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Board OKs buying station site Oswego official: Purchase of Woolley Road parcel for police ‘a win-win-win situation’ By ERIKA WURST

news@kendallcountynow.com A probable location for the village of Oswego’s future police headquarters was announced Tuesday night during a village board meeting, and trustees said they are feeling confident about the decision. Trustees voted unanimously to move forward with the purchase of the property pending the approval of an annexation agreement amendment. “This is very exciting. We’ve been waiting and holding our breath for a while to announce this,” Village Administrator Daniel Di Santo said. “Top to bottom we think this is a great deal.” Under the proposed plan, the new, approximately $30 million facility will find its home on Woolley Road, immediately east of Oswego Fire Protection District Station 1 in the Hummel Trails Development. The location was initially scouted in 2008 when the village entered into an annexation agreement with the Hummel Trails developer which included the donation of 7.5 acres of land, and the possibility to purchase up to 7.5 additional acres to build a new police station on the site. Back then, the market cost per acre was $100,000. This cost has changed considerably over the last eight years. Now, Di Santo said, market value per acre at the location is about approximately $36,000. REO Funding Solutions V Inc. has agreed to sell the village 16.37 acres for a price of $12,500 acre, but that’s if the

village agrees to certain stipulations surrounding the Hummel Trails Development. Namely, the landowners are asking for the revised site plan prepared by the property owner to increase the Hummel Trails overall unit count by 78, from 978 to 1056 units. This increases the overall residential density from 2.17 dwelling units per acre to 2.29 dwelling units per acre. Di Santo said this still falls within the village guidelines. “The 78 additional units will make the development more marketable,” he said. “With this agreement, we hope to spark interest of a developer to come in and build those homes and commercial areas.” Should the annexation agreement amendment not be approved by the village board, the landowner has agreed on a purchase price of $31,500 per acre for approximately 23.55 acres of land, costing the village approximately $741,825. Di Santo said both options are congruent with the estimated cost of the police station project. “For the price we’re getting the land, it’s a great deal,” Di Santo said. The village looked at four key sites before settling on Hummel Trails as the department’s potential home, Di Santo noted. The land was also the cheapest to purchase and is in close proximity to the already built fire station, which will create an “Oswego Public Safety Campus.” “On top of all the financial benefits, we believe it’s a great setting,” Di San-

Oswego man gets 3 aggravated battery counts added to charges SHAW MEDIA The Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed additional charges in relation to an arrest made last Wednesday by Oswego police. Brian P. Freitag, 33, was charged March 10 with three counts of aggravated battery after an incident Wednesday evening at a home in the 4000 block of McLaren Drive. He was booked into the Kendall County Jail pending a bond hearing Thursday at 1 p.m. Freitag was originally charged with obstructing a police officer after Oswego police were dispatched at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday to the residence for a

well-being check. According to a news release from the Oswego Police Department, officers were advised Freitag was in the house with his two children and was possibly intoxicated. The release states he had locked other family members out of the house, refused to answer the door, would not answer the phone and had turned off power in the house. Shortly before 7 p.m., a family member authorized police to force their way in to check on the well-being of the children. Freitag allegedly attempted to obstruct officers from doing so and was arrested on one count of obstruction. The children were retrieved unharmed.

to said. He noted that after Tuesday’s approval by the board, the property owner has 180 days to go to the planning commission with the annexation agreement amendment. If approved, the closing on the property will begin. “It’s rare that you end up with a win-win-win situation. Very rare,” Trustee Pam Parr said. “But you all did that and we thank you. The residents of Oswego will be the beneficiaries, as well as the police department.” Trustee Ryan Kauffman echoed Parr. “I’m really, really excited about this,” he said. “We’re getting a great deal, it’s a great location, and it’s a huge benefit for the people of Oswego. I couldn’t be happier.” Trustees voted unanimously to approve the ordinance entering into an agreement with REO Funding Solutions V Inc. for the purchase of the property pending the approval of the annexation agreement amendment. On Tuesday, trustees also approved a resolution authorizing Di Santo to enter into an agreement with McClaren, Wilson and Lawrie Inc. for owner advisory services on the architectural selection process, design and construction of the new police department. The cost of the contract will not exceed $219,800. The Wheaton-based advisory firm will assist in not only the selection of the construction manager and project architect, but will hold workshops to determine the village’s wants and needs, including technology and layout considerations. “We feel [that hiring MWL] will add a tremendous amount to the project and ensure it’s done right and on budget,” Di Santo said last month when recommending the firm.

CIVIC MEETINGS WEEK OF MARCH 21-25 Monday, 6:30 p.m.: Montgomery Historic Preservation Commission, Montgomery Village Hall. Monday, 7 p.m.: Montgomery and Countryside Fire Protection District Board, Station One, Montgomery. Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Montgomery Village Board Committee of the Whole, CANCELED. Wednesday, 5 p.m.: Oswego Public Library District Board, Montgomery Campus Library. Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Oswego Historic Preservation Commission, Oswego Village Hall. Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Kendall County Regional Plan Commission, County Office Building, Yorkville. Thursday, 5:30 p.m.: KenCom Executive Board, County Public Safety Center, Yorkville.

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She picks up decisive win over challenger Carl Gutierrez of Oswego By MATT SCHURY

mschury@kendallcountynow.com Jacquie Purcell took the Republican nomination for Kendall County coroner Tuesday night. Purcell beat out GOP challenger Carl Gutierrez of Oswego. Final ballot results showed Purcell with 8,675 votes to 6,858 for Gutierrez. “I am just so happy right now – I felt confident all day,” Purcell said. “I am so grateful and so thankful.” She said she hopes to restore integrity and respect to the office if elected to the position in the November general election. “From the very first piece of literature I had printed it said on there ‘integrity’ – true integrity and I meant it from the very beginning of my campaign and I mean it right now,” Purcell said. “Day one, integrity will be restored back into that office.” Purcell has been a deputy coroner in Kendall County since 2003. The vic-

tory comes despite the current incumbent coroner, Republican Ken Toftoy, endorsing Gutierrez in the race. She said the victory came down to voters picking the candidate with the most experience and she was the “common sense choice.” When asked if she thought the Democrats would slate a candidate against her in November, Purcell said she doubted it. “I’ve had a lot of Democrat support,” Purcell said. “This was a hard fight with Carl and I just don’t know that there is anybody that would be able to win against me in November. I’m not trying to be arrogant saying that.” Purcell’s husband, John, also won his bid for Republican nomination for Kendall County Board in District 1. “John and I both have worked so hard and we’re just so grateful to evEric Miller - emiller@shawmedia.com erybody,” Purcell said. “I have four kids and my three little ones are going Jacquie Purcell gets a victory hug from her son, Alex, after all the precincts were counted in Tuesday night’s primary election. to be so happy when I tell them.”

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Tuesday’s local election results Voter turnout: 45%

3 Jerry Bannister: 4,269

REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY Kendall County coroner 3 Jacquie Purcell: 8,675 Carl Gutierrez: 6,858

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of the vote. “I was pleasantly surprised Some new faces could be headand humbled by ing to the Kendall County Board it,” Kellogg said. in the fall. He said he atIn the race for the Republitributed the win can Party nomination for Ken- Matthew to a “lifetime of dall County Board in District 2, Kellogg volunteering.” newcomer Matthew Kellogg of Kellogg pointed NaAuSay Township was the top out that if he wins in the general vote-getter with about 25 percent election in November he will be mschury@kendallcountynow.com

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Dan Koukol: 3,048 3 Diane Selmer: 3,065 3 Matthew Kellogg: 3,902 Jeremy Swanson: 2,104 3 Tony Giles: 3,128

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Recognition a long time coming Region should for Native American code talkers pursue new Metra study OUR VIEW

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The chairman of the Metra commuter rail service’s board of directors, Martin Oberman, threw some cold water on continuing efforts by Kendall County governmental officials to secure commuter rail service for county municipalities during a meeting convened by U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, in Yorkville last week. At issue is whether it would be worthwhile to spend $6.6 million in federal funds on yet another study examining a possible Metra expansion into the county. Oberman told officials that if he were in their shoes, “...I could use that $6.6 million for something I could sink my teeth into right now rather than a study that is going to sit on a shelf.” Oberman also noted that Metra is currently faced with its own daunting financial challenges, including an estimated $11.7 billion in capital infrastructure needs. Oberman’s comments serve to put county and municipal officials in a tough spot. They could take Oberman’s advice and lobby federal and state officials to redirect the federal funds to help pay for the widening or resurfacing of one of the county’s busy highways or they can soldier on and secure completion of the study. We believe Metra service should remain a long-range goal for the county and its municipalities and county and municipal officials should support the completion of the study to obtain a better understanding of the current cost to extend Metra service. They should also make certain the study provides a definitive answer to the question of whether Kendall County or a portion of the county would have to join the Regional Transportation Authority in order to secure Metra service. By continuing with their Metra service effort, county and municipal officials will be doing their part to one day help relieve some of that traffic congestion that is already slowing rush-hour commuters to a crawl on Routes 30, 47 and 34. Oswego Village President Gail Johnson correctly noted that if the proposed study is not completed, the county and its municipalities will not be in a position to claim additional federal funding to help pay for the service extension – should those funds ever become available. “Without the [study] we have nothing,” she said. Johnson is correct. The cost of the study will be worth it if it keeps Kendall County positioned to move to the next step in its quest for Metra service.

The feature film, “Wind Talkers,” was probably the first time most people heard that Native Americans, members of the Navajo Tribe in the case of the movie, were pressed into service during World War II to create secure communications, foiling efforts by both the Germans and Japanese to listen in. But the Navajo was far from the only tribe involved in the project, and World War II wasn’t the first time Native Americans were pressed into service to secure voice communications during wartime. During World War I, the men of the 142nd Infantry Regiment, comprised of National Guardsmen from Texas and Oklahoma, were suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into combat when a portion of the French line collapsed and Germans poured into rear areas. During the confusion, an officer of the 142nd overheard some of his men talking back and forth in a strange language, which turned out to be Choctaw. The army was suffering because its communications were being intercepted by the Germans who were tapping their landlines, and the officer’s bright idea was to put Choctaws at both ends of the unit’s telephone lines to translate from English to Choctaw at one end and back into English at the other. The idea proved a rousing success. It was so successful that according to the U.S. Army, after the war, Germany sent some scholars to the U.S. to covertly study Native American languages in case another war broke out, but the government discovered their aim and sent them back home. The reason the code talkers were so effective was that of all the Indian languages, only the Cherokees had a written language, famously developed by Sequoia. As a result, the only way to learn any of the languages was to live with the tribes, which pretty much limited the opportunities to missionaries and government officials. Ironically, the U.S. government had done its level best to eradicate the languages of the Native People, going so far as to punish students at government-run Indian schools who were caught speaking their own languages. But when World War II broke out, their best efforts had failed to stamp out the Indians’ languages and the idea of “code talkers” was quickly revived. The Navajos who served with the U.S. Marines are the best known code talkers, but both the Marines and the Army also made use of servicemen from the Comanche, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Choctaw, Creek, Hopi, Kiowa, Menominee, Seminole, Oneida, Pawnee, Sac and Fox, and both Lakota and Dakota Sioux tribes as well as many others. In all, some 33 tribes and tribal subgroups served during the war as code talkers. The Sac and Fox Tribe was a former resident of Illinois and Wisconsin before tribal land was seized by the government and they were forcibly moved west

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Choctaw soldiers in training during World War I for coded radio and telephone transmissions. of the Mississippi in the 1830s. Even so, with war on the horizon, Native American men began flocking to the colors. Early in 1941, on the eve of World War II, a group of young men from the Fox and Sac homeland at Tama, Iowa, enlisted in the Iowa National Guard. They were assigned to the 168th Infantry Regiment, a component of the 34th Infantry Division. Eight of the men were assigned to the communication section of Company H in the 168th’s 2nd Battalion. The Fox and Sac code talkers included Dewey Roberts, Edward Benson, Melvin Twin and Dewey Youngbear, and two sets of brothers, Frank and Willard Sanache and Judy Wayne Wabaunasee and Mike Wayne Wabaunasee (whose surname ought to ring a bell with Fox Valley residents). I haven’t been able to track down the origin of the Wabaunasee boys’ surname, but it doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility they might have some distant relationship to our Chief Waubonsee, even if he was a Potawatomi. After training in Louisiana, the men of the 34th Division were loaded aboard transports and sailed to Northern Ireland where they received more training, before being assigned to the invasion of North Africa. They went ashore at Algiers and then moved on into Tunisia where they collided with Gen. Rommel’s Afrika Korps in some of the U.S. Army’s first heavy land warfare of World War II. In fact, the Fox and Sac boys from Tama became the first code talkers to find themselves in combat. And it didn’t go well. At the battles of Faid and Kasserine passes in February 1943 the inexperience of the U.S. Army’s commanders became all too apparent, as the Germans and Italians chewed up both the 1st Armored Division’s obsolete Grant tanks and the badly deployed men in the 168th Infantry. And given their positions as communications scouts, three of the Sac and Fox code talkers were captured, Frank Sanache by the Italians, while Dewey Youngbear and Judy Wayne Wabaunasee were captured by the Germans. All three spent the rest of the war in German prisoner of war camps, only

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Trump? Sanders?

To the Editor: I would first state that I am a 60 year-old moderate Democrat. This year’s Republican and Democratic primaries indicate people want change from the previous status quo. They are not happy with the direction our country has been headed. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have been the candidates who those wanting change have been attracted to. I would certainly admit everything is not perfect, but can Trump or Sanders really improve the state of our nation? I don’t think so. Bernie Sanders wants to have a Medicare-type of healthcare, a single payer national health care system. He wants free college tuition for all and a minimum wage of $15 an hour . This all sounds good on paper, but is it realistic? All of his proposals to pay for this are said to be far too optimistic by most economists. We are already taxed too much. One thing I have learned in life is you rarely get anything for free. If it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is. President Obama was lucky to get Obamacare approved with a Democratic Senate and Congress. Do you really think Sanders can get any of his ideas passed? I will admit I would like a single payer healthcare system, but realize it would be next to impossible to pass due to a Republican Congress and the insurance/drug company lobbies. Donald Trump is certainly a good speaker and has obviously inspired many people frustrated with our present government. There is no substance to almost anything he claims he will do. He is at his best when he is ripping one of his opponents. People like that he is not politically correct. Do you really want your president using vulgarity and speaking mean-spirited as he often does? Do you think he is a good example for your kids? Why did he fail to condemn the KKK and David Duke? Donald Trump is like a grade school bully. Just because you talk tough doesn’t make you tough. Trump simplifies issues that are much more complex. In most cases there is no way he will be able to keep his promises. I think people need to try to become

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Continued from page 4 liberated at the end of the conflict. Youngbear escaped several times during his captivity, only to be recaptured. Although the code talkers served with distinction, and were vital parts

5 more informed about the candidates. Even if you disagree with who I vote for, try to make a more informed decision when you vote. I will be voting for Hillary Clinton, but if you are voting Republican, I suggest you give John Kasich a look. I may not agree with all his ideas, but he is certainly a very qualified candidate. He is very reasonable. He is not outspoken and has not received as much attention as he deserves. Some people say their vote doesn’t matter. Well, if Trump or Sanders win their party’s nomination, maybe your vote could have prevented that. Rick Stoiber Oswego

standards required for critical public safety facilities.” (Oswego News Volume 24 Issue 1 Spring 2016) I would like to know exactly what and who has created these “construction standards?” Are they mandated by some governing body? Are they standards created by the construction industry to help insure they build more buildings and make more money? And if it turns out that there are good reasons to construct public buildings to these “standards,” why wasn’t the Village Hall built for critical public safety? My main point is the village government has a responsibility to the residents, to do right by them. And, yes, I understand that property taxes supposedly won’t be raised to pay for the multi-million-dollar plan, but we all will pay for it via the new 0.75 percent sales tax. Think of what Oswego could do with the $30 million if it chose to use that money otherwise? We need a viable effective police department, and despite problems, I feel we have that now. Do they need more room, yes and I think they should get it. But I am not anywhere near convinced that Oswego needs another huge multi-million-dollar expense in order to make that happen, and neither should you.

a lot of other areas in our government spending that could be cut without penalty to the general population that we have no idea exists. I don’t pretend to know what it takes to run the government plus keep our country safe but common sense dictates there is a lot of waste that could be better used for our seniors and children and the average Joe who pays for his own transportation, food and housing. Is there a candidate or candidates that are willing to sacrifice where their pocketbooks are involved? Janean Edmeier Oswego

Stuck as a state

Not convinced

To the Editor: Oswego government wants to build a new $30 million police station soon. Their contention is that the old one is outdated for a number of reasons, and perhaps they are right. The village has stated that they looked into alternatives to building new, and of those, the most viable I feel, is switching locations with the current village hall. The almost 50,000-square-foot behemoth was built just a few short years ago for just under $10 million. Today it sits largely underused. If you get a chance, peer in the windows of the west half of the building, you’ll see a huge, stark, unfinished area, now used for storing a few Christmas decorations, and little else. In the time leading up to construction of the new hall, the village held public meetings about the need for, and how wonderful the new hall would be for Oswego. How many Oswego residents have had reason to enter the building over the years? My guess is a tiny fraction. Now however, it sits in large part a monument to the egos of the then village government. The village is stating that it can’t utilize the hall building because, “The Village also considered swapping facilities with the Village Hall; however this option proved impractical since the Village Hall building does not meet the stronger construction

To the Editor: Bruce Rauner is attempting to right the Illinois ship by looking at the budget and looking to balance the same. Gosh, spend only what you have to spend. A crazy concept I know but it might make some sense. Examine spending, try to cut some waste and become fiscally responsible, something Illinois knows nothing about. The front page of the Chicago Tribune highlighted Michael Madigan. Madigan has been in the General Assembly for 45 years. That is over two generations and his iron rule has produced a state that Chad Lewis cannot pay its bills and cannot look into Oswego the future and display an outlook that benefits the people of this state. Madigan An average American is only focused on two things; maintaining To the Editor: his headlock on this state and promoting I am your average American that sits and his daughter to the point when she runs complains about our government officials for and becomes governor of this state. with no idea how to change anything. I do Madigan has doled out so many jobs exercise my right to vote in all elections that ousting him from office is impossibut nothing changes. The fat cats get ble. Patronage is his middle name. When fatter while the average Joe pays the someone attempts to run against him they price. My ideal candidate would say “It are vilified and/or strong-armed to the is time to cut the fat in our government.” point that fear produces an introversion Expense accounts would be slashed. No more free meals, free limos and taxies. No of ideas that keeps Illinois pinned to the financial mat. This situation goes on and allowances for apartments. The average on and the Madigan political party thinks American family sacrifices to make ends about nothing other than the power they meet. Makes do with little or no yearly have and the power they wish hold on to. pay raises. We do what we have to do to We’re stuck as a state and going nowhere. survive while the government just keeps taking with no personal sacrificing on the Don Lass Oswego part of our officials. I am sure there are

of the war effort, their service was considered a military secret until the 1960s and so they never received the recognition they so richly deserved. Not until 2001 were the Navajo code talkers honored by President George H.W. Bush, but even then they received non-military Congressional Gold Medals. Former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin,

learning that Iowa had also produced code talkers, got the ball rolling to honor all the code talkers. But government being what it is these days, they weren’t all finally recognized for their service until 2013, long after many had died. Youngbear, for instance, died in 1948 of tuberculosis contracted as a result of his captivity. As Edmond Harjo, 96, an Okla-

homa Seminole code talker and one of the few who lived to be honored, noted, the honor was a long time – too long a time – coming. “If I was young, I would enjoy it,” he said.

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Parents, taxpayers urged to read 1st diversity plan At the Monday, March 14, School District 308 Board of Education meeting, representatives from the district’s diversity committee presented the SD 308 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Plan. It is the first of its kind to be presented for approval by the governing board and a significant accomplishment for our growing and increasingly diverse public school system. Approximately 20 members of our district staff, parents and citizens have worked for almost two years to research and review data and study best practices from all across the United States. I am so pleased with their efforts and honored to be the superintendent at a time a comprehensive diversity, equity and inclusion plan is recommended to the board of education. I urge all staff members, parents and patrons to carefully read the proposed plan available now at the school district’s website sd308.org. With over 18,000 PreK-12 students, SD 308 reflects an incredible amount of diversity. Considering ethnicity alone, 60 percent of our students are Caucasian/white, 17 percent are Hispanic, 8 percent black, 6 percent represent Asian and over 6 percent denote “two or more races.” In 2000, Caucasian/white students made up almost 86 percent of our student population. As mentioned in the plan, this past school year there are over 7,000 nonwhite students enrolled in SD 308. Interestingly, that is more than the total Caucasian/white student population in the 2000-01 school year. In 2000, 6 percent of the student population was defined as low-income. Over the past 15 years, the low-income student population has increased to over 26 percent. In other words, approximately 4,764 of SD 308 students are eligible for a free/reduced lunch. That number represents eight times more district students than the existing median size public school district in Illinois. English Language (EL) learners made up 0.7 percent of the student population in 2000-01. This year, EL learners topped 5.3 percent. These student groups, coupled with a vast number of under-represented students across the school district, need adult attention and action to close gaps and create pathways for success. Goals included in the plan: • Increase awareness and sensitivity for cultural differences

ASK DR. WENDT Dr. Matthew Wendt • Celebrate diversity observances, community and parent involvement • Recruit, hire and retain diverse staff members • Establish student body diversity clubs • Focus on and monitor academic excellence for diverse groups • Focus on and measure recruitment, hiring and retention of diverse staff members It is accurate the school system should set high standards and be accountable for high achievement with all student groups. However, if we truly value different learning styles, culture and experiences, the school district will align its policies, protocols and other systemic components to a diverse student population. Earlier decades proved the school district could do whatever it took to be a successful and progressive school system. Current and future students deserve nothing less. New and different approaches need to be implemented within a school district that no longer looks like it did in the past. Changes to address a diverse student population should not be viewed as less emphasis on, or taking something away, from any other group of students. Lowering expectations should not be an option. But, available resources, how those resources are utilized and improved instructional strategies need careful attention. Professional development and training for every staff member is crucial to meet a diverse and increasingly poor student population. I am extremely proud of the progress made over the past four years. As I end my tenure, I can only hope a well-developed plan will become a well-implemented plan. As I wrote recently, “diversity is a powerful force… and diversity builds great schools and communities. The vision is to be a world-class school system so diversity, equity and inclusion are actively embraced and practiced.” School District 308 is headed in the right direction. I hope all of us recognize the importance of the new SD 308 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan. Embrace it. And in the end, our students will make all of us proud.

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Hundreds of area children and their parents filled Montgomery Park Saturday morning to participate in the village’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. Among those joining in the fun was the Easter Bunny. The annual event is organized by the village along with the Community Christian Church of Montgomery.

TOP: The Easter Bunny hopped into Montgomery Park on Saturday morning to visit with children as they picked up Easter eggs.

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Police: Oswego man tried to hire hitman while in jail An Oswego man already in Kendall County Jail was charged with two Class X felonies for actions allegedly taken while behind bars. Daniel E. Perkins, 40, came to the attention of Kendall County Sheriff’s Office detectives and Oswego Police Department detectives when they received information on July 6, 2015, regarding an alleged murder-for-hire incident in the Kendall County Jail. “An inmate in the jail was allegedly soliciting the murder of an acquaintance,” a joint press release from the departments stated. Kendall County Sheriff’s Office detectives began a joint investigation with Oswego detectives into the mat-

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ter. On March 8, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Perkins with solicitation of murder for hire, a Class X felony, solicitation of murder, a Class X felony, and conspiracy to commit witness intimidation, a Class 1 felony. The bond for Perkins, who still is in custody at the jail, was set at $1.5 million. “I would like to commend the joint efforts of detectives from the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and Oswego Police Department,” Kendall County Sheriff Dwight A. Baird said in the release. “Cooperation between law enforcement agencies is vital to ensuring the safety of the citizens of Kendall County.”

SHAW MEDIA Tonia Khouri has won the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District. With all 446 precincts reporting across Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will counties, she has 22,601 votes, followed closed by Nick Stella with 22,184 votes, according to unofficial vote totals Wednesday. Herman White had 16,314 votes. She will face incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, in the general election. Foster ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Three candidates sought the nomination for the 11th district, which winds from Joliet to Aurora, taking in

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Continued from page 3 “If you hire people that are experts in their areas, then you’re supposed to step back and let them do their thing,” Kellogg said. Also winning the GOP nomination in County Board District 2 were Tony Giles and Diane Selmer, both of Oswego. Giles served on the Oswego Village Board from 2007 to last year, when he ran unsuccessfully for village president. Selmer squeaked out a victory over board incumbent Dan Koukol. In the Kendall County portion of District 2, Koukol edged out Selmer 2,855 votes to 2,845. However, when votes were

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Khouri wins GOP nod in 11th most of Bolingbrook and parts of Plainfield, Shorewood and other towns. Khouri, of Aurora, is a DuPage County Board member who has strong Republican Party backing. She said she is a small business owner. According to her campaign website she has three major focuses: the quality of education, the safety of our communities, and the opportunity for work and job growth within the 11th district. Stella, of Darien, is a cardiologist who said the most important issue facing the country is the economy. He also supports repealing the Affordable Care Act and favors replacing the income tax with a flat tax, fair tax on consumption, or a combination of both. White is a physicist who has worked at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia for 42 years. counted in three Aurora precincts that are located in District 2 late Tuesday night, Selmer prevailed with a final vote total from all precincts of 3,065 votes to Koukol’s 3,048. On the Democratic side, incumbent Elizabeth Flowers and Kristine Heiman both won their party’s nomination running unopposed. Winning the Republican nomination on Tuesday night in District 1 was incumbent county board member John Purcell and newcomer Jerry Bannister. Purcell has been on the board since 2000 and was the top vote-getter in his district. Democrat Audra Hendrix also won her party’s nomination running unopposed in Kendall County Board District 1.

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MONTGOMERY POLICE REPORTS

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Vehicle damaged A motorist told Montgomery police March 10 that she found her vehicle damaged after she had left it parked in a parking lot in the 1900 block of Hill Avenue in the village. Police said the vehicle had been damaged with a sharp object.

DUI charge after wreck Oswego police arrested Charles M. Larson, 52, of the 200 block of Beach Street, Aurora, after his vehicle was involved in a crash on Ill. Route 25 at Glendale Drive in the village March 13 at 6:45 p.m. Police said Larson has been charged with driving under the influence.

DUI on Gilman Trail Montgomery police arrested Rafaeliel Hernandez, 19, of the 100 block of West Clark Street, Plano, after they observed his vehicle on the Gilman Trail off Hill Avenue at 2:23 a.m. March 11. Police said Hernandez has been charged with driving under the influence. Warrant arrest Montgomery police arrested Carolina Solis, 33, of the 700 block of Oakton Road, Montgomery, on an Aurora police department warrant for forgery March 12 at her residence. Warrant arrest Montgomery police arrested Adrian Perez, 21, of the 100 block of Boulder Hill Pass, Boul-

der Hill, at 6:15 p.m. March 13 in the 1900 block of U.S. Route 30 in the village. Police said Perez was wanted on a Cook County Sheriff’s Office warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia. Warrant arrest Montgomery police arrested Manuel Valdez, 25, of the 100 block of Heathgate Road, Boulder Hill, at 8:09 p.m. March 14 on Ill. Route 25 and Broadway Avenue in the village. Police said Valdez was wanted on a Kendall County Sheriff’s Office warrant for possession of cannabis. Traffic citations Baxter Frederick, 18, of the 4300 block of Madison Avenue, Brookfield, driving on a suspended license and driving an uninsured motor vehicle. Bryan Damask, 27, of the 1200 block of Lebanon Street, Montgomery, driving on a suspended license and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration. Elvira Iga, 37, of the 500 block of Second Avenue, Aurora, driving on a suspended license.

Hit-and-run reported Oswego police took a report of a hit-and-run crash that occurred in the 300 block of Douglas Road in the village March 13 at 5 a.m. Police said damage to the victim’s vehicle was estimated at over $1,500. Domestic battery Oswego police took a report of a domestic battery that occurred on Route 34 at Douglas Road in the village March 13 at 8 p.m. Police said a juvenile was arrested in the incident. Suspect arrested Oswego police arrested Alfred J. Evans, 35, of the 24000 block of Woodhall Court, Naperville, on Douglas Road near Route 34 in the village March 12 at 11 p.m. on a charge of domestic battery. Police said Evans was taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville pending court proceedings.

Motorist arrested Oswego police arrested Stacy L. Jackson 36, of the 300 block of Springbrook Trail South, Oswego, after stopping her vehicle on Fifth Street in the village March 12 at 6:09 a.m. Police said Jackson faces charges of improper lane usage and leaving the scene of a property damage accident. Police said her vehicle left the roadway on Fifth Street at 3:15 a.m. and struck a tree. Motorist injured An Oswego resident, Elaine Pryor, 47, of the 600 block of Hawley Drive, was injured in a single-vehicle crash in the 2800 block of U.S. Route 34 in Oswego, at 9:22 p.m. March 13. Police said Pryor was taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora and they are investigating the crash. Springbrook Trail damage Oswego police are investigating an incident in which windows were damaged at four residences on Springbrook Trail North in Oswego on March 12. Retail theft suspect Oswego police arrested Christina Loera, 25, of Aurora, on a charge of retail theft at a store in the 2500

block of U.S. Route 34 in the village March 9 at 1:25 p.m. Police said Loera attempted to leave the store without paying for merchandise valued at $225.70. Loera posted bond and was released pending a court appearance next month. Minor injuries in crash A Montgomery resident, Caitlin M. Brakeman, 24, of the 1700 block of Lexington Drive, Montgomery, received minor injuries when the vehicle she was driving was involved in a crash on Heritage Drive at Farmington Lakes Drive in Oswego at 5:11 p.m. March 7. Police said Brakeman was also ticketed for failure to yield at a stop intersection. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash was not hurt, police said. One hurt, one cited A Montgomery resident, Chardonnay Kunz, 19, was injured in a three-vehicle accident on Douglas Road at Long Beach Road in the village March 8 at 5:14 p.m., village police reported. Kunz was treated at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora. Police said Samantha Loveland, 19, of Oswego, was ticketed for failure to yield turning left. • Continued on page 12

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KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS

DUI arrest Kendall County sheriff’s deputies arrested Seth Alan Rife, 33, of the 0-10 block of Ottawa Court, Oswego, at 11:38 p.m. March 12 on a charge of driving under the influence. Sheriff’s deputies were summoned to Ottawa Court on a report of an unconscious subject in a vehicle parked in the roadway at Ottawa Court and Chippewa Drive. The person was subsequently taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora.

Credit card fraud A resident of rural Oswego told sheriff’s deputies March 10 that someone used her credit card to make an unauthorized purchase totaling $200 the previous day. DUI arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jov Manuel Herrera, 30, of the 700 block of Tiffany Street, Canutillo, Texas, after stopping his vehicle on U.S. Route 34 and Hale Street in Plano at 12:23 a.m. March 12. Herrera was cited for improper lane usage and driving under the influence of alcohol, according to county sheriff’s reports. Domestic battery County sheriff’s deputies arrested Johnny Chew, 37, of the 30th block of Earl Street, Plano, on a charge of domestic battery at his residence March 11 at 6:08 a.m. Chew was taken to the Kendall County Jail pending court proceedings. Passenger arrested County sheriff’s deputies arrested Michael Wayne Rodriquez, 31, of the 400 block of Grapevine Trail, Oswego, on an outstanding warrant after stopping the vehicle he was a passenger in March 10 at 10:23 p.m. on Century Drive at Manhattan Circle in Oswego.

Cannabis arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Kathyrn Marie Smelser, 20, of the 15000 block of Meadow Lane, Plainfield, after stopping her vehicle for a traffic violation March 8 at 10:21 p.m. on Roberts Drive at Fitkins Drive south of Oswego. Police said Smelser was cited for driving in the wrong lane and charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of not more than 2.5 grams of cannabis. Bristol burglary Property worth an estimated $450 was stolen March 2 from a vehicle and outbuilding at a residence in the 10000 block of Galena Road in Bristol, county sheriff’s deputies were notified March 9. The incident is under investigation. Fraud attempted A resident of Dolores Street, Oswego, told county sheriff’s deputies that someone attempted to make charges on the Internet using her credit card. Fleeing suspect in custody County sheriff’s deputies arrested Karen Jean Reeves, 46, of the 100 block of Long Beach Road, Boulder Hill, at her residence March 7 on Kendall County warrants for driving on a revoked license and for fleeing from police along with other traffic violations. Reeves was taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville where her bond was set at $11,000. Porn focus of investigation County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the unlawful possession and distribution of pornographic images of a minor child which occurred between August and March 8. Images were obtained and posted on several Internet websites. Motorist arrested County sheriff’s deputies arrested Heather Lyn Guilfoyle, 39, of the 200 block of North Grace Street, Park Ridge, after her vehicle broke down on Little Rock Road near Galena Road at 7:15 p.m. March 9. Police said they arrested Guilfoyle after determining she had been driving on a suspended license. Traffic citations Kenzie Nicholas Ruff, 23, of the 2000-3000 block of West Wolf’s Road, Plainfield, driving on a suspended license and operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration.

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Scam reported An 81-year-old Yorkville resident reported a suspected scam to Kendall County sheriff’s deputies March 10. According to the sheriff’s deputies, the victim reported receiving an offer over the telephone for some real estate he owns. The caller asked the victim to send a Moneygram in the amount of $898 to the caller to pay for a title search. The victim did so and was called again and asked to send an additional $1,100 to pay for tests. The victim declined and then called the sheriff’s office.

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DUI arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Carlos Michael Ochsenschlager, 28, of the 3100 block of Village Green Drive, Aurora, after they stopped his vehicle for an equipment violation March 10 at 10:23 p.m. on Century Drive at Manhattan Circle in Oswego. Police said Ochsenschlager has been charged with driving under the influence and was ticketed for having no tail lights and unsafe equipment.

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DUI charge after crash Kendall County sheriff’s deputies arrested Cristian Segura-Castillo, 23, of the 100 block of 4th Street, Joliet, after the vehicle he was driving was involved in a rollover crash in the 15000 block of Ridge Road in Seward Township south of Oswego at 12:20 a.m. March 15. Police said Segura-Castillo was not injured in the crash. However, he faces charges of driving under the influence and was cited for improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and illegal transportation of alcohol.

Man charged with public indecency in local incident OSWEGO LEDGER A Yorkville man, Christopher A. Assmar, 33, of the 300 block of Orange Street, was arrested by Oswego police detectives at his home in connection with a public indecency incident that occurred in Oswego last Friday. Police said Assmar has been charged with two counts of public indecency, one a felony charge and the other a misdemeanor charge. According to police, at about 1 p.m. last Friday a female runner called police after a male driver, after asking for directions, allegedly exposed himself to her at Bloomfield Circle East at Colchester Drive. The man’s description matched the culprit in a similar inci-

dent that occurred two weeks earlier in the village. During the investigation, detectives identified a possible suspect and arrested Assmar at his Yorkville home. Police said one of the charges against Assmar is classified as a felony since it occurred within 500 feet of a school while children were present on the grounds. Assmar was taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville. A judge has set his bond at $10,000. Police are continuing to investigate. Anyone who may be able to provide further information should call the Oswego Police Department at 630-551-7300 or Kendall County Crime Stoppers at 630-553-5999.

St. Pat’s DUI patrols planned OSWEGO LEDGER Montgomery and Oswego police have announced they will be stepping up their traffic patrols for the St. Patrick’s Day holiday today, March 17, as part of a crackdown on drunken driving. According to police, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the deadliest holidays due to the number of drunken drivers on the road. “The Montgomery police will be on patrol this St. Patrick’s Day, so make sure you obey the law,” said Deputy Chief Armando Sanders. “Don’t drink and drive, and don’t let your friends do it, either.” “Before celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this year, decide whether you’ll drink or you’ll drive,” Sanders said. “If you choose to drink, designate a sober, reliable driver to get you home safely from the party. If you’re planning on driving, don’t drink. The last thing you want is to ride to jail with a cop.” In addition to looking for drunken drivers, police will be stepping up seat

belt enforcement, particularly at night when seat belt usage rates are lowest. Sanders said always designating a sober driver and not letting friends drive while drunk are just two simple steps to help avoid a tragic crash or an arrest for drunken driving. Sanders said other important tips for those hosting St. Patrick’s Day parties are: remember party hosts can be held liable and prosecuted if someone they serve is involved in a drunken driving crash; make sure all guests designate a sober driver in advance or help arrange ride-sharing with other sober drivers; serve lots of food and include non-alcoholic beverages at the party; and keep the phone number for local cab companies handy and take away keys from anyone who is thinking of driving while drunk. The St. Patrick’s Day “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown is funded by federal traffic safety funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is administered through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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OSWEGO POLICE REPORTS • Continued from page 10 Traffic citations Eric L. Davis, 36, Chicago, speeding and driving on a suspended license. Adrianna C. Sanchez, 23, of the 70th block of Paddock Road, Boulder Hill, driving on a suspended license. Juan C. Elicea, 31, of the 400 block of Spencer Street, Aurora, driving on a suspended license. Jose L. Salas, 36, of the 40th block of Briar-

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OSWEGO LEDGER If you are concerned about speaking in front of people or you would like to improve your leadership skills, then you are invited to attend the Oswego Toastmasters Club’s Open House. Come and witness firsthand how the supportive Toastmasters environment helps people grow in self confidence to achieve more than they thought possible. The open house will be held in the Montgomery Village Hall’s multipurpose room at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22. Come early and enjoy refreshments

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Oswego Toastmasters set Open House for March 22 before the meeting gets underway. Toastmasters International is a worldwide organization of more than 330,000 members in 130 countries and is dedicated to helping people improve their communication and leadership skills. The Oswego club was established in 2003 to bring the benefits of a Toastmasters club to the Fox Valley communities of Oswego, Yorkville, Montgomery, Plano, Sandwich and Aurora. For more information, contact Dick Poirier at 630-915-9799 or r_poirier@ comcast.net or visit oswegotoastmasters.easy-speak.org.

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day, March 17. The group meets on the first and third Thursday mornings from 7 to 8 a.m. Meetings will now be held at The Oswegoland Woman’s Civic Club the Riverview Diner located at the corner will meet on Wednesday, March 23, at of River Road and Montgomery Road in 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be hosted by member Rebecca Christiansen at her Montgomery. The group also meets on the fourth business location Celebrate Differences, Thursday in the evening from 6:30 to which celebrates abilities of those with 7:30 p.m. These meetings are held at the disabilities and is located at 5375 Route 34, Oswego. Co-hostesses are Sandy Taft Montgomery Village Hall, 200 N. River St., Montgomery. For more information and Janie Johnston. A raffle will be held with proceeds ben- about Rotary International, visit rotaryclubmontgomeryil.org. efiting the Kendall County Food Pantry. Nominations for 2016-17 officers will Oswego American Legion also be held. Preparations for raffle baskets for Wine on the Fox on May 7 will Auxiliary Unit 675 meets Monday The Oswego American Legion Auxiliary also be discussed. Unit 675 will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, For more information, call Judy March 21, at the Legion Post home. All Siedlecki at 630-551-1852, Judy Smith members are encouraged to attend the at 630-554-8097, or Mary Jo Hartley at meeting. Hostesses are Sandy Ramey 630-892-8355 or visit the website at and Cheryl Magana. OswegolandWomansCivicClub.org. For further information on the meeting, call Magana at 630-740-8813. For Montgomery Rotary will now information on joining the Auxiliary, call meet at Riverview Diner Membership Chairman Deanna Steinke at The Rotary Club of Montgomery will 630-553-5186. be changing meeting locations for their – Oswego Ledger morning meetings beginning on Thurs-

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Who better to ask about planning a park than kids themselves? Oswegoland Park District’s Senior Park Planner Chad Feldotto was recently invited to Old Post Elementary’s second-grade classes. The students are designing their own parks and playgrounds in class and thought it would be helpful to ask a park planner for advice. After reviewing their elaborate and detailed plans, Feldotto asked the students to assist him in planning a park by placing amenities like the playground, trees and a soccer goal. The kids learned how parks are funded and what materials are used to make a playground. Feldotto’s favorite idea of the day was a student wondering when there would be swings for dogs. We are not aware of any manufacturers that make those yet, but that would be a neat idea. While the ideas are only a concept, Feldotto will keep the great ideas in mind for future parks.

Applications now available for Susan M. Kiley Scholarships

Susan M. Kiley Memorial Scholarship applications are now available through the student services offices at Oswego East and Oswego High School. Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to current graduating seniors from School District 308 with plans to attend Waubonsee Community College this fall. Students are encourage to take advan-

tage of this opportunity and visit their student services office, or call Bill Powell at 630-554-2798 for more information. This scholarship fund was established 27 years ago as the result of the untimely death of Susan Kiley, a 22-year-old WCC student who was killed in an automobile accident. The fund is a 501(c)3, and contributions to the fund may be tax deductible.

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The Oswego High School Vocal Music Department has just released $89,500 in tuition waivers to 55 vocal music students as part of a partnership with Great American Opportunities. GAO is a fundraising company that has worked with director Frank J. Tieri since he arrived at OHS 18 years ago. The students earned the waivers in the amount of either $1,000 or $2,500 based on their fundraising efforts, and they can be used at 340 colleges and universities across the country, 23 of which are in Illinois. The OVMD has been raising funds to compete at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida, in March. Tieri would like to thank all of the community members who helped raise the necessary funds by ordering from what will now be an annual tumbler sale. This allows the waivers to be earned at no additional cost to the community. Next year’s OVMD members will have another chance to earn even more waivers.

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The Oswegoland Park District’s Dance Company, A Step Above, took part in their first dance competition Feb. 27 in Elgin. The competition was part of the National Competition Tour hosted by The Kids Artistic Revue. The tour spans more than 30 states, visits 60 cities nationwide, and reaches over 500,000 dancers annually. The district’s three dance teams, Dream, Believe and Inspire, competed in the Novice Division. Each team received a first-place award. In addition, Team Believe took home the Judges’ Choice Lovely Lyrical Award and Team Inspire received the Overall High Point Award. A Step Above was founded last year and provides studio quality performance and competition opportunities in a no-cut environment for dancers ages 8 and up. Dancers study various disciplines of dance while building confidence and teamwork.

Oswego girls basketball endures rebuilding year Oswego graduates two starters in Kia Dwight and Gemma Keegan. Dwight, who will continue her basketball career at the University of Dubuque, averaged 13.2 points per game and also led the team with 36 steals this season. Keegan, who is bound for Millikin University, led the team in rebounds and averaged 8.5 ppg. “It was hard on them because they were on a team last year that went 2210 and lost in the sectional final, and to come back – the pressure was on,” Beebe said. “At the beginning of the season, one would have a great game and the other would do OK. Finally, I had a long talk with them and they stepped up. They both had great games and they both stepped up big time. They wanted to win more games just as much as anyone else, but they really did the work and stepped up.” Oswego returns a host of experienced juniors, including guard Kacie Moran, guard Kira Sneed, forward Megan Rasmussen and center Gillian O’Neil. Juniors Zylyn Jenkins, Ashley McCance and Katie Manna also contributed off the bench. “I like the group of kids we have returning. They got a lot of opportunity to play,” Beebe said. “The sophomore team started slow and were 0-4 to start the season, but they came back and finished second in conference to Minooka. There’s something to be said about the kids returning, and now we have to put it together.”

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Graduating four starters from a Class 4A Sweet 16 appearance, the Oswego girls basketball team entered a rebuilding year this winter. The Panthers endured a challenging season, but showed improvement in the second half of the year to win three of four down the stretch and finish with a 4-26 record. “They put it together towards the end and we were winning the regional until the end. We were right there,” first-year Oswego coach Dave Beebe said. “We had some off days, but I’m happy with the progress. I would have liked to win more games, but if we would have won some of those close games we’d have 10 or more wins.” Oswego lost nine games by 10 points or less – and half of those were by five points or less. “We lost to Plainfield South by two, and the next day we lose to Quincy by four,” Beebe said. “When we could put four quarters together, good things happened, but unfortunately we couldn’t put it together. You’ll never hear me complain about how we didn’t work hard enough. This was a great group of kids.” The season-ending loss to Naperville North summed up the season, with Oswego holding a lead through much of the game before fading in the closing minutes to fall to the Huskies, 58-49.

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Hustle wins All-Star Shootout to close season

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The fifth-grade Oswego Hustle basketball team recently competed in and won the final three events of the winter basketball season. In February, the team won the won the Stars of Tomorrow Tournament at Waubonsee Valley High School and the Winter Finale A-shootout at Supreme Courts in Aurora. Last weekend, the Oswego Hustle team won the 815 Sports All Star Slam Shootout at Northern Illinois University. Team members included Michael Polubinski, Zac Polubinski, Josh Polubinski, Matt Pohlman, Wade Menard, Willie Pavlick, Noah Bush, Max Niesman, Caden Collander and Tyler Stack.

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ave Sutcliffe was just about to warm up the bus in the Geneva parking lot after the Oswego softball team won on the last pitch when he heard someone calling his name. The catcher had saved a piece of her birthday cake for the Oswego bus driver. “She has a cake pan in one hand, and in the hand that just came out of the catcher’s glove she had a piece of cake. She wanted me to have a piece before the team ate it all,” Sutcliffe recalled. “By third bite, I’m crunching sand. The inside of a glove doesn’t taste very good. But I ate the whole thing because she was so happy. “Two weeks later, her mom came up to me – mortified, to apologize,” Sutcliffe continued. “I told her, ‘You make the best birthday cake I’ve ever had.’” In his 24 years driving the district bus, the 78-year-old Boulder Hill resident has stories to fill a small novel. His final chapter is about to come to a close as he prepares to retire from his route on April 1. He was surprised on Feb. 13 with a plaque recognizing his dedication during Oswego’s Hall of Fame night. “There’s been some fun rides,” Sutcliffe said. “But I’m just the bus driver.” After retiring from his job

Retiring School District 308 bus driver Dave Sutcliffe on the steps of Bus 10. as a warehouse manager for Lyon Metal in Montgomery, Sutcliffe decided to pick up a part-time job with School District 308’s transportation department in Oswego in 1992. He started with a simple route driving the shuttle to the bowling alley and athletic trips after school. Two months into the job, he was given a bus route before and after school, which he has continued over the years. Sutcliffe has witnessed two Oswego football state championships, five state cheer teams and driven three dance squads to state. He’s logged miles all over Illinois – from football playoffs in Edwardsville and basketball in Hampshire to baseball in Rock Island and volleyball playoffs in Geneseo.

“You’ve never had more fun than listening to the freshman boys’ basketball team sing ‘Wheels on the Bus’ to you,” Sutcliffe said. “Voices were cracking going up and down and I had a hard time driving the bus.” He has stories for every sport at Oswego, including a trip to Sycamore for a Little Seven Conference football game that almost didn’t happen. “I was the new guy. The driver for the second bus was late and I went over to tell [Coach] Karl [Hoinkes], and he was throwing a fit. He’s never had to forfeit a game,” Sutcliffe said. “I told Karl, if you throw a pass to the tight end for me, I’ll get you there in 45 minutes. [Dave] Keely and

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the guys all turned to look at this new guy asking Karl to throw a pass. “I had the oldest bus in the fleet – the kids called it Old Rusty. We get to the high school and we’re looking around for the offense – the other bus is nowhere in sight. She wouldn’t answer her radio. I told Karl, “I guess you kick off, and every once in a while you give them a first down,” Sutcliffe continued. “Five minutes to go in the warmups, and here comes the offense. So anyway, we won the game.” And if he’s not driving the bus, he has plenty of stories from his time in the bleachers cheering on the Panthers. “We were at West Aurora for a girls basketball game and

in the third quarter there’s a loose ball. Laurie Wackerlin dove for it and had it, but this girl dove on top of her and took two swings at her,” said Sutcliffe. “On the third swing, Laurie held her hand up and she was called for a technical. Mrs. Wackerlin and I came unglued. I didn’t cuss at the referee, but I told him what I thought. Next thing I know, here comes the athletic director. He told me he called the Aurora police and one more word, I’m going out in handcuffs. I’m thinking, ‘How do you drive a bus in handcuffs?’” The only thing that bothers him on the road is fog – which he experienced on one exceptionally foggy night during the basketball season. He remembers plenty of his former bus riders, driving a number of siblings and becoming a familiar face to many school district families. One of his final trips on Bus 10 took him to Lockport for the Class 4A sectional tournament on March 8. Now limited to one athletic route per week, Sutcliffe returned to Lockport in his own car for the championship game last Friday where Oswego ended its season with a loss to Joliet West. Now, Sutcliffe will look forward to planning a different route – one he plans to take out west to Oregon with his granddaughter later this spring. Sutcliffe has two children – David and Tammy – and two grandchildren, Jessica and Becky Brigel, who both graduated from Oswego East. “I’ll still show up to the games. They’re fun,” Sutcliffe said.

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An early morning loss to Sycamore in the second round of the Oswego East Holiday Classic left the girls’ basketball team without its long-awaited tournament championship, but Oswego East coach Abe Carretto circled that loss as a turning point in the Wolves’ season. Oswego East won its next 16 games to reach a school-record 27 victories this season, finishing with an undefeated Southwest Prairie Conference season, its first regional championship and became the first OEHS basketball team – boys or girls – to reach a sectional final. “That [Sycamore] game was possibly the key to our success,” Carretto said. “We changed some things up offensively. Sycamore packed it in and we had to change what we did in the post. After that, we didn’t lose until the sectional final. It showed how to not underestimate your opponent. Everyone had to concentrate on their shooting.” Oswego East opened the season with a 5-0 start before a loss to Benet

as More – a Class 3A sectional finalist – in the Subway Classic at Willowbrook on Jan. 16 and cruised through the rest of the SPC season to win its first outright title to open February. The Wolves won the Minooka Regional with victories over Joliet West and Minooka before topping Bolingbrook in the Benet Sectional semifinal, but Oswego East ran into Benet for a second time this season and lost 68-60 to the eventual Class 4A state champions. “It’s nice to know that two of the three losses are to the two-time state champs, if you can be content to lose,” Carretto said. “We obviously lost twice to the best team in the state, and to the best player in the state.” Junior forward Ty Battle had a breakout season in her first year with the Wolves as she was named the SPC MVP and received Second Team AllState honors from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA). She scored 455 points to surpass the 1,000-point mark in her career, averaging 15.2 points per game. She also led Oswego East with 237 rebounds (7.9 per game), 174 assists and 139 blocked shots.

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With 23 players on the varsity roster, the Oswego East girls soccer team knows it has a good chance on improving on last year’s showing. “We’ve got a good number of girls in the program, and they are pretty motivated and excited for the season,” Oswego East coach Hayley Morganegg said. “They have been very positive and are into supporting each other. They are really into turning things around. “We lost some close, key games last year. We understood [conference] came down to one or two games, so we are definitely looking forward to reversing that. We feel we have a crew that is here to win every day.” Ten of those 23 players are returning from last year’s squad that finished 8-111 overall and 4-3 in the Southwest Prairie Conference. They are seniors Taylor Cassian, Abigail Glasgow, juniors Alexe Anderson, Kara Blasingame, Taylor Peck (the lone returning All-Conference player), Emma Ross, Rachel Mieritz, Stephanie Mieritz, Maddy Lambert and sophomore Analise Tobias. The new players are senior Ashley Binkowski, juniors Delaney Quick, Chalis Robinson, Jasmine Ruiz, sophomores Riley Cassian, Hannah Houston, Rachel Savaglio,

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Oswego East junior Taylor Peck shoots against Yorkville during Tuesday’s 4-2 win in the season opener. Molly Schiltz, Katlyn Selvig and freshmen Madeline Kastel, Morgan Miller, Katie Olivas and Reagan Sanders. Morganegg said there is no one superstar on the team just yet – and that’s just fine with her. “[Balanced] is a great word to describe this team; we are very balanced,” Morganegg said. The Wolves start conference action

at Plainfield North, the defending SPC champion, on March 31, Plainfield South on April 5 and at rival Oswego on April 7. Oswego East 4, Yorkville 2: Oswego East won its first game of the season on Tuesday in the 4-2 decision over Yorkville. The Wolves received goals from Maddy Lambert, Taylor Peck, Chalis Robinson and Jasmine Ruis with assists from Peck, Molly Schiltz and Kara Blasingame.

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Continued from page 20 Beyers and sophomores Riley Parker, Angeline Lewis, Morgan Brown and Kaylee Zimbelmann. “We don’t look the same way we did a year ago, and that’s not a bad thing,” Champion said. “It’s just figuring out what we look like now. We are still trying to find this team’s identity.” The season is scheduled to start on March 17 at Bartlett. The Panthers have four non-conference games before starting SPC action at home against Plainfield Central on March 31, followed by rival Oswego East on April 7. Last year, Plainfield North won the conference, and Oswego tied for second with Plainfield South (at 5-2). The Pepsi Showdown is scheduled to start on April 9. Last year, the Panthers won the Gatorade Bracket for the first time in program history. Oswego is also back at the Naperville Invite, which is scheduled for April 21-April 30. The final game of the regular season is at Plainfield North on May 10. “We are absolutely ready to go,” Champion said. “I think the girls are excited, I am excited – we are all very excited about the season.”

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Oswego’s Malique Ross reacts as the final seconds wind down on the season. Joliet West defeated Oswego, 48-41, in Friday night’s Class 4A Lockport Sectional championship game.

Champion excited for 2nd year with team By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com

The Oswego girls soccer team lost seven seniors from the Panther squad that finished 14-7-4 overall in Kelsey Champion’s first year as head coach. This year’s roster is made up of four seniors, nine juniors and four sophomores who are hoping to repeat and add to last year’s success. “Last year, we had a great team and won some great games, so the juniors and seniors that were on the team are focused. They want to win,” Champion said. “Their eyes are on the prize, but we’ve got some work to do. They know they can win games. They just have to put in the work.” The four returning seniors are Melissa Kasper (playing at Webster University in St. Louis next year), Jordyn Schoen and Hannah Caruso (both playing at the University of Indianapolis next year) and Erin Marchert (entering the Navy). Schoen is Oswego’s top returning leading scorer with six goals and five assists. She was also All-Conference in the Southwest Prairie. “You can’t ask for more from them. They are all going into bigger and better things in their lives,” Champion said of her seniors. Junior Madison Lockard is one of two returning goalkeepers who finished with 126 saves. The other is Megan Rasmussen. The other returning juniors include Brianna Welch, Margaret Pagone, Carissa Brown, Abbigail Grzetic and Kacie Moran. The new players are juniors Jessica Sendef and Camryn

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PANTHERS RATTLED Joliet West jumps to early lead, wins Lockport Sectional By KRISTIN SHARP

ksharp@kendallcountynow.com Making its first Sweet 16 appearance in Class 4A boys’ basketball, Oswego could not find its groove against Joliet West until the second half of Friday night’s Lockport Sectional championship. Despite a strong second half, the sluggish start proved costly for Oswego as Joliet West led from start to finish to claim the 48-41 victory and advance to Tuesday’s DeKalb Supersectional at Northern Illinois University. “Our first quarter we were down by seven, and we lose by seven,” Oswego coach Matt Borrowman said. “We didn’t come out like an experienced basketball team. We were rattled in the first quarter, and even in the second quarter. Halftime came at a very good time for us. We settled down and we were a really good basketball team in the second half.” Oswego (19-10) scored two points in the opening quarter, but cut a 26-13 halftime deficit to 28-24 after three quarters. After previously recording comeback wins over Stagg and Minooka, the Panthers looked to be headed for another rally win. Oswego senior Malique Ross hit a pair of free-throws and knocked in a basket with 2:03 to play before Borrowman called a

timeout. Ross came out of the break and nailed a 3-pointer to reduce Joliet West’s lead, 41-37. “I think it was a lot of nerves. We needed to see the ball fall a couple times, and it wasn’t falling so we all had that nervousness,” Ross said. “Once we got it going, we all just started to feed off each other. We lost, but we fought hard.” But in the closing minute Oswego shot 0-for-4 at the foul line, while Joliet West junior Teyvion Kirk scored all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter – including three late free throws to seal the Tigers’ win. For the game, Oswego hit just 5 of 16 at the foul line. Joliet West (21-9) was led by junior Trevian Bell, who scored 12 points, and junior Tabyous Casterberry with 11. The Tigers earned 33-28 rebounding edge. They also limited Oswego to 36.2-percent shooting on 17 of 47. Ross (19 points) scored seven points in the second quarter and senior Brice Robinson scored 10 of his game-high 21 points in the third quarter, and the duo combined to score 40 of Oswego’s 41 points in the game. Robinson’s final basket of the night marked his 1,000th career point. “We knew 42 [Robinson] and 22 [Ross] were going to score,” Joliet West coach Nick DiForti said. “But we don’t gim-

mick, don’t go box-and-one or anything like that. We were more concerned about them getting their teammates involved, and they never really did.” “We needed a third scorer,” Borrowman said. “We had a lot of scoring in our run off turnovers and we just weren’t generating them, and they were. We needed some other guys to knock down shots and they just didn’t fall. It’s just one of those nights. ... Brice and Malique have carried us. They’re an incredible group of guys and I’m going to miss them.” It was Oswego’s second loss to Joliet West after an earlier 61-55 decision on Jan. 18 – a game played without starters Jaylen Jones and Ross, who were out with injuries. Although both players were back on Friday night, Oswego was without Derrick Chaney, who injured his shoulder in the sectional semifinal three nights earlier. “Last time we had Malique and Jaylen out, and this time we had Derrick out and he really brings a defensive spark to our team. I really just want to be able to play them with a full team,” Robinson said. “If we could have played all four quarters well, we would have had that game. We just struggled and it took us too long to get hot. ... I’m just proud of everyone on this team.”