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Hultgren shines light on homeschooling
Huntley radio step closer to going live Group gets construction permit; fundraising starts By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO
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control, and homeschooling is the ultimate local control,” he said. “It’s a family making decisions of what’s good for their kids.” Hultgren has come out in opposition of Common Core because he says the set of education standards – on course to be fully implemented by next school year – would take control away from local communities. On Monday, he said he’s urging Illinois to take a step back and re-evaluate the standards, an action that would mirror Indiana’s recent withdrawal from the standards.
HUNTLEY – The volunteers at Huntley Community Radio will now focus on “bringing in the bucks” through a fundraising campaign to overcome the last hurdle toward broadcasting locally on FM radio, Executive Director Allen Pollack said. The community radio group cleared another hurdle Friday, when the Federal Communications Commission granted the Huntley station a construction permit to build the equipment necessary to broadcast on 101.5 FM. The group now has 18 months to raise at least $40,000 to purchase the equipment and build a radio antenna on top of a water tower at Haligus and Kreutzer roads in Huntley. “As soon as that happens, we turn a switch and we will be on the air,” Pollack said. “The [FCC permit] is a sense of accomplishment that will now move us forward to our overall objective.” Focused on an aggressive campaign, the station hopes to raise enough money through grants and private donors to start broadcasting by the end of 2014. The station already has been broadcasting more than 30 programs online since launching its website in fall 2012. The first set of donations would cover a $5,000 study Huntley Village Board members required to determine
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U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, talks with a crowd about state initiatives related to homeschooling during a meet-and-greet Monday inside the Johnsburg Public Library. BELOW: Spectators listen as Hultgren talks about state initiatives related to homeschooling.
Urges officials to rethink Common Core at J’burg event By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com JOHNSBURG – Congressman Randy Hultgren lauded the option of homeschooling and briefly touched on the Common Core standards during a Johnsburg Public Library event Monday evening. Hultgren, R-Winfield, hosted “State of Homeschooling” at the library – home to the Homeschool Resource Center, which draws interest from homeschool families across the state. Hultgren, whose four kids are or have been homeschooled, said he called the event to draw attention to the
center and to the effectiveness of homeschooling. He spoke and answered questions for about 25 minutes before min-
gling with the crowd of about 50 people that filled a conference room in the library. “I honestly believe in local
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Status update as health law marks a milestone By NANCY BENAC The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Like so much about the government’s health care overhaul, Monday’s deadline to sign up for coverage in 2014 didn’t turn out quite as planned: Many people still are eligible for extensions that will let them enroll.
The change of plans shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, given the disastrous HealthCare.gov rollout last fall, the mass policy cancellation notices that shocked even the president, and other set-in-law deadlines that turned out not to be so firm. Still, step by step, the law is taking effect. People are signing up. In-
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surance is kicking in or changing for millions of Americans. It’s time for a status report as the law marks a milestone, although no one’s quite sure how to define success:
Q: How many people have gotten coverage? A: That’s the big question, and
the answer is a moving target. About 6 million people have signed up for private insurance through the new state and federal marketplaces, and several million more have gotten insurance through expanded Medicaid coverage under the health care law.
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VILLAGE PLANNING $21.2M BUDGET
ADMINISTRATION CHANGES COMING
With the village prepping to begin its next fiscal year, officials are planning to spend about $4.5 million on capital projects. Village Board members on Tuesday are scheduled to vote on their $21.2 million spending plan for the fiscal year that begins May 1. About $1.6 million is planned for capital improvments. For more, see page B1.
Administrative changes are coming to Lakewood as the village will lose its police chief of more than 10 years to retirement and welcomes a fresh face in a newly created position. Village President Erin Smith announced in her spring newsletter to residents that Lakewood Police Chief Larry Howell would retire May 16. For more, see page B1.
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More inside Deadline dash: A flood of last-minute applicants rushed to sign up for health insurance Monday, deadline day for President Barack Obama’s health care law, with more than 100,000 people at a time using the fragile system despite a new spate of intermittent ills. See PAGE B5.
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