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Chicago Bears defensive tackle Nate Collins talks with Nadia Marotti, 10, on Friday while she holds a picture of her father before leaving for the father-daughter dance at Prairie Grove Elementary School. Nadia’s father, Mario, died of brain cancer two years ago.
Bear gives girl a date to dance Collins takes child who lost dad to father-daughter event By JEFF ENGELHARDT
“I think it is amazing. It is absolutely incredible. It’s about Nadia having a good time. It’s been a tough situation for her but she is going to make the best of tonight and have a ball.”
jengelhardt@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Chicago Bears fans know Nate Collins for his defensive moves on the field, but 10-year-old Nadia Marotti will remember him for his dance moves off it. The big defensive tackle blew off an NFL Draft party at Soldier Field on Friday to make a special visit to Crystal Lake, where he took Nadia to a father-daughter dance at Prairie Grove Elementary School. Nadia lost her father to brain cancer two years ago after a long battle. “I think it is amazing. It is absolutely incredible,” said Nadia’s mother, Melissa Marotti, shortly after Collins arrived at her house in a black limousine to pick up his date. “It’s about Nadia having a
Melissa Marotti Nadia’s mother
good time. It’s been a tough situation for her but she is going to make the best of tonight and have a ball.” The connection came about after Melissa Marotti went to
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C.J. Fiedorowicz talks with Houston Texans general manager Rich Smith and coach Bill O’Brien as he is the first pick in the third round of the NFL draft Friday in Johnsburg. JOHNSBURG – C.J. Fiedorowicz hung up his cellphone and looked for something that possibly could support the weight of a life-changing moment. The closest thing to him was a ticket machine in the hallway of Raymond’s Bowl. Dozens of friends and family members allowed Fiedorowicz some space for a private moment as he leaned into the machine and buried his head into his arms. This was a dream. Fiedorowicz’s journey had taken him from the Johnsburg Skyhawks to the Iowa Hawkeyes to the Houston Texans, who made him the first pick of the third round in Friday’s NFL draft. Fiedorowicz became the second-highest draft pick in the history
Chicago Bears select: Ego Ferguson Second round, defensive tackle, LSU
Will Sutton Third round, defensive tackle, Arizona State
VIEWS Tom Musick of McHenry County, following in the footsteps of Bryan Bulaga in 2010. The ticket machine provided the necessary support for a few quiet moments. However, as it turns out, ticket machines don’t hug back. Mothers do. “Best Mother’s Day ever,” said Lee Ann Fiedorowicz, whose eyes reddened and whose voice cracked as she spoke about her 22-year-old son. “I tried to follow him as much as I could tonight because you don’t know when it’s going to happen. “We were right there. The whole
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family was there.” For that, C.J. Fiedorowicz always will be grateful. Because nobody knows for certain where his NFL career will lead. How many passes will he catch? How many blocks will he deliver? How many wins will he celebrate? The future, like Fiedorowicz, is filled with potential. But no touchdown celebration will be able to match the moment in which Fiedorowicz turned his lifelong dream into a village wide celebration. Hundreds of people packed the bar and hallways of the bowling alley, where children knocked down pins while adults tipped back bottles to celebrate their hometown hero.
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Minimum DUI sentence for man involved in reporter’s death Gets 2 years after pleading guilty to charge in separate 2012 incident By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – In a letter of support, the widow of CBS-2 reporter Randy Salerno wrote
that she has forgiven the man involved in the 2008 crash that killed her husband. Irene Salerno’s letter was one of nearly 20 introduced at a sentencing hearing Friday
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for Scott Hirschey, who previously had pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI. In her letter, Irene Salerno said she had forgiven Hirschey for his role in the fatal snowmobile crash that killed 45-year-old Randy Salerno. He was killed after riding on the back of a snowmobile driven by Hirschey,
who was drunk, lost control and crashed in Eagle River, Wis., a far northern town popular among snowmobile riders. Irene Salerno also supported Hirschey when he was sentenced in 2009 to probation for his role in the crash. At the time, she asked the Wisconsin judge for leniency on her late
husband’s childhood friend. “A part of Scott also died that fateful night, and he is forever scarred,” Irene Salerno’s latest letter read. “However, Scott is learning to forgive himself and not punish himself by succumbing to his alcohol addiction. Scott now
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Scott Hirschey, was sentenced to two years in prison for a separate DUI charge from 2012. Hirschey was involved in the 2008 death of CBS-2 reporter Randy Salerno.
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PR SCORES LATE TO TOP CL SOUTH Prairie Ridge pitcher Jack Myers got out of a tough spot and the Wolves scored five times after there were two outs in the bottom of the fifth on their way to a 9-3 Fox Valley Conference Valley Division victory against Crystal Lake South on Friday, the fifth in their last six conference games. For more, see page C1.
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