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Ron Wilke gets appointed new Chief of Police lisle mayor pecak reaps praise for Wilke and his ability to succeed in new position by ryan ostry bugle staff

@RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com Ron Wilke has been in policing for 27 years, now, his hard work has paid off even more.

Lisle Mayor Chris Pecak announced that Wilke, who is a 24-year employee of the Lisle Police Department, has been appointed to the new Chief of Police.

“Ron offers a high level of professionalism, experience and leadership skills that will enable him to excel as Lisle’s next Chief of Police,” Pecak said. “He has been part of the fabric of our community and shown an authentic commitment to ensuring Lisle residents and business are able to positively connect with our exceptional Police Department.”

For the first several years of his career, Wilke was a Probation Officer for DuPage County Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy, and he came to Lisle in 1996 where he has also served as a Patrol Officer, Administrative Sergeant,

Detective Sergeant, Community Policing Sergeant, Watch Commander, Deputy Chief of Administration and most recently as Deputy Chief of Operations.

Also, for 15 years, Wilke has served as the department’s Public Information Officer. During the application process, there was close to 60 applicants, where 15 were given a first initial interview.

After the first initial interview, it was narrowed down to 10 people, and then the Lisle Village Board of Trustees and Mayor Pecak trimmed it down to three applicants.

The selection of Wilke was facilitated through a national recruitment process that was led by executive recruitment firm GovHR USA. During the search with the applicants, it yielded from 12 states that included 45 applicants from Illinois alone.

“I told them I was very humbled and honored to be in that position,” Wilke said. “All of the chiefs before me have been mentors towards me and

helped me along my career, and that is one of my main goals to accomplish while I’m here.”

To get to this point, Wilke graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and a Master’s degree in Criminal

Justice from Chicago State University.

In the community that he has been a part of for so long, Wilke has initiated several community engagement efforts that includes ‘Volunteers 4 Lisle’.

Wilke is also a member of the Lisle

Rotary Club and serves as its acting secretary.

When asked why Wilke thinks he’s deserving of this position and what he will implement during his time at the position, Wilke said he attributes the position to his many years of experience, and he wants to continue the community involvement within Lisle to help grow the community to an even better place than its current state.

“I think I was offered the role because I have 24 years of experience in Lisle, and 18 of those years are at a command level,” Wilke said. “Community engagement and building relations with the community is something that we do very well, as a smaller department I just think that it has a little bit of a small-town feel.

“We utilize a lot of our services we have in the community with the people of Lisle, so I want to continue growing with that and moving it forward.”

Wilke will be replacing the Village’s former Chief of Police David Anderson, who retired in October 2019, after dedicating 28 years of the service to Lisle.

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things that life will throw at you. The cash, combined with the easy access that kind of account allows, will make it quick and easy to take care of things in the event of a financial emergency.

Extended warranties, of any kind, are

dave ramsey answers questions related to funeral planning and extended warranties dear dave, My husband passed away last year at just 45 years old. We always tried to be careful with our money, and we were in good enough shape financially that I paid for his funeral with cash. A few days ago, I started getting letters from the funeral homes in town encouraging me to pre-pay for my own funeral. I’m 42, and in very good health, so is this a good idea?

dear Janet,

Janet

My advice is to preplan, not prepay.

Unfortunately, you learned first-hand how hard it is to make important decisions in the middle of that kind of grief.

Many times, people are so emotional

when they face these kinds of things that they make bad decisions. That’s why pre-planning, and making decisions ahead of time, is a really good move.

Now, here’s why it’s never a good idea to prepay for this kind of thing. If you live to an average age, for what you’d prepay today at your age, you could invest the amount and be self-insured.

You’d have a ton of money sitting there when the time comes.

Events like this make you realize the need for proper planning, but don’t ever pre-pay for them. God bless you, Janet.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this.

dear dave,

dave

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I have an emergency fund equal to six months of expenses. Considering this, would you consider an extended home warranty to be a waste of money?

dear ami,

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My advice to have an emergency fund of three to six months of expenses, sitting in a good money market account with check writing privileges, is designed to cover the unexpected

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Art historian discusses Notre Dame fire, rich history of church Jeff mishur answers questions on one of the most famous cathedrals in the world by ryan ostry bugle staff

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or those who were interested in learning more about the Art and Architecture of Notre Dame in Paris, an art historian by the name of Jeff Mishur stopped by the Woodridge Public Library to discuss the rich history of the subject.

“My wife and I started our company that is called Art Excursions back in 1998,” Mishur said. “We lecture on a wide array of topics for groups, libraries, churches, clubs and then we also do private guiding in Chicago and around the suburbs.”

Throughout the presentation, Mishur started off by explaining what the cathedral is.

The very well-known medieval Catholic cathedral was begun in the 12th century, and it is made out of stone; its roof and spire were of wood, and it has been rebuilt many times, most notably in the 19th century.

Mishur went on to discuss how the cathedral was consecrated to the Virgin Mary, how it is considered to be

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Jeff mishur spoke to Woodridge residents about the fire at notre dame cathedral in France. one of the best examples of French Gothic architecture, how its pioneering use of the rib vault and flying buttress have been utilized, its enormous rose windows as well as the naturalism and abundant amount of its sculptural decoration.

“Notre Dame in Paris means something to humanity,” Mishur said. “It’s such an achievement to western civilization that goes beyond Christianity, Roman Catholicism, beyond religion, beyond Paris or France and its really

just a human achievement that belongs to all of us.”

Because of the recent travesty that occurred at the universally known cathedral, those in the audience had an abundance amount of questions on what events actually took place and how the fire was started.

Just last year on April 15, 2019 while undergoing renovation and restoration, the roof of Notre Dame caught

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feBruary 28 woodridge FiX-it clinic: stuFFed animal hospital.

2:30-4:30 p.m. Woodridge Public Library.

Teddy Bear hurt his paw? Plush buddy lost her stuffing? Time for a check-up at the stuffed animal hospital. Library doctors will consult on a stuffed animal’s health, recommend treatment, and provide sewing supplies & instruction to help repair the injured animal. feBruary 29 shorewood leap year party. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ShorewoodTroy Library. Come celebrate Leap Day in the Children’s Dept. Leap around from one activity to the next as we celebrate a day that only comes once every four years! No registration needed, stop in anytime from 9-4. marCh 3 Plainfield green Village program: the biggest little Farm documentary. 7 p.m. at the Plainfield Public Library District. The 2020 Green Village Series continues on Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m., at the Plainfield Library.

This environmentally conscious documentary explores a couple’s quest to make their dream of living on a fully sustainable farm come true. Register online. marCh 7 loCkPort PanCakes and PaJamas story time. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Lockport Branch White Oak Library District. Wear your pajamas to this fun Saturday morning story time. This program is perfect for the whole family to do together. We will read stories, sing songs, make a craft, and serve pancakes. Please register in advance. marCh 11 Crest hill messy art For tots. 4:30-6 p.m. Crest Hill Branch White Oak Library District. Let’s get messy at the library! Messy Art for Tots allows for children ages 3 to 6 to experience open-ended, creative exploration of art. All children are encouraged to get messy and focus on exploring their creative minds through paint, paper, and more. Messy play clothes are recommended to wear. Ages 3-6. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please inform us 24 hours in advance so we can offer your spot to someone else. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs. marCh 10 BolingBrook open mic shoWcase night. 7-8 p.m. Fountaindale Public Library. Showcase your acoustic music, poetry, dance, artwork, photography and even short films. Each performer will have up to seven minutes, and signup is first come, first served. Ages 18 and older.

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benet academy cruises to easy 64- 27 win for regional championship by ryan ostry bugle staff

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Two down, five games to go.

In the Class 4A regional championship at Plainfield North, Benet Academy defeated Waubonsie Valley by a final score of 64-27.

Including the championship game, the Redwings (28-2, 7-0) have outscored their first two opponents of the tournament by a final score of 131-63.

“We’re putting things together at the right time,” said coach Joe Kilbride. “I thought our execution on both ends was really good.”

The No.1 state ranked Redwings were led by senior guard and DePaul commit Kendall Holmes (20 pts), who along with the other starters in the game, had a quarter and a half to sit, watch and cheer on their teammates because of the score.

In the first quarter, the Redwings jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead in the first minute of the ball game, and demonstrated a suffocating defense to head into the second quarter up 15-2.

In the second quarter, senior forward and Wisconsin commit Brooke Schramek (9 pts) had a series of made shots, and the Redwings went into the half with a 33-11 advantage.

Much of the same occurred in the second half with the Warriors not being able to stop the tandem of Holmes, Schramek and junior guard Kendall Moriarty (9 points), and the Redwings clinched the Regional title championship.

“Our rotations were great and I thought that we were really good on

in my eyes, it s just as hard to get through a regional as it is a sectional tournament in my view, but it s a really great win for us and it s starting to really boost all of our confidence. the boards on both ends,” Kilbride said. “I was very pleased.”

Although Kilbride and Holmes were both happy for the regional title, for the Redwings, there are bigger fish to fry.

Just in the last five years, the Redwings have two championships, coming in 2015-16 and 2016-17.

The Redwings last loss of the season was almost two months ago, as they lost at the beginning of January to Dowling Catholic from Iowa.

With the Redwings being a nationally ranked team at No. 29, they said that they are excited about the win, but understand the competition is going to get harder and harder as they get closer to their aspirations of a state championship.

“In my eyes, it’s just as hard to get through a regional as it is a sectional tournament in my view, but it’s a really great win for us and it’s starting to really boost all of our confidence,” Holmes said. “We really can’t take anybody for granted at this point because everybody is winning games as you get farther and farther into the playoffs, all of these teams are going to be really good going forward.”

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kendall holmes leads Benet academy with 20 points in regional championship game.

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Flyers sweep lindenwood in battle for top spot in miVa

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ewis’ fifth ranked men’s volleyball team swept Lindenwood in a battle for the top spot in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association standings on Saturday evening at Neil Carey Arena.

With the win, the Flyers improve to 11-4, 4-1 MIVA while the Lions are now 9-6, 2-2 MIVA. Lewis trailed 12-6 in the opening set before storming back with an 8-2 run to even the score at 14 on a kill from Kyle Bugée (Cupertino, Calif./ Homestead). The two sides traded the next eight points and were tied at 18 when the Flyers took control scoring five straight points to grab a 23-18 lead. Lindenwood silenced the run momentarily but a kill and an ace from Ryan Coenen (Franklin, WI/Franklin) gave Lewis the opening set 25-19.

The Flyers dominated the second set hitting .529 in the stanza and never trailed in the frame. They lead by as many as nine in the set but Lindenwood rallied to cut the margin to five at 18-13 after an ace from AJ Lewis. After a timeout, Lewis regrouped scoring seven of the final 11 points to win the set 25-17.

The third set featured 12 ties and five lead changes. The Flyers built a three-point lead midway through the stanza but the Lions came back to tie the set at 20 after a service error by Dalen Instenes (Racine, WI/ William Horlick). Lewis held off the late charge from Lindenwood scoring five of the final six points of the match to secure the sweep.

Coenen led the Flyers with 12 kills while Tyler Mitchem (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook HS) added 10 and Bugèe finished with six kills. Bugèe also had six aces in the contest. Kevin Kauling (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) handed out 30 assists while Bugèe, Instenes and Jason Gibbs

(Bellaire, Texas/Bellarie) had seven digs apiece.

Lewis hit .324 (36 kills/13 errors/71 total attacks) for the contest.

Diego Negron led the Lions with 11 kills while Jeremy Kirch finished with eight kills. Brian Schwob had 30 assists while Kyle Deutschmann finished with a match-high nine digs.

Lindenwood had an attack percentage of .176 (31 kills/ 16 errors/ 85 total attacks) for the match.

The Flyers travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana next Thursday to take on Purdue Fort Wayne at 6:30 p.m.

BOWLING The Lewis University women’s bowling team brought home hardware for the third time in its brief history, finishing in second place at the Hammer Flyer Classic at Tinley Bowl Sunday. The Flyers (48-29) fell to Kentucky Wesleyan in the tournament championship match by 10 pins in the decisive seventh game, marking the third runner-up finish

for the Flyers in two seasons.

The tournament opened Friday with five Baker matches in which Lewis went 4-1. It defeated North Central 926-785, Aurora 1,036-830, Marian 934-841, fell to Kentucky Wesleyan 953-884 and beat Spalding 869-679. The Flyers’ 4,649 total put them in second place after the first day, behind No. 12 Central Missouri, which shot a 4,866.

On Saturday Lewis went 3-2 in traditional games, defeating Drury 968-891, Dominican 911-835 and Elmhurst 887-825 before falling to Central Missouri 999-955 and Augustana 919-882. Sunday morning opened up with one more traditional game in which the Flyers topped Upper Iowa 954-881. Heading into match play the Flyers earned the No. 2 seed with a 10,206 total. Central Missouri was No. 1 with a 10,467, while Drury was third with a 10,155 and Kentucky Wesleyan fourth with a 9,981.

In the best-of-seven semifinal

match, the Flyers topped Drury 4-2 (171-174, 159-154, 202-153, 179-182, 234-147, 204-180). In the championship match Lewis fell to Kentucky Wesleyan 4-3 (187-200, 223-153, 201-195, 202-211, 186-179, 168-257, 168-178).

Erin Biccochi (Ladd, Ill./Hall) earned All-Tournament Team honors, shooting a 1,218 over six games to finish third. Michelle Tiltges (Lansing, Ill./Thornton Fractional South) shot a 1,128 to place 11th, while Kylie Johnson (Belvidere, Ill./ Belvidere North) rolled a 1,102 to place 15th. Kayla Dench (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield East) added a 952 in five games, Kaylee Zukovich (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West) had an 863 in five games, Amber-Grace Carroll (Belleville, Ill./Belleville East) added a 150 game and Clara Ferrari (Peru, Ill./LaSalle-Peru) shot a 144 game.

Lewis is back in action March 6 for the Columbia 300 Music City Classic hosted by Vanderbilt in its final event of the regular season.

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bond set for three charged With stealing merchandise From dupage county retailers/leading police on highspeed chase DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for three individuals accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from two DuPage County retailers. Victor Williams, 30 (d.o.b. 7/1/1989) of 2620 E. 77th Street, Chicago, Joshlyn Allen, 19 (d.o.b.

6/2/2000) of 7654 S. Yates. Blvd, Chicago, and Emiaya Shannon, 22 (d.o.b. 9/16/1997) of 562 W. 77th Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana, appeared in Bond Court

yesterday where Judge Anthony Coco set bond at $350,000 with 10% to apply for Williams and $50,000 with 10% to apply for Allen and Shannon. All three defendants face multiple Felony Burglary and Retail Theft charges. In addition, Williams faces one count of Fleeing and Eluding while Allen faces one count of Fugitive from Justice out of Jackson County, Missouri.

It is alleged that on February 15, 2020, at approximately 4:51 p.m., the three defendants entered the Ulta Beauty store located at 112 Danada Square, Wheaton, and stole approximately $4,000 worth of merchandise, including multiple bottles of cologne and perfume.

It is further alleged that the trio left the Ulta Beauty store with the stolen merchandise and traveled to the Kohls department store located at 310 S. Il 83 in Elmhurst. It is alleged that the trio then entered the Kohls store and stole approximately $6,000 worth of merchandise, including various items of Nike and Adidas clothing. It is alleged that the defendants left the Kohls store with the merchandise at which time Elmhurst Police officers attempted to stop their car in the Kohls parking

lot. It is alleged that the vehicle, later determined to be driven by Williams, exited the Kohls parking lot by driving into oncoming traffic. It is further alleged that a high-speed car chase ensued ultimately ending in Chicago when the defendant’s car crashed into a Chicago Police Department squad car and unsuccessfully attempted to flee again following the crash. The defendants were taken into custody at this time.

“The tremendous amount of effort and resources utilized in this case, including the use of a helicopter to locate the alleged offenders’ car, is a testament to law enforcement’s commitment to public safety,” Berlin said.

“The defendants in this case quickly learned that if you commit a violent crime in DuPage County, you will be apprehended and charged in very short order. I would like to thank the Elmhurst Police Department for their work in this case as well as the Chicago Police Department for their outstanding efforts.

I would also like to thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Helen Kapas, Alyssa Rabulinski and Anthony Pasquini for their efforts in preparing a strong case against these three defendants.”

The next court appearance for all three defendants is scheduled for March 16, 2020, in front of Judge George Bakalis for arraignment.

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

The defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial in which it is the government’s burden to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

unclaimed property The Downers Grove Police Department is in possession of the following found property which has not been claimed by an owner. ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠

Various gold bars and coins Apple Watch Hearing Aid Silver Ring Diamond Ring Gold Ring

The police department will hold these items until March 10, 2020. If you believe any of the items listed below belong to you, please contact Property Control Officer Mary Wennerstrom at 630.434.5681.

on fire. The roof burned for about 15 hours, and the affects of the cathedral suffered from the fire had serious damage that included the destruction of the timber spire over the crossing and most of the lead-covered wooden roof above the stone ceiling.

After the fire of last year, there have been many requests to renovate and modernize the cathedral’s design.

On July 16, 2019, the French Parliament passed a law requiring that it will be rebuilt exactly as it once was before the fire took place.

Stabilizing the structure against possible collapse is expected to be continued through the end of the year, and reconstruction will begin in 2021. As of now, the government of France hopes the reconstruction will be completed by 2024, but a specific date is still not known.

When asked what Mishur wanted the audience to take away and leave with from his presentation, he simply said that he wanted them all to grasp how the church changed and started a new style that started to grow in the 12th and 13th century.

“The church really manifested this new gothic style in the 12th and 13th century,” Mishur said. “I thought people would be interested in the symbolism of light, and obviously everybody wanted to know about the recent unfortunate fire that took place.”

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