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D.219 prohibits bullying bullying includes cyber-bullying, any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct Since October is National Bullying Prevention Month, Niles Township High School District 219 is taking the occasion to remind students and families that the district strictly prohibits bullying, intimidation and harassment, all of which “diminish a student’s ability to learn and a school’s ability to educate,” according to D219 Policy 7:180. “Preventing students from engaging in these disrupting behaviors and providing all students equal access to a safe, non-hostile learning environment are important District goals,” the policy states.

According to Illinois School Code, bullying includes cyber-bullying and means any severe or pervasive phys-

Thank a principal

District 64 is joining with other schools across Illinois on Friday, Oct. 25 to celebrate Principal Appreciation Day as a part of National Principal Appreciation Month. While this honor happens each year at this time, we should remember that our principals earn our respect and appreciation each and every day. We are asking all members of our school

ical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or electronically, directed toward a student or students that: places a student in reasonable fear of harm to physical or mental health; causes a substantially detrimental effect on the student’s health; substantially interferes with the student’s academic performance; or substantially interferes with the student’s ability to participate in or benefit from school services, activities or privileges.

Students are encouraged to immediately report bullying. A report may be made orally or in writing to the nondiscrimination coordinator, building principal, assistant principal, dean of students, complaint

manager or any staff member with whom the student is comfortable speaking.

“Not only are we ready to be responsive to address any form of bullying, but we are also very proactive as a district to support our students’ needs,” said Antwan Babakhani, Niles West Assistant Principal for Student Services. “Bullying is stopped before it starts by talking about it and integrating social-emotional competencies in the classroom.”

“We work to build a safe community of engaged, empowered, and resilient students by supporting the development of self and social awareness, self-management, relationship building, and responsible decision making “ said Laura Bolech, Niles North Assistant Principal for Student Services.

communities to thank their principals for their hard work and commitment to educational excellence.

Superintendent Eric Olson said the quality of principals remains a key aspect of why he feels so fortunate to work and serve in District 64.

“As a former principal, I realize the challenges these school leaders face day-in and day-out. As superintendent, I see how they continue to set

the tone for educational excellence and how their positive attitude inspires our teachers and lifts our students to greater success,” Olson said.

Please take this time to thank our District 64 principals for their leadership and dedication through social media (#ThankAPrincipal), with a phone call, email or greeting card.

View the District 64 staff directory to contact your school’s principal.

updated- dee road closure October 16 - October 31 Dee Road will be closed in both directions at the tracks from Wednesday, October 16 at 9:00 a.m. through Thursday, October 31 at 12:00 p.m.

The northbound detour will begin at Touhy, and the southbound detour will begin at Busse Hwy. This work is being completed by Union Pacific for their train platform renewal.

Additional detour signage will be posted before October 16 to direct traffic around the closure.

Please contact Public Works at 847-318-5228 with any questions.

city offers pumpkin composting on november 2 Mayor Maloney and the City of Park Ridge Public Works Department will be collecting pumpkins for composting on

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Saturday, November 2, 2019.

Rather than placing pumpkins with other refuse that will be landfilled, residents are encouraged to drop off their pumpkins for composting. Pumpkins can be dropped off at the Public Works Service Center, 400 Busse Highway, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Pumpkins should not have any candles or decorations in or on them and should not be in plastic bags. Please call the Public Works Service Center at 847/318-5240 with any questions.

2019 Trick or Treat hours Park Ridge Trick or Treat hours are 3:30 - 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 31.

yard waste and leaf pickup update Yard waste pickup continues through December 12, 2019.

Leaf pickup runs from October 21 to December 6.

Place leaves in the street against the curb and away from parked cars the night before your scheduled refuse pick-up day.

Do not include other landscape debris in leaf piles, as the Village will only pick up leaves.

All other landscape debris must be bagged or bundled with a yard waste sticker.

cOlumn >> dave says

Mini emergency fund?

dear dave,

I’m 26 and single, and I have about $35,000 in credit card and student loan debt. I’m only making $20,000 a year right now, but I expect to be making almost $30,000 soon. Under the circumstances, can I get by with $500 in my emergency fund, or do I need to have $1,000 set aside like you recommend in Baby Step 1? I’m worried

about keeping up with bills while saving money for my starter emergency fund.

ThOmas dear ThOmas, I know it will be tough, but a $1,000 emergency fund should be your first big goal. Also, if you’re not already doing a monthly budget—and spending every dollar on paper before the next

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month begins—start doing it now!

Living on a budget will help you control your money instead of allowing a lack of money to control you. That’s how you can keep up with the bills while you save that first $1,000.

Let’s say you know you’ll be getting two $750 paychecks each month.

You go ahead and plan out how to spend that money before you ever get it. Take care of necessities first.

I’m talking about food, clothing, shelter, transportation and utilities. After that, make sure you’re current on your

debts. Once those things are out of the way, pump every spare dollar you can into your emergency fund. And remember, limit your spending to necessities only! Start working on that now, Thomas.

It’s very important. Remember the old saying about Murphy’s Law, and how anything that can go wrong will go wrong? If you keep living without a plan and no emergency fund, Murphy will hunt you down!

dave

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OCTOBER 31 NILES hallOween skaTe. 5:30 until 8 p.m. at IceLand Skate. Please join us for a fun Halloween public skate session. Get out of the spooky weather and come to IceLand.

Costumes are welcome. Admission $6, Skate Rental $4.

NOVEMBER 2 JOLIET naTure mysTery nighT. 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Pilcher Park Nature Center. Wizarding World and Magical Creatures fans, come be sorted into your houses at Pilcher Park’s School of Magic, and help us solve a mystery in our Magical Forest! Listen to musical clues from your favorite wizarding movies; bring your sharpest senses, and quench your thirst for observing natural phenomena. One night only! No flashlights, please, but costumes are encouraged. Cost is per participating child. Registration is required. Dress for the weather.

NOVEMBER 2 BOLINGBROOK bOlingbrOOk park disTricT hOliday crafT shOw. 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Annerino Community Center. Crafters mark your calendar for the 34th Annual Holiday Craft Show. Exhibits are limited to handmade items only. Commercially made items or flea market items will not be accepted. Please call (630) 7391700 for more information.

NOVEMBER 9 DOWNERS GROVE TOur Of The Oak hill & Oak cresT cemeTeries. 1-2:30 p.m. Honor Veterans Day with a special tour of the Oak Hill and Oak Crest Cemeteries, two of Downers Grove’s oldest graveyards. Learn about the history of the sites and the lives of significant Downers Grove residents who are buried there, including war veterans from the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. All ages are welcome. . This program meets at the Oak Hill Cemetery main gate. Parking available along Glenview Ave. and Howard Ave. Please dress for the weather.

NOVEMBER 9 LISLE fOXy ladies rug hOOking guild. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Rug hooking guild meeting in Meeting Room A at the Lisle Library.

For information call Linda Stypka-Songco (630) 717-7353.

NOVEMBER 16 NILES cOmmuniTy crafT & vendOr fair.

Niles Senior Center is looking for vendors to host a craft & vendor fair. If you are interested in reserving a table as a vendor, please call Chrisann at 847-588-8436 as soon as possible. A $5.00 donation per table is required at the time of reservation.

All donations will go to a family in need during the Holiday Season. Table reservations are on a first come, first serve basis.

More information to follow. Fair will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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no. 14 seed notre dame and no. 15 maine south each earn first-round home games

The IHSA playoffs open this weekend and 13 Enterprise Newspapers teams advanced to the second season, including Class 8A No. 1 seed Minooka.

Locally, Notre Dame and Maise South both advance and will both host first round games.

the season, the fewest in 8A and have allowed 17.6 points per contest.

As a program, Joliet West has never won a playoff game, posting an 0-3 record in three appearances. The last time the Tigers were in the postseason was 2017.

For Minooka, it is the 18th playoff appearance in school history and third straight. In the school lore, Minooka is 14-17 overall in postseason.

No. 32 Joliet West @ No. 1 Minooka Friday, Nov. 1 - 7 p.m.

No 19 Barrington @ No. 14 Notre Dame Saturday, Nov. 2 - 4 p.m.

In Class 8A, the No. 32 seed Tigers are the lone 4-5 team in the field, getting in the postseason because of winning the Southwest Prairie Conference East Division. West, Plainfield East and Plainfield South all had 4-1 league records and the Tigers held the tiebreaker of fewest points allowed in the head-to-head games.

The conference title is the first for the Tigers in 50 years and they become first 4-5 8A conference champion in the two decades of the eightclass system.

Minooka, on the other hand, ran the table, posting a perfect 9-0 record on the season and winning the SPC West. Of Minooka’s nine opponents this season, seven are headed to the playoffs. The Indians scored an average of 34.3 points per game this year and have allowed 9.3 – the fifth best defensive output in Class 8A. West had six of its opponents make the playoffs this season. The Tigers have scored 19.2 points per game on

The Dons were on a roll to open the season, winning their first seven games. Over the last two weeks without the services of senior running back Julian Schurr, Notre Dame fell in the final two weeks and finished the season 7-2, but still earned home game in the playoffs.

It is the Dons’ fifth consecutive trip to the postseason and 20th overall, posting a record of 15-19 over the years.

Even without Schurr the past two games, junior quarterback and ND have averaged 22.3 points per game.

Five of the Notre Dame opponents are in the playoffs this year.

The defense has been a key for the Dons this season, as ND has allowed only 9.4 points per game on average this season.

Barrington comes into the playoffs with a 6-3 record and only three of its opponents advanced to the playoffs this year. The Broncos have scored

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They have advanced to the playoffs a total of 25 times, this year being the seventh-straight season. In their history, Barrington has an overall postseason record of 26-24.

No. 18 Loyola @ No. 15 Maine South Saturday, Nov. 2 - 7 p.m.

As it has several times in its history, Maine South is in the playoffs after dropping its first two games of the season. This year, those losses came to Mt. Carmel and Glenbard West, a pair of teams that ended the season undefeated.

Glenbard West is the No. 2 overall seed in Class 8A, while Mt. Carmel is No. 1 in Class 7A, so while only three opponents have made the playoffs, to say the Hawks are battle tested is an understatement.

Despite battling injuries this season, Maine South has scored an average of 31.8 points per game, the 10th most in Class 8A. The Hawk defense has allowed only 16.0 points per contest.

The playoff appearance is the 28th consecutive trip for Maine South, the most of any team in the state of Illinois. Maine South has been to the postseason a total of 35 times in

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school history. South has six state championships three runner-up showings in school lore.

Loyola, who was upset by Marist in week 7, finished the year 7-2.

The Ramblers are in the postseason for the 30th time in school history and 17th consecutive and have made the state finals eight times, winning three times.

Six of Loyola’s opponents this season are in the IHSA playoffs. The Ramblers have scored an average of 31.0 points per game and allowed 11.3.

No. 20 Plainfield North @No. 13 Fremd Friday, Nov. 1 - 7:30 p.m.

After winning their first four games, the Tigers dropped four of the last six, including a 31-7 loss to Yorkville in week 9.

It is the eighth time Plainfield North is in the playoffs and first time in two years. The Tigers have an overall 5-7 postseason record. Five of the North opponents qualified for the playoffs.

Under first-year coach Anthony Imbordino, the Tigers averaged 25.8 points per game and held their opponents to 13.6.

Fremd comes in 7-2 on the season and averaged 21.8 points for and 12.6 points against this season.

It is Fremd’s 28th consecutive time in the playoffs, but only its second-

straight appearance.

“We are excited to return to the playoffs,” Imbordino said. “Fremd is a great opponent, well coached, stout defense, weapons on offense “We need to make minimal mistakes, execute our game plan and play Tiger Football.”

No. 21 Bolingbrook @ No. 12 Hinsdale Central Saturday, Nov. 2 - 6 p.m.

An upset loss to Andrew in week 9 saw Bolingbrook finish the season with a 6-2 record, only losing to Homewood-Flossmoor and state power Lincoln-Way East the first eight weeks.

This season, the Raider defense has allowed only 11.6 points per game, while scoring 27.2, while 8-1 Hinsdale Central has scored 29.3 and allowed 13.0.

This is the 31st overall trip to the postseaosn for the Raiders, tied for secondwith Oswego and behind only Maine South’s 35 in 8A. It is the third-straight trip for Bolingbrook.

It is the ninth year in a row the Red Devils are in the postseason, and 24th in school history.

No. 29 Plainfield East @ No. 4 Warren Saturday, Nov. 2 - 6 p.m.

The Bengals got in the playoffs with a 5-4 record and travel to

Gurnee to take on 9-0 Warren – the team on paper with the best defense in Class 8A, allowing on average of only 2.3 points per game.

The Blue Devils also score an average of 36.4 points per contest.

It is Warren’s third consecutive trip the playoffs and 28th overall appearance.

The Bengals are 5-4 and are in the postseason for the third time overall and the first time since 2014.

Five of East’s opponents are in the playoffs. On the season, the Bengals have averaged 25.9 points per game and have allowed 23.4 points per contest. The 2.4 point per game differential is the third lowest in Class 8A.

No. 30 Plainfield South @ No. 3 Lincoln-Way East Friday, Nov. 1 - 6 p.m.

A week 8 loss to Joliet West allowed the Tigers to get in the playoffs and robbed South of the conference championship.

It also bought the Cougars a date with Lincoln-Way East, one of the top programs in the state.

South advanced to the playoffs for the second-straight season and seventh time in school history. The Griffins have never missed the postseason in their 19 years in existence.

This season, Lincoln-Way East has a 9-0 record and has averaged 34.3 points per game and has allowed

only 6.7 points per contest.

The Cougars have averaged 26.3 points per game this season and have allowed 22.1.

No. 31 Downers Grove South @ No. 2 Glenbard West Saturday, Nov. 2 - 1 p.m.

A loss to cross-town rival Downers Grove North put the Mustangs at 5-4 and the No. 31 seed and a date with, on paper, the second most prolific offense, averaging 46.0 points per game. Warren’s defense allows only 7.4 points per contest.

Only two of the Mustang opponents are in the playoffs this season, compared to only three for the Hilltoppers.

Downers Grove South is in the postseason for the first time since 2014 and the 30th time in school history.

The Mustangs averaged 24.7 points per game this season and have allowed 15.2 points.

“Glenbard West is a whole different level, but I feel great about our defense, we just need to do some things on offense. We are young and we are figuring things out. I think we have a chance to be really, really good next year, but we will get everything we can out of this,” said South coach Mark Molinari.

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