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Last day to registerfor March primary isapproachingThose wishing to vote in
the March 18 primary whoare not yet registered haveuntil Feb. 18 to do so, ac-cording to a news releasefrom Will County ClerkNancy Schultz Voots.A new law that went into
effect Jan. 1 allows thosewho are 17 now, or whowill be 17 years old on thedate of the immediatelyfollowing General Election,can register and vote in theGeneral Primary Election.The County Clerk’s Office,
302 N. Chicago St. in Joliet,is open Monday throughFriday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. The office will remainopen until 6 p.m. Feb. 18.to accommodate thosewho cannot come in duringregular business hours. Theoffice is closed Jan. 20 be-
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tion are necessary – onemust show current nameand address; second identi-fication can be name only.Those who have previ-
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Community blooddrive set for Feb. 5A local mother whose
daughter benefitted from
blood transfusions willpartner with the WillCounty State’s Attorney’sOffice and Heartland BloodCenters to run a communi-ty blood drive in February.The drive will be held
from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb.5 at the State’s Attorney’sOffice, 121 N. Chicago St.,Joliet, according to a newsrelease. Mobile coacheswith Heartland Blood Cen-ters will be parked in theoffice lot across the streetfrom the Rialto SquareTheater.Jennifer Babec, whose
daughter required 22 bloodtransfusions that aided herbattle against lymphoma,will assist with the blooddrive.Her daughter’s can-
cer is in remission andBabec currently works asHeartland Blood Centers’top volunteer coordinator,
according to the newsrelease.Since 2012, the state’s
attorney’s office has beenrunning blood drives withHeartland Blood Centers,which is the sole providerof blood and blood prod-ucts for Silver Cross Hos-pital and Presence SaintJoseph Medical Center.“We are happy to work
with such great partnersto provide blood for peoplein their time of need,” WillCounty State’s AttorneyJames Glasgow said in anews release.Appointments can be
made by calling Babec at815-325-4282 or by visitingheartlandbc.org.Walk-in donors also are
welcome on the day of theblood drive.Donations will take
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BOLINGBROOK – Police believethe frozen body found by a survey-or Tuesday morning is a man whowalked away from the hospital inNovember.
About 8:45 a.m. a surveyor con-ducting an environmental surveyfound a body laying in a field off the
1000 block of Windham Parkway –near the north frontage road of Inter-state 55, Lt. Mike Rompa said.
A deputy Will County Coroner re-moved the body, which Coroner Pat-rick K. O’Neil described as “frozen.”
Rompa said investigators believeit is the same man who dischargedhimself from Adventist BolingbrookHospital on Nov. 10 “against themedical staff’s advice.”
The man, who was being treatedfor a medical condition, left on foot,Rompa said.
Rompa said the man’s last knowncontact outside the hospital waswith a Geneva resident, who laterfiled a missing persons report withthat department.
O’Neil said an autopsy will beperformed to determine the cause ofdeath once the body is able to thaw.
Bodymay have been infield since November
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JOLIET – Six consultantson Wednesday presented theirideas for a better downtownJoliet, including fewer one-way streets, more riverfrontdevelopment and filling vacantbuildings.
Officials admit there are noquick fixes when it comes torevitalizing downtown.
That’s why in November thecity of Joliet, along with theCity Center Partnership, issueda request for a downtown plan,which asked for contractors tooutline how they would providea number of services, rangingfrom an economic analysis andurban planning to vehicle circu-lation and public realm design.
Thirteen contractors submit-ted proposals, and Wednesdaythe six finalists, Teska andAssociates, Camiros, HousealLavigne Associates, RatioArchitects, The Lakota Groupand Etera Design Studio, gavepublic presentations of theirplans.
“They’re all very experi-enced consulting teams,” Jolietplanning director KendallJackson said of the six finalists.“They demonstrated experienceand expertise in types of plansthat we want. That’s what sepa-rated them from the field.”
The proposals outlined anumber of improvements andenhancements to downtown,some of which included re-ducing the number of one-waystreets, better utilizing avail-able space and preserving – andfilling – vacant buildings.
“We have a jewel here indowntown Joliet,” CouncilmanJohn Gerl said. “We really do.There’s so much opportunity.All we have to do is really for-malize a business plan.”
Teska and Associates saidone key to revitalizing down-
town is to focus on ChicagoStreet by allowing it to runthrough downtown.
“It’s important for us tomake sure Chicago Street goesthrough,” Gerl said. “We’ve gotsome issues to work out. … Itcould be the LaSalle Street, ifyou will, of Joliet.”
Houseal Lavigne Associatesmentioned that Joliet has anumber of unique attractions,from the casino to the RialtoSquare Theatre, but isn’t doinga good enough job of keepingpeople downtown. Once peopleare finished visiting certainattractions, the city needs togive them more reasons to staydowntown, the group said.
“We’ve got a lot of greatthings going with the [Joliet]Junior College building andthe new transportation center,”Mayor Tom Giarrante said. “Wethink with this plan, and oncethose amenities get done, it’sgoing to bring people downtownand they will be looking forplaces to stay, and hopefully wecan build some apartments andcondos.”
The Camiros group said it’simportant to make downtownJoliet a “third place” for peopleto want to go, after home andwork. Bringing more activitiesand entertainment to the areaare a must, and one way to dothat is by making better use ofriverfront space.
“I’d like to see a core to thecity,” Gerl said. “A place wherethere’s a gathering point. Ifwe have bands downtown orif we have our New OrleansNorth that we did last summer,[downtown] would be the core ofJoliet where people would meetto have large events.”
Pam Owens, executivedirector of the City CenterPartnership, wouldn’t commenton how much the city expects tobudget for the plan, but said theproposals ranged from the low$100,000s to upward of $400,000.
The committee first judged thegroups based on the content oftheir plans, and then factored incost, Owens said.
“We were able to judge theproposals based on their meritfirst and not their cost,” shesaid. “A couple of the teamshere today were the top-ratedones and were still within ourbudget.”
The city and the City CenterPartnership are expected to
make a final selection in lateJanuary and send a recom-mendation to the City Councilby Feb. 4. After a consultant ishired, the process for the Down-town Plan will involve furtherpublic and stakeholder input,Owens said.
Owens said she was pleasedwith what she has seen fromthe plans, especially when itcomes to attracting businessesto downtown.
“I see the concept of down-town as being an appropriateplace to incubate new business-es,” Owens said. “Businessesthat may exist, whether thatbe in a spare room or a base-ment, once they’re ready to bein an actual bricks and mortarbuilding, downtown is thatlogical place for them to be. Weshould be the nurturing counterfor those types of new startupbusinesses.”
City officials hear finalists’ presentations; decision to be made by end of month
Lathan Goumas - [email protected]
ABOVE: Construction continuesWednesday on the new down-town campus building for JolietJunior College.
LEFT: Committee members listento a presentation Wednesday on
the revitalization of downtownJoliet.
DOWNTOWN JOLIET PLANS PITCHED
By JIM [email protected]
By VIKAAS [email protected]
YORKVILLE – PlainfieldMayor Mike Collins broughtPlainfield leaders and residentsup to speed on the village’s proj-ects and happenings – includ-ing business development, taxchanges and road constructionfor the next year – during hisState of the Village addressWednesday at a luncheon inYorkville’s Whitetail RidgeGolf Club.
“The plan is moving for-ward, and I think we’re going tobe real pleased with it,” Collinssaid, mentioning the strategicplan and outlook of the village.
The luncheon was hosted bythe Plainfield Area Chamberof Commerce, which also an-nounced its annual award win-ners.
Collins said the 2013 tax levyis staying unchanged at $5.3million.
“Village residents on av-erage will not see an increasein the village portion of theirproperty taxes compared to2012,” Collins said.
But village residents willcontinue to see increasing wa-ter rates.
“The village has not beenable to keep pace though withthe increases of the Lake Mich-igan water supplier, the city ofChicago, which has raised itsrates the past three years,” Col-lins said, adding that the ratesare being phased in rather thandumped on the residents.
The average water bill willincrease $4.40 a month, Collinsaid. But the village is offeringsenior discounts.
Collins is hoping residen-
tial construction in the PrairieCreek property, Fairfield Ridgeand the Springs at 127th apart-ments will help Plainfield sus-tain its growth.
Recent business additionsand expansion have broughtmore jobs to the community.
Coilplus is expanding with70,000 square feet of new space,Collins said. He also said he wasproud of Plainfield becomingthe U.S, headquarters for Kuu-sakoski Recycling, and a newplant of Diageo North America,which will bring about 700 newjobs to the village between thetwo.
Collins touted the downtownarea’s historic designation on
the National Register of Histor-ic Places, as well as new busi-nesses such as Capri Sogno,Best in Show Pet Grooming,Simply Saucy and What’s New.
Collins praised the PlainfieldRiverfront Foundation, whichis driving projects to increasepublic access to the Des PlainesRiver without using taxpayers’money.
“All the funds used to im-prove the riverfront are fromdonations, and there are no tax-es involved,” Collins said, cred-iting the success of the founda-tion’s fundraisers to the hardwork of organizers.
Collins liked the progress be-ing made on road constructionin the village, but he hinted atfuture congestion on Route 30.
Restructuring of the Route30 and Interstate 55 interchangeshouldn’t affect residents toomuch, Collins said. But otherRoute 30 construction will bemore troublesome.
Route 30 from I-55 to Ren-wick Road will be expanded tofour lanes.
Renwick Road will also beexpanded to include a revers-ible lane near the area.
“It’ll be time well spent butyou’re going to have to bear
with us,” Collins said, notingthe construction will last morethan a year.
Local business owners ap-peared confident in the vil-lage’s direction after the publicaddress.
“There are a lot of new busi-nesses coming to town andthe downtown looks better,”said Don Kinley, fourth gener-ation owner of the long-stand-ing Lincoln Way Barber Shopdowntown. “The village chang-es have helped our business.There’s a lot of other places toget a haircut that have beencoming, but business is fine.”
Lathan Goumas – [email protected]
Plainfield Mayor Mike Collins touted the downtown area’s historic designation on the National Register of HistoricPlaces, as well as new businesses such as Capri Sogno, Best in Show Pet Grooming, Simply Saucy and What’s New,during his State of the Village speech on Wednesday.
Plainfieldmayor: Tax levy flat, water rates upCollins gives State of the Villageaddress at chamber function
Business awards
Mayor Michael Collins’ State of the
Village address weaved into the Plain-
field Area Chamber of Commerce’s
annual business awards.
The winners of the 2013 PACC
awards are:
• Retail Business of the Year: Bran-don Graves, Peter Rubi• Restaurant of the Year: Scott
Ward, Tap House Grill
• Not-For-Profit of the Year: RobEpley, Plainfield Riverfront Foundation• Professional Service Business of
the Year: Eric Marsaglia, NorthernInsurance Services, LTD, Plainfield
Agency
• Government Office of the Year:Chief Jon Stratton, Plainfield FireProtection District
• Home-based Business of the Year:Katie Conrad, Coffee News• Ambassador: Katie Conrad• 20 Years of Membership: Dr. Kevin
D. Gallagher, D.D.S.
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John Roberts, retired Captain from the Chicago Police Depart-ment, speaks about losing his son, Billy, to a heroin overdoseat Wednesday night’s heroin forum held in Coal City. Robertswas one of several advocates and experts who answeredquestions and spoke at the event.
Heroin forum educates residents about ‘the drug of choice’By JESSICA [email protected]
COAL CITY – Curiosi-ty and concern compelledparents Julie and TomTaylor to attend the hero-in forum held at the CoalCity High School Audi-torium on Wednesdaynight.
“We have two kids –one is in the 20s and theother is 14,” said JulieTaylor before the eventbegan. “We’ve heard a lotof stuff about people get-ting in trouble with it. Wejust want to know whatto look for so we can keepour eyes open.”
Parents, health profes-sionals, state represen-tatives and communitymembers from acrossthe county came to theforum, which addressedheroin abuse, side effects,treatment and the penal-ties for possession anddistribution of it.
A panel of experts andspeakers also informedattendees about spottingsigns of heroin use andaddiction and what to do
if they suspect someoneis using.
“I drove a long way tobe here because it’s real-ly important – really im-portant – to get the wordout,” said speaker JohnRoberts, who co-found-ed the Heroin EpidemicRelief Organization af-ter losing his 19-year-oldson, Billy, to a heroinoverdose in 2009. “It’s outthere and I’ve been a per-sonal witness to it.”
Roberts, a retired Cap-tain in the Chicago PoliceDepartment, spoke frank-ly about the unexpectedloss of his son and howheroin trafficking hassprawled from Chicago toquiet suburbs and ruralcommunities across Illi-nois.
Roberts said heroinhas become “the drug ofchoice” for much of theChicago area.
“It’s creeping into thiscommunity and it’s goingto take your kids fromyou,” Roberts said. “Weneed to push back.”
The second speakerof the night, Pat Span-
gler – a senior addictionscounselor at Rosecrance,Harrison Campus, inRockford – provided sta-tistics about the physicaland mental effects of ad-diction and resources onwhere to get help.
He reminded the au-dience that heroin ad-diction is a disease andnot a personal choice, sotreatment must involvemore than just quittingthe drug.
“We need to recognizewhat’s going on in theirlife that led to the addic-tion,” Spangler said.
He said they often givetheir patients pharma-ceutical drugs that canblock receptors in thebody to prevent a heroinhigh, but stressed thatquitting the drug isn’tenough and patients musthave intensive counsel-ing as well.
“It’s not just as easy asquitting the drug,” Span-gler said. “That’s pullinga piece out, but now, weneed to replace it.”
After the speakers, theinvited panel of experts
were given time to an-swer some questions sub-mitted by the audience.
Aside from Robertsand Spangler, the panelincluded Coal City policeChief Tom Best; Kris-tie Polk of CrossroadsCounseling; ChristinaHintze-Symoniak, depu-ty chief coroner for theGrundy County Coro-ner’s Office; Helland; Dr.Ronald Wuest from theInstitute for ProfessionalDevelopment; ElizabethThrun and Kevin Ber-nard of Morris Hospital &Healthcare Centers; andBrian Hazard of SteppingStones Treatment & Re-covery Center.
Best spoke to the her-oin problem he sees inCoal City – which he saidhas grown over the years– and reminded citizensto reach out to the policeif they are aware of hero-in abuse.
The panel instructedparents and concernedcommunity members tocall their local hospital ora drug treatment facilityif they have questions or
concerns.”“Please if you have any
questions or concerns,just pick up the phoneand give us a call,” Span-gler said. “No question isa bad question.
A t t h e e n d o f t h enight, parents could walkthrough a mock-up of ateen’s bedroom called“In Plain Sight.” Theroom was set up to showparents what to look forin their children’s bed-rooms for hints of drug
use and how they can behiding paraphernalia in“plain view.”
The room illustratedhow remotes, hair bands,feminine products anddozens of other every dayitem can be used for riskybehaviors.
“ Y o u w o u l d n e v e rthink to check most ofthis stuff,” attendee Deb-bie Esler said. “It’s scaryif you think about it.”
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Chiropractic clinicdestroyed by fireBy CHRISTINA CHAPMAN–
COAL CITY – Firefight-ers spent most of Wednes-day morning working afire that destroyed muchof a local chiropractic clin-ic.
Just before 6:30 a.m. theCoal City Fire ProtectionDistrict was called to astructure fire at the Lar-di Chiropractic Clinic onthe 400 block of east FirstStreet in Coal City, CoalCity Fire District spokes-man Nick Doerfler said.
The fire was under con-trol between 10 a.m. and10:30 a.m., but firefighters
were on scene until about12:45 p.m. The Mutual AidBox Alarm System 15 in-vestigators were called tothe scene.
The cause of the fire isstill under investigation,Doerfler said, but about$500,000 worth of damagewas done. The clinic is ina former church that hasan addition on it, he said.The fire destroyed the ad-dition.
On arrival there washeavy smoke coming fromthe structure. The build-ing was empty, but thefierce fire caused the fire-fighters to switch to a de-fensive attack.
“We used a lot of water
from the city’s water sup-ply. (The city) requestedwe shut down the hydrantuse so we had to bring intenders,” he said.
So much municipal wa-ter was used the city’s wa-ter towers were runninglow, so additional resourc-es had to be called in, Doer-fler said.
The call alerting fire-fighters to the blaze camein from an employee whowas opening the facilityfor the day and saw thesmoke.
No one was injured andmultiple agencies assistedCoal City from throughoutthe area due to the need forwater tenders.
Provided photo
Lardi Chiropractic Clinic in Coal City caught fire early Wednesday morning. The cause is stillunder investigation, but it is estimated that more than $500,000 in damage was done.
Overheated boiler cancels classesfor a day at Gardner-SouthBy CHRISTINA CHAPMAN–
GARDNER – A boilerthat overheated Wednes-day at Gardner-SouthWilmington High Schoolcaused school to be can-celed, but classes wereplanned to resume asscheduled Thursday.
Between 4:30 and 5a.m. Wednesday, theGardner Fire ProtectionDistrict was called toGardner-South Wilming-ton High School wherefirefighters found smokein the hallways, ChiefTerry Jensen said.
The water feed valveshut off in the boiler
room and instead of theboiler shutting off, it con-tinued to heat, he said, sothe boiler overheated.
When firefighters en-tered the room the tem-perature was between 800and 1,000 degrees.
“We initiated venti-lation maintenance onscene,” Jensen said.
The boiler room re-ceived extensive damage.No one was injured andno one was in the schoolat the time.
The school is oper-ating on its secondaryboiler, SuperintendentMichael Perrott said,and will continue to untilthe other one can be re-paired.
“It’s nice and warm inthe school and we are ingood shape,” he said.
Seven departmentshelped Gardner until acall about a fire in CoalCity came in, at whichtime most left to aid CoalCity, Jensen said.
“It’s nice and warm
in the school and
we are in good
shape.”
Michael Perrott
Superintendent
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Housing authorityeyes redevelopment
By FELIX [email protected]
JOLIET – The Hous-ing Authority of Jolietmay know in the comingmonths if the federal gov-ernment will approve aninitial application for as-sistance with the redevel-opment of public housingcomplexes.
At Wednesday’s boardmeeting, Housing Au-thority board membersdiscussed a preliminaryapplication they submit-ted Dec. 30 for a RentalAssistance Demonstrationprogram, said MichaelSimelton, chief executiveofficer for the housing au-thority.
Housing Authority of-ficials are examining thepossibilities of redevelop-ing the Des Plaines Gar-den Homes and FairviewHomes apartment com-plexes.
Under the Rental Assis-tance Demonstration pro-gram, the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban De-velopment would providefinancial tools that wouldmake it possible for thehousing authority to rede-velop Des Plaines Gardenand create federally sub-sidized Section 8 apart-ments.
Simelton said the Hous-ing Authority may knowthe results within 60 to 90days after HUD is finishedreviewing the application.However, even if the pre-liminary application isapproved, a complete onemay not be submitted.
“Even if [HUD] ap-proves of it, that doesn’tmean we have to go for-ward,” he said.
Housing Authority of-ficials have yet to put to-gether a plan to redevelopFairview, which is undera review process that mayresult in approval of theproperty’s demolition byHUD. Simelton said theagency needs to do a phys-ical needs assessment tosee if it would be feasible
to completely redevelopthe property or do main-tenance improvements in-stead.
The redevelopment ofDes Plaines Garden andFairview might make thehousing authority less de-pendent on HUD for fund-ing. Simelton has said ifFairview is torn down,Housing Authority offi-cials would find a new loca-tion for replacement hous-ing because the currentproperty is too far fromstores, services and publictransportation.
The agency’s currentplanning for Fairview andDes Plaines Garden isn’tthe first time it sought re-development for the twohousing complexes.
In 2007, the agency toredown its Poole Gardensproject and replaced it withLiberty Meadow Estatesmixed-income subdivision.Housing authority officialswanted demolition of theFairview and Des PlainesGarden at the time.
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Grundy P.A.D.S in needof volunteersGrundy Area Public Action
to Deliver Sustenance is inneed of volunteers for Thurs-day and Saturday nights.P.A.D.S. is a sheltering pro-
gram offering free shelter atMorris churches from 7 p.m.to 7 a.m. every day. It hasbeen experiencing a greatdeal of volunteer turnover atthis time.P.A.D.S. is sheltering a
higher than average numberof guests, ranging between10 to 12 each night over thelast few weeks.Contact the We Care office
to find out how you can helpat 815-942-6389.
Crest Hill to receivenew waste serviceCREST HILL – Starting May
1, Crest Hill residents will
receive new automated trashand recycling services aspart of a contract with AlliedWaste/Republic Services.Allied Waste/Republic
Services will deliver one96-gallon cart for trash andone 96-gallon cart for recy-cling. Residents can tradetheir cart for a smaller 65gallon or 35 gallon cart if the96 gallon cart does not suittheir particular needs.Directions on how to use
the new cart program will beprovided at delivery, beforethe May 1 start date.Recycling will be every
other week and yard wastewill continue to be on regulartrash pickup day. If residentswant to get rid of their oldcontainers they can placethem at the curb on pickupday and leave a note sayingto take the containers.
Residents who havequestions should contact thecity’s water department at815-741-5104.
Water department toclose for upgradeMORRIS – The Morris
Water Department inside theMorris Municipal ServicesFacility will be closed for acomputer upgrade Jan. 31through Feb. 3 and will re-open at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 3.In addition, the city’s
web-payment services willbe unavailable from 4:30p.m. Jan. 30 through 12:30p.m. Feb. 3. At 12:30 p.m.Feb. 3 the web service willbe available again. This isa necessary upgrade tothe system and will enablethe city to better serve itscustomers.
– Shaw Media
Canine rescue group tohold fundraiserJOLIET – Hopeful Tails
Animal Rescue, a new caninerescue, will hold a fundraiserfrom 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 25 atJust One More, 1527 RaynorAve., Joliet.Music will be provided by
Johnny Russler of the BeachBum Band. There will beraffles and a 50/50 drawingat 8 p.m.All donations will gotoward the kennel “phund”for the group’s new buildingat 1609 Rock Creek Boule-vard, Joliet.The group also will hold an
adoption event from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m. Sunday at Pets Etc.,1212 S. Naper Boulevard,Suite 103, Naperville, andfrom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 25at Pets Etc., 2304 Route 59,Plainfield.
– Johnny Russler
By BRIAN [email protected]
AURORA – Policehave questioned two Jo-liet teens about a fatalshooting that occurredMonday night.
Spokesman Dan Fer-relli said the 18- and19-year-old men weretaken into custodyabout 1:45 p.m. in Cice-ro. They had not beenformally charged as of 5p.m. Wednesday.
About 7:35 p.m. Mon-day, Arin T. Williams,20, and two men arrivedtogether at La Torta, a
Mexican restaurant inthe 800 block of NorthLake Street. Within afew minutes, the threewent into the bathroomand began to fight. Wil-liams was shot once inthe head before the oth-er men ran out.
Williams, of Aurora,was taken to a near-by hospital and pro-nounced dead. Ferrellisaid other customerswere in the restaurantat the time
“Police believe themurder to be narcot-ics-related,” Ferrellisaid.
2 questionedin shooting
AURORA
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By JESSICA [email protected]
MORRIS – More than 20Grundy County employeeswere recognized this weekfor their years of service.
The county annuallyrecognizes employees atservice marks in five-yearincrements, beginning atfive years of service.
“The constancy of ourlong-term employees –whether hired, appointedor elected – are often thebackbone of our success,”Grundy County PersonnelCommittee ChairwomanVicki Geiger said duringTuesday’s county boardmeeting. “These are thepeople we would like tothank and recognize thisevening.”
Each employee was rec-ognized and introduced bysomeone from their depart-ment. Employees who hadserved for five and 10 yearswere given a pin and certif-icate. Those with 15 years
of service were given a pin,certificate and $25 gift card,and those with 20 yearswere given a pin, certificateand $50 gift card.
Grundy County SheriffKevin Callahan and Pen-ny Johnson of the GrundyCounty Health Departmentwere honored for 30 years ofservice and presented witha $50 gift card and a com-memorative wall clock. Thetwo received standing ova-tions from the board andthose in attendance.
Employees with five yearsof service
Cara Anderson, SusanJohnson and Chris John-son from the Health Depart-ment; Jana Finch from theCounty Assessor’s office.Joe Goolsby, Vic Elias, RickEnerson and Trent Olsonfrom the Sheriff’s Depart-ment.
Employees with 10 yearsof service
Dana Agnich from the
Regional Office of Educa-tion; Jeff Thompson fromthe Highway Department;Kay Olson from CountyClerk and Recorders office;Kim Lear, Chad Hrechko,Terry Baker and JamesWhite from the Sheriff’s De-partment.
Employees with 15 yearsof service
Shannon Bednarcikfrom the State’s Attorney’soffice; Karen Broncato fromthe Circuit Clerk’s office;Art Ashcraft, Tanya Pau-quette and LaVern Johnsonfrom the Sheriff’s Depart-ment.
Employees with 20 yearsof service
Gary Dobbs from thePublic Defender’s office.
Employees with 30 yearsof service
Penny Johnson from theHealth Department; KevinCallahan from the Sheriff’sDepartment.
Grundy County honorsemployees’ years of service
Submitted photo
Employees who were recognized at and attended the Jan. 14 meeting of the Grundy CountyBoard. Front row (from left): Kim Lear, Penny Johnson and Shannon Bednarcik. Second row(from left): LaVern Johnson, Jeff Thompson, Kevin Callahan, Dana Agnich, Chad Hrechko, KayOlson and Rick Enerson.
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LEMONT – The Lem-ont Village Board held twomeetings Monday, withthe committee of the wholeimmediately following theregular meeting.
The board normally hasits committee of the wholemeeting the third Mondayof the month, but the villagewill be closed in observanceof Martin Luther King Jr.Day.
Although it did notappear on the agenda forthe evening, the proposedLemont Sports Complexwas still one of the most dis-cussed issues.
Many residents ex-pressed frustration overthe board’s decision Jan. 6to repeal an ordinance forpublic financing of the proj-ect, which also nixed a ref-erendum on the matter.
Mayor Brian Reaves,who promised to give up-dates on the sports complexat every meeting, said thevillage will have answers torecent questions about theproject posted on its web-site Thursday or Friday.
Village reacts to medical mar-ijuana laws
With medical marijuanalaws in effect in the state,
the village is outliningwhere cultivation centersand dispensing organiza-tions can be located in town.
Planning and Econom-ic Development DirectorCharity Jones proposed anamendment to the UnifiedDevelopment Ordinancethat would restrict medicalmarijuana organizations toM-3 Heavy Manufacturingand M-4 Mineral Extractionzoning districts.
The state dictates culti-vation centers must be 2,500feet from any school orchild care facility, and dis-pensing organizations mustbe 1,000 feet away.
The village is consid-ering requiring both to be1,000 from any cemetery,public park, forest pre-serve, public housing orplace of public worship, and500 feet from the downtowndistrict.
Jones said the zoningis fairly restrictive. Thevillage does not have anyM-4 districts and a limitedamount of M-3 districts.
If a medical marijua-na organization wanted toopen in Lemont, it wouldhave to apply for a specialuse permit with the village,she said.
Proposed zoning for StateStreet property
Jones said a PlannedUnit Development has beenproposed for the property at604-606 State St. that wouldallow residential and com-mercial use.
The property, which iscurrently zoned for residen-tial, consists of a house andan empty office space own-er John Ross would like tolease.
Ross initially asked forthe property to be zoned forbusiness use, but neighborswere concerned the housecould be demolished formore commercial space if itbecame vacant.
The property still wouldbe zoned for business use,but the PUD would put re-strictions on how it couldbe developed, Jones said.
The house would be anonconforming property ina business zone, which nor-mally means it would nolonger be able to be used asa residence if it was vacantfor six months.
Jones said the PUDwould extend that time pe-riod to 12 months.
Any further commercialdevelopment would have tobe approved by the village,she said.
The proposal still needsto be approved by the Plan-ning and Zoning Commis-sion and the Village Board.
LEMONT
Proposed sports complexleads Village Board talks
Foster requestsTarget inquiryJOLIET – Congressman
Bill Foster, D-Naperville,
is joining Democratic
members of the Financial
Services Committee in call-
ing for an inquiry into the
Target data breach that
led to personal informa-
tion, including credit and
debit card accounts, being
compromised for millions
of Americans.
Foster represents the 11th
District, which includes Jo-
liet. He has an office at 195
Springfield Ave. in Joliet.
He was joined by 17
Democratic members of
the committee in sending
a letter to Chairman Jeb
Hensarling requesting a
full committee hearing
to investigate the data
breach.
- The Herald-News
NEWS BRIEF
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CHARLES EGGERSBorn: Feb. 4, 1935; in PrincetonDied: Jan. 13, 2014; in Joliet
In loving memoryof Charles “Chuck”Eggers, 78, of Joliet,IL. Passed away onMonday, January 13,2014, surrounded byhis family.He was born
February 4, 1935 inPrinceton, IL, to Adelle and MarzEggers. He married Bonnie (Moore)Eggers on June 13, 1954.Charles was employed at Kerr
Glass from the time they openeduntil they closed.He is survived by his wife of 59
years, Bonnie (Moore) Eggers ofJoliet, IL; two daughters Cheryl(Dennis) Frank of Wyanet, IL andRobin (Luis) Pacheco of Joliet, IL;four grandchildren Gregory Webb,Richard Craig, Amanda (Jeff)Dalrymple and Charles Cornejo; 14great grandchildren; 5 sisters andone brother.Preceded in death by both parents
and one brother David Eggers.Funeral Services will be held,
Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 10:00a.m. at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home with Rev.Kevin Comfort officiating.Interment Woodlawn MemorialPark. Visitation Friday 2 p.m. -4p.m. And 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
OBITUARIES
RUTH E. KOPMANBorn: July 13, 1914;Peotone Township
Died: January 15, 2014; Peotone
Ruth E. Kopman,age 99, of ruralPeotone, passedaway Wednesday,January 15, 2014, ather home. She wasborn July 13, 1914, in
Peotone Township, the daughter ofHenry and Anna (Ullrich) Krapf. Shemarried the late Walter Kopman onFebruary 5, 1933. He preceded herin death on June 21, 1976.Mrs. Kopman was a homemaker
and helped out with the family farm.She was a member of the GreenGarden United Methodist Churchher entire life. She enjoyed church,farming, and cooking and baking forher family and family gatherings.She is survived by three sons,
LeRoy (Carol) Kopman of Crete,Leslie (Lola) Kopman of Beecher,and Roger (Sharon) Kopman ofPeotone; one daughter, Barbara(Don) Matherly of Manteno; adaughter-in-law, Beverly Kopman ofJoliet; seven grandchildren; sixteengreat-grandchildren; several niecesand nephews; one cousin; and hercaregiver, Anna.She was preceded in death by her
parents; her husband; one son,Wayne Kopman (August 25, 1991);one brother, Ervin Krapf (1946); andone sister, Esther Heisner (2009).Visitation will be held at the
Fedde-Helfrich-Cross Funeral Homein Peotone on Friday, January 17,from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Funeralservices will be held at the GreenGarden United Methodist Church on
Saturday, January 18, at 10:00 a.m.,Pastor Richard L. Young officiating.Visitation will be held at the churchform 9:00-10:00 a.m. prior toservice. Burial will be at SkylineMemorial Park in Monee. In lieu offlowers, memorials to VITASHospice or the Green Garden UnitedMethodist Church would beappreciated. Sign the guestbook atwww.feddehelfrichcrossfh.com
MONICA J. FARRBorn:May 1, 1945; Vincennes, INDied: Jan. 14, 2014; Shorewood, IL
Monica J. Farr (nee Stratmann),age 68, of Shorewood, passed awayTuesday, January 14, 2014, atPresence St. Joseph Medical Center.Born in Vincennes, Indiana, May 1,
1945, to the late Joseph andDorothy (nee Grider) Stratmann,she had resided in the Shorewood/Joliet area for many years. A longtimemember and former Presidentof the Ladies Auxiliary of VFWCantigny Post #367.Survived by two daughters, Nancy
(Mike) Ferraro and Sharon Henrichs;three grandchildren, RiderWinterbottom, Owen Henrichs andArianna Ferraro; and one brother,Eric Stratmann.
Preceded in death by her parentsand one sister, Leah Stratmann.Visitation will take place at the
Fred C. Dames Funeral Home onSaturday, January 18, 2014, from11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. with aprayer service following. As it wasMonica's wish, cremation rites willbe accorded following the services.For information (815) 741-5500 or
www.fredcdames.com
RACHEL HARPERBorn: Dec. 25, 1918; Coatopa, ALDied: Jan. 11, 2014; Joliet, IL
Rachel “Estella”Harper aka Plum,was bornDecember 25, 1918in Coatopa, AL tothe late Ben andMary Bell
(Coleman) Jones and she was thesixth child born to this union.She confessed Christ as her
personal savior at an early age inAlabama, where she served on theUsher Board. After moving to Joliet,she joined Mt. Olive Baptist Churchand continued to usher. She laterjoined St. Paul M.B. Church, whereshe was faithful in attendance as anusher until her health began todecline.In 1940, Estella was united in
marriage to the late ReverendAlonzo Barnett until his death. Shelater married, Isaiah Harper.In 1945, the family moved from
Laurel, MS to Joliet. Her first job inJoliet was a Hair Stylist. Shefollowed her passion and became acook for which she was well knownfor and employed by many of thelocal restaurants, one of them beingSyl's. She also did some domesticwork as well and later retired fromSunny Hill Nursing Home and DairyQueen.She lived a healthy life until she
became ill in April 2013, and wasthen cared for by her niece, Bernice(Fred) Henderson until her death onJanuary 11, 2014.She is preceded in death by her
parents, both husbands, one son,five brothers and five sisters.She leaves to cherish fond
memories two grandsons, PercyBarnett, Jr. (Kim) of Virginia andGary B tt of Joliet, IL; o
rginia andGary Barnett of Joliet, IL; onedaughter-in-law, Mattie Ann Barnettof Ohio; four grandchildren,Nathaniel Scott, Lauren Barnett,Bryant Barnett and NicholasBarnett; dear friend, Dorothy Hayes;her church family, along with a hostof nieces, nephews, cousins andfriends.Visitation will be held on Friday,
January 17, 2014, from 6:00-8:00PM and Saturday, January 18, 2014from 9:00-10:00 AM at St. Paul M.B.Church, 1404 S. Briggs St., Joliet, IL.Service at 10:00 AM, Pastor EdwardMartin, Jr. officiating, Intermentfollowing at Elmhurst Cemetery,Joliet, IL.Minor-Morris Funeral Home112 Richards St. (815) 723-1283
CAROLYN MOFFETTBorn: Nov. 28, 1954; Joliet, ILDied: Jan. 11, 2014; Joliet, IL
Carolyn Moffettwas bornNovember 28, 1954in Joliet, Illinois.She was one of tenchildren born to the
late Eugene and Vicie MaeYoungblood.She departed this earthly life on
Saturday, January 11, 2014 at JolietArea Community Hospice,surrounded by her family to be withGod in her heavenly home.Carolyn is preceded in death by
her parents, Eugene and Vice Mae;one sister, Renette Edwards.She leaves to celebrate her home-
going and cherish unforgettablememories one son, Dennis Moffett,Jr., of Joliet, Illinois; one daughter,LaKendra Moffett of Edwardsville,Illinois; and their father, DennisMoffett, Sr., of Joliet, Illinois; threebrothers, Terriel Youngblood ofWaukegan, Illinois, Kevin (Patsy)Youngblood of Joliet, Illinois, andLarry (Alberta) Youngblood of Joliet,IL; six sisters, Wanda Jean ofOntario, California, Cheryl Smith ofLas Vegas, Nevada, Janice (Richard)Piedot of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,Valerie (Dennis) Sherrod of Joliet,Illinois, Denise Williams of Gary,Indiana, and Rowena (John) Lindseyof Joliet, Illinois; two grandchildren,Rahiem Shepherd, and RahsaanShepherd; a host of nieces,nephews, cousins and friends.Visitation will be held on Friday,
January 17, 2014, from 5:00-7:00PM at the funeral home andSaturday, January 18, 2014 from9:00-10:00 AM at Shiloh BaptistChurch, 18101 Oak Ave., Lockport,IL. Service at 10:00 AM, PastorRichard D. House, Intermentfollowing at Elmhurst Cemetery,Joliet, IL.Minor-Morris Funeral Home112 Richards St. (815) 723-1283
EUGENE H. CALCATERRABorn: July 15, 1938; Joliet, ILDied: January 10, 2014; MountainHome, AR
A Memorial Service for EugeneHenry Calcaterra of Lakeview,Arkansas, will be 2:00 pm, Sunday,January 19, 2014, at Kirby & FamilyFuneral Home Chapel, with FatherNorbert Rappold officiating.Gene passed away January 10,
2014, in Mountain Home, Arkansasat the age of 75.He was born July 15, 1938, in
Joliet, Illinois, the son of Angelo andHelen Jackinowski Calcaterra. Hemarried Shirley Yurkovich onMay21, 1965, at Joliet, IL and worked asan equipment operator for the Cityof Joliet. Gene lived in Lakeview for18 years, moving from Joliet, IL. Hewas a member of St. Peter theFisherman Catholic Church and theIMRF Union.Gene is survived by his wife,
Shirley Calcaterra of Lakeview, AR;two sons, Phillip (Doloris)Calcaterra of Lockport, IL and Randy(Sandy) Calcaterra of Braidwood, IL;brother, Edward (Barbara)Calcaterra, of Kimberling City, MO;and 2 grandchildren, Breanne andPaige Calcaterra.He was preceded in death by his
parents.Memorials may be made to CMC
Hospice, 400 S. College, MountainHome, AR 72653.Arrangements are by Kirby and
Family Funeral and CremationServices. Visit an online obituaryand guestbook atwww.kirbyandfamily.com
EVA MAE DACE
Eva Mae Dace, age 69, passedaway suddenly on Sunday, January12, 2014, at St. Joseph Hospital.Retired from Osco (Romeoville,
Illinois). Attended Joliet PublicSchools.Preceded in death by her parents,
one daughter, and two sisters.Survived by her husband,
Clarence Sr.; a son, Clarence Jr.; andeight brothers and sisters.Funeral services Friday, January
17, 2014, at 11:00am, at Holy CrossMissionary Baptist Church, 1310Cutter Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60432with visitation at 10:00am - 11:00am at the church. ReverendVictorFlowers, officiating. * Continued on page 15
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DARREL G. RHIND
Darrel G. Rhind, age 86, passedaway Tuesday January 7, 2014, athis home, surrounded by family.Survived by two daughters, Debra
(Raul) Casales and Kathie (Grant)Pearson; two grandchildren, Samand Jake Pearson; two sisters,Judith (Mike) Buell and Joan (Grant)Goolsby; brother, Warren (Thelma)Rhind. Numerous nieces andnephews also survive.Preceded in death by his beloved
wife of 55 years, Virginia (Bressler)Rhind; parents, Glenn and Vera(Richardson) Rhind.Born in Joliet, a lifelong resident.
W.W. II Navy Veteran. Retired fromE J &E Railroad and Reynolds Metalsin McCook, Illinois. Member of theIngalls Park United MethodistChurch.Funeral Services will be held,
Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 10:30a.m. at the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home, with Rev.Leona Tichenor officiating.Interment Elmhurst Cemetery.Visitation Saturday morning 9:00a.m. until time of services.Flowers are appreciated, if you
wish, memorials to Ingalls ParkUnited Methodist Church are alsoappreciated.
LOUIS SCHULERBorn: Aug. 13, 1918 ; Farmington, ILDied: Jan. 10, 2014; Gold Canyon,AZ
Louie, age 95,Gold Canyon, AZpassed awaypeacefully onJanuary 10, 2014.He was born in
Farmington, Illinoison August 13, 1918to Lewis Shuler andMabel Grace (Long)Shuler, the first ofthree sons.With the help of
his parents heearned his way through collegeduring the Great Depression,graduating in 1941 with a B.S.degree from Bradley University,Peoria, Illinois. He enlisted in theArmy Air Corp in 1943.While in theservice, thanks to a summerthunderstormwhich diverted hisflight from Cheyenne to Denver, hemet the first great love of his life,Mary Clara Boylan. They weremarried on December 27, 1945 andshared 45 wonderful yearstogether. They were blessed withtwo loving sons, Prof. Michael L.Shuler, Ithaca, NY and Dr. Patrick J.Shuler, La Verne, CA.Louie was employed by the Army
Ammunition Command Center,located in Joliet, Illinois, where heheld various industrial engineeringpositions from 1946 to hisretirement in 1971. He was awardedthe Dept. of ArmyMeritoriousCivilian Service award, (the army'ssecond highest award for civilians)for his leadership in directingammunition production during theViet Namwar.His retirement passion, to build a
mountain home of his dreams,surrounded by the unmatchedbeauty of the Colorado Rocky
Mountains, was achieved andsurpassed with the completion of"Paradise Found", truly a beautifuldream home on five acres of theprettiest land the Lord ever made.In 1989, the 8000 foot elevationwas toomuch for Mary, so theymoved to Gold Canyon, AZ.On July 1994, he married the
second great love of his life,Elizabeth (Liz) Malek, his devotedand loving wife for the rest of hislife. Louie used to say, he was theluckiest man on earth, and creditedfinding Mary and Liz to a higherpower that made it happen.He is preceded in death by his
first wife, Mary; and brothers, BobShuler of Des Moines, Iowa and MaxShuler, Peoria, AZ.He is survived by his wife Liz; his
sons Mike and Pat; four wonderfulgrandchildren, a great grandson,and step children, Don and Pat.Visitation will be held at 10:00AM,
at St. George's Catholic Church inApache Junction, AZ, followed byMass at 11AM, and burial at Queenof Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Mesa,AZ.
JOHN S. RUSS
John S. Russ, age65, passed awayafter a courageousbattle with canceron Tuesday, January14, 2014, surroundedby his loving family.John is survived by
his beloved wife of 39 years,Geradette (nee Hankovack); hischildren, John J. (Danae) Russ andScott (fiancé Katie) Russ; onebrother, Gerald (Janet) Russ; dearaunt, Bernadine Russ; sister-in-law,Pat (Dave) Morelli; brother-in-law,John (Cindy) Hankovcak. Numerousnieces, nephews and cousins alsosurvive.Preceded in death by his parents,
John J. and Barbara (nee Dragovan)Russ; mother-in-law and father-in-law, John and Mathilda Hankovcak;and nephew, Mark Russ.
Johnwas the founder and ownerof J Russ and Company where hebuilt the company from a small oneman enterprise to a major player inthe local construction and civicarena. He, along with his wife,worked tirelessly for this endeavorwhich became a central focus of hislife's work. He was an avidgardener, drag racer, Lionel Traincollector along with toys andvintage automobiles. John'sgreatest asset to his collectionwere his countless friends who aretoo numerous to mention but allheld a special place in his heart.Johnwas a member of theContractors Association of Will andGrundy Counties and the MoranAthletic Club. John was a lovinghusband and father who touchedthe lives of many and will never beforgotten.Donations in John's name to the
American Chicago Cancer Society,4234 North Michigan Ave. Ste.1200, Chicago, IL 60601, or forMasses at St. Mary Nativity CatholicChurch would be appreciated.A Celebration of John's life will
begin on Saturday, January 18,2014, with prayers in the funeralhome chapel at 9:10 a.m. thendriving in procession to St. MaryNativity Catholic Church in Joliet fora Mass of Christian Burial to becelebrated at 10:00 a.m. Intermentto follow at St. Joseph Cemetery inJoliet. Visitation will be on Friday,January 17, 2014 from 2:00 p.m.until 8:00 pm at Tezak FuneralHome, 1211 Plainfield Road, Joliet,60435. Obituary and Tribute Wallfor John S. Russ atwww.tezakfuneralhome.com, or forinformation, 815-722-0524.Arrangements entrusted to:
GUSTAVO SALINAS, JR.
Gustavo Salinas,Jr., age 56, enteredeternal life onMonday, January13, 2014, with hisloving family and
friends by his side.Gustavo is survived by his beloved
daughters, Shannon and FeliciaSalinas; cherished granddaughters,Mariah Salinas and Liliana PalomaRodriguez; loving mother, Maria V.Salinas dear broth J Ricardo
Salinas; dear brothers, Jose, Ricardo(Ana), and Gerardo (Jean) Salinas;niece, Cheyenne Salinas; nephew,Gustavo Ricardo Salinas; belovedpartner and best friend, Lori Phillips;and the mother of his children,Christine Salinas; as well asnumerous cousins, uncles, aunts,and an abundance of close friends.Preceded in death by his father,
Gustavo Salinas, Sr. and brother,Juan Manuel Salinas.Gustavoworked at theWill
County Sheriff's Department for 10years, and was an Illinois StateTrooper. He was a sports enthusiastand was a diehard gym rat. Heplayed racquetball, basketball, andtennis every chance that he got andwould never back down from achallenge. Gustavo was a devotedfather and papa. He cherished morethan anything his daughters,granddaughters, family, and friends.He treasured every moment spentwith his loved ones. Gustavo had aheart full of love and a smile thatcould light up the world.The family would like to extend a
heartfelt thank you to the dedicatednurses at Silver Cross HospitalPulmonary ICU and to Dr. HariGadde for the special care given toGustavo Salinas, Jr.A Celebration of Gustavo's life will
begin on Sunday, January 19, 2014,with a visitation from 9 a.m. untilthe time of funeral service to beheld at 10:00 a.m. in the funeralhome chapel. Per Gustavo's wishescremations rites will be accorded.Visitation will take place Saturday,
January 18, 2014, from 12 p.m. until8 p.m. at Tezak Funeral Home, 1211Plainfield Road, Joliet, 60435. WillCounty Sheriff's Police Honor GuardTeam under the direction of Lt. D.Jordan will stand guard from 2:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Will CountySheriff's Police Departmental walkthrough at 4:00 p.m. Obituary andTribute Wall for Gustavo Salinas, Jr.at www.tezakfuneralhome.com orfor information, 815-722-0524.Arrangements entrusted to:
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JOANN K. SPEAKERBorn: Nov. 25, 1934; Joliet, ILDied: Jan. 13, 2014; Joliet, IL
JoAnn K. Speaker(nee Wedic), age79, passed awayMonday, January13, 2014 atEmeritus of JolietCourtyard.Born November
25, 1934, in Joliet to Joseph Wedicand Mary Ann (nee Zema) Ivy.JoAnn was an avid golfer who
received an award for a hole-in-one.Her greatest loves in life werespending time with hergrandchildren, family and friends,especially recalling her many fondtrips with her husband, Joe, toFlorida.Loving mother of Joseph (Karen)
Speaker III, Karen Speaker Bourgand Nancy (Art) Schultz, Jr.; proudgrandma of Zachary Speaker; Brettand Maggie Schultz; loving sister toPauline (John J.) Rogan, Joseph F.Wedic and Judith S. Hamilton; andseveral nieces and nephews alsosurvive.Preceded in death by her beloved
husband whom she married in 1958,Joseph R. Speaker Sr. (2013); hergrandson, Arthur Joseph "A.J."Schultz; and her parents.The family would like to express
their heartfelt appreciation to theaids and nurses at the Emeritus ofJoliet Courtyard and the staff ofGentiva Hospice for the care theyprovided to our mother.Funeral Services for JoAnn K.
Speaker will be held on Friday,January 17, 2014 at 9:45 a.m. fromthe Fred C. Dames Funeral Home,3200 Black at Essington Rds., Joliet,to St. Paul the Apostle CatholicChurch where a Mass of ChristianBurial will be celebrated at 10:30a.m. As it was JoAnn's request,cremation rites will be accordedfollowing her funeral service.Inurnment will be at a later dateAbraham Lincoln National Cemeterywhere she will be laid to rest withher beloved husband Joseph.In lieu of flowers, memorials in her
name to Gentiva Hospice, 4Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite620, Westchester, IL 60154 wouldbe appreciated. Visitation Thursday3:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
ROBERT H. ZITKUS, SR.
Robert H. ZitkusSr., age 77, ofManhattan, passedaway Friday,January 10, 2014, atPresence St. Joseph
Medical Center, Joliet.He is survived by his children,
Robert (Sandy) Zitkus of Texas,Edward “E.J.” (Karrie) Zitkus ofManhattan, and Linda Zitkus ofMissouri; eight grandchildren; andhis brother, Michael (Kathleen)Zitkus of Florida.Preceded in death by his parents,
Michael and Julia Zitkus; and hiswife, Kathleen Anne (2011).Robert was born in Chicago, he
served in the U.S. Army as aSergeant and was a parishioner atSt. Joseph Church.Funeral Service for Robert will be
10:30a.m., Friday, January 17, 2014,from Forsythe Funeral Home inprocession to St. Joseph Church,235 W. North St. Manhattan, for11:00a.m. Mass of Christian Burial.Visitation will be the same day from9:00-10:30a.m. Interment AbrahamLincoln National Cemetery, Elwood.Forsythe Funeral Home 507 S. StateSt. (Rt 52) Manhattan, IL 60442(815) 478-3321http://www.forsythefuneralhome.com/
5500 or www.fredcdames.com
LUCILLE LYDIAHENRIETA WHITEBorn: April 28, 1922; in GreenGarden Township of IllinoisDied: November 6, 2013; in PortCharlotte, Florida
Lucille Lydia Henrieta White neeHossbach. Age 91 years of Arcadia,Florida, formerly of Joliet, Illinoisand Tomahawk, Wisconsin, passedaway on November 6, 2013, atTidewell Hospice House in PortCharlotte, Florida.Lucille was born on April 28, 1922,
in Green Garden Township of Illinoisto John and Mable (Hansen)Hossbach.She is survived by her children
Sharon (White) (Smith) Downs ofBrownsburg, Indiana andWilliam E.Jr. and Linda (Thurm) White ofJoliet, Illinois along withgrandchildren Rob and Janet(Smith) Wilson, Scott and Michele(Hummer) Smith, Larry and Dawn(White) Hull, Christopher andDenise (White) Ebner, Dan andDiane (White) Franke, great-grandchildren Rob and Ashley(Amodeo) Wilson, Ryan Wilson,Drake and Kendall Smith, Emily,Christina and Nicholas Hull,Kennedy and Kyle Ebner, Delaneyand Logan Franke, great-great-granddaughter Lucy AnnWilson,brother, Russell Hossbach of Joliet,IL and brother-in-law Dale Muir ofRomeoville along with numerousnieces and nephews.Preceded in death by her parents
John and Mable (Hansen) Hossbach,husband William E. White Sr., in-laws Frank and Irene (Shreffler)White, brother-in-law Francis Whiteand sisters-in-law Elvera (Peterson)White, Lois (Birkholz) Hossbach,Gladys (White) Muir, great-granddaughter Mackenzie AlexisFranke and a special friend WallaceBradford of Tomahawk, WI.Known to many as Cile, she sang
and played the organ at manyweddings and funerals in Joliet, IL.Private memorial services for
Lucille will be held at WoodlawnCemetery with pastor Foni of theFirst Lutheran Church officiating.
Iowa State DL coachCurtis Bray dies at 43
By LUKE MEREDITHThe Associated Press
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State defen-sive line coach Curtis Bray diedWednesday, the team said. He was43.
Cyclones spokesman MikeGreen confirmed Bray’s death toThe Associated Press, but said noadditional details were immedi-ately available.
“Curtis Bray was a dear friendto me and to all he ever came incontact with,” Iowa State coachPaul Rhoads said. “He was a trust-ed and loyal assistant coach whoalways put the kids and the teamin front of his work. He was as gen-uine in his approach to relation-ships, coaching and life as anyoneI have ever been associated with.We will miss him dearly.”
Bray grew up in Monroeville,Pa. and became the first defensiveplayer to be honored as the Gato-rade national player of the yearfor Gateway High in 1987.
Bray graduated from Pitt in1992 after a stellar career as alinebacker for the Panthers. Healso coached at Duquesne, West-ern Kentucky and Villanova andlater worked with Rhoads at Pitts-burgh, where Bray spent sevenseasons.
Bray was the linebackers coachwhen Rhoads was Pitt’s defen-sive coordinator. Bray followedRhoads to Ames when he wasnamed Iowa State’s head coach in2009 after working on the staff atTemple.
“Curtis made indelible contri-butions as both a player and as-sistant coach at Pitt. His compet-itive nature on the field was onlysurpassed by his kind and gentledemeanor off of it ,” the Universityof Pittsburgh athletic departmentsaid in a statement. “Our deepestsympathies go out to his familyand many loved ones. While Cur-tis will be greatly missed, he willnot be forgotten by the many peo-ple he touched at Pitt.”
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Obama’s NSA announcementsjust starting point for change
By JULIE PACEand STEPHEN BRAUNThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Pres-ident Barack Obama’sblueprint for overhaulingthe government’s sweep-ing surveillance programis just the starting point.The reality is few chang-es could happen quicklywithout unlikely agree-ments from a divided Con-gress and federal judges.
The most contentiousdebate probably will beover the future of the Na-tional Security Agency’sbulk collection of tele-phone records from mil-lions of Americans. In hishighly anticipated speechon Friday, Obama is ex-pected to back the idea ofchanging the program.But he’ll leave the specif-ics to Congress, accordingto U.S. officials briefed onthe White House review.
That puts key decisionsin the hands of lawmak-
ers who are at odds overeverything from wheth-er the collections shouldcontinue to who shouldhouse the data.
Even a widely support-ed proposal to put an inde-pendent privacy advocatein the secretive court thatapproves spying on Amer-icans is coming under in-tense scrutiny. Obama hasindicated he’ll back theproposal, which was oneof 46 recommendationshe received from a WhiteHouse-appointed commis-sion. But a senior U.S. dis-trict judge declared thisweek that the advocaterole was unnecessary,and other opponents haveconstitutional concernsabout whether the advo-cate would have standingto appear in court.
The uncertain roadahead raises questionsabout the practical im-pact of the surveillancedecisions Obama will an-nounce in his speech at the
Justice Department. Theintelligence communityis pressing for the coreof the spy programs to beleft largely intact, whileprivacy advocates fear thepresident’s changes maybe largely cosmetic.
Stephen Vladeck, a na-tional security law expertat American University,said the key questionswill be “how much of thisreform conversation is go-ing to be about curtailingthe specific surveillanceprograms and how muchof it is going to be insteadabout improving thechecks and balances onthe programs that alreadyexist.”
Obama’s speech marksthe end of a months-long White House re-view spurred by formerNSA analyst EdwardSnowden’s revelationsabout the secret govern-ment surveillance pro-grams both at home andabroad. The disclosures
restarted a dormant de-bate over surveillance –on Capitol Hill and amongoutraged allies overseas.
For Obama, changingthe overseas spying pro-gram may well be easierthan implementing do-mestic reforms. On itsown, the administrationcan enact two internation-al surveillance changesofficials say the presidentsupports: extending someprivacy protections to for-eign citizens and tighten-ing the protocols for deci-sions on spying on foreignleaders. Still, it’s unclearwhether those steps willbe enough to soothe inter-national anger.
One move that hasgained support from boththe president and law-makers of both parties isthe appointment of a pub-lic advocate to the ForeignIntelligence SurveillanceCourt, which current-ly hears arguments onlyfrom the government.
Senate panel: Benghazi attack was preventableBy KIMBERLY DOZIERThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Bothhighly critical and bipar-tisan, a Senate report de-clared Wednesday thatthe deadly assault on theAmerican diplomatic com-pound in Benghazi, Libya,could have been prevent-ed. The account spreadsblame among the State De-partment, the military andU.S. intelligence for miss-ing what now seem like ob-vious warning signs.
For the first time in
the much-politicized af-termath, the report alsopoints at AmbassadorChris Stevens, who waskilled in the attack. It saysthat the State Departmentended a deal with the mili-tary to have a special oper-ations team provide extrasecurity in Libya, and thatStevens twice refused an of-fer to reinstate the team inthe weeks before the Sept.11, 2012, attack.
The military also takescriticism in the report forfailing to respond morequickly on the night of the
assault.On the 11th anniversary
of the 9/11 terror attacks inthe U.S., armed militantsstormed the diplomatic out-post in Benghazi, settingthe building on fire. Ste-vens, information technol-ogy specialist Sean Smith,and CIA security contrac-tors Tyrone Woods andGlen Doherty, both formerNavy SEALs, were killedover the course of two bat-tles that night.
Stevens died of smokeinhalation after he was tak-en to a “safe room” in the
besieged compound. TheObama administration,reluctant to deal publiclywith a terror attack weeksbefore the presidential elec-tion, first described the as-sault as a spontaneous mobprotest of an anti-Islamic,American-made video.Such a protest did occur atthe U.S. Embassy in Cairoearlier that day.
Officials corrected theirdescription days after theattack, but by then it hadbecome a hot political issuethat has continued to dogthe administration.
On that issue, the reportdives into the contentiousinitial talking points issuedby the intelligence com-munity, which helped fuelRepublican allegations ofan Obama administrationcover-up of militant links tothe violence.
“Intelligence analystsinaccurately referred tothe presence of a protestat the U.S. mission facilitybefore the attack based onopen source informationand limited intelligence,but without sufficient in-telligence or eyewitness
statements to corroboratethat assertion,” the reportsaid, adding that U.S. intel-ligence then took too long tocorrect the error.
The senators also takethe administration to taskfor failing to bring the at-tackers to justice more thana year later. They say theU.S. has identified severalindividuals responsiblebut can’t capture thembecause of limited intelli-gence capabilities in theregion and limited coop-eration by local govern-ments.
NEWS BRIEFs
Ill. committee rejectsvideo gambling rulesCHICAGO – A day after
a legislative committeerejected rules aimed attightening who sells con-tracts for video gamblingterminals and who can dobusiness with the state, thehead of the Illinois GamingBoard said Wednesday hewill bring the issue back tolawmakers.The Joint Committee on
Administrative Rules votedunanimously Tuesday todeny rules that wouldput restrictions on sellingcontracts for terminalsand create a list of whoIllinois can’t do businesswith, similar to what thestate does with casinos.The proposed rules followChicago Tribune investi-gations showing how unli-censed solicitors profitedfrom selling contracts forvideo gambling machinesat up to $20,000 a bar.Committee members
said the proposed ruleswent too far and thegaming board didn’t fully
explain its position.
Chicago clergy abusefiles to be releasedCHICAGO – The Arch-
diocese of Chicago saidWednesday it will release6,000 pages of documentsdetailing what it knowsabout decades of clergy sexabuse allegations and howit handled them, calling itan effort to “bring healingto the victims and theirfamilies.”Victims’ attorneys, who
have fought for years tohold the Catholic Churchaccountable for concealingcrimes and sometimes reas-signing priests to positionswhere they continued tomolest children, said theyexpected to receive thedocumentsWednesdayafternoon andmake thempublic next week.The nation’s third-largest
archdiocese agreed to re-lease complaints, personneldocuments and other filesfor about 30 priests as partof settlements.
– Wire report
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House passes $1.1T spending billBy ANDREW TAYLORThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON – A $1.1trillion spending bill foroperating the governmentuntil just before next fall’selection steamed throughthe battle-weary Houseon Wednesday over tepidprotests from tea partyconservatives, driven by abipartisan desire to restorepainful cuts in domesticand defense programs andshow disaffected votersthat Congress can do itsjob.
The bill swept throughthe House on a 359-67 voteand was on track for a bigSenate vote by week’s end.Republicans voted for thebill by a 2½-1 margin, andjust three Democrats wereopposed.
The measure funds
virtually every agency ofgovernment and containscompromises on almostevery one of its 1,582 pag-es. It covers the one-thirdof government spendingsubject to annual decisionsby Congress and the WhiteHouse, programs that haveabsorbed the brunt of bud-get cuts racked up sinceRepublicans reclaimedcontrol of the House threeyears ago.
Excluded are the giantbenefit programs like So-cial Security, Medicare,Medicaid and food stampsthat run on autopilot andare increasingly drivingthe government deeperinto debt.
Tea party Republicans,chastened after sparkinga 16-day partial shutdownof the government in Octo-ber in an attempt to derail
President Barack Obama’shealth care law, appearedresigned to the bill.
To buy time for the Sen-ate debate, Congress onWednesday sent PresidentBarack Obama a three-day funding bill in timeto avert a scheduled shut-down at midnight. TheSenate cleared that mea-sure by an 86-14 vote.
The bill increases coreagency spending by $26billion over the fiscal 2013year that began Oct. 1, af-ter last year’s automaticspending cuts took themto $986 billion. But it’s $31billion less than Congresspassed last March beforeautomatic cuts known assequestration took effect.
The Pentagon facesa tight squeeze even as itavoids what would havebeen another $20 billion
wave of automatic cuts.The Pentagon’s core bud-get is basically frozen at$487 billion after mostaccounts absorbed an 8percent automatic cut lastyear. Adding $6 billion toObama’s war request pro-vides some relief to read-iness accounts, however,though active duty trooplevels would still be cut by40,000 to 1.36 million. It in-cludes $85 billion for over-seas military operations, aslight cut from last year.
Domestic programsfare better and are kept, onaverage, at levels agreedto last year before the au-tomatic cuts of 5 percentkicked in. Those broadlyapplied cuts, called seques-tration, were triggered byWashington’s inability tofollow up a 2011 deal withadditional deficit savings.
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Iraqi army retakesseized western townBY QASSIM ABDUL ZAHRAand SAMEER N. YACOUB
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD – Iraqi air-strikes pounded a townnear Fallujah that had beenseized by al-Qaida linkedmilitants and commandosswept in Wednesday toclear the area, senior mil-itary officials said. It wasa rare victory for govern-ment forces that have beenstruggling for nearly threeweeks to regain control ofthe mainly Sunni area westof Baghdad.
North of the capital, abomb tore through a funer-al of an anti-al-Qaida Sunnimilitiaman, the deadliestin a series of attacks thatkilled at least 50 people na-tionwide.
Violence has risensharply as extremist Islam-ic militants try to exploitgrowing anger among theSunni minority over whatthey perceive as mistreat-ment and random arrestsby the Shiite-led govern-ment.
Members of the al-Qaidalinked group known as theState of Iraq and the Levant– emboldened by successesin the civil war raging nextdoor in Syria – made a pushto seize parts of the main-ly Sunni Anbar provinceas violence erupted afterthe government arrested aSunni lawmaker sought onterrorism charges on Dec.28, then dismantled an an-ti-government Sunni pro-test camp in the provincialRamadi.
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Eradicating polioeverywhere
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THE VILLAGEIDIOT
It has been three years since the last newcase of polio was reported in India. The coun-try can now be declared polio-free. India’svictory is an important milestone in theglobal effort to eliminate polio. In 2013, just250 people were paralyzed by polio.
But the viral disease remains a threat. TheWorld Health Organization reported 359 newpolio cases as of Dec. 10, 2013, up from 213 inDecember 2012. And the number of countrieswhere polio is present rose to eight from fourbetween December 2012 and December 2013,with polio spreading out of Nigeria into theHorn of Africa and from Pakistan into theMiddle East. Violent conflict and distrust of
vaccination programs are to blame.Cases of polio in Pakistan, where skep-
ticism of vaccination efforts remains afterthe revelation that the United States CentralIntelligence Agency used a fake vaccinationprogram in its hunt for Osama bin Laden,rose to 85 in 2013 from 58 in 2012. The W.H.O.also reported 17 confirmed cases and 60 sus-pected cases of polio in 2013 in and along theborders of war-torn Syria, a country that hadbeen free of polio for 14 years.
With eradication of polio so close, thesenations need to redouble efforts to combatthe disease. India can play a vital role. It haswelcomed experts from polio-affected coun-tries and has sent medical officers to Nigeriato help with eradication initiatives there.Pakistan is also enhancing its efforts. It hasraised the salaries of vaccinators, createdpolice and army escorts to ensure their safe-ty and enlisted mullahs and imams to calmfears that vaccination is a Western plot.
In the most violent polio-affected areas,warring factions and rebel groups must bepersuaded to embrace Unicef’s strategy wherethey agree to cease hostilities long enough forhealth workers to reach vulnerable popula-tions. India’s technical and logistical successand Pakistan’s efforts to enlist trusted localleaders are important examples to follow. Allof these tactics will be necessary to eradicatepolio in 2014 and to ensure that by 2018 thisterrible virus is gone for good.
• New York Times
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS – MikeZimmer is finally a headcoach in the NFL. The Minne-sota Vikings think now is thetime for the veteran defensivecoordinator.
The Vikings have hiredZimmer, a Lock Port gradu-ate, for their top coaching job,according to a person withknowledge of the process whospoke Wednesday to The As-sociated Press on condition ofanonymity because Zimmer’scontract had not been com-pleted and the team had notannounced the hiring.
News of the decisionemerged early in the day, butthe Vikings held off on publi-cizing it at all.
Their silence was strange,considering a report by ESPNthat they had already request-ed and received permissionfrom Cleveland to interviewoffensive coordinator NorvTurner for the same positionin Minnesota. The top head-line on the team website tout-ed an area winner in the an-nual NFL Punt, Pass & Kickcontest.
That doesn’t mean the Vi-kings weren’t delighted aboutthe ninth head coach in their54-year history. Tight endKyle Rudolph, center JohnSullivan and defensive endBrian Robison were amongthe players who expressed
excitement about the formerBengals assistant via theirTwitter accounts.
“Fired up about CoachZimmer! As a Cincy kid he’sbeen fun to watch there andcan’t wait to work with him!”Rudolph tweeted.
For the Bengals, the newswas bittersweet. Zimmer,who has been an NFL defen-sive coordinator for the last14 seasons, spent six of thosewith Cincinnati.
“Today is one of the hap-piest and yet saddest days for
me. Happy Coach Zimm final-ly gets to be a head coach andspread all of his knowledge,”cornerback Terence Newmantweeted.
The Bengals were third inthe league in yards allowedand fifth in points against thisseason, though they lost inthe first round of the playoffsfor the third straight year.
“Gonna miss you coachZimmer! Wish you nothingbut the best in Minnesota.You brought out the best ineach of your players! So hon-
ored to have been coached byyou!” tweeted linebacker ReyMaualuga.
Zimmer replaces LeslieFrazier, another former Ben-gals defensive coordinatorwho was fired Dec. 30 afterthe team finished 5-10-1 thisseason.
General manager RickSpielman interviewed atleast seven candidates. Heand Vikings owners ZygiWilf and Mark Wilf settledon the one who was widelyconsidered around the leagueto be the most overdue for ahead coaching job. Zimmerhas interviewed for severalvacancies in recent years, in-cluding this month with Ten-nessee.
The 57-year-old Zimmerplayed at Illinois State andspent 14 seasons coaching inthe college ranks before beinghired in 1994 as an assistantwith Dallas. He got a SuperBowl ring the following sea-son as defensive backs coach.
Then he became defensivecoordinator of the Cowboysin 2000 and spent seven sea-sons at that post, the last fourunder coach Bill Parcells.Zimmer led defenses in Dallasthat operated in both the 4-3and 3-4 alignments, includingthe 2003 group that surren-dered the fewest yards in theleague.
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Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer adjusts hishead set in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football gameagainst the San Diego Chargers, in Cincinnati.
Zimmer inelite company
Mike Zimmer has joined an elitegroup.
The Lockport sports family could notbe more proud.
The Cincinnati Bengals’ successfuland respected defensive coordinator, anNFL defensive coordinator since 2000– the longest such tenure in the league –was named Wednesday to replace Leslie
Frazier as theMinnesotaVikings’ headcoach.
Joliet areahead coachesor managers
in major professional sports? Tough torecall many.
Jack Hendricks managed the St. LouisCardinals in 1918 and the CincinnatiReds from 1924 until 1929.
The Minneapolis Lakers handedGeorge Mikan the coaching reins in 1958,but that lasted less than a full season.
Lewis graduate John Boles managedthe Florida Marlins in 1996 and againfrom 1999 until May of 2001.
Tom Haller, also a Lockport graduate,was a major league general manager butnot a manager.
So, yes, Zimmer, 57 and with 20 NFLseasons on his resume, is in an exclusivefraternity.
You will hear it said how he is a toughcoach with an abrupt style, but one play-ers will run through the wall for.
A word of warning to the Bears andthe NFC North: Watch out for the Vi-kings.
Dick
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“For fans of the Vikings, they’re excited abouthaving a guy who from a personality standpoint isfiery and emotional,” said Providence graduate PeteBercich, a former Notre Dame and Vikings lineback-er, Vikings assistant coach and the color commenta-tor on the team’s radio network since 2007.
“Nothing against Leslie (Frazier), but people likethat (Zimmer) has an emotional side. People whohave worked for him say he is huge on the account-ability factor, and that’s very important.”
Bercich said he is curious who Zimmer will hireas his offensive coordinator. The talk in the TwinCities is getting the quarterback situation right.
“But we also have to get more help on defense,and Zimmer has a wonderful track record as a de-fensive coach,” he said.
Bercich played for Tony Dungy, who “absolutelymade players accountable, and he did it in a levelway,” he said. “I played for Foge Fazio, who was alot more intense.
“As a player, you want someone who makes youbetter. Zimmer’s track record is players have confi-dence in what he says. He is big on accountability.”
Zimmer, a 1974 Lockport graduate, was electedto the Porters’ Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. He wasthe Illini-Eight all-conference quarterback in 1972and a sectional wrestling champion. He starred inbaseball as a left-handed hitting catcher. His eighttriples in 1974 at then-spacious Ed Flink Field stoodas a school record.
He played quarterback briefly at Illinois State,switched to outside linebacker because of a thumbinjury and had his playing career end with a neckinjury.
The injuries were the bad news. The good newswas he served on the ISU defensive staff as a juniorand senior and jump-started what became a specialcoaching career.
Zimmer, whose son Adam worked on his staffthis season as an assistant defensive backs coach forthe Bengals, was in the national news for a tragicreason. His wife Vicki passed away unexpectedlyOct. 9, 2009, at age 50. She was a beloved figure inthe Zimmer family and the entire Bengals’ family.
But through it all, Mike continued coaching theBengals’ defense while keeping the faith that he oneday would land that coveted head coaching position.It finally came.
Joliet area sports fans are most familiar withMike’s dad Bill, who is living in Florida. Bill, whoplayed briefly with the San Francisco 49ers back inthe day, coached Lockport football from 1960 to 93.His teams won 170 games in those 34 seasons.
Much of that time, he also was the Porters’ headwrestling coach. Like his son, he is a rarity. He waselected to the Illinois High School Coaches Associa-tion Hall of Fame in two sports.
Imagine the thrill with the Vikings hiring hisson.
The Wilfs, natives of New Jer-sey, grew up as New York Giantsfans and are admirers of Parcellsfrom his days coaching that team.
After one tumultuous year as thedefensive coordinator for Atlanta,when Falcons coach Bobby Petri-no quit midseason in 2007, Zimmerwent to Cincinnati to work forcoach Marvin Lewis. In 2009, whenhis wife, Vikki, unexpectedly died,Zimmer was named the winner ofseveral NFL assistant coach of the
year awards.Zimmer has a fiery personality,
as evidenced by his profanity-lacedappearances on HBO’s “HardKnocks,” which featured the Ben-gals in 2009 and 2013. That overt in-tensity is a contrast to Frazier, whowent 21-33-1 in three-plus seasonswith one appearance in the playoffs.
Frazier was a popular figure inthe locker room and throughout theorganization, but as a former de-fensive coach his area of expertisebecame the team’s biggest down-fall. Despite a carousel at quar-terback, the aged, injury-depleteddefense was mostly responsible
for the sorry showing this season.The Vikings allowed an average of30 points per game, the most in theleague, and 397.8 yards a game, thesecond-most.
Five of the seven reported can-didates who interviewed for the va-cancy had defensive backgrounds:Seattle defensive coordinator DanQuinn, Cleveland defensive coordi-nator Ray Horton, Arizona defen-sive coordinator Todd Bowles, SanFrancisco defensive line coach JimTomsula and Zimmer. The othertwo were offensive coordinators:Seattle’s Darrell Bevell and SanFrancisco’s Greg Roman.
Zimmer makes it in NFL• GOSSContinued from page 20
Zimmer joins Vikings as new head coach• ZIMMERContinued from page 20
Jim Caldwell
Vikings, Lions go ownways
By HUB [email protected]
Just when it looked like thesearch for NFC North head coach-es could go on forever, the DetroitLions and Minnesota Vikings filledtheir open positions within 24 hours,going in completely different direc-tions.
The Vikings added some Chicagoarea flavor with their choice of Cin-cinnati Bengals defensive coordina-tor Mike Zimmer.
Zimmer is a graduate of LockportHigh School, and Illinois State Uni-versity, where he was recruited asa quarterback. Once at ISU, Zimmerwas switched to linebacker and hispursuit of defense was born.
Zimmer was the defensive coor-dinator with the Cowboys in Dallasfrom 2000-06 and then left to join Bob-by Petrino with the Falcons in 2007.
Following what Zimmer himselfdubbed the “Petrino fiasco,” Zim-mer took over the Bengals defensein 2008.
He is highly respected around theleague and many general managersand head coaches have expressedsurprise that Zimmer didn’t get hisshot at a head coaching job sooner.
There was speculation that Vi-
kings general manager Rick Spiel-man might be leaning toward aswitch to a 3-4 defense, but Zimmeris primarily a 4-3 guy and most likelywill stay with that scheme in Min-nesota.One of the issues Zimmerbattled in securing his first headjob is the trend of going with offen-sive-minded coaches.
But Spielman committed to find-ing the best head coaching candi-date, not the best offensive or defen-sive coach, and the current success
of former defensivecoaches Bill Beli-chick, John Fox andPete Carroll appearto have helped.
W h a t i m p a c tm i g h t Z i m m e r ’ shiring have on theBears? Zimmer be-comes the only defen-
sive-oriented head coach in the NFCNorth as he joins Marc Trestman,Mike McCarthy and Jim Caldwell,the new hire in Detroit.
Zimmer should know the Bearsfairly well after preparing for themin the opening game of 2013 and willalmost certainly focus immediate-ly on devising a scheme to stop JayCutler, Matt Forte, Brandon Mar-shall and Alshon Jeffery, as well asusing it to compete with Aaron Rod-gers, Eddie Lacy, Jordy Nelson andRandall Cobb.
Caldwell to the Lions is a qualityhire, but also a bit of a puzzle. It isno secret that Ken Whisenhunt, thenew coach of the Tennessee Titans,was Detroit general manager MartinMayhew’s first choice. It is not clearwhether or not Caldwell was the sec-ond choice or possibly even third orfourth.
That said, Caldwell comes withhead coaching experience and a 26-22 record, 2-2 in the playoffs. Cald-well guided the Indianapolis Coltsto a Super Bowl in his first season asTony Dungy’s successor. In fact, hisColts were 14-0 when, under instruc-tions from general manager Bill Po-lian and owner Jim Irsay, he restedhis starters and dropped his last twogames before the playoffs.
Caldwell did succeed in gettingthe Colts to the Super Bowl, wherethey were beaten by the New Orle-ans Saints.
Caldwell’s Colts went 10-6 in 2010and then, with Peyton Manning oninjured reserve, fell to 2-14 in 2011leading to Caldwell’s firing.
How might he impact the Bears?The Lions are thought to be talent-ed enough to contend right now, butlacking in discipline and leadership.What is ironic about the Caldwellhiring is some thought he may havelacked some leadership and disci-pline as the Colts spiraled in 2011with Manning on the bench.
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Lockport boys swim to dual victory over JolietSectional in sights forboth Joliet and Lockport
By ALEX [email protected]
LOCKPORT – It’s nothow you starts the season,it’s how you finish.
That was the messagerelayed by two first-yearhead coaches at the Lock-port-Joliet Township boysswimming dual meetWednesday evening.
For the Lockport boysswimming and divingteam, head coach JasonOzbolt believes a rigorousschedule in the beginningof the season – includingthe Nequa Valley Invite onDec. 21, New Trier DivingInvite on Jan. 11 and Evan-ston Swimming Invite onJan. 11 – will prepare theteam for the postseasoncompetition.
Ozbolt emphasized thatthe Porters must pinpointtheir strengths and weak-nesses by IHSA sectionalFeb. 22 or else jeopardize achance to compete at stateon the successive week-end.
“Ultimately, we are
focused on the sectionalmeet,” said Ozbolt. “Youcan only qualify for thestate finals meet by per-forming well at sectionals.So we need to be peakingand at our best come play-off time.
“What we do – and whata lot of other teams also do– is, everything we do thewhole year culminates inthat sectional meet.”
The Joliet Townshipboys swimming and div-ing team has similar goalsof placing well at sectionaland competing at the statefinal.
But for Joliet, the chal-lenge has always been anumbers game.
With a team of just 10varsity swimmers com-prised from both JolietCentral and Joliet West,head coach Cameron Bar-nish knows the team maynot be competitive at ev-ery dual meet but reiter-ates that their success isbased upon improving per-sonal and relay times.
This season, the Joliet
Township boys have set 11new team records, accord-ing to Barnish.
He attests that the se-nior leadership of StephenMahn and Yojia Wang, aswell as an impact groupof underclassmen, havehelped push the team to anew, competitive level.
“I constantly tell theteam that you cannot builda house without a solid
foundation,” Barnish said.“I want to push the boys,I want them to ‘swim fasttired’ and I want them toimprove with every meet.This was probably ourbest meet of the season.”
On Wednesday, Lock-port defeated Joliet 122-45. The Porters improvedtheir dual meet record to2-3 while Joliet slid to 1-6.
Lockport took first
in all three relays, andsenior Jacob Speechleyplaced first in the 50-yardfreestyle and the 100-yardbutterfly. Adam Nasinskialso won two events – the500-yard free and the 200-yard free.
“I think our hard workand preparation is payingoff,” said Speechley, whoused Wednesday’s dualmeet to improve some of
his weaker events. “Thisis all leading up to the sec-tional race, and the wholeteam is really looking for-ward to the event.”
Haddy Khatib, ZachElias, Eric Johnson andSteven Howell also won in-dividual events for Lock-port.
Wang placed first inthe 100-yard free for JolietTownship.
BOYS SWIMMING
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Lockport’s Jacob Speechley competes in the 100-yard butterfly Wednesday during a swim meet against Joliet in Lockport.
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By MARK [email protected]
There were signs thatZach Petrick would benamed the St. Louis Cardi-nals’ Minor League Pitcherof the Year before it actual-ly happened in mid-Decem-ber.
CardinalsFarm, a web-site independent of theorganization, declared Pet-rick the winner of its ownpitcher of the year award inOctober. And his 1.99 ERA,which came over 34 appear-ances at three levels, wasthe lowest in the systemby more than a half-runamong pitchers with morethan 70 innings pitched.
Still, the call Petrickreceived from CardinalsDirector of Player Devel-opment Gary LaRocque in-forming him of the honorwas unexpected.
“When [LaRocque] toldme the good news, I wasvery overwhelmed,” Pet-rick said. “With some ofthe names that were going
for this pitcher of the yearaward, it’s hard to believemy name was actuallypicked.”
The award is a punc-tuation mark on a seasonduring which Petrick ex-ceeded his most optimisticgoals. The Morris native,
who signed with the Car-dinals as an undrafted freeagent in 2012, entered 2013hoping for a full-season as-signment. He attained one,at low-A Peoria, to beginthe year; by its conclusion,he was pitching two levelshigher, at Double-A Spring-
field.Between three levels
– Petrick’s season includ-ed a stint at high-A PalmBeach – he had a 1.99 ERA,122 strikeouts, 27 walks andfour home runs allowedin 113 1/3 innings pitched.Petrick made 13 startsamong his 34 appearances,winning seven of 10 deci-sions. He also earned eightsaves.
“Zach moved throughPeoria and Palm Beachquickly, making the jumpto a starting role at Spring-field and showing produc-tion at all three levels,”LaRocque said in a newsrelease.
At Peoria, all 16 appear-ances Petrick made were inrelief. It was at Palm Beachthat the organization de-cided to begin using him asa starter. His first five ap-pearances there were out ofthe bullpen. After that, Pet-rick never pitched in reliefagain, starting four timesfor Palm Beach and ninetimes for Springfield.
Photo provided
Zach Petrick delivers a pitch for Springfield, the Double-Aaffiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, during the 2013 season. AMorris native, Petrick was named the Cardinals’ Minor LeaguePitcher of the Year in December.
Joliet Catholic plansalumni hockey reunionAlumni, parents and friends of the
Joliet Catholic hockey family willgather for a reunion in the stands ofthe Inwood Ice Arena on Friday as theHilltoppers face off against Kankakeeat 8:45 p.m.Joliet Catholic hockey is a combined
team with Minooka and includesplayers from Bolingbrook, Morris, JolietCentral, Joliet West, Coal City andYorkville.Four seniors will be honored at the
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Cougars registrationThe Wilmington-based semi-pro foot-
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Stroud coachingFormer Providence and Western
Michigan University pitcher BrianStroud, who pitched two professionalseasons in the Detroit Tigers organiza-tion after being drafted in 2011, will re-turn to Western Michigan to completehis bachelor’s degree and serve as astudent assistant coach.“Brian is without question one of
the most competitive players I haveever had the privilege of coaching,”Western Michigan coach Billy Gemonsaid. “He had a spectacular season forus in 2011 as the ace of our staff andwas a major factor in our return to theMAC Tournament.”Stroud ranks third all time at Western
Michigan with 210 career strikeoutsand fourth in career inning pitchedwith 255 2/3, spanning three seasons.His 101 1/3 innings pitched in 2011ranks third and his 74 strikeouts thatyear ranks in the top 15.
– Staff reports
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Does defense win championships anymore?
After this weekend’sconference title games,the Super Bowl matchupwill be set. Shaw Media’sHub Arkush and TomMusick discuss:
Musick: This week-end’s games should beterrific. In the AFC, I seebig-time offense: NewEngland at Denver. Inthe NFC, I see big-timedefense: San Franciscoat Seattle. So if you hadto pick only one – offenseor defense – which wouldbe more important tobuilding a Super Bowlwinner?
Arkush: Thanks a lotTom, Bears fans arefinally giddy over theiroffense for the first timesince Papa Bear and SidLuckman gave them theT-formation, and nowI get to go throw coldwater on their parade.OK, hate me if youwant, guys, but thereis no question defensestill wins titles in theNFL. Consider this littlefactoid – of the top 11scoring defenses in theNFL this year, nine werein the playoffs. The topfour scoring defenses inthe league were Seattle,Carolina, San Franciscoand New Orleans. Andwho were the last fourNFC teams fighting for aspot in the Super Bowl?This one’s a slam dunk!
Musick: That’s astrong argument, Hub,but I try never to letfacts get in the way of a
good opinion. So here’smy counter-argument:Times have changed,and rules have changed,and offense is moreimportant than ever inthe NFL. If I’m a generalmanager, I’d rather havean elite offense and anaverage defense than theother way around. It’s nocoincidence that the twoheavyweights remainingin the AFC are Denver(No. 1 in the NFL in scor-ing) and New England(tied for No. 2).
Arkush: Ah, Tomas-so, Tomasso, what amI going to do with you?Yes, there is more offensethan ever in the NFLbecause the powers-that-be keep changing therules to help all the littlewussy boys on offensetry and catch up withall the killers on “D!”Sometimes it’s fun towatch and sometimesteams win games 45-42.And then both thoseteams stay home andwatch the playoffs on TV.I believe the questionwas what’s more import-ant to winning a SuperBowl, O or D. Anotherlittle fact to get in theway of your fun: Goinginto Sunday, only two ofthe top 5 scoring teamsin these playoffs are stillplaying. They are theChiefs, Colts, Patriots,Broncos and Eagles, inthat order, and they area combined 5-3 with K.C.and Philly one and done.The top five defenses are
the Seahawks, Niners,Chargers, Broncos andPats. They’re 6-1 and allbut San Diego are stillplaying, and two will bein the Super Bowl.
Musick: Hey, take iteasy on us little wussyboys, or else I’ll, um, uh,I’ll call my mom! Yourstatistics are nice andall, but the only numbersI really care about arethe ones on the score-board at the end of thegame. And when I lookat three of the past fourSuper Bowls, the win-ning team has scored30-plus points. And whenI look at the past 10Super Bowl MVPs, eachand every one of themplays offense. You canhave Larry Brown andDexter Jackson, I’ll takeTom Brady and PeytonManning.
Arkush: OK, maybewussy was a little out ofbounds, but “Hey dude,it’s right there in front ofyou and flying right overyour head.” When win-ning teams score over30 points it’s becausethe other team’s defensewasn’t good enough tostop them while theirdefense did hold theother guys down. May-be I can sell you this atleast. There are all kindsof ways to score points:great offense, break-downs by the other guys’defense, your defense canscore, and there are justlucky bounces. But howmany ways are there tokeep the other team fromscoring, and beating you?
Musick: Uno, miamigo. You line up inthe right position, youhit somebody hard, andyou hope that the refereedoesn’t throw a flag fromatop Offense Mountain.
TAKE2
Tom Musick and Hub Arkush face off
AP file photo
The San Francisco 49ers’ Byron Bell sacks Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton on Sun-
day in Charlotte, N.C.
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Pro basketballOklahoma City at Houston,
8:30 p.m., TNTNew York at Indiana, 6 p.m.,
TNT
Men’s college basketballConnecticut at Memphis,6 p.m., ESPNMissouri at Vanderbilt,
6 p.m., ESPN2Providence at St. John’s,6 p.m., FS1Ohio St. at Minnesota, 8 p.m.,
ESPN2Arizona St. at Arizona, 8 p.m.,
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Pro hockeyLos Angeles at St. Louis,7 p.m., NBCSN
TennisAustralian Open, third round,
10 p.m. and 2 a.m. (Friday),ESPN2
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8WHAT TO WATCH
Bears’ 2014 targets: Defensive endsBy KEVIN FISHBAIN
It’s not a ridiculous premiseto think the Bears could have twonew starters at defensive end nextseason. Likely? No, but changesare on the way at a crucial posi-tion.
Corey Wootton, who spentmost of the 2013 season atthree-technique, is a free agent,but should be one of the top prior-ities to bring back. The Bears allbut admitted that Shea McClel-lin’s position is not defensive endand Julius Peppers’ cap numbermakes him a question mark toreturn.
The franchise tag for defensiveends is expensive, projected tobe near $12.5 million. That couldprevent other teams from usingit, allowing players to hit themarket.
Last offseason was not fruit-
ful for free-agent defensive endslooking to cash in – Cliff Avril gota two-year, $13 million deal.
General manager Phil Emeryand defensive coordinator MelTucker will have some very goodoptions in free agency if the Bearswant to write a big check for aD-end – seven of the top 16 4-3defensive ends, as rated by ProFootball Focus, are set to hit freeagency.
We’ll assume the Bears remainin a 4-3 base defense when lookingat five defensive ends that couldhelp upgrade the pass rush, andthat the stud of the class expectedto get the biggest haul, Greg Har-dy, is out of the Bears’ price range.
Justin Tuck: In his ninth NFLseason, Tuck had 11 sacks and21 QB hits. The Bears’ top threedefensive ends combined for 24hits of the quarterback. Tuck isthe one on this list who wouldqualify as a veteran for a short-
term deal that wouldn’t breakthe bank. He turns 31 in March,is a locker room leader and hasmissed only five games in the pastseven seasons.
Michael Bennett: Martellus Ben-nett has said he will do his bestto recruit his brother Michael.Playing on a one-year, $4.8 millioncontract in Seattle, Bennett had8.5 sacks and 25 QB hits in 2013.His plus-20.9 pass-rush grade wasthird on PFF among 4-3 defensiveends. Bennett, 28, didn’t get along-term deal last free agency,and would probably want one thistime around.
Michael Johnson: Johnsonplayed on the franchise tag lastseason, and isn’t expected to getit from the Bengals again. Hissack numbers dipped, whichcould bring down his price tag.Still, Johnson was ranked fourthoverall on PFF and second in rundefense with a +21.2, but had only
3.5 sacks to go along with 23 quar-terback hits.
Lamarr Houston: He told report-ers he is unsure if the Raiderswant to re-sign him, but coachDennis Allen said he’d love tohave Houston back. In 2013, Hous-ton had six sacks and 10 tacklesfor loss. He will turn 27 in Juneand has not missed a game in hisfour NFL seasons. He is the big-gest of the targets at 300 pounds.He led defensive ends with 54“stops,” a tackle that constitutesan offensive failure, on PFF.
Willie Young:The Bears couldpluck Young from the Lions. The6-4, 251-pound end turns 29 in Sep-tember and started 15 games afterzero starts from 2010-12. He hadthree sacks and was solid againstthe run, plus his 48 QB hurrieswere third among 4-3 DEs. TheLions have a new staff and depthat defensive end with Ziggy Ansahand Jason Jones.
EASTERN CONFERENCECentral Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 30 7 .811 —
Bulls 18 19 .486 12
Detroit 16 22 .421 14½
Cleveland 14 24 .368 16½
Milwaukee 7 31 .184 23½
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 19 18 .514 —
Brooklyn 15 22 .405 4
New York 15 23 .395 4½
Boston 14 26 .350 6½
Philadelphia 13 25 .342 6½
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 27 11 .711 —
Atlanta 20 18 .526 7
Washington 18 19 .486 8½
Charlotte 16 24 .400 12
Orlando 10 29 .256 17½
WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 31 8 .795 —
Houston 26 14 .650 5½
Dallas 23 16 .590 8
Memphis 19 19 .500 11½
New Orleans 15 23 .395 15½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Portland 28 9 .757 —
Oklahoma City 28 10 .737 ½
Denver 19 18 .514 9
Minnesota 18 20 .474 10 ½
Utah 13 27 .325 16 ½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 26 13 .667 —
Golden State 25 14 .641 1
Phoenix 21 16 .568 4
L.A. Lakers 14 23 .378 11
Sacramento 13 23 .361 11½
Wednesday’s Results
Bulls 128, Orlando 125,3OT
Philadelphia 95, Charlotte 92
Washington 114, Miami 97
Boston 88, Toronto 83
Sacramento 111, Minnesota 108
Memphis 82, Milwaukee 77
Houston 103, New Orleans 100
San Antonio 109, Utah 105
L.A. Lakers at Phoenix (n)
Cleveland at Portland (n)
Denver at Golden State (n)
Dallas at L.A. Clippers (n)
Today’s Games
Brooklyn vs. Atlanta at London, 2 p.m.
New York at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Bulls at Washington, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at New York, 6 p.m.
NBA NHL
WESTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA
Blackhawks 49 30 8 11 71 177 135St. Louis 45 32 8 5 69 163 100Colorado 46 29 12 5 63 135 117Minnesota 49 25 19 5 55 118 122Dallas 45 20 18 7 47 127 139Nashville 48 20 21 7 47 113 143Winnipeg 48 20 23 5 45 133 146
Pacific DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 48 35 8 5 75 161 119San Jose 47 29 12 6 64 150 117Los Angeles 47 28 14 5 61 120 96Vancouver 47 24 14 9 57 123 115Phoenix 46 21 16 9 51 135 143Calgary 47 16 25 6 38 105 148Edmonton 48 15 28 5 35 126 169
EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 46 29 15 2 60 132 102Tampa Bay 47 28 15 4 60 136 113Montreal 47 26 16 5 57 118 111Toronto 48 23 20 5 51 132 146Detroit 46 20 16 10 50 118 127Ottawa 47 21 18 8 50 134 146Florida 46 18 21 7 43 109 141Buffalo 45 13 27 5 31 80 125
Metropolitan DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 47 33 12 2 68 152 112Washington 46 22 16 8 52 137 137Philadelphia 47 24 19 4 52 125 132N.Y. Rangers 48 24 21 3 51 119 126New Jersey 48 20 18 10 50 112 118Columbus 46 22 20 4 48 129 131Carolina 46 19 18 9 47 111 130N.Y. Islanders48 18 23 7 43 132 156Two points for win, one point for OT loss
Wednesday’s ResultsBuffalo at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. (n)Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. (n)
JOLIET – Cliff Dia-mond, pastor of SecondC h a n c e C o m m u n i t yChurch in Joliet, mentionsone of his congregants assimply as “Tim,” an out-of-state man working fora carnival who lost his jobat a Joliet event and didn’thave money to returnhome.
Diamond, also the net-work administrator atJoliet’s Stepan Company,reached out to Tim whenhe founded his church in2005. Tim joined a yearlater, now lives in thechurch’s Samaritan House(a converted parsonagefor men having nowhereelse to go) and cleans andgenerally helps out at thechurch.
Diamond recently toldTim he’d give him the mon-ey to go home to his fami-ly, if Tim wished, but Timrefused. Diamond’s wife,Darlene Diamond of Joliet,understands exactly why.
“We are his home,” shesaid. “We are his family.”
Men like Tim are whyD i a m o n d b e g a n S e c -ond Chance CommunityChurch. He wanted to domore for homeless anddisenfranchised membersfrom other churches thanserve monthly meals atsoup kitchens and wave alegalistic church doctrineflag before their eyes. Dia-mond wanted to welcomethem “just like they havebeen members for a longtime.”
“We want to reach peo-ple churches have kind offorgotten,” Diamond said.
Many homeless people,Diamond said, have beenhomeless so long they have
lost their dignity and oftendon’t ask for help. They’drather find a job and live insociety. So armed with sixlike-minded individuals,Diamond took the gospel tothe homeless.
“Every summer, forJune, July and August,we rent the amphitheaterin front of the Rialto,” Di-amond said. “We servebrunch right there andhave a barbecue one week.Normally we have 20 to 25homeless people. That’show we talk to them.”
That’s still not enoughto coax homeless peopleinto the actually churchbuilding – lack of showerfacilities, clean clothes andtransportation for thesepeople are real deterrents– so Diamond goes one stepmore.
He occasionally hosts“dinner and movie nights”with themed dinnersserved restaurant style,where he picks up 50 peo-ple from Daybreak Centerin Joliet and brings themto Second Chance Com-munity Church for a nightout.
“At most homeless shel-ters, you walk up and theyplop food on your plate, Ar-my-style,” Diamond said.“We take their order andserve them.”
Darlene and otherchurch members planthemed four course din-ners (such as Mexicanand Italian, complete withsoup, salad, main coursesand desserts) and then pre-pare the food.
Working behind thescenes is where Darlenefeels most comfortable.
She plans events – suchas the church’s periodiccoat drives – works withthe children’s church andsings with the worshipteam. Darlene was initial-ly not as enthused aboutstarting a church as Dia-mond was, although shenow supports the idea 100percent.
“I felt pastors’ wiveshad to be perfect and playthe piano,” Darlene saidwith a smile.
During colder months,Second Chance Communi-ty Church initially gath-ered for Sunday morningworship services at a localmotel. Later, it met at adowntown sandwich shop.
Eventually, it rented anempty church buildingnear MorningStar Missionin Joliet.
Its parsonage, however,
was converted to Samari-
tan House, a four-bedroom,
two-bath home where
homeless men can stay in-
definitely for a small con-
tribution, $50 a week when
Samaritan House is full,
more if fewer men reside
there.
Diamond’s goals for the
future are simple: begin a
similar home for women
– or perhaps women and
children – and continue
broadening his reach. Cur-
rently, about 50 people at-
tend Diamond’s church on
Sunday mornings.Those goals are two
reasons why he will per-sonally transport anyoneneeding a ride and whyDiamond allows animalsto attend Sunday services.Such policies significantlycontribute to a homelike
Church gives homeless a second chance
Photo provided
Second Chance Church in Joliet hosts coat drives to help those in need.
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Photo provided
Cliff Diamond, founder and pastor of Second Chance Church in Joliet, preaches at one of the
church’s outdoor worship services.
If you go
n What: Sunday morning Biblestudy and worship servicesn When: 10 a.m. Bible study, 11a.m. servicesn Where: Second ChanceChurch, 328 Wilhelm Court,Jolietn Information: 815-280-9971,www.secondchancejoliet.com,or look for Second ChanceChurch on Facebook.
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Knights of Columbus holdingpost-holiday food driveJOLIET – Knights of Columbus Holy Trinity
Council 4400 is hosting a post-holiday fooddrive through Feb. 1 to benefit the DaybreakCenter.Drop off nonperishable items during
January and receive $1 off your check at thefish fry.Nonperishable food items and toiletries
are accepted. Items may be dropped at thefish fry from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and 4to 8 p.m. Saturdays. Check expiration datesof donated items.Other arrangements can be made by
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Council 4400 is at 1813 E. Cass St., Joliet.For information, visit www.kofc4400.com.
Living Word church to hostMoody Bible’s Chorale groupMORRIS – Living Word Bible Church will
host a performance by Moody Bible Insti-tute’s Chorale at 7 p.m. Friday at the church,304 E. Jackson St., Morris.Founded in 1946 at Moody Bible Institute
in Chicago, the Chorale long has beenestablished as one of the leading collegiatechoral organizations in the United Statesspecializing in sacred music.The repertoire includes a range of music
chosen from all periods of music history.The Chorale ministers through music as ittours the United States twice a year andtravels abroad during the summer.
Knights to bring Our Lady of theImmaculate Conception to churchJOLIET – On. Jan. 25, the painting of Our
Lady of the Immaculate Conception will bebrought to St. Mary Nativity Church, 702N. Broadway in Joliet, by parishioner JohnDehm (District Deputy 34) with the permis-sion of Father Ron Neitzke.The picture will be on display before and af-
ter the 4 p.m. Mass with a program followingthe Mass. The devotion will be led by GrandKnight Bob Strahanoski and Treasurer GeorgeR. Dehm, along with members of Saint MaryNativity. All are welcome to attend.
Suggs to speak at St. Mary’semployment ministry meetingPLAINFIELD – Hayward Suggs will make
a presentation at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at theSt. Mary Immaculate Employment Ministrymeeting.Suggs can show you how to add velocity
to personal and business success throughsoft-skills coaching. He provides leader-ship consultation and executive coachingthrough Commonquest Consulting, “TheCoaching People.”After the speaker, attendees can work
one-on-one with coaches or participatein a networking session. There is no costto attend, registration is not required, andeveryone is welcome. Dress is casual. Thechurch is at 15629 S. Route 59 in Plainfield.For information, email employmentminis-
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BRIDGE by Phillip AlderCROSSWORD SUDOKU
When making is what countsHow many holes in one were there on the
PGA tour last season?Do you like overtricks?The answer depends upon circumstanc-
es. If you are playing in a pair event or aboard-a-match teams, you usually try togather as many overtricks as possible. Butin other forms of the game, you shouldconcentrate on making your contract. True,if you can go after an overtrick withoutany risk, do so. However, trying for 20 or30 more points and losing a 300-point or500-point game bonus does not make sense.
In this deal, how should South playsafely in three no-trump after West leads hisfourth-highest spade?
South starts with eight top tricks: threespades, three diamonds and two clubs. Theextra trick is bound to come from clubs.And if that finesse is working, there will beat least one overtrick in South’s future.
A careless declarer would look nofurther. He would take the first trick on theboard with the spade queen and run theclub jack (or play a club to his ace, return tothe board in spades or diamonds, then takethe finesse). Here, though, that ought to costthe contract. West should shift to the heartqueen, and the defenders can take one cluband four hearts.
With East on lead, dummy’s heart kingis safe from attack. So, South should cashhis two top clubs. Here the queen drops andSouth gets that overtrick. But if East startedwith queen-third or -fourth, the contractwould be safe.
There were 30 holes in one on the PGAtour last year.
Page 30 • Thursday, January 16, 2014 The Herald-News / TheHerald-News.comADVICE
Dr.Wallace: I’m 18 and a
senior in high school. My
boyfriend and I have been
dating for over two years,
and eventually we will
get married. Until then,
we plan to live together.
He is 19 and works in his
family’s business. I’m a
food server in a restau-
rant, and I make good tips.
My boyfriend and I plan to
share an apartment in two
weeks. We have already
purchased furniture and
paid the first month’s rent
and deposit. My parents
are furious that I’m going
to live with my boyfriend.
All I hear is “I thought
we raised you better than
that.” My dad says that I
can do anything I please
after I graduate, but until
then I’m supposed to live
at home under his control.
My boyfriend said he
checked around and was
sure that we can live to-
gether and that my parents
can’t do anything about
it. We are sexually active
now, so living together is
no big deal. It’s just that we
chose to spend all of our
free time together without
outside interference. So,
what’s the big deal? –Nameless, Galesburg
Dear Nameless:You
are considered an adult
and can legally move out
of your parents’ home
without their permission.
You’re old enough to
start making mistakes on
your own. I urge you to
understand and respect
the feelings of your father
and mother and to make
sure that you graduate
from high school. If you
leave your home now or
after graduation, do your
best to leave under the best
possible circumstances.
Once you are on your own,
be sure to keep in close
contact with your par-
ents, and don’t burn any
bridges.
Dr.Wallace: I need your
help – immediately, if not
sooner! I’m in the 12th
grade, and our winter
formal is in about four
weeks. I was going to take
a girl from another high
school, but we broke up a
few weeks ago, so I asked a
girl at my own high school
to be my date and she
said yes. Then last night,
my ex-girlfriend and I
worked things out and we
are getting back together.
Now she expects to go to
the dance with me, and I
really want to take her, but
I don’t know how to tell the
girl from my school that
she won’t be going to the
dance with me. Please hur-
ry with your advice – time
is running short. – Name-less, St. Paul, Minn.
Dear Nameless:To
rescind your invitation at
this late date would be dis-
honorable to the extreme.
You have no choice. You
must take the girl you
asked to the dance. Also,
treat her with kindness
and respect and make sure
she has a wonderful time.
This is called integrity. No
single quality will serve
you better throughout
your life than this one. I
repeat, you must attend
the dance with the girl
who said “yes” to your
most recent invitation.
Your girlfriend functioned
quite well when she wasn’t
seeing you, and she will do
well for a few more weeks.
• Email Dr. RobertWallace at [email protected].
Dear Abby: I have been seeing a guy,“Karl,” for eight months now, and wehave never had sex. After two or threemonths, I brought up the subject. Hesaid he was stressed because he hadjust lost his job. He also said thereis never any privacy at his placebecause he has roommates/tenants. Ioffered to go to my place, but he saidthat with my son there, it’s the sameissue.
Karl says he’s very attracted to me,but doesn’t want our “time” togetherto be ruined by his current moneyproblems. I told him I understood andI have waited. I also explained that itmakes me feel insecure and unwant-ed.
He now has a job, but we still ha-ven’t had sex. He has, in the interim,told me he loves me and wants to mar-ry me. I constantly worry that there’ssomeone else and wonder what’swrong with me. I love Karl, too, but Idon’t know what to do. Please help. –Love, But No Sex In New Jersey
Dear Love, But: Is there any intima-
cy AT ALL in your relationship withKarl? Is he affectionate? Is there anyphysical response when he holds andkisses you? If the answer is no, yourboyfriend may have a physical oremotional problem, be asexual or gay.
Before agreeing to marry him, Irecommend you schedule some timealone together by spending a few ro-mantic weekends at a hotel or motel.It may give you a better idea of whatyour future would be like if you twodecide to tie the knot.
Dear Abby: I am a 30-year-old gayman who works in an office with20 women. In the five years I haveworked here, many of my co-workershave either gotten married or hadchildren.
Our office has a tradition of throw-ing showers for the lucky ladies, and I
am always asked to contribute moneytoward food for the party or an extrav-agant gift.
While I’m happy to donate to acharity or help a friend in need, Iwonder if a wedding or a baby showerwould be given for ME? Am I selfishfor feeling hesitant to donate moneyor gifts when it’s likely the favor willnever be returned? – Minority MaleIn Texas
DearMinority: I don’t think you areselfish for feeling the way you do. Infact, it’s understandable.
However, in the case of a weddingor baby shower, people give gifts asa way of offering congratulationsand good wishes. And I would hopethat, even if same-sex marriage isn’trecognized by the state of Texas, yourco-workers would do something tohonor you if you had a spiritual cere-mony, which some religious denomi-nations offer.
• Write Dear Abby at www.dearab-by.com.
Dear Doctor K: I hear that dairy milk,which I’ve been drinking all my life,may not be healthy. Should I switchfrom dairy milk to a different kind?
Dear Reader:When I was a kid,every mother (surely including mine)believed that dairy milk was healthy.Television commercials called dairymilk “nature’s most perfect food” andintoned “you never outgrow your needfor milk.” I think I remember hear-ing that every time I watched DavyCrockett on television. (Yes, I knowthat dates me.)
In the decades since then, we’velearned that saturated fats in the dietraise blood cholesterol levels – andthat, in turn, increases the risk ofheart disease and strokes. Dairymilk has a little more than 3 percentbutterfat, much of it saturated fat.That’s why over the past 30 years,grocery stores have started to carry re-duced-butterfat dairy milk – 2 percentfat, 1 percent fat and skim milk (verylittle fat). I put 1 percent dairy milk onmy morning cereal. To my taste, 1 per-cent is plenty creamy, but skim milkjust isn’t creamy enough. In fact, afteryears of using 1 percent milk, whenI’m traveling and the only option ina restaurant is 2 percent or whole (3
percent) milk, that milk tastes toocreamy. These days there is a varietyof non-dairy, fortified milk beverageson the shelves of most grocery stores –and plenty of my friends and patientsswear by them. Here’s a guide to helpyou choose the milk that’s best for you.
• Dairy milk is a good sourceof calcium and vitamin D, whichpromote bone health. Many dairymilk products are also fortified withother vitamins and minerals, such asvitamin A and phosphorus. (Non-dairy milks that are fortified can alsobe good sources of these vitamins andminerals.) The more butterfat, thehigher the calories, total fat, saturatedfat and cholesterol.
• Soy milk is almost identical todairy milk in its nutritional content.Most brands have moderate amountsof fat, which make them similar in cal-ories to lowfat (1 percent) dairy milk.Soy milk is also fortified with vitaminD, vitamin A and calcium. Soy milksare much higher in protein than other
non-dairy milks. This is an importantdifference for vegetarians and veganswho are trying to meet their proteinneeds.
• Nut milks come in varieties suchas almond, walnut or hazelnut. Theyare lactose-, soy- and gluten-free. Theunsweetened versions are also lowerin calories than other milks. However,they provide much less protein thandairy and soy milks.
• Coconut milk. One cup of acoconut-milk beverage has the samenumber of calories as a cup of skimmilk. But coconut milk is much higherin fat, especially saturated fat.
• Grain and seed milks. Rice, oatand quinoa milks are examples ofgrain and seed milks. They havehigher total carbohydrate and sugarcontents. The rarer seed milks, suchas hemp, sunflower and sesame seed,have the highest fat content of all thealternatives.
On my website, AskDoctorK.com, I’ve put a table showing how thevarious milks compare in nutritionalvalue.
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NEW YORK – The writer,tall and owlish, a sly grin on hisface, ambles in soft-soled shoesdown the hall of his roomyUpper East Side apartment.His office is a tad disorderly, hesays by way of apology, but also,it might seem, as a means offoreshadowing.
It’s tempting to imagine E.L.Doctorow, our master channelerof bygone Americas, hunchedover a manual typewriter here.Clackety-clack. Sepia tones.Joplin on the Victrola.
But Doctorow, who turned 83this month, rejects the label of“historical novelist” so often as-cribed to him, saying the wordused to describe his avocationneeds no modification. When hesits in this narrow space filledwith books and piles of peri-odicals he’s meaning to read,his fingers meander across thekeyboard of a laptop computer,rather than a Smith-Corona.He props his IBM ThinkPad inan awkward posture, wobblingatop a thick book about Herodo-tus, the ancient Greek historian.
“The important thing is tonot to be too comfortable whenyou’re writing,” Doctorowexplains. “Noise in the street?That’s good. The computer goesdown? That’s good. All thesethings are good. It has to be alittle bit of a struggle.”
Doctorow challenges readersof his new novel, “Andrew’sBrain,” an enigmatic wonderthat went on sale Tuesday, tostruggle a bit, too. “I do thinkthis book, more than most, isone that judges its readers,”Doctorow says. “If someone islooking for ordinary formulaicfiction, this is not it.”
In “Andrew’s Brain,”Doctorow abandons the mostlylinear storytelling form thatdistinguished his earlier and
much-celebrated literary novels,such as the precisely wovenand digestible bestsellers “TheMarch” and “The Book ofDaniel.” “My sense of what abook should be has changed soradically – I like to think for thebetter,” he says.
Doctorow has been amusedas advance readers try tounravel the meanings of hislatest work. The novel, whichsomersaults through time andperspective, is mainly builtupon an extended conversationbetween a misfortune-plaguedcognitive scientist named An-drew and a frequently befuddledquestioner he sometimes calls“Doc.”
One reader guessed that Docis a ventriloquist and Andrewa dummy, Doctorow says, hisright eye arching as he sits atthe head of the table in a diningroom with antiquey pasto-ral-scene wallpaper.
He stops and laughs.“Someone else said that
Andrew is a computer,” herecounts. An editor friend read
it, then immediately startedre-reading it to try to under-stand it. In a conversation withanother friend, Doctorow sug-gested that the book might bethought of “as an installation.”
“And we were both puzzledby what I just said. Why did Isay that?” Eventually he settledon the idea of the book existing“in the nature of an installationthat you walk into – you get hitby everything at once.”
He likes playing with itera-tions and reiterations. Andrewfirst spots his future wife whileshe is doing a handstand atthe small college where he’steaching. In the book’s climacticscene – spoiler alert – Andrewsuddenly does a handstand inthe Oval Office, alarming theSecret Service.
“All of these things sort oflight up each other,” he says.
When Doctorow beganwriting, he decided to use hisinitials – his full name is EdgarLawrence Doctorow – becausewriters he admired had doneso, men such as D.H. Lawrence,
T.S. Eliot and E.M. Forster. Butfriends call him Edgar.
Doctorow seldom readshis previous work, thoughthey fill shelves in librariesand bookstores around theworld. “There’s an alienationthat occurs with your presentwriting-self and your past writ-ing-self. I could not duplicateright now my first novel ... . Notthat I’d want to.”
His books became best-sellers and accumulated pilesof awards – a National BookCritics Circle prize for “Rag-time,” a National Book Awardfor “World’s Fair,” a PEN/Faulkner for “Billy Bathgate.”But by the late 1990s, Doctorowwas gripped by a “desire to sortof break through and break themold,” a feeling that took firmerhold while he was writing his2000 novel, “City of God.”
The ideas for his books in-variably stem from images thathe can’t erase from his mind.The sight of a group of men intuxedoes inspired “Billy Bath-gate,” his novel about a teenageboy who becomes the protege ofthe gangster Dutch Schultz.
“Andrew’s Brain” wastriggered by dual memories: animage of a little girl coloringand an emotional conversationDoctorow had with a friend whoconfided that he had inadver-tently killed his child. Overdrinks one night, the man toldDoctorow about the child dyingin his arms after he adminis-tered an incorrect medicinewith an eye dropper. Thetravails of his friend – a decentman connected to a string oftragedies – informed Doctorow’sportrait of his character, An-drew.
“It is dangerous to stare intoyourself,” Andrew says. “Youpass through endless mirrorsof self-estrangement. This toois the brain’s cunning, that youare not to know yourself.”
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Author E. L. Doctorow discusses his new book, “Andrew’s Brain,” at hisapartment in New York on Jan. 10. The book went on sale Jan. 14.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOISMARQUETTE BANK AS SUCCESSORIN INTEREST TO HEMLOCK FEDER-AL BANK FOR SAVINGS,Plaintiff,v.DAVID OLIVARES, JP MORGANCHASE BANK, N.A., HUNTINGTONVILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIA-TION, UNKNOWN OWNERS ANDNONRECORD CLAIMANTS,Defendants.Owner Occupied Residential700 Crystal CourtShorewood, IL 60431
13 CH 03857NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
The requisite Affidavit for Publi-cation having been filed Notice ishereby given you, UNKNOWNOWNERS and NONRECORDCLAIMANTS, Defendants in theabove entitled suit, that the said suithas been commenced in the CircuitCourt of Will County, Chancery Di-vision, by the said Plaintiff againstyou and other Defendants, prayingfor the foreclosure of a certain Mort-gage conveying the premises de-scribed as follows, to wit:
LOT 105 IN HUNTINGTON VIL-LAGE P.U.D. UNIT TWO, BEING ASUBDIVISION OF PART OF THESOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 4,TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 9,EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THEPLAT THEREOF RECORDEDSEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AS DOCU-
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PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF ILLINOIS,IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FORTHE 12th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, JOLIET ILLINOIS.
HSBC Bank USA, National Associa-tion, as Trustee for Wells FargoHome Equity Asset-Backed Securi-ties 2006-3 Trust, Home Equity As-set-Backed Certificates, Series2006-3, plaintiff,vs.Levy Vasques; Linda Vaughn,Springleaf Financial Services of Illi-nois, Inc. f/k/a American GeneralFinancial Services of Illinois; Un-known Owners and Non RecordClaimants, defendants.
12 CH 01289.
NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN toyou, the Unknown Heirs and Un-known Legatees of the Decedent(s),Levy Vasquez a/k/a Levy VazquezSanchez. That on December 10,2013, an Order was entered by theCourt naming Kenneth J. Donkel,7220 West 194th Street, Suite105, Tinley Park, IL 60487, 815-806-9000, as the Special Repre-sentative of the Decedent(s) under735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of aParty). The cause of action is forthe foreclosure of a certain mort-gage upon the premises commonlyknown as 1017 North Prairie Av-enue, Joliet, IL 60435.
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN045)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FORTHE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY JOLIET, ILLINOISNATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC,Plaintiff,vs.JOSE R CARDENAS, MARICELAGARCIA, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS, et. al.,Defendants,
13 CH 3444.The requisite affidavit for publi-
cation having been filed, notice ishereby given to you: JOSE R CAR-DENAS, MARICELA GARCIA, UN-KNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS ANDNON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defen-dants in the above entitled suit hasbeen commenced in the IN THECIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JU-DICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY,JOLIET, ILLINOIS, by the said plain-tiff against you and other defen-dants, praying for the foreclosure ofa certain Mortgage conveying thepremises described as follows, to-wit:
THE SOUTH 32.5 FEET OF LOT12, IN BLOCK 4 (EXCEPTINGTHEREFROM THAT PART THEREOFCONVEYED TO SPRING CREEKDRAINAGE DISTRICT OF JOLIET BYWARRANTY DEED RECORDED INBOOK 411, PAGE 529) IN HARRISAND LANDAU`S SUBDIVISION OFTHE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 35NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED MARCH 25, 1889 INPLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 36, AS DOC-UMENT NUMBER 151920, IN WILLCOUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PIN: 30-07-10-234-024-0000Commonly known as: 403 Gar-
nsey Ave, Joliet, IL 60432-2432and which said Mortgage was
made by JOSECARDENAS,MARICELA GARCIA,, asMortgagors to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., as nom-inee for Countrywide Home Loans,Inc., as Mortgagee, and recordedas document numberR2007089522, and the presentowner of the property being JOSECARDENAS, and for other relief:that summons was duly issued out
lyof said Court against you as pro-vided by law, and that the said suitis now pending.
Now, therefore, unless you, thesaid above named defendants, fileyour answer to the Complaint in thesaid suit or otherwise make yourappearance therein, IN THE CIR-CUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDI-CIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, JOLI-ET, ILLINOIS, Will County Court An-nex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL60432 on or before February 18,2014, default may be enteredagainst you at any time after thatday and a Judgment entered in ac-cordance with the prayer of saidComplaint.
Pamela J. McGuireClerk of the Court
14 W Jefferson, Suite 212Joliet, Illinois 60432
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT PURSUANT TO THEFAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-TICES ACT, AND ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USEDFOR THAT PURPOSE.Korin KnutsonAttorney for the PlaintiffAttorney ID: 6309451Kozeny & McCubbin Illinois, LLC105 West Adams Street,Suite 1850Chicago, Illinois 60603Phone: (312) 605-3500ext. 1533Service by Email Accepted at:[email protected](Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014)
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS
GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, PLAINTIFFvs.SILVIA BARAJAS RIVERA; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS
13CH 3593
PUBLICATION NOTICE
The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice ishereby given to you, SILVIA BARAJAS RIVERA; and UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitledsuit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff against youand other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgageconveying the premises described as follows to wit:
LOTS 8 AND 9 IN BLOCK 1 IN FAIRMONT A SUBDIVISION BYGRANJIL W. CAMPBELL OF A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER ANDA PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP36 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE 3RD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SITU-ATED IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
COMMON ADDRESS: 212 North Avenue, Lockport, Illinois 60441P.I.N.: 11-04-34-206-002and which said mortgage was signed by SILVIA BARAJAS RIVERA,
mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomi-nee for Irwin Mortgage Corporation, as Mortgagee, and recorded in theOffice of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County as Document No.R2006160672; and for such other relief prayed; that summons wasduly issued out of the Circuit Court of Will County against you as pro-vided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.
YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORETHIS DOCUMENT.
By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth JudicialCircuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on February 6, 2014 at1:00 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration Center),57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will bepresent along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options thatyou may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modifica-tion. For further information on the mediation process, please see the at-tached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION.
YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOURRIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE.
NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendants, fileyour answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your ap-pearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Will County atWill County Court House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 onor before the February 10, 2014, default may be entered against you atany time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with theprayer of said complaint.
Pamela J. McGuireCircuit Clerk
Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125Chicago, Illinois 60606Ph. 312-541-9710; Fax 312-541-9711JB&A # IL 13 8757I581960
(Published in the Herald-News January 9, 16, 23, 2014)
PUBLIC NOTICE
AT&T Mobility LLC is proposing to install a telecommunications towerat 17051 South Gaylord Road, Crest Hill, Will County, IL 60435 (41-34-25.3 N / 88-08-29.44 W). The height of the tower will be 42.7meters above ground level (232.0 meters above mean sea level). Thetower is anticipated to have no lights. Specific information regardingthe project is available by calling EBI Consulting during normal busi-ness hours. Any interested party may submit comments within 30 dayswith EBI Consulting at 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA17403 on the impact of the proposed action on any districts, sites,buildings, structures or objects significant in American history, archaeol-ogy, engineering or culture that are listed or determined eligible for list-ing in the National Register of Historic Places under National HistoricPreservation Act Section 106. Interested persons may review the appli-cation for this project at www.fcc.gov/asr/applications by entering An-tenna Structure Registration (Form 854) file no. A0857440. Interestedpersons may raise environmental concerns about the project under theNational Environmental Policy Act rules of the Federal CommunicationsCommission, 47 CFR §1.1307, by notifying the FCC of the specific rea-sons that the action may have a significant impact on the quality of thehuman environment. Requests for Environmental Review must be filedwithin 30 days of the date that notice of the project is published on theFCC's website and may only raise environmental concerns. The FCCstrongly encourages interested parties to file Requests for EnvironmentalReview online at www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest, but they maybe filed with a paper copy by mailing the Request to FCC Requests forEnvironmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW,Washington, DC 20554. A copy of the Request should be provided toEBI Consulting at 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA 17403.
(Published in the Herald-News January 16, 2014. HN046)
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF ILLINOISCOUNTY OF WILL
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
In the matter of the Estate of MaryAnn Snodgrass, Deceased.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Carlson Dash, LLC216 S. Jefferson St., Suite 504Chicago, Illinois 60661
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
COUNTY OF WILL-
STATE OF ILLINOIS
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HAR-RIS N.A. AS ASSIGNEE OF THEFEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCECORPORATION AS RECEIVER OFAMCORE BANK, N.A.,Plaintiff,v.MIZYED, INC., SHAHER M. MIZYED,THE WEXFORD HOMEOWNERS'
ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,Defendants.
13-CH-03988
The requisite affidavit for publi-cation having been filed, notice ishereby given you, Unknown Own-ers and Non-Record Claimants, de-fendants in the above entitled suit,that the said suit has been com-menced in the Circuit Court of WillCounty by said Plaintiff against youand other defendants, praying forthe foreclosure of a certain Mort-gage conveying the premises de-scribed as follows, to wit:
LOT 1, AS DESIGNATED UPONTHE PLAT OF WEXFORD WESTCOMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION, BEINGA SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THEWEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 36NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, INWILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Tax identification numbers: 03-35-209-088-0000 and 03-35-209-087-0000
Common addresses of mort-gaged real estate: 3480-3524Caton Farm Road, Joliet, IL 60431
Mortgagor: Mizyed, Inc.Mortgagee: Amcore Bank, N.A.Mortgage recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of WillCounty on June 11, 2008 as Doc-ument No. R2008073913;
Present owner of the property:Mizyed, Inc.
Notice is hereby given you thatthe said Complaint prays for otherrelief; that summons was duly is-sued out of said Court against youas provided by law, and that thesaid suit is now pending.
Now, therefore, unless, you, thesaid above named defendants, fileyour answer to the Complaint in thesaid suit or otherwise make yourappearance therein, in the office ofthe Circuit Clerk of Will County, 14W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL60432, on or before February 10,2014 default may be enteredagainst you at any time after thatday and a Judgment entered in ac-cordance with the prayer of saidComplaint.
This is an attempt to collect adebt pursuant to the Fair Debt Col-lection Practices Act, and any infor-mation obtained will be used forthat purpose.I584074(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOIS
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HAR-RIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLI-ET, N.A.,Plaintiff,vs.DANIEL P. McNAMARA; ANNETTEM. McNAMARA; UNITED STATES OFAMERICA; WEDGEWOOD ESTATESHOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UN-KNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS,OCCUPANTS and LEASEHOLDS,Defendants.
13 CH 4001
NOTICE OF SERVICE
BY PUBLICATION
The requisite Affidavit for Publi-cation having been filed, notice ishereby given you. Unknown Own-ers, Non-Record Claimants, Un-known Occupants and Leaseholds,Defendants in the above-entitledsuit, that said suit has been com-menced in the Circuit Court of WillCounty, Illinois, by the said Plaintiffagainst you and other Defendants,praying for the foreclosure of a cer-tain Mortgage conveying thepremises described as follows, to-wit:
Legal Description:LOT 12 IN WEDGEWOOD ES-
TATES UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISIONOF PART OF THE NORTHEASTQUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWN-SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EASTOF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDI-AN, ACCORDING TO THE PLATTHEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER22, 1992 AS DOCUMENT NO.R92-74227, IN WILL COUNTY,ILLINOIS.
Permanent Index Number: 03-33-205-012-0000
Commonly Known as: 2216Irvine Lane, Plainfield, IL 60544
and which Mortgage was madeby Daniel P. McNamara and An-nette M. McNamara to BMO HAR-RIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A.f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIET N.A.and recorded with the Recorder ofDeeds of Will County, Illinois onDecember 17, 2002, as MortgageDocument No.: R2002222114and the present owners of the prop-erty are (the above-mentionedMortgagor), and for other relief;that Summons was duly issued outof said Court against you as pro-vided by law, and that the said suitis now pending.
Now, therefore, unless you, thesaid above-named Defendants, fileyour Answer to the Complaint in thesaid suit or otherwise make yourAppearance therein, in the Office ofthe Clerk of the Circuit Court of WillCounty, Illinois in the City of Joliet,Illinois or before February 18,2014, default may be enteredagainst you at any time after thatday and a Judgment entered in ac-cordance with the prayer of saidComplaint.
Pamela J. McGuireClerk of the Court
14 W Jefferson, Suite 212Joliet, Illinois 60432
Clark Hill PLCAttorneys for Plaintiff150 North MichiganSuite 2700Chicago, IL 60601Telephone No.: 312.985.5900I582054(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOIS
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HAR-RIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIETN.A.,Plaintiff,vs.
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HAR-RIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIETN.A. as successor to FIRST NATION-AL BANK OF JOLIET as TRUSTEEU/T/A NO. 2868 DATED DECEM-BER 18, 1986; PETER X. MEDINA;CYNTHIA L. MEDINA; UNKNOWNOWNERS, NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS,OCCUPANTS and LEASEHOLDS,Defendants.
13CH 4002
NOTICE OF SERVICE
BY PUBLICATION
The requisite Affidavit for Publi-cation having been filed, notice ishereby given you. Unknown Own-ers, Non-Record Claimants, Un-known Tenants, Occupants andLeaseholds, Defendants in theabove-entitled suit, that said suithas been commenced in the CircuitCourt of Will County, Illinois, by thesaid Plaintiff against you and otherDefendants, praying for the foreclo-sure of a certain Mortgage convey-ing the premises described as fol-lows, to-wit:
Legal Description:LOT 20 AND 21 IN BLOCK 10
IN C.E. ROBINSON'S RESUBDIVI-SION OF LAKEVIEW ADDITION TOJOLIET, BEING A SUBDIVISION OFTHE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THESOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 17AND THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 18 ANDPART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFTHE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION19 AND PART OF THE NORTH-WEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP35 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OFTHE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THERE-OF RECORDED NOVEMBER 28,1906 IN PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 34AS DOCUMENT NO. 241724, INWILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Permanent Index Number: 07-20-100-001-0000 and 07-17-309-008-0000
Commonly Known as: 716 OrrStreet, Rockdale, IL 60436
and which Mortgage was madeby BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/aHARRIS N.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANKJOLIET N.A. as successor to FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF JOLIET asTRUSTEE U/T/A NO. 2868 DATEDDECEMBER 18, 1986 to BMOHARRIS BANK N.A. f/k/a HARRISN.A. f/k/a HARRIS BANK JOLIETN.A. and recorded with theRecorder of Deeds of Will County,Illinois on April 15, 2003, as Mort-gage Document No.:R2003086841 and the presentowners of the property are (theabove-mentioned Mortgagor), andfor other relief; that Summons wasduly issued out of said Courtagainst you as provided by law,and that the said suit is now pend-ing.
Now, therefore, unless you, thesaid above-named Defendants, fileyour Answer to the Complaint in thesaid suit or otherwise make yourAppearance therein, in the Office ofthe Clerk of the Circuit Court of WillCounty, Illinois in the City of Joliet,Illinois or before February 18,2014, default may be enteredagainst you at any time after thatday and a Judgment entered in ac-cordance with the prayer of saidComplaint.
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mpPamela J. McGuireClerk of the Court
14 W Jefferson, Suite 212Joliet, Illinois 60432
Clark Hill PLCAttorneys for Plaintiff150 North MichiganSuite 2700Chicago, IL 60601Telephone No.: 312.985.5900I582060(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014)
PUBLIC NOTICE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASTATE OF ILLINOISCOUNTY OF WILL
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
ESTATE OF Betty McCownDeceased
CASE NUMBER 13 P 37
NOTICE TO HEIRS
AND LEGATEES
Notice is given of the death ofBetty McCown whose address was21006 W. Walnut Dr., Plainfield,IL. Letters of Office were issued onFebruary 11, 2013 to Nancy R.Kessler, 913 69th Street, Darien, IL60561 as: INDEPENDENT EXECU-TOR whose attorney is MichaelOvermann, Ltd.
The estate will be administeredwithout Court Supervision, unlessunder section 28-4 of the ProbateAct of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4)any interested person terminates in-dependent administration at anytime by mailing or delivering a peti-tion to terminate to the Circuit CourtClerk.
Claims against the estate maybe filed in the Office of Pamela J.
McGuire, Circuit Court Clerk, WillCo. Illinois, or with the representa-tive or both on or before July 10,2014, any claim not filed withinthat period is barred. Copies of aclaim filed with the Circuit CourtClerk must be mailed or deliveredto the representative and to the at-torney, if any, within ten (10) daysafter it has been filed with the Cir-cuit Clerk.
PAMELA J.MCGUIREClerk of the Twelfth
Judicial Circuit Court
Michael Overmann, Ltd.Attorney No.: 6229995Attorney For: Representative7702 S. Cass Ave., #115Darien, IL 60561630-810-0316
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 9, 16, 23, 2014. HN016)
PUBLIC NOTICE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASTATE OF ILLINOISCOUNTY OF WILL
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
ESTATE OF Esther KrapekDeceased
CASE NUMBER 2013 P 407
NOTICE TO HEIRS
AND LEGATEES
Notice is given of the death ofEsther Krapek whose address was14100 Sheffield Dr., #204, HomerGlen, IL. Letters of Office were is-sued on July 10, 2013 to KennethKrapek, 12412 Huntleigh Rd.,Homer Glen, IL 60491 as: INDE-PENDENT EXECUTOR whose attor-ney is Michael Overmann, Ltd.
eyThe estate will be administered
without Court Supervision, unlessunder section 28-4 of the ProbateAct of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4)any interested person terminates in-dependent administration at anytime by mailing or delivering a peti-tion to terminate to the Circuit CourtClerk.
Claims against the estate maybe filed in the Office of Pamela J.McGuire, Circuit Court Clerk, WillCounty, Illinois, or with the repre-sentative or both on or before July10, 2014, any claim not filed with-in that period is barred. Copies of aclaim filed with the Circuit CourtClerk must be mailed or deliveredto the representative and to the at-torney, if any, within ten (10) daysafter it has been filed with the Cir-cuit Clerk.
PAMELA J. MCGUIREClerk of the Twelfth
Judicial Circuit Court
Michael Overmann, Ltd.Attorney No.: 6229995Attorney For: Representative7702 S. Cass Ave., #115Darien, IL 60561630-810-0316
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 9, 16, 23, 2014. HN015)
MENT NO. R2003227223, INWILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
PIN: 05-06-04-404-050-0000Common Address: 700 Crystal
Court, Shorewood, IL 60431and which said Mortgage was
made by DAVID OLIVARES as Mort-gagor and Marquette Bank as suc-cessor in interest to Hemlock Feder-al Bank for Savings as Mortgagee,and recorded on July 26, 2005 inthe Will County Recorder of DeedsOffice as document numberR2005-124736; And for other re-lief; that Summons was duly issuedout of the said Court against you asprovided by law, and that the saidsuit is now pending.
NOW, THEREFORE, unless you,said above named Defendants, fileyour Answer to the Complaint in thesaid suit or otherwise make yourAppearance therein in the Office ofthe Clerk of the Circuit Court of WillCounty, Chancery Division, in theCity of Joliet, Illinois, on or beforeFebruary 18, 2014, default may beentered against you at any time af-ter that day and a Judgment en-tered in accordance with the prayerof said Complaint.
Pamela J. McGuireClerk of the Court
14 W Jefferson, Suite 212Joliet, Illinois 60432
YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TOSAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IG-NORE THIS DOCUMENT.
By order of the Chief Judge ofthe Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judi-cial Circuit Court, this case is set forMandatory Mediation on February20, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the WillCounty Court, Annex 3rd Floor (Ar-bitration Center) 57 North OttawaStreet, Joliet, Illinois. A lender repre-sentative will be present along witha court appointed mediator to dis-cuss options that you may haveand to pre-screen you for a poten-tial mortgage modification. For fur-ther information on the mediationprocess, please see the attached
NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIA-TION.
YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE ME-DIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOURMEDIATION WILL BE TERMINATED.GOMBERG, SHARFMAN,GOLD AND OSTLER, P.C.Attorneys for Plaintiff208 S. LaSalle St., #1410Chicago, IL 60604(312) 332-6194I582159(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014)
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Located at 724 Raub St, Apt 2,Joliet, IL 60435 was registered;that the true or real name or namesof the person or persons owningthe business, with their respectivepost office address(es), Is/are asfollows:Gerald J. Fritz724 Raub St, Apt 2Joliet, IL 60435
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I havehereunto set my hand and OfficialSeal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,this 9th day of January, 2014.
Nancy Schultz VootsWill County Clerk
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN037)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Certificate #28870 was filed inthe office of the County Clerk of WillCounty on January 7, 2014 wherein the business firm of
WORKING MANS HVAC
Located at 3102 Joann Drive, Joli-et, IL 60431 was registered; thatthe true or real name or names ofthe person or persons owning thebusiness, with their respective postoffice address(es), Is/are as follows:Joshua Earl Bolin3102 Joann DriveJoliet, IL 60431
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I havehereunto set my hand and OfficialSeal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,this 7th day of January, 2014.
Nancy Schultz VootsWill County Clerk
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 9, 16, 23, 2014. HN013)
CASE NO. 13 P 0912
CLAIM NOTICE
Notice is given to creditors of thedeath of Mary Ann Snodgrass. Let-ters of Office were issued on De-cember 30, 2013 to William L.Snodgrass, whose address is 217Edgehill Dr., Bolingbrook, IL60440, as Independent Executor,whose attorney of record is PaulWheeler.
Claims against the Estate maybe filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office,Will County Courthouse, 14 WestJefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois, orwith the representative, or both, onor before July 31, 2014, or if mail-ing or delivery of a notice from therepresentative is required by Section13-8 of the Probate Act of 1975,as amended, the date stated in thatnotice.
Any claim not filed on or beforethat date is barred. Copies of aclaim filed with the clerk must bemailed or delivered by the claimantto the representative and to the at-torney within ten (10) days after ithas been filed.
Paul Wheeler
Attorney for Independent Executor24004 W. Lockport StreetPO Box 69Plainfield, IL 60544(815) 436-0800
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN038)
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF ILLINOISCOUNTY OF WILL
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONTO CHANGE THE NAME(S) OFAnastasiia Myroniuk TO AnastasiiaGarza
CASE NO. 14 MR 0049
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that theundersigned on behalf of herself,Anastasiia Myroniuk, adult(s) shallappear in the Will County Court An-nex Building, 57 N. Ottawa, Joliet,Illinois, 60432 courtroom 236 at
9:00 a.m. on the 28th day ofFebruary, 2014, before the judgeassigned to hear said matter, andthen there present a petition re-questing the names of AnastasiiaMyroniuk, be changed to Anastasi-ia Garza.
/s/ Anastasiia Myroniuk
PAMELA J. MCGUIRECLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF WILL COUNTY
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 16, 23, 30, 2014. HN042)
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given by theBoard of Education of LockportTownship High School District 205,Will County, Illinois, that a publichearing will be held at 7:00 p.m.on Monday, January 27, 2014, atLockport Township High School inthe Maroon Room at East Campus,1333 East Seventh Street, Lockport,Illinois. The purpose of the hearingis to seek a waiver of rules (Section252.30(a)(3)) from the State
(a)(3))Board of Education to allow forconsideration of personnel costs insetting the district's Driver Educationfee and to assess a fee not to ex-ceed $250.
Administration has recommend-ed no increase in Driver Educationfees for the 2014-2015 schoolyear.
Dated this 14th day of January.
Ann M. Lopez-Caneva, SecretaryBoard of EducationLockport Township High SchoolDistrict 205Will County, Illinois
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Leaked controversy exposesdivisions on Evergreen TerraceJoliet does not know if state’s attorney will investigate
By BOB [email protected]
JOLIET – Mayor Thom-as Giarrante’s call for aprobe into a City Councilleak has exposed a divideon the City Council overplans for Evergreen Ter-race redevelopment.
But the city is no closera week later to knowing ifit the alleged leak of a con-fidential city document tothe other side will ever beinvestigated.
G i a r r a n t e s a i dWednesday that he hasnot spoken with anyonefrom the Will CountyState’s Attorney’s officesince asking them earlylast week to investigatehow a legal document pre-sented to council mem-bers in closed session al-legedly wound up in thehands of the other sidein the Evergreen Terracelawsuit.
“We’re reviewing thematter,” said Charles Pel-kie, spokesman for thestate’s attorney’s office.
Probably the biggesthang-up in any investiga-tion is whether anythingillegal happened.
The alleged leak of thedocument to the otherside in a city legal fightmay raise questions aboutpolitics and motives.
But releasing infor-mation from closed citycouncil sessions is gener-ally not illegal.
“That’s what we’relooking into,” Pelkie said,“whether anything illegalhappened.”
The mayor did ac-
knowledge that councilmembers’ comments haveshowed not everyone’son board with the plan totake over the subsidizedhousing complex and re-develop it.
The city has been incourt since 2005 on a con-demnation suit that so farhas cost roughly $2 mil-lion in attorneys’ fees.
“Their comments arevery easy to understand,”Giarrante said, whenasked if the controver-sy over the alleged leakhas left the impressionthat the board is dividedon Evergreen Terrace.“There is no doubt thatthere is some opposition.”
Councilman RobertO’Dekirk had been thelone critic of EvergreenTerrace plans until themayor announced thepossible probe at a coun-cil meeting on Jan. 7.
But O’Dekirk saidcouncil comments in theaftermath of the may-or’s announcement haveshown that he is not theonly one raising ques-tions about the merits ofa city takeover of the pri-vately run housing com-plex.
“There are severalof us on the council, notjust one or two, who havestarted asking questionshere,” O’Dekirk said.“What’s the plan here?What’s it going to cost?”
O’Dekirk has asked fora public presentation todetail how the city wouldmanage the costs of ac-quiring Evergreen Ter-race and managing it.
City Attorney Jef fPlyman has said such apresentation will be madein the near future, andhas said that the takeovercould be done with feder-al subsidies and withoutcity money.
“That’s what we’re looking into, whether any-
thing illegal happened.”
Charles Pelkie
spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office
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