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Agency expands its reach Senior Services Associates can help younger clients By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
Gov. Pat Quinn last week signed the Adult Protective Services Act, which provides better safeguards for individuals with disabilities.
Newly signed legislation opens the door for added protections for adults with disabilities and gives a broader reach to a local agency. When Gov. Pat Quinn last week signed the Adult Protective Services Act, it provided better safeguards for individuals with disabilities. With the legislation, Crystal Lake-based Senior Services Associates, an agency that helps elderly people who are abused, has been authorized to help a younger population. Previously, Senior Services Associates worked with those 60 and older, investigating cases of abuse, neglect and exploitation. Now, it’s opened to anyone 18 and older. “Senior Services is no longer just an elder abuse provider agency,” said Marsha Boncosky, the agency’s supervisor of adult protective services. Boncosky estimates that each year at least 200 McHenry County cases of abuse, neglect or exploitation of the elderly have been investigated through Senior Services. It’s unclear what the case log will look like now that the younger population is included, but Boncosky is thrilled at the prospect. Previously, allegations in
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Giada Lipkie, 4, of Crystal Lake listens to Mauricio Villamizar as he teaches Spanish on June 26 during a foreign language immersion class organized by Language Stars at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Crystal Lake.
Program speaks to necessity Some say second language is no longer secondary By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com
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RYSTAL LAKE – It was too late when Ilene Lubell realized she probably had peaked by 10 years old. Lubell, like many, attempted to learn a second language in high school but found it difficult to retain what she learned and never became fluent in French. But she was not surprised her 17-year-old son has learned three languages – starting with French when he was 3 years old, Spanish in elementary school and now Latin. “The absolute best time to learn a language
Trevor Lipkie, 7, of Crystal Lake listens June 26 during a Spanish language immersion class.
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Differences between Quinn, lawmakers raise tensions By KERRY LESTER and SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – When lawmakers return to the Illinois Capitol on Tuesday, they’re expected to override Gov. Pat Quinn’s alterations to a gun bill they spent months negotiating on the same day they
blow past at least the sixth deadline he’s given them to fix the state’s nearly $100 billion pension crisis. Tensions are rising and patience is falling between Quinn and the Legislature as Illinois’ two highest-profile public policy issues vie for center stage. The governor, a populist
outsider and former consumer advocate, has never been particularly close to the power brokers in Springfield, but the grousing between them has broken into the open. Lawmakers say they are “disgusted” with Quinn’s lastminute meddling and accuse him of “pandering” to voters. They say his deadlines are
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irresponsible, while Quinn warns lawmakers not to “dilly-dally” on pensions and sell out to the gun lobby. “The role of the governor ... is to act on behalf of the common good, the public interest, when the Legislature overreaches,” Quinn said Friday. “In this case I think they went way overboard pleasing
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‘HIP FOR HISTORY’ AT HERITAGE FAIR The McHenry County Historical Society will present its 28th annual Heritage Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday on the museum grounds, 6422 Main St., Union. For information, contact the society at 815-923-2267 or visit www.gothistory.org.
FRIDAY: “Pacific Rim,” starring Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba, opens in theaters. Warner Bros. Pictures
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drance as they try to forge agreements. Chris Mooney, who teaches politics at the University of Illinois at Springfield, calls the exchanges “pure political grandstanding.” He said that criticizing the Legislature is a “tried and true approach” for
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