WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
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President contract talks off agenda MCC board still may extend Smith’s agreement despite critics By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
Vicky Smith McHenry County College president
CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College trustees removed an agenda item amid criticism that trustees were trying to push
through an extension of the president’s employment with a lameduck board. Trustee Cynthia Kisser asked the trustees to push a vote on President Vicky Smith’s contract until the next board meeting April 25.
The board is considering extending the president’s employment agreement by a year to June 2015. Smith’s contract stipulates that a decision must be made by June 1. Critics, who asked that the de-
cision be made after three newly-elected trustees are seated, might not be pacified by tabling the matter because the vote still will come before outgoing board members leave. There are three meetings April 25 – the final
LAKEWOOD RESIDENT FINISHED MARATHON SECONDS BEFORE BLAST
Joy became ‘utter terror’
meeting of the outgoing trustees, a largely ceremonial meeting to swear in new members and elect officers, and the first meeting of the new board.
See MCC, page A4
Speakers split over ban on gambling Some want county to stand its ground By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com
Photos by Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com
First-time Boston Marathon runner Linda Bailey walks with her husband, Dan Bailey, in their Lakewood neighborhood Tuesday. Linda Bailey crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon 30 seconds before the first bomb detonated as her husband cheered her on from the sidewalk between the site of both explosions Monday.
Pressure-cooker bombs suspected in explosion
Chaos separates woman, husband
The ASSOCIATED PRESS
By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com Dan Bailey tracked north, passing one closed Boston street after another. As he moved farther away from Boylston Street, the famed finishing stretch of the Boston Marathon that his wife of almost 25 years had just run down, he clutched his smartphone, hoping it would ring. The Lakewood resident had abandoned his route to the finish line when the first explosion, 30 seconds after his wife crossed the finish line, lifted a plume of greenish-gray smoke into the
See LOCALS, page A6
Linda Bailey of Lakewood shows the medal from completing the Boston Marathon on Monday.
Read more n In aftermath of blast, victims’ stories emerge. PAGE A6 n London Marathon will go on as planned, say officials. PAGE C6 n For complete coverage of the bombing in Boston, visit NWHerald.com.
BOSTON – Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out – with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel – but said they still didn’t know who did it and why. An intelligence bulletin issued to law enforcement and released late Tuesday included a picture of a mangled pressure cooker and a torn black bag the FBI said were part of a bomb. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies repeatedly pleaded for members of the public to come forward with photos, videos
WOODSTOCK – Rural bar and restaurant owners pleaded with the McHenry County Board to overturn its ban on video gambling. Opponents pleaded with County Board members to stand their ground. County Board members heard almost 90 minutes of public comment Tuesday evening, split between bar and restaurant owners wanting the ban repealed and opponents saying that expanding gambling is a sucker’s bet. Businesses began pushing earlier this year for the County Board to repeal its 2009 ban, alleging it is hurting their revenues because many McHenry County municipalities now allow video gambling. Fred Hoffmann, owner of The Snuggery outside of McHenry, was one of several business owners who said that the ban is putting rural liquor establishments at a competitive disadvantage. “I’ve been approached by dozens of customers asking why we don’t have it, and I don’t know what to tell them. They find it hard to believe that they can go two blocks down the street in McHenry and enjoy it there,” Hoffmann said. But opponents said that gambling carries too high a cost to families and society. Crystal Lake resident Carrie Smith, who has watched her brother battle a gambling addiction, called putting the machines in rural bars and restaurants “an unnecessary and unhelpful temptation.” “It’s destroyed his marriage, his children, his future, and he’s about to lose his house,” Smith said.
See BOMBS, page A6 See GAMBLING, page A4
LOCALLY SPEAKING CL South’s Garrett Bright
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WONDER LAKE
INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PLANNED
HARRISON DISTRICT 36 GETS NEW LEADER
The village is planning for $2.5 million in road and water main work, which is expected to begin in August, officials said. To move the projects forward, the Village Board on Tuesday hired an engineering firm to do the design work for the road resurfacing projects and water main projects. For
Harrison District 36 approved the appointment of Susan Wings to lead the district. Wings, who starts July 1, replaces Superintendent Bhavna Sharma-Lewis. Her next step is to get to know the school, learning about the initiatives it has in place and leading the school through the implementation of Common Core standards. For more, see page B1.
more, see page B1. CL Central’s Joey Ruffolo Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com
CRYSTAL LAKE: CL South defeats CL Central, 8-0, with the benefit of four double plays. Sports, C1
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