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3A District. Please join us for a delicious pancake breakfast, entertainment and crafts. Santa will be on hand to take pictures with you and your family. This event is for all ages. All adults and children must pre-register for this event. Fee is per person. Registration will not be taken the day of the event. Questions? Contact Michael Van Den Bosch at mvandenbosch@skokieparks.org. DECEMBER 14 • PARK RIDGE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Maine Park Leisure Center. Join us at Maine Park for a great breakfast buffet. Choose from three seating’s. Children can talk with Santa and have a professional photo taken. Before or after breakfast enjoy holiday shopping at our Candy Cane Lane Shoppe. Fee is per person and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Everyone attending must be registered. Registration deadline: December 10. DECEMBER 13 • PLAINFIELD HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOUR. 2-8 p.m. at the Plainfield Park District. Guests will be driven around the city stopping at some Holiday Hot Spots including: Millennium Park, Lincoln Park Zoo Lights and Christkindlmarket. Enjoy cookies and hot chocolate while trying your luck at holiday trivia and don’t forget to don your most unappealing holiday sweater. Prizes will be awarded to the person wearing the most unappealing Christmas Sweater. Trip includes tour, snacks and transportation. DECEMBER 13 • PLAINFIELD JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE. 5-8 p.m. at Four Season Park 22500 Lockport St. Plainfield, IL. Bundle up for a wagon ride to the North Pole. As we head to the North Pole, we will sing along to some great holiday favorites. While you are waiting for your journey to begin, enjoy some yummy snacks, and keep your toes warm by the fire. Once your ride has reached the North Pole, the children will have an opportunity to visit with Santa and his Elf. Each child will receive a bell during its visit with Santa. Registration deadline is Friday, December 13 at noon. If adding your family to the wait list, please add everyone who wishes to attend. DECEMBER 13 • BOLINGBROOK FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS SHOW. 5-9 p.m. at the Promenade in Bolingbrook 631 E Boughton Road Bolingbrook, IL. 250,000 LED lights twinkle, sparkle and dance to more than 20 different Holiday songs. DECEMBER 13 • SKOKIE DIY HOLIDAY GIFTS. 4-6 p.m. at the Skokie Public Library. Enjoy the best parts of the winter season: a cozy atmosphere, warm beverages, and the spirit of giving. You’ll leave with new skills and handmade gifts to share. DECEMBER 14 • PLAINFIELD BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. 9-11:30 a.m. at the Prairie Activity & Recreation Center. 24550 W. Renwick Rd. Plainfield, IL. Santa is making a special stop at the Plainfield Park District to have breakfast with all the good girls and boys. Children will also create their own holiday themed crafts and play some fun games. Each child will have the opportunity for a one-on-one visit and photo with the jolly elf himself. Parents, this is a great opportunity to take additional pictures. DECEMBER 14 • DOWNERS GROVE MERRY & BRIGHT: A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS. 3 – 7 p.m. at the Downers Grove Museum. Free for all ages. Celebrate the season. Learn about Victorian Christmas traditions, tour the holiday-decorated Victorian Blodgett House and visit with Santa. Stroll the park on a luminary walk, view holiday trees decorated by the community and warm up around a campfire as you listen to Victorian-era carolers. Holiday snacks will be available for purchase to enhance the holiday cheer. New. Tree Decorating Contest. Free to enter! Resident groups and local businesses are invited to decorate a holiday tree to be judged by our Facebook followers. Trees will be on display during Merry & Bright where the winner of each division will be announced. Register by Nov. 27. DECEMBER 14 • SKOKIE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. 9:30-11 a.m. at the Oakton Community Center. Santa is coming to the Skokie Park
DECEMBER 14 • SKOKIE SATURDAY AFTERNOON PUBLIC SESSION - SKATE WITH SANTA. 2:10-3:40 p.m. at the Skatium Ice Arena. Skate with Santa Saturday afternoon public skate session. Admission Fee: Children $5, Adults $6, Skate Rental $3. Please dress appropriately for the ice - hat and gloves are highly recommended. DECEMBER 15 • WOODRIDGE THE FESTIVE SINGERS RETURN. A Cappella Quartet for the Holidays. 2 – 3 p.m. at the Woodridge Public Library. “’Tis the season to be jolly.” Get in the holiday season with contemporary Christmas and Hanukkah favorites from a cappella quartet: previously featured with Disney’s premier events for “A Christmas Carol” with Jim Carrey. DECEMBER 15 • WOODRIDGE SANTA’S BEDTIME STORIES. 6 – 6:45 p.m. or 7:15 – 8 p.m. at the Community Center/Hickory-Oak. Dress in your pajamas and slippers and join Santa and his elves for some holiday fun. Each child attending must be registered. Register online or view additional program information. DECEMBER 15 • PARK RIDGE SWIM WITH SANTA. 2-3:30 p.m. at the Centennial Activity Center. Santa is spending an afternoon at the Fitness Center Pool relaxing before his big day. Join us to swim, sing holiday songs, and play reindeer games. Don’t miss your last chance to tell Santa what good girls and boys you have been all year DECEMBER 15 • PARK RIDGE SKATE WITH SANTA. 1 p.m. at the Oakton Ice Arena. Join the Park Ridge Park District at Oakton Ice Arena to skate with Santa and his elves. Complimentary candy canes for all kids who attend. All skaters will be entered into a drawing to win two tickets to a Chicago Wolves hockey game. We encourage all to stay and watch some of Oakton’s finest skaters perform in our Holiday Exhibition following Public Skate, from 4:408:00 p.m. DECEMBER 21 • DOWNERS GROVE SAMANTHA’S VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS. 1 – 2:30 p.m. at the Downers Grove Museum. Make crafts and play games related to American Girl Samantha’s story to learn what Christmas was like in the Victorian period. Step back in time and see Victorian Christmas holiday decorations and traditions by exploring the Victorian Blodgett house. DECEMBER 21 • WESTMONT SNOW MUCH FUN. 4-7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park. Enjoy some holiday cheer at our Snow Much Fun night. Be sure to bundle up because this is an indoor/ outdoor event. Meet our friendly long eared mules when you take a free wagon ride around the park. Be sure to take a photo in the giant snow globe or visit Santa in his workshop. Take a lamplight tour of the Gregg House to see how Christmas was celebrated by early settlers. Enjoy games, crafts, hot cocoa, s’mores and much more. Bring your family and friends and delight in a most enchanting winter experience. DECEMBER 31 • DOWNERS GROVE NOON YEAR’S EVE PARTY. 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Downers Grove Public Library. Say goodbye to 2019 a little earlier in the day. We will be reading a book, having a dance, giving a toast, and more.
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Oak Ridge Boys Christmas coming to Joliet on Dec. 22 Hall of Fame quartet return to the Rialto Square Theater for their 30th annual Christmas concert BY MARK GREGORY Editorial Director
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he Christmas tree was lit in downtown Joliet the day after Thanksgiving, the downtown shops are decorated and on December 22 another recent Joliet tradition will take place as the Oak Ridge Boys return to the Rialto Square Theater for their 30th annual Christmas concert. “We would not be what we are today without our fans and we enjoy to keep coming back and entertaining our fans.” Sterban joined the quartet in 1972 when a phone call from William Lee Golden lured Stuben away from a pretty special job he had at the time. “For about two years, I was in a group called J. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet and about a year and a half of that time, I sang with the King of Rock and Roll. Back then, Elvis was the biggest star in the world and it was so special to be part of it. I have some very fond memories of my time with Elvis. As a young man in my 20s and I never thought I would ever be in the same Hall
of Fame as Elvis. We are also in the Gospel Hall of Fame with Elvis as well. “I was apparently on top of the world and I got a phone call from William Lee Golden in 1972 and asked me if I wanted to be the bass singer for the Oak Ridge Boys. While it was very exciting singing with Elvis, I was a big fan of the Oak Ridge Boys, I believed they had a great deal of potential and I made a decision to leave Elvis and join the Oak Ridge Boys. Back then a lot of people questioned me, but I really believed I was doing the right thing and I followed my heart and almost 48 years later, it turned out wonderful.” The Oak Ridge Boys have had an amazing career that, in 2015 saw the group inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “We have had many honors come our way over the years and at the top of the list has to be getting inducted into the country music Hall of Fame a little over four years ago. What a special thing that was,” Sterban said. “Elvis is in there, Johnny Cash is in there, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, the list goes on and on and on and for the Oak Ridge
Boys to be in there and have our four faces there in bronze with Elvis, it is almost beyond words.” This season, the Oak Ridge boys will be touring on a new Christmas album, “Oak Ridge Boys Down Home Christmas,” the eighth one they have released over three decades. The album features their version of “Amazing Grace,” the lone non-Christmas song, but a song very near and dear to the band after singing it one year ago at the funeral of George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. “In 1983, we established a friendship with him that lasted almost 35 years and we sang for him several times while he was president and even after he was out of office. He always had to hear Amazing Grace and not to long before he died, he asked us if we would sing at his funeral
and we promised him,” Sterban said. “We were on our Christmas tour and we were in Spokane, Washington. After we did our Christmas show there, we went to the airport, got on a private jet that was donated to us by a very dear friend who we will forever be indebted to. We flew all night to Houston. We got there in time to freshen up and get to the church where we met George W. Bush and Jeb Bush and we sang Amazing Grace for President Bush. We then got back on the private jet and flew back to Washington to do another Christmas show. We did not miss a show and we kept our promise to President Bush. He always taught us to do the right thing and it was the right thing to do. “Because of that, we included Amazing Grace on our Christmas album even though it is not a Christmas song.”
The Christmas concert also is not all sounds of the season, as the Oak Ridge Boys make sure to treat fans to some of their best hits from their historic career. “It is a whole new approach to Christmas, there will be songs from our new Christmas CD, but there will also be the traditional Christmas songs as well – it will be a nice balance,” Sterban said. “We open the show with 35 or 40 minutes of regular music – including Elvira - then after intermission, we do a Christmas set where we cover every aspect of Christmas, the fun side, the romantic side and we have a great Santa Claus and he goes out and interacts with the kids. The show is kid friendly, so we encourage parents to bring families. Then we do a rocking chair segment where we sit on Cracker Barrel style rocking chair and each guy takes turns talking about childhood Christmas music, what Christmas means to us and we intersperse the talking with singing Christmas songs. “After the rocking chair segment, we close with what we consider the most important part of the show and that is songs that deal with the real meaning of Christmas – the birth of Jesus and the importance of that in the world we live in today and a little bit of Jesus is not going to hurt anyone.”
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Gift Giving: How to give without generating waste A
mericans throw away 25% more trash during the Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday period than any other time of year. The extra waste amounts to 25 million tons of garbage! This waste has been growing due to online shopping that results in more boxes and protective packaging in use. While recycling is part of the solution, we do
need to find ways to reduce the waste. For many, shopping is an emotional experience and buying something when feeling bad may change that feeling but more often than not, the items we purchase do not give us joy. Human beings take joy from shared experiences with family and friends. This holiday season, consider purchasing tickets to sports events, con-
certs, theatre shows or the movies. Take someone to dinner at a local restaurant or bundle up and go for a hike in a park or forest preserve. Host a game night, build ginger bread houses together or homemade personal pizzas. Start a book club by reserving a room at the local library. There are
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Man shot driving through Troy Township Detectives are investigating the shooting, but believe it is an isolated incident BY BRIAN STANLEY Bugle Staff
@BugleNewspapers bstanley@buglenewspapers.com A man reported he was shot in the arm while driving through Troy Township last week. At 6:30 a.m. Dec. 3, the 34-yearold victim came to the Food and
Fuel gas station on Jefferson Street near River Road to report the incident. Will County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said the man had been driving eastbound in the 26000 block of Seil Road when he passed a white work van on the side of the road. A man wearing light-colored clothing was standing in front of the van. “As the man passed the work van he heard a loud bang and then felt pain in his upper left arm,” Hoff-
meyer said. The man pulled into the gas station and realized he’d been struck by a bullet. He was examined by emergency personnel but refused medical attention at the scene. “A bullet hole was observed in the trunk of his vehicle and the bullet penetrated through the rear seat grazing the man’s arm,” Hoffmeyer said. A .45-caliber bullet was recovered by investigators. Detectives are investigating the shooting, but believe it is an isolated incident, according to Hoffmeyer.
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LEGAL LISTINGS REAL ESTATE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS PHH Mortgage Corporation PLAINTIFF Vs. Margarita Cuevas; BMO Harris Bank National Association; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 19CH1481 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Margarita Cuevas Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1402 Theodore St Joliet, IL 60435 and which said Mortgage was made by: Margarita Cuevas the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, as Document No. R2014041674; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on 1/21/2020 at 2:15 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Andrea Lynn Chasteen Clerk of the Court 57 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 on or before December 27, 2019, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-19-09111 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3137832 Published 11/27, 12/4, 12/11
REAL ESTATE 19-091467 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY, JOLIET, ILLINOIS MIDFIRST BANK PLAINTIFF, -vsPARNITHA M. STEWART A/K/A PARNITHA STEWART A/K/A PARNITHA MARSHEA STEWART; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STATE OF ILLINOIS; MEADOW VIEW TERRANCE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS NO. 19 CH 1346 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having
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REAL ESTATE been filed, notice is hereby given you Parnitha M. Stewart a/k/a Parnitha Stewart a/k/a Parnitha Marshea Stewart; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Unknown Occupants. Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Will County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: UNIT NO. 30 OF MEADOW VIEW TERRACE CONDOMINIUM, TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS, AS DELINEATED AND SET FORTH IN THE PLAT OF SURVEY ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT “C” TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP RECORDED JUNE 20, 1996 AS DOCUMENT NO. R96-54616 AND THIRD AMENDMENT RECORDED MARCH 22, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NO. R99-37426, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PART OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2037 Manico Court, Crest Hill, IL 60403 Permanent Index No.: 11-04-31-329-022-1006 and which said Mortgage was made by Parnitha M. Stewart Mortgagors, to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, Document No. R2003243945. And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME, DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation January 7, 2020 at 1:00 pm at the Will County Arbitration Center, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 3rd Floor, Joliet, Illinois 60432. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, e-file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is December 27, 2019. Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit https://efile.illinoiscourts. gov/serviceproviders. htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble efiling, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/ gethelp.asp, or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office. Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 ILNOTICES@logs.com THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY
REAL ESTATE FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. Published 11/27, 12/4, 12/11
REAL ESTATE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS American Advisors Group Inc. PLAINTIFF Vs. Bryan D. Johnson, as Executor; United States of America - Department of Housing and Urban Development; Bryan D, Johnson; Bruce A. Johnson; Wayne A. Johnson; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Marvin W. Johnson; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 19CH1489 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Marvin W. Johnson Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 512 Western Avenue Joliet, IL 60435 and which said Mortgage was made by: Marvin W. Johnson the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for American Financial Network, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, as Document No. R2018006398; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Andrea Lynn Chasteen Clerk of the Court 57 N. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60432 on or before January 3, 2020, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-19-07936 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3138537 Published 12/4, 12/11, 12/18
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Should I cash in savings bonds? DEAR DAVE, My wife and I are following your plan, and recently we found some old savings bonds that had been given to her by her grandfather when she was a kid. Do you think we should go ahead and cash these in before they reach their final maturity date in a few months?
JOHN
DAVE SAYS By Dave Ramsey
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DEAR JOHN, Absolutely! Every one of those savings bonds is accruing interest at the appropriate rate for the type of bond it is. The problem is every one of those rates stinks. I hate savings bonds. We’re talking about some very low interest rates. Another reason I don’t like savings bonds is they’re not financial instruments which cause you to be responsible with them. People lose them, they forget about them, and then maybe they turn up in an old lock box
somewhere down the road after making a whopping two or three percent. Back in the day, they used to be positioned as patriotic and all that. But who wants to finance the stuff this government does? We’re not supporting World War II anymore, you know? Cash them in, and depending on what Baby Step you’re on, put it toward your emergency fund, your debt snowball, retirement, your mortgage—just be proactive, and do something better with the money!
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‘ WASTE’ FROM PAGE 2B opportunities year round to share yourself with your loved ones that don’t generate the waste of an unneeded over-packaged gift.
Holiday Wrapping Recycling Rules Not all paper wrapping, envelopes and cards are recyclable. Please only place clean, dry paperbased items in the recycling cart. No metallic, plastic, satin, bows, ribbons, glitter infused or foil lined items. These are contaminants and can render a 2,000 pound bale of paper non-marketable. When wrapping, be sure to use bags or decorative boxes that can be reused. Otherwise, stick to bright colors to make your gift stand out!
Water Recycling for Conservation treatment facilities in the United States that take the water from resident’s sinks, tubs and toilets and turn it into drinking water! The technology has been around awhile but many people find it hard to swallow. Scottsdale, Arizona is the newest facility to invest in it, and until 2018 they had to inject the ultra clean water back into the ground before pumping it out due to State laws against using treated wastewater as potable water. That law was changed and today, residents are able to safely drink their recycled water. Note: All water on the planet is recycled naturally. There is no more water today than there was thousands of years ago.
What happens to the curbside recyclables (2nd in series) After the truck collects your recycling from the cart, it delivers it to a MRF (Material Recovery Facility) where it must be sorted. The materials collected from 1,000 homes are dumped by one truck onto a concrete floor where it is mixed with material from many other trucks and scooped into a conveyor to be sorted. The driver of the front-loader will try to push large items that are not recyclable to the side or hand carry them off the floor. ‘ These may be large plastic toys or propane tanks. Many of these unwanted items can cause significant damage to sorting equipment or injury to personnel. Glass is heavy and is dropped out of the mix first, as the conveyor rises three stories into the air. Shaker tables and other eq uipment are used to pull out large cardboard. There are people working to also pull the cardboard and to grab items that are not recyclable from the line. Large items missed below and plastic bags are top contaminants.
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Lehr, Ranallo headline 2019 Football All-Area team BY MARK GREGORY Editorial Director
@Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com Through the first seven games of the season, Notre Dame College Prep and Minooka were unbeaten and had themselves ranked among the elite teams in Class 8A. Both battled through difficult schedules, made history for their programs, and advanced to the IHSA playoffs, notching at least one win before being eliminated. Both teams are also connected as they produced the 2019 Enterprise Publications Football Players of the Year.
SETH LEHR, QB MINOOKA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR After the success it had in 2018 football season, and with several key players returning, Minooka knew this season could be special. The Indians rolled off 11 straight wins, claiming the Southwest Prairie Conference West Division title with a win at Oswego and winning a pair of playoff games before falling at Brother Rice in the quarterfinals.
In the win over Oswego to complete a perfect regular season, it was a late game touchdown drive led by senior quarterback Seth Lehr. It was that leadership, accompanied by his stats, that makes Lehr the 2019 Enterprise Publications Football Offensive Player of the Year. On the season, Lehr completed 137 of 197 pass attempts, good for a 70 percent completion percentage. He recorded 1,893 yards and threw for 16 touchdowns and only four interceptions – a passer rating of 117. On the ground, Lehr carried the football 101 times for 356 yards and eight scores. He was named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 8A All-State First Team. He accomplished all that in only 10 games after being knocked out of two games with a hard hit in week three. “I don’t think there is a harder position to play in any sport than quarterback of the football team with all the things you need to know and everything you need to execute,” said Minooka coach
John Belskis. “Seth had all the intangibles – he has an extremely high football IQ, his leadership skills were second to none. I have been a lot of good ones and Seth ranks up there at the top of the best I have had the opportunity to coach.” That leadership quality is something Lehr has possessed for a long time. “At a young age, my parents always held me to a pretty high standard,” Lehr said. “I knew these guys listened to me and that they trusted me the way I trusted them and we were able to get things done. It was awesome having so many weapons that I could go to and having the big guys up front. Coach put a lot of trust in my hands and developing the game to work 50/50 pass and run.” Lehr said that while he didn’t pay attention to his individual stats throughout the season, he has been able to reflect after his Indian career as come to an end. “I didn’t really pay attention to that during the season, but I have been looking here lately and I am pretty proud of that, especially developing and evolving from last
year, it was a pretty good year,” he said. “As a team at the beginning of the year we had some pretty big goals and we knew as seniors we would have to make it the best we could and we did a pretty good job of that.”
ANTHONY RANALLO, LB NOTRE DAME DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR When the season ended for Notre Dame College Prep, it did so at the hands of eventual Class 8A state champion Lincoln-Way East, it did not end without a fight – especially by the vaunted Dons defense. East won 23-13 but the Dons defense battled through short fields and facing the top-rated player in the state and blanked the Griffins in the second half. That defense allowed an average of 11.7 points per game of the season, holding its opponents to seven points or less five times and one shutout. At the center of that defense was 6-foot, 190-pound senior linebacker Anthony Ranallo who posted a total of 107 tackles for the season, 24 tackles for loss, eight
sacks, two forced fumbles, one interception and a pair of pass breakups. For his stats and leadership on a talented defense, Ranallo was tabbed as Enterprise Publications 2019 Football Defensive Player of the Year. One of the things that made Ranallo as good as he was is that no matter how well he and the team played, he always wanted more from himself. “I have pretty high expectations of myself and I always feel like I can make an impact in any game I play in,” he said. “I feel like I could have done more.” What he did do was help the Dons open the season 7-0 against a tough schedule. “This was probably the hardest schedule Notre Dame has ever played and we won seven games, but we felt we could have won every game,” Ranallo said. “We always play like we have a chip on our shoulder. It is the neighborhood that we are from. High School football means a lot to the neighborhoods on the northwest
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6B SPORTS ‘FOOTBALL’ FROM PAGE 5B side of Chicago and we like to hang our hats on our defense. “We played D-I players all year long and we took pride in it because none of us are getting recruited by big time schools, so we take pride in shutting those guys down.” The rest of the Enterprise Publications All-Area team members are:
Jordan Anderson, JCA Sophomore running back that rushed for 1,302 yards on 160 carries. Averaged 8.1 yards per carry, with 16 touchdowns. Received the Most Outstanding Player Award in the ESCC/CCL White Division. He was named Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 5A All-State Honorable Mention.
Hunter Campbell, Downers North Senior offensive lineman that blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers. Graded out highest on the team and was All-Conference.
Drew Cassens, Downers North Senior quarterback who rushed for 1,513 yards on 218 carries and 18 touchdowns. Threw for 620 yards while completing 53 percent of his passes and had four touchdown passes. Cassens was AllConference and West Suburban Silver MVP. He was also named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 7A AllState First Team.
Dale Dambek Jr., Plainfield East Senior linebacker who had 120 tackles, one interception for a touchdown, eight tackles for loss, four sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He was named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 8A All-State First Team.
Noah Ellens, Minooka Senior running back who rushed for 1,221 yards on 212 carries and scored 14 times for the Indians. Ellens also contributed in the passing game where he had 36 catches for 352 yards and two touchdowns. Ellens was first team Southwest Prairie West All-Conference.
Jaquan Howard, Bolingbrook Sophomore running back that was the lead rusher for the Raiders in 2019. Howard had 1,061 yards off of 133 carriers and scored 11 times.
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Trent Howland, Joliet West The junior running back rushed for 1,401 yards on 178 carries and scored 14 touchdowns. Howland also got involved in the passing game where he had 87 yards and two touchdowns. He was named Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 8A AllState Honorable Mention.
Trent Hudak, Minooka Senior wide receiver and kicker for the Indians who started all 12 games and had 47 receptions for 884 yards with 11 touchdowns. Hudak was first team Southwest Prairie West All-Conference.
fensive touchdowns. Defensively, Lambert had 19 solo tackles, six assists, one sack, two tackles for loss and eight pass breakups. For his efforts, he was CO-Most Outstanding Offensive Player WSC Gold Conference.
Dan Lazic, Maine South Senior who played quarterback, wide receiver and kick returner. In 10 games, Lazic had 1,700 all-purpose yards and 10 touchdowns, 651 yards receiving, 335 yards rushing, 287 yards passing and 452 return yards. Learned to play quarterback in four days at practice and beat Fremd.
D’Mauryon Hunter, Bolingbrook
Luke Leongas, Maine South
Senior linebacker who totaled 62 tackles. Hunter also had 14 tackles for loss, four sacks and two pass break ups.
Junior quarterback played in only seven games with with a torn ACL. He had a 63 percent completion rating, threw for 1,433 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Ryan Kilburg, Maine South Senior wide receiver and safety that started 34 games for South. Offensively, Kilburg had a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, 44 receptions for 560 yards and seven touchdowns. On the ground, Kilburg had 31 carries for 270 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, Kilburg had 56 tackles, three interceptions, three fumbles caused, one fumble recovery and two tackles for loss. Kilburg was a two-time All-Conference selection as well as Offensive POY in the CSL South this year, he will be playing college football at Western Michigan.
Antonio King, Bolingbrook Senior wide receiver and running back that caught 34 passes for 341 yards with two touchdowns. On the ground, King had 92 carries for 641 yards and seven touchdowns. He was named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Class 8A All-State First Team.
Conor Kovas, JCA Senior offensive lineman who was the anchor for the Hilltoppers. Kovas was a two-year starter for JCA, was the captain of the offensive line, was All-Conference and helped pave the way for an offense that totaled 4,633 yards (386.1 yards per game) and averaged 33 points per game.
Jayden Lambert, Downers South Senior who was an overall athlete who is a preferred walk-on at NIU was the MVP of his team. Lambert was a three-year AllConference Player who rushed for 434 yards, had 307 yards receiving, 198 kick return yards and seven of-
Lavarion Logan , JCA Sophomore defensive end that recorded 42 tackles, 12 sacks, 10 quarterback hurries, five tackles for loss and forced one fumble.
Josh Lumpkin, Downers North Senior running back who rushed for 1,100 yards on 158 carries and scored 11 times. Lumpkin was AllConference.
Tyler McLaurin, Bolingbrook Junior linebacker who had 52 total tackles. McLaurin also had four tackles for loss, one sack, two pass break ups, one interception and two fumble recoveries.
punts for 159 yards and recorded seven special teams tackles.
Senior defensive back who started all 12 games for the Indians. Ramirez recorded 42 tackles with 27 being solo and had 15 assists. The senior also had five pass breakups, eight interceptions (tied school record) with one being returned for a touchdown. Ramirez was first team Southwest Prairie West All-Conference.
and was named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 8A All-State First Team. He was selected to play in the NBC All-American Game in San Antonio, TX on 1-4-20. Set school records of 74 pancakes in a season, breaking his old record of 56nd school record with 171 total pancakes. Defensively, he had 32 tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, four deflections and one fumble recovered for a 48-yard score “Peter is the best player I have ever coached. He is the hardest worker I have ever coached and he may be the smartest player I have ever coached. And upon all that Peter is the most humble player I have ever coached,” said South head coach David Inserra.
Eli Reed, Downers South
Adam Smith, Plainfield North
Sophomore who was an overall athlete who had 41 catches for 595 yards and 10 touchdowns, had 134 punt return yards and 95 kick return yards. Defensively, Reed had seven solo tackles; four assists, one tackle for loss and four pass breakups. Reed was a Co-Most Outstanding Offensive Player in the WSC Gold Conference.
Junior quarterback who threw for 1,233 yards and completed 62 percent of his passes. Threw for 18 touchdowns on the season.
Brian Pitt, Notre Dame Senior defensive end and tight end that caught four passes for 30 yards and a touchdown offensively. Defensively, Pitt had 36 total tackles, 12 sacks, one forced fumble and three pass deflections.
Ernesto Ramirez, Minooka
Anthony Sayles, Notre Dame Senior quarterback who threw for 1,380 yards and 12 touchdowns, while adding 513 yards and six touchdowns on the ground on 74 carries. He was named Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 8A All-State Honorable Mention.
Brady Moore, Downers North
Julian Schurr, Notre Dame
Senior offensive lineman who blocked for two 1,000 rushers, also was All-Conference.
Senior running back that rushed for 619 yards on 112 carries with 11 touchdowns. Schurr also caught 27 passes for 239 yards.
Marcellus Moore, Plainfield North Senior wide receiver that rushed for 191 yards and two touchdowns while catching 25 passes for 284 yards and five receiving touchdowns. The talented Tiger will be playing college football for Purdue next fall. He was named Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 8A All-State Honorable Mention.
Joey Morgan, Plainfield East Senior quarterback who threw for a school record 1,906 yards and 21 touchdowns. Completed 58 percent of his passes.
Jimmy Murphy, Notre Dame Senior defensive back that had 70 total tackles, five tackles for loss, four pass break ups and two interceptions. He returned 16
Kinsyn Shelby, Joliet West Senior defensive back that had 34 tackles, seven interceptions, one touchdown, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
Jacob Snell, Benet Academy Senior defensive end that had 47 tackles, 21 solo tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and eight quarterback hurries. Snell was the Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference Orange Defensive Lineman of the Year. Snell will be playing college football at Miami of Ohio next fall.
Pat Strocchia III, JCA Junior defensive end that was All-Conference, recorded 50 tackles, 11 sacks, 13 quarterback hurries and three tackles for loss.
Jabril Williams , JCA Junior defensive back that was All-Conference, recorded 56 tackles, three tackles for a loss, five pass break ups and two interceptions with one that was returned for a touchdown. He was named Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 5A AllState Honorable Mention.
Jake Shipla, Minooka
Kenyetta Williams, JCA
Senior offensive tackle and defensive tackle that started 12 games for the Indians. Shipla recorded 81 tackles with 38 being solo and 43 assists. He added nine sacks and 16 tackles for loss. Shipla was a threeyear varsity starter who played every snap both ways for the past two seasons. He was first team Southwest Prairie West All-Conference.
Senior running back for the Hilltoppers who rushed for 1,023 yards on 142 carriers. Averaged 7.2 yards per carry, with 13 rushing touchdowns. Williams also contributed in the passing game, as he had 13 catches for 293 yards and four touchdowns. Williams was AllConference and the offensive MVP for the ESCC/CCL White Division.
Peter Skoronski, Maine South Senior offensive and defensive lineman who started 35 games
Selections are made by the Enterprise Publication staff and are based on statistics provided by the coaches.
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