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Work continues along Rt. 71 in front of The Tillers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (above), in front of Oswego High School (below) and at Washington Street (bottom).
Work continues along Route 71 in Oswego TEXT AND PHOTOS BY ERIC MILLER emiller@shawmedia.com Contractors for the Illinois Department of Transportation are proceeding with the reconstruction and widening of Ill. Route 71, between U.S. Route 34 and Orchard/Minkler Road in Oswego. IDOT has advised village officials that construction should be completed late next year, according to Jennifer Hughes, the village’s public works director and engineer. “Based upon my experience on these types of projects, I believe that (completion schedule) remains accurate for the amount remaining and the forces committed to the work,” Hughes said. When completed, Route 71 will have four lanes of traffic, a center turn lane and adjoining sidewalk and shared-use path. Noise walls will also be installed along portions of he highway west of Washington Street.
A proposed bond and interest restructuring plan for School District 308 could result in some relief for taxpayers in the coming years. PMA Securities, which has worked with the school district on several financial projects, presented a series of options for a bond and interest levy restructuring plan to the school district board last week. Robert Lewis, the managing director for PMA Securities, explained that in Illinois municipal bonds are restricted to a maximum of 20 years, which he said makes it so organizations are “initially forced to pay off bonds in a relatively short time frame.” However, when an organization chooses to restructure they start over with a “brand new 20 year limitation.” Unlike with home mortgages, Lewis said that municipal bonds cannot be paid off all at once, but must be paid when the bond reaches its call date. The other goal with municipal bonds is to “create a payment stream that is consistent over time,” Lewis said. Currently, the school district is in year three of a four year $10 million bond restructure, which is keeping the bond and interest levy flat at $33.1 million. That restructure ends in levy year 2016, which will see it jump to $36.3 million. If the district wanted to lower that amount, the deadline to change the levy amount for 2016 is in March 2017. Lewis explained that started in February 2017 the district will have $104.7 million of bonds callable, which means they would then be able to lower bond and interest on those payments and alter the payment structure. Before explaining the three “options” available for potential restructuring, Lewis said there were several common assumptions made. First, was that all of the plans have an annual level payment over the course of the restructure.
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Illinois Railway spokesman says problem fixed By MATT SCHURY mschury@kendallcountynow.com Oswego resident Dave Givens said he understands living next to train tracks that locomotives will occasionally rumble by his home but he said Illinois Railway, the company that owns the tracks, is being a bad neighbor when they let trains idle in the middle of the night on the track that sits just 25 feet from his home. Givens, who lives along Route 25 just north of downtown Oswego, says he and other neighbors have been awakened in the middle of the night by loud trains and the smell of diesel fumes. He says he’s lived in his house for four years and just within the last two years the problems with idling trains have gotten worse. “They started getting busier and busier and then the trains started coming by all the time which is no problem, but when they start parking here then that creates a problem,” Givens said. There are four houses on the corner near where Givens lives and he says the idling trains are more than a mere annoyance. “That train is running and literally the pictures on my walls are vibrating on the house, that’s how bad it is,” he said. Givens says he was so bothered by the noise at 3 a.m. one night that he called village police who, he says, recorded 90 decibels of sound being emitted from the loco-
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Dave Givens stands alongside the railroad tracks adjoining his home in Oswego. motives. “Once it wakes you up you’re pumped up and you can’t sleep and it just keeps running and running,” he said. “They stop their trains there anywhere between three and four o’clock in the morning and they don’t get out of here until eight o’clock in the morning.” Givens and other residents have also called the Village of Oswego but officials say there isn’t much they can do since Illinois Railway owns the tracks. Village President Gail Johnson says the village has sent multiple letters to Illinois Railway. “They do idle there and we’ve asked them to pull them farther outside town but because they’re on their own jurisdictional area we don’t have too much pull,” Johnson said. “There doesn’t seem to be a lot of rhyme or reason to it, that just seems to be a convenient stop and
when we’ve asked them to pull up a little bit where there are no homes they do for a little while.” Johnson says she shares residents’ concerns, but the village’s hands are tied. “It’s loud and I think the fumes come into the house. It’s a very annoying thing and I don’t blame them (the homeowners) at all for being upset,” she said. “It has been an ongoing problem,” Johnson continued. “They (Illinois Railway) own that property where the tracks are and everything that goes along with it and what I have been told is they answer to no one.” The last letter the village sent to Illinois Railway, dated March 5, was signed by then Village President Brian LeClercq. “On behalf of the residents of the Village of Oswego, I would like to thank you for your understanding and cooperation to help resolve
the issue of the trains sitting overnight in our community. “The village is extremely concerned with the environmental impact of the fumes being emitted near a residential neighborhood. We seek your assistance in having the train operators locate idling trains in a more appropriate location,” LeClercq wrote. Illinois Railway’s parent company OmniTRAX says the problem should now be fixed and safety is their number one priority. Ron Margulis, a spokesman for Illinois Railway, indicated that some track work was being done on the line that may have caused more trains than usual to idle near the homes. “That’s all done and it was finished at the end of last month,” Margulis said. “First and foremost there are no safety issues—the cars themselves are empty and
Montgomery to mark bridge re-opening The Village of Montgomery will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Mill Street bridge to mark the official completion of the project at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26. The bridge had been closed to traffic for approximately two months while maintenance work took place. In July the village board had approved a contract for
Phase II (Design) and Phase III (Construction) engineering services for substructure repairs, deck scarification and overlay for the bridge, which spans the Fox River in the village’s downtown. A contract for the project was subsequently awarded to MYS Incorporated in the amount of $431,753. Construction improve-
ments were funded by the new one percent sales tax for infrastructure improvements that was approved by village voters in 2014. The village began receiving revenues from the tax July 1. This is the first infrastructure project to be completed in the village using the new tax revenues.
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they are waiting to get into either a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) facility or waiting to go back up track to the pits where they will be filled up with sand,” he said. The trains usual stop outside of town, according to Margulis, but when crews do stop closer into town he said it is due to a congestion problem. “They’re waiting for the track to clear by BNSF so they can get up there and switch off,” he said, adding that the train master told him that happens about twice a month. “They are aware of it. They don’t try to stop trains or idle trains near any houses.” Additionally, Margulis says it’s bad business to leave trains running and Illinois Railway tries not to do it. “From our perspective an idling train is an unproductive train and we want to optimize the utilization of the train and it sitting there doesn’t do anything for anybody,” he said. “We will try to optimize the location of the trains to ensure that they are not bothering anybody.” For Givens and his fellow neighbors the response from Illinois Railway is not good enough. He says the pattern of response has been to complain and things get better temporarily until the trains return. “I can’t get anywhere with it,” he said. “Somebody has to do something. “I have respiratory problems, my brothers that live in the house have respiratory problems, the lady across the street from me has cancer. They’re just kicking sand in our face.”
CIVIC MEETINGS Week of Oct. 26-30 Monday, 6 p.m.: Montgomery Intergovernmental and Community Committee, Montgomery Village Hall. Monday, 7 p.m.: Montgomery Village Board, Montgomery Village Hall. Tuesday, 10 a.m.: Kendall County Board of Tax Review, County Office Building, Yorkville.
Wednesday, 5 p.m.: Oswego Public Library District Board, Montgomery Campus Library. Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Kendall County Regional Plan Commission, County Office Building, Yorkville. Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Oswego Historical Preservation Commission, Oswego Village Hall.
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Kendall PADS program resumes operations By MATT SCHURY mschury@kendallcountynow.com Kendall County PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) coordinators all say the same thing. There are humble reasons they volunteer at the organization that provides shelter to the area’s homeless population. Referring to their homeless clients, Ron Parish, co-head site coordinator at Harvest New Beginnings Church in Oswego, said, “They’ve been out on their own and struggling and all of us are probably only four or six weeks from being homeless.” Parish added, “When people are down and out you try to help that. It’s just the humane thing to do.” Sara Poniatowski, co-head site coordinator at Church of the Good Shepherd, United Methodist, in Oswego has similar reasons for volunteering. “The most rewarding thing about it is seeing people being able to move up and on, and knowing that we are such a big part of connecting them with that opportunity,” Poniatowski explained.
As PADS enters its sixth season of service, Anne Engelhardt, the organization’s executive director, is again making an appeal for volunteers to help staff the sites that provide a warm place for the homeless to go during the frigid winter months. Engelhardt says the homeless will always be among us, but she is still optimistic. “It’s just part of society there are just always going to be people who are in need,” she said. “Our best hope is that they get out of homelessness. We would love to be out of a job. That would be everyone’s joy.” The organization operates nightly from seven rotating church sites in Kendall County from October through April. PADS started again this past Sunday and is slated to run for 26 weeks through April 10. Engelhardt said they need volunteers to fill shifts, particularly overnight. Because of the demand, the PADS board voted this summer to allow up to 20 guests per night from 15-guest limit last year. Engelhardt said they hit the
15-guest limit many times last year, which led to the increase. “Six of the seven churches are going to be able to host 20 people now,” she said. Looking back on the last five years, Engelhardt said, the first year they opened, the guest cap was at 10. “We’ve been averaging 60 people per winter and we’ve served over 300 men, women and children over five winters,” Engelhardt said. In five seasons they have also provided 5,794 overnight stays and they have served 17,369 meals. Poniatowski said people tend to look for stereotypes when thinking about the homeless. “When people think of homelessness they think of walking down the street in a big city and having somebody ask you for change on the sidewalk or holding a sign that says ‘homeless please help,’” Poniatowski said. “We tend to think that in a suburban community like ours that people all have a home.” The economy is doing better now but she said the need for PADS is as great as ever, given the
Optimist Club’s Pumpkin Races scheduled for Saturday LEDGER - SENTINEL
The Oswegoland Optimist Club will hold its fifth annual Pumpkin Races this Saturday, Oct. 24, in downtown Oswego. Everyone is invited to participate. The pumpkin races are a simple concept. Take a pumpkin (carved or not), decorate it and insert two independent axles through it, then attach wheels. Race your pumpkin down the hill on Jackson Street to victory. However, if you are caught with a “cheater pumpkin,” your pumpkin will be publicly destroyed with a mighty mallet.
Compete individually, or enter as a business. Entry fee for individual racers is three canned goods. The entry fee for businesses is $25. Registration begins at 11 a.m. on race day and races will begin at noon. There will be prizes for winning pumpkin race cars, as well as most originally decorated. Everyone is encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes and trick or treat at downtown businesses. The canned goods and business registration funds go directly to the Oswegoland Optimist Club Family Christmas Project, which supplies Christmas (groceries, neces-
The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office reported this week the agency’s patrol deputies are already making use of Narcan and an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). According to the Sheriff’s Office, on Oct. 12 at approximately 2:56 a.m. patrol deputies responded to the 1000 block of Route 30 near Oswego for a report of a subject down who was not breathing
and unresponsive. Deputies quickly deployed the AED machine, and began CPR until medics arrived on scene. Though deputies and medics did everything they could, the subject unfortunately succumbed. Later that evening, at approximately 8:08 p.m., patrol deputies were called to the 0-10 block of Hillstone Road in the Boulder Hill Subdivision for a report of an overdose. Deputies arrived on
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sities, clothing and holiday gifts) to local families in need during the Christmas holiday season. Along with the Pumpkin Race festivities, there will be a chili cook-off hosted by the Oswego Presbyterian Church to raise funds for their youth programs. Several entrants will compete for best chili, which will be by audience vote. There is still plenty of time to enter the chili cook-off. To enter, and obtain the rules, visit opchurch.org/chili. To find out how you can benefit from being an Optimist member, visit oswegooptimists.com.
scene to find a male unresponsive and barely breathing. Deputies identified narcotics use as the possible cause of the subject’s collapse, and utilized a Narcan dose. After approximately two minutes, the subject was awake, alert and breathing normally. The subject was transported to the hospital for further evaluation, but is expected to recover, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Nov. 15, at the museum, 72 Polk St. (Jackson at Polk Street), in Oswego. Assistant museum director Bob Stekl said The Montgomery Police Department the museum is especially seeking candid invites the public to a Halloween Child snapshots and slides taken during resiSafety Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundents’ military service along with formal day, Oct. 25 at the police station. military portraits for exhibit during the Safety tips and reminders will be given event, along with uniforms, documents to parents and children to help enjoy a successful Halloween. There will be games, related to their military service, and other related items. treats and refreshments available. Every“We prefer the donation of actual items,” one is encouraged to come in costume. Stekl said. “But in the case of photos and The police station is at 10 Civic Center slides, we can usually scan the original and Ave. in Montgomery. give it back to the owner the same day, if they bring them in during our regular Montgomery leaf pickup archives and research hours.” service now underway Leaf pickup service in Montgomery began The museum’s archives and research areas are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ThursOct.19 and will be provided on a weekly basis through late November. Leaves must days and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. The museum has a growing collection be neatly raked behind the curb/edge of of military photos, uniforms, documents the roadway by 7 a.m. on the Monday of each week. Leaf piles should not be placed and other materials from the Civil War up in the street as they can clog sewer drains, through the current wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan. The extensive “Reand cannot include grass clippings or membering Our Veterans” exhibit, which sticks. completely fills the museum’s Main Room, Public Works crews will make one pass is mounted during each year’s Veterans through the Village each week, unless Day observance. It draws hundreds of additional routes are required due to rarely-seen artifacts, photographs, and excessive leaf quantities. Leaves should documents from the museum’s collections. not be placed in bags unless intended for In addition, each year’s exhibit features a collection by Republic Services. Remember– leaf burning is prohibited by “Wall of Honor” recognizing the service of local military personnel. Village ordinance. This year’s exhibit will again feature a special section devoted to Oswegoland Museum seeking Oswegoland military personnel from the Civil War military memorabilia, photos through Vietnam killed in action. Oswego’s Little White School Museum Admission is free. is seeking photos and memorabilia of For more information, call the museum Oswegoland residents who served in the at 630-554-2999; send an email to info@ nation’s military forces for exhibit during their annual “Remembering our Veterans” littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org; or visit the museum website at littlewhiteschoolmusalute. seum.org. This year’s exhibit will be held 9 a.m. to – Ledger-Sentinel 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, through Sunday,
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volunteers return. She said that some just take a year off and return again, which she doesn’t see as a problem. “Instead of looking at the glass half empty we have to say, ‘’Well, 75 percent are coming back.’ That’s a good thing for us,” Engelhardt said. “One of the nice things about PADS is that volunteers can do just little snippets of time, they don’t have to do the whole night,” Poniatowski said. She volunteers for the second shift at Harvest Baptist, and she is a site coordinator at Good Shepherd on Friday nights and is there on the first and third shift. Most of the homeless guests are finding PADS via the Internet, Engelhardt mentioned. The organization has a new website they launched last year, KendallCountyPADS.org, that has information about the group as well as resources for the homeless to find jobs or help. PADS’ new phone number is 331-207-8903, which is an automated list with answers to the mostly commonly asked questions. People can also leave a message there.
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high cost of housing in Kendall County. “A single [minimum] wage earner would have to be working like 96 hours a week in order to afford an average apartment,” Engelhardt said. Last year PADS registered 1,700 overnight stays among guests, 1,000 more than the first year they opened. “It was our biggest year yet,” Engelhardt said. “We were busy, but we had a good year in that we had no major problems, and we’re really grateful.” One thing that makes PADS unique, Engelhardt said, is that they don’t screen the guests by the location from which they came. Engelhardt added that other homeless shelters may restrict taking in guests to their last known address. “Occasionally we will get guests from a county that is not our own, and they could be passing through or they may just stay for a few days, but our doors are open because we don’t draw boundaries,” she said. Each year Engelhardt estimates about a quarter of their
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KAT riders latest victims of budget impasse? The fallout from the continuing budget stalemate in Springfield is continuing to be felt here in Kendall County. As we reported this past week, officials with the Kendall Area Transit (KAT) service, the agency that provides nearly 28,000 dial-a-ride trips for county residents annually, are considering cutting back on the service beginning next month due to a shortage of operating revenue from the state. According to Paul Lalonde, interim associate director of the Voluntary Action Center, KAT operators, the agency received its final payment from the state for the prior fiscal year two weeks ago and does not expect to get any additional funding until the General Assembly and Governor Bruce Rauner come to terms on a new budget. As a result, we all may soon be seeing fewer of the familiar white KAT step-vans picking up and dropping off riders in the county. The possibility that the county’s only public transit service may have to curtail its service or even shutdown completely should be a matter of concern to all county residents and elected officials. For the hundreds of KAT riders, a service cutback will make it more difficult if not impossible for them to reach their places of employment, stores and medical appointments. A total shutdown of the service will leave many of them stranded. For businesses, a reduction or shutdown of KAT service will mean a loss of customers and employees who will find it difficult if not impossible to get to work. Several years ago the county board saw the growing need for a public transportation service in the county and wisely seized the opportunity to fund it using a combination of federal, state and county revenues. Since that time the demand for KAT and its low cost dial-a-ride service has continued to grow. For a large and growing number of country residents—including many living on fixed or reduced incomes—KAT’s dial-a-ride service is not a luxury, but a necessity. To have it cutback or eliminated as a result of the budget wrangling in Springfield would be the height of folly. We encourage county residents to contact Governor Bruce Rauner’s office and their local state lawmakers and urge them to act on a budget that will preserve funding for KAT and the state’s other essential public services. One word of caution to residents who do contact their local state lawmakers: If they do reach their lawmakers, it’s likely that their local Democrat lawmakers will blame the budget impasse on Gov. Rauner, while the Republican lawmakers will blame the budget impasse on Democrat House Speaker Mike Madigan. Residents should not accept this explanation as a viable reason for the possible loss of KAT service or any other public service. They should implore their lawmakers to set aside their political differences and the wishes of their party bosses and act on behalf of the taxpaying public they serve.
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Shabbona: The chief who renounced war REFLECTIONS Roger Matile Ask someone to name a local Indian chief, and you’re likely to hear the names of either Waubonsee or Shabbona. Both men were influential leaders of their tribal groups, but it was Shabbona who was dubbed “Friend of the White Man” by the white settlers who flooded into northern Illinois after 1832. It wasn’t necessarily a compliment from the viewpoint of Native Americans. Although sources differ about his birthplace, Shabbona himself told historian Nehemiah Matson he had been born about 1775 along the Kankakee River in what is now Will County near Wilmington, the son of an Ottawa father and a Seneca mother. Just under 6 feet in height, he was powerfully built, his name meaning, according to various sources, “Burly Shoulders,” “Indomitable,” “Hardy,” or “Built Like a Bear.” Since Shabbona could neither read nor write English, the spelling of his name varied widely. Ellen M. Whitney in The Black Hawk War, 1831-1832, records his name spelled as Chabone, Chaboni, Chabonie, Chabonne, Chaborne, Chamblee, Chamblie, Chambly, Shabanee, Shabanie, Shabehnay, Shabenai, Shabeneai, Shabonee and Shaubena. Shabbona was introduced to the Native Americans’ struggle against European encroachment by his father, reportedly a nephew of the charismatic Ottawa leader Pontiac. Pontiac conceived of 1763’s Pontiac’s Rebellion to drive the British and American victors of the French and Indian War out of the area north and west of the Ohio River. Decades before that, some Ottawas had closely allied themselves with bands of the Potawatomi and Chippewa tribes. In 1746, the three related tribal groups formed a loose alliance, the Three Fires Confederacy. That year, aiming to fill the vacuum created by the rapid disintegration of the once mighty Illinois Confederacy, the Three Fires moved south from Wisconsin and Michigan into northern Illinois, where they settled along the Kankakee, Illinois, DesPlaines, DuPage, and Fox rivers. The three tribal groups mixed freely. Shabbona’s first wife was Pokanoka, the daughter of a Potawatomi chief. Likely based on his skill as a warrior and his leadership ability, Shabbona, although an ethnic Ottawa, was elevated to chief upon his father-in-law’s death. The Three Fires were mostly neutral during the Revolutionary War, although they leaned towards the British. After the Revolution, British forces stayed on in the Old Northwest, where they kept the area in turmoil by supporting such anti-American Indian chiefs as the Shawnee military leader Blue Jacket. It’s likely Shabbona participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 when Blue Jacket fought U.S. government forces under Gen. Anthony Wayne in modern Ohio. The U.S. Army won the battle, and broke Blue Jacket’s alliance. Shabbona’s name appears on the Treaty of Greenville signed between the western tribes and the Americans that ended that phase of the conflict. Despite the setback, agents working on behalf of both the British Government and British fur trade companies continued to support Native American defiance of U.S. control. Starting in the early 1800s, the influential Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, and his brother, called the Prophet, established the Wabash Confederacy. Comprised of tribes in Ohio and the Illinois Country, its goal was to evict the Americans from the Old Northwest. In 1810, Tecumseh made a recruiting trip to Illinois, where he visited Shabbona’s village, then located southwest
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When the Winnebagoe Indians decided to fight the incursion of American settlers on Indian land in southern Wisconsin in 1825, Chief Shabbona, above, and other Three Fires chiefs helped defuse hostilities. of Chicago on the Illinois River. Shabbona was won over by the Shawnee chief’s convictions, and joined him, traveling throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin recruiting more members of the Wabash Confederacy. In 1811, when Gen. William Henry Harrison marched on Tecumseh’s base at Prophetstown in Indiana, Shabbona, along with chiefs Waubonsee and Winamac, led their Potawatomi contingent alongside Tecumseh’s other allies against the Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Harrison’s forces prevailed, and the tribes scattered back to their homelands. In 1812, war again broke out between the U.S. and Britain, and the Old Northwest became one of its theaters of operation. Shabbona and other Potawatomi chiefs led their forces to Canada where they joined Tecumseh’s Native Americans fighting the invading U.S. Army, again under the command of Harrison. At the Battle of the Thames in Ontario Province, Shabbona fought beside Tecumseh until the Americans prevailed, the allied Indian and British army was beaten, and Tecumseh killed in action. Following that defeat, Shabbona returned to Illinois. After much deliberation, he concluded further opposition to the Americans was fruitless. In 1825, when the Winnebagoes decided to fight the incursion of American settlers on Indian land in southern Wisconsin, Shabbona and other Three Fires chiefs helped defuse hostilities. In return, Shabbona received, in the Treaty of 1829, a land grant of two sections, 1,280 acres, that became known as Shabbona Grove in modern DeKalb County, and where the chief moved his village. When the Black Hawk War broke out
in 1832, Shabbona again worked hard to defuse hostilities. While he was able to keep most of the Three Fires bands out of the conflict, he wasn’t entirely successful. On the war’s outbreak, he and his nephew, like a pair of latter day Paul Reveres, rode up the Fox River Valley warning settlers to flee to Chicago. One group of pioneers who had gathered at the Davis claim on Indian Creek in LaSalle County just south of Kendall County declined to leave, and were killed by Potawatomis angered by Davis’s brutal treatment of them. Following the Black Hawk War, the U.S. Government decreed that all Indians were to be removed from Illinois, and in 1836, most were moved west of the Mississippi. Shabbona and his wife accompanied Three Fires groups who began leaving Illinois as early as 1835, although he did not give up title to the reserve he’d been granted. He returned to Illinois in 1837 and lived at Shabbona Grove until 1849 when he left to visit Kansas. When he returned in 1852, he found that his reserve had been sold at public auction. The citizens of Ottawa, seeing that the old chief’s land had been stolen from him, pooled their resources and bought him a small farm near Seneca. In an interesting historical sidelight, in 1858 he attended the Lincoln-Douglas debate at Ottawa where he greeted his old Black Hawk War comrade, Abraham Lincoln. Shabbona died on his farm and is buried at Morris in Evergreen Cemetery under a marker paid for by donations from his admiring neighbors. Looking for more local history? Visit http://historyonthefox.wordpress. com/
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To the Editor: The Montgomery Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) would like to thank everyone who participated in our annual golf outing. The weather was perfect and Blackberry Oaks did an exceptional job. We had a lot of support from our MEDC Board members, the business community and the village. It was a great mix of people with 50 golfers and another 23 people who came by to support the event. The winning team for lowest score was actually a tie. However through a series of calculations done by the golf course the winning team was determined to be the Dolan & Murphy team. Golfers included Brian Dolan, Ryan Dolan, JD Dolan and Dan Dolan Sr. Bridgeview Bank was the team that tied with Dolan & Murphy. The golfers included Christopher Paige, Greg Radecki, Tom Doyle and Brian Caldwell. Winning team for lowest score mixed category was the Mickey Wilson team. Golfers included Richard Young, Katie Lenert, Gary Mickey and Village President Matt Brolley. Men’s closest to the pin: Brian Dolan. Men’s longest drive: Deputy Chief Armando Sanders. Women’s longest drive: Katie Lenert. Woman’s closest to the pin: Carrie Lindo. Winners were given gift certificates to two of our local Montgomery restaurants, Riverview Diner and Poor Boys Pub. Special thanks to the Golf Committee and all of the volunteers, sponsors and raffle donors. Without them, this event would not have been possible. Golf Committee: Dr. Neil Schlupp, Pete Wallers, Angie Smith, Rich Young and Charlene Coulombe-Fiore. Volunteers: Tom Kozlowicz, Scott Neal; Jeanette Caul (from Montgomery Rotary) Carrie Lindo and the golf committee. Event sponsors: Performance FoodService - Fox River Foods and PRG Pritzker Realty Group. Beverage cart sponsor: The Lakone Company. Lunch sponsor: Waubonsee Community College. After golf (reception) sponsor: Aurora University. After golf (beverage) sponsor: Heitkotter. Corporate sponsors: Bank of Montgomery; CenterPoint Properties; Engineering Enterprises Inc.; First National Bank; Montgomery Chiropractic;VVF Illinois Services; Special Contest Hole Sponsors: Earthmover Credit Union Hole Sponsors: BKD CPAs & Advisors, Coffman GMC, Dolan & Murphy, Farmers Insurance, Heitkotter, Old Second Bank, Mickey,Wilson, Weiler,Renzi & Andersson,P.C., Planet Fitness, Rush-Copley, Rotary Club of Montgomery, WBK associates LTD. Golf balls: Caterpillar Inc. Raffle Prizes & donations: Johnson, Harkness & Park, Inc. and Dr. Neil Schlupp: (2) Black Hawks Tickets (2) Hawks T-Shirts: Holiday Inn Express: hot tub suite in Oswego (one free night); Poor Boys: $25 gift certificate. Riverview: $20 gift certificate. Orchard Valley Golf Course: one foursome of golf with cart, donated by the Fox Valley Park District. Fox Bend and Oswegoland Park District: (2) twosomes with cart. Blackberry Oaks Golf Course: one foursome with cart. Rich Harvest Farms: (2) caps, USB Ports and insulated tumblers. The MEDC was formed in 2003 as a public-private partnership for the purpose of promoting economic development, expansion and diversification in the Village. The MEDC promotes and assists the development of business concerns by attracting new business and encouraging the retention and expansion of existing business in the community. Charlene Coulombe-Fiore
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GOP circus goes on
To the Editor: Standing committees in Congress are permanent legislative panels that are established by the House of Representatives. There are specific committees that have authority to consider bills and authorize spending by the government. Our representative, Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, sits on committees that oversee financial services, on Space and Technology and on subcommittees that involve Energy and the Oversights and Investigations. These are mostly productive endeavors. But what has become a circus is the select committees the House Republicans have created. People who work for a living understand they are evaluated based on productivity. Based on that assumption, if nothing gets accomplished then you consider what was done a waste of time. So recently, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., spoke to right-wing talk host Sean Hannity on his show and told him “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping.” Republicans have formed select committees over the last five years to investigate issues they take offense to. They investigate Obamacare, ad nauseum. Other select committees involved the Fast and Furious gun fiasco, the Benghazi tragedy, the IRS and right-wing groups and Climate Change. Currently we see another committee investigating Planned Parenthood which involves Hollywood quality video. These committees have produced zero results. Nobody has been indicted, arrested or fired. Just millions of man hours wasted by aides, secretaries, investigators and congressmen. They write up bills, issue subpoenas, conduct hearings and spend precious time on Sunday morning shows puffing out their chests telling us what they have accomplished. Can we put a dollar figure on all this non-productivity? Tens of billions or hundreds of billions of dollars or maybe enough to pay off the national debt. In another case of how much Republicans dislike the president, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., nominates a Florida jurist, Mary Barzee Flores, to sit on the federal bench. Obama presents Mr. Rubio’s nomination to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Then Mr. Rubio consults with the Chairman of the Committee in order to block her nomination. It seems they like to eat their own. No wonder Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., said the public’s opinion of Congress is lower than dog poop. Ed Washak Yorkville
Just a few thoughts
To the Editor: After the shootings in Oregon we get the usual call for more gun control. The question is why does the media insist on giving these nuts their 15 minutes of fame? These nuts all want to go out in a blaze of glory, in their warped minds, with their names posted all over the news. How many of these events may have not occurred if the media came out and said they will no longer publish the shooter’s name and just make the story about the victims. The same for the news on tv, no pictures of the shooter or background info, etc. As for the gun control aspect, let’s not forget the bombing in Oklahoma City killed more people than most of the current mass shootings combined and it didn’t involve any guns. If the media in the big cities were interested in doing fair reporting instead of automatically supporting the lefty Dems’ call for more controls they could start by reporting how many of shooters arrested legally owned the guns they used for their crimes. I think it’s a safe bet that none of them were legal. The politicians like to say that guns are too available. To me the real question is where are they getting the money to buy these illegal street guns. Most of these shootings occur in minority neighborhoods where a high percentage of residents are on welfare, yet they have money to buy these guns illegally. It’s just easier for the Dems to call for more controls and punish the law-abiding so they don’t have to admit that one of their major voting blocks is the problem. If the media was really interested in helping instead of just doing tabloid reporting they would start to do stories of the kids that grew up in single parent households in the gang and drug infested neighborhoods that stayed clear of it all, went to school and accomplished something in their lives, then point to them as examples and ask the troublemakers what their excuse is for not doing the same. Speaking of education, why is it the Dems refuse to support school vouchers? It’s not about education, it’s about votes. They support the teachers unions regardless of results to keep their financial and election support. The latest scandal in the Chicago School Board is more proof that politics and greed trump everything else. The question I would ask is why the school board has to spend $20 million dollars to instruct principals how to do their jobs? I’m sure there are teachers within the
system that are aware of the problems and are much better prepared to be principles than some political appointee. But then how long would a teacher turned principal last if their views on the problems within the district conflicted with that of the politicians. This is just a few thoughts and questions about two topics that could each fill this entire page. Bob Schwabauer Yorkville
Human nature the problem
To the Editor: I’m detecting a pattern here. Every time Ed Washak writes a letter to the Forum, someone has to write in and correct him the following week. Well, I guess it’s my turn today. Ed, you quote Every Town for Gun Safety (ETGS) as saying there have been 140 school shootings since Sandy Hook. That would mean that we have experienced the implied mass slaughter of children at a rate of nearly one incident every week since December 2012. Really? Somehow, I can’t remember all of those incidents. Is it possible, because ETGS is an organization established and financed by rabid anti-gun fanatic Michael Bloomberg that that number might be exaggerated? An article in Politifact from June 2014 – when ETGS was only claiming 74 school shootings since Sandy Hook – indicates only 10 school shootings of a similar intent. The rest were drug deals, robbery, personal altercations, incidents unconnected to school personnel, after school hours, suicides, and accidental discharges. Liberal CNN’s investigation determined that “only 15 of the incidents involved a minor or adult actively shooting inside or near a school.” ETGS even classifies the local police chasing a criminal onto the grounds of a college, where they shot him, as a school shooting. Another exaggeration that you seem happy to make is the imagined suspension of all gun laws the moment you step into a gun show. It is true that most states do not require a background check at a gun show, but that is, normally, only for an individual selling a firearm; if you are a licensed dealer, you must run any required check. Many times, the organizers of a show will require all firearm sales to be checked. In that case, individuals make arrangements with licensed dealers at the show to run a check for a fee. Illinois requires individuals selling firearms to check the buyers’ Firearm Owner’s Identification card (FOID) status online with the state police. The last time I went to a gun show, it was common for people there to have their FOID card fastened to their shirt. At auctions I have been to where firearms were sold, if you intended to bid on them or even examine them, you had to present your FOID when checking in so they could put a special mark on your bidder card. The real problem is not the presence of a single tool among many that can do harm. The problem is human nature and anti-social behavior. Humans are not lilies of the field that neither toil nor spin; we are the dominant life-form on this planet, and I think that any anthropologist will agree that we didn’t get that way by being sweet and easy to eat. As humans go, law-abiding citizens that own firearms aren’t nearly as nuts as you make them out to be. Charles Christensen Oswego
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Kindergartners could move back to home schools back to their home schools for the 2017 -18 school year, or the year directly following the newly approved boundary lines. Wendt said he realized other items might come up and the plan may have to be delayed another year, but said the hope would be for boundary lines to be approved for the 2017 -18 school year and kindergartners could go back to their home schools then. Wendt’s plan was met with opposition by board member Greg O’Neil, who said the plan would result in the closure of a school and reduce capacity in the others by adding all of the students from East View. “That’s an added cost,” he said. Wendt said that there is plenty of capacity in the district’s current elementary buildings, but that right now it is not available because the boundary lines have not yet been adjusted. “It’s a package if you will,”
By NATALIE STEVENS news@kendallcountynow.com Discussions continued at the School District 308’s Board of Education meeting last week concerning moving kindergartners from the East View Kindergarten Center and back to their home schools for the 2017-18 school year Superintendent Dr. Wendt presented the idea at a board meeting in September, suggesting that the move could save the district about $550,000 in transportation costs annually and would also assist families with “divided siblings” and help kindergarten staff to better work with other education levels. In order for the East View Kindergarten Center students, of which there are currently 543, to move back to their home schools, Wendt said boundary lines would need to be changed. He said the administration’s goal would be to see kindergarten students moved
Wendt explained. “You’re reducing capacity. No way around it,” O’Neil said. “You’ll have an empty school.” Lauri Doyle, who serves on the district’s facility committee, said that there is discussion about bringing East View back online as a kindergarten through fifth grade elementary school, and possibly expanding Brokaw Early Learning Center. “It would cost more,” she said, “But it wouldn’t cost more than a whole new elementary school.” The district has estimated that they may need a new elementary school by the year 2021. The push to move kindergartners back to their home schools also came with the desire to make full-day kindergarten the norm within the district. The state requires school districts to offer the half-day option, but Wendt said over 90 percent of current kindergartners are already enrolled in full-
those who did not pay the fees, and board members said that it would cost the district more in the process of collecting the fees than they would receive. Wendt said that the district collects about $170,000 annually from the full-day fee, but the district receives the same amount in general state aid for every full-day kindergarten student as they do for other elementary students. “There is absolutely no reason to assess parents the $250 fee for the full-day concept,” Wendt said. O’Neil was against that move, telling the board that they can’t rely on the state of Illinois for money in general state aid funding. “It’s absolutely bankrupt and getting worse every year,” he said. Wendt said he would like the board to discuss the idea of fees in all areas of the district sometime next spring. “I think the board and district has to take into consid-
eration that our fees are high in many areas,” he said. O’Neil wanted to know who was going to pay the fees if the parents weren’t “Someone has to pay,” he said. “It’s a free public education,” replied Wendt. “It’s not free to the people not paying the tax bills,” O’Neil argued. “People who don’t have kids in the district have to pay more.” Wendt said they would find the dollars eliminated by fees in “other areas,” citing the $550,000 found by cutting bus routes should East View students be sent back to their home schools. “We really do believe that kids will be better served,” Wendt said of the move to home schools and full-day kindergarten. “And I understand that there’s a financial component, but my chief responsibility also must include the academic preparation. This is one area we can correct,.” Wendt said.
Hogfan fundraiser will benefit leukemia, lymphoma research
Museum observing Illinois Archives Month in October
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LEDGER-SENTINEL The Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street in Oswego, is collaborating with the Illinois State Archives to celebrate Illinois Archives Month throughout October. The museum has an extensive collection of archival materials, from original deeds, diaries and other papers to photographs to microfilm copies of area newspapers, census records, and other materials in their collections, which focus on the people and places inside the 68 square miles comprising the bounds of the Oswego School District. “From materials of interest to genealogists researching their family histories to anyone working on professional or academic research projects concerning the Oswegoland area, we may have materials that will be of help to you,” according to museum director Roger Matile. Illinois Archives Month is held throughout the state each October. According to the Illinois State Archives, the purpose of Illinois Archives Month is to celebrate and promote the rich documentary heritage of Illinois by: Increasing public awareness of archival materials and repositories. Focusing on materials in archival repositories that have broad appeal, and Strengthening ties with regular archives users, as well as introducing new and potential users to archival repositories
day and said he anticipated that number growing if kindergarten was moved back to their home schools. The half-day option would be offered at a couple schools placed across the district for parents who still wanted to consider that option. “We know not every parent is going to choose fullday,” Wendt said. “But I’m not going to come out and say … I don’t believe half-day does as much as all-day for first grade. Every kindergarten teacher that teaches fullday knows those kids are better prepared for first grade.” On that note, Wendt said he would also like to see the district remove the $250 fee associated with full-day kindergarten. He said the district does not receive that fee from students on a free plan, and only a portion of it on the reduced population. Then, there are those who do not pay the fee at all. Board member Jared Ploger asked why it was that the district did not go after
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Museum assistant Sarah Kimes works on cataloging a collection of family memorabilia for the archives at Oswego’s Little White School Museum. The museum is observing Illinois Archives Month in October. and the documentary heritage there. The museum’s archives and research area is open Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. The museum’s volunteer archives staff can also accommodate researchers through special appointments. For information, call the museum at 630554-2999, send an email to info@littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org, or check out the museum’s website at littlewhiteschoolmuseum. org.
The seventh annual Jason’s Hogfan Party for leukemia and lymphoma research is from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 at Mike and Denise’s Pizzeria, 1760 Farnsworth in Aurora. The grand raffle has an Apple iPad, Samsung tablet, Bose Music system, Trek Bike, X Box system, TV and an American Girl Doll. A live auction will include Bull’s tickets and a handmade Star Wars corn hole game. General raffles and a 50/50 raffle top off the fun. The fundraiser supports innovative cancer research at Ohio State University. Dr. Rob Baiocchi, the lead cancer research from The Ohio State University Cancer Research Center, will again be present to speak on progress he and his staff have
made with the donations from Hogfan parties. Jason Gould, of Elburn and Oswego, recovered from leukemia, but died in January 2006 from a viral-related lymphoma. Since he was an avid Arkansas Razorbacks fan, (he had HOGFAN 7 on his license plates), his family and friends thought the perfect tribute to him would be Hogfan parties each year in his memory and to raise money for research. Jason’s Hogfan Party has raised almost $150,000 for the work Dr. Rob and his team of researchers are involved in. One hundred percent of the net proceeds and donations go directly to cancer research. Get information at the Friends of Jason Gould Facebook page, at friendsofjasongould.com or contact Sandy Gould at 630267-6374.
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School board updated on special education plan By NATALIE STEVENS news@kendallcountynow.com As School District 308 moves forward to implement their own special education program and separate from the Kendall County Special Education Cooperative (KCSEC), the topic of building culture for incoming cooperative members was at the forefront of a recent school board discussion. Asst. Superintendent for Teaching and Learning Judy Minor provided the board with an update on the district’s special education comprehensive plan. The plan will be submitted to Boyd Ferguson, Illinois State Board of Education Consultant, in early November for a preview reading. On Dec. 9 the plan will be presented to the Illinois Special Education Advisory for the Education of Special Education Students (ISAC) and a decision on the plan is anticipated for Dec. 10.
In April, School District 308 unanimously approved a withdrawal agreement from the KCSEC and the five other co-op districts also approved the withdrawal. District 308 chose to withdraw from the KCSEC and form their own special education program, citing achievement gaps and issues from both a governance and financial standpoint within the co-op. The district originally planned to withdraw from the co-op in one year, effective June 30, 2015, but later decided on a two-year withdrawal on June 30, 2016 after feedback from the other districts. As part of the withdrawal agreement, 100 percent of all co-op teachers, therapists, social workers, psychologists and speech pathologists that were working with School District 308 students will leave the co-op and come to work for the district following new collective bargaining agreements. Board member Jared
Ploger questioned if there would be any difficulties with bringing over co-op members that had had their services contracted out in the past. Mary Geraghty, District 308’s Director of Special Education, said that there are currently 31 members that are contracted out, and they consist of mostly occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech pathologists. She said they would post the positions and aim to hire directly. As for the coordinators that would come over from the cooperative, Geraghty said there would be “no issue” with filling their role. Ploger said he was concerned about the relationship between the incoming coordinators and the district, which he said was a “cultural problem” that stemmed between the co-op and the district. “What ends up occurring is an ‘us and them,’ which is damaging to students,” Ploger said.
He said he believed many of those issues could be resolved with a “shift of our culture” but wanted to make sure that when working with building coordinators the special education coordinators are a “part of that building culture” and make it so that “us and them is no longer present.” “I agree with you 100 percent,” Geraghty told Ploger. She said that with the structure of the special education program those coordinators would be a part of the building leadership team and the coordinator would be the “specialist” on that team representing the special education component. Superintendent Dr. Matthew Wendt said the relationship the district had with the co-op had been an issue since before he even came to the district. “It is an us and them,” Wendt said. “That has not changed. The relationship has not been what it needs to be.” Wendt said that having a
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special education program for the district is a “very good opportunity” and said he knew the program would be “better on day one” when it starts on July 1, 2016. There would be about 15 coordinators brought over to join the district’s special education program and they would be at most between two buildings, which Geraghty said would also aim to be close in proximity to another. Board member Lauri Doyle asked if it would be beneficial to have an individual coordinator at each site so they “didn’t spend half of the day traveling.” Unfortunately, Geraghty said she didn’t see that as being “very feasible.” She said as the program grows over the years it could grow, but for now the current structure would give them “manageable caseloads” as they would be working with IEP compliance and technical supervision to individuals in their buildings. Wendt reminded the
board that the term “coordinator” is what the title was within the co-op, but that coordinators are administrators. “I need you to understand our administrative team will increase,” Wendt said, adding that he would not be opposed in the future to having a 1:1 building to coordinator ratio. The role of a coordinator would be similar to an assistant principal “in many ways,” Wendt said. Ploger said they needed to be “sensitive” with having coordinators split between buildings. “We have to shift that culture,” he said. “I hate the pronouns ‘us and them’ … we need to be cautious about that.” The board will vote on the several items relating to the special education comprehensive plan, including special education procedures and the administrative structure for the 2016 – 17 school year at their next meeting in November.
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Hastert friends, associates react to expected guilty plea By MATT SCHURY mschury@shawmedia.com Long-time friends and associates of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert expressed differing opinions this past week after the Associated Press reported that Hastert intends to plead guilty in a federal hush-money case. The AP reported Thursday an attorney for Hastert, John Gallo, asked the judge in the case to set a date for a change of plea.
The AP reported that Gallo said he expects to have a written plea agreement but he did not mention any of the terms, including what counts the former speaker would plead guilty to. Hastert, who represented the 14th Congressional District, has been charged with lying to the FBI and paying someone $3.5 million to hide claims of past misconduct, which the AP and others reported included claims of sexual misconduct.
Oswego Township Supervisor Jim Detzler, a longtime friend of Hastert, says Dennis he still sup- Hastert ports the former House Speaker but said he hasn’t spoken to him since the indictment. “Denny has always been a good supporter of mine and he has helped me in a lot of different things
but I just really hate to see this happen to him,” Detzler said. “If he pleads guilty to it what does that do to him?” he said. When told that it may be a way for Hastert to avoid a trial, Detzler responded, “That’s so wrong they put people in jail for the dumbest things. It was his money and he wasn’t buying drugs with it and he wasn’t doing anything illegal with it.” Detzler said pleading guilty isn’t what he would
do. “Individual A – I’m sure he wants to avoid that, which I can’t blame,” Detzler said. “But if I were in his position and it meant going to jail by pleading guilty, I’d take my chances with a jury, I really would. But I guess it’s kind of a bad move either way.” Additionally, Detzler mentioned he continues to have a hard time understanding the government’s case against Hastert. Bob Evans, who taught
and coached with Hastert at Yorkville High School in the 1970s, said a plea agreement would save taxpayers the expense of a trial. “From that end it’s probably good--let it die and there’s no surprise that was going to happen. From the very beginning they said that,” he said. Evans said he has not spoken with Hastert recently and considers the allegations against him “old news.”
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County official accuses board of ‘heavy-handed activities’ By MATT SCHURY mschury@kendallcountynow.com Dr. Amaal Tokars, Kendall County Health Department Executive Director, had some choice words for the Kendall County Board Tuesday morning. Referring to a prepared statement she brought to the board’s meeting, Tokars said, “It is very difficult for me to read and it will be difficult for you to hear.” A press conference scheduled last month by the health department to discuss the impact of the state’s budget impasse on health department services was abruptly canceled without a specific reason for the cancella-
tion. Tokars issued a statement hours before the conference was to be held at the county’s health and human services building in Yorkville stating that “due to concern expressed regarding this public press conference, the press conference has been canceled.” The Record Newspapers later learned that Tokars met with a representative of Governor Bruce Rauner’s staff shortly before the press conference was to be held at the Kendall County Health Department in Yorkville. On Tuesday, Tokars spoke during the citizens’ comment portion of the county board’s bi-monthly meeting. She said
that some County Board members were engaging in “heavy handed activities” towards the health department and accused board members of “gossiping about the health department by repeating the claim that the department is speaking against the governor.” Tokars also charged she had heard allegations that county employees were warned not to attend the press conference scheduled for last month without obtaining county board permission. Continuing, Tokars said some board members accused health department staff of speaking out against the governor while the
department was planning the press conference, something that she would not condone. County Board members have also threatened to force health department employees to pay for employee benefits or face a reduction of tax levy funds for the department, according to Tokars. She continued, “If I have misunderstood or mistaken in any of these actions or misunderstood that these county board members condone such things I am very happy to be corrected. But the culmination of this kind of destructive discourse are manifestations of and/or contribute to threatening the reduction of the
diverse health and human services much needed throughout the county.” While many people live wonderful and fulfilling lives many individuals are suffering with addiction, distress, isolation and other hardships that the department helps treat, Tokars said. “Persons wishing to serve under the capacity of a county official must not cheat the good faith of the community by harboring an agenda to actually destroy the diverse services provided by the departments of the county once gaining access to that public office,” she warned. Board members did not respond to Tokars’ remarks.
Continued from page 1 Second is that the program would be carried out in phases, with bonds being restructured in 2016/17, 2021/22 and 2023/24 due to call dates and that some bonds that would be refunded would not be eligible for advance refunding. Lewis also noted that the “Illinois Premium” paid by local issues may go down over time. Lewis said in their models they based interest rate assumptions on recent rated bond sales as of July 2015, plus one percent. Option one, which board member Greg O’Neil said was supported by the finance advisory committee, saw the bond and interest levy lowered to approximately $27 million per year from the current $33.1 million. The plan would finish in levy year 2041. In the next levy year, which would be collected in 2016, a taxpayer with a home valued at $200,000 would see about $228 in savings in levy year 2015, Lewis said. The peak year of savings would be in 2020, where that same taxpayer would see $569 in savings. The reason for the $27 million is that it is about the lowest the district can go without exceeding the 20year limit. “This allows you to lower the levy and extend payment
to perhaps future taxpayers that come into the district,” Lewis said. O’Neil said that option “made sense to him” because the debt associated with the big construction bubble and population boom is currently being put on all of the current residents. He said that the district’s debt associated with those buildings, which still have a long useful life, should be “spread out more evenly among the people as they come to this community. I have come around to that way of thinking.” Originally O’Neil had been against any type of debt restructuring, a sentiment echoed by earlier boards that restructuring was just “kicking the can down the road,” but that he is now in favor of it. However, “restructuring does come at a cost,” Lewis said. By extending the debt service over the years with restructure, the district will see an estimated increase of $186.3 million debt service. The second option presented again showed a 20year maximum and the interest levy would be lowered to $29.4 million. This plan includes 10-year non-referendum bonds valued at $23 million each, which shows a factor of new-money needs. This money could be used on new buildings or capital projects of existing buildings, said Lewis. He said that the addi-
tion of the non-referendum bonds “raises the bar up,” but would still see some taxpayer relief. It would also factor in possible increases, so that taxpayers wouldn’t face another increase should money be needed. In this example, the taxpayer with a $200,000 home would see a savings of about $118 in levy year 2015 and about $460 in levy year 2020. Board member Lauri Doyle said she was in favor of this plan, as it would still provide a benefit of “decreasing taxes by a little bit” and it would also cover facility plans in the future. “The trade off for not lowering [bond and interest payments] as much as possible is that some of our underfunded plans could become funded,” Doyle said. Superintendent Dr. Matthew Wendt said that underfunded maintenance plans could be funded and that facility plans could “look different.” Board member Danielle
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Paul, who also serves on the finance committee, said she was one of the people who voted against option one and supported option two. “It makes more sense, gives us flexibility,” Paul said. “If we don’t need money we don’t have to go after it. If we go with option one we could see a big spike if we have to go back for more money.” The third option looks at what the bond and interest levy would look like if there were not just the non-referendum bonds but also a $50 million referendum bonds issued in 2021. Lewis said they used $50 million for illustrative purposes, but if the cost was for an elementary school, which the district said they may need by 2021, the cost could be closer to $25 million. Using the $50 million referendum bonds, the bond and interest levy amount would be set at $31.9 million. The taxpayer in the above examples would see a savings of about $24 in levy
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10 NEWS • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Ledger-Sentinel / KendallCountyNow.com MONTGOMERY POLICE REPORTS Aggravated DUI arrest
Montgomery Police arrested Juan Elicea, 30, of the 400 block of Spencer Street, Aurora, after stopping his vehicle in the 1300 block of Douglas Road in the village Oct. 12 at 11:40 p.m. Police said Elicea faces charges of aggravated driving under the influence (DUI) and improper lane usage.
Drug paraphernalia arrest
Montgomery Police arrested Walter King, 22, of the 1700 block of Marilyn Drive, Montgomery, at Troon Drive and Gordon Road in the village Oct. 14 at 5:06 p.m. after they stopped his vehicle for a traffic violation. Police said King faces a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Window broke out
Someone broke out a kitchen window at the rear of a home in the 1900 block of Waverly Way in Montgomery, village police were notified Oct. 15. Police said a rock was used to break the window.
Fourth Street, Aurora, Oct. 17 at 2:01 a.m. in the 200 block of Sherman Avenue. Police said Sherman faces charges of driving under the influence (DUI) and driving without a valid license.
DUI arrest on Broadway
Forgery arrest
Montgomery Police arrested Gustavo Vega, 51, of the 0-100 block of Briarcliff Road, Montgomery, after stopping his vehicle on Broadway Avenue at Ill. Route 25 Oct. 16 at 1:17 a.m. Police said Vega has been charged with driving under the influence (DUI).
Montgomery Police arrested Heather Huffman, 39, of the 1000 block of Lafayette Street, Aurora, at the village police station Oct. 18 at 8:05 p.m. Police said the suspect was wanted on a Kendall County Sheriff’s Office warrant for forgery.
DUI arrest on Sherman
Suspended registration charge
Montgomery Police arrested Luis Alaniz, 26, of the 700 block of South
Montgomery Police arrested
Clarence White, 32, of the 400 block of Montgomery Road, Aurora, after stopping his vehicle in the 1400 block of Douglas Road in the village Oct. 12 at 8:54 p.m. Police said White faces charges of registration suspended for non-insurance and driving while license suspended.
Warrant arrest
Montgomery Police arrested Cintia Llanos, 26, of the 1100 block of Superior Street, Aurora, on a Kendall County Sheriff’s Office warrant in the 1900 block of Aucutt Road in the village Oct. 11 at 12:52 p.m. Police said the warrant was issued
for driving while license suspended charge.
Traffic citations issued
Montgomery Police issued traffic citations to the following motorists over the past week: • Erica Ramos, 28, of the 600 block of Flagg Street, Aurora, driving while license suspended. • Timothy Simmons, 28, of the 800 block of Fifth Street, Aurora, driving while license suspended. • Julius Tucker, 27, of the 400 block of Simms Street, Aurora, no valid driver’s license. • Jose Rojas, 24, of the 700 block of Winsor Lane, Romeoville, driving while license suspended.
OSWEGO POLICE REPORTS $6,000 stolen from Oswego home
Bogus $20 passed
Oswego Police are investigating the theft of $6,000 in cash from a residence in the 20th block of Benton Street in the village sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Oct. 18.
A customer passed a counterfeit $20 bill at a restaurant in the 2800 block of U.S. Route 34 in Oswego Oct. 16, village police were notified the following day.
Jewelry theft reported
DUI arrest on Route 30
Jewelry valued at $6,375 was stolen from a residence in the 300 block of Stonemill Lane in Oswego, village police were notified Oct. 16. Police said the theft is under investigation.
Domestic battery arrest
Oswego Police arrested Lawrence Valenza, 54, of the 300 block of Chesterfield Court, Oswego, on a charge of domestic battery at his residence Oct. 17 at 7:49 p.m. Police said the suspect was transported to the Kendall County jail in Yorkville pending court proceedings.
Oswego Police arrested Joaquin Corral-Morales, 27, of the 800 block of Jackson Street, Aurora, after stopping his vehicle on U.S. Route 30 at Wolf’s Crossing Road in the village Oct. 18 at 4:30 a.m. Police said the suspect faces charges of driving under the influence (DUI), no valid driver’s license and no insurance.
Bogus bill passed
A counterfeit bill was passed at a fast food restaurant in the 2300 block of U.S. Route 34 in Oswego Oct. 18 at
7:55 p.m., village police reported.
Deer hit on Wolf’s Crossing Road
A 16 year-old driver driving westbound on Wolf’s Crossing Road near Cardinal Avenue struck a deer Oct. 15 at 3:17 p.m., Oswego Police reported. Police said damage to the vehicle was estimated at over $1,500.
Credit theft attempts reported
An Oswego resident told village police Oct. 15 that his credit protection service notified him that there had been three unauthorized attempts to open credit accounts in his name had occurred since June.
Motorist injured in crash
A Montgomery resident, Sergio Tejada, 22, was injured Oct. 13 at 10:57 p.m. when the vehicle he was driving
in the 300 block of Douglas Road in the village left the road and crashed into a tree. Police said Tejada was transported to Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora. Police said a medical condition caused Tejada to faint while driving.
Theft under investigation
Oswego Police are investigating a theft from a residence in the 10-20 block of Eastway Drive in the village. Police said the theft was reported to them Oct. 13.
Cell phone stolen
A Boulder Hill resident told village police that someone stole his son’s cell phone while he was at a basketball practice at Plank Junior High School on Secretariat Lane in the village Oct. 13.
Unauthorized charges reported An Oswego resident told village police Oct. 14 that her bank had notified her that they had found several out-of-state unauthorized charges on her credit/debit card.
Traffic citations issued Oswego Police issued traffic citations to the following motorists over the past week: • Matthew J. Standish, 55, of the 100 block of York Street, Elmhurst, failure to reduce speed to avoid a property damage accident. • Ryanne B. Lee, 28, of the 200 block of Fox Chase Drive North, Oswego, no valid driver’s license. • Donny J. Miller, 19, of the 50th block of Springdale Road, Boulder Hill, reckless driving.
KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS Motorcycle taken A 2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was taken between 6:50 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 12 in the 4100 block of Route 126 in Na-Au-Say Township, the owner told Kendall County Sheriff’s police.
Identity theft Someone used a Boulder Hill man’s name and social security number to obtain cable television services without his permission between Sept. 15 and Oct. 12, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said.
Domestic battery Michael A. Davis, 26, of the 2500 block of Light Road, Oswego, was charged with domestic battery in connection with an incident at about 5 p.m. Oct. 12 in Oswego Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said. License violation Andrew J. Marx, 20, of the 0-99 block of Amy Drive, Oswego, was charged with having no valid driver’s license, no proof of insurance and no headlights when required after a traffic stop at about 10:55 p.m. Oct. 14 at Seasons Ridge Boulevard and Douglas Road in Oswego Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said.
Bond violation Michael A. Davis, 26, of the 2500 block of Light Road, Oswego, was charged with violation of conditions of bail bond in connection with an incident Oct 15 in Oswego Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said. According to reports, Davis was in violation of his bail bond terms by
being at the residence.
Residential burglary A laptop computer and video game system were taken Oct. 15 from a residence in the 100 block of Boulder Hill Pass in Boulder Hill, the owner told Kendall County Sheriff’s police.
License violation Anna L. Gonzalez, 29, of the 0-99 block of Rocky Way, Boulder Hill, was charged with speeding and driving with no valid driver’s license after a traffic stop at about 8:25 a.m. Oct. 13 at Boulder Hill Pass and Seneca Drive in Boulder Hill, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said. According to reports, Gonzalez was driving 33 mph in a 20 mph school zone. Jose C. Nieto, 27, of the 1300 block of Sterling Avenue, Joliet, was charged with driving while license suspended and having no insurance after a rollover crash at about 3:40 p.m. Oct. 12 at Ridge Road near Wheeler Road in Na-Au-Say Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said. Nieto was not injured in the incident, reports said.
Identity theft An Oswego Township man reported that someone used his Social Security number without his permission between Jan. 1 and Oct. 13 to open a credit card account.
Warrant arrest Valeria I. Cintron, 26, of the 2200 block of Stacy Circle, Montgomery, was found to be wanted on warrant for failure to appear in Kendall County
Court on a charge of driving on a suspended license at about 9:35 p.m. Oct. 17 at Galena and Orchard roads in Oswego Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said.
Trespassing charges Four men are facing charges of trespassing on railroad property in connection with an incident at about 10:10 p.m. Oct. 17 at Mary Street and St. George Lane in Oswego Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said. According to reports, the four suspects were in a vehicle traveling near the railroad tracks in the area of Light Road and Commerce Drive and eventually stopped at Mary Street and St. George Lane. Charged with trespassing are: Brandon B. Alsip, 18, of the 0-99 block of Seneca Drive, Boulder Hill; Cody W. Beaird, 19, of the 0-99 block of Wyndham Drive, Boulder Hill; Cyrus R. Hedblade, 18, of the 100 block of Dolores Street, Oswego and Trevor A. Hardy, 22, of the 100 block of Mary Street, Oswego, the report said. According to the report, Alsip also was charged with unlawful use of a weapon. Alsip is accused of possessing a set of metal knuckles, reports said. Hardy was charged additionally with possession of cannabis, according to the report. The four suspects were scheduled for a Nov. 12 court date.
Hit-and-run damage Someone struck a parked 2011 Chevrolet Cruze and then left the scene between 5 p.m. Oct. 17 and 12:25 a.m. Oct. 18 at Rocky Way and Boulder Hill Pass in Boulder Hill, the owner told
Kendall County Sheriff’s police.
Suspended license
Shawn M. Richardson, 38, of the 0-99 block of Afton Road, Boulder Hill, was charged with driving while license suspended at about 2:25 p.m. Oct. 18 at Heathgate and Pendleton roads in Boulder Hill, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said.
Warrant arrest
Troy B. Barron, 18, of the 1600 block of Johnson Road, Oswego, was found to be wanted on a warrant from LaSalle County on a charge of criminal damage to property at about 9:20 a.m. Oct. 18 in Na-Au-Say Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said.
DUI charge
Brian T. Harrington, 44, of the 2200 block of Sunrise Circle, Aurora, was
charged with DUI, resisting a peace officer, driving in the wrong lane and operating an uninsured motor vehicle at about 8:10 p.m. Oct. 18 at Arbor Court and Norway Place in Oswego Township, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said.
Hit-and-run incident Someone struck a vehicle parked between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Oct 19 in the 1200 block of Route 34 in Oswego Township, the owner told Kendall County Sheriff’s police.
Credit fraud An unknown suspect used a Boulder Hill woman’s personal information to open a credit card account in December, 2013 and the credit card was last used in September, 2015, Kendall County Sheriff’s police said.
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 Ledger-Sentinal • Page 11
BRIEFS Annual Mothers and More open house set
Oswego Mothers and More is having its annual open house on Monday, Oct. 26. Anyone who lives in Oswego, Plainfield, Aurora, Yorkville or the surrounding area, is invited to this opportunity to get to know a little more about what the group has to offer. If you stay at home or work, the diverse group is a place to connect with other moms for friendship, support, encouragement and fun. The group offers a monthly Book Club, Recipe Night, and Mom’s Night In (and Out), a Running Club and a Sewing Club. There are playgroups, park dates and holiday parties for the kids. The group also does service projects for the community. Anyone interested in attending the open house is asked to register at mothersandmoreoswego.com. For more information, contact Susan Rosenow, membership chair, at suzrosenow@ comcast.net or 630-636-6525.
Decorating for holidays garden club topic Hilltop Gardeners Garden Club will meet On Thursday, Nov. 12, from 9 to 11 a.m.
at the Little White School Museum. Megan Dell’Aringa will give a demonstration on Decorating for the Holidays. Dell’Aringa is a Florist and Designer with Floral Expressions in downtown Oswego. Members and guests will learn how to make fresh centerpieces for the upcoming holidays. There is no cost for the class. Garden club meetings are informal and anyone with an interest in gardening, plants or nature is invited to attend. Meetings are on the second Thursday of each month at the Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street in Oswego. For more information, call Diane at 630-551-1970 or email Valerie at vgierhart@aol.com.
Knights hosting blood drive Nov. 3 The Oswego Knights of Columbus will host a blood drive with the Heartland Blood Center on Tuesday, Nov. 3 from 3 to 7 p.m. The drive will take place at the Columbus Hall, 197 E. Washington St. in Oswego. For more information, email kcblooddrive@att.net. To make an appointment, email the time you want between 3 and 7 p.m. Walk-ins are also welcome.
Lions Club hosting ham dinner The Oswego Lions Club will host its annual ham dinner on Sunday, Nov. 1 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the American Legion at 19 W. Washington St. in downtown Oswego. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Tickets may be purchased from any Lions member, or by contacting Irv Collins at 630-554-3158. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. Dick Bark is chairing the event. Consider joining the Oswego Lions, a part of the world’s largest service organization. New members are welcome. The Lions meet at the Masonic Lodge at 71 N. Main St. at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month, except July and December.
OJWC meeting Oct. 28 The Oswego Junior Woman’s Club (OJWC) will be hosting its monthly membership meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Taphouse Grill. OJWC is currently seeking new members, and any interested women are invited to attend this meeting. Oswego Junior Women’s Club is collecting gently used shoes of any kind for Make a
Difference Day on Saturday, Oct. 24. The group is donating the shoes to ‘Share your Soles’ Drop off your gently used shoes before Friday, Oct. 23 at the Oswego Family YMCA located at 160 E. Washington St. in Oswego (corner of Washington and Rt 71). For more information visit shareyoursoles.org.
New Rotary members
Toastmasters Club to host open house The Oswego Toastmasters Club is hosting an open house. The public is invited to attend the meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3 to see how the program and the club works. Plan to arrive by 6:50 p.m. at the South Point Facility. Club members will be on hand to answer questions and light refreshments will be available after the meeting. Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development with more than 332,000 members. Members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 15,400 clubs in 135 countries that make up our global network of meeting locations. The Oswego Club prides it-
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The Montgomery Rotary Club welcomed two new members in October. Jessica Boettner, pictured left, was inducted to membership at the first regular meeting. At the second regular meeting, Aaron Kramer was inducted to membership. The Montgomery Rotary Club meets on the first and third Thursday mornings from 7 to 8 a.m. at the new Riverview Diner located at the corner of River and Montgomery Roads in Montgomery. The group also meets on the fourth Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Montgomery Village Hall, 200 North River Street, Montgomery. For more information on the Rotary Club of Montgomery, visit rotaryclubmontgomeryil.org.
self on being a welcoming, supportive, and fun environment to improve public speaking and leadership. By regularly giving speeches, gaining feedback, leading teams and guiding others to achieve their goals in a supportive atmosphere, leaders emerge from Toastmasters. The Oswego Toastmasters
Club meets on the first and third Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Meetings are at Oswegoland Park District’s South Point Facility, 810 Preston Lane in Oswego. Guests are always welcome. For more information, visit oswegotoastmasters.org.
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 Ledger-Sentinel • Page 12
News from School District 308 schools
Oswego, Oswego East High School students earn AP Scholarship awards Seventy-nine students at Oswego High School (OHS) and 68 students at Oswego East High School (OEHS) have earned AP Scholarship Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP exams. About 20 percent of the 2.1 million students worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP exams.
OHS High School
Seventy-nine students at Oswego High School have earned AP Scholarship awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams. One student, Courtney Gardner, qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Nineteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on a 5-point scale on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Heidi Arnold, Emma Beck, Laura Dombkowski, Michael Driggers, Scott Eriksen, Davaajav Ganzorig, Courtney Gardner, Jillian Griffin, Cassidy Hartzog, Anna Howell, Ryan Lewis, Mateusz Oskarbski, Nikesh Patel, Kayla Perez, Keegan Prentice, Jose Renteria, Anne Ringelestein, Victor Vavrinek and Brenna Zoephel. Thirteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Charlotte Benstine, Norah Flaherty, Thomas Gallery, Victor Guerra, Luke Moran, Trisha Nickerson, Colin Page, Quinn Parlier, Cody Sauer, Edgar Silva, Megan
Skibinski, Nicole Thompson and Rachel Wheeler. Forty-six students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP exams. These students are Cleopatra Alperin, Nicholas Athitakis, Evan Bann, Shane Bara, Lukas Bender, Brianna Bradley, Alex Burosh, Abigail Cain, Austin Cepeda, Jared Connors, Kaylon Draney, Jacob Foster, Austin Hall, Adam Hansen, Connor Hennessy, Christopher Hernandez, Jennifer Iverson, Kaitlin Janis, Griffin Jones, Nicholas Latzo, Danielle McCormick, Justin McElroy, Omar Melendez, Mikaela Mockenhaupt, Jack Moore, Tiana Ninic, Anthony Ortiz, Samantha Peters, Ann Podrasky, Jared Reichardt, Robert Reichert, Karina Riscos, Benjamin Sapet, Matthew Schaschwary, Abdurahim Share, Tabish Siddiqui, Margaret Smerz, Danielle Snider, Kelsey Snodgrass, Tiana Tucker-Esparza, Gabriella Vogel, Tessa Vojtik, John Watson, Rebecca Widmer, Gary Wong and Emily Wyatt. Of this year’s award recipients at Oswego High School, 25 are juniors. These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award.
Oswego East High School
Sixty-eight students at Oswego East High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams. One student, Leena Hwang, qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Fourteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Jillian Brooks, Margaret Byrne, Kyle Erwin, Emily Flammersfield, Akshata Gunda, Jacob Heiser, Leena Hwang, James Jones, Ibtesam Kamal, Julia McCartney, Prerana Mitta, Roshini Mudunuru, Hibah Rehman and Ryan Tims. Thirteen OEHS students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by
earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Kali Alexakos, Madeline Alvendia, Casey Dowdle, Giri Ekkurthi, Gueorgui Jeliazkov, Eliane Kothera, Efstathia Loukenas, Samantha Loveland, Rohan Pisharody, Andrew Read, Allison Shea, Patrick Ubelhor, and Azul Weber. Forty students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Carl Aguilar, Emma Benson, Andrea Birtles, Malik Blackman, Jared Buechler, Ryan Carmody, Jennifer Castro-Magana, Hannah Crispi, Trevell Eddins, Alexander Fonseca, Julia Gall, Carlos Gallegos, Tristan Gaylon, Aileen Garcia, Kristen Hephner, Kevin Hildner, Amna Hoda, Rebecca Horn, Lauren Humphrey, Tyler Kennelly, Jodie Makara, Preksha Malhotra, Hailey McMillan, Brandon Miller, Bridget Moran, Jennifer Moss, Linda Oglesbee, Cody Padlo, Sagar Patel, Destiny Raad, Aryana Rasti, Paula Razon, Matthew Rohde, Carolina Santillan, Migel Santos, Joshua Schroeder, Alyssa Stewart, Jennifer Suta, Amana Virk, and Renick Wilson. Of this year’s award recipients at Oswego East High School 28 are juniors. These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award.
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State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (center), visited some students in Ms. Matthew’s sixth grade math class at Plank Jr. High in Oswego with Principal Martin (right), while serving as ‘Principal for a Day’ recently.
Kifowit maintains education support while serving as Principal for a Day State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, recently took on the role of ‘Principal for a Day’ at Plank Junior High in Oswego, while she spoke with students, observed classrooms and enjoyed the school’s talented musical program. “It’s amazing to see the passion behind the hard work being done by these students, teachers and administrators,” Kifowit said. “They see every day as a new opportunity to learn more and achieve more, and I will continue to support their missions in every way I can both legislatively and locally.” Earlier in this year, Kifowit voted for a statewide education budget that increases funding to School District 308 by $6.7 million. As a mom and former substitute teacher, she is also demanding that efforts to reform the state’s education funding formula do
not diminish support for local schools and deny opportunities to local students. Plank Junior High principal James Martin was excited to spotlight innovative teachers with Kifowit and share their passion for educating young minds. “I am excited state Rep. Kifowit was able to see the impact our education and instruction are having on the students of Plank Junior High,” Martin said. “Our children deserve the best education possible to help prepare them to compete in a global economy, and Kifowit’s continued support will help us provide a strong foundation for our students.” For more information, contact Kifowit’s full-time constituent service office by calling 630-585-1308, by email at Stephanie. Kifowit@att.net, or by visiting ILDistrict84. com.
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Mrs. Paluch’s third grade class from Prairie Point Elementary in Oswego earned the golden shoe award for week two of Walk On Wednesday with 82 percent of the class walking to school on Wednesday, Oct. 15. This is National Walk To School month and 69 percent of Prairie Point students walked to school.
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Pop Warner Football: Oswego Bears prepare for playoffs Tiny Mite Division
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The OYTF 7th grade Orange team
OYTF teams bound for Super Bowl Midwest Youth Big 12 Football League hosted its playoffs rounds to determine which team will play in the Super Bowl for the 8U-11U football divisions. The 7th & 8th grade teams start their playoffs next week.
8U Division
#1 Oswego Blue 26, #4 Oswego Orange 25 (OT): Blue will play the No. 2 seed Burlington Blue team in the Super Bowl on Saturday. Last Saturday, Oswego Orange traveled to DeKalb to take on the undefeated Oswego Blue team in the first round of the playoffs. Oswego Blue returned the opening kickoff 55 yards for a touchdown to take a quick 6-0 lead. Oswego Orange would then get on the board with a 52 yard run by Anthony Massoth to go on to take a 7-6 lead. Oswego Orange scored three more times on touchdown runs from Joey Hartmann, Hunter Amelio and another score by Anthony Massoth. With 3:00 left in the fourth quarter and the score tied at 19, Oswego Orange’s nose guard Nathan Harker caused a fumble that was recovered by CJ Reyes to give the
Orange offense another shot to put the Blue team away. However, the Blue defense refused to buckle forcing the Orange team to go three-and-out. In overtime, the blue team then went on to convert on what would prove to be the game winning extra point taking a 26-19 lead. Orange scored on its fourth down play bringing the score to 26-25. Oswego then attempted to tie the game with a run by QB Joey Hartmann up the middle, but he was met by a host of Blue players and stopped at the goal line bring the game and the season to an end for Oswego Orange. The Oswego Orange team completed its successful season with a record of 6-3. “I am so proud and honored to have had the opportunity to coach such a wonderful team of young boys. These boys fought hard today as they have all year long. They represented themselves and OYTF well all season long by constantly working hard, refusing to give up and winning and losing with grace and sportsmanship. It has truly been an honor to be a part of this team,” Oswego Orange coach Dave Massoth said.
9U Division
#3 Oswego Orange 14, #2 Kaneland White 12: Orange will play the No. 1 seed DeKalb team in the Super Bowl on Saturday.
7th Grade Division
Oswego Blue 24, Batavia 0: Oswego Blue took on the Batavia Bulldogs in the final game of the regular season. Oswego took the opening kickoff and after three plays Antonio Hughes broke a 60-yard TD run to put Oswego up 8-0. The Oswego defense dominated this game by great play from Ethan Hoang, Jake Polubinski, Nathan Pietras and Kyle Morrissey. Batavia could never get anything going and the Oswego offense struck on a 7-yard run by Joey DeMarco and a 20-yard TD run by Nikolas Hampton to beat the Bulldogs 24-0. Os wego will take on Kaneland Sunday in Plano at 1 p.m. the playoffs. St. Raphael Wolves 32, Oswego Orange 0
8th Grade Division
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Plainfield Saints 8, Oswego Bears (Slou) 6: The Oswego Bears Mitey Mite 1 team ended their season with a tough loss to Hampshire last weekend. The Bears got on the board early when Trey Hernandez bulldozed his way up the middle for a 20-yard touchdown. Thanks to a stellar defense lead by Brenden
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Oswego, Oswego East Oswego boys soccer runners sprint to finish defeats Glenbard South PREP ROUNDUP
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The Minooka girls’ cross country team is a top-ranked team for good reason, proving their talent with a Southwest Prairie Conference championship title, but No. 18 Oswego was on the Indians’ heels. The Panthers took a runner-up finish to Minooka, 2655, last Saturday at Hammel Woods in Plainfield while Plainfield North (57), Plainfield South (107) and Oswego East (114) rounded out the top five. “We did what we wanted to do, and that was secure second place,” Oswego girls’ head coach Eric Simon said. “Minooka is a very good team, and we feel like we improved against them compared to where we were at Sterling. We took a nice step.” Oswego was led by Isabelle Christiansen’s fifth-place individual finish as she crossed the finish line in 17:39 to pace the Panthers. Grace Pagone (18:10) was eighth followed by Allyson McLaughlin (18:20) in 11th and Maddy Kammerer (18:20) in 12th and Megan Choi (19:01) in 19th. The top 14 finishers earned All-Conference recognition. “We knew it was really close and we knew Plainfield North was a very good team, so we knew we had to run a good race to hold them off,” Simon said. “Megan Choi came in as our fifth runner just in front of their four, five, six, seven – they were bearing down on her and she
did a great job to hold them off. It’s a team effort, but that was big. Our conference is very competitive.” For Oswego East, Alexis Henz (18:55) and Kendra Standish (18:57) paced each other to finish 16th and 17th, respectively, while Shannon Weizeorick (19:18), Abby Cain (19:28) and Abby Flammersfeld (19:41) finished in the top 30. “We definitely did not run our potential at conference,” Oswego East girls’ head coach Lisa Cook said. “It takes a lot at this point of the season to be in the top 14 and the girls were disappointed to be just outside of that. It’s championship season and we have to step up and get the job done.” The boys’ team championship was up for grabs, with just nine points separating the top four teams. In the end, Plainfield South clinched the win over Minooka, 58-62, while Plainfield North edged Oswego 66-67 to take third. Oswego East was fifth with 102 points. “We knew it was going to be a good race. We ourselves did not put it all out there,” Oswego boys’ head coach Dan Whipple said. “There were still some reservations and we needed a complete five guys. We have our five guys like we’ve had, we win it. If you’re not together, it’s not going to happen. It’s probably the most competitive SPC meet I’ve seen in 10 years.” For the Panthers, Bennett Peterson was third overall
in 15:22 and Collin Boone clocked in at 15:34 to place seventh. David Gaytan (15:49) was 15th, Mitch Bradford (15:51) 17th and Jackson Simon (16:08) completed the top five in 25th place. Oswego East had two top runners in Dylan Zangri and Trevor Nold, who clocked identical times of 15:28 to place fourth and fifth, respectively. Jake Klancir (16:06) was 24th followed by Bradley Thornton (16:29) and Thomas White (16:51). “I would have liked to see the team be a little more aggressive at the beginning of the race like we talked about doing,” Oswego East head coach Jim Milner said. “Going into it, it was wide open. We never really put ourselves into the race like we hoped.” Now, Oswego and Oswego East will enter the Class 3A West Chicago Regional at Kress Creek Farm at 10 a.m. The girls’ race will feature six state-ranked teams in No. 1 Naperville North, No. 13 Metea Valley, No. 15 Neuqua Valley, Oswego and No. 20 Plainfield North. Neuqua Valley is the lone ranked boys’ squad, at No. 4. The top six teams advance to the West Aurora Sectional on Oct. 31. “This is a very, very good regional. Six teams get out and we feel strongly we’re one of those teams that will move to the sectional,” Simon said. “You really have to stay sharp this week; there’s no letdown this week where you can coast through.”
Oswego Outlaws earn World Series bid LEDGER–SENTINEL The Oswego Outlaws-14UMJ team traveled to Belvidere last weekend to compete in the 4th annual Fall Blast fast pitch tournament. In Game 1 of pool play, the Outlaws defeated Stateline Fury 7-2 behind a strong pitching performance by Becky Jermolowicz, who allowed only two hits over five innings. In Game 2 against the Downers Grove Rebels, Ashley Billhymer kept the
Rebels to only four runs defeating them 5-4. Ashley Billhymer hit a three-run homer. In the final game of pool play the Outlaws fell to the Geneva Foxes 2-0 despite a tremendous pitching effort by Katie Wasielewski, who struck out 10 batters. In Game 1 of bracket play the Outlaws defeated the Yorkville Foxes 10-2, and a seven-run first inning led the Outlaws to defeat the Belvidere Blasts 11-0. In the semifinal game against the
field all day. The Senior Bears Mitey Mite Team finContinued from page 13 ished the regular season 5-3 and are headed to the playoffs as one of the top eight Senior Mitey Mites teams in the Chicagoland Division Oswego Bears (Smith) 30, Pop Warner League, Mitey Southtowne Stallions 7: Chris- Mite Division. tian Martyn ran for two touchdowns and Nick Tick- Pee Wee Division Oswego Bears 20, Hoffman Esle had a 30 yard run around the end with David Drendel tates RedHawks 19: The Osweand Maddox Gerwig seal- go Pee Wee Bears finished ing the outside for a clear the regular season with a running lane. Colin Ryan 7-1 record. The offense was capped off the scoring on a led by Cooper Gorman with 12 yard scamper to the left touchdown runs of 47, 45, corner. Outstanding de- and 30 yards respectivefense on the line by Clarke, ly. The Bears defense was D r e n d e l , S m i t h , A i d e n led by Brandon Heffernan Moriarty, Isaiah Logan, with a caused fumble and Parth Patel, and Andrew 11.5 tackles with four for Wiggins, as the front six loss. Braison Goehring and were in the Stallion back- Hector Perez came up with
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St. Charles Angels, Katie Wasielewski allowed only two runs and struck out four batters over five complete innings. The Outlaws defeated the St. Charles Angels 8-2 to earn a spot in the championship game. In the championship game the Outlaws gave a great effort, but came up short losing to the Algonquin Aces 11-5. The Oswego Outlaws placed second out of 12 teams earning a bid to the USSSA World Series in 2016. a fumble recoveries to prevent additional Red Hawk scoring chances. Carter Wojcik and Casey Krahula had some big tackles to slow the Red Hawk offense down.
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Boys Soccer
Oswego 4, Glenbard South 3: The Oswego boys’ soccer team capped the regular season with a 4-3 victory over Glenbard South in non-conference action on Oct. 14. The Panthers are now 4-14-1 overall entering the Class 3A Bolingbrook Regional as the No. 12 seed against No. 5 Metea Valley. Oswego’s goals against Glenbard South were scored by Adrian Veseli, Ryan Baumann, JC Mora and Julian Ibarra. The assists were from Luke Moran (two), Nathan Montgomery and Blake Biery.
Girls Volleyball
Oswego East: The Oswego East girls’ volleyball team fell to 8-18 overall and 2-9 in the Southwest Prairie Conference with a pair of losses to Plainfield East and Minooka last week. The Wolves will close the regular season at Plainfield South on Thursday, with the start of the Class 4A postseason beginning Monday at the Waubonsie Valley Regional. No. 15 Oswego East will face No. 18 Oswego at 6 p.m. with the winner advancing to play No. 2 St. Charles NOrth in the semifinal game next Tuesday. Plainfield East defeated Oswego East 25-23, 25-19 on Oct. 13. Sarah Schultz had 10 kills and one block while Megan Delaney had six kills and 10 digs. Katelynn Kuehl had five kills and two aces, Alexa Jardenil had 15 digs and Alicia Metzger had 12 assists. Minooka defeated Oswego East 2521, 25-23 last Thursday. Metzger had eight assists and two aces, Allison Jennings had two digs and both Delaney and Kuehl had four digs each. Oswego: The Oswego girls’ volleyball team will cap the regular season with a busy strech of games, including the final Southwest Prairie Conference match at Plainfield North before Friday’s Vernon Hills Quad Invite. The Panthers improved to 12-15 overall and evened their SPC record to 6-6 with a win over Plainfield East last Thursday, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22.
Cross Country
Frosh/Soph: The Oswego girls’ frosh/soph cross country team dominated the Southwest Prairie Conference meet by placing five in the top eight and all seven in the top 13 for a winning score of 24 points. Oswego East was second with 54 points and Minooka was third with 56 points. The Oswego girls was led by the
ing touchdowns. Keegan Cullison threw for two touchdown passes to Bennet Wojcik and Jack Ford. Efrain Davila ran a kickoff back 40 yards to set up a touchdown right before halftime. Luke Matyszka ran a punt back 25 yards, Jr Midget Division Oswego Bears 32, Hampshire setting up another scoring 6: The Jr. Midget Oswego drive. Bears team ended the regular season on a high note. Varsity Division The defense dominated all Oswego Bears 32, Hoffman Esgame. Efrain Davila, Ben- tates RedHawks 0: The Oswego nett Wojcik, Cole Hansen, Bears ended their regular Luke Matyszka and Mi- season with a another ofchael Walsh held the Hamp- fensive and defensive stelshire team off. Tim Baker lar performance. The Bears had a great interception. were led by the power runOffensively, it was one of ning of Noah Zukauskas, the best games of the sea- Zack Precup, Sam Wilson, son. Ricky Jacobsen scored Domenico Gallo, David Wilan impressive three rush- son and Corey Provow. Da-
one-two finish of freshman Caitlin Guist (19:17) and Ava Weyrich (19:26). Jaycie Simon (20:02.3) and Sydney Luchyn (20:02.8) finished next in sixth and seventh place followed by Isabelle Santiago (8th), Meghan Hunt (11th) and Emma Nelson (13th). This is the frosh/soph team’s second consecutive SPC championship. Oswego East was led by Katherine Sim (19:35) and Elyssa Gall (19:40), who finished fourth and fifth, respectively, Alyssa Nepereny was 12th (20:37), while Catheryn Scheerenberger (20:56), Alexandra Dillman (21:04) and Kathleen Sim (21:11) packed together to finish in the top 18. The Oswego East boys won the frosh/soph event with Marcus Ochoa placing sixth overall followed by Matthew Blanco, Christopher Luz, Wesley Hankins and Brandon Bigus. JV: In the Open Division race, junior Jenna Yakesh won with a time of 19:21 one week after winning the open race at Sterling. Senior Julia Manzano finished third (19:34), junior Kacie Moran finished seventh (20:10), junior Abbie Lemley finished 13th and sophomore Holly Gotchie finished in 14th place.
Football
Oswego freshman: Oswego fell to the undefeated Plainfield North Tigers 44-20. Markus Tillman rushed for 128 yards. Max Smith found the end zone twice on the ground, and Noah Parker snuck in for a 4-yard score as well. Defensively Jett Weaver made an interception and Avery Delphey made two tackles for a loss. The Panthers now stand at 5-3 (4-2), with one game remaining at Plainfield South. The Oswego Freshman B team tallied a 44-6 victory over Plainfield North. Oswego had 277 yards on the ground, led by Stevie Squillo with 155 yards and three touchdowns. Roger Luna also added a rushing score. Jacob Duncan threw a touchdown strike to Hayden Bielawski in the winning effort, and conversions were added on by Duncan, Luna, Michael Greene and Christian Bejarano. Chris Medero had seven solo tackles and 12 assists, and Jaiden Speer from adding five solo tackles of his own. Xander Rivera had six assists and Dominic Apostolos also added an interception that was returned for 48 yards. This victory brings the season record for the Panthers to 6-1 (5-0), and they look to finish an undefeated conference season this Thursday at Plainfield South.
vid Wilson completed two passes to tight end Brendan Harkins. Provow rushed for two touchdowns in the first half and threw for another in the fourth quarter. The offensive line was anchored by Christopher Matias, Alex Becker, Otto Hess, Alex Ponx, Precup, Zukauskas and Harkins. The team enters the playoffs in second place and ends the regular season with a 6-2 record. Cheerleading: The Oswego Bears PeeWee squad took second place at the Chicagoland Pop Warner Conference Competition last weekend. They will compete at Chicagoland’s Regional Competition at Northern Illinois University on Nov.
8. Members of the squad are: Aryianna Alvarez, Riley Cherniwchan, Hannah DeSpain, Lilyana Hallam, Sarah Heizer, Haidyn Kapusinski, Isabela Magan, Faith Matyszka, Giselle Moreno, Olivia Muir, Aryanna Olguin, Josclyn Paul, Laila Pugh, Mallory Schulz, Taylor Scott, Alexis Valle and Sara Walsh. Tiny and Mitey Mite Cheerleaders also had a great showcase in last weekend’s Conference Competition. The Oswego Bears Mitey Mite Squad is Disney-bound in December as they head down to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports to showcase their skills at the Pop Warner National Cheer & Dance Championships.
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Plainfield North hands Oswego first conference loss since ’10 By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com As incredible as his fourth touchdown reception of the night was, Plainfield North wide receiver Zach Jarosz said it has been practiced. “Honestly, in practice, that’s all we do,” Jarosz said after his one-handed grab in the end zone put the Tigers back ahead of Oswego, 30-25, midway through the fourth quarter Friday. “Practicing the one-handed catch gets my hands warmed up. It must have been a sign when we practiced it all the time.” A Kevin Block 24-yard interception return for a touchdown moments later, and North was celebrating a 37-25 victory and grabbing a share of first place in the Southwest Prairie with Oswego and Plainfield South, who will meet next week in the season finale. The loss was the first in the SPC for Oswego (6-2, 5-1) since the final game of the 2010 season. The Panthers had their 33-game conference winning streak snapped. “You can’t spot a good
team that big of a night (North led 18-0 and 24-6). I’m proud of the way we fought back,” Oswego head coach Brian Cooney said. “We clawed our way back, but we picked the worst night to play our worst football.” Plainfield North (6-2, 5-1) scored three touchdowns in the first six minutes for an 18-0 lead and was ahead 24-6 early in the third quarter. However, Oswego mounted three consecutive scoring drives, the last after a Tigers’ fumble on a kickoff return, to grab a 25-24 lead with 9:11 left. After a 42-yard Tyler Hoosman run, Plainfield North was facing third-and-8 at the Oswego 19. Jarosz ran a wheel route down the right side. He leaped high and caught Ekowa’s pass with his right hand only for the go-ahead score. “That was an unbelievable catch, and Hoosman had the good run to set it up,” Plainfield North coach Tim Kane said. “Zach had another real good catch earlier. He’s been doing a great job. Big-time players show up in big games and big moments, and that’s what he
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Oswego senior running back Erik Vargas Jr. gets wrapped up by a Plainfield North defender during last Friday’s conference matchup in Plainfield. and JD did.” The miraculous grab was the fourth TD reception for Jarosz, who caught five passes for 109 yards. Ekowa completed 13 of 22 for 277 yards and five touchdowns, beginning with a 75-yard strike to Niko Capezio on the first play from scrimmage. The quarterback also rushed for
a net of 48 yards. “At halftime (when North led 18-6), I let the kids know it was up to them. We came back, but the bottom line on the night was we did not execute. We had dropped balls, and we sure missed blocks,” Cooney said. Block’s pick-six, on a play where Ari Ekowa applied
heavy pressure to Oswego quarterback Steven Frank, was his second of the game. The Oswego touchdowns came on Frank’s 1-yard sneak with 10:18 left in the second quarter to make it 18-6 Plainfield North, Frank’s 2-yard sneak with 3:20 left in the third quarter to make it 24-12, Frank’s
1-yard sneak with 11:29 left in the game to make it 24-19 and Frank’s 24-yard pass to a wide-open Elliott Pipkin with 9:11 left to give Oswego a short-lived 25-24 lead. That last touchdown was set up when Ryan Butler recovered a North fumble at the North 36-yard line on the kickoff following Frank’s third TD. Pipkin finished with five catches – all in the second half – for 83 yards while Conor Morton caught five for 62 yards. The Panthers rushed 36 times for a net of 131 yards. Frank completed 19 of 38 passes for 244 yards and netted 45 yards rushing, but the two interceptions by Block and one by sophomore safety Dillon McCarthy, along with Johnny Goodson’s forced fumble and recovery, were huge. “That’s a Division I quarterback they have in Frank,” Kane noted. “Our DBs battled, and our defensive front did, too. At the end of the game, we made the big stops. “This certainly is a big win. It’s a statement on how hard we’ve worked. The kids showed great character coming back after they took the lead.”
Oswego East advances three girls to tennis state tournament CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com The Oswego East girls’ tennis team was able to advance three girls to the state tournament - senior Jaiere Harlow in singles play and the doubles team of juniors Keertana Kota/Haley Clebanoff - after the Wolves tied for second place at the Waubonsie Valley Sectional, which took place on Friday and Saturday. Rosary won its first sectional title since 2009 after scoring 18 points. Oswego East and West Aurora tied for second with 16 points. “It would have been nice to win sectionals, but the excitement of sending three girls on Friday definitely trumps the disappointment,” Oswego East head coach Pete Conrad said. “Jaiere just had to be Jaiere in order to make it, and she did. Haley and Keertana really stepped up their games on Friday and Saturday.” Oswego was unable to advance anyone to state after the Panthers and Yorkville each tied for seventh with four points.
“The sectional competition was really good,” Oswego head coach Ryan Parr said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if some of those girls go far in the state tournament.” Harlow advanced to state for the fourth straight year after she defeated her opponent from Waubonsie Valley and Yorkville on Friday but lost to West Aurora and then Waubonsie Valley for the fourth and final singles spot on Saturday. “Jaiere played well on Friday, beating girls that she should have beat. It’s so great that she gets one more crack at State competition before she graduates,” Conrad said. Kota and Clebanoff will make their debut at state which will be held at several different high schools in the northern suburbs - after they topped their opponents from Yorkville, Waubonsie Valley and West Aurora. They lost to IMSA and Waubonsie Valley for the fourth and final qualifying spot. “It’s really awesome to see these girls go to state,” Conrad said. “They’ve had an up-and-down year, but
played some of the best tennis of their lives this weekend.” Oswego officially capped the 2015 season at the sectional. This was Parr’s first year as head coach. The Panthers went 3-11 in duals and finished in fifth place overall and at the Southwest Prairie
Conference tournament. “The first season went well,” Parr said. “We were not super successful with wins and losses, but the girls improved every day. The girls worked really hard. I feel really good about where we ended the season.” Notes: The IHSA Board of
Directors met on Oct. 14 and voted to move to a two-class system in boys and girls beginning in the 2016-17 school year. The IHSA has 338 total member schools that currently field a tennis team, while the state series entries in 2014-15 were 311 schools
entering in girls’ tennis and 293 schools entering in boys’ tennis. Based on the 2014-15 entries, the classification cutoffs would have been 1,378 for girls and 1,427 for boys. Both Oswego (2,603 enrollment) and Oswego (2,279) will be placed in the larger division.
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Oswego East keeps hopes alive Wolves defeat Minooka 17-8 to stay in playoff hunt By KRISTIN SHARP ksharp@kendallcountynow.com With time running out on the regular season, Minooka traveled to Oswego East for a pivotal Southwest Prairie Conference game with playoff ramifications for the identical 4-3 squads. The Wolves scored 17 unanswered points to secure a 17-8 victory in Week 8, with a final regular season game at Romeoville standing between Oswego East and the program’s second postseason appearance. “This started four weeks ago with Plainfield South. We talked about coming together as a family and these last four weeks we’ve done that,” Oswego East head coach Tyson LeBlanc said. “The South win, the close game with OHS, the big win last week – and now to come out and beat a quality team in Minooka.” Minooka linebacker Kenneth Kirkland gave the Indians an early spark when he blocked Oswego East punter Chase Bruns and returned the ball into the end zone. Quarterback John Carnagio connected with Jacob Adams for the two-point conversion, and Minooka tried to set the tone with an early 8-0 score with 5:11 to play in the first quarter. But for the remaining three quarters, the Minooka offense sputtered. Oswego East scored on a 28-yard connection from Jaylon Banks to Kaelub Newman for an 8-7 score early in the second quarter. Minooka held the slim lead until Bruns kicked a 36-yard field goal with 4:37 left in the third quarter, giving Oswego East a 10-8 edge. “We didn’t panic. They hadn’t gotten anything off our defense. Our defense has played very well the last few weeks,” LeBlanc said. “Offensively, we were moving the ball, but we had trouble punching it in a few times. We turned the ball over four times tonight,
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Oswego East fullback Nik Wadsworth (8) has room to run on Friday against Minooka. but we remained calm and stayed the course.” The Indians recovered a late Oswego East fumble on the Minooka 7, but the offense moved the ball just 13 yards and turned the ball over on downs. Five plays later, the Wolves scored on a 1-yard quarterback keeper – set up by an 18-yard pass from Banks to Mitch Glende – for the final score of the night. “Defensively, it seemed like we were on the field the majority of the night,” Forsythe said. “Offensively, we struggled a little bit up front. We’d have a couple positive plays and get into a long situation – second and 13 – and that’s tough to overcome. When we struggle up front and get into long situations, teams bring pressure – that’s tough.” Oswego East’s defense has been sol-
id for much of the season, allowing an average of 14.5 points per game. Elijah James had a big quarterback sack, Devin Aguilar was the first to intercept Carnagio just before halftime, and Nik Wadsworth got in front of a Minooka receiver in the third quarter for another turnover. Kaelub Newman, Austin Chandler and Aguilar had strong pass defense throughout the game. “We gave it our all. Our defense prepared every day, watching an hour of film every day. We knew coming in (Carnagio) was one of the best quarterbacks in conference so we wanted to make sure we were prepared,” Aguilar said. “Our offense gave us good looks at practice and that’s what did it. Carnagio finished 16-of-37 passing, connecting with seven different receivers for 157 yards and two interceptions. His primary target was Isa-
iah Hill, who made six catches for 97 yards. Banks went 12-for-25 passing for 173 yards and one touchdown. Glende had four catches for 69 yards. Oswego East improves to 5-3 overall and will take its 3-3 SPC record to Romeoville next Friday. The Spartans lost 47-19 to Plainfield South to fall to 1-7 in the league. “We’re getting more comfortable now, finding that right mix of who and when. When you have a lot of athletes, that can be tough from a coaching perspective,” LeBlanc said. “We’re not pleased with 17 points, but at this point we’ll take it as long as it’s more than the other team has.” “I’ve always wanted to be in the playoffs - it’s been my dream,” Aguilar said. “We’re going to come out against Romeoville with great intensity and play as hard as we did today.”
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Oswego East soccer falls in Class 3A regional opener By KRISTIN SHARP ksharp@kendallcountynow.com
Soccer players at Oswego East and West Aurora were conditioned to play 100 minutes on the field when the postseason arrived on Friday. The Wolves most recently won their regular season finale in extra minutes just three days earlier, and the Blackhawks have finished in a deadlock 11 times this year. The regional play-in game was no exception, with a scoreless game at the end of regulation. In the end, West Aurora clinched the 2-0 victory in overtime. “We knew it was going to be close,” Oswego East head coach Steve Szymanski said. “They’ve tied 11 times this year – I’ve never seen anything like it. We had a couple opportunities in the first half, but they have a great goalie and he made some good saves.” West Aurora advanced into the Naperville North Regional semifinal against No. 1 Naperville North. The Wolves previously won a 2-1 non-conference meeting over West Aurora in late August. Oswego East entered
Friday’s postseason opener as the No. 16 seed, hosting the No. 17 Blackhawks. Both West Aurora goals were scored by Edward Gallegos and keeper Robert Marquez earned the shutout in goal. “I’m proud of the way we played. We played 100 minutes hard, which we’ve struggled to do a lot this year,” Szymanski said. “We’ve struggled to put a full game together, and I think we did that tonight. The score doesn’t show that, and that’s disappointing. It hurts, but we fought and we competed.” Oswego East ends its season with a 6-13 overall record, graduating three senior starters including keeper Jake Leonard, who had several notable saves in regional play. “We have a young team, and what we have coming up is great,” Szymanski said. “We had three seniors out there today and they all played hard. They went out there and left it all on the field. Jake played one of his better games. It’s always tough for seniors and I hate the last game of the year. Unfortunately, only six teams finish the season with a win. I’m proud of how they played.”
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Oswego East’s Ford Frazier (23) battles West Aurora’s Jovan Survira (15) and Kyle Olson (8) during Friday’s postseason opener.
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ABOVE: Waa Kee Sha Park, south of Oswego, features a bright mixture of orange, red and yellow leaves. TOP: Leaves are starting to accumulate on the ground at Silver Springs State Park.
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lowly, ever so slowly, the leaves are starting to turn colors on Kendall County-area trees as temperatures dropped below freezing a couple nights last weekend. The increasingly vivid colors can be seen on trees at Silver Springs State Park near Plano, the Lyon Forest and Richard Young Forest Preserves near Yorkville and Violet Patch Park off Route 25 between Oswego and Montgomery.
ABOVE: A small snake peers around some leaves in Lyon Forest Preserve. BELOW: Yellow leaves form a canopy over a hiking trail in Lyon Forest Preserve.
ABOVE: Yellow leaves cling to a maple tree in Lyon Forest Preserve. RIGHT: Hikers will find this blaze of red and orange leaves in the Richard Young Forest Preserve.
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X2 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel OBITUARIES ARTHUR D. CRAWFORD
Arthur Daniel Crawford, 85, of Yorkville, IL, passed away on Oct. 5, 2015, at Tillers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born November 1, 1929, in Chicago, IL. Dan graduated college with a degree in Mathematics from DePaul University. He began his career with Western Electric in Chicago and stayed with the company through many name changes until his retirement in 1990. He moved his family to Yorkville, Illinois in 1966 and remained in the house he built until his death. Dan always had a love for the railroad and worked for The Nickleplate in Chicago for a short time. His favorite hobby was Lionel model trains and he spent countless hours at his workbench fixing, painting and rebuilding many different parts of his collection. Every year for Christmas, there was a large layout in the front room which many nieces, nephews and neighborhood children came to see. He loved to attend the train shows at the Dupage County Fairgrounds and in the past year he attended those shows with his brother, Ray. Dan loved to go out to eat and his favorite spots included Sunfield Restaurant in Yorkville and Select Restaurant in Montgomery. Dan made many friends at these spots and those that knew him have fond memories of his jokes and antics. Dan will be remembered for his ability to laugh at himself and always tell a good joke. He will be missed by everyone who knew him. He is survived by his son, Paul (Camelia) Crawford of Yorkville, IL; his daughter, Catherine (Scott) Raley of Centennial, CO; his granddaughter, Johanna Crawford of Yorkville, IL; two sisters, Joan (John) Prim and Elizabeth Mehta; his brother, Raymond (Arlene) Crawford; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Crawford; his son, John Crawford; and his parents, Eva (Gadbois) and Arthur W. Crawford. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 10, 2015, at
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on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at his home. He was born October 13, 1940 in Council Bluffs, IA the son of the late Robert F and Gladys B nee Jachens Horn. Prior to his retirement he was employed as a private limo driver/security. He was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church in Oswego, IL. He was involved in traffic and security for Railroad SHIRLEY J. GODDARD Days in West Chicago, IL. He served on the board of Winding Born: Sept. 28, 1936; in SandRONALD C. GEORGE Waters in Oswego, IL. wich, IL Born: Oct. 1, 1941; in Belvidere, Jim is survived by his wife BarDied: Oct. 7, 2015; in Ottawa, IL IL bara nee Klopcic, three children, Died: Oct. 12, 2015; in Aurora, IL Robin (Hugh) Yates of MontgomShirley Jean ery, IL, Kim (Mike) Robinson of Goddard, age Ronald C. Yorkville, IL, Jim (Laurie) Horn 79 of Newark, George, age 74, of Aurora, IL, nine grandchildren passed away on of Montgomery, October 7, 2015 Jenica Aasen, Michael, Mitch, IL, passed away at LaSalle Coun- and Chris Robinson, Zachary and on Monday, ty Nursing Home. Kyle Horn, Brad (Lauren) Yates, October 12, 2015, at Rush-Copley She was born on September 28, Rebecca (Johnathan) Shreves Medical Center in Aurora, IL. He 1936 to Everett and Anna ( Orr ) and Melissa Yates. was born on October 1, 1941, in Visitation took place on SunBelvidere, IL, the son of Clair and Larson in Sandwich Illinois. day, October 18, 2015 from 2:00 She retired from Western ElecMarie (Duyne) George. to 6:00 PM at the DUNN FAMILY tric in Montgomery, Illinois. She Ron married Debbie Bontz on FUNERAL HOME with CREMATOenjoyed painting in watercolors December 6, 1975, and spent 39 RY 1801 Douglas Road Oswego, and had won many awards for happy years together. They are her paintings. She loved looking IL. Visitation was from 10:00 blessed with 3 children and 3 AM until the funeral service at grandchildren. He proudly served at the flowers and watching 11:00 AM on Monday, October birds. his country as a member of the 19, 2015 at the Funeral Home. She is survived by her United States Navy. He was emPrivate burial will take place ployed as an Electrical Lineman husband, Jimmie; her children, at Chapel Hill Gardens West in Valerie and Dwayne Withrow; by the City of Geneva. He was Oakbrook Terrace, IL. her stepdaughters, Vickie Goff an active member of New Life For additional information Church in Yorkville. Ron used his and Bonnie Aguilar; her brother, 630/554-3888 or www.dunnfatalents creating stained glass art Daniel Cosher; a grandson, Gustave; her sister in law, Betty milyfuneralhome.com and was an avid fisherman and (Bill) Lippman; 2 nieces and 1 kayaker. Ron was a loving son, nephew. husband, father, grandfather, LOVINA L. JOHNSON She is preceded in death by brother, and uncle who will be Born: Oct. 20, 1925; in Swea deeply missed by his family and her parents; and a sister, Betty City, IA Kennedy. many friends. Died: Oct. 17, 2015; in Sandwich, Memorial service will be held He is survived by his wife, IL Debbie George; children, James at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to of Las Vegas, NV, Annie of Lovina Lillian Beverage Family Funeral Home, Portland, Oregon, Molly and her Johnson, age 89, husband Shane Rogers of Mont- Sandwich, Illinois, www.beverof Sandwich, IL, agefamilyfh.com. gomery, IL; daughter-in-law, passed away Monica Zahniser of Minot, ND; Saturday Octothree grandchildren, Stephan ber 17, 2015, at JAMES D. HORN Regalado, Alana Regalado and the Willow Crest Born: Oct. 13, 1940; in Council Charlotte Rogers; his mother, Nursing Home in Sandwich. Bluffs, IA Marie George of Marengo; his Lovina was born on October 20, Died: Oct. 15, 2015; in Oswego, sister, Diana Petersen of Maren1925, in Swea City, Iowa to EuIL go, IL; as well as many nieces gene and Lovina Helen Worden. and nephews. She was the youngest of James Daniel He was preceded in death by seven children and had three “Jim” Horn, his father, Clair George. brothers: John, Raymond and 75 years, of Friends and family visited Dwight and three sisters: Ada, Oswego, IL from 9:00 a.m. until the hour of Nelda and Laura. She married died peacefully service on Saturday, October Arthur D Johnson of Rake, Iowa surrounded by 17, 2015, at the Larson-Nelson his loving family on March 20, 1941 in Rake, Iowa.
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Together they raised their family of seven children and eventually moved to the Sandwich area, where they faithfully attended Sandwich Nazarene Church for many years, living out the remainder of their lives in Sandwich. Lovina enjoyed working as Activity Director at Roosevelt Square Nursing Home in Sandwich for many years. She was very active in her Church; she was an accomplished cook and baker and loved spending time with her family. She led a full and productive life before spending the final years here battling Alzheimer’s disease. She will be greatly missed by all of her family. Lovina is survived by her six children and their spouses, Carlene (Ron) Dillenback, Arden (Lydia) Johnson, Robert (Helen) Johnson, Marlyis (Harry) Anderson, James (Pamela) Johnson, and Tami (Ron) Akre; 26 grandchildren, 56 great grandchildren, 13 great great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and 2 sisters in law. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Arthur D Johnson; a son, Arthur G (Butch) Johnson; one grandson, and one son in law, two great grandchildren, three brothers and three sisters. Visitation will be held at the Beverage Family Funeral Home at 104 Terry Street in Sandwich on Wednesday evening, October 21, 2015, from 5:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be held on October 22, 2015, at the Sandwich Nazarene Church 205 W. College St at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Mark Abbott officiating. Burial will at the Oak Mound Cemetery, 13657 Chicago R., in Somonauk. Memorials may be directed to: Sandwich Nazarene Church or Willow Crest Activity Fund. Our family wishes to extend a special thank-you to Dr. Janota and the Willow Crest staff for their care and concern shown to Lovina during her eight years stay at Willow Crest. Arrangements were handled by Beverage Family Funeral Home in Sandwich, www.beveragefamilyfh.com.
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Born: July 12, 1934; in Oquawka, IL Died: Oct. 18, 2015; in Galesburg, IL M. Joanne Klossing, age 81, of Biggsville, Illinois, passed away at 10:11 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2015, at Rosewood Care Center in Galesburg, Illinois. She was born on July 12, 1934, in Oquawka, Illinois, the daughter of Gillette B. and Marjorie M. (Noble) Dixon. Joanne was reared in Oquawka and graduated from G & O High School with the class of 1952. On July 23, 1954, she married E. Dean Klossing in Oquawka, and he preceded her in death on December 20, 2012. She first started work as a telephone operator in her hometown of Oquawka. She then worked for 28 years as the school secretary for P.H. Miller Elementary School in Plano, Illinois. Joanne enjoyed crafting, decorating, antiquing, and refinishing furniture. In her early years, she enjoyed sewing many of her own clothes and later, designing and sewing quilts. Joanne is survived by one daughter, Lisa (David) Brokaw of Biggsville, IL; two sons, John (Debbie) Klossing of Plano, IL and Mark (Mary) Klossing of Sandwich, IL; two sisters, Colleen Dixon of Dahinda, IL and Joyce Adair of Kirkwood, IL; two brothers, Don (Pat) Dixon of Burlington, IA and Les (Sue) Dixon of Geneva, IL. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Dean; sisters, Elaine Brokaw and Karen S. Dixon. A funeral service is planned for 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth, Illinois. Her family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow at the Biggsville Cemetery. A memorial fund is being established to purchase a new television and equipment at Rosewood Care Center in Galesburg. For information, or to leave a condolence, please visit www. turnbullfuneralhomes.com
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Officiating. Interment followed in the Cross Lutheran Cemetery in Yorkville, IL. Friends visited KENNETH L. LEGNER from 9:00 a.m. until the Hour of Born: Feb. 1, 1939; in Pontiac, IL Died: Oct. 15, 2015; in Oswego, IL Service on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at Cross Lutheran Church in Yorkville, IL. Kenneth Leo Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Legner, age 76, Homes & Crematory, (630)553of Sandwich, IL, peacefully passed 7611 or www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com. away on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at The THOMAS J. TVRDIK Tillers in Oswego, IL. He was born Born: Feb. 24, 1943; in Chicago, IL February 1, 1939, in Pontiac, IL, the Died: Oct. 18, 2015; in Plano, IL son of Leo and Elizabeth nee Early Legner. Thomas J. Ken worked for Ruberoid/G.A.F. Tvrdik, age 72, Corp. and Ivex Corp. prior to his of Plano, passed retirement in 2000. away on Sunday, He was a member of St. Mary October 18, 2015 Magdalene Catholic Church in Jo- at his home. He was born on liet, IL. Ken was past president for February 24, 1943 in Chicago, the Auroraland Auto Restorers Club. son of George and Adeline (Virgil) He is survived by his wife, Tvrdik. Barbara E. Legner of Sandwich, IL, Thomas was united in marriage sisters Elnora Roesel of Joliet, IL, on April 18, 1975 to the former Betty Savage of Wilsonville, OR, Deborah L. Morris and they spent and brothers Norman (Wilda) and the next 40 happy years of their Robert (Barbara) Legner both of lives together. Joliet, IL. Mr. Tvrdik proudly served his He was preceded in death by his country as a member of the Unitparents and a sister in infancy. ed States Navy during the Cuban A Funeral Service was held on Missile Blockade. Sunday, October 18, 2015, at 2:00 Tom loved to play chess and PM at DUNN FAMILY FUNERAL ride horses with his family and HOME with CREMATORY, 1801 S. friends. He was very fond of his Douglas Rd, Oswego, IL 60543. two dogs, J.J. and Cookie. Tom Burial will be private. was a loving husband, father, Memorials may be made to Ken- grandfather, great-grandfather, dall County Animal Control, 802 brother, and uncle who will be W. John St., Yorkville, IL 60560 or deeply missed by his family and Kendall County Fair Association, friends. 108263 IL. Rt. 71, Yorkville, IL He is survived by his wife, 60560 Deb Tvrdik of Plano, IL; his three For information: 630/554-3888 children, Tammy (Guy) Hankins of or www.dunnfuneralhome.com Plano, IL, Jackie (Dan) Goldsmith of Sandwich, IL, and Troy (Shari) Tvrdik of Mongolia; his eight MARGARET A. grandchildren; three great-grandLEIFHEIT children; his three siblings, Terry Born: Nov. 16, 1915 (Marie) Tvrdik of Sandwich, IL, Died: Oct. 15, 2015 Tim (Dee) Tvrdik of Elgin, IL, and Trudy (George) Pankratz of SandMargaret A. Leifheit, age 99, wich, IL; as well as several nieces of Yorkville, IL passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at her and nephews. He was preceded in death by his home. She was born on November 16, 1915, in Aurora, IL the daughter parents. All services will be private. of Herman and Helen (Rabe) Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Behrens. Home & Crematory, 630-552-7211 Margaret was united in or www.NelsonFuneralHomes. marriage on February 26, 1946, com in Yorkville, IL to Mr. Harold C. Leifheit and they spent 62 happy years together until his passing on TAMMY A. January 13, 2009. She was a lifeWASHINGTON time member of Cross Lutheran Born: May 29, 1958; in Normal, IL Church in Yorkville, IL. Margaret Died: Oct. 14, 2015; in Aurora, IL enjoyed knitting and sewing for her family and friends. She was a Tammy loving wife, mother, grandmother, Amanda Washgreat-grandmother, sister, and ington, age 57, aunt who will be deeply missed by of Oswego, IL, her family and friends. passed away She is survived by her children, on Wednesday, Douglas (Kim) Leifheit of Seneca, October 14, 2015, IL and Denise (Kevin) Collman of surrounded by her family at PresSheridan, IL; daughter-in-law, Cin- ence Mercy Hospital in Aurora, IL. dy (John) Myers of Ovid, NY; her She was born on May 29, 1958, grandchildren, Aaron Leifheit and in Normal, IL, the daughter of Jacob Leifheit both of Las Vegas, Carl F. Lerche and Yvonne Racy NV, Amanda (Chris) Tikalsky of Lerche. She was an inspiring and Waukesha, WI, and Cory Collman devoted teacher for 35 years with Oswego School District 308, havof New York, New York; two great-granddaughters, Maella and ing taught sixth grade at TraughAmelia Tikalsky; her sisters, Alice ber Junior High and fifth grade at both East View Elementary and Leedy of Yorkville, IL and Ann Leifheit of Naperville, IL; as well as Old Post Elementary, as well as substituting throughout various several nieces and nephews. school districts. She served as She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harold Vice President for the Oswego Education Association, representing Leifheit; her son, Lynn Leifheit; grandson, Joshua Leifheit Myers; her district multiple times at both the Illinois and National assemand two brothers, John and blies and thoroughly enjoyed Donald Behrens. being a delegate for the IEA and A Funeral Service was held at attending the NEA assemblies. 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October Her commitment and dedication 20, 2015, at Cross Lutheran Church, 8609 Route 47, Yorkville, to students far exceeded the typical school day, as she enjoyed IL with Pastor Erik Gauss,
coaching several different sports and supported extracurricular activities and clubs throughout Oswego and Aurora. Tammy loved the outdoors, whether bike riding, walking her dog, or doing a 5K. She enjoyed traveling, taking pictures wherever she went, and collecting treasures during her adventures like rocks, shells, leaves, and German Shepherd statues. She is survived by her father and stepmother, Carl and Ann Lerche; husband, Bart Washington; children, Garrett (Ashlie Calabrese) Washington, Amanda Washington; beloved grandchildren, Adrian Washington and Alia Nilles; sisters, Sherri Lerche and Kristy (Rob) Rauba; and sons, John and Joe; brother, Kevin (Denny) Henson and family. She was preceded in death by mother, Yvonne Racy Lerche. She will be truly missed by many more family, friends, and those she has taught along the way. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. until a memorial service at 7:00 p.m. at DUNN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 1801 S. Douglas Road, Oswego, IL 60543. For more information: 630-5543888 or www.dunnfamilyfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggested donations could be made to Living Well Cancer Research Center, 442 Williamsburg Ave, Geneva, IL 60134, or to Sandra J. Schulze, American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, 411 2nd Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901-2814, or you may contact the Washington family directly to make a donation towards her grandchildren’s college fund.
to Mr. Richard Westphal and they spent 63 happy years together until his passing on January 9, 2006. She attended West Aurora High School. Mrs. Westphal was a longtime member of Trinity Church United Methodist in Yorkville, IL. Corine was a true farmer’s wife and enjoyed both gardening and sewing. She loved nothing more than taking care of her family. She and her husband were very fond of attending sporting events together. Corine was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt who will be deeply missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her children, Ronald (Marna) Westphal of Racine, WI, David (Linda) Westphal of Coralville, IA, Clifford (Susan) Westphal of Yorkville, IL, Christine Johnson of Yorkville, IL, and Douglas (Amy) Westphal of Newark, IL; her fifteen grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Myrtle Van Meter; her husband, Richard Westphal; two brothers, Carl and Edmin Van Meter; her sister, Wilma Jaronski; a great-grandson; and her son-in-law, Leslie Johnson.
A Funeral was held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2505 Boomer Lane, Yorkville, IL with Pastor Michael Stoner, Officiating. Interment followed in Riverside Cemetery in Montgomery, IL. Friends visited from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2015, at the Nelson Funeral Home & Crematory, 1617 N. Bridge St., Yorkville, IL. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory, (630) 5537611 or www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com.
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children; one brother, Floyd; two sisters, Melva Ramey and Sandra Scull; one brother-in-law, Paul Ramey; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold Wilkinson, Sr. and Annette (Moir) Wilkinson; two brothers in law, Marshall Ramey and Edward Scull; one sister-inlaw, Mary Jo (Klemke) Wilkinson; and one son-in-law, Jim Miller. Mr. Wilkinson served proudly in the U.S. Army in Korea in wartime. His career was in doing what he loved to do, driving a truck for 40 years. There will be a memorial gathering at Turner-Eighner Funeral Home, 3952 Turner Ave. in Plano, IL on Friday, October 23, 2015 from 3:00 until 8:00 p.m.
PFC Harold D. Wilkinson, Jr. of Orange City, Florida, passed on to his heavenly home on Sunday, October 11, 2015. He was born in Chicago, on December 26, 1931. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Maryanne (Ramey) Wilkinson; five children, Susan, Annette, Lewis, Harold, IIl, and Robert; 23 grand-children, 29 great-grand-
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Born: Sept. 30, 1924; n Streator, IL Died: Oct. 14, 2015; in Yorkville, IL Corine Westphal, age 91, of Newark, IL, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Hillside Rehabilitation and Care Center in Yorkville, IL. She was born on September 30, 1924, in Streator, IL, the daughter of Clyde and Myrtle (Harmon) Van Meter. Corine was united in marriage on October 8, 1942, in Batavia, IL
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KENDALL COUNTY COURT CASES • Daniel A. Bayon, 19, of the 400 block of Blue Ridge Drive, Oswego, was charged with disorderly conduct in connection with an incident Sept. 21 in Oswego, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Bayon is accused of falsely calling the dispatch center to report that an unlawful use of weapons incident had occurred. Bond was set at $2,000 and an Oct. 28 court date was scheduled. • Clifford P. Beckerman, 45, of Perryville, Mo., entered a guilty plea to an aggravated DUI charge on Sept. 28, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Beckerman was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections with two years of mandatory supervised release. Beckerman had been charged with DUI on Sept. 8 in Yorkville, reports said. • Jody T. Skowronski, 38, of the 300 block of Edgelawn Drive, Plano, was charged with disorderly conduct in
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connection with an incident June 29, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Skowronski is accused of transmitting a false complaint to Kendall County dispatch. Bond was set at $10,000 and a warrant has been issued, reports said. • Robert A. Hanlon Jr., 55, of the 100 block of Oak Avenue, Sandwich, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of a firearm without the requisite Firearm Owners Identification Card in connection with an incident Aug. 18, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Hanlon was in possession of a shotgun at a gas station in Newark. Bond was set at $25,000. • Christine L. Zwart, 46, of the 14300 block of Budd Road, Yorkville, was charged with retail theft in connection with an incident Aug. 11 at a business in the 6800 block of West Route 34 in Plano, Kendall County Court documents
said. An Oct. 27 court date was scheduled. • Karen J. Reeves, 47, of the 0-99 block of Eastfield Road, Montgomery, was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and obstruction of identification in connection with an incident Aug. 25 at Briarcliff Road and Route 30 in Oswego Township, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Reeves is accused of possessing a substance containing cannabis and two pipes used for inhaling cannabis. In addition, reports said Reeves furnished a false name to deputies. Bond was set at $1,500 and an Oct. 26 court date was scheduled. • Drew R. Anderson, 26, of the 300 block of Barnaby Drive, Oswego, was charged with harassment by telephone in connection with an incident Sept. 8 and 9, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Anderson is accused of making 35
phone calls to another person between 9:45 p.m. Sept. 8 and 1:16 p.m. on Sept. 9. Bond was set at $1,500 and a court date of Oct. 26 was scheduled. • Bradley M. Weise, 19, of the 100 block of Laurie Lane, Oswego, was charged with battery in connection with an incident Sept. 6 in the 1900 block of Douglas Road, Montgomery, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Weise is accused of striking a male victim in the ribs. Bond was set at $1,500 and a court date was scheduled for Nov. 19. • William S. Green, 26, of the 200 block of Barrett, Yorkville, was charged with domestic battery in connection with an incident Aug. 29 in Yorkville, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Green is accused of striking a male victim in the face several times. A warrant has been issued in the case, court records said. • Veronica Bustamante, 31, of the 900 block of 2nd
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Avenue, Aurora, was charged with violation of an order of protection in connection with an incident Sept. 12 in the 1900 block of Douglas Road, Montgomery, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Bustamante was in the same vehicle as a protected party and petitioner of an order of protection. Bond was set at $3,000 and an Oct. 23 court date was scheduled. • Ralph A. Burton, 19, of the 4700 block of North Route 71, Sheridan, was charged with domestic battery in connection with an incident Sept. 11 in the 1900 block of South Bridge Street in Yorkville, Kendall County Court documents said. According to reports, Burton is accused of pushing a female victim in the chest with his hands, wrapping his arms around her from behind and carrying the victim as she was attempting to leave. Bond was set at $3,000 and a court date was scheduled for Oct. 26.
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The Fox Valley Academy of Music Performance invites young musicians, ages 7-18, to audition for the academy’s orchestras for the second session of its 2015-16 season. The orchestras are principally looking for string and woodwind players. For the auditions, students should prepare scales and a solo or étude. Auditions will be held on Sunday, Nov. 29, (or by appointment) at Eden
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($7 per person) or there is a $3 per ticket surcharge for purchasing a ticket on the train. Donations are $5 for the event with donations going to local charities. There are three stops, all offering something special for participants. New faces, new places, fun, friends, give-aways. Anyone is welcome to participate on the Train Fun Run. For more information, call Kevin at 815-545-6114 or Cliff at 630-546-7519.
The event will include live performances from Jon Conover, Catie Parker, Marco The Sandwich American Legion Riders (ALR) Post No. Saporito, Pat Moynihan, Ted Morris and Nate Bradac. 181 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Guest speakers will be feaon Thursday, Oct. 29, at the tured and discussion topics Sandwich VFW, 713 South will include: How Music Can Main Street in Sandwich. Change a Life, Dealing with This is an open meeting Loss, How Travel Can Heal so anyone is welcome to the Soul, The Importance attend. of Health and Nutrition, The ALR participates in group Active Lifestyle and Exercise, rides, benefits, veterans events and promotes patrio- The Truth About the Road tism to our country and our to Addiction and Getting Involved in Your Community. military. Nominations for next year’s This is a family friendly event but adult content officers will take place ABATE chapter meeting and future projects will be will be discussed involving this weekend addiction and abuse. Some discussed. ABATE train run Open Roads ABATE chapter For more information, of the topics may not be scheduled Nov. 7 meeting is set for 6 p.m. appropriate for younger check out our Facebook The Legendary Open Roads Saturday, Oct. 24, at the children, but young adults page, American Legion ABATE of Illinois Chapter Plano American Legion, 510 Riders, Post 181, Sandwich, are welcome. Train Fun Run will be on E. Dearborn Street. Help.Sorry.Love was creatIllinois, or call Linda at 630Saturday, Nov. 7. Agenda items include elec- 552-3828. ed to unite people through Signup will begin at 9:45 tions, legislative updates, music and personal testimoa.m. at the Aurora Train Sta- safety, education, train run, Free music event ny, and to provide infortion, 233 N. Broadway Street Christmas party, pool tourmation, education, training scheduled for Nov. 7 in Aurora. The train leaves nament, and chili cook-off. opportunities, resources and A free live music event promptly at 10:20 a.m. Anyone is welcome to atlive music events that bring by Help.Sorry.Love (HSL) is Anyone planning on partic- tend. For more information, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. it all together in one place. ipating in this event should visit the Open Roads ABATE 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the For more information about be there on time to purchase Facebook page or call Cliff at Wheatland Salem Church, HSL visit www.helpsorrytrain tickets at the station 630-552-3828. love.org. 1852 95th St. in Naperville.
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Oberweis, Wheeler to host Medicare seminar today State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) and State Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) are teaming up with AARP to host a free Medicare Part D Seminar for local senior citizens at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the City of Batavia building, located at 100 N. Island Ave. in Batavia. AARP representatives will explain the finer
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Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis was recently honored as the Northern Illinois University College of Law’s Alumnus of the Year. NIU Law Dean Mark Cordes and the Law Alumni Council honored Weis and other alumni during the college’s annual awards reception held Sept. 24 at the University Club of Chicago. Weis and six other NIU College of Law honorees were recognized for their career accomplishments, devotion to the public good, continued service to the law school and professional
integrity in their work in the public and private sectors. “NIU Law is committed to instilling Eric in our grad- Weis uates a sense of giving back to the communities they serve,” said Dean Cordes. “It is a proud moment as we honor these alumni and friends of the school who best embody this spirit of public service.” The 2015 award recipients were selected based on outstanding achievements
in their careers, demonstrated service to the NIU College of Law or their community, and professional integrity. Weis, an Oswego native, is serving his third term as state’s attorney. Prior to his election in 2006, Weis was the first Assistant State’s Attorney of Kendall County where he served as the chief felony prosecutor for most major violent and drug-related offenses. Throughout his career, Weis has been involved in many organizations including the Illinois State’s Attorney’s Association, Kendall County Chiefs
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Northern Illinois Food Bank announced a $35,750 grant from Caterpillar’s philanthropic organization, the Caterpillar Foundation, to provide food to people who face hunger in Kendall, Kane and Will counties. A member of the Feeding America network, Northern Illinois Food Bank is one of 35 food banks nationwide to receive this grant. “Northern Illinois Food Bank is thankful to the Caterpillar Foundation for its commitment to helping solve hunger in northern Illinois and supporting our hungry neighbors,” Julie Yurko, president and CEO of Northern Illinois Food Bank, said in a news re-
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WCC to recognize Communities of Excellence participants Waubonsee Community College will hold a Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 28, for those completing the Communities of Excellence program. Established in April 2014, the program provides training on skills and topics required for public sector employees to grow professionally, contribute more to their organizations and respond to change in government. The ceremony takes place from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room 160 C at the Aurora Campus, 18 S.
River St., and will recognize ten municipal employees who have participated in the professional development series since its inception two years ago. The cities of Aurora, Elgin, Geneva, Plano, Sandwich and Yorkville, Kendall County, and villages of Oswego and Sugar Grove had employees take part in the program. The national award-winning program was created after input from municipal leaders throughout the district on what they would like to see in a professional development program for
“One of the benefits is that it helps municipalities become more efficient and more effective.” Kevin Riley Waubonsee representative their employees. The program exposes municipal employees to training facilitated by subject matter experts on the skills and topics that contribute to the
effective and efficient operation of local government. There is networking, benchmarking and best practice sharing between participants that builds a culture of community between municipalities in the district. Due to increased interest in the program, training sessions have been added to accommodate the demand. Therefore, the group of participants now requires two weekly four-hour sessions at the Aurora Campus. Kevin Riley, account representative, said it took about four months of collab-
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addition to pre-scheduled topics. “One of the benefits is that it helps municipalities become more efficient and more effective,” he said, adding that topics have included budgeting, strategic planning, communications and project management. Over the course of its first two years, the program has had about 80 participants, nearly tripling from an initial group of 18. The 10 participants who will be recognized in the ceremony have completed 96 hours of training each.
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8 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel SENIOR BRIEFS Whether you call it bags or corn hole, come play the game at the Oswego Senior Center from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Thursdays. For more information, call 630-554-5602.
Bean bag baseball at the Senior Center
The Oswego Senior Center plays bean bag baseball each Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m. Upcoming games include: Oct. 28 – OSC at Diamond Apartments. Anyone interested in playing is invited to join our team or make your own team and join our league. For more information, call Sharon at 630-5545602.
tance is available from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27 and 29. Registration is required. The Mobile Device Lab is available from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 23 and 30. Get one-on-one help with your mobile devices in 30-minute individual time slots. Registration is required. To register for classes or individual help, call Sharon at 630-554-5602.
who have the disease and find out how to recognize the signs in yourself and others. This program is offered at the Oswego Senior Center by the Alzheimer’s Association (Greater Illinois Chapter). To register for this free program or for additional information, contact the Oswego Senior Center at 630554-5602.
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The Oswego Senior Center will present “Healthy Habits For a Healthier You” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22. For centuries, we have known that the health of the brain and the body are connected. But now, science is able to provide insights into how to optimize our physical and cognitive health as we age. Learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement, and use hands-on tools to help you incorporate these recommendations into a plan for healthy aging. This program is being offered at the Oswego Senior Senior Center workshop Center by the Alzheimer’s Center looking for is open to all Association (Greater Illinois vehicle donations The Oswego Senior Center Chapter). To register for this The Oswego Senior Center, woodshop is a do-it-yourself free program or for additional at 156 E. Washington St. workshop and any adult can information, contact the in Oswego, is now acceptjoin the community to access Oswego Senior Center at 630ing motor vehicles (autos, a variety of woodworking 554-5602. trucks, boats, RVs, etc.) as tools and equipment. tax deductible donations. Whether you’re new to Brain Games Nov. 12 All registered owners who woodworking, don’t have the Brain Games will be offered donate vehicles will receive space or equipment at home, at the Oswego Senior Center “full value” federal tax from 11 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursdonation letters. All proceeds or would like to create or from vehicle’s disposition will finish a home project, our pa- day, Nov. 12. tient and talented volunteers This monthly series is held help support the more than 60 ongoing programs offered are here to help you with your on the second Thursday of each month and is provided by the Oswego Senior Center. project. For more information, contact The woodshop is open from by Harbor Chase of Plainfield. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every TuesHarbor Chase of Plainfield will Chuck at 630-554-5602 or engage you with brain games visit oswegoseniorcenter.org. day, Wednesday and Friday. For more information, contact and mental challenges to help Rick or Wayne at 630-554keep your brain in good shape Oswego Senior Center 5602. through cognitive exercise. collecting shoes Brain games stimulate The Oswego Senior Center Program on Alzheimer’s thinking and improve cogniwants your gently worn Nov. 19 tion, which helps stave off shoes. They have partnered The program Know the memory loss and keep your with World Wear Project to 10 Signs: Early Alzheimer’s mind sharp. To RSVP or for participate in their Shoe Box Detection will be held at the more information, call 630Program. 554-5602. Drop off gently worn shoes Oswego Senior Center from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, at the OSC and help people Nov. 19. Senior Center offering less fortunate throughout The warning signs of Fit and Strong class the world. World Wear Fit and Strong will be offered Project makes donated shoes Alzheimer’s disease are often dismissed as side effects of at the Oswego Senior Center available to people living in normal aging. If you or some- Mondays, Wednesdays, and developing countries. one you know is experiencing Fridays, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. For additional information, memory loss or behavioral Oct. 30 through Dec. 30. call 630-554-5602. changes, attend this training Participants in this class will to learn the 10 Warning Signs gain a clear understanding Senior Center offers of Alzheimer’s disease. of what osteoarthritis is and technology classes We’ll separate myth from how physical activity that The Oswego Senior Center reality and address commonly is tailored to the needs of offers computer classes and held fears about Alzheimer’s persons with arthritis can mobile device help. in America. Hear from people help them manage arthritis Computer program assis-
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The Oswego Senior Center is always welcoming new guests. If you are a new guest, your first lunch is on us. For future lunches, a $5 donation is suggested. Lunch is a full meal and catered by Upper Crust Catering of Yorkville served at noon every Monday and Thursday. Attendees must call 630554-5602 by 10 a.m. Friday
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October 24 10am-2pm Costumed children with their parents are invited to visit all participating businesses displaying the “Trick-Or-Treat Here!” Poster. More information at www.yorkvillechamber.org Thank you to our Advertising Partners Listed Below: (North, South, & Central, etc. refer to locations relative to intersection of Rt 47 & Rt. 34) AREA ALONG ROUTE 47 - BRIDGE STREET “Touch-A-Truck” at Old Second National Bank, Countryside Location • Earthmover Credit Union (Meet Dewey the Dinosaur) • Hillside Rehab & Care Center • Rush-Copley • Salsa Verde Mexican Restaurant • The Pooper Scoopers/Breyne Lawn Service (“Toss a Poop” Game) “Concentrated Trick-or-Treating” at Old Second National Bank, Countryside Location • Fontanez PHOTOGRAPHY (Costume Contest & Meet Santa) • Morris Hospital Yorkville Campus (Gift Basket Raffle) • Old Second National Bank • Pampered Chef (Drawing for Adults, Candy for Kids) • Staying Connected Counseling Center • Stream Countryside Parkway West • Midland States Bank ($50 Cash Drawing) 10am-12pm only • NCG Yorkville Cinemas (Candy Giveaway) Countryside Parkway East • Brenart Eye Clinic • Goodwill Store & Donation Center • Hampton Inn - (Pumpkin Bowling) Countryside Parkway East and Prairie Pointe Dr. • Shelter Insurance Jackie Meier (Raffle for $25 Gas Card) Route 47 North - Marketview Drive • Pet Supplies Plus (Pet Costume Contest) • Rosati’s Pizza & Pub Route 47 North - Cannonball Trail • Sewing Etc. Route 47 North - Commercial Drive • Heritage Home Decor & Design (Pumpkin Carving Contest) • Community Christian Church (Trunk or Treating) Route 47 (Just north of Commercial Drive) • Yorkville Performing Arts Center (Trunk-or-Treat 10am-2pm, Costume Contest 1pm) Route 47 South of 34 Walnut Plaza • Kendall Printing (Stop in and see Page!)
Downtown Yorkville • Ginger + Soul Inc. (Fall Flavors Festival: Brats, Craft Beer, Soup, Music) • Rowdys • Sense of Samadhi (Hair Braiding, Henna, Mini-Massages) Route 47 & 126 • Caring Hands Thrift Shop (Trunk or Treat 10-12) Route 47 & 71 • Morris Hospital Yorkville Campus (Gift Basket Raffle) Route 47 & Windett Ridge • Ryand Homes (at model home office) ROUTE 34 - VETERANS PARKWAY Route 34 East • Gold Star the Academy (Fun Obstacle Course!) • Mike & Denise’s Pizzeria & Pub • The Heartland School (Games, Pumpkins, Trick or Treat Trail, Photo Opportunities) • Yorkville Youth Baseball Softball Association Route 34 & 47 • AT&T Mobile Tel (Raffle for Bluetooths) • Inland Real Estate Brokerage (Boo Bowl) • The Chocolate Shoppe (Pick a Pumpkin, win $5 Gift Cert) Route 34 West - Center Pkwy. • Countryside Veterinary Clinic • Lighthouse Academy (Bozo Buckets, Find the Ghost, Halloween Craft) Route 34 West • BH Martial Arts (Special Offer) • Hillside Rehab & Care Center (Candy Give-a-way 12-2pm) • Jimmy John’s (Sandwiches for Kids) • Salsa Verde Mexican Restaurant Route 34 West - Kendall Marketplace • Petsmart (Dog Trick-or-Treat & Photo Event) • The Home Depot (Bozo Buckets & Kid Games) Route 34 West - Plano • PLS Financial Solutions of IL, Inc.
TOUCH- A- TRUCK Old Second National Bank, 26 W. Countryside Pkwy. Explore emergency service vehicles including a squad car, fire truck, Homeland Security Mobile Command Unit, and sheriff’s office humvee. Visit with our community’s first responders, and meet “Sparky!” Hosted by the Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District and Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. Sponsored by: Rush-Copley Medical Center, Hillside Rehab & Care Center, Earthmover Credit Union, The Pooper Scoopers, Salsa Verde Mexican Restaurant PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST Bring your carved or painted pumpkins to Heritage Home Décor & Design, 129 Commercial Drive, between10-5pm on Friday or 8:30-9:30am Saturday. Prizes awarded for: Scariest, Funniest, Coolest Sports Theme, Most Creative, & Best Family Project. The City’s annual Halloween Egg Hunt will take place on Friday, October 23 at 7pm at Town Square Park. Sponsored by:
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Fundraiser set for Plano woman Money raised to help pay medical bills A fundraiser to benefit Kendra Lange will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Fox Valley Older Adults Center, 1406 Suydam Road in Sandwich. Lange, who is from Plano (formally of Yorkville), is 27 years old and suffers from a rare incurable genetic muscle disease called McArdles which is a glycogen storage disease in the muscular dystrophy family that causes muscle break down and muscle damage and requires monthly treatment to prevent kidney and liver failure caused by rhabdomyolysis. Money is being raised to help pay for medical bills, wheelchair repairs, power chair, mortgage assistance,
and a wheelchair accessible vehicle. This fundraiser will include food, silent auction, 50/50, raffles, kids’ costume contest and pumpkin painting. A cash bar will be available. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids and $30 for a family. Tickets can be purchased from Tricia Kleckner at A&B Exteriors, 2300 E Church St in Sandwich, and from Diane Lange in Yorkville, gotwine24@yahoo.com. Tickets also be will available at the door. Anyone interested in making a donation can visit 1 st National Bank (formerly Castle Bank) or mail to The Kendra Lange Charitable Fund, 109 W. Veteran’s Pkwy., Yorkville, IL 60560.
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Kendra Lange (seated with family) suffers from a rare, incurable genetic muscle disease called McArdles which requires monthly treatment to prevent kidney and liver failure.
KCSO announces upcoming events
KCSO Family and Friends “Comets” will host the annual Spooky Scary Halloween Party from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the American Legion Yorkville. Wear a costume, bring an appetizer to share and put your dancing shoes on. KCSO Family and Friends’ Holiday Shopping Party is set for Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Yorkville American Legion. Booths include one table and two chairs in an 8x8 space. Cost is $15. Register at kcsocomets@ gmail.com or kcsofamilyandfriends.org. Public admission is $1. Food and drink will be
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proclamation affirming the college’s continued commitment to full ADA compliance and speak about the significance of the legislation, as well as Waubonsee’s celebrated history of being WCC celebrates ADA at the forefront of accessisigning anniversary bility. Waubonsee Community The ceremony will take College will celebrate the place at 1:30 p.m. in the 25th anniversary of the Student Center lobby at the signing of the Americans Sugar Grove Campus, Route with Disabilities Act (ADA) 47 at Waubonsee Drive. The during a short ceremony on event is free and open to the Oct. 28. public. The comprehensive civil In addition to the ceremorights legislation was signed ny this month, Waubonsee into law on July 26, 1990, continues work on accessiand prohibits discrimination bility through an inclusive on the basis of disability. campus committee, a stuDuring the ceremony, dent organization and the Waubonsee President Dr. Access Center for Disability Christine Sobek will sign a Resources.
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Volunteering for Natural Beginnings Early Learning Program
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The students at Natural Beginnings Early Learning Program received new handcrafted items for their classroom. Mike Chrzaszcz, above left, created a reading nook complete with a flower box window. Dr. Gary Schlapp made building blocks. Each volunteered many hours to create these one-of-a-kind features.
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12 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel
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Rally Sunday in Plano
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First Lutheran Church and the United Methodist Church of Plano enjoyed a Rally Sunday presentation by Tim Hannig following the themes “ABC – Always Believe in Christ” and “GOD’s Wild Wonders” on Sunday, Sept. 20, at the United Methodist Church of Plano. Hannig gave energizing presentations that entertained and inspired the children as well as the adults. Pictured is Hannig as he introduces three children, (from left) Landon Martin, Mekada Dembry and Landon Anderson, to help him with one of his acts.
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The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in a Tip-A-Cop event at Red Robin, 2860 Route 34 in Oswego. Officers will be serving from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. All tips received during the event will be donated to Special Olympics.
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The community has an opportunity to invest in their world and shop fair trade at the Ten Thousand Villages shop from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 ,at Oswego Presbyterian Church. Shoppers will discover hun-
dreds of handcrafted gifts, jewelry, personal accessories, home décor, textiles, toys, and musical instruments made by skilled artisans in more than 32 countries. Purchases from Ten Thousand Villages give artisans in developing countries opportunities to earn income that pays for food, education, health care and housing. Oswego Presbyterian Church is located at 1976 Highway 25 in Oswego. For more information, call the church at 630-554-8194, or visit opchurch.org.
Printing (405 E. Route 34 in Plano). This drive-thru-only dinner will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Tickets are a $13 donation for a two pork chop dinner, chicken dinner, or a combo dinner (one pork chop and chicken). Dinners include cole slaw, baked beans, applesauce, and dinner roll. Tickets may be purchased by calling G-Force Labels and Printing at 630-552-8911, visiting G-Force Labels and Printing at 405 E. Route 34 in Plano, or by contacting the church office at 630-552UMC Plano barbeque 3700. Tickets will be available fundraiser Nov. 3 for purchase at the dinner for The United Methodist $13. Church of Plano is hosting a Proceeds from this project Fay’s Barbeque pork chop and will help support the restochicken dinner at Plano Plaza ration of the kitchen at the in front of G-Force Labels and United Methodist Church.
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14 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel
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The Plattville United Methodist Church will host its annual Ham Supper from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. The all-you-can-eat buffet includes baked ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, cole slaw, and homemade pies. The “Country Store” will be open during the evening selling homemade goodies and garden produce, raffles, as well as a silent auction including craft items, themed baskets and gift cards. This year, a Christmas Corner will be part of the Country Store. Tickets are available for $11 for adults, $5 for ages 6-10, and $2 for those under age 6. Call Nancy at 815-475-7243 for tickets. The Plattville United Methodist Church is located nine miles south of Yorkville and two miles east of Route 47 at 13025 Church Road.
Iconography retreats offered
St. Edward’s and Christ Episcopal Church of Joliet and Kendall County will sponsor two iconography retreats. Iconography is the study of creation of religious icons. Both sessions will be held at the Christ Campus Retreat Center, 10422 Grove Road, Joliet. A three-day retreat will be held Saturday, Oct. 31-Tuesday, Nov. 2. Cost is $450. An eight-day retreat is set for Saturday, Nov. 7-Saturday, Nov. 14. Cost is $900. Cost includes room and board at the retreat center, a manual and some supplies for the creation of an icon panel. Registration is limited to a maximum of 10 persons per retreat. For more information, visit secec.net.
in Yorkville invites the public to its eighth annual Holiday Shoppe and Bake Sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Admission is free. Purchase fresh, homemade breads, pies, cookies and more. The event is held in Immanuel’s Heritage Hall and showcases a variety of handmade items from over 25 local crafters and vendors. You’ll find creative holiday home décor and inspiration, woodcarvings, jewelry, candles, knits and crochet, and more. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the door the day of the event. Winners will be announced throughout the day, but need not be present. Contact the church office at 630-553-5368 for more information.
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Third graders received their Bibles at the United Methodist Church of Plano on Sunday, Sept. 27. Family, friends and congregation members supported Kenli Dembry and Theo Wyncoop as they received their Bibles from Pastor Kent Svendsen at the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Riley Walker received his Bible on Sept. 28.
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Family conference Oct. 25-26 Harvest New Beginnings Church will be hosting a free, two-day family conference with best-selling author and radio host Ken Ham on Oct. 25 and 26. Ham is president of the Bible-defending ministry of Answers in Genesis, the popular Creation Museum, and the future Ark Encounter (a life-size Noah’s Ark in northern Kentucky set to open in 2016). In describing the subject
matter of the conference, Bill Maroney, Harvest’s Director of Children, Youth and College Ministries, said: “Answers in Genesis will help you answer questions such as, ‘What happened to the dinosaurs?’, ‘Was there really a Noah’s Ark and a global flood?’, ‘Why is there so much death and suffering in this world?’ Harvest is excited to welcome Ken Ham and hope many people in Oswego and the surround-
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ing communities will take advantage of the awesome opportunity to hear him speak.” All sessions will be held at Harvest New Beginnings at 5315 Douglas Road, Oswego, including sessions specifically for school age children grades K-12 on Monday morning. Details are available at: https:// answersingenesis.org/outreach/event/Oswego15/ or by calling 630-554-3858.
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vited four lay people to share the background of how they decided to embrace their Children through sixth faith and the difference that grade are invited to particit has made in their work life. ipate in “Trunk or Treat” Speakers include attorney this Sunday, Oct. 25. This fun-filled Halloween activity Louis Bellande from Wheaton; Henry Abraham from Evis set for 1 to 3 p.m. in the ergreen Park, whose career First Lutheran and United is in social work; Ken Miller, Methodist Church parking lots (James and Clark streets a retired NASA engineer from Hartford, Wisc.; and Dave in Plano). Faulkner, the president of Car trunks will be decoa midsize corporation from rated and Halloween items Ohio. arranged in a huge square. Each person will share the Children visit the trunks in challenges that they have the safety of the church experienced along with the parking lot and pick out treats at each stop. Games, difference faith has made in their career. refreshments, jump house, Emmanuel Church is photo booth and best trunk contest are scheduled. Cos- located at 701 Lions Road at Dayton Street in Sandwich. tumes are welcome. Service time is 10:45 a.m. on Participants are encouraged to bring canned goods Sunday. Guests are welcome. or paper products for the Kendall County Food Pantry. Salem Lutheran hosts Trunk or Treat For more information, call Salem Lutheran Church of Linda at 630-552-3828. Sandwich will host its 13th annual Trunk-or-Treat from ‘Take Your Faith to 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, Work Month’ in the church parking lot Emmanuel Church is including a “Take Your Faith To at 1022 North Main Street Work” focus for this month. (across from Valley West Pastor Joe MacDonald has in- Hospital).
All children in the community are welcome to visit the decorated trunks of vehicles and collect treats from church members. This event began in 2003 as an alternative form of trick or treating in a safe environment. There is no cost to participate, however, a donation of non-perishable food items for our Sharing Pantry would be appreciated. Immediately following Trunk or Treat, Salem Lutheran’s Fellowship Committee will host a bonfire/hayride/ hot-dog roast on the church grounds. All are welcome.
A pot luck game night was shared with families from First Lutheran and United Methodist churches of Plano on Sunday, Sept. 27, at First Lutheran Church of Plano. Several board games and bag games were played. Health foods, appetizers and refreshments were served. Pictured are Char Wyncoop, Renee Mahoney, Serafina Wyncoop, Matt Wyncoop and Tom Mahoney playing Carcassonne Big Box Game.
YCUCC offers membership series Pastor Mark Gregory and the members of Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ invite anyone interested in learning more about the United Church of Christ and the Yorkville Congregational Church to an informational Search and Discovery series on three upcoming Sundays: Oct. 25, Nov. 1 and 8 following the 10 a.m. worship service. The group will explore
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16 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel CHURCH SERVICES ANGLICAN Christ Our Light Anglican Church Meeting at the English Congregational United Church of Christ 301 Rhodes St., Big Rock Father Rand York www.christourlightanglican.org Sunday, 5 p.m. APOSTOLIC
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New Hope Apostolic Church 201 W. Madison St. Yorkville, IL, 60560 Pastor: Junior D. Dixon Church phone: 630-552-1292 Sunday, 11 a.m. Sunday School and Worship Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Night Prayer
First Baptist Church of Plano 116 N. Hale St., Plano Church: 630-552-3641 or 630-552-0544 Rev. Richard Kenneavy, Interim
Faith Assembly Church 105 S. Main St., Montgomery Pastor Michael E. Hefner Assistant Pastor Emmanuel Rojas 630-264-2968 (Spanish Interpretation) Sunday, 10 a.m. Morning Worship & Sunday School 5 p.m. Worship Service Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Evening service
New Hope Baptist Church 4101 Needham Road, Plano 630-552-1400 Pastor Dennis Cocks Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School all ages 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship 6 p.m. Evening Worship Wednesday 7 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer Nursery is provided – all services. Also offering Youth Group.
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Fox River Baptist Church 1205 7th Avenue, Aurora Kerry James Allen, Pastor 630-820-5870 www.foxriverbaptistchurch.org Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Service 6 p.m. Evening Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Evening Service
Harvest Chapel 725 S. County Line Road Sandwich, IL 60548 www.harvestchapel.net 815-786-8669 Nursery is provided Sunday 9 & 10:45 a.m. Service; Elevate Kids Ministry ages 3 to 5th grade Wednesday 7 p.m. New Community; Adult Bible Study; MOSAIC student Ministries (6th-12th); Elevate Kids (4yrs-5th gr) New Life Church 3205 Cannonball Trail, Yorkville (Just west of Route 47) Pastor Jon Lawson 630-553-0200 www.nlcyorkville.org Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Kids classes (6 weeks - 6 grade) Wednesday 7 p.m. Kids classes (preschool-6 grade) Student Ministries (7-12 grades) BAPTIST Harvest New Beginnings 5315 Douglas Road, Oswego 630-554-3858 • Fax 630-554-3865 harvest@harvestnewbeginnings. com www.harvestnewbeginnings.com Sunday Service Times: 9 and 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Sunday School 2 years - adult 5:30 Awana, Adult Bible Study Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Awana, 3yr-6th/Jr. High Youth 7 p.m. Bible Study, Prayer Mtg. Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Sr. High youth Friday, 7 p.m. Celebrate Recovery Quality nursery provided at all services Grace Community Church 1108 Mill St., Yorkville 630-553-0700 Pastor Ivan Truman gccyorkville@sbcglobal.net www.gccyorkville.net Sundays: Fall & Winter Schedule: Nursery Available All Services 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Sunday Evenings & Teen Ministry and Community Groups see website calendar Crosspointe 8 W. Rickard Drive, Oswego Pastor J. Andrew Post 630-554-3875 www.crosspointeoswego.org Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday School-all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship 5:30 p.m. Revolution (grades 7-12) 6 p.m. TeamKid 6 p.m. Adult Bible Study Calvary Baptist Church 140 Montgomery Road, Montgomery, IL 630-896-7098 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 10:45 a.m. Worship Service
6 p.m. Evening Bible Study
Valley Baptist Church 2480 Wolf Road, Oswego Pastor David Hemphill 630-554-8109 www.valleybaptist.com pastor@valleybaptist.com Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday School all ages 11 a.m. Morning Worship 6 p.m. Evening Worship 8 p.m. TV Ministry on Channel 10 Cable ACTV Wednesday 7 p.m. King Kids; eve. Worship 9 p.m. TV Ministry-chnl17 Cable Deaf interpreter for all services Park Place Baptist Church 1144 S. Lincoln, Montgomery 630-897-6810 www.park-place.org Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship First Baptist Church of Big Rock 211 Lincoln St., Big Rock Rev. Bill McMillen • 630-556-3535 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Worship Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer The Federated Church American Baptist Presbyterian U.S.A. Pastor Dan DeWitt 403 N. Main Street, Sandwich 815-786-8595 office@sandwichfederated church.org, www.sandwich federatedchurch.org Office hours 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday Sunday Worship: June through August - 9 a.m. September through May - 10:30 a.m. CHRISTIAN Community Christian Church 129 Commercial Drive, Yorkville Pastor Aaron Koehler 630-388-5000 www.communitychristian.org Sunday 9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship service Grace Community Christian Church 2770 Montgomery Road, Aurora 630-898-7990 • Fax 630-898-7955 www.graceccc.org Sunday 9 a.m. Worship service 10:30 a.m. Classes Nursery available 8 until noon Redeemer Community Church (meets at Plank Junior High) 510 Secretariat Lane, Oswego Office 630-820-9742
Sunday, 10 a.m. Celebration meeting (effective children’s ministry class unites during main meeting) Cornerstone Christian Church Bob Reid, Minister 254 S. Madison St., Oswego 3 blocks south of Post Office 630-554-2292 • Fax 630-554-1988 www.cornerstonecc.net Sunday 9 a.m. Bible Study 10 a.m. Worship Celebration & Kids Central (Nursery available) Wednesday 6 p.m. Fellowship Potluck Dinner 7 p.m. Prayer Service 7 p.m. Youth Group(Jr.-Sr. High) 1st Monday of each month from 6am 24-hr Community Prayer Vigil The Redeemed Christian Church of God Kings’ Court Parish 5313 U.S. Highway 34, Oswego Tel/Fax 630-608-2011 kingscourtil@yahoo.com Sunday 9:45-10:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30-12:30 Worship service Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m. Bible Study Friday, 7-8 p.m. Breakthrough Hour
9 a.m. Sacrament Meeting 10:20 am Sunday School/Primary 11:10 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society Tuesday 7 p.m. Youth Activity CONGREGATIONAL Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ 409 Center Parkway, Yorkville Pastor: Rev. Mark Gregory Office: 630-553-7308 Office hours: T-F 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 8:45 am Youth Sunday School 10 am Worship Sunday School 11:00 am Coffee Fellowship Search and Discovery Class 1 11:30 - 2 pm Youth Drop-In Tuesday, Oct. 27 8:30 am JOY Circle cleaning the kitchen 11:30 am Staff Meeting Noon Preschool Screening 6:30 pm Building and Grounds Committee Wednesday, Oct. 28 Noon Bible Study 4:00 pm Youth Drop-In 5-7 pm Choirs 7:00 pm PeaceJam CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Community Christian Church 131 Montgomery Road, Montgomery 630-388-5000 Campus Pastor: John Rinehimer www.communitychristian.org Sundays 9:30 & 11 a.m. Worship Service Plano Christian Church 9 Schomer Lane, Plano Stan Motley, Pastor www.pcc4him.com 630-552-7640 Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School & Worship Service Big Life Community Church Traughber Junior High School 570 Colchester Drive, Oswego www.biglifecc.org “It’s for you.” Sundays, 10 a.m. Worship
Christian Science Society 117 E. Second St., Sandwich www.chicagospirituality.com Sunday, 10:30 Service EPISCOPAL St. David’s Episcopal Church 701 N. Randall Road, Aurora 630-896-7229 www.stdavidsofaurora.com Office hours: Mon. & Thurs. 9-1 Sunday, 9 a.m. Worship Service St. Edward and Christ Episcopal Church (Anglican) Christ Campus 2800 Grove Road, Yorkville between Rt. 126 & Caton Farm Road Rev. Kathryn White, Rector Rev. Richard Lundgren, Associate Rector 815-725-6800 www.secec.net Sundays, 11 a.m. Communion
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Neighborhood Church of The Brethren 155 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery 630-897-3347 ncotb@sbcglobal.net Rev. Purvi Satvedi, Pastor Sunday 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service Handicapped accessible building. Neighborhood Counseling Associates 630-844-3001 CHURCH OF GOD Destiny Worship Center 1355 Hinman St., Montgomery Pastor James Schulker 630-851-5055 Sunday 10 a.m. Worship 6 p.m. UnDone Youth Worship Wednesday 6 p.m. Small groups-all ages Thursday 6 p.m. Men’s basketball-open gym Plano Church of God 7 E. Dearborn St., Plano Pastor John Todd 630-877-3604 Sunday, 10 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible Study CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Oswego) 100 Hankes Road, Sugar Grove Bishop Paul Goodine 630-466-0958 Missionary - 630-270-6664 Sunday 11:30 a.m. Sacrament Meeting 12:50 p.m. Sunday School- Primary 1:40 p.m. Priesthood-Relief Society Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Activity/Scouts Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Prestbury) 100 Hankes Road, Sugar Grove Bishop Golden Hwang 630-466-3299 Sunday
St. Thomas Episcopal (Anglican) 317 Goold Park Drive (Chapin St., West), Morris Rev. James L. Steele, Rector 815-942-1380 Sundays, 9 a.m. Holy Communion, Nursery Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Teaching Service Prayer for the Sick LUTHERAN Plattville Lutheran Church 5475 Bell Road, Minooka Pastor Bret L. Reedy Office 815-475-7220 Parsonage 815-475-4127 Sunday 9:15 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School St. John’s Lutheran Church 235 S. Green St., P.O. Box 245 Somonauk, IL 60552 815-498-3667 Pastor William Weidenbach Jr. www.elcastjohns.com Saturday, 5 p.m. Worship Sunday, 9 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Faith Dialogue Bible Study – all ages welcome Thursday, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Our Sharing Pantry Cross Lutheran - LCMS Church and School Route 47, 3 miles south of Yorkville Church office 630-553-7335 Pastor Erik Gauss Susan Lopez, school principal www.hiscross.org Thursday, Oct. 22 10:00 AM Heritage Woods Meditation 7:00 PM GriefShare Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 8:30 AM Women’s Bible Study: Counterfeit Gods 12:30 PM Women’s Bible Study: Romans Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 6 AM Men’s Bible Study 5 PM Worship Service (Casual) Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015 7: AM Worship Service (Organ) 9 AM Missional Life
9:15 AM Caring and Sharing Group 9:15 AM Cross Life 9:15 AM Worship Service (Praise Team) 9:15 AM Special Needs Care Taking 10:30 AM Life Advocacy Team 10:45 AM Worship Service (Praise Team) 6:00 PM Financial Peace University 6:30 PM HS Bible Study - Offsite Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 7:00 PM Foundation Quarterly Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 7:00 PM Governance Board Meet Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 9:30 AM Senior Women’s Bible Study 6:30 PM HS 24/7 Youth Night 6:30 PM Kids4Christ 6:30 PM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal 6:30 PM Club 56 7:00 PM Headline Hot Topics Group Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 7:00 PM GriefShare 7:00 PM Be a Part of the WOW Training Grace Lutheran Church 10025 N. Route 47, Morris (3 miles north of Morris on Route 47 at Airport Road) Pastor Steven Heilman Church 815-942-2252 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Education Helmar Lutheran Church 11935 Lisbon Road, Newark, IL Pastor James Molstre Intern - Jon Langness Sunday - Worship 9 a.m. 2nd Friday of each month - Food Pantry 5-7 p.m. 4th Monday of each month - Food Pantry 3-5 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church (ELCA) 10104 Immanuel Road, Yorkville Pastor Michael Neel 630-553-5368 www.ImmanuelYorkville.org Sunday Service 9 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Traditional Service Thursday Oct. 22 ELCA Ministerium Sunday Oct. 25 11:30 Quarterly Meeting Wednesday Oct. 28 9 am Busy Hands 5:30 pm Confirmation Class Living Heritage Lutheran Church Rev. James Barbey, Pastor 630-552-3926 Services at the Chapel of Turner-Eighner Funeral Home 3952 Turner Avenue Sunday Services: 9 a.m. Divine Service 10:15 a.m. Adult Study and Sunday School St. Olaf Lutheran Church 1233 Douglas Road, Montgomery 630-896-1311 stolafchurch@sbcglobal.net Pre-School 630-896-3004 Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Worship Service Fox River Lutheran Church 2785 E. U.S. Route 52, Sheridan Pastor Kevin Garner 815-695-9926 Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Sunday School all ages St. Luke’s Lutheran Church & School - LCMS 63 Fernwood Road, Montgomery Rev. Peter Hoffman, Sr. Pastor Robinette Flach, School Principal Church Office 630-892-9309 School Office 630-892-0310 stlcfamily.org Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Blended Worship Sunday, 8 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Study 10:45 a.m. Contemporary Worship with Praise Band St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 27 S. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora 630-897-6891 www.stmarksaurora.net Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Worship Service Sunday, 9 & 10:30 a.m. Worship Service and Sunday School (pre-K-5)
Nursery available during all services. Faith Lutheran Church ELCA 3000 Liberty St., Aurora 630-862-3500 Sunday 8 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Blended Service KidWerks (Sunday School) 11 a.m. Praise Gathering New Song Community Lutheran Church (LCMS) 2858 Hafenrichter Road, Aurora www.newsongchurch.net Pastor Jason Dail 630-499-0542 Office Hours Mon. and Wed. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tues. and Thurs. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. Worship service Children’s message Nursery and Promiseland Kids offered at services Prayer team available after service Followers of Christ Lutheran Church (ELCA) 12357 248th Ave., Plainfield Pastor Ronald Voss 815-439-0700 • 630-554-4318 followersofchrist3@yahoo.com www.followersofchristelca.com Child care provided Sunday 9 a.m. Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Christian Ed - all ages 12:30 p.m. Youth Group Monday, 4:30 p.m. Catechism 6:20 p.m. Youth Choir Tuesday, 7 p.m. Disciple Bible Study Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Practice Lisbon Bethlehem Church 108 E. Woodman St. (Lisbon) Newark, IL Rev. Larry Jacobsgaard, Pastor Ph. 815-736-6271 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday School Newark Lutheran Church (A.F.L.C.) 101 E. Liberty St., Newark Pastor: Luke Emerson Church: 815-695-5251 newarklutheran@hotmail.com www.newarklcaflc.org Sunday Services: 8:45 a.m. Coffee and Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Adult and Youth Sunday School Our Savior Lutheran Church 420 W. Downer Place, Aurora Ph. 630-897-5936 Pastor Jeff Mikyska www.oursavioraurora.org Saturday: 5 p.m. Krentz Chapel Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship services 9:45-10:30 a.m. Christian Education First Lutheran Church 200 North Center St., Plano 630-552-8263 Pastor Bruce Booher September-May Worship Service Schedule Sunday 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Holy Communion every Sunday Nursery is available at all services. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) 1022 North Main St., Sandwich Rev. Wayne Derber, Pastor 815-786-9308 www.wearesalemlutheran.org Sunday, 8 a.m. Traditional Worship 9 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 9:15 a.m. Christian Education hour 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 2465 W. Sandwich Road Corner of Pratt & W. Sandwich Road, Sandwich, IL 60548 Office 815-786-6406 Rev. David J. Kaul, Pastor www.our-saviors.com Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Contemporary Worship Sunday, 8 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Family Worship; Sunday School Events for the entire family: King’s Kids, grades K-3 Servants of Christ grades 4-6 Jr. High, Youth alive for Teens
www.wheatlandsalem.org 630-904-1035 One church, two locations 1217 Wolf Road, Oswego Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m. Worship and Sunday School Tuesday 6:30-8:30 p.m. Youth Group 1852 W. 95th St., Naperville Sunday 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m. Worship 9:45 & 11 a.m. Sunday School Wednesday 6:30-8:30 p.m. Youth Group Ministries for all ages all week See website for all of the offerings Millington United Methodist 200 Orleans Street Millington, IL 60537 630-531-0239 cell 815-695-5378 church Pastor Kirk C. Scott Handicapped Accessible MillingtonUMConthefox.org Children’s Sunday School 9 a.m. Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m. Sunday Children’s Craft Connections 10 a.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. Women’s Bible Study 1st & 3rd Thursdays Noon Little Dresses Sewing Mission Sugar Grove United Methodist 176 Main St., Sugar Grove Pastor CheonEui Oh Office hours: 7 a.m.-Noon M, W, F 630-466-4501, www.sgumc.net, sugargroveumc@sbcglobal.net Sunday Services 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Worship at Main St. location. Sunday school from 9:15-10:15 a.m. for all ages
Plattville United Methodist Located at Church Road & Plattville Road 13025 Church Road, Yorkville Pastor Terry McLaughlin 815-475-4128 Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m. Walking Program Oct. 16, 8:30 a.m., Walking Program Oct. 18, 9 a.m. Sunday School Classes 10 a.m. Worship Service Oct. 19, 8:30 a.m. Walking Program 6:30 p.m. Line Dancing Oct. 20, 8:30 a.m. Walking Program Oct. 21, 8:30 a.m. Walking Program 5 p.m. Ham Supper set-up Oct. 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Ham Supper
Bethany of Fox Valley United Methodist Church 2200 Ridge Avenue Rt. 34 & Ridge Ave, Aurora Rev. Sam Park, Pastor 630-851-8010 www.BethanyFoxValleyUMC.org Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Nursery Available Handicapped Accessible Sunday, 8 & 10:30 a.m. Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages Millbrook United Methodist 8360 Fox River Dr., P. O. Box 50 Millbrook, IL 60536 Pastor Kent Svendsen 630-553-7568 Nursery available Handicapped accessible Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month Sunday, 9 a.m. Worship Service, 9 a.m. Sunday School Thursday, 4-6 p.m. Pastor office hours, 6 p.m. Choir, 7 p.m. Bible Study Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church 5 W. Washington St. Downtown Oswego Philip W. Sheets, Pastor 630-554-3269 www.goodshepherdoswego.org Office hours: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 Noon – Men’s Lunch , Grandma’s Table
METHODIST Wheatland Salem Church
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Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • • Continued from page 16 6:30 p.m. – Confirmation Class Kick Off 6 p.m. –Puppets 6 p.m. – HizKidz 7 p.m. – Adult Choir Friday, Oct. 23 8 a.m. – Good Shepherd Men’s Group @ Good Shepherd Saturday, Oct. 24 9 a.m. – Burrito Prep in Kitchen 5 p.m. – Saturday Night Fun Sunday, Oct. 25 New Members Installed at both 8:15a.m. – Traditional Service 9:30a.m. – Christian Education Hour 10:30a.m. – Contemporary Service 11:45a.m. – Sermon Discussion 1 – 3:30 p.m.- CAT Service of Healing 3:30p.m.- Youth Group Monday, Oct. 26 7:00p.m. - Missions mtg Tuesday, Oct. 27 Noon-1:30p.m. – Grace Meal offered in Fellowship Hall 2 p.m. – Endowment Fund mtg 7 p.m. - Adm Council 7 p.m. – Jail Grading 7 p.m. - Celebration Sunday Planning mtg United Methodist Church of Plano 219 North Hale St. Plano, IL 60545 630-552-3700 Pastor Kent Svendsen website: www.umcplano.org godrilla@accessus.netoffice@ umcplano.org Wednesday, Oct. 21 7 p.m. Choir Practice 7 p.m.-7 a.m. PADS Thursday, Oct. 22 7 p.m. Bible Study (Millbrook) Sat., Oct. 24 10 a.m. Al-Anon Meeting 10 a.m. AA Sunday, Oct. 25 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 1 p.m. Trunk or Treat 1:30 p.m. Templo Sion Tuesday, Oct. 27 9 a.m. Bible Study (Plano) 6:30 p.m. Templo Sion Handicapped Accessible Trinity Church United Methodist 2500 Boomer Lane (corner of 47 & Cannonball Trail) Yorkville, 60560 • 630-553-7645 Pastor Michael Stoner www.trinityum.net Trinitychurchoffice@gmail.com Office hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-2 Sunday 8 a.m. 1st monthly Sunday Breakfast 9 a.m. Early Worship Service 9:10 a.m. following children message Children’s Sunday School
10 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 10:30 a.m. Late Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Youth and Adult Classes A nursery is available for both services Monday 7:30 p.m. AA meeting Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting Wednesday 5:15 p.m. Chime Choir 6 p.m. Children’s choir 6:30 p.m. Adult choir Friday 6:30 a.m. Java Saturday 7:30 a.m. Weight Watchers The Warehouse Church 308 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora Pastor Randy Schoof 630-859-0600 www.warehousechurch.org Office hours: Tues-Fri 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Worship Service Sunday at 10 a.m.
Ph: 630-554-8194, Fax: 630-5540537 Conley A. Zomermaand, Pastor Kimberly Hulen, Associate Pastor Saturday, October 24 All day Coal City Work Trip Chili Cook-Off Sunday, Oct. 25 8:30am Worship 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship 5:30pm C.A.S.T. 7 pm Senior High Youth Group 80’s Dance Wheatland Presbyterian Church 11839 S. Heggs Road, Plainfield Two miles south of Wolf Crossing Road and Rt. 30 at the corner Heggs Road & 119th St. Rev. Jack Lilley 630-904-1140 Sunday 9 a.m. Faith Focus: Adult Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Youth Activities 10 a.m. Worship w/nursery care Children’s Sunday School
PENTECOSTAL Gospel Assembly Church 7090 Route 34, Oswego, IL Pastor: D.L. Dycus 630-554-2313 Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Worship Service Sunday, 1 p.m. Worship/Sunday School 5:30 p.m. Worship Service Thursday, 7 p.m. Worship Service Suydam United Methodist Church Suydam Road and Route 23 Pastor Daegyu Yim (Dave) August: Joint Service with LUMC at Leland UMC - 9 a.m. Communion served 1st Sunday of each month. PRESBYTERIAN Au Sable Grove Presbyterian Church (the country church) Pulpit Supply Rev. Betty Weidert Grove & Wheeler Roads 1 mile south of Route 126 Yorkville, IL 60560 630-554-3507 www.ausablegrovepresbyterian. com Sunday Worship Service 10:30 (Nursery) Youth Sunday School 10:30 (all Ages) Coffee Fellowship 11:30 to 12:30 Communion First Sunday of the Month Young Adults Group (age 18-35) called Friends in Service to Him (F.I.S.H.) Call for dates & place, 630-5537085 Oswego Presbyterian Church 1976 Route 25, Oswego, IL 60543
Genesis Community Church 1300 South Broadway Montgomery Pastor Jeffrey Barrett 630-896-7773 • Fax 630-859-3355 A Member of PC USA Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sun. School, all ages 10:40 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday 7 p.m. Prayer Service ROMAN CATHOLIC St. Mary Roman Catholic Church 901 N. Center Ave., Plano 630-552-3448 • Fax 630-552-3450 www.saintmaryplano.com Rev. Andy Davy, M.I.C. Pastor Deacon Eduardo Murillo Deacon Douglas Wells Deacon Santos Martinez Masses: Monday thru Saturday: 8 a.m. Saturday, 4-4:45 p.m. Reconciliation 5 p.m. Vigil English Sunday, 8 & 10 a.m. Mass Noon, Spanish Mass Religious Education: 630-552-1505 Wednesday, 6-7:30 p.m. Office hours: M-F 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. St. Patrick Catholic Church 406 Walnut St., Yorkville 630-553-6671 • Fax: 630-553-2695 Info@StPatrickYorkville.org www.stpatrickyorkville.org Pastor: Rev. Matthew Lamoureux, M.I.C. Deacons: Donald Cyr, Dale Metcalf Mass schedule: Daily: Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday: 8 & 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Child care during 10:30 a.m. Masses Confession Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. Saturday 4:15 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Religious Education: 630-553-6671 Preschool-8th Grade Registration: 630-552-3345 Parish Summer Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. Peter Catholic Church 925 Sard Ave., Aurora Rev. Joachim Tyrtania, Pastor 630-896-6816 Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m. Confession/Adoration: 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Sunday Mass: 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Spanish Monday Communion Service: 8:15 a.m. Tuesday Mass: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Mass: 8:15 a.m. St. Anne Catholic Church 551 Boulder Hill Pass, Oswego 630-554-3331 • Fax 630-554-0530 Pastor: Rev. John J. Ouper Pastoral Associate: Sr. Margaret Anne Spagnola, OSM Deacons: David Brockman; Duane Wozek; James Perry Masses 8 a.m. Mon. Wed. Fri. 7 a.m. Tues. Thurs. 7 p.m. Wed. Sat. 3:30 p.m. Confessions Sat. 5 p.m. Mass Sun. 7:30, 9:15, & 11 a.m. St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church 340 W. Arnold Road, Sandwich Rev. Gerard Christianson, Parochial Administrator Office: 815-786-9266 Mass Times: Monday, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 8:30 a.m. Saturday Eve, 5 p.m. Sunday Morning, 8 and 10 a.m. Spanish Mass, noon OTHER SERVICES Sandwich Church of the Nazarene 205 West College St.,Sandwich Pastor Mark Abbott Church 815-786-8230 Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School all ages 10:40 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Prayer Service Plano Fellowship Meeting at P.H. Miller School
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Oswego Family Church 5498 Route 34, Oswego www.oswegofamilychurch.com Sunday, 10 a.m. Worship Service Cornerstone Church 17347 Pratt Road, Sandwich 815-786-6300 Pastor Paul Banister www.cornerstoneofsandwich.com Sunday 10 a.m. Worship for all ages Nursery: up to age 1 Toddler: 2 & 3 years of age Children’s Church: 4 to grade 3 Kids Zone: 4-6 grade Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Prayer driven worship J.A.M. Time (Jesus and Me) 6:30-8:30 p.m. (K-6th grade) every other Friday Student Ministries (Jr. High & HS) Events to be announced L.I.F.E. Groups held in Sandwich, Somonauk, Hinckley Times and locations can be found in the church bulletin, website or call the church Food Pantry 12:30 p.m. Serving residents of Plano, Sandwich, Sheridan, Somonauk 1st and 3rd of each month Plano Church Of Christ 406 N. Lew St., Plano Bryan Bickford 815-786-7693 Sunday, 10 a.m. Bible Study 10:50 a.m., 4 p.m. Worship Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible Study
Community of Christ 304-320 S. Center, Plano 60545 Co-Pastors Miranda Campbell and Jim Wynkoop 630-552-8990 Sunday, 9:30-10:15 a.m. Sunday School/ Rogers Hall 10:30 a.m. Worship Service at Stone Church - Easter through December and Rogers Hall January to Easter. Stone Church Tours: Call Donna at 815-695-5937 River’s Edge Fellowship Meeting at Oswego. Civic Ctr. 5 Ashlawn Ave, Boulder Hill Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Worship Service For information, call F. Johnson, 630-546-9859 Worldwide Deliverance Ministries, Inc. meeting at Lakewood Springs North Clubhouse, Plano Pastor Michael King Sunday 9-10 a.m. Sunday School 10:30-Noon Worship Service Wednesday 6:30-8 p.m. Bible Study Acorn Yokefellow Retreat Center Open 365 Days a Year 630-553-6233 Available to you, your church or participate in our regular monthly retreats.
Vineyard Aurora Church Contemporary Church 505 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora Pastor Robby Dawkins 630-896-5196 www.vineyardfoxvalley.org www.sentbyravensvcf.com Sunday, 9 & 10:45 a.m. Services West Lisbon Church 14381 Joliet Road, Newark 815-736-6331 www.westlisbon.com office@westlisbon.com Pastor Rex J. Howe Sunday Sunday School (for all ages, nursery provided) 9 -10am Worship Service 10:30-12pm Wednesday Night Programs AWANA (ages 3yrs old through 5th grade) 6pm-7:30pm Jr High Youth Group (6th through 8th grade) 6pm-7:30pm High School Youth Group 7:15-9 p.m. Southwest Community Church at Jones Elementary School 800 Barberry Way, Joliet 815-725-3782 www.southwestonline.org Sunday, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. Worship
COUNTYWIDE 17 Plano Bible Church 1111 W South St., Plano Pastor: Ed Schoenberger Church office phone: 630-552-8877 www.planobiblechurch.org Sunday 9 a.m. Christian Education Hour classes for all ages 10:15 Morning Worship Nursery available Wednesday - Youth Night 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. AWANA ages 3 - 6th grades 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. FYSH Youth Group for 7th thru 12th grades Jacob’s Well 222 Mitchell Drive, Plano Services at NCG Cinema 1505 N. Bridge St., Yorkville www.welcometothewell.com 630-695-1444 Sunday 9 a.m. Worship Adult: Contemporary Worship & relevant Bible teaching Children: SPLASH! Jr: Age 3-5 SPLASH! Kindergarten through 4th grade SPLASH! BABY: Staffed Nursery Throughout the week: VAPOR: Teens, high school and post high school meet evenings weekly. LIFEGroup: Casual adult gatherings throughout the week. Emmanuel Church 701 Lions Road, Sandwich Pastor Joe MacDonald 815-786-2400 www.emmanuelchurchsandwich. com Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Worship Message of the Cross Church 101 S. Ottawa Road, Newark 630-768-3550 MOTCC@gmail.com Brian L. Haney Sunday, 10 a.m. & 7 p.m. Worship Tuesday, 11 a.m. Ladies Bible Study Wednesday, 7 p.m. Worship Service The Original Temple of God Church 626 N. Root St., Aurora, IL 60505 630-892-3757 • Fax: 630-896-9608 Bishop Jettie Taylor, Pastor Friday, 10 a.m. Prayer-Bible Study Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Worship Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Bible Study SPIRIT-FILLED Abundant Life Family Church 4000 Westbrook Drive, Aurora (1 minute from Fox Valley Mall) AbundantLifeFoxValley.org 630-851-LIFE (5433) Sunday, 10 a.m. Worship
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The United Methodist Church of Plano participated with this year’s Plano Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Oct. 3, by entering a float. About 30 UMC of Plano members rode the float or walked the parade route handing out Trunk or Treat/United Methodist Men Breakfast promotions to the people along the parade route. Pictured are Sunday School children and members from the United Methodist Church of Plano with the float. For more information, call the church office at 630-552-3700.
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The Sunday School children at the United Methodist Church of Plano made a bewitching Halloween craft this past Sunday. The craft was a replica of a ghostly Halloween evening with trees, ghosts, bats, witch, moon and webbing. Pictured are some of the younger children with Sunday School staff: Kendal Petre, Pat Morris (pre K and kindergarten teacher), Jaxon Harnesk, Gloria Lucas (Sunday School staff) and Landon Martin. Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m. Sundays at the United Methodist Church. For information, call the church office at 630-552-3700 or Linda at 630-552-3828.
CHURCH BRIEFS The Millbrook United Methodist Church, 8360 Fox River Road in Millbrook, invites the men of the area to a monthly program on the fourth Sunday of each month. The meal begins at 7:30 a.m. Admission is free and each month there is a speaker who presents information of interest to the community. Past speakers have presented anything from tax information to senior citizen programs
to political perspectives to conservation issues. For more information about the program or the church, contact Rev. Kent Svendsen at 815-786-4106.
The doors open at 5 p.m. and the music starts at 6 p.m. and finishes at 9 p.m. This monthly event, which is held during the fall through spring, gives opportunities for novice as well as experienced Millbrook Bluegrass bluegrass players to show event and jam session their skills. Sign up and do The Millbrook United some solo work or join in with Methodist Church, 8360 Fox other groups to play along River Drive, Millbrook, invites with them. Admission is free bluegrass musicians and those and food and refreshments are who enjoy music to come to available for a donation. a bluegrass event and jam For more information, call session on Saturday, Oct. 24. Pastor Kent at 815-786-4106.
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Winners of the costume contest at the Kendall County Historical Society Halloween Fest last weekend included (left to right): Chase from Yorkville dressed as Scoobie Doo, Domonic dressed as a scary clown from Oswego, Grace dressed as a waitress from Yorkville, Prom Queen Alexis from Oswego, Sophie the Owl from Oswego, Rocker Ava from Oswego, Mine Craft Matthew (also the winner of the guess the number of candies in the jar), Wonder Women Tess from Oswego and Oliver the Robot from Yorkville. KCHS will host Halloween Fest again from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, with the costume parade beginning at 3 p.m.
Halloween event at Lyon Farm to offer trick-or-treating, hayrides The Kendall County Historical Society will host its annual Halloween event at the Lyon Farm and Village located at 7935 Ill. Route 71, Yorkville, from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Spend Sunday afternoon trick or treating the Village Buildings, play old-fashioned games in the village green, guess the weight of the pumpkin in the Town Hall, guess the number of candies in the jar in the School House and take a hay ride through the spook barn with skeletons, ghosts and goblins. Children are encouraged to dress up for the costume parade that starts at 3 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes. The food booth will be open selling hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, chips, hot cider and hot chocolate. Admission is $3 for all ages. KCHS is a nonprofit organization and operates entirely on a volunteer basis. One hundred percent of admission is applied to the Photo provided upkeep of the grounds and Come join some Halloween fun at the Kendall County Historical buildings. Society Lyon Farm from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25.
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mother told him about Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS) of Kendall CounDarrell ty. A quick McGhee call to the local police station led to a referral to the nearest PADS shelter site. So Darrell spent that first night, a Sunday, at Cross Lutheran. Unlike most PADS guests, Darrell was fortunate enough to own a car. He could drive himself to the six other area churches that host PADS shelter sites in Kendall County throughout the week from mid-October to mid-April. As the PADS season was ending last spring, Darrell realized that he needed to get serious about finding a job, lest he wind up homeless again. So that’s he when he contacted Manpower, which landed him a job with a local farm equipment company. Shortly thereafter, Darrell
was able to save enough money to rent a room from an Aurora homeowner for $500 per month. He was recently laid off from his job but Manpower found him a new one, as a forklift operator. “They’ve been really kind,” he said of the employment agency. In addition to becoming employed, Darrell has made other changes in his life. He attends The Edge Church in Aurora as well as meetings of Celebrate Recovery, a Christian 12-step program. “I’m hanging out with better groups of people.” He realizes, however, that not everyone becomes homeless on account of making “bad decisions” like he did. “Some people are just a paycheck away from losing their homes.” Darrell is looking forward to the upcoming PADS season, but for a different reason than the one he had last fall. He plans to be a volunteer, helping others who are in the same predicament he was in.
He says PADS “needs people like me who have been homeless, who know what it’s like to have no place to go.” Since he works during the week, Darrell will most likely be volunteering on Saturday nights at the PADS shelter at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Montgomery. Besides Cross Lutheran and St. Luke’s, the other participating PADS churches this year are Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ; Harvest New Beginnings in Oswego; United Methodist Church of Plano; Trinity United Methodist Church, Yorkville; and Church of the Good Shepherd, Oswego. Since 2010, Kendall County PADS has assisted more than 300 men, women, and children. That translates into 5,794 overnight stays and 17,369 meals. Information about becoming a volunteer at a PADS shelter site may be obtained online at kendallcountypads.org.
Waubonsee seeks input for 50th plans
WCC50@waubonsee.edu by Oct. 31. Waubonsee came into existence in August 1966 when the electorate of 12 school districts in most of Kane and portions of Kendall, DeKalb, LaSalle and Will counties voted to establish the Community College District 516. Today, the district encompasses nearly 600 square miles.
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Waubonsee Community College is seeking input from community members as it plans celebrations for its 50th anniversary, which will be observed in 2016. The college wants the observances to be meaningful to the entire community, so the public is asked to send ideas to
Since April 2014, the Kendall Free Clinic has provided free medical care for the uninsured. Primary care is provided for such conditions as diabetes, high blood pressure and asthma. Acute care is also provided to uninsured patients. About 100 patients have been treated to date. The clinic is staffed by
Make a Difference Day activities across area Through a variety of events and efforts, Waubonsee Community College plans to take part in the nation’s largest single day of volunteering, “Make a Difference Day,” on Saturday, Oct. 24. Now in its 24 th year, Make a Difference Day is considered to be the largest national day of community service. The basic mission of the nationwide event is to unite people on one day of service to make a difference in their communities. Waubonsee Student Life and the Waubonsee Adult Literacy Project are both planning service projects to coincide with the event. For the second consecutive year, Waubonsee Student Life will hold a Day of Service, where a group of students, faculty and staff will rake leaves for the elderly or others who need extra help, or work on projects with area service agencies for the day. Student Life holds the Day of Service twice a year – once in fall and once in spring – and tries to coincide the fall event with the nationwide Make a Difference Day. Also on Oct. 24, Waubonsee’s Adult Literacy Project will partner for the eighth
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Master Gardener Help Desk offers fall hours Do you have late-season garden, lawn or tree questions? Don’t worry, the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Help Desk has fall hours. In October, Kendall County Master Gardeners are available from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Residents can reach these experts by phone at 630-553-5823, by stopping into the Kendall County Extension office at 7775B Illinois Route 47 in Yorkville, or by emailing uiemg-kendall@illinois.edu. For more information on University of Illinois Extension programs in Kendall County, visit web. extension.illinois.edu/ dkk. University of Illinois Extension provides educational programs and research-based information to help Illinois residents improve their quality of life, develop skills and solve problems.
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Hands On, Minds On: Science with 4-H
At the recent “Hands on Minds On: Science with 4-H” event, youth worked together to explore aerospace engineering principles by creating and launching paper rockets; create a mini-robot to understand technology’s role in environmental science, engineer a wind turbine and test energy output, and experience the relationship between speed and stopping distance. For more information on the 4-H program, visit web.extension. illinois.edu/dkk/
Oswego Senior Center announces upcoming trips Christkindlmarket. A trip to Miami and Key West, Fla., will be held Jan. 29-Feb. 6. The trip is nine days, eight nights lodging, and 13 meals with a guided tour of Miami and visit Key West, Bayside Market and Hollywood Beach Boardwalk, South Beach, and “Millionaire’s Row” in Biscayne Bay. Cost is $838 per person based on double occupancy; transportation is motor coach. Discover Tuscany from April 21-30. The trip is 10 days, 13 meals. Highlights are Rome, Assisi, Basilica of St. Francis, Montecatini Terme, Lucca, Gothic Line, San Gimignano, winery tour, and Florence. Cost is $3,749 per person based on double occupancy and includes round trip airfare. Save $200 if booked by Oct. 22. A trip to New York City
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SHAW MEDIA The Oswego Senior Center offers day trip excursions to nearby local attractions on the Senior Center bus. The day trips are designed with limited walking when possible. Seating is limited. Departure times are exact, and return times are approximate due to weather and traffic conditions. A trip to see Macy’s Holiday on State Street will be made from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. Price is $75, which includes motorcoach and lunch at the Walnut Room. The menu is chicken pot pie, bread and butter, beverage (coffee, tea or soft drink) and Frango mint ice cream pie. Shop all day, see Macy’s famous Christmas tree, downtown holiday decorations and Christmas store displays, and visit the
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New fungal leaf disease ‘tar spot’ ID’d in N. Ill.
Corn leaf samples from three northern Illinois counties have been confirmed positive for the fungus Phyllachora maydis or its common name, tar spot, according to University of Illinois Plant Clinic director Suzanne Bissonnette. Megan Romby, a national plant pathologist with the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service in Beltsville, Md., confirmed that the samples were positive for the disease in the Illinois counties of LaSalle, DeKalb, and Bureau. The samples were collected from commercial fields by Monsanto breeders and pathologists and sent to Kiersten Wise of Purdue University in response to her inquiry for samples and distribution information of the tar spot pathogen. Wise and Purdue Plant Clinic director Gail Ruhl initially identified the pathogen, which is new to the United States, and submitted confirmation samples to the USDA. Bissonnette said upon receipt of the Illinois samples, they diagnosed the fungus, contacted the University of Illinois Plant Clinic, and submitted the Illinois samples to the USDA for confirmation. “Scouting for the disease has been active in Illinois,” Bissonnette said. “Jennifer Chaky of Pioneer Plant Diagnostic Clinic also has samples from Bureau County diagnosed with tar spot. The University of Illinois Plant Clinic has also diagnosed LaSalle county samples from Russ Higgins, U of I Extension agronomist in northern Illinois.” Tar spot has distinctive symptoms. The fungal fruiting body, called an ascomata, looks like a spot of tar on the leaf. Lesions are black and sunken oval or circular. They can be small flecks of about 1/64 of an inch up to about 5/64 of an inch. The lesions can merge together to produce an affected area up to 3/8 of an inch. “If you run your finger across the leaf you will feel tiny bumps,” Bissonnette explained. Prior to the Indiana finding, tar spot was known to occur only in cool humid areas at high elevations in Latin America. “There are actually two fungi that cause tar spot disease on corn: Phyllachora maydis and Monographella maydis,” Bissonnette said. “While Monographella maydis is known to be able to cause economic yield losses in Latin America, Phyllachora maydis is not known to significantly reduce yield. Other pathogens may be confused with tar spot, especially the overwintering teliospore or black phase of corn rust. Also, there are many fungi, called saprophytes that feed on dead corn tissue and form black splotches on the leaves.” To date only one of the pathogens, Phyllachora maydis, has been found in Indiana and Illinois. Growers who suspect tar spot are encouraged to submit a sample to the University of Illinois Plant Clinic. “We would like to get a comprehensive idea of distribution in the state,” Bissonnette said. For more information on tar spot of corn, please see the USDA-ARS Diagnostic Fact Sheet at http://nt.arsgrin.gov/taxadescriptions/factsheets/index.cfm?thisapp=Phyllachoramaydis.
Veteran’s Appreciation Program set for Nov. 15 The Chapel on the Green in Yorkville will hold its fifth annual Veteran’s Appreciation Program from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15. Several speakers have been announced including Ivan Becker, Navy 1943 to 1946; Phyllis Harvey, Yorkville, Civil Air Patrol and shuttle pilot for the Air Force; Cleo Davis, Sugar Grove, Army 1966 to 1968; Larry Richmond, Army 1966 to 1969, Vietnam. Also scheduled to speak are Wynn Bridge, Bristol, Air Force 1949-1952, Japan and Korea; Rick Falato, Yorkville, Army; Bob Martner, Plano, Army 1942-1946. Martner, a Chapel on the Green Life
Member, will also be the Master of Ceremonies. The Chapel will open at 1 p.m. for viewing of mementos from veterans. There will be refreshments served after the program, many of them WWII-era treats. All veterans of any age are invited to share their experiences during this program and/or their mementos, which will be viewed before or after the program. The Chapel also is interested in the experiences of families at home who supported the troops, especially during WWII. Call Carol at 630-5535163 for more information about sharing, or Mariann at 630-553-6287.
22 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel
Extension rainfall volunteers Firewood for winter capture important information Dry, seasoned wood emits more heat Wettest months Kendall County volunteers reported an average of 8.14 inches this June, which ranks behind the 9.84 inches recorded in 1993. On average, it did mark the wettest month in the 2015 growing season for Kendall County, with May and July following with 4.84 and 4.15 inches, respectively. average of 8.14 inches this June, which ranks behind the 9.84 inches recorded in 1993. On average, it did mark the wettest month in the 2015 growing season for Kendall County, with May and July following with 4.84 and 4.15 inches, respectively. In 2015, rainfall volunteers found August to be the driest month in Kendall County with an average of 2.66 inches. Rainfall Network volunteers in 28 locations contributed more than 800 hours through daily tracking and weekly reports throughout the growing season. They include: Jeff Anderson of Plano; Rolf Anderson of Newark; Nann Armstrong of Oswego; Dennis Austin of Yorkville; Sheridan Bayr of Bristol; Don Brummel of Plano; Gary and Jodi Brummel of Newark; David Chrestenson of Oswego; Hank and Pam Cryder of Minooka; Todd Fellerer of Yorkville; Bob
Friestad of Morris; Darrell Hansen of Minooka; Barbara Hogan of Oswego; Gene and Jean Homerding of Minooka; Beth Johnson of Yorkville; Jan Kellogg of Yorkville; Wayne and Lois Konicek of Plano; Greg Larsen of Oswego; Les Maierhofer of Yorkville; Mark Hansen, Grainco FS, Newark; Janice McCann of Oswego; Jeff Mihalka of Montgomery; Ken Mozingo of Yorkville; Whitney French of Plano; Russ Miller of Plano; Sherry Underhill of Newark; Ray Vickery of Minooka; Rod and Patti Wheeler of Yorkville; Jim Zbella of Yorkville For more information on University of Illinois Extension programs in Kendall County, visit web.extension. illinois.edu/dkk/. University of Illinois Extension provides educational programs and research-based information to help Illinois residents improve their quality of life, develop skills and solve problems.
Mindful eating: A conscious approach to health Mindful eating is important in achieving better health, but many people don’t understand what mindful means, said a University of Illinois Extension nutrition and wellness educator. “Mindfulness is usually associated with meditation and stress relief, but it can also be a powerful tool when choosing what we eat, how we’re eating, and how our choices affect our health and our environment. Let’s take a closer look at how we can apply mindfulness to our everyday eating behaviors,” said educator Kristin Bogdonas. To be mindful is to be aware so so let’s be aware of “who, what, when,
where, why, and how” we are eating, she said. Why are you eating? Are you hungry? Are you experiencing stress? Are you sad? Are you celebrating? Keep a food journal and watch for trends in your eating habits. What are you eating? Pay attention to food labels, ingredient lists, and sourcing. Avoid foods, such as refined sugars and carbohydrates, which trigger a stress response in your body. When are you eating? Avoid skipping meals if possible. Instead try to evenly space your meals and snacks throughout the day, which is easier on your body’s digestive sys-
tem, she noted. Who is growing your food, and where does your food come from? Several factors affect nutrition content such as variety, production method, post-harvest handling, storage, and transportation. Local food is usually higher in nutrition content simply because it has traveled a shorter distance and the varieties chosen are for taste, not shelf stability, she said. How are you eating? Engage your five senses and slow down to really appreciate and savor the experience. Eating is very sensual and perhaps our greatest weapon against disease, she said.
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About now homeowners who enjoy the crackling fire outside in the fire pit may be thinking about that transition to the indoor fireplace. Burning questionable-quality firewood outside does not take away from the joy of sitting around the pit after dark. However, inside, it can make a difference in the fireplace. Whether you cut, split and dry your own firewood, or buy it for the winter, good management will reward you with more heat and less smoke. The heavier the wood, given the same moisture levels, the more heat will be released as it burns. All wood contains moisture, and for good combustion, firewood will need to be kept for at least six to nine months outdoors and have a moisture content between 20 and 25 percent to burn well and not generate a lot of smoke. Of course, the drier the wood the more heat you will get back, so the longer you dry it and keep it dry, the more you benefit. Firewood less than six inches in diameter can dry as they are; over that size and the wood will need to be split in order to season. Seasoned firewood is easy to spot. The ends will be checked and have gray
DOWN THE GARDEN PATH Richard Hentschel color. This is important if you are buying your firewood. While you are splitting your own wood to dry, stack it in a crisscross fashion to allow the air to circulate through the stack. If possible, do not stack directly on the ground or know that the bottom layer will attract decay fungi and a number of insects. Because of this, also do not stack the wood next to the house or touching the siding. Stacking it away from the house also will increase airflow. To avoid another insect surprise, don’t bring in any firewood that you can’t burn in a week. If in the house for more than a few days, all kinds of insects that have overwintered will come to life and become nuisance pests indoors. Firewood will need covering to keep rain and snow from being reabsorbed after the wood is dry. Use simple materials, like a tarp or a waste piece of plywood. You want to be sure to secure it so it will not blow off, but not so much
that it takes too much time to remove and put back on when you are stacking or removing wood to burn. The covering should extend down the pile at least a foot or extend past the edges protecting much of the wood. We have all thrown a piece of unseasoned wood on a fire and then realize a real drop in heat output. Dry, seasoned firewood will provide about 20 percent or more heat than an equal amount of green or unseasoned firewood. It takes energy to burn off the moisture before the firewood will burn. It is not recommended that you burn green wood indoors in the fireplace. Green wood generates a lot of smoke and more importantly creosote that can build up in the homes’ chimney. The key to a successful fire that provides the most heat is going to be that dry wood.
• Richard Hentschel is a Horticulture Extension Educator with University of Illinois Extension, serving DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties. Stay tuned to more garden and yard updates with “This Week in the Garden” videos on Facebook at facebook.com/ extensiondkk.
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Each year seasonal allergies continue to get worse. People who have never had allergies in the past are all of the sudden suffering from seasonal allergies. There are many common symptoms from allergies such as: runny nose, itchy eyes and throat, swollen eyes, fatigue… What most people don’t know is that allergies lead to other (secondary) problems as well: sinus infections, pneumonia, chronic cough, upper respiratory infections, ear infections… If the allergies can be stopped, then the secondary conditions…may never start. Do you have to change your lifestyle due to your allergies? Are you avoiding going outdoors during certain times of the year? Do your allergies dictate your social calendar? Are allergies affecting your sleep? Are you tired of being sick? Allergy testing and treatment may be your answer. Seasonal allergy testing is traditionally performed with a “skin test.” This test puts a small amount of different allergens (such as ragweed, pollen, dust mites, grasses, etc.) in liquid form onto your skin and the doctor measures your skin reaction. This is a painless 20 minute test that we perform in our office. We test the 70 most common Midwest allergens. Once you know what you are allergic to, you can now avoid that allergen. You can also receive treatment for the allergies through a desensitization process that will teach your body to stop reacting to the ragweed, grasses, trees, etc. There are two forms of treatment: Traditional allergy injections or Self-administered treatment in your home Farah Malik, MD provides both options for her patients. Most patients choose the self-administered treatment in their home as it is more convenient, less painful, and less expensive. Allergy testing and treatment is covered by most all insurance companies (Medicaid excluded). Dr. Malik has been providing allergy treatment for more than 2 years and nearly every patient has responded well as evidenced by the results with repeat the allergy skin testing and overall reduced allergy symptoms. What are you waiting for? Call today to schedule your ALLERGY EVALUATION with Dr. Malik.
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Northern Illinois residents know that weather can vary greatly from county to county and from town to town. For 26 years, Kendall County volunteers have tracked rainfall across the county through the University of Illinois Extension Rainfall Network. The volunteers reported a total average of 27.18 inches of rainfall between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2015. Since 1990, the lowest seasonal total average rainfall recorded by the volunteers was 12.67 inches reported in 2005, and the highest was 31.71 inches in 1993. “We appreciate the hard work and dedication of these volunteers who record rainfall in Kendall County,” said Sandra Davis, University of Illinois Extension County Director. “This important data is used by community members, agricultural groups and other organizations.” The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that June 2015 “was an extremely wet month for portions of northern and central Illinois and northwest Indiana.” In fact, the NWS called this June the wettest June on record for Illinois. However, Kendall County volunteers reported an
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By the editors of RELISH MAGAZINE Of all the shortcuts in cooking, one of the best is using pasta sauce in a jar. Grocery shelves are lined with an assortment of brands and variations, some smoother, chunkier, or more seasoned than others but all incredibly easy to use. Despite the convenience of storebought sauce, there is always the temptation to do a little tinkering. Here, a splash of dry red wine adds a depth to the sauce that only wine can provide. Use the recipe as a blueprint. Depending on the thickness of the sauce, more liquid may be needed. For this, pasta cooking water is perfect.
2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup vertically sliced red onion 2 cups cubed, peeled eggplant 2 cups cubed zucchini 1/3 cup dry red wine 2 cups pasta tomato sauce from a jar 1/2 cup water 8 ounces (3 cups) uncooked rotini 4 tablespoons (1 ounce) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, eggplant and zucchini. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add wine and bring to a simmer, stirring with a large spoon, until wine evaporates. Add sauce and water and stir to combine. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. If too thick, add some pasta cooking water. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and transfer to serving plates. Top with sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Serves 4.
Recipe by Jean Kressy; photo by Teresa Blackburn
Sunday Sauce: A taste of Italy By LINDA BASSETT More Content Now The Sunday Sauce is the Italian-American sauce that extended families sat down to every week. It was a way to keep family connected, continue traditions and recharge at the beginning of a week. The sauce takes hours to cook, but it is not difficult. The meats are served as a second course, after the pasta.
Sunday Sauce Makes 3 quarts
Italian-American cooks use meats their families like best, e.g. meatballs, sausages, even lamb or a small roast beef. Find salt pork at a specialty meat shop or at a supermarket butcher shop. 2 to 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, peeled and left whole 4 to 6-ounce piece salt porkmeatballs, sausage, pork chops, small roast beef, etc. 1 onion, cut in half 2 carrots 2 stalks celery with leaves 3 tablespoons tomato paste 1/2 to 3/4 cup dry red wine, to taste 4 large cans Italian plum tomatoes, pureed in food processor salt, ground black pepper 2 large bunches fresh basil, left on the branch
Pat meats dry with paper towels. Warm the oil over medium-high heat in a large heavy pot. Add garlic, cooking until lightly golden, then discard. Add the meats, searing each one separately, until they are browned. Do not crowd. Remove each meat from the pot; set aside. Pour off any excess fat. Add the onion, carrots, and celery to the pot. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until they begin to soften. The carrots will take the longest. Return the salt pork to the pot. Stir in tomato paste and wine. Cook, stirring for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the pureed tomatoes. Fill the empty tomato cans 3/4 full with water, swirling it around to remove any tomato clinging to the sides; pour the water into the pot. Bring to a boil. Immediately reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook, partially covered, for about 2 hours. Remove and discard vegetables. Return the meats to the pot. Add salt and pepper. Simmer gently for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, adding fresh basil in the last 20 minutes of cooking. If the sauce thickens too much, add 1/2 cup warm water, as needed. To serve, remove and discard the salt pork and basil branches. Arrange the meats on a serving platter, slicing as needed, and napping them with some sauce. In a bowl, toss the sauce with your favorite freshly cooked pasta.
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24 COUNTYWIDE • Thursday, October 22, 2015 • Kendall County Record • Plano Record • Ledger-Sentinel
Recycle leaves instead of bagging them The science behind fall’s colorful scenery For the typical home gardener, fallen leaves are one of the most readily available forms of organic matter and serve as a wonderful soil conditioner, said University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Nancy Kreith. “After raking leaves this fall, think about recycling them on your property rather than bagging them for curbside pickup,” Kreith said. Increasing organic matter (OM) in the soil will increase the amount of microbial activity that includes beneficial bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms that aid in plant growth, Kreith explained. “OM coats finer clay particles in the soil, providing more air space, and binds sandy soils allowing for better water retention. Ideal garden soils should test at 5 percent OM,” she said. A standard soil test will provide the percentage of OM in the soil. Contact a local U of I Extension office for information on soil testing kits and labs. Brown leaves can be used as a carbon-rich material to add to a compost pile or they can be shredded and used as mulch. Kreith suggests running the lawn mower over raked leaves to cut them into smaller pieces or using a leaf shredder or leaf mulcher as an alternative. “This initial breakdown allows for improved air circulation and more surface area for quicker decomposition,” she said. Kreith added that diseased leaves should be sep-
The University of Illinois Extension Service recommends recycling leaves rather than bagging them. arated from the leaves that will be recycled or composted. The rate of decomposition for leaves will depend on the leaf size, tree species, and moisture level. Brown leaves break down faster if they are shredded and moistened. If unshredded leaves are applied as mulch, they tend to mat together and suffocate the soil and/ or vegetation,” Kreith said. “However, having matted leaves in a vegetable or annual garden bed in the fall will help smother winter annual weeds, and during the next spring, the leaves can be incorporated or tilled into the soil,” she added. Another easy way to recycle leaves is by storing them in garbage bags with
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small holes throughout the bag surface, which allows the leaves to break down naturally. “Wetting the leaves and having holes in direct contact with the earth (where more microbes are present) will speed up the decomposition process,” Kreith said. “The end result is referred to as leaf mold (partially decomposed leaves). Leaf mold can then be used as mulch or saved as a carbon source for adding to your compost pile in the summer when there are less readily available ‘brown’ materials.” Brown or dry materials are typically high in carbon and will help to balance the “green” or wet nitrogen-rich materials that are added to a compost pile, she added.
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“By recycling leaves on your property, not only will you be improving your garden soil, you will also be making an environmentally conscious choice to keep your yard waste onsite rather than having it hauled off as waste,” Kreith said. To learn more about the basics of composting, visit http://web.extension.illinois.edu/homecompost/ intro.cfm.University of Illinois Extension provides educational programs and research-based information to help Illinois residents improve their quality of life, develop skills and solve problems. To learn more about Extension programs in your county, visit http:// web.extension.illinois.edu/ dkk/.
The beauty of the autumn season has been expressed by poets and authors alike depicting its splendor in the most descriptive words. The colors of the trees move from bright and vibrant greens to brilliant explosions of red, orange, yellow and many colors in between. “Fall is my favorite time of year,” said University of Illinois Extension Educator Jason Haupt. “Going outside in the cool weather to see a fireworks display in slow motion is more enjoyable to me than most other experiences in nature. But let me ask you, have you thought about the process that creates the bright explosions of color?” Chlorophyll is what gives the trees the green leaves, Haupt explained. This is how they perform photosynthesis. As the days start to get shorter, the trees take a cue and begin to form a layer that seals the leaf off from the rest of the tree. “This layer restricts the flow of materials from the leaf to the tree and from the tree to the leaf,” he said. “Because the length of the periods of dark each day is the cue for changing leaves, it means that the leaves will start to turn at about the same time each year.” Chlorophyll breaks down in the presence of light; however, it is replaced throughout the tree’s growing season. In the autumn, when the connection between the tree and the leaf is broken, the materials that are need-
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ed to replace the chlorophyll are no longer available. The chlorophyll in the leaf breaks down quickly and reveals the autumn colors, said Haupt. “The yellow and orange pigments of leaves are present throughout the year but are overpowered by the chlorophyll. As the chlorophyll is broken down, the yellows and oranges become visible. The red and purple pigments are produced from the sugars that are trapped in the leaves once the leaf is cut off from the tree. Eventually the yellow, orange, red, and purple pigments break down only leaving the brown tannins in the leaf.” Temperature, moisture and sunlight have an influence on the quality and length of the display of fall color, added Haupt. “Sunny, cool days cause the chlorophyll to break down quickly. Cool temperatures at night with lots of sunlight during the day promote the production of the red and purple pigments. Cool nights, warm sunny days and dry conditions during the autumn are ideal conditions for a spectacular display of fall leaves. Cold temperatures at night that produce frost break down the mechanisms that produce the red and purple hues. Early frost means an early end to the fall colors,” he said. To learn more, visit the University of Illinois Extension website “The Miracel of Fall” at http://extension.illinois.edu/fallcolor/.
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