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Willowbrook’s Class of 2021 closes out a memorable school year Two class members will speak at Sunday’s pair of commencement ceremonies

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The 474 members of Willowbrook High School’s Class of 2021 will celebrate their commencement this Sunday, May 23.

The school will hold two separate ceremonies in the main gymnasium.

The service for students with last names starting with the letters A-K will begin at 9 a.m. The service for students with last names starting with the letters L-Z starts at 11 a.m.

Willowbrook’s Class of 2020 was unable to enjoy a traditional graduation ceremony last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All K-12 schools in Illinois were closed to inperson instruction in mid-March of 2020. Schools remained closed to in-person learning for the rest of the 2019-20 school year.

Two members of Willowbrook’s Class of 2021—Elizabeth (Lizzie) Martynenko and Sarah Fairbank— will speak during Sunday’s ceremonies. Martynenko and Fairbank will speak at both services.

Martynenko’s speech—“Our Lasting Legacy”—will touch on the experiences of the Class of 2021 throughout its four years at Willowbrook.

“It’s overlooking all our time from freshman year to senior year, and especially the hardships of what senior year has brought upon the Class of 2021,” said Martynenko of her speech. “It’s looking to the future, but also remembering our high school career.”

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Willowbrook High School’s Class of 2021 will celebrate its commencement with two ceremonies this Sunday in the school’s main gymnasium. This year’s graduating class includes 474 students. About half of those students will take part in a ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. The other half of this year’s graduates will participate in the ceremony that starts at 11 a.m. Two members of Willowbrook’s Class of 2021—Sarah Fairbank (left) and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Martynenko (right)—will speak during both of Sunday’s services. Fairbank, who is a Villa Park resident, will attend the University of Notre Dame. Martynenko, who lives in Lombard, will attend the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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DuPage County COVID-19 vaccine providers begin inoculating children ages 12-15

Several healthcare vaccine providers throughout DuPage County were planning to open COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 12 to 15 years old.

The DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) was expected to open vaccinations to this age group on Monday, May 17. Parents can begin to register their 12- to 15-year-old children at dupagehealth.org/covid19vaccineregistrationto schedule an appointment with the DCHD. For vaccine providers beginning vaccinations tomorrow, visit www.dupagehealth. org/covid19vaccine.

“Vaccinating our adolescents is a high priority and will be critical in our efforts to put an end to this pandemic and protect the health and well-being of our residents,” said Karen Ayala, executive director of DuPage County Health Department.

“The studies show this vaccine is safe and highly effective in children.

We encourage parents to get themselves and their eligible children vaccinated as soon as they are able. Vaccinations will help protect our children and get them back to their friends and activities they love.”

As of May 12, about 42 percent, or 388,951, of DuPage County residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Of the DuPage County residents currently eligible, 64 percent, or 473,780, have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. Additionally, 91 percent of DuPage County residents ages 65 years and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.

Last week, more than 57,000 vaccine doses were administered into the arms of DuPage County residents for a total of 862,731 doses administered to date.

In addition to the DCHD Vaccination Clinic’s weekday and Saturday hours, DCHD began offering evening hours on Thursday nights for individuals who may need evening options.

Walk-ins are welcome Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday 11:30 a.m.

to6:30 p.m., and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Although no appointment is necessary, preregistration is encouraged to save time.

For information about what to expect and how to prepare, visit www.dupagehealth.org/688/COVID-19-Vaccination-Clinic-DuPage-Count.

DuPage County residents, 16 years and older, who are homebound or who cannot safely leave their residence to visit a vaccination clinic are eligible to be vaccinated through our homebound vaccination program and should register at www.dupagehealth.org/covid19vaccineregistration, or call (630) 682-7400 for assistance.

When registering, the form will provide an opportunity to indicate you require homebound services. To date, DCHD staff and paramedics have vaccinated 67 individuals at home.

The DCHD continues to work towards achieving the goal of vaccinating 80percent of eligible DuPage County residents by July 1. To help do so, DCHD is partnering with municipalities, businesses, and community-based organizations to bring smaller COVID-19 vaccine clinics closer to individuals who have not yet been vaccinated.

These smaller COVID-19 vaccine clinics can administer a scalable number of vaccines depending on the demand at a particular event and day/ time.

Clinics are available for 10-50 individuals or 51-200 individuals. To request an on-site mobile vaccination clinic, complete this form or learn more at www.dupagehealth.org/692/ COVID-19-Vaccine-Organizations.

As vaccination efforts continue throughout DuPage County, residents are reminded of the substantial COVID-19 community transmission levels. The highest case activity continues to be observed in unvaccinated adults 20 to 39 years old and 40 to 59 years old as well as youth 5 to 19 years old.

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Jefferson Pool to open on June 5

Villa Park’s Jefferson Pool was empty throughout 2020. The pool was closed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pool, located at 341 N. Harvard Ave., was filled with water last week in preparation for the 2021 season. The photo shows the pool after it was filled on May 13. According to Suzanne Earl, the Villa Park Parks and Recreation Department’s aquatics manager, the pool will open for the season on Saturday, June 5. Pool passes are on sale now. Earl said the pool will be open without a reservation system. “We are hopeful that the CDC and the State of Illinois will continue to relax restrictions throughout the summer,” Earl added. For more information, call 630-834-8970.

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Last week’s Villa Park Village Board meeting featured the swearing-in of a new village president and three new members of the village board. DuPage County Circuit Judge Robert Kleeman administered the swearing-in of the recently elected candidates. Nick Cuzzone (pictured at left with Judge Kleeman) is Villa Park’s new village president. He succeeds Albert Bulthuis, who served one four-year term as village president after spending 10 years as a village trustee. Cuzzone narrowly defeated Robert Wagner in the April 6 election. Both Cuzzone and Wagner completed terms as village trustees this year. The three new trustees who were sworn in to four-year terms on the board at the May 10 meeting are Jack Corkery, Deepa Kumar and Jack Kozar. Kozar received the most votes last month’s six-way race for three available seats on the board. Kumar finished second in the six-way race, while Corkery placed third. Outgoing Villa Park Village Trustee Cheryl Tucker finished fourth in the six-way race.

The newly configured board posed for photos after the meeting. Pictured above left to right are: Kozar, Trustee Kevin Patrick, Trustee David Cilella, Village Clerk Hosanna Korynecky, Cuzzone, Kumar, Trustee Christine Murphy and Corkery. Korynecky ran unopposed in last month’s election. She is beginning her fourth full term as village clerk.

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District 45 welcomed two new members recently elected to its Board of Education at the board’s May 3 meeting.

Kelli May and Emily Shultz were officially sworn in. They join current members Judy Degnan, Navreet Heneghan, Carol Klamecki, Melissa Slinn, and Kim Taglia.

The district also congratulated Judy Degnan and Navreet Heneghan on their recent re-elction to the

board. Degnan and Heneghan began attended York Center Elementary their next terms at the May 3 board School and Jackson Middle School.

She graduated from Willowbrook meeting.

High School and received a bachelor’s degree in Educational StudKelly May May currently works for Shipt, a ies with a focus in child and family delivery service owned by Target. studies and sociology from Illinois Prior to this position, she worked at Wesleyan University. She has conChildtime in Villa Park, KinderCare tinued her studies at the College of in Elmhurst, and was a stay-at-home DuPage and earned a nursing assistant certification. mom for over six years.

May said she is excited to have the May is a District 45 graduate. She opportunity to help shape the next generation of D45 students. Addi(Continued from front page) tionally, she is excited about the utiFairbank attended Kingswood dents are willing to listen and con- lization of the referendum by helping to implement full-day kindergarten Academy in Darien. She is the sider different points of view.” daughter of Lisa and Todd FairFairbank will attend the Uni- and early childhood programs that bank. versity of Notre Dame, where she better, and more readily, serve more When asked how Willowbrook plans to pursue a double major in families in the community. She looks has helped her succeed, Fairbank history and mathematics. She also forward to creating more awareness stated that the staff and teachers have intends to obtain secondary educa- for, and celebrating, the district’s dihelped foster her love of learning. tion teaching certificates, with plans versity to both foster inclusion and to open the lines of communication “They pushed me and challenged to become a high school teacher. me to think in different lights,” she “It’s incredibly humbling to be to all in the community.

May and her husband have three said, adding that she has been in- able to have the experience to share children.

Their family enjoys spendfluenced by “the immersive culture part of my story,” said Fairbank of of Willowbrook, and being able to the chance to speak at the school’s ing time together as much as possible and especially enjoys baseball. be in a diverse atmosphere; the stu- commencement services.

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Emily Shultz Shultz is an attorney with previous experience in aviation civil defense litigation. She also helps support their family business in Villa Park.

Shultz graduated Summa Cum Laude from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She earned her Juris Doctorate from UIC John Marshall Law School.

Shultz is excited to have the opportunity to give back to the community.

She said she is grateful to the District 45 community and especially to her son’s school and the team of educators and service providers who have gone above and beyond for her family. She’s looking forward to helping her neighborhood schools thrive.

Shultz coaches soccer, helps organize community events to support environmental sustainability, and helps address food security in the community. She enjoys spending time with her family and going on group bike rides.

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Viewpoint President needs to focus his money on improving outcomes

By Jim Nowlan President Joe Biden is proposing to spend more money than I knew existed, on infrastructure and children, families, free college and much more. I am not opposed to spending all that money, so long as it is aimed at improving our nation’s weak educational and social outcomes, and so long as we pay for it, rather than

foist the costs onto our kids.

I worry that Mr. Biden will simply give the money away without asking anything in return; rarely a good policy. Indeed, some well-intentioned social programs of the past have worsened rather than strengthened our social fabric. For example, the old welfare program called Aid to Families with Dependent Children automatically denied assistance to a household if there were a man in the house!

Another illustration: Today, when a struggling young mother on welfare

programs gets a job, the social supports are almost immediately yanked out from under her, making it almost impossible to stabilize the home finances. We need to stair-step the welfare downward, so the parent can dig out of a financial hole.

Our nation has big, fundamental problems. For example, we have persistent, big gaps in school achievement between minority and white students, and indeed between whites and Asians and AsianAmericans.

Further, many single-parent households in my rural territory are falling way behind, often giving up to drugs and negative lifestyles; ditto for parents in some urban neighborhoods, which have been abandoned over the decades by both white and then black middle classes. There are few role models left, except the gangs.

On the economic front, our nation has outsourced critical functions like chip manufacturing and rare earth metal mining to Asia. We must, after decades of dithering, develop an industrial policy that determines what private-public partnerships are vital keystones to our defense and future.

Indeed, much of America has grown fat and sloppy, less resilient, more dependent on government.

Among too many, aspiration has turned to resignation, a loss of the ambition to add value to society.

These daunting challenges and

others our nation faces more than justify a laser focus on improving outcomes. But how to do so?

Human behavior is based on fairly straightforward principles. We respond to incentives, and seek to avoid sanctions. We move toward opportunity however we define it, and away from threats.

I think social policy since World War II has focused on the wrong person, that is, on the child, rather than on the parent. If the home is a positive setting, filled with love, aspiration, support, guidance (dare I say discipline), then the child is more likely to prosper.

Yet, most social policy focuses on replacing services parents used to provide or bolster, e.g., child care, early childhood education, free meals, even delivered, now free college, even settling family disputes. A good friend and circuit judge served rural counties in central Illinois for years; after presiding over more family mayhem cases than he wishes to count, the judge observes, bluntly: Government has replaced Dad. Based on discussions with school teachers and social workers, I propose required parent coaching for struggling single mothers (and a few single dads). The coaching would ideally be provided by parents who have themselves risen above similar difficult circumstances. “Mom, if you wish government support, take

the coaching. If not, no government program supports.”

And provide bonuses to encourage family success for the struggling parent who rises to the occasion, stops abusing drugs and alcohol (where that is a problem), takes skill training, and generally gets her act together.

If Mom refuses the coaching, she should be aware that the local child welfare agency will be monitoring such things as whether her child is in by curfew (Illinois indeed has a curfew law.) I am struck by how much of the mayhem among police and teens takes place at 3 a.m., and I am confident youngsters who excel in school are not found roaming the streets at all hours.

As for free college, great, so long as the student is making steady progress toward a certificate or degree.

As one who has always considered himself liberal on social policy, I am amazed to be sounding like an old fogey. Yet, if our nation is to improve outcomes, we have to nudge those who are struggling, with incentives and sanctions, rather than with wishful thinking that money without strings will solve problems.

For many years, Jim Nowlan was a senior fellow and political science professor at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He was a state representative, worked for three governors and publishes a weekly newspaper in central Illinois.

Especially now, we can’t thank our teachers enough

By Roger Eddy Every year, we take time to celebrate School Principals’ Day on May 1 and National Teacher Appreciation Day on May 4.

The Appreciation Day for teachers has now turned into National Teacher Appreciation Week, and this year was celebrated May 2-8.

Back in the early 1950s, the idea of honoring our teachers originally

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This year, the official day and week for showing appreciation to our teachers has come and gone, but it occurred to me that a day or week is not enough time for us to collectively thank teachers and

administrators for the work they performed this particular year. This year was in no way routine. Our efforts to appreciate these folks should also not be routine.

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This is Villa Park, the garden village, calling. I am watching with great sadness the village remove two mature parkway trees from my property. And when I asked the village when are they going to replace them, they said they don’t have the money. They’ve been cutting trees down all over town beautiful trees and they don’t have the money. You have to wait until they have the money maybe. They defaced my property. It’s pretty sad. Bye. Your comments were forwarded to Villa Park officials for a response, which is as follows: “We understand your frustration; however, trees are only ever removed when they are dead or diseased and they become a safety hazard to residents. Without your address, we cannot comment on when the tree will be replaced; please reach out to the Public Works Department 630-834-8505 for a more detailed response and timeline.” * –JAC *** Yes. Villa Park calling just had a question and maybe more of a demand to know why a used car lot’s business is allowed to stack hundreds of cars so close to each other and now they are even abutting the road. This is a dangerous situation and why the village has no regulation on the amount of cars stacked together at a used car lot as this business; not only is it an eyesore but it is a public danger and they quite literally are coming up on the road with her cars. It is utterly ridiculous.

Your comments were forwarded to Villa Park officials for a response, which is as follows: “Without the address or business name, we are unable to properly address this concern. Please reach out to the Community Development Department at 630-433-4300 to report the business infractions. An inspector will follow up and issue citations/direction as needed.”* –JAC *Editor’s note: Certain addresses are withheld for reasons of privacy.

It is suggested that you contact the appropriate village department for information pertaining to that location. *** So, will all the Republican the-votewas-stolen-suckers say the mainstream media is still lying when the source is the Republican Party itself? Seems they are now saying that Trump’s poll numbers leading up the 2020 election were, in a nutshell, prophetic. Yeah, they’ll probably keep singing the same old story. They were already making up a new verse, downplaying what the polls were showing so as to not show Trump as the poor candidate he was.

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can’t grow without Trump. Hey, nitwits, you could not have self-destroyed any better without him. Remember, it’s not Trump, the godly. It’s Trump, the gaudy. And whereas RNC used to mean the Republican National Committee, being too cowardly to live the truth has turned it into the Republican National Cult. You all are doing a great job of serving as a bad example. *** In response to the cyberattack that shut down the pipeline causing gasoline shortages in the southeastern U.S., here’s what the U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm had to say: If you drive an electric car, fuel shortages would not be affecting you. Beg your pardon, madame secretary, but what if we were all driving electric vehicles and this cyberattack had shut down power grids along the southeastern U.S. instead of an oil pipeline? How would you then charge up the battery to your electric vehicle? Just wondering. *** There’s a crisis at the southern border, gasoline prices are up, food prices are up, inflation is on the rise, the Consumer Price Index has had its sharpest increase over a one-year period since 2008, and there’s even been talk of stagflation. But don’t worry; everything is hunky dory. At least that meanie Donald Trump isn’t posting tweets anymore. *** I’m glad some Villa Park restaurant owners ignored Pritzker’s orders to close restaurants to indoor dining a few months ago. Those restaurants employ a lot of people, and there’s no proof that restaurants are a major source of spreading the virus. No one is forced to eat there if they don’t want to. *** This Speak Out is about Tim Tebow getting a tryout with the Jacksonville Jaguars as a tight end. The media are asking why is Tim Tebow getting an NFL tryout and Colin Kaepernick isn’t? How soon they forget. Kaepernick completed a workout for eight NFL teams in November of 2019. Any one of those teams could have signed him. There would have been several more teams at his workout, but he decided to move the workout venue at the last minute to accommodate the media.

With the woke left’s influence on big corporations an society, don’t you think that if Colin Kaepernick really wanted to play in the NFL, he could be on a team today? By the way, Colin Kaepernick’s income hasn’t dried up.

His net worth is around $20 million.

He’s had endorsement deals with several companies, including Nike, McDonald’s and Jaguar. Kaepernick also received a settlement from the NFL for

his collusion grievances. *** How much longer are people going to pretend Biden is in control of his administration? He can’t even read from a teleprompter. As some people have said, why don’t his handlers just turn the teleprompter around toward the camera and let us read the words ourselves? *** Now that the bully president is out of office, enjoy the destruction of the middle class, our rights and our freedoms. It’s comical—people voted to get rid of a guy who was uncouth but had this country’s best interest at hand. You voted in a guy who has now caused chaos in Israel by giving Palestinians money to bomb Israel with rockets. He has ignited inflation so you cannot afford gas or groceries. The media stands complicit in coddling the road to socialism. *** While I in no way endorse the far left, I am questioning my support for Republicans after they seemed to throw Liz Cheney under the bus. I heard her speak and admittedly there was some “circling back” on her part over her agenda, which from what I could gather, she is saying, “get over it,” and just wants the party to move on and focus on the current issues; immigration, the Middle East, putting a stop to extended unemployment incentives, etc., and beating the Democrats in 2022. That I can agree with.

But it scares me that these Republicans are coming under Trump’s spell.

Instead, they should let it go about the election and focus on trying to regain Trump’s policies that conservatives supported. *** There’s no need to worry if our country has an energy crisis. Our president’s son is an energy expert.

He earned millions of dollars from a

Ukrainian energy company. He’s also earned millions from his dealings in China. He surely made that money for his expertise and knowledge. There’s nothing nefarious about it, I’m sure.

If Biden needs any advice, he can just call on his son’s expertise. *** Democrats and the media keep telling us that the 2020 election was totally secure, and there is no proof of fraud. This same gang spent years churning out nonsense about supposed collusion with Russia in the 2016 election. You’re free to question the 2016 election, but if you question the 2020 election, there’s a good chance you will be banned by big-tech companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

Also, how bizarre is it that big-tech companies continue to ban Trump?

What are these people afraid of? Why are they censoring someone they don’t like? Who’s the real fascist? *** I see that Lombard is joining in on becoming a dementia-friendly community and I would like to see Villa Park do likewise. Also, I would like to see them both work harder to make these villages “age-friendly,” focusing more attention on attracting affordable housing/apartments for seniors.

AARP has listings of such cities, and in Illinois, they are Alton, Arlington Heights, Calumet City, Champaign, Danville, Evanston, Peoria, River Forest, Urbana and Woodstock. It would be nice so those of us seniors who need to downsize financially can stay in our communities. In Lombard at least, new apartment developments are out of the reach of many seniors; I realize the village cannot deny such places, nor can they force any affordable housing developers to come here. But, I think the leaders in these villages can work harder to advocate for the many seniors who are their constituents. ***

Leaving the village board

Many of the so-called experts have been wildly inaccurate in their predictions related to COVID-19. It’s reminiscent of the so-called “climate change” experts. A lot of these shameless “experts” end up being wrong again and again, but they continue to act like they know what they’re talking about. *** Do our government leaders and school districts in Illinois think we don’t have televisions or access to the Internet? Do they know we can see crowds of tens of thousands of unmasked people at baseball games, boxing matches, golf tournaments and other events in Texas, Georgia and elsewhere? Does anyone else remember the dire warnings some of the “experts” issued after states lifted their mask mandates a couple of months ago? Those “experts” were wrong.

Masks don’t work. *** I was just wondering, is there any good reason why Illinois is not doing forensic audits of any of the elections?

Are they afraid of what they might uncover? We should demand audits from our elected representatives so as to ensure the integrity of our elections. Stay tuned to Maricopa County. *** I hope you Biden voters are enjoying the inflation, high gas prices, open borders and Middle East unrest. I miss Trump. *** So, a bunch of Republicans voted Liz Cheney out of her position. They say they need to have a unified message so they can help us. Summary: They plan on helping us by lying to us. Hmmm. How’s this for a unified message? The next time they come up for election, how about we send those connected to the unemployment line?

Send the same message that Trump got sent. You’re fired!

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Albert Bulthuis ended 14 years of service on the Villa Park Village Board at the May 10 board meeting. He was elected as a village trustee in 2007. He was re-elected as a trustee in 2011 and 2015. In 2017, he won a four-year term as village president. He did not run for re-election this year.

The photo from last week’s meeting shows Bulthuis (second from left) shortly before he departed from the board. Pictured left to right are: village attorney Kathleen Field Orr, Bulthuis, Villa Park Village Manager Rich Keehner, Jr. and Villa Park Village Clerk Hosanna Korynecky. Nick Cuzzone, Villa Park’s new village president, presented Bulthuis with a plaque after Bulthuis departed from the dais. Cuzzone also presented plaques to outgoing trustees Cheryl Tucker and Robert Wagner.

Cuzzone defeated Wagner in last month’s election to succeed Bulthuis as village president.

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Police Reports Area police departments recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that suspects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of victims.

Juveniles age 17 or younger are not named.

Addison May 11 Anibal Diaz-Lopez, 26, of Bensenville, was charged with aggravated assault of a correction/probation officer, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting a police officer in the 900 block of Glendale at 12:05 a.m.

Christopher Spiros, 56, of Elk Grove Village, was charged with mail/wire fraud at 2:45 a.m.

DUI, no driver’s license and no insurance in the 200 block of Eagle Terrace in Itasca, at 2:06 a.m.

A 30-year-woman from Bellwood was charged with domestic battery/ bodily harm and domestic battery/ physical contact in the 300 block of W. Park at 10:04 p.m.

but the purse was left behind.

A complainant at a store in the 1-100 block of W. St. Charles told police at 5:55 p.m. that an unknown suspect almost struck the complainant’s vehicle while pulling into the parking lot and was aggressive toward the complainant.

May 1 May 7 Jose Gonzalez, 38, of Northlake, Retail theft was reported at a store was charged with criminal damage to in the 900 block of S. Route 83 at government property at 8 p.m.

2:24 p.m. A complainant told police that an unknown suspect removed April 30 multiple items from display shelves A 24-year-old Schaumburg man and left the store without paying. was charged with domestic battery/ A complainant in the 1-100 block physical contact, domestic battery/ of W. Jackson told police at 11:10 bodily harm; and interference with p.m. that a suspect continues to conthe reporting of a domestic battery tact the complainant even after being incident in the 1500 block of Com- asked to stop. modore at 5:02 p.m.

May 6 May 8 Villa Park Forgery was reported in the 400 Robert A. Kimble, 18, of Addison, May 8 block of N. Princeton at 4:29 p.m. was charged with obstructing identiWillard E. Nelson, 50, of Glendale A complainant told police that a susfication at 11:07 p.m.

Heights, was charged with DUI first pect wrote out a check and cashed it.

Jeffrey B. Littner, 45, of Carol of second offense and disobeying a The complainant stated that the sigStream, was charged with DUI-drugs stop sign near S. Ardmore and Ke- nature on the check did not match. at Adventist Glenoaks Hospital at nilworth at 8:32 p.m.

A complainant in the 400 block of 2:42 a.m.

A complainant in the 500 block of N. Ardmore told police at 8:22 p.m.

N. Yale told police at 12:03 p.m. that that they were a victim of fraud.

May 5 a suspect was sending harassing text Rudi O. Ramos-Garcia, 29, of messages to the complainant.

May 5 Glendale Heights, was charged with Theft of lost or mislaid property Identity theft was reported in the DUI and possession of a controlled was reported at a store in the 200 2100 block of Ovaltine Court at 1:07 substance in the 100 block of N. block of W. North at 3:34 p.m. A p.m. A complainant told police that Church at 11:04 p.m. complainant told police that they inadvertently left a purse with a fireMay 2 arm in a bathroom. The complainant CLUES ACROSS 1. “Sleepless In Seattle” actress Alexis M. Godines, 25, of Addi- stated that when they returned to the son, was charged with aggravated bathroom, the firearm was missing Ryan 4. One of Santa’s reindeer 10. Before the present 11. Type of butter OPEN FOR PICKUP OR DELIVERY...

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a suspect opened up accounts using their information. The complainant did not authorize anyone to use their information.

Retail theft was reported at a store in the 900 block of S. Route 83 at 1 p.m. A complainant told police that a suspect removed multiple items from display shelves and left the store without paying for the items.

A complainant in the 1600 block of S. Ardmore told police at 6:23 p.m. that a suspect broke into the boiler room. Upon arrival, the suspect was gone. A short time later, a clerk at a food and liquor store reported the same suspect causing a disturbance.

The suspect was located and issued no-trespassing notices from both places.

Retail theft was reported at a liquor store in the in the 600 block of W. North at 7:24 p.m. A complainant told police that an unknown suspect removed a bottle of alcohol from the display shelf and left the store without paying.

May 4 A complainant in the 1-100 block of W. Adams told police at 8:07 p.m. that a group of juveniles threw garbage in front of the complainant’s home.

May 3 Burglary to a vehicle was reported

at a fitness center in the 200 block of W. Roosevelt at 5:13 p.m. A complainant told police that an unknown suspect shattered the rear window of the complainant’s vehicle that was secure and parked in the parking lot.

The suspect rummaged through the vehicle and stole a loaded firearm and a wallet.

A complainant in the 500 block of N. Ardmore told police at 5:54 p.m. that an unknown suspect broke the front window of a house with an unknown object.

Burglary to a vehicle was reported near Cortesi and Kenilworth at 7:47 p.m. A complainant told police that an unknown suspect entered their vehicle through a sunroof that was left open and stole multiple items.

May 2 Theft of lost or mislaid property was reported at a store in the 800 block of N. Addison at 8:07 p.m.

A complainant told police that they inadvertently left their money clip on the counter. The complainant returned to the store, but the money clip was not found.

Retail theft was reported at a store in the 1-100 block of St. Charles at 11:54 p.m. A complainant told police that unknown suspects removed multiple items from display shelves and left the store without paying for the items.

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The WPO and Student Council also hosted raffles throughout the week, with giveaway prizes of gift cards and apparel.

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Anyone having information about or contact with McClain is asked to call Detective Theresa Stock of the Naperville Police Department at (630) 305-5968.

McClain’s next court appearance is scheduled for June 10, 2021, for arraignment in front of Judge O’Hallaren Walsh.

Members of the public are reminded that this complaint contains only charges and is not proof of the defendant’s guilt.

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State’s revenue picture improves as economy recovers New numbers come as lawmakers try to finalize new budget

By Peter Hancock CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

Illinois budget officials said May 13 that revenues are flowing into state coffers at a faster pace than previously estimated, meaning lawmakers will have more money to work with as they try to finalize a new budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget officially raised its revenue estimate for the current fiscal year by more than $1.4 billion and by $842 million for the upcoming fiscal year.

Those figures are similar to the latest revised estimates from the General Assembly’s budget monitoring agency, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, which said last week that revenues for the current year would go up about $2 billion while next year’s revenues would be $792 million more than previously

forecasted.

That came as good news to state lawmakers who are trying to finalize the next fiscal year’s budget before their scheduled adjournment day on May 31, but it still was not enough to completely close the looming deficit in next year’s budget, which House Majority Leader Greg Harris, D-Chicago, estimated at around $1.3 billion.

“The choices are really clear,” Harris said during a news conference.

“We’re either going to have to find ways to cut to fill that hole, or we’re going to have to review the proposals that the governor made to close corporate tax loopholes on wealthy individuals and corporations. Some mix of those will be required.”

In February, Pritzker proposed filling the budget hole with about $1.5 billion in revenue enhancements that included closing what

he called “corporate tax loopholes,” but which Republicans prefer to call “business incentives.”

So far, however, lawmakers have not appeared anxious to take up Pritzker’s tax proposals, at least until they have a clearer idea of how big of a budget hole needs to be filled.

“I think there’s a number of things that the governor has proposed that we’ve asked members to take a deep dive and to be mindful of to think about how it would affect their constituents vis-à-vis the overall state budget…We remain very, very invested in trying to get a responsible budget to the governor’s desk,” said Rep. Michael Zalewski, D-Riverside, who chairs the House Revenue Committee.

Pritzker’s budget plan was drafted before Congress passed the American Rescue Plan, which will send about $8.1 billion in fiscal relief to the state. But the U.S. Trea-

sury Department is still in the process of finalizing rules for how that money can be spent, and on May 13, Harris cautioned against trying to use it to fill the state’s ongoing structural budget deficit.

“We know that this is an amount of money that can be spent over the course of four years, so we have to be very thoughtful as how we spend it over a period of time,” he said. “We know it’s largely onetime money. So I think we’re all going to want to look at it really carefully to be sure that we’re not building this into a base that then there would be a cliff when this money expired.”

State and local governments also stand to receive significant federal aid. According to Harris, the federal law will send about $5.9 billion to Illinois cities and towns, $5 billion to public schools, $1.3 billion to colleges and universities, $1.7 billion for public health programs,

and $1.35 billion for child care and Head Start programs.

The Treasury Department has published interim rules that outline general categories of spending that qualify under the law. They include responding to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts; providing premium pay to essential workers during the pandemic; making up for revenue lost due to the pandemic; and investing in water, sewer or broadband infrastructure.

The interim rules also say the funds may not be used for funding pension plans or paying down debt.

Pritzker and Comptroller Susana Mendoza have said Illinois should be allowed to use the money to repay short-term loans the state took out from the Federal Reserve during the pandemic, and they have urged federal officials to make that change when the final rules are published in July.

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It has been a year with seemingly insurmountable changes for individuals, families and businesses. As a result, the need for mental health services has increased.

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There are still a lot of adolescents with anxiety and depression, but there are even more contributing factors due to COVID-19. Our youth are feeling isolated, worried and stifled. Many continue to struggle with academic achievement and finding motivation to learn.

For adolescents, this would normally be a time to learn how to socially connect with others, explore new interests through activities at and outside of school, meet adults who can help mentor them and begin preparing for life after high school.

But COVID-19 has taken away these typical pathways for youth to gain these skills. Many adolescents have struggled with remote learning. They don’t know the other kids in their class. They find it hard to engage in discussion. They are distracted by other issues occurring in their house.

Although many kids are back to school five days a week, the constant change from the past year is still affecting their emotional well-being. It has been hard for freshman who may not have had an opportunity to meet other freshmen.

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Montini Catholic celebrates 47 Academic All-Stars at annual awards banquet Honored students include Lexi Ream of Villa Park Montini Catholic High School in Lombard rolled out the red carpet on Wednesday, May 5, to honor members from its Class of 2021 as Academic All-Stars.

Each year, the Lasallian college preparatory school invites seniors who have excelled academically throughout their high school years to a celebratory banquet in their honor. This year’s event was held at Bobak’s Signature Events in Woodridge.

A total of 47 students achieved the honor of being named a Montini Catholic Academic All-Star, which involves attaining a grade-point average of 3.95 or greater and/or being named an Illinois State Scholar.

Montini’s Academic All-Stars from its Class of 2021 include Lexi Ream of Villa Park and Yiqing Miao of Oakbrook Terrace.

So far, Montini Catholic’s Class of 2021 has earned over $18 million in academic scholarship offers.

Cullerton advocates for restored veterans benefits

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The Villa Park Community Pride Commission joined the Villa Park Environmental Concerns Commission to conduct Saturday’s Spring Sweep recycling and document shredding drop-off event.

Residents remained in their vehicles as they dropped off items, including televisions, computers, monitors and printers, at various stations along Home Avenue. Volunteers removed items from a total of 270 vehicles during the three-hour event. One photo (above) shows (left to right) Villa Park Police Chief Michael Rivas and Villa Park Village President Nick Cuzzone, who both manned the station in which residents dropped off documents to be shredded.

State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D- Villa Park) is fighting to restore benefits to veterans who were subject to an “other than honorable” discharge from the military for their sexual orientation or gender identity.

“Those who valiantly served their country should be honored with benefits no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity,” said Cullerton, chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. “This measure will be a step toward undoing the discrimination the LGBTQ+ community has historically faced in the military.”

According to a 2020 report from Harvard Law School, more than 100,000 service members were expelled from the military between World War II and the 2011 repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”–the policy that barred gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation. These discharges

were considered OTH, which kept these service members from receiving state and federal benefits.

House Bill 1290 would change a person’s OTH discharge to an honorable discharge if their OTH discharge was solely due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. This would allow people discharged for this reason to begin receiving state veterans benefits.

“Despite the repeal of the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy a decade ago, LGBTQ+ veterans are still unnecessarily facing the struggles of being denied benefits,” said Cullerton, who is a veteran himself. “It’s time we restore these benefits to these individuals who so rightfully deserve them.”

The measure passed the Senate Veterans Affairs committee and will now move to the floor for a full vote in the Senate.

Editor’s note: This was submitted by the office of State Sen. Tom Cullerton.

‘Restore Illinois’ Bridge Phase begins toward June 11 reopening Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed that on Thursday, May 13, the entire state would move into the Bridge Phase of the Restore Illinois reopening plan.

The Bridge Phase is the final step before the full reopening of Phase 5.

Under Bridge Phase, there are expanded capacity limits for businesses, dining, offices, events, conferences and gatherings. Barring any significant reversals in key COVID-19 statewide indicators, including increasing hospitalizations, Illinois could enter Phase 5 as soon as June 11.

The state will continue to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance on mask-wearing in Phase 5.

“Illinoisans have worked so hard over the past year and a half to keep their families and neighbors safe, and reaching Bridge Phase means that we’re closer than ever to a return to normalcy,” said Gov. Pritzker. “To keep up this progress, I urge every eligible Illinoisan – now including 12 to 15-year-olds – to get vaccinated as soon as possible.”

More than 10.3 million vaccine doses have been administered to Illinoisans at mass vaccination sites, local health departments, pharmacies, federally-qualified health centers, mobile clinics, and other locations across the state. Doctors’ offices are starting

to administer vaccine to their patients.

As of Friday, May 14, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is available to youth ages 12 through 17 years after the CDC on Wednesday, May 12 accepted the recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to expand the use of the vaccine. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are authorized for those 18 years of age and older.

“The more people who are vaccinated, now including our youth as young as 12-years-old, the quicker we can end this pandemic,” said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. “While more than 62 percent of adults in Illinois have received at least one dose of the vaccine, we still need more people to get vaccinated. Please talk with your doctor or health care provider if you have questions about the vaccine and know the facts so that you can make the most informed decision.”

IDPH will continue to monitor the number of ICU hospital beds that are available, the number of patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19, and the number of people being newly admitted to the hospital because of COVID-19-like-illness. Should the state see a significant increase in deaths, hospitalizations, and the number of people being admitted to the hospital because of COVID-19, the state will remain in the Bridge Phase instead of moving to Phase 5.

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Technology was often spotty, at best, and in some remote areas not possible. Not to worry, school buses were used as mobile hot spots and homework wagons and meals were delivered to students. Even in those districts rich with technological hardware and software, the techniques of teaching remotely for long periods of time had to be mastered. Zoom became a common part of the teaching vernacular.

Spring sports were canceled, some highlights of the year like prom were eliminated, and graduations were held mostly remotely or with major changes made to allow for social distancing and other necessary precautions. Lock downs replaced annual field trips, and parents were often forced to become supervisors of “at home” learning. Many people learned just

how difficult teaching can be.

During the summer of 2020, there was even more work done in an attempt to start the school year with a combination of remote and in-person learning. Various approaches were used as creative learning techniques emerged.

Some schools remained remote, some used a hybrid model and when in-person was possible, students and teachers got used to using face masks and social distancing as an entirely different environment emerged. No matter the approach used, these efforts were often met with criticism, which became the true definition of a “no-win situation.”

Through it all, our administrators, teachers, and support staff personnel worked hard to do the best they could to

provide our children with an education. The teachers I have spoken with have had the most difficulty with the lack of contact with “their kids.”

Teaching is more than a profession; it is a calling. The best of the best become so invested in the success of their students that they lose sleep and suffer from anxiety worrying about how those they feel responsible for are doing. It is much more difficult to know how students are doing when the contact is hybrid or remote.

Students count on teachers for a multitude of reasons beyond being educated.

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Warriors reel off five straight victories Strong pitching and potent hitting push team to winning record

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The Willowbrook softball team extended its winning streak to five games with Saturday’s 5-2 home victory over Oak Park/River Forest. The win over the Huskies gave the Warriors an overall season record of 6-4.

Willowbrook’s winning streak began with an 11-2 victory at Hinsdale Central on May 8. The Warriors began last week’s action with a 9-4 West Suburban Gold Conference win at Morton on May 10. Two days later, Willowbrook earned an 8-1 conference win over Leyden in Villa Park.

The Warriors pushed their winning streak to four games with Friday’s 7-1 conference victory at Addison Trail.

“This is kind of the season I imagined for us,” said Willowbrook coach Rachel Karos after Saturday’s crossover win over Oak Park/River Forest of the West Suburban Silver Conference. “This is the type of stuff I knew we could do. We’re stringing it together and believing that we can do it. Our pitchers are throwing with more confidence, and they’re trusting our defense.”

Senior Caroline Dooley pitched a complete game for the Warriors on Saturday and earned her fourth victory of the season.

Dooley fired 108 pitches over seven innings against Oak Park/River Forest. She gave up six hits and didn’t allow any earned runs. She recorded seven strikeouts and walked one batter.

Junior Caitlyn Kulczyski ignited Willowbrook’s offense in Saturday’s game by hitting a home run to lead off the bottom of the first inning. Senior Annemarie Knudtson and Dooley both singled later in the inning.

Moments later, sophomore Kayleigh Dennison lashed a two-out, two-run double to give the Warriors a 3-0 first-inning lead.

Willowbrook’s lead stood at 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning when junior Grace Hayes stepped to the plate.

Hayes launched a two-run home run over the left-field fence to push the Warriors’ lead to 5-2. Dooley reached base on a single just before Hayes connected for the home run.

Kulczyski fired a complete game for Willowbrook in Friday’s win at Addison Trail. She piled up 14 strikeouts and allowed two hits, two walks and no earned runs.

The Warriors gained some revenge with Friday’s win over the Blazers.

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The Willowbrook softball team ran its winning streak to five games with last week’s victories over Morton, Leyden, Addison Trail and Oak Park/River Forest. The Warriors improved their overall season record to 6-4 with Saturday’s 5-2 home win over Oak Park/River Forest.

Senior Caroline Dooley is pictured below while pitching during last week’s 8-1 home victory over Leyden. Dooley fired a complete game and earned the win against the Eagles. She delivered another complete-game performance to pick up a victory—her fourth of the season— on Saturday. Junior Grace Hayes launched a solo home run to provide Willowbrook’s first run in the May 12 game against Leyden. She is pictured above as she arrives at home plate. Hayes went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs in Friday’s 7-1 win at Addison Trail. She belted a two-run homer in Saturday’s victory over Oak Park/River Forest.

lowbrook squad 14-4 on April 28 in Villa Park.

The Warriors scored three runs in the first inning of Friday’s rematch against their District 88 rival. Willowbrook scored one run in the third inning and added three more runs in the fifth inning.

Hayes went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs in Friday’s victory over the Blazers. She also scored two runs.

Hayes gave the Warriors an early 2-0 lead when she hit a two-run double in the first inning. Hayes added another RBI in the third inning; moments after Dooley doubled, Hayes drove her in with a run-scoring single.

Junior Kayla Neff went 1-for-4 and drove in two runs with a fifth-inning double.

Dooley turned in a complete-game effort to earn a victory in the Warriors’ win over Leyden on May 12. Dooley threw 100 pitches over seven innings.

She struck out 10 batters while allowing one walk and one earned run.

Hayes hit a home run over the right-field fence to lead off the second inning of the May 12 game against Leyden. Her homer gave the Warriors a 1-0 lead.

Dennison’s two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning increased Willowbrook’s lead to 3-0. The Warriors piled on five runs in the fifth inning to take an 8-0 lead. Dooley’s double drove in the first run of that inning. Freshman Calli Kenny added a two-run single later in the inning.

Shortly after Hayes scored on a wild pitch, senior Grace Chambers singled to drive in Kenny.

Neff and Kulczyski handled Willowbrook’s pitching duties in the team’s 9-4 conference win at Morton on May 10. Neff pitched the first three innings, while Kulczyski worked the next four innings. Neff struck out five batters, while Kulczyski, who didn’t allow any earned runs, recorded eight strikeouts.

Hayes went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs against Morton. She singled, doubled and tripled during the game. Kenny went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs. Dooley, who went 1-for4, also drove in two runs.

Willowbrook’s schedule this week includes games against Glenbard West, Hinsdale South, Downers Grove South, York and Downers Grove North.

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Warriors return to action to win a series against Hinsdale South Willowbrook takes two of three from Hornets to improve to 9-3 in the conference

The Willowbrook baseball team, which was sidelined for several days, enjoyed a busy week of action last week. The Warriors won three of four games last week, finishing the week with an overall record of 10-4 and a West Suburban Gold Conference mark of 9-3.

Willowbrook won two of three games in last week’s conference series against Hinsdale South. The Warriors defeated the Hornets 9-6 on May 10 in Villa Park. Three days later, Willowbrook earned a 7-2 victory at Hinsdale South.

The Hornets won the final game of the series, beating Willowbrook 11-9 on Saturday in Villa Park.

In addition to playing three games against Hinsdale South last week, the Warriors played a crossover game against Lyons Township of the West Suburban Silver Conference on May 12. Playing on its home field, Willowbrook beat the Lions 8-5.

“We had a 14-day COVID break,”

stated Willowbrook head coach Vic Wisner after the victory over Lyons Township. Many of the team’s players reportedly had to quarantine for several days after having some contact with a student who tested positive for the coronavirus. Wisner said that seven of Willowbrook’s players were able to practice during the break.

“It’s taken us awhile to figure out who we are,” Wisner added after last week’s win over the Lions. “But I think we know our identity now. We play hard. We run the bases hard, and we put pressure on you all the time. We’re a team that battles. We’re right on the edge of being really, really good.”

The Warriors swept a conference doubleheader against Leyden on May 8. The two wins completed a threegame series sweep of the Eagles. Willowbrook earned a 9-2 victory in the first game of the doubleheader. The Warriors edged Leyden 5-4 in the second game.

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innings and didn’t allow any earned runs while earning the victory in the first game of the May 8 doubleheader.

Senior Jacob Cieslak joined juniors Owen Pierce and Jacob Kutella to handle the team’s pitching duties in the second game. Pierce recorded two outs to end the fifth inning. Kutella then pitched two scoreless innings to finish the game.

The Warriors trailed Hinsdale South 6-3 through three innings of the May 10 series opener between the two teams. Willowbrook overtook the Hornets by scoring two runs in the fourth inning, three runs in the fifth inning and one run in the sixth inning.

Senior Hayden Kingsbury went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for Willowbrook in its series opener against Hinsdale South. Sophomore Alex Chaltin went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs. Senior Drew Flaskamp went 1-for-4 with a double and drove in three runs.

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nings in relief. Kutella pitched a scoreless seventh inning to close out the victory.

Senior David Rojo pitched six innings and earned the win in the Warriors’ May 12 game against Lyons Township. Rojo struck out 10 batters.

He allowed five hits, two earned runs and two walks. Sophomore Joe Braden pitched the seventh inning. After giving up two hits and one run to start the inning, Braden struck out three batters to end the game.

Rojo went 2-for-4 at the plate, driving in two runs. Isaac Sobieszczyk, a sophomore, went 2-for-2 with a pair of walks. He scored three runs. Kutella went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in for the Warriors, who broke a 3-3 tie by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Lyons Township scored one run in the top of the sixth inning. Willowbrook responded with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to build an 8-4 lead.

The Warriors scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 3-0 lead in their May 13 game at Hinsdale South. The Hornets scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Willowbrook then scored four runs in the top

of the sixth inning.

Sobieszczyk and Kingsbury both contributed two hits in the May 13 win. Chaltin went 1-for-3 and drove in two runs.

Skinner and sophomore Eddie Munson shared the Warriors’ pitching duties in the 7-2 win at Hinsdale South. Skinner worked into the fifth inning and earned the victory. Munson pitched two and one-third scoreless innings and picked up a save.

Hinsdale South scored five runs in the top of the first inning of Saturday’s series finale in Villa Park. The Hornets’ lead stood at 9-3 after three innings. The Warriors trailed Hinsdale South 11-4 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. The Warriors rallied for five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning before the game ended on a fly out.

Junior Zach Clements went 3-for4 and drove in two runs in Saturday’s loss. Junior Bennett Fleming went 2-for-4 and drove in one run.

Willowbrook’s schedule this week includes a three-game conference series against Morton, as well as a crossover game at Downers Grove North of the West Suburban Silver Conference.

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CHRIS FOX PHOTOS Rock Valley Publishing

The Willowbrook baseball team won three of four games last week to improve its overall season record to 10-4. The Warriors won two of three games in last week’s West Suburban Gold Conference series against Hinsdale South. Willowbrook completed the week with a conference record of 9-3. The Warriors also beat Lyons Township 8-5 in last week’s crossover game against a West Suburban Silver Conference team. Senior David Rojo (above - No. 22) pitched six innings and earned the victory against the Lions. Rojo also went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs in the May 12 contest. Sophomore Isaac Sobieszczyk (No. 9) went 2-for-2 and scored three runs against Lyons Township. He is pictured below after scoring his third run of the game.

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FEMA SUPPORTS FAMILIES WHO LOST A LOVED ONE TO COVID-19 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is offering qualified families assistance with funeral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020, due to the death of a loved one from COVID-19.

VISIT FEMA FOR FULL DETAILS Visit the FEMA website for complete information about eligibility requirements, documentation you will be required to provide as part of your application, and how to start the application process.

WWW.FEMA.GOV/DISASTERS/CORONAVIRUS/ ECONOMIC/FUNERAL-ASSISTANCE

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