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SCHOOLS

Downers Grove North Student named runner-up journalist of year SEE PAGE 2

SPORTS

Head of the Class Galanopoulos leads All-Area team SEE PAGE 5

BUSINESS Dave Says Debt consolidation just moves money around

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COMMUNITY

Students raise more than $23k for cancer research 41 students take part in raising money for those with cancer

BEFORE

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

In an effort to raise funds for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a nonprofit that supports childhood cancer research, a group of 41 Lester School students raised more than $23,000 during a fundraiser this month.

“Well you know, I’m a cancer survivor as well,” said Carin Novak, Principal of Lester School.

“Any kind off benefit that can go toward helping beat cancer, especially with children, is in my opinion fabulous.”

As part of this fundraiser, the students shaved their heads this past Wednesday evening at Ballydoyle’s Irish Pub and restaurant in Downers Grove.

This fundraiser started off with just one or two kids participating in this activity, which grew to five or six and then blossomed into what it is today.

AFTER

“This is the one time where peer pressure is a good thing,” Novak said jokingly.

This group of inspirational young leaders has had fun with partaking in this great cause, even proclaiming themselves as that ‘Baldy Bro’s’.

“The Baldy Bro’s team, they were all at the Ballydoyle getting their heads shaved in honor of the foundation for pediatric cancer,” Novak said. “I, among everyone, else is just so incredibly proud of them.”

With more than 40,000 children who undergo treatment for cancer each year, 60 percent of children who survive cancer suffer late-effects, such as infertility, heart failure and secondary cancers.

There are approximately 375,000 adult survivors of children’s cancer in the United States alone today.

Understanding the survival rate, the toll that cancer takes on

someone physically and mentally as well as trying to stay strong during tough times, Novak said she is ecstatic about the feedback and support the kids have gotten, as well as their eagerness to take part in this great cause.

“We had a bunch of parents who also came last night, with this being the first time a lot of them have gone through this and they just talked about how much of a comradery, kids being excited about it and they all felt that they were a part of a much larger thing,” Novak said.

With the event growing each and every year at a rapid rate, Novak said the legacy that this sixth grade class has created, should be recognized and it should keep being added on to more and more.

“The younger kids have seen that example of what is expected out of them, because the sixth grade class has done such an amazing job with this,” Novak said. “Each year they have tried to break the record, and it’s all due in thanks to all of the kids, parents, teacher and families.”

SCHOOLS >> DOWNERS GROVE NORTH

Student named runner-up journalist of year Downers Grove North student named Illinois Journalism Education Association runner-up journalist of the year

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

Matt Troher, a senior at Downers Grove North High School, has done something that most high school students can’t say they ever have.

He has been named runner-up for the 2019 Illinois Journalist of the Year by the Illinois Journalism Education Association (IJEA).

With this nomination, Troher becomes the organization’s third to be honored from Downers Grove.

DGN graduate Natalie White was named Illinois Journalist of the Year in 2018 (and national runner-up) and Abigail Murphy was named Illinois Journalist of the Year in 2017.

“To be honest, I can’t really put it into words,” Troher said. “With the culmination of all the work I have done in the past couple years come to an end, be recognized for my work it’s just a huge honor.”

The IJEA, which was founded in 1988, works with Illinois scholastic journalism teachers and media advisers to promote high standards in student media and to elevate the status of student media programs in secondary schools across the state.

Each year, IJEA hosts many events that acknowledge the hard work students put in, such as Troher.

The IJEA Fall Conference organized by the College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the IJEA Yearbook Contest, the IJEA Newspaper &

Digital News Media Contest, the Illinois Journalist of the Year Contest, the selection of the IJEA AllState Journalism Team, the honoring of our Journalist of the Year and All-State Journalism Team are all accolades students can obtain and win.

For Troher to be recognized for the award, he and everyone else had to make a portfolio before applying, of all the work he has done

in the past.

Writing, multimedia production, editing, etc. were all different sections to be applied for the specific award.

“Each section is scored by the three or four judges on the panel,” Troher said. “They tally up the totals, and then whoever has the most at the end is the winner.”

Troher’s love for the field of Journalism started off at the end

of his sophomore year where he never had any plans to pursue the business.

In a Computer Arts class, Troher’s teacher asked the class if anyone would want to volunteer for the school newspaper.

“I was intrigued for that and to help out for the state competition newspaper, so I just raised my hand and I volunteered to create info graphics for this competition,” Troher said. “After I took second in the state competition for that portion, I met the journalism advisor and then from there I was super interested in it.”

Following his revelation, he was then called up his junior year to become the Arts and Entertainment Editor of the paper.

Troher has been on the paper now for his last two years primarily doing investigative news stories, and he has aspirations to major in Journalism at either the University of Illinois, or Indiana University.

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Paper Shredding scheduled for April 13 Free service is offered to Downers Grove residents in an effort to prevent identity theft The Village of Downers Grove, in partnership with Accurate Document Destruction, will host a Paper-Shredding Event on Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. until noon at Village Hall, 801

Burlington Ave. (Fenced-in lot off Curtiss St.) This free service is offered to Downers Grove residents in an effort to prevent identity theft. Participants may be asked to show proof of Downers Grove residency.

Each vehicle is allowed to bring TWO brown paper grocery bags OR ONE banker’s box filled with personal paperwork. A bonded and insured representative of Accurate Document Destruction will use a crosscut shredder on site to render documents beyond reconstruction.

Identity theft is a serious crime.

Thieves often look through unsuspecting victims’ trash in search of discarded documents containing your name, address or phone number, as well other personal information such as Social Security, bank account or credit card numbers. People whose identities have been stolen can spend months or years trying to clear their names and restore their credit record.

One of the most important things you can do is to shred any personal documents you wish to discard.

COLUMN >> DAVE SAYS

Debt consolidation just moves money around DEAR DAVE, I’ve heard you tell people to avoid debt consolidation companies. Why do you think debt consolidation is such a bad thing?

TOM DEAR TOM, The main reason is that debt consolidation makes you feel like you did something to really change your financial world when

you didn’t. That’s part of the catch.

Believe it or not, I hear people all the time say things like, “I took out a loan and paid off all my debt!”

No, you didn’t. All you did was move your debt around. It’s still

there!

In cases like this, the biggest issue remains because you didn’t do anything to address the real problems — you and your behavior.

When you have debt, the number of payments you have left isn’t the problem. The problem isn’t interest rates, either. The problem is the person you look at in the mirror every day.

Until you get mad enough about your financial situation and the real reasons for it — until you fix you and your behavior — you’ll never make any progress toward winning with money!

—DAVE

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March 30 • Romeoville Springtide Craft Show. Recreation Center (900 W. Romeo Rd.) from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Shop ‘til you drop. There will be 100 booths including hand crafts, candles, jewelry, crochet, embroidery, floral arrangements, pet accessories, hair bows, Tastefully Simple, Party Lite, Pampered Chef, Stampin’ Up & more. Admission & parking are free. Come early and have breakfast at the Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast or grab goodies at the Golden Age Club bake sale. Concessions are also available. Crafters can register at the Recreation Center or request an application to be mailed/emailed (No online registration). Registration will be taken until all spaces are filled. Spaces are limited and accepted on a first come, first paid basis. Returning crafters have priority registration. Friday night set-up from 5 -8 pm included in the fee. Fees are $40/10’x8’ space (space does not include a table) or $10/8ft table – limited number of tables available. Please contact Kristine for additional information at 815.886.6222.

April 6 • Des Plaines Orchard Place School - Craft/ Vendor Fair. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Orchard Place School - Gym, 2727 Maple Street, Des Plaines. We are looking for crafters/vendors who are interested in participating in the 6th Annual Orchard Place School Craft/Vendor Fair. All interested parties should contact Cathy Smith.

All table fees will benefit Orchard Place School. Application deadline is March 23, 2019. Contact: Cathy Smith - 847-789-5608.

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REGISTER EARLY & SAVE. PreRegistration is suggested. Please arrive 10 minutes before your hunt time. Grab your friends, flashlight and basket, and join us for this “egg-citing” adults only nighttime event! Adults 21+ will hunt for eggs stuffed with candy, small prizes and coupons for big prizes on the golf course in the dark. Light appetizers will be served before the hunt. Each participant will receive one free alcoholic beverage ticket.

Additional drinks will be available for purchase. Register by April 4: $18/$27. By April 9: $20/$30. On April 10: $30.

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ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Maine South’s Sam Galanopoulos headlines 2019 Voyager Media AllArea Girls Basketball Team

BY MARK GREGORY Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com

In the second half of the 2019 Voyager Media Prep Shootout All-Star game, Niles West senior Sam Galanopoulos took the game over, scoring 15 of her game-high 20 points, leading her team to the win and grabbing the game’s Most Valuable Player honors.

Galanopoulos finished four points shy of the record for the game, but that was not why she put on the performance she did.

She subbed out of the game with four minutes left to play, knowing she was close to the mark.

Galanopoulos didn’t need an individual record — she needed a win.

Admitting as much after the game, the Central Suburban League South Player of the Year was not going to lose the final game of her career in her high school uniform.

That was how Galanopoulos played every game of her career that saw her put her name all over the Wolves’ record books that are headlined by WNBA star Jewell Loyd.

“That is how we are in my house,” Galanopoulos said. “My siblings and I will compete over a paper towel. So, I don’t care who I am playing or what is going on at the other side of the floor — I just focus on me and my teammates

and ultimately what happens at the end of the game.”

While leading her team, Galanopoulos averaged 17.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

For her achievements, she is the 2018-19 Voyager Media Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Even on a senior-dominated team this year, Galanopoulos led the way to a 19-win season.

“It was a mission. I would go home after games and feel like I’m dying, but that’s just in my blood.

With the great conference we play in, I had no choice but to play hard,” she said. “I couldn’t just no feel like playing one game and turn it on one game — I definitely had to play every game and I felt like they looked at me for leadership and jumped on.”

Galanopoulos was named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 4A All-State second team.

Overall, the Loyola Universitybound Galanopoulos is happy with how the career ended.

“I am happy with how we ended.

My first two years were kind of iffy because we had a lot of girls that didn’t play AAU and it was hard. I was a freshman and I didn’t want to be yelling and telling people what to do,” she said. “My sophomore year I just played more than verbalized and with the coaching switch junior and senior year, it was just use the experience. We

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Niles West senior Sam Galanopoulos is the 2019 Voyager Media Girls Basketball Player of the Year. ended the season with 10 seniors and we ended with a bang.”

The rest of the All-Area first team is: CIERRA BACHMANN, MINOOKA An IBCA Class 4A special mention selection, the senior averaged 15.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game for the Indians.

JAZZ EVANS, JOLIET WEST Junior guard averaged 20 points, three assists and three steals per game. She shot 68 percent from the free throw line on the season.

She was a Southwest Prairie Conference all conference selection and was part of three all-tournament teams during the year.

ANNA GRIFFIN, PLAINFIELD CENTRAL

Joined Joliet West’s Evans as the only players to average 20 points per game, tallying 20.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, three assists, 2.8 steals and 1.7 blocks per game.

KENDALL HOLMES, BENET ACADEMY The leading scorer on a Redwing team that finished fourth in the state in Class 4A. Holmes was a member of the Associated Press and IBCA Class 4A All-State second teams. On the season she averaged 10.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game, while connecting on a team-best 50 three pointers.

HOLLY LUEKEN, DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH The Colgate University recruit, Lueken paced the Mustangs with 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game this season. She was an IBCA

Class 4A special mention selection.

DANYEL MIDDLETON, BOLINGBROOK Bolingbrook junior scored 12.4 points per game, while grabbing four rebounds and handing out three assists per contest. She is an IBCA Class 4A special mention selection.

NICOLE SCALES, MAINE SOUTH The three-time CSL South AllConference selection was named to the all-tournament team at the Buffalo Grove Bison Classic and Dundee-Crown.

The North Dakota State recruit averaged 10.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this year.

She broke the 1,000-point mark SEE ALL-AREA PAGE 7

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ALL-AREA FROM PAGE 5 during the season and finished with 1,064 points, good for eighth all-time in program history.

She ended her Hawk career as the program leader in made threepointers with 212.

She was an IBCA Class 4A special mention selection.

BROOKE SCHRAMEK, BENET ACADEMY Junior Wisconsin commit, Schramek was the top scorer for Benet Academy at the state tournament, averaging 15 points per game for the weekend. On the season, she averaged 10.2 points, 3.4 points and 1.5 assists per game.

She was a member of the IBCA Class 4A All-State second team and was Associated Press Class 4A AllState honorable mention.

TREASURE THOMPSON, BOLINGBROOK

In her first season with the Raiders, Thompson nearly averaged a double-double, posting 13.1 points and 9.4 rebounds per game before going down to a knee injury in the sectional. She was a member of the IBCA Class 4A All-State third team.

SECOND TEAM KACHAE DONALD, PLAINFIELD CENTRAL Averaged 17.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2 assists and one steal per game on the season for Central.

She shot 33 percent on the year from behind the three-point arc.

NIAMH GARDINER, MAINE SOUTH Sophomore averaged 7.9 points per game to go along with 6.7 rebounds. She was named to the all-tournament teams at Dundee-Crown. Overall, she finished the season with more than

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200 rebounds and was third on the team in scoring.

NICOLE GARDINER, MAINE SOUTH Sophomore tallied 8.6 points, 5.2 rebounds 2.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game. She was the leading scorer for the Hawks in conference play and was second in scoring over all behind Scales.

MADDIE GRECO, DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH A final four competitor for the Class 4A ‘Queen of the Hill’ Three Point Contest, she tallied 11.5 points on the season to go with three assists and five rebounds per game.

ELLIE GROSS, DOWNERS GROVE NORTH The junior was a West Suburban Conference selection for the second time and was named to the all-tournament team at the Schaumburg Thanksgiving and

Wheaton North Christmas tournaments.

On the season, she averaged 10.1 points, 4 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game, while connecting on 43 three-point field goals.

JAYDEN MARABLE, BOLINGBROOK Averaged 10.7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on the season against one of the area’s top schedules.

CLARA PRASSE, BENET ACADEMY The senior point guard was the floor leader for Benet, she was a IBCA Class 4A special mention selection averaging 5.9 points, 4.5 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game for the Final Four Redwings.

SHANNON SMITH, PLAINFIELD SOUTH Senior guard averaged 13.3 points, 2.5 steals, 1.8 assists and 3.4 steals for the Cougars.

JALYSA STOKES, JOLIET

CENTRAL Sophomore guard was a key to Joliet Central’s 24-win season this year.

She was named to the SPC all-conference team as well as all-tournament at Lincoln Way Central Thanksgiving and Bradley Bourbonnais Holiday tournaments.

On the season she averaged 14.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.4 steams per game.

She tallied five 20-plus point games this season and was a final four competitor for the Class 4A ‘Queen of the Hill’ Three Point Contest GRACE WALSH, JOLIET WEST Lone freshman on the all-area team this season, the 5-foot, 8-inch Walsh tallied 13 points and seven rebounds per game as a compliment to Evans for the Tigers.

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