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On Nov. 22, a federal district court in Texas granted a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing and enforcing its recently revised regulations on the white-collar exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employers should note that this is only a temporary injunction, not a permanent one, the ACCE noted. The injunction simply prevents the regulations from going into effect on December 1. At a date in the future, a decision about the actual merits of the case will be made, so changes in the FLSA salary threshold for exemption may come back to the table.

The U.S. District Court in Texas granted a preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s overtime pay rule, which was scheduled to go into effect on Dec. 1. The implementation of the rule is now delayed until further review.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, has formed a 21-state coalition, according to news reports. Paxton’s office said the new overtime rule “more than doubled the salary threshold for a worker to be entitled to overtime, which would force many state and local governments, as well as private businesses,

to substantially increase their employment costs.”

“The Obama administration proved true to form when it ordered the Department of Labor to revise its interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act Paxton said, after obtaining the injunction,” he said. “Namely, the administration assumes that through force of will alone, it could order a new economic reality into existence. The finalized overtime rule hurts the American worker. It limits workplace flexibility without a corresponding increase in pay and forces employers to cut their workers hours. All in all, it exchanges the advantages of negotiated benefits, personal to each worker, with a onesize-fits-all standard that only looks good in press statements. Not on my watch.”

U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant who granted the injunction said: “the Final Rule . . . is contrary to the statutory text and Congress’s intent” and “Congress, and not the Department, should make that change.”

Other plaintiffs include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah

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U.S. Navy recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes are greeted with flag-waving appreciation at the Villa Park VFW Post #2801 on Thursday, Nov. 24 where they enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner. More photos inside this issue.

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WB names Julian DeMuro 88’s Best for November Julian DeMuro has been named as Willowbrook’s November recipient of 88’s Best recognition for his highly improved performance. DeMuro, a senior, was recognized during the Nov. 14 District 88 Board of Education meeting.

DeMuro’s story is one of perseverance, commitment, determination and overcoming obstacles to create a new path. DeMuro admits when he first came to Willowbrook, school wasn’t his focus and, at times, he was prepared to leave it all behind.

But during his sophomore year, DeMuro resolved to live his life, go to school and work hard. He began the transition back to Willowbrook and completed his junior year earning 15 credits and grades of A’s and B’s. He has continued to improve during his senior year, maintaining a GPA of 3.33 and preparing to become the first member of his family to cross the stage at graduation.

“DeMuro is an incredible young man, who has gotten to where he is by internal strength and the guidance of staff he has known here at Willowbrook and beyond,” said English teacher Tara Murphy.

“DeMuro is in my English 12 class, where he does quite well. He asks questions and participates. He is a successful and thoughtful student.

One of my favorite parts of class is when DeMuro finds the confidence to share something he’s thinking, because it often is insightful and brilliant. The world can and will learn a lot from DeMuro, and for that reason and others, he is so deserving of this award.”

Math teacher Carrie Skala agreed.

“I have known DeMuro for his entire high school career,” she said.

“He has grown and changed so much during the past four years. He is always a positive addition to any classroom environment, whether helping a struggling student or trying to get the highest grade on an assessment. DeMuro is always polite and says hello and asks how you are in the hallway. He will go out of his way just to say hello. I am incredibly proud of him and the bright future he has ahead of him. He really is the definition of a Willowbrook Warrior.”

ACHIEVE Social Worker Irene Mason said DeMuro’s strong work ethic and ability to focus on the positive are what make him stand out as a student.

“DeMuro is one of the most persistent and resilient students I have ever had the opportunity to work with,” she said. “His ability to overcome daily obstacles, adversity and major life challenges never ceases to amaze me. Watching DeMuro’s selfawareness and confidence grow during the past four years has truly been remarkable to witness. Even when DeMuro goes through some of the lowest points in his life, he always tries to make the best of the cards he is dealt and better his situation, and he does it with a sense of humor and an inner drive to be the best he can be. The personal and academic growth he has made are a testament to his motivation and willingness to never give up.”

DeMuro looks forward to continuing his education and training in cosmetology after he graduates.

Interplan LLC brings annual donation to food pantry

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Pictured are (from left): York Township Supervisor John W. Valle, Food Pantry Director Angela Tanner with Margaret Strojny and Dennis Cabala of Interplan LLC in Oakbrook Terrace. As a way of giving back to the community, employees of Interplan have held a food drive for the past four years around Thanksgiving time and donated the proceeds to the York Township Food Pantry. This year 15 employees delivered a van load of food items on Monday November 21. Located at 1 South 280 Summit Avenue in Oakbrook Terrace, Interplan LLC provides development solutions for restaurant, hospitality and commercial programs.

Terra Vista presents ‘Eating, Dining & Alzheimer’s’ On Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m, Terra Vista, located at 1635 S. Ardmore Oakbrook Terrace, is hosting a program for Alzheimer’s caregivers about eating and dining with those with dementia.

The holidays are the perfect time to look at your loved one’s eating habits, according to Natalie McFarland, RN, BSN and certified dementia care trainer for Terra Vista. Research has shown the importance of maintaining good nutrition and eating habits

for those living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, which can help to improve behavioral symptoms as well as avoid weight loss, dehydration and choking hazards. Creating more interest in the overall experience for your loved one can also help to stimulate their appetite leading to better eating and drinking practices.

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Joyful Traditions coming Saturday

THOMAS E. OPOLONY, 70 Thomas E. Opolony, of Freeport, Ill., formerly of Villa Park, at the age of 70. Beloved husband of the late Christine nee Bishop; loving father of Kathleen Opolony, Dawn Opolony and Thomas J. (Heather) Opolony; fond brother of Carolyn (the late Richard) Gibson, Donna (Thomas) Stadermann, James (Susan) Opolony; dear uncle and great uncle of many; brother-in-law of Elizabeth Kulikowski and Kathy Bittler. Visitation was held Sunday, Nov. 27,

On Saturday, Dec. 3 from 6-8:30 p.m., the Villa Park Chamber of Commerce and the Village of Villa Park will host the 18th Annual Joyful Traditions Family Fun Festival at the Ruggard Gazebo at Ardmore & Park Blvd. in downtown Villa Park.

Take photos with Santa, build your own s’mores, check out the SnoMan Cave and make sure to catch the treelighting. Enjoy trolley car rides, stop by the tasting tent, listen to the strolling carolers and witness the world’s largest stocking.

The lights will be thrown to light the many decorated trees that line the Prairie Path during the holiday season. For more information, call COURTESY PHOTO Villa Park Independent Pictured is Willowbrook senior Julian DeMuro, who has been named 630-941-9133 or contact the Villa as Willowbrook’s November recipient of 88’s Best recognition. With Park Chamber of Commerce through invillapark.com. him is Willowbrook Principal Dan Krause.

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(Continued from front page) and Wisconsin. ried workers, but just seven percent After the original lawsuit was today.

“The overtime rule is designed filed last September, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said he felt to restore the intent of the Fair Laconfident in the legality of the rule, bor Standards Act, the crown jewel referring to the lawsuit as “a partisan of worker protections in the United States,” Perez said in September. “I and obstructionist tactic.”

He further noted that over the look forward to vigorously defendyears, overtime protections have re- ing our efforts to give more hardceded. While in 1975, they applied working people a meaningful chance to 62 percent of U.S. full-time sala- to get by.”

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U of I seeks state funding while aggressively courting foreign students ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK The University of Illinois (U of I) is asking state leaders for funding for operations as it continues to court international students, potentially neglecting local in-state students and taxpayers, a think tank said.

Neal McCluskey, director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, said U of I has been following a trend of public colleges and universities courting international students because of the revenue generated from them.

Illinois has been ranked fifth in the nation for international student enrollment, which could mean a reduction in available spots for prospective in-state taxpaying students.

“One of the downsides is that that leaves fewer seats for people in the state, all of whom pay taxes to support the school,” McCluskey said.

“And so, it seems unfair to people in the state that they may be paying for

the University of Illinois, but they can’t, perhaps, access the school because a foreign student is in those seats.”

In the proposal, $662 million would be given to U of I for fiscal year 2018 with increases each year at the rate of inflation.

Some hope for in-state students may be found in that, if the agreement goes through, U of I will agree to not raise tuition beyond the rate of inflation and will earmark some of the funding for student aid. The proposal also would require that at least 14,000 Illinois in-state students are admitted at the university’s UrbanaChampaign campus.

However, these terms may be deceptive, McCluskey said.

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Taxpayers and students are left with very little recourse in this situation, McCluskey said.

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Apprenticeships in Rauner’s toolbox to repair state’s economy ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK Gov. Bruce Rauner said Illinois is at a key turning point in the state’s history and that some big changes need to be made.

Rauner celebrated National Apprenticeship Week recently at Ruby Electric in Springfield with leaders from the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, and the National Federation of Independent Business.

Rauner said states bordering Illinois are growing — but Illinois is not.

“So we got a mess, and I can’t find a balanced budget, and I’ve looked for 25 years,” he said. “We always spend more than we bring in.”

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“They’re not going there for the weather,” he said. “They’re going there because it’s more responsible government. It’s more well-run, and the regulatory burden isn’t so tough and the tax burden isn’t so tough.”

Rauner said he has some ideas on shaping the future while dealing with current funding shortfalls, and he wants to focus on preparing Illinois youths to develop as a valuable workforce.

He said his Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Youth task force will work to expand apprenticeships in the state.

“We want it in manufacturing,” Rauner said. “We want it in transportation. We want it in construction.

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Lower salt prices, mild weather could save taxpayers money this winter Illinois News Network A mild start to the winter and lower salt prices could make winter 2016 cheaper for taxpayers in Illinois.

Salt prices are down. States, cities and counties are looking at about $50 per ton of salt this year as opposed to over $60 per ton last year.

That plus mild weather could save taxpayers money.

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(I-DOT) said it would be the second mild winter in a row.

“Our salt usage is down a fair amount. We used 316,000 tons last year,” Williamson said. “That’s quite a bit less than the previous year, a lot less than two winters before that, and less before even the winter before that.”

Salt and chemicals accounted for about $20 million of the $51 million I-DOT spent on clearing the roads last year. Williamsen said 3,800

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Addison Nov. 22 • Robin M. Edwards, 28, of Schaumburg, was arrested in the 600 block of Meadows Blvd. at around 8:44 p.m. and charged with criminal trespass to property.

• Trevon J. Rowlette, 23, of Chicago, was arrested in the 100 block of S. Lombard Road at around 9:40 a.m. and charged with theft. Police said Rowlette, being an employee of UPS, took merchandise without permission or authority.

Nov. 21 Jerod C. Feilen, 19, of Steger, was arrested at the Steger Police Department at around 2 p.m. Police said Feilen was transported from the Steger Police Department to the Addison Police Department to be processed on an original warrant out of the Addison Police Department for

attempted forgery.

Nov. 20 • Roberta A. Smith, 25, of Lombard, was arrested at a local store at around 12:15 p.m. and charged with retail theft.

• A 20-year-old Cicero man was arrested in the 200 block of E. Lake St. at around 6:35 p.m. and charged with domestic battery. Police said the suspect slapped, kicked and punched the victim on the face.

Villa Park Nov. 19 Stephanie Vazquez, 25, of Elmhurst, was arrested near St. Charles and Villa at around 11:03 p.m. and charged with two counts of DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give aid or information, failure to report an accident to police, no insurance and making an improper turn.

Nov. 18 • Lauren A. Gustafson, 26, of Villa Park, was arrested at a store at

around 4:50 p.m. and charged with retail theft.

• Martgarita Sanchez, 50, of Addison, was arrested at a store at around 1:25 p.m. and charged with retail theft.

• Stanislaw Malyszko, 44, of Bloomingdale, was arrested near Route 83 and Highland at around 4:11 p.m. and charged with DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

• Theft was reported in the 800 block of W. North Ave. Police said that between 10:45 a.m. and 8:25 p.m., an unknown suspect stole the real license plate of a vehicle parked in the lot.

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Nov. 17 A 42-year-old Villa Park man was arrested in the 1500 block of S. Ardmore at around 6:01 p.m. and charged with two counts of domestic battery.

Nov. 16 • Francisco J. Diaz-Hernandez, 39, of Mt. Prospect, was arrested near North and Addison at around 6:09 p.m. and charged with aggravated driving while license revoked and driving while using a electronic device.

• Patrice N. Henry, 31, of Villa Park, was arrested in the 1-100 block of E. St. Charles Road at around 6:25 p.m. and charged with two counts of aggravated assault.

• Robert F. Wolfe (age not given), of Lombard, was arrested near Western and St. Charles at around 12:41 a.m. and charged with two counts of aggravated DUI, two counts of improper lane usage, improper lighting and no rear registration.

• A 21-year-old Villa Park man as arrested in the 100 block of S. Wisconsin at around 11:05 p.m. and charged with two counts of domestic battery.

Nov. 15 • Shirvelle Johnson, 46, of Lombard, was arrested at a store at around 7:53 p.m. and charged with retail theft.

• Brandon J. Lam, 19, of Addison, and a female juvenile from Addison, were arrested near North and Kramer at around 4:41 p.m. Lam was charged with possession of a controlled substance and failure to signal, and the juvenile was charged with possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Nov. 14 A 27-year-old Aurora man was arrested in the 500 block of N. Ardmore at around 4:01 p.m. Nov. 3 and charged with two counts of domestic battery. The original complaint and arrest warrant was issued on Nov. 14.

Nov. 13 Jesus Sandoval-Aquino, 37, of Villa Park, was arrested in the 500 block of W. Division at around 12:59 a.m. and charged with assault.

Nov. 11 Danaya R. Christiansen, 18, of Bensenville, and Nicole Raye Umila, 21, of Streamwood, were arrested at a store at around 8:13 p.m. Both were charged with retail theft.

Nov. 9 Frank W. Gilbert, 24, of Villa Park, was arrested at a store at around 6 p.m. and charged with disorderly conduct.

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Slices of life

Contemplating marriage: Knowing the rules

I’ve been contemplating marriage. Not getting married. I took care of that task years ago.

I’ve been contemplating marriage as in the concept of. My daughter recently tied the knot and I’ve been reminiscing about my own newlywed days – and some of the lessons learned since way back then.

When I signed up for this deal called marriage, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Neither did my husband. If someone had told us marriage might be challenging and difficult, we wouldn’t have believed them. How could loving another person be difficult? (Ha!) Thank goodness for our naivety.

And optimism.

Now, all these years later, I think we’d both say marriage can be challenging (not to mention a bit of hard work). But it is good work, and challenges are opportunities for growth. And when done right, it gets easier and more fulfilling as the years pass. Most days.

Since saying “I do,” my better half and I have learned a few tidbits (Dare I say rules?) about successfully navigating this thing called wedded bliss. If we were to give unsolicited advice to our daughter and other newlys (which of course we never would), here’s what we might say: 1. First, realize there are no rules, really. Think of these as starting points.

2. Over the years, you will break most if not all these rules (a.k.a. starting points). So will your spouse. Forgive him or her and just as importantly, forgive yourself.

3. It’s not about you. It’s about both of you. If you live out your marriage as though it’s about you, you’ll likely have a short marriage – or at the very least an unhappy one.

4. Eat meals together. At least once each day. They will serve as an anchor and provide an opportunity to share time and conversation with each other. It’s the seemingly small habits like this that fortify your relationship. In a marriage, small things can be big things.

5. Sleep in the same bed. Even if it seems more convenient not to.

Even if the one of you snores or kicks the covers off (not that I’m implying anything). Love is hardly

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Waking together gives you a few moments to plan your day, and plot your strategies – if you have children. It also gives you the opportunity to experience morning breath and morning hair.

It gives you the chance to say good morning before the chaos of the rest of your day proceeds.

6. Always kiss each other goodbye. It’s also nice to kiss hello and goodnight and happy Groundhog’s day, but goodbye is the one to make a priority. You never know if a goodbye will be your last, and you’d regret forever if you hadn’t paid enough attention to seal it with a kiss.

7. Realize you do not have to agree on everything. Chances are even after decades you won’t have come to terms about the thermostat. It’s the bane of many a great marriage and a war that can’t be won. There are countless similar battles involving laundry folding techniques, vacation destinations, parenting practices and driving habits (which could be a category in itself).

8. Falling in love is easy; staying there not always so. Work to keep things new. Don’t be distracted by the multitude of life experiences that could come between you and your spouse. This includes your job and your children.

There are more (there always could be more) but eight is enough for one day. When we got married years ago, our pockets may have been empty, but our hearts were as full as our hair was big. Now we relive those emotions (but not the hairstyle) through our daughter and son-in-law and we are glad for times when life comes full circle.

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Chaplin squeaks past Blass to win County Board race in District 2 Wins by just 50 votes; will be only Democrat to serve on Board

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After a 300-vote deficit on Election night Nov. 8, Democrat Elizabeth “Liz” Chaplin was ahead of her Republican challenger Richard Blass by just 13 votes at the Independent’s press time and the DuPage County Election Commission was still counting ballots.

When all was said and done, Chaplin, the incumbent, topped Blass by only 50 votes. Vote tallies which included mail and provisional ballots, resulted in Chaplin receiving 36,726 votes to Blass’ 36,676.

A county board member since 2012, Chaplin said she was about ready to concede the day after the election, when preliminary results showed she trailed Blass by just 327 votes. But more than 1,000 provisional ballots had not yet been included in the totals and more than 5,000 mail ballots had not been returned. The mail ballots had to be postmarked by Nov. 8 and received at the Commission by Nov. 22. Ultimately, 1,279 more votes were included after election night.

Blass, who is an Elmhurst resident, said he will consult with his campaign manager before deciding whether to ask for a recount.

“I certainly will take it under advisement,” he said.

“Two weeks ago, it was just such a bad night for Democrats in general,” said Chaplin. “Everyone was telling us we had lost. It was in the newspapers.”

But she never conceded because she had advised people who could not or did not want to vote on Election Day to vote by mail, instead of voting early. “’Please mail in your ballot’ I said, because with early voting there is no paper trail,” Chaplin said. “I don’t know if that had anything to do with the big swing in votes.”

Chaplin will be the only Democrat to serve on the DuPage County Board during the next term.

“I do think it is good to have at least one person from each party on the board to have checks and balances and to ask different questions that somebody else doesn’t ask,” she said.

District 2 includes most of Elmhurst, Oak Brook and Oakbrook Terrace, and parts of Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills. It also includes all or part of Villa Park, Lombard, Downers Grove, Westmont, Lisle, Naperville and Woodridge.

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By Paul DelGuidice FOR THE VILLA PARK INDEPENDENT

Once again, the Villa Park VFW Post #2801 hosted U.S. Navy recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes on Thanksgiving Day. The Post fed about 60 recruits this year, providing turkey, ham and all the trimmings. The food was donated

and then cooked by culinary students from the College of DuPage.

Volunteers from the VFW and the surrounding area served the meals to the young men and women who come from all parts of the country to serve in the Navy. A popular treat for these recruits was the permission to use phones to call loved ones.

Geneve Mojica of San Francisco and Lorena Alegria of St. George, Utah are all smiles on Thanksgiving.

U.S. Navy recruits NeJohn Jones of Washington, D.C. and Jennifer Vang of Morganton, North Carolina enjoy some pumpkin pie after a full Thanksgiving feast at the Villa Park VFW Post #2801 on Thursday, Nov. 24.

Above: All in attendance rose for grace before enjoying a Thanksgiving feast at the Villa Park VFW Post #2801.

Left: Two U.S. Navy recruits phone home during Thanksgiving. Volunteers lent their phones so recruits could call loved ones on the holiday.

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This 2002 Joe Keim built home is priced to sell! A 2-story foyer welcomes you to a well laid out first floor with hardwood floors, open kitchen with granite island, Brakur cabinets, stainless steel appliances, 2-story family room with stone fireplace, $499,900 FIRST OFFERING!

This 2002 Joe Keim built home is priced to sell! A 2-story foyer welcomes you to a well laid out first floor with hardwood floors, open kitchen with granite island, Brakur cabinets, stainless steel appliances, 2-story family room with stone fireplace, separate formals, 1st floor office, walkin pantry, butler’s pantry w/ sink & wine fridge, laundry/mudroom, and eating area the flows out to elevated deck with gazebo. Upstairs you will find 4 generous sized bedrooms, all with bathroom access, walk-in closets & a large master suite & updated spa bath. A full, unfinished english basement awaits your finishing ideas with roughed in bathroom plumbing. $499,900

Clean as a Whistle Well-kept & maintained 4BR / 2.5 bath home in center of town. Pride of ownership shows w/ what these 2nd owners have done over the years to update, upgrade, and maintain this home.

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Pride of ownership shows w/ what these 2nd owners have done over the years to update, upgrade, and maintain this home. Newer roof, mechanicals, concrete driveway, Marvin $445,000 FIRST OFFERING!

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Over 7,700sf of finished living space across 3 levels. Lower level has expansive light well, full bar, radiant heat floors, gaming room, abundant storage and has been host to gatherings of over 100 people. Main level features separate formals, home office w/ private entrance, chef’s kitchen w/ separate eating area, & 2 story family room w/ gorgeous fireplace centerpiece! $1,299,900

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This original owner, 4200sf. impeccably clean home is nestled in the heart of Elmhurst, walk to the Prairie Path, Spring Road Business District & Lincoln School. Open floor plan, beautiful HWD flrs on most of 1st floor, vaulted formal LR & a HUGE Kitchen that blends into Family room w/ brick surround fireplace. Unbelievable Cedar Florida Room addition w/ floor2ceiling windows & spa-like Jacuzzi! Extensive backyard w/ hardscaped brick paver entertainment/dining areas situated on a rare 250 ft lot! Luxurious Master BR featuring En Suite Bathroom & sweeping views of your 1/4 acre. 3 more oversized BRs w/ their own full bathroom. BSMT w/almost 2K sf!! $739,900

1/4 Acre - Walk to Lincoln!

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Pride of Ownership Throughout

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Meticulously maintained 4 bedroom MacDougall split level with finished sub-basement. Everything has been maintained and cared for and it shows. Newer siding, soffit/fascia/gutters, Pella windows, solid oak 6-panel doors & trim, kitchen

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Newer siding, soffit/fascia/gutters, Pella windows, solid oak 6-panel doors & trim, kitchen remodel in 2006 - granite counters, stainless steel appliances, HWH in 2010, furnace and backup generator in 2008, hot tub with pergola in 2007, and driveway, paver walkway, back patio, shed and landscaping in 2000. Walk to Jackson Elementary, Bryan JRHS, and Eldridge Park.

Pride of ownership throughout and ready to call home! $449,900

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Illinois stylists to be trained in domestic violence support

By Dee Longfellow

FOR THE INDEPENDENT

According to reports out of Springfield, Illinois has a new law requiring all hairstylists in the state to be trained in domestic violence support and response.

The law, HB4264, will take effect Jan. 1, according to reports.

Jamie Feramisco, a stylist in Quincy, Ill., said hairdressers sometimes learn about incidents of domestic vi-

olence through chatting with clients.

She said she often hears accounts of incidents of abuse in the salon and she tries be supportive to the women who face such circumstances.

The mandate was passed as an amendment to the Barber, Cosmetology, Hair Braiding and Nail Technology Act of 1985.

The legislation aligns the Professional Beauty Association’s (PBA) Cut It Out program, which pushes

similar efforts.

“The salon is a safe place to go,” said PBA Director of Charitable Programs Rachel Molepske.

“People tell their stylists things they don’t even tell their family or friends. We have gotten testimonials from people that said this program saved them.”

Feramisco said she plans to host a training session at the salon once the state has established a curriculum.

“The whole idea is to help hairdressers deal with disclosures,” said J.J. Magliocco, a prevention educator. “There is a right way and a wrong way to talk to someone. It

can make or break the way a person handles their assault.

“We are teaching them that they can make a difference. They don’t have to keep their mouth shut.”

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Community calendar Saturday, Dec. 3 • Yoga for toddlers, parents at the library From 10-10:45 a.m., parents and small children can enjoy a fun and simple yoga class at the Villa Park Public Library, presented by Yoga Shala in Elmhurst which offers sessions specifically geared for toddlers. Children 3 and younger who are strong walkers can attend, if accompanied by an adult; maximum two children per adult. All participants must sign a waiver.

Registration required. Info: visit vppl.info or call 630-834-1164.

per pet (no snakes allowed). Preregister by Dec. 2.

• Second annual Mitten Tree Day at the library The Villa Park Public Library will hold its second annual Mitten Tree Day from 10-10:45 a.m. This extra-special Marvelous Mornings session will feature stories, crafts, and a brief ceremony to welcome back the Mitten Tree. The Mitten Tree is a charitable effort begun by the library in 2015. Anyone who wishes to contribute is encouraged to bring in an item of warm clothing or winter gear (hat, scarf, etc.) to be donated to local residents in need. The Mitten Tree will be up and donations will be accepted through the holiday season Registration is not required. Info: visit vppl.info or call 630-834-1164.

Saturday, Dec. 10 Calvary Methodist Cookie Walk Beginning at 9 a.m., Calvary United Methodist Church will host its Annual Cookie Walk. Many varieties of homemade cookies, candies, and bars will be featured. The church is located at 136 East Highland in Villa Park, the northwest corner of Highland and Summit.

All are welcome.

• Joyful Traditions downtown Villa Park From 6-8:30 p.m., the Villa Park Chamber of Commerce and the Village of Villa Park will host the 18th Annual Joyful Traditions Family Fun Festival at the Ruggard Gazebo at Ardmore & Park Blvd. in downtown Villa Park.

Take photos with Santa, build your own s’mores, check out the SnoMan Cave and make sure to catch the tree-lighting. Enjoy trolley car rides, stop by the tasting tent, listen to the strolling carolers and witness the world’s largest stocking. The lights will be thrown to light the many decorated trees that line the Prairie Path during the holiday season. For more information, call 630-941-9133 or contact the Villa Park Chamber of Commerce through invillapark.com.

Wednesday, Dec. 7 • Terra Vista seminar on eating and Alzheimer’s Beginning at 1 p.m., Terra Vista of Oakbrook Terrace, 1635 So. Ardmore, will hold a program called “Eating, Dining & Alzheimer’s” for caregivers, led by Natalie McFarland, RN, BSN and certified dementia care trainer. To register, call 630-534-0886 or info@terravista.org • Parks & Rec offers pet pictures with “Santa Paws” From 5:30-7:30 p.m., Pictures with Santa Paws will be held at North Terrace Park, 300 N. Westmore. Each pet will meet Santa, take their picture with him and get a special treat. Photos will be available for pick-up on Friday, Dec. 9 at 12 noon at the Iowa Community Center. The fee is $5

• Library offers help for job seekers From 7-8:30 p.m., the library will host the workshop Résumé Review and Interviewing Strategies. The program offers how to write a résumé, land the interview and learn interviewing strategies.

Make an appointment with the presenter to return for a one-onone review of your résumé. Registration required. Info: visit vppl. info or call 630-834-1164.

Monday, Dec. 12 Storytime at Cornerstone Books From 9:30-10:30 a.m., there will be a community storytime held at Cornerstone Books at 22 S. Villa Ave. Mike’s Market in Villa Park will generously provide snacks for participants. No registration required. Info: vppl.info or 630834-1164.

Enjoy breakfast from the Elf Kitchen, make holiday crafts, decorate cookies, play reindeer games and visit with Santa. Fee: $10 per person with pre-registration; $15 per person on the day of event, if space is still available. To register: vppl.info or 630-834-1164.

Park Art Center, 9 East Park Blvd., now through Jan. 7, 2017. Nolet, a renowned Chicago artist educated at the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux-Arts in Paris, has received many honors and accolades. Info: 630-501-1455 or find us on Facebook.

Wednesday, Dec. 28 At 10 a.m., Terra Vista of Oakbrook Terrace, 1635 So. Ardmore, will hold the monthly meeting of the Alzheimer’s support group, led

by Natalie McFarland, RN, BSN and certified dementia care trainer.

To register, call 630-534-0886 or info@terravista.org

Gymnastics program Parks and Recreation has announced a new gymnastics program in partnership with Tumbling Times Gymnastics, 400 Rohlwing Road. A wide variety of gymnastics classes are available for all ages and skill levels. Info: vprd. org or call 630-834-8970.

Ongoing events Library offers Mini-Library at Jefferson Middle School In an on-going partnership with School District 45 and Jefferson Middle School, the Villa Park Public Library offers a mini-library for families and kids of all ages at Jefferson Middle School (255 W. Vermont St.) from 3-4 p.m. every Thursday through Thursday, Dec. 22. Info: vppl.info or call 630834-1164.

VFW Friday Night Fish Fry From 5:30-8 p.m. every Friday evening, the Villa Park VFW Post #2801, 39 E. St. Charles Road, holds its Fish Fry. Menu available for purchase includes fried shrimp,

Park Art Center hosts paintings and pastels of Didier Nolet The paintings and pastels of Didier Nolet, Mirror of Humanity: Reflections on a Blending of Memories, will be on display at the

Wednesday, Dec. 14 Preschool-Palooza! at Oakbrook Terrace From 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Preschool-Palooza! will be held at the Oakbrook Terrace Park District, 1S325 Ardmore Ave., Oakbrook Terrace. The Villa Park library will deliver a mix of stories, songs, and movement geared for young children exploring their world. Info: vppl.info or 630-834-1164.

Thursday, Dec. 15 LEGO® Program for the Holidays at the library The Villa Park Public Library will hold LEGO® Holiday Ornament Workshops from 3:30–4:30 p.m. Children ages 6-and-up can make a festive ornament with LEGO®bricks and pieces. The library will supply the materials.

Each child will be limited to one session only. Registration is required. Info: vppl.info or call 630834-1164.

Friday, Dec. 16 Storytime at Whole Foods From 10-10:30 a.m., there will be a community storytime held at the Whole Foods store at 215 S. Route 83 in Elmhurst. Hear stories and then enjoy a snack, courtesy of Whole Foods Market. No registration required. Info: vppl.info or 630-834-1164.

Saturday, Dec. 17 Breakfast with Santa From 9-11 a.m., bring the family to Breakfast with Santa at the Iowa Community Center, 338 N. Iowa.

fish/shrimp combos, beef/sausage sandwiches, combos and hot dogs.

Widows or Widowers meeting Widows or Widowers (W.O.W.) of the Western Suburbs meets on the third Thursday of each month starting at 6:30 p.m. Held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 537 S. York Road, Elmhurst. Admission: $5. Info: (630) 620-4060 or wow. cfsites.org.

TOPS meetings held on Friday mornings Remember TOPS? Take Off Pounds Sensibly is still here helping and supporting people to lose weight.

Meetings are held on Friday mornings at Grace Lutheran Church 950 S. York Road, Bensenville. Weigh in 9:30 a.m., and meet from 10-11 a.m. Info: email Millie at johnreiter@sbcglobal.net

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Finishing with a flourish

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

Practice does make perfect.

Just ask Addison Trail-Willowbrook sophomore girls swimmer Elissa Haake. Through a lot of hard work, Haake walked out of the recent IHSA girls swimming state finals with a pair of Top 10 state finishes in the 100 and 200.

Haake took ninth in the 200 (1:52.90) and was 10th in the 100 (52.44). She became the first swimmer in program history to earn a pair of Top 10 finishes at the state meet.

That hard work during practice came up aces for Haake in the 100 this season. “I worked a lot on my turns and my under-waters,” she said. “Those were some of my weaknesses and I focused on them with coach (Tara) Murphy and it really helped me become a lot faster in the 100. I’m swimming at a different pace. I had a different approach and added technique.”

Heading into the season, Haake’s previous fast time was a 53.1 in the event. She lowered that to a 52.0 this season.

Fenton boys basketball team begins new era under coach Taft Bison return two starters from last year’s team

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

New Fenton boys basketball coach Chaz Taft inherited a team that was far from bereft with experience.

The Bison return nine seniors from last year’s team that went 7-19 overall. In that group are returning starters Bryan Larsen (6-1, F-G, Sr.) and Javier Sanchez (5-9 G, Sr.).

Taft, the former head coach at South Elgin High School, also is expecting key contributions from the likes of Tyler Santagata (6-2, F, Sr.), Bryan Andrade (6-1, PG, Sr.), Ethan Guerra (6-0, G-F, Sr.), Nick Schaub (6-3, F, Sr.), Andrew Hill (6-1, G, Jr.) and Dimitri Milano (5-10, G, Jr.).

“I like how close this group is,” said Taft. “It’s a tight-knit group of guys. They like playing with each other on and off the court. That goes a long way when you are trying to build a team and a program.”

Taft, a Fenton alum, said the squad, which kicked off the season at the Johnsburg tournament last week in northern McHenry County, will utilize a motion offense. “The kids have picked it up great,” the coach noted. “I like what we are doing offensively.”

A man-to-man scheme will be part of the defensive plan. “This group is great with how hard they play,” said Taft. “They are

scrappy and love diving for loose balls. It’s a fun group to coach.”

Taft added his long-term goal of building the program at Fenton includes much smaller short-term goals.

“We’re taking it a day at a time,” he said. “It’s a process with them. We’re concentrating on getting each of them improved on a daily basis.”

Taft said the transition to a new coach has gone without any hiccups. “So far so good,” he said. “The transition has gone real well. We had our Bison scrimmage that included the cheerleaders and a faculty game and that was excellent. We can’t stop there. We’re going to keep going and keep adding in new things and keep building this program.”

Having veterans such as Larsen and Sanchez back in the fold has been a major help for Taft. He noted Larsen, Sanchez, Guerra and Hill are captains this season.

“Bryan is great,” the coach said. “He’s a three-year varsity player who has great composure on the court. He doesn’t get rattled. When stuff doesn’t go our way he’s there for the guys. He’s a good leader. He drags you with him.”

Fenton will again compete in the Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division with the likes of Riverside-Brookfield and Glenbard South.

“The kids have worked hard to this point,” he said earlier last week. “We’re excited to get the season going and get some games under our belt.”

Addison Trail-Willowbrook sophomore swimmer Elissa Haake logs pair of Top 10 finishes at state meet Haake ended up being a quick study in the 200. She previously had focused on the 50 in addition to the 100.

“I learned a lot about the 200,” she said. “I changed to the 200. During the club season my club coaches realized I was way better at it. It’s a different race where you hold your pace instead of an all-out sprint. In the 50 there is less room to fix something. In the 50 if you mess something up such as a start or turn you are done. Everything matters. The 200 builds up to a sprint. You start out strong and then you finish as fast as you can. I made quite an improvement in the 200. I swam the 200 at conference last year and was hoping

to break two minutes. I wasn’t even close to the IHSA cut. I did it in club and got a lot better.”

Haake got her 200 time down to 1:52 this season. “I dropped about eight seconds over the course of a year,” she said. “That’s kind of crazy. Last year I couldn’t make the state cut and this year I got ninth in the state. That’s crazy to think about.”

Haake has no complaints about how her sophomore season unfolded. “I am very happy and proud that I got as far as I did this season,” she said. “Making the Top 12 was a goal for myself and I accomplished the goal. It’s an amazing feeling. It’s crazy to have a dream and have it fi-

nally come true.”

Haake swims in the off-season for the West swimming club out of Hinsdale, the same club that produced AT-Willowbrook state-champion Kelly McNamara (butterfly). McNamara also earned two state medals in the same season, but was part of a relay team that took 12th. No AT-Willowbrook swimmer has ever earned a pair of Top 10 state finishes in the same year.

“I’m absolutely going to keep working during the offseason and keep trying for personal bests and get faster,” she said. “I’m going to make some more goals next year and hopefully I can have even better results.”

Addison Trail girls basketball team finishes second at tournament Blazers bolstered by contributions of many

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

After a slow start, the Addison Trail girls basketball team found its footing at the recent Addison TrailFenton tournament.

The Blazers opened the tournament with a 42-30 loss to tournament-champion Lane Tech. Addison Trail then defeated fellow West Suburban Conference Gold Division entrant Leyden 49-47, followed by wins over Elgin (49-33) and Fenton (55-27). Addison Trail and Lane Tech both finished 3-1, but Lane Tech won the tournament on a tiebreaker.

“We played pretty well,” said Addison Trail coach Rob Schader, who noted the team played without returner Diamond Pikulyk for the first two games due to injury. “I was a little disappointed with the defensive effort at times. It hurt us in the first game (loss to Lane Tech). In the second game it was a little off, but

we cleaned some things up. We still have a ways to go with that but we are getting better.”

Schader saw numerous highlights on the offensive end. “Our transition offense is really good,” he said. “We did a nice job rebounding at times and pushing the tempo. Our pressure was pretty good and we hit shots when we needed to. We hit some free throws down the stretch against Leyden.”

Vincenza Zaccaro’s 3-pointer late in the Leyden game proved to be the game-winner. “We were down by two and she hit the three and we got up by one with 15 seconds left,” said Schader. “We called a timeout and got set up on defense and got them to turn the ball over with four seconds left. Nicci (Scorza) hit a free throw and we won.”

Schader was impressed with Pikulyk’s two games she played. “She came into the season looking good.

She had run cross-country and has honed her game on offense and defense,” he said. “She really played well.”

Alyssa Pham, Marie Baumgartner, Diana Graciano and Sandy Herrera also had strong tournaments.

“Alyssa does everything else on the court,” said Schader. “She makes us go. She takes care of the ball and distributes it well. Marie does a lot of the little things on defense and offensively. Diana stepped up big for us. She wasn’t going to play this year but came in four days into the season and has played very well.

Sandy is such a smart kid and knows the game so well.”

Schader also cited strong play from Jasmin Mehmeti. “Last year she had some trouble staying on the floor because of foul trouble,” he said. “She did a good job in the four games. She helps out a ton on defense and averaged 8-10 points a game.”

Schader noted players such as Zaccaro and Berenice Berumen also will help the team this season.

“We’re preaching it’s one game at a time,” he said. “Our conference always is tough. We’re looking forward to the season. It should be fun.”

Willowbrook girls basketball team defeats Shepard Warriors’ girls bowling team competes in first invitational

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

The Willowbrook girls basketball team competed in the recent Marist invitational.

The Warriors recorded a 53-30 win over Shepard. Willowbrook led 11-9 after the first quarter and 28-12 at halftime.

Kelssie Kraabel led Willowbrook with 21 points on 9-for-17 shooting.

She hit three 3-pointers and also had three assists. CeCe Lizasuain scored 13 points on 6-for-10 shooting.

Hannah Konrath added 10 points (2 three-pointers) and also had four rebounds. Maureen Schmidt had nine rebounds. Grace Chantos had four assists and four rebounds. Willowbrook out-rebounded Shepard 42-35.

The Warriors also dropped a 64-

30 game to Marist and a 67-32 game to Plainfield East.

In a 57-43 loss to Crete-Monee at Marist, Wilowbrook trailed 19-12 after the first quarter and 34-20 at halftime.

Kraabel led the Warriors with 14 points. Konrath added eight points and Shannon Knudtson had six points. Kraabel also had five rebounds and Chantos had three as-

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On May 15, 2015 at Elmhurst Hospital, Thompson had minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) surgery. Dr. Mataragas used special, high-tech equipment that enabled him to access the spine without cutting through muscle.

“This procedure gives patients all of the benefits of traditional lumbar fusion surgery without many of the limitations that it can entail. Patients who have the minimally invasive surgery have much less blood loss, shorter hospital stays and much quicker return to work,” says Dr. Mataragas.

“I immediately woke up without the pain,” he says. “My surgical healing time was drastically reduced. I was actually walking the next day. With a brace and being very careful, but still.

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You aren’t supposed to twist for about three months, even getting out of bed you can’t twist, but Dr. Mataragas walked me through all that,” he said. “Considering three months of inconvenience for my life back with no pain. I’m just so glad I went through it. I’m so grateful.”

Thompson’s goal was to ski with his

family in Park City by Presidents’ Day in February. After seven months of physical therapy, he got clearance from Dr. Mataragas – he would be able to meet his goal. “I skied in Park City for the first time without pain in about three years and we had a blast as a family,” he says.

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We also plan their recovery and rehab to allow for the quickest return to their usual activities as possible,” says Dr. Mataragas.

Thompson hopes to encourage others who feel hopeless or are too afraid to have the surgery. “It really is a mindset. You have to ask yourself, ‘what little baby step can I make today to get closer to my goal?’” He says he was fortunate to have friends who had gone through similar procedures and guided him through it, along with his wife of 24 years, Joi. At his one-year check-up last May, Thompson was given full clearance by Dr. Mataragas. “He said, ‘go live your life, you have no restrictions.’” He had gotten his life back.

“Before the surgery, I was in so much pain. Every step was a lightning bolt and sitting felt like daggers going into my back.

I would have to lay on the couch with ice twice a day for two hours just to be able to do anything,” says Thompson.

Today, Thompson is enjoying an active and pain-free lifestyle. “The surgery put me back into humankind. By this summer, my life was back to normal.”

He, Joi, and their four children, ages 12, 14, 16 and 18, spent time at their lake house during the summer, where Thompson enjoyed stand-up paddleboarding and wakesurfing. For winter, he’s looking forward to downhill skiing with his family.

Of his experience at Edward-Elmhurst, he concludes, “Dr. Mataragas is a rock star as far as I’m concerned.”

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GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Ansari, Eraj; Arianas, Effie; Ayers, Robyn; Babel, Bridget; Baker, Carl; Bender, Michaelene; Berns-Zare, Ilene; Boisse, Rebecca; Bown, Deirdra; Braundmeier, Rebecca; Bullis, Richard; Chaussey, Lorie; Davila, Ashley; DeGrado, Jourdan; DeLaRosa, Kathryn; Dillard, Roderick; Donik, Alina; Dunlap, Jennifer; Eltman, Vincenza; Fabela, Maria; Fey, Grace; Figueroa, Jonpaul; Fuerst, Eric; Galarza, Sarah; Garcia-Suits, Manola; Garcia, Mildred; George, Bethany; Gerage, Julie; Glomp, Kimberly; Godawski, Zuzanna; Godinez, Jesus; Goduto-Hogan, Julie; Grimes, Cora; Guzman, Jessica; Guzzi, Steven; Hanrahan, Adele; Heck, Ashley; Heller, Rachel; Hetland, Elizabeth; Higgins, Katie; Hitchcock, Rebecca; Huerta, Zoila; Ignaciuk, Paula; Imes, Christopher; Jakymiw, Christine; Jensen, Elizabeth; Johnson, Erin; Jungel, Paul; Kahn, Diana; Lima, Jennifer; Lipke, Elizabeth; Liss, Ashley; Lorenzo, Rosaura; Lostracco, Natalie; Lucaccioni, Victoria; Matura, Joseph; Michalesko, Francis; Mierzwa, Malgorzata; Miko, Marisa; Mixon, Annemarie; Moffat, Amy; Noci, Lisa; Ostrega, Rebecca; Phamornsuwana, Emily; Pozdol, Judy; Price, Patricia; Rasmussen, Jennifer; Rezulak, Amy; Rios, Peggy; Rossi, Catherine; Santucci, Alyssa; Schuck, Taylor; Siegel, Philip; Smail, Laura; Smith, Brooke; St Marie, Eve; Steber, Margaret; Sutryk, Nicholas; Szczesny, Annette; Tilden, Karen; Torres-Acosta, Irma; Vale, Annette; Vaughan, Rachael; Vazzano, Rosario; Voelz, Nicole; Volpe, Mariel; Wagrez, Anah; Walsh, Amy; Ward, Amberly; Weber-Brown, Kathleen; Wendling, Natalie; Wiese, Monika; Williams, Ilinca; Williams, Noelle; Wolaver, Erin; Wright, Samantha; Yeager, Joseph; Zimmerman, Jaimie. Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Balducci, Mary; Brauer, Brian; Bucio, Tessia; Caldwell, Kimberly; Correa, Alma; Fetscher, Catherine; Glore, Heather; Grogan, Lillian; Holcomb, Rachel; Krawiec, Samantha; Lundgren, Sarah; Marchut, Dawn; Martin, Nicole; Martinez, Aurora; Monley, Erin; Negrete Gomez, Laura; Nelson, Kaitlynn; O Rourke, Maureen; Pazdan, Tom; Pervaiz, Denise; Peterson, Katie; Peterson, Megan; Pulido, Maria; Rago, Frank; Romanek, Patricia; Santos, Molly; Taff, Emily; Tortorello, Rachael; Vazquez, Carla; Velazquez, Lily; Wilson, Sarah; Wittenberg, Haley; Zepeda, Yuridia. Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Allison, Emily; Alvarez, Karla; Amy, Kara; Anderson, Mary; Andrikokus, George; Anton, Laura; Baker, Margaret; Breault, Brendan; Cazares, Jaime; Corona, Natalie; Crane, Julie; DeAngelo, Jennifer; Demma, Meredith; DeMuth, Aubrey; Donohue-Canfield, Nancy; Ericksen, Victoria; Fausto, Lizzeth; Felker, Susan; Fullerton, Charlotte; Garrison, Caitlin; Gaudio, Vincent; Goldman, Cherish; Grunwald, Erin; Guevara, Christina; Guzman, Dora; Hadzialijagic, Sarah; Hamby, Kristin; Hamel, Claire; Hanley, Joseph; Hare, Caitlin; Hatfield, Brooke; Hernandez, Elizabeth; Heuel, Jennifer; Hobbs, Heather; Hodges, Robert; Hollmann, Christine; Iwema, Dianne; Janik, Deborah; Johnson,

Katelyn; Johnston, Christina; Jones, Dina; Kappel, Dara; Klein, Elyssa; Kozij, Michelle; Kruse, Connie; Kulze, Lisa; Lafser, Erin; Laga, Caitlin; Larsen, Mary; Larson, Samantha; Lehr, Amanda; Leiber, Brittany; Lieb, Tamara; Long, Adam; Martell, Loren; Mazzone, Victoria; McAllister, Katelynn; McKenna, Erica; McKenney, Rachael; Moritz, Beth; Muralles, Ivonne; Neubauer, Jessica; Nickisch, Reinhard; Olsen, Kerry; Opielowski, Erin; Osornio, Gladys; Paullin, Cathleen; Pedersen, Lisa; Porten, Amanda; Pyne, Kayley; Rebecca, Concetta; Renelli, Dulce; Reyes, Erica; Rhoades, Lori; Rieger, Lauren; Rodriguez Jr, Agustin; Rudy, Anne; Sigle, Kristina; Silva, Tara; Skibbie, Erica; Spartz, Angela; Stewart, Amy; Stoeke, Alyssa; Sullivan, Edward; Szwaya, Jennifer; Taylor, Kerri; Thornburg, Dianne; Tortorello, Jennifer; Valle, Rikki; Vranas, Argiro; Ward, Joseph; Weller, Jeanette; Williams, Kirk; Wojcieszek, Laura; Wyka, Janice; Yetter, Mary; Zulauf, Benjamin; Zulkowski, Jaimie. Salary Range: 60,000 - $89,999: Adams, Angela; Allen, Heidi; Arcivar, Christina; Baker, Craig; Barca, Nancy; Benjamin, Barbara; Brown, Sandra; Calderin, Carol; Campos, Armando; Casolari, Nichole; Cooper, Lisa; Delaney, Richard; DeMauro, Thomas; Di Fresco, Valerie; Doell, Kristin; Dresen, Melissa; Drum, Ryan; Ellett, David; Gallas, Michelle; Gauthier, Leah; Georgopoulos, Nicholas; Geraci, Kari; Glenn, Christine; Guajardo, Sheri; Harrison, Kelly; Kawa, Tara; Kendall, Kelly; Kenny, Julia; Kersten, Jeffrey; Kindelin, Kathy; Lewandowski, Kristen; Mason, Ildiko; Mellen, Christina; Morris, Maria; Mullen, Kristi; Murphy, Roberta; Nemesnyik, Catherine; Nevins, Jennifer; Newman, Crystal; O Connell, Laura; Olsen, Nicole; Orlyk, Douglas; Palermo, Luilia; Peterson, Mary; Popescu, Cora; Posmer, Lauren; Rudenga, Alice; Ryan, Margaret; Salecker, Greg; Schwabe, Therese; Sullivan, Katherine; Taylor, Sarah; Thielenhouse, Mina; Topp, Debra; Valdes, Alfredo; Vlangos, Patty; Winters, William; Yanun, Alejandro; Zabel, Juliet; Zeitler, William. Salary Range: $90,000 and over: Arvis, JoAnn; Baglarz, Marianne; Berardi, Deanna; Carson, Catherine; Dugan, Kathleen; Finch, Perry; Fritsch, Janet; Greene, Juliann; Humboldt, Sarah; LePoire, Eileen; Lewang-Stockmann, Elfrieda; Robinson, Nicole; Smith, Jason; Stelter, James.

GROSS PAYMENT FOR NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: Acuna, Silvia; Andrews, Karen; Ansari, Eraj; Aranki, Andrea; Arellano, Mayela; Arianas, Effie; Arreguin, Jesus; Ayyad, Hanan; Babich, Janice; Baird, Roberta; Balducci, Mary; Barder, Anamaria; Barry, Rachel; Berry, Janyce; Bettilyon, Nory; Boggess, Meghan; Bosch-Wachtel, Maria; Bullis, Richard; Burmeister, Susan; Burmeister, Susan; Camargo, Maria; Carbajal-Irra, Leydi; Carlson, Jennifer; Carothers, Jewl; Castro, Maria; Chalifoux, Marianne; Chandler, Carolyn; Charo, Jennifer; Chavez, Emilia; Colantonio, Tina; Contreras, Licette; Davila, Ashley; DeGuia, Fe; DeLaurentis, Roberta; Delgadillo, Maria; Dhuse, Patricia; Dhuse, Patricia; Diaz,

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Consuelo; Diaz, Sylvia; Didier, Renee; Dillard, Roderick; Duma, Diane; Escalante, Gloria; Exconde, Aleli; Felix, Daysi; Fey, Grace; Folisi, Jo; Garcia, Moncerrat; Garcia, Stephanie; Garza, Rosa; Gatto, Dana; Gifford, Terry; Gifford, Terry; Gil, Maria; Gills, Ann; Giuliani, Mary; Glomp, Kimberly; Goduto-Hogan, Julie; Grijalba, Kathia; Hernandez, Federico; Hitchcock, Rebecca; Huerta, Sandra; Hurtado, Erica; Ignaciuk, Paula; Jackson, LaVerna; Jackson, LaVerna; Jaffe, Michael; Jarecki, Sandra; Jefferson, Elnora; Jett, Jeffrey; Jones, Kimberly; Jordan, Linda; Keehn, Nina; Kochan, Jennifer; Kouame, Nguessan; Kozy, Annette; Krawcewicz, Wioletta; Kryca, Elizabeth; Krzysik, Evelia; Linde, Sarah; Lorenzo, Rosaura; Lostracco, Natalie; Lozada, Katherine; Malpica, Dayana; Marchut, Dawn; Marin Garcia, Adriana; Medina, Maria D.; Medina, Maria G.; Mekhiel, Jacquelin; Mendoza, Annamarie; Menotti, Carol; Mierzwa, Malgorzata; Millard, Maria; Miller, Gary; Morgan, James; Mueller, Silvana; Mussachio, Claudia; Padilla, Ana; Parry, Jennifer; Patel, Aekta; Patterson, Trinette; Patti, Terry; Pazdan, Tom; Perez-Pena, Luz; Perry, Theresa; Phamornsuwana, Emily; Pokoj, Kelly; Price, Patricia; Quijano, Marian; Rabe, Joan; Rasmussen, Jennifer; Rezulak, Amy; Ritchason, Lynda; Rosales, Kimberly; Salazar, Ann; Sanchez, Clarissa; Santillan, Manuel; Schreck, Mary; Selimovski, Zeniha; Smith, Carolyn; Steber, Margaret; Stevens, Roshonda; Sutryk, Nicholas; Swanson, Debra; Szaroma, Dorota; Thiede, Carla; Tredota, Anna; Tronnes-Hernandez, Esther; Utterback, Margaret; Vale, Annette; Vaughan, Rachael; Vazzano, Rosario; Velazquez, Maria; Venegas, Daniela; Villegas, Eva; Vizcarra, Baudelio; Walsh, Jean; Wawczak, Nicole; Weber-Brown, Kathleen; Werner, Bonnie; Wilke-Fetcho, Angela; Williams, Ilinca; Wischnia, Barbara; Yeager, Joseph; Zambrano, Marcelo; Zdzienicki, Tracie; Zeman, Linda; Zimmerman, Jaimie. Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: Arreguin, Claudia; Ayala, Alexander; Ayala, Myriam; Barelli-Firinauskas, Urbana; Barrios, Delma; Bassi, Cathleen; Beeskow, Donna; Bomicino, Nancy; Butz, Laura; Caballero, Lori; Cruz, Blanca; Eltman, Vincenza; Fritz, Paula; Garcia, Rosario; Gatto, Lynda; Guido, Judy; Kasper, Amy; Katsivalis, Patricia; Koehn, Patricia; Kutter, Janet; Lelito, Carol; Lopez, Natalie; Lopez, Roberto; Magee, Monica; Maretta, Theresa; Mehta, Madhu; Mrugacz, Valerie; Oliveros, Sandra; Olivo, Marisol; Polales, Tammy; Rivera, Felix; Rodriguez, Maria; Sanchez, Soledad; Schneider, Randy; Schwarz, Larissa; Simoncelli, Lisa; Soto, Magaly; Taylor, Margaret; Thompson, Rachel; Thompson, Rebecca; Vitale, Mary; Wallace, Melissa; Wiese, Monika. Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: Alvarado, Mary; Carpenter, Eva; Escutia, Claudia; Garcia, Nelly; Geils, Deborah; Kramer, Colleen; Manago, Manuel; Medley, Jennifer; Schuttler, Brandy; Siegmund, Robert; West, Joseph. Salary Range: $60,000 and over: Chiu, Andy; Cooper, Claire; Garcia, Helen; Hoeflinger, Tammy; Janota, Anne; Lippoldt, Keith; Novack, Paul; Poli, Christy; Rodriguez, Sergio; Snyder, Cindy; Sz-

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Payments over $2,500, excluding wages and salaries.

Person, Firm, Aggregate or Corporation Amount 3G Store 20,454.09 AAA Glass Tint Inc 21,879.86 ABDO 2,694.70 Alexian Bros Behavioral Health 4,960.00 Alexian Brothers Corporate Health Services 5,003.00 AllPrint Inc. 40,511.86 Amazon 28,819.75 Andersons Bookfair Company 8,514.68 Apple Computer Inc 34,238.36 Appliance Service Center 7,075.52 A-Special Electric Service & Supply Co Inc 84,903.95 AssetGenie Inc 10,873.00 AT&T 6,170.43 Attanasio & Associates Inc 3,484.80 Automated Logic Corporation 5,995.00 Baglarz, Marianne 3,492.84 Baker & Taylor Books 14,724.20 Bank of America MasterCard 122,955.39 Bank of New York Mellon 4,391.50 Barbizon Lighting Co 2,803.73 Bartlett Sports 5,395.00 Benchmark Education Company 15,735.50 Bensenville Arts Council 3,000.00 Bensenville Community Public Library 5,455.77 Bensenville Rotary Club 8,272.39 Berger Excavating Contractors Inc 181,500.00 BioMetric Impressions 4,205.00 Black Box Network Services 3,504.00 Blackhawk Middle School PTO 5,909.34 Blick Art Materials 7,661.10 Boiler Source 4,257.41 BP 9,834.34 Brainpop 2,700.00 Brian Feltes & Assoc Inc 8,262.00 Buck Institute for Education 18,700.00 Building Outfitters Inc 3,250.00 BWP & Associates Ltd 12,124.82 C D W Government Inc 2,679.21 Call One 45,594.48 Camelot Therapeutic Schools LLC 38,137.03 Canna and Canna Ltd. 46,554.50 Capstone Classroom 3,249.84 Capstone Digital 23,737.50 Chicago Office Technology Group 88,021.25 Childs Voice School 48,479.54 CivicPlus 7,123.73 Claire Woods Academy 9,757.44 Classroom Direct 5,086.90 Cogent Communications 49,200.00 Collective Liablity Insurance Cooperative 200,467.00 Colors Inc 16,475.00 ComEd 124,071.61 Communications Supply Corp 4,597.09 Conner Associates LLC, Bill 8,100.00 Constellation Energy Services Inc. 178,447.02 Corwin Press 7,474.95 Cousins Concert Attire 4,278.00 Crystal Brook Direct 5,510.10 Custom Sportswear Inc 3,303.15 Dell Financial Services 4,932.00 Dell Marketing L.P. 232,062.54 DiCianni Graphics 3,555.56

DIDAX Inc 10,157.12 Discovery Education 7,470.00 DSR Construction Co 746,362.56 Dugan, Dr. Kay 8,635.28 DuPage County Health Department 11,173.00 DuPage County Regional Office Of Education 3,865.00 DuPage Library System 13,748.40 Durante, John 8,090.00 EdLeader21 4,250.00 Education Data Solutions Inc 32,575.00 Educational Products Inc. 109,539.51 Emprint/Moran 59,415.83 Engineered Security and Sound Inc. 12,066.50 Engrade LLC 22,150.95 Environment Mechanical Services Inc 44,106.55 Fenton High School District 100 25,761.84 Filter Services Inc 14,674.69 Finch, Perry 2,949.51 Flaghouse 6,169.43 Forecast5 Analytics 8,496.00 Frontline Technologies 7,295.00 Gauthier, Leah 4,626.62 GCA Services Group 1,167,941.32 Geen Industries Inc 2,582.72 Giant Steps 127,420.18 Gopher Sport 8,587.90 Great Lakes Landscaping Inc 14,316.00 Great Minds 18,770.72 Groot Industries Inc 32,169.36 Gutierrez Yardworks Inc 2,650.00 Harrison, Kelly 5,703.33 Heinemann Publishing 6,672.60 High Efficency Professional Abatement 33,650.00 Home Depot Credit Services 10,251.12 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 8,814.62 House Of Glass 5,211.74 Houseman Speech and Language LLC 24,943.75 Hubert 3,847.22 Humanex Ventures 4,930.00 Humboldt, Sarah 2,894.84 Hunt the Mover 4,720.50 Illinois Association of School Boards 17,481.00 Illinois Dept of Employment Security 20,423.26 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 484,898.83 Illinois State Board of Education 11,807.00 Imagetec L. P. Corporate 27,469.02 Inlander Brothers Inc 46,514.72 Iwema, Dianne 3,347.70 Joes Blacktop 40,560.00 Johnson Controls, Inc. 6,604.90 Johnson PTA 6,812.86 Johnston, Christina 4,151.15 Johnstone Supply 6,285.76 Jolly Learning Ltd 3,293.92 Junior Library Guild 10,155.00 Kaplan School Supply Corp.

4,866.68 Kawa, Tara 3,759.20 Kendall Hunt Publ. Co. 6,217.00 Lakeshore Learning Materials 25,111.05 Lauk, Andrew 3,380.00 Learning A - Z 41,455.51 Lectorum Publications, Inc. 9,687.12 Legislative Education Network of DuPage 4,493.41 Lego Education 7,111.62 Lens Ace Hardware 20,128.40 Liazon 3,348,855.68 Library Store, Inc. 2,684.65 Lightower Fiber Networks II LLC 33,022.58 Lindner Technology Group Inc 9,862.50 lisaeckert design 7,200.00 Little Kids Rock 3,750.00 M & M Lock & Safe Ltd. 10,074.43 M.D.L. Tree Service 2,700.00 Mediatechnologies 154,785.54 Merenbloom, Elliot Y. 3,563.16 Metropolitan Preparatory Schools 13,572.98 Midland Paper 45,593.00 Midwest Educational Furnishings Inc 106,322.98 Midwest Transit Equipment 385,308.20 Mitchell, L W 20,999.57 Monoprice.com 8,794.44 Monroe Randolph ROE #45 2,506.00 Mulcahy Pauritsch Salvador & Co LTD 18,400.00 Mullen, Kristi 5,094.19 NASCO 5,622.42

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Continued from previous page National Center for Education Research & Technology 6,450.00 National Geographic Explorer 4,078.25 National Investigations Inc 11,527.50 National Lift Truck 4,615.00 National Louis University 43,718.25 National School Boards Association 2,675.00 National School Products 3,535.18 Natl. Conf. on Public Employee Retirement Systems 2,544.00 NCS Pearson Inc. 5,998.89 Netrix LLC 30,932.19 NexGen Building Supply 5,076.83 Nextel Communications 15,556.30 Nicor Gas 56,232.06 North DuPage Special Education Cooperative 923,958.66 Novack, Paul 3,891.47 NuToys Leisure Products, Inc. 34,436.00 Oak Brook Mechanical Servies Inc. 14,821.19 Office Depot 134,020.91 Optima Plumbing Supply LLC 19,274.84

GROSS PAYMENT FOR CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: BARNES, PAMELA J; BELLANTUONO, NICOLA; BENDER, KELLY M; BLUMENFELD, RONALD; BOLAN, AMANDA K; BUTZ JR., CHRISTOPHER PAUL; CARMAN, CAROL A; CHAVEZ, ISABEL; COHEN, SHARON G; COOPER, THOMAS H; COTROMANES, JOHN; DUKICH, CAROLINE J; FAZIO, KELLIE; GALECKI, CYNTHIA A; GARCIA, ARIEL; GILLESPIE, MICHAEL; KEATHLEY, ELIZABETH A; KONOPKA, PAWEL; KUKLA, KAREN L; LECHNER, KIMBERLY M; LINDE, ERIN A; MARTIN, KEVIN C; MASTAKA, JONIDA; NEIBERG, FORREST; ORLYK, DOUGLAS; PARAT, PAULA J; PETERSEN, ADAM D; PLACZEK, LAURA; POWELL, MATTHEW J; SCHANDELMEIER BARTELS, CATHLEEN; SCHIAVO, MATTHEW T; SCHWABE, DAVID; SOUTHWELL, DAVID M; ST MARIE, EVE; SULLIVAN, ERIN K; WELLS, CHLOE A; YOUSEF, SAHED. Salary Range: $25,000 - $39,999: DACCARDO, ANTHONY J; FONTILLAS, JACQUELINE; KOPP, CAMERON; MELLO, DAVID G; PETERSEN, HEATHER N; RUSSELL, MITCHELL A; VALLONE, ANTHONY; VONDERHEIDE, MATTHEW. Salary Range: $40,000 - $59,999: COLLINS, JESSICA R; FRITSCH, PATRICK; NELSON, ANGELINE M; WITKUS, PAUL A. Salary Range: 60,000 - $89,999: BAKER, MICHAEL A; BEHNKE, KYRA A; BERRY, MICHAEL L; BRAY, JULIA I; CAIN, DONALD R; CANO, FREDDY; CIUPULIGA, CRISTINA A; CUSHING, GIBEL B; DRELICHARZ, MARK J; EDWARDS MS, MEGAN E; ESHLEMAN, MELISSA K; GEORGAKIS, RACHEL B; HEALY, MALLORY; JANOTA MR., JAMES J; KLEIDORFER, KELLY M; LAMEY, KELLY A; LEINWEBER, LAURA J; LEMM, LAUREN E; MILLMAN, ABRA S; MURPHY, SCOTT J; PAHL, SARA M; WEEGAR, ALLISON M; WENDLING, NATALIE J; WISNEWSKI, JILL A; WYSOPAL, ANDREA L. Salary

Oriental Trading 3,706.42 Orkin Pest Control 4,322.97 Pace Systems Inc 12,256.93 Panorama Education 4,000.00 PaveStone Brick Paving Inc. 6,650.00 Pelucos Garage 3,482.43 Peters & Associates 44,432.75 Pitney Bowes, Inc. 18,009.10 Premier Agenda Inc. 9,377.25 Provantage Corp 11,158.91 Quinlan & Fabish Music 16,713.86 Ramrod Distributors 12,141.38 Read Naturally 3,218.60 Really Good Stuff 13,942.02 Rebecca, Concetta 3,490.71 Regional Truck Equipment Company 7,093.67 Reliance Communications Inc 5,610.00 Renaissance Dallas Hotel 5,181.28 Robert Crown Health Center 4,480.00 Robinson Engineering 16,080.75 Robinson, Nicole 6,268.40 Robots4Autism 8,400.00 Rockwell Space Solutions Inc 10,376.56 Roesch Ford 4,819.48

Range: $90,000 and over: AGUILAR, JON H; BAEDER, JEFFERY M; BECKER, TODD D; BENNETT, MICHELLE R; BERAGO, MICHAEL M; BEST, JANET; BIBEL, MICHELLE M; BIGALKE, KRISTIN L; BOSEN, JUDY; CARMEN, MARK D; CARZOLI, PETER J; CASSIDY, LEE; CASTERTON, CHRISTINE M; CASTRO, PEDRO; CHAPPELL, MICHAEL J; COAN, JONATHAN T; CONNOR, NANCY G; CUELLAR, RAMIRO; DAL CERRO, WILLIAM J; DE MAURO, CANDICE; DIGRAZIA, SARA L; DOWNEN, STEPHANIE A; ERICKSON, MARTY C; ESCOBEDO, PATRICK A; ESPOSITO, PATRICIA M; FARRELL, MARK T; GASKA, SUSAN; GEORGE, GARETT A; HARMON, LISA; HASTINGS, BRIAN E; HAUG, MELANIE S; HENDRICKS, NICOLE M; HENNESSY, LISA B; INEICH, TIMOTHY P; JACKSON, STEPHANIE L; JANIK, RONALD R; JOHNSON, RICK S; KEKSTADT MR., FRANK W KINGSFIELD, JILL J; KORANDA, ERIC A; KOS, MARK R; LARSON, KRISTINE L; LATKA, DANIEL J; LAUDERMITH, MICHAEL J; LEHMANN, GREGORY J; LLANES, JENNIFER L; MADL, JASON; MCDOUGAL, SARAH E; MELLENTHIN, MARGARET L; MENDOZA, LORENA; MILTZ, KIMBERLY A; MITCHELL, MIKE; MULLINS, KELLY M; MUSSMAN, GEORGE; NELSON, BENJAMIN R; NELSON, ROBERT M; NORRIS, REBECCA A; O’DEA, DONNA; OAKSON, ANTHONY; OELSLAGER, VIRGINIA; ONGTENGCO, JAMES A; PANAGAKOS, PAMELA V; PAYDON, EMILEE R; PAYTON, JOSH; PIERCE, KATHLEEN; POMAHAC, CARRIE; PORTER, CLINTON; RAJENDRAN, RANJANA; RAUFEISEN, LISA M; RIEGER, JO ANNA S; RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ, MICHELLE; SANTINELLO, LINDA L; SCHELDRUP, MARK A; SELUCKY, JENNIFER A; SIPLE, JAMES; STERN, STEPHANIE; SUWANSKI, JENNIFER L; TO, MELISSA M; VALENTE, ANNETTE E; VELEZ, DEO; VERA, GINA P; VONDRUSKA, JERRY C; WARD, KATHLEEN K; WEIDNER, JULIE B; WELSH, PAUL A;

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Sams Club Direct 49,256.53 Santander Leasing LLC 25,680.00 Santillana Publishing Co. 3,968.06 Schimmer Education Consulting 18,630.17 Scholastic Classroom Magazines 25,900.81 Scholastic, Inc. 12,564.91 School Assoc. for Special Educ. in DuPage County 40,740.86 School Health Corp 5,435.81 School Mart 3,238.00 School Specialty Inc 3,590.32 Searcy Medical Solutions Inc 6,780.00 Septran Inc 214,188.20 Service Building Maintenance Inc 8,034.00 Sherwin Williams 5,453.41 Sigle, Kristina 3,347.70 Silva, Tara 4,530.34 Simplex Grinnell 17,454.26 SiteOne Landscape Supply 12,744.30 Skibbie, Erica 2,734.64 SMG Security Systems Inc 8,448.24 Sodexo Operations LLC 728,848.18

WESELOH, KRISTY M; WIESS, RICHARD S; WILLIAMS, SEREDY M; ZIMA, ANGELIKA A; ZUBOVIC, AIDA. GROSS PAYMENT FOR NON-CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL Salary Range: Less Than $25,000: ADAMOWSKI, JOHN; ANDERSON, GRETCHEN H; ANDERSON, TIMOTHY J; BAKER, AMANDA; BANKS, KEVIN; BARR, JEREMIAH H; BILD, STEPHAN; BIOLATTO, ADRIANA A; BOHNEN, CHRISTINE; BULLIS, RICHARD A; BUTLER, DANIEL P; BUTZ, CHRISTOPER L; CADEMARTORI, JAMIE M; CHLAPECKA, MARTIN; CLAYTON, NANCY W; COLLINS, BRIAN; CRUZ, BRIAN L; DIAZ, RICARDO J; DILAURO, RUTH O; DINH, THUY TRANG; DRAZEK, TOMASZ; EHRHARDT, JAMES; ELOIZA, BRIAN C; ENLOW, ANGELA; FALCO, NICK; FEINBERG, MELISSA; FINTIKIS, ELEFTERIOS; FLORES, ULISES I; FRANKLIN, ANDREW; GRANDE, MARY F; GRAWIN, KRISTEN A; HAAK, RANDALL C; HALATEK, JAROSLAW; HANKE, DEMETRA; HAWBAKER, SANDRA K; HENNEBRY, DANIEL; IDELMAN, JEFFREY; JALOWIEC, JEFFREY; JESKE, THOMAS E; KADOW, RANDAL R; KEILER, ELISABETH; KRYS, VIOLA; KULIK-LEWIS, ANNAMAE; KULPA, NANCY J; KURTZ, JOHN; LEONARD, CHRISTINE E; LINDER, MARY A; LINSNER, DONNA M; LOEB, BARBY K; MADRIGAL, FERNANDO; MALONE MS, JENNA E; MANGANIELLO, MICHAEL; MARUYAMA, TIMOTHY; MCCOMB, DEBORAH; MIKOS, ALEXANDER; NARDULLI, KEARSTEN A; NIMMER, MARLENE A; OCHONICKY, GLORIA A; PARSONS, BONNIE B; PARTYKA, GREGORY; PAYTON, KATHERINE L; PELL, ALLEN E; PENTECOST, SALLY L; PEREZ, LAURA L; PISCHE, DANIEL S; PORTENKIRCHNER, SUSAN K; PORTO, JEFFREY F; PORTO, MAUREEN L; RAMIREZ, ANGEL D; RASINE, JACOB; REBMANN, RICHARD; RUELAS SR., THOMAS O; RUSS-SIMONS, VIRGINIA M SABALA, JASON T; SALGADO, FRANCIS-

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Source Power & Gas LLC 130,279.12 Spanish Quest 26,928.00 Specialized Data Systems 14,979.00 State Disbursement Unit 2,500.40 Stelter, James 8,252.01 STR Partners LLC 128,726.07 Sullivan, Katherine 4,731.89 Sunbelt Staffing LLC 9,250.00 Sweetwater 3,883.36 TCJ Mechanical Inc 3,729.00 Teachers Health Ins Security Fund 252,846.93 Teachers Retirement System 1,588,909.93 Telesolutions Consultants 6,900.00 The Center/IRC 4,930.00 Thompson Rental Station 4,177.05 Time For Kids 4,931.15 Tioga PTA 2,540.17 Troop Contracting 1,606,429.10 United States Postal Service 11,594.78 Universal Taxi Dispatch, Inc. 5,768.00 US Department of Education 9,272.90 USA Fire Protection Inc 3,485.25 USIC Locating Services Inc 4,601.30 Vanguard Energy Services LLC 21,059.47

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Fenton girls basketball team sees positives out of the gate

Bison return six players from last year’s team

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

While the Fenton girls basketball team may have gone 0-4 at the recent Fenton-Addison Trail tournament, longtime coach Tim Anderson was pleased with how his team progressed to start the season.

“I’m not disappointed because we are looking for progress and we saw it along the way,” he said. “Elgin and Leyden both finished 2-2

and Addison Trail and Lane Tech probably were the two strongest teams. We weren’t too far behind.

We’re definitely moving in the right direction. Things are upbeat.

The record doesn’t mean anything to me. We have conference starting up soon and it’s definitely going to be a tough climb, but we’re going to be ready to play.”

Fenton returns six players from last year’s team. “We’re anxious to see what further improvements we are going to see,” said Anderson.

“It’s always interesting. It takes the first two weeks to figure out which way we are going to go and what characteristics we are going to take on as a team. I’m pleased with our

defense and rebounding.”

Anderson noted Fenton out-rebounded all four of its opponents in the tournament.

“And we have absolutely no size,” he said. “We held Leyden to four offensive rebounds and Addison Trail to nine offensive rebounds. I was really pleased with the rebounding. It was kind of the ‘X’ factor. We’re also putting a huge emphasis on defense.

“Defense has been a complete improvement over the last year,” he said. “The defense and rebounding have been the two biggest bright spots collectively.”

Fenton averaged around 29 points per game in the tourna-

ment. “We’re still trying to figure out where our points are coming from,” said Anderson. “We have to find out who is going to replace Courtney Susmarski (Fenton leading scorer last year). We’ll get there. What we do know is the girls are willing to play defense and hustle and there is a certain sense of satisfaction even if the ball doesn’t go in.”

Ashley Lira was named to the all-tournament team. “Ashley really helped us on defense,” said Anderson. “She is such a great athlete.

She does a lot of the little things for us on defense.”

Anderson also was pleased with the guard play from Danielle Sha-

waluk, Mackenzie Miller and Jezalyn Tapia. “We put a lot of pressure on the guards,” he said. “They did well. We’re looking to do things like trap. Every game we are getting better. An 0-4 record doesn’t mean anything in terms of what we’re seeing. We struggled offensively in only one of the four games, but we kept battling and playing defense. We didn’t hang our head because we knew we were in there giving it our best.

Those sound like clichés, so be it.

We believe with our defense and the other good things going on out there that if the ball starts falling in the hole, things are going to work out for us.”

IC Catholic Prep football team wins state championship Knights close out perfect campaign with another blowout victory

By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT

Perfection!

Domination!

Those are the two words that sum up the IC Catholic Prep football team’s 2016 season.

The Knights put the bow on a perfect 14-0 season with a 43-0 victory over Carlinville in the Class 3A state football title game held at Memorial Stadium on the grounds of the University of Illinois in Champaign.

It was IC Catholic Prep’s third state title. The Knights also won state crowns in 2002 and 2008.

Head coach Bill Krefft has now won state titles as a player and coach at IC Catholic Prep. He was a lineman and co-captain on the 2002 statechampionship team. Krefft also was an assistant coach on the 2008 title team.

In the win against Carlinville, the Knights were their usual dominating

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selves, out-gaining their opponent 475 yards to 190 yards despite Carlinville running seven more offensive plays.

IC Catholic Prep ran for 333 yards on the ground on only 34 carries and also had 142 passing yards. Carlinville also held the ball longer than IC Catholic Prep (25:35-22:25) yet scored no points.

Jordan Rowell led the Knights with a Class 3A state-championship game record 270 rushing yards on 26 carries (10.4 yards per carry). He scored three more rushing touchdowns and added a fourth on a pass reception to share a Class 3A state record for most touchdowns in the championship contest (4).

Rowell finished the season with 2,295 rushing yards and 37 rushing touchdowns. He finished the year with 42 total touchdowns. The 42 touchdowns in a season places Rowell in the Top 10 in state history alltime.

Luke Ricobene completed 9 of 17 passes for 142 yards and three touchdowns.

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Lazerick Eatman caught three passes for 53 yards and a touchdown. Matt Sutton caught two passes for 41 yards and a touchdown while Rowell had a fourth touchdown via a reception. He finished with two catches for 28 yards and the one score. Khalil Saunders had two catches for 20 yards.

Sutton started the scoring with a 37-yard touchdown reception from Ricobene with 11:09 to play in the first quarter.

After IC Catholic Prep recovered the ensuing kickoff. Eatman, on the very next play, caught a 28-yard TD from Ricobene with 11:00 to play in the first quarter to give the Knights a 15-0 lead.

Rowell added touchdown runs of 20 and 14 yards in the first quarter and the Knights, just like that, led 29-0 after 12 minutes of action.

Rowell rounded out the scoring with a 22-yard touchdown reception from Ricobene in the third quarter and a 78-yard touchdown run with 54 seconds remaining in the third.

Sam Buffo kicked five extra

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points and Rowell ran in a two-point conversion on the Knights’ first touchdown of the day.

No IC Catholic Prep scoring drive took more than five minutes. Five of the Knights’ six scoring drives took under two minutes each. With the exception of an 11-play, 66-yard drive that took 4:18, the Knights other scoring possessions lasted four plays, one play, six plays, five plays and four plays.

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On the defensive end, Kemon Reese had 16 tackles, including 11 solos. Chris Johnson had 14 tackles. Khali Saunders, Robert Vitek, Matt Jordan and Jimmy Kenneally each had a tackle for loss. Those four tackles for loss totaled 16 yards.

Khalil Saunders had a fumble recovery and an interception.

Sutton also had an interception for 30 yards. Kenneally had a quarterback sack for eight yards of loss.

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sists. Kraabel sank three 3-pointers, while Konrath had two 3-pointers. Willowbrook shot 6-for-12 from the 3-point line.

In a 44-37 loss to Rich Central, Lizasuain had 11 points. Knudtson and Schmid each had six points. Knudtson also pulled in nine rebounds and had three steals. Willowbrook led 12-8 after the first quarter and trailed 22-16 at halftime.

Willowbrook girls bowling The Willowbrook girls bowling

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team took 15th out of 24 teams at the recent Plainfield Central invitational.

Jordan Tiberi led the Warriors with a 996 series for six games. Her high game was 219. Katie Pettinger added an 873 with a high game of 213.

Willowbrook recorded an 886 in its last game, which was the thirdhighest score for that game.

The Warriors hosted their own Willowbrook quad earlier this week where York, Morton and Metea Valley also competed.

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Whether you’re missing one or all of your teeth, there’s now an exciting option that will help you smile with confidence again. Thousands of people are flashing smiles that have been beautified by implants, a fabulous tooth replacement technique that can be performed right here in our office.

Dental implants are the closest cousin to natural teeth. They are permanent false teeth anchored right into your jawbone, just like your natural teeth. They’re more stable than dentures, and eating is done with ease and comfort. Many patients find implants give them a more positive self-image and more confidence.

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