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JUNE 11, 2014
Vol. 6 No. 41
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St. Joseph academy gets new building Building owned by the Friends of Community and Public Art By Stewart warren For the bugle
stewartwarren509@yahoo.com @stewartwarren
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Frank and Camille Mensik from the Czechoslovak American Congress place a wreath at the Lidice Memorial in Crest Hill.
St. Joseph Academy has a new home. On May 29, the private school began moving into the building owned by the Friends of Community and Public Art, 310 N. Ottawa St., Joliet.The one-story, 8,000-squarefoot brick building was built in 1950 and originally was a union hall for steel workers. >> see JosePh | page 3
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Minor changes coming to Rock Island schedule On the weekday inbound schedule, the schedules for 16 trains are being adjusted A new Rock Island schedule that seeks to better match train times to actual operating conditions will start on Sunday, June 15, 2014, according to a press release from the city. In some cases, trains will depart earlier than the current schedule, so riders are urged to view the new schedule (attached or online at www. metrarail.com) to familiarize
themselves with the changes. On the weekday inbound schedule, the schedules for 16 trains are being adjusted, with the departure times from certain stops or running times between stations being modified by up to five minutes. In most cases, the schedule changes are being made to better reflect actual operating conditions. The schedules for some
trains are also being adjusted to eliminate conflicts with other trains in the Blue Island area. On the outbound schedule, the schedules of 19 trains are being adjusted. In almost every case,the changes are being made to reflect actual conditions and the changes amount to no more than three minutes earlier or later. Two late evening trains are being adjusted by 7 minutes to reflect heavy passenger loading following Chicago White Sox games.
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Council hears more on referendum supporting eight districts Council members unsure if referendum would be binding or advisory
the Council’s basic structure: the city is divided into five districts or geographic areas. Voters living in each district elect one councilman to represent them. There are three other councilmen who are chosen by voters throughout the city. They are called the By Stewart Warren For the bugle councilmen at-large. stewartwarren509@yahoo.com The Concerned Citizens of @stewartwarren Joliet is a group that is comprised of local As some residents residents, and many of push for a referendum them live on the East or to change the structure Near West sides of the of Joliet’s government, city. They would like the members of the to divide the city into City Council want more eight districts with one information. councilman elected But so far, there aren’t from each geographic a lot of answers. Attorney Jeff area. At the end of the City Plyman They think that there regular City Council is too much power meeting on Monday, concentrated in certain Councilman Jim parts of town while McFarland asked if the others don’t have proposed referendum enough representation. would be binding – “Six council people meaning that it would live within a four-square become law – or simply mile area, and as a result advisory. the city as a whole is “We’re aware there Councilman Jim McFarland under represented,” is a grass roots effort to reads a flier advertising raise awareness about the city’s aldermanic form of a 6:30 p.m. informational meeting government,” City Attorney Jeff on Thursday at Mount Carmel Plyman said. Then he explained Church, 205 E. Jackson St., Joliet,
>> joseph, from page 1 “It will be a perfect place for a school,” said Jan Novotny of Joliet, a school administrator and teacher. The building is not far from St. Joseph Church, 409 N. Scott St., so the students can continue to walk there for mass when the weather is good, she said. It’s also in downtown Joliet so the teachers can continue to plan field trips to the public library and other nearby locations. The building features several large spaces that will make great classrooms, Novotny said. St. Joseph Academy is a small independent school that is taught in the Catholic and Montessori traditions. It is the only private school on the East side of the city, and it opened in the fall of 2010. St. Joseph Academy is an offshoot
of St. Joseph School, the Catholic institution at 409 N. Scott St. that was in session from 1895 until the Joliet Diocese closed it because of debt and declining enrollment in the spring of 2010. For the past four years, St. Joseph Academy has operated at 51 W. Jackson St., Joliet, not far from the old Steel Workers Hall. But the building was on the market the entire time, and the school’s leaders knew that one day they would have to move, Novotny said. A few months ago, they learned the time had come and they would have to move out by the end of May. They looked at several buildings, but nothing was quite right. Then Rich Hlavacik of New Lenox, a member of the school board, happened to drive past the hall and saw a “for sale” sign. “He stopped in right then and
“I have not seen anything in writing,” Plyman said. “So we are a little bit in the dark.”
that will be hosted by the group. McFarland is one of the city’s councilmen at large. Ironically, when he was elected in April 2013, residents of the East and Near West sides backed him, and some of them might now support the measure that could eliminate his position. Plyman said that he only had so much information about the movement. “I have not seen anything in writing,” Plyman said. “So we are a little bit in the dark.” The members of the council asked when the change would happen if the referendum passed. “Perhaps the implementation (date) would be part of the referendum itself,” Plyman said. Mayor Tom Giarrante asked who would draw the map that would divide the town into eight new districts. The creation of a map is a legislative function, so the members of the council would draw it, Plyman said.
there,” Novotny said. “And we have been going back and forth and figuring what would work, and long story short, that is how we got there.” It was perfect timing for the Friends of Community Public Art. The group borrowed $200,000 to buy the building in 2003. Five years later, the economy had taken a terrible downturn, and the group lost much of its funding. “We had to sell the building,” said Kathleen Farrell, founder of the group that has painted beautiful historical murals and sculptures throughout the city. “One month longer, and the commercial loan payment would have been coming out of my checking account, and that could not fly.” Now the school will rent the building for one year and plans to
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Joliet uses different type of mosquito control solution Hired company drops tablets in the 6,750 catch basins, manholes and inlets By Stewart Warren For the bugle
stewartwarren509@yahoo.com @stewartwarren
The old days of the slowly cruising truck wafting a fog of nasty spray are gone. Joliet has a new way of killing mosquitos, and it doesn’t involve bug bombs. The members of the City Council voted unanimously during their regular meeting June 3 to hire Rosellebased Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management Inc. to stamp out the insects. The work will cost the city $32,400, the same price as last year. To do the job, the company drops tablets in the 6,750 catch basins, manholes and inlets in the city’s streets, said Jim Trizna, public works director. “The mosquitos that carry West Nile Virus breed in the catch basins,” Trizna said.
buy it next year.“We are starting a capital campaign within the next month or so,” Novotny said. Now that the school has a permanent place to operate, officials are recruiting students for a nineweek summer camp that will begin soon and for classroom spots in the fall. “One of our slogans is,‘Shouldn’t your child love to learn?’” Because we emphasize the love
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To do the job, the company drops tablets in the 6,750 catch basins, manholes and inlets in the city’s streets, said Jim Trizna, public works director.
The tablet treatment provides protection for about 180 days. Clarke will begin doing the work in the next few weeks, Trizna said, adding that he noticed mosquitos outside his home last week. It should take the company about a month to do the entire treatment. The city stopped using the fogging method about three years ago, Trizna said. “We used to fog plus this, but this has the biggest bang for your buck,” Trizna said.
of learning, and try to help each child find their particular niche,” Novotny said.“We are hoping we are a good niche for kids who like a small environment and learn differently.” And the Friends of Community Public Art will keep some space in the building. “It will be wonderful for the children to be exposed to art,” she added.
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Developers hope to break ground in July New Holiday Inn and conference center in the works By Stewart Warren For the bugle
stewartwarren509@yahoo.com @stewartwarren
The developers building the new Holiday Inn and conference center have been working recently on some of the project’s technical details.
They have been considering issues involving sewer and water lines, future parking places and the subdivision of the property, said Jim Haller, community development director. The Holiday Inn Candlewood Suites and Convention Center will include two hotels in the Rock Run Business Center on Houbolt Road just north of Interstate 80. There would be a five-story Holiday Inn Express with 120 rooms and a four-story Candlewood Suites with 80 rooms.
The conference center could host events such as regional trade shows, large sales meetings or class reunions. There would be full-service restaurant and a banquet room that would accommodate as many as 600 people. The developers attended the June 5 meeting of the Community Design Review Board, a session involving city staff from departments such as planning, public works and building inspection, among others, Haller said.
During the June 5 meeting, the developers discussed subdividing the land so that the two hotels would be built on separate parcels. “Technically, if they wanted to sell one off, they would have the flexibility to do that.And they said it would make their financing easier,” Haller said. The developers also will have a third “green grass” lot that might eventually be converted into a parking area or sold to someone else, he said. They also are thinking about
running separate sewer and water lines t to each hotel. “Our fire safety official said if you had a sprinkler issue or a water main issue you could move guests from one building to the other. And the principal said,‘Let’s look into it, if it is costeffective,’” Haller said. The actual work of building the project could begin soon. “The big news is they are looking for a July start this year, and they are out soliciting bids from contractors to build this thing,” Haller said.
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ShInInG BrIGht Community’s support helps light up the sky on the Fourth of July
“It’s a Joliet tradition,” he said. “there was no way we were going to let them go. … and the community came through.”
Editor’s Note: The Joliet Bugle is working with the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry this year on promoting the chamber’s 100th Anniversary. By nICk reIher mAnAging editor
nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews
Who could imagine a Fourth of July without fireworks? Not the Joliet Chamber, Terry D’Arcy, WJOL’s Scott Slocum or many other Joliet community leaders when the city was faced with that prospect in the depth of the recession in 2008. When the economy tanked, there was no money for the annual fireworks show at Joliet Memorial Stadium, said Mary Jaworski, executive vice president for the Joliet Chamber. There was talk of combining that show with the one at Bicentennial Park, she said. “That idea lasted about 24 hours,” Jaworski said. Slocum remembered reading the story on air about the cancellation of fireworks in 2008
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WJOL personality Scott Slocum shares a laugh with Terry D’Arcy and Will County Executive Larry Walsh at the annual radio-thon to support funding for fireworks for Joliet’s 68th annual July 4th Celebration.
due to lack of funding. “I was thinking, ‘No way. This can’t be possible.’ And then the phone lines started lighting up.” D’Arcy, owner of D’Arcy Buick GMC, called Jaworski and said something needed to be done. So they did. And on June 6, they all met at D’Arcy’s Essington Road dealership as they have for the past five years for a two-hour fireworks radio-thon on WJOL. New and longtime supporters called in pledges or came in to the dealership to donate and chat with Slocum and on-air partners Monica DeSantis and Steve Brandy, D’Arcy, Jaworski and Chamber Executive Director
Russ Slinkard. They all said the Joliet community responded as they usually do when their backs are up against it – they come out fighting. There were fireworks at the stadium that July 4 and every year since due to the generosity of the community, the group said. Slinkard and Jaworski said it takes about $25,000 total to put on the show, including $20,000 or so for the fireworks alone. Some 50,000 to 60,000 people come in to the stadium for the event, they said, and that doesn’t include the countless thousands who watch from their own
backyard parties for a few miles around the stadium. Jaworski said she got a call from one such neighbor who was sad to hear the fireworks might be cancelled that year. They were the centerpiece of her annual party. D’Arcy said he opened his doors on Essington in 2009 and has since let the group do the radio-thon from there. He had supported the community fireworks for some 15 years before that, and he wasn’t about to let them disappear. “It’s a Joliet tradition,” he said. “There was no way we were going to let them go. … And the
community came through.” Slocum said he’s not surprised, “not with as much pride as people have.” This year’s celebration will be Friday, July 4, of course, at Joliet Memorial Stadium.The fireworks show begins around 9 p.m., but there is lots to do and hear for a couple hours before that.There’s free admission and free parking. Donations, which are tax deductible, still are more than welcome and should be made out to “Joliet July 4th Celebration,” and mailed to Joliet July 4th Celebration, P.O. Box 752, Joliet, IL 60434. For more information, call 815-727-5371.
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The following items were compiled from the official reports of the Joliet Police Department. Appearing in the police blotter does not constitute a finding of guilt, only a court of law can make that determination.
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Donald E. Oswald, 18, 6915 Great Falls Drive, Plainfield, was arrested at 1:30 p.m. May 30 at 3340 Mall Loop Drive for theft.
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John L. Pyka, 50, 26 W. Clinton, was arrested at 8 p.m. May 30 at Van Buren and Chicago for liquor on public way.
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Danielle M. Derby, 20, 306 Hyde Park, was arrested at 3:24 p.m. May 30 at 304 Hyde Park for dog bite.
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Thomas Lopez, 33, 115 St. Joseph Ave., was arrested at 11 a.m. May 30 at 651 Hickory for possession of a controlled substance w/intent to deliver and possession of drug equipment. Jose D. Ortega, 23, 1707 Fiddyment Drive, Romeoville, was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon and no FOID.
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Edward J. Rogers, 41, 219 Earl Ave., was arrested at
11:56 a.m. May 30 at 2424 W. Jefferson for retail theft.
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Ashley M. Pemble, 27, 2 Davison, was arrested at 5:05 p.m. May 30 at 2424 W. Jefferson for retail theft.
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Bobby E. Mitchell, 24, 206 4th Ave., was arrested at 6:10 p.m. May 30 in the 400 block of South Chicago for possession of controlled substance.
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A 16-year-old was arrested at 9:27 p.m. May 30 at 1254 Richards for obstructing a police officer.
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Jovonte D. Moffett, 20, 1302 Elizabeth, and Bryson L. Carter, 19, 206 Iowa, were arrested at 9:59 p.m. May 30 at 112 Richards for criminal trespass to real property. Larry W. Hinton Jr., 604 2nd Ave., was arrested at 1:14 a.m. May 30 at 102 Stryker for Criminal Trespass to state supported property.
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Julian E. Aguirre, 20, 11 Fernwood Drive, Bolingbrook, was arrested at 1:45 a.m. May 30at 3551 Mall Loop Drive for disorderly conduct.
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Martin Castillo, 22, 415 Garnsey, was arrested at 3:03 a.m. May 30 at that address
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arrested at 12:19 a.m. May 31 at Caton Farm and Route 59 for possession of controlled substance.
arrested for reckless discharge of a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of weapon and resisting/ obstructing a peace officer.
Letitia D. Rodgers, 48, 8140 Southshore Drive, Chicago, was arrested at 9:20 a.m. May 31 at 216 N. Hickory for criminal trespass to land.
Willie J. Terry, 51, 109 Hobbs Ave., was arrested at 1:04 a.m. May 31 at 366 Water for domestic battery.
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Acosta, 33, 1307 14 Vianey Clara Ave., was arrested at 12:42 p.m. May 31 at 3340 Mall Loop Drive for retail theft.
M. Lindsey, 26, 303 20 Holly Stone, was arrested at 2:12 a.m. May 31 at 6 McDonough for battery.
Roy C. Hester Jr., 52, 205 Iowa Ave., was arrested at 2:27 p.m. May 31 at Richards and 4th for resisting a peace officer and possession of drug equipment.
Francisco J. Garcia, 24, 514 N. Hickory St., was arrested at 11:10 p.m. June 1 at that address for loud noise.
Ariel L. Love, 22, of 1515 Englewood Ave., Joliet, and Paris A. Crowder, 1529 Englewood Ave., Joliet, were arrested for retail theft at 1109 Brookforest Ave. on May 29.
for two counts of criminal damage to property and possession of cannabis.
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Ericka K. Ulmer, 21, 1115 Charlesworth Ave., was arrested at 3:36 p.m. May 31 at 2424 W. Jefferson for retail theft and on a Will County warrant.
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Jonathan D. Thurmond, 25, 318 Princeton Ave., Lockport, was arrested at 10:27 p.m. May 31 at 1500 Fairmount for criminal trespass to state land, obstructing a peace officer and possession of cannabis. Demetrius M. Pinnick, 22, 316 Sherman, was arrested for criminal trespass to state land.
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Christian E. Harmon, 23, 23647 Baltz Road, was
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Allen F. Partyka, 56, 30 N. Broadway, was arrested at 8:26 p.m. June 1 at 1314 W. Jefferson for lewd or indecent conduct.
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Armando CamposVillanueva, 34, 450 Market, was arrested at 10:16 a.m. June 1 at that address for aggravated domestic battery.
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Quantrel L. Jones, 23, 167 Wallace,was arrested at 1:30 p.m. June 1 at Rowell and New Lenox for reckless discharge of a firearm, aggravated fleeing and eluding, resisting/obstructing a peace officer and obstructing justice, and on an out of town warrant. A 17-year-old was
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Nathan F. Rogers, 23, 2301 Bicentennial Drive, Crest Hill, arrested May 30 for possession of cannabis and possession of drug equipment at 700 W. Jefferson St.
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William Vera, 27, of 1906 Glacier Ridge Drive, Plainfield, arrested on a DuPage County warrant for driving under the influence.
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Darrell L. Stuckey Jr., 23, of 200 Madison, Joliet, arrested June 2 for theft and criminal damage to property at 803 Richards Court.
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Chad J. Miller, 42, of 903 Wildflower Drive, Shorewood,arrested for domestic battery in the 900 block of Wildflower Drive on June 5.
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Lidice: Czech for, ‘Take That, Adolph!’ By nICk reIher mAnAging editor
nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews
OK, I swear John Pritasil, president of the Czechoslovak American Congress, was looking at my notes. Out of habit, no pun intended, I almost threw up my hand and yelled,“Sister, he copied!” I was sitting in the crowd on a beautiful Sunday, jotting down notes at the annual Lidice Memorial in Crest Hill. (See my story on Page 1). As the United Moravian Societies Singers were serenading us with traditional folksongs, I mused about the many different ways people pronounce “Lidice,” the town in the current Czech Republican that rose from the ashes after a massacre by the Nazis 72 years ago. I mused for a while about the name “Lidice,” which I had first seen on a Pace bus not long after I came to Will County nearly 30 years ago. It took me a while to find out why that name was on a bus after all. Then, there’s how you say it: “Lah DEES;” “Lah DEET zuh;” “LEE DEE CHEY.”Always thinking about clever things to say (I know, you thought I just spouted them on the spot), I wrote down in parentheses in my notes:
“Doesn’t matter how you say it, just remember it.” I listened to a few more speakers, congratulating myself on my wit, when Pritasil gets up there and says, “Each person has a little different way of saying it. It’s not important how you say it. It’s important you remember it.” Oh well, it’s not important who said it first, only that we do remember Lidice, the source of an atrocity at the hands of the
It’s kind of sad more people don’t know about lidice. It is a wonderful story about how by working together, good can triumph over evil, eliminating racism along the way. Nazis that a relative handful of people throughout the world, including what would become a Crest Hill neighborhood, took as a challenge in rubbing Hitler’s crazed, smug venom back in his mustachioed muzzle. Crest Hill, noted Mayor Ray Soliman, has one of only two Lidice memorials in the United States. The other is in Phillips, Wisc. But there are memorials, streets, etc. all over the world to memorialize the tiny Czech
town. On Sunday, we got a chance to see what a mining town in England did to help rebuild Lidice, courtesy of a documentary presented in person by a representative of the company that made it. It was gratifying to see younger people in the audience at the memorial and the movie showing. For years when I attended the event, the crowd was mostly elderly Czechs from Chicago, Cicero and Berwyn, bastions of Bohemians. Now, there were young families and teens, which made me comfortable the story of Lidice would not go away any time soon. Especially if Tina Oberlin has anything to say about it.The Crest Hill alderwoman has dedicated herself and her special events committee to making the annual Lidice Memorial event a focal point for the city and the region. To help make that happen at the recent event, Tina did about everything except whistle the Czech National Anthem. Give her time, though. It’s kind of sad more people don’t know about Lidice. It is a wonderful story about how by working together, good can triumph over evil, eliminating racism along the way. That sure sounds like a lesson we can use pretty often.
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Why are diplomats making military decisions? During General Lovell’s Congressional testimony, he said the Libyan area is controlled by Africom You wouldn’t hire a forklift operator to perform brain surgery, then why are we allowing diplomats to make military decisions? During General Lovell’s Congressional testimony, he said the Libyan area is controlled by Africom, headed by the State Department, not the military. Also, on the evening of the 9/11/12, tragedy most members -- State Department and Military -were called to their headquarters in Germany. Within a short time of convening, the military and security personnel declared this to be a terrorist act versus spontaneous demonstration and indicated the responsible group.
The State Department ignored the military input and, although the military had put possible response units on alert, no request was initiated. The military wasn’t told to stand down and weren’t asked to stand up. Could we have saved some lives? Maybe, but we didn’t try. Shameful!!! Questions still need to be asked: Was Libya asked to send security personnel? If so, why not? Obviously, we had permission to be in airspace because we had a drone overhead. Was it armed? If so, why didn’t it try to neutralize the invaders. If not, why wasn’t an armed one launched? Why weren’t stealth
fighters launched to help? Had we airlifted a platoon of Marines or Rangers, they could have come up behind the invaders and/or gone after, captured them, and immediately secured the area. Who did the state Department employees converse with up the chain of command? How far did it go? Why haven’t all those State Department employees and their Washington counterparts been held accountable? Why didn’t we go after the attackers? Brave people died who might have been saved by an immediate military response. Those who are responsible need to be dealt with- now!!! The comment, “Who cares now?” I do, and so should all Americans. Mark Turk Joliet
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County moves forward with planning for judicial complex County moves one step closer to moving Sheriff’s department functions into the First Midwest Building By nick reiher managing editor
nreiher@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews
At the June 3 County Board Capital Improvements Committee meeting, members voted unanimously to begin programmatic planning for a new judicial complex in downtown
Joliet and several related capital projects. “I am pleased we are taking positive steps forward with these actions on our capital plans that have been developed over the past several years,” said Denise Winfrey, chairman of the Capital Improvements Committee. “We made some key decisions this week that will enable the county to begin work on the judicial complex and continue work on improving other county facilities in downtown Joliet.” These decisions included authorizing Will County Executive Larry Walsh to enter into a contract with Wight and Company for programmatic design of the new judicial complex. In addition, the county took action to move one step closer to moving Sheriff’s department functions into the First Midwest Building once the county officially acquires the
property. “Working together with Chairwoman Winfrey and the rest of the County Board, we are making real progress that will benefit Will County residents and will aid in the revitalization of
“I am pleased we are taking positive steps forward with these actions on our capital plans that have been developed over the past several years,” said Denise Winfrey, chairman of the Capital Improvements Committee. downtown Joliet,”Walsh said. “This is a very positive day and we are continuing to proactively address the County’s capital needs.” Along with the approval of the programming contract for the Judicial Complex, the county also approved agreements to move the
Will County Recorder of Deeds’ office and the Coroner’s office into the former Social Security Building at the corner of Scott and Cass streets. This relocation is expected to save the county approximately $230,000 annually in rent payments. “We have a number of steps planned out that will allow the Countytoaddressourmostpressing capital needs while working our way towards construction of a new Judicial facility,” said Walsh. “Once we have vacated the 121 N. Chicago building, one option the City of Joliet has discussed for this property is making it a public plaza that will bring more open space in the downtown area for farmers markets, outdoor concerts and other civic events.” “My committee, Executive Walsh, and his staff have been working closely with Chief Judge Richard Schoenstedt and the Mayor Tom Giarrante to continue our collaborative efforts to keep things rolling,” said Winfrey. “I would expect many more positive
steps forward in the coming months ahead.” More good news for the county came when the Illinois Senate passed HB 5889, allowing the county to impose and collect court fees to help pay for new judicial facilities. The user fees would be imposed on parties in civil cases and defendants who plead guilty in criminal cases, but would not apply in traffic, ordinance and conservation cases when fines are paid without a court appearance. Depending on the structure set by the Board, the new user fee could raise as much as $2 million for the judicial facilities. Board members envision the judicial complex will house judges and numerous departments including court clerk, state’s attorney, public defender, court administration, jury commission, court reporters, probation and the sheriff. >> to see the full version of this story, check out buglenewspapers.com
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Memorial celebrates freedom during 72nd anniversary of Lidice
Adam Georgiou tells story of Lidice in new documentary By nick reiher managing editor
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As their children played in a nearby garden or later quietly in the pews at Crest Hill’s Theodore Street Lutheran Church, you could almost see their parents wondering what if would be like if someone burst into their homes, told them to get out and then separated them forever. Especially when they saw a documentary showing the faces of the children cast forever wideeyed as statues in a memorial in Lidice, in the Czech Republic. Or when they heard from the now-old aged children of Lidice who managed to survive the massacre of their people and the destruction of their small town by Nazis on June 10, 1942.
Chances are, they never will forget those images. And that’s the idea: Never forget what happened to Lidice. The story goes like this: Germany had taken over Czechoslovakia, along with the rest of Eastern Europe, in 1939. To keep locals under control, Hitler put in charge one of his favorite officers, by many accounts, as cold-hearted as the Fuhrer himself. When Hitler heard the officer had been killed by two members of the Free Czech movement, he went even crazier and ordered that Lidice, a little town outside of Prague, be wiped off the map. Beginning June 9, 1942, the Nazis came into Lidice and ordered residents from their homes. On that day and the next, 173 men over 16 years of age from the village were murdered;
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People gather at the Lidice Memorial in Crest Hill to remember the 72nd anniversary of the massacre in Czechoslovakia.
the rest of that age who were not in town were later found and murdered. Hundreds of women and children were sent to concentration camps, where many of them later died. Fewer than 200 women and children returned to the town after the war. But not exactly to the town
they had left. There was little remaining after the Nazis were done with Lidice in 1942. A new Lidice was built next door,leaving the old site as a memorial, now with a large rose garden linking them. Adam Georgiou from Inspired Film and Video, Ltd., of Stoke-onTrent, England, was able to fill in
many of the gaps of what people usually heard during the annual Lidice Memorial event, held June 8 in Crest Hill. Three years ago, he told the group, after reading a story in a local newspaper, he and others from his film company heard of the inspiring story of how their town literally helped rebuild Lidice following the atrocities that June 72 years ago. Georgiou and his company were so moved, they spent two years working on a documentary, “Lidice: A Light Across the Sea,” to remind residents of Stokeon-Trent of the town’s critical role, including helping to raise 32,000 pounds (about $1 million today) during the rationing and bombing in their own country, to help rebuild Lidice. He showed the hour-long documentary in the sanctuary of Theodore Street Lutheran Church following lunch and the memorial event held annually just north of the church. A monument has been at that >> see lidice | page 18
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INSIDE: Handwork tabbed Player of the Year; trio of locals on all-area team, page 14; Slammers sweep River City, page 16
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Upstart Tigers’ season ends in sectional final By mike sandrolini For the bugle
mike@buglenewspapers.com @voyagersport
It’s been Joliet West’s day many times throughout the 2014 season—30 times in the “W” column, to be exact—but last Saturday’s Andrew sectional title game against Lincoln-Way East wasn’t the Tigers’ day. The Griffins’ 4-2 lead after three innings ballooned to 8-2 following a four-run fourth—the big blow in that frame being Nikole Van Gennep’s three-run homer. LWE extended the cushion to 11-2 with three more in the fifth and went on to win,12-2. The fifth-seeded Griffins faced Edwardsville in the downstate Normal supersectional on Monday with the winner advancing to this weekend’s state tournament. No. 1 seeded Joliet West finishes 30-8. “It was their day,”said Joliet West coach Heather Suca.“They caught on fire at the right time. They didn’t let up the whole game. They got a little momentum that first inning and they went with it. They’re a very good team; they’ve been a good team all year long.” Joy Treasure brought a sparkling 17-3 record into the contest, but she didn’t get out of the first inning. She faced five hitters, giving up two walks and hitting two batters which eventually led to three runs and a 3-0 LWE lead. “Joy was over-ready; she was over-pumped,” Suca said. “But we still got out of that with only three runs which I thought was huge.” The Tigers strung together four straight hits in their half of the first: Jennifer Ames’ leadoff double, following by singles from Karina Vargas, Treasure and Alysia Rodriguez. Rodriguez’s single plated Vargas, and a sacrifice fly from Kiley Robb—who took over for Treasure on the mound—
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Kylie Robb pitched the win for Joliet West in its 11-1 triumph over Plainfield Central last Tuesday.
drove in Treasure. That inning, unfortunately, would be the extent of Joliet West’s scoring for the day. “We couldn’t get anything to fall and they were getting everything to fall,” Suca said. “Credit to them. They’re going up there hitting aggressive. They made some
clutch plays on defense and we didn’t make our plays on defense like we have been.” The 12-2 outcome was a far cry from the Tigers’ two games earlier this season versus the Griffins. Joliet West won both meetings by scores of 5-4 and 4-3. “I think they came out really
hot,” Rodriguez said. “I think they just had a lot of momentum today and we knew coming into the game it’s tough to beat a team three times. It’s a tough loss, but I thought we fought well at the beginning and didn’t come through with any big hits.” Suca praised the leadership
and play of her three graduating seniors: Treasure, who had two hits; catcher Julia Liceaga; and Vargas, an outfielder. They helped lift the Tigers from an 0-4 start to a 30-win club that won 18 in a row at one point in the season. >> see FINAL | page 13
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Sports FINAL, FROM PAGE 11 “The team came a long way this season; a long, long way,” Suca said. “Julia behind the plate; she’s been calling games for us and doing a great job all season. Joy, obviously today wasn’t her best outing but overall she’s had a pretty good record and her leadership role on the team. She’s helped out our freshman pitcher (Robb) tremendously. “Hopefully next year our freshman pitcher can step up and take over that role that Joy had. And Karina has made some great plays for us in the outfield this year. She came up with some clutch hits in big conference games. We obviously are going to miss all three of them next year.” But the Tigers should be set for 2015 with Rodriguez, a DePaul recruit at shortstop; right-fielder Lorelei Tokarczyk, who belted a grand slam in the Tigers’ 11-1 romp over Plainfield Central in the sectional semifinals on June 3; and second baseman-leadoff hitter Jennifer Ames.All are juniors. The Tigers also had three freshmen in the starting lineup: left-fielder Kristen Ames, third baseman Madi Mulder and Robb, who plays first in addition to pitching. “The younger girls on our team
have really stepped up this year, especially Madi at third base and Kiley pitching; she’s going to be great,” Rodriguez said. “If we pick it up next year I think we’ll have a chance to go far again, but we’re going to have to make up for losing such big parts of our team.” In the sectional semifinal, West jumped out fast on Plainfield Central and Suca was determined to put the game away in less than seven innings and not got give the Wildcats a chance to come back. They did that, winning 11-1 in six innings. “We finished the game in six instead of seven and that is big,” Suca said. “(Central) came back and scored seven to beat Plainfield South.We were up and I was very happy, but I wanted to finish this game because I know they never let up.” West started scoring early when pitcher Kylie Robb drove in Alysia Rodriguez. Rodriguez was in the mix again when she started a hit parade in a four-run third inning that gave the Tigers a comfortable lead. From there, it was all Lorelei Tokarczyk. She hit a grand slam in the fifth inning and had the walk-off single in the seventh to invoke the 1o-run rule and end the game.
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Keeping it in the family: Handwork tabbed POY By Scott Taylor sports editor
staylor@enterprisepublications.com @Taylor_Sports
It is never easy to replace a 39goal scorer.
It is even harder when the player everyone expects to step up is the former player’s younger sister. For Plainfield North’s Heather Handwork, she was able to
duplicate her sister Ashley’s achievements. Not only did the Tigers repeat as regional champions, Heather was able to hit the 30-goal plateau as well, finishing the season with exactly 30 goals despite playing much of the season in the midfield. And, she has concluded her season with the same award her sister won last year, the Voyager Media Girls Soccer Player of the Year. “It’s exciting,” Heather said. “It’s great for the family and is awesome for me to get this award.” “Heather has been the most dominant player in the area this year, and the best player on the field in each game we have played,” Plainfield North coach Jane Crowe said. “She has 30 goals, and has played many games in the midfield. She has led our attack, and has been able to score in a variety of ways. She can shoot from distance, beat defenders off the dribble and score in the air off of restarts.”
While there was pressure on Heather, a senior, she was able to handle that well. “I felt a lot of pressure,” she said. “It was weird not playing with her and took some time to get used to. I felt like I dealt with it well. I really stepped up. I was happy with scoring 30 goals, I think I scored 18 last year.” There was also pressure on the team as they were looking for players to fill the scoring void.As a team, they were able to make the appropriate adjustments to clinch a sixth straight undefeated Southwest Prairie Conference season. “Everyone was nervous coming into the year, but everyone played well and we played a little differently,” Heather said. “We attacked from the outside and up the middle. Our other captains, Sara Stevens
and Shayna Dheel, stepped up a lot as well.” Heather improved her game in the summer by playing against older competition, as well as top competition. She played up in age in club season and went to the national camp in California where she competed with the U-18 team. Now she will be reunited with her sister at Marquette University. “I am looking forward to it,” Heather said.“I had that one year off and I am looking forward to playing with her again. We have good chemistry together.” The rest of the Voyager Media All-Area team includes:
KATHIA ARRENDONDO A junior midfielder for Joliet Central, she scored four goals and had 11 assists on the year. “Kathia was our playmaker and starts our offense. She was our best all-around player,” said Joliet Central coach Eduardo >> see ALL-AREA | page 15
Sports >> ALL-AREA, FROM PAGE 14 Contrares. “She is good with either foot and when she is on the field, the girls feel very confident that they were going to win the game. She was our team general on the field. She made first team All-Conference in the SWSC. She was injured for two weeks and that was when we were blown out of games. She will even be better next year.”
RACHEL BERNICKY Bernicky was the anchor to the defense on the sectionalfinalist Benet squad.
PAIGE FULLER The Plainfield Central junior tallied six goals and 12 assists on the season.
MARISOL GALVAN Senior from Minooka tallied seven goals and two assists. She was an All-Sectional and AllC o n fe r e n c e selection this season and will play next year at Northern I l l i n o i s University.
JAMIE HANSEN Freshman defender scored two goals, both game winners, for Lockport this season. “She is athletic, great on 1-on- 1
situations, and her abilities allowed us to play three in the back vs. Nikia Smith, the most dangerous forward we came across this year,” said Lockport coach Todd Elki. “It is very exciting to have Jamie back for three more years, I believe she could end up being one of the top defenders in the state by her senior year. This season she was an All-Conference and All Sectional selection.”
JACQUIE KAUFMAN A junior forward from Benet, Kaufman totaled six goals and 12 assists.
KELSEY KRETMAN The Lisle High School junior forward is a three-year varsity player who fired in a team-high 20 goals, added nine assists and was an all-Interstate Eight Conference selection.
NICHOLE LOPATIN When Niles West scoring leader Vicki Tirovolas suffered a season-ending torn ACL, coach Brett Clish was looking for someone to pick up the slack. The sophomore forward filled the void and then some, setting single-season school records for most goals (19) and most points (46).
GIANNA MARCONI Marconi, a Colorado State recruit, finished the season with 21 goals and 18 assists, leading Downers North to the regional championship game.
MICHELLE MOREFIELD Benet’s team leader, Morefield finished the season with 11 goals and 17 assists.
EMILY O’GRADY Maine South coach J.J. Crawford jokingly calls O’Grady “spider woman” because he says, “She just makes saves that most keepers, male or female, can’t make, but she can and that’s just a testament to her.” Another testament to O’Grady’s outstanding play her senior year—she notched seven shutouts and 154 saves—is that she was named all-state by the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association this season. The senior will be playing collegiately at Iowa State.
BROOKE POLONUS Polonus helped lead Plainfield North to a sixth straight SPC title, finishing with five goals and four assists as a defender. “Brooke is the anchor of our defense,” Crowe said. “She has played almost every minute this season, and is the leader in the back. She is outstanding at winning balls in the air, and disrupts the opposing team’s attack. Brooke is also very good at keeping forwards from turning and facing the goal. She has been
THE BUGLE/SENTINEL JUNE 11, 2014 a big part of our 11 shutouts this season. She has also scored five goals this year off of restarts.”
KELSEY PRUETT The senior forward from Plainfield South tallied 14 goals and six assists. She is headed to SIU-Edwardsville next year.
MARY ROUNCE Rounce finished the season with 5 goals and 7 assists for Downers North.
JESSICA SCHMIDT Maine South’s senior midfielder, who is off to DePaul on a soccer scholarship, missed all but one game of the 2013 season after dislocating her kneecap, but returned to be one of the team’s leaders this season. Schmidt (four goals, five assists) was an all-CSL pick as well as an all-sectional selection.
RACHEL SCHNEIDER Bolingbrook senior made a huge return this season after suffering a torn ACL last year. She posted eight goals and nine assists this year and was an AllSectional selection and was All-Conference for the second time. She will play next season at Illinois Wesleyan.
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Bolingbrook senior made a position change this season and scored 19 goals and had 13 assists in her first year as a striker. A defender by trait, she was fourtime All-Conference, two years All-Sectional and this season was named to the All-State team. She will continue her career at Northwestern University.
SARA STEVENS Stevens had 18 goals and seven assists this year for Plainfield North.
CALLI TOMKO The freshman forwardmidfielder was a mainstay on a Lisle Lions squad that reached the Class 1A sectional finals and went 16-6-2. “Calli Tomko one of our more skilled players on team,” Kohorn said ofTomko,who scored 11 goals and had 11 assists.“She’s going to be around a long time and will be a big contributor to this team.” Mark Gregory and Mike Sandrolini contributed
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Joliet Slammers sweep River City The Joliet Slammers-Presented by ATI Physical Therapy-came back and defeated River City 2-1 in 14 innings on Sunday to sweep the three-game series. All three games featured some great pitching and Sunday was no exception. Former Slammer Tommy Mendoza was on the hill for River City and Blair Walters started for Joliet. Mendoza was on a roll early, allowing only three singles and picking up ten groundouts through his first five shutout innings. Meanwhile,
Walters struck out seven Rascals in his first five innings, allowing one hit and retiring ten in a row at one point. Mendoza was lifted after 7 great innings, giving up no runs on four hits with four strikeouts. He picked up 12 ground ball outs with a great curve ball. Walters was even more effective through his 8 innings. He allowed no runs on just two hits with nine strikeouts and two walks on 110 pitches, 70 of which were strikes. The game was scoreless entering the 9th inning. Chase Doremus came on in relief for Joliet and pitched the 9th and then 10th innings. He started the 11th and was lifted after River City finally
broke the scoreless tie. The Rascals led off the 11th with Bryan Aanderud drawing a walk. Taylor Ard bounced into a fielder’s choice but then Saxon Butler reached on an error by Joliet second baseman Jose Garcia, his third miscue of the day. Josh Ludy followed with an RBI single to give River City the 1-0 lead. Gabriel Shaw pitched the 11th for the Rascals and retired the first two hitters before getting two strikes on Russell Moldenhauer. With the Slammers down to their final strike, Moldenhauer hit the game-tying solo homer to right to make it 1-1 going to the 12th inning. Ryan Connolly came on
for Joliet in the 11th to retire the side after their run and then pitched the 12th and 13th. He got out of a bases-loaded-oneout situation to keep it a 1-1 tie. Brett Zawacki then came on to pitch the 14th for the Slammers and earned the win to cap another great pitching day for Joliet. In the bottom of the 14th, Moldenhauer led off with a double down the right field line. Tyler Grogg came on to pinch run and scored the game-winner on Grant DeBruin’s RBI single to left to end the game. A game earlier, Joliet won 2-1, getting on the board in the first inning, thanks to a solo home run by Adam Giacalone against River
City starter Dane Stone, who had allowed only one earned run in 23 innings pitched prior to Saturday. Stone entered with a 0.39 ERA and a 3-0 record. Andrew Busby was the Joliet starter and did a nice job going through the first five innings without allowing a run. In the 6th, the Rascals got on the board on a RBI single from Saxon Butler to tied the score 1-1. River City had come in as the top hitting team in the Frontier League with a batting average of .285 and a league-best 102 runs scored.The Slammers took back the lead in the bottom of the sixth against Stone. Moldenhauer doubled with two outs. Giacalone walked and then Grant DeBruin ripped a line single to left to drive in Moldenhauer for a 2-1 lead. Stone was lifted at the end of that sixth inning and suffered his first loss of the season. Busby earned the win, allowing just one run on five hits in seven innings of work. Zawacki started the eighth inning in relief and allowed a leadoff single toTaylor Ard. Saxon Butler then hit a sharp grounder to second baseman Jose Garcia who started a beautiful double play with a backhand glove flip of the ball to shortstop Max Casper. Josh Ludy walked and the Evan Crawford singled. So the Slammers brought in reliever Jordan Wellander who struck out Curran Redal to get out of the jam and keep the 2-1 Joliet lead. Wellander picked up the four-out save, his second of the season, as he allowed just a two-out single in the 9th. Now 16 of the last 17 innings from the Joliet bullpen have been scoreless.
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#Northwestern announces that Malin Jones will transfer. Was one of their better 2012 recruits but buried on RB depth chart.
Favorite social media outlet that you use? Instagram How often do you use social media? Who is your favorite person to follow? Inspirational quotes - always something uplifting being posted. What do you use social media for? Communications, news updates Who is your favorite pro athlete? Why? Stephen Curry; Perceived to be one of the hardest workers in the NBA. How many followers do you have and how often do you tweet? About 4 - 5 hundred; I tweet about 50 times a month. Your most memorable sports moment? Being chosen to play in an All-Star Game.
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>> LIDICE, from page 9 spot since local developer, Dominic Romano, so moved by the horrific events that had just occurred overseas, changed the name of the neighborhood he built north of Theodore Street and west of Illinois 53 from Stern Park to Lidice. Lidice and other such neighborhood later were assimilated into Crest Hill when the city incorporated in 1960. He built the original monument, and exiled Czech President Edvard Beneš attended the dedication. Now, thanks to former Crest Hill Mayor Nick Churnovic and Alderwoman Tina Oberlin, there is a fine, new memorial and small garden on Prairie, just north of Theodore. She hopes to turn it into a rose garden, similar to the one planted between the original Lidice site and the rebuilt town.
Some of the blooms wound up as presents to mom from several of the children who attended Sunday. Organizers hope they will someday bring their children to the annual memorial. Oberlin and her committee organized the extended event June 8, arranging to have Georgiou show the movie for the annual event, and catering from Klas, a longtime, wellknown Bohemian restaurant from Cicero, a favorite of the many of Czech ancestry who come down annually for the Lidice remembrance. Oberlin has worked hard on the event, even helping to serve the homemade goulash and rye bread, water and pop to visitors in the church’s community room. Oberlin said she’s not Czech, but she feels a special connection to the memorial, having grown up across the street from the
News original. “As long as I’m alive, I’m going to make sure people don’t forget,” she said recently. That sentiment was echoed often during Sunday’s memorial. “It’s strange to call it a celebration,” John G. Pritasil, president of the Czechoslovak American Congress, said opening the event.“But it is a celebration of the failure of what (the Nazis) tried to accomplish. “They tried to erase Lidice … but here we are, 72 years later in the Midwest, remembering what happened.” Pritasil also noted the many different ways “Lidice” is pronounced, including “Lah DEES,” and “Lah DEET zah.” “Each person has a little different way of saying it,” he said. “But how you say it doesn’t matter. It’s important you remember it.”
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Mike Dropka from American Sokol salutes the American Flag during the National Anthem during the 2014 Lidice Memorial event in Crest Hill.
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Get your kids ready for real work world Give kids increasing responsibility to help the family as they get older
By Dr. Daneen Skube Tribune Content Agency
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Q. My teens are getting ready to go to college, and I see 20-year-olds having a terrible time getting jobs. Are there some tips you can give to help me get my kids ready for the real world of work? A. As much as we parents love to coddle kids, the rest of the world will not be fair or nice to our babies. Preparing kids for the reality of working for a living means raising them without entitlement, expectations of fairness or special treatment. Because so many parents today were raised with no emotional support, this generation of parents is often raising kids with tons of emotional support and very few limits. Kids may be led to believe that everything is negotiable and authorities will care about their feelings.When these kids get a first job, they are in for a rude surprise!
Here are practical parenting for an employer. -Pay bills with your kids and let tips you can use from 18 months on that will help your kids thrive them see that life is expensive.Your teens will appreciate your financial in their future work: support and understand -No means no, and the they can’t live at home home is not a democracy. forever. Parents clearly indicate -When there are that all decisions are not problems with teachers negotiations and that mom or employers, please and dad makes the rules. attempt to side with -Logical consequences the authority unless you apply when kids want to interpersonal really disagree. Teens oppose the rules. No clean edge room means no park time. Dr. Daneen Skube need to be able to accept and work with rules they No homework means no playtime with friends. Kids learn don’t like. If you protect them from that making bad decisions results everyone that is slightly “mean,” your kid won’t grow up. in things they like going bye-bye. As much as we adore our -Give kids increasing responsibility to help the family children, one of the most precious as they get older. In the beginning, having your small children “help” is more work for you. However, in the long run these kids learn a work ethic. -As your children become teens, make sure they have jobs where they are expected to be punctual, consistent and hardworking. Even if the job is once a month, kids learn that work equals money and money requires problem solving
lessons we can teach them is to be high-functioning in the world. When we never allow them to suffer, they don’t develop tenacity, resiliency and the ability to fight for their optimal future. As rewarding as it is to swoop in when our kids are struggling, we don’t teach problem solving if kids don’t struggle. As good as it feels to always side with your kids when they are upset, we don’t teach them to cope with adversity when we pity them. Many kids are in school systems that try to adapt to all sorts of differences in children’s learning styles. Most work places won’t provide this extensive support. If your child struggles now in any
area, help them realize they will definitely have to work harder than others, and that business settings will not prepare special programs. (Daneen Skube, Ph.D., executive coach, trainer, therapist and speaker, also appears as the FOX Channel’s “Workplace Guru” each Monday morning. She’s the author of “Interpersonal Edge: Breakthrough Tools for Talking to Anyone, Anywhere, About Anything” (Hay House, 2006).You can contact Dr. Skube at www.interpersonaledge.com or 1420 NW Gilman Blvd., #2845, Issaquah, WA 98027. Sorry, no personal replies.)
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By Dr. aDam aronSon For the bugle/sentinel
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WEST NILE VIRUS Since the first outbreak of West Nile virus in 1999 along the east coast of the United States, news media have provided extensive coverage of other outbreaks. Mosquitoes, which usually contract the virus by feeding on infected birds, then bite a human and introduce the infection where it multiplies in the bloodstream. While some infected individuals will remain asymptomatic, most will have just mild symptoms. These include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, body aches and fatigue. In a very small number of cases, less than 1 percent of infected people will develop more severe symptoms such as meningitis, convulsions, paralysis and mental confusion. Though there are no medications that can treat the West Nile Virus infection, the symptoms typically resolve in a few
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In 2013, West Nile virus activity was reported to CDC ArboNET from the following states.
days. As noted, the vast majority of people will have mild symptoms that require supportive care such as ibuprofen for fever and body aches, rest, and fluids. In more severe cases, patients may be admitted to the hospital for higher levels of support and monitoring. Take measures to prevent exposure. Mosquitoes prefer to gather and lay their eggs in areas of standing water such as stagnant ponds, birdbaths and flowering pots. Avoid these areas and consider removing them from your yard. Mosquitoes prefer to feed at dawn and in the early evening, so remain indoors during these times. When outdoors, apply insect repellent with DEET as noted in the discussion of Lyme disease. The virus cannot be spread from person to person so infected individuals need not be quarantined.
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*WNV human disease cases, presumptive viremic blood donors, veterinary disease cases, or infections in mosquitoes, birds, or sentinel animals. †Presumptive viremic blood donors have a positive screening test which has not necessarily been confirmed. graphic courtesy of the center for disease control
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he arrival of warm weather often signals the end of cough and cold season. However, families must be watchful for infections carried by mosquitoes and ticks, such as Lyme disease and West Nile virus. In this month’s column, we will discuss the signs and symptoms of these infections, how they are transmitted and strategies to prevent exposure.
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During the coming months families need to be aware of Lyme disease and West Nile virus. Should anyone develop symptoms of either infection, they should contact their primary care physician immediately.
Thousands of cases of Lyme disease have been reported since it was first recognized in 1975. A type of bacteria called a spirochete causes the infection. It is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected deer ticks, which are tiny, blackbrown insects about the size of a poppy seed. Infected deer ticks have been found in many parts of the United States, especially the northeastern states; California; and closer to Chicagoland in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Deer ticks live in forests or grassy, wooded areas and are most active from late spring through early fall. People have been exposed and infected during all types of outdoor activities from camping or hiking in secluded forests to their own backyard. Lyme disease can be easily treated with a course of antibiotics, and patients will recover fully. If not recognized and treated, the infection can progress to more serious complications such as arthritis, meningitis and paralysis of facial nerves. Families traveling to, or spending time in areas where deer ticks are prevalent should take note of the following strategies that
have been shown to decrease the chance of exposure. Whenever possible people should stay on cleared paths and avoid the shaded, moist,
wooded and grassy areas where the ticks prefer to live. Using insect repellent with DEET is also very effective. These products are safe for children when they contain no more than 30 percent DEET, and are washed off with soap and water when returning indoors. Children and adults should wear enclosed shoes or boots, and keep arms and legs covered. Wearing a hat can protect the scalp. Wear light colored clothing to make it easier to notice ticks. The most effective way to prevent infection may be doing a complete tick check after returning indoors. Humans are usually infected when the tick has been attached for more than 48 hours, so prompt removal of ticks is critical. If ticks are found attached to the body, the following steps will aid in removal. Fine tipped tweezers can be used to grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible. Try not to squeeze the body of the tick. Pull back slowly and the tick will usually release. The area should then be cleaned with alcohol and antibacterial ointment.
Dr. Adam Aronson, MD is a pediatrician based in Skokie, Illinois. The advice contained in this column is for informational purposes only. Readers should consult with a physician to evaluate any illness or medical condition. Dr. Aronson accepts new patients. Call (847) 676-5394 or: www.kidsfirstpediatricpartners.com
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