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The Plano City Council has hired a firm to remove concrete bins that adjoin the railroad tracks in the city’s downtown. The bins were once used to store coal for steam engines that roared through town on the tracks.
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Plano will lose part of its railroad history By LYLE R. ROLFE news@kendallcountynow.com Plano will soon lose a bit of its history. But few people will even know it unless they might be old enough to remember when the “Q” (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) had its steam-powered railroad engines switching cars in the downtown area. In an overgrown field downtown, there are some concrete bins that will soon be removed along with overgrown trees and tree stumps. If you were in town during the 1940s or early ’50s, you may remember when the concrete bins were used to store coal for the railroad’s steam engines that have long since been replaced by diesels. Several sets of adjoining railroad tracks used to service businesses in the downtown area also have been removed over the years, according to Mayor Bob Hausler. Council members Monday night approved hiring Thom Excavating at a cost of up to $5,000 to remove the concrete, trees and stumps. The land will
then be cleaned up and resurfaced for parking, Hausler added. He said the city purchased the land last month from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. “We paid BNSF $4,750 plus a $2,000 processing fee that BNSF charges. They originally wanted $15,000 plus the $2,000 fee,” he said. The property is just off John Street, adjacent to land purchased from the Plano Lumber Co. now used for vehicle parking. The additional land will be used to expand the parking lot. The new lot will be about two blocks long and 80 feet wide, he said. John McGinnis, public works director, said the existing parking lot at the northwest corner of John and Center streets has 63 spaces. He said they won’t know how many spaces there will be in the new lot until a design has been completed. “This will give us plenty of parking if we ever get Metra to stop here because the lot is directly south of our depot,” Hausler said. The lot is presently used for overnight Amtrak parking, he added. Expansion of the lot is expected to be completed this year.
Dinner at local Moose Lodge to aid Relay for Life PLANO RECORD
The Sandwich Moose Lodge Relay for Life Team is hosting a fundraiser dinner for the Plano, Sandwich and Somonauk Relay. On Saturday, May 21, club members will be serving a complete spaghetti dinner, including meatballs, salad and garlic bread from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Moose Lodge on East Route 34 between Casey’s and Angie’s Bakery. The cost for the dinner will be $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 4 to 10. This fundraiser will be open to the public from 5 to 11 p.m. because, in addition to dinner, there also will be entertainment, a cash bar, raffles, a silent auction and a live auction. Two days later, Rambo’s in Somonauk will be supporting the Relay for the second year on Monday, May 23. Well-known in the area for its chicken, chops, pizza, burgers and other sandwiches, Rambo’s is offering 50 percent of the day’s revenue from their famous “Bobcat Burger” and 20 percent of the revenue from all other menu items for the local Relay. The Relay for Life local event is scheduled for 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at the Somonauk Community Park, weather permitting. In case of bad weather, it will be in the Somonauk Middle School gym. For information on the local Relay or the services provided by the ACS, visit relayforlife.org/pssil, find the group on Facebook or call Terrie Frawley at the ACS office at 630-9321151.
BRIEFS Poppy Days to aid veterans
The American Legion Auxiliary Post 395 in Plano will be conducting Poppy Days on May 27, 28 and 29 at local businesses around the city. The American Legion Auxiliary volunteers distribute millions of bright red poppies in exchange for donations to assist disabled and hospitalized veterans. These veterans make these flowers and earn a small wage which helps to supplement their income. It also provides therapeutic benefits as well. Collected donations are used exclusively to assist and support these veterans and their families. The poppy reminds the community of
the past sacrifices and continuing needs of our veterans. The poppy has become a nationally known and recognized symbol of sacrifice and is worn to honor the men and women who served and died for their country in all wars. For more information, call the Plano American Legion Post 395 at 630-5528313 or Yvonne at 331-216-8428.
Plano’s Mayor Haulser from 8 to 10 a.m. See various train and railroad exhibits at the depot. Amtrak will be stopping for its passengers. Stop by and meet the Plano area merchants to see everything they have to offer. The Smallville museum will be open. Plano’s Past will have some of its artifacts available for viewing. Tom Whitt from the Burlington Route Historical Society will be Plano Train Day to feature train here. Ryan Smith will have his 1/8-scale and railroad exhibits train. Tom Grant and Jim Hill will have Come celebrate Plano’s annual National model trains on display. Train Day at the Plano Depot, 101 W. Main For more information, call Kay Mulliner St., from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 14. at 630-552-1885. Tour the historic depot, enjoy coffee with – Plano Record
By LYLE R. ROLFE news@kendallcountynow.com A bid was accepted Monday night by Plano City Council members to repair underground leaks in the floor of an area of the city’s wastewater facility. Darrin Boyer, director of water reclamation, told council members that water is seeping into an area through three cracks in the concrete floor. He said if it is not corrected, they could have real problems if there were a power outage, because the room would flood and cause extensive damage to equipment. He said they needed to have cracks in another area repaired several years ago and after five years, the patching material is still holding.
He said the company injects a polyurethane grout material into the cracks. Injection and Waterproofing Systems Inc., of Aurora, was hired to do the work for $5,300 on Boyer’s recommendation. Boyer also recommended the council approve the installation of a new gate at the entrance of the water reclamation plant. He said the gate has been damaged several times over the years and caused injuries to one employee when he tried to open the gate. The work will be done by Northern Illinois Fence of Cortland. They were the low bidder with $10,626. The other bid was $12,800. Council members also accepted a bid from Kendall Council Fence for
$7,490 to install a fence at the Hugh Street parking lot. John McGinnis, public works director, said the firm was the low bidder on the project, which consists of installing 96 feet of fencing at the lot. The council also approved paying $18,000 for an easement across ComEd property for the Eldamain Road interceptor sewer line. Hausler said ComEd originally wanted $24,000 for the easement but he was able to get the company’s representative to reduce the fee to $18,000. “I tried to get it down lower, but $18,000 was as low as they would go,” he said. The council also approved McGinnis seeking bids for the Sweetbriar- Edgelawn Drive sewer replacement
By MATT SCHURY mschury@kendallcountynow.com Illinois lawmakers may continue their “Band-Aid approach” to funding state services and education until possibly after the November election, according to State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Peru. Rezin hosted a roundtable discussion May 2 with State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tony Smith and local education leaders at the Morris Country Club. She said in the short-term, Springfield will fund school districts with bills similar to one passed at the end of April to keep higher education funded. That bill will allow two-year community colleges to open in the fall and kept MAP (Monetary Award Program) grants going to college students for five to six months, Rezin said. “It’s a Band-Aid approach, but at least colleges know they are going to be open for the fall,” she said. As for a long-term funding solution that includes a state budget
– that will take some time, according to Rezin. “I’m hopeful and optimistic, working groups continue to work behind the scenes to see what works for all four caucuses,” she said. “At the end of the day if we don’t have a budget, we’ll continue to see bills passed that will appropriate enough money to get us through for the next State Sen. couple of months or Sue Rezin probably after November, which is unfortunate because of the election coming up.” For the record, Rezin says she doesn’t agree with this approach but that is the reality. “The votes that we have to take are very difficult moving forward, these are not easy votes for anyone in Springfield, period,” she said. “That’s why you may see some pressure by some members to wait until after the election. I don’t agree with that.” Rezin stressed that Gov. Bruce
Rauner wants any long-term education funding components to come with additional new revenue. “Otherwise you have winners and you have losers,” Rezin said. “If you pull out and just talk about a property tax freeze by itself – because our school funding is so reliant on property taxes in our area, it’s important to know that hopefully new funding will come in for education that will decrease the reliance on property taxes.” She added that the short-term plan is to simply fully fund education and give the schools what they should receive through next fall. “That will allow superintendents to plan for next fall,” she said. The long-term solution will involve changing the state’s complex school funding formula, according to Rezin. “When you change a multiplier in a funding formula, it may sound good, but it can adversely affect certain school districts and you may not know it,” she said.
Employees honored
The council honored seven employees for their combined more than 100 years of service to the city. Each one was presented with a certificate of appreciation by Mayor Bob Hausler. The employees included Police Chief Steve Eaves, 30 years; Police Sergeant Aaron Smith, 20 years; and Police Sergeant Norman Allison, 15 years. Honored for 10 years of service each were Debra Solecki, records clerk in the police department; Thomas Romano, building and grounds; Delvin Noss, water department; and David Limon Jr., street department.
Plano Middle School Leadership Club sponsoring plant sale PLANO RECORD The Plano Middle School Leadership Club is sponsoring its fourth annual native plant sale to raise funds for native landscape improvements at the school and to encourage homeowners to incorporate plants that support Illinois wildlife. Orders will be taken through Friday, May 13, with pickup dates from 2:40 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, for 17 plant species with earlier growth habits, and Wednesday, June 8, for five plant varieties with later growth habits. Pickup location is the District 88 maintenance building, 800 S. Hale St. Plants are sold in 2-inch plant plugs, with good root systems. Woodland shade plants such as Jack-in-the-Pulpit and Shooting Star sell for $4 a plant. Sun-loving prairie forbs and grasses like Prairie Blazing Star, Butterfly Weed, Little Bluestem and Prairie Dropseed sell for $2 a plant. Order forms are available at the main offices at Plano Middle School, Emily G. Johns School or at the district administration building. Anyone who would like an order form emailed can contact Amy Hamilton at 630-392-4394 or ahamilton@ plano88.org, or call Judy Bedford at 630-552-3802.
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We’ve noticed over the last few weeks area state lawmakers – both Republicans and Democrats – have been hosting seminars to explain the state’s property assessment and tax bills system to their constituents. We commend the lawmakers for hosting the informational sessions. Anything to improve the public’s understanding of Illinois’ confusing and often arcane method of taxing real estate has to be a positive. We are still baffled as to why a general explanation of the state’s property tax system is not part of the civics curriculum in the state’s public high schools. In announcing her May 19 seminar, State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, noted the area’s high property tax burden needs to be addressed “locally and legislatively.” She added, “My free seminar will give homeowners the information they need to appeal their property tax bill and possibly save money.” We would caution area residents, however, that it is months too late
for them to appeal the property tax bill they may have just received or soon will receive in the mail. State law does not provide a mechanism for property owners to appeal their tax bills. Instead, it gives property owners the ability to appeal the assessment on which their property tax bills are based. Here in Kendall County, the county supervisor of assessment’s office usually notifies property owners by mail if their assessments have changed in the late summer or early fall. State law requires that all properties – with the exclusion of farm parcels – be assessed at one-third their fair market value, averaged over the previous three years. Property owners who believe their new assessments are in excess of that one-third value have a 30-day window after they receive their change notices to file an appeal with the county supervisor of assessment’s office. The county board of tax review considers the appeals during public hearings,
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usually held in the winter. Those property owners who file appeals and gain the board of review’s approval for an assessment reduction are then in a position to realize some savings on their next property tax bills. Current state politicians beginning with the Gov. Bruce Rauner all down the line are in favor of a property tax freeze, just like their predecessors decades ago. Who doesn’t want to pay less in property taxes? But the problem the politicians have always faced is that if they were to freeze property taxes without significantly increasing funding for education from another source – such as the income tax – local school systems would soon go broke. The ill effects of a property tax freeze without a corresponding increase in taxes from another source would be especially deleterious on school districts in growth communities like Oswego/Montgomery and Yorkville where enrollments and thereby operational expenses continue to climb.
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It is human nature to look back on a time in the past and decide that was the ideal era. Politically, folks on the right side of the political spectrum look back fondly on the Reagan era of the 1980s as an ideal, while those on the left are enamored of the New Deal 1930s. Most of us look back on our childhood years as some sort of ideal, which is not at all surprising. As kids, our parents (for the most part) took care of us, made sure we were housed and fed and had clothes to wear. We played with our friends and didn’t have all those pesky adult worries that seem to occupy our minds as we cope with making ends meet. Back in the 1960s and early ‘70s when my generation were young adults, young people looked back with fondness on our parents’ and grandparents’ eras when people lived close to the soil and experienced “natural” lives. If only, we heard from the back-to-nature crowd, all that nasty machinery and all those harmful fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides were eliminated, everyone would be healthier and happier. It would be thrilling to return to the days when everyone ate health food and no one suffered from a lack of roughage in their diets. And while living in a chemical-free world sounded pretty good then – and now, actually – if those youngsters had bothered to study rural American history, they would have learned that life back in pre-machinery, pre-farm chemical times was not all that good or healthy. Compared to today’s agricultural operations, relatively little food was actually produced on those early farms, and since paved roads really didn’t exist in most areas of the
hours, and low pay.” After deciding that farming was not his cup of tea, Palmer went to work at W.J. Morse’s store on Main Street in Oswego. Groceries were the biggest sellers at Morse’s, but the store’s regular stock included boots and shoes, women’s wear, rock salt by the barrel, kerosene for lamp fuel, and gasoline for both stoves and the growing number of automobiles. Gasoline, stored in barrels, was pumped by hand into five-gallon cans and carried the full length of the store to be poured into waiting autos parked out front. The hardest jobs, Palmer recalled, were carrying 100-pound sacks of potatoes up the cellar steps, handling Photo provided by the Little White School Museum 100-pound sacks of sugar, and manThe interior of W.J. Morse’s general store at the northeast corner of Main Street and handling barrels of salt. Washington Street in downtown Oswego. This photo was taken in 1902. “Nobody bought less than a dollar’s worth of sugar – 12 to 16 pounds according to the market – and many country until the 1920s, it was difficult and all the other hard work farmers bought by the 100 pound sack,” Palmer to get what was produced to market. did back then, most of which is now wrote. “Nor did anyone buy less than In addition, life itself was dear. On a done by machines. Palmer worked a bushel of potatoes. Bread we bought regular basis, terrible diseases swept from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and was not imat our house by the half-dozen loaves.” pressed with his closeness to nature. through rural communities, killing A typical workday at Morse’s store “I was so slow one summer,” Palmwhole families in those pre-antibiotic was 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 er wrote, “that I painfully remember days when a splinter in a finger could p.m. on Saturdays when farmers came I was still shocking the 100 acres of prove fatal. to town to trade. Palmer was paid $7 to oats that had been cut and tied into Back in the “Good Old Days,” start for a six-day week. After a year bundles long after Roy had joined the people preserved fruit, vegetables and a half on the job, he was making threshing ‘ring’ and was helping his and meat all summer because they’d $11 a week. starve all winter if they didn’t. People neighbors thresh. It was a hot, lonely For most, the Good Old Days are job.” didn’t live the way they did a century a time we can’t remember very well, He recalled that a strapping ago because they liked it; they did it 16-year-old Aurora youth (Palmer was but which seems better than what’s because it was the most modern way currently happening. I remember the only 14) hired lasted just half a mornof life in the world – just as our cur1950s as a great time to grow up in my rent way of life is. ing shocking oats before quitting. small, Midwestern town, but I was Kenyon T. Palmer, who grew up in Palmer didn’t like hoeing thistles and around Oswego during the early out of the corn, either. Today, farmers, spared the racism, political extremism, and religious bigotry that so years of the 20th century, recalled apply herbicides along with fertilizer many had to cope with during those later in life that he was happy to have when they plant, so you rarely see a years. had the experiences, but didn’t think thistle in a field. But in Palmer’s day, And those “back-to-nature” folks? the Good Old Days were all they were it was either hoe the thistles out by cracked up to be. In 1971, he published hand or be fined by the township weed Most of them are now retired stockbrokers, lawyers, teachers, or other his autobiography, “For Land’s Sake: commissioner. professionals. Reinstalling past values The Autobiography of a Dynamic Palmer recalled that working in and practices over top of modern life Arizonan,” in which he detailed small 10-foot-high rows of corn was, at best, is never as easy as it might seem. town and country life during that era. unpleasant: ‘“If it was hot in the open During the summer, Palmer hay field, it was hotter and more hu• Looking for more local history? mid surrounded by the verdant corn. worked on Roy Hettrick’s Oswego Visit http://historyonthefox.wordTownship farm, shocking oats, hoeing That was what farming meant to me. Blazing sun, hard physical labor, long press.com. weeds out of the corn, putting up hay,
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media and the Dems want the state to continue on its path to bankruptcy. They Mutual respect was the treatment of call for Rauner to be the bigger man the day. Rights of conscience were critand give in to Madigan. It’s the Madigan ical to survival, but other “rights” came agenda that got the state into the mess down the pike: freedoms we cherish as it’s in today. our currently-under-attack Bill of Rights. As usual there is the call for more There isn’t much talk about these doc- taxes in the form of raising the income uments because too many people want tax or going to a graduated income tax their own personal agendas advanced. where the rich would pay a higher rate or Everyone wants to benefit the ultimate raising the gas tax etc., etc., etc. Instead “me,” instead of us. Blood was shed to of the media calling on Rauner to cave to advance our separation from persecuMadigan’s wishes, why aren’t they after tion. It was shed to secure these docuMadigan to explain where all the money ments and what they embodied. How can magically disappeared when the state we ignore this? Today, we aren’t united had a higher income tax under Quinn? about much of anything. We marginalize Perhaps they could ask Madigan why groups of people because they disagree the state taxpayers have one of the with a politically rabid group busy conhighest tax burdens in the country and structing its own set of laws for the rest yet has the worst credit rating of any of us to follow. They’ve built a machine state and the top pension deficit? Then more interested in their agenda than they could ask why, when Quinn said he the thriving of our general population. wasn’t going to pay them until there was Intolerance began small yet has grown a balanced budget, they went running like cancer into an out-of-control state. to the Supreme Court to get that action Anyone disagreeing is called phobic. This declared unconstitutional and yet when cancer has been responsible for jailing, Rauner got elected they passed a budget fining and penalizing those who dissent. that was $4 billion short with no regard Don’t count on the media to accurately for the balanced budget requirement in portray these happenings. the constitution. Then of course it was It isn’t just about one political party or Rauner’s fault for not coming up with the another either. Like a cancer that grows money to pay for it. out of control, this is an ideology, a Illinois, just like many other states, has politically-correct world that will topple a pension problem. In Illinois the problem US shortly. It demands its own way and is pensions are so bloated there is no tolerates nothing else. It will not tolerate way out but bankruptcy. The thousands your “conscience” or your beliefs. It of retired public employees getting allows for no rights unless they are their six-figure pension payments is simply not rights, because their rights are the “only sustainable. The Dems and their lust for way.” This forced acceptance is the more taxes as the answer to everything purest form of intolerance, something are speaking to a smaller and smaller tax that would have enraged our founders. base. Illinois had the highest outflow of It stands against the Constitution. This taxpayers in the country according to the should enrage us. We can tolerate withlatest stats and Cook County last year out acceptance of a particular view. led the country in loss of taxpayers at the As we approach elections, listen carecounty level. fully to arguments given. For instance, It’s the perfect storm, just like Detroit, a socialist can’t believe in the validity fewer and fewer taxpayers paying higher of our current Constitution. Too much and higher taxes until they either get sick liberty involved. Make yourself aware of of it or simply can’t afford it and move a candidate’s Constitutional position. We out. Add to this all the businesses that have a few Patrick Henrys in Congress have left or are looking at leaving or not willing to put their own necks on the line. growing because of the tax burden and They are conservatives by nature. We all Madigan can come up with for the need more of them because liberals have solving the problem is more taxes. advanced us into end-stage cancer with If Madigan wants more taxes, why little chance of healing. I don’t want to doesn’t he produce a balanced budget be there. that includes all his new taxes. He has a super majority in the House and Senate Cindy Akre Plano so he could pass anything he wants. Then he can watch as the exodus from Illinois The perfect storm becomes a stampede. To the Editor: With the continuing fiscal mess in Bob Schwabauer Illinois it has become obvious that the Yorkville
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Spring break trip gave lessons in teamwork “Congratulations! You have been selected as one of 10 students to attend the first-ever Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip at Waubonsee!” In the weeks since I had applied to be part of the first group of student volunteers from Waubonsee Community College to spend our spring break volunteering in Tennessee, this was the message I had been waiting to see. For the next few months, I attended weekly meetings with nine other students as we organized, planned and fundraised for the weeklong trip, where we would spend our spring break helping to clear a section of the Cumberland Trail, a 300-mile trail stretching from the Cumberland Gap National Park in Kentucky toward the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park, just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We would be part of a volunteer corps of college students from across the country who are working to complete the trail within the next four years. I woke up bright and early on March 13 for the long day ahead. Before I knew it, we were at the airport, checking our bags, entering security and boarding our plane. During the flight alone, I made lifelong friends. A bond that only strengthened throughout the week. After landing safely in Nashville, we packed the rental van in a manner that was like a real-life game of Tetris, and embarked on a three-hour trip through mountains to Fort Bluff Camp in Dayton, Tennessee. The rest of the day flew by as everyone explored the area and waited for other schools to arrive so we could receive our orientation and head to bed, waiting eagerly for the next day. The following dawn started our daily routine of work on the trail. We grabbed our tools and gear, and hiked for about 20 minutes down to a section of the Cumberland Trail. Once there, we all set to work, plowing the
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The American Legion Riders Post 181, along with the Kenyon family, will host the second annual Charlee’s Angel Run on June 12 in Sandwich. The proceeds from this fundraiser again will benefit the U.S. Cuddle Cot Campaign Initiative. This year, the recipient hospitals are Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb and Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. Cuddle cots are cooling beds that can be placed in the hospital room of a parent who has lost a child to stillbirth or other birth complications early on in life. This device allows parents and families the time to grieve their baby with dignity. Last year, Charlee’s Angel Run raised more than $10,000. Funds were used to purchase cuddle cots for Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, Rush-Copley Hospital in Aurora and Morris Hospital. The race was attended by more
than 150 people and many businesses in Sandwich, DeKalb and surrounding communities donated to the silent auction. The Kenyon family started this event in 2015 in memory of their daughter, Charlee Jean Kenyon, who was born still on April 22, 2014. This year’s race will begin at 8 a.m. June 12 at the Sandwich Park District. In conjunction with the race, there will be a raffle of items donated by local businesses with raffle tickets costing $1. Additionally, there will be a massage therapist providing sports massage for a donation, as well as face painting for the children. At the conclusion of the event, there will be a butterfly release in memory of Charlee and all babies gone too soon. Online pre-registration is available through May 27. The 5K fee is $25 and the One Mile Fun Run fee is $15. All who pre-register will receive a T-shirt. Sign up online at www.signmeup.com/ site/online-event-registration/113012. Prices increase by $5 after May 27. To make a donation, send mail to Brown Miller Post 181 American Legion Riders, Attn: Ralph Torres‐Charlee Angel Run, P.O. Box 21, Sandwich, IL 60548.
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Plano kindergartners’ spring concert May 19
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A mother goose and her goslings enjoy fresh grass Monday morning at Silver Springs State Park. Photo provided
The 10 kindergarten classes at P.H. Miller Elementary School will be presenting their Spring Concert at 6:30 p.m. next Thursday, May 19, at Plano High School, 704 W. Abe St., in the main gymnasium. The public is invited to attend the program. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Pictured are students from Heidi Heiman’s kindergarten class rehearsing for the performance.
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Tax bills continuing to creep upward for most By MATT SCHURY mschury@shawmedia.com Kendall County property owners should find their annual property tax bills in the mail this week, according to Jill Ferko, county treasurer. Ferko said Monday her office mailed the bills May 6. The bills will be due in two installment payments, June 7 and Sept. 7. Taxpayers can pay their bills online by going to illinoisepay.com, which charges a convenience fee for this service. Ferko says residents can also contact her office to sign up to have the two payments directly withdrawn from their bank accounts on the due dates. There is no cost for that option. Residents can also stop by the Treasurer’s Office to pay their bills. The treasurer’s office is located on the first floor of the County Office building 111 W. Fox St. in Yorkville. A majority of county taxpayers now pay their taxes through escrow accounts their banks set up with their monthly mortgage payments. Those escrowing their tax payments will still receive a bill in the mail that they should review. Ferko estimates that about 52,000 bills were sent out in Kendall County. Of those bills, the majority of property owners will see an increase due in part to rising property assessments. Assessments are based on a three-year average. This year’s property assessments are based on data collected by assessors in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Under state law, all properties with the exception of farmland must be assessed at one-third their fair market value. Assessments across the county have been trending upward in recent years after bottoming out in the wake of the 2008 recession. To determine how much is owed on
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Plano High School Principal Eric Benson recently announced to staff and students several accomplishments being achieved during this school year. Accomplishments include: • A National Merit Scholarship winner and National Hispanic Scholar winner; • 32 seniors applied to four or more colleges/universities; • 72 percent of all seniors have applied to college along with five students who have enlisted in the military; • 82 percent of all Plano High School students were involved in extra-curricular activities during this school year; • AP and honors enrollments have more students performing at higher academic levels than ever before at Plano High School; • Lindsay Hoalt and Riley Lynch won all-conference awards at the I-8 Conference Art Competition; Individual artwork awards include: Zach Bowne – best acrylic painting and best ceramic; Rachelle Gomez – best black and white drawing and best watercolor painting; Yasmine Esparza – best oil painting; Josi Gonzalez – best mixed media; Cecilia Orosco – best
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Plano High School will present its annual talent show at 7 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the auditorium. Tickets are $3 for students and seniors and $5 for adults. The Plano High School Music Department will present the last band and choir concert of the year on Sunday, May 15 at 3 p.m. Four groups will be performing and admission is free. Cake and punch will be served at the conclusion of the concert. The PHS Music Department and National Hispanic Institute will be having a 5Bs dinner fundraiser on Tuesday, May 24. Tickets are $12 per dinner, which includes a choice of chicken, pork chops or a combination of both. The dinner will be drive-thru service and will be held at the concession stand of the PHS football field. Profits go to purchasing new instruments for the band, more dresses for choir and out-of-state leadership opportunities for NHI. Contact swebb@ plano88.org to purchase tickets.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Miclo Ramirez had a hero’s welcome on Saturday, May 7, with a motorcade through his hometown of Oswego and then on to Yorkville. Ramirez, a recipient of the Meritorious Mast Award, has served in Kuwait. He also received a letter of acknowledgement from President Barack Obama. Ramirez has served with the Marines since 2013, is a graduate of Oswego High School and
was a member of the Oswego Explorer program for six years. The motorcade began in Oswego and traveled to the Yorkville American Legion by way of Route 34 with the help of the Oswego Police Department, the Yorkville Police Department, and the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. The welcome home motorcade was set up by Adopt a Soldier, a nonprofit organization whose mission statement is supporting troops and veterans.
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FAR LEFT: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Miclo Ramirez waves to onlookers as an Adopt a Soldier motorcade welcomes him home on Saturday, May 7. ABOVE: Six-yearold Serenity Gonzales (left), her sister 2-year-old Jozlynn Torres, both of Chicago, and Diana Mewmaw of Oswego wave flags as Ramirez’s motorcade goes by. LEFT: An Adopt a Soldier motorcade, including local law enforcement, moves though downtown Oswego on Saturday.
Unmarked graves no more The graves of 22 Union soldiers from the Civil War – including three African-American soldiers – now have headstones in the Oswego Township cemetery, thanks to the efforts of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) and Stephanie Todd, an Oswego resident and historical researcher. This past Saturday, members of the SUVCW hosted a ceremony in the cemetery on South Main Street in Oswego to dedicate the new markers. Among the many people in attendance were dozens of descendants of one of the African-American soldiers, Robert Ridley Smith. Members of Hayden Davis of Bethesda, Maryland, lays a rose on the grave of her great-great-great-grandfather, Robert Ridley Smith, in the Oswego Township Cemetery on Saturday. For the first time ever, the graves of several African-American Civil War veterans buried in the Smith’s family traveled from all over cemetery are now marked with official markers. Dozens of descendants of Smith from all over the country attended the ceremony the country to attend the event. dedicating new grave markers for Civil War veterans.
ABOVE: Historian Stephanie Todd tells the stories of many of the soldiers that lie in rest at the Oswego Township Cemetery during the ceremony dedicating new grave markers for Civil War veterans on Saturday. LEFT: A bugler in Civil War dress plays taps as part of the ceremony. Photos by Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media
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Traffic charges Jarett S. Moriarity, 22, of the 600 block of Irene Avenue, Rochelle, operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license. Savannah M. Woolsey, 28, of the 50th block of Blackberry Trail, Aurora, driving on a suspended license. Jesus A. Quezada, 33, of the 800 block of West South Street, Plano, driving without a valid license and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. Warrant arrest Anthony R. Beach, 39, of the Plano police arrested Krystin 0-10 block of North Ben Street, R. Thornton, 26, of the 1300 Plano, driving on a suspended liblock of Seventh Avenue, Aurora, cense and operating an uninsured while responding to a report of a motor vehicle. domestic disturbance in the 300 Gregorio Herrera, Jr., 29, of the block of Waubonsee Drive. Police 4300 block of Klatt Street, Plano, said Thornton was arrested on an driving on a suspended license outstanding warrant issued by the and operating an uninsured motor Aurora police department. vehicle.
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they found the deer had caused damage to several offices inside the building. A deer jumped through the window of a tiPolice said they opened all the doors to the tle company office building in the 100 block of building to provide the deer with an avenue West Veterans Parkway in Yorkville on Sunday to escape. But instead of using one of the open morning, police reported. doors, police said, the deer jumped through anPolice said they were summoned to the office other window and ran away. at 11:29 a.m. on a report that the deer was still Police said they were unable to locate the inside the building. Upon arrival, police said deer.
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Facing multiple charges Plano police arrested Brett M. Wehrs, 20, of the 200 block of West Charles Street, Plano, while conducting a traffic stop in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 10-20 block of Center Street at 10:25 p.m. May 8. Police said Wehrs has been charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of ammunition without a firearm owner’s identification (FOID) card and an in-state warrant.
IDOC warrant arrest Plano police arrested Paul A. Mastrodomenico Jr., 25, of the 400 block of West School Street, Plano, in the 300 block of South Street May 4 at 11:15 p.m. Police said Mastrodomenico was wanted by the Illinois Department of Corrections for a parole violation.
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Warrant arrest Plano police arrested Kenneth R. Navarro, 40, of the 100 block of East Clark Street, Plano, at 10:30 p.m. May 9 at his residence. Police said Navarro was wanted on two warrants issued by Villa Park police dating back to 2007.
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KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS DUI among charges County sheriff’s deputies arrested Joseph George Gomoll, 40, of the 10000 block of Lisbon Road, Yorkville, after the vehicle he was driving on Lisbon Road at Highpoint Road at 9:15 p.m. May 6 left the roadway and rolled over several times. Police said Gomoll has been charged with driving under the influence and was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improper lane usage, disobeying a traffic control device, unsafe equipment, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and failure to report an accident to police authority. Bogus text message An Oswego Township resident told sheriff’s police she received a fraudulent text message informing her that her bank credit/ debit card had been locked. Upon calling the number provided in the text, police said the victim gave an automated telephone system her personal information. Later the victim contacted her bank and was informed that the text message she had received had not been generated by the bank.
by Lauren Michele Lundquist, 25, of the 2700 block of Ridgeline Drive, Corona, California. Police ticketed Lundquist for failing to yield turning left. Passenger charged County sheriff’s deputies arrested Caleb Stephen Lauer, 27, of the 200 block of North Orange Street, Orange, California, on a charge of unlawful possession of drug equipment after the vehicle he was a passenger in was involved in an accident on Route 71 and Hilltop Road at 12:56 p.m. May 9. Plano man injured, charged County sheriff’s deputies arrested Silvano Lopez, 25, of the 500 block of West Steward Street, Plano, after he crashed his vehicle on Galena Road west of Clark Road at 5:52 p.m. May 8 Police said Lopez’s vehicle left the road, struck a ditch, went airborne and rolled several times. Lopez was injured in the crash and taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora. Police said Lopez has been charged with driving under the influence and was cited for improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, failure to wear a seat belt and illegal transportation of alcohol.
One hurt, one ticketed An Aurora resident, Armando Espino, 50, of the 700 block of County Line Road, was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 71 Motorist arrested at Hilltop Road at 12:56 p.m. May 9, accordCounty sheriff’s deputies arrested Cesar ing to county sheriff’s reports. Police said Baca, 29, of the 3000 bock of Courtney Espino’s vehicle struck another vehicle driven Street, Plano, after stopping his vehicle for a
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traffic violation on Route 34 at Eldamain Road at 12:10 p.m. May 7. Police said Baca was wanted on two warrants for failure to appear in court on prior charges and was charged with driving on a suspended driver’s license. Warrant arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Daniel Gonzalez, 26, of the 500 block of Lake Street, Aurora, at 10:57 p.m. May 7 at a gas station-convenience store while conducting a business check. Police said Gonzalez was found to be wanted on a Kane County warrant for contempt of court. He was taken into custody and taken to the Kendall County Jail. Resisting among charges County sheriff’s deputies arrested Ethan Clifford Carver, 26, of the 10th block of Amy Drive, Oswego, at his residence May 6 at 4:40 a.m. Police said Carver faces charges of domestic battery, resisting arrest and was wanted on an outstanding warrant.
5:11 p.m. on a charge of domestic battery. Police said Delgado was also wanted on a warrant on a prior charge of domestic battery stemming from a previous incident. Warrant arrest Sheriff’s deputies arrested Whitney Lee Bywater, 26, of the 1800 block of Lilac Lane, Aurora, after they stopped her vehicle for an equipment violation May 8 at 3:59 a.m. on Route 31 and Light Road. Police said Bywater was found to be wanted on a warrant and was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and cannabis. Theft by credit card A resident of Bristol told county sheriff’s deputies May 4 that he had discovered an unknown person was using his credit/debit card in Canada. Police said they are investigating.
Boulder Hill man hurt A Boulder Hill resident, Edwardo Jesus Perez, 18, of the 100 block of Boulder Hill Pass, received non-life-threatening injuries in Millington battery a three-vehicle crash on Ridge Road at Holt County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a battery incident that occurred between two Road in Seward Township at 9:48 p.m. May men in the 300 block of South Church Street 5, sheriff’s deputies reported. Police said the crash occurred when Perez, who was in Millington at 1:54 a.m. May 8. traveling southbound on Ridge Road, struck the rear of a vehicle stopped in traffic. Perez’s Domestic arrest Sheriff’s deputies arrested Mayra Alejandra vehicle then traveled into the northbound Delgado, 31, of the 0-40th block of Saugatuck • Continued on page 17 Road, Boulder Hill, at her residence May 8 at
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Fugitive Task Force all worked together to locate McCullah. McCullah had been a fugitive in Kendall County since March. Burglary investigated County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the burglary of two vehicles parked at a residence in the 300 block of Boulder Hill Pass in Boulder Hill on May 2.
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Respond to domestic County sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic battery incident at residence in the 0-200 block of Boulder Hill Pass in BoulWarrant arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested a juvenile der Hill at 11:06 p.m. May 3. Police said no charges were filed. after stopping his vehicle for having no license plate light at Sonora Road and Long Beach Road in Boulder Hill at 12:28 a.m. May Harvey Road burglary Landscaping equipment valued at approx6. Police said the juvenile was found to be imately $6,000 was stolen from several wanted on an outstanding warrant. maintenance trailers parked at a business in the 900 block of Harvey Road in Oswego on Fugitive apprehended May 5, sheriff’s police reported. One of Kendall County’s most wanted fugitives, Patrick McCullah, was apprehendWarrant arrest ed April 29 in Chicago by the Great Lakes County sheriff’s deputies arrested Guillermo Regional Fugitive Task Force. Aguilara, 33, of the 2200 block of Holt Road, McCullah, a 34-year-old Montgomery resiMinooka, in the 17000 block of Ridge Road dent, was wanted on a Kendall County warin Seward Township at 7:11 a.m. May 5 on a rant. The warrant was issued by the Aurora Police Department following the investigation DuPage County warrant for retail theft. of an aggravated battery incident. The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office, Aurora Fleeing, eluding arrest County sheriff’s deputies arrested Kelly Police Department and Great Lakes Regional
Renee McCutcheon, 22, of the 3000 block of Evans Court, Yorkville, at her residence May 5 at 2:31 a.m. Police said they initiated a traffic stop for a speeding violation on a vehicle driven by McCutcheon in the area of Mill Road and Tuscany Trail in Oswego Township. Police said McCutcheon’s vehicle then accelerated, trying to elude deputies. Police said they apprehended McCutcheon after she had pulled into her residence and attempted to run into her house. Police said the incident is still under investigation.
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Plano’s soccer season ends vs. Stillman Valley PLANO RECORD
LEFT: Plano’s Estefany Valles pushes the ball up field at Tuesday’s Hinckley-Big Rock Regional against Stillman Valley. BELOW LEFT: Plano teammates Bradi Gann (left) and Gema Tinoco battle Stillman Valley’s Alexa Ballard for possession at Tuesday’s game. Plano fell, 5-0. BELOW RIGHT: Plano senior Arieanna Accidentale clears the ball out of the defensive end.
The Plano girls soccer team ended the season with a 5-0 loss to Stillman Valley in Tuesday’s Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional game. Stillman Valley scored within the opening minute of play, but the Reapers stepped up to hold the Red Devils to take a 1-0 game into halftime. Stillman Valley scored four more in the second half. Camryn Rydzewski finished with 18 saves in goal for Plano. “The girls went down a goal within the first minute of the game. It was an eye opener and a tough way to start the game, however, they responded very well to it,” Plano coach Valerie Pelizza said. “We had a few opportunities, but unfortunately could not find the back of the net.” Plano graduates two seniors from the program with 18 juniors returning next season. “We could play with this team tonight. The girls felt it, but after [Stillman Valley] scored their second goal they were lacking the confidence that they had throughout the rest of the game,” Pelizza said. “It is sad to see the season come to an end.”
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The Plano baseball team fell to 9-16 after a Friday afternoon loss to Reed-Custer. The Reapers staked a 3-0 lead in the opening inning, but Reed-Custer scored twice in the second and took a 4-3 lead in the third before continuing with a big six-run fourth to break the game open. Plano also fell to Herscher, 220, last Thursday. The Reapers will now look to snap their seven-game skid as play continues against Westmont, Spring Valley Hall and Wilmington this week.
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before preparing for the Class 2A Mendota Sectional on May 20. Meanwhile, the girls scored 50 points at the conference meet, highlighted by a conference championship 4x100-meter relay. Brielle Tucker, Lindsay Hoalt, Alyssa Dolan and Daisy Mendoza clocked in at 51.84 seconds. Tucker was third in the 100 (13.44) and Allison Smith was third in the high jump, clearing 4-8. “It’s tough when we only have about Plano track and field coach 12 girls on our roster, but I feel like we did have some really good things happen,” Wegley said. “The 4x1 ran in the (11.30) and Izzy Adeoti was second in 51s for the first time this year. Brielle the 200 (22.92) while Murff was third has been putting in the work all year (22.94). Michael Marshall took third in and it’s really paying dividends.” The girls will compete in the Class the 400 (51.39). The boys will have one final meet 2A LaSalle-Peru Sectional on Thurswith the Sandwich Invite on Saturday day for a chance at the state meet.
“They’re peaking at the right time. Tommy PR’d in shot put by a good foot, Christian has been fighting to get over the 6-foot mark and Murff has been winning triple jump almost every meet we’ve gone to so it only took him three jumps to win.” Rob Wegley
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Salas, Gonzalez each had 3 hits; Reapers later fell to Herscher, Reed-Custer By CHRISTINE BOLIN DASCHER cbolin@kendallcountynow.com The Plano softball team snapped a four-game losing streak with the 14-1 victory over Rochelle on May 4. The Reapers were 7-16 overall and 1-12 in the Interstate Eight Conference going into games this week against Westmont, Spring Valley Hall, Wilmington and Princeton. Against the Hubs, Belle Salas and Josi Gonzalez had three hits, and both Shannon Tierney and Anna Love hit
a double for Plano. Tierney was the winning pitcher. “This was a good win for the girls,” Plano coach Dwayne Love said. “They played hard and they showed what they could do.” In the 11-8 loss to Seneca on May 3, Plano had 10 hits but made eight errors. The Reapers were led by Salas and Anna Love, who posted two RBIs each. Love, Gonzalez and Ashley Martinez each had two hits. “We hit well, but left four on base. Once again, we fell a little short,” Dwayne Love said. “We were riddled by errors, and that was the difference in the game.” In the 9-0 loss to Herscher last Thursday, Anna Love had two of Plano’s three hits. Tigers’ pitcher Morgan Scivally finished with 14 strikeouts.
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“Herscher is a good team, there’s no doubt about that,” Dwayne Love said. “They are for real. They are that good. They have good players, and their pitcher really limited us.” In the 8-2 loss to Reed-Custer on Friday, the Reapers finished with three hits, including Tierney’s first-ever home run. The two other hits were from Kassi Kauffman and Anna Love. “[Tierney’s home run] was a big moment for her,” Dwayne Love said. “It was a big hit way over the fence, but we played them tough. We are just one or two hits away in games like this.” Monday’s game at Westmont was postponed due to the weather. The Reapers were winning 5-4 in the fourth inning at the time the game was called.
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When the dust settled, the difference between an Interstate Eight Conference championship and the runner-up was four points. Fortunately for the Plano boys’ track and field team, the edge went to the Reapers in a 117-113 win over Sandwich last Thursday in Seneca. The host Irish were third with 95 points. “It really shows how strong the programs at both Sandwich and Plano are. Leading up to the conference meet, I calculated it out and thought it would be between Sandwich and us,” Plano coach Rob Wegley said. “We knew if we ran the race we could run in the 4x4, we didn’t need to win it, but we had to come in the first three places. Luckily,
the boys went out there and done what they’ve done all season and just performed.” Plano finished with a pair of conference championship relays and a standout performance in the field events. Jeremiah Murff won the triple jump with a mark of 40-2½ and Christian Estrada cleared 6-2 to win the high jump. Tommy Brown took a first-place finish in the shot put with a distance 51-10. “They’re peaking at the right time,” Wegley said. “Tommy PR’d in shot put by a good foot, Christian has been fighting to get over the 6-foot mark and Murff has been winning triple jump almost every meet we’ve gone to so it only took him three jumps to win.” The top three finishers earned All-Conference honors. Mauricio Perez was second in the 100-meter dash
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Plano senior Arieanna Accidentale fights for the ball with Stillman Valley’s Maddi Doss in Tuesday’s Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional.