Complete forecast on page 5 HIGH 38 LOW 28 SPORTS Nominated Joliet Catholic player scores honor / 20 Help wanted Humane society needs volunteers / 24 PETS MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014 • $1.00 TheHerald-News.com Ice, ice baby Festival draws hun- dreds to Frankfort / 8 NEWS MARK KARNER FINANCIAL ADVISOR 3077 W. Jefferson St. Joliet, 60435 815-744-2742 PAUL A. KALAFUT FINANCIAL ADVISOR 1132 W. Jefferson St. Shorewood, 60404 815-744-8150 MATT SCHIMANSKI FINANCIAL ADVISOR 15300 S. Route 59 Plainfield, 60544 815-254-1170 SETH WORMLEY FINANCIAL ADVISOR 2730 Caton Farm Rd. Joliet, 60435 815-254-1735 TIM STETENFELD FINANCIAL ADVISOR 15300 S. Route 59 Plainfield, 60544 815-254-1170 MARK SHARP FINANCIAL ADVISOR 109 East 9th St. Lockport, 60441 815-838-6004 RYAN M. SHARP FINANCIAL ADVISOR 1217 E. 9th St. Lockport, 60441 815-838-9084 EDWARD J. DOLLINGER FINANCIAL ADVISOR 735 Essington Joliet, 60435 815-744-2127 RONALD T. MOLO FINANCIAL ADVISOR 3225 Fiday Rd. Joliet, 60431 815-439-8221 Member SIPC www.edwardjones.com See us for all of your 401(k) rollover options. Call or visit your local financial advisor today. SAFETY LESSONS Number of concealed carry instructors increasing in Will County /3
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Complete forecast on page 5
HIGH
38LOW
28
SPORTS
NominatedJoliet Catholic player
scores honor / 20
Help wantedHumane society needs
volunteers / 24
PETS
M O N D A Y , J A N U A R Y 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 • $1 .00
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NEWS
MARK KARNER
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
3077 W. Jefferson St.
Joliet, 60435
815-744-2742
PAUL A. KALAFUT
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
1132 W. Jefferson St.
Shorewood, 60404
815-744-8150
MATT SCHIMANSKI
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
15300 S. Route 59
Plainfield, 60544
815-254-1170
SETH WORMLEY
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
2730 Caton Farm Rd.
Joliet, 60435
815-254-1735
TIM STETENFELD
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
15300 S. Route 59
Plainfield, 60544
815-254-1170
MARK SHARP
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
109 East 9th St.
Lockport, 60441
815-838-6004
RYAN M. SHARP
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
1217 E. 9th St.
Lockport, 60441
815-838-9084
EDWARD J. DOLLINGER
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
735 Essington
Joliet, 60435
815-744-2127
RONALD T. MOLO
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
3225 Fiday Rd.
Joliet, 60431
815-439-8221
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MORRIS – The American LegionDepartment of Illinois’ annual cara-van began last week and is scheduledto stop Tuesday in Morris.
The caravan’s theme this year is“Veterans Assistance and Rehabili-tation,” and it will focus on deliver-ing key updates to military servicepersonnel about issues that directlyimpact them, and to attract new mem-bers to the American Legion’s activebase, according to a news release.
“This is an opportunity for lo-
cal American Legion Posts to meetwith leadership from national, stateand district levels; an opportunityfor those interested in the AmericanLegion to learn more about what theAmerican Legion does and for veter-ans in general to hear from our nation-al headquarters regarding veteransissues,” Ken Buck, superintendent ofthe Grundy County Veterans Assis-tance Commission, said in an emailabout the caravan.
The caravan kicked off Thursday.The caravan visits different postsaround the state and features Nation-al Vice Commander Robert Newman,
and other state and local leaders. Is-sues to be discussed include veterans’healthcare, Medicare reimbursement,operation of the National EmergencyFund and the women veterans pro-gram.
“This is an unprecedented time inour nation’s history, with so many inneed – our veterans especially needour help, and we have a moral obliga-tion to support them,” Newman saidin the news release. “I invite everyoneto join us in our annual family mem-bership caravan at a post near you.”
A complete schedule of the stopscan be found at www.illegion.org.
American Legion caravan to visitMorris Tuesday
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A firearms instructordemonstrates how to prop-erly hold a handgun duringa concealed firearmscourse Saturday at TotalCCW in New Lenox. Illinoisrecently became the finalstate to allow the carryingof a concealed gun.See story page 3.Photo by Lathan Goumas [email protected]
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MORRIS – The Grundy Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office released resultsfrom the “Drive Sober or Get PulledOver” holiday crackdown on drunk-en drivers.
During the holiday season, re-ducing the deadly dangers fromdrunken drivers was a top priorityas Grundy County sheriff’s deputieswere out in force to arrest those whoput themselves and others on theroad at risk, according to a news re-lease from the sheriff’s department.
From Dec. 20 to Jan. 5, deputiesarrested six drunk drivers who hadblood alcohol concentrations overthe legal limit.
“We warned partygoers not todrink and drive, and we backed itup with aggressive enforcement,”said Grundy County Sheriff Kev-in Callahan in the news release.“These offenders needed to realizetheir actions have serious and po-tentially fatal consequences, and
hopefully, now that they have beenarrested, they will not put them-selves and others at risk by drivingdrunk again.
“Drunk driving is dangerousand deadly; and people can get toowrapped up in the excitement of theholidays and make bad decisions,”Callahan added. “The bottom lineis, if you have been celebrating the
holidays with alcohol, you don’t be-long behind the wheel. Never drinkand drive.”
The recent law enforcementcrackdown was funded by federaltraffic safety funds through the Illi-nois Department of Transportation,and is part of the “Drive Sober orGet Pulled Over” and “Click It orTicket” campaigns.
Arrests made by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies
Arrests and citations by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office during the holiday season:• 6 driving under the influence• 140 seat belt citations• 3 felony arrests• 11 fugitives apprehended• 11 suspended/revoked licenses• 1 reckless driving• 31 uninsured motorists• 79 speeding citations• 35 additional citations for offenses including disobeying a traffic control device, improp-er lane usage, no valid driver’s license and vehicle registration violations• 45 written warnings for speeding violations• 9 drug charges
GRUNDY COUNTY
6 drunken driving arrests made during holidays
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JOLIET – Tim Wiklacki andCharles Powell have been train-ing people for several years onhow to properly use firearms.
But after the Firearm Con-cealed Carry Act passed the Il-linois Legislature in July – andwent into effect earlier thismonth – they turned their in-structional sessions into a busi-ness, a New Lenox-based gunsafety school called Total CCWthat includes training courses forconcealed carry licenses.
“Business is going good,”Powell said. “But it’s not justabout making money. As a gunenthusiast I want people to besafe with them.”
As each day passes with thenew law, Illinois State Police areseeing more people apply to be-come certified concealed carryinstructors.
More than 1,900 Illinois res-idents are certified concealedcarry instructors as of Saturdaynight, according to the state po-lice website. Will County has 113certified instructors, many ofthem current or former law en-forcement officials.
State police have on averagereceived 1,000 permit applica-tions daily since it opened theprocess to pre-qualified citizensDec. 18. The first day of the newlaw boomed with 4,525 applica-tions, Illinois State Police spokes-woman Monique Bond said.
“Not all of those make it to thenext phase, which is now a 30-dayprocess law enforcement objec-tion period, the hard part,” Bondsaid. “These are applicants whohave completed all the requiredsteps, obtained fingerprints,showed their firearms trainingcertificate.”
More than 11,000 applicantsare in the next phase, which al-lows any law enforcement agen-cy from any jurisdiction the abil-ity to look at the application and
reject it. If state police substan-tiates the law enforcement agen-cy’s claim, the applicant can bekicked out of the process.
Anyone can challenge a con-cealed carry instructor’s eligibil-ity through a complaint form onthe state police website.
Safety was a key issue whenthe new law was being discussed
in Springfield. So legislatorsmade the path to get the certifi-cate one of the toughest in the na-tion, according to Ron Van Dyke,owner of RP Shooting Sports inJoliet.
“The state doesn’t providea curriculum to teach. We haveto do that.” Van Dyke said. “Butthey do provide guidelines that
we used to create our course.”According to the new law,
concealed carry courses mustprovide students with 16 hours oftraining, with less time requiredif the applicant has previous lawenforcement or military training.
In those 16 hours, the curric-ulum must teach firearm safety,the basics of marksmanship, gun
care and weapons handling.While safety is the most
important part of Van Dyke’scourse, he also teaches deci-sion-making skills, which he saidwas important because of theunpredictable nature of circum-stances. He has five concealedcarry instructors certified policeofficers on staff.
“The knowledge that comeswith being an officer helps,”said John Byrne, RP ShootingSports instructor, who is also onthe Joliet police force. “We talkabout what happens in situationswhere they may need to use agun.”
While RP Shooting Sports isnot endorsed by Joliet Police, By-rne said he and another officerwere given permission for a sec-ondary job.
Van Dyke said he has receivedpositive feedback on the programby students.
“They went over a lot of dif-ferent scenarios and differentlaws,” said Genelle Chisholm,New Lenox resident. “They werethorough and covered every av-enue in the class. You’re reallygoing to think before you do pullthe trigger.”
Chisholm now owns a gun andthe permit, and plans on conceal-ing it to keep her safe.
“I didn’t want to be a victimand I want to protect myself asneeded,” she said.
Total CCW’s students also ap-preciated the rigors of the course,even those as experienced as Pat-rick Macica, who has been shoot-ing since he was 7.
“It’s our right to own a gun,really a right and freedom,” Ma-cica said.
While Macica knew the basicsof shooting, he still found theclass valuable.
“I learned about ballisticsand even what’s inside a bullet,”Macica said. “The guys here arevery knowledgeable and they ex-plained the ins and outs of guns,especially safety.”
Number of concealed carry instructors increasing in Will County
Retired Chicago police officer andfirearms instructor Connell Griffin(above) demonstrates drawingfrom a holster for students duringa concealed firearm licensing classat Total CCW in New Lenox onSaturday. Illinois recently becamethe final state to allow the carryingof a concealed gun.A training pistol (left) sits in acase during a concealed firearmlicensing class at Total CCW in NewLenox
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BERNICE L. FRITZBorn: July 27, 1923; JolietDied: January 11, 2014; Joliet
Bernice L. Fritz passed awaypeacefully, Saturday, January 11,2014, at Salem Village NursingHome. Age 90 years.Survived by several cousins Glen
and Bernadine Fritz, Diane (Richard)Tordai and Donna Gibson, severalother cousins also survive.Preceded in death by her parents
Arthur and Emma (nee Horn) Fritz.Born July 27, 1923 in Joliet.
Member of St. Peter LutheranChurch. Bernice worked on thefamily farm and was a seamstress.A very kind woman whowasappreciated for everything she didfor the Fritz family.The family would like to thank the
staff of Salem Village Nursing Home
illage ng Homand Joliet Area Community Hospicefor the care and compassion givento Bernice.Lying in state at St. Peter Lutheran
Church, 310 N. Broadway,Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at9:00 A.M. until time of services at10:00 A.M. Rev. Karl Hessofficiating. Interment ElmhurstCemetery. Memorials to St. PeterLutheran Church or Joliet AreaCommunity Hospice will beappreciated.
OBITUARIES
LORRAINE D. GRUBEN
Lorraine D. Gruben(nee Dillman), age86. At restThursday, January 9,2014, at her lateresidence.
Born in Joliet to the late Andrewand Irene (Dorsey) Dillman,formerly of Peoria, returning toJoliet in 2004. Graduate of JolietTownship High School and receivedher bachelor's degree fromStephens College of Missouri. Pastpresident of The Visitation and AidSociety.Survived by her loving husband of
65 years, Ralph Gruben of Joliet; herchildren, Ralph "Randy" (Kris)Gruben of Mission Viejo, CA andDorsey (Andy) Mojden of Hinsdale;four grandchildren, Katie and Erica
ur grandGruben and Molly and Kelly Mojden;great-grandmother of four; severalnieces and nephews.Preceded by her parents; one
sister, Marjorie Wood.A Memorial Mass will be held
Monday, January 13, 2014 at 10:00a.m. at the Cathedral of St.Raymond Nonnatus, 604 N. RaynorAvenue, Joliet. Family will receive allfriends and relatives from 9:30 a.m.until time of Mass. Interment will beprivate.In lieu of flowers, memorials in her
name to Campus Ministry atNazareth Academy, 1209 W. OgdenAvenue, LaGrange Park, IL 60526 orSisters of St. Francis, 1433Essington Road, Joliet, IL 60435.Arrangements by: Fred C. Dames
Funeral Home. For moreinformation: (815) 741-5500 orwww.fredcdames.com
RONALD B. BENSONBorn: Dec. 1, 1934; in MazonDied: Jan. 10, 2014; in Morris
Ronald B. Benson,79, of Morris, passedaway Fridaymorning, January 10,2014 at his home.
Funeral services will be held at11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 17,2014 at Fruland Funeral Home, 121W. Jefferson St., in Morris withPastor Patrick Lohse officiating.Visitation will be held from 5 to 8p.m. on Thursday at the funeralhome. Interment will take place at alater date. Masonic rites will beconducted at the funeral home onThursday at 7:30 p.m.Born December 1, 1934 in Mazon,
he was the son of Noble and Anna(Skogen) Benson. He graduatedfromMazon Township High Schoolwith the class of 1952. Later hegraduated from DeVry Institute inChicago. Ronald married JaniceGordon on June 21, 1958 in Mazonat the Park Street CongregationalChurch. For most of their marriedlife they lived in Plainfield andMorris. He was a veteran of the U.S.Army. He was employed as anironworker for Local No. 1 inChicago.Survivors include his loving wife,
Janice of Morris; twosons, Dale(Kim)Benson of Tomball, Texas andScott (Maureen) Benson of St.Peters, Missouri; one daughter, Kim(Thomas) Page of Montgomery; onedaughter-in-law, Susan Benson ofPontiac; eleven grandchildren; threegreat grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; two step greatgrandchildren; one brother, David(Daleene) Benson of Lynnwood,Washington; several nieces andnephews.Preceding him in death were his
parents; one son, Michael in 2012;three brothers, Donald, Kenneth andGerald Benson; three sisters,Bernice Reader, Anna Mae Blakeand Melva Welch.He was a member of the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, MazonMason Lodge No. 826, Boot KickersDance Club and former volunteerfireman and an EMT inBolingbrook .He enjoyed his time on the
computer, auction sales andcamping. Memorials may be givento the American Kidney
eyfoundation.For more information, call the
funeral home at 815-942-0700 orsign the private online guestbook atwww.frulandfuneralhome.com.
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In memory of ourdearest sister
MaryAnn MeredithDecember 24, 1939 - January 13, 2012
We miss you so muchyou will never be forgotten.
Our hearts are full of memories.Though life goes on without you,
it will never be the same.
All our love,your brothers
Fred, Dick, Alan and David
T. MammosserMathew T. Mammosser
but through all the tears and the pain,but through all the tears and the pain,
AY MATT!HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!Your Family and FriendsLove, Your Family and Friends
In partnership with the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC)
AndrewKrull Jr. was devoted to serviceBy DENISE M. BARAN UNLAND
The Herald-News Correspondent
Andrew Krull Jr. ofMazon did the unselfish,hard work.
So said Randy Segge-bruch of Newark, mem-ber of the University ofIllinois Extension servingGrundy, Kankakee andWill counties and chair-man of Grundy CountyFriends of Extension.
He met Krull years agowhen they both showedpigs through GrundyCounty’s 4-H program.
Although most 4-H par-ticipants tend to fade awayfrom the organizationand reappear when theirchildren join – as Segge-bruch did when his twinboys turned eight – thatwasn’t the case with Krull,Seggebruch said, althoughKrull’s daughter, Hannah,10, also is a member of 4-H.
“When I came back, hewas still plugging away,”Seggebruch said.
For 10 years, Krull ledthe Coal City Community4-H club, said Krull’s wife,Kelly Krull of Mazon.
Krull also served on theclub’s livestock commit-tee and was elected to the4-H Hall of Fame in 2007,Kelly said. His devotion toservice was limitless.
Krull knew “every inchof the Grundy County fair-grounds,” including theelectrical components.
Krull set up andcleaned up, helped otherswith their livestock andeven cleaned bathrooms.Much of that work hap-pened on weekends andlate into the night, Segge-bruch said.
“While everyone elsewas doing the public workand up onstage taking
the credit, Andrew wasbehind the scenes,” Segge-bruch said. “If you neededsomething done, you wentto Andrew. You might notsee him but if his workdidn’t get done, you surewould notice.”
Krull spent much of hischildhood at his grand-mother’s farm, Kelly said.
As a teen, Krull workedfor Mazon farmer MarkWills.
After graduating in1992 with an agriculturedegree from Illinois StateUniversity in Normal, An-drew returned to Mark’s
farm, Kelly said.After Andrew and
Kelly married, they movedto his grandmother’s farmand continued helpingAnna Krull until herdeath, Kelly said.
Andrew also rentedfarm land from a neighborto raise goats and cattleand to grow corn and soy-beans, Kelly said.
“I will continue todo so because that wasAndrew’s passion and itbecame mine, too,” saidKelly, who knew nothingabout farming until shemet Andrew. “This beauti-
ful house, which is almost100 years old, the land, thelove of farming, the loveraising livestock, a beau-tiful daughter. ... He gaveme everything I had and Iam forever grateful.”
Debbie Jo Kinsellaof Minooka served withAndrew on the GrundyCounty 4-H Association,she said.
The success of theGrundy County Agricul-tural District was just asimport to Andrew as the4-H fair, Kinsella said.
“He was always tryingto improve it for the kids
and it’s been a good thingfor the community,”Kinsells said. “When hebecame ill with the braintumor, it was very hardfor him to give up thosepositions.”
Krull had “passed out”one day in June 2011 andthen began vomiting andhaving “really bad head-aches.”
He eventually wasdiagnosed as having anaggressive glioblastoma,Kelly said.
Treatments, as well asan experimental vaccinetrial, failed him.
The cancer claimed thevision on the left side ofeach eye and paralyzed hisleft leg. Kelly said.
In April 2013, membersof the Grundy CountyFriends of Extension coor-dinated a benefit for Krull,with the Future Farmersof America groups in New-ark, Seneca and Serenadonating and preparing1,500 pork chop dinners.
The event raised$90,000, Seggebruch said.
Many of the attendeeswere farmers, Seggebruchsaid, who left their springfarming to support Krull.
That support from oth-ers continued all the wayuntil Krull’s death on Nov.17 at the age of 43.
“He had such a pro-found influence on peo-ple,” Kelly said, “that hisnurse practitioner fromthe University of Chicagoactually came down twiceto see him in the nursinghome, all the way fromChicago to Dwight, and hewasn’t even a patient ofhers at the time.”
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“An Extraordinary Life,”contact Denise M. Ba-ran-Unland at 815-467-5249or [email protected].
Photo provided
Andrew Krull (right) and his daughter, Hannah Krull, (left) loved spending time in Grundy County’s 4-H program.
“While everyone else
was doing the public
work and up onstage
taking the credit, An-
drew was behind the
scenes. If you needed
something done, you
went to Andrew.”
Randy Seggebruchof Newark
AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
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Ice Fest draws hundreds to downtown FrankfortBy JIM DALLKE
FRANKFORT – Tem-p e r a t u r e s m a y h a v eclimbed into the 40s Sun-day, but there was plentyof ice to be found in down-town Frankfort.
The village of Frank-fort kicked off its annualWinter on the Green seriesSunday with Ice Fest, adisplay of 27 ice sculpturesand a live ice sculptingdemonstration in BreidertGreen Park.
Ice Fest brought hun-dreds of people to down-town Frankfort as res-idents took in the icesculpting, heated trolleyrides through downtown,and dog sled rides from theIllinois Alaskan MalamuteRescue Association, all ofwhich were free.
Mary Canino, directorof Winter on the Greenand manager of commu-nity relations for the vil-lage of Frankfort, said theevent is a great way tobring the community to-gether during the coldermonths.
“It helps get the com-munity involved and tobring awareness to down-town,” Canino said. “Andit gets people out of thehouse in the winter. Notmany places have winterevents, so we hope withthe six weeks, and a va-riety of winter events, itprovides something for ev-erybody.”
Winter on the Greenwill have a different com-munity event each Sundayfrom 1 to 3 p.m. throughFeb. 16.
Future events will in-clude a winter carnival,chili cook-off, and a choco-late fondue tasting duringValentine’s weekend.
The ice sculptures,w h i c h d i s p l a y e d t h enames of downtown busi-
nesses, seemed to be keep-ing their shape despiteSunday’s warmer weath-er.
“We’re hoping that they
do hold up,” Canino said.“They probably will drip abit. At night we’re hopingthe weather is cold enoughthat they do stay up. We’ve
had them last two weeksand we’ve had them lasttwo days.”
Frankfort Mayor JimHolland said no matter
what the weather is like,Ice Fest seems to alwaysbe an event that enticesresidents to come down-town.
“These events that wehave in downtown Frank-fort are a focal point forour community,” Hollandsaid. “They’re a way forour neighbors to meeteach other and for peopleto have a sense of commu-nity.
“I t doesn’ t matterwhether it’s raining orsnowing or what theweather is, it’s an opportu-nity for families to get outof the house and just getoutside.”
Frankfort residentAndy Hunt has broughthis kids to Winter on theGreen for several yearsand said the event is al-ways a special event forhis family. His 7-year-old,Charlie, even got a shavedblock of ice from thesculpting demonstration,which the artist carvedthe outline of a penguininto.
“It’s great for sure,”Hunt said. “It’s somethingwe look forward to everyyear, especially wen cab-in fever hits in the wintertime.”
On the Net
For more information on Win-ter on the Green, visit www.villageoffrankfort.com.
A sculptor from Nadeau Ice Sculptors creates a penguin during Ice Fest, an annual event in downtown Frankfort during thecommunity’s Winter on the Green series.
LEFT: Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland plays with a Husky puppy during Ice Fest. RIGHT: The village of Frankfort held dog sled racesfor children during Ice Fest.
“These events that we
have in the downtown
Frankfort are a focal
point for our commu-
nity. They’re a way
for our neighbors to
meet each other and
for people to have a
sense of community.”
Jim Holland
Frankfurt mayor
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LEMONT – Gabe San-doval has studied his wayfrom the labs of LemontHigh School to one of themost prestigious researchinstitutes in the country.
T h e L e m o n t H i g hSchool graduate earneda doctorate in immunol-ogy in April from Wash-ington University in St.Louis and is working onhis post-doctoral fellow-ship at the Dana FarberCancer Institute in Bos-ton and at Broad Institutein Cambridge.
He studied leukemiaand b cell developmentfor his doctorate and iscurrently researchingprostate cancer, he said.
The scientific processof coming up with andtesting ideas is somethingSandoval said he has likedsince he was a kid.
“You can be the firstone to learn somethingthat no one else in historyever knew,” he said.
Lemont High SchoolS c i e n c e D e p a r t m e n tChair Tim Leffler saidSandoval was a pas-sionate student whenhe taught him in theschool’s inaugural Ad-vanced Placement Biolo-gy course.
“He was a leader in theclassroom,” Leffler said.“He always put in thetime. He was always will-ing to help others.”
Sandoval attended theUniversity of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign as apremed student, but hesaid that by his sopho-
more year, he knew hewas more interested inthe science behind themedical treatments.
He was ult imatelydrawn to immunology be-cause it integrated chem-istry, biology and medi-cine, he said.
Sandoval said no classcan replace the experi-ence of working in a lab.
“I work a lot of hoursbut it doesn’t seem likeyou work a lot of hours,because you’re constant-ly engaged,” he said.
Sandoval is not surehow many years he willspend studying in Bos-ton, he said. His goal isto have his own academic
lab where he can researchwhat he wants.
He recently emailedLeffler to give him an up-date on his career prog-ress and to offer advicefor prospective scientists.Leffler said he sharessuch messages with hiscurrent students to givethem an insight into whatscience is like at the nextlevel.
The success of Sando-val and other former stu-dents is a good reflectionof the science classes atLemont High School, Lef-fler said, and he hopes itinspires his students.
“We’d like to keep theball rolling,” he said.
Photo provided
Gabe Sandoval (left), withmentorWojciech Swat, earned a doc-torate in immunology fromWashington University in St. Louis.
Sandoval researching prostate cancer
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By KRIS STADALSKYThe Herald-News Correspondent
S i b l i n g s E l i z a b e t hand Thomas Ridgway ofShorewood are two young,award-winning pianists,and they recently treatedresidents of the Timbers ofShorewood to an afternoonof music.
Residents of the retire-ment community gath-ered in the facility’s pianolounge and lined the ad-joining hallways to enjoythe performances. Staffmembers gathered aroundas well to hear the two so-loists play.
The performance waspresented by HUGS Ju-niors of Shorewood, ofwhich Elizabeth is a mem-ber. Elizabeth started theHUGS elderly program.She and her older brotherboth take time out of theirhectic schedules to play atthe Timbers several timesa year.
“(The elderly) are one ofthe more forgotten sects ofour population, and it’s theelderly that are the oneswho should get our atten-tion,” Elizabeth said. “It’simportant we don’t losewhere we came from.”
Timbers Director ShellyGoggins is always excitedto have Thomas and Eliz-abeth perform when theyare on break from school.
“I love having them,their talent is just amaz-ing,” Goggins said.
The residents recognizegreat talent as well, shesaid.
Both Elizabeth andThomas have been home-schooled all their lives.Piano lessons always werea part of their daily schoolroutine.
Neither one of them en-
joyed playing when theyfirst started at a young age,but they both grew to loveit.
Elizabeth is currentlya high school junior andThomas is a sophomore atVanderbilt University inNashville, Tenn., wherehe is studying musical per-formance on a full tuitionscholarship.
Elizabeth is a nine-timenational winner of theAmerican College of Musi-cian’s piano auditions andwas a gold medal winnerin the Chicago Area Sonata
competition in December.She studies with world-re-nowned concert pianist Dr.Yulia Lipmanovich.
You may recognizeElizabeth as the 2013 MissShorewood. She also is anaccomplished debater andpublic speaker. She was asix-state regional debatechampion this past seasonand in June she finished inthe top five at the NCFCAnational speech champion-ship, where she also wasawarded a sweepstakes tro-phy for top female speakerin the nation.
Being a pianist, a speak-er and debater all havesomething in common,Elizabeth said.
“They are performancerelated and both expres-sive,” she said. “That’skind of the commonground.”
Thomas is studying un-der Craig Nies at Vander-bilt’s Blair School of Music,where he was recognizedas outstanding freshmanhis first year at the school.As a freshman, he also wasthe winner of the Vander-bilt concerto competition.
In 2011, he won theMetropolitan Youth Sym-phony’s Concerto Competi-tion, and most recently wasnamed a Young SteinwayArtist, a designation re-served for a select group ofyoung pianists worldwide.
Thomas has been invit-ed to perform with the Illi-nois Philharmonic Orches-tra and will be highlightedJan. 18 at the Lincoln-WayNorth Performing ArtsCenter.
“It’s a great opportu-nity they have given me,”Thomas said. “Not a lot
of people get to do thesethings in this professionalsetting.”
Both Elizabeth andThomas love to share theirmusic with others, andperforming through HUGSJuniors at the Timbers is aperfect venue to do so.
“We love them (the res-idents),” Elizabeth said.“It’s so much fun to comeand play for them.”
• Kris Stadalsky writesabout people and issues inareas southwest of Joliet.She can be reached at [email protected]
‘Their talent is just amazing’Young Shorewood musicians perform for senior citizens at the Timbers
Photo by Kris Stadalsky
Thomas and Elizabeth Ridgway performed for residents at Timbers of Shorewood recently.
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MORRIS – The city ofMorris has big plans for2014, including road im-provement projects, bigbusiness prospects and aharder push to get illegaldrugs off the street.
Many of the projectswon’t begin until thespring when the weather ismore construction friend-ly, starting with the state’swidening of Route 47.
“As we go forward it isgoing to be a bit hectic onthe north end as the stateprepares to widen 47 tofive lanes,” Mayor RichardKopczick said.
Route 47 will be recon-structed with two north-bound and two southboundlanes from north of Inter-state 80 in Morris to northof Sherrill Road. The workalso will involve the re-placement of bridges car-rying the highway overSaratoga and Valley Runcreeks.
The project is expectedto begin in the spring andtake about two years. It isa state and federally fund-ed project, but the city willcontribute about $857,000toward affiliated work withthe project, such as movingtelephone lines, and gasand sewer mains. A newtraffic signal at Route 47and Prologis Parkway isincluded, as well as the ad-dition of roadway lights.
Also north of I-80 willbe the construction of anew Pilot Travel Centeron the east side of Route47, Kopczick said. Anotherbusiness proposed for thatside of town is a production
facility for Costco, whichalready has a distributioncenter there. Costco is look-ing at making a $110 mil-lion investment by possi-bly building a new facility.
The proposed area isjust west of its current dis-tribution center at 3800 N.Division St. The companyhas submitted a draft an-nexation agreement to thecity. The parties are start-ing negotiations so theproject is not official yet.
“If it goes well, maybewe will see it break groundthis spring, also,” Kopczicksaid.
The city also is lookingforward to a Goodwill storecoming on Mission Park-way just east of the Aldistore.
The Morris MunicipalAirport also continues tobe a priority for city of-ficials. This month it ishoped the state will obtainbids on the runway exten-sion project so construc-tion can start on it in thespring, Kopczick said.
The city plans to extendits north-south runway andtaxiway to the north by 500feet, making it 5,500 feet, toaccommodate larger air-craft. In the more distantfuture, the extension alsoincludes widening the run-way from 75 to 100 feet andoverlaying it with moreasphalt to accommodateheavier aircraft.
As part of this projectthe city had to obtain nu-merous parcels of land toaccommodate the expan-sion. So as part of this proj-ect, Whitman Road will beextended west of AshleyRoad with a bridge androadway, which is neededto provide residences on
that road new access sincethe airport work will nolonger allow them directaccess to Route 47.
From the Morris policeperspective, Chief BrentDite has high hopes for2014, too.
In 2013, Morris policewas able to add four newofficers to its department.This allowed Dite to assigna new Morris officer to theMetropolitan Area Narcot-ics Squad.
“With a new officer as-signed to that, not that itwasn’t always our focus,but it adds to our programswe use and our strategiesto combat illegal narcoticsin the area,” Dite said.
Morris police previ-ously had an officer withMANS, but that officerleft to work for the Grun-dy County Sheriff’s Office,Dite said. When the city’sstaff was reduced, theywere unable to assign anofficer to MANS for a time.
The police departmentalso plans to bring back theMorris Police Citizens Po-lice Academy this year.
Last year it was can-celed because there was notenough participants. Theclass needs a minimum of15, Dite said.
“We’ve held 20-someclasses in the past so peoplewho have wanted to be in-volved in it really have,” hesaid. “For awhile we wereholding them two times ayear.”
The interest has de-clined some so Dite saidhe is hoping it will pick upagain this year.
The department willstart putting informationout on the academy closerto March, he said.
Page 12 • Monday, January 13, 2014 * TheHerald-News.comSTATE
C H I C A G O – T h elong-percolating issue ofIllinois’ minimum wagerate could take centerstage throughout the 2014election campaign as Gov.Pat Quinn pushes to raiseit by year’s end whilehis Republican challeng-ers fine-tune argumentsthat it could backfire onworkers who want to keeptheir jobs.
Quinn wants Illinois tohike its minimum wagefrom $8.25 per hour to atleast $10, an effort thatcoincides with a nationalDemocratic strategy tomake the economy and in-come differences a promi-nent theme in this year’selections.
On the other side, a co-alition of business groupsis ready to oppose thoseefforts, saying a wagehike pushes employers tocut jobs.
One Quinn challenger,Winnetka businessmanBruce Rauner, alreadyhas been criticized forreversing his position onthe issue, while all fourRepublican gubernatorialcandidates are set to at-tend a Feb. 4 Illinois Man-
ufacturers’ Associationforum, where organizerssay the minimum wagewill be a main topic.
Roughly 1.1 millionpeople in Illinois makethe state minimum wage,meaning a full-time min-imum wage worker inIllinois makes roughly$17,000 annually.
Illinois last raised itsminimum wage in 2010through a four-step in-crease, and the state’s rateis the highest among Mid-western states, $1 morethan in neighboring Iowa,Indiana and Wisconsin.
Experts say the issuewill be a tough one forGOP candidates, especial-ly leading up to the March18 primary.
The idea of raisingthe rate is something theparty typically opposes asbad for business, but it’spopular with voters.
“Republican candi-dates ... have to finessethis issue in the primarywhere they don’t alienateprimary voters and, at thesame time ... leave them-selves to appeal to the[general] electorate,” saidDavid Yepsen, directorof the Paul Simon PublicPolicy Institute at South-ern Illinois University.
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5 shot in Elgin instable conditionELGIN – Police in the
northwest Chicago suburbof Elgin say five people havebeen shot.Authorities say the shoot-
ings happened about 3:10a.m. Sunday. All of the fivevictims have injuries thatweren’t life threatening. Theywere taken to area hospitals.Police say the gang crimes
unit responded to the sceneand is investigating.
70 mph signinstallation delayedSPRINGFIELD – Last week’s
frigid and snowy weatherhas delayed installing signsalong Illinois interstatesand tollways increasing thespeed limit to 70 mph, statetransportation officials said.A new law took effect Jan.
1 that increases the maxi-mum speed limit on tollwaysand interstate highways inIllinois to 70 mph from 65mph. Illinois Departmentof Transportation officialshoped to install about 900new 70-mph signs by FridayThat’s because the crews in
charge of switching the speedlimit signs were busywithother tasks. IDOT had 1,755trucks assigned to snow dutyand 3,700 full- and part-timeemployees to clear roads.“The recent winter storm
was top priority for our oper-ations crews, but now thatthe weather has improved,starting next week, we hopeto get more 70-mph signserected throughout thestate,” Ervin said.State officials have asked
drivers not to start driving70 mph until the new signsare installed. It will costabout $200,000 to updatethe signs.
– Wire reports
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imum wage could take center stage throughout the year.
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Page 14 • Monday, January 13, 2014 * The Herald-News / TheHerald-News.comNATION/WORLD
By GEORGE JAHNThe Associated Press
VIENNA – Nearly sev-en weeks after signing alandmark nuclear deal,Iran and six world powershope to reach an agree-ment this week on its im-plementation. But differ-ences over Tehran’s pushto improve its uraniumenrichment abilities coulddelay its enactment andstrengthen critics of theaccord in Washington andTehran.
Both sides say agree-ment is possible at a two-day meeting beginningThursday afternoon in Ge-neva – with caveats.
European Union spokes-woman Maja Kocijanicsaid “some issues remainto be resolved” during thetalks, a statement echoedby Iranian Foreign Minis-try spokeswoman MarziehAfkham.
The meeting is formallybeing held by Iranian Dep-uty Foreign Minister AbbasAraghchi and EU seniornegotiator Helga Schmid
on behalf of the six worldpowers.
But the U.S. State De-partment has announcedthat senior U.S. negotiatorWendy Sherman also wouldattend – an indication thatWashington wants to be inplace if the two sides over-come their differences andannounce a deal by Friday.
Asked if the U.S. antic-ipated agreement, StateDepartment spokeswomanJen Psaki said Wednesdaythat “there are just a fewremaining issues, so we’reworking toward that.”
Psaki did not go into spe-cifics on the nature of thedisagreements in keepingwith the confidential na-ture of the negotiations.
But two officials toldThe Associated Press thatIran is coming to the tablewith demands to exempt afacility used for researchand the development of ura-nium enrichment from theoverall curbs on its enrich-ment. That is somethingopposed by the six powerswhich sealed the Nov. 24deal with Tehran.
Depending on its grade,enriched uranium can beused either for reactor fuelor – at levels above 90 per-cent – for the fissile coreof a nuclear warhead. Iraninsists it has no interest innuclear weapons only nu-clear power but the Unit-ed States and its allies areskeptical.
Limiting uranium en-richment is one of the core
aims of the six-month inter-im deal meant to prepareground for a permanentaccord on Iran’s nuclearprogram.
Under the Novemberagreement, Iran agreed tolimit its uranium enrich-ment to 5 percent – thegrade commonly used topower reactors. The dealalso commits Iran to stopproducing 20 percent en-
riched uranium – which isonly a technical step awayfrom weapons-grade mate-rial – and to neutralize its 20percent stockpile.
At the same time, theagreement allows Tehranto continue enrichment re-search and development –a loophole the two officialssay Iran interprets as allow-ing it to continue producing20 percent uranium at itsresearch and developmentsite at Natanz, south of Teh-ran.
Iranian negotiators sayno additional 20 percentmaterial will be accumu-lated, because any madeat the site will be immedi-ately neutralized, said theofficials, who representcountries that are mem-bers of the Vienna-basedU.N. nuclear agency mon-itoring Tehran’s atomicactivities. They spoke oncondition of anonymitybecause they are not au-thorized to discuss whatis said at the closed meet-ings.
But representatives ofthe six powers – the Unit-
ed States, Russia, China,Britain, France and Ger-many – argue that thepreliminary Geneva dealprohibits all enrichmentabove 5 percent, even forresearch and developmentpurposes.
The two sides also arecoming to the table Thurs-day with an additionaldispute about what can bedone at the Natanz site.As reported by the AP lastmonth, Iran told represen-tatives of the six powersthat it had installed someadvanced centrifuges atthe facility after signingthe Nov. 24 deal, assertingthat it had a right to do sounder the research and de-velopment provisions of theaccord.
That is being opposedby the United States and itsallies. They argue that in-stalling any centrifuge thatincreases overall numbers,particularly a new model,violates Tehran’s commit-ment to freeze the amountand type of enriching ma-chines it has at Nov. 24 lev-els.
Enrichment disputes hamper Iran deal
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Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) shakeshands with Director General of the International Atomic En-ergy Agency Yukiya Amano before a meeting Oct. 28 at theInternational Center in Vienna, Austria.
Health care website frustrates Spanish speakersBy KELLI KENNEDY andRUSSELL CONTRERASThe Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.– Mirroring problems withthe federal health carewebsite, people around thenation attempting to nav-igate the Spanish versionhave discovered their ownset of difficulties.
The site, CuidadoDe-Salud.gov, launched more
than two months late.A Web page with Span-
ish instructions linked us-ers to an English form.
And the translationswere so clunky and full ofgrammatical mistakes thatcritics say they must havebeen computer-generated –the name of the site itselfcan literally be read “forthe caution of health.”
“When you get into thedetails of the plans, it’s not
all written in Spanish. It’swritten in Spanglish, so weend up having to translateit for them,” said AdrianMadriz, a health care nav-igator who helps with en-rollment in Miami.
The issues with the siteunderscore the halting ef-forts across the nation toget Spanish speakers en-rolled under the federalhealth care law. Critics saythat as a result of various
problems, including thoserelated to the website,many people whom the lawwas designed to help havebeen left out of the firstwave of coverage.
Federal officials saythey have been workingto make the site better andplan further improvementssoon. Also, administratorssay they welcome feedbackand try to fix typos or othererrors quickly.
“We launched consum-er-friendly Spanish onlineenrollment tools on Cuida-doDeSalud.gov in Decem-ber which represents onemore way for Latinos toenroll in Marketplaceplans,” said Health andHuman Services Depart-ment spokesman RichardOlague in an email to TheAssociated Press. “Sincethe soft-launch, we contin-ue to work closely with key
stakeholders to get feed-back in order to improvethe experience for thoseconsumers that use thewebsite.”
Still, efforts to enrollSpanish speakers have fall-en short in several stateswith large Hispanic pop-ulations, and critics saythe translated version ofHealthCare.gov could havehelped boost those num-bers.
DRY BRANCH, W.Va.– For Bonnie Wireman,the white plastic bag cov-ering her kitchen faucet isa reminder that she can’tdrink the water.
The 81-year-old womanplaced it there after forget-ting several times the tapwater was tainted after acoal processing chemi-cal leaked into the area’swater supply. Every timeshe turned on the water,she quickly stopped andcleaned her hands withperoxide – just to makesure she was safe.
The widow of a coal
miner, Wireman was an-gered about the chemi-cal spill that’s deprived300,000 West Virginiansof clean tap water for fourdays, but doesn’t blamethe coal or chemical indus-tries.
“I hope this doesn’thurt coal,” said Wire-man, who lives in an areaknown as Chemical Valleybecause of all the plantsnearby. “Too many WestVirginians depend on coaland chemicals. We needthose jobs.”
And that’s the dilem-ma for many West Vir-ginians: The industriesprovide thousands of goodpaying jobs but also poserisks for the communities
surrounding them, suchas the chemical spill orcoal mine disasters. Thecurrent emergency beganThursday after a foamingagent used in coal pro-cessing escaped from aFreedom Industries plantin Charleston and seepedinto the Elk River. Sincethen, residents have beenordered not to use tap wa-ter for anything but flush-ing toilets.
Gov. Earl Tomblin saidSunday water tests wereencouraging, but he didn’tgive a timetable for whenpeople might be able to usewater again.
“The numbers lookgood. They are very en-couraging,” Tomblin said.
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Envoys insist Syriatalks must proceedPARIS – Syria’s West-
ern-backed oppositioncame under steely pressureSunday to attend peace talksin just over a week as envoysfrom 11 countries convergedto help restore, and test,credibility of a rebel coalitionsapped by vicious infightingand indecision.But diplomacy’s limits
were starkly apparent inSyria itself, where activistssaid rebel-on-rebel clash-es have killed nearly 700people in the deadliest boutof infighting since the civilwar began.The bloodshed, pitting
al-Qaida-linked militantsagainst several Islamistand more moderate rebelbrigades, has begun toovershadow the broader war
against the government.Sunday’s meetings in
Paris came just over a weekbefore the scheduled talksin Switzerland, as the SyrianNational Coalition nears col-lapse, its influence erodedby the chronic infighting,international pressure anddisagreement over whetherto negotiate with Syria’spresident, Bashar Assad.U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry joined 10 otherforeign ministers who urgedcoalition President Ahmedal-Jarba to deliver his groupto the Switzerland talks andfinally meet face-to-facewith the government ithopes to overthrow. Kerrysaid he was confident the co-alition would be at the talks,and hinted at a diplomaticbacklash from its allies if itskips the meetings.
Egyptian studentsfight security forcesCAIRO – Hundreds of
students supporting Egypt’sousted president battledsecurity forces Sunday atthree Cairo universities, twodays before a referendumthat officials say will beprotected by a massivedeployment of soldiers andpolice.The clashes came as
Egypt’s Interim PresidentAdly Mansour urged votersto head to the polls tocast ballots Tuesday andWednesday on the draftconstitution. Mansour saidthat the draft charter used“moderate” Islam as a basefor legislation. He also askedvoters “to lead the ship ofthe nation to the shores ofsafety.”
– Wire reports
‘Hustle’ leads Globes, ‘12Years’ takes best drama
By JAKE COYLEThe Associated Press
Shut out all night at theGolden Globes, the histor-ical drama “12 Years aSlave” eked out the night’stop honor, best film dra-ma, while the con-artistcaper “American Hustle”landed a leading threeawards, including bestfilm comedy.
David O. Russell’s“American Hustle” hadthe better night overall,winning acting awards forAmy Adams and JenniferLawrence. Best picturewas the only award for“12 Years a Slave,” whichcame in with seven nomi-nations, tied for the mostwith “American Hustle.”
M a t t h e w M c C o -naughey took best actorin a drama for his perfor-mance in the Texas HIVdrama “Dallas Buyers
Club.” Leonardo DiCaprio,a nine-time Golden Globenominee, won his secondGlobe for best actor in acomedy for his work in“The Wolf of Wall Street.”
Alfonso Cuaron wonbest director for the spaceodyssey “Gravity,” aworldwide hit and criticalfavorite.
The night’s biggest win-ners may have been hostsTina Fey and Amy Poe-hler, whose second timehosting the HollywoodForeign Press Associa-tion’s Beverly Hills, Calif.,ceremony was just as suc-cessful as last year’s show.Fey concluded the nightby toasting the awards as“the beautiful mess wehoped it would be.”
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Loss of jobless aid leavesmany with bleak optionsBy JOSH BOAK
and SAM HANANELThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Acutoff of benefits for thelong-term unemployed hasleft more than 1.3 millionAmericans with a stressfuldecision:
What now?Without their unem-
ployment checks, manywill abandon what hadbeen a futile search andwill no longer look for ajob – an exodus that coulddwarf the 347,000 Ameri-cans who stopped seekingwork in December. Benefi-ciaries have been requiredto look for work to receiveunemployment checks.
Some who lost theirbenefits say they’ll beginan early and unplanned re-tirement. Others will pileon debt to pay for schooland an eventual second ca-reer. Many will likely leanon family, friends and oth-er government programsto get by.
They’re people like StanOsnowitz, a 67-year-oldelectrician in Baltimorewho lost his state unem-ployment benefits of $430 aweek. The money put gaso-line in his car to help himlook for work.
Osnowitz said a con-tinuation of his benefitswould have enabled hisjob search to continue intospring, when constructionactivity usually increasesand more electrical jobs be-come available.
He said he’s sought low-paid work at stores suchas Lowe’s or Home Depot.But he acknowledges thatat his age, the prospect ofa minimum-wage job is de-pressing.
“I have two choices,”Osnowitz said. “I can takea job at McDonald’s orsomething and give up ev-erything I’ve studied andeverything I’ve worked for
and all the experience thatI have. Or I can go to retire-ment.”
Unemployment benefitswere extended as a federalemergency move duringthe 2008 financial crisisat a time of rising unem-ployment. The benefitshave gone to millions whohad exhausted their regu-lar state unemploymentchecks, typically after sixmonths. Last month, theextended-benefits programwas allowed to expire, acasualty of deficit-mindedlawmakers who argue thatthe government can’t af-ford to fund it indefinitelyand that unemploymentbenefits do little to put peo-ple back to work.
The duration of the fed-eral benefits has variedfrom state to state up to47 weeks. As a result, thelong-term unemployed inRhode Island, for example,could receive a total of 73weeks – 26 weeks of regu-lar benefits, plus 47 weeksfrom the now-expired fed-eral program.
Outside Cincinnati,Tammy Blevins, 57, fearsthat welfare is her nextstep. She was let go as amachine operator at aprinting plant in May. Herunemployment check anda small inheritance fromher father helped cover her$1,000-a-month mortgageand $650 health insurancepremium. Now, with herbenefits cut off and fewopenings in manufactur-ing, she dreads what couldbe next.
“I’m going to have to trythe welfare thing, I guess,”Blevins said. “I don’t know.I’m lost.”
Others plan to switchcareers. After being laidoff last summer as a highschool history teacher,Jada Urquhart enrolled atOhio State University tobecome a social worker.
Urquhart, 58, has al-
ready borrowed againsther house, canceled ca-ble-TV and turned downthe thermostat despite thewinter chill. Without anunemployment check, sheplans to max out her creditcards and take on studentloans to complete her de-gree by 2015.
“I’ll be 60 when I gradu-ate,” she said. “If I do one-on-one or family counsel-ing, I can work forever.”
Urquhart finds herselfin sympathy with mem-bers of Congress who wantto limit government spend-
ing. At least in theory shedoes.
“It’s just hard whenyou’re the one gettingshrunk,” she said.
One sign of the per-sistently tight job market:The percentage of Amer-icans either workingor looking for work hasreached its lowest monthlylevel in nearly 36 years, theLabor Department said Fri-day. The unemploymentrate fell in December to 6.7percent from 7 percent. Butthat drop occurred mainlybecause more Americans
stopped looking for jobs,many of them out of frus-tration. Once people with-out jobs stop looking forone, the government nolonger counts them as un-employed.
Because unemploymentbenefits require recipientsto look for work, many whowould have given up keptseeking a job. The federalbenefits eased their finan-cial hardship. But the fun-damental problem goes be-yond unemployment aid: Ashortage of decent-payingjobs for those still copingwith the aftermath of theGreat Recession.
Jesse Rothstein, aneconomist at the Universi-ty of California, Berkeley,who has studied the long-term unemployed, hasfound that extended bene-fits help both the recipientsand the economy – by fuel-ing consumer spending.
“A Band-Aid doesn’theal a serious wound, butthat isn’t much of a reasonnot to use one,” Rothsteinsaid.
The trend of people end-ing their job hunts oncetheir benefits expire hasalready emerged in NorthCarolina, which start-ed cutting off aid in July.North Carolina’s unem-ployment rate sank from8.8 percent in June to 7.4percent in November, butmainly because peoplestopped their job searches.
But some congressionalRepublicans argue thatguaranteed unemploymentchecks that go on for morethan a year lead manyworkers to take excessivetime to try to land an idealjob, instead of settling forwhatever they can find.
Senate Democrats andPresident Barack Obamahave pushed to restore theprogram. But they need toagree on how to pay for it– a key demand from Re-publicans concerned about
a potential $20 billion hit tothe federal budget deficit.
The longer people re-main jobless, the more like-ly their skills are to erodeand the more likely em-ployers are to ignore theirresumes, according to eco-nomic research. The resultis that many eventuallystop looking for work andturn instead to other gov-ernment programs such asSocial Security DisabilityInsurance.
“If those workers don’tever get back, they’re notgoing to be earning in-come, they’re not going tobe paying taxes,” says JoshMitchell, an economic re-searcher at the Urban In-stitute.
Compared with peoplewho’ve been out of workfor weeks, the long-termunemployed tend to be old-er and more concentratedin manufacturing and con-struction, according to re-search by Mitchell.
A majority of the long-term unemployed havechildren. An increasingshare – 28.6 percent vs. 24.2percent in 2007 – attendedcollege but didn’t receivea degree. And most live inthe South and West, wherethe housing bust thatsparked the recession wasmost intense.
About 38 percent of allunemployed workers – or3.9 million – have beenout of a job six months ormore. That’s nearly doublethe proportion it was whenCongress previously endedemergency benefits in 2003and in 1994, notes HeidiShierholz, an economistat the liberal-leaning Eco-nomic Policy Institute.
But many workers saythey would rather havejobs than more benefits.
“It’s just been a struggleforever,” said Blevins, thelaid-off machine operator.“I don’t want nothing forfree.”
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Stan Osnowitz stands at his apartment’s front door Friday inBaltimore. Osnowitz, 67, has been an electrician for 43 years.He lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week inDecember. He said he’s tried getting lower-paid work at bigbox stores such as Lowe’s or Home Depot. But he acknowl-edged that the prospect of a minimum wage job at his age isnot appealing. “I have two choices,” Osnowitz said. “I can takea job at McDonald’s or something and give up everything I’vestudied and everything I’ve worked for and all the experiencethat I have, or I can go to retirement.”
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Even if the Army Corps hasoverestimated the cost, as somecritics are arguing, it still will bean expensive project, ranging intothe billions of dollars. That doesn’tmake separation not worth doing.Unless there’s a proven option outthere that will keep invasive speciesfrom moving between the two watersystems, separation is still the bestanswer.
After seven years of study and $25million, the Army Corps recentlyreleased a plan with eight optionsfor dealing with invasive speciesmoving from one basin to another.The poster fish for this effort is, of
course, the Asian carp, which hasbeen swarming up the Mississippisystem for years, wreaking havoc onlocal habitats and native fish.
The initial short-term plan tokeep the large jumping fish out ofthe Great Lakes relied on an electricbarrier in the Chicago Sanitary andShip Canal. The canal is the connect-ing link between the systems, builtmore than a century ago to keepChicago’s wastewater out of LakeMichigan and sending it toward theMississippi River. But in additionto fouling the waters south and westof Chicago, the canal threatens tobecome a highway for species suchas the Asian carp. The only sure wayto close that highway for the carpis to close the canal to all traffic bybuilding a physical barrier.
Creating that barrier could costbetween $15.5 billion and $18 billion,
the Army Corps says and could take25 years to build. Part of the reasonfor that is the massive amount ofwork needed to retool Chicago’s sani-tary and storm water sewer systems,as the Journal Sentinel’s Dan Egannoted in a Tuesday article.
Right now, Chicago sewage plantdischarges, among the filthiest in thenation, Egan reports, flow into the ca-nals and away from Lake Michigan.Separation would send those dis-charges, along with storm water andsewer overflows, into Lake Michigan.
And that requires expensive andserious upgrades in sewage treat-ment as well as construction of newreservoirs and tunnels to transportand capture storm-driven seweroverflows so they could be treatedbefore being discharged into thelake.
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JOLIET – The holidayshave been very kind toJoliet Catholic senior for-ward Jasmine Lumpkin.
During the annualtwo-week break fromclasses, the 6-foot Lump-kin’s 15 point average infour games aided the An-gel’s championship runthrough the Hillcrest Hol-iday Classic. She savedher best for last, scoring 21points in the title tilt, a 77-60 win over Bolingbrookon Dec. 28.
The Joliet Catholic (14-0, 3-0) girls followed uptheir banner performancewith three consecutiveconference victories overProvidence on Jan. 4, Ben-et on Wednesday and Car-mel on Thursday.
As the unbeaten Angelscontinue East SuburbanCatholic Conference play,vying for a top seed in Feb-ruary’s 3A playoffs, Lump-kin was notified Tuesdayby head coach Ed Schodrofshe is nominated for the2014 McDonald’s All Amer-ican Games.
“It’s such a blessing andan honor to be named aMcDonald’s All Americanfinalists,” Lumpkin said.“I was really surprised be-cause I had no clue aboutthe nomination until coachSchodrof texted me onTuesday morning. It was areally nice wake-up call.”
A Michigan State com-mit and a Bolingbrookresident, Lumpkin is oneof 13 Illinois seniors – nineboys and four girls – toreceive the honor. She isnow eligible to make thefinal team of 24 boys and24 girls, which will be an-nounced at 5 p.m. Jan. 29on ESPNU.
About 1,000 playersfrom 44 states and theDistrict of Columbia were
nominated for the 2014McDonald’s All AmericanGames, which will takeplace April 2 at the UnitedCenter.
She explained it wouldbe an honor to represent Il-linois and compete in frontof the home crowd.
“It would be thrilling toplay on the United Centerfloor and in front of theChicago crowd,” Lumpkinsaid. “I will continue towork hard on and off thecourt in the coming weeksand hopefully it all worksout.”
Last season, Lumpkinaveraged a double-double(19 points, 13 rebounds)and powered Joliet Catho-lic to its first regional titlesince 2006.
With a loaded Angels2013-14 roster – includingstarting freshman for-wards Ty Battle and JnayaWalker as well as standoutsophomore guard NicoleEkhomu – Lumpkin isscoring at an 18-points-pergame clip and believes thisJoliet Catholic team canmake a deep playoff run.
“I want to win statewith this team,” Lump-kin said. “That’s my maingoal. For that to happen,
we need to keep makingsteps in the right directionand improving with everygame and practice.”
It’s that fiery, team-first leadership style thatcaught the attention ofhead coach Ed Schodrofwhen Lumpkin trans-ferred from Montini to
Joliet Catholic after hersophomore year.
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tremendous competitor,”Schodrof said. “She is oneof the most humble, hard-working kids that I’ve ever
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According to IllinoisMatmen, Morris 132-poundwrestler Kenny Baldridgeis ranked No. 2 in the statein his weight class.
“I think it’s a fair as-sessment. I think heshould be No. 1, but we’regoing to find that out realsoon,” Morris coach JonLanning said about therankings. “Besides, therankings don’t mean awhole lot until you get tothe state tournament. It’sall about where you are onthat podium at the end ofthe year.”
Rockford Boylan’s AlexButler is currently No. 1,even though Baldridgehas wrestled – and beaten– him before. Baldridge re-cently came away from atournament in Metamorain which he beat the No. 3ranked wrestler in Class2A in Casey McWhirter ofEast Peoria.
“He’s 19-0 this year andpretty much dominatedall of his matches,” Lan-ning said last week. “InMetamora, he had a toughmatch in the finals. Hewrestled the kid from EastPeoria, the McWhirterkid, and beat him 5-1, butI thought he handled himpretty well. He controlledthe match. It was a smartmatch. It was good for himbecause he was pushedthat match.”
Baldridge said he wentinto the McWhirter matchto simply learn.
“I knew [McWhirter]was a good kid because Ihad seen him in the offsea-son when we were wres-tling, so I knew that he waspretty good,” Baldridgesaid. “He’s ranked No. 3
now – right below me. Iended up beating him, butif I had stayed on my feet Ithink I could have beatenhim by a lot more. Basical-ly, I was just trying to fig-ure out how he was goingto wrestle that way I knowhow to wrestle him on theway down to state.”
Last season Baldridgefinished fourth in Class2A at 120 pounds, but he’sspent a great deal of timeduring the offseason to getto his current weight.
“He works hard in theweight room in the offsea-son. That was one of thegoals for him. Besides, ifhe is going to go to the nextlevel and wrestle in col-lege, he’ll probably end upa 133-pounder anyway,”Lanning said. “So he feltcoming in that if he was go-ing to wrestle in college at133 pounds that he had tobe a 132-pounder this year.He said all year that hewasn’t going to be jumpingor dodging around. He’s at132 and willing to take onany takers. He’s basicallysaid, ‘Come get me at 132.’ ”
Baldridge is particu-larly pleased to be in thatweight division despitebumping up two classesfrom his junior year.
“I’m really comfort-able with where I am at,”Baldridge said. “I lifted allsummer and wrestled 132all summer and made sureto wrestle in that weightclass. I wanted to be surethat it was the right weightclass before I chose it. I’mreally glad that I chose theweight class that I did.”
Lanning said he likeswhat he has seen in termsof form and fitness from
his senior.“He’s exactly where I
want him to be. He’s real-ly made those little, smallimprovements that he’sneeded to make,” he said.“The biggest thing he’s im-proved on from last yearthat kept him out of thestate finals is his reshots.He’s recognizing thatnow, seeing it and scor-ing with it consistently.The other day in practice
he hit a beautiful one andI screamed all the wayacross the room, ‘That’sexactly how you do it.’ Andhe did it against Trevor[Allbert], a guy who is 30pounds bigger than he is.”
All in a day’s work.“I feel like I am doing
pretty well. I’m just do-ing what I have to do tobe ready for the state se-ries,” he said. “I’m prettyexcited. I’ve been training
real hard lately. Practic-ing a lot and getting mycardio down. Trying tostay healthy and keep myweight down.”
And the reshots?“I’ve been working on
that more,” Baldridge said.“That gives me more timeto take a person down. …It gives me another chanceto shoot back in.”
Apparently, Baldridgeis right on track for anoth-er chance at the top prizeavailable next month atstate in Champaign’s As-sembly Hall.
“He needs to contin-ue wrestling hard and towrestle his match,” Lan-ning said. “He knows howto compete – he does that.He’s wrestling at 100 per-cent right now. Not onlythat but he’s focused andpoised. We think he’s go-ing to make a run at thatstate tournament andhopefully end up at the topof the podium this year.”
Baldridge said he’s ea-ger to get back down toChampaign to apply whathe learned last year at thestate tournament.
“Last year I learnedthat I need to learn to slowdown my pace,” Baldridgesaid. “That I need to blockmy shots a little bit betterbecause I’m going to needthat when I get down tothe state series again. I’mgoing to need to do that ifI am going to get throughthis year.”
He’s already up onthe wall of the wrestlingroom as a state qualifierand placer. Still, it doesn’tseem like it would beenough to simply pull offthat feat again.
Morris senior wrestler Kenny Baldridge has bulked up from his wrestling weight of 120 from ayear ago to 132 this season. Baldridge is looking for a return trip to state.
“I’m really comfort-
able with where I am
at. I lifted all summer
and wrestled 132 all
summer and made
sure to wrestle in that
weight class.”
Kenny BaldridgeNo. 2 ranked wrestler in the
state in his weight class
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Broncos top Chargers, make AFC title gameBY ARNIE STAPLETONThe Associated Press
DENVER – Peyton Manning took aknee again, just as he had at the end ofregulation exactly a year earlier.
Only this time, he trotted off tocheers, high-fives and smiles.
Manning welcomed Wes Welkerback into the lineup with a touchdowntoss Sunday and the Denver Broncos
narrowly avoided a repeat of theirplayoff slip from last year, advancingto the AFC championship game witha 24-17 win over the San Diego Char-gers.
The Broncos (14-3) took a 17-0 leadinto the fourth quarter before Char-gers quarterback Philip Rivers cap-italized on an injury to cornerbackChris Harris Jr. to stage a comebackreminiscent of Baltimore’s shocking
win 38-35 win in double overtime atDenver.
On that night, Jacoby Jones hauledin a 70-yard pass from Joe Flacco totie it and Denver coach John Fox hadManning take a knee so the Broncoscould regroup in overtime. This time,Manning rescued the Broncos fromthe brink of another crushing collapseand sent them into the title game forthe first time in eight seasons.
NFL: DENVER 24, SAN DIEGO 17
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The SanFrancisco 49ers’ 23-10 victory over theCarolina Panthers in Sunday’s NFCdivisional playoff game wasn’t quitethe edge-of-your-seat thriller someexpected, and it had little to do withthe meeting between ex-teammatesand the prized fruit of the Mike Ditkacoaching tree – Jim Harbaugh andRon Rivera.
This one was about a clearly better49ers squad teaching a bit of a lessonto the not-ready-for-primetime Pan-thers. Both sides did try to make itthe bare-knuckle brawl everyone ex-pected, and the game also featured asmuch jawing, pushing, shoving andchirpiness as any game this season.
Afterward, NaVorro Bowman –one of the heroes of the game for the49ers with 11 tackles, one sack andtwo tackles for loss – told me, “It wasas much talking as I’ve ever heard onthe field. It was two really good teamstrying to get in the other one’s headsas much as possible and we were ableto make more plays.”
Bowman was right. Statistically,this one produced more offense thanthe Panthers’ 10-9 victory in SanFrancisco in Week 10. But the num-bers made it look almost like a deadheat. Carolina outgained the 49ers325-315 in total yards and had a 10-sec-ond advantage in time of possessionat 30:05. But the 49ers were plus-2 inthe turnover department and hadthe play-makers while the Pantherscouldn’t find a difference-makerother than Steve Smith, whose 31-yard touchdown catch from CamNewton after a 26-yard Ted Ginn, Jr.
punt return gave the Panthers theironly lead of the game at 10-6 in thesecond quarter. Smith, however, wastargeted only once more with aboutsix minutes left in the first half andthen was neutralized by the 49ers’defense the rest of the game.
The lead held up until 49ersquarterback Colin Kaepernick foundVernon Davis in the back corner ofthe end zone with a 1-yard TD tosswith five seconds left in the first half.It was ruled no catch on the field butreplay showed Davis had draggedhis left toe just before stepping outof bounds, and the 49ers went to thelockerroom with a 13-10 lead at thehalf.
Davis’ TD catch was his seventh inthe playoffs, tying him for the all-timeNFL record for TD catches by a tightend in the postseason. When I askedDavis what the record meant to him,he told me, “Honestly, I wasn’t awareof that and I’m kind of speechless andoverwhelmed. What matters now iswe have a chance to do somethingbigger next weekend and I’m sure therecord will sink in eventually.”
In addition to Bowman and Davis,Ahmad Brooks (2½ sacks) and Pat-rick Willis (11 tackles and an inter-ception) came up with huge stops forthe 49ers.
The 49ers held Panthers runningbacks DeAngelo Wiliams and Mike
Tolbert to a combined 13 carries for33 yards while Frank Gore and An-quan Boldin were the difference forthe 49ers on offense.
Gore rushed for 84 yards on 17 car-ries, including a 39-yard second-halfrun that set up the 49ers’ last scoreand all but put the game away.
Boldin paced the passing gamewith eight catches for 136 yards, andwas in the middle of a lot of the jaw-ing that went on all afternoon.
The other big difference in thegame was eight Panthers penaltiesfor 73 yards that gave the 49ers’offense a number of second chancesafter seemingly being stopped.
In the locker room after the game,I asked Harbaugh what the differencewas and he complimented his friendRivera and said, “We just had a fewmore guys who knew how to get itdone.”
Harbaugh also told me hisgrandfather had passed away Sundaymorning, a fact that for the most parthad been kept quiet all day out ofrespect for his parents and family.
“Its OK, though, I know hewatched the game in heaven and hasa huge smile on his face right now.”
It’s hard to imagine that smilecould have been any bigger than theone the victorious coach was wearingas he began to think about his trip toSeattle next weekend with his secondSuper Bowl in two years now just onewin away.
By this time next week,Julius Peppers will be 34years old.
Thirty-four.In the real world, it’s
no big deal to be 34. You’veescaped the angst of yourteens and the turbulenceof your 20s. Maybe you’remarried. Maybe you havekids. Maybe you’ve earneda promotion. Maybe you’vechanged careers.
But we all know that theNFL is not the real world.
In the NFL, players intheir mid-30s might as wellbe dinosaurs. They tend tofall into three categories:Quarterbacks (see: TomBrady, Peyton Manning),
specialists (see: AdamVinatieri, Patrick Man-nelly) and breaking downposition players.
Peppers isn’t a quarter-back or a specialist.
The Bears have a toughdecision to make thiswinter regarding Peppers’future. General managerPhil Emery must decidewhether he thinks theeight-time Pro Bowl defen-sive end can bounce backfrom an inconsistent sea-son to merit a salary-caphit in the neighborhood of$18 million.
Perhaps the Bears couldtry to restructure Peppers’deal for the second straightseason. Or perhaps theycould cut Peppers with twoyears remaining on hisdeal.
Then again, the Bearscould try to squeeze at
least one more seasonout of Peppers under hiscurrent deal, hoping hehas more success at age 34than did Brian Urlacher.
Emery, as always, hasremained tight-lippedabout his plan.
First, the Bears mustdecide whether to retaindefensive coordinatorMel Tucker. Then, theymust determine whetherto preserve a 4-3 defensivescheme, switch to a 3-4scheme or implement somesort of in-between, hybridoption.
And then comes Pep-pers’ contract, which couldaffect other free-agentsignings.
“I’m not going to getinto contracts,” Emerysaid this month when Pep-pers’ name came up at theBears’ season-ending news
conference. “He’s undercontract.
“Julius had an 8-8 year,like all of us, like I did, andthat’s where he’s at.”
Peppers is paid to have13-3 years, not 8-8 years.But Emery was careful topoint out that an “8-8 year”did not mean that Peppershad become an averageplayer.
“I didn’t say he was an8-8 defensive end,” Emerysaid. “I said he had an 8-8season, to correct that.That’s a whole lot differ-ent.
“Obviously, Julius hada lot of good games like alot of our players, and hehad games that he wouldwant back, and I thinkJulius would say that, too.We will work through eachand every player on oursquad and to determine
where we’re going withhim in the future, and thatprocess is going to taketime.”
Peppers’ time as a dom-inant player might haverun out.
Twelve years ago, he en-tered the NFL as a 22-year-old and registered a dozensacks as a rookie with theCarolina Panthers. Heenjoyed eight seasons withdouble-digit sacks between2002 and 2012, adding 37forced fumbles during thatspan.
But Peppers’ productionplunged in 2013. He fin-ished the season with 7½sacks and two forced fum-bles, and his 19 quarter-back pressures were onlyone more than embattledteammate Shea McClellin,whose future likely is atanother position.
Blackhawks end three game losing streakBy MARK LAZERUS
Patrick Kane, standingbelow his own goal line ona power play, wheeled thepuck around the boards toa point man that wasn’tthere, and then couldonly watch helplessly asthe puck skittered all theway down the ice towardthe Blackhawks’ emptynet, vacated earlier byAntti Raanta for an extraattacker on a delayed pen-alty call.
Kane leaned to his left,trying to coax the inso-lent puck wide with alittle body English. Thenhe leaned harder. Thenhe smacked himself onthe forehead when he re-alized what was about tohappen.
Kane scored. Fromabout 195 feet away. Onhis own net.
That the bizarre goalended up a slapstick foot-note in Sunday night’sgame and not the latestanvil to fall on the Hawks’head was good a sign asany that the EdmontonOilers were just what theHawks needed to snap outof their recent funk. TheHawks dispatched the Oil-ers 5-3 to end a three-gamelosing streak in whichthey had scored a total offive goals.
Marian Hossa cele-brated his 35th birthdaywith a goal and an as-sist – becoming the thirdHawks player this seasonto score on his birthday,joining Johnny Oduyaand Patrick Sharp. An-
drew Shaw, elevated tothe second line with Mar-cus Kruger moving backdown to the fourth, hadhis best game in weeksscoring a goal and gen-
erally wreaking havoc.And the Hawks scoredfive goals for the thirdstraight time against theOilers, who had been atough out for them in re-
cent years.The Hawks fell behind
early again – the fourthstraight game in whichthey failed to score first– as Ales Hemsky skat-ed right around Dun-can Keith before cuttingacross the crease and slip-ping the puck past Raantafor a 1-0 lead.
But the Hawks re-sponded with their firstfirst-period goal in sixgames, as Ben Smith de-flected Niklas Hjalmars-son’s shot from the blueline past Devan Dubnykto make it 1-1. The shiftwas triggered by a pair ofbig Brandon Bollig hits;that line actually startedthe game.
Shaw ripped a shotfrom the left circle pastDubnyk at 2:36 of the sec-
ond to give the Hawks a2-1 lead, which stood untilKane’s jaw-dropping own-goal at 10:23. But the rea-son the Hawks’ net wasempty was because theOilers – already down aman – had been called fora penalty (Dubnyk’s firstof two on the night). Andthe Hawks quickly gotthe goal back, as Hossaone-timed a Keith pass 29seconds into the two-manadvantage.
Jonathan Toews scoredon a Sharp feed at 17:32 ofthe second to make it 4-2.The Oilers made thingsinteresting with a Tay-lor Hall goal at 5:17 of thethird, and Dubnyk keptthem in it with a seriesof big stops before BrentSeabrook scored the in-surance goal with 5:41
What to watch
NBA: Washington atBulls, 7 p.m., CSNThe Bulls continue
to respond well aftertrading away their leadingscorer in Luol Deng. TheBulls (17-18) can extendtheir winning streak to aseason-high six straightand reach .500 for the firsttime since Nov. 24 whenthey meet the Wizards(16-19).
AP file photo
Chicago Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews (19) celebrates withteammates Patrick Sharp (10) and Marian Hossa (81) afterscoring a goal Sunday during the second period of an NHLhockey game against the Edmonton Oilers in Chicago.
Tom
Musick
BEARS INSIDER
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HOW TO SUBMIT
Submissions can be emailed to [email protected]. High-resolution photos should be sent as attachments to an email. Submissions are subject to editing for length,
style and grammar. Animal shelters wishing to send in a “Pet of theWeek” nomination can email those to the same address by 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to publication.
In need of volunteersBy DENISE M.
BARAN–UNLANDThe Herald-News Correspondent
It’s a regular and dedi-cated volunteer crew thatmake the difference in thelives of cats such as Frosty,a young cat that the nieceof Joyce Drzal of Rockdale,volunteer coordinator atthe Will County HumaneSociety in Shorewood, re-cently found on a brutallycold night.
Unfortunately, whilethe shelter, Frosty’s tem-porary home, is full withnearly 100 cats and 40dogs, volunteers to carefor those animals are run-ning low, Drzal said, so sheis appealing to the commu-nity for help.
Previous interactionwith animals is not a re-quirement. All volunteersare trained, even if one hasalways owned pets, saidDave Horkey of Joliet, vicepresident of the shelter’sboard of directors and Sun-day’s volunteer coordina-tor. That’s because caringfor the needs of a shelteranimal is not the sameas caring for the needs ofcompanion animals.
“All you need is a desireto volunteer and we willprovide the guidance,”said Horkey, who beganvolunteering in 2008 as adog walker. “All we askis that you adhere to thatguidance.”
Aren’t fond of interact-ing with animals? One maystill get involved throughsuch areas as fundraisingand public relations andworking adoption eventsand as an adoption coun-selor, Horkey said.
“People who have expe-
rience in sales, marketingor even working directlywith the public are a hugebenefit to our organiza-tion,” Horkey said. “Theopportunities expand be-yond working directlywith the animals. You caneven grow with the organi-zation.”
Horkey cited severalreasons for the ebb andflow in volunteer num-bers. True, they often risein good weather but theyalso drop in the summerwhen student volunteersno longer need communityservice hours for school,Horkey said.
He doesn’t wish to dis-courage young peoplefrom volunteering – youth
13 through 16 need a par-ent to volunteer with them– but added it’s time con-suming to train a youngperson for a job when thatperson only needs to fulfillthree hours of communityservice.
“We’re looking for peo-ple willing to spend timeon a regular basis,” Hor-key said. “Let me be clear,though. Nobody has tocome in five days a weekor anything like that. Justpick a day and start volun-teering. If you can’t makeit on a particular week,that’s not a problem.”
For those desiring apersonal connection withthese cats and dogs, thebiggest need occurs when
the shelter is closed to thepublic: Monday, Wednes-day and Friday evenings,Saturday mornings andSundays, Horkey said.
During those times,cats still need fresh food,water, litter and brush-ing. In addition to mealsand grooming, dogs alsorequire outdoor exercise.This increases their adopt-ability, Horkey said, byreleasing pent-up energybefore prospective ownersview and play with them.
“I had one dog walkershow up on Sunday,” Hor-key said, “and we have 35dogs.”
Less volunteers meansless one-on-one qualitytime for the animals. This
also means some animalsmay not receive propersocialization, as necessaryas to their future status ashousehold pets. Formerhousehold pets may be de-pressed, Horkey said, andmany of these cats anddogs have never lived in ahome.
“Some dogs have nev-er been around people orwalked on a leash,” Hor-key said. “We train ourvolunteers how to staysafe while walking a dogand how to keep a safedistance from the otherwalkers. Some dogs haverecently had surgery andcan’t be walked. We’rethere to provide guidanceand education and we set
clear boundaries on howto interact with the ani-mals.”
The fear of seeing all thesad little faces and want-ing to take each cat anddog home prevents someindividuals from donatingtheir time but experiencedvolunteers express the op-posite, Horkey said.
“You end up feelingmore joy when the petsfind their forever home,”Horkey said.
Still, in a pinch, Drzalis amazed at how the shel-ter’s current volunteersband together to solve aproblem.
“Last Monday whenit was so cold, one of theregulars couldn’t makeit,” Drzal said. “So I sentan email to see if we couldget some help because thatleft only one person inthe cat room. They camethrough.”
Help running low at WillCounty Humane Society
Photo provided
A volunteer cuddles Frosty, the newest cat at Will County Humane Society in Shorewood.
More information
For more information on vol-unteering, call the Will CountyHumane Society at 815-741-0695 or visit www.willcounty-humane.com and download avolunteer application.Will County Humane Society
also is on Facebook.According to the website,
students not planning on com-pleting a minimum of 25 hoursof service will be unable towork directly with the animalsbut may assist with fundraisingprojects. Parents of studentsages 13-16 also must fill outvolunteer forms.
Millions of animals need help during freezeBy SUEMANNINGThe Associated Press
LOS ANGELES – Back-yard rabbit Mr. Bun-Bunshas been calling a bath-room home for nearly aweek, police K-9s havebeen relieved of chase dutyin deep snow, feral cats gotsugar and straw from a lotof good Samaritans andOrmsby, a skinny, tooth-less, blind and geriatricgoat with a tendency towander has been locked ina barn.
As a fierce freezegripped much of the coun-try, animal lovers wererushing to protect pets,livestock and police dogsfrom historically icy tem-peratures that have led todeaths, transit shutdownsand school closures.
The blast of polar airbreaking records in theMidwest, East and Southsent shelters and pet own-ers scrambling to keepsensitive paws and wetnoses warm.
Veterinarians say thesmaller the animal, thehigher the risk of freezingto death. In dogs and cats,shivering and lethargy arethe first two signs of trou-ble.
“The smaller you are,the more body surface youhave, and the quicker youwill lose body heat,” saidDr. Douglas G. Aspros, im-mediate past president ofthe Illinois-based Ameri-can Veterinary MedicalAssociation.
Subzero wind chillshave been widely regis-tered, and Aspros, whohas offices in White Plainsand Pound Ridge, N.Y.,says they are a big factorbecause wind strips heatfrom pets faster.
If you need to warm ashivering animal, a quickand easy way is to heata towel in the dryer and
wrap it around them.Many animals will be
comfortable if they’re mov-ing but get cold when theyslow down, said Dr. BrianCollins of the small animalclinic at Cornell Univer-sity College of VeterinaryMedicine in Ithaca, N.Y.
“They may refuse towalk because their feet areso cold,” he said. “Theymight alternate pickingup their feet because theydon’t want to leave themdown too long. I have seenlittle dogs just fall over.
They will pick up one,two and three feet and fallright over.”
The Indianapolis Met-ropolitan Police Depart-ment’s dogs still are onpatrol with their handlers,but they aren’t being de-ployed for extended out-door searches, Lt. BennyDiggs said.
All dogs are different,but a K-9 might be able tosearch for only 15 or 20 min-utes in deep snow beforeshowing signs of trauma tothe legs, he said. Ice under
snow can cut their feet andsalt in wounds is painful.
“We haven’t had any-thing like this in forever.You can’t even put chem-icals down because theyjust freeze,” Diggs said.
Cats probably are themost resourceful animalsin the cold, and feral catsare particularly hardy be-cause they are so used tothe outdoors, said BeckyRobinson, president andfounder of Alley Cat Alliesin Baltimore.
But in this kind of
weather, a helping handcould save a lot of lives,she said.
She said Samaritanshave been making cheap,outdoor shelters with plas-tic tubs or foam coolers setoff the ground and linedwith straw. Blankets gathermoisture, she said, and willfreeze, so they use straw.She recommends puttingwater in plastic, ratherthan metal, bowls, with apinch of sugar because itdoesn’t freeze as quickly,she said. It still has to be re-
freshed often, though.The vets warned driv-
ers to check before startingcars because cats, domes-tic and feral, are drawnto warm engines and carhoods. An open clothesdryer is a warm spot thatcould lure an indoor cat,so keep the door shut.
Livestock will head forthe barn when cold.
At the 175-acre FarmSanctuary in WatkinsGlen, all 640 horses, cows,sheep and goats were giv-en shelter from the coldand snow, national shelterdirector Susie Coston said.That includes Ormsby,locked up for his own good.
Ormsby and at least 25of the calves, sheep andother old goats are wear-ing coats specially madefor them by a volunteer.
Chickens are suscep-tible to frostbite on theirwattles and combs, Costonsaid, so they are coveredwith Vaseline.
At Dr. Caroline Flow-er’s office in Chester,Conn., every dog throughthe door has been wearinga coat this week. Recep-tionist-technician CathyTroncoso said her dogswould be wearing themtoo, but they don’t makethe outerwear big enoughto fit her two 125-poundPyrenees dogs.
The cold forced col-league Ashley Bogert tomove her backyard rabbit,Mr. Bun-Buns, into herbathroom. “He loves it,”she said, but she’s look-ing forward to getting theroom back to herself.
Dr. Jeff Werber inbalmy Southern Califor-nia offered a few tips forhelping pets destress afterbeing cooped up indoorsfor a week – pheromonecollars or a natural calm-ing herb like Californiapoppy, Valerian root, pas-sion flower or chamomile.
AP photo
Doc Cheng bundles up with her chihuahua Happy as she braves a cold Arctic blast Jan. 7 that brought temperatures down to six
degrees, closing local schools and shattering cold weather records in Atlanta.
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To start this week, for a change of pace,let’s have some golf trivia questions. First,how far did the longest drive go on the PGAtour last year?
Having been asked that question, you areprobably expecting today’s deal to be a grandslam, the longest drive in bridge. Instead,though, here is a small slam. However, ifyou played it during a tournament and wentdown, it would make the drive home feel verylong.
South is in six spades. West leads thediamond two. How should declarer plan theplay?
South had a textbook three-spade open-ing: a good seven-card suit and some 6-10high-card points. North used Blackwood,hoping his partner had the spade ace anda minor-suit king, which would probablyhave made seven no-trump laydown. WhenSouth denied an ace, though, North had to becontent with six spades. (Yes, he should havesigned off in six no-trump, to avoid a poten-tially fatal minor-suit lead. But that wouldhave ruined the story.)
The careless declarer would win the firsttrick and immediately play a trump. ButEast would win with his ace and give West adiamond ruff.
Leading a low card usually guaran-tees at least one honor in that suit. South,though, can see all five diamond honors. So,he should fear that the lead is a singleton.Before playing a trump, declarer should cashdummy’s top hearts and discard his remain-ing diamond. Then he can lead a trump andclaim shortly thereafter.
Phil Mickelson hit the longest drive at 450yards. His ball rolled a long way down a cartpath.
Page 28 • Monday, January 13, 2014 * The Herald-News / TheHerald-News.comADVICE
Dear Abby: You said in your Nov. 14column on bullying that you hadn’t re-ceived a single letter from anyone whohad bullied others. Well, I was a bully.
As a young girl I’d tease and taunt,and when I was older I used sarcasmas a way to bully. I was involved in anabusive relationship in my 20s.
With support and counseling, I wasable to stop being abused and beingabusive.
I learned the feelings I had re-pressed – shame, fear and low self-worth from a childhood of sexual andphysical abuse – were misdirected atthe people around me instead of at myabuser, my father, as they should havebeen.
I’m not saying this is an excuse forthe hurt I inflicted on others, but forme there was a correlation.
I’m now in a loving and support-ive relationship. We have raised ourchildren to be kind, thoughtful andconfident individuals.
I’m involved with an organizationsupporting nonprofit programs inour community that empower abusedchildren, reach out to the sexually ex-ploited and help women experiencingdomestic violence.
Because of the life I lead now, I havebeen able to let go of the negativityand shame of being abused, but theshame of being abusive stays with me.
I hope the people I hurt have forgiv-en me and have been able to move for-ward. But I will never know for sure.
Thank you for allowing me to sharemy story.
Even if it doesn’t get printed,writing it has lifted a little bit of theweight that I still carry from my bul-lying days. – Redeeming Myself Out
WestDear Redeeming: Confession is good
for the soul, and if getting this off yourchest has been helpful, I’m glad.
Obviously, you have grown sincethe days when you were an abuser,and your focus on helping vulnerablepeople in your community is laudable.
I hope you will continue the workthat you’re doing because there isgreat need for it.
If your letter makes just one personstop and think twice about WHY he orshe would deliberately hurt or dimin-ish someone else, it will have beenworth the space in my column becausesometimes those scars can last a life-time.
Dear Abby: I recently lost a niece.She had struggled with substance
abuse and was away at college whenshe died.
I believed in what a wonderfulperson she was and could be, and oftensent her cards of encouragement.
When my sister and her husbandwent to retrieve her belongings, theymentioned that she had my cardsaround her room.
I had hoped that her parents wouldgive them to me, but three monthslater, they have not. Would it be wrongfor me to ask for them? – Loving AuntIn The South
Dear Loving Aunt: Please accept mysympathy for your family’s loss. Thecards may not have been offered be-cause your sister and her husband areexperiencing the depths of grief. Whileit would not be “wrong” to ask if youcan have them, don’t be surprised ifthey refuse to let them go – at least forthe time being.
Having the possessions their daugh-ter surrounded herself with may beimportant to them right now as a wayof feeling closer to her.
• Write Dear Abby at www.dearab-by.com.
Dear Dr. K: I’ve lost my sense of tastewithin the past few months. I takemedicine for high blood pressure –could that be the reason?
Dear Reader: It could be, but thereare other possibilities.
What we call “taste” is actually acombination of the sensations fromthe taste buds on our tongue andthe smell centers in our nose. Tastealso involves nerves in the tonguethat sense the texture of food we areeating.
The taste receptors on our tonguepick up five different types of taste.They identify what is salty, sweet,sour or bitter. There’s also a fifthtaste, called “umami,” which is bestdescribed as a “meaty” taste.
As we get older, most of us losesome sense of smell and taste. Thisusually starts after about age 60. Idon’t know your age, but perhapsthat’s a part of what’s happening toyou.
People with high blood pressureare more likely to lose their sense oftaste and smell. It’s not clear whetherthis is related to high blood pressureitself or to the drugs used to treat it.
That said, certain types of high
blood pressure drugs have beenreported to cause loss of taste. Theseinclude diuretics, which help thekidneys eliminate sodium and waterfrom the body. ACE inhibitors alsomay cause loss of taste.
If your loss of taste is related to oneof your blood pressure pills, it’s prob-ably reversible. But don’t stop takingany medications until you talk withyour doctor. He or she might suggestswitching to a different class of drugsor taking other steps. If your mouthis dry from diuretics, for example,you might try sipping water betweenbites. Sometimes the moisture canhelp make food more flavorful.
However, rather than assume yourloss of taste is due to age or bloodpressure, let’s consider some otherpossible explanations. Since yoursense of smell also affects taste, it’snot surprising conditions that affectyour nose could reduce your sense oftaste. Perhaps your nasal passages are
blocked by:• Allergies• Secondhand smoke or other
irritants• A persistent sinus infection• Polyps in the noseSometimes people temporarily lose
their sense of smell after an upperrespiratory tract infection.
Based on personal experience,I suspect there are certain kinds ofviral infections that can directly affectthe nose and sense of smell. When Iwas a teenager, I was very sick forabout a week with what the doctorcalled a viral infection. I recoveredcompletely – except my sense of smelland taste has not been as good since.I’ve seen patients with a similarexperience.
One benefit I’ve found from havinga reduced sense of taste and smell isI cannot appreciate the pleasures offancy meals and wines that delightmany of my friends. That’s one lessthing to spend money on.
• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston,MA 02115.
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CLASSIFIED The Herald News / TheHerald-News.comPage 34 • Monday, January 13, 2014
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITWILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS
MRF ILLINOIS ONE, LLC, PLAINTIFFvs.LAWRENCE D. DAVIS, JR.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT
13 CH 01025PUBLICATION NOTICE
The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice ishereby given to you, LAWRENCE D. DAVIS, JR.; and UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitledsuit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff against youand other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgageconveying the premises described as follows to wit:
LOT 3 IN BLOCK 6 IN WOOD HILL'S RIDGEVIEW SUBDIVISION, BE-ING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12AND THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH,RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDINGTO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 17, 1961 AS DOCUMENTNUMBER 929058, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
COMMON ADDRESS: 735 Union Dr., University Park, Illinois 60466P.I.N.: (21)14-13-203-001and which said mortgage was signed by LAWRENCE D. DAVIS, JR.,
mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomi-nee for Universal Financial Group, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded inthe Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County as Document No.R2008123319; and for such other relief prayed; that summons wasduly issued out of the Circuit Court of Will County against you as pro-vided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.
YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORETHIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of theTwelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on Jan-uary 16, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor(Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa St., Joliet, Illinois. A lender represen-tative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discussoptions that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mort-gage modification.
YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOURRIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE.
NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file youranswer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appear-ance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Will County at WillCounty Court House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on orbefore the January 29, 2014, default may be entered against you atany time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with theprayer of said complaint.Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125Chicago, Illinois 60606Ph. 312-541-9710Fax 312-541-9711JB&A # IL 12 3255I574731
(Published in the Herald-News December 30, 2013, January 6, 13,2014)
PUBLIC NOTICE
COMBINED NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTAND INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS
January 13, 2014
Will County IllinoisLand Use Department, Community Development Division58 E. Clinton StreetJoliet, IL 60432815-774-3364
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS
On or about January 31, 2014 the Will County Land Use Department,Community Development Division (CDD) will submit a request to theUS Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the re-lease of Community Development Block Grant Funds under Title I of theHousing and Community Development Act, as amended, to undertakea project known as the Lockport Heights Water Main Replacement, forthe purpose of replacing water mains in the Lockport Heights subdivi-sion along Smith Road and 146th Place. The estimated cost of this ac-tivity is $430,000.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
The CDD has determined that the project will have no significant impacton the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact State-ment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) isnot required. Additional project information is contained in the Environ-mental Review Record (ERR) on file at the address shown above andmay be examined or copied weekdays 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual, group, or agency disagreeing with this determination orwishing to comment on the project may submit written comments to theCDD at the address show above. All comments received by January28, 2014 will be considered by the CDD prior to authorizing submis-sion of a request for release of funds. Commenters should specifywhich part of this Notice they are addressing.
RELEASE OF FUNDS
The CDD certifies to HUD that Lawrence M. Walsh in his capacity asCounty Executive consents to accept the jurisdiction of the FederalCourts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to theenvironmental review process and that these responsibilities have beensatisfied. HUD's approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilitiesunder NEPA and related laws and authorities, and allows Will County,Illinois CDD to use Program funds.
OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS
HUD will consider objections to its release of funds and the CDD's certi-fication received by February 15, 2014 or a period of fifteen days fromits receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one ofthe following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certify-ing Officer or other officer of the Will County, Illinois approved by HUD);(b) the CDD has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or findingrequired by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipientor other participants in the project have committed funds or incurredcosts not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release offunds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsat-isfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections mustbe prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures(24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to HUD grant administrationoffice, 77 W Jackson Blvd, Room 2401, Chicago, IL 60604 Potentialobjectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objec-tion period.
Lawrence M. Walsh, County Executive
(Published in the Herald-News January 13, 2014. HN028)
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Notice is hereby given that the reg-ular meeting of the Trustees will beheld on January 16, 2014 at1:00 pm in the Conference Roomof Tom Carey, 3033 W JeffersonStreet, Joliet. This is an open meet-ing, anyone may attend. A copyof the agenda is available upon re-quest. Richard Raasch, President
(Published in the Herald-News Jan-uary 13, 2014 #026)
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