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Resident to participate in Heart Walk after personal scare A blockage in the left coronary artery changes Lisle resident s life forever

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff

@RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

Later this month, more than over 500 ComEd employees will participate in the American Heart Associa-

tion’s annual Heart Walks taking place in Chicago, Oak Brook and Northfield.

For local Lisle resident Scott Vogt, this walk means more to him than he can describe.

“This is my fourth walk and it’s important to me to for personal rea-

sons,” Vogt said. “In 2015 my own health issues with my heart when I thought I was pretty healthy overall.”

During an annual check-up in 2015, Vogt mentioned a concerning chest pain to his doctor that became a nagging issue.

While not expecting the worse news possible, the doctor ordered a stress test, which led to an angiogram.

Ultimately, a significant blockage was found in Scott’s left coronary artery.

“It felt pretty minor which is why I was so surprised,” Vogt said. “It was frequent enough though it bugged me to ask my doctor and then the results came back in.”

While saying his cholesterol and blood pressure were not indicative of the heart use, Vogt said the minor nagging had to be addressed.

“It was in the widow maker which is in that left artery,” Vogt said. “The doctor basically said to me at some point I was going to have a heart attack and they prevented it from happening.”

A second stent was also inserted into his right coronary artery a few months later in the spring of 2016.

The experience, while frightening, led Vogt to make significant changes to his diet and lifestyle—he lost more than 50 pounds and now sees his car-

diologist regularly to undergo yearly stress tests.

“It’s pretty impactful when you hear the words the rest of your life which is the medication I have to be on because of this,” Vogt said Part of the diet Vogt has now inserted into his daily life is not eating red meat, fried foods or any cheese.

“I honestly thought to myself that I didn’t know what to do because that was my entire diet,” Vogt said. “I literally joke with folks I went cold turkey because all I eat now is turkey, chicken and fish.”

Since his procedure’s, Vogt has led ComEd’s “Pumpin Blood” team at the Oak Brook walk for the past three years and is excited to continue the tradition with his colleagues during the weekend of September 21.

In total, ComEd’s 500-plus walkers across the three Chicagoland Heart Walks have raised more than $93,000 so far in support of the American Heart Association.

“It is a walk so there’s not really training for it but I definitely love doing it,” Vogt said. “If I can inspire someone else from my story that makes me feel good, and I’m just very thankful for all of the doctors for saving my life while changing my lifestyle in the process.”

Scott Vogt will take place in his fourth Heart Walk.

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COLUMN >> DAVE SAYS

Become Debt Free Before Investing Ahead of investing is saving up an emergency fund of three to six months of expenses DEAR DAVE: My husband and I are in our 30s.

We have $15,000 in debt spread across student loans, credit cards, and a car payment. We make decent money, and we’ve each got around $50,000 in our 401(k) plans. What steps can we take toward becoming good investors?

HEATHER DEAR HEATHER: When you’re building wealth, everything will fall apart unless you have

a rock-solid foundation. If someone has an eye toward investing, I always recommend they first become debtfree. Another thing I advise ahead of investing is saving up an emergency fund of three to six months of expenses. This is money you never touch, except in the case of a real emergency.

Once these two elements are in place, you’ve constructed that solid financial foundation from which you can begin building wealth. Most

DAVE SAYS By Dave Ramsey

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people skip these two steps, and jump right into funding things like 401(k)s, mutual funds, and Roth IRAs. These are all great investment tools, but when you do it this way it’s like build-

LOCAL NEWS

Nearly 2K South students receive cardiac screenings Downers Grove South gets opportunity of a lifetime

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff

@RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year, which comes out to one in every four deaths.

Aware of those numbers, Downers Grove South did something to try and help and prevent those statistics from rising.

Downers Grove South High School had 1,936 students screened through the Young Hearts for Life (YH4L) Cardiac Screening Program, in order to take more precautions and find out if they are at risk for cardiac problems. “[YH4L] is an organization that started in 2006 by Dr. Joseph Marek,” said Program Director Kathy Marek.

“It’s considered a charitable foundation and we go to area high schools to screen students for symptoms that could cause sudden cardiac death.”

YH4L provides a heart screening called an electrocardiogram (ECG) to identify high school students at risk for sudden cardiac death, and to increase the public’s awareness of this issue.

Recording the electrical activity of the heart, using electrodes attached to the skin, can detect approximately 60 percent of the abnormalities or “markers” from these heart condi-

tions that are associated with sudden cardiac death, which a stethoscope cannot detect.

“You sometimes here about students who in the football field or basketball court who collapse suddenly and have died and these are usually by conditions which can be detected in the ECG,” Kathy Marek said. “Even in Europe for the past 35 years they have screened students over the age of 12 in high school and college age where they screen them every couple years with the ECG.” While Downers Grove South students have the privilege, they’re not the only ones.

YH4L has screened more than 220,000 students for conditions that cause sudden cardiac death.

Joseph Marek, an internationally recognized cardiologist, has taught physicians across America how to run screenings for students and athletes.

More than 16,000 community volunteers have been trained to provide students with free ECGs through YH4L.

To date, more than 2,400 students screened through YH4L have been identified as “at risk” students.

“The nice part about this is we do train students the night before to perform the ECG,” Kathy Marek said.

“Dr. Marek wanted to make sure this would be available to all students and not just athletes.”

YH4L is able to provide these screenings free of charge to students with parental permission because of sponsors including the Kenneth Brooks Holland Memorial Fund, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, District 99 Education Foundation and Young Hearts for Life Donors.

Hospitality donors, who provided food and drinks for volunteers, included Chick-fil-A Willowbrook, Zoup! Woodridge and Peet’s Coffee Downers Grove.

“We just want to save lives, that’s why we’re all doing this,” Kathy Marek said. “Training students, all the volunteers and sponsors play a large role in our success, and we continue to look forward to keep doing it.”

ing a house by starting the framing before you’ve laid the foundation. This kind of approach is likely cause setbacks and all kinds of other problems down the road.

What I’m recommending makes up the beginning Baby Steps in my plan. The very first Baby Step is to get a starter emergency fund of $1,000 in the bank. Baby Step 2 is paying off all debt, except for your home, using the debt snowball method. And Baby Step 3 is to finish growing your emergency fund until you have three to six months of expenses saved. Investing is Baby Step 4, and that means 15 percent of your household income going toward retirement.

In your situation, debt isn’t really the problem. It’s a symptom of you

two buying things you couldn’t afford.

Start living on a written, monthly budget. Give every dollar a name before the month begins, and break that debt cycle by developing a permanent financial game plan. Once you do that, I’ll bet both of you will end up feeling like you got a raise.

Even better, you’ll have started down the path to freeing up your largest wealth-building tool—your income!

DAVE Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 16 million listeners each week on 600 radio stations and multiple digital platforms.

Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey.

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SEPTEMBER 27 DES PLAINES PAINT AND SIP. 7-9:30 p.m. Lake Park Clubhouse. Spend a fun evening with fellow artists of all skill levels. At these gatherings, you’ll paint amazing, colorful images that you will proudly hang on your wall! R/NR $30, includes all materials needed to make your beautiful painting. BYOB wine, beer, snacks.

SEPTEMBER 28 DES PLAINES GOLF IN THE DARK. 5-9:30 p.m. The Lake Pak Golf Course & Marina. Join the Des Plaines Friends of the Parks for an evening of glow-in-the-dark-golf, great food & drinks, prizes, raffles and camaraderie, all for a great cause. Proceeds go to fund park district scholarships so that local kids, teens and adults can take a class, enjoy a program, and be a part of some wonderful recreational opportunities that they might not otherwise be able to afford. Sponsorships are a great way to promote your business while you support this important event. For more information about the Des Plaines Friends of the Parks, and this year’s Golf in the Dark, call 847-391-5089, or email TRomza@DPParks.org.

SEPTEMBER 28 LOCKPORT FRANKENSTEIN WINE GLASS CANDLE HOLDER. 2-3:30 p.m. White Oak Library Lockport Branch. Come join us for a fun craft night, where we will celebrate more than 200 years of Frankenstein. We will be creating candle holders out of wine glasses and paint. We will provide all the supplies!

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.

SEPTEMBER 28 DOWNERS GROVE HARVEST FEST. 12 p.m. start time. Fishel Park. Enjoy live entertainment featuring Suburban Cowboys from 1 to 3 pm, DJ Coach Josh from 3 to 5 pm and ARRA from 5 to 7 pm. Kids will have a blast with bounce houses, face painting and activities. Local food vendors will serve up a bounty of good eats and adult beverages will be available for purchase. For more information, please contact events@dgparks.org.

SEPTEMBER 29 OSWEGO KIDS TRIATHLON. 11 am – 2 pm. Multi-event sports aren’t just for elite adults. Kids are invited to swim, bike, and run to the finish line. Coordinated in partnership with School District 308 Physical Education teachers, the Kids’ Triathlon course is a 100-meter swim, a 3 mile bike ride, and a half mile run around the track. Kids enrolled in 3rd through 6th Grade compete in this non-continuously timed event. Everyone receives a long sleeve t-shirt. While awards are given to the fastest in each division, the real winners are all the kids who bolt from the start and head towards the finish.

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AT HAND

Benet volleyball has a goal to get back to the state finals and place higher than third place

BY MARK GREGORY Editorial Director

@Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com Through its first 11 games of the season, the Benet Academy volleyball team is a perfect 11-0 and it is not because of an easy schedule.

The Redwings have already defeated Class 3A and Class 4A state qualifiers in Joliet Catholic Academy and Downers Grove North, respectively.

A week ago at North, Benet won 25-21, 25-16 without setter Rachael Muisenga, but Sam Buckley stepped up and contributed 32 assists.

“It is always good to have a little adversity and throw a wrinkle in and see how everyone responds,” Baker said. “There will be adversity during the year and it was good to see everyone step up and no one is making excuses.”

Benet is coming off a season in which it finished third in Class 4A, the first time the program had ever competed in the third-place match, but Baker said with the difficulty of the schedule and the target that is always on the back of the program, it

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can not look ahead.

“We need to think about tomorrow’s practice,” he said “Our regional and sectional and super, those are going to be super tough. This group is pretty good about going to get it the next match and focus on the other stuff later. We know we are going to get everyone’s best match and that is a good thing — if we are not ready, we will know.”

While the team understands it can’t look ahead, all summer, the Redwings worked to get to a point where they are good enough to surpass last year’s finish.

“We remember last year and we know we want that revenge. We have the goal of state all the time and we keep putting in the work and getting better on the floor,” said senior Hattie Monson. “We knew it wasn’t a good feeling and after we were done with our club teams, we knew we had to get the extra work in for the Benet season.”

Most recently, Benet defeated Nazareth 25-13, 25-10 in East Suburban Catholic Conference.

Sophie Gregus tallied 13 kills and three blocks while Monson added nine assists and six digs.

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BENET HAS WON 11 STRAIGHT GAMES TO OPEN THE YEAR

Maeve Nelligan and Benet are 11-0 on the season.

PHOTO BY MARK GREGORY

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