awareness effort to ‘Save the Monarch Butterfly’
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DuPage judge rules Oakbrook Terrace can reactivate red-light cameras
Activists and motorists who want the cameras to remained turned off, and removed, spoke at the Aug. 23 Oakbrook Terrace city council meet ing. One of the activists, Roger Ro manelli, implored city council mem bers to agree to remove the cameras and withdraw opposition to them— or they should all resign.
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According to a Chicago Tribune story, Oakbrook Terrace has received over $12 million in revenue from the red-light cameras since they were in stalled in 2017. But at the city coun cil meeting, Esposito said the cam eras have always been about public safety, not about bringing in revenue for the “Thecity.city is financially strong,” he said.Having the cameras in Oakbrook Terrace has not been without con troversy. The city’s former mayor, Tony Ragucci, who resigned in 2020, pleaded guilty in May to taking kick backs to support the use of red-light cameras in Oakbrook Terrace. He faces up to five years in prison. Ra gucci pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax Aroundreturn.350 communities across the country use red-light cameras. Nearly all red-light cameras in Illi nois are confined to Chicago and the suburbs. Villa Park has red light cam eras at North and Villa, Summit and Roosevelt, and Route 83 and River side, near Walmart. Other communities in DuPage County that have red-light cameras include Addison (John F. Kennedy Drive; Lake Street), Aurora, Bensen ville (Green and York; Grove and Route 83), Carol Stream, Glendale Heights, Lisle, Roselle, West Chica go, Willowbrook and Winfield. Parts of Bensenville and Roselle are in Cook County, while parts of Aurora are in Kane, Kendall and Will coun ties.
Earlier this month, Kansas City Southern Ry. (KCS), Canadian Pacif ic Ry. (CP), GATX, the Monterrey, Mexico Metropolitan Rotary Club and NASCO, working with local Rotary Clubs, announced the launch of the Save the Monarch Butterfly 60,000 Tree Challenge North Amer ican Boxcar Tour to raise $100,000. The funds raised will be used to plant 60,000 oyamel trees at El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Mi choacán, Mexico to help reestablish the monarch population.
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The Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations.
A victim in the 700 block of Prospect re lated an unknown suspect(s) shattered the rear windshield of his vehicle while it was parked in his driveway sometime between the above dates. Aug. 19-Aug. 21
Aug. 20 A victim in the 700 block of S. Spring told police at 10:43 p.m. that an unknown sus pect(s) sent her suspicious text messages. An investigation is pending. Aug. 18 A complainant near York and Valette told police that an unknown suspect was driving into oncoming lanes with a red/blue flashing led strobe light in the rear windshield. An in vestigation is pending. Theft or burglary/ identity robberyobstruction/deceptivefraud/forgery/theft/practice/
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Aug. 22 Filberto Giron-Carrillo, 57, of Elmhurst, was charged with DUI, DUI with a child pas senger, no valid driver’s license, failure to re duce speed to avoid an accident and improper lane usage subsequent to a vehicle crash near Church and Grant at 6:12 p.m. Kayla M. Matthews, 19, of Bensenville, was issued a citation for possession/consump tion of alcohol by a minor, while Matthews, Eliana Alvarez Cruceno, 19, of Wood Dale; Michelle M. Flores, 25, of Cicero; and Kim berly M. Martinez Solis, 19, of Bensenville, were issued citations for prowling at the Larch Parking Deck in the 100 block of W. 1st at 3:57 a.m.
Retail theft was reported at a pharmacy in the 100 block of N. Robert Palmer at 5:30 p.m. A complainant related that an unknown suspect described as a white male left the store with an unknown amount of facial cream products without paying. An investi gation is pending.
Aug. 19 Edmark Canto, 31, of Woodstock, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia near Poplar and May at 1:58 a.m. circumstancesSuspicious
Aug. 17 Retail theft was reported at a store in the 300 block of S. Route 83 at 3:21 p.m. A complainant related that two unknown sus pects—both described as black females— left the store without paying for merchan dise and fled the area in a green Toyota Camry. An investigation is pending.
According to information provided last week by the Elmhurst Police Department, police reported one incident of catalytic converters being removed and stolen from a vehicle at the following location: a business in the 900 block of S. Route 83 sometime between Aug. 22 and Aug. 23. Violation of an order of protection Aug. 11-Aug. 19 Police said a suspect violated an order of protection by attempting to make contact with the victims through phone calls, emails and text messages between the above dates. Charges are pending. arrestWarrant Aug. 24 Police said Carlos E. Loria, 52, of Elm hurst, turned himself in on an arrest warrant in the 800 block of Hillside. Loria also was charged with producing or possessing can nabis plants. Aug. 23 Police said that subsequent to a traffic stop near Joanne Way and Berteau at 7:02 p.m., Julius L. Boone, 60, of Memphis, was found to be driving while license suspend ed and had two warrants out of DuPage and McHenry County. Boone also was charged with driving while license suspended, un lawful display of registration and no insur ance.
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A complainant in the 700 block of industrial reported that an unknown suspect(s) damaged the steering wheel housing unit on a company truck sometime between the above dates. This case is pending investigation.
Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of vic tims. 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.
Aug. 21 Mark Garcines, 18, of Glendale Heights, was issued a citation for possession of alcohol by a minor in the 100 block of N. Addison at 11:54Germanp.m. Gomez, 31, of Villa Park, was charged with DUI, unlawful possession of cannabis, improper lane usage and tinted win dows subsequent to a traffic stop near West and North at 12:18 a.m. Aug. 18 Unia Young, 24, of Flossmoor, was charged with DUI, obstructing justice, two counts of battery, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and improper lane usage in the 500 block of W. Verret at 10:09 p.m.
Aug. 21 Devin Gentry, 18; Damarcus Burnett, 19; and Omarion Booker, 18; and Kevin Gentry, 19, all of Chicago, were each charged with two counts of possession of essential vehicle parts and obstructing a police officer in the 100 block of W. Butterfield at 6:07 a.m. Bur nett also was charged with obstructing identi fication. Police said officers responded to the above location for the report of a catalytic con verter theft in progress.
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Aug. 18 Michael D’Andrea, 58, of Hillside, was charged with burglary in the 200 block of N. West at 5:43 p.m. According to police, a victim related that the suspect took cash from the cabinet in his kitchen. Police said the victim had a video camera set up in his home which recorded a former acquaintance entering the home and stealing theAcash.victim in the 100 block of E. Madison told police at 4:12 p.m. he noticed possible fraudulent charge on his checking account.
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Possession of cannabis Aug. 24 Hulon Ware, 28, of Bensenville, was charged with driving while license suspend ed, unlawful possession of cannabis, improper bumpers and expired registration subsequent to a traffic stop near St. Charles and Pick at 5:30 a.m. Possession of cannabis in a vehicle According to information provided last week by the Elmhurst Police Department, police reported four incidents of possession of cannabis by either the driver of a vehicle or a passenger: Jose R. Aguilar, 21, of Chi cago, near Illinois and North at 10:59 p.m. Aug. 19; Marquis D. Scales, 40, of Melrose Park, near Addison and North at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 20; Kari Williams, 32, of Chicago, near York and Lake at 11:17 p.m. Aug. 21; and Raymond Hoang, 18, of Elmhurst; Mi chael Ryan, 18, of Glendale Heights; and Jason Thomas, 18, of Glendale Heights, in the 100 block of N. Addison at 11:54 p.m. Aug. 21. Possession of a controlled substance Aug. 24 Otis Thompson, 50, of Glendale Heights, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, disorderly conduct and served with a no trespass notice in the 100 block of N. York at 3:27 p.m. Aug. 20 Felipe A. Madera, 30, of Lombard, was charged with possession of a controlled sub stance and possession of open alcohol in the 100 block of N. Addison at 1:47 a.m., while Rebecca P. M. Ramirez, 18, of Melrose Park, and Monica J. Cezario, 18, of Melrose Park, both passengers in the vehicle, were issued citations for possession of open alcohol by a minor and open alcohol, respectively.
Aug. 16- Aug. 19 Identity theft was reported in the 100 block of E. Lake. A victim reported an unknown suspect(s) made several unauthorized pur chases on her debit card sometime between the above dates.
Aug. 24 A 26-year-old Chicago woman was charged with domestic battery in the 200 block of Ad dison at 2:17 p.m. Aug. 22 Police said officers responded to the 900 block of S. Spring for a report of a disturbance. The complainant related the suspect was in her garage and banging on the door. The com plainant said the suspect is not allowed on the property. The suspect was issued a no trespass notice and advised not to return.
Fleeing, eluding According to information provided last week by the Elmhurst Police Department, po lice reported one incident of fleeing and elud ing during which the driver of a vehicle fled the scene after being stopped for a traffic stop by police. Harassment, threats Aug. 18 A complainant in the 400 block of W. Grantley told police at 1:43 p.m. he received threatening text messages from unknown sus pect.Areporting officer met with a complainant in the 800 block of N. York who reported re ceiving threatening text messages from his ex-girlfriend. The suspect was advised to cease communication with the complainant.
Criminal damage, criminal defacement, criminal trespassing Aug. 23-Aug. 24
Disturbance, domestic incident, domestic battery, disorderly conduct
Aug. 19 A suspect contacted the U.S. Marshall’s Office and began making threats towards a victim’s property. Contact was made with the suspect who denied making any threats.
Theft was reported near Grantley and Larch at 10:23 a.m. Police said several street marking signs were discovered missing at the intersections of Maple and Grantley and Larch and Grantley. The Public Works De partment was notified of the theft. Identity theft was reported in the 700 block of Berkley at 3:29 p.m. A victim re lated that an unknown suspect(s) opened a bank credit card in his name. The victim contacted the bank and notified them of the fraudulent activity.
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Retail theft was reported at a store in the 600 block of W. North at 12:20 p.m. A com plainant related two unknown teenage male suspects entered the store, removed a long sleeve shirt and a pair of gym shoes, and left without paying.
“Day in and day out, our officers quietly do their jobs protecting the residents and businesses of DuPage County,” Berlin said. “This incident is yet another example of their pro fessionalism and dedication to public safety. Thankfully, no one was seri ouslyCrowder’sinjured.”next court appearance is scheduled for arraignment on Thursday, Sept. 22 in front of Judge O’Hallaren Walsh.
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres have announced that the state’s motion to deny bail for a convicted felon ac cused of illegally possessing a load ed firearm and illegal drugs has been granted.Eugene Williams, 34, of Dolton, appeared at a bond hearing where Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh granted the state’s motion to deny bail. In all, Williams has been charged with one count of armed habitual criminal (Class X felony), one count of armed violence (Class X felony), one count of possession of MDMA with intent to deliv er (Class X Felony), one count of possession of heroin with intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), one count of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony) and one count of unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (Class 3 fel ony).Williams is cur rently out on bond awaiting trial on unlawful use of a weapon by a fel on and Napervilleweaponunlawfulaggravateduseofacharges.OnAug.11,apoliceofficer pulled over a vehicle with tinted windows for al legedly failing to signal when chang ing lanes. As the officer approached the vehicle, he observed the driver, later identified as Williams, alleged ly moving about the front interior of theUponcar. making contact with Wil liams, the officer allegedly observed a strong odor of cannabis coming from the vehicle. It is alleged that following a search of the vehicle, the officer found a backpack in the front seat of the vehicle containing a loaded Polymer 80 9mm pistol (ghost gun), 34 pills of ecstasy, ap proximately one gram of heroin and approximately 140 grams of canna bis. Williams was taken into custody at this time.
Alleged road rage suspect pulls gun, fires three shots at victim
“It is alleged that instead of con ducting himself within the legal lim itations placed upon him due to his past criminal behavior, Mr. Williams thumbed his nose once again at the law and decided to not only illegally arm himself with an untraceable gun, but also possess illegal narcotics,” Berlin“Thissaid.isthe second time this week and the seventh time within one month that a DuPage County judge has denied bail for a defendant ac cused of serious crimes. “To be blunt, the message coming from DuPage County is crystal clear, felons who illegally possess a gun will be prosecuted to the fullest ex tent of the law.”
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Woodridge Chief of Police Brian Cunningham have announced that bond has been set for a Woodridge man accused of disarming a police officer after al legedly stealing merchandise from a Woodridge Target store. John Crowder, 29, appeared at a bond hearing where Judge Ann Ce line O’Hallaren Walsh set bond at $250,000 with 10 percent to apply. Crowder has been charged with one count of disarming a police officer (Class 1 felony), one count of ag gravated battery to a police officer (Class 2 felony), one count of retail theft (Class 3 felony), one count of resisting a police officer causing in jury (Class 4 felony) and one count of criminal damage to government supported property (Class 4 felony).
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the officer pulled out his taser at which time Crowder grabbed the tas er from the officer’s hand and threw it across the parking lot. Crowder then allegedly started walking away. It is alleged that the officer gave multiple commands to Crowder to stop walking, but Crowder refused and entered his car. After a second officer arrived on scene, it is alleged that Crowder con tinued to ignore the officers’ com mands and resisted as the officers attempted to place him in handcuffs. After a brief struggle, Crowder was taken into custody.
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• Securely cover open loads on all trucks. Much of the debris on the highway comes from trucks that have their loads uncovered.
• Clean out pickup truck beds. Random trash left in the back of pickups can easily blow out onto the street.•Set an example for others. Chil dren often imitate what they see. We can prevent bad behavior by picking up after ourselves and not littering.
On Wednesday, Aug. 24, officers with the Woodridge Police Depart ment responded to a call of a retail theft in progress at the Target store located on 63rd Street. Upon his ar rival, a Woodridge police officer al legedly observed Crowder placing two air mattresses valued at approx imately $340 into the trunk of a car. It is alleged that the officer ap proached Crowder and began speak ing to him at which time Crowder kicked the officer’s leg out from under him causing him to fall. It is alleged that while lying on his back,
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Hanover Park Chief of Police Andrew Johnson have announced that bond has been denied for a Ha nover Park man accused of shooting at a female mo torist Sunday, Aug. 21. Reco Murray, 25, appeared at a bond hearing where Judge Margaret O’Connell denied bond. Murray has been charged with one count of at tempted murder (Class X felony) and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony). It is alleged that on Aug. 21 at approximately 2:30 a.m., the victim was in her vehicle at Lake Street and Ontarioville Road in Hanover Park stopped at a red light when the de fendant pulled up behind her. It is alleged that when the light turned green, Murray immediately began honking at the victim and tailgated her as she pulled away. It is further alleged that the victim pulled over to let Murray pass. It is alleged that Murray passed the vic tim and stopped shortly after passing her at which time the victim attempt ed to continue driving past Murray. It is alleged the two vehicles were involved in a minor traffic accident. It is further alleged that when the vic tim stepped out of her car to exchange information, Murray began yelling at her, pulled out a handgun and fired three shots at her. It is alleged that the victim then ran back to her car and drove away with Murray following her. It is alleged that Murray caught up to the victim at a red light at the intersection of County Farm Road and Lake Street and fired three more rounds at victim’s vehicle. It is alleged that the victim then drove to the Hanover Park Police Department and circled the parking lot with Murray still following her Officers with the Hanover Park Po lice Department took Murray into custody at this time. Through the course of their inves tigation officers found a 9mm Taurus pistol from under the driver’s seat of Murray’s vehicle. Authorities also recovered a total of six shell cas ings from the two locations as well has five bullet cartridges from the victim’s vehicle. Additionally, the victim’s vehicle was found to have multiple bullet holes and a shattered passenger side window. The victim was“Ituninjured.isalleged that as a result of road rage, Mr. Murray opened fire on two separate occasions on an innocent woman, first shooting three times at her after a minor accident and then shooting three additional times when he followed her and they were stopped at a red light,” Berlin said. “This type of violent, unprovoked behavior will not be tolerated in DuPage County and will be aggres sivelyMurray’sprosecuted.”nextcourt appearance is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 26 for arraignment before Judge O’Connell.
• If you smoke, put cigarette butts where they belong: in ashtrays. “Let’s work together to keep our roadways safe and clean,” said White.
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Bond denied for man accused of attempted murder
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is reminding motorists to drive safely and keep our roads and high ways“Litteringclean. on the roadways can pose serious hazards to motorists,” said White. “During warm weather more of us will drive with our win dows down, and I urge everyone to refrain from tossing trash out the windows. In addition to being a traf fic safety issue, we should also re main considerate of our environment everyAccordingday.” to the Illinois Litter Control Act, a conviction for litter ing on a roadway results in a Class B misdemeanor, with up to six months jail time and a maximum fine of $1,500. A second conviction results in a Class A misdemeanor, with up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of Littering$2,500. can also be largely unin tentional. In fact, much of the debris on highways comes from trucks that do not have their loads covered.
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“We owe a duty to victims to deliver justice, and to our local residents to ensure they are not living in fear, especially when it comes to criminals with repeat offenses.”Mazzochi serves on the Judiciary - Criminal Committee in the Illinois House and was recently appointed to the newly-created bipartisan, bicameral Crime Reduction Task Force. Safe Suburbs USA was founded to promote public safety and the welfare of suburban residents throughout the USA.
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Rep. Mazzochi and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick held a Crime Prevention Workshop at the Oak Brook Library recently, where they discussed the state of public safety in DuPage County and how to be vigilant to prevent becoming the victim of a crime. “People move to the suburbs for safe streets, good schools and the sense of community,” Mazzochi said. “But many more residents will benefit from common-sense public safety measures we have practiced in DuPage County and their legislators should follow our lead as well.”
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By Jim Nowlan As I move into my 80s, I find myself standing back from barbarismtolocalaroundmayhemhurly-burlytheandoflifeme,fromviolencethemedievalinUkraine. I can thus view matters with some detachment and, I hope, some understanding. I draw for substance here on works like Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky’s Behave and Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature, among others. To start, I review some baseline human drives, which provide context, at least for me.
“Our district abuts and includes a segment of Cook County,” she said. “We have seen that the policies Cook County implemented have had a noticeable, negative spillover effect into the DuPage suburbs.
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“Springfield needs to do better to ensure that criminal justice reforms are fair, but not at the expense of the safety of our residents. I encourage anyone interested in public safety to attend an event I am co-hosting Thursday with DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick.”
“I’m proud of the work our county sheriff, local police chiefs, and local district attorneys have done to help keep residents safe. Springfield needs to do more to support their efforts, not adopt statewide bad policies that haven’t worked in Cook, and which won’t make the rest of the state safer.
awarenessexistsuchamfortheElectedrecentlySafeannounced(R-Elmhurst)MazzochihasthatSuburbsUSAnamedherOfficialofYear.“Iamthankfulthisawardandgratefulthatorganizationstoraiseandtake action against the rising crime rates in our suburbs,” Mazzochi said. “As a member of House committees that involve crime and public safety, the conversation lately in Springfield has become too onesided. We should always look for opportunities for reform within the criminal justice system—I proposed several options where the Democrats refused to take action.
Like other animals, we strive to pass our DNA to successive generations. To increase our chances of success, we pursue increased “fitness,” that is, the capacity to survive, even flourish, and become more attractive to possible mates. To display and boost our “fitness,” the ambitious among us partake of something akin to the backyard childhood gamee “king of the hill.” There are many “hills.” Some aspire to reach the top of their profession, or to pile up more wealth than others, or to win a Nobel, Pulitzer or other validating prize. All this signals high levels of attractive fitness to other Nationshumans.andnational leaders
By PERTLERJILL Columnist Slices of life
This past weekend I spent time at a class reunion with friends I don’t see every day (but wish I stillTheydid.)were the friends who knew me when. And I knew them in the same way. We were innocent and young. Not yet adults, but on the budding cusp. Growing up together creates an enduring bond that can only come from experiencing pivotal years together.Thisbond we created has only grown stronger through the years, and I think it is now like a snowball rolling downhill: only getting bigger and stronger. It’s pretty amazing when you live it up close.The friends at my class reunion knew me when I was only a girl named Jill. Before I became a wife or mother or grandmother. And they knew the boy who was to become my husband as well. He and I graduated from the same high school class together. We met when we were 15 and became instant friends. Some of our classmates didn’t realize our close relationship back then because we didn’t date; we were just best friends. But I think they appreciate it now. Most of them realize we were soulmates and all of them know he died much too soon.And they care about me. Sometimes, when we talk about him and their memories and my memories, I might tear up. Some of the friends from my reunion have apologized for making me cry.No apologies are necessary, because you don’t make me cry. You can’t make me cry. Truly. Not Don’really.tworry about it. Don’t let it burden you. Don’t let my burdens weigh you down. I try not to let my burdens weigh me down. It does no good. So, when I cry, please understand: it’s okay. I’m okay. Crying is Sometimesokaycrying is warranted. Sometimes it is needed. Tears can be a release. Holding them in does much more damage than letting them out ever could. Sometimes I cry, but don’t avoid me because you’re afraid I’ll cry. Don’t worry about your words or sharing memories because you think they make me sad. Please, don’t stop saying his name. Not ever. I love hearing his name and I love hearing about memories of him. They may make me cry; they may make me laugh. Sometimes I’ll laugh through my tears. It’s all OK. I cry sometimes because of the love I’ve experienced in life, and because that love is gone for this very brief moment and that can feel terribly sad. When we humans feel sad sometimes tears flow— beyond our control, beyond your control or my control. Tears just flow, as emotions flow and love flows. As life flows. So don’t worry if you think you make me cry. Because you don’t. Nor do LoveI.makes me cry I have loved. I do love. And the temporary loss of it right now brings tears to my eyes. But that does not rest on you or even me. It rests on love. And love conquers all. It really does. It really will. In just a moment, however long that moment may be. Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated columnist, published playwright and author. She invites readers to follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.
Wednesday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. American Mah Jongg: Open Play Gather every Wednesday for American Mah Jongg, a game of skill, strategy, calculation and a certain amount of chance. In-person. No registration required. Wednesday, Sept. 7 from 3-4 p.m. Creating Holiday Cards Online Learn to easily design and create eye-catching greeting cards using online tools. Live in-person. Registration required. elmlib.org/events.
To deal with the never-ending vagaries of life, societies have developed cultural underpinnings: communities, religion, charitable organizations, liberal arts studies, libraries, governments and political parties, all to help us navigate life. As we thread our way through the “minefield,” we tend to quest for a combination of order, harmony and prosperity.The17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes observed, to illustrate, that the job of religion was “to soothe the human heart and restrain the beast within us,” certainly helpful in navigating life. As for political philosophies, I sense that, generally, liberals see the world as they wish it to be, while conservatives see the world as it is. A moderate conservative myself, I tend to like liberals better, as they are trying to make the world a better place. Yet, I find conservatives generally more practical. I sense a blend of the two perspectives would be most productive in navigation. These thumbnail musings offer to me a couple of guidelines. First, aim high, but don’t expect or shoot for perfection, which is beyond our reach; improvement will be success. Second, life is tough, always will be. So, rather than simply helping others, help others help themselves, as best they can. That will be more productive for others in the long run. Jim Nowlan is a former professor, politician, government executive and newspaper publisher. His recent gigs have been as a senior fellow at the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs, and as a foreign expert (visiting professor) at Fudan University in Shanghai. He lives in Princeton, Ill.
In coordination with local Rotary clubs, these events will generate awareness and raise funds to help save the butterfly. Monarch butterflies are among the most recognizable butterfly species in North America. In addition to being an interna tional symbol of the environment, mon arch butterflies contribute to the health of the planet. Pollinators are critical to global food security and healthy natural ecosystems, but they’re disappearing at an alarming rate. Beloved across its trinational North American range, the iconic monarch has only a 10 percent chance of persisting above the extinction threshold over the next 30 years. The time is now to protect monarchs and their incredible 3,000-mile migration which aligns with the CP and KCS networks.
• Story (Continued from page 10) way. Although the Oyamel forests in Mex ico are recognized as important to Mon arch butterflies, deforestation and climate change over decades have fragmented the habitat. The disappearance of the Oyamel forest affects the Monarch butterfly and the local communities that rely on the forest for their livelihoods, water, healthy soil and erosion control. In support of the 60,000 Tree Challenge, a crowd-funding QR code will be featured on the side of the Monarch Boxcar, pre pared by GATX. In early September, the boxcar will stop at events in Windsor, Ont.; Bensenville, IL; Kansas City, Mo.; Laredo, Tex.; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; San Luis Potosi, S.L.P.; Mo relia, Michoacán; and conclude at the El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary.
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Friday, Sept. 2 from 10:30-11 a.m. Outdoor Storytime (weather permitting) Rhymes, books, and musical activities engage lit tle ones and foster emerging language skills. Bring a blanket to sit on. No registration required. Tuesday, Sept. 6 from 1-3 p.m. Bridge & Pinochle Club Enjoy an afternoon of card games every week. Pri or experience is required. No registration required. Tuesday, Sept. 6 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Staying Mentally Fit Join us for fun mental enrichment including games, puzzles, and other activities that boost mem ory, reasoning, and other cognitive abilities. Live in-person. Registration required. Tuesday, Sept. 6 from 7-8 p.m. Learn the basics of investing in stocks and bonds. Hybrid. Registration required. elmlib.org/events.
Wednesday, Sept. 7 from 7-8:30 p.m. Book Challenges and the First Amendment A representative from the Freedom to Read Foun dation will explain what the First Amendment does and does not cover and how libraries across the country are responding to the rise in book challeng es. Hybrid. Registration required. elmlib.org/events.
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The Elmhurst Independent - Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 • 11 Worship Services Directory 423770 St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church 547 N. Main St. Lombard, IL 60148 (630) 627-2435 Sunday Worship Schedule Bible Study 9 a.m. Worship Service at 10:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study Wednesdays after 7 p.m. service (7:40 pm.) September 24th Game Night from 4-8 p.m. Everyone is Welcome! All services are live streamed. You can watch them on our Website or on Facebook. sainttimothy.org ✝ 424036 142 E. Third St. Elmhurst, IL ImmanuelElmhurst.org630-832-1649 411832 Gather with us for Weekend Worship Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Education Hour between services at 9:45 a.m. online worship is available www.immanuelelmhurst.orgat Handicapped accessible and hearing loop enabled Be a part of forDirectoryWorshiptheServicesaslowas $15 per week Call...Brenda at 630-834-4450 301805 have drives similar to those of their citizens—to increase national wealth, expand territory, build technological prowess, all this obviously increasing the stature and power, or fitness, of their nations. In the backyard game, youngsters tried not only to ascend to the top of the pile, but also to pull others down from the top. So it is in the adult game of Thelife. best example I that I can think of is about the Jews. As a group, over the centuries, Jews have been disproportionately successful in achieving wealth as well as acclaim in science and the performing arts. Unfortunately, the incredibly powerful “us versus them” predisposition in humans, embedded in our brains over millions of years, dominates the midpart of our noggin. Tyrants like Hitler have drawn upon this prejudice to try to pull Jews down from the hill. Life is, as we observe firsthand, rough and tumble, never easy, or fair. Steven Pinker develops the thesis that since the Middle Ages the world has actually become less violent and homicidal. A thousand years ago, summer was “campaign season,” that is, the recurring, hideously violent military campaigns of one king striving to take over the territory and wealth of another people. Life was cheap.Pinker posits that over time humans are evolving to be nicer, for the reason that nice is, overall, a more successful strategy for humans and nations than is laying waste to people and property. But we are evolving slowly, so violence still breaks out widely, frequently.Ithinkof life as a continuing walk through a minefield. Some of the mines you can see, sticking up, and avoid them. Sometimes you can follow in the footsteps of another, who has found a path through part of the minefield, thus sidestepping many of the mines, if you’re careful. But there are other mines we can’t see; some of us bypass them, through good fortune; others step on a mine, no matter careful, blowing themselves to smithereens, even causing havoc among friends nearby.
Zoey Bechert gets a hug from Nancy Burden, her kindergarten teacher at Immanuel Lutheran School, after winning the VFW Post 2801 Auxiliary’s kindergarten-level award in the Americanism Pro gram Coloring Contest. Later, Zoey took first-place honors at the dis trict level to advance to the state level.
Howard Levy
Interesting things to know about this concert • Howard Levy invented an entire brand-new way of playing the harmonica. The Grammy awardwinning performer and composer who some say single-handedly revolutionized the harmonica, will perform his own harmonica concerto.
Elmhurst Symphony presents The Amazing Howard Levy Performer who revolutionized harmonica helps launch ESO’s new season
SUBMITTED PHOTO Elmhurst Independent España; Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol; and, Weinberger’s Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper General admission tickets are $35; reducedprice tickets are available for students and seniors. Tickets are available online at elmhurstsymphony.org.moreorg/event/the-amazing-howard-levy.ElmhurstSymphony.Forinformation,call630-941-0202orvisit
Earlier this year, the Villa Park Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2801 Auxiliary held contests for young artists. The Americanism Pro gram Coloring Contest was for pre school and kindergarten students ages 3, 4 and 5. The 2021-22 contest theme was “Honoring Old Glory and Those Who Fought for Her.” Children who entered the contest made a coloring of a firecracker. The contest winners received a certificate, chalk and a monetary award.
To kick off its new season, the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra (ESO) presents Howard Levy on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church. The program features music by Smetana, Chabrier, Rimsky - Korsakov, Weinberger, and will be anchored by the Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra composed by Howard Levy himself.
The VFW Post 2801 Auxiliary’s kindergarten-level award went to Zoey Bechert of Immanuel Lutheran School (ILS) in Elmhurst who attend ed with her teacher Nancy Burden. Zoey moved on and won first-place honors at the district level to advance to the state level. The VFW Post 2801 Auxiliary also held an Illustrating America pa triotic art contest for grade-school students. Giuliana Beckett won the first-place award, while Elsa Ander son of claimed second-place honors. Elsa and Giuliana are both students at Immanuel Lutheran in Elmhurst and just completed fifth grade. After winning the VFW Post 2801 Auxiliary contest, Giuliana earned the first-place award at the district level. She then advanced to the state level.
VFW Auxiliary holds patriotic art contests
• ESO’s conductor Maestro Stephen Alltop has been music director of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra since 1995 and this concert will be his first time ever conducting España by Emmanuel Chabrier, proving that everyone including the musicians can experience new and exciting things at the symphony.
Elmhurst ILS students take top prizes
• This concert is a throwback to an earlier (more fun?) era when orchestra performances featured short, happy crowd-pleasers. Listen to the last few minutes of Schwanda the Bagpiper and you’re sure to be in a happier mood.
Elsa Anderson (left) and Giuliana Beckett, both students at Immanuel Lutheran School in Elmhurst, celebrate their wins at the Americanism Program Coloring Contest, sponsored by the Villa Park VFW Post 2801 Auxiliary. Giuliana won the first-place award, while Elsa claimed second-place honors. Both young ladies just completed the 5th grade.
Selections at the concert will include Smetana’s Overture to The Bartered Bride; Levy’s Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica & Orchestra; Chabrier’s
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When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many people looked for ways to help those who needed it most. That was what was behind long-time Elmhurst resident Maria Shannon’s idea to start something she calls the “Kindness Project Network” in the fall of 2020.“When COVID started, I was talking to some family members,” she said. “I saw how COVID was affecting more than just physical health, but mental health and well-being as well.”
“As I find more need, and I find more people, I will do more,” she said. “The goal is to turn this into a non-for-profit that lifts people’s spirits with random acts of kindness.”
• At 5 p.m., Bethel United Church of Christ opens its 24th Music@ Bethel season with internationally acclaimed Italian violinist Claris sa Bevilacqua. The concert will be held at Bethel Church, 315 East St. Charles Road. Tickets are available for $20 - $35 on Eventbrite or at the Community calendar Pick of the Week - Sunday, Sept. 4 EWAN’s 8th annual ‘Cue for a Cause barbecue competition
She hopes the Kindness Project Network can expand to other organizations, like children’s hospitals and schools.
Maria reached out to Park Place of Elmhurst to see what she could do to help the residents there. She said the staff was helpful at developing ideas for what the residents needed and what would lift their spirits.“Sofar, we’ve delivered Mother’s Day gift bags, activity packets, and flags for a patriotic celebration,” Maria said. “I’m just looking for little ways that can let people know they’re cared for.” Park Place of Elmhurst offers senior living options.
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“I’d like to see where it goes,” Maria said.
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Monday, Sept. 12 At 7 p.m., there will be a Medi care information session held at the American Legion THB Post #187, 310 W. Butterfield Rd. Medicare Solutions 4 Seniors will offer free Medicare reviews and will answer any questions. To RSVP, call 1-800205-5176. RSVPs appreciated but not required. Walk-ins welcome.
While many community members live independently, others rely on assistance and the pandemic has made it especially difficult for those with healthcare restrictions. Park Place of Elmhurst was a logical place for the Kindness Project Network to begin. Maria has always enjoyed volunteering for different organizations and outreach programs. Now her passion for donating time is blessing Park Place of Elmhurst. While the Kindness Project Network is still in its infancy, the residents have felt the love from these thoughtful gifts. She is now planning other projects for the senior community, including a book drive, an October candy bag, and a Veterans Day“It’sgift.been so wonderful working with Park Place,” Maria said. “They’re so gracious and thankful, and they have wonderful ideas on how to help. I know what I’m doing is just a tiny bit, but they always appreciate it.”
Maria hopes to expand the Kindness Project Network to other organizations, and to find people who would like to volunteer to assist in this outreach.
If you would like to learn more about the Kindness Project Network, inquiries may be sent to Park Place of Elmhurst at info@provlife.com. For more information about Park Place senior living options, visit ParkPlaceElmhurst.com or send an email to: ppe@provlife.com.
Thursday, Sept. 1 The Elmhurst History Museum begins a free online program called A Brief History of Beer. Join EHM Director and avid homebrewer Dave Oberg for a deep dive into the color ful history of beer. This prerecorded program will cover the ancient ori gins of this beloved beverage and its integral role in human history and civilization, from the ancient world to modern times. Available online through Sept. 30. For access go tory.orgstartingelmhursthistory.org/320/Programsto:9/1.Moreinfo:elmhursthisorcall630-833-1457.
NOTE: The Medicare informa tional meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Knights of Colum bus has been cancelled. There will be a session on Monday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 Friday, Sept. 9 Saturday, Sept. 10 Sunday, Sept. 11 Be on the lookout for members of the Fr. McDonald Council #1911, who will be conducting their annual fund raiser on the above dates. The Council supports several local area charities which support the less fortunate.
Sunday, Sept. 11 • From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Elm hurst Knights of Columbus are host ing Coffee and Cars in the parking lot behind the hall at 537 So. York. All cars and motorcycles are welcome. Free admission. Coffee and donuts available. Visit the1911clubelm hurstkofc.com or call Ernie Iannotta at 312-607-3775 for details.
Saturday, Sept. 10 From 2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., the Elm hurst Historical Foundation presents Conversation @ Home at the Church ville Schoolhouse, 3N784 Church Rd., Bensenville. Jim Kleinwachter with the Conservation Foundation presents techniques for transforming landscapes using rain barrels, rain gardens, and native plants to solve common yard problems. Participants receive butterfly attraction and iden tification information and a native plant guide. Limit: 30 participants, therefore reservations are Foundation,HeritageFREEelmhursthistory.org/320/Programs.required:tomembersoftheElmhurstFoundationorConservation$5non-members.
From 12 noon to 7 p.m., come to the municipal parking lot on Vallette, just east of York St. (behind Knights of Columbus) to support the Elmhurst Walk-in Assistance Network at its popular fundraiser which pits barbecue competitors against one another. There will be live music all day, kids activities, raffle prizes, a silent auction, barbecue and tacos for purchase and the famous root beer floats. door. Students free. The church is fully accessible and parking is free. Enter through Sandburg Middle School from St. Charles Road, or from Huntington off Poplar Street. Info: (630) 279-4040.
The Elmhurst office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago will sponsor a free community shred event and food donation drive on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 142 E. 3rd St. in Elmhurst. The Shred Spot will securely shred sensitive documents on site. Food donations collected at the event will benefit the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry.
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“With identity theft such an on going problem, it’s so important to make sure sensitive documents are disposed of properly,” said John Lawrence, managing broker of the Elmhurst office. “We hope the com munity will mark their calendars and plan to attend this free shred event on Sept. 10. And, if they can bring a non-perishable food item or two to help the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry as well, that would be won derful.“I’d like to thank Trese Hodges, the Elmhurst office Kindness Foun dation Ambassador, for her assis tance coordinating this event.”
The Kindness Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission is to support mean ingful local initiatives that improve the communities the company serves and enhances the quality of life for fellow citizens.
Family Golf Night Sept. 18 Bring the whole family out for an evening of golf at White Pines
“The all-new breakfast menu will be available to patrons for a sitdown meal or to-go.”
Breakfast service will be available daily until 11 a.m. “Come on out before work or before you play for the breakfast at 37 Bar & Grill,” said White Pines PGA manager Andrew Godfrey.
The White Pines Golf Club has begun serving breakfast at its 37 Bar & Grill, located next to the pro shop within the club, 500 W. Jeffer son,TheBensenville.coursenow offers a break fast menu that includes a variety of fresh, made-to-order breakfast sandwiches, eggs, and pancakes as well as coffee and juices and more.
White Pines Golf Club news Club’s 37 Bar & Grill now offers breakfast service Golf Club’s popular Family Golf Night, beginning at 5 p.m. on Sun day, Sept. 18. The tees have been moved up for the evening, and players can play at their own pace while enjoying a $3 meal that includes a hot dog, chips and drink. Fees are just $5 for juniors 17 and under and $10 for adults. Carts are $10 per cart for players and $10 per non-play ing“It’srider.an affordable way for every one in a family—no matter the skill level—to come out and enjoy the golf course without feeling rushed or pressured by the golfers behind them,” said Godfrey. For more information about any of the above events and programs, visit WhitePinesGolf.com.
Football watch parties Beginning Sept. 11, football fans are invited to the 37 Bar & Grill to watch football on Sundays. The fun begins at 11:30 a.m. and lasts until 8 p.m. A new buffet menu will be available.Godfrey recommends starting the day off with a round of golf. “We are excited to have everyone over to White Pines to watch the games on Sundays,” he said. “With our new flat screen TVs and a buf fet starting at 11:30 a.m., you’ll feel right at home watching your favorite team play.”
Beginning Friday evening, Sept. 16, and every Friday following, White Pines will host a fish fry from 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy the great golf course views in the restaurant or bring it home. “Fish fry is back every Friday— not just during Lent,” Godfrey said. “We will have a special menu for Friday nights in 37 Bar & Grill. We are looking forward to offering this all winter long.”
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Bailey was heavily quoted in the “article” that noted White and Wayne counties had experienced a threehour brownout on July 30. Capitol Fax reported that the Wayne-White Counties Electrical Co-op had no such “brownout” event, although there might have been storm-related outages. I called them up and was told the same.
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, is the federally-regulated regional trans mission organization that serves 15 states including most of Illinois out side of the Chicago area. The grid operator told me they had no knowledge of any “brownouts,” which is a term it does not use.
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“MISO believes it’s likely to get worse before it gets better,” Melissa Seymour, MISO’s vice president of external affairs, told the House com mittee in May. “Unless more capaci ty is built, especially capacity able to reliably generate during tight system conditions, the shortfalls we experi enced this year will continue to get worse moving forward.”
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There was a lot to unpack at the Aug. 25 candidate forum which saw Gov. JB Pritzker and his Republican challenger state Sen. Darren Bailey appear on the same stage, albeit at different times, for the first time this campaign season. For starters, I fact-checked the governor’s claim that eminent do main language was removed from the final 2021 energy bill known as the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. That law, which Pritzker signed, con tained a provision giving a private transmission line that authority in sevenNowcounties.it’stime to fact check his challenger, too. “I had several counties in my dis trict two weeks ago that went through a three-hour brownout,” Bailey told a crowd of farmers at Schuler Farms in Lexington. “First time ever. It’s com ing. It’s Exceptpreventable.”there’sno evidence that brownouts have occurred anywhere in AndIllinois.when I asked the Bailey campaign for more specifics on which counties had seen blackouts, they responded only with a statement calling Pritzker’s energy policies ex treme.Arecent Capitol Fax blog ap peared to be the first outlet to look into Bailey’s claim, unearthing an unbylined Aug. 5 article posted to a website that’s part of an infamous “pay-to-print” network historically tied to right-wing candidates.
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What that means for reliability, ac cording to the company’s analysis, is that the “loss of load expectation”—a measure of how long, on average, that available generation capacity is likely to fall short of load demand— for the subregion that includes Illi nois increased from the annual target of 0.1 day per year to 0.179 day per year.The target is 0.1, not 0, because there will always be a possibility that electricity use exceeds the available capacity, even in “normal” years. At a 3-hour committee hearing in May, lawmakers heard testimony from energy experts that surprise out-of-state fossil fuel retirements were the main driver of the capaci ty shortfall this year, as CEJA’s de carbonization measures have not yet takenThoseeffect.measures include massive subsidies for renewable and nuclear energy and mandates that fossil fuel generators go offline by 2045—al though state regulators can override those dates in the event of load con cerns.While the likelihood of load in terruptions increased only slightly this year, MISO warned at the May committee that as more fossil fuel plants go offline, the likelihood could increase in future years if new gener ators like renewables or battery stor
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Some of CEJA’s main backers in the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition have pointed the finger at MISO, noting at a July news conference that there are 6,000 megawatts of transmission projects in the RTO’s “queue” that are awaiting approval to begin the process of hooking it into the grid. Pritzker suggested the same at the Aug. 25 ag forum.
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How energy gets from the grid to the home is immensely complicat ed. To sum up a portion of it, MISO procures energy capacity each year, which is a promise that generators can put a certain amount of energy online during the grid’s peak demand hours.Threats of brownouts entered the mainstream discussion when MI SO’s capacity auction came up 1,230 megawatts short for the 2022-2023 year, contributing to load concerns and higher downstate energy prices.
Last week, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 24,297 new confirmed and prob able cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 82 deaths since Aug. 19. According to the CDC, 33 coun ties are now rated at High Commu nity Level for COVID-19. An addi tional 48 counties in Illinois are now rated at Medium Community Level. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 3,670,258 cases, includ ing 34,677 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois since the beginning of the pandemic.AsofAug. 25, 1,310 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 158 patients were in the ICU and 59 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. The preliminary sev en-day statewide case rate is 191 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Illi noisans.IDPH Director Sameer Vohra is urging all Illinoisans to get up to date on vaccinations and booster shots as the best defense against hospitaliza tion and more serious outcomes from COVID-19. A second booster shot is recommended for all individuals over the age of 50 four months after they have received their first booster. In addition, he is reminding parents and guardians to get children vacci nated.The IDPH is supporting an educa tion and outreach campaign by the Il linois Chapter of the American Acad emy of Pediatrics to educate health care providers and parents about the effectiveness and safety of the newly authorized vaccines for children un derThe5. counties in Illinois listed at High Community Level are Adams, Boone, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Franklin, Gallatin, Hardin, Henderson, Jackson, Jo Da viess, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Mar ion, Marshall, Massac, Perry, Pike, Pope, Saline, Stephenson, Vermilion, Wabash, Washington, Whiteside, Williamson, and Winnebago. IDPH has been supporting phar macies and healthcare providers in efforts to increase their inventories of the various FDA-authorized treat ments. There are over 1,200 treat ment locations in Illinois—including all the major retail pharmacies. More than 96.7 percent of the state’s pop ulation is within a 10-mile radius of one of these locations. A total of 23,213,858 vaccines have been administered in Illinois. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 6,728 doses. Since Aug. 19, 47,094 doses were reported administered in Illi nois.Of Illinois’ total population, more than 77 percent has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, more than 69 percent of Illinois’ total pop ulation is fully vaccinated, and more than 54 percent of the vaccinated population has an initial booster ac cording to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“MISO has fallen down on the job,” he said. “That’s why Illinois had to pick up the pace in solar and wind and make sure that we’re pro ducing more energy, not less. That is what the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act does. It helps us produce more energy.”Inastatement to Capitol News Illinois in July, MISO said it under stands the urgency of putting new power on the grid and it had even more than 6,000 megawatts in the works.“Currently, MISO is processing 95 generator interconnection queue requests for the state of Illinois (totaling over 15,000 megawatts), which is 12 percent of the total re quests MISO has received for the entire 15-state footprint,” spokesper son Brandon Morris said in a July email. “MISO is and continues to be ‘on the job’ of ensuring reliability is maintained while managing through this unprecedented number of unique requests to connect new resources.”
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By Jerry Nowicki
The candidates for Illinois gover nor faced questioning about their ag riculture-related policies last week in an outbuilding on a McLean County farm.Gov. JB Pritzker’s message was one of optimism, billing himself as the state’s “chief marketer.” His challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, a Republican from Xenia, told the room full of farmers that Illinois was in a “dire situation” that needed the “grit of a farmer” to rectify it.
The last comment came in refer ence to the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, signed into law by Pritzker last year, which aims to put 1 million electric vehicles on state roads by 2030 and take carbon-emitting ener gy generators offline in the state by 2045.The law seeks to accomplish that by massive ratepayer subsidies for renewable and nuclear energy and forced closure of fossil fuel plants over the next two decades. Bailey said that law has led to a threat of brownouts in areas of downstate Illinois that are part of the MISO regional transmission organi zation that purchases energy capacity for 15 states. MISO representatives, however, testified at a committee hearing earlier this year that the early retirement of out-of-state fossil fuel plants, not the passage of CEJA, led to higher downstate energy prices and warnings of potential brownouts.
“ MISO has fallen down on the job. That’s why Illinois had to pick up the pace in solar and wind and make sure that we’re producing more energy, not less. That is what the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act does. It helps us produce more energy.”
– Gov. JB Pritzker
While Bailey said he believed the bill forced coal and natural gas of fline too early, the eminent domain
“We’re going to be building our roads and our bridges, and our air ports, and our ports all across the state of Illinois so you can more eas ily get your goods to market across the board,” Pritzker said. “Take note that the majority of the dollars that we’re putting into infrastructure are investedBailey,downstate.”meanwhile, continued to assert that state finances can be im proved with “zero-based budgeting,” a concept of justifying every dollar spent up front rather than carrying over costs from a previous budget year.He said he’d fill government agencies with businesspeople.
Bailey, Pritzker face off in agriculture forum with accusations of lies
“JB Pritzker’s energy policies are a little more than impractical virtue signals and cannot succeed with the speed of his promises,” he said. “We all want a clear plan, but JB has bet the farm, he’s bet our farms, and he’s thrown snake eyes every time.” Pritzker pointed the finger for higher downstate energy prices at MISO.“MISO has fallen down on the job,” he said. “That’s why Illinois had to pick up the pace in solar and wind and make sure that we’re pro ducing more energy, not less. That is what the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act does. It helps us produce more energy.”Itwas also in relation to the ener gy bill that Pritzker accused Bailey of lying to members of the forum about one of the provisions in the bill that the Illinois Farm Bureau had hotlyThecontested.pointof contention had to do with eminent domain, a process that allows governments to procure pri vate property while giving the prop erty owner little power other than to negotiate a price. While the climate bill was ulti mately stripped of provisions that would have given counties the power to invoke eminent domain for wind and solar projects, the final bill did include a provision that allows a pri vate transmission line to invoke the authority in seven counties.
Democratic lawmakers at the time said the language, included on page 673 of the public act, applies to the Grain Belt Express, a transmission line owned by the private company Invenergy. The language in the bill states that a project of Grain Belt’s magnitude “shall be deemed” a pub lic use line, giving the company the ability to invoke eminent domain if needed.The counties named in the bill are Pike, Scott, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Christian, Shelby, Cumberland and Clark.
The Illinois Agricultural Legis lative Roundtable—put together by a coalition of more than 100 of the state’s agriculture stakeholders— took place at Schuler Farms in rural Lexington. The event was moderated by Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr. Pritzker highlighted his admin istration’s wide-ranging infrastruc ture bill, defended his signature on a massive decarbonization bill and highlighted the progress toward fis cal stability the state has seen in his time in Bailey,office.meanwhile, sought to dis credit the state’s fiscal progress, dis missed the energy bill as a collection of “virtue signals” and said Illinois was starting to look like Baghdad.
2021 energy bill is major topic of discussion at legislative roundtable provision was enough for him to vote againstPritzker,it. in his discussion at the forum, incorrectly claimed any em inent domain language was stricken from the bill. Asked by a reporter after the forum about the Grain Belt Express provision, Pritzker said he was “talking about eminent domain broadly.”“What I heard was eminent do main, and that really got taken out of the CEJA at the very last day,” he said.Invenergy, meanwhile, has held town halls and said eminent domain would be a last resort with the vast majority of their interactions with property owners ending amicably. While the energy bill was a ma jor topic of conversation, candidates also discussed a number of other is sues, from agriculture subsidies to broadband availability in rural areas to infrastructure.Pritzkercontinued to tout the $45 billion capital infrastructure bill that includes money for broadband infra structure and all modes of transpor tation. It’s a program Bailey opposed while in the General Assembly.
“ We had a good summer and preseason. The boys work hard and are driven to improve on our fourth-place state finish from last season.”
– Joel Zielke, coach York football Week 2 Preview York (1-0) at Morton (0-1) When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Where: Morton West Campus, Berwyn Last week: York 49, Schaumburg 6; Riverside-Brookfield 35, Morton 28 Last year: York 54, Morton 0
Outlook: The Dukes got off on the right foot with a big home win against Schaumburg out of the Mid-Suburban League. York heads to Berwyn for the final installment of its two-year West Suburban Conference crossover cycle with Morton. York had little trouble last year against Morton, which is coming off a one-touchdown loss to neighbor Riverside-Brookfield. York ran for more than 300 yards against Schaumburg and quarterback Matt Vezza threw for four touchdowns.
The news down West Ave. was equally positive for the IC Catholic Prep football team, which dispatched Montini 35-16 in non-conference action at Lewis Stadium at Plunkett Athletic Complex in Elmhurst. Quarterback Dennis Mandala was 10-for-11 for 241 yards and three touchdowns. Receiver KJ Parker, a junior, caught four passes for 178 yards and two scores. Mandala connected with seven different ICCP receivers in the game that featured a pair of former conference foes. Malik Gray ran 16 times for 124 yards and one touchdown. Denzell Gibson had seven carries for 48 yards and a score. Gibson also caught a 24-yard touchdown pass. Sophomore Dominik Hulak caught two passes for 26 yards. On defense, Kaleb Ellis had nine tackles. Joey Gliatta had seven tackles. Hulak had six tackles and one quarterback sack. Nathan Schmidt had six tackles and one sack. Jesse Smith and Byron Jones each had a sack as well. Marcheon Griffin had two pass deflections. By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT
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Stopka said the York defense is a work in progress, “as it is basically a brand-new unit when Ryder Kohl is playing in the midfield,” he said. “We switched our formation up so we are still learning how to cover each other as a unit, how to switch off players and how to build up pos session out of the back. I will say they are great on-ball defenders in 1-v-1Stopkasituations.”said
IC Catholic Prep football week 2 preview IC Catholic Prep (1-0) at Joliet Catholic (1-0) When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Where: Joliet Memorial Stadium Last week: IC Catholic Prep 35, Montini 16; JCA 49, Waterford 14 Last year: Did not play
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Defending state-champion York boys soccer team opens 2022 slate with win Herrera, Kohl head list of returning players
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The champs got back to work and got the job done. The York boys soc cer team, which won the Class 3A state title last year, began defense of its crown with a recent 2-1 non-con ference victory over Chicago St. Pat rick. “The first game of the year was against a very solid Saint Pat’s squad that will turn heads this year,” York coach Jordan Stopka said. “They are flying under the radar, but I think they are primed for some games deemed ‘upsets,’ when in reality no body was looking at them and they are that good.” Jose Herrera and Frankie Rofrano each had a goal. Joe Hernandez added an assist. York went 23-2 a year ago and 4-2 in West Suburban Conference Silver Division play. Herrera, a forward, is back after earning all-sectional and all-WSC Silver honors last season. He scored 26 goals and had eight assists. vAll-conference pick Ryan Kohl is also back. The midfielder-de fender had three goals and six assists in 2021. Midfielder Hernandez also returns after a 4-goal, 10-assist effort lastKeyseason.newcomers to the team in clude Diego Ochoa (sophomore goalkeeper), Stefan Rebic (senior defender), Michael Greco (junior midfielder) and Jayden Waski (junior forward). “We have more attacking options from last year, especially in the midfield,” Stopka explained. “Ev ery kid who comes on in the center of the field is a two-way threat, even our holding midfielders. We will be more offensive this year. What I like most right now about our offense is the amount of combinations we can put in with our midfield and forwards — it’s high and all of them can score. We have our No. 1 goal scorer back from last year in Jose Herrera and he is even better than he was last year. This team should not have any prob lems putting the ball in the net.”
“Look for us to rely on the expe rience of Cam, Jake, Hendrik and Ethan Munk to lead the way,” Tim othy coach Joel Zielke said. “Now with a year of experience, look for Peter Buikema and Kyle Steiner to build on last season’s 10 shutouts in goal. They are good shot-blockers, athletic and understand the game well.”
“OPRF (Oak Park-River Forest) is probably top dog, but I believe we sit just below them with LT (Lyons Township) and Hinsdale (Central),” Stopka said. “We have a phenomenal group of kids who are close, work hard for each other and are easy to coach.”
By Mike Miazga
The York football team left little doubt in its Week 1 debut. The Dukes were easy 49-6 non-conference winners over Schaumburg at Clarence D. East Field in Elmhurst. The Dukes led 21-0 after the first quarter and 49-0 at intermission.Quarterback Matt Vezza completed 7 of 9 passes for 87 yards and threw four touchdown passes. York’s ground game was equally devastating. The Dukes ran the ball 37 times for 315 yards. Kelly Watson ran seven times for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Adam Fennell ran 20 times for 91 yards, while Jake Melion ran six times for 69 yards and scored a touchdown. Chris Danko had one rush for 29 yards. Charlie Specht caught two passes for 48 yards and two touchdowns, while Anthony Mancini caught three passes for 27 yards and two scores.
Outlook: The Knights downed Montini at home to get into the win column right away and now head to Joliet to rekindle a recent matchup against Joliet Catholic. The two teams last played in Week 2 of the 2019 season with IC Catholic Prep winning 22-12. The Knights racked up the yards against Montini with quarterback Dennis Mandala hitting seven different receivers on his way to a 241-yard evening with three TD passes. Malik Gray also ran for 124 yards and a score, while Denzell Gibson had 48 yards rushing and one score. Joliet Catholic played in Wisconsin in Week 1, defeating 0-2 Waterford. York football team opens with win over Schaumburg
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The Timothy Christian boys soc cer team picked up right where it left off. The Trojans, conference champi ons and fourth in the state in Class 1A a year ago, opened the 2022 sea son with a 3-0 non-conference win overJuniorLisle.Hendrik De Vries scored two goals, while senior Cam Baker, committed to Taylor University, an NAIA program in Upland, Indiana, had a goal and an assist. Sophomore Cooper Raione had one assist, while sophomore Owen Wise also had one assist. Senior Kyle Steiner (8 saves) and sophomore Peter Buikema (1 save) combined in goal to record the shutout.Timothy is coming off a 2021 sea son where it went 18-4-3 overall and returns the likes of all-conference performers in Jack Firnsin (senior midfielder), Baker (senior midfield er), De Vries (junior forward) and Buikema (sophomore goalkeeper). Returning rotation players include the likes of Josh McMillian (junior midfielder), Ty VanLaten (junior midfielder), Caleb Bode (junior midfielder), Noah Laslo (senior forward), Nathan Canada (senior defender), Rainone (sophomore midfielder), Caleb Hoekstra (junior defender) and Steiner (senior goal keeper). Ethan Munk (senior defend er), Timothy Nulty (sophomore mid fielder-forward) and Wise will also help. Nulty previously played for the Sockers club program.
Zielke noted his team returns 17 players with varsity experience. “The 2022 outlook is bright,” he said. “The kids look to build on their 2021 season. However, a tough schedule that includes Class 3A Hinsdale Cen tral and Barrington will test us early on.” Zielke added Timothy will play a heavier road schedule than normal while the school’s new stadium is be ing completed. The Trojans will play 18 of their first 19 games on the road. In addition to depth and experi ence, Zielke said the Trojans “will be dangerous on set pieces.” “We have a lot of technically skilled players, so we will be able to hold possession, but also have speed in dangerous areas to exit quickly on the counter attack,” Zielke added. On defense, Zielke said Tim othy possesses a strong backline with speed, and is also good in the air. Zielke said Wheaton Academy and Riverside-Brookfield are con ference contenders. “Look for us to compete for another conference title with Wheaton Academy and River side-Brookfield having strong sides,” he said. “We had a good summer and preseason. The boys work hard and are driven to improve on our fourthplace state finish from last season.”
goalkeeper Ochoa is making good strides. “Diego is looking like a very solid keeper with quick reflexes,” he said. “He is only a sophomore, so he may need to work on his mental game in big pressure situations, but we’ll know better once he’s been in one.” In terms of the WSC Silver, Stop ka sees another competitive race.
Timothy Christian boys soccer team opens season with shutout win
More high hopes for experienced Trojans squad
Vezza threw four touchdown passes to help the York football team open the 2022 season with a 49-6 non-conference win against Scha umburg. York is now 9-2 over its last 11 games.
Saturday, Sept. 17 • From 9 a.m. until 12 noon, vol unteers are invited to help clean-up the Elmhurst Great Western Prairie. Please arrive and be ready for our orientation meeting at 9 a.m. sharp. Dress for outdoor work (work gloves, long pants, long-sleeve shirts) and for the weather. The group will meet in Elmhurst at the corner of Berkley Av enue and Illinois Prairie Path. demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. admission, but sign up for a Smithsonian Museum Day ticket
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• By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst Experience local history through an award-winning exhibit about how the City of Elmhurst grew and devel oped over the years, including a his tory of the Glos Mansion and family. Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. Park Ave., Elmhurst. Elmhurst Art Museum
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Now on display: ‘Eat Your Heart Out: Iconic Chicagoland Foods.’ Explore the history of many classic Chicago food traditions as well as the often-colorful innovators and estab lishments that earned the devotion of generations of foodies, including Vi enna Beef, Portillo’s, Lou Malnati’s and more. Info: elmhursthistory.org. Ongoing programs:
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During the last three years of COVID-19, more than 400 Knights who are members of Fr. McDon ald Council #1911 have continued to be focused on raising funds to be distributed to individuals and local charities supporting the less fortunate in our communities; and, working with Vitalant Blood ser vices to gather urgently needed blood. The efforts of the Brother Knights have been very positive. With an investment of more than 12,000 volunteer hours, the Knights of Fr. Columbus Council made more than $100,000 in charitable donations to local charities supporting the less fortunate in our community. Since 2019, Fr. McDonald and Vitalant Blood Services have gathered enough blood to reach more than 1,500 persons in need of blood. The Council will have one more blood drive on Sunday, Nov. 27 and hope to gather enough blood to reach a total of more than 2,000 persons. The Council’s annual Drive for Intellectually Disabled persons in the community will take place from Thursday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 11.
By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT
MemberFDIC was the recipient went over the kill threshold last fall for the Dukes girls volley ball team and still has a season to add to that total. Bucolo fires a pitch during a recent U12 baseball game. baseball action
The IC Catholic Prep boys golf team picked up a pair of Metro Sub urban Conference wins recently. The Trojans downed Timothy Christian 152-164 at Maple Meadows. Jann Atendido shot a 1-under 34 to lead the way. Zazz Atendido shot evenpar 35. Nick Zanoni shot 40, while PJ Wisniewski and Kenny Jones each shot 43. Jack Bone, Casey Folk erts and Josh McMillian each shot 39 for Timothy Christian.
The Chicago Accordion Club meets on the third Monday of ev ery month from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Elmhurst American Legion, 310 W. Butterfield Rd. Visitors are wel come. Every meeting fee includes professional musical entertainment and pizza. Admission is $12 for members and $15 for non-members.
Wednesday, Sept. 14 At 7 p.m., the Elmhurst Public Library will host award-winning ac tress and Illinois native Marlee Mat lin in a free Zoom presentation for Deaf Awareness Month. Registration is required at elmlib.org/author to join the live Zoom event. Info: elm lib.org or (630) 279-8696.
Saturday, Sept. 24 • Beginning at 2 p.m., the Lizza dro Museum of Lapidary Art, 1220 Kensington Road in Oak Brook, presents a 60-minute lecture “Ex plorers of Deep Time.” Did you ever dream of being a “dinosaur hunter” growing up? What comes to mind when you hear someone is a “pale ontologist?” Paleontology is one of the most visible yet misunderstood fields of science. In his talk, Dr. Roy Plotnick will provide a behind-thescenes look at paleontology as it ex ists today in all its complexity. His lecture explores topics from his book Explorers of Deep Time, which will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation. Regular Muse um admission applies, reservations recommended. Register at lizzadro museum.org.•At7p.m., the ESO will host harmonica master Howard Levy in concert at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church to kick off its new 13) season. General admission tickets are $35; reduced-price tickets avail able for students and seniors. Tickets are available online at hurstsymphony.org.ard-levy.phony.org/event/the-amazing-howElmhurstSymInfo:630-941-0202orelm
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Sunday, Sept. 25 Beginning at 2 p.m., the Lizza dro Museum of Lapidary Art, 1220 Kensington Road in Oak Brook, presents Solisti Di Camera String Quartet. Small ensemble music programs continue at the Lizzadro Museum this fall, where guests can experience the Solisti Di Camera String Quartet featuring cello, vio la and violins playing a selection of music from the Baroque to Classi cal. The 50-minute performance will include a brief discussion about the music selections. All ages welcome. Admission: $15 per person. Limited capacity, registration required. Reg ister at lizzadromuseum.org. If your club or organization is planning a special event, live OR vir tually, send the information to Inde pendent@rvpublishing.com and put “Community Calendar” in the Sub ject line. The Calendar also appears at theindependentnewspapers.com.
IC Catholic Prep also downed Bishop McNamara 155-186 at the Elks Club in Kankakee. Jann Atendi do earned meet medalist honors with an even-par 37. Zazz Atendido also shot 37, while Zanoni, Wisniewski and Jones each shot 40. “We had a little bit of everything this week,” Knights coach Don Su jack said. “Jann and Zazz are two of the best players in the state and they continue to play like it. There was much better play across the board at Kankakee than at home, and for the boys to compete like that after a twohour bus ride is a good sign. While Bishop Mac is struggling, Timothy is a good, young team that we are going to see two or three more times this year. It reinforced our need for solid play up and down the lineup, and it was nice to see the boys respond to theICchallenge.”Catholic Prep was slated to host Riverside-Brookfield at Maple Meadows this week before traveling to Merit Club in Libertyville to face North Shore Country Day. “Merit Club is a treat to play,” Sujack not ed late last week. “North Shore will be looking for a little revenge after we got them in our own invitational tournament at Oak Meadows. They are perennial contender for state, and we know we’ll have to go through them to achieve our goal.” IC Catholic Prep’s 18-hole Chal lenge Cup match against Wheaton Academy was voided by poor weath er. York boys golf The York boys golf team ran into a pair of West Suburban Conference Silver Division buzz-saws in Ly ons Township and Downers Grove North — both matches on the road. York dropped a 144-168 match to Lyons Township at LaGrange Coun try Club where the Lions shot evenpar as a team. “Their top golfer was 3-under-par,” York coach Jim Borel pointed out. “We were respectable, but they beat us across the board.” Jack Ginter led York with a 41. Connor Hess shot 42, while Tyler Koenigsberger also shot 42 and Coo per Schwartz shot 43. York then lost 157-164 to Down ers Grove North at the Downers Grove Golf Course. Ginter, Anthony Doughty, Hess and Schwartz each shot 41s, while Nico Ptak shot 42. “The same thing happened at Down ers Grove North,” Borel said. “Four scores of 5-over 41 is very good for a high school golf team, but it’s not good enough for our conference. I am proud of our kids for competing and we’re looking forward to (this) week when we have Oak Park-Riv er Forest and Glenbard West both at MapleThroughMeadows.”latelast week, York was averaging 159.1 for nine holes as a team. Ginter was leading the way at 38.9, while Koenigsberger was at 39.4 and Schwartz was at 39.7. Hess was next at 41.3. Timothy Christian girls volleyball The Timothy Christian girls vol leyball team split a pair of non-con ference matches to start the season. The Trojans defeated Fenwick 2125, 25-21, 25-20. Abby VanderWal had 16 kills, while Hope Huizenga had eight kills and one block. Sadie Orange had six kills and two blocks, while Bella Po tempa had five kills and two blocks. Sierra Rieger had 32 assists and one ace.The Trojans also lost 25-18, 25-13 to York. VanderWal had 10 kills and six digs. Huizenga had three kills and four digs. Potempa had two kills and four digs, while Rieger had 14 assists and four digs.
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The first solo museum show of Pilsen-based street artist Sentrock, whose real name is Joseph Perez, will open at the Elmhurst Art Muse um Friday, Sept. 9 and will remain through Sunday Jan. 15 Info: elm hurstartmuseum.org.
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Republican Sen. Jason Barick man, of Bloomington, who was also a key negotiator in the process, agreed that it was politically necessary.
“It was a politically practical, pragmatic decision,” he said. “I was very focused on getting something done. And it was very apparent to me that we weren’t going to get some thing done without a hold-harmless. So while I think a hold-harmless has policy challenges, we weren’t going to let perfection get in the way of get ting something done.” So far in the first five years, the state has met or exceeded that fund ing target in all but one year, raising the state’s share of school funding from $6.9 billion in fiscal year 2017, the last year under the old formula, to $9.8 billion allocated this year. It also drove the state’s percentage of K-12 education upward, accord ing to ISBE data. In FY 2017, the state provided 24.4 percent of K-12 funding. In FY 2020, the latest year for which audited numbers are avail able, that number rose to 27 percent.
In fiscal year 2018, the first year under the formula, the East St. Louis district was funded at 66 percent of adequacy. This year, it is funded at 96 percent of Republicanadequacy.stateSen.
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Signs of progress According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, it would still take another $3.6 billion in state funding this year alone to bring all districts up to 90 percent of “ade quate” funding, a goal set in statute. But the state has made some progress toward addressing the needs of the least-funded districts. In the first year of evidence-based funding, there were 168 districts that were funded at less than 60 percent of adequacy. Those were the ones that were first in line for new funding when the EBF formula took effect. For the upcoming year, there are only two districts below that level— Washington Community High School District 308 in Tazewell County and Chaney-Monge School District 88, an elementary district in Will County. Both are funded this year at 59 per cent of adequacy. The gap between the least-funded and best-funded districts has also nar rowed, if only slightly. During the first year, funding levels ranged from a low of 47 percent to a high of 288 percent of adequacy. This year, the gap ranges from 59 percent to 270 percent. Gov. JB Pritzker said during a re cent news conference he believes the state must continue to increase its investment in education to increase outcomes and decrease reliance on property taxes. “A lot of good has been done, there’s no doubt about it,” he said. “And as you know, Evidence Based Funding was both necessary to get money to the schools that needed it most and to make sure that we’re im proving the education funding over all, across the state of Illinois. I per sonally think that we need to fund our education system even more.” So far, though, there is little evi dence that the new money has helped improve academic performance for students because the COVID-19 pan demic severely interfered with annual testing in 2020 and 2021. Prior to the pandemic, though, the connection between school funding and student achievement was evident.
The EBF formula After more than a year of nego tiations, Illinois lawmakers finally struck a deal that would, over a pe riod of years, put more state mon ey into public schools to bring the least-funded districts up to a level of adequacy – assuming, of course, that the General Assembly lives up to its obligations.Thefinal vote came during a spe cial summer session in August 2017, during which lawmakers also ended the two-year budget stalemate with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. The goal of the new formula is to gradually bring all districts up to an “adequate” level of funding, or having enough resources to cover the cost of providing the educational services the state expects. That takes into account a district’s total enroll ment, poverty rate, the number of English language learners and a host of other factors.
Many districts complained that the formula never lived up to its promise of guaranteeing adequate funding to all districts, in part because the Gen eral Assembly did not fully fund the formula. Instead, it distributed “pro rated” amounts, based on how much money was available in the state bud get at the time. Manar cited the example of Har risburg High School, in southern Illi nois, where the ceiling of the library had been removed because the dis trict didn’t have enough money for basic repairs and maintenance.
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“And, you know, we held a town hall on school funding in that li brary—the location underscored the need for the bill,” he said. “And Har risburg High School wasn’t unlike so many other places across Illinois, not just rural parts of the state. It was a result of years of proration of general state aid, and years of the inability to tackle the very complicated nature of school funding.”
“I use the example of East St. Louis, that I think at the time had the highest property tax rate but was no where near adequate spending,” said Andy Manar, a former state senator and now deputy governor who was a chief architect of the plan. “And if you did the math at the time, the math would show that East St. Louis literally could not tax itself enough to generate the funds needed to say that the school district has an adequate level of spending to achieve the results that we as a state expect of that school district. They literally could not tax themselves into equity. It was mathematically impossible.”
For decades, school districts across Illinois tried to turn to state courts to correct the inequities, argu ing among other things that the 1970 Illinois Constitution provides that, “The State has the primary respon sibility for financing the system of public education.”
Each year, under the law, the state is to add at least $350 million in new funding for schools, with the bulk of that money going to those furthest from adequacy. But the law provided that no district would see a reduction in funding from the final year before its passage, a so-called “hold-harm less” provision that meant even the wealthiest districts would continue to receive state aid. People on both sides of the aisle said that was necessary because without a hold-harmless provision, the bill never would have passed.
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Five years ago last month, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that overhauled the way public schools in the state are funded. The so-called Evidence Based Funding formula, or EBF, was de signed to calculate the actual cost for each district to provide the kind of education the state expects, and then gradually increase the share of that cost that’s paid for by the state. Over time, it was also supposed to narrow the disparity between the best-funded and worst-funded dis tricts in the state, with the hope of lowering property taxes and improv ing academic achievement in the most underfunded districts. Five years later, huge disparities still exist among districts, both in funding and academic performance, but lawmakers from both parties who were part of negotiating the new law say it has provided huge benefits, es pecially to those schools that were most underfunded.
CERTIFICATENOTICENO.78791 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on AUGUST 22, 2022, wherein the business firm of BWL TRAVELS LO CATED AT 405 N. SHADY LANE, EL MHURST, IL 60126 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the per son or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), is/ are as follows: NAME OF PERSON(S) BLAKE LEJCAR, HOME ADDRESS 405 N. SHADY LANE, ELMHURST, IL 60126.INWITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 22ND day of AUGUST, A.D. 2022. JEAN KACZMAREK Jean Kaczmarek DuPage County Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) (Published in The Elmhurst Independent Sept. 1, 8 & 15, 2022) 423984
Chapin Rose, who represents a largely ru ral area in east central Illinois, said many of the districts in his area faced the same challenge. “I do think that for many of the areas I represent, it was a lifeline,” he said. “It’s kept doors open and, in some instances, provided a much needed infusion, because they sim ply couldn’t keep going back to the property tax well. That was dried up.”
Illinois has traditionally relied on local property taxes to fund most educational spending. That has au tomatically led to built-in inequities because districts with relatively low levels of property wealth per-pupil must levy higher tax rates to raise the same amount of money as wealthier districts.Tooffset those differences, prior to adoption of the EBF formula, the state used a complex formula to dis tribute state aid that was supposed to guarantee districts with modest tax bases a certain minimum level of “foundational” funding, although even the wealthiest districts received aid under that formula, even if they were more than able to raise ade quate funding on their own.
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But state courts have consistent ly declined to get into the school fi nance fray. As far back as 1973, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that that provision was merely “a hortatory expression of a goal to be achieved” and not a mandate for the state to take over school funding. In 1990, a group of 50 school districts calling themselves the Committee for Educational Rights sued the state claiming the system produced vast disparities in educa tional resources between rich and poor districts in violation of several provisions of the Illinois Constitu tion, including its equal protection clause and a clause requiring the state to provide “an efficient system of high-quality public educational in stitutions and services.” But when that case reached the Il linois Supreme Court six years later, the justices ruled there were no judi cial standards to determine whether the state was providing “high-qual ity” education and that the decision about how to fund schools—and how to balance the competing interests of equity and local control—was a leg islative matter, not a judicial one.
“It’s a living breathing formula, and it changes year to year, and so the mechanics of the formula eventu ally fade that out,” Manar said. “But I think it brought a level of certainty. It brought a level of guarantee and, frankly, a level of comfort to a very complicated question of how we reform a very complicated and im portant system … so a lot of people didn’t like it. I personally did not. But it was necessary to get it done.”
This is the time of year when bats are most active and the DuPage Coun ty Health Department is warning res idents to never touch or try to catch a bat or wild animal, especially in your home.Rabies is a virus that affects the nervous system of humans and other mammals. Humans can get rabies af ter being bitten by an infected animal. Rabies can also be contracted when sa liva from a rabid animal gets directly into the eyes, nose, mouth, or a wound. Without preventive treatment, rabies is typically a fatal disease. Bats are the primary carriers of ra bies in Illinois. You cannot tell by looking at a bat if it is rabid. The an imal does not have to be aggressive or exhibit other symptoms to have rabies. Any wild mammal, such as a raccoon, skunk, fox, coyote, or bat, can have ra bies and transmit it to humans. Several potential human exposures to rabies have been reported already in 2022, and preventive treatment has been recommended for 43 DuPage County residents to date in 2022, by their healthcare provider and/or public health officials. Four bats have tested positive for rabies in DuPage County in 2022 to Changesdate.in any animal’s normal behavior, such as difficulty walking or an overall appearance of illness, can be early signs of rabies. A bat that is active during the day, found on the ground, and unable to fly is more likely to be rabid. Such bats should never be
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For example, in 2019, the last year before the pandemic, Central City School District 133, an elementary district in Marion County, was the least-funded district in the state at 52 percent of adequacy. That year, only 26.8 percent of its students met or ex ceeded state standards in English lan guage arts, and only 8.5 percent did so in math.Bycontrast, Rondout School Dis trict 72, an elementary district in Lake County, was the best-funded district, at 280 percent of adequacy. There, 65.1 percent met or exceeded state stan dards in English language arts while 49.4 percent did so in math. Like many states, Illinois did not administer state assessments in 2020 due to the pandemic, and results from the 2021 tests are believed to have been affected by the pandemic. Results of the 2022 tests will be released later thisBarickmanyear.
A few days after their news confer ence, CEJA backers praised planned transmission upgrades from MISO, noting “they must move faster to ap prove these renewable energy proj ects that will bring down prices and improve grid reliability.” Another possibility is that gen erators who have been bidding into northern Illinois capacity markets see the higher premiums being paid downstate and decide they’ll sell their capacity commitments else where. Given the complexity of energy generation, those are just a few of numerous factors that will determine whether “brownouts” go from ab stract political talking point to reality in Illinois and elsewhere. Jerry Nowicki is the bureau Chief of Capitol News Illinois, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government that is distributed to more than 400 newspapers state wide. It is funded primarily by the Il linois Press Foundation and the Rob ert R. McCormick Foundation.
“What would those test scores have been had the least equitable system of school funding in the country been al lowed to continue?” he asked. He said as more money was put into the old formula, it made the inequity gap“Sowider.you know, those stats and that data aren’t gathered in a sterile, perfect environment. There’s a lot of things happening in 850 some-odd school districts in the state that have an impact on that too.”
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touched or handled. If you have been bitten or exposed to a bat, seek immediate medical at tention. Bat bites may not be felt while sleeping, and special consider ation needs to be taken when a person awakens to a bat and also when a bat is found in the room with a previous ly unattended child, mentally disabled person, or intoxicated person. Preven tive treatment with rabies immune globulin and a vaccine series must be ginTheimmediately.following tips can help prevent the spread of rabies:
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• Call your local police department or your local animal control agency to remove stray animals from your neigh borhood.•Donot touch, feed, or attract wild animals with open garbage cans or lit ter.• Never adopt wild animals or bring them into your home. Do not try to nurse sick animals to health. Call ani mal control or an animal rescue agency for assistance.
• Teach children never to handle unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic, even if they appear friendly. “Love your own, leave other animals alone” is a good principle for children to learn to reduce the risk of exposure to rabid animals.•Maintain homes and other build ings so bats cannot gain entry. Addi tional information on “Bats and Bat Exclusion” is available at
recalled there was a de bate over whether to tie increased fund ing to improved student outcomes, to hold districts accountable for the new money they would receive. In the end, he said, lawmakers chose to go another route by pairing the new funding sys tem with a form of taxpayer-supported scholarships for private schools, what is now known as the Invest in Kids Act. “No one was fully, you know, ex actly happy, which generally means we probably did a decent job, I suppose,” he said. “But we chose not to penalize failing school districts, but to equip children and families with resources that might give them a choice on their educational experience. And I think we’ve seen a lot of success with that program.”Manar, meanwhile, argued that the achievement gaps are the result of many factors, including decades of in equitable funding, which the state has only recently started to address.
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