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Will cOunty

terry d arcy honored with street naming

By MaRK gRegORy editorial director

@Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com Everyone in the Joliet area knows the D’Arcy name.

For nearly 30 years, Terry D’Arcy has operated car dealerships in the city, but more importantly, he has been a philanthropist in the community he grew up in.

D’Arcy has helped on many projects in the city from helping save the Fourth of July fireworks, Joliet Area Community Hospice and a plethora of community fundraisers.

For all D’Arcy has done, he was honored on November 9 with the honorary naming of Essington Road in front of his dealership to Terry D’Arcy Road.

“There are a lot of things that you can see that are a matter of public record that he has done like the fireworks, donating to drill water wells in drought stricken areas in Africa,” said Joliet Councilman Larry Hug, who was on hand for the dedication. “But it is the day in and day out families that he helps that you don’t hear about and there are hundreds and hundreds if not thousands.

“Terry is really humble, so to him, this is not important at all — but to those from across the city, it is very important. He sets a great example for business owners and young people who will become business owners. Once you struggle to become successful, he shows

you how to share it.”

D’Arcy has sponsored many organizations thanks to his success, including being a major sponsor the past few seasons for the Voyager Media Prep Shootout basketball games.

At the presentation Monday, Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk presented D’Arcy with a sign bearing his name, while he, his wife Susan and mother Jeanette.

The stretch of Essington Road that is now Terry D’Arcy Honorary Road spans from Fiday Road to Old Castle Road.

WJOL host Scott Slocum emceed the program along with Julia Alexander, who was part of a group that had the idea to dedicate the road in D’Arcy’s honor “It was not my idea, but I was brought in at the beginning,” Alexander said. “To spearhead something to this magnitude that has given something to the entire world is phenomenal. I couldn’t think of a better person to have this for.

“We set a legacy and that will go down in history.”

Always humble, D’Arcy was appreciative of the honor, but is not one to take credit for what he has done.

He spoke of a humble upbringing where he learned from his family to share what you have.

“There are so many great people in our community that it is hard to put myself on a parallel with them because I know what they have done,” D’Arcy said. “I just want to

PHOTO BY MARK GREGORY

Joliet Mayor Bob O dekirk (right) presents terry d arcy an honorary street sign like the one that is placed on essington Road in front of the d arcy dealership. he was joined by his wife susan and mother Jeanette. continue to help carry the torch that the foundational guys and ladies have laid for us and hope to be able to do a portion of what

they have done. They are silent warriors and have done so much without any recognition and I am just proud to be part of this com-

munity. Its in not about what you get, it is about what you give and you can never forget where you came from.”

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Tickets on sale for Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum See trees in a different light at a reimagined Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum. Designed with your safety in mind, this year’s new driving experience (30–40 minutes long) features an unparalleled spectacle of color, light, and music you won’t experience anywhere else.

You will be delighted to see returning favorites reenvisioned, including Symphony Woods, Woodland Wonder, and Crystal Promenade, and five newly designed sights displayed along a two-mile road among the Arboretum’s magnificent trees. Immerse yourself in a captivating tunnel of lights, an awe-inspiring magical woodland filled with dazzling color and starlike light, and a landscape filled with thousands of lights dancing to a musical soundtrack, all from the warmth of your car.

Also new this year, the exhibition will stay open later, until 10 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00

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p.m. Friday and Saturday, and it will be open on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas, in addition to New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, as in previous years.

Expressing the Arboretum’s mission and identity as The Champion of Trees, Illumination is a must-see exhibition and holiday tradition enjoyed by all.

Ticket Prices for members are $39 per care on peak nights and $29 per car on standard nights. Guests are $49 per car on peak nights and $39 per car on standard nights. Fifteen-person vans are $64 on peak nights and $54 on standard nights.

Date-specific tickets must be purchased online in advance. (AnyDay tickets for members will not be available for purchase this year.)

Tickets must be purchased in advance of arrival at the Arboretum.

Tickets will not be available for purchase on-site during the exhibition.

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state

Restaurant loses appeal over cOVid-19 restrictions

By saRah MansuR capital news illinois

An appeals court has handed down a favorable ruling to Gov. JB Pritzker in a legal challenge to his administration’s restrictions on bars and restaurants to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The 2nd District Appellate Court overruled a Kane County judge’s decision to temporarily block Pritzker’s indoor dining ban from taking effect at the FoxFire Restaurant in Geneva.

The state court on Friday decided that Pritzker has the power under state law to issue successive disaster proclamations.

However, the appellate court’s order was issued under Supreme Court Rule 23 — which means the order cannot be cited as precedent in other cases, with limited excep-

tions, and applies only to this case.

The court dissolved the temporary restraining order and sent the case back to Kane County for “further proceedings consistent with this decision.”

FoxFire filed a lawsuit in response to restrictions imposed last month in Region 8, which includes Kane and DuPage counties.

Those restrictions, referred to as Tier 1 mitigations, include banning indoor service at bars and restaurants, and limiting capacity of gatherings to the lesser of 25 people or 25 percent of maximum occupancy.

Kane County Judge Kevin T. Busch’s now over-ruled Oct. 26 decision to grant a temporary restraining order allowed the FoxFire Restaurant to ignore those restrictions.

On Monday, Pritzker announced

that Region 8 will face Tier 2 mitigations, beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 11, as a result of the area’s worsening COVID-19 test positivity rate over the past two weeks. Tier 2 mitigations impose a gathering cap of 10 individuals, rather than 25, and table caps of six rather than 10, when eating out.

FoxFire’s owners argued the state’s prohibition on bars and restaurants from having indoor dining could not be enforced because the state Emergency Management Agency Act only gives the governor the authority to issue a single 30day disaster proclamation.

The owners also maintained that business closures enforced by the state must comply with the guidelines mandated under the state’s Department of Public Health Act, and they claimed these guidelines were ignored.

In reversing Busch’s ruling, the appellate court found “that nothing in (the Emergency Management Agency Act’s) language precludes the governor from issuing multiple disaster proclamations — each with its own 30-day grant of emergency powers — arising from one ongoing disaster,” according to the court’s 17-page order.

The appellate court also referenced laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly during the spring session regarding the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. According to the court, “in addition to the clear language of the (IEMAA), these statutes all confirm our conclusion that the Legislature intended to allow the governor to issue successive disaster proclamations stemming from an ongoing disaster.”

The appellate court also rejected the argument that restrictions imposed on businesses related to COVID-19 must follow the Illinois Department of Public Health Act’s quarantine and closure guidelines.

Pritzker’s latest executive order did not impact the IDPHA “because it did not reference quarantine orders, isolation orders, or the business closure orders,” the court wrote in its decision.

A lawyer for FireFox’s owners did not respond to a question about whether his clients will seek an appeal before the Illinois Supreme Court.

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office, which represents Pritzker and the state Department of Public Health, and K.C. Gulbro, the restaurant’s co-owner, did not respond to a request for comment.

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Kieres receives Award of Meritorious Service

After observing one of third grade teacher Tracy Kieres’ zoom sessions with her students in March 2020, Liberty Elementary School Principal Michelle Imbordino was so impressed she nominated Kieres for the Illinois State Board of Education’s 2021 Teacher of the Year award.

Kieres recently received an Award of Meritorious Service from ISBE. Imbordino was particularly impressed with Kieres’ ability to connect with her students - even in a remote learning environment, Imbordino said. That led to her nomination.

“I really started to reflect on her throughout the whole year and how she always seems to go above and beyond for her students,” Imbordino said.

Kieres had to submit three letters of recommendation and four essays

explaining the type of teacher she is in a variety of categories as part of the nomination.

Part of her teaching philosophy is to teach the whole child and make sure all her students feel valued every day, Kieres said.

“I think we need to know who kids are as people and build a relationship with them first, and then from there they are open to learning,” she said. “It is very important to me to make connections with students and let them know they are valued,” she added.

Kieres has continued connecting with her students during remote learning by sending them post cards, having students give updates on what is happening in their lives and how they are feeling. She also gives up her free time before and after school and during her plan time to be available if

students need to talk.

“Tracy gets to know all of her students on a personal level,” Imbordino said.

“In the times when I have observed her instruction, it is highly apparent that she fully customizes her instruction to meet the needs of every learner in her classroom,” Imbordino said.

“She makes every student feel like they are the most important person in the room. She is genuine and she truly gives it her all every day.”

Although Kieres did not win Teacher of the Year, ISBE still recognized her as an outstanding classroom teacher and named her a recipient of the Meritorious Service award.

“I am over the moon excited to be recognized,” Kieres said.

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OBituaRy Wehde Mark B. Wehde, age 49, U.S. Army Veteran and current U.S. Army National Guard member, a resident of Plainfield, IL since 2002, formerly of Naperville, IL, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 30, 2020 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born July 14, 1971 in Omaha, NE. Beloved husband of Laura L. Wehde (nee Montuori), whom he married April 1, 2016, loving father of Sarah E. Wehde of Naperville, Kyle A. Montuori of Plainfield and Jacob J. Estoll of Plainfield, devoted son of Brian L. Wehde of Newark, IL and the late Janice E. (nee Auen) Wehde, dear brother of Marie Wehde of Chicago, IL, Renee Nichols (nee Wehde) of Boulder, CO, Steve Wehde of Crystal Lake, Zachary Wehde of Lombard, IL and the late Matthew Wehde, former spouse of Jennifer DiCanio of Naperville, fond nephew, cousin, uncle, great-uncle and friend of many. Mark will be dearly missed by his American Staffordshire Terrier, Maize. He has now joined his lost brothers and sisters in Arms.

In Mark’s younger years he lived in Iowa before his family moved to Naperville, Illinois in 1984. He was on the wrestling team at Lincoln Jr. High School as well as Naperville Central High School. During his Junior year of high school, he made the honorable choice to enlist in the U.S. Army.

He completed his basic training during the summer between Junior and Senior year.

Mark served in the Army for six full years.

During that time, he was called to duty to serve in Operation Desert Storm. Once he was honorably discharged from the Army he started his studies at College of DuPage,

Glen Ellen, Illinois with a primary focus in automotive technology. He completed the program with an associate degree.

He joined the Auto Mechanics’ Union Local 701, where he was a Journeyman and became an A.S.E certified Mechanic. He worked for Chrysler dealerships and Midas.

Mark was blessed with a beautiful daughter, Sarah on November 10, 1999. He was a fantastic dad and was always involved in her activities. Although he may not have enjoyed the task, he took Sarah and her friends to many concerts. One time he even earned her the right to go backstage because he was the only dad in the audience dealing with the screaming teenage girls.

When she got older, he would wait in the parking lot to ensure she came out safely.

He was also known to eat leftovers in the car as he waited, even if it was one of Sarah’s friend’s cherished cheesecakes. They both shared a love of music, hiking, and books. One of his most treasured things to do was to read her their favorite book, “The Outsiders”. He would sing to her when she little. They were known to constantly belt out songs together in the car, more than slightly off key.

While Sarah was in the “loved” pre-teen years Mark enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, where he courageously served for 11 years. He spent most of his time in the 333rd Military Police Company, in Freeport, as a Communication’s Sergeant.

During this time he was called to serve in Afghanistan. The Army was also known to “borrow” him from time to time to serve on missions with the Special Forces. Although, he could not disclose the location or the nature of most of these missions, he always tried to hint to where he was going to be.

Recently he changed positions to serve as a cook since he was preparing for retirement in three years.

The summer of 2015 Mark met Laura.

Neither one of them knew what an impact their first causal date would make on their lives. They found a solid and devoted foundation in each other when they both needed it the most. Sarah would talk to her dad about his life with Laura and he would often say, she saved him. With Mark’s charm and quirky humor, he changed Laura’s outlook on life and brought the bliss back to her life.

He was able to make her laugh and forget any worries that life brings. His nurturing and fun-loving nature transformed her.

Mark was proud to treat Laura’s two sons, Kyle and Jacob, as his own. The boys thought of Mark as a “parent not as a stepfather.” He was quick-witted with a joke and always kept both boys laughing with his goofy sense of humor. He encouraged Jacob to join wrestling and spent extra time teaching him wrestling techniques. He never once missed an opportunity to watch Jacob practice. Mark took the time to read with Jacob and they were currently both enjoying reading the book “Of Mice and Men”.

Mark has been a great role model for Kyle as well. They enjoyed spending time with each other and shared the same taste in music and reading. Kyle knew he could count on Mark to always be there and cheer him up with his zany antics. In the recent year, Mark’s and Kyle’s relationship flourished from parent and child into an unbreakable bond of a man-to-man friendship.

Mark had a way of making everyone feel at ease. He was the calmest and most levelheaded person in a time of need. He loved spending time hiking, climbing, camping, fishing, and even jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. He loved traveling with family and friends. His favorite thing to do while traveling was to spend time outdoors mostly with his fishing pole in tow. His favorite place to venture locally was Starved Rock, a place his brother Matt and Sarah frequented with him. He was always play-

OBituaRy WOOdall Kevin L. Woodall, age 57, U.S. Army veteran, a resident of Plainfield, IL since 1997, formerly of Alexandria, VA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 31, 2020. He was born June 6, 1963 at Fort Benning, GA. Beloved husband of Olivia Woodall (nee Doeringsfeld), whom he married November 7, 2012; loving father of Jessie, Gunner, Delaney, Brogan, Piper and Madeline; devoted son of LTG Jack Woodall and Janice (nee Lanier) Woodall; dear brother of David

Woodall, Elizabeth Apperson and Matthew Woodall; brother-in-law of Suton Doeringsfeld, Basil James (Valerie) Doeringsfeld and Blake (Lisa) Doeringsfeld, adored uncle of David Lee Woodall, Jack Apperson, Skyler, Griffin and Spencer Woodall, Hazel and Harry Cicero, Jack and Sammy Doeringsfeld, Fionn, Killian, Rònàn, Conor and Tadhg Doeringsfeld; fond nephew, cousin, and friend of many.

Kevin was a child of a career soldier, an “army brat”, and moved around the world in his younger years, living in many locales including Alexandria, VA. He graduated from Fort Hunt High School (Class of 1981) and went on to serve in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Kevin was stationed throughout Europe where he grew great fondness for Italy and reminisced often of its

beauty. He then went on to earn a degree in Criminal Justice from Radford University in Radford, VA. Kevin demonstrated his Christian faith with his unconditional kindness and dedication to everyone he met. Fun-loving, gregarious, never missing a beat, he knew no strangers and was easily adored and loved; many considered him Plainfield’s best friend.

Visitation will be held Thursday, November 5, 2020, 3:00-6:00 PM at Overman-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 15219 S. Joliet Rd., Plainfield, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations in Kevin’s memory may be made to the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002. For more information, please call (815) 436-9221 or visit www.overman-jones.com

ing around and was known to be hiding at the top of the tall trees. His sister-in-law, Michelle, would often refer to his as a monkey. Mark had the most infectious laugh and smile. He emitted such an electric energy that others couldn’t help but draw from it.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 3:00-8:00 PM at OvermanJones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 15219 S. Joliet Rd., Plainfield, IL. A funeral service with military honors will be private.

A celebration of life that is open to all who would like to attend will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 1:005:00 PM at the American Legion Marne Post 13, 24741 Renwick Rd., Plainfield, IL. Future inurnment: Assumption Cemetery, Wheaton, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mark’s memory may be made to: PTSD Foundation of America; Website: ptsdusa.org For more information, please call (815) 436-9221 or visit www.overman-jones.com

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state

pritzker announces tier 2 mitigations By peteR hancOcK capital news illinois

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday that three more regions of the state will be placed under even stricter COVID-19 restrictions starting Wednesday as the state’s rates of infections and hospitalizations continue to climb.

“The virus is winning the war right now,” Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 briefing in Chicago.

Ten of the state’s 11 regions are under Tier 1 mitigations, which include the closing of bars and restaurants to indoor service and limiting the size of public gatherings to 25 or fewer, among other measures.

Only Region 1, which includes northwest Illinois, is under Tier 2 mitigations. Restrictions under Tier 2 include limiting public gatherings to 10 or fewer people and limiting outdoor seating at bars and restaurants to six or fewer people at a single table.

Starting Wednesday, Pritzker said, Region 5, in southern Illinois, Region 7, which includes the south Chicago suburbs in Will and Kankakee counties, and Region 8, which includes the western suburbs in DuPage and Kane counties, will join Region 1 in those stricter mitigation measures.

Regions are placed in the first tier of resurgence mitigations whenever the average test positivity rate exceeds 8 percent for three consecutive days. The restrictions are lifted only after the positivity rate falls below 6.5 percent for three consecutive days.

A full list of the mitigation measures in place in each region is available on the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s website.

Pritzker said the latest actions are being taken because of rising test positivity rates in each of the regions. In Region 5, according to the most recent data on the Illinois Department of Public Health’s web-

site, the seven-day rolling average positivity rate stood at 11.5 percent on Saturday, Nov. 6, while Region 7 posted a 16.4 percent rate and Region 8 stood at 13.7 percent.

Each of those regions has been under Tier 1 mitigations for more than two weeks. Region 5 was placed under those restrictions Oct. 22, while Regions 7 and 8 followed on Oct. 23.

But those measures so far have failed to bring down the rate of infections in those areas, and Pritzker put the responsibility for that on local officials.

“Some elected leaders are allowing this continued rise in positivity to balloon out of control while taking no action,” he said. “These mayors and city councils and county boards and state’s attorneys need to take some responsibility for keeping their constituents safe. I prom-

ise them that responsibility pales in comparison to what could come when the hospitals in your area are filling up and there aren’t enough nurses or doctors to save their constituents’ lives.”

In addition to the three regions where Tier 2 mitigations were announced Monday, two other regions appear to be headed in the same direction, according to IDPH data. Those include Region 2, which includes Peoria, the Quad Cities and several surrounding counties, and Region 3, which includes Springfield, Quincy and other areas of west-central Illinois.

The rolling average positivity rate in both of those regions stood higher than in Region 5 – 13.2 percent in Region 2 and 14.4 percent in Region 3 – but the Tier 1 mitigations in those regions have been in effect only since the first week of Novem-

ber.

A spokeswoman for Pritzker said in an email that the administration typically waits two to three weeks before moving a region into a higher tier of mitigation.

All of Illinois has been on an upward trajectory of COVID-19 infections since early August. During his briefing, Pritzker noted the average number of new cases reported daily in Illinois has jumped 380 percent since Oct. 1, while the positivity rate has climbed 180 percent and both hospitalizations and deaths per day are up 150 percent.

From Saturday through Monday, IDPH reported a total of 33,020 new confirmed and probable cases – an average of just over 11,000 per day – and 132 virus-related deaths. The preliminary seven-day rolling average positivity rate stood at 11.4 percent.

That pushed the statewide totals since the pandemic began to 498,560 cases, and 10,210 deaths.

Given the current rate of spread, Illinois will likely surpass half a million total cases on Tuesday.

As of late Sunday night, 4,409 people in Illinois were reported hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those, 857 patients were in intensive care units and 376 of those patients were on ventilators.

For the week of Nov. 2-8, the average number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 each day stood at 4,043, the highest it has been since the peak of the first wave of the pandemic in mid-May. The average number of people in ICU beds stood at 799 per day, the highest number since early June, while average ventilator use stood at 349 per day, the highest rate since mid-June.

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Pet photos with Santa The Pet Rescue & Resource Center (PRRC) operated by Hinsdale Humane Society (HHS), hosts a Photos with Santa Paws event Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 4-8 pm and Saturday, Dec. 5 from 9 am-1 pm at 21 Salt Creek Lane in Hinsdale.

Family photos will be taken with Santa and friendly family pet(s) in a safe, socially distanced environment, complete with holiday vendors, reindeer food for the kids and more. Masks will be required at all times but can be removed during photos. (Santa will be socially distanced from your family). Pictures will be available for download after the event.

Registration is $20 and families can choose their time slot at https:// www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org/events/santa-paws.

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