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Judge tosses lawsuit Treatment center ponders next move “We’re trying to see what our options are at this point and really determine what to do next. Our whole goal here was to protect our agency and to survive. We knew [a federal lawsuit] was a bold move, but we knew we had to get it out of this county and out of the system here.”
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ABOVE: Prairie Ridge junior Hannah Ellis distributes a chemical between six test tubes during an April 17 chemistry class activity on disturbing the equilibrium. Under the Next Generation Science Standards, students will have to do more hands-on activities to learn science. BELOW: Huntley High School freshmen Vicky Wolicki and Chris Beck record information during a gravitational force lab in Amanda Henk’s physics class April 17.
New standards call for more hands-on classroom activities By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com Inside Jake Seiler’s Prairie Ridge High School chemistry class, students shook together compounds such as dinitrogen tetroxide and nitrogen dioxide, and stuck them into cold water and into hot water. The students see whether they change color, and by the end of the lab after testing various compounds, Seiler said, they should be able to predict what happens if the substance
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is heated or cooled. Students applying concepts, designing more, having them make modifications and doing more hands-on activities is the main thrust of the Next Generation Science Standards being put together and which are expected to be adopted by the state possibly by the end of the school year. The proposed standards even have progression for students on what knowledge they
A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the McHenry County Mental Health Board by a local drug- and alcohol-abuse treatment center over $1.1 million in funding that the board wants back. The lawsuit filed last October by The Advantage Group Foundation alleges that the board is trying to push the Crystal Lake-based nonprofit “to the brink of extinction” by trying to recoup money that the Mental Health Board alleges was improperly billed between 2009 and 2011. Judge Philip Reinhard dismissed two of the three counts with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled. He threw out charges that the Mental Health Board inappropriately burdened The Advantage Group with extra audits, and violated antitrust laws by seeking to eliminate the nonprofit “to instead benefit providers [the] defendant prefers.” The third count – that ordering extra audits constituted a breach of contract – can be refiled, but Tuesday’s ruling concludes that it is a state law claim. Advantage Group Director Patrice Owens said the agency, which provides tailor-made
Patrice Owens Advantage Group director
See SCIENCE, page A7 See LAWSUIT, page A6 Floodwaters from the Fox River flow past the McHenry Lock and Dam (left) and into Moraine Hills State Park. West Russet Road can be seen at the far right.
Cleanup begins along the Fox River levels remain above flood stage
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By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com As rain steadily fell throughout the area Tuesday, officials focused their attention on the recovery effort following days of flooding that forced people from their homes and caused untold
property damage along the Fox River. The rainfall partly caused the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning in the morning for the Fox River at Algonquin, but the McHenry County area ultimately saw about a
third of an inch of rain. Barring additional rainfall, Tuesday’s rain will merely slow the pace floodwaters in the area recede from the Fox River, said National Weather Service Meteorologist Gino Izzi. The forecast for the week does not include additional rain. “We should see rain end [Tuesday] evening. We are not looking at significant amounts,”
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The Village Liquor Commission decided Tuesday to fine Wine & Roses $2,000 for its most recent liquor license violation. In December, the Algonquin restaurant sold alcohol to two minors during a compliance check. In past years, the restaurant has had other violations, and previously had its license suspended. For
A physical therapist for 37 years, Deb Gulbrandson, along with husband Gil, owns Cary Physical Therapy, specializing in one-on-one physical therapy, patient education and injury prevention. The company, which also offers a new program for osteoporosis management, celebrates its 20th anniversary in September. For more, see page E1.
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